The Big One - #farrecon

(7:17:27 AM) The topic for #farrecon is: OOC Channel: #farreconOOC | Alternate IC Channel: #redpool | Outpost Channel: #islandoutpost | http://clay.blorgblorgbl.org/miscellany/wilt173.swf | No roof access. | Charon's a man of many tastes.
(7:17:30 AM) padri: Yup. She's mutilating tomatoes. But now her player's caught up, so it's cool
(7:17:41 AM) PetraCore: "When will it be done?"
(7:18:01 AM) NachtRuine: "I'm just here to follow you."
(7:18:14 AM) NAC: Cameron sighs and rests his head against the desk. He closes his eyes for a moment.
(7:18:29 AM) padri: Nevermind.
(7:18:33 AM) Proto_Lost: "Thought you wanted to be somewhere...but alright." Their sweep of the dorms done, the dynamic duo head off to Research!
(7:18:36 AM) padri: She's done with the tomatoes or whatever.
(7:18:53 AM) Snowshoe: Alex grabs the second tomato from magpie
(7:18:55 AM) Rogetrun: Ralph arrives in rec, presumably with eriko
(7:18:58 AM) Snowshoe: Never too many tomatoes
(7:19:02 AM) NachtRuine: "Just wanted to make sure you weren't alone. Buddy system and all."
(7:19:07 AM) Snowshoe: And dumps the slushy mass into the pan
(7:19:23 AM) Alivi: Eriko is in rec!
(7:19:29 AM) PetraCore: Lori is spinning around on her stool.
(7:20:09 AM) Proto_Lost: "Believe me kid, I'm just everyone's walking gun emplacement while this system is in place, I'm not worried about going alone."
(7:20:16 AM) TheRaven: Taggart is in rec too, looking out the window.
(7:20:21 AM) padri: Magpie's in the kitchen.
(7:20:26 AM) Vorcha: Apparently Corbin snores. Quite loudly.
(7:20:34 AM) padri: "I'm pretty good at this dicing thing, yeah?"
(7:20:44 AM) Rogetrun: "Hello recreational people!"
(7:20:49 AM) Snowshoe: "Beautiful."
(7:20:59 AM) padri: She didn't know he was done with the sauce cause dicing takes a lot of concentration.
(7:21:11 AM) PetraCore: "Mags."
(7:21:15 AM) NachtRuine: "I am."
(7:21:20 AM) padri: "Hm?"
(7:21:34 AM) padri: She turns to Lori."
(7:21:35 AM) padri: -"
(7:21:55 AM) PetraCore: "Hi."
(7:22:17 AM) Proto_Lost: "I'm more worried about Eriko though...some of my decisions for her haven't exactly been to her benefit, as Duncan kindly reminded me."
(7:22:27 AM) padri: "Hey there. How goes?"
(7:22:38 AM) ShockwaveLover: 'My ears are burning...is someone talking about me?"
(7:22:49 AM) ShockwaveLover: Speak of the devil.
(7:22:54 AM) Rogetrun: "Eri, where d'ya want to sit?"
(7:23:00 AM) Alivi: "Anywhere is ok."
(7:24:10 AM) Mr_Wilt: Outside of the Area, SCP-354 sloshes violently, currents ripping through the body of thick, red water.
(7:24:40 AM) TheRaven: Visible from the rec window?
(7:25:33 AM) Mr_Wilt: Strange, smooth crimson appendages surface and submerge, as a low croon shakes Area-354.
(7:25:46 AM) Rogetrun: "...the hell?"
(7:26:02 AM) Mr_Wilt: The concrete walls shudder, the windows rattling loudly in their frames as the howl booms louder than it ever has before.
(7:26:24 AM) Snowshoe: Alex strives valiantly to save his sauce from the rattling.
(7:26:31 AM) Mr_Wilt: Radios and PAs flick on, regardless of their previous power, and begin to mimic the sound similarly.
(7:26:34 AM) Dexanote [~chatzilla@synIRC-6F1845B5.home.cgocable.net] entered the room.
(7:26:50 AM) Vorcha: Corbin wakes up. "Five more minutes was all i asked."
(7:27:02 AM) Proto_Lost: Simon jams a palm onto one of his ears. "What the fuck is that?"
(7:27:03 AM) TheRaven: "Oh shit."
(7:27:05 AM) Rogetrun: "Fucking fuck!"
(7:27:11 AM) Alivi: "A-another eathquake?"
(7:27:13 AM) NachtRuine: "Agh, damn! Not again."
(7:27:17 AM) TheRaven: Taggart stands and preps his gear.
(7:27:23 AM) Mr_Wilt: The static grows to such intensity that the speakers of both the PAs and radios blow out.
(7:27:38 AM) mode (+o Dexanote) by ChanServ
(7:27:46 AM) Proto_Lost: "...That's not good."
(7:27:59 AM) PetraCore: Lori grapples at the straps of her kit, pulling it open.
(7:28:01 AM) Mr_Wilt: PDAs and phones beep as signals suddenly die.
(7:28:39 AM) NAC: Cameron stirs himself awake at the noise, and sits back, silent as death. His massive palm fumbles over the gold ring around his neck, and he lets out a sigh. He gets up, walking to the center of med bay, sledgehammer scratching the tile floor behind him. He waits.
(7:28:51 AM) padri: "Shit." She worries.
(7:29:05 AM) Vorcha is now known as Toopoortopayattention
(7:29:09 AM) Tox|Phone [~Tox@synIRC-C839D407.tmodns.net] entered the room.
(7:29:09 AM) mode (+o Tox|Phone) by ChanServ
(7:29:10 AM) Toopoortopayattention is now known as Vorcha
(7:29:12 AM) TheRaven: "Double shit."
(7:29:27 AM) padri: She's not where Taggart is.
(7:29:27 AM) Mr_Wilt: Outside, the pool seems to emit its own howl.
(7:30:43 AM) Mr_Wilt: A dirty, white plate rises from the Pool as a figure of red slowly forms from the waters, casting a shadow over the Area.
(7:32:06 AM) Mr_Wilt: It appears as though it's wearing some sort of mask crafted from a skull - a massive, horizontal crest stretching out over what neck an amorphous form can have. The crest turns sharply into a half-circle, the lower face nothing but jagged, ever-moving teeth, and two, tiny nose holes.
(7:33:00 AM) Mr_Wilt: The eyeless mask cracks as it molds over the head a bit more thoroughly, the blob of red slowly sprouting tendrils from its sides.
(7:33:30 AM) Mr_Wilt: The shaking stops as the shadow of the beast is cast.
(7:34:56 AM) Mr_Wilt: And in an instance, hundreds of multi-colored holes open up in the pool and the chest of the creature, shifting colors and sizes continuously as thousands of extradimensional beasts flow out from the Pool.
(7:35:38 AM) Mr_Wilt: A tendril smashes into the side of the building, causing it to shake violently. Lights flicker.
(7:36:02 AM) Mr_Wilt: Those in the rec room, join #redpool. Those in the caf, stay in #farrecon. Those elsewhere, join #redpool2.
(7:36:19 AM) padri: Magpie goes to the window and looks.
(7:36:31 AM) Snowshoe: Alex joins her, holding his pasta carefully.
(7:36:32 AM) padri: Can she see?
(7:36:38 AM) PetraCore: Lori pulls the garlic garland over her shoulder, like a sash, then grabs two bottles of holy water and some stakes.
(7:36:45 AM) PetraCore: "Everyone take what you can use!"
(7:36:51 AM) Mere_Observer left the room.
(7:36:55 AM) padri: "Alex, I'm gunna need that sauce."
(7:36:57 AM) PetraCore: "I'm not wasting this stuff, it might be useful."
(7:37:15 AM) PetraCore: As an afterthought, she stuffs the letter down her shirt before joining Magpie.
(7:37:17 AM) Snowshoe: "I'll, uh... It may not leave the room."
(7:37:21 AM) Mr_Wilt: Magpie can see the tower of Pool water, at the very least.
(7:37:29 AM) PetraCore: "...shit."
(7:37:42 AM) PetraCore: Her face goes as pale as it can.
(7:37:45 AM) PetraCore: Which is not very.
(7:37:47 AM) Vorcha: Corbin rubs his face and stands up. "Why's everyone so loud?"
(7:37:51 AM) padri: "It's for Corbin over there. He wanted dinner tonight, and I'm not going into this with debts. It's too dangerous." She takes the sauce.
(7:38:24 AM) Snowshoe: Alex pulls the pot away.
(7:38:34 AM) PetraCore: "What do we do?"
(7:38:36 AM) minmin [~min@synIRC-A5FACDA8.omega199.maxonline.com.sg] entered the room.
(7:38:49 AM) Snowshoe: "We could lock the door."
(7:39:11 AM) padri: actually, redact. that's silly.
(7:39:16 AM) Vorcha: "What's going on?"
(7:39:34 AM) padri: "We need to go help people. I have to go check and make sure Nina's okay."
(7:39:47 AM) PetraCore: "We should stay together."
(7:39:57 AM) Snowshoe: Alex nods in agreement.
(7:40:13 AM) PetraCore: She tosses aside her baton and grabs a big old kitchen knife.
(7:40:14 AM) padri: "I have to know."
(7:40:19 AM) PetraCore: "Alright, I'm ready to move out, Mags."
(7:40:22 AM) PetraCore: She smiles.
(7:40:39 AM) Vorcha: Corbin heads towards the kitchen.
(7:40:42 AM) Snowshoe: Alex deposits his sauce on a nearby table, sliding a rubber mt underneath it.
(7:40:48 AM) Snowshoe: *mat
(7:41:00 AM) Wogglebug [~chatzilla@synIRC-4E6EE20A.tampfl.dsl-w.verizon.net] entered the room.
(7:41:04 AM) padri: "Let's go in pairs. Then we can spread out and make ourselves useful. I'm headed to medical."
(7:41:11 AM) PetraCore: "I'll go with."
(7:41:24 AM) PetraCore: She moves to stand by Mags.
(7:41:36 AM) Snowshoe: "I'll come too."
(7:41:46 AM) Snowshoe: He looks back at Corbin. "You coming?"
(7:42:12 AM) Wogglebug left the room.
(7:42:21 AM) Vorcha: "For what?"
(7:42:31 AM) Snowshoe: "We're going to med."
(7:42:43 AM) Wogglebug [~chatzilla@synIRC-4E6EE20A.tampfl.dsl-w.verizon.net] entered the room.
(7:42:49 AM) padri: "Hey! Asshat! Come or stay, I don't care, but I don't have time to waste."
(7:43:29 AM) Vorcha: "Why are you heading to med?"
(7:43:32 AM) Ragazzo left the room.
(7:43:39 AM) PetraCore: Lori positions herself by the door, knife out.
(7:43:54 AM) padri: "Nina's there." She goes to Lori. "Ready?"
(7:43:55 AM) Snowshoe: Alex draws his pistol and joins her.
(7:43:55 AM) Mr_Wilt: The sound of gunfire comes from outside.
(7:44:16 AM) padri: "Damn. Let me check it out, okay?"
(7:44:18 AM) PetraCore: She steps back.
(7:44:22 AM) Vorcha: "That's no real reason for /me/. I don't even have a gun."
(7:44:26 AM) PetraCore: "Someone with gun first."
(7:44:30 AM) PetraCore: "Ranges is best."
(7:44:36 AM) padri: "I won't be noticed. Let me go."
(7:44:37 AM) Vorcha: "Why don't we hit the armory."
(7:44:38 AM) Snowshoe: Alex sighs.
(7:44:44 AM) PetraCore: "Corbin, grab the holy water from the box!"
