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[3:26 PM] Kali Mira: A huff escapes her lips as she smacks the boot closest to her deck. "Seriously. Don't be such an animal..." Kali muttered, sinking back in her seat.

[3:28 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage is just wrapping up his usual shift at Flap Jacks, frying up a heaping stack of pancakes on the griddle with one hand and whisking eggs with another. The window ledge has heaping plates of food waiting to be carried out as he stabs the last ticket, pouring the eggs neatly into a pan and nodding to his relief cook.

[3:31 PM] GM Whistler: It is an ordinary Midcity day - gunfire crackles in the distance, some people nearly get run down trying to cross the street, and all the news stations are bursting with hype for the new season of Zakk Darkblaze's immensely popular reality show, "The Merc Life". Coverage of said announcements is mysteriously absent from the screens in Lucky Sevens, where Seven opts to replay broadcasts of last week's Squad Combat League finals.

[3:33 PM] GM Whistler: Spider is tapping away on his deck, mixing his usual amphetamine high with an assortment of drinks. Shortly, all of you get a message on your phones, whether or not you ever gave Spider your numbers. [URGENT JOB. $$$]

[3:35 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace just smirks at Kali and finishes his beer. He checks his phone when it goes off and raises a brow at Kali when he hears hers goes off simultaneously. He slow rolls his head over in Spider's direction and then puts his boots to the floor, which Kali did not manage to even budge with her smacking. "Huh. I think we're being paged."

[3:36 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage drops the last pan into the sink and scrubs off his hands. As soon as he reads the message, he scoops up his backpack and gives a half salute before dashing out the back door and toward Sevens, dodging pedestrians.

[3:38 PM] Kali Mira: Dirt spills off the edge of his boot onto her deck, and she frowns. "Rude." Her attention then shifts towards the notification from spider. "What are we best friends now? Should we have a sleep over too." She responded sarcastically, "Well, what do you think?" She nudged Jace.

[3:41 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is already standing and reaching down to open Kali's bag for her, indicating she should pack up her deck. "I think I need to pay rent. Let's go, cariño."

[3:43 PM] Sage Stotto: Luckily the two locations are close and the streets clear enough that Sage arrives at the door of the bar only minutes after he received the summons. He slips inside, panting slightly more out of habit than necessity and scans the bar, trying to be unobtrusive as he seeks the Spider

[3:45 PM] Kali Mira: Kali shoots Jace a glare, giving him a punch to the arm after she packs up. From the corner of her eye she manages to catch Sage just entering, "Guess we weren't the only ones called in." She muses, seeing Sage almost out of breath. "Hey!" Kali drags Jace over towards Sage, "Did you rush here to bring me free pancakes from Flap Jacks." Of course she was only kidding.

[3:47 PM] GM Whistler: When Spider notices you all, he waves you over impatiently. "Hey, hey, got big bucks ridin' on this one but you guys gotta jack up your clock speed here. C'mon."

[3:48 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage grins broadly and with a hint of mischief at seeing Kali and Jace there. "Nice as you are Kali, I only bring free food if you do." He snorts and winds his way through the crowd to Spider's booth and slides all the way in to the opposite bench.

[3:50 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace allows himself to be dragged a few feet and then tugs fKali Mira. He grabs Kali's shoulder and steers her towards Spider's booth, where he'd been attempting to go in the first place. "Hey, Sage. Kali, walk and talk." He lazy salutes Spider upon arrival to his domain and leans against the side of the booth, allowing Kali the remaining free seat. "What do you need, Spider?"

[3:52 PM] GM Whistler: "I got a buzz from an old client of mine. Something got stolen from him, he won't say what over the wire. He asked for my A team. I told him I ain't got one yet, but I got a C+ team, and he said that's fine, just get 'em on the job ASAP. He'll send a driver over and tell you the details face to face. He's as rich as he is weird, but he's all right to work for. You in?"

[3:55 PM] Kali Mira: Upon taking a seat, Kali leans in. "Can we be upgraded to a B+ after this?" She says sarcastically, but seems genuinely interested in the task. "Weird?..." She gives a roll of her shoulders, "Alright, I'm in then." Her gaze traces over Jace and Sage. "What do you guys say? We aren't that terrible of a team..."

[3:56 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage shrugs but nods. "You guys make things interesting. Plus how can I say no to meeting some of Midcity's finest weirdos?" he looks expectantly at Jace

[3:57 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace shrugs. "Someone has to keep you two alive." He's in.

[4:00 PM] GM Whistler: "Fuckin' eh," says Spider as he punches something into his deck. "Now we'll wait on his..." A tall man in a tailored black suit enters the bar. "..driver." The man walks over to you. He has black gloves and a driver's hat, and looks exceedingly pale. There is a faint green-blue glow to his eyes. He silently gestures to the door.

[4:02 PM] Kali Mira: Kali raises an eyebrow upon seeing the driver, "Fancy.." She said quietly, sliding out of her seat to head on over towards the door.

[4:03 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage scoots himself out as well and nods to Spider. "Comms for this trip? Or are we beyond that?"

[4:04 PM] GM Whistler: "Client wants as little wire as possible. He's paranoid like that."

[4:06 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace raises a brow at the man but says nothing. He falls into his usual mode -- watchful. He'll stay a step or two behind the others and follow.

[4:07 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver leads you outside. There is a black armoured limousine parked outside, with tinted bulletproof windows. He opens the door and stands there so you all can pile in.

[4:08 PM] Sage Stotto: "Hot damn. After you, pipsqueak. Ladies first."

[4:09 PM] Kali Mira: "Fine." Kali scoots in first, unsure of what to expect since none of them knew exactly what they were retrieving.

[4:13 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will get in once Sage and Kali are situated.

[4:15 PM] GM Whistler: The interior of the limousine is done up with black leather. There is a mini bar stocked with many expensive bottles of wine and spirits, and a note in very fancy handwriting that says 'Help yourself'. The dividing window between the driver and you is closed. When the driver closes your door and takes a seat behind the wheel, that window remains closed. The limo starts up and you can barely feel it. It's a smooth ride, even on the pothole-ridden streets of the RPZ.

[4:17 PM] Kali Mira: "Starting to feel a little uneasy in this limo..." She muttered, fidgetting a little in her seat. She leans forward, looking over the mini bar, picking up the note. "Help yourself, huh."

[4:20 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage fishes through the bar trying to find a bottle of water, "Seems like an awful lot of effort for a c+ team. Think it's spiked or something?"

[4:20 PM] GM Whistler: Sage finds a wastefully expensive looking bottle of rich people sparkling water.

[4:21 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace doesn't touch the alcohol or any of the drinks. He keeps watch out the window, as much as he can. "Well, they didn't know they were getting a C+ team." His tone is a tad sarcastic. It's clear he doesn't think they're C anything.

[4:24 PM] GM Whistler: Those who know the city recognize the route you're on - heading for the main checkpoint exiting the RPZ. Soon enough the towering wall and its sentries come into view. The limo pulls up to the checkpoint, the Driver silently flashes something at the gate guard, and you're through with no issue. As you leave the RPZ, the architecture and infrastructure cleans up dramatically. You can see large spots of clear blue sky above certain buildings as the air scrubbers eliminate the RPZ's thick industrial smog.

[4:28 PM] GM Whistler: The drive is another twenty minutes or so, and then the Driver comes to a stop in front of a massive skyscraper with a marble facade and mirrored windows. According to a sign out front, this is Sakaguchi Plaza. Various businesses have their names listed, including Gordian-Allod's marketing division, Tokamak Cybertronics, and Melqart Inc. The Driver opens the door for you and gestures to the building entrance.

[4:30 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage steps carefully out of the car, frowning at the lavish surroundings and down at his own greasy smelling self in a worn jacket. "Are we sure this is the right place? I mean aren't we a little... underdressed?" He frowns and offers Kali a hand to pull her up before moving toward the entrance.

[4:32 PM] Kali Mira: It doesn't take long for Kali to begin zoning out, tapping her fingers against her lap. They were lucky she didn't just fall asleep on the drive there. Once they had arrived and th door opened, Kali blinked a few times before yawning and taking Sage's hand. "Thanks." She stays close to both Sage and Jace, feeling a little out of place herself.

[4:36 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace isn't wearing a three piece suit by any means but he's clean and dressed for his brand of work; wearing combat boots, black cargo pants, and a forest green t-shirt under a black canvas jacket. He both looks like and feels like some version of a bodyguard. So he plays the part, remaining silent but watchful. He follows the other two, remaining a step or two behind them.

[4:37 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver leads you into the building. The lobby is all lavish marble and expensive paintings and general white-collar opulence. The Driver walks past the reception desk to the elevators, badges in with a card, and holds the doors open for you to enter with him. Once you are all inside, he pushes a button for the basement.

[4:39 PM] GM Whistler: When the doors open to the basement, you see equal opulence. White marble and on the wall in gold lettering, 'Melqart Incorporated Professional Resurrection Services'. The Driver gestures to a door at the end of the bright white hall labeled in gold writing 'Lazarus, Resurrectionist'

[4:42 PM] Kali Mira: Kali takes a little more interest in the interior, taking notice of the gold lettering on the wall, the name sounds familiar in her mind . She proceeds a little ahead of the group, following down the hall the driver had motioned to. "Are we going to find out what we're doing here, or just continue going down fancy halls, and shiny floors."

[4:48 PM] GM Whistler: As you approach, the door slowly swings open. Then a man appears in the doorway. He is tall and thin with sharp, distinctly Fae features, and their typical agelessness that puts him anywhere between 30 and 300. He has one blue eye and one purple eye so dark it might almost be black. He wears a white three piece suit and his blond hair is slicked back. "Ah, Spider's team. You came moderately recommended. Please, come in, and I will go over the task at hand." He speaks in a deep, pleasant voice with a posh New Tairngire accent.

[4:49 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will follow the other two in but he has nothing to add for the moment. Assume he's listening and watching.

[4:50 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage's eyes flit around, trying to take in the oppulence and keep an eye out for anything too suspicious. He's curious honestly, what someone would need a team as far off the radar as theirs for.

[4:55 PM] GM Whistler: Lazarus invites you into his office, lined with bookshelves of various Necromantic texts. He gestures with a hand and a holoscreen appears with a map of the city on it. "A client of mine was stolen in transit to this location. The tracker on his cryocoffin was disabled here--" he points, and a flashing red dot appears on the map a few blocks from the harbour. "--and we have been unable to track it since. This was forty-five minutes ago. If the coffin has lost power, my client only has a few hours remaining until I am unable to restore him in an undamaged state."

[5:00 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace raises a brow and shifts, folding his arms. He glances sidelong to Kali. Sounds complicated, his expression says, but he says nothing.

[5:03 PM] Kali Mira: The hacker follows in, listening closely and eying the map Lazarus motioned at. A dead body? Gross. She keeps the thought to herself, but frowns inwardly. "Shouldn't' be too difficult to locate." She added, linking her arms behind her back. "But we are on a time limit here." She sighed.

[5:04 PM] GM Whistler: "My Driver is at your disposal. Locate my client and return him to me as soon as possible."

[5:05 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage coughs nervously and shifts from one foot to another. "Is there a reason someone might have stolen this particular client?"

[5:07 PM] GM Whistler: "My client is exceedingly wealthy. There could be many reasons. Thus far, I have not been made aware of any ransom demands, so I suspect their motives lie with the body itself."

[5:08 PM] GM Whistler: Everyone, make an INT/LVL roll.

[5:12 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20

[5:12 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)

[5:12 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[5:12 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 5 Unmodified: (4)

[5:12 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20+1

[5:12 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 13 Unmodified: (12)

[5:14 PM] GM Whistler: Jace has a lightbulb moment. He remembers hearing or reading about bodies turning up around the harbour missing organs and cyberware.

[5:15 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is looking at the holomap. He's unsure if Kali can hack into anything that might give them more information but he's hopeful that going to the last known location of the coffin might yield a direction. If not, there's always someone's head to beat into a wall until they talk. "It's probably for parts to be sold. Been some activity similar to this around the harbour."

[5:16 PM] GM Whistler: "My client would have access to top of the line cybernetics."

[5:18 PM] Sage Stotto: "Any chance Lightwave Magic could uh... hold off any damage that might arise from being delayed in transit?"

[5:18 PM] GM Whistler: "I am afraid it's rather ineffective on the deceased."

[5:18 PM] Kali Mira: "Could look into some surveillance around the area. Or intimidate some people, see if we can get anything."

[5:19 PM] Jace Deckard: "We're burning time, people. If we wanna find this client, we need to hustle. I'm thinking start where the coffin went off the grid. We can put together a plan in the car." Jace will step towards the door and wait for the other two.

[5:20 PM] Kali Mira: "Lead the way then , boyscout. I'm right behind you." Kali moves in step with him, pulling out her deck to give the map of the area one more look.

[5:21 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage shrugs and follows along behind the two of them. He'll do what he can. "We'll work out the details, Boy scout's right."

[5:23 PM] GM Whistler: "Do hurry," Lazarus says calmly. The Driver is waiting for you, and takes you back out. This time the limo is replaced by a less conspicuous but still armoured SUV-type vehicle. Once given instructions, The Driver will silently take you where you want to go.

[5:25 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace instructs him to the last place the transport vehicle was seen. "If we want to be effective, we should hit this from every angle possible. I can look for clues at the scene, Kali -- hack whatever you can and Sage, you could look for any witnesses that might be willing to talk." His tone is authoritative but questioning towards the end, looking for either ageement, dissent, or something he overlooked.

[5:26 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage sighs and frowns. "I'll do what I can. If that's how I can help, that's it. Question, are there other missing coffins we should be worried about confusing with our target?"

[5:30 PM] Kali Mira: "Cryo-coffins aren't easily lost like that on a daily basis, companies like this keep track of them really closely. I can't imagine more have gone missing, so this one might be easy to come across. Especially with clients like the one mentioned." Kali piped in, working over a few things on her deck.

[5:31 PM] Jace Deckard: "I agree with Kali." He then looks to Sage and adds, "Did you have any ideas?"

[5:33 PM] Sage Stotto: "I'm just thinking a vampire wandering around asking if people have seen a coffin's a bit on the nose for my liking. You should at least keep Kali close to you in case any trouble starts. If we can't find anything we should move closer to the dump sites I say."

[5:35 PM] Jace Deckard: He wrinkles his nose because he honestly didn't even consider that. "My bad, man. I didn't even think of that. You could go with 'Did you see a transport vehicle get ambushed?' A little less on the nose, maybe."

[5:35 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver slows the vehicle to a stop at the designated location.

[5:37 PM] Kali Mira: Kali raises her head, "Hey, look we can tag team and intimidate people. I can be scary if I want to be." She humors." If it makes you feel better." She rolls her shoulders, "Might make it a little less, well conspicuous. Maybe."

[5:39 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace pops the door and climbs out when the driver stops, expecting Kali to either stay in the car and do her thing or stay near him. He's aware of the time crunch so he start looking around the area for any sign of basically anything at all. He's looking for a trail, sign of a struggle, etc.

[5:40 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage grins and slides out. "Mostly I'm wondering how I'll be keeping a straight face. God I wish I had a top hat and a coat to look the trure disgruntled gentleman. Remind me to throw something in the back of my hearse for next time". He joins Jace, scanning for anyone who looks like they're in this location often, shop keepers or residents

[5:41 PM] GM Whistler: The area is decidedly industrial, full of warehouses, storage units, ship maintenance yards and other similar businesses. Jace can see an empty armored truck half up on the sidewalk. Its doors are all open. There are tire marks on the asphalt beside it. The only other people in the area seem to be the two teens trying to steal the truck's tires.

[5:43 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace walks towards the armored vehicle, more interested in the tire tracks than the teenagers. He's looking for a direction, leaving the kids to Sage for the moment.

[5:43 PM] GM Whistler: The tire marks definitely seem to be heading to the docks.

[5:45 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage strides easily toward the teens, not making any move to stop them, just watching them work with a critical eye. "So how long's this piece been sitting here? You guys see it crash?"

[5:47 PM] Kali Mira: Kalie hops out behind them, not wanting to stay behind. She begins looking for the closest network she can get into for possible cameras in the area that could have captured something.

[5:47 PM] GM Whistler: The teens don't seem perturbed at all. One just focuses on the work, the other - a mutant it looks like, scaly texture on his skin and too-long fingers - looks up at Sage. "Heard it. Like, an hour ago maybe? Came out, some truck fucked off and left it behind. We waited for a while but nobody came back for it. So. Fuck, free tires, right?"

[5:47 PM] GM Whistler: Kali can see a derelict looking public Cortex terminal just across the street. It's possible there's a network jack still active.

[5:48 PM] Jace Deckard: "It went for the docks. We need to know what that truck looks like so we don't waste time searching every damn dock in the harbour." He comes up near Sage, needing a description to give to Kali.

[5:49 PM] Sage Stotto: "You guys see the truck that fucked off?" he drops into a bit more casual speech, swearing and grinning wickedly. "They've got something coming to em. And hell, I think you guys might just make it off with those tires."

[5:49 PM] Kali Mira: The young hacker steps away from Jace and Sage, taking interest in the public Cortex. "Just gonna be over here." She calls back, holding her deck in one hand while hooking into the jack that looked like it could still be active.

[5:52 PM] GM Whistler: It's a tangle of wires in there but Kali can find a place to unplug the terminal console and plug in her deck. Meanwhile, the mutant teen scratches his chin. "It was kinda green. Like. army green, almost? Bigass fuckin thing. Like a transport. Stunk like a motherfucker too. I think something was fucked with the engine. The ozone stink only just went away."

[5:52 PM] Sage Stotto: "Sounds like a total shitbox. You see the driver?"

[5:53 PM] GM Whistler: "Nah man. It was driving away when we showed up. Only saw the ass end."

[5:53 PM] Kali Mira: Working past the mess of wires, Kali plugs in her deck and begins to pull up any kind of information that might be useful. Possibly any images or footage of the transport vehicle that might have come by.

[5:54 PM] Jace Deckard: "Might be able to track that scent." He tells Sage and then jogs over to Kali to relay the information about the vehicle they're looking for.

[5:56 PM] GM Whistler: Kali gets a listing of the local security cams. There's one that may have captured the scene of the crime, and two more at the docks overlooking the main road to the various warehouses on the waterfront. Pick your camera, then make a hacking roll (INT/LVL + class/gear bonuses)

[5:59 PM] Kali Mira: She skims over the options for cameras, and chooses the one that overlooks the main road to the warehouses.

[6:00 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20+3

[6:00 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20+3 Result: 10 Unmodified: (7)

[6:02 PM] GM Whistler: The connection on this line is shoddy. Kali taps into the video feed, but there's a lot of digital distortion messing up the image. She can see one warehouse that looks active, with dockworkers hauling Gordian-Allod stamped crates back and forth between the warehouse and the docks. There's another warehouse across from it that looks boarded up. Its parking lot is covered up by the distortion.

[6:05 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage sniffs at the air skeptically but tries to smell for the truck that's supposedly only just faded. "I can give it a shot."

[6:06 PM] Kali Mira: "Not the best picture. But looks like we've got Gordian-Allod working in one, and the other warehouse is closed off."

