<Brett> [Day: Monday, May 4th. Time: 7:38 p.m.]
<Brett> [You're outside, and there's trees.  I mean a forest.  To your left.  To
your right is a train, but it's not moving.  And tracks.  And grass after that. 
In front of you is a bridge, and a man who's running towards the bridge.  Also,
there's a helicopter that looks like it's broken.  Oh, and there's a lady, and
she's trying to kill you. SIDESTEP RIGHT!]
<Brett> ( Erm, lemme try that again. )
<Brett> [You're chasing after Gabriel! Who now has short, dark hair.  And a
spear and a railgun.  He'd hijacked a train, but you managed to stop it,
although not before he destroyed your helicopter.  He's now on foot, running
towards the bridge, which spans a long drop over the Oder river (which, itself,
is the border between Germany and Poland).]
<Brett> [Gabriel's fairly far ahead of most of you.  Heinrick's chasing him, but
it's becoming clear that he's not going to be able to catch up at this rate. 
Togo is also chasing, and firing, but he's wounded, too.]
<Roseli> (How's he running so fast if he's lugging a railgun?  I just assumed he
didn't have it.)
<Keiko> (And the weirdospear!)
<Roseli> (And a normal gun!  Which he picked up from Pavla, IIRC. ^^)
<Brett> ( It's not that much heavier than, say, Togo's assault rifle. )
<Heinrick> (Especially since the guards said you can only go so far while
carrying it without getting exhausted.)
<Heinrick> (Togo doesn't tend to run with his assault rifle at full tilt.)
<Roseli> (Okay, I got the impression that it was REALLY HEAVY somehow.)
<Luana> (Those things get smaller every twenty years.)
<Keiko> (Pretty soon, they'll be mundane!)
<Keiko> (Everyone's got one!)
<Brett> ( They just might, at that. )
<Keiko> (Rail Gun Cellphone.)
<Brett> ( But anyhow, Rose and Keiko are father behind. Rose because she's
fighting Pavla, who's got it in for Togo, and Keiko because she's a wimp.] )
<Keiko> (One day I'll be able to run with my mind. Then you'll be sorry!)
<Togo> ( A normal assault rifle weighs like 6-7 pounds. Even a machine gun only
weighs 20-25, fully loaded )
<Brett> [And Luana and Jamie are in the chopper.  Luckily for Luana, she's just
waking up, albeit seriously injured.  Unlucky for Jamie, who's also seriously
injured, she collapses.]
<Brett> ( And I have no idea what the old init numbers were )
<Brett> d4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d4) and gets a natural 4 for a result of
4.
<Keiko> (Togo was at 23.)
<Brett> ( Oh. )
<Brett> ( Oh right, log. :X )
<Keiko> (So Luana beat everyone but perhaps Rose the hasted.)
<Brett> [Anyhow, start]
<Keiko> (Who got bumped to top of init when she hit the button, I think.)
<Brett> [And Rose, go!]
<Brett> ( Works for me. )
* Roseli frowns as she's ignored and runs for Pavla and tries to tackle her,
because that will at least buy the others some time.
<Heinrick> (She just can't live without her fix.)
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a
result of 10.
<Roseli> (... Way to start me off, Dicey.)
<Heinrick> (Dicey lubs j00!)
<Brett> [Rose rushes after Pavla and tackles! And comes up short.]
<Brett> [Meanwhile, Luana wakes up, bloody and bruised. And Jamie collapses on
her.]
* Luana blinks once, then "Argh!"s and starts on patching up Jamie.
<Luana> (Don't suppose there were medkits in the 'copter?)
<Brett> ( There probably are. )
<Brett> ( We'll just say there are. )
<Brett> [The chopper has medkits! Or at least 1 medkit.
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Luana uses a medkit on Jamie! It is convenient.
<Brett> [She still doesn't wake up though.]
* Togo continues running after Gabriel, firing another burst from his assault
rifle. "Keep Pavla occupied! Hit her, noogie her, sing her a goddamn song!"
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 6.
<Togo> ( made by 3 )
<Brett> [Unfortunately for Togo, Gabriel nearly gets a critical success on his
defense roll >.>
<Brett> ]
<Togo> ( Sheesh. Ah well. )
<Brett> ( One more and maybe he's actually use that railgun :P )
<Brett> [Gabriel continues to run.  At this point, he's nearly made it to the
bridge.]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
<Togo> ( What, I would've accidentally hit the trigger of the railgun with a
ricochet and it would've fired at me? =P )
<Brett> ( I dunno what would have happened :P )
<Brett> ( But it's a shame to have a weapon like that and not even use it, don't
you think? XD )
* Heinrick is the closest to Gabriel and is still running after. He tries
lobbing the tear gas after him one more time. Anything to slow him down.
