12:13 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony walks into the room, stretching his arms.
12:13 PM <Klurg> Fiere gets his fine ass in tooltime
12:14 PM <Kath> As does Scott.
12:14 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham heads to tooltime
12:16 PM <AidenEldritch> When y'all head to the Arena's control room, a very messy-looking engineer type is working the controls. She's got some grease-spattered overalls on and a thick braid of brown hair that goes to about mid-height – she seems pretty busy tinkering away at the controls to say much to any of you.
12:17 PM <AidenEldritch> Those observant may notice she fiddles with her arm, picks at it a little bit, then /rips/ it open to take out a screwdriver she's somehow hidden underneath the skin – which she then uses to tighten something nearby one of the control panels. She's whistling a faint country tune which is probably familiar to Scott and any other Irish people in the room.
12:17 PM <Klurg> "You're running the simulation again ma'am?" Fiere asks, remembering her from last time
12:18 PM <AidenEldritch> "Aye." She gives a respectful nod. "Alyssa McNamara at your service once more."
12:19 PM <AidenEldritch> "Who're the newbies?"
12:19 PM <ArseneLupin> "I'm Graham." He smiles when he hears the tune
12:20 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony raises his hand. "Newbie, at your service."
12:20 PM <Kath> "Scott. Disclaimer: not from Scotland."
12:20 PM <AidenEldritch> She snorts at that.
12:21 PM <AidenEldritch> "You'll be wishin' you were, though. You'd have the home ground advantage on our simulation that way."
12:23 PM <AidenEldritch> Flipping an ominous-looking red switch on the control panel, she gestures to the portal. "Anythin' else you'd like to talk about before I throw you lot in there headlong, or you not want me to spoil the surprise?"
12:23 PM <Kath> "I am sure we can adapt plenty well to it, can we not?"
12:23 PM <Kath> (flip)
12:24 PM <Klurg> "Nah, lets get on with it and be surprised"
12:24 PM <ArseneLupin> "That would ruin the fun."
12:24 PM <AidenEldritch> She shrugs. "Have at thee, then."
12:24 PM <taylor_itkin> "Surprise is my middle name."
12:25 PM <taylor_itkin> "Actually, it's Douglas, but whatever."
12:26 PM <Kath> "What, like the tree?"
12:26 PM <AidenEldritch> PERC, Graham.
12:26 PM <taylor_itkin> "…sure."
12:26 PM <AidenEldritch> ("no, fir")
12:27 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+4 Perv
12:27 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Perv: 4 (4df+4=+, 0, -, 0)
12:27 PM <AidenEldritch> (>PERV)
12:27 PM <AidenEldritch> (mfw)
12:27 PM <ArseneLupin> Perc*
12:27 PM <AidenEldritch> You get a solid view of Scott's as- no, jk.
12:28 PM <AidenEldritch> You see Alyssa subtly tweak a couple dials on the control panel - as she notices you looking, she puts a finger to her lips and gives a thumbs-up.
12:28 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham smiles and mines zipping his lips closed
12:28 PM <ArseneLupin> *mimes
12:29 PM <AidenEldritch> She nods back and coughs to get the rest of your attentions. "You mind, uh…"
12:29 PM <AidenEldritch> "Any time now."
12:30 PM <Klurg> Fiere gets in the portal
12:30 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham steps in
12:30 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony steps into the portal.
12:31 PM <Kath> Scott's shuffling into the portal
12:31 PM <AidenEldritch> Right then! Pause for description, please.
12:32 PM ⇐ DrSavage quit (moc.duolccri.llewkcorb.8E3558A4-CRInys|23598diu#moc.duolccri.llewkcorb.8E3558A4-CRInys|23598diu) Quit: Connection closed for inactivity
12:33 PM <AidenEldritch> The first thing you all notice is the /stench/ of this place: it smells toxic from the floor to the poisoned, dark-green sky, and the sound of clanking, whirring machinery in the background only further cements the impression that you are all in an industrial hellscape. You seem to be on the roof of a factory of some sort: a smokestack behind you spews forth thick, black smog into the air, and in the grimy skylight you're all
12:33 PM <AidenEldritch> standing beside you can just faintly see the sights of sick, bloated industry at its worst – faint figures slaving away at factory floors, trundling conveyor belts…
12:34 PM <AidenEldritch> Ahead of you there's a bridge to another factory consisting of a mess of slick-looking, slime-coated copper pipes rusted and worn to shit. On that bridge… a woman in a gasmask.
12:34 PM <AidenEldritch> Even through the mask you swear you can see her eyes widen in surprise as she raises her weapon and fires at you, Tony.
12:35 PM <AidenEldritch> Unpause, and roll me AGI while I afk to get lunch
12:35 PM <taylor_itkin> 4df+4 came here to have a good time and feeling kind of attacked
12:35 PM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: came here to have a good time and feeling kind of attacked: 3 (4df+4=0, -, +, -)
12:35 PM <taylor_itkin> fuck my LIFE
12:39 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+3 [RNG] for being caught by surprise!
12:39 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [RNG] for being caught by surprise!: 2 (4df+3=+, -, -, 0)
12:39 PM <AidenEldritch> The bullet goes wide and she BOOKS it across the pipes like a gazelle who's been jumpscared.
12:39 PM <AidenEldritch> All of you are now free to move.
12:39 PM <taylor_itkin> ih my god yay
12:40 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham shoots the woman with his stun rifle
12:40 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+4 RNG
12:40 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: RNG: 6 (4df+4=+, +, 0, 0)
12:40 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+6 [AGI] as she skitters across the pipes
12:40 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony draws his rifle and aims at the woman who shot at him, firing a round. Is she at least 50 meters away?
12:40 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [AGI] as she skitters across the pipes: 2 (4df+6=-, -, -, -)
12:41 PM <taylor_itkin> (is she 50 m away at least?)
12:41 PM <AidenEldritch> Wait up. The shot Graham fires doesn't hit her.