(7:44:46 AM) padri: "Shut up, asshat."
(7:44:57 AM) Snowshoe: "I'll... Guess I'll cover you, then."
(7:45:09 AM) PetraCore: "Ready."
(7:45:11 AM) Vorcha: "Water won't help me here. I'll just head to the armory myself then."
(7:45:12 AM) padri: "I'll scout it out. We might not need guns. Only come with if you can go unnoticed."
(7:45:14 AM) PetraCore: She nods, gulpin.
(7:45:17 AM) Tox|Phone left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(7:45:22 AM) padri: She opens the door, slipping out sneakily.
(7:45:23 AM) PetraCore: Lori snaps her fingers.
(7:45:30 AM) padri: 6df+8 scoutin it out.
(7:45:31 AM) Glacon: padri: scoutin it out.: 8 (6df+8=+, -, 0, -, +, 0)
(7:45:44 AM) Snowshoe: Alex dances antsily on the doorstep.
(7:46:08 AM) Tox|Phone [~Tox@synIRC-C839D407.tmodns.net] entered the room.
(7:46:08 AM) mode (+o Tox|Phone) by ChanServ
(7:46:11 AM) padri: She slips into the hallway, looking for the source of the gunfire.
(7:46:16 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nothing is outside the cafeteria.
(7:46:20 AM) Vorcha: "So you don't have /anything/ ranged in that box? Just water?"
(7:46:24 AM) Tox|Phone left the room (quit: Quit: Tox|Phone).
(7:46:25 AM) PetraCore: "Crossbows."
(7:46:31 AM) PetraCore: "Bolts regenerate."
(7:46:35 AM) Snowshoe: Alex leaves the door cracked as he turns back into caf.
(7:46:38 AM) PetraCore: "Take if you can use."
(7:46:40 AM) PetraCore: "I can't."
(7:46:46 AM) PetraCore: "Hell, keep if you can use!"
(7:46:55 AM) Vorcha: "Better than water." He mutters and picks them up.
(7:47:10 AM) padri: She keeps going, making sure it's clear for a ways before returning.
(7:47:10 AM) PetraCore: There's a big one and a smaller one-handled (armed?) one.
(7:47:32 AM) Vorcha: Corbin takes the smaller one and heads to the others.
(7:48:23 AM) Mr_Wilt: Vorcha, join #redpool3
(7:48:31 AM) Mr_Wilt: Everybody else, join #redpool2
(7:48:40 AM) Mactavish1 left the room.
(7:48:42 AM) padri: Yay! They get to Medical!
(7:48:51 AM) Mere_Observer [Mibbit@synIRC-A99A873B.ard.bellsouth.net] entered the room.
(7:50:19 AM) ShockwaveLover: Assuming the Sub BAy door opens, Duncan pokes the barrel of his rifle through before stepping in.
(7:50:50 AM) Mere_Observer: Max follows close behind him, keeping his rifle barrel lowered.
(7:50:54 AM) PetraCore: There is a half-full box on the counter of the kitchen, btw.
(7:51:02 AM) PetraCore: The one Lori /always/ carried.
(7:52:37 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Hey Max?"
(7:52:52 AM) Mere_Observer: "Yeah?"
(7:54:23 AM) Mr_Wilt: As Duncan and Max head into the sub bay, they notice the windows are all fogged up.
(7:54:27 AM) ShockwaveLover: "If I don't make it, there's a sealed bag in my right breast pocket. Grab it for me, will ya?"
(7:54:33 AM) Mr_Wilt: And the submerging point is strangely empty of any liquid.
(7:55:18 AM) Mere_Observer: "Oh definitely. And if I don't make it....tell them I went out like a hero."
(7:55:36 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Roger wilco. Also, shit."
(7:55:59 AM) Mere_Observer: "Shit indeed. The hell is going on?"
(7:56:09 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Nothing good."
(7:56:11 AM) Mr_Wilt: Another rumble rattles through the facility. Since Max and Duncan aren't actually in it, they hear it a lot more crisply, the sound of concrete crumbling.
(7:56:24 AM) ShockwaveLover: Can they see where the gunfire is coming from?
(7:56:47 AM) Mr_Wilt: The windows are, as I said, fogged up. They can't see shit, at the moment.
(7:57:18 AM) Mere_Observer: "Well fuck."
(7:58:15 AM) ShockwaveLover: He eyes the fogged up windows suspiciously.
(7:58:23 AM) Mr_Wilt: They can hear gunfire fairly loudly, though, coming from near the Pool.
(7:58:31 AM) Mr_Wilt: Duncan, Max, roll Perception.
(7:58:55 AM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+5 This is getting dangerously close to Independence Day
(7:58:56 AM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: This is getting dangerously close to Independence Day: 4 (6df+5=0, 0, -, -, 0, +)
(7:59:12 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+6 Max's searchy mode
(7:59:13 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: Max's searchy mode: 2 (6df+6=-, -, -, -, 0, 0)
(8:00:04 AM) Mr_Wilt: They don't hear much distinguishing noise.
(8:00:23 AM) Mr_Wilt: Until /whomp/.
(8:00:32 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Fuck, can't hear a-"
(8:00:39 AM) Mr_Wilt: Blood splatters onto the window as an outline of a human body collides with the window.
(8:00:47 AM) Mr_Wilt: It slides down, making the outside scene more visible.
(8:01:09 AM) Mere_Observer: Max recoils. "Oh...shit."
(8:01:26 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Belay that! Target sighted!"
(8:01:37 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan looks for some cover.
(8:02:00 AM) Mr_Wilt: He finds a bunch of conference tables he can flip over.
(8:02:31 AM) ShockwaveLover: He does so.
(8:02:45 AM) Mere_Observer: Max crouches over behind the tables.
(8:03:10 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Right, let's get this party started!"
(8:03:31 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Blow those windows out!"
(8:03:42 AM) Mr_Wilt: Outside, they can see the large creature of Pool water, and the hundreds of thousands of monsters pouring out from it.
(8:04:04 AM) Mere_Observer: "I brought the noise makers!" He aims his rifle at the window. "Fire?"
(8:04:10 AM) Mr_Wilt: There's also a handful of Security personnel firing upon them, but it's obvious they'll soon be overrun, and that they'll soon gain entrance to the facility.
(8:05:09 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Fuck, cancel that. We'll need them intact. We need to clear that room and set up a defensive position."
(8:05:43 AM) ShockwaveLover: REDACT
(8:07:14 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Fuck, cancel that. We'll need them intact."
(8:08:27 AM) Mere_Observer: Max puts his rifle back down. "Right. What now?"
(8:09:18 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Right, plan is, we hit them as they come through, then fall back."
(8:09:18 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Get ready to make tracks - I've got no idea if we can actually hurt these fuckers."
(8:09:18 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan pulls a few more tables over to make a complete barricade.
(8:09:35 AM) ShockwaveLover: "We wait until they play our song."
(8:10:04 AM) Mere_Observer: "Then we sound the noise makers until the party stops."
(8:10:11 AM) ShockwaveLover: He looks around. Is there anything else in the viewing room?
(8:10:54 AM) Mr_Wilt: Not really, no.
(8:11:52 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Right. And once the dancefloor gets too crowded, we'll bug out."
(8:12:22 AM) Mere_Observer: "Two's a party, 100's a crowd."
(8:12:46 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Yeah, and we just don't have the catering."
(8:13:51 AM) Mere_Observer: "Exactly. We'll see how they like it when they aren't aloud to our party."
(8:14:02 AM) padri: Magpie slips into the sub bay, carefully.
(8:14:16 AM) TheRaven: Taggart follows behind her, rifle up.
(8:14:33 AM) Jekeled [~chatzilla@synIRC-B32F5422.tukw.qwest.net] entered the room.
(8:14:54 AM) ShockwaveLover: Are the newcomers visible to the party boys?
(8:15:16 AM) padri: No reason for them not to be that I know of.
(8:15:41 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Coo-ee!"
(8:15:54 AM) padri: "Duncan! How goes here?"
(8:16:01 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan waves from behind a makeshift barricade of conference tables.
(8:16:11 AM) Mere_Observer: "Bgawk!"
(8:16:20 AM) TheRaven: "Dunc! Damn, it's good to see you. Situation report?"
(8:16:44 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Just waiting for the festivities to kick off. Looks like the Poll decided to bring some friends."
(8:16:48 AM) padri: She goes behind their barracade.
(8:16:53 AM) Mr_Wilt: Taggart and Mags notice the bloodied window leading outside, and the fact that they're mostly fogged up, save for a smear.
(8:16:59 AM) Mr_Wilt: They, too, see the commotion outside.
(8:17:01 AM) ShockwaveLover: He gestures at the bloodstained window.
(8:17:08 AM) Mr_Wilt: A few creatures already appear to be diving into the building.
(8:17:09 AM) padri: "What's happened out there?"
(8:17:19 AM) padri: She sounds worried.
(8:17:46 AM) TheRaven: "Fucking christ...alright. The plan so far is hold Medical, we haven't got much more than that figured out yet."
(8:17:58 AM) Mere_Observer: "Awesome."
(8:18:24 AM) padri: "I'm all for running communication. You guys tell me what's up here and I'll see what's up with everyone else."
(8:18:31 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Looks like they butchered the response force. We're planning on holding them here for as long as possible, than making a fighting retreat back to whatever the command point is."
(8:18:55 AM) padri: "Looks like medical, so far."
(8:18:56 AM) Mere_Observer: "There is a command point right?"
(8:19:29 AM) ShockwaveLover: "She just said it. Medical."
(8:19:34 AM) TheRaven: "Shit, alright. Medical's the closest we've got to a command center, haven't heard or seen anything from the rest of the site since this started."
(8:19:52 AM) Mere_Observer: "Right."
(8:20:01 AM) ShockwaveLover: Does the sub bay have any fire doors, or blast doors?
(8:20:04 AM) padri: "Maybe you should stay here, Taggart. They'll need the firepower."
(8:20:09 AM) ShockwaveLover: Ways to seal it off in a hurry?
(8:20:26 AM) TheRaven: "With any luck, something is already picking Corbette out of its teeth. Yeah, Magpie, you get back to med. We'll do what we can here."
(8:20:26 AM) Mr_Wilt: It does not. It wasn't built as a barricade, merely an observational deck.
(8:20:37 AM) Mr_Wilt: The four of them notice the massive Pool creature swing at the top floor.
(8:20:47 AM) padri: "I've got to see where the other people are first."
(8:20:54 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Bloody hell..."
(8:21:14 AM) padri: "I'll see if I can send more of the fighters back this way, yeah?"
(8:21:26 AM) ShockwaveLover: "I think we're gonna need a bigger gun."
(8:21:51 AM) padri: "Armory. Maybe people are there. I'll head there next."
(8:22:22 AM) Mr_Wilt: The appendage crashes against the building.
(8:22:34 AM) Mere_Observer: Max readies, or a bunch more of these. "We were just at the Armory."
(8:22:42 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Sure you don't want to try and pickpocket him, Mags?"
(8:22:53 AM) padri: "Ha. Very funny."
(8:23:26 AM) TheRaven: "Oh, fuck that."
(8:23:28 AM) padri: "I'll go check up towards rec, then. You boys got it under control for now?"
(8:23:51 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Not even remotely."
(8:24:03 AM) TheRaven: "Don't bother with rec."
(8:24:33 AM) padri: She looks at Taggart. "Then where do you think they'll be?" She has no clue.
(8:25:09 AM) padri: "It's worth a shot. I'll sweep the floor."
(8:25:17 AM) TheRaven: "I just came from there, brought everyone who was there down to med. Try security, look for anyone alive, and tell 'em to get as much firepower as they can carry up here."
