[Day: Thursday, June 19th. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [Keiko floats everyone to the roof of the Blitzkrieg Section 3 skyscraper! .......................... Eventually.] [Start] (Wait, how do I float there?) (WITH DIFFICULTY!) ( Oh snap! ) (Uh. o_o) ( Ok ) (You stand on a wooden platform, and I lift the platform?) (Togo ties a rope around you) [Day: Thursday, June 19th. Time: 8:00 p.m.] (Either of those could theoretically work!) [You're sitting in the van, about to launch your plan to float everyone to the top of Blitzkrieg Section 3, when suddenly you realize it won't work due to Rose.] [Start!] (It will work. We just laid out two ways it could work.) * Roseli did, in fact, point that out before the session opened! But after the previous one closed. "If Keiko can lift something that can hold me for that distance, though..." (Man, too bad we never got enough CP just to make Keiko be able to lift the van.) (Flying Van is pretty cool.) (I'd need 5 more CP.) (Better than Flying Nun) * Togo tilts his head at Rose. "How much you weigh?" About sixty-two kilograms. * Keiko sighs and closes her eyes. "She weighs just as much as if I were lifting her myself. Anything that she can stand on on the ground without breaking will be fine." * Jamie makes sure that nobody can see them via cameras while her player goes AFK. ( Assuming that Keiko can keep it balanced o/~ ) * Togo pulls out a pair of harnesses attached to an extendable cord, and tosses one end to Rose. "Strap in." * Roseli catches the harness, looks at it, looks at Togo, shrugs since she'll probably die soon anyway, and straps up. * Heinrick pinches the bridge of his nose. "I'd hate to say anything so cliched as "It's so crazy, it just might work" but..." * Togo puts on his end of the harness, shortens the cord to a few feet, and holds out his arms. "Ready?" * Keiko glances to Heinrick and says, face tense, "It will work." At least, until we get to the building. It's not you that I have my doubts in. * Keiko looks at him strangely, then says, "We are running out of time." She then lifts up everyone she can! With Togo and Rose linked together by the black bungee cord of fate. [And hopefully you're not spotted on the way up.] (Back) (Hopefully!) (That's why we waited for it to be dark!) * Togo holds onto Rose like Sylvester Stallone in Cliffhanger. Except, hopefully, with a bit less dropping. * Roseli is lifted by bungee cord. That is way less than comfortable, but she doesn't complain. Instead, she somehow manages to get a piece of gum out of her pocket, pop it in her mouth, and chew while being tugged about by shoulder/waist harness. * Luana makes herself as small as possible to help Keiko out and sort of holds on to her now-too-large pants. (Luana breaks the laws of physics.) (Mass != volume!) ( Luana, make a roll to see if you manage to hold onto your pants on the way up. XD ) * Keiko flies everyone over in a high arc. No, being all in white so she could pull off the angel motif was not actually the idea, but it works. [Sooner or later, you get to the roof. Probably more later than sooner.] * Dicesuke has joined #mc4 (10 KPH IS MIGHTY.) (If not, I am walking around as a very short girl with a T-shirt!dress!) (Keiko can get you clothes.) * Luana goes back to her normal size once she lands and readjusts her clothing and holsters. [The roof is... well, it's a roof. What do you want? There's a Helipad up there, some vents and fans, an antennae or two, maybe a water tower? And a doorway.] * Roseli lands with a grunt. She removes her harness quickly; her hands are slightly shaking. * Keiko sets everyone down and lets out a long, slow breath, like she was doing all the way over. "See... quite easy." * Togo removes his end of the harness once they land, and stuffs it back into his coat as he draws his assault rifle. "Let's get inside fast." * Heinrick 's on the roof and readies a few chemicals within easy reach as well as his daggers and syringes. "Agreed." * Jamie nods and disables the alarm on the door. [Karin, who's so totally there and no I didn't forget about her, draws her gun. "Ready."] 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-6) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 4. [Jamie takes care of the alarm. Yes, there was one.] (Silent alarms. They're stylin'.) * Luana pulls out a pistol and nods. * Keiko smiles very slightly for a moment as she waits for other people to make the movement move. * Togo walks over the door, and checks to see if it's locked. * Roseli readies her gun, nods to the others, and checks the door for great locks. (Oh, nix mine!) [Togo and Rose both find locks! Well, A lock.] * Heinrick walks over and prepares the acid for the locks. Because he was already pretty sure he wouldn't even need to check it. * Togo steps aside for Heinrick. ( Hello? ) (Salut.) (You're luck I don't remember what the next line of that song is.) (Hi!) [Heinrick stands in front of the door holding a vial of acid like a statue.] (...prepares usually includes the usage too, Brett.) (I was waiting on you. :P) ( Ummmmmmmm.... No it doesn't? ) ( Gimme a chem roll. ) (In my world it always has. Especially considering this is standard operating procedure. But meh.) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-5) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 5. [Heinrick applies acid to the lock. Woo.] [Yep, that's totally what happens.] * Togo opens the door, and heads in, rifle raised. ( Listen, do you guys not want to play tonight? I can always go play FFXI or something if you'd rather have the night off. ) * Roseli looks to Luana and tilts her head to indicate her heading in. (What?) (? I'm here and paying attention. I was just waiting for the other things to happen.) (Since when are we not playing?) (We were waiting for you two to resolve the roll. >_>) (Quite.) * Luana heads in after Rose's gesture. ( Sorry. I just see very little lines from people and a whole lot of time spent trying to get through a simple locked door. ) * Roseli heads in after now, gun in hand. * Keiko glances over her shoulder a moment, shakes her head, then heads in after, thinking at Jamie and Luana, ~Be careful,~ before beginning people-scan mode. (Relax. ^^ It was just a small misunderstanding.) * Jamie follows her guardian. (Standard 100 meter scanning for people game.) [Karin follows after.] [And you enter a stairwell! Obviously it only goes down.] * Roseli goes down, then! * Togo whispers on comm. ~Iris was top floor?~ ~Yes.~ * Luana follows along after Togo. * Togo heads for the nearest entrance to the top floor, then! * Heinrick goes down as well, making sure he can glance down the stairwell for any one aiming up at them or tracking them. * Keiko looks very nervous, hands wringing together. 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 10. * Keiko whispers, ~This place is packed with people. Even the Aces.~ * Roseli hisses through her teeth, then whispers back, ~Keeping her safe.~ * Jamie follows along trying to keep the cameras and heat senseors and all the other fun gadgetry from being able to spot them. [Karin frowns. "I want to save her."] * Heinrick nods in response and then lets out a low breath. ~Unavoidable.~ * Roseli murmurs, "So do we all." She continues to creep along. [You get to a door!] * Roseli trusts that Jamie would have disabled any electronic whatsits and tries the door! * Keiko whispers, "Three occupants." (Wait, clarify? Is this the door at the end of the stairs or whatever?) (I'm assuming it's the door for the top floor.) * Luana takes a deep breath and raises her gun. ( What Togo said. ) (Right then. In we go.) * Jamie checks the silencer on the gun Togo gave her. [You find 3 guards behind the door! Gimme an init roll.] 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 17. 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 20. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 23. 2d8+12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+12) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 21. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 14. 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 23. [Togo, Heinrick, Luana, Jamie, Roseli, Karin, Keiko, 3 guys named Bachmann.] [Togo] (Not Bachmann, Backman, and Bhahkmahn?) ( Nope ) (Damn. I hate those guys. :() * Togo moves away from the door to allow the others into the room, and fires a burst from his silenced assault rifle at two of the guards. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. (Made exactly) [Togo manages to hit both the Bachmanns.] [Heinrick!] * Heinrick takes one of the chloroform capsules in the syringe dagger and throws it at the remaining Bachmann. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 5. [Heinrick hits with the dagger, and down he goes.] [Luana!] * Luana steps into a clear area and fires at the first Bachmann. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (Make exactly) [Luana hits him, and down he goes. His wife and family and little dog will probably mourn him.] [Jamie!] * Jamie shoots at Bachmann the second with the gun that Togo gave her. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. (Made by 2) [And he goes down too. Guess they were pushovers.] * Keiko steps up, shield up, and quickly visually checks for key-like things. [Oh, right! ] [You're in a corridor that runs forward a bit, then turns to the right. You can see an elevator on the far wall.] * Roseli also rummages through the dude's pockets. If they need to get places, they may well have keys and cards and things. [The guards do not appear to have any key-like things.] (Aw.) * Roseli steps over them once she confirms that, then, and starts heading down the corridor. * Keiko glances to Rose and shakes her head slightly as she stands. Nothing found! * Togo follows Rose. * Luana follows after Togo, as usual. * Jamie follows Rose, behind Togo and keeps up her antisurvalience work. * Heinrick heads as well, pulling out the dagger as he goes. No need to waste a good dagger. [Karin follows the lot of you.] [You turn the corner and come to a set of double doors.] * Keiko whispers, "Big room of people. Aces included." *whisper* No read on Iris? * Luana shifts her weight nervously. * Keiko replies, "No, but she's always been annoying." * Roseli frowns, looking to the others. Seems she's doubting whether or not they can take the Aces + Other People. * Jamie checks for the location of Iris and the machine again while she waits for Rose to give her orders. * Heinrick whispers. ~Are there any cameras in the room that we gain access to to see if Iris is even there?~ 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 2. * Roseli turns her attention to Jamie. * Jamie is once again feeling proud for anticipating orders. (hehe!) * Jamie shakes her head and coms back. ~I I can't hear them. I think they've been turned off. ~ * Roseli furrows her brow, then whispers, ~They *knew* we were coming?" * Heinrick takes in a deep breath. ~So we either suspect that she is actually somewhere else or we play the odds and go into a risky situation where we're expected in hopes that she is actually there.~ * Luana whispers, "-Very- risky." ~Two options for entry. Go in soft with flash grenades, or go in hard with frag grenades.~ * Keiko moves near Luana and thinks at her, ~Hold me up a moment.~ * Luana puts her free arm around Keiko without question. * Keiko says quietly, "Scouting," to the group, and then goes slack in Luana's arms. * Heinrick raises an eyebrow at Togo and gives a side-glance towards Karin as a way of answering Togo's question. ~ I don't know. ~ * Heinrick then nods to Keiko briefly and slumps against the wall, for waiting purposes. * Luana makes a slight noise before kneeling down and lowering Keiko into a sitting position. * Roseli turns to face the doors, gun ready. Never know when you gotta kill someone. * Togo frowns at the silence from the group, and pulls a flash grenade from his coat while they wait for Keiko. (Cue Jeopardy music!) (Sorry, couple big descs.) * Luana rests Keiko against her the way they usually do when one of them is tired or emotional and tries to make sure the girl's body is comfortable. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (In other words, Keiko is up on her shoulders, and Luana is airplane spinning her.) (Eeeeeeagle!) (I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky~) * Keiko is slumped for those few long moments. Aww, it's cute. Then she reopens her eyes and murmurs, "This door is fortified. Twenty five soldiers, including the aces, two miniguns. Beyond that are the two... Haruko girls, Iris, and Ludwig Bernstein. ... I'm gonna need more guns. * Keiko puts her hand to Luana's shoulder and smiles at her weakly, then stands. "My... thought was to blow a hole in the ceiling. I... found the proper place to do so." She also thinks at Luana, ~Thank you.~ * Jamie blinks. * Luana stands up as well. ~Of course.~ * Togo nods, and whispers. "Show us where." * Roseli presses two fingers to her forehead and whispers, "Good, Keiko." * Keiko points up. You know, where they would have to go to blow a hole in the ceiling! Time to walk again! * Heinrick sighs and rubs his head. "If we can break control or somehow draw them away, it would help. But the later is very unlikely." He then glances at Keiko and responds quietly. "That *would* most likely work. If we could roll some of the grenades in in a manner that would incapacitate most of them, they would either have to split their force to pursue us or find cover. Either way, we would have tactical advantage." * Heinrick lets out a breath. "Thank you, Keiko." [Karin frowns. "Hans is smart... I hope we're not overlooking anything."] Slim to none we can pull this off even with surprise. Just do what we can. * Roseli heads off and up the stairs to ceiling blowing spot. * Keiko hisses, "That is why you don't tell people what you can do," as she heads back to the stairacse. * Luana follows her best friend upstairs. [Karin follows.] * Heinrick gets stoic once again. "Well, we had best prepare for the other possibility." * Jamie follows Rose like a puppy. * Togo follows, putting away the flash grenade. "Grenades, I have no shortage of, thankfully." * Heinrick answer quietly. "That they take Iris to another