Clockquest

[22:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Claiming for Clockquest stuff~)
[22:13] <DrEvilKitteh> In an area near the Wand and Circlet pub, a lone figure furtively darts through the Overcity, going from shadow to shadow. Sharp silver-white eyes glance about for any signs of enemies, though they spot none.
[22:13] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris was desperate. She hadn't been found out and tailed, she knew that much. But she /needed/ to find Amelia and Alexa, and she needed to find them /fast/, before the path she found changed too much. The pub was close, but it seemed so far, and what if they weren't there? Would she have to resort to asking others for aid? Admittedly, she'd done so at a few points in the past. Even still, having
[22:13] <DrEvilKitteh> those two around, who would definitely help her, was more preferable to random strangers she might otherwise conscript.
[22:13] <DrEvilKitteh> Please be there...please be there...
[22:16] <[Morgan]> Morgan sat inside the pub, having made her bed. She had decided to come downstairs to enjoy the atmosphere of the room, feeling truly comfortable and safe here compared to her world.
[22:20] <Jran-Kri> Alexa moseys along down the street beside Amelia, her red mantle swishing at her heels as she peers around curiously. Her gnarled black wooden staff is clutched in one hand, the red crystal ball at the end glowing faintly. She seems to be looking at everything but the girl at her side -- not intentionally, of course. The Overcity is just a dangerous place, is all.
[22:20] <[Morgan]> Finally, she decided it was time to take a walk. Standing up from her seat, she made her way out the door before exiting the pub.
[22:20] <Tangent> "I don't know why you wanted to come..." Amelia comments to Alexa as the two of them head towards the pub, the sting largely taken out of her words by her tone. She shrugs. "It's actually been pretty boring around here lately...Though I guess back home's pretty quiet too." Except for when the flame butterfly showed up. Seriously, how'd she forgotten that her puuchu had actually been on fire?
[22:21] <Tangent> She shakes her head, putting thoughts of choices- and changes aside. Unlike her companion, she seems relaxed- almost casually strolling along. "What're you thinking?" She asks, offering Alexa a slight smile.
[22:24] <Jran-Kri> "... I'm just... thinking about, ah... you know. Your visitor," Alexa says after a pause for thought, glancing back at Amelia with a thin, nervous smile before looking ahead again. "Mine hasn't visited -- but now I'm wondering if I shouldn't be thankful for that." She titters somewhat bitterly under her breath.
[22:26] <[Morgan]> Morgan noticed two girls walking along as she explored the area. She gave them a small wave of greeting before walking past them. They looked like they were heading for the pub, although it wasn't any of the water girl's business as to what they were doing.
[22:27] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks somewhat surprised to see the girl, despite it being quite reasonable to see someone vacating the pub. Nonetheless, her free hand shoots up to waggle back at her politely.
[22:27] <Tangent> Amelia frowns, then reaches up, giving Alexa a comforting pat on the shoulder. "It doesn't deserve you." She says quietly, putting thoughts of her own aside. She hesitates. "Um, if you don't want to see...Beacon, I'll tell it to stay away from our apartment..."
[22:29] <Tangent> She waves too, a moment later. She doesn't know that girl, but, hey, a wave's a wave.
[22:31] <Jran-Kri> Alexa turns to smile at Amelia again, before freezing. Her lip curls into something approaching a scowl. "Please do. It rubbed me the wrong way -- and when I mentioned it to Kreimhild, she looked, ah... not very happy."
[22:31] <[Morgan]> Satisfied that she had gotten a little better at social contact, Morgan decided to walk around for a few more minutes. Just to get the hang of the surrounding area, of course. She wasn't planning on going too far.
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[22:33] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris quickly clambered up a fire escape and onto a roof, where she hurried to the edge and looked over the area with her new vantage point. She went to another side, slowly making her way around the roof as she looked out and listened. Maybe if she could see someone...or...hear them? Her usually-unblinking eyes shut and opened, head tilting to try catching the faint noise. That...sounded like
[22:33] <DrEvilKitteh> conversation, the echos she heard. The ice girl sprang across the street to a building on the other side and jogged to a stop at the edge. Her eyes widened, spirit suddenly lifted. There they were!
[22:33] <DrEvilKitteh> She crouched, braced herself, and sprinted in their direction. The concrete of the roof cracked slightly when she jumped off with all her might, and her bent knees absorbed the impact when she landed on the street about a hundred feet away behind Amelia and Alexa.
[22:33] <DrEvilKitteh> After recovering, she got up and dashed towards them, not even thinking about shouting to alert the two.
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[22:36] <[Morgan]> Morgan heard the noise of the street cracking, and immediately whipped around to see the girl running at the other two. She thought of opening her mouth to warn them, but decided not to. Perhaps this was a friend of theirs. The last thing she wanted to do was look like an idiot to them.
[22:37] <Tangent> Amelia sighs. "Yeah...It's kind of a jerk. I'll talk to it somewhere else." She shakes her head. "Eh, not like it matters if I work on my magic there or somewhere else anyway...Besides, not like anyone'll care if I set the Overcity on fire trying to 'embrace my potential'." She smirks.
[22:37] <Tangent> "Wonder why it showed up after all this time? Not like it helped much, but..."
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[22:39] <Jran-Kri> "I don't know, and I don't like it," Alexa shakes her head, her lip curling disdainfully. "Kreimhild says they never show up unless they want something -- she says we can't trust them. And I..." Alexa trails off, her eyes narrowing. She cocks her head to one side. "Do you hear that?"
[22:43] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris skidded and had to quickly hop over the two girls or risk bowling them over. She landed and rolled, turned, and popped back up. "A-me-lia, A-lex-a!" she exclaimed, /finally/. "I found something!" Hopefully the two didn't have a knee-jerk reaction of drawing a weapon and attacking when she'd appeared...
[22:45] <Jran-Kri> "God in Heaven!" Alexa nearly leaps out of her skin when Iris lunges over them, her staff snapping up and its glow intensifying. Fortunately, she lacked any real offensive capability, and so merely stared at Iris in shock. "Oh. Um. H-hello t-to you, too."
[22:45] <Tangent> Amelia jumps, eyes wide at the meguca rocketting towards them. Her hand's halfway through a sword drawing motion when... "I-Iris?" She stammers, a slight blush in her cheeks at the memory of the last time they'd been around the elegant ice girl. "Uh...Hi." Her eyes are wide...then she blinks. "Wait, found what? Is...is this about, you know...them?" She asks, snapping out of it at the prospect of hunting. Time to do what she signed up- what she was MADE for.
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[22:46] <DrEvilKitteh> (she signed up- wh- )
[22:47] <Tangent> she signed up- what she was MADE for.
[22:47] <[Morgan]> Morgan quietly sighed in relief, thankful that her friend guess had been correct. She moved on to what she had a feeling was the edge of the 'safe area' she had mapped out one night. "Alright..." she muttered to herself. "Almost time to go back..."
[22:50] <WhiteKnight> What looks like an angel descends from the skies, diving towards the Wand's entrance and performing some kind of spinning roll before straightening out and - breaking into yet another roll as she hit the ground, that somehow ends with her ending up on her feet. With no shortage of sparkles, Ayako Mori flips her hair before putting on a smug, self-satisfied smile and crossing her arms. "Heh. A perfect landing." She then stretches
[22:50] <WhiteKnight> her neck, audibly cracking it a bit. "Man, it's been a while since I last came to the Wand..."
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[22:52] <Tangent> Amelia glances at the flying angel- it probably says something that it's no longer strange for her- then looks back to Iris. "Iris? Speak to me...What'd you find?"
[22:52] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes!" Iris nodded rapidly at Amelia. "There is...a...place where some...are coming from." She twitched away from Ayako's appearance, briefly eying the flying girl and the other that was just walking around. Eventually, she looked back at Amelia. "We...should go, now. Before...the path is lost."
[22:53] <Tangent> "Right! Let's go!" Amelia nods, straightening and gaze filled with DETERMINATION...and anticipation. She takes a step, then looks to Alexa.
[22:55] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks considerably more perturbed by the flying girl, her staff's glow -- along with her nervous grimace -- intensifying. Bunching up her shoulders, she forces herself to look back at Iris and Amelia. She nods shortly. "Lead the way."
[22:56] <WhiteKnight> As Ayako makes for the Wand's entrance, however, she notices Iris. Has she seen this girl before? She's pretty sure that she recalls seeing someone looking like her around. Might be time to make a new friend. With a cough, her wings vanish. "YO!" she calls to the group, approaching slowly. "You guys look like you're up to something... interesting. Fun, maybe?"
[22:58] <Tangent> "We're fighting evil! Who're you?" Amelia calls back, frowning. She nudges Alexa, just brushing the other girl in what's meant as a reassuring gesture.
[22:58] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris blinked again and looked at Ayako once more. "...U-uhm..." Somewhat helplessly, she gestured in the direction of the building she'd jumped off of. Fortunately, Amelia and Alexa were /much/ more verbose than her, which she was extraordinarily grateful for.
[22:58] <Jran-Kri> Alexa gives this strange girl a sideways glance, narrowing her eyes. She adjusts her glasses primly, bunching up her shoulders. She lets Amelia speak, smiling tightly at her at the light gesture.
[23:02] <WhiteKnight> "The name's Mori, Ayako Mori," she calls out, smiling aggressively as she places a hand on her hip. "I'm gonna keep this quick. I haven't busted any baddies in a while, so I'm itching for some action. I'm a pretty handy gal to have around. You won't regret it."
[23:02] <[Morgan]> Morgan, now coming back to the pub after her miniature expedition, was surprised to see that the group from before was still there. She couldn't help but listen in on their conversation. Fighting evil certainly sounded interesting...
[23:03] <[Morgan]> "Excuse me." she asked. "Did one of you say you were fighting evil?"
[23:05] <Jran-Kri> Forced to adjust her wide-brimmed red hat to look Ayako in the eyes, Alexa continues to look suspicious, keeping a decent distance. She continues to keep silent until yet another girl arrives; turning to face her, she nods shortly. "Yes. Yes we are. Are you itching for a fight, too?"
[23:06] <[Morgan]> Morgan thought for a moment. "Yes. I'd like to help in any way I can." she responded to them, nodding affirmatively. "My name is Morgan. And yourselves?"
[23:06] <Tangent> "Hey, we can handle this just fine..." Amelia folds her arms. "I'm Amelia." She adds after a moment.
[23:07] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris looked from Ayako to Morgan and back. "...We...might have to...use their help, too," she said to Amelia. And Alexa too, but mainly Amelia. As for her name... "I am Iris."
[23:07] <Jran-Kri> "Alexa. Alexa Aldrich," she says primly. A hint of nervousness is betrayed as she looks over at Amelia, cringing slightly. "W-well, um... More hands never hurt."
[23:07] <Tangent> Amelia frowns, but nods.
[23:09] <WhiteKnight> Ayako chuckles softly, summoning her bow. "So that makes... Five? Me, Amelia, Alexa, Morgan, and... Iris." The ex-merc nods, sizing up the big girl. "Alright. You guys know where you're goin'. I'll follow."
[23:11] <DrEvilKitteh> "I know the way." Iris looked back in the direction she'd just come from. "...Maybe."
[23:11] <Tangent> "Lead on McDuff..."Amelia mumbles, looking to Iris. "Alright. I'm ready to help!" she announces brightly, all smiles at Iris. A glance to Alexa, making sure she looks okay.
[23:12] <Jran-Kri> "... Lay," Alexa turns to Amelia, adjusting her glasses. "It's 'lay on, MacDuff.'" Clearing her throat, she bobs her head quickly. "R-right! Let's go!"
[23:12] <[Morgan]> Morgan gave a thumbs up, her expression still mostly unreadable. She summoned her stave, trying to wield it in a non-threatening looking manner. "May we be successful on our quest." she said in agreement.
[23:14] <DrEvilKitteh> "Mor-gan?" Iris looked at her. "Can you...roof-hop, or fly? Ay-a-ko...can carry you...if you cannot." In the meantime, without asking, she moved to sweep Amelia up into her arms in a bridal carry. As usual for when they needed to travel quickly.
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[23:15] <[Morgan]> "I...I believe I can fly." Morgan answered, unaware she was quoting a rather famous song. She flapped the wings on her back in confirmation.
[23:15] <Tangent> Amelia eeps, but doesn't seem to mind. In fact, she seems positively used to it by the small, silly grin on her face.
[23:15] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's nostrils flare as Amelia is scooped up. She glares at the pair of them as subtly as she can, though she's sure anyone could hear her grinding teeth.
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[23:17] <DrEvilKitteh> "Good." Iris nodded and face the direction they needed to go. Or...so she hoped. "Then...follow." She tried to give Alexa a slight nod and smile before peeling away, dashing down the street and towards the wall of a building. A ramp of ice formed, allowing her to rapidly ascend to roof height and begin roof-hopping. It remained for a short time, allowing Alexa to follow after her if she wished.
[23:18] <WhiteCrusader> Ayako's wings sprout once again. She looks to Alexa in a more... soft, fashion, unlike her past brashness. "Need a lift, pal?"
[23:19] <Tangent> Amelia blinks at Alexa, looking a bit sheepish...but then vanishes as Iris swoops off.
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[23:20] <[Morgan]> Morgan activated her wings, taking flight into the air after Iris. Using her wings again felt rather nice, she admitted internally. The breeze in her face as she followed the rest of the group felt rather comforting. She kept up a steady pace with them, matching their speed almost perfectly.
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[23:21] <Jran-Kri> "... God, give me patience," Alexa mutters under her breath once Iris is out of earshot. She starts at Ayako's offer, turning to her a tad too suddenly. She hesitates, then shakes her head. "No. No thank you," she says, managing to keep the venom out of her voice. Without further ado, she hurries after Iris, her staff flashing as a matching ramp of red light appears beside the melting ice ramp. Alexa tromps on up it to the
[23:21] <Jran-Kri> roof, then tears after Iris.
[23:23] <WhiteKnight> With a shrug, Ayako takes off after the others, though it's not long before she places herself into the thick of them.
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[23:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris was in the lead for most of the way, and the total trip took maybe half an hour at most.
[23:30] <DrEvilKitteh> The buildings became more prone to changes and alteration this far from the pub's stable zone, and the area they ended up in was a bizarre assortment of buildings and roads. One moment, the streets were nicely paved and smooth, the next, they were cobblestone, and after, a narrow, pothole-riddled road. Buildings were from a wide assortment of eras, with a futuristic skyscraper over there, an
[23:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Italian Reconnaissance manor there, what looked like an Aztec pyramid next to a much smaller Fifties urban house with a white picket fence and all.
[23:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Soon, Iris slowed and ducked into a dark alley, water pooling in several puddles on the ground from recent precipitation. She beckoned for the others to join her and Amelia there, but otherwise kept hidden behind the corner.
[23:31] <[Morgan]> Morgan landed in the alley delicately, making sure not to make any noise.
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[23:31] <[Morgan]> "Where are we?" she whispered quietly, looking behind her for the others.
[23:32] <WhiteKnight> Ayako harriedly lands nearby Iris, leaning against the nearest wall. She seems to be listening attentively...
[23:33] <Jran-Kri> Alexa scurries over behind Iris. Despite her earlier distaste, she has no trouble hiding behind the much taller girl once danger is near. She keeps quiet, though she nods at Morgan's question.
[23:34] <Tangent> Amelia stands, quietly splashing as she steps through the puddle over to Iris. She nods at Alexa, maybe slightly apologetically?
[23:38] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris peeked around the corner. "...They...are doing...something here. I...am not sure...what." She pointed down the street, which seemed to be on a rolling hill, to something just in sight. It was a cylindrical tower, poking up into the air. "That...is...a base. I think."
[23:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll Perception; a d20.)
[23:39] <[Morgan]> (So just roll regular d20)
[23:39] <DrEvilKitteh> (".d 1d20" works. Without the quotation marks.)
[23:39] <[Morgan]> (K)
[23:40] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
[23:40] <+Internets> :: Total 6 / 20 [30%] :: Results [6] ::
[23:40] <[Morgan]> .d 1d20
[23:40] <+Internets> :: Total 17 / 20 [85%] :: Results [17] ::
[23:40] <Tangent> They. Zombies. So they've killed more people to make them...Amelia's expression tightens, and her fingers briefly dig into her palm.
[23:40] <Tangent> .d 1d20
[23:40] <+Internets> :: Total 20 / 20 [100%] :: Results [20] ::
[23:40] <[Morgan]> (Brb)
[23:40] <WhiteKnight> .d 1d20+5 awareness
[23:40] <+Internets> Error: invalid format
[23:40] <Tangent> She pokes her head out, staring intently at the scene.
[23:40] <WhiteKnight> .d 1d20+5
[23:40] <+Internets> :: Total 18 / 25 [72%] :: Results [13] ::
[23:43] <[Morgan]> (Back(
[23:43] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d20
[23:43] <+Internets> :: Total 5 / 20 [25%] :: Results [5] ::
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[23:46] <[Morgan]> Morgan frowned at what she saw before her. "This is...quite the situation." she gave her opinion, having a feeling that she could guess what they were going to fight.
[23:48] <DrEvilKitteh> Everyone could see that the tower, maybe 200, 300 meters away, was made from stone and metal. Alexa didn't notice much, maybe because of distractions. Iris was mainly hiding behind the corner to allow the others a better line of sight. Amelia, Morgan, and Ayako could spot movement at the top of the tower. Though they could only see about two-thirds of it with the buildings on this block cutting
[23:48] <DrEvilKitteh> off line of sight a bit, guards seemed to be watching from the top. Morgan seemed to be in /just/ the right place to see an ever-so-slight glint of light off one of the guards' bodies. Conclusion? Metal, maybe armor, maybe not.
[23:49] <[Morgan]> "They either have armor or some form of hardened skin. Lovely." Morgan added, eyeing the guards warily from the long distance away.
[23:49] <Tangent> "Something's on top of that tower." Amelia announces. "We should deal with that first." She really hates those things- every one's a person that's gotten killed by monsters.
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[23:51] <WhiteKnight> "Hmm..." Ayako mumbles, sizing up how difficult it might be to take a shot from here. "... Could be a longshot to hit that guy. Or I could do the idiot thing and play harrier from the air."
[23:52] <Jran-Kri> Alexa adjusts her glasses, forced to take their respective words for it -- though Morgan's claims, at least, she could back up with her prior experience. Turning to Ayako, she blinks owlishly. "O-oh my, you can fly? U-um, well. If you were to do that, I could... Well, I could make some, um, barriers. You know, give you a bit of extra armour while you're... up there."
[23:53] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Stealth...would be...better," Iris murmured. "There are...many Bad--uhm, enemies--there. I think."
[23:54] <[Morgan]> "I agree. We may want the element of surprise here, especially if there are more than we can see at the moment."
[23:54] <Tangent> Amelia frowns dubiously, slumping slightly. "We could take them..." She mumbles, but nods reluctantly.
[23:55] <WhiteKnight> Ayako ponders the situation further. "I think Iris is right. If I play harrier... well, they're on alert. And that makes things harder for those of us that might want to go inside from the ground. Not to mention, splitting up is generally not a good idea."
[23:56] <Jran-Kri> "... As you say," Alexa admits with a slow incline of the head. She adjusts her hat. "Well. I-I'm sure there's, um, a way we can get in. Quietly. O-or at least get closer."
[23:57] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris nodded. "So-"
[23:57] <DrEvilKitteh> All five could hear it. Wheels, one with a squeaky joint, slowly approached. Footsteps could shortly be heard, heavy and methodical.
[23:57] <DrEvilKitteh> (Perception cheeecks~)
[23:58] <WhiteKnight> .d 1d20+5
[23:58] <+Internets> :: Total 22 / 25 [88%] :: Results [17] ::
[23:58] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
[23:58] <+Internets> :: Total 18 / 20 [90%] :: Results [18] ::
[23:58] <[Morgan]> .d 1d20
[23:58] <+Internets> :: Total 16 / 20 [80%] :: Results [16] ::
[23:58] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d20
[23:58] <+Internets> :: Total 18 / 20 [90%] :: Results [18] ::
[23:59] <[Morgan]> (Wow, we are rocking these perception checks so far)
[23:59] <Tangent> .d 1d20
[23:59] <+Internets> :: Total 16 / 20 [80%] :: Results [16] ::
[00:02] <DrEvilKitteh> ...And again, everyone heard it. The wheels belonged to a single...thing. Not a car, but a...cart. Two-wheeled? Most likely hand-drawn. Along with that, the footsteps were few, maybe...six, at the most. Ayako, Iris, and Alexa, however, could tell that there were exactly four. And Ayako alone could tell that they were roughly 75 feet away, down the street, heading directly towards the tower that
[00:02] <DrEvilKitteh> marked the base.
[00:03] <WhiteKnight> "They're not far. We could act on them now," Ayako hastily mumbles.
[00:04] <Tangent> "Iris, it's one of those carts..." Amelia blurts, hand on her sword. "And more zombies." She glances to Iris as though for permission.
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[00:06] <Jran-Kri> "We should!" Alexa whispers insistently, looking up at Ayako with a nod. She looks at the others. "Th-the tower might not have seen them! We should take them now before they group up!"
[00:06] <Tangent> "Sounds good to me." Amelia backs her up.
[00:07] <[Morgan]> "Zombies?" Morgan commented, unfamiliar with the term. "Do you mean the Accursed?" She looked down at Alexa when she spoke. "Yes, perhaps we could eliminate them quickly..."
[00:08] <WhiteKnight> Ayako rises, cooly - but quickly - leading what looked to her like an ambush party on the cart. "Let's go."
[00:09] <DrEvilKitteh> "Ay-a-ko, Mor-gan, fly. Stay...low." Iris motioned to Amelia and Alexa. "We...go on...the ground. Kill them...quickly. All...focus on...the same one." She looked up at Ayako, as she was still kneeling at the corner. "Does that...sound good?"
[00:09] <Tangent> "Right!"
[00:10] <[Morgan]> Morgan made a quiet noise to show her confirmation.
[00:10] <Jran-Kri> Alexa keeps a decent ways behind Ayako -- and everyone else, for that matter -- despite her earlier enthusiasm. She bobs her head quickly at Iris.
[00:10] <WhiteKnight> "Affirmative," Ayako answers, dead serious.
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> A silver warhammer materialized in Iris' hand. "Go."
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll Initiative.)
[00:12] <[Morgan]> (Initiative is AGI + LCK, right?)
[00:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (AGI or LCK.)
[00:12] <WhiteKnight> (You pick one. AGI beats LCK in a tie.)
[00:12] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4d10
[00:12] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: please make sure the dice pool size is specified correctly. Must be a number between 1 and 100.
[00:13] <[Morgan]> (K)
[00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7
[00:13] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 7, 6, 6]. Successes total: 2
[00:13] <WhiteKnight> !ex 9 v
[00:13] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [5, 6, 10, 6, 4, 9, 8, 1, 5]. Successes total: 4
[00:13] <Jran-Kri> !ex 4 vs 7
[00:13] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [9, 9, 5, 4]. Successes total: 2
[00:13] <[Morgan]> !ex 5 v
[00:13] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [10, 5, 2, 5, 7]. Successes total: 3
[00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (Also, use Offensive Dice for Initiative if you didn't already. Probably better that way.)
[00:13] <Tangent> !ex 2 vs 7
[00:13] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [4, 9]. Successes total: 1
[00:14] <DrEvilKitteh> (What is Alexa's AGI?)
[00:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa's is 8, apparently.)
[00:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (So order for Surprise Round is: Ayako/Morgan/Alexa/Iris/Amelia.)
[00:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (I'll write up the scene first, then Ayako can act.)
[00:20] <WhiteKnight> (Got it)
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[00:21] <[Morgan]_> (Alrighty)
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[00:25] <[Morgan]_> (Bump)
[00:25] <DrEvilKitteh> Four Clockwork Zombies trudged down the street; it was obvious what they were to Iris, Amelia, and Alexa, given their marionette-like movements, glassy eyes, dirty and ragged clothing, and a faint whirring sound coming from their bodies.  Two were pulling along a cart, which was mostly empty save for some supplies like new tools, instant cement, and the like. The other two walked near the back
[00:25] <DrEvilKitteh> of the cart, one with a handgun, one with a machete.
[00:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (The 4 Clockwork Zombies are at Far. Everyone gets one free attack or action during the surprise round, whether it be a ranged attack, Dash, or Reinforcement buff. Ayako goes first.)
[00:27] <WhiteKnight> (Right then.)
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[00:28] <WhiteKnight> Ayako wastes no time trying to quickly define the flow of the fight with a [Barrage] of [Hollow Points]! (Should I roll four attacks, or just the one time?)
[00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> (Um...let's go with the one.)
[00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh, wait.)
[00:30] <DrEvilKitteh> (For all rolls, except for Perception, everyone adds +2 Dice.)
[00:30] <DrEvilKitteh> (It's a thing that seemed to go well last encounter, so I figured we can use it here, too.)
[00:30] <[Morgan]_> Ok.
[00:30] <[Morgan]_> *(Ok)
[00:30] <WhiteKnight> (Alrighty, gotcha.)
[00:30] <WhiteKnight> !ex 11 v
[00:30] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [4, 1, 1, 1, 7, 10, 7, 9, 2, 6, 5]. Successes total: 5
[00:31] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 multi 4 v
[00:31] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 5d:[2, 3, 7, 7, 8] = 3; 5d:[7, 4, 7, 7, 3] = 3; 5d:[3, 7, 1, 7, 6] = 2; 5d:[6, 8, 10, 7, 2] = 4.Total successes: 12
[00:31] <DrEvilKitteh> (Holy shit.)
[00:33] <[Morgan]_> !ex 11 v Quickly following her companion's lead, Morgan opens up with an Arcane Barrage!
[00:33] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [8, 2, 3, 8, 10, 5, 10, 3, 9, 1, 2]. Successes total: 7
[00:34] <DrEvilKitteh> (R5, next time please wait for Ayako's turn to finish up. Which means me describing what happens to the zombies.)
[00:34] <[Morgan]_> (For clarification, I had the base 8 and added the +1 from the Enchanted ability, then added the +2 we were told to add)
[00:34] <[Morgan]_> (Shit, sorry)
[00:34] <[Morgan]_> (That was rude of me.)
