In New Pittsburgh, With The Lead Pipe

19:37   Pope_Wilt_I     Lily, you hear a knock on the door.
19:37   AgentFlowers    Lily looks up and holsters her pistol, getting up to answer the door.
19:39   Gara    "Well, I could talk to people. We could pit up some posters, maybe.
19:41   Pope_Wilt_I     There are two figures at the door, both humanoid in shape. They're rather tall, possibly around six and a half foot, but their features are hard to distinguish. They're both wearing finely - or as finely as it can come - sewn together rags and towels turned into fine, thin robes, each dyed a dark black.
19:41   AgentFlowers    "Can I help you?"
19:41   Pope_Wilt_I     They also have long-brimmed hats pulled down over their faces, obscuring their faces. Lily can, however, determine that both appear to have what appears to be lumps sticking out from certain parts on their bodies, but otherwise they appear lean.
19:45   Pope_Wilt_I     One of them speaks, its voice gravely. "Hello. Name." It says the words as though its unfamiliar with them, its pronunciation strange and thick.
19:46   Pope_Wilt_I     "But we can't have posters if we don't have a logo."
19:46   AgentFlowers    "My name is Lily." She tilts her head a little, trying to surreptitiously look under the hat.
19:48   Pope_Wilt_I     The one that spoke looks to the other, and the two exchange a glance.
19:49   Gara    "Thats true, so we have to come up with something."
19:49   Pope_Wilt_I     They then reach into their robes, both pulling out what appears to be a pipe. Lily, roll PDef or Agility!
19:50   AgentFlowers    6df+6 Duck!
19:50   Glacon  AgentFlowers: Duck!: 6 (6df+6=-, -, 0, +, +, 0)
19:51   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+6 Swing!
19:51   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: Swing!: 5 (6df+6=0, -, -, 0, +, 0)
19:51   Pope_Wilt_I     Lily ducks away from a pipe as the two figures make their way into the apartment!
19:52   Gara    "Lemme go get more paper, and I will come back, and we will figure it out."
19:52   Gara    "Alright, Waldo?"
19:53   AgentFlowers    Lily scrambles back to her nest and grabs her rifle! "Crisse de tabarnak!"
19:54   Pope_Wilt_I     "Sure, okay. I'll be here."
19:55   AgentFlowers    She aims back at the intruders. "BACK off!"
19:55   Gara    "I'll be back in a bit man."
19:55   Gara    She heads off to the apartment.
19:56   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren is confronted by the crowd of shoppers, and unfortunately for her, it's still heading the same way - opposite of the apartment.
19:56   Gara    6df+6 Rolling Agility to get through.
19:56   Glacon  Gara: Rolling Agility to get through.: 5 (6df+6=0, 0, -, -, 0, +)
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19:58   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren slowly weaves her way through the crowd, making slow progress. There's no way that she can make it back at a decent time - not at this snailish rate.
19:59   Gara    She goes as she goes. Lemme know when she gets there, will you?
19:59   Pope_Wilt_I     Sure.
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20:03   Pope_Wilt_I     They don't seem phased, Lily! Roll some sorta defense!
20:04   AgentFlowers    6df+6 dodge again!
20:04   Glacon  AgentFlowers: dodge again!: 5 (6df+6=0, +, 0, -, 0, -)
20:05   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+7 T-t-t-throw!
20:05   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: T-t-t-throw!: 11 (6df+7=+, +, +, -, +, +)
20:05   Pope_Wilt_I     The second intruder tosses his pipe, striking Lily in the head with it! It bounces off her forehead, hurting like quite the bitch. -1 Body
20:06   AgentFlowers    "Son of a BITCH," Lily doesn't even bother swearing in French that time.
20:07   AgentFlowers    She fires off a shot at the still armed intruder's legs!
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20:08   AgentFlowers    6df+6 I said OUT
20:08   Glacon  AgentFlowers: I said OUT: 3 (6df+6=-, 0, 0, -, -, 0)
20:08   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+5 Oh my!
