9:04 AM <SpookyBee> Maple exists it seems!
9:04 AM <Kath> Scott is here!
9:04 AM <trots> Buck heads into the area.
9:05 AM <Klurg> Fiere pops in
9:05 AM <@DSJ> The briefing room has a projector, some folders, and a briefer. The folders contain a building plan for a large, very large house, the projector shows a well-dressed businessman, and the briefer waits for everyone to show up
9:06 AM <Don1Charles> Charles sits in his seat, fixing his hair with one gloved hand, tapping his foot, eyeing the projected images and flipping mindlessly through the folder with one hand
9:07 AM <SpookyBee> Maple takes a seat, leaning on her elbow- "So. Wha's the news, love?"
9:07 AM <Klurg> Assuming that the folders are free to grab, Fiere takes one and reads
9:07 AM <@DSJ> "The news is that today you're heading to the United States to deal with a haunted house situation, given that's supposed to be in your taskforce's wheelhouse."
9:08 AM <trots> "Where at in the states?"
9:09 AM <Klurg> "Haunted House? This ought to be interesting…"
9:09 AM <Klurg> Fiere mumbles sarcastically
9:09 AM <SpookyBee> "… Great. So we're spook-hunters, today."
9:09 AM <Kath> Scott lifts his head. /More/ ghosts and ghost-like entities? He just wasn't going to hear the end of them, now.
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9:10 AM <@DSJ> "Upstate New York. The building was owned by a former stockbroker known as Michael Fonsworth, who was declared missing by the local police a few years ago. We have reason to believe he was purchasing artifacts from MC&D, although at the time we didn't feel it was worth dealing with."
9:11 AM <SpookyBee> ".. Back to New York, eh? Guess I'm headin' back to my home'a three years, prior ta this."
9:11 AM <@DSJ> "However, there was an incident when a few of his heirs went to check the family mansion recently."
9:12 AM <Don1Charles> (Spooky with the exposition)
9:12 AM <@DSJ> "They claim the house is haunted, and while usually such claims are untrue, the events described tracked to the items purchased."
9:12 AM <trots> Buck looks a bit crestfallen at the mention of New York. "Was hopin' it were in my neck a the woods."
9:13 AM <Don1Charles> "Sounds simple enough, thus far. Are we undercover for it, or will the location be empty?"
9:13 AM <SpookyBee> "So this is a simple smash'n grab, then?"
9:13 AM <Klurg> "Before we go, may I request that we get anti occult gear for the duration of this mission?"
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9:14 AM <@DSJ> "It should be free of civilians, but I wouldn't stress bringing any firepower, the entities inside most likely won't be conventionally damaged."
9:14 AM <Kath> Scott's hiding a smile behind the folder at the mention of New York. He had lived on its outskirts for a good few years himself. Semi-familiar territory, at least.
9:14 AM <@DSJ> "We don't really have anything on hand to deal with what we think may be a lich, agent Finlin."
9:14 AM <Klurg> It's Fiere
9:15 AM <@DSJ> *Mekonap
9:15 AM <SpookyBee> "Right, I suck with guns anyways…" Maple rubs her cheek, nodding. "… The hell's a lich?"
9:16 AM <Don1Charles> Charles closes his mouth, since he was about to ask the same thing
9:16 AM <Don1Charles> Maybe they'd meant witch?
9:16 AM <@DSJ> "A lich is usually defined as a supernatural undead being that consists on the life-force of others, or it is at least in this case."
9:17 AM <trots> "Well, ain't that ominous."
9:17 AM <Kath> "Sounds right up my alley anyway," Scott says quietly.
9:17 AM <SpookyBee> "So, like, a budget Vampire, then?"
9:17 AM <Don1Charles> "Budget?"
9:17 AM <@DSJ> "Not really, no. Vampires usually have to actually bite the person."
9:18 AM <SpookyBee> "Maybe some people're int'a biting…" Maple mumbles to herself.
9:18 AM <trots> Buck gives her a side eyed glance.
9:19 AM <@DSJ> "There's a car in the motorpool, and I'm sure you can figure out how you'll be getting to the United States from there. Grab anything you'll need before you head there."
9:19 AM <Klurg> Fiere rolls his eyes at the biting comment
9:19 AM <Don1Charles> "Huh. No idea how to combat whatever we're going into, to be frank." Charles says as he stands. "Guess i'll meet you all down there."
9:20 AM <SpookyBee> Maple nods- "I'll go get my good shit, then. Meet you all at the car."
9:21 AM <trots> "I reckon if you hit it hard enough, it'll go down eventually, Charles. Just got to find the right thing t' hit it with."
9:22 AM <Klurg> Fiere goes to get his stuff
9:22 AM <Don1Charles> Charles gives a respectful nod to Buck. Sounded like an idea
9:22 AM <trots> He heads to his quarters to grab his things and heads to the motor pool.
9:22 AM <@DSJ> Timeskip to being there once you're all ready.
9:22 AM <Kath> "I'm willing to wager that beating the undead over the head is a good way to annoy it rather than do harm, but what do I know?" He stands, stretching. Then he leaves.
9:23 AM <Klurg> (Lets do the time warp!)
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9:23 AM <SpookyBee> SKIIIIP.
9:24 AM <Don1Charles> Charles would get his armor and jacket, only taking his handgun and switchblade as weaponry otherwise. Yes skip
9:24 AM <trots> Eeyup
9:24 AM <Kath> Ya. Scott's gonna bring his gun anyway.
9:25 AM <Don1Charles> Not like scott can shoot anyway
9:26 AM <@DSJ> You all approach the estate in a car, and from a distance you can tell it's seen better days. The garden in front of it is overgrown to an extreme degree, but all the plants look very nearly dead. The front of the mansion itself is rotten, boards having fallen loose and paint having long since peeled away. Plants creep up the walls of it, and throu
9:26 AM <@DSJ> gh the broken windows. The front door is open, falling apart as well.
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9:27 AM <SpookyBee> Maple's in her usual clothes, with her hatchet in its hoop and her fire ax in the back of the car. Her pistol is back on-site! "So… This place looks like shit."
9:28 AM <Don1Charles> Charles steps out of the vehicle, fixing his collar, popping his sunglasses on. "Ghosts don't care much about appearances, it seems."
9:28 AM <trots> "I can imagine this place's haunted."
9:28 AM <Don1Charles> "Fits the bill, yeah."
9:29 AM <Kath> Scott honestly looks like he belongs in a place like this. "Ghosts, of all things that had to be /real."/
9:29 AM <Kath> "Apparently."
9:29 AM <Klurg> "Here's to hoping that ghosts and liches are mutually exclusive"
9:30 AM <trots> "You got a history with the mostly dead, Scott? I heard you sayin' some things under yer breath there."
9:30 AM <Don1Charles> "Come on Scott, you deal with dead bodies all the time. This is just what happens with their spirits."
9:31 AM <Kath> "More like the /completely/ — basically what Charles said. I'm more disappointed at the fact that ghosts probably won't want to tell me /how/ they died. I will always be curious."
9:31 AM <SpookyBee> Maple gets out of the car, popping the trunk and pulling out her ax! It's a nice piece, with a hook on the back for prying. "Right, right, let's get to it then, yeah?"
9:32 AM <trots> Buck fetches his rifle and hefts it on his shoulder.
9:33 AM <SpookyBee> Maple approaches the doorway, stepping over the door and looking back at the group- "You pussy-footers comin'? We got a job ta do."
9:33 AM <Don1Charles> Charles pulls out his flashlight, steadying it in his left hand, with his glove, and tugging on his balaclava. He follows behind Maple
9:33 AM <Klurg> Fiere's following behind
9:33 AM <Kath> Scott's following too. He's really not as afraid as you'd think!
9:34 AM <Don1Charles> He shines his flashlight around as they step in, keeping his ears perked up
9:34 AM <@DSJ> PERC as you enter the SCARY MANSION
9:34 AM <trots> Buck's following behind with a bit of a grim expression. He absentmindedly taps something in his breast pocket.
9:35 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 perception, new location
9:35 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: perception, new location: 7 (4df+6=0, 0, 0, +)
9:35 AM <Kath> 4df+5 OwO
9:35 AM <Glacon> Kath: OwO: 7 (4df+5=+, +, +, -)
9:35 AM <trots> 4df+3 perception
9:35 AM <Glacon> trots: perception: 2 (4df+3=-, -, +, 0)
9:35 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 -w-
9:35 AM <Glacon> Klurg: -w-: 5 (4df+4=+, 0, 0, 0)
9:35 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+4 MY EYES ARE WEAK
9:35 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MY EYES ARE WEAK: 0 (4df+4=-, -, -, -)
9:35 AM <SpookyBee> ..
9:35 AM <SpookyBee> Mk.
9:35 AM <trots> Rip
9:35 AM <Klurg> (Get contact lenses)
9:35 AM <Kath> (Literally)
9:35 AM <@DSJ> Maple, this is a mansion.
9:36 AM <@DSJ> Buck, this is an abandoned mansion
9:36 AM <SpookyBee> "… Fancy place."
9:36 AM <@DSJ> Fiere, there's a few doors in here, on on each side, as well as two at the top of the grand staircase in the middle of the room
9:36 AM <trots> "I reckon folk'ven't lived here fer awhile."
9:37 AM <@DSJ> Charles, Scott, there's also a hatch to an attic on the balcony the staircase connects to
9:37 AM <Don1Charles> "Hatch." Charles says, motioning to it. He steps up
9:38 AM <Kath> "Hmm, yes, I did notice that."
9:38 AM <Klurg> Fiere points out the doors, but decides to use the hatch instead
9:38 AM <SpookyBee> Maple steps in over the door, scratching her cheek.
9:38 AM <trots> "Start at th' top, work our way down?"
9:39 AM <SpookyBee> "… Huh? Sorry- I was caught starin' at the windows. What's goin' on?"
9:39 AM <Don1Charles> "Sure you did, Scott." Charles says as he shines his flashlight to it. "Yeah, sounds goos."
9:39 AM <Don1Charles> *good
9:39 AM <Klurg> "We found a hatch maple" Fiere explains
9:39 AM <@DSJ> AGI as you go up the stairs to get to the attic
9:39 AM <Klurg> "Well, Scott and Charles did"
9:39 AM <Don1Charles> Charles begins walking up the stairs, first, humming from beneath his mask
9:39 AM <Kath> 4df+1 AGI [I'm gonna trip]
9:39 AM <Glacon> Kath: AGI [I'm gonna trip]: 0 (4df+1=-, 0, +, -)
9:39 AM <Klurg> 4df+6 I main this stat
9:39 AM <Glacon> Klurg: I main this stat: 7 (4df+6=0, +, +, -)
9:39 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 agi yeah right
9:39 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: agi yeah right: 6 (4df+4=+, +, -, +)
9:40 AM <Don1Charles> (Scott ill always be there to catch you)
9:40 AM <trots> 4df+2 Buck's gonna trip
9:40 AM <Glacon> trots: Buck's gonna trip: 5 (4df+2=+, 0, +, +)
9:40 AM <SpookyBee> Maple blinks, and goes up after 'em!
9:40 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+3 AGI
9:40 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: AGI: 5 (4df+3=+, 0, +, 0)
9:40 AM <@DSJ> d8
9:40 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d8=3)
9:41 AM <@DSJ> Scott, you trip as part of the staircase gives way underneath your feet.
9:41 AM <@DSJ> roll PDEF, please
9:41 AM <Kath> 4df+3 pdef
9:41 AM <Glacon> Kath: pdef: 5 (4df+3=+, +, -, +)
9:42 AM <@DSJ> d6 STAIR DAMAGE
9:42 AM <Glacon> DSJ: STAIR DAMAGE: 3 (d6=3)
9:42 AM <Don1Charles> Charles turns at the sudden noise of breaking stairs in the quiet house, flipping his handgun out from inside his jacket. "Fuck, Scott, you alright?" He says as he moves over to help him
9:42 AM <@DSJ> You skin your knee, but nothing else
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9:43 AM <Kath> "Aye, I'm fine!" He pushes himself upright. "Let's just keep going, and tread more carefully."
9:43 AM <Don1Charles> Charles moves up to the hatch, looking for a handle on it
9:43 AM <@DSJ> PERC
9:44 AM <SpookyBee> "Jeez, clumsy." Maple shakes her head.
9:44 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 perception, same general environment
9:44 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: perception, same general environment: 3 (4df+3=-, 0, 0, +)
9:44 AM <@DSJ> d5
9:44 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d5=3)
9:45 AM <@DSJ> You fail to find the handle, but it seems to open down
9:45 AM <@DSJ> Maybe you can just pull it open, the house is falling apart afterall
9:45 AM <Don1Charles> Charles moves to get a grip, and tries to pull it open, careful not to tumble down the stairs
9:46 AM <@DSJ> STR!
9:47 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 strength
9:47 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: strength: 3 (4df+4=+, -, -, 0)
9:47 AM <Don1Charles> He muscles however well he can!
