poltergeist

[22:28:31] <Alivi> "Do you know a good hat Taggart-san?"
[22:28:35] <Bananaman> Elif, engineering
[22:29:03] <lurktablet> 6df+7
[22:29:03] <Glacon> lurktablet: 6 (6df+7=-, +, -, 0, -, +)
[22:29:25] <Bananaman> You do a decent job updating things
[22:29:32] <Bananaman> worthy of a pat on the back
[22:29:34] <Bananaman> perception
[22:29:49] <lurktablet> "...fuck yeah..."
[22:30:01] <lurktablet> 6df+5
[22:30:02] <Glacon> lurktablet: 6 (6df+5=0, +, -, +, 0, 0)
[22:30:22] <Bananaman> Elif, you hear a wooshing and a slight, feminine giggle before recieving a surprise hearty slap on the back
[22:30:39] <TheRaven> "Never been much for headgear, really. Wore a brush hat now and then to keep the sun from roasting me back home, but that's about it."
[22:31:37] <lurktablet> "What the shit is that!"  She whips around and grabs her wrench.
[22:32:08] <Alivi> "Brush hat?"
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[22:32:49] <Strife> "Boonie cap."
[22:33:08] <lurktablet> Elif shakes it off.  "Maybe I need a break."
[22:33:11] <Bananaman> There's nothing, Elif
[22:33:19] <Bananaman> the giggle rings in your ears
[22:33:35] <tretter> Ross is in medical
[22:34:13] <lurktablet> Elif slowly backs out of the garage.  "I'm just... tired is all..."
[22:35:44] <Bananaman> Elif, perception
[22:35:46] <Alivi> Eriko yawns
[22:35:57] <lurktablet> 6df+5
[22:35:57] <Glacon> lurktablet: 4 (6df+5=0, -, +, 0, 0, -)
[22:36:03] <Bananaman> Ralph puts his hand on Eriko's.
[22:36:31] <Bananaman> Elif, you hear the laughter again. This time it sounds derisive... and familier. The ringing grows louder.
[22:37:03] <Alivi> Eriko falls asleep against Ralph
[22:37:50] <lurktablet> <<This Elif, noises in the garage, probably pool related.  Need backup.>>  She sounds worried.
[22:38:02] <Gara> <<On my way.>>
[22:38:07] <Puppetmaster> June gets the fuck up and moves out.
[22:38:13] <TheRaven> Taggart follows the rest.
[22:38:21] <Gara> Loren double times.
[22:38:22] <tretter> <<I'll be there in a sec.>>
[22:38:22] <Strife> Rick takes point. He has best eyes.
[22:38:29] <lurktablet> Elif grips her wrench tighter ready to swing.
[22:38:38] <tretter> Ross grabs his pack and vaults out of Medical.
[22:38:42] <Strife> <<Caiaphas, responding. Elif, report.>>
[22:39:09] <lurktablet> She is still trying to slowly make it to the exit.
[22:39:38] <Bananaman> Elif, agility
[22:40:27] <lurktablet> <<Some kind of poltergeist.  It's quiet now.>>
[22:40:33] <Gara> Loren is going so goddamn fast.
[22:40:37] <lurktablet> 6df+5
[22:40:38] <Glacon> lurktablet: 7 (6df+5=0, 0, +, 0, 0, +)
[22:41:03] <Proto_Lost> Simon's still by the door, watching Ralph watch over Eriko.
[22:41:25] <tretter> Ross is running at a fair clip.
[22:41:26] <Alivi> Eriko is asleep Simon
[22:41:29] <Puppetmaster> June is keeping pace with Loren.
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[22:42:10] <Bananaman> Elif, the thing slaps you on the back of the head, hard. They're laughing at you, Elif. Mocking you. Judging you. The ringing intensifies.
[22:42:23] <TheRaven> Taggart is running along with the others.
[22:42:23] <tretter> Do people arrive yet?
[22:42:35] <Bananaman> Yes, people arrive now.
[22:42:49] <lurktablet> <<Shit!  Guys!  Anytime now!>>
[22:42:59] <tretter> Ross arrives, with his gun drawn.
[22:43:00] <Gara> "Elif!" Loren moves in, scanning.
[22:43:02] <Puppetmaster> June sprints up and gets between Elif and the largest open space.
[22:43:10] <lurktablet> "What the hell are you?"
[22:43:33] <Proto_Lost> He looks down at his radio as Elif's voice squawks through, and turns to look for Elif.
[22:43:41] <lurktablet> Elif is darting her head in all directions.
[22:43:46] <tretter> "You aid it was a poltergeist?"
