Russia Wants Revenge

GM: Pulse
Players: Pulse, Slinger, Selene (briefly), Dalton, Tsubasa
Synopsis: Pulse's little friend Jimmy gets kidnapped. The team rushes to the rescue!
Date: February 20th, 2070


The call goes out. Pauly, The Pulse: needs help. People who are willing to work for little-to-no beans on some work that needs doing and needs doing fast. He'll be at his gym. Hurry!

Dalton gets the offer of low pay help, and since his fixer knows he sometimes takes these jobs, it got forwarded to him. "Huh, who's the Pulse." he says to himself as he gathers his gear and responds to the fixer the question, when he gets his reply back a shadow profile, he is impressed, and makes his way to the Bare Knuckle Gym in the warrens on his reciently stolen Scorpion.

Selene arrives, at the gym. Surprise! Where has she been the last year? Ah well, she still saunters in like she belongs there, and looks around the place for Pauly.

Tsubasa had heard of a little work on the wire. It wasn't like he particular knew who the pulse was, but either way, he had to make friends in this world and this was one way of doing it. In he walks, a nice suit kind of get up and a pair of sunglasses on that look like they might have cost half his fortune.
That's not really what should be noted however. How about the one hundred and fifty thousand dollar car outside? Yeah, that might be a little more suspicious. "So, who pulse?" In an obvious japanese broken english.

Right now, Slinger is cruising the Warrens in the SUV, brooding as he looks around at what is going on around him. The elf's brow is furrowed, and so when the call comes in, the elf pulls a 180 — ignoring the yelling and whining of the autopilot — and sets a course for the gym. Once there, the elf climbs out, closing the door, and activates his armor focus. Pulse knows too much about him for comfort, and organized crime is something that right now Slinger would enjoy taking a bite out of.
He's still kinda pissed, you see.

Hands in his pockets, armed, the elf strides into the Bare Knuckle Gym and looks around for the owner.

Pulse is already in the gym, of course. Down on the ground floor, loading in a blue-coloured clip to his nickle-plated shotgun. He barely looks up as people arrive, not even looking up from his work. Still, once slinger arrives, he speaks up. "Good," he says. "There's enough of you." He looks up, his eyes glowing bright blue. "They took Jimmy. They took -Jimmy-." His perfect teeth set. "Russians. Vory, possibly. They're not happy I took out their champ last month. Balls to them. I don't take a fall for nobody. But the why doesn't matter. They took Jimmy, and they're going to die." He pauses. "Forgive me. I get ahead of myself. Jimmy's an employee, hear. He's about fifteen. Known him since he was twelve. Like a son to me." He checks his gun again. "There's at least six of them, or that's what my boys tell me. The nastier sort. They're not dropping ransom. They're not asking for concessions. I think they're just going to hurt him. A lot. And then kill him." Another pause. "Who's in?"

Dalton says little as the Pulse gives his speech, he frowns slightly at the story, then nods "Saving a kid, sure." he says quietly, adding nothing further besides those four words.

Long distance to Selene: Pulse realized earlier tonight that 'Jimmy' has never made it on to his sheet as a contact. Means to fix that.

"This Jimmy. Has he done anything wrong? And what'd you do to provoke them, other than what you said?" Slinger asks, with his eyes narrowed. He eyes Pulse carefully, with a hint of distrust in his eyes. In fact, the elf is casting a spell right at this moment.

«OOC» Slinger says, "What's your willpower, Pulse? :)"
«OOC» Pulse says, "5."
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Magic vs TN 2 for "Filtering against background count.":
1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 9 10 = 11 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "FOR NOW."
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 7 (power focus) vs TN 5 for "Analyze Truth, Force 5.":
1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 14 15 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 7 (power focus) - 6 (succs) vs TN 5 for "Analyze Truth, Force 5. KP 1/38.":
2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 10 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "F5, Draincode L, 2L drain.":
1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 9 11 = 8 Successes

Selene straightens up after the explaination, and steps forward, "I was going to say no, just so I could walk out on ya. But, kids? kidnapped just to get to you? II'm in." she glances at Slinger and sort of smiles, that guy knows for which he speaks, it's sure there's more to the story than ol' Paulino is telling.
Slinger pages: You do get a resistance roll. Though you'll need to beat 11 successes at TN 5.
Long distance to Slinger: Pulse doesn't see the need to waste a roll. :)

«Plot» Slinger says, "If anybody wants to notice that he did it, the TN is 4, plus Slinger's Magic attribute (13), minus Force (5) = 12. -2 if you're Awakened."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Intelligence vs TN 12:
3 3 4 9 17 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Intelligence vs TN 10 for "Do I notice spellcasting":
1 3 4 7 14 21 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "Jesus :)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Selene (#609) rolls Intelligence vs TN 10:
1 2 2 4 5 15 = 1 Success

Tsubasa nods slowly as he listens to the speach, "I not understand well, but kid kidnapped russians? Home, we have sayin, family one." He walks forward to make it clear he's going to stay, "Help. I here." He nods at the man across from him loading the shotgun.

«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Intelligence vs TN 10:
1 3 4 4 8 10 = 1 Success

Dalton turns slightly, watching Slinger as the spell is cast, and switching to his astral perceptions to see the effects of the spell, his own spell defense goes on high, and he almost draws on mana to defend himself, but as he sees the target of his spell is the Pulse, he relaxes just a bit.

Pulse grunts. "Yeah, I done stuff before that might piss them off. But not for a couple years. Not like this." He sighs. "Listen, ask Selene. Jimmy's like my son." He takes a deep breath. "If I have to go down there alone and kill every mother fucker myself, I will. Don't doubt that." He turns his eyes, focusing on Slinger. "Listen. I know you know who I am. I know what they say about me… but listen to my rep. I take care of my own. I don't have much on hand, otherwise I'd pay you, but… this work is unsponsored. I'll owe each and every one of you a Big Favor if you help me." Another pause, and a long breath. "On my word as Lucianno."
You paged Slinger with 'no direct lies.'.

Slinger nods slowly, his gaze never wavering from Pauly. "I don't doubt that. I'm judging the level of force I consider appropriate. Whether I leave a trail of corpses behind, or simply perform the rescue. Either way, I will help retrieve Jimmy. That much is certain.

Selene confirms, "Yeah, I know Pauly. Jimmy has been hanging around here for ages… but if it's just going to be a gratuitous blood bath, you know as well as I do that I can't participate, but if it's really about keeping the kid safe, I'll always help." She lets that hang in the air, waiting for his response

There is a coldness in Slinger that some might not recognize. He's usually a lot more laid back than this. But there is something burning inside him right this moment.

Tsubasa shrugs, he's said his part in his broken english and he waits for further orders.

"If they'll hurt or kill a kid for no good reason, then the world is a better place without them," Slinger says without remorse. The elf's voice is roughened. "I won't kill innocents. But I'm tired of standing by while innocents get hurt again and again because I have not done enough."

Dalton watches Slinger for a few moments, then looks to Pulse "If you kill these men, will it not only draw more aggression against you and yours?"

Pulse gestures at Selene. "You're right, you can't. It's why I didn't call you, personally. You need to walk out of here, Selene, you do it. I'm sure if Jimmy lives he'll understand." There's a hardness in his eyes, too, and a slightly frantic note at the edges of his voice… his legendary calm damaged. "Let's go," he says. "My eyes on the street have them on South Chambers, but they don't have the balls to -do- anything about it." He starts walking towards the door, and he stops. "I know why they're doing this," he says, his back to their others. "Because they know I'll come. They want to kill me, and those I love." His shoulders set. "But they called down the thunder: and I'm going. And Hell's coming with me."

Tsubasa shrugs as he turns to follow pulse. He was new in town and didn't really know any of these people, but getting shot up along side them was sure a good way to get to know them. It certainly was! This leads them to leaving and he shrugs, "I have car if need ride." It seems like the man knows how to form proper english sentences, but just forgets verbs and tenses.