9:47 AM <@DSJ> d5
9:47 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d5=3)
9:47 AM <@DSJ> It remains shut.
9:47 AM <@DSJ> Maybe someone else should try?
9:47 AM <trots> "Want me t' take a crack at it?"
9:47 AM <Kath> "I mean…I could try?"
9:47 AM <Don1Charles> "Go ahead, big guy." He says as he steps back, allowing Buck
9:47 AM <Klurg> "Want me to try?"
9:48 AM <Kath> "Well nevermind."
9:48 AM <trots> Buck steps forward and attempts to open the hatch.
9:48 AM <Klurg> Fiere backs up and lets the biggest of them do it
9:48 AM <Don1Charles> "Scott if I can't do it, you can't. Obviously."
9:48 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+3
9:48 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: 5 (4df+3=+, +, -, +)
9:48 AM <Kath> "Do not underestimate me," he mouths to Charles
9:48 AM <@DSJ> d10
9:48 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 5 (d10=5)
9:49 AM <@DSJ> Maple, you hear something downstairs
9:49 AM <@DSJ> Something like panicked wheezing
9:49 AM <Don1Charles> Charles grins from beneath his mask. The cloth folds around his mouth
9:49 AM <trots> 4df+5 str
9:49 AM <Glacon> trots: str: 3 (4df+5=0, -, 0, -)
9:49 AM <@DSJ> d5
9:49 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 4 (d5=4)
9:49 AM <trots> (Welp)
9:49 AM <SpookyBee> "…" Maple blinks, looking back- "… Hey, you guys keep up- I'm gonna check that out." She climbs down the ladder!
9:49 AM <@DSJ> This hatch proves RESILIENT
9:49 AM <Kath> "…/now/ can I try?"
9:50 AM <@DSJ> the sound came from the left room, Maple. You can hear it again.
9:50 AM <Don1Charles> "Should you go alone?" He says before he shrugs. Charles didn't really care about splitting up the team as much as others did
9:50 AM <trots> "Th' three a us together?"
9:50 AM <@DSJ> #tooltime as you enter the room, Maple
9:50 AM <Klurg> Fiere tries
9:50 AM <Klurg> To open the door
9:50 AM <Don1Charles> "Lets do it."
9:51 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 strength as he pushes as well
9:51 AM <SpookyBee> Maple shrugs- "I'm a grown woman, I can handle myself." She turns, and heads into the other room!
9:51 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: strength as he pushes as well: 6 (4df+4=0, 0, +, +)
9:51 AM <@DSJ> d5
9:51 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d5=3)
9:51 AM <Don1Charles> Or pulls
9:51 AM <@DSJ> The hatch finally breaks open!
9:51 AM <Don1Charles> "There's some sorta lesson about teamwork here that i don't feel like learning." He says as he shines his flashlight around the attic
9:52 AM <@DSJ> The attic is nearly empty. PERC, then MDEF
9:52 AM <Klurg> "Let me scout it out" Fiere peeks his head in as he shines his flashlight
9:52 AM <Don1Charles> (This count as a new enough environment for perk?)
9:52 AM <Kath> "That's probably your ego talking, Charles." Scott mumbles.
9:52 AM <Kath> 4df+5 MDEF
9:52 AM <Kath> 4df+5 PERC
9:52 AM <Glacon> Kath: MDEF: 6 (4df+5=+, +, 0, -)
9:52 AM <Glacon> Kath: PERC: 2 (4df+5=-, -, 0, -)
9:52 AM <@DSJ> Nope
9:52 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 -w-
9:52 AM <Glacon> Klurg: -w-: 2 (4df+4=-, 0, 0, -)
9:53 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 perc
9:53 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: perc: 2 (4df+3=-, 0, +, -)
9:53 AM <Klurg> (Perception(
9:53 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 ;-; (mdef)
9:53 AM <Glacon> Klurg: ;-; (mdef): 5 (4df+4=+, +, -, 0)
9:53 AM <trots> 4df+3 perc
9:53 AM <Glacon> trots: perc: 2 (4df+3=0, 0, -, 0)
9:53 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef
9:53 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef: 1 (4df+3=-, 0, -, 0)
9:53 AM <@DSJ> d4 PERC DC
9:53 AM <Glacon> DSJ: PERC DC: 1 (d4=1)
9:53 AM <trots> 4df+5 mdef
9:53 AM <Glacon> trots: mdef: 6 (4df+5=0, +, 0, 0)
9:53 AM <@DSJ> d7 MDEF DC
9:53 AM <Glacon> DSJ: MDEF DC: 1 (d7=1)
9:53 AM <@DSJ> …huh
9:53 AM <@DSJ> There's a few empty husks of bodies up here, and some weird books
9:54 AM <Don1Charles> (yessss)
9:54 AM <Don1Charles> "Corpses. Scott, examine 'em." He says as he walks in, moving over to take the books for information
9:54 AM <trots> "Well, ain't that somethin'."
9:55 AM <Don1Charles> "Better then i expected, frankly."
9:55 AM <Kath> "With great pleasure." Scott says in a way meant to be humorous. What are we dealing with, here?
9:55 AM <Don1Charles> (Doesn't your medical perk work for this?)
9:56 AM <Kath> (It would aye)
9:56 AM <@DSJ> MED, please
9:56 AM <Klurg> Fiere stands guard just in case
9:56 AM <Kath> 4df+9 (Spec included) MED
9:56 AM <Glacon> Kath: (Spec included) MED: 11 (4df+9=0, 0, +, +)
9:56 AM <Don1Charles> Charles would be careful upon picking up the weird books
9:57 AM <@DSJ> The bodies lack any fluid, but have no visible wounds. They seem to have died unexpectedly, and are a few years old most likely
9:57 AM <@DSJ> MDEF upon touching the books
9:58 AM <trots> Bucks keeping an eye out down the ladder and around the room for any movement.
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9:58 AM <Don1Charles> His hands are gloved, so he does not touch them with bare skin, if that matters
9:58 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef
9:58 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef: 4 (4df+3=-, +, 0, +)
9:58 AM <@DSJ> d10
9:58 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 5 (d10=5)
9:58 AM <@DSJ> You can't shake the feeling you should read this book, specifically the 57th page, out loud
9:59 AM <Kath> "Fairly unusual…" Scott remarks, not really all that fazed by touching someone who's a few years dead. "They don't seem to have died from injury."
10:00 AM <Don1Charles> "57th page of this novel here seems…" charles flips to the page with his hands, careful not to tear the pages
10:01 AM <@DSJ> MDEF as you reach the page
10:01 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef
10:01 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef: 3 (4df+3=0, 0, 0, 0)
10:01 AM <@DSJ> d10
10:01 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 2 (d10=2)
10:02 AM <@DSJ> You can't understand the writing, but the urge to read it doesn't fade
10:03 AM <Klurg> "What are you reading?" Fiere asks Charles as he stands guard
10:04 AM <Don1Charles> "I… don't know." He mutters, narrowing his eyes. "Just trying to read it. Can't tell what the fuck it says."
10:06 AM <Kath> Scott stands upright, dusting the somewhat moldy human remains from his hands. "Whoever these people were didn't die because of any injuries. They've been here a fair while too, by the looks of it. Maybe you should try another book?"
10:07 AM <Don1Charles> Charles would close this one if he can?
10:08 AM <@DSJ> He can
10:08 AM <@DSJ> The urge doesn't go away, though
10:09 AM <Don1Charles> He closes the book, shutting his eyes for a moment before unzipping his backpack and placing it in there. "Alright, Scott." He mutters, sliding out his pen and paper, jotting down the information about the corpses
10:09 AM <Kath> "I wouldn't worry about the write-up, I'll manage that bit later on."
10:11 AM <Don1Charles> "Supposed to do it, for the.. yknow, for the books." He replies. Were there other books?
10:11 AM <@DSJ> d3
10:11 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 1 (d3=1)
10:11 AM <@DSJ> One other book
10:11 AM <Don1Charles> Who was closest to it?
10:12 AM <trots> (Switching to desktop)
10:12 AM <@DSJ> It's just kinda on the floor, not really close to one person or another
10:12 AM tretterSleep → tretter
10:13 AM <Don1Charles> .ch Scott, Buck
10:13 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: Scott
10:13 AM <tretter> (I have returned.)
10:13 AM <Don1Charles> "Scott, can you grab me that book right there?" He says as he holds open his backpack
10:13 AM <Kath> Scott moves to the book wordlessly, hefting it up with both hands. Anything unusual as he touches it?
10:14 AM <@DSJ> MDEF and we'll see
10:14 AM <Kath> 4df+5 MDEF
10:14 AM <Glacon> Kath: MDEF: 6 (4df+5=0, +, -, +)
10:17 AM <@DSJ> d10
10:17 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 2 (d10=2)
10:17 AM <@DSJ> Tis just a book
10:18 AM <Don1Charles> "Toss it in the bag, then let's keep exploring this place."
10:19 AM <Kath> "These seem fairly unremarkable. I don't think we'll find much useful information from them, you know. But if you insist." He moves to set the book in the bag.
10:19 AM <tretter> Buck glances at the spines and covers of the books around the room. Are there any titles or visible marks?
10:20 AM <@DSJ> Maple heads up into the attic, "Noise turned out to be nothin'." she says.
10:20 AM <@DSJ> The books, already collected, have blank covers
10:21 AM <Don1Charles> "We all hear things sometimes." He says as he zips up his bag. "I gotta take them, Scott, part of my job. Maple, find anything else of use, then?" He says as he walks over to her
10:22 AM <Klurg> "Good to know, although please wait for us next time, it's worrying when the team splits uoL
10:22 AM <Klurg> Up*
10:22 AM <@DSJ> "No, doesn't seem to be much downstairs, sides from all the old shit."
10:22 AM <Don1Charles> "Well there's gotta be more to this place then just some bodies and some books, I'd like to think." He mutters. "Let's comb it again, shall we? Which rooms did you already check?"
10:23 AM <@DSJ> "Just the living room downstairs, wasn't much in there."
10:23 AM <Don1Charles> "Alright, we'll skip over that part of it, then." he says, motioning to let him head back downstairs
10:24 AM <@DSJ> "There was another room I didn't go in, so maybe we oughta go in there."
10:24 AM <Kath> "Would be helpful if we found a dead body with some /answers./ Right now it's just looking like they all dropped on the spot."
10:24 AM <Kath> "So boring."
10:25 AM <@DSJ> "Could ya bother to at least seem less corpse-obsessed, pal?"
10:25 AM <Don1Charles> "Want to split into groups to cover this place a bit quicker? Scott and I can go to some of them, you three to the rest?" Charles frowns a little. "Well, it is his job."
10:25 AM <Kath> "In all fairness it is my job - yes, see?"
10:25 AM <Klurg> "Yeah lets not split up"
10:26 AM <Don1Charles> "We just split up a second ago and it seems fine, don't worry."
10:26 AM <Klurg> "Why is it that every group I'm assigned to, people want to split the group?"
10:26 AM <SpookyBee> Ghost!Maple enters the attic! Probably can't be scene.
10:26 AM <SpookyBee> *seen
10:26 AM <Kath> "Because strength doesn't always come with numbers."
10:26 AM <@DSJ> "Yea, you guys can head to the right, and I'll go with Fiere to the rest of the left side rooms."
10:27 AM <Klurg> "But it comes with certainty"
10:27 AM <Kath> "Yes, certainty that if we are all in a group and get into trouble, we're buggered. Charles, let's go."
10:27 AM <Klurg> Fiere facepalms "fine, then I guess we split up"
10:27 AM <Don1Charles> "cause we wanna avoid you, Fiere." Charles jokes with a grin before he nods his head to the right. "lets do it, Scotty." He says as he walks and hefts his flashlight
10:28 AM <Klurg> (Who does Buck go with?)
10:28 AM <@DSJ> #tt Fiere, Buck can go with whoever he wants to
10:28 AM <Don1Charles> (will brb)
10:29 AM <@DSJ> The right-side rooms start with a room with book cases, mostly empty. PERC for other details
10:29 AM <Kath> 4df+5 perc
10:29 AM <Glacon> Kath: perc: 3 (4df+5=0, -, -, 0)
10:30 AM <@DSJ> There's a few, not-dusty books
10:31 AM <Kath> Scott decides to reach for one of these books, finding the lack of dust unusual.
10:31 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 perc as Charles follows
10:31 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: perc as Charles follows: 2 (4df+3=-, -, 0, +)
10:32 AM <@DSJ> It reads '1948 account records' on the front
10:32 AM <Don1Charles> "Quite the place, huh?" He comments in the silence
10:32 AM <tretter> (I'm having a ton of trouble focusing on this. Is it alright if I retcon Buck out?)
10:33 AM <Kath> "Definitely. Never thought I'd set foot in a place so grand."
