[You're off to save the slaves! The wonderful slaves of Garson! Because you're charging at the mountain where Running Cloud is probably being held with Alexis and some of her men (maybe) and Hanomaru and you guys and not John because he's in jail jail JAIL!] [Ahead of you's the camp. As stated last session, it's a patchwork- yet-mostly-sturdy affair. There's a number of slaves (you think they're probably slaves, anyway) working and living up the side of the mountain and in, but mostly working, because... slaves.] [And you need to do this! To save Running Cloud! And save John, but we all know the real reason.] [Session CHARGE!] ... I just love substituting drama for subtlety. *sighs; draws weapons* * Fanfan snorts in agreement, drawing her swords. [The sky's unusually overcast, and it starts to drizzle. Ooh.] (I think I need soda!) * Mikoto is rubbing his horse's neck idly and looking concerned, but saying nothing. For those who aren't Millie, he's basically riding Hex Mark. * Millie mutters something under her breath and unslings her rifle as well. Whatever it was probably wasn't pleasant either. * Sakura already had her sword drawn. Who is surprised? * Jinx has his shotgun out and keeps charging forward. Who knows, maybe Running Cloud will find him substantially more attractive if he heroicly charges in first... Odds 20:1 against. (Jinx is trying to steal John's girl. We all knew he was up to no good.) ( Jinx wuvs me! ) (Yeah, he does! He wanted to sleep with you!) ( What's wuv got to do with it?) Remember, Jinx... if we run into opposition, try'n get me close, then slow up so I can get off the horse without falling on my face. * Jinx nods. [You charge the front enterance because, well, it's the front and, more importantly, Jinx was never known for anything remotely resembling subtlety, and he's leading this thing.] ( Why, we're not entirely sure. But anyway. ) ( Least subtle card shark EVER. "Hey, time to cheat!" "..." ) [But before you get there, about a half dozen guards (you think they're probably guards) come running out, yelling, and waving firearms at you. A couple of them have whips, too. They're *probably* yelling to stop, but who knows these days.] ( Actually, they're yelling "Spoon!" ) (I waste them with my Omega Laser.) ( I knew Mikoto was actually a Gundam. ) ( Damn, forgot to buy that Orbital Laser from Crazy Feather. ) (OWP!) [Init roll, yes.] d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (d6+7) and gets 13. * Millie smirks slightly and speaks low. "Well, I clearly don't see any trouble seein' things out, but apparently they don't want us around..." d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (d6+6) and gets 7. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (d6+6) and gets 8. [Order is: Hanomaru, Tairan, Millie, Guards1-4, Jinx, Alexis, Fanfan, Sakura, Guard5, Mikoto, Guard6] * Hanomaru goes first! He leaps off his horse, and nearly cleaves one of the guards in half as he lands. "WOOOOAAAAH! ENLIGHTENMENT!" [Tairan's turn!] * Tairan waits for Jinx to get him a bit closer... [Holding action until after Jinx's turn] [Millie's turn!] * Millie puts her rifle stock to her cheek and holds it steady towards the nearest guard. "One mook with a hole in his chest comin' raaaaaight up." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-4) and gets 0. [Millie shoots the man. He staggars back, but stays standing.] [He also takes his own rifle and fires right back!] (I am suddenly unable to find rules for attacking from horseback.) (Horseback riding roll and an attack roll.) (Ah..forgot the riding roll) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-5) and gets 3. [And Millie doesn't fall off her horse, either. But she does need to attempt to avoid being hit.] * Millie pulls the reigns to the side and tries. (Avoiding is an average between horseback riding and personal defense.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-3) and gets 1. [And Millie does avoid getting shot.] [Hanomaru is shot at, too, but he moves out of the way easily enough.] [Then Jinx is shot at! Defense roll, Jinx!] 