[Day: January 15th. Time: 10:09 p.m.] ( woo ) (CRAP IT EATS THE TIME) ( Throw it an exploding clock! ) [Adela pulls the van into section 1 HQ, a drab 3 (and partially 4!) story building. She pulls into an open spot and hops out as soon as the engine stops running. Much of the lot has been cleared, where you can see three large military-type helicopters gearing up.] [Start! ] [Adela abruptly heads into the building.] *** Ten is now known as Jamie * Jamie gets the right face on and then starts to unload cases from the back of the van. The ones holding Ten weapons and followers. * Luana hops out of the van and waits to follow Togo's lead. * Togo hops out as well. Luana is obviously paying attention to her vehicle-exiting lessons. He follows Adela. * Luana follows Togo, then. What a surprise! * Keiko holds her duck against her stomach as she stands up and works her way out of the van, after Luana. She looks at Ten's unload for a second, but since she can't really help she drifts after Luana anyway. * Hotaru shouts at Keiko. "Get one of the humans to help Jamie." (Gah!) *** Hotaru is now known as Ten (Problems all around with that line...) (Boy howdy!) (Trillian's screwing up on me) [Adela doesn't go too far in. Just past the door she meets with a sorta-kinda familiar face: The gaotee guy from session 18. "Kranz. Are the teams ready?"] (There this is ten) (This is Jamie) [He looks from Adela to you guys. "What's section 2 doing here?"] * Keiko shuffles up after them, looks up at Mr. Goatee and everyone, and says, "Jamie needs help unloading." [Adela responds! "They're here at my request. If you've got a problem with that, feel free to lodge a complaint after the mission."] * Keiko seems to have recovered a bit of her voice. Maybe it's because there's an annoying person here! * Togo looks back, motions for Luana to stay for a moment, and goes to help Jaime/Ten/Hotaru/ZUUL/etc [Kranz pauses for a long moment, scowling. Hey, he's about Togo's age! "The teams are ready. We're just about to load up."] * Keiko moves closer to Luana when Togo ditches her, and doesn't look away from Kranz. Her body tenses slightly, especially around the teeth. ~This... is helping,~ she thinks at Luana. [Adela nods. "Good." She turns around and says to you guys, "Pick a chopper and board. I'll be a moment." She walks off.] [Kranz shoots you a glare, and follows.] * Togo is available for sherpa service. You'll do. I should hope so. * Luana does her best to project calmness towards Keiko and heads for a chopper. * Ten points at two of the larger cases. "Take these in." * Jamie arrives with a a box of helecopters and glances around worriedly, she then starts to follow Luana. * Togo puts the cases into his coat and walks back to the group. * Keiko watches him go and then chuckles slightly to herself. And then maybe Invisible Heinrick helps us pick a chopper! After a few steps of Luana the Calm she thinks back, ~I don't really wanna be calm... but thanks.~ [It's a big chopper. There's a pilot inside, but nobody else. Yet. There's easily room for you and a lot more people. ] * Luana lessens up on the calmness. ~Sorry, I thought it was worth trying.~ * Jamie puts the case she's carrying in the chopper and then climbs out to get the next load. [As you get there, you see people come out of the building. A lot of people. Adela, Kranz, three catholic priests, a protestant, and a whoooooooole lot of guys with large weaponry. They start dividing up. ] * Keiko raises her hand to touch Luana's back lightly before thinking back, ~No, it's good, I just... I don't want to be soft. I want to be a rock. Does that make sense?~ She glances at the weaponry people. ( o/~ LIKE A ROCK... STRONG AS I CAN BE o/~ ) ~Maybe? What emotion would a rock be?~ ( ferrious? ) * Togo catches up with the group and gets into the chopper, pulling the two cases out of his coat and laying them out. * Keiko clambers up into the chopper as she thinks back, ~It's not an emotion, it's a... state. Unyielding. I hate language sometimes.~ [Kranz leads a bunch of guards to one chopper. Another commander you've never met (Odds that it's a Commander Bachmann are high) leads the second group and the priests to the second chopper. And by design or coincidence, Adela leads her group to yours.] * Jamie returns to the helecopter with a smaller case balanced on her arms and Ten standing on top of it. [Meanwhile, in case you've forgotten Nene, she reminds you of her presence. "Still nothing on satellite. It's highly probable that the monster and the demon are still at the cult's headquarters. Speaking of which, I think I found it. There's an old church in the woods not far from town. Abandoned several decades ago. It would make a perfect hiding spot."] Their sacrilage will not go unnoticed. * Togo motions to Adela as she gets in the chopper. "What kind of heavy weapons are your men carrying to slow this thing down? And I don't suppose these choppers are carrying missiles or cluster bombs or a tac nuke we could use to soften this thing up?" (Napalm!) * Keiko picks a spot near the back, actually, settling in with the duck on her lap. She rubs her head and murmurs, "An altar..." [Adela shakes her head. "These are transport vehicles. We've got assault rifles, RPGs and, most importantly, flamethrowers."] * Togo nods. "Well-equipped reinforcements. I'm shocked and impressed." [Adela makes her way to the front of the chopper. "We are professionals."] I'm just used to more... rag-tag reinforcements. (AWESOME rag-tag reinforcements?) [And then the other guys board. They all wear dark suits and carry the aformentioned weaponry. But the last guy is special. He's got kinda spikey hair and a stubble of a beard. And maybe