You guys coming? Waitin' for Harry. I think. Na-ah. He said he was stayin'. I thought. Or something. What's that? * Alex looks up from his tapes. Harry's stayin', ain't he? Let's get goin'! So, what're ya lookin' ta do? I... don't know. Shouldn't we wait? * Eric glances over Alex's shoulder. Either Claire or Harry are coming. Strength in numbers. We wait a minute or two. ...oh. *sigh* *cat-pacing back-and-forth* Patience. It's a virtue, or somethin'. * Eric taps his foot impatiently, waiting. * Alex walks over to Eric and whispers something in his ear real quick. Mrow. Sorry, just want to do this. *pace, pace* * Eric puts two fingers up and looks around. * Eric takes those down, they were just in front of Alex. ^^; O-okay. * CheshireCat tilts her head. "Whatcha doin', Eric?" Talkin' strategy. Oh. ... Going to let us in on it? Nothin' important, really. Just some music advice. Ah... I'm still trying to work on this whole "using your powers for the good of mankind" thing. * CheshireCat lets out a hissing sound that might be a feline chuckle. Screw that. Use your powers for the good of not gettin' your ass killed. Worry about mankind tomorrow. Good advice, Daegal dear. * Miya flickers into existance, Claire holding her hand. She squeezes it once. "Good luck." She looks around to all of you, then lets go and disappears again. * CheshireCat winces at the flare. "Ah! Finally! Claire, you're coming with us after all?" Th.... anks. Yeah, looks that way. You'll be fine, Claire. We can do this. Right? Alright! Let's go already! *[grin]* Yeah!Come on! Hey, Claire... could you lift him like two inches off the ground, so he can't walk or anything 'cause he got no traction? * Claire takes a deep breath. ( Yes, please. While we're young. ) Let's finally get goin'. I can try... but... * CheshireCat starts off down the corridor, impatience having gotten the better of the little purple kitty. * Claire shakes her head. "I'll try it." * Sam follows after her! * Eric starts walkin'. * Alex follows after Eric. * Daegal walks, stayin' near Claire. "'cause if he's up in the air, he can't lunge, he can't dodge... don't have to imobilize him. Just like someone's lifting him up by his collar." * CheshireCat does that feline chuckle again. It's a bit malevolent, now. "That would be beautiful." ... That's a pretty good idea. * Claire follows the crew. "I know. It's just not that easy." She looks to the side. "I... don't have as much control over my powers as I'd like to admit." [ You head off allong the corridors, up a floor, and back into the mansion proper! Once you get there, you notice--! Hearing rolls, please. +8. ] * Alex laughs. "You sound like me now." Think'a it like picking him up 'round the waist... just with your brain. [ So you work your way along the ground floor of the mansion, never stopping in your forward progress, which seems to do you some good here. Which direction are you headed, front or back? ] * CheshireCat thinks we're headed for the front, so heads that way unless someone says not to. ( Don't worry about it. I know how much running and playing at the same time sucks. ) * Sam thought they said 'front courtyard' as best place, so just follows! * Daegal is heading for the front courtyard, yeah. * Eric goes to the Front Courtyard! * Claire follows. (Is it dark up here, or lit?) * Sam yeah, goes that way. ( I assume Eric's providing light, if there's not. ) (If so, Sally's off just ahead of and outside the main light radius.) (Light producin' right here.) * CheshireCat scurries just a bit further ahead when it starts getting dark, staying outside of the main light radius provided by Eric. It's actually rather hard to see her tiny purple body now. [ Eric's providing the only light around, at the moment. Currently, you reach the front entrance. ] [ Outside, it's still dark and stormy. ] (And night?) Right. I'll go out first, make sure he's not about to jump out or somethin'... Sure... Your choice, dear. * Claire nods. 