[Day: Sunday, March 31st. Time: 11:30 a.m.] ( BRB, gotta run outside to the car for a sec ) (The only person who's probably even remotely safe vs. the sniper, though, is Rose. Close up.) (Yes. Which is while he'll go for Keiko.) (Keiko is full of delicious brains.) (I'm also extra tasty) (Rose is going to stay with Keiko and Jamie, yes. ;P) [Obviously, you all know what you're doing, so I'll skip the recap. You pull up at the Royal Hotel in Potsdam. Outside, in front of the awning'd entrance are two guys in shades and black suits forming a semi-circle.] ( Togo vs a sniper long range... that'd be an issue. ) [Start] * Roseli gets out and goes to meet the dudes. She flashes a badge. "Roseli Tavares. Blitzkrieg, section 2." ( Gimme a social science roll! ) (What? What kind of science?) * Heinrick steps out as well and follows suit. "Heinrick Engels." (Which kind of soc science?) (Sociology?) [One of them nods at Rose. "We've been expecting you." He gestures at the entrance.] (That's the wrong kind of science!) * Roseli nods and heads on in. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (Scientology?) ( psychology. ) (Specialty? Ah.) (Oh, Psych.) * Togo talks to Luana as he gets out. "Remember to stay the hell out of melee with the vampire, and burn the crap outta the bee guy." 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. (I'm Keiko. I know stuff.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. ( missed ) (Gotten, yarr.) (I don't know stuff) ( Keiko Miller? ) Yes, sir. (Togo gets the ref cookie.) * Jamie moves to the back of the van and starts to unpack and launch helecopters. [Those of you who made it can tell that, their calm facade, these guys are sweating bullets.] (Very nice.) (Hey, I didn't need to make a roll to know that!) (I'm psychic!) (Yes, but now you have the information from two sources!) * Roseli isn't sweating bullets. Clearly, she is superior. ( Keiko is free to say "Hey guyse, theyms afraid!" ) (Psychic, apparently for Keiko, is codeword for LAZY) (Togo? I'm cashing in that trenchcoat request.) (I can't walk around with a silenced pistol out.) (Pick a color that goes with blue. :P) ( Ask, and ye shall receive. And dark or light blue? ) (It's going to be black. Black goes with everything.) (Pfft. Lame.) (Keiko should get a thigh holster instead.) (Totally femme fatale.) (Buy one for her, then. :P) (Normal blue. Neither navy nor sky.) (In the middle of the blue range.) (Heinrick would requisition one for her if she asked!) [You head in! Inside are two more MiBs, and one guy who's very MiBish, but he's oddly lacking dark glasses. His hair's slicked back.] (It's Zed!) * Jamie finishes heli launching and moves to catch up to Rose, followed by her pet tank. * Keiko gets out of the van, too, and walks in after Heinrick, not introducing herself. She's added a trenchcoat to her outfit, because hiding a pistol at your bustline takes a combat technique she doesn't have. [He holds out a hand to the nearest one of you. Rose, probably, since she went in first. "I'm Kreutz. Blitzkrieg, I presume? I'm in charge of security."] (... Some day Togo will take Keiko to meet on of his friends and then she will learn the cleavage of holding tech.) ( If you got it from me, it's a dark burgundy(sp?) color. ) ( No, it's hot pink. ) ( Nebby beat her to it. ) (Burgundy? Really? Fascinating. Alright. She'll take it.) * Heinrick nods slightly and stands off to the side. "What have you been informed of already?" * Luana is following close after Togo and tying her hair up securely. * Keiko thinks at Luana, as she idly pets her duck, ~This isn't too bad... pretty much like wearing a dress, for guys' clothing.~ * Roseli shakes the man's hand. "Roseli Tavares. This is Heinrick Engels, and Togo, the other guardian." She lets Heinrick talk. * Jamie has her choppers circle the building as they gain altitude, eventualy all but one of the larger ones breaks off and starts to seach for signs of the baddies. * Heinrick acknowledges Rose's greeting of him with a slight nod but is still waiting for a reply. ~Really? I always feel kind of cool when I'm wearing mine.~ * Togo walks up to Roseli and whsipers. "Just so you know... my glasses don't give much detail at long range, so unless you're pointing for me to shoot with my rocket launcher, I'm not gonna be much use against a sniper." * Roseli nods once but doesn't respond. She'll get back to him. * Keiko thinks back, with a slight smile creeping onto her lips, ~I know.~ * Luana smiles and finishes fastening her hair into a bun. [He nods, then responds to Heinrick. "We've heard about the impending attack." He pulls out a holocomputer and hits a few not-buttons. The route you saw at HQ to City Hall pops up. "We can expect an attack either before we reach city hall, or after we get there. Possibly both." A few more not=buttons, and the overlay is replaced by a 3D wireframe.] ["The limo is reinforced, so we don't have to worry about snipers on the way there, but..." The screen zooms in around city hall. "There's a number of sniping locations here. Plus there will be a large crowd of civilians. The attackers can hide there and strike at any time."] * Roseli unwraps a stick of gum and places it in her mouth. "Have guards posted and watching those locations at all?" * Heinrick nods and looks at the computer display for a second, then at Kreutz. "Any other preparation?" ["We plan to travel to the location in four vehicles. I'll have my men in the front and rear, and in the limo itself. You follow after the limo."] ["Once we get to the stage, we have additional security forces ready. We'll focus on guarding the President and Minister while you find the potential attackers. Acceptable?"] * Keiko 's smile slips away as she looks at the map, then thinks at Luana and Jamie, ~Too much ground to cover on our own. I hope your helicopters can check everything out.~ ( Gimme mil. sci. rolls, uhhh... tactics? ) * Roseli nods. She looks to Jamie. "Have your choppers cover those locations if possible." She gestures to the map. 2d8-2 How many civilians are expected? * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I'm down with that. You know me." (Hey, I got that!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. 2d8-4 ( Hooo geez. ) * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. (Heinrick may not be skilled but he is tactical!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. (Though I cannot compete with a crit.) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 10. (I do not have that in this game. ;_;) (I'm skilled AND tactical, mister. :D) (Nope) (If Roseli lost that roll, I would have been extremely disappointed.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-4) and gets a natural 3 for a result of -1. ( Made. =P ) (Yay Team Togo!) [Roseli and Heinrick and Togo peer at the map and identify thirteen probable locations for a sniper to be situated.] ( Well, Roseli and Heinrick mostly. =P ) ( Togo's map reading skills ain't what they used to be. ) (How many of those locations would be useful at any given time? ( All of them. ) (So he can hit us from anywhere of thirteen places once we walk out of this door... AND anywhere of thirteen places once we're at the podium?) (And they're the same thirteen?) * Luana peers at the map and points at a building in the southwest. "That's the best spot to snipe from, I think. Right?" ( Oh. I meant at the site itself. ) ( There's no probable locations near the hotel. ) (Is there any place that more than one of the spots can be seen from?) Explain your reasoning, Luana. * Roseli takes a look at Luana's spot and tries to judge that accuracy of her statement. There's the least amount of obstruction from that angle. It's practically a clean shot. * Heinrick looks at the spot and compares it to the other spots. [For the record, City Hall faces south. Right across from it is a large square. Across from that is a tall buildings. To the east and west are three and four story buildings, respectively. ] * Keiko mms, then thinks at the wards, ~Well, now I know who to ask if I need to shoot anyone in the head from far away.~ [Luana's explanation appears sound.] ~I'm a girl of many skills!