<@Brett> [Date: ? Time: ? Location: Somewhere in Hell] <@Brett> [Last time OH GOD TOO MANY NPCS happened.] <@Brett> [Then you decided to sneak into the castle and rescue Julia, who is possibly the only person who can get you home.] <@Brett> [Fantasma went to provide a distraction whilst the rest of you snuck in. And he does so right now, by walking right up to the gate and opening fire!] <@Brett> [Start!] <@Brett> [The demons fire arrows at Fantasma, but he seems unconcerned. As well he should, because they pass through him harmlessly.] <@Brett> [Meanwhile y'all wait for Montana to sneak you in. Presumably.] (Reading the log, Shiho will activate in a minute or two.) * Gordo sneaks a bit away from the group so that when he starts shooting down the fliers, they don't immidiatly find everybody. * Nigel readies a blessed bolt in his crossbow just in case and waits for some sort of signal of what they are going to do. * Montana sneaks ahead, already knowing the territory, and guides everyone towards the gap in the wall's defenses/patrols. <@Brett> ( Stealth roll, Monty :D ) (Yessir!) * @Sonia is guided. Boy, walking is fun. 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Montana and gets a natural 7 for a result of 17. (Bam, I'm the best at stealth!) <@Brett> [Montana totally leads you into the castle, briefly hiding behind the seige machines as more demons come running oout, cchasing after Fantasma, who's leading everyone away. Klara looks like she wants to shoot them, but refrains long enough for Montana to get you in through the gate.] * Shiho has been quiet for quite a while as she messes with her new sword. She's finally done, and looks satisfied with whatever she had been testing. (Now that we're in, what've we got?) * Montana climbs over the wall last, then moves ahead, keeping an eye out and trying to make sure everyone stays unnoticed. <@Brett> [The inside of the castle itself looks like a hallowed out cavern, with torches set up periodically along the wall. You're in a large corridor with several rooms and branching paths. At the end of the corridor is a large staircase leading up.] * Montana doesn't have x-ray vision, nor can he begin to guess at demonic construction. He looks back to Nigel, then tilts his head in his best faceless version of a "now where?" expression. 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Nigel and gets a natural 8 for a result of 17. * Nigel shrugs and whispers. "Probably in the dungeons. We should look for a way down." * Montana nods, then moves for the first path to the right or left, taking that. <@Brett> d10 * Dicesuke rolls 1d10 for Brett and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. <@Brett> [You head down the first right corridor! As you do, an awful stench creeps in from.... somewhere.] (Stench like what?) <@Brett> [A bit further down, you stumble into a room where you find the source of the smells: some sort of kitchen, where a red demon with a huge under-bite and tusks is using a cleaver to chop up bits of people. Bad news is he's also facing the open doorway as you walk by, and shrieks out a challenge.] <@Brett> ( Gimme init rolls! ) 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Sonia and gets a natural 8 for a result of 13. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Nigel and gets a natural 6 for a result of 11. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Gordo and gets a natural 4 for a result of 11. (Oh right... this is the game where we always roll 11 for init) 2d6+11 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+11 for Shiho and gets a natural 4 for a result of 15. <@Brett> ( Is dicey working properly? ) <@Brett> These rolls seem off <@Brett> ( I mean, these rolls seem off ) <@Brett> 2d12 * Dicesuke rolls 2d12 for Brett and gets a natural 21 for a result of 21. (they're just rolls) <@Brett> 2d6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6 for Brett and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. <@Brett> 2d8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d8 for Brett and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. (how can they seem off) <@Brett> ( I dunno. You usually roll much higher with Fuuko ) (Fuuko is nicer) (again, how is that possible) (they're randomizers) (She doesn't hate us) 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Montana and gets a natural 