<taylor_iOStkin> Tony exists!
10:08 PM <War_> Scott is here, dressed smart and hair tied. Remarkably coherent for a Sunday.
10:08 PM <Sax> Alison enters.
10:08 PM She's a bit nervous - first mission!
10:08 PM <taylor_iOStkin> Tony walks over to Alison!
10:08 PM <Klurg> Juan exists in the briefing room
10:09 PM <Sax> "Hi Tony."
10:09 PM She's a bit subdued.
10:09 PM <taylor_iOStkin> "Hey sis- are you alright?"
10:09 PM <Sax> "Yeah, I'm alright… just… first mission jitters."
10:09 PM She looks around to see who else i sin.
10:10 PM is in*
10:10 PM <taylor_iOStkin> Tony grabs her hand and gives a squeeze. "You'll be alright. I'll protect you."
10:10 PM <War_> She'll see Scott reclined in a chair, looking fairly unbothered
10:10 PM <ArseneLupin> An extremely large Russian man is at the head of the table. He stands in at 6 foot 7 and would look terrifying if he wasn't smiling. Scott might recognize him as the strongman they saved from the circus. He speaks with a thick Russian accent "Alright everyone, I wish we could meet under better circumstances but we have a big problem." He walks around the table and hands everyone their folders himself.
10:10 PM <taylor_iOStkin> Tony opens his folder and reads.
10:10 PM <Sax> Alison looks at the folder.
10:11 PM <War_> Scott flips through absently and reads, rocking forward in his chair
10:11 PM <ArseneLupin> The folder has the general layout of Site 72 in Brazil. It also has the dossiers of many different agents.
10:11 PM <taylor_iOStkin> Tony waits for the briefer to explain before asking questions.
10:12 PM <Klurg> Juan takes his folder and reads, and pays attention to the dossiers
10:12 PM <ArseneLupin> "Site 72 is a research focused site where we send the things we need figured out as quick as possible. All of those agents worked there. At least we think they did. They've gone missing from inside the site."
10:13 PM <taylor_iOStkin> "When?"
10:13 PM <Klurg> "and do you have any idea why?"
10:13 PM <ArseneLupin> "That's one of the weird things about this. We don't know. The strange thing is, no one remembers any of these agents ever existing."
10:14 PM <Sax> Alison lets the more senior field eople ask the questions.
10:14 PM <War_> On hearing 'missing', Scott immediately goes on a wordhunt for anything in the files particularly that might point to why. Links, etc.
10:14 PM <ArseneLupin> Nothing in the files about it
10:14 PM <Klurg> Juan begins checking what the roles of these agents were prior to going missing
10:14 PM <taylor_iOStkin> "…so, these people /may/ have existed."
10:15 PM <War_> "I'd say temporal anomaly but, were that the case, we wouldn't have their dossiers…"
10:15 PM <ArseneLupin> They all seem to be random roles, no pattern to speak of. "They exist. We found their belongings in their rooms. Family records going back years. Nobody remember them through their own memory however."
10:16 PM <taylor_iOStkin> "Do we have proof of any connections to other personnel?"
10:16 PM <Klurg> "possibly something took them and wanted nobody to notice they were missing. do you have any idea where they might have been taken?"
10:17 PM <ArseneLupin> "Yes, one agent lost his father who worked on site with him. There are other connections but it can all be proven. We have no clue what took them or why. The only thing we know, is that these disappearances happened inside of the site itself."
10:17 PM "No clue on where either."
10:18 PM <taylor_iOStkin> "So we have no idea where, when, or why these people disappeared."
10:18 PM <War_> "Have others been sent before us to investigate, or are we the first?"
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10:19 PM <ArseneLupin> "You will be the first." He looks at Tony. "Exactly. You will all investigate the site to help figure out what's going on. Normally they would handle this themselves, but they had a low enough number of guards before this happened."
10:19 PM ↔ Salems nipped out
10:19 PM <taylor_iOStkin> "Alright. Are there any specific people that we should talk to?"
10:21 PM taylor_iOStkin → taylor_itkin
10:22 PM <ArseneLupin> "There are a few people who have volunteered to assist you, Cathleen Hayden, an engineer who knows the site better than the back of her robotic hand, Her Husband, Johnathan Hayden will be meeting you at the airport to drive you to the site. He's one of the head researchers on site. Erik Moreno is the man who lost his father and will assist you in any way he can. Steven Cunningham is the local Monster Expert, so he can
10:22 PM help you decipher any clues you come across."
10:22 PM <Sax> Alison writes some of this down.
10:22 PM Names are important.
10:23 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony nods.
10:23 PM <ArseneLupin> "Alright, any more questions? If not we're going to send you off as soon as possible."
10:24 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony shakes his head no.
10:24 PM <Klurg> "none at all."
10:24 PM <War_> "None."
10:24 PM <Sax> "None."
10:24 PM <ArseneLupin> "God speed my friends." (Timeskip)
10:24 PM ?
10:24 PM <Sax> She looks at everyone else, and is reassured.
10:24 PM (YAS)
10:24 PM <Klurg> (all aboard the time tunnel!)
10:24 PM <taylor_itkin> (yep)
10:24 PM <War_> (ye)
10:25 PM <ArseneLupin> (Let's do the time warp!)
10:26 PM Your plane sets down in Rio, and when you exit the airport, you see a woman holding a sign that says Home Improvement. She has red hair and is wearing a lab coat and gloves
10:26 PM <Sax> Alison hops off!
10:26 PM And waves at the woman!
10:26 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony walks over. "Hi. We're Home Improvement."
10:26 PM <War_> Scott kinda just. Shuffles. Goddamn planes.
10:26 PM <Klurg> Juan goes off last, looking around. "yep, that's us"
10:27 PM <ArseneLupin> The woman waves back. "Alright, my husband wasn't able to make it do to a cold, so I'm gonna be driving you lot." He leads you all to the parking lot and gets into a car. "Hop in."
10:27 PM <Klurg> Juan gets in
10:27 PM <Sax> Alison hops in!
10:28 PM <War_> ~When will the vehicular onslaught end?~ He jumps in!
10:28 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony hops in next to Alison.
10:28 PM <ArseneLupin> Once everyone is in she starts the drive. "Alright, you all got the briefing right? We had a small development since then. Two more people went missing."
10:28 PM <Sax> "Oh? Who?"
10:28 PM <taylor_itkin> "New ones?"
10:29 PM <ArseneLupin> "A couple researchers. Yup, new ones."
10:29 PM <taylor_itkin> "…And people remember them?"
10:30 PM <ArseneLupin> "Nope. We just found documents no one remembers again."
10:30 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony hums.
10:30 PM <Klurg> "have you had any containment breaches lately?"
10:30 PM <Sax> Alison thinks. Is there a pattern?
10:31 PM <ArseneLupin> "My husband is waiting by the entrance to the site t give you the dossiers for them. No, we've checked and double checked containment." There isn't a pattern at all. It seems completely random
10:31 PM <taylor_itkin> "Any chance that this could be some sort of attack?"
10:32 PM <ArseneLupin> "It's possible, but we can't be sure."
10:32 PM <War_> "If you're suggesting some sort of widespread amnesticisation as a result of such, then we would be dealing with a lot more than just forgotten personnel, I think."
10:34 PM <ArseneLupin> She pulls the car into the motorpool for Site 72. It's a rather basic looking site set deep into the woods. "Alright, we're here. Let's head down to the records and get you the dossiers for those agents I told you about."
10:35 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony nods and hops out. Checks his pistols to make sure they're loaded.
10:35 PM <Klurg> "affirmative." Juan gets out once the car is parked and the doors are unlocked, and gets ready to follow.
10:35 PM <Sax> Alison looks between people talking.
10:36 PM <ArseneLupin> Everyone make a MDEF check as you exit the car
10:36 PM <Sax> She sticks in-between everyone, trying to stay small.
10:36 PM 4df+3 ONO
10:36 PM <Glacon> Sax: ONO: 3 (4df+3=0, +, -, 0)
10:36 PM <taylor_itkin> 4df+4
10:36 PM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: 6 (4df+4=+, 0, +, 0)
10:36 PM <War_> 4df+5
10:36 PM <Glacon> War_: 5 (4df+5=0, -, 0, +)
10:37 PM <Klurg> 4df+5
10:37 PM <Glacon> Klurg: 3 (4df+5=0, -, 0, -)
10:37 PM <ArseneLupin> Alright, Alison and Juan, nothing seems out of the ordinary as you enter the site
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10:37 PM <Sax> "Hmm."
10:38 PM <ArseneLupin> Tony and Scott however, get a sudden feeling of wrongness, that something isn't right. It passes quickly though
10:38 PM <Klurg> "so where are the records?"
10:38 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony stops and stares ahead before continuing, making a note of his feeling.
10:39 PM <Sax> Alison's busy taking in all the sights.
10:39 PM <ArseneLupin> "We keep them in the research wing. Never go there to often but I know my way around. The name's Cat by the way." She leads them through the site.
10:39 PM <War_> Scott ignores the feeling. He makes note of it, yes, but assumes that it might just be travel weariness.
10:39 PM <taylor_itkin> "Hi, Cat."
10:40 PM <Sax> "Hi Cat. I'm Alison."
10:40 PM <taylor_itkin> "I'm Tony."
10:40 PM <Klurg> Juan resists the urge to make a cat related joke. "juantonio."
10:40 PM <ArseneLupin> "Nice to meet you all." It's rather bland and clinical as they walk. It seems much more quiet than you would expect from a site. As you head towards the Research Wing, you hear shouting and see two men shouting at eachother in the hall. Cat sighs. "Those two are at it again."
10:40 PM <War_> "Scott."
10:41 PM "…seems a bit unprofessional to be arguing like that…"
10:41 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony shrugs. "Hey, Caleb exists at 77. It's not too out of the ordinary."
10:42 PM <War_> "I have no idea what that is even supposed to mean."
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10:43 PM <Klurg> "I think he's trying to say saying worker spats happen. so, why exactly, are they at it again?"
10:44 PM <taylor_itkin> "Juan's got it/"
10:44 PM <ArseneLupin> "See for yourself." As you get closer you can hear them better. One is slim and has stubble on his chin. "I KEEP TELLING YOU ROBERT! WE CAN'T JUST TAKE EVERYONE'S GUNS" The other man is pudgy and clean shaven. "DAMMIT ERIK, WHAT IF WHATEVER'S CAUSING THIS CAN CONTROL PEOPLE? WE CAN'T RISK EVERYONE HAVING GUNS IF THAT HAPPENS!"
10:44 PM <taylor_itkin> "Oh."
10:44 PM Tony self-consciously rubs his pistol in its holster.
10:44 PM <ArseneLupin> Cat sits back and lets them argue it out.
10:45 PM <Sax> Alison looks at the two.
10:45 PM <ArseneLupin> They both turn to the newcomers
10:45 PM <Sax> Yikes… she can see herself and Chimalis arguing like that.
10:45 PM <Klurg> (US in 2000s). "well then. Wait, control people? what do they mean by that?"
10:45 PM <taylor_itkin> "Hi."
10:45 PM <War_> "Well now isn't that an excellent way to make a first impression."