[6:07 PM] Jace Deckard: "A shot is better than nothing." He looks over at Kali. "Might as well start heading in the direction of the closed off one. My thinking is, if the smell isn't in that area, we might be on the wrong track. A smell that only just went away after an hour? That's gotta be fairly easy to track."

[6:11 PM] Kali Mira: She pulls her deck out of the Cortex, packing it up for the moment. "Let's go then. " Kali allows Jace to lead.

[6:14 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will head back towards the car to inform the Driver of their next stop when Sage is ready to go.

[6:14 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage takes one last sniff of the air and returns back to the car as well. "No laughing if I've got to hang my head out the window like a dog please."

[6:16 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace holds up the boy scout sign. "Scout's honor." He smirks. He tells the Driver where they need to go.

[6:16 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver dutifully and silently obeys, and takes the vehicle down the road to the docks.

[6:17 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage rolls down a window, smelling the air trying to follow or find the scent of the burning engine

[6:17 PM] GM Whistler: Sage, roll PER

[6:18 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20

[6:18 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 6 Unmodified: (6)

[6:19 PM] GM Whistler: It's hard to tell beyond the general city smell.

[6:19 PM] Sage Stotto: He turns to Kali and Jace. "I guess keep driving? Can't smell much over the smog."

[6:20 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver turns onto the docks road. You can see the warehouses up ahead. He pulls off to the side of the road a short way down from the warehouses, awaiting further instructions.

[6:22 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace starts looking for a vantage point that might afford him the ability to see, like a rooftop. He'd also be keeping an eye out for the transport truck.

[6:23 PM] GM Whistler: Next to the parked vehicle there's a yard full of stacked cargo containers that look fairly climbable. It's surrounded by a chainlink fence. All the buildings in the immediate vicinity are rather short.

[6:25 PM] Kali Mira: Kali gets out, she figures that she might be small enough to get around unseen and perhaps get a closeer view. "Look maybe I can get in closer. I'm not that easy to spot." She begins moving on towards the stacked cargo containers.

[6:27 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Are these cargo containers near the warehouse they're aiming for? ))

[6:27 PM] GM Whistler: Yes. The warehouse is the next lot over.

[6:28 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage frowns. "Are you sure you should be going alone? No offense, but a bit of muscle might help."

[6:29 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace takes a deep breath inward. A smell that rancid should be noticeable but he's following Kali, with no better option for any kind of vantage point.

[6:33 PM] Kali Mira: "Pfft am I ever alone?" She mused, knowing very well Jace would probably be a step behind her. "We have to get closer. We're wasting time." She moves through the cargo containers in order to get closer to the warehouse over.

[6:34 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d100

[6:34 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d100 Result: 48 Unmodified: (48)

[6:34 PM] GM Whistler: Anyone approaching the warehouse, make a PER roll please.

[6:34 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage would rather not be waiting in the car, he'll follow

[6:34 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20

[6:34 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 6 Unmodified: (6)

[6:34 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[6:34 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 16 Unmodified: (16)

[6:35 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1

[6:35 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 2 Unmodified: (1)

[6:35 PM] Jace Deckard: (( >.> ))

[6:37 PM] GM Whistler: Wind kicks up from the ocean and Jace gets an eye full of fine gritty dust. Kali, meanwhile, notices something. The warehouse looks totally abandoned and dark, with the windows boarded up, but at the rear of the warehouse there is a loading door. It's open a crack, and there is light coming from it. You can all begin to smell the ozone stink as you get closer.

[6:39 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace rubs his eyes and curses under his breath. He then covers his nose with the back of his wrist and curses again. "Those kids weren't lying, shit."

[6:40 PM] Kali Mira: "Fuck, that's gross." She huffed through her nose, "There's a light coming from the end, care to check it out?" Kali pushed Jace forward, "Either its what were looking for, or not."

[6:41 PM] Sage Stotto: "At least they're being subtle about the whole thing." Sage laughs, "You in boyscout? I got your back. Time's a wasting."

[6:44 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace steps forward when he's pushed. "Yeah, yeah, I'm on it." He says to Kali as he wipes the last of the grit from his eyes, then nods to Sage. "Let's go." He heads out, staying low if necessary. He'd rather not go in straight through the cracked door. He looks for another option -- a window, a secondary door, etc.

[6:44 PM] Sage Stotto: "You want some darkness or something? A bit of cover?"

[6:46 PM] Jace Deckard: "That'd be helpful." He gets out his bow, just in case, eyes on the building ahead.

[6:46 PM] Kali Mira: "I can try and find a way to cut the lights. Maybe." Kali remains behind, looking for something ot tap into the electrical system of the building.

[6:47 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage cracks the knuckles on both hands, focusing on the door and surrounding area and drawing on his magic. "I can get you some shadows. Not gonna do anything about thermals, so that'd be a help."

[6:48 PM] GM Whistler: There is a window to the right of the loading bay door. It's boarded up, but the wood looks loose.

[6:48 PM] GM Whistler: Kali, roll PER

[6:49 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[6:49 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 16 Unmodified: (16)

[6:50 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace points to the window that he's gonna approach for Sage and heads in that direction. If no roll is needed, he'll attempt to climb up to the window and work the wood loose enough to see and/or climb through (not right away but when he's ready).

[6:50 PM] GM Whistler: There is an electrical panel around the corner from the loading bay door, to the left. It doesn't look hackable, but it's definitely accessible for tampering.

[6:51 PM] Kali Mira: "I've got the lights." Kali lets them know, moving off towards the electrical panel left of the door, ready to cuts some wires if need be.

[6:53 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage stays beside the door and begins to weave magical shadows into place over the window and as much of the loading door as he can

[6:53 PM] GM Whistler: Sage, roll.

[6:54 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[6:54 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (3)

[6:54 PM] Sage Stotto: ((starting to dislike this dice bot))

[6:55 PM] GM Whistler: That powerful ozone stink is making it exceedingly difficult to focus. A wave of it comes from beneath the loading door, enough to make Sage's eyes water.

[6:56 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage coughs and lifts his coat over his nose again, trying to refocus and cast the spell again

[6:56 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Am I waiting on anything? ))

[6:58 PM] GM Whistler: Jace, roll DEX, Sage, roll again for the spell. Kali, are you cutting the lights or waiting?

[6:58 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[6:58 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 11 Unmodified: (10)

[6:59 PM] Kali Mira: ((Waiting to see if Jace could see in first))

[6:59 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1

[6:59 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 19 Unmodified: (18)

[7:02 PM] GM Whistler: Sage summons a shroud of darkness that envelops Jace and the loading area. Jace manages to climb up to the window and quietly remove some of the loose wooden panels. He can see inside -- the green transport is inside the warehouse. There are many tables set up in some sort of makeshift surgery/workshop hybrid. Lots of shiny tools, many different cooler boxes, and what would appear to be an unopened cryo-coffin.

[7:03 PM] GM Whistler: There are four men standing inside, one wearing an apron and gloves, the other three in military fatigues.

[7:03 PM] Jace Deckard: He looks to see if it's a sheer drop from the window to the floor or if there's a walkway or something he can climb onto.

[7:05 PM] GM Whistler: There's some crates and junk below the window, but other than that it's a drop.

[7:07 PM] Jace Deckard: He drops down and relays the information to Sage. "I don't think we're getting that coffin outta there without a fight."

[7:08 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage bends down to peer under the raised door through the shadows. "You got a number?" he whispers back.

[7:09 PM] Kali Mira: "What's the plan?" Kali asks, still awaiting to see whether or not she could cut the lights. "Do we still want to make it dark?"

[7:09 PM] Jace Deckard: "Yeah, four. Guessing at least three are armed."

[7:10 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage holds up a hand to Kali, signaling to wait. "Do we want to try luring one out? You can't take three guys."

[7:11 PM] Kali Mira: "Could try some kind of distraction?"

[7:12 PM] GM Whistler: From inside the warehouse, you can hear a persistent beeping and one of the men say: "Hurry up and carve the fucker up!"

[7:13 PM] Sage Stotto: "Jace? Want a distraction?"

[7:13 PM] Jace Deckard: "Yeah and cut the damn lights. I'm going in." With no time and little other choice, he readies his bow to slide under the door once the lights are out. He can only hope that the chaos and darkness will allow him some stealth.

[7:15 PM] Kali Mira: Kali nods at the command, and grabs the wires that give power supply to the lights in the loading bay. She cuts through them.

[7:15 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage quickly rolls under the door and ducks inside, staying in the shadows

[7:17 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace follows, sliding under the door and immediately crouching, trying to stay low based on the layout of the room that he remembers.

[7:17 PM] GM Whistler: FZZT. The lights go out. The four men inside start loudly complaining, unaware of the intrusion. "I told you they'd fucking catch on!" "That's stupid, we weren't stealing that much juice!"

[7:18 PM] Jace Deckard: "See if you can get that coffin outta here." Jace whispers to Sage because that's their only priority. He starts moving, aiming to get their attention drawn to the other side of the room.

[7:19 PM] GM Whistler: "Go outside and fix it." "No, YOU go outside and fix it!"

[7:19 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage bolts in the opposite direction of Jace, trying to work his way around the men as they stumble through the darkness

[7:20 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace looks for the one in the surgical gear, figuring he's the only one that really knows what to do with the coffin and body inside. He'll target him.

[7:21 PM] Kali Mira: Kali moves her way back to the room, to try and atleast make sure the cryo coffin isn't damaged.

[7:23 PM] GM Whistler: The man with the surgical gear seems to have left the military men to argue amongst themselves. He's blindly waddling through the darkness with his hands out. Everyone else, please roll DEX, +1 due to the lights out, plus any bonuses you may have for stealth rolls.

[7:25 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20+1

[7:25 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 6 Unmodified: (5)

[7:25 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[7:25 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 19 Unmodified: (18)

[7:26 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage laughs silently at everyone stumbling around in the dark as he sets himself up beside something that resembles a baracade on the opposite side of Jace.

[7:33 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+3

[7:33 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+3 Result: 13 Unmodified: (10)

[7:35 PM] GM Whistler: Sage and Jace are able to move into position undetected. Meanwhile, Kali accidentally hits a cooler with her knee. There's a thunk and a scraping noise as it moves against the ground. The men stop bickering and one says "What the fuck was that?"

[7:36 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is still targeting the bumbling Surgical Dude. He wants him out of the equation. If he can grab him undetected, he's gonna try, especially with the focus elsewhere.

[7:37 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage casts Orb of light behind the crates, going for distraction, stage whispering "What was that? Everyone here? Stay behind the boxes"

[7:37 PM] GM Whistler: Jace is able to grab Surgical Guy. He is but a frail man of science, and he struggles weakly.

[7:37 PM] Kali Mira: Kali lowers herself after bumping into the cooler, picking it up to use defensively. She ends up throwing it across the room, hoping to hit someone or something to throw them off her location in the dark.

[7:37 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna go for the KO with a chokehold.

[7:38 PM] GM Whistler: Jace, roll STR. Kali, roll PER for the throw. Sage, roll for the spell.

[7:39 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20

[7:39 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 11 Unmodified: (11)

[7:39 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[7:39 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 16 Unmodified: (16)

[7:40 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Please tell me she accidentally smacks the scientist right in the face. ))

[7:41 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[7:41 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 20 Unmodified: (19)

[7:41 PM] GM Whistler: Jace squeezes and Surgical Guy tries but can't break free. He stops his flailing in time to get hit in the face with a cooler. The lid pops off, and a bagged liver plops to the floor amidst the spilled ice.

[7:41 PM] GM Whistler: Meanwhile, Sage summons a brilliant orb of light, drawing the attention of the soldiers.

[7:42 PM] Sage Stotto: He's flattening himself to the ground, hoping to dodge the worst of the shots, but the lights gotta be near him.

[7:43 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 3d20

[7:43 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 3d20 Result: 10,12,5 Unmodified: (10,12,5)

[7:43 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace snorts a laugh and chokes the dude out. He'll then go after one of the military guys, especially any that might be closing in on Kali or Sage.

[7:44 PM] GM Whistler: Two of the soldiers have their guns ready, while the third is struggling with the stupid sling because he clipped it in the wrong spot. So the two fire at the light that is brighter than they are.

[7:44 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 2d20+1

[7:44 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 2d20+1 Result: 20,13 Unmodified: (19,12)

[7:44 PM] Kali Mira: Kali keeps close to the ground, looking for anything else she might be able to hide behind or throw.

[7:45 PM] GM Whistler: They never actually saw Sage to shoot at, but they sure shoot that orb of light up real good! It's not very effective...

[7:45 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage groans as if he's in pain. "Ahhh I'm bleeding. Shit! Get down!"

[7:45 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace targets the one struggling with his gun, hoping to drag him into the dark.

[7:46 PM] GM Whistler: Jace, roll STR

[7:46 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20

[7:46 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 2 Unmodified: (2)

[7:46 PM] Jace Deckard: (( I'm with Matt. >.> ))

[7:46 PM] GM Whistler: Unfortunately, Jace is dealing with a soldier now and not a man of science. When the soldier feels hands on him, he instinctively resorts to a judo throw.

[7:47 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d20

[7:47 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)

[7:47 PM] GM Whistler: Jace ends up on his back, a little winded.

[7:48 PM] GM Whistler: Kali sees a tray of surgical equipment. There are pointy things in there, and what looks like a bone saw next to it.

[7:48 PM] Jace Deckard: "Fuck." He's gonna attempt to not stay down long, winded or not. He'll attempt to take the legs out from under the soldier.

[7:48 PM] Kali Mira: Kali takes the bonesaw, hoping to put it to use on the closest enemy to her.

[7:50 PM] GM Whistler: Jace, make a STR roll with a -1 penalty due to bad positioning. Kali, roll STR to attack.

[7:50 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[7:50 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 10 Unmodified: (10)

[7:50 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20-1

[7:50 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 13 Unmodified: (14)

[7:52 PM] GM Whistler: Kali swipes at one of the soldiers as he and his partner move to investigate Sage's screaming. She tears up his jacket but can't get through to break the skin. That soldier stops and faces her. Meanwhile, Jace trips up the soldier who threw him, and now they are both on the ground.

[7:53 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will attempt to throw his weight atop the guy and get his hands around his neck.

[7:55 PM] Kali Mira: Kali faces the soldier, jabbing the bone saw once more towards him to try and get a jagged cut through.

[7:56 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier has the same idea as Jace and now we have a RASSLIN MATCH. STR roll please, no penalty this time.

[7:57 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20

[7:57 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 15 Unmodified: (15)

[7:57 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d20

[7:57 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 10 Unmodified: (10)

[7:58 PM] GM Whistler: Jace gets the upper hand, pinning the soldier down, and begins to strangle him.

[7:58 PM] GM Whistler: Meanwhile, the soldier attempts to grab Kali as she attacks him. STR roll please.

[7:59 PM] GM Whistler: The last soldier has tripped over the fallen Surgical Guy on his way to Sage

[7:59 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[7:59 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 8 Unmodified: (8)

[7:59 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d20

[7:59 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 13 Unmodified: (13)

[8:00 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier grabs Kali by the wrist and interrupts her attack. "What the fuck!?" he yells.

[8:01 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna attempt to strangle the shit outta the dude in an effort to go aid Kali faster.

[8:02 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage runs screaming out from behind the crates "GRENADE!" He's going to try and tackle the guy giving Kali trouble

[8:03 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier Jace is strangling tries to pry his hand off his neck... then brings up his hands and frantically makes 'stop' and 'time out' signals.

[8:03 PM] GM Whistler: Sage, roll STR please.

[8:04 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20-1

[8:04 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 3 Unmodified: (4)

[8:04 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier who tripped is trying to wake Surgical Guy up.

[8:05 PM] GM Whistler: Sage sort of runs into the soldier who is dealing with Kali, but the soldier is very sturdy and doesn't budge.

[8:06 PM] Kali Mira: Kali attempts to pull her wrist, while trying to think of something to say. "I've tampered with the cryo coffin to defrost faster, so whatever youre going to harvest from that isn't going to be useful unless you let me go."

[8:06 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d20-1

[8:06 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (5)

[8:07 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna attempt to grab an arrow from his quiver with one hand in an effort to jam the point against the dude's throat (not to stab him, as a threat).

[8:07 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier stares Kali down for a second, looking pissed as hell, but then he buys it and lets her go with a shove. "What the fuck is all this shit?"

[8:07 PM] GM Whistler: Jace has a compliant soldier on the floor with an arrow to his neck. Everyone, gimme some PER rolls.

[8:08 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1

[8:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 21 Unmodified: (20)

[8:08 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[8:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 6 Unmodified: (6)

[8:08 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20

[8:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 3 Unmodified: (3)

[8:09 PM] GM Whistler: Jace notices that all the soldiers are lowly privates in the Midcity Army. They're equipped with pretty shit gear, all things considered. Surgical Guy has nothing military about him.

[8:10 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna stand up and drag the dude with him, holding him hostage style. To the guy trying to wake up Surgical Guy, he snaps, "Knock it the fuck off." Jace is Very Irritated.

[8:12 PM] Kali Mira: Kali straightens herself out, taking steps over towards Jace. "The cryo coffin belongs to us. We're taking it."

[8:13 PM] GM Whistler: The guy looks at Jace, looks at the hostage, looks at his own gun, thinks about it... then backs off. He mutters something under his breath, which is likely terribly profane.

[8:16 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will literally put his arrow through the dude's throat if he has to. He feels a little bad, these guys need the money, but they're here to do a job. "I'd rather walk out of here without a body count. What she said." He nods to Kali and then to the coffin. He makes eye contact with Sage and Kali. He'll stay put while they get the coffin out.

[8:16 PM] GM Whistler: The soldiers all look at each other. One of them says: "You don't say shit about us being here, then we're cool."

[8:18 PM] Kali Mira: "Hey, help a girl out here." Kali stepped over towards the coffin, grabbing Sage's attention.

[8:18 PM] Jace Deckard: "You keep your mouths shut, we'll keep ours shut. But you guys stay here and keep me company until they're clear."

[8:18 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage rubs his bruised shoulder and backs away from the guard he's 'fighting' and helpls move the box

[8:19 PM] GM Whistler: The coffin is painfully heavy. You can make some STR rolls, or you can summon the large silent man waiting for you in an SUV.

[8:19 PM] Sage Stotto: "Maybe we should get some help"

[8:19 PM] Kali Mira: "Actually, yeah. This isnt my type of work." She gives up on trying to lift it.

[8:21 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is not releasing the soldier or letting anyone else in the room that is not Kali or Sage move. Assume he continues this until the coffin is clear of the building, along with his teammates.

[8:21 PM] Sage Stotto: "Kali you wanna go get the strong silent type?"

[8:22 PM] Kali Mira: "Fine..." Kali disappears off to find the large silent man waiting outside.

[8:23 PM] GM Whistler: Once summoned, The Driver brings the SUV up to the warehouse and backs it up to the loading door. He fully opens the loading door with one hand. Then he approaches the coffin, lifts it by himself, and loads it into the SUV all without so much as a grunt.

[8:24 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage watches, goggle eyed. "That's just terrifying to watch"

[8:24 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver opens the passenger doors on the SUV and stands there, waiting.

