[Day: April 9th. Time: 5:50 p.m.] [It's still dusk! Not that you'd know it. You're in a Zukunft lab where most of the security has been disabled, due to a sudden attack by Claude Sherman et. al. Rose has a fairly plain, 30-something, not particularly fashionable woman with a gun to her head, and the Italian speaking bear man has dropped his gun. Evidently, he speaks English, too. Where is this going? I have nooooo idea.] [Start] * Roseli keeps the gun to the woman's head. She says in English to the big Italian, "" and she tilts her head to Luana. * Jamie concentrates on the remnents of the buildings security systems, hopefully her quarry will run in front of a camera that's still working again. * Togo pulls 2 sets of reinforced manacles out of his jacket, and slides them to the man. "" [""] (Did he slide his gun? He already put it on the ground, so...) "" ( Nope! ) * Roseli nods. Look. Gun to the woman's head. (I'm over in #Casino.) (Hey, the man of the hour!) (Man of the hour?) 2d8-10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-10) and gets a natural 6 for a result of -4. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. [The man moves his foot as if to do so, but stops when a shadowy form materializes from the floor behind Jamie, foorming into the teenage girl from last-last time. As she appears, she wraps her bare arm around Jamie's neck, putting the dark gauntlet against her head. "Sorry I'm late."] * Jamie doesn't struggle with her. ( Which teenage girl is this now? ) (Which one?) ( Togo hasn't met her, but she showed up back in... ) ( Session 19 ) * Luana whips her gun over to point at the new person. ( brb ) (It's our favorite shadow ninja!) ( Anyone going to do anything? ) (I don't remember who she is at all, hang on.) ( That's what happens when we don't play in forever! ) ( Is she speaking in German or English? ) * Jamie 's going to try and bring the helecopter with the ward launcher into firing position as quietly as she can. (That's why. I wasn't there either.) (No, it's what happens when I wasn't in the session. XP) ( Oh, English, sorry ) (Yep. It was just me and the wards first time we went up against the group, because everyone CUT CLASS) [The Italian guy bends down and picks up his gun.] * Togo keeps his gun pointed at the big guy. <"Ah ah ah."> * Jamie attempts to shoot the woman holding her hostage in the back. * Roseli frowns. "" [He smiles at Togo, not stopping. ""] 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 9. (Jamie, roll it so I can go? Thanks.) (Thanks Dicy.) [The teen shrugs. "" And then that happens. Let's have new init rolls] 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 18. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+7) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 10. [That being a ward shoots right past her and Jamie, and hits the wall.] 2d8+12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+12) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 22. 2d8+18 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+18) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 33. [Rose, Luana, Teen, Togo, Woman, Bearman, Jamie (Why must my init suck?) [Rose] * Roseli isn't buying any of this bullshit; if they really wanted her to live, they wouldn't have done this. She fires right into the woman's head, probably getting brains everywhere. Pulling punches is for other people. ( O: ) ( Are you really sure you want to do that? ) (Dude. LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID.) (You're really doubting Roseli's desire to shoot someone in the head?) (I'ma go splat now kthx) (Rose really was going to let her go.) (She REALLY WAS.) (Look at past evidence. How many headshots does we have?) (And then they grab Jamie and don't care about giving that gun up? No.) ( Sorry, but I really, really need to ask again. Are you sure that's what you want to do? ) (... Fine, I'll give them one. More. Chance.) ( Now are you sure THAT's what you want to do? :D ) (GOD DAMN IT BRETT) (Just go with what I was doing.) ( Which is? Giving them another chance or blowing her brains out? ) (My head hurts. Why did you need to question if you're going to question regardless?) ( Rose's next action could have serious consequences, that's all I'm saying. ) ( So is shooting her your plan? ) (Go with my first reaction, yeah. It's my first reaction, so keep it.) ( Okay. ) (Time for Luana to be awesome!) ( Can she simultaneously shoot and not shoot her? Shroedinger's Headshot? ) (Hah hah, thanks Mecha. >.