[00:34] <DrEvilKitteh> All the zombies are hit by an arrow, but most seem to shrug it off. The one with the pistol, however, staggered and twitched as an arrow impacted it in the leg.
[00:34] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright, now which two are you targeting?)
[00:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (Zombies 1 and 2 are pulling the cart, Zombies 3 and 4 are in the back, and 3 seems to be the most hurt.)
[00:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (This is all directed at you, R5.)
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[00:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Figures.)
[00:40] <DrEvilKitteh> (Moving on.)
[00:40] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 multi 2 v
[00:40] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 5d:[1, 5, 8, 4, 6] = 1; 5d:[8, 9, 10, 9, 3] = 5.Total successes: 6
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[00:41] <DrEvilKitteh> (R5, PM's.)
[00:41] <[Morgan]_> (3
[00:41] <[Morgan]_> *(3 and 4.)
[00:42] <[Morgan]_> (Let's bring the pain. Hopefully.)
[00:42] <DrEvilKitteh> Both Zombies stagger, damaged by the bolts of energy, but not very much.)
[00:43] <DrEvilKitteh> (Evidence of why Mystic should get buffs right here...)
[00:43] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[00:43] <[Morgan]_> (Mm-hm)
[00:44] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's staff flashes as she mimics morgan, twin red balls of light shooting out of the crystal ball at the same two creatures. [Arcane Barrage]
[00:45] <Jran-Kri> !ex 11 v 7
[00:45] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [1, 2, 3, 2, 7, 3, 3, 6, 10, 8, 7]. Successes total: 5
[00:45] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 multi 2 v
[00:45] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 5d:[3, 4, 1, 7, 5] = 1; 5d:[2, 3, 6, 7, 8] = 2.Total successes: 3
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[00:45] <DrEvilKitteh> The red balls of light streaked across the street and struck true, though like Morgan, they didn't deal very much damage.
[00:46] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris' turn.)
[00:46] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7
[00:46] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 5, 8, 8, 6, 1]. Successes total: 3
[00:46] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7
[00:46] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 7, 6, 1]. Successes total: 2
[00:47] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris swung her warhammer and sprang through the air, quickly coming crashing down on the zombie with a gun. To its credit, it managed to start dodging, but she still managed to clip it on the shoulder.
[00:47] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[00:49] <Tangent> Amelia's lip curls in disgust, and she raises her sword. "EAT THIS!" She CHARGES, blue flames flaring up around the tiny girl as she streaks forward like a black-haired comet!
[00:49] <Tangent> (cast flame on)
[00:49] <Tangent> (Dash attack!)
[00:50] <Tangent> !ex 6 vs 7
[00:50] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [7, 9, 10, 3, 10, 3]. Successes total: 6
[00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Nice.)
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[00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Which are you targeting? #3, too?)
[00:50] <Tangent> (Sure)
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[00:51] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7
[00:51] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 4, 5, 3, 8]. Successes total: 2
[00:52] <DrEvilKitteh> (Did you use the MAG 8 version?)
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[00:53] <Tangent> (mm)
[00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> The gunner is left standing...barely. It lost an arm, though. And a good deal of its outer covering of flesh had been charred and burned away, revealing numerous gears furiously moving inside its body.
[00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (Rolling Zombies' Initiative first, then top of the round.)
[00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 multi 3 v
[00:55] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 5d:[8, 6, 1, 5, 1] = 1; 5d:[10, 3, 8, 6, 8] = 4; 5d:[9, 3, 5, 4, 4] = 1.Total successes: 6
[00:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Er. Wait. Lemme do-over.)
[00:56] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7
[00:56] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 6, 7, 8, 6]. Successes total: 3
[00:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright, Ayako's up first.)
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[01:03] <WhiteKnight> With extreme prejudice, Ayako targets the [gunner], channeling way more power than one goon deserves for a single shot! As she nocks an arrow, it courses with electricty before she looses it upon the gunner! [Hollow Point, Flash of Steel III]
[01:03] <WhiteKnight> !ex 8 v
[01:03] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [5, 9, 2, 10, 5, 5, 1, 2]. Successes total: 3
[01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 2 vs 7
[01:03] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [5, 6]. Successes total: 0
[01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> (He dead.)
[01:04] <[Morgan]_> (Deader than Optimus Prine)
[01:04] <DrEvilKitteh> The gunner was pinned by the throat to the cart, remnants of the electricity within the arrow causing the gears to churn and spasm before it finally twitched and died.
[01:04] <DrEvilKitteh> (Zombies' turns~)
[01:05] <DrEvilKitteh> All three remaining Clockwork Zombies turn and walk towards Amelia to attack her.
[01:05] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 multi 3 v
[01:05] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 7d:[2, 8, 7, 2, 4, 7, 3] = 3; 7d:[6, 3, 3, 10, 2, 6, 2] = 2; 7d:[1, 2, 3, 2, 10, 10, 5] = 4.Total successes: 9
[01:05] <Tangent> (melee?)
[01:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yep.)
[01:07] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7
[01:07] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 7, 1, 6, 9, 7, 5, 10, 7, 2, 3]. Successes total: 6
[01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> (Even Machete Guy at the end there stood no chance against Amelia.)
[01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> (RP it out, they're all parried.)
[01:07] <[Morgan]_> (Poor Zombie Danny Trejo)
[01:10] <Tangent> "Getting..." Amelia deflects a blow, her glowing sword carving through metal and flesh with a shower of sparks and ash. "...really sick..." She snaps, battering aside another weapon and turning the movement into a slash. "-of these things!" The tiny girl ducks under the last zombie's sword and lunges in a stab, swordpoint first.
[01:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[01:11] <[Morgan]_> !ex 11 v Morgan follows up with a Magical Missile directed at Zombie 1! Here's hoping it works...
[01:11] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [6, 2, 7, 3, 8, 8, 10, 10, 4, 1, 1]. Successes total: 7
[01:12] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7
[01:12] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 7, 3, 3]. Successes total: 1
[01:12] <DrEvilKitteh> The zombie jerked at the magic bolt, but only a bit of skin had been torn away by the damage.
[01:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[01:14] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's staff glows again, a matching red glow suffusing around Amelia, lending strength to her sword! [Blessing of the Hero, 2 Mana: +1 offensive dice]
[01:14] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[01:14] <Tangent> "Thanks!" Amelia calls.
[01:15] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 vs 7
[01:15] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 8, 4, 2, 8, 6, 7, 3]. Successes total: 3
[01:15] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7 multi 2 v
[01:15] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 6d:[6, 3, 2, 4, 6, 10] = 2; 6d:[9, 1, 6, 8, 2, 4] = 2.Total successes: 4
[01:15] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7
[01:15] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [5, 3, 1, 8, 5]. Successes total: 1
[01:17] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris whirled her warhammer about with expert precision and lashed out at all three zombies around, moving with a silent fury. The head crunched against the first two's bodies, damaging them somewhat, and crippled the third one (actually Zombie #4) with the machete by crumpling its leg with a single stroke.
[01:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
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[01:18] <Tangent> (melee attack against all targets?)
[01:18] <DrEvilKitteh> (That was Iris' action, yes.)
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[01:19] <Tangent> (Is it -2 dice per additional target or 1?)
[01:19] <flashdrive_> (-1)
[01:19] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7
[01:19] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [7, 5, 9, 9, 5, 5, 2, 3, 3, 9, 6]. Successes total: 4
[01:20] <Tangent> !ex 10 vs 7
[01:20] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [7, 7, 5, 5, 10, 7, 10, 1, 2, 1]. Successes total: 7
[01:20] <Tangent> !ex 9 vs 7
[01:20] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [10, 5, 6, 8, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3]. Successes total: 3
[01:21] <Tangent> Amelia joins in Iris's attacks, whirling around in a slightly ridiculous looking- and clumsy- spin of her sword, trailing blue flames and red sparks in her wake. "Stupid things don't know when to just DIE!"
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[01:21] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh, uh...I just kinda did it with "One attack, with -1 Dice for each additional enemy)
[01:21] <Tangent> (...Imma derp)
[01:22] <Tangent> (Misinterpreted wht you were rolling, just ignore the ones after the first roll then I guess?)
[01:22] <DrEvilKitteh> (All-Out or something else?)
[01:23] <Tangent> (Cutting?)
[01:23] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright. And still attacking them all, or just one?)
[01:24] <Tangent> (All because why not)
[01:25] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 multi 2 v
[01:25] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 5d:[6, 6, 3, 8, 2] = 1; 5d:[8, 7, 8, 3, 1] = 3.Total successes: 4
[01:25] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7
[01:25] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 9, 10, 4]. Successes total: 5
[01:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (Shit.)
[01:26] <DrEvilKitteh> During said...ridiculous and clumsy spin, Amelia felt something bite into her cheek. The zombie with a machete had somehow managed to avoid the attack and strike at her in retaliation.
[01:27] <Tangent> Amelia stumbles, feeling a jolt of pain...and accompanying heat as her magic...flares up in response to the injury. "Ah!" She glares at the offending zombie.
[01:27] <Tangent> (How much damage?)
[01:28] <DrEvilKitteh> (1 Wound.)
[01:28] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[01:28] <DrEvilKitteh> (Zombies #1 and #4 look the most damaged.)
[01:29] <Tangent> She's almost more embarassed about screwing up than worried about getting hurt...especially since the gash across her face almost visibly starts to seal itself...with a puff of blue smoke.
[01:29] <WhiteKnight> (Alright!)
[01:31] <WhiteKnight> Ayako focuses on the lead and rear zombies, going for some kind of split trick-shot! (Presuming #1 and #4 are in front and back of the cart. [Hollow Point.])
[01:31] <WhiteKnight> !ex 10 v
[01:31] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [3, 6, 8, 3, 6, 3, 1, 8, 5, 4]. Successes total: 2
[01:32] <DrEvilKitteh> (...I'm so sorry.)
[01:33] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 1 vs 7
[01:33] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4]. Successes total: 0
[01:33] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 2 vs 7
[01:33] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 2]. Successes total: 1
[01:33] <DrEvilKitteh> (Killed the first guy, wounded the second.)
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[01:34] <DrEvilKitteh> (Would you like to RP it out?)
[01:34] <WhiteKnight> (Yeah, one sec)
[01:35] <WhiteKnight> The ex-merc almost punches herself for being fancy - it cost her a kill as one of the arrows didn't land true. But the other stuck itself right in the first zombie, ceasing all its activity.
[01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (Zombies!)
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> Zombie #2 goes for Amelia again, swinging its fist. Zombie #4's leg motors fucked up and turned it towards Iris, but it took the opportunity to try swinging its machete at her.
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7 (Attacking Amelia)
[01:38] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 10, 5, 2, 3, 6]. Successes total: 2
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 (Attacking Iris)
[01:38] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 3, 9, 1]. Successes total: 1
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 (Iris Defending)
[01:39] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 7, 7, 2, 7, 7, 9]. Successes total: 5
[01:39] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7
[01:39] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [7, 9, 4, 1, 1, 6, 10, 9, 6, 5, 9]. Successes total: 6
[01:39] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris sidestepped the clumsy thrust and slugged the zombie in the face, breaking the jawbone off and denting its skull.
[01:41] <Tangent> Amelia looks almost irritated as she stands her ground...her sword a flash of blue that intercepts the revenant's lunge and sears its flesh.
[01:42] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[01:43] <[Morgan]_> !ex 11 v Kicking herself for briefly forgetting her spells, Morgan took aim at Zombie 4 and fired a Water Jet in it's direction!
[01:43] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [6, 7, 8, 8, 3, 8, 5, 7, 4, 6, 3]. Successes total: 5
[01:44] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 1 v "Fuck me"
[01:44] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3]. Successes total: 0
[01:45] <Zeneroller> (Okay~)
[01:45] <DrEvilKitteh> A jet of water, taken from nearby puddles and coalesced into a powerful stream, hit the machete zombie directly in the torso...and tore it apart. Its head went one way, arms two different ways, and its lower half collapsed to the street.
[01:45] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[01:46] <DrEvilKitteh> (1 Zombie Left.)
[01:47] <Jran-Kri> Alexa launches another glob of bright red light at the remaining zombie! [Magic Missile]
[01:47] <Jran-Kri> !ex 9 v 7
[01:47] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [2, 2, 6, 4, 4, 1, 8, 2, 6]. Successes total: 1
[01:47] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 3 vs 7
[01:47] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 7, 5]. Successes total: 2
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[01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> The zombie tanks the hit, barely twitching from the impact.
[01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
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[01:48] <[Morgan]> (There we go)
[01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 10 vs 7 (All Out)
[01:48] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 5, 9, 7, 8, 8, 4, 1, 8, 9]. Successes total: 6
[01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7
[01:48] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 3, 4, 8, 2]. Successes total: 1
[01:50] <DrEvilKitteh> ...However, the bolt seemed to have distracted the zombie juuuust enough for Iris to step forward, swung her warhammer up spike-first, and gut it, the point of the hook piercing its core. The zombie twitched, spasmed, and slumped. Dead.
[01:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Combat over.)
[01:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (All Mana is regained.)
[01:52] <[Morgan]> Morgan landed briefly to give her wings a break. "That was definitely an experience." she decided, impressed by her new allies.
[01:53] <Tangent> Amelia brushes some soot off her cheek. "Eh, we got it done..." She comments with a shrug, glancing around to her friends. "Hey, Iris, you okay?"
[01:53] <Jran-Kri> "... Yes, well. Yes," Alexa clears her throat, lowering her staff. "Good job everyone."
[01:54] <WhiteKnight> Ayako lands on a nearby roof, taking a momentary vigil. If reinforcements could be around, it never hurt to check.
[01:55] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes." Iris relaxed and let the last zombie's body fall to the street. She dismissed her warhammer and looked around at the others, then up at Ayako. "Did they see?" she called up to the bowgirl.
[01:56] <WhiteKnight> Ayako looks up to the tower, squinting, hoping that whatever moment she might pick out looked similar to how it was before. "Not sure. I'm checking."
[01:56] <DrEvilKitteh> From Ayako's vigil, she could see that while there was movement atop the tower, it didn't seem to be frantic or hurried; just normal, average pacing back and forth. And there were no other groups of Clockwork Zombies nearby, either.
[01:56] <WhiteKnight> (gah!)
[01:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Nah, it's okay.)
[01:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (I decided to give it to ya because Awareness and a good sightline directly to the tower.)
[01:57] <WhiteKnight> Ayako's focus remains on the tower a few seconds more before she drops down to the others, her voice low. "Looks about the same. I don't think we've been spotted. Got a plan from here?"
[01:58] <DrEvilKitteh> "Sneak clo-ser?" Iris suggested. "Try...to see...how many others...there are."
[01:58] <Tangent> Amelia shrugs- her ideas tend to be fairly direct and to the point. Swordpoint, to be exact.
[01:59] <Tangent> "I guess..."
[01:59] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods primly, adjusting her glass. A faint scowl darkens her face. "Reasonable."
[02:00] <[Morgan]> "While that may be tempting fate, I indeed think moving in closer will work."
[02:01] <Jran-Kri> "Not like we have much else to do," Alexa grouses sullenly. She turns her staff over in her hands, contemplating the crystal ball as if in distaste.
[02:01] <WhiteKnight> "Maybe something will come up as we get closer. And if not... Well. We just go right through the front and bowl 'em over."
[02:01] <Tangent> "Sounds good to me." Amelia cheers up slightly at the prospect.
[02:02] <Jran-Kri> "It hasn't failed yet," Alexa says. Then she stops, narrowing her eyes into the crystal ball. Shaking her head, she nods again.
[02:02] <Tangent> "Alexa?"
[02:02] <[Morgan]> "Is something wrong, Alexa?" Morgan asked, noting the other girl's expression. She wasn't much for reading emotions, but she could obviously tell that she wasn't happy.
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[02:04] <Jran-Kri> "... Nothing. It's nothing," Alexa shakes her head, then flicks it towards the tower. "Let's be off."
[02:04] <WhiteKnight> Ayako narrows her eyews for a moment. And then shrugs, getting back into the thick of the group.
[02:05] <DrEvilKitteh> "We will see." Iris stepped on the disembodied head of Zombie #1 (or was it #2...?) and crushed it into bent gears and splintered bone fragments. She started walking towards the tower--more specifically, the shadow of a nearby building--though she paused to look back at Alexa. When the bookworm dismissed things, she shrugged awkwardly and continued on, leading the way through shadows and alleys
[02:05] <DrEvilKitteh> in the direction of the tower.
[02:05] <[Morgan]> Morgan raised an eyebrow before turning an attention back to their mission. Whatever it was, hopefully it wouldn't be seriously crippling for Alexa.
[02:05] <[Morgan]> *turning her
[02:07] <Tangent> Amelia frowns, but follows Iris, sword raised...though she looks to Alexa a few more times as they creep along.
[02:08] <Jran-Kri> Alexa pads silently after the others, her leather boots barely making a sound. She stares ahead of them almost as intently as she stares at Iris' back
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[02:09] <Tangent> Amelia bites her lip, but looks ahead.
[02:10] <DrEvilKitteh> (Perception rolls.)
[02:10] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
[02:10] <+Internets> :: Total 20 / 20 [100%] :: Results [20] ::
[02:10] <[Morgan]_> .d 1d20
[02:10] <+Internets> :: Total 14 / 20 [70%] :: Results [14] ::
[02:11] <Tangent> .d 1d20
[02:11] <+Internets> :: Total 4 / 20 [20%] :: Results [4] ::
[02:11] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d20
[02:11] <+Internets> :: Total 11 / 20 [55%] :: Results [11] ::
[02:11] <WhiteKnight> .d 1d20+5
[02:11] <+Internets> :: Total 25 / 25 [100%] :: Results [20] ::
[02:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Shiiiit. /Two/ 20's.)
[02:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Internets is a kind RNG.)
[02:12] <[Morgan]_> (Heh.)
[02:12] <[Morgan]_> (Berry niceu)
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[02:17] <[Morgan]_> (Bump)
[02:18] <DrEvilKitteh> (R5, hush.)
[02:19] <DrEvilKitteh> When the street leveled out, the five could see that the tower extended about 60 feet above the street.  Alexa, Ayako, and Morgan spotted brass-colored figures moving around at the top; the guards seemed to be some kind of clockwork automatons. Both Alexa and Ayako saw and heard two very important things. First, that there was...some sort of gap in the road. With the way the “hill” tilted,
[02:19] <DrEvilKitteh> they could just make out the opposite...side? The tower came up from beyond the edge of the street on this side of the gap, and they could hear the distant sounds of movement, whirring, clanging... Basically, working. However, Ayako with her ever-keen eyes figured out something important by piecing together everything she noticed: This spot, where the tower poked up from and the sounds originated
[02:19] <DrEvilKitteh> from, was a crater of sorts. It was as if a section of the Overcity had been torn up and moved elsewhere, had a sinkhole suddenly form beneath it, or...had...something, probably many somethings, dig it up.
[02:20] <WhiteKnight> "... Whoa. That's kinda fucked up," Ayako mumbles as shie pieces it together.
[02:22] <Tangent> "...Right. That's all got to go." Amelia says brightly. "Wonder if it burns?"
[02:23] <[Morgan]_> "These armored creatures are of metal, so that answers one question." Morgan muttered, observing the guards patrolling the top. "And I suppose there's only one way to find out, is there not?"
[02:23] <Jran-Kri> Alexa adjusts her glasses as she peers around Iris' head at the tower. On some level, it's somewhat impressive -- which is why she was so surprised when Ayako spoke. Nonetheless, she nods shortly despite a side-ways glance. "Yes, can't have any of it. Can't just build a tower in a street, no sir. Proper zoning laws and all."
[02:23] <WhiteKnight> "This whole place... they've... well. No nicer way to put it. They mined the fuck out of it. And that's... a bit disturbing.
[02:23] <WhiteKnight> What the hell could be under here...?"
[02:24] <[Morgan]_> "Something terrible, undoubtably."
[02:24] <Tangent> "Well, it's going to be rubble soon, soooooo...." Amelia shrugs, attention split between the tower, Alexa...and Iris.
[02:24] <Jran-Kri> "... God in Heaven," Alexa mutters, looking back at the tower in shock. "Yes, ah -- Well. I'm sure we'll find out soon."
[02:25] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris listened and stared, silver-white eyes glowing slightly. "...Sneak to the tower. Attack at the top. Make it quiet. Go down. Destroy them all."
[02:27] <WhiteKnight> "Top to bottom. Got it." Ayako looks up to the top, growling at the audacity of these guys... and suddenly, grinning at her own.
[02:28] <[Morgan]_> Morgan didn't need telling twice. She immediately rose a few feet into the air on her wings, preparing to attempt flight to the top while still being undetected. "They will know pain today." she declared, determined to purge the undead.
[02:32] <Jran-Kri> "Yes. Well. As good a plan as any," Alexa adjusts her glasses again. At all this resoluteness, Alexa glancing around somewhat awkwardly. "Yes. Right. Kill them all, let God sort them out."
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[02:34] <Tangent> Amelia gives her a thumbs up, looking at her hopefully.
[15:45] <DrEvilKitteh> Morgan, Iris, and Ayako all managed to hide well enough as they approached the tower. Presumably, flying close to the tower or quickly scaling the side of it in such a way that allowed them to avoid detection. As for Amelia and Alexa, however...they were not so lucky. Some of the guards at the top noticed them as they attempted to ascend the tower, and consequently went to shoot at them.
[15:45] <DrEvilKitteh> (Relative to the enemies: Morgan and Ayako are Far and flying, Iris is Close, Alexa and Amelia are Far. Enemies who are aware have a surprise round on Alexa and Amelia, and Morgan, Ayako, and Iris have a surprise round on them afterwords.)
[15:46] <[Morgan]> (Ok.)
[15:46] <WhiteKnight> (Got it)
[15:48] <Jran-Kri> ((Ready when you are.))
[15:49] <Tangent> (ready to die now~)
[15:50] <DrEvilKitteh> Two short humanoids made from brass peaked over the battlements and clattered their metal jaws when they noticed Alexa and Amelia. Together, they lifted two weapons that resembled crossbows and opened fire with a rapid, automatic-like barrage of bolts.
[15:50] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 v 7 multi 2 v (First attacking Alexa, second attacking Amelia.)
[15:50] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 7d:[10, 10, 4, 2, 8, 7, 3] = 6; 7d:[4, 4, 8, 1, 3, 3, 5] = 1.Total successes: 7
[15:50] <DrEvilKitteh> In addition to the humanoids was a large...clockwork bird of prey. It had been “preening” itself when it spotted Alexa out of the corner of its eye, and so gave a metallic squawk and hopped into the air. Gears churned as its wings flapped, then slashed at the air, sending several razor-sharp feathers at the girl.
[15:50] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 v 7 (Attacking Alexa)
[15:50] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [5, 10, 2, 5, 9, 10, 6, 8, 9]. Successes total: 7
[15:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa should make two different defense rolls.)
[15:50] <Tangent> (one sec pls, checking rules)
[15:51] <Jran-Kri> ((These are all ranged attacks, yes?))
[15:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yep.)
[15:52] <[Morgan]> (The +2 counts for defense as well, right?)
[15:52] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yes.)
[15:52] <[Morgan]> (K, good)
[15:52] <DrEvilKitteh> (But Morgan's not currently being attacked by anything.)
[15:53] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 multi 2 v Dodge, FP on both for 5/7
[15:53] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: 6d:[3, 9, 8, 5, 4, 9] = 3; 6d:[9, 7, 6, 5, 8, 9] = 4.Total successes: 7
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[15:54] <[Morgan]> (I know, I'm just asking in advance)
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[15:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright, so that would be 1 success each. The Soldier's Crossbow Barrage does 1 Wound per success, no Soak Pen. So Alexa loses a Soak from that. The Sentinel's (Bird) does Soak Pen 1, so you'd lose 2 Soak from that. 3 Soak total lost.)
[15:57] <Tangent> "Hey!" Amelia screams. "Get away from her!" Flashes of half-remembered nightmares seem to dance through her thoughts, and her attention's on Alexa...mostly, as she prays her friend hasn't been hurt too badly.
[15:57] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll Amelia's Dodge too, mate.)
[16:00] <Tangent> !ex 4 vs 7
[16:00] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [7, 7, 9, 7]. Successes total: 4
[16:00] <Tangent> (Too late to luck?)
[16:01] <DrEvilKitteh> The bolts aimed at Amelia whizzed past her, however. Seems the clockwork humanoid had been a little too hasty when it attempted to shoot her.
[16:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako, Iris, Morgan, roll Initiative.)
[16:01] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7
[16:01] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 5]. Successes total: 3
[16:02] <[Morgan]> !ex 7
[16:02] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: please make sure the dice pool size is specified correctly. Must be a number between 1 and 100.
[16:02] <[Morgan]> !ex 7 v
[16:02] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [7, 10, 1, 9, 4, 3, 5]. Successes total: 4
[16:02] <WhiteKnight> !ex 9 v
[16:02] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [4, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 8, 1]. Successes total: 1
[16:04] <DrEvilKitteh> (For surprise round, Morgan/Iris/Ayako. There are 4 Clockwork Soldiers, the humanoids, and one Clockwork Sentinel, the bird of prey. 2 of the Soldiers and the Sentinel are aware of Amelia and Alexa, the other 2 are still unaware.)
[16:05] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[16:05] <[Morgan]> !ex 10 v Morgan takes aim at the Clockwork Sentinel, thinking that now is a good time for another Water Jet. Also, she hates birds.
[16:05] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [2, 1, 10, 6, 3, 6, 1, 7, 8, 7]. Successes total: 5
[16:06] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 v (Sentinel tank!)
[16:06] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 5, 1, 6, 3, 6, 4]. Botch!
[16:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (/Wow/.)
[16:06] <[Morgan]> (Kek?)
[16:08] <DrEvilKitteh> The bird shrieked and tumbled from the highly unexpected blast of water, which sent it crashing into the side of the battlements. It flipped, spun, and slammed into the the floor on the top of the tower. It was still definitely alive, but very wet and irritated, judging by its harsh metal growls.
[16:08] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[16:08] <WhiteKnight> (Niiice.)