~ [Kreutz looks at where Luana pointed. "Understood. I'll have my men watch for attacks from that area."] * Luana beams. * Jamie looks at the spot. * Heinrick thinks for a moment. "Sending scouts ahead may be useful but we would not want to alert them either." Think the Luana's right, yes. Jamie, when we near the location inspect it first. If you find the sniper, take it out from long range; we want to distract him at worst and take him out from a distance at worst. [He frowns a bit. "I don't have to tell you, my men have never actually been in this situation before. They're well trained, but they've never actually fought in combat. And they're certainly not prepared to deal with... unusual attackers."] (Wow, two worst-case scenarios) (seconds worst -> best) (Sorry. Edited poorly.) * Togo pats Luana on the shoulder. "Good eye, kid. That kinda thing earns you days off and badass bars." * Heinrick nods. "If it comes down to it, they would possibly be best defending against those with more ordinary abilities if they notice them. The others would be best handled by us." * Jamie nods and sends one of the big helecopters high up so it can't be heard from that spot and then down the rout. I'll take the chocolate! [He nods.] But again, you never answered my question. About how many civilians are expected? * Togo hands over a Badass Bar (TM). "Down payment." And how large is the square? * Keiko thinks back, with a slight smile, ~I am a fan of brains.~ She then purses her lips and adds, ~I don't trust him.~ (Have to admit, sniping the sniper would be pretty awesome.) ["We expect about a thousand."] (Now we just need to vamp the vampire and sting the bee man.) * Luana looks practically giddy as she pockets the chocolate. "Thank you, sir!" In the event of an emergency, can your men at least manage the civilians? Get them out of danger? I'm worried we'll have our hands full. ~Really? Why not? He's the first person who's taken us seriously right away.~ * Keiko 's slightly pensive look disappears and the smile comes back. ~I mean the sniper.~ ["As for the size of the square, see for yourself." He shows Heinrick the map. The square is about the size of a standard city block. It's most notable feature is a statue of, say, Whilhelm I? And some flowerbeds. Mostly it's just open, green lawn.] I agree. But I was wondering if it'd be practical for Keiko to do a sweep for any supernaturals that may be hiding. However, the crowd might be too thick for that to be feasible and with the timeframe we have... * Keiko pets her duck idly, adding, ~I may like mindgames too much... but picking the best spot seems... obvious.~ [He nods to Roseli. "We'll do our best. Although how we're going to protect them from a swarm of bees is beyond me."] ~He doesn't know that we know that... well, you know what I mean, right? He shouldn't be expected us.~ (*expecting) * Heinrick glances at Keiko for a moment. "How well do you think you could find any gaps?" We'll do what we can. ( We can FF when you like. ) That is probably going to be the most difficult containment, yes. It also depends on if the vampire decides to use human shields or not. * Keiko looks over at Heinrick as she thinks back, ~Always expect something.~ A moment before she looks over at Heinrick. "Twenty minutes... thirty minutes." Gonna be... a little noisy. * Heinrick nods slightly. "Keep your other senses peeled when we get there as well. Though I don't believe I need to tell you that. But if you do see anything unusual..." He frowns slightly, then turns to Togo. "Would you be a good contact person for her? That or Luana." * Heinrick smirks slightly and adjusts his glasses. "I would volunteer myself but it would probably be best to be on guard considering our foes." I can do it. * Roseli keeps chewing her gum. She also checks her gun over. Yup, looks like it still works. * Heinrick nods and turns to Keiko. "No outloud symbols if you can help it. We don't want to attract too much attention unless it's unnecessary." ( So Keiko will inform me if she senses supernaturals? Just wanna be clear. ) * Jamie watches her helecopters scour the streets. (Yes.) (Telepathically.) (Anyhow, Rose is ready!) (Heinrick's ready now.) (Keiko may need to respond first though.) * Keiko gives Heinrick a Look, although for once it involves an odd smile on her face. And then she just stares off into space. [Good enough for me! You wait around until 1:30 p.m, when some MiBs come down into the lobby. They're surrounding two guys who are talking with each other. I described them last session, so I'm not about to do it again.] * Roseli nods to them as they doth approacheth. [President Schoener gestures wildly at Defense Minister Bernstein. "But what is Wolfgang thinking?! Leave the EU? Ask for help from the Americans? Does he even...?" The minister shushes him and glances your way. The President also glances your way ans shushes, as if only just now realizing you're there.] * Jamie stands quietly. * Luana is munching on a small bit of her Badass Bar. [But just for a second. As they head out the door, he says, "I've got to have a talk with him when we get back to Berlin. Get him to stop this madness... Maybe Montreaux will..." And they're outside. The rest of the MiBs make to follow. You prolly should, too.] 2 d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (2 d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2 2. * Keiko glances at the two guys and sighs, thiniking, ~Finally. Time to move.~ * Heinrick looks at the other guardians. "Shall we?" Let's. * Roseli does follow! * Togo nods and follows, looking about as inconspicuous as a 6'3 white-haired man in a dark copper trenchcoat can. * Jamie follows Rose! * Heinrick follows along as well! * Luana licks a finger clean as she follows Togo. [You go outside. The two important men get in the limo and the MiBs get into their respective black cars.] * Keiko half-closes her eyes for a moment, but doesn't miss a step. [Then they take off.] [Apparently they leave you behind :X] ( I think it's assumed that we followed, since we said we were following. ) [Ok ok ok. They drive! Gimme awareness checks!] 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 1. ( made ) (Sight count?) ( Sight or hearing ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (I'm very not aware.) (Failure.) 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 5. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 2. (Take that Dicey! Made!) [None of you notice anything suspicious on the way to City Hall!] (Made by more than Jamie) [And then you're there. The streets around city hall are blocked off, so there's no traffic as the motorcade pulls up. There are, however, a lot of people in front, lined up at the base of the steps. They fill the entire wide sidewalk in front of the building, the street beyond that, and about half of the square. In the building to the west of the square, a pizza chef watches the procession with a big grin, no doubt hoping to get some ( Whhhhhoooooooo. ) (hoping to get some) (I bet he is.) ( Well, Keiko is fairly attractive! ) ( Shoot the pedo! ) (You've got all the guns!) (This is why we gave Keiko a gun.) (She can help her own damned self.) (<-- Best Guardian ever.) [No doubt hoping to get some profits after people disperse. And at the rear end of the square are a couple of kids, more interested in playing baseball than watching the President. A podium has been erected at the top of the steps, with the German flag draped in front of it. A fat man in a suit, no doubt the Potsdam mayor, stands in front of it, watching the motorcade. At the base and top of the steps are a line of MiBs.] ( :X ) ( Did I make it? ) (Yep) (Yis) ( Woot! ) (Hey Brett, anybody in sniper spot #1?) [I think that's everything I need to say. And gimme an awareness check.] 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 2. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 1. ( made ) 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of -3. (Made by HELL YEAH) (Any senses or having helecopters in the area help?) ( I meant just Jamie. Buuuuuut.... ) [None of you see a sniper in the spot Luana pointed out yet.] (Oh fine.) (I haven't even rolled yet!) ( Ok, fine, roll ) (See above question) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. (Make by 3.) (Any senses or having helecopters in the area help?) ( No. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. ( Congrats, you don't see a sniper. :P ) * Jamie parks a minicopter on a ledge where it can see that sniper spot and moves her seach onto five of the other sniper positions. [As the motorcade pulls up, the people cheer and clap. The mayor says into the mike, "And here he comes now, President Woltheim Schoener! With him is Ludwig Bernstein, the defense minister..." He continues to suck up while people get out of the car.] * Keiko says, quietly, "Time to start the search, yes?" * Roseli nods to Keiko. "I'll stay near you and Jamie." 