6 for a result of 14. <@Brett> ( You tell me ) (you cannot actually discern a pattern) <@Brett> [Shiho!] (More seriously, Mecha is right.) <@Brett> ( Suit yourself. I'll remember this next time you start complaining about your rolls though :P ) (Hey if it was the dice bot, your rolls would suck too) <@Brett> 2d6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6 for Brett and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. <@Brett> ( Huh, guess so ) <@Brett> [Anyhow Shiho's turn] <@Brett> ( Probably shouldn't have bothered with init given how fast this guy will likely go down, but meh. ) * Shiho curses and darts into the room to answer that challenge with her sword. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Shiho and gets a natural 9 for a result of 17. <@Brett> [Shiho slashes him, the blade leaving a blue trail as it cuts into the demon. He howls in pain and rage.] <@Brett> [Monty!] (Oh balls. This place is about to close... sigh... I didn't know they closed at 10) <@Brett> ( ._. ) (I'll just head to Kevin's... it's fine) <@Brett> ( Did you guys lose your home? .-. ) (No) (Just their internet) (It's just that our internet is out) (I'll be right back. You guys can kill this guy) * Montana snaps out his whip, attempting to disarm the demon. <@Brett> ( K ) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 11 for a result of 17. <@Brett> [Montana doesn't critfail, and the cleaver goes flying out of the demon's hand! It's a huge unwieldly thing.] <@Brett> [Sonia!] * Nigel (Nigel@b.clients.kiwiirc.com) Quit (Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client) * Sonia will fire a sonic shot at him, looking ready to fire already. It's a good thing she has sonic senses and so could, you know, see things outside of line of sight! 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Sonia and gets a natural 6 for a result of 12. <@Brett> [Sonia hits him, staggering him with her ... sonicness.] <@Brett> [And he's down. Hurrah!] * Sonia puts her gun away. "Let's find another way. At least he didn't alert anyone." * Montana tries not to look at the human... parts. He nods and moves quickly, heading back and for the next corridor down. <@Brett> ["He bellowed pretty loudly," says Alysha.] Best be on guard. Let's move quickly, then. (*Sighs wearily* Brett, I have 10 meter environmental influence sound, can I have suppressed his little stupid bellow?) <@Brett> ( I suppose so ) * Sonia tilts her head as they get back in motion, then says lowly, "There's running." She gestures towards it with one half-metal-clad hand. * Montana looks up, then starts looking around for an alternate path / way to hide people. <@Brett> ( There's side rooms a-plenty! ) * Montana books it for a side room! <@Brett> [The gaggle of NPCs follows him. He knows what he's doing. Right?] * Montana has no idea, really! But don't tell them that. (Can the dead demon be seen from the door?) (Prop him up, pretend he's alive.) (Talk to them in demonic. I bet Nigel can do that.) <@Brett> ( I'm going to assume you guys made a moderate effort to hide the body before leaving, so no. ) * Sonia follows. Here's hoping. (Okay!) * Gordo hides in the side room too! * DreMac (TwistedRid@173-21-240-248.client.mchsi.com) has joined #mc5 * DreMac is now known as Nigel <@Brett> [You enter the side room! It appears to be a storage room for red jello. No really, jello upon jello lines the walls. Hopefully that's jello, anyhow.] * Sonia frowns, then says lowly, "They were headed out to the distraction. Sounds like it's working." * Montana asks quietly, "They pass?" * Sonia nods. "Past and out." <@Brett> [Klara looks at the jello thoughtfully. <@Brett> ] * Nigel also looks at the Jell-O. * Montana notices them looking at it. "That somethin' we can use?" he asks, because he doesn't know. <@Brett> [Klara looks at Nigel thoughtfully. "Should we burn it?"] Given the other room, I'm thinking it's no good wondering what flavor that is. <@Brett> [Aberracao turns his head towards her. "What? Why??"] <@Brett> [She grins. "It looks burnable."] Lotta stuff's burnable. Let's go. * Nigel shakes his head. "I see no reason to burn it." <@Brett> ["Comrade," she points at a torch on a wall. "I see no reason not to."] <@Brett> [Aberracao grumbles behind his mask. "Goddamnit Klara."] * Nigel shakes his head. "We don't need to alert more people to our presence and