•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
2:43 PM Alex can see her fellow watch members congregated near the Slum's border talking from where she's turning the corner. She's running a little bit late considering she'd spent a little extra time with Mushu before they'd headed out, and as a result she was running a little late. Report time was 3:20 and it was 3:29. She can see her squad already gathered in a cluster near the back of the group Savanah and Chris chattering while Erksine seems to
2:43 PM be keeping an eye out. His wolflike ears perk up when he sees her and he gives her a wave, and a gesture to head over to them.
2:43 PM Duane and Mallory are near them, supervising. She can see some of the other newer recruits to the Watch are being supervised as well.
2:43 PM Artisan was due to arrive within ten minutes or so they'd been told which meant they would have a little time to debreif and talk strategy before hand.
2:43 PM "Yo Alex, you're lucky you didn't miss anything." Chris says. Savanah holds her fist out to give Alex a knuckled bump.
2:43 PM ||
2:44 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Is Mushu with me, or is he still not trained enough for the field?))
2:44 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((He'll pop out next session))
2:44 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Awesome))
2:45 PM Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.
2:45 PM Alex speedwalks over with an awkward grin on her face, and in her nervousness tries to reply to Chris's fist bump with a high five.
2:46 PM It's awkward for several moments as she tries to correct, misses his knuckles entirely, and then just gives up and turns to the rest of the group.
2:48 PM "Sorry! Sorry I'm late!" she says with clenched teeth. The spider wolf prays that they don't ask why; it would be very difficult to explain just how giving Mushu /one/ more belly rub takes priority over their first fucking mission.
2:49 PM "Who the fuck else is here?" she asks, looking over to the other new recruits. ||
2:53 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
2:57 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Savannah's fist bump*, her knuckles*))
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3:14 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Squad Y is here also, newbies like us. There's also a squad of veterans to watch over things." Erksinse explains in a helpful tone. He gestures at them. Nearby she sees another group of Offshoots in the watch uniform, some of them being people she doesn't recognize. The two she does recognize are a man composed entirely of moving worms talking to an unnaturally tall woman with deer spots in her hair and bear claws she recognizes because
3:14 PM Savanah is always talking shit about her. Cesar, and Cecilly. Cecilly makes Cesar laugh and a clump of worms fall of with the motion. There are two she doesn't recognize. A yellow skinned Offshoot with wild curly looking hair that ends in grasping claws, he looks around 18 or 19 and nervous. He stands a little behind his other teammates not talking to them. There's also a man whose skin is a brownish red color, his teeth and nails are sharp,
3:14 PM his hard is white and spiky, his eyes are completely white with no Iris' and a what looks like a small haze of greenish smoke comes from his nostrils with every breath. He looks completely calm and focused and occasionally turns to laugh and chatter with his squad. He raises his eyebrow seeing Savanah approach.
3:14 PM Supervising their squad is Daley who she'd met the last time, and Prudence a woman whose flesh looked like a mish mash of different skin tones, and consistencies, patched with hair and such at random spots.
3:18 PM "Nice of you to finally show up, Alexandra." Mallory says from nearby in a playfully stern tone, but an upward curve at the end of her duck bill shows a smile. She walks over to say something to Daley, who upon seeing Alex begins to walk over to the steps next to the guard tower near the border it looks like he's going to speak.
3:18 PM ||
3:20 PM C<Camtist|Alex> Alex gives Mallory a sheepish nod, choosing not to reply. There's not much good that can come out of her mouth in response to that, anyways.
3:21 PM She takes some deep breaths to calm herself down as Daley walks up the steps. She needed to be ready for this, ready for...
3:22 PM ...oh /fuck/, she's gonna meet /fucking Artisan/.
3:25 PM The breaths do nothing as the thought hits her like a dump truck. There's gonna be a fucking cape here and she likes him but no one else does because he built that awesome wall that everyone else fucking hates and tore down and now he's gonna walk through the market and there's gonna be a fucking riot and she's gonna have to protect him and holy shit-
3:25 PM Alex ends up paling and leaning on Erksine as her mind continues to race, extrapolate, and blow everything out of proportion. ||
3:26 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
3:26 PM ((Know check please btw))
3:26 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6 Know
3:26 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Know" [4]  = 4
3:26 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((You're Squad X btw))
3:28 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Once she stops freaking out and remembers that, she'll insist OOG that their theme song be "X Gon' Give It To Ya"))
3:31 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Haha nice))
3:32 PM Erksine glances at Alex but doesn't move her away from him, instead shifting into a more comfortable position. He'd become used to the way she was by this point. Looking over the other squad to see how they were taking the impending disaster her eyes rest on the yellow Offshoot again. She felt like she knew him from somewhere. And that's when it clicks. Ted something or other, he'd been on the news wanted for suspected involvement in attack
3:32 PM that the Offshoot cape named Roach had done at the mall.
