[Day: Sunday, June 22nd. Time: 2:30 p.m.] [You're in the underwater lab! Still. And closing on Tavin von Haupt and the mind controlling satellite. Akira Shibamura is with you.] [And you're just getting out of an elevator to an upper floor in dome 4. The elevator leads to a veeery big room, packed with crates, barrells, other electronic gizmos.... and bots. Lots and lots of bots. They range from low-end security to high-end military. Not all of them are active, but some certainly are.] [Start] (And Jamie can't deal with them, as she just said! Awesome.) (MY HEAD IS BORKENDS) [Thanks to the bigitude of the room (that should totally be a word), the bots haven't noticed you... yet] (We have the wrong Jamie for this. This version of Ten doesn't care about this room.) * Togo gets the hell out of the elevator and tries to sneak to some cover, waving the others behind him. * Keiko decides to go with the best evasive manouvre she can think of, which is to plaster herself against a wall of the elevator. * Heinrick gets out quickly as well, eying the bots. It's not like he has EMP stuff. * Luana follows along behind Togo, keeping an eye on the multitude of bots. * Keiko then thinks at Jamie, ~Good. Now we need to figure out how to make you better.~ [The bots make beeping noises. The active ones, anyhow.] [If someone had weapons encyclopedia.... o/~] * Jamie is still just standing there from when she admitted to Rose that she couldn't do anything about the bots. ( Can I roll military sciences? ) ( Hmmm.... Sure, at.... ) d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d6) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. ( +2 :x ) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d6-1) and gets 1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I wish I got to hand out more of these, really." ( HA ) ( Well. o: ) (Well rolled.) ( CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE ) (Um. To be fair, isn't this a d8 game?) ( Shh. ) ( That's true. :P ) ( reroll it. :x ) (Sorry...) * Roseli still has a gun on Shibamura and is still holding him by the arm. It's the thing to do. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-1) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 4. ( Made by 3 ) * Keiko frowns at Jamie the still and pushes her back against a wall. ~Jamie, talk to me.~ * Jamie gets moved. ~ I don't know! ~ * Roseli flicks her eyes to Keiko and Jamie. "What's going on." * Keiko replies, "She said can't, she means it." * Jamie nods miserably. * Togo whispers to those near him. "Four walking tasers. Two with low-calibur guns. Low-end military bot with machine guns. And one like the section 2 bots with gatling guns, missiles and a fuckton of armor." 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. * Roseli frowns a little. Has to be the hard way then. [Shibamura speaks. "Y'know, those military bots are equipped with infrared. They'll find you sooner or later."] [He sounds amused.] And you? [He shrugs. "Maybe, maybe not. Can't get much worse for me either way, don't you think?] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. * Roseli makes a small 'hm' noise, then turns to Togo and continues with the quieter talking: "One bomb left." (Gimme a sec, I need to check my number.) (Yeah, -2 more, so a 9.) (As a telepathy roll, anyway.) ( Switching comps. Brb ) * Togo has quit IRC (Quit: Switching to laptop) * Keiko shakes her head, and thinks at Jamie, with an odd sad smile, ~Your brain is not making sense of it right now. It'll come back... some time.~ ~ It's too quite. ~ * Keiko then presses her hand against her stomach and thinks at Luana, ~Infrared is heat based. How much heat can you make?~ * Togo has joined #mc4 [The bots beep. One of them starts patrolling towards your area.] ~A lot. Hotter than us, thin spread across the room?~ * Roseli adjusts her grip her gun as she watches for the bot, still. ~Like a sheet of glass?~ * Keiko smiles slightly. ~Somethin' like that, Lu. Let the adults know.~ * Luana nods. "I'm going to try to make a sheet of fire from the ceiling to floor to block the infrared." * Togo nods. Do it, Luana. * Luana holds out her hands and creates a stream of fire, then moves it to form like she said. Her hands keep moving, presumably to help her visualize the process. * Heinrick keeps an eye on the bots reactions for a moment. * Keiko thinks at Jamie, ~We'd better move with them now.~ [It works! In a way. The bots all swivel towards the fire wall at once, and start beeping. Or in the case of the more advanced ones, give a computerized: "ERROR. UNKNOWN ANOMLY."] * Keiko follows her own advice, moving to/with the group behind the firewall. * Jamie follows along with Keiko. * Togo moves towards the exit to the room. And tries to think cool thoughts. ( Gimme stealth rolls, any spec ) 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-6) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 5. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 12. (I'm not touching the ground! I should get an awesome bonus to my -0.) ( You're still moving :P ) (Yes, but bonus.) (For, you know, doing nothing but moving air.