<Brett> [Day: Wednesday, Oct. 18th.  Time: 8:00 p.m.]
<Brett> [In the pursuit of life, liberty and Alys's father, or maybe just the
latter, you've arrived at a large corporate tower in Coventry, a tower which is
home to an Asahara branch.  Lukas and Ten slinked off somewhere while the rest
of you started up the stairs to the 13th floor.]
<Brett> [Session Start!]
* Ashley is making everyone 5-senses invisible except to themselves, is STILL
dressed like a goth-beatnik (longest costume run ever, in sessions), and has not
yet spouted off any Dadaist propaganda.
* Togo walks up stairs. It's pretty unexciting.
* Alys is going up stairs that aren't alive or evil. As far as she knows. They
haven't eaten her shoes yet, anyway.
<Brett> [Ultimately, you reach the 13th floor. Woo!]
* Togo looks back at Khalil. *softly* "You smell Alys' dad? Or anything else,
for that matter?"
<Griff_Khalil> 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-6) and gets a natural 9 for a
result of 3.
* Griff_Khalil nods and points, but then holds up his talon.
<Togo> ( Khalil said Jinkies! It must be a clue! )
* Griff_Khalil speaks softly. "Someone behind the door. And I am not certain
that her father is still there, only that he has been very recently."
* Griff_Khalil tries to smell to see if he left the room somewhere nearby.
* Griff_Khalil just shakes his head.
* Togo nods, and turns to Herman. *softly* "When I signal, open the door.
Rest've us'll go through, you follow, okay?"
* Herman nods at Togo and readies himself.
<Ten> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 3 for a result of
-1.
* Togo looks at Khalil and Alys, to make sure they're both paying attention, and
pulls out his SMG (with silencer).
* Alys unhooks her chains and fidgets some more.
* Griff_Khalil is always ready, but gets into a fighting stance anyways.
<Herman> (Togo pulled Sarah Michelle Geller out of his coat!)
* Togo nods, and gives Herman a thumbs up.
<Togo> ( With duct tape over her mouth! )
* Herman opens the door! And gets out of the way.
<Lukas> 2d8-5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 6.
* Togo steps through the doorway and inside a few steps, leaving room for the
others to get through as he swings his SMG left to right, trying to get a bead
on who's in the room.
<Brett> [Behind the door is a small reception area, where a very bored looking
guard sits behind a desk.  The only other door besides the elevator is a big
sliding door.]
<Brett> [Luckily, he doesn't seem to notice you!]
* Alys steps into the room and makes silly faces at the guard.
* Kareni is now known as Herman
* Togo motions for Herman to close the door behind himself.
* Griff_Khalil steps through quietly and checks around.
<Lukas> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 4.
<Brett> [The guard doesn't notice Alys's faces.]
* Herman follows after the others and slowly closes the door behind him.
<Brett> [But Khalil does notice that the sliding door has no handle, and
seemingly no way to open it at the door itself.  But Alys sees a computer at the
guard's desk.]
* Alys points pointedly at the computer, then mimes bopping the guard on the
head.
* Togo motions to Khalil, and then makes a "be my guest" gesture.
* Griff_Khalil eyes Togo, then looks for the best path to sneak up to the guard,
unless everyone's going like one big happy family.
<Ten> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 5 for a result of
1.
<Brett> [There's really only one path, 'cause there's only one way to get behind
the desk.  Unless you dive over it or something.]
* Ashley is busy examining the ceiling.
<Lukas> 2d8-5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of -1.
<Brett> [It's tiled!]
* Griff_Khalil sighs to himself and then makes his approach and quietly as
crouched down as possible.
<Brett> [The guard takes no note of Khalil.  But he does yawn.  *yawn*]
* Griff_Khalil gets close enough to try and knock him over the head.
<Togo> ( Khalil, do remember that you're still invisible. )
<Griff_Khalil> (But if Ashley's not going with... :P)
<Brett> ( Gimme an attack roll. )
<Griff_Khalil> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a
result of 4.
<Ashley> ("Going with" is unnecessary unless the room is larger than Brett let
on. I'll drop the touch sense, though, so you can actually hit him.)
<Brett> ( It's not so large. )
<Griff_Khalil> (I was unaware.)
<Brett> [Anyway, Khalil smacks him on the head and he goes down.]
<Ashley> (Reinstate the no-touch)
<Brett> d100
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d100) and gets a natural 83 for a result
of 83.
* Togo nods in appreciation of a good head klonking. *softly* "Ashley, keep up
the illusion for now. Can someone figure out how to open the door?"
* Griff_Khalil looks over the computer monitor.
<Brett> [It doesn't explode.  So far, so good.]
<Brett> [It's actually already on the screen Khalil would need.  A box in the
lower right corner says "Door On/Off".  "Off" is highlighted.]
* Griff_Khalil looks up. "It seems simple enough. Does anyone know how to disarm
any alarms if they get set off?"
<Togo> Nope.
<Alys> Not a clue.
<Ashley> Alarms mean one has fucked up. Since I never do, the answer is no.
* Griff_Khalil nods and starts typing on the computer. "Just checking."
* Herman snerks.
* Togo covers the door with his SMG.
<Ten> (Ashley just fucks down.)
<Griff_Khalil> (I was deciding NOT to make that comment, thank you.)
<Ten> (You're welcome)
<Ashley> (And across, and sideways, and diagonally, and reverse cowgirl...)
<Brett> [There's not much to type.]
* Griff_Khalil sets stuff to "On" then.
<Brett> [The door opens! You solved the incredible complex puzzle! People dance
in the streets!]
