[Day: Friday, June 5th. Time: 6:15 p.m.] [You're on a street in Dresden. More specifically, you're fighting a bunch of hitmen at an intersection. The President's car has been over turned, and all his bodyguards are dead or unconscious. The Prez himself is currently cowering behind a streetlight.] [Luana fired a homing bullet and Jamie saw something. Woot.] [Oh, right, the other guys. We've got a Arab with a curved sword, a ninja in a bikini and a Russian guy. In a Russian hat. You know the kind.] [Start!] [And it's Togo's turn] (Arn... yeah) * Togo raises his assault rifle up and fires a burst at the sword guy, trying to get him off of him. 2d8-3 (Umm) * Dicesuke has joined #mc4 ( Oops ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. (Made by 4) ( This is where I discover I apparently didn't transfer his sheet to my new computer. ) ( Oh well! Time to make up numbers. ) (Also, I had a MC on Swordy.) (Well obviously then he has no hp, and I kill him!) ( I've got his HP ) ( His HP is, um... all I got. ) [Togo shoots him several times, for, uh.... some amount of damage.] ( Ok, got it ) * Heinrick has joined #mc4 (You're back! In pog form!) (Woot!) (I'm a pog?) (You are now!) (Yes, you're a small collectible piece of cardboard.) ( Ahh... ) ( Looking for that part where Keiko did MC ) (Keiko having done MC is the entire reason that Jamie got smashed. I wasn't allowed to do anything and do anything, remember?) ( Ah, right, you wanted to move Jamie as a passive action. ) (Or rather carry Jamie along with her.) (So yeah. I pasted you the line.) [Welp, regardless, Kalim abruptly changes targets and goes after the ninja. Who's apparently completely unprepared for that, because he manages to be the first person to actually hit her. "Hey, we're on the same side, dumbass!"] ( Crap, how much damage does he do? >.< ) (You're asking us? You don't even tell us how much damage gets done to us.) ( Ah. Found it. ) (Yeah, can't help you there. ^^;) * Keiko looks slightly pained at the car crushing Jamie and Luana in different ways, but shakes her head and manages a very slight smile as Kalim takes the bait. [Mayumi doesn't look so happy. She makes a bunch of quick hand gestures and mutters something under her breath, annnnnd.... Keiko, gimme a ranged def roll. ] (She's shielded, so I'm out of luck there...) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. (... or I could get really lucky and make by 1.) (How'd that happen?) [Keiko gets lucky enough to move out of the way before a lightning bolt strikes the spot she was just stan... um, hovering in.] (Dicy's just setting you up!) (SETTING ME UP FOR A FALL.) [That brings us to the Russian guy, Piotr, who hasn't done anything yet. But now he is. "I hate fire users. Arrogant swine who think they're special. I've put down three so far." He points his palm at Luana. "Guess you'll be the fourth." Shards of razor sharp ice explode from his hand.] ( Gimme a ranged def at +1 Lu. ) * Keiko 's eye twitches as she drifts to the side, away from the lightning bolt, and then bites her lip as Lu draws Piotr's anti-fire. (one sec) ( Keiko's gone through a whole range of facial movements in the past 5 seconds ) (She thinks fast.) (She's torn by many emotions!) (Both true!) (Right now Luana's being crushed by a car, she's failed at saving Jamie, she's succeed at controlling swordy, and there's at least one unknown annoyance TK target that's stronger than her.) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (No) [Ouch. Luana is hit by a number of ice shards. She's lucky her armor stops most of them from getting through, but the few that do are sharp as razors.] [Rose!] * Luana starts to scream, then bites it off. Between the car falling on her and randomly being hated with ice, she looks a bit pained, though. ( The car actually hurt much more. ) * Roseli glances at the car, where Jamie is, then snaps her attention back to the ninja. She fires. (Makes sense. It is a car.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (That's a good one!) (Well, it's a late reaction to the car, then? ^^;) [Rose fires! She hit's, too! Right in the forehead!] (FUCK YEAH.) [Or so it seems. But on closer inspection, it turns out Rose shot a log.] [Luana!] (Aw, geez. Stupid ninja.) (LOG SHOTSER) (On the plus side, hopefully she ported far enough away to explode.) (My bullet comes back around this turn!) ( Oh, right. ) ( Roll for that, too ) * Luana grits her teeth and doesn't bother to respond to Russian Guy except to shoot at him. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. (Does the homing still get my normal attack bonus, or just the homing bonus?) ( Good question! ) (I feel like this should have occurred to me to ask earlier. ^^;) ( More good news! I haven't downloaded Adobe yet, so I can't check X: ) (The book doesn't say, just that it returns to try again the following round.) (I think it rolls as normal.) ( Just do that for now. ) 2d8-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-7) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 7. (I would think so too, since it talks about just making an attack check.) [Regardless, Luana misses the Russian guy. I was going to say the big Russian, but he's not that big at all. He looks like a Russian ice skater, realy.] (Wait, normal plus homing bonus or normal without?) (Those guys -are- pretty skinny.) (I'd say with.) (Thanks, guys. ^^) ( Thing takes a while to install >.