[Day: Monday, May 4th. Time: 5:45 p.m.] [After a long time of doing nothing, now you're doing something. In the briefing room, where Lydia has called you! No Nene, just Lydia.] [Start!] * Rowyn is now known as Heinrick (Still blind for me?) ( Nope! ) (... when did that change!) (During your treatments with the doctor I take it...damn that doctor's good.) * Togo has quit IRC (Ping timeout) ( ohhhhh.... yesterday. o/~ ) ( Thanks to Dr. Hans' supra medical treatment. ) (In other words, she was cured via GM fiat.) * Keiko is wearing green today. And a green ribbon. She can color coordinate now that she can see! Her duck is still blue, though. She looks a lot better than she has the last few days. * Luana is wearing some rather short white shorts and a plain blue T-shirt. Her hair's tied up on top of her head and she looks like she's been sweating recently. She sits down next to Keiko and waves a hand in front of her face, grinning. * Keiko looks over at her and thinks at her, ~Training, fun, or both?~ She smiles a bit back at her. * Togo is sitting at the table, not cleaning a gun or loading a cartridge for once. His hand has long since healed up from the rather nasty wound he got in the last mission. He, too, looks a bit sweaty. From training. * Jamie sits on Luana's far side in a far, far relaxed posture than she usualy employs, she's still sitting upright, but she's not as ridged as Ten forced her to sit and she keeps glancing from Luana too the door. ~Both. Running.~ ( Put quotes around training and the entire context of that sentence changes. ) (... no it doesn't.) (It stops making sense, is more like it.) * Heinrick shows up to the briefing room with a file briefcase underneath his arm! He's still in his duster but dressed a slightly more casually underneath. He doesn't give a look to anyone else as he takes his seat. This includes Keiko. * Keiko thinks back at her, ~Glad you're enjoying it,~ before adding Jamie into the mix. ~She just went running.~ * Jamie looks from Heinrick to Keiko. ~Okay? .... Where is she? ~ * Keiko gestures over at Luana. ~Her she.~ ~Sorry to disappoint.~ [Lydia speaks. "Good evening. I trust you've all had a restful month off." She doesn't wait for an answer, instead pulling up a map. "This is Koln. You might remember it. You passed it last month on your way to Kaltenkirschen."] (Heinrick, sadly, did not go get a gender change during his time away.) (And where was Kaltenkirschen again?) ( Past Koln ) * Roseli walks in right about now, and for the first time *after* a meeting has started. She's looking... about like she always does, coffee in hand, even, and she nods to the lot of you before taking a seat near Jamie. (Thank you for the wonderfully informative map, Brett.) [A picture of some building pops up. Um... "Koln Pillow Factory", we'll call it.] * Jamie watches Rose travel from the door untill she sits down. * Keiko glances to Rose with a frown coming onto her lips, then looks to the map. ["This turned out to be the base of a terrorist group, thwarted by Red Team this morning. Captured intel from the site leads us to believe this is where Stolt and van Trier have hidden themselves."] * Luana glances at Rose, then looks down before looking back to the map again. ["The terrorists had access to some particularly dangerous weapons, including a railgun. There aren't many of those around." A picture appears for reference. It's a sleek shiny gun that looks like it shoots lasers. But they're not!!] * Roseli asks, "Red Team didn't get Stolt and van Trier them in the flush?" And even fewer that don't blow up every other shot. * Jamie actualy seems to be following along with the briefing this time. [Lydia shakes her head. "They weren't there. Rather, this group probably bought their weapons from them. But given that van Trier's casino headquarters is no longer available to him, it's likely he can't trade easily over long distances. In other words, we have reason to suspect he and Stolt are in this area."] ( We should capture the railgun and hook it up to one of Jamie's copters! ) ["Gabriel's delivering the railgun to Chemnitz for safekeeping, while Karin and Gertrude are already searching for Stolt and van Trier. I want your group to augment their search."] * Heinrick looks like he's pondering this. "How do we know that they are still located here after the raid then? Or was the raid not at this location?" (Put it on the tank. Helecopter weapon has already been upgraded) ["We don't. And the longer we wait, the more likely they are to slip away. Which is why I want you to leave immediately. You will rondevous with Gertrude and Karin, then sweep the area for..." She trails off as the phone rings.] * Keiko thinks at the two wards, with a thin frown on her face, ~I was hoping they'd show up soon.