3:43:01 PM <•Soulless> Rolf reports, quietly, his head a little down. He's still nervous from how last run went out.
3:43:43 PM <•Nemi> Amelie reports after only a few minutes, showing up in her typical white dress and black cardigan. It makes her very monochrome but for her bright blue eyes! The pale young woman sits and folds her hands in her lap, a soft smile on her face.
3:44:02 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham reports in and sits down
3:44:27 PM <•Soulless> Rolf doesn't seem to recognize Amelie like he used to…
3:44:33 PM <•Soulless> He nods to Amelie, Graham.
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3:45:01 PM <Don1Charles> Charles arrives, affixing his gloves and armor, flicking the collar of his leather jacket, and giving a grin and wave to all there, walking in and taking a comfortable seat down
3:45:14 PM <•Soulless> Rolf perks up to Charles and waves him near.
3:45:55 PM <Don1Charles> Charles scoots some seats over to be by Rolf!
3:46:21 PM <ihp> Jacob exists, sitting by Rolf.
3:47:10 PM <•Soulless> Rolf doesn't reocngize Jacob. "Nice to meet you. Rolf Vogel."
3:47:34 PM <Daedalus|GM> A frazzled-looking woma, whom some of you would recognize as Bonnie the overworked containment operations manager, sits in the briefing room gathering copious amounts of paperwork. She peers up behind a pair of thick glasses, "Hello. Is this, um, all of you?"
3:48:02 PM <ArseneLupin> "Probably."
3:48:32 PM <ihp> Jacob nods at Bonnie. I believe so."
3:48:40 PM <ihp> He shakes Rolf's hand. "Jacob Wexley."
3:49:27 PM <•Soulless> Rolf shakes. "Pleasure to meet you."
3:50:42 PM <•Nemi> Amelie smiles osftly to Rolf- and then her smile fades as he doesn't recognize her. She turns her gaze to Bonnie. "Hi, Bonnie. It's nice seeing you again."
3:51:17 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Oh, uh… okay. So, um…" She rifles through the paperwork, "You're going to investigate a… peculiarity in Nevada. Some locals throught they heard and saw something coming from the direction of a stretch of desert in the Mojave." She offers a file, which is rather thin, "We did some, uh, investigating and discovered there's an old mining town up, um, near the direction in which
3:51:17 PM <Daedalus|GM> the locals said they, uh, heard stuff."
3:52:42 PM <ArseneLupin> "What kind of stuff?"
3:53:24 PM <ihp> "I'm willing to guess some kind of craft. UFOs are big nowadays."
3:54:01 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Something, uh, loud. And bright. We checked with the military base nearby and they, uh, said that they didn't have any ordinance tests in the area. Which is what makes this unusual."
3:54:17 PM <•Soulless> Rolf notices Amelie's odd gaze, and feels guilty.
3:54:55 PM <•Soulless> He nods, listening.
3:54:56 PM <ihp> Jacob raises a brow. "Hmm. Could be some gas igniting in the mines?"
3:55:19 PM <ihp> "Is it a reoccurring phenomenon?"
3:56:15 PM <•Nemi> "Is there a time of day associated with this?" Amelie speaks up, voice softly Czech-accented.
3:56:28 PM <Daedalus|GM> "The mines are, uh, collapsed due to…" She flips through some papers, "… Faulty supports. And, uh, no… it was a singular phenomena witnessed by… 12 seperate individuals, three of which were military personnel."
3:56:58 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Uh… 3 o'clock this morning."
3:57:52 PM <ihp> "Loud, bright, mines… again, could very easily be natural gas igniting itself. What makes this of concern to us in particular?"
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3:58:30 PM <Don1Charles> "And, yeah, off of that, why are they sending Psi-7? Don't we have any closer agents to Nevada?"
3:58:37 PM <•Soulless> Rolf finds that oddly familiar but… can't place it, that accent. And thinking about it too hard makes his head hurt, so he doesn't.
3:58:42 PM <•Soulless> "Where is.. Nevada?"
3:58:52 PM <ihp> "Western America."
3:59:07 PM <ArseneLupin> "From what I heard it's sandy and hot as hell."
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4:01:02 PM <•Nemi> "Oh. Is it as bad as Libya? I was in Libya before."
4:01:33 PM <ArseneLupin> "Where's Libya exactly?"
4:01:35 PM <Don1Charles> "Probably not as bad as the middle east, no."
4:01:40 PM <Daedalus|GM> "I'm told we owe someone a favor? Some of the higher ups in the military that can pull strings for the foundation wants to build, uh, something or other on top of where the town used to be. This is a low priority mission, so no one else can be taken off their normal assignments, but they specified they wanted a, uh, Task Force on the job."
4:02:14 PM <Don1Charles> "We undercover or can I bring my armor?"
4:02:24 PM <ArseneLupin> "I don't know why but I feel slightly insulted by that."
4:02:41 PM <ihp> Jacob shakes his head. "Bureaucracy strikes again." He stands up. "Well, dress cool. Nevada is hot this time of year. People can die of thirst on their way to vegas."
4:02:42 PM <•Nemi> "Northern Africa," Amelie explains, before nodding. "Alright. Sounds good. So, off to Nevada, find the cause of the lights, high-ups are happy."
4:03:07 PM <•Nemi> "I'm half-expecting it to actually be flesh-eating monstrosities from another reality breaching through but you never know with these ops."
4:03:16 PM <•Soulless> "Oh.. America…"
4:03:21 PM <•Soulless> He looks confused vaguely.
4:03:30 PM <•Soulless> "Alright…"
4:03:40 PM <ArseneLupin> "I'd me more surprised if there wasn't honestly."
4:03:49 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Well, don't make it, uh, obvious that you're going to, um, investigate something. Just look around, then come back and tell us if it was teenagers or spooky flesh eaters."
4:04:54 PM <Don1Charles> "Hm. I'll keep it in my bag, then." He says, taking off his leather jacket since, hey, it was going to be hot!
4:04:55 PM <•Soulless> Rolf nods, he smiles.
4:04:57 PM <ihp> Jacob heads out the door, hoping he still has clothing suited for hot weather that fits him.
4:05:21 PM <•Soulless> Rolf gets ready to head out!
4:05:39 PM <•GMFae> Timeskip?
4:05:47 PM <Daedalus|GM> ~TIMESKIP~
4:05:48 PM <•Nemi> "Okay!" Amelie smiles and rises, turning to head to her room to get equipped! She had a silenced handgun and a bag of medical supplies and survival gear to bring- after all, typical hiker's stuff…
4:06:04 PM <•Soulless> During the timeskip, Rolf tries to get time alone with Amelie to ask about her look.
4:06:50 PM <•Nemi> She would explain that they were friends, before Rolf was.. taken for treatment, as far as she knows. She's sad at him not remembering her.
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4:07:24 PM <Daedalus|GM> Eventually, you all gear up and head out on the train, which rolls past the italian countryside as quick as you like. Soon enough, you find yourselves at the airfield where you embark on a cargo plane that takes you over the mediterranian, and then over the Atlantic.
4:07:50 PM <Don1Charles> ~Back to America!~ Charles thinks to himself, a little smile on his face.
4:08:00 PM <Don1Charles> (Is it the FBI they are working with atm?)
4:08:16 PM <Don1Charles> (Cause Charles just got his bloodpact curse broken by working for the FBI)
4:08:40 PM <ihp> Jacob will arrive in Nevada wearing shorts and a button-up beige shirt, and… well, being a werewolf certainly doesn't help the hairiness of his legs, that's for sure.
4:08:53 PM <Daedalus|GM> Soon enough the rocky shores of the eastern american seaboard pass underneath them all, then the arid desert of texas, and eventually the dry Mojave
4:09:04 PM <•Soulless> rolf is sad, too. He offers to make it up to Amelie later.
4:09:13 PM <•Nemi> Amelie also shows in shorts and a button-up blouse, with a backpack and a cute straw hat. She is a good hiker girl!
4:09:39 PM <Daedalus|GM> The plane touches down at Nellis AFB; a car is provided for you all to drive to your operational area!
4:09:52 PM <•Soulless> And then he is at the mission! He shows up in a shirt and shorts, except his shirt fits him well, his shorts… well that's a nice pair in how they fit him.
4:09:57 PM <•Nemi> How nice! Amelie looks to see if anyone offers to drive.
4:09:58 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham trades in his slacks for shorts and has a tank top under his checker board flannel
4:10:07 PM <Don1Charles> Charles is in a white tank top and blue jeans, with his sunglasses on, finally for good reason. He brought an extra canteen of water due to the arid temperatures, and only a handgun in his bag.
4:10:17 PM <•Nemi> Amelie is quite slim and her skin is papery white. She puts on sunscreen before they head into the car!
4:10:20 PM <Don1Charles> Along with his other equipment
4:11:52 PM <Daedalus|GM> It's sunset as you arrive, with the lights of Vegas flashing in the distance. The drive is rough and long; it takes you past the hoover dam and quite a bit north up the Colorado river. Eventually you all have to leave the car to follow the directions stipulated on file; through an old rail tunnel and then a mile through the open desert.
4:12:10 PM <•Soulless> Rolf gapes at the hoover dam!
4:12:11 PM <•Soulless> Wow!!
4:12:18 PM <•Soulless> He also points out Vegas, wow!!
4:12:23 PM <•Soulless> It's like he's never seen them before.
4:12:25 PM <Don1Charles> "God dam."
4:12:58 PM <•Nemi> AMelie hasn't seen them either, but she only observes them with mild interest. There's better back in Czechoslovakia. "Neat.
4:13:06 PM <ihp> Jacob would be far more impressed if he wasn't panting from the ehat.
4:13:13 PM <ArseneLupin> "We're so close to Vegas." Graham sighs
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4:15:26 PM <•Nemi> Amelie exits the car without complaint, and neither does she complaint as they begin trekking through the desert- though she does pause to pull a coat and scarf out. The desert gets cold at night!
4:15:36 PM <•GMFae> You guys hear a chopper, before it passes overhead.
4:16:13 PM <ihp> Jacob looks up at the chopper, brow raised. "…huh."
4:16:22 PM <ihp> "Well, we are near a military base…"
4:16:30 PM <•Nemi> Any chance Ami could make out any insignia or armament on the chopper?
4:16:38 PM <•GMFae> Perc
4:16:40 PM <•GMFae> Amelie
4:17:46 PM <Don1Charles> Charles eyes it, and shrugs, tucking his thumbs into his pockets and walking quietly along. He runs a hand through his hair as he walks
4:18:35 PM <•Nemi> 4df+4 perc
4:18:35 PM <Glacon> Nemi: perc: 6 (4df+4=+, +, -, +)
4:19:20 PM <ihp> Jacob looks towards the rail tunnel, and takes out his headlamp, turning it on. "Onward, MacDuff."
4:19:34 PM <•Soulless> Rolf turns on his flashlight.
4:19:38 PM <•GMFae> Amelie, the insigia on the side is a flat, simplified version of this: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0d/ae/60/0dae6071847b0f8a31015a09fbe72833--crown-tattoo-design-crown-tattoos.jpg. And there's no American military markers on it that you can see.
4:19:43 PM <•Soulless> He continues heading out.
4:20:26 PM <•Nemi> "Is there an American military organization with a crown insignia?"
4:20:42 PM <•Nemi> Amelie flicks her own flashlight out and shrugs her coat closer about herself as she plods on just after Jacob.
4:20:54 PM <Daedalus|GM> The heat is oppressive, and the hike to the abandoned mining town is no less an undertaking than you all expect. Following along the rail, you come across the town tucked into some sparse vegetation. The rail ends at an old, dilapidated rail station with a collapsing sign that reads, "Welcome to Silverton."
4:21:12 PM <Daedalus|GM> The sun is setting low as you approach, as the air becomes instantly cooler.
4:21:13 PM <ihp> "Crown?" Jacob frowns. "That's more England than anything."
4:21:41 PM <ihp> He attaches the lamp to his head and heads in, carrying his briefcase alongside him.
4:21:55 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham flicks his flashlight on as the sun starts to set
4:22:31 PM <Don1Charles> "Should we take a look inside that rail station, or just head inside of the town?" Charles says as he crosses his arms, not having brought a coat. ~Weren't deserts supposed to be hot?~ He thinks to himself with a frown
4:23:01 PM <•Nemi> Amelie is glad for the cold. She'd sweat quite a bit on the trip, and looks red-faced and miserable as they arrive, beads dripping down her forehead and off the tip of her nose. ".. fun place.. let's- let's just check out the rail station first." Amelie doesn't complain as she adjusts her jacket- can't get TOO cold, after all, that'd be unpleasant.
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4:24:13 PM <ihp> Jacob rubs his beard. "Silverton. I say it might be worth a look," he says.
4:25:01 PM <Don1Charles> Charles walks towards the rail station, in front, and since his flashlight was in his bag, he gets enveloped in darkness. After a few seconds, a small red flicker appears, coming from a lighter a few feet away in the dark. Charles is standing by the entrance of the rail station, peering into it
4:25:38 PM <•Nemi> Amelie walks over and shines her light into the railstation. What a smart bean.
4:25:44 PM <•Soulless> Can Rolf roll his scp-related academiucs to see if the Foundation knows anythuing?
4:26:07 PM <ihp> Jacob goes with Charles, sniffing at the air as he goes along.
4:26:16 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham approaches the rail station
4:26:51 PM <Don1Charles> Charles's eyes remain peering into the rail station, as he speaks, in a hushed tone. "Jacob, was it? You remind me of someone I met on one of my earlier missions."
4:27:01 PM <Daedalus|GM> It looks to be several rails and platforms attached to a warehouse of sorts. You figure that this was a place used for transport of whatever ore they moved from the mines onto the rail, as well as for taking passengers. There's a rail office on the passenger platform, and what looks to be a collapsed warehouse on the other side.
4:27:12 PM <ihp> He raises a brow. "How so?" He asks in a similar tone.
4:27:38 PM <ihp> Can Jacob roll his scent-based perception to see if there's any odd smells in the air?
4:28:03 PM <•Nemi> Amelie slips into the building and glides her way over to the rail office. Just a quick survey to see if there's anything out of place.
4:28:16 PM <Daedalus|GM> The moon shines brightly overhead as it peers through the clouds. The day's heat begins to disappate, and you can all feel an odd breeze as the full moon illuminates the rail station.
4:28:23 PM <Daedalus|GM> ROLL PERCEPTION JACOB
4:28:36 PM <ihp> 4df+4 (+3 if this is scent-based)
4:28:36 PM <Glacon> ihp: (+3 if this is scent-based): 2 (4df+4=-, -, +, -)
4:28:50 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham walks over and investigates the collapsed warehouse
4:28:51 PM <Don1Charles> "Some anomalous guy we met in the woods. You sound the same. Look the same, too." He says, watching Amelie and flicking closed his lighter as he stands there and leans against the doorframe
4:30:25 PM <•Soulless> Rolf shines his flashlight around for any of that crown insignia.
4:30:35 PM <Daedalus|GM> Graham, you see that whenever this collapse happened, it happened a long time ago.