20:08   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: Oh my!: 5 (6df+5=0, -, +, 0, 0, 0)
20:09   Pope_Wilt_I     Dazed by the blow to the head, Lily's shot goes astray. It echoes out loudly, startling people in the market as they look up towards the window.
20:09   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren, roll Perception. Lily, roll PDef.
20:09   AgentFlowers    6df+6 shitshitshit
20:09   Glacon  AgentFlowers: shitshitshit: 9 (6df+6=+, -, +, +, 0, +)
20:09   Gara    ddf+8 Tagging curiosity. Is that... Gunfire?
20:09   Gara    ddf+8 Tagging curiosity. Is that... Gunfire?
20:10   Gara    df+8 Tagging curiosity. Is that... Gunfire?
20:10   Glacon  Gara: Tagging curiosity. Is that... Gunfire?: 7 (df+8=-)
20:10   Gara    df6+8 Tagging curiosity. Is that... Gunfire?
20:10   Gara    6df+8 Tagging curiosity. Is that... Gunfire?
20:10   Glacon  Gara: Tagging curiosity. Is that... Gunfire?: 5 (6df+8=-, -, 0, -, +, -)
20:11   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren hears the sound, but faintly.
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20:11           +++ ChanServ has given admin to Roget
20:11           +++ ChanServ has given op to Roget
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20:11           +++ ChanServ has given admin to Bananaman
20:11           +++ ChanServ has given op to Bananaman
20:11   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+6 Swing
20:11   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: Swing: 7 (6df+6=-, 0, +, 0, 0, +)
20:11   Pope_Wilt_I     The armed intruder swings at Lily, who happens to be missed by its wide arc of a swing.
20:12   Gara    Loren tries to duck through people, faster, trying to get to the apartment. Only two people she knows is packing. Reroll Agility?
20:12   AgentFlowers    Lily knows when she's outnumbered. Is there a ledge or something outside the window?
20:13   Pope_Wilt_I     Agility isn't the most efficient way to get by, but sure.
20:13   Pope_Wilt_I     Lily, not that you can see.
20:13   AgentFlowers    Shit, how high up is it?
20:14   Gara    6df+6 Help my friend!
20:14   Glacon  Gara: Help my friend!: 7 (6df+6=-, +, +, -, 0, +)
20:14   Pope_Wilt_I     Injury-worthy.
20:15   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren starts gaining more speed, but unfortunately it's still hard to make her way through such a large crowd.
20:15   AgentFlowers    Damn. Guess there's only one way out of this corner. She tries to roll past them to the door!
20:15   AgentFlowers    6df+6 gymnastics class don't fail me now!
20:15   Glacon  AgentFlowers: gymnastics class don't fail me now!: 9 (6df+6=0, +, +, +, -, +)
20:15   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+6 Woah yoah
20:15   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: Woah yoah: 10 (6df+6=+, +, +, +, 0, 0)
20:17   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren's path is suddenly blocked by a rather tall and wide figure joining the crowd.
20:17   Pope_Wilt_I     The second intruder notices this, quickly closing the door as she rolls towards it. Lily, roll PDef at -1 since you failed an Agility roll.
20:17   Gara    "Goddamn it. Oy, guy, I have shit to do, I think my friend is in trouble, can we speed it up?"
20:18   Gara    She tries to talk to the big tall thing
20:18   AgentFlowers    6df+5 dammit!
20:18   Glacon  AgentFlowers: dammit!: 5 (6df+5=-, +, 0, -, 0, +)
20:20   Pope_Wilt_I     "Whur?" It stops, looking down at Loren. It appears to be a strange custardy yellow, with strange, intricate black tattoos along its arms and chest, strange geometric lines and symbols, the occasional eye or two, sometimes what appears to be a celestial body. It has one small eye resting within its face, an almost disproportionately thick-set jaw with...
20:20   Pope_Wilt_I     underbite fangs poking out from its lips, a bald head, and a slight orange shadow of facial hair.