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-1) and gets 5. [Jinx also avoids shootage.] [Which makes it his turn.] * Jinx slows as he actually reaches the guards. He then grins down at the guards at tries to mow down as many as he can with his shotgun. (riding, then shotgun) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-1) and gets 5. [Jinx takes down one, and wounds another.] * Tairan slides off of Lightning, fires at one of the Guards who hasn't attacked yet to cover his charge, then stabs at the guy. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-3) and gets 8. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Tairan misses. Much.] * Tairan curses. Much. (Tairan misses his cursing) (Curse that missing!) * Alexis slows as she nears, too, and hops off her horse. She doesn't bother to fire. [Fanfan's turn!] ( Not in melee yet? ) ( Eh, close enough. ) ( Awesome. ) * Fanfan jumps off Horse and slashes the nearest guard. 2 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2 2d6-2) and gets 1 6. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Fight! For everlasting love and peace!" ( Watch me fail every roll after this. >_< ) [Fanfan leaps off Horse and pretty much disembowls her target.] ( If you think you will fail, Atom, you already have. Meditate upon this truth. ) [Sakura's turn!] ( But first, kill someone. ) * Sakura imitates Fanfan, leaping off and going for the nearest enemy with her sword 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6) and gets 8. ( See? Your negative aura doomed you before you even started. ) ( Bullshit. I failed because Dicesuke is a stupid bastard. ) [Sakura doesn't have as much luck as Fanfan.] [Mikoto's turn!] (This may be fallout from hearing it in other parts of my life, but this feel-good positive thinking stuff is going to get you seriously injured very shortly.) ( Okie. I'll stop. =P ) ( Life sucks, execpt when it doesn't. Enjoy those latter times.) * Mikoto decides to be totally macho, since Fanfan set the tone, and leap off Nami to land square on an uninjured guard's face with both feet, ninja-style. (Watch me fail both. Called shot to the face, coincidentally.) 2 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2 2d6-2) and gets 6 6. [Mikoto leaps off his horse, but winds up landing a bit too far away for his foot to connect.] [The guard in question raises his whip as Mikoto lands, and strikes. Mikot needs a defense roll!] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6-2) and gets 6. [And Mikoto gets whiplash. Er, lashed with a whip. It hurts, either way. Ow.] * Hanomaru rushes into the compound. "GOWAAAAH! I SHALL FREE THE INNOCENT PEOPLE!" [Tairan's turn!] ... we better hurry this up. He might turn the slaves against us. ( I hate him. A shiny quarter if you kill the fucker Brett. ) (Atom's got a lot of anger tonight.) ( I really hate Hanomaru. I hate him. A LOT. ) ( He's annoying and stupid and.. GRAA. >:| ) ( How many goons still standing? ) * Millie growls out. "Wait!" She slaps her forehead with her palm, drawing the brim down over her head. "Of all the messed up, monkey-lovin', cow-tippin' idiots I get stuck with, it hasta be him..." [Three goons still up.] * Tairan goes for the nearest goon, slashing at him with an upward diagonal cut, then hopping back and firing with his pistol. * Jinx glances to Millie. "Why wait?" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 1. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Tairan seriously wounds the guy, but he's still standing.] ( Hungry? Why wait? ) [Millie's turn!] Because Cannon-mouth there's gonna ruin any chance we have of actually havin' an advantage. What if they jus' slay the hostages when they hear him comin'? * Millie growls and kicks Pepper's sides lightly, riding her foreward. "I'm goin' in." She rides past the guards, training her rifle to shoot the guy Tairan just wounded as she goes past. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-4) and gets 2. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-5) and gets 2. [Millie shoots him almost at point blank as she goes past, and he falls over dead.] [Another guard fires on her as heads towards the outpost, though. She needs a def roll!] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-3) and gets 8. [Oof. Millie is shot in the back.] [Jinx's turn!] * Millie grits her teeth hard at that, but keeps pushing Pepper forward. * Jinx reloads his shotgun as he charges into the compound. (any penalties to the ride check?) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-2) and gets 5. ( We decided +2 ) (Whoo!) (Yah, so you're gold.) * Jinx doesn't yell as he's charging in, although he looks tempted. Stupid no fun Millie. :P (^_^;) * Alexis runs up to the guard, pointing her gun at him. Yet when she gets there, she spins and strikes him across the face with a roundhouse. [Fanfan's turn!] ( ... never bring a boxer to a gunfight. ) ( Who all's left? ) ( One wounded guard, one just-fine guard. ) * Fanfan slashslashes at the just-fine guard. 2 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2 2d6-2) and gets 6 7. [The guard gets slashed in the side, and isn't feeling just fine anymore. But he's still up.] [Sakura's turn!] * Sakura goes after the people running in. ( And with Speed 2, maybe overtake 'em. ^_^; ) [Mikoto's turn!] * Mikoto runs after his horse, having been outclassed even by nameless guards, and hurries after Millie once he mounts again. [Mikoto gets away with it because the man he was fighting turns his attention to Fanfan, and strikes at her instead. She needs a def roll!] ( With what? ) ( A whip ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6-2) and gets 1. [Fanfan slides out of the way of the attack with little trouble.] [A bunch more guards come out of the outpost.] * Hanomaru barrels through, slashing as he goes. He takes down two of the guards, and drives the others back. "GOWAAAAH!" [Tairan's turn!] ( How bunch is bunch? ) ( You can't tell; you're outside the outpost and they're not. :P Two less than there were, though ^^ ) (It's like RSP Warriors!) * Tairan leaps at the guard Fanfan isn't currently fighting, slashing at him as he slides past, then turning and firing at him. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-3) and gets 4. ( Made both. ) ( Oh, Tairan! My hero! *-* *-* *-* ) ( Oh, isn't. NEver mind. ) [Tairan puts an end to him.] [Millie's turn! She's nearing the outpost. Some guards are at the gate, but they're either chasing after or trying to avoid Hanomaru.] * Millie cracks open her rifle and sets in two more shots. "Dammit, Hano. Stop. One thing atta time!" (Boosting by one) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-4) and gets 5. ( Fanfan: What? I'm an ardent feminist, and I don't think you need my help to deal with a goon. =P ) [Jinx's turn!] * Jinx sets a path straight through the guards, firing his shotgun at the largest group that fails to scatter. (Ride then shotgun. Lemme know if there's penalties) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-1) and gets 9. (dr1) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-1) and gets 3. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-2) and gets 7. [Jinx fires, shooting a bunch of guards.] Choose the wrong line of work, mates. [Alexis's turn!] (Jinx is suddenly Australian.) * Alexis does what everyone else is doing, and runs for the outpost! [Fanfan's turn!] ( Just that one guard left, yes? ) (New mook attribute: One Guard Left.) ( * Jinx points behind Ard. "Look! A platypus!" Then he hides. ) (>.>) ( Yes, one guard left ) * Fanfan brings both swords around at the last guard standing. There. 2 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2 2d6-2) and gets 7 6. [He falls.] Nice, Fanfan. *eyes the others* ... I guess that's our cue to charge? * Fanfan nods curtly to Tairan. "Thank you." * Tairan pauses for a moment, then shrugs, grinning widely. "CHARGE!" *charges* * Jinx never stopped charging, aside from letting Tairan off. * Mikoto rides like the slighty-injured wind. * Fanfan blinkblinks, then follows as best she can.. * Sakura follows. Doesn't even have to clean off her sword! [You ride into the outpost. Ow.] [Actually, you go through the gate.] (3 Shomurans walk into a bar...ow.) * Jinx reloads his shotgun as he goes, if he has the chance. * Tairan is clearly enjoying this, running at top speed. He sheaths his katana momentarily to reload his pistol as he runs, then redraws his sword. [There are still many guards, but they're