[Day: Monday, July 5th. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [After what may or may not have been a restful weekend, you gather in the clubroom, ready for another exciting night of adventure which will undoubtedly happen becuase your lives are so cool. What fun fruit flavors will we roll out with next?] [Session Start!] (Rei will know before anybody else does :P) (She will!) * Rei, actually, happens to be trying all the fruit flavors, as she's sitting on the wall and poking at different fruit laid before (below) her on the table. Apple, orange, pear, peach, grapes, banana, kiwi. * Lazar is sitting at the side of the desk, playing with his Slinky. He hasn't really said anything since he came in, but the more observant among you will notice that the 'tattoo' on his illusion forehead now features a third letter in Hebrew. * Maria pokes the kiwi. "You sure this is tasty?" Uh huh! And it feels fuzzy, too. Just don't eat the skin. Here! * Asanjya walks in, effortlessly avoiding desks and the door and other things, all with her nose solidly stuck in a book. Her hair is done up in her normal bun, and Xaphan sits on top of it, looking around. In addition to the bun, she has four small braids of hair dangling off, two at each temple and two behind each ear. She waves as she walks in, and so do all the small braids! * Rei picks it off the table and hands it to Maria, who's probably sitting on the wall next to her. * Maria takes the kiwi and eyes it. Yes, she's on the wall. She reaches back into her pack, her shoulder contorting nicely to manage that, and pulls out an x-acto knife, which she uses to slowly peel away bits of the skin. * Rei waves back. "Hi Asanjya!" She's smelling fine, now. Must've gotten that shower. Or more than one. Her hair's messy as ever, her clothes are mismatched as ever, and she just looks like Rei. * Lazar waves at Asanjya, blinks, remembers he's playing with a Slinky, and scrambles slightly to keep from dropping it. * Asanjya sits down, still reading. "Hey. What are we up to today?" Xaphan is looking around, seeming a good deal less scared. * Chie walks into the room and waves. She's wearing a light blue t-shirt with dark blue sleeves and blue jeans. Her hair is now an interesting amber shade, with darker brown and green highlights. "Hey, guys!" * Rei picks up a pear, looks at it, and puts it down. "There's a few options. Hi Chie!" Hey, you're not wearing black anymore. Good for you! I knew you had it in you. * Asanjya looks over her book and winks at Lazar/. Dunno. What were we doing before we had to go cure Chie? I don't *always* wear black, Rei. Just usually. And speaking of not wearing black... And speaking of Chie, Hi, Chie! * Maria waves. * Chie walks back to the door and peers out it. "Chomei, c'mon!" * Maria is dressed as always, of course. (Geeze, I'm typing here. :P) * Chomei walks in right behind her. Apparently she got him to change *something*, because he's wearing a dark-green shirt with dark-blue jeans. And no jacket. What is up with that? * Chomei shrugs. "What?" * Maria blinks. "Your jacket was stolen? I can get it back for you, if you want." * Chie grins at him. "Oh, nothing." Nah. It's just not here. * Lazar is completely oblivious to everything. His Slinkying is almost zen-like. * Rei looks back at the pear, then up at Chomei. Then blinks. * Chie is still grinning madly. * Rei cheers!, jumps off the wall, and probably flies because she goes straight into Chomei and tackles him to the ground. "I'm so proud of you!" * Asanjya chuckles. * Chomei steps to the side, barely avoiding Rei's, um... tackle. "Why?" * Chie looks around the room. "Oh! I really like the hair, Asanjya! Is it behaving now?" Where'd you get it? Can I bleach it? Oh, tie die! Yes! With rainbow armbands! * Maria finishes peeling the kiwi and takes a bite. "Tasty!... seeds! Ueck." And then we can work on your hair, and your toes! Toes? * Rei hands Chomei the pear she was holding. Toes! * Asanjya makes the front two braids do the macarena. "Yeah. Apparently it and Xaphan are getting along great." * Chie laughs. "Cute!" * Lazar looks up. "Is this cue to make joke about were-hair?" God, I hope not. * Maria giggles. "Were-hair!" * Chomei takes the pear and shrugs. "... Right." * Chie catches Rei's eye, and gives her a wink and a victory sign. * Rei victories back at Chie. Is good, then. Were-creatures often can no be killed without silver. Silver haircut be expensive. Yes, I