4:30:51 PM <Daedalus|GM> Jacob, you smell something… off about the rail office.
4:31:07 PM <ihp> Jacob raises a brow. "That… is me?" He sniffs at the air. "Something's weird in there."
4:31:35 PM <•Nemi> Amelie spy anything in the rail office as she heads over to shine her light in?
4:31:50 PM <•Soulless> "What do you mean… weird?"
4:31:55 PM <•Soulless> He tries to sniff, too.
4:32:10 PM <Don1Charles> "The guy we trapped in the hole? They put you on a task force?" Charles cocks his head and takes out his flashlight. "Yeah, feels off."
4:32:36 PM <ArseneLupin> "Why did you put him in a hole?"
4:32:52 PM <Daedalus|GM> Amelie, you spot nothing in there. Odd. Rolf, if you sniff at a distance you only smell the desert. Closer to the office there is a definite smell of cologne.
4:33:03 PM <ihp> He sniffs at it more. "Just… off. It's hard to explain if you don't have my senses."
4:33:16 PM <•Soulless> "…Cologne."
4:33:29 PM <•Soulless> "Someone's been wearing cologne here."
4:33:31 PM <ihp> "Is a city in France," Jacob says. "And it's… also what I'm smelling."
4:33:32 PM <Don1Charles> "Cause we thought he was a dangerous anom." Charles calls out to Graham. "I didn't put any on before we left, so that's not me."
4:34:23 PM <•Nemi> "I don't see anything in the office."
4:34:26 PM <ihp> Jacob looks up at the moon, eyes going wide; he looks like he's going to have a heart attack. Then, he remembers the date, and sighs. Moon isn't completely full until the end of the month.
4:34:44 PM <•Soulless> "…you alright, Jacob?"
4:34:56 PM <ArseneLupin> "This building collapsed ages ago so I doubt it's relevant."
4:35:07 PM <Daedalus|GM> PERCEPTION AMELIE
4:35:15 PM <ihp> "…thought it was a full moon." He shakes his head, and looks back into the station. "Smells relatively recent, though."
4:35:16 PM <•Nemi> 4df+4
4:35:16 PM <Glacon> Nemi: 6 (4df+4=+, 0, +, 0)
4:35:20 PM <•Soulless> Rolf also looks into the office, looking for people.
4:35:45 PM <Daedalus|GM> Amelie, you hear the faintest whisper of someone talking
4:36:04 PM <Daedalus|GM> And feel as if something is gently tapping on your shoulder.
4:36:34 PM <Don1Charles> "I always wondered, what's the difference between a full moon, blood moon, and blue moon?" Charles comments, sort of bored as he clicks his flashlight on and off for fun
4:37:00 PM <ArseneLupin> "Color?"
4:37:01 PM <•Soulless> "Hello?" He calls.
4:37:09 PM <Daedalus|GM> PERCEPTION ROLF
4:37:23 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham moves back with the others
4:37:36 PM <ihp> Jacob raises a brow, apparently unaware of most of the activity going on.
4:37:46 PM <•Nemi> Amelie turns toward the tapping and the whisper!
4:38:13 PM <Daedalus|GM> Amelie, you think you see the faintest sliver of a human form in the moonlight but… in the flashlight's light, it disappears.
4:38:54 PM <•GMFae> You hear the chopper again! It sounds like it's going away from the town this time!
4:39:15 PM <•Soulless> 4df+5 PERCEPTION AWAY
4:39:16 PM <Glacon> Soulless: PERCEPTION AWAY: 5 (4df+5=+, 0, -, 0)
4:40:08 PM <Don1Charles> Charles shines his flashlight up towards the chopper, clicking it on and off several times towards it. He probably just said something in morse code by accident
4:40:14 PM <•Nemi> Amelie frowns a moment- and flicks her flashlight off, before whispering, "Who's there?"
4:40:16 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf, you hear someone talking, whispering in the direction of Amelie. You can't quite make out what they're saying, however.
4:40:26 PM <Daedalus|GM> MDEF AMELIE
4:40:36 PM <ihp> "…there's nobody there," Jacob looks at Amelie.
4:40:51 PM <•Soulless> Rolf glances to that direction, steps there. "No, I heard someone."
4:41:02 PM <•Soulless> He steps towards Amelie, trying to get her away from the voice.
4:41:16 PM <Don1Charles> "Good god, didn't think we'd find so much activity in the abandoned train station."
4:41:36 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham takes his revolver out cautiously.
4:41:52 PM <•Nemi> 4df+5 pls can we have friendly contacts
4:41:53 PM <Glacon> Nemi: pls can we have friendly contacts: 6 (4df+5=+, -, +, 0)
4:42:51 PM <Don1Charles> "Careful, don't shoot any of us, Graham." Charles comments
4:43:32 PM <ArseneLupin> "Charles if you say that one more time, i'm slapping you."
4:43:35 PM <Daedalus|GM> You feel a shudder as goosebumps pass over your skin. What feels like an ice cold hand is now gently pressed against your cheek, though you can't see said hand. The voice that was once a whisper is now a regular, talking voice in your mind, though you still can't see its source. "Relax. Don't be afraid…"
4:44:02 PM <Daedalus|GM> The rest of you see the impression of a hand press gently into the right side of Amelie's face.
4:44:13 PM <ihp> Jacob puts his briefcase down, and takes out a smudge stick of white sage leaves.
4:44:30 PM <•Soulless> Rolf grabs Amelie and pulls her to him, away from whoever is pressing. "Excuse me. Stop that."
4:45:04 PM <Don1Charles> Charles sticks his tongue out at Graham before glancing to Amelie. He then lowers his bag and takes out his handgun, stepping back as he loads it. "What the fuck? We got ghosts?"
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4:46:53 PM <•Nemi> Amelie is tugged away. "Who are you?" She asks again, even though she's been yoinked away. She's hopeful for peaceful first contact, perhaps foolishly.
4:46:53 PM <Daedalus|GM> Amelie is pulled away! The voice is no longer in amelie's head, and the ice cold feeling disappates. You can all make out what looks to be the silvery, whispy outline of a person that seems to shift and dance in the moonlight, your eyes losing track of it if you don't keep your concentration on where it is.
4:47:44 PM <Daedalus|GM> It's akin to one of those eye floaters, though this one seems to stay in place rather than move with your eyeball.
4:48:12 PM <ihp> "Ghosts. Wonderful." Jacob begins breaking up the sage and passing it out to the rest of the squad. "If you're assailed, light this up. It should repel them. Emphasis on 'should'."
4:48:29 PM <ArseneLupin> "How reassuring."
4:48:55 PM <Daedalus|GM> MDEF ALL
4:49:02 PM <•Nemi> 4df+5
4:49:03 PM <Glacon> Nemi: 3 (4df+5=-, +, -, -)
4:49:07 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef
4:49:08 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef: 4 (4df+3=+, -, +, 0)
4:49:08 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+3 Mdef
4:49:09 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Mdef: 3 (4df+3=-, +, -, +)
4:52:46 PM <Daedalus|GM> (Ihp, soulless)
4:52:48 PM <•Soulless> 4df+2 rip
4:52:49 PM <Glacon> Soulless: rip: 0 (4df+2=-, -, -, +)
4:52:51 PM <•Soulless> Yassss
4:52:55 PM <Daedalus|GM> (RIP)
4:53:11 PM <ihp> 4df+3
4:53:11 PM <Glacon> ihp: 2 (4df+3=0, -, -, +)
4:54:27 PM <Daedalus|GM> Jacob and Rolf, you feel a sensation akin to someone physically pushing you to the ground. The rest of you feel this sensation as well, but manage to resist. You'll notice that, even though you felt pushed forward, your physical body didn't actually move.
4:55:28 PM <•Nemi> "Woa- hey now-" Amelie nearly stumbles. "That's very impolite! Ergh, if only doctor Zakharov were here.." She'll fish out the white sage and rummage for a lighter in her pocket.
4:55:42 PM <Daedalus|GM> Jacob and rolf, you stumble to the ground and notice… it's abnormally bright for this hour of the night. Looking up, you'll see the train station is no longer dilapidated, and that there are two more folks than you remember standing on the platform with you.
4:55:46 PM <•Soulless> Rolf flinches, looks around, panicking Can he Look in the direction of whoever shovedhim?
4:56:01 PM <•Soulless> HHe pauses, and squints at the two people.
4:56:14 PM <Daedalus|GM> The rest of you see Rolf and Jacob's eyes glaze over for a moment, then blink back into awareness.
4:56:23 PM <ArseneLupin> "Why can we never meet a friendly ghost?"
4:56:37 PM <•Nemi> "Are you guys alright?" Amelie will LIGHT the white sage if she can!
4:57:06 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf, you spot what looks to be a preacher, looking at his body and dusting himself off. The other person is a woman in a frilly dress, who looks down at her body as if it's foreign.
4:57:20 PM <Daedalus|GM> The rest of you see Rolf dusting himself off, and Jacob looking at his body as if it's foreign.
4:57:23 PM <Don1Charles> Charles slips out his lighter, clicking it and lighting up the sage, waving it around him as if fending with a torch. "FUCK off, ghosts! I don't want to be a ghost again!" Charles says as he steps back
4:57:50 PM <Daedalus|GM> Roll PDEF ROLF AND JACOB
4:57:53 PM <ArseneLupin> "Hey Charles can I get a light?"
4:57:53 PM <Don1Charles> "Rolf, Jacob, you alright? It doesn't look like you got pushed out of your bodies like last time."
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4:58:04 PM <ihp> 4df+4 Ow
4:58:04 PM <Glacon> ihp: Ow: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, 0, 0)
4:58:09 PM <Don1Charles> Charles presses his flaming sage against Graham's
4:58:51 PM <•Soulless> 4df+4 no pdef
4:58:51 PM <Glacon> Soulless: no pdef: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, -, +)
4:59:22 PM <Daedalus|GM> The preacher looks to both Jacob and Rolf and moves to help them up, "Are you alright?"
4:59:32 PM <•Nemi> "Vogel, Wexley, are you two alright?" Amelie frowns as she peers around, clutching the lit white-sage and leery of more spectral activity!
4:59:33 PM <•Soulless> Rolf looks… confused.
4:59:39 PM <•Soulless> 4df+3 He tries to Look at the preacher.
4:59:40 PM <Glacon> Soulless: He tries to Look at the preacher.: 2 (4df+3=0, -, -, +)
4:59:44 PM <Daedalus|GM> Meanwhile, the rest of you see Rolf say, "Are you alright?" And read down to help an invisible person up.
4:59:45 PM <•Soulless> 4df+2 vs himself
4:59:46 PM <Glacon> Soulless: vs himself: 4 (4df+2=-, +, +, +)
4:59:51 PM <•Soulless> No dmg
5:00:08 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf… you see into your own mind. It's as if you tried this into a mirror.
5:00:26 PM <•Soulless> He bl;inks, flinvhes, backs away. "Why do you have my darkness?"
5:01:20 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Because this is not my body." Not!Rolf answers, "I apologize, this was the only way I could try to contact you."
5:01:51 PM <Don1Charles> "(anythign the Not!Rolf says do we hear Rolf say?)
5:01:55 PM <Daedalus|GM> Both Jacob and Rolf are slightly burned by the sage as Charles swings it around.
5:02:09 PM <Daedalus|GM> But they weather it rather well
5:02:10 PM <•Nemi> Amelie peers at the two of them, similarly confused. "Rolf- what are you seeing? Who are you helping?"
5:02:16 PM <•Soulless> "You… you took my /body/?"
5:02:32 PM <ArseneLupin> Do we hear not Rolf?
5:03:10 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Yes, and I apologize." You do indeed hear Not!Rolf talking to someone invisible, whom Rolf sees as a preacher, "But we've not a lot a time. Please, follow me."
5:03:16 PM <ihp> Jacob frowns at the preacher. "…what have you done?"
5:03:40 PM <•Soulless> Rolf follows, and tries to grab Charles' hand.
5:03:49 PM <•Nemi> ".. okay," Amelie eyes NotRolf. "I'm guessing you're one of the intangents. Fine, lead on."
5:03:50 PM <Don1Charles> Charles lowers sage at seeing the burning. "That's… peculiar." He mutters under his breath. Charles's hand is free to grab!
5:03:56 PM <Daedalus|GM> The lady answers for him, "I believe we've taken your bodies."
5:04:04 PM <Daedalus|GM> Charles, you feel a cold hand grasp yours.
5:04:16 PM <Daedalus|GM> It's pure ice.
5:04:21 PM <ArseneLupin> "You re gonna give our friends their bodies back right?"
5:04:30 PM <Don1Charles> Charles's hand retracts and he rears back, waving sage towards that creepiness
5:04:36 PM <Daedalus|GM> ROLL PDEF ROLF
5:04:49 PM <ihp> "And you think we're going to let you keep them?!" Jacob growls, following after the preacher.
5:05:10 PM <•Soulless> 4df+4 what the fuck
5:05:10 PM <Glacon> Soulless: what the fuck: 4 (4df+4=0, -, 0, +)
5:05:28 PM <•Soulless> "Charles! No! It's me! Tell him it's me!"
5:06:17 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf, you're once again singed by the sage as you feel your form slightly vaporize
5:06:34 PM <Daedalus|GM> Not!Rolf grabs Charles' hand, "Stop, that's your friend."
5:07:36 PM <Don1Charles> Charles eyes confusedly, lowering the sage, squeezing Not!Rolf's hand before letting go and offering it up to the direction he burnt
5:07:59 PM <ihp> Can Jacob roll academics to figure out what, exactly, being a ghost (or whatever this is) entails?
5:08:02 PM <•Nemi> Amelie takes a deep breath. "Okay. Presumably nonhostile intangents have taken possession of two of our agents. .. that's.. different. Let's cooperate as long as we can, here."
5:08:45 PM <ArseneLupin> "The less violence the better."
5:08:54 PM <Don1Charles> Charles nods silently to what Amelie said
5:09:14 PM <Daedalus|GM> "I'm not… whoever this body belongs to. My name is Father Abernathy." He explains, gesturing to the currently invisible souls next to him, "You can't see souls, not unless you are a wandering one, or unless you've no body. I… this was the only way to speak to you. I apologize, but I will explain further once we reach the tavern."
5:09:56 PM <ihp> Jacob, should anyone be able to see him, would have the largest scowl on his face. He looks at the figure that overtook his body, and mutters something about "hope lycanthropy feels good on your soul."
5:10:06 PM <Daedalus|GM> He also gestures to Jacob, "This is Lady MacPhearson. She's… in your friend's body as well."
5:10:14 PM <Daedalus|GM> Jacob's body curtseys
5:10:16 PM <•Soulless> Rolf takes Charles hand.
5:10:18 PM <ihp> ~Oh I am never going to live this down.~
5:10:41 PM <•Soulless> He squuezes gently, and tries to figure out how to make Charles believe him. He putc Charles hand on his head, on his soft hair.
5:10:42 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham suppresses a laugh when Jacob curtseys
5:10:56 PM <•Soulless> Runs Charles' fingers through his hair.
