[Day: April 10th. Time: 8:45] [You're in a dilapidated two-story mall in a ghetto in Ulm. Once a proud shopping center, this mall now has only a few open stores. Most of the other store fronts are closed and barren. Somewhere under this mall is a seismic disruptor. That's a bad thing. You do see a sign for a service corridor waaaay off in the distance, though.] [Start] (Are we in it now?) ( You're just at the entrance. ) (Arright. ( Is Jamie here yet? ) * Keiko has been being conspicuous, floating after the group in her black dress while throwing her mental senses around. 100 meters is a lot of throwin' around! * Roseli checks her gun over and takes a moment to check over and maybe quickly patch up some of her wounds. "Should be underground." She nods to the corridor. "Might be our best bet." ( Nope ) * Heinrick walks through the region slowly and carefully, keeping the eye out for any intruders, speaking low. "This would be the ideal spot for an ambush..." He turns to Rose. "Ms. Tavares, how are you fairing?" ( Rose can use some patchin', that's for sure. ) ( Gimme sight checks! ) 2d8-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. * Roseli winces a little. "Not great." 2d8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (Nope.) (Good on the mind!) 2d8-6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 2. 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 9. (No) (Good on yes.) 2d8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. ( Made. ) (There's something inherently wrong about Togo even *doing* sight checks.) (I was thinking that too)\ [Keiko sees... nothing.] [Togo also sees nothing! And notices nothing unusual.] ( He doesn't get his perception bonus from them, but he can see... sort of. Just not colors, depth, texture... ) * Heinrick nods slightly. "Above all else, we need to keep you alive." He turns to her slightly and smiles. "Afterall, if we fail this mission, we're all dead." (Also, Brett, want me to roll med to try to patch myself up.) ( Go ahead. ) * Roseli nods and comments, "Worse, the mission fails." It's hard to know if she's joking or not. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. (Got it!) (I've got med skill too, but I don't think multiple nurses helps.) * Heinrick looks up for a second and then inches towards Togo, speaking softly. "Speaking of which, do you notice that pot up there? Second floor." [Times up! Everyone gets rolled into a katamari. * Keiko murmurs sourly, "That'd be easier if I could see." * Luana has her gun out and is following Rose closely. Every time she looks in any direction, her gun follows her point of view. ( Can I see it when Heinrick points it out? ) (Heinrick's not pointing.) ( Figuratively ) (Right.) * Roseli takes a look up to where Heinrick's indicating. ( Togo notices the katamari! ) (Luana's definitely listening!) * Heinrick adds as Togo looks for it. "You might wish to blow it up. Just a thought." (Also Brett, don't forget Keiko's mental senses.) (Yeah, I'm definitely active scanning as I mentioned.) (TP scan.) ( You find some Charmin in the store on your right ) (TOGO ARE FIRED) * Luana doesn't look up, just keeps watching out for any 'surprise visitors'. * Togo nods at Heinrick... (just waiting for an answer to a question) * Togo pulls out his machine gun and fires a burst at the potted plant Heinrick was referencing. "Find cover." ( may I? ) * Roseli doesn't think twice, ducking under the nearest overhang or whatever. ( Sure! Then gimmie init tolls. ) * Keiko thinks at Luana, ~Where's cover?~ 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. ( Made ) 2d8+14 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 23. 2d8+7 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 19. 2d8+12 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8+12) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 26. * Heinrick doesn't either, ducking away and pulling out his daggers. 2d8+8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 17. * Luana thinks back, ~Not floating!~ and dives for the nearest cover. 2d8+8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+8) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 11. ( Wow. ) * Heinrick opens up his mental blockade for Keiko. Whether she chooses to use it or not is anyone's guess! (Shame she can't see any signals!) (Such is life.) [Togo blasts a bush! And it screams, apparently. Incidently, the bush he blasts is on the second floor, well out of short range.] [Luana!] ( TOGO HATE SHRUBBERY ) * Luana looks out from whatever she is hiding behind and fires at the bush. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (Noo)\ [Luana fails to hit the bush. ] [Togo!] * Togo stands his ground and fires another burst. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. ( made ) [Togo hits the bush again! There's another scream.] [Keiko!] (Can I mentally sense the source of the scream?) ( Nope! Too far. ) (...what?) (That's gotta be the biggest building I've ever heard of.) (What's Keiko's range? (Uh... no building in existance has a second floor that's over a football field high.) (100m) (Right, it's not 300 feet up, Brett.) (Since it's the second floor of a fairly standard dirt mall.) ( Who said it was? ) (You.) ( Where did I say that? ) (Keiko's range is 100m.) (Who said it was further than 100m away.) ( Uh huh. ) (This fact was _crucial_ to the last mission.) (Anyway. If I can't detect them, full defense.) (The screamer could've teleported away or something, I guess.) (Second floor has to be, like, 10 feet up at most. Maybe 12.) ( Maybe they're not directly in front of you on the second floor? ) (That'd be the only way.) (Okay, that really wasn't clear. ;P) (It's also out of short range, which is 30m, so. ^^;) ( I thought short range was 50 ) (Something. A lot of feet!) (I thought 50 as well, but 100? Ah well.) (I'm pretty sure it's 50.) (Sorry, short range in BESM2 is 30; I might just be carrying it over.) (Full defense, can't do anything, hooray for blindness making my character more worthless, move along.) (Anyways, it'd be a triangle, but that's too much argument. :P) (Oh come on, if live one gets within range of you, they're screwed.) * Keiko crouches down, as per Luana's advice, presenting a smaller target. She holds her duck tightly as she kinda-looks towards the screams. [Heinrick.] (So...they're more than 99m away, straight line.) (Yep.) (Rose can't even see them; she's under an overhang and they're really far away. ^^) * Heinrick maneuvers through the cover to work his way into short range, staying as hidden as possible as he goes. ( a Mid range weapon can hit. ) (Stealth and body? Or just Stealth?) (Don't have one. I just have ye olde standarde pistol. :D) (Also, I'm trying to figure out how we can get in close... I'm sorry, I'm having a really hard time visualizing it.) ( You have a submachine gun, too. ) (I just know it's on the second floor somewhere far away.) (Ahh. I couldn't have hit anyway. Oh well.) (Oh, that's true. I picked that up.) (Going up a flight that he's not seeing or getting almost underneath him.) ( Which is also shot range, but hey. ) (ANYHOW. Do I need a body roll to see how far I move or just stealth to stay concealed?) ( Just stealth. ) 2d8-5 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-5) and gets 11, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Looks like your thread just got cut. Sorry." (...) (...) (I upped you to *avoid* this, Dicey. >_>) ( ._. ) (At least it wasn't a deff roll.) (For sure. o.o) [Heinrick decides that the stealthiest way to move forward is right in the open.] (On the plus side, Heinrick can draw himself as a target and say that was totally his plan!) (Liar.) (He'd lie, but he would SAY that it's his plan...) (Shut up! You can't read my mi--! ...oh wait.) [That's when a military bot crashes through a closed storefront, spreading a range of bullets at you with a rapid fire machinegun. Everyone gimme a defense roll at -1. Heinrick at a +1 ] (AGH JAMIE WE NEED YOU) * Keiko , crouching as she is, finally picks up a surprising signal nearby. ~Heinrick? Why are you open?~ (I can't defend as far as I know.) 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. 2d8-3 ( made ) * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. 2d8-5 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6. 