[22:43:48] <tretter> *said
[22:43:59] <lurktablet> Elif nods.
[22:44:08] <Puppetmaster> June's looking for invisible sum'bitches.
[22:44:17] <Bananaman> Elif, you can still hear the echos. Roll mdef. Everyone else, perception.
[22:44:24] <tretter> 6df+4
[22:44:25] <Glacon> tretter: 6 (6df+4=+, 0, +, -, 0, +)
[22:44:30] <Puppetmaster> 6df+6 I am a perceiver
[22:44:30] <Glacon> Puppetmaster: I am a perceiver: 6 (6df+6=-, +, -, -, +, +)
[22:44:32] <Gara> 6df+8 Tagging you son of a bitch.
[22:44:33] <Glacon> Gara: Tagging you son of a bitch.: 10 (6df+8=+, -, +, +, 0, 0)
[22:44:49] <Strife> 6df+12 perception, all senses. Poltergiest.
[22:44:50] <Glacon> Strife: perception, all senses. Poltergiest.: 11 (6df+12=-, +, -, +, -, 0)
[22:44:52] <lurktablet> 6df+5  "Ahhhhh, shit.... my head!"
[22:44:52] <Glacon> lurktablet: "Ahhhhh, shit.... my head!": 5 (6df+5=-, 0, 0, +, 0, 0)
[22:45:26] <Strife> Rick grabs Elif to physically pull her out of the bay.
[22:45:32] <TheRaven> 6df+7
[22:45:33] <Glacon> TheRaven: 7 (6df+7=0, +, +, 0, -, -)
[22:45:42] <Proto_Lost> 6df+6 Simon scans the area once he gets there
[22:45:43] <Glacon> Proto_Lost: Simon scans the area once he gets there: 9 (6df+6=+, +, 0, -, +, +)
[22:46:24] <Gara> "Someone get her to Medical."
[22:46:25] <Bananaman> Okay
[22:46:29] <Bananaman> pause for description
[22:48:53] <Bananaman> Everyone sees a sort of spectral, semi-transparent tumorous mass floating above Elif, appearing to be latched to her head. It has silent, furious, weeping, screaming faces morphing in and out of it. Loren can see her own face in that mass, and Rick can see Loren's face as well. Elif, you feel a familier sense of dread and despair in the gnarled pit of your stomach. All these bad memories, the bad feelings, are swelling to the surfa
[22:48:53] <Bananaman> ce, like oil in water. Everyting just feels.... wrong, and horrible and awful and you're worthless.
[22:49:17] <Gara> "Hold that medical order."
[22:49:29] <Puppetmaster> "... Holy shit."
[22:49:39] <TheRaven> "...can I shoot it?"
[22:49:41] <Strife> "The fuck?"
[22:49:41] <Proto_Lost> "...Welp, fuck coffee forever."
[22:49:48] <tretter> "Lovely, it's my specialty."
[22:49:53] <Puppetmaster> "You guys see that, right?"
[22:49:54] <Strife> "No, let's not standard solution number one, yet."
[22:49:57] <Gara> "No, we are not shooting it."
[22:50:12] <Proto_Lost> Simon raises his gun to it. "Why the fuck not."
[22:50:12] <Strife> "I say personnel's faces in there."
[22:50:16] <lurktablet> *panting*  Her eyes are as wide as dinner plates.
[22:50:22] <Puppetmaster> "Holy /fuck/ who put what in my tea."
[22:50:30] <Bananaman> It bulges, the hideous mass slowly floating towards them, still suckling the back of Elif's skull.
[22:50:31] <Strife> "Not personnel's, but personnel on site."
[22:50:41] <Proto_Lost> "You and me both June."
[22:50:51] <Gara> Loren looks at the mass. "Simon I swear to god if you shoot I will have you off of this site so fast your head will fucking spin. You do not fire anywhere near a team mates head. Understood?"
[22:50:55] <tretter> Ross holsters his gun and walks over to Elif. "Y'all calm the fuck down. You're only making it worse"
[22:51:11] <tretter> "Elif, sit down here."
[22:51:11] <Strife> "Should we try to poke it away?"
[22:51:15] <lurktablet> "...I can't.... stop....stop...."
[22:51:25] <tretter> He guides her to a stool.
[22:51:26] <Proto_Lost> "It's floating a good few feet off it for fucks sake, I can make that shot no problem."
[22:51:26] <Strife> Rick prepares to muzzle-punk it if need be.
[22:51:29] <Bananaman> Ross, mdef
[22:51:31] <Bananaman> DC 8
[22:51:38] <Gara> "Elif, it's okay, calm down, you're fine."