<Brett> [Or maybe they don't.  But the door does open!]
<Griff_Khalil> (Hurrah!)
<Ten> (<Khalil> This hacking stuff isn't so hard.)
* Herman taps his pipe. And looks to Togo, then shrugs to himself. "We going?"
* Ashley peers more closely at the ceiling.
<Brett> [Sure is tiled.]
<Brett> [And OMGOff-white.]
* Togo nods, and heads in.
<Ten> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 7.
<Ten> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result
of 9.
* Deskby-I-KEA is now known as Grysar
<Brett> [The door is open, as if beckoning.... Or maybe because you just opened
it.]
* Herman goes. Wow.
* Ashley follows, watching the ceiling as he goes.
* Alys follows people in, because why not?
<Brett> [Beyond the door is a large room full of cubicles.  It's empty! Save for
one man in a grey suit sweeping up at the far end.]
* Griff_Khalil waits for everyone else. Just in case he has to smash the
computers alarm or something. He goes after everyone else though.
* Herman looks around. "Okay, now where?" He doesn't knock out the janitor; it's
really rather pointless.
* Griff_Khalil leads the way towards the back.
* Alys continues to follow other people, although she sort of looks around at
the cubicles.
* Togo looks for doors or such.
<Brett> [All the cubicles are basically the same thing.  Khalil leads you to an
office in the back! It's got a chair, a desk, a file cabinet, and a closet!]
* Griff_Khalil speaks quietly to Togo after the grey suit has gone past. "His
smell's coming from here."
<Herman> (Hey, I saw those episodes!)
* Herman goes in and opens the closet! He's an expert on closets.
<Griff_Khalil> (He comes out of them all the time.)
<Ashley> (Fucking Angel.)
<Herman> (Oh yes.)
<Brett> [There's business suits in the closet.  Why whoever has spare buisness
suits at the office is anyone's guess.]
* Griff_Khalil tries to sniff around. When's he going to get his biscuit?
* Herman pushes the suits without hesitation, shoving them to the right so he
can see behind them.
<Brett> [Herman sees the back of the closet.  It's wood.]
* Griff_Khalil turns towards Togo, confused.
<Togo> ( Is Narnia beyond the clos- never mind. )
* Togo shrugs, and taps his glasses.
<Alys> This can't be my dad's office. I don't care how evil he is right now,
this is a really lame office.
* Alys opens a file cabinet.
* Herman pulls a small, thin glass rod from within his coat, with his left hand,
and taps it to the back of the closet. He starts to chant in Latin.
<Brett> [There are files! And Herman's glass rod accidentally goes through the
back of the closet.]
<Alys> (Anything neato looking?)
<Brett> ( Gimme a business management roll. )
<Griff_Khalil> I never said it was.  The smell ends here though.
<Alys> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-3) and gets 13, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!!
"Your logic is faulty, your intelligence is doubtful, and your sumo is
insufficient."
<Alys> (Ouch.)
<Brett> ( Oh man. Umm... )
<Ten> (That's never good.)
<Ashley> (Alys invests in Enron2)
<Ten> (Alys buys herself out!)
<Brett> [Alys finds a play! The scene directions are complicated, but it seems
like it would be fascinating to watch.]
<Togo> ( It *does* lead to Narnia! )
<Alys> Ooh. Hey, does anyone have a bag I could put this into?
* Herman blinks and pulls his wand back. "Huh, an illusion. Less work for me."
He slips it back.
<Togo> ... fake closet? They're getting lazy with their security.
<Ten> (Suddenly Ashley isn't the only one with pointy ears!)
<Herman> I knew it was a spell, but I was guessing it was sealed.
* Togo heads through the closet!
* Herman puts his hand through the back of the closet, then tries to peek in.
<Griff_Khalil> Sealed?
<Herman> Yeah, a portal or something.
<Brett> [Togo vanishes into the back of the closet.]
* Alys sighs, closes the drawer, and walks through the closet after Togo.
* Herman steps through to the other side before Alys, because he's in the bloody
way.
<Griff_Khalil> Or a trap.  But I suppose our only lead.
* Ashley follows, looking at the floor now.
* Griff_Khalil shrugs and follows through.
<Brett> [You come out in a very different place: a hallway, with golden stones. 
The lights are neither electric nor torches, they're these floating cubes that
glow somehow.]
<Lukas> 2d8-5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 5.
* Herman lets out a low whistle. He heads forward.
* Griff_Khalil looks up at the cubes. "Well that is slightly unusual." He
follows Herman now. He's on his turf.
<Brett> ( Gimme hearing rolls! )
<Herman> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 9.
<Alys> See, now this is much cooler looking.
* Togo stares confusedly at the floating cubes, then moves on.
<Alys> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of
9.
<Griff_Khalil> 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-6) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 4.
<Togo> 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 6.
<Ashley> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 8.
<Ashley> 2d8+2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+2) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 6.
* Ashley frowns.
<Brett> [Togo and Ashley can hear a lot of noise coming from a thick wooden door
at the end of the hall.  Sounds like machinery... And a woman screaming.]
<Ashley> Oh dear.
* Togo starts moving a big faster, towards the door at the end of the hallway.
* Griff_Khalil hisses slightly. "Alan is that way as well."
* Ashley follows.
<Brett> [The door is thick! And wood!]
<Brett> [You get there!]
* Griff_Khalil follows quickly as well.
<Togo> Khalil, can you open this?
<Griff_Khalil> I can try.  It's harder in this form though.
* Herman heads after them. "What's going on?"
<Togo> Screaming from behind the door. Female.
