[Day: Sunday, Feb. 23rd. Time: 4:45. p.m.] [You entered the facility in Russia, found the prison and killed a bunch of guards. During the process, Haruko got shot. There's also a bunch of teenaged girls in a bunch of teenaged cells. Or just... just cells. Right. Anyhow, that JUST happens when Togo bursts on the scene.] [start] * Dicesuke has joined #mc4 (Hang on.) ( Hanging ) (Oh, you guys can do stuff. ^^;) * Keiko just finished telling everyone that they had to stop the guys from escaping with her memories, and then grabs the bars to support herself as she looks towards her mother and everyone else. (I'm just trying to remember what was going on at the end of last session.) (And my 'net's being sloooow.) (Haruko bleeding (Jamie bandaging her), girls in jail cells.) (Dead guards.) * Jamie tries to get satilite imagry on whatever it is the science guys are running away in. * Roseli keeps chasing down that guard, trying to shoot him dead. * Togo runs into the room, holding his assault rifle in one arm, looking a bit frostbitten but otherwise intact. "What's the situation?" [Jamie finds none, because the Russians don't like sattelites over their territory.] (Hard to avoid that.) (Did I shoot him dead?) * Luana shakes away a few sparks from her hand. "Keiko's alright, but they've copied her memories." (I think #4 is dead by Keiko flaming body.) (Oh, all right.) [It's only now you notice a loose piece of plaster from the ceiling, shot up in the gunfire. And you notice it because it falls directly on Heinrick's head, knocking him out cold.] * Roseli turns and heads over to Togo. "Good. You-" She sees that happen to Heinrick, gives a slight wince, and goes to see if he's all right. * Luana starts, "Perm-" and is interupted by the falling plaster. She closes her eyes tightly and sighs. "Permission to release the other prisoners, sir?" [He's alive! And out cold.] * Keiko blinks at the tile, looks towards her mother, then shakes and thinks at Jamie and Luana, ~She's okay? We--I have things to--free the girls--get Grozvi.~ * Togo winces. "Get them out of there." (-"+~) [Haruko sits up. She's breathing hard and looks kind of pale, because she has a lot less hp than most of the rest of the characters in this game.] * Roseli looks at Togo. "Best to destroy the facility. Got explosives?" (And everyone in it!) (Are the cell doors easily opened? Like some kind of switch or something?) (Except us, right?) (Well, duh.) Lots of grenades and a rocket launcher. I don't carry C4. Not even in that coat? ( They're pretty standard locked bars fare. ) * Roseli sighs. "They have Keiko's memories. Don't have a good way to head them off short-" She gives a long, loud yawn. "Explosives." I decided a while back that trying to set up explosives with no eyes was a bad, bad idea. * Luana starts rifling through the burnt guys' pockets for cell door keys. And hopefully come cash. (*some) ( To quote Bionic Commando... "Blow up! We want to blow up this area!" "But we don't have any bombs." ) * Jamie looks at Keiko. "I... do you. Do you know where they're going?" Luana finds some cash! Some very... very burnt Russian money.] (No keys?) * Keiko shakes her head and closes her eyes, before saying, "I--I don't. It's why we got to stop them now." ( Luana finds some keys, too. Woot. ) * Luana starts unlocking the cells and letting the girls out. [The doors open! And.. mostly they don't come out. D'oh.] * Jamie tries to find base secuirity and power distrobution, and also to find anything that feels like a vehicle. * Keiko looks over at Haruko and then to the girls and then thinks at them, ~Come... come on. Let's go get them.~ Keiko, is there... is there a reason why they'd rather stay in their cells? * Roseli waves. "Get them out and to the plane. Togo." She nods to him, wobbling just a little. "Let's see what we can do." (This is literally a complete overload of Keiko's 'doshitometer.') (She's got, like, five things to do right now.) Jamie, any info from their computers? * Togo nods, and pulls a large handcart from his coat. "Put Heinrick and haruko on that and get them to the plane." *heads after Roseli* ( Assuming Roseli headed somewhere ) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 5. [One of the girls does get out, though. A redhead. She says something or other in Russian. Who speaks Russian? Heck if I remember. ] (I do!) * Keiko says to Luana, quietly, "They were killing us to clean the place up. We... just felt them die. This entire area... is sadness and--" she abruptly stops and thinks at the girls, ~Go, you can go now. Please come with me.