Slinger nods. "Do you want to take point on this?" he asks. "If so, I will be backup. If not, we will take care of this, so they do not get what they want." The elf considers this. "My vehicle has decent armor, but I'd rather not drive it into the warzone. What're we going to be facing? What level of armament? I can hit them hard and fast."

Selene frowns, "Oh, well. once they start shooting a me, or you… all bets are off. But then you know that, dont you." She looks around the room again, "I think you have more than the force you need, Pauly. But if something doesn't go right, I won't be far." Then, the young woman turns and starts for the stairs up, rather than out.
«OOC» Selene says, "OK, I need to be in bed in 20 mins, so I'm gonna bow out. Thank you all for the RP."

Dalton moves after Slinger, figuring the highly skilled mage might be the safest spot to travel alongside.

Pulse talks as he walks, not looking back at Selene. "I'm not sure. I wasn't here when they hit us. But they slaughtered three of the boxers I have here, blades and bullets. I'm assuming terrorist-grade skills, not gangers. If you want to go ahead first, Slinger, go. It's only about five blocks from here… so I'm walking." He stops, pointing at Tsubasa. "You can come with me, keep me covered." He looks at Dalton next. "I'm not sure what you do, but… follow Slinger if you want, or come on my other flank." His hands grip his shotgun tighter. "You're right, though. If I kill them all, it might bring fire down later… or it might let them know, if it's not just me doing this, that Denver will -not- stand to see its children threatened. Eithier way, they have Jimmy. So I'm going."
Long distance to Selene: Pulse dipsmooches. thanks for showing up.
From afar, Selene would rather go with you! :)

Slinger glances over his shoulder at the Asian man. "Sounds like we're walking. Tell me what I'm looking for… and I'll hit it," the elf says firmly. "Just give me some prep time." The elf strides back out of the club and climbs into his SUV — and starts putting on his armor. "Anybody wanna help me with this?" he calls, pulling the gear from the secret compartment stashed in the base of the vehicle.

Dalton pauses and shakes his head "Give me a second, I'll conceal us with a spirit." He kneels down, putting a hand to the ground, and whispering softly.

«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Conjuring vs TN 6 for "Summoning F5 City Spirit. +1 BG":
1 2 3 4 4 10 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Charisma vs TN 5 for "Resisting 5L drain.":
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 10 11 = 3 Successes

«OOC» Slinger says, "How long does it take to put on Light Milspec? I dunno if there's rules for it."
You paged Selene with 'good luck, i suppose.'.

«OOC» Pulse doesn't know any rules, so will go with dnd. full plate takes 5 minutes to put on well, with help. we'll call this 2 minutes.
«OOC» Slinger says, "We'll see if anybody's willing to help me with it, then."
«OOC» Pulse is.

From the alley, a black cat slinks out around the building and walks over to Dalton, the shaman speaks quietly to the spirit "Thank you for coming, I need you to conceal the group of us as long as we are in your domain, and if we return to your domain, please conceal us again until sunrise. Thank you."

Tsubasa nods as he steps out of the building and pushes a button, his car sealing itself shut. He draws the gun from its holster and swips a finger across it. A whine is heard as a blast of steam leaves the gas vent and he nods at the gun as he runs his finger over it again. "Ready," he says and moves next to Pulse to follow him.

Putting on armor without help tends to take a while to accomplish, but Slinger is a man on a mission. "We got comms?" the elf calls. "I've got a couple spares, with strong crypto, if anybody needs 'em." He's adjusting the pauldrons right now, slipping them until the seals lock into place, then works on the legs. Finally, the torso is sealed, and ready for his helmet, which he dons, connects up his datajack.

Pulse turns and walks over to Slinger, helping him- quickly- with his armor. "I appreciate you helping me with this," he tells the other man, quietly. "I know your reputation and your skills. I am in your debt." He steps away and turns to look at the others, even as the black cat begins its concealment work. "I have one," he tells Slinger, then flexes his shotgun. "All set?"

Dalton pulls a com out of his pocket and slips it into his ear, "Level four crypto, and I have a spirit concealing us as we travel."

Tsubasa taps his sunglasses as they flash to adjust to low light and the vision mag takes effect once to adjust the sight to his eyes. "I need com," he says and then moves over towards Pulse and Slinger. "I need buy one."

"Almost," Slinger says. He hands over the comm to Tsubasa, shares crypto keys and frequencies, then nods once. "Almost ready. Just a few more things." He begins to concentrate…

Commlink-Slinger> Slinger says, "Slinger online."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Powerups. You need rolls on these?"
«OOC» Slinger says, "I can go through them pretty fast, but it's spammy."
«OOC» Pulse says, "no, go ahead and just plotchan themfor me."
«Plot» Slinger says, "Slinger'll have: Improved Invisibility Force 6, Levitate Force 3 (39 meters/turn), Increase Reflexes F4 (+2D6 Init), Dark Armor F6 (6/6 armor), and Stealth F6 active."
«Plot» Slinger says, "All of them with sufficient successes they are probably going to be impossible to penetrate."
«Plot» Pulse says, "tied to sustaining focuses, i assume?"
«Plot» Slinger says, "All through sustaining, except Armor F6, for anchoring. Also, will be using Filtering to keep BG count from affecting him."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Question. Have I ever met Jimmy?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "have you spent any time at the bare knuckle gym before?"
«OOC» Slinger says, "Well, I'm a member. :)"
«OOC» Slinger says, "I was laid up in Zoey's clinic a while, and Slinger goes there to work out from time to time."
«OOC» Pulse says, "so, yes. Jimmy is usually around, a scrawny kid: he does a lot of cleanup, holding bags for people, that sort of thing."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Decent chance I might've scoped his aura?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1:
2
«OOC» Pulse says, "yes, you have."
Commlink-Slinger> Slinger says, "All right. I'm gonna do some recon, see if I can find him. If that's okay. Go on ahead, I'll catch up."
Commlink-Pulse> Pulse says, "Roger."

With that, the elf detaches from his body, leaving it floating safely in the SUV, and then rockets toward his destination. Just before he leaves, he activates Filtering again, just to make sure he has a clean supply of Mana for a while.
That done, he heads toward the location Pulse specified, keeping his senses already and taking advantage of buildings and whatever other cover is present.

Dalton shrugs as the mage hides in his SUV and heads off astrally, and he walks along behind Pulse and the others, all under the concealment of thier spirit

«OOC» Dalton says, "Pulse, you have a 5 rating concealment on you now, so people dont see you really"
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Magic vs TN 2 for "Filtering. TN is background count of 2. Duration is initiate grade (11) times (10 - bgcount = 8) = 88 combat turns.":
1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 = 12 Successes

«Plot» Slinger says, "To declare, shielding at max value on the team, plus the spirit."
«OOC» Pulse says, "Curse you and your magic, dalton! :)"
«Plot» Slinger says, "Shielding plus spell defense, I mean."
«OOC» Slinger says, "He's still visible. Just… harder to see him :)"
«OOC» Slinger says, "Slinger has over 4 minutes of Filtering active, and moves almost instantly through astral."
«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse says, "The place indicated is a townhouse, brimming with life. at least eight auras… no, make that 9, that last one hard to see: but familiar."
Commlink-Tsubasa> Tsubasa says, "tsu on"
Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Nightmare here"

«Plot-Page» (To: Pulse) Slinger says, "Slinger slips into the building, alert for any wards that might be in place. If they are there, then they will be dealt with. Slinger moves through the building, taking deeper inventory of the people, watching for anyone alert. And he scans that last aura, in more detail, to figure out why it is hard to see."

«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse says, "No obvious wards. Six of the men are heavily augmented, two are awakened. One of the awakened is a shaman of the Adversary. The familiar aura is Jimmy, and it's hard to see because he's in serious pain… and then there's a sudden Flare up from it! give a perception/aura reading test!"

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Centering vs TN 2 for "Centering against any background count.":
1 2 2 3 4 5 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Intelligence vs TN 4 for "Assensing.":
1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Aura Reading vs TN 4 for "Complementary.":
1 2 4 7 = 2 Successes

«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse says, "Jimmy is Dying… but he -just- Awakened."
«Plot-Page» (To: Pulse) Slinger says, "6 successes."
«Plot-Page» (To: Pulse) Slinger says, "Holy Shit. Okay. This is gonna be real interesting. Slinger is taking quick recon of the place, looking for the entrance to the building closest to Jimmy."