12:41 PM <AidenEldritch> It causes her to drop from the pipes like a lead brick.
12:41 PM <taylor_itkin> Oh.
12:41 PM <AidenEldritch> She slips, goes flying, and-
12:41 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony stands back up before firing as he sees this then.
12:41 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+6 [AGI] to catch the pipes
12:41 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [AGI] to catch the pipes: 4 (4df+6=-, -, 0, 0)
12:42 PM <AidenEldritch> She just manages to hang on! PC turn again.
12:42 PM <Klurg> Fiere chases after her, his player wishing he got a sprint rather than run away spec
12:42 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony takes aim again and fires at her hands to make her fall!
12:42 PM <taylor_itkin> Is she 50 m away?~!
12:43 PM <AidenEldritch> A little further, so your spec applies.
12:43 PM <taylor_itkin> YAY
12:43 PM <ArseneLupin> Does Graham have another action or is he spent for the turn?
12:43 PM <AidenEldritch> Graham's spent his turn, but Scott and Fiere are free to move.
12:43 PM <taylor_itkin> 4df+8 RNG
12:43 PM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: RNG: 9 (4df+8=0, +, +, -)
12:43 PM <taylor_itkin> (she dead bois)
12:43 PM <Klurg> Fiere is chasing after her
12:43 PM <Kath> Not being anywhere near agile enough for combat, and not adequately armed, Scott instead tries to learn more about the surroundings.
12:43 PM <Kath> 4df+5 perc
12:43 PM <Glacon> Kath: perc: 8 (4df+5=+, +, +, 0)
12:44 PM <Klurg> Can Fiere try to grab her and hold her in place?
12:44 PM <AidenEldritch> You won't need to chase much longer. She drops as requested, her fingers streaming with blood and there's a soft THUMP as she hits the pavement below.
12:44 PM <AidenEldritch> 1d3 Fall damage
12:44 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: Fall damage: 2 (1d3=2)
12:44 PM <taylor_itkin> (was that because of me :O)
12:45 PM <AidenEldritch> She takes two points of Phys. Damage and starts staggering away on the street level. You can either try to go after her by dropping from the pipes or see if you can pick her off amid the fog and smog of ground level.
12:45 PM <taylor_itkin> (can tony fire again?)
12:45 PM <ArseneLupin> Is there any way down other than the pipes?
12:45 PM <AidenEldritch> Alternately, you could follow the advice of Scott. Who sees a ladder going from the roof to the street..
12:46 PM <taylor_itkin> Can tony fire again…?
12:46 PM <AidenEldritch> Tony can't, no.
12:46 PM <Klurg> Fiere climbs down to chase after her
12:46 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham chases after her down the ladder
12:46 PM <Klurg> Wait what's faster, the ladder or pipes?
12:46 PM <Kath> Scott's waiting to let everyone else get down the ladder, as he's too slow
12:46 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, which one's gonna make you break your legs from the ten-meter drop?
12:47 PM <Klurg> Fiere takes the ladder and continues the chase
12:47 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony runs towards the ladder with the others. "Someone get her from range, slow her down," he calls.
12:47 PM <AidenEldritch> Scott, there's a couple of loose bricks on the roof you could lob down at her if you're so inclined.
12:48 PM <Kath> (Roll for ranged?)
12:48 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, Tony, Graham, at street-level the pollution is even worse, and you can't see for shit (-1 PERC, -2 RNG) amidst the pea-soup fog. Some lights shine through, but the only real cue you've got as to where she is is the thudding of her boots against the brick road.
12:49 PM <AidenEldritch> Scott, go ahead if you think you can spot her with a -1 RNG (due to your better viewpoint).
12:49 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony pulls out his flashlight and turns it on.
12:49 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham clicks his flashlight on.
12:49 PM <Kath> 4df+2 rng (factoring -1)
12:49 PM <Glacon> Kath: rng (factoring -1): 3 (4df+2=-, +, +, 0)
12:50 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+5 [AGI] with a -1 penalty because OH GOD MY FINGERS AAAAA
12:50 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [AGI] with a -1 penalty because OH GOD MY FINGERS AAAAA: 6 (4df+5=0, -, +, +)
12:50 PM <Klurg> Fiere continues running after her
12:50 PM <Klurg> Is he within grabbing range?
12:50 PM <AidenEldritch> You miss her, Scott.
12:50 PM <AidenEldritch> There's still a loud THUD as someone hits the ground.
12:50 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony sprints alongside Fiere. "I'll cover you if you get ahead," he says.
12:51 PM <AidenEldritch> Then, all of you hear: "OI! WHO THE FUCK'S THROWING BRICKS AT THE POLICE?!"
12:51 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony stops dead in his tracks.
12:51 PM <Kath> "Oh dear."
12:51 PM <taylor_itkin> And draws one of his Berettas. "Fuck," he mutters.
12:51 PM <ArseneLupin> Can Graham try to hide in the fog?
12:51 PM <Kath> Scott decides to stay up on the roof.
12:52 PM <Kath> He moves back…slowly.
12:52 PM <AidenEldritch> Tony, because you took the time to stop, you notice a man in what looks like a Victorian policeman's uniform, with a massive headlight on his head and a gasmask (presumably to breathe in the toxic fog.)
12:52 PM <AidenEldritch> Graham, roll me a SNK.
12:52 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 SNK
12:52 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: SNK: 2 (4df+5=-, -, 0, -)
12:52 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony puts his Beretta back, and draws his Bowie knife, hiding it behind his back.
12:53 PM <AidenEldritch> However, Tony, thanks to Graham's convenient distraction, he's facing away from you.
12:53 PM <AidenEldritch> He seems like a newbie: his voice quavers as he shouts, "SHOW YOURSELF!"
12:53 PM <AidenEldritch> Free stealth attack on him if you'd so wish.
12:53 PM <taylor_itkin> Can Tony sneak attack him?