10:33 AM <@DSJ> (Sure, sorry to hear that tretter)
10:33 AM <SpookyBee> Maple floats about invisibly! She hums to herself.
10:34 AM <@DSJ> Maple, the bookshelves are full of faint book outlines, keeping in theme with the mansion looking fine to you
10:34 AM <SpookyBee> Maple tries to reach for one of the outlines, seeing if she can pull a book out!
10:35 AM <Kath> Are there any unusual effects as Scott tries to read the book he picked up?
10:36 AM <@DSJ> Nope, and Maple, the book is blank, but there
10:36 AM <Kath> "These books are fairly mundane…you see anything interesting, Charles?"
10:37 AM <SpookyBee> "Huh…" She sighs, looking to Scott and Charles.
10:37 AM <Don1Charles> (sorry sorry)
10:37 AM <@DSJ> Fiere and Maple rejoin the group, saying they found nothing
10:37 AM <Don1Charles> "I see a bunch of books. None of my favorite authors, I'll admit." Charles turns.
10:38 AM <Don1Charles> "You two seriously done already? That was quick, we are just in our first room."
10:38 AM <@DSJ> "This mansion ain't that big." Maple says
10:38 AM <Don1Charles> Was anything suspicious about their behaviorism?
10:38 AM <Klurg> Fiere enters, does he see ghost maple?
10:38 AM <@DSJ> Actual Maple can see Fiere enter the room
10:38 AM <@DSJ> PERC, Charles, to tell
10:38 AM <Don1Charles> "It's mostly in poor quality." He says with a shrug
10:38 AM <Klurg> Guess that's a yes
10:38 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 perception
10:38 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: perception: 4 (4df+3=-, +, +, 0)
10:38 AM <SpookyBee> "…"
10:39 AM <Don1Charles> Charles's eyes narrow ever so slightly at his teammates
10:39 AM <@DSJ> d3+3
10:39 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 6 (d3+3=3)
10:39 AM <Klurg> "Damn it! You idiots never listen to me when I say don't split the group!" Fiere says with all the fury of a Frenchman who's never listened to
10:39 AM <@DSJ> They're perfectly normal!
10:39 AM <Klurg> Even if they can't hear him
10:40 AM <Don1Charles> Charles's eyes become full again, as he smiles from beneath his mask. "Alright. Scott, onto the next room?"
10:40 AM <@DSJ> How do and Fiere and Maple respectively think a soul would look, by the way?
10:40 AM <Don1Charles> (is he not also yelling at maple since she did that?)
10:40 AM <Klurg> Can Fiere pull out a book outline and try and throw it at one of the people?
10:40 AM <Kath> "Yeah, onto the next room, I suppose. This is surprisingly tame for a supposedly 'haunted' mansion."
10:41 AM <Klurg> Fiere thinks it looks like either the person at the moment of their death or whatever the soul wants to look like
10:41 AM <SpookyBee> Maple kind of imagines a soul to be the body of its owner, but kind of translucent and bare, but featureless. Kind of like a silhouette.
10:41 AM <@DSJ> Fiere can, but the book passes through them.
10:41 AM <Klurg> Can Fiere try and go through Maple's body and see what happens?
10:42 AM <@DSJ> They just kinda intersect and it feels tingly
10:42 AM <Don1Charles> Charles turns, moving past his teammates, with his flashlight in hand, onto the next room. "Maple and Fiere, why don't you two go on ahead while Scott and I check out this room?"
10:42 AM <SpookyBee> "Uh- Right… Oh… Wait…"
10:42 AM <Klurg> Fiere tries the same thing with his body
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10:43 AM <@DSJ> The same thing happens
10:43 AM <Don1Charles> If needed, can he roll pers?
10:43 AM <SpookyBee> … Maple throws the ghost-book at her own body.
10:43 AM <@DSJ> "We probably should stick together, I have a feeling whatever is in here wants us alone." Fiere says, nervously.
10:44 AM <Don1Charles> "Why on earth do you feel like that?" He says with a confused face, turning back to Fiere as he walks
10:44 AM <Kath> "Hardly a bad thing, if you want everyone else to stay alive." Yeesh, really needing to work on your teamwork skills, Scott.
10:44 AM <@DSJ> "Because Charles, it would mean we'd be easy targets?" Fiere says back
10:45 AM <Klurg> "[OH REALLY I WONDER WHY THE GHOST WOULD WANT YOU INSUFFERABLE IDIOTS ALONE]" Fiere begins to rant in French
10:45 AM <Don1Charles> "No I mean, why do you feel like whatever is in here wants us alone? I haven't felt any sorta… anything weird really, since we got here."
10:45 AM Lily → LilySleep
10:45 AM <Klurg> Even to a native French speaker it would sound like a lot of gibberish if not listened to closely
10:45 AM <Kath> "I feel fairly bored, if that helps."
10:45 AM <@DSJ> Fiere and Charles, you can see something advancing towards the group
10:45 AM <@DSJ> *Maple
10:46 AM <Don1Charles> "Yeah, me too." He says, turning back down the hallway and shining his flashlight
10:46 AM <Klurg> Fiere floats forwards it and floats through Charles, hoping he might feel something and turn around
10:46 AM <@DSJ> It looks like a four legged animal, and walks jerkily.
10:46 AM <SpookyBee> Maple turns to look at the Thing!
10:46 AM <@DSJ> MDEF Charles, as Fiere does that
10:46 AM <SpookyBee> "… The fuck's that thin'?"
10:46 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef
10:46 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef: 5 (4df+3=+, -, +, +)
10:47 AM <@DSJ> Fiere, d6+4
10:47 AM <Kath> Scott's following Charles, though not that closely. "So much for haunted…"
10:47 AM <@DSJ> The thing seems to keep moving, and not notice any of you
10:47 AM <Klurg> d6+4 of this kills Charles I'm calling BS
10:47 AM <Glacon> Klurg: of this kills Charles I'm calling BS: 7 (d6+4=3)
10:47 AM <Don1Charles> "I'm sure this is just the buildup to the good stuff, Scott. That's how these things usually go."
10:47 AM <@DSJ> Charles, you're out of your body! Fiere, you have a body!
10:48 AM <@DSJ> It isn't your body, though!
10:48 AM <Klurg> "…"
10:48 AM <Klurg> Is Fiere armed?
10:48 AM <Don1Charles> Charles floats back. "What the fuck?"
10:48 AM <Klurg> And is maple armed?
10:48 AM <Don1Charles> Charles was holding a flashlight, and his gloves are lined with metal around the knuckles.
10:48 AM <@DSJ> Their bodies are, yes
10:48 AM <Klurg> As in possessed Fiere and maple
10:48 AM <@DSJ> They don't attack, though
10:49 AM <Klurg> Are they holding their weapons?
10:49 AM <SpookyBee> Maple blinks, watching Charles- "…" She MAKES A CHARGE FOR HER BODY!
10:49 AM <Don1Charles> "Wait what?"
10:49 AM <@DSJ> 4df+6 MAPLE'S BODY MDEF
10:49 AM <Glacon> DSJ: MAPLE'S BODY MDEF: 7 (4df+6=+, +, 0, -)
10:49 AM <@DSJ> d7+3 Maple
10:49 AM <Glacon> DSJ: Maple: 6 (d7+3=3)
10:50 AM <Klurg> Do I get Charles' spec?
10:50 AM <SpookyBee> Foc
10:50 AM <@DSJ> (you can reroll bee, didn't mean to do that)
10:50 AM <Don1Charles> Charles, seeing maple fly towards her own body, would likely do the same to his body
10:50 AM <@DSJ> Klurg, no
10:50 AM <@DSJ> If anything it's hard to move around in Charles' meatsuit
10:50 AM <Don1Charles> Meatsuit+armor
10:50 AM <Kath> Scott's apparently oblivious to whatever the hell's going on…(?)
10:50 AM <SpookyBee> d7+3 MAPLE!
10:50 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MAPLE!: 7 (d7+3=4)
10:50 AM <SpookyBee> Noice.
10:50 AM <Klurg> Fiere tries to move and get used to the slow meatsuit armor combo, but look casual at the same time
10:51 AM <@DSJ> Maple, you just barely don't get back into your body
10:51 AM <@DSJ> Meanwhile…
10:51 AM <@DSJ> 4df+3 Maple sprints away
10:51 AM <Glacon> DSJ: Maple sprints away: 2 (4df+3=+, 0, -, -)
10:51 AM <@DSJ> Well, 'sprints'
10:51 AM <@DSJ> 4df+9 FIERE BOLTS
10:51 AM <Glacon> DSJ: FIERE BOLTS: 11 (4df+9=0, +, 0, +)
10:51 AM <@DSJ> Fiere runs away, further into the mansion
10:52 AM <Don1Charles> Did charles flying into his own body happen to work?
10:52 AM <Klurg> Fiere Charles goes after maple
10:52 AM <SpookyBee> Does Maple have any of her equipment on her ghostly body?
10:52 AM <Klurg> "Behind you Scott! Incoming enemy!"
10:52 AM <@DSJ> If she thought she would have stuff, yes
10:52 AM <Klurg> "And also they're ghosts! Fiere and maple"
10:52 AM <@DSJ> Charles, roll d7+3, and Fiere roll MDEF
10:52 AM <@DSJ> to see if that does anything
10:52 AM <Klurg> "Hell im a ghost too!"
10:53 AM <Don1Charles> d7+3
10:53 AM <Kath> "What the bloody hell are you on about -?!"
10:53 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 i need to borrow this hot bod for a bit
10:53 AM <Glacon> Klurg: i need to borrow this hot bod for a bit: 6 (4df+4=+, +, -, +)
10:53 AM <Don1Charles> d7+3 fiere I swear to fuck
10:53 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: fiere I swear to fuck: 5 (d7+3=2)
10:53 AM <@DSJ> Charles, you just can't get back in
10:53 AM <Klurg> Can Fiere catch up to maple?
10:53 AM <Klurg> Since she went so slow?
10:53 AM <@DSJ> Fakemaple stops running, and…
10:53 AM <SpookyBee> The only thing Maple imagined taking to her grave was her switchblade, unfortunately. Sure sucks being a greaser trope.
10:54 AM <@DSJ> Roll a d10 plus agility to see what meatperson attacks first
10:54 AM <Klurg> Charles agility or Fiere agility?
10:54 AM <Klurg> d10+4 I'll assume Charles
10:54 AM <Glacon> Klurg: I'll assume Charles: 9 (d10+4=5)
10:55 AM <Don1Charles> (hold up if he is rolling Charles's agi he should have been rolling Charles's mdef )
10:55 AM <Klurg> Nope, because mdef is mind
10:55 AM <Klurg> Agility is body
10:55 AM <@DSJ> (Roll a 5, it's the average of them)
10:55 AM <Klurg> Then make that roll a 10
10:55 AM <@DSJ> d10+3 Maple
10:55 AM <Glacon> DSJ: Maple: 13 (d10+3=10)
10:55 AM <@DSJ> ..huh
10:55 AM — Klurg flips off glacon
10:55 AM <@DSJ> Scott, AGI plus a d10
10:56 AM <Kath> d10+1 AGI (did i do that right)
10:56 AM <Glacon> Kath: AGI (did i do that right): 5 (d10+1=4)
10:56 AM <Kath> (fuck)
10:56 AM <@DSJ> Maple gets to attack first
10:56 AM <@DSJ> 4df+6 She tries decking Scott
10:56 AM <Glacon> DSJ: She tries decking Scott: 7 (4df+6=-, +, +, 0)
10:57 AM <Klurg> Can Fiere try body blocking maple?
10:57 AM <@DSJ> Ghost Maple and Charles, you can try pursuing Fiere in #tt
10:57 AM <@DSJ> When it's his turn he can
10:57 AM <Don1Charles> can't he just try getting back in his body again?
10:57 AM <Kath> I'm gonna assume I do a pdef roll
10:57 AM <SpookyBee> "… Charles, you hear me?"
10:58 AM <Don1Charles> "Yeah! This is a fuckfest!"
10:58 AM <Kath> 4df+3 totes fucked
10:58 AM <Glacon> Kath: totes fucked: 1 (4df+3=0, -, 0, -)
10:58 AM <SpookyBee> "Go get Fiere- I'm gonna try ta wrestle, uh… Myself…"
10:58 AM <@DSJ> Scott gets fuckin' decked, and goes unconscious from 3 damage.
10:58 AM <Don1Charles> "I just want to get back inside my body." Charles would attempt that again
10:58 AM <@DSJ> MDEF, Scott, to try and not get bodysnatched
10:59 AM <Kath> 4df+5 MDEF
10:59 AM <Glacon> Kath: MDEF: 8 (4df+5=+, +, 0, +)
10:59 AM <SpookyBee> "It's Fiere in there, Charles! Jus' go get his body- We'll figure this shite out when we get out'a this shitfest!"