~ She pets her duck. [And she picks it up! "Control."] [And possibly for the first time you've ever seen her, she looks genuinly surprised. "What?!"] * Roseli blinks. She glances at Jamie. * Jamie starts to ask Keiko a question but winces and turns to at the source of the surprise. [After a minute, she hangs up. "Gas is only .5 Euros a gallon in Frankfurt, so your assignment is to go there and fill up all our vehicles."] ( Erm, wait. That's not right. ) (... c.c;) (Darn, and I was already typing a response to that. :P) (Go forth and save us money!) (You are a silly, silly man.) ( Miracles don't happen that easily. ) (Oh yeah, I've got a stupidly high hearing bonus, I should ask what all the phone calls were.) (That's also wrong because they'd measure by liter, not gallon in Europe.) ( In the MC universe, the metric system fell in 2033. ) ["That's impossible! How is that...?" Lydia listens intently. After a few minutes, she responds, "I see. I'll have it taken care of immediately."] (Unless that's an aspect of TEH FUTAR too.) (And sad thing is, Jesse, I don't know whether that's a joke or straight. :P) ( In the future, Heinrick is Swiss for Purpledood ) * Roseli shakes her head. "Need more teams," she says quietly. * Heinrick sighs vaguely and throws up his hands. "We really do. But we do the best we can on limited resources." [Lydia hangs up. She stares at the phone for a minute.] Something amiss? * Luana twiddles her thumbs. [Then she turns towards you. "Gabriel Winterbauer has turned traitor."] * Roseli blinks. "Pavla?" she asks. ( That bastard! How could he! What was he thinking?! Who is he again?! ) (Ha ha.) * Luana jerks and nearly falls out of her chair. * Jamie blinks in surprise. (That's why I clicked on the personnel link right away, Jesse. :P) (Curses, Gabriel got to do it before I did!) ["Most likely with him, against her will or not."] * Heinrick shakes his head. "How exactly has he turned traitor? What is his current motive and action?" * Roseli frowns. ( As did I. I did it more for effect. Which ones were gabriel/pavla? ) * Keiko closes her eyes a moment and thinks quietly, ~Pavla.~ * Jamie looks to Luana for guidance, but decideds against falling out of her chair. (Pavla's Tentaru 2.0) (Gabe is super patriotic and was in Section 1 before Sec. 2 was made. Pavla's his replacement ward, who was Hotaru 2.0.) (And the only person that Keiko could talk to for the first week) ["Gabriel was deliverying the railgun to the military base in Chemnitz, which, if you recall, was attacked two months ago. He was visiting with Director Graf."] ~He doesn't treat her right. He can't possibly be considering what's best for her in this.~ (Okay, now Chemnitz I'm blanking on.) [Lydia glances at her desk. "Whom, apparently, he killed. He took the rail gun, took the demon sword Tyrfing, and fled. The military forces were still weakened; they couldn't stop him."] * Jamie 's memories go back to some very dark and very bad places, but she doesn't speak. * Heinrick looks up suddenly. "Tyrfing is loose once more?" He rubs his forehead. "Fantastic." We got to Chemnitz, then. (s/got/go) * Keiko frowns and thinks, clearly unhappy, ~And he gets to escape again.~ ["No, he's already gone. And more than likely, he's heading for the Polish border. You need to capture him before he makes it across."] Rail gun *and* a demon sword. That's... not good. Any inkling on his motives? Who he's meeting up with? Perhaps he intends to combine them. (You only get one shot, but what a shot it is!) ["We don't know."] * Jamie 's starting to get lost in the the rapid change of subjects, following discussions is yet another thing she has no practice at. * Roseli shakes her head and stands. "Any additional information on Gabriel or Pavla we don't know about?" * Luana rubs her temples. * Heinrick considers for a moment. "What forces are there on the Polish side who may be against the German government? Of course, Poland may simply be a neutral territory for the trade, but there may be others we would know he might possibly be dealing with." ["Poland known to support France in the EU, if that's what you mean. As for Winterbauer, he was a former agent in section 1, along with Director Graf. They were friends." She pauses, then adds, "Supposedly."] * Heinrick nods. "What are orders for Pavla? Gabriel is obviously involved but there's no indication that she may be doing this of any free will." [She considers. "But there was an incident two years ago, where Gabriel almost died acting under the director's orders. That may have something to do with it."] ["Capture her."] * Roseli shakes her