10:46 PM <ArseneLupin> Erik turns to Tony. "This dumbass wants us to take guns away from non guards in case people can get mind controlled." Robert fumes. "This thing can already mess with our minds, we can't be sure how far it goes."
10:46 PM (Juan even)
10:47 PM <taylor_itkin> "Well, I think you're both dumbasses."
10:47 PM "Stop arguing and maybe figure out what /it/ is before making any decisions."
10:47 PM <War_> "Oh for God's sakes, people are just forgetting other people. Worst to come of it is you forget the safety, and I don't doubt that will already happen given you both seem so bloody airheaded."
10:48 PM <ArseneLupin> Erik turns to Robert. "See! We can't jump to conclusions like this!" The man storms off
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10:49 PM <ArseneLupin> Erik turns back to them. "Sorry about that."
10:49 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony nods. "That was…anyway."
10:49 PM <War_> Scott's just flat-staring
10:50 PM <Klurg> “So, the dossiers for the newly disappeared agents?”
10:50 PM <ArseneLupin> Cat starts walking again. "Yeah, sorry about the delay. Come on Erik, you're needed for this too."
10:51 PM <Sax> Alison follows Cat along.
10:52 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony as well.
10:52 PM <War_> Scott follows along
10:52 PM <Klurg> Juan continues following
10:54 PM <ArseneLupin> He falls into line quickly. Before long you're given the documents for the agents. Once again, nothing out of the ordinary apart from the fact no one remembers them. Cat's watch beeps. "Shit, got a meeting. Erik, tell them our suspicions." She walks out of the research wing and you're left with Erik. "Right, we think that something is in the site, and we have a few suspicions on where it could be. Our best guess is
10:54 PM containment, but we've sweeped over it a few times now. Another look wouldn't hurt. We haven't had time to check any of the agents rooms in depth yet, so that might be another lead."
10:54 PM <taylor_itkin> "What's to say that you haven't seen it?"
10:55 PM <ArseneLupin> "I don't quite follow."
10:55 PM <taylor_itkin> "Think about it."
10:55 PM "This thing is making people disappear and be forgotten."
10:55 PM "What if you can't remember seeing it? What if it erased memories of itself, too?"
10:56 PM <Sax> "Would it be possible for it to still be on-site?"
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10:57 PM <ArseneLupin> "Considering the last agent was found to be missing 2 hours before you got here, it's still on site. As for the memory theory, it's a good one. Still means you need to find it."
10:57 PM <taylor_itkin> "True."
10:57 PM Tony turns to the group. "Well, some of us should check out the rooms of the agents, at least."
10:58 PM <Klurg> “Were there any specific times where they disappeared?”
10:58 PM “Like every hour or couple of minutes or so?”
10:59 PM <ArseneLupin> "We can't figure out the exact times. It's too hard with no one remembering them. We went a week before figuring out a guy was missing once."
10:59 PM <taylor_itkin> "Are they just, like, gone? Or have bodies been recovered?"
11:00 PM <ArseneLupin> "No bodies. Not even signs of struggles."
11:00 PM <taylor_itkin> "Then how was anyone noticed to be missing in the first place?"
11:01 PM <ArseneLupin> "People were going through mission reports and figured out no one knew who the person was."
11:01 PM <taylor_itkin> "Ah."
11:02 PM <War_> "I find it very odd this…thing would leave any physical evidence in-tact but no memories."
11:02 PM <ArseneLupin> "That's one of the things that's been bugging us too."
11:02 PM <War_> "If they're trying to make someone not-exist you'd think there'd be more…effort."
11:03 PM "Targeting people at random, too, well…it's either playing games or trying to topple the entire site."
11:03 PM <Klurg> "sounds familiar to a situation the foundation had a couple of months ago. they had agents who nobody remembered on their reports. I wasn't there for that, but I did read the reports."
11:03 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony nods. "Then let's check the rooms of the missing agents. Something ought to point somewhere."
11:04 PM <Klurg> wasn't there for the missions*
11:04 PM <ArseneLupin> "Alright, here." He hands them a key. "This should unlock the dorms. Be respectful if you can though."
11:05 PM <Sax> "Of cours.e"
11:05 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony nods and takes the key.
11:05 PM <War_> "You mentioned there being no harm in covering containment again….suppose I'll do that?"
11:05 PM <ArseneLupin> "I'd recommend staying in pairs if you're gonna split up."
11:06 PM <War_> "I can handle myself…"
11:07 PM <Klurg> “It doesn’t matter if you believe you can handle yourself, you go missing and the mission could go downhill fast. So who’ll take care of the dorms and who’ll cover containment?”
11:08 PM <ArseneLupin> He shrugs. "Do what you like. It's your funeral. I need to go make sure Robert ain't hurting himself trying to hit the punching bag again. Report to Dr. Cunningham if you find anything of use." He gives them instructions to his office and leaves.
11:08 PM <War_> Scott, being a dumbass, goes to containment to investigate
11:08 PM <ArseneLupin> Scott and anyone who wants to help him Tooltime
11:08 PM <Klurg> Juan sighs, and follows after Scott. "you two be careful." he tells Alison and Tony
11:09 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony nods and turns to Alison. "You ready?"
11:09 PM <Sax> "Ready."
11:09 PM She sticks close to you, and follows.
11:09 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony makes his way to the dorms!
11:10 PM <ArseneLupin> The dorms are marked with agents named, and missing ones have red x's taped to them for your convenience
11:10 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony makes his way to the closest one. What's the name?
11:11 PM <ArseneLupin> Alex Moreno.
11:11 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony looks to Alison. "Good a place to start as any, right?"
11:11 PM <Sax> "Might as well."
11:11 PM "Bit by bit."
11:12 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony unlocks the door.
11:12 PM <Sax> Alison also gently knocks.
11:12 PM Warning knock.
11:13 PM <taylor_itkin> Does anything respond?
11:13 PM <ArseneLupin> Nothing
11:14 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony opens the door.
11:14 PM <ArseneLupin> It's a rather well kept room, with a bed, a desk, and a few file cabinets. You can see a few pictures hung up, mostly of Erik and an aging man who looks somewhat like him
11:15 PM <Sax> Alison setps in, and begins to look around.
11:15 PM <ArseneLupin> Roll Perc to investigate the room
11:15 PM <taylor_itkin> 4df+4 perc
11:15 PM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: perc: 4 (4df+4=0, -, +, 0)
11:17 PM <Sax> 4df+4
11:17 PM <Glacon> Sax: 5 (4df+4=0, -, +, +)
11:18 PM <ArseneLupin> Alright, you two rummage through his things, and the only item you find of note is a journal. It's rather normal until the last page. It's merely one sentence in large words. HOW CAN IT'S MOUTH OPEN THAT WIDE?
11:18 PM <taylor_itkin> "Uh."
11:21 PM <ArseneLupin> The journal ends there
11:21 PM <taylor_itkin> "…Next room?"
11:21 PM <Sax> "Next room."
11:21 PM "And keep that in mind."
11:21 PM Alison proceeds.
11:21 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony pockets the journal.
11:21 PM And unlocks the next room.
11:22 PM <ArseneLupin> Alright, you head into the next room and find this man's personal journal as well. He has a large lettered note as well. IT TOOK HIM. Unlike the other journal, this one continues after the note for a few more days before cutting off. Nothing out of the ordinary after the note however.
11:23 PM <Sax> Alison knocks!
11:23 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony pockets this journal as well.
11:25 PM <Sax> "Next room?"
11:27 PM <ArseneLupin> The rest of the rooms are largely the same. Normal, except for people who have journals. Strange sentences like the others are put in at seemingly random. None of the sentences appear past a month ago however
11:27 PM <Sax> Alison notes this.
11:27 PM <taylor_itkin> Tony takes all the journals. Are there any other things of note?
11:27 PM <Sax> Is there a pattern?
11:28 PM <ArseneLupin> Anyone who wrote a note like that died within a few days
11:28 PM Never more than a week after
11:29 PM <Sax> "… hmm."
11:29 PM "They all died within a week after writing these."
11:29 PM <taylor_itkin> "Which is…ominous."
11:31 PM <ArseneLupin> Some agents notes also landed on the same day, with similar notes
11:32 PM <Sax> She lays them out on a table, and compares dates and note structure.
11:33 PM <ArseneLupin> Roll Perception to compare them
11:33 PM <Sax> 4df+4 PERCEIVE!
11:33 PM <Glacon> Sax: PERCEIVE!: 3 (4df+4=+, -, 0, -)
11:34 PM <ArseneLupin> Alright, you manage to piece together that every group of notes from the same day has elements in common with eachother. Such as mentioning people or locations. The people they mention are also missing
11:37 PM <Sax> She takes a sheet of paper, and begins to draw out the connections.
11:37 PM As well as the locations and the initials of people mentioned.
11:37 PM <ArseneLupin> You manage to piece together that while initial attacks are random, they seem to spread whenever these notes appear.
11:38 PM <Sax> Are the notes themselves hand-written by agents?
11:38 PM or is something else writing them?
11:39 PM <ArseneLupin> They seem to be in the agent's handwriting
11:40 PM <Sax> She compares the dates. Is there a pattern of the dates of the particular trigger note?
11:41 PM <ArseneLupin> No new notes appear until everyone who has written a note has gone missing
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11:42 PM <ArseneLupin> That's the only real pattern in the dates
11:42 PM <Sax> She notes this, and writes down this bit of information.
11:42 PM Putting the journals away, she relays said information to Tony.
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11:48 PM <ArseneLupin> The info is relayed, what do you want to do now>
11:48 PM ?
11:49 PM <Sax> .ch stay put, go to containment
11:49 PM <Glacon> Sax: stay put
11:49 PM <Sax> Alison stays put, and grabs her radio.
11:50 PM «Guys, are you alright in containment?»
11:51 PM Alison with Tony begins to move towards containment.
11:51 PM <ArseneLupin> Alright, TT
Monday, March 26th, 2018
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12:11 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony is back.
12:12 AM <Klurg> Juan begins arriving to Cunningham's office
12:12 AM <ArseneLupin> You make your way to his office and the door is open, inside you see a shaggy haired man staring at pictures on a cork board attached to each other by colored string
12:13 AM <War_> ~….Christ this guy must be wired…~
12:13 AM <taylor_itkin> "Uh…hey, buddy."
12:13 AM <ArseneLupin> He jumps at someone talking. "Wha! Who! Ah, just Psi-7." He let's out a breath of relief
12:14 AM <War_> Scott arches an eyebrow
12:14 AM <taylor_itkin> "You ok…?"
12:14 AM <Klurg> “Yep, it’s us. We have information on the beast, at the price of Robertson almost being digested.”
12:14 AM <ArseneLupin> "Yes, yes, I'm fine. Just a bit jumpy from the possible monster killing or kidnapping our men and us not being able to do anything about it coupled by the fact I've had 8 cups of coffee today."
12:15 AM <taylor_itkin> "You should switch to decaf."
12:15 AM <War_> "What is it with this Foundation and coffee, Jesus."
12:15 AM <ArseneLupin> "Information! Sit sit! Tell me all about it. Decaf is the evil's nectar."
12:15 AM He sits at his desk and pulls chairs up for you
12:15 AM <taylor_itkin> "Decaf might stop your impending heart attack."
