[Day: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2081. Time: 4:00 p.m.] [This afternoon, you gather at the Holoroom for some team training! Except Roseli and Hotaru, they're doing stuph.] [But the rest of you are there! And the Holoroom isn't in use, sooooo.... Go for it.] [Session Start!] * Luana is wearing boring clothes again - black slacks and a green T-shirt. She starts pulling her hair back into a ponytail while waiting for people to tell her what to do. * Keiko is in green today! Complete with plush and collar, as always. Well, the green isn't always, but the other two are. She doesn't pull her hair back, but she does lick her lips and then look over to Luana. ~I think if I see another colored ball I'll break... something.~ (...scheisse. ) (How many weeks has it been since game start?) ( Ummm... One I think. ) ( Started on the 19th ) (One and a half! (Almost 2.) (We're still in my Hell Schedule period, right?) (Yes, in that case.) (Oh. It's fine, this falls during focus training time in any case.) * Heinrick strides down to the holoroom, hands in his pockets. He's got a vest and dress jacket and slacks this time. And still his blue-tinted glasses. He looks at Keiko and Luana as he comes to a stop near the door. "You're prompt. Excellent." ~Colored balls? Um, why?~ * Gottlieb nods to Heinrick. "Ineed." (indeed) * Gottlieb rubs his chin. "What did you have in mind for today?" * Keiko looks to Heinrick, arriving as he does. ~Heinrick likes to make me practice on them.~ ~Does he know that they're annoying you?~ ~There's just a lot of them. Over and over. Boring.~ ~What do you do with them, float them around?~ * Keiko smiles faintly. ~A little like that, yes." * Heinrick looks over at Gottlieb. "Oh, I don't know. I still haven't fully figured out this holoroom's capabilities. So far, they've only had training together against each other..." * Gottlieb raises his eyebrows. "Joint work against virtual opponents?" I was thinking that yes...although... Hm? * Heinrick gestures vaguely, taking one hand out of his pockets. "Well, we are going to have to learn to work together with them as well, correct?" * Gottlieb blinks. "You mean you haven't been?" I think it would do us all good to be in this together. Shame Roseli isn't here though. * Heinrick smirks a little. "Not with you." Aha. (Rose can take y'all on! XP) (She's got military training. Of course she can.) (rho-see!) Let's see how they work together solo first, though. Agreed? * Keiko smiles faintly. ~At some point, they will talk to us, don't you think?~ Agreed, then. * Gottlieb glances at Luana and quirks an eyebrow in a signal she's probably come to interpret as "Any questions/comments/concerns?" * Luana smiles and says, "I'm ready whenever you are, Dr Kerner." (Although she could also be interpreting it as "Do you want ice cream?" In which case the past two weeks have probably been an endless cycle of bitter disappointment. D:) * Heinrick turns towards the two of them, pushing up his glasses. "Well then. I hope you're ready to show your full potential." (That's a tragedy!) (And her response could very well be a response to that question as well.) (Exactly.) * Keiko sighs slightly and murmurs, "Of course." * Heinrick nods slightly and tosses Keiko a small box. * Keiko raises her left hand and redirects the box into the duck-cradling arm. "This is?" * Heinrick smiles slightly. "Marbles, if you think you can throw them fast enough. Although we'll still need to work on something heavier. It's an alternative. We'll recreate them with the simulator though." A second resort never hurt anyone. ~Do marbles count as colored balls?~ * Keiko frowns a little. ~No, but they're close.~ She reaches into the box and picks one out. "Marbles." * Keiko looks at that one, holding it up slightly. * Heinrick shrugs slightly. "They're about all they would let me take through security." * Gottlieb snerks at that. [This one happens to be a pretty amber cat-eye.] * Gottlieb turns to Heinrick again. "What sort of setup are you planning?" * Keiko sighs a little, then smiles to herself. She puts the marble back in the box. * Heinrick pats Gottlieb on the back. "We can discuss that in the booth. It wouldn't be as much...fun if they knew what to anticipate, now would it?" Fun? ( You can randomize a scenario, by the way. o/~ ) Well. In any case, I won't disagree with the logic. Ms Hall, use your initiative. ( And then I'll GRADE IT XD ) Yes, sir. (D:) ( Actually, I think I'll just let you guys run it yourselves, 'cause that way it's less work for me :O ) * Heinrick smiles at Gottlieb. "Yes. Fun." He turns towards the two wards and gestures to the door. "Ladies? If you would. I'm expecting a lot from you, Keiko." (Like that's new. ;P) * Keiko glances to him a moment, then runs her fingers over the top of the marble box. "Right." * Heinrick starts to head towards the control booth. * Gottlieb follows. ( Want another channel? ) (Might be good.) ( Shrug. ) ( #controlroom ) * Keiko fingers the box and thinks at Luana, ~Anything else you're gonna be doing I need to know about?