(8:25:27 AM) ShockwaveLover: Even the normally upbeat Aussie seems somewhat cowed by the sheer size of the thing.
(8:25:58 AM) padri: "Alright. I'll send word. Good luck, boys." She scuttles out of the deck for security.
(8:25:58 AM) Mr_Wilt: As the appendage of the beast pulls away, they may spot something up on the third floor.
(8:26:02 AM) Mr_Wilt: Everybody, roll Perception.
(8:26:02 AM) TheRaven: "Heavy MGs and explosives if they've got 'em."
(8:26:07 AM) TheRaven: 6df+6
(8:26:08 AM) Glacon: TheRaven: 9 (6df+6=-, +, 0, +, +, +)
(8:26:13 AM) padri: 6df+6 on the way out.
(8:26:13 AM) Glacon: padri: on the way out.: 2 (6df+6=-, -, -, +, -, -)
(8:26:15 AM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+5 That's no moon
(8:26:16 AM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: That's no moon: 6 (6df+5=+, -, 0, 0, +, 0)
(8:26:22 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+6 Max Percep
(8:26:22 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: Max Percep: 7 (6df+6=0, -, +, 0, +, 0)
(8:26:34 AM) Proto_Lost left the room (quit: Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
(8:27:09 AM) Wogglebug left the room (quit: Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.89 [Firefox 10.0/20120129021758]).
(8:27:26 AM) Wogglebug [~chatzilla@synIRC-4E6EE20A.tampfl.dsl-w.verizon.net] entered the room.
(8:28:31 AM) Proto_Lost [Mibbit@6D993529.BDE9800.815AE96E.IP] entered the room.
(8:28:49 AM) Mr_Wilt: Everybody but Mags notice a figure fall from the third floor to the second. Looks like it hurt, but hey, people.
(8:28:51 AM) Mr_Wilt: Mags, #redpool
(8:29:07 AM) ShockwaveLover: He winces.
(8:29:16 AM) TheRaven: "Any idea who that was?"
(8:29:30 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Hopefully Corbin."
(8:29:57 AM) Mere_Observer: Max laughs.
(8:30:10 AM) ShockwaveLover: "How is everyone on ammo?"
(8:30:23 AM) TheRaven: "Or Corbette, but if I know him he's hiding somewhere already."
(8:30:36 AM) ShockwaveLover: "I've got 7.62, .45ACP and .357"
(8:31:21 AM) Mr_Wilt: Lads, roll Perception for a final time!
(8:31:26 AM) TheRaven: "Full load of .300, left my revolver back down in med."
(8:31:29 AM) TheRaven: 6df+6 woo
(8:31:29 AM) Glacon: TheRaven: woo: 1 (6df+6=-, -, -, -, -, 0)
(8:31:32 AM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+5 Eye spy
(8:31:32 AM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Eye spy: 5 (6df+5=-, 0, +, 0, 0, 0)
(8:32:12 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+6 Max Percep
(8:32:13 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: Max Percep: 8 (6df+6=-, +, 0, +, +, 0)
(8:33:28 AM) Mr_Wilt: All three can, at the very least, notice the outside team of Security has, for the most part, failed.
(8:33:42 AM) TheRaven: "Shit."
(8:33:53 AM) Mere_Observer: "Here we go boys."
(8:34:32 AM) ShockwaveLover: "..." Duncan gives the dead a moment's silence. He probably knew most of them.
(8:34:35 AM) TheRaven: Can I get a percep to ranged maneuver for whatever's outside?
(8:35:34 AM) Mr_Wilt: Creatures are now storming the building, some rushing across the window, not noticing them.
(8:36:42 AM) Mr_Wilt: Max and Duncan notice a creature running straight at the window, however, seeming to have spotted them. Before they can react, the creature leaps up and smashes into the window, shoulder-first, falling through.
(8:37:53 AM) TheRaven: Our turn?
(8:38:05 AM) Mr_Wilt: It lumbers up, sweeping over a table as it stands, glass in its side. It somewhat resembles a gorilla, with massive, thick arms lumbering and dragging on the ground, curly hair lining its tall but thick body. Its head somewhat resembles that of an eel's, with a mouth consistently opening and closing, eyes on the side of its head, and a long,
(8:38:12 AM) Mr_Wilt: flat hairless tail that drags along the ground.
(8:38:14 AM) Mr_Wilt: Max and Duncan get a +1 on one attack roll against the creature.
(8:38:16 AM) Mr_Wilt: Your turn.
(8:38:20 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Contact!"
(8:38:44 AM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+8 Forewarned is forearmed
(8:38:44 AM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Forewarned is forearmed: 7 (6df+8=-, 0, +, +, -, -)
(8:39:11 AM) TheRaven: 6df+9 Taggart lets rip with the .300
(8:39:12 AM) Glacon: TheRaven: Taggart lets rip with the .300: 10 (6df+9=+, 0, 0, 0, +, -)
(8:39:35 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+7 "No Shit!" Max aims his rifle at the beast and unleashes.
(8:39:36 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: "No Shit!" Max aims his rifle at the beast and unleashes.: 5 (6df+7=0, -, 0, -, +, -)
(8:40:32 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+8 Ow ow ow
(8:40:32 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: Ow ow ow: 11 (6df+8=+, 0, +, +, -, +)
(8:42:00 AM) Mr_Wilt: The creature dives away from the shots, rolling behind tables and chairs. It seems to be grazed once or twice, but nothing too serious.
(8:42:28 AM) Mr_Wilt: It lets out a hiss, leaping up onto a table and at Duncan. Duncan, PDef.
(8:43:25 AM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+7 Pdef
(8:43:25 AM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Pdef: 10 (6df+7=+, 0, +, +, -, +)
(8:43:34 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+8
(8:43:35 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: 9 (6df+8=0, +, -, -, +, +)
(8:44:07 AM) Mr_Wilt: It leaps down at him, its fists crashing down as it attempts to hit him. Luckily, Duncan sidesteps away from it in time!
(8:45:20 AM) TheRaven: 6df+9 Taggart attempts to shoot the fuck out of it before it moves again!
(8:45:21 AM) Glacon: TheRaven: Taggart attempts to shoot the fuck out of it before it moves again!: 8 (6df+9=0, +, -, -, +, -)
(8:45:36 AM) ShockwaveLover: Can Duncan attempt to tip over one of the barricade tables onto it to pin it?
(8:46:28 AM) Mr_Wilt: It's too big for that, at around six feet in height.
(8:47:31 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+10 Tagging Close to the Edge. Max fire at the creature like crazy.
(8:47:32 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: Tagging Close to the Edge. Max fire at the creature like crazy.: 8 (6df+10=+, 0, 0, -, -, -)
(8:47:39 AM) BiggerJ [~chatzilla@synIRC-8CCFEFC8.dyn.iinet.net.au] entered the room.
(8:49:03 AM) Mr_Wilt: The building rumbles as another appendage pierces through the building, worming its way through as it searches the contents of the building.
(8:49:31 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan can't get rifle barrel around quickly enough, so he settles for elbowing the thing in the face as it goes past.
(8:49:54 AM) Mr_Wilt: It pulls out what looks like a figure, screeching at it as its teeth shift, before tossing it back at the building.
(8:49:54 AM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+4 To the face
(8:49:55 AM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: To the face: 1 (6df+4=-, +, -, -, -, 0)
(8:51:40 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+8
(8:51:41 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: 7 (6df+8=0, 0, 0, -, 0, 0)
(8:52:35 AM) Mr_Wilt: Taggart and Max fire at it, the bullets sinking into its skin. They seem to slow it a bit, but don't do much of a job at stopping it.
(8:52:47 AM) Mr_Wilt: It lumbers towards Max, lifting up a chair and swinging it at him. Max, roll PDef.
(8:52:59 AM) ShockwaveLover: Sinking into its skin?
(8:53:09 AM) ShockwaveLover: Did Duncan's elbow do the same?
(8:53:43 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+6
(8:53:44 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: 8 (6df+6=-, +, -, +, +, +)
(8:54:03 AM) Mr_Wilt: Duncan's elbow did not come up in time.
(8:54:41 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+8 whoosh
(8:54:42 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: whoosh: 8 (6df+8=+, -, -, +, 0, 0)
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(8:54:55 AM) padri [Mibbit@4DFDAF.91ADD739.25A8C92D.IP] entered the room.
(8:56:22 AM) Mr_Wilt: The creature swings it at Max, but it misses completely, oddly enough.
(8:56:38 AM) Mr_Wilt: It hisses as it attempts to back away towards the wall, and another table.
(8:56:56 AM) TheRaven: "What now?"
(8:57:33 AM) Mr_Wilt: Footsteps come from further down the hall leading towards the sub bay!
(8:57:38 AM) Mr_Wilt: They sound like boots, and they sound rushed.
(8:57:39 AM) Mere_Observer: Max rolls away, "Retreat or shoot?"
(8:58:14 AM) TheRaven: 6df+9 "Shoot more!" He goes for the head.
(8:58:15 AM) Glacon: TheRaven: "Shoot more!" He goes for the head.: 9 (6df+9=-, 0, 0, -, +, +)
(8:58:21 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Did it look like we hurt it at all?"
(8:58:32 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan takes a second to reposition.
(8:58:44 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+7 Max shooties
(8:58:45 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: Max shooties: 12 (6df+7=+, +, +, 0, +, +)
(8:59:23 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+8 PDEFFFF
(8:59:23 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: PDEFFFF: 5 (6df+8=0, -, 0, -, 0, -)
(9:00:01 AM) ShockwaveLover: He glances back at the noise. Who the hell is that?
(9:01:34 AM) Vorcha left the room.
(9:01:36 AM) Mr_Wilt: The bullets catch the creature harder, a faintly purple liquid striking its fur as they fire into it.
(9:03:55 AM) TheRaven: "Okay, now retreat, it's injured."
(9:04:12 AM) Mr_Wilt: Enter a screaming, running Nolan!
(9:04:29 AM) TheRaven: "Nolan! Hey!"
(9:04:32 AM) ShockwaveLover: "What in the name of..."
(9:04:33 AM) Mere_Observer: Max nods. "Righ.....the fuck!?"
(9:05:11 AM) Mr_Wilt: He's carrying what appears to be a piece of concrete, presumably from the crumbling building.
(9:05:37 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan can only watch in stunned amazement.
(9:05:56 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan storms into the sub bay, at the creature, and swings. Repeatedly.
(9:06:11 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+18 Tagging Bad Habits, because Nolan is incredibly enraged. You don't even know. All the rage.
(9:06:12 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: Tagging Bad Habits, because Nolan is incredibly enraged. You don't even know. All the rage.: 21 (6df+18=+, 0, +, +, 0, 0)
(9:06:18 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+8 insignificant PDef
(9:06:19 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: insignificant PDef: 8 (6df+8=-, +, +, +, -, -)
(9:06:46 AM) TheRaven: "Well then."
(9:06:59 AM) Mere_Observer: "Uuuuuh..."
(9:07:10 AM) ShockwaveLover: "..."
(9:07:15 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan bludgeons the creature to death with the piece of concrete, shouting angrily.
(9:07:20 AM) ShockwaveLover: Stoat would be proud of Duncan.
(9:08:03 AM) TheRaven: "That worked. Any idea what's happening, Nolan?"
(9:08:29 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan's busy still bludgeoning the creature, shouting mercilessly at it, his cheeks tear-stained.
(9:09:03 AM) Mere_Observer: "Nolan..I...I think it's dead."
(9:09:24 AM) ShockwaveLover: "...I think he's having a moment."
(9:09:36 AM) TheRaven: "Shiiiit."