12:15 AM He sits.
12:16 AM <Sax> Alison looks at the corkboard and the patterns that have been generated as a result.
12:16 AM <ArseneLupin> It's mostly pictures of cryptids such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Unrelated
12:17 AM <Klurg> Juan takes a seat, and describes the appearance of the monster and how the flat faced anomaly could see it and remember it.
12:17 AM <War_> Scott leans to Juan, whispering "I think this guy's fuckin' whack."
12:17 AM <ArseneLupin> He takes notes as Juan talks, writing extremely quickly and messily. "That may be but i'm the best damn whack the foundation has!"
12:19 AM <War_> Scott looks a little miffed the guy heard him. He tosses his notepage doodle onto the table, "That's its face."
12:19 AM <Sax> Alison shows off her notes.
12:19 AM "This is the patterns I discerned from the agents who disappeared."
12:20 AM <taylor_itkin> "We found journals."
12:21 AM <ArseneLupin> "Hmm, it seems to be able to exert some kind of influence to make weak of will agents forget about it. The pattern is interesting after all that might mean that anyone in containment who saw the monster would be a valid target for it it would probably be better to get them all together however that would make them all sitting ducks for it. There's also the possibility it attacked one of these agents while you were gone
12:21 AM causing an even bigger web of possible victims."
12:21 AM He doesn't seem to breathe between words
12:22 AM <taylor_itkin> "…Yeah." Tony looks at Alison like, 'is this guy real?'
12:23 AM <Sax> "… huh."
12:24 AM Alison takes a few moments to process!
12:24 AM <ArseneLupin> (Also, just in case I didn't describe the flat face anomaly well enough, it's head was smooth like an egg except for the eyes.)
12:25 AM <War_> "Nice to know I might be an appetiser."
12:25 AM <Klurg> “Sir, you may want to breathe between words.”
12:25 AM <taylor_itkin> "Or at all."
12:26 AM <ArseneLupin> Dr. Cunningham shouts out the door. "COULD SOMEONE GET ME THE PERSONNEL FILES!?" A few moment later someone brings him the files and he looks through them. "Breathing between words is a waste of time. Here we go Michael Smith no idea who this man is. Guess he's dead."
12:28 AM <Sax> Alison pulls out his journal, and lays it beside the dossier.
12:28 AM <ArseneLupin> She doesn't have any journals from this man
12:29 AM <taylor_itkin> Does Tony?
12:29 AM <ArseneLupin> Nope
12:29 AM <War_> Would Scott remember this thing clambering into the vents?
12:29 AM <ArseneLupin> He would
12:29 AM <War_> "It went to the vents. Do they lead anywhere specific?"
12:30 AM <ArseneLupin> "They lead everywhere in the site really. I suppose that's how it's been getting around."
12:30 AM "The basement is a sort of nexus for the vents though."
12:30 AM <War_> "We should check there."
12:31 AM <ArseneLupin> He opens a drawer absolutely full of keys and rummages through it for a moment before pulling one out. "Here you go the key to the basement."
12:31 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony takes it.
12:32 AM <Sax> "…" Alison pales.
12:32 AM She really doesn't want to go into combat with whatever that is.
12:32 AM <ArseneLupin> "Wait." He takes it back and pulls another key out. "It's this one."
12:32 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony switches keys.
12:32 AM <War_> "We go there, maybe we find it, maybe we find the people that went missing. Or, their remains."
12:33 AM <Klurg> “We all know how to react in a combat situation right?” He asks the group
12:33 AM <War_> "I'll knock its head off its shoulders if I get the bastardin' thing again."
12:33 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony snorts. "Of course."
12:33 AM He takes out his pistol and cocks the barrel. "Of course I'm gonna be ready."
12:34 AM <ArseneLupin> Dr. Cunningham has gone back to his cork board
12:36 AM <War_> "….guess we'll head on, then. Where do we find the basement?"
12:36 AM Scott would lead the charge after he's directed
12:36 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony looks at Alison. /Are you OK?/ he mouths.
12:36 AM <ArseneLupin> "Just follow the signs down you cant miss it."
12:37 AM <War_> Scott nods and goes to leave
12:37 AM <Klurg> Juan stands up, and heads to the basement. “I’ll take lead.” He states. “I have the best pain resistance here.”
12:37 AM <Sax> She mouths back. 'I'm scared'
12:37 AM <ArseneLupin> As you make your way down towards the basement Erik sees you guys and walks up to you. "Have you figured anything out?"
12:37 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony holds out a hand for her.
12:38 AM <Sax> She takes it… and stays close in the middle of the group.
12:38 AM <War_> "Pain resistance? Ha…."
12:38 AM <Sax> Her other hands stays near the M1934.
12:38 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony squeezes her hand. /I'm here,/ he mouths.
12:38 AM <Sax> She smiles. /Thank you/.
12:39 AM She follows them into the basement.
12:39 AM ~If things get bad, at least I cna fit in the vents~
12:39 AM <taylor_itkin> He gives her hand another squeeze.
12:40 AM <War_> "We figured out what it looks like, where it might be and what it can do. I guess."
12:40 AM <ArseneLupin> He takes his gun out of it's holster. "I'm coming with then."
12:40 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony snorts. "No."
12:40 AM He holds out a hand for the gun. "Gimme."
12:40 AM <War_> "We were sent to handle this because you people apparently couldn't. Don't need casualties."
12:41 AM <taylor_itkin> "Your site is already down a bunch of personnel, too."
12:41 AM <ArseneLupin> "I'm not asking you. This thing killed my dad! I'm not gonna just stay behind."
12:41 AM <Klurg> Juan looks to Erik. “on one condition.”
12:41 AM “You shoot from the back and from the safety of multiple people.”
12:41 AM <ArseneLupin> "Fine."
12:41 AM <War_> Scott turns, and flat stares. "If you think you can go on some heroic vengeance mission you're already dead. In which case you might want to piss off back to your office."
12:42 AM <ArseneLupin> He just glares at Scott
12:42 AM <taylor_itkin> "Your dad wouldn't want you to die because he died."
12:43 AM <ArseneLupin> "Fine, I'll stay. But I'm not happy about it."
12:43 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony holds out a hand for the gun.
12:44 AM <ArseneLupin> He hands it over begrudgingly.
12:44 AM <taylor_itkin> "Thank you." He claps him on the shoulder. "We'll get it for you."
12:44 AM <ArseneLupin> "Piss off." He storms away
12:45 AM <Klurg> Juan shakes his head. “He’ll learn someday.” ~or die~ he thinks to himself
12:45 AM <Sax> Alison looks dumbfounded at what just transpired.
12:45 AM <Klurg> And heads to the basement door.
12:45 AM <Sax> "… people really are looking for new ways to kill themselves here."
12:45 AM <War_> Scott turns to watch him leave. "Now that the hotheaded child is out of the way…"
12:45 AM <Sax> She follows along.
12:45 AM <War_> Scott follows
12:46 AM <ArseneLupin> The basement door is made of heavy metal and once you get through you can see it is absolutely filthy in here. Water is dripping from above and it reeks
12:46 AM <Sax> ~THis place is a safety hazard~
12:46 AM <ArseneLupin> You can hear the creaking of the pipes on the wall
12:47 AM <Klurg> “Close the door behind us so it can’t get away.” Juan orders, then begins searching for the creature
12:47 AM <War_> Scott would take lead and have a nosey about, looking for signs of things
12:47 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony closes the door.
12:47 AM <ArseneLupin> You don't really see anything out of the ordinary other than a few rats. Roll a d10 however
12:47 AM Everyone
12:47 AM <taylor_itkin> d10
12:47 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: 1 (d10=1)
12:48 AM <taylor_itkin> well fuck.
12:48 AM <Sax> d10
12:48 AM <Glacon> Sax: 10 (d10=10)
12:48 AM <War_> d10 yeet
12:48 AM <Sax> YAY
12:48 AM <Klurg> d10
12:48 AM <Glacon> War_: yeet: 8 (d10=8)
12:48 AM Klurg: 7 (d10=7)
12:48 AM <ArseneLupin> d10
12:48 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 6 (d10=6)
12:48 AM <taylor_itkin> …god dammit
12:48 AM <ArseneLupin> Yeah, nothings out of the ordinary.
12:48 AM d10
12:48 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 1 (d10=1)
12:48 AM <ArseneLupin> You do find a room in the basement that's dryer than the others
12:49 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony approaches said room.
12:49 AM <War_> Is there any signs of, people, either dead or alive that's been down here?
12:50 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony also has his gun out, safety off.
12:50 AM <ArseneLupin> You can see bits of the same white flesh on the ground and a large amounts of vents leading from this room
12:50 AM <Klurg> Juan looks at the room before entering, watching for anything odd besides it being drier than usual
12:50 AM <War_> Scott decides to poke the weird fleshy shit
12:51 AM <ArseneLupin> He would probably recognize that this is long dead flesh
12:51 AM <Sax> Alison holds her mouth closed. She's going to vomit.
12:51 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony notices and rushes over to Alison, rubbing her back.
12:51 AM <ArseneLupin> d10
12:51 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 7 (d10=7)
12:51 AM <ArseneLupin> d10
12:51 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 10 (d10=10)
12:52 AM <War_> "Well that's a bit…odd," he hums. He then stands, and continues looking about. "Stuff looks like it's been down here a while…"
12:52 AM <taylor_itkin> "Hey, it's ok- you can handle this. You can do this."
12:52 AM <ArseneLupin> Scott this flesh has been dead for months, but it has been preserved
12:52 AM <Sax> "Tony, it's been dead for a while…"
12:53 AM She's afraid to smell the air.
12:53 AM <ArseneLupin> The flesh doesn't smell like rot. It's scentless in fact
12:53 AM <War_> "Benefits of working in the morgue- this isn't the worst place I've smelt by a long shot."
12:53 AM <taylor_itkin> He nods. "Okay. Alright." He continues rubbing her back. "It's OK. You can do this, alright? You can /do this/."
12:54 AM <ArseneLupin> d10
12:54 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 7 (d10=7)
12:54 AM <ArseneLupin> d10
12:54 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 1 (d10=1)
12:54 AM <Klurg> “Do you want to go back?” Juan asks Alison.
12:54 AM <Sax> She shakes her head.
12:55 AM <Klurg> “You don’t have to be down here if you don’t want to.”
12:55 AM <Sax> "I'm an agent like you… I need to be able to do this."
12:55 AM <War_> "Don't want to be rude but we don't have a choice. — see, she knows. She's right."
12:55 AM <Klurg> He nods. “Alright, wanted to make sure.”
12:55 AM <taylor_itkin> "And you CAN do this."
12:56 AM <ArseneLupin> Anything else you want to do in the room?
12:56 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony looks around the room in general- is there anything of note?
12:56 AM <War_> Check the vents. Are any large enough for a Scott-sized person?
12:57 AM <Klurg> “Maybe we can bait the monster. I’ll stand on my own while you hide and ambush the monster when it tries to eat me.”
12:57 AM <ArseneLupin> No, the vents are about a foot tall and wide.
12:57 AM <Sax> Not even Alison's fitting in that.