12:53 PM <taylor_itkin> YES
12:54 PM <taylor_itkin> 4df+8 sneak attack with the Bowie!
12:54 PM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: sneak attack with the Bowie!: 7 (4df+8=0, -, -, +)
12:54 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+3 [PDEF] I'm just a poor boy
12:54 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [PDEF] I'm just a poor boy: 0 (4df+3=-, -, -, 0)
12:54 PM <Klurg> Fiere is ignoring the cop and nyooms after the woman
12:54 PM <AidenEldritch> He's out.
12:54 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, PERC.
12:54 PM <AidenEldritch> With the -1 as per above.
12:54 PM <Klurg> 4df+3 -w-
12:54 PM <Glacon> Klurg: -w-: 5 (4df+3=+, +, 0, 0)
12:55 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony wipes the blood off of his knife, and takes the gasmask off of the man and puts it on.
12:55 PM <AidenEldritch> Good enough. You notice her, running through a patch of toxic-looking… pink?!? fog coming from a leaking pipe on one of the nearby buildings.
12:56 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham checks the body of the cop for a radio
12:56 PM <Kath> Scott decides there's no use on hiding on the roof, and eventually slides down the ladder.
12:56 PM <Klurg> Fiere stops at the pink fog, tries to smell it a little bit, just a tiny sniff
12:57 PM <AidenEldritch> Graham, there's a heavy backpack on his side with a couple sci-fi-ass looking antennas coming from it, as well as a microphone splayed out across his now-dead body.
12:57 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony pats the cop down, looking for weapons.
12:57 PM <AidenEldritch> You figure this is probably what his ~steampunk~ radio is.
12:57 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham listens in to the radio if he can figure it out
12:57 PM <AidenEldritch> As Graham loots this poor man's corpse, he dislodges a rifle slung around his shoulders. It's big and unwieldy but it looks like it could fire a slug as thick as your arm, Tony.
12:58 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, PDEF.
12:58 PM <Klurg> 4df+5 such
12:58 PM <Glacon> Klurg: such: 5 (4df+5=-, +, +, -)
12:58 PM <AidenEldritch> You feel nauseous and a little dizzy, but it fades after a little bit.
12:59 PM <taylor_itkin> "Fuck, that thing is…big." Turns to Graham. "You done? We should move the body."
12:59 PM <AidenEldritch> Graham, the headphones aren't bundled with the radio.
12:59 PM <AidenEldritch> The gasmask is still making noise, though!
1:00 PM <taylor_itkin> (tony took the gasmask)
1:00 PM <ArseneLupin> "Yeah lets move him. Check if your gasmask is picking up the radio."
1:00 PM <Klurg> So can Fiere go into the fog without getting woozy?
1:00 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony checks the gasmask.
1:00 PM <Kath> "I reckon I could maybe use that rifle, if you let me. T'is definitely a bit clunky, though."
1:01 PM <AidenEldritch> Tony, you hear the kid's compatriots coming in: "Percival, are you alright? Nasty vagrant took out Albert with a brick, still looking for the trenchcoated harlot…"
1:01 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, try it if you'd like.
1:01 PM <taylor_itkin> "Uh, yeah, they're asking questions…do I answer them?"
1:01 PM ↔ Aphex_ nipped out
1:02 PM <ArseneLupin> "Hell no. The less information they have the better. Don't touch that mic." He points to the microphone on the body.
1:02 PM <Kath> "That doesn't sound advisable."
1:02 PM <taylor_itkin> "Better yet, why don't we just break the mic?"
1:03 PM <ArseneLupin> "Might cause static. They'll think somethings up."
1:03 PM <AidenEldritch> "Percival?" The man on the other end is becoming increasingly frantic. "Come in, please…"
1:03 PM <taylor_itkin> "Fuck, we need to do something…"
1:03 PM <AidenEldritch> "Head Office'll have your bloody head if you think this is some kind of a funny joke, you prig…"
1:03 PM <Klurg> Fiere returns to the group and notices the corpse "did you guys seriously have to kill him?" He says, not loud enough for the mic to hear but for the team to
1:03 PM <Kath> "Just smash it! We're buggered either way!"
1:04 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony stomps on the mic.
1:04 PM <AidenEldritch> STR.
1:04 PM ↔ Aphex_ nipped out
1:04 PM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 STR
1:04 PM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: STR: 4 (4df+5=-, +, -, 0)
1:04 PM <AidenEldritch> It explodes in a shower of sparks and machinery with a satisfying KSHTTGHTHTHTTHHTHTHTHG.
1:05 PM <AidenEldritch> With the gasmask on, you can hear worried shouting and cursing as his fellow patrolmen realise he's been murked.
1:05 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham picks up the body and tries to find a hiding place for it. "Don't look at me. I've been shooting to stun."
1:05 PM <AidenEldritch> There's a nice open sewer you could dump him into.
1:05 PM <taylor_itkin> "I wasn't," Tony says. "It's a simulation. Might as well fire whatever's closest."
1:05 PM <AidenEldritch> The… current seems pretty strong.
1:06 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham does so after murmuring a prayer
1:06 PM <AidenEldritch> You shove the poor fucker into the sewer!
1:06 PM <AidenEldritch> He floats.
1:06 PM <AidenEldritch> They all float down here, Graham.
1:07 PM <Klurg> "How are we going to get to the lady now? I don't think the pink gas is safe to breathe"
1:07 PM <Kath> "Yes, it looks rather…toxic, doesn't it?"
1:07 PM <ArseneLupin> "Well he has a gasmask. Maybe we could pass it around." He motions to Tony
1:07 PM <AidenEldritch> There's a loud sound of scuffling and cursing coming from the direction of the billowing wisps of fog.
1:08 PM <taylor_itkin> "I'm willing to share," Tony says, "but we should also maybe, I don't know, split the team?"
1:08 PM <taylor_itkin> "Nevermind, maybe we should book it."
