GM: Whiskey Slim
Players: Elena and Whiskey Slim
Synopsis: Elena and Whiskey Slim go to look for an old mine and find that there is someone living on the claim and then help them when claim jumpers try and take what does not belong to them.
Date: 5/27/2071
Music washes over you as you step into the tattoo parlor, usually something very native feeling with lots of drumming and chanting. White stone tiles cover the floor in a couple of spots they are cracked and show the age of the floor. The walls are a light tan color with numerous flash art, custom tattoo posters, and mirrors that are arranged to cover them all the way to the ceiling. The ceiling is covered in tin-press tiles giving away some of the age of the building. Slow moving ceiling fans circulate the scent of sage and mint. You are not sure where the smell is coming from it could possibly just be saturated into the walls. Light colored tan chairs and sofas are arranged to section off a waiting area. There is a glass display case which doubles as a counter and has a sound system sitting on it wired to the wall mounted speakers. It is full of jewelry and the artists tattoo books and separates this room from the next. Two French double doors are behind the counter they look like they lead into an office or a library, and another set of doors closed but lead farther into the station. A number of tattooing chairs are set against one wall they appear multi functional so that the artist can sit someone down to work on whatever body part is desired. There is also a unisex half bath set up for public use.
The French doors push open and Whiskey Slim wanders out into the tattoo parlor he has a fist full of maps in one hand and a satchel bag full of…mining gear slung over his shoulder. He looks around the store seeing Elena his potential new apprentice and Smoke his guiding light towards sobriety he slows and dumps the satchel bag behind the counter. "Hey der guys, how go it today? Whacha all doin?" Whiskey says as he stuffs the maps into his satchel bag.
Elena shrugs, "I was wanting to see if my 'potential teacher' would have time for the apprentice.” she simply says, "Or if you were in need of a helping pair of, admittedly weak, hands."
Smoke smiles and stands near the door looking about the place. "Nice digs Whiskey. Bet it cost you a pretty penny." He looks over at Elena and waves a small wave with his left hand. "Hi. I am Smoke."
Elena blushes as she notes the other man in the room, "Oh, I am sorry. I missed you being here. I am known by the name Elena around these parts.” she then says to Smoke.
Smoke nods and raises his eyebrows. "Is Mica going to teach you? Interesting, I just finished an ordeal myself. I thought about learning the tattooing magic but I think my path lies in another direction." Smokes eyes are still wandering about the room. He shifts his vision looking for warding magic for a moment but takes care not to rudely assense the new woman.
Whiskey watches the two interact and decides that he will look again at the map and tosses it down on the counter and spreads it out "Well if ju is willin to get ju hands dirty ju can come help me dig fo cinnabar, me tink me haf found a place maybe we can find it at, Alice was helpin where did dat girl runoff to, me bet she is fuckin Coyote again…" Whiskey points at a place on the map "We find dis old abandoned place in da CAS."
There are wards covering the French door leading into the library
Elena giggles, "I dunno this … Alice. She is playful with Coyote?” she asks curious though. "I am quite sure unicorn would never be so … forthcoming.” she looks a bit wondering over to the warded door, then flushes. Did she really want to look in there?
"Alice is well…Alice, she has been helpin wit findin stuffs an wit doin some da refinin work fo materials." Whiskey comments as he continues looking at the map "Ju know me bet if we headed up dis little road here we could hike in from dis here trail head an follow da streambed up to da mine here"
"Me know da way, we will leave Coyote an Alice in charge da store an we can head on over der, Smoke ju can come to an watch da van if ju is worry bout gettin dirt under ju pretty nails or somfin like dat." Whiskey says as he snags the van keys off the wall and starts picking up his gear again "We can all go together if ju wan me purty sure dat we all fit in van, cause now dat me have a house it is no full of my stuff no more."
Elena smiles, "Well, I have no car. I usually use the public transport for longer moves and my feet for the shorter ones…” she says. "So a little hike won't hurt me.", she says.
“I think I will stay here if that’s all right with you” Smoke says as he lights a cigarette, ” I got a busy day so I will check out the rest of your digs and maybe talk some to Beth before I head home.”
“Ok der ‘moke” Whiskey says as he waits for Elena to head out the door before locking up and turning the open sign off, then clicking the little button on his keys he unlocks the van and tosses gear into the back of it before hopping into the driver’s seat "Come on, we is burning uhh well we will be burnin somfin."
Elena follows the troll with an almost childish giggle at his words, "Well, I guess rubber was what you were thinking about…” she says trying to be helpful. She moves behind the man, appearing almost like a child beside the large shape of Whiskey.
