<Brett> [Day: Tuesday, Oct. 9th.  Time: 10:00 p.m.]
<Brett> [Y'all are SOOooo in Norway, yo.  Like, northwest of the town of Skein.  
It's night time and snowing, though not too hard.  But you can't see the town in 
the distance.]
<Brett> [The Tower of Dorhbran is atop what's not the tallest nor steepest 
mountain in the range, so lucky for you the taxis (you need two of them) drive 
you all the way there (for a very generous tip).]
<Ashley> (That's what Dante gets for refusing to sexxor mad hawt fae.)
<Brett> [The tower is a large, strange structure shaped like a mushroom made of 
stone, with at least two smaller mushrooms growing out of the top.  A taxicab 
guy helpfully informs you that an old coot lives in there and doesn't have much 
to do with the rest of the world.  Then he and his partner take off, leaving you 
there!]
<Brett> [And I suppose I should mention that evergreen trees sparsely populate 
the mountain.  But not enough trees so that they get a vote in the evergreen 
summit (haw haw, summit).]
<Brett> [Right, so... Gimme sight rolls at +4! And then Session Start!]
<Lukas> 2d8+4
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+4) and gets 20, a CRITICAL 
FAILURE!!! "Hey, a failure. Oh, by the way... I heard what you've been saying 
about me."
<Ashley> 2d8+4
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+4) and gets a natural 13 for a 
result of 17.
<Alys> 2d8+4
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8+4) and gets a natural 11 for a result 
of 15.
<Ten> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 
11.
<Herman> 2d8+2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Herman (2d8+2) and gets a natural 7 for a 
result of 9.
<Khalil> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-2) and gets 14, a CRITICAL 
FAILURE!!! "If I go crazy, will you still call me Superman?"
<Lukas> (... HAAA ha ha haha.)
<Khalil> (....)
<Ten> (... This bodes poorly.)
<Ashley> (Holy FUCK.)
<Herman> (Good lord, people.)
<Lukas> (And now you can share my delusion!)
<Alys> (We are collectively BLIND.)
<Brett> [Carry on o/~]
<Ashley> (god dammit. Fucking fae.)
<Khalil> (The sad thing is that in MC3, you can't really have a "suspension of 
disbelief" ^^;  Any weird crap you see may actually be true.)
* Ashley looks around. "You know, even if he hadn't named the tower after 
himself, I'd have known just from the style."
* Alys looks at the tower with her head tilted to one side. "Can you actually 
find architects who will design stuff like this?"
* Ten looks up at the giant mushroom and is warm in a new  red coat that was 
bought shortly before the cab ride. Yay spending other peoples money. "Wow, 
like, does he like mushrooms or something? I mean realy realy like them?"
* Ten starts glancing around and up.
<Ashley> Let's just say he fits them well.
<Herman> What, a magical phallic symbol?
* Ashley ignores the comment and moves towards the door.
* Khalil just stares up at the mountain and keeps watch, focusing at one spot in 
particular. He quirks his head and tries to get a better look.
* Lukas was looking a little annoyed... but then his eyes widen randomly. "What 
the..." And he... just sorta starts off at a hovering fly in a direction.
* Ten looks where Lukas is looking.
* Herman follows Ashley, using her staff as... uh, a walking staff. She glances 
at Lukas. "Hey, no getting off the path here."
* Khalil points at the retreating Lukas. "Should we let him go out there on his 
own?"
<Brett> [The door has no less than 22 knockers, each different shapes and 
sizes.]
* Alys ambles along after Ashley. "You have weird friends. Really."
* Ten starts after him. "Hey! Wait up!"
<Khalil> Only...
* Alys blinks at the knockers. "Does no one use doorbells!?"
<Herman> Lukas, get back here!
* Khalil blinks and watches Ten and runs after her. "Wait. You see it too?"
<Ashley> You ought to meet the rest of them, except you'd like as not end up 
starving to death. 
* Ashley looks back. "Oh, what NOW?"
<Togo> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 
7.
<Herman> Volt's distracted.  All this bloody magic, I swear.
* Ten speaks as she follows. "Only if you see his sister too!"
* Lukas stops to a hover and looks around again.
* Khalil stares at Ten and keeps going. "His what? No. I am certain that is a 
snowman."
<Ten> Like, I don't think she's turned into a snowman. Has she Lukas? That'd be 
kinda bad.
* Alys looks over in that direction. "...What are you guys -doing-? Can I do it 
too?"
<Brett> [Lukas approaches close enough to see a snowman.  He sure is cute with 
his top hat.]
<Togo> Jetski. *points* And something big and funky-shaped... what the hell is 
that, Volt?
<Khalil> Well, whatever it is, it sure seems angry.
<Khalil> Or seemed.
* Khalil rubs his forehead and stops.
<Brett> [Suddenly another snowman bursts out of the ground near Lukas! A big, 
furry thing with huge muscles and an angry face.  Gimme init rolls!]
