[Day: Tuesday, April 9th. Time: 5:00 p.m.] [You're in a van! Gotta love these vans, you're in them so often. You're travelling on the highway heading north, towards the city of Kaltenkirchen, where the Big Wins casino is. There, your objectives are to rescue Odval Choybalsan, neutralize Freidrich Stolt, and uncover any connections of the weapons dealers with the terrorist attacks in Brazil.] (We should start putting up posters on the inside.) [To your right is a lovely view of Hamburg. It would make a lovely scene if it were on the west, with the sun getting low in the sky and all... But it's not, so you don't.] * Jamie has joined #mc4 [But why on earth would I start the game here when Kaltenkirchen is still several miles away? :O] [You may find out! Session start] (Sorry, at girlfriends with her brother and his fiance) (Neutralize, right? So we don't have to capture him this time? ;P) ( Right. ) [I forgot to mention, this may or may not be a trap :P] * Roseli is in the van. She's not driving this time! Heinrick gets to, so his driving skill doesn't go to waste. HA. * Roseli is, instead, riding shotgun. She rules. ( Better than at your girlfriends with her fiance and his brother. That would be awkward. ) (Is Heinrick issuing me a gun every mission, now?) (Unless there's a reason not to.) * Rowyn is now known as Heinrick ( Incidently, Kaltenkirchen is 28 minutes from Hamburg. Judging from mapquest. ) * Heinrick is drivin', drivin' drivin' along. ( Someone should sing. ) * Jamie is in the back of the van, and not singing. * Keiko is with the black dress and orange ribbon today, and is wearing that jacket Togo was nice enough to give her last time. It helps hide the gun Heinrick gave her. * Roseli isn't singing. Who do you think she is, Rei? Instead, she chews some gum. (How long have we been in the van?) (Keiko should sing. Into people's brains.) (I can't, you all have mind shield.) (Best distraction tactic ever. Get in the middle of a bunch of mooks and force feed them "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves....~") * Keiko thinks at Jamie and Luana, as she picks at her coat, ~We might have to get Jamie a long coat too to start fitting in.~ [No time for singing now! The vanphone rings] * Luana is practicing juggling. She seems to be okay at it now, as long as she goes very slowly and the van doesn't hit any bumps, so... not really any good. She's wearing her armored clothes under a suit. * Roseli answers, because Heinrick driving and phoning is bad. "Tavares." (She's practicing juggling in a moving vehicle? o.o) * Roseli puts it on speaker WHOO. * Togo is presumably sitting somewhere in the back, doing not a whole heckuva lot. ( Holy crap! :O ) ( I thought I'd have to remind you you could do that :X ) (Yeah, it's going badly.) * Jamie2 has joined #mc4 (What put it on speaker phone? :P) * Jamie has quit IRC (Quit: ) (I was going to suggest it to Rose if she didn't automatically do it) [Lydia's voice comes over the phone. "Blue team? Respond, please."] (I'm completely insane atm. Don't mind me.) Here. What's going on, Control? * Jamie2 is now known as Jamie ["We've just recieved word of an attack on a major Zukunft facility near Breitenburg. I'm uploading the coordinates to your vehicle's GPS now. Members of Claude Sherman's organization have been confirmed, and we think he himself may be involved. Your mission is to halt the attack and capture them, dead or alive."] (Remind me: Claude Sherman?) ( 4-eyed guy. ) * Roseli frowns. "Will do." (Still drawing a blank.) ( ._. ) (SORRY.) (It's the guy with the sword.) (He's the leader of the mutie rebellion) (Right?) (I am REALLY out of it today.) (Okay.) /c Runs with Shadow Teen Bear-man Durandal Guy Ninja Catherine Wyatt - Sorceress, majored in Transfiguration, minored in Cryomancy ( Oops. Sorry ) (Gen engers who are anti-gen engers I think?) (Correct me if I'm wrong.) ( He's not the guy with the sword. He's the leader of the biggest terrorist threat since the attacks started, and a former Asaharan scienties who you met way back in MC3. ) (... he had a sword. I swear he did.) ( That was a different guy with a sword. ) * Luana blinks as one of the juggling balls arcs up and heads towards Keiko's head. (I didn't remember the second but