5:11:01 PM <Daedalus|GM> Charles' hand and hair feel icy cold as an invisible hand runs through them
5:11:18 PM <•Soulless> *Rolf is putting Charles hand on his own head
5:11:19 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Please, follow me." He gestures forward, then steps into the town.
5:11:56 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham follows Abernathy
5:11:57 PM <ihp> "Couldn't we co-habitate?" Jacob asks. "Or… hmm." He thinks to himself.
5:12:14 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf will find that he can't manipulate Charles' limbs to the extent he'd like; instead, whenever he applies enough pressure to move it his hand passes straight through.
5:12:17 PM <ihp> He doubts this will work, but will he be able to smell anything in the spirit realm? Do his lycanthropic benefits even carry over to a ghost?
5:12:32 PM <Don1Charles> Charles shudders slightly but forces a smiles. "Invisible Rolf, let's go and follow, shall we?" He says, squeezing the icehand before it slips through his own
5:14:31 PM <•Nemi> "I.. See." Amelie purses her lips, and turns to step in after the Father. "I could see Lady MacPhearson somewhat before the- inhabitation occured.."
5:15:22 PM <Daedalus|GM> The man leads you down a dirt road through the dilapidated town. It's quiet, too quiet. Wood creaks and wild winds whip through cracks in windows. Remains of carts and other equipment lies around in disrepair as you're lead towards a large, ransacked tavern.
5:15:29 PM <•Soulless> Rolf follows.
5:15:37 PM Cherry → FluffyRedSheep
5:15:40 PM <•Soulless> Occasionally he touches Charles' hand to let him know he's still there.
5:16:16 PM <•Soulless> "What do you want?"
5:16:28 PM <Don1Charles> Charles was still in a tanktop, and gripping the icehand had caused his arm to start shivering slightly. Charles would shoot a nervous smile in the direction of Rolf whenever he felt the icy hand brush his. "Alright, just don't take my body, please."
5:17:01 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf and Jacob experience something different entirely, as they walk through a lively town with folks going about their business, occasionally passing through your teammates as they walk down the street. The once dark landscape has been replaced with a sunny blue sky.
5:17:05 PM <ArseneLupin> "Are there any other spirits around here or just you two?"
5:17:18 PM <ihp> Jacob frowns. "…Rolf?"
5:17:22 PM <•Soulless> Rolf's eyes widen.
5:17:23 PM <ihp> "
5:17:27 PM <•Soulless> "There are people here."
5:17:34 PM <Daedalus|GM> Jacob, your lycanthrope traits seem to be a physical attribute, as you smell less than usual.
5:17:43 PM <ihp> "I'm not entirely sure we are spectral. This may be an… alternate reality we've stepped into?" He frowns.
5:17:44 PM <Daedalus|GM> Also your nose is less sharp.
5:18:06 PM <•Nemi> Amelie ambles along after the Father, lips pursed as they go. Her flashlight remains on but low to illuminate her steps.
5:18:26 PM <ihp> What period do they seem to be in?
5:18:33 PM <ihp> Old west? early 1900s? Gold rush?
5:19:20 PM <Daedalus|GM> "I /want/ to rest." The father responds, sighing as he steps into the Tavern, holding the door open for the rest of you. A door that, in the physical world, appears to not exist, giving the appearance of Rolf holding an invisible door open.
5:20:02 PM <ihp> Jacob enters the tavern along with the rest of them. "…I don't like this."
5:20:19 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham walks through the doorway
5:20:23 PM <•Soulless> Rolf steps in. "…I dislike it as much as you."
5:20:29 PM <Daedalus|GM> Old west, though the appearance of these people varies wildly. Some look to be wearing fasions from the early 1830's, and others from the 1850's. There's also an inordinate number of soldiers standing walking around, as well as what look to be mine workers.
5:20:41 PM <Don1Charles> Charles walks through. "Uh… thank you." He says, watching Not!Rolf before stepping in. His handgun is still in his left hand, his flashlight dug into his pocket.
5:21:54 PM <Daedalus|GM> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SIizvT5Bk8 Is what you hear as you enter, Rolf and Jacob
5:21:55 PM <Glacon> Daedalus|GM: Saloon music compilation - length 20m9s - 5129↑127↓ - 788,465 views - oldstuff4all on 2014.01.24
5:22:51 PM <•Nemi> Amelie follows as well, shining her flashlight around the empty, dusty saloon.
5:22:59 PM <ihp> "…purgatory, then," Jacob frowns.
5:23:04 PM <Daedalus|GM> The rest of you hear something akin to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv2my4a331A
5:23:05 PM <Glacon> Daedalus|GM: Creepy out of tune piano - length 15s - 21↑1↓ - 3,743 views - Gregory Kman on 2014.09.02
5:24:07 PM <•Soulless> Rolf tries to wave someone down and ask what is going on.
5:24:45 PM <ArseneLupin> What does the inside of the tavern look like?
5:26:07 PM <Daedalus|GM> The saloon is a lively one to Jacob and Rolf. It looks to be well decorated with velvet curtains and silver fittings. A man plays a piano in the corner, while several patrons drink and play cards. The priest sits on a stool at the bar, sighing heavily, as the bartender pours him a drink.
5:26:19 PM <Don1Charles> "Sound's like Tennyson." Charles says with a grin
5:26:41 PM <ihp> Jacob makes his way by the father, trying to sit on the stool by him. "…sir, with all due respect… what is this?"
5:26:44 PM <•Nemi> ".. that's uncomfortable- he's that bad on piano, huh?" AMelie advances further into the tavern, shining her light around to get a better look at it.
5:26:44 PM <ihp> "Where are we?"
5:27:29 PM <Daedalus|GM> To the rest of you, you enter an old, unstable-looking building. The entire saloon looks to be in a state of disrepair, and someone looks to have stolen a majority of the furniture. The untuned piano in the corner plays itself, and a broken bottle seemingly floats off the shelf to pour an invisible drink for Rolf
5:27:45 PM <Don1Charles> Charles laughs a little, walking around, putting his leather gloves on before running his hand over a dusty table, and then writing his name onto it. "Nah, he isn't that bad, I'm just kiddin'."
5:27:54 PM <ArseneLupin> "He's doing pretty well for a ghost." Graham sits down next to Father Abernathy.
5:27:56 PM <•Nemi> "Intangents have limited ability to affect the physical world.. interesting.."
5:28:06 PM <Daedalus|GM> The preacher takes a long swig, then sighs. "Long story short, we need your help."
5:28:23 PM <Daedalus|GM> "No one will believe me, but… we're between worlds."
5:28:27 PM <•Nemi> Amelie folds her arms, brows arching. Well, solving this problem WOULD ideally stop a supernatural phenomenon..
5:28:41 PM <Don1Charles> Charles walks over to Not!Rolf. "Mhm."
5:28:57 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf, the other patrons seem to largely ignore you.
5:29:07 PM <ArseneLupin> "I've heard weirde."
5:29:10 PM <ArseneLupin> *weirder
5:29:34 PM <ihp> Jacob raises a hand. "I believe you."
5:31:13 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Then perhaps you're willing to help us? Something has disturbed our rest. I feel it in my bones, the tiredness of living this eternal day over and over. The others… they can't feel it. They can only feel this place, their memories… but it's tricking them. Making them believe they're still alive. And soon… it'll start over again."
5:31:43 PM <ihp> "There was a flash of light that drew us here. And a sound. What was that?"
5:31:52 PM <ihp> "Apparently it was 'very bright and loud'."
5:32:20 PM <ArseneLupin> "Do you have any idea what started the loop?"
5:32:42 PM <Daedalus|GM> "I know not what you speak of… but perhaps it is what locks us in this endless cycle. I've seen things, things that break the cycle."
5:32:58 PM <Daedalus|GM> "You… and men, falling from the sky."
5:33:06 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Near the graveyard."
5:33:41 PM <Don1Charles> Charles takes note of that, that they would need to go to the graveyard
5:33:43 PM <•Soulless> Rolf tries very hard to get someone to say hello.
5:33:55 PM <•Nemi> "The graveyard. Right. Sounds like a plan- I'm guessing your remains were disturbed?"
5:34:37 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Perhaps… I don't know." He suddenly looks towards the door, "… Here it comes again."
5:34:55 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf and Jacob, you hear the sound of gunshots outside.
5:35:07 PM <ihp> ~And I don't have guns in this realm.~
5:36:05 PM DSJ → •DMSJ
5:36:06 PM <•GMFae> The others also hear gunshots, but these are different. More distant. Submachineguns.
5:36:22 PM <Don1Charles> Charles looks towards the door. Charles lifts up his handgun
5:36:32 PM <Don1Charles> "Machine guns. There are machine guns."
5:36:40 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Quickly, take back your bodies… save us, I beg of you."
5:37:09 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham clicks the safety off his revolver
5:37:21 PM <•Nemi> Amelie draws her handgun and immediately ducks against one side of the doorframe, peeking out just enough to hopefully get a sight on muzzle flashes.
5:37:22 PM <Don1Charles> "Ok. We will try, I promise."
5:38:00 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf and Jacob, you spot a dust cloud being thrown up in the distance. A dark energy permeates the saloon.
5:38:33 PM <ihp> Jacob nods, and attempts re-entering his body, looking apologetic to the woman.
5:38:38 PM <•DMSJ> In the dark of this night, there is something coming up to this town. A misshapen, ugly thing, born from the death of a deer yesterday. Pale, skinny, and hairless. You can see a humanoid deerlike thing approach, the proportions and movements of it unnatural. Its head is humanoid, noseless with dark eyes. Antlers grow from its head like antenna
5:39:07 PM <Daedalus|GM> Lady MacPhearson grabs Jacob by the arms smiling, "No need." She kisses him deeply, and he feels his world spinning as he blinks, finding himself in the dilapidated saloon.
5:39:21 PM <•GMFae> You also see dust kicked up around it from bullets. Something on the other side of the monstrosity is firing at it.
5:39:42 PM <•Soulless> Rolf looks at it, can he Look before he leaves?
5:39:46 PM <Don1Charles> Charles approaches and takes the other side of the doorway, opposite of Amelie. "Could be the crown military personell, firing." He mutters
5:39:55 PM <•Nemi> Must be the Crown forces, whoever they are. Amelie remains in cover, observing- no need to join the firefight when one side is yet unknown.
5:40:16 PM <•Soulless> 4df+3 He Looks at the ugly thing before he takes his body back
5:40:16 PM <Glacon> Soulless: He Looks at the ugly thing before he takes his body back: 6 (4df+3=0, +, +, +)
5:40:24 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf… the thing outside looks like a demon kicking up a cloud of dust, their eyes red and demonic, their heads covered with sharp horns.
5:40:32 PM <•Soulless> 4df+5 (tagging my mdef spec) he looks the shit out of it apparently
5:40:34 PM <Glacon> Soulless: (tagging my mdef spec) he looks the shit out of it apparently: 3 (4df+5=-, -, +, -)
5:40:41 PM <•Soulless> He barely escapes without passingout!
5:40:48 PM <ihp> Jacob rubs his face. "…okay, that…" He smacks his lips. "I'm back, no need to roll out the red carpet or anything." He says.
5:40:59 PM <ihp> If he saw the deer-thing, could he academics to try and figure out what in the hell?
5:41:11 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf indeed takes his own body back! The priest doesn't kiss him, instead opting to walk straight into Rolf.
5:41:18 PM <•Nemi> Amelie glances up at Rolf and Wexley, and nods to them. "I'm glad. Intangents confirmed non-hostile, at least. Unknown contacts outside."
5:41:18 PM <•DMSJ> Rolf, this thing is not sentient in the way you are. It knows two things. A need to kill, and a need to spread, through the violation of other life.
5:41:38 PM <Don1Charles> Charles glances back to Jacob from his spot at the doorway, waving his handgun out of it and peeking. "Welcome back, boys."
5:41:42 PM <Daedalus|GM> Rolf's world spins as his soul returns to his body.
5:41:44 PM <ArseneLupin> "Welcome back! There's a deer monster outside and people with guns."
5:42:01 PM <•GMFae> DAKADAKADAKADAKADAKADAKA DAKA DAKADAKADAKA
5:42:36 PM <•Soulless> Rolf's eyes shoot widely.
5:42:39 PM <•Nemi> Amelie .. quietly withdraws her suppressor from within her jacket and screws it onto the pistol. She continues her observations- are the gunshots doing anything to the creature?
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5:42:52 PM <•Soulless> "The thing is horrifying. It only knows to kill and spreads its darkness."
5:42:56 PM <•Soulless> "It must be stopped."
5:42:58 PM <•DMSJ> The bullets still plink off. It takes a swipe at one of the shooters, tearing a limb off
5:43:34 PM <ihp> "Deer-monster?" Jacob frowns, opening his briefcase and pulling out a piece of cloth with what appears to be a drawing of a rifle on it. (See Quick-Draw Rifle on Jacob's sheet.)
5:43:46 PM <Don1Charles> "It just severed a guy's arm off. Ouch." Charles comments. "Are there any alcohol bottles on the walls? Someone could make up a molotov cocktail."
5:43:48 PM <•GMFae> The guy yells. But… keeps fighting. And it looks like he's still got both his arms.
5:43:50 PM <•GMFae> Weird.
5:44:05 PM <•Nemi> "Don't engage yet," Amelie hisses. "We don't know what they are, either!"
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5:44:20 PM <ihp> "I have Molotovs," Jacob says, taking a few out of his briefcase and setting them aside, trying to get his rifle out of the cloth.
5:44:29 PM <•DMSJ> It just impales the soldier on its arm instead, before breaking into a four legged sprint towards the town
5:44:39 PM <Daedalus|GM> In the light of the gunfire, you see the silhouetted forms of the whispy people running and hiding for cover.
5:44:51 PM <ihp> 4df+2 strength to dislodge the flat rifle
5:44:52 PM <Glacon> ihp: strength to dislodge the flat rifle: 2 (4df+2=0, -, +, 0)
5:44:59 PM <•GMFae> The guy, however the heck he's still alive, grabs the monster…
5:45:09 PM <•GMFae> and tosses it so it lands right next to the PCs.
5:45:14 PM <•GMFae> Holy shit.
5:45:15 PM <Don1Charles> "Or… Maybe it didn't tear off his arm." Charles says, taking his large insect-shell bowie knife out of his bag. Charles gives a respectful nod to Jacob and the incendiary devices
5:45:28 PM <ihp> Jacob manages to get the rifle into 3D, cocking it.
5:45:48 PM <ihp> "…I'm not sure they're entirely human," Jacob stares at the man throwing the monster.
5:45:51 PM <AidenEldritch> (FLAT RIFLE \o/)
5:45:58 PM <Don1Charles> And then Charles stands up straight, cursing and backing up.
5:46:05 PM <Don1Charles> *curses and backs up
5:46:22 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham backs up and readies his revolver
5:46:28 PM <ihp> 4df+4 What organizations have a crown symbol? (Academics, +1 if you feel the general esoterica perk applies.)
