<Brett> [Day: Friday, February 21st.  Time: 7:00 p.m.]
<Brett> [On Tuesday, thanks to Interpol Agents Masaru Kusanagi and Xian Fang
Ueda (who's totally married and should probably have a different last name, but
I forgot) you caught wind of an auction being held to sell weapons to
terrorists.  Posing as a representative for Vietnamese terrorist Nguyen Thahn,
Roseli managed to get the time and location of the auction.]
<Roseli> (Xiang could've just kept her name. :)  Happens!)
<Roseli> (Xian, rather.)
<Brett> [The auction is to take place in Berlin at an old, now defunct Chemical
Dyne disposal plant, tonight at 11:00 p.m.  Prior to that, Lydia told you to
gather at the briefing room to discuss the operation.  Heinrick is there too,
but Mysteriously Quiet.]
<Brett> ( Xuan )
<Brett> ( I f'd it up again. )
<Roseli> (whatev)
<Brett> [Session Start]
<Jamie> (It's a big warning sign, I have an unspellable chinese nama and am also 
an Ueda, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!)
<Luana> (Are Mecha and Rowyn going to be here later, or are they totally
absent?)
<Jamie> (Mecha's in transit)
<Brett> ( Mecha will be. Rowyn.... no clue. )
<Brett> [Keiko is there, too!]
<Brett> [Also there are Red Team.  All of 'em.]
<Brett> [And as soon as you guys do stuff, we can get this shindig started.
<Brett> ]
<Luana> (It's easier to attend meetings on time when you're an NPC!)
* Togo is sitting in the briefing room, cleaning his somewhat ornate Winchester
rifle, a few shells with runes scratched into them sitting on the table.
* Roseli walks in, cup of coffee in hand! Always gotta have yer coffee. She
looks around, the nods to the red team. "In on this, too?"
*** Keiko (mlink@ip68-13-21-94.om.om.cox.net) has joined channel #mc4
<Brett> ( Man... This session's going to be rough on me. )
* Jamie is there and waiting for the meeting to start. She hasn't attacked
anybody yet on this mission so it's all good. She's also still wearing white and
a large collection of hair clips, but when does that ever change?
* Luana walks in wearing her usual mission/training clothes - blue shirt and
black slacks, with her hair put up in a high ponytail. She's also wearing all
three holsters with guns in them, as she's been doing constantly lately. She
sits next to Togo.
<Togo> ( Just press the 'other team is fighting off-camera' button! )
<Luana> May I examine the shells, sir?
<Togo> Sure, but be careful with them. They're not as hard to make as the ammo
for the Ace, but they take some work.
<Brett> [Lydia wastes no time! "Good evening.  As I'm sure you're all aware, an
underground auction is being held here in Berlin tonight.  Someone's attempting
to put military grade weapons in the hands of terrorists.  As you can imagine,
this is a serious threat to national security.  But it's also an opportunity for
our department."]
* Luana nods and picks one up carefully, studying the runes and looking up at
Lydia occasionally.
* Keiko is possibly sitting near Zarina already. If it's possible. Otherwise,
she's just her old boring crazy self.
<Brett> ["Due to the scale of this operation, I'm ordering both teams to take
part."]
<Brett> [Zarina has apparently eschewed her standard leotard tonight, taking
instead a pair of cargo pants, boots, shoulder-length black gloves and some
suspenders.]
<Brett> ( It's important information! I guess? )
<Luana> (A shirt in there somewhere?)
<Brett> ( Nope. )
<Keiko> (Zarina, always pushing the bounds of, uh, yes.)
<Togo> ( ... ah, the less-is-more theory of body armor. )
<Brett> [The rest of Red Team looks pretty much like they always do.  Sebastian
has his claymore-carrying guitar case with him.]
*** Signoff: Luana (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
* Togo tilts his head slightly at Zarina, then goes back to his work, muttering
under his breath. "That's the 14th most inappropriate battle attire I've ever
seen..."
<Jamie> (Does Ten have 1-13? ;p?)
* Roseli sits next to Jamie, taking a loooooong drink from her mug.
* Keiko frowns at Togo for a split-second, but that's about all she can manage.
<Brett> [Regardless, Lydia continues: "Your primary objectives are to seize the
armaments and prevent them from getting into enemy hands, and to capture the
distributers.  Secondary objectives are to find out what groups sent
representatives to the auction, and to capture or kill them if possible."]
*** Luana (WD@24.152.198.19.res-cmts.eph.ptd.net) has joined channel #MC4
<Togo> ( Not even close. =P )
<Brett> ( Now I'm curious. )
<Jamie> (Curses.)
<Keiko> (It's a slight reversal of expectation joke, Brett. Jesse does them all
the time.)
* Luana covers her mouth with one hand for a moment to hide her giggle at Togo's
comment.
* Roseli lowers her mug and asks, "If things get bad, is killing okay?"
*** Rowyn (rowyn2001@71-215-179-72.eugn.qwest.net) has joined channel #mc4
*** Rowyn is now known as Heinrick
*** Signoff: Roseli (Excess Flood)
<Brett> ( Ruh roh )
<Brett> ( Also, Evidently Keiko needs to fight in a bikini from now on. )
<Keiko> (Zarina would approve. KEiko does not.)
<Brett> ["Ms. Tavares has obtained an invitation to the auction, according to
which, she is allowed to bring two bodyguards." Lydia looks at Roseli. "I leave
the decision of who to bring to you." Then to the rest of you: "The remaining
members of Blue Team and Red Team will take up opposite positions around the
structure and wait for Ms. Tavares's signal."]
<Togo> ( "At which point you are to find the nearest small children, light them
on fire, and use them as projectiles in the catapaults we will be providing
you." )
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<Brett> ["Again, the important thing is to stop the auction and capture the
dealers.  Don't get distracted with the other guests.  Any questions?"]
<Togo> Is the location remote enough that explosives can be used without
attracting too much attention, if need be?
<Luana> ~I hope I don't have to be a boy again. I can hold a completely
different shape and pay attention at the same time, but it's very tiresome.~
<Brett> [Lydia nods. "If necessary, yes.  But try not to destroy the weaponry."]
* Keiko thinks back, ~Me too.~
* Heinrick clears his throat and looks up from his silence. "Is there any
particular reason why the "do not get distracted" order has been issued?"
<Brett> [Lydia nods. "I want to be sure nobody loses sight of the main goal. 
That's all."  Gertrude grunts and folds her arms.]
* Jamie doesn't meet anybodies eyes if they look at her.
* Heinrick gives a curt, expressionless nod. "I was wondering if there was a
particular guest you had in mind. Thank you."
<Brett> [Cyra looks at Jamie! How annoying.]
* Keiko remains fairly expressionless.
* Jamie doesn't look back, so there!
<Brett> [Lydia shakes her head. "Unfortunately, we have very little information
to go on."]
* Roseli nods. "Any more than you gave so far?"
<Brett> ["We know Antonio Burns will be present, and we assume that no single
group will have more than three people in it.  There's no mention of checking in
arms, so we can assume that security will be significant.  Otherwise, we have
nothing to go on."]