head. "Almost die every other day. Might be possession or something like. Either way, no way to know." Ward's not at fault. Let's move. * Togo nods. "Extreme non-lethal force for the ward." * Jamie stands up. Agreed. ( What constitutes extreme non-lethal force? Well, lets just say that Keiko is going to be using her duck a lot. ) * Heinrick checks his equipment and stands, "You are up to full capacity again, correct, Keiko?" * Luana stands and pulls a small bag out of her pocket, using the pads inside to wipe down her face. Anyone nearby will smell rubbing alcohol. * Roseli glances over her gun, then nods to Jamie. "Let's pack up your tank and choppers." And she heads out, probably with her ward in tow. * Keiko looks over to Heinrick and nods once, saying, slightly annoyed, "I can see, yes." * Jamie wrinkles her nose and shudders as the smell wafts over to her, and the gratefully runs away. ( Where are you going, exactly? :P ) * Heinrick nods slightly. "I'll be expecting the best from you then." He heads out. (To, er, pick up the tank and stuff, then to wherever we need to be - which I assume would be the hangar, so we can get there asap.) (Should I fly? :D) * Togo makes a quick bathroom stop to take off his glasses and splash some water in his face before he heads to wherever they're going. * Luana says as she heads out, "I'll go get changed and meet up everyone." (*up with) [You arrive at the hanger!] (Great! Er, what's in it? Do we have anything ready? Like, authorized by Lydia and being prepped? :P) * Keiko heads out as well, making sure she has her gun and coat just in case. (Keiko's going in battle paint.) (I am?) ( I still don't know where you're going :P ) (... She told us to get there and intercept now! I assume she had a destination in mind.) (... To stop a crazy person, a magic sword, and arail gun from taking over the world!) (And if not, Chemnitz to find out which direction he was heading and if there's any beacon on the vehicle. :P) (Hya.) (I mean you need a pretty special vehicle to haul a freaking rail gun.) ( Not if it's a hand held railgun ) ( Like in the Ahnold movie ) ( Anyhow, there's a chopper for you. Woot. ) (... Magnets in the future are AWESOME!) (Oh also, Brett. I forgot to ask it, but Heinrick's getting copies of the files of any training and ability Pavla's gotten since she joined Blitzkrieg.) (And of Gabriel's capabilities as well. Kind of important, those.) (Yeah, we'll brief ourselves on the chopper.) ( You can't get on the chopper without wearing the Helmet of Justice. ) * Roseli is in the hangar! She glances around, then heads for the chopper, because dude. Chopper. (I AM the Helmet of Justice.) * Togo gets in the choppah. (But you make people unblind!) ( No, the pilot wears the helmet. The rest of you tell him where to go. ) (Right, I'm flying) (Do we have a pilot or are we piloting ourselves?) ( Ooh, ooh, Togo wants to fly! ) ( You're piloting yourselves, of course. What, do I have to do everything? ) * Luana arrives with her guns and clean clothes, and gets into the chopper next to Togo. * Jamie follows Rose to the helecopter, and then heads to the back to make sure her toys are packed. (Togo and Heinrick have experience. Jamie has electronic control.) (Togo is not ever flying anything EVER. Do not say such things!) ( Right, so... pick someone :P ) * Heinrick is quickly carrying his briefcase towards the chopper and gets inside. "I don't suppose anyone else would have any flight experience?" I did a long time ago, but I kind of can't see through the windshield, so... Or see the windshield for that matter. * Jamie heasitantly nods. "I... I do?" Oh, I know it's there. * Keiko floats up into the copter! Whee! She's wearing a trenchcoat now. * Togo nods approvingly at Keiko's trenchcoat. * Heinrick nods. "I have no objections. But the final decision is up to your guardian of course." * Roseli glances back. "Jamie is more than capable. But best be ready to take the controls just in case, Heinrick." (Just to doublecheck, this crate's all fly-by-wire and glass cockpit right?) * Heinrick nods. "Of course." He sits in the co-pilot seat if there is one. Or close to the controls if there isn't. ( Sure ) * Jamie makes sure that her things are safely stowed and gets back out to do start preflight and other pilotly stuff. * Keiko sits down in one of the probably-bench seats and pets her duck idly, thinking at Luana, ~This is gonna be hard on Pavla... and she has gotten better in the past month.~ ~I know. I don't know her very well, but I'm worried for her.