[Day: Saturday, Oct. 27th. Time: Unknown] [I'm in ur umbre, killing your dem0nz] [Seriously. You're all in the Shadowlands! Yes Ashley, you too. After having been informed that entering Big Ben would mean you'd be tossed about through time even if you did stop Dante, you went and did it anyway.] [Fortunately, Khalil made a deal with Lix Tetrax, who will perform a counter measure in exchange for his soul. Well not *his* soul, but the other one. Of course, whether she's telling the truth remains to be seen.] ( If only we'd had an L-block, we could've just beaten Tetrax ) [Anyhow, you've just entered Big Ben, which is a much larger clock tower than it is in the "real" world. A spiral staircase goes up the side, surrounding gears in the center. And a few flights above you is Helga, armed with futuristic armor (including high-tek helmet!), a greatsword and a rail gun.] [Coo? Coo. Session Start + roll init] 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 23. 2d8+13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+13) and gets 29, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Have a little bad." 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+7) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 21. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+7) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 20. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+7) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 22. (BRILLIANT!) [As if Balthazar himself came back from beyond to show his disapproval of Khalil giving away his soul without permission... Khalil turns into a plushiegriff.] * DeadRowyn is now known as Griff_Khalil 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8+14) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 24. [But Khalil only plushifies for a brief instant.] [Alys, Khalil, Togo, Herman, Ashley, Ten, Helga, Lukas] [And do note Helga is about two flights up and on the other side of the stairs from you. Melee attacks are practically out of the question if you can't fly.] [Alys!] * Alys groans and starts running up the stairs. "Goddammit, woman! Give us a break!" [Khalil!] * Griff_Khalil curses and breaks from the rest of the group, flying as fast as he can towards her. "If it is not one thing, it is another." [Togo!] * Togo pulls out his SMG and fires off a burst to cover Khalil's advance. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. [The bullets ricochet off the gears! Damn gears.] [Herman!] * Griff_Khalil calls out as he goes. "We just need to get past, yesno?" Somethin' like that. * Herman raises his pipe and starts chanting in that guttural tongue we all know and love. The whole tower begins to rumble. (Done.) [Ashley!] * Ashley rubs his chin, then waves his fingers. [Ten!] * Ten points at Helga. "Outta the way!" 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 0. [Ten pulls Helga off the stairs. She falls to the floor with a crash.] * Ten victoly poses! "Onward!" * Griff_Khalil blinks. "I suppose I do not have to knock her off after all." ( Is she out, or just down? ) [The bad news is, Khalil and Alys already started up there. They both need a round to get back down! Although Alys could jump (body - acro to avoid breaking something).] [She's deffinately not out. Grimacing, she gets up on one knee and fires at....] (Isn't up where we're going though?) [Togo! Gimme a ranged def, Togo.] ( Yes, but we don't want her sniping us from behind ) ( You can keep going up if you want :P ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. [A white hot pain sears Togo's shoulder and a blast from Helga's gun burns right through it. Not to mention the wall behind him.] [Lukas!] * Togo staggers back, arm hanging limply by his side. * Lukas continues heading up the stairs! [Alys!] * Alys curses and jumps off the stairs. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. [Alys makes a good landing and manages not to break anything.] * Alys unclips her chains and takes a good swing at Helga. 2 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2 2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 5 4. [Alys clocks her twice, although her armor appears to absorb some of the damage.] [Khalil! Khalil's high enough that it'll take him a round to get to melee no matter what he does.] * Atom has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) * Griff_Khalil curses mildly under his breath and looks down, then up. "Disarm her quickly." He goes to where Helga was guarding earlier. [Togo!] * Togo only has one really usable arm at the moment. Fortunately, his SMG is small, and only take one hand to fire. Yay for miniaturization of small arms! *fires a burst at Helga* 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 12. [That doesn't do much for Togo's accuracy, though.] [Herman!] * Herman shouts out the last word, and vines burst through the walls and the floor, aiming to wrap themselves around Helga's arms, legs, and body and pulling taut. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. ( And if I don't get healed, I can always rip my arm off, fire my bazooka and destroy Japan! ) [The vines fail! D:] [Ashley!] [Ten!] Hey! No shooting after we're past you! 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 1. [Ten steals Helga's gun! She scowls, and in response draws her greatsword, taking a swing at Alys as she does so.] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. [Alys gets hit by a big freakin' sword. It hurts. My descriptions get clevererer with time.] [Lukas!] (How much farther up can we GO?) (Takes three rounds to get to the top of the stairs at a run.) ( Takes 3 rounds to get to where Helga was. That's not the top. ) (Aha. *beat* Well, time to keep moving!) (Ah, okay.) ( It's a spiral staircase. You have to go arrrrrrrrrroooooooooooouuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnd'a. ) (It'd probably be faster just to have Khalil be a ferry.) * Lukas continues going up. At least until he has to stop for some reason! [Alys!] ( brb ) * Alys is breathing very hard and swings one of her chains, from whichever side wasn't hit. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. [Alys hits Helga again! Helga staggers back, not looking too good.] [Khalil!] * Griff_Khalil hmms and looks at how far is left to go, then looks at Lukas. "It still seems to be quite a ways. Would you like a lift?" ( 'Tis a long way up ) * Lukas says, "No, you keep on keepin' on!" * Griff_Khalil mutters under his breath something about he better not get killed before they even get there and flies up! [Togo!] * Togo grimaces through the pain. "C'mon, you useless son of a bitch... this is nothing. Shoot straight." *fires a burst at Helga* 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. [Togo finally hits something! Helga staggers a bit, then falls over on her back. *thud*] ... Herman, heal Alys. Yeah? You're the one with the useless arm, man. Fuck that, fix Togo! Dammit, stop pretending I can only heal one of you, and stop being the hero. * Lukas yells down, "Fuck you both!" ... okay, heal us both. Okay! Sorry, relapsed there for a sec. Pain does that. * Herman walks over to Togo and leans the pipe up against the wall. He pulls out a bottle and uncorks it even as he yells up at Lukas, "You first!" I have a headache, maybe later! * Herman dumps water over Togo's arm and wipes it through, then starts muttering. Tingles and heals, incoming! * Lukas then yells up, as he moves, "Khalil? See anything yet?" * Griff_Khalil looks ahead. Does he? [Gears.] Not unless we are searching for more gears, no. For the record, this mission -sucks-. [After some time, Togo be healeded.] * Herman finishes when he's finished, and Togo's completely healed. "You're up, Alys. Get over here." (They're still showing the Empire carpet commercial animation thing. And I know EXACTLY what you're talking about.) * Alys goes over to Herman. "Yessir. Thanks." (It's on in SoCal too) Hey, you get hit so I don't have to. Like, less talking, more saving world! * Alys grins. "Really? In that case, I blame you. Heal me up!" * Griff_Khalil keeps on flying up as fast as he can! * Herman peers. "That's a nasty gash." He pulls her clothes out of the way a bit and pours some clean water over her. Fine, but I'm not taking the blame for your volunteer work. * Herman heals the Alys, too. ... better. *flexes his arm* Thanks. ( Holy crap. Herman's stripping Alys! He was just been pretending to be gay! ) I feel things other than pain, yay. (Please, I strip everybody.) (And thanks to MC3's party makeup, I strip guys a lot more often than girls.) (Khalil strips himself every time he changes!) (He needs to change more often, IMO.) (Lucky Herman!) (Yeah, playing doctor. XP) [Alys is healed!] [Come to think of it, Herman's still hurt from the other fight.] (GOD DAMMIT CHAM! WHY YOU DO THIS?!) * Herman shrugs to himself, heals up a little bit, and is moving! Once he grabs his pipe. Woot pipe. (Alys: What do you mean, this job has no benefits? I get to see guys strip almost every week!) [Meanwhile, Khalil gets to the top, where he finds a sinister looking door. Ooo.] * Togo rubs at the hole in the shoulder of his coat as he starts running up the stairs. "Goddammit. Magical tailors cost a fucking fortune." * Alys starts up the stairs again. "I wish I could jump up like I jumped down." ( Herman, the wound is in my shoulder? And? That's my ass. The student has become the teacher. ) (... quite.) ( Too bad Herman wasn't around when Togo got the groin injury. ) (Ha! No. No, I wasn't.) ( Hey guys. I just got a portable music player wired directly to my auditory cortex installed in one of my sockets. ... it better not be called... EyePod! ) (Boo. Let's keep going!) [You keep climbing up the stairs until you reach a sinister looking door. Oh, and Khalil's there too.] (Gasp!) (There's a shocker.) * Lukas looks slightly annoyed, having climbed the stairs, but he climbed them all the same. "Nothing, huh." (And a US sniper) Ten quid says there's another bad guy and no Dante behind that door. [You missed the secret door on the way up. No armor of invincibility for you!] No bet. Aw. More sub bosses suck! They don't even drop loot! Technically, we could have taken the gun or sword from down there. Just saying. Togo should totally loot the gun! I don't trust any gun I haven't fired on a range. Last thing I need is some experimental bullshit blowing up in my face in a fight. Aww. Experimental bullshit made by the lowest bidder, I might add. * Lukas checks the door for opening! "I'd loot it if I could fucking carry it and work. That thing's worth some cash." [It's locked with a big glowing chain lock.] * Herman walks up and takes a look at the lock. Right then. (Jesus Virus Scan. Could you pop up at a worse possible time?) I've got wards if you need them. Glowing means magic, right? Most probably. Naw, we got this new thing. * Herman pulls out a thin glass rod and touches it to the edges of the chain, murmuring in Latin. Five points in a circle, and a glowing white pentangle appears, along with the tinkling sound of broken glass. * Lukas fingerquotes. "We call it 'electricity.'" 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "That was close. One cycle later and you'd have fit nicely into a sandwich." (Heh.) [The lock shatters.] Problem solved. Herman wins! * Herman slips the rod away and pushes the door open. * Alys sticks her tongue out at Lukas. "Hush, you." No. We call that magic. * Griff_Khalil points to Herman. [Well either way, session end.]