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 8. (Make) ( You can defend at a... +2 I think. ) (Fail. >_<) (Fail.) 2d8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (Fail. WITH full defense.) (And the assumption of +2.) [Rose gets shot up something fierce, and is only just barely hanging on. Heinrick also gets shot up something fierce! But is feelin' much better than Rose, still. And Keiko's shield blocks the brunt of the attack, but it's still enough to graze her.] ( Gimme sight checks! Heinrick, at -2 ) * Keiko winces as she gets more tears in the sleeves of her dress. ~What the hell is happening?~ she tells both Luana and Heinrick. (Well, I guess that's what happens when I have to made def rolls even when I'm trying not to make myself a target. :() (We're gonna die and it'll all be Dicey's fault!) ( You gettin' shot! ) 2d8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. ( nope ) (I can't make the check.) * Heinrick holds against the attack and turns towards the bot for a second. ~Thinking it'd be interesting to let you feel pain, apparently. But no. I thought it'd be better coordination considering your eyesight... A giant robot just appeared.~ * Luana thinks wildly, her attention wavering between Keiko, the target, and Rose, ~Shit, sorry!~ and sends Keiko a mental image of the room. 2d8-8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of -2. * Roseli staggers back under all of the shots, grimacing. She places one hand to her ear and barks, "They're moving for us!" ( "Sorry, I forgot to think! ) (Pretty much!) * Keiko thinks back at Heinrick, ~Luana's already on it. Thanks.~ She scuttles sideways a bit. ( Waitin' on Luana and Rose ) (Oy, sorry.) (Oh, even.) 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 11. 2d8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (Miss again) (Made, barely.) [Rose!] * Heinrick thinks back. ~Well keep this channel open.~ He speaks into the comm. "More soldiers moving in. At least two, coming in from the back." * Roseli scrambles, trying to find cover. ANY cover. (Any cover? Please?) [The comm also pipes up. "Blue team, it's Nene. How are things going?"] *comm* We're getting torn up by a bot, with reinforcements incoming. ( There's a pillar! Or column if you prefer. ) * Roseli gets behind it, checks her gun, and preps for when the soldiers come around. (Total def right now.) [Nene responds! "You have to hurry! There's only a few minutes before those bombs go off. We're sending Jamie to back you up, hold out until then."] [Luana!] * Roseli checks her time. How many minutes is a few minutes? * Heinrick follows up on Togo's comm. "We're fairly outgunned. More resistance than anticipated. If we could get Rose to the bomb site first..." ( About 14 ) (I thought we were making good time; I know we were lagging a little OOC, but questions needed to be answered and Jamie had to show up... ^^; ) ( They go off at 9:00. ) (Okay.) (Yeah, I thought we were too.) [Nene responds. "I'm surprised they have a bot. None of the other teams ran into any so far."] * Roseli coms, "Two leaders guarding this one. Remember?" * Heinrick replies over the comms. "I suppose we're always the lucky ones then." * Roseli coms, "Send backup ASAP that can defuse the bomb if I go down." ( Oh! Military (ardware) rolls. ) ( Unless you have weapon's encyclopedia ) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (Got.) 2d8 * Luana moves over to wear Roseli is and tries to provide additional cover. (Hold action) * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. 2d8-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. ( made ) (Heinrick wins on mind alone!) 2d8-1 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 6. (Make!) 2d8-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "That was close. One cycle later and you'd have fit nicely into a sandwich." * Roseli also coms: "ETA on Jamie?" (I know many things, thanks to Luana.) ( Keiko knows the bot's name is Frank. ) [Zee bot is a BR-0098 unit. It's about a decade old, so it's not as tough as a modern day military bot, but it's still far beyond a security bot. These types were made en masse in South America, but then they couldn't afford to upgrade later. The bot has two machine guns, a close-range flame thrower, and two rockets.] [Oh, um, it's also a four-legger] [It kinda looks like the turret of a tank on top of four spider-like legs.] ( How thick is the armor? ) ( Togo's not sure! ) ( ok ) ( It looks pretty thick, though. ) ( Well, my machine gun ignores 20 points, and that's the best I got, so... =P ) (*waits for Nene to answer Rose's question.) (Where'd your LAW go?) ( Waiting for Luana to do something :P ) ( I used it last session. ) (Yeah, Heinrick totally expected the LAW) (I'm holding my action, I said that) (She did.) [Nene responds, "I'm working on it, but we have our hands full. Another team lost their demolitions expert, so I had to send Iris Koenig to assist them.] ( Oop ) [Togo!] (Right, and the Jamie one?) ( Which is that? ._. ) * Keiko adds to the comm conversation with a quiet, "That's... a BR-0098? It's weak on the underside of the body and topside. Flamethrower if you get too close." (When is Jamie getting there?) (Answer is vital for what Rose decides to do.) ( Hmm, one sec... ) ( Three minutes. ) (Remember that a round of combat is 6-10 secs.) (Okay.) (Yeah, so Jamie's not getting here any time soon. ;P) (... so 30 rounds from now? Yeah, we're gonna have to kill it ourselves.) ( Or just try to hide from it. ) (The good news is that I do have a 1 KM range, so I can help before I get on the ground.) (Stairs nearby?) * Togo nods at Keiko, then pulls out a grenade and tries to slide it under the bot. "I'll keep the bot busy. Get that damned gunman on the second floor before the reinforcements arrive!" 2d8-1 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-1) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 14. ( Yeah, no ) (Grenades are a distraction! Say you meant to do that!) * Heinrick glances at Togo. "Are you sure? I can try to corrode it." (Who uses corrode as a verb? Seriously. Heinrick is a freak. :D) (Heinrick does!) (And is.) [The grenade rolls under the bot and blows up a bench behind it.] [Keiko!] If you can't hit the gunman, feel free to help me. (How tall is the bot?) * Keiko tries to hover back and away as she re-puts her shield up, to head off the reinforcements. "Hope the reinforcements are normal." ( About eight feet. It's about double that length-wise ) ( mmm, actually more like 12 feet length-wise. ) (It's HUGE!) (How high is the space underneath it?) (RUN! CLEARLY AN EPIC MOB!) ( About 3-4 feet. ) ( Well, yeah. Military bots are a big deal :P ) [Heinrick!] (...do you really want to risk running *underneath* a multiple-ton military bot?) (With a flamethrower?) ( Even old ones like this guy. ) (It's gutsy.) (With a flamethrower.) (Luana ain't afraid of no flamethrower.) (Flamethrower don't bother me.) (She's BADASS.) * Heinrick goes towards the bot and takes out his oxydizing agents, speaking to Togo over the comms. "I believe it is in our best interest to take out the greatest threat first." He throws the vials at the joints in the legs. Let's rust this sucker. 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 10. (Yep, Dicey wants us to die.) [Heinrick's vial flies over the bot's legs and breaks on the ground some distance away.] [The bot opens fire on the nearest target, which is Heinrick! Look out, Heinrick!] 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 8. (Not looked out well enough, no.) [Ouch. Heinrick takes another bullet. Now he's starting to look like Rose.] [The soldiers above advance!] (I'll take my action) ( K, but they're still out of short range. ) (The bot's in short range, yes?) ( Yep ) * Luana sprints for the bot and climbs up to hopefully deliver a gunshot to its head. Rose imitation, go! (Acro?) ( Yeah... Acro (jumps) ) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (Make!) (To truly be badass, Luana should have done a handplant on one of the legs and fired her gun while upside down.) (Can I shoot it?) (But still, go Luana go!) ( Go for it. ) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. (Make!!) [Luana shoots the bot, butting a bullet hole in it. Steam appears where the bullet hit.] [Meanwhile the GM momentarily forgets how much damage that does and goes to look it up.] (Bwahaha!) (Isn't weakpoint an auto-crit?) (Think so.) ( It's not a weak point. It's a partial armor attribute. ) ( If it was a weak point, there would be a called shot. ) ( There probably is a weak point or two on the thing, like a gas tank. ) [At any rate, Rose!] (Luana going after the bot is fucking up my mojo. :() * Roseli holsters her gun and reaches into her jacket, pulling out... a small bomb? She fiddles with it and then holds it out, shouting, "Keiko, get this to Luana!" (And someone'd better guide Keiko, or we're so fucked.) (TK TK TK!) [Togo!] (I need help to _detect it_.) (Togo or Heinrick.) ( one sec... ) ( Luana's on top of the bot? ) (Yes.) ( Yep ) Or Togo. SOMEBODY. Pistols are not going to work on this thing! * Togo runs over to Roseli, grabs the bomb, and tosses it to Luana. ( what's the roll ) (Thrown weap or sports.) * Keiko thinks at her open people, tense, ~What is she talking about? Being blind is a fucking pain!