* Griff_Khalil extends a talon and tries to work on picking the door with it.
* Herman frowns and hefts his pipe.
<Togo> ( Was actually asking if you could pull it open. )
<Brett> [The door seems not locked!]
* Alys grips her chains tightly. "Hurryhurrycome -on-...."
* Griff_Khalil notices that! And proceeds with the opening of doors.
<Griff_Khalil> (Khalil's so good, he succeeds at lockpicking without even
trying!)
* Togo charges through the door once Khalil opens it, dropping into a firing
crouch a few steps into the room.
<Brett> [The door opens!  Beyond it is a rather large room, which will take
multiple lines of description, so get ready for that! <more>]
<Brett> [The first thing you notice is Alan! He's standing not far from you,
both swords drawn.  Around him is the remains of... well, they look humanoid,
but they have no skin.  He's got one sword pointed at a man on the other side.
"Hank! Stop this at once!"]
<Brett> [The man he's pointing at is a cowboy! He's got blue jeans and a blue
jean jacket, and a smudged white shirt.  He wears a brown cowboy hat.  He's
slightly overweight, but also muscular.  He's hiding behind three more of
those... whatever they are. <more>]
<Herman> (Boo cowboys!  I knew those Texans were up to no good!)
<Griff_Khalil> (He's a reject from Brokeback Mountain 7.)
<Herman> (Here to get revenge on the movie industry with his army of robot
clones!)
<Togo> ( Quit him, Herman! Quit him! )
<Brett> [And he has an unconscious boy in a headlock, a revolver pointed at his
head.  A boy who closely resembles Alys. "Now, Alan, don't y'all do anything
foolish.  You wouldn't want anything bad to happen to your son." <more!>]
<Ten> (Actualy he wanted to be a black hat in a Jossverse game, but he's color
blind.)
<Brett> [And since I didn't get to describing it, the room itself is littered
with ghastly, blood covered devices.  Thankfully most are empty, but behind the
cowboy is a large Y-shaped machine, with a woman strapped to it.  She's the one
doing the screaming, probably from the visible electricity making the Y-thing
light up.  Ouch.]
<Brett> ( I think that's everything. )
<Herman> (What's the woman look like?)
<Herman> (And how high is she strapped up?)
<Brett> [The woman looks kind of young; she couldn't be older than twenty. 
She's strapped roughly six feet off the ground.  She's wearing black jeans,
black boots, and actually that's it.  Gratuitous nudity, yay.]
<Griff_Khalil> (HALF nudity.)
<Brett> [Her hair's short and blond, by the way.  You can't see her eye color,
'cause they're shut with the pain.]
<Herman> (I must say it.  BOOBIES!)
<Togo> Ashley, can you keep me invisible and silent, and make the rest of you
appear? I need to get close to him, and I need you guys to get him to point his
gun away from the kid's head.
<Ten> (MC3, with your daily recommended dose of BOOBIES!)
<Griff_Khalil> (And Khalil's eyes are so unpurified now.)
* Alys's face pales and she starts shaking.
<Brett> ( There, THAT's everything. )
<Lukas> (Dammit, it always has boobies.)
<Lukas> (Where's the male fanservice?)
<Griff_Khalil> (That's Khalil when he needs to change.)
<Herman> We've gotta get her off the... whatever that is.
<Brett> ( What? Togo totally got his crotch bit two sessions ago. )
<Lukas> (That's not fanservice.)
<Togo> ( If you're into BDSM... )
<Brett> [Alan keeps his swords raised, but he doesn't move.  The cowboy laughs.
"That's right.  We've got your wife, too, y'know.  Y'all try to do anything
besides what we tell you and it's goodbye, cowboy."]
<Herman> Togo, just do your thing.  I'm going to... shit.  There's got to be a
way to turn that off.
<Alys> Don't let him hurt Alex, please don't let him hurt Alex.
* Herman runs off to, uh... do that. Off switch, yes. Go illusion!
<Ashley> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 11.
<Griff_Khalil> If I fly low, I can probably get there fast enough to knock him
over.
<Brett> [Alan grits his teeth.  His swords lower, and the cowboy laughs. "Haha!
I knew you'd see it my way.  Hey, I hear you've got a daughter, too.  Maybe we
ought to grab her next, huh?"]
* Ashley looks around, pensively.
* Togo starts walking towards the cowboy in a bit of a parabolic path. "I need
someone to get him to point his gun away from the kid's head. Someone needs to
be visible to do that."
<Ashley> One, many, or all?
<Lukas> (Brett, please respond. ._.)
<Brett> [Herman runs! Only to be met by a "SKEEEEE!" sound as one of the
fleshless creatures jumps at him.]
<Brett> ( Gimme init! )
<Herman> Fuck!
<Togo> Doesn't matter. Just... shit!
<Herman> 2d8+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+7) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 13.
<Togo> 2d8+14
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 22.
* Alys yells at the man, "Like fucking hell, you jerk!"
<Ashley> 2d8+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+7) and gets a natural 12 for a
result of 19.
<Alys> 2d8+13
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+13) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 24.
<Griff_Khalil> 2d8+14
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8+14) and gets a natural 12 for
a result of 26.
<Brett> [Hank stops laughing. "Shit.  There's somethin' here.  Alan, you better
make yerself useful.]
<Brett> [Order: Khalil, Alys, Togo, Alan, Ashley, Hank, Herman, Fleshless]
<Brett> [Khalil!]
* Griff_Khalil gets a running start then flies at the cowboy, going to grapple
the gun arm and point it at the ceiling.
