09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
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09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
As Sam and any others climb out of the SUV and it drives off, Alex spots a sedan containing a solitary driver coming down the exit ramp towards the stop at the bottom.
As the car passes the group Alex quickly ducks down behind it, his skin sloughing off in a now familiar transformation. Racing bent over to keep pace with the car yet stay out of sight Alex stays at the back bumper until it comes to a complete stop. Now or never!
Moving as fast as he can and not bothering to attempt to dampen the terror effect his visage produces, Alex races down the side of the car. Reaching in the open window he pulls on the door release before opening it wide. His claw lashes out, severing the seatbelt before Alex bodily hauls the terrified driver out of the car. Depositing them unceremoniously on the shoulder, Alex hops in the car to put it into park before it rolls out into the intersection.
Turning is attention back to the driver as Alex exits the vehicle, if there is any fight in them he focuses to produce as much terror as possible. Otherwise he lets them go.
Looking back at Sam's shocked visage, Alex explains, "We're in a hurry! I didn't have time to be subtle. Now let's go!" Alex moves around to the passenger said, resuming his Facade before climbing in the car.
Somehow despite the fear obvious in the mans eyes as he recovers from the initial paralysis, a surge of adrenaline comes over him and he does his best to fight back, springing from the ground and then even running for the vehicle as it leaves shouting incoherently.
As the trio jumps into the vehicle and begin to take off, suddenly a sense of something more comes to then. Looking out the back window to the man chasing them @Alexis and @Sam see a strange cloth covered box. That @Seraph seems to be staring at. The urge to pull the cloth covering off comes to Sam. As he reaches back distracted from the road for a brief moment he pulls the blanket off. As it slides loosely off it reveals what is not a box or bag of laundry, but instead a small infant, no more than 6 months old. The sleeping baby unaware of the events occurring around him begins to twitch his face as the lights from the rising sun periodically splash across its face.
This would explain why the mans adrenaline kicked in and instead of fleeing the monster he was willing to chase after it. But what to do now, looking back the Cell members can still see the man chasing after them though nearly half a mile away.
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"Possible and practical are two comrades who rarely see eye to eye."
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"Possible and practical are two comrades who rarely see eye to eye."
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Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
"Sam! Stop the car!"Alex exclaims, louder than he meant to. "Seraph, hand me the child."
Alex reaches for the blanket that had been covering the baby.
Alex reaches for the blanket that had been covering the baby.
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Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
Sam watches @Alexis grab the kid and go to leave him on the side of the road. "Wait!" he calls out. "We can't just leave the infant. Leave... him? Her? Whatever, leave him here in the car. Let's see if we can find a ride without a baby on board."
Sam steps out of the car, looking to see if the father is still coming.
Sam steps out of the car, looking to see if the father is still coming.
Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
"But he's right there!"Alex exclaims, pointing at the approaching figure. At a look from Sam, Alex turns red and looks down at the blanket in his hands.
"I didn't think we had time,"he mumbles.
"I didn't think we had time,"he mumbles.
Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
Sam will explain the situation to the father as best he can, hopefully with some support from his more angelic looking companions, and set out in search of another vehicle to get them to where they need to go.
Despite all the odd he's had to deal with the last few days, his faith in his visions remains unshaken. He knows what they ahve to do. He just needs a car so they can get about doing it.
Despite all the odd he's had to deal with the last few days, his faith in his visions remains unshaken. He knows what they ahve to do. He just needs a car so they can get about doing it.
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Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
As Sam delivers the man's vehicle to him, the man seems unable to comprehend what is being said as his adrenaline flows and he rushes to the side of the car checking on the infant. His mind to fogged to think clearly. Leaving the team on foot to race and find a new vehicle.
Sam knows the man and the infant will be fine, though their minds and lives changed forever. As they look for a new vehicle Alex comes through again this time, jumping over the sound wall into a residential area the team steals an empty car from a small residential area. The affluent look of the home assuring them that while it will hurt the owners their assets should be enough to not be disabled by the loss.
As the travelers hit the road Sam has a vision in his mind of where they need to be, each time feeling the way they need to turn as they go.
As they approach even from a distance the periodic flashes of gun fire inside the large warehouse like building can be heard from the street. 'Help him, and he will join you.' The words clear in Sam's head.
DANGEROUS QUICK ENCOUNTER
As per SWADE, this is a Dangerous Quick Encounter, there are too many to kill, but you need to Rescue Wilder, and the buch of you get out of here.
@EVERYONE Roll as per Quick Encounters -4 (remember PPE use if you use a power skill). Narate, how you get in, get to Wilder and help get him out.