12:57 AM <War_> He'll make do with poking his head through, plus a flashlight. But he's far too broad
12:57 AM <ArseneLupin> He sees more bits of flesh but nothing else
12:57 AM Roll a d10
12:58 AM Just Scott
12:58 AM <War_> d10
12:58 AM <Glacon> War_: 5 (d10=5)
12:58 AM <ArseneLupin> d10
12:58 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 8 (d10=8)
12:58 AM <ArseneLupin> Alright, nothing else
12:58 AM d10
12:58 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 1 (d10=1)
12:58 AM <ArseneLupin> d10
12:58 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 7 (d10=7)
12:59 AM <War_> He withdraws, and huffs a bit. "More flesh, nothing else…well crap."
12:59 AM <Klurg> “As i said before, i could be bait. You’re all good at stealth correct?”
12:59 AM <War_> "….HA."
12:59 AM "No. I would make better bait."
12:59 AM <Sax> "Yes."
12:59 AM Alison is the sneek!
1:00 AM <taylor_itkin> "Neither am I."
1:00 AM <Klurg> “Well… there goes that plan.”
1:00 AM <taylor_itkin> "I might make good bait. I'm somewhat fast but I'm not exactly quiet."
1:00 AM <War_> "Considering I am a solid portion of metal, you people would be better off staying out of harm's way."
1:01 AM <ArseneLupin> d6
1:01 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 5 (d6=5)
1:01 AM <ArseneLupin> d6
1:01 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 2 (d6=2)
1:03 AM <ArseneLupin> d6
1:03 AM d6
1:03 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 5 (d6=5)
1:03 AM ArseneLupin: 1 (d6=1)
1:03 AM <Klurg> “So, onto the next room?”
1:03 AM <War_> "If that's what we're going with."
1:04 AM <taylor_itkin> "I'm game."
1:04 AM <Sax> Alison continues to follow.
1:04 AM <ArseneLupin> If you're leaving the room everyone roll a d6
1:04 AM <taylor_itkin> d6
1:04 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: 2 (d6=2)
1:04 AM <War_> d6
1:04 AM <taylor_itkin> FUCK
1:04 AM <Glacon> War_: 2 (d6=2)
1:04 AM <War_> yeet
1:05 AM <Sax> d6
1:05 AM <Glacon> Sax: 3 (d6=3)
1:05 AM <Sax> …
1:06 AM <Klurg> d6
1:06 AM <Glacon> Klurg: 1 (d6=1)
1:06 AM <Klurg> (Sorry)
1:06 AM <ArseneLupin> d6
1:06 AM d6
1:06 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: 2 (d6=2)
1:06 AM ArseneLupin: 2 (d6=2)
1:07 AM <ArseneLupin> Alright, as you turn the corner to leave the room, Tony and Scott feel something in front of them that they can't see. At the same time, you can see Erik with a different gun further down the corridor
1:07 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony holds an arm out to stop everyone.
1:07 AM He points at Erik.
1:07 AM <War_> "….is that thon dumb bastard up there…?"
1:08 AM <ArseneLupin> Erik doesn't seem to see you guys. Everyone roll PERC
1:08 AM <Sax> 4df+4 ONO
1:08 AM <Glacon> Sax: ONO: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, 0, 0)
1:08 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+4
1:08 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: 5 (4df+4=+, +, 0, -)
1:08 AM <Klurg> 4df+3 goddamit eric!
1:08 AM <Glacon> Klurg: goddamit eric!: 1 (4df+3=0, 0, -, -)
1:08 AM <War_> 4df+5 ouo
1:08 AM <Glacon> War_: ouo: 5 (4df+5=0, -, +, 0)
1:08 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+4 Erik
1:08 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Erik: 6 (4df+4=+, +, 0, 0)
1:09 AM <ArseneLupin> You can all hear the quiet come up again as the monster seems to flicker into existence in front of Erik
1:09 AM <taylor_itkin> "Oh, shit-"
1:09 AM <War_> Scott makes a silencing gesture
1:09 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Creature Melee
1:09 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Creature Melee: 5 (4df+5=0, 0, -, +)
1:09 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+3 Erik Melee
1:09 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Erik Melee: 0 (4df+3=-, -, 0, -)
1:10 AM <ArseneLupin> Erik is caught off guard and consumed whole
1:10 AM <Klurg> Juan shoots at the monster, and runs to try and save eric (ranged?)
1:10 AM <ArseneLupin> Roll it
1:10 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 stop right there criminal scum!
1:10 AM <Glacon> Klurg: stop right there criminal scum!: 5 (4df+4=+, +, 0, -)
1:10 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 Tony fires at it!
1:10 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: Tony fires at it!: 4 (4df+5=0, -, +, -)
1:10 AM <War_> "Oh for GOD'S sakes —"
1:10 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
1:10 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 5 (4df+5=+, -, +, -)
1:10 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Tony
1:10 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Tony: 3 (4df+5=-, -, 0, 0)
1:11 AM <ArseneLupin> Tony, you get a good shot in on it. Anyone else want to attack?
1:11 AM <War_> ……..can I punch it again
1:11 AM <ArseneLupin> It's a bit too far off for that
1:11 AM <taylor_itkin> Can Tony fire again?
1:11 AM <War_> Fuck it
1:11 AM 4df+3 he pulls his gun and fires
1:11 AM <ArseneLupin> No, he took his action this turn
1:11 AM <Glacon> War_: he pulls his gun and fires: 4 (4df+3=+, -, +, 0)
1:11 AM <Sax> Alison does not fire.
1:11 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Scott
1:11 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Scott: 5 (4df+5=0, -, 0, +)
1:11 AM <Sax> She stays behind the group!
1:12 AM <ArseneLupin> The bullet sinks in and the monster begins to sing again. MDEF all
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1:12 AM <Sax> She's in complete shock - she just witnessed someone probably die.
1:12 AM <War_> 4df+5 mdefuck
1:12 AM <Glacon> War_: mdefuck: 5 (4df+5=-, +, -, +)
1:12 AM <Sax> 4df+3 OSHIT
1:12 AM <Glacon> Sax: OSHIT: 3 (4df+3=0, 0, 0, 0)
1:12 AM <War_> spicy
1:12 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony holds a protective arm in front of Alison.
1:12 AM 4df+4 mdefucky
1:12 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: mdefucky: 0 (4df+4=-, -, -, -)
1:12 AM <War_> oh
1:12 AM <taylor_itkin> welp.
1:12 AM Glacon: fuck you
1:12 AM <Klurg> 4df+5 mfucked
1:12 AM <Glacon> Klurg: mfucked: 6 (4df+5=+, 0, -, +)
1:12 AM TAFKeta → %Taffeta
1:13 AM <ArseneLupin> Scott and Juan you are unaffected
1:13 AM Alison, you can no longer see the monster
1:13 AM Tony, you forgot all about the monster in general
1:13 AM <Sax> "… wha… guys! Where'd it go!"
1:13 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony puts down his gun. "Where did what go?"
1:14 AM "What the- what's happening…?"
1:14 AM <ArseneLupin> It's making a break for around the corner
1:14 AM <War_> Scott tails after the fucker
1:14 AM <Klurg> “It’s still where it was before!” Juan tells the group, and chases after the monster while firing upon it.
1:14 AM <taylor_itkin> He looks around, kind of wanders a little bit. "Scott, the fuck are you going?"
1:14 AM <War_> "After the damn thing -!"
1:14 AM <Sax> Alison follows Juan and Scott.
1:14 AM <ArseneLupin> Roll it Juan
1:14 AM <taylor_itkin> "WHAT thing?"
1:14 AM <Sax> "I hope you guys can see it…"
1:14 AM <taylor_itkin> "Where are we-?"
1:14 AM <Sax> Alison looks to Tony.
1:14 AM <Klurg> (Ranged and agility or can I only do one?)
1:14 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony follows after them, he thinks?
1:14 AM <Sax> "Don't tell me you forgot…"
1:14 AM <ArseneLupin> Ranged
1:14 AM <taylor_itkin> "Forgot what?"
1:15 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 gunning it down
1:15 AM <Glacon> Klurg: gunning it down: 4 (4df+4=+, -, +, -)
1:15 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
1:15 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 6 (4df+5=-, 0, +, +)
1:15 AM <ArseneLupin> The bullets just keep sinking in. The song it's singing is getting louder.
1:15 AM <War_> Is it too fast to catch?
1:16 AM <ArseneLupin> You can make a melee attack now. It's not horribly fast.
1:16 AM Juan can get another shot now as well
1:16 AM <War_> hehehehehehhehehehehehehhe
1:16 AM <Sax> Alison's watching them shoot.
1:16 AM "Guys! Be careful!"
1:16 AM <War_> 4df+7 FALCON PAWNCH
1:16 AM <Sax> "Bullets bounce back!"
1:16 AM <Glacon> War_: FALCON PAWNCH: 7 (4df+7=0, -, 0, +)
1:16 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony just doesn't understand what's happening. "Why are we wasting ammo!"
1:16 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 ranged while trying to avoid shooting Scott.
1:16 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Scott
1:16 AM <Glacon> Klurg: ranged while trying to avoid shooting Scott.: 3 (4df+4=-, 0, +, -)
1:16 AM ArseneLupin: Scott: 4 (4df+5=-, 0, -, +)
1:17 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
1:17 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 3 (4df+5=0, -, 0, -)
1:17 AM <War_> Finna whap its head
1:17 AM <ArseneLupin> Scott, where did you punch it?
1:18 AM <War_> Ideally the head but honestly anywhere he can reach if that's not feasible
1:19 AM <ArseneLupin> Alright, as the bullet rips through and Scott punches it's lights out, you can see the monster begin to droop, like a candle that's burned for too long. As you pull your fist away, the song reaches a crescendo, and the monster is gone.
1:19 AM <Klurg> Is Erik out of the monster?
1:19 AM <ArseneLupin> Nope
1:19 AM <War_> Scott stumbles to a halt, holding his arm against his body. "Fucking….hell…"
1:20 AM <Sax> "Guys, where's Erik?!"
1:20 AM <Klurg> "it got away again…"
1:20 AM <ArseneLupin> In fact, you don't remember anyone named Erik at all
1:20 AM <Sax> Redact.
1:21 AM <taylor_itkin> Can Tony see/remember anything at all?
1:21 AM <ArseneLupin> He still doesn't remember the monster
1:21 AM <War_> He ambles back to the others. "God…this is getting more and more of a wild goose chase."
1:22 AM "In the LITERAL sense."
1:22 AM <taylor_itkin> "What is…what's happening?"
1:22 AM <War_> "Bloody, flipping ghosty-faced I-don't-know-what…"
1:22 AM <taylor_itkin> "…I'm so confused."
1:22 AM <Klurg> "tony, we're chasing a monster, said monster has the ability to make people forget things."
1:23 AM <taylor_itkin> "I don't rem-oh."
1:23 AM <Klurg> "said things usually include the people it's eaten."
1:23 AM <Sax> "… ew."
1:23 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony's eyes widen. "I see." He reloads his pistol. "That would explain the lack of ammo."
1:24 AM How would tony go about seeing the monster again?
1:24 AM <ArseneLupin> On the next Silent Song roll
1:24 AM <taylor_itkin> ok
1:24 AM <War_> "I think it might be wearing a little, didn't seem to be in good shape before it vanished…"
1:25 AM <ArseneLupin> Anyone who was paying attention would realize there was a 30 minute gap between it's last kill.