20:21   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+5 KICKIN' DAT BITCH
20:21   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: KICKIN' DAT BITCH: 5 (6df+5=-, +, 0, -, +, 0)
20:21   Pope_Wilt_I     The second intruder sends a kick towards Lily's sternum, who manages to sort of toss herself out of the way of it.
20:21   Gara    "Look, man, my friend needs help, I need to get home."
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20:22   AgentFlowers    She uses the momentum to roll to her knees, aiming another shot at where their kneecap would be.
20:22   AgentFlowers    6df+6
20:22   Glacon  AgentFlowers: 8 (6df+6=-, -, +, +, +, +)
20:24   Pope_Wilt_I     "Wassat got'tuh do with me?"
20:24   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+5
20:24   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: 4 (6df+5=0, +, +, -, -, -)
20:25   Pope_Wilt_I     Lily ends up shooting the unarmed one in the knee, causing it to hiss and shout as it falls to the ground, crippled.
20:25   Gara    "You're being too slow. Please, either move out of my way, or hurry up."
20:25   Pope_Wilt_I     This doesn't stop the other from advancing, however. Lily, roll defense!
20:26   AgentFlowers    6df+6 God you guys don't quit!
20:26   Glacon  AgentFlowers: God you guys don't quit!: 5 (6df+6=-, -, +, 0, -, +)
20:26   Pope_Wilt_I     "Look'ee here hooman layduh. I dun' take kindly to deman's."
20:27   Pope_Wilt_I     "Is'/sher/ fault fo' livin' derrong way."
20:27   Gara    "This is a matter of life and death."
20:27   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+6 PIPE SWING
20:27   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: PIPE SWING: 7 (6df+6=-, +, 0, +, +, -)
20:27   Gara    "Please, if it was some one you cared about, then how would you feel?"
20:30   Pope_Wilt_I     Lily gets a faceful of pipe, smacking her head to the side, causing it to smack against the cold, hard floor of the apartment. -2 Body
20:30   Pope_Wilt_I     Some blood drips out from her mouth, falling onto the floor.
20:30   Pope_Wilt_I     The big creature sighs. "Faaaahn. Faaaaaaaaaaaaahn."
20:30   Pope_Wilt_I     It walks around her.
20:31   Gara    "Thank you." She hurries along!
20:33   AgentFlowers    She gets up a little unsteadily, spitting out the blood in her mouth and lining up another shot. She already has a crippled prisoner.
20:33   AgentFlowers    6df+6 You're expendable.
20:33   Glacon  AgentFlowers: You're expendable.: 9 (6df+6=+, +, +, -, +, 0)
20:34   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren, you've made it out of the crowd! You can see the steep steps up to your apartment's stairwell.
20:34   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+5 Woahhhh nooooo
20:34   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: Woahhhh nooooo: 5 (6df+5=-, -, 0, +, +, 0)
20:35   Pope_Wilt_I     Also Lily, roll Perception.
20:35   AgentFlowers    6df+5 whuzzat?
20:35   Glacon  AgentFlowers: whuzzat?: 4 (6df+5=+, -, 0, +, -, -)
20:35   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+6 Sneakan out
20:35   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: Sneakan out: 7 (6df+6=-, +, 0, +, 0, 0)
20:36   Gara    Taken steps up!
20:37   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren fires a shot into the armed intruder, causing it to shout in pain as it clutches at its chest, blood staining its black robes. It limps for the door, brandishing the pipe loosely as it attempts to rush by her. Roll Agility if you want to stop him.
20:37   Pope_Wilt_I     Lily is so caught up with her new assailant, she doesn't even see the other sneak out, as he slowly drags himself out of the apartment and into one of the halls.
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20:38   Pope_Wilt_I     Loren is well on her way up the stairwell.
20:38   AgentFlowers    You mean Lily fired?
20:38   Gara    She opens her knife, ready.
20:38   Gara    And yes he does.