~ (The sad thing? I'm trained in throwing!) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 0. ( made ) ( Thrown weapons OR sports - ACV ) (I can throw great!) [Togo throws a bomb at Luana! His aim is dead on. Nowwww... do I make her roll to catch? XD] (A: No!) * Heinrick relays to Keiko. ~She's talking about a bomb. I don't know if you can sense it...especially since Rose is the one holding. But Togo is throwing it to her right now.~ d2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. ( Luana, body - sports -2! ) ( Also, I skipped Luana, so if she does catch it she can go right away. ) (That a bonus or penalty?) ( Bonus ) 2d8-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 9. ( 'Cause Togo's throw is so good. ) (Goddamn. Miss by one) ( ._. ) (I knew that was going to happen. >_<) [Luana fumbles the bomb!] (GOD DAMN LUANA DON'T FUMBLE THE BOMB.) (;P) [Luana!] * Luana curses loudly. Did it land on the bot, ie, can she grab it without climbing back off? * Heinrick thinks quickly to Keiko. ~Keiko. Can you detect it near Luana? She may need your help.~ (It's a huge damn bot, I hope so. @_@) * Roseli shouts more orders: "Plant the bomb on the head and get the fuck off! Find cover, all of you!" d2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. * Keiko thinks back at Heinrick, fast and distressed, ~I can't detect ANYTHING but those two guys up off the ground over there!~ [It fell on the bot.] * Heinrick tries to send an image of Luana and the bot as best he can. And where the bomb is in relation. * Luana leans back and grabs it, plants the bomb on the bot's head, turns it on if that's necessary, and gets the hell off and away. [Keiko!] (Is Luana succeeding in her 'get away' roll?) ( She doesn't have to roll for that unless she wants to do a fancy flip off the top of the bot. ) (As long as it's working and she's probably not gonna die.) * Keiko nnhs a bit, then starts to float towards the building, low to the ground. ~Feels like she found it herself.~ [Heinrick!] (Is Keiko safely to cover?) (I'm going away from the robot, so I hope so!) ( More or less. ) (Just checking. Heinrick's action is dependent on it.) (Okay.) * Heinrick turns and runs for cover next to where Keiko ended up as quickly as he can. [The bot isn't finished yet though. It fires a rocket at Luana.] 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. (Make~) [Luana dives out of the way as the rocket makes a big hole in the floor where she was just standing. You can see a basement corridor from here.] (HEY, that's convenient!) [And the soldiers continue to move forward. Now they're in short range. But they're also well behind cover.] [Rose!] (Everyone out of the way?) ( Yep ) * Roseli checks the status of her own team, stays behind cover herself, and then activates the detonator. (Bye bot.) [The bot explodes spectacularly.] [It would be an amazing end to a final battle, except there's still a bunch more fighting to go.] [Luana!] (Did we see more basement? ;P) ( Yes! ) (Sweet, we're going down the fast way.) (There's cover down there! It is called a floor!) * Luana runs back and jumps down the hole. (Which hole!) (The one to the basement!) ( On the other hand, there's still two guys and Jamie's not there yet.] ) (There are two!) [Togo!] ( They both go to the same place for convenience sake. ) (On the other other hand, two guys taken care of doesn't stop us from being blowed up.) * Togo tosses a grenade at the two mooks. "Get down there and defuse that damn bomb!" 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. ( made ) ( Ummm ) ( What? ) (A bit of a long arm on you there, Togo) ( I know I said they're in short range, but I really don't think Togo has the arm strength to toss a grenade to the second floor. ) (I have the arm strength to toss a grenade to the second floor!) (Just not 50 meters away. That's long.) ( If you say it's out of throwing range, s'okay. RETCON ) (Joe Montogo.) * Togo pulls out his machine gun and fires a burst at the two mooks. "Get down there and defuse that damn bomb!" (I have the arm strength to toss a grenade to the second floor 50 meters away maybe?) ( Heinrick could, yeah :P ) (^_^_v) [Togo hits one of the soldiers in the arm, but the other ducks behind cover.] [Keiko!] * Keiko is still advancing, on the first floor, towards the soldiers. Look out, she's coming. She thinks at Heinrick, ~Shouldn't we be supporting Luana and Rose? I felt Luana go down.~ * Heinrick responds to Keiko. ~Hold on.~ He comms to Togo. "Do you think you can hold out until reinforcements arrive?" Not a problem. * Heinrick nods, then responds to Keiko. ~Follow Luana. I'll be right behind you.~ ( Hokay, I'mmmm gonna need another channel. ) * Keiko thinks back to him, annoyed, ~I can't, I don't know where down is.~ ( Inna bit ) [Heinrick!] * Heinrick takes note of that. ~You'd do best not to be alarmed then.~ He takes Keiko by the hand and leads her quickly through gunfire and explosions to the hole before heading down! (Shield!) (It's still active?) (She can't see, so yes!) (Retcon then!) * Heinrick takes note of that. ~You'd do best not to be alarmed then. Can you take down your shield for a moment?~ * Keiko frowns and puts a death grip on her duck as she does. ~--it's down.~ * Heinrick nods and takes Keiko by the hand, making his way quickly to the hole. With hails of gunfire and explosions. It's exciting! [The soldiers open fire! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat............ (Togo, who opened fire on them?) (It'd make the most sense.) [Hokay, crowd votes for Togo. Two def rolls, Togo!] (Heinrick would use defend others if they started firing at Keiko.) 2 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5 5. (Yay, kill Togo! I mean, GOOD LUCK TOGO) ( made both ) [Togo avoids deathage!] ( Man, what round is this? ) [Rose!] ( 5 ) (4 or 5, yeah.) (only 25 more to go!) (I think it's 4 plus Togo's surprise round actually.) ( Togo's fired his machine gun 3 times, thrown a grenade, and tossed the bomb to Luana ) ( Oroooooooooooooooooo ) (*whacks Brett on the head with a sakaba-to*) * Roseli guns it for the hole. By which her player means, RUNS LIKE HECK. And jumps in. Oh yeah. ( Hokay...... ) (You can only use the last when breaking through walls, Rose!) ( Togo, into #Mall ) [Everyone else.... You're in a room. With.] ( The walls in the malls are totally, totally tall ) ( Need a logger in there, too ) ( Jean Pierre, get in there and log! ) [You're in a room, and there's boxes and a door to your left OR right.] (Good thing we don't have a Ten here anymore.) (It's a good change.) (what size boxes are we talking about, Brett? And cardboard?) ( Yes, and various sizes, but small enough to fit in a 15 x 15 room ) * Roseli glances around, then arbitrarily picks right and listens at the door. ( Hearing check, Rose! ) 2d8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. (Nooo!) * Keiko goes down into the room with Heinrick, thinking at Luana and Heinrick, ~It's gonna be harder to float around underground.