location as soon as the firefight starts. But we will cross that bridge if it comes to that." She is strongly bound to a large device. Mechanical? If we destroy it, might fix the effects. * Heinrick considers. "It might. Though what Karin said bothers me..." Or at least disorient them long enough for us to get away. * Keiko nods slightly at 'Mechanical'. [Meanwhile, you get to the roof. Again.] Jamie, do you think you can do it? (AFK a sec) I can try. * Roseli nods and checks her gun over. "Goal is destroy the machine or sever the connection. Can do that, maybe break people from mind control and turn the tide." Two Hotarus make it difficult, but... they have Tens, Keiko? * Jamie winces. * Keiko winces too, then replies, tense, "Yes." Good. Destroy the dolls, make an opening for Jamie. [Karin holds up a hand. "Wait a minute."] * Roseli looks to Karin. * Heinrick turns to look at Karin and waits a minute. ["If you do that and they think they're going to lose Iris, they might kill her."] ... Better idea? Be quick. If we go in there dropping grenades, they might kill her too. * Heinrick glances at Karin. "What's their alternative?" [Karin frowns. "I don't know. Is it possible to get to her quickly?"] You heard Keiko. Over twenty-five people, all of the aces, and two Hotarus? Best plan is to open a hole in the ceiling over her, but even that could get her and us killed. And she's too valuable for them to lose. She's the reason they have the aces and the others under control. [She glances to the side. "Maybe... I could cast an invisibility spell. Maybe I could get to her."] They might *threaten* to kill her, but they can't afford it. Exactly. Karin, listen to reason! * Keiko nods slightly. "If she dies, they have lost." * Heinrick looks at Karin. "And do what exactly once you get there?" [Karin glances at Rose. "But if we take her, they lose her anyhow!"] * Jamie blinks at Karen in mild confusion. They have a chance of recapturing her. Killing her leaves no opportunities. Heinrick is right. She's too important. And if they kill her, mind control is broken anyway. They're too smart to do that. * Heinrick frowns. "Unless..." [Karin looks down. "I hope you're right."] * Heinrick glances at Roseli for a second. "Could they have another psychic in reserve?" * Roseli reaches over and squeezes Karin's shoulder. She looks at Heinrick. "Unlikely." None that powerful. Section 3's whole energies were focused on Iris. Why we have Keiko. I'm just entertaining other possibilities. I do think something's amiss but cannot quite put my finger on it... * Roseli shakes her head. "Something's always 'amiss'." Just work with what we have. If you can't put your finger on it, need to move. Now. We can amiss later. Let's get this done before they notice the guards are down. * Heinrick nods in response to Rose. ( Commercial break! ) * Roseli looks to Karin and pulls out a cartridge, showing it to her. "Knock out bullets. If I shoot Iris, not killing her." Just letting you know. (Let's go out to the movies o/~) (How late are we going tonight, by the way?) * Keiko rubs her arms before she thinks at Jamie, ~Stay sane. They're not real. I'll crush them out of the way.~ ~Tha thank you.~ * Keiko turns her head and half-smiles at Jamie. ~Yeah. Stay focused.~ ( Back. ) ~ Just have to take out the machine.~ ( Do we want to end here? ) (Might not be a bad idea.) (May, before we get into a huge three hour fight. :D) (HOURS OF FIGHT) (YEARS OF VICTORY) (That or we could end just at the point where we explode the ceiling) ( That works. ) (Because that'd be an awesome place for a cliffhanger) [Karin nods to Rose.] (GET TO BURNING.) ( Blow that stuff up so we can go sleep. ) * Togo pulls a bandolier of grenades from his coat. "Shall we do this?" Let's. Tell me where to put 'em. * Luana smiles. "Ready." ( Demo roll! ) (Heh.) * Togo hands Rose the grenades. (I do, in fact, have C4. Possibly for this purpose.) * Heinrick nods to Togo and looks for a position for cover once they do explode. (Oops. RETCON.) (Yup!) * Keiko points out the location. "This is the most stable place to blow things up. If you like having ceilings." ( C4 would be better for this kind of thing, yes. ) * Togo pulls out a bandolier of regular grenades. "Take a couple if you feel comfortable. If things get ugly." * Roseli heads over there and starts planting a bomb, trying to set it so structural integrity remains intact. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. (And spot on. Whew.) * Jamie moves to the side and covers her ears. (If Rose crit succeeded her Demo roll would she find a spot where she could leave just the ceiling over Iris intact and collapse the entire rest of it?) (Because that'd have been pretty sweet) [Rose blows a hole in the roof! Session End!]