[Day: Friday, March 1st. Time: 5:50 p.m.] [You've become very confused by German topography. Or at least, someone has.] (We find ourselves in ancient China?) ( Heck with this. I'll just make it up. ) (Ancient Japina) (As opposed to Chian.) (The country of Wuxia?) (Are there giant enemy crabs?) [You find yourselves in a grassy plain near Gorlitz, having just been dropped off by two helijets. Gabriel, Zarina, Karin and Cyra are all with you! So are a bunch of other guys, whom you weren't expecting. Looks like Section 1 has gathered a group here, too. They're currently blocking the track with ... Uh, jeez. I don't even know what you block a train with. Cows? ] (Cars, giant slabs of metal, rail damage...) [Either way, they look somewhat puzzled as your helicoptors land.] [Start] (Bumpers? Cement trucks?) (Giant boulders) ( Cows! ) ((People!) (Zarina) (I'm sorry, I never checked the briefing I missed, and I seriously don't remember anything. ^^;) [Red team gets off the chopper. It's the thing to do. They start ambling towards the section 1 camp.] (We're fighting a giant metal turtle!) ( ._. ) ( S'okay, you're just missing most of the plot. Doesn't matter as long as the gameplay is good.] ) * Roseli gets out of the chopper and heads thataway, too. Seems to be the thing to do. (Funny.) (Bots going crazy. One of them is a big giant robot turtle tank. The other is evil cutting sword that has to kill people) (!Haruko is involved.) (!Hotaru!) (Or !Hotaru. Brett was flipflopping them enough.) (!Haruko is a different game) ( Maybe they're both involved and you just don't know it. ) [The rest of you sit in the chopper. Meanwhile, Roseli and red team, and maybe Togo too, approach the camp. One guy is shouting orders. "Come on! Get those crates onto the track! They'll be here any second! Move, move, move!"] * Jamie gets out of the chopper and unpacks her smaller choppers, but doesn't turn them on. (Heinrick, why aren't you coming!) * Heinrick steps out of the chopper as well and looks for if anyone's less busy than the others. (Because his player had to take food off the stove before it burnt. ;P) * Luana gets out and stretches. She's wearing black slacks, a white turtleneck, and her three favorite guns in various holsters. * Keiko steps out of the chopper, staying near Heinrick silently, still going with the black dress motif. [All of them seem to be busy. A bunch of them are gathered together though, facing a man with an impromptu black board, who seems to be giving a briefing.] * Heinrick was actually looking for someone to brief them on the situation so this is convenient. * Keiko does a mental scan over the SDF--er, Section 1, while petting her duck. It's like getting two briefings at once! She's got a very unemotional look on her face, at least at the moment. * Luana hurries over to the briefing area and looks attentive. * Jamie listens to him, and everything else at the same time. [The man giving the briefing is large, in terms of both stomach and muscles. He's wearing a thick kevlar vest over his uniform and a red beret, and pointing at some maps pinned to the chalkboard. "... and they'll be coming through here. Enemy force is unknown but presumed large. They have access to two weapons stolen from the base, and will somebody get these kids out of here?!"] [Sure enough, he's looking your way, as are the rest of the troops now.] * Luana salutes nervously. * Heinrick shrugs slightly. "Well, I've never known anyone to turn down *support* but..." [Gabriel steps forward, because it's not like anyone else is. "Section 2. We're here to stop the terrorists and reclaim the weapons."] * Roseli nods. [The man frowns. "You are, huh? We didn't hear anything about that."] [And Gabriel answers! "We didn't hear anything about Section 1 being involved, either. Regardless, here we both are."] * Heinrick nods to Gabriel. "I am terribly sorry about the lack of communication, but we *were* deployed..." ["Well, guess we've got some more troops, then, huh?" He faces his men. "Listen up! The plan's been altered!"] * Roseli raises an eyebrow. (Section 2 goes first, we go in behind them.) (Most likely.) (Suits us just fine anyway.) [He points to a sattelite photograph of what must be the train. It's about twelve cars long. One car in the center is twice as long, wide and high as the others. Three guesses as to what's in there.] (METAL GEAR) (An Eva.) ["Listen up! Section 1 will split into two groups. When the train reaches the blockade, one will attack the front. The other group will lie in wait in the back, and hit them from behind when they advance."] (I call 'Not Shinji') [He gestures at you. "Our friends from Section 2 willhit the middle. They'll handle the Goliath. After all, they're genetically enhanced. They're much more suited to it than us."] (What's he thinking on that?) (He's thinking I'm going to need you to explain the psy combat rules to me!) (HA.) (It's really easy. The one with Mind shield wins.) ( orz. Damn those rules. ) ( They sux0rz ) [He glances across to you. "I trust you're okay with that?"] (Awesome! I hope we find some other way of dealing with my sucessor. Like punching her in the face.) * Heinrick stands calmly, expression unchanged. If he caught any sarcasm or resentment, he's not showing it. * Jamie doesn't respond. (Ooh, ooh, I can set her boobs on fire!) [Gabriel nods. "Fine."] * Roseli nods, glancing at Gabriel. (Faces are for punching.) [He claps his hands. "Right. Get into positions."] [The men get up and start heading this way and that. Most