~ [Rose hears nothing special beyond the door.] * Roseli says, very quietly, "Keiko, sense anyone?" * Roseli keeps listening, and she waves for someone to check the other door. [Rose hears something!] [Gunfire!.... from above.] [The rest of you hear it too!] * Heinrick goes to check the other door. ( Hearing check, Heinrick. ) 2d8-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets 14, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "I hate being random." (What the hell, Dicey. Really now.) (Hearing things, what's it good for, absolutely nothing.) ( Jesus, Rowyn, did you kill a black cat with broken mirror shards under a ladder today? ) ( Hooooo ) (I didn't *think* I did.) [Heinrick hears a ghost!] (OOOOoooOOOooOOOOOoooo) (...well, at least this is different than Kaede, since ghosts actually exist in this universe.) ( Oh, sorry. ) (Presumeably.) [Heinrick hears an emo.] (What is the sound of one razor slitting?) * Heinrick raises an eyebrow. "That's odd..." ( Svvvttt! "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" ) ( Or something like that. ) * Roseli blinks at Heinrick, then looks to Keiko to answer her question. * Heinrick shakes his head. "It's...nothing. I must be hearing things." (I heard an emo. Or is that an emu...?) (Do I sense anyone? I've got a brain!) ( Nope. ) * Keiko shakes her head at Rose and says very quietly, "Nobody to my mind." (Keiko detects the bomb. It's a SMART bomb. Ahahahaha.) (Nobody within 100 meters! This'll be easy!) * Roseli nods. She turns to her door, then, and opens it. Carefully. Peeking around. * Luana is standing guard with a gun aimed at the hole in case anyone comes down who shouldn't. [Rose sees nobody in the immediate vicinity.] * Keiko adds, quietly, "There's someone else down here... but we kinda knew that." (What do I see, then? Hallway? Room? Closet? ^^;) * Keiko points off some direction. "Way that way." * Heinrick glances one last time on the door, then goes towards Rose. With any luck, the emo will cut himself! And they don't have to worry about him. ( Hallway! ) (Right. Does it go in the direction Keiko's indicating?) ( Yep! ) ( You guys are, after all, near the entrence of the mall. ) * Roseli glances to the others. "Luana, take point, then Heinrick. Keiko, keep your senses open; I'll guide you. Can leave your shield up." * Roseli tilts her head to the door as she unholsters her gun. "Going in." * Keiko looks confused as she looks kinda in Rose's direction, but she puts her shield up. * Luana nods tersely and goes in front, opening the door. ~Careful up there, Lu, I can't help you up much.~ * Heinrick nods and gets in second position, blades at the ready. "Go ahead, Miss Hall." * Luana heads in, gun first. * Roseli moves back, sticks her hand right through Keiko's shield, and places it gently on her shoulder. She leads her after Heinrick and Luana walk in. [The hallway appears devoid of enemies. It runs along the underground of the mall for about 20 meters, then turns abruptly inward. It's awkward and looks weird, but the public's not supposed to see this part so they don't really care. There's doors lining the hallway all the way down.] * Keiko jumps with surprise as Rose touches her through the shield, then says quietly, as she follows and is lead, "... Roseli?" Yes. I put my faith in you, Ms. Tavares. Try not to let me down. * Roseli nods once, not that Heinrick is looking back at her. ( Ouch ) * Heinrick totally isn't! He's keeping his eyes peeled. ( Funny you should mention that, because.... gimme sight rolls! -2 bonus ) 2d8-8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 1. 2d8-6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-6) and gets a natural 5 for a result of -1. * Keiko licks her lips and murmurs, "How... do you do this? My... mind disappears near you." She can't see! (If Dicey made me crit fail that, I would have shot myself.) * Roseli replies, quietly, "Always been this way." Pause. "Far as I know." Can you sense Luana and Heinrick? * Keiko nods slightly, managing a weak smile as she adds, "As much as Heinrick can be." ( Sight rolls.... o/~ ) * Roseli nods. "Good." 2d8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (Thanks, Dicey! You hate me!) ( Hoookay. Heinrick and Luana, military (hardware) rolls. ) 2d8+100 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+100) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 109. (Darn. No critsuccess.) (Hahaha.) * Heinrick chuckles. "Honestly, if she hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have known I was this way either." ( Unless you have weapons encyclopedia... o/~ ) 2d8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. 2d8-1 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-1) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 12. (Failed by 1.) ( Wow. ) (Dicehate.) (This is the _second time_ you have been stunned by two people flipping tails on a coin.) (How? @_@) ( I just critfailed 2 outta 3 rolls. ^_^ ) (Ouch! Holy crap, dude.) (DON'T DIE.) (Wait, we're rooting for Togo not to d--oh, I mean...DON'T DIE!) (holy crap. By the time I get there it's going to be nothing but corpses. o_o) (Don't die, it'll make Luana sad.) (And then I'll have to learn necromancy so I can raise you from the dead.) (I beat you to it.) (Sounds like a plan to me!) (Just make him your telekenitic meat puppet.) (And then Luana can have an undead cat, and Alys can be jealous.) (So jealous.) (...So damn jealous.) * Heinrick peers ahead. "There's a...box ahead. It might be the bomb, but I can't be sure." (Where's my telepathic contact?) Or at least *a* bomb. ( Who knows the penalty for using two-handed weapons with one hand? ) ( Still some distance away, Keiko. ) (+263) * Roseli nods. "Move carefully," she advises as she tries to get a decent look. (There is no rule for 'two handed weapons', so there's no written penalty.) (Yeah... I guess you could rule a +2 penalty or thereabouts.) ( orzzzzzz... ) ( Ok, I'm ruling that. +2 penalty. ) ( Brett, it doesn't matter. I'll just use one of Togo's... 6 different 1-handed weapon options ) ( That's fine. I just want to get this down. ) ( 'kay ) (Wasn't there a rule in BESM2e under weapon disabilities?) (Or was that just hand-held?) (There's hand-held.) (You could do it two ways. Penalty or body roll before wielding it.) (dX-R or BESM3 has a two-hand option, I think.) (Probably dX-R.) ( Rose, gimme a mil (hardware) roll ) (Aaanyway.) ( Someone needs to pick up weapon encyclopedia ) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. (*thumbs up*) (Keiko could nail this roll to the wall.) (If she could see.) (It's so not worth the rare 1CP we get.) (Luana needs to project more to Keiko!) (Yeah.) (To the 'not worth the CP' thing.) * Roseli halts, Keiko with her. "Stop," she orders. * Keiko gets stopped, murmuring with annoyance, "Nnh? Something else I can't feel coming?" Proximity bomb. * Luana stops. * Heinrick nods and stops. "Figured. Can you get close enough or do we have to trigger it from a distance and risk them hearing?" I could. In theory. Risky if things go wrong. * Roseli checks her watch. Time, GM? [Eleven minutes.] And we need you for the main bomb. Do you believe a dagger would be enough to trigger it?" (Would it?) [Nene calls in, in fact! "Eleven minutes remaining. Are you any closer to disabling that bomb?"] * Roseli coms, "Getting there." * Keiko frowns and asks, "Can I just... move it?" ( No, dagger's not enough. ) If we can give you a clear enough picture, possibly. It seems light enough. * Roseli nods. "It'll set it off. Do it, Keiko." Dagger's not enough. * Heinrick gives Keiko a mental idea of the room. "We should all take cover just in case. Blasts in small hallways are never pleasant." (Chunky Salsa!) * Keiko murmurs, "Someone better give me a picture, th--ahm." Is there a direction that would be better to move it? (Away from us!) * Luana sends Keiko a mental picture. Shouldn't get us, Heinrick. Low yield. Don't want to take down the mall, just whoever turns the corner. [Nene continues! "Five teams have reported in now. Please hurry."] * Heinrick shrugs slightly, vaguely amused. "Oh well. So long as it doesn't collapse the passage in front of us. That shouldn't be good." * Jamie comms to the rest of the group. "Uh, I've arrived." (That means we're still in the majority, Nene! Quit rushing us!) (Uh, Brett, active question: Is there a 'good direction' to try to move it? (Like, if it were at a 4-way crossroads, away from the direction we want to go, etc?) ( Doesn't matter. Trying to move it anywhere will make it explode. ) * Roseli coms, "Good. What's the situation up there?" (But we're trying to plan if the passage collapse, it doesn't block our route.) (So anything not on our route would be superior.) ( Any direction that isn't facing the ceiling or a wall. ) ( brb! ) * Keiko gets in range, then, shield up, and reaches out with her duck hand before twisting her hand to go along with her telekinesis, slapping it aside. Kinetics. It's fun. (That's tremendously helpful. >.