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<Brett> ( We can FF when you're ready o/~ )
<Roseli> (Hum, pondering body guards.  Likely best to take people who actually
LOOK like body guards. ;P)
* Luana looks slightly alarmed at the idea of checking in her guns, then lowers
her gaze back down to the shell, which she has apparently been trying to
memorize.
<Jamie> (Looks like Team Togo's blasting off at the speed of light!)
<Keiko> (Don't we have to decide who's guarding?
<Keiko> (Or, rather, Rose does?)
<Heinrick> (Luana can look bodyguardly!)
* Togo finishes the maintenance on the Winchester, and starts loading in shells,
pulling one out of his coat to replace the one Luana's examining.
<Heinrick> (Take Gertrude!)
<Roseli> (Luana can look like many different things, which is handy. ;P)
<Brett> ["Any other questions?"]
* Roseli drinks coffee in response.
* Luana hands it back quickly and whispers, "Thank you, sir."
* Togo shakes his head.
* Jamie stays silent.
* Keiko responds with silence as well.
<Roseli> Like to find a way to take in Keiko.
<Heinrick> Not at this time.
* Keiko looks to Rose, then to Heinrick with a slight frown. "Why not?"
<Heinrick> (Not at this time was to the "Any other questions")
<Keiko> (Oh, then I take mine back. @_@)
<Heinrick> (So might want to put it before Rose's statement.)
<Roseli> (Hokay, swap 'em.)
<Luana> (Togo: Was the head-shaking to Luana or Lydia?)
* Heinrick then looks at Rose. "I agree. But I'm not sure if she exactly looks
the type..." He looks Keiko over. "And...hmm...I'm not sure I could make her up
well enough..."
<Brett> [Lydia nods. "Very well, then."]
<Togo> ( Lydia )
<Brett> ( And we can FF as soon as Rose makes a decision. )
* Togo takes the shell and stows it in his coat.
* Keiko frowns very thinly at Heinrick.
<Roseli> A problem.
<Brett> [Lydia looks at Roseli expectantly.]
* Roseli stands, leaving her coffee on the table. "Togo and Luana for guards,
then."
* Heinrick nods. "We do not wish to make them suspicious. And a low-grade mental
suggestion accepting her as a body guard would be taxing." He looks at Keiko.
"Is that not right?"
<Brett> ( Hokay, FF time? )
<Togo> ( Let Keiko answer and we'll FF )
* Keiko looks away after Rose decides, and replies dryly, "Not that taxing."
<Brett> [Lydia says something else before I forget. "We'll give Ms. Tavares a
bug and microcam, so the rest of you can be updated in realtime.
<Brett> ]
<Brett> ( Hokay, FF time! )
<Brett> ( Let's get Keiko, Jamie and Heinrick in #MC4a )
<Brett> [Time: 9:50 p.m.]
<Roseli> (Is that channel watchable?)
<Brett> ( Sure is )
<Brett> [Roseli, Togo and Luana approach the no-longer-operating Chemical Dyne
plant.  The building is located in a small complex at the edge of a river. 
Despite the fact that it's no longer supposed to be operating, someone's
reactivated the generators, and light is coming from the building.  Two
thuggish-looking guys are standing outside the doors.]
<Brett> [Roseli is wearing a sunflower pin with a camera in it.  Woot.]
* Luana looks much the same, but about five years older - most noticable is the
lack of baby fat in her face. She's wearing a long leather coat that hides her
guns from plain view.
* Roseli looks like herself, so there. She approaches the thugs.
<Brett> ( And nobody likes fat babies. )
<Luana> (You have never been a teenage girl. I totally noticed when my baby fat
was all gone.)
<Brett> [As they approach, the thugs put their hands inside their leather
jackets. "You looking for something?"]
* Togo looks like he always looks.
* Roseli nods. She shows her ticket. "Name's Rose."
<Togo> ( Gypsy Rose. )
<Roseli> (Damn straight.)
<Brett> ["And?"]
<Brett> [Karin demonstrates that, clearly, there's a com liking you all. "Karin
here.  Cyra and I are in sniping position across the river."]
<Brett> ( Totally not c/p I swear! )
<Luana> (The com likes us! It -really- likes us!)
* Roseli raises an eyebrow. "And let us in," she says, showing them the ticket
more clearly.
<Brett> [He takes the ticket and feeds it into some sort of device that he
produces from his jacket.  Then he nods towards the door. "Go in.  Stay in the
first room."]
* Roseli heads in.
* Togo follows, not sparing a glance to the guards.
* Luana follows and tries to look menacing. One day, she won't have to actually
try, but that day is not today.
<Brett> [You head in!  Inside is a large, mostly bare room with a bunch of
people in it.  No, there's no buffet or drinks stand.  This is an auction, not a
party.  There's a door on the left wall and a double door on the far wall, both
of which have chairs placed in front.]
* Jamie speaks into the comms. "They have, uhm, three security bots. Two in the
man room and one in the back. And their security is kinda... bad."
<Brett> [There's also stairs to a catwalk that leads to an elevated room
overlooking this one.  It looks like there was a glass window between the two at
one point, but that's been shattered, and only bits of glass remain.]
<Brett> [The catwalk is guarded by a security bot.  And there's also another
security bot in the room as well, patrolling back and forth in front of the
double doors.]
<Brett> [Now the people.... Oy, this might take a bit.  There's a bunch.]
<Togo> ( How big/nasty looking are the bots? )
<Brett> ( They're about four feet tall, but have automatic weapons for arms. )
<Brett> ( Gimme awareness rolls while I do this. )
<Jamie> (Any particular sense?)
<Brett> [Upon entering, you spot two seperate groups of three Middle-Eastern
men.  They, like everyone else in the room, are holding conversations within
their own groups, but not speaking to anyone else.
<Brett> ( Sight. )
* Roseli speaks quietly over the coms once nobody's paying attention to her,
which isn't hard: "How's visual?"
<Roseli> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result
of 14.
<Roseli> (Heh, no.)
<Heinrick> 2d8-8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-8) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 2.
<Brett> [Also there are three Italian men.  Two are tall and muscular, one is
short and stubby, smoking a thick cigar.]
<Luana> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 6.
<Heinrick> (Si.)
<Luana> (Made)
<Keiko> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 9.
<Keiko> (... made, but jesus, game.)
* Jamie replies to Rose. "Uh... your picture is good, but theirs is full of
holes."
<Jamie> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 13 for a result
of 12.
<Brett> [There are two seperate groups of Asian men.  One is speaking Chinese,
the other Japanese.  The Japanese men are all carrying katana.]
<Jamie> (phailed)
<Togo> 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of -2.
<Togo> ( made )
* Heinrick replies as well. "Visual is fine from this end. Haven't spotted
anything out of the ordinary just yet..."
<Brett> [And Heinrick, Togo, and Luana quickly notice something about this next
group.  One is a nervous, half-bald 40-something man in a pin-striped suit.  The
other is a totally bald, 30-something man in a non-pinstriped suit.  But most
importantly, there's a very not-bald, attractive woman in a pantsuit with them.
And you know her!]
<Brett> ( Some of you do, anyhow )
<Brett> [She's Odette Lycus, one of Hector Cayil's (former) bodyguards.]
