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GM: Blue Monday
Players: Blue Monday, Billie
Synopsis: Blue and Billie start running a protection racket in Barstow on orders. Some rival go-gangers want the spot themselves, try to threaten them out. Blue fails a misdirection, but he and Billie manage to subdue the four bikers anyway, stealing their guns, and one bike, and taking the one dead one out into the desert to be disposed of.
Blue's ride turns out to be a dark red Americar, pretty stock even down to the dent in the front wing. Getting in, he waits for Billie to shut the door before heading off towards the side of town where all the RV's, trailers and tents are laid out. The refugee camp is something like orderly, enough to drive down 'streets' anyway. Parking at one end, Blue gets out, ready to just start working his way down every street selling reassurance.
Billie steps out of the car, this time she tends to give blue a bit more space. She has a hard time pulling of nice and reassuring, so she simply watches him from a safe distance. She tucks the SMG a bit further under her coat, making sure its not easy to spot.
Blue seems to disagree about Billie's ability to reassure, at least sometimes. For a few of the 'addresses' he stops at he does turn and point Billie out, for whatever reason, but with few exceptions he comes back with some precious metals or bonds or other valuable asset. Parting the loot out between himself and Billie each time he limits the exposure they have to being mugged. Conversing between tents he shrugs, "Not bad weather for soft work like this."
Billie keeps moving, trying to keep here eyes on everything in the area. She shrugs faintly "Better than a blizzard in Denver." She seems to talk fairly little when she doesn't have too, just not much of a conversationalist.
Blue can make up for any lack himself, seemingly, able to ramble on about snow, the benefits of it, how to look on the bright side. The conversation is seriously broken up by the constant interruptions, but he seems able to maintain the thread. Finally, pockets laden with all manner of trinkets he declares, "We better get back with all this before we get mugged for it."
Billie nods and keeps looking around, its like a twitch almost, the need to always look behind her now and then. She moves along, listening and sometimes nodding when you speak, or just a brief 'uh huh'. She starts back towards the vehicle with thier daily gains. "Might be relaxing….to actually have something happen instead of always thinking its just about to happen."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 1 for "Why not, 1-4 nothing, 5-6 badness.":
5
Blue nods, the little finger on his left hand spasming slightly now for some reason, "I know what you mean. I'm not used to operating this blatantly."
You ever believe in superstitions? Like being able to jinx a situation, or Sod's law? Well, like it or not, it's in full effect today. As the pair come around an RV and into sight of Blue's car, a small group of rough looking bikers becomes apparent. Four bikes parked next to the car, two with bikers on, two empty, their riders instead sat on the front of Blue's car.
Billie twitches slightly at the sight, and looking at the numbers, along with not knowing the capabilities of blue, her brain sends a signal. Drugs flush her system, and her breathing becomes slightly more rapid, if her eyes were still real, they might even dilate a bit. She looks to Blue, almost…smiling.
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) uses 1 of item 3: Drug: Jazz from Drugs (#5232).
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Body vs TN 5 for "Ahh, no addiction":
2 2 3 3 5 7 9 = 3 Successes
Blue glances sideways to Billie, notes the smile, and his right eye twitches. Looking back at the bikers, who have now spotted the pair where they stopped in the road, he begins to unzip his jacket slowly. Talking quietly he mentions, "Somehow I doubt I'm going to talk my way out of this."
Down the road the four men stand up, two dismounting their bikes, two dismounting Blue's car. One raises a fist into his other hand and cracks his knuckles, another points and gestures the pair to 'come here'.
Billie has reconnected.
Billie looks at the group, then at Blue. "I watched a trid the other day….be nice, until its time to not be nice." She looks back at the group. "Lead on, try to talk, keep them from drawing guns at least." She whispers the last little bit.
Blue looks less than enamoured with the idea of actually talking to these four, instead he hesitates. Finally screwing up the required courage he nods and starts walking again, approaching the biker who gestured. Adopting a rough tone, a tone that says 'we have the right to be here, you need to leave' he says, "You better not have scratched my paint. What do you want?"