imagine it would be. * Lazar puts the Slinky away, and stands, stretching for a moment before pausing and falling into a slightly slouching posture. * Chie sits. "So, what's on the agenda for tonight? Are we still waiting to hear back about that Belmont guy?" * Rei looks out the door, seems a little disappointed, and closes it. "Okay, well, there's a few things." We gotta say hi to Maria's people at some point. Ensof's got that taken care of, right? Yeah, we can call him whenever we're ready. Especially now that Dracula *knows* we're out there. We gotta hurry on that one. * Maria fidgets. Also, gotta deliver that letter to Virgil, but since that can be held off 'till he dies or we do, that's not too horrible. I called Ensof, let know what going on... * Chomei nods. Yes, yes we do. Dracula, I mean. Virgil we'll probably run into at some point and we can hand it over then. * Asanjya turns the page. Gotta talk to the Belmont guy, 'cause he might have an edge on how to beat him. Dracula, I mean, not Virgil. And we could really use that. *Also* He basically say to let know when ready to go to Transylvania. Keeping the world in one piece is more important than letter delivery. I couldn't contact or find Makoto. * Chie blinks. "You couldn't?" * Rei shakes her head. What, he's gone missing again? * Chie bites her lip, looking visibly worried. Yeah, but this time, I think it's really something. The cat's out of the bag, you know? And not just the cat his fake aunt was keeping. Weird. So... she really was fake? (Someone's making popcorn. I can smell it from here.) (Me too.) (I can smell it through the door even.) (And I can 'feel' the movie too.) (Your parents want to lure you out. ;p) ( Watch out! It might be a trap. It's always a trap. ) My guess is yes. (It is!) I never met her. Then again, I never thought to look for her, but Makoto seemed to think so, and he... (And I think they're burning the popcorn. >_<) * Asanjya turns the page, and frowns. ... is definately no good. * Rei hesitates for a second, then continues, "He was really scared. Last time I saw him." ( A trap! ) * Chie rests her elbows on the table and her chin on her hands, and frowns severely. * Maria frowns, also. Although she's currently upside-down. Make of that what you will. * Asanjya closes the book, and sets it down. Xaphan is playing with a tendril of the hair which seems to have escaped the bun. [The phone rings!] * Rei stays right where she is. She's remarkably expressionless, considering what she just said. * Chie jumps up and gets the phone. Hello? ( Chie! I choose you! Answer the phone, NOW! ) * Chomei nods and, yes, leans against the wall. * Maria eyes the phone. "Now what?" * Chie covers the phone with her hand and looks at Maria. "It's that guy again." She practically spits, then makes sure the phone is well and truly covered before turning to Rei. "Rei, think you might be able to trace this?" * Maria goes pale. * Rei blinks, snapping out of it, then snatches her computer from her backpack in half a moment and dashes to the phone. "Keep him talking," she whispers to Chie as she gets to work. * Chie uncovers the phone. "Sorry, she's unavailable right now. Can I take a message?" * Chomei raises an eyebrow. * Asanjya eyes Chie silently. * Maria hugs herself. Yes, unavailable. That's good. * Chie blinks. "Shit!" She hangs up the phone. Which guy was that? Fuck! He apparently knows who I am now, too. * Rei drops the wires. "I wasn't able to finish!" * Chie doesn't look at any of them. "I'm sorry. I really am." * Chomei takes a deep breath. "Okay, *who* was it?" It's not your fault. I'm just annoyed 'cause I wasn't fast enough. * Chie just shakes her head and sits back down and doesn't look at anyone. Nor does she answer Chomei. Chie? * Rei reaches over and nudges her. We have to find this guy and stop him. Before he can do anything else. ... what he say? * Maria fidgets. "Can't we just get out of the city again for a while?" * Rei looks at her for a moment, then nods. "Okay." She works on finishing the wiring, then floats in the air, laptop on her lap, and picks up the phone. [Rei gets a dial tone!] * Rei takes a deep breath and hits the redial code. *69, or whatever they use in Japan. I'd still like to know which of the innumerable people trying to kill us that was. * Chie takes a deep breath. "The one who's after Maria." Not us. Yes us. Because if want you, must go through us. * Asanjya frowns. "Refresh my