Arch mage144: *Okay, when we last left our inventive mecha pilots and mages, they were on a sort of improvised stealth mission and creeping around in the SentanCorp facility...*
Arch mage144: *I'm going to go ahead and decide for simplicity that you're all up on floor 29 as a group*
OMG Priam: (Whew. Back from improvisational furniture moving. I'm good too.)
Arch mage144: *I also seem to vaguely recall that Helena was attempting to find ghosts, so I'm going to resolve that now!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Yeah. Zeiren isn't too fond of stairs.*
Arch mage144: *As soon as her RPer does a thing.*
Lithaladhwen: (Her RPer made the roll already. What does her RPer need to do? Want me to find it in last week's log?)
CGNakibe: (Thing!)
Lithaladhwen: (I can tell ya it was a success.)
Arch mage144: (No, no need. OK, so she's doing the thing.)
Lithaladhwen: (Whatever the result.)
Arch mage144: *Helena detects spiritual presences...*
Arch mage144: *There is a trail of ghostly feedback that seems to lead somewhere that's down a floor!*
Lithaladhwen: ...Hey you guys. Ghost residue. Considering what we're looking for, I'm following it and I suggest you follow me.
Lithaladhwen: ....Now.
Lithaladhwen: *goes to check it out*
T3chn0Namagomi: Right.
PapatymisonN: *follows*
T3chn0Namagomi: *follows*
CGNakibe: *follows*
Arch mage144: *Helena "follows her nose" down to floor 28...the trail seems to lead into the meeting room where the group was poking around earlier!*
Arch mage144: *No sign of security anywhere at the moment.*
OMG Priam: *unless there was something on 29 that was particularly compelling, also follows. Reluctantly.*
Lithaladhwen: *Tally ho, check it out, then.*
CGNakibe: *keeping a watchful eye out for security or other people, just in case*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...You know, come to think of it, it's rather odd that they'd have something like this right in the end of a hallway.
PapatymisonN: I try not to ask probing questions.
Arch mage144: It's a big meeting room. I'm not really an architect. I don't think I'm qualifed to judge where they put rooms.
CGNakibe: That's a good question.
CGNakibe: ... its also suspicious.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Meeting rooms tend to have doors.
Lithaladhwen: Come to think of it, you we were looking a secret passage to the basement on the top floor instead of on lower floors. I was wondering when we'd start moving down again.
CGNakibe: Office buildings tend to have a regular structure as well.
Arch mage144: *The source of the energy is clearly somewhere behind the large fireplace on the back wall*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. *points to the fireplace* It's behind there.
Lithaladhwen: Whatever it is.
CGNakibe: So why IS this room here?
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
PapatymisonN: ... OK.
T3chn0Namagomi: Secret door, anyone?
OMG Priam: *looks around for statues, bookshelves...*
PapatymisonN: Must be a ... yeah, that.
CGNakibe: *moves over to the weird hawk-ish statue* This, perhaps?
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries pressing on certain parts of the statue on the table*
T3chn0Namagomi: Right ahead of you.
Lithaladhwen: *mutters* I think I could stand to relearn the old mortal impatience.
Lithaladhwen: *waves the others on*
PapatymisonN: *is it a stone fireplace, or just flat marble, or something?*
CGNakibe: *pokes and prods*
Arch mage144: *Okay, because I don't expect you to remember what's in this room*
OMG Priam: *Oh man, this room? The one with the bookshelves AND the statue AND the fireplace?*
T3chn0Namagomi: *And the chandelier thing*
Arch mage144: *There's a very large, long wooden table in the middle of the room. It's made of fine, polished oak. There are a number of matching chairs with cushions all along the sides.*
Arch mage144: *Atop the table is an odd-looking statue that resembles a falcon made out of polished onyx, and above it hang several crystal chandeliers that sparkle with impressive brilliance.*
Arch mage144: *The right wall is lined by several rows of mahogany bookshelves covered in a vast assortment of books of all shapes, sizes, and colors. This is just flat-out ostentatious. Who keeps paper books anymore?*
OMG Priam: There's an easier way, I think...
OMG Priam: *spellcasty!*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 2 1
Arch mage144: *The back wall has a large fireplace and mantle made out of polished grey marble with intricate relief carvings and a large, black, wrought-iron grating. The fireplace is not lit.*
Arch mage144: *Above the fireplace is an oil painting of a drow in black armor.*
Lithaladhwen: (Nice, Priam.)
PapatymisonN: (Burn it till it's ash. e_e)
Arch mage144: *Donovan detects that the weakest part of the fireplace is clearly the back of it, behind the grating.*
OMG Priam: Hmmm.
Arch mage144: What is it?
CGNakibe: You know. This is almost TOO classical.
OMG Priam: *gets down on his hips, and gives a hard kick to the back of the fireplace*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...It's like those goofy old spy movies.
CGNakibe: *Checks over the books just in case*
CGNakibe: *Any interesting titles?*
PapatymisonN: Oh, yeah... with that dumb Baronian superspy... how LAME was that?
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks over at the picture to see if there was anything in particular the drow seemed to be "looking at"*
T3chn0Namagomi: Now, now. Those were fun to watch.
CGNakibe: .... I LIKED those movies. <.<
Lithaladhwen: You know, for once I think that I may know what you guys are talking about.
OMG Priam: *thud? clunk? rip?*
Arch mage144: *Most of the books are incredibly dry memoirs written by various drow. It's a veritable library of autobiographies. Some of them are dusty classic novels, typically the kind that are extremely long for no apparent reason.*
Lithaladhwen: A, uh... friend of mine made me watch them.
PapatymisonN: ... so... he's not your friend anymore. :P
Lithaladhwen: I didn't mind.
CGNakibe: Nothing like a boring autobiograpy here or there....
Arch mage144: *Serran recognizes a few classic Barian writers in particular who tended to drone on for hundreds of pages for no justifiable purpose, though it has been claimed that this is mostly because the work's value is lost in translation*
Arch mage144: *One sec, Priam, trying to resolve everything*
OMG Priam: (*nod*)
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Yeah, uh, you have no taste in movies. *to Oxblood*
Arch mage144: *Zeiren notes that the drow in the portrait appears to be looking out the windows on the left wall, as if he is surveying the lay of the land from this high vantage point in a modern office building.*
Lithaladhwen: (And somewhere in the distance.... a chocobo WARKed.)
PapatymisonN: Probably not. I like slasher flicks.
Arch mage144: *The back of the fireplace thuds. It may be the weakest part of the stone according to Donovan's magic, but that doesn't mean it's paper thin.*
T3chn0Namagomi: My point proven.
PapatymisonN: The Forbidden Plains Bloodbath, Malicious Undead... terrible, but I love 'em.
Arch mage144: (BRB, bathroom.)
CGNakibe: Somehow I'm not surprised.
OMG Priam: Hmph. *Casty! Will roll dice when the GM returns.*
T3chn0Namagomi: Not surprised at all.
PapatymisonN: ... what? I like them. They're fun.
Lithaladhwen: ...
Lithaladhwen: I see enough dead people every day that I've never needed to watch them killed in a film.
PapatymisonN: With all due respect, Hel... please.
PapatymisonN: Lighten up.
Lithaladhwen: What? Have you ever seen a real person with their guts pulled out?
Lithaladhwen: It stops being shocking after a while, and it's just... a body.
T3chn0Namagomi: *snickering*
Lithaladhwen: Or with an axe in her face, or with his arms sawed off...or...*counts on her fingers*
Lithaladhwen: Or bled to death or crushed by some massive object or suffocated...
PapatymisonN: OK, OK... I get it.
PapatymisonN: o.o
Arch mage144: (Casty what now?)
PapatymisonN: ... if you like, I can start watching romantic comedies.
PapatymisonN: :P
Lithaladhwen: You can. *shrugs* Just saying. You see carnage enough, it stops being disturbing or scary.
MajorGeneralTso has left the room.
OMG Priam: (Weaken on the back of the fireplace.)
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 5
OMG Priam: (win)
Arch mage144: (Roll damage.)
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
OMG Priam: (times 100 for suit)
Arch mage144: (Right.)
Arch mage144: *The back wall of the fireplace quickly disintegrates, crumbling away into chips of stone and bits of dust.*
OMG Priam: Hmph.
Arch mage144: *You have revealed a passage...the decor of this particular passageway is completely unlike that of the rest of the building.*
OMG Priam: *gestures a 'welcome in' to the rest*
PapatymisonN: ... well, it's official.
PapatymisonN: They'll know something happened.
PapatymisonN: Oh well.
Arch mage144: *Instead of the office carpet, wood, stucco and the like, the passage behind the fireplace is constructed of shiny metal.*
PapatymisonN: *heads in*
T3chn0Namagomi: *peers in*
T3chn0Namagomi: *And, uh, heads in or somesuch*
Arch mage144: *It extends a short way down before ending at a cylindrical elevator with glass doors.*
OMG Priam: They were going to know we were here anyway. Our job is just to make this quick so we can get out while we still have a pulse.
Lithaladhwen: ...*grins and totally heads in*
PapatymisonN: ... wait.
PapatymisonN: You'd think they'd detect someone using the ELEVATOR...
PapatymisonN: Let's look for stairs.
T3chn0Namagomi: Pretty much. Let's try to get to the evidence necessary, and get OUT.
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< You see any stairs?
OMG Priam: Stairs.
OMG Priam: Because you know they're going to have an emergency exit for their super-secret black ops lair.
Lithaladhwen: ....
Lithaladhwen: *taps her foot*
Lithaladhwen: Okay. Listen.
OMG Priam: You have to be mindful of the handicapped, you know.
Lithaladhwen: There's a lift, and we can use it to go down. I see no other way.
Lithaladhwen: I'm going. It's why I'm here.
CGNakibe: Heh.
T3chn0Namagomi: She's right.
Lithaladhwen: *heads toward the elevator*
OMG Priam: Look, let me have a look. I'll see if there's another route.
CGNakibe: We're a little late to be careful, you know.
T3chn0Namagomi: We don't have any other way in.
OMG Priam: *Guammy guam*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 3
T3chn0Namagomi: *follows Helena*
CGNakibe: The lift is probably the only route, you know.
Lithaladhwen: Donovan, I'm on board with you if you find one. But I doubt it.
PapatymisonN: (Guam rocks.)
Arch mage144: We're going to get into huge trouble...I can feel it. *nervous expression*
Lithaladhwen: (KOALA LUMPUR)
Arch mage144: (Guam? As in, the country?)
OMG Priam: (That's a pass another Find Weakness at the hex right before the elevator)
CGNakibe: You haven't watched those movies? There's always trouble about here.
OMG Priam: (That's also the sound that magic makes)
Arch mage144: *The weakest point of the floor?*
Lithaladhwen: Yes, well. Someone will die, we'll all mourn and move on, saying he was a good man and we're sorry to have lost him.
OMG Priam: (The weakest point in the hex. Of the building material.)
Lithaladhwen: But the point is we'll move on.
CGNakibe: How depressing, Helena.
Arch mage144: *It has no particular weakest point.*
Lithaladhwen: What? That's what they do!
PapatymisonN: It's in her job description.
OMG Priam: Nothing interesting here, the wall is solid. Let's go, ladies.
PapatymisonN: Alright.
Lithaladhwen: *the only real lady salutes him with a grin hidden under her helmet*
Arch mage144: I think we can all fit in the elevator.
PapatymisonN: *makes sure his weapon is drawn, ready to fire, and at full charge*
CGNakibe: *follows the mage* Well now. We're doing better at this than I thought.
PapatymisonN: *cuz he wants to be ready to shoot something if need be*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Already has both pistols on ready setting*
OMG Priam: I'm in with the first group. But someone has to stay up here and let the rest know if hostiles approach the area.
Arch mage144: *The elevator opens automatically in response to moving bodies approaching. Its control mechanism is very standard; there is a touchpad panel inside.*
OMG Priam: *gets in the elevator*
Lithaladhwen: I'm going down.
Arch mage144: *nods* I can stay back and keep an eye on things, but you have to come back right away if you get in serious trouble, alright?
CGNakibe: Get in it? You mean cause it?
T3chn0Namagomi: Uh, yeah.
Arch mage144: Well, you know what I mean.
Lithaladhwen: Sounds good. I can heal a bit until you get there if need be, so don't get too worked up.
OMG Priam: Of course. Zeiren, you keep him company.
T3chn0Namagomi: *already in the elevator*
T3chn0Namagomi: Uh, no.
OMG Priam: ....No?
PapatymisonN: ... Cecil, you sure you want to keep watch?
CGNakibe: Hopefully we won't have reasons to cause trouble down here.
T3chn0Namagomi: I'm going. I've got the only ranged immobilization here.
Arch mage144: It's fine, trust me. *draws his blaster* I have my cloaking device too, you know. If anyone shows up and I have to disable them I will.
CGNakibe: Hah. Getting a bit full of yourself there, Zeiren. >:p
Arch mage144: Maybe I can find a way to cover up this. *points to the hole in the wall*
T3chn0Namagomi: You do that.
CGNakibe: Are you sure, Cecil? Last chance.
Arch mage144: Trust me, I'll be fine. I can take care of myself, and someone has to watch your back.
Arch mage144: If someone else tries to come down here, they might sneak up on you from behind
OMG Priam: Serran, then. If Zeiren won't do his job, you have to cover and make sure our medic isn't alone in a worst-case situation.
PapatymisonN: ... be careful, dammit.
PapatymisonN: OK?
T3chn0Namagomi: Who made you commander?
PapatymisonN: Promise.
Lithaladhwen: If you get killed, Cecil... come find me and let us know something went wrong.
MajorGeneralTso has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: That's a joke.
Lithaladhwen: Don't get killed.
Arch mage144: Donovan, I can handle myself. Trust me. Anyone who causes me trouble is going to regret it. Besides, Zeiren isn't the only one carrying incapacitating weapons that don't necessarily kill.
OMG Priam: *looks at Zeiren. It is not a pleasant look.*
PapatymisonN: ... *approaches Cecil*
Arch mage144: Now get downstairs and find out what's going on before someone coincidentally notices that we've blown a hole in their wall! You've got to consider the fact that most of the security probably doesn't even know this is here.
PapatymisonN: *with a finger pointed in his face* You're the only thing at the academy keeping me sane. So don't do anything stupid, alright?
T3chn0Namagomi: *returns the not-pleasant look* Yeah, I know. You don't like me disrespecting your nonexistent authority. ^.^
T3chn0Namagomi: *presses the down button*
OMG Priam: You just keep thinking about what happened to that wall.
Arch mage144: *salutes* Never. I didn't go to medical school to get stupid.
Lithaladhwen: Children. Quit bickering. Let's just get this done.
PapatymisonN: ... *nods, and smiles, tapping Cec's helmet* See ya later.
PapatymisonN: *prepares to go down!*
CGNakibe: *walks towards the lift* When you're done, we'll already BE done.
Lithaladhwen: Cecil's certain he can handle himself, but we're not certain we don't need Zeiren for now.
OMG Priam: *Zeiren has already pressed the button...are the other two left behind?*
Arch mage144: *the lift eagerly awaits passengers, as it gets boring sitting still in a tube all day*
T3chn0Namagomi: (I thought everyone was in)
Lithaladhwen: (Does it know where we're going?)
Arch mage144: *No, because I'm not a dick. Anyway.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *I guess, waits for everyone to enter, and then presses the button*
Arch mage144: *The "down" button causes the elevator to shoot down the tube rapidly!*
Arch mage144: *It's almost fast enough to induce free-fall. You feel somewhat nauseated by the rapid transit...*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Ugh...
CGNakibe: Daa na na na na na PRISM MAN!
CGNakibe: .... o.o Oh, sorry.
Arch mage144: *It's unlikely that anyone in the elevator is capable of clocking its speed of movement, but based on how fast you're falling, it's clear that you've gone way below the ground floor.*
PapatymisonN: ... ooh... @_@ This is... oooh.
T3chn0Namagomi: Definitely good at keeping...ugh...this place under wraps, and insured against "escapes". That's for sure.
