PNW Labs - Underground
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PNW Labs - Underground
Once inside the scene is so mundane as to not be worth mentioning. You find yourself standing next to a long hallway as two men are walking away from you, obviously having recently left the bathroom. To either side of the exit which is clearly labeled “Underground Emergency Exit, alarm will sound” Attached above it is a magnetic alarm sensor. Signal has seen these systems a thousand times and overriding them is as easy as pie.
A simply brush of his will against the electronics allows him full control. Then is is simply a matter of pushing the door open. A slight pause requires Signal to poke his head out and let the other know the coast is clear. Once everyone is in, they dash into the closest door (the ladies restroom) and have a moment to think. What to do from here, how to search, how to explore?
A simply brush of his will against the electronics allows him full control. Then is is simply a matter of pushing the door open. A slight pause requires Signal to poke his head out and let the other know the coast is clear. Once everyone is in, they dash into the closest door (the ladies restroom) and have a moment to think. What to do from here, how to search, how to explore?
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Gravely looks to everyone, ""I think our best bets are to carefully and tactically clear our way down the hallway. Signal can disable the cameras, casuing them to go on the fritz for a moment as we pass."
"Anyone's research turn up schematics or a floor plan for this level?"
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"Anyone's research turn up schematics or a floor plan for this level?"
@Signal @Tania @Peter @Clayton Hodge @Triessa
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Tania is glad she remained in ghoul form while searching. Not only is it better able to handle bad smells, but the pads of the hands are better able to handle abrasions. It almost make her miss when that roughness stopped though, she had to go back and check again before saying, "Guys, I think I found something."
Fortunately Signal was able to get through the hidden door and open it from the other side.
Tania notes, "Best to avoid people then, we may be able to fool the cameras for a moment, but not long enough to clean up blood or bodies and if we leave those behind us they will be noticed."
She moves to the front and starts down the hall.
Fortunately Signal was able to get through the hidden door and open it from the other side.
Tania notes, "Best to avoid people then, we may be able to fool the cameras for a moment, but not long enough to clean up blood or bodies and if we leave those behind us they will be noticed."
She moves to the front and starts down the hall.
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Signal pulls out his cell phone. "Ah... lemme check on that." He flips through the schematics with his mind, looking for one that matches the layout of the floor they're on.Gravely wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 9:28 pm Gravely looks to everyone, ""I think our best bets are to carefully and tactically clear our way down the hallway. Signal can disable the cameras, casuing them to go on the fritz for a moment as we pass."
"Anyone's research turn up schematics or a floor plan for this level?"
Signal
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When checking it becomes apparent only a large empty area was made downstairs. The rest of these facilities must have been done without a permit.
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Signal shakes his head. ”Sorry, guys. I’ve got nothing.”
He looks to @Gravely or @Triessa for what to do next.
He looks to @Gravely or @Triessa for what to do next.
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@Tania "You use your heightened senses and let us know when anyone maybe coming towards us."
Gravely motions to the end of the hallway and points to Tania.
"We check the rooms down this hallway. And make our next move upon Tania's findings."
Gravely motions to the end of the hallway and points to Tania.
"We check the rooms down this hallway. And make our next move upon Tania's findings."
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
"Just so you guys know, I'm..." Triessa paused, thinking about how to put it, "...magically, I'm tired. I've still got a fight or two in me, but I need to watch it. So we're going to have to try to minimize the finger-snapping approach to problem solving."
She nodded. "But yeah, the goal here is to sabotage the place, if I'm remembering right. So we look for some kind of manufacturing or bottling facility...it'll probably be the loudest, hottest place in the building...and try to avoid bumping into anyone. If we do bump into someone, we stop them from ringing an alarm. Try to keep supernatural power use to a minimum, we have concealment, but it's not a Star Trek cloaking device. Each time you use powers is another chance for something to smell us out."
She nodded. "But yeah, the goal here is to sabotage the place, if I'm remembering right. So we look for some kind of manufacturing or bottling facility...it'll probably be the loudest, hottest place in the building...and try to avoid bumping into anyone. If we do bump into someone, we stop them from ringing an alarm. Try to keep supernatural power use to a minimum, we have concealment, but it's not a Star Trek cloaking device. Each time you use powers is another chance for something to smell us out."
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Tania nods, while she has magic, at least three magical tricks anyway, she never relied on it much, so she has little trouble with sticking to her physical abilities. She first looks about, then she closes her eyes and smells the air, she pricks her ears and swivels them about to focus on sounds, she places her hands on the walls to feel for faint vibrations. She focus herself on her senses, ALL her senses, to find out what they can tell her.
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Listening no one and nothing can be heard out of the ordinary. The distant sounds are much like that of any large facility, filled with random bumps and clangs of machinery. Clearing the rooms shows no others in the bathrooms.
Moving to the end of the hall reveals a production are with a couple dozen people working. Their minds looking distracted as they go through the motions. Each wearing a why tyvec suit and resperator, the realization that the sweatener is in the air becomes the most dominant thought in each of your heads. Afterall, no one wants to become one of the zombie like empty minded adicts.
A single supervisor walks back and forth occationally stopping whene someone has a question or needs a break.
I need a NOTICE & STEALTH roll from everyone except Tania
Moving to the end of the hall reveals a production are with a couple dozen people working. Their minds looking distracted as they go through the motions. Each wearing a why tyvec suit and resperator, the realization that the sweatener is in the air becomes the most dominant thought in each of your heads. Afterall, no one wants to become one of the zombie like empty minded adicts.
A single supervisor walks back and forth occationally stopping whene someone has a question or needs a break.
I need a NOTICE & STEALTH roll from everyone except Tania
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Notice 6, Stealth 5
Signal moves as stealthily as he knows how, keeping his eyes open for anything suspicious and extending his more special senses to feel for all the electronic devices in the area. The Hounds might eschew mobile phones, but these guys should definitely have something with a spark on them.Signal
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Notice 5, Stealth 2
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ISP: 15 of 15
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
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Gravely is overly cautious so much so that he his trusting that the Nightbane in the group can keep everyone from dying horribly by being able to detect the Hounds and any other irregularities.Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Tania winces at the noise Peter makes, but seriously, being silent becomes difficult in groups, hopefully the enemy is not very alert.
She sees the breath masks and bares her teeth in a growl, we should have thought of that. Hopefully her Nightbane metabolism can handle the exposure. Is should, given is in Ghoul form, but the others might not be so lucky.
She sees the breath masks and bares her teeth in a growl, we should have thought of that. Hopefully her Nightbane metabolism can handle the exposure. Is should, given is in Ghoul form, but the others might not be so lucky.
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As the team is working to stay out of sigh and coordinate their efforts. Then when looking up on the wall they see a sign that grabs their attention next to the normal 'employees must wash hands' sign. "Please do not leave bodies on the floor."
The super visor, pacing back and forth suddenly looks at his watch and begins coming in the direction of the assembled cell. As each of you does your best to find a place to hide Peter finds is is still out in the open when the supervisor turns the corner.
Seeing Peter he nods his head as if nothing was out of the ordinary and keeps walking turning into the restroom. From the relatively normal sounds coming from the restroom the team can tell they have a couple minutes before he returns.
The super visor, pacing back and forth suddenly looks at his watch and begins coming in the direction of the assembled cell. As each of you does your best to find a place to hide Peter finds is is still out in the open when the supervisor turns the corner.
Seeing Peter he nods his head as if nothing was out of the ordinary and keeps walking turning into the restroom. From the relatively normal sounds coming from the restroom the team can tell they have a couple minutes before he returns.
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Puppet 11
Peter follows the man into the bathroom. If possible, he quietly locks the door and then goes to wash his hands while the supervisor uses the facilities. When the supervisor comes out, Peter looks him in the eyes, and overpowers him with his will."Listen carefully. Give me your clothes and respirator. While you are doing so, tell me how many hounds and their like are in this facility. After that, sit down on the commode and take a nap."