[16:08] <[Morgan]> (Can't something the Morgan)
[16:09] <[Morgan]> (Borgan, mebeh)
[16:09] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris sprang over the top of the battlements, going high into the air. Her warhammer materialized, and she descended towards the Sentinel with a vengeance. (All-Out)
[16:09] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 10 vs 7 (FP, 4/5)
[16:09] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 8, 5, 5, 7, 10, 4, 7, 4, 7]. Successes total: 8
[16:10] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 v Parry
[16:10] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 5, 6, 10, 4, 8, 7, 9]. Successes total: 7
[16:12] <DrEvilKitteh> The Sentinel flapped its wings angrily and tried to slash at Iris with them, but she came too fast and too hard. The warhammer cracked onto the side of the oversized bass bird's head, sending it tumbling across the floor again. It was dazed and definitely injured by then, metal feathers bent and poking in weird directions as it attempted to regain its footing. Or clawing. Because birds have
[16:12] <DrEvilKitteh> claws and talons instead of feet, y'know?
[16:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[16:13] <[Morgan]> (I almost feel sorry for that bird.)
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[16:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (You literally took away all its Soak, and Iris took it below half HP.)
[16:13] <[Morgan]> (Wow. Poor winged sumbitch never stood a chance.)
[16:14] <WhiteKnight> Ayako flies overhead, coursing lightning through her nocked arrow and taking aim at the damaged bird! If this one shot could finish it off...! (Hollow Point, Flash of Steel III, FP. FoS III: +1 soak pen, +1 wound if wounds are dealt, -2 on target's defense.  7/10 MP, 7/8 FP)
[16:14] <WhiteKnight> !ex 10 v
[16:14] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [7, 1, 4, 4, 6, 9, 3, 6, 7, 3]. Successes total: 3
[16:15] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 2 v Dodge
[16:15] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 9]. Successes total: 2
[16:17] <DrEvilKitteh> The Sentinel's shrieks became unpleasant grinding, its body jittering after an arrow pierced its body. It definitely seemed to be on its last legs.
[16:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia, Alexa, Initiative rolls for proper Init. Order. Clockwork baddies will roll as well.)
[16:17] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 v AGI
[16:17] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [10, 6, 2, 6, 10, 7]. Successes total: 5
[16:18] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 v 7 multi 4 v (Soldiers)
[16:18] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 5d:[2, 3, 7, 10, 5] = 3; 5d:[5, 8, 10, 3, 10] = 5; 5d:[3, 10, 8, 2, 5] = 3; 5d:[10, 2, 8, 5, 4] = 3.Total successes: 14
[16:18] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 v (Sentinel)
[16:18] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 9, 5, 10]. Successes total: 4
[16:18] <DrEvilKitteh> (...I'll just count that first one for all the soldiers, actually.)
[16:19] <Tangent> !ex 4 v AGI
[16:19] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [3, 9, 10, 5]. Successes total: 3
[16:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (Initiative Order: Alexa/Morgan/Sentinel/Iris/Soldiers/Amelia/Ayako)
[16:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[16:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (You and Amelia are at Far.)
[16:23] <Jran-Kri> Alexa, somewhat shaken by being shot at despite her cloak barely keeping it all back, is quite content to remain in place. She tries to keep a small profile as she once again suffuses Amelia with a bright red glow. [Blessings of the Hero, 2 Mana: +1 offensive dice]
[16:23] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[16:23] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head, worried and angry. "Alexa, no, you're hurt!"
[16:23] <[Morgan]> (initiative roll?)
[16:23] <DrEvilKitteh> (No, you go next. Attack the fuckers.)
[16:24] <[Morgan]> (Roger that)
[16:24] <Tangent> "Focus on yourself!"
[16:25] <[Morgan]> !ex 10 v "Time to finish you off!" Morgan yelled to the Sentinel, liking to think that the damnable creature understood what she was saying. She fired an Ice Barrage upon the creature, praying it would be enough to kill it.
[16:25] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [1, 2, 9, 10, 6, 10, 9, 1, 7, 9]. Successes total: 8
[16:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (Do you also wish to target two of the soldiers as well? You can target up to 3 without incurring dice penalties.)
[16:27] <[Morgan]> Sure.
[16:27] <[Morgan]> *(Sure.)
[16:28] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 v 7 (Sentinel)
[16:28] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 1, 7, 7]. Successes total: 4
[16:28] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 v 7 multi 2 v (Soldiers #1 and #2)
[16:28] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 5d:[9, 2, 9, 5, 8] = 3; 5d:[6, 2, 1, 7, 2] = 1.Total successes: 4
[16:31] <DrEvilKitteh> The clockwork bird has several shards of ice impale it directly through the head, wings, and body, pinning its now-limp body to the floor of the tower top. Two of the soldiers writhed when shards impacted their bodies, Pinning them in place.
[16:31] <[Morgan]> ("Flock off, featherface.")
[16:31] <DrEvilKitteh> (Sentinel is up next...! Except it's dead. Iris!)
[16:32] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris, noting Morgan using ice magic as well, decided to go for the two pinned Soldiers with a flurry of rapid strikes. (All-Out)
[16:33] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 v 7
[16:33] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 8, 9, 9, 6, 4, 6, 2, 10]. Successes total: 5
[16:34] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 2 v Parry (#1)
[16:34] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 4]. Successes total: 1
[16:34] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 1 v Parry (#2)
[16:34] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1]. Botch!
[16:35] <DrEvilKitteh> With two swift blows, Iris' warhammer smashed through the chests of each Soldier, sending them to the ground in pieces.
[16:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (Soldiers!)
[16:36] <DrEvilKitteh> With only two remaining, they turn on Iris. The sound of grinding and whirring in their bodies intensified, becoming louder as they moved with rapid speed. Swords were drawn, and they darted at Iris. (Overclock Engaged.)
[16:37] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 v 7 multi 2 v
[16:37] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 9d:[8, 10, 8, 9, 10, 3, 6, 5, 7] = 8; 9d:[1, 6, 3, 5, 3, 3, 2, 8, 5] = 1.Total successes: 9
[16:37] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 v 7 multi 2 v
[16:37] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 8d:[7, 2, 2, 9, 7, 2, 5, 8] = 4; 8d:[2, 6, 9, 9, 7, 9, 6, 7] = 5.Total successes: 9
[16:38] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris successfully parried one of the soldiers, kneeing it away, but the other slipped past her defenses and gave her a cut on the arm.
[16:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[16:38] <Tangent> Amelia's worried for Alexa...But it's Iris that needs her help right now! With a yell, she shoots out of cover, trailing flames as she darts right at the soldiers!
[16:39] <Tangent> (Can dash attack be multitarget or not?)
[16:39] <DrEvilKitteh> (Um...I don't think so.)
[16:40] <Tangent> (Alright, she's Dash attack+FLAME ON for 1 Magic against the one that cut Iris.
[16:40] <Tangent> !ex 6 vs 7
[16:40] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [1, 1, 7, 6, 1, 4]. Successes total: 1
[16:40] <Tangent> (kek)
[16:41] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 v 7
[16:41] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 1, 9, 1, 7, 7, 7, 7]. Successes total: 6
[16:41] <DrEvilKitteh> The Clockwork Soldier heard Amelia's shout and moved with surprising speed, sword slashing to deftly cut into an exposed spot on Amelia's body. (-1 Wound from Parry.)
[16:41] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[16:43] <Tangent> Amelia staggers, flames flickering as she feels a sudden, intense pain across her waist- if she'd rushed in at the wrong angle, she might have been bisected. As it is, she's just left with a gash and gasping for air.
[16:43] <WhiteKnight> Still flying overhead, the merc takes aim at the powered up soldiers crowding around Iris! [Hollow Point, two targets.]
[16:43] <WhiteKnight> !ex 10 multi 2 v 7
[16:43] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: 10d:[7, 1, 1, 9, 4, 1, 3, 9, 6, 8] = 4; 10d:[7, 9, 3, 1, 3, 8, 9, 2, 1, 1] = 4.Total successes: 8
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[16:44] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 v 7 multi 2 v (Soldiers #3-4 Dodge!)
[16:44] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 7d:[9, 6, 8, 10, 3, 6, 2] = 4; 7d:[4, 2, 2, 7, 8, 1, 9] = 3.Total successes: 7
[16:45] <DrEvilKitteh> Soldier #3, which seemed to have the best-wound gears and springs at the current time as evidenced by how it hit Iris and Amelia, jerked when an arrow grazed its torso. The other Soldier staggered back, more affected from the shaft now poking out of its leg.
[16:45] <DrEvilKitteh> (Top of the round. Alexa!)
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[16:48] <Jran-Kri> Alexa merely shakes her head as Amelia gets off -- before cringing as she's wounded. But it's merely a flesh wound, surely. Instead, the red glow suffuses around Amelia again, darker this time. [Blessings of the Hero, 4 Mana: +2 offensive dice]
[16:49] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[16:50] <[Morgan]_> !ex 10 v Seeing that Soldiers #3 and #4 are still operational, Morgan aims to fix that with a gust of Frost Breath.
[16:50] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [1, 7, 3, 2, 1, 9, 6, 10, 2, 8]. Successes total: 5
[16:51] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 v 7 multi 2 v (Soldiers Resist!)
[16:51] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 9d:[6, 7, 7, 2, 5, 4, 8, 7, 5] = 4; 9d:[2, 10, 1, 4, 7, 10, 3, 3, 7] = 6.Total successes: 10
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[16:52] <DrEvilKitteh> Soldier #3, maybe having been thrown off-balance by the arrow, now found that its foot was frozen to the rooftop. #4 had managed to avoided the worst of it, however.
[16:52] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[16:53] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris focused on Soldier #3 with her next few brutal attacks, as it had been the one to wound both herself and Amelia. (All-Out.)
[16:53] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 10 v 7 (Iris attack!)
[16:53] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 9, 8, 2, 7, 8, 9, 4, 2, 10]. Successes total: 7
[16:53] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 v 7 (Soldier Parry!)
[16:53] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 2, 6, 1, 3, 6, 1, 1]. Successes total: 1
[16:55] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris knocked the Soldier's sword away, slid beneath it's frantic punch, and swung her warhammer around to smash its frozen leg off. It was swept off its feet by the blow and feel back, right onto Iris' backswing. The hook on the back of her warhammer pierced the Soldier directly through the core, ending it instantly.
[16:56] <DrEvilKitteh> Four down, one to go...
[16:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Soldiers!)
[16:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Soldier, singular.)
[16:57] <DrEvilKitteh> Still seeing Iris as the biggest thread, the last remaining Soldier readied its sword and attacked with a flurry of slashes.
[16:57] <[Morgan]_> (Nice.)
[16:57] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 v 7 (Soldier attack!)
[16:57] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 7, 2, 5, 7, 5, 7, 5, 3]. Successes total: 3
[16:57] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 v 7 (Iris Parry!)
[16:57] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 2, 4, 6, 7, 2, 7, 7]. Successes total: 4
[16:58] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris, however, had gotten a rhythm going. She locked the blade with her warhammer and lunged forward, headbutting the Soldier and denting its face, sending it staggering back a few paces.
[16:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[17:00] <Tangent> Amelia darts in, exploiting the opening her friend's left in the soldier's defenses!
[17:00] <Tangent> She slashes!
[17:01] <Tangent> !ex 10 vs 7
[17:01] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 6, 1, 8, 6, 10, 10, 1, 5, 9]. Successes total: 6
[17:01] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 v (Soldier Parry!)
[17:01] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 6, 4, 10, 9, 1, 10]. Successes total: 5
[17:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (What kind of attack, Cutting or All-Out?)
[17:01] <Tangent> (Cutting)
[17:02] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier staggered from the strike, a blackened gash now running up its side and to its "collarbone".
[17:02] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[17:03] <WhiteKnight> Ayako wastes no time taking another lightning-charged shot at the remaining Soldier! [Hollow Point, Flash of Steel III, 4/10 MP)
[17:03] <WhiteKnight> !ex 10 v
[17:03] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [10, 2, 10, 10, 2, 3, 1, 7, 3, 3]. Successes total: 7
[17:04] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 v 7 (Soldier Dodge!)
[17:04] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 10, 9, 1]. Successes total: 5
[17:05] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier stumbled, and tried to regain its footing, barely managing to do so with an arrow sticking out of its body. It was still alive, if only just.
[17:05] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[17:12] <Jran-Kri> Alexa continues to pump Amelia full of energy! [Blessings of the Hero, 2 Mana: +1 offensive dice.]
[17:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[17:13] <Tangent> "Damnit, no! Alexa, heal yourself!" Amelia shakes her head.
[17:14] <[Morgan]_> !ex 10 v Morgan activates a final Water Jet to finish off the Soldier. "May you find peace." she muttered for its sake.
[17:14] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [7, 3, 3, 7, 6, 7, 4, 9, 2, 4]. Successes total: 4
[17:15] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 v (Soldier resist!)
[17:15] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 1, 10, 7, 6]. Successes total: 4
[17:16] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier swung its sword and sidestepped, but the jet knocked the blade askew and crumpled its arm up. The Soldier stood, twitching, barely active, but still up.
[17:16] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[17:16] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 10 v 7 (All-Out!)
[17:16] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 7, 9, 9, 1, 9, 6, 6, 2, 1]. Successes total: 4
[17:16] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 v (Soldier Parry!)
[17:16] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 1, 1, 2, 1]. Botch!
[17:17] <DrEvilKitteh> With extreme predjudice, Iris literally hammered the last Soldier into many, /many/ different pieces.
[17:17] <DrEvilKitteh> And all was quiet.
[17:17] <[Morgan]_> (Damn, Soldier 3 was a bit of a badass)
[17:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (Combat End.)
[17:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (All Mana and Soak is regained.)
[17:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (For reference, I envisioned the Soldiers being about 5' tall and looking roughly like this: http://imgur.com/tqQdstc )
[17:19] <Jran-Kri> As the fighting grinds to a halt, Alexa begins to clamber on up the tower, hopping along small stepping-stone like barriers. Hooking her staff into her elbow, she claps her hands once. "W-well! Ah. Good show, everyone."
[17:19] <[Morgan]_> Morgan touched down on the rooftop, victory stretching as she looked upon everyone's handiwork.
[17:19] <Tangent> Amelia frowns, letting her sword drop...then storms over to Alexa as soon as she's close enough. "Alexa...Are you hurt?" She asks, bluntly.
[17:20] <WhiteKnight> Ayako lands upon the roof, inspecting the scraps of the Sentinel and Soldiers. How bizarre that the larger, tougher machine was designed like a bird of prey than a humanoid. "Hmm... Iris, you've fought these things before, right? What can you tell me about the big, bird-looking one? Or... Well, one of your friends, when they're a bit less preoccupied."
[17:21] <Jran-Kri> "N-no," Alexa shakes her head, tugging at the remains of her red mantle. Due to its colour, it's hard to tell, but she doesn't appear to be breathing. Her staff comes up as a red glow settles around Amelia's wound, putting it back together. "You are, though."
[17:23] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris dismissed her warhammer and and inspected the cut on her arm. It was mostly superficial, and only stung a little bit. She relaxed for now and glanced over at Ayako. "I...do not...know. I...only saw them...before. The...mm...'Zom-bies' were the only ones...I have fought." A few seconds after saying that, she straightened and turned to walk over to the tower's battlements, looking over the
[17:23] <DrEvilKitteh> edge and down into the "crater" Ayako had noticed. Silently, without looking away, she beckoned to the others to join her.
[17:25] <[Morgan]_> Morgan walked over in curiosity. "What is it?" she asked, interested to see what was over the edge.
[17:26] <WhiteKnight> "I see," Ayako says with a nod. "Thanks anyway." She considers inspecting the pieces, but decides to look where Iris is looking.
[17:28] <Jran-Kri> Amelia taken care of, Alexa pads over to Iris. After a moment's hesitation, she heals her superficial wound, then peers over the edge.
[17:28] <Tangent> "Ah, just a scrat..." Amelia shrugs. "Thanks, anyway..."
[17:28] <Tangent> "Urgh. When I said I was sick of zombies, I didn't mean throw weirder things at me..." Amelia grumbles to no one in particular.
[17:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Now that the combat was over, the five could see what was on the other side of the castle-like tower. The “crater” in the Overcity, with sheer edges, was roughly circular and about a kilometer wide. The floor of the crater was about 200, 250 feet down. Additionally, they could see that the tower was but one part of a larger facility. Halfway down the cliffside, the tower emerged from an
[17:30] <DrEvilKitteh> industrial-looking structure, from which steam and smoke issued. It had two big gates on it for workers to go in and out, on the front and left (if you were facing the facility from the front) side.
[17:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Oh yes, and there were workers. On the floor of the crater, which was almost completely worn flat, many Clockwork Zombies moved about with wheelbarrows. They went back and forth from numerous holes in the “walls” of the crater, which were presumably where they were digging down into the earth--if one could call the ground of the Overcity “earth”--to the facility and back again. Going
[17:30] <DrEvilKitteh> out of the holes, the Zombies had wheelbarrows full of dirt, rock, metal, and the like. When they emerged from the facility, the wheelbarrows were empty, probably after they'd dumped what had been in them. From the holes, the sounds picks and some power tools like jackhammers could be heard, even at this height; the crater was good at conducting sounds and making them into echos, evidently.
[17:31] <DrEvilKitteh> “...Mining site,” Iris said softly after a short silence. Her eyes glowed softly again. “Roughly twenty to thirty 'Zombies' acting as workers. Eight metal men acting as guards for the workers near the mining holes alone. More likely inside the base. They /are/ digging for something here.”
[17:32] <Tangent> Amelia's face wrinkles in disgust at the foul sight. "Urgh." She says eloquently. "We can take a few zombies..."
[17:32] <Jran-Kri> "Good heavens," Alexa adjusts her glasses, watching them in fascination. "But what could possibly be underneath a city?"
[17:32] <[Morgan]_> "Well, that's comforting..." Morgan remarked sarcastically. "They're growing more intelligent."
[17:33] <Tangent> "Dunno, but I think we're better off if they don't find out...Just a hunch."
[17:34] <Jran-Kri> "... Well, if we're going to stop them, we might as well know what it is we're stopping," Alexa points out, waggling a finger.
[17:34] <WhiteKnight> "Damn..." Ayako mumbles. "Now that's tenacity. Unearthing part of a city..."
[17:35] <DrEvilKitteh> "No," Iris directed at Morgan. "They are practically mindless. They...are directed by something or someone else. The metal men and bird were smarter, however."
[17:36] <[Morgan]_> "Shall we take bets on who is behind all of this?" Morgan asked Iris, looking away from the zombies. "I bet on ancient eldritch horrors."
[17:36] <Tangent> "My bet's on 'on fire'."
[17:36] <Tangent> Amelia scowls. "Whatever's killing people for zombies, doing all this...It needs to go."
[17:37] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh, forgot to say. The width of the tower is about 25-30 feet. Not the most important thing, but good for details.)
[17:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Also, we will be stopping in ~15-20 minutes for Tangent. And then maybe doing a bit more when he gets back around 9-ish, though not for long since WK needs to get off at a reasonable time tonight.)
[17:39] <[Morgan]_> (Ok)
[17:39] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris shrugged awkwardly at Morgan. "...I do not know." Her eyes ceased glowing. "Re-gard-less, they...must still die."
[17:40] <[Morgan]_> "You are not even wrong."
[17:42] <Jran-Kri> "Right. Right, of course," Alexa agrees primly. She perks up on her toes, reciting quietly as she continues to stare down at the worker ants. "'He will requite my enemies with evil, in thy faithfulness put an end to them...'"
[17:43] <WhiteKnight> Ayako seems a bit more interested in the mining itself. She hums. "No doubt, this needs to be stopped. But, man, looks and sounds like quite a lot of activity down there..."
[17:45] <[Morgan]_> "Whatever they are looking for, they are truly beyond desperate to find it." Morgan agreed, peering a little closer at what was happening below. "We should probably act soon."
[17:45] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris turned and stalked over to the door on the floor of the towertop. It was wooden, a couple meters wide. She stomped on it, breaking the lock on the outside, and quickly bent down to flip the door up and open. Stairs led down into a dimly-lit room below, but no clockwork enemies seemed to be right down there at that time. "Shall we go?" she asked of the group at large.
[17:46] <Tangent> "Right there with you!" Amelia raises her sword, glancing to Alexa.
[17:46] <WhiteKnight> "The sooner, the better," Ayako replies, placing herself near the door.
[17:46] <Jran-Kri> "O-of course," Alexa bobs her head, her mantle swishing as she turns around to stalk after Iris.
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[17:47] <[Morgan]_> Morgan's eyes narrowed suspiciously at the room's lighting, but scurried along regardless. As long as they were together, they would be fine.
[17:47] <[Morgan]_> *but she
[21:28] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris nodded and summoned her warhammer again as she descended first into the tower. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs, she paused and held out a hand, conjuring a few cloaks. “...Here.” She held two of them out to Amelia and Alexa, and one to Morgan. She kept a fourth for herself and easily swung it over herself, and upon doing so, the others would see that the cloak's surface changed
[21:28] <DrEvilKitteh> and altered to allow it to better camouflage itself against the background. As for Ayako, Iris hesitated and looked sheepish. “Those...were...the only ones. Sorry.”
[21:28] <DrEvilKitteh> (Camo Cloaks. +2 Dice to Stealth checks~)
[21:29] <WhiteKnight> The lighting girl shrugs, cracking a smile. "It's alright," she whispers. "You guys probably need 'em more."
[21:29] <Tangent> Amelia blinks. "...Thanks, Iris." She's not sure sneaking around'll help...but she's not going to turn down Iris's help.
[21:29] <Jran-Kri> "... Oh my," Alexa says, quite impressed. She takes the cloak gratefully, wrapping it around herself. "Neat trick," she says, resolutely unimpressed.
[21:29] <[Morgan]> Morgan took a cloak, feeling the cloth in her hands. Deeming it adequate for use, she put it on. "My thanks." she responded to Iris.
[21:31] <Tangent> Amelia glances at her arm as she slips in on and off herself. "Hey, invisibility cloaks..." She comments, remembering a...book? Film? She'd once seen... "Neat!"
[21:32] <[Morgan]> She put the hood of the cloak over her head, smiling a little as memory or two came back to her. "Yes, these will be sufficient for our mission." Morgan said with satisfaction.
[21:32] <[Morgan]> *as a
[21:33] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris nodded and spun her warhammer around once, feeling a little antsy, and turned to make her way down the tower. They could use the elevator, but Iris opted against it, as that would probably lead them directly into the middle of a bunch of enemies.
[21:36] <DrEvilKitteh> It was on the fourth floor down when they first saw something new. A little brass automaton about nine inches tall, with several legs and photoreceptors on three antennae, scurried across the hall in front of them. The lighting was still dim, but from what they saw, it hadn't looked at them at all.
[21:38] <WhiteKnight> Ayako squints at the tiny machine. She looks over to Iris and whispers "Should I hit it?"
[21:42] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris had paused and crouched near a doorway upon seeing it. "...Maybe." There was the sound of more tiny metal legs skittering across the stone floor that echoed through the hall, indicating more of the small clockwork critters. "Shoot one...if...you see another. We will see...how they react."
[21:44] <WhiteKnight> "Gotcha," the ex-merc answers, attentively listening for any further disturbances. Something about all that skittering didn't sit right with her...
[21:46] <Tangent> "Hey, Iris, where'd you get these anyway?" Amelia murmurs, eyes darting around and hand on her sword.
[21:46] <[Morgan]> "Careful. There might be a whole hive of them." Morgan whispered quietly, eyeing the machine warily despite its size. "We don't want to be overrun, unlikely as that possibility is."
[21:47] <DrEvilKitteh> Slowly, Iris started moving again, still hunkered down in a crouch. "Stole them," she whispered back at Amelia. "From...Bad. Er...from...enemies on...my world." Morgan's words caused her to nod. "Yes. We must...be cautious."
[21:48] <Tangent> "Hey...They were bad guys, so it's not stealing..." Amelia rationalizes. "...Right." She thinks they could still take them, but if Iris wants to be careful...
[21:49] <Jran-Kri> Alexa grumbles under her breath at all of this, but it would be rather hypocritical of her to voice her thoughts aloud given that she'd hiding beneath the cloak. "Yes. Well. No rush.È
[21:53] <DrEvilKitteh> They got down another floor before seeing a second of the little machines. It was slightly different in shape from the first, but it was similar enough. In more detail, the catflap--or a clockwork equivalent--of a door behind them opened to allow the critter to skitter out. Would Ayako take the shot...?
[21:55] <WhiteKnight> The merc shakes her head. No. "Not even sure if it saw us... or even cared. Probably just a caretaker bot, too much risk of drawing attention by breaking it," she reasons.
[21:56] <Tangent> Amelia frowns. "Sooner or later, they're going to notice us..." She comments.
[21:57] <Tangent> Or at least a shimmering, short, vaguely Amelia shaped blob blending into the gloom comments.
[21:57] <[Morgan]> "Perhaps. Let us pray our luck holds out."
[21:57] <WhiteKnight> "Better later than sooner, then," Ayako responds curtly.
[21:58] <Tangent> "I dunno...might be better just to deal with it." Amelia shrugs, the cloak rippling.
[21:58] <Tangent> "Is it clear?"
[21:59] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris beckoned and started off again, walking to another set of stairs to go down once more. "Clear."
[22:01] <Jran-Kri> Alexa continues to plod silently after Iris, keeping towards the back of the group.
[22:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Stealth checks.)
[22:01] <[Morgan]> Morgan gripped her stave tighter from under her cloak, her breathing controlled, calm, and (most importantly) almost silent. They were getting closer now, that much was obvious. All that remained was the question of if they would be spotted.
[22:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Remember, everyone gets +2 except for Ayako.)
[22:02] <Tangent> !ex 8 vs 7
[22:02] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 6, 2, 5, 1, 2, 10, 8]. Successes total: 3
[22:02] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v (Iris Sneak!)
[22:02] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 9, 4, 3, 6, 10, 10, 7, 7, 8, 10]. Successes total: 10
[22:02] <[Morgan]> !ex 12 v (Stealth)
[22:02] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [3, 10, 10, 6, 5, 2, 10, 9, 5, 2, 2, 7]. Successes total: 8
[22:02] <WhiteKnight> !ex 13 v (stealth!)