3:33 PM He was a member of the watch now? He didn't look like a mall attacking terrorist. As a matter of fact he looks just as nervous as she is.
3:33 PM Daley makes it to the tops of the steps and clears his throught. He rests his waxy appendages on the railing and leans over to speak to the squads. His arms kinda melt and droop over the railing.
3:35 PM "You've all been debriefed on the specifics on this mission by now, and have been run through all our drills and patrol routes enough that you've all been deemed capable enough in overseeing today's operation." He starts, he looks over everyone before continuing.
3:41 PM "Artisan will be arriving in about..." He, pulls a pocket watch out of his shirt pocket. Can't wear a watch with spilling wax arms.
3:41 PM "4 or 5 minutes give or take. Our job is to keep the people safe from him and vice versa on the way to /and/ from his meeting with Ignatius. How we handle this is going to determine whether this becomes a disaster or not. Squad A, the mentors, will take point forming a defensive perimeter directly around and next to Artisan. You newer squads..." He gesturs at Squad Y and her squad and flecks of wax fly and splatter on the ground.
3:41 PM "...will hold the perimeter. Stop people from approaching to close, redirect crowds, help hold the sides if people try to push in. You'll also be on the frontline keeping us updated on if anything is going on. Does that seem doable to you all?" Daley asks, the question sounding somewhat rethorical.
3:41 PM "Yeah chief, I don't even know why anyone would be nervous anyway. We're only escorting the single most hated person on this side of the city through a place full of dangeous mutants." The red skinned man says. His squad chuckles with him, even Ted and she can feel Erksine laugh and see Chris smile too. The joking helps take the edge off a bit. Savanah just keeps a straight face.
3:41 PM ||
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3:44 PM C<Camtist|Alex> The calm, clear direction helps Alex get her thoughts in order, and the presence of a plan eliminates most of the crazy scenarios her mind had concocted. She still continues to lean on Erk, though. Mostly because he's nice and fuzzy.
3:47 PM She then raises her hand and three impalers, ready to bombard Duane with a metric shit ton of questions. Just because things are calmer doesn't mean she's any less worried about many, many things. ||
3:47 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Daley*
3:48 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Ack, sorry))
3:48 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Daley looks over at her and gives her an upward head nod. The others all kind of look at her in anticipation as well.
3:48 PM ||
3:52 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "Do civilians know he's coming?" she asks, still leaning on her fellow werewolf. "And if not, could some of us go ahead of the group and warn people?"
3:52 PM "I get that we might want to keep this a little less public, but I'd rather not let bystanders get caught up in any shitstorms."
3:53 PM If Alex has to take on a riot, she'd rather be completely certain that all the rioters are fuckheads. ||
4:03 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
4:04 PM "Warning people that Artisan coming through is the last thing we want to do. We need to keep this lowkey, otherwise it doesn't matter if people have advance warning or not." Daley reasons from up top, some of the others seem like they wanna speak up too but they leave it be to see if Alex has any other questions first.
4:04 PM ||
4:06 PM C<Camtist|Alex> Alex sighs, but moves on. She'd expected an answer along those lines, and while she can't entirely argue against the reasoning, it still feels really fucking stupid and reckless to her. Seems like everyone's just going to waltz in with the most hated person ever, and expect everything to be completely fucking dandy.
4:07 PM Whelp, time for question #2.
4:09 PM "Okay, and what's the game plan if someone here defects and tries to go after Arty on their own?" she asks, blurting out the possibility of a betrayal without any hesitation.
4:12 PM Alex takes a moment to blatantly glance towards that Roach fellow as she jabbers on. He seems a little suspicious, and the potential criminal background doesn't exactly help. ||
4:12 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social please))
4:12 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6-1 Bahahahaha
4:12 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Bahahahaha" [6] -1 = 5
4:20 PM Nick → Nick|GM, Turncoat → Turn|Kincaid
4:20 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Well..." Daley says making a little bit of an odd face. "In that case they'd be betraying the watch, and also going against our primary directive so you'd have to apprehend them just like anyone else so that Artisan can continue on unmolested." He reasons. The yellow Offshoot can see her looking at him and scowls before looking down. He doesn't look angry, just sad.
