<Brett> [Nazi Earth, Day 2]
<Brett> [Following last night's team deathmatch arena was nothing but cell time.
Hooray.  The next morning was pretty uneventful.  Then lunch rolled around and
you gathered in the cafeteria, where you could talk for awhile while the GM
afks.]
<Brett> [Immediately following lunch is an activity, so eat up! ... or maybe
don't and avoid throwing up during the competition.  Either way.]
<Brett> [Start!]
<Brett> ( And afk :P )
* Yoshiko looks for Billie, worried for the friend she blasted last session.
* Billie was probably doing the same, as she's walking upt o Yoshiko. Sun's
probably nearby. "Hello, archnemesis."
* Yoshiko looks at Billie sheepishly. "Hi. Sorry about that."
* Billie grins. "I forgive you."
* Josh makes his way over to where ther girls are meeting. "To make up for it
you should buy her lunch. And then let me pay you back for lunch, but I'm greedy
like that."
* Raxa sits down hard and stretches. "Not much progress on Zrho, hnn."
<Billie> Gave you a brief sprint for your points, am I right?  I knocked your
teammate over!
<Yoshiko> You did!  He was really nice though, if more people were like him we
wouldn't have all this going on.
* Yoshiko glances at Josh and eyes the older man. "Uh huh."
* Josh blinks. "... That made more sense in my head."
* Raxa didn't get points, so she'll manage with the mehful stuff, idly looking
around at other people.
<Billie> I caught the part about someone buying me lunch.
<Yoshiko> Well, you want lunch?  I dunno what the points are good for.
* Raxa eyes a food implement before looking over at Yoshiko. "Weapons and armor,
but I don't think you're the type."
* Yoshiko shakes her head. "Not really. Although some armor might be good? I
don't know, I never wore any."
* Raxa grins slightly and says, "Never know when you'll catch a knife, and blood
doesn't seem to suit you."
<Brett> ( So then the GM came back.... )
<Josh> (the very next day?)
* Yuki blanches. "Blood is so not my color. Much more the color of a friend of
mine."
<Josh> That sounds like a good idea then.
<Yoshiko> Knives are so... messy compared to Danmaku.
<Josh> (<Yumi> Swords are so much more stylish anyway.)
<Raxa> (Does Danmaku translate?)
<Yoshiko> (Probably not, it's a proper noun.  The direct translation is 'Bullet
Curtain.')
<Brett> ( Yah, proper nouns don't. )
<Brett> ( Or anything that doesn't have a translation really. )
<Yoshiko> (It's like translating 'Football'.)
<Brett> [But enough about that. The bell sounds, and Fatima (who was there all
along) says, "Almost time for the event. Wonder what it'll be."]
<Josh> Anything but paired combat right? Or is it that random?
* Yoshiko nods. "I think it's random."
<Brett> [Fatima nods. "Well... It probably won't be an arena match, though. 
They don't like to repeat the same events.  Keeps people more entertained that
way."]
* Raxa stretches and looks over at Fatima with a grin, then looks back to
everyone before saying more lowly, "I still think it would be good to mention
Zrho out loud if possible."
<Brett> [Sun frowns. "I hope it's not a race..."]
<Brett> [Sun frowns. "I hope it's not a race..."]
<Raxa> (double frown, all the way across the channel)
<Brett> ( o.o Uh )
<Josh> Contest of riddles.
<Brett> ( How'd that happen? :o )
<Brett> ["Cute," says Fatima."]
* Billie sighs. "Another day, another event." She looks at Sun. "A race?"
<Brett> ( Meanwhile, the page got updated finally :o )
<Yoshiko> I wonder if the goober-face is angry at you.
* Yoshiko looks at Billie.
<Brett> [Fatima nods. "Usually when there's a race, the person who's in last
place gets...." She frowns. "Well, just don't finish last."]
<Brett> [The bell rings again, and Fatima sighs and stands. "May as well face
the music."]
* Josh deadpans. "Yay."
<Brett> ( Fortunately, this is the event where they put you in a barrel and roll
you down a hill.] )
<Raxa> (wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
<Yoshiko> (DO A BARREL ROLL!)
<Yoshiko> (Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaluigi)
<Billie> Hey, I told him I'd stay out of his way, and that's what I did.
<Billie> It's not my fault he didn't win.  I can't fight.
* Billie heads out to get shot out of a cannon. Maybe not.
* Yoshiko nods. "I think he's still gonna be mad."
<Josh> Then he'll have to deal.
<Josh> Wait, I've got it, today will be competitive ice sculpting.
* Raxa flexes her hands, then glances to Fatima. "You seem less enthused than
yesterday."
<Brett> [She grunts, "I'm good at the arena. Beating the crap out of people? I
can do that.  Other stuff, maybe not so much."]
<Yoshiko> Are you fast?
<Yoshiko> Maybe you could power lift!
* Yoshiko flexes her muscles!.. they do not look very impressive at all. In
fact, she looks pretty frail.
<Brett> [So what happens next is you get fastforwarded!]
<Raxa> (zooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom)
<Brett> [Actually you get on the tram and head to Central Park's Arena. It's
just like it was last session, so I'm not going to redescribe it.]
<Brett> [Shortly, you're in the locker room. The monitor shows: "Upcoming event:
Obstacle Course".  People are getting equipment from the lockers.  Some weapons,
but not much heavy armor.]