[22:02] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [8, 10, 1, 3, 4, 10, 8, 4, 5, 10, 7, 10, 4]. Successes total: 11
[22:02] <DrEvilKitteh> (Holy fawk.)
[22:02] <Tangent> Amelia's foot catches on the too-large cloak...and she stumbles, nearly pulling it off her completely.
[22:03] <Jran-Kri> !ex 9 v 7
[22:03] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [7, 3, 2, 8, 1, 5, 8, 10, 8]. Successes total: 6
[22:04] <[Morgan]> Morgan looked behind her in alarm, seeing what had happened. She quickly tried to help as best as she could, mentally cursing as she did so.
[22:04] <Tangent> "Sorry!" Amelia hisses, bright red with embarassment under her cloak...and mercifully invisible.
[22:05] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 v 7 multi 3 v (Spot/Hearing!)
[22:05] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 6d:[5, 7, 7, 10, 1, 10] = 6; 6d:[8, 1, 6, 4, 9, 5] = 2; 6d:[3, 6, 2, 5, 10, 1] = 2.Total successes: 10
[22:05] <[Morgan]> "It is fine." Morgan assured her. "Just be more careful."
[22:09] <DrEvilKitteh> Most of the way down, just a couple floors above the point where the tower and the facility joined properly, things...seemed to go silent after Amelia messed up.
[22:09] <DrEvilKitteh> Then some familiar metallic skittering started to come closer...along with quick, metal footfalls. A couple of the small, familiar automatons appeared around a corner up ahead, one looking around in what could be curiosity, the other darting back glances at something behind it with its photoreceptors. The whirring and footsteps of something bigger walking near came from around the corner,
[22:09] <DrEvilKitteh> heralding a lone, investigating Soldier.
[22:10] <Tangent> "...Uh oh." Amelia gulps. "...I think it saw me..."
[22:10] <Tangent> She's more embarassed than anything.
[22:15] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris quickly scooted back and hugged Amelia close, pulling her more into a doorway to give them a /little/ bit more cover. Hopefully having two camo cloaks would help...
[22:15] <DrEvilKitteh> (Tangent, roll Stealth again.)
[22:16] <Tangent> !ex 8 vs 7
[22:16] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 9, 3, 8, 5, 10, 4, 5]. Successes total: 4
[22:16] <Tangent> Amelia stops breathing for a moment, holding her breath and going still.
[22:17] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v (Iris assist!)
[22:17] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 6, 1, 9, 2, 3, 10, 8, 1, 5, 6]. Successes total: 5
[22:17] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 v 7 (Soldier Spot!)
[22:17] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 3, 3, 4, 2, 10]. Successes total: 3
[22:21] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier appeared and looked around, short sword in hand and photoreceptors burning orange-ish. Its "mouth" gnashed a few times, giving the appearance that it was annoyed by something. Then, there was...well, no other way to put it aside from /frantic/ skittering coming from the other end of the hallway. A third smaller bot had appeared and was practically screaming as it raced down the
[22:21] <DrEvilKitteh> corridor to the Soldier, holding a device at least twice its size in two of its manipulator limbs above its head. The Soldier stepped back, then sheathed the sword and followed after the third tiny automaton as it went back in the direction the Soldier had come from. Maybe from where it had been patroling, or...guarding?
[22:21] <DrEvilKitteh> (What do~?)
[22:22] <[Morgan]> (Follow him?)
[22:22] <Tangent> "Follow it?" Amelia whispers to Iris. She's trying to concentrate- focus, Amelia- just inches away from the much taller girl.
[22:22] <DrEvilKitteh> (Talk about it IC, mate.)
[22:23] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods before remembering that this gesture was almost impossible to see. "Y-yes, we should follow it," she agrees.
[22:23] <[Morgan]> "Following it could get us somewhere." Morgan mumbled, relieved that they hadn't been seen.
[22:24] <WhiteKnight> Ayako swallows, eyes hardening. "That's an idea. But be ready to strike if we happen to get lead into an ambush."
[22:24] <Tangent> *pressed against the much taller
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[22:28] <DrEvilKitteh> "Some could...stay back? Or...some could...keep going down?" Iris suggested in a whisper.
[22:28] <Tangent> "I'll go." Amelia volunteers quickly. "If there's trouble waiting for us, I'll deal with it."
[22:29] <[Morgan]> "Same." Morgan offered, looking quite determined.
[22:29] <Jran-Kri> "I-I'm coming with!" Alexa insists. She'd stomp her foot if she weren't trying to keep quiet.
[22:30] <WhiteKnight> "Splitting up is never a good idea if you can't communicate," Ayako growls. "So I'm going."
[22:32] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head equally intently. "No, Alexa...Don't...if something goes wrong..."
[22:33] <Jran-Kri> "I'll be there to put you back together," Alexa points out, her tone brooking no argument.
[22:33] <DrEvilKitteh> "Okay." Iris nodded and released Amelia from the hug to start following after the Soldier, skulking in the shadows to provide maximum concealment for herself. She'd wait at the next corner if the others were still arguing, though.
[22:34] <[Morgan]> "That is a valid point." Morgan chimed in, noticing Iris already on the move. "Well...let us go, in that case. We have no time to lose. Possibly."
[22:35] <Tangent> Amelia frowns...but nods. Alexa's one of the few people she won't get in a blazing argument with...and besides, the Soldier won't stay gone forever. She nods curtly, the gesture invisible, and follows Iris quickly. She can be ahead of Alexa, at least.
[22:35] <[Morgan]> With that, she trailed after the leader of the group.
[22:35] <Tangent> If anyone gets attacked first, it won't be her best friend.
[22:36] <WhiteKnight> Ayako hurries along, hiding her disdain. As the only uncloaked member of the party, however, she happens to lag behind, hoping it will make her less likely to be seen.
[22:36] <Jran-Kri> Alexa has no trouble sticking close behind Amelia -- she has no illusions as to her own durability. It's a grim fact.
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[22:37] <DrEvilKitteh> (Perception checks~)
[22:37] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d20
[22:37] <+Internets> :: Total 5 / 20 [25%] :: Results [5] ::
[22:37] <[Morgan]> .d 1d20
[22:37] <+Internets> :: Total 5 / 20 [25%] :: Results [5] ::
[22:37] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
[22:37] <+Internets> :: Total 18 / 20 [90%] :: Results [18] ::
[22:37] <Tangent> .d 1d20
[22:37] <+Internets> :: Total 7 / 20 [35%] :: Results [7] ::
[22:37] <WhiteKnight> .d 1d20+5
[22:37] <+Internets> :: Total 11 / 25 [44%] :: Results [6] ::
[22:38] <[Morgan]> (Kek)
[22:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa's the lucky one, then.)
[22:39] <Jran-Kri> ((See, this is why she wears glasses.))
[22:39] <[Morgan]> (MY BRAND)
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[22:43] <DrEvilKitteh> Everyone could hear a tinny voice being projected from...something. Or at least they thought it was a voice. Those were words, right? Albeit coming from an old-timey sounding device.
[22:43] <DrEvilKitteh> Alexa, however, due to a good ear or just being in the right spot for the echos to reach her, heard a few faint words...
[22:44] <Jran-Kri> Alexa cocks her head to one side, blinking owlishly. She looks around for the source. "... 'Laboratory set?'" She echoes confusedly. "I had one of those as a kid."
[22:44] == Zene|AFK has changed nick to Zene
[22:46] <Tangent> "Huh? Wait...like a mad scientist?"
[22:46] <[Morgan]> "That...seemingly makes no sense." Morgan said, who (to be fair) had no idea what a laboratory set was. "And what is a mad scientist?"
[22:47] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris furrowed her brow and continued to creep closer to the source of the voice in order to hear it better. She glanced over her shoulder back at Alexa--or rather, the blurry form of Alexa--and tilted her head at that. Mentally, she shrugged, and turned to continue on once more.
[22:47] <Jran-Kri> "W-well, n-no, i-it was j-just a silly ch-chemistry set," Alexa defends, audibly blushing. "N-nevermind. I-it just sounds l-like someone was... talking about one."
[22:48] <Tangent> "...No, I mean...Right...Never mind." Amelia mumbles. "That's weird...but if someone's talking, we should go see what they have to say for themselves..."
[22:48] <Tangent> "Or what they're talking to..."
[22:49] <WhiteKnight> "... Well, usually scientists are the ones that work with chemistry sets... Firebrand over there might not be far off." Ayako shrugs. "Eavesdropping sometimes raises more questions than answers. But it's a net gain either way, heh..."
[22:49] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone roll Stealth again~)
[22:49] <Jran-Kri> "A-ah yes, q-quite. I suppose there's got to be someone in charge of all these robots," Alexa bobs her head.
[22:49] <Jran-Kri> !ex 9 v 7
[22:49] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [7, 4, 2, 10, 4, 8, 10, 5, 9]. Successes total: 7
[22:49] <[Morgan]> !ex 12 v
[22:49] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [2, 10, 10, 9, 3, 6, 8, 10, 7, 9, 3, 5]. Successes total: 10
[22:50] <Tangent> !ex 8 vs 7
[22:50] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [8, 1, 7, 2, 1, 1, 8, 9]. Successes total: 4
[22:50] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v 7 (Iris Stealth!)
[22:50] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 6, 1, 3, 5, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2]. Botch!
[22:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (...The fuck, Zeneroller.)
[22:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (I thought we were cool or something.)
[22:50] <WhiteKnight> !ex 13 v
[22:50] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [9, 7, 5, 1, 9, 6, 8, 4, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6]. Successes total: 4
[22:50] <[Morgan]> (That ain't Zeneroller. That's just Dio)
[22:50] <WhiteKnight> (Z-roller giveth and taketh)
[22:51] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 v 7 multi 3 v (Soldiers' Three Spot!)
[22:51] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 6d:[3, 7, 8, 6, 7, 2] = 3; 6d:[7, 5, 3, 2, 10, 6] = 3; 6d:[5, 10, 7, 4, 1, 2] = 3.Total successes: 9
[22:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Wow.)
[22:53] <[Morgan]> (Oh, boy)
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[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris and co. crept closer, eventually coming to an intersection. The voice came from the right, and all of them could hear it now. “Ahhh, yes, that's /much/ better.” It was hard to tell, but it sounded like the voice was accented somewhat. Foreign. European, maybe?
[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> The ice girl went first and inches out of the rounded bend in the hallway. Gas lamps hung from the walls on either side of a big set of thick wooden doors, iron bars going across them for reinforcement. She could hear movement inside the room, evidently a couple Soldiers that were moving stuff within. Another Soldier stood guard outside the room, roughly halfway between where she was and the
[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> doors themselves. She couldn't see the source of the voice, however, so she tried to take another step forward to get a better look...
[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> “Now. /Assuming/ the traffic en route isn't /too/ horrible, I should be there within-”
[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> And Iris stepped on a small automaton. It crunched underfoot and she felt a small jolt from where she crushed the Core. She overreacted and somehow slipped on the metal critter's pieces, tipping forward with her hands snapping down to just barely keep keep her face from hitting the floor. Oh, and her camo cloak vanished, too.
[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> Well, on the /plus/ side, she saw where the voice was coming from: The tiny worker automaton holding the weird device above itself whirled to face her. The device looked like the horn part of a record player, albeit smaller and with a lens below the flared part, which whirred and adjusted to focus on her. In unison, the three Soldiers drew their swords and looked down at the prone Iris.
[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> “...I see we have a guest,” came the tinny voice from the communication device. “Would you like some tea, Miss...?”
[23:05] <DrEvilKitteh> And Iris just stared, body frozen. Partly in shock, partly because she wasn't quite sure what to do.
[23:06] <Tangent> "...Screw it." Amelia tugs off her cloak as well and storms forwards. "We've already eaten, thanks." She draws her sword. "Are you the one doing all this?" She demands.
[23:06] <[Morgan]> Morgan stepped forward as well, saying nothing and instead letting her neutral expression speak for her.
[23:07] <Tangent> Amelia's glaring forward at the worker with the...loudspeaker? Camera?
[23:07] <[Morgan]> She took off the cloak and sized up the machine making the noise.
[23:07] <[Morgan]> *her cloak
[23:08] <Jran-Kri> "... Oh, God in Heaven," Alexa freezes, momentarily entertaining the possibility of just staying still and letting Iris take the rap for that. But then Amelia storms forward, and Alexa pulls off her cloak and hurries after her, staring at the automatons in trepidation.
[23:08] <WhiteKnight> With a sigh, Ayako prepares to shoot just about every single bot she can see in the room, not even bothering to hide. There's a lot of arrows nocked in that bow of hers...
[23:10] <DrEvilKitteh> "Oho, we have /multiple/ guests~! I so wish I was there in person." The voice was almost jovial. "After all, tea you make with your own hands, rather than relying on the servers, is just so much better."
[23:10] <[Morgan]> "Who or what are you?" Morgan asked the voice sternly, not sure whether to go into attack mode just yet.
[23:13] <Tangent> "Tell me where you are, and I'll drop by for a visit before you know it!" Amelia retorts. "Are you the one behind these zombies? These monsters? What's the point?" Here, finally, is a chance for answers...even if the speaker isn't here.
[23:15] <WhiteKnight> "I really would like to know what the hell it is you're looking for here, while you're at it," Ayako adds. "Or you could just keep quiet, make us find out the hard way by busting your bots till we get to the bottom of this. Either's fine, really."
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[23:15] <DrEvilKitteh> “I'm a voice in a box!” The person on the other end of the radio/camera device cheerfully stated, rather obviously. “But you can call me The Alchemist.” The lens whirred and focused. “...Wait what? Zombies? There are no zombies here, little one!” There was a short pause. “Seriously, they're Clockwork Flesh Golems! Nothing like Zombies! I am shocked, appalled, and offended by that
[23:15] <DrEvilKitteh> insinuation!”
[23:15] <DrEvilKitteh> The two Soldiers in the back level their crossbows and make to pull the triggers.
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[23:16] <Tangent> "Deal with it! I'm breaking your zombies, and then I'm going to make you pay for turning people into those things!" Amelia yells at the box, determined to get her word in.
[23:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (Initiative~)
[23:17] <[Morgan]> Morgan was now prepared to leap into action upon seeing the crossbows leveled, convinced this was not going to end well for someone.
[23:17] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 v AGI
[23:17] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [5, 7, 6, 5, 10, 6]. Successes total: 3
[23:17] <[Morgan]> !ex 10 v
[23:17] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [10, 5, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7, 3, 3, 4]. Successes total: 7
[23:17] <WhiteKnight> !ex 11 v
[23:17] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [6, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 9, 1, 7, 4]. Successes total: 2
[23:17] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 v 7 (Iris Init!)
[23:17] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 1, 6, 7, 1, 8]. Successes total: 2
[23:17] <WhiteKnight> (awareness pls)
[23:17] <Tangent> !ex 4 v Agi
[23:17] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [3, 2, 1, 2]. Botch!
[23:18] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 v 7 multi 3 v
[23:18] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 5d:[4, 7, 5, 10, 4] = 3; 5d:[2, 2, 10, 10, 8] = 5.Total successes: 8
[23:18] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 v
[23:18] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 10, 2, 6, 7]. Successes total: 3
[23:18] <DrEvilKitteh> (Using that third roll for all three...)
[23:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Initiative Order: Morgan/Alexa/Soldiers/Ayako/Iris/Amelia)
[23:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[23:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Wipe the floor with 'em.)
[23:20] <[Morgan]> !ex 11 v The interrogation having failed, Morgan decided to open up by attacking three of the enemies in the room with an Ice Barrage.
[23:20] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [1, 8, 7, 1, 2, 1, 9, 6, 7, 8, 8]. Successes total: 6
[23:21] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs multi 3 v (Soldiers' Three Resist!)
[23:21] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[10, 6, 3, 2] = 2; 4d:[1, 4, 6, 8] = 1; 4d:[6, 1, 10, 5] = 2.Total successes: 5
[23:22] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 1 vs (Poor wittle worker bot...)
[23:22] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6]. Successes total: 0
[23:23] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldiers shudder and jerk as ice shards impact them, nailing and freezing their feet to the floor for the moment.
[23:23] <[Morgan]> "You all need to cool off." Morgan quipped a bit dorkily, which was surprising given her normal demeanor.
[23:23] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[23:24] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's staff glows bright red, and a moment later, a bright vortex of energy appears behind one of the Soldiers, sapping his mechanical strength! [Concave Vortex, 2 Mana: Enemy loses 2 offensive dice for 1 turn]
[23:24] <Jran-Kri> !ex 11 v 7
[23:24] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [10, 6, 4, 10, 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 2, 1]. Successes total: 8
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[23:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (Soldier #1 is Close, Soldiers #2-3 are Far and inside the room. Which do you target?)
[23:25] <Jran-Kri> ((Solder #1))
[23:26] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 2 vs (Soldier Resist!)
[23:26] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 7]. Successes total: 2
[23:26] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier shuddered and slumped slightly, its eyes dimming as it moved more sluggishly.
[23:26] <DrEvilKitteh> (Soldiers!)
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[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> As one, the Soldiers activated Overclock and attempt to break free of their icy bonds before attacking. (Free action, Escape Grapple.)
[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs (Soldier #1 Escape!)
[23:29] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 8, 7, 1, 3, 2, 1]. Successes total: 3
[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs (Soldier #1 Escape!)
[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs (Soldier #3 Escape!)
[23:29] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 5, 7, 8, 3, 4]. Successes total: 2
[23:29] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 9, 8, 8, 2, 8, 10]. Successes total: 8
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[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> (R5, roll Morgan's MAG.)
[23:30] <DrEvilKitteh> (...wait, shit, forgot. Rerolling Soldier 1.)
[23:30] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs (Escape!)
[23:30] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 3, 10, 2, 10]. Successes total: 5
[23:30] <Jran-Kri> ((>8 successes on 7 dice))
[23:30] <DrEvilKitteh> (Welp.)
[23:31] <WhiteKnight> (Z-roller giveth and taketh.)
[23:32] <DrEvilKitteh> (R5, you here?)
[23:32] <[Morgan]> (Yeah)
[23:32] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll MAG.)
[23:32] <[Morgan]> (Rolling.)
[23:32] <[Morgan]> !ex 11 v Morgan fires a Frost Bolt at the Soldier that escaped his bonds, briefly considering another cold pun before thinking better of it.
[23:32] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [6, 7, 9, 8, 10, 4, 1, 6, 8, 5, 7]. Successes total: 7
[23:33] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh no, that's not an attack, just an opposed check to keep them Pinned for that round.)
[23:33] <[Morgan]> Ah.
[23:33] <DrEvilKitteh> (You can shoot 'em later.)
[23:33] <[Morgan]> *(Ah(
[23:33] <[Morgan]> (K)
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[23:33] <[Morgan]> !ex 11 v (Keep the Soldier pinned)
[23:33] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [5, 8, 5, 7, 7, 1, 5, 10, 8, 4, 9]. Successes total: 7
[23:34] <WhiteKnight> (So close...)
[23:34] <[Morgan]> (Heh, 7 on both. Would ya look at that)
[23:34] <DrEvilKitteh> (I was counting the first one anyway, so it works out.)
[23:34] <[Morgan]> (Yeah)
[23:35] <DrEvilKitteh> One Soldier, the farthest back, shattered the ice weighing it down and Charged at Morgan with shocking speed. (Basically, Dash.)
[23:35] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 vs 7 (Soldier Strike!)
[23:35] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 7, 4, 1, 2, 4, 3, 1, 6]. Successes total: 1
[23:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Welp.)
[23:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (R5, Dodge.)
[23:36] <[Morgan]> !ex 7 v Morgan tried to dodge in surprise, eyes widened at how fast it was moving.
[23:36] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [4, 7, 6, 10, 9, 7, 9]. Successes total: 6
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[23:37] <DrEvilKitteh> ...Aaand the Soldier slid on some ice, allowing Morgan to dodge easily. The Clockwork humanoid flailed and slammed its feet against the floor, coming sliding to a stop...directly in the midst of all the other girls.
[23:38] <DrEvilKitteh> Meanwhile, Soldier #1 goes for Alexa in revenge, though it's still weighed down by ice and drained by her spell.
[23:38] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs (Sword Slash!)
[23:38] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 9, 9, 3, 7]. Successes total: 4
[23:38] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 v Dodge
[23:38] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [5, 10, 10, 2, 4, 8]. Successes total: 5
[23:39] <DrEvilKitteh> The razor edge of the blade came close, but no dice. Sort of.
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[23:40] <DrEvilKitteh> Next, Soldier #2 went for Iris, as she was one of the most prominent enemies there.
[23:40] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs (Soldier attack!)
[23:40] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 10, 4, 7, 5, 2]. Successes total: 3
[23:40] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 vs (Iris Parry!)
[23:40] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 2, 8, 2, 9, 1, 6, 5, 5]. Successes total: 3
[23:41] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier's sword clanged on the haft of Iris' hastily-raised warhammer and cut into the cloth wrap around her torso, but otherwise not damaging her at all.
[23:41] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
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[23:43] <DrEvilKitteh> (Also, all Soldiers are now in Close relative to all the other girls.)
[23:43] <WhitePaladin> (What happened since Alexa's dodge?)
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[23:45] <WhiteKnight> Ayako wastes no time - she might be able to end this right now if her shots flied true! She looses an arrow on each soldier! [Barrage, Hollow Point, 7/10 MP.]
[23:45] <WhiteKnight> !ex 11 v 7
[23:45] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [7, 3, 8, 5, 7, 7, 6, 8, 4, 10, 2]. Successes total: 7
[23:45] <DrEvilKitteh> (Shiiit guuurrrrl.)
[23:46] <[Morgan]> (Yooooo)
[23:46] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs (#1 Dodge!)
[23:46] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 1, 9, 1]. Successes total: 1
[23:46] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs (#2 Dodge!)
[23:46] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs (#3 Dodge!)
[23:46] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 9, 7, 5, 2]. Successes total: 2
[23:46] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 7, 2, 4, 7, 6, 9]. Successes total: 4
[23:48] <[Morgan]> (They dead. They all dead. Or at least mildly injured)
[23:48] <DrEvilKitteh> Two of the clockwork Soldiers fall, an arrow embedded in their cores, while the third staggers but stays standing.
[23:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (All the #3 Soldiers are pretty badass.)
[23:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[23:48] <[Morgan]> (And yet again, Soldier 3 remains a fucking badass)
[23:49] <DrEvilKitteh> Warhammer whirling through the air, Iris lunged at the last standing Soldier. (All-Out!)
[23:49] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 10 vs 7 (Iris attack!)
[23:49] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 3, 10, 6, 4, 4, 9, 7, 10, 4]. Successes total: 6
[23:49] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 (Soldier Parry!)
[23:49] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 10, 5, 1, 2]. Successes total: 3
[23:50] <DrEvilKitteh> ...And she struck true, hammer smashing the Soldier's head clean off and sending its body crashing to the floor.
[23:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Combat Over.)
[23:50] <[Morgan]> (Screw it. Every time a #3 Soldier shows up? That's the same guy. He's so determined that he literally refuses to die until he takes his killers to Hell with him)
[23:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (All Mana and Soak regained.)
[23:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oi, R5. Quit reading my fuckin' mind for once, will ya?)
[23:50] <[Morgan]> (Never)
[23:51] <[Morgan]> (The idea's too funny and cool)
[23:51] <[Morgan]> (...Shit, now I wanna write a short story about S3)
[23:51] <Tangent> Amelia drops her sword, looking disappointed. A thought strikes her. "...Boring conversation anyway." She quotes, waggling her eyebrows at Alexa/
[23:52] <Tangent> ...The two of them might've stayed up watching a certain sci fi movie. Maybe.
[23:52] <DrEvilKitteh> As for that itty bitty worker bot and the radio/camera it was holding? Impaled with ice spikes. And there was no voice coming from the speaker, now. But, again, that was probably because it was impaled. With ice spikes.
[23:52] <WhiteKnight> Ayako flips her hair, a smug, self-assured smile on her face. "Heh. I'd love to see the look on that guy's face. Or see his face at all, for that matter. Didn't really get a good look."
[23:53] <[Morgan]> "...Oops." Morgan commented upon seeing the wrecked communicator bot. "We probably should have tried to recover and hold onto that..."
[23:53] <Tangent> "I want to talk to him about why he thinks making zombies...golems, whatever...is okay. With a sword."
[23:54] <Jran-Kri> Alexa snorts in amusement, shaking her head at Amelia. For once, that fight seemed rather rousing. Twirling her staff, she peers at the ruined speaker. "Well! Yes. We'll just have to talk to him in person."
[23:56] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris dismissed her warhammer and stalked over to the speaker. She prodded it, but it was definitely inert. Without sparing it another thought, she walked into the room and looked around.

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[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (After having defeated the sentries at the top of a tower overlooking a mining operation in the Overcity, the PC's entered the tower and started infiltrating, going down. They eventually ran across a clockwork helper touting a radio-like communicator for someone calling himself 'The Alchemist' to speak out of and instruct a few Soldiers on how to set things up. A short conversation and
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> the Alchemist being insulted by his beautiful Clockwork "Flesh Golems" being called mere "Zombies", the Soldiers attacked and were defeated. Unfortunately, the communicator was destroyed in the process, so they could not speak with the Alchemist any longer, nor attempt to trace the signal to wherever he was. Now, they stand outside a large room with heavy, reinforced wooden doors, which
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> had evidently been supposed to be a laboratory of some kind, if what Alexa heard was accurate.)
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (As for last posts...)
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:52] <DrEvilKitteh> As for that itty bitty worker bot and the radio/camera it was holding? Impaled with ice spikes. And there was no voice coming from the speaker, now. But, again, that was probably because it was impaled. With ice spikes.
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:53] <WhiteKnight> Ayako flips her hair, a smug, self-assured smile on her face. "Heh. I'd love to see the look on that guy's face. Or see his face at all, for that matter. Didn't really get a good look."
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:53] <[Morgan]> "...Oops." Morgan commented upon seeing the wrecked communicator bot. "We probably should have tried to recover and hold onto that..."