you've seen him before, because he certainly looks like he's seen you. "Hey!"] * Luana looks around to figure out who he's talking to. * Keiko looks up to the guy yelling at them. She looks very emotionally neutral. [He's talking to Keiko! Apparently.] (Ahh, okay.) * Jamie quickly looks around to see who's calling, and then goes back to loading cases. ["Weren't you at that party for Hector Cayil?"] * Keiko blinks, and then licks her lips and says idly, "Was I?" ["Jah, man. Totally. I never forget an Asian hottie."] ( Oops, I accidentally shot him twelve times and shoved him out of the helicopter. My bad! ) * Keiko goes from neutral to cold like she got dipped in liquid nitrogen. "I don't remember you." * Jamie walks out of the helecopter and holds Ten, and is unfortunatly not an asian hotty anymore. (Unfortunately nothing. He was slavering over you.) (Thanks for leaving me with the bag!) I belive we have an abobination to remove from this existance. ["Oh yeah, we didn't get a chance to talk, but I saw you! You were pretending to be a reporter, huh? 'Cause you asked Cayil a question."] (You're welcome!) ( How old is Keiko again? ) (16. Ish.) [The helecopter begins to take off! And then it finishes taking off and is in the air!] * Keiko is silent a moment, then replies, "I did. What were you pretending to be?" [He laughs. "I wasn't! I was there for the games, man. How was I supposed to know Hector Cayil was a crazy megalomaniac?"] * Luana says abruptly, "Who are you?" * Togo tilts his head at Adela. "Team members hitting on underage girls during missions? Now that is kinda familiar to me." * Keiko smiles very thinly. "Yes. How could you know." ~Thank you,~ she thinks at Luana. ~I was just about to ask you to do that.~ [He olds out a hand. "Daniel. Daniel Hobbs."] ~It took me a moment to work past my nervous reflex. Back me up if it kicks in again, please.~ ( Is he a Calvinist? ) [Adela frowns. She clears her throat. "Hobbs. If you don't mind, we have a mission to focus on."] ( In fact, yes! ) (Neat!) ( I wonder if Calvinists play Calvinball. ) (Too chaotic.) (He's also going to turn out to be a were-tiger.) * Keiko thinks back, ~Well, shake already,~ as she pats her duck slowly. ( Were-tiger? Where? ) * Luana looks at his hand coldly. "If you don't mind, please stop flirting with my underage teammate, or I might react badly. I'm not entirely stable yet, you know. Section 2 types can be unpredictable." [Daniel pouts. "Aw, man..."] * Keiko blinks and looks over at Luana. It takes her a second to think, ~... nice.~ ~Thank you.~ * Togo grins at Luana. He's so proud. * Keiko looks across the way to Togo and finishes her thought at Luana, ~Didn't think you had that in you.~ * Luana turns away from Daniel and starts taking really deep breaths as quietly as possible. * Togo taps Luana on the shoulder with a Badass Bar (TM). "Eat. It'll relax ya." ~I didn't either. I hope I don't pass out before the mission, that would be terrible.~ [Yet some time through the ride, Daniel leans towards Keiko and speaks again anyhow! "Hey, check this out." He opens his coat, revealing nunchaku on his belt.] * Luana nods and takes it, then unwraps the bar and starts slowly eating it and trying to calm down. [He grins. "There's an opening in the top five, you know. And I'm gonna fill it."] * Keiko exhales. ~I'll wake you up somehow.~ And then she gets faded forward! Ignoring the innuendo, she glances at the nunchaku, then up to him. "With nunchaku?" She doesn't seem quite so cold this time. Yet. Unless both the nunchaku and your coat are on fire, I doubt that's enough to cut it. * Luana is busy not having a panic attack, so she's not going to be much help if you need her at the moment. (I could help him with that!) (I know.) [He grins. "Yeah! Like, the top agents are all masters of weird weapons. I mean, do you see Adela carrying a rifle? No, she's got her fans under her coat, I'm sure. Those fans made her a hero. And this nunchaku is going to make me one, too."] ... are you denigrating rifles? [He shrugs. "Hey man, I got nothing against them, but you don't get to be the best if you use the same weapon everyone else does."] * Keiko glances to Togo a moment, then clarifies for him with, "It's a trend in Section 1." * Keiko pets her duck idly. "Or so I've heard." [Adela glances back, apparently too far in front to hear the conversation. But not to see the nunchaku! She forces her way to the rear of the chopper, grabs Daniel's lapels and slams him against the wall.] * Keiko backs away from the display of force... well, a little, because they're in a goddamn chopper. * Ten snorts. "You are not yet ready." (GTFO, Kosh!) [The other guys look back with fear as Adela lays into him. "Listen to me, Hobbs. The fact that I an the others are masters of these 'weird weapons' has nothing to do with our capabilities as agents. Now you lose this idea of heroism and toss those somewhere I can't see them. If you put ANYONE in danger with your foolish ambition, I'll have you locked away for so long you'll forget what daylight looks like."] ( That get through? :O ) (Yes.) (Yeah) * Keiko takes this opportunity to help Luana not have a panic attack by patting her back comfortingly. * Luana smiles weakly at her. [Daniel looks too scared to speak, until Adela shoves him again. "Are we clear?" He nods. Adela lets him go and heads back to her spot.] [The rest of the ride passes without incident, and you arrive at the outskirts of Flarchheim, a small hamlet in a forest-covered mountain. The choppers land in a small clearing, and the teams dis...embark? Or otherwise get off the choppers.] [Once formed up, the second company commander sends Adela a signal. She acknowledges with a nod, and he and his company head off. "One squad to secure the town. The rest are coming with us."] ( You guys need to say stuff >.