memory. Where did we meet him?" We haven't, yet. * Maria smiles weakly. "Thanks, Laz." Just as a voice over the phone. Oh, good. I thought my memory was going. Or maybe we have, and we just don't know it. I don't know. He called me Chie. Well, if still after Maria, should go with plan from before. Maria, you stay with me or others at night. I probably best bet, because no need sleep, but anywhere where have backup good. * Maria nods. * Rei puts her ear to the phone and types. I won't say where yet, tho. In case he's listening. Right. You can just follow one of us. We've been taking care of it. And we'll keep on doing it. * Maria gets up and walks over to look over Rei's shoulder. Just need find this guy, beat into pulp, beat pulp into paste, beat paste into something what more beat than paste. And then beat that into something else? Find's the hard part, tho. Unless Rei can do it. But when we do... yeah. * Rei stops typing and just talks into the phone. "Oh, sure I understand! Homicide and torture's so hard to handle by yourself this day and age, isn't it?" * Maria blinks. * Chie looks over at Rei and blinks. "She must've gotten him..." she says quietly. * Chomei keeps from smirking. (Hmm. Lights just blinked for a second. ^^;) ( It's Chomei's fault. ) (Is not!) (Quit messing with my electricity, Chomei. If I go, Chie goes.) * Rei eyes her screen, but doesn't type. "I dunno, Mister Man. I have a hard time believing you've got someone else. Wanna give some proof?" * Rei looks around, then checks her computer again. (;_;) * Chie looks nervous, then crosses her fingers. "C'mon, Rei. Get him. Get the bastard," she whispers. * Rei hits a button. "No, no dismemberment today. What do you want, anyway?" * Rei freezes and drops the phone. There's a brief pause, then she *yanks* the wires out pounds on the keys of her keyboard. Rei! What's wrong? W-wha? * Rei stares at her screen before she stuffs BOX into her backpack. "Fucking hell, why the fuck did he- how'd he fucking *know*- I didn't wanna- we're moving!" * Chomei shrugs. "I say we just kick his ass." Okay! Where? Just follow me there. * Rei slings her backpack over her shoulder and shoves open the window before jumping out. Is she angry? Yes. Got it. * Chie heads out the door. * Maria nods and follows Rei. Out the window. * Chomei looks at Chie, back to the rest of the room, shrugs, and heads out. * Asanjya stands up, opens the book, checks for Xaphan okayness, and follows, reading! * Lazar doesn't go out the window, because that'd hurt the ground. Instead, he grabs his sword, holsters it up, and runs down the stairs. [Rei arrives! None of the rest of you know where, because she drives like a maniac and lost you some time ago.] [Just kidding! Although we are curious as to how Lazar gets around without Peter and Makoto.] * Maria is perched on the back seat of Rei's bike. (He has the flying nimbus!) * Chomei thinks he uses that Zen thing. You know. The Zen th- nevermind. I guess not. Oh, and he's riding with Chie. ( He bought a 6500 pound-rated pickup. ) * Asanjya rides with whomever! * Lazar takes the train! (Could always take the... *gasp* subway!) ( To where? :P ) (Yo momma!) ( Work with me, Brettsuke. ) [You all arrive at a mall somewhere in Tokyo. It's not a major mall, so I won't describe details. It's not even a good mall. It's just a mall.] [You arrived breaking 6 traffic laws just to keep up with Rei.] (^_^_v) * Lazar arrives. "... so what here? Besides mall." * Chie parks her bike and takes her helmet off. * Asanjya is reading! The hair has since unraveled and reformed, this time with Xaphan inside it. It's kind of creepy. * Rei parks, gets off, and waves for everyone to follow her. She dashes towards the back of the mall; the loading area. * Chie stashes helmets and follows Rei, making sure her bag is slung securely over her shoulder. * Chomei follows after stashing his helmet. * Lazar shrugs, and lumbers after Rei. [The loading area is a dirty area out back that nobody ever goes to except for the people who take out the trash and the people who bring in the trash- er, merchandise.] [There's a thick people-sized door or big shutters, all of them closed.] * Rei doesn't seem to care, instead flying (she gave up on running) over to the door and trying to open it. Laz? Get the door. * Asanjya idly twirls her staff. [The door is locked!] * Lazar steps up to the door, and eyes Rei. "Want me to handle?" I got the door. We'll need it to lock after we're inside. * Rei shakes her head. "Maria." She floats to one side. ... or she get door. *steps aside* Right. * Chomei looks around. * Maria hops over to the door, pulls a lockpick from somewhere or other, and picks the lock. [Chomei sees trash.] [But the lock is locked.] (...) If want, I can break handle once in, so nobody can get through door without knock down... 