grab weapons, then some pile into trucks. Others take up positions around the blockade.] [The fat guy comes up to you, though. He looks you all over, then stares at Gabriel. "You left the unit for this?"] [Gabriel responds. "My reasons are my own. We'll do our job. See that your men do yours."] * Roseli waves for people to come along with her and heads on over into position (tm). * Jamie follows her. * Keiko glances to the Gabriel interaction, brushing her fingers through her own hair. ~Well, at least he doesn't want us all shot. It's an improvement,~ she thinks at the wards. [The fat guy spits at the ground, then walks off. As soon as he's out of earshot, Karin murmers, "Why is Section 1 full of jerks?"] * Luana agrees mentally, ~Always a plus,~ as she follows along. * Heinrick heads into position as well. "Often the result of competing factions aiming for the same goal. Especially if one stands as a 'pet project'" [They do! ... More or less. Gabriel says, "We've got to attack them from both sides. Blue team, camp the south side. Lend us one of yours and we'll camp the north." And Togo immediately volunteers! How convenient!] (Farewell, Togo! I hope we see you again!) (In a body bag o/~) [Nobody dies as you get into position.] [Time passes.... slooooooooooooooooooooooooowly.] * Luana draws flowers made out of fire to pass the time. * Roseli pays attention to the tracks to pass the time. * Jamie waits, and waits and waits. If nothing else she's got the stare at nothing and do nithing thing down. * Keiko pays attention to the tracks using Jamie, so she can watch Luana's flower drawing. * Luana draws a crysanthamum for Keiko. Or tries to, anyway. She's got the daisies and tulips down pat, though. [After about 15 minutes, you see the train. It travels quickly along the tracks, but screeches to a halt when the conductor sees the blockade. The giant car you noticed is right in front of you!] ( Albeit several meters away. ) * Keiko thinks at her, with a faint smile, ~A nice try. They're complex. Part of why I like them.~ And then train! Hooray train! [Then you start hearing gun fire. Men in belaclavas pour out of the train, firing machineguns.] ( Let's have y'all roll init ) * Heinrick looks about down the tracks for a moment, and then shakes his head, turning to Roseli for a moment. "If need be, we may need to get on top." He then prepares. 2d8+12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+12) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 23. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+7) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 14. 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 15. * Roseli presses a series of buttons on her bracelet and gets a-ready. 2d8+18 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+18) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 31. ( Someone hasn't rolled ) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 22. (Keiko! Blast off at the speed of light!) (I rolled quite well.) [Roseli, Luana, Keiko, Heinrick, Jamie, Keiko, Terrorists.] (I rolled so well I go twice!) ( We'll say you're aboooout... 50? Meters from the train. ) ( Oops ) (So we're 150 feet away?) [Roseli, Luana, Keiko, Heinrick, Jamie, Terrorists.] (Approximately.) [Rose!] ( Beats me. I suck at measurements. ) (You're the GM. Stop sucking at them. ;P) * Roseli runs forward and tries to keep cover as she fires at the nearest terrorist to them. Because, seriously. Terrorist. Needs to die. ( You can get to the train in three rounds without speed bonuses. How's that? ) (Sure.) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (Regardless, I kill me a dude!) (Short ranged weapons reach w/i 50 meters though.) (Yup.) [Roseli hits a terrorist as he's getting off the train. He screams and grabs his shoulder, falling the rest of the way. There's another guy right behind him.] [Luana] (How close are the terrorists grouped together?) ( The ones on the train arevery closely grouped. The ones outside are splitting up.] ) * Luana runs after Rose and shoots at the next guy getting off the train. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. [And he goes down, too! Neither are out, though.] [Keiko!] (I really need to stop not having guns.) (I've never told you you could not not not have guns!) (Right, but I keep not having them anyway)! * Keiko starts moving forward, her force field coming into place as she starts running as best she can. (Next!) ( Whoop! ) [Heinrick!] * Heinrick takes out his case as he runs, throwing one of his more volatile concoctions in the middle of a grouping of terrorists. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 12. (Yay for dice haet) [The grass explodes!] [Annnd... Jamie!] * Jamie powers on her tank and checks to see if her clone's doing anything with the combat mech. * Jamie 's eyes widen as she realizes that the combat mech/turtle inside the train is powering up and tries to stop it. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 2. * Jamie 's lips thin as she holds it down for now. [The terrorists pile out of the train. They open fire! Annnd... Luana, gimme a def roll. The rest of them miss.] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. (I'm good) [Luana avoids! Roseli's turn] * Roseli stays under cover and fires at the jerk who nearly hit Luana, because seriously. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. (Got him!) [And he goes down!] [Luana!] * Luana sparks a fireball into her hand and throws it at a terrorist. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets -2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "o/~I love you... you love me... o/~" (Crispy fried!) (Fried terrist.) (With 11 herbs and spices.) [He's immolated.] [Keiko!] * Keiko is continuing her movement to close with the train. And she hasn't collapsed from exertion! Buying off defects is awesome. (I don't have anything that works outside of 10 meters. Move along!) 2d8+11 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+11) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 19. (Er) ( Uhhhhhhhhh.... ) 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 10. (THat's one helluva penalty) (I misread) * Jamie winces. ( Annnnd.... Jamie, gimme an awareness check! ) (Any sense apply?) ( Hearing, actually ) 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 3. (That's a yes.) [Jamie hears a sudden swishing noise behind her, which affords her a defense roll. Woot.] (melee?) (Or unarmed. I've totaly just blanked on which one I use. o_o) ( Either or ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. (That's a no) [Jamie is suddenly sucked through the grass. A big red pit opens in thin air, and she falls out of it, slaming into the ground. Behind her, Maximillion chuckles. "Cherrio, we meet again, wot?"] [Jamie's turn!] (No Heinrick?) * Jamie screams as she falls back out of the void and staggers back to her feet and tries to concentrate on her job, stopping that mech. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 0. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. [Heinrick can go now. ] * Heinrick doesn't want any shooting in the back while dealing with the new threat, but turns his attention to Max as he lobs another vial at a terrorist group. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. [Heinrick manages to burn two terrorists. The two that were knocked down earlier, in fact. They stay down.] [And then the terrorists attack. And one maybe hits Roseli! And another maybe hits Heinrick! And the rest miss.] [At this point, Karin's voice comes over the comm link. "Dammit! Eileen Rhodes is here. Guess we know who stole the Goliath."] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. [Ouch. As Heinrick turns, he gets shot in the back. D'oh.] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. (Made.) [Roseli dodges, though. Woo Woo!] (Woo Hoo.) (Woo Woo would mean she dodged sexily) [Her turn!] ( Uhhhh ) (The sadist, right?) (Yes) * Roseli runs, getting between Jamie and Maximillion, and MAYBE tackling him to the ground and pinning him. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. (Made.) [She tries to tackle him, but he steps out of the way at the last minute.] [Looana] * Luana is going nowhere without a guardian or orders. She spins around and throws her next fireball at Max. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 11. (Nope) [Max avoids getting burned as Luana sets some grass on fire.] ( Oh, the economic reprecussions. ) (Puff puff pass, Luana. ;_;) (Grass is a cash crop in Germany) [Heinrick!] 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 11. (... okay, I managed to close this turn.) (I should be able to start grabbing people by the head and smacking them together.) * Jamie is in a whole world of pain and it is NOT fun. * Heinrick holds his shoulder and smirks slightly before whipping around and throwing one of his blades at the terrorist who shot him. We'd best not get shot in the back no mores. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. [Heinrick hits the terrorist in the shoulder. He staggers, but he's still up.] [Jamie!] (Shoulda called shotted to the throat just for coolness points.) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 2. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (UmI am being very skipped.) ( That's 'cause I don't like you. ) ( ~~~~~;_;~~~~~) [Keiko!] (Keiko makes all the terrorist cry!) * Jamie should leave the mind combat thing to Keiko, but at least mecha gamera won't wake up this turn. * Keiko finally closes with the train! She tries to grab a handful of terrorists and think at them, hard, ~They knew your were coming! The others are traitors in your midsts! Take them down before they stab you in the back!~ (How large is my handful? Are there 5 targets?) ( There are! ) (Then 5 mind controlls!) 5 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (5 2d8-4) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 6 6 7 8 1. (All makes.) [That's for sure! Except one guy who got a crit success turns to one of his buddies and shouts. "Bachmann! It's me! The other Bachmann! Don't listen to the voice in your head! C'mon, we're bridge buddies, remember?!" The other guy, who was raising his gun, says, "Oh, yeah!" and lowers it.] (Good job, guy!) * Keiko gestures with her non-duck hand as she makes the not-so-metaphorical grab, and while the guys are taking their shots (or not) she leans on a handrail of the train for a second, her bubble keeping her fron touching it as she mutters under her breath in Japanese, [Then he's promptly shot by one of the other terrorists, who got a crit failure.] (The drama! The drama!) (I feel like I really knew them.) [The first Bachmann is all like, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"] (It's like watching the TNT channel.) (Or possibly Lifetime.) [And then Maximillion's evil cube sents out several arcing black lines. Everyone gimme a defense roll!] ( Er, wait. ) ( I lost the init. Damn it Keiko. ) [It's the terrorists turn ] [Four of them maybe hit this time. Two on Keiko, one on Luana, one on Heinrick. One more manages to hit another terrorist. The rest, mind controlled or not, miss.] ( There's a lot of terrorists here. :X ) [Roseli!] ( I keep doing all their rolls at the start of the round then writing them down >.