20:38   Pope_Wilt_I     ERR
20:38   Pope_Wilt_I     Yes
20:38   Pope_Wilt_I     turn Lily and Loren around
20:39   AgentFlowers    6df+6 No way!
20:39   Glacon  AgentFlowers: No way!: 7 (6df+6=-, +, +, 0, +, -)
20:40   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+6 c'man
20:40   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: c'man: 5 (6df+6=-, 0, -, +, +, -)
20:40   Pope_Wilt_I     Lily manages to close the door on him, causing him to back away towards the window.
20:40   AgentFlowers    Can she try and grapple him?
20:41   Pope_Wilt_I     Sure.
20:41   Pope_Wilt_I     Roll Strength.
20:41   AgentFlowers    6df+4
20:41   Glacon  AgentFlowers: 4 (6df+4=0, +, 0, -, -, +)
20:42   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+6 Don't you think I get all that strength from somewhere?
20:42   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: Don't you think I get all that strength from somewhere?: 7 (6df+6=+, +, -, -, 0, +)
20:43   Gara    Loren just keeps going
20:43   Pope_Wilt_I     Lily is pushed away as the figure backs up against the window. Just as Loren makes it up the stairs, the intruder willingly falls back out of the window.
20:43   Pope_Wilt_I     6df+6 We got you, mate!
20:43   Glacon  Pope_Wilt_I: We got you, mate!: 7 (6df+6=-, 0, +, -, +, +)
20:43   AgentFlowers    "SHIT!" Lily runs to the window and looks out.
20:43   Gara    Loren makes for the door, probably hearing Lily's shout.
20:44   Pope_Wilt_I     Two figures down below suddenly spring from the crowd, dressed in similar attire. They catch the intruder, carrying him as they sprint off into the crowd, babbling some sort of high-phlegmed language.
20:44   AgentFlowers    "Shit, shit," She turns around to the one she crippled.
20:44   AgentFlowers    "...FUCK."
20:44   AgentFlowers    Is there a blood trail?
20:45           *** Pres|FoodRun is now known as Pres
20:45   Wogglebug       Arthur heads back home. He smells vaguely of trinkets.
20:45   Gara    She opens the door and enters. "What the fuck happened? I heard gunfire."
20:46   AgentFlowers    "I kneecapped one! We gotta find him!"
20:46   Pope_Wilt_I     Roll Survival, Lily!
20:46   Gara    "Lead."
20:46   Pope_Wilt_I     Or anybody else who's got it
20:47   AgentFlowers    6df+5
20:47   Glacon  AgentFlowers: 5 (6df+5=-, +, 0, +, 0, -)
20:47   AgentFlowers    She flicks on her flashlight, so they'll be able to check the hallways.
20:48   Pope_Wilt_I     It appears that there is, but the stairwells and halls see a lot of traffic. Between all the wads and drips of unknown substances, it's not as clear as she'd like it to be.
20:48   Pope_Wilt_I     Still, she gets a general direction. It appears to have headed down the left hallway.
20:48   Pope_Wilt_I     Arthur arrives on the scene
20:48   Wogglebug       Arthur looks around. "Sup."
20:49   AgentFlowers    "Damn, the trail's contaminated. Keep your eyes open, he's not moving fast!" She heads down the left hallway, keeping her flashlight on the trail.
20:49   Pope_Wilt_I     Arthur, Loren, Lily's bleeding from her mouth and already has what looks to be a nasty bruise forming along the right side of her face.
20:49   Gara    "Are you alrigh to pursue?"
20:49   AgentFlowers    "I'm fine, move your ass!"
20:50   Wogglebug       "The hell'd y'inz get into?"
20:50   Gara    Loren goes!
20:50   Gara    She folloes the trail, knife out.
20:50   Wogglebug       Arthur follows, confused.
20:51   Pope_Wilt_I     They head down the hall, reaching a new hall that runs left and right. Roll Perception, all three of you.
