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Time to roll! Give me rolls for the following: Computers, Knowledge [Physical Sciences], Knowledge [Technology], Search and 2 rolls for Notice.
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GM "Huh? I didn't hear anything." Rita seemed like she had been deep in thought. Whatever it was, Rita clearly hadn't heard it. The elevator continued up, further than the laboratory that Rita had previously shown Nicole. It stopped with a ding, leading out into a rather open area. There were work stations spread around, with offices placed in big cubes in seemingly random positions across the room. Rita led the way. She seemed uneasy about the whole situation, but still. "Remember, everything you see here is included in the NDA, alright? We can't risk any of it getting out." She turned to the right, then the left, then stopped in front of an office with Rita's name on the door and presented her keycard, opening the door. The office itself was rather spartan. Rita obviously spent more time in the laboratory than here. There were a bookcase with a number of books on subjects related to Rita's research, quite a few of them written by herself, a couple of chairs, and a desk with a computer and a printer. Rita went to the computer. "I'll bring up the files, and let's see what you can find. Could you get the door?" Once ready, she turned the screen around and placed the keyboard and mouse in front of Nicole. Now, the question was whether Nicole would notice anything out of the ordinary or not.
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Nice! TOU save: 26 Another bruise! Let me see an IC, then I'll follow up with Ahab and FB. 28 - Forever Boy - 4HP - Unharmed 24 - Gauss - 3HP - Unharmed 20 - Captain Ahab - Bruise (x2), Visual obscure affected
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GM There was a final bump, then the mice all seemed to stop at the same time. They all sat back, or at least as well as they could, staring up at Nicole. They moved in perfect unity, perfectly synchronized. Rita seemed to shudder at the sight. "They... do that. Let's get out of here, alright?" She obviously didn't seem like she wanted to stay in the room longer than she had too. Once they were out in the hallway, she closed the door shut, and sighed heavily. "I'm really not supposed to show you things like that." She replied, showing a weak smile before starting walking. "But, let's go. I need all the backup I can get here, and having someone from the outside would be better than someone who had already decided, anyway." Rita started quickly leading the way back to the elevator, starting to ascend, to get to her office. *bump*
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It had been a long time since Pan had been out looking for treasure. To tell the truth, he did not care much for the treasure itself, but rather the adventure, and yet, there was something in him that seemed to wake up at that thought. He wasn't really showing it, or at least trying not to, but it was there. Happily accepting his chicken roti, he gave the waitress a "Thanks!", along with a wide grin, before diving into the food. It was interesting. Not something he had tried before, at least. As usual, he seemed to be almost inhaling the food, though he did pause and come up for air to ask Veronica a few more questions. "What kind of dangerous things might be aboard the ship, then? Ghosts? Pirates? Pirate ghosts?" If he sounded excited at the thought, then that was because he was.
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Forever Boy While Pan admired what Selena was trying to do, he was not entirely convinced that it was actually going to work. Ahab was a stubborn one, after all. Well, that was probably underselling it. At any rate, it did not seem to work, and Ahab came running for her instead. Pan could not let him get in too close with his friend. He had seen what those mechanical hands of Ahab could do to softer things. As Pixie Dust gathered in his hand, flaring to life in the form glowing, golden sword, Pan dove into the mists, flying straight at Ahab and swinging the blade. Even as the blade passed Ahab without connecting, he must at least have felt the presence, while Pan continued on, flying around the room to get speed for another dive.
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GM "That is mine!" Ahab did not sound deterred at all, despite having his weapon taken away. In fact, he reached behind his back, and pulled another harpoon out of thin air. "I do not know how you know of the Pequod, girl, but I know of no Nantucket! All I care for is the Whale! And if you stand by the Forever Boy, then you stand in my way!" With another mighty roar, Ahab threw the newly produced harpoon towards Gauss, or at least in the direction of her voice. The weapon flew fast, but went wide, finding itself stuck in the wall some seven feet to the right of Gauss. Then, he started moving, running towards her. He seemed to really want to get his harpoon back.
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Forever Boy flies by Ahab and strikes with the Forever Blade, then moves on using Move-By Action: 1d20+7 = 17 That's a miss. Gauss is up.
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Opposed intimidate: 31 Sorry, no luck! Ahab pulls out another harpoon and throws it at Gauss, with a 50% miss chance from total concealment: 20, that's a hit, and missing on 11-20: 18 So that's a miss! And he's moving towards Gauss through the mist. 28 - Forever Boy - 4HP - Unharmed 24 - Gauss - 3HP - Unharmed 20 - Captain Ahab - Bruise (x1), Visual obscure affected
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Resisted Strength check: 16 You got yourself a fancy new harpoon.
