[Day: Thursday, Oct. 26th. Time: 8:00 p.m., German standard.] (Cry. Why are we still in Germany.) (Becuase we haven't gone down the hole!) [You are gathered outside the Matic building, where Lukas is professing his hatred of Germans. So racist.] (What? I never said nothin' about no Krauts.) [You are gathered outside of the Matic building, a garage-type building designed to perform inspections and maintenance on automobiles. If you were taking your car here, you might say you were going to the AutoMatic.] [But you're actually here to perform a raid, as somewhere in this building is a secret entrence to Asahara's secret underground secret lair. Where in the building? Nobody knows! Except Lukas; he got the map.] ( Or, since we're in Germany... the OttoMatic ) [Anyhow! You were told to wait for a bit to give Ensof, Jacqueline, Lazar and Claire a chance to stir up some trouble at the Motic building across town. It's been about long enough, so let's get a rollin'] [Session Start] * Ashley is no longer a lobster. Instead, he looks like Marcel Proust. In a leotard. Complete with ballet slippers and ruffled shirt. * Herman is there. He looks like he always does. Complete with pipe. SHOWS ASHLEY WHAT'S WHAT. * Ashley lacks a haddock, though. * Togo is wearing what he usually wears: dark green shirt, brown pants, dark copper brown trench coat, shades. * Lukas looks like he normally does too. Biker-tastic. I hope he changes those clothes at some point. *beat* Then again, we've all probably been roughing it for a day on clothes. * Khalil is also there. In an overcoat. The tail is just barely hidden right now. * Ten looks just like a backpack, this would be because she's been hiding in one for several days now. * Lukas runs his hand back through his hair. Right. Now that the sisters are gone, let's run for it. [There's a few guards around the place, but most of the normal staff has gone home by now.] * Alys is stroking her hair, now very neatly combed, lovingly. * Lukas glances at Togo and smirks faintly. "Didn't think you cared that much about me, Togo." It is bloody weird, seeing you without the wings and beak, Khalil. Or could read my mind. Togo, that is the most sensible thing you've said yet. I know this lovely place in the Caribbean... * Herman laughs. Not Milan? * Togo snerks. "Just my vestigial sense of humor. Don't get too excited." Milan is far too close. The locals at this place actually take Don Knotts DVDs as currency. Fascinating nightlife. * Lukas chuckles a bit. "I wasn't getting my hopes up." * Lukas glances to Ashley. "Keep me in mind for that Caribbean vacation if I walk away from this. I get the feeling disappearing will be necessary. ~ Ooh, the Caribbean is even better than hitting things! I'm in! See? All we have to do, is start walking. (MC3: Beach Volleyball Edition. With GUYS.) It's bloody easy. One foot, then the other. I'm sure you remember. ( What kinda lame volleyball is that? ) (The sexy kind.) * Khalil looks oddly at Herman for a moment. "You see me like this almost daily." His head droops a little as he adds, "Is...it truly that strange?" ( Maybe if we put spikes on the ball.... >.> ) * Lukas lets out a little sigh and looks back to the building. Oh, and one more thing before we go in... if Asahara captures us, they're gonna do things to us that'll make what happened to my eyes look fun. So if things get ugly, and anyone has any tricks they've been keeping up their sleeves..." *!eyes Volt* "... this would be the time to think about using 'em." ( But if they don't, you get a trophy! ) * Lukas doesn't catch Togo's glance, but he does say, "Sorta familiar with the concept, Togo." * Ashley throws up his hands. "If I looked like Stephen bloody Hawking you'd all follow me." (Nah. Togo shades people.) Or George Clooney. I will tell you all now that I have no tricks, and will therefore rely on other people to help me in that kind of a situation. And I will haunt you if you don't, so there. * Khalil stares at Ashley strangely. Duly noted. Everyone ready? No. * Lukas exhales into the air. "It's not like I smoke, so standing here isn't really adding anything I'm gonna miss to my life." Sure, why not. ... bloody lunatics... I am prepared. * Lukas chuckles. "Yeah, yeah we are. Someone owes me a shitload of money for this." Money? Money! Nobody mentioned the possibility of money! A fae has to eat! More than ramen and powdered government cheese! * Lukas points absently with his hand at locations in the building far away. "Camera, camera, camera, camera, camera." * Ashley sighs. "I'll get them when we come to them." Tedious, isn't it? Hey, that's how I earn my money. * Lukas rubs his neck. "Let's go before I lose my balls and find my brain." * Herman gestures for someone else to lead the way, because it's not like he has the layout memmed. * Khalil shakes his head slightly and stops looking around before focusing on the general path of the entrance. ( i.e. before Lukas becomes female. ) ( Which is likely to happen in this game <.