[22:51:50] <tretter> 6df+4
[22:51:51] <Glacon> tretter: 1 (6df+4=-, -, 0, 0, -, 0)
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[22:51:58] <Puppetmaster> June tries to help Elif to the nearest seat. "You're gonne be fine, come on..."
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[22:52:05] <Bananaman> June also needs to roll mdef
[22:52:16] <Puppetmaster> 6df+5 Lima bean powers, activate!
[22:52:17] <Glacon> Puppetmaster: Lima bean powers, activate!: 5 (6df+5=+, 0, 0, 0, 0, -)
[22:52:25] <lurktablet> *wheezing* "...sed...sedate...me."
[22:52:56] <Proto_Lost> Simon rolls his eyes, he didn't have time for this shit.
[22:52:58] <Bananaman> Elif, roll mdef to stay in the present
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[22:53:24] <lurktablet> "...I can't stop.....*ugh*"
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[22:53:25] <Gara> "Elif, you're okay, look at me, calm down."
[22:53:30] <TheRaven> "Hey asshole, pick on someone your own size!"
[22:53:35] <Puppetmaster> "Someone, get sedatives from medical, now."
[22:53:46] <lurktablet> 6df+5
[22:53:47] <Glacon> lurktablet: 4 (6df+5=0, +, +, -, -, -)
[22:53:54] <Bananaman> pause for description
[22:57:31] <Bananaman> June, your mind is suddenly flooded with memories of all the bad things you feel you've done. All the people you've let down. Every hope unfulfilled. You feel worthless, and a slow blanket of apathy overwhelms you. Ross.... you can't see anyone anymore. You're in a black, cold place, where everything you have ever loved is dead and the endless decay of the universe has spared you so you can relive the very worst shames you have. It
[22:57:31] <Bananaman>  brings you to your knees. Elif, you feel every insecurity you have bubble to the surface. Nothing is going to work out, it's all going to fail and they'll mock you every day for it. Everyone else sees the thing attach itself to Ross and June.
[22:57:39] <Strife> <<I need sedatives, quickly please.>>
[22:58:00] <Puppetmaster> "..." June just looks blank and depressed.
[22:58:04] <Strife> "I say that we knock them out."
[22:58:06] <TheRaven> Taggart steps up to it and...grabs a motherfucking tendril, yanking at it. "Hey asshole, come get some!"
[22:58:18] <tretter> ~Average Wednesday.~
[22:58:27] <lurktablet> *sobbing*
[22:58:32] <Gara> "Fuck, I think it's memetic, or something, it's spreading!"
[22:58:54] <Puppetmaster> June starts crying a bit. "Elif, I'm so sorry..."
[22:58:55] <Proto_Lost> "Oh Jesus, just what we need." He says, wishing to high heaven that he had a drink. "I fucking told you we should've shot it, but nope, no one listens to the goddamn old vet."
[22:58:58] <Strife> Rick pulls out his tomahawk to attempt to cut the tendril that Tag has if need be. Making a perception maneuver to do it at the best possible angle if possible.
[22:58:58] <tretter> "You think this is painful? You think this makes me cry? You're a joke!"
[22:59:05] <lurktablet> Elif collapses crying uncontrollably.
[22:59:16] <Puppetmaster> "... Shut the fuck up, Ross."
[22:59:19] <Bananaman> Taggart, your hand passes through it. The screaming faces look to you, and within a mouth you see dead comrades...
[22:59:53] <Gara> "Hey, Elif, it's okay, ignore it... Push it away." She crouches near her, looking at her.
[23:00:21] <Proto_Lost> "Just get over it Elif, if its feeding on the bad shit you've done, you fucking get over it."
[23:00:30] <Puppetmaster> "Loren, I... Just... I'm so sorry. For everything."
[23:00:32] <lurktablet> "I hate my life..."  *sobs*
[23:00:34] <Bananaman> Taggart, mdef!
[23:00:42] <Proto_Lost> Simon keeps his gun trained on the main headleech.
[23:00:52] <Gara> "And I forgive you, June."
[23:01:06] <TheRaven> 6df+10 tagging I Know What I'm Doing for sheer willpower
[23:01:06] <Puppetmaster> "... I'm never going to be enough."
[23:01:07] <Glacon> TheRaven: tagging I Know What I'm Doing for sheer willpower: 10 (6df+10=0, +, 0, +, -, -)
[23:01:30] <Bananaman> June, Loren's words make you feel... a little tug, a life on the veil of despair.