> ) (Still Lu's turn, I think!) (Think so too. Wasn't that the returning bullet?) (She rolled twice.) (I already did my Russian guy roll, it missed.) (So she did!) [Aight, so... Lu's bullet does return, and hits Kamil in the back. He's not looking too good now.] ( And now I can open the damn thing. ) ( And it's not slow as hell anymore. Woot ) (Sweet!) [Heinrick!] (Can I try to detect the ninja or is she undetectable?) ( You can try! ) (And then act? :P) ( How hard are you looking? :P ) (I'm peering into the depths of the infinite, searching every molecule within a 500 meter radius. What do you think? :P) (...okay, now I have to have Heinrick invent something that can do that.) 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 3. ( Well, if you're going to seriously look around, it's going to take time. If you just want to quickly glance and hope maybe you spot her, it won't take so much. ) (He's going for the second, if he's still trying to act, I think.) [Heinrick spots the ninja. In a shadow. Near the wall. Of the building.] * Heinrick shakes his head to wear off the influence of the poison, but he's possibly acting a little more light-headed than he really is, because he throws an incidiary at the shadow. And incidently the ninja too. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 11. (... >.>) (I ATTACK THE DARKNESS) (Darkness is hard to hit today.) ;_;) [And she catches fire! It doesn't seem to be a log this time, either.] [Meanwhile, a fire hydrant tears itself from the street, spewing a fountain of water into the air. The hydrant hurles itself at Rose.] (Er. Did I lose init?) (Think something else joined the fight.) (Well, that's the telepath.) (TKer, even.:) ( Actually, Keiko was supposed to go a while ago. ) (Right.) (But--yeah.) (I hadn't gotten to act since the TKer crushed Luana, and she got to go again, so.) ( But thanks to Mind control I got confused. ) [So, Keiko can go now. After Rose dodges a hydrant] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. (Dodged!) (Is Icy McIcyness shielded?) ( He is! ) (Fantastic!) (Do I get to keep my MC hold and toss the hydrant at Icy, or?) ( You can. ) (Sweet.) [Meanwhile, Rose dodges said hydrant.] (Way to ninja!) (Booyah.) * Keiko keeps hovering, keeping tabs on Luana and Jamie to make sure they aren't dropping. She's still biting her lip as the hydrant bounces off the street once, and then starts to hover again, curving around in an arc towards Piotr. Her mental command to Bladesy McPointy is, ~There the woman is, on fire. Finish the job.~ (NOT EVERYBODY'S IRISH!) (I can't remember! VERY DISTRACTED.) (Okay. MC roll.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (And TK toss...) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. (Make by 5 and 4 respectively.) [Keiko throws a hydrant at Piotr, who's like "Oh shi-!" and gets grazed by it.] [Jamie!] * Jamie finaly shows that she survived the car crash by comming everybody. "Emily is on the rooftop, sheilded. Trying to find Alina." 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 9. [Togo!] * Roseli coms: "Any ammunition left?" 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 11. * Jamie coms back. "2 power wards, hand gun." * Togo switches targets, and fires a burst at the Russian guy. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (Made by 2) [Uh... Well, Togo shootsh im up roight quick.] * Roseli frowns slightly, then glances up at the rooftops. (About how long would it take Rose to actually get up there?) ( Quite a while. She'd have to find stairs first. ) (Yeah. And, uh, whose turn is it now? And is the Russian guy dead?) ( He is. He crit failed. ) (Ouch.) (Alas, it sucks to be him) (Sweet!) [It's Kalim's turn! And he goes after the ninja! And cuts her to ribbons.] (Wow. That's what you get for being cocky.) [Or so it seems. But in actuality, he cuts a log.] (HOORAY.) (He always wanted to be a lumberjack.) (Where does she keep all the logs? Do I even want to know?) [She doesn't reappear, though, so.... Keiko!] ( She's a ninja. ) * Togo coms: "I can head up to the roof and deal with her if you all can finish up down here." (Um... we have no targets now.) (Except the ninja. Can I find the ninja?) (I just told you where to find the TK) * Roseli shakes her head. "Can probably throw you." ( You have Kalim still!] ) (Kalim's my new best friend.) (We're still in init, though, right?) * Togo pauses at that. "... throw me?" (Brett: Can I (try to) find the ninja?) Threw a car. ( You can! ) (What shall I roll!) * Heinrick nods slightly, keeping watch on the situation. "You'd have less protection against going off the roof." ( Sight or hearing. You're choice. ) Oh, right. Good point. Which leaves Keiko or Roseli. (No brain senses. Sad.) * Luana keeps an eye on the cowering president to make sure he doesn't get ninja'd or something. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. (I see nothing.) (She's a ninja in a bikini. She has no brain. Err, no detectable brain. That's totally what I meant to say.) (Miss by 1 on mind.) [Keiko fails to detect a ninja.] (But can she ask a ninja?) * Keiko keeps her hold on her guy as she hovers, shielded. ~Find her... take her out...