< ) * Ashley waves his hands. "Nanu nanu." (>_>) (Standard 5-sense cloaking on the group active. We can hear each other.) * Lukas doesn't get the ref. But he does assume that 'Random Ashley' = 'Cloaked', so he starts walkin'. (Don't worry Lukas! I won't force you to dress like me!) (That's because you're too small to.) * Togo follows along. No guns drawn for the moment. * Alys follows, still petting her hair, which is getting a little static-y. [You head into the building! There's a guard near the door, but he doesn't see you. Woot.] * Khalil follows as well, feeling at his side for a moment before continuing. [Inside there's two corridors, an exit to the garage, and a stairway that goes both up and down.] * Lukas hits the stairway. [It takes 0 damage.] ( High armor? =P ) (Damn armored stairways!) (I have a +1 to my damage, thanks to Dynasty Warriors 37.) * Ashley follows. (Assume that's true until something happens.) [You head downstairs! There's two corridors here, too. How conveenient. One of them leads to under the garage, where you can poke stuff in the bottom of cars if you really want. The other goes straight, in a hallway lined with doors.] * Lukas heads hallway, looking around a bit so he doesn't get sprung upon. La la where is that secret room... * Herman walks after Lukas, looking carefully around. ( The doors have the scooby doo crew running through them in no particular order being chased by an Astral Rei. ) [The secret room isn't so secret. It's a door with "Private" out front. Not very exciting.] [It's also locked.] [With a big padlock.] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 1. ... huh. Not that Asahara hasn't occasionally gotten a bit lazy in assuming that nobody would ever even find them... but this is surprising. Togo, if you jinx this, I will sleep with you. But I will look like Bea Arthur. Post Golden Girls. * Lukas pulls out picks. "One of the rules of defense in layers, Togo. Obvious defenses hide unobvious defenses." He picks! ( The padlock has a picture of a tarp on it. ) * Togo smirks at Ashley. "How will I know?" 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-4) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 0. I will make you smell it. You will know. Somehow. [The lock clicks open.] * Togo wrinkes his nose. "... point taken." * Lukas glances back to the group for a moment, then looks forward a moment. ( For a total of two moments. ) (Lukas likes to work in discrete moments.) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. * Lukas then opens the door carefully. [The door opens, revealing a fairly small storage room filled with boxes of different shapes and sizes. One has a black question mark on the side, but the rest are blank. ] Oh, no, the Riddler has been here! * Lukas 's eyes widen and he hisses, "Not a word. Not a single word." * Khalil glances at Ashley and mouths, Riddler? (Well, in the direction the voice came from?) (Illusions are confusing. x.x) * Lukas says, with a tone of annoyance, "Entrance is in here somewhere. Look carefully." ( Gimme Police science (Forensics) rolls. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets 16, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "You always hurt the ones you love. I love you very much." An old reference, dear Khalil. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. * Alys grins and starts looking around. "Not saying anything~" 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. * Lukas walks over to boxes and looks for one that isn't going to explode if he opens it. Also an entrance. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. [It's tough to say. The boxes all look pretty much the same. Except! Those who made the roll spot a quarter lodged between the crack of a small crate.] [Or a Euro, rather. What ev'] [Alys thinks it's a quarter.] Interesting. Coin of the realm. Hmm? * Alys blinks at the coin. "Togo, did you drop a quarter weirdly?" Why here though? Nope. * Lukas goes to the box and crouches, peering. "Weird-ass." It's clearly a clue. Or a bomb. Perhaps both. * Lukas flicks the euro." (Er, no ".) * Togo looks closer. "Wow. I can barely see that. Details on my shades are pretty good, but mostly not quite that good." Or a sign that Americans are working here! Eeeevil Americans. [The euro drops in. There's the sound of clanking as it falls through the box. Then a *ding*. The walls part, revealing the inside of a large elevator.] (Togo's been here before?) * Khalil looks at Alys for a moment. "If anyone is to say that, it would be me, and even I do not believe it.* * Lukas sighs slightly and steps over to a nearby box that looks like it's easy to open. One bloody moment. Everyone knows America is evil. I mean, the people aren't necessarily, but the place itself is. They have horrible accents. Lord, Alys, hush before I ship you there British Royal Mail. No wonder it was so well hidden. Nobody'd bloody believe it. Hushing. 1d10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (1d10) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. [Lukas selects a oblong box.] * Lukas tries to open the box WITHOUT resorting to the pointy in his backpack. [Lukas succeeds! He is now the proud new owner of a skateboard.] [Gnarly.] (What color is it?) * Lukas picks up the skateboard and holds it in both hands. This is what I get for listening to Ten. ... skateboard. Huh. ... tubular! I did not just hear that. Well, it is. Interesting. * Lukas puts the skateboard under his left arm and says, "Doesn't look like a tube to me." You ride in a half-tube with it. One can even ollie a half-twist backfrog with a 360 gnarl-whip. ... skater talk later. Elevator into evil lab now. * Lukas pauses a moment, then says, "English, por favor." And then he follows Togo's instructions. That is English. Just not perhaps the Queen's. [The elevator has 8 levels, not counting the one you're on.] Unless she is in the habit of grinding along the Buckingham Palace banisters. * Ashley enters the elevator. * Khalil enters the elevator in peace, having lost the conversation. * Lukas waits for everyone to get in, allowing him to look around for fishiness, BEFORE punching 8. Wewt 8. * Herman is now in the elevator. * Togo is elevatored! * Alys is also inside, being quiet. [Wewt! It takes a long time, but the elevator makes it down 8 floors! You're not on the bottom level of the lab. The doors open, revealing three corridors you can take: left, right, or straight.] * Lukas is looking around cautiously now, and heads out straight-like. * Togo follows, peering around left and right and