A long drive from Fort Lupton to somewhere way south of Denver proper into the CAS and some border checks later Elena and Whiskey finally pull off the main road and follow a dirt road for a little while before it suddenly end in what looks like a hikers trailhead, there is a 4x4 truck parked here and one RV camper that is hooked up to the electrical output of the rest stop style bathrooms. The truck has a gun rack with what looks like a shotgun in the back and mining supplies in the bed. The camper has a bumper sticker on it that says JESUS SAVES, and looks like it has one of those extra wide doors on it that may indicate the size of the owner.
The lights from the van flash over this scene as you pull in, strangely there is no sound except for the hum of a fizzy cola machine that is plugged in after Whiskey cut the engine and gets out…no birds…no bugs…
Elena listens to the quiet around, "Why is this place so quiet?” she asks warily as she leaves the van. Her gaze goes quickly around seeing what is going on, for a bit even scanning the astral. She shivers. This seems not to be to her liking.
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Intelligence for "Having a look around (mundane)":
1 1 3 4 4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Intelligence for "Having a look around (Assensing)":
3 3 3 5 5 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Whiskey Slim (#6879) rolls Intelligence for "looking around":
1 1 1 2 4 5 5 11
"Da bird stop making noises when der is danger, somefin mus have scared dem or is huntin" Whiskey says as he sticks his head back into the van fiddling around like he is looking for something inside the van.
Elena sees a dwarf or a really short wide human far down the trail. It is hobbling like it has injured its leg and dragging the bad one down the trail. The astral form of the dwarf is mostly what she catches moving towards them and then she watches it fall to the ground laying there not moving weak and fading.
Elena nods to the man’s words, "I know. I spend a lot of time in the wilderness…", she says, then she sees the dwarf and moves closer to see if she can help. She is a healer after all and the injured deserve her attention. So she examines the fallen dwarf.
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Intelligence for "Examining the dwarf":
1 2 2 5 5 5
Blood flows from the side of the dwarfs head and from his leg. The experienced healer can tell that the dwarf was shot in the knee the bone is probably shattered and he has what looks like a blunt force trauma to the head that hit him so hard it split the side of his head open, blood has poured down most of the right side of his face. It is an amazing testament to the dwarf’s willpower that he has been able to drag himself anywhere much less from as far down the trail as you can see to here. If he does not get medical attention so he will bleed out and die. You hear him mumble as you examine him "Fraggin trog got me should have seen that coming now I am never going to get my gold…oh hello are you an angle…am I dead?"
Elena places a hand on the dwarfs head and tries to let healing magic flow into the man. "No angel, just a humble healer.", she says as the mask of unicorn shows on her face.
«OOC» Whiskey Slim says, "dwarf has essence 2 making the tn for the heal 8 he has a D wound"
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 6 + 2 (Totem Bonus Unicorn) vs TN 8 for "This is gonna hurt, I fear. Heal Level 6 (Can't cast it higher)":
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 10 10 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 6 + 2 (Totem Bonus Unicorn) - 2 (Successes) vs TN 8 for "This is gonna hurt, I fear. Heal Level 6 (Can't cast it higher) (KP:1)":
1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 6 + 2 (Totem Bonus Unicorn) - 2 (Successes) vs TN 8 for "This is gonna hurt, I fear. Heal Level 6 (Can't cast it higher) (KP:3)":
2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 10 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Willpower vs TN 3 for "Resisting 3D drain":
2 3 4 4 7 11 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Willpower - 5 (successes) vs TN 3 for "Resisting 3D drain(KP:4)":
2 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Willpower - 5 (successes) vs TN 3 for "Resisting 3D drain(KP:6)":
1 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Elena says, "Stand with M drain, then,"
«Plot» Whiskey Slim says, "Dwarf heals 3 damage and Elena takes M stun"
When last we left our band of delinquents Elena was healing a dwarf that she had found crawling his way towards the parking area, having taken a moderate amount of stun but healing the dwarf enough that he is no longer in critical condition. Whiskey Slim was looking for stuff in the van and had just popped his head out looking around to see where Elena had run off to.
The Dwarf looks up at Elena and says "Well how do miss, fancy meeting a nice girl like you in a place like this." He grimaces a little in pain as he shifts his weight, the healing being enough to keep him alive but not really enough to fix him up.
Elena winces a bit from the pain, the drain causes in her. She then nods and replies "No worry, I am glad I could lend my humble skills as a healer to help you. May I ask how you managed to get so badly wounded? My companion and I might encounter the same problem, as we have some business here. And we'd prefer not to be ending like you."