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ISP: 15 of 15
Player name on discord: Mike (Stoic)
Key and Initiative edges: Alertness, Dark Tidings
Wounds: 0
Fatigue: 0
ISP: 15 of 15
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Signal watches as Peter follows the supervisor into the bathroom. He draws his knife and holds it at the ready, just in case he has to use it in a hurry. Whatever you're doing Peter, do it already.
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Peter wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:18 am
Peter follows the man into the bathroom. If possible, he quietly locks the door and then goes to wash his hands while the supervisor uses the facilities. When the supervisor comes out, Peter looks him in the eyes, and overpowers him with his will.
"Listen carefully. Give me your clothes and respirator. While you are doing so, tell me how many hounds and their like are in this facility. After that, sit down on the commode and take a nap."
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The man nods, taking of his clothes and his face mask and handing them over to Peter. Standing their naked Peter can see his body is covered in scars, as if he had been the subject of years, or even decades of torture. When requested how many hounds are in the facility the man looks confused for a moment before answering. "There are 8 hounds in the facility" But something in the nature of how he answers leaves peter uneasy, as if he was not answering but instead repeating or even questioning himself.
Peter knows his hypnotic suggestion has never been the best tool for questioning. Is the man lying, does he not even know, or is he guessing? A true telepath would be useful here.
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Mind Reading 11
Peter rubs his temples, reminding himself to be very specific next time he charmed someone. He waits to see if the man does in fact doze off.Character Name: Peter
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Tania remains prepared to fight, and her Bonguard is with her for the moment, she is not sure how much longer the spell will last.
She is in the lead of her guard, who is not exactly the stealthy type so she cautioned him to stay behind her about thirty feet and do his best not to be noticed.
She is in the lead of her guard, who is not exactly the stealthy type so she cautioned him to stay behind her about thirty feet and do his best not to be noticed.
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The supervisor, Gregory Honor by his badge, lays there trying his best to sleep. However as the strength of the power fades he begins stirring and stretching as his mind comes to himself and he begins waking again. Looking around he is confused and terrified at first by the site of the group encircled over him. He begins to scream, but the scream lasts only a few seconds as it is too late for him and he clutches his chest, your eyes focus only on the gold band on his hand, slightly oversized from the weight he had lost recently before dying naked on the floor of a bathroom in this forgotten facility.Questions
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Peter quickly puts on the man's uniform and face mask as he waits to see if he'll fall asleep. He clips his badge in and looks for anything else of value. His eyes widen at the scream and he quickly grabs the man's shirt and ties it around his neck, hoping it will be misinterpreted as some bizzare sexual thing. He heads out casually, making ng his way back to the group where he speaks in low tones. "It's me. This place is swarming with hounds at the gates, but there are supposedly none inside. The guy I took this from had a heart attack or something, so we better be quick."
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Looking through the man's wallet as he finishes. Peter sees the man had 2 credit cards, some ID, a CPL, $23.34, a couple receipts and a couple of loonies. Somehow the memory of his daughter giving the man the loonies after coming back from Victoria BC as she told her daddy about how much fun she had floats to the top of Peter's mind. Not uncommon to pick up other stuff while in a man's mind. But this was one memory Peter could have lived without. She looked so happy...
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
"Jesus," Triessa muttered. It was one thing to murder Hounds...they were just some kind of golem. And it was hard to empathize with bug swarms in human suits, or even the 'night princes' who's malice and sadism made them more than a little two-dimensional in her mind. But this guy...even accusing him of abetting the enemy seemed naive. What was he going to do, lead a one-man resistance from inside the heart of their power?
But had she thought they were going to get through this without people falling in the crossfire? They were damn lucky it had just been one so far.
Maybe, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't feel bad about it when it happens.
"Okay," she said, trying to focus on the matter at hand. "So we have a window. We need more uniforms or suits or something. There's gotta be a locker room. Lets find that thing, get suited up so we can move around more freely, then get this done. If an alarm goes out right now...with what you're saying...we're not getting out of here."
But had she thought they were going to get through this without people falling in the crossfire? They were damn lucky it had just been one so far.
Maybe, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't feel bad about it when it happens.
"Okay," she said, trying to focus on the matter at hand. "So we have a window. We need more uniforms or suits or something. There's gotta be a locker room. Lets find that thing, get suited up so we can move around more freely, then get this done. If an alarm goes out right now...with what you're saying...we're not getting out of here."
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Focus 7 for Lightning Rider
Signal doesn't take the time to process that there's a person dead; his mind just blocks it out. It's too big to consider, so his brain just "decides" not to think on it... but that's likely to come back and cause him trouble later.He hears and acknowledges @Triessa's instructions, though. Disguises, he thinks. Okay, I can look for disguises.
His body shifts into pure energy for the briefest of moments, and he hops into the nearest wire or conductive surface, racing along through the building looking for a locker room or something similar where they could get disguises. He does not cherish the idea of fighting dozens of hounds in the event this thing goes wrong.
Notice 5 to Find The Right Room
Stealth 7 to Not Get Caught Sneaking
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Signal zips through the building and returns to the group with what he has found.
"Okay, guys, there's a locker room just ahead with some spare suits. But, um, there's also a bunch of warning signs up about how addictive the chemicals in here are. That seems, you know, like a bad thing."
"Okay, guys, there's a locker room just ahead with some spare suits. But, um, there's also a bunch of warning signs up about how addictive the chemicals in here are. That seems, you know, like a bad thing."
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Tania thinks aloud, "I wonder if such things even affect me. I mean, in this form I am not exactly normal. I suppose it is probably better not to find out they do the hard way."
Internally, she adds, If Peter is a Vampire, then he might not be affected either. Come to think of it...any creature that regenerates might reject it...but better not to bet on it unless needed.
Internally, she adds, If Peter is a Vampire, then he might not be affected either. Come to think of it...any creature that regenerates might reject it...but better not to bet on it unless needed.
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Gravely suits up in the hazmat suits that the lab workers are using. Making sure that the he well disguised, he leans over to @Signal, "we really need to find the security cameras down here. Praying for CC wiring but will be happy for finding out that the recordings are all down here somewhere."
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Signal nods and says, ”on it.” He reaches out his senses, looking for the wires Gravely asks for.Gravely wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:46 pm Gravely suits up in the hazmat suits that the lab workers are using. Making sure that the he well disguised, he leans over to @Signal, "we really need to find the security cameras down here. Praying for CC wiring but will be happy for finding out that the recordings are all down here somewhere."
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Once fully inside Signal is easily able to identify the isolated power system feeling this place. Apparently fueled from something of the dark. The taste of the energy is like water with crude oil boiled into it.
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”Okay, I got something. It’s super weird, though,” Signal says, explaining how the power source feels. ”I think it would hurt if I had to go through those wires.”
”What’s the plan, boss?” he asks @Gravely and @Triessa, looking from one to the other.
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Tania tries on one of the Hazmat suits to see if they will fit her. Her body is differently designed than human in this form, so she is somewhat doubtful. Her neck and arms are longer, her face has a muzzle, her legs are digitigrad. She Thinks, If the suit fits, it will help disguise me, but will it fit?
She listens to the discussion of the power source, "Sounds like tainted water to me, better not drink it, if you know what I mean."
With a bit of contortion and effort, Tania manages to fit inside the suit. It is uncomfortable and smells bad, her senses will be impaired in here, but at a distance, she may pass as human. They probably do something similar for the hounds down here...
She listens to the discussion of the power source, "Sounds like tainted water to me, better not drink it, if you know what I mean."
With a bit of contortion and effort, Tania manages to fit inside the suit. It is uncomfortable and smells bad, her senses will be impaired in here, but at a distance, she may pass as human. They probably do something similar for the hounds down here...
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Triessa pulls a suit on over her streeties as well, then looks for the helpful poster that gives instructions on how to seal up the mask and so on.
"Okay. I figure we have two objectives here. We gotta find the information they're using to make this stuff...the secret formula...and we gotta find where they're stockpiling it. We steal the formula, then destroy their copy. We just plain destroy their stockpiles."