even up on occasion as he walks. He's clearly tensing up a bit down here in the lab. * Ashley follows. * Khalil follows, so we can all stay together! [The corridor continues for a while before approaching a T-intersection. Two guys come charging around the left corner, heading for you! They're dressed in black kevlar and have assault rifles.] * Lukas does the good old flatten on the wall thing, pulling his hand out of his pocket to reveal that he'd stuffed his pistol in there. * Alys backs up against the wall to let them pass. [They pass right by. One of them mutters, "Damn, not these guys again." The other responds: "I heard there was more of them this time." Then a red light flashes, with a loud siren. The first guy curses. "Damn, they made it this far already."] * Herman watches them go. "Not us. Works for me." * Khalil puts his hand on his hip, just in case, but doesn't seem too worried. * Ashley smokes an invisible cigarette. You can't pay for better suckers. * Lukas continues onward! Nice to see the classics still work. * Khalil walks along in confusion. "Why would you pay for better suckers?" It's classic to be invisible and sneaky? That's the point, isn't it, Khalil? Classic to send a diversionary force to distract the enemy from your main target. Everyone from Sun Tzu to Schleiffen has used it, and it usually works. [You continue onward! The path branches and twists and stuff, but Lukas leads you towards your destination, so we'll skip that boring part. You arrive at a wide corridor. There's doors to four different labs, and one very LARGE metal door at the end. There's two guards posted at it.] (Now I have to remember what we were planning, exactly.) (Besides 'hit the computer'.) ( Kill the doctor. :o And maybe rescue the prisoners. ) (And loot the boxes!) (ALL BOXES ARE BELONG TO ME!) (And hope that the idjits arrive as backup.) (Right.) ( Computer is priority #1. If things aren't too insane after that, we go after Shibamura. If things *are* insane, we skdaddle. ) * Lukas says, "Okay, peek around, people." He eyes the guards and says, "Anyone see anything funny about them?" One moment. [One of the lab doors opens!] No possession or magical residue that I can see. Nothing odd on radar vision. [A woman walks out. She's wearing a white lab coat and glasses, talking with a communicator on her wrist. "Yes, doctor. Things are comming along just as you've anticipated. I'm bringing her to you now." Behind her, two men wheel out a push cart with a large... looks like a refrigerator, kinda. There's a window on the front though. And foggy though it is, you can make out a person in there.] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rowyn (2d8-2) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 12. (Oh god.) ( Again? She's worse than Mary Anne! ) * Lukas looks at the person! Because he said to look around, and dammit he's looking around. * Herman frowns a little at the fridge, furrowing his brow. (You don't know the half of it.) * Khalil looks at the fridge too. Because it's like a train wreck waiting to happen. [Too late! They turn and the window is no longer pointed at you. Looks like they're headed for another lab in this very corridor, however.] * Lukas pales slightly and starts to follow the fridge, muttering a, "Fuck," as he tries to get a better glimpse. ... Volt. We need to get that computer before the others hafta fall back. 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 12. * Khalil thinks for a moment. "Perhaps a few of us could check it out." [They head into the other lab.] * Lukas snaps back, "The second we open that door we don't have any time." He looks back forward and curses again. Up to you, Lukas. (I assume the labs are unwindowed?) Those of us who can get by without Ashley, of course. He cannot be in two places at once. ( Yep! ) Yet. * Lukas looks at the lab, then back at the group, then closes his eyes for a long moment, before looking only at the giant metal door and saying, "Take the guards." * Ashley waves his hands. * Togo pulls out his shotgun, then looks over at Ashley. "What're you doing?" Warming up. * Lukas grits his teeth and clenches his free fist. The other one's still holding his gun. * Togo nods, expression neutral, and chambers a round with a KA-CHAK. "Can you make it so one can't see what I'm doing to the other? This'll go easier one at a time." Can sure try. * Ashley does jazz hands! "Shazam!" (Ashley is hit by lightning!) * Togo nods. "If you're squeamish, you might wanna turn around now." * Khalil sighs but does not turn around, folding his arms. "Just make it quick." 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. * Togo pauses, eyes the guards again, stows his shotgun, pulls out his SMG, and fires a burst into the guard on the right. * Lukas looks away to the lab door, still looking very tense. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets 13, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "I hate being random." ( Knew it. ) (You're right. I should have turned.) * Alys stares at the floor and fidgets a bit. (GO TOGO GO!) ( Oh dear. ) (Wow.) ( Just have the gun break. =P ) [Togo's gun breaks.] ... Was that supposed to happen? * Togo eyes his gun. "... you've got to be kidding me." *scowls; stows the broken SMG; pulls out his machine gun* *fires at the guard on the right* 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. ...I thought you were no longer under the curse, Togo. Excellent form, Togo. [That gun doesn't break. But Togo still misses. Doh.] [Gimme init rolls!] * Lukas fidgets, glancing over for a moment before looking back to the lab. If that door opened, he could see in! 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8+14) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 22. 