> ) (Wow, how many are there?) * Roseli just shoots Max. ( There were twenty. Now there's 16. Not counting Max. ) (So...uh...) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. (And a hit.) (How many are targetting the *other* group ?) (Right, but I've got 3/4 under my control.) ( Another 20 :P ) (Right?) (How convenient!) ( And twenty to the front and rear, too ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 11. ( Keiko has 3 under her control. ) (Heinrick's not gonna last this, methinks.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 11. (One hits my shields.) [Roseli hits Max! One terrorist hits Keiko, but not really. The other misses.] [And one hits Heinrick.] ( Man, it's confusing ) [Meanwhile there's explosions 'n gunfire 'n shit from the other sides of the train.] [Luana!] (Oh, forgot my def roll.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. ( Good, I forgot they shot at you. :P ) [But they did, and they missed!] [And now it's Luana's turn!] * Luana throws another fireball at Max. For great firey justice! 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 1. [And she hits him, too! He screeches as he catches fire.] [Keiko!] (Huzzah!) * Keiko shakes her head and tries to grab a couple more terrorists with the same, repeatitive call of, ~Follow me to get the traitors!~ as she moves to sweep the outside of the train. 2 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2 2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 1 9. (Both makes.) [Maximillion beats out the fire. When he does, you notice that suddenly his ears are a lot more pointy, and his skin seems kinda greenish.] [Heinrick!] 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 9. (Can I tell what he is with an occult roll, Brett?) ( You can try! But then I'm going to have to make something up D: ) (GIANT MAGIC DEVIL PONY) (Well, I got the skill. ;P) * Heinrick winces only slightly as he tries to move his shoulders. "Well, this isn't going quite as planned..." He chucks some of his noxious chemicals at another group of terrorists, aiming for the middle of the largest group. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. ( Go ahead. I can do it. ) (Does the demon spec apply?) ( Nope ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (Made it!) [Heinrick tosses some chemicals, and three of the terrorists double over, coughing.] ( And they'll probably never hit squat now :P ) (This was rather the intent!) [Jamie!] ( whilst I afk a sec. ) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 5. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. * Roseli changes the clips in her gun as she barks, "He's an unseelie. Luana, keep burning him." (Greeeat.) (Togo's not here to come up with a cold iron bagel.) (Someone here needs to start carrying a pipe.) (*Togo throws a pile of cold iron lox over the train) [Terrorists! They follow Keiko! Except those that don't. Two of them (including Bachmann!) shoot at her and maybe hit! One shoots at Jamie and maybe hits! Two at Roseli! One at Luana! And the rest miss.] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 14. [Including the four who suddenly show up in motorcycles with sidecars. They go way off target.]] (Make the first, fail the second.) (Um... so are my terrorists shooting any other terrorists?) (Because that'd be nice.) ( I'm getting to it. ) ('Kay.) (I get hit! I probably feel betterXD) [Keiko's terrorists do shoot at the other guys! Three miss, but two hit, and bring one down!] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 10. (Two hits on me.) [Jamie does feel better! If only a little.] [Keiko's shield deflects the first one, but the second achieves some penetration and cuts grazes her arm.] (Rose! Now you need to give Jamie the power to make *other* people feel better if she gets hit.) [Luana avoids! Roseli avoids 1! not the other.] [Rose's turn!] (Damage conversion into heal?) (I was considering letting her convert it into CP, which would, in fact, allow her to pick up a healing ability if she wanted to...) * Roseli fires at Max again, now with cold iron action. Eat that, elfy fae Martian guy. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. (Yay, I hit!) (Also... if he was using an illusion to hide his real form all this time, shouldn't I have been able to see through it? Hypothetically?) [He howls as he's hit.] ( No, because he was hiding his form through shape changing. O:) ) (Oh, I was going to say, shape change would work. Okay!) (I'd see what Ashley would really look like, though. XP) [Luana!] ( Yah ) * Keiko winces and clutches her duck a bit tighter, but it takes more than that to kill her! * Luana has no idea what an unseelie is, but she throws another fireball anyway. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6. (Make) [Luana sets him ablaze again! He's suddenly started getting bad rolls!] [Keiko!] ( There are 9 non-controlled terrorists, including the four that just showed up on motorcycles ) (Are the motorcyclists still moving?) ( Yep ) * Keiko , having a full suite of minions, continues ordering the sweep as she reaches out with TK to grab the lightest (~180 pounds or less) terrorist and make it harder for them to do anything. Well, before she tosses them next turn. ( Gimme a grabs-terrorist roll! ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8. (Not quite enough.) [Keiko does not grab a terrorist.] [And Max beats out the fire again, ones again saving you all from a grizzly death.] [Heinrick!] 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 9. * Heinrick throws another vial at the remaining group of non-motorbike people. Noxiousness again. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. [And they all get sick, too!] [Jamie!] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 13. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 9. [The terrorists! Keiko's manage to hit and kill a guy! The rest all miss. One of the motorcycle groups stops, taking aim as they step away from the bike. The other keeps moving.] [Rose!] * Roseli continues to ignore her bullet wound (she's good at that) and shoots Max yet again, with even more cold iron action. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. (Yup.) [And Zarina's voice comes over the comm. "Dammit! More on bikes! And we were almost done here, too..."] [The bullet make hissing sounds as it hits him.] [He's not looking too good.] [Luana!] * Roseli speaks over the com: "Got bikes over here. Lots of men, too." * Luana throws another fireball and hopes really hard that Keiko is managing all right. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "You always hurt the ones you love. I love you very much." ( Whew. Ummm... Hm. ) (Oh deary fuck) (I'm managing just fine! Don't let me distract you!) (That is, somehow, an incredibly appropriate pose to follow up with a critical X.) [Luana's flames backfire and her outfit catches flame.] [Keiko!] * Luana mutters, "Fuck." (I have liquid nitrogen I could throw on you! That might help!) (It's cool. I don't burn.) (So how many terrorists are left?) (I just end up naked when my clothes burn off. >.>) ( 8 uncontrolled. ) ( That's ok. Naked women are a staple of MC4. ) (Now many are sick or are you not counting them?) ( Four ) ( The four that weren't on the bikes. ) * Keiko decides that throwing people is boring, and crushing people is awesome. So as she continues to mentally urge the troops, she reaches out to grab one of the terrorists, by the throat for direct crushing damage, her blue eyes flashing with anger as she mutters in Japanese, Also, she establishes telepathic contact with the ones that aren't sick, defensively. (Both of which don't actually require rolls. I just get to do a whole 10 damage. Whoo-hoo.) ( You do need a grab roll to do that. ) (To do TK crushing?) ( Yep. You gotta grab before you can crush. ) (No, I don't, unless you are rewriting the attribute. ^^;) (The last line of the second paragraph gives TK a direct crushing 5 damage/level attack. Weak, but always available.) ( It doesn't say that requires no roll. ) (Actually, I think it's been ruled this way before) ( I don't. >.> Not in a MC game. ) ( Anyhow, I'm ruling that it requires a grab roll. You can do strangling damage for free one's he's grabbed, as you would with a non-TK grab. ) (Oya.) (Against ACV, too?) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. (Make.) ( Your ACV vs. their DCV, yes. ) [That said, these guys suck at defence, and so he clutches uselessly at his throat. ] ( I'm also ruling that they can break free of the TK with a successful defense, by the way. Not that it's likely to happen here, but for future notice. ) (Duly noted.) [Max! Now Max does that black arcing thing, and everyone but Keiko needs a def roll.] (I'm close enough?) (Do I need to roll?) (I think I was immune to it last time.) ( I think so. And, uh... ) ( Let's find out ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (Made~) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. (Horray!) (Made anyway, so point is moot. But Heinrick never went *towards* Max, so I wouldn't think he'd be in the general range. He just stopped for that possibility in case things went sour.) ( Yah, Rose is immune. ) (Right on. ^^) [Welp, nobody gets hit, so on tooo...] ( Oh. Heh. ) [Suddenly, the front and rear wall of the really big car open into ramps, revealing a giant mechanical bot on theo ther side. It looks much like a turtle, but with treads instead of legs, and its head is higher than a turtle's would be. Little lights around its body start lighting up.] [Heinrick!] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. * Heinrick looks over at the tank for just a moment. "Well, I suppose we should finish this up quick. Pity." He throws one of his knives at one of the still moving biker's tires. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 6. [It pops and the two bikers fly head first into the dirt.] [Jamie!] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 9. [The lights on the Goliath start shutting off.] [The terrorists! Mostly miss! Except one hits another, but doesn't finish him.] [Karin's voice comes over the comms. "There! I see it! I see Tyrfing! Odette Lycus has it! On the train!"] [Roseli!] ( 6 uncontrolled terrorists and a Max left. ) * Roseli shoots Max with cold iron again. "Tied up here," she says over the coms. "Will send someone once we have a chance." 