[Time: Early afternoon!] [Place: A hotel room! An expensive hotel room. Pretty spacious. Very nice beds. And the towels are extra fluffy.] [You guys have holed up here to discuss plans on dealing with the whole upcoming heist and the people involved. There are people involved and other people you suspect are involved, including Draco Jennings, Lucius Jennings, Calamity Jan and Company, and your favorite pair of bounty hunters EVER: Eri and D. Well, probably. You don't really know much for sure.] [Anyway! That's where you are. That is the situation. It's a hot, dry day in Morriston.] [Session Start.] * Fanfan looks vaguely grouchy. (He was upbeat in the morning!) ( It's morning somewhere! ) ( Man. Last night angry!Enzo, tonight grouchy!Fanfan) (Ha ha, Naiya's an idiot. Anyway!) * Tairan is looking vaguely upbeat this afternoon. Hot bath mighta helped. Clean clothes too. Even got a chance to clean his katana scabbard. * Jinx sits and watches the mansion. "Alright, who wants first Jan watch?" * John is looking good today. As usual. No billowing cape though. Whoever's best at it, I'd imagine. ( Quick! Let's compare our Heightened Awareness attributes and mind scores!) * Jinx looks oddly at Millie. "Well, if no one wants it, I'll take the first hour or two." * Fanfan rubs her forehead. "I shall take the next one." I'd volunteer, but I'd kinda stick out around here. I'll take after Fanfan, then. * Dreol has joined #rsp ... or, if it ain't a problem, I'll take a shift too. * Millie leans her elbow against a windowsill and glances lazily out the window. * Fanfan shrugs. "We can take turns covering up." * Jinx stands up and quickly checks over his gear. "That should work." He then heads towards the door and patrol. * Tairan looks around. "We're starting to get a bit short on manpower." *pauses* "Or womanpower." 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6+4) and gets 12. [Time passes.] * Jinx returns after an hour and a half. "Nothing. Where was that bath Tairan?" Down the hall. Watch out for the creepy guy with the beard and the wooden duck. * Jinx nods. "Will do." He then heads off down tha hall. * Fanfan suits up and heads out. [The remaining patrols fail to spot Jan. Time passes, and dusk comes.] * John walks in from his patroling. "Nothing. Tink we might've missed her?" * Fanfan shrugs. Or maybe she was just not gonna show her face around here before she attacked. Would risk tipping people off. * Jinx has actually cleaned up some, attended to grooming, and the like. He looks less scummy than usual. Not dapper by any stretch of the term, but clean. "I figure she'd wait til dark." [He's still ugly as heck though.] * Millie raises her head a little and slumps then tries to keep it up from falling asleep. She then rubs her head. "We've just been kind of wasting time all day...my trigger finger's gettin' itchy..." * Jinx hasn't found a way to clean scars. Should we head out, then? If things start getting interesting, we're gonna feel pretty silly sitting here watching from a hotel room. * Jinx nods and grins. "Yeah." He makes sure he has his stuff and then heads towards the door. * Fanfan nods. "That sounds reasonable." (Yea alleluia.) * John nods and heads to the door. * Tairan reaches to adjust his hat, realizes that Fanfan still has it, chuckles softly, and heads out after John. ( She gave it back to him when it was his turn. <.< Then took it back! :D ) ( Let her keep it for a bit. It's a fun fashion statement. ) [Y'all leave under the cover of duskness! Head to the Jennings estate? Y/N] ( :D ) (Y) ( It is very dusk you are likely to be eaten by a grue. Or maybe by Kirby. ) (Y) (But keep away from the gate for now. ) (M?) ( Let's hear it for runon sentences. ) (Oh, oh! K!) (K! :D) ( save ) [Y'all head for the Jennings estate! It's a lone mansion on high ground - a hill of some sort - and some of the only green you see in the area. They must work hard for that grass. It's a Victorian-style building: three floors. There's some light through a couple of the windows, but that's on the second floor. Not a soul is seen wandering outside.] * Jinx looks over the house and the lack of guards. "The trap is set." * Tairan mutters softly. "Damn right. Looks ripe for the picking, which is exactly how they want it." * John nods. * Fanfan looks around nervously. * Millie whispers as she peeks at the estate. "So...why ain't anyone fallen for it yet?" 