1:25 AM <Sax> "Hmm."
1:25 AM "So… how would we go about hunting this?"
1:26 AM <taylor_itkin> "I am still confused."
1:26 AM <War_> "Get it when we can. Hard to trap because of what it does, as well as it being able to use vents where we, obviously, cannot."
1:27 AM <taylor_itkin> Is there any way for Tony to remember the thing?
1:27 AM <ArseneLupin> Not for now
1:27 AM <taylor_itkin> OK
1:27 AM <ArseneLupin> He can believe the others though
1:28 AM <Klurg> "the monster attacked Robertson when it believed he was alone… so we could watch for personnel going by themselves."
1:28 AM <ArseneLupin> 1d6 minutes
1:28 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: minutes: 5 (1d6=5)
1:29 AM <taylor_itkin> "Oh."
1:29 AM "So wait- is that the thing that's been making people disappear?"
1:29 AM <War_> "The rest of you should wait for it, if I go off on my own maybe it'll come. Can do a signal and you can get it."
1:30 AM <taylor_itkin> "Well, wait- let me go off on my own. I don't know…anything about this. It'll seem less like I'm pretending."
1:30 AM <Klurg> "we cannot trust you to remember signaling if it takes you by surprise or wipes your memory. we have to do it by ambush."
1:30 AM <War_> "I still volunteer. I've seen it, and I can hit it hard enough if I have the chance to. Bullets don't seem to do much."
1:31 AM "Plus…I wouldn't be a tasty snack."
1:33 AM <Sax> "Hmm…"
1:34 AM <ArseneLupin> 1d6 minutes
1:34 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: minutes: 4 (1d6=4)
1:36 AM <ArseneLupin> So what's the plan?
1:36 AM <Klurg> plan seems to be: Scott acts as bait, everyone else hides in ambush
1:37 AM <War_> "I'll go sit in a room by myself. When the thing appears, you lot ambush it. I can't sneak for shit, but I can knock its lights out if it gets close."
1:37 AM <Sax> "… but what if I miss shooting and hit you?"
1:37 AM <taylor_itkin> "He's half metal, Ali."
1:37 AM <Klurg> "I can't sneak either, so I'll sneak in my own spot to avoid giving you guys away"
1:38 AM <War_> "Probably the only upside. I'm bulletproof."
1:38 AM "Let's go."
1:38 AM <Sax> "Alright."
1:38 AM <Klurg> "It's a risk we have to take Alison. It's also why I preferred to have been the volunteer, but Scott's right. he's the best candidate."
1:38 AM <Sax> She's really unsure aobut this, but goes along with it.
1:38 AM <Klurg> (sneak to lie in ambush?)
1:38 AM <Sax> "Just be safe, alrighT?"
1:38 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony squeezes Alison on the shoulder. "You can do this. I'm here, alright?"
1:38 AM <Sax> She smiles, and gets her handgun out,
1:39 AM <War_> Scott saunters to someplace open, and sits if the floor's clean. And waits.
1:39 AM <ArseneLupin> Alright, everyone roll sneak to ambush and then perc
1:39 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+3 SNEEEEEEEK
1:39 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: SNEEEEEEEK: 3 (4df+3=0, 0, -, +)
1:39 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+4 PERC
1:39 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: PERC: 5 (4df+4=+, +, 0, -)
1:39 AM <Klurg> 4df sneak: Juan hides in a spot away from his teammates so his bad stealth won't give them away, and he sets up with his Mosin Nagant
1:39 AM <Glacon> Klurg: sneak: Juan hides in a spot away from his teammates so his bad stealth won't give them away, and he sets up with his Mosin Nagant: -3 (4df=-, -, 0, -)
1:39 AM <Klurg> 4df+3 perceptio- oh fuck you glacon
1:39 AM <Glacon> Klurg: perceptio- oh fuck you glacon: 4 (4df+3=0, 0, +, 0)
1:40 AM <ArseneLupin> Scott, don't roll sneak, just perc
1:40 AM <War_> 4df+5 perc
1:40 AM <Glacon> War_: perc: 4 (4df+5=0, -, 0, 0)
1:42 AM <ArseneLupin> Sax:
1:42 AM <Sax> 4df+4
1:42 AM <Glacon> Sax: 6 (4df+4=+, +, +, -)
1:42 AM <Sax> (Wait, I rolled perc first)
1:43 AM May Alison tag for hiding in a real tiny space?
1:43 AM <ArseneLupin> No, nothing she could really hide in here
1:43 AM <Sax> 4df+5 SNEEK
1:43 AM <Glacon> Sax: SNEEK: 4 (4df+5=0, -, -, +)
1:44 AM <ArseneLupin> Alright, you all hear the silence creep in…
1:44 AM <Sax> Alison's grip on her gun is tight.
1:44 AM <ArseneLupin> And a minute later, the song starts back up, but not as harmonious as before.
1:44 AM Tony, roll MDEF
1:44 AM The song seems far off
1:45 AM <taylor_itkin> 4DF+4
1:45 AM 4df+4
1:45 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: 6 (4df+4=+, 0, 0, +)
1:45 AM <ArseneLupin> Alright Tony remembers now
1:45 AM The song slowly rises to a crescendo, and once it does, you all hear an ear peircing screech
1:46 AM Taffeta → %TAFKeta
1:46 AM <ArseneLupin> If it wasn't so far off, it would probably have burst your ear drums
1:46 AM <War_> Scott covers his ears with his hands and grimaces at the sound
1:47 AM <Klurg> Juan flinches, but holds his position
1:48 AM <taylor_itkin> “I remember,” he whispers
1:48 AM <ArseneLupin> The screech softens, but it's still there. It's coming from upstairs
1:48 AM <Sax> Alison rolls into a tightened ball.
1:49 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony waits for the others to decide what to do.
1:49 AM <Sax> "It's so loud," Alison whispers into Tony's ear.
1:50 AM <War_> Scott decides he's going to follow that sound
1:50 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony wraps an arm around Alison. “I know,” he whispers.
1:50 AM <Klurg> Juan follows Scott, since there's nothing else to do
1:50 AM <Sax> Alison follows the others.
1:50 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony too
1:52 AM <ArseneLupin> Alright, you manage to track the sound to Medical, and as you walk you see the other agents unconscious with bleeding ears. Once you arrive you can see the monster standing on the bed where Robert was resting. The monster seems to be convulsing
1:52 AM <Sax> "Oh my God…"
1:52 AM <War_> "Get it!"
1:52 AM <Sax> 4df+3 Alison tries shooting!
1:53 AM <Glacon> Sax: Alison tries shooting!: 2 (4df+3=-, 0, -, +)
1:53 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 PDEF
1:53 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: PDEF: 1 (4df+5=-, -, -, -)
1:53 AM <ArseneLupin> Alison you manage to peg it
1:53 AM <War_> Scott is gonna try wrangle the fucker
1:53 AM <Sax> "TONY I HIT IT I HIT IT!"
1:53 AM <ArseneLupin> Punch or grab?
1:54 AM <War_> Grab!
1:54 AM For now
1:54 AM <ArseneLupin> May I remind you that last time it was too loose to grab, are you sure?
1:54 AM <War_> ….er, punch then
1:54 AM <ArseneLupin> Roll it
1:54 AM <taylor_itkin> “You did it!” Tony says, high-fiving Alison!
1:55 AM <War_> 4df+7 last power punch before his shoulder gets too fucked
1:55 AM <Sax> "Not now, it's still there!"
1:55 AM <Glacon> War_: last power punch before his shoulder gets too fucked: 6 (4df+7=-, +, 0, -)
1:55 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 PDEF
1:55 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: PDEF: 5 (4df+5=-, -, +, +)
1:55 AM <ArseneLupin> You get an okay punch in
1:55 AM Anyone else want to attack?
1:55 AM <taylor_itkin> “Right!”
1:55 AM Tony will
1:55 AM <War_> It hurts like fuck for him, though, and he makes a hasty retreat with a limp arm at his side
1:55 AM <ArseneLupin> Roll it Tony
1:55 AM <taylor_itkin> How far away is the monster? Less than 50m I assume
1:56 AM <ArseneLupin> Yeah, less than 50
1:56 AM <Klurg> (ah, sorry)
1:56 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 FIREEEE
1:56 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: FIREEEE: 5 (4df+5=+, +, -, -)
1:56 AM <Klurg> Juan tries to shoot the beast
1:56 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Tony
1:56 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Tony: 5 (4df+5=+, -, +, -)
1:56 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 FIYAH!
1:56 AM <ArseneLupin> The bullet sinks in
1:56 AM <Glacon> Klurg: FIYAH!: 1 (4df+4=0, -, -, -)
1:56 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
1:56 AM <Klurg> (sad trombone)
1:56 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 2 (4df+5=-, 0, -, -)
1:56 AM <taylor_itkin> “Me too!”
1:56 AM <ArseneLupin> Same result, bullet sinks in
1:57 AM As you pepper the monster with bullets, it suddenly stops convulsing
1:57 AM <taylor_itkin> “Uh oh.”
1:57 AM <ArseneLupin> It twitches once
1:57 AM <Sax> "…"
1:57 AM <ArseneLupin> Twice
1:57 AM <taylor_itkin> “Uh.”
1:57 AM <ArseneLupin> And next to it's head you see flesh start to take shape
1:57 AM An empty eye socket
1:57 AM <Sax> "What's happening?!"
1:57 AM <ArseneLupin> A mouth
1:57 AM Teeth
1:57 AM <taylor_itkin> “EW.”
1:58 AM <Sax> "OH MY GOD"
1:58 AM <ArseneLupin> Before long, it has two heads
1:58 AM <War_> "Guys get out of the way -"
1:58 AM <Sax> Alison's sufficiently freaked out!
1:58 AM And she's scrambling for somewhere to hide!
1:58 AM <taylor_itkin> “Why…?”
1:58 AM Tony stands in front of her!
1:58 AM <ArseneLupin> It's gonna make it's way towards the group and attack
1:58 AM <War_> "In case you're bloody fucking daft IT EATS PEOPLE."
1:58 AM <Klurg> Juan motions the team to get behind him, his gun trained on the monster
1:58 AM <taylor_itkin> “Right- RUN”
1:58 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Melee Scott
1:58 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Melee Scott: 4 (4df+5=-, +, -, 0)
1:59 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Melee Tony
1:59 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Melee Tony: 6 (4df+5=-, +, +, 0)
1:59 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+4 AGI
1:59 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: AGI: 2 (4df+4=0, 0, -, -)
1:59 AM <War_> 4df+4 pdefuHK
1:59 AM <taylor_itkin> FUCK
1:59 AM <Glacon> War_: pdefuHK: 2 (4df+4=0, -, -, 0)
1:59 AM <Klurg> (are we allowed to fire on it now?)
1:59 AM <ArseneLupin> Scott, you take 1 damage as the original head bites you
1:59 AM Tony, roll PDEF too
1:59 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 spec
1:59 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: spec: 2 (4df+5=-, -, -, 0)
1:59 AM <taylor_itkin> (Was trying to- well fuxk me sideways)
2:00 AM <ArseneLupin> Tony you take 2 damage as the second head bites the side of your arm. PC TURN
2:00 AM <Sax> "TONY!"