'less he has a bazooka, I'll be fine. * CheshireCat chuckle-hisses. "Shoulda had Miya hit you 'fore we left." * Daegal adjusts his bullet bracelet, kisses the badge around his neck, and steps outside! [ Nobody takes Daegal's head off as he steps outside. ] (Curse you, Nobody! Daegal was my friend! KAAAAHHHHHN!) (KAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHN!) (I'm Nobody! Who are you?) ... Is it safe? ( KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHN! ) [ Lightning flashes as Sam asks that. ] Nice special FX. Wonder if Storm's doin' it indirectly. * CheshireCat doesn't wince at the lightning. Strange. * Daegal gets rained on! "'less he's tryin' to give us a cold by gettin' us wet, yeah. C'mon out. I'll stay here 'till we're all out, make sure he ain't comin' up behind." * Alex steps out into the rain. Okay! * Eric walks out into the rain. Yay, rain! He makes a coat for himself and puts it on. * Claire floats out. * CheshireCat pads on out, but waits right by the lintel of the door, just outside (and out of sight of the entryway just inside) and under the overhang. * Sam heads out into the rain... though doesn't look happy about it because ITS WET. Grr. Now what? How do we draw him out? You know, if it weren't for being hunted by a nut, I'd love to go for a walk right about now. Should I grab his attention the loud way? Pff. I was just out in this. But I don't like it in this form. ...sure it won't be drowned out by the storm, Eric hon? ( o/` walk, in the rain o/` ) * Eric grins. "One way to find out." * Daegal closes the door behind him, and heads to the others. "We could always yell 'Hey! Loser with the stupid muttonchops!'." * CheshireCat closes her eyes. Which you can actually see, as a pair of golden lights wink out. "Have at it." Eh, close your eyes. Well, hold on a second, okay? * Eric raises an eyebrow. * Claire frowns. "I just thought of... Damn. Well, maybe it won't matter." What's wrong? * Claire shakes her head. "Nothing. Nevermind." Mew...can we get on with it, please? Yeah... Waitin' on Sam. Maybe some of us should hide. I think I'm prrretty well hidden, rright here. From anywhere he'd come from, anyways. * Sam concentrates, and starts to draw out that ooze of hers, so it coats her in such a way that its like armor. Also, she creates a sword-like weapon with the goop. ... I'm ready. I'm ready. Shall I shout insulting things about his momma now? * Eric flexes, and a dusty field incases him, swriling at a very quick rate. Occassionally it solidifies into a very solid barrier, other times it's just that bunch of dusty-stuff. * Eric motions with his hand and produces a gernade that looks a *lot* like a souped-up Flash Bang. "You guys ready?" * Claire hovers several feet off the ground. "Ready." Myes. Go ahead. * Daegal shades his eyes. "Yup." * Eric makes a board and hops onto it, floating a few inches himself. Mobility is your friend. He pulls the pin and throws the flash-bang straight up, intending for it to explode and make a huge flash of light and a bang. * Alex closes his eyes. * Claire shields her eyes. * Eric shields his ears and eyes. [ The grenade explodes, making a huge flash of light! And a loud BANG! ] * Sam does both, perhaps in time. ( Its hard to type when I can't see what I'm typing. ) * CheshireCat , for the moment of this intense light, appears to have a sillhouette of Sally crouched next to her. (Why can't you?) [ Some time passes. Once you all open your eyes again, you need vision rolls, +6. ] * Daegal starts scanning around as soon as the light fades... [ Those who make the roll notice a human figure making its way towards you, on all fours, from near the hedges. ] ( Yeah, I knew Sally would make it. Just not everybody else. ) * Eric goes up a good seven or so feet, hopefully out of reach of wolf boy. Here he comes! *points; Steps to the front* * Claire does likewise. * Daegal drops into a loose judo-esque stance. * Sam steps up, too, because she's ARMORED. And has a WEAPON. * CheshireCat lopes silently (compared to the ambient noise) out into the courtyard, in no hurry, just watching the wolf-man quietly. * Alex looks down and realizes that he's lost track of the casette he was going to use. "SHIT!" * CheshireCat is, by the way, a very wet cat. ;_; * Eric nods. "Get ready guys!" ( There's a h-parse there somewhere. ) ( Poor kitty! ) * CheshireCat fades out, [grinning] as the water stops touching her. All that's left are her golden eyes and her [grin]. I... I am! * Sam sounds scared though. [ Sabretooth notices you noticing him, turns around, and begins to saunter off, like he does't have a care in the world. ] * Eric bunches his fist and fires