The Tana Case Part 9.2

GM: Yin Synopsis: This plot is a reaction to Lotus' abduction in "The Tana Case Part 8" and a direct sequel to the events in this plot. Walker, Dorian, and Yin are reacting quickly and track down Lotus' possible wherabouts. The pieces come together quite efficiently. The trail leads to Denver Tech South, where the kidnappers are holding Lotus captive in the basement of a former synthwood production facility. Dorian and Walker cut their way through and free Lotus and Nadine Wuang, the woman that got abducted together with Lotus. Date: 2082-11-19 Scenes Merge: Fighting for Pema «Plot» At this point, the scene merges with the end of "The Tana Case - Part 8" (Lotus' abduction). «Plot» You paged (Varangian, Dorian, Walker) with 'Hey Pema-san! Could you join us with Pema? We won't pull it off completely today, since it's getting late, but I want to give Dorian and Walker some insight on what's happening on your end. And they are getting real close now… I think subtlety is getting blown in the wind every second now :D'. Silence looms heavily over the whole building. Silence and darkness. Two sublevels below the surface of what once was a synthwood production facility in DTC South. But silence and darkness does not rule every corner, in fact. A nearby chamber, constructed with desaster prevention in mind, has a ceiling of about four meters in height. There is only one human-sized door right beneath the ceiling. A rusty staircase runs down to ground level. Also, beneath the ceiling, close to the door, are huge wall breakthroughs that maybe once allowed pipes, cables and power supplies to connect to other facilities in halls beyond the door; given the old signs on walls and pillars, their prison once could have served as a chemical product chamber. And in this chamber there is the faint light of a gas lantern, and there is noise. Pema-san just flipped a table over, out of frustration. Tools of torture scattering across the floor. She is soaked, she is shivering, her clothes torn and stained. She still suffers from what these kidnappers did to her. But most of all: she feels trapped and desperate. Out of options. Because just in this very moment, the door that leads to the outside hall is opened again with a squeaking sound. The torturer is coming back. And when he sees what Pema had done, she'd be killed right away. But then, suddenly, a loud, hollow crash rings through the halls of sublevel 2. A shattering sound of an elevator, crashing down in his shaft, tearing metal frames and sheets. The man who was just about to enter Pema's chamber sets one foot inside, then he stops and turns back his head, listening and readying his weapon. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Dorian says, "Moment the elevator starts crashing and making noise, Dorian will pop a shot at the cable bundle with his silenced SPAS. Hopefully knocking out the IR lighting, and then we move in." «Plot» Walker will channel as Dorian does so. «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Centering + 3 (Focus) vs TN 2 for "Against penalties for channeling F5 Greath Heart Spirit, TN5*2+3-11 -> 2": 3 3 3 3 3 4 11 = 7 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Conjuring + 3 (Power Focus) vs TN 2 for "Channeling, each success is a minute of cool toys, up to a limit of the spirit's services, TN5*2-11 -> 2": 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 11 11 = 9 Successes «Plot» Walker says, "3 minutes of awesome. Walker's physical attributes are increased by force, he can use the spirit's powers as it could, and since it's a great form he gets Immunity to Normal Weapons as the spirit." The shotgun rips the bundle of cables to pieces, that runs down the stairwell right next to them. The shot is still ringing in their ears, and carried quite a distance within the stairwell and in the machinery hall. But the bright cone of infrared light that illuminates the lower end of the stairwell is still active… + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "TN for Pema to recognize the shot is 12 (including S damage)" «Plot» Dorian says, "The shotgun has a sound suppressor, for what it's worth." Dorian dropped Pistols. «Plot» Lotus says, "TN12 just to hear it, or recognise it as a specific weapon?" «Plot» Yin says, "TN 12 for Pema to recognize it as a shot" «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Intelligence vs TN 12: 1 2 3 4 4 7 9 11 = 0 Successes As Dorian draws a bead on the cable and the echoes of the far crash fade, Walker extends a hand to the waiting spirit as though preparing for a ballroom routine. Anyone watching in astral space would see the two forms cohere, the shaman's fractally complex initiated aura enveloping and refracting the spirit's. "Go…" more than one voice whispers as Walker takes off into the room ahead. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Alright, considering the situation I think it's worth rolling for Initiative now. With that settled we can maybe start with first phase but then I have to call a break, I think. But we're good for the last mile! :D" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Initiative with a modifier of +3 with a result of 21. «Plot» Walker says, "Reaction increased by the boost to Quickness." «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Initiative with a result of 22. «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Initiative with a result of 12. «Plot» Yin says, "Pema has -3 on Ini I believe, because S stun damage?" «Plot» Yin says, "The F5 spirit and Walker are acting as one entity now?" «Plot» Walker says, "That's right." «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls 1 for "GF1 18+1d6 physical, 27+1d6 astral": 5 «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls 1 for "GF2 18+1d6 physical, 27+1d6 astral": 8 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 3 (to no one) for "Enemies Initiative, +7": 2 3 8 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 1 (to no one) for "Rotor Drone in Pilot mode Ini": 4 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 1 (to no one) for "Inititive of NPC Nadine Wuang, trapped together with Pema, -2 M damage": 9 At the elevator, two massive spirits had materialized and almost completely embodied the crushing elevator in controled rage. So long abandoned! Soon after, they slip back into the astral world again, causing another ruckus of crashing metal and steel wires as their supporting presence disappears. Hurriedly, they scatter into the sublevel, looking for anything that might dare attacking the rescue team that did venture so deep into the ruins bowels. Dorian looks first around the last corner of the stairwell, into the bright cone of the infrared spot that illuminates, with Walker already on the move close behind. What Dorian can see is a corridor of about five meters that opens directly into the main hall of sublevel 2. In the center of the open doorway there rests a wired light machine gun on a sentry mount, equipped with the IR spot. On the visible spectrum of light, the whole scene is still pitch black. But Dorian can spot it well. A small rotor drone is placed right next to the sentry gun, a cable connects both. + Show OOC info on sentry gun «Plot» Rules and stats for the machine gun sentry Light Machine Gun Sentry: Ingram Valiant: Ammo 200 (belt, explosive) Mode BF/FA Damage 8S Weight 27 (Tripod, Ammo) RC 8 (Gas Vent II, Tripod) - Pilot 2 + Sharpshooter 2. Sharpshooter/Drone Attack: As long as the drone operates autonomously, it uses Pilot Rating 2 + Sharpshooter AUtosoft 2 for Gunnery Tests. Suppressive Fire: 1. Declare spread of FA fire, up to 1 bullet / meter; - 2. targets moving through the area make a Dodge Test vs. 4; - 3. Every Success negates one bullet in her area of movement; - 4. If not all bullets are negated, resolve normal attack (+2 TN, no CP dice, base Damage Code, only Cover counts); - 5. Stage with successes only; - 6. Defender can only make Damage Resistance Test, no second Dodge Test. Misfire: If all rolls show up a 1, ad6 rounds explode with base damage. Carrying/Lifting: Strx5 (fine), Strx10 (L), Strx15 (M after BodyxTurns) Detach LMG: Simple Action to set-up. LMG not usable while carrying the Tripod unfolded. To remove the Tripod from the LMG, a Heavy Weapons B/R vs. 3/10min. is necessary (Kit). + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Dorian says, "First shot on the light, second shot on the rotor drone." «Plot» Yin says, "You have the initiative and surprise on that matter. Both are basic called shots, with actually no visibility modifier for that shot." «Plot» Dorian says, "Basic shots, or called shots?" «Plot» Dorian says, "And their range, is … 5 meters or so?" «Plot» Yin says, "First one Called Shot, second one standard shot. But may be +3 actually, if you manage to hit the spotlight :P" «Plot» Yin says, "Yea, Range is 5 meters" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns vs TN 4 for "TN 4 - 2 SL2 + 2 Called Shot SL2": 1 2 3 3 7 10 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 3 (CP) vs TN 5 for "TN 4 - 2 SL2 + 3 Lighting Mod": 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 5 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 3 (CP) vs TN 5 for "TN 4 - 2 SL2 + 3 Lighting Mod KP…17? Did my intruction KP return? :D": 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 7 = 2 Successes «OOC» Dorian forgot to substract «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 3 (CP) - 1 vs TN 5 for "TN 4 - 2 SL2 + 3 Lighting Mod KP…17? Reroll the first KP": 1 1 3 4 5 5 7 22 = 4 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "Instruction KP returnbed, yes :D" «OOC» Do«Plot» Dorian will stand on 5. «Plot» Dorian says, "SPAS-22 would be 10S base, with APDS. Not that it matters against a drone."rian says, "Huzzah, KP 11!" «Plot» Dorian says, "Also for target swap, Dorian has the One Man Army chip, which cancels the first +2 for switching targets." «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 (Drone Bod) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Rotor Drone soaking 5M": 9 17 = 2 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "There is no indication if it's out of action. It took a load, but it did not break into pieces yet" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 8 (Lotus INT) vs TN 11 (to no one) for "Pema Perception for two more shots": 1 1 1 1 2 5 7 15 = 1 Success «Plot» Yin says, "Pema does hear the second and third shot by now. Definitely a weapon fired." With lightning reflexes, Dorian fires two shots around the corner. The first one disables the IR spot, dipping everything in blackness again for him too, until his ultrasound vision might take over soon. But nevertheless, the second shot hit as well, pushing the small drone back on the concrete floor for a good distance. The elf rounds the corner and takes careful aim at his two chosen targets, first render IR sensors and vision modifications useless, and the second to crack a shot at the spotter drone rigged on the LMG sentry. He uses the doorway as cover for now, not entirely sure the sentry was disabled. «Sentry turret with an LMG, don't feel too invincible.» He warns the spirt drugged Shaman. Inside the cell, it seems that Pema has more or less lost hope. After turning the table over, she drops to her knees and buries her face in her hands. For all her talk about not being afraid to die, but when there's a sound at that door, the realisation that her captors will not spare her this time and that she's about to die hits her hard. Despite that, she refuses to die crying and begging for mercy. So, she lifts her face, joins her hands in prayer, and