<Brett> [Fatima groans. "Great. Obstacle course."]
* Billie glances around. "Why are people grabbing weapons?"
<Josh> I liked my ideas better. These generic obisticals or, crazy Japanese TV
show obsticals?
* Raxa looks over at Billie. "I imagine you would never know when someone would
want to address a grudge."
<Brett> ["For protection.  Just because it's not a battle doesn't mean it's
going to be safe."]
* Yoshiko looks for some armor. Or at least, something that's light that would
protect her from some bumps and bruises.
<Brett> [Yoshiko finds many options, from padded sports gear to full platemail.]
<Yoshiko> (What would be light and fairly cheap?)
<Brett> ( armguards, shin guards, a plastic helmet... )
<Brett> ( Football gear, basically. )
* Raxa mms and rubs her neck, waiting for events.
<Yoshiko> (Okay, how much would some armguards and shinguards run me?)
<Brett> [Fatima gathers some light protection, and explains while doing so.
"It's kind of a race in the sense that the first people to finish get the
highest reward.]
<Yoshiko> Oh.  I see.
<Yoshiko> What's their opinion on flying?
<Brett> ( 50 for the shinguards, another 50 for the armguards )
<Brett> ["You can fly, but they usually have airborne obstacles too."]
<Josh> Hmm.
<Brett> [The 5-minute warning bell rings. You can hear cheers from beyond the
walls.]
<Josh> Let's see how this goes...
<Brett> [Fatima says, "If you're lucky you won't get picked. They only take
about half of us."]
<Billie> Oh boy.
* Yoshiko nods and gets a broomstick as well. "Well, we'll see what happens."
* Raxa grins and stretches. "I hope there is swimming."
<Brett> [Fatima says, "I don't. Not with what's likely to be in the water."]
<Brett> [Some musical fanfare plays outside, along with a huge cheer, then the
monitor flashes: "Obstacle course: Today's participants"]
<Josh> (AFK for a sec)
<Brett> [It's followed by a bunch of names.  You all win!]
<Josh> (And back)
<Brett> [Well, not all of you. Logan and Chess didn't make the cut.  Neither did
Fatima or Sun.]
<Brett> [Fatima frowns. "Good luck to you.  Don't stop moving, they always have
a failsafe to ensure everyone finishes or dies trying."]
<Josh> ... Oh how much fun we shall have.
* Raxa looks over at her, grins slightly, and hits Fatima in the shoulder. "I'll
be back soon enough."
<Brett> ( Raxa probably hurts her knuckles on Fatima's burly muscles :P )
* Billie sighs. "Awesome." She bounces up and down and stretches a bit, then
heads out.
<Raxa> (She's a toughie.)
<Brett> [Across the room there's various cheers, moans and grumbles.]
* Josh streaches.
* Raxa walks out with Billie. "I feel like running down the course, saying 'Have
you heard of Zrho', would be too weird."
* Josh then goes and misses his chance to contribute!
* Yoshiko stretches and gets ready to fly on her broom.
<Brett> [You head out onto the field, along with the other participants.  The
arena looks completely different today, in that it seems much bigger. The metal
cage is gone, replaced by something transparent. You can barely see it, but it's
deffinately there.]
* Josh catches up. "Please tell me that's not an invisable maze."
* Billie responds to Raxa: "Weird, but what the hell. We all need a rep."
<Billie> I'm the weakling.  You can be the weird one.
<Brett> [As for the obstacles, they range from fire pits to moving spiked walls,
guillotines, buzzsaws and god knows what else.]
* Raxa chuckles slightly and waves her hand. "I suppose. This is... an odd
course, though."
* Yoshiko looks around. "... wow. That's weird."
<Brett> [You hear the announcer! "Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the New York
Maximum Security Prison's obstacle course!  The rules are simple: Contestants
must make it to the finishline! And just to ensure they do..."]
<Brett> [Some sort of reddish field flickers into existence btween you and the
door you came out of. "... They'll have to outrun this disintigration field!"]
<Brett> [The crowd cheers. "Woooo! Disintigration field!!"]
<Josh> Okay, I've got this brilliant plan, we're going to demolish the
competition, laugh at death from on high, and then dedicate the victory to Zrho.
<Yoshiko> Uh-huh.
<Yoshiko> I don't like this disintigration field thing.
<Brett> [The referee bot from last time floats above your heads.]
<Josh> Then my young friend, you shall simply have to be FASTER than it is? Yes?
<Josh> (Hey Brett, Firing off my AoI and Blackbeard's XD)
<Brett> [Then it beeps. "3.... 2.... 1.... Go!"]
<Brett> ( K. )
* Raxa grins. "I will be faster, then."
<Brett> ( Too late! you're all dead. )
* Yoshiko mounts up and flies!
<Brett> ( Gimmie init rolls though. )
* Raxa takes off on foot. Zoooooooooooooom!
* Billie runs! RUNNING IS GOOD
<Raxa> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+5) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 13.
<Yoshiko> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Yoshiko (2d6+5) and gets a natural 4 for a
result of 9.
<Billie> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+5) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 14.
<Josh> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+5) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 11.
<Josh> (And remember to add 1 to your body stats XD, unless you're me.)
<Yoshiko> (Woot!)