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 2. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 7, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Death is temporary, only failure is forever. You may have just done both." [Maria unlocks the lock on the lock! And, er, breaks the other lock, in a bad way. Now the door can't be opened.] (... Why is there a lock on a lock?) (Why not!) ( More security. ) (Because it doesn't make sense.) ( Because that's stupid, is why. c.c ) ( It's double locked. ) ( You're all right! ) (I mean, how does that even *work*?) (Hey, people like us are the reason why. ;p) * Rei sees that. "Lazar?" ( Call it a normal lock and a deadbolt. ) < I reiterate. Laz, get the door. (Ah, that works.) ( You have to unlock the lock on the lock so you can unlock the lock and open the door. ) * Maria twitches. "Dammit." Plan B. * Lazar waits for Maria to step aside... * Maria sulks out of the way. * Lazar takes a step back, then kicks the door right at the handle. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-4) and gets 4. [The door swings inward and slams into the rear wall. It's now got a huge dent in it. The inside is dark.] Bad door. No upset little one by no opening. *walks in* * Rei zips in and opens her backpack, pulling out her flashlight. She checks the area by the door for a light switch. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 7. * Chomei flips out some goggles and does a quick scan of the inside with them. * Chie pulls out her flashlight as well. Goggles off, Chomei. * Chomei takes them off and raises an eyebrow, puting them back. * Rei flips up the switch. Oh. Oh, sure, make it easy for us. * Chie stashes her flashlight back in her bag. * Asanjya looks around. * Chie resists the urge to draw her sword. [The lights turn on! The room is a large room that's used as temporary storage for all merchandise in the mall until they store owners can move it to their own storage. As such, it's filled with a great many large metal crates, kinda like at that one warehouse at the port where you fought Victoria.] ( Everyone gimme perception checks, then soul rolls! ) * Maria looks around. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 3. ( Sight ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-4) and gets 1. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6) and gets 5. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Have a little bad." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 5. [Everyone who made the perception roll happens to notice a headless female hanging from chains wrapped around a rafter, way above. She's also missing a finger and is dripping blood. There's also a smell of molten metal coming from behind a crate. The sight makes Maria feel like throwing up. Chie is so shocked that she just plain faints.] * Chie collapses. * Asanjya just blinks. * Maria goes pale and gurks. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-4) and gets 5. [Lazar's the only one who didn't notice it.] * Maria doesn't ask 'Who would do such a thing?' because she KNOWS. * Chomei winces and looks back. "Dammit Chie, I thought you said you wouldn't do this on me." He walks back and tries to wake her. ... Chie? What going on? (It's not my fault!) * Rei stares at that, then growls. It's weird, coming from her, but she does. If you have a weak stomach, don't look up. Too late. * Asanjya walks closer, and peers. "It's not magic. Just brutality." I figured as much. * Rei flies up and over to the smell. * Lazar looks up where everyone else was looking. "No have stomach... oy. Seen worse, but still... sick, sick man." * Chomei shakes Chie. "Com'on, wake up...." * Maria hides behind Lazar. He's big and good for hiding behind. * Chie opens her eyes. "I didn't-" She quickly turns her head to the side and throws up. * Lazar reaches back and patpats Maria. "Is okay, little one. We find guy, hang him from ceiling by toenails." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6) and gets 7. ( Ew! Good thing Chomei wasn't giving her mouth to mouth. ) * Chomei frowns, and comments back to Lazar. "He won't have toenails when we're done." * Asanjya sets her mouth in a line. Everyone look away for a second. This isn't going to be nice. * Chie dry heaves a couple of times, then gets up and walks back away from everything. * Lazar peers around, then looks up, despite Asanjya's warning. B-but what if he kills you? * Asanjya whispers to Xaphan, who flutters up to the body, pulls something out of the neck (if you're still looking), and brings it down to Asanjya. * Maria looks away. Silly little one. Nobody kill golem. Nobody's killing me while I'm around. * Chie is not looking. She's turned away from everyone, one hand against a stack of crates, still gasping. * Asanjya smooths it out a little, getting blood all over her hands. "It's an envelope." ... that one way to send message. * Chomei is by Chie, and he looks back and forth between Asanjya and Chie. "What's it say?" * Asanjya holds it up. "'To Maria'. I won't open it unless you want me to." * Chie pulls her water bottle out and splashes some on her face. Still not looking. * Maria whimpers a little. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 8. * Asanjya looks at Maria. "Was that a yes?" * Rei floats up. She doesn't seem to be paying too much attention, as she looks around a bit. Don't look behind the crate. Trust me. * Lazar looks back at Maria. "Should she read, little one?" * Rei flies around, looking for the phone. * Chomei raises an eyebrow. "What's back there?" * Asanjya looks Maria in the eyes. "Don't bother, Lazar, she's not here right now." She deftly slits the envelope open with a nail. * Chie puts her water bottle away and sits with her back to the rest. She buries her head in her arms and is just quiet. ("Lazar, Maria has gone bye-bye. What have you got?" "Sorry Asanjya, I'm scared beyond the capacity for rational thought." "Great.") ( Pretty much. ) (2 pts!) ( Fire bad, tree pretty! ) * Asanjya pulls out a letter and unfolds it, then scans. * Lazar moves to check behind the crate Rei just came from, but looks back at Maria and figures he's needed more as a hiding place. * Maria is thankful to have someone to hide behind. * Asanjya crumples the letter and rolls her eyes. "Psychotic melodrama. What absolute tripe." ( Gimme mind rolls - heightened senses (feeling) ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6) and gets 4. ( Erm, except Rei ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 10. [Whoever made it is picking up bad vibrations. Literally.] * Chie appears to have retreated inside herself, and notices nothing. * Chomei summons Rownal. "Anyone else feel that?" * Maria has most definitely retreted inside herself, and is oblivious. * Rei returns, still floating in the air. "Feel what?" * Asanjya frowns, and her hair ripples. "Yes." Some... Vibrations in the ground. ... no feel, but that probably good sign to leave. * Lazar hefts Maria up over one shoulder, hefts Chie up over the other, and heads for the door. * Rei looks around. * Chie is hauled. "Wha? Hey!" * Maria doesn't object. * Asanjya nods and follows Lazar, cloak flowing. * Chomei looks and well, brings up the rear. "Com'on, let's get out of here." But what's causing it? [Just as Lazar says that, the ground suddenly bursts open, sending chunks of concrete flying everywhere, one of which strikes Asanjya on the side of the head, knocking her out cold. A big (and I mean BIG) lizard-like monster with four eyes, metallic scales and a large mouth of pointy teeth bursts from the ground.] ( That. Roll init! ) d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 11. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (d6+6) and gets 7. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 12. * Maria screams. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+8) and gets 11. [Chie, Lazar, Lizard-monster, Chomei, Maria, Rei.] [Chie's turn] * Chie takes a deep breath. Okay, something to kill. "Laz, put me down." (Holding action until he does so) * Chomei curses. "I swear, she gets knocked out even more than Peter." [Lazar's turn! Chuck her at the monster, Laz. You know you wanna.] * Lazar nods, sets Chie and Maria down, then lumbers over to the big lizard thingee and tries to punch it in the face. (NOT a called shot.