She scratches at her mask absently.
"Then, if we're really lucky, we get out. I'm kinda stuck on an exit strategy though. Anyone got anything on that?"
"Okay. I figure we have two objectives here. We gotta find the information they're using to make this stuff...the secret formula...and we gotta find where they're stockpiling it. We steal the formula, then destroy their copy. We just plain destroy their stockpiles."
She scratches at her mask absently.
"Then, if we're really lucky, we get out. I'm kinda stuck on an exit strategy though. Anyone got anything on that?"
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Once the team is geared up and ready to go, they move out. The work floor is strange as a score of workers can be seen working silently at various stations, no chatter or banter at all. At the north end of the floor the team looks down on a figure can be seen standing facing the wall. Something normally not unusual except that she is completely unmoving after minutes of time, with nothing on the wall she is facing.
The vats at the beginning of the line look to be on the other side of a giant polished steel plate as if a mirror as a permanent gateway to the Nightlands had been established right here in the building. With only wires, and piping coming from the mirror, they somehow provide the power necessary for the building. A look around the mezzanine where the cell is standing reveals a large break room empty of workers, and a large office. Inside a sharply dressed man sits at a computer desk his head lulled back open mouthed as if sleeping and across from him five other men in like position rest. The glimpse of the men is enough to pull back a bit as two works walk by the cell members and head in to the break room. They have no reaction as if people trying to sneak around was a daily affair. Once inside they begin fixing their meals before sitting across from each other their eyes blank as they stare off to nowhere.
While most of the team is watching the break room and the office, Signal and Tania happen to look towards the mirror as if something in the air called to them. However what they see makes no sense as what looks like a half a dozen giant beetles, each as big as a chicken, scurry out of the mirror. The insects quickly disappear in the busy factory floor. As much as they want to watch the beetle however their attention is again drawn to the giant mirrored surface as a whole group of men and women soon follow. They appear to be dressed in a variety of styles and are of a variety of ages. They walk through the facility headed towards the stairs leading up to the mezzanine where the Cell now hides.
The vats at the beginning of the line look to be on the other side of a giant polished steel plate as if a mirror as a permanent gateway to the Nightlands had been established right here in the building. With only wires, and piping coming from the mirror, they somehow provide the power necessary for the building. A look around the mezzanine where the cell is standing reveals a large break room empty of workers, and a large office. Inside a sharply dressed man sits at a computer desk his head lulled back open mouthed as if sleeping and across from him five other men in like position rest. The glimpse of the men is enough to pull back a bit as two works walk by the cell members and head in to the break room. They have no reaction as if people trying to sneak around was a daily affair. Once inside they begin fixing their meals before sitting across from each other their eyes blank as they stare off to nowhere.
While most of the team is watching the break room and the office, Signal and Tania happen to look towards the mirror as if something in the air called to them. However what they see makes no sense as what looks like a half a dozen giant beetles, each as big as a chicken, scurry out of the mirror. The insects quickly disappear in the busy factory floor. As much as they want to watch the beetle however their attention is again drawn to the giant mirrored surface as a whole group of men and women soon follow. They appear to be dressed in a variety of styles and are of a variety of ages. They walk through the facility headed towards the stairs leading up to the mezzanine where the Cell now hides.
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Gravely's first response is to move into the room with the sleeping men and try to observe anyone passing by. He does his best to slip into the office without making any noise and takes up a position so he can watch the door and traffic passing by it.
Stealth 5 _
Notice 16 _
Gravely motions for everyone to enter the office and once he has everyone's attention from non verbal ques. He holds up his wallet, pulls out his ID, and motions to the six sleeping men. Gravely goes back to watching the door and the foot traffic.Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Tania does not like moving around in this suit, it makes her feel clumsy and make her feel her senses are deadened. She keeps wanting to shake the headpiece off her head, it is kind of distracting.
Her eyes are caught by the mirror, especially once things start coming out of it. What the heck are those giant bugs?
She sees the people heading through as well and thinks, Uh Oh, looks like break time for the workers, that means they will be headed this way.
Out Loud, she says, "Better be somewhere else before those new folk coming in see us."
She looks around for a way to get out without being noticed.
Her eyes are caught by the mirror, especially once things start coming out of it. What the heck are those giant bugs?
She sees the people heading through as well and thinks, Uh Oh, looks like break time for the workers, that means they will be headed this way.
Out Loud, she says, "Better be somewhere else before those new folk coming in see us."
She looks around for a way to get out without being noticed.
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Current wounds = 0
current bennies = 4
Current wounds = 0
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Character Name: Peter
Player name on discord: Mike (Stoic)
Key and Initiative edges: Alertness, Dark Tidings
Wounds: 0
Fatigue: 0
ISP: 15 of 15
Player name on discord: Mike (Stoic)
Key and Initiative edges: Alertness, Dark Tidings
Wounds: 0
Fatigue: 0
ISP: 15 of 15
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Stealth 3, Notice 7
Manny, dressed in a hazmat suit that only sort of fits, finds his eyes drawn to the mirror. What is that?! When @Gravely tries to lead them aside into a room, Manny practically trips over his own feet. Wearing Facade
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Triessa was used to cheating.
Magic made a lot of things about being an investigator easy. Maybe too easy. Here though, in the belly of the beast, magic would practically be suicide. Granted, she hadn't seen Hounds lurking around the work area, but they'd be close. Close enough to intervene if they sensed anything.
So she just tried to go with it. One thing about being sneaky without cheating...it actually required you to be in touch with your surroundings. You had to know when someone was looking your way, you had to hear your own footsteps. You had to see not just what you were seeing, but what everyone else was too. When to crouch and stay out of sight? When to just stand around and look like another idle worker?
Triessa hadn't had magic her whole life. Every kid learns how to sneak. Somehow, some piece of old neuron still living in the tangle of her brain still remembered that.
It was a good thing, because everything else was busy being horrified.
This went way beyond anything she'd ever imagined. That portal. The...the bug-things running around in full view of people. Were they ALL in on it? Or were they drugged somehow? Enchanted? Maybe caught up in one of those illusions? Or maybe there were no humans here. Like those guys that were 'sleeping.' Just...empty shells, waiting for bugs to crawl in and drive them around.
What the hell could they DO about this? This wasn't something a surgical sabotage could stop. They needed a backpack full of C-4, or...or a goddamn nuke.
She moved up to Gravely.
"We need to get a better look at that mirror," Triessa said quietly. "It looks like they're getting power, maybe materials, through it. Keeping a connection like that going can't be easy. If we interrupt it...it'll set them back. Buy us time."
Magic made a lot of things about being an investigator easy. Maybe too easy. Here though, in the belly of the beast, magic would practically be suicide. Granted, she hadn't seen Hounds lurking around the work area, but they'd be close. Close enough to intervene if they sensed anything.
So she just tried to go with it. One thing about being sneaky without cheating...it actually required you to be in touch with your surroundings. You had to know when someone was looking your way, you had to hear your own footsteps. You had to see not just what you were seeing, but what everyone else was too. When to crouch and stay out of sight? When to just stand around and look like another idle worker?
Triessa hadn't had magic her whole life. Every kid learns how to sneak. Somehow, some piece of old neuron still living in the tangle of her brain still remembered that.
It was a good thing, because everything else was busy being horrified.
This went way beyond anything she'd ever imagined. That portal. The...the bug-things running around in full view of people. Were they ALL in on it? Or were they drugged somehow? Enchanted? Maybe caught up in one of those illusions? Or maybe there were no humans here. Like those guys that were 'sleeping.' Just...empty shells, waiting for bugs to crawl in and drive them around.
What the hell could they DO about this? This wasn't something a surgical sabotage could stop. They needed a backpack full of C-4, or...or a goddamn nuke.
She moved up to Gravely.