5:46:28 PM <Glacon> ihp: What organizations have a crown symbol? (Academics, +1 if you feel the general esoterica perk applies.): 8 (4df+4=+, +, +, +)
5:46:30 PM <•Soulless> Rolf gets his gun out.
5:46:32 PM <•Soulless> (wow)
5:46:40 PM <•Nemi> Amelie similarly stares- and ducks back to cover. Okay, seemingly invincible soldiers hunting down some kind of monster beast.
5:46:47 PM <•Nemi> What the fuck.
5:46:57 PM <•DMSJ> The thing stands after being thrown
5:47:20 PM <Don1Charles> (oh shit they brought in a third one)
5:47:27 PM <•GMFae> Jacob, the only thing you know is that there were coins with a crown on-site turning people anomalous a little over a week ago.
5:47:31 PM <•DMSJ> It approaches the saloon, slowly. It makes no growl nor bark
5:48:28 PM <Don1Charles> "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck get the molotov." He says as lowers his blade and gun, fishing into his bag to try and clip on his armor speedily
5:48:34 PM <•GMFae> The guys are still firing on it, but all their shots are missing at that range.
5:48:38 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham puts his revolver away and gets his stun rifle out
5:48:39 PM <ihp> "…huh," Jacob stands and looks at the deer thing. "This may be connected tot he coins…"
5:48:45 PM <ihp> 4df+4 "But what are you?" (Academics again.)
5:48:45 PM <Glacon> ihp: "But what are you?" (Academics again.): 4 (4df+4=0, +, -, 0)
5:49:04 PM <•Nemi> Amelie, not wanting to contend with that thing that seemingly shrugged off the fusillade of shots from a supersoldier, backs right up to the stairway inside the saloon. If and only if the creature breaches the doorway will she open fire, aiming for the head and other usually-important areas.
5:50:11 PM <•DMSJ> Jacob, you remember reading about something with similar traits to this, from something about extraterrestrial entities using human hosts
5:50:20 PM <•DMSJ> It shares some characteristics with those things
5:50:56 PM <ihp> ~Fuck me, it's an alien.~
5:50:59 PM <Don1Charles> Would Charles recognize this at all from other DSJ runs?
5:51:03 PM <•DMSJ> It nears the saloon door, and…. whoever's by the door, roll d10
5:51:25 PM <Don1Charles> I'll take the D10 for the team)
5:51:28 PM <•DMSJ> Charles might recognize it from that one date thing, the man they had to spy on
5:51:38 PM <Don1Charles> Charles finishes putting on his armor, hefting his weapons and
5:51:40 PM <Don1Charles> d10
5:51:40 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: 8 (d10=8)
5:51:56 PM <Don1Charles> Charles would recognize such!
5:52:11 PM <•Soulless> 1d10
5:52:12 PM <Glacon> Soulless: 5 (1d10=5)
5:52:20 PM <•Nemi> Amelie had backed up from the door to the stairs! What a weirdo. Would she have her ready action trigger as the thing's entered?
5:52:27 PM <•DMSJ> .ch 8,5
5:52:28 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 8
5:52:36 PM <•DMSJ> AGILITY CHARLES
5:52:37 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham backed away when it got thrown
5:52:45 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 agility
5:52:46 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: agility: 4 (4df+4=0, -, +, 0)
5:52:56 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+8 AGI
5:52:57 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: AGI: 9 (4df+8=0, +, +, -)
5:53:15 PM <•DMSJ> It grabs Charles, pulling him out of the building
5:53:15 PM <Don1Charles> Charles makes a 'bring it' motion with the blade of his bowie knife
5:53:24 PM <Don1Charles> Well, fuck
5:53:34 PM <ihp> Jacob is back by the bar, without cover, and when he sees Charles get grabbed…
5:54:14 PM <ihp> "Oh this is gonna suck on the full moon later this week." Jacob says this as he digs his fingers into his skin, preparing to rip it off. "Make sure the Crown guys don't fire at me!"
5:55:25 PM <ihp> 4df+4 Melee check vs himself to remove skin
5:55:25 PM <Glacon> ihp: Melee check vs himself to remove skin: 6 (4df+4=+, 0, 0, +)
5:55:34 PM <•Nemi> 4df+8 reaction fire, tagging surgical strike (close, surprise, light weapon)
5:55:34 PM <Glacon> Nemi: reaction fire, tagging surgical strike (close, surprise, light weapon): 8 (4df+8=+, -, +, -)
5:55:37 PM <ihp> 4df+4 pdef to resist damage from skin removal
5:55:39 PM <Glacon> ihp: pdef to resist damage from skin removal: 2 (4df+4=0, -, 0, -)
5:55:58 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+7 PDEF+VS Bullets
5:55:58 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: PDEF+VS Bullets: 10 (4df+7=+, +, 0, +)
5:55:59 PM <ihp> Jacob takes two damage to himself as he starts going full wolf.
5:56:12 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham shoots it with his stun rifle
5:56:16 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+4 RNG
5:56:17 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: RNG: 4 (4df+4=+, -, -, +)
5:56:31 PM <•DMSJ> Amelie, your shots do just as well as they did when the other people shot it
5:56:34 PM <ihp> And his clothes are in shreds, as well.
5:56:37 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+7 PDEF+VS Bullets?
5:56:37 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: PDEF+VS Bullets?: 8 (4df+7=-, +, +, 0)
5:56:49 PM <•DMSJ> Same goes for Grahm
5:57:02 PM <•Nemi> Amelie signs and slips her suppressed pistol back into her coat. About as well as to be expected, really.
5:57:26 PM <ihp> Jake the Dog, meanwhile, /howls/ and starts for the thing that grabbed Charles, moving onto all fours.
5:57:35 PM <Don1Charles> Charles very much wishes he had a container of acid at the moment! He stumbles out of the bar after being thrown, hitting the sand. He doesn't get up in a particularly badass way, and actually pretty slowly, with a bunch of sand covering his left side. He looks towards the creature, backing up into the open night, readying the blade and handgun at it
5:57:55 PM <•DMSJ> Don, Charles is held in this thing's hand
5:58:23 PM <Don1Charles> Gotcha! Redactsssss
5:58:48 PM <ihp> 4df+5 Jacob tries attacking this thing with teeth that bite and claws that catch. The human part of him is praying ~Please for the love of god do not shoot~ in the general direction of the Crown organization.
5:58:49 PM <Glacon> ihp: Jacob tries attacking this thing with teeth that bite and claws that catch. The human part of him is praying ~Please for the love of god do not shoot~ in the general direction of the Crown organization.: 4 (4df+5=+, -, -, 0)
5:59:08 PM <•GMFae> PDEF, Jacob.
5:59:10 PM <Don1Charles> Charles raises his left arm and then slams the blade of the large knife into it's wrist/hand holding him
5:59:12 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+4 PDEF
5:59:13 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: PDEF: 5 (4df+4=-, 0, +, +)
5:59:23 PM <ihp> 4df+5 ow
5:59:23 PM <Glacon> ihp: ow: 5 (4df+5=+, -, +, -)
5:59:35 PM <•DMSJ> Jacob, you fail to wound it
5:59:40 PM <•GMFae> 4df+5 PAIN
5:59:40 PM <Glacon> GMFae: PAIN: 8 (4df+5=+, +, 0, +)
5:59:42 PM <•DMSJ> Melee, Charles
5:59:50 PM <•GMFae> 1.5 damage from boolet, jacob
5:59:51 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 melee
5:59:51 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: melee: 7 (4df+6=+, -, 0, +)
6:00:03 PM <ihp> Jacob's health: 5.5/9
6:00:05 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+4 PDEF
6:00:05 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: PDEF: 3 (4df+4=-, +, -, 0)
6:00:26 PM <•DMSJ> Charles, it makes no noise but the hand clamps around you.
6:00:33 PM <ihp> Jacob tries to use the monster as cover for himself, and attempt to claw at it again.
6:00:44 PM <Don1Charles> (was the hand not already clamped on him?)
6:00:48 PM <•DMSJ> You can make a STR roll before it bolts away with you to escape Charles
6:00:49 PM <ihp> 4df+5 Melee!
6:00:50 PM <Glacon> ihp: Melee!: 4 (4df+5=0, -, +, -)
6:00:57 PM <•DMSJ> (it was it just got tighter)
6:01:00 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+4 PDEF
6:01:00 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: PDEF: 4 (4df+4=+, 0, 0, -)
6:01:11 PM <Don1Charles> Charles attempts to pry himself away!
6:01:15 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 strength
6:01:15 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: strength: 3 (4df+4=0, -, +, -)
6:01:20 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+5 STR
6:01:20 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: STR: 5 (4df+5=+, 0, -, 0)
6:01:28 PM <•DMSJ> Charles fails!
6:01:46 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+8 AGI And then it starts running away
6:01:47 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: AGI And then it starts running away: 8 (4df+8=+, -, 0, 0)
6:02:05 PM <ihp> 4df+5 No you /don/'t! (Melee to try to pounce on it as it runs.)
6:02:05 PM <Glacon> ihp: No you /don/'t! (Melee to try to pounce on it as it runs.): 4 (4df+5=-, +, 0, -)
6:02:23 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+4 PDEF
6:02:23 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: PDEF: 2 (4df+4=-, 0, 0, -)
6:02:38 PM <•DMSJ> Wait I should be rolling agility too
6:02:51 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+8 AGI to dodge wow thanks brain
6:02:52 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: AGI to dodge wow thanks brain: 6 (4df+8=-, -, +, -)
6:03:08 PM <•DMSJ> It's too late to stop it
6:03:31 PM <•Nemi> Amelie slinks on up to one of the saloon's upper windows, trusting her light build and sneaky feet to take her to a better angle without having her fall through the decaying floorboards. She wants to get eyes on the Deer Thing properly.
6:03:40 PM <ihp> Well, Jake the Dog isn't exactly the smartest. And it has someone in its hand. On all fours, the wolf dashes after it.
6:03:53 PM <Don1Charles> Charles yanks the blade back out. Can he try to str again?
6:04:16 PM <•DMSJ> The thing takes Charles out of town, and into… tooltime (plus Jake I guess)
6:05:13 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham heads outside to find the people who were shooting
6:05:17 PM <•GMFae> One of the paratroopers breaks formation to follow it.
6:05:28 PM <•GMFae> Two of them and the supersoldier stay behind.
6:05:47 PM <•Nemi> ".. Oh for fuck's sake," Amelie mutters. That thing was /fast/- and off went two of their agents, one in its grip and one after it. And now there's three unknown armed men, including one who seems to defy causality.
6:06:37 PM <ArseneLupin> He approaches the three men. "Do you know what that thing was?"
6:06:37 PM <•GMFae> "Hallo!? Guten Abden!"
6:06:48 PM <•Soulless> Rolf looks concerned, but he knows he's too slow to catch up. "[Hello.]"
6:07:05 PM <•GMFae> The superdude approaches, then looks to rolf. "[You speak German?]"
6:07:16 PM <Daedalus|GM> Meanwhile, everyone looking at the paratroopers spot a dark figure approaching behind the two paratroopers
6:08:21 PM <•Nemi> Amelie fishes for her standard radio and tries to contact Central! < Nonhostile intangents encountered in Silverlode ruins, unknown creature and unknown armed contacts encountered, creature fled with Charles and Wexley in pursuit. Currently attempting parlay with unknowns. >
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6:08:49 PM <•Soulless> "[I do. What is this?]"
6:09:03 PM <•Soulless> Rolf translates back and forth for his team as needed.
6:09:21 PM <Daedalus|GM> The figure moves like a shadow as it unholsters a pair of revolvers. There's the sound of gun hammers clicking back as it fires into the back of both of their heads.
6:09:47 PM <•Nemi> < Belay that- unknown third contacts! >
6:09:52 PM <•GMFae> "[An investigation and potential retrieval of the object which crash landed near-]" the big guys spins around as the heads of his underlings explode.
6:10:07 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham fires his stun rifle at the shadow. "Hostile!"
6:10:13 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+4 RNG
6:10:13 PM <•GMFae> He moves with inhuman speed to combat the shadow.
6:10:13 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: RNG: 2 (4df+4=+, -, -, -)
6:10:42 PM <Daedalus|GM> The figure looks like some kind of outlaw, wearing all black. It approaches the large supersoldier, pointing a lever action rifle at it.
6:10:59 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Get off my lawn" It responds, in a gravelly, low voice.
6:11:35 PM <•GMFae> 4df+8 Soldier dude throws it into a building.
6:11:36 PM <Glacon> GMFae: Soldier dude throws it into a building.: 6 (4df+8=-, +, -, -)
6:12:18 PM <•Nemi> < Central, > Amelie says, very calmly. < Primary contact appears to demonstrate superhuman abilities. Contacts appear mutually hostile. >
6:13:18 PM <Daedalus|GM> The cowboy is grabbed as the gun is redirected, the shot embedding itself into a building behind the supersoldier. With one swift move, the outlaw is grabbed by the collar and tossed through a pair of doors into a balcony support, which then collapses on top of it.
6:13:34 PM <•GMFae> "Hmmph."
6:14:06 PM <ArseneLupin> "Rolf tell him that was the most amazing thing i've seen all day."
6:14:21 PM <Daedalus|GM> «… breaking… repeat the last… do not…» And then static. All this intangent activity must be messing with the radio signal.
6:14:37 PM <•Soulless> Rolf translates.
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6:15:16 PM <•GMFae> "[Of course it was.]" He pops his shoulder back into joint. "[Who are you?]"
6:15:32 PM <•Nemi> Amelie quietly wonders why they even carry radios when half the team never uses them and they don't work the rest of the time. She keeps her eyes out from her vantage, looking for any more shadows or wendigo-monsters on approach.
6:18:13 PM <Daedalus|GM> Perception Amelie
6:18:32 PM <•Soulless> "[Hikers.]" He lies, and explains his lies to others.
6:18:50 PM <•Nemi> 4df+4 percy perc
6:18:51 PM <Glacon> Nemi: percy perc: 5 (4df+4=0, 0, +, 0)
6:19:13 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham extends his hand to the man. "Graham."
6:19:18 PM <•GMFae> "[I did not know that hikers carried with them guns, knives, and large monsters in America.]" Rolf he ain't buying it.
6:19:27 PM <•GMFae> The hand is not shaken.
6:19:43 PM <•Soulless> "[I thought America was the land of guns, except here I am talking to another German.]"
6:20:15 PM <•Soulless> "[We're here to investigate the paranormal going on. These are my colleagues. I'm Rolf Vogel. And our friends have just been taken. We should take them back.]"
6:20:24 PM <•Soulless> 4df+3 he Anomalously Looks into thr stranger.
6:20:24 PM <Glacon> Soulless: he Anomalously Looks into thr stranger.: 4 (4df+3=+, +, -, 0)
6:20:26 PM <Daedalus|GM> Amelie, you do notice several dark figures skirting around the roofs of the old buildings, similar to the seemingly undead man that previously attacked. You also spot the rubble where the outlaw was thrown beginning to move a bit.
