[Day: Friday, October 5th. Time: 10:30 p.m.] [Place: Downtown! The Mystery Machin--- er, Togo's rental van and Lei's hot wheels parallel park about a block away. The area itself seems fairly average, maybe even kind of poor.] (Voltron) (One of you needs to get driving. I am right pissed at driving this piece of crap.) (I wanted to ride my motorcycle. >_<) (I'll drive let me drive I wanna drive!) (drive skill is only requried if you want to do tricks. You could probaly hand off the controls to someone else and feel pretty safe that the van isn't going to be doing tricks anyway) (The problem is that nobody actually knows how to freaking drive except Alys and she's crazy.) (If Alys gets a hold of it, rest assured it will be doing tricks) (*chuckle*) (Just because you don't need the driving skill doesn't mean you don't need to know how to drive.) [Lukas maybe died on the way. Dang motorbikes. Okay, probably not. Anyhow, the building in question is ChemicalDyne, a local pharmaceutical manufacturer. It takes up two blocks perpendicular to the Thames river. It looks like some kinda cake, with a grey layer on bottom and a white one on top. It's at least three stories high, maybe four.] [On the way down, Togo called Ashley and presumably told him where to go. He may show up!] [And that's all you need to know. Session Start!] * Togo gets out of the van, and glances at the building they're about to enter. [Lei parks her car! That is one hawt car, if any of you are car freaks.] [The building is mostly dark, since work hours are long since over. There's a few lights on here and there, though; some people must be working overtime.] * Herman gets out of Lei's car and closes the door behind him. He scratches at the back of his neck. * Alys gets out of the car and stares longingly at it for a moment before sighing and looking at the building. * Griff_Khalil comes to land shortly after the car's park, furrowing his wings up behind him. Driving is for suckers. * Lukas steps out of the van, bag in hand (Wah, no motorcycling!) and he looks over the building. "Floors of pure unadulterated fun." Yup. * Ashley strolls up the street, whistling softly. He's twirling a set of keys, and he's dressed in a turtleneck sweater, navy blue, with a cream-colored scarf around his neck, plus a pair of khakis and loafers. As usual, fashionable and impeccably dressed for the weather. Hey, guys. What's the word? (The word is 'Rutebega'.) * Griff_Khalil ruffles his feathers and then peers at Ashley. (I dunno, Ashley's reminding me of Freddy.) * Togo takes a deep breath, and fills Ashley in on everything that's been going on. Because he's too lazy to type it out. Something really long and unpronouncable. Also, hi! * Ashley waves. "Hi yourself." He beams. * Awaymancer is now known as Segev * Alys has been smiled at by an insanely pretty guy! If it were physically possible, she would literally melt. As it is, she just grins. (If only you knew.) (He's like Gideon.) (He's dressing down.) (No, thank god.) * Lukas looks over to Ashley and then back to the building with a long sigh. [Lei looks Ashley over. She seems rather surprised. "I take it he's a friend of yours?"] * Herman waves to Ashley. "Hey, man." And then he nods at Lei. "Yeah." * Griff_Khalil glances at Togo. "Is there anything you need me to do in order at first?" * Ashley looks at Lei, and beams even wider. He sweeps a rather overstated bow. "A pleasure. My name is Ashley, and I am at your service." * Ashley then waves to the rest of the group. Still smiling, though. * Alys yawns a bit and looks at Togo. "So, do we have a plan, or are we just running in and beating people up? Hopefully with a map. That is a very large mad scientist lair." ( Any service you require. Wash my dishes! ...) * Togo finishes his recap, then takes another deep breath. "Where ya been?" [Lei blinks. "Uh... Yeah, a pleasure."] * Ashley winks. "A refreshing trip to Vegas, my friend. Nothing quite like it." * Griff_Khalil eyes Ashley some more. "I shall take your word for it." ... right. Next time, a bit of a heads up would be appreciated, so I can make arraingements to compensate. Well, you know, sometimes you've just got to go. I'll try to keep you up, though. [Lei realizes she hasn't introduced herself to Ashley, so she takes the opportunity! "Um, I'm Lei Ren. Nice to meet you."] I can take people to the roof if need be. Flying, really!? * Ashley smiles at