Tsubasa strolls down alongside them idly waiting for trouble. His sunglasses are set for low light and he's got the vision mag on scanning the area for any signs of people moving about with guns.

«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse says, "His magic is clean, he's got all his essence… but his magic might not stay that way long. He's lost four fingers and a lot of blood…. and you just saw the image of a Fenrir super-imposed over him."
«OOC» Pulse is handling the astral recon in pages. will be back to the action soon!

«Plot-Page» (To: Pulse) Slinger says, "Slinger can see that much. Now, he's scoping out the building, trying to figure out where Jimmy is relative to the townhouse — and where the people are within it. Intel is good, and the elf is making a mental map that he can relay to the others."
«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse says, "Right. Jimmy is in the back of the second floor. Both of the awakened are in it… and they're staggering back. One is percieving the astral… RIGHT NOW! Roll stealth!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Stealth + Karma Pool: 1 for "KP 2/38.":
1 2 2 3 4 5 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Stealth + Karma Pool: 1 for "KP 3/38.":
1 2 3 5 8 9 13
«OOC» Slinger says, "Stand there."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 13 for "does he see slinger?":
3 4 4 4 5 9 = 0 Successes
«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse says, "you're clear for now."
«Plot-Page» (To: Pulse) Slinger says, "If both of them were perceiving, Slinger would actually take a chance and zot them. Shit shit shit… there is no way he can get there fast enough, is there? Not in person. If he fucks up, they'll kill the kid, unless they have something bigger to worry about. It will take him under a minute to get there physically, unless they kill him right now.
"
«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse says, "the one that is perceiving is casting stunbolt on the boy. ZOT! boy's out. There's also another aura by a window, this one most augmented of all… actually, it's worse than that. he has negative essence."
«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse spontaneously decides to make this first in a series of plots. :)
«Plot-Page» (To: Slinger) Pulse says, "imagine lots of swirling blackness, lots of bad-ness around that one."

«Plot-Page» (To: Pulse) Slinger has seen enough. He whirls around and departs, slipping through the nearest wall or floor, just fading into it to hide his departure. And then, zip, back to his body.

Suddenly, the door to the SUV opens, slams shut — and Slinger is moving toward the townhouse, FAST, soundlessly. And speaking on the comm while he moves.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Intelligence:
1 1 2 3 3
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 8 vs TN 6 for "holy SHIT!":
1 2 3 3 4 5 8 9 = 2 Successes

Pulse has nearly gotten to the building position and is leaning back, watching it.. "this feels bad…"

and then there's a beep beep beep, he looks down… and OMG WTF ITS A MINE!

There's an explosion and he's thrown back…

Commlink-Slinger> Slinger says, "Okay. Jimmy is alive — but just about toast. He's special — and one of the mages just stunned him. That means they don't want him dead /yet/ for whatever reason. We need to get in there. There are three rooms downstairs, three guys in the front room, two in the back… stairs leading up. Three people upstairs. Everybody else, hit the room downstairs, I'll deal with upstairs where Jimmy is, goin' in through the window and… what the FRAG was that?"

Slinger doesn't slow down. Not even a little.

«OOC» Slinger says, "How far is it from the SUV to the townhouse, by the way? I was figuring about 500 meters. If it's less, cool. :)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body vs TN 8 for "reducing S damage. ouchouch ouch!":
2 2 4 5 9 10 27 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body - 3 vs TN 8 for "reducing S damage. ouchouch ouch! kp 1/6":
2 2 5 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body - 3 vs TN 8 for "reducing S damage. ouchouch ouch! kp 3/6":
1 2 4 5 = 0 Successes

«OOC» Pulse takes a moderate. one point of of that is transfered to Stun, due to trauma dampner.
Pulse is on the ground a meter or two away from the explosion, body torn up. He forces himself to his feet, halfstaggered…
Commlink-Pulse> Pulse says, "affirmative, slinger. Boyos… Run!"

«OOC» Slinger says, "Distance from SUV to townhouse? I was figuring 500 meters as a guess, but might be shorter."
You paged Slinger with 'you're right about the distance. works for me.'.
«OOC» Pulse nods. correct.
Slinger pages: Coolios. Will take Slinger roughly 12-13 turns to get there total.
You paged Slinger with 'right.'.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 vs TN 9 for "4 base to notice, +5 for conceal power":
2 3 3 4 5 5 7 10 = 1 Success

Dalton staggers back as the large man goes flying through the air in front of him. He curses loudly, and waits just the few moments for the man to get to his feet and lead the charge, and instead of walking, he starts to fly.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 for "1-3 pulse, 4-6 dalton.":
2
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 6 vs TN 5 for "Levitate F4, +1 BG count.":
2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 9 9 11 11 = 5 Successes

«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Willpower vs TN 4 for "Resist 4M drain.":
1 2 3 3 4 5 11 16 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 2 for "bullet targeting pulse.":
2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 8 = 10 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) has the Armor Rating Ballistic with the value '0 (5)'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 8 vs TN 4 for "Soaking a sniper's bullet.":
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 14 17 = 8 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 8 - 8 vs TN 4 for "Soaking a sniper's bullet. kp 4/6":
3 3 3 3 4 7 15 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 8 - 11 vs TN 4 for "Soaking a sniper's bullet. kp 6/6":
1 3 5 5 = 2 Successes

«OOC» Pulse takes another moderate. Again, trauma dampner hacks off a box and pushes it to stun. is now @ 4 boxes lethal, 2 boxes stun.

Moments after the explosion, a rifleshot rings out from the top floor of the building. Pauly hits the ground again, blood spurting frmo his chest… but again he gets to his feet and continues the charge, leading us (very soon…) to initiative!
Slinger pages: As a note, Slinger wants to do two things while travelling. Let me know when is convenient on that.

Tsubasa thinks they're all crazy as the bombs go off, but that's never stopped him before. Behold, the speedy asian man as he runs forward pulling out his ares predator and swiping his finger on the biometric safety. "BANZAI!"
You paged Slinger with 'what are they?'.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Initiative with a modifier of -3 with a result of 17.
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Initiative with a result of 6.
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 for "+13, sniper":
1 3 3 3 4
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 for "+6, troll muscle":
5
Slinger pages: Actually 3: filtering (complex action), call a spirit back from on hold (simple action), and then channelling (complex action).

«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Initiative with a result of 9.
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 for "+8, dwarf muscle":
3
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 2 for "+7, human muscle":
1 2
You paged Slinger with 'give me the dice for them now. you can have done all three.'.
From afar, Slinger isn't sure how far out Slinger is at this point.

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Magic vs TN 2 (to Pulse) for "Filtering against BG count of 2. 88 turns duration. Need at least 4 successes to negate all BG count for me.":
1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 7 = 8 Successes
You paged Slinger with 'you're about 30 meters out. i'm handwaving a lot of distance for dramatic purposes. :)'.
Slinger pages: All that matters is basically 'when' I got back to my body. Remember that in astral space I move like 13 km/turn.
You paged Slinger with 'oh, i didn't realize you were projecting again!'.
Slinger pages: I'm not!
Slinger pages: But I'm saying I could have gotten there and back in basically no time, while Pulse was heading that way at a walk. Thus meaning it's not a stretch to have him be about 30 meters out right now, and get there not this turn but next.
Slinger pages: Which is what you were saying, and I'm saying it's not unreasonable at all :)
You paged Slinger with 'ah! right. :)'.

«Plot» Pulse says, "sniper 27, pulse 17, dwarf 11, trolls 11, humans 10, tsubasa 9, dalton 6, sniper 17, pulse 7, dwarf 1, trolls 1, sniper 7"
Slinger pages: Oh, duh! Here's how we can do this.
«OOC» Pulse says, "sniper shoots at Dalton."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "no aiming this time.":
1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 = 5 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "dodge/soak, dalton?"
«OOC» Dalton says, "Cant dodge, have to soak, I'm sustaining a spell"

Slinger pages: Slinger channels the spirit. F6 Air Elemental. This gives him the Movement power at 6, multiplies his movement by 6.
«OOC» Pulse says, "ahh, right. base damage 9s."
«OOC» Pulse says, "resisted by ballistic."