2d8+13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+13) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 25. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 26. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+7) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 12. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. [The lab has an operating table that looks like it's been used recently.] 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+7) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 11. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+7) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 12. ( All stand before my dicehate! Because, y'know, it means I can't hit anyone, so they stay standing ) (The one that the crazy people went into? I thought you said I couldn't see into it.) [Togo, Alys, Khalil, Guard, Lukas, Ten, Herman, Ashley.] ( I thought you meant the other lab. ) ( The one they came out of. ) (I mean the one I'm sorta fixated on.) [Togo!] [There's a small window, but Lukas can't really see what's going on inside. He does observe the female scientist with her back to the door, though.] * Togo eyes his gun. "Do *not* start with me." *fires at the guard on the right again with his machine gun* 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. [Togo gets him that time, hitting him in the leg. He grimaces.] [Alys!] * Alys takes a deep breath, then unclips her chains and swings them around at the right guard. 2 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2 2d8-8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 0 -1. [Alys smacks him twice, and down he goes. The other guard doesn't seem to even notice.] [Khalil!] * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) * Rowyn is now known as Khalil ( Or whoever. The other guard's not doing anything ) * Khalil watches both guards, but hesitates, not doing anything unless the second guard reacts. (First guard just went down) [He reacts! By.... scratching his ear.] (I know.) * Lukas is still watching the lab. * Khalil takes in a deep breath. "I am not certain if knocking him out will be as effective in this form." ( We're pretty much out of init. ) * Lukas glances back and says, through those gritted teeth, "Just fucking get on with it." * Ashley hums La Traviatta to himself. ( Anyone gonna do anything? :P ) (*kicks Togo) (It's Khalil's turn!) (We're OUT OF INIT) (Brett said we were out of init. ^_^;) (Oh, well. Screw this.) * Herman walks up to the guard. * Herman has a pipe in his hand. * Herman performs the amazing pipe into guard's head technique. [The guard goes down. *thunk*] There, that wasn't so bad. * Togo grumbles. * Khalil takes a deep breath and relaxes. "That works. Perhaps I should carry a pipe. For back up." Bloody useful tool, really. [The big door has an electronic scanned next to it. It's a hint.] Sorry about that. Won't happen again. ( Who'm I kidding! It'll happen again! ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 9. Until the next time it happens. * Lukas growls and turns back to the door, exhales an, "Oh thank fuck," and says, "Alys, YOU look in the damn door while I do this." He stomps over to the door. * Togo scowls. "I doubt I'm gonna have a gun break, then miss a point-blank shot with a machine gun again, Khalil." ( Oh Togo. You're digging your own grave. ) (What's the scanner scan?) (It's okay, he pushed Alys in) ( Keycard, retina and palm print. ) (Fantastic!) ( upside down! ) * Ashley looks over. "Oh, we're done?" * Togo busies himself shackling the guards arms and legs while Volt takes care of the security. * Alys salutes at Lukas. "Gotcha." She goes over to the lab door and peeks in. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. 2d8-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-7) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 0. * Alys says, frustrated, "I can't see anything." [Lukas bypasses the lock! The door opens, revealing a massive pillar- like construct that must go up for three floors, with various wires and lights and stuff coming out of it. There's a few monitors at the bottom, which two scientists, one tall and skinny, one short and fat, are busily working at. But that's not all! ] * Lukas did it without any computer! Ha ha! * Alys keeps looking until told to do otherwise and hopes the stupid person in the way moves. (Why can there never be a tall/fat, short/skinny pair?) [You also find a man in a black robe. He turns as the door opens. With his long face, sunken cheekbones, hooked nose and oily neck-length hair, he is none other than the man Alys and Khalil saw in Ireland and Togo saw ages before the game even started: Ricardo Valmont.] * Lukas is already pulling his computer out. * Togo tenses up, and starts to reach into his trench coat. [He looks directly at you, then raises a wrist communicator to his mouth. "Heinberg. Security has been completely breached. Consider yourself terminated."] Well. There goes that, then. * Alys looks in that direction. "Crapcrapcrap." * Lukas spits out, over comms, ~Doors are hard to miss. Move, god dammit, we've got work to do.~ Well, SOMEone could have warned me. [The two scientists near him look up in confusion. "Mr. Valmont, sir?"] * Togo pulls out a grenade and chucks it at Valmont. "SON OF A BITCH!" Whoa! I am detecting some severe aggression. * Khalil clenches his fist, shaking a bit. Then lets out a low, mild swear. It's short, but probably carries all the meaning it needs. He's reaching for his whip. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. [Valmont catches it. The grenade explodes, destroying his arm and blowing a big hole in the side of his body. Then mist gathers around him, reforming his body like nothing has happened. "Who are you, trespassers?" Then his eyes fall on Khalil. "Ah, Balthazar. I should have known."] * Lukas decides to change his mind, shove his computer back in and open up the backpack, taking Ten out. ~Ashley, want to take a side trip to the lab? I don't give a fuck about this guy.