"Well I was set upon by a huge fellow, who hurt me real bad while I was mining for precious metals, you see that truck back there that’s mine and if you would help me to it I would be mighty grateful. I don’t think I could take that fellow in the shape I am in now." The dwarf says
Elena sighs, "I am sorry. I am not a strong person. But I guess my comrade here might be a help.", she says calling over to Whiskey, "Can you lend a hand here? This guy is pretty hurt and I am not really a too strong person."
"Well thank you kindly, names Clem by the way…you haven't seen my partner Wyatt have you we got separated when that big fellow jumped us I sure hope he is all right" The dwarf says as Whiskey picks him up like a baby and carries him over to the dwarfs truck and with a little bit of work gets him squared away in the passenger’s seat.
Elena shakes her head, then says, "I am sorry, sir. We never saw your friend. We may keep our eyes open, though both for the 'brute' and your missing friend."
Clem digs around in the glove box for a first aid kit and finding some slap patches hits him with one to take the edge off the pain. "You watch it out there missy that big fellow was 3 meters at least, I sure hope Wyatt is all right I should try and raise him on the comm. after I give this some time to kick in."
Whiskey watches back up the path in case something comes hunting for the dwarf.
Elena nods, "Well, if you can give us his com frequency we might have an ear out on our tour in. He might as well be out of your range here. And as we intend to stay a while in there, we might reach his range at some point…" She ponders a little bit, then asks. "So .. How do they both look? I mean Wyatt as well as that guy attacking you?", she then asks.
"Comm. is 3023…Wyatt he is a skinny breeder all I saw was him running after I hit the ground. I doubt that the big guy that hit me from behind is any the worse for wear I was pretty much out for the count before I knew what had happened. Lucky for me I guess he figured I was dead and took off after Wyatt." The dwarf sighs the drugs obviously kicking in and tension eases out of his face.
Elena sighs, "So not really much you know… Well, we'll have an eye out for your friend.", she then says with a smile. "If you could give us an idea where all of this happened?", she then asks a last question, seeing his faces tension leave.
"Bout a click up the path" A smile starts forming on the dwarfs face as he keeps talking he motions towards the way that they had found him "I am going to try to raise Wyatt on the comm., you guys be careful out there."
Elena nods, then moves over to Whiskey, "What do you make of this?", she then asks the troll.
"Look like little guy get wrong end of stick to me, him gota lot a ware for jus be wonderin roun out in woods, little guy say him got friend in woods say der big guy in woods beat dem up…trailer over der has big doors custom probably made for troll an dat troll think Jesus save sticker is cool dat is what me know, or lest dat what me caught…Der no been no movement up da path…no noise no nuffin…me was really hoping dat noone would haf laid claim to dis place now who know." Whiskey says trying to keep one eye on the path and one eye on the dwarf.
Elena nods, "Hmmm…I guess the troll guy is most likely not to be bargained with. But our needs are only for special parts of the ore. I guess we you’d get a bargain with the dwarf and his human friend. And if that Jesus-friendly killer troll meets us we hopefully can deal with him… Though I'd prefer to get a little rest from this spell before we go on…"
"Who knows" Whiskey says with a shrug "Da troll my no like da way dwarf smell or somfin, we haf no way of tellin, wha we do know is dat troll is willin to beat da breaks off of da halfer cause of however de meet da first time. We jus bedder be careful an watch what we is doin how long ju wana wait till we go up dat way?"
Elena shrugs, "Just a few minutes. I need to get some rest. It's not really good to go on a hike like that with the prospect of a potential murderer out there being already exhausted from healing that halfer…", she says.
She sets one of the channels of her radio to the one suggested by the dwarf, the other on a private channel she agrees on with Whiskey, crypted for some safety.
Whiskey fiddles with his comm. unit smacking it a couple of times till he thinks it is working. That thing could probably be replaced sometime it looks like an old military model that has out lived its usefulness. Finally he stuffs the thing in his bag and puts in an ear piece.
Commlink-Slim> Whiskey Slim says, "Check Check"
Elena's device looks a bit more up to date, though it's definitely no military style device, more the kind of standard radio that got upgraded by skilled hands. Some Green War logo might take one's attention on it.
Commlink-Elena> Elena says, "Read you loud and clear."
Commlink-Slim> Whiskey Slim says, "Me take point ju follow on me six can ju be quiet?"
Commlink-Elena> Elena says, "I guess I am halfway decent at walking quiet. I do hunt for my living at times after all."