~ * Keiko scans the area to no avail! (So much for being a detective, Keiko. D:) [You should worry more about the giant head that just now rose up from the ground. It fires a laser-like beam at.... ] d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d6) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. [Luana!] (I have 10 mind and -2 to sense rolls!) (I can be a detective most of the time. ;_;) (Man, Luana can't catch a break) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. (But she can catch a car.) (On her -head-) (That's talent!) (Look on the bright side, Luana. At least you don't have 90 minutes till comatose.) [Luana avoids getting lasered. Which is probably a good thing.] [Rose!] * Roseli glances for Ms. Bikini Ninja as well. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 15. (Haha, no!) (Dice are on the ninja's side.) * Luana bursts out, "Fucking hell!" as she doesn't get lasered. * Roseli doesn't find her, so she fires at the big head that just showed up. It's a convenient target. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. [Rose spots the ninja! She's over by a lamppost reading the newspaper!] (In German! That's a mouthful!) [No, wait, that's just a log.] (Hahaha.) (The dice got bribed with NINJA INFO CARDS!) (I did make my gun attack thingie!) [Rose does shoot the already injured (but no longer on fire) head. It makes a sound like a rhino.] [Luana!] * Luana throws fire at the head. It looked better that way anyway. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-4) and gets a natural 3 for a result of -1. (FIRE.) (FIRE) (FIRE!) (THE ROOF) [The head is now on fire.] [Heinrick!] (My head's on fire o/~) (I know how to say that in Albanian!) * Heinrick keeps his eye out for the ninja as well, though he seems to gradually be getting more unstead with it. 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-8) and gets a natural 3 for a result of -5. [Heinrick, believe it or not, also fails to spot the ninja.] (Grah. I actually *did* update my sheet and didn't turn it in. Le suck.) * Heinrick smirks slightly. "Such a nuisance.." He wings around and lets loose a blade to the head instead then. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 10. [That doesn't work so well.] (Why can I not throw this session? Gwesus!) [Seems you all forgot about the other threat. A lamppost hurriedly reminds you by pulling itself out the sidewalk and chucking itself at....] d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d6) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. [Keiko!] (... Isn't her second action this round?) ( Nope ) (We didn't forget. We're just limited in who can actually go up against her logically. :P) (The TK person isn't within 100 feet, huh?) (Ah) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (That's a 'hits the shield'.) [Keiko is hit by a lamppost. It does hit the shield. Or rather, breaks through the shield. But at least the shield does soften the impact enough so that it doesn't kill Keiko outright. It just hurts a lot.] [Jamie!] * Keiko gets knocked to the ground with a short muffled cry of pain, because her lip's still bit. She groans, though, as she hovers off the ground. "Bit much..." (...okay, AFK. I've got a fire in the kitchen to take care of.) ( >.> ) (... you could've dealt with the fire AND THEN told us. >_>) (Holy crap, Rowyn.) (... what is this bash.org?) ( Jamie, it's your turn X: ) (Uh, that's not good?) (I actually did. It's just smoke now but...yeah.) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 7. (Tortilla fell on the burner element in the toaster oven.) ( I told you Mexican food is bad for you. ) * Jamie comms again. "Raidou, half block west. No sniper." 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. [Jamie fails to escape the car.] [Togo!] (Alright, I'm good now.) (Can I try to hear the ninja?) ( Woot ) ( Go for it. ) 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 0. (Made by 7) [Togo fails to head any sign of ninja activity.] ( http://www.bash.org/?60469 ) * Togo frowns, then swaps out his assault rifle for his Winchester and fires a bolt of energy at the giant face thing. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. (Is the TK more than 100 feet away, Brett?) (Made) ( Nope. ) (... are they shielded?) ( Yep ) [That puts the head down. It crashes to the ground with a.... wel, more like a fwump noise.] [Kalim! Doesn't seem to know what to do with himself.] (He should go get drunk.) [Still no ninja, so... Keiko!] (That's Khalil.) (He's supposed to find the ninja!) (But he can't find the ninja!) (Perhaps there is no ninja.) (So, where is our charge?) (Is he still alive? :P) [Kamil discovers the ninja!] (Is it a log?) [Or so it seems. Turns out he just finds a log.] (Yeah) [Sure are a lot of logs in this city.] * JesseEatinLman has joined #MC4 * Togo has quit IRC (Quit: Switching comps) * JesseEatinLman is now known as Togo * Keiko comms, "Take the guy out," as she starts to hover up the wall of the building the TK is supposed to be up, and pushing her shield back up. Maybe not being visible will help! Probably not. [Rose!] * Roseli glances at Keiko's floating up and asks shortly, "Togo, can you handle things here?" * Togo nods. Go. * Roseli fires a parting shot at the floating head, then takes off at top speed for the building Emily's atop of. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. ( Head's dead ) (Head's dead, yeah.) (Oh, then I'm just running!) (Shoot the guy with the swords!) * Heinrick nods slightly. "I'd probably be more of a liability up there than an asset. But she'll need support." (Unless we're gonna capture him! Keiko's gonna lose her grip.) (That's why she said with the killing.) [Luana!] (Yeah, Heinrick caught that.) (Alright, backtrack a bit...) (Just didn't know at what point I could interject, so retconning my statement. ^^;) * Luana fires off a shot at Kalim. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. * Heinrick comms to Keiko instead. "Wait a moment, Keiko. Keep the hold until I have hold of him, then go." (Oh, retcon what I just did then.) (There's a new baddy showing up, you could shoot him instead!) (Yeah, I was thinking I'd have to wait for turn order to make an interject like that.) * Keiko stops her floating progress, teeth gritting as she comms back, ~Fine.~ [Luana hits a helpless man.] [Heinrick!] (Luana's retconning. ^^;) ( Ara ) * Luana limps over to the president and guards while everyone else runs around. (Guarding the Idiot.) ( You call him an idiot, but he and Rose are the only ones who haven't been hurt. XD ) [Heinrick] * Luana says irritably, as long as she's standing next to him, "Have you ever considered stepping up your security measures?" * Heinrick goes quickly over to Kamil and readies the Chloroform, comming, "Now, Keiko!" and slapping the it over his mouth a few moments after, once Keiko has a chance to break contact. (If you're waiting for a roll, Brett, I would think it'd be pretty automatic since he's still MC'd. ^^;) ( He's not gonna just let you chloroform him :P ) (Fine. What roll? :P And what about the grab?) ( Meh. It's late, so actually I'll just let you do it. ) [CHLOROFORMED] (WOO) [Meanwhile.... I'm running out of heavy objects for Emily to use.] * Keiko stops gritting her teeth and resumes her flight upward, spiralling slightly in the air as she does. d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d6) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. [Suddenly a Mac breaks out of a nearby building and flies towards Heinrick.] [And, um.... [Crashes into a Dell on the way over.] [Jamie] 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 5. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 14. * Jamie fails to do anything helpfull this turn. [Jamie flails, but still fails to get out of the car.] [Togo!] * Togo tries to hear the ninja as he goes to help Jamie out of the damn car. 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 3. ( made the awareness roll by 4 ) ( What's the roll to help Jamie? ) [No ninja detection!] ( Body roll ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. ( Made ) [Togo pulls Jamie from the car.] [Keiko!] * Jamie is rather battered from the drop and not looking at all well. * Keiko continues flying up! At least her shield is up now. Now where is that TK... (Is there anything I can try to do to sense them yet?) [Keiko discovers her at the edge of the roof.] (If not, uh, well, I'm out of range of EVERYTHIGN.) (Oh, am I up there now?) [It's an adorable 6 year old girl.] ( STRANGLE HER WITH HER OWN PIGTAILS ) (Remember, it's not child abuse if you're a child yourself.) * Keiko blinks as she comes into view of the little girl and says softly, "H... hi..." [She smiles. "Hi lady!"] [Rose~] * Keiko smiles a little back. "Why're you throwin' stuff at people down there?" ["'Cause it's fun!"] (How many floors is the building?) * Roseli runs into the building and up the stairs / takes the elevator, whichever's fastest. * Keiko replies, after a moment, "Yeah, it is, isn't it? But those... are my people." [Just stairs.] * Roseli runs up the stairs, then. I'd be real happy with you if you stopped. ( Aww, Keiko cares! ) [Luana!] (Is the president talking back to me?) [He is! "SAVE MEH!" Well, maybe a little more dignified than that.] * Luana rolls her eyes and continues guarding. [Heinrick!] * Heinrick shakes his head and heads closer to the president. "We should really move him out of her at this point...if.." He blinks slightly and holds his forehead, then looks around for the ninja. "It wouldn't be safe to remain with the threats still at large." Togo. See if you can intercept Kuzunoha. 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of -2. [Meanwhile, the little girl beams at Keiko. "Let's play a game. Catch!" A nearby billboard flings itself at her.] (Full defense ninja lookin'!) [There is no ninja. There is only log.] ( What and where is a Kuzunoha? ) (The guy we just mentioned in #tlb ;P) (He's a detective prince and west and nearly here.) (Do any of the logs look significantly more ninja-like?) ( Not immediatly! ) (Can I attack a random log instead?) (Should hang onto the dude!) (Got him next to me and he's out cold. Though I did forget to put that he was pulling Kalim along in his pose. :/) * Togo shakes his head. "Protecting the President until reinforcements arrive is the priority." ( Heinrick can attack a log. If he wants.] ) * Heinrick smirks slightly and waves it off. "Don't trust our abilities?" ( Waitin on Keiko ) * Heinrick then glances at one of the logs and throws an incidiary at it. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 8. (Oh, sorry, missed it.) (... Can I make a push roll to catch it?) ( You can try! ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (Make.) (On the push roll.) Keiko and Rose are engaging the girl on the roof, and the ninja's still around somewhere, and I nearly got my damn arm chopped off. (Do you want me to make an actual TK roll, or?) (Oh, wait, no, pushing successfully allows the action.) (Supposedly.) ( This is true. ) (So I catch it? Barely?) [Keiko catches a billboard. It advertizes "the Ultimate movie! Batman vs. Aliens vs. Predator vs. Army of Darkness vs. Big Daddy vs. Aerosmith vs. Socrates!] ( Socrates wins by convincing the others they don't exist. ) * Heinrick shrugs slightly. "And I'm in the grips of a powerful neurotoxin at the moment. It's almost like a vacation isn't it?" [Jamie!] 2d8-10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-10) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 2. * Keiko 's eyes widen, and then she strains as the billboard comes near her, sinking in the air as she barely stops it next to her, and she says weakly, "Good throw--nnh--but I can't... catch things this heavy... maybe you can stop this... and we can smaller catch...?" ["But throwing heavy things is fun!] * Keiko nods a little, with a slightly paniced smile as she tries to set the billboard down. "Yes, but I c-can't do it, see? So maybe we can wait and t-teach me how...?" * Jamie sends a small chopper to investigate something as she limps to the the presedent and Luana. [And about now, Raidou Kuzunoha comes around the corner of the building Emily's on. The President shrieks and points at him. "Arrest that boy immediately!"] [Togo!] * Luana genuinely smiles as she sees Jamie walk over. She also totally ignores the president. "Hey. You okay?" * Heinrick raises an eyebrow. "We're not police." (Says you. I'm pretty sure we have authority to arrest people.) [He stares at Heinrick. "You're supposed to be protecting me!"] (Though Brett, do we? Generally? :P) ( Typically? No, you usually blow their heads off :P ) (I didn't ask what we DO, I asked if we COULD.) * Jamie looks at her unsteadily. "Nn ... hurts." ( You could, yah ) ( It's just never come up :P ) * Heinrick looks at the president. "I don't recall stating that we wouldn't." Yeah, me too. Hopefully, this'll be over soon. * Togo steps between the boy and the President, swapping out for his assault rifle and slapping in a new clip, but not raising it up for now. "Are you here to harm the President?" [hold action] ( Anywho, it's Togo's turn ) [Keiko] (Can I make any convincing roll against this girl?) (Performing Arts!) ( Make a diplomacy check! ) ( Diplomacy (Batshit Insane Psychic Children) ) (That skill doesn't exist. ^^;) (I have Etiquette, Soc Science (Psych/Soci), Intimidation, and Seduction as possible (although increasingly creepy skill usages.)) (...if you use seduction against a 6 year old girl, Keiko, Heinrick and her are going to have to have A Talk.) (Look, I listed it for completeness.) (I don't like it any more than you do!) (But Performing Arts (Fast Talking) or (Public Speaking) also works sort of.) ( Well, you could try any of those, depending on how exactly you want to try to convince her. ) (Assume I'm basically doing what I'm trying to. Be friendly and accepting and 'I'll be your friend, just stop for a moment.') (I'd say ettiquette for that personally) (-t) ( Probably soc (psych) ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8. (Make by 2.) [The girl grins at Keiko. "What'll you give me?"] [Rose!] * Roseli keeps running up the stairs. Up and up and up... (*Keiko points at Raidou. "Him." (Why isn't there a Negotiation skill anyway?) (Got me.) * Keiko puts down the thing and floats nearer to her, reaching out of her shield to take the girl's hand if she can and say softly, "I have a plush bear or two... I don't... really have all that much to give but me, you know what I mean?" [Rose climbs stairs.] [Luana!] (Keiko's going to give away Heinrick's present! So mean!) (She's actually got another one.) * Luana keeps on keepin' on. Guarding, that is. She continues chatting with Jamie too. "Hey, when we get back, will you help me with my firewalls? I haven't had time to work on them lately, and you're better than I am anyway, so..." * Keiko reaches into her cloak with her other hand and pulls out a plush butterfly, of purple and pink. She blinks a moment, then says, "... maybe I have a few more." [The President stares at Luana, then looks at Togo. "THIS is the kind of protection we're funding in the section 2 project?"] [Heinrick!] (You're not dead, Mr. President.) * Jamie nods. ( Also, I'm going to assume Togo spoke in English ) ( Sure, why not. ) * Heinrick starts adjusting his chemicals slightly and setting Kamil down. "Our mission was to keep you alive and eliminate threats. You are still alive, Mr. President. Unless there's something you're not telling us?" He readies another incidiary and throws at another log while Togo assesses the threat. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. [He glances at Raidou. And he's most certainly not speaking English. "There's a threat right there! Haven't you been briefed on this boy? He's far more dangerous than he looks."] * Heinrick looks at the president. "And he has a reason to attack you?" [As for Raidou, he stops approaching at Togo's words. ""] * Togo looks back at Heinrick. "Are we required to protect the President from questions?" [Annnd, back to Emily, who pouts at Keiko. "Stuffed animals? I can get all the stuffed animals I want. Or anything else, if I just do what I'm told."] * Heinrick looks at Togo and then adjusts his glasses. "I do believe he said the answers may harm him. It would all depend on what that would entail, now wouldn't it?" * Keiko closes her hand around Emily's and replies quietly, "That... doesn't work forever, Emily. Someday, people... they'll tell you things you won't want. I--I know someone that'd take good care of you." On the other hand, as the saying goes, words can never hurt me. ( At this point do we even need init? ) (Not really.) (Let me know when I get to the roof.) (Depends, am I about to find the sniper?) * Heinrick smirks slightly. "Yes, Togo." He takes a deep breath. "However, in this case, I believe it best to be a tad cautious. He asks from a distance and without weaponry." [Rose gets to the Roof!] You should also be cautious against magical and/or mental assault. * Roseli hits a series of buttons on her bracelet, then opens the door, carefully and quietly. She steps out, also quietly. * Keiko is hovering in the air, when Rose finds them, holding the little girl's hand with one hand and holding a plush butterfly in the other! She's looking at her with soft eyes. [Emily pouts. "They used to do that. Tell me thinks I didn't want. But now I do whatever I want. Nobody gets to stop me."] ( Hactually ) Sounds fair. *turns back to Raidou; in English* <"Ask away. From there and no weapons, of course."> ( Let's move Keiko and Rose to #Emily ) (Good idea.) [He frowns. ""] [""] ( ) (Violence, the other, more common, universal language.) [""] 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-1) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 11. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. [He nods. " And turns his attention to the Prez. "President Schoener, what can you tell me about the group that calls itself the Society?"] ( That last bit should be in brackets, too. ) [The President looks from Togo to Heinrick. "Why are you just standing there? I told you to arrest him!"] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. * Heinrick looks at the President oddly again. "I'm sorry? I'm afraid I don't follow. You're asking us to arrest non-agressive civilians who are making no threatening motions towards you? Wouldn't that be rather bad publicity?" ["He's a wanted felon, speaking gibberish."] * Heinrick pushes up his glasses. "Is he a terrorist?" * Jamie looks uncertainly between Heinrick, Togo, and the presedent." [The President growls. "Listen to me. That man is a wanted felon. Arrest him now, or I'll have YOU arrested for failing to carry out your duties!"] [Meanwhile, Raidou puts a hand on his hip. " He is in custody. He's not resisting, he's not fleeing. He's just asking questions while we wait. Might as well answer them. * Heinrick smirks slightly. "Arresting people who saved your life. I do believe the President *enjoys* this publicity..." He then looks straight at the president. "Our authority is to take out known terrorist who are threatening your life. He is neither a terrorist nor threatening. So I would hardly say that this is neglecting our duties. Our orders were to find out his purpose and apparently that is to ask questions." And Togo seems to have him well in hand, yes. [He glares. "You're going to regret this. Mark my words. I can pull the funding for section 2 like that." He snaps his fingers. "Ask yourselves what that means for your jobs. And your memories."]] If you do that, who's going to protect you from the next attack? ["Your replacements."] * Heinrick shakes his head. "I do believe that means you do *not* want to answer the questions after all." He stands up slowly, and uneasily. And how long will it take to get them ready and trained? Weeks? Months? You think the people who're after you are going to wait that long? ["I have no reason to answer to criminals."] No one stated we are not taking him into custody, Mr. President. ["Or to you, for that matter."] [Raidou gestures. ""] So you are not only doing false accusations, you are also threatening people who were successful at saving your life. * Luana asks, with genuine curiousity, "Excuse me, Mr. President, but isn't the leader of a democracy inevitably made to answer to the citizens of his country?" * Togo nods at Raidou. <"A bit of an understatement, but yes."> ["That's not for you to decide."] * Heinrick turns to Raidou. "" He shakes his head. "" * Jamie has no snappy political commentary, so she just looks for snipers and ninja and clear cut course of action. And if there were a recorder handy...? That's what I learned in school, sir. [Raidou smiles. <"I was afraid this might come up. I'm sorry, but I can't allow that. I have too much to do.>"] [The Pres. snorts. "Well, when you're old enough to vote, you can vote for someone else if you want."] * Heinrick gestures slightly with his hand. <"You could cooperate with us. We're curious of the society too after all."