03:38:12: <TheRaven> As is Taggart.
03:38:16: <Gara> Loren puts her journal back in her pocket
03:40:02: <Monkeybomb> Locke is patrolling the area, freezing his ass off.
03:40:09: <Magnobile> Monty is in the mess, staring at Chili
03:49:09: <positronium> "You might want to stow that."
03:49:16: <positronium> (to Loren)
03:49:18: <TheRaven> Taggart looks to Everett and Loren. "Guess that's us."
03:49:56: <Gara> "True." She hides it back where it was.
03:50:15: <positronium> He stands up and gets the door.
03:50:21: <TheRaven> Taggart heads out.
03:50:34: <Gara> "Lets go."
03:50:49: <positronium> "Right."
03:51:04: <Magnobile> Monty heads outside.
03:51:25: <Gara> Loren follows Taggart.
03:51:29: <Magnobile> and towards the ruins
03:51:41: <positronium> Everett walks out, closing the door behind him.
03:51:51: <Gara> And to the Ruins they go!
03:53:15: <Pres|Runnin> It's almost 40 below out tonight, but the sky is clear. The moon shines down on you brightly.
03:53:42: <Magnobile> Monty stops at the edge of the ruins, looking around
03:53:56: <Gara> "Oh my dear god it is cold."
03:54:35: <TheRaven> "Fucking hell." Taggart is extremely grateful for his patrol gear, including the balaclava.
03:54:56: <Pres|Runnin> There's a cluster of worklights and earth moving equipment set up to the northwest. A large group of people seem to be milling around.
03:54:58: <Magnobile> "Q-quite."
03:55:00: <positronium> Everett just frowns. ~At least it's warmer here.~
03:55:19: <Magnobile> Monty moves towards them, "G-good evening."
03:55:32: <Magnobile> the people excavatng, that is
03:56:19: <Gara> I assume Loren, Taggart, and Everett have arrived? If not, let us know.
03:56:32: <positronium> ~Are these people...~
03:56:35: <TheRaven> "I swear, everywhere I go either the weather is fine and the wildlife is trying to kill you, or it's the other way around."
03:56:45: <Pres|Runnin> There's still excavation going on, so it's pretty damn loud. One of the hardhats doesn't really hear you completely, but he points you towards a bunch of people milling around a folding table and says something about talking to Randy.
03:57:00: <Pres|Runnin> Everyone arrived at about the same time.
03:57:04: <positronium> "Well, you can't kill the weather."
03:57:22: <Gara> "Watch me Everett. Watch me."
03:57:45: <Magnobile> Monty approaches the group at the folding table, "G-greetings."
03:58:10: <Gara> "I will murder the whole weather. And my god can you even hear me?" She heads to the table.
03:58:11: <positronium> "Well, maybe if..." He looks contemplative for a moment, then grins.
03:58:21: <positronium> He follows.
03:59:21: <TheRaven> Taggart walks over to the table, looking for this 'Randy' guy. He hopes it's not a reincarnation of the one who hugged a torpedo.
03:59:22: <positronium> "So, what's going on, exactly?"
03:59:24: <Pres|Runnin> A rather... let's say stout... security officer in a thick parka and fur hat looks up from a map on the table. "Well, you must be the entry team, then."
03:59:43: <Gara> "Yup."
03:59:52: <Pres|Runnin> He's not, Taggart. In fact, you and the other security guys recognize him as a shift sergeant who runs the department's fantasy league.
03:59:55: <Magnobile> "E-entry into wh-what exctly?"
04:00:12: <TheRaven> "Yeah, that's us."
04:01:06: <Pres|Runnin> "The tunnels. A lot of the research vaults cracked, so any and all excavated sections need to be searched and secured by a team of Agents."
04:01:41: <Magnobile> "By a v-very lose definition of a-agent, I p-presume."
04:02:18: <Pres|Runnin> "Hey, a Poolboy's a Poolboy. Now, you're gonna be goin' down into Access Tunnel 1137, over here."
04:02:25: <Pres|Runnin> He taps a circled portion of the map.
04:02:40: <Monkeybomb> Locke trudges up to the group.
04:02:44: <TheRaven> Taggart looks around the group. All newbie. "Alright, stick close to me, since I actually know what's down there...mostly."
04:03:07: <Gara> "And what is that?"
04:03:31: <Monkeybomb> "What's going on? Sorry I'm late."
04:03:58: <Magnobile> "M-monsters, I presume. M-monsters with no doubt f-fascinating circulator s-systems."
04:04:12: <positronium> Everett grins.
04:04:15: <Pres|Runnin> "It's a maintenance corridor in the low security objects wing. Connects to a boiler room and a couple of storage spaces. Nothing too dangerous."
04:04:37: <TheRaven> "Any idea what was in the storage?"
04:05:37: <Pres|Runnin> "Mostly inert items. Non-organic samples, retrieved mundane artifacts, the like."
04:06:00: <Pres|Runnin> "Oh! But we did manage to tap one of the security conduits and get a few sensors back up."
04:06:01: <Gara> ~Mundane and artifact don't sound like they make sense together.~
04:06:19: <Magnobile> "Fascinating. N-not my department, b-but fascinating."
04:06:29: <positronium> "Anything specific we should look out for?"
04:07:01: <TheRaven> "Alright, nothing too dangerous, then. Might be some stuff from the emergence event still kicking around though, god only knows how they're not frozen yet."
04:07:33: <Gara> "Well, when you put it like that, you lead the way."
04:07:33: <Pres|Runnin> "Yeah. There were close to a dozen people in the area when the building came down. Nobody's heard anything since, but we have to assume the worst."
04:08:24: <TheRaven> "Anything still alive down there after this long shouldn't be coming back up."
04:08:24: <Magnobile> Monty lowers his head
04:08:25: <Pres|Runnin> "Note the location of any bodies you find for the cleanup team. Any questions?"
04:08:52: <Monkeybomb> "I came in late. What exactly are we lookin' for?"
04:09:02: <Gara> "Is there still light down there?"
04:09:15: <positronium> "If not, can I keep the flashlight?"
04:09:25: <Magnobile> "Wh-ehat exactly should w-we do?"
04:09:38: <Pres|Runnin> "We've got a crate of light stuff. Flashlights, batteries, a couple packs of flares near the entrace."
04:09:47: <Gara> "Great."
04:10:27: <Pres|Runnin> "Just search the area, and deal with anything anomalous if present. When you've finished the search, give the all clear so cleanup can move in."
04:10:36: <Monkeybomb> Locke nods. "Got it."
04:10:43: <Pres|Runnin> "Anything else?
04:11:05: <Pres|Runnin> "Going once? Twice?"
04:11:20: <TheRaven> Taggart unsnaps the retention strap on his sidearm and starts heading for the entrance
04:11:31: <Monkeybomb> Locke follows.
04:11:31: <Gara> "Looks like a no." Loren follows Taggart.
04:11:46: <positronium> "Thanks." Everett walks after Loren.
04:11:51: <Pres|Runnin> As you leave, you hear Randy yelling "Hey, Fitzgibbons! Head back to camp and get more diesel for the genny!"
04:12:33: <Magnobile> Monty grabs a flashlight, but keeps it in his off hand for quick access to his sidearm
04:12:46: <Magnobile> he follows the group towards the entrance.
04:12:55: <positronium> Everett grabs a flashlight and two flares.
04:13:09: <Pres|Runnin> And as you approach the stairway down, you notice the area's been hazard taped off. Greg is standing guard with a couple of generic security guys. They're masked and goggled, so you don't recognize them."
04:13:16: <Monkeybomb> Locke checks his pocket for his LED flashlight and tests his pistol's flashlight.
04:13:19: <positronium> ~Never know when you'll need fire.~
04:13:37: <TheRaven> "Hey Greg, you heading down too?"
04:13:44: <Gara> Loren grabs a flash light and a couple of flares.
04:14:05: <Pres|Runnin> "Guarding the doors. We'll be here if you need backup."
04:14:20: <Gara> "Lets hope we don't need you."
04:14:29: <Magnobile> Monty nods to the security man
04:14:40: <Monkeybomb> Locke nods to Greg.
04:14:40: <Pres|Runnin> He nods to one of the security grunts, who lifts a section of the tape so you can pass. "Good luck down there, guys."
04:14:46: <Pres|Runnin> Good hunting*
04:14:50: <positronium> "Thanks."
04:15:11: <Monkeybomb> "You got point, Jack?" Locke asks.
04:15:13: <TheRaven> "Alright, good enough." Taggart heads down, drawing his sidearm and flicking on the light.
04:15:20: <Gara> Loren goes under the tape.
04:15:21: <Pres|Runnin> Apparently he does!
04:15:37: <Magnobile> Monty goes under the tape as well, turning on his flashlight
04:15:41: <positronium> Everett limbos the tape.