The lead biker seems to ignore Blue, pointing his finger first at Billie, then Blue. "You two working for that slimy elf, aint'cha?" With a grimace he spits on the ground dangerously close to Billie's boots. "Fuck, he didn' say you were fuckin' leafeating shitstains too." Rolling his tongue around in his mouth he smiles a smile of broken, brown teeth, "Well I gotta tell you to get out of Barstow, you got one chance. But don't take it, I like cutting on elves." At that point, it might become obvious that the shrivelled brown things hung around this biker's neck are severed elven ears.
Billie does her best to remain still, she looks at the bikers, judging what they may be armed with, then she looks up at the lead biker. "There are four of you and two of us, perhaps if we split everything equally." Is she talking about the money, or something else?
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Intelligence:
1 2 2 3 4 5 8 15
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Lead biker has a shotgun under his club jacket, so does the guy next to him. You don't catch anything on the other guys."
Blue wrinkles his nose at the horrendously bad breath of the biker, and his poor taste in ornamentation. He glances momentarily to Billie when she mentions splitting things and nods. "Look, the thing is you see," he says, turning and pointing at something off to the right, "Our boss has that, and us, and -taste- and your boss has four, smelly idiots on bikes."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Negotiation for "Con: LOOK BEHIND YOU":
1 2 3 4 4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Negotiation for "Con: LOOK BEHIND YOU KP1":
1 1 3 3 5 5
«OOC» Blue Monday says, "Bugger. :)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 vs TN 5 for "Not that old trick.":
3 4 4 5 8 = 2 Successes
The lead bikers response to Blue's attempt at misdirection is an immediate belly laugh at the terrible cliched trick.
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Neither side is going to get surprise at this point, so we need inits."
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Initiative with a result of 14.
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Initiative with a result of 21.
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls 1 for "Bonus from Jazz":
1
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 2 for "+6":
4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 2 for "+6":
1 1
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 2 for "+6":
3 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 2 for "+6":
3 7
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Init order: Blue 21, Billie 15, Biker 1 15, Biker 4 15, Biker 3 14, Biker 2 8."
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Blue's action: quickdraw and shoot the biker in front of him twice."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Reaction vs TN 4 for "Quickdraw":
1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 11 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Pistols vs TN 2 for "Shot 1, short range, smartlink.":
1 1 1 2 4 5 10 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Pistols vs TN 2 for "Shot 2, short range, smartlink.":
1 2 2 2 3 4 5 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 6 for "Soaking":
1 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 11 17 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 4 - 2 vs TN 6 for "Soaking KP":
3 3 3 3 3 3 4 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 4 - 3 vs TN 6 for "Soaking KP3":
1 2 2 5 5 7 7 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 6 for "Soaking shot 2":
1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 14 = 1 Success
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "He takes M and then D and goes down in a gout of blood as the explosive rounds make big holes in his chest."
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Billie, your action."
«Plot» Billie says, "Action: Free activate hand razors, Attack Nearest Biker thats not hurt. (FIMM yet?)"
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "He'd be alone, the other two are a few feet away, so no FIM."
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Cyber-Implant Combat (Hand Razors) + Combat Pool: 7 vs TN 4 for "Attacking with Improved Hand Razors, Str base 6, Dikote Imp Hand razors +3 M. Jazz +2 Str. Final Power: 11M base..":
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 = 7 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Cyber-Implant Combat (Hand Razors) + Combat Pool: 7 - 7 vs TN 4 for "Attacking with Improved Hand Razors, Str base 6, Dikote Imp Hand razors +3 M. Jazz +2 Str. Final Power: 11M base.. KP:1":
1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 15 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Billie stands with 11.
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "Brawling":
1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 + Combat Pool: 5 - 4 vs TN 4 for "Brawling KP":
3 3 5 5 8 17 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "3 nets, he's soaking 9S"
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 6:
1 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 10 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 3 - 1 vs TN 6 for "KP2":
2 2 3 4 5 5 8 9 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "He takes an M wound."
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Biker 2's init drops to 6."