<Heinrick> (What was the penalty on that that we decided?)
<Brett> ( +4 I think. )
<Heinrick> (Thought it was +2 but no matter.)
<Heinrick> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a
result of 12.
<Heinrick> (Wouldn't have made anyway. Long distance lobs suck.)
<Brett> [Heinrick throws some teargas into the woods.  He makes a baby squirrel
cry. Literally.]
<Brett> [Keiko!]
<Heinrick> (...this is interesting scenery. Woods right next to a cliff right
next to train tracks.)
<Heinrick> (All within throwing distance of each other!)
<Brett> ( There's grassy plains, too! )
<Togo> ( Not that interesting. Train through woods with a bridge over a river
canyon. )
* Keiko grips her plush tight, and puts out a mental call to animals to go for
Gabe, as she continues trying not to fall completely behind. Hey, if there's
baby squirrels, maybe there's non-baby squirrels! They've worked so well in the
past.
<Heinrick> (Squirrels are certainly faster than Keiko.)
<Keiko> (She beat a tortoise in a race once.)
<Keiko> (No time for a nap, though.)
<Roseli> (Animal control?  I've never seen that happen!)
<Brett> ( Roll me, ooooo.... 5 d20s Keiko )
<Keiko> (Keiko's used it pretty much every time we've not been doing an indoors
thing. Usually to fill in for the fact that she moves at the speed of suck.)
<Keiko> (...d20s?)
<Brett> ( Yep )
<Keiko> 5 d20
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (5 d20) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 19 6 8 9 7.
<Keiko> (s/indoors/urban)
<Brett> [Pavla! She chases after Togo, firing her shotgun.  Twice!]
<Togo> 2 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a
result of 2 8.
<Togo> ( Yes and no )
<Togo> ( Wait, a shotgun's close range. Is she still in range of me? )
<Brett> ( Yeah, she's running after you. )
<Togo> ( Ah, ok )
<Brett> [Togo evades one blast, only to be hit in the side by the other.  Not so
good for him, it nearly takes him down and out.]
<Togo> ( Thank god for armor. ^_^ )
<Heinrick> (Heinrick's next order of business is obviously to install rocket
fingers so he has range.)
<Brett> ( Whereeeeeeeeeeeis Togo's armor? )
<Brett> ( Ah. Nevermind. )
<Togo> ( All but head. )
<Brett> ( In that case, nevermind, Togo's still got a while to go before Pavla
can drop him with the shotgun. )
<Heinrick> (Low Penetrating vs. armor sucks seriously.)
<Brett> ( For the record, the rules animal summoning are stupidly underwriteen
and not well thought out at all. )
<Keiko> (I have a hundred meters of range!)
<Brett> ( I get the feeling GoO figured, "meh, who will ever take this stupid
power anyhow?" )
<Keiko> (GIVE ME ANIMALS.)
<Togo> ( KEIKO DEMANDS DEATH SQUIRRELS )
<Brett> ( Can't. They don't come til the next round. )
<Keiko> (It's meant to be a relatively lightweight power.)
<Keiko> (But Keiko _has nothing better to use_.)
<Brett> [Still, there is a sudden assortment of animal noises from the woods.]
<Heinrick> (For the record, the rules YES in Tri-stat X/BESM 2e are stupidly
underwritten and not well thought out at all.)
<Brett> [Rose!]
<Keiko> (Ha ha.)
<Roseli> (It'd at least be distracting, one can assume.)
* Roseli only sort of climbs to her feet... enough to make a grab for Pavla and
yank her down, trying to get her in a hold of some sort.
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 1.
<Roseli> (And that one is definitely good.)
<Brett> [Not good enough, unfortunately.  Pavla evades Rose's grasp and
continues chasing Togo.]
<Brett> [Luana!]
<Roseli> (Stupid Pavla!  Oh, I didn't know she was running; I thought she just
stopped and was shooting.)
* Luana uses the medkit on herself next and impatiently watches everyone running
away.
<Brett> ( No, she's very pointedly chasing after Togo. )
<Brett> [Luana recovers, somewhat.  But it seems this medkit isn't as good as
Togo's.  Guess that's what you get for stock government items.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Heinrick> (We don't love you enough to see if you're alright!)
* Togo keeps running and fires yet another burst at Gabriel.
<Togo> 2d6-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d6-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 2.
<Togo> ( made by 7 )
<Keiko> (Good shot! C'mon, dice.)
<Brett> [Togo grazes Gabriel with at least one bullet; he stumbles, but recovers
quickly and continues to run.]
<Brett> [In fact, he reaches the bridge and goes into a full-on sprint.]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
<Roseli> (He wasn't already full-on sprinting? ;P)
<Brett> ( He was in game terms. )
<Brett> ( but I didn't feel like saying "He runs" anymore. )
<Roseli> (Haha.)