1:08 PM <AidenEldritch> ACAD, anyone with points in it
1:08 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+4 ACAD
1:08 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: ACAD: 3 (4df+4=+, -, 0, -)
1:08 PM <Kath> 4df+3
1:08 PM <Glacon> Kath: 3 (4df+3=+, -, 0, 0)
1:08 PM <AidenEldritch> Graham, Scott, the voice is cursing in Finnish. It's probably not the language of the cops, who seem like pretty bog-standard British fucks.
1:09 PM <taylor_itkin> ACAD?
1:09 PM <AidenEldritch> Academics.
1:09 PM <taylor_itkin> oh nvm
1:09 PM <Kath> (Academics)
1:09 PM <ArseneLupin> "Don't think those are the cops."
1:10 PM <Kath> "No, definitely not."
1:10 PM <Klurg> 4df+2 Academics sorry
1:10 PM <Glacon> Klurg: Academics sorry: 3 (4df+2=+, 0, +, -)
1:11 PM <AidenEldritch> "Oi, bitch, quiet your shoutin' for five minutes while we get you in-" "SAATANAN HELVETTI-"
1:11 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere also knows this.
1:11 PM <Klurg> Fiere levels his gun in the direction of the voices
1:11 PM <AidenEldritch> Actually, Fiere, there are a couple of buildings nearby with appealingly flat-looking roofs. Architecture spec for me?
1:12 PM <Klurg> 4df+6 OWO
1:12 PM <Glacon> Klurg: OWO: 9 (4df+6=0, +, +, +)
1:12 PM <AidenEldritch> There's a fire escape on a nearby building! It'll let you climb up to a balcony and maybe carry on the chase from there, without having to go through the fog.
1:13 PM <AidenEldritch> Said balconies, however, are… uh… kinda sketchy looking. Might not be best to have too many people up there at once.
1:13 PM <Klurg> Fiere points it out to the rest of the team, and takes the fire escape
1:13 PM <Klurg> He also mentions that they're unstable looking
1:13 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony, having the gas mask, draws his rifle
1:13 PM <AidenEldritch> As you climb the ladder, the rungs give a slight whine.
1:13 PM <ArseneLupin> "We should probably split up as much as I loathe saying that."
1:13 PM <Klurg> "One at a time team"
1:13 PM <taylor_itkin> "I've got the mask, I'll cover."
1:13 PM <ArseneLupin> "Or that."
1:14 PM <Kath> "This isn't very safe at all…"
1:15 PM ↔ %Soulless (halfopped) nipped out
1:16 PM <taylor_itkin> "Nope."
1:16 PM <ArseneLupin> "It's either this or the death fog."
1:16 PM <AidenEldritch> Blam. Blam. Shots ring out from the direction of the lady.
1:17 PM <Klurg> Fiere climbs and walks towards said shots
1:17 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, AGI.
1:17 PM <taylor_itkin> "GO." Tony shouts, aiming his rifle but not firing, not yet.
1:17 PM <Klurg> 4df+6 got moves like
1:17 PM <Glacon> Klurg: got moves like: 6 (4df+6=-, +, 0, 0)
1:17 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham climbs the ladder
1:17 PM <Kath> "I recommend being careful about where you shoot - what if you hit a pipe, and it's filled with the toxic gas? Just a thought."
1:18 PM <AidenEldritch> Graham, you watch Fiere do this with the balconies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqIFSvFdVR0
1:18 PM <Kath> "It sounds like it would be a painful way to die."
1:18 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: Hot Fuzz Fence Jump - length 25s - 378↑6↓ - 119,644 views - Hope Ashmore on 2009.04.05
1:18 PM <AidenEldritch> AGI to not be the second guy in that clip.
1:18 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+3 I'm probably gonna be that guy
1:18 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: I'm probably gonna be that guy: 1 (4df+3=-, 0, -, 0)
1:22 PM <AidenEldritch> You are.
1:22 PM <AidenEldritch> /So/ that guy.
1:23 PM <AidenEldritch> You barrel into a railing with an UNF and dislodge both some ribs and a single metal pole, which goes tumbling, tumbling, tumbling…
1:23 PM <AidenEldritch> Oh hey that's the second cop that's been KO'd today.
1:24 PM <Klurg> (Sad trumpets)
1:24 PM <AidenEldritch> "Fuck! Bitch must've gotten help from the Revolutionaries-"
1:24 PM <AidenEldritch> A spotlight darts in your direction. SNK, Graham.
1:24 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 SNK
1:24 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: SNK: 5 (4df+5=0, +, -, 0)
1:24 PM ⇐ Nioki quit • Soulless → %Soulless|dreamin
1:25 PM <AidenEldritch> The sergeant just misses you as his spotlight cuts the darkness above your head.
1:26 PM <AidenEldritch> He goes into a long and rambling tangent involving plenty of Irish ethnic slurs.
1:26 PM <AidenEldritch> You feel mildly offended.
1:26 PM <taylor_itkin> lol
1:26 PM <ArseneLupin> He feels greatly offended
1:27 PM <ArseneLupin> No just mildly
1:27 PM <AidenEldritch> From this distance, Fiere and Graham can spot the cop wrasslin with the lady downstairs.
1:27 PM <AidenEldritch> Tony, Scott, what're you two doing?
1:27 PM <taylor_itkin> Chillin
1:27 PM <Kath> Scott honestly has no idea.
1:27 PM <Klurg> Can Fiere climb down to help the cop?
1:27 PM <taylor_itkin> jk, Tony has moved to help the cop.
1:27 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, you can drop down.
1:27 PM <Klurg> (Tony can't see from his angle)
1:28 PM <ArseneLupin> Can Graham try to stun rifle the lady from stealth?
1:28 PM <Klurg> Fiere drops down… on the lady
1:28 PM <taylor_itkin> (What can tony see?)