6:20:28 PM <•Soulless> 4df+2 vs himself
6:20:29 PM <Glacon> Soulless: vs himself: 1 (4df+2=0, 0, 0, -)
6:20:34 PM <•Soulless> Wow, he flinches.
6:20:39 PM <•GMFae> Rolf, you feel… distain.
6:21:27 PM <•GMFae> Supes here looks around. "[It carried of to of your men, and one of mine. We should all go after it. You can explain who you are on the way.]" (Need to afk for dinner)
6:24:08 PM <•Soulless> He nods, and translates.
6:24:22 PM <•Nemi> Amelie calls to the crew's radios, < More contacts- rooftops and in the rubble. I think we have condition 17s- undead. >
6:26:02 PM <ArseneLupin> <Got it. We should hold up in the tavern> Graham starts towards the tavern
6:28:34 PM <Daedalus|GM> The tavern still stands! "[Hmm, perhaps it is best if you stayed here, then. I will find my teammate.]"
6:29:33 PM <•Nemi> < Everyone in! Central, the superhuman's retreating to pursue the unknown wendigo-like entity, we've got condition 17s all over, advise. >
6:29:38 PM <ArseneLupin> Are the molotov cocktails Jacob put down earlier still there?
6:29:45 PM <ihp> They would be, yes.
6:29:47 PM <Daedalus|GM> They are!
6:30:20 PM <Daedalus|GM> The supersoldier runs off in the direction he saw them run to last, taking off with incredible speed.
6:30:51 PM <Daedalus|GM> Meanwhile, the shadows on the roofs seem to crowd together.
6:31:23 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham picks one up and waits in cover by the doorway
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6:33:49 PM <•Nemi> Amelie continues her overwatch, clutching her pistol and watching the shadows very, very warily.
6:33:55 PM <Daedalus|GM> You all feel cold hands touching you, as a voice breathes into your mind, "… beware them… they are the damned; those who have been made to walk the earth in this tortured form because of their sin. They aer not like us… they know they are dead, but they do not wish to rest. They do not wish to go back to hell…"
6:34:34 PM <ArseneLupin> "Do you know any way to deal with them?"
6:34:36 PM <•Soulless> Rolf trembles, and whispers back. "I saw no sin in that man… except looking down upon us. disdainful."
6:35:43 PM <Daedalus|GM> "I speak not of the men who fell from the sky, I speak of the shadows coalecing outside of this tavern."
6:36:26 PM <•Soulless> He nods.
6:36:54 PM <•Soulless> "Can't I… clear it off them?"
6:37:44 PM <•Nemi> "Understood." Outlaws, once, presumably. "Any way we can get rid of them?"
6:38:58 PM <Daedalus|GM> "Those who dwell in the dark, must also fear the light…" Is the last thing you hear before the voice fades… suddenly the outlaw from before emerges from the rubble pile, shaking himself off as he picks up his guns.
6:39:31 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham clicks his flashlight on at points it at the doorway
6:39:35 PM <•Nemi> The light? Amelie flicks on her flashlight and squeezes the crank powering it as much as she can, hoping that the extra juice might brighten the light. She'll shine it right at the nearest shadows.
6:40:08 PM <•Soulless> Rolf takes his flashlight.
6:40:16 PM <•Soulless> She he pauses.
6:40:31 PM <•Soulless> "I have a better idea. On the count of three, I want everyone to close their eyes." He murmurs, voice low.
6:40:47 PM <Daedalus|GM> That seems to do it! The shadows that surround the saloon seem to burn away, hissing as they evaporate. Meanwhile, the outlaw continues to approach the front entrance, guns drawn and spurs clinking.
6:41:19 PM <•Nemi> ".. Do it," Amelie hisses from the upstairs landing.
6:41:47 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham closes his eyes tightly. "Eyes are shut."
6:42:32 PM <•Soulless> On the count of three, rolf throws his Dazzling Fireworks to stun the outlaw and chase the other shadows away! DC 5 MDEF to avoid being stunned, fucker!
6:42:45 PM <Daedalus|GM> 4df+4 NUUU
6:42:45 PM <Glacon> Daedalus|GM: NUUU: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, +, -)
6:44:11 PM <Daedalus|GM> The shadows fizzle and sparkle as they're burned by the fireworks, the outlaw covering his eyes as his form is assailed with the light. He seems to be stronger than the average shadow, as he's not disappearing. He is, however, stunned!
6:44:40 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham chucks a molotov at it once the fireworks stop
6:45:29 PM <•Nemi> And Amelie turns to train her flashlight right on the outlaw, one arm over her face to blot out the aftereffects of the flashing fireworks!
6:46:48 PM <•GMFae> Suddenly a blur comes back, followed by a paratrooper shooting at the shades.
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6:47:55 PM <Daedalus|GM> All this light seems to have the desired effect as parts of the creature's face and form are revealed. A rotting face revealing half a skeleton, half undead abomination snarling and snapping in anger as he is brought to his knees. The revolvers drop out of his hands and onto the floor as the flames lick it's body.
6:48:46 PM <Daedalus|GM> Meanwhile, the remaining shades are shredded by the light of gunfire, and the rest seem to retreat.
6:49:35 PM <•Nemi> Amelie lets out a whistle. She keeps her flashlight on the burning skellyman, and unloads a few rounds into its head and upper body. Pchew, pchew.
6:49:52 PM <ihp> Jake the Wolf careens into town with Charles on his back, letting out a loud /howl/ to alert the squad.
6:49:55 PM <Daedalus|GM> The Outlaw collapses into a pile of bones and smoldering ash as the bullets pierce it's head. The outlaw remains, unmoving.
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6:50:14 PM <•Soulless> Rolf steaps back, looking nervous.
6:50:52 PM <•GMFae> Supes helps clean up the last remaining shades.
6:50:53 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham steps outside with another Molotov just in case
6:51:25 PM <Daedalus|GM> They're quickly cut down as Jacob and Charles return
6:51:44 PM <ihp> Jacob begins the long, awkward, naked process of returning to normal.
6:52:06 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham checks the outlaws ashes for the revolvers
6:52:10 PM <Don1Charles> Charles waves to friends, before climbing off wolfman's back. His shirt is draped around his neck, and there is a bleeding hole in his chest. "Get me Amelie, please. I need to excise something from my chest."
6:52:29 PM <Daedalus|GM> Amelie, Graham, and Rolf feel the icy touch again, and hear the voice, "… Good… but he will not stay dead for long. You must find the root of this…"
6:52:50 PM <ihp> Jacob grunts, and, half-wolfed still, starts lurching him towards the others, calling out, "Amelie! We have wounded!"
6:52:56 PM <Daedalus|GM> Graham, you find a pair of revolvers! They're nice. Heavy, but nice.
6:53:07 PM <•Soulless> Rolf flinches at the touch. "Where is the root?"
6:53:18 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham empties the bullets out of them and puts them away
6:53:25 PM <•GMFae> Supes looks to rolf. "[You all at least seem somewhat capable in combat.]" He points a finger. "[The crash site is that way. You will help us secure it.]"
6:54:19 PM <•Soulless> "[Alright…]" He translates for the group.
6:54:24 PM <ihp> "We have wounded! Charles has… a scab on him?" He calls out. He's also naked.
6:54:29 PM <•Nemi> Amelie quietly ejects her spent magazine, reloads, and puts safety on before sliding her pistol under her coat. She hurries down past the smoldering remains toward Charles and Jacob. She side-eyes Supes and the Paratrooper, considering their injuries or lack thereof, Charles is her primary concern.
6:54:30 PM <ihp> "Does anyone have spare clothing?"
6:54:45 PM <•Soulless> "I… don;t, Jacob. However.."
6:54:48 PM <ihp> Jacob looks pretty badly beat as well.
6:55:01 PM <•Soulless> redact the howevwer
6:55:03 PM — •Nemi sets her pack down and fishes out a pair of TROUSERS, which she tosses to Jacob. They're fitted for a 5'6" woman, so they might not fit very well. For NOW, her attention goes to Charles and his weird scab.
6:55:07 PM <•Soulless> "I usually keep a jacket, but the weather.."
6:55:21 PM <ihp> Jacob puts on the trousers. They look godawful on him.
6:55:23 PM <Don1Charles> (it would no longer be a scab i don't think, cause he sliced it open)
6:55:44 PM <•DMSJ> He cut around the edges, as far as I could tell
6:55:58 PM <•DMSJ> Trying to pry it out
6:56:12 PM <ArseneLupin> "By the way, Jacob, thanks for leaving those Molotov. They were a life saver."
6:56:29 PM <ihp> "I have a lot of stuff in that case," Jacob nods. "Used to use it to hunt fae. Long story."
6:56:44 PM <ihp> Jacob looks towards the paratrooper and the supersoldier. "…who are those?"
6:56:53 PM <Don1Charles> "Thing crawled into my chest. I cut it out and damaged it but it's back in. Need you to cut it out. Need tweezers, something like that. Dig it out. Painkillers first would be nice. I don't fucking know, I'm not a doctor."
6:56:58 PM <ihp> "Who are they, rather," Jacob smacks his lips. "Tongue never works right after I've woged."
6:57:08 PM <Don1Charles> Charles holds up the bloody switchblade he had been digging it out with
6:57:41 PM <•Nemi> Amelie shakes her head at Jacob. Anything notable about Charles' injury as Amelie fishes out her medical satchel and appropriate tools for FIELD SURGERY. She also hands him a tongue depressor. "Bite down on this. Can't afford anesthesia when we're going to move soon."
6:57:51 PM <•GMFae> How /unsanitary/, Amelie!
6:58:20 PM <ArseneLupin> "No clue. The big guy hits like a tank and moves like a cheetah though."
6:58:23 PM <ihp> Jacob looks into the saloon. I don't suppose there's any alcohol in here that can be used to disinfect wounds?
6:58:32 PM <ihp> I mean, it is old, but still.
6:58:38 PM <•Soulless> Rolf explains to Jacob who they are.
6:58:39 PM <•Nemi> This is not ideal conditions, no. Amelie DOES have disinfectant in her pack, she's not an animal.
6:59:36 PM <Don1Charles> Charles clicks closed his knife, shoving it into his pocket. He nods, and takes the tongue depressor, biting down on it. "Shwouldth I lie downth?" He says with a mouth full of tongue depressor
7:00:16 PM <•Nemi> 4df+8 Amelie nods, eases him down, then cuts open his shirt and.. (MED+Private Practice for first go)
7:00:16 PM <Glacon> Nemi: Amelie nods, eases him down, then cuts open his shirt and.. (MED+Private Practice for first go): 6 (4df+8=+, -, -, -)
7:00:47 PM <Don1Charles> (his shirt was already off but yeah I gotchu)
7:01:30 PM <•DMSJ> It comes out slowly, and she'll find herself having to pull it out of him with her hands towards the end, but Amelie removes the egg pod from Charles. It's pale and covered in blood. Something indistinct floats inside of it
7:02:54 PM <Don1Charles> Charles bites his teeth hard into the little wood stick, and a trail of blood runs down his chest. He makes a slight gagging noise upon seeing the egg.
7:04:28 PM <•Nemi> Amelie has gloves, disinfectant, and a lot of sharp tools that are kept meticulously sterilized. Combine that with some Novavida surgical training and there's likely nobody better for this. She purses her lip on finally retrieving the egg, and fishes in her pack for a small containment canister to stow the sample. She even hums a cheery tune as she does- then packs the wound with gauze
7:04:29 PM <•Nemi> and wraps it up. That sort of tissue damage would need a proper surgeon to look at- this is just what she could do for now. "There you go." Her attention shifts to the others now- anyone else clearly injured or infected?
7:04:34 PM <•Soulless> Rolf winces at that.
7:04:43 PM <•Soulless> Rolf looks okay, but concerned for Charles.
7:05:05 PM <Don1Charles> Can Charles also have that roll work for his actual pdef damage?
7:05:51 PM <•DMSJ> Sure
7:06:02 PM <•GMFae> Okay, not that we've fixed up charles…
7:06:09 PM <•GMFae> Supes looks to rolf. "[You all at least seem somewhat capable in combat.]" He points a finger. "[The crash site is that way. You will help us secure it.]"
7:06:18 PM <•Soulless> Rolf explains to everyone.
7:07:20 PM <Don1Charles> Charles spits out the tongue depressor, gritting his teeth. "Thank Amelie. Surprised you can keep such a happy face while doing that gritty shit." He says, tugging on the tank top, which now had a stain on it. He stumbles to his feet, getting some water out of his bag and drinking it before wiping the sand off his gun
7:07:56 PM <ArseneLupin> "Are there more of those things?"
7:07:57 PM <Don1Charles> He did feel pretty peachy now, though. He puts his armor back on
7:08:23 PM <Don1Charles> "Probably. Don't let them inject their fucking stuff into you. Fuck that." He murmurs to Graham, looking at the revolvers
7:08:28 PM <Don1Charles> "Can I have one?"
7:08:39 PM <•Nemi> "Comes with the job. I'm happy I can help!" Amelie brushes herself off and places the containment cannister into her pack, then doffs her gloves and bags them along with her tools, in case the material is infectious. She rises and brushes herself off. And she knows German. There's a frown, but- no use arguing with the superman, right? <Central, there's a 'crash site', the Crown personnel
7:08:39 PM <•Nemi> are demanding we assist them with securing the site.>
7:08:49 PM <ArseneLupin> "Sure there were two of them." He hands Charles one of them
7:09:36 PM <Don1Charles> Charles gives him an appreciative nod, admiring the revolver, before putting it into his backpack. Charles didn't have a revolver yet!
7:11:18 PM <•Nemi> Amelie looks expectantly at Supes, shifting neatly into French-accented German. "[I believe we are ready.]"
7:11:23 PM <ihp> Jacob coughs towards his medic, "I'm… a bit bruised as well," he says, craning his neck. There are a few gashes in it. "I have to be cautious when changing nowadays."
7:11:23 PM <Daedalus|GM> Static is Amelie's reply, but then a voice comes over the radio. Laughter. Deep, gravelly laughter. «… You think that's enough to kill me? I'm gonna enjoy ripping you apart.»
7:12:01 PM <Don1Charles> Charles groans. He holds up his own radio. «Command, can you hear me, or is it the laughing asshole on the line?»
7:12:19 PM <•GMFae> Supes nods. "[Let's move!]" He trots off toward the crash site.
7:12:24 PM <Daedalus|GM> Nothing but static on the line Charles.
7:12:27 PM <•Nemi> Amelie /sighs/, and turns to approach Jacob to check him out, see if there's anything worse than just a few gashes. Short detour.
7:12:44 PM <ihp> Jacob's currently at exactly half health.
7:12:44 PM <•Nemi> 4df+8 (MED+PP)
7:12:45 PM <Glacon> Nemi: (MED+PP): 9 (4df+8=-, 0, +, +)
7:12:50 PM <ihp> The alien got a few good knocks in as well.
7:13:06 PM <Don1Charles> "Graham, let's shoot some motherfuckers." Charles says, loading both his handguns. Dual wield time!