Arch mage144: *the elevator glides to a smooth stop at the bottom of the elevator tube, leaving the party standing at the end of another long hallway...at the end is a set of metal doors.*
Arch mage144: *the elevator doors open with a pleasant synthesized chime*
PapatymisonN: *gun point!*
Lithaladhwen: *wishes to know if there are more ghosts!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Stealth belt, Set ON!*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 5 2
PapatymisonN: *yes, stealth belt on. Gun pointed at imagined assailants. Oxy's ready to dance*
Lithaladhwen: (Wow. Success.)
CGNakibe: *If the belt wasn't on before. ITS ON NOW*
T3chn0Namagomi: *hand at double-holster, ready to draw whichever gun he needs*
Arch mage144: *The door at the end of the hallway conveniently has glass panes in it that are cloudy but still translucent; it'll be possible to see what's on the other side before you open the door.*
Lithaladhwen: *hands on...scythe?*
OMG Priam: Cecil, you there?
Lithaladhwen: ...IM: They have about ten seconds to confer with Cecil before I head on without them.
CGNakibe: You know, we could use one of those tubes back at base.
Arch mage144: Comm: Reading you.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'm not screwing around with this.
T3chn0Namagomi: *heads ahead, peers through the glass window thing*
PapatymisonN: *looks through the glass...*
CGNakibe: *draws his own blaster, just in case*
OMG Priam: Good. I'm transferring a live video feed to you. In the event that we all die, you're to head back to base with all haste and get them the video from here.
OMG Priam: *steps out, combat stancewise.*
CGNakibe: Hoping to avoid that eventuality right now, thanks.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Good idea. Donovan seems pretty reliable on the tactical front, which is nice.
Arch mage144: *On the other side of the door is a larger, open room. It looks kind of like a locker room, actually, given that there are lockers in it. Lockers and benches, several rows of each.*
Arch mage144: C: Understood.
PapatymisonN: ... kay..
PapatymisonN: *heads through*
CGNakibe: *does his best to become one with the environment. There was never anyone there.*
Arch mage144: *the doors slide open as Oxblood presses the open panel. He is now in the locker room. It seems to be devoid of sentient life.*
OMG Priam: *follows right behind.*
CGNakibe: (*though there are a few jocks still pumping iron there...*)
CGNakibe: (*Runs*)
Lithaladhwen: *looks at her own hand and finds its translucence a little trippy*
T3chn0Namagomi: *follows, attempting to be quiet*
Lithaladhwen: *stops trying to look at herself*
Arch mage144: *Each locker has a name embossed on a plate to indicate who it belongs to. It would seem that this is where some of the researchers who work down here store personal affects.*
PapatymisonN: ... ...
Arch mage144: *at the other end of the room is another door; this door has a large sign next to it.*
CGNakibe: *Looks at the lockers just a bit.*
PapatymisonN: *looks for M. Kuragari... or ANY Kuragari, for that matter*
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks at the lockers as well*
Arch mage144: *The sign reads "DECONTAMINATION CHAMBER: DO NOT ENTER WITHOUT PROPER ATTIRE. NO CIVILIAN CLOTHING BEYOND THIS POINT. SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY!"*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Right.
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks for an unlocked locker*
OMG Priam: *looks around for another room, or some sort of decontamination chamber.*
PapatymisonN: *glances at the sign* Are these suits rated for radiation? o.o
Arch mage144: *There is a sign for a "Benten Kuragari," a "Kamen Kuragari," and an "Elsa Kuragari," but no "Makura" or "M. Kuragari."*
OMG Priam: *Or, rather, the...well, nevermind.*
PapatymisonN: ... Elsa. Was that Makura's sister's name? I can't remember...
CGNakibe: NOW you ask the useful questions.
Arch mage144: *The door to the decontamination chamber, as it is labelled, is closed tightly, but there are glass windows to see inside. It's basically an airlock, but it's hard to tell what else is going on in there.*
OMG Priam: Well, I think it's pertinent that we steal some suits here, guys.
PapatymisonN: ... and how was I supposed to know we were going to be irradiated?
OMG Priam: Pick your favorite locker.
CGNakibe: Got a lockpick? I left mine at home.
T3chn0Namagomi: *sighs*
OMG Priam: If nobody's got one, I can work one open.
T3chn0Namagomi: *pulls out his blaster again*
OMG Priam: No.
OMG Priam: No, no. No.
T3chn0Namagomi: It's got a cutter mode.
T3chn0Namagomi: In case you forgot.
PapatymisonN: Right. Hel! C'mere.
CGNakibe: A little more subtle, maybe?
Arch mage144: *The lockers are shut with electronic keypad locks; it's not immediately clear what mechanism they use to stay shut. Blowing them open is the only obvious way to get inside short of hacking the electronics.*
OMG Priam: You will probably cut the suits open inside.
OMG Priam: *Find weakness on a locker!*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 4
T3chn0Namagomi: 9_9
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: This guy is REALLY getting on my nerves.
Arch mage144: *The weakest part of the locker is not apparent. It appears to be universally structurally integretous.*
Arch mage144: (I am well aware that is not a word.)
OMG Priam: Hm. Well, this should be interesting.
Lithaladhwen: *goes over to Oxblood*
OMG Priam: *Weaken on one entire locker! The magic should seek out a 'weakest' point...*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 6
CGNakibe: *Looks around for a control system for the lockers*
T3chn0Namagomi: *locates where the "edges" of his selected locker are*
Arch mage144: (A second.)
PapatymisonN: This is a girl's one.
Lithaladhwen: ...Yeah, okay.
Arch mage144: (Where're you at fatigue-wise now, Priam?)
OMG Priam: (09/11 after this Weaken)
Arch mage144: (Gotcha, I forgot that some of your spells are free because of skill rank for some reason)
Arch mage144: *the locker crumbles into metallic confetti.*
CGNakibe: ... o.o
OMG Priam: Interesting indeed.
CGNakibe: O...kaaay.
PapatymisonN: (Question: The cutting laser. How big is the beam?)
Arch mage144: *A set of casual pants and a loose-fitting shirt fall out, as do a pair of tennis shoes.*
OMG Priam: Damn, this one's here right now.
Arch mage144: *The shirt is on a hanger. There is also a small metal box.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *decides to go for a more direct method, aiming to slice open the locker at the hinges and "lockpoints"*
Arch mage144: (It's a small laser beam, perhaps a millimeter wide.)
Arch mage144: *These lockers do not have visible hinges; it would seem that they slide open. However, Zeiren manages to cut his way through one of the lockers.*
PapatymisonN: *will do the same for Elsa's locker, if possible*
Arch mage144: *Inside, he finds a lab coat with a nametag, a set of white scrub pants, and some kind of gas mask.*
OMG Priam: Ah, pay dirt.
T3chn0Namagomi: This...would be what I think I'm looking for.
CGNakibe: Alright now.
T3chn0Namagomi: *turn off, holster*
CGNakibe: That didn't work out so badly.
Arch mage144: *Oxblood slices open Elsa's locker and finds a set of women's clothing, namely jeans and some kind of tube top. There's also a bit of gold jewelry and a hair clip.*
Lithaladhwen: Well, that doesn't look like safety gear. Y'know what that means?
CGNakibe: She's here.
Lithaladhwen: She's wearing hers. They're down here.
PapatymisonN: ... great.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...Keep the helmet, or go in disguise. Keep the helmet, or go in disguise...
Lithaladhwen: So, um. A hypothetical question.
OMG Priam: But now we know we're not dealing with radiation.
OMG Priam: Gas, on the other hand.
CGNakibe: True. Just gas.
Arch mage144: *You hear the sound of airlock depressurization, a familiar "WHOOSHing" noise, followed by a buzzing noise.*
CGNakibe: ....
CGNakibe: *TURNS*
Lithaladhwen: What protection do we alr----
OMG Priam: *takes a position in the corner next to the door*
Arch mage144: *Yellow lights flash in the room, bathing everything in an amber glow.*
Lithaladhwen: *shuts up and lurks in a corner*
OMG Priam: *chloroform rag is out*
T3chn0Namagomi: *stealthed still, stunner at ready!*
Arch mage144: *The door on this side is not open; it would seem that someone has entered the airlock through the other side. Who knows what's happening inside.*
OMG Priam: *Waits for the next part.*
CGNakibe: *positions himself in an easily-defended corner*
PapatymisonN: *does the same*
OMG Priam: Cecil, you may have someone coming your way very soon.
Arch mage144: *A calm-sounding digitally created female voice is cautioning you not to attempt to open the airlock while decontamination is in progress.*
OMG Priam: Guys, we need to make sure we get this done fast. We have to knock 'em out, get our info, and beat feet.
T3chn0Namagomi: *crouches behind what passes for decent cover!*
T3chn0Namagomi: You think?
OMG Priam: I don't think you fully understand.
CGNakibe: We've just been made, whatever else happens.
T3chn0Namagomi: No. You don't think I'm capable of thinking is all.
Arch mage144: *About a minute or two goes by before the airlock on the locker room side opens...and out comes a single human male in a lab coat. He removes his mask and shakes his head roughly; he has a bad case of "hat hair."*
OMG Priam: When this person comes out, they will see their lockers violated, and know there have been intruders. They will run to the elevator and seek higher authority, and that is if they don't use a telecommunication unit to contact their
OMG Priam: superiors.
T3chn0Namagomi: That's assuming they see it.
Lithaladhwen: I bet they will.
T3chn0Namagomi: *points his stunner at the human!*
OMG Priam: Be ready to capture him before he runs.
Arch mage144: Scientist: Fucking long shifts. *scratches his neck* I swear, if I have to work one more graveyard in the splicing department...wait, what the hell? What happened to my locker!?
CGNakibe: You're assuming they WON'T notice a missing locker and a cut open one?
T3chn0Namagomi: *FIRES!*
OMG Priam: *if this guy comes within one-step-and-arm's-reach of Donovan, he is TOTALLY chloroJudo'd*
Arch mage144: (Roll to hit with your stunner.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 6 1
T3chn0Namagomi: (Success!)
CGNakibe: (I don't like those 6es.)
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'll let them grab him, and if I need to help interrogate the guy, I'll be more useful there.
CGNakibe: (Its like the Die Gods are waiting to spring a trap. e.e)
OMG Priam: (I like to create tension. Is that so bad?)
PapatymisonN: (Shh.)
CGNakibe: (Bastard. e.e)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 1 6
Arch mage144: *the scientist falls to the ground limply, suddenly struck by a burst of stunning force*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: That training wasn't for nothing, that's for sure.
Arch mage144: (Yeah, that training. Congratulations, you shot an unaware target from about 10 feet away.)
PapatymisonN: I'll hide him someplace quiet and out of the way*
Lithaladhwen: Well. Do we want to pick his brains for information?
Lithaladhwen: I bet he has some.
OMG Priam: Get to it. I'm heading in.
T3chn0Namagomi: (I meant in shooting at all.)
CGNakibe: We want him out of his suit, first.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah.
Arch mage144: (I'm just messing with you.)
Lithaladhwen: You're not going in without me, Donovan. You're dealing with ghosts.
Arch mage144: *He's not really wearing what you'd call protective gear, just a lab coat made out of a vaguely plastic-like synthetic material.*
OMG Priam: All right, but be quick. We're running the clock down, now.
T3chn0Namagomi: *checks the nametag on the locker he just opened earlier*
Lithaladhwen: I'll leave the tactical leadership to you in most cases, but in this case, I want to be present for any advances.
Lithaladhwen: *nods to Donovan*
Arch mage144: *Along with yellow boots, white scrub pants, and, well, he took his mask off.*
CGNakibe: Tick tock, people.
OMG Priam: *watches the door.*
OMG Priam: Cecil, status.
Arch mage144: *The nametag reads "Ralph Hatcher."*
CGNakibe: *grabs a mask can scrubs*
Lithaladhwen: First, a list of questions. How the hell do I wake him up?
T3chn0Namagomi: *By that, I mean if he looks similar or not, if there's photo ID*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Just kick him or somesuch.
Arch mage144: C: I, uh, well, I did something arguably inventive.
Arch mage144: *Similar to Zeiren? There's no photo ID in the locker.*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hm.
Arch mage144: *The scientist has a keycard of some sort around his neck on a lanyard. It has his photo on it, if that's of interest.*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Well, there's the gasmask anyway.
CGNakibe: WHat's this?
CGNakibe: *grabs up keycard* Gonna need that. o.o
T3chn0Namagomi: Keycard. He's got to be higher up.
OMG Priam: Because everyone in a secret research facility is going to be a regular grunt.
T3chn0Namagomi: (How fast does this light armor come off?)
Arch mage144: C: I lit the fireplace. It's on full blast. I don't think people will be as likely to notice the missing wall now.
Lithaladhwen: 'kay. Things I want to know include how what it means that there are spirits lingering around this place. It tells they're containing souls but not how, how they're binding the spirits to a machine is also a question.
OMG Priam: Did you see where the smoke can go? Or is it pouring into the room, or worse, the elevator shaft?
CGNakibe: *For all to see, Serran is gathering up clothes, and seeing if they'll maybe fit him.
Arch mage144: (It takes about a minute to remove.)
CGNakibe: Hey, good stuff.
Lithaladhwen: I would like to know what he has to say about his funding or sponsors or whatever.
Lithaladhwen: I would also like to know how long this project has been going on, what projections are, etcetera.
Lithaladhwen: Any other questions that need to be asked?
Arch mage144: C: It's one of those goofy fireplaces that only burns gas and redirects what little smoke there is through ventilation in the top.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Is trying to do just that, then, so he can get on the lab gear. Gas Mask included*
OMG Priam: All right. *to Cecil*
OMG Priam: *takes the other gasmask*
Arch mage144: *Zeiren changes clothes. He is now wearing a scientist's outfit, complete with gas mask.*
Arch mage144: *Serran finds the clothes that he's acquired fit him as well.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Tries to see if he can wear his belt and holster under the coat inconspicuously*
CGNakibe: *puts on keycard* Alrighty.
Lithaladhwen: All right, fine. If you guys have nothing to add, I'll do this myself.
Arch mage144: *It's likely inconspicuous as far as casual visual inspection goes.*
OMG Priam: *nods to Helena*
Lithaladhwen: *kicks Mr. (Dr?) Ralph Hatcher.*
CGNakibe: *looks over at Zeiren and Donovan* Hey. You two ready?
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't think I should take off my helmet this time. They don't need to know which of us can communicate with their test subjects.
Arch mage144: *the man stirs slightly; it may take more than a kick to wake him, considering that his nervous system has basically been short-circuited.*
OMG Priam: Cecil, what do you make of the gas mask situation, and the decontamination chamber?
OMG Priam: *holds the gas mask up so Cecil can get vid of it*
Lithaladhwen: *drags/seats him up on a bench and tweaks his nose until his head shakes*
Lithaladhwen: Come on, Hatcher. Wake up.
Arch mage144: C: It's hard to say. It's not clear what kind of research they're conducting or how they're conducting it. Maybe the process involves some deadly chemicals?
Arch mage144: C: But those are lousy outfits for protection from radiation or whatever.
OMG Priam: It can't be a contact toxin, since they leave skin unprotected.
CGNakibe: Good point.
Arch mage144: C: I think they might be more concerned about things on civilian clothing infecting the experiments than the other way around.
CGNakibe: So its an Aerial vector.
T3chn0Namagomi: Possible.
Arch mage144: C: It's really not clear.
OMG Priam: I think Cecil might be on to something.
Arch mage144: *the unconscious man stirs*
CGNakibe: Either way we're going to get very clean, very fast.
T3chn0Namagomi: Regardless, a good enough disguise.
Arch mage144: *his eyes flutter*
Lithaladhwen: *holds his shoulders so he doesn't fall*
Arch mage144: Scientist: W...arr...*puts a hand to his eyes* So bright...tired...
OMG Priam: You two get to go out of cloaking as soon as we enter the decontamination. We'll act as your invisible escort as soon as Operative Mazuo is done.
Lithaladhwen: You've been stunned. You're fine. It'll pass. Right now I need to talk to you about some things.