<Griff_Khalil> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a
result of 9.
<Griff_Khalil> (If that was supposed to be a called shot or something, its a
miss.)
<Brett> [Khalil makes a vailiant try, but the cowboy is behind the fleshless
things, which make him hard to get to.]
<Brett> [Alys!]
* Alys breathes deeply for a moment, then swings her chains around at one of the
fleshless things.
<Alys> 2 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2 2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 2 5.
* Syzix is now known as Griff_Khalil
<Brett> ( By the by, unless you can fly it'll take an acrobatics (tumbling) roll
to get past the fleshless. )
<Griff_Khalil> (I can fly!  Go me!)
<Brett> [Alys's chains collide with it, causing blood to fly everywhere! Eww. 
It's still standing, but it doesn't look too good.]
<Griff_Khalil> (AND I can acro.  I'm multipurpose.)
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo pulls out his Desert Eagle and tries to sneak/run past the fleshless
things to get next to the cowboy...
<Togo> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of
9.
<Togo> ( Made exactly. )
<Brett> [Togo dodges past the flesh things and comes face to face with the
cowboy!]
* Togo then runs up to the cowboy, puts his gun up an inch from the guy's head,
and fires.
<Lukas> 2d8+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+7) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 18.
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 6.
<Ten> 2d8+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+7) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 17.
<Brett> [Togo shoots the man in the face! He flinches, but Togo does take out an
ear.]
<Brett> [Alan stands there numbly, then screams, "Damn you, Hank! Damn you and
Asahara to hell!" He rushes at Khalil, swinging both blades at him.]
<Griff_Khalil> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 3 for a
result of -1.
<Brett> [Meanwhile, it's Ashley's turn.
<Griff_Khalil> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 10.
<Ashley> (OKAY.)
<Ashley> (1) Dropping the illusion on Alys. 2) How far to The Machine?)
<Brett> [Khalil avoids the lightning blade, only to get caught by the flaming
one.  It, um, hurts a lot.  And he's on fire!]
<Brett> ( It's about 30 feet. Behind Hank, who's behind the fleshless things. )
* Griff_Khalil hisses in pain. "This...is becoming a nasty habit..."
<Ashley> (Can I make an end run around Hank or is through the only possibility?)
<Brett> (Through.  The room is long, but narrow enough that the fleshless things
get in the way.)
<Ashley> (Let's dispense with the pleasantries, drop the group invis
illusion, and instead swaddle our dear fucking cowboy in a swath of sensory
deprivation: 5-sense illusion of absolute nothing.)
<Brett> ( K, gimme a... Power usage roll, I guess )
<Ashley> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a
result of 9.
<Brett> [It seems to work, as the cowboy blinks suddenly. "Hey! Who turned off
the lights? And the sound?"]
<Brett> [Lukas!]
<Herman> (Sorry, Hank.  The movie's over.)
<Griff_Khalil> (Time to ride off into the sunset.  With Herman!)
<Herman> (Hooray! *slams his pipe over Hank's head*)
<Ashley> (BROKE BACK MC)
<Ten> (You're going to have to go back to your real life now. I'm sorry, but the
chickens are waiting.)
* Lukas comes into the room with his hand up and crackling with lightning as he
yells, "Fucker! You brought her in, so where's my goddamn SISTER?" And then he
lets a bolt of lightning fly across the room at the cowboy.
<Lukas> (This is just 4 hours of pent up rage, here.)
<Lukas> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 4.
* Ten rides on Lukas's shoulders and tries to keep as far away from the 
lightning coming out of his hand as possible without falling off.
<Togo> ( ... erm, Alysbro. )
<Griff_Khalil> (You cannot stop the LukasRAGE with your foolish "logic")
<Brett> [That sure works, as he takes the blast full on, falling to one knee.
"Goddamn, what hit me? And why can't I he-ah myself talkin'?"]
<Ten> (Lukasis > Alysbro)
<Brett> [Ten!]
<Ashley> (don't you orz at me, I warned you well beforehand)
* Ten looks around for Mikaela! And totally holds her action!
<Brett> [Ten sees a woman getting fried in the back.  Doesn't look like Mikaela,
though.]
<Brett> [Hank fires completely randomly, and misses!]
<Brett> [Herman!]
<Herman> God dammit.
* Herman swings his pipe round, trying to slam it into the fleshless thing and
run past it.
<Herman> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 6.
<Brett> [Herman hits it, crushing its skull.  It falls over.]
* Herman runs right on by, for the machine.
<Brett> [The other two stab at Alys and Togo with their brain-sticks. Y'both
need def rolls.]
<Herman> (Brain sticks?)
<Alys> (I have no idea what that is, but it sounds really gross.)
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 3.
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 7.
<Brett> ( They're wielding sharpened wooden stakes with brains on them. )
<Ten> (Eww)
<Brett> [So it's probably a good thing that they both dodged.]
<Brett> [Khalil's turn!]
<Griff_Khalil> (Hannibal-tastic.)
<Togo> ( We could've gotten mad cow! )
<Brett> ( I can call them brain-kabobs if you'd rather. )
* Griff_Khalil screeches himself and tries to get to work on putting the fire
out.
<Grysar> ( From what I've recently learned of cooking brain, I don't think
brain-kabobs would work.)
<Griff_Khalil> (Can he act beyond that or no?)
<Alys> (Brainonnastick. Squishy and delicious!)
<Ten> (Better than braininnamicrowave.)
<Ashley> (BRAININNAMICROWAVE)
<Demota> ( sTick + Brain = STICKBRAIN )
<Brett> [Khalil rolls around, putting the fire out.]