[23:01:56] <Gara> "Elif, it's alright... you're just fine, okay?"
[23:01:57] <Bananaman> Taggart, you can feel this thing trying to penetrate your mind, defile your memories... but you perservere, and stumble away from it.
[23:02:09] <Puppetmaster> "I... maybe... not..."
[23:02:09] <tretter> Ross is calmly standing there.
[23:02:24] <lurktablet> Elif is muttering in Turkish.
[23:02:30] <Puppetmaster> Can June think clearly enough to make a plan out of this.
[23:02:31] <TheRaven> No stumbling, he tries to overpower it with his brain
[23:02:32] <Proto_Lost> "Ross can you fucking help out and quit being an unresponsive little shit over there?"
[23:02:45] <Bananaman> Elif, Loren sounds far away. You can barely hear her...
[23:02:58] <Puppetmaster> ?*
[23:03:04] <Gara> "Elif, look at me."
[23:03:05] <Bananaman> June, you can think enough to try going away from there
[23:03:11] <lurktablet> "...Loren?"
[23:03:26] <Bananaman> 6df+10 lol you roll against me I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but the mind ain't one
[23:03:28] <Glacon> Bananaman: lol you roll against me I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but the mind ain't one: 11 (6df+10=0, +, +, 0, -, 0)
[23:03:32] <Strife> "Fine, plan B." Rick steps behind Elif.
[23:03:52] <TheRaven> 6df+10 tagging again, work with me here Glacon
[23:03:53] <Glacon> TheRaven: tagging again, work with me here Glacon: 12 (6df+10=0, +, -, +, +, 0)
[23:03:54] <Puppetmaster> June steps away from the... tumor... thing.
[23:04:08] <Bananaman> 6df+10 oh you want to tango charlie lets tango
[23:04:09] <Glacon> Bananaman: oh you want to tango charlie lets tango: 14 (6df+10=+, 0, +, +, +, 0)
[23:04:13] <Gara> "You're okay, you here me? Open your eyes, stay here, push it away, ignore it."
[23:04:35] <Puppetmaster> "Ross... get away from it..."
[23:04:48] <lurktablet> "...Loren... it's so dark..."
[23:04:58] <Proto_Lost> He sighs and heads over to Ross. "Goddamn you fucking kids."
[23:05:03] <tretter> "Oh you're showing me that? Pitiful. Try harder."
[23:05:13] <Strife> 6df+7 sneak maneuver. Nope, I'm totally not doing anything.
[23:05:13] <Glacon> Strife: sneak maneuver. Nope, I'm totally not doing anything.: 5 (6df+7=0, -, -, 0, -, +)
[23:05:19] <Bananaman> Ross, agility
[23:05:23] <Gara> "Fight it, you're better then it, you know that you are stronger them some pool shit head."
[23:05:37] <Puppetmaster> Is June able to get away from the thing?
[23:05:47] <Bananaman> Elif, her voice is becoming clearer... like a beacon through the bad thoughts
[23:05:58] <tretter> 6df+6
[23:05:59] <Glacon> tretter: 5 (6df+6=-, -, -, 0, +, +)
[23:06:08] <lurktablet> "...A-alright... I'll try."
[23:06:10] <Bananaman> Yeah, June, the proboscis... thing on your head kinda drops off, and you can stagger away. Ross, you get knocked away from it
[23:06:33] <tretter> "Yoof! That was interesting."
[23:06:44] <Gara> "And I'm right here for you, just keep going, you'll be okay."
[23:06:51] <lurktablet> "...Loren I'm scared."  She reaxhes for her hand.
[23:06:54] <Puppetmaster> June crouches by Elif out of the thing's estimated range. "Elif, you're amazing. Better than I'll ever be. You can pull out of this thing."
[23:07:18] <lurktablet> *reaches
[23:07:21] <Gara> Loren takes it. "It's okay, being scared is normal, you can get through it."
[23:07:45] <tretter> Ross gets up from the ground and walks over to Elif. "She need anything?"
[23:08:00] <lurktablet> "...I'm so alone...it's so hard..."
[23:08:10] <Bananaman> Elif, the cloud is pressing down on you. But you can feel Loren's touch.
[23:08:22] <Bananaman> Taggart, the thing is too much, you can't overwhelm it by will alone.
[23:08:25] <Gara> "You're not alone, I'm right here."
[23:08:26] <Puppetmaster> "Elif, you're not alone. You have us. All of us."
[23:08:28] <Proto_Lost> Simon stops once Ross looks better, and heads over to Elif. "Alone? Fuck it, we're all here Elif, right fucking next to you even."