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Biker 4 draws a shotgun and shoots."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 4 + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 2 for "Short range, smartlink, target Blue, base 8S flechette.":
1 2 2 3 3 4 4 10 = 7 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 9 vs TN 2 for "Soaking 8S+7 succs":
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 11 = 12 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 9 - 12 vs TN 2 for "KP2":
4 4 8 = 3 Successes
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Biker 3 rushes in to help his injured friend beat on Billie."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 3 for "-1 FIMM":
1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 10 10 = 5 Successes
«Plot» Billie defends, using Disorient.
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Cyber-Implant Combat (Hand Razors) + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 5 for "Counter, Disorient, +1 TN FIMM.":
1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 8 11 11 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Cyber-Implant Combat (Hand Razors) + Combat Pool: 2 - 3 vs TN 5 for "Counter, Disorient, +1 TN FIMM. KP:2":
1 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 10 = 6 Successes
«Plot» Billie stands on 9
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Finally Biker 2 attacks Billie."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 vs TN 5 for "-1 FIMM, +2 wound.":
1 5 5 7 11 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Cyber-Implant Combat (Hand Razors) + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 5 for "Counter, Free Action, Venom Sack: Gamma Scope, need to cause at least a light wound for injection vector. KP:2":
1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 = 5 Successes
«Plot» Billie stands
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 vs TN 6 for "Soak":
1 2 3 3 5 7 = 1 Success
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "He takes another M from the attack, and the gamma?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 vs TN 10 for "Soak gamma":
3 4 4 5 5 11 = 1 Success
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "He is down with 6 boxes phys, 10 stun."
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Which brins us back to Blue, who will now fire at the guy with the shotgun. 2 rounds, short range, +2 cover from his bike. TN 4"
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Pistols vs TN 4:
1 1 1 2 2 5 9 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 4 for "Shot 2":
1 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 8 9 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 6 for "Soaking 1":
1 1 2 2 3 4 8 9 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 2 - 2 vs TN 6 for "Soaking 1 KP1":
1 1 2 2 2 8 = 1 Success
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "One Moderate."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 6 for "Soaking 2":
1 2 4 5 9 10 10 11 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 2 - 4 vs TN 6 for "Soaking 2 KP2":
4 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "2 moderate wounds for him, his init drops to 3."
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Billie, yer up."
«Plot» Billie says, "Venom Sack, 2nd dose, disoriented Target. Attacking"
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Cyber-Implant Combat (Hand Razors) vs TN 5 for "Attacking the disoriented guy. Venom Sack, Second gamma Scope hit.":
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 8 16 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Cyber-Implant Combat (Hand Razors) - 3 vs TN 5 for "Attacking the disoriented guy. Venom Sack, Second gamma Scope hit. KP:3 and thats it, hope its over":
1 1 2 4 4 5 7 21 = 3 Successes
«Plot» Billie stands with 6
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 5 for "-1 FIMM, +2 disorient":
2 2 3 4 5 5 8 15 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) uses 2 of item 5: Drug: Gamma-Scopolamine from Drugs (#5232).
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 + Combat Pool: 3 - 4 vs TN 5 for "-1 FIMM, +2 disorient KP1":
2 3 4 5 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 + Combat Pool: 3 - 5 vs TN 5 for "-1 FIMM, +2 disorient KP3 Hail Mary":
1 2 3 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 vs TN 6 for "Soak":
2 2 3 5 9 9 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 6 vs TN 10 for "Drug":
2 3 3 4 4 4 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "He goes down with an L wound and D stun."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 vs TN 6:
2 3 3 3 4 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "And our guy with the shotgun drops it, ducks behind his bike and yells for mercy."
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Blue is inclined to give it. The round ends, the two on Billie fall over."
«Plot» Blue Monday says, "Would Billie execute the guy or is the combat over?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Billie (#2870) rolls Willpower vs TN 6 for "resisting the urge to kill":
1 1 2 2 5 14 = 1 Success
«Plot» Billie will spare them.
Billie is more confident in hand to hand than using her SMG, and gunfire tends to excite the locals. As blue fires off his shots, trading blasts with some of the bikers, Billie steps forward, dikoted blades extending from her fingertips and her hand slices upward to slash at the first bikers neck. Its close, but the biker has had some training, enough not to die from a single hit. His friend steps up to try to help and Billie manages to barely avoid his blow, using a foot to kick him off balance. Cyberware activates, and a small amount of drug is leaked onto the blades of her fingers. A quick slash against one of the bikers sends him staggering back with a minor cut, but the drug is now in his bloodstream. Billie manages to repeat the performance, a bit faster due to augmentation than her opponents, and the second biker is also cut, the drug working its effect. Before the two bikers can even manage to throw another punch at the elf girl, their bodies become stiff, and they fall in awkward positions, paralyzed.