T3chn0Namagomi: *entering the decontamination chamber, turning off cloaking*
Arch mage144: S: ...*squints, then stares in shock at Helena* AHHHHHH!
Lithaladhwen: *claps a hand over his mouth*
Lithaladhwen: Don't do that again.
Arch mage144: S: *eyes widen* MMMMF!
Arch mage144: S: .......
PapatymisonN: *stands over him too* Or bad things happen. ^^_
PapatymisonN: *^+^
PapatymisonN: *^_^
PapatymisonN: (Grr.)
Lithaladhwen: Seriously. If we were going to kill you just for being here, wouldn't we have?
Arch mage144: *the airlock opens on the locker room side...*
T3chn0Namagomi: *enters decont!*
Lithaladhwen: I need to talk to you. About your work.
Arch mage144: *Who else is going into decontamination?*
Arch mage144: S: ...*slow nod*
CGNakibe: *Turns off stealth, and enters the airlock...*
PapatymisonN: *more into interrogation, thanks*
CGNakibe: *After affixing the gas mask*
OMG Priam: Dammit, privates!
OMG Priam: Operative Mazuo is integral to us knowing what the hell is going on in there!
CGNakibe: No one wants to hear about your privates now, you know.
Lithaladhwen: It's come to our attention that you've got some lingering spirit energy seeping through this building. I think it's coming from your research. Am I right?
CGNakibe: Besides, we need to know what's going on here.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah. We'll be fine.
Arch mage144: S: *another slow nod*
CGNakibe: She's with Oxblood.
Lithaladhwen: I thought so. You've found a way to contain them here, haven't you?
OMG Priam: If you get us in danger with your rashness, I will see to it that you both get court martialed. So long as you got that, go ahead.
T3chn0Namagomi: Cute.
Arch mage144: S: *no response*
CGNakibe: Nice to see you're very confident in our abilities to do our fucking jobs.
PapatymisonN: Answer her.
T3chn0Namagomi: Though seeing as you seem to be so insistent on running everything, I'm wondering why you weren't sent in alone. ^.^
Lithaladhwen: *carefully...slowly* You have found a way. Haven't you.
CGNakibe: If you're willing to do this by yourself so much its fine with me.
Lithaladhwen: *subvocal* I'm good, Oxblood. But I appreciate your support.
Arch mage144: S: *tips head side to side, as if to say "sort of"*
PapatymisonN: SV: I'll be "bad cop". It'll work better.
Lithaladhwen: If I take my hand off your mouth, I want you to speak to me calmly and quietly, okay?
Arch mage144: S: *slow nod*
T3chn0Namagomi: Indeed. If you so insist, we'll let you do every little bit of the work yourself.
Lithaladhwen: *subvocal* You haven't seen me play bad cop.
OMG Priam: *hand has not come off that chloro rag*
Lithaladhwen: *pulls her hand away from his mouth*
CGNakibe: Zeiren?
T3chn0Namagomi: Hm?
CGNakibe: You're not supposed to agree with me. It ruins The Plan.
T3chn0Namagomi: Oh, right. The Plan.
OMG Priam: *appears to no longer be considering Zeiren and Serran!*
Arch mage144: S: I'm not sure what you want from me. I'm a pretty low-level scientist. I just know the basics.
Lithaladhwen: *subvocal* If he pisses me off, I'll send him a vision of his own death. I'll probably show him what it would be like to be placed into a suit of armor while he's still alive.
Lithaladhwen: *nods to him* Well, I want to know the basics.
Lithaladhwen: How are you containing or controlling them?
CGNakibe: Besides. I brought you some presents.
OMG Priam: *doublechecks to make sure that Cecil gets this audio*
Arch mage144: S: I don't really know. That's part of the arcane research team's department. I don't do it. I think they use some kind of containment circles.
Lithaladhwen: All right. What is your area?
Arch mage144: S: I'm in engineering theory. I work on uplink components.
Lithaladhwen: *subvocal* Someone who knows about tech shit should probably assist with this part of the interrogation.
Lithaladhwen: Uplink components? And what does that have to do with binding the dead?
Lithaladhwen: Humor me. Go slow.
Arch mage144: S: Who said anything about binding the dead? I don't know about that. I just work on designing interface units so that the modified astral symbiotes can communicate with their shells.
CGNakibe: IM: ....
Lithaladhwen: And how is that communication different than with a normal symbiote?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...
Arch mage144: S: The modified symbiotes are smarter. They have more initiative and demonstrate higher reasoning. I think arcane research isolated them from some weird planar subsector.
CGNakibe: ... I don't like where this is going.
Arch mage144: S: There's some sort of hybridization experiment going on, I don't know. I don't know anything about arcanobiology.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Higher reasoning.... gods.... those things are sentient still?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I find this disturbing.
Lithaladhwen: So who's funding the research?
Lithaladhwen: You have to have some ideas.
Arch mage144: S: What do you mean, who? It's this company's project. Paid for private investors or whatever. I don't ask where the grants come from, I just play with uplink components.
Lithaladhwen: How long as this project been going on?
CGNakibe: CRAP.
Arch mage144: S: This job is really not worth dying over. That's the only reason I'm telling you all this!
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Yay.
Arch mage144: S: I don't know. I just got transferred to the project a couple months ago.
Arch mage144: S: Someone told me about a year and a half.
Arch mage144: S: Not sure if that's right.
OMG Priam: What is it, Serran?
Lithaladhwen: What are the projections for it? What's the point of all this funding and research?
Lithaladhwen: Do you even know how long it's supposed to go on?
CGNakibe: This doesn't sound like what we're looking for.
CGNakibe: I'm hoping I'm hearing him wrong. And I mean REALLY hoping.
Arch mage144: S: The point? Are you stupid? It's to build mecha that don't need pilots. An automated army.
OMG Priam: Well, that sounds like our mark, all right.
Arch mage144: S: It will go on as long at has to. *blinks*
Arch mage144: S: I don't get it. What's your problem? Who are you? What the hell are you doing down here?
CGNakibe: Yeah, but there's no outside investors. No other parties.
CGNakibe: Why would this corporation do that?
Lithaladhwen: I'm down here because the souls of sentient dead are being enslaved by this research.
Arch mage144: S: I...I don't know anything about that!
PapatymisonN: *snickers* Oh brother...
Lithaladhwen: I understand you have your reasons for doing it, but those are my reasons for interfering. Your death isn't important to me, so I have no reason to kill you unless you become a problem.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Probably lying to them so they can do their work without guilt.
Arch mage144: S: ......
Lithaladhwen: You honestly have no idea where the grants come from? You don't even know the names of the grants in question?
CGNakibe: Either way... what would be the point? To show off the new "research subjects"?
CGNakibe: That sounds too small time, somehow.
Arch mage144: S: No. SentanCorp is my employer. The CEO's signature is on my paychecks. I don't know why you're asking me this. I don't know who you work for, but do you ask where your pay comes from?
Lithaladhwen: I've done enough research to say with certainty that you can't keep your investors entirely secret. That's about all the information about me you need.
T3chn0Namagomi: Maybe just for shits, I'll do that next time. *semi-amused tone*
PapatymisonN: SV: I think you've gotten everything out of him you're gonna get.
Arch mage144: S: Maybe not, but I'm not in finances. I don't keep track of where our funding comes from, I just try not to go overbudget. They tell me how much money I have to spend, and that's it.
Lithaladhwen: You've given us more information than we had when we walked in. You've been helpful enough that I have no reason to cause you harm.
Lithaladhwen: *SV* Anybody have any other questions?
CGNakibe: Plenty. But none that he can answer, I'd say.
Arch mage144: S: Just let me go, please! I won't tell security about you, I swear, they don't know about this part of the building anyway. I just want to go home to my wife and kid!
CGNakibe: *shakes his head* I've still got that sneaking suspicion...
Lithaladhwen: I have no desire to see you die.
OMG Priam: Rag 'im?
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah, knock him out.
CGNakibe: Rag him.
OMG Priam: I was talking to Operative Mazuo.
Lithaladhwen: *SV* And I was just about to ask, too. Yes, Donovan. I'd appreciate it.
OMG Priam: *STUFF*
Arch mage144: C: I can erase his memory of the last couple hours, if you want.
CGNakibe: Nice to see you appreciate others opinions, Donovan. >.>
PapatymisonN: o.o Ooh. Do that.
Lithaladhwen: *comm to Cecil* That would be convenient.
OMG Priam: All right. I'll drag him up there. Operative Mazuo, make sure you get a vid feed to us while you check out the development area.
Lithaladhwen: Sure. How do I do that?
OMG Priam: *instructs*
Lithaladhwen: *follows instructions*
OMG Priam: *carries back to elevator!*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Cute. Really cute. You complain about how we're doing it, and then you go and do the easy bit.
Arch mage144: *Donovan lugs a scientist down the hall to the elevator, which conveniently lifts him and the unconscious man*
Arch mage144: *We also conveniently skipped the part where you actually chloroform the guy, but it's not like you were going to fail*
Arch mage144: *Cecil kneels down next to the unconscious man, reaches into a compartment in his medkit, and injects something into a vein in his arm*
Arch mage144: C: It's not really intended to erase people's memory, it's just a side-effect that's occasionally not such a big deal. It's actually a sedative drug intended to help restless patients sleep.
OMG Priam: Good, he'll be out for a while.
Arch mage144: C: At most he'll probably have about an hour's worth of retrograde amnesia.
Lithaladhwen: (*takes a drink*)
OMG Priam: *takes up position at the door to the meeting room*
Arch mage144: C: I'll put him in the bathroom and leave him in a stall.
CGNakibe: (Damn you and your knowledge! *shakes fist!*)
Lithaladhwen: *heads into the development area as Donovan requested*
OMG Priam: I hope you aren't waiting for me. Time's ticking, lads.
CGNakibe: Gee, never heard that before.
PapatymisonN: *follows Hel's lead*
Arch mage144: C: He'll wake up and assume...well, I have no idea what he'll assume. But he probably won't worry about it.
Lithaladhwen: Not really waiting for you, no. You can catch up.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Has the decontamination actually started?*
Arch mage144: (BRB, bathroom again. Also need another soda.)
Lithaladhwen: (I'm getting another bowl of pasta.)
OMG Priam: (Currently listening to: House noises - Judo snoring, asleep on the couch)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Gonna get more cake)
MajorGeneralTso: (...It's like RP Intermission.)
PapatymisonN: (*watching the hockey game*)
Arch mage144: (...cake?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Cake.)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Superior or Inferior to Pie?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Depends on the pie.)
CGNakibe: (LET THEM EAT CAKE)
Lithaladhwen: (*eats pasta*)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Now I'm hungry. Darnit.)
OMG Priam: (*eats a peanut butter ball, courtesy BW*)
Arch mage144: *Inside the decontamination airlock is a large red button surrounded by black and yellow caution lines*
Arch mage144: *Text reads: "DECONTAMINATE"*
Lithaladhwen: (Until I ate this, all I had to eat today was half a can of corned beef hash. I'm still hungry.)
Lithaladhwen: (BUTTON)
T3chn0Namagomi: *PRESS*
CGNakibe: *Press!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Ooooh! What does THIS button do?*
PapatymisonN: o.o
OMG Priam: (Warning! Self destruct sequence has been initiated!)
Lithaladhwen: *is glad that someone else did it first, as she really wanted to do it*
PapatymisonN: Are we contaminated yet?
Lithaladhwen: *buttons being irresistable things when large and red*
CGNakibe: (Nightstand-Aga!)
OMG Priam: (recolor, you)
CGNakibe: (No-nyo. >:-)
T3chn0Namagomi: We might be.
Arch mage144: *The pressing of the button causes the airlock to seal slowly...*
Arch mage144: *A hissing noise occurs as the room is sprayed down with jets of some unidentifiable nature*
PapatymisonN: Oh crap.
Arch mage144: *drains in the corners and against the sides of the room remove the vaguely iridescent spray*
Arch mage144: *after a minute or two of decontamination shower, the opposite airlock door opens...*
CGNakibe: *Strides forth into the unknown*
Arch mage144: *...and there is a hallway that ends at a door--standing at the door with posture that indicates severe boredom are a couple of heavily armored security guards*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Definitely not fighting these guys
Lithaladhwen: IM: We're definitely fighting these guys, aren't we?
CGNakibe: IM: Nope, NEVER saw that coming either. 9.9
T3chn0Namagomi: *walking forward*
Arch mage144: *These aren't like the lightly-equipped uniformed guards running around in the building--these guys are in full combat armor with covered helmets, and they're armed with equally heavy weaponry*
CGNakibe: *walks*
PapatymisonN: IM: Great. Stuck with a peashooter.
Arch mage144: *Who's walking down the hallway? Did Oxblood enter the decontamination airlock? Did Helena?*
Lithaladhwen: *Hel did.*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: These bastards are what we DON'T need to fight
PapatymisonN: *if Helena did, Oxblood did.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Down the hallway!*
CGNakibe: (There was Serran and Zeiren last I checked. o.o)
Lithaladhwen: IM: They mean that there's interesting stuff in here. Awesome. Just kill them, then.
Arch mage144: *there's only one way out of the hallway, aside from back into the airlock...it's through the door, and the guards are standing in front of it*
Arch mage144: *Two of you are dressed like scientists, more or less...two of you...are not.*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Guards mean we've found the super secret stuff.
T3chn0Namagomi: *I assume these other two are...stealthed, right?*
Arch mage144: *If you want to avoid "being spotted," you can make a stealth roll if you activate your belt."
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 5 2
CGNakibe: *takes a deep breath, and puts on his best science-y face...*
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 2
Arch mage144: *You're wearing a face-covering gas mask.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Tries to look as sciencey as he can under the gas mask!*
Lithaladhwen: (11<12. Success!)
PapatymisonN: (Wait, what are we rolling against?)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Shouldn't be too hard*
Lithaladhwen: (Though a close success.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Stealth. If untrained, DX)
Arch mage144: (DX or Stealth+5, whichever is better.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 2 6
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 4
CGNakibe: (Lovely.)
PapatymisonN: (13>8.)
Arch mage144: *Neither one of the guards seem to notice Oxblood or Helena.*
Arch mage144: *They stand, not exactly at attention, but with more attentiveness in response to the approach of the two "scientists."*
Lithaladhwen: *tries to slip in along with their "frontmen" if possible*
PapatymisonN: *does his best to do the same*
Arch mage144: *One of them taps a few keys on a pad on the wall, and the door opens.*
CGNakibe: Ugh. Never will get used to that.
T3chn0Namagomi: *walks through the door*
Lithaladhwen: *walkiewalkie*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Ah, I love disguises...
CGNakibe: *Walks through as well*
Lithaladhwen: IM: This.... is weird to me.
PapatymisonN: *sneakby!*
Arch mage144: *Through the door is a very large laboratory room that's also kind of a hangar. There are mecha in here! It's that big.*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I mean, I remember when you could just kill people. It used to be done all the time.
CGNakibe: IM: Nice size.
PapatymisonN: IM: A stealthy orc. Will wonders never cease?
Arch mage144: *Engineers and scientists with electronic "clipboards" mill about. There is a large opening in the left wall that leads elsewhere in the hangar section. To the right is a set of sealed blast doors.*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Wow. This is where all the shit goes on, huh?
Lithaladhwen: *ghost check*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 2 4
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Hope the others are taking pictures
Arch mage144: *A sign above the blast doors says "CAUTION: AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY. ARCANOBIOLOGY RESEARCH ZONE."*
Lithaladhwen: (Yarr. Success.)
Arch mage144: *The ghosts are definitely in the direction of those blast doors.*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Arcanobiology.
Lithaladhwen: *sv* Arcanobiology. I want that. We need to go through the blast doors.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: DEFINITELY what we're looking for.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Has no helmet, can't SV or hear SV for now*
Arch mage144: *The scientists don't seem to pay any attention to you. There are occasionally armored guards walking around, but none of them seem to care what a bunch of scientists are doing.*
PapatymisonN: *just focusing on making sure no one walks into him*
Lithaladhwen: *realizing Zeiren can't hear or see her.... she tugs the corner of his sleeve in the direction of the blast doors*
T3chn0Namagomi: ?!