4:20 PM "But anyway, I highly doubt anything like that will happen. We're all members of the Watch. I don't like Artisan either, but we put our personal feelings aside today. For the Citizens." Daley says. And most people nod, especially the red skinned Offshoot in Squad Y who seems to agree completely. Erksine, Mallory, Duane, and Chris are nodding as well.  Some other don't look like they agree though.
4:29 PM vanderhuge → vanderhuge|GM, Valence → Val|Bearshark
4:29 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((He's not roach by the way Cam, people thought he was involved))
4:30 PM Cesar, and Cessily look pretty angry at the mention of Artisan as do Prudence and even Savanah...
4:30 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Ok. Alex is still gonna call him Roach bro or Roach dude in her head, though. Should make meeting him worlds of fun :D))
4:31 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold People look like they're about to speak up when a Golden Sun mercenary steps out of the guard outpost at the border, and the barricade that had been built raises.
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4:34 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The car that pulls up is bulky, but not overly so, built with lots of rough edges and a shining material painted Stronghold's White and Green. A clear fume comes from the exhaust and the sound from its engines in a low *thrum*, the vehicle hums as it slides into place and parks. It looks just like the walls had in color and material, like some of the walls in the homes in the slums now that people had taken to using the materials from the
4:34 PM fallen wall for rebuilding. It's clear.
4:34 PM Artisan is here. Merc's from the outpost step out to surround the car to take down Artisan's info.
4:34 PM ||
4:35 PM C<Camtist|Alex> Huh. Roach bro seems alright, and Alex can keep an eye out for Savannah. Plus she's usually this pissed at everything anyways, right?
4:36 PM But for today, Cesar, Cessily, and Prudence can /fuck right off/.
4:37 PM Ugh. She is /not/ going to like fighting those three when they betray the fuck out of everyone.
4:39 PM For now though, Alex gets pretty excited as Artisan's car pulls up. She climbs up onto Erksine's shoulders to get a better look, taking care to ensure her impalers don't, well, impale him in the process. ||
4:39 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
4:40 PM ((Wits please))
4:40 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6 Wits
4:40 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Wits" [6]  = 6
4:43 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Erksine sighs, and lightly protests at her to "be more careful where she steps" as she climbs up onto his shoulders, but he really is starting to get used to her antics by this point. He has a resigned look on his face. Everyone else, even the calm leader of the operation Daley is moving to take a closer look at Artisan himself emerging from the vehicle.  Some look curious while the others who'd looked angry glare in his direction. The car
4:43 PM door opens and he steps out.
4:47 PM He's is a sleek all white body suit with blocky sharp green Artisan paneling protecting his chest, arms, legs, fists, knees, and feet. There are gears, and moving equipment built in between the armor paneling that seem to do the heavy lifting carrying the suit that looks like it weighs at least a few several hundred pounds but the skinny kid stands out of the car in it easily. He has a similarly blocky white capsule on his back, with two sleek
4:47 PM long white and green pistols at his hips, a dagger behind the left pistol, and something like remote behind the right. His helmet is green and comes down in a black visor over his eyes. Black hair hangs from the helmet. His mouth and nose are showing and he's frowning.
4:49 PM He's immediately accosted by the mercenaries as they pat him down. There's a brief argument as one of them tries to take his weapons and he argues, but one of the merc's superiors calls him off. Once he's good to go they send him off roughly with the man who'd been patting him down lightly shoving him in the Watch's direction.
4:50 PM Artisan glares back in their direction before huffing, he trudges there way.
4:50 PM "Everyone in position." Daley instructs, and he moves down to meet Artisan and speak to him. The other veterans move to congregate with Daley and Artisan while Squad Y goes off to one side, and her squad starts to move off to their assigned areas. They'd just be waiting for the signal before moving out, a loud whistle.
4:50 PM ||
4:51 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "Hi Arty!" Alex blatantly shouts from atop Erksine's shoulders, smiling and waving at the man like an idiot.
4:52 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold a dagger just the hilt*
4:53 PM C<Camtist|Alex> She stubbornly remains on Erk's shoulders as everyone repositions. Alex really wants to keep an eye on the guy, both for his safety and because no matter the circumstance, she's still sort of a fan of his.