<Brett> ( You gonna need it :P )
<Brett> [You start running! Along with everyone else. The disintigration field
doesn't seem too fast, but it's deffinitely moving forward.]
<Brett> ( I really should have throught how to do this through before I started
it. Oh well.] )
<Raxa> (It seems helpful.)
<Brett> [You run down the path, unless you're Yoshiko, when you come to the
first obstacle: a pipe that suddenly spits magma across your path.]
<Raxa> (... how much magma?)
<Brett> ( Everyone but Yoshiko gimme body rolls+ acrobatics, + jumping if you
have it )
<Brett> ( Enough to jump :P )
<Raxa> 2d6+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+8) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 12.
<Brett> ( Or you could move to the outside if you want to muscle your way
through some other people. )
<Raxa> (I got acrobatics!)
<Josh> (I'm a burn some EP on this!)
<Brett> [Raxa makes the jump.  Fortunately the magma stream isn't too wide.]
<Josh> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+6) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 14.
<Billie> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+5) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 9.
<Brett> [Josh makes the jump easily too.]
<Raxa> (oh shits)
<Brett> [Billie makes the jump, but very nearly lands in it.]
* Billie hisses as she regains her footing. "NOT cool," she remarks as she gets
back to the sprinting.
<Brett> [There's a scream behind you. Apparently someone didn't.]
<Yoshiko> (Um, I'm flying!)
<Yoshiko> (Does that work?)
* Raxa says, as she runs, "Seems... more lethal than yesterday...!"
<Yoshiko> Yeah, no kidding!
<Josh> Place is crazy, keep running!
<Brett> [A sign helpfully points out the "path of blades" up ahead.  No doubt
because immediately after it is a metal corridor, with buzzsaws, scythes,
guillotines and other nasties.]
<Brett> ( Gimme body - acrobatics (tumbling), all of ya )
<Brett> ( Even Yoshiko, they reach up that high, too. )
<Billie> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+6) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 10.
<Josh> (I'm pondering just aspecting my way through this one, but there's no way
to subtly make everything miss, is there?)
<Raxa> (I'd say there is!)
<Raxa> 2d6+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+8) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 17.
<Billie> (Sure there is!)
<Brett> ( Sure there is )
<Yoshiko> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Yoshiko (2d6+5) and gets a natural 5 for a
result of 10.
<Raxa> (Damn, I should have called a raise.)
<Billie> (Haha, wrong system.)
<Brett> ( Especially for Josh. :P )
<Yoshiko> (If that doesn't make it, I'm just going to be lucky in timing my
movement through, if that's acceptable, using my aspect?)
<Brett> ( Can do. I'ma say 2 DP )
<Josh> (Sure, I'll burn 2 DP to make it look easy!)
<Billie> (While you're at it, get me through too!)
<Yoshiko> (Sure, I'll do that!  Can I burn an extra point to pull Billie
through?)
* Josh is absolutly untouchable by metal blades. (You're a ninja, do that shadow
step thing!)
<Brett> ( K, it's 2 CP for all of you :P )
<Brett> ( Cept Raxa )
<Yoshiko> (Oh.  Okay.  Well then!)
<Raxa> (I'm soooo good!)
<Brett> ( DP )
<Brett> ( Not CP )
<Brett> [You pass through the corridor of doom. Surprisingly, so did most
people, though not unscathed.]
<Brett> [You then come to the next obstacles. The ground gives way to a large
pool, lucky Raxa.  The air has strange metal pods covered in hex-like plates,
like giant honeycombs.]
<Brett> [Turns out Yoshiko's not the only flier, by the way. There's a man and
woman up there with her.  Just so you know.]
<Raxa> (Raxa is actually worse at swimming than acrobatics because I should have
spent more CP on it. She just likes it more.)
<Yoshiko> (Not surprising!)
* Josh does not say the words "Giant Bees" out loud, but he's thinking it.
<Brett> [There's nowhere else to go, so people pile into the water.]
<Brett> [As Yoshiko flies, a man with pteradactyl wings passes her!]
* Raxa will pile into the water too, although she'll make a leaping long dive
instead.
* Josh tries to stay out of the mob of swimmers as getting dragged down and
drowning would be an ironic sucky death.
* Yoshiko doesn't seem to be worried with the man and pteradactyl passing her,
she's trucking along above the course.
<Brett> [Briefly. Then the honeycombs open up and suddenly he finds himself
covered not with bees, but giant metal beebots! He screams as he plummets to the
pond, being stung god knows how many times.]
<Brett> [Yoshiko! Gimme aaaa..... hm.]
<Raxa> (Blow them all up roll!)
<Brett> ( I guess a melee defense and a body (acrobatics) roll )
* Billie dives in and swims like the California girl she is.
<Brett> [As for the rest of you, turns out the water's not much safer as one
woman screams and suddenly goes under.  Gimme sight checks.]
<Josh> 2d6+4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+4) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 8.
<Yoshiko> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Yoshiko (2d6+5) and gets a natural 6 for a
result of 11.
<Raxa> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+6) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 13.
<Brett> ( Yoshiko doesn't need a sight roll )
<Brett> ( Just a defense and acro roll :P )
<Yoshiko> (What kind of defense roll?)
<Brett> ( Melee )
<Yoshiko> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Yoshiko (2d6+6) and gets a natural 7 for a
result of 13.