with a voice as loud as her frail and tortured body can handle, she recites the mantra of Chenrezig: « Om Mani Peme Hum, Om Mani Peme Hum, Om Mani Peme Hum… » A general recap: Lotus is trapped in a -2 level of a former synth-wood processing facility. On surface level, only a gutted three-story industry building remains, overgrown with thick brown grass, covered with sturdy patches of snow and ice. Electricity is down and after dark, the whole area becomes a black ghost town with very few roaming figures. The second sublevel formerly housed fluid and and solid body chemical tanks and the processing arrays for the production of synthetic construction timber. The technology has long been outdated and everything worth a cent has been removed a decade ago. There are two large halls, which housed the processing facilities, and several smaller chambers of about 12 times 10 meters. These smaller chemical chambers are now stripped from almost all equipment. Lotus is held prisoner in one them. The only access to her chamber is a metal door right beneath the ceiling, four meters above floor level. A staircase runs down from the door. Besides several curious objects in the chamber, there is a sizable magical ward raised around the center of the hall. In dim light of a toppled gas lantern, Pema is kneeling on the stained floor, soaked, cold, but still reciting. Unbound she is, but somehow still imprisoned. Outside of Pema's chamber, her friends are about to assault into one of the two large halls. With their main power line cut off by Dorian, the kidnappers who set up camp down here, currently rely on the minimal light that remains. A sphere-shaped tent sits somewhere in the dark, like a leftover refuge from some forgotten miners in their tunnels, on the dark side of the moon. The tent is large enough to house maybe ten people or more. Its central height is about 4 meters. There are no windows, but one entry, closed with a tarp. A heavily armored van is parked next to the tent, with its headlights cutting throught the darkness. And, as Walker could see earlier through his magic eye, armed and armored Chinese are about to move their important belongings and equipment from the tent to the van in a haste. Only the van's headlights and the Chinese's dancing flashlights remain to illuminate the scene, everything beyond the immediate surroundings of the tent and van is pitch black. This little camp of theirs is sitting in a larger open spot among the facility installations, tanks, catwalks, and machinery that fills the rest of the hall, up to 6 meters in height; countless dark corners form this labyrinth, and from the elevator, where Walker and Dorian are about to enter, one can only see some reflections and erratic movements of the van's headlights and the kidnapper's flashlights up ahead. Tent and van are both not yet in direct line of sight. What is visible to Walker and Dorian, however, is a sentry gun, mounted on a tripod and connected to a small rotor drone. This last line of defense, meant to shred unprepared intruders to pieces, is placed neatly in the opening that connects the stairwell and elevator to the dark hall beyond. The light machine gun's servo-motors are just about to react to Dorian's attack that destroyed the IR spotlight and damaged the attached rotor drone. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "That said, we jump right into action, unless you have another question. On 22, after Dorian's shooting, the sentry gun takes a delayed action. I'll pose that, and then it's Walker's turn on 21." «Plot» Walker says, "Just for clarity: I'm guessing the lighting in here would count as minimal before the LL flashlight Dorian lent me?" «Plot» Walker might need both hands for centering is all. :P «Plot» Yin says, "The lighting is minimal, due to indirect light from the hall ahead, yes" «Plot» Yin says, "Technically, it is laying down continuing suppressing fire across two meters, where the stairwell ends. Walker and Dorian are still around the corner, I assume." Dorian just engaged the sentry gun and reported its sighting to Walker, as the said light machine gun reacts to the attack. SUddenly, all hell breaks loose, as the sentry gun starts a suppressing fire across the end of the stairwell, firing explosive ammunition in full-auto mode. The noise is deafening and can be heard throughout the whole level of the basement. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Walker says, "OK. Thinking move to peek the corner then levitate the gun to drop it on its side (since knocking things prone disrupts suppressive fire). Sound reasonable?" «Plot» Yin says, "Nice idea! The gun weights 27 kg, with tripod and ammunition" «Plot» Walker says, "Any modifiers besides visibility? That's light enough that it doesn't mess with TN by mass and Walker has Filtering up." «Plot» Yin says, "Only lighting modifiers apply, as far as I see" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Sorcery + 2 (Totem) vs TN 6 for "F2 Levitate on the turret then!": 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 7 8 9 = 3 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Willpower vs TN 3 for "3M stun drain": 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 7 10 = 10 Successes «Plot» Walker says, "Will use a free action to place 6 shielding dice from spell pool on Walker and Dorian (just in case)." «Plot» Dorian still has his F3 Spell Shield tattoo up as well, so all spells at +3 tn, reminding Walker too, incase he wants to cast some mojo on Dorian. «Plot» Yin says, "Roger. The plan works. The continues to fire, but cuts through the ceiling and across the wall, tumbling over in midair, from its own recoil. I'll explicitely say when it stops firing. But you might pose for now." «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 for "Object Resistance": 2 3 «Plot» Yin says, "The GUN continues to fire,…" «Plot» Yin says, "Walker, you might just roll 2d6. If it's a 1 1, you actually take a ricochet on your advance. Ini-wise, we are on 9 now: Lotus!" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls 2: 1 8 Sliding up to the corner, Walker's invisible form peeks around the corner, eyes searching out the drone. After a moment of silence the thundering turret detaches from the ground and hurled through the air as if by the hand of an unseen giant. «Turret's out,» the shaman reports, «Moving in.» Inside Pema's chamber, her torturer cringes and cowers as the massive hammering of the light machine gun echoes through the hall. "Dreck!", he yells, checking with his earpiece: "What the hell!" He probably got some response through his comms, because shortly after, he breaks into a sprint, down the stairwell towards Pema: "Yes, yes! I get them! Just sit tight and be ready to MOVE the shit out of here!" he replies on Cantonese while crossing the chamber. Then he realizes the scene in front of him: "What the…? How did you slip out of your chains, you Tibetan shit? And where is the media slut?" Then he approaches the circle maked by eight stacks of concrete tiles on the floor - and steps carefully inside, fingering for zip ties in his pocket. The machine gun is 'out of action', but somehow still making some furious noise here. Hurled across the doorway and into the hall, it now fires across the derelict machinery and ceiling. Walker approaches, ignoring the risk of ricochets, while Dorian suddenly hears a voice over comms, a voice that speaks Cantonese: "You, have you taken the transceiver? Stop this madness immediately! What do you want?" + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Lotus says, "Since he so kindly stepped into the circle, he'll get the Levitate treatment" «Plot» Yin says, "Yes, he's inside the perimeter, about to zip tie Pema again" «Plot» Lotus is already singing so she'll try to center the penalties away «Plot» Yin says, "Do it!" «Plot» Lotus says, "So… I guess it's his Willpower + BGcount2 + S stun - 5 init levels?" «OOC» Dorian says, "Nah it's still TN4 for levitate, they resist with a strength check." «Plot» Yin says, "BG Count within the ward is 1" «Plot» Lotus says, "So 8 - 5 : 3" «Plot» Yin says, "Yep" «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Centering vs TN 3 for "Centering against penalties": 1 2 3 4 5 9 = 4 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Sorcery + Spell Pool: 3 vs TN 6 for "Levitate F5": 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 = 0 Successes «Plot» Lotus says, "Oh for fuck's sake" «Plot» Lotus says, "How much KP do I have left?" «Plot» Yin says, "None, I believe" «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Willpower + Spell Pool: 4 vs TN 6 for "M Stun": 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 7 = 1 Success «Plot» Lotus says, "S'fine, will just take L stun and" «Plot» Lotus says, "Be slightly closed to unconsciousness" «Plot» Yin says, "TN for drain is 2 = 2+ 2+ 3 = 7. Sorry. Just take the L damage and move on, I think. Unless I just completely screw the rules up" Pema, who is seated on her knees and almost doubled over from the excessive pain and fatigue that weighs down on her shoulder, looks up as her captor shows up. Her singing voice is sinking to a drawl, but she tries her best to keep it up, not stopping even as he comes down the stairs. She stares at him, trying to focus her power in one more act of defiance but to no avail. The pain gets to her, and she falls over to the side, staring up into the dark, concrete ceiling. "I hear gunfire," she says and coughs, looking barely unconscious at this point. "Is it the sound of your karma coming back for you?" Over at the elevator, the machinge gun stops firing, trying to acquire a target and a confirmation on its very position. Then a cable is cut and the sentry gun goes limb, disconnected from its autosoft. Instead, the damaged drone that was dangling behind the sentry gun on a fiberoptic cable is suddenly free and starts to gain some altitude. Maybe some Rigger just took control and got quite disoriented from the mess he jacked into. The sentry gun, however, is no threat anymore. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "That's second phase now. Dorian on 12" «Plot» Dorian says, "Uhhh, I'll pop another shot at the drone, delay second shot and free action some comms while walking." «Plot» Yin says, "Roger. TN for drone is +3 (sight) +2 movement, distance 8m" «Plot» Yin says, "And Dorian's movement" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Stealth) (to no one) for "Nadine Quang sneaking up": 1 2 3 3 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Stealth) (to no one) for "Nadine Quang sneaking up, 1KP": 2 4 5 11 «Plot» Dorian says, "Dorian's own movement is countered by the Shock Trooper chip. So Tn 4 - 2 SL2 + 3 + 2? Is the +3 including the ultrasound or without?" «Plot» Yin says, "That's final for sight" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (INT) vs TN 9 (to no one) for "Lian Wu spotting Nadine, -2 (light condition)": 2 4 4 5 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Unarmed) + 6 (CP) vs TN 6 (to no one) for "Nadine Wuang, trying a taser attack from her cyberhand, 10S": 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 10 = 1 Success «Plot» Dorian says, "Roger roger. So TN 7." «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 2 vs TN 7 for "Silent pew. But still Pew.": 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 2 vs TN 7 for "Silent pew. But still Pew. KP12?": 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 15 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 2 - 1 vs TN 7 for "Silent pew. But still Pew. KP14": 1 4 5 5 9 10 10 = 3 Successes «Plot» Dorian says, "Well spent KP. Will stand on 4." «OOC» Walker applauds. «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 8 (BOD) vs TN 9 (to no one) for "Lian Wu resists 10S stun from Nadine Quang's taser, with half impact armor": 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 10 = 1 Success «OOC» Walker says, "What's the equivalent of golf claps? Skeet whoops? >.>" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 8 (BOD) - 1 vs TN 9 (to no one) for "Lian Wu resists 10S stun from Nadine Quang's taser, with half impact armor, 1KP": 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 8 (BOD) - 1 vs TN 9 (to no one) for "Lian Wu resists 10S stun from Nadine Quang's taser, with half impact armor, 3KP": 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 = 0 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "Base damage code was what again?" «Plot» Dorian says, "10S" «OOC» Dorian says, "Darts Applause?" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 + 6 (Control Pool) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Rigger resists 11D against rotor drone": 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 9 = 2 Successes «OOC» Dorian says, "Unless it's a British Darts competition, where they host it in a pub and the crowd is off their rockers." «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 (Rotor Drone) + 2 (Control Pool) vs TN 6 (to no one) for "Crash Test": 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 10 = 1 Success «Plot» Yin says, "The drone takes a solid hit and tumbles further upward" «Plot» Yin says, "It's past S damage now." «Plot» Dorian says, "It's still alive ? fuck it second shot." «Plot» Yin says, "Sure!" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 2 vs TN 7 for "Second Pew.": 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 5 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 2 vs TN 7 for "Second Pew. KP15": 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 10 = 2 Successes «Plot» Dorian will stand on that «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 (Drone BOD) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Rigger resists 10D against rotor drone": 1 3 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 (Drone BOD) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Rigger resists 10D against rotor drone, 1KP": 1 3 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 (Drone BOD) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Rigger resists 10D against rotor drone, 3KP": 1 5 = 1 Success «Plot» Yin says, "It's destroyed" «Plot» Yin says, "After your pose, it's Walker on 11 then" «OOC» Walker starts a bar brawl in the ancient British tradition of darts competitions (and everything else). @_@ «Plot» Walker says, "No other visible targets right now, correct?" «Plot» Yin says, "Yes" «Plot» Walker will ascend to try and get an aerial view on the tent/van area if that's possible, holding actions for after movement. «Plot» Yin says, "Oh, and Dorian was declaring a free action for speaking as well." Following after Walker down the short hallway entrance, Dorian takes the other wall so he can cover the other corner that is on the Shaman's blind side. The comms are briefly ignored as he raises up his shotgun, taking a first shot on the newly rigged in drone and slightly surprised to see it still standing after two shots, the elf takes a second one to ensure it's destruction. «The Osaka Twins do not like their turf being used like this.» He replies in japanese to the one at the other end of the comms. «Surrender now.» Spouting bullshit out of his ass, he wasn't going to let them know their intent so they end up in a hostage situation, and also possibly sending all the repurcussions towards the Yakuzas. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Walker, perception please" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Intelligence: 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 16 21 «OOC» Dorian says, "Sheesh" «OOC» Walker fistpumps «Plot» Yin says, "This is not the worst moment to roll something like this ;) I pose you something" «OOC» Walker says, "If I could pick my crazy rolls, I reckon perception is a top pick :3" «OOC» Dorian says, "Agreed" «Plot» Yin says, "Target Number was 16!" Walker hovers upwards, looking for the best way through the dark and rotten guts of this facility. The smell of oil, mold, metal, and gunpowder adds to the certain feeling that this all here takes place about 20 meters underground. Still invisible, he feels relatively safe and his higher ground allows him to see way more than from the floor down below. After about ten meters, the tent moves into line of sight. It's still illuminated but lacks any movement. The van next to it is just about to get the engine running. Where is everyone? And then, there: a movement from an elevated catwalk, about three meters above ground, betrays a human-sized figure. Shifting shadows also reveals to Walker that this person most likely is protected and camouflaged by some hearth spirit. Damn, this is a very good ambush position above the most obvious path from the elevator to the tent. + Show covered NPC rolls/ooc «Plot» Information on the NPCs' preparation and their resist rolls against Walker's spells Wei Wei and Ma are hiding near the van and camp. The moment the firework starts at the sentry gun, both hide and use a hearth spirit to camouflage. Wei Wei is trying the comms channel to negotiate. If negotiation fails, Wei Wei and Ma lay down in hiding. They know from Ganghua and Zhang that magic is involved and insight from some hidden cameras in the lobby and on the way down confirmed the suspicion (low-light torchlight in the hands of invisible Walker). So, they will lay down low and wait and observe, using Lian Wu, Lotus, and Nadine as a bait. As soon as someone reveals himself (Dorian or Walker), they try to turn the table. They are using IR goggles (+4 in minimal light). «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Stealth) for "Wei Wei Open Stealth check, +4 half cover +2/+3 (nat. low-light/ultrasound vs. complete darkness +4 (hearth spirit concealment)": 2 2 4 5 = Stealth final result Wei Wei 15/16 (nat. low-light/ultrasound) «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 (Stealth) for "Ma Open Stealth check, +4 half cover +2/+3 (nat. low-light/ultrasound vs. complete darkness +4 (hearth spirit concealment) +4 camouflage clothing": 1 1 2 2 3 11 = Stealth final result 25/26 (nat. low-light/ultrasound) Walker did cast F6 Improved Invisibility with 5 successes. Resist Invisibility is Will vs. 6. «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 (Intelligence) for "Wei Wei resists Improved Invisibility F6, sustained by Walker": 1 1 3 3 4 7 +roll 5(Intelligence)~Ma resists Improved Invisibility F6, sustained by Walker «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (Intelligence) for "Ma resists Improved Invisibility F6, sustained by Walker": 2 2 4 5 5 Wei Wei and Ma do not resist against Improved Invisibility. They suffer a +8 TN modifier against Walker. Wei Wei's primary form of attack is Petrify F8, Sorcery 7 +2 Power Focus vs. Body (+3 BG Count +Visibility Modifiers) (Threshold 2), Spell Pool 8. Drain is 5S. Backround Count is fully applicable (+3 casting, +1 drain). TN for Sorcery Test +roll 5(Centering)/TN of Spell-Grade 3 +roll 7(Sorcery)+2(Power Focus)+sp:3/7+X~Wei Wei casting Petrify F8 vs. Willpower 4 +3 BG Count + Visibility, Threshold 2; Drain 6S + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Walker says, "Let's play conservatively for the time being since it looks like Blondie has the high ground. Will use the channeled spirit's Confusion power on the shadowy figure: Willpower (5) test to take actions, +5 TN to tests." «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 (Willpower) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Wei Wei vs. Confusion": 2 3 3 5 7 11 = 3 Successes Zeroing in on the creeping figure, Walker murmurs a grudgingly impressed curse in Ute before fixing his vision on the figure and letting the spirit's power surge out of him, engulfing their mind with vertigo as the shaman flits forward. «One target on the left catwalk, well-hidden,» he reports to Dorian, «Got 'em confused but not downed yet.» Downstairs. Unknown to Pema - and her torturer -, someone else suddenly reappears from the shadows, sneaking up on the grim Chinese who is about to restrain Pema again. It's Nadine Wuang, who indeed followed Pema's earlier order and advise to hide herself behind the water tank, the moment the door opened and the torturer came back. "Stay away from her, you sucker!", she hisses and somehow attacks him from behind. Pema is able to hear him growling and shaking. Lian Wu turns around in rage, slapping Nadine across the face. This sends her flying backwards, against the water tank. The torturer touches his chest, shaking off what appears to be the aftermath of a taser attack. Then he moves towards Nadine, who's slipping down on the ground, shrieking desperatly: "Yangchen! Please, do something! Don't give up!" With her leg bleeding again, she looks up at her assailant, only her bare hands put up in defense. On the catwalk, the Chinese man is well hidden, but also well confused. However, he manages to get an answer out to Dorian, first, and then to his friends: "Osaka Twins? To hell with you guys. We'll come back to you soon enough!", he almost yells, then, more quietly, but still for Walker to hear, on Cantonese: "We move out, flatline both of them, and then get out!" + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Pema's turn" «Plot» Yin says, "Also, I assume the numerous spirits are still lingering, since there was no direct action against Walker or Dorian yet" «OOC» Dorian says, "I think the spirits were materializing next go." «Plot» Yin says, "But they are already in the process of manifestation" «Plot» Walker says, "I think they'd be materialising this turn, yeah." «Plot» Yin says, "Yeah, something like that." «OOC» Walker says, "Can't say I remember the exact instructions." «Plot» Lotus says, "Does Pema have anything nearby to throw at the guy?" «Plot» Yin says, "If by nearby you mean within about three meters, yes. There are some of the tools from the toppled table, and these stack of unused concrete tiles. Quite solid" «OOC» Dorian says, "Stab him with a screwdriver!" «Plot» Yin says, "And if you wonder about initiative: This is a second phase for Pema, that by some mysterious powers suddenly manifests on her ini table. Maybe caused by Nadine Wuang's plea for help or by whatever powers might smile on her! :) After Pema, it's third phase for Dorian and Walker" «Plot» Lotus thinks she'll attempt to reach out to touch a concrete tile and use Fling to throw it «Plot» Yin says, "Sounds like a plan! Weight is 8kg" «Plot» Yin says, "She can reach the tile by stretching out on the floor, actually. It's about 1.5 meters away" «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Centering vs TN 3 for "Shoo shoo stupid penalties": 1 2 5 5 5 11 = 4 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Sorcery + 2 vs TN 6 for "Fling a brick at the bastard": 1 1 2 2 5 5 5 8 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Sorcery + 2 - 1 vs TN 6 for "Penultimate KP": 3 3 4 5 5 5 9 = 1 Success «Plot» Lotus says, "2 successes on that ranged attack" «Plot» Yin says, "That would be a damage of 10M then. ouch! :D" «OOC» Dorian says, "Bonk!" «Plot» Yin says, "Or can you prove your Fling again? It was F8 right?" «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) has the Spell Fling with the following information: ------> Spell for Lotus (#7659) <------ Spell Name: Fling Force: 8 Spell Type: Manipulation/Telekinetic Target: 4(RC) Drain Code: +1M «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Willpower vs TN 6 for "Eating M stun again": 1 3 3 4 5 10 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 8 (BOD) vs TN 6 (to no one) for "Lian Wu, soak the brick!": 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 8 = 1 Success «Plot» Lotus says, "Another L stun. One more box and she's down at D" «OOC» Dorian says, "You should have another box to spare, or two" «Plot» Yin says, "With Lian Wu, the M damage stands, despite Body 8, impact armor, and 1 KP :D He's at 9 boxes now. If you want, you can make your pose with him staggering heavily above Nadine" «OOC» Dorian cheers! «OOC» Yin says, "Funny, how the torturer is trapped between surprise attacks from both women :D" «OOC» Dorian says, "Got too cocky" For a moment, Pema looks like she's just ready to lie down and accept that she has failed and there's no way for her to overpower the man. Her eyes are half-closed, her head resting against the cold concrete floor. However, as Nadine leaps out from the shadows in a desperate show of defiance, her eyes open again. She bites her lip, making a grimace of pain and raises the hand she's not lying upon. She whimpers out a Dharani of strength, the wraithful Dharmakaya of Vajrakila that strikes down at the enemy of the true doctrine, and reaches out to touch one of the concrete blocks nearby. The dead object is suddenly filled with immense spiritual energy and launches out into the air, hidding the man straight in the back, the force of the blow enough to knock the wind out of him and send him reeling, coughing and wheezing in pain. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Well well. Third phase please!" «Plot» Yin says, "Dorian on 2, Walker on 1" «Plot» Dorian says, "Oh right, we do those. Uhhh…Well, let's throw a perception and I guess delay the second action if I don't manage to spot the concealed boy." «Plot» Yin says, "Do it" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Intelligence: 2 3 3 3 4 5 8 8 «Plot» Dorian says, "Nope, so delay and keep on walkin'" «Plot» Yin says, "Somewhere above, basically. No idea where" «Plot» Dorian says, "Yeah somewhere, that's all for me" «Plot» Yin says, "Walker can see that Dorian will pass beneath the confused ambusher next Turn" Moving through the ruined facility is straightforward. The lights up ahead make a good guiding beacon. Dorian passes several huge and powerful spotlights on his way, probably set up in a haste, to blind and confuse the advance of the intruders. But they remain dark, cut off from the primary power supply. Dorian spares a glance upwards to see if he can spot the concealed one, but with no luck, he simply decides to stick to the shadows and continue his approach into the room proper. «All yours, can't see 'em.» He relays to the Shaman, deciding to keep his focus on what may come ahead of them, with his shotgun held up and ready. + Show covered NPC rolls/ooc «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (INT) (to no one) for "Perception Ma: can he spot Walker or Dorian?": 2 2 3 4 5 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (INT) (to no one) for "Perception Ma: can he spot Walker or Dorian?, KP 1": 3 4 4 5 10 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (INT) (to no one) for "Perception Ma: can he spot Walker or Dorian?, KP 3": 1 1 4 5 16 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (INT) (to no one) for "Perception Ma: can he spot Walker or Dorian?, KP 6": 1 1 3 4 11 «Plot» Yin says, "And Dorian, please roll a stealth, belatedly" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Stealth for "+8 from the ruth cloak on vision": 1 3 3 3 4 14 «Plot» Dorian says, "I'll take it" «Plot» Yin says, "Thanks." + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Walker is good to go" «Plot» Walker says, "OK. Fling carried fineblade at concealed figure. Guessing +2 from vision but anything further?" «Plot» Walker says, "That's the spell Fling, I mean." «Plot» Yin says, "He is in half cover, +4" «Plot» Yin says, "Sitting between pipes, a barrel and some panels" «Plot» Walker says, "Can I reposition first to get around that?" «Plot» Yin says, "If you invest the first phase, yes" «Plot» Yin says, "E, one phase, so, this one" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 (to no one) for "Ini Lian Wu -5": 1 3 «Plot» Walker says, "So I don't have enough movement this pass?" «Plot» Yin says, "Yes" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 (to no one) for "Ini Ma +7": 5 9 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 3 (to no one) for "Wei Wei Ma +6": 2 2 3 «OOC» Lotus says, "Fling, bestest spell" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 3 (to no one) for "Loni Ini +10": 1 3 4 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 1 (to no one) for "Ini Hearth Spirit +15": 4 «OOC» Dorian says, "It's a goodie for sure" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 1 (to no one) for "Ini Nadine Wuang +6 -2": 9 «Plot» Walker says, "Hm… I'll take a punt on it this phase I guess, try and make sure he doesn't fumble a grenade on Dorian's head." «Plot» Walker says, "Does he count as stationary hunkered down like he is?" «Plot» Yin says, "Yes" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Centering + 3 (Focus) + Karma Pool: 1 vs TN 2 for "Against penalties, TN4+2(vision)+4(cover)-1(Stationary)-11(Grade) -> 2": 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 10 = 6 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Centering + 3 (Focus) + Karma Pool: 1 - 6 (Successes) vs TN 2 for "Reroll 1, KP9": 1 4 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Centering + 3 (Focus) + Karma Pool: 1 - 7 (Successes) vs TN 2 for "Reroll 2, KP11": 1 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Centering + 3 (Focus) + Karma Pool: 1 - 7 (Successes) vs TN 2 for "Reroll 3, KP14": 2 = 1 Success «OOC» Yin says, "Barely :D" «Plot» Walker says, "TN down to 5 with some effort." «Plot» Yin says, "Roger, go for it!" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Sorcery + Spell Pool: 8 + 2 (Totem) + 3 (Power Focus) vs TN 5 for "F11 Fling": 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 10 11 17 23 = 9 Successes «Plot» Walker stands. "12S damage base with the dikoting. Dodging will be rough with the confusion hopefully." «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Willpower vs TN 6 for "6M stun drain": 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 10 14 = 2 Successes «Plot» Walker says, "Trauma damper eats the remaining L." «Plot» Yin says, "What did you use as projectile exactly?" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094)'s Melee Gear (#13299) has the Voucher Item 3 Cougar Fineblade (Short) with the following information: ----------—[ Shadowrun Denver ]—- Item Name: Cougar Fineblade (Short) Item Type: ITEM Quantity: 4 Fractional OK: No Clonable: No Players Can Link: No Child Items: 4 Created For: Walker (#12094) Created By: Captain Vimes (#5020) IC Location: Carried «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094)'s Melee Gear (#13299) has the Voucher Item 4 Dikote with the following information: ----------—[ Shadowrun Denver ]—- Item Name: Dikote Item Type: ITEM Quantity: 1 Fractional OK: No Clonable: No Players Can Link: No Parent Item: 3 Created For: Walker (#12094) Created By: Captain Vimes (#5020) IC Location: Carried «Plot» Yin says, "Never heard of a cougar fineblade. So, it's a throwing knife, basically?" «Plot» Walker says, "Fancy knife, yeah." «OOC» Dorian says, "Cougar Fineblade is the go-to knife, for sure. The short if you want a quickdraw abled blade, or the long if you want some damage." ?Ah, found it! Alright. Huh? (Type "help" for help.) «Plot» Yin says, "Ah, found it! Alright." «Plot» Walker says, "Addendum, forgot to note the 1 KP used for the extra die on Centering, Walker is at 15KP." «OOC» Dorian says, "Eeeyy 15 KP gang" «OOC» Lotus :( «OOC» Lotus, 0KP gang «OOC» Walker says, "Figured I better do some work so you don't end up parched. <3" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (BOD) + 6 (combat pool) vs TN 10 (to no one) for "Resists fineblade attack": 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 7 8 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (BOD) + 6 (combat pool) vs TN 10 (to no one) for "Resists fineblade attack, 1KP": 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 9 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (BOD) + 6 (combat pool) vs TN 10 (to no one) for "Resists fineblade attack, 3KP": 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 5 (BOD) + 6 (combat pool) vs TN 10 (to no one) for "Resists fineblade attack, 6KP": 1 3 3 4 5 5 5 8 11 11 17 = 3 Successes «OOC» Dorian is always thirsty. For blood >:( «Plot» Yin says, "Well! What should I say. Resisting didn't help and there was no room to dodge. And I rule that it would not be approriate anyway, given the overall situation. The blade strikes him down in one quick sweep" «Plot» Yin says, "Walker can still not see exactly who that guy was, but he's dead now. And, mysteriously, the concealment effect disappears as well shortly after. You can build that in your pose." Near the vault of the ceiling, an unseen figure's hands flick through a complicated set of geometric gestures before one pulls back to touch a concealed sheath beneath their long coat. With his whole body describing the shape of a drawn bow, Walker's hand flicks out, a blade seemingly appearing in mid-air and streaking forth into the nest above Dorian's head. With nowhere to go, the figure is helpless as the gleaming edge punches through armour, flesh and bone to puncture the heart. As the shroud around them fades, the shaman, breathing a little heavier, relays. «Down. Spirit either pulled back or that was their mage.» + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Roll initiative!" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Initiative with a result of 21. «OOC» Dorian cries «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Initiative with a result of 8. «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Initiative with a modifier of +3 with a result of 23. «Plot» Yin says, "Alright. Walker first, then Dorian, then other peeps" «Plot» Walker says, "Move along the ceiling to survey the camp. Also spirits are solid by now, you want initiative for them yet?" «Plot» Yin says, "Yes. Make it a group roll" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls 1 for "Spirits on 1d6+18": 1 «Plot» Yin says, "Right now, there are no further hostiles in sight." «Plot» Walker says, "Delay action for the moment. Free to report to Dorian." «Plot» Yin says, "Roger" «Plot» Yin says, "So, the camp lies down silently and calm. But Walker now spots a heavy metal door in a concrete wall, about 15 meters away from the camp. Dim light shines through the gap. Also, since Walker is now deeper into the sublevel, he can see that there is a full-sized, paved street running through the hall, roughly beneath the street that runs in front of the building above. There must be some kind of tunnel system down here, big enough for mid-sized trucks, even" Floating unseen over the makeshift encampment, Walker surveys the scene with a frown. «Not much happening,» he comms to Dorian, subvocalising the words through his throat mic, «Looks like we've got light in a side passage a set of underground roads or something.» «Still 5 unconfirmed. Rigger somewhere, someone jacked in the drone. Could be in the truck.» Dorian comms back, keeping a slow steady approach to the shadows to avoid standing out and eating a hail of bullets. He uses the environment and the darkness to his advantage, trying to keep as best cover options as possible. The Scales Tip Towards the Heroes The light illuminates the tent, as Walker and Dorian approach. The van is a little bit further, but just standing there, with the engine running by now. Dorian suddenly can hear a whispered hiss over his comms, probably not intended to be broadcasted on that channel: "Wei Wei is down. Damn it. I'm out of here. - You hear that, you scum out there. Take the day, I don't care. Go, pop some Red Dragon kneecaps if you want, I don't care." Shortly after, another voice can be heard: "Damn it all…" Then the van's engine howls up and it starts to move out with burning tires, about six meters away from Dorian and about 10 from Walker. A third voice chimes in, breathing heavily: "You cowards! - The - family will hunt you down!", a cough "You can't leave the shrine here!" + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Should read: "…probably intended to be…"" «Plot» Walker says, "Any exposed earth/rock around? >.