[Day: Saturday, Oct. 27th. Time: 5:30 p.m.] [Having traveled to Lithuania to check out some coordinates someone sent Togo, you discovered a hidden base near the Russian border. Unfortunately they also discovered you, and when you tried to get in they opened fire, severely wounding Lukas. Till Herman healed him, anyhow.] (Now I'm only slightly dead!) [But now that Lukas is out of danger and the guards are dispatched, you can enter the Looming Entrance of Evil. Stairs lead downward.] ( It's true, he's still injured! ) [Session Start] * Ten is so totaly scouting the Looming Entrence of Evil! * Khalil was already scouting the entrance earlier iirc. * Ten already skittered up to it last session and now she's trying to figure out how the cheating basterds who cheated and knew they were coming rigged it! [It's a little dark. The lighting is red, and you can hear a siren from below.] * Ashley is sitting on air, smoking a cigarette. * Ten uses the radios. ~ They have a camera on the stairs Ashley! ~ * Togo slaps a fresh ammo drum into his machine gun. "Let's get down there before more guards come up. Ashley, if you'd be so kind?" * Alys is staying near Lukas and looking at him worriedly as if he's about to fall over, or maybe burst into purple and magenta spots. You never know! * Ashley waves his hand. "Yes, yes. It is all so Tiring." * Khalil looks at the passageway, wondering if he would still fit transformed. [Khalil would. There's room for like 5 people to walk shoulder to shoulder.] ~ We could go back and get one of the dinobots! They'd never expect one inside! Ecks Dee. ~ * Lukas is standing. Good and bloodied. He wipes his hand on his shirt and spits out a little blood before saying, "Maybe later. C'mon." * Togo covers the entrance with his machine gun while Khalil does his thing. Do you need help, Volt? I can, um... I'm not sure what I can do to help, but I'm extremely open to suggestions! ( Sexual healing o/~ ) * Ashley looks at Alys. "In a general sense? Because I have some ideas." * Lukas shakes his head slightly. "Part of my life, kiddo. You wouldn't think a hacker-thief would get hurt quite so much, but I'm just that kind of lucky." Beat, and a glance at Ashley. "'Sides. I already got the heal-o-tron applied." * Herman holds up one hand and says, "Lumen." A tiny sun appears, bathing the area in daylight. Now it's not so dark! * Togo motions for everyone to follow him down the stairs as he starts down. [It wasn't SO dark. Just kinda dark.] * Lukas follows down. Hooray for not-kinda-dark-no-more. * Alys looks over at Ashley. "Whatever sketchy things you are thinking about will have to wait until we aren't in danger of... until we're in -less- danger of dying." She goes down the stairs. * Ten climbs Lukas as he pases her as it's no fun to climb stairs that are higher than your knees. (An indication that we could still see with normal vision?) * Ashley stands up. "Oh, I agree. The sex-dying pastiche is SO overdone." [It's a little dark, but you can still see with normal vision.] * Ten glares at Ashley. ~ No dying! At all!~ My official position on dying is con. [The stairs go down for maybe twenty feet, then turn into a cooridor. The siren is much louder down there.] * Togo sweeps the barrel of his gun back'n forth as he goes down the stairs, hugging the walls and then peeking around the corner. * Khalil glances at Ten and mentions quietly. "He reminds me of...who is that character? Snake?" [The corridor does turn! And then, past an empty room with a glass window that looks like a guard station and probably was where the guards you just killed would be on another day, splits into a T-intersection. We'll say it runs North and South.] ~ But none of us are old bald men! ~ True. And he does not hide in a b--crate. Yes, crate. ...You guys are really confusing. * Khalil looks at Alys as if SHE'S the weird one. Imagine that. Volt, see if you can get into that guard station. They gotta have a computer terminal in there. * Ten nods. * Alys stares back, then crosses her eyes. [The door's wide open, like it was thrown open in a hurry.] * Lukas nods and heads into to the guard station with a little slowness. * Khalil flicks Alys on the nose with his finger. "Pay attention to what is around you." ~ Security guards should totally have giant punctuation marks over their heads that tell you what they're thinking! That'd be awesome! ~ Eep. Okay. Full of attention and not getting distracted by shiny objects, that's me. * Ashley flicks the cigarette away. "I think I've finally become sick of barging into places invisibly." * Togo keeps an !eye on the two corridors leading back here. Why's that? It does get a little old, does it not? [There is, in fact, a terminal in the guard station. There's a big red screen on it, though, with black letters that say something in what's presumably Russian.] ~But it's so awesome! And Lukas doesn't have to spend hours sitting on his bike while I crawl around in air ducts! And I don't have to crawl around in air ducts!