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 0. [Lazar can't reach its face.] [It's big. Like 12-14 feet big. And standing on its rear legs.] (Well, I guess Lazar just hit its torso then. :P) (IN THE CHEST!) (IN THE CHEST!) ( Right, left, or center torso? ) [Lazar punches its torso, forcing it to take a step back. It emits a noise that sounds like a cross between a hiss and a shriek.] (Center, naturally.) (My turn?) ( Good! That's where the engine is! ) [Nah, we'll skip Chie and go straight to the lizard.] [Just kidding. Chie's turn] * Chie pulls the demon-killing sword out of her bag, then whispers, get the silver light, and aims at the lizard-thing. "Spirit Stream!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Wham! The lizard gets hit.] [The lizard's turn!] Finally! [The lizard spits green stuff at Lazar. Ranged def +1, Lazar!] 2d6+1 * Dicesuke reaches into his gut, removes his spleen, and rolls for Lazar ( 2dSpleen ) and gets 3, "CRITICAL SPLEENING! FATALITY!" He promptly collapses in a bloody heap and dies. ( w00t ) (*snark*) (*boojum*) (...) (*cracks up*) (Hahaha!) (heheh) ( I had ND set that up like 4-5 months ago. First time I've gotten to use it. =P ) ( You *have* read "The Hunting of the Snark", yes? ) (*cracks up*) [Lazar dives out of the way of the goo.] ( Can't really think of anything cool to do. Sorry ^^; ) [Chomei's turn!] Don't get hit with that stuff! It'll burn you all the way to the skeleton. [And it's not goo so much as liquidy.] * Chomei aims and fires a arrow where Chie hit the monster. His bow cackles with electricity as a bolt of it streaks behind the projectile. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 1. ( *looks back in and cracks up* ) [Chomei electrocutes it with a very electrocuting... Uh... Electric arrow?] [Maria's Turn!] (That is correct. How astute. ~_^) * Maria jumps up to cling onto the side of the creature's face, and jabs her fist into one of it's eyes. (Called shot.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 2. ( Made by 5. ) [Maria's fist goes clear through its eye. Eewwww.... now there's goo on her hand.] [Rei's turn!] * Maria doesn't mind. Instead, she screams incoherently at the beast. [The beast screams right back.] ( AAAAAA! AAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAA! ... for this I get my hearing back? ) * Rei flies up and back, staying as far out of the creature's range as she can. She makes an underhanded pitch at it, a look of angry concentration on her face. "Not today." 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 6. [Chie's turn!] * Chie Spirit Streams the thing again. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Chie hits it again.] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar punches it again! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 7. [Lazar punches it again.] [The lizard shakes its head wildly, in an attempt to get Maria off.] ( Body roll, Maria. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Don't blame me. Blame yourself, or God." [Maria gets tossed into a crate, making a large dent in it. She does manage to stay conscious and land on her feet when she falls to the ground, but the pain in her side suggests a few cracked ribs, at the least.] [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei aims for the *other* eye of the beast and releases a flaming arrow from his bow while running off behind some crates, assuming there's some to take cover behind. ( It has 4 eyes. =P ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 6. ( Which other eye? :P ) (Well, okay, the one opposite the one Maria hit. :P) [Chomei sends an arrow into its eye.] [Maria's turn!] (Burn baby, BURN!) * Maria flips to her feet and launches herself at the beast, aiming a kick at the underside of the spot where it's neck meets it's head. (Called shot.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 2. [Maria kicks it in the neck. Its head snaps back once.] [Rei's turn!] * Rei stays way up where she is, bringing one hand over the other, palms towards each other. A brilliantly white sphere of light forms between, and she throws her hands apart as it blasts towards the monster. "Disco Nova!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-3) and gets 8. [No disco.] [Chie's turn!] * Chie Spirit Streams again! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Chie hits! Wham] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar rears back, and delivers a pair of double-axehandle blows to the big beast. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 7. [Lazar hits it. The thing rears back and shrieks, and looks like its skin starts to bulge.