<@Brett> [Day: Monday, March 1st. 2012. Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: A base in Cathanza, Montana (province), Granbia.] <@Brett> [Following an invitation from one of Istvan Thane's daughters, you headed to a military base outside Cathanza town. There, you met Cathanza, an arguably fashionable girl with a fixation on America and Americans. Not to mention a lot of money and power. She invited you for dinner. Unfortunately her sister, Krasmia, crashed the party, bringing with her a number of people from MMO, including <@Brett> Natascha. Whew.] <@Brett> [You're currently in a small room, facing the doorway occupied by Krasmia, Natascha and a bunch of goons. On the plus side, Cathanza and three soldiers are here to help you fight! On the minus side, none of the soldiers seems all that skilled.] <@Brett> [That about covers it. Start!] <@Brett> [And Cathanza immediately steps in front of Alysha. "You can get out that way," she jerks a thumb over her shoulder, towards the Cathanza-shaped hole in the rear wall. The room only had one exit, but now it has two!] * Shiho puts her hands on Alysha's shoulders to turn her around. "Out we go, boss." <@Brett> [Alysha glances back at Shiho. "Wait a minute, we can't just-" To which Cathanza replies, "You have to! You have no idea how strong she is."]] <@Brett> [Cathanza glances over her shoulder and smiles. "Don't worry, I can beat her."] Ma'am, listen to her for once? We -can- just. Come on, time to run. * Nigel keeps his sword held in his left hand and draws his hand crossbow as he backs away with Shiho. "Yeah... as much fun as -I- have fighting demonic forces, the danger level is a bit high for you, miss." * Montana nods and backs up. "Just pick her up and move." * Sonia says, lowly, "It ain't about fun. I'll see if I can get the motor running." And then she's off through the hole. Sonia Sprint! <@Brett> [Alysha frowns. "Alright. Fine." She allows herself to be led.] * Shiho stays behind Alysha as they move out. If Alysha is not moving fast enough, Shiho puts a hand on her back and pushes until she does. <@Brett> ["As if it'll be that easy," Krasmia says, sending what can only be described as a wave of gold energy towards you. Cathanza interrupts it with a shield of her own gold energy. "Nuh-uh. These are my guests."] * Gordo hangs back and waits for the boss and bodyguard to get out. first. <@Brett> [And then you're through! You stumble out into another corridor. Already you can hear footsteps from both directions. Allies or enemies? Who knows!] * Montana springs after the others, possibly before Gordo. He's not hanging back once Alysha finally moves. * Sonia is just running in the way that her sonic senses say the van is, on point because she enjoys running. (How wide are these corridors?) <@Brett> ( Wide enough for four people to walk comfortably side-by-side ) (Right.) * Nigel isn't going to wait to find out. He rushes through the corridor behind Shiho and Alysha. * Gordo gets out last! <@Brett> [You run down the corridor! As you near the end, a group of three men in black rounds the other side. One yells something in Russian.] <@Brett> ( Gimme init rolls :D ) 2d6+11 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+11 for Shiho and gets a natural 11 for a result of 22. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Nigel and gets a natural 9 for a result of 14. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Sonia and gets a natural 8 for a result of 13. (Sorry, phone call) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural 8 for a result of 14. (Hang on, getting my sheet!) 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 14. <@Brett> [Shiho, Nigel, Gordo, Montana, Goon1, Sonia, Goon2, Goon3] <@Brett> [Go Shiho] * Shiho steps to the side as she draws her gun, so she doesn't shoot right through Alysha, and fires at Goon1. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Shiho and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. <@Brett> [Alysha takes no damage! The good takes a bullet to the shoulder, though. He's still up, but bleeding.] <@Brett> [Nigel] * Nigel lifts his crossbow, takes aim at the same goon that Shiho injured and fires. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Nigel and gets a natural 10 for a result of 17. <@Brett> [And he goes down with a bolt in his chest.] <@Brett> Gordo!] * Gordo attempts to pop a couple of shots into the goon standing next to the one that just went down! 2 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 8 11 ) for a result of ( 14 17 ). <@Brett> ( Man, this isn't going to take long :o ) (good) <@Brett> [And Gordo drops him almost imediately.] <@Brett> ( Not really. I wanted to refamiliarize myself with the rules, buuuuut.] ) <@Brett> [Montana] (This is MC:Gunhazard, we're kinda high DPS) (How far am I from them? Like, can I whip the gun out of his hand?) <@Brett> ( Yep ) * Montana snaps his whip ahead for the last man standing's gun. Maybe he won't have a gun anymore! 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. <@Brett> [Montana disarms him easily! The guard glances at his gun, then the rest of you, then runs.] <@Brett> ( Sonia's turn if you wanna stop him. Else this is done :P ) (She's going to jump on him in the back, knock him down, and then continue running.) (She was already at speed!) <@Brett> ( Go ahead. It's prolly a tackle roll. ) (Plus any bonuses from him having his back to me, full attack.) 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Sonia and gets a natural 8 for a result of 17. <@Brett> [Sonia knocks the dude over.] <@Brett> [Back to Shiho!] * Sonia continues in her run, leaping up and planting both feet in his back, slamming him to the ground. She's on him in a triumphant crouch for a split second, then takes off again, continuing down the hall. * Shiho keeps running and pushing Alysha along when need be. <@Brett> ( Anyone gonna attack that guy? :P ) (The one that I just knocked down with my full body weight?) * Gordo will praise Sonia's acrobatics at some point when he's not likely to get shot at. <@Brett> ( Yep ) (I mean, you were acting like the combat was over, so I decided to be interesting in taking him down.) (Dude is down and has no gun, I'm not going to bother.) <@Brett> ( K ) <@Brett> [Moving on...] <@Brett> [Running down the next turn, you spot the exit. Between you and it, however, are the mutilated bodies of several soldiers. A particularly big man is tearing the arms off a screaming soldier just as you turn. He spots you and screams, "Johnson!! I'm going to rip you apart!" There's a good chance some of you remember him from the weapon's fair: Dimitri Nazarenko.] <@Brett> [Shiho!] * Gordo blinks at him and turns to Nigel. "That the one with the brother?" * Shiho goes for her sword instead this time and rushes at Dmitri with a wide slice. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Shiho and gets a natural 7 for a result of 15. <@Brett> [He draws back as Shiho approaches, but she still manages a shallow cut along his chest. Screaming in anger, his skin becomes purple, his shirt rips as his body enlarges, and his head turns into a goat's. He snarls at Shiho and throws a punch at her.] 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Shiho and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. * Nigel nods to Gordo. "Yeah. That's the one. As a reminder. Fomori are incredibly strong and just as smart as humans. He's uh... easy to get angry. If you couldn't tell." <@Brett> [Shiho avoids the punch! The first one, anyway. He lashes out with his other fist.] 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Shiho and gets a natural 7 for a result of 14. * Gordo draws bead with his pistol. "Duly noted." <@Brett> [Shiho avoids that one, too! Lucky for her. Last time she didn't she got several broken ribs.] <@Brett> [Nigel!] [Watches as Shiho manages to dodge both attacks and sighs with relief before he fires a bolt at the fomori.] 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Nigel and gets a natural 8 for a result of 15. <@Brett> [The bolt strikes Dimitri in the shoulder, causing him to snarl with rage. Actually pretty much everything seems to do that.] <@Brett> [Gordo!] * Gordo does his best to cause more anger via fleshwounds! (Bah! /me my action instead of the brackets. This is what I get for GMing a game on Thursday night) 2 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 4 4 ) for a result of ( 10 10 ). (Okay, I need to get more verbose with my descriptions. Dicy didn't appreaciate that much.) (Nah. Dicey just thought it was you that was supposed to get more angry) <@Brett> [Gordo fails to cause much damage via bullets. It still seems to piss Dimitri off, though.] <@Brett> [Montana!] <@Brett> ( (Also, Montana) ) (He's not armed, right?) <@Brett> ( Nope ) (I mean, he HAS arms, but he's not armed.) (He's got arms!) <@Brett> ( He has two! ) * Montana draws his gun with his other hand and moves so he has room to maneuver. He snaps his whip forward, trying to trip the fomori with his whip before firing at him. (Whip first.) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 10 for a result of 16. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 8 for a result of 14. <@Brett> [Montana succeeds, dropping the big ... goat.... guy... thing... and shooting him. As well!] <@Brett> [Sonia1] <@Brett> ( Not to be confused with Sonia2 ) (Do we also have Red and Blue flavors?) <@Brett> ( Mebbe. Depends what flavor her hairpuffs are. ) * Sonia runs by the jerko, taking a casual shot at him as she does. What's your problem, goat boy. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Sonia and gets a natural 6 for a result of 12. <@Brett> [Sonia shoots him, his body shuddering on the ground. Then, incredibly, he starts to get up.] <@Brett> [Shiho!] * Shiho stabs down at him, putting her weight behind the blow. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Shiho and gets a natural 8 for a result of 16. <@Brett> [Shiho stabs him through the abdomen, her blade going cleanly through. He coughs up blood, making a gurgling noise. And yet instead of dying, he reaches for her with a big meaty hand.] 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Shiho and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. <@Brett> [The fomor grabs Shiho by the neck, lifting her and strangling her.] <@Brett> [Nigel!] * Shiho curses in Chinese as she tries to avoid him and is cut off when she can't breathe. * Nigel widens his eyes. "Shiho!" He drops his crossbow on the ground and rushes forward, stabbing the Fomori with his sword. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Nigel and gets a natural 11 for a result of 17. <@Brett> [Nigel stabs him through the chest, and finally the fomori drops, releasing his grip on Shiho.] * Nigel just leaves his sword in the Fomori and grabs Shiho. "Shiho. Are you okay?" <@Brett> [Alysha rushes forward. "Shiho, are you... what he said?"] (Ah, good, now I don't have to look up what the rules for taking a round to aim and then going for a called shot would be) (What's the exit to the room?) <@Brett> ( The door! ) Good one Nigel! * Montana holsters his gun and picks up Nigel's crossbow. He runs after Sonia and for the door. (The one we came in through?) <@Brett> ( Nope, a different door. ) * Shiho coughs and tries to answer, but her coughing gets worse when she tries to speak. She makes eye contact with Alysha and points toward the exit. * Nigel nods. "We'll get out. Can you walk? Just nod if you can." <@Brett> [Alysha grabs Shiho and pulls her up. "Not without you, c'mon!"] * Sonia kicks the door open, hard, as she comes up on it. * Shiho points to her throat, then her legs, and rolls her eyes. Still, she stumbles a bit as she moves out with everyone. * Nigel shakes his head. "Actually. Don't worry about it. I got you." He grabs his sword and crossbow and carries Shiho out. He's done it before. * Sonia then looks back at the people trying to get up for a moment, before heading out that door! Zoom! * Shiho stumbles into Nigel's arms! She's pretty startled by this. (scratch the bow. Montana has it) (I'm helpful.) * Gordo keeps an eye on the goat guy as he follows the others out in case he gets any ideas about immortality or something. <@Brett> [The door opens to a side entrance of the building, putting you in a small alley between this building and another. Somewhere around the right corner is your van. To your left, in front of another, larger entrance to the building you just left, are a bunch of vehicles, and Melnik operatives. They seem to have taken many of the soldiers prisoner.] (Are they looking our way?) <@Brett> ( Yep! ) (Great!) ... Bullox. * Montana passes the crossbow to Alysha. "Go for the van. Gordo, cover with me, yeah?" * Gordo checks his ammuniton and then nods. "Yeah." * Sonia produces a quake bead from at about her waist and throws it short of the Melnik operatives as she just heads for the van. She don't need no instructions to know how to make a hole in the ground! * Nigel just keeps heading towards the van. <@Brett> ( Oops. By "yep" I meant "nope" :D ) (... That's VERY DIFFERENT BRETT.) (Then our line of play is totally different, heh.) (JUST A LOT) (Retcon that whole thing, please. (Rewind the tape. Rawr.) <@Brett> ( Yep, nope, what's the difference? ) (Us having a chance to be sneaky) <@Brett> [The operatives aren't looking at you, busy rounding up the soldiers.] * Sonia heads along the wall to the right towards the van. She produces a bead between her fingers, but doesn't throw it quite yet. * Nigel post rewind still keeps heading for the van. But this time a bit more quietly. He keeps an eye on Alysha, though. She better also be heading for the van. * Montana passes the crossbow to Alysha. "Go for the van and stick to the wall," he tells the others softly. "And for fuck's sake, try to be quiet? I'll bring up the back." <@Brett> [Alysha looks at the crossbow like Montana just handed her a quantum teleporter. "Um.... 