(9:09:44 AM) Mere_Observer: "....what should we do?"
(9:10:01 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Nolan! We're bugging out!"
(9:10:27 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan cups his hands and yells to the concrete weilding figure.
(9:10:45 AM) ShockwaveLover: He's not going to get any closer to that than he has to. He's seen that look before.
(9:13:57 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan tosses the piece of concrete at it, heaving hard.
(9:14:13 AM) Mr_Wilt: He turns to look at the gentlemen. "Boys."
(9:14:26 AM) TheRaven: "What was that about?"
(9:14:29 AM) Mere_Observer: Max nods.
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(9:16:12 AM) Mr_Wilt: "Maintenance tunnels are flooded.
(9:16:23 AM) Mr_Wilt: He doesn't elaborate beyond that. He just looks out the window.
(9:16:29 AM) Mr_Wilt: "So, you guys alright?
(9:16:44 AM) ShockwaveLover: "...Fuck."
(9:16:49 AM) Mere_Observer: Max nods, reloading his rifle.
(9:17:00 AM) TheRaven: "Oh fuck." Taggart can guess what that means. "We're fine. Now, something's gotta die. You seen Charon since this shit started?"
(9:17:32 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Probably with Gate."
(9:17:47 AM) ShockwaveLover: "He's still her protector, after all."
(9:17:56 AM) Mr_Wilt: "Nah. I haven't seen the Directors or anythin', either. Haven't even heard a chopper."
(9:18:03 AM) TheRaven: "Someone go get his laser cannon. We're going to need it."
(9:18:04 AM) Mr_Wilt: "I'm guessing that means they're dead and I get my promotion."
(9:18:18 AM) padri is now known as padri_afk
(9:18:19 AM) Dexanote left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(9:18:35 AM) ShockwaveLover: "I'll get you a card later."
(9:19:03 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan thinks for a second. "Crap, with all the radios out, we probably never even got of a distress call."
(9:19:14 AM) Positronium [~CaptainCt@C5C7BEE5.D0691171.F1785772.IP] entered the room.
(9:19:22 AM) TheRaven: "We need firepower and a working comm uplink."
(9:20:04 AM) ShockwaveLover: "There must be some kind of shielded relay. They'd have put in /something/."
(9:20:19 AM) Mr_Wilt: "If they did, how do we know that isn't down?"
(9:20:40 AM) ShockwaveLover: "How od we know it isn't?"
(9:20:47 AM) ShockwaveLover: *is
(9:20:52 AM) TheRaven: "That's why I'm suggesting big fucking guns."
(9:21:17 AM) Mere_Observer: "Big guns usually help in situations like these."
(9:21:22 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Have you seen the size of that thing? We need air support, at the least."
(9:21:43 AM) TheRaven: "Charon's cannon."
(9:22:20 AM) TheRaven: "Blew straight through the backstop at the range, it should work."
(9:22:35 AM) Mr_Wilt: "I don't know if we can fight through to Research, though."
(9:22:47 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan sniffles, taking a deep breath. "The whole first floor's pretty much full."
(9:23:08 AM) TheRaven: "Goddammit. What about armory?"
(9:23:15 AM) Mr_Wilt: The building rumbles again as the massive Pool creature smashes an appendage through the lower floor.
(9:23:21 AM) ShockwaveLover: "I'm voting we try calling for backup first, then worry about hitting it ourselves."
(9:23:45 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Because I don't know how much longer the antennas are going to stay up."
(9:24:34 AM) ShockwaveLover: "If all else fails, we need to give whoever gets called in as the second line of defence some warning."
(9:25:11 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Frankly, I'm operating under the assumption that we're all fucked. What we can do is buy the next people some time."
(9:25:15 AM) Mere_Observer: "I agree, calling out has to many benefits to ignore."
(9:25:40 AM) ShockwaveLover: "After that? Well, then we can try whatever madcap scheme we dream up."
(9:25:50 AM) TheRaven: "Alright, do we want to split off? You and Max find the comms, me and Nolan will blow the holy christ out of this thing."
(9:26:46 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Okay. Has anyone seen Kenzie? We might need some technical help."
(9:27:25 AM) Mr_Wilt: "Well, Command is on the second floor. If there's some secret comms center, though, it'd be through the Research bunkers, but I think those've started to flood, too."
(9:28:46 AM) foxi [Mibbit@synIRC-E058E31E.hsd1.ga.comcast.net] entered the room.
(9:29:27 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Maybe hit Command first, see if we can get some answers, then do the bunkers."
(9:29:43 AM) ShockwaveLover: "No point heading down if we don't know that there's anything to find."
(9:31:02 AM) Mere_Observer: Max walks around. "We need to go, we have no time to just sit here and talk about going."
(9:31:38 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Right you are. Gents, it's been a pleasure knowing you."
(9:32:00 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan tosses off a salute.
(9:32:15 AM) TheRaven: "What do you think's our best bet, Nolan? Try to find Charon, or see if armory's got any heavy ordnance?"
(9:33:25 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan taps his foot. "Let's head for the Armory. That's the second floor, too, so we can tag with Max and Dunc."
(9:33:39 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan starts back through the Bay.
(9:34:06 AM) Mere_Observer: Max checks his rifle again, nodding to Nolan and Taggart as he follows Duncan.
(9:34:14 AM) TheRaven: "Alright." Once Dunc and Max are out of earshot, Taggart turns to Nolan and just says one thing. "Eva?"
(9:34:34 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan takes a deep breath. "Probably."
(9:34:37 AM) Mr_Wilt: "I've assumed the worst."
(9:35:35 AM) TheRaven: "I don't think there's anything I can say here that'll help more than this: let's make 'em pay." He fixes the bayonet on his rifle, and cracks his knuckles.
(9:36:40 AM) Wogglebug is now known as Wogglebug_Away
(9:37:33 AM) Mr_Wilt: He nods, then heads off for Duncan and Max.
(9:37:48 AM) TheRaven: Taggart follows.
(9:38:02 AM) Wogglebug_Away is now known as Wogglebug
(9:38:37 AM) ShockwaveLover: He steps gingerly around fallen bits of ceiling, avoiding a collection of sparking wires.
(9:39:25 AM) Mere_Observer: MAx keeps his eyes open for another oncoming attack, following Duncan's footsteps.
(9:39:26 AM) ShockwaveLover: "What a way to start the bloody morning, eh?"
(9:39:32 AM) Mr_Wilt: The Pool creature lets out a shriek, shaking the building again as it pulls three tendrils together and smashes the top floor. The building shakes violently as the dorms and Espionage are torn clean off, as well as any hopes of escape - the helipad.
(9:41:03 AM) padri_afk is now known as padri
(9:41:20 AM) TheRaven: "Well fuck."
(9:41:21 AM) Mere_Observer: Max doesn't even flinch. "We're soooooooooooooo fucked. You all know that right?"
(9:41:44 AM) ShockwaveLover: "As long as they don't tap me for the cleanup, I'm fine with it."
(9:42:08 AM) ShockwaveLover: Assuming nothing nasty accosts them, Duncan eventually reaches the stairwell.
(9:42:34 AM) Mr_Wilt: They all do. Nolan looks up it, then back at the group. "Alright, who's taking point?"
(9:42:53 AM) ShockwaveLover: "That would be you, Jensen."
(9:43:14 AM) foxi left the room (quit: Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
(9:43:33 AM) Mr_Wilt: "I didn't ask for this." His eyes seem to tear up at the reference as he starts up the flight of stairs.
(9:43:47 AM) Wogglebug is now known as Wogglebug_Away
(9:44:07 AM) ShockwaveLover: "I hope you put points in armour."
(9:45:01 AM) Mere_Observer: Max follows Nolan up the stairs.
(9:45:26 AM) Mr_Wilt: Everybody, roll Perception!
(9:45:37 AM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+5 Stare-well
(9:45:37 AM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Stare-well: 3 (6df+5=0, -, -, -, 0, +)
(9:45:38 AM) TheRaven: 6df+6 wat
(9:45:39 AM) Glacon: TheRaven: wat: 7 (6df+6=0, -, 0, 0, +, +)
(9:45:48 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+6 Max Percep
(9:45:48 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: Max Percep: 7 (6df+6=0, 0, 0, 0, 0, +)
(9:47:52 AM) Mr_Wilt: As they ascend the stairs, a horn suddenly bursts into the side of the wall, breaking much of the staircase as it crashes through.
(9:48:04 AM) TheRaven: "Goddammit!"
(9:48:18 AM) ShockwaveLover: As in a bull horn, or a honky horn?
(9:48:24 AM) Mr_Wilt: It looks to be about a one-story tall deer skull, with horns running up along the ridge of its face.
(9:48:27 AM) Mr_Wilt: It's a honky horn.
(9:49:42 AM) Mr_Wilt: The skull pulls out and turns around, as a large, goopy eyeball pokes itself through the hole, looking around.
(9:49:55 AM) Mr_Wilt: Several puckered tendrils, pale yellow in color, extend towards the group.
(9:50:00 AM) Wogglebug_Away is now known as Wogglebug
(9:50:04 AM) ShockwaveLover: "The hell?"
(9:50:06 AM) TheRaven: 6df+9 Taggart shoots the eye
(9:50:07 AM) Glacon: TheRaven: Taggart shoots the eye: 6 (6df+9=-, +, -, -, 0, -)
(9:50:21 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan backs up as far away from that as he can.
(9:50:33 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+7 Max aims at the eyeball shooting.
(9:50:34 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: Max aims at the eyeball shooting.: 7 (6df+7=0, -, -, +, +, 0)
(9:52:57 AM) ShockwaveLover: Crap. Bullets aren't going to do squat. He looks up at where the thing came through. Is there anything hanging that he could hit and drop on it?
(9:53:19 AM) ShockwaveLover: Nice big chunk of rebar and concrete would be just perfect.
(9:56:58 AM) Mr_Wilt: There is, but he isn't sure he could shoot it free. Nolan, however....
(9:57:34 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Nolan! Big hunk of 'crete! Right above you!"
(9:57:45 AM) ShockwaveLover: He joins in the firefight.
(9:57:52 AM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+7 Covering Nolan
(9:57:53 AM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Covering Nolan: 6 (6df+7=0, -, 0, 0, 0, 0)
(9:59:40 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan looks up. "Got'cha!" He tries to climb up the wall!
(9:59:51 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+7 Maneuver, rollin' Ath for Melee to drop that rebar
(9:59:52 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: Maneuver, rollin' Ath for Melee to drop that rebar: 12 (6df+7=+, +, +, +, 0, +)
(10:00:30 AM) Mr_Wilt: He climbs up the wall, grabbing at cracks!
(10:00:40 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+6 PDef vs. Max and Taggart
(10:00:40 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: PDef vs. Max and Taggart: 9 (6df+6=+, +, 0, -, +, +)
(10:01:05 AM) Mr_Wilt: The eyeball recedes as they fire at it, tentacles clambering into the stairwell as it pulls itself in more.
(10:01:24 AM) Mr_Wilt: The huge eye reappears further up the yellow, slug-like blob climbing through, as tentacles sprout out from under it.
(10:01:27 AM) Mr_Wilt: Max, roll PDef.
(10:01:54 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+6
(10:01:54 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: 8 (6df+6=+, -, 0, +, 0, +)
(10:03:23 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+7
(10:03:24 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: 11 (6df+7=+, +, +, 0, 0, +)
(10:03:57 AM) Mr_Wilt: Max is smacked up over the railing by a tentacle, hitting the wall. He tumbles back onto the lower staircase, and stumbles down for a bit. -1 Body.
(10:04:14 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+18 Nolan punches the concrete chunk free!