~ [Then he turns to Alys. "And you... You must be Alys."] * Ashley turns and walks out. ~Why not? I'm about worthless here.~ * Alys takes a step backwards. "I... yeah, okay. How did you know?" ["Your wonderful parents told me, of course."] * Lukas crouches and puts Ten down, then backs out with Ashley. * Ten gets pulled out and thus gets a description! Long white hair, A silver dresss and wings, and that's probably about everything anybody can make out because she takes off like a shot across the ground towords the pillar of a computer. * Khalil grits his teeth, and draws his whip, rushing towards him. He's speaking in Arabic though. "" He lets loose with his whip, striking just short of Valmont, but a flash of light extends in the same arc as the whip about a foot in front of it. "" 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. * Herman glances at the leaving Lukas and Ashley, looks back at Valmont, then nods to himself. ~Good luck. Looks like I'm the cool head here.~ * Togo scowls, pulls out his 1873 Colt Peacemaker pistol (loaded with ghost bullets), and fires at Valmont. (Ha.) ~We'll bring you back a souvenir shrunken head.~ * Alys keeps an eye out for anyone else attacking but doesn't do anything toward Valmont. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. ( Made ) ~Bloody kind of you, Ashley.~ ( I want to talk! WE WANT TO KILL!) ( Isn't this backwards?) [The whip strikes his body, but no blood is drawn. Only black mist, which returns to him right afterwards. Togo gets a similar effect. "No, you're not completely Balthazar, true. That puzzled me when we first met. Which is why I made the effort to find your other half."] 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8+14) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 17. (Just assuming we'll need it anyway. :P) ( Might as well roll init ) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+7) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 18. 2d8+13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+13) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 18. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+7) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 11. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 25. * Rowyn has joined #besm [Valmont continues his monologue. "Yes, the villagers were quite helpful in that regard. I couldn't find Balthazar's power because it had already been taken. By you."] * Togo pulls out his machine gun, slaps in a new cartridge, and is about to start spraying when he catches himself and stops. For the moment. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. * Alys says loudly, "Ou-out of curiosity, since you, um, seem to not mind talking and all, where's my mum?" Her voice is shaking. [Valmont grins, baring a scary amount of teeth. "She's quite well. Our guest of honor, you might say. She's here at this facility, in fact. Do you want to meet her?"] Yes, where is she!? * Khalil snarls at him. "" * Herman looks puzzled. He looks around the place slowly, covering everything, then focuses specifically on Valmont. [He pulls up his communicator. "Shibamura. Ms. Onedyr's daughter is here to see her mother. See to preparations."] * Alys starts talking to herself quietly, "She can't take care of herself like Dad can, he -knows- that, this is all his fault, everything's his fault..." * Togo grits his teeth. "While you're being all accomidating, would you mind bleeding and dying when I shoot you?" ["And as for you, Balthazar..." He blinks, and eyes Ten. "Hmm.... I suppose the time for talk is over."] ( Since we're in init anyhow.... ) [Togo, Valmont, Herman, Alys, Khalil, Ten!] [Togo!] * Togo readies his machine gun, and fires a burst at Valmont. "Should've fucking killed you out in the desert..." 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. [The burst meets with similar results as the first few attacks. "Ah, you are that man." He laughs, a deep throaty laugh. "Little more than a thorn in my side."] ("For me... it was Tuesday.") (*grins*) d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d5) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. (ha ha.) [Valmont picks a target almost at random. Which unfortunately happens to be Khalil. Khalil, gimme an unarmed (grabs) defense at +1] * Rowyn is now known as Khalil * Herman watches, making no move to attack. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. (Think that's it. Even if throws count (which is odd that they separate it), it'd still be a miss.) [He picks Khalil up b the throat. "Do you know how they died? Begging for their lives. Most of them, anyhow. The ones who were fit, I brought back for stock. And of course, your other half." He flings Khalil at the wall with one hand. Gimme unarmed (throws), Khalil!] [Herman's up after Khalil makes that def roll.] * Khalil strains out as he's getting choked. "O-other....half?" 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. (... Well, this would be worth a try, I suppose.) (W to the oot.) * Lukas says over comms, possibly conveniently, ~Found a chick I don't know-- jesus christ this weighs a ton--over here.~ 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 15. ~ We're in all sorts of bad! ~ [Khalil manages to position himself in mid air so that he doesn't land on anything important as he crashes into the wall. Still hurts, though. Ow.] (He pulls a AC Tifa and launches himself back at him!) * Lukas says, not bothering to turn off comms, ~If you want to fuck her, Ashley, give me a goddamn hand at pushing this!