~ ~What do you mean?~ ~You know... thinks. Like... exploding into flame. All over.~ * Keiko smiles a little. ~I might need to know that.~ ~Um... no? I've never exploded into flame before... I could... I could -try- if you really want, but...~ * Keiko waves the plush dismissively. ~No, no." ~Just wondering.~ ~Okay...~ * Keiko walks over to her and adds, ~I... thought if we were working together, I might wanna know.~ * Luana smiles brightly. ~No, I think you've seen or been told everything I can do that's not of the normal variety.~ (brb, five minutes) (back) * Keiko nods a little and sighs slightly. ~I don't have much either. You never know what animals'll show up, though." (~_ ~Oh, right. -Squirrels.-~ * Keiko sighs again. ~They're not ALWAYS squirrels.~ ~Good. I think that I don't like them.~ ( Pigeon attack! ) * Keiko smiles weakly. ~After nibbling on you.... maybe not.~ [All of a sudden, without warning...scenery takes shape around you!] [You're just inside the foyer of a huge building with many glass windows, signs, and lots of people milling/walking/running along with lots of luggage of various kinds.] ( Either of you been to Munich? ) (I doubt it. (Nope.) [ Then you have no idea where you are. Oh, but you can see it's snowing outside! Woo!] (Brett: Do these people have pseudo-feelings?) ( Yes, but nothing complex. ) ( That is to say, one feeling at a time. ) * Keiko shrinks down immediately, flinching from the mass of people. "Aah..." she clutches the box and duck tightly, for a moment. [Some are happy! Most are stressed. Some are angry. ): ] * Luana looks around for some sign of what she should do, glancing over at Keiko when she makes a noise. ~Are you okay?~ * Keiko grits her teeth and says, "Noisy, very..." she swallows, then stands more upright. "It's been a long time." She looks around. * Luana looks concerned. "Until we know what to do, we can go somewhere less crowded. There has to be an emptier area somewhere around here." * Gottlieb comes in over the speaker. "You are in the Munchen Hauptbahnhof in Munich, on a simulated December 23rd at around 1600. We have received a report that an unknown number of terrorists, possibly backed by anti-Byzantines, may be planning to detonate a bomb in the station." ( Did that all get through? ) (Yes.) ~Oh. Nevermind, then.~ (The Munchen Hauptbahnhof: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchen_Hauptbahnhof) * Keiko adjusts the sload in her arms, then thinks back, ~A bomb? Anti-Byzantines?~ (Did she think at Luana, or Gottlieb?) *** Signoff: Brett (Ping timeout) (Luana.) (Ah. ^^;) * Keiko looks around a little and continues, ~So we have to find a bomb...~ * Heinrick comes over the speaker. "What we do know is that the terrorists intend to set off the bomb within the next 20 minutes. The exact location of the bomb, however, has yet to be determined." ~People who oppose the Byzantine Empire being its own nation. They like to attack countries that helped out the Empire in the war five years ago. If I were a bomb, where would I be...~ * Gottlieb chimes in again, because he's old and pushy. "Neither has the location or number of the terrorists." * Keiko looks over to Luana. ~I can pick up loud thoughts, but... there's a lot of people here. I can only do a few at a time. We could try sweeping, though.~ (Is there an information desk around?) * Keiko bites her lip. ~All I need to do is find one, though.~ * Luana thinks uncertainly, ~I'm not really much help with picking up thoughts. Should I stay with you or go in another direction and look for anything suspicious, do you think?~ (We need the info desk question answered, so we can meet there. ^_~) ( I know! Hold on! I'm trying to pretend I read German! ) * Keiko takes a deep breath and murmurs something in Japanese before responding, ~ I think that's best. I'll try to find someone....~ She looks up at the clock, it's a station after all! ~ 5 minutes, over there? ~ She points, at the information desk or some other landmark. ( Oh well. Sure, there is, off in the distance by the farecard machines. ) * Luana nods. ~Sounds good.~ She heads off in one direction, looking for suspicious people and/or stuff! ( Oh, and. ) ( http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ringberg04/bahnhof_map.ps Although it's .ps. x.x ) * Keiko heads off in the other, extending her telepathic senses. 