(10:04:14 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: Nolan punches the concrete chunk free!: 18 (6df+18=+, +, -, -, 0, 0)
(10:05:35 AM) Mere_Observer: Max coughs. Picking himself up. "Ow, fuck..."
(10:05:59 AM) ShockwaveLover: "You alright Max?"
(10:06:09 AM) Mr_Wilt: The piece of rebar crushes the creature, killing it.
(10:06:17 AM) Mr_Wilt: Unfortunately, now there's a huge hole on the stairway, leading to the second floor
(10:06:22 AM) Mr_Wilt: Hopefully they can jump.
(10:06:25 AM) Mr_Wilt: The building shakes again.
(10:06:39 AM) TheRaven: Ath for jumping?
(10:07:05 AM) Mere_Observer: Max stands up, walking back to them. "Oh sure, I'm just peachy."
(10:07:27 AM) TheRaven: "Excellent work, Nolan." Wait, which side of the hole is Nolan on?
(10:08:07 AM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan was already up the stairs, having backed away earlier.
(10:08:46 AM) TheRaven: Okay, that works too.
(10:10:22 AM) TheRaven: Taggart pulls the length of paracord out of his survival kit and tosses it to Duncan, holding one end. "Grab this!"
(10:11:14 AM) ShockwaveLover: Does Duncan need to roll?
(10:11:17 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan's closer to their side, but he might be able to jump over.
(10:11:28 AM) Mr_Wilt: Duncan doesn't need to roll. He grabs it.
(10:11:41 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan climbs down the other side, with Taggart and Max.
(10:13:17 AM) ShockwaveLover: He affixes it to a convenient point.
(10:14:07 AM) TheRaven: Ath to climb over?
(10:14:24 AM) Mr_Wilt: Yes.
(10:15:12 AM) TheRaven: 6df+10 tagging I Know What I'm Doing
(10:15:13 AM) Glacon: TheRaven: tagging I Know What I'm Doing: 13 (6df+10=0, +, +, +, +, -)
(10:16:51 AM) Mr_Wilt: 6df+7 Nolan's climbing, too!
(10:16:51 AM) Glacon: Mr_Wilt: Nolan's climbing, too!: 7 (6df+7=-, 0, +, 0, -, +)
(10:16:56 AM) Mr_Wilt: Both Nolan and Taggart climb over!
(10:18:09 AM) a [Mibbit@6D993529.BDE9800.815AE96E.IP] entered the room.
(10:18:28 AM) Mere_Observer: 6df+7 Max does a climbing thing!
(10:18:28 AM) Glacon: Mere_Observer: Max does a climbing thing!: 4 (6df+7=-, -, -, +, 0, -)
(10:18:29 AM) a is now known as atomicAvenger
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(10:20:06 AM) Mr_Wilt: Max fails to climb! He's too fatigued, it would seem!
(10:20:10 AM) atomicAvenger is now known as Proto_Lost
(10:21:02 AM) Mere_Observer: Max coughs. "Oh god dammit."
(10:21:25 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan looks over at him. "Max, just go down to Medical! They gotta be boarded up there or something."
(10:21:34 AM) Mr_Wilt: "If anything, there's got to be nurses taking care of wounded.
(10:21:38 AM) Mr_Wilt: "We'll meet you back there."
(10:22:00 AM) Mere_Observer: "Yeah yeah, go ahead. I'm just a hassle anyway."
(10:22:33 AM) ShockwaveLover: "You take of yourself, you hear?"
(10:23:45 AM) TheRaven: "You did some fine work."
(10:24:13 AM) Mere_Observer: "I'll do my best. Kill a few of those things for me, I'll save you a party favor."
(10:24:51 AM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan nods. "Alright, guys, let's go."
(10:24:59 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Much obliged."
(10:25:04 AM) Mr_Wilt: Max, head into #redpool2
(10:25:39 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Okay, let's see if Command is still standing."
(10:27:08 AM) TheRaven: "And see what kind of firepower Armory has."
(10:27:37 AM) Mr_Wilt: Everybody, head into #redpool !
(10:27:40 AM) ShockwaveLover: "Take the paracord? Or leave it so we get back?"
(10:29:19 AM) TheRaven: "Leave it."
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(12:02:09 PM) Snowshoe left the room (quit: Quit: NOT A CRIT BUT STILL A BOSS).
(12:11:34 PM) thedeadlymoose [~chatzilla@D1D41053.B77CAD1C.36B15C5C.IP] entered the room.
(12:15:14 PM) Mere_Observer left the room.
(12:19:04 PM) TheRaven: Skysnake?
(12:19:16 PM) Mere_Observer [Mibbit@synIRC-A99A873B.ard.bellsouth.net] entered the room.
(12:19:32 PM) Mr_Wilt: Currently missing.
(12:19:33 PM) TheRaven: Or really, anything to shoot at all
(12:19:58 PM) BiggerJ left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(12:20:19 PM) Roget: Ralph is still buried
(12:20:24 PM) Roget: and not really thrilled about it
(12:20:25 PM) Sequence [~chatzilla@44E286FF.88E7F010.D7646B59.IP] entered the room.
(12:20:25 PM) mode (+h Sequence) by ChanServ
(12:21:06 PM) NachtRuine: Zach is also buried. He doesn't have any feelings about it. Or really anything. Since he's not really capable of doing much other than hang on.
(12:21:40 PM) padri: Magpie's nearly dead.
(12:21:51 PM) TheRaven: Taggart rips the final blast right into the pool, or what's left of it. "AND ON THIS DAY CRY HAVOC, AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR!"
(12:22:13 PM) TheRaven: He then throws the gun to the ground and starts digging through the rubble.
(12:22:29 PM) Roget: Does Ralph still have Erikos hand?
(12:23:29 PM) TheRaven: He's shaking like a leaf the whole time.
(12:24:12 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan works to stabilise the crispy wrench-slinger, glancing occasionally at the smoking rubble that was, for the past year, his home.
(12:24:39 PM) Mr_Wilt: Ralph does, yes.
(12:24:50 PM) CROM [~grapebot@synIRC-42460C2D.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com] entered the room.
(12:25:08 PM) ShockwaveLover: He wonders if there's anything to salvage. That pick Charon made was nice.
(12:25:55 PM) TheRaven: "Fuck fuck fuck shit goddamn..."
(12:26:16 PM) TheRaven: He pulls out his radio and tries it again.
(12:26:33 PM) Mr_Wilt: The radio's speaker, as you'll recall, has been blown.
(12:26:38 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Have we got a fucking medic?"
(12:26:46 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan yells.
(12:27:15 PM) TheRaven: Taggart starts yelling for anyone. "IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, WE'RE COMING!"
(12:27:24 PM) TheRaven: More digging.
(12:27:24 PM) Roget: Ralph squeezes Erikos hand to see if she's still alive
(12:27:32 PM) Alivi: She doesn't squeeze back.
(12:27:54 PM) Roget: Ralph starts to panic just a little bit
(12:27:57 PM) Roget left the room (Kicked by Mr_Wilt (BE REBORN)).
(12:28:00 PM) ShockwaveLover left the room (Kicked by Mr_Wilt (BE REBORN)).
(12:28:04 PM) Roget [Mibbit@synIRC-DFACD011.hsd1.fl.comcast.net] entered the room.
(12:28:05 PM) mode (+o Roget) by ChanServ
(12:28:21 PM) TheRaven: Who, if anyone, does Taggart find?
(12:28:55 PM) Roget: ~maybeshesokaymaybesjustko'dnotdeadenotdeadnononono~
(12:29:05 PM) ShockwaveLover [Mibbit@synIRC-51E7CCD9.qld.bigpond.net.au] entered the room.
(12:29:07 PM) mode (+o ShockwaveLover) by ChanServ
(12:30:48 PM) TheRaven: Digdigdig. There has to be someone alive down here!
(12:31:51 PM) Roget: Ralph tries to feel if the hand is warm/having a pulse
(12:32:03 PM) Roget: 6df+8 medical roll for life
(12:32:03 PM) CROM: Roget: medical roll for life: 6 (6df+8=-, -, -, +, -, +)
(12:32:14 PM) Mr_Wilt: Indeed it is.
(12:32:21 PM) Mr_Wilt: Hey, Duncan and Taggart! Are you working together?
(12:32:35 PM) TheRaven: I think Duncan was extinguishing Alex.
(12:34:23 PM) ShockwaveLover: He was.
(12:34:39 PM) Mr_Wilt: Ah, aight
(12:34:44 PM) Mr_Wilt: Well, Taggart's progress is rather slow!
(12:34:52 PM) Mr_Wilt: And there's still a notable lack of staff.
(12:35:08 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan is starting to realise that he might be the person with most medical training left.
(12:35:12 PM) TheRaven: "Dunc! Give me a hand over here! Or check on everyone else!"
(12:35:18 PM) ShockwaveLover: And that is fucking scary.
(12:35:51 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Just a sec!"
(12:36:23 PM) ShockwaveLover: He makes sure Alex is propped up out of the way of any collapsing rubble, then picks his way across to Taggart.
(12:36:37 PM) TheRaven: Is anyone not buried by rocks?
(12:36:45 PM) padri: Magpie and Lori aren't.
(12:36:54 PM) padri: They're nearly dead out in the forest.
(12:36:55 PM) TheRaven: "Check on them first!"
(12:37:04 PM) BiggerJ [~chatzilla@synIRC-8CCFEFC8.dyn.iinet.net.au] entered the room.
(12:37:27 PM) TheRaven: He starts using his tomahawk to dig faster.
(12:37:59 PM) Mr_Wilt: Thankfully, it's merely cloudy out, but it's dark, only the fire lighting the way.
(12:38:03 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Christ, make up your mind." He unhooks his trusty entrenching tool, and slings it over to Taggart, before heading for the forest.
(12:38:09 PM) Mr_Wilt: The weather's currently 19F.
(12:38:16 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan has his tactical light.
(12:38:37 PM) ShockwaveLover: It bobs in the darkness as he steps through the debris field.
(12:38:52 PM) TheRaven: Taggart has the light from his survival kit.
(12:38:55 PM) Roget: Ralph continues to be buried, occasionally squeezing Erikos hand to see if she reacts
(12:39:11 PM) Mr_Wilt: Cameron isn't buried by rocks, either, but he's far out in the woods, possibly dead.
(12:39:46 PM) Mr_Wilt: The fire is slowly spreading to the forest, as Duncan steps through the corpses of men and creature alike.
(12:39:52 PM) Mr_Wilt: He hears a few groans, but isn't sure where from.
(12:40:09 PM) TheRaven: Taggart keeps digging.
(12:40:31 PM) ShockwaveLover: "If you're human, give a yell!"
(12:40:47 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Tell me my name!"
(12:41:10 PM) padri: Magpie can't. She's out.
(12:41:16 PM) ShockwaveLover: "What's my name?"
(12:41:42 PM) padri: She can't even hear him.
(12:41:57 PM) Mr_Wilt: "...daddy?" He hears a haggard, female voice from under two men.
(12:42:07 PM) TheRaven: Any sign of anyone in the rubble yet?
(12:42:15 PM) ShockwaveLover: ~Fuck.~
(12:42:40 PM) ShockwaveLover: He turns the light on the pile. Safety comes off with a click.
(12:42:58 PM) Mr_Wilt: Not yet. The rocks are thick as shit, Taggart, and you have three stories worth to dig through
(12:43:17 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Authenticate. The Director of Research is?"
(12:43:37 PM) TheRaven: Dig dig dig, then.
(12:43:44 PM) Mr_Wilt: "...an asshole."
(12:44:31 PM) ShockwaveLover: He's caught off guard. Then bursts out laughing. "You pass."