04:15:41: <Monkeybomb> Locke waits for the others to go in. He'll take the rear.
04:17:34: <Pres|Runnin> As you do, Greg puffs away on a cigarette. Man, get that dude a squeeze ball or something. The staircase appears to have been a maintenance access, before the room above it was blown clean off. At the bottom is a left turn into the darkness of the tunnels.
04:18:22: <Monkeybomb> Before Locke enters, he turns to Greg. "Hey, man. I.. I never got to thank you for the other night. So... Thanks." He enters without waiting for a response.
04:19:32: <Pres|Runnin> Greg nods. "Don't mention it." Then it's down into the dark with you.
04:20:24: <Monkeybomb> Locke slips into the staircase and catches up with the others.
04:20:38: <positronium> Everett thumbs his flashlight on.
04:21:43: <Magnobile> Monty walks, shaining is light into the darkness, "M-mundane a-artifacts."
04:22:25: <Monkeybomb> Locke shines his flashlight around, wondering what this place was like before.
04:22:32: <TheRaven> "Don't worry about those. We used to nick everything in sight when we were on pool ops."
04:22:43: <Pres|Runnin> Around the corner is another short run of corridor. To your left, a bunch of pipes and conduits. There's flourescent light fixtures hanging overhead... not that they'll do much good without power.
04:23:01: <Gara> And Loren turns her light on, scanning the roof.
04:23:18: <Pres|Runnin> There's a firedoor about halfway between the stairs, and a giant pile of rubble blocking further access.
04:23:32: <positronium> "It'd be great if we could get the power on. Make things a whole lot easier."
04:23:53: <Gara> "Yeah, but the powerlines are probably severed."
04:23:53: <Pres|Runnin> Loren, you don't see much. A few of the flourescent tubes have shattered and there's a section of pipe fallen out.
04:24:05: <TheRaven> "More likely we'd just light the giant pile of rubble on fire."
04:24:12: <Magnobile> "Or ch-chewed."
04:24:16: <Pres|Runnin> Don't give the rubble ideas, Taggart.
04:24:21: <positronium> "That too."
04:24:51: <Gara> Loren looks through the fire door.
04:25:04: <Magnobile> "I-is this whole f-facility just a s-single massive ongoing c-containment breach?"
04:25:19: <positronium> "Assuming most of the stuff here was contained at one point."
04:25:34: <Pres|Runnin> There's a small wired glass window, but it's frosted over. The door itself looks pretty standard.
04:25:52: <Pres|Runnin> Metal construction, push bar, "fire alarm will sound" placard...
04:25:56: <Magnobile> Monty investigates further down the coridor
04:25:57: <TheRaven> "A lot of stuff got in during the event. Most of what was contained on-site was fairly harmless."
04:26:01: <Gara> Can she try to break the glass and look through?
04:26:52: <Pres|Runnin> Monty, there's not much to see. The rubble appears to be concrete and twisted rebar, with a couple sections of piping or frayed cable jutting out.
04:27:04: <Pres|Runnin> You're not moving it without heavy equipment, though.
04:27:23: <Pres|Runnin> She can try, but it's tempered wire glass. She'll need something pretty heavy to smash it with.
04:27:33: <Magnobile> are there any rooms off the hallway?
04:28:11: <Pres|Runnin> Apparently not. This is just a maintenance tunnel, though.
04:28:12: <TheRaven> Taggart is looking for where they're supposed to be going.
04:28:12: <positronium> "Just push it?"
04:28:28: <Gara> She tries to get a piece of rebar free. "We don't now what is lurking on the other side."
04:28:54: <positronium> "True."
04:29:13: <Magnobile> Monty turns back, returning to the others, "The h-hallways is thoroughly b-blocked. Excavation t-teams will need to r-remove the rubble."
04:29:54: <Pres|Runnin> Monty, your foot nudges a loose piece of rebar.
04:30:04: <Pres|Runnin> You must have stepped over it a moment ago.
04:30:27: <Magnobile> Monty closely examines the rebar
04:30:31: <TheRaven> "Are we even supposed to be going through there?"
04:30:50: <Gara> "Do you see another route?"
04:31:20: <Gara> She gives up on the rebar she was working on.
04:31:46: <positronium> Everett flashes his light through the window.
04:32:02: <Gara> "Frosted over, I couldn't see through."
04:32:03: <Magnobile> "It's a d-door. T-try /opening/ it."
04:32:17: <Gara> "We don't know what could be on the other side."
04:32:18: <Magnobile> Monty's voice carries down the hall
04:32:27: <Gara> "A bit of caution can do no harm."
04:32:28: <TheRaven> "Oh, just open it, I'll cover you."
04:32:55: <Gara> She sighs, resenting it. She goes to the door. "Cue me when you are ready."
04:33:16: <TheRaven> He stands in line with the door, motioning for Loren to move to the side.
04:33:18: <positronium> Everett draws his gun.
04:33:34: <Monkeybomb> Locke gets his pistol ready for anything nasty.
04:33:53: <Magnobile> Monty carefully inspects the loose rebar
04:33:55: <Gara> She does so, crouching. She is ready to open it!
04:34:19: <Pres|Runnin> The door remains, for all intents and purposes, a door.
04:34:39: <TheRaven> "Go."
04:34:43: <Pres|Runnin> If it's planning to ambush and devour you, it's playing its cards very close to the... vest?
04:34:46: <Pres|Runnin> Whatever.
04:34:57: <Gara> She tries to push it open.
04:35:49: <Pres|Runnin> The latch seems to be a bit stiff, but with some firm persuasion the hinges rasp open, allowing you entry into the corridor beyond.
04:36:09: <TheRaven> Taggart sweeps the hall with his light.
04:36:11: <Gara> She scans the corridor with her flashlight.
04:36:15: <positronium> Everett sweeps his light across the corridor.
04:37:21: <Magnobile> Assuming the rebar isn't a magic snake Monty approaches the door witht he others
04:37:30: <Pres|Runnin> Man, it's even colder down here. Large patches of ice decorate the walls. There are icicles hanging from the ceiling.
04:37:51: <TheRaven> "Clear." He starts walking in.
04:38:04: <Gara> Loren goes behind him.
04:38:15: <positronium> Everett follows Loren.
04:38:29: <Pres|Runnin> The corridor itself is one of the wide, sloped-roof tunnels typical of foundation facilities.
04:38:46: <Magnobile> Monty follows Everett
04:38:47: <Pres|Runnin> More electrical conduits on the walls and piping hanging from the ceiling.
04:39:44: <Pres|Runnin> Perception, everyone.
04:39:59: <Glacon> Magnobile: 1 (6df+4=0, 0, 4-, 0, 4-, 4-)
04:39:59: <Magnobile> 6df+4
04:40:03: <positronium> 6df+5 She blinded me with science!
04:40:04: <Glacon> Positronium: She blinded me with science!: 5 (6df+5=0, 4-, 3+, 3+, 4-, 0)
04:40:06: <TheRaven> 6df+6 whee
04:40:06: <Glacon> TheRaven: whee: 2 (6df+6=4-, 0, 4-, 4-, 0, 4-)
04:40:14: <Gara> 6df+4 Whoo!
04:40:15: <Glacon> Gara: Whoo!: 4 (6df+4=4-, 3+, 0, 0, 4-, 3+)
04:40:37: <Pres|Runnin> Monty slips on a pitch of ice. He doesn't fall, but looks pretty clumsy.
04:41:03: <Pres|Runnin> His near-pratfall distracts Taggart.
04:41:29: <Monkeybomb> 6df+5 No idea what's going on...
04:41:29: <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: No idea what's going on...: 7 (6df+5=3+, 3+, 0, 0, 3+, 4-)
04:41:38: <Pres|Runnin> The others see what appears to be an emergency cabinet. It's open. A red phone handset is dangling from it.
04:41:53: <positronium> Everett walks up to the phone.
04:42:13: <Gara> Loren examines the cabinet itself.
04:42:47: <Magnobile> Monty quickly regains his (slouching) posture.
04:42:50: <positronium> He picks up the phone. Can he hear anything?
04:42:55: <positronium> "Hello?"
04:43:16: <Gara> "Everett, there is no electricity."
04:43:27: <Pres|Runnin> These usually contain an emergency phone to the nearest security station and some gear. Fire extinguisher, first aid kit... Wait a second, the first aid kit is missing.
04:43:30: <positronium> "Just checking." He says with a grin.
04:43:40: <Pres|Runnin> The phone is as dead as every other electric thing in the area.
04:45:03: <Gara> Anything else down this way?
04:45:22: <Magnobile> Monty scans the hallways with his flashlight, moving a bit aways from the group
04:45:36: <Gara> This way being where they were walking.
04:45:43: <TheRaven> Taggart is watching the hall.
04:45:47: <Pres|Runnin> A couple doors branching off on either side.
04:45:56: <Pres|Runnin> Perception again.