* Heinrick is still running after but forgets the tear gas this time and pulls
out one of his knives. No time for the niceities of slowing him down anymore.
He'd try to aim for a leg, but at this range...
<Heinrick> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 8.
<Heinrick> (Ze gud Doktor finally haz ein hit.)
<Keiko> (Hey, that means he has to make another defense! AMAZING.)
<Brett> [So he does!  Heinrick nicks Gabriel's shoulder.  It's pretty hard to
tell how injured he is from here, but it looks like he's still got plenty of
steam left.]
<Brett> [Keiko!  Keiko's animals come into view: a wolf, a raven, a deer, a
rabbit, and a squirrel.  What a motley crew.]
<Keiko> (A motley crew, but a fine one nontheless!)
<Heinrick> (...I love your random animal table, Brett.)
<Togo> ( Dude, if you would've rolled a whale and gone with it, I'd have loved
you forever. )
* Keiko nods to herself as she runs. She murmurs something to herself quietly
and then continues to send them to harass Gabe.
<Roseli> (A wolf, kick ass.)
<Keiko> (Wolf and Raven are excellent pickups.)
<Heinrick> (Why is Keiko still running?)
<Heinrick> (MOUNT YOUR WOLF FRIEND AND RIDE OFF INTO GLORY!)
<Brett> ( It's not really a table. I just tried to guess something appropriate
from the numbers Mecha rolled )
<Keiko> (He's not nearby.)
<Keiko> (Anyway! Hopefully the raven can close this round, and the wolf soon.)
<Brett> [The raven's going to get there first.  The other animals will need
longer.  'Special the rabbit and squirrel
<Brett> ]
<Brett> ( But you can roll for the raven now. )
<Keiko> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result
of 14.
<Keiko> (Probably not so good.)
<Brett> [And the raven utterly fails to file a harrassment suit.]
<Roseli> (Raven's rolling to poop on Gabe?)
<Brett> ( /me blinks. Are we really back to Pavla already >.> )
<Brett> ( Yes, apparently we are. )
<Roseli> (Um, where's Luana in all of this?)
<Brett> ( Using a medkit on herself. )
<Roseli> (Aha!)
<Heinrick> (No, the raven's rolling to keep on perching, sitting on his chamber
door.)
<Luana> (Safety first! Togo said so!)
<Brett> [Pavla realizes the shotgun isn't working, and whips out her pistol
instead.  She fires at (gasp) Togo!]
<Brett> ( Oh, and anyone with weapons encyclopedia can.... eh, nevermind. )
<Togo> ( One defense )
<Togo> ( ? )
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!!
"I wish I got to hand out more of these, really."
<Brett> ( Eh, make it two. She's gonna keep going til you drop anyhow )
<Brett> ( Nevermind :P )
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!!
"That was close. One cycle later and you'd have fit nicely into a sandwich."
<Togo> ( ... )
<Brett> ( What the hell >.> )
<Togo> ( Okay, somehow that has to KO Gabriel. )
<Togo> ( I don't care how. It has to. )
<Keiko> (Ha ha.)
<Luana> (Something beautiful just happened.)
<Togo> ( Brett, make this awesome. )
<Brett> ( I have no idea how to >.> )
<Heinrick> (He shoots the railroad track with enough force to bend it up and
Gabriel trips on it and falls into the canyon!)
<Keiko> (TOGO SURFS THE BULLETS.)
<Keiko> (It's Pavla's shots he's defending against. Maybe he knocks one back at
her.)
<Roseli> (Yeah, that is so not an ordinary defense.  Talk about your low odds.
o_o)
<Brett> [Togo does something incredibly awesome, but you all blink at the same
time and miss it.]
<Keiko> (Once again, only Togo will know the truth.)
<Luana> (Awww.)
<Heinrick> (He's the only one who saw it...OH WAIT-)
<Brett> ( Jesse, roll me two d20s while I grab a drink and think on this. )
<Togo> d20
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (d20) and gets a natural 14 for a result of
14.
<Togo> d20
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (d20) and gets a natural 14 for a result of
14.
<Togo> ( snerk )
<Keiko> (What is with you and doubles?)
<Togo> ( Prepare for trouble / and make it double o/~ )
<Brett> ( Okkkkk... )
<Brett> [Togo does a backflip while still running forward, which causes him to
simultaneously avoid both bullets and lose no momentum. The bullets continue on
past him and strike Gabriel in the back.  He stumbles to the side of the bridge,
then falls over, dropping forty feet to the river below.]
<Keiko> (Wow. That's impressive!)