20:51   AgentFlowers    6df+5
20:51   Glacon  AgentFlowers: 5 (6df+5=+, -, -, -, +, +)
20:51   Wogglebug       6df+8
20:51   Glacon  Wogglebug: 9 (6df+8=0, -, +, -, +, +)
20:52   Gara    6df+4
20:52   Glacon  Gara: 6 (6df+4=+, +, 0, +, -, 0)
20:54   Pope_Wilt_I     The three of them hear a door slammed close, echoing throughout the stone hall. Arthur determines it came from somewhere down the right fork.
20:54   Wogglebug       "Go right."
20:54   Gara    Loren goes right.
20:54   AgentFlowers    Lily nods and runs in that direction.
20:54   Wogglebug       Arthur follows.
20:55   Pope_Wilt_I     They pass by a few apartment doosr. Halfway down the hall, the blood trail stops in front of no particular room.
20:55   AgentFlowers    Lily looks up.
20:55   Wogglebug       Arhtur looks around.
20:56   Pope_Wilt_I     Nothing in particular stands out.
20:57   Gara    "Pick a door."
20:58   Wogglebug       "Careful, kiddos."
20:58   AgentFlowers    Do any of the door handles have blood on them?
21:00   Pope_Wilt_I     They do not.
21:00   Wogglebug       Arthur considers shouting fire.
21:00   AgentFlowers    "Dammit, blood trails don't just stop..."
21:01   Wogglebug       "They can."
21:01   Wogglebug       6df+8 Cluuuuues?
21:01   Glacon  Wogglebug: Cluuuuues?: 9 (6df+8=-, 0, +, 0, +, 0)
21:01   AgentFlowers    "FUCK!"
21:02   Gara    "Lily, calm down."
21:02   Wogglebug       "Chill dude."
21:02   Wogglebug       "What even happened?"
21:02   AgentFlowers    "The one that went out the window had friends waiting down there, they must have been in the hallways too."
21:02   Wogglebug       Arthur is searching around.
21:02   Gara    Loren is calm and collected. "We knock on a do- Scratch that, I do, you stand five feet the right, weapons drawn."
21:02   Pope_Wilt_I     Nothing in particular.
21:02   Wogglebug       "Didja shoot 'em?"
21:02   Gara    "We see something we dislike, we act."
21:03   AgentFlowers    "Baptisme de crisse de tabarnak..." Lily continues muttering filthy epithets in French, but she does as Loren says.
21:04   Gara    She knocks on a door.
21:04   Pope_Wilt_I     There is no answer.
(11:06:41 AM) Pope_Wilt_I: The handle turns completely.
(11:08:12 AM) Gara: She knocks again.
(11:08:35 AM) Pope_Wilt_I: No answer.
(11:08:48 AM) Wogglebug: Arthur sighs slightly.
(11:08:50 AM) Gara: "Okay. Both of you ready?"
(11:09:08 AM) Wogglebug: "Breaking and entering is a poor idea"
(11:09:20 AM) Gara: "As is attacking us."
(11:10:15 AM) AgentFlowers: Lily nods ready.
(11:10:23 AM) Gara: She gently opens the door.
(11:10:46 AM) Pope_Wilt_I: It stops. Appears it's deadbolted, or something similar.
(11:10:54 AM) Pope_Wilt_I: It clunks rather loudly as it's stopped.
(11:11:19 AM) Gara: "Excuse me, I need to speak to the occupent, please?"
(11:11:20 AM) Wogglebug: "Not in a foreign microstate it's not."
(11:11:31 AM) AgentFlowers: "It could be any of these doors..."
(11:12:57 AM) Wogglebug: "Could yell fire."
(11:13:01 AM) Wogglebug: "Or start one."
(11:13:28 AM) AgentFlowers: "Dammit..."
(11:13:40 AM) Gara: "Thats assuming they speak english, or would believe us. And we aren't arsonists."
(11:13:51 AM) Wogglebug: "Says you."
(11:15:11 AM) AgentFlowers: "I think we should go back to the apartment. They're gone by now."
(11:15:35 AM) Wogglebug: "Yay, sanity."