04:46:02: <Gara> 6df+4 Whoo!
04:46:03: <Glacon> Gara: Whoo!: 7 (6df+4=0, 3+, 3+, 0, 3+, 0)
04:46:05: <Magnobile> 6df+4
04:46:05: <positronium> Everyone?
04:46:05: <Glacon> Magnobile: 3 (6df+4=4-, 4-, 4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
04:46:17: <positronium> 6df+5 Not blinded with Science!
04:46:17: <Glacon> Positronium: Not blinded with Science!: 4 (6df+5=0, 0, 0, 0, 4-, 0)
04:46:27: <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: Whuzzat?: 5 (6df+5=0, 0, 4-, 3+, 4-, 3+)
04:46:27: <Monkeybomb> 6df+5 Whuzzat?
04:46:32: <Magnobile> are there ay plaques or clipboards by the doors, by the way?
04:46:55: <Pres|Runnin> The standard warning signs and such. Nothing notable.
04:47:03: <TheRaven> 6df+6 meep
04:47:03: <Glacon> TheRaven: meep: 6 (6df+6=3+, 4-, 4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
04:47:28: <Pres|Runnin> Locke see's something smeared on one of the doorhandles. Taggart and Loren are astute enough to identify it long-congealed blood.
04:47:37: <Pres|Runnin> About a hand sized patch, to be specific.
04:47:53: <TheRaven> "Blood."
04:47:59: <positronium> "Where?"
04:48:01: <Gara> "Well, that is good." She moves to the bloody door, and gets ready to open it.
04:48:19: <Pres|Runnin> No window on this one. It's a standard interior office door.
04:48:37: <Magnobile> "Where?"
04:48:38: <Gara> "Someone cover me so I don't get murdered by anything?"
04:48:44: <Magnobile> Monty looks to the blood door
04:48:56: <Monkeybomb> Locke moves to cover the door.
04:48:58: <positronium> Everett takes a position behind Loren.
04:48:59: <TheRaven> "I don't know how you figure that's good." Taggart gets in position for the door.
04:49:17: <Gara> She opens it, sweeping inside with her light
04:49:25: <Pres|Runnin> Shelves, lots of them.
04:50:10: <Magnobile> "S-somebody was here, and i-injured."
04:50:15: <Pres|Runnin> Identical tall, Spartan metal racks, lined with identical plastic bins or metal strongboxes. Each appears to have a small label affixed to them.
04:50:24: <TheRaven> "Nothing too important-looking." He steps in and starts examining things.
04:50:33: <positronium> Everett cautiously follows.
04:50:42: <Gara> She starts reading labels, entering.
04:50:42: <Magnobile> Monty does as well
04:50:55: <Pres|Runnin> Perception, everyone looking around.
04:50:57: <positronium> Everett begins to examine the strongboxes.
04:51:02: <Pres|Runnin> Also state what you're looking at please.
04:51:18: <Gara> 6df+4 Strong boxes.
04:51:18: <Glacon> Gara: Strong boxes.: 4 (6df+4=3+, 3+, 4-, 0, 4-, 0)
04:51:23: <Gara> Or box.
04:51:25: <Glacon> Magnobile: Monty is examining some of the metal strongboxes: 2 (6df+4=0, 4-, 0, 0, 0, 4-)
04:51:26: <Magnobile> 6df+4 Monty is examining some of the metal strongboxes
04:51:29: <Monkeybomb> Locke stays by the door, watching for any unwanted visitors. He looks out into the hallway, checking for anything.
04:51:32: <positronium> 6df+5 I just wonder what the [strong boxes] are up to.
04:51:32: <Glacon> Positronium: I just wonder what the [strong boxes] are up to.: 7 (6df+5=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+, 3+, 4-)
04:51:33: <TheRaven> 6df+6
04:51:33: <Glacon> TheRaven: 5 (6df+6=0, 0, 0, 0, 4-, 0)
04:53:08: <Pres|Runnin> They all appear to be standard foundation lockboxes. Each is labeled with an expedition date and serial number.
04:53:27: <positronium> ~Medicine? Food?~
04:54:07: <Magnobile> "D-documents and o-objects."
04:54:23: <Gara> "Always fun. Anything too interesting?"
04:54:41: <Monkeybomb> Locke waits by the door while everyone else searches.
04:54:43: <Magnobile> "J-just serial numbers."
04:55:11: <Pres|Runnin> Unlikely. Randy told you this wing was for recovered items.
04:55:11: <TheRaven> "Hm." Taggart tries to remember whatever significant dates he can.
04:55:11: <positronium> ~It wouldn't make much sense, anyway.~
04:55:11: <positronium> ~I guess not.~
04:55:24: <Gara> "So no." Loren makes sure there is no more blood anywhere in the room, at least obviously.
04:55:35: <Pres|Runnin> Loren, another perception check.
04:56:15: <Gara> 6df+4 My eyes. Is there blood?
04:56:16: <Glacon> Gara: My eyes. Is there blood?: 4 (6df+4=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+, 4-, 3+)
04:56:36: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart, you think you remember a Gate expedition. Were it not for the Task Force's legendary aversion to paperwork, you might even know what samples match these serial numbers.
04:57:16: <Pres|Runnin> Nope, Loren there's noth- wait. There appears to be a smear on the edge of that rack. Like someone leaned on it briefly for support.
04:57:50: <TheRaven> "These are stuff we picked up during operations. Couldn't tell you what, but I don't think it's anything too major."
04:58:04: <Gara> Loren looks at the rack. Can she tell which way they were going?
04:58:06: <Magnobile> Monty looks around the room with his flashlight
04:58:19: <positronium> "Thanks. It saves me the effort of checking."
04:58:59: <Pres|Runnin> You think they rested their left hand on it briefly while heading further down the stacks.
04:59:25: <Gara> She walks down, slowly searching for any more traces.
04:59:33: <Pres|Runnin> Perception.
04:59:40: <Pres|Runnin> You and anyone following.
04:59:41: <Gara> 6df+4 My eyes. Is there blood?
04:59:42: <Glacon> Gara: My eyes. Is there blood?: 3 (6df+4=3+, 4-, 4-, 0, 4-, 3+)
05:00:10: <TheRaven> "Wonder if they've still got some of the junk I dropped off around. Pelt of that thing that chewed on my arm, or those giggling eyeb...forget those, I definitely don't want those back."
05:00:12: <Magnobile> 6df+4 Monty follows, cause why not
05:00:12: <Glacon> Magnobile: Monty follows, cause why not: 6 (6df+4=4-, 3+, 3+, 3+, 3+, 4-)
05:00:41: <positronium> "Giggling eyeballs? How did that work?"
05:00:46: <Monkeybomb> Locke peeks outside the door again.
05:00:47: <Pres|Runnin> You guys don't see anything, but monty hears, very briefly, a soft scraping noise.
05:00:54: <Pres|Runnin> Movement.
05:01:03: <TheRaven> "You don't wanna know."
05:01:13: <Magnobile> can he tell what direction?
05:01:23: <Magnobile> "Shh..."
05:01:26: <Pres|Runnin> Further back. Not much more than that.
05:01:34: <positronium> Everett freezes and listens.
05:01:35: <Magnobile> "Stop, I h-heard s-something."
05:01:41: <TheRaven> "I was keeping them for...nevermind. It's not important."
05:02:04: <Magnobile> Monty stands as still as he can manage when surrounded by people, and listens carefully
05:02:21: <Monkeybomb> Locke doesn't move so he doesn't make any noise.
05:02:22: <Pres|Runnin> You hear it again, very briefly, before...
05:02:35: <Pres|Runnin> "H-hello? Is anyone there?" A woman's voice. Scared.
05:02:45: <TheRaven> "Holy hell, are you alive?"
05:02:54: <positronium> "Careful..."
05:03:02: <Magnobile> Monty's eyes go wide, "Y-yes! Y-yes ma'am!"
05:03:04: <positronium> ~How /is/ she alive?~
05:03:05: <Gara> "Yes, remain calm. Can you see us?"
05:03:17: <positronium> Everett tries to find the woman.
05:03:24: <Gara> As does Loren.
05:03:24: <Pres|Runnin> "Don't come back here! Stay where you are."
05:03:33: <Magnobile> Monty moves shines his flashlight towards the voice
05:03:37: <positronium> "Why? What's back there?"
05:03:49: <Pres|Runnin> "I-I've got a gun and I don't trust you. Who are you?"
05:03:51: <Gara> "Ma'am we can't do that." She whispers, "Everett, you may want to be ready to shoot."
05:04:04: <Gara> "Foundation. Searching down here, clearing it."
05:04:33: <TheRaven> "Agent Jack Taggart, security, Area-354."
05:04:50: <Monkeybomb> Locke doesn't like this.
05:04:58: <Pres|Runnin> "Oh, thank god. I was worried they'd never send a rescue team down. Please, we have more wounded."