~ * Heinrick looks rather pensive when he sits down. He's not moving much and looking into his lap. * Togo pulls out his revolver and a handful of neural disrupter rounds, and starts loading them into the chambers. * Jamie climbs in and only the need to physical toggle some of the switches in the cockpit forces her to strap herself into the pilots seat. * Jamie powers on the chopper! * Luana starts mumbling in her thoughts quietly. ~I've been focusing on ranged combat, but it feels too lethal... I'll have to stick to hand-to-hand...~ * Jamie does more checks and finally radios controll for permission to take off and other such nessisties get going. * Heinrick opens up the briefcase and starts looking over the files. He frowns slightly as he checks them over. [Teh choppa goz.] * Jamie flies east. * Roseli sits and stares out of the window is one's available. Yup. Don't know Gabriel well at all... but he didn't strike me as the sort to be in it for the cash. (I'm assuming she hasn't been in the tank recently, otherwise Keiko would know?) * Keiko replies quietly, "Money's... something people need to do things." Get paid enough. Whatever it is, it's not money. I suspect Tyrfing's involvement may be related to what happened to Zarina. I could be wrong though... * Jamie listens intently over the roar of the chopper. Is Tyrfing one of the posessing demon swords? Particularly the one that must kill at least once once it is drawn, yes. Don't know about possessing, though. * Heinrick is flicking through the file casually, not looking up as he speaks. Oh. And apparently we are going up against the person who trained the majority of the Blitzkrieg aces. Isn't *that* wonderful? * Keiko frowns a little as she rubs her ears, then comments, "It's just another day of risks." * Keiko then pets her duck and thinks at Luana, ~At least we know who gets to eat Tyrfing this time.~ Jamie. You may be in a fight for control. Pavla's regained her ability to communicate with machines. And most likely has as much range as you do. If not more. (He says as the copter goes out of control.) A bloodlust one... almost as bad. * Jamie turns her head to look at him. "I... is she as strong as she was before?" It doesn't say in the report. But I suspect Gabriel wouldn't settle for second best. * Luana is too busy thinking about the upcoming fight to respond to Keiko. * Heinrick still isn't looking up. "Keiko." * Jamie nods and then shivers. * Keiko smiles very slightly to herself, and doesn't look at Heinrick when he says her name. "Heinrick." What would you say is the possible results of fighting mind control versus mind control? * Luana looks up at Togo suddenly and says very seriously, "For the record, if anyone tries to turn me against Blitzkrieg, I'd rather die than turn traitor. Please don't hesitate to shoot me down if it ever becomes necessary." 2d8+10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+10) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 24. (... +10?) (+10.) * Keiko is silent a moment, glances towards Jamie, then actually looks up. "Chaotic--" and then looks over at Luana, clearly startled. ~"What?"~ ( Oh, the irony. ) (Man, last time I had to roll like that I was trying to hack Blitskreg) * Roseli looks to Luana for a moment, then just says, "Noted." ~I would rather die than actively work against Blitzkrieg.~ * Heinrick nods and sighs. "Pavla may be difficult in a physical fight. But there's no guarentee in a fight between the chemical bond and Keiko's attempts that it woul be of any benefit. I fear this is not going to be pleasant." * Togo tilts his head at Luana, and frowns. "... don't even think about that, kid." * Heinrick flips a page. "It is her choice after all." * Luana turns to Rose. "Thank you. And I'm very sorry about the man I hurt." * Keiko looks down, then away, wrapping her arms around herself. After a moment she says, "Stripping out mental commands will be all but impossible as we will be. Just make sure she can't hear them. Then she can't follow them." * Heinrick then gives Togo a look and narrows his eyes. "Be careful with your wording." (Seriously, dude!) * Luana blinks and rubs her head. * Heinrick nods slightly. "Do what you feel is necessary, Keiko." * Jamie keeps on piloting, but also ponders what Luana ment, the idea of being able to rebel is alien to her, but is that normal too? * Keiko is silent a moment, then replies quietly, "I know what she wants." * Luana gives Keiko a confused look. "What was... I was..." She holds her head like she has a headache. * Togo ignores Heinrick for the moment. "Seriously. Even if someone was doing the mind control thing on you, I damn well wouldn't kill you." (Welcome to my world!) * Roseli smiles a little at Luana. "You did what you thought was best." Had no idea who he was. * Heinrick turns up from the page and stares harder. He