* Lukas glances back at Ten. "No, but I swear..." he looks back and at the 
snowman before shaking his head. "Looks like a snowman, I guess." A beat, then 
he mutters something under his breath--aah.
<Herman> Oh, for Cr- holy shit!
* Ashley stands by the door. "Likely or not, there's more of this in... oh, 
BOLLOCKS."
<Ten> 2d8+10
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8+10) and gets a natural 4 for a result 
of 14.
<Herman> 2d8+6
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Herman (2d8+6) and gets a natural 8 for a 
result of 14.
<Lukas> 2d8+8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+8) and gets a natural 4 for a result 
of 12.
* Khalil stares at the snowman. "Oh. It was that one."
<Ten> Eeep!
<Khalil> 2d8+8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8+8) and gets a natural 14 for a 
result of 22.
<Ashley> 2d8+8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+8) and gets a natural 9 for a 
result of 17.
<Alys> 2d8+8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8+8) and gets a natural 14 for a result 
of 22.
<Togo> 2d8++14
<Togo> 2d8+14
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets 30, a CRITICAL 
FAILURE!!! "Hey, a failure. Oh, by the way... I heard what you've been saying 
about me."
<Lukas> (... well, you certainly made out well!)
<Ten> (Man, dicey has it in for us tonight.)
<Brett> [Togo, Snowman, Khalil, Alys, Ashley, Ten, Herman, Lukas]
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo tries shooting it with his wrist crossbow. "Now would be a good time to 
retreat, Volt!"
<Togo> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result 
of 11.
<Brett> [Togo misses!  And actually, ranged attacks should have a +2 due to low 
lighting/snow.  Forgot that ^^;]
<Brett> [The snowman grunts and tries to pound Lukas into the mountain!]
<Brett> [And misses!]  
<Brett> [Khalil!]
* Khalil sighs and takes out the bayonet. "A matter of course." He slashes for 
the abominable snowman's hand.
<Khalil> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a 
result of 2.
<Brett> [Khalil slashes the abominable snowman's abominable hand! It makes him 
angrier.]
<Brett> [Alys!]
<Brett> ( Honestly, I can't have you go to a snow-covered mountain without 
fighting an abominable snowman. It'd just be wrong. :P )
<Khalil> (Actually, it'd be welcomed among all of us, but hey. ;P)
* Alys runs up to it and slashes with her naginata while whining. "It's too damn 
cold for this!"
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result 
of 3.
<Brett> [Alys slices the snowman, making it unhappy!]
<Brett> [Ashley!]
* Ashley twirls up his hand and wiggles his fingers. "Bother. Burning Fear!"
<Ashley> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a 
result of 8.
<Brett> [Ashley sets the snowman ablaze! It yelps and falls down, rolling down 
the mountain to extinguish the fire.]
* Herman shields her eyes as she watches it go.
<Brett> [That's it unless you're chasing after.]
<Brett> [It makes a nice big snowball.]
* Lukas is in the process of hovering away, stunned-like, and then slows to a 
stop, rubbing his face. "Fucking Christ."
* Ten blinks. "Like, was it supposed to do that?"
* Khalil sighs, a cloud coming out of his breath and puts the bayonet away. "At 
least my earlier vision was founded."
<Ashley> Who can tell, with Dohrbran? 
<Herman> ... Yeah, let's go back to the door so it can eat us before more 
snowmen do.
* Lukas sets down in the snow and trudges back to the door with a tired look.
<Ten> Kay.
* Togo eyes his wrist crossbow. "I need a gun, dammit." *mutters as he walks 
back towards the door*
* Ten walks back towards the tower and still seems confused.
* Alys heads back to the door while looking at it suspiciously. "D'you really 
think it'll eat us? I'm not tasty at all."
<Alys> Do you hear that, door? NOT. TASTY.
<Brett> [Twelve knockers!]
* Herman walks up to the door, too. "Who knows. Ashley, which one?"
* Ten looks at the door knockers.
<Brett> ( Occult (astrology) rolls )
<Khalil> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 4 for a result 
of 4.
<Ten> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 
6.
<Lukas> 2d8-1
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-1) and gets a natural 9 for a result 
of 8.
<Alys> 2d8-1
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-1) and gets a natural 12 for a result 
of 11.
<Ashley> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result 
of 11.
<Herman> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a 
result of 9.
<Ashley> Bloody hell, how should I know?
<Robin> ( None of you even know what a star is! )
<Brett> [The majority of you recognize the shapes of the knockers as signs of 
the zodiac.]
<Herman> (... I would know that, and I don't have any ranks in Astrology. XD)
<Khalil> (As do I. :P)
<Lukas> (I'd be able to guess it after a few!)
* Ashley scans the knockers. "What month is it, again?"
<Togo> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result 
of 8.
* Lukas gets to the door, looks it over, and says nothing.
<Ten> So, like is it birthdays? An' is it ours or the bodies or what?
<Alys> Um, I think I missed something. What?
<Khalil> I was never much for horoscopes.  It seems much of a sin to attempt to 
scry false futures.