7:13:25 PM <ihp> "…you do realize that is incredibly impractical and dangerous, yes?" Jacob asks Charles.
7:13:59 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham chuckles while loading his revolver. "Let's shoot motherfuckers with just one gun."
7:14:11 PM <•Nemi> ".. there- that should keep you from bleeding out, just- try not to transform or anything, please?"
7:14:26 PM <•Nemi> "And I should just not bring a radio, or find a.. ghost-less radio, or something.."
7:14:50 PM <ihp> Jacob chuckles. "If I transform more than once a week, I'd probably die." He shakes his head. "And we have a full moon soon. Fuck me."
7:14:53 PM <Don1Charles> "But, I like both of the guns, I can't choose." Charles says with a frown, before deciding to use the revolver, taking the bowie knife into his other hand.
7:15:43 PM <ArseneLupin> "Be sure to watch your revolver fire." Graham says with a grin
7:15:59 PM <ihp> Jacob looks very uncomfortable in those trousers.
7:16:11 PM <•Soulless> "Please do not die."
7:16:13 PM <Don1Charles> "Graham I will shoot you in the foot." Charles says with a smile.
7:16:30 PM <•GMFae> Everyone go to the crash site?
7:16:30 PM <ihp> He makes a note to pack some new clothing next mission
7:16:30 PM <Don1Charles> Knowing Charles's aim, he'd miss
7:16:41 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham does
7:17:21 PM <•Nemi> Amelie is ready! She remains near the back, being lightly armed and unarmoured. And also being the medic and general competent quiet one.
7:17:41 PM <ArseneLupin> He stays near the middle
7:18:08 PM <•Soulless> Rolf follows along.
7:18:17 PM <•Soulless> He's near the front, as he hasn't been injured yet.
7:18:22 PM <Don1Charles> Charles walks in front!
7:18:36 PM <•Soulless> He follows behind Charles, in his oddly doggy-like way.
7:19:27 PM <ihp> Jacob is, indeed, following.
7:20:31 PM <•DMSJ> PERC as they near the crash site…
7:20:43 PM <•Nemi> 4df+4
7:20:43 PM <Glacon> Nemi: 2 (4df+4=0, -, -, 0)
7:20:51 PM <•Nemi> Amelie is, frankly, perfectly fine with the idea of Supes leading the way.
7:21:19 PM <ihp> 4df+4 add +3 for scent
7:21:19 PM <Glacon> ihp: add +3 for scent: 4 (4df+4=-, 0, +, 0)
7:21:28 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 perception, new area
7:21:28 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: perception, new area: 8 (4df+6=+, 0, +, 0)
7:21:32 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+4 PERC
7:21:33 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: PERC: 5 (4df+4=+, 0, -, +)
7:21:40 PM <Don1Charles> Charles narrows his eyes and looks around
7:21:54 PM <•Soulless> 4df+5 rolf EYES
7:21:54 PM <Glacon> Soulless: rolf EYES: 5 (4df+5=0, -, 0, +)
7:23:28 PM <•Nemi> "What are your names?" Amelie asks of the PARATROOPER and SUPERMAN.
7:23:56 PM <•GMFae> "[I'm Ottmar, he's Lutwig.]" Says the paratrooper
7:24:18 PM <•DMSJ> You all see ahead of you a partially charred wreck. Buried in the sand is half of what's probably a space ship, with debris strewn about. Rolf and Graham notice there's figures walking around, Jake can smell them. Charles can tell they're not people
7:24:18 PM <•GMFae> "[I understand English I just don't speak it very well.]"
7:24:29 PM <•Nemi> "[Thank you. I am Amelie. I am well-trained in medicine. If you are injured I will do what I can to assist.]"
7:24:53 PM <ihp> "…contact," Jacob growls, hiding behind any available cover.
7:25:23 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham shines his flashlight ahead
7:25:25 PM <Don1Charles> "Pass me a molotov cocktail, Jacob." Charles extends his left gloved hand
7:25:46 PM <ihp> How many were used in the fight?
7:25:57 PM <ArseneLupin> Just 1
7:26:04 PM <ihp> Jacob hands Charles one.
7:26:10 PM <•GMFae> "[Thank you.]"
7:26:23 PM <ihp> Also Jacob would probably still be carrying that alien head
7:26:26 PM <ihp> since nobody commented on it.
7:26:30 PM <ihp> And even he forgot it existed
7:26:37 PM <Daedalus|GM> They'll also note that the ship is also sitting in the middle of a graveyard, and quite a ways away destroyed a church.
7:26:40 PM <•Nemi> Amelie ducks behind cover with Jacob when he does. She gawks at the severed head. "What /is/ zat?"
7:26:53 PM <ihp> "That was what took Charles."
7:26:57 PM <ihp> "Didn't realize I still had it."
7:27:06 PM <Don1Charles> Charles takes it, , putting his bowie knife in it's sheath for the time being, and getting his lighter ready. And then he moves to sneak over
7:27:10 PM <•GMFae> You'll all notice the dust at Lutwig's feet is begining to float.
7:27:39 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 sneak, he now has taken items
7:27:39 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: sneak, he now has taken items: 6 (4df+6=+, -, 0, 0)
7:28:10 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+5 faraway perc
7:28:11 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: faraway perc: 3 (4df+5=+, -, -, -)
7:28:13 PM <ihp> Jacob backs away from Lutwig.
7:28:19 PM <•DMSJ> He isn't seen!
7:28:25 PM <Don1Charles> Charles moves close!
7:28:27 PM <•Nemi> Amelie fishes in her pack to retrieve a BAG, which she proffers to Jacob. "Sealed bag. We don't know if that thing's infectious."
7:28:34 PM <Don1Charles> And stays in cover!
7:28:51 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham clicks off his flashlight and sneaks around the opposite side
7:28:53 PM <ihp> Jacob sticks the head in the bag."
7:29:00 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 sneak
7:29:00 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: sneak: 3 (4df+5=-, 0, 0, -)
7:29:19 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+5 faraway perc
7:29:20 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: faraway perc: 6 (4df+5=+, +, 0, -)
7:29:26 PM <•DMSJ> He is seen!
7:29:46 PM <•DMSJ> A field goes up around the ship half and the figures scramble into it
7:30:24 PM <•DMSJ> Weaponry visibly arms on the outside of it, bright, harsh light coming off of large cannon-esque things on the ship
7:30:24 PM <Don1Charles> Charles curses
7:30:41 PM <•Nemi> Amelie lifts her radio as she remains in cover, < Central, we've encountered unknown contacts- some sort of aircraft, with numerous hostiles. >
7:31:08 PM <•Soulless> He loooks nervous. He wants to help his friend!
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7:31:36 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham hides behind whatever cover he can find
7:32:52 PM <Daedalus|GM> There are a few gravestones he can hide behind
7:32:52 PM <ihp> "Anyone here see 'War of the Worlds'?" Jacob asks. "Because in case you forgot, standing in beams of light /doesn't end well./"
7:33:17 PM <ArseneLupin> He hides behind the biggest one he can find
7:33:26 PM FluffyRedSheep → Cherry
7:33:28 PM <•DMSJ> They don't fire, yet
7:34:17 PM <•Nemi> "I hate being in ze spotlight," Amelie mumbles- and she waits, looking to Ludwig and Ottmar to see what they do.
7:34:57 PM <ArseneLupin> "At least we won't have to worry about the shadows…
7:34:58 PM <ArseneLupin> "
7:35:08 PM <Don1Charles> Charles remains hidden in his sneaky vantage point, readying his molotov cocktail
7:35:22 PM <Don1Charles> Not lit, yet, of course. To not reveal his location
7:36:35 PM <ihp> "…that field," Jacob frowns.
7:36:43 PM <•Nemi> "Is it familiar?"
7:36:49 PM <ihp> Can Jacob roll engineering to see if there's a way to take out the field? "I'm thinking."
7:37:24 PM <•DMSJ> He can try
7:38:48 PM <•Soulless> Rolf looks for a way to hide and distract simultaneously, or something- maybe one of them alone.
7:39:23 PM <ihp> 4df+5+2 Engineering + Practical Problem Solver.
7:39:24 PM <Glacon> ihp: Engineering + Practical Problem Solver.: 6 (4df+5+2=-, +, -, 0)
7:39:51 PM <•GMFae> Ottmar and Lutwig hide.
7:40:15 PM <•GMFae> Strategically.
7:40:18 PM <•DMSJ> The field seems to be flaky close to where the ship was halved, and looks like it's being radiated off of specific spokes on the ship, the tips of which look unshielded
7:40:54 PM <ihp> "The spokes," Jacob points to them. "Take them out, and it might go down. Tips are shielded."
7:42:11 PM <Don1Charles> (could Jacob radio that to teammates in hiding?)
7:42:35 PM <ihp> Jacob turns on the radio. "If we take out the spokes, the field might go down."
7:42:56 PM <•Soulless> Rolf nods.
7:43:08 PM <•GMFae> Ottmar translates this to Lutwig. Lutwig nods, then looks like he's winding up for a basebal pitch aaaannd…
7:43:27 PM <•GMFae> HIS FRICKIN' HAND GOES FLYING AT A SPOKE LIKE A CANONBALL
7:43:42 PM <•Soulless> He hmms. Who /are/ these people?
7:43:48 PM <•Soulless> If only his sin detection could tell him that.
7:44:53 PM <•Nemi> Amelie has seen too much to be shocked by this. She just makes a mental note that the Crown group, whoever they are, use powerful anomalies.
7:44:56 PM <•DMSJ> It breaks off, and the field falls
7:45:28 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+12 Ottomar gets ottomized by a laser cannon
7:45:28 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: Ottomar gets ottomized by a laser cannon: 11 (4df+12=-, 0, +, -)
7:45:46 PM <Don1Charles> Charles clicks on the lighter, waits for the cloth to light, then sticks his arm out from cover and throws it at the figures
7:45:54 PM <Don1Charles> The molotov cocktail
7:46:02 PM <•GMFae> 4df+4 Poor poor Ottmar.
7:46:04 PM <Glacon> GMFae: Poor poor Ottmar.: 5 (4df+4=+, -, 0, +)
7:46:23 PM <•GMFae> Well he's at the very least knocked out. Hard to tell if he's moving.
7:46:34 PM <•DMSJ> He's definitely charred now
7:46:37 PM <•GMFae> Lutwig yells as his hand comes flying back and reatatches.
7:47:24 PM <Don1Charles> Do I roll for my molotov cocktail?
7:47:26 PM <•DMSJ> The molotov hits the ground outside of the ship and the fire creates a barrier you'll have to pass to get into the ship
7:47:40 PM <Don1Charles> But why didn't it hit the figures?
7:47:54 PM <•DMSJ> You didn't roll for it
7:48:21 PM <Don1Charles> I didn't know if I should roll str or ranged, was waiting for a gm to say
7:48:32 PM <•DMSJ> To be more specific, the ship half is facing you, not the breached part
7:48:59 PM <•Nemi> Amelie gawks, big-eyed, as Ottmar is fried. Again, she's seem too much horror to let it dent her, but- ouch. She'll try and drag Ottmar's body to the cover she was using and check him for vitals- and see if there's anything she /can/ do for him.
7:49:01 PM <•DMSJ> You can roll ranged on it as a redo but you aren't hitting the crew
7:49:26 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 ranged ig
7:49:27 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: ranged ig: 2 (4df+4=-, -, 0, 0)
7:49:32 PM <•GMFae> He's just barely alive, Amelie.
7:49:41 PM <•DMSJ> You hit the ground near the ship, but not the ship
7:50:12 PM <ihp> 4df+5+2 (Engineering + PPS) now, how to deal with those cannons to make them non-canon?
7:50:12 PM <Glacon> ihp: (Engineering + PPS) now, how to deal with those cannons to make them non-canon?: 7 (4df+5+2=+, -, 0, 0)
7:50:22 PM <•DMSJ> d10
7:50:22 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 2 (d10=2)
7:50:31 PM <•Soulless> Rolf moves to scampet to Amelie. "Is.. he going to be okay?"
7:50:57 PM <•DMSJ> The cannons could be dealt with using strong explosives, but you're out of luck otherwise
7:51:18 PM <•Nemi> Amelie glances to Rolf, snaps out in German, "[I'm going to find out.]" And so out comes her medical bag! It's time to get to work- and see if Ottmar's salvageable despite the horrific burnination.
7:51:54 PM <•Soulless> He lets her handle herself then. He tries to figure out what to do…
7:52:23 PM <•DMSJ> You could always try Looking to see if you can reason with these ones
7:52:56 PM <•Nemi> 4df+8 MED+PP im helping
7:52:57 PM <Glacon> Nemi: MED+PP im helping: 6 (4df+8=0, 0, -, -)
7:53:16 PM <ArseneLupin> What's Graham's angle on the cannons?
7:53:26 PM <ArseneLupin> Are the they pointing at him?
7:53:41 PM <ihp> "We need a big boom," Jacob says over the radio.
7:53:45 PM <ihp> …
7:53:49 PM <ihp> "…where are the mines?"
7:54:01 PM <ihp> "Maybe there's some TNT down there still?"
7:54:04 PM <•DMSJ> The cannons are in the general direction of everyone
7:54:14 PM <•GMFae> He's… stabilized for now, Amelie.
7:54:16 PM <Don1Charles> Charles keeps in hiding!
7:54:21 PM <•GMFae> Who knows if he'll pull through.
7:54:31 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham stays put then
7:55:04 PM <•Soulless> Rolf whispers. «I need one alone.» In the radio.
7:55:11 PM <•Soulless> «If I get one I can talk. He'll be our in.»
7:55:26 PM <ihp> Jacob thinks for a bit, and then, over the radio, says, "I don't suppose any of you have nitroglycerin on you?"
7:55:54 PM <Don1Charles> «They just /fried our other guy. They don't seem to be in the mood for diplomacy. But trust me, if we can take hostages, we will.»
7:56:04 PM <•GMFae> Lutwig doesn't respond. Because english.
7:57:10 PM <Daedalus|GM> Just as you all are considering your options, a burst of flame appears at the top of the crashed ship.
7:57:36 PM <Don1Charles> Charles readies his handgun
7:57:37 PM <ihp> "…oh."
7:57:50 PM <ihp> Jacob still has a molotov left. He readies that.
7:57:54 PM <ihp> Actually
7:57:58 PM <ihp> He takes out his tranquilizer rifle.
7:58:06 PM <Daedalus|GM> Ash and dust coalesce into a whirlwind that gathers to form the figure of the outlaw, now evidentally made of flame rather than shadow.
7:58:14 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham readies his stun rifle
7:58:18 PM <ihp> "…what is that?"
7:58:28 PM <•DMSJ> The cannons don't aim upwards, the aliens apparently not having noticed
7:58:50 PM <Don1Charles> Can Charles attempt to shoot one of the aliens through a window?
7:59:01 PM <•DMSJ> There aren't any visible windows
8:00:43 PM <•Nemi> "[I have him stable,]" Amelie calls out, in German. "[If we can get him to a proper medical facility we could save him.]" And then she peers up at the FIERY OUTLAW, gawking.