> Yes sir, thank you. [<"Yes. But I'm not entirely sure I can trust you, either.>"] * Heinrick smirks slightly. <"You can't. But as they say, the devil that you know..."> [""] [He turns again to the President. ""] * Heinrick nods slightly and starts to turn to Togo, but then stops at the latest question. * Luana turns to the president with wide eyes. ["He's lying!"] * Luana whispers, "That's... why didn't anyone attack you during the fight? No one was nearby to guard you. They have a sniper. They focused on everyone else." And not the person who stated that he didn't know, what was the word. Gibberish? That was the word he used. ["Well, you can hear his accent. I can barely understand him!"] So I don't suppose you'd want to barely answer the first question as well. Heinrick... a word, please. *motions him to come over* * Heinrick shrugs slightly and then goes over towards Togo. He's not feeling too hot right now. [The President glowers. "You're all in serious trouble."] * Togo whispers to Heinrick. "We could get the answers we need and avoid the blowback if you're willing to let Keiko do a bit of creative memory editing." * Heinrick glances over at Heinrick. "If the accusations are true, I would believe it would lead to impeachment hearings. So...I do think we're all in the same boat here." (The president, rather.) * Heinrick smirks slightly at Togo. "It *would* be a serious breach of protocol..." * Togo grins back, and replies softly. "I'm an American. I'm an irresponsible cowboy with no regard for protocol." * Heinrick returns his neutral expression and whispers. "I would be better if she could draw it from him while asleep...but I can call her back. Keep an eye on Raidou, however. We're to detain him." * Heinrick walks off out of earshot and calls over the comms. "Keiko. Situation please." *softly, after Heinrick closes the comm* I was more thinking we let Raidou beat it outta him, then make him forget Raidou was ever even here. * Heinrick looks over at Togo strangely. "If you do that, *I* would be forced to arrest you." [The President glowers. "You're seriously trying my patience with your whispering. But since the threat seems to be over, I'll go find some men who are willing to do their jobs." He starts to leave.] (Is Luana close enough to hear Togo's suggestion?) (Or Heinrick's response?) ( Nope, she's by the Pres, we're deliberately talking too softly for him to hear. ) (Kay) * Keiko is silent for perhaps too long before comming back, "She's down. No... no casualties." * Togo shrugs at Heinrick, and responds quietly. "If you have a better way, go ahead." (Jamie can hear everything!) * Heinrick nods. "I need you back here as soon as possible. A new situation has come up." He closes the comms and lets out a sigh. "I'm getting to old for this." He then turns to the president. "Actually, Mister President, I believe we should take you into safe custody as well." ["I'm sure the police can handle it."] There is still a known threat out there and you are wandering by yourself. I'm afraid I have to detain you if you are going to put yourself in danger again. [He stares at Heinrick. "Is that a threat?"] * Keiko comms back to Heinrick, quietly, "Heard." * Heinrick smiles at the President. "Protection, Mister President. Unless you have good reason to believe the ninja we have not caught yet will not harm you." [The President points at Raidou. "And what about him?"] * Heinrick nods to Togo. "Togo. Detain him." [Raidou shakes his head. ""] * Togo steps next to Raidou. "He's detained." * Jamie takes a deep breath and tries to steady herself. * Keiko is down in about twenty seconds or so, but visible before then. She thinks at Luana, ~You... have a hand free?~ * Heinrick glances at the President. "Now if you remain here, Mr. President. We can get to the truth of the matter. Of course a man of your...integrity has nothing to fear from the truth, correct?" [He scowls. "What are you insinuating?"] ~Sure. Oh, wait a second.~ * Heinrick shrugs slightly. "Just what I said..." He sighs longingly. "It's such a pain when people don't take me at my word." * Luana turns to Jamie. "Why don't you sit down until Rose gets here? Is that okay?" * Heinrick then glances at Keiko for a moment and works on adjusting his collar. * Jamie blinks at Luana and then shakes her head. ~Hey, is Jamie okay?~ (Also wow this is running late.) ( Yep ) * Keiko comes down to ground level after a second or three, looking at Luana and Jamie a moment. ~No. Got smashed in a car. Lonely.~ And then she turns towards Heinrick and says in a low, slightly edged tone, "Did you want something." * Roseli comes running onto the scene right about now, a six-year-old girl in her arms who she shifts to over her shoulder. Her free hand reaches for her gun, and she sweeps her gaze over the lot of you, as if trying to decide who to kill first. [The President shakes his hands. "This is an outrage!" He starts stomping off.] (Because damn if I'm getting out of this without shooting ONE person in the head.) * Luana eyes Rose, then turns back to Keiko. ~What can I help you with?