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Chapter One: Big Brother Location: Camp Aleph Green The rain has fallen for at least a week now, turning the cracked concrete of the place once known as the city of New Detroit into a virtual lake, the water failing to drain as the storm outlets have been blocked with ashes and bones of the unfortunates who tried to resist the Coalition or were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. The Coalition soldiers pay it no mind, strange insects perch on their shoulders which tap the stolen Fire to bend water away from them. The creatures have a fondness for human meat, as the insects are frequently also seen scavenging the corpse pile at the far end of the place now known Camp Aleph Green. Most of the buildings have been destroyed, shelled into rubble in the initial attack, and the Coalition's own geodesic structures have sprung up atop the ruins and in parking lots. No such luxury for the conquered, however, they are forced to wander the wreckage of a once great city seeking what shelter they can. Each prisoner has been fitted with a tracking collar, rigged to explode at the Coalition's whim or if they wander out of the designated safe zones and into restricted areas. Periodically, a patrol of Coalition soldiers will come by with their short range atmospheric craft which resembled flying saucers, if flying saucers were jet black and belched flame from a central aperture as they flew jerkily through the sky. At times, the craft will land and a few dozen humans would be force marched into the craft, and from there to the Harvesters, where they would eventually join the corpse pile. The soldiers are the most common type of Coalition alien, which the last vestiges of terrestrial media, before it went silent, dubbed the Reds. Reds were a bit smaller than the average human but much more muscled, each one looking like a body builder with the head of a carnivorous dinosaur. In addition to the Reds, the second most commonly seen alien were the Whites, who were menials, large slow and heavy bipeds covered head to toe in white fur, concealing any features they might have. Whites ranged in size from barely bigger than a man to the size of houses. Unlike the other Coalition aliens, Whites showed no signs of intelligence or initiative, merely performing rote tasks from dawn until dusk, then stopping in place and seemingly sleeping standing up until the next sunrise. Aside from these basic security measures, the humans in Camp Aleph Green were left to their own devices. They merely had to avoid the Reds in their saucer patrols and guard posts, and could scrounge for food or hope that the Whites had left supplies where they could reach them. As night falls the D'Aubney Twins, Ernie and Evie take shelter beneath the remains of a car wash along with a few other refugees. Their collar lights glow the uncomfortable red that indicate they're still in the safe zone (they begin flashing white if the wearer approaches a restricted area). Nearby, young Lilly Greene plays with a small bit of fire idly as she considers risking a larger fire to warm up. The Reds could see heat, but the rain would mask anything short of an actual fire. Sadly, no one in the small group had had any luck finding food today and hunger was beginning to take its toll. Location: Forests of Michigan, outside Camp Aleph Green Caught in a routine patrol of the forests outside Detroit, Julian "Le Geai" Babineaux and Anna "Frantic" Gibson find themselves restrained together by a kind of sticky webbing that has globbed up both of their hands and arms. The Reds carry their confiscated weapons easily, familiar with these human tools that were no match for their Champion, who walks at the head of the column, letting out the wheezing hiss that passes for laughter amongst the Coalition Reds. Kevin "Shift" Thomas watched the two prisoners from his perch in a nearby tree. The patrol was only ten Reds, the local resistance team he'd teamed up with, the Spiders, outnumbered them three to one, but the Reds had a Champion, and he could feel the power radiating off of the larger Red, the stolen Fire of Creation had made him bigger and probably stronger and tougher than the other Reds, who could already take him in a fistfight if he didn't have the element of surprise. Fortunately, the Spiders had their fast climbing harnesses that let them practically fly through the trees so they had a better than even chance of freeing the prisoners and getting away clean. One of the nearby Spiders handed him a combat knife and a pistol. "Go on your mark." She whispered. Heyo, your friendly GM here. Remember to include your character sheet in your first post in Pre tags, and any OOC stuff you need to include in a post should be done in italics at the bottom. It also helps people reading if you put your character's name at the start of your post in Bold. Have fun! Also forgot one thing. Please add this to your sheets pre:Paranomal Sense 1 points Total Cost: 1/Rank Base Cost: 1/Rank Action: None Resistance: - Range: Personal Duration: Permanent Extras: None Flaws: None Flat Extras: None Flat Flaws: None Effects: Gain the ability to 'feel' paranormal energy (the Fire of Creation) as a mental sense Kwyndig fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Sep 16, 2015 |