~ * Herman looks vaguely amused, but he still holds his free left hand out, palm up. He takes a deep breath, then says, clearly, "Lumen." A small sun bursts into existence in the air above it, filling the room with daylight. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. [Valmont grimaces, shielding his eyes with his coat. But he doesn't burn up into flames. And the rest of you have trouble seeing, too.] (Mist and super strength! Totally worth a try, at least.) [Alys!] ( Not me! ) (You never know!) ( Heh. He is a little too vampire like. I should've thought of that. ) (It so was, he's just a cheating bastard. Probably has the blood orb or something.) (Well.) (... I'll just have to transmute it into air.) (Poof!) * Alys covers her eyes and squints as she throws a ward at him. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. [Sadly, the ward flies by him harmlessly.] [Khalil!] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. * Khalil recovers from the wall slam, still coughing a little and staggers upright, squinting. He rushes forward and lets loose another slash across the face, light still flashing bright in front of it. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I wish I got to hand out more of these, really." 2d8 (WHOO!) * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (XD) (Khalil IS TIFA!) (Now let's just hope that it's not 2x0 damage. :P) (Wait, she loses that fight...) (...yes.) [Khalil strikes him right across the face! His head moves as though he's been slapped. But it leaves no mark. Well, almost none. He glares at Khalil with a gaze of pure hate.] [Ten!] (But at least she looks good doing it!~) * Ten tries to hack the computer, and even if she fails she still looks good doing it! (Penalties?) (Like Khalil REALLY cares if this guy hates him. :P) ( +4! ) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+1) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 11. [Ten can't breach security.] [Togo!] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. * Togo switches out to his assault rifle, in the hopes that the guy can't phase through multiple bullets, and fires a burst. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. [Unfortunately for Togo, he does just that.] Goddamn fucking mist bullshit! What happened to your pansy-ass force field? [He glares at Khalil, looking ready to do something nasty, when his communicator beeps. He holds it up and listens. "What? Damn it. I'm on my way." Then he sinks into the ground. "Bigger fish to fly. Count yourself lucky, Belthazar."] (Balthazar?) There had to be a trick. Couldn't fucking see it. [Herman's turn! Meanwhile, the two scientist guys finally notice you.] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-3) and gets 13, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "If I go crazy, will you still call me Superman?" * Khalil curses a longer stream in Arabic as he disappears. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. * Herman waves his hand. The mini sun instantly disappears, once again bringing a disconcerting effect on anyone paying attention, as he rushes the closest scientist and swings his pipe at him. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. [Herman misses, but the scientist still screams and faints.] [Alys!] * Alys stares for a moment, then says, "Keep an eye out for my mum, I'm going to go help Volt and Ashley." She heads back to the other lab. ... That was the best miss I've ever had. ~ Hey, find out if they know the passwords first! ~ [Khalil!] * Demotafk has quit IRC (Quit: ) * Khalil looks at the nearest scientist. "Yes." He runs towards the one still conscious and goes to grab him, whip around his neck. [He totally panics! Ten!] * Ten tries that again! 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 8. [Unfortunately for you guys, just then, two guards come around the corner, flanking what looks like a man, but his right hand is grotesquely oversized and filled with sharp pointing things. He screams in anguish as he rushes for you.] [Togo!] * Herman spins to see that. "The hell?" ~ This isn't cool! ~ * Togo swaps out to his machine gun and sprays the lot of them. "Goddamn Asahara!" 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 12. ( And thanks to unreliable, THAT gun breaks ) [Togo's gun breaks!] SON OF A BITCH! [The screaming man advances quickly. His face is a mask of pain, but it still looks like he's going to cut you up nasty with that arm of his. He can't get to you until next round, though.] [Meanwhile, the guards open up with their assault rifles. One maybe hits Herman once, and the other maybe hits Togo twice.] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. (He does hit Herman once.) [Also, Lukas, Ashley and Alys emerge from a lab, pushing the refridgerator thing.] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets 13, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "The gods giveth, and the gods taketh away. This time, they taketh away." [Herman's shoulder is grazed!] (This just isn't Togo's night.) ( Bow down. No dicehate can stand before mine! ) * Herman grimaces and mutters, "That. Fucking. Tears it." * Lukas stares for a moment before saying, "What in the hell is that shit?" (Okay, so how do we enter init?) * Ashley glances around. "What? Where?" [Togo's foot is grazed! Not only that, but one of the bullets enters his trenchcoat and dents his shotgun's barrels.] ~ A horrible mutant! ~ (Do I get two rounds so I can take out the guards and half the facility with me?) Oh, hell. It's never ends, does it? [It's Herman's turn!] 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+7) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 17. * Herman activates the comms. ~Get the hell away from the guards.