* Togo eyes the door. "Too many knockers..." *pauses; blinks* "Wow. Never 
thought I'd hear myself say that..."
* Herman blinks at Ashley. "October."
<Robin> ( *snrk* )
<Herman> How'd you forget the bloody month?
<Khalil> He is a fae, correct?  I would think that would be obvious.
<Ten> I dunno!
<Herman> Not right now, he isn't.
<Khalil> That is true.  Perhaps Dante does not keep an organizer.
<Ashley> Fellow doesn't keep much of anything.
* Lukas looks up and says snappishly, "Can we get on with it? Whatever it is?"
<Khalil> Like a pulse?
* Ten rubs her head. "Like, if I was me I could so look these up and give 
everybody their horoscopes at the same time!"
* Ashley shrugs, grabs the Libra knocker, and gives it a rap.
<Khalil> But it would be...
* Khalil watches Ashley. "Yes, I believe that is correct."
<Brett> [The door swings inwards! It reveals a large room with a table and... 
bookshelves.  Lots of bookshelves.  With lots of books.  There's another door in 
the back, and no sign of life, although it is well lit inside the room.  By 
nothing, apparently.]
<Togo> ... that'salotta books.
<Ashley> Aah. Home sweet library.
* Alys 's eyes light up. "Books! Booksbooksbooks!"
* Ashley walks in. Carefully
* Khalil looks about inside and boggles slightly. "Impressive. Very impressive."
<Ten> Aww, don't tell me he's away.
* Alys walks in happily and starts scanning the titles. "Books, books..."
<Brett> ( Gimme hearing checks! )
<Alys> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result 
of 11.
* Lukas walks in uncarefully. "If he is, we've got someplace to wait."
<Togo> 2d8-4
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 3.
<Herman> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Herman (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a 
result of 9.
<Lukas> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 4 for a result 
of 4.
<Ashley> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 7.
<Ten> 2d8-4
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result 
of 6.
<Brett> [Most of you hear the gunshots from the upper levels of the tower.]
<Khalil> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a 
result of 4.
* Herman walks in. She hears nothing. Nothing!
<Togo> ... no time for bookbrowsing now. Gunshots upstairs.
<Khalil> ...that is about...how do you say it?  Pear for course?
<Ten> Ack! Somebodies shooting at him! That's not cool!
* Togo starts running towards the door in the back.
<Ashley> Oh for fuck's sake. It's amazing we're all still fucking alive.
* Lukas runs his hand back through his hair. "For fuck's sake."
* Ashley heads after Togo at a run.
<Khalil> That works as well.
<Lukas> (Ashley and Lukas, meant for each other.)
* Khalil starts running after.
<Brett> [Ashley and Lukas are of one mind.]
* Ten runs after people so she won't be left behind!
<Ashley> (Now THAT'S scary.)
* Alys runs as well. In the same direction, even.
* Lukas skims along after. Like it was second nature or something.
<Brett> [The door opens, revealing a spiral staircase up to the next floor.]
* Herman lifts her dress with one hand and runs after them, muttering something 
in Anglo-Saxon.
* Togo starts running up the stairs!
<Ten> Awww, c'mon. Elevators are cool! He should get one!
* Ten runs up the stairs anyway.
* Khalil scowls and runs up. "This place could have been better designed.
* Ashley upstairsruns.
* Lukas smirks.
* Togo calls back down. "Stairs make great choke points, though."
* Alys keeps going, and going, and...
<Herman> With our luck... it's another bloody... what?
<Brett> [The next floor is mostly bare, although it does have some statues of 
mythical monsters: a satyr, a cyclops, a pegasus, and a winged snake.  There's a 
door at the far end, with a world map painted on it.]
<Brett> [It's a relief map, at that.]
<Brett> [And more gunshots! You can all hear them now. Woo.]
* Ashley runs across the room after Togo, who is first.
* Togo runs for the next door, which presumably leads to the next set of stairs.
<Brett> [It has no doorknob!]
* Ten stops running when she gets to the top of the stairs and walks. "An he 
didn't even put enough of them in!"
* Khalil gets to the top and stops and stares, then shakes his head before 
running forward to the other door.
<Togo> ... oh, for fuck's sakes. Should I poke Norway or something?
* Ashley rolls his eyes. "Think like you're a foolish old man obsessed with 
knowledge. In short, yes."
* Togo pokes Norway on the map!
* Herman jogs up and into the room last. "Fucking dresses," she mutters.
* Alys runs in and looks at the people standing around. "Oh, hey, gunshots! 
Things make sense now! Well, sort of."
<Brett> [Norway slides inwards! ... briefly.  Then there's a buzzer sound, and a 
puff of red smoke.  When it clears, there's a red X on Togo's forehead.]
* Lukas has a small smirk on his face. Not that it makes him look happy.
<Khalil> So, not Norway.
<Togo> ... I fucking hate puzzles. *steps back*
* Khalil looks over the map again, then back behind him. "...of course."
* Ten giggles. "Like, where's he from?"
* Khalil pushes Greece.
<Brett> [The door swings inward!]