>" «Plot» Yin says, "Nope, it's all artificial and manufactured here" «Plot» Walker nods. "Then Ice Sheet in front of the van aimed so it has to cross the entire thing to get away." «Plot» Dorian will shoot a tire to make this task incredibly harder for the vehicle. «OOC» Walker high-fives for murder teamwork! «Plot» Yin says, "Okay, it tries to cover the 8 meters to the underground roadway. Movement penalty +2 applies. Light is +3 for Dorian, +2 for Walker." «Plot» Walker says, "Walker isn't shooting the van, just the area in front (still visibility though)." «Plot» Yin says, "Yep" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 4 vs TN 7 for "TN 4 - 2 SL, + 2 Movement, +3 Light": 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 15 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 4 - 1 vs TN 7 for "TN 4 - 2 SL, + 2 Movement, +3 Light KP16": 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 9 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 4 vs TN 7 for "Second Shot": 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 = 0 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "Hitting the tire is a called shot, so +2" «Plot» Yin says, "Still good though" «Plot» Dorian says, "Well both those still hit then" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 4 vs TN 9 for "Second Shot KP17": 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 5 11 = 1 Success «Plot» Dorian will stick to 2 on first, and 1 on second «Plot» Walker says, "Do you need to roll resists Yin, or shall I make with the ice rink?" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Vehicle Body) + 3 (CP) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Van Armor 5": 2 3 3 4 5 5 11 = 3 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Vehicle Body) + 3 (CP) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Van Armor 5": 1 4 4 4 5 11 11 = 3 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "One tire pops. You can proceed, Walker," «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Centering + 3 (Focus) vs TN 2 for "Against penalties, TN4+2(vision)-11(Grade) -> 2": 1 2 2 3 4 4 10 = 6 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Sorcery + Spell Pool: 8 + 2 (Totem) + 3 (Power Focus) vs TN 4 for "F6 Ice Sheet": 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 7 11 21 22 = 10 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 (Cars) vs TN 8 (to no one) for "Crash Test 4+2 (tight)+2(damage)": 2 3 4 5 5 5 = 0 Successes «Plot» Walker says, "That's a TN11 crash test before we get to popped tires." «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Willpower vs TN 4 for "4S stun drain": 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 10 11 14 17 = 8 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "Okay okay :D Just roll drain, but I spare another crash test, he failed the first one already." «Plot» Walker says, "Poor bastards." The moment the vehicle starts up and begins to peel away, Dorian instinctively raises his shotgun towards the tires and lets loose a duo of slugs towards them. The silenced shotgun shots still echo in the tunnel, briefly lighting up the area for a short moment. But it pays off, one tire immediately popping as the Shaman garauntees their failure and begins coating the street in ice. Almost as though in concert with Dorian, Walker's hands sweep out in broad, sweeping gestures this time as he sighs ahead of the van. Breath condenses in the air as the temperature plummets and a slick layer of ice covers the ramshackle street. The driver pulls out at slow speed, onto the underground roadway, suddenly confronted with a tight situation. The tail wiggles, then spins. He tries to counter the sudden movement, he does well! Then the driving conditions change dramatically! Warning signals pop up, damage reports racing through his brain, then, suddenly, a solid 'oomph' as the van hits the concrete wall across the roadway. The brake lights are still glowing red, and a continuing honking rings through the hall. + Show rolls/ooc «OOC» Yin says, "Well, Walker, shall we cut here?" «OOC» Dorian says, "He should've invested in a roll cage." «OOC» Walker says, "Still too flammable. }:)" «OOC» Walker says, "Sounds good. Thanks for the fun times gang!" «OOC» Yin says, "Yeah, thanks!" «OOC» Dorian says, "Keel 'em!" «OOC» Lotus, fearing for her silly little life «OOC» Walker says, "I feel like everyone in that room is pretty messed up by now." «OOC» Yin says, "Nadine and the torturer are before Lotus. The situation unfolds quickly. Then it's your action as the last one this phase. If you want we can do this now, or next time. I have the time" «OOC» Dorian says, "Gang up on his ass with the lady! Wombo Combo" «OOC» Dorian says, "If he's facing her, you got superior position, and friends in melee bonus! Screwdriver his ass!" + Show covered NPC rolls/ooc «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Unarmed) + 4 (CP) vs TN 6 (to no one) for "Nadine Wuang in melee, +2 due to M wound": 1 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Unarmed) + 4 (CP) - 1 vs TN 6 (to no one) for "Nadine Wuang in melee, +2 due to M wound, KP 1/6": 1 3 4 4 5 5 7 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Unarmed) + 4 (CP) - 3 vs TN 6 (to no one) for "Nadine Wuang in melee, +2 due to M wound, KP 3/6": 1 2 5 9 9 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 (Unarmed) + 6 (Combat Pool) vs TN 7 (to no one) for "Lian Wu fighting against Nadine in melee, +3 due to S wound": 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 10 10 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 (Unarmed) + 6 (Combat Pool) - 2 vs TN 7 (to no one) for "Lian Wu fighting against Nadine in melee, +3 due to S wound, 4/7KP": 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 10 11 = 3 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 (Unarmed) + 6 (Combat Pool) - 5 vs TN 7 (to no one) for "Lian Wu fighting against Nadine in melee, +3 due to S wound, 6/7KP": 1 3 3 3 5 8 8 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 3 (Body) + 2 (CP) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Nadine Wuang soaks 6S stun with 1 Impact Armor (Trs Chic skirt and shirt)": 1 3 4 4 4 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 3 (Body) + 2 (CP) vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Nadine Wuang soaks 6S stun with 1 Impact Armor (Trs Chic skirt and shirt), 4/6KP": 1 2 3 7 14 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 3 (Body) + 2 (CP) - 1 vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Nadine Wuang soaks 6S stun with 1 Impact Armor (Trs Chic skirt and shirt), 6/6KP": 1 2 4 5 = 1 Success «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 3 (Body) + 2 (CP) - 2 vs TN 5 (to no one) for "Nadine Wuang soaks 6S stun with 1 Impact Armor (Trs Chic skirt and shirt), 6/6KP": 1 5 7 = 2 Successes => Nadine Wuang suffers an L stun damage + Show rolls/ooc «OOC» Yin says, "So! Are you all ready? :D From my reliable and complete notes *cough* I take it that a van came to a sudden halt, due to a popped tire and an ice sheet on the dark underground road. ALso, we are just about to learn what happens at initiative pass 10 and 6 (NPCs), before we have Lotus again at 5, which will conclude this phase." «OOC» Yin says, "I should add that you tapped into their comms, or more precisely: they didn't bother and let you know on their comms channel that some of them are very determined to flee the scene. You struck down one guy on ambush position (Walkers fling) and there is the driver in the van. That leaves at least two more. Walker and Dorian currently have no clue on their whereabouts; Pema, on the other hand, is basically in combat with the third one." «OOC» Yin says, "So, let's jump into action." «OOC» Lotus says, "Let's hope I used up my daily allowance of shitty dice on today's queues :P Could barely even roll a 4" [[collapsible show="+ Show rolls/ooc" hide="- Hide stuff"]] Down in the chamber, the situation further escalates! Lian Wu can't believe the others are just about to leave him here. While he still tries to come to terms with the recent brick to the head from Pema and taser to the back from the news anchor, Nadine Wuang tries her luck again, still cowering on the floor. Maybe she should've known better, but when she touches Lian Wu on his knee, with her flat hand, it's obvious that whatever lies hidden beneath the skin of her palm, doesn't have another charge left. She tries it once more, even, out of pure desperation. Then Lian Wu pulls his heavy pistol, staring down on Nadine, murder in his eye. And she does the only thing left: she engages in a bloody melee, reaching for his pistol. After a moment of struggle, with both first crashing against the water tank, then over the toppled folding table, Lian Wu comes out on top, but it is a hard and dirty fight. Nadine Wuang tries all she had learned in her self-defense classes. But this here is another level. He hits Nadine once against her chest, but she fights on. The second hit is against her left temple and she turns slack for only a second's break. But that's enough for Lian Wu to wrestle the heavy pistol free. Both are still lying on the ground when he's about to put his pistol against her stomach and finish her off. Once and for all. At least some - satisfaction! [[collapsible show="+ Show rolls/ooc" hide="- Hide stuff"]] «Plot» Yin says, "That's what happened on 10 and 6, now it's Pema on 5!" «Plot» Lotus needs a better weapon… the bone saw that Lian Wu used to torture Nadine should be nearby, no? «Plot» Yin says, "The electric meat-cutter, yes. It's around, within arms reach. It was on the table when Pema toppled it" «Plot» Lotus will attempt to grab it, then rush up to Lian and use it on him «Plot» Lotus says, "Push Nadine aside if need be" «OOC» Walker crosses his fingers for friends in melee saving the day. >.