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Fuel "It will work drat it, just listen!" Being caught and stuck in a camp was bad enough. But it also had to be in America, which made it all the more worse. Add on top of it starving for a few days, Evie never let herself eat what little food they had come across before everybody else had had their 'fill'. Nobody ever had their fill, so Evie ended up going without more often than not. Only when Ernie forced her to take something had she actually stopped to eat. It wasn't the healthiest way to live, but if it kept the few others in their group going she was glad to do it All that was reason enough to be on edge. But for Evie it was not having been able to find a fag in can't-even-remember-how-long that had really tipped the scales. She was downright irritable. Right now, she was up in the face of the blonde haired girl playing with a spark of fire in her hands. "It's simple. I can see your powers, yeah? You can heal yourself. So. You trigger your collar and get your head blown off, I keep your healing power going, you grow your head back. Sans collar. It'll bloody work!" pre:Fuel Robodog fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Sep 25, 2015 |
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Dr. Evangeline Audrey Damhnade D’Aubigny
PL 6
Power Points: 94/94
Hero Points: 1
Abilities: 48 points
STR 0 00 points
STA 4 08 points
AGL 4 08 points
DEX 4 08 points
FGT 0 00 points
INT 8 16 points
AWE 4 08 points
PRE 0 00 points
Offence:
Unarmed - Close +0 to-hit, +0 damage
Guns - Ranged +6 to-hit, Weapon damage
Defence: 5 points
Toughness 4 = (sta) + [mods]
Fortitude 4 = (sta) + 0
Dodge 5 = (agl) + 1
Parry 4 = (fgt) + 4
Will 4 = (awe) + 0
Initiative: +4
Skills: 12 points
Name Total Ranks PP
Expertise: Biology +10 2 1
Expertise: Fire of Creation & Powers +10 2 1
Insight +10 6 3
Investigation +10 2 1
Perception +8 4 2
Ranged Combat: Guns +6 2 1
Stealth +8 4 2
Technology +9 1 .5
Treatment +9 1 .5
Advantages: 10 points
Assessment
Contacts
Hide in Plain Sight
Inspire 5
Leadership
Teamwork
Powers: 19/19 points
Paranomal Sense FREE points (Then added 5pp)
Total Cost: 1/Rank Base Cost: 1/Rank
Action: None Resistance: -
Range: Personal Duration: Permanent
Extras: None Flaws: None
Flat Extras: Analytical +1pp, Counters Power Concealment +2pp, Counters Illusion +2pp
Flat Flaws: None
Effects: Gain ability to 'feel' paranormal energy (Fire of Creation) as a mental sense
Power Enhancement 2 14 points
Total Cost: 7/Rank Base Cost: 7/Rank
Action: Standard Resistance: -
Range: Touch Duration: Sustained
Extras: Affects Others +1 Flaws: Limited to Others -1
Effects: Variable (Enhance Power Ranks and Modifiers)
Complications:
1. Motivation (Responsibility): Evie is the scion of the D’Aubigny clan, holding on
her shoulders the hopes and expectations of her family. From matriarch, grandmother
Audrey, down she is held up as the latest example in a notable line of those willing to
give their all to benefit the United Kingdom and her subjects. Believing she has to live
up to it or not, it has instilled in her a deep sense of responsibility. She didn't have
her powers until later in life, but she still had a duty to try and help others.
2. Relationship (Brother): Ernest developed powers while still young, and while
that in of itself was nothing too troubling in this day and age the nature of his powers
were. He could block other powers, immediately ostracising him from other people
with powers. Combined with his failing to live up to the D’Aubigny name, this left him
with precious few people he could rely one. Evie was one of them, never able to sit by
while her brother was left to struggle.
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Ernie Upon hearing his sister suggest an idea like this--out of the box even for her--Ernie realizes exactly how malnourished his sister was. "Sis," Ernie begins, "even if it does work. Which, well...It's still the problem of, they'll probably know when, what's it called, the necklace blows up, and want to come investigate. Or at least want to come over here to soak up the Fire. So when they see what's happening, won't they shoot her, or, since they can't hurt her, blow up our heads in retaliation?" Ernie was doing his best to keep his own spirits up, but laying prone under a bombed out van in a bombed out car wash in the most cold concrete scenario imaginable wasn't helping. Doing something allowed him to turn his focus outwards and not think about how dire their situation--earth's situation--was. There was also the fact that Evie's experiment wasn't something he wanted to be a part of or see. He wanted, no, needed, to feel like he was doing something to improve their situation. Ernie had spent a fair amount of time hanging around a car wash, and he knew how varied the products in the attached convenience stores could get. He knew that often they had detailing units attached that had most of the tools you'd find in a mechanics shop. It was unlikely they'd find food that was unspoiled, but, "Instead of doing that, why don't we look and see if there's anything laying around we could use. The convenience