2:00 AM <War_> Scott has a hand on his gun, he's not retreating as fast as he should be even though he hurts
2:00 AM <Klurg> "run! I'll hold it off!"
2:00 AM <War_> 4df+3 pew
2:00 AM <Glacon> War_: pew: -1 (4df+3=-, -, -, -)
2:00 AM <Klurg> Juan fires upon it
2:00 AM 4df+4 pew pew motherfucker
2:00 AM <Glacon> Klurg: pew pew motherfucker: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, -, +)
2:00 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Scott
2:00 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Scott: 6 (4df+5=+, +, 0, -)
2:00 AM <War_> He shoots his own foot rip
2:00 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
2:00 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 7 (4df+5=0, +, 0, +)
2:00 AM <ArseneLupin> It does not seem deterred by the bullets
2:01 AM <taylor_itkin> “FUCK”
2:01 AM <Klurg> "someone run and call security!" (does it seem more solid and consistent?)
2:01 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 Tony still has one arm!
2:01 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: Tony still has one arm!: 4 (4df+5=0, +, -, -)
2:01 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Tony
2:01 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Tony: 3 (4df+5=-, 0, 0, -)
2:01 AM <Sax> Alison's on her radio.
2:01 AM «SECURITY WE NEED ARMED HELP IN MEDICAL»
2:02 AM <ArseneLupin> Tony you manage to peg one of the heads. Containment is also currently on the ground with their ears bleeding
2:02 AM <War_> Scott can barely ready his left arm as a means of defense
2:02 AM <ArseneLupin> Is Alison going to shoot?
2:03 AM <Sax> 4df+3 PEW?
2:04 AM <Glacon> Sax: PEW?: 1 (4df+3=-, -, -, +)
2:04 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 PDEF
2:04 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: PDEF: 8 (4df+5=+, +, +, 0)
2:05 AM <ArseneLupin> Miss completely
2:05 AM 4df+5 Scott punched this thing out three times, it's pissed
2:05 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Scott punched this thing out three times, it's pissed: 4 (4df+5=0, +, -, -)
2:06 AM <War_> 4df+4 oh shit okay
2:06 AM <ArseneLupin> .ch A,J,T
2:06 AM <Glacon> War_: oh shit okay: 4 (4df+4=+, -, 0, 0)
2:06 AM ArseneLupin: A
2:06 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Alison
2:06 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Alison: 7 (4df+5=0, +, +, 0)
2:06 AM → spookybee joined (sedudbweB.dnA.seiddiT|nogarD#sedudbweB.dnA.seiddiT|nogarD)
2:06 AM <Sax> 4df+5 ALISON DODGE
2:06 AM <Glacon> Sax: ALISON DODGE: 7 (4df+5=0, +, +, 0)
2:06 AM <Sax> YAS
2:07 AM <ArseneLupin> Scott it bites down on you, but you brought your robotic arm up just in time. Alison manages to dive out of the way. PC TURN
2:07 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 DONT ATTACK MY SISTER
2:07 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: DONT ATTACK MY SISTER: 2 (4df+5=-, -, 0, -)
2:07 AM <Sax> "EEEEGH NONONO"
2:07 AM <War_> While its chomping his arm he tries to headbutt it…?
2:07 AM 4df+3
2:07 AM <Glacon> War_: 5 (4df+3=+, +, +, -)
2:07 AM <Sax> 4df+3 She shoots at it
2:07 AM <Glacon> Sax: She shoots at it: 3 (4df+3=-, +, -, +)
2:08 AM <War_> Holy shit
2:08 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Tony
2:08 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Tony: 4 (4df+5=0, -, +, -)
2:08 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
2:08 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 4 (4df+5=0, 0, -, 0)
2:08 AM <taylor_itkin> Damn
2:08 AM <ArseneLupin> Alison even
2:08 AM <Klurg> Juan moves into the melee range of the monster, trying to press his gun against its side
2:08 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Scott
2:08 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Scott: 5 (4df+5=-, +, -, +)
2:08 AM <Klurg> (roll ranged or is there anything else I need to roll?)
2:08 AM <ArseneLupin> Agi then Ranged
2:08 AM <Klurg> 4df+3 agi
2:09 AM <Glacon> Klurg: agi: 3 (4df+3=+, 0, -, 0)
2:09 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+1 AGI
2:09 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 ranged point blank shot
2:09 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: AGI: 1 (4df+1=+, -, +, -)
2:09 AM Klurg: ranged point blank shot: 5 (4df+4=-, +, +, 0)
2:09 AM <ArseneLupin> I'll give you a plus 2 bonus for point blank
2:09 AM 4df+5 PDEF
2:09 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: PDEF: 6 (4df+5=-, +, +, 0)
2:09 AM <Klurg> (so make the damage of that roll a 7?)
2:09 AM (or reroll?)
2:09 AM <ArseneLupin> Yup
2:10 AM Scott, your head sinks into the loose flesh a bit as Juan point blank shoots one of the heads
2:10 AM 4df+5 MDEF to not be stunned by headshot
2:10 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: MDEF to not be stunned by headshot: 5 (4df+5=-, -, +, +)
2:10 AM <ArseneLupin> The head Juan shot is dazed and can't attack this turn
2:10 AM 4df+5 Juan Melee
2:10 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan Melee: 3 (4df+5=-, +, -, -)
2:11 AM <Klurg> 4df+6 pdef
2:11 AM <Glacon> Klurg: pdef: 4 (4df+6=-, 0, -, 0)
2:11 AM <ArseneLupin> It misses. PC TURN
2:11 AM <Klurg> Juan takes a point blank shot at the other head
2:11 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 for real don’t go near my sister again you sack of crap
2:11 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: for real don’t go near my sister again you sack of crap: 6 (4df+5=+, 0, -, +)
2:11 AM <Klurg> (same bonus?)
2:11 AM <ArseneLupin> No, it's expecting it this time
2:11 AM <Sax> 4df+3 DON'T ATTACK MY BROTHERS
2:11 AM <Glacon> Sax: DON'T ATTACK MY BROTHERS: 3 (4df+3=-, +, +, -)
2:11 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Tony
2:11 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Tony: 5 (4df+5=0, 0, 0, 0)
2:11 AM <Sax> Ali PEW PEW
2:11 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 headshot
2:11 AM <Glacon> Klurg: headshot: 8 (4df+4=+, +, +, +)
2:12 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Alison
2:12 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Alison: 4 (4df+5=+, -, 0, -)
2:12 AM <taylor_itkin> GO JUAN
2:12 AM <Klurg> (…headshot indeed)
2:12 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
2:12 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 3 (4df+5=-, 0, -, 0)
2:12 AM <War_> Scott retreats back for a moment, he kinda hurts a bunch
2:12 AM → Elisa joined (ssenilenoL.fO.aeS.A.nI|tnallipA#ssenilenoL.fO.aeS.A.nI|tnallipA)
2:12 AM <ArseneLupin> It took a huge hit from Juan and a littler hit from Tony it's not looking great
2:12 AM 4df+5 Juan
2:12 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 9 (4df+5=+, +, +, +)
2:13 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Tony
2:13 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Tony: 4 (4df+5=-, +, 0, -)
2:13 AM <Klurg> 4df+6 pdef this is karma
2:13 AM <Glacon> Klurg: pdef this is karma: 10 (4df+6=+, +, +, +)
2:13 AM <Klurg> (WHAT)
2:13 AM <taylor_itkin> JESUS
2:13 AM <ArseneLupin> (OOOH!)
2:13 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 AGI
2:13 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: AGI: 5 (4df+5=-, 0, 0, +)
2:13 AM <taylor_itkin> Wait that’s pdef
2:13 AM 4df+4 AGI
2:13 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: AGI: 6 (4df+4=0, 0, +, +)
2:14 AM <ArseneLupin> Juan, the head you've been peppering lunges for your throat, but you manage to dodge out of the way just before it bites down. Tony is in a similar situation
2:14 AM PC TURN
2:14 AM <Sax> 4df+3 Alison keeps shooting!
2:14 AM <Glacon> Sax: Alison keeps shooting!: 1 (4df+3=-, -, +, -)
2:14 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 STOPPPPP
2:14 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: STOPPPPP: 7 (4df+5=0, 0, +, +)
2:14 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Ali
2:14 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Ali: 7 (4df+5=+, +, -, +)
2:14 AM <War_> 4df+3 rng lock and load
2:14 AM <Glacon> War_: rng lock and load: 3 (4df+3=-, +, +, -)
2:14 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Tony
2:14 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Tony: 5 (4df+5=+, -, -, +)
2:14 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Scott
2:14 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Scott: 5 (4df+5=0, -, 0, +)
2:15 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 Juan tries to shoot for the neck of the head that tried to lunge for it
2:15 AM <Glacon> Klurg: Juan tries to shoot for the neck of the head that tried to lunge for it: 7 (4df+4=+, +, 0, +)
2:15 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
2:15 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 6 (4df+5=-, +, +, 0)
2:15 AM <ArseneLupin> This thing takes multiple shots to the head and looks like it's barely able to move
2:15 AM 4df+5 Juan
2:15 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 4 (4df+5=0, 0, 0, -)
2:15 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
2:15 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 3 (4df+5=-, +, -, -)
2:16 AM <Klurg> 4df+6 pdef 1
2:16 AM <Glacon> Klurg: pdef 1: 6 (4df+6=0, -, 0, +)
2:16 AM <Klurg> 4df+6 pdef 2
2:16 AM <Glacon> Klurg: pdef 2: 6 (4df+6=+, 0, 0, -)
2:16 AM <ArseneLupin> Both heads lunge for you in a last ditch attempt to do something. You manage to dodge both. PC TURN
2:16 AM <Klurg> 4df+4 ranged FINISH HIM
2:16 AM <Glacon> Klurg: ranged FINISH HIM: 6 (4df+4=+, -, +, +)
2:16 AM <Sax> 4df+3 STOP TRYING TO HURT JUAN YOU UGLY BITCH!
2:16 AM <Glacon> Sax: STOP TRYING TO HURT JUAN YOU UGLY BITCH!: 4 (4df+3=-, +, 0, +)
2:17 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+5 please stop
2:17 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: please stop: 3 (4df+5=-, -, -, +)
2:17 AM <War_> 4df+3 p e w
2:17 AM <Glacon> War_: p e w: 0 (4df+3=-, -, -, 0)
2:17 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Juan
2:17 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Juan: 5 (4df+5=-, 0, 0, +)
2:17 AM <War_> O
2:17 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Alison
2:17 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Alison: 6 (4df+5=0, 0, 0, +)
2:17 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Tony
2:17 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Tony: 8 (4df+5=+, 0, +, +)
2:17 AM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 Scott
2:17 AM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Scott: 5 (4df+5=-, +, 0, 0)
2:17 AM <ArseneLupin> Klurg: You finished off the monster. You want to do the honors of describing how Juan kills it?
2:19 AM <Klurg> Juan walks up to the monster while it's attempting its last ditch attempts to survive and in a moment of clarity, lines it up so that the bullet goes through both its heads, finishing it off.
