[Meanwhile, Roseli is hanging out in her office, chillin'.] * Roseli chills like an expresso. [There's a knock.] * Roseli pops a piece of gum into her mouth. "Enter." [The door is opened, by Karin! "Hey Roseli. Listen," she steps in. "Christmas is coming up, you know? I'd like to buy some presents for the kids. Wanna come?"] (Karin? Wasn't she reported missing?) ( Karin? Ummm... No >.> ) ( Oh. She wasn't there when you were looking for her, no. Her team was on a mission. ) ( You haven't really had a chance to talk to her about Hotaru, though, so... seems like an opportune time. ) (Right, I remember the other team splutting against that one genetic freak guy, so they sent us in.) (And they'd never been reported as returning. ^^;) (That wasn't the other team, that was a 'normal' team.) (Section 1, the mooks.) (IIRC.) ( Yah. ) ( Those guys all died :P ) (AH. Okay. :D) * Roseli blinks once, and then she moves to get to her feet. "Sure." [Karin grins. "Alright! I knew I liked you. I'll meet you at the garage."] [She takes off. Zoom!] * Roseli writes a note that she'll be out and can be reached over her cell, sticking it to the door. And then she grabs her stuff and is off! Wastes no time, that Roseli. [Woot! We'll jump right to the garage, then. As Roseli enters, she sees Robert Johnson drive up with a white Mazda, parking it at the exit, next to Karin. He gets out, grinning. "There ya go, pretty lady. Best car in the house."] [Karin rolls her eyes. "Thanks Rob."] * Roseli approaches the, er, one way adoring couple. [Johnson tips his hat at Karin as he backs away. He waves at Roseli, too, before turning and getting back to what he's doing. Karin smiles and shakes her head, then turns to Rose, too. "You wanna drive? Or should I?"] * Roseli nods and gives Johnson half a wave before saying, "You can." She gets in the passanger side. [Karin nods and gets in the driver's side. Then she puts the car in drive, accelerates, and within minutes, you're heading into the city. "Thanks for coming."] Nobody else would? * Roseli has a seatbelt on. She's a good example for children. [Karin shakes her head. "Nah. Robert and Gretel are busy with work, and my team." She chuckles humorlessly. "I wasn't sure if anyone from your team would want to come, but I'm glad you did."] * Roseli smiles faintly. They're our job, but they're also children. They deserve the perks, sometimes. [Karin nods. "My thoughts exactly. Gabe and Gurt don't see them as anything more than tools, but they're kids. Well, except Zarina. But kids should get presents on Christmas, you know?"] * Roseli nods. "They should." I've been meaning to talk to you about Cyra, actually. [Karin grins. Then she blinks. "Eh?"] * Roseli rubs at her eyes. "She groped Hotaru a while back. November 13th." [Karin actually glances at Roseli. But just for a second, because she's driving. "Wha-? Really?"] Really. My ward was *very* shaken. [Karin looked almost pleased, but her face falls at that. "Oh. Yeah, I guess she would. Sorry."] * Roseli looks at Karin, since she's not driving. "She would?" [Karin doesn't look away, this time. "Wouldn't you?" She pauses, then sighs. "Sorry, I'm just.... Cyra doesn't usually respond to anyone except me. Not even her own sister."]] * Roseli nods. But she responded to Hotaru. Why? If the story I heard is correct, she initiated the incident. Hotaru said and did nothing to her. ["I wish I knew, believe me. I don't know whether to be pleased or upset, or..."] [She sighs and shakes her head.] * Roseli is silent for a moment, then she says, "I'm open to exploring this. But the way Cyra acted is unacceptable. She can't be allowed to continue doing *that*, at least." ["I understand how you feel, but Cyra's autistic. She doesn't know she did anything wrong."] I know. But Hotaru has a history of sexual abuse. She doesn't deserve to have this added to it. [Karin frowns. "I'm sorry. And you're right. I'll do what I can to prevent it. It just..." She shakes her head. "It's not easy, you know? I never saw myself working with an autistic child. And..." She sighs. "It gets frusterating sometimes."] * Roseli nods, and her tone turns sympathetic. "I know." [As you pause at a red light, Karin turns her head to face Roseli. "Tell Hotaru I apologize."] * Roseli quirks a small smile. "I'll tell her." [Karin smiles back. "Thanks. I-" But whatever she was about to say is silenced, when the apartment building across the street from you suddenly EXPLODES!] (That wasn't part of the plan!) * Roseli starts at that, but she doesn't totally freak out, because stuff blowing up? If she couldn't handle it, she wouldn't be working where she is. The phone is instantly in her hand and she's dialing the German equivalent of 911. (How late do you see this going, Brett?) [Karin stares. "Oh my god! Call..." then