store might have cigarettes," he says in the sweet tone he always used when he tried to convince Evie to do something she might not be crazy about, "or something useful." He adds sarcastically. "Medicine, batteries, a map? Something we could trade for food. But then we'd have to find someone to trade with." "If Lilly helped us with light while we all looked, I bet we'd find something." Ernie didn't want to get anyone's hopes up too high, but he was pretty sure that if he could find the parts and a couple tools, he might be able to get one of these cars running given enough time. For how long? Who knows. To do what exactly? Who knows. But those were questions for after the ignition turned over. Not rolling anything yet. Ernie's goal is to get the three of them working together so that Lilly can light various areas while they look Evie can bump up their ranks with teamwork and they have a better chance of not missing anything. pre:
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Code Name: Ernie
Real Name: Ernest Ashford Raphael D'Aubigny
Age: 29
Height: 5'10
Weight: 160
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Skin: Fair
PL: 6
PP: 90/90
Hero Points: 1
Abilities: 44 points - +2pp/+1 ability rank
STR 0 0 points
STA 5 10 points
AGL 4 8 points
DEX 6 12 points
FGT 6 12 points
INT -1 (2) points
AWE 2 4 points
PRE 0 0 points
Offence:
Type of attack skill - Close/Ranged, Damage bonus
Close Combat (BJJ) +11, +0 DMG Bonus
Grapple +6
Defence: 1 - +1pp/+1 defence rank
Toughness 6 = 5 + 1 (Defensive Roll)
Fortitude 5 = 5 + 0
Dodge 4 = 4 + 0
Parry 6 = 6 + 0
Will 3 = 2 + 1
Initiative: AGL + [mods] = 8
Skills: 19 pp - +1pp/+2 skill ranks (30 skill ranks total)
Name Total Ranks PP
Close Combat -- BJJ (FGT) 11 5 2.5
Insight (AWE) 9 6 3
Persuasion (PRE) 7 7 3.5
Perception (AWE) 10 8 4
Sleight of Hand (DEX) 7 1 .5
Stealth (AGI) 10 6 3
Vehicles (DEX) 11 5 2.5
Advantages: 12 - +1pp/+1 advantage rank
Chokehold
Defensive Attack
Fast Grab
Finesse Grab
Improved Grab
Improved Hold
Improved Init
Interpose
Defensive Roll 1
Diehard
Prone Fighting
Teamwork
Powers: 15 points
Nullify Grab 7 15 points
Total Cost: 2/Rank Base Cost: /Rank
Action: Resistance:
Range: Duration:
Extras: Simultaneous, Broad (Fire of Creation) Flaws: Range: (Touch)
Flat Extras: AP
Flat Flaws:
Effects: Nullify Fire Of Creation Powers
AP: Null Cloud 4 12 points
Total Cost: 3/Rank Base Cost: /Rank
Action: Resistance:
Range: Duration:
Extras: Affects Others, Area
Flaw: Passive
Flat Flaws:
Effects: Concealment (Power Sense)
Paranomal Sense 1 points
Total Cost: 1/Rank Base Cost: 1/Rank
Action: None Resistance: -
Range: Personal Duration: Permanent
Extras: None Flaws: None
Flat Extras: None
Flat Flaws: None
Effects: Gain the ability to 'feel' paranormal energy (the Fire of Creation) as a mental sense
Complications:
Freedom - Since he's been in the camps, Ernie's decided he's going to secure Earth's freedom or die trying.
Family - Without Evie, Ernie wouldn't have made it to 20.
Ernie will 100% put Evie's well-being over any mission, person, or situation short of a binary
choice between Evie's life and the rest of Earth. Even then, you really wouldn't want him in a
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Le Geai Even with his arms webbed together, Julian did his best to appear at ease. Which he mostly was. He settled into a casual stroll and a whistled a pleasant tune. Birdsong was always pleasant. Even when the words weren’t. <Thanks a loving lot,> he whistled. <I guess nobody loving noticed these shitheads coming?> The tree swallows overhead ruffled their feathers with as much indignation as their tiny five inch bodies could muster. <That’s not fair!> chirped one. <We tried to warn you!> <That’s true. We tried our best.> chimed in a second. <But you wouldn’t respond. You just sat there.> said a third. <Yeah! You just sat there!> The trees erupted in song. Beautiful, lovely melodies to everyone but Julian who could only hear a bunch of dumb birds agreeing with each other over and over and over again. Talking to a flock got real irritating real fast. And he was already irritated at having been captured. He felt stupid going into a trance without checking the area first. It was just that this section of the woods was normally pretty safe. How long had he been peering into the past anyway? Whatever. It didn’t matter now. He looked down at his hands and began working his fingers. Wiggling them back and forth. Back and forth. The webbing was tight but he didn’t need much more room. Just enough to hold his rifle and to pull the trigger. As soon as he could get a little bit of space he’d make his move. Honestly, he would have disappeared earlier if it wasn’t for the girl. He didn’t have it in him to just leave her at the hands of the Coalition. <Hey> Julian said, formulating a plan. <I could use some help here in a minute. I don’t want you to do anything dangerous but if, on my signal, you guys could just fly right at these fucker’s faces that’d be awesome. I don’t need a lot. Nothing risky. Just a little distraction.> The birds were quiet for a moment. Then there was some soft cooing that constituted whispering in birdsong. <When?> one asked, hopping onto a nearby branch. <In a minute.> <When, though? Like now?