<Brett> [Alys!]
* Alys tries to get past the fleshless people and get to her brother. "Alex,
Alex!"
<Alys> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 4.
<Brett> [And she does!]
<Brett> [Hank is still conscious, mind.]
* Alys tries to kick Hank before checking on Alex.
<Brett> [But not aiming at Alex, since killin him in front of Alan is probably a
bad idea.]
<Alys> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of
8.
<Brett> [Alys kicks him in the face, breaking his nose and knocking him out.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Herman> (Boot to the head!)
<Ten> (Hank has been enlightened.)
* Togo sees that Hank is out, then pulls out his shotgun, turns, and tries to
shoot one (or both, if possible) of the fleshless thingees. "Someone get that
girl out of whatever the fuck that thing is!"
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 3.
<Lukas> (Lukas should make it 2 for 2.)
<Lukas> (He's tops at rescuing topless women.)
<Herman> (What am I, chopped liver? :P)
<Brett> [Togo blasts them full of holes, though they remain standing.  Well, one
does.  With Hank down, Alan apparently decided it was okay to switch loyalties,
and hacks up the other.]
<Ten> (Three for three when we find his sister.)
<Brett> [Ashley!]
<Syzix> (Avert your eyes, heathens!)
<Ten> (Ack!  The griffon turned into a dragon!)
<Syzix> (Rawr!)
<Ashley> (Hold action.)
<Brett> [Lukas!]
<Lukas> (Are there other exits to the room?)
<Brett> ( There's a door on the same wall as the electricy machine. )
<Ashley> (SPECIAL 'LECTRICKY MACHINE FOR RECEIVING MESSAGES FROM FUTURE)
* Lukas growls slightly and stalks across the room... but he's all the way
across the room, so he's not gonna get much done, more than likely.
<Griff_Khalil> (What does the future say though?)
<Brett> ( And turning half-naked girls into charbroiled fricassee. )
<Brett> [Ten!]
<Ashley> (In the future, all messages are on thing called World Wide Intar Wub.)
<Ashley> (World Wide Intar Wub is for showing pictures of cats.)
<Ashley> (edison hate future.)
<Griff_Khalil> (GTFO)
<Brett> ( That's awesome )
<Brett> ( Thus, I'm declaring it true :o )
<Ashley> (!)
<Herman> (:o)
<Ashley> (http://www.warrenellis.com/image/edison00.gif)
<Lukas> (... what?)
<Brett> [Either way, it's Ten's turn.]
* Ten takes a flying leap off of Lukas's shoulder towards the woman getting
electrocuted and totally and completely fails her hitting the ground roll. In
fact she doesn't loose any altitude as she heads for the machine very quickly.
<Brett> [Herman!]
<Herman> (Any, uh, control mechanism for this electricity machine thing?)
<Brett> [There's a rectangular box by the base with a bunch of knobs, levers and
buttons.]
<Griff_Khalil> (It's got a remote that's impossible to understand.)
<Brett> [And gauges.]
<Ten> (Awesome!)
* Herman runs to the rectangular box and assesses it just long enough to find
the turn all the way down / off switch.
<Brett> ( Mechanics roll! )
<Herman> (Man, wrong character.)
<Herman> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 10.
<Brett> [Herman isn't sure which one it is.]
<Herman> Jesus- someone turn this bloody thing off!
<Brett> [The remaining fleshless thing goes for Togo!]
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 8.
<Togo> ( I got hit. )
<Brett> ( Gimme a body roll! )
<Togo> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of
8.
<Griff_Khalil> (Togo gets brained?)
<Brett> [Togo gets poked by a stick with a brain.]
<Brett> [Khalil!]
<Herman> (Togo's been penetrated!)
<Alys> (Togo's got brain cooties!)
<Herman> (Time to toss him out of the closet.)
<Griff_Khalil> (So what's left?)
* Lukas snaps, "I'm on the damn way, Jesus."
<Brett> ( One wounded fleshless )
<Ten> (And the woman)
<Ten> (And Ten's flying.)
<Brett> ( Jesus sure is a popular guy tonight. )
* Griff_Khalil goes for the girl. "I'll try to get her out." He heads straight
for the restraints.
<Herman> (When Lukas and I are around, Jesus is always pop-u-LAR.)
<Brett> ( Uhhh.... You sure you wanna do that, Khalil? o.o )
<Brett> [Alys's turn!]
<Lukas> (Amen, Herman!)
<Lukas> (We bring the Jesus into this heathen game!)
<Ten> (He likes the pain!)
<Herman> (*wards off Khalil*)
<Griff_Khalil> (Khalil needs to bring protection.)
* Alys checks Alex for any obvious injuries.
<Brett> [He's unconscious, but seems fine.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo takes a step back.
<Togo> ( That's not my action. Stupid enter key... )
<Lukas> (5 foot step!)
* Togo takes a step back from being poked, scowls, and pumps another shotgun
round into the fleshless thing.
<Ashley> (I WOULD LIKE TO Z KILL THIS PLZ)
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 4.
<Brett> [The thing dies!]
<Brett> [Alan instantly rushes over to Alex, grabbing him in his arms. "How is
he? Alex?!"  His swords are gone again.]
* Herman looks over at Lukas and steps aside so he can get to the control bits.
<Ten> (Mechanics roll to find out what's powering it?)
<Brett> ( To find which level shuts it off. )
* Lukas gets to the panel a half-moment after Herman steps away. They're so
synchronized!
<Ten> (Or electrics?)