~ ( We're going to take you to a safe, happy place where you'll be experim^H^H^H^H^H^H treated nicely! ) * Keiko replies to her in Russian, [Haruko gets to her feet, waving off the cart. She staggers over to Keiko and embraces her in a hug, saying something in Japanese. Who speaks Japanese?] * Jamie looks at Rose. "They have a plane. And are going to sell something to the Russian government." She frowns. "And and they're erasing everything." (<- does.) * Keiko then glances at another one, and says loudly, thinking it as well, ~~ she gets hugged! Oh god! ( Jamie's head explodes. Who else? ) (Woo! New character time!) (I speak it, obviously.) Where? ( 'K, Keiko's head explodes too. Anyone else? ) * Jamie points north. ( Well, Japanese is a difficult language, you know. o: ) I don't know how many of you understand me, but... we'll take care of you. We've been searching nonstop for Keiko, and we won't leave any of the rest of you behind either. * Keiko reaches her arms around Haruko and hugs her tightly, shaking in her arms as she murmurs something back in Japanese. * Roseli frowns, then nods to Togo. "Let's go." And she runs back out into the snow, to the north. Time to see if they can get to that plane! * Togo nods, and runs after her. "Luana, keep them all safe." Yes, sir. ( Woo! Two channels time! ) ( #MC2+2 ) ( "If any die, we're going to engineer away your thumbs." "Aww..." ) (I'm amazed that channel name worked.) [None of the girls respond to Luana.] * Keiko then says to her mother, still hugging her, 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 5. [Haruko pulls away from the hug, holding Keiko by the shoulders and smiling.] * Luana hears the word 'Kioshi' and turns to Keiko. "Oh, I forgot! We saved what's left of your duck. And Togo said he can get you a new one from his coat if that's better than fixing the old one." ( And Luana and Jamie, give me an awareness check! ) ( Er, Keiko too! ) * Roseli speaks over the coms: "How far, Jamie?" * Keiko looks at Luana with a note of surprise, then back to Haruko. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8. (Make by 2.) (Any sense in particular?) ( Mmmmm... Sight I guess. ) ( But there's a hidden penalty o: ) (I want a hearing check!) ( So let me know how much you make it by ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 15. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 3 for a result of -1. (FAILED) ( Ok, roll a hearing check. ) 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of -1. (Made by six) (Made by lots? Um, by 9.) * Keiko looks back at her, seeming quizzical. * Jamie comms back with the some distance it is away. That's alright, isn't it? I know Kiyoshi means a lot to you... (Uh, how far is it away?) * Keiko then suddenly lets out a quiet sob as she leans into her mother, taking something from her, and manages to think back at Luana, ~She does. I... later we can save her... we have to get the others moving...~ ("some distance") (How far is that? * Roseli speaks again over the coms: "We see it. Keep them from going." What did- no, you're right, we need to be ready to move out. * Luana turns to Jamie. "What's going on?" * Jamie looks at Luana. "They're trying to escape on a plane." * Luana frowns. "Well, at least they won't be coming back here." * Jamie shakes her head. "The plane won't leave." * Keiko wipes her face on her sleeve and leans on her mother, looking very tired. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. [Haruko hugs Keiko again.] * Keiko shakes in her arms and wipes her face again. [Haruko frowns.] * Jamie goes back to futily trying to extract more information, and not so futily keeping the plane grounded. * Keiko shakes her head a little. * Luana stands guard. [Luana bravely guards!] [The redhead leans against the wall.] * Keiko looks up to her mother, she seems to be pleading with her eyes, but no words. Freaking telepaths. Haruko seems to be doing much the same! [] (Freaking telepaths.) (Freaking. Telepaths.) ( Look on the bright side. ) ( It's extremely improbable that you'll be hit by a bus while in this facility. ) * Keiko licks her lips and glances over at Luana a moment. * Luana is busy guarding and does not notice Keiko's glance. [Haruko follows her gaze, briefly, then back to Keiko.] 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-1) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 2. * Jamie sits down and holds her knees while glaring sleepily at the wall. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. * Luana freezes, stiffens, and looks over at Keiko incredulously. [Haruko nods to Keiko and gets to her feet.] * Keiko turns towards Luana, giving a glance to Jamie as she maintains a hold on one of Haruko's hands. * Luana says out loud, "Keiko, -please.-" 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. [Haruko kneels back down again.] * Keiko looks back at her, shaking a bit as her hand tightens on Haruko's. ( Gimme awareness checks again! ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 12. (Miss by 2.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 6. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. * Keiko blinks with surprise. (missed by 1) * Luana aims a pistol at Haruko. "Put that back down, -now-, or I will shoot you." 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 14. * Jamie turns to look at Luana and Haruko. * Keiko 's eyes widen and she says out loud at Luana, "No, you can't... you two can't..." Jamie, she took a gun from one of the fallen guards. She's also trying to convince Keiko to leave with her, against current orders. [Haruko turns around slowly, facing Luana. She says in broken German: "Why do you not? It is what you wanted from start, no?"] * Jamie looks at Haruko. "Please. Don't." 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 23. I want Keiko to be happy. I don't want to have to shoot you, but I will if it becomes necessary. * Keiko moves in front of Haruko and says, "Shooting her won't make me happy!" [Haruko draws out a pistol that is, indeed, the same kind the guards were using, from her lab coat. She doesn't aim it at anyone, but she doesn't drop it, either.] * Luana doesn't move. "Please put down the gun." ["No."] Why not? * Jamie looks at Haruko and says flatly. "We can't leave." Jamie, please inform the others of our current situation. Tell them we don't need backup, but they need to be informed. * Keiko reaches out with her hand and says, "No, don't! I-I need time!" Time for what, Keiko? To hurt us? Jamie, please inform them. I need both hands at the moment. * Jamie uses the coms and her power to pass along the news without saying anything out loud. * Keiko takes a step away from both Luana and Haruko, saying, "C'mon, girls, don't stay here with the anger and the sadness. Please." [Meanwhile, the Redhead stops leaning against the wall now. She looks from Keiko's side to Luana's, and says something.] * Luana stayed focused on Haruko. "Please put the gun down." (*stays) We can leave when the guardians return. ["You put gun down."] * Keiko looks back at Luana and says, "Let the other girls out! They don't deserve to be caged for Blitzkreig to take!" I have orders. Where? Will you put down yours if I put mine away? ["I protect Keiko. Do not make me shoot."] ~I won't put my gun away unless you promise to put yours down.~ ( Unfortunately, Haruko isn't telepathic. ) (Heh.) [Haruko isn't pointing the gun at anyone, however.] [And the redhead speaks again.] * Jamie goes back to wall staring. * Keiko 's eyes start to water as she looks at Luana, shaking. Wait. * Luana speaks hesitantly. It sounds like she's trying not to cry, although that doesn't show in her expression. "Is something wrong?" (Speaking at who? (Jamie.) [Haruko clutches at her shoulder wound with her free hand.] [And the redhead picks up one ofthe automatic weapons.] * Jamie looks at Luana. "I. I can't." She shakes her head. "I can't do this." ( I know you guys love me ^-^ ) (Dammit, I want to save the redhead! Luana's being stubborn! XD) * Keiko 's head turns to look at Haruko's shoulder. * Luana stares at the redhead. "What is she doing? Jamie, what can't you do? -Please-, everyone, just... just calm down, please..." * Jamie looks at Luana. "I. I can't find any info. The guardians are fighting. Everything is making my head hurt. And I don't have Ten to tell me what to DO!" * Keiko trembles and steps nearer to her mother. [Haruko looks down at Keiko.] * Jamie huddles and hugs herself. * Keiko starts to cry. [Haruko puts a hand on Keiko's shoulder. A slightly bloody hand, but a hand, none the less.] * Luana licks her lips and speaks slowly. "Jamie... Ten is a goddess. No matter what happened, she can't die. I know she's... she has to be there somewhere. And if you can't hear her, I'll..." Luana starts breathing very deeply. "I'll tell you what to do. You can depend on me." * Jamie glares at Luana. "I CAN'T! ROSELI WON'T LET..." She clutches at her head. (Dammit, Luana. Why you gotta suck?) I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Just, just depend on me, okay? Just for now. * Keiko thinks weakly at Jamie, ~You... you can do better. I know you can. The hole isn't as empty as it was before.