> <No. Now right this second. I need to get my hands ready. I’ll give you a signal.> <You want us to go now?> <No. What did I just say? I’ll give you a signal.> <So when? Now?> <Goddamnit! No! Not now! Wait for a signal! poo poo. Goddamn. > Julian grit his teeth. Flocks could be absolutely infuriating. They hadn’t even agreed yet. Very unreliable, swallows were. What he wouldn’t give for a good bird of prey right about then. Or a bunch of magpies. Hell, he’d take a woodpecker. <I’ve been thinking,> one swallow said, <they did move pretty fast. We didn’t have a lot of time to warn you. Still sorry about that, though. Our bad.> Julian just shook his head and worked on wiggling his fingers. <I mean they were almost as fast as all these people sitting up here in the trees with us.> Julian looked up. <I’m sorry,> he whistled slowly. <What was that?> pre:
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Real Name: Julian Babineaux
Age: 25
Height: 6'4
Weight: 184
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
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Frantic I can't believe this poo poo. A routine patrol they said to ease me into things and then I'm partnered with an idiot. Oh he seemed ok at first. He hefted that oversized rifle of his like he knew how to use it but no sooner are we out in the woods is he walking around in a daze listening to the birds sing. Waste of good food if you ask me just letting it sit there and sing but who am I to argue? I'm still kicking myself for not seeing the aliens coming they jumped us from ambush before we even had a chance to react. I could have run for it but that would have meant leaving him for the aliens and I'm not about to abandon my partner even if he is an idiot. I mean look at him whistling away like that in the middle of all this poo poo. I'm sure he's not right in the head. It'd be child's play for me to slip out of this webbing. But then it would be me in the midst of a pack of aliens on my own. Now if I had my gun back it wouldn't be a problem. I'd laugh at those odds and even be able to run rings around that champion bastard up front. But there's no way I'd be able to wrestle the gun off them and turn it on them not without some sort of distraction anyway. pre:Code Name: Frantic Real Name: Anna Gibson Age: early 20's Height: 5ft 7in Weight: 117lbs Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown with Blue highlights Skin: white PL: 6 PP: 90/90 Abilities: 50 points - +2pp/+1 ability rank STR 1 2 points STA 4 8 points AGL 6 12 points DEX 6 12 points FGT 1 2 points INT 2 4 points AWE 2 4 points PRE 3 6 points Offence: Type of attack skill - Close/Ranged, Damage bonus Unarmed - Close +0 to-hit, +0 damage Guns - Ranged +6 to-hit, Weapon damage Blast 5 - Defence: 5 points - +1pp/+1 defence rank Toughness = (4) + 2 (Def Roll) Fortitude = (4) + 0 Dodge = (6) + 0 Parry = (1) + 2 Will = (1) + 3 Initiative: 6 + [mods] Skills: 13points - +1pp/+2 skill ranks Name Total Ranks PP Acrobatics 12 6 3 Expertise: Armourer 6 6 3 Perception 6 4 2 Ranged Combat:Guns 12 6 3 Sleight of hand 10 4 2 Advantages: 7 points - +1pp/+1 advantage rank Quickdraw 1 Uncanny Dodge 1 Evasion 2 2 Defensive Roll 2 2 Move by Action 1 Powers: 15 points Semi-Auto Shot Blast 5 11 points Total Cost: 2/Rank Base Cost: 2/Rank Action: Resistance: Toughness Range: Range Duration: Extras: Flat Extras: Alternative effect (+1, empty Magazine) Flat Flaws: Effects: 5 Damage to any one enemy Frantic can draw and fire a burst from her automatic pistol faster than most can think let alone react. Empty Magazine Blast 3 9 points Total Cost: 3/Rank Base Cost: 2/Rank Action: Resistance: Toughness Range: Range Duration: Extras: Area [cone] (+1/rank) Flaws: Inaccurate (-1/rank) Flat Extras: Flat Flaws: Array with Semi Auto Shot Effects: 3 damage to everything in a 60ft cone in front of her. Frantic can draw and empty her pistol into an area faster than most people can even reach for their gun. But her accuracy suffers somewhat for doing so. Faster than I Look Speed 4 4 points Total Cost: 1/rank Base Cost: 1/rank Action: Resistance: Range: Duration: Extras: Flaws Flat Extras: Flat Flaws: Effects: can move up to 500ft in 6 seconds Frantic has been blessed with the Fires of Creation granting her incredible running speed. Paranomal Sense 1 points (free) Total Cost: 1/Rank Base Cost: 1/Rank Action: None Resistance: - Range: Personal Duration: Permanent Extras: None Flaws: None Flat Extras: None Flat Flaws: None Effects: Gain the ability to 'feel' paranormal energy (the Fire of Creation) as a mental sense Complications: 1. Motivation (Patriotism) Frantic doesn't remember the nations of old but stands for humanity. She wants to help build a better world. But there's a small alien infestation problem to take care of first. 