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (Miss by 3 on raw body.) (Failed by lots) * Roseli moves it! And drags Shibamura with. 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-1) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 13. [Akira follows along.] (Wow, way to suck, Dicey.) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. (Geez.) (Miss by 2) (So I'm the only stealthy one?) (Sheesh) (Oh, Luana too) (Yeah, Luana did great.) [The good news is most of the bots ignore you! The bad news is one doesn't. A big two-legger that looks a LOT like the one at Section 2's HQ opens fire in Jamie's general area. With two gatling guns, though one outright misses. Gimme a def roll at -1 for the other. (-1 penalty or bonus?) (Because you've been running a 3rd game) ( bonus ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. (Missed by 3) Ouch. Jamie gets somewhat perforated. (Even after the DA?) [] ( Yeah. It's a nasty bot. ) * Jamie takes it unsurprisingly stoicly, but still staggers. * Roseli stops when she hears/sees that Jamie got shot, aims for the nasty bot's sensor, and fires. (Can I roll?) ( Go ahead. ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 9. (Missed by one! Curse me for not drugging up. :() * Keiko bites her lip as she picks Jamie up to float nearer to her, eyes narrowing slightly. ~Keep sharp, Jamie.~ [Rose's bullet pings off the metal plating around the bot's sensor, causing minimal damage.] (Can I fire again or what? ;P) ( Sure ) * Roseli shifts her aim slightly and fires again. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. (Yay!) [Rose shoots the bot in the cylon-like glowing visor portion of its head. "SYSTEM ERROR," says it, and heads towards what looks like a repair station at the other end of the room.] * Roseli moves! She so moves! * Togo fucking runs for it. * Keiko moves with Jamie, one of her hands reaching for her opposite wrist and gripping it tight, nails in. ~Stay focused.~ * Luana stays furthest behind, maintaining the firewall. ~ I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE ~ * RowynSleepyn has joined #mc4 * Keiko flinches, then says, ~Was talking to myself.~ [You reach the other end of the room. Good news is there's a door here that's too small for the military bots to fit through.] ~I need focus too.~ * Heinrick has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * RowynSleepyn is now known as Heinrick * Togo tries to open the door. [Bad news is it's locked!] * Heinrick brushes his coat slightly and glides forward. We have a standard operating procedure of dealing with locks by now. * Togo steps aside. * Roseli glances back to see if any bots are coming. "You okay, Jamie?" she asks softly as Heinrick gets to work. [From the other corner of the room, the bot beeps. "REPAIRS 50% COMPLETED] * Heinrick freezes the frame around the lock to make it brittle, then forces the door open with his power shoulder, making sure Rose and Togo have a clear shot into the room as needed. * Jamie shakes her head. "Not alright." * Keiko thinks at Luana, hand still tight on her own wrist, ~That was good, Lu. Really good.~ Try to calm down. It'll come back. ( Gimme a body roll at -2 Heinrick ) ~Thanks.~ 2d8-10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-10) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 2. [Heinrick easily breaks through the door. It leads to a long corridor with no doors, save an elevator in the middle and one door at the end.] * Togo hurries through. "Close it behind us! Shibamura, up or through?" * Roseli goes! [He nods in front of him. "Just past the door at the end, there.] * Togo heads down the hall. * Keiko closes her eyes a moment, then continues floating forward, taking Jamie with her. * Heinrick waits for everyone to get through first then looks for a temporary barricade if he can. * Jamie drips blood on the floor as she gets floated. [When you approach the center, you hear Tavin again! "I'm going to give you one last chance: walk away. If you refuse, what happens next is on your heads."] * Luana lets the firewall drop once her line of vision breaks. * Jamie starts. * Togo turns to Rose and Heinrick, whispering. "He have a problem with sunlight?" ~ I can hear them! ~ * Jamie cracks a small smile. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. * Keiko smiles slightly too, then frowns and digs her nails in harder. She sets Jamie down so she can float up near Rose's ear and say quietly, "Jamie's back." * Roseli smiles a little and nods to Keiko. * Roseli then whispers to Togo, "No. But he's only half, so can use traditional means." Should also have a problem with garlic. Although I'd be curious about injecting garlic extract into the veins of a vampire, I am afraid we do not have the time to experiment. * Heinrick finishes closing off the door and joins the group. * Keiko continues moving towards the indicated door. "When you have no choice, you have no fault." * Keiko smirks thinly. "Unless you are a Ward." * Jamie walks under her own power. [He sighs. "So be it. I warned you."] * Heinrick shakes his head. "Is there any way to *not* listen to him other than sheer will power. His crowing is getting rather irksome." Duct tape? We would need to be within reach for that, but it is an intriguing possibility. Super strength. Duct tape wouldn't hold him for long. d7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d7) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. ( Heinrick, gimme a def roll at +3 whilst I afk a sec. ) (Err, which defense?) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-1) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 13. (I has a DR that I is using) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-1) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 14. (Dicey loves the birthday boy!) (Srsly.) ( Was ranged :x ) (That was ranged, yes) [As you approach the door, a beam of greenish light burns a hole right through it, luckily it only grazes Heinrick, too. Unluckily, that graze caused a pretty deep gash in his abdomen.] ( With his prior injuries, he's not doing very well at all right now. ) (I don't recall what prior injuries Heinrick had) ( Me neither, but he had 'em :p ) ( As did everyone. ) (I'm full of lots of different sized holes!) ( Especially Rose. ) * Heinrick hisses and gets out of the way, holding his side. (Yeah, I'd just thought Heinrick and Luana had gotten out mostly unscathed so far. I suppose I'm wrong.) To the side! Togo, can you take it out? * Roseli gets to the side and yanks Shibamura with her, because heck if he's dying before they can stop this junk. [Shibamura sooo hides behind Rose. "Uh-oh." Know what that is? * Luana curses and falls back against the wall. * Keiko floats up against the ceiling. ["Oh yes. Don't tell me you've never seen a rail gun in action before?"] Where is this room relative to the edge of the dome? They *apparently* believe it's wise enough to fire it in an enclosed area like this. ["My first though exactly. Von Haupt must be pretty desperate to even think of using one here."] * Keiko floats along the ceiling. "Good. If he kills himeslf, all the better." [There's another blast of green, burning a hole right through the door. Lucky for you it doesn't hit anyone.] ["Yeah, uh... If he kills himself, chances are he's taking us with him."] * Keiko doesn't even dignify that with a response. Jamie, can you turn that off?! 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 0. ANyone? Need to know how big a boom I can work with. Shibamura, answer him. [He shrugs. "What do you want me to say? 'Please don't shoot us?'" * Jamie shakes her head. He wants you to give us a layout of the dome structure so we do not kill ourselves prematurely. And by proxy you as well. Can I throw a grenade in there without drowning us all? ["Oh yes, of course. As long as you don't hit one of the supports. The closest edge of the dome is, well..." he points up.] * Togo nods, pulls a grenade out of his coat, and flattens out to the ground, crawling towards the door. d12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d12) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. (How big are the holes in the door?) ( Small. Not much bigger than, say, a tennis ball.] ) (Or a grenade? ^_^) ( And a third one's about to be made. Jamie, gimme a def roll ) ( You could fit a grenade through, yeah. Wouldn't be able to throw it though ) (At the +3?) ( Just a normal one. ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. (Missed by 1) [Another blast flies through the door, tagging Jamie as it goes. And what a tag it is, leaving her scorched and bleeding along the side.] * Togo crawls to the door, pulls the pin on the grenade, forces it through one of the holes with as much force as he can, then scrambles back away from the door. * Jamie decideds this would be a wonderfull time to fall over and stay there. Jamie! * Roseli grabs her and pulls her to the side, where Shibamura is. (Does that need a roll, Brett?) ( Nah. ) [Akira is so using Rose as a shield.] * Heinrick hisses as he continues to look at the door, flattened against the wall. * Luana edges away from the door, still against the wall. [Seconds later, Togo's grenade goes off, blowing the already damaged door to pieces. Beyond, you can see a very wide, very tall room. Not surprising since it's the launch site of the satellite, which you can also see behind some glass. There's stairs off to the left or right that lead up to catwalks at about half the satellite's height.] [You can also see that there's no real ceiling to this room, only the dome, which is supported by a few narrow pillars here and there.] (Is the missile still in here?) (Can't see the gun or whatever?) [And then there's Tavin von Haupt, the blond bishie half-vampire. In his left hand he's holding an enormous gun that looks like it should be impossible to wield with one hand, but somehow he's doing it. In his right is a sword.] [He's far enough away that he wasn't hit by the blast. Buuuut... Gimme init rolls] 2d8+12 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8+12) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 23. 