(12:44:57 PM) ShockwaveLover: Chucking the gun aside, he tears at the corpses, pulling them off to reveal...
(12:45:03 PM) Snowshoe [~Snowshoe@synIRC-BEDED622.dynamic.ip.windstream.net] entered the room.
(12:45:07 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Have you out in just a sec."
(12:45:26 PM) TheRaven: "If anyone can hear me down there, we're coming! Just hold on!"
(12:46:09 PM) Mr_Wilt: A woman bundled up in clothes! Her face is familiar.
(12:46:17 PM) Mr_Wilt: It vaguely reminds Duncan of a head injury.
(12:46:21 PM) Proto_Lost [Mibbit@6D993529.BDE9800.815AE96E.IP] entered the room.
(12:46:22 PM) padri: Really? Clothes? Lovely!
(12:46:51 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Shit, Nina? Well, I'll be damned."
(12:47:14 PM) Roget: A weak voice yells something
(12:47:26 PM) ShockwaveLover: He offers her a hand. "You're a tough little lady."
(12:47:43 PM) TheRaven: "Just hang in there!" Taggart redoubles his efforts.
(12:48:49 PM) Mr_Wilt: She takes the hand. "I can't stand."
(12:48:58 PM) Proto_Lost: I guess Simon's still under a building then
(12:49:35 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Yeah, you or the Site it seems."
(12:51:24 PM) TheRaven: Digdigdig
(12:52:28 PM) Mr_Wilt: Taggart just isn't making much progress.
(12:52:30 PM) Mr_Wilt: Although, Taggart
(12:52:38 PM) Mr_Wilt: roll Perception!
(12:52:54 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Are you injured?"
(12:52:56 PM) TheRaven: (did AP regenerate, or is this still the run technically?)
(12:53:13 PM) Mr_Wilt: (Nah I wanna say it didn't regenerate. The run's technically over, but that's /no/ fun)
(12:53:25 PM) Mr_Wilt: "My legs are broken..."
(12:53:26 PM) TheRaven: 6df+6 okay.jpg
(12:53:27 PM) CROM: TheRaven: okay.jpg: 6 (6df+6=+, +, -, -, 0, 0)
(12:53:33 PM) Mr_Wilt: "...is Magnolia....?"
(12:54:28 PM) Mere_Observer left the room.
(12:54:42 PM) ShockwaveLover: "No idea. Don't where half our people are." He sighs. "You're the medical expert here - can I move you safely?"
(12:55:07 PM) Mr_Wilt: "I don't know. I don't want to."
(12:55:14 PM) Mr_Wilt: Taggart hears footsteps!
(12:55:56 PM) TheRaven: He turns around quickly, 'hawk in hand.
(12:57:09 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Alright. Well, in the meantime, take this. It'll help keep you warm." he hands her what looks like a hugely oversized chip packet interior.
(12:57:11 PM) Mr_Wilt: Does Taggart have a flashlight?
(12:57:29 PM) TheRaven: Yep.
(12:57:33 PM) Mr_Wilt: She covers up in it. "Thank you."
(12:57:48 PM) Mr_Wilt: Taggart sees a very unfamiliar face in a very familiar outfit
(12:58:12 PM) Proto_Lost left the room (quit: Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
(12:58:13 PM) Mr_Wilt: The jumpsuited man limps towards him.
(12:58:13 PM) TheRaven: "Who the hell...?" What outfit is that?
(12:58:42 PM) ShockwaveLover: He turns to go, then stops. "We still don't know what's out there. So have this as well. I expect it back."
(12:59:00 PM) Mr_Wilt: He's wearing a janitorial suit.
(12:59:12 PM) ShockwaveLover: Something heavy and metallic is placed in her hands.
(12:59:25 PM) Mr_Wilt: She holds it and nods. "Okay."
(12:59:38 PM) TheRaven: "Who...SLJ?"
(1:00:19 PM) Roget: Ralph calls out again from the rubble
(1:00:29 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan continues on. "Anyone alive out there?"
(1:00:31 PM) Mr_Wilt: "Jack."
(1:00:47 PM) ShockwaveLover: He plays the light over the undergowth.
(1:00:48 PM) Mr_Wilt: He drags his mangled leg behind him, his face bare of any hair, or any hat.
(1:01:09 PM) padri: Does he see magpie?
(1:01:26 PM) TheRaven: "Fucking hell man! Good to see you!" How bad's the leg?
(1:01:26 PM) Mr_Wilt: He sees both her and Lori!
(1:01:55 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Jesus Christ Mags, now's not the time to be sleeping with another woman."
(1:02:33 PM) ShockwaveLover: He chuckles to himself.
(1:02:54 PM) Mactavish [~Nico@4C56CB9D.D0731DF7.826FA815.IP] entered the room.
(1:03:01 PM) ShockwaveLover: Which looks to have the more serious injuries?
(1:03:15 PM) padri: They're probably about even.
(1:03:16 PM) Mr_Wilt: Mags, definitely.
(1:03:25 PM) Mr_Wilt: Mags took more giant robot beating, and all.
(1:03:34 PM) padri: Well, yes, that's true.
(1:04:06 PM) Tox|Laptop [~Ultima@synIRC-1CC69BDE.washdc.fios.verizon.net] entered the room.
(1:04:06 PM) mode (+o Tox|Laptop) by ChanServ
(1:04:07 PM) ShockwaveLover: Fuck. He's running low on useful supplies.
(1:04:33 PM) padri: Just drag her back to her girlfriend, bro.
(1:04:42 PM) ShockwaveLover: You don't move injured people.
(1:04:51 PM) ShockwaveLover: Especially when you don't know what heir injuries are.
(1:04:59 PM) Mr_Wilt: Well, it's kind of a good idea, now.
(1:05:00 PM) padri: You do if the fire is about to burn them to a crisp.
(1:05:03 PM) Mr_Wilt: Seeing as how the forest is on fire
(1:05:05 PM) Mr_Wilt: And that's spreading
(1:05:08 PM) ShockwaveLover: Oh, there's a fire.
(1:05:14 PM) ShockwaveLover: That would have been nice to know.
(1:05:33 PM) Mr_Wilt: SLJ's leg is pretty fucked up looking. There's a pipe jammed through his ankle.
(1:05:46 PM) Mr_Wilt: "I'm gettin' too old for this /shit/."
(1:05:57 PM) TheRaven: "Shit, dude, sit down or something."
(1:08:23 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Dammit. Sorry Magpie." Duncan grabs her under the shoulders, keeping an arm along each side of her head and pulling her as gently and as quickly as possible.
(1:09:02 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh, by the way.
(1:09:08 PM) Mr_Wilt: Phone's all deep, having regained reception.
(1:09:22 PM) Mr_Wilt: SLJ grumbles, but does. "Who's all dead?"
(1:09:29 PM) ShockwaveLover: He arrives back at Nina's corpse hole.
(1:09:36 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Got room for a few more in there?"
(1:10:14 PM) TheRaven: "Oh thank god." Taggart pulls out his phone and dials up his old boss at Site-19.
(1:10:42 PM) TheRaven: Scratch that, texts.
(1:11:12 PM) Sophos [rkh@synIRC-87D98234.pfak.org] entered the room.
(1:11:17 PM) TheRaven: {Extreme emergence event at Area-354. Multiple casualties. Situation FUBAR. Send aid immediately.}
(1:12:01 PM) Glacon [rkh@synIRC-87D98234.pfak.org] entered the room.
(1:12:48 PM) CROM left the room (Kicked by Roget (WE DONT NEED YOUR KIND AROUND HERE)).
(1:14:00 PM) Sophos: o/win 24
(1:14:22 PM) Proto_Lost [Mibbit@6D993529.BDE9800.815AE96E.IP] entered the room.
(1:15:32 PM) ShockwaveLover: Mr_Wilt: And I wrote 17 of the skills on that page.
(1:15:56 PM) TheRaven: Any reply?
(1:16:13 PM) ShockwaveLover left the room (Kicked by Roget (gtfooc)).
(1:16:19 PM) ShockwaveLover [Mibbit@synIRC-51E7CCD9.qld.bigpond.net.au] entered the room.
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(1:21:37 PM) Roget: Ralph calls out from under the rubble
(1:22:15 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nina looks up at Duncan, confused. "What?"
(1:22:26 PM) TheRaven: Taggart keeps digging.
(1:22:29 PM) Mr_Wilt: Taggart gets a reply. {Roger, please hold. Will take some time.}
(1:22:50 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Your girlfriend." Duncan slides magpie across.
(1:22:56 PM) TheRaven: "Hallelujah." {Got an ETA? The site's a complete no-go.}
(1:23:48 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nina covers Magpie up, curling close to her.
(1:23:52 PM) Roget has changed the topic to: OOC Channel: #farreconOOC | Alternate IC Channel: #redpool | Outpost Channel: #islandoutpost | http://clay.blorgblorgbl.org/miscellany/wilt173.swf | No roof existence. | Charon's a man of many tastes.
(1:24:00 PM) Mr_Wilt: She smiles a bit.
(1:24:19 PM) ShockwaveLover: "You'll have another room-mate in a minute."
(1:24:36 PM) padri: Magpie would smile if she were conscious. Nina has no clue how worried Magpie was.
(1:24:38 PM) Mr_Wilt: Taggart, roll Ath!
(1:25:23 PM) ShockwaveLover: He heads back, and grabs Lori as well.
(1:25:32 PM) TheRaven: 6df+6 woo
(1:25:33 PM) Glacon: TheRaven: woo: 5 (6df+6=-, -, +, 0, +, -)
(1:25:56 PM) Mactavish left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(1:26:41 PM) Proto_Lost left the room (quit: Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
(1:27:23 PM) Mactavish [~Nico@4C56CB9D.D0731DF7.826FA815.IP] entered the room.
(1:28:19 PM) Mr_Wilt: Taggart pulls the final stones away from Ralph and Eriko.
(1:28:27 PM) Mr_Wilt: Lori is grabbed.
(1:28:58 PM) TheRaven: "Hey! You two alive?"
(1:29:27 PM) Mr_Wilt: They should both be, y'know, unconscious
(1:29:31 PM) Roget: Ralph looks up. "Taggart...help Eriko."
(1:29:36 PM) Roget: Then he in unconscious
(1:30:02 PM) TheRaven: Taggart tries to drag them out.
(1:30:23 PM) TheRaven: He also texts Dunc. {We got three live ones over here.}
(1:30:43 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan jumps as his phone vibrates.
(1:30:48 PM) ShockwaveLover: There's no ring.
(1:30:50 PM) Snowshoe: Alex frosts quietly
(1:32:34 PM) ShockwaveLover: He texts with one hand and drags with the other. {Phones up? Get as CASEVAC on the lin. See if you can pull some support from CFB Cold Lake. No telling what's still out there.}
(1:33:25 PM) TheRaven: {Support's coming from 19, we'd be killed if we called Cold Lake.}
(1:33:44 PM) ShockwaveLover: {We might be killed if we don't.}
(1:34:06 PM) ShockwaveLover: {It's the closest major base.}
(1:34:22 PM) ShockwaveLover: Lori soon joins Duncan's growing pile of women.
(1:36:04 PM) TheRaven: He goes back to texting the guy at 19. {Permission to call in outside assistance here? We're in a bad state.}
(1:36:24 PM) TheRaven: {And may have Pool entities on the loose.}
(1:36:28 PM) Mactavish left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(1:36:38 PM) Mr_Wilt: {Suggested assistance?}
(1:37:16 PM) TheRaven: {CFB Cold Lake. Nearest facility that could give us what we need.}
(1:37:35 PM) Mr_Wilt: {Permission denied, but hold for assistance. Thank you.}
(1:37:48 PM) TheRaven: "Fuckers."