~ * Jamie starts to follow him. * Roseli does, too. "Not safe alone, Mr. President. Two assassins at large." * Heinrick eyes the President again. "I suppose we *are* going to have to detain you. So long as you remain a danger to your own protection." (I wasn't here for that whole thing. Rose sees: President walking off and being stupid.) (She's using the same logic Heinrick is though!) * Keiko rubs her shoulder and thinks back at Luana, still looking at Heinrick, ~Need a flame. I'm all out.~ * Heinrick then turns to Keiko and shakes his head, opening the mental channels. ~He is being rather uncooperative, isn't he? Would you be able to do anything to make him more cooperative that would still be subtle enough to keep us from being implicated?~ [Raidou shifts his weight. ""] * Luana sparks a light from one finger. ~The literal or metaphorical kind?~ ~We would just need him to answer Raidou's questions. Truthfully and with as little mental influence as possible that could taint us.~ * Keiko thinks back to _Heinrick_ with, ~If you're lucky. It's a fine day to die trying.~ Luana gets a, ~Metaphor,~ and a very thin smile, although it's directed at Heinrick. * Keiko then says, ~Making people do what they would never do, not subtle, Heinrick. Never is.~ (s/says/thinks) * Luana walks over to Keiko and holds her hand, projecting warm-feeling emotions. * Roseli continues escorting the president, asking him, "What's going on?" * Heinrick nods. ~I was afraid of that. If you could extract it later while he's unconscious however...~ * Keiko grips Luana's hand back tightly, letting out a slow breath. ~Of course.~ ( So you're just following the Pres, but not really stopping him? ) (That's what Roseli is doing.) * Heinrick also adds, almost without meaning to, ~We have had enough martyrs in this section already.~ (She did ask him what's going on. If he cares to answer, like, ever.) (Jamie hasn't recieved a clear "Stop him from leaving yet.") (Just a protect him.) * Heinrick looks at Raidou for a moment and waits till the president is out of earshot. <"I have a proposal to make, actually..."> * Keiko replies quickly, ~Maybe you shouldn't make people want to kill themselves,~ to Heinrick before looking past him at the president. ~He's thinking about locking us up. What did you do?~ [Raidou looks toward Heinrick expectantly.] * Heinrick smiles slightly to Keiko. ~Found out something he didn't want us to find out.~ * Keiko squeezes Luana's hand again, still in a pretty tight grip, althoug only 4 body's worth. [Whilst the President... doesn't answer Rose. Nope.] * Heinrick nods to Raidou. <"If you come with us willingly, we will find a way to get the information you seek."> * Roseli yawns. "Mr. President, we can't continue protecting you if you don't... stop. You don't have any other bodyguards." She's almost visibly drooping now. "Not safe." * Keiko replies mentally, ~That he wants to be Chancellor and hates the guy a little? Yeah, sure.~ ~More than that.~ ~Next time you have an opportunity, find out what he knows about the Society and the hitmen that we just encountered.~ [He shakes his head. "" Then he glances over Heinrick's shoulder. ""] (No response from the president yet?) * Keiko 's eyes narrow, and she thinks at Luana, ~What the heck happened down here?~ * Heinrick shakes his head. <"We might as well. Orders. We already have one uncooperative sort around here. Don't make it two."> * Roseli stumbles, and she shifts the girl back into her arms, handing her to Jamie. * Togo walks over to the president, pulls out a pair of handcuffs, and handcuffs the President to himself. "For your protection, sir." ~The dettective prince suggested that the president hired the hitmen himself.~ [The President struggles angrily. "What do you think you're doing?!"] * Keiko watches Togo's crazy as she grits her teeth. ~Crazy.~ (... I'm not sure if I should try to stop Togo or not @_@) * Luana adds sourly, ~It would explain why all of us are beat up and he doesn't even have a scratch.~ * Jamie stops cold and panicks with indicision. With the female ninja still at large, sir, we need to make sure you don't get separated from us. If you won't listen to reason, I'm obliged to force you to. * Heinrick takes out his own cuffs and approaches Raidou. <"This is your last opportunity to do this peacefully."> * Roseli leans against the wall and raises a gun to point it in Togo's general direction. "'Sokay," she says, her voice slurring a bit. "If he tries any shit, I'll shoot him. You have to stop." * Luana releases Keiko's hand immediately and steps between Rose and Togo. [Raidou frowns. He takes a step back, and reaches for something under his coat. ""] Ms. Tavares. You can't shoot someone under our protection. * Togo motions for Luana to stay back. ( Well you CAN, technically... ) * Keiko reaches out to grip Raidou immediately with her TK. * Luana twitches slightly, then moves away. Nope, shootin' Togo. Maybe. No worries. ( Hoo boy. ) * Jamie starts to shiver. * Luana moves right back into place. Yup, no problem here. (Should I roll?) ( Yeah. And following that we should probably end, since it looks like this is going to be a lot longer than I thought. ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. (Hey, a make by 1 on my grapple check!) (If she's successful, strong arm grab and cuff. Let's use that Supah Strength.) [Raidou seems to sense something coming, as he moves out of the way before Keiko can establish a hold. His eyes narrow.] [Annnnnd end here.]