~ Can we do it dressed as chickens sometime? Lobsters? Can the Church of Alejandro invade? ... Wait, there's a Church of Alejandro? That's a religion I'm up for joining. * Khalil looks at Togo. "They may just be confused long enough for us to hit them over the head, true." * Lukas pulls out a pair of gloves as he smirks at the screen. "Less talking about Metal Lukas Solid, more about reading Russian." He then gets to typing. With Ten's help. * Khalil glances at the computer screen, if he's close enough. [It's all in Russian!] * Khalil knows Russian. :P There is now. ( Take your time, Volt. No russian. ) (Ba-dum chunk.) * Khalil frowns as he reads the terminal. "Can you unlock it?" We can do about anything except avoid getting shot. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Hey, a crit! Remember this next Christmas." * Khalil nods. If you make a Church of Alejandro, 'm willing to bet you'll get tax breaks. ... this sounds like a grand idea. I could be a high ranking official in this church, if you need one. How many people do you think we could get to dress up in lobster suits per Sunday? I wonder, though, if it is a breach, how long they will still be on guard? [The siren turns off.] You're not getting me in a- what the heck? * Lukas shrugs. "Don't ask me." * Khalil looks at the terminal again. * Togo rubs his head with one hand. "Thank god..." I wonder if it would help if it were announced as a false alarm or if that would raise more suspicion. Would high ranking Church of Alejandro officials need spiffy looking robes? Ooh, Ten could design some! Probably, yes. ~ Lobster robes? Mmhhmm Kay Done! ~ Yay! * Lukas comms, ~ I'm gonna note, for the record, we stumbled on a lab complex. ~ ~ Complete with underground railway to sneak shit in. ~ ...what do they research? 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. I'm gonna guess something to do with robotics and illegal genetic manipulation. Ten, unless they have antennae hats, they're not done. ... genetics? Can we crash the railcar after we're done? That would be fun. Is that fairly standard in this area? * Lukas frowns. "Right. Looks like the place is shutting down. Just for us." 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 9. Just a guess. You don't go through all this trouble hiding a research facility unless it's something really secret, REALLY illegal, or both. * Khalil scowls. "Because of the breach?" Somethin' like that. Not a mind reader. Either way, we should hurry then. Into the breach, Alejandrites. Tell us where to go. Hurry where? The hallways are a big loop. Both end at the railway. So it simply connects to the railway? No lab facility? * Lukas frowns as the screen pops up big, blue, and dead. "24 labs off of the hallway, Khalil." He makes for going out of the security station. ~ An I think they're gonna run away! ~ * Herman follows the Lukas. He has a better idea where he's going than Herman does. * Khalil frowns. "Too many to check. We should either block the exits or hope we get lucky." He goes after Lukas too. (As soon as Brett tells me something, I'll tell you where I'm going!) * Alys follows as well. "And a theme song! Or prayer, or whatever. Theme prayer?" Head for the railway. Whatever's most valuable, they'll be trying to get it the hell outta here. That's prolly what we're after. 1d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (1d2) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. Which is one of the exits, which is why I mentioned it. * Lukas gestures north! "Might as well go that way. Even money." * Khalil heads in THAT direction. * Ten goes north with Lukas. ( Aight, welllllll.... Everyone gimme body rolls. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 15. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. 2d8 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. ([Rocks fall. Everybody dies.]) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (HA. I should not have made it, but I did.) (NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. [Without warning, a big metal slab falls from the ceiling, cutting Togo, Lukas and Ten off from the rest!] ~ ACK! ~ * Herman stumbles backwards. "Okay, that is *not* good!" What the fuck! * Khalil SWEARS in Arabic. * Ashley blinks. "Well." * Herman looks around, then calls, 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 3. Who's over there? Not us, obviously. * Herman gives Khalil a dirty look. I fucking KNOW that. ~ Me, Lukas and Togo! ~ * Khalil blinks evenly at Herman. Yes, thank you, you're out of the church. ~ Seriously, people, this is why we GOT the goddamn communicators. ~ Excommunicated already. ~Sod off!~ * Togo curses. "Stay behind me, and see if you can find some sorta switch to get it back up. I'll keep an eye out." ~Not for the first time, I'm in total fucking agreement with Ashley.