a particle beam Sabertooth's way. Hey, maybe he'll hit! "Get back here!" * Claire reaches out with one hand. Don't follow... he wants us to follow, so he can ambush... that works. [ Sabretooth ducks to the side of Eric's blast, casual as you please, and calls back "Who, me?" ] * Eric grins and a ball of plasma appears in his hand. "Eh, no. The guy in front of ya." [ Claire manages to grab him with her telekinesis, tho. But he's still about thirty yards off. ] * CheshireCat 's grin fades out completely. Should I go and attack...? * Sam looks unsure. Yes! I don't know how long I can keep him held! Okay... Okay then... CHARGE! [ Everyone roll init. ] * Sam runs at Sabertooth... OH WAIT INIT. * Robin changes topic to '"I've got a blip on my Mutie Radar!" | Order: Sabretooth, Daegal, Eric, Claire, Sally, Alex, Sam ' [ All of a sudden, the night seems just a little darker, for some reason. ] ( Dammit, Galactus! Stop eating our sun! ) ( er, moon! ) ( But-- but-- I'm HUNGRY! ;_;) [ Sabretooth slips out of Claire's telekinetic hold! It's really something to watch. He then stands there, as if waiting for the lot of you. ] [ Daegal, you're up. ] * Daegal charges at Sabertooth and tries to grab him by the head and hip-toss him head-first into the ground. (Quick Attack) [ As Daegal approaches, Sabretooth takes off around the corner! Daegal needs a body roll to keep up. ] [ Daegal rounds the corner after his adversary, and before too long catches up with him! His attack connects! But then Sabretooth whirls around and makes attacks of his own. ] [ Daegal needs an unarmed defense roll. ] [ Daegal gets some nasty gashes on his chest! Sabretooth is smiling; this is doubtless a bad sign. ] * Daegal grins back! And starts glowing... * Daegal glows metallic blue, even. [ Sabretooth attacks Daegal again! ] [ Daegal gets another gash, this one across his stomach! ] [ This one is much less severe, tho. Sabretooth keeps grinning. "Not bad, junior. Kid gloves come off, now." ] Ditto, Mr. Muttonchops. [ Eric, go! ] * Eric moves up and around to get a clear shot at Sabertooth and creates what looks like a quicksilver spear and sends it Sabertooth's way. [ Sabretooth dodges! ] [ Claire, go! ] * Claire files around the corner sideways. When she gets there, she attempts to lift Sabertooth off the ground. [ Sabretooth is ready for it, this time, and squirms out of it the second he feels pressure being applied. ] [ Sally, go! ] [ A cloud of cold, billowing, plainly supernatural darkness comes down from nowhere and engulfs Sabretooth, who's caught off guard by it. His eyes go wide and he clutches his chest and says, "What the FUCK?" ] [ Daegal feels the chill, and the hair on his neck stands up, but he notices no other effect, other than a vague sense of dread. ] * Miya appears, flickering into existance and filling the area with light not entirely unlike a lightning strike would do. She looks around wide-eyed for a brief moment before vanishing again in the same fashion. [ Alex, go! ] * Alex winces as the flash of light ruins his vision, then half-panics and jams a random tape into the player. * Daegal winces slightly, but does an admirable job of concentrating on the SCARY GUY WITH THE BIG CLAWS. [ All of a sudden, everyone is dreased in denim overalls and nothing else, and toting either a shotgun, a pitchfork, or both. ] ( Dressed, even. ) (*snark*) (...are you serious?) ( o_o ) (( ... Really? ) (... What the hell?) ( So are we gonna go Wabbit huntin? ) ( I can't stop laughing. ) ( Alex got the wrong song, that's all. ) (Oh, right, Alex.) Aw, DANG. ( ... Don't tell me... Duelling Banjos. )) * Alex yanks the tape out. ( Nope. Good 'ol boys. ) ... This... [ Sabretooth is holding a clay jug with "XXX" on the side; must be moonshine. He mutters, "Tarnation... why the FUCK did I just say that?" ] ... Eh... (Tarnation! XD) (Go Alex! Scare him away with frustrating and embarrassing things!) ( XD ) ... well paint me bronze and call me a spitoon. ( I can't stop laughing. ) [ Eric, meanwhile, cannot say 'Eh'. Instead he says 'Y'all'. ] * Daegal claps a hand over his mouth. Well, whaddya know? Things a changin' 'round these here parts. * Sam claps her hand over her mouth, too. O_O Ah reckon' yer right. * Alex yanks the tape out. [ Once Alex stops the music, y'all change back! ] [ Sam, go! ] [ Okay... } * Claire rubs her head. "Not what I'd expected." (( ... How much damage does a shotgun do?! :P )) (It went away.) ( Oh, we changed back. ) (It went away.) (You don't have one anymore. Now you're back to your goo-armor and goo-sword.) Sorry, sorry! ( I prefer "Resin armor" and "Resin sword", but let's face it, "goo" is so much easier to type. ) * Sam rushes up to sabertooth, goo-sword out and slashing like a knight would! "Here!!" [ Samantha's swing goes wide. Sabretooth looks at her funny. "You're new at this, aren't you. ...wait, didn't I gut you earlier?" ] ( Hey, everybody! Guess who's getting special combat lessons from now on? ) ( Better resin than raisin. ) (Uh, all of use? :P) (Special Combat lessons? Ow.) (Err us? :P) ( Well, yes. But Sam moreso. c.c ) [ Claire, go again! ] ( The X-men? XD ) (I can teach her. It'll be FUN.) ( Sam gets to spar with Daegal! ) (Sally gets to practice running and hiding some more?) * Claire frowns at how grabbing Sabertooth didn't work. So she just tries to telekinetically hit him instead. ... That didn't work... [ Sabretooth is knocked back out of the dark cloud that was surrounding him. He flips to his feet once outside, and says "Gosh, thanks. I feel better already." ] [ Sabretooth's turn... but he doesn't look like he's gonna use it. He just stands there on the other side of the dark cloud. "Ready for round two, kids?" ] [ Daegal, go! ] * Daegal tries to pick Sabertooth up in a fireman's carry, toss him up into the air a bit, and slam him ribs first down into his rising knee. (POWER ATTACK!) [ Miya, appaear! ] * Miya does appear! She's holding hands with a demon, or something. Must be Harry. [ Daegal gets hit with a trully soul-numbing chill as he goes through the cloud of darkness. ] * Harry is appeared too! He looks dark and lion-demonic and scary and stuff. [ Miya appears behind most of you. Ditto for Harry. ] Woah! [ Sabretooth gets free on the toss part of Daegal's attack, and descends on Daegal in a savage flurry of claws and fangs. ] [ But Daegal's lost momentum causes him to fall forward at just the right moment, and so Sabretooth misses him entirely. "Lucky," he comments. ] ( Dude! I critted on a 2d10! I should get a free attack, or a cookie, or something! ) (*gives Jesse a cookie. And a smartie.) Not luck if I planned the attack so, if I missed, it'd take me outta the way... [ "Uh-huh. Right, kid." ] [ Eric, go! ] You just go on underestimating me... *smirks* [ "Nah, it's not underestimating." ] (Curse you, Judge Opponent!) (*notes to get that*) ( I have that! Who cares? What'll it tell me? "He's badass." DUH! ) * Eric grins and bides his time until others have made him easier to hit. (Holding action) (That means I'm not doing anything yet.) [ Claire, go! ] * Claire has nothing to throw, so she just hits him again. [ Sabretooth dodges the wrong way and Claire's shot hits him! ] [ Sally, go! ] [ A massive set of claws comes out of nowhere and put a gash on Sabretooth's side. ] ... yowza. ... Nice. O_O Holy crap. (Can I take my turn now?) ( Sure. ) * Harry rumbles. Maybe it's a good rumble? * Eric snerks and brings his hand back, launching a beam of charged particles at Sabertooth, intending to make it known that, yes, messing with them hurts. A lot. [ Sabretooth gets hit! It looks like it hurts. ] [ Claire, go! ] [ Sabretooth dodges! Harry, go! ] [ As a reminder, there's still a dark cloud of unpleasantness between most of you and Sabretooth. ] * Harry advances a little to try to make himself at least more of a target. (Holding action otherwise.) [ Alex, go! ] * Alex is totally distracted now as he slips another cassette into the player. Who knows what this one will do? [ As Alex's tape begins to play, you all feel very confident in your ability to do badness unto the bad guys. +2 ACV, 1 level Massive Damage. ] [ Sam, go! ] (... Oh dear.) (Rawk. RAWK.) ( Massive damage is how much? ) ( +5 damage. ) (+5, IIRC.) ( Ah. Danke ) * Alex grins as the song spins up. (Er. We're in Tristat. It's 10.) ( Oh, NICE. ) ( What Harry said. ) (Yeah. ^_^) * Sam tries to get around the unpleasantness and slash at Sabertooth's arm! [ Sam cuts Sabretooth! It's a miracle! ] [ Sabretooth takes stock of his situation and surrenders! Which is grossly out of character, but we don't have all night. Session End. z.z ]