> ) * Jamie starts to unpack helecopters. [That means the remaining team is Kranz's. Doh.] * Keiko will drift off the chopper and immediately think her shield into place. No touchy! She's looking around a bit to get her bearings... maybe try to trigger someone else's memory. * Luana stands between Daniel and Keiko, whatever their positions are. Would you wish me to make an airial survalance of the building? [Daniel, somewhat distastefully, checks his rifle.] * Togo sticks the two cases back into his coat, and hops off the chopper. "What's the plan?" [Adela nods. "Good idea."] * Jamie starts to set the smaller helecopters up and then launching them into the night. ["We haven't had any reports of the Abomination yet, so I suspect it could still be on the site. If that's the case, we'll have to be careful with explosives. However, having it in close quarters is better for us, tactically."] [Nene speaks. "The church is to your northwest."] ( So this is a non-detonational church? =P ) No blowing up the church, gotcha. * Ten sends the four small helecopters northwest. ( Having the ceiling fall on your head could hurt. ) (No blowing up the church while inside it) * Keiko murmurs to herself, "Why would it still be there?" Protecting the incubus, maybe? We'll find out soon. ["I don't know."] [She shakes her head. "Abominations are creatures of pure chaos. It would just as soon slay the incubus as anything."] * Luana flexes her right hand idly. [She begins walking "Lets start moving." Glancing to Ten, she adds, "You can update us along the way."] We can only hope it does. * Luana follows along. Very well then. Never actually had the displeasure of fighting one of these. Collegue of mine did once... well, he called in an air strike on one, so he didn't really 'fight' it. Worked, though. [The soldiers come, too! Some look nervous. Some look excited. Daniel is one of the excited ones. Kranz follows with his unit, and the priests are in the middle. They mutter prayers to themselves.] * Ten has the two larger helecopters and the tank follow behind Jamie. [Disturbingly, the youngest priest is in his mid fourties. The oldest looks like he could be eighty.] ( I need an old priest and a young priest! ) [Adela nods. "It's my first, too. Abominations aren't something that happen very often. Thank God."] ["Our strategy is to cause as much damage as we can to it. It regenerates quickly, but the more we hurt it, the easier it'll be to keep at bay."] ["We need to buy time for the priests to seal it."] * Togo turns to Luana and Keiko. "When this goes down, find what cover you can while you attack. I'll do my best to keep it's attention." *nods at Adela* [You walk though the woods. Woodsy.] Yes, sir. * Togo pulls out an ornate-looking Winchester repeating rifle as he walks, and checks the ammo in it. * Ten keeps the larger helecopters just off the ground to try and keep their roaters out of the branches. * Togo rests the rifle on his shoulder as he walks. "Wish I still had the Ace at times like these..." ( Hearing checks! ) 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of -2. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 9. (No) (Very yes) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8. (On mind, sure!) 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 0. ( Made by 7 ) [You hear a rustle in the bushes!] * Ten aims the tank at the rustling and whispers. "There's something in the bushes." * Togo whirls around and points his rifle into the bushes, trying to see what's there. [A raccoon pops out of the bushes, runs up, and hugs Keiko's leg.] * Luana has a gun out a second later than everyone else, but pauses when she sees the raccoon. * Keiko looks down at it and smiles a little, before extending her arm for it to run up so it can sit on her shoulder. She murmurs in Japanese, [Daniel eyes the raccoon. ".... Dude."] [The raccoon ends up on Keiko's shoulder.] * Keiko continues onward, not thinking this odd at all. [And then two wolves and a bear pop out of the woods!] * Luana holsters her gun and shakes her head. "Should've had a fireball ready," she murmurs. More friends of yours? [The squad members point their weapons at the animals.] [And just for good measure, a squirrel joins Keiko, too!] Relax, folks. They're friendlies. [The priests exchange uncomfortable glances with each other. ] * Togo lowers his gun. "Keiko, warn us before you call on the woodland creatures next time?" [The bear is not wearing armor.] * Keiko walks up to the wolves and bear, holding up a hand to them before letting them come after her. She lets the squirrel join the raccoon on her other shoulder. "I'll... try to remember. I don't get to do this much." ( That for sure ) * Keiko pets her duck as they walk on. (The head of Disney would like to cast you in a live-action fairy tale~ Do they sing?) [Anyhow, since I'm trying to finish this session tonight, you get to the church! It looks like it hasn't been used in several decades. What were probably the statues of angels or saints out front are now empty stants with bits of marble feet attached. The stain glass windows are gone. In fact, all religious symbols are gone, except for one crucifix that's been flipped upside down. The door is falling off its hinges.] ( That get through? >.