CGNakibe: IM: Well, as if we needed to figure out where to go...
T3chn0Namagomi: *was already looking in that direction, note*
OMG Priam: im: Wait, this doesn't make any sense...
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Now how do we get in there?
OMG Priam: Mechs can't fit through that fireplace...how did they get down there?
CGNakibe: *Looks at the Arcanobiology door himself as he walks towards it, hoping to see soemthing that would help them get in...*
Lithaladhwen: *SV* Build them down here, likely.
Arch mage144: C: *shrugs* Maybe there's another exit. That must be the construction hangar.
Lithaladhwen: *SV* Anyway, I want to poke around in the secret nefarious necromancy labs.
OMG Priam: That's what I'm thinking. They have to get those experimental mech units out, too, and those aren't coming through the fireplace either.
Arch mage144: *The arcanobiology blast doors have two friendly-looking guards standing around flanking them. There's a keycard reader.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *going onto the path to the Arcanabiology room!*
Lithaladhwen: *goes there following Zeiren*
PapatymisonN: *follows the leader!*
Arch mage144: *The blast doors are sealed shut, so if you want to go through them, you'll have to find a way to open them.*
OMG Priam: *makes a note in his HUD unit about this concern for some recon in the area for a construction exit for later*
T3chn0Namagomi: *does Zeiren have a keycard of his own?*
Arch mage144: *You follow the yellow-and-black caution tape that makes up the artificial "pathways" on the floor over toward the blast doors.*
Arch mage144: *Zeiren does not.*
Arch mage144: *No one has noticed that you aren't wearing one yet; be thankful.*
CGNakibe: *w* Real question is... do we have the right card?
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Let's hope
Lithaladhwen: *sighs inwardly*
T3chn0Namagomi: *checks his pockets*
Arch mage144: *No keycard. It would seem that personnel keep them on their person instead of leaving them in lockers.*
CGNakibe: *w* don't think so. It was that guy's.
OMG Priam: What's the problem, Mazuo?
Arch mage144: *Serran's memory is correct; this keycard is for a scientist who has stated explicitly that he's not part of the arcanobiology team.*
CGNakibe: *w* Didn't he say he didn't have access?
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Shit. And I don't have one of my own.
Lithaladhwen: *SV* Just nostalgia. Everything is fine on my end.
PapatymisonN: SV: We could corner someone in the bathroom...
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* We can't go straight in, that's for sure.
CGNakibe: *w* I'm not in the mood for suicide, as usual.
CGNakibe: *Looks around for a bathroom or something*
CGNakibe: *w* Gotta regroup on this, I think.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Indeed.
PapatymisonN: *heads for the bathroom with them*
Lithaladhwen: *follows the frontmen*
OMG Priam: *repositions Hatcher so he's not right next to the fireplace, such that he might assume he just tripped or fainted or something*
Arch mage144: *The area off to the left wing is as of yet unexplored. You're not sure what's over there, as it might be part of the hanger, or it might be additional research wings.*
Arch mage144: *Maybe the scientists down here have their own breakroom.*
CGNakibe: *heads left, like he owns the place. Or at least operates part of it.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Might as well head for the left wing*
Arch mage144: C: You know, I was going to put him in the bathroom. *points to the scientist*
Arch mage144: *The group both struts and creeps around the hangar in accordance with their level of intended visibility.*
Arch mage144: *No one's trying to see the stealthy people, so they're not likely to notice them anyway. They're somebody else's problem.*
OMG Priam: Not a bad idea. Cover me, I'm going to get him there. Just make sure nobody's on their way while I get him across.
Arch mage144: *The left passage proves to be the route to another hangar, though off to one side there is a smaller chamber labelled "BREAK AREA"*
Arch mage144: C: Okay.
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
CGNakibe: *Heads for the break area*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Likewise*
Arch mage144: *The hallway on the 28th floor is clear.*
OMG Priam: *and presumably, they get him in the restroom just fine? Or shall this get detail'd out?*
Arch mage144: *The group heads for the break area; there are several cafeteria-style tables and a number of vending machines.*
Arch mage144: *You get Dr. Hatcher to the restroom without difficulty. Cecil props him up on one of the toilets in a stall with his pants around his ankles.*
Arch mage144: *There are also bathrooms adjacent to the break room, segregated by gender.*
OMG Priam: *retakes position in the meeting room, at the corner by its door.*
Arch mage144: *You are aware that they're bathrooms because they have large signs indicating "MEN" and "WOMEN," which no other rooms typically do.*
Lithaladhwen: (Segregation never! Integration now!)
CGNakibe: *w* We're really kinda screwed if we can't get a keycard that doesn't suck sometime within the next few minutes.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Indeed
CGNakibe: *Anyone else in here?*
Arch mage144: *The men's room has a guy standing at a urinal. He appears to be too preoccupied to care about your presence.*
T3chn0Namagomi: If we can't find a way in, then we should try to get out as cleanly as possible. The arcanabiology room is at least better than no evidence
T3chn0Namagomi: *w*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Meant to be *w*ed, anyway)
Arch mage144: (Obviously.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Is this guy in a lab coat and all?*
Arch mage144: *Yes.*
CGNakibe: *uses bathroom. Hey, when you've got the chance...*
Arch mage144: *He's clearly a scientist.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* ...Please.
PapatymisonN: *can we see his keycard?*
Arch mage144: *If Serran pulls up to the urinal next to the other scientist, he can see his name badge...*
CGNakibe: When you've gotta go, you've gotta go.
CGNakibe: *pulls up, takes a peek over*
Arch mage144: *He notes fine print that says "Doctor of Arcanobiology."*
Lithaladhwen: (*glee*)
CGNakibe: IM: Too handy.
Arch mage144: *The man's name is Chester Mansfield, in the event that you care.*
CGNakibe: *Motions towards the other guy.*
Lithaladhwen: (Isn't there some man-code about screwing with a man while he's peeing?)
Arch mage144: Scientist: *looks over* What?
OMG Priam: (Yes, but this is business)
Arch mage144: S: I'm...kind of busy. *relieving self*
OMG Priam: (So long as you don't look at his genitals in the process, it's A-OK)
CGNakibe: Don't forget to wash your hands.
Lithaladhwen: (He noticed you because you're flanking, Shaun.)
Arch mage144: S: *nods slowly*
Arch mage144: S: ...okay.
Lithaladhwen: (Spike Spiegel: Be sure you let the water run. ...So you don't clog the drain.)
PapatymisonN: SV: Let's hope he didn't drink a lot of water. I don't want to be here forever.
Arch mage144: *The scientist proceeds with the masculine post-urination "shaking ritual"*
CGNakibe: *goes to wash up*
T3chn0Namagomi: *does Zeiren have a chloro-rag?*
Arch mage144: *No.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Right*
CGNakibe: *w to Zeiren and "assorted" as he passes by* We have a winner.
Arch mage144: *Serran feels that his hands are now much cleaner and considerably freer of microbial contaminants.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Stun him?
CGNakibe: *w* ya think?
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* YEah. Stupid question.
Lithaladhwen: *tight smile*
T3chn0Namagomi: *moves in the direction of the stalls...
T3chn0Namagomi: *
Arch mage144: *The scientist walks over to the sink to clean his hands*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Pulls out his stunner, and aims at the man*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Before firing, of course*
CGNakibe: Nothing more annoying than assholes that don't wash, you know?
Lithaladhwen: IM: Patience is good. It is really very fortunate that I... have plenty. Or I'd go crazy on this mission.
Arch mage144: *You're behind him. He doesn't notice.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Right*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Should we bother rolling?*
Arch mage144: *Yes.*
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 6
T3chn0Namagomi: (Success again, thankfully)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 5
T3chn0Namagomi: (I hope.)
Arch mage144: *the man collapses against the sink, bashing his face on the ceramic surface in the process, all with the water still running*
OMG Priam: (*SKABLEWM!* Alarms: VEERNT VEERNT)
Arch mage144: *the stunner bolt, luckily, is a relatively quiet thing...*
CGNakibe: Least he washed.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right...
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CGNakibe: *gathers up his "Fellow scientist" and pulls him into a stall*
PapatymisonN: ... ow.
Arch mage144: *You'd better hurry up and do whatever before someone else has to pee.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Yeah.*
Arch mage144: *Congratulations. Serran has satisfactorily "stalled" the scientist.*
CGNakibe: *Grabs the keycard and hands the previous one over to Zeiren*
Arch mage144: *Keycard get!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Uh, bit of an issue.
CGNakibe: *w* What?
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* I think you'd be better with the old one. If only because you're a bit better at this sneaking thing. I mean, you can still stealth up
Lithaladhwen: (GETTO)
CGNakibe: *shrugs* *w* You're the one they'll be shooting at first.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* ...Additionally, anyone checking would notice a bit of a discrepancy
T3chn0Namagomi: *points to nametag*
OMG Priam: (Is Hel in there?)
CGNakibe: *looks down* Point. *trade!*
Lithaladhwen: (Yes.
Lithaladhwen: )
CGNakibe: *w* Lets get going quick.
OMG Priam: They ARE going to clean up that blood on the sink, right?
T3chn0Namagomi: *Trade, and starts to swap clothes!*
CGNakibe: Oh. Wait.
Arch mage144: (Wait, what? You're swapping outfits?)
Arch mage144: (You're identically dressed.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Nametag)
Lithaladhwen: Guys. Make sure you don't leave a mess. Donovan's concerned, and I agree that there shouldn't be blood in here anywhere.
CGNakibe: (Eh? I thought we were trading... yeah.)
Arch mage144: (Your face is concealed. I'm not sure why you're worried about that.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Unless that's separate)
Lithaladhwen: *out loud, so that nonsuited friends can hear, of course*
T3chn0Namagomi: (The title.)
Arch mage144: (And neither of the photo IDs look anything like you.)
CGNakibe: *goes over and turns off the faucet, wiping up the blood as well*
Arch mage144: (Ah. I see.)
Arch mage144: (Also, I forgot to ask. Where did you guys stash your armor?)
Lithaladhwen: *SV* Good eye, Donovan.
CGNakibe: (Good Question. Likely Serran put his in the lift with Donovan originally.)
OMG Priam: im: Like babysitting...how these people survive in the military is beyond me.
T3chn0Namagomi: (Likewise)
Arch mage144: *As Serran is pitching the paper towels into the matter disintegrator, the bathroom door opens, and another scientist comes in, tries the stall that the first scientist is in, shrugs at it being locked, and uses another.*
Lithaladhwen: (Poor Donovan. Hel feels that way a lot around this lot of mortal kids.)
CGNakibe: *w* Geez. Does he think we're amateurs?
Lithaladhwen: (Always hitting on her and squabbling with each other.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (That was an IM)
OMG Priam: (That was an IM, dude)
CGNakibe: (That was. Hel's comment wasn't.)
OMG Priam: (Also, if Don was given the armors, he would have stashed them in one of the lockers)
Lithaladhwen: (She mentioned Donovan's suggestion and attributed it to him.)
OMG Priam: (Fair enough)
CGNakibe: (*paying attention!*)
Arch mage144: (You have no way of getting those open without destroying them.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Stealth on for the swap, at least, so it's quieter or somesuch*
Arch mage144: (Because no one here has equipment to crack electronic locks.)
OMG Priam: (The one that was cut open, then. He'll slide the door back into place as best as possible)
Arch mage144: (OK.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Can someone get the body back up?
Arch mage144: (What?)
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Wait, nevermind
CGNakibe: *w* duh.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Forgot about the decontamination chamber guards
CGNakibe: *dries hands off, and starts out of the bathroom*
Arch mage144: *The group exits the bathroom. Oxblood and Helena are still being sneaky and quiet.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *decides to have the guard propped in the stall, face clean of blood, and pants down or somesuch*
PapatymisonN: *just what I thought*
Arch mage144: (You mean the scientist?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Yeah)
Arch mage144: (There's another dude in the stall next to him.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Getting them mixed. ^^)
Arch mage144: (Now is probably not a good time to mess with his corpse.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ah)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Leaves him on the toilet, at least*
T3chn0Namagomi: *And now has a new nametag and keycard!*
CGNakibe: *Glares back into the bathroom at Zeiren. Its harder to tell through the mask*
T3chn0Namagomi: *leaves bathroom*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Relax, it's me.
CGNakibe: *w* What was that all about?
Arch mage144: *Having finished your business in the men's room, you're back in the break room.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Cleaning up a bit of a mess and making sure it isn't too obvious
CGNakibe: *w* Want anything? You know. While we're on break.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Naah.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* The shorter we're here, the better
OMG Priam: I don't know that I've ever heard of such a large facility bordered by a decontamination chamber....especially with its own bathroom.
PapatymisonN: *w* Then let's go.
OMG Priam: *more to Cecil than anything else*
Arch mage144: C: Makes you wonder what it's for.
Arch mage144: C: I haven't figure it out yet.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Oi, Ser. Stealth up.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* At least for now.
Arch mage144: (Stealth? You're both dressed as scientists.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (ID?)
CGNakibe: *w* Why? You sick of seeing me already?
Lithaladhwen: The lab. Please? Now?
Arch mage144: (OH. I see.)
OMG Priam: If that's the case, then it really is more likely that they're keeping something from getting out than keeping something from getting in.
Arch mage144: (Okay.)
Arch mage144: C: I got that impression, too.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Naah. Just don't want to fuck our chances of getting into the lab.
CGNakibe: *stealths*
Lithaladhwen: *SV* Donovan, that fits with what I know about their need to contain the ghosts. It's not easy if you're really screwing with them to keep them under control.
CGNakibe: *Hopefully with no one watching. Again.*
Arch mage144: C: And...I don't know. It's just weird.
T3chn0Namagomi: *heads for the previously-closed blast door*
Arch mage144: *it's still closed.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Still closed*
Lithaladhwen: *followyfollow*
Arch mage144: *There's a keycard reader.*
CGNakibe: *follow follow*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Keycard slide!*
Arch mage144: *You swipe your keycard. It produces a satisfying "BING!" noise, and a light changes from red to green. The blast doors begin to slowly open.*
Lithaladhwen: ...*shivers with anticip---*
Arch mage144: *The guards look you up and down boredly, then return to staring off at the milling masses.*
Lithaladhwen: *pation*
T3chn0Namagomi: *stands while they do so, before passing through when they're content*
Arch mage144: *On the other side of the blast doors is a long corridor. As you pass through, the doors quickly close behind you.*
CGNakibe: *would chuckle, but stealth works better when you're making little/no noise*
PapatymisonN: *sneeeeeeeeaks past*
Arch mage144: *The corridor narrows slightly; on the wall before the corridor is some kind of mounted device.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *stops before this device*
Lithaladhwen: *ghost check! because she can do it whenever she wants*
Arch mage144: *It appears to have a headrest and a pair of circular lenses held within impressions in the wall.*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 2 5
CGNakibe: *stops, and takes his best look at the device*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...FUCK.
Lithaladhwen: (Success.)
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: BIOMETRIC
PapatymisonN: ... IM: Oh... crap.
Arch mage144: *Helena is definitely feeling ghosts on the other end of the hallway, through the door.*
CGNakibe: IM: Lovely.
Arch mage144: *Zeiren's initial reaction is probably correct; it looks like a retinal scanner.*
Lithaladhwen: Guys. I don't know what we have to do to get in, but we're on the right track.
PapatymisonN: IM: I knew we should have ripped that guy's head off.
Arch mage144: *There's a long empty corridor between here and the door, though. It's not clear what the scanner is for.*
Lithaladhwen: Are we going forward, or are we going to play with this little face-thing?
T3chn0Namagomi: Let's NOT.
CGNakibe: *w* the door is kinda closed.
OMG Priam: It looks like it's a device for getting out, not for getting in.
Arch mage144: *No, not really.*
OMG Priam: *no?*
T3chn0Namagomi: *heads forward*
Arch mage144: *The blast door is behind the group. Ahead of the group there is a corridor, but the corridor is narrower than the entryway.*
Lithaladhwen: *heads toward the ghosties*
Arch mage144: *On one of the walls in front of the corridor is the retinal scanner.*
Arch mage144: *Zeiren proceeds down the corridor, as does Helena...*
OMG Priam: *But the entryway to the corridor is open?*
Arch mage144: *Yes.*
OMG Priam: *His comment stands*
CGNakibe: *Stays in back of this little train*
PapatymisonN: ... lasers?