also? we may need to come back this way and having a raging inferno in this room seems bad. I know this is hell and all, but lets keep the lakes of fire to a minimum." <@Brett> [Alysha tugs Montana's sleeve. "Hey, get us out of here before she does something dumb."] <@Brett> [Klara pouts. "That's hardly fun."] * Nigel shrugs. "This is hell. If you were having fun, it's not doing its job." We need to keep -moving-. * Montana does, in fact, get moving! Darn his player for getting distracted for a bit. <@Brett> ( Durn it Monty ) * Montana leads the way back towards the main hallway, choosing the next branching corridor down the way. <@Brett> d9 * Dicesuke rolls 1d9 for Brett and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. * Gordo keeps an out for... what he's not sure, but Monty usually knows what he's doing. <@Brett> [Monty leads you down another corridor, where......] 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 4 for a result of 10. (DR1) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 10 for a result of 16. <@Brett> [As Monty turns a corner, he's greeted by a large yet eerily quiet buzzsaw in the wall that nearly takes off his head. Only his swift reflexes (i.e., ability to quickly fall on his ass) saves him.] <@Brett> [The good news is there are stairs leading down just beyond.] <@Brett> [Alysha stares at the groove the buzzsaw came out of.] * Shiho bites back a curse before asking, "You alright?" * Montana blinks at the buzzsaw, then gets back to his feet. "Yeah." (Now that we know it's there, is it easy to get by the buzzsaw?) <@Brett> ( Yep! ) * Gordo stands well back. "What sort'f mad man builds something like that?" * Montana moves to one side, moving along the hall sideways and giving the buzzsaw as wide a berth as he can. He keeps his eye out for more traps. "They don't." <@Brett> ["It wasn't built so much as conjured," says Alysha.] <@Brett> [You get to the stairs! Without dying!] (Awesome!) (Hooray!) * Montana can, hopefully, go down the stairs without dying! * Sonia gestures behind them as she follows and says, "Somethin's coming up behind." <@Brett> ( Monty, gimme a Goes Down the Stairs roll! ) (What is that even.) <@Brett> [Everyone else goes down normally, until Montana says that. Then Klara bounds back up. "I will keep them busy for you." Aberracao hesitates, then heads back up too. "Shit. Alright, fine. Hurry up and find Julia, will you?"] <@Brett> ( Until Sonia says that. ) <@Brett> ( It's the roll you need to go down the stairs. ) <@Brett> ( You know, the opposite of a Goes Up the Stairs roll ) (Pfft. I'll roll a 2d6, sure. XP) 2d6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6 for Montana and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. <@Brett> [Tragically Montana died on the way down the stairs. :(] (Tragedy!) (OH NOES) <@Brett> ( But for reals, someone do something :| ) (I went down the stairs!) * Nigel follows Montana downstairs. * Sonia follows Montana. Is there nowhere to hide this time? <@Brett> [You head down the stairs, where you find the dungeon. It certainly looks like one, filled with all manner of nasty spikey torture devices. Many of which look recently used. The room is lined with jail cells, one of which contains a native-American woman in a safari outfit. She looks unharmed. However there's also three demons in there. One's armed with a scourge, one's got claws the size <@Brett> of your arms, and one's on fire.] <@Brett> ( Gimme init rolls ) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Gordo and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. 2d6+11 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+11 for Shiho and gets a natural 10 for a result of 21. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Montana and gets a natural 4 for a result of 12. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Nigel and gets a natural 8 for a result of 13. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Sonia and gets a natural 10 for a result of 15. <@Brett> [Shiho, WhipDemon, Sonia, ClawDemon, FlameDemon, Gordo, Nigel, Sara, Montana] <@Brett> [Shiho Go] * Shiho goes for ClawDemon first, slicing out to cut it down. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Shiho and gets a natural 6 for a result of 14. <@Brett> [Shiho delivers a powerful cut to the demon, drawing a lot of black blood from its chest. It howls in agony.] <@Brett> [The demon with the scourge swings it at Monty!] (Whip fight!) (what, not cool!) (Is that a -1 to defend because flexible?) 