<Roseli> (Man, Togo is FUCKING BADASS.)
<Brett> [Rose!]
* Keiko looks surprised. And very out of breath as she manages to say, weakly,
"Hope... the current is slow..."
<Heinrick> (...is that canon? Lord that's canon.)
* Roseli runs forward and tries for another grab on Pavla.
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 6.
<Brett> [Unfortunately for Rose, Pavla isn't apparently so overcome with grief
that she forgets to defend herself.]
<Brett> [Luana!]
* Luana decides that people are still running (and in Togo's case, running
AWESOMELY) and she'd probably have trouble catching up. So instead, she sighs,
draws her gun, and guards sleepy!Jamie.
<Brett> ( Running after what is anyone's guess, now that Gabby took a dive. )
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Keiko> (Rivers are escape routes!)
<Keiko> (Also, always find the body.)
<Roseli> (Or at least the rail gun CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PUT PAVLA DOWN OMG)
* Togo sees Gabriel go over, then turns and heads back to the others, drawing
his revolver. "... old man's still got a few moves." *grins*
<Togo> ( Am I in range of Pavla? )
<Heinrick> (Why *would* she be overcome with grief? She hates Gabriel's guts
generally. :P)
<Brett> ( Seeing as how she's been chasing you all this time, yeah :P )
<Togo> ( Okie )
* Togo jogs back a bit to get in range, raises his revolver, and fires a
neurodisruptor round at Pavla. "It's over, kid."
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 2.
<Togo> ( made )
<Brett> ( Dammit, quit doing crap that I have to go look up. D: )
<Heinrick> (BRAIN TASER)
<Brett> [Togo blasts Pavla with his revolver.  Unfortunately for him, the bullet
bounces off her force field.]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
<Togo> ( Sorry. There's a reason I have that convenient combat sheet for my 17
guns. )
* Heinrick lets out a slight breath and slows just a little bit but looks which
way the current is going and for if Gabriel surfaces.
<Brett> ( The current's running toward the north, with no end of the cliffs in
sight. Which doesn't say much, since the forest runs on both sides of the river
and blocks your view.] )
<Brett> [Keiko!]
<Brett> [Keiko's animals wander around, not sure what to do.]
<Heinrick> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a
result of 6.
* Keiko lets deer and wolf and rabbit go, and sends the raven and squirrel after
him, to find him. She's going towards the edge, and once she gets there, will
probably float over it!
<Brett> [That'll be a while.]
<Heinrick> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d6) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 6.
<Heinrick> (Err..)
<Heinrick> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 7.
<Brett> [Pavla! She levels her revolver at Togo. "Whatever. Guess it doesn't
matter anymore." Then she fires, twice!]
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of 0.
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 7.
<Togo> ( made both )
<Heinrick> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a
result of 5.
<Brett> [Togo savily avoids being shot.  Twice.]
<Brett> [Rose!]
* Roseli moves in to grab Pavla again, trying to get her in something resembling
a hold. "If it doesn't matter, give in. We don't want to hurt you."
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a
result of 9.
<Roseli> (I do keep making those...)
* Heinrick speaks over the comms. "I would hate to break up the party, but it
does seem we have some activity from our friends on the other side of the
border..."
<Brett> [Rose grasps air as Pavla drops back. "Can't. Orders."]
<Brett> [Luana!]
<Heinrick> (Since it took 3 inits to find out what I saw, I feel I'm entitled to
share it. ;P)
* Keiko breathes heavily as she comms, tiredly, "You've got to be kidding..."
* Roseli coms, "Unsurprised."
* Luana comms, "Should I head your way or stay with Jamie? She's unconscious."
* Heinrick comms back. "Not towards us. Helicopters. Heading to the north. They
may or may not be HESO. That just happens to be downstream too, but I can't be
certain they're related."
* Keiko is silent a moment, then, "Would... HESO have known he was coming...?"
* Roseli has left #mc4
* Roseli has joined #mc4
<Brett> ( >.> )
<Roseli> (Accident.)
<Keiko> (Someone give Luana an order!)
<Keiko> (So we can move on with init!)
<Brett> ( Rose is clearly a turncoat. )
<Luana> "What should I do?"
<Togo> "Stay there. We'll rendezvous with you once we incapacitate Pavla."
* Luana comms, "Roger that," and continues to guard.
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Heinrick comms as well. "See what you can do with Jamie. If they're
helicopters, we may need her to track or control."
* Roseli coms, "Heinrick, you or Keiko may be needed to deal with Pavla here."
* Luana comms, "I'll do my best, sir," but doesn't sound very hopeful.
<Keiko> (MY SKILLED BRANE ARE BUSY)
* Heinrick nods and comms. "I'll take care of it. Keiko. Keep tracking Gabriel.