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:53] <Tangent> "I want to talk to him about why he thinks making zombies...golems, whatever...is okay. With a sword."
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:54] <Jran-Kri> Alexa snorts in amusement, shaking her head at Amelia. For once, that fight seemed rather rousing. Twirling her staff, she peers at the ruined speaker. "Well! Yes. We'll just have to talk to him in person."
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:56] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris dismissed her warhammer and stalked over to the speaker. She prodded it, but it was definitely inert. Without sparing it another thought, she walked into the room and looked around.
[23:56] <Tangent> Amelia follows a moment later, standing tall- as tall as she can anyway- with her sword raised.
[23:57] <Jran-Kri> Alexa pads dutifully after them, her staff glowing faintly. As usual, she keeps a few steps behind the two of them, peering around curiously.
[23:58] <[Morgan]_> Morgan walked behind Alexa, keeping watch for any more surprises.
[23:59] <WhiteKnight> Ayako follows behind Morgan this time, looking out for something that might need shooting. Or at least drawing attention to.
[23:59] <DrEvilKitteh> The room beyond the open reinforced double doors is large and spacious, with several long tables pushed up against the walls. Many cardboard boxes are set on the floor and a couple of the tables, the latter two of which are partially unpacked to show equipment that wouldn't look out of place in a 19th century lab. Aesthetically, at least.
[23:59] <Tangent> Amelia glances back to Alexa. A brief, unconscious smirk at her friend before she goes back to looking around.
[00:01] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris knelt and started to sort through one of the open boxes, and she jerked her chin at the others to indicate that they should open and look inside the others as well.
[00:02] <Jran-Kri> Alexa casts a thin smile at Amelia before prancing off towards the already unpacked boxes, contemplating the ancient equipment on the tables.
[00:02] <WhiteKnight> Ayako peeks into a box as directed...
[00:02] <Tangent> Amelia rummages without a care through the boxes, tossing anything that looks irrelevant to the side without a care about where it lands.
[00:04] <DrEvilKitteh> A couple other boxes have various materials in them. Copper, brass, lubricating oil, clockwork gears, and soldering material, amongst other like things, are in abundance. In the same boxes, albeit in much lesser quantities, there's gold, tungsten, several small diamonds, and obsidian, along with vials of assorted liquid chemicals and potions in shock-proof packages.
[00:04] <DrEvilKitteh> The rest of the boxes are filled with tools and...more esoteric devices. Some look fitting for a mechanic's workshop and a blacksmith's forge, and the others (most of which are clockwork, as usual) just look plain bizarre and nonsensical.
[00:04] <[Morgan]_> Morgan peered into one of the boxes, looking annoyed at Amelia's reckless lack of care for the items inside. She said nothing, however, instead pulling out a small clockwork cube making a whirring noise.
[00:05] <WhiteKnight> "Huh. Wonder how much this could sell for." Ayako briefly contemplates conjuring and stuffing her backpack, but shrugs and decides against it.
[00:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone roll Perception and LCK. Two different rolls; 1d20 and LCK + 2 Base Dice, plz.)
[00:06] <Tangent> "Lots of souvenirs...But nothing useful here..." Amelia holds a diamond up to the dim light, blinking at the gem...
[00:06] <Tangent> 1d20
[00:06] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d20
[00:06] <Internets> :: Total 14 / 20 [70%] :: Results [14] ::
[00:06] <Tangent> .d 1d20
[00:06] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 3 v 7 (Iris LCK!)
[00:06] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 6, 4]. Botch!
[00:07] <Internets> :: Total 9 / 20 [45%] :: Results [9] ::
[00:07] <[Morgan]_> !roll 1d20
[00:07] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: 9
[00:07] <Tangent> !ex 3 v 7
[00:07] <[Morgan]_> (Wrong roll)
[00:07] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 6, 10]. Successes total: 2
[00:07] <[Morgan]_> .d 1d20
[00:07] <Internets> :: Total 17 / 20 [85%] :: Results [17] ::
[00:07] <WhiteKnight> (oooone sec)
[00:07] <[Morgan]_> !ex 5 v
[00:08] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [5, 8, 8, 2, 9]. Successes total: 3
[00:08] <DrEvilKitteh> (That first 1d20 was just fine, R5. I chose Internets because that ones' easier for me.)
[00:08] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
[00:08] <Internets> :: Total 19 / 20 [95%] :: Results [19] ::
[00:08] <WhiteKnight> !ex 5 v
[00:08] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [6, 9, 4, 9, 9]. Successes total: 3
[00:08] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 v
[00:08] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [1, 4, 6, 6, 1, 3]. Botch!
[00:08] <WhiteKnight> .d 1d20+5
[00:09] <Internets> :: Total 12 / 25 [48%] :: Results [7] ::
[00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> Ayako, with keen eyes and...well, mostly because she was positioned just right where she was, noticed something. Morgan saw it too, just a second or two after her. There's a tube, made of rigid plastic, beneath one of the tables. Probably discarded prior to the fight, if they had to guess.
[00:15] <WhiteKnight> "Huh. What's that?" The ex-merc points out, stepping to the tube.
[00:15] <Tangent> "What's what?"
[00:16] <[Morgan]_> "That strange tube." Morgan answered her. "...Whatever it is, that's an odd place to leave it."
[00:16] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris, meanwhile, was completely preoccupied with looking at a particularly interesting gem-studded...music box. Shiny...
[00:16] <DrEvilKitteh> Upon closer inspection, it appears to be sealed scroll case of sorts about three inches wide and eighteen inches tall. There is a cap, though it's kept shut by some kind of combination lock.
[00:18] <Tangent> Amelia shugs...then glances to Iris. "Need a hand?" She offers as she sees the lock, gesturing with her sword's tip for emphasis as to just how she could "help" with the lock.
[00:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh. Iris has a music box. Ayako and Morgan saw the tube/scroll case, which is what I was describing.)
[00:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (Sorry for the confusing post order.)
[00:20] <Tangent> (no worries)
[00:21] <WhiteKnight> Ayako picks up the scroll case and fiddles with the lock mechanism. "I don't suppose anyone's a good safecracker here, eh?"
[00:21] <Jran-Kri> "... Unfortunately not," Alexa adjusts her glasses, peering at the case curiously. "Well. Perhaps the code is written down somewhere?"
[00:22] <[Morgan]_> "Perhaps." Morgan muttered, looking back down at the cube in her hand and wondering what it was. There was some sort of inscription etched into it that she couldn't quite make out (Latin, maybe?). She held it back a bit from her face, getting an ever-so-slightly wrong vibe from it.
[00:22] <Tangent> *Amelia shugs
[00:22] <[Morgan]_> She decided to place it on a nearby table for now, making sure it was somewhere where she could easily grab it later in case they had to make a hasty exit.
[00:23] <Tangent> Amelia looks to Iris- the taller girl seems distracted by something. "Hey, Iris, what's that?" She asks.
[00:24] <WhiteKnight> Ayako looks around a bit aimlessly. "Maybe, but I wouldn't keep my combination codes lying around." She shrugs.
[00:26] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris shrugged and held the music box out to Amelia. In the meantime, she aimed a finger at the end of the tube and shot a confined stream of condensed cold at the locked end. It froze, ice forming around it and making the plastic and metal brittle and easy to break.
[00:26] <DrEvilKitteh> As for the cube Morgan found, it didn't seem to do anything else other than gently whir.
[00:27] <Tangent> "Huh, neat..." Amelia turns it over in her small hands, looking for a latch or something...
[00:28] <WhiteKnight> "Well, that works." Ayako's smile is smug as she slams the case against the floor!
[00:29] <[Morgan]_>  "I suppose that's one way of opening a lock."
[00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> There's a little lever thing on the bottom of the music box that can be pulled out, allowing it to be wound up.
[00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> The end of the case cracks, and shatters, with two good whacks from Ayako. Does she dare look inside~?
[00:30] <WhiteKnight> That she does.
[00:30] <Tangent> "Huh?" Amelia gently pulls the lever out.
[00:31] <DrEvilKitteh> Inside the scroll case are several rolled-up sheets of tough, blue parchment-like material, along with a couple different markers and pencils. One of the sheets already had designs hand-drawn on it, with several note annotations written down in compact but messy handwriting.
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[00:32] <WhiteKnight> "Huh.... blueprints?" Ayako wonders aloud as she tilts her head. She picks up the sheets and lays them on whatever space she can make on the table.
[00:33] <Tangent> Amelia rotates the lever on the music box once around.
[00:34] <[Morgan]_> Morgan casted her gaze upon the blueprints, not sure what to make of them. "This is becoming more and more odd by the second." she commented, brushing a bit of dust off of one of the sheets. "What is this supposed to be?"
[00:34] <Tangent> Amelia looks up from the music box, glancing to the table. "Hmm?
[00:34] <Tangent> "
[00:36] <[Morgan]_> "I cannot tell if this is a tool or a weapon. Maybe both." The water girl added curiously, finally taking the time to straighten out her hair.
[00:37] <DrEvilKitteh> Only one of the sheets has actually been drawn on. All the others are blank, probably for later use to make new blueprints. As for the existing one, after a bit of examination, they can figure out that it's some sort of gun or cannon. High-caliber, and surprisingly compact. However, the notes seem to be written in at least three different languages, none of which are English.
[00:37] <DrEvilKitteh> With the one wind, the music box starts playing a couple measures from a calming classical symphony, albeit in true music box fashion.
[00:39] <Jran-Kri> "... Oh my," Alexa adjusts her glasses again, contemplating the blueprints. She seems quite pleased by the sound of music, but doesn't comment.
[00:39] <Tangent> "Huh..." Amelia relaxes a bit. "Was half expecting it to blow up or something..."
[00:39] <DrEvilKitteh> (What languages do y'all characters' speak?)
[00:40] <Jran-Kri> ((English, limited Irish.))
[00:40] <WhiteKnight> (Japanese, English)
[00:40] <[Morgan]_> (Morgan speaks English, a bit of Latin, and a bit of German)
[00:41] <Tangent> (Just English is all she remembers off the top of her head)
[00:42] <WhiteKnight> Ayako isn't sure what to make of the weapon on the prints. The music box momentarily draws her attention. "Huh. Nice tune."
[00:42] <DrEvilKitteh> One of the languages on the blueprint is recognizable as German, another as a Latin offshoot.
[00:42] <[Morgan]_> Morgan listens to the box's tune, humming along quietly after learning some of the melody by ear.
[00:43] <Jran-Kri> Alexa twitches slightly, glancing around for the nearest door. She gulps. "U-um. E-everyone? I-I, um -- Did you hear that? I-it sounds l-like s-someone's o-outside."
[00:44] <Tangent> Amelia whirls around, still holding the music box and taking a step towards the door, frowning- her sword snaps up in her free hand.
[00:46] <[Morgan]_> Morgan is already pulling out her stave, her humming ceasing. "How? We killed everything here, I believe..."
[00:47] <WhiteKnight> Ayako grumbles, stuffing the prints somewhere under the table - hopefully if there was a fight they wouldn't get caught in the crossfire
[00:48] <Tangent> "Guess not." Amelia replies to Morgan. "More zombies to kill..."
[00:49] <DrEvilKitteh> Peering out around a corner which was more like a smooth, gradual bend, was the head of a lithe creature. From what they could see, it was some sort of clockwork panther. It bristled and stepped more into view, back arching as it actually sounded like it was taking in a deep breath.
[00:49] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll Inititative~)
[00:50] <[Morgan]_> .d 1d20
[00:50] <Internets> :: Total 9 / 20 [45%] :: Results [9] ::
[00:50] <Tangent> .d 1d20
[00:50] <Internets> :: Total 11 / 20 [55%] :: Results [11] ::
[00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Initiative.)
[00:50] <WhiteKnight> (Init is agi or lck +2 in this case, right?)
[00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (AGI rolls, dummies.)
[00:50] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 v AGI
[00:50] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [3, 4, 10, 7, 2, 6]. Successes total: 3
[00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Or LCK, yes. And +2 base dice still applies.)
[00:50] <Tangent> !ex 4
[00:50] <Zeneroller> Tangent: please make sure the dice pool size is specified correctly. Must be a number between 1 and 100.
[00:51] <Tangent> !ex 4 v 7 AGI
[00:51] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 8, 6, 10]. Successes total: 3
[00:51] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 v 7 (Iris)
[00:51] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 5, 5, 1, 1, 4]. Botch!
[00:51] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 (Sentinel)
[00:51] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 1, 6, 9, 3, 6, 9]. Successes total: 3
[00:52] <WhiteKnight> !ex 9 v (+2, awareness)
[00:52] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [8, 5, 6, 1, 2, 10, 5, 8, 4]. Successes total: 4
[00:53] <[Morgan]_> !ex 7 v
[00:53] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [8, 7, 8, 6, 8, 8, 3]. Successes total: 5
[00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> Initiative Order: Ayako/Morgan/Sentinel/Alexa/Amelia/Iris
[00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako, go!)
[00:55] <WhiteKnight> [distance?]
[00:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Far.)
[00:57] <DrEvilKitteh> (Sentinel is Far from everyone.)
[00:57] <WhiteKnight> Ayako wastes no time opening with a volley of heavy-looking arrows! [Armor Piercing]
[00:57] <WhiteKnight> !ex 10 v
[00:57] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [9, 8, 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 3, 7, 1]. Successes total: 5
[00:58] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7 (Sentinel Dodge!)
[00:58] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 1, 3, 10, 6, 9]. Successes total: 4
[00:59] <DrEvilKitteh> The Sentinel jerked to the side and twitched, but the arrow only slightly cracked its metal chassis.
[00:59] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[01:00] <[Morgan]_> !ex 10 v Morgan fires a Water Jet at the Sentinel, reasoning that as felines do not like water, it will probably be that much more effective!
[01:00] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [1, 5, 5, 8, 5, 4, 5, 1, 10, 1]. Successes total: 3
[01:01] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7 (Sentinel Dodge!)
[01:01] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 5, 3, 8, 3, 2]. Successes total: 1
[01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> The Sentinel jerked and skittered back, shining brass claws scraping against the floor as it tried to avoid the attack, but there was a noticeable metallic crunch when the high-pressure jet hit it in the ribs.
[01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> (Sentinel!)
[01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> The clockwork panther braced itself, reared its head back, and /screamed/. It was harsh, metallic, almost siren-like. The sound was almost deafening from the reverberations in the room and the hallway outside, and it definitely had a magical quality to it that amplified and projected the noise far beyond what it should have been. However, apart from the scream being wince-worthy, it didn't
[01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> seem to actually /hurt/ anyone. (Alert.)
[01:08] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[01:09] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's staff flashes, the crystal ball on the end shining brightly even as she clutches it fearfully. A bright red vortex appears behind the panther, pulling at it. [Concave Vortex, 2 Mana: -2 Offensive dice for 1 turn]7
[01:10] <DrEvilKitteh> (No opposing MAG roll to resist that?)
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[01:11] <Tangent> "Shut up!" Amelia screeches right back, raising her sword and seemingly about to rush in.
[01:13] <Jran-Kri> ((Don't believe so.))
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[01:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[01:14] <Tangent> Amelia darts forward with a burst of blue flame around her and her sword!
[01:17] <Tangent> !ex 6 vs 7 #dash, flame on
[01:17] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 5, 9, 6, 3, 8]. Successes total: 2
[01:17] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 vs 7 (Sentinel Parry!)
[01:17] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 10, 8, 4, 2, 6, 2, 6]. Successes total: 3
[01:18] <DrEvilKitteh> The Sentinel crouched, tail waving back and forth, then quickly darted to the side and below Amelia's slash. It briefly sunk its teeth into the Fire girl's leg, drawing blood. (1 Wound from Parry.)
[01:18] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[01:19] <Tangent> Amelia staggers- she's not scared, why isn't she scared- and cries in pain. "Aaah!"
[01:20] <DrEvilKitteh> The temperature cooled as Iris moved forward, one hand outstretched. (Frozen Chains.)
[01:20] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 vs 7 (Iris Spell!)
[01:20] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 4, 7, 2, 4, 4, 4, 8]. Successes total: 2
[01:20] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 (Sentinel Resist!)
[01:20] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 5, 5, 2, 10, 3, 2]. Successes total: 2
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[01:21] <DrEvilKitteh> The Sentinel spotted an incoming frost spell and attempted to jump and twist in the air to avoid, but it was caught on a hindpaw and dragged back to the floor where ice shackled it and constricted its movements.
[01:22] <DrEvilKitteh> (Top of the round. Ayako!)
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[01:26] <WhitePaladin> Ayako charges her next arrow up before letting it fly once more! [Armor Piercing, Flash of Steel III: defender avoid -2, +1 soak pen, 1 single bonus wound if wounds are dealt, 3 mana. 7/10)
[01:26] <WhitePaladin> !ex 10 v
[01:26] <Zeneroller> WhitePaladin: [5, 5, 8, 7, 10, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3]. Successes total: 4
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[01:27] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 2 vs 7 (Sentinel Dodge!)
[01:27] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 1]. Successes total: 1
[01:29] <DrEvilKitteh> Another arrow sinks into the Sentinel's body, this time deeper and sending an unpleasant jolt through its body to which it responded with a strangled yowl.
[01:29] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[01:29] <[Morgan]_> !ex 11 v Seizing her chance, Morgan goes for an Ice Barrage to skewer the creature even more!
[01:29] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [2, 2, 1, 6, 9, 2, 4, 1, 2, 1, 9]. Successes total: 2
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[01:30] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 3 vs 7 (Sentinel Resist!)
[01:30] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 3, 7]. Successes total: 1
[01:30] <[Morgan]_> (Jesus Christ)
[01:32] <DrEvilKitteh> The Sentinel shuddered and jerked, ice bonds keeping it from fully evading the shards of ice that slammed against its flank. It was damaged, but only somewhat.
[01:32] <DrEvilKitteh> (Sentinel!)
[01:34] <DrEvilKitteh> Gears whir loudly inside it, the Sentinel's eyes glowing as it looked reinvigorated. (Overclock Engaged.) With that, it attempted to break its icy bonds.
[01:34] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 (Break Free!)
[01:34] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 3, 6, 8, 6, 3, 1]. Successes total: 2
[01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 vs 7 (Iris opposing MAG roll)
[01:35] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 1, 6, 7, 4, 10, 9, 8]. Successes total: 5
[01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> ...And the panther remains unable to break shit. Stymied in that avenue, it swiftly turns to Amelia and lunges as best it can.
[01:36] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 (Sentinel Melee attack vs Amelia!)
[01:36] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 9, 9, 10, 7]. Successes total: 6
[01:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (Holy /shit/, panther dude.)
[01:37] <[Morgan]_> (That fucking panther has gone full Bladewolf)
[01:37] <DrEvilKitteh> (Thank you for giving me a miniboss idea, R5.)
[01:37] <[Morgan]_> (It'll probably be saying "Combination attack complete" any second now)
[01:38] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7
[01:38] <[Morgan]_> (And np)
[01:38] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 3, 3, 6, 3, 9, 5, 3, 3, 2, 8]. Successes total: 2
[01:38] <Tangent> (Welp.)
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[01:39] <DrEvilKitteh> (How much Soak does Amelia have?)
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[01:40] <Tangent> (She HAD 6...)
[01:40] <DrEvilKitteh> (Now she's down to 1.)
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[01:41] <[Morgan]_> (Not bad, Bladepanther. Not bad at all)
[01:41] <Tangent> (Wounds taken?)
[01:41] <DrEvilKitteh> Somehow, when the Panther's powerful forelimbs wrapped around Amelia's torso, its claws and teeth biting, they only tore long furrows into her Outfit, mostly sliding off its armor-like protection. It probably bruised her, though.
[01:41] <DrEvilKitteh> (None. All Soak.)
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[01:42] <Tangent> "Damnit, damit, damnit!" Amelia scrambles free, her proud uniform in tatters...but gets away with brusing, a few cuts, and critical injuries to her dignity.
[01:43] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[01:45] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's staff flashes with a red light, a similar glow suffusing around Amelia -- but it lends strength rather than healing. [Blessing of the Hero, 4 Mana: +2 offensive dice]
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[01:46] <Tangent> Amelia winces- first she screwed up and let the panther get her and now Alexa's trying to make up for /her/ screw-ups by helping...She has to keep it busy. Then kill it.
[01:47] <Tangent> She takes a deep breath, about to charge back into the fray!
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[01:47] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
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[01:49] <Tangent> The air around her catches fire, and she seems to blaze from within as hungry flames eat away at the air around her! She lunges!
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[01:49] <Tangent> ( Power Overwhelming)
[01:50] <Tangent> (Piercing attack)
[01:51] <Tangent> (Actually make that cutting)
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[01:51] <Tangent> !ex 14 vs 7
[01:51] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [5, 8, 10, 7, 6, 10, 6, 10, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 7]. Successes total: 11
[01:52] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 vs 7 (Sentinel Parry!)
[01:52] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 3, 5, 9, 3, 5, 1, 3]. Successes total: 1
[01:52] <Tangent> Amelia's sword blazes with blue-white light as she hacks away at the beast. If she feels like she's burning up -like some small part of her's being thrown onto the fire for her to use her magic this way...Well, this is what she signed up for. Killing monsters. Not screwing up and getting Alexa hurt. And, more than that...it just feels right.
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[01:55] <DrEvilKitteh> Dragged down by the frosty chains, the Sentinel is far too slow. There goes one leg, a chunk of its head, part of its torso cut mostly in half... Long story short, the Clockwork monster was dead, cut to pieces that were smoking from contact with both the flames, a soft sizzling coming from where they touched the ice.
[01:55] <[Morgan]_> (Welp. Farewell, BP)
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[01:56] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris released the spell and walked out into the hallway next to Amelia. "Are you...okay?" she inquired of the fiery paladin, eyes looking up and down at her tattered outfit.
[01:57] <DrEvilKitteh> ...And that's when crossbow bolts shot out from down the hall.
[01:58] <[Morgan]_> Morgan stared at the mechanical panther's corpse for a few seconds before the crossbows were fired. "More on the way!" she yelled in warning.
[01:58] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 multi 3 v
[01:58] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 7d:[2, 10, 8, 7, 9, 10, 4] = 7; 7d:[10, 7, 8, 7, 6, 9, 3] = 6; 7d:[5, 3, 9, 7, 3, 9, 4] = 3.Total successes: 16
[01:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (All aimed at Amelia.)
[01:58] <Tangent> Amelia tugs her sword free, angrily glaring down at the dead monster and still breathing hard. She looks up, about to reply to Iris and visibly calming...
[01:58] <Tangent> (kek)
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[01:59] <[Morgan]_> (Maximum kek)
[02:00] <Tangent> (Luck point...)
[02:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (3 Soldiers at Far from Amelia and Iris, Very Far from everyone else since they're out of site and down the hallway perpendicular to the room.)
[02:01] <Tangent> !ex 4 vs 7 #pincushion
[02:01] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [7, 5, 4, 1]. Successes total: 1
[02:01] <Tangent> (with two more successes from the luck point lol)
[02:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (3, then. Ouch.)
[02:01] <Tangent> (Amelia and arrows always ends badly)
[02:02] <[Morgan]_> (Today is not Amelia's day, unfortunately)
[02:02] <DrEvilKitteh> Several bolts fired from automatic crossbows slammed into Amelia, piercing her torn Outfit and flesh. (5 Wounds.)
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[02:03] <DrEvilKitteh> (Top of the round. Ayako!)
[02:03] <Tangent> Amelia takes a step back. Then collapses as momentum sends her sprawling, gasping for breath through pierced lungs.
[02:04] <WhiteKnight> The lightning girl dashes to the fore, out and into the hallway! "Get back! I think I can handle them!"
[02:04] <Tangent> She can't breathe, she can't breathe, she can't breathe...
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[02:05] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[02:06] <[Morgan]_> !ex 11 v "Damnation!" Morgan lets out in frustration, sending a Water Jet towards Soldier 1.
[02:06] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [3, 10, 3, 4, 10, 6, 5, 4, 8, 3, 4]. Successes total: 5
[02:07] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan is Very Far, which means she cannot target them until she moves into Far.)
[02:07] <DrEvilKitteh> (...And you only have 1 Action per turn.)
[02:07] <[Morgan]_> (Ah. Nvm, then. I'll just move into Far)
[02:07] <[Morgan]_> (Do I just write her moving, then?)
[02:08] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yeah.)
[02:08] <[Morgan]_> "Damnation!" Morgan lets out in frustration, moving in a bit closer to get a better shot at the soldiers. [Very Far --> Far]
[02:09] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
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[02:11] <Jran-Kri> Alexa has ceased to care about the fight itself -- her focus is on Amelia, and a strange recollection of her difficulty with ranged weapons. Her staff glows as Amelia's woudns knit themselves back together. [Miracle Worker, 1 Mana: +2 HP]
[02:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[02:16] <Tangent> She remembers this. A fight like this, mistakes where she messed up and couldn't help Alexa... "Sorry..." She gasps out with her first breath through newly healed lungs, struggling to rise even as the pain fades away. "Sorry...Screwed up...again..." She looks to Alexa, looking pained...but her wounds are healed, right?
[02:20] <Tangent> Shakily, she throws a punch towards the mob that sends a fireball their way, her torn outfit and skin smoldering and trailing smoke as she moves.
[02:20] <Tangent> [Fireball, 2 Mag, regeneration kicks in since >every other turn for the other effects]
[02:21] <Tangent> !ex 10 vs 7
[02:21] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [9, 3, 7, 3, 5, 6, 5, 10, 1, 6]. Successes total: 4
[02:22] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 (Soldier Resist!)
[02:22] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 1, 2, 9]. Successes total: 3
[02:23] <DrEvilKitteh> One of the Soldiers jerked the fireball splashing against its lower leg, but it shrugged the damage off.
[02:23] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[02:24] <DrEvilKitteh> Warhammer out and readied, Iris Dashed at the Soldier in the front and swung her hammer down at it.
[02:25] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7 (Iris Dash!)
[02:25] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 10, 7, 10, 4, 1]. Successes total: 6
[02:25] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 (Soldier Parry!)
[02:25] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 7, 6, 7, 4]. Successes total: 4
[02:26] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier attempted to sidestep and swing a fist at Iris in retaliation, but she easily closed the distance and jabbed it in the chest with her hammer's head, making it stumble back.