* Roseli speaks over the com again: "Where are holes?"
<Brett> [Also there are three black men, wearing colored feathers in headbands,
two French men and a French woman, each with a different hair color, and three
dark-haired women, all of whom wear sleeveless tops and have purple spiders
tatooed on their left shoulder.]
* Heinrick mmms into the comm. "Well this is interesting. Did you notice her as
well?"
<Brett> ( And that's everyone! Yaaaaaaaaaay ohgodpleasekillme )
<Brett> [Odette Lycus hasn't noticed you yet, buuuut... Gimme Stealth
(concealment) rolls!]
<Jamie> (<Ten> As you wish o/~)
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 2.
<Togo> ( Made by a lot )
<Luana> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-1) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 9.
<Luana> (Nope)
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 14 for a
result of 12.
<Roseli> (Way to hate me, Dicey!)
<Brett> [Togo successfully blends into the crowd! Luana... kinda does... but
kinda doesn't.  And Roseli... more doesn't.]
* Jamie blushes. "I'm... not sure. I can't piece the images together. Sorry."
<Brett> [Seing as how Roseli is the only dark-skinned woman in the room, that
probably doesn't help.]
<Brett> [Gabriel's voice comes over the comms.  "Start identifying groups if you
can."]
* Roseli coms: "Understood. Who is 'her', Heinrick?"
* Togo surprisingly looks right at home in a group of people buying weapons.
Whoda guessed?
* Heinrick responds. "Cayil's old bodyguard is here. Keep your guard."
<Brett> [Karin speaks! "Wasn't that one Arab guy in that group we hit last
month?"  Gertrude laughs. "Yeah.  We all but crippled them.  No surprise to see
them here, trying to buy their way back in."]
<Togo> ( Togo: Not gonna be useful in facial recognition. )
* Roseli coms as she makes a mental note as to that Arab group: "Jamie. Tap into
sound and eavesdrop for identification." She starts slowly walking the floor, by
clusters of groups.
<Brett> [Gabriel adds. "It looks like the auction isn't limited to terrorists. 
The mafia, the yakuza, and the triads all have members here."]
<Roseli> (Is it clear where the auction is taking place?  A podium, etc.?)
<Brett> ( Which one, first? )
<Brett> ( Probably in the upper level observation room. )
<Brett> [Gertrude: "Who are the black guys?"]
<Roseli> (Heading by the black guys first, since we don't have them ID'd.)
<Brett> [Gabriel: "I'm more interested in the French."]
<Roseli> (I'm having a hard time keeping track of all of the groups, so. ^^;)
<Brett> ( Hokay, gimme a stealth ... concealment roll, I guess. )
<Roseli> (Rose doesn't need to get SUPER close for Jamie to hear.  It is Jamie.)
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a
result of 11.
<Roseli> (Also, I'm rolling like shit, so it's good that I don't have to get
close.)
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 6.
<Togo> ( Made )
<Luana> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-1) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 10.
<Luana> (Never, apparently.)
<Brett> [Roseli gets "close enough" to overhear them speaking in some language
she can't understand. Gabriel can, though! "Zakanan.  They must be a part of the
Zakanan Liberation Front.  Not Germany's problem."]
* Roseli coms: "Low priority." She moves to identify the French.
<Brett> [For reference: Zakana is an African country I just made up!]
<Roseli> (Hooray!)
<Brett> ( Another stealth roll! Just Roseli )
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a
result of 11.
<Luana> (That's okay! It may very well exist by 20-wheneverthisgameis.)
<Jamie> (It's about three miles of the Congo river o/~)
<Brett> [Roseli does "well enough" again!  And overhears something in another
language she can't understand.  but some of the rest of you can.  One of the
guys says in French, "<Oh man, with the weapons we get here, we're gonna bring
down Montreaux.>"]
<Brett> [Gertrude laughs. "<Hah! They're French terrorists.  Hey, maybe we
should let them get away with a few weapons.>"]
* Luana 's facial expression twitches into a scowl for a split-second before
returning to normal.
<Brett> ( Man, there are a lot of people, aren't there? For reference: )
* Heinrick responds. In German so Roseli can understand. "It would certainly
help our cause if they *were* to take on Montreaux. But I don't believe it's a
priority."
<Brett> [There's 2 Middle-Eastern groups, the mafia, the yakuza, a triad, the
French, the Zakanans, 3 women w/ spider tatoos, and Odette Lycus & Co.]
<Brett> ( 27 in all. + you makes an even 30! XD )
* Roseli moves to eavesdrop on the Middle Eastern dudes! She has dark skin.
She'd kind of fit in, only definitely not.
<Brett> [Gertrude laughs again. "Relax, I was just kidding.  They're French,
they probably don't even know which end of the gun to point at the enemy."]
<Brett> ( Another stealth roll! )
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 6.
<Roseli> (Hooray!)
<Brett> [Roseli does quite well this time, and gets close enough to hear lots of
Arabic.]
<Brett> ( Which, uh, nobody speaks. )
<Roseli> (This is what I get for not taking Arabic in high school.)
<Jamie> (I've never been! So there!)
* Roseli moves on to the spider girls. "Anyone get that?" she asks the others.
<Brett> [Gabriel: "We've had a lot of attacks from Middle Easterners lately. 
Keep your eye on them."]
<Brett> ( Stealth roll! )
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 4.
* Heinrick responds. "Afraid it isn't a language I speak. Pity."
<Roseli> (Yup!)
<Jamie> No.
<Togo> ( all of us, or just Roseli? )
<Brett> [Roseli is able to get very close to the three women, who seem to be
engaged in a prayer of some sort. "Praise to Roflth! Soon her highness shall
rule this land.  Praise to Roflth!"]
<Brett> ( Well, if there can be a Lolth.... o/~ )
<Heinrick> (The rest of you are just staring while Rose is a little social
butterfly.)
<Jamie> (THat's horrible. I like it)
<Roseli> (Can I recognize wtf rofl ith is?)
<Brett> [And that's all the time Roseli has to eavesdrop, because the lights in
the observation room come on.]
<Brett> ( Ummm... Gimme a.... hm. )
<Jamie> (Do her followers travel by roflcopters? And Occult might cover it)
<Roseli> (Occult insert spec here roll?)
<Brett> ( Ah! Social Sciences (theology) XD )
<Brett> ( I finally found a use for that skill. XD )
<Roseli> (... Dammit, I buy up Occult and then have to use Social Sciences. >.>)
<Jamie> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of
6.
<Heinrick> (Observers too, yes?)
<Luana> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of
9.
<Togo> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of
10.
<Brett> ( Yeah )
<Luana> (Dammit)
<Heinrick> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 7.
<Togo> ( nope )
<Roseli> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 6.
<Jamie> (Made by 2)
<Roseli> (I HAVE social sciences.)
<Togo> ( Too obscure for even Togo. =P )
<Heinrick> (Hurray for straight mind awesomeness!)
<Brett> ( Occult gets used all the time :P )
<Roseli> (I think I've used it once so far. ^^)
<Togo> ( I know. Why couldn't they be worshipping a demon lord? =P )
<Keiko> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 6.