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Montana and gets a natural 4 for a result of 9. (Haha, I assume that misses?) 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 14. (DR2 ^) <@Brett> [Monty nimbly dodges the scourge. Good thing, too, since it's got sharp bits and looks painful.] <@Brett> [Sonia!] * Sonia steps up to the Claw Demon and takes a swing with her metal-covered fist, right to the same place Shiho cut it. Let's double up on the damage. "Go down." (Full attack) 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Sonia and gets a natural 8 for a result of 17. (Minus whatever for the called shot.) <@Brett> [Sonia lands a solid hit on the demon, and it obliges by going down.] <@Brett> [But noticcing Sonia left herself open, the flame demon sends a torrent of sprinkl-- I mean flame at her.] 2d6+4 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+4 for Sonia and gets a natural 6 for a result of 10. <@Brett> ( Because really, what else would a flame demon do? ) (It seems in character.) (So I probably take a hit! Next?) (Gordo, I think?) <@Brett> [Sonia takes a hit. Gordo's next.] * Gordo shoots the claw demon twice, gotta focus fire! 2 2d6+ * Sonia finds that it is quite hot in here, but that doesn't get her to take off her metal suit. She grimaces a little, though. 2 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+7 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 12 7 ) for a result of ( 19 14 ). (The claw demon is already down.) (It's true!) (Oh... Whippy demon dies then!) (Hit another thing with that crit.) <@Brett> ( Is that a crit fail? ) (No, it's a crit success.) (GORDO BROUGHT A GUN TO A WHIP FIGHT.) (for once.) <@Brett> ( ) <@Brett> [Gordo blasts a hole through the scourge demon's head, proving that I should have made these guys much stronger.] <@Brett> [Nigel!] (If this was last week, or the one before, I'd have never have hit him) * Nigel steps to the side, turns and fires a blessed bolt at the fire demon, since it is the only one left. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Nigel and gets a natural 7 for a result of 14. <@Brett> [The bolt strikes the demon in the shoulder, and it hisses, steam rising from the wound.] <@Brett> [Sara takes a shot at it next, but misses.] <@Brett> [Montana!] * Montana draws his gun and fires at the remaining demon. It's not a blessed bullet, but it'll have to do. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Montana and gets a natural 7 for a result of 14. <@Brett> [Montana hits him! He barely manages to keep on his feet.] <@Brett> [Shiho!] * Shiho turns neatly and goes for the last demon. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Shiho and gets a natural 4 for a result of 12. <@Brett> [Shiho hits, and the demon falls over dead. And stops beind on fire.] * Montana tucks his weapons away and walks over to the cell with the woman in it. "Ma'am?" * Sonia huffs and puts herself out. "So is the tourist our girl?" <@Brett> [Sara hurries over to the cell. "Julia!"] * Montana looks for the locking/opening mechanism. * Nigel nods. "I would say yes." <@Brett> [Julia, who's manacled to the wall inside the cell (one wonders what the point is), looks up groggily. "Sara? And..." She looks the rest of you over. "Is that... Alysha Johnson?"] (redundancy is important) <@Brett> [Montana finds one! It's a keyhole.] * Montana unlocks it! 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 19. <@Brett> [The lock never stood a chance. Sarah rushes into the cell. "Hold on, we'll get you out."] <@Brett> [Of course, that's easier said than done with the manacles and all.] * Nigel looks at Alysha. "How come everyone in the bleedin' multiverse knows you, Miss Johnson?" * Montana walks in, too, looking over the manacles briefly before making with unlocking: the sequel. 