[8:24 PM] Jace Deckard: Kali Mira is playing Overwatch and says Kali gets in the SUV. Once Sage and Kali are in, he'll release the soldier and also get in.

[8:25 PM] Kali Mira: ((lmaoo))

[8:25 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage hops in the SUV because Overwatch

[8:27 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver drives back to Sakaguchi Plaza with a lead foot. It would be a fairly harrowing drive if you didn't somehow get the impression that it's physically impossible for this guy to fuck up and get in an accident. He drives into an underground parking garage and hauls the coffin into a freight elevator post haste. He does not invite you to follow him. Instead, a few moments after he disappears, you receive a message on your phones:

[8:27 PM] GM Whistler: [FUNDS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED TO YOUR ACCOUNT]

[8:27 PM] GM Whistler: And, later, a followup message from Spider:

[8:27 PM] GM Whistler: [B-]

[8:28 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace wonders how the fuck they're supposed to get back and then sighs. "Well, at least we made it to the B team." He rotates his shoulders and shakes his head.

[8:29 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage laughs "Sorry guys, Next time I'll bring the hearse"

[8:29 PM] Kali Mira: "Hey I'll take a B any day..." Kali jokes

[8:31 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace starts out of the garage, figuring they'll take a train/cab/whatever back home.

[8:31 PM] GM Whistler: There's enough in your accounts to cover the annoying transit ride back, plus extra.

[8:32 PM] GM Whistler: That was way long, so $200/200

[8:32 PM] Sage Stotto: ((Thank you Rez. Good stuff))

[8:32 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Awesome! Thanks! ))

[8:32 PM] Kali Mira: ((fun times ))]]>
[3:26 PM] Kali Mira: A huff escapes her lips as she smacks the boot closest to her deck. "Seriously. Don't be such an animal..." Kali muttered, sinking back in her seat.

[3:28 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage is just wrapping up his usual shift at Flap Jacks, frying up a heaping stack of pancakes on the griddle with one hand and whisking eggs with another. The window ledge has heaping plates of food waiting to be carried out as he stabs the last ticket, pouring the eggs neatly into a pan and nodding to his relief cook.

[3:31 PM] GM Whistler: It is an ordinary Midcity day - gunfire crackles in the distance, some people nearly get run down trying to cross the street, and all the news stations are bursting with hype for the new season of Zakk Darkblaze's immensely popular reality show, "The Merc Life". Coverage of said announcements is mysteriously absent from the screens in Lucky Sevens, where Seven opts to replay broadcasts of last week's Squad Combat League finals.

[3:33 PM] GM Whistler: Spider is tapping away on his deck, mixing his usual amphetamine high with an assortment of drinks. Shortly, all of you get a message on your phones, whether or not you ever gave Spider your numbers. [URGENT JOB. $$$]

[3:35 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace just smirks at Kali and finishes his beer. He checks his phone when it goes off and raises a brow at Kali when he hears hers goes off simultaneously. He slow rolls his head over in Spider's direction and then puts his boots to the floor, which Kali did not manage to even budge with her smacking. "Huh. I think we're being paged."

[3:36 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage drops the last pan into the sink and scrubs off his hands. As soon as he reads the message, he scoops up his backpack and gives a half salute before dashing out the back door and toward Sevens, dodging pedestrians.

[3:38 PM] Kali Mira: Dirt spills off the edge of his boot onto her deck, and she frowns. "Rude." Her attention then shifts towards the notification from spider. "What are we best friends now? Should we have a sleep over too." She responded sarcastically, "Well, what do you think?" She nudged Jace.

[3:41 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is already standing and reaching down to open Kali's bag for her, indicating she should pack up her deck. "I think I need to pay rent. Let's go, cariño."

[3:43 PM] Sage Stotto: Luckily the two locations are close and the streets clear enough that Sage arrives at the door of the bar only minutes after he received the summons. He slips inside, panting slightly more out of habit than necessity and scans the bar, trying to be unobtrusive as he seeks the Spider

[3:45 PM] Kali Mira: Kali shoots Jace a glare, giving him a punch to the arm after she packs up. From the corner of her eye she manages to catch Sage just entering, "Guess we weren't the only ones called in." She muses, seeing Sage almost out of breath. "Hey!" Kali drags Jace over towards Sage, "Did you rush here to bring me free pancakes from Flap Jacks." Of course she was only kidding.

[3:47 PM] GM Whistler: When Spider notices you all, he waves you over impatiently. "Hey, hey, got big bucks ridin' on this one but you guys gotta jack up your clock speed here. C'mon."

[3:48 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage grins broadly and with a hint of mischief at seeing Kali and Jace there. "Nice as you are Kali, I only bring free food if you do." He snorts and winds his way through the crowd to Spider's booth and slides all the way in to the opposite bench.

[3:50 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace allows himself to be dragged a few feet and then tugs fKali Mira. He grabs Kali's shoulder and steers her towards Spider's booth, where he'd been attempting to go in the first place. "Hey, Sage. Kali, walk and talk." He lazy salutes Spider upon arrival to his domain and leans against the side of the booth, allowing Kali the remaining free seat. "What do you need, Spider?"

[3:52 PM] GM Whistler: "I got a buzz from an old client of mine. Something got stolen from him, he won't say what over the wire. He asked for my A team. I told him I ain't got one yet, but I got a C+ team, and he said that's fine, just get 'em on the job ASAP. He'll send a driver over and tell you the details face to face. He's as rich as he is weird, but he's all right to work for. You in?"

[3:55 PM] Kali Mira: Upon taking a seat, Kali leans in. "Can we be upgraded to a B+ after this?" She says sarcastically, but seems genuinely interested in the task. "Weird?..." She gives a roll of her shoulders, "Alright, I'm in then." Her gaze traces over Jace and Sage. "What do you guys say? We aren't that terrible of a team..."

[3:56 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage shrugs but nods. "You guys make things interesting. Plus how can I say no to meeting some of Midcity's finest weirdos?" he looks expectantly at Jace

[3:57 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace shrugs. "Someone has to keep you two alive." He's in.

[4:00 PM] GM Whistler: "Fuckin' eh," says Spider as he punches something into his deck. "Now we'll wait on his..." A tall man in a tailored black suit enters the bar. "..driver." The man walks over to you. He has black gloves and a driver's hat, and looks exceedingly pale. There is a faint green-blue glow to his eyes. He silently gestures to the door.

[4:02 PM] Kali Mira: Kali raises an eyebrow upon seeing the driver, "Fancy.." She said quietly, sliding out of her seat to head on over towards the door.

[4:03 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage scoots himself out as well and nods to Spider. "Comms for this trip? Or are we beyond that?"

[4:04 PM] GM Whistler: "Client wants as little wire as possible. He's paranoid like that."

[4:06 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace raises a brow at the man but says nothing. He falls into his usual mode -- watchful. He'll stay a step or two behind the others and follow.

[4:07 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver leads you outside. There is a black armoured limousine parked outside, with tinted bulletproof windows. He opens the door and stands there so you all can pile in.

[4:08 PM] Sage Stotto: "Hot damn. After you, pipsqueak. Ladies first."

[4:09 PM] Kali Mira: "Fine." Kali scoots in first, unsure of what to expect since none of them knew exactly what they were retrieving.

[4:13 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will get in once Sage and Kali are situated.

[4:15 PM] GM Whistler: The interior of the limousine is done up with black leather. There is a mini bar stocked with many expensive bottles of wine and spirits, and a note in very fancy handwriting that says 'Help yourself'. The dividing window between the driver and you is closed. When the driver closes your door and takes a seat behind the wheel, that window remains closed. The limo starts up and you can barely feel it. It's a smooth ride, even on the pothole-ridden streets of the RPZ.

[4:17 PM] Kali Mira: "Starting to feel a little uneasy in this limo..." She muttered, fidgetting a little in her seat. She leans forward, looking over the mini bar, picking up the note. "Help yourself, huh."

[4:20 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage fishes through the bar trying to find a bottle of water, "Seems like an awful lot of effort for a c+ team. Think it's spiked or something?"

[4:20 PM] GM Whistler: Sage finds a wastefully expensive looking bottle of rich people sparkling water.

[4:21 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace doesn't touch the alcohol or any of the drinks. He keeps watch out the window, as much as he can. "Well, they didn't know they were getting a C+ team." His tone is a tad sarcastic. It's clear he doesn't think they're C anything.

[4:24 PM] GM Whistler: Those who know the city recognize the route you're on - heading for the main checkpoint exiting the RPZ. Soon enough the towering wall and its sentries come into view. The limo pulls up to the checkpoint, the Driver silently flashes something at the gate guard, and you're through with no issue. As you leave the RPZ, the architecture and infrastructure cleans up dramatically. You can see large spots of clear blue sky above certain buildings as the air scrubbers eliminate the RPZ's thick industrial smog.

[4:28 PM] GM Whistler: The drive is another twenty minutes or so, and then the Driver comes to a stop in front of a massive skyscraper with a marble facade and mirrored windows. According to a sign out front, this is Sakaguchi Plaza. Various businesses have their names listed, including Gordian-Allod's marketing division, Tokamak Cybertronics, and Melqart Inc. The Driver opens the door for you and gestures to the building entrance.

[4:30 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage steps carefully out of the car, frowning at the lavish surroundings and down at his own greasy smelling self in a worn jacket. "Are we sure this is the right place? I mean aren't we a little... underdressed?" He frowns and offers Kali a hand to pull her up before moving toward the entrance.

[4:32 PM] Kali Mira: It doesn't take long for Kali to begin zoning out, tapping her fingers against her lap. They were lucky she didn't just fall asleep on the drive there. Once they had arrived and th door opened, Kali blinked a few times before yawning and taking Sage's hand. "Thanks." She stays close to both Sage and Jace, feeling a little out of place herself.

[4:36 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace isn't wearing a three piece suit by any means but he's clean and dressed for his brand of work; wearing combat boots, black cargo pants, and a forest green t-shirt under a black canvas jacket. He both looks like and feels like some version of a bodyguard. So he plays the part, remaining silent but watchful. He follows the other two, remaining a step or two behind them.

[4:37 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver leads you into the building. The lobby is all lavish marble and expensive paintings and general white-collar opulence. The Driver walks past the reception desk to the elevators, badges in with a card, and holds the doors open for you to enter with him. Once you are all inside, he pushes a button for the basement.

[4:39 PM] GM Whistler: When the doors open to the basement, you see equal opulence. White marble and on the wall in gold lettering, 'Melqart Incorporated Professional Resurrection Services'. The Driver gestures to a door at the end of the bright white hall labeled in gold writing 'Lazarus, Resurrectionist'

[4:42 PM] Kali Mira: Kali takes a little more interest in the interior, taking notice of the gold lettering on the wall, the name sounds familiar in her mind . She proceeds a little ahead of the group, following down the hall the driver had motioned to. "Are we going to find out what we're doing here, or just continue going down fancy halls, and shiny floors."

[4:48 PM] GM Whistler: As you approach, the door slowly swings open. Then a man appears in the doorway. He is tall and thin with sharp, distinctly Fae features, and their typical agelessness that puts him anywhere between 30 and 300. He has one blue eye and one purple eye so dark it might almost be black. He wears a white three piece suit and his blond hair is slicked back. "Ah, Spider's team. You came moderately recommended. Please, come in, and I will go over the task at hand." He speaks in a deep, pleasant voice with a posh New Tairngire accent.

[4:49 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will follow the other two in but he has nothing to add for the moment. Assume he's listening and watching.

[4:50 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage's eyes flit around, trying to take in the oppulence and keep an eye out for anything too suspicious. He's curious honestly, what someone would need a team as far off the radar as theirs for.

[4:55 PM] GM Whistler: Lazarus invites you into his office, lined with bookshelves of various Necromantic texts. He gestures with a hand and a holoscreen appears with a map of the city on it. "A client of mine was stolen in transit to this location. The tracker on his cryocoffin was disabled here--" he points, and a flashing red dot appears on the map a few blocks from the harbour. "--and we have been unable to track it since. This was forty-five minutes ago. If the coffin has lost power, my client only has a few hours remaining until I am unable to restore him in an undamaged state."

[5:00 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace raises a brow and shifts, folding his arms. He glances sidelong to Kali. Sounds complicated, his expression says, but he says nothing.

[5:03 PM] Kali Mira: The hacker follows in, listening closely and eying the map Lazarus motioned at. A dead body? Gross. She keeps the thought to herself, but frowns inwardly. "Shouldn't' be too difficult to locate." She added, linking her arms behind her back. "But we are on a time limit here." She sighed.

[5:04 PM] GM Whistler: "My Driver is at your disposal. Locate my client and return him to me as soon as possible."

[5:05 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage coughs nervously and shifts from one foot to another. "Is there a reason someone might have stolen this particular client?"

[5:07 PM] GM Whistler: "My client is exceedingly wealthy. There could be many reasons. Thus far, I have not been made aware of any ransom demands, so I suspect their motives lie with the body itself."

[5:08 PM] GM Whistler: Everyone, make an INT/LVL roll.

[5:12 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20

[5:12 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)

[5:12 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[5:12 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 5 Unmodified: (4)

[5:12 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20+1

[5:12 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 13 Unmodified: (12)

[5:14 PM] GM Whistler: Jace has a lightbulb moment. He remembers hearing or reading about bodies turning up around the harbour missing organs and cyberware.

[5:15 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is looking at the holomap. He's unsure if Kali can hack into anything that might give them more information but he's hopeful that going to the last known location of the coffin might yield a direction. If not, there's always someone's head to beat into a wall until they talk. "It's probably for parts to be sold. Been some activity similar to this around the harbour."

[5:16 PM] GM Whistler: "My client would have access to top of the line cybernetics."

[5:18 PM] Sage Stotto: "Any chance Lightwave Magic could uh... hold off any damage that might arise from being delayed in transit?"

[5:18 PM] GM Whistler: "I am afraid it's rather ineffective on the deceased."

[5:18 PM] Kali Mira: "Could look into some surveillance around the area. Or intimidate some people, see if we can get anything."

[5:19 PM] Jace Deckard: "We're burning time, people. If we wanna find this client, we need to hustle. I'm thinking start where the coffin went off the grid. We can put together a plan in the car." Jace will step towards the door and wait for the other two.

[5:20 PM] Kali Mira: "Lead the way then , boyscout. I'm right behind you." Kali moves in step with him, pulling out her deck to give the map of the area one more look.

[5:21 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage shrugs and follows along behind the two of them. He'll do what he can. "We'll work out the details, Boy scout's right."

[5:23 PM] GM Whistler: "Do hurry," Lazarus says calmly. The Driver is waiting for you, and takes you back out. This time the limo is replaced by a less conspicuous but still armoured SUV-type vehicle. Once given instructions, The Driver will silently take you where you want to go.

[5:25 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace instructs him to the last place the transport vehicle was seen. "If we want to be effective, we should hit this from every angle possible. I can look for clues at the scene, Kali -- hack whatever you can and Sage, you could look for any witnesses that might be willing to talk." His tone is authoritative but questioning towards the end, looking for either ageement, dissent, or something he overlooked.

[5:26 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage sighs and frowns. "I'll do what I can. If that's how I can help, that's it. Question, are there other missing coffins we should be worried about confusing with our target?"

[5:30 PM] Kali Mira: "Cryo-coffins aren't easily lost like that on a daily basis, companies like this keep track of them really closely. I can't imagine more have gone missing, so this one might be easy to come across. Especially with clients like the one mentioned." Kali piped in, working over a few things on her deck.

[5:31 PM] Jace Deckard: "I agree with Kali." He then looks to Sage and adds, "Did you have any ideas?"

[5:33 PM] Sage Stotto: "I'm just thinking a vampire wandering around asking if people have seen a coffin's a bit on the nose for my liking. You should at least keep Kali close to you in case any trouble starts. If we can't find anything we should move closer to the dump sites I say."

[5:35 PM] Jace Deckard: He wrinkles his nose because he honestly didn't even consider that. "My bad, man. I didn't even think of that. You could go with 'Did you see a transport vehicle get ambushed?' A little less on the nose, maybe."

[5:35 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver slows the vehicle to a stop at the designated location.

[5:37 PM] Kali Mira: Kali raises her head, "Hey, look we can tag team and intimidate people. I can be scary if I want to be." She humors." If it makes you feel better." She rolls her shoulders, "Might make it a little less, well conspicuous. Maybe."

[5:39 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace pops the door and climbs out when the driver stops, expecting Kali to either stay in the car and do her thing or stay near him. He's aware of the time crunch so he start looking around the area for any sign of basically anything at all. He's looking for a trail, sign of a struggle, etc.

[5:40 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage grins and slides out. "Mostly I'm wondering how I'll be keeping a straight face. God I wish I had a top hat and a coat to look the trure disgruntled gentleman. Remind me to throw something in the back of my hearse for next time". He joins Jace, scanning for anyone who looks like they're in this location often, shop keepers or residents

[5:41 PM] GM Whistler: The area is decidedly industrial, full of warehouses, storage units, ship maintenance yards and other similar businesses. Jace can see an empty armored truck half up on the sidewalk. Its doors are all open. There are tire marks on the asphalt beside it. The only other people in the area seem to be the two teens trying to steal the truck's tires.

[5:43 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace walks towards the armored vehicle, more interested in the tire tracks than the teenagers. He's looking for a direction, leaving the kids to Sage for the moment.

[5:43 PM] GM Whistler: The tire marks definitely seem to be heading to the docks.

[5:45 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage strides easily toward the teens, not making any move to stop them, just watching them work with a critical eye. "So how long's this piece been sitting here? You guys see it crash?"

[5:47 PM] Kali Mira: Kalie hops out behind them, not wanting to stay behind. She begins looking for the closest network she can get into for possible cameras in the area that could have captured something.

[5:47 PM] GM Whistler: The teens don't seem perturbed at all. One just focuses on the work, the other - a mutant it looks like, scaly texture on his skin and too-long fingers - looks up at Sage. "Heard it. Like, an hour ago maybe? Came out, some truck fucked off and left it behind. We waited for a while but nobody came back for it. So. Fuck, free tires, right?"

[5:47 PM] GM Whistler: Kali can see a derelict looking public Cortex terminal just across the street. It's possible there's a network jack still active.

[5:48 PM] Jace Deckard: "It went for the docks. We need to know what that truck looks like so we don't waste time searching every damn dock in the harbour." He comes up near Sage, needing a description to give to Kali.

[5:49 PM] Sage Stotto: "You guys see the truck that fucked off?" he drops into a bit more casual speech, swearing and grinning wickedly. "They've got something coming to em. And hell, I think you guys might just make it off with those tires."

[5:49 PM] Kali Mira: The young hacker steps away from Jace and Sage, taking interest in the public Cortex. "Just gonna be over here." She calls back, holding her deck in one hand while hooking into the jack that looked like it could still be active.

[5:52 PM] GM Whistler: It's a tangle of wires in there but Kali can find a place to unplug the terminal console and plug in her deck. Meanwhile, the mutant teen scratches his chin. "It was kinda green. Like. army green, almost? Bigass fuckin thing. Like a transport. Stunk like a motherfucker too. I think something was fucked with the engine. The ozone stink only just went away."

[5:52 PM] Sage Stotto: "Sounds like a total shitbox. You see the driver?"