«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) has the Armor Rating Ballistic with the value '0 (8)'.
You paged Slinger with 'perfect!'.
«OOC» Pulse says, "so against tn 2. looking for 12 successes for no damage."
«OOC» Pulse says, "scuse me, 10."

«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 9 vs TN 2 for "Soaking, thank goodness for layering":
1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 9 = 9 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 9 - 9 vs TN 2 for "Soaking, thank goodness for layering KP:1":
1 1 5 10 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Dalton says, "11 was what was needed, made it"

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Conjuring + 7 (power focus) vs TN 2 for "Channelling F6 Air Elemental, TN is 2xspirit's force (6x2=12), minus grade (11), or TN 2.":
2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 11 = 13 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) uses 13 of item 3: Force 6 Air Elemental Services from Elementals (#2083).
«OOC» Pulse says, "10 was what was needed. you were soaked D + 1 levels of damage. Anyway, that pose is coming up, you can pose your soak while i handle other things."

Slinger pages: Channelling is active for 13 minutes.
The sniper switches targets now, noting the one flying target: there's another whip-crack of a rifle shot, and the sporting rifle is again on target…

Dalton jerks back in the air from the impact against his layers of armor, growling he manages to shake off the impact and flies straight up.

«OOC» Tsubasa says, "is dalton going towards the sniper?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "pulse fires up at the window. cover will give him no bonus against pulse's AV ammo, but as a result his armor won't be halved. aim action, burst fire. all recoil comped. aiming +smartlink negates wound modifiers."

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Shotguns + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 4 for "DIEDIEDIE!":
1 1 2 4 5 9 9 17 = 5 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "badguy aborts to soak. facing 12d damage."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 12 + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "soaking the shotgun. need 8.":
1 1 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 8 10 11 11 21 = 10 Successes

Pulse's shotgun comes up now, and roars with pulse's anger. The thunder splits the night, AV ammunition tearing through walls, but… but it's not enough, as the manic man behind the rifle merely laughs and prepares for his next shot.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 12 + Combat Pool: 5 - 10 vs TN 4 for "soaking the shotgun. needed 12. kp 1/?":
2 3 3 3 4 5 10 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 9 for "noticing people.":
2 3 4 5 = 0 Successes

The door to the townhouse bursts open, and out rushes a dwarf, dual-wielding roomsweepers, but he pauses, going 'bwa' as he tries to notice a target…

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 9:
1 2 2 9 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 3 + 3 vs TN 4 for "troll pistoling pulse":
2 2 4 5 11 11 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 4 for "dodge?":
1 2 2 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "bah!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body vs TN 4:
1 3 3 3 3 11 15 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Pulse takes a serious… trauma dampner kicks in… OUCH. 9 boxes phys, 3 boxes stun.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 9:
1 4 4 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 9:
1 2 3 4 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 9:
1 2 2 11 = 1 Success
«OOC» Pulse says, "actually, ignore that last roll."

A troll appears through the window, firing an ares predator right into pulse… and the boxer almost goes down again, now mostly dead, bleeding heavily… he can't take much more of this!

More bad guys appear at the windows, now a human at the other one, and another human at the door… they're looking for people, but apparently not seeing them yet…

«Plot» Pulse says, "tsubasa 9, dalton 6, sniper 17, pulse 7, dwarf 1, trolls 1, sniper 7"
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "so i have low light and mag vision 1"
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "i'm going to get behind something and try to shoot the troll while he still can't see me"
«OOC» Pulse says, "do it."

«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Pistols (Ares Predator) + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 2:
1 2 4 4 10 11 11 = 6 Successes
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "that's a little better :)"
«OOC» Pulse says, "nice! he can'tsee you, so he can't dodge. basic ammo?"
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "yeah"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) uses 3 of item 4: Shotgun Rounds - AV from Firearms (#5859).
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "and it's an ares pred III"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 5 for "soaking the pistol shot":
1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Combat Pool: 2 - 1 vs TN 5 for "soaking the pistol shot kp 1/1":
1 1 3 4 4 4 4 10 15 = 2 Successes

Tsubasa drops and slides against a lamp post on the street corner as his glasses in low light give him a perfect shot on the troll. He leans around, aims and takes a potshot at the thing. The bullet travels and embeds itself right into the head of the troll who promptly drops. He switchs back to cover and covers the laser designator until he picks up another target.

«OOC» Dalton says, "Ok, flying into the ruined area and landing, next turn."
«OOC» Pulse says, "right. feel free to add yourself to the map however you see fit."

Dalton zips up into the air, heading fast towards the ruined area of the second story, he lands in the ruined area, dropping his sustained spell, but at least he is now in a new domain.

«OOC» Pulse says, "sniper will drop the rifle, draw a pistol, and kick down the door to the ruined area."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Shotguns vs TN 8:
1 1 3 5 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Pulse misses.

Pulse turns towards the door now that the troll is down, opening fire with his shotgun… missing the dwarf, but now he's moving for cover.

Upstairs, a door is kicked open, and a skinny human who looks completely normal grins… a simple black pistol in his hand, a red wolf tatooed on his forehead.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 vs TN 5 for "dwarf spotting gunmen":
1 5 7 7 9 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 8 for "shooting pulse, twoweapon foo, cover.":
1 2 3 4 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 8 for "shooting tsubasa, twoweapon foo, cover.":
2 3 3 3 5 11 = 1 Success
«OOC» Pulse says, "tsubasa, dodge?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body vs TN 4:
1 2 2 2 4 4 7 = 3 Successes

«OOC» Pulse takes a light, which transfers to stun.
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "dodge indeed"
«OOC» Tsubasa has no armor for soak so :)
«OOC» Pulse says, "ack! dodge dodge dodge!"
«OOC» Pulse says, "+roll cp:<number>/4"
«OOC» Tsubasa totally needs to get hit a fixer up for armor and a few other things
«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Combat Pool: 6 vs TN 4:
1 1 2 4 4 13 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "you dodge!"

The dwarf sees his targets (he's the only one, being on ground zero),and fires twice… once at pulse, one at the little-known gunman. Both shots are accurate, and pulse staggers back… how much longer can he keep this up!

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) uses 3 of item 4: Shotgun Rounds - AV from Firearms (#5859).
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Initiative with a result of 11.
«OOC» Pulse says, "slinger joins in on this one."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Initiative with a modifier of -5 with a result of 20.
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls 3 for "+13 Slinger init.":
2 5 5
«Plot» Slinger says, "25."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 for "+13":
1 2 2 4 8
«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Initiative with a result of 8.
«OOC» Pulse says, "still invisible, right, slinger?"

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 for "+4 humans":
11
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 for "+4 troll":
1
«OOC» Slinger says, "Invis and stealthed, so invis to thermo and ultrasound as well."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 for "+5 dwarf":
3
«OOC» Slinger always waits for somebody to ask, "Wait, if you make no sound, how do you use a comm?"
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "it's magic like!"
«OOC» Pulse says, "you only make sound on purpose! :)"
«Plot» Pulse says, "Sniper 28, Slinger 25, Pulse 20, Dalton 11, Humans 10, Tsuba 8, Dwarf 8, Troll 5, Sniper 18, Slinger 15, Pulse 10, Dalton 1, Sniper 8, Slinger 5"
«OOC» Pulse says, "okay, dalton. you do have cover. The guy fires twice at you."

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 6 for "Colt asp, -2 smartlink, +4 cover.":
1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 6 for "Colt asp, -2 smartlink, +4 cover. Shot 2.":
2 3 4 4 4 5 5 9 14 22 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "okay, dalton. two bullets coming your way."
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 4 for "Dodging First Shot, need 2 success":
1 2 4 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Combat Pool: 3 - 1 vs TN 4 for "Dodging First Shot, need 2 success KP:2":
3 7 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Combat Pool: 6 vs TN 4 for "Dodging Second Shot, need 4 success KP:2":
1 2 4 5 5 10 = 4 Successes

«OOC» Dalton says, "Dodged and out of CP"
«OOC» Pulse says, "right."