'cause the sun is going down about now. * Tairan continues speaking softly. "Waiting for dead of nigh- yeah. What Jinx said." * Jinx does match quiet tones with everyone else. So, genius. What's the plan now? Wait. You want to walk into a trap? (Yes.) (Yes, you do!) Better than sitting around bein' bored outta my mind arguin' with people who can't keep their head straight. You can go back if you would like. * Millie sighs and tips her hat down over her head. "But I'll concede for now. Wake me when something important happens." * Jinx shrugs and finds a place to settle in. "Will do." Not you, Fanfan. * Jinx has a note of amusement in his tone. Your head's perfectly straight. I wanna see ya show it more though. * Fanfan ignores Millie. (Such a charmer.) * Millie doesn't care! ( It's nice and straight... with those tasty brains inside...) (What? >.>) (So, I think we're waiting.) (It's not like she said "I want to see you USE it more) ( I know. :P ) * Tairan looks around. "I'm gonna take a quick sneak around the perimeter, see if I can get a bead on where Jennings' guards might've gone. Could give us an idea of where they'll be coming from." (He has a trained grue.) * Fanfan taps Tairan's shoulder. "Are you sure that's a good idea?" (Now aren't you regretting coming at night?) It is if he doesn't get caught. I think so. But I'm open to changin' my mind if the group thinks otherwise. Everything's good if ya don't get caught. (...hahahaha.) He should be safe. I think they'll spring it when someone gets to the mansion. * John nods. ...but...won't either side have others scouting as well? (That's what TNT is for.) ( You and your blowing up of the stuff. >_< ) ( I like this plan.) * Tairan shrugs. "If you guys think I shouldn't, I won't. But I can be pretty sneaky." Look, if ya don't think you'll get caught, go ahead. * Jinx nods. "Just stay away from the house and you should be fine." * Fanfan pats Tairan's shoulder again. "Well, be careful, then." * Jinx smiles at Fanfan's pat. * Tairan nods. "Ain't going near the house. Just the perimeter. No closer than we are now. I'm lookin' for tracks, not a way in or anything." ( Jinx: >_< ) * Fanfan shrugs. "One never knows." (TNT! DynaMITE! TNT! o/~) * Tairan gives everyone a final nod, then sneaks out. Hey, he is pretty darn stealthy. (A man hears Tairan's footstep noise! A "!" appears over his head! Quick, Tairan, find a locker!) * Jinx watches Tairan go until he loses track of him. He then goes back to watching for signs of Jan's group. ( Yeah, but he isn't crawling in the grass is he? ) (Tairan: Stealth (camoflauge) and Tracking (grasslands) at +1 for poor lighting.) * Millie lifts her hat slightly and looks for any sign of people leaving or entering the mansion. No matter who. (We'll have to check the Camo Index.) (What's he wearing?) (NO HAT.) * John keeps watchin' for movin' people. Other than our group, that is. ( He's got his Naked face on! ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 7. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 5. (You know, I really should be playing MGS now and I'm not.) [Tairan sneaks around the mansion! He doesn't see anyone else hanging out in the area, and he can't find any tracks in, but that might just be because it's a bit hard to see.] ( Thanks to Todd I'm visualizing all of this MGS3 style. >_< ) (Tairan! Eat this fish!) (WE ALREADY HAVE ELEVENTY BILLION FISH! WE DO NOT NEED MORE FISH FOR THE GOOD OF THE CARAVAN!) ( The snake! Make 'im eat a snake! Or a parrot. XD ) (Or CALORIEMATE.) (It's a space age food that WUBS J00.) * Tairan hrms, and circles back around, just to make sure he didn't miss anything. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 7. ( Hm, there's a bunch of people...right behind me! Crap. ) [Tairan still finds nothin'] (Equip the Mine Detector, Snake.) * Tairan returns to the group. Those not paying attention might even be startled. He whispers... "Too dark, and I'm not familiar enough with the terrain. Couldn't stop anything." ("I think I just failed a spot check." "Why?") ("I didn't see anything.") * Jinx is slightly surprised by Tairan's approach. He whispers back. "Okay. So we wait." * Fanfan nods. * Millie 's not paying attention. She doesn't even really care. She's just watching. (...you know, now that I think about it, David Hayter would be the perfect voice actor for Tairan.) * John nods and watches s'more. (Of course, now I'm hearing Kim Mai Guest doing Fanfan and the crossover imagery has melted my brain.) ( In slightly unrelated news, a friend of one of my friends thought my name was Mei Ling. ) *low voice* Sorry guys. m'usually okay tracking in the dark, but I just haven't spent enough time in this kinda terrain to really know what to look for. * Fanfan shrugs. ( Additional note: One of my cousins is named Kim-Mai. ) * Millie rolls her eyes. "Or maybe, y'know, you're bein' paranoid an' there's really nothin' worth findin' yet." * Jinx responds with a smile and a low voice. "She's got a point." * John snerks. (Which way are you watching the house from? Front?) * Tairan eyes Millie right back, smirking, still with the low voice. "In this line'a work, bein' paranoid keeps you alive." * Millie eyes the gate. "Say Lanky...was there more than one way in the house when ya scouted it out?" ( I'd assume off to the side a bit. Front corner. ) (Front corner that is.) (Yeah. RSP might make a decent manga, but the anime would be dull dull dull.) ( Lots of closeup pages of John's shiny teeth! :D ) (*Ting!