pretty much preoccupied with Hanomaru. Unless you do something to get their attention, they'll likely ignore you.] [Meanwhile, cries of "WAAAAAOOOOOOH! ENLIGHTENMENT!" and such ring through the outpost.] * Jinx tries to find the slaves as he reloads then. ... I take bad all the bad things I thought about that guy. He makes an excellent distraction. ...alright. I guess we can search the outpost while he's doing that. * Fanfan shrugs as she scans the area. "For everything a time and purpose, after all..." You would cowardly allow someone to battle many enemies by themselves? * Millie shakes her head and looks about the interior of the outpost. [There's a few closer to the gates, and they look thoroughly shocked and surprised about what's going on. Not necessarily pleased, but... shocked and surprised. Gets in the way. You see more closer (and preseumably) in the mountain, though the ones in view have more or less stopped working as they realized there's nothing *making* them work.] You wanna help, you go help 'im. Me, I think it's less cowardly ta make sure people are SAFE before those mooks start shootin' Ah, you want more targets so it will be less likely for the enemy to shoot you. I understand. [They are, for the record, composed entirely of Shomurans and Injuns. Not one Teckian to be seen, aside from the (mostly dead) guards.] ...yer an idiot. Less arguing, more freeing! Because I know how you think? I'm afraid not, you coward. We do not have ti--what Tairan said. * Jinx rides over to the largest group of Injuns and gets to taking off any schackles or such. ["Freeing?" A dirty Shomuran shuffles over to Tairan when he hears that. "You said 'freeing', right?"] Any of you lot know how to fight or at least use a tomahawk? * Mikoto frowns, then slips off his horse and produces a lockpick from his sleeve. "You can leave the slaves to me. I'll take care of them... the rest of you go on ahead." * Alexis waves to the slaves. "Hiiiiiiii!" Damn right. You know where the main holding area is? [One of the slaves waves back?] * Hanomaru runs by, fighting a bunch of guards, waves with one hand and yells, "HO, MY GOOD PEOPLE!" Then rushes back into the fray.] * Millie looks over at the Shomuran and puts up her rifle for a second. "An' ya seen an injun girl...real pretty. Goes by the name Runnin' Cloud?" [The man grins. "Free. You're going to free us! Thank you thank you so much and- wow, he's loud, but he can chop up guards really good!"] * Fanfan stops and looks at Mikoto. "Are...you certain you will be able to handle them all?" * Millie eyes Hanomaru and shakes her head. * Sakura goes to help Hanomaru, because it's IC. >_< * Mikoto then makes with the lockpicking, answering without looking back. "No, but I won't be much help to you inside the fortress, so it's the best solution." (It's a samurai thing.) * Millie watches Sakura and sighs. "Why do I even bother tryin' ta talk sense with her?" * Tairan tips his cap. "No prob. But the main holding area? Where are most of the people being held?" ["Uh... most of the people work and live closer to the mountain." He points - yes - at the mountain, which Sakura and Hanomaru are clearing a nice path to.] (Speaking of which, Sakura, give me... oh... five attack and five defense rolls. No penalties necessary.) * Millie shrugs. "Guess we follow 'em then." * Tairan nods, and hops back onto Lightning. "Alexis, which way is the supply depot?" * Fanfan looks at everyone else, then turns back to Mikoto, hacking away at the chains of the nearest slaves. "You may need help defending them, if it comes to that." 5 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (5 2d6-5) and gets -3 4 2 1 3. ( Made 'em all. ) (Sakura kicks ass.) 5 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (5 2d6-5) and gets -1 1 5 5 1. ( ;-; ) (Sakura kicks serious ass.) * Mikoto smiles faintly. "Nurse Fanfan, to the rescue. We'll be following shortly, anyway." He continues picking locks on chains, lala. ( I do have that fancy armor tho'. ) (Yeah, that should help.) * Jinx looks over at Tairan. "So, shall we reinforce them? Mikoto seems to be handling the slaves." * Jinx starts Lightning trotting after Sakura. * Tairan nods at Mikoto. "After