remembered the first) [At any rate, Lydia responds, "Good," and hangs up.] ( Clause's a really accurate gunman, iirc ) ( Yeah, plus he's got enhanced physical abilities. ) * Heinrick continues driving. "Our mission has changed?" Check the GPS. New targets. ... right then. No more infiltrate, it's the ol' search and destroy. * Roseli doesn't sound happy about this, but whatev. ( I just want to point out a few things. ) (I'm listening) * Heinrick shakes his head slightly and checks the GPS. ... which leaves Odval in the lurch. *mutters and curses* * Keiko starts suddenly before blocking the juggling ball, letting it hover in the air. She gives Luana a glance, then protests out loud towards the front, "We can't leave Odeval... where she is." ( Namely, in the time it takes to go to the Zukunft lab, the danger to Odval increases, the likelyhood of Stolt escaping increases, and the likelyhood of finding leads to the Brazillian terrorists decreases.] ) (*looks back* Ah, okay, Durandal was the leader of the group we fought, but not Claude. That makes more sense.) ( On the other hand, if you don't go to the lab, the likelyhood of Sherman's group pulling off a successful attack is almost assured. Plus you can bet Control won't be happy about your ignoring orders. ) We're well aware of that, Keiko. * Jamie waits for the van to get where it's going. * Luana thinks at Keiko, sounding significantly upset, ~...We might be splitting up. I don't like any of these options.~ ( And finally! If you want to split up, you can, but you do so knowing that I'm not planning to make either scenario weaker than it otherwise would have been just because there's fewer of you. ) ( Sooooo... What you wanna do is entirely up to you. :X ) * Keiko lets the juggling ball fall into her hand and hands it over to Luana with a slight smile and a thought of, ~Careful.~ The smile fades as she adds in thought, ~Me either.~ (I love that "there's another team available" isn't an option.) * Luana takes the ball and puts all three in her lap, waiting for the adults to make a decision. ( Who says they're available? ) We can't split up. We've got to assume Sherman has his full team with him, and we'd need everyone there to match up with them. * Keiko frowns and pets her duck a moment, then says towards the guardians, slowly, "I couldn't do anything against Sherman's group last time. It would be a waste to take me." She looks to Heinrick in the rearview mirror. ( I'm not saying you can't succeed if you split up :P ) ( Togo hates splitting up. ^_^ ) (Control ordered us to go elsewhere. How much of a shitstorm would we be in for if we went to rescue Odval anyway? * Roseli glances at Togo. Could call and ask for permission. Well... Drop off two here - that sufficient to rescue Odval? The orders never said the other mission was *cancelled*, now did they? No. Should call for clarification. We could interpret it as calling for us to finish this mission as quickly as possible. Judgement call. * Roseli does just that, hitting the right combination of buttons for Control. Damn lady ruins everything. * Heinrick meanwhile jots in the GPS for a car rental place. * Togo shrugs. So much for plausible deniability. ( ... Judgment call. Hey Satoshi?) [Shortly, Control answers. You know this, because she says, "Control."] (Judgment's calling! He wants his hockey stick back!) * Keiko thinks at Luana, ~I wish I knew who they'd throw at this...~ Tavares here. Need clarification. Is the current mission discontinued in light of our new one? * Keiko looks away from the mirror to pet her duck, tensing. ["Your new mission takes priority. You can go to the casino afterwards if we still have no other teams available."] Understood. * Roseli hangs up. "Answers that. Let's go." * Heinrick shakes his head slightly and replies evenly. "I never knew you to be so by the book, Ms. Tavares." * Togo leans back in his seat, not looking thrilled. * Luana starts taking off the suit and strips down to her normal clothes. * Keiko looks frustrated at the mission being firmly set. But then she looks over at Luana, and thinks, ~... what are you doing?~ * Heinrick turns the van towards the new location, stone-faced. ( Are you suuuuuure that's what you want to do? ) ~I'm wearing my armored clothes under my suit, silly.