We need to find the body."
* Togo swaps out his pistol for his Shieldbreaker double-barreled shotgun, and
fires a blast of energy at Pavla.
* Keiko nods and replies, "Guess... you've watched... enough TV..."
<Roseli> (Togo has so many toys.)
<Keiko> (Toyz are fun.)
<Togo> ( Togo is all about the toys. )
<Brett> ( He still has to roll for it, though. )
<Brett> ( Tonight, preferably. :X )
<Togo> ( whoops )
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 5.
<Togo> ( Sorry bout that. )
* Heinrick smirks slightly and replies. "Not a bit. I just know roaches like
Gabriel."
<Brett> [Pavla's shield fairly explodes.]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
* Heinrick heads back quickly towards Pavla and readies his chloroform. How long
till he gets there?
<Brett> ( Probably a while. )
<Brett> d5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d5) and gets a natural 2 for a result of
2.
<Brett> ( Two rounds )
<Brett> [Keiko!]
* Keiko continues heading towards the river to go over the edge. Has the raven
found Gabe yet?
<Brett> ( Not yet! )
<Keiko> (One day, I'll get somewhere!)
<Brett> ( That's probably gonna be a while, too :P )
<Keiko> (Am I within 100 meters of the river?)
<Keiko> (Perhaps?)
<Brett> [Let's move on to Pavla!  Who decides to fire at Togo.  Again.  Lame.]
<Brett> ( Sure. )
<Keiko> (Then I can use telepathy to try and find he too.)
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 7.
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 6.
<Togo> ( made and made )
<Brett> ( He's got no loud surface thoughts going on. )
<Brett> [Togo continues to avoid getting shot.  Man, I think this is gonna take
a while.]
<Brett> [Rose!]
<Heinrick> (...no loud surface thoughts?)
<Heinrick> (Not even "HOLY SHIT I'M DROWNING!"
<Heinrick> )
* Roseli just punches Pavla in the Pavla.
<Roseli> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 1.
<Brett> ( That's not very nice. )
<Heinrick> (Neither is her shooting Togo. Repeatedly.)
<Brett> [Rose punches Pavla. Um, somewhere.]
<Brett> [Luana!]
<Keiko> (Level 4 is actually ordinary surface, for what it's worth.)
* Luana continues guarding. And sitting. This is such a difficult job.
<Keiko> (Luana needs to smoke. It'd make her cool.)
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo swaps out for his revolver again and fires a stun bullet at Pavla.
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of 0.
<Keiko> (This is why regeneration is useful!)
<Brett> ( Which is that? )
<Brett> ( Nevermind. )
<Keiko> (Shield regeneration lets you spend actions to put your shields back
up.)
<Brett> [Togo shoots at Pavla! But she's totally able to avoid. Poor girl's
managing to take on two of ya at the same time.  For shame.]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
<Roseli> (She's got extra defenses 100. ;P)
* Heinrick keeps coming towards Pavla and getting within range. If he can
chloroform now he does. Otherwise, next action.
<Brett> [He can't.  Soooo... Keiko!]
* Keiko does the same thing, except s/Pavla/River and s/chloroform/jump over the
edge and hover-scan. Since apparently he's (still?) unconscious. She helpfully
communicates, "Can't... sense him awake..."
<Brett> [Rose!]
* Roseli makes with the punching again, going all military boxer style.
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 2.
<Roseli> (Should be a -3; still make.)
<Brett> ( I think I skipped Pavla. )
<Brett> ( Soooo.... )
<Brett> [Rose punches Pavla again! Apparently, she's decided she's tired of
fighting Togo while getting punched, so she makes a grab for Rose instead.]
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 7.
<Roseli> (Woot!)
<Brett> [Rose avoids grabbage.]
<Brett> [Or does she?! Pavla tries again!  Incidently, she drops her weapons at
the same time, because grabbing someone with a shotgun and a pistol isn't easy.]
<Roseli> (Bleh, multiple defense penalties...)
<Roseli> 2d8+2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+2) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 10.
<Roseli> (And fail.)
<Brett> [Pavla grabs Rose's arm and twists it behind her back, so that she's got
Rose in front of her.]
<Brett> [Rose!]
<Brett> ( Let's play looks up the grappling rulse again! )
<Brett> ( Pavla could bite Rose to do damage without rolling. )
* Roseli doesn't wince; instead, she kinda sorta relaxes and attempts to wiggle
out of there.
<Keiko> (That's a lock.)
<Heinrick> (...so how's this going to work?)
<Keiko> (You can do a lock to do damage without rolling.)
<Heinrick> (Because Heinrick has to grapple before applying chloroform.)
<Heinrick> (So we'll have a grappled grappler.)