Lithaladhwen: ....
Arch mage144: *Where is Oxblood?*
PapatymisonN: *right by Zea*
Arch mage144: *A shutter closes at the entrance of the corridor behind the group!*
CGNakibe: IM: Lovely.
Lithaladhwen: ....Boys? Ah, screw it. We can still go forward.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Keeping it in, indeed.
Arch mage144: *Nothing else of interest seems to be happening.*
T3chn0Namagomi: No other way.
T3chn0Namagomi: *heads forward*
Arch mage144: *You have no knowledge of the door's status as locked or unlocked.*
Lithaladhwen: IM: If this were my lab, that face-thing would be to keep anything incorporeal from escaping my lab. Basically, anything without a face for it to... inspect in whatever way it does.
Arch mage144: *There is a glass pane on the door through which the next room is visible, incidentally.*
CGNakibe: *walks up slightly, pokes Helena*
Lithaladhwen: *is poked*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Hey, guys. Be ready to take pictures
Arch mage144: *Next to the door is a touchpad that presumably opens it.*
Lithaladhwen: I'm doing so continuously, it seems. No worries, Zeiren.
PapatymisonN: *w* Sure thing.
T3chn0Namagomi: *just touchpad?*
CGNakibe: *w* Its a retinal scanner. Sees if you have the same eyes as the person whose entry is allowed.
Arch mage144: *Just touchpad.*
Lithaladhwen: Oh, okay. Thanks.
T3chn0Namagomi: *touches it*
Arch mage144: *The lights in the corridor go out.*
Lithaladhwen: ....
CGNakibe: *w* Figured you were wonderi...
T3chn0Namagomi: *touches it again*
Arch mage144: *It is now pitch dark.*
Lithaladhwen: No more touching that. I want to try something.
Arch mage144: *Nothing. It remains pitch dark.*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Fuck.
PapatymisonN: IM: We are in serious shit.
Lithaladhwen: (What kind of touchpad was that?)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Stealth up*
Arch mage144: *The glass pane on the door is suddenly blocked from view as a metal shutter over it slams shut. No light is entering the corridor, even from the next room.*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: C: What? What's going on?
Lithaladhwen: *sigh* Okay, first thing first.
Lithaladhwen: Someone have a light, or do I have to make one?
OMG Priam: *Makes sure to observe everything that is going on right now very carefully, dedicating it all to memory.*
Arch mage144: *A placid female voice echoes in the corridor...*
T3chn0Namagomi: *stealthed up*
Arch mage144: "Unauthorized entry detected. Retinal scan examination bypassed or failed."
PapatymisonN: o.o
PapatymisonN: And the jig is up.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...I HATE those things.
Arch mage144: *Those of you in armor can switch to light amplification/night vision if you want to be able to see.*
PapatymisonN: *does so*
Lithaladhwen: Damn it. *does whatever to her helmet*
CGNakibe: Could've been worse, you know.
Arch mage144: *It is eerily silent in the corridor.*
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, well. I'm finding a way through if I have to cut the wall open.
T3chn0Namagomi: Not like we could've gotten through like this anyway.
Arch mage144: *You hear the sound of a sliding shutter...it's definitely from behind you. Flashlights pierce the darkness...*
Lithaladhwen: *stealth is groovy in the dark*
Arch mage144: Voice: Hold it right there!
T3chn0Namagomi: *Yay stealth?*
CGNakibe: *hand on blaster... just in case.*
Arch mage144: (Roll stealth, everyone.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 2
T3chn0Namagomi: (Success)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 5 1
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 3
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 5 4
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 2 4
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 5
PapatymisonN: (13>11.)
Lithaladhwen: (7<12.)
PapatymisonN: (Success.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (11<13)
CGNakibe: (Success.)
Lithaladhwen: (Success, at least, not automatic failure.)
Arch mage144: Voice: ...what the hell?
Arch mage144: Voice: There's no one in here.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Wait for someone to leave
CGNakibe: (10 < 18, by the by)
Arch mage144: Voice 2: Must be another equipment malfunction. I swear, one more false alarm and I'll fucking shoot myself out of boredom.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I need to find out what people do in this corridor. I suspect they get themselves inspected and then go touch the thing.
Lithaladhwen: IM: At which point we may wish we'd killed that doctor and collected his head.
Arch mage144: Voice: *heavy sigh* Damnit! *a blaster bolt strikes the ceiling, causing a shower of sparks and a small amount of red-hot shrapnel to fall*
PapatymisonN: >.<
Lithaladhwen: IM: Real mature, boys. Nice.
T3chn0Namagomi: >.<
CGNakibe: -.- IM: Cute.
Arch mage144: Voice 2: This is just stupid. I'll go hit the reset.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Shoot the poor ceiling.
Arch mage144: *sounds of quick footsteps and a third voice*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Well, at least they didn't see us.
Arch mage144: Voice 3: Hey, I heard gunfire!
Arch mage144: V2: Uh...false alarm. He just thought he saw something moving. Wanted to be sure.
Arch mage144: V3: Are you serious? This blows.
Arch mage144: V: Why is guarding a top-secret research facility so boring?
CGNakibe: IM: must... hold in... snickers...
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...too...damn...funny...
Arch mage144: V2: Whatever. Back to your posts. I'm going to go hit the failsafe.
Arch mage144: *sound of receding footsteps*
Arch mage144: *you hear the sound of someone struggling on the other side of the door Helena tried to open*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Close one. Not doing that again.
Lithaladhwen: *is now running through a mental list of all the people nearby who's heads she could collect for the scanner*
CGNakibe: *Turns towards the door*
Arch mage144: *a moment later, the lights come back on and the door opens*
T3chn0Namagomi: *The glass one included?*
Lithaladhwen: ....IM: Door.
OMG Priam: I hope you guys heard the word 'failsafe' there.
CGNakibe: *The glass door, right?*
Arch mage144: *A scientist looks into the corridor and shrugs*
Arch mage144: (Yes, the one at the end of the corridor.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *If so, he goes through*
Arch mage144: S: What's going on here? Why was it sealed?
Arch mage144: *Zeiren manages to edge past him*
CGNakibe: *heads towards the scientist himself. Sneaky sneaky*
Lithaladhwen: *wants in...is this feasible?*
PapatymisonN: *does so too, if he can!*
Arch mage144: *The group presses against the wall and squeezes past--the scientist exits and goes into the corridor*
Arch mage144: *...now that you can actually see what's in this room...*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Yes! Secret lab. Man. It's been so long since anything has been kept from me. I want to know things.
CGNakibe: *w* I DO love failsafes.
Arch mage144: *...nothing could have possibly prepared Delta Unit for the contents of this laboratory wing...*
Lithaladhwen: (Lollipops?)
Lithaladhwen: (Hundreds of them?)
CGNakibe: (Cool!)
Lithaladhwen: (Please say lollipops.)
CGNakibe: (I want rainbows!)
Arch mage144: *The middle walkway is fairly narrow because the left and right walls are lined with enormous cylindrical tubes filled with light-blue fluid that occasionally bubbles ominously.*
PapatymisonN: (... oh boy...)
Arch mage144: *Each tube contains a writhing half-human monstrosity, apparently affixed to some mass of circuitry in the back half of the container.*
Lithaladhwen: .....
CGNakibe: e.e
Lithaladhwen: Donovan. You're getting all this, right?
CGNakibe: *w* This good enough for a win?
Arch mage144: *There are no sounds from the tubes, but each creature stretches and paws at the glass frantically with expressions twisted in anguish.*
CGNakibe: *w* Or do we need to work harder for our pay this month?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: People tend not to think that this is real.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: This is real.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* This is good, but we might want to get more, if possible.
OMG Priam: Right. I don't think Cecil is having a great time right now.
Arch mage144: *Not all of the creatures are half-human, specifically; some of them are clearly elves, orcs, or other species.*
Arch mage144: C: *shuddering*
Lithaladhwen: ....*seems totally blown away by this*
PapatymisonN: o.o
PapatymisonN: By Indari...
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...Nothing really does prepare you for this.
Lithaladhwen: I... how could we have let this go so far?
Arch mage144: *The hallway continues; this particular chamber filled with tubes is clearly not the only thing in the arcanobiology lab wing, but it's sure as hell significant.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Are there any scientists or guards in sight?*
Lithaladhwen: IM: These people should have been processed! What the hell happened!?
CGNakibe: *Looks around for a computer or something.*
Arch mage144: *No, the room is empty of people.*
CGNakibe: *As well as scientists. Just in case.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Or cameras?*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Because if it is completely empty, he's destealthing*
Arch mage144: *Each tube itself has a small control panel in front of it that displays a wide variety of esoteric statistics and graphs.*
Lithaladhwen: *checks for ghosts not in tubes*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 6
Arch mage144: *There are clearly cameras on the ceiling.*
Lithaladhwen: (Success.)
Arch mage144: *Who's watching is unclear, but it's probably not standard security.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Then he's remaining stealthed for the time being, until he can get into somewhere without anyone or anything watching*
Arch mage144: *There are no "free ghosts" in this room, but Helena senses residual spirit energy from each tube. There are stronger emanations further into the lab.*
Lithaladhwen: *goes where those are*
Arch mage144: *As Serran inspects the graphs, he can see a couple of sets of numbers that appear to be in differen colors, sometimes red, sometimes yellow or green.*
Lithaladhwen: (Helena can cast "detect plot" in the lab.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Zeiren can look for a place where he can "reappear"*
CGNakibe: *follows Helena*
OMG Priam: (Much like Donovan can cast "Bypass Puzzle" =D)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Following Helena.*
Lithaladhwen: (Yay for mages!)
Arch mage144: *The most important values, suggested by their having the physically largest numbers, on the screen, are "synchronization ratio" and "ego function"*
CGNakibe: IM: Ego function? Hmm..
OMG Priam: Give me a close-up shot of those terminals.
CGNakibe: *w* Oxblood?*
Arch mage144: *The group continues down the hallway...this hallway is really long, but it eventually opens into a larger room*
PapatymisonN: *looks for a computer terminal*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...yep. This is definitely Tek automation...I'm pretty sure of it.
PapatymisonN: *for great downloading justice*
Arch mage144: *Helena and the others are standing on a catwalk that runs around the entire perimeter of the room*
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks down into the room*
Arch mage144: *On the lower level of the room are scientists running around monitoring different tubes. Some of the tubes contain vaguely shifting masses of iridescent light.*
Lithaladhwen: *Over the bridge! Onto the catwalk!*
CGNakibe: *Over The Bridge?!? :D?*
Arch mage144: *Other tubes contain semi-transparent humanoid figures that are clearly defying the laws of gravity. Some of them are trying to escape. Others are simply resigned to their fate.*
Lithaladhwen: *Over the bridge!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Over the bridge!*
Arch mage144: *YOU WENT OVER THE BRIDGE ALREADY*
T3chn0Namagomi: *I didn't*
PapatymisonN: *... but we like the bridge...*
Lithaladhwen: IM: All of these people should be killed right now for this. I would drag them into their fate personally, and I'd feel damned good about it.
CGNakibe: IM: This is too much like a scene from my nightmares. >.<
Arch mage144: *The route down to the lower floor is a short glass elevator against the left wall*
Arch mage144: (Everybody make a vision roll.)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 4 3
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 6 1
T3chn0Namagomi: (Success!)
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 4
Lithaladhwen: (12<15. Success.)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 3 1
CGNakibe: (9 < 15 for the win)
PapatymisonN: (... Rolling against...? Eh. Doesn't matter. It's a four.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (11<12)
PapatymisonN: (*five)
Arch mage144: *All the successful people notice that on the catwalk on the other side of the room is a drow man talking with a drow female*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I wish I had my helmet.
Arch mage144: *The man is unfamiliar, but the girl...is definitely Makura's sister.*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Ah, poor Makura. I'm going to have to kill her eventually.
OMG Priam: Get me some images of the man's face.
PapatymisonN: IM: ... she's still hot.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Zeiren must make the most important observation, if possible from this distance*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Hope he doesn't take it personally.
Lithaladhwen: *takes whatever images she can*
T3chn0Namagomi: *How hot is she? XP*
Arch mage144: *She's pretty hot, and she's in a lab coat, so if you ask me, she's about ten times hotter.*
CGNakibe: IM: She just keeps turning up. Like a bad penny.
Lithaladhwen: (I was right!)
Lithaladhwen: (All of your soul are belong to her!)
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Get some pictures of her, somebody. *_*
Lithaladhwen: (You have no chance to survive fight her mecha.)
Arch mage144: C: This is bad...really bad...
OMG Priam: On the contrary. This is mission complete.
PapatymisonN: (We're not all into sexy scientists, Brian.)
Arch mage144: *You can't hear what either one of them is saying from this distance.*
Lithaladhwen: (Some of us are. *wink*)
Arch mage144: (Then she's ten times less hot than I think she is, but only to you.)
PapatymisonN: (... I'll give it to you if she's also wearing glasses.)
CGNakibe: (Heh.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Some of us are into hot, period.)
Arch mage144: (She is not.)
CGNakibe: (Glasses would help.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Glasses make me think of Ritsuko Akagi in this case. This equates to less hot here.)
OMG Priam: (Somehow, Priam is not surprised)
Arch mage144: (She's not blonde. She's got bluish skin and cropped white hair.)
Lithaladhwen: (Zeiren likes hot scientists. I mean, jeez. He's veritably crawling all over Helena every chance he gets.)
PapatymisonN: (No glasses, no win.)
Lithaladhwen: (And she totally counts as the "mad scientist" for their group.)
Arch mage144: C: It's mission complete, but...
OMG Priam: (This is clearly the most important discusion around)
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD)
Arch mage144: C: ...I don't like it. This is bad.
Arch mage144: C: We're right here, and we can't do anything about it!
Lithaladhwen: *SV* Good observation, Cecil. At least we have an enemy now. If I wanted to be really reckless, I'd run around freeing ghosts and cause some chaos.
CGNakibe: IM: Dammit, I wish I had the helmet. At least then I could listen in on their conversation.
Lithaladhwen: *SV* But I'm more patient than that.
Lithaladhwen: *SV* For now.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I wish I had my helmet. Then I could take some pictures of her for a keepsake. ^^
Arch mage144: C: Oh, shit.
Arch mage144: C: ...I have somewhat bad news.
OMG Priam: What?
Lithaladhwen: *SV* Spit it out.
Arch mage144: C: I just got a direct message from HQ. We have to provide our own extraction. They can't bring in a dropship because it'll be too obvious after dawn.
OMG Priam: It's dawn already? Shit!
PapatymisonN: It's after DAWN?
PapatymisonN: ... man. Any ideas?
OMG Priam: Looks like it's camping in the bushes for us.
Arch mage144: C: We've been in here longer than I realized, but they dropped us just after midnight, so...it's not totally unreasonable.
CGNakibe: *w* After dawn already, huh? Crap.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Let's look for a secondary exit
Lithaladhwen: Well, that's one issue, and an important one.
CGNakibe: *w* Out the front door?
Lithaladhwen: IM: Wait, how do we get out of this direct area? I think some part of me assumed we'd get in here, get some intel and then get ourselves killed.
Arch mage144: C: Wait, there's some good news. Apparently Kamen Kuragari's private helicopter has been landed on the roof, and that's where it's stored.
Lithaladhwen: How do we get out of this direct area, first of all?
Arch mage144: C: Surveillance indicates that it'll be there as long as he's here.
Lithaladhwen: (I read that as ramen.)
PapatymisonN: (I just thought of Kami from DBZ.)
OMG Priam: Is Makura already out?
Arch mage144: C: I don't know. HQ doesn't know anything. Why they're relaying this to me is the confusing part. I think they're trying to keep the signal to a minimum to avoid detection.
Arch mage144: C: You guys are probably too deep underground to receive it anyway.