"We need to get a better look at that mirror," Triessa said quietly. "It looks like they're getting power, maybe materials, through it. Keeping a connection like that going can't be easy. If we interrupt it...it'll set them back. Buy us time."
Rolls: Stealth 7, Notice 17
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The room becomes quickly busy as suddenly the workers all put down their tools, the machines all stop and they stand. Walking up to the mezzanine the area occupied by the heroes become suddenly full. The workers moving such that they ignore any cell members not able to get out of their way as they each go and grab their food and water.
The lifeless way they move is enough to stir each of you a bot, not wanting to take your eyes off of them, each grabs a lukewarm lunchable from a common tray and some water.
Suddenly Triessa, Signal and Gravely are alerted as the men in the room all sit up in unison turning their attention staring straight at the team. Most of their attention is focused on Tanya whose inhuman shape can clearly be made out even draped in the white Tyvek suit. The immediate action that happens after that is enough for the Cell to know they have been found out. As one of the formerly empty sacks pulls a radio to his mouth, the other begin pulling pistols.
The lifeless way they move is enough to stir each of you a bot, not wanting to take your eyes off of them, each grabs a lukewarm lunchable from a common tray and some water.
Suddenly Triessa, Signal and Gravely are alerted as the men in the room all sit up in unison turning their attention staring straight at the team. Most of their attention is focused on Tanya whose inhuman shape can clearly be made out even draped in the white Tyvek suit. The immediate action that happens after that is enough for the Cell to know they have been found out. As one of the formerly empty sacks pulls a radio to his mouth, the other begin pulling pistols.
Initiative - Manny got a Joker, then players, then Hollow Men, if you rolled higher than 6 for stealth they do not know you are significant
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Tania sees that the people are acting...well a lot like zombies. Since they seem to be ignoring the party, she turns er attention on the mirror, trying to figure it out. If only she knew more about the other side...
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Spirit to Transform 5; Free Action to Turn off Radios and Cell Phones; Focus to Cast Speed/Quickness 4; Move to Cover (If Available)
Realizing the team has been discovered, Manny concentrates and calls back Signal, pushing his transformation to go faster than normal. Luck is on his side (ooc, a Joker!), and he feels the change come almost immediately. The blood in his veins feel like fire as the lightning begins coursing through him, and he stifles a scream. You’d think it would hurt less over time.
Once his head clears and Signal is back, he focuses his will on all the little electronic devices around him and turns off anything with a radio or cell signal. Lightning crackles behind the eye holes in his mask and supercharges his body, making movement trivial. He dashes behind any cover available, blade ready to take on whatever should enter their (now discovered) hiding place.
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There were a WHOLE lotta things that could go wrong here.
She needed to work this out before she started flinging spells.
First, she could feel herself getting tired. She didn't have a lot more magical 'oomph' before she was down to ineffectual flailing and strong language to fight these guys.
Second, there weren't any Hounds immediately present, but how far could they sense magic from? They'd tangled enough Triessa thought she might get a rough sense of it...what was the farthest she'd ever seen them react to her presence, or spells being cast from?
And finally, she'd encountered the...bug men, Resistance guys usually called them Hollow Men, spoiling a perfectly good Kevin Bacon movie forever...before. She needed to think though, what kind of powers or abilities did they have again?
She needed to work this out before she started flinging spells.
First, she could feel herself getting tired. She didn't have a lot more magical 'oomph' before she was down to ineffectual flailing and strong language to fight these guys.
Second, there weren't any Hounds immediately present, but how far could they sense magic from? They'd tangled enough Triessa thought she might get a rough sense of it...what was the farthest she'd ever seen them react to her presence, or spells being cast from?
And finally, she'd encountered the...bug men, Resistance guys usually called them Hollow Men, spoiling a perfectly good Kevin Bacon movie forever...before. She needed to think though, what kind of powers or abilities did they have again?
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Peter realizes that he hasn't been discovered, so he continues acting the same way. He does anticipate trouble though, so he activates his predatory reflexes.
Quickness 10
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Tania takes 5 damage, Tania takes 17 damage, Signal takes 5 damage, remember wound cap 4
The men standing up seem surprised when the radios in their hands fail to work, ordering the mobs to attack the team, they turn and apparently fall to the ground of the office out of site. Leaving the Cell standing surrounded by the crowds of people. when a thick and rich voice says loudly. "Kill the outsiders."The nature of the voice is such that you know there is some sort of psionic force behind it, as it fills the whole are. This leaves the whole team being mobbed and mauled by the near mindless hoard of laborers. However they seem unable to coordinate correctly, their blows land softly or glancing off as they try to take the Cell down.
Peter sees the mobs attacking the rest of the cell, but somehow not noticing him. A free moment to think is nice, but where did the Namtar go?
Signal breaks out moving with speed, when suddenly a leg trips him up just enough for a blow to land solidly in what would have been his groin if he had one in his true form.
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Turn 02
Signal May act, then the bad guys go again, then the rest of the cell
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Signal spares a quick thought to ensure that no radios or cell phones have been turned back on, and then he goes to work.
Then, he raises a fist, launching an exploding ball of electricity into the attackers around him. He's careful this time to make sure none of his teammates get hit, and he keeps it from being lethal, given that these just seem like normal folks, but he's sure it hurts. A lot.
That should be distracting, at least.
To @Gravely and @Triessa, the "adults in the room," he calls, "Guys! What do we do?!
Rolls for Energy Control: 9 to Negate Electronics in MBT, 9 to Shock Bad Guys Imposing -4 to Trait rolls in MBT, Selective Modifier Excludes Signal and Allies, Benny Spent
First, he focuses his mind to completely shut down electric signals from any devices the bad guys may be carrying, temporarily turning them into paperweights without requiring him to keep concentrating on them.Then, he raises a fist, launching an exploding ball of electricity into the attackers around him. He's careful this time to make sure none of his teammates get hit, and he keeps it from being lethal, given that these just seem like normal folks, but he's sure it hurts. A lot.
That should be distracting, at least.
To @Gravely and @Triessa, the "adults in the room," he calls, "Guys! What do we do?!
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Tania takes 7 damage
Signal's attack somehow seems far more effective than expected as the crowded room seems to as one go into seizures. The stumbling and tumbling such that the slaves are not able to land a solid blow. Only @Tania even took a blow and that blow, was far from lethal. Signal's newly practiced ability to exempt his allies from the areas of such powers leaves the Cell free and clear able to act how they need.
Looking through the glass into the empty room the Cell realizes the strange men and women never stood up again into view. They must be preparing some sort of ambush.
Everyone EXCEPT @Signal May act
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
The problem with this suit is it impairs senses. It keeps out possibly dangerous chemicals, but sight, hearing, and (especially) smell are reduced to what may be below the standard human level. What with the distraction of the mirror, Tania finds herself surrounded and being attacked before she has a chance to react.
Fortunately, her undead Morphus is like a classic undead...hard to really hurt. She only took one blow that hurt, the others she barely felt. Perhaps the suit provides some slight amount of protection, she thinks, or possibly I am tougher than I think.
She decides the thing to do is fight zombies with zombies...so to speak. She concentrates on her magic, creating countless zombie hands to try to hold back the horde of zombified people. (This would require 6 PP if we are using PP now, as I am assuming a Large Burst Radius will be needed and selective to not impair her or her friends.)
Fortunately, her undead Morphus is like a classic undead...hard to really hurt. She only took one blow that hurt, the others she barely felt. Perhaps the suit provides some slight amount of protection, she thinks, or possibly I am tougher than I think.
She decides the thing to do is fight zombies with zombies...so to speak. She concentrates on her magic, creating countless zombie hands to try to hold back the horde of zombified people. (This would require 6 PP if we are using PP now, as I am assuming a Large Burst Radius will be needed and selective to not impair her or her friends.)
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The bones seem highly effective as they grab onto and ensnare what seems to be all of the slaves. Leaving them entangles and distracted.
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Damage 8
Peter darts toward the door and gives it a solid punch, knocking it off if it's hinges with a rattle.Character Name: Peter
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
@Triessa "I would say we move now if we are to look at that mirror."