we free the rest of the slaves, we're heading to the supply depot to arm them. Follow the trail of guard corpses with the people you free, okay?" * Jinx charges after hearing that. * Mikoto nods his head but doesn't turn around. Tiny things, locks. "You always present such colorful metaphors, Tairan." * Fanfan nods at Tairan as she hacks through more slaver chains. * Jinx snickers. "That wasn't a metaphor." * Tairan calls back as he rides away. "Who's metaphorizing?" *grins* (I'm a man on the edge. Don't make me shove this lockpick in your eye.) * Millie turns Pepper after Sakura, muttering mild profanities about Sakura under her breath. ( "Take this Mikoto. Maybe you, the master of unlocking, can use it. ) [Sakura slaughters guards left and right. She and Hanomaru don't even get in each other's way as they whirl about, taking out the guards. A couple shots graze her, but she doesn't seem to notice. Well, except to retaliate a moment later.] (Feh.) ( I like Fanfan's unlocking technique better. Hack! Slash! Shatter! WAHAHAHAHA! ) ( Obviously Hanomaru and Sakura would make the perfect couple. Two crazy loud samurai. ) (My way doesn't put the rescuees in actual danger.) * Jinx charges again, only slowing to let Tairan off once they're in melee- range. (They'd be awesome.) ( It's lurve at first sight. ) [You guys do a great job following the trail of corpses, because wow, what a trail.] ( Sure it does. What if you accidentally poked them? It could go right through their wrist. Augh! ) * Tairan gets off Lightning, and runs alongside as they keep on riding. Thank you, Speed x1! * Jinx smirks at the trail of bodies and calls out to Tairan. "See, planning is overrated." (I guess one of the GMs can mention when we've got the slaves freed so we can follow.) [A number of the slaves you freed actually follow you, helping out other slaves. Bond together for freedom! You approach the main section of the encampment, and it looks like they've been living in absolutely miserable conditions, with shelter (if you can call it that) ready to collapse at a moment's notice. Just about everyone's chained, too; they can walk, but they're hampered.] Nah, we've just hit an unusual patch of luck. [Ye slaves are free!] [It looks like there's maybe a hundred or so people. They know better than to get into Sakura and Hanomaru's way, thank goodness.] * Mikoto nods his head at the last group, stows the lockpick, and mounts Nami, cantering over to Fanfan and offering a hand. "Let's get moving." (Luckily, I'm using Hex Mark Saddle for this stage. Guards will drop more meat buns.) * Fanfan reaches up and gets on Mikoto's horse. ... this is insane. How did they get away with this for so long? *starts cutting away peoples' chains with his katana... carefully, of course* * Mikoto nods once to Fan^2, then rides to meet the others at the head of a small unit of dispos-a-slaves. [Most of them thank you for rescuing them. Some hesitantly, some jubulantly. A few, once free, decide to jump on a guard Sakura and Hanomaru missed and pummel him.] * Millie shakes her head. "They paid people most likely. Sheriffs turn a blind eye to the person with the most money." * Jinx surveys the situation and then, once satisfied that the fighting is largely over, he hops off Lightning and starts cutting shackles with his tomahawk. * Tairan cups his hands over his mouth, and shouts. "Attention! We need you to follow us to the supply depot, so we can get you armed to keep reinforcements from recapturing you! Once you're all free, please follow us as best you can!" [A number of them cheer, and then the rest slowly join in. We're talking about freedom here, so... yes! Let's go for it!] * Jinx idly taps his fingers on his non-tomahawk hand as he frees people. "Well, calling the odds, I think we're going to be alright." [The few that jumped the guy finish beating him to a bloody pulp. They look much happier.] * Sakura cuts like a ginsu knife! (need to make more rolls?) *continues hacking away at chains* Alexis! Which way is the supply depot? We gotta get there as fast as possible, before the guards can regroup! If they don't decide it's in their best interest to turn on US once they get