05:05:06: <Gara> "Where?"
05:05:14: <positronium> "We? How many are down here?"
05:05:18: <Magnobile> "I c-can help the w-wounded."
05:05:29: <Pres|Runnin> "Across the hall, in the breakroom. Doctor Kaldwin said not to move them."
05:05:49: <Pres|Runnin> I'll... I'll be right with you. Please, hurry."
05:05:51: <TheRaven> "How the hell did you survive this long?"
05:05:54: <positronium> "And how did you survive?"
05:06:00: <Magnobile> "Wh-where are y-you?"
05:06:31: <Pres|Runnin> "There was food in the breakroom fridge. After that, one of the secretaries found a crate of emergency rations."
05:06:37: <Pres|Runnin> "Please, just hurry and help them."
05:06:43: <Monkeybomb> Locke looks outside the room to see if he can make out the room she's talking about.
05:06:43: <positronium> ~If they were so close to the door...~
05:06:51: <positronium> ~I guess it was covered.~
05:07:10: <TheRaven> "Any of you guys know any medical stuff?"
05:07:15: <Pres|Runnin> The stairwell was buried by rubble. As was the entire room on top of it.
05:07:23: <positronium> "Well, Monty's a doctor."
05:07:35: <Gara> Loren leaves the room, and crosses, getting ready at the other door. "Locke, you got me covered?"
05:07:35: <Monkeybomb> "I know a little, but not much."
05:07:36: <Magnobile> "O-of zooology."
05:07:38: <positronium> "Or has training in that respect."
05:07:48: <Magnobile> "B-but I finished p-pre med."
05:07:59: <Monkeybomb> Locke nods. "Yeah."
05:08:03: <Magnobile> monty is out into the hall, near the door
05:08:11: <positronium> Everett looks around the room one last time before walking out into the hall.
05:08:16: <Gara> She opens the door.
05:08:27: <Gara> Sweeps with flashlight
05:08:40: <Monkeybomb> He stands ready with his pistol.
05:08:41: <Gara> "Hello? We are here to help."
05:08:45: <TheRaven> ""Alright, come on out."
05:09:34: <Pres|Runnin> There's four pitiful figures huddled in the corner. They appear to be covered in coats, couch cushions... whatever they could scrounge up. Perception everyone looking in.
05:09:49: <Monkeybomb> 6df+5 EyEBALLS
05:09:50: <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: EyEBALLS: 6 (6df+5=0, 4-, 0, 0, 3+, 3+)
05:10:01: <Gara> 6df+4 My eyes!
05:10:03: <Glacon> Gara: My eyes!: 6 (6df+4=3+, 4-, 0, 3+, 3+, 0)
05:10:03: <Magnobile> 6df+4 Monty is already moving towards the figures
05:10:03: <Glacon> Magnobile: Monty is already moving towards the figures: 5 (6df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 4-, 3+, 4-)
05:10:10: <positronium> 6df+5 Hmm...
05:10:11: <Glacon> Positronium: Hmm...: 5 (6df+5=0, 4-, 3+, 0, 3+, 4-)
05:10:58: <Pres|Runnin> You all mistake them for corpses for a brief moment. Then, one stands up.
05:11:56: <Pres|Runnin> The figure is male, in about his late forties. He appears to be wearing business dress under a torn, grimy labcoat. His arm is in a sling, and there's a large bandage over his temple.
05:12:21: <Pres|Runnin> He also appears to be a walking corpse. His skin looks... stiff, and blue. Leathery, almost.
05:13:53: <Pres|Runnin> His eyebrows and beard are crusted with frost and ice. When he speaks, his voice sounds incredibly old and tired. He says, "Oh, thank god you're here. We thought they'd given us up for dead..."
05:14:07: <positronium> "Are you well?"
05:14:20: <Gara> "We need to get these people top side."
05:14:21: <Monkeybomb> Locke aims his pistol at the figure, it's light illuminating whoever it is. "Stay where you are. This is Agent Locke Wescott, security, Site-354. We're not hear to hurt you."
05:14:43: <TheRaven> "It's safe, you can come out now."
05:14:44: <Monkeybomb> *Area
05:14:45: <Pres|Runnin> "We're all fine, but you need to see to the others."
05:15:05: <Magnobile> "S-sir!"
05:15:07: <Gara> "Call up for medical?"
05:15:31: <Magnobile> "I d-don't..."
05:15:37: <positronium> "..."
05:15:57: <Magnobile> "S-sir... are you... you appear t-to be..."
05:16:02: <Pres|Runnin> "Three have head injuries and have been unconscious for hours. The rest have spinal injuries and I'm afraid to move them."
05:16:15: <Pres|Runnin> "Please, if you have any medical expertise...."
05:16:21: <positronium> "For hours? How long have you been here?"
05:16:53: <Magnobile> "I have m-medical t-training."
05:16:59: <Pres|Runnin> "We don't know. My watch was smashed and none of us have battery power for our phones."
05:17:14: <positronium> "A good estimate? How many days?"
05:17:37: <TheRaven> Taggart starts looking around the first room for the woman.
05:17:44: <Pres|Runnin> "It can't have been more than a week. Please, I'm a botanist, not a physician. If you can help these people you must do so!"
05:17:49: <Gara> "I am going to try to get a medical crew to move them."
05:17:54: <Pres|Runnin> Eep, Taggart! She's standing right behind you.
05:17:55: <positronium> "...It's been months."
05:18:02: <Gara> Loren grabs her radio. <<This is Agent Steinburg, we have encountered wounded personnel, and request medical aid.>>
05:18:08: <Magnobile> "S-sir... i-if I may... May I f-feel your h-heartbeat?"
05:18:38: <TheRaven> He spins around, bringing up his sidearm and light.
05:19:04: <Monkeybomb> "Please stay where you are, sir," he says to the man, lowering his pistol slightly but still at the ready. "We'll get you some help." To Monty, he says, "Wait. They could be infected with something. We need a hazmat team down here."
05:19:22: <Pres|Runnin> There's a burst of static, then <<-id not copy, search t@(*))(, please sned traffic again."
05:19:51: <positronium> Everett backs away from the door and the woman.
05:20:01: <Magnobile> "R-right... S-sir... could you f-feel yourself for a p-pulse?"
05:20:12: <Gara> <<This is Agent Steinburg, do you read me? We need immediate medical aid down here. Now.>>
05:20:13: <Pres|Runnin> "What are you doing!?" exclaims Doctor Kaldwin. "We need to treat these people. Put that gun down this instant!"
05:20:19: <Gara> "Damn it."
05:20:38: <Monkeybomb> "Sir, you have to understand my caution," he says apologetically.
05:21:01: <Pres|Runnin> "Please, this is an emergency!" the doctor pleads with you.
05:21:33: <Monkeybomb> "I know this, and we're going to do as much as we can for you and the others." He lowers his pistol to his side.
05:21:37: <Magnobile> Monty is shaking, and he looks at his gloves, "Sh-should be s-safe enough."
05:21:58: <Magnobile> "K-keep calling f-for medical, I-i'll do wh-what I can."
05:22:05: <Gara> "Got it."
05:22:07: <Monkeybomb> "Sir, what happened to you and your friends?"
05:22:12: <Magnobile> Monty approaches the huddled figures
05:22:24: <Monkeybomb> *colleagues
05:22:38: <positronium> Everett walks back to the doorway.
05:22:46: <Pres|Runnin> As he does so, one of the other huddled figures stands up. He's wearing a security uniform and kevlar vest.
05:23:39: <Pres|Runnin> He also has what appears to be a spike of bone poking out of his right arm, which he holds at an awkward, unnatural angle.
05:23:50: <Monkeybomb> ~This is not normal...~
05:24:05: <Magnobile> "..."
05:24:12: <Magnobile> "M-may I h-help?"
05:24:19: <Monkeybomb> "Monty, don't go near them."
05:24:21: <positronium> "Guys... maybe we should go get medical."
05:24:36: <Monkeybomb> "Definitely."
05:24:36: <Magnobile> "O-oneof you g-go."
05:24:48: <Monkeybomb> "I'm not going anywhere."
05:24:49: <positronium> "Since the transmissions aren't getting through. It's safer as a group."
05:25:00: <Gara> "You don't say? If Medical doesn't get back, you and I will go topside Everett."
05:25:01: <Pres|Runnin> "Agents." he says, with a slight amount of urgency. "I can vouch for this man. Doctor Kaldwin's kept us all safe over the past few days... You should do as he says."
05:25:18: <positronium> "It's been months."
05:25:26: <positronium> "It's January."
05:25:27: <positronium> "It's January."
05:25:38: <Magnobile> "..."
05:25:38: <Magnobile> "..."
05:25:44: <Pres|Runnin> "Yes, you should." replies the woman. They all step forward slightly... almost as if they're crowding you.