1:28 PM <AidenEldritch> Tony can probably see the lights and hear the swearing, so I'm assuming he can- or that
1:28 PM <Klurg> But not before revealing her location to the team
1:28 PM <ArseneLupin> Nevermind
1:28 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, I think the sound of WHUMP as you drop down like fucking Shadow the hedgehog would do that for you.
1:28 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony runs towards Fiere, putting his rifle away and pulling both of his handguns, dual-wielding.
1:28 PM <AidenEldritch> Nothing personnel kid time.
1:29 PM <ArseneLupin> (Dual wielding is very impratical)
1:29 PM <Klurg> "Hello officer" Fiere says as he grapples the lady
1:29 PM <taylor_itkin> (fuck off it looks awesome)
1:29 PM <Klurg> "We're hunting the same person, don't mind me"
1:29 PM <taylor_itkin> (and not for Tony he is skilld
1:29 PM <taylor_itkin> )
1:29 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, the man whips out his truncheon.
1:29 PM <AidenEldritch> Bow chika.
1:29 PM <Klurg> (What's a truncheon?)
1:29 PM <Kath> Scott is armed with a gun. Does he use it?
1:29 PM <Klurg> (Oh right that giant gun)
1:29 PM <taylor_itkin> (isn't it a nightstick?)
1:29 PM <ArseneLupin> (No matter how skilled you are you ain't hitting shit)
1:29 PM <taylor_itkin> (nvm)
1:29 PM <AidenEldritch> It's a nightstick.
1:30 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham shoots his stun rifle at the cop
1:30 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, STR to throw the lady off you/use her as a meatshield or AGI to duck the nightstick going for your brain.
1:30 PM <Klurg> "Officer relax, this doesn't have to come to violence" he says
1:30 PM <Klurg> 4df+6 meatshield
1:30 PM <Glacon> Klurg: meatshield: 6 (4df+6=+, 0, -, 0)
1:30 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+4 [STR] nu
1:30 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [STR] nu: 2 (4df+4=-, 0, -, 0)
1:31 PM <AidenEldritch> She takes the blow of the nightstick with a grunted "GACK".
1:31 PM <AidenEldritch> Graham, RNG+1 from your good vantage point.
1:31 PM <AidenEldritch> Scott, where are you rn?
1:31 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 RNG
1:31 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: RNG: 7 (4df+5=0, 0, +, +)
1:31 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony runs forward and trains one of his pistols on the cop.
1:31 PM <Kath> Scott's still on the unstable rooftop.
1:31 PM <taylor_itkin> "Fucking. Stop."
1:32 PM <AidenEldritch> Tony, no need. The man spasms like he's just been tazed in the middle of busting a nut and falls to the ground, smoking.
1:32 PM <taylor_itkin> redact that then.
1:33 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony runs up and puts his pistols away, and pokes the man with his shoe. "Did you kill the guy?"
1:33 PM <ArseneLupin> "Stun rifle. Got it off a space nazi."
1:33 PM <taylor_itkin> "…Got it."
1:34 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony bends over and ties the man up with some rope he has on hand.
1:34 PM <taylor_itkin> He then searches the man for anything to scavenge.
1:34 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham comes down
1:34 PM <Kath> Scott decides to slide back down the ladder, all things considered.
1:34 PM <AidenEldritch> The lady is staggering away from Fiere's hold, wheezing and coughing.
1:34 PM <Klurg> I thought Fiere was still holding her
1:35 PM <Klurg> "Ma'am, how about explaining why you shot us in the first place?"
1:35 PM <AidenEldritch> She wheezes and spits at you, before cursing under her breath in Finnish.
1:35 PM <Kath> "Can you even be sure she speaks English…?"
1:35 PM <taylor_itkin> "Be reasonable, ma'am, or I could tie you up as well…"
1:35 PM <taylor_itkin> (Aident does Tony find anything on the man?)
1:36 PM <AidenEldritch> Tony finds another one of the bigass guns and the radio sets, in addition to a gasmask.
1:36 PM <ArseneLupin> "There's also the stun gun if you don't want to talk."
1:36 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony picks up the gasmask. "We've got another, now," he says, tossing it to Graham.
1:36 PM <AidenEldritch> "Get your man here to release me or I'll see how he does with ninety-five amperes running down his fingers."
1:37 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony raises his eyebrows.
1:37 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham catches it and puts it on. "Will you be good?"
1:37 PM <Kath> Scott eyes the lady with an odd sorts of stare.
1:38 PM <Klurg> "She probably has some kind of shock device on her"
1:38 PM <AidenEldritch> "Don't talk to me like a little boy, whelp. Get him off me or I throw him off with his brain deep-fried in its fluid."
1:38 PM <taylor_itkin> "'Course, I just found that one on the cop," he says to Graham. "I've still got this one."
1:38 PM <Klurg> "Check her for weaponry please"
1:38 PM <taylor_itkin> "Ma'am, just hold on. We don't want to hurt you, we don't want you to hurt anyone."
1:39 PM <Klurg> Fiere looks for a corner, and lets her go in there
1:39 PM <Kath> "I personally don't care…"
1:39 PM <Klurg> So it'll be harder for her to escape
1:39 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham keeps his stun rifle trained on her and fires if she makes a break for it
1:39 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony walks over to Scott. "I kind of feel like I should just shoot her in the leg, make it so she can't hurt us."
1:39 PM <taylor_itkin> "Nothing horrible, just graze her. She'll be able to move if she needs to."
1:39 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, PERC.
1:39 PM <Klurg> "Don't shoot her unless she tries anything please"
1:39 PM <AidenEldritch> As you move towards the corner.
1:39 PM <taylor_itkin> (He whuspered that to Graham I forgot to mention that)
1:39 PM <Klurg> (With the debuff?)
1:39 PM <AidenEldritch> Yup.