<Ashley> ... what, now?
* Khalil looks back. "The statues."
<Herman> Greek mythology let's just go!
<Ten> We go! You're awesome Khalil!
* Khalil waits for everyone else to go through first.
* Ashley looks back. ".... bloody... " He starts running again.
* Ten runs for the door!
<Brett> [More stairs are behind!]
* Alys continues running.
* Khalil heads up the stairs!
* Togo runs up the stairs! With a red X on her forehead!
* Herman runs up the bloody stairs.
* Lukas hovers after Ten.
<Togo> Khalil'n I will go into the room first, since neither of us're much good 
outta melee range right now. Rest of you hang back, find some cover, and help 
however you can without getting these bodies shot up all to hell.
* Ten goes up the stairs. "Kay!"
<Khalil> Unless we still have another floor to go.
<Brett> [And up you go! The next floor is also fairly bare, except it's got a 
set of scales and... a pile of gold ingots.  There's another door at the end, 
this one with an average weight chart for men and women.]
* Khalil stops suddenly. "...worth your weight in gold? This is getting worse 
and worse."
* Ten stops running. "So, like, we're wo... what he said!"
* Lukas hovers to a stop and glares. "Yeah. Now you're just getting stupid, 
tower."
<Togo> ... okay, this one I remember. Ten, get on one end of the scale, please?
* Herman gets out into the room and groans.
<Ten> Kay!
* Ten climbs onto one side of the scales.
<Brett> [There's a puff of red smoke near Lukas's head. When it clears, there's 
a big frowny face on his forehead.]
* Alys looks at the chart to see if her normal body was the average weight.
* Lukas flips off the tower. The whole thing.
* Togo checks the chart for Ten's approximate height, and starts piling on the 
appropriate amount of ingots.
<Herman> (<Alys> I want to know if I'm fat!)
<Brett> ( Gimme a science (physics) roll at -3 Togo! )
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 4.
* Ashley crosses his arms and frowns. "If we end up saving his life, he'd damn 
well better not be pissed off we're showing up unannounced."
* Ten watches Togo and tries to work out just how much she's worth.
<Brett> [Togo gets the appropriate amount and the door swings open.]
* Ashley takes off running again!
<Herman> I don't know your friend, Ashley, but- there!
* Lukas smirks and says, "So, Togo, how much was that?"
* Herman rushes after.
* Ten steps off the scales.
* Alys runs after Khalil and Togo go through.
* Togo runs up the stairs. "Enough."
* Lukas hovers over to near the scales for a second, then snorts.
* Khalil heads after Togo as well.
* Ten runs for the door!
* Lukas follows.
<Brett> [You get to the top of the stairs! It opens into a fairly large room, 
looking more like a living quarters, although plenty of old books and scrolls 
are strewn about, just the same.  And no sooner does Ashley notice this than 
something slams hard into the wall next to the stairs, making a big dent. 
<more!>]
<Brett> [There's an open window, where two guys in tactical body armor, complete 
with helmets, are taking a sack that's kicking and squirming.  Blocking them are 
two more guys who look similar, as well as a third: A big bald man with tan 
skin, an enormous chin, not at all thin, and very musclin'.  He's got a big 
hammer in one hand.]
<Ten> (I figure Ten was worth about... $819,200 1986 dollars since that was the 
first date I found a value for gold with a weight attached to it.)
<Brett> [The guy hefts his hammer over his shoulder. "What's this? The joke 
brigade."
<Brett> [He frowns. "Hey, waitta minnit.  I knows you."]
* Ashley blinks, then grins. "He's going to owe me big for this one. Drop the 
geezer, if you please. There's a good lad."
<Lukas> (... the way you desced it, there are three blockers at the window, two 
stealers, and us.)
<Togo> ( "Jehovah's Witness!" "Okay, okay, we'll let him go! Just let us get 
away! )
<Brett> ( Stealers behind the blockers, but yeah. )
<Ten> Hey! No kidnapping him before he helps us!
<Lukas> (... but the blockers are supposed to be blocking the stealers.)
* Khalil blinks and looks at the rest of the group. "Nose us? Do we smell that 
badly?"
<Lukas> No, he just speaks that poorly.
<Ashley> (They're blocking the stealers from us.)
<Ashley> (Or vice versa.)
* Khalil nods. "Ah." He blinks, to show that he didn't truly get it.
<Brett> [The thing that made the dent in the wall moves!  It's actually a girl.  
A rather pretty girl. She's tall, with snow white skin and long blond hair.  Oh, 
and pointed ears.  Her clothes look out of place: a cape, a tunic and leggings, 
and she's wielding an axe that has a blade that's... not actually there.  Looks 
like a ghost axe.]
<Ten> (Alys! We've just found your spirit link candidate! ;p)
<Brett> [She looks faerly beaten up, too.  Faerly, hah!]
<Brett> [Suddenly the Grand Mongoose doesn't show up!]