05:25:44: <Pres|Runnin> "Yes, you should." replies the woman. They all step forward slightly... almost as if they're crowding you.
05:26:15: <Dr_Gara> Loren backs towards the door. "Everett and I are going for medical aid."
05:26:43: <Dr_Gara> "We will be back. As fast as possible."
05:26:50: <positronium> "Maybe the whole team should go. It's safer that way. Numbers and such."
05:26:55: <Magnobile> Monty backs off from the man, "S-sir. I... I d-don't believe I can r-render service."
05:27:10: <Magnobile> "W-we will g-get a medical team."
05:27:14: <Pres|Runnin> The woman is standing in the doorway. "Please, you can't just leave us here! My staff are gravely injured!"
05:27:25: <Pres|Runnin> The doctor is extremely insistent.
05:27:35: <positronium> "Did you not... oh..."
05:27:45: <Dr_Gara> "We can't assist. A medical team can."
05:27:46: <positronium> ~CRAP. They know.~
05:27:55: <Magnobile> "I u-understand, b-but a m-medical team will b-be able to treat them ef-fectively."
05:28:08: <Monkeybomb> Locke's very alarmed, but he doesn't let it show.
05:28:08: <TheRaven> The woman that was in the room with Taggart?
05:28:19: <Magnobile> "It will t-take but a c-couple minutes."
05:28:33: <Pres|Runnin> The woman who was in the evidence room. She's now blocking the breakroom door into the corridor.
05:29:06: <Pres|Runnin> "Agents, please try to stay calm. You must have had a lot on your mind over the past week, but we really need your help." Says the security guy.
05:29:22: <TheRaven> Taggart steps out into the hall. "Move away from the door, ma'am."
05:29:28: <Gara> "We can help better with a medical team."
05:29:33: <Monkeybomb> "And you need to stay where you are. You of all people should understand our caution," he says to the security guy.
05:29:54: <Magnobile> Monty turns to doctor Kaldwin, "S-sir... could you f-feel yourself for a p-pulse."
05:30:05: <Monkeybomb> "Monty. No."
05:30:21: <Pres|Runnin> "My pulse is just fine, young man!" he snaps angrily.
05:30:45: <Pres|Runnin> The short woman lets out a choking sob, then... "W-why won't you help us?"
05:30:46: <Magnobile> Monty is in his early fourties, and looks signigficantly older
05:30:51: <Magnobile> not much of a young man
05:30:57: <Pres|Runnin> Kaldwin knows.
05:31:18: <Magnobile> "W-we will. We w-will help you, b-but we n-need a medical t-team."
05:31:20: <TheRaven> "We want to help you. But there's something not right going on here."
05:31:32: <positronium> He whispers to Loren. "They know what's going on."
05:31:36: <positronium> "I think."
05:31:43: <Gara> "Look, we have to go get a medical team." Can I roll charisma to try to talk them into it?
05:31:44: <positronium> "This is /very/ bad."
05:31:48: <Pres|Runnin> "P-Please, they're my friends. You can't just leave them!"
05:31:57: <positronium> "We aren't leaving forever."
05:32:06: <positronium> "We can't help you right now."
05:32:13: <Magnobile> "We will return in j-just a couple minutes."
05:32:14: <positronium> "None of us are medics."
05:32:22: <Gara> She whispers back "And what exactly is that?"
05:32:42: <Magnobile> "Y-your f-friend's injuries are b-beyond the s-scope of my f-first aid kit."
05:33:20: <positronium> "I don't know, but he's playing dumb."
05:33:30: <Magnobile> "If I c-could help, I w-would, but I c-can't. P-please, l-let us get your f-friends t-treatment."
05:33:32: <positronium> "He didn't respond to what I said."
05:33:49: <Pres|Runnin> "Well... I guess that settles things, then." growls the doctor. Perception, Monty Taggart and Loren!
05:33:50: <Monkeybomb> "Monty's right. We can't help you without proper medics and equipment."
05:33:52: <Pres|Runnin> Hurry!
05:34:06: <TheRaven> 6df+6 wat
05:34:06: <Glacon> TheRaven: wat: 5 (6df+6=0, 3+, 4-, 4-, 0, 0)
05:34:07: <Magnobile> 6df+4
05:34:07: <Glacon> Magnobile: 1 (6df+4=4-, 4-, 4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
05:34:19: <Gara> 6df+8 tagging Curiosity
05:34:19: <Glacon> Gara: tagging Curiosity: 8 (6df+8=3+, 0, 4-, 3+, 0, 4-)
05:34:56: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart, you notice another ice figure in the corridor, shortly before the woman lunges at you.
05:35:36: <Pres|Runnin> Loren, the unnamed security officer suddenly reaches for something on his belt. Monty, you are caught completely flatfooted as the doctor's hands suddenly close around your throat.
05:36:22: <TheRaven> Time to roll ranged before she hits?
05:36:32: <Pres|Runnin> Loren gets an action. Taggart, no, but roll agility to dodge.
05:36:51: <Glacon> TheRaven: I am not a fast man: 3 (6df+5=3+, 4-, 4-, 0, 4-, 0)
05:36:52: <TheRaven> 6df+5 I am not a fast man
05:36:53: <Pres|Runnin> Monty, please roll PDef, or Strength to try and shake him off.
05:36:55: <Magnobile> can monty talk?
05:37:02: <Pres|Runnin> He can wheeze.
05:37:08: <Gara> Is the doctor attacking monty in striking distance?
05:37:20: <Magnobile> 6df+6 PDef
05:37:21: <Glacon> Magnobile: PDef: 5 (6df+6=4-, 4-, 3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
05:38:18: <Pres|Runnin> Yes, he is. Monty, you manage to get your hands up before his wrap around your neck, so it's not too bad. Still, those fingers are deathly cold. Glacial, even.
05:39:05: <Magnobile> "P-p-please *cough* w-we j-just want to *hack* h-help."
05:39:17: <Monkeybomb> "Damnit!" Locke yells.
05:39:28: <Gara> 6df+5 she stabs the one attacking Monty. "SHOOT TO KILL!"
05:39:29: <Glacon> Gara: she stabs the one attacking Monty. "SHOOT TO KILL!": 4 (6df+5=4-, 0, 4-, 0, 3+, 0)
05:39:29: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart is unable to move back in time, and is at risk of being tackled to the ground. Strength to stand firm. "You've done quite enough!" the doctor figure yells.
05:40:00: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+4 *clink*
05:40:01: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: *clink*: 3 (6df+4=0, 0, 0, 4-, 0, 0)
05:40:10: <TheRaven> 6df+10 tagging I Know What I'm Doing
05:40:10: <Glacon> TheRaven: tagging I Know What I'm Doing: 11 (6df+10=3+, 3+, 3+, 0, 4-, 4-)
05:40:52: <Monkeybomb> Does Locke notice the security guy?
05:41:05: <Pres|Runnin> You manage to jam your knife into his back, and he drops Monty with a pained howl. Yes, he does, but we'll get to that in a second.
05:41:24: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: Taggart's hitting girls now.: 2 (6df+3=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-, 4-, 0)
05:41:24: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+3 Taggart's hitting girls now.
05:42:22: <Magnobile> Monty staggers away, and pulls out his gun, "P-please, sir! W-we just want to h-help! P-please stop attacking!"
05:42:33: <Magnobile> "I d-don't want to h-hurt you!"
05:42:57: <positronium> "They know what they're doing. They want to hurt you."
05:43:09: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart drops the woman in the doorway without missing a beat. As his elbow digs into her abodmen, she feels... hard inside. Solid.
05:43:37: <TheRaven> Our turn now?
05:43:58: <Monkeybomb> Locke hasn't done anything yet.
05:44:38: <Pres|Runnin> But he can, now! Everett, too.
05:44:46: <Magnobile> Monty?
05:44:54: <positronium> Everett sees the security guard?
05:45:46: <Pres|Runnin> Yes he does. He sees the man grasp and pull out a nightstick with his bad arm. The motion is extremely fluid; a broken arm definitely shouldn't bend like that.
05:45:55: <positronium> 6df+10 [tagging PhotoShoot] Everett shoots the security personal.
05:45:55: <Glacon> Positronium: [tagging PhotoShoot] Everett shoots the security personal.: 8 (6df+10=0, 4-, 3+, 4-, 0, 4-)
05:46:29: <Monkeybomb> 6df+11 [tagging Marksman] Locke shoots the security dude.
05:46:29: <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: [tagging Marksman] Locke shoots the security dude.: 9 (6df+11=4-, 0, 4-, 4-, 3+, 0)
05:46:39: <Pres|Runnin> As you do, he turns around and whips the nightstick at your face, Everett.
05:46:50: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: I'ma get my brutality on...: 7 (6df+5=3+, 4-, 3+, 0, 3+, 0)
05:46:50: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+5 I'ma get my brutality on...