>) (What's my penalty to not shoot Jamie?) (I believe in the power of Luana.) ( First we need Rose to roll. ) ( Silly WD. Didn't you ever see Speed? =P ) (No, actually!) It's point blank. I thought it's a given. (That's in parens.) (I belive in the fact that if Luana hits me first the gauntlet's going to hurt less.) ( orz. Is this in the rules? ) ( The 'shoot the hostage' principle. Or the 'hit them both with something that'll hurt less than an instakill.' ) (We'd worked it out, so yes, it is. I grapple; if they struggle away it's a grapple to shoot them in the head. If they don't - and she didn't - it's a given.) ( Hmmmm.... Well, alright then. ) ( Though I'm still giving her a defense roll. Not that it's going to matter. ) (Hindered by being grappled) [Rose blows the woman's brains out. The Italian guy screams, "Breann!" And the tean shrieks. "You bastards! I'll kill all of you!] [Luana!] (They shoulda thought of THAT before they decided not to cooperate!) ( Um, penalty is... ) (This is what happens when you do mexican standoffs.) (People die.) ( +8, to not hit Jamie. ) (It's like iai duels.) (+8? @_@) (Rose Shot First.) (It'd be easier to shoot them in the head!) ( Well, yeah, she's using Jamie as a shield. ) ( This is before acc, mind ) (Actually, shooting them in the head is *also* +8 I thought.) (What if I go melee on her?) (Same penalty?) ( Yeah ) (You could probably tear Jamie away from her with opposed rolls.) (She'd still be moving Jamie to block with her.) (What do I roll if I try to grab Jamie away?) ( I'll rule pulling Jamie away as a disarming via grappling. Opposed rolls, You get a +2 penalty, she gets a -2 bonus. ) (Can I do anything to help here?) ( Pray? ) ( Not really. It's not your turn :P ) (Right) (I'm actually pretty glad I went with that. Rose, uh, doesn't do Mexican standoffs.) (I feel like that's the best I'm gonna get, so... grabbing Jamie! Hopefullyplease.) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. (DR) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. ( Better ) (Make!) ( Make by 2, though. Prospects aren't that great. ) (Be on our side for once, dice.) (Still better than a not-make!) ( I'll roll it in channel. That way it's fair. But she needs a 6 and she's got a -5 bonus, soo.... ) ( Just saying, you know the odds. ) ( Here goes. ) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6. (... Even up.) (Goddamn.) ( orz ) (Luana won by more!) (Sad panda) ( True, tiebreaker goes to Luana. ) (I get a Jamie?) ( I think it goes to the defender. ) ( Because usually, that's the way it works. ) ( Shh with your 'logic' and 'rules'. =P ) ( /me rubs his head. Do you want to roll again? ) ( Well, I'm sure IC Jamie kinds wants to. =P ) ( ugh ) (Well, if it's contested, then it's margin.) (As per P60.) (Roll the grab one more time, or try a different action?) ( Right, and she needs a 6, which... she got. ) ( Aha, we have a citation! ) (She needed a 6 to _tie_?) ( Yes. ) ( It's not a margin, it's an exact tie. ) ( So... I'll let Luana reroll if she wants. Which she probably does, because she loses if not. ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. ( Clutch! ) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6. ( Well, there you go. ) (Ohthankgoodness.) (Thank you.) [Luana snatches Jamie away! How lucky she is. Goddamn I'm too generous.] ( Of course, I say that now, but this is about to become one huge mess. ) [The teen shrieks in rage and charges at Jamie, aiming an attack at her back!] (I'm going to burn one of my attacks for a full deff here.) ( Go ahead. ) (She's trying to grapple, right?) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. (Missed by two) (Dicey is so out to get you. Also, it looked like a strike to me.) (Well, if I could go for a block defense, that's spot on) (But I don't think you have anything to block with. @_@) (My arms?) (This fight is going -so- well.) ( Actually, Luana, give me a defense roll, too. ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 9. (Er, no.) (...you can't do a block defense with your arms unless you have a reason for your arms not to get hurt.) (Like Heinrick does. :P) ( Wow. ) (Well, if they're punching you... well, whatever) [Well, Luana managed to keep Jamie from losing her brains, but... As the teen's gauntlet strikes, it makes a good-sized hole in Jamie's back. In fact, it goes all the way through and makes one in Luana's stomach, too.] d4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d4) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. ( Rose, gimme a hearing check! ) (So... uhm. I've got a hole all the way through me?) ( I've got bandages? ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. (Made by four.) (Magic nanonic bandages.) ( Hokay! Gimme a ranged def now, Rose! ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (Spot on!) [Rose hears the click of a gun and is able to avoid the shot! Who shot at her? Dunno.] [Togo!] (Where was the click from?) ( Behind you! ) ( Do I have a clear shot at the girl? ) ( Not really, Luana and Jamie are in the way ) ( Ok ) ( And Jamie... it's only a little hole. ) ( All the way through you :P ) ( Ok, it's a kinda big hole. As in that attack just did a lot of damage. ) (Quick! Somebody slap me back to health!) ( hole. ) * Togo fires a burst at the big guy with the gun with his asault rifle, trying to put him down. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. ( Made by 7. And assault. ) [The big guy takes numerous bullets. But somehow he's still standing.] [He roars and charges at Rose! As he does, he transforms into a really, really big bear.] (EXERCISING HIS RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. YES.) (Hey, he is a bear!) ( Gimme an unarmed (strikes) roll, Rose! ) (HAHAHA) (HE IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO BUCHERBLOCK!) (Oh wait, penalty for defending more than once a round, right?) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 8. (Fail by one, THANKS TO THAT PENALTY. THANKS, PENALTY.) ( Can I tame him and ride him into battle? BEAR CAVALRY! ) (You can't trust that guy. He's a godless killing machine.) (Which is clearly different from Roseli.) [Rose is slapped by a bear! It's a painful slap, that sends her flying back through the air and colliding with the wall.] [Jamie!] (SWEET, I CAN FLY.) (She could touch the sky.) * Roseli slams into the wall and crumples to the ground, dazed. She's already trying to climb to her feet, though. * Jamie knows where her priorities are right now and she's hunting for BEAR. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. (Quick! You gotta save Butcherblock!) (Damnit Dicy!) (God damn, what's with all the elevens?) (Don't you get two attacks or something something?) * Jamie fires again! 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. (...) [Jamie shoots not a bear.] [Rose!] * Jamie 's other helecopter makes a pair of CRACK-hssss noises and also makes a pair of clean holes in the wall above the bear's head. * Roseli gets to her feet and looks around. (Can I see whoever it was that shot me?) ( Nope! ) (Right then.) * Roseli backs away from the bear, firing at him with both hands on her gun. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (*thumbs up*) [He takes some more bullets! And looks to be slowing, but he's still conscious.] [Luana.] * Luana moves between Jamie and everyone else and does her best to stop Jamie's bleeding. If that's even -possible-. (Emergency response, yeah?) ( Yeah. 'Course, you're bleeding too. ) * Luana is ignoring her own wound as she tells Jamie frantically, "It's okay, you're okay." 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. (make by three) * Jamie doesn't seem to be paying much attention, maybe it's the bloodloss, or maybe she just doesn't care what happens to her body. [Luana bandages Jamie up!] * Roseli spots what's going on, shakes her head to clear it, and barks, "Luana! Deal with the enemy!" [Of course, that doesn't stop the teen from striking at *her* back.] ( Luana and Jamie, gimme def rolls! ) (That's why I told her to!) (She panicked when Jamie got hurt.) (I know; it's a Luana reaction. ;P) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 9. (No. Crap.) ( Technically, these should be at +1... buuuuut I'll let them slide. ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8. (G'night folks) (Good lord. Dice wants to KILL us.) (We were planning for Jamie to get killed anyway, right?) (No!) ( Well, that solves the problem of new personality for Jamie. ) (As a contingency, not as the desired outcome!) (Oh geez.) [By sticking close to Jamie to tend to her wound, Luana puts herself in danger, and now they both have similar wounds on the other sides of their bodies. Matching sets! Plus they're also unconscious.] (Jamie just needs to upload her personality onto the nearest computer.) [But at least one of Jamie's wounds is bandaged!] (God. Togo. You need to take your ward into intensive training. x.x) ( She usually does better than that. =P ) (You SAY that... we should have this conversation IC. XP) ( Okie ) ( Ummmm ) ( Oh, right! ) ( Rose! Hearing check! ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (Made.) ( Now a defense roll! ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 0. (Made!) [Rose avoids getting shot by nothing! Again.] ( My turn? ) ( Yes! ) ( Sorry ) * Togo curses as he sees Luana and Jamie go down, but focuses on putting down the wounded bearguy with another burst from his assault rifle. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. ( made by 8 ) (Why can't I roll like that in combat?) [And now the bear guy goes down. Which still leaves you with other problems.] [Rose!] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. * Roseli sets her sights on ninja girl now and fires. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 8. (Damnit Keiko! I'm the only one allowed to roll like crap this session!) (Yup.) d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. (I'm trying my best!) (Actually, it's good in this case that she rolled like crap.) [Rose fires at the girl! It'd be totally awesome if she hit, buuut the girl just deflects the shot with her gauntlet.] [Then she attacks Rose! "I won't forgive you!"] ( Gimme a def roll, Rose! ) (That move was cooler when Heinrick did it. D:<) (That was in English?) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. (*thumbs up*) [Rose avoids getting hit! Lucky for her.] ( Gimme another hearing roll! ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. (Made.) ( And a dodge roll! ) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 14. (Fail.) (Sheesh, you guys.) ( >.> ) (DIRT NAPS FOR EVERYBODY!) (What? I HAVE AN INVISIBLE SNIPER TRYING TO KILL ME.) (You can't expect me to dodge everything! :() [Rose hears the click, but this time she's unable to avoid the shot. It tears through her side. Coupled with her earlier injury, she's really not doing so well now.] [Togo!] * Togo pivots and fires a burst at the girl with the gauntlet. * Roseli actually grimaces. She switches her gun to one hand and reaches down to stop her bleeding. Ineffectively, but hey. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. ( Made by 6 ) (Wait, wait...) [She manages to block a few shots, but not all of them. The ones that hit don't make her bleed, but rather a shadowy darkness pours from the wounds.] (So the three females roll awfully and the one male rolls awesome?) [Rose!] (DICEY SWITCHED SIDES) * Roseli tries to dodge around, shooting at the ninja girl again. Stupid sniper thing... 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 11. (OMG YOU HATE ME) ( ._. ) [Rose shoots the Ninjawall instead.] [And the teen takes another slug at her.] (If I roll a fifteen, it's not my fault anymore. ;_;) (And doesn't miss, right? aigh.) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (Nope.) (Sorry, guys. I tried.) [The teen strikes Rose! And it stings! But it doesn't leave a big hole in her gut. The teen looks confused.] (Ahahaha!) (... HAHAHA) (Your petty tricks won't work on me!) [Before you celebrate, Rose needs a hearing check] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (Yes!) ( And a defense roll! ) (Oh God. I wish multiple defenses weren't so HARD in tri-stat.) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 10. (Sigh. No.) ( Mannnnnn ) [Rose's victory is short lived. She goes down.] (Dude, if I didn't get a +4 for the second defense, I'd have made almost all of those.) [Togo!] (Spend the three CP!) (Get me three CP to spend.) ( Quick, pull a miracle out of your trenchcoat! ) ( I've given you guys tons of CP >.> ) (And I spent it on useful things like demolitions and improving my combat skills. ;P) * Togo realizes he's the last person standing, pulls a smoke grenade out of his pocket, and drops it at his feet. [It's smokey now!] ( Do you roll for how long it lasts, or do I? ) (It's not tons of CP. I tried to explain to you that that's actually under recommendation. ^_^;) ( You do it. ) d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (d6+2) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 3. ( 3 rounds ) ( I've given you like 8 CP >.> ) (Bad roll. Boo. :() (Guys, let's not argue about CP right now?) [Regardless, It's smokey now!] ( Yay, people attacking inside or into the smoke get a +4 penalty ) [Which is apparently a good thing, because neither the teen nor the sniper make a successful attack. Togo!] * Togo shifts position inside the smoke away from the girl, places the silencer on his assault rifle, and fires another burst at her. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. ( Made by 1 ) (I think it's just that Dicy has a crush on that girl and won't give anybody who acts against her a roll less than 10) (Could be!) [Togo fires! Unfortnately for him, he's not entirely successful in hitting the girl. Or even successful at all, for that matter.] [The teen might be successful in hitting him, though.] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. ( made ) [But she's not!] [Neither is the sniper!] ( Man... I hate to do this... But I did say I wasn't going to change anything. ) (That you did.) (I'm lying here and bleeding! Hooray!) (So, is another team going to go after us if we wipe, or are we getting disavowed and sent to chargen?) [A voice shouts, "Enough!" And two men emerge from around a corner that leads deeper into the lab. One is a familiar Asian man, carrying a magic sword. The other is, apparently, Claude Sherman himself.] (We haven't died yet!) ( Aww, I coulda taken these two. ) ( You probably could have. That's why I hate to do this. But Gryph can attest to the fact that these two were moving in ever since you guys started fighting. They had to show up some time.] ) (Don't know if us being there or not would have helped.) ( Hmm. I probably can't take all four. Okay. ) [Togo! Your turn if you wanna do something.] (They were. >.<) ( Technically Jamie's still alive only because I was really nice. o/~ ) (Thanks boss!) [Sherman has a gun, by the way. Desert Eagle, from the look of it] ( It's Togo's move! ) ( If he doesn't attack, I'm gonna stop calling rounds though. ) * Togo sees the two down the hall, droops a bit, and pulls out a bandolier of grenades. "Okay, so I can't take all of you. Let me tend to my wounded and get out of here, or I blow us all up." (Welcome to crazy!) (Dude. We are all bonkers.) ( My name is Togo, I'll be your zucchini. ) [Durandal guy glares at Togo. "As if I couldn't..." But then Claude steps in front of him. "I said enough."] * Togo nods at Claude. "What are your terms?" [He takes another step forward, glancing at the body of the dead woman, then back to Togo. "Tobias Goranov. It's been a long time."] ( Did I know that I knew him? I forget. ) ( You should >.> He was in the last game. ) (I don't remember him.) ( srsly? ._. ) ( Claude is 4-eyed guy, right? I don't remember him ) (Yeah, seriously.) (What'd he do?) (...) ( http://besm.sandwich.net/MC3/logs/mchv49.txt is his first appearance. ) (Appearance.) (His first *mention* was the very first Guardian Briefing.) ( Right. ) (... Aha, he was the scientist guy who shot things.) (now I remember!) ( He's totally been all over the place. :X )