(11:15:41 AM) Wogglebug: Arthur makes a sweeping motion in the direction of the apartment.
(11:15:46 AM) Gara: "Fine."
(11:15:52 AM) Pope_Wilt_I: There is no reply.
(11:16:27 AM) Gara: She closes it and goes home.
(11:16:43 AM) AgentFlowers: "Someone probably picked them up and carried them, like the other one." Lily follows Loren back.
(11:16:56 AM) Gara: "Yeah."
(11:17:32 AM) Wogglebug: Arhtur heads to the apartment.
(11:17:47 AM) Wogglebug: He takes a slightly different route.
(11:18:48 AM) AgentFlowers: "Ah, damn, this hurts..." She touches her cheek gingerly.
(11:19:19 AM) Gara: She sits in a stool. "Do you want a painkiller?"
(11:19:28 AM) Uncandescent [Mibbit@synIRC-CAD95E61.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] entered the room.
(11:19:46 AM) Wogglebug: Arthur decides not to go home.
(11:19:58 AM) Wogglebug: Arthur heads off in search of a scrapyard.
(11:20:13 AM) AgentFlowers: "Nah, I'll be alright. Shit, he brained me hard, though..." She nods over at the pipe the other one dropped.
(11:20:40 AM) Gara: "You sure?"
(11:21:07 AM) AgentFlowers: "Yeah." She spits out another mouthful of blood.
(11:21:16 AM) Gara: "If you insist."
(11:24:45 AM) Wogglebug: Arthur casts about.
(11:28:13 AM) AgentFlowers: "This was targeted. They asked for my name, and attacked when I told them."
(11:29:23 AM) AgentFlowers: "Ugh, wish we had some ice."
(11:29:45 AM) Gara: "Says the woman, while in northern canada."
(11:31:22 AM) AgentFlowers: "Yeah, laugh it up."
(11:34:29 AM) AgentFlowers: "Who would be attacking?"
(11:35:09 AM) Gara: "I don't know."
(11:35:19 AM) Gara: "They mayor?"
(11:35:50 AM) AgentFlowers: "Seems like a likely candidate."
(11:37:53 AM) AgentFlowers: "If it was, they'll be back."
(11:38:14 AM) Gara: "Yes."
(11:38:21 AM) AgentFlowers: "Options?"
(11:38:36 AM) Gara: "1: Find somewhere else to hide."
(11:38:49 AM) Gara: "2: Confront him. This is a bad idea."
(11:39:07 AM) Gara: "3: Capture one of them next time, to interrogate."
(11:39:39 AM) AgentFlowers: "I think option one is the one that has the least chance of me getting piped in the face again. I like that one."
(11:42:06 AM) Gara: "It is the best one.
(11:47:24 AM) AgentFlowers: "What about your boss? Would they hide us?"
(11:47:53 AM) Gara: "Waldo? I don't know, I doubt it."
(11:48:14 AM) AgentFlowers: "Is it worth a try?"
(11:48:16 AM) Gara: "But your friend has some sway."
(11:48:56 AM) AgentFlowers: "I can't rule out the possibility he and the mayor are in cahoots yet."
(11:49:08 AM) Gara: "Nor can I."
(11:49:12 AM) Gara: "But this was a hit."
(11:50:16 AM) AgentFlowers: "I think we should talk to your Waldo first. Where is he?"
(11:51:01 AM) Gara: "Man, Waldo won't be able to help us. His shop is in trouble as is."
(11:51:27 AM) Gara: "I don't want to drag him into it."
(11:51:45 AM) AgentFlowers: "I don't know what else to do, Loren."
(11:52:14 AM) Gara: "We talk to your friend. Thats what we do."
(11:53:19 AM) AgentFlowers: "I don't even know where he is!"
(11:53:34 AM) AgentFlowers: "Just the club."
(11:53:49 AM) Gara: "Yes, and that is a lead all on its own."
(11:54:51 AM) AgentFlowers: She sighs. "Fine. Where's Arthur wandered off?"
(11:55:09 AM) Gara: "No clue."