*) * Jinx nods at Millie's comment. "They might just go over or through. We should keep a patrol. I'll start." Jinx holds for a moment in case of objections. ( GM-sans? Any additional entrances? ) [There are windows on all sides. A front entrance, a servants' entrance in the side, and a back one.] (Also the skeleton-filled catacombs!) * Tairan nods at Millie. "Windows, back entrance... and a side one. Maybe for servants or somethin'." (Nah. These are ZOMBIE-filled catacombs.) (So, can I make you wait, or are you going to talk about maybe waiting some more?) ...yeah. What kind of person who'd wanna sneak in the mansion would use a front entrance? (Make us wait! Say we trade patrols so we keep an eye on the other sides of the compound.) * Tairan nods at Jinx. "Sounds good." *turns back to Millie* "The kind who think there're no guards around." Yeah. Only you would think of that. * Tairan grins, and taps his head. "Paranoid, remember?" * John rolls his eyes. No. That's jus' plain stupidity. *hefts her rifle* I'm watchin' the back an' sides. * Jinx stops. "Okay." [NINJA JUMP OUT OF THE NIGHT AND KILL YOU ALL. not really.] * Fanfan blinks at Jinx. "We can still patrol, you realize, whether or not Millie is with us." Jinx, why doncha go with her. JOhn'n Fanfan can watch the front. I'll patrol. (Three entrances) (You're still NOT REALLY DEAD.) (WTF is with this "patrol" business anyhow?) ( Wander around. Look for stuff. ) * Jinx nods. (What are we? MGS guards? :P) < * Tairan nods at the others. "If you see anything, one stays, the others gather the rest." [Time passes! People may or may not make out! WHO KNOWS. The GMs don't. Therefore, neither do you. It gets darker! And darker! Oh no, the suspense!] * Tairan grins rakishly. "And don't get dead." *half-salutes; heads out* * Fanfan nods at Tairan. "Understood." * Jinx continues to wait. (Tairan, give me a perception roll at +1. Everyone else, give me one at +2.) ( Well, since Tairan is actually patrolling the local brothel... o/~ ) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6+2) and gets 8. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-1) and gets 7. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for John (2d6+2) and gets 9. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6+1) and gets 9. [More time passes. Fanfan feels a little restless. Another perception roll, please, this time normal for all.] ( I SEE THINGS I SEE THEM WITH MY *EYES* ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for John (2d6) and gets 5. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 3. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6-4) and gets 3. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 6. [Jinx, John, and Fanfan hear a muffled gunshot. Do I even need to say from where?] * Fanfan starts! * Jinx draws his shotgun. * John blinks. "Sounds like the fireworks have started." (Do we have a feel for what part of the house?) * Millie glances at Jinx and whispers. "What?" (Nope. Just that it's inside. You're not that close.) * Fanfan peers a little closer. * Jinx whispers back. "Muffled shot. They must have snuck past us. Probably used magic." * Tairan pops up behind John, and whispers. "Something happen?" (!) * Fanfan glances at Tairan. "A shot from within the mansion." * Millie rolls her eyes. "Wonderful." She then grins and draws her rifle of light. "Well, finally. Let's test this baby out." * Jinx nods and grins. "Let's join up and head in." He gets headed over to the other group. * Tairan eyes JOhn'n Fanfan. "Should we head in? Or wait for Jennings' crew to spring their trap while Jan's crew is on their way out?" Good question. * Millie pouts. "Do we *have* to? Flanking them would be just as good." We need to hit when they least expect it, I'd think. ( >_< ) ( Let's attack their supply depot. ) (With a fire attack!) ( Yes! ) * Jinx stops. "Err.. I guess so." I'd suggest we wait until Jennings' guys attack. Then we can surprise 'em and flank 'em." (I hope you all DIE.) (Not only that, it's a SURPRISE fire attack on their supply depot!) There are only five of us. I am simply pointing that out. [AND THEN THE NINJA SET YOU ON FIRE.] ( ;-; ) * Millie nods. "So let's go." * Tairan nods. "All the more reason to preserve the element of surprise for as long as possible." * Fanfan shakes her head. "Very well." (Yes Tairan. Let's preserve the element. Matter of fact, let's preserve it so long they're surprised that we never show up!) ( Fine by me. <.