> Keiko, just chuck it.) *comm* I finished off those two guards, and I'm coming down with Jamie to meet up. * Jamie comms. "I... think I found the bomb." * Roseli coms, "Good. Get down here. Take the open door." ( Back ) [The bomb exlpodes! It chars the area around the corner black.] * Roseli nods. "Go," she tells Luana. * Keiko just stands there as it explodes, then murmurs, "Sounds gone," as she rubs one of her ears. * Luana starts going again. * Roseli moves, gently leading Keiko. Eventually everyone else will catch up! Because they are not super fast, on account of bombs. * Heinrick nods. "Excellent work, Keiko." He follows behind Luana. *comm* What the hell was that? * Roseli coms, "Proximity bomb." * Keiko gets lead again! Brr. She hugs her duck tight, bleeding slightly from her left arm. [As you go around the corner, the hallway heads towards your destination again. Again, it's lined with doors. It also slopes downwards before coming to another corner, that turns right. As may or may not be expected... there's a bomb.] * Heinrick comms as well. "If it were the bigger explosion, you would know, I'd suspect." *comm* Everybody okay? * Roseli coms, "Yes. Detonated it on purpose." And she stops again. (Is it the same kind of bomb?) ( Yep. Same thing ) Keiko, your move again. * Heinrick stops as well. "Alright Keiko, you're on." He feeds her a "map" again. * Luana stops and sighs quietly. * Heinrick speaks to Luana. "Bothersome, isn't it?"" * Keiko replies, with a half smile, "Feel more like a tool than ever." She takes the maps and does another slapaside. ( I wanna run forward, guns ablazing and trenchcoat behind me as bombs explode behind me, narrowly missing because I can tumble like a NINJA!) (That'd be sweet.) (It so would. :D) ( Luana's in front? ) (Yeah, but I'm doing this on the assumption that, uh, it's too far away to explode us.) Very, sir. [Either way, the bomb explodes! Also, Togo and Jamie presumably arrive.] * Togo catches up with you guys! He's bleeding from graze wounds on his left arm and leg, and there's a big hole in his left hand. I apologize for that, but it is necessary. Once we get back to headquarters... * Roseli glances. "Good to have you here." No comment about Togo's condition. She looks to Jamie. "You were briefed?" she asked, as the cursory question with a super obvious answer. (s/asked/asks) * Jamie nods at Rose, and doesn't look quite so much like swiss cheese as she did the last time she was seen. * Luana nods to Heinrick. * Jamie points in the general direction of the wierd thing she felt before. (Someone must have punched Jamie in the face!) Good. That the direction of the bomb? * Keiko winces a little, as Togo catches up, and then thinks at Luana, ~Okay?~ (Is it the same way we're going? That'd be convenient!) * Togo takes a moment and applies his medpak to himself while they have a moment. [As you round the corner, you're faced with another section of hallway that eventually ends in a corner. However! On the left hand side, here, there's some stairs that lead to the SUBbasement.] (Also, is Jamie here with her small army of choppers + tank?) ( It is! ) (Smaller army of choppers, no Tank) (... _sub_ basement? Man, I couldn't tell it was lower? Sad.) (Let's keep going!) (GO GO GO.) (Also, did I point down earlier?) [Annoyingly, there's another bomb right in front of the stairs. * Keiko comms, quietly, "The person I'm feeling is at the bottom of the stairs." * Luana stops and waits for the bomb disposal squad to get to work. Get to work, Keiko! (Keiko thought a question at Lu!) (Not a very long question, though.) * Roseli stops. "Understood, Keiko. And there's another." * Togo frowns as the nanites work their way through his system. His arm and leg feel a bit better, but that hole in his hand's not going away anytime soon. [Damn these bombs, taking up so much time. o/~ ~I'm good. Just tired.~ * Keiko nods, then frowns a little and says, "Give me a target." ( And Togo uses the medpak on himself instead of Rose o/~ ) (Rose already GOT a charge today.) (And is STILL neadly dead.) ( Op, that's right. ) [Well, Togo's still seriously injured, too, but at least he's looking a hell of a lot better. ] * Heinrick continues along the same path. * Keiko waits for her targetting image, then smacks this bomb aside too. (Which means, feed Keiko the image, standard bomb-disposal tactics.) [Heinrick might not wanna do that 'fore Keiko blows up the bomb] (I meant the bomb disposal path. It's a macro by now, Brett. ;P) * Luana heads down as soon as the bomb is gone. [It a 'splodes!] * Togo winces at the sound. [And then Luana heads down! Unfortunate for her, because at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for her to turn the corner, is a soldier, who fires a rocket at her! Gimme a def roll, Lu!] * Jamie coves her ears and drops to her knees this time. 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. (Make) (GO LUANNA) (-N) (We didn't throw the bomb down the stairs?) (That'd be the most likely location. :D) [Luana manages to avoid the rocket in the narrow confines of the stairs. It flies past her and explodes in the same spot the bomb did. It causes the cieling to collapse too, causing some rubble, though not enough to block the path. Just to be annoying.] [The guy runs as soon as the rocket is fired.] (I had thought about it, but absent orders, I thought it would be best not to block our only path down.) (In the off chance of a bad detonation.) * Heinrick lets out a breath. "What idiots would fire a rocket launcher in a *hallway*?" ( The bomb wouldn't have made it to the bottom of the stairs. When you move it at all, it explodes. ) I would. ( Hah! ) (Not if I turned off its sensors.) * Heinrick rubs his forehead. "I shouldn't have asked." Aside from a swimming pool, a coal mine and maybe an orphanage, there are very few places a rocket launcher isn't usable. * Luana coughs a bit from the dust. "Permission to chase?" Togo? Go! * Keiko thinks at Jamie, ~Hopefully that's the last one.~ Go get 'em. *heads down the stairs after Luana* * Heinrick shrugs and follows down. * Jamie gingerly gets back to her feet. * Keiko tries to keep track of where that guy is running. * Luana starts running. * Roseli goes down with Keiko, near the back. Go go go! * Keiko gets lead! Hooray! [Luana gets down the stairs just in time to glimps the man as he runs into what appears to be a large room. He ducks around the corner as soon as he's able.] [More annoyingly, he's littered the floor behind him with caltrops.] ( Pray Rose doesn't step on one. ) (Going to move carefully. She's not running.) (Roll Keiko along the floor! She can sweep it like a log!) (You know what's better than caltrops? TK with more than 2 points in targets) ( Running through them would require a body - acrobatics (balance) +2 ) (You've been enough of a tool today!) * Jamie sends the riffle armed helecopter ahead with the other girls. Keiko, caltrops on the floor. Can you do something about them? * Luana keeps running. 2d8-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. ( :O ) (Take that!) ( Wow. ) ...or Luana can just run past them. Brave girl. [Luana runs through the caltrops and pulls ahead of you to #TempMC4channel] * Keiko replies with a smile on her lips, "She's fire. What did you expect?" (Heinrick, send her an image, please!) ( And brings a logger with her. ) * Jamie sends the helecopter along with Luana! * Heinrick gives Keiko an image of the caltrops. ~We just need them brushed aside...