~ ~ You should be able to go around. It's a square. ~ [The slab lifts partially, enough for one person to crawl under. But... it looksl ike it's straining against something to come back down, so crawling under it could be dangerous. Up to you!] Someone remind me why the DEVIL we're even here, again?> * Khalil considers. * Alys looks at the opening suspiciously. "I vote for going the other way around." If I go under first, then transform, I could try holding it up. You really think you can hold that up? ~ GO OR STAY IT'S HEAVY! ~ * Khalil inspects it again, just to make sure. [That thing looks preeeetty heavy.] ...with Ten's help, probably. But I cannot fit under after I change. ~ STOP TALKING AND DO SOMETHING! ~ * Khalil blinks, then crouches down, crawling under. [gimme a TK roll.] If you get squished, it is your own damn fault. I will lie about you during the wake. ( Ten ) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 1. [The slab stays up while Khalil gets under.] Terrible lies. Ashley will help me come up with them. * Khalil dusts himself off and speaks from the other side. "You were saying?" The point still stands. I so will help. Ten, how long can you hold that? * Khalil takes out the pepper, commenting to himself. "First time not transforming was handy." He proceeds to force himself to sneeze. ~ HELP MEEEE NOT HIM! IT'S HEAAAAVY! ~ * Ashley starts walking the other way. ~Save it, Ten.~ * Alys follows after him. ~We'll see you guys at the end of the hall, or whatever.~ ~It may take to go the other way.~ ~Lukas said both ends connect to the tracks, right? No problems.~ * Ten lets the door slam down. * Lukas mutters, "We'll deal with that when we come to it." Are there labs nearby that can be seen into? ~ What are you going to do when you reach another one of these? ~ If you give me a few minutes, I can make the bloody thing disappear. * Griff_Khalil looks over at Ten, Togo, and Lukas and shrugs slightly. [The door hits the ground with a BOOM] * Alys turns back around. "What, really?" Turn it into air, really, but yeah. * Griff_Khalil grits his tee-err, beak. ~We do not really have *TIME* to waste." * Herman eyes it. "It would take a while." Your call, Pipe Guy. (What about there being labs around?) * Griff_Khalil looks at Ten. "Do you want to try anyway?" ( They start when these corridors turn. ) * Ten sends to Khalil. ~ But it's heeeavy, and they want to walk! ~ ~ Forget it. Ashley can keep your group invisible 'till you reach the railway, and me'n Khalil can prolly handle anything we come across. Go. ~ * Lukas rolls his eyes and walks himself. Towards their set of labs! Yes. They are crazy. If they do not want to help themselves, we cannot help them. d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (d6+1) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 5. * Herman walks over and raps his knuckles against the door. ~If Khalil's finished insulting us, it'll be five minutes, and it'll wear me out a little.~ * Griff_Khalil tries lifting. [Khalil can't get his talons under the door now that it's on the ground.] (La la la, checking out labs.) * Griff_Khalil doesn't say that then. "Perfect." ~So am I waiting or going?~ * Ten goes along with Lukas. * Herman kneels and presses one hand against the door, muttering in Anglo-Saxon. * Herman takes a breath and keeps chanting, and eventually two, very bottom parts of the door start dissolving away, into just enough for handholds. * Herman finishes, pulling his hand away. ~If you want to try lifting it, try it now.~ 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-1) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 7. 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+1) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 12. * Griff_Khalil puts his hands in and lifts up. ( Gimme a body roll! At +6 ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. [Khalil lifts the slab high enough to crawl under. God, it's heavy.] * Herman doesn't hesitate, scooting under the slab with his pipe in tow. "C'mon." * Griff_Khalil keeps it up steady. "Works...well enough." * Alys goes under as well, but complains anyway. "Death by being squished would be such a gross way to go. And not cool at all." [You hear an explosion in the distance.] * Ashley crawls under as well. "Can we get the hell out?" Your faith in me is heartening, Alys. We had best hurry though. ( Man, this is getting out of hand. ) (We'll be back together in a moment.) Yeah. Drop it and let's move. * Griff_Khalil makes sure everyone's through before letting it go and moving quickly towards the explosion. * Herman runs after him, though he's not casting anything just yet. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. [Coming around the corner, you run into Lukas near the remains of a blown out window. Smoke is coming out of the lab besides him. And further in the distance, Togo is sprinting down the hall.] * Lukas is looking in the window grimly. [Only to be separated from you by another slab of metal.] * Griff_Khalil sighs. "Wonderful." * Ten is just sitting on Lukas's shoulder and looking through the window. ( You didn't think there was only one, did you? :P ) (Of course not.) [There's a lot of smoke.] Well. Well, I guess going after Togo right now is out of the question. The hell. * Herman coughs. * Lukas blinks and looks away from the lab. "Hu--oh. God dammit." Beat. "Love the massacre scene." * Griff_Khalil squints his eyes at Lukas then checks out the lab himself, trying to cover his beak as best he can. [There's a bunch of dead bodies and ruined machinery.] * Lukas shakes his head slightly and walks away, towards the gate. ~God DAMN it! Stop fucking around and follow me! These things are sealing off the railway!~ *keeps running* * Griff_Khalil coughs and turns away. "Well. Their method of eliminating evidence is...thorough." * Herman rubs at his eyes. "No idea what the fuck is going on now, and everyone telling me I'm a fucking moron isn't BLOODY HELPING." * Herman walks after Lukas. * Griff_Khalil glances at Herman. "And you said I was insulting." Because you were, you bloody git. * Griff_Khalil goes towards the gate as well. * Ten is along for the ride. You know, I used to think I had an alcohol problem. Then I joined up here, and it's a bloody asset. * Alys follows, looking out for falling metal doom. * Lukas snickers faintly. I am not sure if I can get under once the rest of you do if we try lifting it again. * Griff_Khalil looks at Herman. "How long would it take to dissolve enough of it for all of us to get through?" "'Why'dye need te drink so much, Ashley?' 'Oy, Ashley, that's your thirteenth this hour.' 'Come on, lad, why so drunk?' BECAUSE I BLOODY WELL NEED TO BE." * Herman snerks. "Never heard me complaining." Mmm, alcohol. * Lukas shakes his head. "Nothing I can do, unless we wanna try and do a controlled detonation using shit from the labs." 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. There's no 'undo'. Just lift it enough for me to get a hold on it then, I suppose. We will figure what to do from there. * Ten nods. ~ Kaaay. ~ 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 2. [Ten lifts it.] * Griff_Khalil grabs it and HEAAAVES once Ten gets it up enough. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 24. [Between the two of them, they get the slab up. Beyond, you can see Togo facing off with the fanservice man! Meanwhile three scientists are trying to move a big metal box like the one in Asahara around the corner.] ( Gimme init rolls! ) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+7) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 17. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8+14) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 23. ( Ten and Khalil have to wait til everyone's through to act though, and you can't close melee range on the fanservice guy until next round. ) ~Any time you guys wanna come and make yourselves useful, the head Asahara scientist is about to get away with a person inna box! ~ 2d8+13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+13) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 27. ~ GO FASTER PERSONBOX GREATERTHAN STUPIDDOOR! ~ * Griff_Khalil grits his beak from the effort of HOLDING UP A FREAKING METAL SLAB as he speaks in the comm. ~Perhaps you would like to hold this up instead then?~ 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+7) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+7) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 18. * Herman gets going, dammit. [Now that Togo mentions it, yeah, one of the scientists does look like Akira Shibamura.] 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+7) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. * Lukas slugs along. [Alys, Togo, Khalil, Fanservice guy, Lukas, Ten, Akira, Herman, Ashley, scientists] [Alys!] * Alys holds her action. [Togo!] * Togo circles a bit, and fires a burst towards the fanservice guy and the cart guys behind. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 12. [Togo spreads machinegun fire all around! And completely misses everyone.] [Khalil!] * Griff_Khalil is still holding up the door? [Oh, right.] [The fanservice man gyrates his hips and flexes. Togo, gimme a mind roll!] (Togo is blind. I do not wish to think HOW it affects him.) (Pheromones?) ( If he fails, his clothes burn off. ) (Sweet! Fan Service Man studied Gluteus Maximism! Glory to Saint Arnold!) (Rowy? You've been in SF too long. ;p) (Gryph: No. You need to play Metal Saga.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. [Togo feels a sudden sense of vertigo! +2 to all actions annnd... gimme a body - acro roll, +2] 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 13. [Not sure where the floor is makes Togo fall down.] [Lukas!] God dammit! * Lukas goes, "Ugh, you should stop that," as he raises his hand and lets out a sharp, loose blue blast of electricity. (Static Shock. Yes, I'm a lazy namer.) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. (I also can't aim.) (o_o) [Lukas blasts the wall, leaving a scorch mark.] (Dicy wants to kill the fleshies) [Ten!] * Ten hops off Lukas's shoulder after the fireworks and skitters down the hall. (And thanks to the range PMV she doesn't let the door drop!) [Akira grumbles something in Japanese that's probably a curse and runs around the corner, leaving the battle behind.] [Herman!] * Herman raises his pipe and starts chanting in Anglo-Saxon, a static charge building around him. [Ashley!] * Ashley vanishes! [Alys!] * Alys attacks one of the scientist-minions like she wanted to do before! Curse them for being out of range. 2 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2 2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5 3. [Ashley knocks him upside the head and he goes down!] ( Or rather Alys does.] ) [Ashley just sorta hides like a pansy.] (But he's such a cute little flower!) (eat me.) [The other scientist (who was supposed to go before Alys but I forgot) pushes the cart down the hall, toward the train.] [Togo! Togo is on the ground and not even sure where up is.] * Togo pulls out his shotgun. "Fuck this shit." *chambers a round; grimaces and tries to fire at fanservice guy as he struggles back to his feet* 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-1) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 10. [Togo blasts the wall.] [Khalil!] (You know what Togo needs? Boobies.) ( Man, so far my attack rolls have been a 14, a 15, and an 11. ) * Griff_Khalil crouches as low as he can while still holding the door. "I must be crazy for doing this..." He lets go long enough to tumble under the door. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. [He makes it!] * Ten is still holding the thing up from last round! * Griff_Khalil gets up from the other side and starts heading after the science guy. [Fanservice guy turns his attention to Alys! Oh noes! He doesn't do anything himself, but without warning a piglet flies out from under his turban as fast as a tennis ball. "OINK!" Gimme a ranged def roll!] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "That was close. One cycle later and you'd have fit nicely into a sandwich." [Alys keenly dodges the flying pig! It lands on the groun and looks thoroughly confused.] (See? Khalil has giant chickenbreasts, Ten has plastic ones, and Alys has real normal ones! AND WE ALL KICK ASS!) [Lukas!] * Lukas pulls his gun and says, "Screw this," before popping him one the old fashioned way. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. (GET TRANQUED.) [Lukas hits him with the tranq.! But he flexes and the dart falls out of his skin, seemingly doing nothing.] [Ten!] * Leo is now known as CCD * Ten skitters right past the fanservice guy on her way to the box, but as she passes the door falls and if there's anything metal in the ceiling above him it ... 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 5. totaly comes crashing down. [We'll say there's a light fixture that smacks him on the head. "Ow."] [Herman!] (Another victory for boobies!) * Herman yells the final word, and a bright white shock of lightning shoots for Ugly Turban Man. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 10. [Herman manages to hit the same spot Lukas did!] [Ashley!] (Okay, trip the scientist if I'm close enough.) [Ashley trips the scientist. He falls with a thud.] [Alys!] * Alys throws one of her stronger wards at the creepy fanservice guy. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 1. (Back) [It connects, but doesn't seem to be doing anything to him. Guess he's human. ish] [Togo!] * Togo continues trying to get to his feet, and tries again to hit the fanservice guy with a shotgun blast. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-1) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 9. ( MADE. Jesus. ) [Togo hits the fanservice guy with a big ol' shotgun blast!] [Khalil!] ( Exciting! ) * Griff_Khalil runs quickly past the combat that those there seem to have well in hand and goes after Shibamura. [Meanwhile the fanservice guy busts out his classic cookoo under the turban technique. With a loud "COOKOO!", the tiny yellow bird spits a giant egg at Lukas, who needs a ranged defense roll!] (Lukas and his cosmic Kick Me! sign) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. * Lukas hits the deck! Or, rather, the ground, which is not a deck. [Lukas ducks the egg! Now he can tell his grandchildren.] [Ten] (Any science dudes left with the person box?) ( One! ) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 7. * Griff_Khalil calls back over the comms. ~They are talking about releasing an 1-7X. I am assuming it is a robot of some type.~ [Ten rips a hole in the scientist's pocket and steals his quarters.] [Herman!] [The quarters pelt the fanservice man.] * Herman gives up and runs for the turban guy, trying to hit him upside the head with the pipe. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. [Herman smacks him upside the head! He falls over.] * Lukas picks himself up off the ground with a groan. "Fuck. Self preservation's just not rewarding enough." Weak spot's the turban. Right. You are my new hero! I can't believe his freakishness isn't from magic. (With a hole in his pants!) * Ten zooms. ~ combat bots are bad if I'm not there! ~ Not a drop of magic. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. [Up ahead, another door falls, cutting Khalil off from the rest of you.] * Lukas sighs wearily and starts to head that way... only to get cut off. * Ten jacks it back up. ~ STUPID HEAVY DOORS!! ~ Someone check that thing, see who's in it! *struggles to his feet; pulls out his pistol and empties the clip into fanservice guy's chest* (... wow.) [Togo commits homicide.] (Wait, the box is on our side?) * Lukas glances to the beginning of Togo's firing, but looks away when he realizes what it is. * Alys stumbles backwards and turns away. * Togo stows his pistol. ~Khalil, what's going on?~ * Ten looks at the box. "Who's in it? We gotta let them out!" * Lukas heads to the box. "Well, it didn't cause a catastrophic death last time. Let's do it your way, Ten." (I'm sort of disoriented. What's the setting here?) ~Shibamura is trying to get on a train. I'm trying to catch him before it departs.~ 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. (We, + Box, + Corpse of bodybuilder is on one side of giant metal, Khalil + Shibby on the other.) [You guys are on < this side of the door with a box containing a person, two downed scientists and a dead fanservice man. Khalil is on > this side, towards the railway platform, chasing after Shibamura ~We're trying to get whoever it is out of the box thing. Call if you need backup, and we'll come.~ Of course he bloody well needs backup. Wasn't sure we could do something about the door with Ten going box- crazy. Can you do something about the door, Herman? * Ten climbs up onto it and tries to look in! [There's a window inside the box. The box appears to contain a naked long-haired Chinese guy.] * Lukas goes for the openy button. We know where it generally is! * Alys goes over to the box. "Person in a box. This is becoming weirdly commonplace." (Does the guy look like anybody we know?) ( Mmmm..... ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. ( Most of you wouldn't, but.... ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. (Actually, Lukas and Ten can gimme mind - cultural arts (history), too.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. * Lukas holds his hand back slightly, eyes widening. "Holy fuck." * Herman looks at Lukas, still annoyed. "What?" Who is it? Who? Who? Who? Now I'm glad I DID read those Asahara files. Anyone important? 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. * Lukas looks to Herman. "Mr. Lau. Former director of Asahara. Believed to be deceaed." Beat. "Yeah. That's important." (I need to z z-z) Liike, let's keep him on ice, kaay? Zombie CEOs are baad. ... Yeah, it would be. What the hell. ~Khalil, if you can disengage, do so. We got what we came for.~ * Lukas looks to Togo, still a bit on the shocky side. "Are you NUTS?" Is he a real zombie or just... vaguely icily comatose? 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. No, I'm not. This is the former head of Asahara. We need Khalil to get out of here and get this guy to someone who can do unpleasant things to him until he talks. Or read his mind. Or something. Unless Ten can get us past that slab. * Ten blinks. "Slab? Like what slab? Oh? Uh... er... whups." 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-1) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 10. If Ten can, I'm more than happy to go shoot some more Asahara people. * Ten points at the door. "Like, It's times like this that I wish I could blush, you know?" 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 4 for a result of -1. [Ten holds it up! Unsteadily.] * Griff_Khalil might be a bit too busy to respond. Because he doesn't respond. * Togo scoots under the slab and comes up running down the hall. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. ( Am I through, Brett? ) ( Yep! ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6. * Lukas rubs his face. "God..." * Togo pulls out his machine gun and goes running down the hall. ~Incoming backup, Khalil.