Dalton ducks and weaves using the cover to hide himself from the shots ringing out in the small room, suddenly he is not as confident as he thought he would be, since going toe to toe with sammys is not really his style.

The sniper kicks through the door, wielding a dinky light pistol in his left hand, holding it almost like it were a joke, squeezing off two bullets with casual accuracy.

«OOC» Pulse says, "Slinger! You're up!"

Slinger dives in through the window — crashing through it if necessary. His pistol is out and at the ready. Right now, the elfin mage is not taking any chances at all; his attention is on those two mages at the back. After what they were doing to Jimmy, no, there is not going to be any gel round-induced slumber. He has APDS loaded.

«OOC» Pulse says, "you can take a shot at the end of your movement, if you want- and put yourself on the map!"
«OOC» Slinger grins. Do I crash through the window?
«OOC» Pulse says, "oh yes."
«OOC» Pulse says, "boards and everything."
«OOC» Pulse says, "enough room for the guy to shoot through, but not much. :)"
«OOC» Slinger has an effective Body of 15 right now, effective Strength of 11.
Commlink-Slinger> Slinger says, "OH YEAH!"
«OOC» Pulse nods. i know channeling. it's awesome. would you like to take your shot?
«OOC» Slinger says, "All right. Let's talk TN's."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Question 1 — where are the mages, and what are they doing?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "they are the red circles on the map. one (adversary) is paying attention to the boy, studying him: there's a bloody knife in his hand. The other is watching the door to the stairwell room with a flamethrower spell on tap. (readying it for the door to pop open)"
Commlink-Slinger> Slinger says, "Careful in the stairwell!"
«OOC» Slinger says, "Free action to say that?"
Commlink-Pulse> Pulse says, "sure!"
«OOC» Slinger is going to shoot the adversary one first.
«OOC» Slinger says, "What's the range?"
«OOC» Pulse nods. Visibility is fine. range is 10 meters, and he has cover from the boy.
«OOC» Slinger says, "Damn. This is gonna suck."

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 6 vs TN 7 for "Base 5 medium range, -2 SL, +4 partial cover boy. TN 7.":
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 7 11 11 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 6 - 3 (succs) vs TN 7 for "Base 5 medium range, -2 SL, +4 partial cover boy. TN 7. KP 4/38":
2 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 8 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 6 - 4 (succs) vs TN 7 for "Base 5 medium range, -2 SL, +4 partial cover boy. TN 7. KP 6/38":
2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "Stand at 4 successes, dammit."
«OOC» Pulse says, "can't see you, and so can't dodge."
«OOC» Pulse says, "sure, roll your reaction. :)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 vs TN 4 for "dood's reaction":
1 3 4 5 10 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 - 3 vs TN 4 for "dood's reaction kp 1/3":
2 2 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 - 3 vs TN 4 for "dood's reaction kp 3/3":
1 2 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Dalton says, "If he uses astral perception he will see slinger too, and something busting through the window I cant see, would make me use astral"
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Reaction + 3 (3 extra quickness from channeling):
1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 7 10
«OOC» Pulse says, "right. but he has to wait till his action to do that."
«OOC» Pulse says, "slinger has suprise!"

«OOC» Slinger says, "If my TN was 4, 7 succs. If TN 2, lots more."
«OOC» Slinger says, "He can use CP on soak. 9M, APDS, so half armor."
«OOC» Slinger says, "He needs 8 successes to take no damage. KP can also be used at 1:1 on DR test."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 + Combat Pool: 7 vs TN 6 for "6 armor, cut in half by apds.":
1 1 1 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 10 = 1 Success
«OOC» Pulse says, "okay, so looks like… a serious."
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 6 vs TN 7 for "Same TN as before.":
1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 8 17 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 6 - 2 (succs) vs TN 7 for "Same TN as before. KP 7/38.":
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 6 - 2 (succs) vs TN 7 for "Same TN as before. KP 9/38.":
2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 6:
1 3 5 5 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "Do people see WHY I need so damned much KP? Because my dice fucking suck/ :)"
«OOC» Pulse says, "he takes another serious, which kills him."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Well, down and bleeding. Slinger might save his ass, but probably not."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Next person while I pose :)"
«OOC» Dalton says, "Is the sniper in the room with me, or standing outside the room?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "standing outside the room."
«OOC» Pulse says, "pulse. pulse is going to shoot the dwarf."

Slinger makes an entrance, in this case. In multiple senses of the word. In this case, he /creates/ an entrance into the room, taking advantage of his armored, enhanced body augmented by the spirit to literally smash through the window and part of the surrounding wall, sending shards of glass and splinters into the room with a lot of noise. Except there is nothing there — just the outline of /something/ having smashed through.
This changes when there is a swift muzzle flash, and two rounds of APDS rip into the mage who is right next to the injured boy, making sure he will not have the opportunity to harm Jimmy again.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Shotguns + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 8 for "BAMBAMBAM!":
1 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) uses 3 of item 4: Shotgun Rounds - AV from Firearms (#5859).
Pulse's injuries are catching up to him… he fires at the dwarf again, his gun making a huge noise, shattering the door frame and obliterating some bits of wall behind him… but not scoring any damage.
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) uses 2 of item 1: APDS Heavy Pistol round from WW Infiltrator (#1754).
«OOC» Pulse says, "your turn, dalton."
«OOC» Dalton says, "Well, since I have no other choice, I have to stunbolt the guy, whats his Will?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "8."
«OOC» Dalton says, "And any mages with Shielding helping him, gahh"
«OOC» Pulse says, "not that you're aware of at this point."
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 6 vs TN 9 for "This is going to suck, but sadly, I cant shoot worth a damn. KP:2":
1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 9 11 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 6 - 2 vs TN 9 for "This is going to suck, but sadly, I cant shoot worth a damn. KP:3":
2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 9 = 1 Success
«OOC» Dalton says, "Stand with 3, TN to resist is 6"
«OOC» Slinger says, "What damage level and Force?"
«OOC» Dalton says, "Force 6, at S"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "Resist 2S drain.":
1 1 1 4 5 5 7 11 = 5 Successes
Slinger pages: Person with SD gets to roll any sorcery and spell pool (and power focus) dice they have, versus the force of the spell.
You paged Slinger with 'right. so if he has 3 spell defense attached to him, i roll those, first?'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Willpower - 5 vs TN 2 for "Resist 2S drain. KP:4":
3 5 9 = 3 Successes

Slinger pages: The mage is actually rolling the die. Now, here's the cool bit. Dalton got 3 successes. SD comes off his successes, as do the guy's resistance rolls. If the resistor gets 0 or 1 successes, Dalton still has 2 and the guy takes D. If he gets 2 successes, Dalton has 1, and he takes S. If he gets 3 or more successes, he has negated all of Dalton's successes and the spell HAS NO EFFECT :)

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 vs TN 6 for "spell defense":
9 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 vs TN 6 for "dood's will.":
1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 vs TN 6 for "dood's will. kp 2/?":
1 1 4 5 8 10 11 11 = 4 Successes

You paged (Dalton, Slinger) with 'there's something… disgustingly unsettling about that man. being near him makes you ill.'.

Dalton looks over the debris in the room, and takes careful aim at the figure shooting at him, a black cloak and hood covers his features, billowing in an unseen wind and blowing behind him, unfortunately as the mana energy gathers and is shot at the figure, it dissapates before hitting him, and Dalton crouches down to hide

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 8 for "shooting pulse again":
1 1 1 4 7 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 8 for "shooting tsubasa again":
1 1 2 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "so that means he misses?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 4 for "need to soak this real bad.":
1 1 3 3 3 3 5 7 9 10 16 = 5 Successes
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "i can deal wit that"
«OOC» Pulse says, "yes. you are missed, tsubasa."
«OOC» Pulse blames it on still being rusty. *shiftyeyes*

The dwarf shoots again, this time to even less effect… he's getting nervous now, as he hears gunfire upstairs… what's happening up there???
«OOC» Pulse says, "tsubasa, want to shoot the dwarf?"
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "yep"

«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Pistols (Ares Predator) vs TN 3:
1 3 3 4 5 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 4:
5 5 7 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "okay, so he's sokaing versus moderate."