<Keiko> (Nailed it by 4.)
<Brett> [Those of you who made it have actually heard of it!  Roflth is an
obscure half-woman half-spider being worshipped as a goddess.  Her followers are
all female, who view males as worthless except for procreation and foodstuffs. 
And they have icky spider powers.]
<Brett> [Karin apparently has heard of them, too. "Ugh, I hate spiders."]
* Roseli murmurs over the com as the lights go on and she looks up: "Careful
with them later."
<Brett> [A lot of other people look up, too.  Three men approach the edge of the
deck, each carrying an automatic rifle.  And they gun you all down.]
<Brett> [Just kidding.  Actually, they just stand there.]
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 7.
* Heinrick hmms into the comms. "Spider worship is an interesting concept.
Fascinating creatures. They must take after the black widow. Though a praying
mantis god would be just as fascinating."
<Togo> ( Is Roflth a happy spider goddess or an angry spider goddess? )
* Roseli murmurs: "Goddess. Unless you're praying to the one with his head
bitten off."
<Togo> ( Also, LOLSPIDER. "I can haz ur bodily fluids?" )
<Jamie> (The world is not ready for LOLspiders)
<Brett> [And a third person approaches the edge: A woman, wearing camo-cargo
pants, thick boots, a low-cut black shirt, and a white fur coat draped about her
shoulders.  Her dark brown hair is short in a tom-boyish manner, and her eyes
are equally brown.  And she's got one earring in the shape of a silver fang.]
* Heinrick responds. "That would be an odd concept, yes. Though perhaps a god of
death and sacrifice would be sufficient."
<Brett> [Oh yeah.
<Brett> ]
<Togo> ( Fourth person, you mean? )
<Brett> [Before I forget, Antonio Burns (the vampire) shows up next to her,
too.]
<Togo> ( Three with guns, and the woman? )
<Roseli> (Three with guns, one woman, one vampy.)
<Togo> ( Cool )
* Roseli speaks over the com: "Woman's probably a werewolf."
<Brett> [Ard says it's not clear she's Latino, so.... She's Latino.]
* Togo grunts slightly at that.
<Brett> [She addresses the crowd, speaking with a Latino accent. "Greetings to
one and all.  I'm the host of this auction.  You are in need of weaponry.  I've
recently come into a cache of goods that I'm sure won't disappoint you."]
<Brett> [There's some murmering among the crowd.  After a few seconds, she
speaks again. "I'm sure you don't want to be kept waiting, so how about we get
this started?"  The crowd murmurs its assent.]
<Brett> [Gabriel speaks. "Get ready to move."]
<Togo> ( "Our first lot tonight is this bundle of pointy sticks." "..." )
* Roseli murmurs as the crowd murmurs: "Got the system and bots, Jamie?"
<Jamie> "A fourth bot has activated. I don't know its function yet."
*** Signoff: Luana (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
*** Luana (WD@24.152.198.19.res-cmts.eph.ptd.net) has joined channel #MC4
<Togo> ( "Our second lot is a glaive, slightly used, with a minor and altogether
insignificant lunar-related curse..." )
<Roseli> (A naginata?)
<Togo> ( No, a glaive. )
<Brett> [A new bot walks out into the observation room.  It's about eight-feet
tall, with a wide, flat "head", no neck.  It's left "arm" is some kind of rifle,
while the right has a miniature rocket-launcher. "Our first item: three BZ-79
military grade bots.  They're a few years old, but still far better than most of
the standard bots you can get."]
<Brett> ["Let's start the bidding off at 500,000 Euros for the set."]
<Brett> [Hands quickly go up. "500,000 Euros!" "600,000!" "750,000!"]
<Brett> [Karin: "I've got the exits covered, but there's no way to target
inside."]
<Brett> [The man with Odette raises his hand. "1,400,000 Euros."]
* Togo whispers into the comm. "Could make Jaime have the bots go nuts, drive
the customers out, you guys could take take whoever we're concerned with, rest
of us could clean up in here."
<Roseli> (He wants those bots!)
<Jamie> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 4.
* Roseli says softly, "Agreed."
<Brett> [Gertrude: "Give the word.  I'm ready to cause some bloodshed."]
<Roseli> In position, Heinrick?
<Brett> [The woman points at him. "Sold to the gentleman in the pinstriped
suit!"]
<Roseli> (There's only one.  That's how popular pinstripes are.)
* Heinrick speaks through the comms. "We're ready to approach when you give the
signal. Estimated time is 5 minutes."
<Roseli> Do it.
* Heinrick replies. "Understood."
<Brett> [The bot walks off the 'stage', presumably to be delivered after the
auction.  Next, two men come out, bearing a cart of boxes full of automatic
rifles, much like the ones the woman's guards have. "Thirty-five M-99s, a
powerful automatic rifle used by military all over the world.  Perfect for
fighting large-scale battles."]
* Roseli counts down to five minutes.
<Roseli> (Tell me when five minutes goes by, GM sir.)
<Brett> [One of the Middle-Eastern groups wins this bid.]
<Brett> [Gabriel: "We're getting into position at the rear exit."]
<Brett> ( Where they'll totally be out of the action and not fighting. )
<Brett> ( Not on camera, at least. )
<Togo> ( There's important off-camera fighting to be done! )
<Brett> [At about five-minutes later, one of the men brings out a big,
futuristic looking weapon. "Behold, a working railgun, one of only a few ever
made..."]
* Togo would have stars in his eyes, if he had eyes.
<Roseli> Now.
<Keiko> (Or stars? Or his?)
* Roseli also glances at Togo. "You're not going to bid on that, are you?"
<Heinrick> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL
SUCCESS!!! "I'm a child of extremes. Have a crit, and a nice day to go with it."
<Togo> ... tempted.
<Brett> [The bot walks back into the main room.]
<Togo> ( Mweh. heh. heh. )
<Brett> [Meanwhile, you hear gunshots outside.  And so does everyone else. 
There's a slight pause, broken only by the woman's voice. "What the hell...?"]
<Brett> [And then one of the mafia men screams, "It's a set up!"  Weapons are
drawn!  Let's roll init now so I don't have to do it later!]
<Keiko> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 8.
<Keiko> (Make by 2.)
<Brett> [Also, the military bot walks back on stage.
<Brett> ]
<Keiko> (Do I have to do it per target?)
<Jamie> 2d8+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+7) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of 10.
<Roseli> 2d8+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+8) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of 11.
<Roseli> (YAY SHITTY INIT.)
<Jamie> (Why can't I roll like that the rest of the time? ;_;)
<Keiko> 2d8+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 14.
<Keiko> (Srsly.)
<Brett> ( Hokay..... )
<Togo> 2d8+14
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 21.
* Roseli draws her weapon, too, looking around. And, incidentally, switches
clips to silver.
<Brett> ( Waiting on Heinrick and Luana )
* Togo pulls out his machine gun, and motions for Roseli and Luana to get down.
And not in the funkadelic sense.
<Luana> 2d8+13
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+13) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of 16.
<Luana> (Sorry, sorry)
<Brett> ( Heinrick! )
* Luana drops down to her knees and gets a fireball ready.