< ) (Basic tactics. If we go in, we come out with Jan's crew, and get jumped together. We wait, we can flank Jennings' guys when they jump Jan's crew.) ( And stop taking this so personally, man. ) (I'm not taking anything personally. :P I just want to kill Tairan right now. Nothing personal) * Jinx heads forward as he thinks the ambush has started. He tries to keep a fairly low profile. (This of course is the disadvantage of splitting the group. ;P) (And another perception roll.) * Tairan looks around. "... I really hope Millie and Jinx are thinking along the same lines we are." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Millie heads in slowly behind him. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 6. (Why 6s? Why TAUNT me? At least let me fail by a LARGE amount ;_;) * Fanfan shakes her head. "And I as well." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6-4) and gets 8, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Maybe you should consider sacrificing some barnyard animals?" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for John (2d6) and gets 7. (Fanfan notices the ground! In a tactile fashion!) ( Sadly enough? That critfail is only a miss by one. ) ( And since Fanfan is my least DRed-out character, I'll keep this one. ^^ ) (I don't have any characters with any DR in any way.) (I'm a stinky cheaterface. ) (I am highly atypical in this regard, I am told.) ( I don't think I have any without, but then again, see above. ^^ ) * Fanfan jumps and spins around, hands on her swords. * Tairan looks back, and hisses. "What?" * Fanfan looks around bashfully. "...ah. My apologies. I thought...my apologies. I seem to be slightly jumpy." s'okay. Like I said. Better paranoid than dead. * Jinx keeps heading up. He goes for the servant's entrance. (Somewhere, a sheep bleats.) [You approach the servant's enterance. It's quiet!] (Baaaahhh.) * Millie goes to the side and nods at Jinx. [The door's closed.] (Shoot it open! SWAT team, SWAT team!) (So, did y'all remember to bring boxes?) ( So our tortured souls would have something to carry our corpses in? ) (Special delivery!) * Jinx checks to see if the door is locked before he opens it. ( FLOWERS FOR NEGADUCK! ) (We are so OUT of it.) [It is.] * Jinx frowns and looks for any easily accessible windows. [There are two.] d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (d2) and gets 1. [Rather large windows, actually. The curtains are drawn.] * Jinx thinks for half a second and goes for the left window. He stands to the side of the window and tries to open it. ( It could be worse. They could pretend to deliver Cthulhu pizza. ) (Open it from the outside?) (Yup) [It doesn't open easily, being one you swing open from the inside.] * Millie waits for Jinx to finish up what he's doing. * Tairan waits where he and the group are, keeping his eyes and ears open, and doing his best to make himself unseen. * Jinx frowns and prepares to break a pane of glass near where you'd open the window with the butt of his shotgun. He glances back to Millie for a sec before doing that. * John is there, yup. Wait for door to open and keep senses aware. * Fanfan waits and keeps herself from fidgeting. (Body roll -2, Jinx.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-2) and gets 4. [Jinx slams his shotgun against the window, and the glass shatters easily.] ( Can we hear that from our entrance? ) * Millie stands back and readies the rifle nearby. * Jinx then holds his shotgun properly with one hand and opens the window with his other. (Yes.) * Fanfan jumps again. "Did you hear that?" * John doesn't draw his guns. How typical. * Tairan facepalms. "Yeah. Ten kanmon says Millie'n Jinx didn't share our thinking." ...point. (* Jinx curses because he missed a chance to bet) (The window open without any trouble?) ... doesn't change the plan. We can still flank Jennings' people when the jump Jan. Now Jan'll have a bit more firepower with her. ... and maybe they can tip Jan off, get her ready for the ambush. ( All in quiet voice, of course. ) * Fanfan nods. There is no sense endangering ourselves as well. Before it is time to, of course. (Another perception roll! -2 for Jinx and Millie.