05:47:23: <TheRaven> 6df+8 Taggart knows the undead when he sees them, and attempts to drill the one holding Monty in the head
05:47:23: <Glacon> TheRaven: Taggart knows the undead when he sees them, and attempts to drill the one holding Monty in the head: 9 (6df+8=3+, 3+, 3+, 4-, 0, 4-)
05:47:45: <positronium> 6df+6 Nay, said the Lohr!
05:47:46: <Glacon> Positronium: Nay, said the Lohr!: 8 (6df+6=0, 0, 3+, 0, 3+, 0)
05:48:14: <Magnobile> Monty is no longer being jeld, Monty has a gun on him
05:49:14: <Pres|Runnin> Eh, that dent'll buff right out, Everett. The security guy takes one in the head, one in the shoulder. With a crackling noise, fragments of ice and frozen skull splatter out of his head and his arm appears to fly off at the elbow.
05:49:25: <Pres|Runnin> right out of your forehead*
05:50:14: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart does indeed drill the doctor, right over Monty's shoulder. The back of his head disintegrates in a similar fashion and he crumples.
05:50:50: <Magnobile> Monty jumps at the sudden confusion, are the two other figures still on the ground?
05:51:37: <Pres|Runnin> Yes, and they're not moving. But one bursts through the door. A researcher, by the looks of it, and he's got a gun. A portion of his head is missing; you can briefly make out some blue through the gap.
05:51:46: <Pres|Runnin> What does Monty do?
05:52:16: <Glacon> Magnobile: Monty shoots at the researcher, but probably does no know how to gun: 5 (6df+3=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+, 3+, 3+)
05:52:16: <Magnobile> 6df+3 Monty shoots at the researcher, but probably does no know how to gun
05:52:55: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+4 researcher's a little brittl
05:52:55: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: researcher's a little brittl: 3 (6df+4=4-, 0, 0, 0, 4-, 3+)
05:52:59: <Pres|Runnin> brittle*
05:53:36: <Pres|Runnin> He takes one in the shoulder, but not the one he's holding the gun with. He roars in pain, raises the gun, and starts firing wildly.
05:53:37: <Pres|Runnin> 1d5
05:53:38: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: 2 (1d5=2)
05:54:10: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart is second on the initiative list, so the bullets are flying his way.
05:54:28: <Pres|Runnin> PDef.
05:55:09: <TheRaven> 6df+6 welp
05:55:10: <Glacon> TheRaven: welp: 6 (6df+6=0, 0, 0, 3+, 4-, 0)
05:55:53: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+4 boolets boolets boolets
05:55:54: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: boolets boolets boolets: 6 (6df+4=0, 4-, 0, 3+, 3+, 3+)
05:56:24: <Pres|Runnin> A grazing blow. The bullet wings you in the upper arm, but does no real damage.
05:57:38: <TheRaven> "Son of a-!"
05:57:59: <Monkeybomb> How close is the shooting zombie?
05:58:03: <Monkeybomb> To Locke, that is.
05:58:40: <Pres|Runnin> You hear a growling noise from behind you as the figure you briefly saw in the corridor shoulders his way into the room. He tries for a diving tackle at the waist...
05:59:05: <Pres|Runnin> Fairly close, but not arms length. Maybe 6 feet?
05:59:38: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart, you can roll Agility, Strength, or maybe melee to flip him over your shoulder.
06:00:12: <Glacon> TheRaven: Strength because it's his highest: 7 (6df+6=4-, 0, 4-, 3+, 3+, 3+)
06:00:13: <TheRaven> 6df+6 Strength because it's his highest
06:00:50: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: I am another security dude!: 2 (6df+5=4-, 0, 4-, 0, 4-, 0)
06:00:51: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+5 I am another security dude!
06:01:04: <Pres|Runnin> You stop him cold, Taggart. Hehe... cold.
06:01:13: <Pres|Runnin> Loren's turn, again.
06:01:31: <Gara> Anything in striking range?
06:01:59: <Pres|Runnin> The guy with the gun is just a step or two away.
06:02:27: <Gara> Can she roll agility to trip, as a maneuver?
06:02:42: <Pres|Runnin> A maneuver to add to what skill?
06:03:05: <Gara> Stand by.
06:03:22: <Pres|Runnin> Kay.
06:03:31: <Pres|Runnin> !y girl from ipanema
06:03:32: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz: The Girl From Ipanema- 1964 - length 3m 2s - rated 4.95/5.0 (19771) - 5,089,312 views - ohbutyes on 2009.08.17 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA
06:04:39: <Gara> 6df+5 Actually, she will just stab him.
06:04:40: <Glacon> Gara: Actually, she will just stab him.: 6 (6df+5=0, 4-, 3+, 0, 3+, 0)
06:05:41: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+4 will she?
06:05:42: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: will she?: 6 (6df+4=0, 0, 0, 3+, 0, 3+)
06:06:19: <Pres|Runnin> Something hard and dense under the skin turns her knife.
06:07:29: <Pres|Runnin> No damage.
06:07:39: <TheRaven> 6df+8 next up, the guy with the gun
06:07:40: <Glacon> TheRaven: next up, the guy with the gun: 6 (6df+8=4-, 3+, 4-, 4-, 3+, 4-)
06:08:10: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+4 There's also an ice person
06:08:10: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: There's also an ice person: 3 (6df+4=0, 4-, 4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
06:08:46: <Pres|Runnin> Two right through the chest, Taggart. There's a crunching sound and his legs give out beneath him.
06:09:00: <Pres|Runnin> There is still a zombie hanging around your waist, just so you know.
06:09:23: <TheRaven> Being grabbed is less annoying than being shot.
06:10:25: <Pres|Runnin> As my grandpappy used to say.
06:11:02: <Monkeybomb> Locke lunges at the zombie around Taggart's waist, pulling knife out as he does so...
06:11:13: <Monkeybomb> 6df+5 He stabs its neck.
06:11:14: <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: He stabs its neck.: 3 (6df+5=4-, 3+, 4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
06:11:16: <positronium> 6df+10 [PhotoShoot] Everett levels his gun at the creatures head and fires.
06:11:16: <Glacon> Positronium: [PhotoShoot] Everett levels his gun at the creatures head and fires.: 9 (6df+10=3+, 0, 0, 4-, 0, 4-)
06:12:06: <Pres|Runnin> Everett, Taggart is between you and the zombie.
06:12:15: <Pres|Runnin> Roll 1d2, 1 is enemy, 2 is Taggart.
06:12:17: <positronium> In that case, redact
06:12:20: <Pres|Runnin> Sure.
06:12:56: <positronium> 6df+4 Everett flips out his butterfly knife and stabs the bugger.
06:12:56: <Glacon> Positronium: Everett flips out his butterfly knife and stabs the bugger.: 3 (6df+4=3+, 0, 0, 4-, 4-, 0)
06:13:36: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+4 at least, I think it's 4
06:13:36: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: at least, I think it's 4: 6 (6df+4=0, 0, 3+, 0, 3+, 0)
06:14:10: <Pres|Runnin> Again, your knife slices the leathery skin before turning against some dense, solid material where the muscle should be.
06:15:14: <Pres|Runnin> No damage. Monty, you're up.
06:17:50: <Magnobile> 6df+4 Monty levels his gun on the two figures on the ground, ready to shoot if they try to get up, "You two, stay on the ground."
06:17:50: <Glacon> Magnobile: Monty levels his gun on the two figures on the ground, ready to shoot if they try to get up, "You two, stay on the ground.": 5 (6df+4=3+, 0, 4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
06:18:26: <Pres|Runnin> Monty's hands are trembling pretty badly. Are you perhaps feeling cold, doctor?
06:19:11: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart, the one around your waist stands up, attempting a chokehold. Gold, those arms are so cold...
06:19:22: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: choke!: 4 (6df+5=0, 0, 4-, 0, 4-, 3+)
06:19:22: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+5 choke!
06:19:31: <Pres|Runnin> Strength to throw him off.
06:19:43: <TheRaven> 6df+6 piss off somewhere!
06:19:44: <Glacon> TheRaven: piss off somewhere!: 10 (6df+6=3+, 3+, 3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
06:20:57: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart elbows him in the face. You feel a crunching and the figure staggers away, howling.
06:21:10: <Pres|Runnin> staggers back a few steps, sorry.
06:21:24: <Pres|Runnin> Your friends can now shoot it without risk of hitting you.
06:23:20: <Gara> Is the one that was near Loren dead?
06:23:53: <Pres|Runnin> The one with the gun?
06:24:05: <Gara> I want to say so, yeah.
06:24:31: <Pres|Runnin> He's on the ground and not moving.
06:25:09: <Gara> Anything else in hit range?
06:25:33: <Pres|Runnin> The one remaining guy, yeah.
06:25:58: <Gara> 6df+5 Then let's rectify that. Stab!