10:59 AM <@DSJ> d10
10:59 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d10=3)
10:59 AM <Klurg> Charles-Fiere goes to grab possess maple and pin her down
10:59 AM <@DSJ> Scott, you're just regular unconcious
10:59 AM <@DSJ> STR, Fiere
10:59 AM <Klurg> 4df+5 average of Fiere's and Charles' strength
10:59 AM <Glacon> Klurg: average of Fiere's and Charles' strength: 4 (4df+5=-, 0, -, +)
11:00 AM <@DSJ> 4df+4 DOES IT WORK
11:00 AM <Glacon> DSJ: DOES IT WORK: 5 (4df+4=+, -, 0, +)
11:00 AM <@DSJ> Maple just barely escapes
11:00 AM <SpookyBee> Can MapleMaple try to possess, well, herself again?
11:00 AM <@DSJ> She can!
11:01 AM <@DSJ> Roll a d7+3
11:01 AM <SpookyBee> 1d7+3 AAAAA
11:01 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: AAAAA: 5 (1d7+3=2)
11:01 AM <@DSJ> 4df+6
11:01 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 8 (4df+6=+, +, +, -)
11:01 AM <SpookyBee> :|
11:01 AM <@DSJ> Maple, the ghost is HELLA in there
11:02 AM <SpookyBee> What even was that 6
11:02 AM <@DSJ> Ghost MDEF
11:02 AM <SpookyBee> Woah.mp4
11:03 AM <@DSJ> 4df+6 Maple tries punching Scott again, uttering "Leave, or your friend will PERISH"
11:03 AM <Glacon> DSJ: Maple tries punching Scott again, uttering "Leave, or your friend will PERISH": 6 (4df+6=0, 0, -, +)
11:03 AM <Kath> (I thought he was knocked out tho)
11:03 AM <Don1Charles> Ghosty-Charles floats towards Fiere-Charles! Ooh, spookyyyyyyy
11:03 AM <@DSJ> (Doesn't mean you can't punch
11:03 AM <@DSJ> MDEF, Fiere, d7+3 Charles
11:03 AM <Don1Charles> d7+3 fiere fam chill
11:03 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: fiere fam chill: 10 (d7+3=7)
11:04 AM <SpookyBee> "Jesus…" Maple pulls her Ghost Switchblade out… And sees what stabbing at her own body will do!
11:04 AM <Klurg> He auto wins
11:04 AM <Klurg> Because I can't roll that high
11:04 AM <@DSJ> Melee, Maple
11:04 AM <@DSJ> PDEF, Scott
11:04 AM <Don1Charles> Charles lands in his body, and clacks Maple as hard as he can to get her off of Scott
11:04 AM <@DSJ> You did just get punched
11:04 AM <Kath> 4df+3 pdef
11:04 AM <@DSJ> MELEE, Charles
11:04 AM <Glacon> Kath: pdef: 4 (4df+3=-, +, +, 0)
11:04 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+6 STABBY STAB
11:04 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: STABBY STAB: 5 (4df+6=+, -, -, 0)
11:04 AM <Don1Charles> (maple was unarmed, yeh?)
11:04 AM <@DSJ> Scott takes 1 more point of damage
11:05 AM <@DSJ> Maple's now holding her ask, as things look bad for her
11:05 AM <Klurg> As Fiere gets out of Charles' body, he goes to look for his own body
11:05 AM <@DSJ> d3 ghost pdef
11:05 AM <Glacon> DSJ: ghost pdef: 1 (d3=1)
11:05 AM <SpookyBee> (Her ask? XD)
11:05 AM <Klurg> (To tooltime?)
11:05 AM <@DSJ> *axe
11:05 AM <@DSJ> (yes)
11:05 AM <Don1Charles> Charles slams the hit anyway
11:05 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 melee
11:05 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: melee: 7 (4df+6=+, -, +, 0)
11:05 AM <@DSJ> The ghost gtfos from Maple's bod
11:05 AM <@DSJ> 4df+4 pdef
11:05 AM <Glacon> DSJ: pdef: 4 (4df+4=0, -, +, 0)
11:06 AM <@DSJ> Maple takes 1.5 damage, and her body is vacant
11:06 AM <Don1Charles> Charles would try and shove her down because she was just attacking Scott
11:06 AM <Don1Charles> Better then that, he'd take away her axe so he didn't get chopped up.
11:06 AM <SpookyBee> Maple Yelps, before trying to slip back in in a panick! "FUCK YOU THIS IS MINE."
11:07 AM <@DSJ> She's very unconcious
11:07 AM <@DSJ> And now isn't!
11:07 AM <Don1Charles> Charles hefts up the axe, readying it.
11:07 AM <SpookyBee> Maple sits up- "HOLY SHIT. MONSTER IN THE ROOM."
11:07 AM <Don1Charles> "BACK IT UP" Charles looked ready to swing the axe
11:07 AM <@DSJ> Someone can try rolling MED on Scott to get him up
11:08 AM <Don1Charles> He didn't know if this was normal Maple or otherwise
11:08 AM <SpookyBee> "Give me my fuckin' ax you dick-lover!" Maple gets to her feet, rubbing her ass and groaning.
11:08 AM <SpookyBee> "That shit's old… And valuable."
11:10 AM <Don1Charles> Charles would ask a general psi-7 trained question to prove it really was her, before tossing her the axe and kneeling to Scott. It was just punches, did that count as basic medical, dsj?
11:10 AM <@DSJ> Sure
11:10 AM <@DSJ> PERS on answering the question, Maple
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11:10 AM <Don1Charles> Oh well, guess we're doing question before i give axe back
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11:11 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+0 PERS Maple both has no PERS, and isn't well-known by the task force
11:11 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: PERS Maple both has no PERS, and isn't well-known by the task force: 0 (4df+0=0, 0, +, -)
11:11 AM <@DSJ> You have no idea if it's really Maple
11:12 AM <Don1Charles> Charles throws her axe over his back, sliding out his handgun, aiming it to her head. "Take three steps back. I don't know if it's you and if you're going to start hitting me. I need to help Scott."
11:12 AM <SpookyBee> "Fuck, man, we need ta get out'a here- There's somethin' in here- Can we just /go/?!"
11:12 AM <Don1Charles> "BACK THE FUCK UP." Charles definitely seemed willing to pull the trigger
11:13 AM <SpookyBee> "Jeez peets! Fine- I'll let you get eaten first." Maple shakes her head, stepping back.
11:14 AM <Don1Charles> Charles keeps the gun aimed at her stomach, kneeling down beside Scott, using his right hand to pop out his little medical kit. "Come on, buddy." he mutters from beneath his mask, getting to work to try and help as much as he can and bring him back to consciousness
11:14 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 medical
11:14 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: medical: 2 (4df+3=0, 0, 0, -)
11:14 AM <@DSJ> He regains consciousness, but no health
11:14 AM <Don1Charles> "Scott! Is this really you, Scott?"
11:15 AM <Don1Charles> "This is really Charles." He says, patting his friend.
11:15 AM <Kath> Scott inhales sharply as the world begins to fade back into awareness.
11:15 AM <Kath> "….no, I'm the bloody pope." he says, after a few seconds of silence.
11:16 AM <Kath> "That - whatever that was - definitely…hurt."
11:16 AM <Don1Charles> "Listen, you need to fix up those wounds that this one here" he nods the barrel of the gun to Maple "inflicted on you. I could only do so much as to wake you up."
11:16 AM <Kath> Is Scott able to patch himself up in any way?
11:17 AM <SpookyBee> "Jeez… This shit's fucked. I didn't fuckin' hit you- I was tryin' to get my bloody body back."
11:17 AM <@DSJ> Scott can try!
11:17 AM <Kath> 4df+5 MED checking before re-wrecking
11:17 AM <Glacon> Kath: MED checking before re-wrecking: 4 (4df+5=0, +, -, -)
11:18 AM <@DSJ> He regains 1.5 health
11:18 AM <Don1Charles> "I understand that you may have repossessed yourself or whatever, but I'm not gonna take any fucking chances that you're going to hit me in the back of the head with a goddamn axe."
11:18 AM <SpookyBee> Maple, again, rubs her butt- "Fuck… I really stabbed myself hard…"
11:18 AM <Kath> "I have never been more glad to have been knocked out. What on earth was all that?"
11:19 AM <Don1Charles> "We are going to go find Fiere now. You walk in front." He says to Maple, nodding to her to go. "Body possession, Scott."
11:19 AM <SpookyBee> "Some kind'a ghost shit. Command is full'a balls- There's fuckin' ghosts."
11:19 AM <SpookyBee> She shakes her head, taking the lead!
11:19 AM <Kath> Scott slowly gets to his feet. That was a hard punch!
11:19 AM <Kath> "Well…I am glad the same hasn't happened to me."
11:20 AM <Don1Charles> Charles would keep the gun aimed at the small of her back. A shot from it would likely cripple her if it landed in the spine where it was aimed. "Walk behind me, Scott. Everyone keep your eyes peeled."
11:20 AM ↔ @DSJ (opped) nipped out
11:21 AM <SpookyBee> "Heh… Cus that'll help- "She looks around- "Fuck… I can't remember where that thin' was…"
11:21 AM <@DSJ> The hallway leads into tooltime, if you go down it
11:21 AM <SpookyBee> She do!
11:21 AM <Kath> "Well look at you, looking out for someone else." Scott remarks, playfully but almost hinting at something.
11:22 AM <Don1Charles> Charles glances to Scott, before turning back, walking behind Maple to tooltime. he didn't know what the hint was
11:22 AM <Kath> He's more than likely taking a shot at you for the arena arse-kickings, Charles.
11:23 AM <Don1Charles> Scott, Charles was clearly in love with you
9:51 AM <SpookyBee> Maple heads into the room!
9:51 AM <@DSJ> The room is a sitting room of sorts, the couches and furniture worn out. There's a fireplace with ashes in it, and another doorway on the other side of the room
9:53 AM <SpookyBee> She looks around, scratching her head- "Huh… Sounded a lot clearer before." Maple goes in deeper, looking into the fireplace before going to the other door!
9:53 AM <@DSJ> PERC
9:53 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+4 My Eyes
9:53 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: My Eyes: 1 (4df+4=-, -, 0, -)
9:53 AM <SpookyBee> Wow ok
9:54 AM <@DSJ> You have no idea when this fire was lit, Maple, and for the most part can't see much in here
9:54 AM <@DSJ> MDEF again, sil vous plait
9:54 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+3 MDEF !!!
9:54 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MDEF !!!: 3 (4df+3=-, 0, +, 0)
9:55 AM <@DSJ> d6
9:55 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 2 (d6=2)
9:55 AM <SpookyBee> :|
9:55 AM <@DSJ> You hear a sound, similar to the wheezing but less panicked and scared
9:56 AM <SpookyBee> Maple peeks about- "… Who's there? Show ye'rself, nobody's gonna hurt ya."
9:56 AM <@DSJ> You hear the sound again, but nothing else.
9:57 AM <SpookyBee> "…" She turns her head to the door, going to turn the knob, but she keeps her senses open.
9:58 AM <@DSJ> The door creaks open without protest. A faint shape can be seen ahead, small and scrawny, but fairly indefinite in form otherwise
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9:59 AM <SpookyBee> ~Jus' lovely…" She squints, putting a hand on her hip as she advances. "… Hey- Can you hear me? Was that you breathin'?"
9:59 AM <@DSJ> The shape moves, quickly and fluid, like a shadow. It stands next you, and then… AGI to avoid it touching you
10:00 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+3 AGI Woah hi
10:00 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: AGI Woah hi: 4 (4df+3=0, -, +, +)
10:00 AM <@DSJ> d5+3
10:00 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 8 (d5+3=5)
10:01 AM <@DSJ> You simply can't avoid it as it does, wrapping cold, inhuman hands around your head and neck. They feel weightless, insubstantial. It breathes, and yep, that was the wheezing
10:05 AM <SpookyBee> Maple does the first thing that comes to mind, and… Swings the shiny silver head of her hatchet out from her side, trying to clock the assailant in the head with it!
10:06 AM <SpookyBee> MEL roll for it?
10:07 AM <@DSJ> As she does, it doesn't do anything. The thing is insubstantial, yet locked around your neck. You aren't choking, but it feels cold. Cold like a winter morning from your childhood, standing in the street
10:09 AM <SpookyBee> Maple gasps, trying to move herself and jerk the thing into a wall to shake herself free!
10:09 AM <@DSJ> STR, and then MDEF
10:09 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+4 STR !!!
10:09 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: STR !!!: 5 (4df+4=+, -, +, 0)
10:09 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+3 MDEF ???
10:09 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MDEF ???: 1 (4df+3=0, 0, -, -)
10:09 AM <SpookyBee> Focc
10:10 AM <@DSJ> d3+5
10:10 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 8 (d3+5=3)
10:10 AM <@DSJ> d10
10:10 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d10=3)
10:11 AM <@DSJ> You can't shake it, but can feel it somehow entering its cold essence into your mouth, your ears, your nose, and even your eyes.