'kay."] * Gordo switches places with Monty and tries to keep quiet as he makes his way to the van. * Shiho is still being carried. She looks sort of amused by the situation. * Montana watches the guards and etc. as the group moves, then when the others get a-going he does, too. <@Brett> [Alysha heads towards the van! But stops after a few steps, pointing towards the soldiers. "Hey, look." Krasmia emerges from the main building, Cathanza under her arm. Both are in various states of undress and bruised heavily, but Cathanza's the one who's unconscious. Natascha emerges after, and they start conversing.]] <@Brett> [Alysha turns back to you! "We gotta save her."] * Montana looks at Alysha like she's insane, because SHE FUCKING IS. * Nigel shakes his head. "No, miss. We have to save us... Then we can save her." Ma'am, do we have _anything_ that can hurt her through that glowy field thing of hers? <@Brett> ["Probably not. But I'm not saying we should rush out there right now." She turns to Montana, grinning.] * Shiho gives her an, 'Oh hell no,' look and pushes against Nigel to be put down. * Sonia says, lowly, "I'm still getting the van." * Nigel sighs and places her on the ground and gives her a worried 'be careful' look. * Shiho walks right up to Alysha, points a finger at her, and mouthes very vehemently, 'NO.' Look, get me an orbital laser, or a missile launcher, or a magic flintlock or something to deal with their bullshit, but right now we're running like scunny dogs wit our tails between our legs. * Nigel shakes his head. "Alysha. We need to get you out of here and get Shiho medical attention. Cathanza is part demon. She's going to be fine for now. We'll save her when we aren't nearly dead." <@Brett> [Alysha nods. "I agree. Which is why I want Montana to infiltrate them."] * Nigel nods. "Sounds like a plan. Let's get to the van." * Montana nods in agreement, not wanting to make noise when they're trying to be quiet. <@Brett> ["Can you do it?" She asks plainly.] * Montana makes a shushing motion, because geez, and then asks very softly, "Now?" <@Brett> ["Well, yeah," She says. "If you don't do it now we won't be able to find them."] Get to the van, ma'am. I'll do what I can. * Shiho is looking more annoyed by the moment about the fact that Alysa isn't getting in the damn van. But *only* if you go. <@Brett> [Alysha winks. "All I'm asking." She heads for the van.] * Montana moves around the corner, dropping his hat on Sonia's head on the way, where he starts to strip. Well. Remove his outer layer of clothing. He's pretty fast at it, all considered, but it still needs to be done. * Gordo gives Monty a brief salute and then follows Alysha. * Nigel sighs with relief. Looks back at Montana for a second and then heads forward, sticking by Shiho in case she collapses or something. * Shiho gets in the van with Alysha. (Brett: Can I flux up a locator for Montana?) (It'd be nice to have one!) (I agree, hence the question!) (And fairly low tech, too.) <@Brett> ( Sure ) (Do we have medical supplies in the van?) <@Brett> ( First aid kit! ) <@Brett> ( Though the real question is does anyone have medical arts? :P ) * Sonia adjusts the hat on her head and pulls another device out from near her hip, a mix of her smooth silvery normal looking stuff and some wires, twisting a few things before saying, "Montana. Tracer." A mini-pause, then, "In case." * Sonia will toss it at him once he turns towards her. (Closest I have is Biological Sciences) (I have Medicine Diagnosis.) (Because I'm a good character.) (I don't!) (I kill things, I don't fix them.) (I'm sure Nigel's roll is as good as mine without the skill, so.) * Nigel grabs the first aid kit from the van and starts to look over Shiho to see if he can figure out how to patch her up. <@Brett> ( Up to you guys :P ) * Montana drops his boot coverings on the pile of clothes and catches the tracker with his left hand. "Thanks, darlin'," he says, tucking it on his person. (He does have a very high mind) <@Brett> ( I have no idea how to treat a victim of strangling, so... ) (Me either!) * Sonia nods and swings into