she sees Rose with the phone, and doesn't finish.] ( 30-60 more minutes? ) (Arright. I'd prefer closer to the half hour mark, but I can go sixty, I think. ^^) ( Gimme an awareness check ) ( Sight ) 2d8 (Made if Mind.) ( Erm ) * Dicesuke has joined #MC4Rose [Roseli spots a man running from the apartment building. He gets into the passenger-side door of a white car that was idling across the street, and they begin to drive away.] * Roseli points out the car. "There, Karin!" she hisses. (911 pick up yet?) [Karin follows her finger, then floors it. "I'm on it. Forget the police, someone else will get them. Call HQ."] [She skirts around cars as she chases the fleeing suspects.] * Roseli hangs up and dials control instead, switching hands. * Roseli rolls down the window as she waits for them to pick up. ( Join #MC4Heinrick ) ( Gimme another awareness check ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. (Made.) * Roseli unholsters her gun. "Apartment exploded at . Suspect fleeing in a white four-door car. Minimum two people involved. Karin and I are in pursuit." [Karin narrowly squeezes past a car in the oncoming lane to keep up with the white car. They turn onto the autobahn, and she follows. "Dammit. Can you shoot out their tires?"] That's the plan. (What direction are they headed?) * Roseli presses a couple of buttons on her bracelet, then aims out the window and tries to get a bead on one of the back tires. [They're heading south, and swerving through all four south-bound lanes. It's hard to get a clear shot at the tires.] ( Tires are a +4 called shot, and an additional +2 if Rose doesn't have steady hand ) [Karin speaks "There's a siren in the glove compartment. Get it, quick."] Only so many hands here. [Karin nods. "We need to clear the civilians, though." Speaking of, she swerves around another car. At least the white car isn't shooting back.] * Roseli speaks over the phone: "South. On the autobahn." [Lydia: "Understood. We're sending backup, now. Continue persuit."] * Roseli hangs up and switches her gun to her left hand so she can reach into the compartment with her right. She pull out the siren. One hit of a button and it's off, and she reaches up and around to stick it to the side of the roof. (off -> on) (also, pull -> pulls. I've been tired since about 2:00 today. :D) [It's a simple siren, but it does the job. Blaring WEEO-WEEO. The man in the passenger seat visible shakes and glances backwards, then yells something at the driver.] ( Aww, come on. This is the car chase I never got to have D: Rose was supposed to be driving, though. ) (Sorry! I'm doing the shootings instead!) [They try to speed up even more. Karin maintains persuit, though.] * Roseli swaps the gun to her right hand and tries to get a decent bead now. Hopefully the civilians are clearing so she'll get a better shot. [The autobahn is both packed and roomy. Since there's no speed limit... zooom! Luckily, four lanes gives a lot of room for shooting, so Roseli has an open view for the moment.] * Roseli takes the moment and fires! 2d8+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 10. (Miss by one.) [The bullet ricochets off the pavement, and the white car swerves again. Karin maneuvers behind it. Then the man in the front seat glances back and says something. Ripples seem to form from his eyes. And then suddenly Karin swerves right, the driver's side of the car scraping along a civillians. "Aagh!"] * Roseli scowls and tries to keep focus, continuing to aim. "What happened?" [Several other civillians behind you also swerve, crashing into each other. Karin shakes her head. "I don't know... I'm suddenly dizzy." She squints at the road, trying to drive straight.] [Roseli has another chance for a shot!] * Roseli takes it and fires! (Do I get any bonus for aiming? My guess is no, but. ;P) ( Mmm... You can, but tell me if you're aiming before hand, so I can sometimes ruin your chance with a well placed civillian. :D ) (Ha, okay.) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 13. (Miss, because of the dicehate.) [Roseli misses when the white car suddenly swerves. He swerves at a civilian, who in turn breaks and swerves himself. Creating a block in front of your car, that Karin doesn't seem to notice.] KARIN, LEFT. * Roseli reaches over and forces the wheel left, if Karin doesn't react in precisely .2 seconds. ( Gimme a driving roll, +2! ) 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 12. (Nope.) [Roseli forces the steering wheel left, but not quite enough, and your Mazda hits the corner of the civillian. It doesn't stop you, but it does slow you a bit.] [Karin retakes control. "S-Sorry. I think it's wearing off. Whatever he did."] Supernatural. Didn't affect me. ["Damn."] [The car suddenly swerves in front of you, and Roseli has another attempt at a shot!] * Roseli cracks, "You want me to be dizzy?" Awesome time for jokes, as she takes another shot! 2d8+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 10. (Miss by one AGAIN.) [No good! And now the car turns off the autobahn, back into the city. It slows only as much as it has to. Karin follows, cutting the curb a little bit. You're now heading east, through a four-lane street in the city.] ["They're gonna try to shake us."] * Roseli nods once and aims for the tires. [She has a shot!] * Roseli takes it! 