<Alys> (XD)
<Ten> (He's Ashley's ::runs::)
<Brett> ( Thought I better not let you get your hopes up :P )
<Brett> [The two guys hurry down a rope in the window as the baldy steps 
forward. "Sorries, no can do."]
* Herman steps out of the stairwell and takes it in. "What's this all- HEY. 
Bloody..."
<Ten> Hey!
* Alys points. "Getting away, getting away, we should hurt them!"
* Khalil shakes his head. "Either Lukas or I could go after the stealers. The 
rest of us should deal with these..." He seems at a loss for words.
* Ten tries to run past the blockers. "Hey! Come back here with him!"
<Brett> ( That counts. Init! )
* Lukas rolls his eyes. "God, get out of the way." He pushes both of his hands 
towards the blockers. TK pushes!
<Ten> 2d8+10
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8+10) and gets a natural 9 for a result 
of 19.
<Alys> 2d8+8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8+8) and gets a natural 11 for a result 
of 19.
<Ashley> 2d8+8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+8) and gets a natural 14 for a 
result of 22.
<Khalil> 2d8+8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8+8) and gets a natural 4 for a 
result of 12.
<Lukas> 2d8+8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+8) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 15.
<Togo> 2d8+14
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 5 for a result 
of 19.
<Herman> 2d8+6
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Herman (2d8+6) and gets a natural 5 for a 
result of 11.
<Brett> [Ashley, Elf, Ten, Togo, Alys, Stealer1, Stealer2, Lukas, Baldy, 
Commando1, Khalil, Commando2, Herman]
<Brett> [Ashley's turn!]
<Herman> (YAY EYE AM LASTE)
<Togo> ( Are the two stealers already out the window? )
<Brett> ( Close to it )
* Ashley tosses his hand with a flourish. "Unhand him!" He snickers. "Darkness 
Nova."
<Ashley> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a 
result of 8.
<Brett> [A big ball of purple gathers around the blockers, then explodes, making 
them all stagger.]
<Brett> [The elf gets up off the ground and charges in, crying out as she swings 
at the big man.  She cuts a small wound in his chest; he doesn't seem too phased 
by it.]
<Brett> [Ten!]
* Ten nods and holds her turn.
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo hops up onto the ceiling, and tosses a bolo at the legs of the stealer 
who's carrying the fae.
<Togo> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result 
of 11.
<Brett> [The bolo strikes the floor near the man's legs.]
<Brett> [Alys!]
* Alys swings her naginata happily at the nearest blocker.
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 5.
<Brett> [Alys cuts him across the gut.  He staggers back and raises his weapon, 
but just isn't able to keep on his feet, and collapses to the ground.]
* Alys makes a face. "Ew."
* Ten tries to run around the remaining blocker so she can make a grab at the 
stealer with the sack!
<Brett> ( Body - acrobatics (tumbling) )
<Ten> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8-3) and gets 13, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! 
"Sorry, I don't take bribes. No, not even chocolate. No, not kinky sex acts, 
either."
<Herman> (...)
<Ten> (... I cry)
<Brett> ( <.< )
<Ashley> (W. T. F.)
<Ten> (How many critfails can you get in one session? Let's find out!)
<Arsenal> ( Can we say "belly-flop"? )
<Brett> [Ten runs tries to swerve around the man, but just when she thinks she's 
going to make it, he trips her and she falls to the ground (+2 to defend until 
your next turn).]
* Ten rolls to her feet and keeps running, but it doesn't look like she's going 
to get to them before they get out the window. "That wasn't fair!"
<Brett> [She doesn't! They hop out the window with the sack and start on their 
way down.]
<Brett> [Lukas's turn!]
* Lukas made a gesture! Now it gets to try against the dice.
<Lukas> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result 
of 9.
<Brett> [A bunch of books are tossed around.]
<Brett> [The bald guy smiles down at the elf before swinging his hammer with one 
hand.  It collides with a thunderous crack, sending her flying into the wall. 
She tries to get up, but her body gives out.]
<Brett> [Khalil's turn!]
* Khalil sighs and starts running forward towards the stealers. Midway, he 
dissolves into the swarm of scarabs and goes around the blockers as best as he 
can to follow the stealers out the window. If he/they can make it there in time, 
they'll try to swarm over the one with the bag and bite him.
<Brett> [That works to get Khalil as far as the window, but the kidnappers still 
have a bit of a head start.]
<Ten> (Uhm.... I'd like to point out that inciting the kidnappers to drop the 
guy out the side of the building? Not such a good thing.)
<Brett> [The remaining commando fires a semi-automatic at Ten's back as she gets 
up and runs from him. (normal ranged def.)]
<Ten> 2d8-4
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 4 for a result 
of 0.
<Brett> [Ten ducks and covers and doesn't get shot!]
<Brett> [Herman!]
<Lukas> (You can dodge a hail of gunfire, but getting around a guy is just too 
much for you.)
<Ten> (It's these feet! They suck! And they're too big!)
<Lukas> (Yes, we all despise the feet. They're just trying to keep us down.)