speaks evenly, but there's an edge to it. "Togo. That's enough." ( When in doubt, set 'em on fire. ) If I was doing, what? Why would you... * Keiko blinks and looks over to Luana, then Heinrick, then Togo with wide eyes. She actually bares her teeth at him and says, sharply, "You're activating the command chemicals. Stop it." * Luana ducks her head between her legs and breathes deeply. * Roseli looks to Togo. "It's important that she think about possibilities," she says, then, "and everything you say can be an order." ... okay. Luana, don't literally not think about it. Bad choice of words. * Luana keeps her head down and says weakly, "I have a headache. Could I please have some asprin?" * Heinrick tosses some over to her. "I keep some extra around for Keiko. Just in case.) * Togo hands Luana a canteen of water. * Luana takes two with the water and keeps her head down. * Keiko puts her hand to Luana's leg and rubs it comfortingly, thinking at her, ~It's okay.~ * Togo nods at Heinrick, and turns back to Luana. "Sorry 'bout that. What I meant was that you don't need to be that grim. If someone brainzaps you, we'll stop them, not shoot you." * Jamie . Flies. Helecopter. And does not have her brain explode at all. * Keiko exhales noisily and moves her hand to Luana's shoulder. * Togo pauses. "Okay, maybe we might have to shoot you a few times. But only with non-lethal rounds. And the point still holds." * Luana leans against Keiko. "Yes, sir." * Heinrick flips a page. "Overexplaining, Togo." He turns again. "Does anyone recognize a weapon called a "cannon spear"?" * Keiko puts an arm around her and lets her lean. (Ooh, Milsci?) (+10) (Or Weapon Encyclopedia!) ( Yep! BRB ) ( +10? o_O ) (... Critsuccess would make it legit!) (That's the only reason I rolled!) (Ha.) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. (Nope!) 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+7) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 12. 2d8+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+9) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 19. ( yeah, no ) (Worth a shot!) * Keiko shakes her head slightly and murmurs, "No." 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 19. (Nope) (My guess is he's goint to attach Tyrfing to the cannon-spear and the cannon spear to the railgun) ~...A cannon that shoots spears?~ * Keiko thinks back, with a small smile, ~That sounds heavy, Lu.~ [ANYWAY you get to Chemnitz. It's a very small town with a military base not too far away. No doubt to protect against those dangerous Pol... Pola.... People from Poland.] (And Pollacks, Brett. Or Poles) (Pollackstanians.) (This kinda feels familiar. Like we've done something like this in MC3.) (Don't recall that being the case.) (Did we?) (Chasing a demon sword? In Mystery Club? Get out!) (Hahaha.) (No, not the demon sword part. The border base.) ( Uhh... Not that I can remember. ) (At least this one doesn't talk!) ( Unless you mean the RAILGUN part. ) ( That I remember. ) (The underground train thing and closing doors and junk.) (Anyway.) (Ah. Yeah we did do that.) (Continue Brett!) ( Continue what? I have no idea what it is you're trying to do. ) * Keiko has calmed since yelling at Togo! This is not a bad thing. (Stop people from crossing the border!) * Roseli gets out of the plane once they land, looks around, and heads into the base assuming nothing stops her. Because they need to figure out wtf Gabriel went, seriously. * Jamie probably landed before that happened since letting Rose plummit to her doom would probably be a violation of orders. [A guard stops Rose. "Halt! This is a restricted area!" There's actually a bunch of people behind him, standing in front of the base and talking.] * Luana gets out after Rose. * Heinrick gets out as well and draws his ID. "This is official business." * Roseli flips out her ID and flashes it. "Roseli Tavares, section 2. We're tracking down Gabriel Winterbaur." * Keiko steps after Heinrick, duck tucked up against her chest half-under her coat. Not doing the imposing float thing. Yet. * Jamie stays in the chopper for now. [He frowns. "Alright. Go on in." And he points at the van in parking lot inside the perimeter. "That's the vehicle he and Erik Graf brought."] * Roseli walks in and glances. "What'd he leave in? Anyone know?" [There's a bunch of people standing around there, too!] ["On foot, ma'am."] * Heinrick raises an eyebrow. "On foot? With a railgun?" Handheld. It's not light, but it's carryable. ["Probably not for very long, if you ask me. But I'm just a guard. What do I know?"] ("I know that I like swords.") * Heinrick nods slightly. "From what I read, Pavla could be the one carrying it as well." ( For