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (Aww, man.) [Rose doesn't manage to hit Max.] [And then you do see Odette! She hops off the train and starts running at super human speed. She's running in an arc, trying to get around you. She has the sword in hand.] [Luana!] (She's trying to close with everyone but me?) ( Nope, looks like she's trying not to close with anyone. ) ( And at the speed she's moving, none of the rest of you can really close with her, either.] ) It's drawn? (She's running away.) () (That's supposed to be OOC) ( It's not drawn. She's holding onto it with both hands though ) * Luana pulls the fire off of her chest and throws it at Max. She doesn't seem terribly concerned about how much of her chest is exposed at the moment. 2d8-4 ( Hmmmm. ) 2d8 (Dicey? ;_;) ( :X ) ( orzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ) (Nd may be on the ping. And she'll mind more when Teenage McHorny goes, 'OMG BEWBZ') ( Who you talkin' bout? ) (Sebastian.) ( Pshaw, he's not even there. ) (Heinrick has a coat!) (He'll pop out of a tree, just to say it.) ( I thought you meant Zarina. But she's not a teen. ) (I thought we were talking about creepy section 1 guy?) (He may or may not be a gentleman!) (I'm not sure we're allowed to be in the same timezone anymore) (Thank goodness) * Dicesuke has quit IRC (Ping timeout) ( Wellllllllll..... now what? ) (Jamie gets KOed next session or NPCed into a stalemate with her double?) ( Anyone got a spare? ._. ) (Not on this computer.) (Getting Dem to start his up_ (IMO, NPC stalemate. That's what they were doing before anyway ;P) (I can't keep going on with this for super long, btw. Gryph and I both have to wake up early tomorrow. ( HOPEFULLY it won't take much longer. ) (Whatcha doin' tomarrah?) (Driving north to visit my grandparents and then west.) (Going to my parents' house.) ( Going to work -.- ) (Closing shift, won't be back til midnight) ( Then writing a paper. ) (Dem's dicebot's up if you want to invite it) * Il_Dice has joined #MC4 2d8 Brett rolls 2D8: 5 1 = 6 ( Woot ) (Go Lu!) 2d8-4 Luana rolls 2D8-4: 7 4 -4 = 7 ( Go Lu! Gimme a plain ol' 2d8 roll, too ) 2d8 Luana rolls 2D8: 7 6 = 13 (Make on the first, not the second) [Luana sets Max on fire! He screams and staggers as he burns. It's also worth noting that much of the top of her outfit has been burned away.] [Keiko!] * Keiko keeps her guys under control and mopping up the terrorists as she continues to crush, comming, "I saw Odette run off. Is she going towards you? Where is Eileen?" ["She headed off in your direction. Eileen took off when we hurt her. We'll finish up here and support you."] [The guy Keiko's crushing goes limp. He was the same guy the terrorist shot last round.] [Max puts out the fire!] ( Waitin' on Jamie... ) (Sorry) 2 2d8-2 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 6 3 -2 = 7 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 5 6 -2 = 9 [The Goliath lights up again, but it doesn't do anything.] [Heinrick!] (Keep being awesome, Jamie!) (One biker terrorist left?) ( Yeah ) ( 5 altogether ) ( Max is still up, too. Barely. ) * Heinrick glances the terrorists way for a moment and then turns his attention quickly to Odette. He throws one of the noxious vials in her path. If we can't catch her just yet, we might slow her. 2d8-3 Heinrick rolls 2D8-3: 4 7 -3 = 8 ( Losing connection ) (Uh oh.) ( Back ) ( I think o: ) [Odette is unprepared for the chemicals. She stumbles through, coughing, but still running at an accellerated rate.] [Jamie!] * Jamie tries to turn the mecha back off again! 2d8-3 Jamie rolls 2D8-3: 2 6 -3 = 5 2d8-3 Jamie rolls 2D8-3: 2 1 -3 = 0 [The lights go off!] * Heinrick hmms at that. "Well now. That's rather impressive." [The terrorists all miss. Yep, all of 'em.] [Rose!] (Can't you even kill eachother!) * Roseli shoots Max AGAIN, because eventually, he will go down. 2d8-3 Roseli rolls 2D8-3: 6 1 -3 = 4 (Hooray!) [She's right! He does go down! And then he melts into goo.] (Right!) [There's no sign of the weird cube he was using as a weapon.] [Luana!] * Luana frowns and turns, throwing her next fireball at Odette. Her chest flattens and becomes male as she moves. 2d8-4 Luana rolls 2D8-4: 1 2 -4 = -1 (YES.) ( Technically there's still boobs there. ) [Odette, despite he condition, does see the attack coming and manages to circle around it.] [Keiko!] (Male boobs?) (Moobs.) ( 5 uncontrolled terrorists left. ) ( Wow, I, uh, missed Odette's turn ) ( Welllll... she's running! :P ) (And coughing!) ( And coughing! ) * Keiko turns and grits her teeth as she holds her arms to each side and... starts to float herself up onto the top of the turtle, still keeping her terrorists on the job. She's going for the hatch into the internals. [Heinrick!] (How far away is Odette now?) ( She's out of short range now. You can still hit her, but there's a penalty that I cna't seem to find. ) 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 3 1 -2 = 2 * Keiko asks, over comms, "I'm going inside the tank. Do we know who's in there?" 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 5 5 -2 = 8 ( It's a +4 ) * Jamie coms back, tearsly. "The other Hotaru. Somewhere." * Roseli switches back to her normal clip as she coms: "Do it, Keiko. Have our hands full over here." * Keiko comms back, "Kill, capture, anyone care?" * Jamie doesn't respond. * Roseli coms: "Capture if possible; kill if not." * Heinrick sighs. "We'll have to catch up with her..." He goes towards the bike the other terrorist left behind. "Well, if anyone wishes to come along..." He starts it up, then replies over the comms. "Do what is necessary to recapture the Goliath." [Jamie.] * Jamie concentrates on turning the damn thing back off again. 