10:11 AM <SpookyBee> Can Maple make any kind of INTIM roll to try and scare the thing off her in a last-ditch effort?
10:11 AM <@DSJ> She can try
10:12 AM tretterSleep → tretter
10:13 AM <SpookyBee> Maple shrieks in feigned anger- Really she's terrified- And she swings her ax wildly, smashing the head and blade into the walls and door!
10:13 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+5 INTIM
10:13 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: INTIM: 6 (4df+5=+, -, 0, +)
10:13 AM <@DSJ> d7+3
10:13 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 4 (d7+3=1)
10:13 AM <@DSJ> It retreats, some. It creeps out of your head, but by now you can see a handful more of these cold shadows, all around you in the dark
10:14 AM <SpookyBee> Maple turns tail, running off and trying to get back to the fire room! "Fuck off'a me!" Maple pulls her axe out now, brandishing it…
10:15 AM <@DSJ> The door back is closed, and a shade stands in the way
10:15 AM <@DSJ> AGI to try and avoid this one
10:15 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+4 Bluff "This thin's git a silver coatin'… Don't come an inch closer, or I'll take ye'r hands."
10:15 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: Bluff "This thin's git a silver coatin'… Don't come an inch closer, or I'll take ye'r hands.": 6 (4df+4=0, +, 0, +)
10:15 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+3 AGI
10:15 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: AGI: 1 (4df+3=-, -, +, -)
10:15 AM <@DSJ> d3+1
10:15 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d3+1=2)
10:16 AM <@DSJ> You fail to escape it, and they don't seem to be bothered by your boast. You get the feeling the tone of what you said earlier was what mattered
10:17 AM <@DSJ> d6
10:17 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d6=3)
10:17 AM <@DSJ> Three grab onto you with their cold, cold hands, trailing behind you as you run. MDEF for one last attempt to escape
10:17 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+3 MDEF!!!
10:17 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MDEF!!!: 4 (4df+3=0, 0, +, 0)
10:18 AM <@DSJ> d7+3
10:18 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 5 (d7+3=2)
10:18 AM <@DSJ> You don't escape. Well, your body does. You don't.
10:18 AM <SpookyBee> "…"
10:18 AM <@DSJ> You see your body fall to the floor, and jerk back up as shades fill it, leaving your soul, for lack of a better word, hanging in the air of…
10:18 AM <@DSJ> a really nice mansion
10:19 AM <SpookyBee> ~… What the hell…?~
10:20 AM <SpookyBee> Can she move around at all?
10:21 AM <@DSJ> She can, but she'll find herself unable to move objects
10:21 AM <@DSJ> She can, with some focus (a d7+3 over 5) move through walls, though
10:21 AM <SpookyBee> Maple looks down at herself- Well, down at her 'soul', feeling panicked!
10:24 AM <SpookyBee> As well, can she still see her living body?
10:24 AM <@DSJ> Your soul looks how you'd think your soul would look
10:24 AM <@DSJ> Her body went to the attic
10:25 AM <SpookyBee> She tries to follow it!
10:25 AM <@DSJ> She can, and she can see what's going on in #HI
10:25 AM <SpookyBee> Should I go to HI or just chill here? o3o
10:26 AM <@DSJ> Depends if she enters the attic or not
10:26 AM <SpookyBee> She shall!
10:30 AM <Klurg> Fiere heads to the room with maple, hopefully with Buck as well
10:30 AM <@DSJ> PERC, Fiere
10:31 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 arceus save me
10:31 AM <Glacon> Klurg: arceus save me: 4 (4df+4=-, +, +, -)
10:31 AM <@DSJ> d3+3
10:31 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 5 (d3+3=2)
10:31 AM <@DSJ> You don't notice the shadows with eyes, or the slight smirk Maple has
10:34 AM <Klurg> "I don't see anything in here" Fiere says
10:34 AM <@DSJ> As you continue into the room, you feel cold hands wrap around your arms and neck, weightless, "Are you sure?" Maple asks
10:35 AM <Klurg> Fiere decides to nope his way out as he feels those cold hands
10:36 AM <Klurg> "Yeah I'm sure" he lies as he tries to leave the room
10:36 AM <@DSJ> MDEF, first
10:36 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 ;-;
10:36 AM <Glacon> Klurg: ;-;: 3 (4df+4=+, -, -, 0)
10:36 AM <@DSJ> d8+2
10:36 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 6 (d8+2=4)
10:37 AM <@DSJ> Fiere, you see your body leave the room, leaving your soul in a perfect-looking mansion
10:37 AM <Klurg> "Oh god damn it"
10:37 AM <Klurg> Fiere follows his body
10:38 AM <Klurg> (To HI?$
10:38 AM <@DSJ> Yep
10:45 AM Lily → LilySleep
11:00 AM <Don1Charles> Charles goes to tooltime then
11:00 AM <@DSJ> Charles, Maple, you find yourself moving quickly and catching up to FakeFiere
11:00 AM <Don1Charles> he'd float through walls and such. He'd slide through a wall, then pop out at Fiere
11:01 AM <@DSJ> Roll a d7+3 for that
11:01 AM <Don1Charles> But he does not want to go in Fiere's body
11:01 AM <Don1Charles> d7+3
11:01 AM <Don1Charles> d7+3 cmon
11:01 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: cmon: 4 (d7+3=1)
11:02 AM <@DSJ> He can't get through the wall
11:03 AM <Don1Charles> Spirit-Charles bonks of the wall, scowls, and then just goes back to retry getting in his own body
11:03 AM <@DSJ> #hi, then
11:05 AM <Klurg> Swiggity Swooty Fiere's coming for his booty
11:06 AM <@DSJ> He finds his body, handcuffed to a rusty radiator in a room
11:06 AM <Klurg> "This is a problem"
11:07 AM <Klurg> Fiere's not getting in that body yet, and looks for any enemy ghosts
11:07 AM <@DSJ> PERC
11:07 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 (+3 vs, wait wrong PC)
11:07 AM <Glacon> Klurg: (+3 vs, wait wrong PC): 3 (4df+4=0, -, -, +)
11:08 AM <@DSJ> There's nothing here
11:08 AM <Klurg> Fiere goes to try and break the chains
11:08 AM <Klurg> (With power he breaks the chains
11:08 AM <@DSJ> They're real, so he can't
11:09 AM <Klurg> Fiere continues looking for something that he can use to free his body
11:10 AM <@DSJ> Fiere, you can't find anything you can pick up
11:10 AM <Klurg> Can Fiere find a body that's not his?
11:10 AM <@DSJ> There's the corpses!
11:10 AM ↔ %Soulless (halfopped) nipped out
11:10 AM <Klurg> Fiere tries to possess one so he can get his body out of those cuffs
11:11 AM <@DSJ> He can, but he can't move
11:11 AM <Klurg> He possess the buffest looking corpse
11:11 AM <Klurg> Oh
11:11 AM <@DSJ> Congrats Fiere, MDEF to try and get out of the attic corpse!
11:11 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 I don't know what I was expecting
11:11 AM <Glacon> Klurg: I don't know what I was expecting: 2 (4df+4=-, 0, 0, -)
11:11 AM <@DSJ> d6
11:11 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 2 (d6=2)
11:11 AM <@DSJ> You can't!
11:12 AM <@DSJ> You can try three more times
11:12 AM <Klurg> (What about the defender's clause?)
11:12 AM <Klurg> (Or am I the attacker?)
11:12 AM <@DSJ> (This is different, it's a DC)
11:12 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 if I'm the attacker, I must acquit
11:12 AM <Glacon> Klurg: if I'm the attacker, I must acquit: 3 (4df+4=+, -, 0, -)
11:12 AM <@DSJ> d6
11:12 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 1 (d6=1)
11:13 AM <@DSJ> You manage to avoid a 'death' of being permastuck in a corpse
11:13 AM <Klurg> How tough do the chains look?
11:13 AM <Klurg> Do they look like Fiere could break them by pulling on them?
11:14 AM <Klurg> As in Fiere's body
11:14 AM <Klurg> Not Fiere's ghost
11:14 AM <@DSJ> PERC
11:14 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 -w-
11:14 AM <Glacon> Klurg: -w-: 7 (4df+4=+, 0, +, +)
11:14 AM <@DSJ> Maybe
11:14 AM <@DSJ> He might be able to break them
11:15 AM <Klurg> Fiere gets in his body and shouts for help from the team
11:15 AM <@DSJ> MDEF, Fiere, you're in there but you don't have full control
11:15 AM <Klurg> While attempting to break the chains that bind him
11:15 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 -w-
11:15 AM <Glacon> Klurg: -w-: 3 (4df+4=-, -, 0, +)
11:16 AM <@DSJ> d6
11:16 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 2 (d6=2)
11:16 AM <@DSJ> You manage to croak some, but not very loudl
11:16 AM <@DSJ> *loudly
11:16 AM <Klurg> Can he try and break the chains?
11:16 AM <@DSJ> MDEF, and then STR
11:16 AM <Klurg> By pulling on them until they break?
11:16 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 mdef
11:16 AM <Glacon> Klurg: mdef: 4 (4df+4=0, -, 0, +)
11:16 AM <Klurg> 4df+6 swole
11:16 AM <Glacon> Klurg: swole: 6 (4df+6=-, +, +, -)
11:16 AM <@DSJ> d6 vs MDEF
11:16 AM <Glacon> DSJ: vs MDEF: 1 (d6=1)
11:17 AM <@DSJ> d5+5
11:17 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 8 (d5+5=3)
11:17 AM <@DSJ> The chains are stronger than that
11:17 AM <Klurg> Is Fiere getting more control of his body back?
11:18 AM <@DSJ> He's able to do that, but otherwise he still needs to roll MDEF before actions
11:18 AM <Klurg> He tries to yell for help again
11:18 AM <@DSJ> He can hear a voice. It weakly asks him to leave
11:18 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 mdef
11:18 AM <Glacon> Klurg: mdef: 3 (4df+4=0, -, 0, 0)
11:18 AM <@DSJ> d6
11:18 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d6=3)
11:18 AM <@DSJ> He's silent
11:19 AM <Klurg> "Why don't we talk instead?" He tries to ask the voice
11:19 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 mdef in case I need it to talk
11:19 AM <Glacon> Klurg: mdef in case I need it to talk: 6 (4df+4=-, +, +, +)
11:19 AM <Klurg> (…)
11:20 AM ↔ @DSJ (opped) nipped out
11:21 AM <Klurg> 21:19:08 <Klurg> "Why don't we talk instead?" He tries to ask the voice
11:21 AM <Klurg> 21:19:29 <Glacon> Klurg: mdef in case I need it to talk: 6 (4df+4=-, +, +, +)
11:21 AM <@DSJ> d6 vs a 6
11:21 AM <Glacon> DSJ: vs a 6: 4 (d6=4)
11:21 AM <Klurg> d6 ok
11:21 AM <Glacon> Klurg: ok: 1 (d6=1)
11:21 AM <@DSJ> He can barely speak, and he hears this in his head
11:21 AM <@DSJ> (klurg no y)
11:21 AM <@DSJ> ~Please. Leave. I need this body. I need to go home to my family. I need to see them.~
11:22 AM <Klurg> ~I need this body too. I have a family that I need to see too. They'll be worried sick and so will I~
11:23 AM <@DSJ> ~You don't. I know your memories. They think you're just away at work. My kids need a father. I can't leave them without one. Please, just go.~
11:23 AM <@DSJ> Everyone else will eventually come upon a room with a semi-conscious Fiere handcuffed to a radiator
11:24 AM <Klurg> ~yes they think I'm at work, but I still write. What will they think when I stop writing? When they don't hear from me for years~
11:24 AM <Klurg> Fiere tries to break out again
11:24 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 mdef
11:24 AM <Glacon> Klurg: mdef: 3 (4df+4=-, +, 0, -)
11:24 AM <@DSJ> d10
11:24 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 2 (d10=2)
11:24 AM <Klurg> 4df+6 swole
11:24 AM <Glacon> Klurg: swole: 7 (4df+6=-, 0, +, +)
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11:24 AM <@DSJ> d5+5
11:24 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 10 (d5+5=5)
11:24 AM <@DSJ> The chains aren't going to break, Fiere
11:25 AM <Klurg> (I can break these chains!)
11:25 AM <Klurg> (Constipated screaming)
11:25 AM <@DSJ> ~I cannot leave mine without a father, without a husband. Don't make me hurt you~
11:25 AM <Klurg> ~you hurt me and you won't have a body~
11:25 AM <@DSJ> ~Not your body. YOU~
11:25 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 he tries to call for help again from his teammates
11:25 AM <Glacon> Klurg: he tries to call for help again from his teammates: 5 (4df+4=+, 0, -, +)
11:26 AM <Klurg> "Help"
11:26 AM <@DSJ> d6
11:26 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d6=3)
11:26 AM <SpookyBee> Maple exists!