5 people within 10 meters, over and over and over. Her arms are wrapped around herself tightly, almost as if holding herself together. (Loud/Surface thoughts.) (It's all she can do. And maybe a random notice check.) (Should I make an awareness check?) (We'd need both a Dicey and a Brett. >.>) (Or we can just roll in #besm until he comes back.) ( Let's, then. ) (Roll at/on?) (Number choice please?) ( Blargh, Rowyn is made of headache and fail. ) ( Wait, no, there he is. ) ( Gah, whatever. Lu, 2d8+6, Keiko, +4) (+4 PENALTY? Ow.) (You have no dice.) (Made!) (Bombed. UNFAIR.) ( #besm. Also, hey! There are a lot of people! Plus, I'm no good at picking rolls and such. ) (Night, you crazy guys. ;P) (Night, Ard~) (Ah well.) (Night.) [Keiko must still be having trouble with the loads of people--she can't seem to get anything good yet. Or maybe she's just going in the wrong direction.] *** Signoff: Ardweden (Quit: Gikathud.) (I am still made of headache and fail.) (Even if I am here.) [Luana, meanwhile, spots two people standing next to one of the archways. One of them looks old, the other one looks much younger. Are they arguing? The young one (like, your age young) looks really nervous.] [Also, they are male.] * Luana takes note of them and heads back to the info desk when the five minutes are up. * Keiko ends up back at the info desk too. She's leaning against it, trying to feel others. If her plush were a grape, it'd be smooshed exploded. When Luana shows she looks at her and says, out loud, in a quiet (as possible) tone, "Find anything?" [As Luana turns to go to the info desk, she sees, out of the corner of her eye, the older man shout at the younger one and push him. The younger one takes off running down the corridor, the older one steps into the WC.] Two males, one old and one our age, arguing. The younger one looked nervous and went off that way, and the older one went to the WC. * Keiko takes a deep breath and then says, ~Good... I couldn't get anything. I don't know if it's these fake things or what.~ She takes a slow, deep breath, then, ~Think what they look like at me?~ * Luana does so. ~I probably just had better luck, that's all. Come on, we should hurry.~ She starts off in the direction of the younger possible-terrorist. ( Would Lu doing that be a complete recall, then, or would it be affected if she couldn't get a good enough glimpse to really see them? ) (It's whatever she could think of them as.) (If she thinks they look like elephants, Keiko's lookin' for Dumbo.) ( Hurray! In that case, they're purple zebras. ) ( Anyway. ) (>.> She's dragging Keiko off in the guy's direction anyway. She'll just point him out.) (My detection range is 10 meters.) [The corridor is no less crowded than the rest of the station, and the gap between where you are now and his last known position is an estimated 45 seconds or so. Better hurry!] * Luana goes as quickly as she can with so many people around. * Keiko follows afterwards, trying not to bump into anyone or drop her duck/box. It's not exactly a great pursuit. Her face is very tensed, as if she's keeping it very rigidly neutral on purpose. [Looks like a train just got in, as the crowd just got even more dense. Awareness +3 not to lose him!] (Made~) ( D:< I need to start bumping these rolls. ) (Missed by 1.) (Your penalties seem to be just fine for me. :P) ( D: ) ( You should telepathically leech Lu's luck. ) (Hey!) (Sorry, can't.) [Luana doesn't lose him! The crowd slows him a bit, too. On the bad side of news, he takes the break to look around, being very bad at not showing that he's trying not to be followed. I guess you need stealth rolls or something? I dunno. ] (Is he within 10 meters?) ( Just shy. ) (Made. Dicey loves me! <3) ( /me boggles. ) (Miss by 1 on body. If it's body stealth.) ( If the entire H-1 team is killed tomorrow because of bad rolls, I'm blaming you for stealing the Dicelove. ) * Keiko is starting to look a little tired at the rush, and the avoiding of people, but she pushes onward. [Luana manages to duck behind someone, but Keiko's plushie makes her a little more distinctive. The guy furrows his brows at her, and starts pushing through the crowd even more frantically.] * Luana mutters, "Crap," and goes faster. * Keiko tries to run after and says, weakly, "Come on... someone have a pet break loose... please..." (Animal control!) ( I can't tell if that's a joke or not. ) (I'm not joking.) (Keiko can't race anyone. She needs to get within 10 meters. ^_^;) (And I succeed! Come animals!) ( Do we make that call, or do you? ) ( Er, as in, number/species/etc.) (It's animals 'from the surroundings.') (Number is max 5.) (Anything else is all you.) ( But they head towards you, right? ) (They