2:19 AM <ArseneLupin> The bullet goes clean through, and the two heads fall next to eachother motionless
2:19 AM <War_> "Jesus fucking Christ on a bike -"
2:20 AM <ArseneLupin> The Singing Flesh is dead
2:20 AM <Sax> "… is it over?"
2:20 AM <War_> "Bloody hope so."
2:20 AM <Sax> She looks at it.
2:20 AM <Klurg> Juan nervously kicks it to see if it moves
2:20 AM <taylor_itkin> “Good.” Tony falls to his knees.
2:20 AM <Sax> "Stay dead, piece of shit."
2:20 AM <taylor_itkin> And then to his side.
2:20 AM <ArseneLupin> It's dead. Everyone roll Perc if you look at the corpse
2:20 AM <Sax> 4df+4
2:20 AM <Glacon> Sax: 6 (4df+4=0, +, +, 0)
2:20 AM <taylor_itkin> He’s bleeding quite a bit.
2:20 AM <Klurg> "i-i think we did it" juan stutters out nervously, his adrenaline fading and his old self coming back
2:20 AM <taylor_itkin> 4df+4
2:20 AM <Klurg> 4df+3 perception
2:20 AM <Glacon> taylor_itkin: 2 (4df+4=-, -, -, +)
2:20 AM Klurg: perception: 2 (4df+3=-, 0, -, +)
2:20 AM <taylor_itkin> Dammit glacon
2:21 AM <Sax> Alison moves to attend to Tony's wounds.
2:21 AM <War_> 4df+9 examination spec~!
2:21 AM <Glacon> War_: examination spec~!: 6 (4df+9=-, -, -, 0)
2:21 AM <Sax> 4df+5
2:21 AM <Glacon> Sax: 4 (4df+5=-, +, -, 0)
2:21 AM <Klurg> Juan moves to tend to the wounds of the team, tony's seeming the worst, so he tries him first
2:21 AM <taylor_itkin> Yay 2 medix
2:21 AM <Klurg> 4df+5 tony needs healing
2:21 AM <Glacon> Klurg: tony needs healing: 4 (4df+5=0, +, -, -)
2:22 AM <ArseneLupin> Scott, you notice something on the back of the first head. It's looks like a brand of some sort. It merely says, Homunculus.
2:22 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony lies on the floor, gritting his teeth in pain. “Fucking thing but my arm…”
2:23 AM <ArseneLupin> What's Tony's Health?
2:23 AM <Sax> (would Alison notice this as well, considering they both got the same result)
2:23 AM <ArseneLupin> (Yeah, sorry
2:23 AM )
2:23 AM <War_> He slowly says the word aloud, then suddenly recognises it, and says it more clearly. "A homunculus."
2:23 AM <Sax> "Homunculus… isn't that magical?"
2:23 AM <War_> "Artificially created life."
2:24 AM <Sax> "Ew… that just sounds wrong."
2:24 AM <Klurg> "so this was an attack it seems."
2:24 AM <War_> "….this thing is a Sin to earth itself," he spits
2:24 AM <Sax> "So… what do we do with it?"
2:24 AM <Klurg> (can Juan roll academics with his Arcane knowledge spec for more useful information about homunculi that may help?)
2:24 AM <taylor_itkin> “Find out who made it.”
2:24 AM <ArseneLupin> Sure
2:24 AM <War_> Scott drags himself away to tend to his wounds a little
2:24 AM 4df+5 med
2:24 AM <Glacon> War_: med: 6 (4df+5=-, +, +, 0)
2:25 AM <Klurg> 4df+7 homunculi who this?
2:25 AM <Glacon> Klurg: homunculi who this?: 8 (4df+7=0, +, 0, 0)
2:26 AM <ArseneLupin> Homunculi are artificially created life given birth from Alchemy. They usually require some amount of human tissue such as blood to be made, although this is assumed to be stories.
2:26 AM They are not usually said to be anything like this however
2:27 AM <Klurg> "Homunculi usually require human tissues to be made… so maybe it was eating others to maintain itself. or make more of itself…"
2:27 AM "most likely made by some kind of alchemist."
2:27 AM <Sax> "… there's more?!"
2:27 AM <ArseneLupin> He rolled well enough to know it maker more of itself is near impossible
2:27 AM *making
2:28 AM <Klurg> "no wait, it's near impossible to make more of itself. this thing is different than most homunculi. much more different."
2:28 AM <taylor_itkin> "How so?"
2:28 AM <Sax> "… good."
2:28 AM Alison breathes a sigh of relief.
2:29 AM <ArseneLupin> Most homunculi are said to be simply tiny people, not monsters
2:29 AM <Klurg> "most are usually tiny people or things. this is a full grown monster"
2:29 AM <taylor_itkin> "Fun."
2:29 AM <War_> "I saw we either call a cleanup crew to get samples or dispose of it. That thing is a Goddamned abonination."
2:29 AM Say*
2:30 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony lets his head fall back, hopefully onto someone- if not, then he just lets it hit the ground. He's lost a tooon of blood.
2:30 AM <Klurg> One may notice Juan is shivering, but not reacting different in anyway. The adrenaline fading is not helping as he realized how close to death they came.
2:30 AM <ArseneLupin> The people around you begin to regain consciousness
2:30 AM <Sax> Alison catches him!
2:30 AM <War_> Scott just sits on the floor. He's knacked
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2:30 AM <ArseneLupin> (Everyone fine with it ending here with calling in a clean up crew?)
2:31 AM <Klurg> (sure)
2:31 AM <Sax> (sure)
2:31 AM <taylor_itkin> (shore)
2:31 AM <ArseneLupin> ~Fin~
<War_> (Fngaghggahg) Scootder Doot reporting for Duty
11:09 PM <Klurg> the Juanster follows right after the Scooter
11:09 PM <ArseneLupin> You two make your way to containment. There are a variety of anomalies, most of them docile.
11:11 PM <Klurg> "Juan goes to see if there are any containment areas that could have been breached.
11:11 PM (ignore that first ")
11:11 PM "Scott, could you help me find something that looks like it could have been broken out of or breached?"
11:12 PM <War_> "…you know, I realise it's fairly hard to look for something that makes things not-exist. Far as I'm aware there's no evidence…"
11:12 PM "Can do." He's looking out for signs of a struggle, scratches, blood, footprints, or any other distinguishing marks
11:12 PM <ArseneLupin> You look around, and everything seems to be in order. As you search however, you see a human looking creature with a completely smooth face. As soon as you get close, it's head turns to you and two eyes open on it's face. It starts slamming on the glass wall between you and it and makes hand signals.
11:14 PM <Klurg> Juan tries to interpret the hand signals.
11:14 PM <War_> Scott doesn't seem fazed by this, and rather tries to peer closer. He doesn't understand any form of sign language, however
11:14 PM <ArseneLupin> Roll perc or acad to try and figure it out
11:14 PM <War_> 4df+5 perc is higher than acad anyway
11:14 PM <Glacon> War_: perc is higher than acad anyway: 8 (4df+5=0, +, +, +)
11:15 PM <War_> o:
11:15 PM <ArseneLupin> Scott, you manage to make out what it means. It has it's hand out and is tracing on it with it's finger. It seems to be asking for paper and something to write with
11:16 PM <Klurg> 4df+4 academics. (+3 if it's arcane knowledge)
11:16 PM <Glacon> Klurg: academics. (+3 if it's arcane knowledge): 5 (4df+4=+, -, 0, +)
11:16 PM <ArseneLupin> Juan figures that out as well
11:17 PM <Klurg> Juan searches his person for paper, realizes he doesn't carry paper. "Scott, you have any paper on you or do we need to search containment for paper?"
11:17 PM <War_> "I have a notepad and pen but. They'll probably skin us if we try to give it anything."
11:18 PM <ArseneLupin> One of the guards is passing by and you can see another eye open on the creature making 3. "Yer fine. That one's pretty harmless."
11:19 PM As he leaves the third eye closes
11:19 PM <Klurg> "Just in case, let's get permission first." juan notes the third eye opening nad closing
11:20 PM "if you can hear us, we'll try to get you something to communicate with." he tells the anomaly.
11:20 PM <ArseneLupin> It nods vigorously and calms down. If something without most of it's facial features could look happy, it would be
11:21 PM <War_> Scott just continues to stand and observe the anomaly, murmuring 'curious creature…'
11:22 PM <Klurg> Juan goes to the area he's supposed to go to get permission for interacting with anomalies, and explains that it could potentially help with investigations of the missing guards.
11:22 PM of the missing personnel*
11:23 PM <ArseneLupin> He's given permission and urged to hurry before this gets worse.
11:24 PM <Klurg> He does so, and goes through the necessary procedures to give the being paper and pencil
11:24 PM <ArseneLupin> It gets the paper and pencil and starts drawing on the page. It holds the pencil in a closed fist, and before long it's done and gives the paper and pencil back
11:25 PM <War_> What's on it?
11:25 PM <Klurg> Juan takes it, and sees what it wrote/drew on it
11:26 PM <ArseneLupin> It's a rather crude drawing of a stick figure being eaten by a large set of teeth. Next to it, an identical stick figure is drawn with an x over it inside a thought bubble
11:26 PM <Klurg> "eaten and forgotten?" Juan asks
11:26 PM <War_> "…people-eater…I am, not good at interpreting things…"
11:27 PM <ArseneLupin> The creature points at Juan and nods
11:27 PM <War_> "Are we able to see this thing that eats people?"
11:28 PM <ArseneLupin> He points at himself and nods, then points at you and shakes his head
11:28 PM <War_> "We can't….can /only/ you see it or can all anomalies see it?"
11:28 PM <Klurg> "so you can see it and we can't? why?"
11:28 PM <ArseneLupin> He shrugs
11:29 PM <War_> "Well this….complicates things."
11:29 PM <Klurg> "where did you see it last?"
11:30 PM <ArseneLupin> He points at the room around them. As he does a third eye opens again and you can hear a banging sound from the stairs leading down to containment
11:31 PM <War_> "…oh."
11:31 PM <Klurg> "last saw it in here, eye opened, we can't see anybody… the creature's here isn't it?" Juan gets in a ready stance
11:31 PM <ArseneLupin> You can hear cursing from the stairs. It sounds like Robert
11:32 PM <Klurg> "well we learned a lot from you, thank you for you help, we'll probably ask you some more stuff later!" Juan says this quite fast as he runs out of the room to head to the stairs.
11:32 PM <ArseneLupin> The creature nods happily
11:32 PM <War_> "And I doubt there's any way we can be /made/ to see this thing, either…" Scott bolts after Juan
11:32 PM <ArseneLupin> As you approach the stairs, you see Robert lying on the ground holding his ankle. "Sorry, just fell down the stairs, no need to be alarmed."
11:33 PM <War_> Scott inches closer. "You haven't hurt it too badly?"
11:34 PM <Klurg> Juan checks the ankle (roll medical to check on injury?)
11:34 PM <ArseneLupin> "Just twisted a bit." Sure
11:34 PM <Klurg> (and if yes, does Juan's blunt force trauma spec apply?)