[02:26] <DrEvilKitteh> (Soldiers!)
[02:27] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier Iris just hit drops its crossbow and draws a sword, eyes glowing as the sound of gear whirring reaches a higher pitch. (Overclock engaged.)
[02:28] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 vs 7 (Soldier Slash!)
[02:28] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 3, 7, 9, 3, 2, 6, 8]. Successes total: 3
[02:28] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 vs 7 (Iris Parry!)
[02:28] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 8, 3, 4, 8, 1, 1, 2, 5]. Successes total: 2
[02:29] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris gritted her teeth when she felt the sword hit her in the side, but it bounced off her armored Outfit and left no mark on her skin.
[02:29] <DrEvilKitteh> The remaining two Soldiers still have their crossbows leveled at Amelia and continue shooting.
[02:29] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 multi 2 v
[02:29] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 7d:[1, 5, 2, 5, 2, 9, 8] = 2; 7d:[7, 8, 4, 6, 3, 9, 1] = 3.Total successes: 5
[02:30] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ranged attacks vs Amelia's Dodge.)
[02:30] <Tangent> !ex 4 vs 7 (and with luck)
[02:30] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [8, 3, 6, 3]. Successes total: 1
[02:30] <Tangent> 2 from another fortune point...
[02:30] <DrEvilKitteh> One of the bolts hit Amelia in the arm, but it bounced off and twirled away harmlessly without penetrating.
[02:30] <DrEvilKitteh> (Top of the round. Ayako!)
[02:32] <WhiteKnight> (Late night distractions are the worst. Ahem.0
[02:33] <Tangent> Amelia's...frustrated. (Nearly turned into a pincushion- and frustration's all she feels?) She can't stay here and let them shoot her...She looks at Alexa, then stands up and prepares to run in!
[02:33] <WhiteKnight> Grumbling, Ayako focuses her efforts on the two shooting soldiers! [Hollow Point] "Just go down, why don't ya1
[02:33] <WhiteKnight> "
[02:33] <WhiteKnight> !ex 10 multi 2 v 7
[02:33] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: 10d:[9, 9, 8, 6, 8, 5, 1, 7, 5, 9] = 6; 10d:[2, 4, 1, 8, 7, 1, 5, 5, 9, 8] = 4.Total successes: 10
[02:34] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 2 v
[02:34] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[7, 8, 8, 3] = 3; 4d:[5, 1, 5, 7] = 1.Total successes: 4
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[02:36] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldiers each stagger as one, arrows suddenly blossoming from one's collarbone and the other's ribs. They were hurt, but still up.
[02:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[02:37] <[Morgan]_> !ex 11 v Morgan fires a Water Jet at Soldier 1!
[02:37] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [6, 2, 1, 5, 1, 5, 2, 8, 10, 9, 9]. Successes total: 5
[02:37] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 (Soldier Resist!)
[02:37] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 1, 1, 8, 4, 8, 2]. Successes total: 2
[02:39] <DrEvilKitteh> The jet of water caught the Soldier in the same leg that had been damaged by Amelia's fireball, the sheer force tearing the limb right off. It hobbled and wobbled in place, barely able to keep its balance.
[02:39] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
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[02:43] <Jran-Kri> Satisfied that Amelia is sufficiently healed, and quite satified by her performance, Alexa resumes strengthening her. [Blessings of the Hero, 2 Mana: +1 offensive dice]
[02:44] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[02:44] <Tangent> Amelia nods, and runs right at the duo!
[02:45] <Tangent> !ex 5 vs 7
[02:45] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [1, 10, 1, 3, 3]. Successes total: 2
[02:45] <Tangent> (flame on lol)
[02:46] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 (Soldier #2 Parry!)
[02:46] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 6, 1, 10, 7]. Successes total: 4
[02:47] <DrEvilKitteh> The Soldier sidestepped the charge and swung its crossbow around in a haymaker, smashing into Amelia's face and possibly breaking her nose, or at least bloodying it. (1 Wound.)
[02:47] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[02:48] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 vs 7 (Iris All-Out, multitargeting all 3 Soldiers)
[02:48] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 9, 1, 6, 1, 7, 2, 10]. Successes total: 4
[02:49] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7 (Soldier #1 Parry)
[02:49] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 2, 9, 3, 9]. Successes total: 2
[02:49] <Tangent> Amelia's nose breaks with a sickening crack and she's almost bowled off her feet again. "Blurgh! Mahnose!"
[02:49] <Tangent> She clutches her face.
[02:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Actually, my mistake, the Soldier Amelia attacked should've had 2 less Dice. I'll give it 2 Wounds from the attack. Probably by a wild sword swing that cuts its side.)
[02:51] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 2 vs 7 (Soldier #2 Parry)
[02:51] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 1]. Successes total: 2
[02:51] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 3 vs 7 (Soldier #3 Parry)
[02:51] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 1, 7]. Successes total: 2
[02:53] <DrEvilKitteh> Eyes narrowed after Amelia was hit in the face, Iris moved with a fury and swiftly smashed all three Soldiers apart with the same number of blows from her warhammer.
[02:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (Combat Over. Soak and Mana regained.)
[02:54] <Jran-Kri> As soon as the creatures are vanquished, Alexa scurries over to Amelia, her staff lighting up as she hurriedly puts her back together.
[02:54] <[Morgan]_> Morgan glanced at Amelia in alarm. "That was very close!" she said, her heart still pounding a bit from adrenaline. "I am thankful you are not dead."
[02:56] <WhiteKnight> Ayako eases up. She assesses the damage to their surroundings... and Amelia's face. "Sheesh, you took some serious knocks there. Remind me to give you more cover fire."
[02:56] <Tangent> Amelia looks up, still holding her nose. "mmfehn..." She swallows as Alexa heals her, and she shoots her friend a grateful, if embarassed look. "I'm fine..." She repeats. "Just...Was a bit slow there..." Her foot scuffs the floor and she looks down slightly.
[02:56] <Tangent> "I'll just have to be quicker next time...stupid bows..."
[02:57] <[Morgan]_> "Do not be to hard on yourself, Amelia. Any of us would have been taken by surprise just as easily if that had happened."
[02:57] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris dismissed her warhammer and went in to briefly hug Amelia, not caring about the height differential right then.
[02:58] <[Morgan]_> Morgan moves in to hug Amelia as well, hers feeling weird due to the water girl not hugging people very often.
[02:58] <[Morgan]_> *moved
[02:59] <WhiteKnight> The ex-merc scratches her head, not exactly in a hugging mood. "Still, if it's all the same to you, I oughta just help out where I can."
[02:59] <Tangent> Amelia blinks. A surprised squeak as she all but vanishes into Iris's hug- and then Morgan joins in. She's surrounded by...hugs.
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[03:01] <Jran-Kri> Alexa is content to grind her teeth. Surely three people is too much for a hug. Yes. Of course. She clutches her staff, turning away as she grimaces. "Well! Rude as that was, perhaps we'd best keep going, hmm?"
[03:06] <[Morgan]_> Morgan briefly wondered what exactly had inspired Alexa's comment, then detached from Amelia to allow her breathing room. "Yes, of course. We still need to find this Alchemist, after all." she responded to the other girl coolly, taking great care to hide the slight offense in her voice.
[03:07] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes. Others will...have heard...the alarm." Iris stepped back from the hug and pointed at the clockwork panther's body to indicate what she meant. "There may...be more, soon. Or...they are...planning something." She tilted her head thoughtfully. "...We...should go to...a window." Unfortunately, there wasn't really a window around. Not back in the intersection outside the Alchemist's room,
[03:07] <DrEvilKitteh> nor inside the room itself.
[03:07] <Tangent> Amelia surfaces whenever the others end the hug- nodding to Morgan but mostly Iris...and afterwards walks over to her friend. "Hey, Alexa? One thing first...Thanks for the help back there..." No matter how much she wishes she hadn't needed it. And she reaches out, quickly embracing Alexa in a tight, if brief hug before letting her friend go again. "Okay, now we should go.'
[03:09] <Jran-Kri> Just the two of them -- that was how it was supposed to be. Alexa can't help but suppress a smile, brief though the contact may have been. "Er, um... Yes. Th-thanks. Good job with the... Yes, let's be off."
[03:10] <[Morgan]_> "Should we grab the sheets and other items from inside? We may need them, at the very least to study."
[03:11] <DrEvilKitteh> "I will get them." Iris turned and jogged back down the hallway.
[03:12] <WhiteKnight> Ayako nods at morgan's suggestion. "I've got a bag," she says, calling upon a rather overdecorated duffel bag with colorful lining. "It's got my essentials, and I'd say what's on those sheets at least is essential info."
[03:12] <[Morgan]_> "Good. And if those languages on the sheet were what I think they were, I might be able to translate a bit of it." Morgan said, nodding her head in agreement.
[03:15] <DrEvilKitteh> Upon reaching the room, Iris started to store the larger boxes and the items within them away in her hammerspace. The blueprints, however, remained unstored until Ayako would show up and put them away.
[03:16] <DrEvilKitteh> *and presumably take them
[03:19] <WhiteKnight> Ayako hurriedly stashes away the blueprints in a small side pocket of her bag before setting it aside, letting it go wherever it would. "Dang useful thing, that. Maybe I should consider loading it up with more useful stuff and carrying it with me."
[03:22] <Tangent> Amelia rummages through the boxes. "Hey, Alexa..." She holds up the tiny diamond. "Souvenir?" She asks,a touch of mischief in her eyes as she holds the gem out to her friend.
[03:23] <DrEvilKitteh> "That...would be useful." Iris nodded approvingly and straightened after storing most everything in her hammerspace.
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[03:31] <[Morgan]_> Morgan was now keeping watch outside the door, extra cautious after what had happened to Amelia. If she, of all people, had nearly been struck down so quickly, then she was going to need her eyes to be like that of a hawk.
[03:33] <Tangent> Amelia...seems to have recovered from her near-pincushion experience, almost strangely fast, as she chatters to Alexa.
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[03:40] <[Morgan]_> (Did anything happen?)
[03:40] <DrEvilKitteh> (No)
[03:41] <[Morgan]_> (Ok)
[03:41] <DrEvilKitteh> After gathering everything in her hammerspace, Iris strode to the door and beckoned to the others. "Let's go."

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[21:28] <Jran-Kri> Alexa blinks at the diamond curiously, adjusting her glasses. She breaks out into a grin, nodding eagerly. "Of course! Ooh, perhaps we can make you a necklace out of it."
[21:31] <DrEvilKitteh> After gathering everything in her hammerspace, save for a couple select items like the blueprints and the diamond that Amelia was showing Alexa, Iris strode to the door and beckoned to the others. "Let's go."
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[21:32] <WhiteKnight> "Faster the better," Ayako agrees, jogging up to said door.
[21:33] <Tangent> "E-eh?" Amelia blinks, unconsciously touching her throat with her free hand. "No, no, you should have it..." Amelia holds it out to Alexa, looking over as Iris beckons.
[21:35] <Jran-Kri> "N-nonsense, you've earned it," Alexa shakes her head emphatically. Turning to Iris, she makes to pad after her. "We can talk this over when we get home."
[21:35] <DrEvilKitteh> The dim lighting goes red with a sound like someone flipping a heavy switch. The floor vibrates as a muffled rumbling and clicking (like some big wheel being turned) fills the air. It stops after about five seconds, and everything goes quiet.
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[21:35] <[Morgan]> (Back)
[21:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (R5, I'll PM you stuff.)
[21:36] <[Morgan]> (K)
[21:36] <Tangent> "Ah..." Amelia stops walking, slipping the diamond into a pocket and raising the sword. "What was that?"
[21:37] <[Morgan]> "I don't like the sound of that." Morgan said, now mildly nervous. "Did we just summon another trap?"
[21:37] <Jran-Kri> "... Nothing good, I expect," Alexa's staff glows faintly. Given its glow is red, too, this does not help the ambience situation.
[21:38] <Tangent> "Great." Amelia grumbles. "More wind up monsters to smash..." She raises her sword and the room's lit by a harsh blue flame.
[21:38] <WhiteKnight> "Nothing quite like a creepy grinding noise stopping to tell you we're in for somethin'." Ayako chuckles.
[21:40] <DrEvilKitteh> "Window. We should...find one." Iris hurried out of the room, quickly going to store the discarded camo cloaks in her hammerspace. "Move, quickly." She started jogging down the hallway directly in front of the workshop's open doors. Hopefully, that was lead to a corridor closer to the outside area of the facility, and give them a window or two to look out of.
[21:40] <Tangent> Amelia glances to Alexa. A slight smile and a shrug and she follows Iris.
[21:41] <Jran-Kri> Alexa scurries after Iris, her staff swaying as she totes it over her shoulder.
[21:42] <[Morgan]> Morgan immediately followed Iris, the tension finally starting to get to her a bit (which was saying a lot). "The nearest window shouldn't be too far, if I remember correctly." she spoke up, feeling the dread all around them.
[21:42] <WhiteKnight> Ayako picks up the pace, occasionally looking back for a quick moment.
[21:43] <DrEvilKitteh> It takes a minute or two for the group to find a window. The corridors, simple, industrial, and gunmetal-grey-turned-red by the emergency lighting, are empty and silent. Not even the little servant bots are out and about. The window itself is thick and squat, and armored shutters cover it on the outside. A little bit of light shines through the thin gap between the individual shutters.
[21:43] <DrEvilKitteh> As it stands, they can't look outside, not with the window locked down like this.
[21:44] <[Morgan]> "Well, then." was Morgan's only response, taken aback that the Alchemist had been clever enough to use something to cover the windows. "That would be Plan A tossed out the window. That means it is time for Plan B."
[21:46] <Tangent> "Cut through the window?"
[21:46] <Tangent> Amelia offers.
[21:46] <[Morgan]> "That could work. Possibly."
[21:47] <Tangent> "Right, here goes then..." Amelia steps up, licking her lips as she prepares to stab the gap between the shutters...
[21:47] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris held out a hand and summoned a small, futuristic-looking device that neatly fit in the palm of her hand. "I...can destroy...the window, and covering." After Amelia spoke she held out another hand and summoned the hilt of an energy cutter, which the Fire Paladin would recognize as the lightsaber-like tool she'd used once. "Or this."
[21:47] <Tangent> "Oh. Oh...Um, yeah, sure, Iris!" Amelia manages to mostly hide her disappointment as she steps back.
[21:47] <WhiteKnight> Ayako whistles at Iris's ingenuity and acquistion. "Niiiiice."
[21:48] <[Morgan]> "Try it." Morgan said, stepping back and out of Iris' way.
[21:49] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris eyed Amelia. The two devices vanished back into her hammerspace, and she placed a hand against the window. Front swiftly covered it, going through and freezing the shutters on the other side, as well as the wall immediately around the window. "A-me-lia." She nodded and stepped back a few paces.
[21:52] <Tangent> Amelia looks over? "Huh?" She blinks, then grins. "Oh, right, sure!" And she steps up. A careful jab for leverage...and then scorching heat.
[21:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (For the record, the shutters are on the /outside/ of the window.)
[21:54] <DrEvilKitteh> (Just in case that wasn't clear.)
[21:54] <DrEvilKitteh> (Also, roll STR+MAG for me~)
[21:54] <Tangent> *a careful jab through the window
[21:54] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Or maybe just MAG, actually.)
[21:54] <Tangent> !ex 8 vs 7
[21:54] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [3, 2, 7, 5, 10, 3, 2, 10]. Successes total: 5
[21:58] <DrEvilKitteh> The window heats and cracks, spiderwebbing at the intense temperature differential. Steam rises, filling the air around the window. The glass warps, melting chunks falling to the floor with wet thuds. Soon, most of it has been melted or cut through, which left just the shutters to deal with.
[21:58] <[Morgan]> (That window's totally gonna come back as a bonus boss later)
[21:58] <WhiteKnight> [r5 pls]
[21:59] <DrEvilKitteh> (How does Amelia wish to take out the shutters? Slowly with fire/MAG, or quickly with her sword/STR?)
[22:00] <[Morgan]> (Window Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pane)
[22:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (Bah, I heard the plot's too transparent.)
[22:00] <[Morgan]> (It's certainly fragile under close inspection)
[22:01] <[Morgan]> (Aaaayyyy)
[22:02] <DrEvilKitteh> (Tangent?)
[22:03] <Tangent> (MMM?)
[22:03] <DrEvilKitteh> (I axed you a question.)
[22:03] <Tangent> Amelia frowns thoughtfully...then hacks away at it. "Hyah!"
[22:04] <Tangent> (strength~)
[22:04] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll~)
[22:04] <Tangent> !ex 10 vs 7
[22:04] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [3, 1, 10, 5, 10, 7, 6, 10, 10, 1]. Successes total: 9
[22:06] <DrEvilKitteh> With a snicker-snack, the shutters are easily cut through. Amelia actually does it well enough, in fact, that the pieces bent inward and fall to the floor instead of tumbling down outside the window. It's now free for them to look outside.
[22:06] <Jran-Kri> Alexa lightly applauds, grinning at Amelia. "Beautifully done," she praises, peering over to peek out the window.
[22:07] <[Morgan]> "Excellent." Morgan praised, nodding before moving to the window as well.
[22:07] <Tangent> Amelia dismisses her sword, and dusts off her hands with a faintly smug air. "Thank you, thank you~" She grins back, looking out next to Alexa.
[22:07] <WhiteKnight> Ayako nods in approval, but waits to avoid crowding around the window.
[22:08] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris waited next to Ayako.
[22:10] <DrEvilKitteh> Outside the window, which seemed to be on the left-ish side of the facility (if you were facing it head-on), the Clockwork Zombie/Flesh Golem workers still seemed to be mining as they had been before. However, this time, there were no Soldiers in view, either amongst the workers or below the window in their field of view. (Everyone at the window roll Perception.)
[22:11] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
[22:11] <Internets> :: Total 1 / 20 [5%] :: Results [1] ::
[22:11] <[Morgan]> .d 1d20
[22:11] <Internets> :: Total 6 / 20 [30%] :: Results [6] ::
[22:11] <Tangent> .d 1d20
[22:11] <Internets> :: Total 14 / 20 [70%] :: Results [14] ::
[22:11] <Jran-Kri> ((>Alexa trips and breaks her glasses))
[22:11] <Tangent> (D:)
[22:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (Or they slip off her nose and tumble outside the window when she gets too overexcited and pokes her head out.)
[22:12] <Tangent> (poor alexa, so moe, so clumsy)
[22:12] <Jran-Kri> (("Jinkies!"))
[22:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (Either way, if you really wanna do something like that, go ahead. :3)
[22:12] <[Morgan]> (So key-oot)
[22:12] <Tangent> (Does that make Amelia scrappy doo?)
[22:13] <[Morgan]> (Nah, too likable)
[22:15] <Jran-Kri> Alexa moves her head just a bit too fast, and her glasses jolt sharply on the bridge of her nose. Then they slide off. Alexa yelps, fumbles with them, and then watches them fall out of the window. "... Oops."
[22:15] <Tangent> Amelia looks over concerned. "Alexa? What happene-Oh..."
[22:17] <DrEvilKitteh> Only Amelia, for some reason, noticed what the others didn't. Probably helped that Alexa lost her glasses. In addition to what the three had seen, the two entrances to the facility had been shut. The workers with wheelbarrows were dumping the contents of their wheelbarrows in front of said closed entrances before going back to the holes in the side of the crater to get more.
[22:17] <DrEvilKitteh> Basically, the facility was on full lockdown mode.
[22:17] <[Morgan]> Morgan winces in sympathy, watching the glasses tumble to the ground below. "Rest in pieces, noble spectacles. You will not be forgotten." she commented sincerely.
[22:18] <[Morgan]> *winced
[22:18] <Tangent> "Yeahhh, they don't want us going anywhere...Look, down there. The doors." Amelia gives another look to Alexa, then steps back for Iris to take a look.
[22:18] <WhiteKnight> Ayako perks up at Alexa's fumble.
[22:19] <Jran-Kri> "Oh bloody Hell," Alexa has paled several shades. She grimaces, trembling faintly as she looks down at the ground. "U-um. Um. Well. My vision's not that bad, I suppose..."
[22:19] <WhiteKnight> "Huh? What happened?" She walks on over to inspect.
[22:19] <Jran-Kri> "I lost my glasses!" Alexa wails, her attempts at optimism promptly falling to pieces.
[22:19] <[Morgan]> Morgan reached out and cautiously patted her on the back a few times before stopping.
[22:20] <Tangent> Amelia steps over to her friend. "It...It's okay...You have a spare at home, right?" She reaches out and pats her friend reassuringly, much more comfortably than Morgan.
[22:20] <WhiteKnight> "Jeez, that sucks..." She tenses up. "Ohh, that can't be good. I think there's something going on down below. Something... heavy."
[22:20] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris walked up and conjured an identical pair to the glasses Alexa had just lost. She held the pair out to the other girl as she looked outside the window, though Ayako's words drew her attention a moment later. "...What? What...is it?"
[22:22] <WhiteKnight> "Machinery. Heavy machinery. Like, industrial, factory-strength machinery."
[22:23] <Jran-Kri> "Yes, yes, but--" Alexa is prepared to whine to Amelia before a new pair appears. Blinking myopically, Alexa takes the glasses, scowling. "God in Heaven, you know these aren't just panes of g--?" Alexa cuts herself off as she holds them up to her eyes, shocked. "O-oh. Oh my. Um. Thank you," she bunches up her shoulders, blushing. "Er. Right. Machinery. Factory. Yes. Interesting."
[22:24] <DrEvilKitteh> Idly, Iris moved a hand to rub Alexa on the head. "That...does not sound...very good." She looked around at the others. "...I am...not very cer-tain...what to do, now. We could...plant ex-plo-sives and collapse...this base, or...continue down and...pro-ba-bly fight. May-be something else...?"
[22:24] <[Morgan]> Morgan looked back out the window at what was going on. She said nothing this time, her mouth moving into a thin line as she studied the machinery. Quite awe-inspiring and terrifying at the same time, she noted.
[22:25] <Tangent> "Oh...Thanks, Iris!" Amelia chirps, giving her other friend a grateful smile and a thumbs up.
[22:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (R5, there is no machinery outside the window. Only Ayako heard it, and it is below them inside the facility.)
[22:25] <[Morgan]> (Ah. Derp)
[22:26] <[Morgan]> (Ignore that, then)
[22:26] <[Morgan]> "Perhaps these 'explosives' could do the trick. How powerful are they?"
[22:27] <Jran-Kri> Alexa hums at the patting, bunching up even further. She grumbles under her breath. "Yes. Um. Best just blow the place up. Nothing but machines here. No harm."
[22:27] <Tangent> "I like this plan."
[22:28] <WhiteKnight> "Heh, bombs are always fun."
[22:28] <DrEvilKitteh> "Pow-er-ful enough." Iris continued with the headpats.
[22:29] <WhiteKnight> Ayako squints. "... Huh. It stopped. That's probably a really bad sign."
[22:30] <Tangent> Amelia glances between Iris and Alexa...then looks over. "...Well, it's not like they didn't know we're here..."
[22:31] <[Morgan]> "We should move quickly, then." Morgan advised. "The rest have most likely caught onto our escapades."
[22:32] <Jran-Kri> "Yes, quite right," Alexa claps her hands together, nodding shortly. "They already battened down the hatches -- who knows what's next?"
[22:33] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris summoned a device like the explosive from earlier, though it was about twice as large. "Three...or four...should be enough."
[22:33] == Zene has changed nick to Zene|BRB
[22:34] <WhiteKnight> "Let's get going and worry about the details on the way," Ayako insists as she turns to the way back.
[22:34] <Tangent> "Sounds like a plan." Amelia glances to Alexa and Iris...
[22:35] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris stored the demolition charge back in hammerspace and hurried after Ayako.
[22:36] <Tangent> Amelia follows
[22:36] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods shortly, scurrying after them.
[22:36] <[Morgan]> Morgan kept a steady pace as she brought up the rear.
[22:36] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d4
[22:36] <Internets> :: Total 1 / 4 [25%] :: Results [1] ::
[22:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (Welp.)
[22:37] <[Morgan]> (?)
[22:38] <DrEvilKitteh> It was just after Iris placed the first charge, back in the Alchemist's planned-workshop, that the extremely unsubtle sounds of heavy footsteps echoed to them from the hallway leading to one of the staircases. And there were a lot of them.
[22:40] <Tangent> "Oh boy..." Amelia sighs, tossing her hair back with her free hand. Huh, that feels rather dramatic. Maybe she should do it more oft...Oh. Right. Monsters. She steps in front of Alexa and raises her sword.
[22:41] <WhiteKnight> Ayako sucks on her teeth and sighs. "Well then. Think you can still get those bombs planted if we just hold 'em at bay for a bit, Iris? OR do we gotta go through 'em?"
[22:41] <Jran-Kri> Alexa gulps, her staff glowing in preparation. "Oh dear, oh dear..."
[22:41] <[Morgan]> Morgan readies her stave in anticipation. She had been hoping that they would keep their stealth, but if fighting off a few more soldiers was what it took to leave, then so be it.
[22:41] <Tangent> "Nothing we can't handle...I think."
[22:43] <DrEvilKitteh> "They should be placed at different spots within the facility to deal the maximum amount of damage," Iris quickly replied to Ayako, eyes glowing softly again. "So we will have to fight through the enemies to at least two other places."
[22:45] <WhiteKnight> "Yareyare," she says with a sigh. "Alright. Let's pulverize 'em in a sec and finish this place."
[22:45] <[Morgan]> "Hear, hear."
[22:46] <Tangent> "Sounds about right..." She nudges Alexa. "Ready?"
[22:46] <Jran-Kri> "Ready as I'll ever be," Alexa smiles thinly at her.
[22:47] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone, roll Initiative.)
[22:47] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7 (Iris Initiative!)
[22:47] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 8, 10, 4, 4, 1]. Successes total: 3
[22:47] <[Morgan]> !ex 8 v
[22:47] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [10, 8, 7, 4, 6, 5, 5, 8]. Successes total: 5
[22:48] <Tangent> !ex 4 vs 7
[22:48] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [1, 9, 9, 9]. Successes total: 3
[22:48] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 v
[22:48] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [5, 6, 8, 1, 8, 7]. Successes total: 3
[22:48] <WhiteKnight> !ex 11 v (Awareness!)