that matter, wasn't the first railgun Zukunft made? ) * Roseli nods. "Do you know if a girl was with him?" She rattles off Pavla's physical appearance, then says, "goes by the name of Pavla." ( Doesn't say. :( ) * Keiko pads after Heinrick, extending her senses to full range, sweeping the area she can reach. It's not a huge one, but it's there! ["Yeah, I remember her. Just followed him around. Didn't say a word."] * Roseli nods and comments, "Likely ordered not to talk." She glances to Heinrick and Togo. * Heinrick goes to the vehicle and starts searching it if he's not stopped. [Heinrick is stopped. By a guy! "And you are?"] * Jamie powers down the helecopter and climbs out to approach Roseli and the guardians. * Keiko pads after Heinrick as she scans. She can also chew gum. * Heinrick takes out his ID without missing a beat. "Doctor Heinrick Volker Engels. Section 2." ( Heinrick, mil sci +3! Or weapons encyclopedia! ) 2d8+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+3) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 18. (Man, you are getting tanked!) (Dicey's in for giving me a rough ride again tonight.) [He nods. "I see. Carry on then. Doubt you'll find much, though."] * Roseli takes along and takes a look herself, because that is so the thing to do. (I have mil-sci and a brain!) ( Or anyone examining the van, same roll ) ( Man, I even gave you guys a CP last session. :( ) * Luana follows after Rose and also ends up taking a look. (Mil-sci is not the highest priority!) 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 13. (And we've got 12+ targets sitting around on it.) (My guardian's been phoning it in!) (CPs going to be used for sweet gadgets.) ( Weapons encyclopedia is only 1 CP though o/~ ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 14. (which I didn't use. Damn.) ( nope ) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+1) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 16. (I was just very confused, then I realized I'm looking at the wrong charsheet.) ( I may just buy weapon encyclopedia for the heck of it. ) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-1) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 7. (Made.) ( I'm surprised Togo doesn't have it, with all the weapons he has. ) (It would make sense for him, yes.) (That is exactly why he does not have it! Or something) (5 levels of Mil Sci is only 1 CP!) ( I think it's more that I never bothered. ) (I should totally do that. Have Heinrick turn into a tactical genius overnight.) (Keiko's pretty tactically smart. ;_;) (So's Heinrick. :P Just not a genius!) ( Heinrick! Mil sci roll +5! ) 2d8+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 16. ( See? You'd still need weapons encylopedia :D ) (Actually I wouldn't.) (That'd be a make with 5 levels of Mil Sci) ( But it would have been a +10 :P ) (Yes. I need to spend 1 CP to find out what a single item is in the game that's going to end up being fired at me anyhow so I'll learn what it is then!) [Anyhow!... Uh... Forensics roll!] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 15. ( Plus the weakness it has. ) (Geez, Dicey. Only give me a decent roll when it's a fake roll. You'd better hope you give these values for init!) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. (Got it.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. (Um, made, actually.) (I'm not trying) * Keiko isn't looking inside the van. She's doing what only she can do! Telepathy. Woob woob woob woob. * Roseli picks something up from the back seat, flips it over in her hands, and says, "Think this might help us." She moves out of the van. What is it? * Jamie looks to see! * Roseli is holding a mini walkman with the disc still in its left earphone. She raises it for the others to see. (... can't even spring for an iPod 2092?) Going to listen. Best for me to if this is a control device. * Heinrick nods. "An excellent catch, Miss Tavares." * Roseli puts the phones on her ears and comments, "Just the same, be ready to put me down." And she hits play. * Keiko murmurs, "She likes to put songs together." [The digital display over the disc container says the disc is 4:55 into the track.] * Togo pulls out his revolver. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. * Togo also takes away Roseli's pistol as she listens. Better safe... * Heinrick nods slightly but stands at attention, hands in his pockets. * Jamie listens because she's there, it's sound and she has stupidly good hearing. * Roseli hands it to Togo willingly. [DEATH METAL!!!! plays through the headphones. You can all hear it! You're probably not supposed to, though...] ... nice guitars. ( Oh! Jamie! Mind roll ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. I'm rather a saxaphone man myself. (Made) ( Woo. ) * Jamie winces at the clashing noises. * Jamie claps her hands over her ears and staggers away. * Keiko winces a little as well, then says, "That's Pavla's all right..." * Roseli turns down the volume. Quickishly. * Jamie blinks and then stops and uncovers her ears, looking around herself in wide-eyed astonishment. * Luana headbops a little until Rose turns the volume down. (....aww, Luana!) (Haw.) (You missed the opportunity to light your finger and wave it around like a lighter.) (Well, she is German.) ( It is pretty sweet death metal ) * Roseli listens for a while, then turns off the thing. "Doesn't help much." She removes the walkman and looks it over for any additional clues... one wishes. Do you recognize the band? ( brb ) * Keiko looks over at Jamie, confused... and then groans slightly and shakes her head. "They're not anywhere close that I can tell. Can we go now?" * Jamie lightly raps her fingers on the side of the vehicle, not responding to Keiko. No, sir. Sounds good, though. * Roseli frowns a little at the walkman, then puts it back up, sets the minidisc back at the beginning, and hits play again. * Heinrick glances at Keiko for a moment. "If you have an idea of *where*." He turns to the guards. "How long ago and in which direction?" * Heinrick checks his watch. * Jamie taps the car again, and then casts out her mind, letting the soothing sound of the counting of every electrical device on the base drown out the sudden silence. * Roseli frowns, turns up the volume, and rewinds to the beginning again. * Luana headbops if the music is loud enough again. ( ... a death metal version of Copacabana? o_O ) (Copacabana would be ten times more awesome in death metal.) (Hahaha.) ( AT THE COPA! COPACABANA! RRARRAAAAAAAA! ) (o/~Waiting, waiting for the guards to respoooooooond...~/o) * Togo has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Roseli frowns and keeps listening, pacing a bit away from the van. ( werds ) 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 15. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 4 for a result of -1. [The guard responds to Heinrick finally! "They just headed into town. We couldn't follow."] * JesseLman has joined #MC4 ( arghstupidcomcast ) * Heinrick nods. "And how long ago?" * Roseli hits stop and removes the walkman. "Jamie." * JesseLman is now known as Togo ["Not long. Maybe fourt-five minutes?"] [Rose's phone rings.] * Jamie is looking at Rose, but doesn't jump to and hurry over like she usualy would. * Roseli picks up, putting it to her ear. "Tavares here." * Heinrick nods. "Thank you for your time." He goes back to the group. "Unless either of them are quicker than their reports indicate, they should be relatively close." He then checks back with the guards. "Any particular reason you could not follow? Or was it simply threats?" ( Wait a min. :X ) ( Change that toooo...... ) * Jamie 's voice come through from the other side of Rose's phone. "I... my ears stopped wroking." ( Aboutttt.... 90 minutes ) ["We were confused. There were shots fired, our bots went crazy... By the time we figured out what was happening, they were gone. And we just don't have the manpower to go after them."] * Roseli blinks, then speaks into the phone, "I'm sorry." She walks over to Jamie and gives her a small half-hug, then hands her the walkman. "I need you to scan this minidisc and isolate instances of Pavla's voice. She used this as a diary." * Heinrick nods. "Thank you." He turns to the rest. "Shall we go?" * Roseli looks to Heinrick. "Think we have something." * Jamie hugs Rose back and then takes the minidisk player. Without putting on the earpiece she presses play. * Heinrick nods slightly. "If we hurry, they should still be in the area. Unless there was transportation planned." ( Uh, what does Rose want Jamie to do, exactly? :X ) (Sound wave anilization? to get the diary entries out?) ("Scan this minidisc and isolate instances of Pavla's voice" I presume. ;P) (Electronic scan for instances of Pavla's voice so she can isolate diary entries without having to listen to the entire disc.) ( Oh, ok. ) [It happens!] * Jamie offers Rose back the player and speaks via phone. "I found them." * Keiko looks up to Heinrick, then back down, heading towards the chopper. Where are they heading? * Roseli nods. "What do they say? Need to find out what's going on now." * Roseli starts leading Jamie as they talk and she scans. * Jamie gets lead as she "listens" to the last entry. (Leading her to where?) (Chopper.) ( This is probably a good place to stop. ) * Heinrick gets in dah choppah. * Togo follows to dah choppah [End!]