~ (We have a choice now? :P) (I'm doing whatever it is that Rose says to!) ( Yes >.> ) * Keiko blinks, then scratches her head. ~Oh, right.~ (If they don't, they get killed/fired/yelled at again. It's nowin!) * Roseli says, calmly, "You want to disobey orders, that's your business. My job isn't to pull you in." * Jamie has quit IRC (Client closed connection) ( /me rubs his head. I see this idea totally didn't work at all. ) (It was a fun idea, but the Guardians were, not improperly, a bit scared of their superiors. ^^;) * Keiko glances to Rose and then Heinrick in the mirror, before murmuring, "What're they gonna do, kill me?" It wasn't disobeying until you asked for clarification. * Heinrick sighs. "Does priority still mean we can devote *most* our manpower towards it?" ( You could call Control to clarify! ) * Roseli gets a small smile on her face. "Could take it that way." Keiko's not much good against Sherman, right? And Heinrick would hafta go with her. That is what she said. And I trust my ward's assessment of her own capabilities. I cannot travel inside anyone's mind to check. But my duty as a guardian, of course, is to accompany her... Sounds like it. Hard to argue with that. * Heinrick smirks and shakes his head. "Ah, Keiko, you will be the death of me yet." He goes back to the GPS to find a car rental place again. Yay for seperate transportation. * Luana stiffens. ~Crap.~ * Keiko glances to Rose and then Luana with a weak smile, before saying quietly, "You don't have to come with me. It's not as if I'm leaving." * Jamie has joined #mc4 She stated that we could come after. So if you finish early, I wouldn't be adverse to backup. (This is the third IRC client of the night. >.<) * Luana thinks tersely, but quietly, ~I'll do whatever I'm ordered to. But you take care of yourself, okay?~ ( You can confiscate a car from a civilian, you know. ) * Keiko reaches over to Luana and touches her shoulder. ~You're the one facing down a host of superpowered people. Shouldn't I be saying that to you?~ ~I've got Togo and Rose with me and Jamie. You've only got one guardian. I'd feel better if another one of them went with you too, but then I'd feel worse about my own chances... ugh, I hate this.~ (What Luana's really saying is she doesn't trust Heinrick!_ (Of course not, Heinrick isn't a badass or a lesbian.) * Keiko forces herself to smile slightly. ~Don't worry about it too hard. Just be careful yourself.~ * Keiko moves her hand down to Luana's hand. ~And I mean it about the worrying.~ (Heinrick's very untrustworthy.) (That's really exactly what she's saying!) (How could you trust that face?) * Luana grips Keiko's hand. ~Right.~ ( And what exactly is wrong with this face?) (Everything) (So yes. Plan seems to be rental car go, van goes to deal with Sherman.) (Rental car would be a bit discreet) Make sure you get a nice rental if you're posing and a high roller. ( Hoookay. You're sure that's what you wanna do? ) (It'd be easy; they can just wave their badge and get an awesome car.) * Roseli says to Heinrick as they pull into the rental place, "Remember all of your objectives." (Keiko *is* right. She really wasn't much help against Sherman.) (Stupid nonhumans.) (Makes me look bad.) ( Hokay then! Heinrick and Keiko, into #Casino ) (Makes me glad I still have my powerwards) (Get out of the van, people, so I can drive! >_<) * Keiko 's face is unemotional as she thinks at Jamie and Luana, ~You two take care of yourselves,~ as she gets out, taking her duck, gun, and coat with her. * Jamie nods slightly. * Heinrick nods to her. "The same goes for yourselves." He steps out of the van. ~You too.