5 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (5 2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 14 16 12 13 9. (I hate you dicesuke) ( Wow, that's a ton of suck ) * Heinrick scans the crowd for anything unusual. * Keiko replies, "Hope you're going to carry her." (Holy geez) [Woltheim, Ludwig and the MiBs climb the stairs, where they (Woltheim and Ludwig, at least) shake hands with the mayor. The mayor then steps back, and Woltheim takes over. "Thank you, everyone."] * Keiko advances to the crowd, and starts scanning the crowd for people she can feel but not telepath. Or, alternately, assassin thoughts. That'd be awesome too. ("I really really really wanna kill the president right now.") (Exactly!) ( That's gonna need some kind of roll. ) ( Just... damned if I know what. ) * Roseli shakes her head. She gets out of the car and walks with Keiko. (I have power usage!) (More accurately, they're probably thinking about HOW to kill the president.) * Heinrick starts making his way to be closer to the podium, just in case he needs to react quickly. He's still looking through the crowd. ( Ok, Power usage aaaat.... eh, just tell me what you make it by. ) * Jamie comms. "I found one. She points to the east building." (Yes, but Keiko could only detect that from the mooks.) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. (Make by 4 on telepathy.) (Who are probably thinking to leave it up to the other three.) * Roseli coms back, "Where, Jamie? Which one?" She can't see her pointing! [The President opens up with a story about a trip he took somewhere to settle everyone in before he begins on the bulk of his speech.] "East building." (And which sniper? o_o) * Togo is out of the van and scanning the crowd to the best of his ability. ( Oh, yeah, let me know where you're standing. ) (I'm with Keiko, so I assume in the crowdish.) * Luana follows after her guardian. (A tall one with a riffle! XD) ( Center or edge of the crowd? ) (Already did. Heinrick's scanning the crowd and making his way to be as close to the podium without being conspicuous) (Keiko, where!) * Jamie is following Rose because nummy. (As far as I've gotten through scanning?) ( Luana and I would be similar to Heinrick. ) ( Hokay. ) (I've sorta got a very risky position here.) * Roseli comms back, for everyone's benefit, "Can you take him out?" (Since I have to get close enough to get stabbed to death.) [Keiko starts scanning. It's going to take some time.] (Here's hoping I make it in time!) (That's why you have Rose with you.) (And your shieldy thingie.) (Did we put a silencer on the tank?) (If we stopped by the armory? Sure!) ( bathroom, brb ) (We had to for Keiko's gun.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. * Roseli moves to Kreutz and informs him, quietly, "Sniper on the east building. Trying to take him out." And then it's back to mother henning. [Meanwhile, the President continues his speech. "We've made a lot of changes in our country recently. Changes that have only benefitted our people. Have you ever lost an opportunity because your body simply wasn't suited to the task? It wasn't your fault. It was just the harsh truth of the world. But that's no longer the case now. Our genetic program affords all of our children a fair opportunity. In the past month alone..."] ( Whoosh. ) ( back ) (Made it.) * Jamie lines up a shot on the guy on the east building from the tank parked on top of the van. ( Nothing creepy about this speech coming from a German. None at all... =P ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. ( o/~ ) (As long as a synonym for 'undesirables' doesn't come up.) * Jamie whispers into coms. "Firing." (All the Keikos shall be CAST OUT!) 28d-5 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 5. (But there's only one! That I know of.) (All the crazy robotic goddesses shall be microwaved.) (That's mostly taken care of as well.) (Oh right.) (Then we move on to the non-crazy ones.) ( Are there any? ) (Togo's one. He looks so pretty in a dress.) * Jamie whispers again. "Down." 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. * Roseli nods and coms, "Keep checking. There's more than one." * Jamie nods and goes back to checking her circling helecopters for more snipers. ["Unfortunately, many people are unhappy with our scientific progress. They've tried to deny the genetic program. They've tried to harm us to force us to turn our backs on it. They've tried, and failed. After several months of fierce combat on our own soil, I am pleased to announce we are winning the war on terrorism!" The crowd cheers, possibly hurting your ears.] * Jamie covers her ears with both hands. * Heinrick listens quietly to the com communication and is scanning the crowd, looking a bit aggitated. He speaks into them this time. "Calm before the storm it would seem." ( Heinrick, Togo and Luana, gimme awareness checks at +4 ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 9. * Keiko has a deathgrip on her plush, at her stomach, as she fords through the crowd. Her eyes are squinted slightly as she comms back, "Nothing yet. Nnh." 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. ( made ) (Made too but Dicey likes close calls.) ( Um... Was that with +4? ) (Yes.) (Welcome to awareness twinks I will be your hosts Togo and Heinrick.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 15. ( Togo damn well be aware, he fights evil WITH NO EYES ) ( +better ) * Heinrick frowns and speaks low into the comms. "I've found another of our targets. The one who turns into bees. He's in the crowd." 5 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (5 2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13 5 15 7 13. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. * Luana mutters, "Shit." * Roseli coms, "Unfortunate. Alert Kreutz. Togo, Luana, see if you can get a bead on him." * Togo idly stretches his arm to his right, twoards the center of the crowd. *softly into comm* "Follow my arm. To my right, center crowd. Probably there to panic the crowd." ( For convenience sake, we'll say Kreutz is already wired into your comm system, as are the other MiBs. ) * Keiko adds, "Can't throw grenades into the crowd, can you?" d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d5) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. (Schway.) (Good.) *into comm* Nope. Luana, stay on him. He's just the distraction, and in that crowd I can't do much to him, aside from maybe with a shotgun. * Heinrick repeats into the comms. "Kreutz, did you catch that? A little right of center in the crowd. I can point him out if need be." ["I see him. We're preparing to move."] * Heinrick speaks again. "We don't want the crowd to panic however or to let him know we see him too soon." ( Erm ) I'll do what I can, sir, but flaming bees aren't that healthy for the populace either. ["I see him. We're preparing to move in case of an attack." Is what he meant to say.] (Good. :P) * Jamie comms. "I ...found Kraad." 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+1) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 7. * Roseli is silent for a moment, then coms flatly, "Take him out. Once you do, confirm the identity of the previous target." * Jamie balls her hands into fists. "He's... I can't hit him untill he shoots! He's on a roof!" * Heinrick comms again. "If you would like, I could create a smoke screen as a rationalization for evacuating the crowd. Could blame it on a gas leak. But I wouldn't wish to use it as a first resort." 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. * Keiko thinks back at Jamie, ~No fear. He dies toda--~"Found a thug. They're waiting for 'Sadie' to start it." * Keiko thinks the man's image at Togo. [There's a pause, then Kreutz comms back, "That may be a good idea. However, it might alert them that something's up."] (Sadie is...?) * Heinrick nods and responds softly. "It is something to keep in mind as an alternative plan. We'll see if we can identify all of them first." * Jamie readies the tank to shoot at Kraad the moment anything pokes over the edge of the building. (Vamp lady I think.) * Jamie then sends a helecopter over to check the first sniper she shot. * Togo follows the image, then relays the man's location and description to Kreutz over the comm. *softly* "Vamp's gonna go for the stage most likely." * Roseli glances around for the vamp. Or mist, or bats, or... * Jamie blinks and whispers unsteadily. "Another sniper, twentysecond floor floor of [building]" [Kreutz responds. "Understood. I have a visual."] * Luana looks a bit twitchy, touching one of her guns through the trenchcoat. [The man Keiko identified checks his watch.] * Keiko maintains telepathic contact with him and then her eyes widen as she thinks at Togo and comms, "~Five seconds!