* Herman stays right by the door and maybe the second dent the elf made. She 
pulls a deck of tarot cards out of her cleavage and throws them; they circle 
around Ten, and she starts chanting a Latin rhyme. Ten's body suddenly looks 
considerably more powerful.
<Herman> (Hero's Strength and done.)
<Togo> ( TEN SMASH! )
<Brett> [Ten becomes ub3r]
<Lukas> (It looks more like it should be called 'Boobies' Blessing.')
<Ashley> (... I totally blended lines and say "Ten's cleavage suddenly looks 
considerably more powerful.")
<Herman> (It does.)
* Ten blinks. "Whoa."
<Brett> [Ashley's turn!]
<Ten> (My cleavage is AWESOME! Only it's back on my body. ;_;)
<Lukas> (THE ATTACK BOOBS.)
* Ashley spins to the bald dude. "Burning Fear!" He flicks his fingers.
<Ashley> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a 
result of 10.
<Ashley> (And I whiff on the ACCURATE spell.)
<Brett> [Ashley burns a book. The bastard.]
<Brett> [Ten!]
<Ten> (Alys will hat you long time!)
<Alys> (THE BOOK. >.<)
* Ten grabs hold of the rope with both hands and pulls for she is MIGHTY!
<Brett> [Ten starts pulling the rope back up!]
<Brett> [Togo's turn]
* Togo starts to move for the window, but, seeing that Khalil and, oddly, Ten 
are on it, he looks down and shoots a wrist crossbow bolt at the bald guy with 
the hammer.
<Togo> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 14 for a result 
of 12.
<Togo> ( 2 13s and a 14 on attack rolls. Niiiiiiiiiiiice. )
<Brett> [A bolt plunks into the ground near the man's feet.]
<Brett> [Alys!]
* Alys feels an urge to help with the window thing, but the only thing she could 
really do would be to cut the rope, which -probably- wouldn't be helpful. So she 
takes a swing at the bald guy.
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result 
of 10.
<Brett> [Alys misses the guy, however.]
<Brett> [Meanwhile, the guy with the sack continues down the rope, until he 
reaches the end.  The other one maintains his position and fires a volley of 
bullets at Ten, but misses.]
<Brett> [Lukas's turn!]
* Lukas growls and gestures again, trying to grab and toss the two blockers 
apart.
<Lukas> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result 
of 12.
<Brett> [Lukas tears a book in half :(]
<Brett> [The bald guy turns towards Alys. "You're up!"  He swings the hammer at 
her like a baseball bat.]
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 5.
<Brett> [Alys ducks under the hammer, avoiding getting her head taken off.]
<Brett> [Khalil!]
<Togo> ( Eat the guy with the gun, Khalil! He's halal! )
* Khalil crawls down the rope and, seeing how Ten has the rope under control, 
works on swarming the guy whose firing on her. Chomp.
<Khalil> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result 
of 13.
<Brett> [The man beats at the bugs with his arm as they come down, managing to 
fend them off for the moment.]
<Brett> [Meanwhile, the remaining commando takes another shot at Ten.]
<Ten> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 
13.
<Brett> [Ten tries to dodge, but holding onto the rope as she is, it's 
difficult.  She takes a bullet in her shoulder and in her leg.]
<Brett> [Herman!]
* Ten cries out!
* Herman runs for the commando that shot at Ten and tries to slam her staff into 
him, stick-weilding wizard style.
<Herman> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Herman (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a 
result of 7.
<Brett> [Whiff.]
<Brett> [Ashley!]
* Ashley busts out another BURNING FEAR!
<Ashley> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a 
result of 11.
<Ten> (... Call the session before Dicy kills us all? >_> <_<)
<Brett> [Ashley burns another book :(  And he's finding that tossing all this 
fire about is tiresome.]
<Brett> ( Heck no, we're just getting started. )
<Alys> (Boooooks. ;_;)
<Brett> [Ten!]
* Ten pulls and bleeds and now there are three people hanging on the rope! "THIS 
SUCKS!"
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Brett> [Right, Togo's turn!]
* Togo gets tired of trying unsuccessfully to hit things with his wrist 
crossbow, and tries to zap the bald guy with a stun gun.
<Togo> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result 
of 6.
<Lukas> (Non-lethal weaponry never works, silly man)
<Brett> [Fzzt! The guy is zapped! He spasms, then glares at Togo. "Okay, now I'm 
mad!"]
<Brett> [Alys!]
* Alys turns around and tries to hit the guy who shot at Ten. "Hey, how's the 
rescue going over there?"
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 5.
<Brett> [The guy is totally unprepared for that and falls to the ground as Alys 
slashes him.]
<Herman> ... Better now that you got here.
<Brett> [The guy at the bottom of the rope looks down, as though guaging his 
chances of making a safe landing.  The other guy fires up at Ten again, but 
misses once more.]
<Brett> [Lukas!]
* Lukas gives up on doing anything useful to the combat and gestures at the 
rope, trying to basically TK-grab and pull it.
<Lukas> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result 
of 11.