[23:08:56] <Puppetmaster> "... Simon."
[23:09:10] <lurktablet> Elif's eyes rolls back as she tries to fight it.  *grunt*
[23:09:54] <lurktablet> Shes drooling a bit.
[23:10:12] <Proto_Lost> "I'm asking her to fucking buck up, what's wrong with that?"
[23:10:40] <lurktablet> *grunt*
[23:11:07] <Gara> "Go on, you'll be just fine, everything's okay."
[23:11:12] <Bananaman> Elif, the pressure is lifting... despite one old mans rude comments. There's warmth in your hand.
[23:11:13] <lurktablet> She squeezes Loren's hand so hard.
[23:11:20] <tretter> Ross kneels next to Elif. "We're all here, Elif. We're supporting you. We know you can get through this."
[23:11:30] <Puppetmaster> June reaches out to put her hand on Elif's shoulder.
[23:11:42] <Proto_Lost> "Elif, get your shit together before I slap it out of you. You'd think that being here means you've made your peace with your shit, but apparently not."
[23:11:58] <lurktablet> "Decreasing..."
[23:12:02] <Bananaman> Elif, open your eyes
[23:12:04] <Gara> Loren squeezes back. "It's okay, Elif, just keep looking at me, you're okay."
[23:12:07] <Strife> Rick just stands there awkwardly, waiting and wondering if he's going to choke Elif out or not.
[23:12:12] <tretter> "Simone! Shut the fuck up."
[23:12:34] <Strife> "Yeah, let's not be all combative, eh?"
[23:12:58] <Proto_Lost> "Baby talking her isn't doing jack shit, clearly she needs motivation."
[23:13:07] <lurktablet> *panting* "It's... I think it's gone."
[23:13:11] <Puppetmaster> June considers punching Simon in the nose.
[23:13:18] <Gara> "You're okay?"
[23:13:34] <tretter> Ross gets up and walks to Simone.
[23:13:58] <lurktablet> "No...I'm not.  But I'm back."
[23:14:09] <Gara> "Okay."
[23:14:10] <tretter> "A word, Simone."
[23:14:10] <Gara> Loren hugs her.
[23:14:26] <Strife> Rick looks to see if the thingie is still there.
[23:14:32] <Proto_Lost> "Welcome back kiddo, I thought I had to honestly punch your shit to get you better." He turns to Ross, holstering his gun. "Yeah? And it's Simon."
[23:14:33] <Puppetmaster> June glances over her shoulder at Simon. "Let's get you out of here, yeah?"
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[23:15:08] <lurktablet> "Help me stand."
[23:15:10] <tretter> "Whatever. Your handling of this situation was pitiful."
[23:15:15] <Gara> Loren helps her up.
[23:15:21] <Puppetmaster> She helps Elif to her feet. "Come on, let's go before shit goes down."
[23:15:51] <Gara> "June? We need to get me out of here, before I try to murder another agent."
[23:15:59] <Proto_Lost> "I handle this like how I handle some green recruit bitching in the field about how he killed a man, by telling him to shut the fuck up and keep it in until we're off the field."
[23:16:08] <tretter> "You don't yell at a person who's being mind-raped"
[23:16:20] <Puppetmaster> June walks them out and resists the urge to kick Simon in the throat.
[23:16:47] <tretter> "I contained these kinds of things before I cam here. It takes a certain kind of support, and not yelling at the victim."
[23:16:51] <tretter> *came
[23:16:59] <lurktablet> Elif throws up a bit in her mouth.
[23:17:00] <Gara> She looks at Simon. "If you /ever/ do that again, then I will break your goddamn arm."
[23:17:12] <Gara> "That was unacceptable."
[23:17:22] <Strife> Rick is scanning for threats, making plans to sleep in the drama bunker tonight.
[23:17:26] <Bananaman> Elif, your vision is still a bit swimmy
[23:17:39] <Puppetmaster> June notices Elif do that and continues trying to walk her out. "Come on, let's go..."
[23:17:41] <Gara> "I don't want to see that behavior on site, off site, anywhere. Are we clear?"
[23:17:44] <Strife> "Can we get her to medical now, be all dramaful later?"
[23:17:45] <Proto_Lost> "Unacceptable? Jesus fuck, are you serious? She was being overdramatic over the past."
[23:17:50] <Gara> Loren still has Elif's hand.
[23:17:59] <Gara> "Am. I. Clear."
[23:18:05] <lurktablet> "Get me to somewhere I can lie down."
[23:18:06] <tretter> "Simon. I will fucking shoot you if you ever so this again."