<Brett> [Well, I'll start off as it is.   Roseli, Togo and Luana gimme hearing
checks.]
* Roseli gets out of the way of whatever it is Togo's going to do.
<Roseli> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 10.
<Jamie> (Can I has one too?)
<Roseli> (Made.)
<Togo> 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 3.
<Brett> ( Yeah, okay. )
<Heinrick> 2d8+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 8 for a
result of 16.
<Jamie> 2d8-8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-8) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of -5.
<Jamie> (Verry made)
<Luana> 2d8+4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+4) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 11.
* Togo gets down as well. *whisper* "Let the bots go nuts and the room clear
out. Hold your fire until it's done, don't catch a bullet."
<Luana> (Er, minus four, made)
<Togo> ( made )
<Brett> [Those of you who made it hear Odette say, "Hmph.  Sofia couldn't even
complete her first job.  Oh well, so much for her chances of getting into the
Society."  She looks at the bald guy.  "Let's go."  And then she darts away,
FAST, through the far left door.]
<Brett> [The man in the pinstriped suit screams after her. "What?! Odette! Come
back! Don't leave me!"]
<Togo> *softly into comm* Odette's coming out fast. Keep an eye out for the guy
in the pinstriped suit, looks like he and Odette had a hand in all this.
<Roseli> (Which door's far left?  Front or back exit?)
<Brett> [Next up, you see the woman and her guards walking away from the
observation room.  Tony the vampire stays behind.]
<Brett> ( Neither. It's the one on the left wall :P )
<Togo> ( Is there a reason the bots aren't raining down hot leady death yet? =P
)
<Roseli> (How are they walking away from the observation room?  Like, where are
they going?)
<Brett> ( Not towards the catwalk. Through the door they came in. )
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Jamie> (Because Brett hasn't posted them doing so? I've given them their
marching orders.)
<Brett> ( Oh, uh Init is: )
<Keiko> (Apparently, we are the most incompetent sneak attackers ever.)
<Togo> ( Brett, the plan was for the bots to start firing on "Go" to clear out
the room so we could go after the folks on stage. )
<Brett> [Odette, Sofia, Togo, Tony, Luana, Heinrick, Keiko, Roseli, Jamie,
Everyone Else]
<Roseli> (Brett: I'ma hit my bracelet as soon as I'm able, so be ready to add
+10 to my init once I do.)
<Brett> ( Ok, but that won't be til next round. )
<Brett> ( Gimme a break, I'm dealing with about 35 npcs here. 40, if you count
the bots. )
<Togo> ( I understand, but this simplifies things. Bots start firing. People
flee. Leaves us and the people on stage to deal with )
<Brett> [The military bot, now back on stage, fires a grenade at the ceiling,
sending chunks raining down.  People scream.  And gimme body (acrobatic) rolls
<Brett> ]
<Roseli> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a
result of 9.
<Togo> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of
11.
<Togo> ( nope )
<Roseli> (And I continue to roll like le crap!)
<Jamie> (... Stop sucking! I don't want to hurt you! Why do you make me hurt you
so? ;_;)
<Brett> [Ouch! Roseli and Togo are hit by chunks from the falling ceiling.  Not
big chunks, luckily for them, but still.]
<Brett> [As for Luana, we dunno yet.]
<Luana> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!!
"Sorry, I don't take bribes. No, not even chocolate. No, not kinky sex acts,
either."
<Heinrick> (Yeah, I was just overall confused. And...uh..still kinda am.)
<Brett> ( Okay, now we know >.> )
<Luana> (I didn't want to know!)
<Jamie> (...)
<Keiko> (Agreement.)
<Brett> [Luana is hit by a fairly big chunk on her shoulder, which dislocates
it.]
<Brett> [And a whole bunch of other guests are hit, too.  Hell if I'm naming
them all.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Brett> d2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of
2.
<Brett> ( Left shoulder. )
* Roseli says over the com, "Odette's leaving out the side exit."
* Luana shrieks briefly before managing to stop herself.
<Brett> [Karin: "Got it."]
* Togo pulls Luana to cover and motions for Roseli to follow. *whisper* "Give
the bots a moment to clear people out, then we'll go after them."
<Heinrick> (Is that over comms or just outloud?)
<Brett> [Tony (the vampire) screams, "Son of a bitch!" And shoves the military
bot over the side of the observation room, where it falls on one of the
Middle-Easterners.]
<Brett> [Luana!]
<Togo> ( comms )
* Luana stays where she is, doing her best to concentrate through the pain while
waiting like she was told.
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
<Heinrick> (Actually wanted to respond to Togo's message before acting. Is that
alright?)
<Brett> ( Go ahead )
* Heinrick speaks back over the comms. "Hmm. Clear out? So I am assuming you do
*not* want me to block the exit then."
<Roseli> Kill or capture the ones who are high priority.
<Togo> *softly* No, snipers and red team have that. Priority is getting all
those guns out of here so they don't turn on us.
* Roseli looks to Togo and Luana. "Capture the woman."
* Togo nods. "So go light on the silver?"
* Luana nods.
<Roseli> Not enough to kill her.  Hard to hurt her any other way.
<Luana> Will my fire hurt her?
* Heinrick responds back. "I'll trust your assessment of the inside then." He
stops the van near, but not in front of, the exit and readies tear gas for the
target coming through the door.
<Brett> [Keiko!]
<Togo> It'll hurt. Anything but silver regenerates fast, though.
* Roseli nods. "I'll take her. One bite'll contaminate either of you."
<Roseli> Take out the others.
<Brett> [Rose!]
<Roseli> (Question.)
<Roseli> (Is it clear how to get up to the room and etc.?)
<Brett> ( There's a catwalk. That's the only "clear" path, but there's probably
another way in a different room. )
<Roseli> (I'm just not clear about the layout of this place.)
<Brett> d2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of
2.
<Brett> ( It's a big room. Obvious exits are: Outside (where you came from),
single door on left wall, double doors on far wall, catwalk leading to
observation room.] )
<Roseli> (Double doors on the far wall are to the back exit?)
<Brett> ( Eventually, after a few other rooms. )
<Brett> ( The left door leads deeper in the compound, and also ultimately to an
exit. )
<Roseli> (Right, and Tony's still out in front.)
<Brett> ( He's in the observation room )
<Roseli> (How easy is it for him to see someone climbing up to the catwalk?)
<Roseli> (Also, sorry for all of the questions. ;P)
<Brett> ( With the chaos going on, he might not notice. )
<Togo> ( Oh, so the vamp isn't in an open area, but in a separated room? )
<Keiko> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 4.
<Brett> ( The observation room is connected to this one, but it's elevated. It's
where the foreman would look down on the workers if the factory was still
operative. )
<Togo> ( Ah, ok. )
<Brett> ( Still Rose's turn )
* Roseli survey's the situation, then says decisively, "Togo, Luana, go up to
the catwalk. Take out Tony, then work your way in. Jamie, give me the fastest
way to the leader's location not by catwalk and an estimated time."
* Roseli hits a sequence of buttons on her bracelet.
<Roseli> (And hold my action for when I get info.)