> ) (Yes) (it did) (I don't think I've tried to make them sing!) We want to go in after it, or bring it out here? [Adela points to two guys, and they take up positions around the entrence. Then she heads in.] * Ten has the small helecopters look in through the glassless windows. [They see Adela!] (... anything else in there?) [Pews. ] (... right.) [The agents follow Adela in.] [And so do the priests!] * Ten sends the larger ones up so they'll be able to shoot in if there are any surprises. * Togo heads in, and motions for the girls to follow. ( pew pew! ) * Jamie follows Togo slowly. [The inside is a large rectangular room, lined by pews. At the far end is what's left of an altar. There's a doorless doorway (so, just a way) with stairs behind it in the far end. Adela spots it and heads that way.] * Keiko follows in as well, although she puts her big animals in front of her. * Luana always follows. She is not the leading type! [But before she gets there, there's a loud screeching noise, and then the floor crumbles beneath you. Gimme body rolls! And Keiko, roll for the animals.] * Ten brings the helecopters in through the windows. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. 5 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (5 2d8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 8 5 10 11 15. ( made ) (Fail by lots) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (I blew it hard, and those are my animals.) (Fail. ;_;) ( /em makes dozens of rolls x.x ) (Don't suppose acrobatics would have applied at all?) ( yes, actually! Tumbling spec. ) (I totally made it, then. That brings my roll to 5.) ( /me realizes this is a perfect opportunity to reduce character bloat and stops rolling o/~ ) ( heh ) ( Lots of desc coming. ) [You fall down several feet, maybe about 20. Togo and Luana manage to land without seriously hurting themselves. Keiko and Hotaru... not so much. Keiko's poor squirrel got squished, and her wolves are injured, too, but the 'coon and bear are fine, more or less. ] [Adela managed to tumble and avoid taking much damage. Kranze looks like he cracked a rib, but is standing through sheer stubbornness. Of the priests, all of them are moaning in pain. The eldest looks seriously injured.] [And Heinrick and, oh... Four of the guards are knocked out cold.] (Can I reflexively put up my shield?) ( Nope! ) (Boo! It's a 20 foot fall. ;_;) (Alright.) (How's the lighting down here?) [Luckily, the two guys Adela ordered to stay behind are just fine!] (We back out of boxes?) [Unluckily, you find what caused the explosion. Ahead of you is a hideously meaty monster. It's got three eyes and a mouth full of sharp teeth, and it's nose looks like a skeletons: lacking cartilage. It's crawling on two muscled arms, but still looks to be about ten feet tall,even lying down.] [Luckily, it seems to be stuck in the hallway it's trying to crawl out of.] ( Gimme init rolls! ) 2d8-12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-12) and gets a natural 10 for a result of -2. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+7) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 15. (Init's the other way around WD!) (Er. +12, which would be 22. Sorry.) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 18. [Whilst I finish describing the room. The lighting in here is not that great. But you can vaguely make out that it's a large, circular stone room. There's bodies around, a lot of them, wearing blood red robes. The only furnishing in the room seems to be a polished slab of stone in front of the monster. A bloody polished slab of stone. There's a book on top.] [Order is: Luana, Adela, Togo, Kranz, Keiko, Jamie, Agents, Priests, Abomination] [Luana!] * Keiko groans as she tries to struggle to her feet, but as she does she begins to murmur very quietly, "How dare it... how dare they... betray us..." * Luana brings up a fireball in her hand and throws it at the Abomination. Because, ew. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. (Made!) [Luana hits it, and the thing sure enough catches fire!] ( You go, girl. ) [Adela rushes at it, a tessen in each hand. "Get the priests up! Get the flamethrowers on it!" She spins, slicing horizontally across with one fan, then bringing the other down vertically, carving a nice cross. One that's already beginning to heal before your eyes.] [Togo!] [Still Togo!] * Togo pulls out his nano-medpak and drops it at his feet as he fires his Winchester rifle at the monster. "Keiko, grab this and use it to get the priests up and able! We're dead without them!" 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. ( made ) [Togo hits the creature! Making a good sized hole that rapidly becomes less good sized.] [Kranz draws a desert eagle, but instead of firing, he staggers over to the fallen guards. "Come on!" He grabs one, pulling him up. "You have to attack!"] [Keiko!] * Keiko shakes her head and limps over to the medpack, murmuring, "This place... so many betrayed..." as her animals throw themselves into the soon to be bloody fray. And if she can, in her detached state, she might even try to get it to the lead preist! 4 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (4 2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 9 10 3 8. ( She can try. She can also roll for animals. And actually, you should get a +2 bonus, since it can't move.] ) (I have no idea how much area I can cover.) ( Everyone gets the bonus, that is. Plus the thing gets no defense. ) (We'll say it's wolves, coon, and bear.) (Those rolls.) (From now on, anyway.) [Keiko's animals attack! Only the coon and bear manage to hit it, though, but at least the bear is one tough cookie.] [Jamie!] (How about the healing movement?) ( Sure! ) ( It's easy to use. Put on skin. Push big red button ) * Ten doesn't even bother to try and untangle Jamie from the pile of bodies, but she does order the helecopters to fire a pair of wards, one at the abobination and one at the top of the doorway it's stuck behind. * Keiko puts the medipack on the lead priest, then, muttering as she does, "Sickening betrayal..." (Herman inna box!) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 1. (Well... I hit it anyway) (Managed to miss the wall) [He's healed! Meanwhile, Ten sticks a ward to the Abomination and one to the floor. It sizzles! The Abomination, not the floor.] [The two agents left behind by Adela shoot downward, whilst the others pull themselves together. The one Kranz helped up opens fire (literally!) with his flamethrower, dousing another portion of the monster in flames.] [Meanwhile, the priest Keiko healed gets to his feet. He doesn't bother with a thanks. Instead, holding a rosary, he makes the sign of the cross in front of him and chants a prayer. A weak light circle appears around the monster, and it howls.] [It also attacks! It swipes at Adela with one hand, but she nibly dodges. Is swipes at Keiko's animals with another. Yes, all of them. It's hand's so big it counts as spreading. Luckily, it misses. This time.] ( yay for adorable woodland cannon fodder! ) [What it doesn't miss is one of the sentries, with a white blast from it's mouth. The man screams, dropping his weapon as he falls from above. By the time he hits the ground, his hair is white and mostly fallen out, his skin is wrinkled, and he just generally looks older than the oldest priest. And pretty well dead, too.] [Luana!] * Luana definitely stays back from the one-on-one fighting and just throws another fireball. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. (Nope) [Luana misses :( [Adela doesn't, hitting twice with an X-strike.] [Togo!] * Togo adjusts his positions slightly and fires off another round at the monster. "Focus, Luana. It's not gonna dodge. Just aim center mass like you've practiced." 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-5) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 2. ( Made ) ( Unfortunately, that's not gonna get Luana a bonus ) Yes, sir. ( I know. Just words of encouragement. =P ) [Togo shoots the monster!] (Can the nano-pack be reapplied to new people?) [Kranze trades his D.E. for one of the assault rifles on the ground, and fires off a burst.] ( Yes, but I'm pretty sure it's only got three uses. ) [Keiko!] ( 3 uses per mission, only one use per person ) ( er, 3 uses per day, not per mission ) * Keiko starts to shake a bit as she moves onto the next priest. Her murmuring has moved into Japanese. * Keiko also keeps her beasts on the offensive, to buy people time! 4 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (4 2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6 10 8 11. (...I thought that said 'breasts' for a moment, and I was incredibly confused...) ( >.> ) [One of the wolves manages to scratch the beast. The rest miss.] (<_<) [Jamie!] (Less perversion!) (Keiko is not a mecha.) (Sorry! Not really, it was still funny!) (Well, if we ever play a mecha game...) * Ten orders the helecopters to take a second and third shots at the doorway, it's going to be rather unpleasant if the beast can keep reaching through. 2 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3 3. (A pair of hits!) ( It's actually in the doorway already. It's stuck. ) (And now it's going to get naild for 40 ep every time it moves XD) ( I... don't think it works like that. But I'll let it slide since it's getting late. ) (hokay) ( Adding the 29 ep hit it takes every time I shoot it, that adds up ) [Now that they've gotten themselves together, the agents open fire. A hailstorm of bullets and flame (but not hail) ensues.] [And the next priest joins the first, and the light circle becomes brighter.] [Even though it can't move very well, the monster can still attack. But due to its injuries, it fails on three counts.] [Luana!] * Luana throws more fire! 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8. (Still no. Grar.) [Luana fails to flame it more!] [Adela hits it, yada yada... Togo!] * Togo frowns a bit, but fires off another shot without saying anything. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. ( made ) [Togo shoots it! It's an unhappy flamey monster.] [Kranze also shoots it, which means it's Keiko's turn!] * Keiko gets to a third priest, and activates the pack one more time befor slowly slipping to her knees. She looks at the monster as she manages to keep her animals on task, but her eyes are defocused, as if elsewhere. [He's healed. But the animals? ] 4 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (4 2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 15 8 10 7. (I misbrained.) (Clearly not on all cylinders.) [They all miss :(] [Jamie!] * Ten orders the tank to fire on the abobination, and finaly lets Jamie get up and take cover. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 1. (That would be a hit) [It hits! And Jamie takes cover behind a shooter, since the room's pretty empty except for bodies. ] (There's this nice stone alter to hide behind!) [The agents open fire again! I gotta try to avoid these huge battles x.x] [And the third priest joins the others. The fourth, it seems, is going to be down for the count.] [The light is bright now, and the Abomination is howling. It flails, but misses Adela and the animals. But the beam it fires might not miss Jamie.] (Ranged deff personal?) ( Op. ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. ( Should be a soul roll for this, not that it matters. ) (Made by 4 without mods) Give it up and return to your foul home, beast. [Ten would have avoided the beam anyhow, but wouldn't you know it? Daniel Hobbs dives into her, knocking her out of the way. Also to the ground.] [Luana!] (I'm gonna set him on fire for harassing my teammates when we're done.) * Ten goes sprawling as Jamie gets knocked over. * Luana fires more fire! Who woulda guessed! 