<Yoshiko> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Yoshiko (2d6+6) and gets a natural 5 for a
result of 11.
<Yoshiko> (Defense and Acro)
<Yoshiko> (How much does it cost to raise a roll by +1?)
<Brett> ( Using what? )
<Josh> (3)
<Yoshiko> (EP)
<Josh> (My AoI)
<Brett> ( I dunno. )
<Billie> 2d6+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+8) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 16.
<Brett> ( I didn't allow it in the past, but I can for this game. )
<Raxa> (Well, Josh's AoI is up, so he can EP boost.)
<Yoshiko> (It's a base rule in the game.)
<Yoshiko> (It's the point of the AoI)
<Brett> ( Well it's 3 )
<Josh> (It costs 3 EP to boost a roll by 1. We worked this out when I bought the
thing Brett.)
<Billie> (10 EP per +1, limit soul, only works when AoI is running or times of
extreme durress.)
<Billie> (Oh 3 now?  Okay!)
<Yoshiko> (Yeah, but the EP cost was adjusted because of the rarity of EP in
this game)
<Josh> (We negotiated it down because with the EP regen in this game it'd take a
week to get it back)
<Brett> ( So that's what you're doing? )
<Yoshiko> (Am I going to fail if I don't?  :/)
<Brett> ( You know I'm not going to tell you that :P )
<Yoshiko> (Aww.)
<Yoshiko> (Okay, I'll just go as-is then, we'll see what happens.)
<Brett> [What happens is Yoshiko manages to avoid getting stung by beebots.]
<Yoshiko> (Yay!)
<Brett> ( You guys in the pool, gimme melee defense rolls. Raxa and Billie at +2
)
<Raxa> 2d6+9
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+9) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 15.
<Josh> (Burns 3 more ep)
<Billie> 2d6+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+8) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 14.
<Brett> ( Sorry, how much is that total? )
<Josh> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+5) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 10.
<Josh> (I've spent 6 EP and 2 DP so far)
<Brett> ( Right, just making sure )
<Brett> [Billie and Raxa make it to the end of the pool.  Josh almost does, too,
when suddenly he feels a sharp, stinging pain on his left ankle.]
<Josh> Sonofagcamelspider!
* Josh kicks at whatever just bit him with his right leg and tries to get out.
<Brett> ( Gimme a.... I guess a straight body roll. )
<Josh> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+5) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 13.
<Brett> [Josh manages to escape whatever it was that attacked him and climb out
of the pool.  But man, now his ankle hurts.  There's a deep red mark on it, but
no blood.]
<Brett> ( But a -1 to body rolls for a bit, though )
<Brett> ( Til the next chance to rest, anyhow )
* Billie looks back. "Josh! Hold on a sec." She glances at his wound.
<Billie> (Does it need to be treated asap, or can he run on it?)
<Brett> ( He can run on it. Gonna hurt though )
* Josh stops and looks back at the wall of death. "If I just got poisioned..."
<Brett> [The wall is still at the blade corridor, so you're fine for the
moment.]
<Brett> ( Yoshiko and Raxa continuing on? )
<Raxa> (Pretty sure I can't help!)
<Yoshiko> (Oh, uh...  Sorry)
<Yoshiko> (I can't exactly help him out, unfortunately. :( )
<Brett> [If you are, the next obstacle is two spiked walls that repeatedly come
together.  Timing is key to getting through without getting crushed.]
<Brett> ( Timing being The average of body and mind )
<Yoshiko> (Can I see the pattern easily and time my movement through?)
* Raxa gets out of the water and says, "Keep moving--!" as she runs onward.
<Billie> No, you should be cool, let's go!
* Billie runs, all wet and crap!
<Billie> (Oh yeah, Yoshiko has pattern recognition!  That would be handy!)
<Brett> ( Oh, that's true. I forgot )
<Brett> ( K, Yoshiko gets a +5 to her roll )
<Yoshiko> (Yup!)
<Yoshiko> (Sweet)
<Yoshiko> 2d6+10
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Yoshiko (2d6+10) and gets a natural 8 for a
result of 18.
* Josh trails a bit behind Billie, and it's totaly because he's limping and not
at all because there's a cute soaking wet girl in front of him.
<Brett> [And Yoshiko easily makes it through.]
<Raxa> (I hope you are referring to me! >__>)
<Brett> ( Actually roll should be avg. mind/body + acro or tumbling )
<Josh> (Two cute girls!)
<Josh> (Anyway, burning more EP, and DP if it'll keep me from going squish after
the fact.)
<Raxa> (Why do I always take 'flexibility' for acrobatics.)
<Billie> (I want to make Josh and me both meld into the squishing thing's
shadow, then pop out on the other side of the giant shadow.  Doable?)
<Josh> (Or Billie could do it for me!)
<Billie> (I don't know, I took tumbling.)
<Raxa> 2d6+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+7) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 11.
<Brett> ( That would probably be pretty expensive, but doable )
<Raxa> (That's a little low, dice. :|)
<Brett> ( Would be cheaper for Josh )
<Josh> (Hokay, I'll do it if we go squish!)
<Josh> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+5) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 16.
<Brett> ( Up to you guys. For Josh it's 3, for Billie it's 2 each. )
<Raxa> (Look at you, rollin'.)