<Togo> ( Roseli needs the Captain N gamepad belt. )
<Roseli> (Sorry that took so long. :))
<Brett> [The rest of the people begin firing on each other and desperately
trying to flee.  Some head through the far double-doors, some make for the left
door.  All except the yakuza.  They push their way towards the stairs to the
catwalk.  And the two guys from outside come in and open fire on the Arabs.
<Brett> ]
<Togo> ( Yay confusion and chaos! )
* Keiko comms flatly, "The guards and yakuza are mine."
<Roseli> (Brett: This means nobody is heading for the main exit?)
<Brett> ( Oh, right! )
<Brett> [Some are heading that way, too!]
* Jamie replies to Rose. "There is a staircase down the hall behind the double
doors. I'm sorry I hit you with the ceiling!"
<Brett> [Some of the Middle-Easterners were heading towards the main exit, but
change course upon being fired at.]
<Brett> [The mafia, the Zakanans and the French all head towards the main exit.]
<Brett> [Both Middle East groups head towards the rear exit
<Brett> ]
<Brett> [And the bald guy, old guy, Roflth women and triad head for the left
door.]
<Brett> ( I think that's everyone? )
<Roseli> (Can I move now, Brett?  Also, add +10 to the init.)
<Roseli> (Since I got Jamie's info.)
<Brett> ( Go ahead. )
* Heinrick replies back over the comms. "Excellent work, Keiko. Keep them
pinned."
* Luana replies to Jamie over the comm with as much humor as she can muster (not
much), "As long as you don't do it again."
<Brett> [If I forgot anyone... they're moving towards the rear exit.  But I
don't think I did.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Jamie> I won't! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
* Keiko replies similarly, "They'll live."
* Togo hands Luana a wooden cross, then heads up towards the catwalk, motioning
for her to follow as he stows his machine gun and pulls out his shotgun and an
ornate silver sphere.
<Togo> ( Heading for Tony, obviously. )
* Roseli runs for the double doors Jamie mentioned and up the stairs if
possible. Time to move!
<Brett> [Annoyingly, the yakuza are trying to get up there too.  Body roll
(flexibility) to squeeze past!]
<Brett> ( Rose into #Rose )
<Brett> ( As well as some kind of logger )
<Togo> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of
13.
<Togo> ( nope! )
* Luana follows Togo, although she seems a bit confused about suddenly being
handed a cross.
<Luana> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 3.
<Luana> (My dislocated shoulder makes it easy for me to squeeze past people! :D)
<Brett> [Technically Luana should wait her turn, buuuuut.... Luana manages to
squeeze by the yakuza, who completely ignore her.  But Togo is too big to fit
by.]
<Brett> [Roseli]
<Luana> (Oh, sorry! Crap)
<Togo> ( Curse my manly physique/overflowing coat full of weapons! )
<Brett> [Tony, meanwhile, sees people coming up the catwalk and picks up a
chair, flinging it.  It crashes into one of the yakuza's heads.]
<Brett> [Luana! Went.  So Heinrick!]
* Roseli speaks over the coms: "Jamie, which way?"
<Brett> [Keiko! Who now has 4 people controlled.]
* Jamie thinks for a moment and then replies. "Left, it's left."
<Brett> [Jamie's after Keiko.]
<Keiko> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 6.
<Jamie> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result
of 10.
<Brett> [As the yakuza reach the top of the stairs, the security bot up there
fires on them.  But misses.  Meanwhile, the military bot gets back up. 
MEANWHILE, the bald guy, old guy and three women disappear to the left.]
<Brett> [And the triad
<Brett> ]
<Brett> [The mafia members were running, but one of them turns and guns down a
Zakanan with a tommy gun.  They other two turn, dumbfounded, and then one of
them falls when the Zakanans open fire.  The French keep retreating.]
<Heinrick> (As the French were meant to do.)
<Keiko> (Not for long!)
<Brett> [The Arabs make their way towards the rear, still being fired upon by
(and returning fire to) the two goons.]
<Keiko> (Hey! I changed their orders!)
<Keiko> (They suck! Hmph.)
<Brett> ( Oops )
<Brett> [Okay then, the guards also fire on the Mafia, now ignoring the Arabs.]
<Brett> ( I think that's all of them. )
<Brett> [Karin speaks over com: "We hit Odette, but she's still up.  Next shot
will get her."]
<Brett> [Gertrude: "Hehe.  Here they come.  Sebastian, kill every one of them!"]
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Brett> ( Who's still behind the Yakuza )
<Togo> ( Am I close enough to lob a grenade at Tony? )
<Brett> ( Mmm. No, but you can shoot him from there )
<Togo> ( ok )
* Togo stows his shotgun, pulls out his assault rifle, and fires a burst at Tony
as he tries to work his way closer. "Keep your distance from the vamp, Luana!"
<Brett> [Roseli too!]
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 8.
<Togo> ( Made by 1 )
<Brett> [Tony is shot repeatedly.  He seems angry.]
<Brett> [Angry enough to pull out his own gun and shoot back!  So much for
vampire powers.  Togo, defense roll!]
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 7.
<Togo> ( Made )
<Brett> [Togo avoids getting shot!  This is a good thing.]
<Brett> [Luana!]
* Luana fires fire at the vampire. From a distance, because getting shot is Not
Fun.
<Luana> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a result
of 10.
<Luana> (Hell's bells. No.)
<Jamie> (You roll like I do!)
<Luana> (All Tens?)
<Brett> [Luana does not shoot the vampire.]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
<Brett> [Also, Keiko and Jamie go.  Maybe speed this up a bit.]
<Jamie> 2 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a
result of 6 5.
* Keiko drops her mafia control and does a running frenchman instead, who'd
better kill the Mafia before they go crazy and shoot them in the back. The
guards can maintain shooting down the three groups. The Yaks have their orders!
<Keiko> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a result
of 10.
<Keiko> (Make.)
<Heinrick> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 8.
<Brett> [Heinrick choloforms one French guy, while the other turns and fires at
the confused mafia.  Poor mafia men are now fighting a 2 on 1.]
<Brett> [And the yakuza try to force their way past Luana.  Luana, body roll!]
<Luana> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of
7.
<Luana> (Made!)
<Brett> [Also, Tony is shot in the back by a security bot, and one of the Arabs
takes a bullet from the military bot.]
<Brett> [And Luana is not knocked over as the Yakuza force their way past.]
<Brett> ( Whew )
<Brett> [Karin: "Steady, Cyra.  One shot and it'll be-" and whatever she was
going to say is cut off by a sudden scream.]
<Brett> [Zarina: "Karin? What happened?!"]
<Brett> [Karin: "Agh.  It's Eileen Rhodes! She's here!"]
<Brett> [Togo, go whilst I sort this out.]
<Keiko> (... The sadist?)
<Togo> ( Am I yet close enough for grenade throwage? )
<Brett> ( Sure! )
<Brett> [Gertrude: "Eileen Rhodes?!"]
<Brett> [Gabriel: "Gertrude! Get back here!"]
* Heinrick speaks over the comms. "I do believe this is what "don't get
distracted by specific guests" meant."