[5:53 PM] GM Whistler: "Nah man. It was driving away when we showed up. Only saw the ass end."

[5:53 PM] Kali Mira: Working past the mess of wires, Kali plugs in her deck and begins to pull up any kind of information that might be useful. Possibly any images or footage of the transport vehicle that might have come by.

[5:54 PM] Jace Deckard: "Might be able to track that scent." He tells Sage and then jogs over to Kali to relay the information about the vehicle they're looking for.

[5:56 PM] GM Whistler: Kali gets a listing of the local security cams. There's one that may have captured the scene of the crime, and two more at the docks overlooking the main road to the various warehouses on the waterfront. Pick your camera, then make a hacking roll (INT/LVL + class/gear bonuses)

[5:59 PM] Kali Mira: She skims over the options for cameras, and chooses the one that overlooks the main road to the warehouses.

[6:00 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20+3

[6:00 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20+3 Result: 10 Unmodified: (7)

[6:02 PM] GM Whistler: The connection on this line is shoddy. Kali taps into the video feed, but there's a lot of digital distortion messing up the image. She can see one warehouse that looks active, with dockworkers hauling Gordian-Allod stamped crates back and forth between the warehouse and the docks. There's another warehouse across from it that looks boarded up. Its parking lot is covered up by the distortion.

[6:05 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage sniffs at the air skeptically but tries to smell for the truck that's supposedly only just faded. "I can give it a shot."

[6:06 PM] Kali Mira: "Not the best picture. But looks like we've got Gordian-Allod working in one, and the other warehouse is closed off."

[6:07 PM] Jace Deckard: "A shot is better than nothing." He looks over at Kali. "Might as well start heading in the direction of the closed off one. My thinking is, if the smell isn't in that area, we might be on the wrong track. A smell that only just went away after an hour? That's gotta be fairly easy to track."

[6:11 PM] Kali Mira: She pulls her deck out of the Cortex, packing it up for the moment. "Let's go then. " Kali allows Jace to lead.

[6:14 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will head back towards the car to inform the Driver of their next stop when Sage is ready to go.

[6:14 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage takes one last sniff of the air and returns back to the car as well. "No laughing if I've got to hang my head out the window like a dog please."

[6:16 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace holds up the boy scout sign. "Scout's honor." He smirks. He tells the Driver where they need to go.

[6:16 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver dutifully and silently obeys, and takes the vehicle down the road to the docks.

[6:17 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage rolls down a window, smelling the air trying to follow or find the scent of the burning engine

[6:17 PM] GM Whistler: Sage, roll PER

[6:18 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20

[6:18 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 6 Unmodified: (6)

[6:19 PM] GM Whistler: It's hard to tell beyond the general city smell.

[6:19 PM] Sage Stotto: He turns to Kali and Jace. "I guess keep driving? Can't smell much over the smog."

[6:20 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver turns onto the docks road. You can see the warehouses up ahead. He pulls off to the side of the road a short way down from the warehouses, awaiting further instructions.

[6:22 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace starts looking for a vantage point that might afford him the ability to see, like a rooftop. He'd also be keeping an eye out for the transport truck.

[6:23 PM] GM Whistler: Next to the parked vehicle there's a yard full of stacked cargo containers that look fairly climbable. It's surrounded by a chainlink fence. All the buildings in the immediate vicinity are rather short.

[6:25 PM] Kali Mira: Kali gets out, she figures that she might be small enough to get around unseen and perhaps get a closeer view. "Look maybe I can get in closer. I'm not that easy to spot." She begins moving on towards the stacked cargo containers.

[6:27 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Are these cargo containers near the warehouse they're aiming for? ))

[6:27 PM] GM Whistler: Yes. The warehouse is the next lot over.

[6:28 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage frowns. "Are you sure you should be going alone? No offense, but a bit of muscle might help."

[6:29 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace takes a deep breath inward. A smell that rancid should be noticeable but he's following Kali, with no better option for any kind of vantage point.

[6:33 PM] Kali Mira: "Pfft am I ever alone?" She mused, knowing very well Jace would probably be a step behind her. "We have to get closer. We're wasting time." She moves through the cargo containers in order to get closer to the warehouse over.

[6:34 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d100

[6:34 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d100 Result: 48 Unmodified: (48)

[6:34 PM] GM Whistler: Anyone approaching the warehouse, make a PER roll please.

[6:34 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage would rather not be waiting in the car, he'll follow

[6:34 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20

[6:34 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 6 Unmodified: (6)

[6:34 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[6:34 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 16 Unmodified: (16)

[6:35 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1

[6:35 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 2 Unmodified: (1)

[6:35 PM] Jace Deckard: (( >.> ))

[6:37 PM] GM Whistler: Wind kicks up from the ocean and Jace gets an eye full of fine gritty dust. Kali, meanwhile, notices something. The warehouse looks totally abandoned and dark, with the windows boarded up, but at the rear of the warehouse there is a loading door. It's open a crack, and there is light coming from it. You can all begin to smell the ozone stink as you get closer.

[6:39 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace rubs his eyes and curses under his breath. He then covers his nose with the back of his wrist and curses again. "Those kids weren't lying, shit."

[6:40 PM] Kali Mira: "Fuck, that's gross." She huffed through her nose, "There's a light coming from the end, care to check it out?" Kali pushed Jace forward, "Either its what were looking for, or not."

[6:41 PM] Sage Stotto: "At least they're being subtle about the whole thing." Sage laughs, "You in boyscout? I got your back. Time's a wasting."

[6:44 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace steps forward when he's pushed. "Yeah, yeah, I'm on it." He says to Kali as he wipes the last of the grit from his eyes, then nods to Sage. "Let's go." He heads out, staying low if necessary. He'd rather not go in straight through the cracked door. He looks for another option -- a window, a secondary door, etc.

[6:44 PM] Sage Stotto: "You want some darkness or something? A bit of cover?"

[6:46 PM] Jace Deckard: "That'd be helpful." He gets out his bow, just in case, eyes on the building ahead.

[6:46 PM] Kali Mira: "I can try and find a way to cut the lights. Maybe." Kali remains behind, looking for something ot tap into the electrical system of the building.

[6:47 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage cracks the knuckles on both hands, focusing on the door and surrounding area and drawing on his magic. "I can get you some shadows. Not gonna do anything about thermals, so that'd be a help."

[6:48 PM] GM Whistler: There is a window to the right of the loading bay door. It's boarded up, but the wood looks loose.

[6:48 PM] GM Whistler: Kali, roll PER

[6:49 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[6:49 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 16 Unmodified: (16)

[6:50 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace points to the window that he's gonna approach for Sage and heads in that direction. If no roll is needed, he'll attempt to climb up to the window and work the wood loose enough to see and/or climb through (not right away but when he's ready).

[6:50 PM] GM Whistler: There is an electrical panel around the corner from the loading bay door, to the left. It doesn't look hackable, but it's definitely accessible for tampering.

[6:51 PM] Kali Mira: "I've got the lights." Kali lets them know, moving off towards the electrical panel left of the door, ready to cuts some wires if need be.

[6:53 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage stays beside the door and begins to weave magical shadows into place over the window and as much of the loading door as he can

[6:53 PM] GM Whistler: Sage, roll.

[6:54 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[6:54 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (3)

[6:54 PM] Sage Stotto: ((starting to dislike this dice bot))

[6:55 PM] GM Whistler: That powerful ozone stink is making it exceedingly difficult to focus. A wave of it comes from beneath the loading door, enough to make Sage's eyes water.

[6:56 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage coughs and lifts his coat over his nose again, trying to refocus and cast the spell again

[6:56 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Am I waiting on anything? ))

[6:58 PM] GM Whistler: Jace, roll DEX, Sage, roll again for the spell. Kali, are you cutting the lights or waiting?

[6:58 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[6:58 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 11 Unmodified: (10)

[6:59 PM] Kali Mira: ((Waiting to see if Jace could see in first))

[6:59 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1

[6:59 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 19 Unmodified: (18)

[7:02 PM] GM Whistler: Sage summons a shroud of darkness that envelops Jace and the loading area. Jace manages to climb up to the window and quietly remove some of the loose wooden panels. He can see inside -- the green transport is inside the warehouse. There are many tables set up in some sort of makeshift surgery/workshop hybrid. Lots of shiny tools, many different cooler boxes, and what would appear to be an unopened cryo-coffin.

[7:03 PM] GM Whistler: There are four men standing inside, one wearing an apron and gloves, the other three in military fatigues.

[7:03 PM] Jace Deckard: He looks to see if it's a sheer drop from the window to the floor or if there's a walkway or something he can climb onto.

[7:05 PM] GM Whistler: There's some crates and junk below the window, but other than that it's a drop.

[7:07 PM] Jace Deckard: He drops down and relays the information to Sage. "I don't think we're getting that coffin outta there without a fight."

[7:08 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage bends down to peer under the raised door through the shadows. "You got a number?" he whispers back.

[7:09 PM] Kali Mira: "What's the plan?" Kali asks, still awaiting to see whether or not she could cut the lights. "Do we still want to make it dark?"

[7:09 PM] Jace Deckard: "Yeah, four. Guessing at least three are armed."

[7:10 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage holds up a hand to Kali, signaling to wait. "Do we want to try luring one out? You can't take three guys."

[7:11 PM] Kali Mira: "Could try some kind of distraction?"

[7:12 PM] GM Whistler: From inside the warehouse, you can hear a persistent beeping and one of the men say: "Hurry up and carve the fucker up!"

[7:13 PM] Sage Stotto: "Jace? Want a distraction?"

[7:13 PM] Jace Deckard: "Yeah and cut the damn lights. I'm going in." With no time and little other choice, he readies his bow to slide under the door once the lights are out. He can only hope that the chaos and darkness will allow him some stealth.

[7:15 PM] Kali Mira: Kali nods at the command, and grabs the wires that give power supply to the lights in the loading bay. She cuts through them.

[7:15 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage quickly rolls under the door and ducks inside, staying in the shadows

[7:17 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace follows, sliding under the door and immediately crouching, trying to stay low based on the layout of the room that he remembers.

[7:17 PM] GM Whistler: FZZT. The lights go out. The four men inside start loudly complaining, unaware of the intrusion. "I told you they'd fucking catch on!" "That's stupid, we weren't stealing that much juice!"

[7:18 PM] Jace Deckard: "See if you can get that coffin outta here." Jace whispers to Sage because that's their only priority. He starts moving, aiming to get their attention drawn to the other side of the room.

[7:19 PM] GM Whistler: "Go outside and fix it." "No, YOU go outside and fix it!"

[7:19 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage bolts in the opposite direction of Jace, trying to work his way around the men as they stumble through the darkness

[7:20 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace looks for the one in the surgical gear, figuring he's the only one that really knows what to do with the coffin and body inside. He'll target him.

[7:21 PM] Kali Mira: Kali moves her way back to the room, to try and atleast make sure the cryo coffin isn't damaged.

[7:23 PM] GM Whistler: The man with the surgical gear seems to have left the military men to argue amongst themselves. He's blindly waddling through the darkness with his hands out. Everyone else, please roll DEX, +1 due to the lights out, plus any bonuses you may have for stealth rolls.

[7:25 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20+1

[7:25 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 6 Unmodified: (5)

[7:25 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[7:25 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 19 Unmodified: (18)

[7:26 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage laughs silently at everyone stumbling around in the dark as he sets himself up beside something that resembles a baracade on the opposite side of Jace.

[7:33 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+3

[7:33 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+3 Result: 13 Unmodified: (10)

[7:35 PM] GM Whistler: Sage and Jace are able to move into position undetected. Meanwhile, Kali accidentally hits a cooler with her knee. There's a thunk and a scraping noise as it moves against the ground. The men stop bickering and one says "What the fuck was that?"

[7:36 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is still targeting the bumbling Surgical Dude. He wants him out of the equation. If he can grab him undetected, he's gonna try, especially with the focus elsewhere.

[7:37 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage casts Orb of light behind the crates, going for distraction, stage whispering "What was that? Everyone here? Stay behind the boxes"

[7:37 PM] GM Whistler: Jace is able to grab Surgical Guy. He is but a frail man of science, and he struggles weakly.

[7:37 PM] Kali Mira: Kali lowers herself after bumping into the cooler, picking it up to use defensively. She ends up throwing it across the room, hoping to hit someone or something to throw them off her location in the dark.

[7:37 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna go for the KO with a chokehold.

[7:38 PM] GM Whistler: Jace, roll STR. Kali, roll PER for the throw. Sage, roll for the spell.

[7:39 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20

[7:39 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 11 Unmodified: (11)

[7:39 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[7:39 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 16 Unmodified: (16)

[7:40 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Please tell me she accidentally smacks the scientist right in the face. ))

[7:41 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20+1

[7:41 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 20 Unmodified: (19)

[7:41 PM] GM Whistler: Jace squeezes and Surgical Guy tries but can't break free. He stops his flailing in time to get hit in the face with a cooler. The lid pops off, and a bagged liver plops to the floor amidst the spilled ice.

[7:41 PM] GM Whistler: Meanwhile, Sage summons a brilliant orb of light, drawing the attention of the soldiers.

[7:42 PM] Sage Stotto: He's flattening himself to the ground, hoping to dodge the worst of the shots, but the lights gotta be near him.

[7:43 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 3d20

[7:43 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 3d20 Result: 10,12,5 Unmodified: (10,12,5)

[7:43 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace snorts a laugh and chokes the dude out. He'll then go after one of the military guys, especially any that might be closing in on Kali or Sage.

[7:44 PM] GM Whistler: Two of the soldiers have their guns ready, while the third is struggling with the stupid sling because he clipped it in the wrong spot. So the two fire at the light that is brighter than they are.

[7:44 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 2d20+1

[7:44 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 2d20+1 Result: 20,13 Unmodified: (19,12)

[7:44 PM] Kali Mira: Kali keeps close to the ground, looking for anything else she might be able to hide behind or throw.

[7:45 PM] GM Whistler: They never actually saw Sage to shoot at, but they sure shoot that orb of light up real good! It's not very effective...

[7:45 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage groans as if he's in pain. "Ahhh I'm bleeding. Shit! Get down!"

[7:45 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace targets the one struggling with his gun, hoping to drag him into the dark.

[7:46 PM] GM Whistler: Jace, roll STR

[7:46 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20

[7:46 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 2 Unmodified: (2)

[7:46 PM] Jace Deckard: (( I'm with Matt. >.> ))

[7:46 PM] GM Whistler: Unfortunately, Jace is dealing with a soldier now and not a man of science. When the soldier feels hands on him, he instinctively resorts to a judo throw.

[7:47 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d20

[7:47 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)

[7:47 PM] GM Whistler: Jace ends up on his back, a little winded.

[7:48 PM] GM Whistler: Kali sees a tray of surgical equipment. There are pointy things in there, and what looks like a bone saw next to it.

[7:48 PM] Jace Deckard: "Fuck." He's gonna attempt to not stay down long, winded or not. He'll attempt to take the legs out from under the soldier.

[7:48 PM] Kali Mira: Kali takes the bonesaw, hoping to put it to use on the closest enemy to her.

[7:50 PM] GM Whistler: Jace, make a STR roll with a -1 penalty due to bad positioning. Kali, roll STR to attack.

[7:50 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[7:50 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 10 Unmodified: (10)

[7:50 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20-1

[7:50 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 13 Unmodified: (14)

[7:52 PM] GM Whistler: Kali swipes at one of the soldiers as he and his partner move to investigate Sage's screaming. She tears up his jacket but can't get through to break the skin. That soldier stops and faces her. Meanwhile, Jace trips up the soldier who threw him, and now they are both on the ground.

[7:53 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will attempt to throw his weight atop the guy and get his hands around his neck.

[7:55 PM] Kali Mira: Kali faces the soldier, jabbing the bone saw once more towards him to try and get a jagged cut through.

[7:56 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier has the same idea as Jace and now we have a RASSLIN MATCH. STR roll please, no penalty this time.

[7:57 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20

[7:57 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 15 Unmodified: (15)

[7:57 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d20

[7:57 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 10 Unmodified: (10)

[7:58 PM] GM Whistler: Jace gets the upper hand, pinning the soldier down, and begins to strangle him.

[7:58 PM] GM Whistler: Meanwhile, the soldier attempts to grab Kali as she attacks him. STR roll please.

[7:59 PM] GM Whistler: The last soldier has tripped over the fallen Surgical Guy on his way to Sage

[7:59 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[7:59 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 8 Unmodified: (8)

[7:59 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d20

[7:59 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 13 Unmodified: (13)

[8:00 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier grabs Kali by the wrist and interrupts her attack. "What the fuck!?" he yells.

[8:01 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna attempt to strangle the shit outta the dude in an effort to go aid Kali faster.

[8:02 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage runs screaming out from behind the crates "GRENADE!" He's going to try and tackle the guy giving Kali trouble

[8:03 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier Jace is strangling tries to pry his hand off his neck... then brings up his hands and frantically makes 'stop' and 'time out' signals.

[8:03 PM] GM Whistler: Sage, roll STR please.

[8:04 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20-1

[8:04 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 3 Unmodified: (4)

[8:04 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier who tripped is trying to wake Surgical Guy up.

[8:05 PM] GM Whistler: Sage sort of runs into the soldier who is dealing with Kali, but the soldier is very sturdy and doesn't budge.

[8:06 PM] Kali Mira: Kali attempts to pull her wrist, while trying to think of something to say. "I've tampered with the cryo coffin to defrost faster, so whatever youre going to harvest from that isn't going to be useful unless you let me go."

[8:06 PM] GM Whistler: !roll 1d20-1

[8:06 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Whistler Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (5)

[8:07 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna attempt to grab an arrow from his quiver with one hand in an effort to jam the point against the dude's throat (not to stab him, as a threat).

[8:07 PM] GM Whistler: The soldier stares Kali down for a second, looking pissed as hell, but then he buys it and lets her go with a shove. "What the fuck is all this shit?"

[8:07 PM] GM Whistler: Jace has a compliant soldier on the floor with an arrow to his neck. Everyone, gimme some PER rolls.

[8:08 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1

[8:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 21 Unmodified: (20)

[8:08 PM] Kali Mira: !roll 1d20

[8:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Mira Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 6 Unmodified: (6)

[8:08 PM] Sage Stotto: !roll 1d20

[8:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 3 Unmodified: (3)

[8:09 PM] GM Whistler: Jace notices that all the soldiers are lowly privates in the Midcity Army. They're equipped with pretty shit gear, all things considered. Surgical Guy has nothing military about him.

[8:10 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna stand up and drag the dude with him, holding him hostage style. To the guy trying to wake up Surgical Guy, he snaps, "Knock it the fuck off." Jace is Very Irritated.

[8:12 PM] Kali Mira: Kali straightens herself out, taking steps over towards Jace. "The cryo coffin belongs to us. We're taking it."

[8:13 PM] GM Whistler: The guy looks at Jace, looks at the hostage, looks at his own gun, thinks about it... then backs off. He mutters something under his breath, which is likely terribly profane.

[8:16 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace will literally put his arrow through the dude's throat if he has to. He feels a little bad, these guys need the money, but they're here to do a job. "I'd rather walk out of here without a body count. What she said." He nods to Kali and then to the coffin. He makes eye contact with Sage and Kali. He'll stay put while they get the coffin out.