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 7 3 -2 = 8 ( The bike has a sidecar, if anyone's going with him :P ) 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 4 5 -2 = 7 (And holding for if someone gets in the sidecar, then speeding towards Odette.) [The terrorists fire! Keiko's manage to kill one and wound another! Nobody else hits squat.] [And suddenly, Gabriel and Zarina vault over a train car in a motorcycle of their own, Gabby driving. They land and start speeding towards Odette. Karin says over comm, "Cyra and I are trying to keep track of the sword from the air. She's fast though. I don't know if we can keep up."] [Rose!] Luana, can you handle the situation here? Yes, ma'am. * Roseli nods, has second thoughts, and frowns. "Go with Heinrick. Stop her." And she presses more buttons on her bracelet before advancing carefully on the monster of a machine. [Odette runs further.] [Luana!] * Heinrick nods and then salutes. "Good luck, Tavares. Make sure Keiko doesn't do anything foolish." ( Ouch ) * Luana starts running after Odette and throws a fireball at her. (Running penalty?) (LUANA) (GET IN THE BIKE) ( You're running after her? >.> ) (Wait yes what?) (BIKE!) (OR I SWEAR I WILL SHOOT YOU) (Sorry, sorry!) (She'll DO IT!) (XD) (Retcon!) (If Heinrick wouldn't get to her first.) (You must've missed that bit. :)) * Luana gets in the bike so people won't yell at her. >.> ( That's pretty funny though. XD ) [Keiko! Floats uppish.] [Heinrick!] 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 5 5 -2 = 8 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 2 3 -2 = 3 * Heinrick nods and smiles. "Pleasure to have you aboard, Ms. Hall." He then starts up the bike and speeds off towards Odette! [Jamie] (Okay, how far is this?) ( And lets get Luana and Heinrick into #Tyrfing ) (I'm floating at 10 m/s.) * Jamie tries to hack back and shut the system back down again! 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 3 3 -2 = 4 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 6 2 -2 = 6 (She's going fast, Brett.) ( :X ) (10 m/s = 30 feet per second, approximately.) [Okok, Keiko. ] (So unless the bot is WAY bigger than anticipated...) ( Gimme a military roll (hardware) ) (I don't think there is a hardware spec for military science. Is there?) ( I thought there was. ) (Ah, hardware recognition.) (Yup, there is!) ( Yeah ) (Oh good, this makes me useful.) (Mil roll for me?) ( Yeah ) 2d8 Keiko rolls 2D8: 8 7 = 15 (Wow, blew that one.) [Keiko doesn't spot a way into the tank on her turn :P but then Jamie opens a hatch for her.] [In the back of the head, we'll say.] [The terrorists! One hits another, finishing him off. The rest miss. 3 remain.] [Rose!] * Roseli keeps running for the tank. Can she spot a way in from down here? ( Hardware recognition! ) 2d8-e3 2d8-3 Roseli rolls 2D8-3: 3 3 -3 = 3 (Yup.) [Roseli cannot, but she realizes that if they were being practical when they built it, there should be a makeshift ladder in a blind spot between the head and shell.] [Keiko!] * Keiko makes doubly sure her shield is up as she keeps her boys killin', moving inside through the door Jamie opened to find her target. And maybe even get to attack it! [Nope, but she does spot it. There's someone sitting in a chair in front of the controls.] 2d8 Luana rolls 2D8: 6 5 = 11 [And all at once she turns around. It's Hotaru! With somewhat bigger boobs. In one of those skin-tight purple outfits Taki from SoulCalibur might wear. And nearby her is Ten in a frilly dress, who squeaks, "Begone from this place, evildoer!" Ten points, and Hotaru opens fire On Keiko with a crossbow attached to her wrist.] 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 7 2 -2 = 7 (*cracks up*) (Aren't they ever going to make new models? Maybe some Elevens?) 2d8 Keiko rolls 2D8: 6 7 = 13 (Hits the shield.) (Ten is short for Tenshi) [The bolt bounces off the shield. ] [Jamie.] (Could call them Akuma) * Jamie tries to turn the turtle back off. >.< 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 7 5 -2 = 10 [But doesn't.] * Jamie tries again! 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 4 3 -2 = 5 [This time she does!] (Yay!) [And the terrorists all miss. Man, these guys...] ( To be fair, most are blind. ) [Rose!] * Roseli circles around the back and, assuming the ladder is there, climbs up it and into the bot. * Keiko glares at them as she nosells their attack, and replies, "Sorry... your allies are at least as bad as mine." [Roseli climbs! Keiko!] 2d8-4 Luana rolls 2D8-4: 4 8 -4 = 8 * Keiko reaches out to 1) establish telepathic contact and 2) start the TK crushing. ~So stop.~ ( Still need that grabbins' roll. ) 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 7 7 -2 = 12 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 1 7 -2 = 6 2d8-2 Keiko rolls 2D8-2: 7 1 -2 = 6 (Make.) [She is grabbed! TKly. And the Goliath starts humming. The lights come on.] [Jamie.] * Jamie turns it off! OFF OFF OFF! 2d8-2 Jamie rolls 2D8-2: 2 5 -2 = 5 [And it goes off!] [One terrorist shoots, but doesn't kill, another. Rose!] ( Meh, I'm gonna stop dealing with those guys. ) [The rest of the terrorists surrendur!] 2d8-4 Luana rolls 2D8-4: 6 5 -4 = 7 * Roseli climbs into the hatch. [Gabriel shouts into his comm, "Dammit! Tyrfing is loose! Repeat, Tyrfing is loose!"] * Roseli coms, "Jamie, if you're not under cover, find some now." 2d8-1 Heinrick rolls 2D8-1: 8 2 -1 = 9 [Keiko!] * Keiko , while doing the TK damage, switches off of controlling a terrorist to try to grab her mind, controlling/threatening, ~You want to give up. It'll be a lot better.~ Her face is grimly set. [Ten howls, "A goddess never surrendurs!" And Hotaru fires two bolts at Keiko.] 