<Josh> (If Billie makes it, I wont have to keep her from going squish!)
<Billie> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+6) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 14.
<Brett> [Despite his injury, Josh manages to time his sprint perfectly.]
<Billie> (Woo!)
<Brett> [Raxa almost does, but trips over a dead body right before the end.
Gimme another body roll, Raxa.]
<Brett> [As for Billie....]
<Raxa> (Pure body?)
<Brett> ( Yeah )
<Raxa> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+6) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 10.
<Raxa> (That's a little low, dice. :|)
<Brett> [Raxa just barely manages to pull herself out before the walls slam
togehter.]
<Josh> (Sweet, I don't have to DP a Raxa shaped hole in the wall either!)
<Billie> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+6) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 15.
* Raxa trips at the end of her run, scrambling free and getting back to her feet
in the run. She's got a big grin on her face as she runs.
<Brett> [Billie also makes it through, even managing to dodge the burly guy who
attempts to shove her into the spikes.]
* Billie ducks under him and sprints ahead, yelling, "HEY! Watch it, jackass!"
<Brett> [The next obstacle is a pit full of sand.  And scorpions.]
<Brett> [He shouts, "Gotta run! Don't wanna die!"]
<Billie> Well don't fucking shove me into a- WHOA.
<Brett> [There's ropes all along the pit, but it spans the whole floor.  You've
got to go in unless you're Yoshiko.]
<Raxa> (ROPE TIME)
* Josh takes a moment to regret his inability to trip the guy into the sandpit.
<Brett> ( Ropes on the walls, I mean )
<Brett> ( As in, to climb down and up )
<Josh> (So, we have to climb down into the pit, run across, and then climb up?)
<Brett> ( right )
<Raxa> (Can't just long jump to the other side? Sadface.)
<Josh> (... Can I item a pair of armored boots into existance?)
<Brett> ( Not unless you have jumping )
<Raxa> (Snicker. Not except in M-form.)
<Brett> ( You can, but people are probably going to notice :P )
<Josh> (Mhmm, tempting)
<Brett> [Several people enter the pit, including the burly guy.  A number scream
as their ropes break and they plumet about 30 ft.]
* Raxa grabs the rope and glances at it to make sure it's not obviously broken
before she attempts to rapel... but this is gonna be a mess.
* Billie murmurs, "Fuck." She grabs a rope anyway and tests it very briefly
before starting down.
<Brett> ( Gimme sight checks. )
<Josh> 2d6+4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+4) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 9.
<Raxa> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+6) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 14.
<Brett> [Raxa finds a good sturdy rope! Josh... isn't sure.]
<Billie> 2d6+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+8) and gets 20, a CRITICAL
FAILURE!!! "I can recommend some good Dice Cleanser, if you like."
<Brett> [Billie finds a strong one too.]
<Josh> (Billie finds gods own rope)
<Raxa> (Billie's rope is the best.)
<Raxa> (It also comes with ponies.)
<Brett> ( Billie just takes the ladder. )
* Josh takes his rope and goes over the edge, the way his luck is going it'll
break and he'll kill all the bugs at the bottom when he falls on them.
<Billie> (I do.)
* Billie scampers down and prays the scorpions are as unpoisonous as the
jellyfish were.
<Brett> d2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of
2.
<Brett> ( Actually )
<Brett> ( Gimme a soul (luck) roll Josh )
* Yoshiko flies over the pit?
<Josh> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+6) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 13.
<Brett> [Yoshiko flies over the pit.]
<Brett> [Josh is lucky. His rope doesn't break.]
<Josh> (Gogo having a soul high char!)
<Brett> ( Now all y'all gimme luck rolls :D )
* Josh just has to luck his way past the scorpions now!
<Josh> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+6) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 14.
<Billie> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+6) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 13.
<Brett> [Josh and Billie luck their way past the scorpions.]
<Brett> ( Body + climbing for you two while we wait for Raxa to wake up. )
<Josh> (More EP burning)
<Josh> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+5) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 10.
<Billie> (I'll burn 6 EP.)
<Brett> [Josh climbs the other side of the pit! Barely, but he manages.]
<Billie> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+6) and gets a natural 11 for a
result of 17.
<Billie> (Haha, I have a lead!)
<Raxa> 2d6+6
* Billie grabs another rope, hopes it's sturdy enough, and makes her way up. She
now has sand ALL OVER HER. Being soaking wet when entering did not help.
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+6) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 17.
<Raxa> (Sure, there's your luck.)
<Brett> ( Uh... Pretty sure you can only boost +1 at a time, but it doesn't
matter. )
<Brett> [Billie climbs up the rope as well.]
<Billie> (Not according to book.  If you want to house rule it, that's cool.)
<Josh> (Page 148)
<Brett> ( oi... I'll look at it later :P )
<Billie> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+6) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 13.
<Brett> [And Raxa gets past scorpions.  She's lagging behind.
<Josh> (also, looks like we can spend them... after the roll is made.)
<Billie> (DR1)
<Billie> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+6) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 14.
<Brett> [Billie gets to the top.  No sooner does she make it, though, then the
burly man attempts to shove her back down. She barely manages to get out of the
way.]
<Josh> (Can I trip the burly guy?)
<Brett> ( You can try )
<Raxa> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+6) and gets 8, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!!
"I wish I got to hand out more of these, really."