~ * Keiko goes to the rental car! Maybe it's fast. * Roseli nods to Heinrick and moves over to the driver's seat. She shuts the door and drives off. Vroom! [Hokay! So you split up! Good idea? Bad idea? I dunno, we'll find out. You follow the directions towards the Zukunft lab, which is located near (but not in) the town of Wilster. Even as you approach it, you can see smoke coming from the compound.] Get Control back on the line for a sec. After what happened at the last lab, I'd like some idea of what's going on in this one. * Roseli waves for Togo to move up to shotgun and do so himself. * Togo moves up to the front seat and calls up Control! * Jamie is still sitting and fidgeting slightly in the back of the van. ["Control," says Control.] We're at the lab. Could you give us a quick rundown on anything going on in that lab that, if set free, could pose a risk to us? ["No, unfortunately I can't. It's classified to the point where even I don't have any information."] (In fact, you're all going to have to fight blindfolded.) (At least Jamie's used to it!) ... well that's fucking stupid. *mutters* Do us a favor and work on that. We're about to walk through the place; the whole secrecy thing is kinda moot once the secret tries to eat us. (Yep!) ["Easier said than done, Mr. Goranov."] Even if it's only when a facility's under attack... just give it a shot. Togo out. *hits off button* Well, let's go. * Togo pulls out his assault rifle. "Is Jaime staying here?" * Jamie looks at Rose. * Roseli glances at Jamie, then looks to the faculty. "Two down, we need everyone we can inside, so I have to go." Means there's no one to cover Jamie out here. She comes with. * Luana adjusts her holsters and pulls on her coat. (s/faculty/facility) [If you look closely, you can see the bodies of some of the guards outside, along with the ruined bots.] * Togo nods. "Luana, let's get moving." * Luana nods and follows. * Roseli climbs out, waving for Jamie to come with. "Send your copters to scout the perimeter. Tank comes with us." When scouted, bring them in after us. * Jamie nods and gets out to set up her equipment. And if you can give us anything from the internal security cameras... * Jamie goes after them while she's she's pulling things out of the van with her hands. (Penalties, Brett?) ( For which? ) (Getting Togo his camera data) (I'm not doing the peremiter yet) ( Plusssssss...... *rolls a d6 ) ( +4! ) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 9. (Missed by 1) [Jamie discovers that the system is damaged, giving her trouble when she tries to access the parts that are running.] * Jamie shakes her head. "They... it's broken." Not surprised. They'd have known we were coming, and what you can do. * Togo shrugs. "Keep your eyes open." *heads in* * Jamie straightens up as she drags the last of the helecopters from the back of the van and switches it on. It and its companions rise into the air with an electric whine and then spread out. * Luana heads out with Togo. (And I'll be looking around the outside as soon as you say I can, Brett.) ( You can do it now! ) [Jamie spots...! A couple bodies, some blood, and some destroyed bots. Annnnnd....] * Roseli stays by Jamie as they head after Togo and Luana. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets 16, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Hey, a failure. Oh, by the way... I heard what you've been saying about me." ( Oy. ) (Right, I'm dead.) (At least it wasn't on an attack roll.) (Wait, this isn't combat, I might live!) ( Maybe one of your choppers just crashed. =P ) (Sight check! Crit Failure! You see a dagger flying towards you that imbeds itself in your eye! You see nothing!) [Jamie's so intent on scanning the area that she fails to notice a light post, and crashes one of her choppers into it.] (Way to give the GM ideas, Jesse!) (Uh... big one or a small one?) ( Well, it's better than her seeing a group of guards as Claude's group and nuking them. ) (...Jamie REALLY couldn't afford that right now.) ( Exactly. ) (No, no I couldn't. Who wants to take bets that this won't be my only critfail of the night?) (Hey, look on the bright side. If we fail and Heinrick can't explain himself, we might *both* be looking for new characters.) * Togo makes his way into the facility, scanning back and forth with his assault rifle. * Jamie didn't see anything on her perimiter search that was still a threat, and so calls her helecopters in and tries to get at the still functional systems inside. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 6. * Roseli has her gun drawn at this point and stays only a couple of steps ahead of Jamie. * Luana is gripping her Desert Eagle with both hands and following Togo intently. * Jamie stops and whispers/comms. "I...I found Claude Sherman and.... Mr. Durandal." [You head into the facility! The entrence corridor looks like a scene from the starship Enterprise, only the walls are a deep grey instead of that tannish color. They also look to be fairly durable. Not quite metal, not quite steel, but maybe plastisteel.] *whispercomm* Where? (Durandal is? ^^;) (Guy with the magic sword) (Right!) ( I didn't know that one either. =P ) (Heinrick encounted him solo with ninja guy.) ( I call him Mr. Durandal. You guys don't know his name. ) (So it'd make sense you guys wouldn't know him.) (Sub in "the sword user" if you want) * Jamie points deeper into the compound. Guide us there. Togo, keep taking point. (Okay, everyone, be careful with the dice.) (I just critfailed too.) (It's out for blood.)_ (Oh man.) ( hoo boy ) * Jamie does her best, but the security system's in bad shape. * Togo goes thataway (I'm not going to survive. XD) ( Hmmmm ) *whispercomm* If we get the drop on them, hang back for a moment. I want to drop a grenade on them if I can before we get down and dirty. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6. * Roseli nods. [You head deeper into the lab. The corridor passes many rooms, all devoid of life. Waaaay down the hall is a T-intersection. ] * Jamie whispercoms. "I hear something..." * Roseli waves for people to stop and looks to Jamie. * Togo stops, then points into the two directions of the T, and shrugs questioningly. * Luana stops and looks around at everyone. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 11. * Togo listens himself, since's he's not half bad at that. * Jamie points to the right side of the hall. ( Gimme an awareness check at +6 Togo ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 15. ( ... that's ano ) [Togo doesn't hear anything.] (Today, everyone sucks.) (Let's continue this session next week!) * Togo pulls a flash grenade out of his coat and holds it out for everyone to see, motioning for everyone to stay back a bit as they move up to the T. * Jamie , her tank, and her gaggle of catching up helecopters -1 hang back. * Roseli backs off a few steps, staying in front of Jamie. * Luana moves back and gets ready to cover her eyes. * Togo edges over to the corner, and peeks around to the right. ( Stealth (move silently) rolls! :O ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. (All of us, or just him?) ( made by 7 ) ( Just Togo ) [Togo peeks around the corner, where he sees two people talking outside a lab, about thirty feet away. Both are people he's never met, because he hadn't til after that session.] [But one's a big man with a big gun, and the other's a fairly plain woman.] ( Do either fit the descriptions of members of Claude's crew? ) ( Yes! At least the guy does. He fits the description of the bear man. ) ( Okay then! ) ( And the woman fits the description of one of the hostages they took in the Dec. 8th attack. Except she sure doesn't look like a hostage.] ) * Togo pulls the pin, then chucks the flash grenade down the hall towards the two people. ( Wheee! Roll it, then gimme init ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. ( Made ) 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets 30, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Have a little bad." ( I like that kinda critfail. =P ) (Ha.) ( Note that Togo's the only one who can attack (or be attacked) this turn. You other guys were all hanging back. ) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+7) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 15. 2d8+12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+12) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 27. * Roseli hits the buttons on her wrist and gets (more) ready to go to town. 2d8+18 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+18) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 28. [Togo, Roseli, Luana, Woman, Bearman, Jamie] [Togo!] * Togo levels his assault rifle and sprays the two people with bullets from his position leaning out around the corner. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. ( Made by 7. ) [Togo sprays the area, the they take bullets! The big guy bleeds, but hardly seems to notice it. Not the woman, though. She shrieks like a banshee.] ( Did the flash grenade work? ) [Rose!] ( Apparently! ) ( Actually how about I roll and we find out? :P ) (Good idear.) ( Knew I forgot something ) ( Yes and yes. ) ( cool ) ( Tis Rose's turn ) * Roseli darts forward and grabs the woman, sticking her gun to her head. That's Rose for you. ( Rose can't get there this round :P ) (Oh, I'm that far back?) ( I assumed so, that's why only Togo had to make the stealth roll ) * Roseli moves forward to kill the guys when they come around the corner, then! (How's that? ^^) ( That works! ) [Luana! Same deal!] * Luana moves forward so that she can shoot at things next round! [The bearman decides to shoot things this round. He takes down his big gun and fires a spread in Togo's direction. And maybe even hitting! That's a def roll at +1 Togo] 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 2. ( made ) [Togo does not get shot. Woot. As for the woman she gestures in Togo's general direction. All of ya, gimme mmmmm.... Soul rolls, mind shield helps.] ( And let me know what you made or missed by ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. (Missed by 2) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-1) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 7. (Do I need to?) (Make by 1) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. ( Yep! All of you do except Jamie ) ( yeah, that's a no ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (By two.) ( Oop. Rose doesn't either. ) (Yeah, I was wondering. ^^;) ( So it's just Togo! ) (So... I didn't have to do it either?) ( No, you made it. =P ) ( No, you did ) (Just checking!) ( Jamie didn't because she's out of range. Rose didn't because it doesn't work on her. ) (Go team!) [But Togo! Togo feels funny for an instant, like he's about to collapse. But he doesn't! Yet he can't help but feel something is wrong.] [Jamie!] ( MY LAWN GNOMES! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ) * Jamie orders one of the large helecopters down the hall, and to take a left at the intersection so it can get into firing range on the two people. Then she concentrates on the remnents of the security systems. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 2. [Togo!] * Togo maintains his position, and fires another burst at the two baddies. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. ( Made by 5 ) [Togo... doesn't fire. He's about to, but he just can't quite bring himself to pull the trigger.] [Rose!] ( Wow. That's a hell of a spell. ) (He's been attacked by EMO!) ( No, not a relapse! ) * Roseli charges in and grabs the woman THIS time, putting a gun to her head. Dice willing. ( Does Togo get a bonus bad poetry special attack instead then? =P ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (And done!) ( He gets a bonus to planying appleseeds across the country, but that's about it. ) [Rose grabs the woman. She shrieks. Possibly because she was shot earlier.] Quiet. No sudden moves. * Roseli keeps the gun pressed firmly to her head and looks to the guy around her. "Drop the weapon or she dies." Holding the hostage hostage. Sweet! ( Or deliberate moves. Or involuntary tics. Really, it'd be better if you just fainted. ) (OH NO THAT'S MOVING) (NO BREATHING FOR YOU!) ( I SAW A NEURON FIRING! *BLAM* ) (Ah, you all know me so well. *tear*) [He holds up his hands and says something. Who here speaks Italian?] (And remember folks, she's the nice one.) (Not me, I'm not the language whore this time around.) (Not me!) ( Aight, you have no idea what he just said. ) ( You guys wanna stop here? ) (Does he put his weapon on the ground?) ( Nope! ) Weapon. On the ground. (I'm up for more) ( But this could be a good place to stop, is all I'm sayin' ) * Roseli repeats herself in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. * Luana , in an effort to be helpful, repeats it in French as well. (I could use some Z's before tomorrow, yeah.) ( Fine by me. ) (I can go either way.) * Jamie is not at all vocaly helpfull as she tries to get directionality on their bosses. [He does put his weapon on the ground, and says in English (with an Italian accent), "" He pronounces it 'Bree-ann'] * Togo responds in English. <"Drop your weapon and we'll treat her wounds."> (He dropped it.) ( I'm going to call it, because now's a good time for both groups, and because I've got to work 12 days in a row x.x ) (Ow! [Session End!]