2d8-3 Keiko rolls 2D8-3: 7 8 -3 = 12 2d8-1 Keiko rolls 2D8-1: 2 7 -1 = 8 (Okay, two hit the shield.) [And hits with both! Not doing much.] [Jamie] * Jamie follows orders and gets to cover, then she tries to disable the goliath so it can't power back up. * Keiko replies, ~You're not a goddess. He broke you in half, just like he broke Jamie in half.~ [Ten argues. "Yes I am!"] 2d8-3 Jamie rolls 2D8-3: 3 2 -3 = 2 2d8-1 Heinrick rolls 2D8-1: 7 3 -1 = 9 [Rose!] * Keiko dials back her anger a moment, looking slightly confused, then replies slowly, ~And what are you doing here, then, goddess? If Tyrfing is drawn, people die. If this goes on line, even more people die. What's your cause?~ * Roseli marches right on in, picks up Ten, and shoots its head off. (Do I even have to roll for that?) (You're so mean!) ( Nope. ) (Epic win) (Yay Rose!) (Sweet.) [Hotaru screams.] [She clutches at her head, then hits it hard on the console and knocks herself out.] * Keiko 's eyes widen as she ses it coming and then she screams too, dropping to her knees. Or, rather, to her force-field covered knees. [Her forcefield gets dirty.] [So... yeah! You're chillin'. In a big metal turtle's head.] (Rose has to get out and shoot the sword in the head now.) * Roseli coms to Jamie: "Hotaru 2.5 has been neutralized. You okay out there, Jamie?" * Keiko groans and replies, out loud, "Another one down. How many of her am I going to have to repair?" (Problem: The sword doesn't have a head. :() ( It's got a pommel! ) * Jamie coms back: "I. Mostly." Not your job to repair them. Who knows where she'll go. (She'll glue a head on AND THEN SHOOT IT OFF!) * Roseli coms: "You did good work." Brief pause. "Karin, how are they doing with Odette?" * Keiko slowly gets back up to her feet, holding her head for a moment and looking slightly out of it... before she puts her arm around her stomach and glares at Rose, saying angrily inbetween comms, "It's not like anyone else is interested." [Karin speaks over comms. "We're catching up. It looks like there's a standoff. Odette has the sword drawn. They're talking to her."] (Now is the time to MC a small woodland creature over there for the kill.) (Or one of the terrorists.) ( That's not gonna work :P ) * Roseli 's eyes flash, and she glares at Keiko. "Not on the field." Back on coms: "Let us know if you need extra firepower. We have an oversized turtle here." * Keiko lets her shield drops and leans against the wall a moment, asking, "Where... is Eileen?" (Was that over coms?) (Yeah.) ["She's gone. I think she ran when she found out her side wasn't going to win."] * Roseli coms: "Jamie, get in the Goliath. It's the safest place right now. Send some copters to help monitor the situation." * Roseli goes about making sure Hotaru 2.5 isn't going to die - and she probably isn't, so all should be well. * Jamie launches the copters and then runs for the tank. (And by tank I mean giant turtle) * Keiko climbs up out of the tank to lift Jamie up when she gets there. * Roseli blinks groggily, and before she knows it, she's sitting on the floor, slumped against the wall. (Okay, are they going to need us? Because if not, now's a good time to get going.) ( I guess not, you can go. ) (Am I covered by that, or do they need me to turn the turtle mech on and take pot shots at the sword? Because I've gotta drive ahead of me in the morning.) (We may need the choppers :P) (I smell caffine in my future.) ( Bwah, I'm pretty tired too ) (Good night, dudes and dudette. ^^) ( Night ) * Roseli has quit IRC (Quit: Sooooo tired!) ( Oh, uh, Jamie can join #Tyrfing ) * Jamie ignores the broken doll body on the floor and checks on Rose before checking on the turtles weapon systems. 2d8-2 Heinrick rolls 2D8-2: 1 8 -2 = 7 2d8-2 Heinrick rolls 2D8-2: 2 1 -2 = 1 * Keiko continues leaning on the wall before that dry comment over the comms, and then just looks betwen the other three and thinks at Jamie, ~I wonder if she's as bad off as you.~ * Jamie looks at Hotaru. ~I... I don't know. ~ * Keiko groans at the request and climbs out of the tank again, thinking back at Jamie, ~I wish I had time to figure out.~ She gets out of the tank and stands atop it a moment, before floating down to get an unconscious body ready for transport. 2d8-3 Luana rolls 2D8-3: 2 1 -3 = 0 2d8-2 Heinrick rolls 2D8-2: 3 4 -2 = 5 (Quite a roll!) * Luana comms everyone, "I'm coming back to borrow a terrorist, I'll be there shortly. Please be ready." [There's 8 terrorists still alive.] * Keiko comms back, "Yeah, we've got one." ( 9 if you count Hotaru ) 2d8+4 Heinrick rolls 2D8+4: 5 1 +4 = 10 [Luana gets there on a motorcycle! With a side car!] * Heinrick calls over the comms. "Any time would be good, Ms. Hall." He's rather calm while saying it. 2d8+4 Heinrick rolls 2D8+4: 2 1 +4 = 7 Working on it, sir. * Keiko gets in the sidecar, floating a body in with her as she snaps back at Heinrick, "It's not like she stopped for a drink!" She flumps down in the seat and replies, to Luana, ~Go.~ * Luana speeds off. 2d8+4 Heinrick rolls 2D8+4: 5 2 +4 = 11 * Keiko shudders as she sits in the sidecar, gripping one of the sides with her free hand. * Heinrick replies to Keiko. "I'm sorry? Perhaps you would prefer to be the one holding a demonic sword at bay next time." (owned) 2d8+4 Heinrick rolls 2D8+4: 1 4 +4 = 9 2d8+4 Heinrick rolls 2D8+4: 6 6 +4 = 16 d100 1d100 Brett rolls 1D100: 13 ( Hokay, Heinrick and Luana are both impaled. :X ) (>_>) (Yay! Now they can put the sword away and I can sleep!)