11:26 AM <@DSJ> He barely can
11:26 AM <@DSJ> MDEF again versus SOUL DAMAGE
11:26 AM <Don1Charles> They head into the room, Maple, then Charles, then Scott
11:26 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 Soul Song
11:26 AM <Glacon> Klurg: Soul Song: 3 (4df+4=0, -, +, -)
11:26 AM <@DSJ> d6+6 FATHERLY DETERMINATION
11:26 AM <Glacon> DSJ: FATHERLY DETERMINATION: 9 (d6+6=3)
11:27 AM <Klurg> (Wow ok that's fair)
11:27 AM <@DSJ> Fiere, you feel control slipping away as you take 2.5 mhealth damage
11:27 AM <Don1Charles> They were in the room! What do they see?
11:28 AM <@DSJ> An unconscious Fiere handcuffed to a radiator.
11:28 AM <Kath> "Well that's…not good."
11:29 AM <Don1Charles> "Fuck, alright, let's get him undone from there." Charles says, motioning for Maple
11:29 AM <SpookyBee> "… Lovely." Maple rushes over, pulling out her ax and trying to lodge the spike into one of the chains! STR to wrench the chain apart and free him?
11:29 AM <@DSJ> Yep
11:29 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+4 STR RAAAA
11:30 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: STR RAAAA: 7 (4df+4=0, +, +, +)
11:30 AM <Klurg> Can Fiere try to contribute his own strength?
11:30 AM <SpookyBee> Oh wow ok
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11:38 AM <@DSJ> d5+5 CHAIN STRENGHT
11:38 AM <Glacon> DSJ: CHAIN STRENGHT: 10 (d5+5=5)
11:38 AM <@DSJ> holy fuck
11:38 AM <@DSJ> these are strong
11:39 AM <Kath> Is there any way Fiere can be revived at this moment in time?
11:39 AM <Kath> (Even though he's still stuck to the radiator)
11:39 AM <Don1Charles> "Arm's easier to cut through then chain." He mutters to Scott
11:39 AM <SpookyBee> :|
11:40 AM <Kath> "I'd ask for a knife to find out," he murmurs back.
11:40 AM <Kath> He was of course joking. Maybe.
11:41 AM <Klurg> "I will bite you both if I lose my arm" Fiere tries to mumble out
11:42 AM <Don1Charles> They were saying too quietly for passed out Fiere to hear
11:42 AM <@DSJ> Fiere, you're unable to do anything
11:42 AM <@DSJ> Try rolling a d6+4
11:42 AM <Don1Charles> "Tries getting through the chain again, maybe I can try shooting through it."
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11:42 AM <Klurg> Will if repossess my teammates?
11:42 AM <SpookyBee> Maple shakes her head- "Fuck… This's strong." She sighs, pulling her ax back to strike at the radiator and shatter the bar!
11:42 AM <@DSJ> Fiere, what?
11:42 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+6 MEL vs. Radiator bar
11:42 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MEL vs. Radiator bar: 8 (4df+6=0, 0, +, +)
11:43 AM <@DSJ> d5+5
11:43 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 9 (d5+5=4)
11:43 AM <@DSJ> good lord
11:43 AM <Klurg> d6+4 I'm staying in my body (I hope)
11:43 AM <Glacon> Klurg: I'm staying in my body (I hope): 9 (d6+4=5)
11:43 AM <Klurg> I'm asking what it'll do
11:43 AM <@DSJ> d6+6
11:43 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 10 (d6+6=4)
11:43 AM <Klurg> Because I don't want a repeat of the charles Fiere incident
11:43 AM <@DSJ> You would have regained control
11:43 AM <Don1Charles> "Alright move move." he says as he takes the handgun, moving to press it against the chain and shoot through it. High-speed bullet!
11:43 AM <@DSJ> For now, you're unconscious still
11:44 AM <SpookyBee> "Fuck! What's this thin' made of, diamond?"
11:44 AM <Don1Charles> Does Charles need to roll or would a bullet work?
11:44 AM <@DSJ> He needs to roll
11:44 AM <Don1Charles> roll what?
11:44 AM <@DSJ> Ranged?
11:44 AM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 ranged TIME TO MISS
11:44 AM <Glacon> Don1Charles: ranged TIME TO MISS: 3 (4df+4=-, 0, +, -)
11:45 AM <@DSJ> d3+3
11:45 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 5 (d3+3=2)
11:45 AM <SpookyBee> "… He don't need his hand, right?"
11:45 AM <Klurg> Can Fiere re roll to try and get out?
11:45 AM <@DSJ> wait let me reroll
11:45 AM <@DSJ> d2+2
11:45 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 3 (d2+2=1)
11:45 AM <@DSJ> It doesn't break
11:45 AM <@DSJ> Good fucking lord
11:45 AM <Don1Charles> "We already said that." Charles replies to her
11:45 AM <@DSJ> Fiere can try one more time, yes
11:45 AM <Don1Charles> "Ok, bullets and axes don't work, I guess."
11:45 AM <Kath> "….this evidently isn't working."
11:45 AM <Kath> "….I could use my leg again…"
11:46 AM <Klurg> d6+4 you see why I hate RNG
11:46 AM <Glacon> Klurg: you see why I hate RNG: 8 (d6+4=4)
11:46 AM <Don1Charles> "Anyone got explosives?" He says before laughing at what Scott said
11:46 AM <@DSJ> d6+6
11:46 AM <Glacon> DSJ: 8 (d6+6=2)
11:46 AM <@DSJ> You wake up, Fiere
11:46 AM <Klurg> Fiere awakens
11:46 AM <Klurg> Did he hear anything about his arm being taken off?
11:46 AM <@DSJ> Not yet
11:47 AM <Don1Charles> "Fiere, is that really you?"
11:47 AM <SpookyBee> Maple raises a brow- "There he is! Sleepin' beauty! Well, minus the beauty."
11:47 AM <Klurg> Can he try and pull against the chains?
11:47 AM <Klurg> "Yes it's me you team splitting idiots!"
11:47 AM <Klurg> Fiere is bristling
11:47 AM <Klurg> "Sorry"
11:47 AM <Klurg> He seems to have calmed down fast
11:47 AM <Kath> "Like I said, at least the rest of us aren't in trouble." He doesn't mention being knocked out.
11:48 AM <Don1Charles> Everyone was likely shaking in their boots from that comment
11:50 AM <Klurg> "Does anyone know if there's a key around?"
11:50 AM <@DSJ> PERC for looking for that!
11:50 AM <Klurg> And can Fiere try rolling strength against the chains again? They should be weakened from all those attacks on it
11:50 AM <Kath> Scott goes and looks for a key! No arm-sawing, buddy.
11:50 AM <SpookyBee> 4df+4 PERC Key where
11:50 AM <Glacon> SpookyBee: PERC Key where: 4 (4df+4=-, +, +, -)
11:50 AM <Kath> 4df+5 gimmie key
11:50 AM <Glacon> Kath: gimmie key: 9 (4df+5=+, +, +, +)
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11:51 AM <Klurg> (Key gotten)
11:51 AM <SpookyBee> :|
11:51 AM <Don1Charles> "Don't know. Someone find key?"
11:51 AM <@DSJ> Scott, it's very obviously in Fiere's pocket
11:51 AM <Kath> Is it too soon for a 'is that a key in your pocket or are you just happy to see us' joke?
11:51 AM <Kath> "They key's in Fiere's pocket."
11:52 AM <Klurg> Fiere looks down at his pocket
11:52 AM <Don1Charles> "Fiere cmon>"
11:52 AM <Klurg> "…well"
11:52 AM <Klurg> "You try being bound to a wall and see how good you are at finding keys"
11:53 AM <Don1Charles> "Just unlock yourself, and then, I don't even know what we still have to do."
11:53 AM <Kath> Scott's cackling madly
11:53 AM <@DSJ> Fiere tragically can't reach the keys
11:54 AM <Klurg> Fiere shoots Charles a 'really' look
11:54 AM <Klurg> Then he looks at his chains that are binding his hands
11:54 AM <Klurg> And expects Charles to get the message
11:54 AM <SpookyBee> Maple shakes her head…
11:54 AM <Don1Charles> Was it in his pants pocket?
11:55 AM <Klurg> "Could you please unlock me already?"
11:55 AM <@DSJ> Pants pocket
11:55 AM <Don1Charles> Someone else could get it
11:57 AM <Don1Charles> Nvm just to speed this up Charles takes the key out of his pocket and unlocks it
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11:57 AM <@DSJ> It unlocks!
11:57 AM <Klurg> Fiere rubs his wrists "finally"
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11:58 AM <Don1Charles> "Alright, let's get it going." He says, tossing Fiere the key. "Should we keep exploring this place?" (you want us to move to HI?)
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11:58 AM <Klurg> He gets "now are we all here and unpossesed?"
11:58 AM <Klurg> Gets up*
11:58 AM <@DSJ> (we can stay in here)
11:58 AM <Kath> "Well, as long as we're not hanging around…" he looks away as he makes that remark.
11:58 AM <Klurg> "You know, we could always burn down the place, if we're going to kill rather than contain"
11:59 AM <Klurg> "I hope we can contain, but if push comes to shove…"
11:59 AM <Klurg> Fiere's tone says 'just in case' but his face says 'BURN'
11:59 AM <Don1Charles> "I don't see why we gotta do that. In the ghost world, at least, it's a pretty nice place."
11:59 AM <SpookyBee> "I'm clean."
12:00 PM <Kath> Scott hasn't seen it, so has no idea what you're talking about.
12:00 PM <Kath> "I thought conventional weaponry wasn't going to work on these things? Burning the place down would be useless, would it not?"
12:01 PM <SpookyBee> "Well, not quite. I heard ghosts can't leave their, uh… I dunno, what's the word- Area? Territory?"
12:01 PM <@DSJ> You all here a real, actual noise at the end of the hall. Doors closing. Doors getting barricaded
12:01 PM <Don1Charles> "Let's just try and exit here, shall we?" He then turns. "Motherfucker."
12:01 PM <SpookyBee> "…"
12:01 PM <Kath> "That's not good."
12:01 PM <SpookyBee> Maple blinks- "Well, it sure does suck that nobody here's got a fireman's breachin' ax, right?" She smiles a little- "Real shame, eh?"
12:02 PM <Don1Charles> "You have one, actually."
12:02 PM <SpookyBee> "… That's the joke, shithead."
12:02 PM <Kath> "I'm certain that was—yes."
12:03 PM <Don1Charles> "I know. What if you break through a wall with it? Those are designed for chopping through hard wood. This house is pretty rotten."
12:05 PM <SpookyBee> She shrugs- "Worth a try…" MEL for choppa chop choppin'?
12:05 PM <@DSJ> Well, if the hallway was empty, then yes
12:05 PM <Don1Charles> "Hell yeah. Anyone got explosives also?" Charles was gonna go through the wall! Except, now there was something in the hall
12:05 PM <Kath> "I think you should consider, then, that the structural integrity won't be good. What if there's a collapse?"
12:05 PM <Klurg> Fiere gets out of the way of the chopping axe
12:05 PM <@DSJ> but it isn't so instead you'll need to get through the animal thing from earlier. It doesn't seem to notice you, but it's very in the way
12:05 PM <Kath> "We'll all buggered then."
12:06 PM <Kath> we're*
12:06 PM <SpookyBee> As in we can all see it now?
12:06 PM <Don1Charles> Charles points to that, silently.
12:06 PM <@DSJ> You all do!
12:06 PM <Klurg> Can Fiere use his spec to find a weak spot or a support beam in the room and use it to collapse a wall or ceiling on the creature?
12:06 PM <SpookyBee> Oh boy. "…" She blinks- "… That's the thin' I was talkin' about, Charles."
12:07 PM <Don1Charles> He nods to her, remaining quiet, keeping his flashlight pointed down.
12:07 PM <@DSJ> Fiere, you'd bring the house on your gotdanm self too
12:08 PM <@DSJ> The thing remains unresponsive and in the way
12:08 PM <SpookyBee> What exactly does it look like?
12:09 PM <Don1Charles> Charles shines his flashlight at it.
12:10 PM <Klurg> Fiere backs up and lets his other teammates take the front
12:10 PM <@DSJ> It's squat, and four legged. The body is long, and it is made of some rough black material. There is no visible head or any other orifice.
12:10 PM <Klurg> "Maybe we can reason with it?"
12:10 PM <Klurg> "…ah who am I kidding"
12:10 PM <Don1Charles> So, no mouth?
12:11 PM <@DSJ> No mouth
12:11 PM <Don1Charles> Did shining the flashlight cause any reaction?
12:11 PM <@DSJ> Nope
12:11 PM <Don1Charles> "Logically, it seems it can't hear, smell, or see us. We need to make sure it does not touch us, though. That it can likely feel."