~" * Roseli reaches over and rubs Jamie's back. It'll be okay. Or it won't. And at the five seconds, she is completely on alert, jamming a code into her bracelet and hoping Kreutz has the sense to get the president and minister down. [Heinrick, Togo, and Luana all see it first: a tiny object sails over the crowd and lands on the steps. Gimme a mil science (hardware) roll, you three] * Jamie panics and divebombs Kraad with the chopper she had watching him. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. ( Missed. I chalk it up to bad vision. =P ) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 6. (Make) (Go Luana!) (And that's a make.) [Heinrick and Luana recognize it as a grenade! You have time for one action. Everyone else, roll init.] (Damnit! I attacked first!) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 12. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+7) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 17. (Man, I'm the alert! I can't believe I'm gonna be last. ;_;) 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 23. 2d8+18 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+18) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 25. (Who's near it and how much of the crowd is in the blast radius?) ( Mainly MiBs. Debris might hurt the President, but he's out of the immediate blast area. ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. (Can I get to Bee Man this turn?) ( No. Crowd's in the way. ) ( Heinrick and Luana roll init too ) 2d8+13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+13) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 20. 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 19. [Order is Rose, togo, sadie, Luana, Heinrick, Jamie, Kraad, Rudy, Goon 1, Keiko, Goon 2, Sniper, MiBs.] (We still get our action?) ( Heinrick and Luana have time to act quick though, if they wanna do something about that grenade. ) ( Actually, it's close enough to hit you guys, too ) ( You're standing right at the front. ) * Heinrick calls over to Kreutz. "Get your men out of the way, now or protect the president." He then starts off the smoke and coughs, speaking to the crowd by the podium. "I'm sorry, but I think we'll need you to step back." * Luana 's eyes widen and she says into the comm, "Grenade on the steps!" as she moves towards the bee guy and away from the blast radius. [Kreutz quickly relays orders, and his men comply. Annnnnd...] ( Uh, is there a public speakins skill? ) (Yeah. It's called Performing Arts (Public Speaking).) (Offa Soul isn't it?) ( Ok, we'll go with that. ) (Can't intimidate them to get away instead? :D) ( You can! But you'll have to be meaner about it :P ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. (I don't get a smoke bonus? ;_; Fail.) (Well he can yell it maybe.) [The crowd just looks confused at Heinrick. But don't worry, they start screaming once the thing explodes. Several of them are injured in the blast. So are Heinrick and Togo, unless they make ranged defense rolls. Luckily, the MiBs and Luana moved away in time.] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. ( :D ) [Meanwhile, Rose! It's your turn!] * Jamie winces at the noise of the explosion. [Heinrick does not get blow'd up.] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 0. ( made ) [Nor does Togo.] [Buncha people do though. ] ( They shoulda put more skill points into ranged defense. ) (...I thought you said they weren't in range.) ( He revised that. ) ( I didn't say that >.> ) * Roseli reaches into her jacket and unholsters her gun, waiting for the first hostile to appear (and/or get away from the crowd) so she can plug it full of blessed bullets. ( The President wasn't in range. ) (Readying my action, Brett. If Sadie shows up, I want to shoot her.) (Who's near it and how much of the crowd is in the blast radius?) ( Mainly MiBs. Debris might hurt the President, but he's out of the immediate blast area. ) ( Hokay.... Gimme an awareness check, Rose ) (If I ask, I expect an answer. :P) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. (Made.) (Or perhaps less vagueness would help.) [Togo!] * Roseli coms, "Watch the playground. Think she's coming from there." [Meanwhile, the square quickly turns into screaming and shoving. Woo.] * Togo pulls out his DEagle and watches the area Roseli's referring to, looking for Sadie. (Hold action until she appears.) [And in fact, that kid Rose and Togo see tosses a baseball up into the air and readies his bat to hit it as it comes down. Or maybe tosses a grenade into the air and readies her bat.] ( If you wanna act, now's the time. Note that she's out of short range though. ) ( +4 penalty with short range weapons. ) ( acc helps though. ) ( Is the kid the only one in the playground? ) ( The only one who's not running and screaming, yeah. ) ( Ok ) ( Some of the crowd is starting to run that way though. ) (Get to it, Togo. I've very much got short range, but I'll do my best.) ( I do too. ) * Roseli aims with both hands and fires at the kid, at the very least to distract her. ( Passing through the crowd will require a body roll, by the way. ) (Staying by the girls, so let's hope I don't hit any of the crowd!) * Togo curses, and fires off a round from his DEagle. 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+1) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 13. ( Nope! ) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 9. (YES.) (Oh, y'know, I would've gotten a bonus... yes anyway.) (Should've been a seven. Still win!) [Rose hits her, and the impact causes her to miss the ball, or whatever it was. She quickly dives out of the way as it explodes. People scream and run away from that direction. Some get trampled. ] (Rose shoots the kid. Togo shoots *a* kid) [Luana!] (Damnit! He's trying to catch up to me in friendly fire incadents!) ( Hey, since when is a normal miss a friendly hit? =P ) * Luana is still moving through the crowd to get to bee guy. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. (Make for crowd-shoving.) [Luana gets through much of the crowd!] [She's within pretty close distance of Beemaster] [Or Masterbee ] [Or Tehbeemaestro] (Masterbee's theater.) (I'm just going to call him OMFGBEES) (TeeBeeAitch) ( Either way, do something :X ) * Luana throws a fireball at the BeeMastah and really hopes that she doesn't set the crowd on fire. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. ( There's a Spidey villian called swarm. He's actually a NAZI made of bees. Which is doubly awesome. ) (Ahh! She's doing it too!) ( Meanwhile I'll try to figure out how spreading/AoE attacks against swarm actually work, since the book's description, "Can be devastating", doesn't help me much.] ) (I thought it does explain it) (Bee inside area, bee dies.) Well, conceptually, every thing in the area of effect would take a damage. (+()) (Yeah. Bees have one hitpoint) [Luana sets much bees on fire. How much? d130 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d130) and gets a natural 57 for a result of 57. ( 57! ) (Yay!) (AoE is devastating for swarm. REALLY bad.) (Trust me, I know. Jason got hosed.) ( Ironic choice of words, him being a fire guy and all. ) (Rimshot!) [Heinrick!] (But yeah, AoE/spreading is about the only way to deal with them. Otherwise, you just hit one. And they don't care.) (How much of the crowd is around BeeMan? (You hit a bee for 47 damage! It does! The swarm gnaws you for 99) (It dies even) ( A lot. He was right in the center. ) ( I need to get my damn calculator out for this :X ) ( Luana didn't destroy 57 bees, by the way, she got a lot more. That's 57 damage, she did. ) ( I dunno. I'm just adlibbing. ) (Yikes.) * Heinrick calls out in a loud voice to the crowd. "People, remain calm and follow me. I'll try to lead us out of here." He tries to speak with authority as best as he can (haha) but maybe with explosions and such, people will listen more forcefully to him. If he succeeds, he's leading people away from the targets they know are there. Beeman and the playground mostly. (Well, it's one bee per HP at level 1 swarm right?) (Can I use Intimidate for this one or is it public speaking again?) ( He's got level 5 swarm ) (Yup.) (Intimidate is 'MOVE, FUCKERS.') (And if you're doing it as 57 HP, then you killt 285 bees.) (Well, he's yelling this and trying to sound more cop-like.) ( I think it's public speaking. Intimidate is... yeah. ) (Oh fine. >_<) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. (Useless again then. Thanks.) [People ignore Heinrick!] [Jamie!] * Jamie swivels the tanks turret to shoot at the second sniper since Kraad's out of her reach right now. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. * Jamie misses, but waits for the autoloader and takes a second shot at him. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. (Which might hit!) [Meanwhile, Bee man becomes bees! He swarms through the crowd towards the stage, and mayn people acquire welts. Maybe Luana, too, unless she can defend.] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 11. (Er, no.) [Ouch! Luana is stung several times as the bees pass around her.] * Luana yelps and swats around ineffectively. And that bearded guy from before pushes his way through the crowd. He pulls out an uzi and fires at the stage, managing to miss everyone due to the smoke. The people scream and try to steer clear of him, though.] [Keiko!] (Idly does math and comes up with... 36.5 damage.) ( Rounded down ) (That's still a lot of bees.) ( Lot less than there was originally. ) * Keiko tries to draft behind the bearded guy, in the chaos. Hopefully, since he's cleared a path, this won't require a roll. (True.) ( He could be doing 65 damage. ) (Swarm hurts. Lots.) (If I can follow after him successfully, that'll determine my next action.) [Keiko prepares a rough draft while the bearded guy shoots people.] ( Gimme a body roll at -2 ) (Everybody pray!) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. (Not good enough.) (Aw, but close.) (Nope.) ( Keiko stars in The Fast and the Mildly Irritated: Berlin Draft ) (Miss by 2.) [Meanwhile, an old lady on the other side of the crowd pulls a tommy gun out of her purse and also fires. She hits several people and one MiB.] (wtf I wasn't informed of an old lady!) (Goon #2 is evedently a master of disguise!) [And another MiB goes down, mysteriously!] (Am I inside of MC range still?) ( Yeah. ) [The MiBs surround the Pres and the Minister. They draw guns, but they don't fire since they're not such good shots and down want to hit anyone in the crowd. So they play meatshields. I'm gonna skip them from now on.] [Luana!] (About how many bees, and how spread out?) (I'm assuming that trying to push through the crowd was my only action, then?) ( 365, ummm.... Over 15 feet? I guess ) (Didn't the MiB guy say that they'll lead the crowd out?) ( Oh, right! ) (I mean, there's a GIANT PILE of them. They can probably spare one or two. ;P) [Some of the MiBs try to get the crowds attention and have about as much luck as Heinrick.] ( And Keiko didn't say she was doing anything else, sooooooo. ) (Okay, super panicky crowd, totally not listening to suits at all. Got it.) (I didn't get the chance. I did say that I was going to do something depending on whether I got through the crowd or not.) (Yep! Next round, casualties be damned.) * Luana throws a wave of fire at the thickest concentration of bees. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 11. (Fail) * Keiko fails her attempt to be directly useful, so instead her shield goed up and she starts MCing normies out of the damn way. (Woot, Keiko! Give Luana and Togo clear shots!) [They're all too happy to oblige Keiko! Menawhile, I managed to skil Rose, so her turn.] (Shoot people in the head!) (Okay, we've got an old lady and a bearded dude, right?) Or someone who looks like an old lady ( () ) (How far away are they?) ( The bearded guy is pretty close. The old lady is on the other side of the crowd, toward Luana.] ) * Roseli charges the bearded guy and makes to grab him, putting her gun to his head. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. ( You need a body roll first :P ) (Boot to the head!) (Um, I thought you said he was close.) ( You still need a body roll. He's not that close >.> ) (Okay, question. If I fail the body roll, can I still fire?) ( The square's filled with panicking people. You pretty much need a body roll to move, well, anywhere. ) ( Yes. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. (Made it!) ( Though if you miss, you might hit a civilian ) [Rose gets through and grabs the guy.] * Roseli certainly does put the gun to his head, as her player forgets if she can pull the trigger this turn. [So does the GM, so skip to Togo while we figure it out.] ( Also, if you fire into the crowd and you miss, there's a possiblity you might hit a civillian. Just making that clear.] ) ( If I make the body to move through, can I get to short range? ) ( This round? ) ( For Sadie? Hmmm... Yeah, okay. ) * Togo attempts to make his way through the crowd to Sadie... 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. ( Made ) * Togo makes his way a bit closer to Sadie, then fires off a round from his DEagle. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. ( Made. ) [Togo shoots at her! Unfortunately for him, she rolls out of the way. Then suddenly, she's gone! And a bat is making its way over the heads of the crowd] [Towards city hall and the Prez, that is.] [Luana!] *into comm* Vamp is in bat form! I repeat, bat form, heading for the stage! (Oh, that makes more sense! I was wondering why she tossed the baseball bat. >.>;) (...yes.) * Roseli , meanwhile, pulls the trigger on the bearded dude. ( o: ) * Luana hisses but keeps trying to hit the bees. More fire! 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 10. (Fail again) (Geez, who let Dicey into the haterade?) (Against females no less!) (I think he got stood up.) [Rose shoots the guy in the head! But he moves, and the bullet is only a grazing shot. Which is pretty nasty, but he's still conscious.] [Luana does no bee frying.] [Heinrick!] (How soon will the bat get to the stage?) ( Round after next. ) ( Heinrickkkkkkkkkkk ) * Heinrick looks at the bat, then at the crowd and lets out a breath, before making his way towards the stage, taking out one of his vials. It may not do much but hopefully it'll at least piss them off until something better comes along, since he's closest. (Hold and readying acid.) [Jamie!] * Jamie has one of the big helecopters fire a ward at the bat and waits for Kraad to poke his nose over the edge of the building so she can fire at him before he gets his shot off. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 1. [Jamie hits the bat with a ward which immediately causes it to drop sharply in altitude.] (Horray for power wards! XD) [The bees approach the stage, causing more injuries as they go. They leave Luana behind, though. Heinrick, going to do anything?] * Heinrick throws the acid that he has on hand for splatter damage as soon as they come out of the crowd thickness. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. ( At bees? ) (BEES) (At bees, yes.) (BEES!) ( What kind of container is the acid in? ) (Or he doesn't, but at least he's not throwing acid into the crowd.) (His usual vials? >.>) (He's always had the acid.) ( So he's throwing vials of acid at bees? >.> ) (He's basically throwing it so it'll break and splatter on the bees.) (Exactly.) (Using it for AoE effect.) (Each one only needs 1 hp of damage to die. ( The bees are flying, though. I don't see how you could attack them with a vial of acid. ) (You throw it on the ground and if you're forceful enough, it'll splatter up.) (Heinrick only has super strength.) (Which Heinrick --yeah.) (The classic solution to this is Heinrick throws the bottle and then Togo shoots it mid-air) (That would require two actions!) (That'd be pretty fsking badass.) (You could have Keiko crush it in midair as well, but they haven't worked that move. Maybe.) [Either way, the acid doesn't get high enough to harm the bees, so it's moot.] * Jamie shoots Kraad, or at least she tries too. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. [Goon number one tries to shoot Roseli in the gut! And fails. But he does hit some civilians in his attempt.] * Jamie shoots the building good. [Also, Kreutz yells over the comms. "The President has been hit in the shoulder! Repeat! The President has been hit in the shoulder! Find that sniper!"] [Keiko!] * Keiko continues trying to move through the crowd to close on the bearded guy. (Has my pushing people out of the way helped at all, or am I going to be stuck in the middle of the crowd for this entire combat? ^^;) ( You're through! ) ( Rose is grappling the guy right now, though. ) (Hi Keiko! I have him in a chokehold with a gun to his head!) (If you want to MC the old lady, though, that'd REALLY help...) (Am I even _aware_ of the old lady?) (She's on the other side of the crowd anyway. I can't reach her unless that's less than 10 meters away.) ( No way :P ) (That's what I thought.) ( She could push her way over though ) (No, she can't. She has 4 body.) ( Is she going to do anything? ) * Keiko works her way up, then, and as her shield drops she slips her gun up against the guy's body to shoot his grappled self by surprise. Surprise! (Yeah. That.) (! I'm so proud. *sniff*) ( He's struggling with Rose, you know. ) (Right, which means he has a ridiculous penalty to not getting shot even if he were aware.) [Eh, he's dead.] * Roseli drops the guy. "Good job, Keiko." [The old lady isn't though. She pushes her way forward, firing at the MiBs. She misses, but she keeps them surpressed.] [One of the MiBs does take a shot from somewhere, though, and goes down.] * Keiko lets her arm drop limp right after the shot, and responds to Rose very flatly with, "Guns work." (Shocking!) (I had no idea!) (Film at 11!) [Rose!] (Can I get to the old lady this turn? Push through the crowd, yadda yadda.) ( Nope. Two turns! ) (Right.) ( Or you can push towards the stage, which seems to be where she's headed anyhow. ) ( Along with the bat... And the bees... ) [Togo!] (HEY. Can I take my turn? ;P) ( Oh, sure. ) * Roseli fires up at the vampire bat, then starts pushing through the crowd for where the old lady is heading. Hey, maybe she can get to her before they reach the stage! 