1:40 PM <Klurg> 4df+3 -w-
1:40 PM <Glacon> Klurg: -w-: 1 (4df+3=-, -, -, +)
1:40 PM <ArseneLupin> "Don't shoot her. We can work this out peacfully." Graham whispers back
1:40 PM <AidenEldritch> You spot her fingers moving as you escort her to her corner, as if she's reaching for something…
1:40 PM <taylor_itkin> "Alright," Tony whispers. "I don't like violence any more than you do, but I do like safety."
1:40 PM <AidenEldritch> AGI to knock it out of her right hand before she can grab it!
1:40 PM <Klurg> 4df+6 non
1:40 PM <Glacon> Klurg: non: 8 (4df+6=+, 0, +, 0)
1:41 PM <AidenEldritch> You catch her right hand and she spins away from you, wearing a… grin?
1:42 PM <Klurg> Fiere lets her right hand go after seeing that grin
1:42 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony pulls out a pistol and trains it on her. "With all due respect, ma'am, what the fuck?"
1:42 PM <Klurg> And pushes her into the corner
1:42 PM <taylor_itkin> "You OK, Fiere?"
1:42 PM <Klurg> (Too early to tell if I'm ok or not)
1:42 PM <AidenEldritch> Y'all wait the fuck uuuup
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1:43 PM <AidenEldritch> As Fiere lets her right hand go, her left hand comes out of the depths of her trenchcoat and you just make out the glint of a knife as it arcs towards your neck. "Pay better attention next time-" AGI!
1:44 PM <Klurg> 4df+8 smol knife
1:44 PM <Glacon> Klurg: smol knife: 9 (4df+8=+, -, 0, +)
1:44 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+5+4 [MEL] with {Back To The Wall, Hit The Ground Running} spec.
1:44 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [MEL] with {Back To The Wall, Hit The Ground Running} spec.: 9 (4df+5+4=+, +, -, -)
1:45 PM <taylor_itkin> oof
1:46 PM <AidenEldritch> You just duck out of the way as she gives you a little impromptu shave, but she's far from down and certainly not out.
1:46 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham shoots with the stun gun if he can
1:46 PM <taylor_itkin> Can tony shoot her in the leg?
1:46 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony tries to shoot her in the leg with his pistol.
1:46 PM <AidenEldritch> Graham goes first. RNG.
1:46 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+4 RNG
1:46 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: RNG: 4 (4df+4=+, 0, -, 0)
1:47 PM <AidenEldritch> You zap her good enough that her knees buckle and she takes one more PDMG (leaving her on a whole 3 pts), but she turns that into a throw of the knife whirling straight for Tony! AGI, Tony!
1:48 PM <taylor_itkin> 4df+4 fuuuuck
1:48 PM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: fuuuuck: 4 (4df+4=+, +, -, -)
1:48 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+4+4 [RNG]
1:48 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [RNG]: 9 (4df+4+4=+, 0, +, -)
1:48 PM <taylor_itkin> Ow
1:49 PM <AidenEldritch> Your shoulder's suddenly ventilated for 2.5 PDMG as the knife SHINKs into your collarbone.
1:49 PM <Klurg> Fiere grabs the lady's hands, then slam her against the wall
1:49 PM <Klurg> Goes to grab*
1:50 PM <AidenEldritch> AGI against her AGI for that.
1:50 PM <Klurg> 4df+6 like jager
1:50 PM <Glacon> Klurg: like jager: 5 (4df+6=-, 0, +, -)
1:50 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony falls to the floor in pain.
1:50 PM <AidenEldritch> 4df+5 [AGI] DANCE COMMANDER
1:50 PM <Glacon> AidenEldritch: [AGI] DANCE COMMANDER: 4 (4df+5=-, -, +, 0)
1:50 PM <AidenEldritch> You grab her injured hand and she shrieks in pain.
1:51 PM <Klurg> "COULD WE JUST TALK WITHOUT TRYING TO KILL EACHOTHER?" Fiere yells out as he loses his temper
1:51 PM <AidenEldritch> She spits in your face. "THE TIME FOR TALK PASSED LONG AGO."
1:52 PM <ArseneLupin> "WHEN!? WE DID NOTHING TO YOU?"
1:52 PM <Klurg> "YOU SHOT FIRST! WHEN WAS THE TIME TO TALK HMM?"
1:52 PM <taylor_itkin> "FUCK YOU, LADY," Tony screams, wincing in pain. "..FUCK."
1:52 PM <Klurg> "Well we did shoot her a lot, but she started it"
1:52 PM <Kath> "Can you all stop screaming? Awfully discordant."
1:52 PM <taylor_itkin> "I HAVE A KNIFE IN MY SHOULDER."
1:53 PM <Kath> "Yes, well, you don't need to make it a problem for the rest of us."
1:53 PM <ArseneLupin> "Eh, I've taken worse."
1:53 PM <Klurg> "Don't worry about it, the pain will pass"
1:54 PM <Klurg> "Now you, explain… please"
1:54 PM <AidenEldritch> "The last time the Foundation came to this place, they left the police and the fog as the only still-standing things here."
1:54 PM <taylor_itkin> "Just…just someone help me patch up?" Tony turns to look at the woman. "If I could use my arm I would /so/ smack you right now."
1:54 PM <AidenEldritch> "The time to talk was fifteen years ago, 2015 CE."
1:54 PM <Klurg> "Seriously? Can you tell us the whole story then?"
1:54 PM <Kath> "Wait, everyone just be quiet. Two-thousand and fifteen?"
1:54 PM <Klurg> "…we're from 1958 ma'am"
1:54 PM <AidenEldritch> "…1958…"
1:55 PM <taylor_itkin> "…I…still have a knife in my shoulder…"
1:55 PM <AidenEldritch> "…they're sending people here as early as 1958…"
1:55 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham tosses Tony some bandages
1:55 PM <taylor_itkin> "Thanks."
1:55 PM <Klurg> "Look, maybe we can avoid this situation"
1:55 PM <Kath> "Miss, you're not making a lot of sense."