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GM Seeing the mighty Truffles that appeared from Oz's magic, the already humbled hunter just stopped in his tracks. It seemed that while he was prepared for one giant pig, a second one, much less a treasure vault pig like Truffles, was more than he could handle. Still trying to get his bearings after the last hit he had endured, he simply dropped his weapon and put his hands up, perhaps hoping that Oz would show him mercy. For his part, William appeared genuinely shocked when Truffles appeared, then gave a loud OINK! in greeting. Charlemagne had stopped in his tracks as well, his beard split in a wide grin.
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Forever Boy Pan's expression was rather deadpan in response to Gauss' short rant, while Ahab was standing up, looking more than ready to fight them still. "He is used to fight the Whale. Of course he is going to be tough. I am not sure how the Ahab of this world's books does it, but this Ahab has survived melee with a creature that can destroy entire cities on its own." Now, he was not lecturing, but to him, this was just common knowledge. Then again, just look at him and his book in this world, and all the differences and changes. Of course the Ahab that Gauss knew about were bound to be different. The short moment of being dour passed. Fine, one way or another, he would be taking the good captain's sight! "Want to make a bet on whether I can trick him again?" he quickly asked Selena, before flying over, away from her and across the room. At the same time, mist began to appear from the middle of the room, right under Ahab, filling it within moments, and yet, Selena and any stragglers that had yet to leave the room could see right through it. "Over here, Ahab! Find me if you can!"
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Forever Boy uses Hide & Seek to create a mist in the area, though only affecting Ahab and no one else, and flies to put some distance between him and Gauss while calling out. 28 - Forever Boy - 4HP - Unharmed 24 - Gauss - 3HP - Unharmed 20 - Captain Ahab - Bruise (x1), Visual obscure affected Gauss is up.
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GM Ahab blinked, as if trying to clear his vision after the heavy hit from Gauss, and yet... with a mighty roar, he tore through the glowing bands of Pixie Dust that kept him snared, before climbing to his feet, standing tall. Even with both Gauss and Forever Boy keeping their distance, the man towered above them. He raised one gnarled hand, bits and pieces of metal visible through his glove. "You will not stop me from finding the Whale! I will save us all, even if you do not want to be saved!" He moved a hand to his back, pulling it forward to reveal a shining, silver harpoon, which seemed to have appeared out of thin air. "You tricked me once, Forever Boy! Never again!"
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Ahab fort save vs. Dazzle DC18: 21 No longer dazzled, Ahab attempts to break free. The Snare makes a Toughness Save vs. DC22: 16 Broken, and Ahab draws a harpoon.
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GM "My point exactly. This is bad enough, imagine if it happened to a human being." Rita had crossed her arms, having stayed back near the door while Nicole had approached the cage. She looked appropriately horrified at the grotesque mice that lay scattered inside the cage. "But it gets worse. Look." Rita raised her right hand, pointing at the glass cage. Most of the mice had started moving, dragging or pulling themselves towards Nicole. One reached the cage, and started slowly bumping against it, over and over. Rita shuddered, wrapping her arms around herself. "They're still alive. I can't even imagine the pain that they're in, but they're still alive. We've tried to put them down, but everything short of a cremation? The nanomachines just keep repairing them and bringing them back." She made a short pause again. "To play the devil's advocate for a moment, it has been a long time since we've had something like this happen. We've improved the nanomachines a lot, gone through several generations since this one, but the main issue is, we still don't know why this happened. I would've burned them all, but we need something to study to figure out what happened." More mice had reached the cage, all bumping against it over and over, trying to reach Nicole. "There's no way we can start on any higher life forms until we know just how to prevent this from happening."
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GM The man chuckled, shaking his head. "Then, you are in error. Once, I was one of you! But as I was saved, so I shall save you all!" The stern tone was still there, but there was something else to the man's voice. Around them, the people that had been leaving the shelter had stopped to stare at Ms. Bright and the large man. He might be towering over Agnes, but clearly, she was not intimidated in the slightest, and they had just seen her flying. Relaxing his hands, the man put his arms out to the side, showing Agnes the palms of his hands, as if to show her he did not meant to fight her. His tone seemed angry, now. "No, I have not. I am here to save you all, from the evil that stalks you! By blood and fist, if needed!"
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Alright, looks good. Let's see an IC for that!