12:11 PM <Klurg> "Charles, you're the beefiest and the most diplomatic, you try talking to it"
12:12 PM <Klurg> "Or thinking to it"
12:12 PM <Kath> "Charles, a diplomat? I'd be surprised if he's ever done the reading to justify that, Fiere."
12:13 PM <SpookyBee> "What the hell is that thin'…"
12:13 PM <Don1Charles> "I'm actually going to attempt to sneak by it. It's harder in this armor." Charles flips you off as he creeps up. He did have taken items, he took the books.
12:13 PM <Klurg> "He managed to talk us out of the situation with the Illia"
12:14 PM <Klurg> "They were a race of giant bugs"
12:14 PM <@DSJ> Sneak, Charles
12:14 PM <Klurg> "Then Alice did most of the work afterwards"
12:14 PM <Klurg> "But Charles did make a good opening"
12:15 PM <Kath> "Really? My experiences have taught me he favors a blade to the belly rather than words to the ears."
12:15 PM <Kath> "Oh well."
12:15 PM <SpookyBee> "… Pretty sure this ain't no giant bug, ya weirdo."
12:15 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 sneak, using spec since he has taken items of books, -2 from armor
12:15 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: sneak, using spec since he has taken items of books, -2 from armor: 3 (4df+4=+, 0, -, -)
12:15 PM <Don1Charles> Charles tries to simply not TOUCH the thing
12:15 PM <@DSJ> d8+2
12:15 PM <Glacon> DSJ: 10 (d8+2=8)
12:16 PM <@DSJ> It lurches into him, and gently hums in suprise
12:16 PM <Don1Charles> That's fking creepy
12:16 PM <Don1Charles> He'd try and shove away from it
12:16 PM <@DSJ> STR
12:17 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 strength "Back me up!" he'd call out to his team
12:17 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: strength "Back me up!" he'd call out to his team: 3 (4df+4=0, -, 0, 0)
12:17 PM <@DSJ> d3+1
12:17 PM <Glacon> DSJ: 4 (d3+1=3)
12:17 PM <SpookyBee> Maple takes her axe to one of the doors!
12:17 PM <@DSJ> 4df+4 STR
12:17 PM <Glacon> DSJ: STR: 5 (4df+4=0, 0, +, 0)
12:17 PM <@DSJ> It doesn't budge, and is still in the way
12:18 PM <Klurg> Fiere slowly walks up, not really in a hurry to help "don't shoot at it just yet"
12:18 PM <Kath> Can this thing be shot at anyway?
12:18 PM <Klurg> "It's not attempting to harm us, just block us"
12:18 PM <SpookyBee> MEL for Door Attack?
12:18 PM <Don1Charles> "Just help me shove it out of the way, speed it up."
12:19 PM <@DSJ> Still can't get to the door, Maple. You could if Charles would get out of the way
12:20 PM <Don1Charles> Charles moves out of the way then
12:20 PM <@DSJ> The thing hums a lil more as he moves by it.
12:21 PM <@DSJ> It nuzzles him some, like a cat
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12:21 PM <Klurg> Fiere pets the creature
12:21 PM <@DSJ> It hums in response and leans into it,
12:21 PM <@DSJ> it sounds happy
12:21 PM <SpookyBee> "Charles, move ye'r fat as…" She scoots by, and raises her axe!
12:21 PM <Kath> "That's….alright then."
12:22 PM <Don1Charles> Charles scowls beneath his mask, you can see it in his eyes. "I'm not fat." He replies
12:22 PM <Klurg> ~hey can you hear me? Lets move away from the door shall we~ Fiere motions it to follow him away from the door
12:22 PM <@DSJ> It just stays in place
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12:22 PM <@DSJ> MEL versus this door
12:23 PM <SpookyBee> 4df+6 Hulk SMASH
12:23 PM <Glacon> SpookyBee: Hulk SMASH: 6 (4df+6=-, +, -, +)
12:23 PM <Kath> Can Scott do PERC to see if there's anything unusual to be noticed?
12:23 PM <Klurg> Fiere tugs its legs a little in the direction he wants it to go
12:23 PM <@DSJ> It stumbles in that direction, Fiere
12:23 PM <@DSJ> Scott can
12:23 PM <Klurg> Fiere pets it as it does so
12:23 PM <Kath> 4df+5 I spy with my little eye
12:23 PM <Glacon> Kath: I spy with my little eye: 6 (4df+5=+, -, 0, +)
12:24 PM <@DSJ> You notice the house seems a little nicer than it did previously
12:25 PM <@DSJ> And as the door breaks, you see you're in an entirely different part of the house now
12:25 PM <SpookyBee> "Fuck- There we go…!" Maple kicks in the wood scrap, stepping through- "C'mon!"
12:26 PM <Kath> Scott starts to follow, making note of the change in interior
12:26 PM <Don1Charles> Charles walks, shining his flashlight around. "This shit is weird."
12:27 PM <@DSJ> It looks like you're on a third floor, judging by the height you can see out of the windows lining the new hallway
12:27 PM <Klurg> Fiere goes in the doorway, and pets the creature one last time
12:27 PM <@DSJ> The creature hums and starts to follow you, Fiere
12:27 PM <SpookyBee> Maple looks for some way to go!
12:28 PM <Kath> "We ought to be careful. It may not be structurally sound."
12:28 PM <@DSJ> There's a few boarded up doors on the right, and a doorway ahead a handful of yards
12:28 PM <Klurg> Fiere lets it follow him "so who are you?" Fiere asks the giant table cat, hoping it could understand and respond
12:28 PM <SpookyBee> Maple heads right for that doorway- "C'mon, let's keep goin' forward!"
12:28 PM <Klurg> "What's your name"*
12:29 PM <@DSJ> It doesn't respond
12:29 PM <Don1Charles> Charles follows behind Maple
12:29 PM <@DSJ> The doorway leads to a very similar hallway
12:29 PM <@DSJ> PERC
12:30 PM <Klurg> 4df+4 does table doggo/kitter get a perception roll?
12:30 PM <Glacon> Klurg: does table doggo/kitter get a perception roll?: 5 (4df+4=0, +, -, +)
12:30 PM <@DSJ> it has no eyes my dude
12:30 PM <SpookyBee> 4df+4 PERC !
12:30 PM <Glacon> SpookyBee: PERC !: 5 (4df+4=+, -, 0, +)
12:31 PM <Don1Charles> DSJ: was this environment different enough for spec?)
12:31 PM <@DSJ> nope
12:31 PM <Kath> 4df+5 perc (sorry)
12:31 PM <Glacon> Kath: perc (sorry): 5 (4df+5=-, 0, +, 0)
12:31 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 perception
12:31 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: perception: 1 (4df+3=-, +, -, -)
12:32 PM <@DSJ> d3+3
12:32 PM <Glacon> DSJ: 6 (d3+3=3)
12:32 PM <@DSJ> Fiere, Maple, Scott, this is basically the same hallway
12:33 PM <Klurg> "We're going in a circle"
12:33 PM <SpookyBee> Maple heads to one of the blocked off doors! "Fuck it…"
12:34 PM <Don1Charles> "Chop it down, maybe?"
12:34 PM <SpookyBee> 4df+6 MEL vs. Boarded Up Door!
12:34 PM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MEL vs. Boarded Up Door!: 7 (4df+6=0, 0, +, 0)
12:34 PM <@DSJ> It breaks open to a hallway.
12:34 PM <@DSJ> It's the same hallway
12:35 PM <Klurg> "…oh dear lord"
12:35 PM <Kath> Can roll PERC to figure out what the hell's going on?
12:35 PM <SpookyBee> "…" She shakes her head, then turns to the window. "… Looks like we got one way out."
12:35 PM <Don1Charles> "So. We are stuck here now. We should break those windows we saw back there and try and get out."
12:35 PM <Klurg> "Neorax, can you help us find our way?" Fiere says to table cat
12:35 PM <Klurg> He's named it, oh lord
12:35 PM <@DSJ> It's a dumb animal Fiere
12:35 PM <@DSJ> that literally cannot see or hear
12:35 PM <Don1Charles> "You named that thing Neorax?"
12:36 PM <Klurg> Fiere shrugs
12:36 PM <@DSJ> Scott, try rolling PERC again
12:36 PM <Kath> 4df+5 owo
12:36 PM <Glacon> Kath: owo: 6 (4df+5=0, 0, +, 0)
12:36 PM <@DSJ> d7
12:36 PM <Glacon> DSJ: 5 (d7=5)
12:36 PM <Don1Charles> "It's name is Tay. Short for table."
12:36 PM <Klurg> "That's actually not bad"
12:36 PM <@DSJ> You notice something. The end of the newly revealed hallway looks different, very slightly
12:36 PM <Klurg> .ch T, N
12:36 PM <Glacon> Klurg: T
12:37 PM <Klurg> "Alright, Tay it is"
12:37 PM <Don1Charles> "Scott, you see anything?" He comments
12:38 PM <Kath> Scott's quiet for a minute. Then, he has an expression of clarity.
12:38 PM <Kath> "That hallway. It's…different. Barely, but…"
12:38 PM <SpookyBee> "Different? Then lets take it!"
12:38 PM <Kath> "Do be careful."
12:38 PM <Don1Charles> "Better then falling for three stories." he comments. "good eye, Scott." He begins to walk
12:39 PM <SpookyBee> "Anythin's better than this madhouse…" She heads to the hall!
12:39 PM <Kath> "Someone was bound to notice something." He shrugs, starting to follow
12:39 PM <Klurg> Fiere follows
12:40 PM <@DSJ> The hall, as you enter it, noticeably has a section of discolored wall
12:40 PM <SpookyBee> "… Maybe this's the right way."
12:40 PM <Don1Charles> Charles nudges the wall
12:41 PM <@DSJ> It doesn't give, because you just nudged it
12:41 PM <Don1Charles> He slams his boot into the wall.
12:42 PM <@DSJ> It doesn't give, because it's still a wood wall
12:42 PM <@DSJ> Maybe if someone had an axe
12:42 PM <Don1Charles> "Fuck it." He says as he backs up.
12:44 PM <SpookyBee> "Allow me…"
12:44 PM <SpookyBee> 4df+6 Maple winds up, swinging her ax hard!
12:44 PM <Glacon> SpookyBee: Maple winds up, swinging her ax hard!: 7 (4df+6=+, -, +, 0)
12:44 PM <Klurg> Fiere has been giving Tay occasional pets as he walks
12:44 PM <@DSJ> The wall gives way to an elevator shaft
12:45 PM <Don1Charles> "God damn, fuck this place." Charles says with a huff. He moves over, striking a match from his shirt-pocket and throwing it down the shaft to see how far it goes.
12:46 PM <Klurg> How does the elevator shaft look like?
12:46 PM <SpookyBee> "… How the fuck?"
12:47 PM <@DSJ> Stone-y, and empty. It goes down for a very long way
12:47 PM <@DSJ> Do any of you have rope?
12:47 PM <Kath> "…curiouser and curiouser. Never thought a place like this would have, well, that."
12:48 PM <SpookyBee> Can Maple use her ax and hatchet to try and scale the shaft?
12:48 PM <Klurg> Too bad Fiere isn't Janelle
12:48 PM <Don1Charles> "That's far down. That would mean this house goes down into the ground, since we are only three stories up." he comments.
12:48 PM <@DSJ> The wall looks too tough for that, but she can try
12:48 PM <SpookyBee> Actually, is there a cord for an elevator leading down?
12:48 PM <Klurg> Fiere tries to broadcast to Tay his intent of going down the elevator shaft, and that he wants him to carry the team down
12:48 PM <Klurg> He does it in general easy to understand emotions
12:48 PM <Don1Charles> But the thing can't see him?
12:49 PM <@DSJ> Dude, it's a dumb table thing
12:49 PM <Klurg> (I can try at least)
12:49 PM <@DSJ> There's a place a cord would hook into
12:50 PM <SpookyBee> "Shite…"
12:50 PM <Don1Charles> "I don't know how we are going to get down this shaft. Rope, anyone?"
12:50 PM <Kath> "Are you even sure that going down there is a good idea?"
12:51 PM <Don1Charles> "We can push the black thing down it, see what happens."
12:51 PM <SpookyBee> "… Well, Scott, we either die up 'ere or we die down there."
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12:52 PM <Don1Charles> Charles motions Fiere to push Tay down the shaft
12:52 PM <Kath> "Well, I don't think I want to go splat at the bottom of an elevator shaft."
12:52 PM <Klurg> (How big is Tay?)
12:53 PM <@DSJ> It's four feet by fourish feet
12:53 PM <Klurg> "There should be rope around this house"
12:55 PM <SpookyBee> 4df+4 PERC Anything of use?
12:55 PM <Glacon> SpookyBee: PERC Anything of use?: 7 (4df+4=+, +, +, 0)
12:55 PM <Don1Charles> "Eh, alright. Don't know where it'd be."