1:55 PM <Klurg> "Tell us why the foundation did this"
1:56 PM <AidenEldritch> She laughs very suddenly.
1:56 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony slowly pulls out the knife, gritting his teeth, and bandages up. Any effects?
1:56 PM <Klurg> "And I'll see if we can prevent this place from falling into ruin"
1:56 PM <AidenEldritch> "I can't tell you why."
1:56 PM <AidenEldritch> "Not for another fifty years, if what you say is true."
1:56 PM <Klurg> "Time paradoxes?"
1:56 PM <AidenEldritch> "You're not as stupid as you look. Exactly."
1:56 PM <AidenEldritch> "This run-in was an error."
1:56 PM <taylor_itkin> "Ma'am, look," Tony says. "We are from 1958. Obviously, if there is some sort of time paradox, then maybe we can stop whatever happened from happening."
1:57 PM <taylor_itkin> (are there any effects to bandaging up?)
1:57 PM <ArseneLupin> "Her telling us would cause a time paradox."
1:57 PM <Klurg> Fiere sighs "can you at least help us try and avoid this situation? Any advice on how to do so"
1:57 PM <AidenEldritch> Unless you've got Medical, Tony, you get no health back.
1:57 PM <Klurg> "Not complete information"
1:57 PM <Kath> Scott can do medical!
1:57 PM <Klurg> (Scott is a medic)
1:57 PM <taylor_itkin> (damn)
1:57 PM <AidenEldritch> Then get him to do the roll.
1:57 PM <Klurg> "But something you can spare"
1:57 PM <taylor_itkin> "Scott, can you help me out?"
1:57 PM <Kath> 4df+5
1:57 PM <Glacon> Kath: 4 (4df+5=0, -, +, -)
1:58 PM <Kath> (med)
1:58 PM <Klurg> "I know another lady from the future, she says she's trying to save it"
1:58 PM <AidenEldritch> Tony gets 1 HP back.
1:58 PM <Klurg> "Do you know her? Maddox?"
1:58 PM <AidenEldritch> Not that this matters because, you know, arena.
1:58 PM <taylor_itkin> "Thanks, man."
1:58 PM <taylor_itkin> (i still wanna try and stay alive
1:58 PM <taylor_itkin> )
1:58 PM <ArseneLupin> (Shhh. We're getting invested.)
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1:59 PM <AidenEldritch> The lady clutches her head in pain. "NO! Stop- do not talk any longer."
1:59 PM <Klurg> Fiere lets her go "you disappearing from existence?"
1:59 PM <AidenEldritch> "The more information we share, the more risk of contamination. The more risk of secant timelines, the more risk of cause and effect disintegrating because of whatever carelessness you're responbile for."
1:59 PM <Kath> "I thought this was supposed to be a simulation? Why does this matter all of a sudden?"
1:59 PM <taylor_itkin> "You…have a point there."
1:59 PM <AidenEldritch> "This entire place is a discontinuity, a gap in time stretching fifty-seven years."
2:00 PM <ArseneLupin> "Hey, this is interesting."
2:00 PM <Klurg> "Because it might be predicting the future for real, you never know, so we should listen and stop talking"
2:00 PM <AidenEldritch> "The only way to access a non-existent time would be to simul…"
2:00 PM <AidenEldritch> "…"
2:00 PM <Klurg> "You just realized you're a simulation didn't you?"
2:00 PM <Klurg> "Merde"
2:00 PM <taylor_itkin> "Oops."
2:01 PM <AidenEldritch> She falls very silent. "No, the wounds I've taken are as real as any I'll have in a while."
2:01 PM <AidenEldritch> "Ontology gets complicated when we deal with… un-times, and the ethics of simulations, but…"
2:02 PM <Kath> "…but…?"
2:03 PM <ArseneLupin> "Let's talk about something a little more simple. Where are we and who are you?"
2:03 PM <AidenEldritch> "You're in a false future. A could-be, let's call it."
2:03 PM <taylor_itkin> "And why did you throw a knife into my shoulder because I'm still kind of bitter."
2:03 PM <Klurg> "There's a very simple answer to that"
2:03 PM <Kath> "Oh, be silent for a minute. It is a knife."
2:03 PM <Klurg> "You guys shot at her"
2:04 PM <AidenEldritch> "And I can't tell you my name. Again, paradox."
2:04 PM <taylor_itkin> "She shot first, so…"
2:05 PM <Kath> "You didn't even get hit."
2:05 PM <Klurg> "Well lets hope this future really is false"
2:06 PM <taylor_itkin> "Look, if someone shoots at me, I'm going to assume I need to shoot back."
2:06 PM <AidenEldritch> "Whatever the case, you're in a very dangerous temporal situation just by being here."
2:06 PM <AidenEldritch> "I need you to leave. Now."
2:06 PM <Klurg> "Well, if it's a simulation, nobody's in danger
2:06 PM <Klurg> "
2:06 PM <Kath> "Agreed."
2:06 PM <taylor_itkin> "Plus, if you tell us nothing, we can't trust you."
2:06 PM <Klurg> "Besides, we're stuck here until we finish whatever our objective is"
2:06 PM <Klurg> "She actually told us a good bit"
2:06 PM <AidenEldritch> "A simulation to you is very, very real for us."
2:07 PM <Klurg> "Point taken"
2:07 PM <taylor_itkin> "Nothing specific, though."
2:07 PM <Klurg> "Now how would we leave?"
2:07 PM <Klurg> "Just ask?"
2:07 PM <AidenEldritch> "I don't manage whatever simulation software you use."
2:07 PM <AidenEldritch> She slaps her hands over her mouth. "Careless words. Whatever the case, the details of this simulation are unknown to me."
2:07 PM <ArseneLupin> "Did they even tell us what our objective was?"
2:08 PM <taylor_itkin> "That's part of the challenge, I guess."