<Roseli> (Body vs. body minus unarmed attack (holds) skill.)
<Brett> ( Actually, I'm not sure Rose can escape. )
<Roseli> (It's an opposed roll.)
<Brett> ( Fuggin' grapple rulse )
<Keiko> (It's an opposed roll, yeah.)
<Brett> ( I hope these make more sense in 3E )
<Roseli> (If I win, I escape and can take another action.)
<Keiko> (Tie is escape but no action, and lose is remain grabbeded!)
<Roseli> (Yup.)
<Brett> ( Ok. Rose CAN escape. Theoretically. )
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a
result of 8.
<Brett> ( Or... Wha?.... Fuggin' grapple rules )
<Roseli> (Fail by one, nice. ;P)
<Keiko> (The escape box is fairly straightforward. >_>)
<Brett> ( I'm more looking at the "Much stronger" rules, and trying to figure
out what specifically that applies to. )
<Keiko> (It's an opposed roll on body (unarmed (grappling, holds, whatever.)).
The person who sucks least wins.)
<Luana> (brb)
<Keiko> (Much stronger doesn't do anything in this case, because Rose isn't much
stronger than Pavla.)
<Brett> [Well, at any rate Pavla retains hold of Rose.]
<Keiko> (Much stronger only affects someone who is grappled.)
<Heinrick> (Yeah. Whereas if someone tried to grapple Heinrick, they'd have a
rough time.)
<Brett> ( What it says is "A small childe (body 2) could not stop a strong man
(body 6) from pinning him. Why? )
<Brett> [Luana presumably does nothing anyhow, so we'll skip to Togo in the
meantime.]
<Keiko> (That sentence is clearly badly written, because pins are just
attacks.))
<Heinrick> (What it's meaning is even if the small child pinned the strong man,
the strong man could move freely. Leaving the child to flail about.)
<Togo> ( what's the penalty to hit Pavla with a shot? )
<Heinrick> (Pin is immobilize. The child can grab the guy but the guy can still
move.)
<Brett> ( But why does it say "Cannot stop"? )
<Brett> ( And, um.... )
<Togo> ( Or with a melee attack? )
<Keiko> (As I said, that sentence is clearly badly written.)
<Brett> ( We'll say a +2, but if Togo fails by 4 or more he hits Rose instead. )
<Luana> (Back, and you were totally right, guarding la la la.)
<Brett> ( Luana should do something >.> )
* Togo fires another stun bullet at Pavla, trying his best not to shoot Rose.
<Keiko> (She can't.)
<Togo> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-1) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 7.
<Togo> ( made )
<Heinrick> (Like set a chopper on fire.)
<Luana> (She was told to stay.)
<Keiko> (Assuming she has twice my body, she's STILL as many rounds away from
the river as I am.)
<Keiko> (And then she can't do anything when she gets there.)
<Keiko> (And for the fight, she's not much better off.)
<Keiko> (The long distances of this fight make it hard to bring her in. ^^;)
<Brett> ( They're not at the river, though. Pavla ran towards you. At first,
anyhow. They're probably about halfway between. )
<Brett> [Anyhow, Pavla's unwilling to let go of Rose, so she just takes the
bullet in the shoulder.  She grimaces a bit, but retains her hold.]
<Heinrick> (And from there lies the problem of Luana lacking non-lethalness.)
<Brett> [Heinrick! Heinrick can get in range, but Rose is kinda in the way.]
<Heinrick> (Actually, the rules say you *can* grapple a grappler)
<Roseli> (Yeah, it's wrasslin'!)
<Brett> ( You can, yeah, but that's more implied toward the grapplee. )
<Heinrick> (No Brett)
<Brett> ( And grappling Pavla wold require Heinrick to somehow get around Rose
to do it. )
<Brett> ( Unless you want to grapple Rose and engage in a hilarious tug of war
on both her arms. )
<Heinrick> (Ah, well I guess so.)
<Brett> ( But since you've both got superstrength, that could end badly for her.
)
* Heinrick thus goes to grapple Pavla and pull her hold off of Rose. How this
works will probably break the GM's brain thinking of the rules, but hey, he
invented this situation!
<Brett> ( Same way as Togo. Roll at a +2. If you fail by 4 or more, she eats
your soul. )
<Brett> ( I mean, you get Rose instead. )
<Heinrick> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 10.
<Heinrick> (Why +2 though?)
<Brett> ( Because Pavla's partially concealed. )
<Heinrick> (>.>)
<Brett> ( BY ROSE )
<Brett> [Keiko!]
<Heinrick> (HE'S GRABBING HER ARMS, HE'S NOT TRYING TO SHOOT HER!)