<Brett> ( Or knob. Or button. )
<Ten> (She just wants to unplug it)
<Lukas> (I think it's mechanics for me. Who knows what it is for you.)
<Alys> What the hell do you care for!? Leave us alone, already, this is your
fault!
<Lukas> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 7.
<Lukas> (By 1.)
* Griff_Khalil slows down and waits near the machine, checking the woman over.
He's actually not suicidal. Go him.
<Ten> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-1) and gets a natural 14 for a result
of 13.
<Brett> [Alan is taken aback by that. "No! I- I never...! I wasn't...."]
<Brett> [Lukas figures it out!  Meanwhile, Khalil totally check her out.  Who
knew?]
* Ashley leans back against nothing at all.
<Herman> (Khalil's trying to prove he's not gay.  I'm not buying it.)
* Alys pulls Alex back from him while trying not to hurt her brother. "Where's
mom, I bet it's your fault she's in this mess too!"
<Griff_Khalil> (He's not gay for YOU at least.)
<Lukas> (... I'm definitely confused.)
<Alys> (*mum)
<Herman> (*cry*)
<Ten> (That'd be her up on the wall.)
* Lukas turns off the machine with his mad skillz!
* Griff_Khalil waits for the electricity to die down, then tears the woman's
restraints away.
<Brett> [The machine powers down with a Beeeeeeeeeooooooooooo- and the woman
slumps, breathing heavily. "Th-Thanks."]
* Togo places some rather heavy-duty shackles on the cowboy, then examines him
for a moment. "... Hank Russell. What the fuck are you doing here?"
<Brett> [He doesn't answer, being unconscious and all.]
<Herman> Looks like he's a throwback from a movie cast.
* Ten veers off to the side of the machine towards the door.
<Herman> Who wears cowboy hats?
<Brett> [And Alan just says quietly, "I don't know where she is."]
<Griff_Khalil> He does, apparently.
<Ten> (Oooh, I was wrong!)
* Herman walks over and kicks the bloody hat across the room, then turns and
looks up to see Khalil bringing the woman down. "She alive?"
* Lukas glances over to the machine and woman. "Sure. I make a habit of helping
women out of torture devices. Really."
<Ten> (Hey Brett? What sort of door am I dealing with?)
<Brett> [Khalil gets hold of her easily enough.  She glances down at Togo.
"Yeah. I am."]
<Brett> ( Wood! )
* Griff_Khalil sets her down on the floor. "She just responded, so unless you
believe in a quick afterlife, I would say yes."
<Brett> ( Exciting wooden action! )
<Ten> (Sliding? Does it have a knob?)
<Brett> ( No and no. )
* Herman bristles. "I wasn't paying attention." He looks around, then says, "She
your sister, Lukas?"
* Alys holds Alex tightly and starts crying. "Why... why did you leave us? Why
are you working with evil people? I kept telling everyone you were so great, and
then..."
<Lukas> (Your description was 100% not Mikaela, so.)
* Ten stops and flats in front of the door while she tries to figure out how to
open it.
<Ten> (floats even)
<Herman> (I'm not psychic, and I don't remember Lukas EVER describing her to me.
:P)
<Lukas> (No, I'm talking at Brett.)
* Griff_Khalil rubs his feather. "I must admit, if not for you being related to
Alys, I would be rather upset with the consistency of you slashing me up with
swords."
<Brett> [Alan clenches his fists. "Dammit, Alys! I don't have a choice! They'll
kill your mother if I don't do everything they say!"]
<Lukas> (Because that woman's about 8 years too young and ten shades of color
too white.)
* Lukas then looks towards the door and Ten while saying in an angry tone, "No."
He then stalks Ten's way. "Problems?"
<Alys> How did you get involved with these people? And when you're done telling
me, I want you to apologize to my friends!
* Herman frowns and looks around. He spots the door, then walks over to it and
tries to open the thing.
<Togo> Low level torture junkie... what the fuck's he doing on a high-level
mission like this? *looks at the woman* And who're you?
* Ten points. "How'm I supposed to open a door with no knob!?"
<Lukas> (... is there any way to open it, or are we going for the random jump
again?)
<Brett> [Alan looks up and mutters, "Sorry."  He then gets to his feet.  "It's a
long story.  Too long.  If I don't report back to them soon, she'll die."]
<Brett> ( You can push it open! )
<Lukas> (Ha! Okay, so it's just not attached.)
<Griff_Khalil> I am somehow not appeased.
* Lukas pushes it a-la a swinging door, then! Sure.
* Herman pushes the door open, then. Sure.
<Ten> Ooooooooooooh.
<Lukas> (Ha ha.)
<Lukas> (We're all at the door!)
<Herman> (Go us for typing the same way.)
<Lukas> (You can have this one. *axes his*)
<Brett> [The woman smiles and straightens as best she could. "I'm Francine. 
Francine Jameson IV."]
<Lukas> (I like her. She's got aplomb.)
<Ten> ( *facefaults*)
<Griff_Khalil> The name does not sound familiar.
<Herman> (Kevin just declared that he's going to kick her ass.  Be prepared for
tarutaru gunbunny character submission.)
* Ashley looks at the woman, then looks slightly south and meditates.
* Togo pulls a jacket out of his trenchcoat, and tosses it to her. "What'd he
have against you?"
<Lukas> (Om. Boobies. Ombies.)
<Ten> (BOOBIES!)
<Brett> [The door opens, revealing a long hallway with a mirror at the end.]
* Alys glares at her father, then calls across the room at Herman. "Pipe Guy,
can you check on my brother and make sure he's okay, please?"