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Montana and gets a natural 4 for a result of 14. * Sonia walks over. "They work together." <@Brett> [Alysha peers at Nigel. "What? I told you I was friends with Sara. Didn't you think maybe I met her sister once or twice, too?"] <@Brett> [Montana unlocks Julia, who slumps to the ground when she's released.] * Nigel shrugs. "I suppose? It's just that we have met an awful lot of surprising acquaintances of yours recently." (Is Sara still just wearing Nigel's coat? Or does she have actual clothes on?) <@Brett> ["Julia!" Sara tries to help her up. "Are you hurt? What did they do to you?"] <@Brett> ( She has Montana's clothes on. ) (Okay.) (Yeah, I win!) (I think I missed her retrieving them) (It helps that I basically always wear two sets of clothes.) <@Brett> [Alysha rolls her eyes. "They work at the same place you do, Nigel. There's nothing special about our relationship."] <@Brett> ( I mean the clothes she borrowed the night before. The tight jeans and loose T-shirt :P ) * Nigel nods and shrugs. "Are we ready to go, then?" (Yeah, I figured. XD) <@Brett> [Julia waves her hand. "Just tired. They wouldn't let me sleep."] (Right. It's just that at some point she was naked and then Nigel tossed her a coat so she could come out from behind a rock without being naked. I missed her retrieval of said clothes) <@Brett> [It's about this time that Klara comes tumbling down the stairs, hitting the ground with a thud, unconscious. Or maybe dead, hard to tell from here.] (But I suppose she knows where she dropped them) * Nigel sighs? "Hell is never easy..." * Montana jerks his attention up and over. "Shit." What the- <@Brett> [Aberracao comes down after her, crashing into the ground. But he manages to get back to his feet. "Fuck! That guy's tough."] More problems we don't need. * Gordo points his gun at the noise. "Think we best leave!" <@Brett> [Sara nods. "Julia, you have to get us out of here. Can you contact the spirits?"] <@Brett> [She nods. "Give me a sec."] * Montana runs over to retrieve Klara and carry/drag her back to the others, asking Aberracao, "He here? Uh... Fantasma?" <@Brett> [Meanwhile, Aberracao grabs Klara's body and drags her back. "Hurry up!" He yells over his shoulder. His mask is broken, and you can see his face. His skin is a dark brown, and he's covered in unsightly stitches.] <@Brett> ["Here!" Says Fantasma, literally popping out of a wall. He takes one look at Klara and frowns.] <@Brett> [Meanwhile, a particular demon enters the room: It has red skin and is wearing red robes, and it's head is shaped like a horse's, but with horns coming from between its ears. "So you are right. There are humans here."] <@Brett> [Natascha peeks out from behind him. "As I've said. They've come to take the girl." She shoots you a triumphant grin when the horse-headed demon isn't looking.] * Shiho flips her off with her free hand. Aw, ye' just want her for yerself, doncha? <@Brett> [The horse headed demon spreads his hands. "Then I'd best dispose of them quickly." Fire sheathes his right hand, while frost forms around his left.] * Nigel levels a crossbow loaded with a blessed bolt at horsehead. How much time do you need, Julia? <@Brett> ["None," she says. A bright light envelopes you, and suddenly you're in the savannah, some 5 miles from the diamond mine. You can see the mountain in the distance.] (Sweet!) (a zoom zoom zoom) * Nigel sighs. "Good." <@Brett> [Julia staggers into Sara. "Uhf. That takes a lot out of me."] Whew. You've my thanks. * Montana teleports out and immediately pulls his mask off his face. "Jesus Christ. The next time I'm in Hell'd better be when I'm good and fucking dead." * Shiho says with heartfelt gratitude, "Thank you." <@Brett> [Alysha grins at Montana. "Hey, I said you'd get to travel to exotic places when you signed up, didn't I?"] * Sonia snorts and picks at slightly burnt clothing with a small sigh. * Nigel nods. "Okay. Let's get somewhere safe?" He turns to Alysha "And then I believe you promised us some explanations, Miss Johnson." <@Brett> ["No, thank you," Sara says, offering Gordo his gun back. "If you hadn't come, I don't know what would have become of my sister."] * Montana runs his hand through his now thoroughly mussed hair. <@Brett> ["Feh." Aberracao stands pointedly with his back turned to as many of you as possible. "You guys did okay, I guess. But we'd have gotten Julia out by ourselves if we had to."] <@Brett> [To which Fantasma says, "C'mon man, don't be a dick."] <@Brett> [To which Aberracao says, "Meh."] <@Brett> [Meanwhile Alysha nods at Nigel. "I know. But not here. Not til we're out of this country."] * Shiho whispers, "Tsundere." * Montana looks at Shiho, confused. * Shiho then covers her mouth and blushes