Lei. "A truly unfortunate thing about your sister. When I found the note they left me, I just knew I had to come help." * Griff_Khalil glances at Alys. "This is not a pleasure trip" * Togo turns to Volt. "Any ideas on how to pinpoint where this guy is? Only thing I got is tapping into the electric company and seeing if any area of the building is using a lot more power than the rest. Usually a good sign of an evil lab." * Herman folds his arms. "Probably in a secret passage or something." [She nods. "Thanks, I..." She turns her head back to the building. "We have to get in there."] Just because we're on a rescue mission doesn't mean we shouldn't take cool moments of flying when we can get them. * Lukas smirks, then walks towards the building. [By the way, prior to coming here you stopped off at Eric Lancaster's place. Eric's apparently a very handsome man who works with Lei and her siblings. He's taking care of Yun. Just FYI 'cause I forgot about it in the intro.] * Griff_Khalil sighs deeply. "Trust me, it is far more trouble than it is worth." [The front door is locked, but there's low lights on.] And if I do take you flying, if you say "weee" I shall drop you. * Togo walks with Lukas, and motions for the others to come along. "Idea?" 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. * Alys nods at Khalil. "Gotcha." ( Burglary (B&E) rolls for anyone who cares to make them ) * Alys follows Togo. "Um, you know, just getting in... we could pretend we have business there, or something. Important we-don't-care-what-time-of-the-bloody- night-it-is business. Might be safer than risking security guards?" * Griff_Khalil walks along with Lukas * Ashley wiggles his fingers. "I can cover us when we're inside, but I'm afraid I cannot get us in." (RUBBER BISCUT!!!!) (Lurve this song) (stick or six, by any chance?) (It's up on one or the other.) If guards become a problem, my badge opens a lot of doors. (I request more Blues Brothers, Cham?) We minimize the chance of running into the guards if we can figure out where to go. Which is what I think Volt is trying to do. Mmkay. Just checking. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6. In the meantime... 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. * Lukas exhales slightly and says, "I got no idea. Building's just a little too odd, and the building department needs to drag itself out of the iron age." [Lei speaks. "Well, there has to be some way in!"] * Lukas shifts his gaze above the front door. * Griff_Khalil sighs and shakes his head. "While you decide, I shall scout." He starts to flap. People seriously need to start installing doorbells. It would make things so much more convenient. * Togo pauses as he examines the door. "... in the meantime, we should find another way in, since there's no doubt a camera on this door. Unless we want to bluff our way in with my credentials." * Herman shrugs and starts walking around the outside of the building. There should be a service entrance somewhere. ... or just take advantage of my credentials and just do this like a raid. * Ashley coughs quietly. "I can make a few people look like guards, you know." * Herman stops and eyes them. "Well, make up your bloody minds." I'm a good actress! I can definitely bluff. * Calculus has quit IRC (Quit: *thud* ) [Lei: "Force our way in? I don't..." She looks to Ashley and nods. "I like that idea better."] Actually, if you could make a few people look like police, that'd be even better. I can make you look like an orangutan, if you like. Police is easy. * Ashley grins. Why? So the scientist will get suspicious and make sure there's more people between us and the rescuee? Police'll do. *turns to Alys* So any guards won't get antsy and come at us guns a'blazin'. [Lei nods to Alys. "I'm not sure... Can you make us look like employees, maybe? I could say I left something at my desk."] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. * Griff_Khalil meanwhile flies around the building to scope out a total picture while staying far enough away to avoid sight. [The building is a big rectangle.] [On top it's grey. It really does look like a slice of cake.] (And looks like CAKE!) * Alys raises her hand. "I vote for Lei's plan." (Are there candles?) (Any other entrances? Roof included. And any guards around the perimeters outside?) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6. ( There's a back door, a loading dock, and a roof entrance. There's no guards outside. ) * Togo rubs his forehead. "I'm not gonna fight over it. Whatever people want... but a large group of employees wandering around is gonna look odd, and we don't know what kinda ID they carry around." * Griff_Khalil nods in satisfaction, flies back and reports. "3 alternative entrances. If you had been patient and waited for that in the first place, it would have saved you the trouble." * Lukas looks to Khalil and says snappishly, "What do you call this, guns blazing? This _is_ patience." * Ashley waggles his fingers a little, and Alys and Lei are suddenly and without fanfare dressed as employees of ChemicalDyne. Togo is dressed, instead, as a guard. They're rather convincing illusions, down to the smell of the leather boots Togo's wearing. I call it pointless argument. Easy as pie, luv. * Alys looks at the others, then herself. "Awesome!" * Herman eyes the illusions. "Nice." And then he turns to Khalil. "Is one of them a loading dock?" [Lei looks down at herself too. "Wow. I'm impressed."] * Lukas smirks and says to himself, "You need to work on your definition of argument." He turns to the illusion people. * Griff_Khalil nods. "As well, a back door and a roof entrance." * Ashley smiles. "Practice makes perfect, right?" * Togo frowns for a moment, and pats at his face. Finding his glasses still there, he lets out a soft breath and looks around. "Right. Let's just get inside. Back door sounds fun." [Lei blinks. "Umm... But how will we get in? The door is locked."] ( Minds outta the gutter, Rowyn. ) * Alys pulls out the ties and bobby pins she has in her hair so that it falls down to her shoulders, waving slightly. She actually looks kind of professional. (>_>) (...wha?) ( o/~ ) Loading docks tend to be less closely guarded. We can probably just walk in. (I gotta go with Rowyn on this one. That was a streetch. c.c;) (I still don't get it. ^^;) (Yeah, really, Jesse.) ( Good. It was unintentional. ) * Lukas nods. "Whatever does it for ya." Wait wait, gimme a sec. [Lei nods. "Well, whatever we do, let's hurry. Who knows what he's doing to my sister?"] I can keep that up for a while, but getting all of us will be quite the stretch. * Herman sighs and walks. For the backdoor. People can come with or not. * Togo heads for the back of the building! A bit slower, since Alys said 'wait'. "Three of us'll walk ahead of the rest." Once we get inside, that is. * Ashley follows, his expression not changing. Almost beatific, really. [Lei starts to go too.] * Lukas heads with Herman. Breaking into places? He knows how this works. * Alys closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. When she opens them, her posture is perfect and her face has a mildly annoyed expression. She looks just like an employee whose friend has dragged her back after hours because she forgot something. * Griff_Khalil goes with Herman. "You believe the roof would be guarded? Perhaps those undisguised should take another route." * Griff_Khalil speaks in a low tone. [You walk around to the back. There's two large garage doors and a smaller people-sized door at the loading area.] Yeah, so you're willing to fly us up one by one? No splittin' up 'less we have to. * Herman looks around for camera types. ( Togo, I love ya. ) [No cameras on the outside, but the door is locked.] * Ashley glances back at Alys. "Wow, luv. That's a nice game face, truly." I could possibly take up two or three at a time... * Alys glances at Ashley and says, bored, "Thanks. Can we please just take care of this?" We have no reliable method'a communications right now, so splitting up is just asking for trouble. Volt, if you'd deal with the door? No. Simply being here is asking for trouble. Splitting up would be a side effect. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. * Herman shoos away the cat wandering by. [Lei turns her head to Khalil. "You can leave if you want."] I never stated that to be the case * Lukas nods slightly, looking all around and then nodding and muttering, "About fucking time." He looks to everyone, then to Ashley. "Can you, uh, fool a camera?" * Alys folds her arms and looks at everyone impatiently. "Look, can't we just call in and I can yell at someone to open the door? I'm sure Volt can get a number." * Ashley looks slightly chagrined. "Well, you know, I can, but I'd have to make the girls stand quite close." He sighs. "I am woefully out of practice." * Lukas shakes his head, makes a circle with his hand, and puts his hand in front of it. "No, like this. Cover the camera. Not the people." [Lei turns to Alys. "But then they'd ask why Togo didn't have a key."] Oh, you mean were I to drop the charade of being guards? Of course I could. Good. * Lukas walks up to the door. Point. * Lukas also pulls out those great burglar's tools. Can you believe they're only a minor item? (Yes.) ( They don't help you with the 10 beefy guys with shotguns that are BEHIND the door o/~ ) (So true.) (Is that a phallic symbol, or are you just happy to see me?) (Yes?) (oi vay) (Yay!) (Mmm, phallus. Wait, what?) (Tell me about it.) (That's why you've got someone who can listen for the 10 beefy guys behind the door. o/~) * Lukas picks the door lock! Or tries. It's what he's good at. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 2. [The door clicks open.] * Griff_Khalil watches with interest. * Togo motions for Volt to move back, then opens the door, indicating for the other illusioned folks to follow. (...) (You suck, Togo.) (He just doesn't want you to get perforated!) * Lukas tries to stop Togo from doing that with a waved arm. ( Togo needs some loving. ) * Togo stops as his hand touches the doorknob. "Hmm?" * Lukas pushes the door gently open, just a slight bit, looking around and then up, and nods, before pointing up at it and saying, "Camera. They like them above the doors, it seems." I suppose we need to split up after all, then? * Lukas shakes his head and waves over to Ashley. "Do, uh, whatever you need to do? Yeah." * Griff_Khalil keeps his voice low. "We shall see..." * Ashley looks to Lei. "Sorry, luv." He waves at her, and her disguise vanishes. He then looks upwards at the door, and blinks twice. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6. [Lei does not seem horrified to no longer be a ChemicalDyne employee.] * Ashley smiles. "Should be ready." Right then. Let's check the lower floors first. Mad scientists like basements. [Lei nods. "Okay."] You say that as if you are a mad scientist yourself. Maybe he is. * Lukas snickers to himself quietly. Met more than my fair share. A shame, that. Mad science can create such wonderful new trends. * Lukas steps backish and gestures idly at the doors. "Security's totally weak. Should be fine until, uh, we run into your mad scientist lab." * Herman nods at Ashley. "You tell the guy when you meet him." * Togo heads in! And looks for stairs. Yes. Discussing fashion sense with our foes is precisely the reason why we came here. [Lei follows. Immediately inside is... a loading bay. Big surprise. It's mostly bare.] * Alys rolls her eyes and follows Togo. [There's a door in the back that likely leads to the main complex.] * Griff_Khalil works his way in through the door, having to shift his wings this way and that to fit. * Herman ambles along, pipe over one shoulder. Some day, he might actually hit someone with it. * Togo heads for the door! And tries the knob when he gets there, not actually opening it yet. Just so we all have an excuse if someone sees us and asks, Lei forgot her key and the rest of you are going to the nutcase's lab. (talking to mecha on the phone, on the radio) (Last I saw was Togo heading in looking for stairs.) * Ashley follows in. "Oh, come on, Khalil, must you be so dull _all_ the time?" Lei: "Um... Except I don't look like an employee anymore... and we don't know who we're looking for."] I think the nutcase will probably seem like an apt description. And you changed out of your work clothes, that's all. * Griff_Khalil gazes at Ashley. "Compared to you...yes." * Togo checks the doorknob! Is the door locked? [Lei looks down at her Chinese garb. "Into this? Do they even have any Chinese workers here?"] [That door is not locked.] * Ashley sends a puff of air out his lips and looks to Lukas. "Tell me when I can release the camera." I don't see why not. Equal opportunity employment, and all that. It is the new affirmative action employment track. It would help if you only spoke the language as well. It would make you appear "ethnic." Yeah, like affirmative action for griffins. * Togo motions for everyone to be quiet, and opens the door a crack, peeking through. [Lei scratches her head. "I don't know... It sounds awfully risky..."] * Lukas has, uh, been following! Yes. He nods at Ashley. [On the other side is a dark hallway.] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. And me being here looking like this is not? * Ashley waves his hands again. Just look like you know exactly what you're doing and there will be hell to pay for anyone who stops you. And Khalil is being brought to the nutcase for experimentation purposes. * Togo opens the door, and motions for the others to follow. Darkness holds no meaning for him! * Griff_Khalil looks at Alys affronted. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6. (...) (STOP WITH THE TENS) (YES. >_<) (I think Ten reprogrammed Dicey) (;_;) * Ashley blinks, and Lei is once again an employee. [Lei is! She smiles to herself. "There."] [Beyond is a short corridor that leads to a T intersection.] Until the next camera. * Herman walks after, looking around and letting his eyes adjust. Darkness does have a meaning to him. He puts one hand against the wall. * Togo heads down the corridor, not getting too far ahead of the others, and pokes his head out around the corners. * Griff_Khalil turns around towards the T intersection, keeping his ears perked, his nose alert, and his eyes gazing. * Alys follows after slowly. "Why must these people turn off the damn lights?" Perhaps they are albinos. * Ashley follows along. * Alys doesn't even dignify that with a response. ... Was that a joke? * Lukas rolls his eyes and walks after. 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 2. * Griff_Khalil doesn't respond, either way. He keeps his eyes glued on the corridor. [Lei follows the others. She finds it hard to see and bumps into Lukas. "Oof!"] No guards. Probably all at the front of the building. Let's try'n find some stairs... and keep it to a whisper. *heads right* [Togo finds the stairs! How does he know? It says "stairs".] (Last I saw was Togo trying his roll.) * Lukas gets bumped again and looks back, blinking his eyes. "Um... careful there. You didn't hit anything metal in the backpack, did you?" * Alys gets fed up with trying to see where everyone is going and does her best to find someone and hold onto their hand. [Lei: "Sorry, I... huh? I'm not sure..."] * Lukas reaches back and says, "Grab my hand and walk around. My bag is no good for running into." *whisper* Stairs. *pulls out a flashlight; turns it on and starts down slowly* [The stairs go down! But only one level.] * Alys stops her search and just follows the light. * Ashley hums quietly. * Togo pulls out a coupla more flashlights, and hands them to Alys and Lukas before starting to check around this floor. * Alys has a flashlight! This is much better. Seeing is a good thing. * Lukas takes his and flicks it on. Now his hands are all full, if Lei actually took his other. [Lei does take Lukas's hand. Awww...] * Griff_Khalil follows too, shaking his head a little, walking without caring much about the light. (so cute take a picture) * Herman follows Togo down. Flashlight = good. He doesn't comment on the handholding. [This floor seems to be mostly storage area.] * Ashley looks bemusedly at the boxes. ( Have we checked the whole floor, or is that just the general impression? ) [They're made by London Box Co.!] (We love them.) ( General impression. ) * Lukas leads Lei with the light of lightness. Yeah. It's very L. ( Cardboard boxes? Wood? ) [It seems to be mostly two hallways, intersecting at various points, and storage rooms everywhere else.] (Lurvley.) * Togo clicks his tongue softly, and speaks in similarly soft tones. "Don't think this is it. Check upstairs where the lights were on next, if nobody has any better ideas." * Ashley hums. "Sounds good to me." * Lukas replies, "I'll look 'round here." [Lei looks unsure. "I... guess?"] Yeah. * Alys shrugs. * Griff_Khalil glances at Lei, then glances ahead. He hasn't said anything. Somethin' catch your eye, Volt? * Herman walks around, getting a better look in the light other people have. He doesn't seem to have a flashlight of his own. * Lukas smirks. "Nah, just a compulsion to open random boxes. Should at least check the floor." ... point. Let's do a quick sweep, then head up. *motions for Volt to lead the way* [Lei nods. "Okay."] ( How long do you want to search? ) ( And how hard? ) * Alys realizes her character is starting to slip a bit and takes on a cool, hard expression. ( Untill we find out what's in ALL THE BOXES! No.) ( 5-10 minutes, not too hard unless we find something odd, I think ) (We could