8:00:58 PM <ArseneLupin> «Maybe we could try to get the aliens to take out our outlaw problem.»
8:02:12 PM <•Soulless> «If I can talk with him I may be able to convince him…»
8:03:21 PM <Don1Charles> Charles groans into the radio. «I don't fucking know anymore. Fuck it.»
8:03:32 PM <ArseneLupin> «Considering what happened to the other paratroopers, I doubt he'd be willing to talk»
8:04:06 PM <•soulonphone> «I'm better if I'm alone with someone… he just wants us away, right? Well go away once we figure this out…»
8:04:14 PM <Daedalus|GM> The outlaw looks about, unholstering a pair of red hot revolvers. The Outlaw slides down the side of the ship, firing wildly at the aliens, "GET. THE. HELL. OFF. MY. LAWN."
8:04:22 PM <ihp> "What."
8:04:44 PM <•soulonphone> «See?»
8:04:45 PM <ihp> Jacob sputters over the radio," I… ah… who do we contain? What do we do?"
8:04:48 PM <•DMSJ> The cannons hurriedly fire, not at all at the outlaw but just kinda everywhere
8:04:52 PM <Don1Charles> Charles does a fistpump! That was BADASS
8:04:57 PM <•DMSJ> d10s, everyone
8:05:06 PM <ArseneLupin> 1d10
8:05:06 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 3 (1d10=3)
8:05:10 PM <•soulonphone> 1d10
8:05:10 PM <Glacon> soulonphone: 6 (1d10=6)
8:05:12 PM <•Nemi> Amelie's unwilling to leave her patient.. Is the barrier down? She DUCKS under the big ol' gravestone with Ottmar, eeping.
8:05:14 PM <•Nemi> 1d10
8:05:14 PM <Glacon> Nemi: 2 (1d10=2)
8:05:17 PM <Don1Charles> (charles is hidden tho?)
8:05:19 PM <Don1Charles> d10
8:05:19 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: 1 (d10=1)
8:05:23 PM <Daedalus|GM> His shots sound like cannonfire, and they leave burning trails of smoke and fire as the bullets fly.
8:05:46 PM <•DMSJ> d10 cannon
8:05:46 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: cannon: 4 (d10=4)
8:06:03 PM <•GMFae> Lutwig rockets himself up at the outlaw.
8:06:08 PM <•DMSJ> It doesn't hit anyone, but it keeps swinging around… unless ihp gets a 4
8:06:37 PM <ihp> d10
8:06:38 PM <Glacon> ihp: 10 (d10=10)
8:06:54 PM <•DMSJ> The cannon definitely doesn't hit anyone
8:07:06 PM <•DMSJ> The aliens remain in the ship
8:07:08 PM <Daedalus|GM> As Lutwig flies towards the Outlaw, the revenant explodes into a choking cloud of dust and ash.
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8:07:26 PM <•Nemi> Amelie gets on the radio. <Central, everything is a huge clusterfuck, over.>
8:07:34 PM <Daedalus|GM> The fire surrounds Lutwig as he breathes it in, entering his lungs, his ears, his nose.
8:07:41 PM <•soulonphone> In the chaos Rolf asks. <can we get the canons?>
8:08:00 PM <Daedalus|GM> His eyes begin to glow a bright red as his clothes char at the edges.
8:08:10 PM <•GMFae> When the smoke clears, you see Lutwig. except all his parts are disjointed and floating in an approximately human shape. And he's on fire with glowy eyes
8:08:24 PM <•GMFae> "GET. OFF. MY. LAWN."
8:08:47 PM <•Nemi> < … And the Crown super-soldier is now possessed. > Yep. Just a typical Thursday night.
8:08:49 PM <ihp> "…professional opinion?" Jacob says over the radio. "We follow his instructions and come back in with airstrikes."
8:08:54 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+12 the cannon eventually finds its mark?
8:08:55 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: the cannon eventually finds its mark?: 13 (4df+12=-, +, 0, +)
8:09:15 PM <•DMSJ> That being the necowboy
8:09:30 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf approaches the stranger, wanting to save Lutwig. Slow and slow…. and nope, canon
8:09:56 PM Soulless → •Soulless|dreamin
8:10:06 PM <•Nemi> < Agreed! > Amelie calls over the local radio. < This is /way/ above what we're equipped for! Recommend we fall back to the vehicle, get communications to central when we can and scarper! >
8:11:42 PM <Don1Charles> «And miss the riveting conclusion?»
8:11:46 PM <Daedalus|GM> < You're coming in…. spotty… repeat, over? >
8:11:50 PM <•GMFae> 4df+8PDEF
8:11:55 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf steps back at that, begins to retreat.
8:11:56 PM <•GMFae> 4df+8 PDEF
8:11:58 PM <Glacon> GMFae: PDEF: 9 (4df+8=0, 0, 0, +)
8:12:04 PM <ArseneLupin> «Let's see what the laser did first»
8:12:14 PM <•DMSJ> Two damage is done to hellboy
8:12:23 PM <•soulonphone> Oh
8:12:38 PM <•soulonphone> I'm that case Rolf talks to the hellboy. Persuasion?
8:12:41 PM <ihp> And now, the Jacob Wexley uses his family's secret technique…
8:12:43 PM <ihp> Run away!
8:12:45 PM <•DMSJ> The aliens start to book it as the ship starts to repeatedly make a noise
8:12:57 PM <•DMSJ> It sounds like an alarm, or a count down
8:13:00 PM <•soulonphone> Oh nvm then the aliens are booking it
8:13:05 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf also retreats?
8:13:06 PM <Don1Charles> Charles will shoot aliens! definitely
8:13:26 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham gets the hell off the cowboys lawn
8:14:01 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf would get on a cowboys lawn if youknpw what I'm
8:14:10 PM <•soulonphone> (Wrong room)
8:14:19 PM <Don1Charles> (well okay then)
8:14:47 PM <Daedalus|GM> Meanwhile, Outlatwig repeatedly beats against the spaceship with his meaty fists.
8:14:56 PM <ihp> "COWBOYS AND FUCKING ALIENS! THIS IS WHY I HATE NEVADA!"
8:14:56 PM <•Nemi> "Right- everyone, fall back!" Amelie hefts Ottmar up in a fireman's carry and makes to GO. She is fortunately very strong. But an unarmoured woman with a pistol is not exactly suited for combat with an alien battleship and a fiery super-revenant ghost man.
8:15:04 PM <ihp> "I HATE THE WEST!"
8:15:06 PM <•DMSJ> It doesn't do much, but it probably feels good
8:15:19 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf falls back with Amelie, obeying her orders.
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8:15:37 PM <Don1Charles> Ok so, Aliens are running out of the ship to flee?
8:15:40 PM <•DMSJ> d4
8:15:40 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 3 (d4=3)
8:15:54 PM <•DMSJ> They are, yes
8:16:16 PM <Don1Charles> Charles definitely shoots some bitches
8:16:18 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf tries to grab one as they flee with them.
8:16:18 PM <•DMSJ> Everyone roll agility and multiply it by three to see if the ship explosion gets you
8:16:19 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 ranged
8:16:19 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: ranged: 3 (4df+4=-, -, +, 0)
8:16:27 PM <•Nemi> "Wexley, I want you on radio, ring central until you can get clear audio, report what happened- we are OUTGUNNED but we have a captive, critically injured, and biosamples-"
8:16:36 PM <•soulonphone> 4df+6 ok
8:16:37 PM <Glacon> soulonphone: ok: 6 (4df+6=-, -, +, +)
8:16:40 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 agility
8:16:41 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: agility: 5 (4df+4=0, 0, 0, +)
8:16:44 PM <•DMSJ> The aliens ran literally the opposite way, and Charles you just miss them
8:16:46 PM <•Nemi> 4df+8 (Agility + Tagging Witness Perfection for GO FAST)
8:16:47 PM <Glacon> Nemi: (Agility + Tagging Witness Perfection for GO FAST): 11 (4df+8=+, +, 0, +)
8:16:51 PM <AidenEldritch> (WHOA)
8:16:56 PM <•Nemi> ( AMELIE FAST )
8:17:00 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+3 Pls Glacon
8:17:00 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Pls Glacon: 2 (4df+3=-, +, 0, -)
8:17:09 PM <Don1Charles> Can Charles shoot again
8:17:10 PM <•soulonphone> Wait are we rolling agility times three or rolling our agility and multiplying the score by 3
8:17:18 PM <•DMSJ> Second one
8:17:29 PM <•soulonphone> 4df+2 ok
8:17:29 PM <Glacon> soulonphone: ok: 3 (4df+2=0, 0, 0, +)
8:17:33 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf gets a 6 still
8:17:59 PM <•DMSJ> d20+10
8:18:00 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 21 (d20+10=11)
8:18:21 PM <ihp> Jacob nods, taking the radio./
8:18:30 PM <ihp> 4df+5+2 He fiddles with it to try to get a clearer signal.
8:18:30 PM <Glacon> ihp: He fiddles with it to try to get a clearer signal.: 8 (4df+5+2=+, 0, +, -)
8:18:38 PM <•DMSJ> 4df+21 bomb radius, anyone in it just takes 3 damage, it's not actually the damage for it
8:18:39 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: bomb radius, anyone in it just takes 3 damage, it's not actually the damage for it: 18 (4df+21=-, -, -, 0)
8:18:48 PM <•DMSJ> (near critfail too wow)
8:18:51 PM <ihp> "CENTRAL! WE NEED EVAC! THIS IS PSI-7, WE ARE OUTMANNED AND OUTGUNNED"
8:18:56 PM <ihp> 4DF+3 jACOB DIDN'T ROLL
8:19:00 PM <ihp> 4df+3
8:19:01 PM <Glacon> ihp: 2 (4df+3=-, 0, 0, 0)
8:19:25 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf takes his 3 damage and is knocked unconscious due to it.
8:19:39 PM <ihp> "CENTR—-" he gasps as he's hit, which also KO's him.
8:19:40 PM <Don1Charles> I don't know what's happening
8:19:44 PM <ArseneLupin> What's the rules for unconcious?
8:19:50 PM <Don1Charles> Charles takes 3 damage too, ig
8:20:04 PM <•DMSJ> 3 damage leads to unconsciousness
8:20:11 PM <ArseneLupin> Graham's out then
8:21:54 PM <Don1Charles> no pdefs?
8:22:13 PM <•soulonphone> No pdefs
8:22:21 PM <•Nemi> With only Amelie quick enough to escape the blast that felled her entire team, she turns back, struggling with Ottmar on her back, to where the blast wave tossed her teammates bodies. She'll set Ottmar down and move to both check her surroundings and to check the bodies, see if they're alive- and to fetch her own radio to call for extraction. < Central! This is Zelinka- we need
8:22:21 PM <•Nemi> extraction, now, my entire team is down! >
8:22:59 PM <•DMSJ> Amelie might notice that at least it would appear that the aliens were similarly incapacitated
8:23:41 PM <Daedalus|GM> THe radio crackles for a while, then fades to the sound of someone responding, < … Hello? Hello? Please repeat last transmission. >
8:24:17 PM <•Nemi> < This is Zelinka- my entire team is down, hostiles are incapacitated, we need extraction now! >
8:25:21 PM <Daedalus|GM> < Confirmed. Sending evac to your location. I don't know what you did out there, but it was bright as hell… >
8:27:07 PM <•Nemi> < Some sort of- unknown aircraft carrying unknown humanoid organisms. The aircraft detonated after a condition 17 attacked- I'll leave flares to mark our location. >
8:27:42 PM <ihp> Jacob has some combat flares on him, by the by.
8:28:25 PM <Daedalus|GM> Eventually, the helicopters come; so do the convoys. A legion of military personnel surround the site within minutes as the task force is loaded onto helicopters for medical evac. The town seems to have been cleared of intangents, thanks to their bodies being otherwise cremated.
8:28:27 PM <•soulonphone> Rolf still has his fireworks.
8:29:03 PM <•DMSJ> The aliens get captured as well, and are later found to be still alive
8:29:07 PM <•GMFae> Ottmar is taken into medical custody. The team can look over the gear they recovered from him if they so wish.
8:29:21 PM <•GMFae> After the run, that is.
8:29:29 PM <•soulonphone> Okay.
8:29:42 PM <•Nemi> Amelie, the only member of the team uninjured, does indeed look over Ottmar's gear. She also hands off Wexley and her own alien samples- the head and the egg sac- and explains what they encountered.
8:34:02 PM <Don1Charles> (what's going on now?)
8:34:06 PM DMSJ → •DSJ
8:34:16 PM <Daedalus|GM> You're all eventually transported to a proper military hospital for your injuries, then are all flown home! The lights of Las Vegas twinkle behind you as the plane takes off into the early morning light.
8:34:19 PM <Daedalus|GM> ~FIN~
8:34:23 PM <•GMFae> ~Fin~
6:04:49 PM <DMSJ> You're pretty sure you'd break a bone if it let you go at this speed, Charles
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6:05:44 PM <•GMFae> A paratrooper tries to follow them.
6:05:48 PM <Don1Charles> Charles isn't really happy about this turn of events!
6:05:56 PM <Don1Charles> (repost if I missed any, plz)
6:06:06 PM <DMSJ> You're pretty sure you'd break a bone if it let you go at this speed, Charles
6:06:42 PM <Don1Charles> Charles considers his options, looking the creature up and down to find any sort of weaknesses, at the moment
6:06:45 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 perception
6:06:45 PM <DMSJ> It continues, towards anywhere mountain-y, particularly to find a cave
6:06:45 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: perception: 7 (4df+6=0, 0, +, 0)
6:06:50 PM <DMSJ> d10
6:06:51 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 10 (d10=10)
6:07:08 PM <DMSJ> If this thing has a weakness it's not something you can exploit
6:07:54 PM <•GMFae> 4df+5 PDEF, Charles and Jacob.
6:07:55 PM <Glacon> GMFae: PDEF, Charles and Jacob.: 4 (4df+5=-, 0, 0, 0)
6:08:03 PM <ihp> 4df+5 weh. :C
6:08:04 PM <Glacon> ihp: weh. :C: 4 (4df+5=0, 0, -, 0)
6:08:10 PM <Don1Charles> (does it relate to melee or ranged or neither)
6:08:16 PM <•GMFae> ranged
6:08:22 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+7 pdef
6:08:22 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: pdef: 6 (4df+7=-, -, +, 0)
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6:08:39 PM <•GMFae> The bullets miss both of you and the paratrooper quickly falls behind.
6:09:10 PM <DMSJ> The thing slows. It looks at you, Charles, holding you up to its face.
6:09:15 PM <Don1Charles> "YO! DEER MONSTER! DO YOU. UNDERSTAND. ME?" Charles shouts at it, laying his words out slowly
6:09:27 PM <Don1Charles> Well, he says that a bit quieter, if he was up at it's face
6:09:47 PM <Don1Charles> Charles looks at it with his green eyes. "I recognize you."
6:09:55 PM <DMSJ> Its mouth opens, tendrils like tongues coming at his head.