Lithaladhwen: *waves off crap about radioscience whatevers*
Arch mage144: C: But the good news is that I know how to fly a helicopter.
Lithaladhwen: Okay. Still. We have to get out of this direct and secured area. I don't think we'll get lucky again.
Arch mage144: C: So we just have to steal Kuragari's.
PapatymisonN: ... tell you what.
PapatymisonN: If we can't think of anything, YOU take it. Alone.
PapatymisonN: And get all this intel to HQ.
OMG Priam: All right. If you guys can find your own way out, wherever that might be, then go ahead and take it. We can head for the chopper and pick you up if you do.
Lithaladhwen: Agreed.
Arch mage144: C: Ahh! No! Never leave a man behind!
Lithaladhwen: Cecil, quit being a baby.
OMG Priam: We're not leaving them behind, Cecil.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* You know what they're saying, Ser?
Lithaladhwen: You might have to do it, and I'm telling you that you'd better or this mission could be a waste.
Arch mage144: C: I took an oath, Helena. Doesn't that mean anything to you?
CGNakibe: *w* I wish I did.
PapatymisonN: No.
Lithaladhwen: Sure it does.
Lithaladhwen: But I have obligations of my own to the people in the damned tubes.
Arch mage144: C: Wait a minute. Isn't that guy over there with Makura's sister Kamen Kuragari?
Lithaladhwen: I don't know. Sure. Maybe. If you say so.
Lithaladhwen: Want to grab him as a hostage or something?
Arch mage144: C: Goddamnit. Oxblood, I hate to see you as being right about Makura's family.
Arch mage144: C: A hostage? Don't ask me, you guys figure it out.
OMG Priam: Bad idea. If he shows up in MAC Gaera's prisons, things will be very problematic.
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks around. Are there any exits notable to this room?*
CGNakibe: (Hate to say this, but I'm gonna have to go in a little bit.)
Lithaladhwen: Who says he'd live that long?
Arch mage144: *You can always go back the way you came.*
Lithaladhwen: We can kill him once we're out.
OMG Priam: What good will it have done to take him in the first place, then?
Arch mage144: *Other than that, you can't tell. You'd have to descend from the catwalk and look around.*
CGNakibe: *w* Not a good idea, Helena.
Arch mage144: *Your intuition suggests that digging around on the lower floor is not going to provide an exit.*
Lithaladhwen: Keep people from killing us for a while. I don't know. It's not important to me what we do.
PapatymisonN: *so, there are NO terminals available to them at this point?*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Hell. Let's just get out of here. We've got stealth.
Lithaladhwen: There's supposedly another exit to this place, but I want to know if we'll have to get our eyes inspected in order to get out of this hallway.
OMG Priam: Get what info you can down there without being spoted.
Lithaladhwen: Once that's done with, I'm less worried.
Arch mage144: (Computer terminals? Not the kind that you'd want to use. This isn't the public library. All of the computer equipment in here is dedicated to monitoring and managing the tube systems.)
OMG Priam: After that, we've done what we came for.
Arch mage144: *There's a lot of shouting down below.*
PapatymisonN: ... uh oh.
CGNakibe: *Shouting? About what?*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Yeah. What about?*
Arch mage144: *Two of the adjacent tubes, one containing an iridescent light mass and the other containing a human spirit, are both glowing brightly.*
Arch mage144: *It's indistinct. It sounds like excitement.*
PapatymisonN: *takes images*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...Hell...this is not good.
Lithaladhwen: ...
Lithaladhwen: *watches with horror and some degree of professional interest*
CGNakibe: *w* Looks like we're witnessing "Scientific Progress".
Arch mage144: *The spirit is suddenly teleported into the same tube as the iridescent mass...*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Hopefully, we can see where the emergency exit would be, if things go out of control.
OMG Priam: Mazuo, if you think that's dangerous, I want you all out of....what the...
Arch mage144: *...which rapidly engulfs the spirit in a rapidly-congealing chromatic fog.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Catch that on feed, now!
PapatymisonN: *does so!*
Lithaladhwen: ......*just watches, with one hand clenched so hard into a fist that the muscles in her whole arm ache*
OMG Priam: *has been recording*
Arch mage144: *For once, the panicked screams of the ghost are clearly audible. His hands press agains the glass of the tube frantically as he is sucked back into the cloud.*
PapatymisonN: (They'll have multiple takes to choose from.)
PapatymisonN: O.O
PapatymisonN: ... dear gods...
T3chn0Namagomi: *stares* IM: What the...
Arch mage144: *A mass of colored energy shoots out violently lashing tendrils that wrap around the humanoid's body, anchoring him to the astral symbiote.*
Lithaladhwen: The gods have nothing to do with this. We're the only ones who're going to stop this shit. *winces as the ghost is grabbed*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...There's something very wrong with this.
PapatymisonN: ... we are in total agreement. e_e
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Not now, Helena. We have to get the hell out of here.
CGNakibe: ... *tight lipped and for once wide-eyed*
PapatymisonN: This has to end now.
OMG Priam: No, Ox.
Arch mage144: *Portions of the spirit's "body" rapidly degrade into particles of free energy as the glowing tendrils are quickly shoved into the humanoid's mouth, silencing him.*
CGNakibe: *w* Mission first.
OMG Priam: We need a well organized infiltration, not this improvised business.
Lithaladhwen: Oxblood, not now. There are better times. And they will certainly be very very regretful. Eventually.
Lithaladhwen: We can wait.
PapatymisonN: ... ... *nods*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* What's important is to get the hell out, now. We have all that we need.
OMG Priam: We have allies, and we have the power of information.
Arch mage144: *Threads of glowing energy surround and bind the ghost, which is looking more and more like the horrors that are now all too familiar to Delta Unit.*
OMG Priam: Unless you think you can get something else of use down there, I suggest we all get out of this hole.
Arch mage144: *It's unclear how much longer the transformation is going to take, but it isn't going well.*
PapatymisonN: Let's check that door, see if we need new eyes to get out.
CGNakibe: *w* Lets go.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Leaving, now, preferably.
T3chn0Namagomi: *heads back for the way they came in*
Arch mage144: *There is some applause from the scientists below. The drow on the other side of the catwalk lean over the railing and look down with appraising gazes.*
Lithaladhwen: *turns away from the monstrous experiment before her very reluctantly, but turns to go back where they came from*
CGNakibe: *Also heading back*
PapatymisonN: *goes off to the door with the rest*
OMG Priam: Cecil. Start for the roof.
Arch mage144: *The group proceeds to exit the lab and returns to the corridor room where the retinal scanner is located. The blast doors seem to have a card reader on this side, too.*
Arch mage144: C: Yes sir. *nods and gets a move on*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Are there cameras watching this area?*
Arch mage144: *No.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *destealths, and cards*
CGNakibe: *Wait!*
CGNakibe: *w* Wait!
T3chn0Namagomi: *halts*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* What?
CGNakibe: *w* We'll still need something... or someone... for the scanner, yes?
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* ...I hope not.
Arch mage144: C: *heading toward the roof, up the stairs--no one seems to be on the stairwell to interrupt*
CGNakibe: *w* Can't eat hope.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Regrettably.
CGNakibe: *w* Suggestions?
OMG Priam: *still watching Cecil's live feed, recording it for his own ascent*
Arch mage144: C: *he peeks out the fire escape door on the roof and notes the helicopter is indeed parked up there, and transmits the image to the others* It's here, alright.
PapatymisonN: There enough room for all of us?
CGNakibe: *w* Two security failures in the span of 10 minutes seems to stretch coincidence.
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Indeed.
Lithaladhwen: I'm in a decapitating mood if anyone would like to point me to an appropriate victim.
Arch mage144: C: No problem.
Arch mage144: *You're at the blast door--there's a card reader on this side. No security measures went off in the corridor.*
OMG Priam: What are you guys talking about decapitating for?
PapatymisonN: Good. Get stealthy and flip every switch you can without turning the thing on.
PapatymisonN: I want to go as fast as we can...
T3chn0Namagomi: *Oh*
Lithaladhwen: I mean, sure we could always not kill our handy helpful scientist, but if we need a pair of eyes, I get the vibe we need a specific pair.
T3chn0Namagomi: *just cards, then, destealthed*
Arch mage144: *Blast door opens uninterrupted.*
Lithaladhwen: (Ah, good shit)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Waits for the guard examination*
Arch mage144: *The guards look at you, note that you are a scientist exiting the arcanobiology lab, and don't fucking care.*
CGNakibe: *frowns, but follows*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'm almost disappointed.
PapatymisonN: *leaveara!*
CGNakibe: IM: Man. Giving them too much credit.
T3chn0Namagomi: *and heads for the area to the decontamination room*
Arch mage144: *You're back in the main hanger. The decontamination room is nearby.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Card reader?*
CGNakibe: *Goes to get decontaminated as well*
Lithaladhwen: *follows the frontmen*
OMG Priam: Don't forget Serran and Zeiren's armors; I stowed them in that busted up locker Zeiren gutted.
Arch mage144: *You're at the airlock. There's no card reader at decontamination. You enter the airlock, press the button, and are sprayed with an iridescent mist.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Yeah.*
Arch mage144: *The yellow lights in the locker room flash as you are washed off, and the airlock opens when it's done.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Heads back to the locker room*
Arch mage144: *You hear the sound of a fizz and a pop...*
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Who's getting the armor?
T3chn0Namagomi: *Or not*
CGNakibe: ....IM: what the..?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Huh?
Arch mage144: *...whatever the hell was sprayed all over you, it did something, though it's not clear what...until you suddenly notice that you're all a lot more visible now.*
Lithaladhwen: (I was wondering when that was coming.)
PapatymisonN: ... shit.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Shit, shit, shit!
PapatymisonN: Shit, shit, shit.
Lithaladhwen: Cute.
CGNakibe: Did NOT see that coming.
T3chn0Namagomi: Run now.
CGNakibe: Now IS the time.
T3chn0Namagomi: *and does run for the elevator*
CGNakibe: *DASH for the armor*
PapatymisonN: ... oh boy. *RUN!*
T3chn0Namagomi: Someone get mine!
CGNakibe: ON IT.
T3chn0Namagomi: *in elevator!*
Lithaladhwen: *briefly considers stealing clothes from Makura's sister, but dismisses the idea when everybody breaks and runs*
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD. To give to Zeiren as a present?)
CGNakibe: *In Elevator!, yes*
Lithaladhwen: (No. To wear.)
CGNakibe: *As soon as the stuff is gathered, anyway.*
Lithaladhwen: (The fact that she'd change in front of him would be his present.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD)
OMG Priam: All right, so I sense from the shaking of the camera that something has gone very wrong.
Arch mage144: *into the elevator...which proceeds to go up!*
Lithaladhwen: We're leaving, as our stealth is fucked up now.
OMG Priam: Great!
CGNakibe: *Hurries up and puts on the armor*
T3chn0Namagomi: *puts his on as well!*
CGNakibe: *sv* Hey. Did you miss us?
Arch mage144: *yeah, it takes a minute to don that armor, so you do it and get in the elevator*
Lithaladhwen: The decontamination spray interfered somehow.
T3chn0Namagomi: Oh well. It's not that much of an issue now.
CGNakibe: Or the batteries ran out. Either way I'm not sticking around to find out.
Lithaladhwen: Fair.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Once it reaches the top, Zeiren plans on getting OUT*
CGNakibe: Might wanna cover that hallway.
Arch mage144: C: There's no quiet way to start a helicopter, so I'm waiting on you guys.
CGNakibe: We'll need something to at least make sure we don't get screwed over by security here.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah, we're on it.
Arch mage144: *You're on floor 28. The hallway seems clear of security.*
CGNakibe: Ah, well.
CGNakibe: *rifle is out, just in case.*
OMG Priam: We have the maintenance stairs for relative cover.
OMG Priam: *covers hallway*
CGNakibe: *beats feet towards the stairs*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Goes out the secret passage once things are done going up, and heads for the stairs!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Run, run, run! Yay fast!*
PapatymisonN: *goes, goes, keeps up as best he can*
OMG Priam: *follows once everyone else goes up*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Seems to get there a little faster than the other two nonmages, thanks to his previous speed training.*
Lithaladhwen: *up up up the stairs, trying to get out...*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Likewise. Screw the fire alarm*
Arch mage144: *Man, you guys are making a lot of noise!*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
CGNakibe: *Ya think?*
Arch mage144: *Surprisingly, nobody seems to notice this. You're at the fire exit. The door's open without an alarm going off; Cecil appears to have cut the wire.*
Lithaladhwen: (Go Cecil!)
T3chn0Namagomi: Thanks for small blessings...
T3chn0Namagomi: *Dash for the helicopter!*
OMG Priam: All right, we're there. Start it up!
Arch mage144: *the medic points to the helicopter*
Arch mage144: *He heads out toward the copter...*
T3chn0Namagomi: Right, let's go, go, go, go!
CGNakibe: I don't think that Makura's folks are going to be too pleased about losing a valuable chopper.
OMG Priam: We have room for six?
PapatymisonN: *rushes over!*
Arch mage144: *and the helicopter door opens*
CGNakibe: Its a little late to worry about that.
T3chn0Namagomi: We'll stuff them in if needed.
T3chn0Namagomi: *jumps in!*
PapatymisonN: I think they're going to be less pleased when we blow their operation to fucking kingdom come!
Arch mage144: *Uh, hold it, Nama.*
Lithaladhwen: I think that their helicopter is going to be the least of their worries.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Or, I guess not*
Arch mage144: *The door opens before any of the party has reached the copter.*
CGNakibe: That's later, not now.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Shit*
Arch mage144: *And there are armored soldiers sitting in the back of it.*
OMG Priam: *Chloro rag = out*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Hell.
OMG Priam: *chloro rag = back, knife = out*
Lithaladhwen: (Init?)
Arch mage144: *And you're a good 30 feet out from the helicopter.*
PapatymisonN: ... fuck.
Arch mage144: *This is an unavoidable combat situation!*
CGNakibe: 'bout time something went horribly wrong.
Arch mage144: (Everyone post your unrounded move score.)
PapatymisonN: I know. Something was missing from my life...
T3chn0Namagomi: (6.00)
PapatymisonN: (6.)
Lithaladhwen: (5.75)
CGNakibe: (6)
OMG Priam: (5.5)
OMG Priam: (I really like still being cloaked!)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Wow. Three fast ones)
Arch mage144: (Nama, Charles, Shaun, roll one die.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
T3chn0Namagomi: (Blarg.)
Lithaladhwen: (Yeah, that's always nice. Makes up for not being there for the mission, almost.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 4 3 5
T3chn0Namagomi: *How heavy does this armor look?*
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
CGNakibe: (Bork Bork)
Arch mage144: (It's as heavy as yours, at the very least.)
Arch mage144: (The one advantage you have is positioning; the guards are all crammed in the helicopter right now. You are spread out.)
Arch mage144: (There are also more of you.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Quick bathroom break)
Arch mage144: (Serran gets first move. Your weapon is ready because I'm nice and don't think you'd run around with it drawn at this point.)
CGNakibe: *Does his best to get SOME cover as he fires.* (Move + Attack)
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 5 2
CGNakibe: (I'd ask you to remind me how Snap Shot worked if that wasn't pretty awesome regardless.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Back)
Arch mage144: (OK, because this is our first non-mecha combat...
T3chn0Namagomi: (First...meaning there'll be more.)
OMG Priam: (Well, we ARE in the army)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Technically in the Armor division)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Or what I think it's equal to)
Arch mage144: (In GURPS, you can't move and attack. Not really. You can move, change position, ready a weapon, attack, reload, aim, all-out attack, feint, wait, concentrate, etc.)
Arch mage144: (You can step and attack, in which you move no more than one hex and use a melee weapon.)
CGNakibe: (Argh. 4th ed hates me again.)
Arch mage144: (OK, regarding SS, Shaun...)
Arch mage144: (If your adjusted to hit roll is greater than or equal to SS, you're cool, otherwise you take a -4 penalty.)
Arch mage144: (What's your skill?)
CGNakibe: (17)
Arch mage144: (SS of your weapon is?)