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6-4) and gets 5. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-2) and gets 1. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-2) and gets 1. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for John (2d6) and gets 8. [Jinx and Millie clearly hear *another* gunshot from inside, along with some screaming. Fanfan, also, hears a gunshot and a scream, though less clearly. Jinx and Millie can tell it's coming from the first floor, most likely.] Shooting from inside. * Jinx throws back the curtain and sees... Also what sounds like a scream of some sort... What kind? [An empty, dark room! There's a piano and a few chairs. Posh.] ...human? [Oh, and carpeting.] ... Man or woman? ( Can she tell? ) (You should ask!) (no.) I...couldn't tell. * Jinx rushes in and tries to find the source of the gunfire and the scream. Mmmm. * Millie heads on in quickly after Jinx. She's not wasting time on silly things like talking. [Jinx climbs through the broken, open window!] * Jinx searches for an inside door or something. He's in such hurry that he doesn't even scope the place for what to loot on the way out. [Jinx finds a door! He finds two, in fact. Is he just going towards where he figures the screaming is?] * Jinx is. * Tairan stays silent, trying to focus on his surroundings. And maybe make a goddamn perception roll sometime tonight. * Millie 's following Jinx. Wherever he goes. Because going alone would be silly. (Tairan spends time focusing his chi) (Give me mind rolls, both of you. Tell me how much you miss/make by.) (...mind rolls? >.>) (Tairan goes within) (You...gah, you love to hurt us. :P) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 7. ( I didn't fail that roll! w00t ) (At some point John and Fanfan will decide to go in, and Tairan will critfail a perception roll to notice they left. ;p) ( *leave* *charges a group 'o thugs* Cover me, guys!....guys? ) (Y'know now that I think about it, assuming *Jinx and Millie* wouldn't rush in wasn't all that thoughtful of a call. ^_~) (It took you that long to consider that? :P) (I've been writing a paper. ;p) (Also, I like the "People are firing inside. Let's wait and see what happens!" approach.) [The place is huge, and it's almost like a maze. You guys hit a few empty rooms and dead ends finding the source of the screaming. But you probably went the right way eventually, because at the end of a particularly well- decorated, door-lined hallway, you come across a large dining area near the heart of the mansion. There are three elaborate chandeliers hanging from the high rafters, and there are a few large tables. (more)] ( No, no, we want you to bait the bad guys for us. <.< ) (I could see merit in it if you expect the main ambush to trigger when they leave. After all there was only one shot.) (But Jinx errs towards action.) (Yeah sure. Let them shoot up all the guards, steal what's in there, THEN shoot them.) (Most people would want to stop them either at the moment of the theft red-handed or before they even approach it) [You also come rushing into three guns pointed at you: two from people you don't recognize at all, but the third from someone you do. It's Jan herself. One man is crumpled on the ground, clutching his bleeding arm, and another passed out, Greebo standing over him with his rifle in hand. Ellie's nearby, too, and weaponless, though that doesn't necessarily mean much. They're surrounded by a large group of men. (even more!)] [Maybe a dozen counting the two on the floor. Oh, and one Draco Jennings, who Jan has her *other* gun pointed at, and who she's currently addressing. "More flunkies?" she asks, annoyed. "Don't you quit?"] ( Hi Jan, 'sup?) ( WTF) (She's not even looking at you, and she'll blow your brains out again, Jinx. ;P) (Damn. ;_;) ( "Of all the bad-guy mansions in all the world..." ) (I think Jinx should just say: 'WAZZZUUUUUUP') ( Hey, you already shot me in the head once. Isn't that enough? ... GAH! ) ( Who you callin' "lackey"? ) * Jinx spins his shotgun to fire at the two aiming at us. "Naw, I'm here to backup Jan." He grins. "You made a real impression on me at Izu." * Millie raises her rifle up and points it on one of the goons daring to point at her. She smirks. "Quiiite a game of chicken we got here, ain't it? An' ta think we almost missed all the fun." ( Meanwhile, Tairan, Fanfan and John have a picnic. ) [Jan blinks. "Izu?" And she turns to get a look at Jinx, and her complexion pales, but the guns don't waver, one still pointed at him. "You... I killed you!"] [We End Here.]