http://bacon.sandwich.net/ardweden/mc5/mc5-ice.txt http://bacon.sandwich.net/ardweden/mc5/mc5-iceb.txt <@Brett> [Date: Saturday, April 23rd. Time: 11:00 p.m. Location: Hong Kong] <@Brett> [Minutes ago, you rescued Sonia's frenemy Ice! She's agreed to tell you where Charles Liu is, on the condition that you help her get her supercar back. The only problem is it's been taken by Nyssa Nkhan, one of Sebastian's cronies who seemingly has power over machinery. Ice knows where she is, and per her directions you're heading towards a garage in Aberdeen.] <@Brett> [Start! <@Brett> [Ice looks at Sonia, having taken the passenger's seat. "Well? What's your plan?"] * Arwen isn't in the passenger's seat! That's cool, he didn't need it anyway. He's sitting allllll the way in the back, then, checking over the more damaged parts of his suit. (Oops! * Arwen is now known as Montana * Montana isn't in the passenger's seat! That's cool, he didn't need it anyway. He's sitting allllll the way in the back, then, checking over the more damaged parts of his suit. (I fixed it.) <@Brett> :x * Sonia is heading towards a garage in Aberdeen! In a van. And her car suit isn't on her. "Mainly explosives." * Shiho is in the back next to Montana, watching him work. "Sounds like a plan to me." It ain't like I got a lot of options. If she's got control over electronics, we gotta stay physical. * Gordo has taken a middle seat and is currently checking his ammo, he'd love to actually tear down his guns after their dip in the ocean, but a moving van really isn't the place for that. "S'worked for us in the past." Kinda doubt she'll give us a clean sniper shot, but it'd be nice. We have any idea of her range? <@Brett> [Ice rolls her eyes. "So the woman made of electronics is going to charge in with electronic weapons against a woman who controls electronics?"] * Sonia exhales noisily. "Fuck, Ice. I meant chemical explosives with chemical detonators. Dreamer's working on it. Since you're in such a goddamn rush." <@Brett> [She shrugs. "I don't know what she's doing to my car. I don't want to have to rebuild that thing from scratch."] * Nigel is sitting somewhere in the middle of the car, since that's the spot left, presumably. He's got his laptop open and is tapping around at it. You and me both. * Montana leans forward to look over Nigel's shoulder, thus putting him in a position in the van. <@Brett> ["Well you'd better hurry," says Ice. She gestures at a building at the end of the street. "We're here."] * Sonia pulls the van to a stop, letting her damaged arm hang, and says, "Right. We can't drive up to, uh, anyone who can do that. You'll all have to close on foot." * Nigel is looking at some occult websites. They look pretty complicated, but he is currently seeing if he can find anything at all about this "mandala" stuff. And, uh, when Dreamer shows up with something I can use, I'll try and join you. <@Brett> [Nigel finds the wikipedia definition for a mandala, several mandalas available for download, and a biography of Nelson Mandela.] Hopefully I can keep any support off you too. * Gordo looks at the building in question and then the rest of the street. (Is there anyplace to snipe from and what kind of a building is it anyway? Residential, office spaces, a firework factory?) (garage is what we have) * Montana looks up. "Sure thing, darlin'." He pulls his mask back over his face. <@Brett> [It's a large garage, like where you might take your car to get serviced. There's two corner buildings that could serve as suitable sniping areas, if Gordo can get to them without being noticed.] <@Brett> [Ice says to Sonia, "So you're just going to sit back here while they do all the work?"] You're very rude for a person in need of a favor. * Sonia rolls her eyes and pulls something out of her pockets, before handing it to Shiho. "It's how she was brought up. Shiho, this'll help me at least hear what's going on in there. It'll give me a chance of not killing any of you with my explosive play." <@Brett> ["Maybe," Ice says, "But if you want Liu, you'll do it." * Sonia glances around. "Here's hopin' there's somethin' 'round here that isn't wired to the teeth." * Gordo looks at the buildings and wishes he had a helecopter, or at least knew more about picking locks and disabling fire alarms. * Montana catches Gordo's look. "Thinkin' about a sniper perch, Gordo?" * Shiho takes what Sonia's giving her and puts it where it's appropriate. (Cause I have no idea what she handed me.) <@Brett> ( A new car! ) Yeah, don't know if I cen get up the insides without a ruckas, and I'm not one fer climing the outsides of buildings. (It's just a little gadget based on my power flux. I'm hoping Nyssa won't disable random things that aren't doing anything. So Sonia can 