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. (Made this time, hah!) [Luana sets the monster on fire! It's really burning now.] * Jamie just goes limp. [Adela strikes! Then it's Togo's turn!] * Togo glances back and shakes his head at Hobbs, then shifts position again slightly and fires off another shot. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. ( made ) [Togo blows a hole in it!] [Kranz blasts it some more, too!] ( Gah, why do I have such huge fights. X.z ) [Keiko!] * Keiko sits on the floor and stares at the abomination. Her eyes come back into focus on it, and her teeth clench in sudden anger as she gets to her feet, duck clenched tight. "Kill the betrayer..." she mumbles, as her animals attack once more. 4 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (4 2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 11 12 10 9. (No good!) [Jamie!] * Ten orders the tank to shoot Hobbs twice before even starting to scream at him. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TOUCH HER!" 2 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 11 5. (The second one maybe hits!) (Don't mess with the unstable people.) (They'll be unstable.) (Dude, I -warned- him.) (She did) (Rose's going to be so pissed) [Ten shoots him right in the side. His face goes from a grin to a mask of intense pain in an instant.] * Ten carries on; "YOU FORCE YOUSELF UPON HER, AND UPON KEIKO, YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND A WARNING, WHAT WORTH IS THERE IN A USELESS HUMAN LIKE YOU!?" [The agents look startled, but keep their fire on the monster.] [The priests, however, aren't as well trained, and the circle falters as they look over in that direction.] [The monster doesn't care, though, and whips at the animals and Adela uselessly. It fires a beam at Togo, but he's already old, so there's no effect. Just kidding, actually it misses.] [Luana!] ( ;_; ) * Luana shrieks, "Ten, it can wait! We have to finish this first!" And throws more fire at the monster. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 9. (No) [Luana misses, too!] (Have you been figuring in your bonus?) (Yes) (Or do you naturally roll at +0? @_@) (Sadness.) [Adela apparently agrees with finishing the monster, although the enraged scowl on her face makes it evident that she hasn't missed it, either.] [Togo!] (Yeeeah. Shary and I never put in for ranged special, or whatever it falls under. I'm gonna do it as soon as I update my sheet again, which should be this week.) (Nod.) ... Hobbs, I'll deal with you later. Priests, stop gawking and concentrate on THE GIANT FUCKING DEMON. And Ten, if you don't get control of yourself, I'm going to lock you in my MOTHERFUCKING SOCK DRAWER. FOR A MONTH. *fires another shot* 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. ( made ) [Togo blows another hole in the monster.] [Kranz, however, whips his assault rifle towards Jamie, opening fire. "I knew section 2 couldn't be trusted! Geneticly modified MONSTERS!"] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 12. [Ouch. Jamie is, herself, shot up pretty badly.] (DA FTW) (I subtract 10 from that, healmyself from the fall, and then take what ever's left over) (Hmm, I wonder if that applies to each piece of an autofire attack.) (Should. Just like armor.) (So... uh... unless he's got massive damage, I think he just healed me) ( HA ) (SCORE) (Gotta love being a genetically modified monster.) (And people think the other guy's the unkillable beast. ;p) (This means I don't have to use my next turn to punch him in the face!) (Maybe, I'll wait for a revised ruling from Brett.) ( Yet another extremely vague rule. ) (It's... not vague. >_>) ( Yes it is. ) ( Absorbs 10 damage from physical attacks? Well, he made one physical attack that hits multiple times. ) (Autofire : Each hit delivers seperate damage.) ((In its rules text.)) ( Seperate damage, not seperate attacks ) (Brett, by that logic, Armor also only works once per attack.) ('reduces the damage of each attack.') (Except autofire specifically says that armor counts each time.) (Therefore, the implication is that DA would apply each time for consistency's sake.) ( Why can't you people ever make my life easy and pick straightforward attributes? ) ( Because we're EVIL ) ( [/LuthorFlash] ) (My MC5 concept has a straightforawrd powerset. It's also as annoying to dealwith as all cheese, but you can't win them all) [Even so, Jamie is shot up pretty dang bad.] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. [The agents look very confused now. They fire on the monster, apparently not knowing what else to do.] * Jamie 's body convulses as she's shot and she cries out in pain. ( Good choice! Fire on teenage girl vs. fire on HORRID ASSAULT ON ALL THAT IS HOLY AND PURE ) ( In his eyes, same thing :P ) ( Except people are already dealing with the big threat. Nobody's dealing with the little one ) (Heh. Moving on?) [The priests resume chanting, but they're clearly disturbed.] (My go?) ( Uh ) [Right, Keiko can go too ] * Keiko looks over at Kranz with that same anger still in her eyes, reaches out, and grabs him and anyone else who's being ambivilent's mind that she can as she whispers, "Kill the traitor. Kill the demon." And she keeps the animals on the offensive! She's a very busy woman. She and her duck. (What's hobbs doing?) (If I get my way? Attacking the demon.) [Not my fault. If you'd stop taking complicated attributes that caused me to look through the book for several minutes, I wouldn't keep forgetting whose turn we're on.] (I'll do the easy half first: Animals.) 