2. Complication (Temper) Frantic has a quick temper and can be quick to anger towards any of her team-mates she deems slow in brain and body. Ferrosol fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Lilly Green, Salamander of Val How dare they address the avatar of the Fire of Creation so casually... Sighing, I reminded myself that now is not the time for such things. That will have to come later, once I'm out of this drat camp. Feeling really bad, actually. My body temperature is low enough to be a problem. But first, we got to get some food. For that woman, specifically. What was her name again? Did they even tell her? Or did she just forget? Lilly never cared all that much about memorizing names. Doesn't matter. This woman clearly is going mad from starvation. At least her brother is here to knock some sense into her... Fine. I'll be their light in these dark times. Wait, what if her idea actually works?... No, I must be going mad from starvation as well. Bloody hell... "Fine." she replied to the man, choosing to ignore the woman entirely. pre:PL 6 Power Points: 90/90 Abilities: 54 points STR 6 = 12 points STA 6 = 12 points AGL 6 = 12 points DEX -1 = -2 points FGT 6 = 12 points INT -1 = -2 points AWE 3 = 6 points PRE 2 = 4 points Offense: Unarmed - Close - Bonus +6 - Damage +6 Defense: 0 points Toughness 6 = (6) + [mods] Fortitude 6 = (6) Dodge 6 = (6) Parry 6 = (6) Will 3 = (3) Initiative: 6 + [mods] Skills: 3 points Athletics (12=6 Abi+6 Ski) 3 PP Advantages: 18 points Accurate Attack Defensive Attack Benefit: Ambidextrous Chokehold Diehard Evasion 2 Fast Grab Fearless Great Endurance Improved Defense Improved Disarm Improved Trip Improved Grab Improved Hold Interpose Move-By Action Uncanny Dodge Weapon Bind ----- Powers: 15 points Regeneration Defense 6 Total Cost [6pp] Cost/Rank 1 Descriptor Paranormal Action None Range Personal Duration Permanent Base Cost 1 Extras: Effect: Remove a damage condition (starting with Toughness penalties) every minute. Description: Lilly's body temperature is far higher than that of an ordinary human, enough to cauterize her own wounds. Due to this and other, subtle changes in her biological getup, she heals from damage far faster than normal. Thankfully, the heat is largely contained within her, but she does feel abnormally warm to touch. Immunity Defense 1 Total Cost [1pp] Cost/Rank 1 Descriptor Paranormal Action Free Range Personal Duration Permanent Base Cost 1 Extras Effect: Immunity to: heat Description: Being a controller of fire comes with the neat perk of being largely immune to the effects of natural heat. Both her own flames and high temperatures mean very little to Lilly. Energy Aura Attack 2 Total Cost [6pp] Cost/Rank 4 Descriptor Paranormal Action Move Range Close Duration Permanent Base Cost 4 Extras [Activation 1 (-1/Rank)] Effect: Damage, Reaction Description: While Lilly is quite adept at pyromancy, range has always been a problem. She got around that problem by using it alongside her enhanced physical capabilities, setting ablaze the area around her while pummeling her foes. Environment Control Control 2 Total Cost [2pp] Cost/Rank 2 Descriptor Paranormal Action Standard Range 1 (30 ft) Duration Sustained Base Cost 1-2 Extras Effect: Damage, Reaction Description: While the range at which Lilly can conjure flames is limited, the area in which she can turn up the heat to nearly unbearable levels is a lot larger. Paranomal Sense FREE points Total Cost: 1/Rank Base Cost: 1/Rank Action: None Resistance: - Range: Personal Duration: Permanent Extras: None Flaws: None Flat Extras: None Flat Flaws: None Effects: Gain the ability to 'feel' paranormal energy (the Fire of Creation) as a mental sense. Leaping Movement 2 Total Cost [2pp] Cost/Rank 1 Descriptor Paranormal Action Free Range Personal Duration Instant Base Cost 1 Extras Effect: Description: Thanks to her improved physical capabilities, Lilly can easily jump large distances. Speed Movement 2 Total Cost [2pp] Cost/Rank 1 Descriptor Paranormal Action Free Range Personal Duration Sustained Base Cost 1 Extras Effect: Description: Thanks to her improved physical capabilities, Lilly can run faster than ordinary humans. ----- Complications: Recognition: Lilly lived most her early life being (somewhat falsely) worshiped as the harbinger of Creation's Fire. It was quite the culture shock to see the rest of the world doesn't think like her village did, and she wants that ill-deserved life back. Quirk - Self Centered. Lilly is very used to getting what she wants. She doesn't really care about other's all that much. Yami Fenrir fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Fuel "That's why you'll mask our paranormal energy signature the whole time, Ernie." Evie responds in a tone all to familiar to her brother, the one that sounds like she talking down to a particularly well dressed monkey. "The Fire just dissipates naturally anyway, they don't have to hoover it up and they don't care about the bodies." Which was evidenced by just how many of them were piled up around the camp. "I'm telling you, it will work!" But between her brother being rather insistent on looking over the car wash just to make sure it was already picked clean by scavengers and the blonde girl not even looking at her, it was clear she couldn't make them see reason. "…fine." Evie sighs, stepping away to give the girl some of her personal space back. "I doubt anything useful will be left here. But I suppose if anywhere ever had cigarettes it'd be a dump like this." I've got Investigate +10 and Perception +8, so I can roll on investigating and then offer a +5 teamwork check on the perception if xian rolls it.