4:53 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Brown hair*
4:54 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "You think they'll let me talk to him?" she quietly asks Erksine, still not taking her eyes off the cape. ||
4:54 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social please))
4:55 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Is this roll in any way related to making an impression on Artisan? Because if so, I'd like to use Driven in any way I can))
4:56 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((I mean kind of an impression, but the roll will more give you info on what's going on with people and how they feel))
4:56 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Ok, I'll hold off on it then))
4:56 PM $roll 1d6-1 Social
4:56 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Social" [3] -1 = 2
4:58 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Erksine easily supports her weight walking her over with the rest of their squad into position. He takes his spot in the front. He was the biggest, quickest, and most physically intimidating so he'd been assigned the front. Chris got the right because he was maneuverable enough to support both the back or front side of the squad on demand coupled with his reach with the tentacle. Savanah had keen animal like senses, and dextrous hands. She
4:58 PM took up the back, and served as the squad's eyes watching out for everyone. Alex's spot was supposed to be on the left for similar reasons Chris was on the right.
5:00 PM When she calls out at Artisan all of the members in her squad give her a confused look.
5:00 PM "Uh, Alex?" Chris mutters. The more angry members of the operation glare at her realizing she /likes/ Artisan. Roach bro seems even more nervous hearing Artisan's nickname called out, and the red skinned Offshoot looks amused. The green smoke lurches out with each chuckle.
5:02 PM There aren't many Offshoot civilians going about their business in the streets nearby by there are a few, and they'd already noticed the unmistakable Tinker car. Her yell alerts even more people, and there's a small crowd gathering around the edges of the border station trying to get a closer look. Artisan tilts his head and tries to give her a closer look. He gives her a hesitant wave back before continuing his talk with Daley.
5:03 PM Luckily none of the veterans leave their spots to berate them, Savanah moves to pull Alex down.
5:03 PM "What the /fuck/ was that Alex?" She asks sounding slightly ticked.
5:03 PM "I think for now we should focus on making sure he's around to talk to at the end of this Alex. Remember the mission..." Erksine adds, trying to sound reasonable.
5:03 PM ||
5:05 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "What?" Alex replies, letting Savannah pull her off of Erksine. As soon as she hits the ground, the spider wolf tries to get into her proper place on the left flank.
5:06 PM "We're his escort, aren't we? I figured we should be at least a /little/ fucking welcoming."
5:07 PM She pales a little at the attention she's garnered, but assures herself that that crowd probably would have formed anyways. She thinks. Well, she /hopes/.
5:08 PM "Plus, if all hell breaks loose and he starts breaking out the tinker crap, he might think twice before shoving that dagger up my ass." ||
5:13 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
5:14 PM "We're escorting him because he's dangerous, and he's one of /them/." Savanah says emphasizing the word 'them' and pointing at him.
5:14 PM "We're not supposed to be friendly with the enemy. This is like... if an enemy general was coming to discuss terms or some shit. He built the wall, you doofus." Savanah finishes frowning, and dropping her arm to her side.
5:15 PM "It's whatever. I don't really like him at all, but Alex is right. I wouldn't want him pointing those guns at me." Chris says.
5:20 PM "Fine." Savanah says, crossing her arms. A loud whistle that sounds like what Alex had come to quickly recognize as Offshoot bird chirping in the morning sounds through the air. The signal to start flanking next to the main group. They were free to take whatever routes necessary to keep an eye out and scout as long as they could respond and keep their flank protected.
5:20 PM "Let's just go with the freaking rooftop scouting route here, I can keep a closer eye out from there." Savanah says, taking on the tone a manager or a boss would. Erksine shrugs and turns to the roof and Chris follows. Group Y, speaks amongst each other and then disappears from sight into an alley. The main group walks Artisan through the main streets keeping close by to him. From the way they're standing most won't be able to see him moving
5:20 PM but... people had already noticed him there, and his car. Word was bound to spread, especially with three fully geared Watch squads on the streets at the same time.
5:20 PM ||
5:22 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "...you do make a good point," Alex concedes. Although she was pretty focused on riot-prevention, their main mission could be seen differently. Just as they needed to protect Artisan from the Offshoots, a bigger concern could be protecting the Offshoots from Artisan.
5:23 PM "But as Chris /explicitly/ stated," she continues with a bit of a smirk, "My dagger-up-the-ass argument stands."
5:25 PM "Now, keeping in mind that we need to make sure Artisan doesn't kick the fucking bucket, while also making sure we're close enough in case he rampages or some shit, how should we do this?"
5:26 PM "Stay tight as fuck and keep formation? Spread the fuck out and cover as much as fucking possible? Uh..."
5:26 PM Alex pauses as she starts climbing up the side of a building.