do what I want. It's call/control.) (And I really, really want some animals to get in the terrorist's way.) ( Okay. ) (Ugh.) [The trail of "oof! argh! Hey, watch it!"s that you've been following dies down a bit, to be replaced by shouts and barking. The brown hair and navy blue jacket you've been keeping track of slow slightly. ] (?) (I think I need to lie down for a bit. I'll keep this up so I can review it a bit later. Sorry about this. :/) (Nod.) ( ): Okay. ) ('S okay, hope you feel better) (Thanks for taking it over, Shar.) ( You're welcome, I guess? ^^;;; ) (Just let me know if I get within 10 meters.) * Keiko nods weakly and continues running after him. ~I hope this is him,~ she forces out quickly, to Luana. ( Do a, um, body/strength check, I guess? For pushing through a backed-up crowd?) (For _me_? Autofail.) (Luana's a different story.) (I'm surprised it's that dense.) (Made again) (Bwahaha) ( Well, it *is* set for 4pm on the day before Christmas Eve in a place that's a rough equivalent of a Union Station-like thing, with 2 or 3 different kinds of rails running through it.) [Keiko is gaining, but very slowly. Luana fares a little better, but may have to choose soon whehter she wants to stay within visuals of Keiko, or follow the kid. ] (...Actually, it's probably a little late now, but without being told to keep the civilians from noticing, we prolly should've just called in a bomb threat.) (Follow the kid.) (I'm also surprised the kid reacted to, uh, a pair of 14-16 year olds.) (That's one paranoid kid.) (Oh, he is. o/~) (I want to set him on -fire-.) [The crowd around where Luana is pretty sure the guy is is particularly thick, as a result of whatever disturbance the animals brought. Awareness +4!] (:O You killed my luck!) (Luana, you're crazy!) ( Your fire did it! It burned it up! <.<) (Only a little crazy. And in a way that doesn't bother anyone else. >.>) [Lu gets stuck trying to fight through a particularly tall and bulky (and LOUD) family of Bulgarians. She loses sight of the guy for a bit, and when she finally manages to fight her way through, all she can see is dark hair turning down into a side passage.] * Keiko stops running, breathing heavily and holding both of her items tight. She can't possibly keep up. She lets herself get pushed back to where Luana said that the guys were, just trying to feel out terrorist thoughts. She can't push through the crowd like that. * Luana keeps going! ( Keiko, I guess...awareness? At +, um, 2, I guess, since you're not doing anything but concentrating.) (FINALLY. Christ, with a target of 10, you'd think I could hit something.) (Yay!) [Luana pushes her way into the side passage, only to find out that the dark hair she followed after running into the Bulgarians belongs to a guy with a dark *brown* jacket, instead of a navy blue one. Also, a guy who's currently attached at the lips to what is hopefully his girlfriend.] * Luana scowls and starts looking for terrorist boy again. [Meanwhile, as she's catching her breath, Keiko gets a mental "whiff" of nervous/shitscared determination. That's not a complex emotion, right? >.>] (Snicker.) ( I won't tell him if you don't. -_^) * Keiko looks to the emotion and curls her fingers around the plush as she presses with her mind. There's no time to try to pick him apart. Mind control roll! (... I almost missed that.) ( Whatcha tryin' to do? ) (Assert mind control.) (They get a roll against mind or soul to defend.) ( Okay...) (Who's got the luck now. ;_;) ( The NPC. D: ) (Luckily, they're not aware, because they don't have mind shield! Maybe.) [The mind control fails! But the "scent" gets stronger, or at least vaguely more traceable.] * Luana , apparently unable to find the stupid bugger, heads back to Keiko. "Any luck?" [If she can FIND Keiko. D:] * Keiko 's eyes widen, and then they narrow as she says in a sharp, low tone in Japanese, is in the midst of making a second attempt, curling her fingers into the plush almost to the point of clawing it. * Luana makes mental calls to Keiko every so often to make it easier to find her. ( That's an on the dot fail on his part. ) (HOORAY.) ( Now whachu want him do? ) * Keiko , once she feels the control's in place, walks over to him somewhat and think-commands, ~How many people did you come here with?~ ( Does he reply through thought or speech? ) (Likely speech.) ( Ah, so you'd be within visuals of him then. ) (Yes, very much so.) (I've done to moving near him.) [The kid stutters, "F-f-fffour..."] (This is another kid?) ( Eh? No, same one y'all were following. But he looks to be around your age. ) (Er.) ( Well, Luana's, anyway. ) (I went back to the bathroom area to catch the one.) (How did I get Luana's?) ( Lu missed him, he doubled back. ) (Ha.) ( No sign of the old guy. ) * Keiko gets a little closer and mentally 'coos', softly, ~And did you come with a bomb?