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Ernie "A null cloud wouldn't stop from 'em from knowing that one of their necklaces just went pop." He argues back. Ernie crawls out from under the car and scrambles to his feet. He rubs his hands together, both for warmth and as a precursor to getting to work. "You'd be surprised at how much stuff they used to tuck away in a car wash like this." Ernie says, "There's gotta be something." Perception +10, Vehicles +11 if that possibility arises
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Lilly Once again, she sighs. "Just... listen to your brother..." She then turns to Ernie, as he apparently is called, with a small but decently bright flame emerging from her fingertip. "Where do you want this?" Yami Fenrir fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Sep 16, 2015 |
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At the car wash, whoah oh oh... The three group together and start rummaging through the damaged store. Most of the food is already gone or ruined, but Evie manages to locate a bag containing some extremely dry jerky and some stale menthol cigarettes. A few old printed maps, now partially out of date, litter the floor. Unfortunately little else of use can be found, even the motor oil bottles are empty. Shift needs to adjust some points because I wasn't doing proper checks Shift pops in front of the patrol and raises his pistol. The Champion laughs as he takes aim and raises its own weapon, a pulsing weapon that fires stunning electric bolts or burning fire blasts. From long experience Shift notes that the Champion has set the weapon to 'stun' as he opens fire, unfortunately, the bullet strikes the Champion in the upper arm, where it harmlessly ricochets off the creature's rock hard powered skin. The alien returns fire, sending a bolt of electricity into Shift, leaving him twitching against the tree as the energy courses through his veins painfully. The other aliens have no time to capture Shift however, as the Spiders leap from the trees and silently fall onto the other Reds, knives flashing in the night as they strike the unsuspecting and distracted aliens. Green blood burbles from the throats of the Reds as they breathe their last. Next to Frantic and Le Geal a pair of Spiders land with a strange canister, spraying something that bubbles as it comes into contact with the webbing, causing it to foam and dissolve away. The other Spider scoops up the fallen guns of the two captives and hand them over. "You up for round two or should we run?" He asks, jerking a thumb at the Champion, who turns to face the Spiders. Ooops, I forgot to check numbers to make sure they hit caps! Attack/Defense can add up to no more than 12 at PL6., Axe-man, so you need to lower something. Also you are stunned for one turn.
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Fuel "…jumped up little poo poo…" Evie mutters under her breath, as the room lights up and she starts to rummage around. Between her trained eye as a scientist and years of scrounging around to survive, she was about as good as anyone could be at this sort of thing. And it pays off. "Looks like you were right. Food." She tells Ernie and Blondie. Shoving her hand into the bag, she takes the half-empty box of cigarettes and hands the rest of the bag off to Ernie. "Probably somebody else's stash. Probably dead by now." She surmises, tapping out one of the menthols. "Eat some of it and give the rest of it out to the others." She tells her brother. Reaching over she grabs Blondie's hand, using her burning finger as a lighter for her cigarette. As it doesn't just instantly burn up upon lighting, Evie takes a nice long drag. "Cheers, Blondie." She has the courtesy to not blow smoke right into her face, at least. "We've got some maps here, too." She notes, unfolding one and giving it a quick look over. "Pretty old, not sure how useful they'll be."
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 Le GeaiJulian waited patiently as the Squirrels freed his hands. He looked over at Frantic and gave a calm little shrug. As if to ‘And you were worried?’ The swallows, of course, had already taken off. They took flight as soon as the attack started. Not terribly surprising. They were jumpy little birds. Flocks always were. He made a mental note to leave out some seed for them anyway. After all, they had tried their best. “Merci beaucoup,” Julian said, receiving his rifle. He pantomimed ringing a boxing bell and gave a little "Ding Ding" to signify the beginning of round two. Then, with a wink and a playful grin, he disappeared. Invisible, Julian eyeballed the Champion's armor. It'd be tight i he could find a deficiency or a weakness. Something with which he might exploit with a bullet. If not- there was always center mass, two knee caps, and a head. He inhaled slowly. I'm using two advantages here: assessment as a free action and improved aim with my standard.
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Shift Jerking against the tree hadn't been Shift's plan, but the electricity had stunned him, thankfully they had moved close enough to actually be ambushed by the Spiders. Slowly trying to regain sensation, Shift swore that next time he would try to attack from better cover, or at least from above. If he was captured there wasn't going to be a way for him to save more people. It was that grim determination that Shift focused on and started to drill into his head to keep on target. Leaning against the trunk it afforded at least a little cover as the rest of the Spiders rained down from the tops of the trees to get the prisoners. "Get- them- out- of- here." He said through gritting teeth. Fixed it! Sorry about that!
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Sep 17, 2015 05:35
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Ernie "No need to think that, uh, outside the box quite yet. Finding things like maps and food, maybe a better path." He says gently, "Plus, minty cigarettes." Ernie takes a handful of beef jerky, definitely more than his share, but not such an egregious amount that people would call him on it, hands the bag to Lilly, then presses half of that into Evie's hand. "Keep eating," He says with a firmness not often present in his voice, "You're gonna have some interesting breath..." He crouches down next to his sister, and helps her spread the map out on the floor. "The maps might tell us something we didn't know, since we don't know a lot of stuff right now." He looks over to Lilly, "Hey, zippo, want to bring that light over here? Help us see what, uh, there is to see on this map?"