[8:16 PM] GM Whistler: The soldiers all look at each other. One of them says: "You don't say shit about us being here, then we're cool."

[8:18 PM] Kali Mira: "Hey, help a girl out here." Kali stepped over towards the coffin, grabbing Sage's attention.

[8:18 PM] Jace Deckard: "You keep your mouths shut, we'll keep ours shut. But you guys stay here and keep me company until they're clear."

[8:18 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage rubs his bruised shoulder and backs away from the guard he's 'fighting' and helpls move the box

[8:19 PM] GM Whistler: The coffin is painfully heavy. You can make some STR rolls, or you can summon the large silent man waiting for you in an SUV.

[8:19 PM] Sage Stotto: "Maybe we should get some help"

[8:19 PM] Kali Mira: "Actually, yeah. This isnt my type of work." She gives up on trying to lift it.

[8:21 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is not releasing the soldier or letting anyone else in the room that is not Kali or Sage move. Assume he continues this until the coffin is clear of the building, along with his teammates.

[8:21 PM] Sage Stotto: "Kali you wanna go get the strong silent type?"

[8:22 PM] Kali Mira: "Fine..." Kali disappears off to find the large silent man waiting outside.

[8:23 PM] GM Whistler: Once summoned, The Driver brings the SUV up to the warehouse and backs it up to the loading door. He fully opens the loading door with one hand. Then he approaches the coffin, lifts it by himself, and loads it into the SUV all without so much as a grunt.

[8:24 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage watches, goggle eyed. "That's just terrifying to watch"

[8:24 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver opens the passenger doors on the SUV and stands there, waiting.

[8:24 PM] Jace Deckard: Kali Mira is playing Overwatch and says Kali gets in the SUV. Once Sage and Kali are in, he'll release the soldier and also get in.

[8:25 PM] Kali Mira: ((lmaoo))

[8:25 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage hops in the SUV because Overwatch

[8:27 PM] GM Whistler: The Driver drives back to Sakaguchi Plaza with a lead foot. It would be a fairly harrowing drive if you didn't somehow get the impression that it's physically impossible for this guy to fuck up and get in an accident. He drives into an underground parking garage and hauls the coffin into a freight elevator post haste. He does not invite you to follow him. Instead, a few moments after he disappears, you receive a message on your phones:

[8:27 PM] GM Whistler: [FUNDS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED TO YOUR ACCOUNT]

[8:27 PM] GM Whistler: And, later, a followup message from Spider:

[8:27 PM] GM Whistler: [B-]

[8:28 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace wonders how the fuck they're supposed to get back and then sighs. "Well, at least we made it to the B team." He rotates his shoulders and shakes his head.

[8:29 PM] Sage Stotto: Sage laughs "Sorry guys, Next time I'll bring the hearse"

[8:29 PM] Kali Mira: "Hey I'll take a B any day..." Kali jokes

[8:31 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace starts out of the garage, figuring they'll take a train/cab/whatever back home.

[8:31 PM] GM Whistler: There's enough in your accounts to cover the annoying transit ride back, plus extra.

[8:32 PM] GM Whistler: That was way long, so $200/200

[8:32 PM] Sage Stotto: ((Thank you Rez. Good stuff))

[8:32 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Awesome! Thanks! ))