<Brett> ( If you'd rather make a called shot and go with a +4 penalty, that's
fine too. )
<Keiko> (>_>)
<Heinrick> (Go Keiko. :P I'm being silly.)
* Keiko continues. She'll get there one round! Maybe it's this one!
<Brett> ( Where's she going, exactly? )
<Keiko> (The river, while trying to detect Gabe with her mind and raven.)
<Brett> ( Aight. )
<Brett> [We'll say she gets there finally! But no sign of Gabby.]
<Keiko> (When she gets there, she will float over it and _continue_ to search
for Gabe with mind and raven (and eyes.))
<Roseli> .
<Roseli> (Sorry.)
* Keiko stops for a moment at the edge, then starts to float over the river and
start to sweep for him. She reports, "Finally... here... searching now..." She's
holding her plush to her chest as she takes big gasping breaths.
<Brett> [Pavla! She speaks. "This is probably where I'd bargain for my freedom,
if I was a terrorist.  But I'm not."  She looks at Rose. "Sorry. Orders."  She
yanks Rose's arm sharply, and painfully, upward.  Then she picks her up and
flings her at Heinrick.]
<Brett> ( Maybe, anyway. Rose, gimme a def roll with unarmed (throws) )
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 7.
<Roseli> (Made it!)
<Brett> ( /me blinks. Uhhh )
<Brett> ( Ok, someone explain throwing rules to me now >.> )
<Roseli> (Say she does it, and I manage to break out of the throw when she
'tosses', so she really ends up just letting go instead of chucking me hard.)
<Keiko> (The throw does guaranteed damage.)
<Roseli> (Also yeah.)
<Keiko> (But if they fail the defense, you can throw them into shit, or at
people, or whatever.)
<Brett> ( Ok, so Rose is getting hurt either way. )
<Keiko> (Yes.)
<Keiko> (Just not being thrown into Heinrick)
<Brett> ( [Hoooo....] )
<Brett> [Well. With her last ounce of strength, Rose manages to off balance
Pavla so that the throw doesn't send her into Heinrick. It just sends her to the
ground, where she collapses unconscious.]
<Brett> [Luana!]
<Brett> ( Oh snap )
<Brett> [My bad, Rose isn't unconscious!  ... Not quite, anyhow.]
<Brett> [So Rose! And Luana at the same time!]
* Luana guards, for that is her place in life.
<Brett> ( Ermmm.. Waiiit. )
<Brett> ( Maybe she is. Hang on :X )
<Roseli> (?)
<Keiko> (Also, she draws little pictures of her and Sebastian holding hands with
iodine.)
<Togo> ( Rose exists in a quantum superposition between conscious and
unconscious, )
<Brett> [Nevermind. Rose really is unconscious.  I hate grapple rules.]
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo fires another round at Pavla. "You know, if your orders were to stop us
from catching Gabriel, you've succeeded, because we've stopped trying to catch
him."
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 2.
<Togo> ( Stun bullet, just to be clear )
<Brett> [Pavla sidesteps to avoid the shot. "My mission is to stop you under any
circumstances."]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
* Heinrick goes to grab Pavla mid-sidestep, and replies calmly. "Funny. Those
are our same orders too. It would seem we're at an impasse."
<Heinrick> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a
result of 6.
<Heinrick> (Grabbity!)
<Brett> [Heinrick makes a grab for Pavla, but she back pedals, avoiding his
grasp. "Whatever."]
<Brett> [Keiko!]
<Togo> ( "It seems that we are at an impasse." "Indeed. I cannot compete with
you physically, and you are no match for my intellect." "Really. You're that
smart?" "You've heard of Plato? Aristotle? Socrates?" "Yes?" "MORONS." )
<Keiko> (Pavla is not Squall. ;_;)
<Heinrick> (...or Vassini)
<Brett> ( No. No she's not. )
<Brett> ( She's probably closer to Aigis before Aigis got all loveydovey. )
* Keiko continues her downstream sweep. Hopefully he didn't manage to swim 100
meters UPSTREAM without thinking. Her shield is up just in case someone from the
other side decides to take a potshot. Or Gabe does.
<Heinrick> (While carrying a railgun and a spear cannon.)
<Brett> [Well, the current is certainly flowing upstream.]
<Heinrick> (Dude, olympic)
<Brett> [Nobody shoots at Keiko.  Luana!]
<Togo> ( <Pavla> You've fallen into one of the classic blunders! The most famous
of which is never grapple a vampire, but only slightly less well known is this:
never go in against a technopath when DEATH is on the line! )
<Keiko> (The current always flows downstream.)
<Keiko> (That's why it's downstream!)
* Luana is guarding until further notice.
<Brett> ( Not always )
<Brett> ( Sometimes it goes in a circle. )
<Keiko> (The overall current. >_>)
<Brett> [Togo!]