~ * Herman dives through and runs after him. Sticking around here is slightly boring. [Rounding the corner beyond the slab, you come across the railway platform, with a train all set to go. Right at the door to the end car, Khalil is grappling with Akira Shibamura. Meanwhile, another Khalil is grappling at the first. Oh dear.] * Lukas doesn't run after them! [Khalil just finishes tackling Akira off the platform!] * Herman starts chanting. Hooray! ( Init? ) * Alys doesn't run after either. She is occupied with wondering about Mr Lau's zombie status. ( Init is: Alys, Togo, Khalil, Otherkhalil, Lukas, Ten, Akira, Herman, Ashley ) (I'm not there!) (La la la la!) ( Kay then ) (Neither am I.) [Togo!] So Khalil and Akira are on the tracks, and !Khalil is on the platform?) * Lukas glances to Alys and says a bit tiredly, "Why you hanging with the dead guys, huh? Khalil's at work." Beat. "Gotta be more fun than this." ( Yes ) (So they can actually tell the difference. Good god.) This guy could be a zombie! I fully plan to learn how to make those. ( That's a good point. ) ( You can't really tell. XD ) (...me and my big mouth.) (Except unlike other Khalils, *I* can speak with an Arabic accent.) ( It's Togo's turn! ) * Togo pulls out his DEagle and slaps in a new clip. "Since you're not wrestling with Shibamura, you're the fake. I hope." *fires at !Khalil* 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. (And I think it's a pretty safe assumption...what Togo said.) [Sure hope so! Because Togo just shot one of 'em!] [Khalil!] * Griff_Khalil works on pinning Shibamura to the ground. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. [Shibamura struggles uselessly. "Wait," he gasps. "Don't do something you'll regret."] [Khalil's double jumps off the platform and claws at Khalil while he's holding the doctor down!] ( Gonna be a def roll at +4 if you wanna keep your hold on the guy. Or normal if you let go ) * Griff_Khalil chortles slightly and tries to keep good hold of the doctor as he flies up. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. [Khalil gets clawed along his back.] [Lukas isn't there. Or Ten.] [Akira struggles uselessly.] [Herman!] (Though the way he dodged, I'm not sure why there'd be a penalty, but...eh.) * Herman chants. In Anglo-Saxon, no less. One day, he might actually finish. [Togo!] * Togo fires another round at the Khalil that ISN'T holding onto Shibamura. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. [Khalil shoots it again! But it's got a tough hide, apparently.] [Khalil!] * Griff_Khalil grips Akira a bit tighter, talons pressing against his shoulders as he lifts him off the ground. He looks angry. VERY angry. "Tell me who this other griffon is! Now!" [Akira grimaces, then smirks. "Who do you think?"] [Speaking of, it takes another swipe at Khalil!] * Griff_Khalil yells back at Togo. "By the...STOP FIRING! KNOCK IT OUT BUT DO NOT KILL!" 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 8. (Ow.) ( What was that? Kill it? Okay, gotcha! ) (Ha ha. The one of us that does nonlethal is busy.) [Khalil takes another claw swipe across the back.] (Sorry, Khalil!) ( ;_;) [Akira grabs Khalil's arm, grinning triumphantly. "It won't matter if the nano-scopic probes inside her activate. Unless you want to see her torn asunder from the inside, I suggest you let me go."] [Herman!] ( Yay for technobabble! ) (Blackmail is clear in any language.) * Herman finishes casting, and the ground splits open. Vines burst out, reaching for the Khalil double. (And full attack.) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-5) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 2. (WOO.) [It's caught!] (FULL ATTACK IS AWESOME.) ( So combat over! ) (CRUSH HEEM) * Griff_Khalil winces slightly and looks at him with a glare. "If you do not tell me how to deactivate the probes...." [Akira stares into Khalil's eyes. "I'm the only one who can deactivate them. Kill me and you kill her, too."] I'll beat you to death with a shovel. A small shovel. A fucking garden trowel. [Akira stares into Khalil's eyes, and the two instantly fall in love. OTP! ( Or maybe not ) (Togo wants to give him the Weasel.) (The Garden Weasel.) * Griff_Khalil starts flapping slower before reaching the ground and tentatively releases his grip. "If you are lying, you know I will hunt you down..." [Akira brushes himself off. "I'm sure we can come to a peaceful resolution."] * Griff_Khalil keeps watching him. ["I'll deactivate the probes when I'm safely on the train."] * Griff_Khalil speaks a sharp word in Arabic. Hopefully, Shibamura can't understand Arabic, because it's certainly not pleasant. ~ ARe you people done? Ten and I managed to remember that Asahara was going for resurrection shit, so that sorta answers the WHY they have the body...~ Your call, Khalil. * Griff_Khalil lets out a long breath and looks at the ground. "I cannot risk Naila's life." ~We've got Shibamura, but he's got Khalil's sister under some kinda mind control, and has some nanotech bullshit that'll kill her unless we let him go.~ ~Ten to one it really is bullshit.~ ["I thought you'd see it my way." Akira starts towards the train.] ~ You rang? ~ * Lukas starts going out to the main area. ~Shit. Don't let him leave.