6:10:20 PM <DMSJ> AGILITY to dodge it tentacleslapping your face
6:10:29 PM <Don1Charles> Can he make a swipe with his knife to slash them away?
6:10:51 PM <DMSJ> He can if he dodges them first
6:11:02 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 agility
6:11:02 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: agility: 4 (4df+4=0, +, -, 0)
6:11:23 PM <DMSJ> 4df+6 Tongue Melee
6:11:23 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: Tongue Melee: 4 (4df+6=-, 0, -, 0)
6:11:36 PM <DMSJ> He just manages to dodge them
6:11:46 PM <ihp> 4df+5 Jacob tries to claw at its leg.
6:11:46 PM <Glacon> ihp: Jacob tries to claw at its leg.: 9 (4df+5=+, +, +, +)
6:11:50 PM <ihp> WELL THEN.
6:12:18 PM <Don1Charles> Charles slashes them tongues!
6:12:22 PM <DMSJ> 4df+4 awwww fuck
6:12:22 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: awwww fuck: 7 (4df+4=0, +, +, +)
6:12:23 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 melee
6:12:23 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: melee: 8 (4df+6=+, +, -, +)
6:12:36 PM <ihp> for srs? :C
6:12:36 PM <Don1Charles> (damn bro, this guy getting messed up)
6:12:55 PM <DMSJ> It stumbles as Jacob gets at its leg, and…
6:13:01 PM <DMSJ> 4df+4 awwww fuck 2
6:13:01 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: awwww fuck 2: 4 (4df+4=0, +, 0, -)
6:13:13 PM <DMSJ> Charles cuts most of the tongues away
6:13:32 PM <DMSJ> Desperately, it tries to hit him with them again
6:13:41 PM <DMSJ> 4df+6 TONGUE MELEE
6:13:42 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: TONGUE MELEE: 7 (4df+6=+, -, 0, +)
6:13:47 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 agi fuck off
6:13:47 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: agi fuck off: 5 (4df+4=0, +, 0, 0)
6:13:50 PM <ihp> 4df+5 Jacob goes for its other leg!
6:13:50 PM <Glacon> ihp: Jacob goes for its other leg!: 6 (4df+5=+, -, 0, +)
6:14:03 PM <DMSJ> MDEF Charles
6:14:06 PM <Don1Charles> (are the tongues not weakened in their attack after that slash)
6:14:11 PM <DMSJ> 4df+4 pdef
6:14:11 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: pdef: 6 (4df+4=+, +, 0, 0)
6:14:22 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef hngh
6:14:23 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef hngh: 3 (4df+3=-, +, +, -)
6:14:25 PM <DMSJ> It tanks the hit and I forgot dodging again
6:14:51 PM <DMSJ> d10 doeees Charles pass out?
6:14:51 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: doeees Charles pass out?: 7 (d10=7)
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6:15:22 PM <Don1Charles> (hngh)
6:15:22 PM <DMSJ> He does! Charles feels himself go limp, and unable to move. He can still see and hear, though
6:15:54 PM <Don1Charles> Charles's hands drop his stuff, as the blade clangs into the dust and his handgun lands next to it. Unless his grip remained, idk
6:16:05 PM <DMSJ> The thing turns to face Jake, as if challenging him to do something
6:16:20 PM <Don1Charles> His head falls forward, like his neck was just snapped, and his whole body looks loosened
6:16:27 PM <DMSJ> It looks wounded now, greenish blood leaking from its various wounds
6:16:55 PM <ihp> 4df+5 Jacob sees Charles limp, and does the ORA ORA thing.
6:16:56 PM <Glacon> ihp: Jacob sees Charles limp, and does the ORA ORA thing.: 4 (4df+5=+, -, -, 0)
6:16:59 PM <ihp> :C
6:17:24 PM <DMSJ> 4df+8 it bounds away
6:17:25 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: it bounds away: 5 (4df+8=-, -, 0, -)
6:17:46 PM <DMSJ> A blood trail follows it, and it doesn't move very fast
6:18:21 PM <DMSJ> The thing continues looking for a cave, somewhere to reproduce now that it has a host
6:18:50 PM <DMSJ> d10
6:18:50 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 7 (d10=7)
6:19:31 PM <ihp> 4df+3 Jake Wolf bounds after it.
6:19:31 PM <Glacon> ihp: Jake Wolf bounds after it.: -1 (4df+3=-, -, -, -)
6:19:36 PM <ihp> (Agilit—fuck)
6:20:07 PM <DMSJ> 4df+8 it keeps moving, seeming to have found somewhere to go
6:20:08 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: it keeps moving, seeming to have found somewhere to go: 7 (4df+8=0, -, -, +)
6:20:31 PM <DMSJ> You lose sight of it, Jake, as it eventually finds a cave.
6:20:45 PM <ihp> 4df+7 He sniffs for it.
6:20:46 PM <Glacon> ihp: He sniffs for it.: 7 (4df+7=-, 0, 0, +)
6:20:47 PM <Don1Charles> Can I like, do anything
6:20:59 PM <DMSJ> Charles, you feel yourself get thrown on the ground, as it vomits some adhesive onto you
6:21:06 PM <DMSJ> MDEF Charles
6:21:11 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef
6:21:12 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef: 2 (4df+3=0, -, 0, 0)
6:21:17 PM <DMSJ> d10 scent
6:21:18 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: scent: 9 (d10=9)
6:21:22 PM <Don1Charles> (can I pdef for my body control)
6:21:46 PM <DMSJ> Jake, you might know where it is, but you can only narrow it down to five caves
6:21:56 PM <DMSJ> (No, not really)
6:22:06 PM <DMSJ> d10 Charles control
6:22:07 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: Charles control: 1 (d10=1)
6:22:32 PM <ihp> What about that blood trail?
6:22:36 PM <DMSJ> You can however, move some. Not enough to free yourself, and you can't speak still, but you can move a little
6:22:50 PM <DMSJ> The blood trail tapers off later on
6:25:05 PM <Don1Charles> Charles wasn't going to use strength! He might have lost his big guns, but he slither's his hand into his pocket, dragging out his switchblade he always kept there, and pressing it against the adhesive. He clicks it open, so instead of using his force to shove the blade in, it comes from the spring and sharpness of the weapon.
6:25:10 PM <ihp> Let's call these caves 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. There is a 20% chance that Charles is in one of these caves. What direction does the blood trail look like it was leading towards when it tapered off?
6:25:35 PM <Don1Charles> He also slips his left hand into his pocket, wriggles out his flashlight, and turns it on
6:25:35 PM <DMSJ> To the right, eliminating the last two caves
6:25:46 PM <Don1Charles> There should now be light coming from whichever cave he is in!
6:25:52 PM <DMSJ> Charles, AGI for getting your knife
6:25:57 PM <DMSJ> you're pretty glued down
6:26:03 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 agi ugh
6:26:04 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: agi ugh: 4 (4df+4=0, +, 0, -)
6:26:22 PM <DMSJ> d6 does he do it
6:26:22 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: does he do it: 5 (d6=5)
6:26:32 PM <DMSJ> You get it out, but can't open it
6:26:42 PM <Don1Charles> Then he also does the thing with the flashlight
6:26:50 PM <DMSJ> Agility for that too?
6:26:52 PM <ihp> So, 1, 2, 3. 33% chance, evens the odds a fair bit…
6:26:58 PM <Don1Charles> That he also specifically said was in his left pocket
6:27:02 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+4 agility
6:27:03 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: agility: 3 (4df+4=0, -, -, +)
6:27:13 PM <DMSJ> d6
6:27:14 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 6 (d6=6)
6:27:40 PM <DMSJ> You can't even reach it. You don't appear to have total control back, just some and only really in bursts
6:28:01 PM <ihp> Jacob starts for the second cave.
6:28:08 PM <Don1Charles> Alright! Doesn't matter, plan b
6:28:33 PM <DMSJ> The creature looks at you, Charles, and raises a hand, slowly pressing it into your sternum, stabbing onto you. PDEF
6:28:40 PM <DMSJ> d3
6:28:41 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 3 (d3=3)
6:28:49 PM <Don1Charles> (stabbing me, you say?)
6:28:52 PM <DMSJ> Cave number two is not the cave for you
6:29:10 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+10 pdef
6:29:11 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: pdef: 8 (4df+10=0, -, 0, -)
6:29:11 PM <ihp> Jacob tries one of the other caves. First one was a zonk, but that only means…
6:29:17 PM <DMSJ> d2
6:29:18 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 1 (d2=1)
6:29:25 PM <DMSJ> It isn't that cave either
6:29:40 PM <ihp> Cave the last! Jacob /howls/ as he bursts into the cave.
6:29:47 PM <DMSJ> 4df+11 Melee, it did dismember that other guy
6:29:47 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: Melee, it did dismember that other guy: 11 (4df+11=-, +, +, -)
6:30:03 PM <ihp> RIP charlie
6:30:11 PM <Don1Charles> Charles gurgles out as much of a "fuck you" as his blocked up vocal chords can manage
6:30:17 PM <Don1Charles> (can I do my second plan?)
6:30:22 PM <DMSJ> It punctures your chest, Charles. Something leaks from the tip into your chest cavity
6:30:38 PM <DMSJ> What is plan 2? Because Jake just found you
6:31:18 PM <ihp> 4df+5 Flying werewolf tackle! In about forty years, certain werewolf enthusiasts would refer to a less-aggressive version of this as a "glomp".
6:31:18 PM <Glacon> ihp: Flying werewolf tackle! In about forty years, certain werewolf enthusiasts would refer to a less-aggressive version of this as a "glomp".: 6 (4df+5=-, +, +, 0)
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6:31:44 PM <DMSJ> 4df+5 just pdef because it's still in Charles6
6:31:44 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: just pdef because it's still in Charles6: 5 (4df+5=0, 0, -, +)
6:32:25 PM <DMSJ> It takes the blow, and struggles to get back up. Before collapsing ontop of Charles
6:32:39 PM <Don1Charles> Can I do anything to prevent such
6:32:56 PM <DMSJ> No, but it doesn't do any real damage
6:32:59 PM <ihp> 4df+3 Jacob attempts to lift the thing off of Charles.
6:33:00 PM <Glacon> ihp: Jacob attempts to lift the thing off of Charles.: 4 (4df+3=-, +, +, 0)
6:33:36 PM <DMSJ> It comes off easily, it's remarkably light for its size
6:34:01 PM <ihp> And then Jacob tries to finish it off.
6:34:04 PM <ihp> Coup de gras>
6:34:09 PM <Don1Charles> NOW can he click open the knife and free himself
6:34:13 PM <DMSJ> It's already dead
6:34:20 PM <DMSJ> And Charles can, yes
6:34:20 PM <ihp> Best to make sure!
6:34:30 PM <ihp> He tears the thing to shreds. It's… quite a gory sight.
6:34:47 PM <Don1Charles> Charles clicks open his knife in the same way said before, and drags it along the adhesive to get himself out
6:35:01 PM <ihp> Charles knew Jacob was a werewolf, but… well, seeing a seven-foot-tall furred hulk tear apart an alien entity is quite a sight.
6:35:11 PM <Don1Charles> Well, jacob, the Foundation mighta wanted that, but Charles doesn't object. "Fuck you, alien cunt bitch!"
6:35:18 PM <DMSJ> Jacob, you also remember from earlier that the Foundation has little to no specimens of these aliens
6:35:23 PM <ihp> …
6:35:25 PM <ihp> Oops
6:35:32 PM <ihp> Well, he at least managed to keep the head intact!
6:35:35 PM <DMSJ> There's going to be more, don't worry
6:35:36 PM <ihp> It came clean off!
6:35:48 PM <ihp> :'D
6:36:09 PM <Don1Charles> Charles wriggles back, undoing his chest plate, tossing it to the side, and sliding his shirt off. (getting steamy)
6:36:13 PM <ihp> Jacob thrusts the head at Charles, and cocks its head back towards the entrance.
6:36:35 PM <Don1Charles> Charles spits at the head and looks at the puncture wound
6:37:13 PM <DMSJ> It's filled itself up, gray and sticky. The surface of it is hard like a scab
6:37:44 PM <ihp> The wolf rolls its eyes and looks at the scab, before taking the head in one hand, and extending a paw to Charles, trying to indicate he should climb on its back.
6:38:27 PM <Don1Charles> Charles takes the switchblade, digging it into the scab, like he was digging out a bullet, and cutting that
6:38:36 PM <Don1Charles> It wasn't an extreme wound he was inflicting
6:38:40 PM <DMSJ> MEL, Charles
6:39:34 PM <Don1Charles> He isn't attacking himself with the blade. I think he should roll survival
6:39:50 PM <DMSJ> He's trying to cut it out. Melee, or medical
6:40:04 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 melee, no medical stat
6:40:04 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: melee, no medical stat: 7 (4df+6=0, 0, +, 0)
6:40:35 PM <DMSJ> 4df+6 egg pdef
6:40:36 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: egg pdef: 6 (4df+6=+, 0, 0, -)
6:40:52 PM <DMSJ> He digs it out some
6:41:10 PM <DMSJ> But it pulls itself back in
6:41:30 PM <Don1Charles> Charles definitely grabs or slices that so it couldn't do such
6:42:17 PM <DMSJ> MDEF first
6:42:25 PM <DMSJ> then Melee or Strength
6:42:32 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+3 mdef
6:42:32 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: mdef: 5 (4df+3=+, +, -, +)
6:42:42 PM <DMSJ> d8
6:42:43 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: 3 (d8=3)
6:42:45 PM <Don1Charles> 4df+6 melee for the piece that he already cut and dug out
6:42:45 PM <Glacon> Don1Charles: melee for the piece that he already cut and dug out: 3 (4df+6=-, -, -, 0)
6:43:00 PM <DMSJ> You aren't impeded mentally in trying to remove it
6:43:06 PM <DMSJ> 4df+6 egg pdef
6:43:07 PM <Glacon> DMSJ: egg pdef: 3 (4df+6=0, -, -, -)
6:43:14 PM <Don1Charles> (come onnnnnnnnn)
6:43:17 PM <DMSJ> It is kinda tough to remove, regardless
6:44:03 PM <Don1Charles> This was extremely nasty, Charles is surprised at his own ability to not retch
6:44:23 PM <Don1Charles> Did he at least get some of it out, though?
6:44:35 PM <DMSJ> Not this time
6:44:40 PM <DMSJ> maybe you need a real doctor
6:46:05 PM <Don1Charles> Well, that should have damaged. "Get me to Amelie, so she can remove this." He says as he stands, throwing his shirt over his back and climbing on Jacob's back
6:46:09 PM <Don1Charles> *damaged it
6:46:17 PM <Don1Charles> He would pick up his weapon's on the way back
6:46:46 PM <ihp> Jacob grunts, and runs out of the cave, severed alien head in his hand as he dashes, three-legged, back to silverton.
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6:47:21 PM <DMSJ> Off they go, unmolested for now
6:48:02 PM <ihp> back to HI?
6:48:25 PM <DMSJ> Yep