* Togo fires yet another stun round at Pavla. "But stop us from doing what? If
we stopped attacking you, would you consider that stopped?"
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 3.
<Togo> ( made )
<Brett> ( ,says Togo, while shooting at Pavla. )
<Brett> [And hitting, too!]
<Togo> ( He doesn't have much confidence in his negotiating skills. =P )
<Keiko> (As well he shouldn't.)
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
<Brett> ( He could always pull his suicide bomber trick. )
<Keiko> (Does she... react to being hit with a stun round?)
<Brett> ( Stoically, 'cause she's a BADASS in training. )
<Heinrick> (I guess he's meaning does the stun round do anything.)
<Heinrick> (It's kind of important in what Heinrick does.)
<Brett> ( It's subdual damage. )
<Heinrick> (Gotcha. He's hitting her with a boxing glove on a spring.)
* Heinrick smirks at her comment, "Whatever? Well...as you wish." He goes to
grapple again.
<Heinrick> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 8.
<Heinrick> (Quick. Get Luana out here so she wastes another defense!)
<Brett> [Heinrick actually gets a hold of her, too!]
<Brett> [Keiko!]
* Keiko is still doing her visual and mental sweep of the area, looking to the
sides to see if he's washed up, or been grabbed. She's not moving that fast, so
it's not as if it's hard.
<Brett> [Still no sign of him.]
<Brett> [Pavla! Who attempts to break free of Heinrick's grip.]
<Brett> ( And most likely doesn't unless he fucks up royally. )
<Heinrick> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a
result of 9.
<Brett> ( Hm. )
<Heinrick> (Miss by uno. But not a royal fuck up.)
<Brett> [Pavla fails to escape! Once. How about twice?]
<Brett> ( This time, maybe. )
<Heinrick> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a
result of 8.
<Brett> [This time, Pavla manages to make an escape.]
<Brett> [Luana! And Togo since she's probably still guarding.]
<Togo> "Okay, enough of this. Luana, c'mere and punch Pavla a few times."
* Luana gets up, shakes out her legs quickly, and starts running towards the
fight. "On my way!"
<Brett> ( Luana may have already won $459200000 dollars. )
* Togo fires yet another shot at Pavla. "Sorry about this, kid."
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 9.
<Togo> ( made )
<Brett> ( Y'know, at this point I'm tempted to say it just knocks Pavla out here
and now. )
<Keiko> (It would certainly something something!)
<Brett> ( Unless you guys want to keep going and get a fair conclusion out of
this fight :P )
<Heinrick> (It's kind of been tedious, yes. ^^;)
<Brett> [K, Pavla autocrit fails and takes the bullet in the back of the neck.]
<Brett> [Hooray, you beat the game!]
<Keiko> (Boy, I'm glad we were in nonlethal.)
<Roseli> (Hooray, victory dance!)
<Roseli> (I can't, I'm unconscious!)
<Roseli> (I get no exp. :()
<Togo> "... sorry Luana, she just blocked one of my shots with her neck. We'll
be over to meet you in a sec."
<Brett> ( Aight, so, MC5 anyone? )
* Luana slows down to a stop and sighs.
* Keiko comms as she floats, "I can't find him... and I can't feel him."
<Brett> ( I have some follow up I wanted to run. Do you guys want to do it
tonight or at the start of next week's session? )
* Togo shackles Pavla hand-to-foot and picks her up over a shoulder. "Heinrick,
grab Rose? And you might wanna call Keiko back so we can all group up again
before those choppers land."
* Roseli lies there, unconscious. She looks peaceful.
<Brett> ( and beat up )
<Luana> (To be honest, I'd like to end. My sister came home early so we could do
some bonding stuff.)
* Heinrick nods. "We should probably call in a search team for Gabriel..." He
lets out a slow breath. "I so do hate leaving things unfinished."
<Togo> ( Hydrogen bonds? )
<Keiko> (PErhaps a bit closer than she was thinking.)
<Keiko> (Unless they're siamese.)
* Heinrick goes to recover Rose and calls Keiko back. If we haven't found him by
now, probably rare that we will soon enough.
<Luana> (Er, chocolate and tv bonding. Maybe some board games.)
<Heinrick> (Board games! I so miss board games.)
<Keiko> (Make it part of your therapy!)
* Keiko replies to the callback with a tired, "I want him to be found. I want to
know."
<Luana> ("You are not leaving until I'm satisfied that you're stable enough to
finish a game of monopoly!" "But it's been FIVE DAYS.")
<Heinrick> (...actually I do.)
<Heinrick> (But it's not quite the same.)
<Keiko> (Probably not.)
<Togo> ( So yeah, let's continue next week )
<Brett> [Hokay, end!]