[22:48] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [6, 4, 9, 10, 2, 1, 9, 1, 4, 4, 5]. Successes total: 4
[22:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (Initiative Order: Ayako/Morgan/Alexa/Iris/Amelia/The Baddies)
[22:49] <Tangent> A quick, wordless pat and Amelia turns back to the direction she thinks the monsters are coming from...
[22:50] <DrEvilKitteh> "Amelia, we shall lead." Iris summoned her warhammer and stepped out of the room next to her fiery friend.
[22:50] <WhiteKnight> Ayako's bow is at the ready, as are her senses. She seems ready to lay down some serious firepower.
[22:51] <Tangent> "Right! I'm with you!" Amelia hastens after Iris!
[22:51] <[Morgan]> Morgan is prepared for almost anything at this point, her face a bit grim as she followed close behind.
[22:51] <[Morgan]> *was
[22:52] <Jran-Kri> Alexa shuffles after them, keeping her distance from the frontline.
[22:54] <DrEvilKitteh> Down the hallway to the right, the direction the three Soldiers (that had shot Amelia) had come from earlier, numerous stumbling and shambling shapes walked into view. The red lights gave an almost hellish glow to them. All were humanoid, though they were quite different. Some were Soldiers, some were Zombies/Flesh Golems, but they all shared one thing in common: they were incomplete,
[22:54] <DrEvilKitteh> unfinished. About fifteen were down there, and more were on the way.
[22:54] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[22:56] <WhiteKnight> Ayako balks at the sheer number of enemies for a moment. But if this is anyone's forte, it's hers. She draws her bow back as far as it'll go, almost a dozen arrows forming, and lets them all fly! "Taaaaake THIIIIIIS!" [Hollow Point Barrage. 3 MP, 7/10]
[22:56] <WhiteKnight> !ex 11 v 7
[22:56] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [4, 5, 6, 2, 9, 4, 8, 4, 4, 1, 8]. Successes total: 3
[22:56] <Tangent> "Urgh. These guys."
[22:57] <DrEvilKitteh> (How many are you targeting, WK?)
[22:58] <WhiteKnight> (10, the maximum (without penalty?))
[22:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright.)
[22:58] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 10 v (Minions' Dodge!)
[22:58] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[4, 9, 1, 10] = 3; 4d:[2, 4, 5, 3] = 0; 4d:[6, 8, 2, 8] = 2; 4d:[2, 8, 10, 7] = 4; 4d:[4, 8, 1, 9] = 2; 4d:[8, 3, 4, 9] = 2; 4d:[8, 6, 8, 3] = 2; 4d:[10, 1, 2, 8] = 3; 4d:[1, 2, 8, 8] = 2; 4d:[9, 7, 8, 8] = 4.Total successes: 24
[22:59] <DrEvilKitteh> All but two of the shamblers are hit...and go down. The other two somehow manage to jerk out of the way and avoid the arrows aimed at them. About seven remain of this group.
[23:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[23:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (I'd recommend Ice Barrage.)
[23:01] <[Morgan]> (You read my mind, my good man)
[23:01] == Zene|BRB has changed nick to Zene
[23:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (It'd be worth it to take the 1-2 die penalty to multitarget more than 3.)
[23:01] <[Morgan]> !ex 11 v Morgan fires off an Ice Barrage at the remaining seven standing, letting out a defiant yell.
[23:01] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [3, 3, 3, 9, 1, 1, 3, 5, 1, 10, 3]. Successes total: 3
[23:01] <[Morgan]> (Pffft)
[23:02] <DrEvilKitteh> (Wow. Zeneroller loooves 3's, don't she.)
[23:02] <[Morgan]> (Indeed.)
[23:02] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 7 v (Minion Resist!)
[23:02] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[9, 6, 1, 10] = 3; 4d:[8, 7, 9, 10] = 5; 4d:[4, 2, 10, 5] = 2; 4d:[3, 10, 3, 6] = 2; 4d:[6, 3, 7, 1] = 1; 4d:[5, 8, 10, 5] = 3.Total successes: 16
[23:02] <[Morgan]> (3 is the number of badassitude. This is canon now)
[23:03] <DrEvilKitteh> All the stumbling creatures are taken down...except for one, who escaped the icy attack unscathed. Somehow.
[23:03] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[23:04] <[Morgan]> Morgan stares in a mixture of shock and pity at the survivor, saying nothing.
[23:05] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's staff glows as a globule of bright red energy forms, splits into two and hurtles at two of the creatures! [Arcane Barrage]
[23:05] <Jran-Kri> !ex 9 multi 2 v
[23:05] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: 9d:[9, 2, 2, 3, 10, 6, 6, 2, 9] = 4; 9d:[8, 10, 1, 9, 7, 2, 3, 7, 10] = 8.Total successes: 12
[23:05] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 (Lone Survivor Resist!)
[23:05] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 9, 7, 2]. Successes total: 3
[23:06] <[Morgan]> (Yet another incarnation of Soldier #3)
[23:06] <DrEvilKitteh> The last Soldier continued staggering forward at them, one functional arm outstretched and clawing at the distant Magical Girls...when twin bolts of red light slammed into its chest, tearing its torso apart.
[23:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (This combat has been finished, but we're retaining Initiative Order since that's easier.)
[23:06] <Tangent> "..." Amelia lowers her sword, looking faintly disappointed.
[23:06] == Lynnia has changed nick to Kinny
[23:07] <WhiteKnight> Ayako smiles, pretty impressed with the scope of damage dealt by a single volley.
[23:07] <[Morgan]> "That was thankfully easy." Morgan muttered to herself, amazed that both she and Ayako had taken out so many in so little time.
[23:07] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris practically flew down the hallway, not caring that there weren't any for herself and Amelia to attack. She had bombs to plant and not very much time to do it.
[23:08] <[Morgan]> Morgan quickly dashed after the group's leader upon seeing her run past, not wanting to be left behind for obvious reasons.
[23:09] <Tangent> A shrug and Amelia runs after them.
[23:09] <WhiteKnight> The ex-merc's reverie is dispelled, and she takes off after Iris at full speed.
[23:09] <Jran-Kri> "... Good heavens," Alexa stares at their remains for a moment, before scurrying after the rest of them at full tilt.
[23:11] <DrEvilKitteh> They reached the next stairwell without any trouble. Iris took out another charge and set it on the wall outside the door leading to the stairs, from which the sounds of more "unfinished" enemies was coming from. "Amelia, take them out. Confined space, good for your fire." Iris pointed down the stairs which the Clockwork enemies were ascending. They were only about thirty feet below the
[23:11] <DrEvilKitteh> group of girls proper...
[23:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia! You may "attack" as normal without needing to Move/Dash.)
[23:13] <Tangent> Amelia grins. "Aw, they shouldn't have..." And she leaps into the fray.
[23:14] <Tangent> (Piercing attack against the mob, power overwhelming.)
[23:14] <DrEvilKitteh> (Also, there are 20 total baddies here. Target-rich environ, so have fun~)
[23:15] <Tangent> !ex 12 vs 7
[23:15] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [6, 7, 10, 6, 4, 9, 9, 7, 3, 6, 8, 6]. Successes total: 7
[23:16] <Tangent> She swings wildly into the mob- they're monsters, it's okay- fire burning bright. She barely even registers the way her skin singes from the heat before quickly sealing over once more.
[23:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Er. I don't have a good "mob" mechanic written up, so how many are you targeting?)
[23:17] <Tangent> (Uh, as many as she can until her dice runs out...so 6?)
[23:18] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 6 v
[23:18] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[6, 7, 1, 9] = 2; 4d:[6, 4, 5, 9] = 1; 4d:[1, 6, 8, 10] = 3; 4d:[10, 8, 2, 5] = 3; 4d:[8, 3, 2, 9] = 2; 4d:[4, 1, 7, 9] = 2.Total successes: 13
[23:18] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d6
[23:18] <Internets> :: Total 3 / 6 [50%] :: Results [3] ::
[23:19] <DrEvilKitteh> Six go down beneath a burning sword, and two more in close proximity catch on fire and start burning. They fall to the floor in short order.
[23:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[23:20] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris finishes up prepwork for the bomb and presses the button to link it to the first one.
[23:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (Clockwork Enemies!)
[23:20] == Kinny has changed nick to Lynninya
[23:20] <DrEvilKitteh> As one, about ten or so surge to attack Amelia, movements twitchy and sluggish but still potentially dangerous.
[23:20] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 10 v (Melee Attack vs Amelia)
[23:20] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[8, 1, 8, 5] = 2; 4d:[7, 1, 2, 9] = 2; 4d:[5, 8, 2, 8] = 2; 4d:[7, 10, 7, 8] = 5; 4d:[10, 7, 3, 1] = 3; 4d:[9, 8, 6, 8] = 3; 4d:[10, 7, 9, 10] = 6; 4d:[4, 10, 8, 7] = 4; 4d:[6, 2, 10, 1] = 2; 4d:[5, 6, 1, 4] Botch!Total successes: 29
[23:21] <Tangent> "...Um."
[23:21] <DrEvilKitteh> (Parry roll~)
[23:21] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7
[23:21] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [10, 3, 7, 2, 2, 9, 1, 9, 7, 3, 10]. Successes total: 8
[23:21] <[Morgan]> (Dayum)
[23:21] <DrEvilKitteh> (They all dead. Write it out~)
[23:23] <Tangent> "I...think...They're-" Amelia hacks apart yet another angry zombie as it tries to stab her before cutting the legs out from under a zombie at least a head taller than she is. "...Mad?" Was that the last of them?
[23:23] <Tangent> She blinks as she takes in the carnage, her outfit and face smeared with soot from her own magic.
[23:24] <[Morgan]> "They seemed very determined." Morgan noticed, watching them drop like flies.
[23:24] <DrEvilKitteh> Two more remain, above Amelia and trying to go for the rest of the group at the top of the stairwell.
[23:24] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[23:26] <WhiteKnight> Ayako goes for a more basic trick shot, trying to knock down five foes with just three arrows! [Hollow Point, 5 targets. That's a -3 to a ranged character w/o rapid firing, right?]
[23:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (I said two remain.)
[23:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (You only need to target two of 'em.)
[23:28] <WhiteKnight> (Aw, damn. Oh well.)
[23:28] <WhiteKnight> *Two baddies with one arrow
[23:28] <WhiteKnight> !ex 10 multi 2 v 7
[23:28] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: 10d:[7, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 10, 3, 9] = 4; 10d:[8, 4, 9, 10, 3, 1, 4, 8, 5, 5] = 5.Total successes: 9
[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 2 v
[23:29] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[3, 8, 5, 3] = 1; 4d:[9, 10, 7, 1] = 4.Total successes: 5
[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> They both go down with arrows through their head and neck, respectively.
[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> (Combat over, Mana is regained. One more bomb to go, though~)
[23:30] <Tangent> Amelia hasn't even taken a second step when the last of the zombies drops. She glances to her friends, and shrugs. "Urgh...where are these guys even coming from?"
[23:30] <[Morgan]> "The fires of Hell would be a safe bet."
[23:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris stepped through the doorway and looked down at Amelia. "...That was ver-y...good, A-me-lia," she called out in soft praise. She vaulted the railing and landed next to the Fire girl. "We go down, one...more...floor," she called up to the others. At Amelia's question, she merely shrugged awkwardly.
[23:31] <Tangent> And how many people did that lunatic kill to make them? She shakes her head. "Ah, thanks, Iris!"
[23:32] <Jran-Kri> "Yes, yes, masterfully done," Alexa says a hair too quickly, hurrying after.
[23:33] <WhiteKnight> Ayako squints not just at the sheer number of foes that had just come and gone, but also at Iris. Something doesn't feel quite right... "Hmmm..." She shakes her head. Not now. Charges first.
[23:35] <[Morgan]> The water girl made her way to Iris and Amelia's positions, ready for the (almost) final leg of their mission.
[23:39] <Tangent> Amelia strolls along, humming to herself. She's not a very good singer, apparently...
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[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> The next floor down...explained where they had been coming from.
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> Here, they were walking on catwalks spanning the entire “floor”, many meters above the next floor down. And it looked like a factory, alright. Assembly lines, conveyers, spare pieces and parts ready to be fixed on a damaged Clockwork creature... There were many frames recognizable as Soldiers were still hanging from racks, evidently new ones that were being made right there in the
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> facility itself.
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> Oh, and there were still several bodies there. Dissected and cut apart by automatic machines, corpses of people and other humanoid-like monsters lay on tables near the middle of the factory floor. There was even a minotaur down there. They'd been in the process of being converted to Clockwork Flesh Golems, but they hadn't even gotten as far as some of the unfinished Zombies and Soldiers
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> that the girls had just fought.
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> In essence, it was an assembly, repair, and conversion room. And there were a lot more unfinished Clockwork monstrosities heading for the grated stairs leading to the catwalks.
[23:45] <Tangent> Amelia feels bile rise in her throat. "...It's all going to burn. Now." She snaps, her earlier moment of good humor vanishing just as fast as it'd appeared.
[23:45] <WhiteKnight> Ayako's expression is pretty blank. She seems to be taking the whole place in before she says anything. But for a moment, her bow twitches forward.
[23:46] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan! Target as many as you'd like. There's effectively no shortage of them at this point.)
[23:46] <Jran-Kri> "God in Heaven," Alexa mumbles, looking around with something between fascination and horror.
[23:47] <Tangent> Amelia abruptly vaults over the railing without a second thought...and right into the midst of the mob, trailing blue flame and smoke. "BURN!"
[23:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan's turn first, tho.)
[23:48] <[Morgan]> !ex 11 v Something inside Morgan finally and briefly snapped when she saw what lied before her, memories flashing before her eyes. "NEVER AGAIN!" she roared angrily, firing an Ice Barrage at about eight of the creatures.
[23:48] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]: [1, 5, 2, 3, 9, 8, 7, 10, 6, 5, 1]. Successes total: 5
[23:48] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 8 v
[23:48] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[2, 2, 4, 10] = 2; 4d:[8, 9, 9, 2] = 3; 4d:[4, 8, 4, 3] = 1; 4d:[10, 8, 6, 7] = 4; 4d:[8, 4, 3, 6] = 1; 4d:[8, 8, 4, 4] = 2; 4d:[4, 9, 7, 8] = 3.Total successes: 16
[23:49] <DrEvilKitteh> Several unfinished and incomplete Soldiers and Zombies go down from the ice attack.
[23:49] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[23:50] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's staff flashes again as she launches another pair of magic missiles at the creatures! [Arcane Barrage]
[23:50] <Jran-Kri> !ex 9 multi 2 v
[23:50] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: 9d:[4, 5, 1, 5, 7, 6, 6, 8, 4] = 2; 9d:[3, 10, 10, 3, 7, 3, 2, 3, 5] = 5.Total successes: 7
[23:50] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 2 v
[23:50] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[4, 6, 2, 3] = 0; 4d:[9, 4, 8, 3] = 2.Total successes: 2
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[23:51] <DrEvilKitteh> A head and groin explodes, respectively, sending two of the creatures down to the floor.
[23:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[23:52] <Tangent> Amelia lashes out as she lands, the tiny paladin a whirl of metal and flame!
[23:52] <Tangent> !ex 10 vs 7
[23:52] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [1, 5, 4, 6, 8, 10, 2, 4, 8, 2]. Successes total: 4
[23:52] <Tangent> (3 enemies then?)
[23:52] <DrEvilKitteh> (So...targeting one or something?)
[23:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (You'd need to subtract Dice for multitargeting.)
[23:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (Unless you used Power Overwhelming.)
[23:53] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 3 v
[23:53] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[9, 8, 2, 1] = 2; 4d:[2, 9, 3, 2] = 1; 4d:[4, 6, 5, 1] Botch!Total successes: 3
[23:53] <Tangent> (strength attack, piercing, and...isn't it -1 dice for every subsequent attack?)
[23:54] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yes. You'd get 8 dice from STR, 2 from Base Dice.)
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[23:55] <Tangent> (Right, but I thought it was >first attack uses the #successes, >second attack uses -1...)
[23:55] <Tangent> (No?)
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (No.)
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (I thought I already told people about this during this adventure.)
[23:55] <Tangent> (Right, then with your permission I'll PO that. Not that I saw, but I was half-asleep half the time)
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[23:56] <DrEvilKitteh> Three of the creatures are sliced apart and burned to slag and charred flesh. The smell...wasn't a pleasant one, and it started to pervade the air even up on the catwalks above.
[23:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[23:57] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris summoned a third and final bomb, activating and linking it as she sprinted across the catwalks.
[23:57] <DrEvilKitteh> (Baddies!)
[23:58] <DrEvilKitteh> Again, about ten-ish swarm at Amelia and try to drown her in their numbers.
[23:58] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 10 v (Clockwork Monsters Melee!)
[23:58] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[10, 3, 9, 8] = 4; 4d:[1, 1, 7, 3] = 1; 4d:[1, 7, 1, 2] = 1; 4d:[5, 10, 6, 3] = 2; 4d:[5, 2, 8, 1] = 1; 4d:[4, 3, 5, 10] = 2; 4d:[10, 5, 4, 2] = 2.Total successes: 13
[23:58] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 3 v
[23:58] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[2, 1, 9, 8] = 2; 4d:[6, 6, 5, 6] = 0; 4d:[10, 4, 7, 8] = 4.Total successes: 6
[23:58] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7
[23:58] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [4, 2, 6, 10, 6, 6, 4, 7, 3, 5, 1]. Successes total: 3
[23:59] <Tangent> So many. So many dead hands and bodies, and she's just overreached with her wild swings...Ameila frantically tries to parry.
[23:59] <DrEvilKitteh> In the chaos, Amelia is hit twice, but both blows don't get through her armor. (-2 Soak.) As for the other eight, she cut them apart before they could dogpile her.
[00:00] <DrEvilKitteh> Some of the Unfinished Clockwork Creatures, meanwhile, had walked up the stairs to the catwalks and weren't too far from Ayako, Morgan, and Alexa. They started to close the distance...
[00:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[00:01] <WhiteKnight> (How many targets we got? "Countless?")
[00:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Pretty much.)
[00:03] <WhiteKnight> Ayako yells at the top of her lungs as she goes for a truly maddening barrage! She sacrifices any attempt at accuracy to deliver her payload over a wide area! [Barrage, 15 targets. The penalty is -1 per, right?]
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[00:04] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Hm. The pdf I'm looking at just says "Up to 10 can be targeted".)
[00:05] <WhiteKnight> (Eh, I can go with that in the interest of time.)
[00:05] <WhiteKnight> (10 it is~)
[00:05] <WhiteKnight> !ex 11 v 7
[00:05] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [9, 4, 5, 1, 2, 9, 9, 6, 10, 3, 1]. Successes total: 5
[00:05] <Zene> (Barrage targets a maximum of 10 but applies no penalty. If it's a ranged attack, it also gains a +1 bonus.)
[00:05] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 10 v (Clockwork Dodge!)
[00:05] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[5, 4, 9, 8] = 2; 4d:[9, 1, 2, 10] = 3; 4d:[3, 6, 6, 9] = 1; 4d:[7, 6, 2, 5] = 1; 4d:[8, 9, 4, 8] = 3; 4d:[1, 3, 9, 9] = 2; 4d:[4, 2, 4, 8] = 1; 4d:[4, 9, 4, 4] = 1; 4d:[5, 7, 4, 5] = 1; 4d:[5, 6, 10, 7] = 3.Total successes: 18
[00:06] <DrEvilKitteh> A hail of arrows sinks into several bodies, downing each one they hit.
[00:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
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[00:08] <[Morgan]_> !ex 11 v As more soldiers and zombies prepare to swarm her and her allies, Morgan turns her fury and Ice Barrage on them. "FALL." she commands them, looking for all the world like an icy angel of vengeance.
[00:08] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [6, 10, 10, 2, 7, 2, 9, 4, 6, 9, 6]. Successes total: 7
[00:09] <[Morgan]_> (That's 8 targets, btw)
[00:10] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 9 v
[00:10] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[2, 3, 6, 3] = 0; 4d:[9, 5, 9, 2] = 2; 4d:[8, 3, 4, 7] = 2; 4d:[8, 1, 6, 7] = 2; 4d:[10, 9, 6, 5] = 3; 4d:[1, 4, 9, 10] = 3; 4d:[10, 7, 8, 7] = 5; 4d:[3, 8, 3, 8] = 2; 4d:[8, 5, 10, 8] = 4.Total successes: 23
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> Needles of ice slide through their bodies, imbedding and pinning them to the grated floor and stairs where they moved no more.
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[00:11] <Jran-Kri> Alexa takes a step back at the approaching storm, her staff flashing again as she hurls another pair of red bolts. [Arcane Barrage]
[00:11] <Jran-Kri> !ex 9 multi 2 v
[00:11] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: 9d:[5, 3, 1, 3, 7, 6, 2, 10, 10] = 5; 9d:[8, 3, 2, 5, 10, 8, 8, 9, 4] = 6.Total successes: 11
[00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 2 v
[00:13] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[4, 6, 9, 2] = 1; 4d:[9, 4, 3, 3] = 1.Total successes: 2
[00:14] <DrEvilKitteh> A particularly large orc zombie was catapulted over the catwalk and send crashing to the floor below. One of its comrades was hit in the leg, which desintegrated below the knee and flipped it over.
[00:15] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Oh wait, Iris goes before Amelia. Whoops.)
[00:16] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[00:21] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris hopped off the catwalk and landed more or less dead-center of the room below. She primed the device and set it on one of the nearby pieces of automated equipment. That was when two forms darted at her from behind, regular Soldiers that moved with speeds only granted by Overclock.
[00:21] <DrEvilKitteh> ...And then twin gunshots rang out from near her, and the Soldiers were hit by bullets that...well. One's body exploded from the chest up, and the second one's upper and lower body were ripped in half by the second shot.
[00:21] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[00:21] <Tangent> (What targets and where's the densest mass of enemies?)
[00:22] <DrEvilKitteh> (Probably directly around Amelia. There's no real shortage, right now.)
[00:23] <Tangent> (Anyone in close range/the splash zone for aoe?)
[00:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (No.)
[00:26] <Tangent> (Okay, she uses Power overwhelming with fire sweep. Takes 2 damage, 2 mana, and 4 mag from fire sweep- 1 soak and 1 mana regenerates since >Every other turn, and the usual 1 hp from regen.)
[00:27] <Tangent> !ex 10 vs 7
[00:27] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [1, 2, 10, 8, 4, 2, 2, 8, 5, 8]. Successes total: 5
[00:27] <Tangent> [close range aoe, 2 wounds+2/success]
[00:28] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7
[00:28] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 5, 6, 10]. Successes total: 2
[00:28] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7 multi 2 v
[00:28] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 6d:[4, 6, 6, 9, 7, 4] = 2; 6d:[9, 7, 1, 9, 4, 9] = 4.Total successes: 6
[00:29] <Tangent> Amelia lets her fire out, not even bothering to control it or hold it back. She just lets everything near her burn, thoughts and emotions channeled into letting blue, almost liquid flames spill out and burn away everything in her vicinity.
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[00:31] <DrEvilKitteh> Fire consumes all the unfinished Clockwork creatures around Amelia, as well as one...complete Soldier. It falls writhing to the floor in a melting heap. However, one still stands closeby, damaged by standing in the fire. Its eyes glow, gears turned rapidly, and it went in to attack. (Clockwork Baddies' turn! Overclock engaged.)
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[00:31] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 (Soldier Slash vs Amelia)
[00:31] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 7, 8, 3, 1, 9, 2]. Successes total: 3
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[00:33] <Tangent> !ex 11 vs 7 (parry?)
[00:33] <Zeneroller> Tangent: [10, 10, 9, 10, 9, 1, 7, 9, 8, 5, 6]. Successes total: 11
[00:33] <DrEvilKitteh> Aaand there goes its sword arm after unsuccessfully attacking the Paladin.
[00:34] <Tangent> Amelia's still smoldering- from scorched hair down to her singed boots. She's surrounded by blue sparks and acrid smoke.
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[00:34] <DrEvilKitteh> Up on the catwalks, four Soldiers' eyes glow as they move out of the crowd, two dashing for Morgan and two for Ayako.
[00:34] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 vs 7 multi 2 v (Soldier Slash vs Morgan! Dodge or Parry.)
[00:34] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 9d:[5, 5, 5, 2, 10, 4, 6, 6, 4] = 2; 9d:[7, 3, 6, 4, 2, 7, 3, 6, 10] = 4.Total successes: 6
[00:34] <[Morgan]_> (And Soldier #3 falls yet again. Maybe)
[00:35] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 vs 7 multi 2 v (Soldier Slash vs Ayako! Dodge or Parry.)
[00:35] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 9d:[4, 9, 7, 3, 10, 7, 4, 2, 5] = 5; 9d:[3, 7, 9, 6, 8, 6, 2, 1, 10] = 5.Total successes: 10
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[00:36] <WhiteKnight> !ex 11 v (Dodge!)
[00:36] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [3, 10, 5, 6, 9, 2, 10, 10, 2, 1, 4]. Successes total: 7
[00:36] <WhiteKnight> (Man it feels good to have Wings)
[00:37] <[Morgan]_> (What bonus does Wings have again?)
[00:37] <WhiteKnight> (1 to dodge)
[00:37] <DrEvilKitteh> (+1 to Dodge.)
[00:37] <WhiteKnight> (Ayako is built for SPEED)
[00:37] <[Morgan]_> (Alright)
[00:39] <[Morgan]_> !ex 8 v Morgan moves to dodge the vile beasts' swings, slightly less pissed at this point.
[00:39] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [10, 7, 8, 10, 6, 4, 4, 2]. Successes total: 6
[00:39] <DrEvilKitteh> Both Ayako and Morgan escaped the fast-moving Soldiers' strikes. As for Alexa, she was beset upon by several Unfinished Soldiers and Zombies.
[00:40] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 7 multi 6 v (Attacks vs Alexa!)