«Auto-Judge[]» Whiskey Slim (#6879) rolls Conjuring - 2 (save for drain) vs TN 4 for "summon an F4 forest spirit":
1 1 5 20 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Whiskey Slim (#6879) rolls Charisma + 2 (saved) vs TN 4 for "resist M drain":
1 1 2 4 4 4 4 = 4 Successes
Whiskey bends low to the ground and talks quietly for a minute till the leaves start to swirl and a girl clothed in leaves appears "Whacha wan big and dumb you know the last time you called me up for a date you ditched out on me to chase after that flea bitten mongrel you call a friend, would you like to explain why it is that I should help you out now?" Whiskey gives the girl some puppy eyes and she smiles "Oh fine"
«Plot» Whiskey Slim says, "Whiskey conjures a F4 forest spirit and will use one of her services to conceal him and Elena"
Elena sits down to rest, in fact does a little sleeping. It only takes about half an hour for her to sleep off her slight weariness from healing he dwarf.
«Plot» Whiskey Slim says, "Whiskey and Elena wait till she is feeling ready to move on light is just hitting the tops of the trees as morning starts to shed light on the scene"
Elena refreshed raises on her feet to give a smile over to the troll. "Thanks for having an eye out for me. I hope I didn't sleep too long?", she asks, then has a last look at the dwarf in his car before she too conjures up a wood spirit.
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Conjuring - 2 (saved) + 2 (Totem bonus) vs TN 4 for "Summoning a forest spirit as well":
1 1 1 4 5 11 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Charisma + 2 (saved dice) vs TN 4 for "M drain to resist":
1 1 2 3 3 3 4 10 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Charisma + 2 (saved dice) - 2 vs TN 4 for "M drain to resist (KP:2) I think I used one for the dwarf":
1 2 3 3 5 5 = 2 Successes
A small half transparent Unicorn appears beside the young woman as she calls out for it. She strokes the beast and then asks it, "Please friend. Follow us and keep is save from accidents as we walk down the road of need." she asks the beast, getting an approving winy as an answer.
«Plot» Whiskey Slim says, "Elena has a F4 wood spirit with 3 services and no drain"
«Plot» Elena says, "Guard service used for one."
«Auto-Judge[]» Whiskey Slim (#6879) rolls Stealth for "add 4 for conceal":
2 4 4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Stealth for "also +4 for spirits Concealment":
4 15
Whiskey sneaks off down the path amazingly well for someone so big probably more from the spirit than actual skill. Whiskey and Elena round a corner in the path and are greeted with a scene of a large troll who is carrying a mining pick looking around a clearing. He is bent over looking in a bush and mumbling "Sir I know you are here sir now why don't you just come on out. This is my claim not yours."
A skinny human is sneaking up behind the troll. He looks like he is carrying a knife.
Elena follows the troll, if possible even more silent, using the area amazingly well to fade into the background for someone clad in a bright white dress. Seeing the scene she frowns, not liking the sneaking with a knife at a guy from the back at all. She is quick to react before anything else can happen. Glad that she had that little rest before she reaches out for the magic and casts her only offensive means. A sleep spell to disable the stealthy human, she will deal with the troll if he really is attacking the man after that. Hostilities have to be avoided here, though.
«OOC» Elena says, "TN for stun bolt?"
«OOC» Whiskey Slim says, "tn 6 5will and 1background"
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 6 vs TN 6 for "Stunbolt at S.":
1 2 3 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 9 11 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 6 - 5 vs TN 6 for "Stunbolt at S. (KP:3)":
1 2 3 3 9 11 13 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "Resisting drain of rating 6 stunbolt S":
1 1 3 3 5 11 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Willpower - 4 vs TN 2 for "Resisting drain of rating 6 stunbolt S (KP:4)":
1 5 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Willpower - 5 vs TN 2 for "Resisting drain of rating 6 stunbolt S (KP:6)":
1 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Elena says, "L stun, then."
«Auto-Judge[]» Whiskey Slim (#6879) rolls 5 vs TN 6 for "see how much damage the guy takes from a stun bolt":
1 3 4 9 17 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Whiskey Slim says, "Skinny knife guy takes D stun"
Elena looks slightly satisfied as the mana she projected hits the target and knocks the man out, resulting with him falling to the ground with a soft grunt. A slight wince on her face again as her body tingles a bit too much for her liking. "Verdammt!", her native tongue escapes her in a whisper as she feels a slight weariness overcome her again. She watches what the troll will do if he notices the knocked out man.
The man drops to the ground behind the troll with a thump, the troll spins pick raise above his head warily "Sir don’t you move Sir." he watches the man for a second not really sure what to make of some guy falling over behind him face first in the dirt he looks around to see if there is something in the woods.