~ ( Now it's full of jell-o ) * Jamie looks up at Luana and starts to pleade, half way through she changes targets to Keiko. "Tell me. Please tell me. What do I do?" ( Ooooh. Burned. ) * Luana sounds like she's about to start hyperventilating. We... we have to... * Keiko looks between the other two girls and says quietly, "We have to break out the other girls. I know how to get them free." But... but we can't leave them alone. We just can't. ( Who's she talking to? :P ) (Luana/Jamie.) * Jamie looks at Keiko and continues to plead. Each word short and heart felt. "Tell. Me. What. To. Do." ( Incidently, the only male characters in the room are either dead or unconscious. How whack is that? ) (It is wacky.) * Luana makes a visible effort to calm down. "The girls here won't follow us?" I don't know! I'm not them. They're just... just captives. * Keiko then turns to Jamie. "Give Jamie the keys, Luana! Let her open the doors." ( The doors are open. ) ( They're just not moving :P ) (Retcon, then!) * Luana takes one more deep breath, then snaps into focus. "Jamie, what's the status on the guardians' end?" * Keiko steps up to cage doors and says, in Russian, * Keiko gestures at the redhead. * Jamie seems much more content with a real order and asks the comms in general for a status report! [The redhead shakes her head and says something.] * Keiko starts and then says, weakly, <... all of you?> * Keiko shudders. [Some of them nod. Some do nothing.] What's wrong? [The redhead speaks again!] * Keiko says quietly, to Luana, "Grozvi gave them brain cancer to wildly increase their psychic powers." * Keiko looks to the ground. "They're all already dead." * Jamie tilts her head. "It... It can't be genemodded out?" Fuck. ( Luana's picking up more good habits from Togo! ) * Keiko shakes her head and says quietly, "I don't know." She looks back at Haruko. "Mother? Is it even possible...?" (He's a good teacher!) (Pretty much, yeah.) (Er, that last is in japanese.) Jamie, that status report? * Jamie shakes her head and tries again. [Haruko shakes her head. And in Japanese: <"No. Genetic modification isn't medicine. It can only cure genetic defects.">] * Keiko is silent a moment, then starts to walk slowly down the hall, saying to the redhead as she does, [She follows, still hefting the automatic.] [Haruko follows Keiko, backwards, keeping her eyes on Luana and Jamie. Her gun's still out.] * Luana nods. "We have to go now and make sure everyone's alright. Jamie, you're with me. Keiko... keep your mother and this girl safe, as per our orders. We're going ahead." Luana starts jogging down the hall, ignoring Haruko. * Jamie stands up and follows Luana, a little unsteadily. (Opposite direction?) (Um, whichever way we came in in the first place. I'm assuming we're just going ahead more quickly since you're walking so slow.) (Well, I meant whther you were with me or not. ^^;) ( Hooo... Well, Luana and Jamie will take a bit to get to the fight, so... ) [Haruko waits until they're gone, then sighs and puts the gun in her coat. ""] (Just say when we arrive. ^^) ( K. It's a half mile away though, so it'll be a bit :P ) ( join #MC2+2 ) * Keiko licks her lips and says tiredly, she trails off and puts her hand to her chest a moment. [Haruko nods. ""] * Keiko nods slightly and moves along, towards their escape route. [When you reach the main intersection of the facility, the redhead stops. "Hang on, I'm gonna need something more than prisonwear before we go out there.] * Togo has quit IRC (Quit: ) * Keiko nods slightly and replies quietly, "We all will." (Is she heading off to get something, or?) [Haruko nods and leads you towards the dorms. Like, the scientist dorms. Specifically, she leads you to a locker with winter gear.] * Keiko heads with them, grabbing the winter gear and putting it over her dress. "Mother..." then she trails off. "Let's get to those rafts." [The redhead does too! Except prison clothes, rather than a dress. Haruko nods. "Let's."] [Haruko leads you to a storage shed outside. It's locked, but she shoots open the lock.] * Keiko smiles weakly and says to her in Japanese, [Haruko grins back. "" She opens the shed, revealing a bunch of tools that you'd find in a shed. Who knew? After some searching, she comes up with a raft and an air pump.] [And she starts filling the raft. But not for long, because her shoulder stops her. But the redhead takes over, so it's ok.] * Keiko lets them work, wrapping har arms around herself and then, once she stops pumping, she moves near her mother and puts her hand to her side before saying quietly, [""] * Roseli speaks over the coms: "The plane is taken care of. Keiko, status?" (Oh wait.) (Keiko has no com. XD) (Nix that, please.) (###) * Keiko is silent as she stays with her, saying quietly, A moment, then she thinks at her, "Who put the device in my head, mother..." (-""+~~) [Haruko goes wide eyed. "Device? What...? What device did they put in your head?"] * Keiko thinks back at her, ~Blitzkreig found it. Buried deep in my head. Grozvi... used it to take out my memories, I think. Something...~ she trails off, then says, ~They said it'd have had to been in there a long, long time.