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 5 for "soaking":
2 3 4 5 5 11 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 - 3 vs TN 5 for "soaking; kp 1/1":
1 3 5 = 1 Success
«OOC» Pulse says, "still takes a light wound, if im reading this right?"

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 6 for "human spotting the LOUD gunmen":
3 3 4 9 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 6 for "human spotting the LOUD gunmen":
3 3 4 5 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "Oh, Slinger's pistol is silenced, just for the record ;)"

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 8 for "shooting pulse behind cover.":
2 2 3 3 5 7 7 9 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body vs TN 4 for "ow ow ow":
1 1 3 3 5 8 10 = 3 Successes

«OOC» Pulse takes a light, moves it to stun. trauma dampner's earning its keep!

Tsubasa leans out from cover and pops a shot off at the dwarf. It hits and he gets back behind cover. He may be brave but he's not about to run out pistols blazing and go toe to toe with a dwarf and who knows what else.
One of the humans snaps a bullet off at pulse, accurate despite the cover. More blood from Pauly, but he still… holds… on…

The remaining mage's eyes go blue as a baby's bottom (wait, what?) and his mouth drops as he sees Slinger… he loses the spell he has preparing, instead screaming "WE GOT TROUBLE! BACK ME UP! DIMITRI'S DEAD! I IS GOING TO BE DYING!"
«OOC» Pulse says, "troll's turn. troll runs up the stairs. pity for the troll, they didn't tell him they trapped the stairs, too."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 10 vs TN 7 for "troll resisting D":
1 1 2 2 4 5 5 5 7 17 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "troll takes a serious and is on his back."
There's a BOOM from inside the building.
«OOC» Slinger says, "Put another way, how likely is it that Mr. Screaming Mage is inside the blast radius? :)"
«OOC» Pulse says, "land mine, down on the first floor. so no."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Fair enough :)"
«OOC» Pulse says, "sniper's turn. Sniper will take a shot at the boy and then flee."
«OOC» Slinger giggles. Considers shoving the mage. "Mages must be pushed. They must go down the stairs. Shoving will protect them from the terrible secret of space."

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 vs TN 6 for "attacker running.":
1 2 3 5 5 5 5 7 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 - 1 vs TN 6 for "attacker running. kp 3/?":
1 1 1 2 3 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 - 1 vs TN 6 for "attacker running. kp 5/?":
3 3 4 4 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 - 1 vs TN 6 for "attacker running. kp 8/?":
3 4 4 4 5 5 14 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 vs TN 6 for "jimmy got shot!":
1 1 3 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 vs TN 6 for "jimmy got shot! kp 1/1":
3 3 5 10 11 = 2 Successes

«OOC» Slinger says, "Stages back to M… might be enough for him to live."
«OOC» Pulse says, "jimmy takes a light. puts him at D."
«OOC» Pulse says, "guy's firing a light pistol."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Poor kid. Might lose a magic point before he even gets going :P"
«OOC» Slinger says, "Draw where he is? Because the FUCKEr is going down :P"

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 vs TN 2 for "athletics from the jump":
1 1 3 4 4 5 7 9 = 6 Successes

The cyber-monster that is the sniper isn't here to take stupid risks. Even as the mage scraems, he laughs, moving his pistol to the side- giving Jimmy a smooth, deadly shot in the head. The kid's eyes roll around in his head… if he wasn't already dying, he would be now.

The man laughs again, and suddenly he's sprinting out, leaping into the air, chaos and madness in his voice….

Slinger is moving to the window — and zotting the fucker.
«OOC» Slinger says, "Let's talk TN's. TN is 8 base from his will. Any other penalties?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "not that i can think of off the top of my head. mage is no longer giving him any spell defense."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Slinger wants this fragger DEAD!"

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) uses 1 of item 3: Expendable Combat Focus F8 (Red Crystal Bead) from Small ornate box (#419).
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 + 7 (power focus) + 8 (expendable combat focus) vs TN 8 for "Stunbolt, F10, targetting at D damage.":
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 10 10 11 13 = 4 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "those are… terrible, terrible dice."
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 + 7 (power focus) + 8 (expendable combat focus) - 4 (succs) vs TN 8 for "Stunbolt, F10, targetting at D damage. KP 10/38":
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 + 7 (power focus) + 8 (expendable combat focus) - 4 (succs) vs TN 8 for "Stunbolt, F10, targetting at D damage. KP 12/38":
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 10 11 11 = 3 Successes

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 + 7 (power focus) + 8 (expendable combat focus) - 7 (succs) vs TN 8 for "Stunbolt, F10, targetting at D damage. KP 15/38":
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 14 = 1 Success
«OOC» Slinger says, "Stand at 8 successes."
«OOC» Pulse says, "tn 10 to resist?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Willpower + Sorcery Pool: 2 + 7 (power focus) vs TN 4 for "F10, -1(DL), 4D drain.":
2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 9 = 14 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "Lemme reroll that. Fucked up."
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Willpower + Sorcery Pool: 2 vs TN 4 for "F10, -1(DL), 4D drain.":
1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 10 10 = 7 Successes

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Karma Pool: 4 vs TN 10 for "kp 12/?":
1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 14 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Karma Pool: 4 - 1 vs TN 10 for "kp 13/?":
1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Karma Pool: 4 - 1 vs TN 10 for "kp 15/?":
1 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 8 8 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Karma Pool: 4 - 1 vs TN 10 for "kp 18/?":
2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 8 10 11 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Karma Pool: 4 - 3 vs TN 10 for "kp 22/?":
1 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 8 = 0 Successes

«OOC» Pulse says, "can't kp again. 3 successes. unless i miss my guess… that takes him to D stun and m phys?"
«OOC» Slinger says, "I think that will take him the frag down."
«OOC» Pulse says, "how does that interact with trauma dampner?"
«OOC» Dalton says, "Depends on if Magic Stun uses overdamage rules or not"
«OOC» Dalton says, "Then he takes 9 boxes stun"
«OOC» Slinger says, "If he has a trauma damper, yeah. Unless he already had some damage, say, a box moved from physical."
«OOC» Pulse ah. would have thought it did. still… 9 boxes of stun. OUCH. and nope. he hasn't been hit yet.
«Plot» Pulse says, "sniper @ serious + 3 stun."

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Shotguns vs TN 8 for "shoot the guy in the back!":
1 1 2 3 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "aaaand my gun's empty."
«OOC» Slinger says, "KP?"
«OOC» Pulse has been out of that since he soaked the rifle shot.
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) uses 3 of item 4: Shotgun Rounds - AV from Firearms (#5859).

Pulse turns towards the fleeing sniper. Usually, he'd charge in… but he's barely holding himself together. Another trio of bullets fires, another trio misses… pauly's aim seems to be getting worse…

Well, he's been hit by a mine and shot five times.

«OOC» Dalton says, "Might as well shoot the sniper"
«OOC» Pulse says, "shoot or KAZORT?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Sorcery + Karma Pool: 1 vs TN 9 for "S stunbolt, Force 6, KP:5":
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "9 stun, all you have to do is an L :)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Sorcery + Karma Pool: 1 vs TN 9 for "S stunbolt, Force 6, KP:6":
1 1 1 1 3 5 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Sorcery + Karma Pool: 1 vs TN 9 for "S stunbolt, Force 6, KP:8":
1 2 5 8 9 9 10 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "REsist S drain.":
1 1 5 7 8 10 11 16 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 vs TN 9:
1 2 2 2 3 4 5 9 = 1 Success
«OOC» Slinger says, "Kid is at D exactly, right?"
As the sniper goes unconcious, there's a light 'beep beep beep…'

AND HE GOES KERPLOOEY!