[8:32 PM] Kali Mira: ((fun times ))]]> https://midcityrpg.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=6 Sat, 09 Dec 2017 23:56:14 +0000 GM Whistler]]> https://midcityrpg.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=6 GM Boone: Word gets around fast in the RPZ, and the current word is that Spider Sullivan is looking for talent. Spider is a broker, a former merc, and depending on who you ask he's either a legend of the game or a washed-up has-been. He's been out of the broker biz for the past six months or so, radio silent, so his talent search is something of a surprise. Interested parties looking to take him up on a paying tryout gig are invited to meet him at his office - which is just his booth at the Lucky Sevens.
[8:21 PM] GM Boone: Spider isn't hard to find. He sits in a booth with three decks set up in front of him, the blue light of their screens giving his pale and sleepless face an even more sunken-eyed look. He's a man in his fifties with short silver hair, a square jaw, a strong build, tattoos from his wrists to his neck and hard dark eyes. He has the look of an aged punk who never quite grew out of the attitude.
[8:22 PM] GM Boone: RP when ready.
[8:24 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is basically right on time and opens the door for Kali because he's sometimes a gentleman. "After you."
[8:26 PM] Kali Alvarez: With hands tucked into a hoodie, Kali takes a step around Jace's much taller frame, shoving past him. "Guess chivalry isn't dead." She mused, stepping inside. "Why did you drag me here....again?"
[8:28 PM] Sage: Sage stumbles toward the bar, the hood of his sweatshirt pulled over his head. He speeds up as he recognizes the man holding the door and nods as he too slips inside. "Morning."
[8:30 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is only marginally surprised to see the vampire again and nods with a slight smile. "Just woke up, huh?" He holds the door open for Sage, too, and then enters behind him. "And that's why I dragged you here." He turns Kali by the shoulder, pointing her towards Spider. He looks to Sage curiously, wondering if they're going to partner up again. "Round two?"
[8:33 PM] Kali Alvarez: She shifts around, setting eyes the broker. Curiosity sets into her gaze, "Count me in." Her attention then turns over towards Sage, "Nightowl." She only jokes, flashing a light grin. "Well, go on, move. Use your long legs, you're first." Kali extends a hand forward, motioning a little for Jace to walk.
[8:35 PM] Sage: Sage shrugs. "You got a problem with my sleep schedule you can bite me. Besides. All the best deals happen at night." He grins and leads the way to Spider's booth, sliding in
[8:37 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace raises an eyebrow, wondering how literally he's supposed to take that offer and then smirks. He shakes his head, deciding not to comment, and follows Sage. He motions Kali in first, preferring to be able to spring out of the booth and deal with trouble quickly if need be.
[8:38 PM] GM Boone: Spider snorts back a stimulant drip and looks the lot of you over as you approach, sizing you up. "Fresh meat, huh?" he asks casually, tapping at the keyboard on one of his decks without looking. Several empty glasses clutter the table. "You all here for the milk run, yeah?"
[8:40 PM] Kali Alvarez: Close behind, Kali follows on towards the booth before sliding in as well and bringing in her legs to cross beneath her. Hazel eyes lock on Spider, raising an eyebrow at the man. "You've got my attention. Why not." her shoulders roll in a slight shrug.
[8:41 PM] Jace Deckard: "Yep. Details?" Jace adds, turning his gaze to Spider.
[8:42 PM] Sage: "Suppose so. I've got nothing else going on tonight."
[8:46 PM] GM Boone: "Jeez, I love the fuckin' enthusiasm. All right." Spider looks over towards the bar, raises his hand, snaps his fingers and yells "Ey, Sev, doll, how about a round for biz?" Seven spares Spider a withering look and says "Only if you shut up." Spider waves the comment off and turns back to you. "So I'm looking for some new talent, and I got a little tryout job. Nothin' too hairy but it'll let me see how you work. And it pays. You do good, you get more work from me. You fuck it up, you don't. Simple, right?"
[8:48 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali slouches, amused. "Get me a drink, and I'll show ya some enthusiasm." She piped in, waving her hand a little almost like she was pretending to hold a drink.
[8:49 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace nods but maintains both his silence and his observant vigil.
[8:51 PM] Sage: Sage tucks one gangly leg up onto the bench and tries not to look too interested, despite the fact he clearly is
[8:54 PM] GM Boone: "So the client had a boy quit his company and take off with some data, cleared the backups and everything. Boy ended up at a new firm and now they're using that data to compete. We ain't talking G-A, these are small fries, but they still got some money to play with. Client wants you to go in to the company HQ, recover the data, and trash their backups -- however you see fit. Get in, get out, and don't get caught."
[8:56 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace mouth shrugs then nods once. "Got it. Anything else?"
[8:59 PM] Sage: Sage frowns and glances at his two new 'allies' "Uhhh I don't know I'm cut out for this sort of work, I mean computers are fine and all but... not exactly my forte"
[9:00 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali leans up slightly, hands on table. "No manches, simple enough. Just my area." A wider grin crosses her lips, a bit of excitement in her eyes. "Im sure I can work my fingers around a few things" She raises a hand, almost like tapping in the air with each finger.
[9:00 PM] Jace Deckard: "Good thing our only job, then, is to keep pint-size here in one piece." He smirks at Sage and raises a brow. "How about it? Partners again?"
[9:01 PM] Sage: He nods. "I could get behind that I guess."
[9:02 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali sets a hand on Sage's and Jace's shoulder, "Hey, just piggy back me through this. I'll take care of the tech-y bits."
[9:02 PM] Sage: "I can't tell if you're serious, pipsqueak."
[9:03 PM] Jace Deckard: "She's being about 78% literal. Give or take."
[9:04 PM] Kali Alvarez: "So is that a no?..." She humors them.
[9:04 PM] GM Boone: "There's some on site security you're gonna have to deal with. So it ain't as simple as hitting a few keys. I pulled a datasheet on the corp and their building. They hire out some el cheapo gunhands." He sniffs back another drip, then reaches into an open backpack on the seat beside him. "Also, I'm running ops on this. Eyes and ears on all of you, direct comm and video links." He pulls out a tangle of hair thin wires and small plastic nodes. "So I can watch how you work, yeah?"
[9:05 PM] Jace Deckard: All business again once Spider speaks, Jace listens intently. He nods again, once, and holds out his hand for the wires. He'll take the opportunity to "suit up" and help Kali if need be.
[9:07 PM] Sage: Sage plucks a set for himself and threads one into his ear. "Just hoping this job doesn't suck as much as work." He eyes his partners. "You two know each other then?"
[9:09 PM] Kali Alvarez: Setting in the ear piece, Kali perks up at the question and gives a scoff, "Sureee." She throws a quick jab at Jace off to the side," He punched me by accident in a bar once. Been best friends forever since..." She sounded slightly sarcastic, but nonetheless flashed a smirk.
[9:11 PM] GM Boone: Spider tap tap taps on one of his decks, setting up the links. He does a quick comms test, then provides you with the address of the building. It's a ride on the SkyTrain away, and then a very short walk from the stop. Once you are ready to head out, you may hop the train to your objective.
[9:12 PM] Jace Deckard: "In my defense, I couldn't see you, pint-size." He says as he stands up to his full height and smirks at her. He'll wait for his companions and then heads for the train.
[9:14 PM] Sage: Sage gently pushes Kali forward on the bench, giving himself room to stand and step out. "You hitching a ride pipsqueak or can you manage?" with a sigh he glances toward the lot where he's stashed his car. "one of these days I'm just going to drive places. Get the batmobile some exercise"
[9:17 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali stretches a little, moving then to follow the other two out of the bar and towards the train. "Hey, hey. I've got legs, I can keep up. Try not to hit your head on anything up there." She returned, not ashamed of her height.
[9:22 PM] GM Boone: The SkyTrain trip is quiet and uneventful. You reach the stop without incident, and you can see the target building from the elevated train platform. It is a 3 floor cube building with entrances on the north and east sides, with a well lit parking lot surrounding it.
[9:25 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace studies the building and will move if/when his companions move. "Gonna need a floorplan, boss." He says to Spider over comms.
[9:26 PM] GM Boone: "Check shorty's deck," says Spider over the comms. There's a brief flash from one of the LEDs on Kali's deck, signaling data transfer.
[9:29 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali catches the flash from her deck, bringing up the floor plan once it had been transfered. "So thoughts here? Navigating not my thing. Figured one of you two would be better off leading." She motioned between Jace and Sage. "We've got what? Entrances on north and east." She scanned over the plans.
[9:31 PM] GM Boone: The floor plan isn't labeled, but the first and second floors appear to be mostly cubicles. There's a central column of elevators in the middle of the building. On the third floor, there are some larger rooms with what looks like equipment of some kind, not cubicles.
[9:31 PM] GM Boone: It is laid out in such a way that all rooms exit out into a main hallway surrounding the elevators.
[9:34 PM] Sage: "Looks like most of the office related things are on the first two floors. That third floor might be where they've got the servers and things. I hate the idea of just walking up there though. I don't really feel like volunteering to get shot again."
[9:40 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace chuckles and looks over Kali's shoulder at the building plans. He points to the side door on the east side. "Let's check that out. See if that's our way in." He heads off the train platform and towards the parking lot.
[9:42 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Pretty sure none of us want bullet holes" Kali agreed with Sage and also shared the same thought of the servers being on the third floor possibly. "I can't the servers would be on any other floor, so third floor is definitely a likely." She traced close behind Jace as he began to move. "I can get the data from their network from any source on the first floor, if you can get me in there. Then get to the servers to trash the backups" She mentioned.(edited)
[9:43 PM] Sage: Sage trails behind the other two, glancing around for anyone watching. "Still going to be a hell of a time getting in there. What sort of security have they got?"(edited)
[9:43 PM] GM Boone: Everyone, make a Perception roll.
[9:44 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1
[9:44 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 19 Unmodified: (18)
[9:44 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20
[9:44 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: SageL Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 13 Unmodified: (13)
[9:45 PM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[9:45 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[9:45 PM] GM Boone: (one sec, phone)
[9:53 PM] GM Boone: Sorry about that. Back now. You all notice a pair of small security cameras, one by each door. Kali and Jace notice the wires for those cameras running along the outside of the building and into a small opening over each door frame.
[9:54 PM] GM Boone: The cameras are stationary.
[9:54 PM] Sage: ((how dark is the surrounding area? Lit by streetlamps or anything?))
[9:56 PM] GM Boone: There are light posts in the parking lot spaced out to evenly light the lot. However, the post on the west side is in the process of dying so it's pretty dim on that side.
[9:58 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace sets a hand on Kali's shoulder. "There. Go in at an angle and we can cut the feed. I'm not seeing a much better alternative just yet." To Spider, "What are the chances they have someone on monitor duty?"
[9:59 PM] GM Boone: "Datasheet says there should be four mall cops walking around this shift, but I got no idea who's on what duty."
[10:00 PM] Jace Deckard: "This kinda place, if there is a guy watching a monitor, he's probably napping." Jace mutters, looking to his two companions.
[10:01 PM] Sage: "It really doesn't look like much"(edited)
[10:03 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali gives a glance over the camera, following the wire with her eyes as Jace points it out. "We might have some time before they notice they're missing a camera or two. Hopefully enough time." She says, being the first to move towards the direction of the camera. She watched to make sure she was out of its line of sight, following Jace's words.
[10:03 PM] Sage: Sage hisses. "you want me to do that? What if they're thermal? What if you get shot?"
[10:04 PM] Sage: he mutters to Jace, "What if she can't reach the cameras?"
[10:05 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace has to stifle a chuckle. "Ah .... I'll hoist her up?" He shook his head, very amused. "Easy, short stack. Sage is right. Let's save the risk taking for later." He motions to Sage to go first, kind of pointing out the path that would best avoid detection by the camera.
[10:06 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Hey, I heard that. Ass. Then get over here and give me a boost." Kali shot back just as quickly, realizing it was going to be a few inches out of her reach. She gave a roll of her eyes. "Fine."
[10:07 PM] Sage: Sage slides forward, doing his best to stay low and out of sight of the cameras, edging toward the building.
[10:08 PM] GM Boone: Sage, roll Dex to sneak your way to the cameras. +1 due to spatial awareness.
[10:09 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20
[10:09 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: SageL Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 19 Unmodified: (19)
[10:10 PM] GM Boone: Sage is a living shadow and finds himself underneath the camera with security none the wiser.
[10:11 PM] Sage: He waves back at his companions and examines the wires under the camera. "alright pipsqueak, what do I do with it now?"(edited)
[10:12 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Just tear them out, like, all of them."
[10:13 PM] Sage: Sage obliges, ripping at the wires where they connect to the camera
[10:14 PM] GM Boone: d100
[10:14 PM] GM Boone: ...right
[11:47 PM] GM Boone: ...room.
[11:47 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[11:47 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 6 Unmodified: (7)
[11:48 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali makes an attempt to sneak up behind the guard facing Sage.
[11:49 PM] GM Boone: Jace manages to lock the guard in a chokehold. The guard struggles violently, pawing at his arm and kicking back at his shins. Sage, meanwhile, whiffs again on his punch. Kali is unnoticed by the guard facing Sage. It is now the guards turn.
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: One guard is stuck in a choke hold. He attempts to break free.
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-2
[11:50 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-2 Result: 3 Unmodified: (5)
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: He fails.
[11:51 PM] GM Boone: The other guard draws his gun and takes aim at Sage, which is a bad idea when you think about the fact that they're in a server room full of expensive equipment that must remain undamaged.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-1
[11:52 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 8 Unmodified: (9)
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: He misses and shoots the e-mail server.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: your turn.
[11:52 PM] Kali Alvarez: Once she sees the guard has drawn the gun, Kali attempts to throw her weight at him to try and knock him off balance.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: Kali, roll strength.
[11:52 PM] Sage: Sage is now absolutely determined to prove he's not as abysmal at this fighiting thing as he really is. One more punch at the guy's jaw
[11:52 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna try and choke the dude out.
[11:54 PM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[11:54 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 3 Unmodified: (3)
[11:55 PM] GM Boone: Kali just kind of stumbles past the guy. Sage, roll your punch.
[11:55 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[11:55 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 18 Unmodified: (19)
[11:55 PM] Sage: ((Ha!))
[11:55 PM] Kali Alvarez: ((Clumsy af))
[11:55 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Yay! ))
[11:55 PM] GM Boone: Sage just lands a wicked haymaker on the guard, who stumbles backward.
[11:56 PM] GM Boone: Since Jace already has the guard in the hold, there's no need to roll. Because he couldn't escape on his turn, he is now unconscious.
[11:56 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20
[11:56 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: The remaining guard really needs this job I guess. He brings his gun up again and fires at Sage, trying to get some payback.
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-1
[11:57 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (5)
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: He misses, shooting the database server.
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: Your turn.
[11:58 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali attempts to look for the nearest thing to fling at the guard.
[11:58 PM] GM Boone: There is a chair.
November 4, 2017
[12:00 AM] Sage: Motivated by his success, Sage swings again
[12:00 AM] Jace Deckard: So very done with this shit, Jace dives for the other gun and grabs it. He will then bring it up and aim at the other guard. "Drop it!"
[12:01 AM] GM Boone: Kali, if you're throwing the chair roll PER or if you're swinging it roll STR. Sage, roll your normal attack. Jace, roll CHA to indimidate with a +1 due to gun and numbers.
[12:01 AM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 6 Unmodified: (7)
[12:01 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali attempts to swing the chair.
[12:01 AM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 11 Unmodified: (10)
[12:01 AM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[12:02 AM] GM Boone: Kali straight up smacks the guy in the head with a chair like she's Stone Cold, and then Jace is pointing a gun at him, and his night is ruined and everything is terrible.
[12:03 AM] GM Boone: "Okay, okay! Jesus I don't get paid enough for this!" He drops his gun and puts his hands up.
[12:03 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace kinda feels like a dick but holds the gun steady. "You two finish the job. Back there." He nods to where the server is.
[12:04 AM] Sage: Sage glances at the bullet riddled servers. "Well i guess thats one way to get things done, Go ahead pipsqueak."
[12:05 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali drops the chair, gives a shrug. "Got it." She heads over towards the servers, looking through for the one that was holding the back up files on nightwatch.
[12:06 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace motions to the chair to get the guard to sit down.
[12:06 AM] Sage: "You alright boyscout? looked like he hit you pretty good back there"
[12:06 AM] GM Boone: Kali finds the backup server. There is, handily, a tool kit sitting next to a nearby server rack. The guard slumps back into his seat.
[12:07 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace works his jaw. "It stings but I'll live. You alright?"
[12:07 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali snags the tool kit in order to remove the server to destroy it.
[12:08 AM] GM Boone: The server chassis opens up easily enough. Inside are the easily breakable boards and chips, and some fancy, fragile solid state drives.
[12:09 AM] Sage: "not dead yet. So to speak. hows it going back there?"
[12:10 AM] Kali Alvarez: "Best part of the day." Kali takes each board, snapping it in pieces, and taking enjoyment in creating a mess out of the chips and drives. "I think I got it all. We should be good to go."
[12:10 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace uses his free hand to grab his wallet, pop it open, and pulls out a good few bills. He approaches the guard that took a chair to the face and pushes the cash against his chest. "For your trouble and cooperation. I wanna get myself and my friends outta here with no more trouble. Whaddaya say?"
[12:11 AM] Sage: Sage raises a hand. "bad time to mention there was someone outside knocking?"
[12:11 AM] GM Boone: The guard looks like one of those sad droopy-faced dogs. He takes the cash and sighs, defeated. "Okay."
[12:11 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace rolls his eyes. "Definitely a bad time. There another way out?" To the guard that he just paid off.
[12:12 AM] GM Boone: "Uh. There's just the two doors."
[12:13 AM] Jace Deckard: "Wonderful. I'm gonna give this back to you and I'm gonna trust you not to do a dumb, okay?" He motions Kali and Sage to head out then will give the gun back to the guard.
[12:14 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali strides on out of the room, heading back towards the stairs.
[12:15 AM] GM Boone: The guard takes his gun in one hand, grabs a beer in the other, then turns his attention back to the last few minutes of Explosionforce. It involves several explosions.
[12:16 AM] Sage: Sage shoots Jace a pleading look. "One quick snack?"
[12:16 AM] Jace Deckard: "Go get the guard that was knocking. These two have had enough of a bad day."
[12:17 AM] Sage: He sighs dramatically and follows after Kali. "Fiiiine. boyscout."
[12:18 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali gives a yawn, mostly wanting to get out of the building. "Hurry up."
[12:18 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace smiles but rolls his eyes and also follows Kali. He'll pull ahead of her and approach the door. If the guard is still there, he'll jerk open the door hard enough to hit the dude and hopefully knock him back out.
[12:18 AM] GM Boone: There is now a guard on the ground, groaning and stunned.
[12:19 AM] Jace Deckard: "There. One quick snack delivered."
[12:19 AM] Kali Alvarez: "ouch, that looks like it hurt."
[12:19 AM] Sage: "I'll take what I can get" With that he helps himself to a snack
[12:20 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace will usher Kali away and wait for Sage at the train before returning to the bar.
[12:20 AM[i][color=#99aab5][size=medium]] [/si]]> GM Boone: Word gets around fast in the RPZ, and the current word is that Spider Sullivan is looking for talent. Spider is a broker, a former merc, and depending on who you ask he's either a legend of the game or a washed-up has-been. He's been out of the broker biz for the past six months or so, radio silent, so his talent search is something of a surprise. Interested parties looking to take him up on a paying tryout gig are invited to meet him at his office - which is just his booth at the Lucky Sevens.
[8:21 PM] GM Boone: Spider isn't hard to find. He sits in a booth with three decks set up in front of him, the blue light of their screens giving his pale and sleepless face an even more sunken-eyed look. He's a man in his fifties with short silver hair, a square jaw, a strong build, tattoos from his wrists to his neck and hard dark eyes. He has the look of an aged punk who never quite grew out of the attitude.
[8:22 PM] GM Boone: RP when ready.
[8:24 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is basically right on time and opens the door for Kali because he's sometimes a gentleman. "After you."
[8:26 PM] Kali Alvarez: With hands tucked into a hoodie, Kali takes a step around Jace's much taller frame, shoving past him. "Guess chivalry isn't dead." She mused, stepping inside. "Why did you drag me here....again?"
[8:28 PM] Sage: Sage stumbles toward the bar, the hood of his sweatshirt pulled over his head. He speeds up as he recognizes the man holding the door and nods as he too slips inside. "Morning."
[8:30 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is only marginally surprised to see the vampire again and nods with a slight smile. "Just woke up, huh?" He holds the door open for Sage, too, and then enters behind him. "And that's why I dragged you here." He turns Kali by the shoulder, pointing her towards Spider. He looks to Sage curiously, wondering if they're going to partner up again. "Round two?"
[8:33 PM] Kali Alvarez: She shifts around, setting eyes the broker. Curiosity sets into her gaze, "Count me in." Her attention then turns over towards Sage, "Nightowl." She only jokes, flashing a light grin. "Well, go on, move. Use your long legs, you're first." Kali extends a hand forward, motioning a little for Jace to walk.
[8:35 PM] Sage: Sage shrugs. "You got a problem with my sleep schedule you can bite me. Besides. All the best deals happen at night." He grins and leads the way to Spider's booth, sliding in
[8:37 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace raises an eyebrow, wondering how literally he's supposed to take that offer and then smirks. He shakes his head, deciding not to comment, and follows Sage. He motions Kali in first, preferring to be able to spring out of the booth and deal with trouble quickly if need be.
[8:38 PM] GM Boone: Spider snorts back a stimulant drip and looks the lot of you over as you approach, sizing you up. "Fresh meat, huh?" he asks casually, tapping at the keyboard on one of his decks without looking. Several empty glasses clutter the table. "You all here for the milk run, yeah?"
[8:40 PM] Kali Alvarez: Close behind, Kali follows on towards the booth before sliding in as well and bringing in her legs to cross beneath her. Hazel eyes lock on Spider, raising an eyebrow at the man. "You've got my attention. Why not." her shoulders roll in a slight shrug.
[8:41 PM] Jace Deckard: "Yep. Details?" Jace adds, turning his gaze to Spider.
[8:42 PM] Sage: "Suppose so. I've got nothing else going on tonight."
[8:46 PM] GM Boone: "Jeez, I love the fuckin' enthusiasm. All right." Spider looks over towards the bar, raises his hand, snaps his fingers and yells "Ey, Sev, doll, how about a round for biz?" Seven spares Spider a withering look and says "Only if you shut up." Spider waves the comment off and turns back to you. "So I'm looking for some new talent, and I got a little tryout job. Nothin' too hairy but it'll let me see how you work. And it pays. You do good, you get more work from me. You fuck it up, you don't. Simple, right?"
[8:48 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali slouches, amused. "Get me a drink, and I'll show ya some enthusiasm." She piped in, waving her hand a little almost like she was pretending to hold a drink.
[8:49 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace nods but maintains both his silence and his observant vigil.
[8:51 PM] Sage: Sage tucks one gangly leg up onto the bench and tries not to look too interested, despite the fact he clearly is
[8:54 PM] GM Boone: "So the client had a boy quit his company and take off with some data, cleared the backups and everything. Boy ended up at a new firm and now they're using that data to compete. We ain't talking G-A, these are small fries, but they still got some money to play with. Client wants you to go in to the company HQ, recover the data, and trash their backups -- however you see fit. Get in, get out, and don't get caught."
[8:56 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace mouth shrugs then nods once. "Got it. Anything else?"
[8:59 PM] Sage: Sage frowns and glances at his two new 'allies' "Uhhh I don't know I'm cut out for this sort of work, I mean computers are fine and all but... not exactly my forte"