* Herman turns, looks back in the hall, and then nods. "Sure."
* Lukas looks that way and takes the door off Herman's hands. "Go help the
kids."
* Ten lands on Lukas like nothing just happened. "Onward! For Mikaela!"
<Herman> Lukas, the mirror's magic.
<Herman> Careful with that thing and let me know if you need me to look at it.
<Brett> ["I got caught.  Was kind of careless." She rolls her head towards
Ashley. "It's about time Auberon sent someone to save me."]
* Herman walks back into the main room and to Alex.
<Ashley> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 9.
* Herman kneels. "Okay, set him down and let me look at him."
* Alys does so and moves back a little so that Herman has room.
<Brett> [Alan stands there silently.]
* Ashley blinks, then looks back up to the woman's face.
<Togo> ... wait. You're fey? I thought the fey were working with the Covenant,
which is working with Asahara... but you're pretty obviously not working with
Asahara, 'cause this douche bag was torturing you.
* Lukas looks down the hall and then back into the room. "Alys' dad, what the
fuck's up with the mirror?"
<Ashley> She's not fae.
<Herman> Ashley's tellin' the truth.
<Ashley> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 7.
<Brett> [Francine blinks at Togo. "You... you don't know? I'm sorry, I thought
you were sent to come for me."]
<Ashley> And if you're looking for Auberon, this is me being the wrong tree. All
of us, really.
* Togo pauses. "Ah, that'd do it." *sees Ten & Lukas go through the door* "Nope,
happy coincidence. Ashley, entertain the lady? I'm gonna go back up Volt'n Ten."
*runs after them*
<Brett> [Alan glances up at Lukas. "It's a portal.  To the faerie realms."]
* Herman waves his hand in front of Alex's face, then checks his vitals,
pressing his fingers to his wrist and his hand to his breath. "He's not hurt,
Alys. Think he's drugged."
<Lukas> ... you did not take my goddamn sister to some sort of fucking faerie
realm.
* Ten turns around so she's facing everybody else. "Did you? You didn't right?
That'd be all the flavors of bad."
<Herman> I can't do anything about that; you'll just have to wait for it to wear
off.  Get... what's her name, Francine?
<Brett> ["No, *I* didn't.  I have no idea what they intended to do with her."]
* Herman looks up at Khalil and waves him down to where he is.
<Alys> Thank you.
* Lukas grits his teeth and mutters, "No fucking sense."
* Togo stops when he realizes nobody's going through any doors. "Faerie realm?
Like chocolate rivers and gumdrop trees faeries, or evil psycho faeries?"
* Dreol is now known as Dreamland
<Ashley> Right. Togo doesn't get to go.
<Alys> Dad, can you -possibly- manage to get Alex somewhere safe? I need to stay
with the group, now that he's okay.
<Brett> [Alan shakes his head. "Not exactly. I don't know much about it."]
* Ashley looks back to the woman. "You're a Knight. Bloody christ."
* Griff_Khalil blinks at Herman and then goes up to where Herman is.
<Togo> ( Knights Knights Knights Hey! Knights Knight Knights WOOHOO! o/~ )
<Brett> [He nods to Alys. "I'll take him to a hotel.  But I can't stay with him.
I have to get back to Germany."]
<Ten> So, like, which Faeries have Mikaela?
* Herman (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
<Brett> [Francine nods at Ashley. "That's me."]
<Alys> What the hell's in Germany?
<Brett> ["Asahara's headquarters."]
* Togo perks up at that. "Where?"
* Alys blinks. "Huh."
<Brett> [Francine glances at Lukas. "Your sister must be the blue-skinned woman
they brought."]
* Lukas replies, without acknowledging, "Through here?"
<Brett> ( In that German city that escapes me for the moment. Hamburg? I forget
>.< )
* Ten nods her little head. "Yep!"
<Herman> Set her down, okay?
<Brett> [She nods. "Yeah.  Look, I don't know how much you know about what's
going on, but Asahara is in league with the Unseelie Court."]
* Ashley Frowns.
<Alys> Well, if he gets hurt again, I'm going to kick your ass. And, um, take
care of mum. And then come see us when all this is done so I can kick your ass
anyway!
* Herman blinks, then shakes his head and goes to Francine.
<Brett> ["Mab wanted your sister for some reason.  Probably her ice powers.  But
I didn't really hear much of the conversation over my own screaming, so I can't
be sure."]
<Ten> That's not cool.
* Lukas 's eyes narrow. "Mab?"
<Brett> [Alan nods slowly at Alys. He doesn't mind getting his ass kicked.  He's
a part-time villian, after all.]
<Brett> [She nods. "Queen Mab."]
<Ashley> Right. I have some questions for you, but it would be a good idea to
not be here while I'm asking them.
* Togo is torn between listening to the two Asahara-related conversations, but
settles on walking over to Alan. "How about a street address for Asahara HQ?"
* Griff_Khalil just looks confused by the whole situation so settles it by
preening.
<Brett> [Alan shakes his head. "I can't tell you the location, but it's at..."
He tells the exact location.]
* Herman takes a look over her, then opens his backpack and pulls a water bottle
out of it. "I'm going to heal you, so hope you don't mind being fondled," he
says casually to Francine before pouring the bottle over her wounds - which
basically means her entire body.
* Alys starts rummaging in her pocket. "Wait a sec." She pulls out a marker and
writes on Alex's arm, "I saved you, Dad is being stupid, don't worry, I'll be
back soon. Hang out quietly, I'll take care of myself. Alys."