'hear' what's going on.) (Brett: What kinds of buildings are they? Like can Montana tell their general purpose/layout by looking at them?) <@Brett> ( One is a restaurant, the other is a dental office ) (Right. Dental office it is.) * Montana ehs. "Ain't like it's open. C'mon, we'll set ya up." Thanks Monty. * Montana grins, not that anyone can see that because the mask gets in the way. "Sure." He scoots by the others to climb out of the van, waiting for Gordo before he helps him raid the dental office. <@Brett> ( Gimme stealth rolls :D ) * Gordo collects his guns and climbs out of the van. <@Brett> ( Monty and Gordo ) (Specialty?) (Montana's really looking out for Gordo with this.) * Nigel climbs out of the van and readies his crossbow. <@Brett> ( Camoflague I guess ) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Gordo and gets a natural 10 for a result of 16. (Heh, what does the stealth suit do for camo rolls?) 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Montana and gets a natural 4 for a result of 13. * Shiho follows after Nigel and draws her sword. "This will be fun," she says dryly. (I have a DR if needed.) (Many DR.) <@Brett> ( Might wanna use it :| ) (DR1) * Nigel shakes his head to Shiho. "Isn't it always?" 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Montana and gets a natural 7 for a result of 16. (Should I burn one?) (SLIGHTLY BETTER.) <@Brett> ( Nah ) (16 is usually more than fine.) (But ONLY BRETT KNOWS and he said no. XD) <@Brett> [Monty and Gordo sneak up to the dental office. It's closed.] * Montana doesn't seem to care, making with the breaking and the entering. <@Brett> [Ice sits back and folds her arms. "You sure these guys are reliable?" She says once everyone else left the van.] 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Montana and gets a natural 7 for a result of 17. <@Brett> [Monty breaks and/or enters.] (We did just leave her alone with somebody we don't know personally when there's a known shapeshifter running about, but we figured that Sonia would survive setting herself on fire and exploding the car if she needed to.) (Sonia knows her personally, anyway. Montana's inclined to take her word on it.) * Sonia ticks off on her fingers. "We went to hell and back, beat a giant, uh, golem made of cars, and saved your petite little ass, so we're just gonna have to suffer through trustin' em for a few." * Montana manages to get the door open and slips inside. He looks around, thankful for darkvision, and makes for the stairs up. * Gordo continues to follow Monty, nightvision is awesome. <@Brett> [They go up!] (... Lego movie has ruined that word for me. I keep using it and I keep getting that song stuck in my head.) * Montana , as they climb, asks, "Roof or window?" (Hey Brett, which building is taller, ours or theirs?) <@Brett> ( yours ) <@Brett> ( need to afk a bit ) Hight is best, so the roof. * Montana nods, and he leads Gordo all the way to the roof, barring more rolls and any unexpected occurrances! * Nigel turns to Ice after Sonia says that. "She means that literally. We went to hell... well... A hell anyway..." <@Brett> ( back ) <@Brett> ( Gimme awareness checks ) (my turn to afk) (Everyone?) 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Gordo and gets a natural 5 for a result of 10. <@Brett> ( Yes ) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Nigel and gets a natural 8 for a result of 15. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Shiho and gets a natural 7 for a result of 15. <@Brett> ( Sight or sound ) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 15. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Sonia and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. <@Brett> ( Oh, that's everyone :O ) <@Brett> ( Okie dokie ) <@Brett> ( Carry on ) * Gordo climbs stairs in the dark! <@Brett> [Ice suddenly sits forward. "Sonic?"] * Sonia looks over to Ice slightly. "Yeah?" (Back) (Let me know when we get to the roof, Brett.) <@Brett> [She points towards the nearest streetlight, where there's a small, spider-like robot with a camera coming out of it. A camera pointed at them. "I think we'd better--"] <@Brett> [And then the glass of one of the windows on the garage explodes, and heavy autofire rains down towards you.] <@Brett> ( Everyone but Gordo and Monty gimme def rolls ) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Shiho and gets a natural 7 for a result of 13. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Sonia and gets a natural 12 for a result of 18. (critical splut) <@Brett> ( Annnnnnnd Dre's not here ) (I said I was back... didn't I? Oh! I missed the def roll. sorry) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Nigel and gets a natural 2 for a result of 8. (...well that's nice) (anti-critical split) <@Brett> [Either way, Shiho dives to the street and avoids getting shot! Sonia's able to get Dreamer in gear and pull out of the way and back around the corner, while Nigel's too dumbfounded to move until the force of a bullet hitting him in the gut does it for him.] (Not Dreamer, the van!) (Dreamer's not on the scene yet, she's busy getting explosives.) <@Brett> ( Right ) <@Brett> ( The van. ) <@Brett> ( Also I seem to have lost track of who's at what hp ) <@Brett> [Anyhow Gordo and Monty get to the roof.] (We can't help you with that Brett, we don't know how hurt we are either. ^^;) * Sonia has mad reaction skills as the wheels squeal and pull around. She comms, angrily, "We're under fire, boy and boy. Get your shit in gear." (all I know is that one of my arms is barely functioning) <@Brett> [Ice is jostled by the quick moves. "God damn I hate machines."] <@Brett> ( Oh, I found it. ) * Gordo comms as he hustles the short distance to the edge of the roof and sets up. "On it!" <@Brett> ( Everyone but Shiho is fairly well hurt, actually :o ) * Montana comms back, "Just hit the roof." He moves to the edge, looking down for a better view. <@Brett> ( Nigel wasn't, but... now he is. ) (Yeah, the 'rescue' mission was not the greatest. But you press on.) * Nigel takes a shot to his stomach and falls down on the ground. "Bollocks." (Classic Brit understatment there.) (naughty bullet, hiding in the crisps again) (Are we going to get into init, or should I just start shooting spiderbots?) <@Brett> ( Yeah, roll init. ) * Sonia mutters at Ice, "Yeah, sorry, welcome to a year that doesn't start with 19." 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Sonia and gets a natural 5 for a result of 10. * Shiho swears and ducks down by Nigel. "Can you stand?" <@Brett> ( We had machines in the 1900s :< ) 2d6+11 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+11 for Shiho and gets a natural 4 for a result of 15. <@Brett> ( That's it, next enemy is a possessed VCR. ) 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Gordo and gets a natural 3 for a result of 11. (Not the return of Rei the ricecooker?) <@Brett> ( That's being reserved for that cat game I made up. ) (Ah) 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Nigel and gets a natural 10 for a result of 15. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+8 for Montana and gets a natural 9 for a result of 17. <@Brett> [Monty's turn!] (What do I see? I went to the edge of the roof.) <@Brett> [Monty sees the garage below, with some broken glass around the front of one window.] (How long a drop is it to the other building / how far? I'm trying to figure out if it's feasible to drop down, or run partway down this building and jump to the roof of the other.) <@Brett> ( Three floors. ) <@Brett> ( So.... 30 ft or so I guess. ) (*looks up jumping stuff*) (You can move to the next person while I do this. I'm figuring out mobility.) <@Brett> ( Ok ) <@Brett> [Shiho!] (Are any spiderbots close enough to hit with a sword?) <@Brett> ( Nope. They're all on buildings or streetlights or somesuch. ) (Aaand can we say my gun got cleaned after the dip in the ocean?) <@Brett> ( Sure! ) (Awesome) * Shiho leans over Nigel and fires at the first spiderbot she sees. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Shiho and gets a natural 8 for a result of 15. (We've already determined that Jumping also improves your ability to handle the shock of a certain distance because otherwise the attribute would be stupid, so... Montana can jump 13.5 meters with a running start, which means 44 or so feet. OKAY. He can make that.) <@Brett> [Shiho shoots the bot off the light. It falls to the ground with a crunch.[ <@Brett> ( Going for it? ) * Montana backs up and makes a running jump, aiming to land on the the garage's roof. (Yup.) <@Brett> ( gimme a jump roll ) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Montana and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. <@Brett> [Meanwhile Nigel can go. <@Brett> [Montana makes the jump! Barely, but he makes it.] (Does he have to spend this turn getting up? Or can he get up and shoot?) <@Brett> ( He can get up and shoot. ) (Any of the bots bunched up in groups or are they all individual? ) * Montana oofs, rolling a bit at the bottom but getting up none the worse for wear. He takes stock of his new location. <@Brett> ( They don't seem to be. ) * Nigel pushes himself to his feet with a wince, raises his crossbow and fires an armor piercing bolt at one of the bots on a streetlight. 