~ 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 3. * Alys follows after Lukas silently. * Lukas slides under the re-held door! Go Ten! * Lukas then takes off running as fast as he can without killing himself to the crazies. [You get there!] (BRETT. Computer scanning for the nanites.) (I should be able to detect them, at least.) * Griff_Khalil clenches his beak tightly. It's a good thing his palms are cushioned, or else those talons digging in would really hurt. * Alys watches Akira with a look of disgust. * Lukas slows to a stop and puts his hand to his chest for a moment before looking to Khalil. "Sorry, man. It's live, and brutal." * Griff_Khalil doesn't seem to be looking at Lukas. He's too busy SEETHING IN STOIC RAGE. [Akira starts up the platform towards the train. "Yes, a fascinating new technology. But hardly my prime directive."] ~ Ewww. Machines shouldn't do that to people! Ecks period ecks. ~ ( My prime directive is to seek out new life and new civilizations.) * Togo grits his teeth as Shibamura walks away, but keeps his pistol down at his side. (To boldly go where no one has gone before!) * Herman watches him go with a frown. (And to make out with everybody's sisters.) ~ I could try to neutralize, Khalil, and the chances aren't bad, but no guarantees. ~ 1d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (1d6) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. ~Before he could know what you were doing and activate it?~ ~ Yeah. One shot. Shocking. ~ * Lukas gravitates towards the other gryphon as this is discussed. * Lukas grits his teeth, too. * Griff_Khalil stays silent. One eye on Akira. [Akira steps inside the doorway and turns, facing outward. "Well, then."] ~ Now or never, Khalil. ~ * Griff_Khalil closes his eyes. ~If it does not work, then he might notice then and activate it anyways...~ ~ Oh, he'll notice. ~ [Akira hits a switch on a comlink next to the door. "Captain, prepare to depart at once."] ~ I cannot take that risk with my sister's life. Would you not do the same?~ ( Train's about to leave. Last chances to do stuff ) * Lukas closes his eyes slightly. ~She's a fighter. She makes her own calls.~ A weack chuckle. ~Fuckitall.~ * Griff_Khalil starts walking towards her. "You may do what you wish. But even if he does not do it himself, I must make sure time is taken to do it properly...~ ( ~ = ") * Lukas just nods slightly, looking back to her and holding still. [The doors close, and the train begins to (rapidly) accelerate.] * Ten starts swinging her legs and eying the train. * Griff_Khalil looks up at her. "Did you find the mind control on her as well? Can that at least be eliminated?" * Ten takes off like a shot, moving way the hell faster than anything her size should be able to. Volt, be ready to do whatever it is you were gonna do in case Akira double-crosses us. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. * Lukas doesn't pay attention to Ten. "Already am, Togo." [Ten makes it to the train just as it picks up speed and darts out of there.] * Herman watches, though he can't do squat. * Griff_Khalil watches Lukas. He doesn't seem too pleased with his decision but... Train good and gone? [It's gone.] Yeah ( Finishing up....! ) * Lukas nods slightly, then says, "Sorry in advance," before looking straight at the woman-gryffon for a moment, and then bursting out a blue static shot right at her. Die, bugs, die. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-4) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 0. ( Little does Lukas know that Khalil's sister is actually weak against electricity, and takes TRIPLE damage! ) (Niiiice. Let's hope you don't fry her.) (IT's all stun damage.) (She is a flying type.) (At worst, she'll be KOed.) (The wonders of Stun, my friends. ^_~) [Lukas fries the probes. And the griffon, which turns into an Afgahni girl suddenly.] (Excellent.) (I don't believe in stun. Just really slow attacks.) (Snicker.) Did it work? ( Stunned TO DEATH ) * Griff_Khalil calls out. "Naila!" and rushes forward to her. * Lukas looks at her and nods slightly, letting out a big slow breath. "You know, I could never be a surgeon. A 50/50 shot at killing someone on accident's not much fun." Okay. Are there any more reasons why we can't kill that man the next time we see him? * Herman drops his pipe and walks over to her, too. He reaches into his backpack and pulls out the water bottle as he does so. Now you did it. He's gonna kill you, with odds that bad. Hey, she's alive. * Griff_Khalil doesn't hear the banter in the wake of wounded sister. Lukas, you're lucky. Just couldn't be sure I could hit them all in one go, and I'm not a doctor. How many blood cells do you have to lose at once to die? (Besides, Togo got two shots in her without figuring it out, so if Khalil goes after anyone, it'd be him. ;P) (Heh.) ( Bah, it was only a pistol. ) Dunno. * Lukas rubs his chest. "Yeah. Me either." ( And none of those shots hit her in the balls, so he's nowhere near Lazar-Destroyer-Of-Ueda territory ) * Herman reaches Khalil and his sister, opening his bottle. "I'm not a doctor, either." [Session End]