Blue's misdirection fails, the bikers just laugh. Well, that's fine, the elven male thinks, I can probably outdraw these guys anyway, and Billie has an SMG under there. At least that's his thought process as he pulls his arm back to shift his jacket and draws a Max-Power from his belt. With a quick double tap to the chest the lead biker goes down with a squirt of blood thanks to the gruesome bullets and he's alreadt swivelling to target the next biker. Out of the corner of his eye, he sees Billie go in with razors, information which is neatly noted down in the back of his mind to be processed later even as he takes a load of buck to the chest. With a harsh exhalation from the impact his aim is obviously knocked off, as his next two rounds fail to drop the shotgun wielding biker outright. Instead the man drops his shotgun and gives up. Blue remains with his pistol held out as he scans the battlezone, one dead, two on the ground paralysed and bleeding, and another almost crying.
Quickly holstering his pistol he raises his hands towards the gathering crowd, damage control already in action, "Now folks, calm down. Everyone saw, they attacked us first, we were just defending ourselves. Please, disperse so that the authorities can deal with this matter."
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls Negotiation for "Do better.":
2 2 3 4 4 9
«Auto-Judge[]» Blue Monday (#3146) rolls 5 vs TN 9 for "Group conciousness.":
1 2 2 5 7 = 0 Successes
Billie retracts her razors, realzing now she has to reload her drugs. Her body is still a little wired from the jazz, it has a good duration. She looks around, making sure there are no further threats, then begins to depreive the gang members of anything of value, or ability to harm others.
Blue is pretty good with the crowd, he takes the time to speak quietly with a few he's already noted as ringleaders, and the rest follow along. There's still some people who watch of course, but nobody gets in Billie or Blue's way. Walking back over he glances at the bikers, bends down and checks the pulse on the one he shot that's still there (The other wounded one having fled). "This one's dead," he murmurs, "Those two?"
Billie works on checking them over. "Drugs, paralysis, you can't ensure a clean kill with these things without them." she flicks out her razors for a moment, then retracts them and continues searching the downed gangers.
The gangers have the usual on them, registered sticks, a smartlinked shotgun apiece, keys for their bikes.
Blue nods, "Right, what are you planning to do with them?"
Billie shrugs "Leave them here, no point drawing too much attention to ourselves with needless killings." She tries to play it calmer now, like she didn't actually enjoy the fighting, the cutting, the blood. Unless you were watching her during the fight, you wouldn't have seen the look in her eye or the grin on her lips. Now, she is trying to be professional, or at least give off that impression. "Lets just get going, we can peddle these little toys." she holds the guns.
Blue nods, "You don't want a new bike?" He waggles a finger towards the choppers these guys were riding with the question and then sighs, "I think our employer would like it if we dealt with this one too." He indicates the dead biker with a kick.
Billie looks at the bike, then the men on the ground, then the car. "Realisticly we can take one bike, and put the body in your car. Sound fair?"
Blue curls his lip at the idea of putting the bleeding go-ganger into his car. "Shit, fine. I have a tarp in the trunk I suppose. Help me with him, he's huge." With a button press he clicks the trunk open, and then proceeds around to the dead man's arms, picking them up by the wrists and waiting for Billie to help him move the guy into the trunk.
Billie is strong enough, at least as strong as most men her size, if not stronger. She helps move the body to the trunk, and waits for Blue to setup his system to keep the blood from going everywhere.
Blue's trunk is already lined with the blue tarpaulin, it's a simple case of dumping the body in and shutting the lid. "Alright, I'll go drive out into the desert and dispose of this," he states, clapping his hands together, "You have fun with your new toy."
Billie looks over at the bike, then some of the keys she picked off the gangers. She nods "See you later." She steps over to the bike, checking them out, finding the one in the best condition she can tell and checking keys till it starts.
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