[9:00 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali leans up slightly, hands on table. "No manches, simple enough. Just my area." A wider grin crosses her lips, a bit of excitement in her eyes. "Im sure I can work my fingers around a few things" She raises a hand, almost like tapping in the air with each finger.
[9:00 PM] Jace Deckard: "Good thing our only job, then, is to keep pint-size here in one piece." He smirks at Sage and raises a brow. "How about it? Partners again?"
[9:01 PM] Sage: He nods. "I could get behind that I guess."
[9:02 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali sets a hand on Sage's and Jace's shoulder, "Hey, just piggy back me through this. I'll take care of the tech-y bits."
[9:02 PM] Sage: "I can't tell if you're serious, pipsqueak."
[9:03 PM] Jace Deckard: "She's being about 78% literal. Give or take."
[9:04 PM] Kali Alvarez: "So is that a no?..." She humors them.
[9:04 PM] GM Boone: "There's some on site security you're gonna have to deal with. So it ain't as simple as hitting a few keys. I pulled a datasheet on the corp and their building. They hire out some el cheapo gunhands." He sniffs back another drip, then reaches into an open backpack on the seat beside him. "Also, I'm running ops on this. Eyes and ears on all of you, direct comm and video links." He pulls out a tangle of hair thin wires and small plastic nodes. "So I can watch how you work, yeah?"
[9:05 PM] Jace Deckard: All business again once Spider speaks, Jace listens intently. He nods again, once, and holds out his hand for the wires. He'll take the opportunity to "suit up" and help Kali if need be.
[9:07 PM] Sage: Sage plucks a set for himself and threads one into his ear. "Just hoping this job doesn't suck as much as work." He eyes his partners. "You two know each other then?"
[9:09 PM] Kali Alvarez: Setting in the ear piece, Kali perks up at the question and gives a scoff, "Sureee." She throws a quick jab at Jace off to the side," He punched me by accident in a bar once. Been best friends forever since..." She sounded slightly sarcastic, but nonetheless flashed a smirk.
[9:11 PM] GM Boone: Spider tap tap taps on one of his decks, setting up the links. He does a quick comms test, then provides you with the address of the building. It's a ride on the SkyTrain away, and then a very short walk from the stop. Once you are ready to head out, you may hop the train to your objective.
[9:12 PM] Jace Deckard: "In my defense, I couldn't see you, pint-size." He says as he stands up to his full height and smirks at her. He'll wait for his companions and then heads for the train.
[9:14 PM] Sage: Sage gently pushes Kali forward on the bench, giving himself room to stand and step out. "You hitching a ride pipsqueak or can you manage?" with a sigh he glances toward the lot where he's stashed his car. "one of these days I'm just going to drive places. Get the batmobile some exercise"
[9:17 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali stretches a little, moving then to follow the other two out of the bar and towards the train. "Hey, hey. I've got legs, I can keep up. Try not to hit your head on anything up there." She returned, not ashamed of her height.
[9:22 PM] GM Boone: The SkyTrain trip is quiet and uneventful. You reach the stop without incident, and you can see the target building from the elevated train platform. It is a 3 floor cube building with entrances on the north and east sides, with a well lit parking lot surrounding it.
[9:25 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace studies the building and will move if/when his companions move. "Gonna need a floorplan, boss." He says to Spider over comms.
[9:26 PM] GM Boone: "Check shorty's deck," says Spider over the comms. There's a brief flash from one of the LEDs on Kali's deck, signaling data transfer.
[9:29 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali catches the flash from her deck, bringing up the floor plan once it had been transfered. "So thoughts here? Navigating not my thing. Figured one of you two would be better off leading." She motioned between Jace and Sage. "We've got what? Entrances on north and east." She scanned over the plans.
[9:31 PM] GM Boone: The floor plan isn't labeled, but the first and second floors appear to be mostly cubicles. There's a central column of elevators in the middle of the building. On the third floor, there are some larger rooms with what looks like equipment of some kind, not cubicles.
[9:31 PM] GM Boone: It is laid out in such a way that all rooms exit out into a main hallway surrounding the elevators.
[9:34 PM] Sage: "Looks like most of the office related things are on the first two floors. That third floor might be where they've got the servers and things. I hate the idea of just walking up there though. I don't really feel like volunteering to get shot again."
[9:40 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace chuckles and looks over Kali's shoulder at the building plans. He points to the side door on the east side. "Let's check that out. See if that's our way in." He heads off the train platform and towards the parking lot.
[9:42 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Pretty sure none of us want bullet holes" Kali agreed with Sage and also shared the same thought of the servers being on the third floor possibly. "I can't the servers would be on any other floor, so third floor is definitely a likely." She traced close behind Jace as he began to move. "I can get the data from their network from any source on the first floor, if you can get me in there. Then get to the servers to trash the backups" She mentioned.(edited)
[9:43 PM] Sage: Sage trails behind the other two, glancing around for anyone watching. "Still going to be a hell of a time getting in there. What sort of security have they got?"(edited)
[9:43 PM] GM Boone: Everyone, make a Perception roll.
[9:44 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1
[9:44 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 19 Unmodified: (18)
[9:44 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20
[9:44 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: SageL Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 13 Unmodified: (13)
[9:45 PM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[9:45 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[9:45 PM] GM Boone: (one sec, phone)
[9:53 PM] GM Boone: Sorry about that. Back now. You all notice a pair of small security cameras, one by each door. Kali and Jace notice the wires for those cameras running along the outside of the building and into a small opening over each door frame.
[9:54 PM] GM Boone: The cameras are stationary.
[9:54 PM] Sage: ((how dark is the surrounding area? Lit by streetlamps or anything?))
[9:56 PM] GM Boone: There are light posts in the parking lot spaced out to evenly light the lot. However, the post on the west side is in the process of dying so it's pretty dim on that side.
[9:58 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace sets a hand on Kali's shoulder. "There. Go in at an angle and we can cut the feed. I'm not seeing a much better alternative just yet." To Spider, "What are the chances they have someone on monitor duty?"
[9:59 PM] GM Boone: "Datasheet says there should be four mall cops walking around this shift, but I got no idea who's on what duty."
[10:00 PM] Jace Deckard: "This kinda place, if there is a guy watching a monitor, he's probably napping." Jace mutters, looking to his two companions.
[10:01 PM] Sage: "It really doesn't look like much"(edited)
[10:03 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali gives a glance over the camera, following the wire with her eyes as Jace points it out. "We might have some time before they notice they're missing a camera or two. Hopefully enough time." She says, being the first to move towards the direction of the camera. She watched to make sure she was out of its line of sight, following Jace's words.
[10:03 PM] Sage: Sage hisses. "you want me to do that? What if they're thermal? What if you get shot?"
[10:04 PM] Sage: he mutters to Jace, "What if she can't reach the cameras?"
[10:05 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace has to stifle a chuckle. "Ah .... I'll hoist her up?" He shook his head, very amused. "Easy, short stack. Sage is right. Let's save the risk taking for later." He motions to Sage to go first, kind of pointing out the path that would best avoid detection by the camera.
[10:06 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Hey, I heard that. Ass. Then get over here and give me a boost." Kali shot back just as quickly, realizing it was going to be a few inches out of her reach. She gave a roll of her eyes. "Fine."
[10:07 PM] Sage: Sage slides forward, doing his best to stay low and out of sight of the cameras, edging toward the building.
[10:08 PM] GM Boone: Sage, roll Dex to sneak your way to the cameras. +1 due to spatial awareness.
[10:09 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20
[10:09 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: SageL Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 19 Unmodified: (19)
[10:10 PM] GM Boone: Sage is a living shadow and finds himself underneath the camera with security none the wiser.
[10:11 PM] Sage: He waves back at his companions and examines the wires under the camera. "alright pipsqueak, what do I do with it now?"(edited)
[10:12 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Just tear them out, like, all of them."
[10:13 PM] Sage: Sage obliges, ripping at the wires where they connect to the camera
[10:14 PM] GM Boone: d100
[10:14 PM] GM Boone: ...right
[11:47 PM] GM Boone: ...room.
[11:47 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[11:47 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 6 Unmodified: (7)
[11:48 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali makes an attempt to sneak up behind the guard facing Sage.
[11:49 PM] GM Boone: Jace manages to lock the guard in a chokehold. The guard struggles violently, pawing at his arm and kicking back at his shins. Sage, meanwhile, whiffs again on his punch. Kali is unnoticed by the guard facing Sage. It is now the guards turn.
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: One guard is stuck in a choke hold. He attempts to break free.
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-2
[11:50 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-2 Result: 3 Unmodified: (5)
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: He fails.
[11:51 PM] GM Boone: The other guard draws his gun and takes aim at Sage, which is a bad idea when you think about the fact that they're in a server room full of expensive equipment that must remain undamaged.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-1
[11:52 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 8 Unmodified: (9)
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: He misses and shoots the e-mail server.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: your turn.
[11:52 PM] Kali Alvarez: Once she sees the guard has drawn the gun, Kali attempts to throw her weight at him to try and knock him off balance.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: Kali, roll strength.
[11:52 PM] Sage: Sage is now absolutely determined to prove he's not as abysmal at this fighiting thing as he really is. One more punch at the guy's jaw
[11:52 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna try and choke the dude out.
[11:54 PM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[11:54 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 3 Unmodified: (3)
[11:55 PM] GM Boone: Kali just kind of stumbles past the guy. Sage, roll your punch.
[11:55 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[11:55 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 18 Unmodified: (19)
[11:55 PM] Sage: ((Ha!))
[11:55 PM] Kali Alvarez: ((Clumsy af))
[11:55 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Yay! ))
[11:55 PM] GM Boone: Sage just lands a wicked haymaker on the guard, who stumbles backward.
[11:56 PM] GM Boone: Since Jace already has the guard in the hold, there's no need to roll. Because he couldn't escape on his turn, he is now unconscious.
[11:56 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20
[11:56 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: The remaining guard really needs this job I guess. He brings his gun up again and fires at Sage, trying to get some payback.
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-1
[11:57 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (5)
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: He misses, shooting the database server.
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: Your turn.
[11:58 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali attempts to look for the nearest thing to fling at the guard.
[11:58 PM] GM Boone: There is a chair.
November 4, 2017
[12:00 AM] Sage: Motivated by his success, Sage swings again
[12:00 AM] Jace Deckard: So very done with this shit, Jace dives for the other gun and grabs it. He will then bring it up and aim at the other guard. "Drop it!"
[12:01 AM] GM Boone: Kali, if you're throwing the chair roll PER or if you're swinging it roll STR. Sage, roll your normal attack. Jace, roll CHA to indimidate with a +1 due to gun and numbers.
[12:01 AM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 6 Unmodified: (7)
[12:01 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali attempts to swing the chair.
[12:01 AM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 11 Unmodified: (10)
[12:01 AM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[12:02 AM] GM Boone: Kali straight up smacks the guy in the head with a chair like she's Stone Cold, and then Jace is pointing a gun at him, and his night is ruined and everything is terrible.
[12:03 AM] GM Boone: "Okay, okay! Jesus I don't get paid enough for this!" He drops his gun and puts his hands up.
[12:03 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace kinda feels like a dick but holds the gun steady. "You two finish the job. Back there." He nods to where the server is.
[12:04 AM] Sage: Sage glances at the bullet riddled servers. "Well i guess thats one way to get things done, Go ahead pipsqueak."
[12:05 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali drops the chair, gives a shrug. "Got it." She heads over towards the servers, looking through for the one that was holding the back up files on nightwatch.
[12:06 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace motions to the chair to get the guard to sit down.
[12:06 AM] Sage: "You alright boyscout? looked like he hit you pretty good back there"
[12:06 AM] GM Boone: Kali finds the backup server. There is, handily, a tool kit sitting next to a nearby server rack. The guard slumps back into his seat.
[12:07 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace works his jaw. "It stings but I'll live. You alright?"
[12:07 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali snags the tool kit in order to remove the server to destroy it.
[12:08 AM] GM Boone: The server chassis opens up easily enough. Inside are the easily breakable boards and chips, and some fancy, fragile solid state drives.
[12:09 AM] Sage: "not dead yet. So to speak. hows it going back there?"
[12:10 AM] Kali Alvarez: "Best part of the day." Kali takes each board, snapping it in pieces, and taking enjoyment in creating a mess out of the chips and drives. "I think I got it all. We should be good to go."
[12:10 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace uses his free hand to grab his wallet, pop it open, and pulls out a good few bills. He approaches the guard that took a chair to the face and pushes the cash against his chest. "For your trouble and cooperation. I wanna get myself and my friends outta here with no more trouble. Whaddaya say?"
[12:11 AM] Sage: Sage raises a hand. "bad time to mention there was someone outside knocking?"
[12:11 AM] GM Boone: The guard looks like one of those sad droopy-faced dogs. He takes the cash and sighs, defeated. "Okay."
[12:11 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace rolls his eyes. "Definitely a bad time. There another way out?" To the guard that he just paid off.
[12:12 AM] GM Boone: "Uh. There's just the two doors."
[12:13 AM] Jace Deckard: "Wonderful. I'm gonna give this back to you and I'm gonna trust you not to do a dumb, okay?" He motions Kali and Sage to head out then will give the gun back to the guard.
[12:14 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali strides on out of the room, heading back towards the stairs.
[12:15 AM] GM Boone: The guard takes his gun in one hand, grabs a beer in the other, then turns his attention back to the last few minutes of Explosionforce. It involves several explosions.
[12:16 AM] Sage: Sage shoots Jace a pleading look. "One quick snack?"
[12:16 AM] Jace Deckard: "Go get the guard that was knocking. These two have had enough of a bad day."
[12:17 AM] Sage: He sighs dramatically and follows after Kali. "Fiiiine. boyscout."
[12:18 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali gives a yawn, mostly wanting to get out of the building. "Hurry up."
[12:18 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace smiles but rolls his eyes and also follows Kali. He'll pull ahead of her and approach the door. If the guard is still there, he'll jerk open the door hard enough to hit the dude and hopefully knock him back out.
[12:18 AM] GM Boone: There is now a guard on the ground, groaning and stunned.
[12:19 AM] Jace Deckard: "There. One quick snack delivered."
[12:19 AM] Kali Alvarez: "ouch, that looks like it hurt."
[12:19 AM] Sage: "I'll take what I can get" With that he helps himself to a snack
[12:20 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace will usher Kali away and wait for Sage at the train before returning to the bar.
[12:20 AM[i][color=#99aab5][size=medium]] [/si]]> https://midcityrpg.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5 Sat, 09 Dec 2017 23:56:00 +0000 GM Whistler]]> https://midcityrpg.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5 [10:09 PM] GM Boone: You are all kicking back at Lucky Sevens in the heart of the RPZ. A squad combat match is playing on the televisions hanging around the bar, featuring La Republique versus the Fushang Tigers. Seven, the owner, is tending bar. She was once the most famous arena fighter in Vancity – undefeated in 93 fights. In a world of plastic surgeons on every street corner, with her money and influence, the deep disfiguring battle scars still marring her face are deliberate statements.
[10:10 PM] GM Boone: She watches as deliverymen move in and out through the back doors, wheeling in kegs and crates of liquor. A tinny roar erupts in unison from the televisions as La Republique takes out one of the Tigers with a concussion grenade.
[10:10 PM] Baz Balan: ((Weather?))
[10:11 PM] GM Boone: Outside it's overcast and typically chilly.
[10:11 PM] Sage: ((time of day?))
[10:12 PM] GM Boone: Evening, past dinner time. The sun is beginning to set.
[10:15 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is leaning against a pool table, waiting his turn.
[10:15 PM] Sage: Sage is slumped at one of the tables, his head propped up on one hand, trying to stay awake
[10:16 PM] Baz Balan: Today wasn’t a great day. The land hadn’t been kind and neither was the wind. The day’s forage hadn’t even bought him the drink Bas was sulking into at the bar. He thinks to himself about how only a few weeks ago bandits had vandalized his truck and looted his shop. At least they didn’t beat him this time. Baz hadn’t been in one place long enough to have any friends in town, but ever since his unfortunate luck, he had been frequenting the Sevens.
[10:17 PM] Baz Balan: He shly looks up at the woman tending the bar, smiles politely and points at his drink indicating he'd like another.
[10:18 PM] GM Boone: Seven, typically stone-faced, pulls her attention away from the deliverymen momentarily and pours Baz his refill. From outside the bar, you hear the sudden muffled snap and crackle of small-caliber gunfire. There’s a screech, a crash, the sound of crumpling metal and shattered glass. Voices erupt, shouting, along with another small burst of gunfire.
[10:20 PM] Sage: Sage gets to his feet, surprisingly calm considering the clamor outside and yawns. No better way to start your night than with something that sounds painful and violent.
[10:21 PM] Baz Balan: ((Is Seven still by me?))
[10:21 PM] GM Boone: Seven is still at the bar after having served Baz. She lets out an annoyed huff. This is no rare occurrence. She leans over to glance at the scene out of the bar’s front window. Then she looks back at the deliverymen still hauling in inventory. Then she rolls her eyes and shakes her head.
[10:22 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace looks over, unimpressed but casually alert as gunfire around these parts isn't altogether uncommon. He also keeps a eye on his pool buddy, considering he doesn't trust him enough to not "nudge" his way towards a win while he's distracted.
[10:22 PM] Baz Balan: Baz's eyes, trained on the sound he says to Seven without looking "Expecting trouble tonight?"
[10:23 PM] GM Boone: "There's trouble every night." She surveys the bar, glancing over all of you, and announces to the room in a mostly flat and slightly irritated voice: “There’s a hundred bucks in it for anyone who goes out there to shut that shit down.”
[10:24 PM] Sage: Sage pats his pockets and finds nothing but an empty wallet and his medkit. "You care what happens to the guys who started it?"
[10:26 PM] Baz Balan: One hundred city dollars!? Baz's mind reeled with possibilities. He leaps to his feet and immediately follows the sound, all while patting down his harnesses making a mental check of his dagger and tools.
[10:26 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace swaps his pool stick for a (currently collapsed) compound bow. "Does anyone ever?" He responds to Sage, drily, looking at him askance. He looks to Seven for verification but only in passing as he's headed for the front door.(edited)
[10:27 PM] Baz Balan: Baz grins enthusiastically at the one-liner.
[10:29 PM] GM Boone: "They started it, they can get what's coming to them," Seven answers flatly. Once this haphazard mercenary crew is on its way, she returns to cleaning glasses and watching the deliveries.
[10:29 PM] GM Boone: On the street outside the bar, you see the cause of the commotion. There’s a kitted out silver and blue street racer crashed into a telephone pole, the front end crumpled and smoking. There are three young men crouching behind it, also wearing silver and blue, one bleeding heavily from a cut on his forehead.
[10:30 PM] GM Boone: Everyone, roll INT/LVL
[10:30 PM] GM Boone: format for rolling is: !roll 1d20+bonus
[10:30 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20
[10:30 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 5 Unmodified: (5)
[10:31 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1d20
[10:31 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sebastian Balan Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 2 Unmodified: (2)
[10:31 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20+1
[10:31 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Stotto Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 14 Unmodified: (13)
[10:33 PM] GM Boone: Jace and Baz don't know who these guys are or what the colours mean. Sage recognizes the gang. They're local street racers that call themselves the Blue Devils. They're known to be pretty harmless.
[10:33 PM] Baz Balan: ((can I roll perception to discern the cause of the crash?))
[10:34 PM] GM Boone: You don't need to, because 25ft away from the wreck you can see 4 young men and women armed with handguns, wearing green bandannas over their faces. They’re positioned behind parked cars and a dumpster, intermittently firing at the Blues. The Blues pop up from behind their wrecked car just enough to fire back. Bullets fly all over the street, but not towards you.
[10:35 PM] Sage: Sage keeps himself tucked carefully in the shadows of the door, watching the firefight and turning a bit green at the thought of getting involved. "You sure you two are up for getting involved in a gang shootout?"
[10:37 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is looking around for cover (the rooftops, the street, etc.) because he's not comfortable advancing like a wrecking ball. "I'm thinking we should be asking you that question." He responds without looking for more than a half second at Sage and his case of nerves, still scanning his area.
[10:38 PM] Baz Balan: "Are you kidding me?" Baz says in disbelief, “She said she’d pay us one hundred dollars! I need that money. Besides, this wouldn’t have been the first time I’ve been shot at this week. Seven said just needs them shut down right?”
[10:39 PM] GM Boone: Jace observes an alley adjacent to Lucky Sevens, the opening of it facing the firefight. There is a dumpster in that alley that would provide half decent cover.
[10:42 PM] Baz Balan: Baz looks around for a decent vantage spot he could portal to
[10:42 PM] Jace Deckard: "Right." Jace agrees, then points to said alley. "If you don't want to get immediately shot in the face, there's a good spot."
[10:44 PM] Sage: Sage sighs. "A dumpster, what luck. They're not even shooting at us yet."
[10:44 PM] GM Boone: Baz sees a short building, maybe two storeys tall, between the Blues and the Greens that would provide a good vantage point over the fight. However, there is no cover on that rooftop.
[10:45 PM] GM Boone: While you're all talking, the Blues and Greens keep shooting at each other. Rolling Blues:
[10:45 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace smirks and looks to Sage. He's mostly teasing when he says, "I plan to be outside the dumpster taking cover but feel free to hop on in if you feel safer."
[10:45 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d20+1
[10:45 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d20+1 Result: 16,2,2 Unmodified: (15,1,1)
[10:46 PM] GM Boone: Rolling Greens:
[10:46 PM] GM Boone: !roll 4d20+1
[10:46 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 4d20+1 Result: 11,12,19,16 Unmodified: (10,11,18,15)
[10:47 PM] GM Boone: The Blues are taking a beating and aren't in a position to deal much damage back. One of them takes two slugs in the arm and drops behind the car, yelling in pain.
[10:48 PM] Sage: Sage returns the smirk with a fanged one of his own, suggesting "I'm still considering the plan of using it to stash a body later, are you volunteering?"(edited)
[10:48 PM] Jace Deckard: "Nah." Jace grins and starts moving (quickly) towards the alley and his chosen cover system.
[10:51 PM] Sage: ((how much cover is available behind the car with the blue devils?))(edited)
[10:52 PM] GM Boone: The wrecked car offers partial cover. The enemy will take a -1 to hit you and damage is reduced by 25%
[10:53 PM] GM Boone: Jace is able to make it to the dumpster without incident as the gangsters are too busy shooting at each other and hurling juveline insults back and forth.
[10:53 PM] Baz Balan: Warping the space before him, Baz opens a portal to the rooftop, the connecting one inside the bar. Low to the ground he emerges, only his dark, crouched figure peaking over the edge. Taking in the new vantage point, he considers his options.
[10:53 PM] Sage: Sage curses under his breath and jogs after Jace as his other companion disappears
[10:53 PM] Baz Balan: ((Can I see anything differently from up here?))
[10:54 PM] GM Boone: Baz, roll PER/LVL with a +1 due to the vantage point.
[10:54 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace has his bow out once he reaches cover and crouches low, making sure not to leave himself an easy target. He takes a second to really look at the Greens and attempt to sight down the biggest threat.
[10:54 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1d20+1
[10:54 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sebastian Balan Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (3)
[10:55 PM] Baz Balan: ((oof))
[10:55 PM] Jace Deckard: (( LOL happens to the best of us. ))
[10:56 PM] GM Boone: Baz doesn't see anything of note.
[10:57 PM] Baz Balan: Slowly his crouched form moves across the rooftop, making sure to stay out of sight as best he can. Baz peers down the side of building for a way down.
[10:58 PM] Baz Balan: ((This would be on the greens side))
[11:00 PM] Sage: Sage keeps himself low and against the side of the dumpster, grimacing at the smell. "You uhhh need a distraction or something? Forgot my gun in my other jacket."