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 3. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 3. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 1. [The lizard explodes. Whoever failed is covered in goo. It stings.] * Rei shrieks, diving to the ground, and up, and around, trying to shake it off. * Chie avoids the goo, then pulls a cloth out of her bag. "Rei, catch!" * Rei flails, trying to catch it. [It doesn't shake off! It's sticky goo!] * Maria avoids the goo. She seems confused, now. * Chomei dodges the goo too, looking at it sizzle. "Damn, that's gotta stink." * Rei manages to catch the cloth, barely, and tries wiping it off of her. She's shaking. ... eew. Eew is right. Rei, you okay? It's what killed her! 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "o/~I love you... you love me... o/~" [Um... It's a really good cloth, and Rei gets all the goo off shortly.] (Haha!) Killed? Oh. * Chie looks sick again. * Rei drops it to the ground. The stuff's probably burning through the cloth by now. ( I assume it's not doing much of anything to me? ) * Rei blinks. (Acid tends to have trouble going through rock.) ( Lazar is sizzling! ) * Rei dives down and snatches the cloth again, by a corner. She looks at it more closely; no longer shaking, since it's off of her. (That's some... pretty weird stuff.) * Rei lands gently on the ground and walks over to behind the crate again, having a look. "Actually, I take that back. Lizard spit isn't what did it." * Lazar rips off part of his loincloth and starts wiping the stuff off of himself. We're gonna need to call a clean up crew. And someone to identify whatever this stuff is. * Chie looks at her sword, then at the goo, then away. "Okay. What's the number? I'll take care of it." * Rei rattles it off, almost absently. ... so, what, guy what after Maria have big lizard thing as pet? * Chie walks off a bit and calls the cleanup crew/lizard spit identifiers. Yeah. Makes you feel all wonderful inside, don't it? And someone to identify acid! I think it's acid! * Lazar finishes wiping the acid stuff off, and goes to check on Asanjya. * Rei sets the cloth aside, then walks over to Asanjya, too, laying a faintly glowing hand on her and healing that nasty bump on her head. [Asanjya is lying safely on an island surrounded by goo. Talk about luck.] * Chie gets an answer. She identifies herself, gives their location, then explains about the lizard and, in a shaky voice, what else they found. Eventually she hangs up and walks back over to the group. They're on their way. Cool. About time something went right today. Maria, need some healage? * Chie looks down at Asanjya. "Yikes. Lucky her." * Lazar nods as Rei deals with Asanjya's injuries, then lumbers over to Maria. "You mostly okay?" Good. Why did you want us to come here, Rei? I traced him here. Cell phone. Got his number, but he might be getting rid of it now. ...Uh... yeah. I think. Dammit. We need him found, and soon. * Rei heads to Maria and works on healing her, too. Ow. I think I busted something in my back, tho. * Chomei nods. Just hold still. ( It's just you're spinal cord. Don't worry. :P ) (You just broke your clavicus majoras, is all.) * Rei heals Maria, and as she does so, glances back at the woman and the crate. She gets a pained look for a moment, then goes back to concentrating. I'm gonna check the room for bugs when we get back. ( Rei finds headlice! Make a body roll! ) (AGH! The one time it would've been handy to be Lazar!) * Chomei looks at the crate. "Okay, and what's so interesting about the crate then?" * Chie leans back against one of the stacks of crates, wiping her forehead. Her sword is still out. It's not the crate. [It's got hoodies.] Behind it. Whatever. Huh? What's behind it? I don't think you want to know. * Rei nods and pulls her hand away, now that Maria's healed. She's looking really pained at this point. I can guess. I don't need to see it. I'll be outside. * Chie heads for the way out. Wha? I'm sorry. [Chie can't find it! oh no! ... Oh wait, it's over there.] Why? 'Cause... I just am, okay? * Lazar lowers his illusion, and checks himself for injury. "Mmm... just few spots. Good." * Rei blinks a few times, then hurries after Chie. * Chomei points up at the ceiling. "After that?.. Whatever." He follows Chie. * Lazar scoops up Asanjya, then tugs at Maria. "Should probably go." * Maria follows Rei out. [And that's all, folkes.]