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Nigel and gets a natural 7 for a result of 16. <@Brett> [Nigel knocks another bot down!] <@Brett> [At this point the garage door opens and a monsterous bi-pedal bot with chainguns for arms steps out. "VA!" shouts a female voice over loudspeakers mounted on it, "So nice of you to come! It saves me the trouble of having to capture that girl and send her body to you piece by piece!"] (Joke's on her, we don't have mailing addresses.) <@Brett> [Gordo is next!] <@Brett> ( It's true. Harold McCaul had a heck of a problem finding you. ) * Gordo takes aim at a pair of spiderbots and assuming he hits with both shots, overkills the hell out of them. ~³Ice, that yours?²~ 2 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+8 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 5 7 ) for a result of ( 13 15 ). (Shiho has an apartment that she hasn't been to since this job started.) Jesus, Gordo, that's a bot, not a car. <@Brett> [Gordo overkills the hell out of those bots as Ice says, "Um, no? Does that look like a car to you?"] <@Brett> [Sonia!] "I've seen a car turn into a boat, I'm taken no chances." (pffff) * Sonia says, under her breath, "Dreamer, where are you," before she leans out the window and takes a shot at the bot. "Ice, take the damn wheel if you're not gonna shoot anything." (Called shot to the chaingun, total attack, here's hoping Ice listens to advice for once.) <@Brett> ( Which chaingun, left or right? ) (Do either of them look particularly interesting in the 3 seconds I have to draw a bead and fire?) (Does this thing have a bonus to hit it, to the tune of awkward size?) <@Brett> ( They both look pretty awesome. ) (Then whichever is closest.) <@Brett> ( It does at that. ) 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Sonia and gets a natural 6 for a result of 15. (Minus whatever the called shot does.) <@Brett> [Sonia blasts the left gun of the bot! it's damaged but still seems functional. She also doesn't die from a crash as Ice takes the wheel. "Fine."] <@Brett> [Montana!] (Well, it's more that Ice is going to have to make the defense rolls for us now, sine I can't drive and shoot.) * Montana pulls a second gun from under his vest - the gel gun, because well, this seems a REALLY GOOD time for it - and fires a gel blob at the other chain-gun-arm-thing. From behind. Which she probably has no idea is coming. (So if they're caught completely unawares, what's the bonus for that, or is it a penalty to their defense?) (Completely unawares is no defense.) (RIGHT THEN.) <@Brett> ( Unless Montana got seen by a spider bot o/~ ) (I'm on the roof of her own garage. It's your call, nat.) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+7 for Montana and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. <@Brett> [Sure enough, Monty blows up the other gun. This WAS a good time for splody gel.] (Woo!) <@Brett> [Shiho!] <@Brett> ( Shiho! ) (Yes sorry, I was figuring out what I wanted to do) * Shiho runs in at the giant bot with her sword to try and stab it in a weak spot. Hopefully she can figure out what a good spot would be! 2d6+10 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+10 for Shiho and gets a natural 8 for a result of 18. <@Brett> [Shiho manages to stab it between the joints, where it spews oil at her. Hopefully that was a good spot.] <@Brett> [Nigel!] * Nigel turns towards the giant, now oil leaking, robot thing and fires another armor piercer at it. 2d6+9 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+9 for Nigel and gets a natural 4 for a result of 13. <@Brett> [Nigel hits something important in it's chest area; it's sparking electricity.] <@Brett> [But it's not down yet, and sprays the area with chaingun goodness.] <@Brett> ( Everyone but Monty and Gordo gimme def rolls. ) (Rooftops is the place to be!) (Sure is!) 2d6+3 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+3 for Sonia and gets a natural 9 for a result of 12. 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Nigel and gets a natural 9 for a result of 15. (come on ice, don't suck at driving defense) 2d6+6 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+6 for Shiho and gets a natural 7 for a result of 13. <@Brett> [Everyone avoids getting shot. Including Sonia, thanks to Ice not sucking at driving.] <@Brett> [Gordo!] (We got any spiders left?) <@Brett> ( gimme a sight roll! ) 2d6+5 * Dicesuke rolls 2d6+5 for Gordo and gets a natural 7 for a result of 12. <@Brett> [Gordo doesn't see any.] * Gordo glances around for some more spider bots, and not seeing any, attempts to put some more holes in the big robot. 2 2d6+8 * Dicesuke rolls 2 2d6+8 for Gordo and gets a natural ( 6 7 ) for a result of ( 14 15 ). <@Brett> [Gordo puts two holes in the bot, and it collapses backward, crackling with electricity.] <@Brett> ( Annnnd I'm gonna call it here ) (Right. We killed a robot!) (Yay, GAME HAPPENED!) <@Brett> ( I'm pretty tired :| ) <@Brett> [End!]