@Wilder Elliott & Aaron if you make it. Include in your Quick Incounter an Interlude of how you got trapped here for a Light Benny. Include a narative of how you got trapped here in the warehouse, surrounded by Hounds, and Special Forces Operatives. There are nearly fifty of them, so fleeing is the option.
Sam knows the man and the infant will be fine, though their minds and lives changed forever. As they look for a new vehicle Alex comes through again this time, jumping over the sound wall into a residential area the team steals an empty car from a small residential area. The affluent look of the home assuring them that while it will hurt the owners their assets should be enough to not be disabled by the loss.
As the travelers hit the road Sam has a vision in his mind of where they need to be, each time feeling the way they need to turn as they go.
As they approach even from a distance the periodic flashes of gun fire inside the large warehouse like building can be heard from the street. 'Help him, and he will join you.' The words clear in Sam's head.
DANGEROUS QUICK ENCOUNTER
As per SWADE, this is a Dangerous Quick Encounter, there are too many to kill, but you need to Rescue Wilder, and the buch of you get out of here.
@EVERYONE Roll as per Quick Encounters -4 (remember PPE use if you use a power skill). Narate, how you get in, get to Wilder and help get him out.
@Wilder Elliott & Aaron if you make it. Include in your Quick Incounter an Interlude of how you got trapped here for a Light Benny. Include a narative of how you got trapped here in the warehouse, surrounded by Hounds, and Special Forces Operatives. There are nearly fifty of them, so fleeing is the option.
, and of course update your signatures!
"Possible and practical are two comrades who rarely see eye to eye."
Rob Towell
"Possible and practical are two comrades who rarely see eye to eye."
Rob Towell
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Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
Wilder assumes a wide defensive stance his sword held before him beginning to glow profusely.
Wilder glances around at the hounds and soldiers in their slick black combat suits and frowns. “So, I think that little girl we followed wasn’t real.”
“Oh? What gave that away?” A sarcastic ephemeral voice from nowhere and everywhere replied.
“Well, all these soldiers closing in on us make me feel like it was a trap! Aren’t your cosmic powers suppose to see through things like that?”
“My powers aren’t cosmic! I am a sword of kings!”
“Well, use your kingly powers and get us out of here. @Finn can you stop some of them off from cutting off our retreat?”
A glow began to encompass Wilder as the power of the sword infused his body. “Ok, let’s do this the hard way, we are going out the front door.”
Wilder charged for the warehouse bay doors seeing the tell tale flash of approaching lights hoping it’s warehouse security or better yet the cops.
Wilder glances around at the hounds and soldiers in their slick black combat suits and frowns. “So, I think that little girl we followed wasn’t real.”
“Oh? What gave that away?” A sarcastic ephemeral voice from nowhere and everywhere replied.
“Well, all these soldiers closing in on us make me feel like it was a trap! Aren’t your cosmic powers suppose to see through things like that?”
“My powers aren’t cosmic! I am a sword of kings!”
“Well, use your kingly powers and get us out of here. @Finn can you stop some of them off from cutting off our retreat?”
A glow began to encompass Wilder as the power of the sword infused his body. “Ok, let’s do this the hard way, we are going out the front door.”
Wilder charged for the warehouse bay doors seeing the tell tale flash of approaching lights hoping it’s warehouse security or better yet the cops.
- Dice rolls
- Fighting roll 1d12-4: [11]-4 = 7
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Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
Fighting 7; -2 Light Bennies
"It is not lost on me that the Guardians have sent an angel to protect a man, @Sam," Seraph gives the younger man a slight smile as he continues, "I will enter through the roof and carve a path to our exit. If you two would find and secure us an exit, then I will show you what exactly I bring to the team."With the plans laid, Seraph and takes to the sky to set them in motion. He lands on the roof of the building and can hear the sounds of battle beneath him. His weight, strength and sword make short work of any obstacles between himself and the battle below, and Seraph literally drops into the fray.
The angelic nightbane wastes no time locating his target. He closes in and says, "Stay by my side. My friends will make us an exit, and I will get us there. Keep me between you and the enemy. I heal quickly, even more so than others like me."
Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
Finn had received a tip regarding the goings-on at a local warehouse in the industrial district; there had been sightings of a number of black SUVs coming and going, metal clad creatures, and operatives. This was the third night he'd been watching the building from the roof of another nearby warehouse. This night he decided it was time to get a closer look.
He quietly made his way down to the street and circled around using parallel streets to approach the warehouse from the side. A moment's concentration heated the thin wall sufficiently that he was able to push his hands through; spreading the metal enough to peek through, ensure the coast was clear, and slip through the newly formed crevasse.