~ He gets the feeling he doesn't like this any more than she does. ( Jamie can join too for helicopter purposes. The rest of you... Gonna take a bit. ) * Togo moves a little more carefully though, since he's still limping a bit. (If Keiko can move them with a wave, we can just run through.) * Keiko moves over the ground, trying to push caltrops aside as best she can and using her shield to clear a path, at the least. (TK and shield to clear at least a walking path. It's a bit fumbling, but should be able to make it easier.) * Roseli gets a-goin' after Keiko. Need to get to the bomb! * Heinrick nods to Roseli. "You should go behind, since you're leading my ward." * Heinrick follows close behind Rose. (_NOW_ I'm Rose's tower shield.) (:D) * Jamie follows Togo following other people with her real body. ( Still takes some time. ) (Fine, we go. o_o) (Yes, yes, everything takes time.) [Nene calls in! "How's it going?! Please tell me you're disarming the bomb now."] * Jamie speaks. "We found the bomb, it's guarded." * Roseli coms, "Were three bombs on the way." * Roseli checks the time. Hopefully they're by the caltrops and still going now. o_o; * Heinrick comms back. "And how are the other teams doing?" ["Eight have finished, and three are in the process of disarming the bomb now. They're finally available to back you up, but they'll never get there in time."] (Thanks for telling us that we suck!) * Roseli coms, "Fine. Working on it. Blue Team out." And she goes back to concentrating on getting to the stupid bomb. (How are we on time?) * Keiko murmurs, "She talks empty words too much." * Togo keeps moving. [You hear gunfire up ahead.] Yes, well...perhaps she finds it amusing to harangue us. * Jamie speaks up. "Uhm... one of the guards isn't normal." She sends the other large chopper to join the fight. [In fact, you can see Luana and a guy in a Vinyl jacket going at it.] * Roseli barks, "How not normal?" as she moves faster, gun in hand. ( You've got five minutes left. ) (Fantastic.) (Longest 100 meters ever!) (When did we *land*?) Luana's bullets are bouncing. (Is there room to get around this guy?) (Because sheesh, that was a long turn-around.) d2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. * Keiko grits her teeth and tries to sweep faster. ~Hold on, Lu, they're almost there.~ ( Do we roll init? ) (Good news! I didn't critfail and shoot the bomb!) [Hokay [FINALLY! You get to that room! C&P Time!] (YAY.) [It IS a big room. Circular, fairly large, two stories high, with a catwalk around the second floor. God only knows what it was used for in the mall's better days. But now it's bare. Save for the seismic disruptor sitting in the center. Luana is here with Jamie's chopper, fighting a) a soldier who's seriously injured and b) a guy in a vinyl jacket. With a fireball hovering, um, inside him.] ( Gimme init rolls! ) ( Except Lu and Jamie ) 2d8+14 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 21. (The disrupter would be our bomb.) ( Yep ) 2d8+7 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 18. * Roseli mashes buttons on her bracelet. Gotta focus, and how. 2d8+8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 13. 2d8+19 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+19) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 22. (Dicey is *really* killing me tonight.) (Dicesuke! What a dick!) (He's probably making up for the dice awesome he gave Heinrick last mission.) [Jamie!] * Jamie fires the riffle at the soldier again and a power ward ad the guy in the shiny pants. 2 2d8-5 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Jamie (2 2d8-5) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6 4. (Both potential hits) (Also, I've only got one gyrojet left ;_;) [That damn soldiers avoids the attack! Slippery bastich.] (;_;) [The ward connects though, and the guy screams. "Yearghish!" (Look on the plus side. Now he'll be suffering from multiple attacks.) [Rose!] (Okay, that thing is the best major gadgets I have ever spent.) * Roseli takes the scene in, then says calmly, "Try not to kill him." She dashes by the guy and Luana for the bomb. Rose has a job to do. [Togo!] ( Incidently, vinyl guy has a taser and a small briefcase ) * Togo fires a burst from his SMG at the soldier, trying to put him down. Togo and I will help cover. And anyone else available if you can. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. ( made ) (He didn't drop either when he got hit?) ( Isn't the smg the one Togo lost? ) (He dropped it into coat-space!) ( Yah, his SMG jammed up ) ( No, his machine gun jammed. This is his SUB machine gun ) ( PP-200. 29 damage, ignores 20 points of armor ) ( It says SMG in the other channel :X ) ( Oh wait. My bad ) ( The SMG is the second gun he pulled. ) [So.... yeah. Togo kills the extra guy I put in the fight to give Keiko something to do.] (...) (I do enjoy a challenge!) (Let's see if I can hurt someone who's completely immune.) (With marbles!) (You are completely obsessed with those marbles.) (HE IS) (Actually, with caltrops.) [And then another guy in military camo appears! He falls right down from the catwalk around upper floor, in fact. He's got dark skin and blond hair, and would actually look pretty handsome if not for the fact that his face is covered in stitches. He's wielding a short sword in each hand, one of which he uses to slice the ward on the vinyl guy as he goes. "Dammit Estevani! Being dead is no excuse for being careless."] (He says that in German? Awesome.) (Son of a BITCH! Does he know how expensive those are?) [He actually runs towards Rose next, but turns back and fires at Luana as he goes. Yes, fires! With a sword! Because it turns out he's not using two swords, he's using two pistol-swords, like Cervantes.] (No, he says that in Portuguese with German subtitles.) (Gunblades!) 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. ( Gunblades! XD ) ( They look so dumb :X ) [Luana avoids getting shot.] (Pistol-swords look better than gunblades.) [Estevani shakes his head. "Hey! I'm no deader than you, Davi!" He then jabs at Luana with the taser again, because... Because.] d2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 0. [Luana doesn't get jabbed! So far, so good.] [Keiko!] (I'm assuming I can't sense either of them, yes?) ( Yah. ) * Luana points angrily with her free hand. "I am so going to beat both of you up." (I thought Keiko *could* sense the souls of the dead.) (Strangely enough, you are _right_.) [Estefani grins. "That's not gonna happen, girl."] ( Actually, she can sense emotions of the dead. ) * Keiko floats over to try to intercept the Davi guy going at Rose, trying to TK-grab him. Well, maybe physics is allowed to work. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. (Make by 3. Crazy.) (Davi is totally getting physicsed.) [He's totally grabbed. "Nyagh! What the fuck!"]' [Luana!] * Luana throws a fireball at Davi to see if it will work on him. Fingers crossed! 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. * Keiko says in a soft voice as she does her interposing, "Angry body... dead, angry, and moving. That's new." ["No shit, sherlock! You'd be pretty pissed if someone cut you up and stiched you back together, too!"] [And then he's on fire. "Gyah! Not this again! Sonovabitch!"] [Heinrick!] * Luana grins. * Heinrick looks towards the two. He steps towards Davi in mid air. His expression is a lot darker than it's ever been before as he says evenly, taking out a vial. "I'll ask this one time. Who sent you?" * Keiko smiles wanly. "Likely." The smile fades, replaced with a thin frown and angry glare at the burning dead man. ["Oh please. I sent myself."] ["How about you, huh? What fucking group has you by the balls?"] * Roseli says calmly, "Probably telling the truth. Afternoon, Davi." (Am I to the bomb yet?) (Can I count this as a held action, since Heinrick "didn't" do anything, technically?) (I meant to put it as held. ( You will be on your turn.] ) [Jamie!] ( And yes, Heinrick ) (I'll let Jamie type hers first, then go.) * Jamie notes the guy with the swords is out of the picture so she lands one of her large choppers and attempts to plant another spirt ward on the shiney undead. (And burns a defence to do it) 2d8-5 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 4 for a result of -1. (Not that I actualy needed to.) [And she does! Estefani shouts, "Fuck!" and Davi chuckles.] [Despite the fact that he's on fire, yes.] [Rose! Is at the bomb! It's big and cylindrical and has a keypad.] (Right. I am so on the disarming now.) ( It's gonna take time o/~ ) (Can I go now? ^^;) ( Yep ) ( I *did* say after Jamie!) * Roseli is to the bomb. She pulls out the tools necessary and starts the disarming process as she coms, "Blue team disarming the bomb now." * Heinrick walks over to the held goon and pours some acid on Davi's shoulder, letting a slow hissing sound fill the air. "Wrong answer. I meant who would send you as you are now. Try not to foul this one up please." (Keiko should be grateful she's never gotten *this* punishment for a wrong answer.) [He growls. "Agh! That stings, motherfucker!"] (It would be a crime to overly scar this beauuuutiful skin.) [Togo!] * Heinrick shifts his glasses. "So. You still feel pain even though you're dead." * Togo fires a burst from his SMG at the guy in the jacket. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. ( made ) [Togo's bullets ricochet off the walls behind him.] ["Ya think?" Davi struggles! Gimme a roll for it, Keiko!] 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (Make on mind.) ... intangible. I *hate* intangible. (Which is, IIRC, the ruled 'grappling' stat for her brane.) ((Because body is dumb dumb dumb.)) ( "Dammit, if I'm going to put in the effort to shoot you, have the common courtasy to get shot!" ) (You go, Keiko. Flex that mental muscle.) [Not by enough, though. He forces his way out. "Hmph. That's right. The dead feel pain. What's it to you? Government fucks just do what your told for as long as you're useful, and if you die, who the fuck cares?"] * Heinrick would react but it's not his turn! [Estefani rips the ward off his body. "He's right, y'know. Serving our country only got us killed. Not dying in the line of duty. Not sacrificing ourselves for a worthy cause. For me it was death just because they could. For Davi... well, they had some leftovers lying around and decided to experiment." He moves towards Rose as he talks, casually.] (*crosses fingers*) [Keiko!] 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. (Got it. :D) (I've only got two more of those. ;_;) [Rose begins the disarming process by removing a panel near the keypad. She has to do it carefully, or it'll EXPLODE! She successfully removes a screw.] * Roseli speaks as she works on disarming the bomb. "Stay back, Estefani. Trying to save a city." * Keiko makes another grab for Davi, and if successful, pushes him to the ground for dramatic effect. Her frown has twisted a bit into an angry sneer. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. (... now that's my kind of make.) [He's grabbed! But not pushed to the ground. That'd require a pin :P ] [Estefani frowns as he walks. "Nuria? Nuria Amaral?"] [Davi starts. "What?! You're-!" He glances at Rose. And then he's grabbed again. "Agh! Fuckers!"] * Keiko adds at Davi, in a biting tone of voice, "Nobody cares. Least of all the people tossing the orders around." * Roseli glances at Estefani and nods once, then goes back to concentrating on the bomb, because holy what. [Luana!] * Luana runs between Estefani and Rose, glaring at him and blocking his way. Hopefully. (Total defense.) [Heinrick!] * Heinrick smiles slightly at Davi and leans forward a bit. Unlike his usual smile, it doesn't carry the amusement with it. "You're right. No one cares. In the end, I wouldn't care either. Except I have a job to do. Though apparently someone's done my research for me." He sighs heavily. "I don't know what they were thinking. So tell me. Are you going to divulge names? This isn't *government business, exactly. So you're safe." [Davi growls. "Yeah, I guess they don't care if they let fucking baby murders work in this government. Fuckin' country deserves to have it's fuckin' city blowed to high hell."] * Heinrick fiddles with his vial threateningly. Oh? Did the city kill the babies then? (And do I get an intimidate/interrogate?) * Keiko 's facial expression shifts a moment, away from the sneer to a more neutral expression. Her eyes flick to Rose a moment, but then back to Davi. ( You can try! ) (Which?) ( Either one. ) 2d8-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. (Doesn't really matter, since it's the same mod. :P) [Heinrick looks intimidating! Which only seems to make Davi angrier. "Bet the fuckin' government did. Hell, I KNOW you guys are okay with it. I might look like Frankenstein, but YOU'RE the motherfuckin' monsters, bitches!!"] [Jamie!] * Heinrick pours (or does on his turn). "That wasn't my question." ["AAGH! Fuckin' A!"] * Roseli flicks her gaze to Davi and Heinrick. She says, softly, "Leave my son out of this." [Jamie!] * Jamie reloads the gyrojet riffle and drops another ward on Estenfani, because, hey, you can't have enough damage over time and she doesn't have any other real orders that apply here other than protect Rose. 2d8-5 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6. (Made by 1) (And yes, that was full attacked.) ["Screw you, bitch! I owe it to Osmar!"] * Heinrick calmly puts the cap back on the vial. "Very well." [Estefani holds up the briefcase, catching the ward on the side."] [Rose!] * Roseli 's only response is to slam her fingers against her bracelet, punching in a rapid code, and continue her work. ( Did you skip my turn? ) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. ( No. You're after Rose. ) ( ah, ok ) (Thank goodness. Another down.) [Rose undos another screw! .... this is gonna take a while.] [Togo!] (And it's totally your idea that it takes a while!) (Yeah. Far be it for us to actually be seen as competent.) (I'm totally gonna slam Davi into the ground if he doesn't escape.) (Hey, you guys have kept me alive so far! PLEASE KEEP IT UP.) (Maaaan, he's gonna get slammed. SO SLAMMED.) * Togo puts his SMG back in his coat, pulls out his revolver, and fires at the guy with the jacket. (Ghost Bullets) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. ( made ) (Togo! Prepared for everything!) (I didn't even know those existed. I have to get some.) [Togo blasts Estefani! He looks surprised when the bullets take some big chunks out of him.] [Meanwhile, Davi attemps to escape!] ( Bullets with affect insubstantial. I figured, at some point, Togo would've gotten pissed off after being unable to stop an insubstantial enemy and figured out a way around it. ) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (Make by 3 this time.) [And he does! "Fuckin' pricks!"] (Agh!) (What the hell is his roll. >_<) (There needs to be an SS for TK) ( MIGHTY MIND ) (SS doesn't matter.) (For grappling? Yes it does) (For the escape, it's just the +4 effective body.) [Estefani glances at his now-shot-up body. Then he glances at Rose. "Listen, Nuria. I don't know your reasons, but Davi's got a point. What you did... Well, Osmar will probably never recover. He's almost as dead as us." Then he turns to his partner. "Hey, Davi? This ain't going so well for me. I'ma leave the rest to you, aight?" And then he just falls. Through the floor.] [Davi growls. "'Fani, you prick! I always have to do everything for you!" Then he sighs. "Fine. Bastard." And hits a bunch of buttons on his bracelet. Same kinda thing Rose has, in fact.] [Keiko!] * Keiko _snarls_ at Estefani and turns her eyes to Davi, hissing, "The woman told you to shut UP." And then another TK grab attempt! 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. (I am totally on Keiko's protective side. It's kind of awesome.) * Roseli looks up at where Estefani was, but if she was going to say something to him, he's long gone. [Davi dashes to one side, rasing his weapons. "Not THIS time, fuckers!"] Roseli. You know how these bracelets work. Will anything adverse happen if I try to remove it? [Luana!] (He still on fire?) ( Mmmm, by this point prolly not. ) * Luana throws another fireball at Davi. 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. No. Already in his bloodstream. ('Blood'stream.) (As it were; I didn't know it worked on undead.) (It's also nice that the bracelet wasn't described as being there until Davi used it.) (Learn something new every day!) [He avoids that one, too! Like a ninja!] [Heinrick!] (I love not being able to plan ahead because I don't know something's there!) (Heh, that is a mildly important detail. ^^; Oh well.) (Just a leetle.) * Heinrick throws the acid he was using at Davi's feet. He's not trying to hit him directly, but he's trying to create a triphole to make him stumble for the next attack. 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. (Okay, so it may burn his feet a little too, SORRY ROSE) [Heinrick succeeds in burning the floor! Some of it splashes on Davi's feet, too, but he doesn't seem to mind so much.] [Jamie!] (I wonder what roll it would be to feint someone into a pothole.) * Jamie takes carefull aim and fires her very last spirit ward at Davi. 2d8-7 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-7) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 5. (And it's a good thing I did too.) (Dice hat jamee) [It hits! And burns!] [Rose!] * Roseli disarms the bomb as chaos reigns. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. (*thumbs up*) [A third screw comes out!] [Togo!] * Togo swaps weapons again, pulling out his SMG and firing yet another burst at Davi. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. ( made ) [Togo shoots him! A coupla times!] [He growls. "Shit. I shoulda done this earlier." Then he jumps! All the way to the second floor balcony. "You're gonna be sorry, fuckin' pricks." He runs off!] ( 'Cause I'm tirrrrd..... ) (Haha.) (Are we still in init? Out of init? I'm disarming a bomb?) ( Out ) * Keiko glares in the direction his anger fades, but... then she just sorta ends up looking at a wall. * Roseli keeps disarming the bomb. Don't explode don't explode don't explode... * Luana puts her gun back in its holster and rubs her eyes. * Jamie moves closer to Rose. * Heinrick loses his...whatever came over him as well and just sinks into a sudden calm, muttering to himself. "So someone else...no it couldn't be." 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. * Keiko glances over at Heinrick, then thinks at him, ~Lots of new things today.~ * Togo leans back against a wall, and brings his wounded hand up to his face, tilting his head as he looks through the hold. "... odd." (Hold?) [It doesn't explode! Rose gets the panel off to be faced with computer chips. And wires. And Nene. "How are you doing?"] ("I've had holes in my eyes before, but *this* is different.") ( Well, he couldn't see the holes in his eyes, now could he? ) * Heinrick speaks over the comms so not to distract Rose. "The threats have been neutralized. Bomb is almost diffused. Rose is currently working on it." * Roseli doesn't respond; ironically, because she's completely zoned on disarming the bomb. (Same roll?) ( Yep! ) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. (GOD THESE MAKE ME SO NERVOUS.) (You and me both.) (Especially with the level of critical failure we had this session.) [Rose cuts some (but not all!) wires.] (Good! All would explode it!) * Keiko sorta-looks down and then floats up and away, saying and thinking, ~"Something's coming from below!"~ (Is it, um, defused yet?) ( Nope! Still two more parts to go. ) (Oh God, so many rolls.) (*gives Rose a synergy bonus!*) * Roseli reaches in and feels out the inside very carefully, getting a good look and continuing with the whole bomb disarming process. 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. (*lets out a breath*) [Rose cuts out some (not all!) of the computer chips.] * Roseli nods to herself. She takes a long breath, lets it out, and goes for the very last bit. 2d8-3 (The last step: SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER) * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. (That's a failure. But not a critfail.) (Fail by one, if it matters.) [Rose removes a panel, but as she does, she must have made a mistake, because the bomb begins to beep rapidly.] ( The last step is obviously to cut the green co- NO THE RED CORD THE RE- *BOOM* ) [Fortunately, there's only one part left! The classic: "Choose a wire, red or blue!"] * Roseli quickly moves in and tries to defuse it before it EXPLODES ON ALL THEIR HEADS OH GOD. (Yup, okay!) 2d8-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. ( Unfortunately, there's no way to know which it is, so no roll for this one :P ) (Fuck it, well. I made it anyway.) (Oh, no roll? WHAT?) (What?) (...?!) (d2?) (We're the blue team, so obviously we should cut the blue wire.) (Soul for luck?) (...) (I'm serious; demolitions is knowing. o_o) ( But you can't know this. Only the person who programmed the bomb can. ) (...) (Then how'd she get to roll any of them at all? What the heck, Brett.) (So all this work comes down to a fifty/fifty shot. Wonderful.) (She should be able to tell by seeing what they connect to.) (So apparently, 11 other teams were just *damned lucky*) (What Luana said.) (People who get down to that fifty-fifty chance in movies are typically unexperienced.) ( Yah. You better let Keiko do it or something. ) (Blind and untrained! AWSUM.) ( Rowyn has a point. If it's literally 50/50, then with 11 other teams some of the others would've gone off. ) ( And I have to be up in under 4 hours, so can we move this along? ) (Truth, I need to be up soon, too.) (If you insist on the 50/50, I'ma just roll a d2.) (1 blue, 2 red.) d2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (d2) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. (Blue.) [Rose cuts the blue wire, and none of you die horrible deaths, yet.] (Is the bomb disarmed?) [Yep!] (We're not dead yet.) * Keiko is still kinda looking down at the ground, in anticipation of the thing she warned about. (Yay! x_x) * Roseli coms, "Blue Team reporting. Bomb disarmed." She looks around at the lot of you, nods once, and promptly passes out. Right there. ... I second that motion. [And then a guy walks into the room, bearded and disheveled, wearing camos. He's carrying a pistol, which he holds up and points at you with shaky hands, and shouts, "NURIA!!"] * Jamie freezes with indicision and then tries (and probably fails) to catch Rose. There still is the matter of what Keiko mentioned...which may be right there now. Fantastic. She's sleeping. Be quiet. * Luana is still standing in front of Rose and pulls out her gun. (And every time I see that name, I swear I read "NUTRIA!") (I am not Nutria! Geez!) (Somebody can wake her up, btw. If it comes to it.) [He oves forward, pointing the gun at the lot of you.] Yes yes. We've seen a lot of those lately. I don't believe one more will threaten us. What do you want? [He says! Only in a language Heinrick doesn't understand.] * Heinrick shakes his head and sighs. "Fantastic. And our translator is out of commission." * Keiko sighs slightly and murmurs, "I can't wake her up." * Luana makes a sort of disgusted sound and throws a fireball at the man. * Keiko rubs her duck against her face. "Didn't even know she was asleep." 2d8-4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. ( Hookay. ) * Heinrick covers some of his less toxic chemicals with a cloth and goes over to Rose. Makeshift smelling salts, go! [Luana sets him on fire! He screams!] ( Annnd going back to init for a bit.... ) * Jamie looks up at Heinrick as he apraches her and Rose. * Roseli grunts, faintly, and she slowly wakes up, taking in the scene... 2d8+8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 20. ( Scratch that, forget init. ) [He just kinda wobbles around. ON FIRE.] * Luana takes the gun from him and pulls the fire back off. * Keiko winces at the fire catches. ~Ow, Lu.~ (Do I need to roll anything?) ( Nope ) ~I'm -tired- and I'm -hungry- and I'm still -in pain-.~ * Roseli takes in what's going on, lets out a startled shout, and runs for him. "Osmar?" She checks him over, then whirls on Luana. "What did you *do*?" she demands angrily. [He's not dead, but he sure is toasty.] * Keiko thinks back, ~I know, Luana.~ She smiles a little to herself, and then the smile is erased as she hears Rose. Crap. * Jamie takes a step back from Rose. * Luana blinks, tears starting to form. "He... he pointed a gun at us and... you're really hurt, and..." * Keiko winces and floats over near Luana, letting her shield drop, trying to look vaguely at Rose as she tries to wrap an arm around Luana. It's hard on both counts. * Roseli seems to accept that, or at least not be about to kill Luana, because she immediately turns and starts patching up the toasty guy. Unfortunately, her hands are shaking about as much as his were. (He's unconscious, I take it?) ( Yep ) * Luana sits down and starts crying quietly. * Jamie looks very, very uncertain as to what she should be doing. (Also, Rose is going to be completely ineffective at this, but hey.) * Togo limps over to Luana and puts an arm around her. "Relax, kid. You did good." 2d8+1 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 12. (Yeah, didn't work.) * Heinrick sighs and dips his head slightly. "You reacted as you felt you had to, Luana." He looks a little spent as well. [Rose... doesn't do such a good job.] * Keiko holds onto Luana until Togo gets there... then looks over at Rose and says quietly, "I... can help." * Luana looks up at Togo blearily and whispers, "I want to go home." ( I'mmmmmmmm gonnna call it ) Let Keiko help. She's good at patching. ( Except when she can't see :P ) * Roseli tries and tries, then she lets out a scream of frustration and throws the completely ineffective bandages aside. She doesn't seem super coherent right now. [Who is? Session end.]