~ (Argh, one sec. ) ( While I'm one sec-ing, what's Luana doing? ) (Trying to find Keiko.) ( Mkay. Has Keiko been responding to her mental calls, or does she not need a response to know where Keiko is? ) (Keiko has to consciously establish, and she has to be within 10 meters.) (Right now, she's busy. ^_^;) ( Okay. Luana, awareness to find Keiko, +4) (Nooo) ( y'all should invest in My Best Friend. 8D) (I was doing great before!) [The guy's Adam's apple bobs. "I, I...y-yes."] [He takes a shuddering breath after saying that, just in time to get shot through the temple! Someone's a good shot.] (Oh, that's beautiful.) (In a crowded train station!? -Damn- good shot.) * Keiko cries out, the psychic connection suddenly shattered, and she puts up her force field, looking/feeling around for the shooter. [She doesn't have far to look! Two men, one the older one from before, step forward from the service door at the end of the hallway and head for her! She should probably roll init.] (Can I find her yet? D:) ( The shot didn't come from the crowded end of the nook. ) ( Ask her. ^^; If she's opening to you, awareness no mods, if not, +2) ( er, hall. Not nook. Sorry, thinking about Animal Crossing. ) (Well, she's feeling around now.) (If Luana's loudly thinking, "KEIKO LA LA LA LA LA," then I know where she is.) (Forgot to throw in my bonus but still failed; and yeah, she is.) (If Keiko outright calls her, I'll allow a quicker find. ) * Keiko tosses to Luana, ~There you--over here, where the gunshot was! They shot the kid! There's three of them left!~ ( Silencers + crowds ~.~) (My init is 16) (We tied for init. Ha ha.) [One of the approaching dudes shoots at Keiko, while the other goes to the body of the guy! Ranged Def?] ( Or mental stuff, or however you want to handle it. ) (Yeah, I can't dodge worth hell. 20 damage force field.) ( Does the field make things bounce back, or just drop to the ground? ) (Ricochet around, more than likely.) (Into the air, or the ground, or whatever.) ( Well, Lu won't get there until next round anyway, on account of the distance and such. ) (It's a skintight force field, so who knows how it'll bounce.) (Depends where its gonna hit.) (If it hits dead center, it'd probably drop.) (Ahhh. Okay. ) [The bullet bounces off of Keiko's tricep and falls to the ground. The other shooter wastes his turn by doing what looks like looting the corpse.] [Shooter 1 pauses in shock and tries another shot.] (Er?) (Do I not get an action?) (Oh! Oops.) * Keiko wastes her turn reasserting control, specifically, on the looter. He's definitely in range. (Yes, you do. Belay that last set of brackets and...yes.) (ra-ra-rolll.) (Make!) ( Go you! Whachu want him to do?) ( Or wait, I guess it doesn't matter since you end the round. Or does it? I have no idea.) * Keiko , upon asserting control, commands quickly, ~Drop it! Where is the bomb!~ And that's it! [The man drops the gun, but picks up the thing he'd been touching on the dead kid's body. "Right here." His eyes gleam fervently, and he's got a freaky smile on his face.] [And *now* Shooter 1 tries to hit Keiko again.] (Ping again!) *** Signoff: Luana (Read error: Connection reset by peer) (Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!) *** Luana (WD@71.88.203.126) has joined channel #MC4 ( What was the last you got, WD? ) (Keiko: (Ping again!)) (Okay, good. ) [He pings! He frowns in shock! Keiko's turn!] (And Luana's?) (At the same time?) [Lu should be in visual now, her turn is "at the same time," but she rolls after Keiko.] (Does the bomb look like it weighs more than a kilogram?) ( Hard to say. It's small, but could be pretty dense. ) ( You making an attempt? ) * Keiko thinks, at him, ~Oh, let me see it, please?~ She walks closer, getting a bit of her own odd grin on her face as she gets close. ( AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH) (Donuts?) (No. All of a sudden my social input has gone from just playing, to having my adopted little brother hang out here anc two IM windows, wtf. ) (Aiee.) [His grin widens and he holds it up to her to show her. His hands are clenched so tightly around it that they're starting to leave marks, though.] * Keiko adds, ~Let me hold the bomb, please~ as she holds her hands up. Okay, probably Luana's time now. (And she's even got a target!) [The man looks at her, but he doesn't stop clutching it.] [Luaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanaaaa!] (How much time do we have left?) (10 seconds!) (What!) (Joking. :P) (You said about 4 minutes or so... which is about 40 rounds!) (I said nothing. I