CGNakibe: (14)
CGNakibe: (Sorry, 13)
Arch mage144: (OK, your modified to-hit is 13, so you make your SS.)
Arch mage144: (And your shot is on target, so....)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 3
Arch mage144: (You hit with that one. Just firing one shot? It is a RoF ~3 weapon.)
CGNakibe: (3 shots, thanks for reminding me.)
Arch mage144: (Roll two more attacks.)
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 5 2 4 4
CGNakibe: (10 and 10)
Arch mage144: (Your effective skill is 12 and then 11, so you're taking SS penalties, which means 8 and 7. Both miss.)
Arch mage144: (Roll damage for the first shot, 4d + 2)
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 4
CGNakibe: (19 Impaling damage)
Arch mage144: *The soldier Serran's blaster bolts struck is glad he's wearing armor right now; the blast seems to be completely absorbed by the mesh and plating.*
CGNakibe: IM: Dammit, Serran, you can do better. >.<
Arch mage144: *Cecil's largely invisible, as far as the group can tell, and he's...well, you're not sure where he is, but he's not shooting.*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Headshots only...
Arch mage144: *The first guard hops out of the helicopter, as do the next two, adopting a line in front of it.*
Arch mage144: (Oxblood's turn.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Didn't I roll higher?)
CGNakibe: (Zeiren did roll higher, yes.)
Arch mage144: (Oh, wait, you did. My bad. Zeiren.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Also, would it be possible to change position at the end of a move?)
PapatymisonN: (I'm patient.)
Arch mage144: (No.)
Arch mage144: (You can move, or you can drop to one knee, or you can to go prone from kneeling.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Well then...changing to Crouching.)
Arch mage144: *Zeiren crouches, presenting a lower profile and steadying his aim...*
Arch mage144: (Oxblood)
PapatymisonN: *lets fly with a volley of blaster shots of his own* IM: Next time? Something bigger. Definitely something bigger.
Arch mage144: (A round in GURPS is one second, so there isn't a whole lot of time to do stuff.)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 2
Arch mage144: (Roll three attacks.)
Arch mage144: (Also, left guard, center guard, or right guard, and tell me if you're attacking a specific target location.)
PapatymisonN: (The same one Serran targeted. And no, nowhere specific this time.)
Arch mage144: (Two more attacks if you're shooting at full rate of fire. It's a semi-automatic blaster with rate of fire maximum 3.)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 3 3 3
Arch mage144: (Also, you need to tell me your blaster skill.)
PapatymisonN: (As in, Guns? 14.)
Arch mage144: (OK.)
Arch mage144: (-4 for for range, 10. On target, on target, miss.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 6
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Arch mage144: (WTF)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 4 5
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 2
Arch mage144: (You hit both times. Roll damage twice, 4d + 2.)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 5 3 3
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 2 4 2
PapatymisonN: (So, 18 and 12.)
Arch mage144: *The soldier's armor absorbs both blasts. You're not sure if he's grinning, because his face is covered.*
PapatymisonN: Rrrrrrrrr! e_e
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: You'd think he would've seen.
Arch mage144: (A note that I don't think I made before; you can "hotshot" your blaster, consuming 4x as much ammo for 1.5x as much damage if you need to penetrate armor.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Aha.)
Arch mage144: *Guard D hops out of the helicopter*
Arch mage144: *Helena!*
Lithaladhwen: (How close is she to the guards?)
Arch mage144: (10 yards.)
Lithaladhwen: *makes her way to the guards, presumably getting about halfway there*
Arch mage144: *Helena moves 5 yards, closing in*
Arch mage144: *Donovan!*
PapatymisonN: (... Priam?)
OMG Priam: (IMing mechanics)
PapatymisonN: (Kay.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *And is it notable what type of weapons they have?*
Arch mage144: *They've got some sort of rifles. You're not sure.*
OMG Priam: *Is doing something! It's hard to tell because he's cloaked, you know. But magical energies are gathering, for those sensitive.*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Yeah...need to dodge.
Lithaladhwen: *only one person is... but she's glad to note it!*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: At least knock one out in enough time to get one of theirs.
Arch mage144: *Donovan concentrates on fireball, one second.*
Arch mage144: *Serran!*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Shaun?)
CGNakibe: *Aiming*
Arch mage144: *Serran aims at...somebody*
Arch mage144: *Cecil's still...somewhere*
CGNakibe: (Guard C)
Arch mage144: *The first three guards ready their rifles*
Arch mage144: *Zeiren*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Zeiren also aims--though at a different guard than Serran*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Guard B)
Arch mage144: (Which?)
Arch mage144: *Zeiren aims at guard B*
OMG Priam: (What numerical benefit does taking an action to aim gain, anyway?)
Arch mage144: (Oxblood)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Add ACC to your to-hit)
Arch mage144: (You get the accuracy modifier of the weapon to your skill)
Arch mage144: (This is usually quite significant)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Up to your skill level, even.)
OMG Priam: (What does this mean for my fireball?)
Arch mage144: (Very little, it has a very small acc modifier, if not an acc of 0.)
Arch mage144: (But you can get an additional +1 for each turn spent aiming beyond the first if you wish to do so.)
OMG Priam: (I shan't be taking an action to aim it, then =D)
PapatymisonN: *grumbles at his dinky little blaster*
PapatymisonN: IM: Wait... I HAVE something bigger...
CGNakibe: (Oddly, Serran's only good reason for aiming at this point is offsetting penalties)
PapatymisonN: *switches to his axe*
Lithaladhwen: (Heh.)
PapatymisonN: (And that's the action.)
Arch mage144: *Oxblood readies his axe*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Just what Zeiren's doing. XD)
Arch mage144: *Guard D readies his rifle*
Arch mage144: *Helena*
Lithaladhwen: *Move.*
Lithaladhwen: (This is just like last combat!)
Arch mage144: *Helena is now in the face of some guard*
Lithaladhwen: (Yup. Which will suck now, but be potentially fun later.)
Arch mage144: *Donovan, roll your spell*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 3
OMG Priam: (Got it)
Arch mage144: *Success--a fireball forms in Donovan's hand!*
Arch mage144: *Roll Spell Throwing (Fireball) to throw it at a target*
OMG Priam: *FWOOFSH!*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 3 2
OMG Priam: (Also a pass!)
Arch mage144: (What's your skill?)
OMG Priam: (14)
Arch mage144: (That's it, yep, you pass, which guard?)
OMG Priam: (We'll go for A, since nobody's staring at him)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 2 3
Arch mage144: *He fails to dodge the fireball...roll damage!*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
OMG Priam: (Sucks to be that guy)
Lithaladhwen: (Go damage monster! Nuke that shit.)
Arch mage144: *Donovan pitches a very large burst of flame from his hands at the guard on the far left...*
T3chn0Namagomi: (I want a HI-LAS rifle. XP)
Arch mage144: ...*and as it strikes him it swells up rapidly and engulfs his entire body in flames in an instant*
Arch mage144: *he is utterly and completely incinerated (540 damage o_O)*
OMG Priam: *Immediately preps another one*
Lithaladhwen: (Whoo!)
PapatymisonN: *grins* IM: I can't say I didn't like that.
T3chn0Namagomi: (Mage battlesuit, yo.)
CGNakibe: IM: And THAT is why you don't piss off the mages.
Arch mage144: (Serran)
Arch mage144: *His allies turn their heads briefly in shock*
T3chn0Namagomi: (GOD in nonmecha fight)
CGNakibe: *Going for HEADSHOT*
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 9 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 2 2 2 1 5 6
Arch mage144: (Your effective skill is at -9. What's that put you at?)
CGNakibe: (Acc + Guns skill = 30)
CGNakibe: (21 is "just good enough", right?)
Arch mage144: (Well there we go, then)
Arch mage144: (There's one critical success in there, too)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 1 1
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 1
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 1 1
CGNakibe: (Holy crap, there IS. o.o )
T3chn0Namagomi: (One doesn't need to be rolled, then.)
Arch mage144: (Two dodges, but your crit hits...)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 6
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 3 1 2
Arch mage144: (Roll damage.)
CGNakibe: (10 damage. >: )
Arch mage144: (20 after critical hit doubling, -18 DR is 2, impaling damage is doubled for total 4.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (And, if any, headshot effects)
Arch mage144: (Yep, I need to roll that, the roll I got makes no sense.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 3 2
Arch mage144: (It being an impaling laser attack to the face, he's blind.)
Lithaladhwen: (Yay!)
Lithaladhwen: (That's mean!)
Arch mage144: *The guard clutches at his faceplate in agony after taking the full force of one of the bursts to his eyes*
Arch mage144: *...you really, really don't know where Cecil is*
Lithaladhwen: (He's off shooting up.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 6 1
CGNakibe: IM: Armor, you say? I can deal with that.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Wish I had some real firepower here
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 1 2
OMG Priam: *Did Cecil turn off his vidfeed?*
Arch mage144: *Guard B unloads a barrage of laser fire at Donovan...*
Arch mage144: (The first one is an all out miss, but the second burst might hit. Roll dodge + PD.)
OMG Priam: (PD?)
Lithaladhwen: (Passive defense. Noted on your sheet under body protection.)
OMG Priam: (Except I don't have my stats for the magesuit)
Arch mage144: (PD 6.)
OMG Priam: (Total 11 then)
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 6
OMG Priam: (Doh)
Arch mage144: *Donovan barely dodges the laser fire!*
Arch mage144: (Wait, I can't do math.)
Arch mage144: *Donovan barely fails to dodge the laser fire!*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 2
Arch mage144: *It's no good, though; his armor protects him completely from damage.*
Arch mage144: *Guard C starts shooting wildly*
Lithaladhwen: (...)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 2
CGNakibe: (This suddenly seems less good)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Suddenly blinded?)
Arch mage144: *failure to hit, um, anything*
Arch mage144: (Yeah, by a laser to the face)
T3chn0Namagomi: (That kills your ACC something awful)
Arch mage144: (He's at -10.)
CGNakibe: (Serran: It ain't dead enough. >: )
Arch mage144: *a lot of lasers spray every which way, but none of them hit anything meaningful*
Arch mage144: *Zeiren*
T3chn0Namagomi: *And now, Zeiren tries to do something resembling a headshot attempt, at the guard he aimed at*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Right. I regret picking a pistol now.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Base is 15+6)
Arch mage144: (It's a light arm for a stealth mission. You're not marines.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Yeah. And we need marine weapons. XP)
Arch mage144: (Roll it, at 16, 15, and 14, you're at -9)
OMG Priam: (*has a knife*)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 2 4
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 4 4
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 2 1
Lithaladhwen: (Man. It'd be interesting to see how GURPS magic played out if you didn't have to spend time getting close to your target before you cast on him/her.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Woah.)
Arch mage144: (Hit, hit, critical hit, rolling two dodges)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 1
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 1
Lithaladhwen: (Melee magery is dangerous. ;_; )
Lithaladhwen: (Also, that's impressive.)
Arch mage144: (Successes, but your critical is good.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 3 4 1
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 3
T3chn0Namagomi: (12 base)
Arch mage144: (24 - 18 = 6 * 2 for impaling means 12.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Wow. To the head.)
Arch mage144: *Zeiren quite literally blasts off his opponent's head*
CGNakibe: (OW. to the FACE)
T3chn0Namagomi: *BANG! HEADSHOT!*
T3chn0Namagomi: (</FPS Doug>)
Lithaladhwen: (Cool.)
Arch mage144: (One thing about blasters is that they're actual particles and cause knockback.)
PapatymisonN: (GOOD.)
CGNakibe: (RAMPAGE!)
CGNakibe: (KILLING SPREE!)
Lithaladhwen: (*laugh*)
Arch mage144: (Oxblood.)
PapatymisonN: (Oh, reign it in, Master Chief.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *And there is blood! Or something*
PapatymisonN: *activates the vibration function on his axe*
PapatymisonN: IM: I want to make a head leave it's body like that... ^_^
PapatymisonN: (And, as far as I know, that's all I'm allowed to do.)
Arch mage144: *Axe vibrates!*
CGNakibe: (....)
Arch mage144: *Guard D starts shooting at Zeiren*
OMG Priam: (D?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (D!)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 5 5
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 3 3
OMG Priam: (I thought there were only three)
Arch mage144: *Both good, roll two dodges*
Arch mage144: (No, there are four.)
CGNakibe: (Four)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 6
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 2 4
OMG Priam: (Oh good, I don't have to worry about KSing Ox, then)
T3chn0Namagomi: (One success, one fail)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
PapatymisonN: (KS... King Sizing? o.o)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Kill Stealing)
Arch mage144: *Not gonna break 40 DR...not this time.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *just barely dodges*
Arch mage144: *The laser blasts are harmlessly absorbed by Zeiren's armor.*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Whew...
Arch mage144: *Helena.*
PapatymisonN: (Bifurcation!)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Zeiren: I'm--too sexy for my death. Too sexy for my death...)
Lithaladhwen: *She concentrates on casting a spell, hoping to take a bit of a magical bite out of Guard D, since nobody's hurt him yet.*
CGNakibe: (Resh: Keep talkin. I've got ya scheduled. >.>)
Arch mage144: *Donovan, you started concentrating on a fireball after you threw the last one, so another fireball is ready for the pitching! Roll to cast*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 1
OMG Priam: (Ding)
Arch mage144: *Success, roll spell throwing.*
Arch mage144: *And name a target.*
OMG Priam: *Disturbingly, throws the fireball without any battle cry or sense of wrath. At C.*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 3
T3chn0Namagomi: (...The blind one?)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 4 1
OMG Priam: (The very same)
CGNakibe: (Now we get to see if his name is Zatoichi)
Arch mage144: *He's blind, so he can't actively dodge...roll damage*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Arch mage144: *Donovan incinerates another guard, thus proving why you don't fuck with mages (160 damage)*
Lithaladhwen: (Yay Donovan!)
Arch mage144: (Serran)
CGNakibe: *Aiming once more, like the horrid little aimbot he is.*
CGNakibe: *Guard D may be inclined to feel nervous now.*
Arch mage144: *Serran aims*
Arch mage144: *Wait, there's Cecil! He's in the cockpit of the helicopter!*
Arch mage144: *...and turning its autocannon on the fourth guard*
Lithaladhwen: (Yay for Cecil!)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 4 1
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 2
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 5 4
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 5 4
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 2 3
Lithaladhwen: (Oh, that's just gross. Whatever it means.)
PapatymisonN: Cec! Took you long enough!
CGNakibe: (So. Very. WRONG.)
Arch mage144: (At point blank, three bursts hit.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 3
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 4
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 6 2
Arch mage144: (Fails to dodge one and three.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ow. Disintegrated.)
Lithaladhwen: (I wouldn't be surprised.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Or pretty much torn to shreds regardless)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 1 3 5 1 1 3 2 4 5 3 4 4 1 3
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 3 2
PapatymisonN: (...)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 4 3 2 6 3 4 3 6 1 3 3 5
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 4 1 5 2
PapatymisonN: (... yee.)
CGNakibe: (Shaun would note that that is FAR too many dice.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Must we actually calculate damage?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (I think he's pretty much dead)
Arch mage144: *the guard is quickly disintegrated by the spray of laser fire from the helicopter's underbelly turret*
T3chn0Namagomi: Nice going there.
PapatymisonN: (What was the damage, man?)
Arch mage144: *and on that note, the helicopter's blades start rotating*
Lithaladhwen: *gives up on the spell and laughs*
CGNakibe: (Well, there WAS the slim chance that the spray wouldn't get through armor.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Erroneous)
Arch mage144: (The sum of all that, minus 80.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Quite amusing...killed by the thing they were guarding.
Arch mage144: (Wait, no, not 80.)
PapatymisonN: (... oh, fine. I ain't countin'.)
CGNakibe: ... Well, that was... interesting.
PapatymisonN: Yeah, yeah! Quit kissin' your own ass, time to go!
T3chn0Namagomi: Great that a mission ends with irony, no Serran?
Lithaladhwen: *gets in*
CGNakibe: 6.6 I think he got some on my damn armor.