(1:40:30 PM) Mactavish [~Nico@4C56CB9D.D0731DF7.826FA815.IP] entered the room.
(1:40:49 PM) Roget: Ralph stirs wherever Taggart dumped him
(1:41:40 PM) TheRaven: {Dunc, you got any medical supplies left?} He gets Eriko out too, and continues digging.
(1:42:12 PM) Roget: "What...happened?"
(1:42:23 PM) ShockwaveLover: {A bit. You need some?}
(1:43:19 PM) TheRaven: {Found Ralph and Eriko, both out cold.}
(1:43:45 PM) TheRaven: "The shit hit the fan."
(1:44:09 PM) Mr_Wilt: SLJ touches the pipe stuck in his ankle. He cringes.
(1:44:15 PM) Mr_Wilt: "I have a pipe stuck in my foot."
(1:44:23 PM) Mr_Wilt: "Can't say it's happened before."
(1:44:32 PM) TheRaven: "I don't even know where to start with that."
(1:45:38 PM) Roget: "Did anyone die?"
(1:46:01 PM) TheRaven: "Yeah..."
(1:46:10 PM) Roget: "...who?"
(1:47:28 PM) TheRaven: "Nolan and Eva are the only two I can confirm yet. Haven't heard from Corbin or Max for a while, either."
(1:48:01 PM) Mr_Wilt: "Shit." SLJ grumbles.
(1:48:29 PM) ShockwaveLover: {I've got Nina, Magpie and Lori here.}
(1:48:49 PM) TheRaven: {Are they mobile? And what about Cam?}
(1:49:28 PM) Roget: "...what about Eri?"
(1:49:29 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Nina is not mobile, the other two I was forced to move due to the fire. No idea about injuries. Cam is MIA.}
(1:50:27 PM) TheRaven: {Look for him? If Magpie and Lori are fit to help, I need whatever assistance I can get over here.}
(1:51:21 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Both out cold.}
(1:53:03 PM) TheRaven: {Dammit. Okay, go see if you can find Cam.}
(1:53:04 PM) ShockwaveLover: {And I don't even know where to start looking for Cameron.}
(1:53:30 PM) ShockwaveLover: Taggart's phone buzzes.
(1:54:19 PM) Roget: "Taggart?"
(1:54:35 PM) TheRaven: "Yeah?" He looks at the phone.
(1:56:06 PM) Roget: "Is Eri okay?"
(1:56:21 PM) TheRaven: He checks for a pulse, or any signs of life.
(1:56:28 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Alright. We have response units en route from Cold Base, initial ETA 30 minutes. Support from the US is being organised. IMPORTANT: Cold Base units told you are a secret military installation, damaged by a gas explosion.}
(1:56:46 PM) Roget: Ralph watches him anxiously
(1:56:56 PM) TheRaven: {Roger that, thank you very much.}
(1:57:05 PM) Sequence left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(1:57:24 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Call sign for first responders is Hammer. They've been given your frequency.}
(1:57:29 PM) TheRaven: {The cavalry's on the way, Dunc. Support coming up from Cold Lake, ETA 30 minutes.}
(1:57:41 PM) Mr_Wilt: Eriko's got a pulse.
(1:57:43 PM) Mr_Wilt: She's aliiiiiiive.
(1:57:48 PM) Mr_Wilt: Lot of broken bones, though.
(1:57:49 PM) TheRaven: {No-go on the radios. Pool event blew out every speaker on site.}
(1:57:53 PM) Mr_Wilt: But Ralph knows that feel, too.
(1:57:55 PM) TheRaven: "She's alive."
(1:58:29 PM) Roget: He leans his head back, looking relieved
(1:58:41 PM) ShockwaveLover: {That would explain a lot of things. Alright, you'll need to signal a safe landing spot for the choppers if the helipad is inoperable.}
(1:58:56 PM) Mr_Wilt: The fucking roof is gone
(1:58:59 PM) Mr_Wilt: So it's pretty inoperable.
(1:59:07 PM) TheRaven: "You're both fucked right up though, so don't try to do anything. Support is on the way."
(1:59:10 PM) padri: How about the normal roof?
(1:59:19 PM) TheRaven: {Roger, will pop flares on approach.}
(1:59:20 PM) ShockwaveLover: Gone.
(1:59:49 PM) Roget: No roof existence
(1:59:49 PM) padri: aw, lost the fucking roof /and/ the normal roof? that sucks, man.
(1:59:56 PM) TheRaven: Taggart looks around for a suitable LZ.
(2:00:13 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Halle-fucking-lujah.}
(2:00:16 PM) ShockwaveLover: That was Duncan.
(2:01:57 PM) Roget: Ralph tries to find Erikos hand with his again.
(2:02:43 PM) ShockwaveLover: Roughly 30 minutes later, there's a rumble in the sky.
(2:03:24 PM) TheRaven: Does Taggart see a landing zone that could work?
(2:03:26 PM) Alivi: He finds it.
(2:03:33 PM) ShockwaveLover: It's not that sort of rumble, Taggart.
(2:03:42 PM) ShockwaveLover: In fact, you could swear you've heard it before.
(2:03:45 PM) TheRaven: Oh.
(2:04:21 PM) ShockwaveLover: Yes, that sounds an awful lot like an F/A-18 Hornet.
(2:05:19 PM) ShockwaveLover: Don't the Canadians operate some of those?
(2:05:30 PM) Sequence [~chatzilla@44E286FF.88E7F010.D7646B59.IP] entered the room.
(2:05:30 PM) mode (+h Sequence) by ChanServ
(2:05:34 PM) TheRaven: Yep, until the F-35 comes online.
(2:05:54 PM) ShockwaveLover: That was a rhetorical question.
(2:06:00 PM) TheRaven: durr
(2:06:27 PM) ShockwaveLover: The orange glow of jet engines can be clearly seen over the site.
(2:06:47 PM) padri: By anyone who's conscious, that is.
(2:07:00 PM) ShockwaveLover: At a guess, he's using infrared imaging to map the area.
(2:07:18 PM) ShockwaveLover: Which will no doubt be confiscated immediately upon landing.
(2:07:55 PM) TheRaven: Taggart keeps digging. Did he find anyone else in the half hour?
(2:09:04 PM) Mr_Wilt: He did not. He is but one man.
(2:09:22 PM) Roget: Ralph squeezes that hand. "You there Eri?"
(2:09:29 PM) Alivi: Eriko lets out a pained gasp.
(2:10:05 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Alright, choppers are 10 minutes out. We've got a big team assembling down at Mountain Home AFB. The leading elements will be there by morning.}
(2:10:23 PM) Mactavish left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:10:46 PM) Roget: "It's okay...we're safe now."
(2:10:49 PM) TheRaven: {Thank you very much. We're going to need building materials too, the base is a write-off.}
(2:11:41 PM) TheRaven: "Okay guys, Canadians will be here in 10 minutes. Don't breathe a word about the Foundation. Until our guys get here, this was a top secret military facility."
(2:11:59 PM) TheRaven: He sends Dunc a text carrying approximately the same message.
(2:12:16 PM) Mactavish [~Nico@4C56CB9D.D0731DF7.826FA815.IP] entered the room.
(2:13:29 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Roger that. Lips are sealed.}
(2:14:02 PM) TheRaven: {Make sure your group know too. Any word on Cam?}
(2:14:35 PM) ShockwaveLover: {No sign of him.}
(2:15:21 PM) TheRaven: {Keep looking.}
(2:16:05 PM) ShockwaveLover: The 'thwock thwock' of rotors can be heard in the cold night air long before the aircraft themselves are able to be seen.
(2:16:29 PM) TheRaven: Okay, /now/ Taggart looks for an LZ.
(2:16:58 PM) ShockwaveLover: Sounds vaguely like the old Hueys.
(2:17:49 PM) Alivi: "[Samui (It's cold)…]"
(2:18:06 PM) ShockwaveLover: The jet engines recede as the choppers approach.
(2:19:10 PM) Roget: "They've got people coming to help us. We're gonna be fine."
(2:19:33 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan looks down at Nina. "They're on their way. Just hang on in there."
(2:20:46 PM) padri left the room (quit: Quit: Love y'all).
(2:20:50 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nina nods.
(2:21:27 PM) ShockwaveLover: Approaching fairly high, three helicopters are visible.
(2:22:59 PM) ShockwaveLover: They drop into a hover, awaiting an LZ.
(2:23:12 PM) TheRaven: Percep to find one?
(2:23:25 PM) Mr_Wilt: Word
(2:23:27 PM) Positronium left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:23:34 PM) TheRaven: 6df+6 come on bot
(2:23:35 PM) Glacon: TheRaven: come on bot: 4 (6df+6=+, -, -, -, -, +)
(2:24:36 PM) ShockwaveLover: There's a possible spot, but it's covered in FOD.
(2:24:56 PM) ShockwaveLover: And what looks like the remains of the site Pac Man machine.
(2:24:58 PM) Proto_Lost [Mibbit@6D993529.BDE9800.815AE96E.IP] entered the room.
(2:25:12 PM) ShockwaveLover: Sitting next to the Galaga machine.
(2:25:15 PM) TheRaven: {Dunc, you got an LZ out that way?}
(2:25:55 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Wait 1}
(2:26:04 PM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+5 Oh god find me a clearing
(2:26:04 PM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Oh god find me a clearing: 6 (6df+5=0, 0, +, 0, +, -)
(2:26:29 PM) ShockwaveLover: It's not perfect, but it'll do for the moment.
(2:26:51 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Okay, got a half-decent one over here. Lighting the candle.}
(2:27:12 PM) Alivi: "Ralph?"
(2:27:17 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan breaks out his flares, and at a run, marks the zone.
(2:27:44 PM) Roget: "I'm here."
(2:27:47 PM) ShockwaveLover: {Done.}
(2:27:54 PM) TheRaven: {Great.}
(2:28:18 PM) ShockwaveLover: The choppers move in cautiously, spotlights playing out across the snow.
(2:28:51 PM) ShockwaveLover: The first one settles, creating a mi nature blizzard.
(2:29:24 PM) TheRaven: {Dunc, didn't one of the pods go flying across the pool? Try that one, with any luck Cam is still in it.}
(2:29:30 PM) Sequence left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:30:15 PM) thedeadlymoose left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:30:37 PM) Alivi: "Simon? Zach?"
(2:31:27 PM) Roget: "They're going to be okay..."
(2:31:32 PM) TheRaven: "Haven't found them yet. The rescue team just arrived, we'll dig them out. The team's not Foundation, so don't mention any of that. We're a top-secret military base until our guys arrive."
(2:31:49 PM) ShockwaveLover: A group of people in high visibility vests disembark, with one running over to Duncan and surreptitiously flashes a Foundation ID. "You Taggart?"
(2:31:55 PM) ShockwaveLover: *flashing
(2:32:16 PM) ShockwaveLover: "No sir. Schwarz, Duncan. Security."
(2:32:54 PM) Snowshoe: Alex continues to chill silently
(2:33:21 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Okay. Well, you guys are, for the duration, Echo Base. You do not answer any questions except those necessary to save lives. Got it?" he continues without waiting for an answer. "Good. Now, where's Taggart?"
(2:33:49 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Over by the side of the building, sir. Can't miss him."
(2:34:44 PM) ShockwaveLover: The rescue teams come running, escorted by a few armed men in non-Foundation uniform.
(2:35:01 PM) Positronium [~CaptainCt@C5C7BEE5.D0691171.F1785772.IP] entered the room.