Dalton leans out of the damaged section of the building, watching the cyberzombie sprint out of the way, he growls and the dark shadowy cloak and hood cover his form, mana energy leaps from his fingers on the astral plane as a black bolt, hitting the running man in the back.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body vs TN 2 for "at the edge of the bomb radius, need to get six for none.":
2 4 4 5 5 5 9 = 7 Successes

Turns out, whoever made him? Didn't want anyone getting the parts.

«OOC» Pulse says, "and you're right, slinger. D exactly. + any amount of stun."

Slinger runs to the window as soon as the guy pops off a shot at Jimmy. Before, his primary goal was protecting the kid. That is still important to Slinger, definitely, but a few seconds either way will not be life or death for Jimmy, not where he got hit.
But somebody who would do this, is evil personified. That person is a threat to everyone around him. The elf snarls and rockets to the window — and he can still see the guy. Slinger puts a lot of his energy into this spell, using the last of his remaining crystal beads that Page made for him. Taking this fragger down is WORTH it. The elf sends out a wave of energy that is visible on the physical plane, even to the unawakened, as the very air RIPPLES with the passage of the powerful bolt.

The dwarf's eyes widen as he sees the bad man blow up, and he desperately quails… but he keeps up his shooting, still splitting his aim!

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 9 for "vs. pulse":
2 3 5 9 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 9 for "vs. tsu":
3 3 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body vs TN 4:
1 2 2 3 4 5 10 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Pulse is now @ 6 boxes of stun.

Slinger pages: Go ahead, have the mage try to zot me :) That'll be fun :)
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "what do i roll?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "care to dodge, tsu?"
You paged Slinger with 'that's the idea!'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls 5 vs TN 4:
1 3 7 8 15 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "so aim -1 TN and laser designator -1 TN?"
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "so 2 TN"
«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Pistols (Ares Predator) + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 2:
1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 10 = 8 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 5:
2 3 3 4 4 4 = 0 Successes

Tsubasa is all for melodramtic fights, but this one was getting on his nerves. He would step out from behind cover and take up aim one last time. "BANZAI," would be the last words the dwarf would hear as a slug from his Predator entered the dwarf's skull and came out the other side leaving a nice, beautiful red trail of guts and brain matter behind it.

«OOC» Pulse says, "Slinger, your turn."
«OOC» Pulse screwed up init a little bit, but.. .yeah, mages don't get a second pass.
«OOC» Slinger says, "Mage should get another action in there somewhere, I think?"
«OOC» Pulse shakes head. only ones with init higher than 10 were dalton, me, you, and sniper. i screwed the pooch a little.
«OOC» Slinger says, "Slinger is moving himself directly in front of Jimmy, to shield him from the mage and the door — and takes a couple of potshots."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Just one shot. TN is… 4 (short) -2 SL +4 attacker running -1 aim… TN 5?"

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 6 vs TN 5 for "Shooting the mage. Fragger!":
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 6 - 1 (succs) vs TN 5 for "Shooting the mage. Fragger! KP 16/38.":
1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 = 3 Successes

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 6 vs TN 4 for "halp!":
3 4 5 5 5 8 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) uses 1 of item 1: APDS Heavy Pistol round from WW Infiltrator (#1754).
«OOC» Pulse says, "and fresh +init"

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls 3 for "+13 Slinger init.":
4 5 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Initiative with a modifier of -5 with a result of 18.
«Plot» Slinger says, "27."
«Auto-Judge[]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Initiative with a result of 7.
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 for "+2, troll":
4
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1 for "+5 humans":
4

«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Initiative with a result of 9.
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "sorry"
«OOC» Tsubasa is glad he's in the middle of his 1d6, but sure wouldn't mind a 4,5 or 6 >.>
«Plot» Pulse says, "Slinger 27, Pulse 18, 9 Tsubasa, 9 Humans, Dalton 7, Troll 6, Slinger 17, Pulse 8, Slinger 7"

The shot? That was just toying with the mage, in a sense, keeping him off-balance. Here is this invisible source of gunfire… and yet, he likely saw what Slinger just tossed off at the other mage. Slinger curls his lips upward, and cancels his stealth spell. All his magical energy recharges, and he cannot help bug grin. "Nap time," Slinger says, very clearly…

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 7 (power focus) vs TN 4 for "Zotting the mage. Targeting at S damage, F10.":
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 7 8 9 11 16 16 17 = 11 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "mage's will is 6."

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 7 (power focus) - 7 (succs) vs TN 4 for "Zotting the mage. Targeting at S damage, F10. KP 17/38":
1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 7 9 10 = 5 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "He can see the ZORCH coming at him :) If he fails to stop it, he will have no counterattack :)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 vs TN 4 for "put the rest of it in.":
2 3 3 3 3 4 5 16 = 3 Successes

«OOC» Pulse says, "err… versus 10."
«OOC» Slinger says, "TN is 10."
«OOC» Pulse says, "so one success."
«OOC» Pulse says, "then willpower…"

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 10:
2 3 3 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 10 for "kp 1/3":
1 1 2 5 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 - 1 vs TN 10 for "kp 3/3":
1 2 3 4 9 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Athletics:
1 2 2 3 4 10
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Boxing + Combat Pool: 8 vs TN 8:
2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 7 7 10 11 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 2 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 4:
1 1 4 9 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "no kp left for that one. he's left to soak 15m stun."

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 12:
2 3 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 12:
1 2 3 3 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "no good. he's got a moderate stun from the champ."

Nap time, indeed. The energy from the spell ripples outward, targetting the mage and sending him instantly into a very deep, very dark sleep. One from which he may not awaken, depending how all this goes down — and what he did to the boy.

The boy, now that we mention it… has been badly cut up. There are wounds all over his body, and three fingers have been split open down the middle… through the bone.

Pulse is not taking prisoners any more… not that he was in the first place. He lets out a roar of rage and rises to his feet, the big man suddenly moving like a raging bull… and as he dives through the boarded window, shattering boards with his massive frame, the former heavyweight champion OF THE WORLD delivers a punch to the russian holding the window: even bloodied severely from the battle, the pulse's blow connects, crushing into the other man's jaw and stunning him mightily, yea verily.

«OOC» Tsubasa says, "so there's a human behind the door right?"
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "and the door is presumably open from the dwarf"
«OOC» Pulse says, "right."
«OOC» Pulse says, "still no cover. he's been looking for you guys this whole time… he's seen pulse, but hasn't seen you."

«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) has the Attribute Quickness with the value '6'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Kung Fu + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 4:
1 1 3 3 4 4 4 5 9 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 3 + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 4 for "his defense":
2 2 4 4 4 5 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 3 + Combat Pool: 3 - 4 vs TN 4 for "his defense; kp 1/1":
4 10 = 2 Successes

«OOC» Pulse says, "oh, wait!"
«OOC» Pulse says, "roll reaction/4 for me."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 5 vs TN 4:
2 3 4 5 9 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Reaction vs TN 4:
1 2 3 4 4 11 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "okay. you attack him, but he defends and kicks you in the stomach."
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "soak?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "you need to roll body vs. 4, and get 4 successes, to take no damage."
«OOC» Tsubasa can use combat pool yes?
«OOC» Pulse says, "yes."

«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 4:
1 2 2 3 4 5 8 8 = 4 Successes
«OOC» Tsubasa says, "okay"
«OOC» Pulse says, "pose it up."
«OOC» Pulse says, "troll… throws a grenade. he'll sacrifice his friends to try and drop the two of you."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 2 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 6 for "troll throwing grenade":
3 3 4 5 = 0 Successes

Tsubasa swipes his finger across the biometric safety and holsters his gun before following in Pulse's footsteps. He runs up the stairs and bounds into the man in front of him with a kick to the side of his head. The man dodges and tries to kick Tsubasa on the turn around in the stomach. He succeeds, but he might as well have kicked a brick wall as Tsubasa easily absorbs the damage.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1:
2
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 1:
4
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 8 + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 6:
1 2 2 3 3 3 5 8 9 10 11 11 = 5 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "Yup. Right back in the room :)"
«OOC» Pulse says, "errr… tn should have been 4 higher. so 3 successes. takes a moderate. ugly."