11:34 PM <ArseneLupin> Yeah it applies
11:35 PM <Klurg> 4df+8 what do we have here? (medical+spec)
11:35 PM <Glacon> Klurg: what do we have here? (medical+spec): 8 (4df+8=+, 0, 0, -)
11:35 PM <ArseneLupin> It's just a minor twist, nothing to worry about. Also, both of you roll PERC
11:36 PM <War_> 4df+5 owo whats this
11:36 PM <Glacon> War_: owo whats this: 6 (4df+5=+, -, +, 0)
11:36 PM <Klurg> 4df+3 "just a minor twist it seems"
11:36 PM <Glacon> Klurg: "just a minor twist it seems": 0 (4df+3=-, -, -, 0)
11:36 PM <Klurg> (my good rolls. they've been stolen)
11:36 PM <ArseneLupin> Juan, you don't notice anything. Scott, it was quiet before, but now things seem even more quiet somehow. Like something was there that isn't anymore
11:37 PM <War_> Scott looks up and around the room. Looks for any visual signs that something may be different, as well as just hearing it. To the other two he looks like he's spaced out as he does
11:38 PM <Klurg> "you alright there?" Juan asks Scott, not knowing what he's doing
11:39 PM <War_> He slowly fades back into the world again. "…yeah. Just spaced out a tad, still tired from travelling."
11:39 PM <ArseneLupin> He looks up just in time to see something. A large creature made of pale white flesh is standing a foot away from you three. It's looks almost like clay midway through being turned into something, but with empty black holes and a large mouth. Before you have time to react it lunges forwards and it's jaw unhinges, swallowing Robert whole.
11:40 PM <War_> And he is the only one who sees this?
11:40 PM <ArseneLupin> Nope they all do
11:40 PM You just notice it first
11:40 PM <War_> Having seen it first, he practically /leaps/ out of the way
11:41 PM <Klurg> If Juan can do anything about it, he tries to get shoot the creature
11:41 PM <ArseneLupin> After it has consumed Robert it's belly becomes larger and you can hear muffled screams. The creature begins to move it's head as if it's choking on something Roll ranged
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11:42 PM <Klurg> 4df+4 shoot
11:42 PM <Glacon> Klurg: shoot: 5 (4df+4=+, 0, +, -)
11:42 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 PDEF
11:42 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: PDEF: 7 (4df+5=0, +, 0, +)
11:43 PM <ArseneLupin> Your bullet sinks into the flesh, but doesn't seem to have done much. Scott, would you like to attack as well?
11:43 PM <War_> Can I charge the fucker and punch him?
11:43 PM <ArseneLupin> You totally can
11:44 PM <War_> He spins on heel after fleeing, charges it, and aims to throw one motherfucker of a left hook
11:44 PM 4df+7 power pawnch?
11:44 PM <Glacon> War_: power pawnch?: 9 (4df+7=0, 0, +, +)
11:44 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 PDEF
11:44 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: PDEF: 6 (4df+5=0, +, -, +)
11:44 PM → %Soulless (halfopped) joined
11:44 PM <ArseneLupin> Your fist sinks into it's flesh a bit and you can hear it scream. The scream shifts however, into something more soothing. MDEF all
11:45 PM <War_> 4df+5 fuck here is where i fail
11:45 PM <Glacon> War_: fuck here is where i fail: 6 (4df+5=-, 0, +, +)
11:45 PM <Klurg> 4df+5 mental tank
11:45 PM <Glacon> Klurg: mental tank: 7 (4df+5=+, +, 0, 0)
11:46 PM <War_> Will note that Scott does pull back after hefting that punch- the impact HURTS.
11:46 PM <ArseneLupin> You both feel your heads grow cloudy, but they quickly clear. The monster sees you staring and it and it's flesh starts to shift, it's stomach rips itself open and Robert comes tumbling out. The monster then starts moving towards a nearby wall
11:47 PM Taffeta → %TAFKeta
11:47 PM <Klurg> Juan tries to drag the monster down and force it in place.
11:48 PM <War_> " - get that goddamn thing whatever the FUCK it is -!"
11:48 PM <Klurg> "get some help! I'll hold it!"
11:48 PM <War_> Scott would try to find guards or containment officers or /someone/ to notify
11:49 PM <ArseneLupin> You try your best to grab onto it, but the flesh merely parts when you grab it like clay. Scott, you tell the guards and they come running over, but they just seem confused. The monster suddenly starts to shrink, and you can see it dissapear into a broken vent
11:50 PM <Sax> «Guys, are you alright in containment?»
11:50 PM <Klurg> Juan tries to shoot into the vent
11:50 PM <War_> Scott radios back
11:50 PM (sec)
11:50 PM <ArseneLupin> Roll Ranged a at -1 penalty for an awkward angle
11:50 PM <War_> «I think - I think we found the thing -»
11:51 PM <Sax> «Do you want Tony and I to come to you?»
11:51 PM <War_> «Yes.»
11:51 PM <Sax> «On our way.»
11:51 PM <Klurg> 4df+3 ranged
11:51 PM <Glacon> Klurg: ranged: 1 (4df+3=-, -, -, +)
11:52 PM <War_> Womp womp
11:52 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+5 PDEF
11:52 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: PDEF: 5 (4df+5=0, -, 0, +)
11:52 PM <Sax> Alison appears!
11:52 PM With Tony as well!
11:52 PM <ArseneLupin> You just hit metal
11:52 PM The monster is gone
11:52 PM <War_> Scott's glaring at the vent, holding his shoulder, and looks like he's trying not to laugh
11:52 PM <ArseneLupin> Robert is still on the ground with burn marks all over him
11:53 PM He's alive but hurt
11:53 PM <Sax> "What happened here?"
11:53 PM <War_> Scott makes his way over to Robert. What sort of burns? Chemical, or…
11:53 PM <ArseneLupin> 4df+3 Robert MDEF
11:53 PM <Glacon> ArseneLupin: Robert MDEF: 1 (4df+3=-, 0, -, 0)
11:53 PM <ArseneLupin> It looks like some kind of acid, roll medical to get more specific
11:54 PM <War_> 4df+9 medical examination spec
11:54 PM <Glacon> War_: medical examination spec: 6 (4df+9=-, 0, -, -)
11:54 PM <War_> are u fr
11:54 PM <ArseneLupin> It's stomach acid
11:54 PM Heavily concentrated stomach acid
11:54 PM <Klurg> “We encountered the anomaly.” Juan responds to Alison
11:54 PM <War_> "Someone call down medical, I don't have the supplies to treat this."
11:55 PM "We need to get him to a ward."
11:55 PM <ArseneLupin> Robert looks down at himself. "What happened?" Also, those of you who heard the creature start to make that noise, the noise is gone
11:56 PM <Sax> Alison looks at Robert, and begins to treat as best as she can.
11:56 PM <ArseneLupin> Roll Med
11:56 PM <Sax> 4df+5 These aren't typical combat wounds!
11:56 PM <Glacon> Sax: These aren't typical combat wounds!: 3 (4df+5=-, +, -, -)
11:56 PM <ArseneLupin> "Where did these burns come from?" You can't really do much
11:56 PM <Klurg> “You almost got eaten.” He responds to Robertson. Juan tries to help Alison treat him, enough to get him stabilized at least
11:56 PM (Roll medical?)
11:56 PM <ArseneLupin> "Eaten? By what?"
11:56 PM Sure
11:57 PM <War_> "I feel like I'm talking to brick walls here…"
11:57 PM <Klurg> 4df+5 “the anomaly that’s been terrorizing the place.”
11:57 PM <Glacon> Klurg: “the anomaly that’s been terrorizing the place.”: 8 (4df+5=+, +, +, 0)
11:57 PM <ArseneLupin> You manage to treat the wounds together and numb the pain a bit. He still needs rest though. His eyes widen. "Oh god, are you serious?!"
11:58 PM "I don't remember anything like that."
11:58 PM <War_> Scott takes out his notepad and makes a somewhat wobbly attempt at sketching the hollow-faced thing he saw. Yes, with a pen.
11:59 PM <ArseneLupin> Scott roll MDEF as you draw
11:59 PM <Klurg> “Does this look like the face of someone not serious.” Juan asks of him. “Remember, thing that makes you forget it. Of course you won’t remember.”
11:59 PM <War_> 4df+5 mderp
11:59 PM <Glacon> War_: mderp: 8 (4df+5=+, +, 0, +)
11:59 PM <ArseneLupin> You have trouble remembering what it looks like but you manage
Monday, March 26th, 2018
12:00 AM <ArseneLupin> "Right, right. Would you mind taking me to medical?"
12:00 AM <War_> He then holds the notepad up, "Kinda looked like this."
12:00 AM <ArseneLupin> He looks horrified at the creature. "Can't believe I was inside of that thing."
12:00 AM <Klurg> Juan picks the guy up gently, and begins bringing him to medical.
12:01 AM <ArseneLupin> Once you get him settled into medical everyone Roll PERC again
12:01 AM <War_> 4df+5 ouo
12:01 AM <Sax> 4df+4 ONO
12:01 AM <Glacon> Sax: ONO: 3 (4df+4=-, -, 0, +)
12:01 AM War_: ouo: 5 (4df+5=-, +, -, +)
12:01 AM <Klurg> 4df+3 siiilent niiight
12:01 AM <Glacon> Klurg: siiilent niiight: 5 (4df+3=+, +, 0, 0)
12:02 AM <ArseneLupin> Alison doesn't notice, but Scott hears that silence again and Juan hears it for the first time
12:02 AM <Klurg> “Is it just me, or did it get quieter?”
12:02 AM <Sax> Alison's too focused on making sure the patient is alright!
12:02 AM <taylor_itkin> (BACK)
12:02 AM <War_> "Been like that for a bit."
12:02 AM <taylor_itkin> (can we pause so I can read real quick)
12:03 AM <ArseneLupin> After a few moments, the strange noise from the creature comes back and fades away again.
12:03 AM (Pause for Taylor)
12:03 AM <War_> Scott makes sure to keep his sketch safe given his somewhat fuzzy recollection of the thing. (ok)
12:05 AM <taylor_itkin> (ok)
12:05 AM <ArseneLupin> (continue)
12:06 AM <War_> To Alison and Tony, "What did you guys find?"
12:06 AM <taylor_itkin> Tony looks around. "That was…ok."
12:06 AM <Klurg> “The thing’s still out there, but this information should help security…”
12:06 AM <taylor_itkin> "A bunch of journals," he says, showin gthem.
12:07 AM "They all have these weird messages."
12:07 AM <Sax> Alison shows her notes.
12:07 AM <War_> "Anything noteworthy about them?" He holds up his doodle, "We found this. Well, the monster, not a crappy drawing. I think this is what it looks like, anyway…"
12:08 AM <taylor_itkin> "There /is/ a monster!" Tony grins. "And it has the effect I thought it would!"
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12:10 AM <ArseneLupin> (Note, you were told to report to Dr. Cunningham's office if you figured anything out)
12:10 AM <Klurg> "so, to cunningham's with this information we go?"
12:10 AM <taylor_itkin> "Would make sense."
12:11 AM <Klurg> Juan heads that way, hopefully with the others in tow
12:11 AM <Sax> Ali nods her head.
12:11 AM She follows!
12:11 AM <ArseneLupin> Back to HI
12:11 AM <War_> He rolls and cracks his shoulder. "We also have a monster hunt to do, now." He follows!