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Archer II 4 posts + 21 GM posts = 25 posts = 3PP Kingmaker: Opening Move (4) Forever Boy 8 posts + 2 GM posts = 10 posts = 2PP Belly of the Beast (Posts marked Forever Boy) (3) Dead Men Tell No Tales (3) The Wearing of the Green (2) Justice 5 posts + 20 GM posts = 25 posts = 3PP Armor Leg (1) Mass Distraction (1) Monster of the Week (Posts marked Justice) (3) Rebellion 0 posts + 1 GM post = 1 posts = 1PP ... U.F.O. 3 posts + 7 GM posts = 2PP Praetorians: Return to the Fold (2) Stellar School (1) GM 26 posts x2 = 52 GM posts to use A Different Kind of Justice (3) Belly of the Beast (Posts marked GM) (3) Glitter & Gold (1) Happiness In Slavery (6) Ink (3) Monster of the Week (Posts marked GM) (3) Mysterious Menagerie of Monsters (4) Sky-Pirates (2) 21 GM posts to Archer II 2 GM posts to Forever Boy 20 GM posts to Justice 1 GM post to Rebellion 7 GM posts to UFO 1 unspent GM post If I counted anything wrong, first use any unspent GM posts, then remove from UFO.
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GM The strange man with the bones sticking out of his body didn't seem to speak, instead making a guttural sound that was mostly like a low growl, while he started moving, running towards the Emerald Spider. He twisted his body to the side, bending in ways that a human body shouldn't, to avoid the supersting webs, and in moments, he was on Emerald Spider. All the way up close, his mouth appeared even more monstrous, jagged, uneven fangs sticking in random directions, and he appeared to have no lips. With a howl, he swung his right arm in a wide arc towards the Emerald Spider, the uneven bone spikes across his arm being the most obvious danger.
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Justice Too fast! He was just too fast! The bony spikes that the man flung at the might have missed the Emerald Spider, but Robin weren't that lucky, or just not fast enough. While she managed to avoid the bigger ones, several smaller dug into her side, some even making it through her armor. She winced in pain under the helmet, which, thankfully, Emerald Spider couldn't see. This was just embarassing. She got to team up with one of her big heroes, and what happens? Bones sticking out of her side. She had to get through that pain.
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That's a miss. Justice is dazed, so no action there. Enemy: Move Action: Moves up close to Emerald Spider. Stanrdard Action: Swings a bone spiked arm at Emerald Spider: 21 That's a hit, so a DC25 TOU save, w. Penetrating 4. 26 - Emerald Spider - 2HP - Unharmed 19 - Justice - 1HP - Bruise (x1) 14 - Enemy - Unharmed And you're up.
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Now that set him off! Robin took a step back without really thinking about it, just out of shock from Jones' reaction. Yeesh, he was loud. And kind of scary, now that he was smashing things left and right. She pulled the Justice Buster up, holding it towards Jones in one hand, with the bomb in the other. "No, I don't think I'll do that." Piss him off, keep him unbalanced? Probably the best bet here. "If this thing goes off, it'll take you, me, this place, and everything around it out in one big explosion. I'm not gonna let that happen, pal." No reason to let him know that she'd disabled the bomb quite yet. "We gotta stop the bad guys, yeah, but what you wanna do is not any kind of justice!" So, Anna was behind Jones, huh? Maybe Justice should pay her a visit later. If she could make it out of here, at least.
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GM The cultist recoiled, her body starting to make a sizzling sound. While she tried to shield her face from the light and holy symbols, the ink that had been pouring from the books started to evaporate, eventually simply going up in a puff of very dark smoke. The same seemed to be happening to the cultists, both the overly large one and the one that had been able to pass through doors. For both, the effect was startling. The large on seemed to shed excess body mass, becoming much smaller, though still a large and muscular man. The other actually seemed to gain some mass. The last cultist still standing groaned as the black of her eyes seemed to disappear into smoke, while she fell trembling to her knees. It seemed clear that the fight had left her. "Who are you? How can you spit in the face of God?"
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U.F.O. 777 listened, comparing everything that was being told of the planet below them to its own archives. It had to make sure everything was up to date, as it should be. The universe was vast and ever changing, but that only meant there were more things to learn, after all. The Terrasi students seemed interested, at least, which was good. They were strange, not two of them alike, but that only made them more interesting. Now that Sitara was addressing the students again, and refering to 777's findings out there, it almost swelled with pride. Such a strange feeling. "Greetings. This unit is designated Universal Field Operative 777," it introduced itself, otherwise remaining as motionless as ever, aside from the display showing its eyes turning into a happy smile with closed eyes, rather than just two red eyes, before being replaced by just two red eyes focused on Nicole. "This unit has noted the occurence: It is commonly considered illegal for life forms that have yet to reach full maturity to participate in the ingestion of substances that alters brain chemistry. While this unit has seen different reasons on different worlds, the major reason seem to be avoiding irreversible damage during a life form's development."