armed.. (Nope!) * Millie frees people regardless of what she's saying, keeping an eye out for RC. But not the cola. * Mikoto decides to let people hack chains away, which is about nine billion times faster than picking the locks, but he does ride around providing direction for the slaves like a good cavalry general. (Perception check, Millie! ;P) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 9. * Fanfan hacks chains too, yeah. [Millie doesn't find Running Cloud! Has no idea where she'd be, either, since they've sorta been combing the area.] * Sakura hopes she didn't accidently behead her! * Mikoto frowns, also looking for Running Cloud, considering her magic would be a big help at the moment. [Sakura doesn't behead Millie, because she didn't critfail back when. And Mikoto does a good job directing, though... about a quarter of the slaves are angry enough to run around and destroy whatever's left of the camp.] [It's good stress relief.] * Jinx stops occassionally while he's working to break bonds, stopping and picking out a few people (mostly Injuns) as he goes. "Right, you, you, and you with the whip scars, as you get free grab guns off the fallen guards. You've got the skill to be in the front group at the depot. And the privlidge of being first to kill more of these bastards." ( Duh. Will will be keeping her by his side and when we get there, he's gonna grin evilly and go "So, You Have Arrived. As I Knew You Would." ) ( The one time when a critfail would have been helpful.. ) [They look at each other and grin, then go about grabbing guns. Yay, toys!] * Alexis points in a direction. "That way!" ( I think yer mask needs a new eyehole.) [Some of them go That Way!] * Tairan nods at Alexis, then starts running with the freed slaves towards the depot. He's grinning from ear to ear, and is clearly getting caught up in the moment. *raises his sword up high* "Follow me! To FREEDOM! And GUNS!" ...a worse line was never spewed forth from yer lips, Lanky. Really? * Fanfan blinks, but follows as soon as all the slaves there are freed. * Mikoto grins faintly at Tairan as he rides by. "But a better motivator for the oppressed would be hard to find." [They cheer again, and now they're swarming after you! Into the plains, which is kinda like the desert, only definitely not! Many of them don't have any sort of footwear at this point, but that doesn't stop 'em.] * Millie scratches her head as she looks down a bit. "Yeah, I guess. Simple minds, simple pleasures I s'pose." Shows why sword lady loves hackin' * Tairan grins up at Mikoto. "What can I say? s'been a while since I was fighting the good fight. Feels good." * Alexis follows after. Oh, that makes sense. * Jinx finishes searching the ranks, and has handed over his tomahawk to one scrappy looking Injunn and given his pistol to a younger Injun that he thinks has some potential. "You're still new at this, so just go for the chest, might take an extra hit or two, but should do the job. And I'm going to want those back!" * Jinx then rides up to the front. [Sakura and Hanomaru have since run out of guards to slaughter. Awwww.] Anyone found Runnin' Cloud in this whole mess? She's gotta be here somewheres.. * Hanomaru comes over to join y'all, too. "GOWAAAAH!", he yells for no real reason. (Perception rolls for anyone looking for Running Cloud!) * Millie winces and waves to Hanomaru. "Heya.." * Sakura cleans her blade and looks around for guards! .. and I guess Running Cloud too. ( Mostly Guards. ) * Hanomaru waves back to Millie. "HO, MY GOOD WOMAN!" * Fanfan doesn't look for Running Cloud, since she has no idea what the woman looks like other than "same race as Jinx and kind of Millie." ( *points out Injun females* There's one, there's one, that might be her...) ( Yeah, basically. ) * Mikoto shakes his head at Millie, still scanning the crowd as he does so. "I've been looking and I haven't, either..." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 7. * Millie frowns. "She better be here. After all this trouble.." Hano, think this may be the place where they took her? * Mikoto knits his brow. "I doubt she'd be among the common slaves. She's talented, and she's beautiful..." He narrows his eyes, looking up. "I suspect she's kept somewhere very safe." (At Will the Hutt's side, in a bikini.) "GOAAAHHH! IT COULD BE.... UNLESS IT'S NOT!" * Jinx whistles marrily as he gets back to the front. "Not the most elite fighting force in the world, but damn motivated." Like, in a safe? ( ...ATC2 deja vu. ) (Ditto.) * Mikoto just... eyes Alexis. "...No." That's good. It'd be awful cramped. ...as usual, yer sterlin' wisdom astounds me, Hanomaru. And, I think I've gotten everyone who knows one end of the gun from another armed. ::he grins:: Lots of dead guards means lots of free weapons. * Mikoto rolls his neck slightly and nods at Jinx. "Nothing left but to make the final assault then, it would seem." WHY, THANK YOU. MY WIT IS INDEED MIGHTY! It's somethin' alright. * Hanomaru nods to Millie. "MIGHTY!" GUUOOOOOAAAAAAH! * Millie cups her hand at the brim of her hat and looks up the path. Anything worthwhile up there? * Jinx rides over to Hanomaru. "May as well be sure. Could you try to get the attention of someone named Running Cloud?" GOWAAAAHHH! I SHALL DO MY BEST! * Tairan looks back. "Uh, guys. Follow? Freedom? Guns? C'mon!" RUNNING CLOUD, ARE YOU THERE? ARE YOU MIGHTY? ENLIGHTENMENT!! [They are following, if Tairan paid any attention to GM bits.] (Yeah. <.<) (I sacrifice my life to kill Hanomaru.) ...y'know. The voice might actually be good for somethin' after all. * Jinx nods and grins slightly. He then goes looking for deaf Injin females that look like Running Cloud. Cause if she's not deaf, Hanomaru will get her. [Five out of six Injuns and Shomurans agree: Hanomaru is FREAKING LOUD! They cover their ears. But nobody steps forward.] (Aura of Command lvl lots.) If she don't hear THAT, then Will cut her ears off. (Perception roll, Jinx.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 9. (d2) WAAAAAOOOOO! COME TO ME, RUNNING CLOUD, FOR I AM THE LEGENDARY HANOMARU! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 6. (d3) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 10. I don't think it's working. (*giggles*) [He doesn't find her!] * Mikoto sighs as he looks around. "Will is either a xenophobe, or a supremacist. I can't quite decide which." * Millie just eyes Hanomaru at that. "Stop. Unless ya want her ta think yer spoutin' cheap pickup lines." * Jinx laughs harshly and looks over at Mikoto. "No, he probably just doesn't shit where he eats as the saying goes. Enslaving non-Injun teckians would be nothing but trouble for him." GOAAAAH! THE MIGHTY HANOMARU DOES NOT USE CHEAP PICKUP LINES! I AM A MANLY MAN! (MANLY!) * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "You think so?" He shields his eyes and surveys the crowd. "John said he was arrogant." He was right. Arrogant doesn't mean stupid. * Mikoto grins. "On the contrary... arrogance is often a very particular kind of stupidity." * Millie tries not to stare at Hanomaru as if he's the biggest idiot in the world. It looks very hard. ( Millie is just jealous 'cause she's not manly. ) (Uh. I'd rather NOT be manly, thanks.) (MANLY!) Probably took the people he thought nobody'd come looking for around here. Yep! Tairan's right, if you take a bunch of Injun slaves from some isolated village and a bunch of Easterns scores of miles from home, then you probably don't have to worry about a rescue force. * Mikoto stretches his arms over his head with a distracted smile. "Lucky us." * Millie sighs and looks at Alexis. "So where WOULD he keep more, um, prized possessions then?" I dunno! Maybe as a personal slave? Yeah, I figured. But where is he? * Fanfan frowns at Jinx's deduction, but keeps quiet. Probably at city hall. * Millie grumbles. 'Geez...' * Mikoto nods. "I doubt Will bothers to stay here. That's what his subordinates ar... were for." * Jinx grins. "And they say you can't beat city hall." ... which means we get to invade another town. *pauses* I think I like the West. * Millie cracks her knuckles. "Oh, I'm gonna beat him alright." * Fanfan sighs. * Jinx inspects his shotgun. "Yeah, I say we put that phrase to the test." [Session End! Slaves are freed! ENLIGHTENMENT!] * Mikoto knits his brow. "Are you sure that's wise? Cause the session just ended and I can't finish this thought."