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 10. (... Dammit, dicey.) (It is being _mean_.) [No good! The car swerves, now heading north, into Chinatown! The street here is only two lanes. Karin follows!] * Roseli keeps with the aiming. [The driver turns around and does that rippling thing again. Karin suddenly swerves left, heading for a tree!] * Roseli tries to jerk the car right. She's so going to fail at this, isn't she ( She might! Try it out! ) ( Driving roll, +21 ) ( Erm ) ( +1 ) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 8. (Make if it's Mind.) [The tires screech as Roseli swerves, almost out of the way. But say goodbye to the side mirror.] (Eh, we didn't need it anyway.) Karin! ["Aghh. S-Sorry!] [The white car's tires screech as it cuts the curb on a right turn. It plows through a fruit stand as it goes. Karin follows, and a bunch of apples squish on the windshield.] * Roseli does her best to straighten the car out, though hopefully Karin's with it. "The driver is doing it; careful when he looks back." She probably gets apples through the open passanger window; oh well. * Roseli goes back to her aiming. [Roseli's phone rings.] * Roseli lets out a brief curse in Portuguese and flips open her phone with her left hand. "What?" [Karin nods. "I don't think he can do it too often. Otherwise he could keep it up and lose us easily."] * Roseli nods. ( Main chan for this one. ) [The white car hits an aquarium stall, sending glass and water flying. A Chinese man dives out of the way to avoid getting run down as they pass. Karin persues, wishing all along that Roseli was the one making the driving rolls.] * Roseli keeps aiming. "Driver can cause dizziness and disorientation on a massive scale. Supernatural in origin. Be careful." ( We'll say the car is a... Mmmmm... Honda Persephone. ) (Right.) The car is a Honda Persephone. (Wrong chan!) I don't know about the driver; passenger is male. (I put them in both channels.) [The driver turns around. Karin shuts her eyes, but when the ripple effect hits, she swerves towards a telephone pole! Oh noes!] * Roseli drops her phone and tries to pull them away from the freaking phone pole. ( Roll for it, +1 ) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 9. (Make if Mind! HOORAYE.) [Roseli pulls away from telephone pole, but in her haste, she knocks over a fire hydrant. You can see the water spouting high into the air in the rear-view mirror.] * Roseli lets out a breath. "Karin!" ["Sorry! I can't help it!"] I know. Making sure you can take the wheel for a while longer. * Roseli scoops up her phone and goes back to aiming. "Here." [The white car turns a rough corner, grazing a bicyclist. He falls down, and Karin swervers to avoid him. "Yeah... Yeah, I'm ok. It doesn't last long."] * Roseli nods. [Roseli has an opening for the moment.] * Roseli fires, dammit. 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 10. (AAAAAUGH.) [No good! But at least she didn't kill anyone.] (Plate number, Brett?) ( Awareness check! ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. (Nope.) [The car's too far ahead and swerving too much for Roseli to make it out.] No chance to. [The car swerves again, heading to the right. Karin persues! Although the road here is still two-lane, it's even narrower.] (Yay, MORE CHANCES TO SHOOT.) I'm sorry? [You're leaving Chinatown now, and crossing into a more dilapidated area.] [Roseli has another chance for a shot!] * Roseli hangs up and tosses the phone aside, now *really* concentrating on this car. 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 15. (I really should get frustration bonus points, because this is stupid.) [No good! The car turns left, running over a man. He screams as Karin barely dodges him. "Dammit. No time to stop for them now."] ( It's exciting though, no? :D ) (But frustrating!) * Roseli doesn't even grimace. She reaches over and presses a sequence of buttons on her bracelet, focusing on that car. [The driver turns again, but his partner screems, and he turns back and banks right, nearly missing the civilian as he runs a red light.] (I'll get it one of these days!) ( Ok, hold on, now I gotta coordinate channels ) (Right.) [The frontal white car suddenly comes to a halt.] [The driver hits the accelerater a few times, then he and the passenger leap out and start running. The driver runs down the street, while the passenger dodges into an alleyway.] [Karin swears. "Shit. Which one?"] * Roseli doesn't hesitate, opening the door. "Get the passenger," she tells Karin. "Driver can't affect me." And she takes off after him. [Karin nods and gets out.] [He runs down the street, turning a corner, and pushing over a woman and her baby carriage as he goes.] * Roseli turns, taking an inside track to avoid the woman and child. [That's not too hard. Annnnd... gimme a body roll!] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. (Even more dicehate! :D) [Roseli doesn't catch up to the guy. Fortunately, he doesn't get ahead, either.] (How ahead is he? Can I shoot 'im?) ( Yes, but same penalties before, and no chance for aiming since you're running. ) (So it's a +6 to even hit him?) ( +2 without steady hand, +4 for a called shot. ) (Ah, so it's a +2, unless I call. Got it.) ( You can shoot him in the chest if you want, but you might wanna take him alive.] ) ( Yeah ) * Roseli keeps running at full tilt, which doesn't do wonders for her aim, but she tries to shoot him in the leg *anyway*. 2d8+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 12. (Nope. :D) [He screams as the gunshot goes off, and glances back, staring at Roseli. The ripple effect appears, but does nothing, leaving him looking surprised.] ( Another body roll! ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. (Miss by three, if these are opposed suckers.) [Again, no change in distance between the two.] ( They kinda are. Body for you to catch up, body for him to escape. ) * Roseli fires again, bastard. 2d8+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 11. (Miss by less. This really is pretty silly. Why am I not full attacking?) [It's no good!] ( I dunno! ) (I forgot I COULD.) [The man knocks over a trashcan as he runs across the street. Luckily there's not much traffic here.] ( Body roll - acrobatics to avoid that ) * Roseli is lucky she's not trying to help Karin drive anymore, is what she's lucky about. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. (Made.) [Roseli leaps over the trashcan! She gets a little closer to the guy.] ( Gimme a body roll again, then an action ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. (Miss by one, so closer. And.) * Roseli fires at his leg again (again). (Full attack, since duh. seriously.) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 11. (Sigh.) [Roseli gets a bit closer, since this guy's body sucks. But she misses the shot again. For his part, finding nothing to knock over, the driver keeps running.] ( Body again! ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. (Make by one!) [Roseli gets much closer. The driver is only a few feet away from her, now. She can see that his head is shaved and he's got an earring.] (NEONAZI) * Roseli tries to just grab him and hold the gun to his head, because he's FUCKING ANNOYING. ( Well, this is Germany. ) (Can I do that? :D) ( Gimme an unarmed (grabs!) ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. (By four, darling!) [Hoo yeah. Roseli gets a hold of the guy. He screams! "Don't shoot me!"] * Roseli presses the barrel to his temple. "I'll think about it," she growls. "What's the big idea?" ["I-I-I don't know! I'm just the driver!"] 'Just a driver' who can cause dizziness on a whim? Try again, or I'll have to reconsider my offer. ( Gimme an interrogation (physical) roll ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. (Oh yes.) ( o: ) (:D) ["Please! Please! I swear! My friend, he's the one you want! He knows about my power. He said he'd cut me in on a deal if I just drove him away!"] ["F-Five hundred thousand Euros, just for driving. That's all!"] * Roseli snorts. "Not enough to risk your life over, boy." She grabs him in a tigher hold. "What's your name? And your friend?" ["Th-th-the GM hasn't picked any out for us yet!"] ( srsly. Hang on. ) (Hehehe.) ["R-Roth Holtzman! And he's Otis K-Kappel!"] Goodnight, Roth. (Actually, nix that.) Does Otis have any tricks, too? ["N-No. He's just good with bombs, that's all. I swear! Please don't shoot me!"] You're in luck. There might be something worse for you. Goodnight, Roth. * Roseli coldcocks him. Out he goes! [*Clonk*] * Roseli depresses yet another sequence of buttons in her bracelet, then lifts Roth in a fireman's carry and heads back to the car(s). * Roseli holsters her gun and dials Heinrick. [Roseli sees Gabriel, Gertrude and their wards run around the corner several blocks away, chasing after the other guy as he darts from the alley way.] * Roseli keeps at her pace; she's not that much good with a dude over her shoulder, unfortunately. (Plus, if they can't handle this Otis guy outnumbered as he is... :P) ( o/~)