<Brett> [Also Rose's turn!]
* Togo pulls the pin on the silverish sphere in his hand, and tosses it towards
Tony. "Enough of this bullshit." (Nova grenade)
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 1.
<Togo> ( Made )
<Brett> ( Whooooo.... )
<Keiko> (Now that's a roll!)
<Jamie> (That is one ex-vampire)
<Togo> ( The thing has a 28 foot AoE. It doesn't matter. =P )
<Heinrick> (It's not a crit, sadly.)
<Togo> ( A crit would be if I threw it directly into his pants )
<Brett> [An extremely bright light shines from the observation deck, and Tony
screams as he turns into ash.]
<Togo> ( Which would be AWESOME )
<Brett> ( He dead, yo )
<Brett> [Luana!]
* Luana continues trying to get to the werewolf chick! Um, without getting
stampeded by mind-controlled yakuza.
<Brett> [Luana makes it to the observation room following the yakuza.  There's a
single door in there.]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
<Brett> [And Keiko and Jamie!]
* Heinrick calls on the comms. "How are things progressing on the inside?"
<Brett> [One of the bots opens the door to the observation room, revealing a
short corridor.  And two guards behind over-turned tables.  They open fire on
it, and shot it so full of holes it's disabled.]
<Togo> Vamp's down, heading after the woman, encountering some resistance, not
worried.
<Jamie> (I liked that bot ;_; Take my revenge!)
<Brett> [Then the remaining two yakuza charge in! One of them slashes a guard
with his katana, the other misses.]
<Brett> [Another mafia man falls by the barrage from the other two groups.  The
French woman tries to pull her compatriot away from the fighting, but is
accidently shot by the remaining mafia.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Togo> ( Can I get into the observation room? )
<Brett> [Also, Eileen Rhodes' voice comes over the coms. "Naughty children have
to be punished."  It's followed by a scream.]
<Brett> ( Yes! )
* Togo runs into the room and fires at the guard that was already slashed with
his assault rifle. "What the hell's going on out there?"
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 2.
<Heinrick> (Do we recognize the scream?)
<Togo> ( Made by 7. Ooh, this'll hurt )
<Brett> ( It's female. Presumably it's either Karin or Cyra. )
<Brett> [Togo shoots that guy full of holes.]
<Brett> [Roseli! And Luana!]
* Heinrick calls over the comms. "Miss Oswald, come in."
* Luana throws a fireball at the other guard.
<Luana> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 2.
<Togo> ( Is the first guard down, or just wounded? )
<Roseli> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 5.
<Brett> [Eileen Rhodes is the one who responds. "Did you hear that? Oswald, is
it?  Someone wants to talk to you. So you better ANSWER!"  There's another
scream as she says the last word.]
<Brett> ( Just wounded )
<Roseli> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 4.
<Togo> ( Wow, he got a good defense roll. )
<Togo> ( Ah well. c'est la vie )
<Brett> [Meanwhile, Luana burns the other guard. He's down!]
<Brett> [Heinrick! And Keiko and Jamie!]
<Brett> [The combat bot appears outside, while one of the security bots begins
making its way up the stairs to the catwalk.]
* Heinrick speaks back into the comms after Jamie does her thing (so delayed
action). "We've cut off Miss Oswald's comm unit for now. Things seem clear on
this end so we are going in for support. So long as you don't anticipate any
further need here?"
<Brett> ( Man, so confusing. You people need to make less Control characters. )
<Brett> [Gabriel: "We've got this end covered.  Karin's back about five hundred
meters with Cyra."]
<Brett> [Sebastian: "Hurry, you have to save her!"]
<Brett> [The last mafia man goes down.  The French man stands there dumbly,
until the Zakanans decide to put him out of his misery.]
<Brett> [The yakuza push past the tables and try to open the doors, only to
discover they're locked.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Brett> [And Roseli!]
<Togo> ( are either of the guards still up? )
<Brett> ( Nope )
<Brett> ( But now there's a locked door in the way )
<Togo> ( Metal door or wood? )
<Brett> ( Metal! )
* Togo pulls out his lockpicks and tries to unlock the doors.
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 5.
<Togo> ( Made )
<Brett> ( And here I thought you'd just blow it up. I'm disappointed.] )
<Brett> [The door clicks!]
<Brett> [Luana!]
<Roseli> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 3.
<Roseli> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a
result of 10.
* Luana opens the door and goes through! And throws fire at anyone on the other
side!
<Togo> ( Grenade would've taken out the cannon fodder. Togo believes in
efficient use of goons! )
<Luana> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 3.
<Brett> [Luana busts the door down, where the scene needs some describing.]
<Brett> [You enter a room with huge vats of chemicals on the left, a lot of
boxes on the right.  Presumably some of the military equipment.  There's a door
at the far end of the room.  Annnnnnd.]
<Brett> [The Latino woman from before is hiding behind one vat, Roseli behind
another.  They peek out just long enough to trade shots, both hitting, before
hiding again.  And there's also a guard who was waiming at the door, and opens
fire as soon as Luana emerges.]
<Brett> ( Luana needs a defense roll, and then needs to decide who to hit. )
<Luana> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 3.
<Brett> [Luana dodges the hail of bullets that comes her way!]
<Jamie> (This is why you have EXPENDIBLE people open doors. Even if you will
miss them later.)
<Luana> (Made, aaand I'ma gonna hit the guard.)
<Togo> ( DO NOT THROW FIRE AT THE TACNUKES, WARD! )
<Brett> [And the guard catches fire!]
<Roseli> (She didn't.  She just hit the guard.)
<Brett> [Heinrick, Jamie and Keiko!]
<Brett> ( It's convenient because they're all in the same place. )
<Brett> [The military bot begins to run after the van, and while not as fast, it
makes pretty good progress for essentially being "on foot".]
<Brett> [And the guard bot enters the observation room.]
<Brett> [And Keiko is too far to MC anyone now, so the two remaining Africans
escape.]
<Brett> [And then you hear Gabriel. "You bitch! I'm going to tear your arms off
with my bare hands!"  Apparently she forgot to turn her com off.]
<Keiko> (Actually, I'd imagine that they're still angry.)
<Keiko> (You'd think they'd keep shooting.)
<Keiko> (But eh!)
<Brett> [And Eileen!: "Hahaha.... I remember you.  I think this time I'll take
your other leg."]
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Brett> [Also, Zarina: "Sebastian! Wait!"]
<Brett> [Sebastian: "I can't! I... I have to protect Gertrude!"]
<Brett> [Gabriel: "Zarina! Focus on the enemy.  Take him down!"]
* Togo gets into the room and fires a burst at the guard.
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 7.
<Togo> ( Made by 2 )
<Brett> [He takes several bullets and dies.]
<Roseli> (Up there, isn't that Gertrude yelling bitch?)
<Keiko> (That does seem more likely.)
<Brett> [Rather than take another shot at Roseli, Sofia turns and tosses a
grenade at the corridor.  Togo and Luana, gimme def rolls!]
<Heinrick> (This is true.)
<Luana> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 4.
<Luana> (Made like a made thing)
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets 13, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!!
"I hate being random."
<Jamie> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 9.