~ ~Maybe they just used it to find me.~ [Haruko looks down. ~It must have been Grovzi. He must have done it without my knowledge.~ She looks back up at Keiko. ~I'm so sorry. You've been through hell because of me.~] * Keiko is silent a moment, then says, ~You're also the only reason I stayed sane.~ She closes her eyes. ~I believed in you. Because... because I had to.~ * Keiko reopens them, and they're watery again. ~It was the only way to keep from becoming ice.~ [Haruko smiles. ~I tried to find you, but I lost track of you for a while. Then when I discovered you were taken by Blitzkrieg, I was coming to save you, but I was kidnapped by terrorists.~] [The redhead looks up. <"Hey, raft's all set."> * Keiko is silent in thoughts for a moment, then says in Russian, She then looks to her mother and says quietly, in Japanese, (It's true. We're all kind of hopeless.) (You ARE. Damn Keiko's strong protective instincts.) (Yeah, you saw them! No guardians and it ALL falls apart.) [Haruko goes wideeyed again! ""] * Keiko shakes her head and whispers heatedly, grabbing Haruko's sides and looking into her eyes, her own eyes watering. [The redhead gets into the raft. She looks at you expectantly.] * Keiko pleads, [Haruko's eyes start filling up with tears. ""] [The redhead waves. ""] * Keiko says quietly, as she starts to cry, she trails off and takes in a deep breath, wiping her eyes, then says, [Haruko shakes her head. " ] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. * Keiko is silent a moment, then says quietly, * Keiko shakes and says, [Haruko looks aside, her eyes wide with shock. <"I.. I don't believe what I'm hearing."> She looks back. <"This is a joke, right? Tell me you're just joking, Keiko!">] * Keiko shakes her head and says, she starts to cry again and looks down. A moment, then, 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. [Haruko starts to cry, too! ""] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. * Keiko is silent a moment, then says quietly, * Keiko shakes in her arms and hugs her tight. [Haruko looks like she's about to say something when Roseli appears around the corner of the shed, bearing a gun in one hand and Heinrick in the other.] * Roseli stands a bit away and doesn't aim at the women, but she must be quite a sight, all covered with blood and brains and with a couple of bullet holes in her. [Haruko jumps up in a flash. She looks like she's been crying! In case you couldn't tell. And she draws a gun from within her coat.] * Keiko 's eyes widen as she sees Roseli, murderess extrordinaire, and she says to her, [The redheaded girl glance from Roseli to Keiko and Haruko and sighs, muttering something.] * Keiko tries to push Haruko towards the raft. It's the only way to get her moving. * Roseli just eyes Haruko. [Haruko keeps her eyes on Rose and says something back.] * Keiko replies to her, glancing at Rose. Are you going? [Haruko says something else.] * Keiko smiles weakly and replies, before saying to Rose quietly, "She is. With the only one of the girls that wants to live." * Roseli raises an eyebrow. "Not you?" [Haruko cries and says something else.] * Keiko is silent a moment, then says quietly to Rose, "I want to so much. But I can't leave the other two alone. Not after being inside of Jamie's head. Not after..." she trails off, then says something in Japanese. * Keiko shakes and looks down, rubbing her face, before saying one last thing in Japanese. * Roseli waits, fairly patiently since a gun's pointed at her. [Haruko cries and responds.] * Keiko responds with the same phrase! Almost. [Haruko gets into the inflatable raft.] (And stops pointing the gun at me?) ( She was never actually pointing it at you, she just had it out ) (Ah, okay. ^^) [The redhead gives the raft a shove with the butt of her automatic before Haruko's ready, and they go sailing down the mountainside.] * Keiko looks towards them going, crying as sees her mother off, putting one hand to her collar and gripping it tightly. * Roseli gestures with her gun hand for Keiko to move with her, then says over the com to the girls, "Keiko is returning with me." * Keiko waits for her to say that, not moving as she looks off down the mountain, then looks back to Rose and then says quietly, "I don't want to be Blitzkreig's slave. You know that. So do they." Nobody wants to be Blitzkrieg's slave. But you said you didn't want to leave them. That's the price. * Keiko is silent a moment, then replies, "You know a lot about prices." * Roseli speaks over the com, "Thank her, Luana. I would have let her go." * Roseli waves for Keiko to walk with her with her gun hand, then heads back into the building and towards their shiny new plane. [End]