Finding himself in what was probably once the foreman's office Finn dropped to the floor and crawled to the large window on the far wall. Raising up just high enough to peak over the windowsill he looked out into the warehouse and directly into the gleaming black skull of a hound. Before he could react a fist punched through the glass, grabbed Finn, and hurled him into the middle of the warehouse. He slammed into the ground nearby just as Wilder drew his blade.
Staggering to his feet, momentarily winded, Finn quickly rallied. Rage at his own incompetence rising, he erupted into flame. Quickly gauging the clusters of hounds and operatives he sends two sparks towards the largest groups. Into each spark he funneled additional power so that when they reached the groups they exploded outwards in massive bursts of armor melting flame.
He quietly made his way down to the street and circled around using parallel streets to approach the warehouse from the side. A moment's concentration heated the thin wall sufficiently that he was able to push his hands through; spreading the metal enough to peek through, ensure the coast was clear, and slip through the newly formed crevasse.
Finding himself in what was probably once the foreman's office Finn dropped to the floor and crawled to the large window on the far wall. Raising up just high enough to peak over the windowsill he looked out into the warehouse and directly into the gleaming black skull of a hound. Before he could react a fist punched through the glass, grabbed Finn, and hurled him into the middle of the warehouse. He slammed into the ground nearby just as Wilder drew his blade.
Staggering to his feet, momentarily winded, Finn quickly rallied. Rage at his own incompetence rising, he erupted into flame. Quickly gauging the clusters of hounds and operatives he sends two sparks towards the largest groups. Into each spark he funneled additional power so that when they reached the groups they exploded outwards in massive bursts of armor melting flame.
Roll
Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
Sam strolls unhurriedly out of the SUV. "An exit. Right. I can do an exit."
He approaches the hounds and, once one of them charges him, his trademark grin widens and he sidesteps, tripping the foe with its own momentum. "This should prove interesting," he says, falling into a fighting stance.
Sam bobs and weaves through the crowd of foes, his fists and feet striking anyone who comes near. He escapes mostly unscathed -- it's impossible to enter a melee and come out completely scot free, after all -- but a little winded for his efforts.
He approaches the hounds and, once one of them charges him, his trademark grin widens and he sidesteps, tripping the foe with its own momentum. "This should prove interesting," he says, falling into a fighting stance.
Sam bobs and weaves through the crowd of foes, his fists and feet striking anyone who comes near. He escapes mostly unscathed -- it's impossible to enter a melee and come out completely scot free, after all -- but a little winded for his efforts.
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Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
As @Wilder Elliott and @Finn find them selves trapped in the building they are forced into a retreat. Wilder's sword infused with power doing its best to stay between the enemies and himself, while Finn lets loose with multiple exploding balls of fire.
The pair work well together and Wilder escapes with only minor scrapes and some bruises. When suddenly two angels burst into the room as the combined power of lances of pure white hot light and a glowing white sword slice through the enemies. Strangely the two are in the company of what looks like a horrific demon made of shadow. Somehow fighting with them and helping them destroy the hounds trapping the heroes in the building.
Once enough of them are slowed the smaller angel steps forward and informs the two that a vehicle waits outside and there is a potential escape.
As the five rush to the vehicle the small Guardian stops running for a moment. "It is time for me to go, you are meant to be together, find the others. They will need your help to save the child." Then turning he lifts his arms and raises a giant wall of light between the Cell members, and building full of hounds.
As the heroes race off in the SUV Alex procured them, they look back to see the hounds fighting their way through the layers barriers far to slowly to ever be able to catch up to the escaping crew. Before the last of the barriers fails a bright flash happens and Sam is seen no more....
INSTRUCTIONS:
It will be a one hour drive to meet up, get to know each other with some casual RP and introductions.
Do not worry about making a giant post, if you want your post can only be a line or two as you RP with each other and say hello.
Finn escaped with no injuries, the rest of the party suffered Bumps and Bruises for 1 fatigue.
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"Possible and practical are two comrades who rarely see eye to eye."
Rob Towell
"Possible and practical are two comrades who rarely see eye to eye."
Rob Towell
Re: 09.1 The Needs of a Stranger; Sam, Alexis, and Seraph
After most of an hour passes, a light fills the back of the SUV. It begins as a pinprick, and then a supernova roughly the size of a tennis ball, and then Sam is there.
"So, gents," he asks @Wilder Elliott, @Finn, @Seraph and @Alexis, "what did I miss? We all still seem to be in one piece, don't we? Anyone hurt? I'm good at fixing hurts."
He gives the other men in the car a chance to speak.
"So, gents," he asks @Wilder Elliott, @Finn, @Seraph and @Alexis, "what did I miss? We all still seem to be in one piece, don't we? Anyone hurt? I'm good at fixing hurts."
He gives the other men in the car a chance to speak.