"Let's go! We need to keep moving."
Gravely heads out the door and back to the vat room, doing his best to keep the suit intact while avoiding the morass of zombie limbs and such.
"Let's go! We need to keep moving."
Gravely heads out the door and back to the vat room, doing his best to keep the suit intact while avoiding the morass of zombie limbs and such.
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Tania follows the others out thinking, That magic was exhausting, but the results were worth the effort. She carefully avoids the zombied workers and exits the room.
She comments, "Of course, there is the problem of the ones who ordered the attack. They are still free to try again."
She comments, "Of course, there is the problem of the ones who ordered the attack. They are still free to try again."
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Triessa followed Peter, wincing a little as he slammed the door off its hinges. Somewhere in the scatter, the bug-men had managed to lose themselves. Signal couldn't keep them down forever. They were playing it smart, not engaging...waiting until they could call for backup. They knew time was on their side.
But they didn't necessarily know who was a mindless drone, and who wasn't. The only check on the Good Guy's column.
So Triessa ambled aimlessly forward, affecting the vacant half-there stare of someone distracted by their smartphone while someone was trying to talk to them. One of them will slip up, she thought grimly, one will think 'ah it's fine if that one's looking my way, she won't notice anyway...'
That, or she and the team could easily wind up in the next package of whatever Soylent Green was being made here.
But they didn't necessarily know who was a mindless drone, and who wasn't. The only check on the Good Guy's column.
So Triessa ambled aimlessly forward, affecting the vacant half-there stare of someone distracted by their smartphone while someone was trying to talk to them. One of them will slip up, she thought grimly, one will think 'ah it's fine if that one's looking my way, she won't notice anyway...'
That, or she and the team could easily wind up in the next package of whatever Soylent Green was being made here.
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As Triessa enters the room, she looks around just in time to see a Namtar scuttle down a squared shoot apparently designed to allow the creatures to move around the facility, the swinging plastic cover flapping shut as soon as it is through. As she turns to the rest of the room, the five men are all laying on the ground apparently dead, their heads flopped back show empty skulls. The lack of blood making the whole scenario even more creapy.
Triessa Make a Nausea Check, and a Smarts Check - Then everyone move on to Turn 3, Peter acts first
Triessa Make a Nausea Check, and a Smarts Check - Then everyone move on to Turn 3, Peter acts first
Initiative Turn 03, Peter goes, then bad guys. Peter may slow down and look carefully for the Namtar as an action for a Notice -2 roll if he chooses
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
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Peter points to the hole they escaped through as he pulls his knife out and extends the blade.Character Name: Peter
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
(OOC - I'll assume a nausea check is vigor)
Vigor [dice:3rhm4i5c]56403:0[/dice:3rhm4i5c] or [dice:3rhm4i5c]56403:1[/dice:3rhm4i5c]
Smarts [dice:3rhm4i5c]56403:2[/dice:3rhm4i5c] or [dice:3rhm4i5c]56403:3[/dice:3rhm4i5c]
Vigor [dice:3rhm4i5c]56403:0[/dice:3rhm4i5c] or [dice:3rhm4i5c]56403:1[/dice:3rhm4i5c]
Smarts [dice:3rhm4i5c]56403:2[/dice:3rhm4i5c] or [dice:3rhm4i5c]56403:3[/dice:3rhm4i5c]
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Tania looks at the hole and comments, "A bit small for us, and it no doubt branches ahead in several directions. Following is not likely an option, so what next?"
She thinks, If I were like four inches tall, I might try following, because I could possibly track them, but as it is, I doubt we can.
She notes, "I am thinking the mirror bears a closer look."
She thinks, If I were like four inches tall, I might try following, because I could possibly track them, but as it is, I doubt we can.
She notes, "I am thinking the mirror bears a closer look."
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The enemies have acted, all others may take their Turn 3 action.For all of you deciding to go into the office please roll a Nausea check (Vigor roll).
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Tania noted the seemingly dead bodies on the floor with a clinical detachment. She has seen a number of disgusting things during her time on her own, they do not bother her much.Morphus Form: Charisma -4, Pace 6, Parry 8, Toughness: 10
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A couple (2) of the trapped mind controlled humans manage to break free. Stumbling and crawling over their allies they work their way to the office door. Inside the office the Cell members are forced into decision and action. What do they do?
We are still in combat. The enemies have acted, Gravely, Manny, Tania, and Triessa may act.
We are still in combat. The enemies have acted, Gravely, Manny, Tania, and Triessa may act.
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Tania eventually notes the fact that some of the enemies have broken free and she says, "We should get out of here, I still suggest checking out the mirror before the rest of these guys get free."
She turns to deal with one of the drugged enemies, trying to avoid killing them (though that may constitute a mercy killing).
She turns to deal with one of the drugged enemies, trying to avoid killing them (though that may constitute a mercy killing).
OOC Comments
Though it might be a coincidence, the one she throws winds up tossed into the other one who is gree, tangling them both together.
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Once it's indicated to him where they've gone, Signal opts to follow the bug-things to see what they're up to.
"Be right back," he says, just before his body turns into pure electricity and, in a literal flash, he is gone, zooming along the ducts after the bugs.
"Be right back," he says, just before his body turns into pure electricity and, in a literal flash, he is gone, zooming along the ducts after the bugs.
Focus 10 for Lightning Rider
Manny follows the bug creatures along the ducts, manifesting briefly at a juncture where two head off towards parts unknown while three head back to the main floor. Figuring he was there for recon, and they'd already seen the main floor, Manny steels himself and then hops back into the wire, following the two bugs towards the unknown.Signal
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@Triessa and @Peter see @Signal jump into the hole. Hopefully he knows what he is dong, because he is alone. Peter drawing and preparing his knife waits for a threat to find none presenting itself.
As @Tania turns towards the mirror she can see @Gravely already headed that way. Perhaps he has also fallen to the call on the other side.
As Signal heads up the tee after the bugs he realizes he has exited the ducting up on the first floor. Two Security guards turn their heads towards the Nightbane as he emerges. A series of clicking and clattering sounds come from the bugs and the Security guards react, both going to speak into their radios while drawing their batons and charging Signal. The two moving as if one being...
As @Tania turns towards the mirror she can see @Gravely already headed that way. Perhaps he has also fallen to the call on the other side.
As Signal heads up the tee after the bugs he realizes he has exited the ducting up on the first floor. Two Security guards turn their heads towards the Nightbane as he emerges. A series of clicking and clattering sounds come from the bugs and the Security guards react, both going to speak into their radios while drawing their batons and charging Signal. The two moving as if one being...
Initiative Turn 04, Triessa & Clayton, then bad guys, then everyone else
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Survival (Tracking Signal) 5; Fear: 9, Puppet: 4; -1 Benny, -1 Golden Benny
Not wanting to wear the restrictive white suits through the facility with the others, Clayton decides to use the size of his snake form to slip through the facility unnoticed. He soon finds several tiny tunnels and decides to scout one out. Wiggling through the tunnel, it quickly becomes apparent that they criss cross all over the facility!After several minutes of exploration he catches a strange insectoid scent mixed with something familiar.
‘Ah know this smell. Ah’d bet mah rattle it’s Sparky!’
Clayton worms his way through several turns seeking the young Nightbane. He slithers close enough that the scent is fresh. Just ahead the old hand can hear something and see a commotion...
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As Clayton moves through the tubing as fast as possible to catch up to Signal he comes to a space where the tubing shoots straight up, while also turning 90 degrees to further divisions. Looking up Clayton can see Manny standing over the vent as if he just manifested above it when two huge blades suddenly slice through the concrete and tubing above. The tubing is jostled as the nature of the guards as hounds is confirmed Clayton and Manny see them for what they are during the attack. The illusion slipping back over them as it catches up with their too fast movement.Guards from around the room are now running the same horrific effect as they outpace the illusions tied them them. Four of them stay up to kill Manny, the two he is already engaged with and two more running, while four more race behind their security desk headed for something or someone else.