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Sep 17, 2015 06:12
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Lilly A second after the cigarette was removed from the flame emerging from her fire, said flame flares up to be nearly three times the size for a second. Damnit, to slow. The insolence of this woman is astounding. I should just roast her... ugh. "You wanna burn..." I mutters under my breath. Using the flame, I heat up a bit of the jerky, before eating it. Man, this tastes disgusting. I want Grandma's cooking back... Goddamnit, this is pissing me off, I want to punch someone. I'd prefer that insolent woman, of course, but a Red would do just fiiine... loving collar. But I'm not quite desperate enough to try exploding my head to get out of it yet.
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Fuel "Make sure everybody else eats first." Evie replies just as firmly, giving the jerky back to Ernie. "I'm fine." She insists. "Don't start on hygiene, as long as everybody is staving off infection we're doing well. And unless you've been hoarding toothpaste, your breath is as bad as mine. All this rain is the first decent shower any of use have had for months." She further responds, knocking the ash from her cigarette onto the floor. She was sure the owners wouldn't mine. "Besides, I don't like it any more than you do. I hate menthols." "Careful!" Evie scolds as her cigarette lighter jumps up into a right proper flame. "If you can't control your power then don't go waving it about everywhere, Blondie." She tells the girl, waving for her to bring herself over. "Now bring the light over here, might as well see what the map can tell us." Investigate 10 on the map to orienteer and see if there's anything useful we can do with it!
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Lilly "I can control my power just fine. I just reacted too slow." I point out, bringing the light over all the same.
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Frantic That'll do as a distraction and the assistance is certainly welcome. I catch the gun they tossed to me. Now where to start. Le Geai appears to have vanished into thin air. No doubt to do his thing. Me I have other prey. "Get clear as quickly as you can" I barked to my extremely helpful new friends. I was going to enjoy this. My first little bit of revenge. While I waited for them agonisingly slowly to get clear I zipped to one side. "Try catching me when I can see you coming." I taunted them before emptying the guns into the mass of reds. using move before action and empty magazine
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Orienteering is something they teach Girl Scouts too, right? Fuel goes over the map looking for points of interest. It doesn't take her long to locate the car wash itself on the map as someone had helpfully printed the address onto the top of the map. She quickly locates a nearby gun store (almost certainly looted or destroyed) a supermarket (same) and something else that catches her eye. "John Carter's Bookstore" is only about two blocks away and if her memory is correct there should be a decommissioned MERLIN outpost in the basement. If she can reactivate it, they have a fighting chance of getting these deadly collars off, step one in making an escape. Go for the eyes! Le Geai eyeballs a Champion, this one is fairly standard as far as Champions go, the Reds prefer to enhance their own natural abilities over giving themselves new ones, no real imagination at all. As such, the monster is strong enough to knock the woodsman unconscious with one, maybe two hits, and the alien's hide is tough enough to stop most arms fire cold, if there's one thing he's learned over the years though, is that eyes are never as tough as the rest of the beast that sees with them. The Red skull is almost birdlike in that respect, the eye sockets were thin, and super powered or not, a good bullet through one should ruin its day at the least. Frantic, in her rush for revenge upon her captors, almost opens fire on her rescuers before realizing that the patrol is dead save for their hateful leader. At the last second she manages to whip her pistol in its general direction and empty the clip, the bullets spanging harmlessly off its arms and legs.
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Le Geai Julian lined up his rifle's sights to the Champion's eye, exhaled slowly, and squeezed the trigger. My Improved Aim advantage doubles my aiming bonus to +10. Ranged Combat is +8. My attack is Blast 4.
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Fuel "…loony bint…" Evie grumbles at the mild threat to set her head on fire. For being locked up in a death camp she had some drat attitude on her, honestly. "Okay, let's look at this then." Evie moves the cigarette to the side of her mouth and starts to pour over over the map. "Hmmm." A careful but quick eye goes over every major landmark in the area, looking to find exactly where they were in relation to the city. "Okay, so we are here." She points down, matching the address up top with the street. "Not a lot of help there." She editorialises, starting from there to really take a look at what was surrounding them. "Destroyed. Destroyed. Definitely looted. Probably looted. Is now a pile of rubble…" Evie doesn't even bother pointing out the various locations that might have been useful a few years ago. "Pawn shop. Homewares. White goods. Florist. Bookstore…" "gently caress me dead!" Evie exclaims, hurriedly scrunching up the map and hopping a little uneasily to her feet. "Give the food to the other refugees." She drat near orders Ernie, taking the menthol and tossing it on the ground. "Then grab your things, Ernie. We're moving."
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Ernie "What things? Don't you remember? The airline, uh, lost my luggage." Ernie jokes, his spirits palpably raised by the fire in his sister. He walks over to the mundanes near them and passes out the rest of the jerky. A couple minutes later he's back, "Won't find anything useful, she says," Ernie smiles for the first time in a while. Hope is dangerous like that, and he didn't even know what his sister was on about. But, when she got fired up like this, good things tended to happen. Or at least, things tended to happen. Which was preferable to sitting under a rusted out car waiting to starve to death. "So, where, uh, to, sis?" xian fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Sep 18, 2015 |
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Fuel "Maps. Bags. Food. Fags. Tin cans. Whatever, just bring your toot and hurry up." Evie doesn't exactly laugh at the joke, shoving her own few things into her pockets and heading back out of the car wash. "Don't count your chickens just yet." She manages a small smirk Ernie's way. "But if this map is right and I'm remembering right, we will at least have a better place to stay for the night than a bloody car wash. Just follow me and keep your eyes out for Reds. Or looters."