4 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (4 2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 10 10 7 11. (Animals suck!) [They miss!] (Mind control rolls: Kranz, Hobbs, and... any others that look like they're gonna shoot at Jamie?) ( Imediately? ) (Yeah. Just for Keiko's MC attempt.) ( Not imediately, no. ) 2 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2 2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 12 9. [Keiko gains control of Hobbs! Not Kranz.] [Jamie!] (Hobbz is for the shootsing of abomination! Gogogogo.) [Meanwhile, Nene shrieks into your ears, "What are you doing?!"] ( He's... soooo not in condition to shoot it. ) * Jamie winces. ( Can I answer, or should I wait for my turn? ) (Well, that's okay.) ( Well, I suppose you could force him to. ) ( Go ahead. ) ( To Togo, I mean ) [Hobbs pulls himself to a kneeling position and aims his assault rifle at the monster, but collapses before he can fire a shot.] Getting alternately hit on and shot at by our supposed teammates, mostly. * Ten shouts to the world in general and Nene in specific. "THEY ASSULTED JAMIE, AND THEY WILL BOTH PAY!" * Ten attempts to shoot Kranz twice 2 2d8-3 ["Enough! Focus on the Abomination!"] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6 6. (Both potential hits) [Even with a cracked rib, he avoids one shot! ... Not the other. But he's still up!] (And I'm going to have the worlds most pissed of gaurdian ever) Don't tell us! Tell the psycho machine-gunning my teenage teammate! * Jamie just kinda lies there and bleeds. ["I can't! I'm only connected to your comms! And it sounds like there's something SERIOUSLY wrong on both ends!"] [The Abomination swipes, misses... But the ray hits one of the agents, who crumples to the ground.] [Luana!] * Luana is sending off the occasional spark and her eyes are a dark enough blue that they almost look black. She glares fiercely at Kranz, then gets to her knees so that she's between him and Jamie, and she checks on Jamie's wounds. (Medical - Emergency Response.) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 12. (Hell's bells) (DR) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. (Jamie's on Dicy's dirtnap list) (The dice are frakking ridiculous tonight.) (DICEY. WTF.) [Luana doesn't have a clue.] [Adela strikes the monster. "All of you! Focus on the mission!"] [Togo!] (Um. Does typing that invite a lecture from Dicey? Because he just messaged me telling me how to roll the dice. o_O) (Anything with (Dice at the beginning) * Togo fires the last round in his rifle at the monster. "Luana, focus fire on the monster! We need it dead before we can help her!" 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets 13, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "I can recommend some good Dice Cleanser, if you like." ( HA ) ( o: ) (Speak for yourself, Togo!) (As Togo takes it out on Kranz) (Or on me) [Togo's rifle jams.] ... oh for fuck's sakes. [Kranz, meanwhile, takes another shot at Jamie. He doesn't seem to care if Luana is in the way.] (Oh, don't shoot Luana.) (Deff rolls from both?) (Keiko will make you eat your head.) ( Yah. I'll just divide the attacks between the two of you ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (Made by 1) [Lucky for you, neither of you is shot this time around.] [Keiko!] * Keiko 's shield springs up around her and she screeches in a louder voice, "Attack the betrayer!" Maybe this time she'll get Kranz to change his mind! At least her animals are listening! 4 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (4 2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 15 11 11 9. (Hate hate hate dice!) [For all the good that does.] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. (A make by 1.) [Keiko still doesn't get Kranz's brains.] [Jamie!] * Ten attempts to perferate Kranz some more. "DEATH TO THE BETRAYERS OF GODS!" 2 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6 7. [Nene is shrieking up a storm.] (Both maybe hit again) [Ten hits him again, once. He staggers, but he's still on his feet.] [The agents pour on the fire! By now, the resolve of the priests has won out, and the Abomination disappears in a flash of light. But they turn towards the entirety of Blitzkrieg and begin a prayer anew.] [Luana!] * Luana tries to help Jamie some more. Hopefully with less failure? 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8. [Luana does some bandaging.] (Less failure it is!) [Adela is suddenly at Luana's side, a tessen pointed at Ten, and another at Kranz. "Enough! Agents, if anyone so much as makes a hostile move, I want you all to open fire on that person. This ends, now!"] ( And out of combat for the moment. ) [Kranz looks like he really, really wants to shoot some more, but he doesn't. * Togo puts away his rifle. "Ten, if you don't calm down, Jaime's gonna bleed out and die, so get a goddamn hold of yourself!" ] [Adela looks to one of the men. "You. See to Hobbs." The guy obediently does. Guess he's the medic.] SO HEAL HER AND STOP THESE FOOLS FROM ATTACKING HER! [Kranz scowls. "I was only defending my men from that."] I'm out of fucking charges on my medpak! And they've stopped attacking! Now are you a fucking goddess or some out-of-control brat? * Keiko was still staring at the abomination and then, once it dies, she shudders violently and sinks back to a wall, whispering, "Betrayer... demon betrayer... killed them all..." [Meanwhile, Nene wails. "I can't believe this!"] I WOUL... I would not have attacked any who did not harm me and mine first. * Jamie starts to crawl into a sitting position. *whirls on Kranz* Defending your men? Are you fucking insane? Your man tackled one of my people in an attempt to get in her pants, and then instead of diffusing