always fit a certain doll in one of them and leave her there.) ( K. ) * Lukas starts searching! He actually seems to be focusing for doors. But he doesn't actually open any boxes. Much to Ten's chagrin. [After some amount of time searching... you find nothing.] * Griff_Khalil frowns and keeps his voice low. "It worries me to find a facility so devoid of life such as this..." [Lei blinks at Khalil. "Um... It's after 11:00."] * Ashley nots to Lei. "Precisely." Curiosity satisfied, Volt? Still, this is not the way it works in movies. * Lukas frowns, but he can't help but nod. "Yeah." It's late. Can we please just go get Lei's- find Ling, and get on with it? I sincerely doubt we'll find her in storage rooms. And if you had something to hide, would you leave it so thinly guarded...? [Lei stares at Khalil. "This isn't a movie. This is a real building. And by the way, it's my real sister that's kidnapped."] * Togo nods, and heads for the stairs. To the floors with the lights turned on! * Griff_Khalil glances back at Lei. "I apologize, but that is precisely my point. Why kidnap someone and then leave them relatively unguarded?" [Lei walks a short distance away and jabs the elevator button.] [She folds her arms, apparently not even realizing Togo's going for the stairs instead.] ... stairs, Lei. Elevator's not very stealthy. ( There is an elevator, mind. Also 3 other sets of stairs. ) [Lei blinks. "Oh. Sorry." She heads over towards Togo, making it a point not to glance at Khalil as she passes him.] * Ashley follows along more or less after Lei., * Togo heads up the stairs to the second floor. * Griff_Khalil follows her with his eyes, then glances at Alys, as if she should be able to interpret because she's female, then just shakes his head and walks along after the group. * Alys continues following right behind Togo. * Herman shakes his head and walks after the arguing crew. No secret passages. * Lukas looks over to the Elevator, then says after people, "Uh, hey, people?" * Griff_Khalil stops and glances at Lukas. [Lei stops and turns.] Mmm? * Lukas points at the elevator. "There's another floor. Down button." A...sub-basement? ... I'm going blind. And stupid. * Herman blinks, then walks over to look at it. "Uh. So there is. Let's take it." * Griff_Khalil glances at Togo. * Togo heads back to the elevator. "Good catch, Volt." [Lei blinks a few times and follows. "I didn't notice it. Sorry."] * Ashley amiably heads back to the elevator. * Herman hits the down button. Words to action! [The elevator comes down! Inside, there is indeed a label for a sub basement, but there's no button. Instead there's a key hole.] * Griff_Khalil glances at Volt. "I do not suppose that is one you could pick...or otherwise fool?" * Lukas looks in and says, "... Well. There you go." Volt? Tricky. Can always try. * Lukas whips 'em out and tries! (I'm sad I paid for lock picking and B&E both. Cry.) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. I would attempt except...*sighs and shows his talons* These are not conducive to such work. [Lukas fiddles with it, and suddenly the elevator starts moving downwards.] Nah. I may not be doing any good with computers but... * Lukas grins. "My manual dexterity is on the button to-day." (I'm glad this is a big elevator.) On guard, people... * Herman shrugs. "All right." He has a pipe. Yeah, really. If they don't have a camera here, I'll, uh, eat someone else's shoe? Hey, that's really neat. I ain't goin' home with just one shoe. * Griff_Khalil gives a curt nod and then rolls his shoulders back. [The elevator reaches the bottom floor. The doors open, and, sure enough, there's a camera pointing right at you. But since this isn't Metal Gear, it doesn't fire lasers.] * Ashley flips his hand out at it immediately. [The path itself opens into a corridor that turns slightly.] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. (...it's not a ten?) (Nope! ;_;) * Ashley sighs slightly as the camera is covered by a flat black plane, and Togo ceases to be a guard. * Togo pulls out his SMG, and leads the way. If you want to see pics of all of Togo's guns, check out the newest link on the MC3 page! [The corridor goes on for a bit. Along the walls is painted, "Authorized Access Only"] (... Togo have a bit of a thing for drum feed? @_@) * Lukas follows last-like. He's not a front liner! That's for the men with the large phallic objects. And wings. Togo, you're not disguised anymore. Either Lei or myself should probably lead. (It's not for men at all!) [Lei glances at the writing on the walls. "I don't think it matters at this point."] * Griff_Khalil has wings! So supposedly he fits behind Togo. Luckily, they're not large phallic wings. ( Drum-fed is fun for the whole family. ) (Yes. Yes it is lucky.) [It turns twice before coming up to a large set of double doors. The doors have glass windows in them, and behind, you can see a very large lab room. There's four rather young women in lab coats near the front of the door, each at different tables, doing some sciency junk. *more!*] * Ashley looks at Lei. "Disguises not needed, then?" ( I need to remember that *more* thing. ) [At the back of the room is a glass wall. behind that is a very large machine, nearly two stories tall. On a raised platform at the middle level of the machine is a man, with grey hair and a short beard (gimme Management/Admin (execuitive) rolls, +2!. *more*] * NeremWorld has joined #BESM [And at the center of the machine is a woman. She's wearing Chinese pants with dragons embroidered along the sides and that's it. Her upper torso is bare, with various tubes from the machine connected in her skin like syringes. Really frickin' big syringes.] 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 15. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-1) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 3. 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 12. 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 11. ( You can use cultural arts (history) at +2 if you prefer. ) 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 14. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. (Is the area lit?) ( Yes, well lit. ) [Lei gasps, covering her mouth. "Ling!"] * Lukas says as he looks over the setup, "Fucking christ..." * Alys whispers, "-Hell.- Didn't see this coming. Probably wouldn't be a good idea to call him a nutcase, either." Hey, I know that guy. * Herman 's eyes widen, and then he looks to the scientist. "Yeah?" [Luckily, they don't seem to have noticed you... yet.] (Is there a door into the back area?) ( Yes. ) * Alys falls out of character and seems like her usual self again. She ties her hair back quickly into a ponytail. ( It's a rather thick door, too. ) * Togo shuts off his flashlight, if he hasn't already, and motions for everyone else to do the same. * Ashley nods. "Yeah. He's a rather big name in cyber, or was, until The Scandal." He places the capital letters there quite adeptly. * Alys switches off her flashlight and pockets it. Luckily, she has deep pockets. * Lukas stashes someone else's flashlight. Yoink! [Lei looks utterly horrified. "What have they done to her?!"] Big name is an understatement. That's Werner freaking Himmel! ... German. Figures. Well, obviously. [Ling doesn't actually seem to notice what's being done to her. She doesn't seem conscious at all.] I mean, who else would it be, really? * Griff_Khalil blinks and responds quietly. "Yes... it is." [Lei gets over her shock. She clenches her fists and charges for the room.] (ooh, german bashing session!) ( Gimme init rolls! ) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+7) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. * Togo switches out for his shotgun... and curses as Lei cuts off his really nifty plan. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+7) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 14. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+7) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 17. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8+14) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 26. 2d8+13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+13) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 23. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 23. (Woo! My roll sucks less than yours!) (Damn you.) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. [Order is Khalil, Lei, Alys, Togo, Ten, Ashley, Lukas, Herman, Women, Himmel] [Khalil's turn!] * Griff_Khalil lets out a soft curse under his breath and rushes forward quickly to stop Lei before they get spotted. (grapple attempt, and follow-up depending on success or failure.) ( Go for it ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. * Griff_Khalil hisses as quietly as he can to Lei. "Wait for us to move together." [Lei deftly slips out of Khalil's grasp. "Let me go! Ling!"] * Griff_Khalil sighs and doesn't pursue it. What's done is done. [Lei's turn!] [She charges into the... Christ, I can't concentrate with this stuff Cham >.