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (Missed the bat, but I'm goin'!) ( Can I go now? ) ( Need a body roll for that ) ( And sure! ) [Togo is in the crowd, and near the bat!] (Oh, does acro help? I'm assuming not, but I figure I may as well ask.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (That's a no if it doesn't. XP) ( Not here, no. No room to tumble. ) ( It's just pure body. ) ( Well, strength, I suppose. Trying to force past. ) * Togo fires at the bat, then tries to move through the crowd (like Rose, but hopefully with more success). 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 12. ( HA ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. ( HA ) (We're rocking the rolls.) (I wish I'd known it was strength. I was assuming maneuverability) [Rose and Togo are caught in the crowd and unable to move to city hall!] (Dicy is a bad enough dude to kill the presedent) ( Oh. Yeah, maneuverability makes more sense. ) (As Heinrick knocks the entire crowd down with one mighty clap.) [The bat lands at the stage, turnning into a young, not especially pretty girl. She immediately rips the ward off.] (Right, hence acro, with flexibility and all.) (I wasn't figuring tumbling. XP) [Luana! There's an old lady n front of her and bees behind!] (Boom!) (He could go totally Hancock on them.) * Luana growls and shoves another wave of fire toward the bees. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. (Make exactly! Finally!) (BURNT BEES) d130 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d130) and gets a natural 114 for a result of 114. ( Well ) [Luana burns up all the bees!] (ONE DOWN!) (SCORE!) ( It's as good a way as doing it as any >.> ) (Sweet!) [Heinrick!] ( Niiiiiice ) Poor bee man. (+()) * Heinrick smiles in greeting. And says hello to the young girl in the best way possible. With acid to the face. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. (In the FACE.) (NO NOT THE FACE) [And hits! She screams!] (Yes! In the FACE!) (Ahh, the glorious and rarely seen facemelting greeting.) [Jamie!] * Heinrick makes a mental note. Acid *does* work well as a distraction. * Jamie evaluates targets and attempts to put bullet holes in Kraag. 2 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 8 2. (One maybe) (If he's concentrating on sniping, he's probably a leetle distracted. We hope.) [Meanwhile, the Old Lady shoots her way through the crowd and rushes towards the stage.] [Annnnnd... A portion of the steps near Heinrick's foot looses a big chunk.] [Rose!] (Still two turns away?) ( You can get to the base of the stairs in one. ) ( I mean, if you make a body roll, you're there. ) * Roseli pushes through the crowd to the base of the stairs, because that is so very the place to be. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (Nrrrrg.) [Damn those people. They just get in the way.] (Yeah, and I can't even get a clear shot. Stupid people. :() ( You could shoot your way through, too, by the way! O: ) [Togo!] ( Do I have a shot at the vamp? ) * Roseli does, however, drag Jamie along a bit as she passes. She's not getting separated too much, dag nabbit. ( You do! ) ( And if you miss, you won't hit any civilians! ) * Jamie doesn't get swept away and trampled by the crowed! She'd probably be thankful if she was paying any attention what so ever to her own body right now. * Togo fires at Sadie. *into comm* "Luana, start shooting at the vamp on stage!" 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. ( made ) [And Togo shoots her from behind! Ouch!] [But it's her turn, and she darts towards Heinrick, swinging her (baseball) bat.] (Block with your arm just to show how BADASS you are!) (Read my mind!) ( I should point out it's a metal bat. ) (SUPER BADASS) (But yes, this is a BD) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6. ( Hoo boy ) (And a made BD at that. THis is going to be one nasty repair job.) ( Yeah. I'm trying to figure out the specifics :X ) ( Mannnnnnn.... ) (Sort of have to approximate how much damage she does vs. how much Heinrick's arm can take, yeah.) [Well, suffice it to say, Heinrich does block the bat with his arm. The arm bends inward from the impact. The cybernetics crack and break under the blow break under the blow. Heinrich's arm bends inward, shards of metal fall out, and some busted cables flop visibly from open, um, wounds, if you want to call them that.] ( He's not going to be doing that again this fight. ) [Luana!] * Heinrick winces though still looks like he's grinning. Yeah, he can still feel it. But he can feel it less than if it were the bat to the face. (No, I think you're feeling that more than you would a bat to the face.) * Luana whips out her desert eagle and fires at the vampire chick. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 0. ( ^_^ ) [Luana shoots her! She's probably getting upset at that by now.] [And she doesn't look so great.] [Heinrick!] * Heinrick looks at the vampire, then his arm. "Well now." He takes out another vial with his good, and sadly much more human, right arm and throws some liquid nitro at her in hopes to slow her down. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 12. (Annnnd...wow.) (It's not a crit fail!) [Heinrick freezes the sidewalk!] [Jamie!] * Jamie takes a shot at the sniper in the window! 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (Oh, he also steps away from the collapsed steps a bit, just to note. He's not staying on unstable footing when his block is shot.) * Jamie waits a heartbeat to see if it hit and then orders the tank to fire again. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. (;_;) [No good there. Keiko!] (AIM MOAR!) (Two shots at -3 are more likely to hit than one at -5 >_>) * Keiko reasserts her shield as she tries to move forward towards the steps, trying to get telepathic contact with the bag lady. (And MC if I can!) ( Gimme a body roll, unless you wanna MC your way there. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (No miracles today.) (Am I still more than 10 meters away?) ( Yep ) * Keiko will resort to MCing people out of the way, then, with her teeth gritted as she says, with disdain, "Get away from the gunfire, idiots." [They go away!] [The old lady makes an approach and fires at Heinrick! Gimme a def roll, Heinrick!] ( Keiko: Reinforcing basic self-preservation instincts since a few minutes ago ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 1. (They're morons. I know they're morons. Now they know too.) (It's a favor.) [Heinrick does not get shot.] (Heinrick listend to Keiko!) [The podium does, though.] [Rose!] ( You've got a vampire and a goon up front, a sniper somewhere, and Kraad somewhere else. ) (Right then. Now can I get to, uh, anybody? And are there people in the way of a shot?) ( Nope! You're at city hall. Everyone's running away from there. ) (Okay, and to the first question...?) ( s'a good thing none of these enemies are mages that can animate buildings. 'cause you can't fight city hall. ) (*rimshot*) (XD) ( Vampire's close enough for melee, if you really want to. Goon's in short range. ) ( Thank you, thank you... ) (*salts the rim and takes a drink. He needs it to deal with this.*) (Right then. I assume I can get to the goon with a body roll?) ( Sure. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. (Psh, no.) * Roseli tries to push through to get to the little old lady, doesn't quite succeed, and settles for plugging the vamp with a blessed bullet instead. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (And that makes!) [Rose shoots her! She's not looking too good now. In fact, she's looking pretty bad.] [Togo!] * Togo tries to ignore the jostling of the remaining civies and fires off another shot at the vamp. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 12. ( Nope ) ( I failed my ignore jostling roll ) [No good! The vampire decides to change tactics, and rushes at Roseli. Rose, gimme an unarmed def (grabs) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 6. (Make. BRING IT, BITCH.) (GO ROSE GO!) (Stop making me change targets! >.<) ( Actually, please don't, since curing insta-bite vampirism sucks ) (You honestly think I'd be infected?) [And Rose avoids getting grabbed!] [Luana!] ( Well, this is a Rank 6 vamp ) (This is also Rose.) ( And Togo doesn't know all your capabilities. Like your extra-tough blood. ) (...) (5.) (Rank 5.) (*gives Jesse the Understatement of the Year award.*) (Hey, it might have more levels of "Turn into minion" than Rose has of Nullify) * Luana brings her other hand around to the gun to keep it steady and shoots at vampire chick again. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. (ilu Dicey!) ( rank 5 lose some of their powers in daylight; is this girl missing any powers? ) [Luana blasts her, and she topples over. Shortly, she turns to dust.] ( Why don't you ask her and find out? ) ( OH WAIT, YOU CAN'T!!!! ) (I haven't seen her MC any... oh good.) ( Man, I didn't get to do any of the cool things I had in mind with her D: ) [Heinrick!] ( That's because we smartly kept a crowd of people between us and her. =P ) (We kept the pressure on.) * Heinrick looks for what the old lady is doing (AND NO THAT'S NOT THE END OF HIS ACTION.) (She never misted up, Togo.) (Or MC'd anybody.) ( Or did Hypnotism ) (That's what MC is.) ( She did plan to bite Rose though, but it didn't work. ) (Quick! Somebody spill blood on her so we can try again!) (She hit Heinrick with a baseball bat. That's gotta count for something.) [The old lady is about to make her way up the steps.] (I dodged! I mean, I might not actually be turned if bitten, but that doesn't mean I LIKE getting the bite on.) ( Yeah, she got to use superstrength. But there's a lot she could have done. She just didn't get the chance ; ; ) ( I'll just have to have another high level vamp later. ) * Heinrick finds that good. Because it means he can throw a dagger at her without worrying as much about collateral damage. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (So we can shoot that one to dust too? <3) (It's level will be OVER 9000.) (Only if Brett gives us the "HOLY SHIT HIGH LEVEL VAMP" warning) [Heinrick hits her in the ear! The action also causes his toupe to fall off. He's actually a somewhat younger guy with a shaved head.] [Jamie!] * Jamie takes a shot at the sniper she can see and makes an attempt to hack building security to try and find the one she can't. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. (Might hit!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. ( Mmmmm.... ) d3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d3) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. ( Mmmm... Rose, gimme an awareness check at +4 ) 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 11. (Fail by one.) [Rose suddenly feels a searing pain in her left arm. Not surprising since it's now oozing blood.] [Keiko!] * Roseli hisses and glances at her arm, then looks up to see wherever that pain came from. * Jamie 's eyes swing up and there is an angry buzz of roter blades as the helecopters swarm. [Something tore a big hole in it. Give ya three guesses what.] * Keiko frowns and comms, "Jamie, how can I help him die?" as she moves through the space she MCed clear to get the baglady and think at them, ~The snipers are going to let you all die. Get revenge. Shoot back at them.~ * Jamie shouts back. "FIND HIM!" 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 10. (... make, but fuck you, dice. Jesus.) (Do not take your own name in vain!) [The notanoldlady guy whips his gun up towards the western buildings and searches.] * Keiko comms, "Which sniper's on the western building? The bag guy thinks there's a sniper there." [She doesn't seem to find anything though. And then she stops trying, because there's a cry from up the stairs. "Yaaargh!" Defense Minister Ludwig Bernstein launches himselves through the air, cuting an X into the goon's chest with two punching daggers. He dies almost instantly.] [Ludwig folds the daggers in front of his chest. "Haha! Who says I'm too old to fight?!"] * Jamie says flatly and with enough vemon that you'd think Ten was talking. "Kraad." [But enough about that. Rose! Though there's nobody left except for Kraad.] * Keiko flinches sharply at the contact loss, head snapping back a moment before she glares at Bernstein, pushing her hair away from her eyes. She then comms, "Well, they confirmed that's right, but that man got in the way." [Ludwig looks extremely happy. Nevermind that there's blood on his weapons. And face for that matter.] * Roseli moves to cover Ludwig, at least partly with her body. "Minister," she tells him, "There's still a sniper at large. Get to cover." [The MiBs move almost as Rose says that. Kreutz appears and grabs Ludwig's shoulder. "Sir! Listen to her! It's not safe here!"] [Ludwig growls. "Bah! Damn snipers. If he showed up face to face, I'd show him a thing or two!"] [Togo!] You can still fight, but this is too much. Now get to cover, please, and let us handle it. ( Actually, I'ma cut out init for the moment. ) (No wonder Nene worries about him.) ( Can I roll awareness to try and figure out where I heard the shots coming from? ) [He grumbles. "Fine. Fine." Ludwig allows himself to be lead to safety.] ( He's sniping from far away. You couldn't have heard. ) ( Ok. ) * Jamie swarms the outside of the building with her helecopters and tries to do the same with any security sytems that might be inside. 5 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (5 2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 7 13 8 8 6. * Togo has nobody to shoot at, and thus scans around futilly. * Heinrick shrugs slightly. It looks a little odd with a flopping cybernetic arm on him. "Well, it appears she was right. The old man does have some fight in him. Pity it comes out at the wrong time." He then makes sure the crowd's clearing away properly now. (Or by now, cleared away.) * Jamie shouts into the comms "Found him!" [The crowd is mostly cleared by now.] * Keiko starts running towards the western building, slowly because she has little body. "Where?" * Jamie orders the two larger helecopters to a window in a different building and fires a pair of wards at him. ( How far away is where she's firing at? ) 2 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2 2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8 8. ( ie what floor? ) (Third floor of some other building.) (Also I hate you dicy.) ('ve only got one of those left >.<) (Is it alright if I bow out? I have a really long day ahead of me tomorrow.) * Togo runs over to near where Jamie's firing, pulls out his LAW, and fires it up at the window. ( May I? ) ( >.> Ummmm... Do you really wanna do that? ) (...are people *cleared* out of that building, Togo?) ( That was going to be my second question. =P ) (Hey! _I'm_ the one with no regard for human life!) (It *should* be your first. :P) (Hello! My Name Is: Restraint.) (Hahaha XD) * Jamie grits her teeth as she misses. ( Anyhow, he's only a block away, but on the third floor. It'd take several rounds to get over there. ) ( Ah, ok. And is the building cleared? ) (My name is not restraint.) ( You don't know! :P ) (Either way, it's still property damage.) (SHOOOT HIM!) ( Property shmopperty. ) ( RETCON previous action ) (I'm going! I hope Rose is going too.) (Or someone!) (I vote that this all comes out of Togo's paychecks. His next *FIVE* paychecks.) (Who's with me?) * Togo starts running towards the building. *into comm* "Anyone know if that building's been cleared?" (I don't care as long as Kraad dies.) * Roseli is running for the building, too, trying to keep up with Keiko and letting her shot arm stay limp her. "Keiko! Don't go in there without me!" (-her) [Kruetz responds, "They should be cleared for the presentation. Why?"] (Are you still draging Jamie along?) (I think that would be an even worse idea, thanks.) * Luana blinks and runs after her guardian. [A shot rings out, damaging the sidewalk. (It is easy to keep up with my 4 body.) ] *into comm* Second question. Would anyone mind particularly if I blew up a large chunk of the face of that building? (Then again, maybe it's not. o_o) *comms* Because Togo is insane, that is why. */comms* [Kreutz shouts, "What?! You can't do that!"] * Heinrick looks to judge the trajectory of where the shot came from. Kraad's direction or unknown sniper? (If he can.) * Keiko comms back, "Someone has to move forward, and the agents aren't! He might run." She doesn't outrun Rose, though. * Jamie fires her last ward at Kraad and attempts to move her tank into position where it can fire. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. ( Mmmm... Mathematics? Roll at +4 ) (EAT IT!) (What's Math under?) [Rose gets to the building!] Kills you with a touch, remember? You and Jamie get cover, but I don't want him to get to either of you. ( Uhhh ) (Sci?) (Which Sci? :P) ( Physics I guess ) (Jamie can hear what Rose is saying, I'm sure.) *into comm; running* I have a sniper in a third floor window, and a LAW burning a hole in my jacket. I can end this right now. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-1) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 5. (Make by YAY NO DICE HATE) [Heinrick spots the silhouette of the sniper.] (Physical science has math) (It is Physical Sciences, yes) (Where?) [Togo reaches the building with Rose, and Luana too!] [As for Jamie, she hits Jonas with a ward, but he just pulls it off.] (Jonas?) (The skill physical science has a mathmatics spec) ( Jonas Kraad. ) (Ah, gotcha.) (And Keiko!) ( He's on the third floor of the building immediately west of you. ) * Roseli looks to Togo. "If it gets bad, take him out from a distance." She looks to Jamie. "And you keep trying." ( Can I fire up to where Jamie's shoowing with a machine gun? ) ( er, shooting? ) But I don't want any of you getting anywhere close. ( You can, but he's got a cover bonus. ) ( Fine by me. ) ( K ) * Roseli enters the building with that, and she starts climbing the stairs. Trying to be sneaky like but still move it move it. * Jamie crashes one of the big helecopters through the window and swarms the rest after it. * Keiko looks up to Jamie crashing in... and starts to float herself up the outside of the building. * Togo steps back, pulls out his machine gun and fires a burst into the window where Jamie was shooting. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. ( Made ) * Jamie comms. "He's going up!" [Togo shoots! Did he hit? Probably not, judging from Jamie.] * Roseli coms and moves faster. "Understood." ( Whoooo.. dizzy ) * Togo curses, and runs in after Roseli. *comm* "Lost the shot, coming in after you." * Keiko comms, "I'm flying up the outside." ( Maybe we should go back to init. ) ( Or have him trip, fall down the stairs and break his neck? ) [Starting with Keiko, who reaches the top first.] * Jamie sends her tank to the building, but it's probably not going to get there in time. (I gotta head out for sleep. Night guys, plz don't let my favorite psychic get killed. ;_;) ( Night ) ( orzzzz ) (You should be fire supporting me!) (But sleep well!) * Luana has quit IRC (Quit: Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com) * Heinrick responds over the comms, calmly for someone with a broken arm. "And who is covering you?" * Keiko floats, not too near the edge of the building so he can't just TAG her. Is he _visible_? [He is! He's running across the rooftop, apparently trying to get into another position.] * Jamie 's ever dwindling supply of helecopters are swarming after him. (Is he within 10 meters?) ( Nope ) * Roseli punches a code into her bracelet as she keeps charging up the stairs. (I must get there! Aaaaaagh!) * Keiko raises her gun and takes a shot at him, then, as she hovers in mid air. "Stop!" * Togo runs as fast as his old, old legs can carry him. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. (Ka-ping! Nope.) [Rose! Dashes up the stairs. So does Togo! Luana lags behind.] ( I assume that's what you're doing. Stop me if I'm wrong. ) [Meanwhile, Heinrick, who's still on the ground.] * Heinrick has nothing to do down here, since everyone else is going for the sniper, no others have been spotted (unless he misinterpretted something) and others have fled. So he spends time tending to any wounded who are there. (We might have captives!) (Captives would be awesome.) (It would be. What do you hope Heinrick to capture them with?) (SCIENCE!) (He can always hold them firm in his ar--OH WAIT)_ (Some sort of knockout chemical.) (Also, a pony.) ( There's no captives. They're all dead. ) ( Unless you mean the civilians. ) [Jamie!] (Yes. Keiko needs to pay attention more.) (I wasn't sure that all of them were _dead_. I knew they were all down.) (This was a general statement.) * Jamie does lots of stuff, like swarming Kraad in an attempt to keep him from hurting Keiko, keeping her tank rolling, wishing he'd drop with the power of her mind. (Sorry, you're the wrong ward for that kind of power.) ( I kinda wish that too. :X ) (MUST. GET. TO. ROOF.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 8. ( Shoulda just let me blow him up o/~ ) (Missed by 1) [But he doesn't. What he does is turn at Keiko, say, "Okay", and fires.] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (I assume he's not missing?) ( Right ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 14. (Not even close.) ( Hoo boy. ) (Sorry Keiko, I tried.) (More stitches for the dress.) (It may teach her to listen better. :P) [Kraad's shot breaks through Keiko's shield, and through her leg. It must have hit an artery or something, because her limb gushes blood like a fountain.] [Keiko!] ( Keiko has Japanese high-pressure arteries. ) * Keiko yelps in pain, dropping below line of sight as she focuses her shield back up and hisses, "Got my leg." Is there a window she can try to make a landing through? [There is! But only because Togo didn't blow it up.] [Meanwhile... Rose and Togo burst onto the roof!] * Keiko hovers into such a window, then, before falling to her butt against a wall and gripping her thigh, teeth gritted in pain. [That's not very exciting.] [Rose!] (Sorry, without numbers, Brett, what you just told me was 'another hit and you're dead, and you might already be dead from blood loss.') (Can't really be exciting with that.) * Roseli charges that stupid Kraad guy and tries to tackle his seven foot bad self to the ground. If she's REALLY good, she'll also plug him in the head with a bullet! (Also, falling from 4 stories wouldn't help her stay alive. @_@) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. ( Psh. People die all the time in this game. ) (*thumbs up*) [Rose tackles Kraad!] (IN THE FUSKING HEAD!) * Roseli shoots him in the head. Or at least tries. [Good enough for me. Rose finishes him off.] Hm. Really were bad at hand to hand. * Roseli stands, kicks him in the head - it's the thing to do - and then coms, "Sniper down." Most snipers aren't so good with guns in their faces. * Roseli now has blood and brains all over her foot! To go with the blood and brains everywhere else. Nice job. * Jamie 's helecopters go from swarming, to doing nothing but hover for a second, then they move into formation around Rose. ( I never got to use him properly either. ) * Keiko replies, "Shoulda stayed to watch. Ow." She floats herself up, again, to head to the top. "Gonna need that healing pack, Togo..." ( But that's ok, 'Cause I'm tireded. ) * Heinrick takes out his phone to make a quick phonecall and then walks towards the building, heading towards where Keiko is. Be right down. *heads down the stairs* * Roseli eyes the girl. "Keiko. I told you to stay under cover." (It'll take him a bit. He's walking slow.) (I floated up!) (Togo doesn't know that!) * Roseli coms, "Jamie, do one more sweep for snipers or other hostiles. Don't want any unknowns." (So true.) * Jamie 's helecopters break off and start checking buildings. * Keiko looks back at Rose for a moment, as she floated back up, then sighs and says, quietly, "Jamie was providing cover." She hovers to be just barely off the ground, so she doesn't have to put any weight on that leg. ( Wait, I thought you floated down from the roof to a lower floor? ) (And then she went back up after the sniper down call) ( Can end when ready ) (And didn't tell you.) * Heinrick comes up to the top of the roof. He's looking a little worse for wear. He glances at the scene and sighs. "This was the last of them?" * Keiko rubs her face and murmurs, "And I didn't go in without you either." * Heinrick glances at Keiko. "Keiko. Be quiet." * Togo comes back up. "... right. Medpak." *takes out medpak; walks over* * Roseli nods to Heinrick. "Looks like." * Roseli nudges Kraad with her foot. "Not so tough when he can't kill with a touch." [Endd]