<Brett> [With Lukas's assistance, the rope goes up even more.]
<Brett> d2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 
2.
<Brett> [The guy at the bottom decides to take his chances and hope that the 
snow is pretty deep.  He jumps.]
<Ten> (Which one has the bag?)
<Brett> ( The guy at the bottom. )
<Khalil> (The one at the bottom.)
<Ten> (Brilliant!)
<Ten> Hey! You're not supposed to do that!
<Brett> [The bald guy swings upwards in an attempt to smash Togo against the 
ceiling. "Pfft, Youse like a fly."]
* Ten shouts that out the window by the way.
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result 
of 9.
<Brett> [Togo is flattened against the ceiling, then drops to the floor.  God 
that hurt.]
<Brett> [Khalil!]
<Khalil> [The scarabs orient themselves to look at the fleeing maniac and 
chitter something fierce (or whatever it is these bugs do) before skittering 
back to the wall and down after him.]
<Brett> [Herman!]
* Herman has no idea what's going on, so she runs and looks out the window. "Of 
all the bloody-" And then she switches to a string of guttural curses before 
snapping her tarot cards into her hand and throwing them. They surround the 
friendlies nearby, and she starts chanting in Latin, though it's unlikely this 
one will be over anytime soon.
<Herman> (Readying teleportation.  I figure he won't get THAT far and to 
anywhere unknown in a minute.)
* Ashley Burning Fears baldy.
<Ashley> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a 
result of 11.
<Lukas> (Yeah, which game needed Drama Points again?)
<Brett> [Ashley burns another book! :(  His aim must be off because he's so 
tired.]
<Brett> [Ten!]
* Ten switches directions and starts to let the rope back out, but she's nice 
and doesn't let Khalil or the other kidnapper drop compleatly.
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Khalil> (Khalil's off the rope so you don't need to worry about him.)
* Togo groans as he drops to the floor with a thump, but has the presence of 
mind to roll away from the guy with the hammer and get to one knee so he can 
fire his stun gun again.
<Togo> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result 
of 9.
<Brett> [Togo shocks him again!  He doesn't say anything, but looks even 
madder.]
<Brett> [Although he's also having trouble standing.]
<Brett> [Alys!]
* Alys peers out the window. "Hey Volt, can you float me down if I jump?"
* Ten keeps letting the rope down and starts backing away from the window.
<Ten> (So that people can, you know, see out of it)
* Lukas says sarcastically, "Today I'll be lucky if I don't break my goddamn 
head open walking across the room. Don't count on it."
* Alys sighs and goes back to fighting the bald guy. "Right."
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result 
of 9.
<Brett> [Alys comes >< this close to hitting him.]
<Ashley> (Why ARE we bothering?)
<Lukas> (Don't ask me. I plan on jumping out the window if I ever get to act 
again.)
<Brett> [Stealer1 hits the ground hard, but gets up and limps over to one of the 
three snow mobiles.  The other one descends the rope too, now that it's down, 
and also starts towards a snow mobile.]
<Brett> [Lukas!]
<Ashley> (At this rate we'll fail breathing checks soon.)
* Lukas grits his teeth, blows out the window past Ten as fast as he can go and 
angles down, going for a collision course with the running one.
<Lukas> (Hopefully he's competent enough to freaking _fly into someone who's 
crippled_.)
<Brett> ( Tackle roll! )
<Lukas> (*flips a coin*)
<Lukas> 2d8
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result 
of 11.
<Brett> [Lukas fails to collide!]
<Lukas> (Do I hit the ground?)
<Brett> ( Nope, just miss him. )
<Togo> ( You miss the ground! )
<Ten> (The secret to flight!)
<Khalil> (Hey, that's how you fly in the first place.)
<Brett> [The bald guy takes a swing at Alys!  He's looking wobbly.]
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result 
of 3.
<Brett> [Alys avoids the hammer!]
<Brett> [Khalil!]
* Khalil makes it to the bottom of the wall and reforms, immediately going to 
run after the hobble and swing at him if possible.
<Brett> [The hobbly guy's still a distance away, having gotten to the ground 
much faster than Khalil.]
<Brett> [Herman is casting!]
<Brett> [Ashley!]
* Ashley burning fears and probably falls over.
<Ashley> 2d8-3
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a 
result of 5.
<Ashley> (ABOUT FUCKING TIME)
<Brett> [Ashley sets the guy ablaze! And doesn't fall over just yet.]
<Brett> [He's still up, albeit barely.]
<Brett> [Ten!]
* Ten concentrates on the bikes, and there's a puf of flame! Unfortunatly it's 
only a few inches outside the window. She scouls and then turns around to glare 
at the bald guy with the hammer. "This is totaly YOUR FAULT!" Then her fist 
ignites as she tries to punch him. "FLAME STRIKE!"
<Ten> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Ten (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result 
of 11.
<Brett> [Damn that woulda been cool.  As it is though, Ten's fist brushes past 
him harmlessly.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo tries to zap baldy with the stun gun again. "Get ready to 'port us 
outside, Herman!"