5:26 PM "...literally anything better than my shitty ideas?" ||
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5:42 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
5:43 PM ((Acrobatics please))
5:43 PM $roll 1d6+2 Erksine Acrobatics
5:43 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Erksine Acrobatics" [5] +2 = 7
5:43 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+1 Savanah Acronbatics
5:43 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Savanah Acronbatics" (2) [6] +1 = 7
5:43 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 2h6+2 Acro
5:43 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Acro" [5] (4) +2 = 7
5:43 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+1 Chris Strongarm
5:43 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Chris Strongarm" (1) [6] +1 = 7
5:44 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((The fucking wolf pack))
5:44 PM ((All 7's in this bitch))
5:44 PM C— •ColdGold|GM sounds off the airhorns
5:44 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
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5:44 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Today my friends...WE CLIMB))
5:46 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The squad moves in a practiced diamond formation, not a single one of them falling out of place. They all scramble up a wall, using every foot and handhold in sight to quickly ascend a nearby storeside up onto its roof and move from there.
5:48 PM "Keep it tight to start, let Savanah get the lay of the lands and we'll all keep and eye out and stick close. If things crop up we'll respond as needed." Erksine says, sounding surprisingly confident as he calls the shots from the front.
5:50 PM They cross the rooftop easily and all leap for the next. Erksine and Savanah don't need any special tricks to easily clear the distance between the two rooves off physical prowess alone. Alex combines a long leap with a shot web to reel herself in. If they hadn't been practicing together she might have been worried to see Chris fall halfway through his leap, but then his tentacle snakes up to the roof grabbing onto some drainage piping and he
5:50 PM pulls himself up.
5:53 PM They continue a few buildings on, seeing some of the less ground bound Offshoots in the sky or also on the rooftops on their way through and then Savanah says "Stop." From the back of the group, they turn to her while also looking down. They're a bit ahead of the squad leading Artisan in, but now that the wind isn't in their ears anymore they can hear a little more. Ambient chatter of raised and upset voises, honking horns in the streets, a
5:53 PM couple of stray yells. There's a loose crowd starting to gather around the group escorting Artisan, but none press to close /yet/ some are testing their boundaries, calling things Alex can't hear towards the cape but he ignores them. The Watch members warn people back, but don't have to resort to any physical pushing for now.
5:54 PM "I'm going to take a look here, we're almost to the parish where Artisan is supposed to meet Ignatius." Savanah says.
5:54 PM Chris watches the gathering crowd and whistles. Erksine looks worried.
5:54 PM "Oh man, those people look /pissed/." Chris comments.
5:54 PM ||
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5:55 PM C<Camtist|Alex> Yup. There it is. There it fucking is.
5:58 PM "Did you /really/ expect everyone to be perfectly fine with this?" she asks Chris. "Of course they're pissed. It's /Artisan/. Even I know everyone hates the fucko, and I'm /really/ shit at picking up on those things."
5:58 PM Idly, Alex starts to follow Savannah, though she ends up a few feet back as she watches the crowd further form.
6:00 PM To be honest, this did bring back some memories. Well, more like nightmares. It's a strange inverse of some of the things she's imagined in her youth: a lynch mob full of monsters, targeting and surrounding the only human on the block.
6:00 PM The loose relation sends shivers down her spine. ||
6:05 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Wits please))
6:06 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6 Wits
6:06 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Wits" [1]  = 1
6:06 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 3h6+2 Savanah Scrutinize
6:06 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Savanah Scrutinize" [2] (1) (1) +2 = 4
6:12 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "I don't think anyone is going to do anything yet. I was there when that riot started at The Hare's announcement. They don't look as angry as we were that day so far." Savanah says, but she's chewing on her lip and doesn't sound completely sure.
6:12 PM "Yeah but they're like... I don't know, /really/ angry. Like I don't think I've ever seen people gang up on someone like that before." As if to prove his statement correct one Offshoot with an elongated mouth like a camel's or a llamas takes an opportunity to launch a glob of yellow spit onto Artisan's visor. Artisan wipes it off slowly but the group still keeps walking, they're turning towards where the Parish is now.  One Offshoots, one
6:12 PM whose arms had seemed to split down the middle into four pincers tries to push through the barricade of Watch members but Prudence turns and kind of stretches her body out sideways to body block him and bounce him backwards. Nobody else tries again after that. Offshoots seem to be surrounding the Parish even as they approach it though. There are already Golden Sun Mercnaries stationed nearby to kind form something of a barricade though.