<Togo> ( Whoopsie )
<Brett> ( Oooooooh dear. )
<Roseli> (Bye Togo.)
<Keiko> (Togo took a bullet for Jamie there.)
<Togo> ( Hey, only I'm allowed to use grenades! ;_; )
<Luana> (Ack)
<Heinrick> (incidiaries are technically grenades. ON FIRE.)
<Brett> [Luana deftly dodges out of the way as the grenade lands at Togo's feet. 
It explodes, killing the two Yakuza instantly and sending Togo flying back,
where he collides with the security bot, destroying that, too!]
<Brett> [Roseli]
* Roseli doesn't react to her teammates getting blown to pieces. Instead, she
takes advantage of Sofia's turning her attention elsewhere to fire again.
<Roseli> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a
result of 10.
<Roseli> (Miss by one, though. :()
<Brett> [Which doesn't work out so well.]
<Brett> [Luana!]
* Luana drops the cross, which she had still been holding on to, and draws one
of her pistols, firing at Sofia.
<Luana> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 1.
<Brett> [Sofia takes a bullet.  She hisses.]
<Heinrick> (She's sprung a leak!)
<Brett> [Heinrick and co. drive! With a bot following behind!]
<Brett> [Not much comes over the coms. Just some grunting.  Not a good round for
talking, I guess.]
<Brett> [Sofia fires at Roseli, screaming in Porteguese!]
<Roseli> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a
result of 12.
<Brett> [Roseli takes a few bullets.  Ow.]
<Brett> [And actually, she's down.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo is hurting pretty bad, but manages to drag himself back to the doorway,
pull out his revolver, and fire at the woman. "Fucking throw a goddamn grenade
at me..." (silver bullets)
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a result
of 12.
<Togo> ( Surgeon general says that eating a grenade may interfere with your aim!
)
<Brett> [Togo shoots a vat.  It leaks green goo.]
<Brett> [Luana!]
<Togo> ( Whoops, that was the VX. We all die. )
* Luana shoots at Sofia again. She's pretty calm considering the situation.
<Luana> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 3.
<Brett> [Luana shoots Sofia! And she slumps and drops her gun.]
<Luana> (...Are we still in init?)
<Brett> [There's another scream over the coms.  This time it sounds like
Gurtrude.]
<Brett> ( Nope )
<Brett> [And Gabriel arrives, sporting a magnum, followed by Zarina.]
* Roseli is lying there in blood. So is the other Latino woman!
* Togo pulls some reinforced manacles out of his coat. "Get these on her before
she wakes up." *bleeds*
* Luana takes the manacles and goes over to Sofia, kicking the gun away before
she puts them on her.
<Brett> [Gabriel sees to Roseli.  Awww.  He provides smelling salts or something
which bring her back to consciousness.]
<Brett> [It isn't long before Sofia groans and wakes up, too.  She shakes her
head, blinks, looks around, and says. "Well fuck."]
* Roseli nrgs and winces, grabbing her gun and trying to get to her feet.
<Roseli> (Though I have no idea if it works or not.)
* Togo stows his guns and, using the doorknob as leverage, drags himself to his
feet. He half-stumbles-half-walks over to Roseli, pulling out his nanomedpak.
"You need this?"
<Roseli> So do you.
* Luana stays with Sofia, making sure she doesn't make any sudden moves or
anything that requires more shooting. At a very close range.
<Brett> [Roseli can't quite get to her feet.  As bad off as Togo is, she's
worse.]
<Brett> [Sofia looks around. "I don't suppose you'll let me go?"]
<Luana> Not really.
<Brett> ["Not even if I tell you about the virus I sold before coming to this
auction?"]
<Brett> [Gabriel turns his head at that. He starts checking the boxes.]
<Togo> I've had worse, if you can believe it. *holds the medpak against a
non-bleeding part of Roseli's arm; pushes button*
* Roseli tries to stand again and fails again. She trembles a little, then
sighs.
<Luana> I don't have any authority, except what I need to shoot you some more.
The ones you want to talk to are the adults.
* Luana shifts back to her normal age.
<Brett> [Zarina stands near Sofia and tries to look menacing, but with her
outfit, it's not so effective.]
* Togo sags down to the ground next to Roseli, holding the medpak in place while
the nanites are injected into her bloodstream.
<Brett> [Roseli survives!]
* Luana says over the comm, "We've secured the target."
* Jamie uses the coms to ask. "Is, is everybody okay?"
<Brett> [Gabriel looks through the boxes.  He finds one in particular and opens
it up.  It contains 4 canisters, but there's room for 16.]
<Luana> "Rose and Togo are hurt, but I think they'll be okay. My shoulder is
dislocated, but I'm fine."
* Togo holds it there for a minute while the process finishes. He then pulls
himself up to his feet again with obvious difficulty and wobbles over near Sofia
before going down to one knee.
* Togo pulls a handful of silver bullets out of his coat, and flings one at the
prone Sofia.
<Brett> [Gabriel gestures at Sofia.  "Where are the rest?"]
<Luana> Um... Togo, can you heal yourself before doing anything else? Please?
* Roseli stands now, wobbling a bit but proppping herself up against the wall.
* Togo nods, pulls out his medpak, rests it on his leg, and pushes the button,
holding it in place with his left hand while he flings another silver bullet at
Sofia.
<Luana> ...Sir, what are you doing?
*** Signoff: Togo (Ping timeout)
<Brett> ( He died somehow. )
<Brett> ( Mmmmm. hm. )
<Brett> ( Hokay..... Keep going @_@ )
<Luana> (I got ntohin' else. I am holding Sofia.)
<Luana> (*nothin')
<Brett> [Gabriel points his gun at Sofia. "Where are the rest?"]
<Brett> [Sofia grins. "You think I'm going to tell you, just like that?"]
<Brett> ( Keep going so we can end soon :X )
* Roseli walks slowly over to Sofia. "Back away, girls," she says as she gets
close. Once there, she points her gun squarely at Sofia's head.
* Luana backs away obediently.
<Brett> [Zarina does, too!]
<Heinrick> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a
result of 2.
<Brett> [Sofia grins wider. "What are you gonna do, shoot me?  Do that, and
you'll never hear about the virus.  Until it's unleashed, that is."]
<Luana> I suggest the legs.
<Keiko> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 1.
<Roseli> <Tell us where it is, or yes, I will shoot you.>
<Keiko> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 7.
<Roseli> <Do you really think I wouldn't?>
<Brett> [She laughs. "<I know you would.  Which is why I'm not stupid enough to
tell you anything until I have what I want.>"]
<Roseli> <Your business.>
* Roseli switches clips to normal and shoots Sofia in the head.
<Jamie> (See? There's a reason that Jamie belives everything that Rose says, and
it's not just the mind control.)
<Brett> [Sofia collapses. Again.]
* Roseli holsters her gun. "Keiko can get the information. I'll watch her when
we take her out, in case she bites."
<Luana> Yes, ma'am.
<Luana> (I really need some sleep. Is anything else gonna happen over here?)
<Brett> ( Maybe. :X )
<Brett> ( I don't think so, actually. )
<Brett> [End in here!]