> «Plot» Yin says, "Nadine is pinned down by the torturer Lian Wu. No pushing her, sdly. The weapon is electrically powered and treated as an improvised melee weapon with a stat of (Str+1)S, counting as Club, chainsaw or Edged Weapon, whatever suits you most" «Plot» Yin says, "Otherwise, you're good to go for a standard melee encounter, with both combatants dealing with an S damage stun" «Plot» Lotus says, "Friends in melee + prone should be enough to balance out the +3 stun penalty. Perhaps it should count as a Reach 1 weapon?" «Plot» Yin says, "Nah, no reach, but you're right about the other two modifiers :)" «Plot» Yin says, "It's close and personal at this point :D" «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Edged Weapons + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 4 for "DIE DIE DIE!": 2 2 4 5 9 9 = 4 Successes «OOC» Walker says, "Noice" «OOC» Dorian says, "Shank his ass!" «OOC» Dorian says, "Muster your inner Londoner!" «Plot» Lotus says, "Now he takes a mighty 3S stun >_>" «Plot» Lotus says, "Well 3D+1" «OOC» Dorian says, "Whole ass 4D!" «Plot» Lotus says, "Right, no +1 in melee" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 vs TN 7 for "Lian Wu tries to defend himself": 1 2 2 2 3 4 = 0 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 6 vs TN 7 for "Lian Wu tries to defend himself, 7/7 KP": 2 3 3 4 7 10 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 8 vs TN 2 for "Lian Wu resists attack with armor. All in, no KP left": 1 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 = 6 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "Let me check something :D Fringe rules here!" «OOC» Lotus says, "Body 8 o_o Tough guy" «Plot» Yin says, "Okay, stun and physical are completely seperated, so he is at S Stun L physical, for +4 TN modifiers…" «OOC» Dorian says, "Yeah they are seperate" «Plot» Yin says, "You're good to pose then, Lotus. You might as well cut him where you prefer" «Plot» Yin says, "After Lotus' pose we'll see Walker (13) and Dorian (11) have their second phase" Despite all the pain and fatigue in her body, Pema staggers up to her feet after launching the brick. It's like it's just pure adrenaline keeping her up now, pure survival instinct. Bereft of a weapon, she quickly looks around and finds the electric saw-blade he had used to torture Nadine with before. Without any hesitation, she reaches out to grab it then rushes towards Nadine and Lian who are now on the floor. She turns on the saw, that begins to emit a wicked mechanical hiss, and then proceeds to plunge the blade straight into Wu's back. The sound goes up a pitch as it begins to tear into him, and although most of it seems to simply dig into whatever armour he's wearing under the jacket, it eventually begins to grind into his flesh, throwing up a trickle of blood that lands on Pema's once pure white blouse. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Walker says, "Without any targets, Walker will float his way closer to the crashed van and delay actions until he gets a target. Do I remember there was a lit corridor away to one side?" «Plot» Yin says, "There was a faintly lit crack in one metal door, about 15 meters away from the tent. That's the opposite direction from the tent though." «Plot» Yin says, "From the van, sight on the door would be blocked" «Plot» Walker noddles and heads for the van for now, staying airborne to keep an eye out. «Plot» Yin says, "If you wait for a Target, you might just pose that away. The delay will extent to next round then." Darting forwards through the air towards the crashed vehicle steaming as the heat from the engine vies with the ice, Walker's eyes narrow as they scan for movement. «Will try and keep one alive to find out where she is,» he sends to Dorian, «Or I can try feeling it out like a spirit.» + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Walker nods and ponders possibilities for the end of the round… «Plot» Yin says, "Alright. Dorian's turn then" «Plot» Dorian will reload his spent 6 shells and make his way towards the door. «Plot» Yin says, "Perception, for things to behold on his way past the tent!" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Intelligence for "o.o": 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 «Plot» Yin says, "Reloading is Complex Action, so that fits" «OOC» Dorian says, "trying to find my notes for KP.. I think i was at 16?" «Plot» Yin says, "The kidnappers where about to leave in a hurry. There is a lot of equipment still left in the tent. Looks like weapons, electronics, and some things that could belong to a magician or shaman. Lanterns, actually, and paint. But unless Dorian decides to linger, that's all he can spot so far" «Plot» Yin says, "Last thing I see in the log is KP 15 for Walker, KP 14 for Dorian" «Plot» Yin says, "Ah nope, 16" «Plot» Yin says, "For Dorian" «Roger that, I'll head for the door.» Dorian comms back, keeping his posture low as the ruthenium coating on the cloak imitates his surroundings via the image scanners weaved into the fabric. His shotgun is flipped to the side and a daft hand begins to manually load in some shells into the weapon as he begins his steady approach. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Dorian might enter the door at the beginning of next Combat Turn" «Plot» Walker will use his delayed action to summon a spare spirit, just in case. «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Centering vs TN 2 for "Against penalties, F5 Great Hearth Spirit…": 1 3 8 9 = 3 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls 3 (Focus) vs TN 2 for "Forgot those dice @_@": 1 5 7 = 2 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "Walker and Dorian both have one phase left, on 3 and 1. You can use it for summoning, or other actions while on the move, in orian's case" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Conjuring vs TN 6 for "F5+3BG-2(Centering)": 1 1 2 3 3 5 9 11 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Conjuring vs TN 2 for "Invoking": 1 1 3 3 3 3 5 15 = 6 Successes «Plot» Walker nods and poses. «Plot» Yin says, "Next round, you can fully pose in all your manege of spirits. They should be manifest by then" «Plot» Yin says, "In fact, they did materialize this round already, but lacked proper targets that would serve the command." Ass he drifts over the makeshift camp and approaches the red lights of the van, Walkers arms fling wide, hands describing beckoning gestures in the air to draw another spirit towards him. When the tangled mass of metal manifests before him, the shaman gives it a quick nod in greeting and speaks quickly. "Follow the elf over there. Manifest so he can see you and lead him to Chinquapin," he instructs, using the old Algonquin translation of Pema's shadow name as the one with the strongest resonances in his mind to imprint it upon the spirit. «Got you an assistant,» he sends to Dorian, «Might make things simpler.» + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Okay! Dorian? Anything you would add for pass 1?" «Plot» Dorian says, "Perceive and stealth approach the door" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Intelligence for "o.o": 1 3 3 3 3 3 5 8 «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Stealth: 3 4 4 4 4 5 «Plot» Yin says, "Stealth is probably a good idea, since you now finished reloading. Give it a roll, for Stealth, when entering next Turn" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Stealth for "KP17": 1 2 3 4 4 5 «OOC» Dorian says, "I see." «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Stealth for "KP19": 1 3 3 4 4 5 «OOC» Dorian says, "Okay, 5 it is" «OOC» Yin says, "Definitely." «Plot» Dorian says, "5 on sound, 13 on Visual." «Plot» Yin says, "You can pose your final approach. Metal door is cracked open about 10 cm. Faint light from within." «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 (to no one) for "Ini Lian Wu -4 + 7": 1 3 With the shotgun loaded and racked up and after sparing a glance at the table of various goods to go through later, Dorian turns his attention back to the door and begins his approach. Though so with much littering the ground, it's hard to keep it full stealthy. «Rightio. Bunch of shit at the tent, some of it might be Pema's foci. The van might have more in it.» «We promise not to burn it all to cinders,» Walker's voice comes back, some odd distortions creeping into the commlink. + Show rolls/ooc «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 3 (to no one) for "Ini Loni -2 +10": 1 4 7 «Plot» Yin says, "Roll Initiative!" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 2 (to no one) for "Ini Ma +7": 2 7 «Plot» Walker says, "init +3" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Initiative with a modifier of +3 with a result of 28. «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Initiative with a result of 19. «OOC» Walker rofls at himself XD «OOC» Dorian says, "These inits are getting worse and worse" «OOC» Walker gets Dorian some better initiative dice too! «OOC» Walker says, "Gotta burn those as an example." «OOC» Yin says, "I am staring at worse results" «Auto-Judge[]» Lotus (#7659) rolls Initiative with a modifier of -3 with a result of 6. «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 1 (to no one) for "Ini Nadine Wuang -2 +6": 3 «Plot» Yin says, "What about the spirits? Walker, you roll for them?" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls 1 for "Spirit 1, 1d6+18": 10 «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls 1 for "Spirit 2, 1d6+18": 5 «OOC» Walker, not sure what to do with this embarrassment of riches. >.> «OOC» Dorian says, "Gimme your dice. You clearly stole some from me" «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 4 (Van Sensor) + 6 (Loni Intelligence) (to no one) for "Perception": 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 Below Walker, the van still has its engine running, brake lights on red, steam coming from the hood. But nothing else is happening so far. The driver might as well be unconscious, dead, or doing Rigger things. He's certainly not leaving the vehicle right now. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Walker on 28" «Plot» Walker says, "Megakinesis on the van. Gonna shake 'em out like a baby giant. >:)" «Plot» Yin says, "My dear By all means, go ahead" «Plot» Walker says, "I need a rough mass: TN is +1 per 500 kg of mass." «Plot» Yin says, "The vas has about 3.5t. It is heavily armored" «Plot» Yin says, "Metric tons, so 3500 kg" «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Centering + 3 (Focus) vs TN 2 for "Against penalties for mass, TN4+7-11=>2": 2 3 4 5 5 9 11 = 7 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Sorcery + 2 (Totem) vs TN 8 for "F3 Megakinesis, TN4+7-3=8": 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 9 11 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Walker (#12094) rolls Willpower vs TN 3 for "3D stun drain": 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 10 = 11 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "So, speed is 2x Magic meters/turn then" «Plot» Walker says, "Divided by 10." «Plot» Yin says, "Right" «Plot» Walker says, "It's slow, but works on much higher masses better." Staring fixedly at the van, Walker's hands seem to blur the air in front of him as their invisible shape eddies the air. After a moment of focus, the battered vehicle detaches itself from the ground and drifts leisurely into the air, pitching forward to point its nose at the ground as it goes. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Yin says, "Spirts then, on 24/23" «Plot» Walker says, "I think they're waiting for a target. IIRC instruction was to attack anyone engaged with Walker/Dorian?" «Plot» Yin says, "Can you pose them in? I am still a bit unsure how you'd see them manifest" «Plot» Yin says, "And how they look like" «Plot» Walker noddlynods. From the shadows off to the sides of the makeshift roadway, large shapes move ominously towards the light. Twisted metal pipes and sheets, the fossilised remains of the place's former function, have been reforged into long-limbed and spindly humanoid forms. Taller than a troll and with huge clawed hands that rake the ground, the spirits stalk towards the floating van, blazing eyes cast upwards like hungry animals awaiting their meal. As the vehicle tilts over, one fixes its gaze on where the windscreen should be and opens its maw to reveal a mouth like a nightmarish woodchipper. Lotus Saved Dorian enters what once was a secure chamber for chemical tanks. Tanks removed, he now looks down into a huge hall, entering it on a catwalk at about four meters above ground. There are some massive concrete pillars supporting the ceiling, and a staircase is running down to ground level. Central feature that immediately catches the eye is a dimly lit, serious scene: Within a circle of about 10 meters in diameter, marked by a white line on the concrete floor, and eight stacks of small concrete tiles, a gas lantern lies on the ground, shedding light on a struggling Pema, cutting away on some man clad in black, who basically cowers over another woman, lying flat on the remains of a table. The latter is kicking and flailing for her dear life. This curious circle they are fighting in also holds a chair, a metal pole that runs from ceiling to floor, a massive water tank, and some kind of portable shrine, immitating a Chinese building, a temple maybe. It is also glowing with a faint orange color. This model of a shrine is about the size of a table, portable by two men, probably. Pema is in an aweful state, that's pretty obvious, even from 10 meters away. She's soaked to the bones, her clothes torn and her movements fueled by desperation and adrenaline. She wields a handheld meat-cutter, grinding her way through the aggressors armored vest. The woman below the man is Nadine Wuang. Usually a chinese beauty and one of the well known news anchors for the Huang Hun News Show, broadcasted from Denver's Asiantown. Her long black hair, usually woven into artistic headresses that immitates past eras of chinese history, is now in disarray, stained, torn, wet. Her suit is torn open as well, her skirt partially soaked with water and maybe blood. Her shoes are gone, stockings ripped. A ghastly gash spilled blood from her upper left leg all the way fown to her feet. However, the wound has been treated to some degree, stopping the flow of blood for now. But that's probably something to discover at a later time for Doran. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Dorian will put this man out of his miserable life. «Plot» Yin says, "How exactly?" «Plot» Dorian says, "With a freshly loaded shotgun, of course." «Plot» Yin says, "I should warn you about the risk. Three people are locked in melee on the floor right now." «Plot» Dorian says, "Thank god I didn't pack buckshot then." «OOC» Lotus says, "Don't overpenetrate and kill Nadine too!" «Plot» Yin says, "That's a flat +6 for friendly targets in heavy moement" «Plot» Dorian says, "And does that include not shooting them for that clear shot on the man only?" «Plot» Yin says, "With visibility on top. Have to check" «Plot» Yin says, "Yes, o6 for the melee situation, and visibility. And your own movement, if you decide to move while shooting" «Plot» Yin says, "Meant +6 for the melee…" «Plot» Yin says, "Let me look up the visibility." «Plot» Dorian says, "Movement isn't a problem at walking speed. Room is lit with a lantern from what I recall, plus all the glowy stuff." «Plot» Yin says, "Yep, +1 for Ultrasound" «Plot» Yin says, "So, you face a +7 total" «Plot» Dorian says, "So TN would be 9, I'll spend one action to aim to knock it down to TN 8." «Plot» Yin says, "Sounds reasonable!" «OOC» Lotus, holding thumbs o_o «OOC» Yin says, "Lends a thumb" «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 5 (CP) + 2 (KP21) vs TN 8 for "Shotgun Surgeon?": 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 7 7 9 10 = 2 Successes «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Shotguns + 5 (CP) + 2 (KP21) - 2 vs TN 8 for "Shotgun Surgeon? KP22": 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 8 9 = 2 Successes «Plot» Dorian will take those 4. «Plot» Dorian says, "APDS, 10S base." «Plot» Yin says, "So, 11D then, with staging." «Plot» Dorian says, "10D + 2 Successes." «Plot» Walker says, "Ranged doesn't stage power (staging is dumb). ;)" «Plot» Yin says, "Ah, okay. I usually handle it differently, but it's fine. I follow your expectation here. 10D2" «Plot» Lotus says, "Melee attacks increase in power beyond D damage, ranged attacks can stage beyond D" «OOC» Dorian says, "Yeah Range and Melee work differently. Melee stages up in power beyond D, but you can still survive with two succeses on a soak, no matter the attack. Where as Range is portrayed to be more deadly ,so you gotta deal with those extra successes before staging the damage down." «OOC» Dorian says, "It's a weird mess, but yeah.. SR3." «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 8 vs TN 9 for "Lian Wu, taking 9D2 APDS against 3/2 Armor.": 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 = 0 Successes «Plot» Yin says, "Let me get a pose straight!" «Plot» Yin says, "Or better: pose your shot Dorian. I'll add if necessary ;)" «Plot» Yin says, "Outcome should be obvious :D" The barrel of the shotgun is used to pry open one of the two metallic doors that hold the light within at bay and immediately guide Dorian's vision as he sweeps through what is within. It takes but a fraction of a second to get a good read on the situation, seeing the two battered women fighting off an armed Triad goon. The sight of Pema's poor state is more than enough to not want to even attempt a negotiation with him and get straight to business. He takes but a moment to steady his aim, finding the right angle in the mess of a melee to avoid harm to the other two, and when he finds it, the trigger is pulled sending a loaded APDS slug straight through the man's head, showering the ladies with some additional gore. «Found her. Two vics, both in sorry shape. Perp dead, two left to confirm.» The shot rings with a shudder past Lotus' shoulder, and suddenly the man's head explodes. Nadine Wuang is shrieking in defiance, and continues to flail and get this dead body off from herself. Luckily, this masterful shot's trajectory moves past Nadine Wuang's head. The torturer is dead. Whoever pulled the trigger, he found the right target for now. Pema doesn't even register that someone has entered the room; she's struggling for her and Nadine's life, even though her emaciated body lacks the strength to bury the saw deeper to do much damage. And then, suddenly, Lian Wu's head explodes, covering Pema's face and the few white spots left on her blouse red with blood. Her eyes widen and she stops, the saw still buried in the man's back as he falls over. She looks up, her expression almost delirious at this point, whereupon she recognises her knight in shining armour. She drops to her knees the adrenaline keeping her going wears off, just silently raising a hand towards Dorian. "Don't come closer… vengeful spirit…" she whimpers out, her words broken up by coughing. The hand lowers, and points towards the shrine. In the room above, the van is now upside-down, Walker casually perusing it's hopefully less-armoured belly for the location of the fuel tank. Letting his invisibility relax for now, he calls out in Mandarin, then Cantonese. "Come out of the van or I will burn you out. I have no patience for this." With the oddly formal tone resulting from the accurate but uninflected vocabulary of the mnemonically enhanced, the ultimatum could be a weather report if it weren't for the chilling delivery. The van's driver is actually quite alive - and desperately out of options. An external speaker announces on Chinese: "By all spirits! I… I, surrender! I'm only the driver! Settle me down already, I… I'll climb out, I'll cooperate!" The voice is transduced, but transports fear and nervousness just fine. "Ohayo, Pema-chan! You ladies okay?" The elf steers clear of the circle for now, but does take a moment to descend into the room and stay at the edge of the drawn circle. "Vengeful spirit you say hmm? Well I brought a friend who's pretty good with those." The disguised elf keeps up his act, speaking with an accented english, though in the mean time does take a moment to examine the layout of the shrine, the circle, and the stones. He may not be a wiggler, but he does have some book smarts on the subject. «<Gonna need you in here, something about a spirit.» + Show rolls/ooc «Auto-Judge[]» Dorian (#7753) rolls Magic Background for "Shot in the dark, we never know": 3 4 4 5 11 «Plot» Yin says, "Dorian spots some detail, but if it serves him well to understand the situation? The eight stacks of tiles funnily look like I Ging trigrams, built with mundane concrete tiles. Probably not his expertise? The shrine is exactly what it appears to be: a very detailed model of Chinese architecture, with courtyard, modelled trees and much more. Hm, could be everything, actually. Maybe a focus or fetish?" Nadine Wuang is pushing aside the bleeding corpse and, shakingly, raises to her feet, limping. Stabilizing herself against the massive water tank of about her own size, she tries to get a grip on the situation: "Who are you? Yangchen, you know him?" Slowly, hope creeps up on her. + Show rolls/ooc «Plot» Lotus says, "Does Pema recognise Dorian? You could say she knows the guy well, could probably recognise him just by his walk alone. And he's probably wearing her ruthenium cloak too, though that might be difficult to tell if it's on" «Plot» Yin says, "Yes, Pema did recognize him. The gunshot, the concealed movement when he closed in, the hope. It all came together :)" «OOC» Dorian says, "Pema knows Mr. Steve quite well" «OOC» Yin says, "I've heard so ;)" «OOC» Lotus says, "He was even in that 'disguise' when they first met!" Outside, the driver will eventually try to climb out, which poses a challenge. It takes about half a minute, then he jumps down on the ice sheet, surrendering and pulling up his hands as good as he can. He is a CHinese of about thirty years, black hair in a thick braid. He wears a heavy, black coverall and sends his pistol flying over the ice sheet. «Just tidying up up here, be down in a sec,» Walker sends in reply as he descends towards the driver, a blazing-eyed figure that speaks in two voices. "WhERe is thE fOUrth of yoU?" Though the driver won't notice the difference, anyone who'd heard the shaman and his totem previously would probably be wondering why the two voices were talking in harmony. Pema draws a deep breath in relief, reaching up with a hand to wipe blood off her face. She turns over to Nadine, having almost forgotten about her in the moment, but she forces a smile. "I know him, yes," she says, using English this time. "Walker is here too?" she says, looking over at Samurai Steve. Her eyes are almost crossing at this point, and it looks like she's about to lose consciousness at any moment. The van's driver doesn't even try to get on his feet, he looks up at Walker, in some disbelief: "The fourth…?" First he doesn't seem to understand, then he adds quickly: "He sneaked off, when the machine gun started. I don't know where he is. He was supposed to lay down, to ambush. I don't think we'll see that happen!" "Samurai Suteiibu at your service!" A salute coming from the ruthed figure, the hand breaking the monotony of the coating as it reveals part of the figure concealed inside. "You two sit down and take it easy.." He unslings his pack and opens it up as he kneels down on the ground. He pulls out a Savior Medkit, tossing it across the circle's threshold and into the enclosure with the two ladies inside. "Here, use this to treat yourselves if need be while we figure this out. Backup is on the way in a few moments, so sit tight for now." The elf rises back up, and with the shotgun ready he poses by the door and keeps a lookout outside, incase their missing perp happens to show up. While the fighting is over and a conversation is about to unfold between Pema, Dorian, and Nadine, suddenly the light starts to shift, shadows change. The orange light from the miniature temple is diminished by some other source of white, bright light. The source of the white light is a magical phenomenon next to the little shrine, a gleaming cylinder that reaches from the ground to the ceiling, with particles of pure white moving upwards. Within this enlightened elevator, a human figure appears in a haze, floating in midair. The white of his clothes, hair, and skin almost make it appear translucent, but the features of an old Chinese man in official robes are plainly visible. A long mustache frames his lips; reaching down to a long forked goatee. The hair is tied into a solid topknot. The appearance of the old Chinese man has Pema shielding her eyes, and it seems to unnerve her so much she even attempt to crawl away from it. She doesn't say anything to it either, and when she doesn't have anywhere left to crawl, she curls up in a near-fetal position, as if expecting the spirit to attack at any moment. "And this must be him." Samurai Steve comments as the Spirit manifests itself out of the shrine. The shotgun is left dangling around his neck as he lifts both hands to show the 'unarmed' universal tongue, not like it mattered against some spirits but immediately they return back into his cloak. One hand grasping a piece of cloth and keeping a clutch on it. «<Spirit showed face.»