(2:35:15 PM) ShockwaveLover: They look shocked at the devestation.
(2:35:26 PM) ShockwaveLover: Taggart, there's a man approaching you.
(2:35:38 PM) TheRaven: He looks up at the guy.
(2:35:50 PM) ShockwaveLover: "You jack Taggart?"
(2:35:53 PM) ShockwaveLover: *jack
(2:35:56 PM) ShockwaveLover: *Jack
(2:36:21 PM) TheRaven: "Yeah, that's me."
(2:36:41 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Alright. Give me a sitrep. What are we looking at out here?"
(2:37:12 PM) ShockwaveLover: The nondescript man draws Taggart aside, away from the rescue operation.
(2:37:13 PM) TheRaven: "Unknown number of casualties in the rubble, three that I've dug out, and three more with Duncan."
(2:37:24 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Remaining hostiles?"
(2:37:24 PM) TheRaven: He follows.
(2:38:10 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan seems to be talking to a chopper pilot.
(2:38:22 PM) TheRaven: "Unknown. Sir, the pool basically opened wide and dumped whatever was in it out. I saw a flying snake before the primary entity died, unsure what else is out there."
(2:38:58 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Flying snake...alright. How big?"
(2:39:14 PM) TheRaven: How big /was/ it?
(2:40:35 PM) ShockwaveLover: The discussion ends, and Duncan jumps into the helicopter, which takes off and heads for the forest.
(2:40:42 PM) Mr_Wilt: Tew feet yo
(2:41:23 PM) TheRaven: "About two feet long. Also saw some kind of humanoid thing and a giant deer skull with an extendable eye, but both of those are dead."
(2:41:51 PM) TheRaven: "Priority should be getting the survivors out of the rubble."
(2:42:16 PM) ShockwaveLover: The radio on the man's vest crackles. {Hammer Base, this is Hammer Two. Commencing search operation for missing Echo Base personnel.}
(2:42:45 PM) Alivi: "[Too cold…]" her voice is very quiet.
(2:43:35 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nina is all cuddled up to Mags.
(2:43:44 PM) ShockwaveLover: "We've got every chopper and piece of heavy equipment in a tri-state area assembling at Mountain Home, Great Falls and Edmonton."
(2:44:17 PM) ShockwaveLover: "It'll take a while to get everything here, but more people should be getting here in under two hours."
(2:44:50 PM) ShockwaveLover: Nina and her harem are being carefully moved on stretchers.
(2:45:04 PM) Snowshoe: Alex is cuddling with the floor
(2:45:26 PM) ShockwaveLover: The interior of one helicopter seems to be functioning as a triage centre.
(2:45:35 PM) Roget: Ralph moves closer to her. "I know."
(2:45:42 PM) TheRaven: The reality of the day finally catches up with Taggart. "I think I'm...I'm gonna go sit down." He makes his way over to a handy chunk of rubble and sits, shaking.
(2:46:03 PM) ShockwaveLover: Eight people are pulling rubble off the building's wreckage, while another two tend to Alex.
(2:46:29 PM) Mr_Wilt: Anybody headin' over to that fire all the way on the other side of the pond n' all?
(2:46:30 PM) ShockwaveLover: A third team is checking corpses and searching around the immediate vicinity for survivors.
(2:46:40 PM) Alivi: "[Everything hurts…]"
(2:46:43 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan is in the chopper, hovering over it.
(2:47:09 PM) ShockwaveLover: The searchlight plays over scorched woodland.
(2:47:18 PM) Roget: "I know. But we've got medical attention coming. You're going to be okay."
(2:47:59 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Head over to the chopper. They've got some stuff on the go. We'll get them out."
(2:48:08 PM) Mr_Wilt: Hey, Duncan and your chopper.
(2:48:24 PM) ShockwaveLover: Yes?
(2:48:33 PM) Mr_Wilt: Roll Perception over that scorched woodland.
(2:48:58 PM) ShockwaveLover: 6df+9 Tagging Mateship to find the one left behind
(2:48:58 PM) Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Tagging Mateship to find the one left behind: 10 (6df+9=0, -, +, +, -, +)
(2:49:26 PM) ShockwaveLover: The people on the rubble are calling out to any survivors.
(2:50:04 PM) Mr_Wilt: They spot a Cameron by the wreckage of the ship part.
(2:50:08 PM) Proto_Lost left the room (quit: Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
(2:50:09 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Hello! Can you hear us? Please make a noise."
(2:50:13 PM) Mr_Wilt: He appears to have some severed limbs going on.
(2:50:17 PM) Roget: He moves her over to him so she don't freeze to death, trying to keep from jostling her injuries.
(2:50:22 PM) TheRaven: "We did it...jesus christ, we did it." As the massive adrenaline rush from recent events fades, Taggart slowly falls asleep.
(2:51:00 PM) NAC: Cameron lets out a bloody gurgle.
(2:51:13 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Fuck! Pilot, drop me in that burnt out patch to the left of that masive log. Then get me a medevac team!"
(2:52:37 PM) ShockwaveLover: The whirlybird does as it's asked, hoverign low enough for the tall man to drop down on to the ash and snow.
(2:53:17 PM) ShockwaveLover: Shielding himself against storm created by the rotor wash, he runs over to Cameron.
(2:53:49 PM) ShockwaveLover: The rubble searchers continue. How long until they find survivors? Or the survivors hear them?
(2:54:54 PM) Mr_Wilt: hrmmm
(2:55:41 PM) ShockwaveLover: Nina, Magpie, Lori and Alex are all loaded on stretchers into a chopper.
(2:56:03 PM) ShockwaveLover: That Canadian medic isn't half bad looking.
(2:56:18 PM) ShockwaveLover: It takes off, heading for proper medical treatment.
(2:56:37 PM) Mr_Wilt: SLJ still has a pipe in his ankle and all.
(2:57:04 PM) ShockwaveLover: They can only take so many at a time on strechers.
(2:57:07 PM) Proto_Lost [Mibbit@6D993529.BDE9800.815AE96E.IP] entered the room.
(2:57:37 PM) Alivi: Eriko's breathing is unsteady, she is in obvious pain especially when she is moved.
(2:57:43 PM) ShockwaveLover: Duncan reaches Cameron. "Jesus christ..."
(2:57:48 PM) NAC: The sight isn't pretty. Cameron's pinned against the wrekage of the pod. Wet gurggling noises escape him from every breath. salvage had skewered his right arm from the rest of his shoulder, the useless meaty chunk connected by only a bit of charred skin and some tendons. Camerons left leg is crushed beneath something, a completely destroyed foot bleeding from beyond sight. Shrapnel had...
(2:57:49 PM) NAC: ...pierced through the nurse's torso and face, leaving bloody pocket marks across his face.
(2:58:29 PM) ShockwaveLover: Oh fuck. There is pretty much /nothing/ Duncan can do about that.
(2:58:30 PM) Roget: Ralph tries his damnedest to keep her comfortable while the evacuation goes on
(2:59:03 PM) ShockwaveLover: SLJ is discovered by a worker, who gasps when she sees the pipe.
(2:59:14 PM) Mr_Wilt: Eventually, the evac team find a Zach, Simon, and Eric in the rubble, unconscious and broken.
(2:59:27 PM) Mr_Wilt: Still no sign of Charon, or the Directors.
(2:59:39 PM) TheRaven: Taggart has fallen asleep (or more appropriately, passed out) somewhere near Eriko and Ralph.
(2:59:46 PM) Mr_Wilt: SLJ is sitting on the ground, his ankle elevated on a rock. "Do I need to put it up higher?"
(2:59:49 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Fuckfuckfuck...he looks desperately for a way to stabilise the broken man.
(3:00:36 PM) ShockwaveLover: "I...I think it's fine w-where it is." She turns and yells. "DOCTOR CARMICHAEL!"
(3:00:58 PM) TheRaven left the room (quit: Quit: Sail away where no ball and chain can keep us from the roarin' waves, together undivided but forever we'll be free!).
(3:01:16 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Just hang on Cam. Hang on. Help's on the way...oh God..."
(3:01:28 PM) ShockwaveLover: He can't even begin to staunch the bleeding.
(3:01:36 PM) NAC: One of his eyes is glazed over and milky white, a bloody gash over it. In addition it looks as though he's suffered burns over the majority of his body, and a good portion on his face. His clothes are in tatters. It looks as if he had ripped off some of it themselves and had tied a knot around his arm to try and stop the bleeding. His other eye looks over Duncan. It's franticly looking over...
(3:01:38 PM) NAC: ...the man's face.
(3:02:00 PM) ShockwaveLover: "Stay with me. Stay with me. Come on. Talk to me. Who am I?"
(3:02:13 PM) Roget: Ralph and Eriko are loaded onto stretchers and evacuated by some worker dudes.
(3:02:36 PM) NAC: With a little gurgle he lets out something like "I thought you weren't coming" before closing his eyes and slumping against the wreckage.
(3:03:00 PM) ShockwaveLover: "oh no, oh no. Stay with me. STAY WITH ME. You are not fucking dying on my watch!"
(3:03:28 PM) ShockwaveLover: Like answer to his prayers, the chopper appears, landing a short distance away.
(3:03:32 PM) Mr_Wilt is now known as Axol_Wotl
(3:04:02 PM) ShockwaveLover: SLJ is loaded on to the third helicopter with Ralph, Eriko and Simon.
(3:04:22 PM) Axol_Wotl is now known as Mr_Wilt
(3:04:44 PM) ShockwaveLover: Soon Cameron is swarmed by EMTs.
(3:05:41 PM) ShockwaveLover: The Foundation man sits Taggart in a more comfortable position, then surveys what remains of the site.
(3:05:50 PM) ShockwaveLover: He shakes his head.
(3:06:08 PM) Jekeled: Eric looks around. "Damn."
(3:06:12 PM) Mr_Wilt: It's obvious there's still people in the rubble, and there's still a corpse or two that moves around.
(3:06:16 PM) Mr_Wilt: Eric is unconscious
(3:06:33 PM) Jekeled: Then he does nothing.
(3:06:50 PM) ShockwaveLover: The workers keep going, frantically pulling concrete and rebar away.
(3:07:16 PM) ShockwaveLover: Cameron, unable to be really moved, is eventually secured by a stretcher hoist to the chopper.
(3:07:31 PM) Mr_Wilt: It could take days, though. It's a three-story building with a flooded underground system of tunnels.
(3:07:38 PM) Mr_Wilt: People may also still be camping out in the wilderness.
(3:08:40 PM) ShockwaveLover: Carefully,he's winched up, and taken back to the LZ for proper flight preparation.
(3:09:44 PM) ShockwaveLover: Taggart, Eric and Duncan join him.
(3:10:06 PM) Roget: Ralph, in the coptor, tries to sit up. The sharp pain in his back dissuades him from trying again.
(3:10:09 PM) Roget: "Shit..."
(3:10:38 PM) ShockwaveLover: In the next few hours, more aircraft will arrive, ferrying Foundation personnel and equipment to assist with the rescue and cleanup effort.
(3:11:37 PM) ShockwaveLover: The first responders will be carefully debriefed, and given mild amnesiacs. They will remember tonight as a highly classified Canadian military operation.
(3:12:00 PM) Mr_Wilt is now known as Sleeping_Wilt
(3:12:22 PM) ShockwaveLover: The F/A-18 pilot will receive the same treatment and his sensor data will be erased and replaced with falsified images.
(3:13:13 PM) ShockwaveLover: The full cover-up operation will be much more extensive, of course, but none of that will concern the Poolboys.
(3:15:03 PM) ShockwaveLover: For now, they wing their way across the cold Canadian sky, battered and bruised...but not beaten.