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 "So much cred for the organization that should ideally not exist come the end of today. Yes." Usher snorts. "I'll forgive you for not being awake yet."
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"Oh, let me be clear: be my guest to stage your next show on the smoldering ashes of my former workplace." Usher looks back to see what all the grunting's about; Singer and Seraph are struggling to get the sarcophagus open.
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HP: 26/27 | Armour: 0 | Damage: d8 | Load: 3/14 | XP: 0/11 Curious (convince me to try something I probably shouldn’t) | Peculiar (refuse my aid because I’m different) "But, you know, preferably after you've got the job done for the Boss." Pellegana helpfully adds on after Usher. "Hey guys?" The tiny people were still trying to move that metal box. "Yeah, you know what? Just let me." She sighs, and with one stoney fist picks up the sarcophagus and walks it over to the front door.
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Lian wheels up to the doorframe of Neon's room in her rolling chair. "The social metrics say do it! Show them you mean business!" "Are you going to chop someone?" Seraph asks Jet. "Or something?" Singer chimes in. "Yes." Usher answers flatly. "There are plenty - in both categories - to chop."
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"We have cameras?" Usher rushes over to Zann, tabbing quickly through to make sure that there were none in The Fortune Teller's tent. Her concerns relieved, the gnome carefully pages through the various video feeds. She comes to a stop when she reaches a view looking down at the haphazardly repaired main tent pole. "Those two. The ones arguing."   "They never could agree on anything. Does not surprise me in the least that they can barely figure out how to go after an external threat."
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HP: 26/27 | Armour: 0 | Damage: d8 | Load: 3/14 | XP: 0/11 Curious (convince me to try something I probably shouldn’t) | Peculiar (refuse my aid because I’m different) "Hey man, I know how it is." Pellegana relates to Zann, still holding up the sarcophagus lid while various persons were poking the weapon inside. "After I got mushed up into meat paste and ended up like this, everyone treated me way different. S'why I had to take this circus gig, People that were dead not being dead any more makes the living get all bigoty." She shakes her head at the sad state of affairs. Once Usher zeroes in the cameras, Pellegana pokes her head in on it. "Yeah, that's them." She confirms with a nod. "I can almost hear them from here, ugh. Trust me guys, five minutes after meeting them and you'll want to shut both of them up permanently."
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"He's normal!" "Totally normal!" They chirp in unison. It's an astoundingly uneducated assessment. They likely don't remember the assistant's exact words, and possibly don't even care. "No problems!" "Thank you, again!"
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The two give the truck and its embarked crew an incredulous look. "You would dare d - " He flinches as he's cut off by a gunshot from his peer's flintlock pistol. The shot grazes Seira. "I was talking!" "That's all you ever do, old man!" "You have no respect for the monologue, and furthermore - " "Are we really doing this right now, when - " They return to arguing without missing a beat. In fact, they don't even notice the hastily repaired tentpole shift and tilt towards the truck. Seira is the random unlucky target and gets hit for 2 damage before armor.
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HP: 5/12 | Armor: 1 | Damage: d8 | Load: 4/7 | XP: 8/9 Chaotic (Allow me to break something that belongs to BTC, even if it puts us in peril) | Daredevil (Ask me to do something daring and acrobatic). Seira's personal shield deflects the bullet from serious harm, but also she flinches nonetheless. "Yeah, okay, I'm mad." She walks inside through the makeshift hole, draws her whip, and attempts to knock both of these jerks off their feet. Hack and Slash: @Mitama: 2d6+2 = (2+6)+2 = 10 Damage: @Mitama: 1d8+1 = (8) = 9 I'm also Channeling magic into my Weapon and it's burning hot. Mitama fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Jun 6, 2018 |
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The Fortune Teller waves Neon over to the two corpses. She turns to Behold. "Next up, destroy the central power source for the place. It's the large, hovering cauldron with multicolor flames towards the back of the fairgrounds. Just outside. Hard to miss."
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