~ And then his free hand is up and he's tracing some sort of sigil in the air, chanting loudly in Anglo-Saxon which, being Germanic, would sound angry even if he weren't. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+7) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 18. [Alys!] * Herman starts to build heat, even when he just starts casting. * Alys runs over, staying away from the guards, and throws a ward at the new scary guy. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. [The ward sticks to him, making him scream even louder.] [Khalil!] * Khalil glances that way for a moment, then hisses in the scientist's ear. "I am in a *rare* foul mood. So you will tell us the passwords you know. Now." ["The-The-The first one's Cyclopse! I don't know the other!"] [Ten!] * Ten uses the password! (What's that do to my mod?) * Khalil tightens the whip slightly in response. "Are you certain?" ( -2 bonus! ) [He faints!] (Does that stack with or replace the +4? (They don't make scientists like they used to.) ( Stack ) (Wusses.) ( It's +2 total now ) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-1) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 11. (Jesus.) (;_;) [Togo!] (I know. KS scientists would at least wet their pants before fainting.) (Dicehate.) (Dicey wants us all to take dirtnaps) * Togo curses at his gun, stows the machine gun, pulls out his assault rifle, and fires a burst at the advancing mutant (and, if he can get one in the spread, a guard). 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. [Togo does manage to get both! The mutant is only a little slowed, but the guard looks ready to collapse.] [The mutant assaults the nearest target, which happens to be....] d3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d3) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. [Lukas! He swings an oversized, spikey-metal-bit-filled arm at Lukas] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (Foregone.) [Lukas is hit, and ouch.] [He gets a good bit of spiky metal lodged in his arm.] [Ashley!] * Lukas screams in pain as he manages to take a crapload of damage, then loudly curses, "Fuck, what the hell did I do THIS time?" * Ashley makes the guards and the spiky dude see nothing! Hooray. ( Power usage, Ashley! ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. ~ Lukas! Heals! ~ [That sure works.] [Lukas!] 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 3 for a result of -2. (That is what we call a success.) (... /sob) [The guards fire randomly, but they don't hit you.] [Herman!] * Lukas reaches out his hand for a moment, then clutches it at the air, at the computer. His other arm? Really needs a tetanus shot. And a mop. (Can I catch the guards and mutant guy in a blast?) ( Sure! ) (Then let's.) (ASPLODE THEM GOOD!) * Herman nears the end of his chanting and thrusts his hand forward, yelling one last, almost triumphant word. A small ball of flame appears at his palm, zipping forward to land on a spot in the ground between the guards and mutant, where it explodes outward and upward in a roaring sphere of flame. (Full attack-like.) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-5) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 1. (It's Gaelic for "Hell yes! I finally finished that damned thing!") (Dicy is bipolar tonight.) (It's actually Anglo-Saxon, but very close!) [Boom! D&D magics burn the guards to crisps. The big monster staggers a bit, but the fires and Alys's ward soon make it drop.] [Suddenly, around the corner comes an indescribable monster!] [It launches a ranged but indescribable attack at Togo!] (What is it? It's indescribable!) (... you've been playing too much Earthbound.) ( :o ) (*puts Brett in indescribable amounts of pain*) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. * Lukas starts to stumble towards the computer, clutching his arm as he says, "God dammit, aren't we supposed to be getting out of here?" (He'd describe his evasion, but he can't) [Togo dodges! Whew, that was lucky. That attack might have hurt either a lot or not so much.] [Alys!] (Brett? I have to go to bed. As much as I love endless combats and all.) * Alys throws one of her stronger wards at whatever it is. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. Can't do it if there's no bloody time, Lukas! [Somehow the ward hits anyway and the thing burns and dies in an indescribable manner.] My mum's somewhere here, he said so! (She's in the box. o/~) * Lukas leans against the computer, fumbling for his computer to try to get it plugged in and double-up on this. Really... sorta hate blood on the computer... and all... * Togo reloads his assault rifle, and guards the door into the room. (Are we out of init?) (If we are I'm hacking in there.) [It's about now that Ensof and Claire show up! "Hey, you guys are still here?"] ( We are ) (Thank Christ!) * Ten starts to sift the giant computer. Mikaela info first, then Alys's mom, then anything that seemed high priority to the system engineers. * Khalil lets out his breath and lets the scientist drop. "That person is starting to get on my last nerve." ( Man, he blew up Khalil's villiage and is only starting to get on his nerves :o ) * Lukas plugs in as soon as he can, if he doesn't pass out, and follows up. "Yeah, we're having a good fucking time here." Alys' mother is here, it sounds like. Have you happened to see a brunette woman, somewhere around my height, has been kept captive for a long time? He also said something about my... other half? That makes no sense... [Claire nods. "We found her. Don't worry, Jackie and Lazar are trying to get her out as we speak."] What, really!? Valmont was here. Couldn't fucking touch the son of a bitch. [Ensof scowls. "We chased Shibamura this way, but we lost him."] * Ten hakity hack hack hacks. We're trying to salvage something out