<Raxa> (Yeah, that's my climbing attempt. 9_9)
<Josh> (Man, why don't I have unarmed attack?)
<Brett> [Meanwhile, Raxa gets part way up the rope before losing her grip and
falling back down. Lucky for her it wasn't a long drop.]
<Raxa> (I was ahead, and then somehow I was behind before I started climbing the
rope. :|)
<Brett> [Incidentally, the next and final obstacle is a wall of flame jets, in
case Yoshiko wants to move on.]
* Raxa spits out a curse as she gets up and tries to climb up the damn rope
again.
<Raxa> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+6) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 12.
<Yoshiko> (Wall of flame jets, nothing special about them?)
<Yoshiko> (Do they go on and off, are there places to pass through?)
* Josh calls down and encouragement. "You can do it!" Then he hobbles off to the
next obstical.
<Brett> ( And actually... Billie and probably Josh should go to init mode )
<Brett> ( Orrrr... Just Billie! )
<Josh> (Dude, if he's fighting her, I'm rolling.)
<Brett> [The flame jets go on and off, but are seemingly completely random.]
<Brett> ( Well what's Billie doing? )
<Yoshiko> (I'm going to fire a parting laser at the guy messing with Billie,
then race through the jets.  Come on lady luck!)
<Brett> ( it'll be a pure soul (luck) roll to get through them. )
<Yoshiko> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Yoshiko (2d6+6) and gets a natural 7 for a
result of 13.
<Raxa> (I'm in the midst of my second climb.)
<Brett> ( Is that the attack or the soul roll? )
<Yoshiko> (Oh, that's the soul roll.  Let me roll attack.)
<Billie> (Sorry, distracted.)
<Yoshiko> 2d6+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Yoshiko (2d6+7) and gets a natural 7 for a
result of 14.
<Yoshiko> (14 attack, 13 luck)
<Billie> (Okay, I'm going to luck to get through, and this guy has pissed me off
so badly I'm going to weigh down his shadow.)
<Yoshiko> (I need to get some way to boost luck.)
<Billie> (How much DP is that?)
<Billie> (Not to stop him, but to slow him down.)
<Brett> ( Just 1 )
<Josh> (Zeg: Burn EP!)
<Billie> (Doing it.  Do I need to make an attack roll?)
<Brett> [Yeah
<Billie> (Okay.  This is undetectable, so I'm pretty sure he can't defend since
he won't see it coming.)
<Billie> 2d6+5
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+5) and gets a natural 11 for a
result of 16.
<Brett> [In the meantime, Yoshiko blasts the guy with a laser before maneuvering
through the flame jets.  He barely seems to notice, though.]
<Billie> (Now luck:)
<Billie> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+6) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 12.
<Billie> (Was that high enough?)
* Josh tries, and probably fails to trip the burly guy.
<Brett> [After the flame jets is just a stretch of nothing before a red circle,
which has a glowing sign above it reading "FINISH"]
<Josh> 2d6+4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+4) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of 7.
<Brett> ( Yep )
<Josh> (Yep, totally wiffed.)
* Billie dashes for FINISH!, hopefully leaving Burly McAsshole behind.
<Raxa> (... Brett?)
<Raxa> (At what point do I get to continue with the sequence?)
<Brett> ( Now. Roll body (climbing!) :P )
<Raxa> (Already did.)
<Raxa> (Got a 12.)
<Billie> (Oh sweet, maybe you can come across him.)
<Brett> [Raxa gets out of the hole. Woot.]
* Josh shrugs and makes for the fires of DOOM!
<Josh> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+6) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 12.
* Yoshiko is racing for the finish! Crazy flame jets!
<Josh> (That's luck)
<Brett> [Meanwhile Billie almost gets scorched, but makes it through the flame
jets.  Josh has the same experience.]
* Raxa spits again as she crests the top of the damn pit, then runs for the
flame jets. Time to get burned!
<Brett> [And Yoshiko reaches the finish. Hell, she's probably the first one
there.]
<Raxa> 2d6+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+7) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 15.
* Billie runrunruns and doesn't look back at the burly guy who's probably
getting barbequed right now.
<Brett> [Raxa manages to stop just before a short-but-tough looking Hispanic man
grabs her with stone-encrusted arms. "Woah woah, Chica! What's the hurry? Wall
won't be here for a while yet!"]
<Billie> (What happened to Burly, anyway?  Did my shadow thing hit? XP)
<Josh> (This will end in blood and fire)
<Brett> [The burly man is moving slowly through the flame jets, despite his best
efforts to sprint. He's getting covered with flames, but he doesn't seem to be
burning.]
<Brett> [Eventually he makes it through, and reaches the winner's circle.  He
scowls at Billie.]
* Josh runs for the end at some point because his player is a dip and didn't
write him doing so before!
* Billie folds her arms and eyebrow raises at him; she'd been there for a while.
"What? Pissed you didn't kill me?"
<Brett> ( I figured after he got through the flame jets he just stood around
looking at the audience for a while :P )
<Billie> (Haha.)
* Raxa smirks and breathes out, "If you want me to spill your blood here..." and
then lashes out with another solid punch, finishing, "Then I will!"
<Brett> [He looks down, DOWN at Billie. "Was just gonna try to hurt ya. But you
had to make things difficult."]
<Raxa> 2d6+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+7) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 13.