<Togo> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result 
of 8.
<Brett> [Togo zaps him. He whispers, "Rosebud," and falls flat on his face.]
<Brett> [Alys!]
* Herman doesn't respond; too busy getting ready to port them outside.
<Togo> Alys, stab him in the leg or something so he can't get away while we get 
his buddies!
* Alys looks a bit grossed out, but stabs him in the leg anyway.
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 3 for a result 
of 1.
<Brett> [Eww. He's stabbed.]
<Alys> (...When he's LAYING DOWN, I get the good roll.)
<Ten> (>_>)
<Lukas> (At least he didn't dodge.)
<Brett> [The guy with the sack gets to a snow mobile and starts it up.  The 
other one follows him, firing at Lukas to buy him some time.]
<Brett> Nah, it's not a full attack until your turn
<Lukas> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result 
of 7.
<Brett> [Lukas is shot! Only once though.  Lucky him.]
<Brett> [His turn!]
<Ten> (Knock his block off!)
* Lukas takes the bullet as he's setting down from flight, growls AGAIN, and 
just tries to grab him and toss him at the other guy. Who cares about defense? 
Not Lukas.
<Lukas> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 5.
<Lukas> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result 
of 5.
<Lukas> (Toss successful, hit other guy also successful.)
<Ten> (YOU ROCK!)
<Khalil> (Now what would be totally awesome is if he could throw him into the 
other guy who'd bounce off into Khalil's fist in a crossup combo.)
<Brett> [One guy collides with the other, knocking them both down!]
<Ten> (COMBO ATTACK!)
<Khalil> (It'd be totally Project Justice.)
<Brett> [Khalil!]
<Ten> (As the eva battle music plays Fight Shin... er Lukas! For everlasting 
love and peace and plastic boobies!)
<Jex> ( Do the plastic boobies have an ipod in them? )
<Ten> (They've got better!)
* Khalil mutters. "Finally, something going our way." and proceeds to leap up 
and dive kick the bag holder's hand. (Called shot and leap, if those work 
together.)
<Khalil> 2d8-4
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-4) and gets 12, a CRITICAL 
FAILURE!!! "I can recommend some good Dice Cleanser, if you like."
<Khalil> (x.x)
<Ten> (...)
<Khalil> (And this body doesn't come with DR. ;_;)
<Ten> (Have you considered Aethism Khalil? There is no God.)
<Brett> [Khalil kicks the bag, much to the occupant's dismay.  But the commando 
retains a hold of it.]
<Brett> [Herman still casting!]
<Brett> [Ashley!]
* Ashley woozles and tries not to fall the fuck over.
<Ashley> (Much like his player. Hold turn.)
<Brett> [Woo. Ten!]
<Lukas> (I did a whole 13 damage or so. I'm so proud.)
* Ten stomps over to the circle of cards and sits down scowling. "This totally, 
completely, and utterly SUCKS!" (Starting the regen.)
<Brett> [Togo! And Alys too!]
* Togo eyes the window, realizes he doesn't have nearly that good a throwing 
arm, and tries to catch his breath from the one-hit whomping he just took before 
Herman 'ports them outside.
* Alys leans on her naginata and waits for Herman to finish the spell.
<Brett> [The stealers get up! The first makes for a snow mobile again, while the 
second fires at Khalil!]
<Khalil> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-2) and gets 14, a CRITICAL 
FAILURE!!! "Some things just aren't meant to be."
<Brett> ( >.> )
<Khalil> (...Jesus Chri...no wait, by Allah!)
<Ten> (It was not meant to be.)
<Lukas> (You got bulleted.)
<Brett> [Khalil is shot point blank in the stomach a few times.]
<Brett> [Herman's spell goes off!]
* Lukas continues to stand pretty much dead still and try to play bowling for 
kidnappers again.
<Lukas> (Yadda full attack.)
<Lukas> 2d8-2
<Lukas> 2d8-2
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a 
result of 8.
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a 
result of 11.
<Brett> [Lukas tosses one guy but misses the other.  Still, the first one 
doesn't get back up.]
<Brett> [Khalil!]
* Khalil winces and clutches his stomach, growling. "That is IT! Allah forgive 
me." He slams his fist towards the closest of the two. The face preferably.
<Khalil> 2d-4
<Khalil> 2d8-4
* Diceroshi throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 5 for a 
result of 1.
<Khalil> (RAWR)
<Lukas> (WHAMMO.)
<Ten> (*waits for the crit on dodge)
<Jex> (Limit-break dice-rolling!)
<Brett> [Khalil hits him in the face so hard he spins around twice in the air 
before landing on the ground, where he doesn't move.]
<Brett> ( Victory dance! )
* Khalil rubs his knuckles. "Hard cheek bones."
* Lukas spits on the ground, in the cold, walking over to the kidnapper-type and 
holding his bullet wound, then fucking kicks him in the side. "Fucking pricks. I 
thought I'd left the perpetual bad luck behind for a day or two."
<Brett> [Well we'll do that later. Session End!]