just got up not long ago from resting a headache, remember?) (The question is 1) whether we can keep crazy from blowing it up 2) whether we can get it away before it etonates. Heh.) (Oh, ha, I assumed you were G.) * Luana concentrates on bomb-man's hair. ( That depends on if you use calculated time or drama time. ) ( make/fail?) (Made for creating fire) ( What's Keiko's mind control currently concentrating on? "GIVE ME THE BOMB?") (Yes.) *** Signoff: Luana (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [The man's hair catches on fire! He doesn't seem to notice.] (yargh) (Ha.) *** Luana (WD@71.88.203.126) has joined channel #MC4 [The man's hair catches on fire! He doesn't seem to notice.] (Cool) [Hair being hair, though, it gets down to the root pretty quickly. The other guy starts looking panicked about who to concentrate on.] ( yargh. Okay....that makes it shooter 2's turn, yes. ) (End soon plz.) ( Oh, definitely. We'd've been done about twenty minutes ago, but my fake li'l bro came over, and he's drunk, and I have to make sure he doesn't puke or pass out or anything. ) (Aiyah.) (Give me the bomb, darn it! ;_;) ( Too bad he mADE THE ROLL. ) (Meanie.) ( Is that a make for breaking or a make for being able to attempt to break? ) (If he made the roll, he broke the control.) ( Okay. ) [The man clutches the package convulsively as he realizes "OH WAIT, MY HEAD IS ON FIRE."] (It's a good realization!) [He rolls around on the ground, holding the package with one hand and patting his head frantically with the other one.] [The other guy curses at him, while trying to fire off a shot at the non-impervious girl. "Alex! The fire!"] (Defense for Luana!) (You should say that.) ( yes! That!) ( Luana, please defend yourself !) (He made the shot? Hells) (Made!) ( Write the defense) (2d8-2 = 1, ranged defense) ( No, I mean. Write your dodging it. ) (Oh. ^^;) * Luana dodges the bullet! Which isn't so much dodging as her moving to get a better view of the guy whose hair is on fire and happening to not get shot, but you take what you can get. (And now who? Me? Or?) (You. Sorry. ) * Keiko goes for another mind control, with the goal of getting him to pat out the fire with his hands AND NOT THE BOMB. (What a make!) ( Hurray he fails!) (Hooray you can't hold the bomb and put out the fire! DROP IT BURNY MAN.) [The guy puts it down, underneath him, and pats out hte fire.[ (GO LUANA GO.) ( LUANA'S TURN) * Luana goes for the bomb! What does she need to roll for that? ( Go for like try to get? ) (Yes) (Unarmed, grappling, +3) (No....) (His hands aren't free!) (Not that that matters. (If the initial hit was not made.) ( argh, li'l bro is distracting me. wtf. Okay, Luana just went. Shooter one again, then.) [Shooter one tries another shot at Luana! She needs a def.] * Luana dodges again, this time actively doing so. She glares at the man who just shot at her. [Shooter two tries and fails another resist! Keiko!] * Keiko says, out loud, "Get off the bomb, or else you'll ruin it! We don't want to ruin it!" * Keiko is definitely looking less and less sane as she's so close to the one who was on fire. ( That's a Mind Control? ) ( Like, command? ) (Yes.) [The guy stops flailing around in panic and stares up at Keiko wide-eyed. "yeah....yeah..."] [Luana!] (Is he off the bomb?) [Yeah, sorta.] (Will I need to make a grapple check again if I grab the thing?) ( Yeah, I guess. ) (D:) (If he's not holding onto it, how does it take a grapple check? @_@) (He's still, the bomb is still... all she's got to do is wrap her mitts around it.) ( I don't know! ) ( I"m trying to force water down someone's throat! It's distracting! ) (Yes, fine, no grapple check. ) (o_O) * Luana grabs the damn bomb and looks at it to see how to dismantle it. (Ha.) (Any penalties?) ( Do a thing for a thing. Roll demolitions, I guess? ) (HA. Untrained?) (Hah, no. Worth a shot.) [Luana can't figure it out!] (If Lu ever becomes evil, she is burning the holoroom first thing.) (Snicker.) (We're doing pretty awesome!) (I mean, it's not stealthy, but the casualty rate is low!) (Still!) ( All t hings considered. >_< This kid is so damn distracting. He rambles, but he also wants responses.) [Shooter 1 grinds his teeth and tries to shoot Luana AGAIN. Defense omg.] * Luana dodges again! She is good with the dodging bullets today. (She's always in the right place at the right time!) [Shooter two fails a thing. Keiko!] * Keiko says, to Luana, "Give me the bomb, I'll take care of it! You get them!" Meanwhile, she mindcontrols, ~Stop him from shooting the bomb!