the situation, you fucking machine-gunned her instead of FIRING ON THE GIGANTIC GODDAMN DEMON. [One of the other guards speaks! "I saw what happened! He wasn't attacking you, he was trying to save you!"] * Luana says, her voice rather high-pitched, "Would anyone like to assist me in- stop that, I'm not done!" She would've dodged it anyway! The goddamned moron was trying to impress her... that doesn't excuse Ten's response, but you people are supposed to be soldier's, for god's sakes! Where's the goddamn discipline?! ( er, soldiers ) [Kranz nods at the guy who spoke. "Hobbs always was an incompetent fool. He tried to save it, and it shot him in return."] Hmph. I am no it. (She thinks Jamie is, but we're not going there.) ["You sure as hell aren't a human."] [Adela says in a harsh voice, "It's clear that we all need to review our priorities." She pulls out a cell phone and dials a number. "It's Moller. I need a med team out at Flarchheim, ASAP."] This would be because I am a goddess. Weak, yes, undependable yes, but a goddess nonetheless. * Togo throws up his hands. "Well, at least the Abomination is dead. Anyone wanna go hunt the incubus?" * Luana is crying as she keeps bandaging Jamie. * Jamie stops struggling. [Adela nods to Togo, then to two more guards. "You two, scout the other rooms ahead. Report if you encounter any hostiles, and do NOT engage."] [They do that.] * Keiko closes her eyes, from her position on the wall, and then starts breathing quickly, panting out quietly, "Oh god. The dead are all over here..." she looks around and then stumbles towards Luana, looking mainly confused. * Togo walks over to Jaime and the others. "How bad is it?" [The priests continue praying, looking very apprehensive.] * Luana wipes some tears and warns Keiko, "You shouldn't touch me, I'm really upset." (Dunno. How bad is it?) ( Pretty bad. She's going to need medical attention pronto. ) * Keiko crouches down behind Luana and whispers, "I already know. You both are." She shivers. "And you both really need to stabilize." * Luana looks up at Togo. "I can't help enough. She needs people who're better than me at this." ( She needs Dr. Hans! ) (You could just punch her until she feels better) * Togo turns back to Adela. "We need a medic over here too. The kid's in bad shape." (Does that actually work?) * Keiko replies, gritting her teeth. "I can help, damn it all." ( Maul of Healing ftw ) (Unless Brett's compleatly noselling DA, yes) [Adela glances at Togo out of the corner of her eyes. "I'm sure he's working as fast as he can."] I will not allow her to perish here. (Well, it's not like Luana knows about that, anyway.) ( Besides, Luana does more than 10 damage per punch. :P ) (I could poke her fiercely!) (But, does she do more than 20?) * Keiko moves forward and reaches her empty hand out along with her duck. "Give. Take Kioshi." She says this through gritted teeth. (Because she'd heal off that.) ( Uhh... No, she's only got level 1 DA. ) * Luana hands over her supplies and takes Kioshi, hugging the duck tightly. (Yeah... She heals 10, and then takes what's left) (So if she does less than 20 damage, Jamie comes off positive for HP) ( So if Luana does 11+, she's getting hurt. ) (No, if Luana does 11 damage, Jamie only heals for 9) * Keiko takes a shaky calming breath and then uses her medical skills on Jamie. She's a smart girl with some training here! Then tell him to work faster. ( No dude, she absorbs 10 damage ) (Absorbs it _and turns it into HP_.) (And converts it into HP) (Which is why DA costs more than armor) (Yeah.) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. (Now _that_ is a roll. Made my Emergency Care roll by _7_.) [Keiko does what she can without proper equipment.] * Keiko gets a few bullety things out, patches up some bleeding... field medicine. Love it. Her hands get bloody, too. And her teeth are clenched tightly the entire time. [The scouts return, carrying a couple of things. "Found this." One dumps the carcas of the incubus on the ground. What's left of it. Not much.] Dead incubus. Small favors. * Luana sets it on fire. Dead incubus on fire. Even better. ["And this." The other guy hands a printout of something or other to Adela, who looks at it curiously. "Someone locked the incubus in?" The guy nods.] * Ten stands near Jamie's head and puts her small plastic hands on it. * Keiko glances at the firey incubus and then to Adela as she stands from her medicine. She says quietly. "Betrayer. There was betrayal here." * Togo speaks into his earpiece. *dryly* "We're gonna have some stuff to discuss when we get back." [Adela blinks. "A traitor in their own cult..." She frowns. One of the guys says, "We found the self-proclaimed leader's body back there, too. Or what's left of it."] ( that was to the fairy ) [Nene confirms. "Yes. I believe we are. The situation is worse than the Minister thought."] There have been enough betrayals here to feed a war. [Kranz snorts. "You should talk. Self-proclaimed 'goddess', huh? Goddess of what, lies?"] * Keiko is starting to wipe blood off her hands onto the walls, but when the two of them start to even hint at bickering she yells into both Tenmie and Kranz's mind, mentally, ~SHUT UP.~ [Adela scowls. "Not another word from you, Kranz. Or you," she adds to Ten.] * Ten glowers at Keiko. [Kranz visibly winces.] ( And we can end this awkward session at any time! ) ( Yah ) * Keiko finishes wiping her hands off, and then says quietly to Luana, "Kioshi, please?" * Togo shakes his head. "Inter-agency cooperation. Ain't it grand?" [Adela says through her teeth. "We're the SAME agency."] * Luana hands the duck back. * Togo looks around, mildly bemused. "... coulda fooled me." [Session End!]