«Auto-Judge[]» Whiskey Slim (#6879) rolls 4 for "really smart troll looking for bad guys":
1 2 4 7
Elena moves out in the open finally. The troll seemingly not really that threatening "May I ask what has happened here?", she then asks over towards the huge person, letting Whiskey stay in his hiding. "It seemed this man was out to attack you from behind. I took the liberty to send him to sleep. I'd prefer to keep this a civil matter, tough.", she then says.
Not seeing anyone he pokes the man with the end of his pick "Hey sir did you go and die on me sir? I guess Jesus must have struck you down for your transgressions against me and mine that is what you and your little short friend get I guess." The troll makes a quick sign of the cross as Elena steps out in her white dress…"Ma'am are you an angle ma'am?"
Elena blinks, then cannot help but giggle, "No, I am not. I guess the church would have called me the opposite a few decades ago. I am merely a humble pagan. A witch, some would call it. I was here to find some special minerals for my potions and other uses. I assume you and this man, as well as his dwarven friend, had a … misunderstanding?", she then asks. "I am not really out here for a fight. But I will defend myself and others against evil done."
"Well ma’am I think the only misunderstanding that I have with this man and that little guy is that this is my claim and except for a minor problem with these two claim jumpers sneaking up on me in the middle of the night and trying to do no good to me. But Jesus did light my way an shown a light down on me so that I might see them before they did ill work to me and then sent an agent of his mercy to again save me from the second sneaky one. Even if she does not know that she works through him. Bless you sister" The troll says
Elena giggles, "Well, sir. I thank you for the … flattery.", she says with a grin, though being her usual shy self, she also cannot prevent to flush a bit. She definitely noted that she was called an angel here. "If you wouldn't mind, sir, me and a friend of mine would like to search for some rare minerals here. We'll not take large amounts. Merely some that might help us with some of our magic workings. I can assure you that we will not take anything you want to keep. And if you want, we will give you a small recompensation for being allowed to search for our needs in your claim."
«OOC» Whiskey Slim says, "roll negotiation tn 4 vs his intelligence"
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Negotiation (Fast Talk) vs TN 4 for "She surely talked a lot.":
1 4 4 4 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Whiskey Slim says, "What’s your int?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) has the Attribute Intelligence with the value '6'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Whiskey Slim (#6879) rolls 4 vs TN 6 for "troll counter negotiation":
2 4 5 5 = 0 Successes
"Well ma’am I think that an agent of the lord who was sent to save me from sneaky backstabbing yellowbellied claim jumpers is welcome to part of the fruits of our labors, what do you say to part of the take of an honest days labor, the more hands the faster the work will go. There is gold in them dire hills I say gold. With god and a hard day’s work maybe we can find enough of whatever it was that you were looking for to make your…what was it you said you wanted to make?" The troll says as he slings his pick over his shoulder and heads up the trail towards his mine.
Elena shrugs, "I am not really sure what exactly we will make of it, sir. Me and my friend for now merely want to get some raw materials. It's a bit like with the … mundane things. You need to have them before you can use them.", she says to the troll. I am called Elena around these parts. May I know your name?", she asks following up the troll.
"Well most people call me Jeb, ma’am" the troll says as he starts lumbering up the hill "Where is this friend of yours?"
Whiskey as always is making a pest of himself since he is missing his tattooing equipment he has taken a sharpie marker and written "Dunt mes wit trolz" on the man’s shoulder and is tattooing it with a bunch of cactus needles
«Auto-Judge[]» Whiskey Slim (#6879) rolls Tattooing vs TN 8 for "tattooing with inappropriate tools+4tn":
3 4 4 5 5 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Elena (#11357) rolls Intelligence vs TN 5 for "Whiskey?":
3 3 4 4 5 5 = 2 Successes
Elena smiles and replies, "Nice to meet you Jeb.", she says then looks over to her companion. "Would you stop playing with this guy and show yourself to this man?", she then asks Whiskey. It may be fun to do this and I am in no doubt he deserved it, but I guess that is enough…"
"Practice make perfect." Whiskey says as he slides into view not trying to make himself sneaky he winks at Elena "Well hello der brudder troll, me hear dat ju is a man of god why don't ju read some of da gospels to us as we work today that we may find our way while we haf been los inda wilderness fo so long…Grandfadder use to tell me stories about dis Jesus guy an how him haf da mojo from da heavens…
Elena just giggles at Whiskey's antics. "Be nice, Whiskey.", she says softly. "We may still get the things you wanted. And even without too much of a fight."
Whiskey follows Jeb and Elena up the path leaving Wyatt with a brand spanking new prison tat. "Me is bein good, me like ta hear stories, fo realsies, me granfadder use ta tell stories all da time ju know wit meanin an stuff behind dem. Me even meber some of dem…”
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