T3chn0Namagomi: *gets in as well*
PapatymisonN: *hops on the chopper, next to Cecil!*
Arch mage144: (More than enough to kill when you consider that every point that gets through DR is doubled.)
CGNakibe: *hops in back*
Lithaladhwen: Cecil. I think you may have very nearly made up for the rest of my day.
Arch mage144: *Cecil gives the thumbs up*
Lithaladhwen: (God! So dorky!)
CGNakibe: You know.
T3chn0Namagomi: *puts his safety back on, and reholsters his pistol*
CGNakibe: This is what we call a good day at work.
Arch mage144: We're headed back to HQ. Just wait until they see the footage you guys got...
CGNakibe: Lets hope it stays good.
T3chn0Namagomi: Indeed. None of us hurt.
PapatymisonN: *deactivates axe*
PapatymisonN: ... and NONE of you doubt my hunches again, understand?
OMG Priam: No time to party yet. Let's head out. Cecil, contact HQ and let them know that we're coming.
Arch mage144: *the helicopter lifts off the helipad, and Cecil shoves the joystick forward...*
T3chn0Namagomi: You just got lucky once, stinky.
CGNakibe: I'll doubt whatever the hell I WANT to.
Arch mage144: Already took care of it.
Lithaladhwen: *sighs*
PapatymisonN: ... fuck you both. e_e
OMG Priam: *nods*
CGNakibe: Either way, good hunch, I guess.
OMG Priam: .....
Arch mage144: They know we're on our way. No one's going to shoot down Kamen Kuragari's private helicopter in this airspace. We IFF positive.
T3chn0Namagomi: No thanks. I prefer things that lack a Y chromosome. Amazingly brave that you came out of the closet, though.
PapatymisonN: IM: I was right on the money, and they know it. Ungrateful bastards...
CGNakibe: And that didn't end nearly as badly as I thought.
OMG Priam: *Detect Weakness on the chopper*
OnlineHost: OMG Priam rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 2
Arch mage144: *The weakest part of the chopper is a loose rivet near the tail*
PapatymisonN: ... at least ONE of you is fucking graceful. e_e
OMG Priam: Good, the thing's stable, too.
CGNakibe: One less thing to worry about.
Arch mage144: Just relax, we'll be "home" in no time.
Arch mage144: I'm starving.
PapatymisonN: Me too.
T3chn0Namagomi: ^.^ Besides. I can't be angry. I got a look at Makura's hot sister. In person, even!
Arch mage144: You were wrong about one thing, Oxblood.
CGNakibe: I knew I should've snatched something from the break room.
PapatymisonN: I'm buying us both HUGE bowls of chowder...
OMG Priam: *is keeping two eyes out, regardless. Because you never know.*
PapatymisonN: And I never said he was involved.
Arch mage144: Sure you didn't.
PapatymisonN: I said it was POSSIBLE.
CGNakibe: You just thought it real loud. >:p
Arch mage144: You and I both know you thought it was true.
PapatymisonN: I DID also say he could be on the inside, y'know...
T3chn0Namagomi: *scoots up next to Helena, grinning*
CGNakibe: Ah, nice to see that we're all getting along now.
Arch mage144: Yeah, whatever.
CGNakibe: One big happy... err....
CGNakibe: Something or other.
CGNakibe: 's touching.
Lithaladhwen: Zeiren. What is it?
OMG Priam: *sits in the copilot seat, since he seems to be the only other one focused on the job, still*
Arch mage144: I think we have enough fuel to get back to base. This is going to be entertaining.
CGNakibe: Just one problem, Cecil.
Arch mage144: I can't believe that the brass specifically suggested that I steal a private citizen's helicopter.
Arch mage144: What?
T3chn0Namagomi: Nothing at all. Just celebrating a job well done, no?
CGNakibe: Are we gonna be charged for the use of the chopper?
OMG Priam: Remember, we're not part of the military for this operation.
CGNakibe: And do we have to pay for gas too?
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs*
Arch mage144: This is the truth. *chuckles*
T3chn0Namagomi: We do not exist.
PapatymisonN: We are... A Sigint Cell. ^_^
Lithaladhwen: I'm really not in the mood to flirt right now. I've got some things to sort through.
Arch mage144: I always appreciate it when my friends chip in to pay for gas on a road trip, but...
T3chn0Namagomi: No, we aren't.
Arch mage144: ...this isn't even my vehicle.
PapatymisonN: I know. I just always wanted to say that.
Arch mage144: I'm not sure where that fits in.
CGNakibe: Like that movie.
Lithaladhwen: Okay, Zeiren?
CGNakibe: Dude, Where's my Airship.
CGNakibe: Stupid stuff, but hey.
Arch mage144: On the bright side, HQ doesn't have to disavow all knowledge of our existence, just our mission.
T3chn0Namagomi: Fine, fine. *eases off*
Lithaladhwen: (AGGHH)
Arch mage144: ...I never saw that.
CGNakibe: Huh? What mission?
CGNakibe: There was no mission here.
Arch mage144: The mission that never happened.
CGNakibe: Did you see a mission?
Arch mage144: So that we could take holo-images that don't exist.
T3chn0Namagomi: Donovan here never incinerated two guards.
CGNakibe: *snickers*
PapatymisonN: They just... came into HQ's possession somehow.
CGNakibe: Of course he didn't.
Arch mage144: What do you think HQ is going to want to do about this?
OMG Priam: *contacts HQ via encrypted channel*
T3chn0Namagomi: I never decapitated one with gunfire.
Arch mage144: We can't just bomb SentanCorp or anything.
Lithaladhwen: That's unfortunate.
CGNakibe: ..*frowns* As much as it sounds like a good idea.
Arch mage144: *Donovan reaches...well, somebody in the comms department*
Lithaladhwen: Because it would be great.
Arch mage144: Voice: This is MAC Igala D.
Arch mage144: Uninvolved people work there, you saw that.
OMG Priam: Mage Private Donovan Redford of MAC unit Delta.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah?
Lithaladhwen: So?
Arch mage144: Radio: Acknowledged.
Arch mage144: R: Good to hear you, Private Redford.
Lithaladhwen: You think that guard you blasted didn't have a mom? Maybe a girlfriend?
PapatymisonN: Hack in, simulate a fire alarm, and blow the place to hell?
CGNakibe: .... Oxblood?
CGNakibe: Does that sound like a plan? A GOOD plan?
OMG Priam: We have data of mission complete. Transmit now, or make a physical exchange at base?
CGNakibe: Not the best plan, sure. But we'd need more info for best.
Arch mage144: R: Negative on long-range transmission of any collected data, Private.
OMG Priam: Acknowledged.
CGNakibe: And you know how bad that can be.
T3chn0Namagomi: ^^ We get to ride home in style.
CGNakibe: No butler, though.
T3chn0Namagomi: Can't have everything.
Arch mage144: *shakes his head* No, I'm sure he did.
PapatymisonN: Fine. I'll let Giles worry about contacts.
CGNakibe: And why the hell not?
Arch mage144: But it was him or us. I'm not that naive. I'm a soldier.
OMG Priam: We'll see you at the ranch, then, as estimated by Medic Private Cecil <lastname>.
T3chn0Namagomi: (Elmine)
Arch mage144: I can handle a few guards, but I don't want to blow the hell out of a whole building full of economists and marketing grunts.
Lithaladhwen: So am I. And quite frankly, my goal and presumably yours is to stop the rediculously horrific experimentation. I don't care how it gets done.
Arch mage144: R: Acknowledged.
T3chn0Namagomi: Eh. You did the right thing, Cecil.
OMG Priam: *cuts comm*
CGNakibe: Again, that went surprisingly well.
Lithaladhwen: It'd be nice if we didn't have to kill uninvolved people, but I don't really find quibbling over what "involved" means to be all that interesting or helpful.
OMG Priam: *and goes back to watching out the windows and mirrors*
Arch mage144: *shrugs* It's...it's not the first time I've killed someone. *seems a little shaky, but he's flying the helicopter okay*
T3chn0Namagomi: Can't dwell on it.
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs and goes back to her personal broodiness*
T3chn0Namagomi: *reclines back*
Lithaladhwen: *this is becoming a pattern for her after missions where she watches dead people get all merged with astral symbiotes*
CGNakibe: Wanna bet we get "rewarded" with Mystery Meat day when we get back?
PapatymisonN: (Wow. I said contacts. I mean Tactics.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Probably.
PapatymisonN: (Wow, that was some screwup.)
CGNakibe: Damn.
T3chn0Namagomi: At least I'm not forced to drink Volt Cola. That stuff reacts pretty badly with me.
Arch mage144: R: We'll be home in a couple hours. In the meantime, everybody just relax. *fiddles with the radio, and some dramatic classical music comes on*
PapatymisonN: Ugh... no...
Arch mage144: *Er, not R, C
PapatymisonN: Some heavy metal!
Lithaladhwen: Volt Cola? That stuff is still around? I swear I've had that.
Arch mage144: What? But this is perfect for the current atmosphere!
PapatymisonN: Even VALTHI heavy metal would be better...
T3chn0Namagomi: Come on, can't it be some Valthi or Nekonian rock?
CGNakibe: Classical music? Now? >:p
Arch mage144: ...fine, fine. *switches it to a rock station*
T3chn0Namagomi: I want to hear some Hikari no Yami!
CGNakibe: You're weird, ya know that? <.<
Arch mage144: IM: I want to shove a needle into my neck, but I need to fly a helicopter.
T3chn0Namagomi: Takes all kinds. ^.^
Lithaladhwen: IM: I liked the classical better. But maybe it's some kind of generation gap.
Arch mage144: *rock music blares*
PapatymisonN: ^_^ Thank you.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Or possibly about a hundred generation gaps.
CGNakibe: (Now is NOT the time to speak of Huey Lewis and The News.)
Arch mage144: *like all rock music, it's vaguely introspective and formulaic*
Lithaladhwen: (Too black sounding for me, Shaun.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Timeskip to base?*
Arch mage144: *Nah, timeskip to END OF RP*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Aha!*
OMG Priam: (=D)
CGNakibe: (Shaun now will only get 3 hours of sleep because of you folks. Maybe 4. >:{)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Yay!)
Arch mage144: *And thus Delta Unit flies off into the sunrise...*
Arch mage144: </RP>
Arch mage144: You all get 5 CPs.
CGNakibe: I HOPE YOU'RE ALL HAPPY. >:{
PapatymisonN: I am.
Lithaladhwen: Hawt.
PapatymisonN: ^_^
T3chn0Namagomi: Woohoo!
Arch mage144: Shaun gets 6 because I raped his sleep cycle.
PapatymisonN: That was actually some awesome session!
Arch mage144: Next session we'll be back at the base and pick up what's going on.
PapatymisonN: *font*
T3chn0Namagomi: I didn't expect it to be so awesome, but it was.
OMG Priam: Yay!
Arch mage144: I think I may have to do some math, because I'm using straight book values on armor and shit and the armor is just really fucking hardcore.
CGNakibe: That turned out pretty cool.
OMG Priam: It really is.
OMG Priam: But, I mean, armor is supposed to protect
Lithaladhwen: I like my armor.
OMG Priam: I loves my armor.
CGNakibe: And yeah, the armor totally raped our damage values there. And theirs.
Arch mage144: Sure, using blaster pistols against military armor isn't expected to be that effective, but even the blaster rifles are unlikely to break DR.
CGNakibe: So I can't complain TOO much.
PapatymisonN: Maybe just allot them better weapons next time?
Arch mage144: See, the real thing about GURPS laser weapons is that every 1 point that gets through is actually 2 hits of damage.
Arch mage144: And when you have 10 HP, that's significant.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah.
CGNakibe: Damn impaling weapons.
Arch mage144: You shouldn't typically break DR by 30 points, but it should be possible to break it without rolling maximum damage.
PapatymisonN: Perhaps... 'nades?
T3chn0Namagomi: Now I have to allot CPs.
Arch mage144: Nah, you guys were just "realistically underequipped"
Arch mage144: You don't go sneaking around with huge blaster rifles.
T3chn0Namagomi: Or, to be more exact, decide how many to allot and how many to store in case of death/upgrade.
Lithaladhwen: At least we went in with more than a knife and a headband.
Lithaladhwen: Poor Snake.
CGNakibe: HEY.
CGNakibe: That worked for Rambo, right?
Arch mage144: In all fairness, he had a Mk22 tranquilizer gun, too.
Lithaladhwen: This is fair!
PapatymisonN: We were more than Snake, but easily less than Sam.
Arch mage144: And in Operation Snake Eater he has an M1911A.
Arch mage144: Except that The Boss kinda takes it apart.
T3chn0Namagomi: I mean...I want to upgrade my mecha to a 200pt base, but...eh.
T3chn0Namagomi: That takes 10 points. And a proper plot point at which it could be upgraded.
OMG Priam: Hey, that chloroform rag was useful as the fuck
Arch mage144: I'll play with system things later.
Arch mage144: And it was! That was a good idea on your part.
T3chn0Namagomi: Likewise with the stun pistol.
CGNakibe: The rag did its job.
CGNakibe: It was the JUDO, man.
CGNakibe: Judo KO!
T3chn0Namagomi: Stun pistol KO!
CGNakibe: Hey, for having the damage we did vs their armor...
Arch mage144: Being armed was a good thing, obviously, even if lethal combat wasn't really going so hot. It's not like you couldn't kill anyone if you tried.
CGNakibe: Us gunner folks did pretty damn awesome.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah.
Arch mage144: See, Shaun rolled 20 damage whereas Nama rolled 24, and you saw what difference that made.
Arch mage144: 4 points meant life or death.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah.
OMG Priam: So does 540. Mang, me LOVES that mage battlearmor
Arch mage144: So there's really nothing wrong with it, but the armor in play was much more hardcore than the weapons in play.
CGNakibe: And Donovan HAD to remember his suit. >.>
Arch mage144: It's gotta compete with mech weapons somehow.
Arch mage144: Smart people don't fuck with mages in battlearmor without a mage for backup.
PapatymisonN: *buys Fast Draw*
CGNakibe: Better have decent ranks. >:P
Lithaladhwen: And I seem to have created a typical Ashley character who doesn't do anything in combat ever, but is otherwise somewhat useful.
Lithaladhwen: Here for her "detect plot" ability.
CGNakibe: Hey!
PapatymisonN: Hey, Oxblood did jack, too.
T3chn0Namagomi: And I seem to have made a typical Doug character who doesn't do much out of combat.
PapatymisonN: Mostly.
Arch mage144: If deathtouch weren't touch only you'd probably have had better luck.
Arch mage144: Though you could've always done something non-direct damage, like death vision.
CGNakibe: I feel only mildly more useful. >:P
Arch mage144: Which would've definitely thrown some bastard off.
CGNakibe: Although sneaking right by the guard last RP was awesome.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, but for 2 E she can do 3 dice of damage that bypasses DR and PD.
Lithaladhwen: Which I think is nice.
Arch mage144: This is true.
CGNakibe: Anyway, sleep is very now.
Arch mage144: Though keep in mind that she gets to use ranged weapon values instead of -1 per hex on her spell rolls.
Arch mage144: Which means that non-touch spells actually have a good shot at working from range.
Arch mage144: In that fight it'd be -4 skill instead of -10.
Arch mage144: Anyway, good stuff everybody.
Arch mage144: We'll pick up at HQ next session, and Shini will rejoin the group.
PapatymisonN: Nifty!
CGNakibe has left the room.
Arch mage144: In the meantime, I'm going to attempt to sleep >.o
T3chn0Namagomi: And now I'm going see--ah, screw it. I'm going to put a point in it regardless. Zeiren's prettiness needs not be ignored!
T3chn0Namagomi: Stupid question. Would this have any potential impact on our ranks? Not reputation, as that "never happened"
Arch mage144: Of course it might.
Arch mage144: People get promoted for top secret missions.
Arch mage144: It's just not advertised as a promotion for the real reasons you're being promoted.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah.
Arch mage144: Anyway, can't look at computer screen anymore or my eyes will slit their wrists to end the agony
T3chn0Namagomi: And now I contemplate...whether to pay for Rank or not.
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