<] (HA.) (HAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH WINNAR) (Now I am all a-giggle.) [She charges into the room. Apparently, the scientists were more prepared than they let on, because one gets in the way.] [Lei screams, "Move!" And jumps, bringing a roundhouse onto her neck. But the woman doesn't budge, and Lei shrieks and falls to the floor, clutching her ankle.] (Does she clang?) [She does, in fact, clang.] [And the actual init order is: Khalil, Lei, Woman1, Alys, Togo, Woman2, Woman3, Ten, Ashley, Woman4, Lukas, Herman, Himmel] ( ... Rina? Is that you? ) ( Hi! ^_^) ( You will all have big loving long time. ) (Ha.) [The woman looks down at Lei and stomps on her knee. A large cracking sound accompanies another shriek.] [Alys's turn] Oh, dear. ( We're gonna need another Timmy o/~ ) * Herman winces. * Alys unhooks her chains, takes a deep breath, and runs to the woman in front of Lei, attacking. 2 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2 2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 9 6. [Alys strikes! Her first attack misses, the second doesn't! But it doesn't seem to do much, either. *clang*] [Togo's turn] This is really, really not good. * Togo ducks into the room as much as he can, swaps out his shotgun for his machine gun, and tries to catch as many of the women as possible in the spray as he hoses them down with bullets. "Robots. Always hasta be robots." 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. [Togo manages to get two of them. They grimace, but sparks are all that come from the wounds.] [One of the women points her hand at togo, and the flesh seperates, revealing a large gun barrel. She fires her own shot at him!] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. [Togo avoids the shot! It makes a big hole in the wall behind him. The other woman runs over to Alys. He fingernails extend into sharp claws, and she swipes at her.] ( Which women are damaged, for the record? ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. ( #2 and #3 ) (And for that matter which one was standing over Lei?) ( #1 ) ( But shooting at her might have caught Alys in the spread, so I figured you probably didn't want to :P ) [Alys sways back as the nails miss her by a hair's breadth.] [Ten's turn!] 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 9. [Ten sits in Lukas's backpack. Comfy.] [Ashley's turn!] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. [Ashley vanishes, and there's a big black splotch in front of the first woman.] ( Ten succeeds in her Comfy Check! ) (I am comfy in STYLE!) [Woman #4's hand opens into a flame thrower, and she advances!] [Lukas's turn] * Lukas moves into the room, pulls his dart gun, and takes a chance that the God of Cyber isn't actually cybernetic by firing at him as he (at non-top-speed) tries to cross the ground to the machine. (( I wish I could succeed at my Comfy Check)) [Herman's turn!] [Lukas's dart does not penetrate the glass.] (There are.) [Herman's turn] * Herman looks at the mess, then runs after Lukas, trusting the others to take care of it. [Himmel's turn! He fiddles with the machinery. Ling's body jerks once in response.] [Khalil's turn] * Griff_Khalil hisses and looks back and forth between Woman #1 and Women #4. He finally settles on protecting Lei and goes forward to grab the leg before it stomps again. At worst, holding it up and at best trying to actually yank it off. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. [Khalil grabs the woman's leg!] [Meanwhile, Lei lies there whimpering. Ow. And the woman tries to get free from Khalil.] (Does he have enough SS to pull it off? I'm guessing no.) ( Your Lazar is insufficient. ) (;_;) ( He doesn't ( Make another unarmed attack (grabs) ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. [Khalil retains hold of her leg.] [Alys's turn] * Alys swings her chains at the woman that Khalil's holding onto. Didn't do much good last time, but it can't hurt to try again. 2 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2 2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2 4. [Alys hits the woman twice! There's still not much effect, though.] [Session heldeded.]