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Ernie "Tin cans?" He says incredulously, "I've got nothing, but I'll carry your stuff if you want. Just need some rags to make, uh, what are those called... a bindle." Once he and Evie are both set, Ernie makes eye contact with Lilly, "Hey, Zippo, you coming? You'll have to, uh, hang out with a couple of unbearable siblings, but I think my sister might be on to something. And we might need that flashlight finger of yours when we get there."
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Sep 18, 2015 06:23
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Fuel "To get water that's somewhat safe to drink out here you need to boil it in a tin can first." Evie educates her brother. She was a scientist, after all. "And I can't light these menthols on my own." Evie adds after Ernie had said his bit.
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Ernie "Ah, Ok. I'll bring a tin can." Ernie says, "Got to stay hydrated after all."
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Fuel "And Blondie can bring the fire to boil it."
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Ernie "Obviously."
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Lilly "I have this feeling my talents are being abused..." I sigh, once again amazed at the audacity placed in front of me. Like, I know I'm supposed to be there for humanity as a whole, but... people like these make it harder than it should. "I feel like my sanity is dwindling just stating this, but wouldn't the crazy's idea work if we just skipped exploding the drat thing? We could just cut off my head, take the drat thing off intact, and then put my head back on or something. That' should probably work if you really can keep my power going..."
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Fuel "Okay. Using fire to cook food, purify water, and light cigarettes has basically lifted humanity up from being glorified apes so it's hardly abusing your talents." Evie turns around and starts walking backwards, counting off on her fingers as she corrects Lilly. "First of all Blondie, do you see a bone saw anywhere? I have medical training, but I'd still have to hack at your neck with whatever the sharpest piece of scrap around here is. You would heal faster than I could hack through you. It would actually be more painless to trigger the explosion." She informs her in that very matter-if-factly way scientists were prone to. "And secondly, if I'm right with what I'm thinking here, then you won't need to have your head removed from your body at all!" She grins a large, mildly disconcerting grin.
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Lilly "Well, if you put it that way... I suppose I will grant you the use of my talents to uplift you apes. But, do explain what you have in mind, then." she replied, striking a dignified, if not slightly snobbish upright pose. Yami Fenrir fucked around with this message at 13:09 on Sep 18, 2015 |
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Fuel "It may shock you, my dear, but you evolved from the same apes as the rest of us." Evie brings the high and mighty back down to earth with a surgical strike of well founded scientific evidence. "And I'll tell you what I am planning once we're there and I can determine if I'm right or not. No point giving false hope, now."
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Lilly "Hmph. Of course you wouldn't understand. The fact alone that I command the Fire of Creation quite literally should have clued you in that I am something far more evolved and greater than you. And no, I want to know now. What could possibly get rid of these things? And why haven't we used that already."
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Fuel "Oh god you're one of those loonies." Evie sighs, any enthusiasm from her find on the map deflating rapidly. "Listen dear, buying a bottle of wine doesn't make you Jesus."
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Lilly "I don't even drink wine. Also, what the hell are you going on about this time? Just explain how you intend to get these things off already."
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Ernie "Greater and more evolved then us?" Ernie laughs, "Nonsense. We're D'aubigny's." "Clearly Zippo is trying to be uh, what's his name... Prometheus. But, she should probably double check the way that story ends."
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Lilly "Never heard of them. And no, I don't really care who you are. We're both stuck in here, so I'll tag along, but this won't hold long. Especially not if you keep not telling me where the hell we're going." Yami Fenrir fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Sep 18, 2015 |
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Shift Finally recovering from the shock and with a moment to shake himself from his stun. He gripped his knife tightly, Shift knew what was going to have to be done. With a loud pop, Shift disappeared from behind the tree and appeared next to the Champion preparing to strike with his knife high over his head. Shift was going to distract this Champion even if it killed him, and he wouldn't let another prisoner to be converted, it had been too many retreats, too many people lost. Today, The Champion was going to go down. Using turnabout to teleport next to the Champion and take a standard action to attack, with my knife Close combat 8, 1 damage bonus. Then after the standard action, shift will teleport behind the tree again.
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Fuel "You only know Prometheus because I made you read my dissertation." Evie notes in an aside to her dearest brother. But then it's back to their reluctant third wheel. Evie sighs, momentarily haunting the quick step towards their hopeful salvation and walking back over to Blondie. "As some kind of living god walking among us mortals, you should know as well as any of us that having a little faith pays off sometimes." She gives the girl a nice, broad smile. "Now button it and come on," Evie turns around. "Or I will just blow your head off instead of disarming the collar. It'd be quieter than this bloody argument."
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