* Yoshiko lands softly after spending some time in the air. She looks up at
Billie, then WAY up at the big guy. "Is, uh... is something wrong?"
* Josh limps up. "Friend, you have no idea how difficult life is going to get it
if you keep this up."
* Billie turns to Yoshiko. "*Apparently* it's 'pick on the weakest looking
person' day."
<Billie> I ruined his mood because I didn't let him hurt me.
<Brett> [Raxa hits him solidly enough in the chest.  Probably hurting her own
hand as much as him.  He grins, opening his jacket so she can see his body's
turned to a rocky granite. "Nuh uh.  You Miguel's now, chica."]
<Brett> [Miguel reaches out to grab Raxa. (and she needs a defense roll)]
<Raxa> 2d6+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+7) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of 10.
<Billie> (Roll better!)
<Raxa> (Can't, dice hate me.)
<Josh> (Burn EP to make bad rolls better ones!)
<Brett> [Meanwhile, the burly man snorts at Josh. "It's going to get very
difficult if you don't fuck off, prick.  This is Raven's business."]
* Billie ohs. "So... you're pissed... because I told one of your gang's members
that I'd stay out of the fight, and then I *did*, and he lost."
<Brett> [Raxa gets grabbed in a rocklike grip. (Get it? 'cause his arms are
stone lolz.)  Miguel sneers. "If you lucky, maybe I'll take you with me when
we're done.  Or maybe I'll let the scorpions have you."]
<Billie> And I lost, too, but I dunno why you'd be pissed about that exactly.
* Josh facepalms.
<Brett> [He scowls at Billie. "I don't know how the *hell* you managed to get a
gene mod to do what you do with shadows, but I know you can do it.  Don't fuck
with us or it'll be worse than you can possibly imagine."]
<Brett> [Raxa's turn]
<Brett> ( though it's kinda assumed she goes after :P )
<Raxa> (How close are they to the pit?)
<Raxa> (Could she, conceivably, throw him in?)
<Brett> ( Right near the edge. )
<Brett> ( It's possible, if she can move a guy coverd in stone around. )
* Billie holds her hands up. "Not fuckin' with anybody, sir." That done, she
turns to Josh. "Hey. Roll your pants leg up and let me see that sting."
<Yoshiko> Oh, well picking on weak people isn't something that's very fun. 
People who look weak are typically very strong.
* Yoshiko nods.
* Raxa goes to get a grip on him in return, then, saying, "Who said I'd run?"
* Josh does so. "Sure, and no messing with the Raven's, check."
* Billie brushes sand gently off the sting and starts looking over it carefully.
<Raxa> 2d6+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+7) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 12.
<Josh> I wonder if there's a celibritory pool I could rent out after this, I've
got sand everywhere.
<Brett> ( Raxa is just going for a melee (throws)? )
<Brett> ( unarmed... whatev' )
<Raxa> (Hey, if you'll let me throw right out, sure. Otherwise, I'll have to
grab him.)
<Brett> [Raxa manages to grab him easily enough.  He's got her. Just the same.]
<Brett> ( Gimme a melee defense (unarmed) Raxa )
<Raxa> 2d6+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 16.
<Brett> [Raxa manages to move her body, and her head out of the way as Miguel
shoves his free hand at her face.  Good thing, too.  That probably would have
led to a broken nose and lose of teeth.]
* Billie finishes looking the sting over. "Okay, you're probably looking at
still being in pain for the rest of the day, and it'll swell."
<Billie> But it looks like it's gonna die down on its own with time.  Lucky you.
<Josh> Lucky, lucky me.
* Yuki walks over to Josh. "Get stung by a fishie?"
* Raxa jerks out of the way, and then tries to roll that into momentum into a
successful throw, over her shoulder, into the pit.
<Brett> [People ignore Raxa and Miguel as they continue the course.  Those who
manage to make it through the flame jets stumble to the winners circle. All in
all, it looks like 12 survivors, IF both Raxa and Miguel finish.]
<Billie> Jellyfish.
* Billie looks up and back, suddenly worried. "Where's Raxa?"
<Raxa> (I'll EP on this one.)
<Josh> Is that what it was? I didn't stop to look... Hey where's Ra... yeah."
<Billie> Yeah, jellyfish...
<Yoshiko> Raxa?
* Yoshiko looks back
<Josh> She made it past the smasher...
<Raxa> (9 EP, sure.)
<Raxa> 2d6+10
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+10) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 19.
* Yoshiko shouts. "Come on Raxa! You can do it!"
<Brett> [Raxa manages to throw the stony man into the pit! Almost.  He grabs
onto the ledge at the last second. "Chica!! I'm not done with you yet!"]
<Josh> Where? Oooh! Niice loft on that.
<Raxa> (Let me know when my action's up again.)
* Billie moves to the edge of the circle, trying to see into the course and find
out where Raxa is.
<Brett> ( It is )
<Josh> Down there, by the scorpions.
<Billie> Fuck, she's gonna get hit by the wall at this rate!
<Yoshiko> Well what can we do?
<Yoshiko> We can't go back and get her!  I bet some jerk's holding her back!
* Billie fidgets. "I dunno... she's really good at taking care of herself..."
<Josh> Hey, can you laser the guy she threw from here?