The magic of the room begins its cold deliberate crawling into Manny's head as he recals the risk of being in the warded locations of the building...
MAP
The Mirror begins to flicker as you can see what looks to be a lot of movement on the other side. A hound steps up to the mirror, it can be seen clearly through the glass, standing 9' tall it is bigger and more terrifying looking than any hound The Cell has seen before. Behind it two hound masters follow, as a pair of squads likewise moves behind them.Suddenly as the chill sets in on The Cell members as they realize what is happening Gravely sees the doors at the top of the south stairs fling open, two Hounds come running down the stairs. Apparently chased by the apparition of humans guards unable to keep up with the supernatural horrors.
EVERYONE ELSE MAY GO NOW IN TURN 4. Everyone except Manny and Clayton make a Fear Roll at -2 as you see the giant Hound and its followers lined up to come through
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Boost Fighting Success, Fighting vs Hound 1 Miss, Figthing vs Hound 2 Raise for 15 damage, Ignores Armor, Wasted 2 Bennies
Reacting with, well, lightning quick reflexes, Signal avoids the incoming attacks and immediately responds. Sparing a bit of focus, he taps into the elecricity coursing through him to improve his reflexes, improving his dexterity with Supplicant. The knife slices through the air, missing the first hound but diving deep into the second. In the odd way that it always does, the blade passes through the Hound’s flesh, leaving no outward trace, as it cuts through the magic holding the Hound together.
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
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Peter looks at the creatures in the other side of the mirror and calmly studies it. "Break the mirror!" he says, "Hurry!"Character Name: Peter
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Fatigue: 0
ISP: 15 of 15
Player name on discord: Mike (Stoic)
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ISP: 15 of 15
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Tania nears the mirror and sees, not her reflection, but a force of hounds lead by a giant and two hound masters.
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Tania's hyena side takes over, the species is not particularly known for courage...they prefer to run than fight, which often results in packs of hyenas losing meals to lions after the hyenas brought it down. Thus, even though her human side does not want to run, she finds herself doing so.Morphus Form: Charisma -4, Pace 6, Parry 8, Toughness: 10
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
On seeing the Hounds bursting in, Triessa lets discretion be the better part of valor. "Try to hold them off!" she shouts. "I'll see if I can't take the mirror out!"
Given the vulnerability of Hounds to magic, perhaps she had it bass-ackwards, but there wasn't time to meticulously plan this. She went with her gut.
Focusing her will to a point, Triessa sent power through the casting focus around her hand. A hellish glow developed there as she frantically shoveled most of the energy she had left into the spell, then released it towards the mirror with the final incantation of "Pyrofuego!"
A howling comet erupted from her focus and streaked across the room. When it struck the mirror squarely, it exploded into a furious inferno that spread out over a generous portion of the entire room...engulfing not only the mirror, but the pipes and furniture and machines as well.
The time for subtlety was past. She was bad at that anyway. Even so, mindful that this might not be a fast fight, she managed a quick, muttered "Defendarius" to cloak herself in a bit of magical warding. Just in case.
Given the vulnerability of Hounds to magic, perhaps she had it bass-ackwards, but there wasn't time to meticulously plan this. She went with her gut.
Focusing her will to a point, Triessa sent power through the casting focus around her hand. A hellish glow developed there as she frantically shoveled most of the energy she had left into the spell, then released it towards the mirror with the final incantation of "Pyrofuego!"
A howling comet erupted from her focus and streaked across the room. When it struck the mirror squarely, it exploded into a furious inferno that spread out over a generous portion of the entire room...engulfing not only the mirror, but the pipes and furniture and machines as well.
The time for subtlety was past. She was bad at that anyway. Even so, mindful that this might not be a fast fight, she managed a quick, muttered "Defendarius" to cloak herself in a bit of magical warding. Just in case.
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The giant blast erupts at the end of the room, as debris and material is sent everywhere. The vent path is ripped open and three of the giant bugs fall out burning at the falls their death howl sounding like the screaming of a burning infant. The sound does not end as they hit the ground shaking from their pain.
As the blast clears the giant steel plate can be seen unaffected by the blast. It is obvious no simple spell will be enough to eliminate this terrible threat. When suddenly, there is a groan like the earth itself is waking from a long slumber and before your very eyes the plate begins to wobble, the mounting points having been destroyed there is nothing left to stop the thing from descending in slow motion until the screaming comes to an abrupt stop when it lands flat crushing everything under it on the lab floor.
From inside the tubing Clayton is startled when an explosion at the end of the tubing opens it up, as he watches the bugs that where trying to get through the mirror killed in an explosion.
Up on the ground floor Signal's efforts where mostly as success as he kills one of the hounds. But the other is left free to attack him, the security guards cudgel becoming a giant darkblade as the guard moves to fast for the illusion to keep up with it.
As the blast clears the giant steel plate can be seen unaffected by the blast. It is obvious no simple spell will be enough to eliminate this terrible threat. When suddenly, there is a groan like the earth itself is waking from a long slumber and before your very eyes the plate begins to wobble, the mounting points having been destroyed there is nothing left to stop the thing from descending in slow motion until the screaming comes to an abrupt stop when it lands flat crushing everything under it on the lab floor.
From inside the tubing Clayton is startled when an explosion at the end of the tubing opens it up, as he watches the bugs that where trying to get through the mirror killed in an explosion.
Up on the ground floor Signal's efforts where mostly as success as he kills one of the hounds. But the other is left free to attack him, the security guards cudgel becoming a giant darkblade as the guard moves to fast for the illusion to keep up with it.
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Benny to Soak: Success
Signal braces himself for the hit, turning a sure strike into a glancing blow.
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Initiative Turn 05
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
2 Fighting Attacks, 2 Hits for 11 and 17 Damage, Respectively, Ignoring Armor
Signal flicks his hand out twice in two quick cuts, plunging Supplicant’s blade into the Hound’s chest twice, dropping the creature silently. As always, he is both impressed and unsettled by the way Supplicant leaves no mark on its targets. As he holds the knife’s handle and considers his next actions, he can swear he hears a voice in his head whispering, and I can do a lot more than that...
Current Parry 7, Current Powers Speed/Quickness, Boost Fighting to d10
@RFT Does Signal see anything of note now that he’s not fighting for his life?
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Tania shakes free of her animal flight reflex and finds herself quite a ways back, she turns around and heads back into the room, finding the mirror now fallen face-down on the floor. Well, that should, hopefully, keep things from coming through it for a moment.
She will head towards the mirror, preparing her claws with her Touch of the Grave power to help her rend the steel when she gets there.
She will head towards the mirror, preparing her claws with her Touch of the Grave power to help her rend the steel when she gets there.
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Morphus Form: Charisma -4, Pace 6, Parry 8, Toughness: 10
Current wounds = 0
current bennies = 4
Current wounds = 0
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Gravely is stunned by the falling mirror, grateful that he had not gotten that close to the mirror. Pulling his M4 he takes up a vantage point and begins drawing firing lines to the scurrying bugs falling from the tubing. Assessing the posibilties of actually successfully hitting them.
Cautious Hindrance
Calculating Edge
Cautious Hindrance
Calculating Edge
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Fighting 6, Damage 7
'Somethin' ain't right down thar. I gotta git!'Lacking an expedient egress, Clayton begins thrashing his serpentine body inside the pipe. His attempts at getting enough leverage to gouge a hole seem fruitless at first, but his fangs finally puncture a hole. Sufficiently weakened, the pipe soon gives way and a hole just big enough to wriggle through opens up. Clayton free falls to the floor where he flops bonelessly, surely hissing in agony as his shattered bones knit themselves back together.