slightly. "I... need some sleep." (It--it's not like I wanted to go to hell with you or anything.) Right. Let's get movin', yeah? <@Brett> [Alysha nods. "One thing, though." She walks over to Julia, who looks at her expectedly.] <@Brett> ["Julia, I want you to do everything in your power to dismantle Zakanar's prostitution ring."] <@Brett> [Julia blinks a few times. "You're kidding, right? We arms dealers, not Interpol."] * Montana mutters, "Interpol ain't doin' much." Didn't you know? She's a bit of a busybody for a death merchant. <@Brett> [Alysha nods at Montana. "Neither is anyone else. You've got some pull with the people of this country. Use it." She pauses, but then says, "But not with Tehma J'mail."] <@Brett> ["No shit," Julia responds. "Not after what that bastard did to me."] <@Brett> ["A lot worse goes on in the world than the prostitution ring in Zakanar," Julia continues. "If you can't learn to ignore that sort of thing, you're in the wrong line of work."] <@Brett> ["Maybe," Alysha says. "Maybe." She turns back to you. "Come on, let's get out of here before J'mail and his cult learns we're back."] * Nigel tilts his head at Shiho's comment, but then nods to Alysha. "Let's go." * Montana glances at Julia and Co. "Yeah." He looks down at Alysha. "Can we take care of that thing I mentioned before we hop the country?" <@Brett> [Alysha nods "I'll handle it."] * Montana grins. "Appreciate it." He tips an invisible hat to Julia and the others (because Sonia still has his real one). "Be seein' ya." (Are we about done? My laptop is going to die and I don't have a plug nearby. I mean? I can relocate and plug it in, but I probably have enough battery for about 15 minutes more) <@Brett> [About half of Julia's crew wave goodbye as you leave.] <@Brett> ( Almost. ) (Okay) <@Brett> [Fast forward to....] <@Brett> [Date: The next day. Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Paris, France, at the Colonne de Juillet] <@Brett> [Having managed to collect your things and escape the country without the Major or his secret evil cult catching you, you feld to Paris, where Alysha put you up in a comfy four star hotel for the night. The next day the first one of you to wake up found a note telling you to meet her at the Colonne de Juillet that afternoon.] <@Brett> [Soooooo.... Go ahead and do that.] * Nigel dresses in one of his extra nice suits? It feels good not to be in Hell or in some ridiculously hot region in Africa. He then heads to the meeting place! * Sonia sure does enjoy going places. She even gives Montana his hat back, and is back in a hoodie and pants. Don't wanna show off the burns too obviously. * Montana does do that! He's wearing clean clothes and has his hat on his head. It's pretty great. <@Brett> [As it's a warm day, you find Alysha at the railing around the monument, staring at the figure at the top. She's wearing a sleeveless red shirt with a somewhat-but-not-too-low cut in front and white jeans that go into thick black boots. Her hair's loose and unbound, falling past her waist at this point.] <@Brett> ( I totally forgot what month we're in, but I think it was spring or early summer ) (Accurate.) * Montana walks up, stretching a he does so, before he tips his hat to Alysha. "Afternoon, ma'am." * Shiho is wearing a black, sleeveless dress with a skirt that looks like it would flare out if she twirled in it, and brown stomping boots. Her new sword is in the sheath at her side. She is at Alysha's side, because she's not letting Alysha get kidnapped again, screw privacy and personal boundaries. * Gordo follows shortly after holding a large bottle of water and, while not the clothes he was wearing yesterday, he hasn't put any effort into dressing up. "Y'have to forgive me, not at m'best at the moment." <@Brett> [Alysha turns at that. "Hey guys." She looks fairly nervous, her normal grin nowhere to be seen.] * Nigel sits down and offers a wave. "Good morning." * Montana is looking pretty good, if tired, despite having drunk almost as much as Gordo the previous night. (er afternoon) <@Brett> ["I know I said I'd explain everything," she says, then scratches the back of her head, "But I'm not really sure where to start." She considers for a minute. Then sighs. "Okay, let's start with this."] <@Brett> [She looks at each of you in turn, then says, "Alysha Johnson is dead."] <@Brett> [Session end.]