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+8) and gets 10, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I love you. Do you love me too? Y_ N_" 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 25. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. (WOOT! Wait... NOOOOOO!) 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 14. ( Waiting on Wosewi ) ( Everyone stare and cough or clear your throat in her general direction, plz ) 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 16. (Sorry!) [Order is Togo, Tavin, Luana, Keiko, Rose, Heinrick, Akira, Jamie. Put on some good boss music if you've got it. And set it to loop, this could be a while.] ( And now someone will oneshot him :P ) [Togo!] (SUDDENLY RAISHIA BREAKS THROUGH THE CEILING WITH A CROSSBOW!) * Togo chucks another grenade at him, trying to get that damn gun out of his hands. "Spread out! Take cover if you can, and get that fucking gun away from him!" 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. (Made by lots) [Suddenly Raisha breaks through the ceiling with a crossbow!!! ............ you all subsequently drown.] (But it was awesome!) (Why not Nasira?) (Because Raisha actually did oneshot God?) [Togo tosses a grenade at Tavin. It lands at his feet. But he leaps into the air, landing on a catwalk as the thing explodes.] (Nasira was working up to it) ["I've had access to all your files. I'm well aware of your capabilities." He fires at Keiko.] (He's tele-immune, as per usual?) * Heinrick goes to find cover. "I believe someone down below told us exactly the same thing." ( Yeah, he's not human :P ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (Hits the shield.) (This is gonna be short. I can't dodge ranged attacks at all.) (Pretty much literally.) [It hits the shield! And breaks it pretty easily. Keiko's arm is scorched.] [Tavin ejects the spent charge, replacing it with a fresh one.] [Luana!] (From where?) ( Behind his back. ) ( It's where all video game characters keep their inventories.] ) * Luana raises her gun with a scowl and fires at Tavin. (Fire Bullet) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. (He's not a video game character. ;) I was asking for disarming/targetting purposes.) ( Oh. Well, still. From behind his back :P He's got a harness. The "ammo" resembles canisters about the size of a can of coke.] ) [Luana scores the first hit on Tavin, setting the sleeve of his suit jacket on fire.] ( Uh... How much damage did that do? ) (730) (Luana's been practicing.) ( K. He only has 9270 hp left. ) (Level one spec- yeah, Jesse's totally right.) [Keiko!] (So the sattelite is in the room?) (And therefore the control to get there?) (Er, to stop it?) ( It could be! Gimme a sight check! ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. (Miss by 1. Yep. I am incapable of seeing control panels.) [Keiko doesn't spot anything specific!] * Keiko yanks Shibby up and says, "Come on," as she flies the both of them towards the sattelite. She thinks at Lu, ~I can't do anything to him, and I'll die if I fight.~ ~It's on you all.~ [Rose!] ~Alright. Stay safe.~ (Anywhere to hide behind in this room?) ( Pillars! ) * Roseli runs forward, keeping her movements somewhat erratic before she finds a place behind a pillar closer to Tavin. She fires at the half-vampire's gun hand. (What's the penalty on that?) ( +4 ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. (Made.) (Be awesome Rose!) (I haven't even drugged up yet!) [Rose shoots him across the knuckles. He winces, but manages to hang onto the weapon despite the pain.] [Heinrick!] * Heinrick holds his side a bit and wings out a vial of acid, spreading out away from the others in an opposite direction and throwing it at both gun and hand as well. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. (Dicey loves me as much as my head does tonight) [The vial falls short of the catwalk, splattering on the floor below.] [Akira waves his arms. "What are you doing?? Don't make me a target, you idiot!] [Jamie!] * Heinrick 's fingers twitch a little bit as he grabs for another target. (Don't wave your arms, making yourself a target, Akira!) * Jamie tries to hack the satilite, it can hardly be launched if it's deployed on the rocket o/~ 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 2. (s/target/vial) * Keiko replies, coldly, "This is why I told you to tell us what to do. You're going to be a target anyway." It isn't my fault you can't think. * Jamie uses her other action to try again. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-5) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 9. (OUCH) [That doesn't work so well either :P] [Togo!] ( /stares at winamp. Katamari Damacy does not make for good boss music. ) * Togo pulls out his assault rifle and fires a burst up at the half-vamp. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. (made by 7) (Nananananana! Katamari Damashiiii! o/`) [He's able to dodge most of the spread, but not all of it.] ( Ugh. I'm really kinda tempted to just halt it here. anyone mind? ) (Nope. Gotta go out and shovel anyhoo.) (As long as there's going to be session next week) [End]