[00:40] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[1, 5, 7, 2] = 1; 4d:[9, 9, 9, 5] = 3; 4d:[1, 6, 7, 8] = 2; 4d:[1, 7, 7, 7] = 3; 4d:[9, 5, 9, 6] = 2; 4d:[10, 7, 1, 5] = 3.Total successes: 14
[00:40] <Tangent> "Alexa!" Amelia shouts in alarm!
[00:41] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 multi 6 v Dodge
[00:41] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: 6d:[5, 4, 4, 7, 6, 2] = 1; 6d:[1, 6, 4, 8, 1, 5] = 1; 6d:[10, 7, 5, 5, 8, 7] = 5; 6d:[2, 1, 8, 6, 7, 10] = 4; 6d:[2, 8, 6, 3, 2, 9] = 2; 6d:[2, 4, 1, 7, 10, 5] = 3.Total successes: 16
[00:41] <DrEvilKitteh> (Just one Dodge roll is good.)
[00:42] <Jran-Kri> ((Oh. Alright, wish me luck.))
[00:42] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 v Dodge
[00:42] <Zeneroller> Jran-Kri: [8, 5, 4, 5, 6, 1]. Successes total: 1
[00:42] <DrEvilKitteh> (Welp.)
[00:42] <Jran-Kri> ((wish harder fuckers))
[00:42] <Tangent> (Time for trauma.)
[00:42] <[Morgan]_> (Weeeellllp)
[00:42] <DrEvilKitteh> (What's her Soak?)
[00:42] <WhiteKnight> (You could have FP'd!)
[00:42] <Jran-Kri> ((Mono-MAG Reinforcement was a mistake FUCK I COULD'VE))
[00:42] <Jran-Kri> (Oh well. It's 3.))
[00:43] <WhiteKnight> (Eh, I'm sure she'll be fine.)
[00:43] <[Morgan]_> (She'll pull through)
[00:43] <DrEvilKitteh> (She's down to 1 Soak. 7 Wounds.)
[00:44] <[Morgan]_> (Yup, she's good)
[00:44] <Jran-Kri> ((Down BY 7 wounds, surely.))
[00:44] <DrEvilKitteh> (Er, 7 Wounds is what she takes.)
[00:44] <Jran-Kri> ((Yeah, figured.))
[00:44] <[Morgan]_> (Oh, fuck)
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[00:45] <Jran-Kri> Alexa stumbles in her attempts to weave away from the mob. When they come upon her, she screams in pain as they hack at her, dropping her staff as she collapses.
[00:46] <[Morgan]_> (Jesus CHRIST. Just...WOW.)
[00:47] <Tangent> "A-Alexa! Nonono...pleasenopleasebeokay" Amelia's fires gutter out and she dashes towards Alexa, unthinkingly.
[00:47] <[Morgan]_> (Shit just got REAL)
[00:48] <DrEvilKitteh> More gunshots ring out. A few of the Unfinished Zombies and Soldiers trying to go for Alexa falls like its puppet strings had just been cut--which was apt, considering its head had just exploded. All four of the Overclocked Soldiers attacking Ayako and Morgan were hit, the impact staggering them considerably.
[00:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[00:50] <WhiteKnight> Ayako taps pretty deep into her reserves - she might just have one more wide volley in her but she's making damn sure it's getting put to good use! [Barrage, hollow point. 4/10 MP left.]
[00:51] <WhiteKnight> (Oh, targets are the four soldiers and six incompletes)
[00:51] <WhiteKnight> !ex 11 v
[00:51] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: [10, 9, 3, 7, 3, 10, 9, 6, 4, 9, 5]. Successes total: 8
[00:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (Noice.)
[00:52] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs 7 (Soldier 1 Dodge!)
[00:52] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 2, 2, 5, 7, 2, 8]. Successes total: 2
[00:52] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 (Soldier 2 and 4 Dodge!)
[00:52] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 vs 7 (Soldier 3 Dodge!)
[00:52] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 6 v (Unfinished Clockworks' Dodge!)
[00:52] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 1, 5, 3]. Botch!
[00:52] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 6, 8, 1, 8, 4]. Successes total: 3
[00:52] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[7, 3, 3, 3] = 1; 4d:[10, 7, 1, 2] = 3; 4d:[5, 4, 10, 9] = 3; 4d:[10, 2, 7, 8] = 4; 4d:[1, 5, 9, 4] = 1.Total successes: 12
[00:52] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 (Soldier 4 Dodge.)
[00:52] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 5, 5, 3]. Successes total: 2
[00:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (They are all dead. Very...very...dead.)
[00:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (And, conveniently, there are only a few Unfinished Clockworks that are on the stairs coming up to the catwalks.)
[00:54] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan! Iris seems to have planted the last bomb, there's a Mystery Shooter somewhere helping out, and Alexa has just fallen and can't get up. What! Do! You! Do!?)
[00:55] <[Morgan]_> !ex 11 v Morgan fires what is hopefully a final Ice Barrage at the few remaining enemies, letting the projectiles speak for her.
[00:55] <Zeneroller> [Morgan]_: [9, 4, 6, 7, 1, 7, 10, 7, 10, 10, 2]. Successes total: 10
[00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Eh, I'll roll for 'em anyway.)
[00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7
[00:55] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 3, 10, 8]. Successes total: 3
[00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yeah, as I thought.)
[00:56] <[Morgan]_> (Rest in pepperoni, zombies)
[00:56] <DrEvilKitteh> The Unfinished Clockworks are impaled and pinned to the catwalks and stairs.
[00:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[00:58] <Jran-Kri> Alexa is shocked still for a moment, before instinct kicks in and she shakily grasps her staff. Her magic suffuses around herself, putting her back together. [Miracle Worker, 6 mana: recovering 2 Wound Thresholds]
[01:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[01:01] <DrEvilKitteh> After looking around wildly for the source of the gunshots, Iris summoned her warhammer and decided to dart back towards the rest of the group. She parkoured across the factory machinery and sprang up to the catwalks before sprinting back towards them. "I am done! We should go now!" she called to them.
[01:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Move Action.)
[01:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> (Also, no more Unfinished Clockworks within Close range of Alexa, Ayako, and Morgan.)
[01:03] <Tangent> Amelia ignores the pinned zombies, the factories, and even Iris's yelling. She just dashes over to Alexa. "You...you're hurt..." She kneels next to her best friend, hand trembling slightly. She swallows, sword in hand. "Here...Let me..." She tries to help Alexa to her feet.
[01:03] <Tangent> (Move action, Cover action)
[01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> There are no other intact Soldiers that are about to Overclock and attack, apparently. Just about twenty-five or so of the Unfinished Zombies and Soldiers as they shambled up the stairs. There were a few others lingering on the factory floor, but they were each taken out one at a time by pinpoint shots to the head from the familiar-sounding gunshots. A figure in a longcoat and fedora was
[01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> briskly walking towards the stairs as well, and his outstretched hand held a revolver in it which periodically barked out and sent a bullet through a clockwork enemy's body. His aim was never directed at the Magical Girls, however.
[01:07] <Tangent> Amelia gives no fucks about any of this, all of her attention on Alexa.
[01:08] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ayako!)
[01:10] <WhiteKnight> "We're done here! We should get out as soon as possible! But first..." She tries to shoot down a couple more unfinished clockworks!
[01:11] <WhiteKnight> [Hollow point, THIS TIME I'll extend to 4 targets. And that's a -2 for a non-rapid firing ranged, right?]
[01:11] <DrEvilKitteh> ("Can attack 2 targets before taking a penalty for attacking groups. 1 dice penalty up to the 5th target.")
[01:12] <WhiteKnight> (Then I'll go with five.)
[01:12] <WhiteKnight> !ex 9 multi 5 v
[01:12] <Zeneroller> WhiteKnight: 9d:[9, 7, 8, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 6] = 7; 9d:[6, 6, 1, 6, 9, 7, 9, 4, 6] = 3; 9d:[8, 3, 1, 8, 7, 2, 4, 6, 7] = 4; 9d:[4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 4, 5, 2, 10] = 6; 9d:[3, 10, 2, 9, 2, 3, 10, 2, 10] = 7.Total successes: 27
[01:12] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7 multi 5 v
[01:13] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 4d:[3, 10, 7, 1] = 3; 4d:[10, 4, 4, 5] = 2; 4d:[1, 9, 2, 2] = 1; 4d:[5, 2, 2, 2] = 0; 4d:[7, 7, 5, 7] = 3.Total successes: 9
[01:13] <DrEvilKitteh> Five of the Unfinished Clockworks have arrows blossom from their bodies, sending them crunching to the ground.
[01:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (Morgan!)
[01:13] <[Morgan]_> Morgan gazed upon the gun-wielding warrior, choosing to recharge her mana while she had the chance rather than attack. [Accumulator x2: +6 Mana at the cost of the regular -2 defense die penalty]
[01:14] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[01:16] <Jran-Kri> Alexa gasps as her wounds close themselves, mostly staunching the bleeding. She shakes her head as Amelia helps her up, scrambling to her feet and taking off! "I'm fine! I'm fine! Let's go!"
[01:16] <Jran-Kri> ((Move Action))
[01:16] <DrEvilKitteh> (Iris!)
[01:19] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris darted aside momentarily to snag Amelia into her arms and heading after Alexa. She glanced over her shoulder at the gunman, who was closing on the stairs surprisingly fast.
[01:19] <DrEvilKitteh> “I will cover you,” the figure called up to them in a deep, rich and cultured male voice. Judging by how he took down an Unfinished Clockwork by caving its head in with a pistol whip, he was more than capable of such.
[01:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[01:21] <DrEvilKitteh> (...If she wants to do more than just squeek and blush in Iris' arms, anyway.)
[01:21] <Tangent> Amelia's blindsided as Iris scoops her up, and struggles for a few seconds. She gets a brief glimpse of the newcomer. "W-who...Iris?" She stammers. "Who's that?"
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[01:21] <DrEvilKitteh> "I do not know," Iris replied hurridly. "But we must leave. Now."
[01:22] <WhiteKnight> "The charges are placed!" Ayako yells, as if to emphasize. "Shoudln't we be gettin' out of here?!"
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[01:23] <Tangent> "R-right..." She reaches past Iris, arm outstretched...and smoke billows from her outstretched fingers!
[01:24] <Tangent> (Smoke Cloud)
[01:24] <[Morgan]_> Morgan lands near the rest of the group, appearing to finally calm down. Her hair was slightly frazzled and her eyes were losing their earlier enraged state.
[01:24] <[Morgan]_> *landed
[01:24] <DrEvilKitteh> The shooter walked up the stairs, intermittently shooting and cracking skulls with his revolver or bare fist.
[01:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (I'll let it go to freeform, now. They can escape from the Unfinished Clockworks easily, especially with the shooter and the Smoke Cloud helping matters.)
[01:27] <WhiteKnight> (Freedom!)
[01:27] <[Morgan]_> (That got beyond tense near the end)
[01:27] <[Morgan]_> (This is FUUUUN)
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[01:29] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris, faster than Alexa thanks to her higher Strength score, quickly reached the small bookworm and scooped her up as well. She held both her and Amelia under an arm each, and their weights didn't seem to slow her in the slightest. "The elevator is close!" She shouted over her shoulder at Ayako and Morgan, who were presumably close on her tail.
[01:30] <Tangent> ...This isn't heroic. This isn't heroic at all. Amelia tries not to wriggle as she's carried like a parcel. At least Alexa's fine...
[01:30] <[Morgan]_> Morgan grunted in acknowledgement, following Iris as fast as she could. The sounds of gunshots rang out as she picked up the pace.
[01:30] <Jran-Kri> Alexa yelps in surprise at being carted around, but given her position a few seconds ago she, for once, doesn't complain.
[01:33] <WhiteKnight> Ayako smiles. She waits until the others have gotten out first before firing off a couple more shots at the remaining clockwork monstrosities, and turns tail and follow party on their way!
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris found the elevator and snarled at it. Her eyes glowed, and ice covered its closed grate and doors, forcing them open. She darted inside and set Alexa and Amelia down, then stood by the floor buttons and waited for Morgan and Ayako. Once they were in, she willed the ice to dissipate and punched in the "top" floor. She quickly hit the "Open Door" button, holding the elevator in place,
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> when she saw the gunman appear at the end of the hallway. He holstered his revolver and started jogging towards the elevator, and...waved her off? Iris blinked and took her finger off the button, letting the doors close. The elevator began to rise, rather rapidly.
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Perception rolls.)
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[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d20 (Iris!)
[01:38] <Internets> Error: invalid format
[01:39] <DrEvilKitteh> .d 1d20
[01:39] <Internets> :: Total 12 / 20 [60%] :: Results [12] ::
[01:39] <Tangent> .d 1d20
[01:39] <Internets> :: Total 5 / 20 [25%] :: Results [5] ::
[01:39] <[Morgan]_> .d 1d20
[01:39] <Internets> :: Total 2 / 20 [10%] :: Results [2] ::
[01:39] <WhiteKnight> .d 1d20+5
[01:39] <Internets> :: Total 25 / 25 [100%] :: Results [20] ::
[01:40] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
[01:40] <Internets> :: Total 17 / 20 [85%] :: Results [17] ::
[01:40] <DrEvilKitteh> Alexa hears a dull metal "chink" from beneath the floor of the elevator. Ayako, however, hears the very distinctive sound of a grappling hook hit the bottom of the elevator car and firmly latch on.
[01:43] <Jran-Kri> "... Oh dear," Alexa glances down at the floor, grimacing nervously. "Um. What was that?"
[01:44] <WhiteKnight> "What the-" Ayako takes a few seconds to make a deduction. "... A... a grappling hook? Is this a friggin' movie?"
[01:44] <Tangent> "What's what?" Amelia seems to have calmed down a bit, but keeps sneaking glances to Alexa, biting her lip in the process.
[01:44] <[Morgan]_> "What?" Morgan asked, speaking for the first time in a few minutes.
[01:45] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Why would...a grap-pling hook...be only in...a movie?" Iris held a hand out and summoned a...futuristic-looking grappling hook. "They...are...useful."
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[01:45] <Tangent> Amelia stares. "...Do you have a jetpack in there too?" She can't help asking before shaking her head. "So we've got a passenger?"
[01:45] <WhiteKnight> "... Well, I guess not everyone can fly." Ayako shrugs. "Should we cut a hole and look? Maybe shoot?"
[01:46] <Jran-Kri> "Er. Well. Um," Alexa stares down at the floor, wringing her hands. "Perhaps we should look. Just in case."
[01:47] <DrEvilKitteh> "Um." Iris tilted her head. "...Maybe? I...think I...do, yes." She looked at Ayako and held up a newly-summoned energy cutter hilt, which again, looked similar to a lightsaber hilt.
[01:47] <[Morgan]_> "Perhaps it is merely the man who assisted us before." Morgan offered her opinion after taking a deep breath in and out.
[01:47] <[Morgan]_> "Either way, it is worthy of inspection."
[01:47] <Jran-Kri> "... Well, if it is, I'd like to ask him why he didn't just ask us to hold the door," Alexa smirks.
[01:48] <WhiteKnight> "Then he won't mind getting a look at our faces," Ayako agrees with Morgan. "I'm still gettin' ready to shoot."
[01:48] <Tangent> Amelia's knelt on one knee as the others speak.
[01:49] <Tangent> She raps the floor once, twice, three times, her knuckles impacts echoing in the elevator car.
[01:49] <Tangent> "One way to find out." She comments.
[01:50] <DrEvilKitteh> There's a pause. And then three muffled knocks come back from beneath the floor.
[01:50] <Tangent> "...Yep, it's the edgelord."
[01:50] <Tangent> ...Edgelord? Where'd that come from. Amelia shrugs the stray thought off.
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[01:51] <DrEvilKitteh> The grappling hook, meanwhile, is stored back in hammerspace. Iris activated the energy cutter, creating a crackling plasma blade which further drove home the lightsaber imagery, and cut a hole in the elevator car floor on the other side opposite from where the knocking had come from.
[01:52] <WhiteKnight> Ayako shrugs, electing not to get ready to shoot after all. So she stretches her arms upward and yawns.
[01:53] <DrEvilKitteh> ...And then the car slowed abruptly as it reached the top. The doors opened, revealing the Overcity street that had led directly to the tower at the top of the crater.
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[01:56] <[Morgan]_> "That was horrifying. And yet I do not regret traveling with any of you for an instant." Morgan said, letting her full feelings about the adventure be known. "This was quite the experience."
[01:57] <WhiteKnight> Ayako raises an eyebrow at their destination. "Man... I didn't think one bit about the layout of the place. But I guess it ain't important now." She stretches some more as she steps out.
[01:57] <DrEvilKitteh> It seemed as though dramatic timing was in full-effect, here, as triple explosions, buzzing and humming and low-pitched, permeated the air from their sources further below. The sound of the mining facility being ripped apart filled the air for a long moment, followed by the tower (and thereby the elevator car) shuddering and the start of it collapsing.
[01:57] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris grabbed Amelia and Alexa and hurried out, stopping once she was a good twenty meters from the tower.
[01:58] <Tangent> "Hey, good fighting with you too...But we're not done just ye-" Amelia's scooped up again- she's not sure if it's a good sign she's not surprised and doesn't eep this time.
[01:58] <Jran-Kri> "Yes. Well. Um, that was... something, alright," Alexa watches the tower collapse, wincing at the sound. "Very exciting."
[01:58] <[Morgan]_> Morgan also dashed out right before the car fell, thanking her lucky stars that those hadn't been her last words.
[01:58] <Tangent> This isn't dignified! She's a paladin, not a portable parcel!
[01:59] <Tangent> "Scratch one bunch of bad guys." Amelia cheers once she's put down.
[01:59] <[Morgan]_> "Good riddance." The water girl replied, shivering as she recalled that final room.
[02:00] <Jran-Kri> "Yes, quite right," Alexa nods shortly, clapping her hands once.
[02:00] <WhiteKnight> "... Well then." Ayako stares at the destruction for a moment before laughing away. "Man, that was a blast! A thrill and a half! Been too long since I had a good infiltrate-and-destroy."
[02:00] <Tangent> "At least we know who's to blame now too..." Amelia frowns. "And we ruined his day. I hope."
[02:01] <DrEvilKitteh> A dark blur shot out of the hole in the floor of the elevator and sprang after the Magical Girls, landing and rolling several times. A black fedora tumbled away as the gunman rose to his feet. He wore dress attire beneath his longcoat, with a red tie and handkerchief. And...his skin was metal, eyes glowing a soft green. He had short black hair, slicked back on his head. The gunman stood
[02:01] <DrEvilKitteh> and stepped over to his hat, which he picked up and dusted off.
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[02:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (For reference: http://imgur.com/a/JWmoN )
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[02:01] <Jran-Kri> "A-ha. Well. I'm not in much of a hury to do that again," Alexa winces, smiling crookedly before jerking in surprise at the appearance of the gunman. "O-oh my. Um. H-hello, sir. Ah... Thank you for your help."
[02:02] <[Morgan]_> "Yes, your assistance was most appreciated. May we ask your name?"
[02:02] <Tangent> Amelia folds her arms under her less than impressive chest. "Hmph. So who're you?"
[02:02] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh, that should've been: *and sprang after the Magical Girls as the tower collapsed, )
[02:04] <WhiteKnight> Ayako gives the gunman a salute. "Nice shootin', pal. Thanks for the assist. Now, uh... who're you?"
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[02:06] <DrEvilKitteh> "Ah, yes. Introductions are in order." The gunman set his hat back on his head and turned to face the Magical Girls. "My name is Walter Heinrich. I've been hunting down sites like this in hopes of delaying and hampering their efforts. Evidently, I am not the only one, but that is hardly surprising considering what they do."
[02:06] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris remains silent and just watches Walter.
[02:08] <Tangent> Amelia frowns. "You mean kill people. And there's more than one?" The short girl stands there, arms folded and looking up  at the metal-man- bright blue eyes meeting green.
[02:09] <[Morgan]_> "You came at a very good time, in that case." Morgan said to the man, finally putting her stave away. "And it makes sense that they would have more than one fortress of operations."
[02:09] <Tangent> "Damnit...Who's they, then? Who's doing this?"
[02:09] <WhiteKnight> Ayako nods at Walet's brief explanation. "That mean you know what foppyvoice's mining for here?"
[02:12] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods shortly, listening intently but refraining from further questions of her own.
[02:13] <DrEvilKitteh> "Of course. This was just a minor mining operation." Walter looked over his shoulder at the crater. "I never even saw a Sentinel when I was infiltrating from below, but that was doubtless because of you being there." He looked back at Amelia, then Ayako. "I'm not quite sure. I only know that the man seemingly in charge of these Clockwork creatures calls himself the Alchemist, and that he's
[02:13] <DrEvilKitteh> looking for something. I...may have known more in the past, but I was reactivated with no memories after being severely damaged, and shortly before my creator was killed." His lips curled in a smirk. "Foppyvoice. I like that. I'll have to remember it for later."
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[02:15] <Jran-Kri> "Ah. I see. Um... my apologies," Alexa fiddles with her hat, frowning. "I'm afraid we're on the same page, then, unless you know where other, um, operations are."
[02:18] <DrEvilKitteh> "I know of several and their general locations," he replied.
[02:18] <Tangent> Amelia looks at the rob...Walter, frowning. "So you're a...robot? Not magical at all? Why're you trying to stop the...Alchemist?" The obvious answer is that it's horrible and wrong, but...robot.
[02:18] <[Morgan]_> "Hmmm...is there any chance you could point us in the direction of one or two of them?"
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[02:19] <Jran-Kri> Alexa arches a dubious eyebrow at Amelia. "Do you imagine a robot can't have a conscience?"
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[02:21] <Tangent> Amelia shrugs at her friend, looking back to Walter. "Maybe..."
[02:26] <DrEvilKitteh> "I'll do you one better." Walter pulled out a walkie-talkie-esque item--clockwork in design, of course--and slid a small-ish screen out. "This tracks them, taps into their communications and network." At Amelia's question, he stared at her with uncomprehending eyes for a moment. "...I prefer the term android, but I am very much magical. As for why I want to stop him? He killed my creator,
[02:26] <DrEvilKitteh> and likely was the one that almost killed me. That's how it was at first, anyway. When I saw his methods become far more brutal and ruthless than before, like with his killing of humans and other humanoids and converting them, I wanted to stop him even more." He paused and looked at Alexa before looking back at Amelia. "Does that answer your question?"
[02:27] <WhitePaladin> Ayako rubs her chin. "Well... I was kinda only in on this one to get some much-needed action, but I do kind of enjoy wrecking these guys. I might down for another one of these." She pauses to take in more of what Walter has to say. "... Make that two or three times."
[02:28] <Tangent> "...Can't argue with any of that." She nods. "That's good enough for me. We'll bring him to justice for what he's done. We can stop him from hurting anyone else."
[02:28] <[Morgan]_> "I will continue to accompany you all. As odd as it may sound, I consider you my friends now. And friends do not abandon other friends." Morgan chimed in, having made her decision.
[02:29] <Jran-Kri> Alexa adjusts her glasses, nodding shortly. "Yes, quite right. Thank you again, sir -- this, ah, Alchemist has to be stopped."
[02:30] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Now, may I ask who and what you are?" Walter said after a minute. "I'm familiar with magic of several kinds, but yours seems to be rather unique. Not to mention you are...all young girls."
[02:31] <[Morgan]_> "We were contracted by creatures known as Puchuu to fight various monsters and beasts. We are commonly known among our kin as magical girls."
[02:31] <Jran-Kri> "Yes, ah... that's pretty much it," Alexa smiles thinly, adjusting her had as she nods. "Yes. Keep the world safe for, you know. Non-magical sorts."
[02:32] <Tangent> "I'm Flaming Ace Paladin Amelia." Amelia declares proudly. "I signed up for this to do what's right, to try and make a difference. And if that means stopping some murderous cyborg fetishist for good...sign me up."
[02:32] <WhitePaladin> "That's the long and short of it," Ayako adds to Morgan's explanation. "Except, not all of us were kids before our 'contracts.' Or in my case, a new lease on life."
[02:33] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris just nodded once.
[02:33] <Tangent> Amelia pauses for a brief moment of thought- funny how she has to think about it to be sure of that these days, and nods.
[02:34] <Tangent> It's all a blur, like smoke on the wind.
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[02:37] <DrEvilKitteh> "...I see." Walter tapped the tracking device with his forefinger as he thought about that. "I have heard of 'Po-shew', but that was most likely a corruption of the name 'Puchuu'. I understand why you are here and why you have those types of magical abilities much better, now." He slid the screen back into the tracker and pocketed it. "Do you all hail from the same world or area in the
[02:37] <DrEvilKitteh> Sprawl? If possible, I may like to recruit more people to help; there is only so much the six of us can do, alone, after all."
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[02:38] <Tangent> Amelia frowns. "Sprawl? You mean the Overcity? We're from all over the place, but...there's a place called the Wand and Circlet where we tend to..hang out."
[02:40] <[Morgan]__> "It's a pub. A very nice pub."
[02:40] <[Morgan]__> Morgan smiled a bit as she remembered her new 'home'.
[02:40] <DrEvilKitteh> "It has many names." Walter nodded. "Then would you lead me there? If...you think it wise, of course. I do not want to intrude or cause unnecessary unrest amongst your comrades."
[02:40] <WhitePaladin> "I'm not from this city, no." Ayako shakes her head. "I bet at least some of us have heard of a country called Japan, though. And the Wand is pretty great. Nice place to file a complaint with the local bloodhounds, if you catch my drift.""
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[02:41] <Tangent> "Ah, you'll be fine." Amelia shrugs, looking to the...to Walter. "A ro-An android detective isn't the strangest visitor there most of the time...Just don't be surprised by weird stuff, alright? It's a silly plae."
[02:41] <Tangent> *place
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[02:43] <DrEvilKitteh> "Miss, I have been wandering all over the Sprawl for the past two years. I am accustomed to weirdness."
[02:44] <DrEvilKitteh> (Smash-cut to him in the pub going "I was not prepared for this type of weirdness.")
[02:45] <Tangent> "Alright, then." Amelia shrugs.
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[02:47] <[Morgan]__> "Let us be on our way, then." Morgan declared, mostly physically drained from the events that had transpired today.