[11:00 PM] GM Boone: Baz sees a rusty ladder leading down into a tight alleyway. However, the opening of the alleyway is almost directly in line with the Greens.
[11:01 PM] GM Boone: Jace spies one Green who seems to be calling the shots more than the others. If you are going to engage in combat, you may state your attack actions.
[11:01 PM] Sage: ((sage will ready an action to flail and draw fire away from Jace because he owns no weapons))
[11:02 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Lmaoooo that mental picture, tho. ))
[11:02 PM] Baz Balan: ((Is the rusty ladder, like one of those fire escape ladders? Like does it reach all the way to the ground?))
[11:03 PM] GM Boone: The ladder stops maybe a couple feet above the ground, but the drop won't hurt.
[11:04 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna hold still and line up a shot on the "leader" for this round. "Give me until the count of five, yeah? One ... two ... "
[11:04 PM] Baz Balan: ((Can Baz see his allies from up there as well?))
[11:05 PM] GM Boone: Yes
[11:07 PM] Baz Balan: Seeing his new found comrads ready themselves for an attack, he digs deep, waiting on the fringes of his firey nerves for the shot to be made. He readies his mind to reach into his abilities quickly if need be. Slowly he decends the rusty ladder.
[11:08 PM] GM Boone: !roll d100
[11:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Valid dice roll command not found. Command: !roll d100 Type !help roll for dice-rolling help.
[11:08 PM] GM Boone: derp.
[11:08 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d100
[11:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d100 Result: 62 Unmodified: (62)
[11:09 PM] Jace Deckard: " .... Five." Jace lets the arrow go. (Focus, +35)
[11:09 PM] GM Boone: The rusty ladder is more precarious than it looks, but it holds up while Baz descends
[11:09 PM] GM Boone: Roll attack, Jace.
[11:09 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+2
[11:09 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Roll: !roll 1d20+2 Result: 14 Unmodified: (12)
[11:10 PM] Sage: Sage jumps up and steps forward into view, shouting. "Oy, shit head greenies! Who think's they're good enough to take on the Blue Devils! Come out and fight me!"
[11:11 PM] GM Boone: Jace lands with his shot, the arrow embedded deep into the Green leader's shoulder. He lets out a yelp, but before they can see where the shot came from, Sage steps into view and yells at them.
[11:11 PM] Baz Balan: ((Am I on the ground yet?))
[11:11 PM] GM Boone: Yes
[11:12 PM] Baz Balan: Baz quietly, but with haste makes his way the the closest Green. Staying in any shadows he can, as silently as he can.
[11:14 PM] GM Boone: Presently all eyes are on Sage, and the Greens don't notice Baz sneaking up on them. There is one Green almost right up against the wall, allowing Baz to stay in the shadows near the mouth of the alley.
[11:14 PM] GM Boone: The Blues take this opportunity to fire back at the Greens
[11:14 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d20+1
[11:14 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d20+1 Result: 8,15,19 Unmodified: (7,14,18)
[11:16 PM] GM Boone: The Blues land a couple good ones, picking away at the Greens. Their haphazard street gang armour is starting to look a little worse for wear. But now it is their turn to fire back.
[11:17 PM] GM Boone: !roll 4d2
[11:17 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 4d2 Result: 1,1,2,1 Unmodified: (1,1,2,1)
[11:17 PM] Baz Balan: ((WOW))
[11:17 PM] Sage: ((can the enemy always roll d2's please?))
[11:17 PM] GM Boone: I'm just rolling for who they're attacking, lol.
[11:17 PM] Baz Balan: ((these guys are gooooons ))
[11:18 PM] Baz Balan: ((sorry didn't see the d2))
[11:18 PM] GM Boone: Three of the Greens take aim at the Blues, seeing them still as the bigger threat. But one of them is sick of Sage's yelling and sends a bullet the vampire-medic's way.
[11:18 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d20+1
[11:18 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d20+1 Result: 3,3,9 Unmodified: (2,2,8)
[11:18 PM] GM Boone: Well, those guys suck.
[11:18 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20+1
[11:18 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 12 Unmodified: (11)
[11:20 PM] GM Boone: Sage feels the bullet whip right past his ear.
[11:20 PM] Sage: ((Evasion of 11, so that's a hit?))
[11:21 PM] GM Boone: Vamp evasion is actually 12, I had to double check on the race page.
[11:21 PM] Sage: ((but he's got a lower dex, giving him a -1))(edited)
[11:21 PM] GM Boone: Oh that's right.
[11:21 PM] GM Boone: The bullet grazes the side of Sage's head and gives him a nasty bleed.
[11:22 PM] Baz Balan: With great care and a steady hand Baz pick pockets the closest green against the wall.
[11:22 PM] GM Boone: Baz, roll DEX/LVL.
[11:22 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1D20+1
[11:22 PM] BOTWintermute: Valid dice roll command not found. Command: !roll 1D20+1 Type !help roll for dice-rolling help.
[11:23 PM] Sage: ((damage I should worry about?))
[11:23 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1d20+1
[11:23 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sebastian Balan Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 10 Unmodified: (9)
[11:24 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace has been readying another shot. But he tells Sage, "Get down before you lose an ear! Or worse."
[11:25 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20
[11:25 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 6 Unmodified: (6)
[11:25 PM] GM Boone: Baz comes up empty-handed, but the Green is so focused on the fight that he doesn't notice.
[11:26 PM] Sage: Sage ducks back down, applying pressure to the wound. "I'm fine. Hardly even a scrape. Nice shot by the way."
[11:27 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace smiles but doesn't take his eyes off his target. "Thanks. Nice distraction technique."
[11:27 PM] Sage: "My specialty. Let me know when we're going for round two"
[11:28 PM] GM Boone: Jace and Sage, you may make your combat actions when ready.
[11:28 PM] GM Boone: Baz, you still have movement left for this turn if you want to take it.
[11:28 PM] Baz Balan: ((can I make an attack?))
[11:29 PM] GM Boone: You can attack or move.
[11:29 PM] Jace Deckard: "This is me letting you know that we're going for round two." Says to Sage with a grin and then fires.
[11:29 PM] Baz Balan: Being so close, and undetected Baz removes his dagger and plunges it into the closest vital organ of his Green.
[11:30 PM] GM Boone: When attacking, please state your total damage after your post just to make it easier for me.
[11:30 PM] Sage: Sage ducks around the other side of the dumpster and resumes his waving and namecalling.
[11:30 PM] GM Boone: And then roll when ready.
[11:30 PM] Jace Deckard: * (Focus, 35)
[11:31 PM] Baz Balan: ((roger that))
[11:31 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+2
[11:31 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Roll: !roll 1d20+2 Result: 11 Unmodified: (9)
[11:31 PM] Baz Balan: ((am I rolling STR? + weapon? or how does melee work?))
[11:32 PM] GM Boone: Melee is STR
[11:33 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1d20
[11:33 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sebastian Balan Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 19 Unmodified: (19)
[11:34 PM] GM Boone: Jace's arrow goes wide, sticking into a sign behind one of the Greens advertising 'Holo Nudes'. Meanwhile, Baz stabs one of the Greens right in the kidney. He wails and staggers forward, then stumbles around until he faces his attacker.
[11:34 PM] GM Boone: The Blues return fire.
[11:35 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d20+1
[11:35 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d20+1 Result: 5,8,15 Unmodified: (4,7,14)
[11:36 PM] GM Boone: One of them hits. Both sides are looking like they've gone through the meatgrinder. The Green leader looks over his troops.
[11:36 PM] GM Boone: !roll 2d20
[11:36 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 2d20 Result: 8,20 Unmodified: (8,20)
[11:37 PM] GM Boone: One of them, bloody and barely standing, shakes his head and says "I didn't sign up for this shit!" He shoves the leader and starts limp-running down the street
[11:37 PM] GM Boone: Three Greens remain. They now see all of you. Rolling for targets.
[11:38 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d4
[11:38 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d4 Result: 2,2,4 Unmodified: (2,2,4)
[11:39 PM] GM Boone: The leader, still with the arrow in his arm, urges his second to follow his lead. They both take aim at Jace. The last Green, bleeding heavily from the stab wound courtesy of Baz, brings his pistol up and looks for retribution.
[11:39 PM] GM Boone: !roll 2d20+1
[11:39 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 2d20+1 Result: 16,12 Unmodified: (15,11)
[11:39 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20+1
[11:39 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 21 Unmodified: (20)
[11:41 PM] [colo]]> [10:09 PM] GM Boone: You are all kicking back at Lucky Sevens in the heart of the RPZ. A squad combat match is playing on the televisions hanging around the bar, featuring La Republique versus the Fushang Tigers. Seven, the owner, is tending bar. She was once the most famous arena fighter in Vancity – undefeated in 93 fights. In a world of plastic surgeons on every street corner, with her money and influence, the deep disfiguring battle scars still marring her face are deliberate statements.
[10:10 PM] GM Boone: She watches as deliverymen move in and out through the back doors, wheeling in kegs and crates of liquor. A tinny roar erupts in unison from the televisions as La Republique takes out one of the Tigers with a concussion grenade.
[10:10 PM] Baz Balan: ((Weather?))
[10:11 PM] GM Boone: Outside it's overcast and typically chilly.
[10:11 PM] Sage: ((time of day?))
[10:12 PM] GM Boone: Evening, past dinner time. The sun is beginning to set.
[10:15 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is leaning against a pool table, waiting his turn.
[10:15 PM] Sage: Sage is slumped at one of the tables, his head propped up on one hand, trying to stay awake
[10:16 PM] Baz Balan: Today wasn’t a great day. The land hadn’t been kind and neither was the wind. The day’s forage hadn’t even bought him the drink Bas was sulking into at the bar. He thinks to himself about how only a few weeks ago bandits had vandalized his truck and looted his shop. At least they didn’t beat him this time. Baz hadn’t been in one place long enough to have any friends in town, but ever since his unfortunate luck, he had been frequenting the Sevens.
[10:17 PM] Baz Balan: He shly looks up at the woman tending the bar, smiles politely and points at his drink indicating he'd like another.
[10:18 PM] GM Boone: Seven, typically stone-faced, pulls her attention away from the deliverymen momentarily and pours Baz his refill. From outside the bar, you hear the sudden muffled snap and crackle of small-caliber gunfire. There’s a screech, a crash, the sound of crumpling metal and shattered glass. Voices erupt, shouting, along with another small burst of gunfire.
[10:20 PM] Sage: Sage gets to his feet, surprisingly calm considering the clamor outside and yawns. No better way to start your night than with something that sounds painful and violent.
[10:21 PM] Baz Balan: ((Is Seven still by me?))
[10:21 PM] GM Boone: Seven is still at the bar after having served Baz. She lets out an annoyed huff. This is no rare occurrence. She leans over to glance at the scene out of the bar’s front window. Then she looks back at the deliverymen still hauling in inventory. Then she rolls her eyes and shakes her head.
[10:22 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace looks over, unimpressed but casually alert as gunfire around these parts isn't altogether uncommon. He also keeps a eye on his pool buddy, considering he doesn't trust him enough to not "nudge" his way towards a win while he's distracted.
[10:22 PM] Baz Balan: Baz's eyes, trained on the sound he says to Seven without looking "Expecting trouble tonight?"
[10:23 PM] GM Boone: "There's trouble every night." She surveys the bar, glancing over all of you, and announces to the room in a mostly flat and slightly irritated voice: “There’s a hundred bucks in it for anyone who goes out there to shut that shit down.”
[10:24 PM] Sage: Sage pats his pockets and finds nothing but an empty wallet and his medkit. "You care what happens to the guys who started it?"
[10:26 PM] Baz Balan: One hundred city dollars!? Baz's mind reeled with possibilities. He leaps to his feet and immediately follows the sound, all while patting down his harnesses making a mental check of his dagger and tools.
[10:26 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace swaps his pool stick for a (currently collapsed) compound bow. "Does anyone ever?" He responds to Sage, drily, looking at him askance. He looks to Seven for verification but only in passing as he's headed for the front door.(edited)
[10:27 PM] Baz Balan: Baz grins enthusiastically at the one-liner.
[10:29 PM] GM Boone: "They started it, they can get what's coming to them," Seven answers flatly. Once this haphazard mercenary crew is on its way, she returns to cleaning glasses and watching the deliveries.
[10:29 PM] GM Boone: On the street outside the bar, you see the cause of the commotion. There’s a kitted out silver and blue street racer crashed into a telephone pole, the front end crumpled and smoking. There are three young men crouching behind it, also wearing silver and blue, one bleeding heavily from a cut on his forehead.
[10:30 PM] GM Boone: Everyone, roll INT/LVL
[10:30 PM] GM Boone: format for rolling is: !roll 1d20+bonus
[10:30 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20
[10:30 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 5 Unmodified: (5)
[10:31 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1d20
[10:31 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sebastian Balan Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 2 Unmodified: (2)
[10:31 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20+1
[10:31 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Stotto Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 14 Unmodified: (13)
[10:33 PM] GM Boone: Jace and Baz don't know who these guys are or what the colours mean. Sage recognizes the gang. They're local street racers that call themselves the Blue Devils. They're known to be pretty harmless.
[10:33 PM] Baz Balan: ((can I roll perception to discern the cause of the crash?))
[10:34 PM] GM Boone: You don't need to, because 25ft away from the wreck you can see 4 young men and women armed with handguns, wearing green bandannas over their faces. They’re positioned behind parked cars and a dumpster, intermittently firing at the Blues. The Blues pop up from behind their wrecked car just enough to fire back. Bullets fly all over the street, but not towards you.
[10:35 PM] Sage: Sage keeps himself tucked carefully in the shadows of the door, watching the firefight and turning a bit green at the thought of getting involved. "You sure you two are up for getting involved in a gang shootout?"
[10:37 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is looking around for cover (the rooftops, the street, etc.) because he's not comfortable advancing like a wrecking ball. "I'm thinking we should be asking you that question." He responds without looking for more than a half second at Sage and his case of nerves, still scanning his area.
[10:38 PM] Baz Balan: "Are you kidding me?" Baz says in disbelief, “She said she’d pay us one hundred dollars! I need that money. Besides, this wouldn’t have been the first time I’ve been shot at this week. Seven said just needs them shut down right?”
[10:39 PM] GM Boone: Jace observes an alley adjacent to Lucky Sevens, the opening of it facing the firefight. There is a dumpster in that alley that would provide half decent cover.
[10:42 PM] Baz Balan: Baz looks around for a decent vantage spot he could portal to
[10:42 PM] Jace Deckard: "Right." Jace agrees, then points to said alley. "If you don't want to get immediately shot in the face, there's a good spot."
[10:44 PM] Sage: Sage sighs. "A dumpster, what luck. They're not even shooting at us yet."
[10:44 PM] GM Boone: Baz sees a short building, maybe two storeys tall, between the Blues and the Greens that would provide a good vantage point over the fight. However, there is no cover on that rooftop.
[10:45 PM] GM Boone: While you're all talking, the Blues and Greens keep shooting at each other. Rolling Blues:
[10:45 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace smirks and looks to Sage. He's mostly teasing when he says, "I plan to be outside the dumpster taking cover but feel free to hop on in if you feel safer."
[10:45 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d20+1
[10:45 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d20+1 Result: 16,2,2 Unmodified: (15,1,1)
[10:46 PM] GM Boone: Rolling Greens:
[10:46 PM] GM Boone: !roll 4d20+1
[10:46 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 4d20+1 Result: 11,12,19,16 Unmodified: (10,11,18,15)
[10:47 PM] GM Boone: The Blues are taking a beating and aren't in a position to deal much damage back. One of them takes two slugs in the arm and drops behind the car, yelling in pain.
[10:48 PM] Sage: Sage returns the smirk with a fanged one of his own, suggesting "I'm still considering the plan of using it to stash a body later, are you volunteering?"(edited)
[10:48 PM] Jace Deckard: "Nah." Jace grins and starts moving (quickly) towards the alley and his chosen cover system.
[10:51 PM] Sage: ((how much cover is available behind the car with the blue devils?))(edited)
[10:52 PM] GM Boone: The wrecked car offers partial cover. The enemy will take a -1 to hit you and damage is reduced by 25%
[10:53 PM] GM Boone: Jace is able to make it to the dumpster without incident as the gangsters are too busy shooting at each other and hurling juveline insults back and forth.
[10:53 PM] Baz Balan: Warping the space before him, Baz opens a portal to the rooftop, the connecting one inside the bar. Low to the ground he emerges, only his dark, crouched figure peaking over the edge. Taking in the new vantage point, he considers his options.
[10:53 PM] Sage: Sage curses under his breath and jogs after Jace as his other companion disappears
[10:53 PM] Baz Balan: ((Can I see anything differently from up here?))
[10:54 PM] GM Boone: Baz, roll PER/LVL with a +1 due to the vantage point.
[10:54 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace has his bow out once he reaches cover and crouches low, making sure not to leave himself an easy target. He takes a second to really look at the Greens and attempt to sight down the biggest threat.
[10:54 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1d20+1
[10:54 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sebastian Balan Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (3)
[10:55 PM] Baz Balan: ((oof))
[10:55 PM] Jace Deckard: (( LOL happens to the best of us. ))
[10:56 PM] GM Boone: Baz doesn't see anything of note.
[10:57 PM] Baz Balan: Slowly his crouched form moves across the rooftop, making sure to stay out of sight as best he can. Baz peers down the side of building for a way down.
[10:58 PM] Baz Balan: ((This would be on the greens side))
[11:00 PM] Sage: Sage keeps himself low and against the side of the dumpster, grimacing at the smell. "You uhhh need a distraction or something? Forgot my gun in my other jacket."
[11:00 PM] GM Boone: Baz sees a rusty ladder leading down into a tight alleyway. However, the opening of the alleyway is almost directly in line with the Greens.
[11:01 PM] GM Boone: Jace spies one Green who seems to be calling the shots more than the others. If you are going to engage in combat, you may state your attack actions.
[11:01 PM] Sage: ((sage will ready an action to flail and draw fire away from Jace because he owns no weapons))
[11:02 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Lmaoooo that mental picture, tho. ))
[11:02 PM] Baz Balan: ((Is the rusty ladder, like one of those fire escape ladders? Like does it reach all the way to the ground?))
[11:03 PM] GM Boone: The ladder stops maybe a couple feet above the ground, but the drop won't hurt.
[11:04 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna hold still and line up a shot on the "leader" for this round. "Give me until the count of five, yeah? One ... two ... "
[11:04 PM] Baz Balan: ((Can Baz see his allies from up there as well?))
[11:05 PM] GM Boone: Yes
[11:07 PM] Baz Balan: Seeing his new found comrads ready themselves for an attack, he digs deep, waiting on the fringes of his firey nerves for the shot to be made. He readies his mind to reach into his abilities quickly if need be. Slowly he decends the rusty ladder.
[11:08 PM] GM Boone: !roll d100
[11:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Valid dice roll command not found. Command: !roll d100 Type !help roll for dice-rolling help.
[11:08 PM] GM Boone: derp.
[11:08 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d100
[11:08 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d100 Result: 62 Unmodified: (62)
[11:09 PM] Jace Deckard: " .... Five." Jace lets the arrow go. (Focus, +35)
[11:09 PM] GM Boone: The rusty ladder is more precarious than it looks, but it holds up while Baz descends
[11:09 PM] GM Boone: Roll attack, Jace.
[11:09 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+2
[11:09 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Roll: !roll 1d20+2 Result: 14 Unmodified: (12)
[11:10 PM] Sage: Sage jumps up and steps forward into view, shouting. "Oy, shit head greenies! Who think's they're good enough to take on the Blue Devils! Come out and fight me!"
[11:11 PM] GM Boone: Jace lands with his shot, the arrow embedded deep into the Green leader's shoulder. He lets out a yelp, but before they can see where the shot came from, Sage steps into view and yells at them.
[11:11 PM] Baz Balan: ((Am I on the ground yet?))
[11:11 PM] GM Boone: Yes
[11:12 PM] Baz Balan: Baz quietly, but with haste makes his way the the closest Green. Staying in any shadows he can, as silently as he can.
[11:14 PM] GM Boone: Presently all eyes are on Sage, and the Greens don't notice Baz sneaking up on them. There is one Green almost right up against the wall, allowing Baz to stay in the shadows near the mouth of the alley.
[11:14 PM] GM Boone: The Blues take this opportunity to fire back at the Greens
[11:14 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d20+1
[11:14 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d20+1 Result: 8,15,19 Unmodified: (7,14,18)
[11:16 PM] GM Boone: The Blues land a couple good ones, picking away at the Greens. Their haphazard street gang armour is starting to look a little worse for wear. But now it is their turn to fire back.
[11:17 PM] GM Boone: !roll 4d2
[11:17 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 4d2 Result: 1,1,2,1 Unmodified: (1,1,2,1)
[11:17 PM] Baz Balan: ((WOW))
[11:17 PM] Sage: ((can the enemy always roll d2's please?))
[11:17 PM] GM Boone: I'm just rolling for who they're attacking, lol.
[11:17 PM] Baz Balan: ((these guys are gooooons ))
[11:18 PM] Baz Balan: ((sorry didn't see the d2))
[11:18 PM] GM Boone: Three of the Greens take aim at the Blues, seeing them still as the bigger threat. But one of them is sick of Sage's yelling and sends a bullet the vampire-medic's way.
[11:18 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d20+1
[11:18 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d20+1 Result: 3,3,9 Unmodified: (2,2,8)
[11:18 PM] GM Boone: Well, those guys suck.
[11:18 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20+1
[11:18 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 12 Unmodified: (11)
[11:20 PM] GM Boone: Sage feels the bullet whip right past his ear.
[11:20 PM] Sage: ((Evasion of 11, so that's a hit?))
[11:21 PM] GM Boone: Vamp evasion is actually 12, I had to double check on the race page.
[11:21 PM] Sage: ((but he's got a lower dex, giving him a -1))(edited)
[11:21 PM] GM Boone: Oh that's right.
[11:21 PM] GM Boone: The bullet grazes the side of Sage's head and gives him a nasty bleed.
[11:22 PM] Baz Balan: With great care and a steady hand Baz pick pockets the closest green against the wall.
[11:22 PM] GM Boone: Baz, roll DEX/LVL.
[11:22 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1D20+1
[11:22 PM] BOTWintermute: Valid dice roll command not found. Command: !roll 1D20+1 Type !help roll for dice-rolling help.
[11:23 PM] Sage: ((damage I should worry about?))
[11:23 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1d20+1
[11:23 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sebastian Balan Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 10 Unmodified: (9)
[11:24 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace has been readying another shot. But he tells Sage, "Get down before you lose an ear! Or worse."
[11:25 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20
[11:25 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 6 Unmodified: (6)
[11:25 PM] GM Boone: Baz comes up empty-handed, but the Green is so focused on the fight that he doesn't notice.
[11:26 PM] Sage: Sage ducks back down, applying pressure to the wound. "I'm fine. Hardly even a scrape. Nice shot by the way."
[11:27 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace smiles but doesn't take his eyes off his target. "Thanks. Nice distraction technique."
[11:27 PM] Sage: "My specialty. Let me know when we're going for round two"
[11:28 PM] GM Boone: Jace and Sage, you may make your combat actions when ready.
[11:28 PM] GM Boone: Baz, you still have movement left for this turn if you want to take it.
[11:28 PM] Baz Balan: ((can I make an attack?))
[11:29 PM] GM Boone: You can attack or move.
[11:29 PM] Jace Deckard: "This is me letting you know that we're going for round two." Says to Sage with a grin and then fires.
[11:29 PM] Baz Balan: Being so close, and undetected Baz removes his dagger and plunges it into the closest vital organ of his Green.
[11:30 PM] GM Boone: When attacking, please state your total damage after your post just to make it easier for me.
[11:30 PM] Sage: Sage ducks around the other side of the dumpster and resumes his waving and namecalling.
[11:30 PM] GM Boone: And then roll when ready.
[11:30 PM] Jace Deckard: * (Focus, 35)
[11:31 PM] Baz Balan: ((roger that))
[11:31 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+2
[11:31 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Roll: !roll 1d20+2 Result: 11 Unmodified: (9)
[11:31 PM] Baz Balan: ((am I rolling STR? + weapon? or how does melee work?))
[11:32 PM] GM Boone: Melee is STR
[11:33 PM] Baz Balan: !roll 1d20
[11:33 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sebastian Balan Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 19 Unmodified: (19)
[11:34 PM] GM Boone: Jace's arrow goes wide, sticking into a sign behind one of the Greens advertising 'Holo Nudes'. Meanwhile, Baz stabs one of the Greens right in the kidney. He wails and staggers forward, then stumbles around until he faces his attacker.
[11:34 PM] GM Boone: The Blues return fire.
[11:35 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d20+1
[11:35 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d20+1 Result: 5,8,15 Unmodified: (4,7,14)
[11:36 PM] GM Boone: One of them hits. Both sides are looking like they've gone through the meatgrinder. The Green leader looks over his troops.
[11:36 PM] GM Boone: !roll 2d20
[11:36 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 2d20 Result: 8,20 Unmodified: (8,20)
[11:37 PM] GM Boone: One of them, bloody and barely standing, shakes his head and says "I didn't sign up for this shit!" He shoves the leader and starts limp-running down the street
[11:37 PM] GM Boone: Three Greens remain. They now see all of you. Rolling for targets.
[11:38 PM] GM Boone: !roll 3d4
[11:38 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 3d4 Result: 2,2,4 Unmodified: (2,2,4)
[11:39 PM] GM Boone: The leader, still with the arrow in his arm, urges his second to follow his lead. They both take aim at Jace. The last Green, bleeding heavily from the stab wound courtesy of Baz, brings his pistol up and looks for retribution.
[11:39 PM] GM Boone: !roll 2d20+1
[11:39 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 2d20+1 Result: 16,12 Unmodified: (15,11)
[11:39 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20+1
[11:39 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 21 Unmodified: (20)
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