of this mess by fucking up their computer. [Claire nods to Alys.] * Khalil glances at Lukas. "What did you find anyhow?" That's great! Where are they, can I help? [Ensof nods. "Cool. But hurry, there's not much time."] * Ten is hurrying damnit. Yes. Out, now, please, with hopefully-large-breasted-future-shag- partner. [Claire shakes her head. "We'd be cut off by guards by now. But they'll be fine, trust me. They have some unexpected help."] * Lukas is hurrying too! He says weakly, "A woman, Khalil. Might...be from your neck of the... something." * Khalil stares at Lukas for a moment, then looks about. "Where is the refrigerator?" (Right there!) * Alys opens her mouth to say something, then closes it. "I'll find out. I'm just glad Mum's okay." * Khalil heads over towards it cautiously if it's right there then and takes a look. (Big bulky thing right in front of you!) [Claire frowns. "When we got there, Shibamura was doing something to her. We'll get her checked out as soon as we're clear from here, but..."] I have totally called dibs. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. * Herman leans against the wall, rubbing at his eyes. He looks up to see the scorched residue of his fireball and smiles a little. * Ashley looks to Herman, Hm? Herman? Door. Please. * Khalil frowns a little. "I can't make it out that well..." He tries to get a better look. She's alive and she'll be free, which means my dad will be free, which means I can kick his ass without feeling guilty. Since you asked. * Lukas laughs weakly at Alys' joke. Thanks. You said she was from my neck? [Ensof nods to Claire. "There were some others, too. A Japanese woman, and a few Afgahns... Lazar'll bring 'em to Claude's."] That means...where I came from, yesno? * Togo walks over to a wall, punches it, and lets out a stream of curses vile enough to send a longshoreman fleeing to the nearest church. * Herman walks over to the entrance and takes a deep breath, lets it out, and shifts the pipe to his left hand. With his right, he traces the now familiar, deep green runes as he murmurs in Anglo-Saxon. Maybe. I dunno. I'm not a what studies that shit. * Khalil is still trying to get a good look. He's determined now. ~ Lukas needs a heal! ~ (And I need some clue about how the hacking is going.) [Claire turns to Khalil. "More than likely. There were more than a few survivors from that attack several days ago."] (And I'm hacking too!) [It's going guud. We can end when people are ready and Herman gets that spell up.] ( How come this Interpol knows everything, and our Interpol never knew jack shit back in MC2? =P ) Can old home week wait until we're the bloody hell out of here and I've been properly shagged? (Because your Interpol was on your side.) (And the rule is that your intel always sucks. In any game!) ( Dood, that was on TV. ) ( You saw the newscast >.> ) (Oh, THAT attack.) (The one in the desert.) I still do not know why he would attack searching for the guardian. Though I suppose it does not matter in his case... ( Yes, THAT attack. In the desert. ) (There's been a lot of attacks.) ( Not in the desert. ) ( Or on the news. ) ( Mine was in the desert! ) (You hadn't mentioned the desert. ^^;) (Yes, but that was this attack. :P) (ANYWAY.) ( But not on the news. ) * Togo pulls out a large bowling trophy, about as tall as he is, and begins smashing it against the wall. * Herman draws the last rune and says one final word. The runes shift slowly from green to white, and he opens the door. "Done." The bloody hell OUT. (Eh, it's okay. We all know it's only important to Khalil anyway. ^_^;) * Ashley heads through the door. * Ten disconects from the system. * Lukas groans and stands, picking up his now-bloody computer and cracking his knuckles. "Goodbye, fuckers." * Herman waves everyone into the streaming light, including Claire and Ensof. "My place isn't nice, but it's better than here. I go last." * Alys says, "I like your place," and walks through. [Claire blinks a few times, then heads in. Ensof seems less uncertain; he's used to this kind of thing.] * Togo kicks the remaining pieces of the trophy, scowls, and walks through the portal. * Lukas winces in pain as he does it, but that's not the important thing. He looks back, and once most everyone's gone, he looks to Herman, and puts his hands to the computer. And then he lights it up with electricity. The whole damn thing. Bzzt. [It's a big Christmas tree ornament.] (Shiny!) (Stunning it to my limits.) (Sparkly like win!) * Herman grins at Lukas and gives a thumbs up. "I'd give a hand, but I'm a little busy." ~ BOOOM! ~ ( Bah. Should've let Togo hit it with a rocket ) * Lukas stumbles backwards and smiles weakly. "That's okay. I... uh... don't need it... except... for falling over..." and then he stumbles through the portal. With a skateboard, now, too. When is he going to stop getting random shit? ( nevar ) (Skateboards, swords...) * Khalil glances at the refrigerator. "Will this fit?" (Random shit is awesome!) (Beavers. I haven't gotten any beavers.) Just shove it in, Khalil. ( Little does Lukas know that he know holds the ancient Babylonian Skateboard of Shredding! ) If they haven't gotten out of the doorway, it's their own damn faults. ( You got a hippo though ) ( *claps hands over mouth* ) ( Somehow, I'm not so surprised about that, Mecha. ) * Khalil nods and pushes the thing through. (I demand live animals next time I get saddled with junk I can't use.) (At least I can throw them at people.) ( Skunk it is. ) ( Or maybe a squid. ) (Ew!) * Herman walks in last, shutting the door after himself and leaving the place just as it was before they showed up. Except for the corpses, unconscious people, scorched walls, ceiling, and floor, bullet holes, blood, and fried equipment, anyway. [Session End!]