The troll tries to throw a grenade, but he's too badly mauled already… there's another BOOM, and the troll is filled with flechette bits now.

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 2 + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 6:
1 3 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Boxing vs TN 8:
1 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Body vs TN 2:
1 3 3 4 5 11 16 = 6 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "the one in front of tsubasa will try to kick him, too."

«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 3 + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 4 for "kicking tsubasa!":
1 2 2 4 10 10 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "tsubasa, you can attempt to fight back. kung fu + any cp vs. 4."
«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) rolls Kung Fu + Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 4:
2 4 4 4 5 5 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Tsubasa (#6711) has the Attribute Strength with the value '2'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 2:
3 4 5 8 = 4 Successes
«OOC» Pulse says, "guy still takes a light stun."

The two men try to fight off their attackers. The one with pulse manages to sucker-kick the wounded titan, but the big man shrugs it off. The other one attempts to karate-CHOP Tsubasa, but he winds up kicked, too.

Dalton fights his way through the debris of the room to step into the upstairs floor, he looks around quickly, not spotting anyone here at the moment.

Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Kids here, but hurt, where's everyone else?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Intimidation (Physical) for "-5 from wound penalties. +2 for superhuman feats (still up), arbirtrary + 4 from rep, + 2 for str and size, +2 for charisma.":
1 2 3 3 5 13
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 20 for "troll will":
3 4 5 10 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "Sorry, was fixing code."
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 20 for "human1 will":
1 3 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 4 vs TN 19 for "human2 will":
3 3 4 10 = 0 Successes
Commlink-Slinger> Slinger says, "Where's the troll?"

«OOC» Pulse says, "it's okay. just pose looking after the kid. I got This."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Slinger'll heal the kid. What's his essence/body index?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "pristine. 6/0."

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 + 7 (power focus) vs TN 4 for "Healing the kid, TN is 4. Heal is Force 6.":
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 8 8 9 10 11 11 = 9 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 + 7 (power focus) - 9 (succs) vs TN 4 for "Healing the kid, TN is 4. Heal is Force 6. KP 20/38.":
1 2 2 2 3 3 4 7 10 11 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Willpower vs TN 3 for "F6, (DL), 3D drain.":
2 2 2 2 3 5 5 7 11 15 = 6 Successes

«OOC» Slinger says, "Another L stun, DC's deal with it."
«OOC» Slinger says, "6 successes for effect. Spell becomes permanent in 20 turns, divided by 7, or roughly 3 turns."

Pulse has had enough. He rises up as the one man tries to stop him and the troll blows himself up. He rises to his full height, eyes flashing, and despite all the blood pouring from him body, despite all his wounds… he suddenly seems like a king among men.

"Enough," he calls, his voice ringing. "You will back down, all three of you: This battle is lost." There's a pause. "NOW."

Terrified to hell and back, and knowing they're beaten… the two humans and the near-dead troll give in. Weapons clatter to the ground and hands raise.

«OOC» Pulse says, "ack, tuck that in after Slinger's pose."

Slinger crouches down next to the boy and reaches out, gently laying a hand on the boy's shoulder. Those fingers concern him — but given what was done, he focusses his attention upon that hand, making certain all the flesh is lined up for the spell to work. Then, he sends the energies into the youth.
It has been a long time since Slinger has actually had to heal somebody without cyberware, without bioware. And the energes are more powerful than he had thought. The energies he sends into the boy are powerful… and within mere seconds, the flesh is knitting together, the spell becoming permanent, its full effect taking shape.

Commlink-Pulse> Pulse says, "Troll has surrendered, as have the others." Surrendered? To Pulse? He's taking prisoners? Maybe his rep isn't all it's made out to be… "Status upstairs? How's my boy?""

«OOC» Pulse says, "okay, free poses around. give me one more from each of you, and we're wrapping it up."

Dalton scans the upstairs, then as Slinger takes care of the boy, Dalton checks the stunned and dead mages for anything of value, magic trinkets, or credsticks, he usues his astral perceptions to scan for the magical goodies

Tsubasa sighs as he backs up from the man and looks at them as they drop their weapons. He begins to mutter something in mandarin and then in japanese, switching between the two languages as if it was nothing. He looks over at Pulse and saunters over towards the man, "Well?"

"He's gonna live just fine. And we /seriously/ need to talk about what he's becoming, here," the young elf says, then grunts as the spell finishes. "Your boy just Awakened. Not sure what kind even yet, still too fresh, but he's definitely got some mojo in him, all of a sudden. There's two mages up here, one dead, one unconscious. Oughtta check them for foci. Way I see it, even if they live, we oughtta get their shit."

Pulse hits his comm. "Awakened? Jimmy?" He pauses. A long pause. "Yes. We will have to talk. Looting rights are all you guys. I want that living mage for questioning, later…" He looks at the living people in front of him, and speaks to them directly. "You three… get out of here. Tell your bosses that, next time? Air your problems with me directly. Denver doesn't like folk who hurt kids."

«OOC» Slinger says, "Jimmy, even if healed, will still be unconscious :)"
«OOC» Pulse says, "okay, slinger. while you're erasing spell signatures, which i assume means you have to be percieving astrally… roll me a perception test."
«OOC» Slinger says, "Yup, it does."

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Centering vs TN 2 for "Centering against any penalties such as BG count.":
1 2 2 3 5 10 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Intelligence for "Normally TN 4 for assensing, or open for perception.":
1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 9 11
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 11:
1 2 2 3 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 11 for "kp 1/?":
1 1 2 4 4 4 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 11 for "kp 3/?":
2 2 2 3 7 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Pulse (#3231) rolls 6 vs TN 11 for "kp 6/?":
1 3 3 8 9 16 = 1 Success
Slinger's back is turned, so he misses it. The unconcious mage? His brain just leaked out his nose. Pauly (he's up there, now) gasps.

Slinger whirls around at that gasp, his astral sight active. What the /hell/ was that?

«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Centering vs TN 2:
2 3 3 5 8 10 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls 3 (centering focus) vs TN 2:
2 3 3 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "TN 4? Or…?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "hrm. we'll call it that, since you're centering."
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Intelligence vs TN 4 for "Assensing whatever the frag that is.":
1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Slinger (#69) rolls Aura Reading vs TN 4 for "Complementary":
1 3 7 8 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Slinger says, "5 successes effectively. Total success."
The mage was just hit with a F14 Manabolt… that has the taint of blood magic to it.
«OOC» Pulse says, "seems almost like ritual sorcery!"
«OOC» Slinger says, "No sign of the spotter?"
«OOC» Pulse says, "not anymore, no. must have launched the spell and fled as fast as they could."
«OOC» Pulse says, "but! the signature is familier!"
«OOC» Pulse says, "in that it was involved with some of the spells keeping that cyberzombie active."

Slinger growls low in his throat, and ensures that his spell defense and shielding is in effect around his companions, all of them. "We need to get the frag out of here," Slinger says, doing his best to memorize that signature, and see if he can place where he has seen it before. The elf has eliminated his own signatures, and he looks around the room and casts one more spell on the room. In fact, he'll have to place these as we go, and then he erases each signature after he casts it. Sterilize, especially on anything that the boy might have bled on…

«OOC» Slinger says, "Slinger wants to be /real/ careful not to let his signature get seen."
Pulse nods, picking up the boy… wounded as he is, pulse is still immensly strong… and he will follow Slinger out. "I've got questions," he says. "I'm sure you do, too. We'll talk soon." He pauses. "This might go deeper than I thought."

Slinger nods. "I can carry him. I'll go back with you, and maybe we can talk once we've had some rest. There's stuff you need to know. And the boy will need somebody who can help him understand what happened, once he wakes up."

Pulse pauses. "Don't worry, Slinger," he says, quietly. "I can explain it." He doesn't give the boy over, but he stops by the door. "It happened to me once, long ago." And then he's out!

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