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Fuming at her spell's inability to breach the mirror by itself, Triessa whirled to face the two oncoming Hounds; threats she couldn't afford to ignore. A bright silvery pain burned in her mind; a warning sign she was drawing too much magic. She'd pushed this envelope before...thought she had a good idea of how much she could take, but it was a scary feeling. Akin perhaps to walking over a frozen lake and hearing a sudden CRACK from underfoot. The ice wasn't shifting yet, but it was thinner than you thought, and there was nothing under it but an eternal, cold black abyss.
It was take another step, or die on Hound blades though, so...
Blasts of fire ripped from her hands, one for each Hound!
It was take another step, or die on Hound blades though, so...
Blasts of fire ripped from her hands, one for each Hound!
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
EVERYONE GAINS A LIGHT BENNY FOR TRIESSA'S CRITICAL FAILURE
Up Above
Having destroyed the last Hound @Signal has a moment and looks around the drab office interior, the overly bland area looks completely uninteresting. Might as well head back home and figure out what to do next. Then his head clears again, the damn wards never seem to lose their power. But with all the remaining threats having headed down, Signal knows his friends will need his help.
Down Bellow
@Tania jumping off the mezzanine and running for the mirror lying on the ground where it had crushed whatever bits of material is still on fire from the earlier blast. @Gravely braces himself waiting for the opening he needs and the perfect timing for something that can change the battle. As @Clayton Hodge plummets to the ground, the bruises heal, but his pride suffers a blow that will not fast recover.
While the rest of the team seems to be doing well @Triessa is nearly sent to the floor as the feedback from her spell breaks her concentration, taking with the collapsing spells a small measure of her own soul as she is left fatigued from the exodus. Not willing to be defeated she pushes through annihilating one of the hounds on the stairs coming down to join the battle.
Suddenly there is a deep grinding rumble as the giant shining plate of metal begins to shift, the steel of several dark blades reach out from under the edges prying and pushing. Somehow the steel disk lifts in the air, leaning heavily at an angle as a pole-arm is positioned and the hounds begin poring out. When suddenly as the hounds are only half way out from the mirror the pole arm breaks and the mirror slams down on the hounds, pinning 6 of them fully out in the open and unable to defend themselves. (Game mechanic - 6 Hounds are stunned)
Coming down the stairs the hounds barely pause before eyeing the Cell members, @Tania a being the most obvious four of the survivors sprint for leaping off the stairs they are followed closely by ghostly apparitions of security guards, while three others run for the mezzanine leaping a second time to pull themselves up to the top finally looming over @Gravely and @Triessa ready to deliver finishing blows on the cell members.
Up Above
Having destroyed the last Hound @Signal has a moment and looks around the drab office interior, the overly bland area looks completely uninteresting. Might as well head back home and figure out what to do next. Then his head clears again, the damn wards never seem to lose their power. But with all the remaining threats having headed down, Signal knows his friends will need his help.
Down Bellow
@Tania jumping off the mezzanine and running for the mirror lying on the ground where it had crushed whatever bits of material is still on fire from the earlier blast. @Gravely braces himself waiting for the opening he needs and the perfect timing for something that can change the battle. As @Clayton Hodge plummets to the ground, the bruises heal, but his pride suffers a blow that will not fast recover.
While the rest of the team seems to be doing well @Triessa is nearly sent to the floor as the feedback from her spell breaks her concentration, taking with the collapsing spells a small measure of her own soul as she is left fatigued from the exodus. Not willing to be defeated she pushes through annihilating one of the hounds on the stairs coming down to join the battle.
Suddenly there is a deep grinding rumble as the giant shining plate of metal begins to shift, the steel of several dark blades reach out from under the edges prying and pushing. Somehow the steel disk lifts in the air, leaning heavily at an angle as a pole-arm is positioned and the hounds begin poring out. When suddenly as the hounds are only half way out from the mirror the pole arm breaks and the mirror slams down on the hounds, pinning 6 of them fully out in the open and unable to defend themselves. (Game mechanic - 6 Hounds are stunned)
OOC Comments
Coming down the stairs the hounds barely pause before eyeing the Cell members, @Tania a being the most obvious four of the survivors sprint for leaping off the stairs they are followed closely by ghostly apparitions of security guards, while three others run for the mezzanine leaping a second time to pull themselves up to the top finally looming over @Gravely and @Triessa ready to deliver finishing blows on the cell members.
Tania takes 16 and 7, Gravely Takes 24
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Got to love it when a plan comes together, Gravely says to himself, If only this one would.
Even with himself in a crouch and his back tucked up against a wall, the hounds had surprised him once more and surrounded him.
Standard Benny to Soak (3 of 3 remaining)
Light Benny remaining 1, Golden Benny remaing 1
I should not be surprised by how fast these hounds are.
Though the hounds had gotten the drop on Gravely, he had still managed to hold his M4 steady and at the ready. Certainly a miracle that his Aim never faltered from the stairwell, which put the hounds in his line of sights.
Even with himself in a crouch and his back tucked up against a wall, the hounds had surprised him once more and surrounded him.
Standard Benny to Soak (3 of 3 remaining)
Light Benny remaining 1, Golden Benny remaing 1
Vigor 14, Soak 3 of 4 Wounds _
It was a hard few seconds as the blows kept coming. Gravely felt them hit and the blows were hard. Somewhere he had found a resolve to endure the pain.I should not be surprised by how fast these hounds are.
Though the hounds had gotten the drop on Gravely, he had still managed to hold his M4 steady and at the ready. Certainly a miracle that his Aim never faltered from the stairwell, which put the hounds in his line of sights.
Shooting Left Hound of Two Southern Hounds 14, Success, Raise _
Left Hound of Two Southern Hounds, 19 Damage _
Shooting Right Hound of Two Southern Hounds 13, Success _
Damage Right Hound of Two Southern Hounds, 18 Damage _
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Still gripping Supplicant, Signal sees that his detour is a complete bust. Not only had he been attacked, but he can no longer see the bug things he’d been following.
I hope the rest of the team is doing better, he thinks, preparing to use lightning rider again to head back to the group.
I hope the rest of the team is doing better, he thinks, preparing to use lightning rider again to head back to the group.
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Initiative Turn 06
Updated Map (Basically the same)
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With an effort of impossible supernatural strength the golems work in tandem lifting the mirror and crawling out of it. The Hounds previously stunned come to in an unfortunate replication of their masters will. As they begin the slow walk towards @Tania.
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Apparently these creatures are very fast, something Tania had not previously been aware of (as she has not tried to run away from them on the rare occasions she encountered them).
She is quickly surrounded and is struck by two of the enemy.
She is quickly surrounded and is struck by two of the enemy.
OOC Comments
Her undead form resists the damage, allowing her to strike back. She turns her claws and fangs on the two immediately before her, they will learn that Tania Kirn is not a target to trifle with! Her natural weapons drip with the four ichor of her magic.OOC Comments
She sees the other hounds raise up the mirror, but is not in a position to do anything about it. If she can avoid being hurt long enough, she can try a few things.
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Spirit 5
Clayton continues thrashing in pain. His body is still recovering from the massive drop from the ceiling, but he has a moment of clarity as he notices the hounds climbing out of the mirror. Using all his remaining willpower, he begins forcing his recovering body to shift into hybrid form!Clayton Hodge
Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Gravely uses Triessa's arrival as a distraction enough to stand up from his crouch and throw a frag grenade into the masses below and well past Tanya. Pull the pin. Count to Three. Line up your target. Throw and Take Cover.
Grenade Toss at Greater Hound, Athletics 16 _
Damage 18 MBT
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As the grenade flies towards the massive hound it looks at the thing with an almost disinterested tilt of the head. Turning back towards his planned target, the creature casually reaches up grabbing the grenade mid-flight and tossing it back up to the mezzanine landing only a couple feet from Gravely. But the force needed to get the grenade up so far was much less than the brute used and grenade hit the ground hard enough to bounce and roll down the hallway towards the bathrooms. Exploding and taking out the lights up on the mezzanine. The spray of water and dust from down the hall behind Gravely provides a strange sort of haze to the environment making Triessa and Gravely doubt their own eyes. OOC Comments
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The two hounds adjacent to @Gravely appear to go down easily. However once he has a little breathing room his tossed grenade is not as effective as he would have liked.