06:26:00: <Glacon> Gara: Then let's rectify that. Stab!: 1 (6df+5=4-, 4-, 4-, 0, 4-, 0)
06:26:35: <Pres|Runnin> I'm in a slightly less murderous mood than usual tonight.
06:26:40: <Pres|Runnin> You can reroll that.
06:27:02: <Glacon> Gara: <3 And stab!: 3 (6df+5=4-, 4-, 4-, 0, 3+, 0)
06:27:02: <Gara> 6df+5 <3 And stab!
06:27:53: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: and stabbed!: 1 (6df+4=0, 0, 0, 4-, 4-, 4-)
06:27:53: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+4 and stabbed!
06:28:42: <Pres|Runnin> You manage to drive your knife into the left eye socket. The last enemy seizes up and topples over completely.
06:29:10: <Pres|Runnin> And... end combat.
06:29:17: <Monkeybomb> Locke takes a quick look around for more enemies.
06:29:30: <Gara> "Well, that got out of hand."
06:29:40: <Monkeybomb> "Everybody alright?"
06:29:46: <TheRaven> Taggart looks at his new sidearm. "Damn, I love this thing!"
06:29:47: <positronium> "Monty?"
06:29:48: <Magnobile> Monty is standing towards tje side of the room, with a gun trained on two huddled figures, "You two. Are you alive?"
06:30:02: <Pres|Runnin> One of the figures heads sags slightly.
06:30:02: <Magnobile> he seems to be shouting at the figures
06:30:04: <Gara> She pulls her knife from the zombie's head.
06:30:09: <Monkeybomb> Locke walks over to the other two corpses.
06:30:17: <positronium> "Nice move."
06:30:30: <Pres|Runnin> There's no blood on it. Instead, the knife is crusted with frost. Dark blue, like glacial ice.
06:30:34: <positronium> Everett circles to the side.
06:30:40: <positronium> (Around the two figures.)
06:30:44: <Monkeybomb> He stands aside to allow Monty to keep an aim on the bodies, of course.
06:30:49: <Pres|Runnin> They're slumped in a corner.
06:30:55: <Gara> "Thanks. What the hell is on my knife..."
06:30:59: <Pres|Runnin> You can't exactly get behind them.
06:31:30: <TheRaven> "Zombie bits, I'd say. Hey, new guy, you have any gauze or anything handy?"
06:31:34: <positronium> He's not going behind, just making sure he has a clear line of fire, if needs be.
06:31:34: <Magnobile> Is there any indiction of movement, or signs they are aything but dead people?
06:31:38: <Gara> She turns her attention on the other two. "What the fuck are you?"
06:31:57: <Pres|Runnin> Roll perception to examine more closely, Monty.
06:32:03: <Monkeybomb> Locke examines the two bodies in the corner.
06:32:45: <Magnobile> 6df+4
06:32:46: <Glacon> Magnobile: 7 (6df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 3+, 0, 0)
06:33:16: <Monkeybomb> Can I roll too?
06:33:21: <Pres|Runnin> Sure...
06:34:12: <Monkeybomb> 6df+5 too late now...
06:34:12: <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: too late now...: 3 (6df+5=0, 0, 4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
06:34:27: <TheRaven> Taggart is too busy making sure the downed ones are indeed dead.
06:34:45: <Gara> Loren is still looking at her knife.
06:35:42: <Pres|Runnin> Monty, they both look extremely dessicated and leathery... as you lean in to examine them, you see the one on the left's face curl into a grin for a split second.
06:35:49: <positronium> "It's a shame we couldn't get a live one back with us."
06:36:11: <Magnobile> "Th-this one's al-live."
06:36:13: <Pres|Runnin> Then, in a blur, something blue and segmented leaps out of its chest cavity and at your face
06:36:21: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+9 SCREEEEEEEEE
06:36:22: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: SCREEEEEEEEE: 8 (6df+9=4-, 4-, 0, 3+, 0, 0)
06:36:27: <Pres|Runnin> Roll agility, Monty.
06:36:50: <Glacon> Magnobile: holyshitholyshitholyshit: 2 (6df+3=4-, 0, 4-, 3+, 4-, 3+)
06:36:50: <Magnobile> 6df+3 holyshitholyshitholyshit
06:37:31: <Pres|Runnin> You're knocked flat on your ass. You get a brief impression of many-jointed legs and ohgoditsonyourfaceITSONYOURFACE
06:38:00: <Magnobile> Monty flails and screams, and screams and flails
06:38:23: <Magnobile> "GETITOFF, GETTITOFF, AAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH."
06:38:25: <Pres|Runnin> Does anyone else do anything?
06:38:51: <TheRaven> Post-facehugger?
06:39:05: <Pres|Runnin> Yeah.
06:39:17: <Gara> Can Loren try to stab it?
06:39:26: <positronium> Or Everett?
06:39:26: <Pres|Runnin> Sure.
06:39:46: <Gara> 6df+5 And more stabs.
06:39:47: <Glacon> Gara: And more stabs.: 2 (6df+5=0, 4-, 4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
06:40:18: <Pres|Runnin> Everett?
06:40:21: <positronium> 6df+4 Nay! This is how it is done!
06:40:21: <Glacon> Positronium: Nay! This is how it is done!: 5 (6df+4=0, 3+, 0, 4-, 3+, 0)
06:41:30: <Pres|Runnin> Both of you manage to stab some sort of crevice or weakspot, the creature is obviously more preoccupied with Monty. But its tail lashes out and whips at you. Agility to dodge!
06:41:37: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+5 EEEE EEEEE EEEEEEEEE
06:41:37: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: EEEE EEEEE EEEEEEEEE: 6 (6df+5=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+, 0, 3+)
06:41:58: <positronium> 6df+6 A swift death!
06:41:58: <Glacon> Positronium: A swift death!: 2 (6df+6=4-, 4-, 0, 0, 4-, 4-)
06:42:29: <Gara> 6df+6 Oh fuck
06:42:30: <Glacon> Gara: Oh fuck: 6 (6df+6=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-, 4-, 3+)
06:43:27: <Pres|Runnin> Loren gets away with but a scratch. Everett is not so lucky, and the opens a nasty gash across his forehead. -1 body.
06:43:55: <TheRaven> Could Taggart roll strength to pull it off Monty?
06:44:37: <Pres|Runnin> He's certainly welcome to try!
06:45:01: <Monkeybomb> Locke lunges forward with him and tries to grab it and pull it off of Monty!
06:45:03: <TheRaven> 6df+10 tagging I Know What I'm Doing, second AP
06:45:04: <Magnobile> is the creature laying eggs in Monty's chest cavity?
06:45:04: <Glacon> TheRaven: tagging I Know What I'm Doing, second AP: 6 (6df+10=3+, 4-, 4-, 4-, 4-, 4-)
06:45:16: <Monkeybomb> 6df+6
06:45:16: <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: 4 (6df+6=4-, 3+, 4-, 4-, 3+, 4-)
06:45:28: <Pres|Runnin> Nope! It's just trying to eat his face.
06:45:47: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+4 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
06:45:47: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE: 5 (6df+4=0, 0, 3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
06:46:03: <Magnobile> well then, he screams and flails, and tries to assist in pulling it off
06:46:12: <Magnobile> 6df+3
06:46:12: <Glacon> Magnobile: 2 (6df+3=4-, 0, 0, 3+, 0, 4-)
06:46:33: <Pres|Runnin> You both manage to grab the creature by some combination of its legs and tail, and immobilize it.
06:46:48: <Monkeybomb> Locke keeps a firm grip on it.
06:46:48: <Pres|Runnin> It flails viciously but cannot escape your grasp.
06:47:24: <Magnobile> is it still Clinging to Monty's face?
06:47:45: <Pres|Runnin> Nope! Although it takes him a moment to realize.
06:48:15: <Magnobile> Monty gaspsnfor air, on the ground, helping hold the creature, he closely examines it
06:48:41: <Magnobile> perception or science?
06:48:51: <Pres|Runnin> Science, my good man.
06:49:14: <Magnobile> 6df+10 tagging xenobiologist
06:49:14: <Glacon> Magnobile: tagging xenobiologist: 10 (6df+10=4-, 3+, 0, 3+, 0, 4-)
06:49:33: <Monkeybomb> "Someone watch the door!" Locke yells as he holds on to the creature.
06:49:41: <Gara> Loren turns her attention on the two 'bodies'
06:50:53: <Pres|Runnin> The creature appears to be some combination of a large tarantula and a trilobite with an extended, whiplike barbed tail. Most interestingly, though, it appears to be composed entirely of ice, its outer carapace smooth and glassy. Cracks appear to have formed around the points where it was stabbed.
06:51:16: <TheRaven> Taggart goes for the door. "Someone wanna shoot the facehugger?"
06:51:33: <Gara> "Should we check the other bodies?"