<Lukas> (<Herman> But I won't enjoy it! <Ashley> I will. h_h)
* Ashley savors the vision. If only he were naked. Wait, he could be!
<Brett> [Francine nods to Ashley. "There's a lot to talk about. Like Covenant. 
They're involved with the Seelie Court.  It's all a big mess that happened when
I had to duel the Winter Knight for some reason."]
* Ten waits impatiently. "We've gotta get Mikaela back!"
* Togo is on his PDA faster than you can say PDA, relaying said information back
to both his American backers and the MC backers. And stores it in the PDA
memory, just to be safe.
* Herman starts rubbing the water into Francine's wounds. It probably hurts
some, and he gets to touch private parts. Pity he's gay, really.
<Brett> [Francine frowns. "I'm sorry, but I don't know how that's possible."]
<Ashley> We can talk while moving.
<Lukas> It's possible.
<Ashley> But diving into Unseelie Lands right now is perhaps the stupidest thing
I would have ever done, which is truly saying something.
<Brett> [Francine nods to Lukas. "Well..." She pauses and nods to Ashley. "He's
right, this is no place to talk."]
* Herman puts his hands to Francine's chest and starts murmuring in Anglo-Saxon.
Her wounds slowly begin to heal.
* Ten jumps up and down on Lukas's shoulder. "MI! KAE! LA!"
<Brett> [She's got a lot of 'em.]
* Togo looks up at Alan after he finishes sending out the info. "Thank you. Next
time I hafta shoot you, I'll try to shoot somewhere unimportantish."
<Brett> [He nods. "I'll pull my punches as well."]
* Herman hisses through his breath and keeps up with the healing.
* Ashley heads towards the door. Not the portal.
<Brett> [Francine adds, "Besides, I'm kinda tired. And thanks, mister," she says
to Herman.]
* Alys stands up and walks over to Lukas. "Are we saving your sister now? It
looks like Alex's gonna be okay, so."
<Brett> [Alan takes Alex and also heads for the door.]
* Lukas glances to Ashley and then down to Alys and his free hand clenches. "The
only reason I'm still here is because I don't know a damn thing about magic." He
looks over his shoulder at the mirror. "God dammit."
* Togo nods, and turns back to the other conversation. "So Volt's sister is in
the fae realms, but we can't go there right this second or we'll be killed, so
we need to go get prepared and then we'll go and kick some fae ass?"
* Ten flails her arms. "She's this way! Over here!"
<Togo> Is that about where we're at?
<Ashley> In very very brief, yes.
* Herman finishes after a few minutes, then pulls his hands away. "Should be
able to stand now," he says as he picks up his pipe and stands himself.
* Herman holds a hand down for Francine.
<Griff_Khalil> Are we ever fully prepared?
<Brett> [Francine shakes her head. "It's not gonna be that simple... Look, I'll
explain later."]
* Lukas continues looking at the mirror, then closes his eyes.
* Griff_Khalil winces and slumps a little. "On second thought, I should not keep
pushing myself."
<Alys> Let's just go and save her!
<Brett> [Francine takes his hand, smiling at him.  Awww, maybe she likes him.]
<Brett> ( Dag, yo, Herman gets all the hot girls. )
<Ten> Yeah!
* Herman pulls Francine up to her feet, oblivious to her liking him or not. He's
not interested and engaged, besides.
* Togo turns to Lukas. "Volt... is that something you can go along with? 'cause
if you're gonna go charging in there now, I'm gonna hafta come with you and keep
your dumb ass alive."
<Brett> [Even if you wanted to go Right Now, you can't 'cause you can't figure
out how to operate the mirror :o]
<Ten> (We don't know that!)
<Herman> (We can try!  And fail.)
<Togo> ( Shh. We're having a Dramatic Moment (TM) )
<Brett> ( Yeah, basically :P )
* Lukas clenches his teeth, remaining conflicted at the doorway. "The only
reason I wasn't moving is that I don't know magic. I'm the hacker. But god
dammit." Beat. "God fucking dammit."
<Herman> (Is the mirror detachable?  Can we take it with? :P)
<Ten> Saving Mikaela's important!
<Alys> Yeah, you can't go without me either. You really can't fight at all, it
would be sad.
<Brett> ( It is, but it's huge. HUUGE. )
<Herman> (Hm.  I could take it to my room.)
<Herman> (Actually, we can port straight to the door to that mirror.)
<Lukas> (As long as they don't move it.)
<Herman> (Why would they?)
* Ashley whirls from the door and points a finger at Ten and Alys. "You don't
have the faintest idea what you're dealing with. If you think it's all smoke,
mirrors, and Liberace, you're going to be sorely disappointed when an Unseelie
Fae moves your skin and organs around your body while you're still alive in it.
And I only give tell you that because you amuse me."
<Brett> ( Well, I'm not sure Ten would care so much as Alys about that. )
<Togo> Okay. We'll go figure out what the fuck's going on, Herman'll try to
figure out how to get us through that mirror...
* Ten sounds confused. "But, like I don't have any organs for them to move."
<Alys> Oh, gross.
<Alys> How do you stop them from doing that?
<Ashley> Then they get to experiment, Ten. Can we go before more of them arrive?
<Griff_Khalil> Your synapses then.
<Herman> I'll try to get some spells that'll keep it from happening.  Let's go.
* Lukas turns his head around to look at Ashely, then shudders slightly. "I
fucking hate this. Just for the record."
<Brett> [Francine nods to Ashley. "Sad to say, he's not joking."]
* Herman leads Francine to the nearest door, then prepares the way home.
<Brett> [In an effort to end this nowish, Session End!]