~ [The guy gets up and staggers sort of punch-drunkenly at his erstwhile comrade.] [Eff. Luana.] (I've got a 67% chance of disarming the bomb on a raw mind roll!) (Gimme the bomb, hon!) * Luana gives Keiko the bomb! And sets a guy's hair on fire. ( Which ones? ) (....Or not.) (Didn't make the roll) ( SHE CAN'T GIVE KEIKO THE BOMB NOW LAWLZ. ) [Shooter one tries a straight-up tackle at Keiko. Melee def?] (No! Bomb was given! Hair was not set on fire! DDDD:) (hee) * Keiko settles the bomb in her very busy arms, and then sits down on the floor, indian-style, letting the marbles and duck rest in her lap as she takes the bomb in her hands. She looks at it with a weird smile. "Bomb, bomb, the bomb..." she swallows, staring at it. ( Er, Keiko? Did I mess up, or are you not melee defing? ) ( Or is the def coming after? I'm sorry, I'm losing it. ) (I thought he was at the end of the hallway, and that my mind control monkey was in the way.) (Making a tackle a real stretch. Do I have the wrong picture?) ( Oh. He's been moving towards y'all. I'm sorry, I kind of assumed it was implied. ) (Um, okay, just a ranged def for a shot, then. ) (I'm just gonna have to take another ping.) ( Since I failed to describe. ) [Shooter one is approaching more quickly now.] [Shooter two makes a control-break! And promptly spins around from his flailing position to stumble towards Keiko.] (An actual effective attack?) [Keiko needs a melee def at -1 for him being still kind of stunnedy.] (Even with penalties, he gets a, uh, hit against the FF.) (I wonder if they've managed to do 20 damage, together.) ( Where *is* that FF of yours at pointwise now, anyway? ) [He bounces off her! And gapes.] (It refreshes to 20 every round if you don't break it.) [Keiko!] (Oh! Cool. ) * Keiko focuses on the bomb for a moment, murmuring, "Bomb... bomb..." and then her eyes snap open and she says, "No! I gotta--" and then she tries to figure out how to disarm it! (Made a raw mind by 5!) ( Wahoo! Where we at gametime-wise, since you know how to calculate this and I kind of don't? ) (Also, how much do you need to know? Or does it just get disarmed now? ) (Should be at... sometime between 3:30 and 3:24 in terms of time left on the clock. And that's entirely up to you.) (There's no real standard for such rolls. I made my demo check to figure out how to disarm/disarm if it's easy enough to pull off that I can do it after figuring it out assuming a penalty <= 5.) * Gottlieb comes in over the speakers. "Three minutes and twenty-eight seconds remain." ( That works, then! ) [Except now it's Luana's turn. 8D] (Successful disarm?) ( Although I'm guessing she'll hold. ;P) (Or I'll successfully disarm on my next turn?) ( Yeah, next turn. ) (Hold action, definitely.) [To make things quicker...shooter one starts running at you while trying another shot at Luana! He whiffs badly!] * Keiko finishes her cut-off sentence, "--disarm it!" A beat, then, "Yes, yes, I see it..." [Shooter two makes another grab for the bomb! He whiffs too! Keiko!] (HA.) (Oh, beautiful.) (dee colon) (If that disarm required a roll, that was hilarious.) (If it was just a matter of time, due to me knowing it last round, then that was lucky.) ( It's late, I need to get up in five and a half hours AFTER I get to sleep, which I can only do after I figure out what to do with a drunken fake sibling. ) ( so hey! have a present. Hurray for sim rooms!) (Success, then, so I know what to pose?) (Or failure?) ( Oh. I thought I said. Success. ) ( It was just a time thing. ) * Keiko drops the field for a moment and rips two of the cords right off the bomb, rendering it inert! ( Under other circumstances, I'd have y'all play through the fallout, but since it's like THREE THIRTY. ) (two of the cords and the detenator.) (Seriously!) * Gottlieb 's voice comes over the speakers again. "End simulation." [The setting fades out, and within a few minutes your guardians join you!] * Keiko falls backwards on her back, breathing heavily, when the sim disappears. ( Well, Gottlieb does. Dunno about teh whippersnapper. ) Ah... ah... ahaha... (Whippersnapper appears too. :P * Luana bends down over Keiko. "Are you okay?" * Gottlieb is holding a pad of paper as he walks in, but frowns in concern when he sees Keiko's condition. He strides over and offers her a hand. "Miss Hanano. What's wrong?" * Heinrick looks on, glancing slightly at Luana. His expression is unreadable. * Keiko says, weakly, "I'm fine, just... tired. Running's not good for me, and there was a lot going on in the mind..." She laughs weakly and looks up into Luana's eyes for a moment, then to Gottlieb, seeming to add 'puzzled' to 'exhausted.' * Gottlieb retracts his hand, only to put it into his satchel and pull out a bottle of water, which he offers to her. * Luana stays knelt down by Keiko's side and looks up at Gottlieb. * Heinrick nods. "I think rest is a good idea