* Raxa pants a moment, then grins and balls her fists hard, to the point of
digging her nails in, and then levels her hands at him, a blast of lightning
crackling from her hands towards his face. "Let your blood bring life to the
earth."
<Billie> I bet that's illegal.
<Raxa> 2d6+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+7) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 13.
<Josh> Pft. It's a good show, and it's not like she's shooting the audiance.
<Raxa> (Not sure how he'll defend it, being on the wall and all, but there's a
Blood and Thunder for him.)
<Josh> ... Or she could just set him on elec... thun.. lighting? herself.
<Brett> [Raxa shoots him, and he falls into the pit, where he's immediately set
upon by scorpions.  Which don't do much since he's now fully covered in stone,
but.]
<Raxa> (Is there anyone else behind him?)
<Billie> Lightning.
<Raxa> (Or are we the last two?)
<Brett> ( Nope, you two are the last. )
<Raxa> (Am I in impending 'get destroyed by the wall'?)
<Raxa> (Otherwise, I'm just gonna cut all the ropes with Blood Nails.)
<Yoshiko> (Rutheless!)
<Brett> ( It's getting pretty close, yah )
<Raxa> (Close enough that I can't cut all the ropes? ;)
<Brett> ( Nope )
<Raxa> (Okay!)
<Billie> (SNAP)
* Raxa exhales slowly, then the blood on her hands forms into claws and she
walks down the edge, cutting free every single rope, still breathing heavily.
* Billie strains. "What is she doing?"
<Josh> Very thurough, I like that.
<Yoshiko> I don't know.
<Brett> [The ropes are cut. Miguel shrieks. "You bitch! I'm going to fuck you
up!"]
<Brett> [But it's lost under the crowd's cheers.]
<Billie> (Raxa becomes a fan favorite!)
* Raxa puts her fist to her chest, smirks down at him, and then turns and runs.
Fires to get through yet!
<Yoshiko> (Nobody FUCKS YOU UP like Raxa.)
<Yoshiko> (NOBODY)
<Billie> (Raxa has a PhD in KICKING YOUR ASS)
<Raxa> (She's a REAL DOCTOR)
<Raxa> (Soul roll for fire, yes?)
<Josh> (... Man, what'd be more awesome, Raxa as Dr. Tran, or Raxa as GASTON?)
<Brett> ( Yep )
<Raxa> 2d6+6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Raxa (2d6+6) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 14.
<Brett> [And Raxa makes it through the flames with less trouble than Billie or
Josh.]
* Raxa weaves through with ease, and then jogs it to the end, flicking the blood
from her fingers onto the ground. She has a slight grin on her face, but it
doesn't reach her eyes as she spits out, "If that's the kind of men I have to
hope for in this world, I'm glad I like women too."
<Josh> Hey, I'll have you know that some of us are only mostly worthless
dirtbags.
<Brett> [The circle lights up as Raxa enters it.]
* Billie breathes out a breath of relief. "Always best to play for both teams,
right?"
* Raxa laughs and grins at Billie. "If that means what I think it means, I've
always found it in my favor."
* Josh looks between Billie and Raxa, and then clamps his jaw shut before he can
put his foot in it.
<Brett> [The "FINISH!" sign changes to a list of people who were running the
course.  The dead ones have their names in red.  The live ones get numbers after
their names.  Yoshiko and the other flying woman got 200.  Almost everyone else
got 300.  Raxa got 450.]
* Billie grins a little, then looks up to see the names. "Fuck, that's a lot of
dead."
<Yoshiko> That is a lot of dead.  A lot of dead.
<Brett> [The burly man's name is Hammond Argyle, if anyone cares.]
* Raxa nods a little as she looks up, then says, "This seems like a... good way
for them to just kill people. It amazes me they have so many prisoners to keep
the blood flowing."
<Raxa> (Cameras still on us?)
* Billie glances at the name, then looks at the burly man. Perhaps she will flip
out and kill him later.
<Brett> [Yep.]
<Josh> There's an entire world's worth here.
<Brett> [The burly man is glaring daggers at Billie. When she looks his way, he
runs a finger across his throat.]
<Billie> Not hard to do when you're a fascist state, I guess.
* Raxa looks over towards the camera, and then puts her fist to her chest again.
"To Zrho."
<Yoshiko> Yupyup!
* Billie gives him a sweet little smile and a handwave! Aw!
* Yoshiko doesn't seem to notice the angries.
* Josh smirks and then shouts. "ZRHO!"
<Brett> ( I'm amazed Josh can pronounce it :P )
<Raxa> (letters are hard for josh)
* Billie pumps her fist. "Yeah! Zrho!"
<Billie> (They are.)
<Brett> ( End session? )
<Josh> (It's more that he has problems finding the right words.)
<Raxa> (Does anyone in the circle react?)
* Yuki looks around. "You know, that does look kinda stupid."
<Brett> [Nope.  But the camera probably doesn't have audio.]
<Raxa> (Well, I was hoping the circle would hear it too.)
<Brett> [Some of the other prisoners give you WTF looks.]
<Raxa> (Since we're all there. Oh well.)
<Josh> (We need shirts with letters on them)
<Raxa> (Ha ha.)
<Billie> (We could make them easy, but that's kind of a giveaway.)
<Raxa> (Indeed.)
* Josh ignores them.
<Brett> [Then the session ended.]