the van's seat, hat still on her head, as she starts it up. She adjusts the hat again and mutters to herself, "No, he's fine." * Montana is now all faceless gray ninja and he proceeds to climb the wall, sticking to it rather like a spider, before scurrying across the side towards the group they just ran away from. (If I'm breathing fine, it's probably just really nasty bruising.) (We're likely talking bruising, hopefully not a damaged windpipe.) (Which hurts like a bitch but will heal.) (Yeah.) * Gordo grabs his riffle and takes shotgun. <@Brett> [Alysha gets in the van, FYI. She stands by to assist Nigel.] * Shiho humors them by letting them inspect her neck. She doesn't seem too concerned. <@Brett> ( Montana, join #mc5-sneaky ) <@Brett> ( With some sort of log-type person ) * Nigel sighs. "It doesn't look like anything in here will be of much use. Are you feeling okay?" * Sonia starts the van up and says, lowly, "Hold on. Time to break out." * Shiho types into her cell phone and holds it up. 'I can breathe fine, it's just sore.' By now, the bruising is starting to show up and darken around her neck. <@Brett> [Alysha grabs her computer. "I can make medical arrangements. Hold on.] Good to hear. * Sonia then floors it, not quite peeling out and putting the window down. It's drivin' time! 'Also, I would like to point out that neck injuries do nothing to my walking abilities.' * Nigel nods. "Okay. If you need anything, let me know. Not many people can say they've been strangled by a Fomori and lived." * Nigel smiles. "I wasn't sure how strong your breathing was, and I already knew I could carry you." 'Thank you, but let's not make this a habit, okay?' <@Brett> ["Better safe than sorry," Alysha says. "You're not allowed to die while under contract."] * Nigel raises an eyebrow. "Don't make a habit out of being strangled by goatmen. And you're welcome." I'll keep that in mind. * Nigel motions to Alysha. "See? You wouldn't want to get fired. You better stay alive." 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Montana and gets a natural 6 for a result of 16. * Shiho types again and turns the screen towards Alysha. 'You'll not allowed to use anything that re-classifies me as 'unliving' or 'undead,' I'm nearly positive it's in my contract.' <@Brett> [Alysha grins. "I wouldn't worry about that. I couldn't make you a zombie if I tried."] <@Brett> [Meanwhile, Sonia comes upon a problem: The barrier to the base is down.] (What kind of barrier is this?) (I mean, my active plan is to use my beads to perform a little impromptu demolition.) <@Brett> ( A thick iron bar and tire spikes. There's a booth right next to it, though.] ) (Tire spikes are pretty bad for us. Are there badguys watching the gate?) <@Brett> ( Nope! Surprisingly enough. ) (HOORAY.) * Sonia snaps, quickly, "Someone get out and open the gate?" as she pulls up to it, slowing. * Gordo looks at the other people in the van and then gets out. (Here's hoping that two levels of mechanics can ge the door open!) (Also Millsci hardware!) <@Brett> [Gordo finds a lever marked "Open" and "Closed". It's currently on "Closed"] (COMPLEXITY) * Gordo moves the lever to the open position, causing the earth to explode. (The earth opens and swallows you. Good game!) <@Brett> [The bar is lifted!] * Gordo gets back in before somebody notices. * Sonia waits for Gordo to get most of the way in before heading out again. After a few moments she says, "So the plan is that Montana sticks to his new girlfriend and then later we save her. Good plannin'." 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Montana and gets a natural 5 for a result of 15. <@Brett> [Alysha beams. "I'm a genius."] 'Why do you care so much?' * Gordo turns to face Alysha. "Being the weapons runners that we are, do we have access to anything to make this easier?" <@Brett> [Alysha shrugs at Gordo. "I don't know. I can see if I can get anything from HQ, but remember we don't make weapons. We don't have a huge stockpile just in case something like this comes up." She turns to Shiho, blinking. "What do you mean?"] 'Why are we saving this girl?' <@Brett> ["Because it pays to have a powerful friend on our side. And because she saved us. Granted, she saved us from a danger she put us in, but still.... And besides," Alysha grins. "I like her."] * Montana speaks over communications: ~MMO's taking her. I'm on her truck now.~ <@Brett> ( We can end when you're ready ) (I'm good. It's clear we've been setup for next week!) <@Brett> ( That works for me! ) <@Brett> [End!]