When @Tania decides to let go the hounds stand little chance against a creature of her power. The feeling of being designed for moments like this come to her as the two fall, and she is left facing only 2 others in melee range.
@Clayton Hodge hits the ground hard shaking him a bit, but not enough to really matter. He finds he is able to keep his whits about him and maintain battle readiness.
@Signal clears the battle field above, ready for rejoining the others, this side trek took precious time he would rather of not wasted.
The last remaining hound standing next to Tania and Gravely swings his great weapon attempting to slice both of the mortals in half. As the hound swings his mighty weapon, Gravely and Triessa are able to dodge under and away from the blow their lives spared by inches. Meanwhile the two hounds near Tania roar as the continue their approach.
When @Tania decides to let go the hounds stand little chance against a creature of her power. The feeling of being designed for moments like this come to her as the two fall, and she is left facing only 2 others in melee range.
@Clayton Hodge hits the ground hard shaking him a bit, but not enough to really matter. He finds he is able to keep his whits about him and maintain battle readiness.
@Signal clears the battle field above, ready for rejoining the others, this side trek took precious time he would rather of not wasted.
The last remaining hound standing next to Tania and Gravely swings his great weapon attempting to slice both of the mortals in half. As the hound swings his mighty weapon, Gravely and Triessa are able to dodge under and away from the blow their lives spared by inches. Meanwhile the two hounds near Tania roar as the continue their approach.
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Triessa brings her hands together with sweeping gestures, and shouts "Fuego!" as magical flames blossom from her handflower and course down her arm and out from her palm, spearing the Hound next to her and engulfing it in cleansing effulgence.
She then looked out at the creatures from the mirror and cursed under her breath. The silver was loud in her head now, and she could almost taste metal. How much more magic could she draw on?
And they hadn't even started trying to get OUT yet!
She then looked out at the creatures from the mirror and cursed under her breath. The silver was loud in her head now, and she could almost taste metal. How much more magic could she draw on?
And they hadn't even started trying to get OUT yet!
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@Triessa's blast causes the hound to rock back, but not enough to send him down. Leaving the hound with a decision to make, deciding which of the two human mortals to kill may be hard. But killing both would work as well.
@Peter watches the battle and does not see an opening. His psionic powers he normally relies are are of minimal use against these supernatural horrors. Something else must be done.
@Peter watches the battle and does not see an opening. His psionic powers he normally relies are are of minimal use against these supernatural horrors. Something else must be done.
Initiative Turn 07
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Tania Evaluates, I can't run, these things are faster than I am. My only chance is to make a stand, preferably with my allies, but if not them best in a place with limited access options. Step one, get rid of the ones right here to get enough room to retreat.
She quickly spins around and attacks the two immediately beside her with her necroticly enchanted claws and fangs.
She quickly spins around and attacks the two immediately beside her with her necroticly enchanted claws and fangs.
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Current wounds = 0
current bennies = 4
Current wounds = 0
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Signal explodes from the duct-like opening in a blast of electricity, striking the ground hard and reforming into his typical, mostly-human shape. Energy snaps behind his mask and tendrils of blue-white power spark off of his clothes and hands, as he takes in the scene in front of him.
So, not going great, he thinks.
So, not going great, he thinks.
Spirit 4 for Energy Control, 22 damage to MBT centered The Most Densely Packed Group of Hounds, Selective to Avoid Any Allies, 1 Benny Spent
He flings a ball of lightning at the biggest looking group of bad guys he can see and shouts, "Fire in the hole! It strikes true and explodes, engulfing the room around it, but avoiding any of his allies.Current Parry 7; Active Power: Boost Trait on Fighting to d10
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Grenade to HM 19 damage MBT
Peter springs to action. He darts towards Gravely, neatly plucks a grenade out of his extended hand, and then vaults over the railing. He immediately pops up and rushes with supernatural speed toward the hound master. He pulls the pin of the grenade and holds it for an uncomfortably long period of time before whipping it at the master. It explodes right next to it, sending shrapnel all over the place.
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Key and Initiative edges: Alertness, Dark Tidings
Wounds: 0
Fatigue: 0
ISP: 15 of 15
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Key and Initiative edges: Alertness, Dark Tidings
Wounds: 0
Fatigue: 0
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Re: PNW Labs - Underground
Focus 6, Fighting Crit Fail, Fighting 7 (Damage 10); -4 PP
Clayton slithers hurriedly towards Tania, determined to help his new friend against their common foe. He looks over his shoulder and shouts, "Triesssa! Usse mah energy. Ah don't need much an' it ain't gunna do me half ass much good for me ass it would you. Take it an' light thesse critterss up good, now, ya hear?"'Better use a little juice afore she drains meh dry'
Clayton bares his fangs as he comes up behind Tania. He coils around her tightly, puts his arm around her neck, and sinks one long fang into her neck and his arm. Instead of deadly venom, he pumps her and himself full of of his serpentine blessing. Feeling the effects of the blessing nearly immediately, Clayton uncoils himself off of Tanya by launching himself lightning-quick at the nearest hound blades first.
Clayton's and Tania's movement (basic Pace and running) is doubled and they may ignore a total of 2 points of Multi-Action penalties per turn. (4/5 Turns)
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As Clayton thrusts out with Celeste the rapier slides into the hounds legs, unfortunately as the hound moves in response Celeste springs with the energy of a near unbreakable sword spins the weapon from Clayton's hand full circle, before slapping him in the face leaving him shaken and confused for a brief moment.
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Gravely is recovering from the hounds near miss, regains his presence of mind and fires into the only hound on the stairs.
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@Tania's flurry of notes feels two of the goings near her as yet more continue moving in when suddenly she is temporarily blinded by the explosion of ball lightning obviously sent by @Signal pulses only a few meters from her face causing half a dozen hounds to dive...
As @Clayton Hodge thrusts out with Celeste the rapier slides into the hounds legs, unfortunately as the hound moves in response Celeste springs with the energy of a near unbreakable sword spins the weapon from Clayton's hand full circle, before slapping him in the face leaving him shaken and confused for a brief moment.
@Gravely's efforts pay off as the hound goes down pulsing from the holes in its head. With her opening provided @Triessa takes advantage drawing deep within for power she could not have known she had. With the climax of her incantation a giant swirling vortex of white flame bursts out engulfing all of the remaining hounds simultaneously, yet somehow missing Tania.
As the flames clear the hounds appear all to have been burnt to cinders, until three of the creatures move, shaking off the effects of the explosion. The Hound masters obviously show the effects of the explosion, but the monstrosity leading them appears completely unaffected, his metal body glowing red from the heat, showing no cracks or imperfections.
Overall the cell is able to eliminate nearly a dozen of the hounds within seconds of their appearance. Their training showing through!
OOC Comments
@Peter grenade explodes on the left hitting three more hounds and knocking the sense from them. As @Clayton Hodge thrusts out with Celeste the rapier slides into the hounds legs, unfortunately as the hound moves in response Celeste springs with the energy of a near unbreakable sword spins the weapon from Clayton's hand full circle, before slapping him in the face leaving him shaken and confused for a brief moment.
@Gravely's efforts pay off as the hound goes down pulsing from the holes in its head. With her opening provided @Triessa takes advantage drawing deep within for power she could not have known she had. With the climax of her incantation a giant swirling vortex of white flame bursts out engulfing all of the remaining hounds simultaneously, yet somehow missing Tania.
As the flames clear the hounds appear all to have been burnt to cinders, until three of the creatures move, shaking off the effects of the explosion. The Hound masters obviously show the effects of the explosion, but the monstrosity leading them appears completely unaffected, his metal body glowing red from the heat, showing no cracks or imperfections.
Overall the cell is able to eliminate nearly a dozen of the hounds within seconds of their appearance. Their training showing through!
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