2:08 PM <Klurg> "She wanted to keep it a surprise"
2:08 PM <Kath> "I believe we either find a portal, complete our objective, or we die. Simple as that."
2:08 PM <Klurg> "Should have asked that first"
2:08 PM <AidenEldritch> "Then the option you can always achieve is to die."
2:08 PM <AidenEldritch> "You have more than enough weapons to ensure you can leave that way."
2:08 PM <taylor_itkin> "Something tells me you would be keen for that one to happen."
2:08 PM <ArseneLupin> "Let's not. That hurts like a bitch."
2:08 PM <AidenEldritch> "You won't have a scratch on you when you leave."
2:09 PM <AidenEldritch> "I'll have a bruise a mile wide and two fingers I'll need replaced."
2:09 PM <Kath> Scott's shrugging the rifle from his shoulder. "I mean, unless our objective is to ensure /you/ die."
2:09 PM <Klurg> "We have a medic"
2:09 PM <Kath> He's very…calm.
2:09 PM <Klurg> "Scott please no"
2:09 PM <ArseneLupin> "Yeah, but you won't have to endure the pain of death for a third time."
2:09 PM <taylor_itkin> "Won't you cease to exist once we leave and shut this down?"
2:09 PM <AidenEldritch> "No."
2:10 PM <Klurg> "How about you lead us to your people?" Fiere asks, and gets in front of her
2:10 PM <AidenEldritch> "Your… presences, avatars, let's call them, are imaginary. They will dissipate."
2:10 PM <Klurg> To block any bully era
2:10 PM <Klurg> Bullets*
2:10 PM <AidenEldritch> "I, however, will not."
2:10 PM <AidenEldritch> "And neither will this place."
2:10 PM <taylor_itkin> "Hold on. Everyone hold on."
2:10 PM <taylor_itkin> "You seem to know an awful lot about the simulation we're in, for being a seemingly "native" entity in this world."
2:11 PM <Kath> "Because we've done nothing but blab about it."
2:11 PM <AidenEldritch> "I know the only way to get in /is/ simulation, unless you are in possession of bizarrely advanced time-travel technology for the 1958 Foundation."
2:11 PM <taylor_itkin> "But how would you know how our "avatars" work? Speculation?"
2:12 PM <AidenEldritch> "Like you stated, I'm native to this place."
2:12 PM <AidenEldritch> "I know its laws a damn sight better than you would."
2:12 PM <ArseneLupin> "She did say the foundation visited before."
2:12 PM <Klurg> "Scott, can you please heal her?"
2:12 PM <taylor_itkin> "True," Tony sighs. "Forgive me. I'm a bit on edge and a bit untrustworthy of you."
2:13 PM <AidenEldritch> "No need to apologise. I openly admit I feel the same way about you all."
2:13 PM <AidenEldritch> She coughs. "Now leave. Please."
2:13 PM <taylor_itkin> "Hold on. I have one more question."
2:13 PM <Kath> Scott lets out a small sigh. "We go from trying to kill each other to this. At least allow me to fix your hand?"
2:13 PM <AidenEldritch> "What?!"
2:13 PM <taylor_itkin> "You know a lot about us, or something like that."
2:13 PM <AidenEldritch> She holds up her hand almost petulantly in response to Scott.
2:13 PM <AidenEldritch> "I have made it my business to know a lot, yes."
2:14 PM <taylor_itkin> "Do you have any idea why we were sent here? Anything to give us a reason we need to be here? Our objective?"
2:14 PM <Klurg> Fiere watches Scott and the lady, making sure that nothing happens
2:14 PM <AidenEldritch> "I have seen the Foundation in its infancy and its senility, but I have yet to find out an objective for anything it does."
2:14 PM <Kath> 4df+5 med
2:14 PM <Glacon> Kath: med: 3 (4df+5=0, -, 0, -)
2:15 PM <AidenEldritch> "I certainly don't deign to know the motives of individual, simulated agents."
2:15 PM <taylor_itkin> "Nothing. Fan-fucking-tastic. Well, wait a second."
2:15 PM <Klurg> "So you're saying you're old?" Fiere teases
2:15 PM <taylor_itkin> "Guys, wait a second. We…forgot something."
2:15 PM <taylor_itkin> "Why were the cops after you?"
2:15 PM <AidenEldritch> At Fiere: "Age is difficult when you shouldn't officially exist."
2:16 PM <AidenEldritch> "Well, a dangerous-looking foreigner in a trenchcoat spotted nearby the scene of an officer being knocked out, and then subsequently their murder."
2:16 PM <AidenEldritch> "Think about what that looks like on me."
2:16 PM <taylor_itkin> "Fair enough."
2:16 PM <Klurg> Fiere shoots a look at tony
2:16 PM <ArseneLupin> "I would just like to say that it wasn't me."
2:16 PM <AidenEldritch> "Now, if your questioning is finished, I'd like you all to leave."
2:17 PM <AidenEldritch> "Please."
2:17 PM <AidenEldritch> "Lest I /forcibly/ eject you from the simulation."
2:17 PM <taylor_itkin> "What?" He says to Fiere. "They shot at me first."
2:17 PM <Klurg> "Alright" Fiere radios in (if he has one) "we'd like to leave now please"
2:17 PM <Klurg> "The officer didn't even shoot"
2:17 PM <Kath> "This place smells rotten and I can hardly see. I'd like to talk with the engineer about getting a better environment for training."
2:17 PM <AidenEldritch> Fiere, before you can say anything else, you POP back into the real world.
2:17 PM <AidenEldritch> Your teammates see you dissolve into nothingness, skin first, then internals.
2:17 PM <taylor_itkin> "…He was looking to."
2:18 PM <ArseneLupin> Do the rest of us pop?
2:18 PM <AidenEldritch> One after another, you all pop out in sequence.
2:18 PM <AidenEldritch> The last thing you see is the woman passing out of blood loss.
2:18 PM <AidenEldritch> ~Fin,~ as you wake up in the real world.
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