06:51:48: <Magnobile> "Wh-why would we k-kill it?"
06:51:56: <positronium> "We could shove it in a strong box and cart it back to containment."
06:52:15: <Magnobile> "G-go look f-for an e-empty one."
06:52:19: <Pres|Runnin> The bodies are slumped over, not moving. If you examine them, you'll find a similar ice substance has replaced their insides.
06:52:21: <TheRaven> "Yeah, alright, try that." Taggart walks over to the other body and kicks it.
06:52:25: <positronium> Everett leaves for the other rooms.
06:52:28: <Pres|Runnin> Perception to find a suitable container. It slumps over, Taggart.
06:52:29: <positronium> (room)
06:52:43: <Monkeybomb> Locke keeps a tight grasp on the thingy.
06:52:52: <Gara> Loren goes with him to help.
06:52:53: <Monkeybomb> How hard is it squirming?
06:52:55: <Magnobile> "C-careful, th-they probably a-all contain these th-things."
06:53:04: <Pres|Runnin> It appears to have calmed somewhat, only making occasional, furtive attempts to escape.
06:53:08: <positronium> 6df+9 [Due process] Everett makes a very careful search.
06:53:08: <Glacon> Positronium: [Due process] Everett makes a very careful search.: 10 (6df+9=4-, 3+, 3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
06:53:25: <TheRaven> Taggart stays in the room with Monty.
06:53:35: <Monkeybomb> "Yeah... Don't get too close to the bodies."
06:53:43: <Pres|Runnin> Everett finds one opened box on its side in the storage room. It appears to be packed with soil samples.
06:53:57: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart has to, he's holding the thing.
06:54:11: <Pres|Runnin> Right?
06:54:15: <positronium> Everett empties the contents of the box and carries it back to the room.
06:54:25: <TheRaven> Er, yeah, I'd assume so.
06:54:55: <Pres|Runnin> As he does so, he spots a sturdy commercial microwave about the same size on the counter. Darn. Ah well, he's already got the box with him.
06:55:09: <Monkeybomb> "Shit. What the hell is this?"
06:55:28: <positronium> What kind of box?
06:55:35: <positronium> Cardboard or metal?
06:55:41: <Pres|Runnin> Everett, Taggart, Monty and Locke. Roll Strength/Agility to shove it into the box.
06:55:49: <Pres|Runnin> It's a steel strongbox, Pos.
06:55:59: <Pres|Runnin> Loren too, if she feels like it.
06:56:01: <TheRaven> 6df+6
06:56:01: <Glacon> TheRaven: 4 (6df+6=0, 4-, 0, 0, 0, 4-)
06:56:05: <Monkeybomb> 6df+6 [strength]
06:56:05: <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: [strength]: 5 (6df+6=4-, 4-, 3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
06:56:15: <positronium> 6df+6 "Okay, when you're ready.
06:56:15: <Glacon> Gara: Helping is helpful.: 5 (6df+4=4-, 4-, 3+, 0, 3+, 3+)
06:56:15: <Magnobile> 6df+3 Monty is all old and feeble, not really, he's just weak
06:56:15: <Gara> 6df+4 Helping is helpful.
06:56:16: <Glacon> Magnobile: Monty is all old and feeble, not really, he's just weak: 4 (6df+3=3+, 0, 0, 3+, 4-, 0)
06:56:16: <Glacon> Positronium: "Okay, when you're ready.: 3 (6df+6=0, 4-, 4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
06:56:17: <positronium> "
06:56:26: <Pres|Runnin> 6df+9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
06:56:26: <Glacon> Pres|Runnin: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE: 11 (6df+9=3+, 0, 0, 3+, 0, 0)
06:56:47: <Pres|Runnin> The creature goes fucking ballistic, but you manage to shove it in the box and turn the latch.
06:57:08: <Pres|Runnin> Now! Deciding who has to carry the goddamn thing.
06:57:30: <Magnobile> "I'll c-carry i-it."
06:57:40: <TheRaven> "I vote we head topside."
06:57:42: <positronium> He wipes blood from his forehead. "You know... I saw a big microwave on the way in here."
06:57:50: <Gara> "So, monty- I was hoping you would volunteer."
06:57:54: <Monkeybomb> Locke stands up, brushing his hands together.
06:58:04: <Gara> "Did you? Let's go grab it."
06:58:11: <Magnobile> Monty holds the strongbox
06:58:13: <Gara> ~May as well.~
06:58:44: <TheRaven> "Why exactly do we need a microwave?"
06:58:53: <positronium> "Sure..." ~Cooking bastard aliens.~
06:59:02: <Magnobile> "Food."
06:59:11: <Monkeybomb> Locke turns to Taggart. "How many personnel was lost last November? I mean, how many bodies could've been left down here?"
06:59:31: <Monkeybomb> ~Assuming that they're literally zombies...~
06:59:34: <TheRaven> "A whole hell of a lot. And don't we have microwaves already?"
06:59:48: <Monkeybomb> Locke doesn't look too happy at that.
06:59:54: <positronium> "I... Never mind."
07:00:39: <Pres|Runnin> <<-earch team, come in. Sh*&*(9 fired in your area, what is your status?>>
07:00:47: <Magnobile> "That s-security o-officer claimed there had b-been about a dozen."
07:00:55: <Monkeybomb> Locke gets his radio.
07:01:02: <positronium> "He could have been lying, but I don't know."
07:01:04: <Magnobile> "In this s-section, I b-believe."
07:01:20: <TheRaven> <<Status is zombies, we dealt with it. On the way up now.>>
07:01:26: <positronium> "Sorry, thought you were talking about the doctor."
07:01:34: <Monkeybomb> Locke puts his radio back then.
07:01:52: <Pres|Runnin> <<*(*-id you say zombies, Search Team?>>
07:02:17: <Gara> <<This is this is search team, we had a small conflict. One light wound, be advised, we have a unknown, living biological specimen>>
07:02:22: <TheRaven> <<More or less, yep.>>
07:02:27: <Magnobile> Monty looks to the one body that has been neither shot nor chest-bursted
07:02:50: <positronium> "Monty... Don't."
07:02:52: <Pres|Runnin> <<...Stan(*by>>
07:03:02: <Monkeybomb> Assuming that they don't need any help with the boxed monster, Locke quietly heads over to the doorway that leads into the hall and glances around.
07:03:26: <Magnobile> "S-something should be d-done, about th-that one."
07:03:30: <Magnobile> Monty nods toit
07:03:47: <Pres|Runnin> <<...*(&*()*)(*eam, exit the str*(cture immediately. A decon tent is being set up at the entrance.>>
07:03:51: <positronium> "I know, but we can warn the next group that comes down."
07:04:05: <TheRaven> Taggart decides it wouldn't be a bad idea to make sure they're all dead. He reloads, and puts a round in the head of each body.
07:04:14: <Pres|Runnin> <<Containment team is en route to take control of the specimen.>>
07:04:26: <Gara> <<Understood, we are on route.>>
07:04:32: <Gara> "Let's go, then."
07:04:39: <positronium> "Right."
07:04:49: <Magnobile> Monty heads into the hall, and starts back towards the enterence with the specimen
07:04:54: <Pres|Runnin> Taggart, none of them react. Guess you guys re-killed them pretty good.
07:04:54: <Monkeybomb> Locke scans the hallway for zombies.
07:04:58: <TheRaven> He then follows along with everyone heading out.
07:05:04: <Gara> Loren heads out.
07:05:10: <positronium> Everett walks out.
07:05:45: <Pres|Runnin> It's the work of about a minute to make your way back, but you
07:06:26: <Pres|Runnin> ...you're already met at the entrance by a team of men in hazmat suits. The number of personnel milling about has increased dramatically.
07:06:48: <positronium> ~Well, we /did/ say zombies.~
07:07:48: <Magnobile> Monty holds up the specimen box for anybody willing to take it
07:08:02: <Pres|Runnin> Two of them take the box away from you and padlock it into a larger, reinforced containment case.
07:08:15: <TheRaven> "Watch it, that thing's pissed."
07:09:07: <Pres|Runnin> The others usher/cajole you all into the tent.
07:09:38: <Gara> Loren goes into what is assumed to be the decon tent.
07:09:51: <TheRaven> Taggart walks in as well.
07:09:52: <positronium> Everett is cajoled into the tent.
07:10:04: <Pres|Runnin> You are subjected to a rapid and embarassing medical examination. Once they're sure you're not zombies, any injured are taken to medical for treatment. The others are free to go.
07:10:29: <Monkeybomb> Locke follows.
07:10:35: <Pres|Runnin> Back to #farrecon with you.
07:10:41: <Magnobile> Can monty return to where they have contained the specimen?
07:10:53: <Pres|Runnin> Nobody will tell him where it is.
07:11:17: <Pres|Runnin> Eventually, someone gets fed up and tells him to ask tomorrow.