12:56 PM <@DSJ> Clothes could definitely be used, or wallpaper.
12:56 PM <SpookyBee> "… I don't trust paper. Okay, everyone. Shirts off."
12:57 PM <Klurg> "I wanted to avoid this…"
12:57 PM <SpookyBee> "Sucks fe'r you, I been lookin' forward to it." Maple retorts with sarcasm.
12:57 PM <Klurg> "But if we had to" Fiere takes off his shirt for a rope ladder (this legitimately was my idea)
12:58 PM <Klurg> (I meant I had it before, but I thought it would be too unrealistic)
12:59 PM <Klurg> Fiere rolls his eyes at Maple's comment
12:59 PM <Don1Charles> "Uh. Are we wearing enough shirts to get down? That thing is a long ways."
12:59 PM <SpookyBee> "… I am." Maple chuckles- It should be noted that she's both got a jacket, a flannel sweater, AND a tank top on.
12:59 PM <Don1Charles> He would motion they be passed to him to tie, with SURV
12:59 PM <Kath> "I have a jacket and that is all you are getting." He's shrugging off the article of clothing.
12:59 PM <@DSJ> d20+5
1:00 PM <Glacon> DSJ: 22 (d20+5=17)
1:00 PM <@DSJ> hm
1:00 PM <@DSJ> no that's too many clothes
1:00 PM <@DSJ> we'll just go with 17 articles being needed
1:00 PM <Don1Charles> Charles would take off his jacket, not passing that over, and unclipping his armor. He unbuttons his shirt all the way and slides it off. How hot
1:00 PM <Don1Charles> He clips his armor back against his bare chest and throws his jacket over that.
1:01 PM <Don1Charles> "Here's my shirt."
1:01 PM <SpookyBee> Maple hands over her tops, leaving her with her sad excuse for a bra- It's more like ANOTHER tank-top that's been torn just over her ribs more or less to protect her modesty.
1:01 PM Soulless → %Soulless|Dreamin
1:01 PM <Klurg> All Fiere has is his shirt and jacket, which he gives, grumbling
1:01 PM <SpookyBee> "… That's as far as I'm goin'."
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1:01 PM <Don1Charles> Charles begins tying them together.
1:02 PM <Don1Charles> "That's seven items of clothing." he comments
1:02 PM <Kath> "…I'm going to have to give my shirt, aren't I?"
1:02 PM <Klurg> "I'm not giving my pants"
1:02 PM <Don1Charles> Fiere's jacket, Scott's jacket, his shirt, fiere's shirt, maple's 3 things
1:02 PM <Klurg> (Charles' stuff?)
1:03 PM <@DSJ> we'll go with that being enough to reach the next floor.
1:03 PM <SpookyBee> "… Fuckin' hell." She sighs.
1:04 PM <Don1Charles> He'd tie them to the top of the elevator shaft. "Ok, I guess that can get us down."
1:04 PM <SpookyBee> "Want me ta test it out? I'm prob'ly the lightest."
1:05 PM <Don1Charles> "How much are you?"
1:05 PM <Don1Charles> "You know, I believe you." (forgot maple was short)
1:05 PM <Kath> Scott's just glad to be keeping his shirt for now.
1:06 PM <Don1Charles> Damn, no shirtless Scott
1:06 PM <Klurg> ~I wonder if the wallpaper would make good clothing~
1:06 PM <SpookyBee> ".." She shakes her head, and tests the rope, going down first!
1:07 PM <@DSJ> It holds, and gets you to the next floor
1:07 PM <SpookyBee> "… Seems all safe! Let's go, boys!"
1:07 PM <Don1Charles> Charles waits for her to go down, before following
1:08 PM <Klurg> Fiere climbs down last
1:08 PM <@DSJ> The next floor is dark, and only has one door at the end of its hallway
1:08 PM <Don1Charles> Charles turns on his flashlight, shining it around.
1:09 PM <@DSJ> You feel a thrumming of energy of some sort, a dark hum very unlike what the thing earlier gave off
1:09 PM <@DSJ> A hungry sound.
1:09 PM <Don1Charles> "I don't like this. Let's go, quickly now." he says as he moves, briskly
1:09 PM <SpookyBee> "… Simple 'nuff…"
1:09 PM <Kath> "Carefully, Charles…"
1:09 PM <SpookyBee> "Le's get out'a here. I don't like the idea of bein' a shishkabob." Maple heads to the door, hefting her ax!
1:10 PM <SpookyBee> 4df+6 MEL The naked barbaberian takes her rage out on the door!
1:10 PM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MEL The naked barbaberian takes her rage out on the door!: 8 (4df+6=0, +, +, 0)
1:10 PM <Don1Charles> Charles was just gonna open it but lets her hack away
1:10 PM <@DSJ> ..it swings open as you hit it
1:10 PM <@DSJ> This poor, innocent door
1:10 PM <SpookyBee> "…"
1:10 PM <SpookyBee> "… I knew it was unlocked."
1:10 PM <Kath> "Overenthusiastic, much?"
1:10 PM <SpookyBee> "Shush, I was used ta locked doors…"
1:10 PM <Don1Charles> "Yeah, ok, head in lumberjack."
1:11 PM <SpookyBee> Maple heads on in- "Lumber/jane/."
1:11 PM <Kath> "I don't think the door cares what you are."
1:12 PM <Kath> "Or the ghosts."
1:12 PM <Klurg> Fiere is trying not to look at the shirtless people
1:12 PM <Don1Charles> Charles follows behind Maple.
1:12 PM <@DSJ> The door leads to stairs, cold and stone. The walls dance with visible shades, squirming over them like insects, ignorant of you
1:13 PM <SpookyBee> Maple shivers a little, the hair on the back of her neck standing. "… This's fucked."
1:13 PM <Don1Charles> Stairs going down or up?
1:13 PM <SpookyBee> She starts stepping down the stairs, however.
1:14 PM <@DSJ> Down
1:14 PM <Kath> "…walls are certainly odd, aye…?"
1:15 PM <Klurg> "…we are getting our clothes back yes?"
1:15 PM <Don1Charles> "Just don't touch them. i dunno, I tied them up there pretty well. Sorry if you're cold, Fiere."
1:16 PM <Klurg> "It's a horrible combination of hot and cold"
1:17 PM <SpookyBee> "I can leave if it's too hot." Maple chuckles, continuing down.
1:17 PM <Don1Charles> "It's only hot cause I'm sh- ah fuck Maple took my joke." He says with a groan
1:18 PM <Kath> "That's what happens when you put your brawn before your brains."
1:18 PM <Klurg> Fiere heads to point, as to avoid seeing all the shirtless people
1:19 PM <Don1Charles> Charles follows, in front of Scott.
1:20 PM <@DSJ> The stairway leads to a cavern
1:20 PM <SpookyBee> "This is certainly invitin'…"
1:20 PM <Kath> "Shine the torch."
1:20 PM <@DSJ> MDEF, all of ya
1:21 PM <Don1Charles> "The what?" Charles didn't adhere to BRITISH TERMINOLOGY
1:21 PM <Klurg> ~my self imposed chastisity is
1:21 PM <SpookyBee> 4df+3 MDEF
1:21 PM <Glacon> SpookyBee: MDEF: 4 (4df+3=0, +, +, -)
1:21 PM <Klurg> (Woods)
1:21 PM <Klurg> (Autocorrect please stop)
1:21 PM <Kath> 4df+5 I shall resist!
1:21 PM <Glacon> Kath: I shall resist!: 8 (4df+5=+, 0, +, +)
1:21 PM <Klurg> 4df+4 autocorrect attack then
1:21 PM <Glacon> Klurg: autocorrect attack then: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, 0, 0)
1:21 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef
1:21 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef: 3 (4df+3=0, +, 0, -)
1:21 PM <@DSJ> d15
1:21 PM <Glacon> DSJ: 4 (d15=4)
1:21 PM <Kath> "The..flashlight?"
1:21 PM <@DSJ> wait no
1:21 PM <@DSJ> d5+7
1:21 PM <Glacon> DSJ: 11 (d5+7=4)
1:22 PM <@DSJ> Better
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1:22 PM <Don1Charles> Charles shines his flashlight. "Oh."
1:22 PM <@DSJ> Maple, Fiere, you take 3.5 mental damage, Charles takes 4, and Scott takes 1.5. You all remain conscious, though
1:23 PM <Klurg> (And I'm at 1, yay)
1:24 PM <Kath> (first bit of mdamage ive taken tonight lol)
1:24 PM <Don1Charles> What in the fuck
1:27 PM <@DSJ> A roar fills your heads, eating away at your very being, your very concept of yourself. Memories, ideas, convictions, all being torn and copied, inscribed, devoured, by something. The essence that makes you yourself
1:29 PM <Don1Charles> Charles cups his hands to his head, flipping out his handgun, firing into the dark. He can barely hear the gunshots through the roar, stumbling to the side
1:30 PM <@DSJ> You see before you, in the bottom of this cave, a thing that should be long dead in a suit. A nearly skeletal face looks up at you, as it creakily stands up, staggering towards you. It tries to throw a punch, and falls over, weak tendons snapping. But it has life in it, just not a good body.
1:30 PM <Kath> (Oh look, scott's brother.)
1:30 PM <Don1Charles> How far is it from us?
1:31 PM <@DSJ> About 5 yards
1:31 PM <Klurg> (I think bee's temporarily out)
1:31 PM <Klurg> (She typed in OOC that she'll be back)
1:31 PM <Don1Charles> Charles shoves away his handgun, stumbling forward, and throwing a punch into it's skeletal face
1:31 PM <Don1Charles> Wasn't letting the bitch get anymore lifeforce!
1:32 PM <@DSJ> You find yourself unable to hurt it. To hit it. Your hand nears its face time and time again, but it won't connect
1:32 PM <Kath> Scott definitely doesn't feel right. It's not a feeling he's used to, either. It unsettles him.
1:32 PM <Kath> Deeply.
1:32 PM <Don1Charles> He would keep trying, before stopping. He slips out his handgun again, and fires into it's face
1:33 PM <@DSJ> He can't pull the trigger
1:33 PM <@DSJ> His finger strains, but he simply can't harm it
1:33 PM <Don1Charles> "MotherFUCKER." He shoves away the gun, clicks out his switchblade, and throws it
1:33 PM <Klurg> "Stop"
1:33 PM <Klurg> "We're supposed to contain it"
1:33 PM <@DSJ> His arm corrects at the last moment, the knife sailing away
1:34 PM <Klurg> Fiere picks it up to bring back to base
1:34 PM <Don1Charles> (wait what?)
1:34 PM <Klurg> "There there, calm down"
1:34 PM <@DSJ> It's unbelievably light.
1:35 PM <Klurg> "Can you respond?" Fiere asks
1:35 PM <Don1Charles> He groans, and stumbles past Fiere, going to get his knife, surprised he didn't seem to be affected by the mind thing atall
1:35 PM <Klurg> Fiere's tired looking
1:35 PM <Kath> Anything Scott can potentially do? He seems to be the most mentally intact.
1:35 PM <@DSJ> It doesn't respond. This thing, the lich, might not be able to think anymore. Brain death isn't pretty, and a lich by nature is brain dead.
1:35 PM <@DSJ> He can help carry it
1:36 PM <Don1Charles> Was there anything else in the room?
1:36 PM <@DSJ> A few books, corpses, a circle of long-extinguished candles
1:36 PM <Klurg> Fiere radios in to the foundation «we have the culprit here, it's extremely frail physically, but mentally it's powerful»
1:37 PM <Don1Charles> Charles would go get the books then
1:37 PM <SpookyBee> Maple is still here
1:37 PM <Klurg> «we suggest bringing in something to neutralize psychic or magic phenomena>€
1:37 PM <@DSJ> They respond, and you find safe passage out of the house, as it seems to rearrange and give you a quick route out.
1:38 PM <Klurg> <also there's another anomaly here, some kind of cat table hybrid>
1:38 PM <@DSJ> As you leave, and drive away, the house collapses, and the lich seems ever so slightly more living, free from a drain of its power. But for now it does nothing
1:38 PM <Klurg> <be gentle with it, it's harmless>
1:38 PM <@DSJ> The table is naught to be found
1:38 PM <@DSJ> ~Fin!
1:38 PM <Don1Charles> Wait what?)
1:39 PM <@DSJ> (? I just said you get out of the house and leave, and the house falls apart as you do)
1:39 PM <@DSJ> (It's almost 12 am I don't want to drag things out
1:39 PM <Klurg> (And we still took that insane amount of mdamage right?$
1:40 PM <Klurg> (Want to know so I can know how long to stay in medical)
1:40 PM <Don1Charles> (But like what was the end of the mystery?)
1:40 PM <@DSJ> (Yep. Because the lich fed on you for that)
1:40 PM <@DSJ> (The mystery was pretty obvious, the guy turned himself into a lich and things got out of hand)
1:40 PM <Kath> (idc i had fun honestly)