> He first comms to Walker via transducing before speaking aloud to the spirit. "Ohayo! It seems as though your friends have no directives to give you anymore, care to return home?" Indeed, on Chinese, the apparition hums in a deep and rough voice on Chinese: "Hmhmhm", he shakes his head, face pityful, as he looks down at crawling Pema and retreating Nadine Wuang; then: "So, you killed my offspring…" Sadness it is, what his voice conveys, and he then turns his gaze on the dead man next to them, "…and his lackeys." Maybe it comes as a surprise, but he doesn't show intentions to attack or aggress. He rather appears serene and calm. "So much trouble, so much energy to get here, so much lives lost in vain. For questionable purposes. It is a shame. At least I'm free to return, and hope for better days to come for my kin." He then addresses Pema directly, after he acknowledges Dorians deeds and words with a nod: "I am sorry, for your pain, my offspring inflicted on you." Then he simply disappears, reaching upwards, leaving the scene behind, searching for daylight above - and a world beyond. «Plot» Yin says, "Even though one hostile is missing, it's safe to say that you rescued Pema and solved the situation well. I encourage you to just continue with your RP. I'll be here to react if you need me for anything or want to investigate." Pema doesn't really acknowledge the spirit, though she does uncurl from the fetal position and instead just lies flat on the floor. She looks utterly exhausted. She closes her eyes, and from there it's hard to tell if she loses consciousness or not because she just lies still, in silence. It is Nadine Wuang who lowers down, picking up the Savior Medkit Dorian tossed inside the ring, and starts to take care of Pema: "Yangchen, please, don't drift away now, stay awake. You saved me, freed me, just hold tight a while longer…" She starts to attach the sensors and start up the medkit. "Good," is Walker's only response to the man's reply before twin lances of blinding light flash from his eyes, burning the unfortunate driver's eyes and brain away before the pain can even register. As the corpse collapses to the ground, the shaman turns to the two large spirits that still wait. "Find the last one and kill him." Aggressilvely, the spirits disappear and start to clean up their house, looking, snooping around between the facilities, air shafts, catwalks, tunnels, offices, and hallways. + Show covered NPC rolls/ooc «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 14 (to no one) for "Let's see if they can find the last enemy, Ma, who sneaked away with Stealth TN 25": 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 11 14 «Auto-Judge[]» Yin (#9019) rolls 14 (to no one) for "Let's see if they can find the last enemy, Ma, who sneaked away with Stealth TN 25, second spirit": 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 11 With that grim duty discharge he flits towards the sliver of light visible through the door. «On my way. What's happening?» Samurai Steve follows the spirit as he ascends away, "Charming fellow, saved me twenty grand for being a pacifist.." The piece of cloth is released from his clutch before he turns his attention back to the two, "Shining Mountain are not far away, they'll close in on the area and get you some proper care. But before that, it would be wise for me and my friend to vanish." The elf examines the room real quick before walking over to the corpse, going through the man's pockets for some possible credsticks, ID, affiliation, pocsec to trace text and phone calls.. The whole nine yard for some follow up scum cleaning. "Pema, you think you can walk?" «Spirit decided to bug out, Pema's hurt but nothing a good week's rest can't help. The other seems in no threat for her own life either.» Dorian searches the dead fellow. The torturer, who went by the name of Lian Wu, has a SIN of the same name, a pocket computer, some spare ammo, a curved knife, and two grenades on his body. A bit of shaking is enough to get Pema's consciousness drifting back to this world, but it's still hanging on by a thread. She moves, opens her eyes and attempts to stand up once more, but she stumbles and falls over again, as if her body lacks the strength to stand. She doesn't seem to have any actual wounds; it's difficult to tell when she's covered in blood but not even the medkit does manage to register any bleeding or trauma on her. Her pulse is low, though, and she's suffering from hypothermia after long-term cold water torture. She's probably not going to walk on her own. Nadine tries her best, pulling off her suit jacket - at least left mostly dry - and tries to offer Pema some warmth: "Not sure how to help her." She just takes comfort herself, by comforting Pema, and starts to move her towards the exit. She seems to understand what Dorian's words implied: "Come on, the Mountain is coming, let's get us upstairs, quickly." The tent outside holds everything you'd need to set up a semi-permanent camp out here. Battery packs, lighting, cosy chambers to sleep in, gas-powered and electrical heaters, some mobile cyberterminal and quite a bunch of surveillance equipment. The place has been rigged well, but mostly above ground. Also, there is everything to set up and maintain lodges and wards, and some expendable foci. Also, lots of intel, most likely. Laptops, pocsecs, optical chips. And, last but not least: Pema's personal belongings. «Small mercies…» Walker remarks as he flits into the torture chamber. The sight of the two women brings him up short, the fire dying in his eyes as the spirit he was channeling departs. After a few deep, gasping breaths, he floats down to the floor and pulls his long coat off to wrap about Pema's shoulders, smiling a thank you to Nadine as he motions her to keep her own jacket on. "Gave us a scare there," he says quietly with a sad smile to the exhausted Tibetan. «Plot» Dorian will apply some disinfectant solution synthesized from the Savior kit on both Nadia and Pema, escort them upstairs, clear some loot (mainly the intel and surveillance equipment (up to you what he quickly rummages) And the guy passed out in the snow outside gets to meet his maker on the way out. The grenades, the scroll from earlier are kept.. The G38 is gonna be fenced, and anything else worthy of being fenced. «Plot» Walker says, "Cleanup-wise, Walker will do some sterilise casting and Cleansing to get rid of as much of the traces of Dorian and himself that he can." «Plot» Yin says, "Alright, noted. Also, Yin will certainly take care that evidence is accessable and all involved are free from problems, Mountain-wise" «Plot» Yin says, "This was, after all, a favor towards local authorities" «Plot» Dorian says, "Oh! Likely not in the same day, but Dorian will return to the little gathering of Koreans he got the info from originally and offer the old guy with a limp some free treatment at his clinic." Follow-Up News Flash Posted By: Yin (#9019) Date/Time: Mon Feb 13 15:00:50 2023 Subject: Hostage Situation Solved «< Huang Hun News Show - Asiantown - Denver - The World »> Good evening, citizens of Denver. This is the Huang Hun eight pm news flash. Let's start with an internal announcement of utmost importance. Two hours ago, our well know and beloved Huang Hun host, Nadine Wuang, has been freed from the grip of criminals who kidnapped her yesterday morning, while she left her home in Mid-Chinatown. While she were first reported on sick leave, suspicions were raised by friends and security personel. Then, earlier today, a recent guest of Nadine Wuang's evening talk also went missing. Several reports about a public kidnapping in bright daylight soon reached the local police forces. Both women were held captive in an underground facility in Denver Tech South. Due to the quick and courageous intervention of Shining Mountain forces and private investigation partners, Nadine Wuang and her former guest, the Tibetan woman Yangchen, could be saved from the criminals. Shining Mountain Supervisor Leng detailed that the abduction of both women is ascribed to a crminal fringe group from mainland China, working towards the destabilization of the local authority in Denver Asiantown. Evidence suggests their involvement with the so called Triad Eighty-Eight. The motivation behind the abduction seems to be the attempt to strike at one of Asiantown's most famous and respected media figure, and the Tibetan diaspora, which received - together with other minorities - a lot of recent attention and support from Asiantowns authorities. While all offenders died during the swift Shining Mountain operation, Nadine Wuang and Yangchen could be rescued unharmed and in good health. We are looking forward to see our respected colleague return to where she belongs to; she'll be opening the Huang Hun News Show evening program again tomorrow. Nadine, we wish you all the best! ((The news flash briefly shows archive pictures of Lotus as "Yangchen" and Yin as private investigator, both easily identifiable with an Intelligence Test vs. 4, if known personally )) «< Next: Corporate Affairs - New corporation expected to move in… »> Follow-Up Rumour You receive word from Asiantown citizen (Mon Feb 13 15:08:29 2023): « Shop Owner » "Shootout at Denver Tech South? Yeah sure. Shining Mountain arrived way too late. This abduction of the news anchor and the other one, that got solved personally, if you ask me. The Mountain simply cleaned up the mess." « Customer » "Triad war then? Or Yakuza?" « Shop Owner » "Nah, not every body breaks loose a war. I think someone called in the professionals from the shadows. A friend of mine told me about some weird figures, poking around where they kept them women hostage. A peddler was seen, you've heard about him?" « Customer » "A peddler?" « Shop Owner » "Yeah. With a coolie hat and AR goggles. He was around, I swear! You better stay indoors these days. I tell you, the news is telling us shit about the truth. The real problem is still out there: it's street justice, and they ain't doing dreck about it, because they can't!"