for now. We do need you to keep your strength." * Gottlieb meets Luana's eyes as he's giving water. "And you, Miss Hall? How are you feeling?" Fine, sir, thank you. * Keiko sits up slowly and swallows before taking the water and drinking it carefully. She coughs slightly for a second when drinking it, but then looks up to Heinrick and smiles faintly. "Would you believe I'd never seen a bomb before except on TV?" * Gottlieb nods. "How do you--well, we should let that stand for now, at least until Miss Hanano has gotten some rest." He glances at the rising Keiko. * Heinrick nods to Gottlieb then kneels down next to Keiko. "I would be quite curious if you had seen it anywhere else. Do you need help to your room?" * Keiko shakes her head and takes another drink, before she looks at Heinrick funny and asks in an odd, quiet voice, "Are you concerned like he was, void guardian?" * Heinrick snorts at that. "Come now. You make it sound like some sort of disease." He holds out a hand to help her up. * Gottlieb takes note of, but does not react to, the byplay. He looks at Luana and nods, straightening up again. * Keiko looks at him oddly a moment longer, then pushes the duck and box so that she can hold them in one arm. After doing arm management, she grabs Heinrick's hand to get to her feet. * Luana stands up as Keiko does, still worried. * Keiko thinks to Luana, ~Not bad... huh, Luana?~ ~You were really great.~ * Heinrick brings her up, arm around her shoulders to steady her a bit until she gets to her feet. * Keiko chuckles faintly and looks away from everyone as she gets steadied. ~Just don't let me run ever again.~ Beat, then, ~Thanks for the fire. It helped me get the guy to let go.~ She starts to walk out. * Gottlieb looks at his watch, and then back up at Luana. "Miss Hall, considering the work and effort you put in this afternoon, I'm releasing you from the rest of your focus training period, as well as your sparring period at 1700. " (Without need for Heinrick's help?_ * Luana nods, smiling gratefully. "Thank you very much, sir." She hurries to catch up with Keiko. We will certainly all be meeting again to discuss this session, but that will have to be arranged separately. (Lu! Wait!) (No, with Heinrick's help.) (Due to his steadying.) * Luana stops and turns around when she hears Gottlieb continuing talking. (Right, but does she walk ahead after being steadied or with help?) However, as soon as you're able, please write down your most basic and brief reactions to what you just did and how you could have improved; nothing extensive, just a reaction. Later, we'll do more in-depth analysis. (With help.) * Heinrick nods. Yes, sir. (Err, that was OOC) (Duly noted!) I just want you to be able to compare your later analysis with your initial reaction, for your further reference. * Heinrick turns to Keiko. "We need to deliberate over it first, of course. But we will all get together to discuss it." * Gottlieb then nods and gives her a bare smile, hardly more than an upwards quirk of the lips. "Good work, Miss Hall. You may go now." * Heinrick nods to Gottlieb. "Dr. Kerner. I'll see you shortly." * Keiko nods a little. "Of course," she murmurs. * Luana beams at him briefly. "Thank you very much, sir. " Then she goes and stays by Keiko's side. * Gottlieb inclines his head in turn at Heinrick. "Dr. Engels. At your convenience." * Gottlieb then heads out as well, letting the children have their bonding/post-traumatic stress time and such. * Heinrick nods. "Actually, Ms. Hall, would you mind helping my ward back to her room?" (Oh boy! Contact emotion feed!) * Luana nods. "Of course, sir." She supports Keiko however she needs to be helped, probably letting her worry and andreneline-high pour through. (She tkes H's position in the carrying?) (takes, even.) ( Any more poses? ) (Yes) ( 'k. ) * Heinrick releases her after putting her into Luana's care, straightens his jacket and goes towards his office first. Then later to go see Gottlieb, but that's for another time. * Keiko gets held, chuckles weakly, then thinks at her, ~He was proud, Lu. I can at least see your guardian.~ Beat, then, ~And don't be so worried, I'm not dying... I don't think.~ * Luana sounds thrilled. ~Really? I mean, of course, I'm sure you'll fine, I guess it just seems really bad right now... he's really proud of me?~ * Keiko smiles a little herself. ~Yeah. He really was.~ She starts the long walk to her room. ~I know that matters to you.~ .me just keeps smiling. (/me) (Bedtime for me. x_x) (Amen, sistah.) ( Yesh. Sorry this ran so late, and sorry for the craziness in the middle there. x.x) (Heh. It worked.) ( But yay! We did a sim! Stuff happened! ) (Yay for stuff!) ( Session End? Probably! )