6:12 PM "We should go closer. Next to the Parish, on the roof there maybe. Just in case we need to respond there. It looks like all the action is going to happen in that area anyway." Erksine says, he's already picking up again into a jogging pace. There's still no sight of Squad Y.
6:12 PM ||
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6:15 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "Keep an eye out for Squad Y," Alex pipes up, following Erk's orders. She stays as close to the edge of the roof as she can while they move, constantly making sure that she has a good enough line of sight to fire her web at the crowd or at Arty, if need be.
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6:16 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "I'm like, 40 percent sure they either left their side open, or maybe even joined the crowd themselves." Yeah, fuck those guys.
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6:19 PM C<Camtist|Alex> She takes a slight gamble and glances over to Savannah as well, checking to see if she's still pissed. Based on past experience, though, Alex likely won't figure it out until the girl's jumping for Artisan's throat. But it can't hurt too much to try. ||
6:21 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Gotta drive somewhere break for about an hour?))
6:21 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Sure, I'll go grab dinner. Just ping me whenever you get back))
6:21 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Will do))
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7:16 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social please Camtist|Alex ))
7:16 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6-1 Savannah pls
7:16 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Savannah pls" [3] -1 = 2
7:18 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Acrobatics again also please))
7:19 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 2h6+2 Acro
7:19 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Acro" (1) [3] +2 = 5
7:19 PM Faustus → Faust|Ignatius
7:19 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6+2 Erksine Acrobatics
7:19 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Erksine Acrobatics" [2] +2 = 4
7:20 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+1 Savanah Acrobatics
7:20 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Savanah Acrobatics" (2) [6] +1 = 7
7:20 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+1 Chris Strongarm
7:20 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Chris Strongarm" [6] (5) +1 = 7
7:22 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold They all make good pacing towards the ruined parish and being on the rooftops they're able to easily avoid the slowly growing mob of angry people surrounding the parish from a distance. They take the back where there are less people gathered and scramble up onto the roof. There are a number of holes in it and they find a spot where they're able to listen in and keep an eye out...
7:25 PM "I wouldn't blame Squad Y if they did." Savanah says tonelessly as she stations herself to watch the crowd but turns an ear towards the hole. Chris moves up right next to it to quietly look in, and Erksine seems to be on alert taking everything in.
7:25 PM Looking through the hole they see Artisan is already inside with the squad of veterans. He's standing with his arms crossed while Ignatius is looking down at him from the pulpit with Rosario next to him. Nobody is speaking and even from where they are on the roof things feel tense.
7:26 PM ((Cam then, Faust|Ignatius , then Cam or pass to me if he doesn't want to go.))
7:26 PM ||
7:26 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ...
7:28 PM "It's gonna be a fucking mess to get him back out," Alex comments, keeping her eyes to the crowd as she joins in listening to the meeting. She positions herself next to Savannah, bumping shoulders with the girl.
7:29 PM "Maybe Iggy can help with that..."
7:29 PM Azrael0037 → Az|mobile
7:30 PM C<Camtist|Alex> She then zones out a little, continuing to compare the scene of the mob to the nightmares she's had. ||
7:30 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> ...
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7:42 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> Ignatius breaks the silence, immediately getting to the point. "Why are you so intent on making our lives harder?" He steps away from the pulpit and begins walking down the steps. "The wall is gone, I'm not going into that, I understand you're probably acutely aware why that was wrong." Finally reaching the bottom, his eyes glow intensely. "Don't think any of us will ever forgive you for that. But that was the extent of your
7:42 PM wrongdoing."
7:42 PM Ignatius pauses. "You're probably not a greedy person, you were a hero after all. Which is why I'm curious as to why not once has Stronghold offered to assist us, even with funding so we could rebuild without scrapping buildings, or so we could buy new clothes for people who suddenly have to worry about having three extra arms, or anything at all." He's holding back a lot of anger, it's audible.
7:42 PM "Why?" The last word is cold though, it carries all the weight in his voice.||
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7:44 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
7:49 PM "You're the /real/ monster."
7:49 PM "Fuckler's bastard!"
7:49 PM "You scum!!!"
7:49 PM Are all shouts that can be clearly heard on the rooftop and vaguely heard from inside the Parish. The crowd is becoming slowly more intense as its size grows. Still all of Squad X and the Veteran Watch Members inside with Ignatius watch with quiet baited breaths the whole of their attention on it. This is what they've been waiting for. A chance to finally speak with one of their opressors.
7:49 PM Artisan looks up at Ignatius for several long moments, then without fanfare he lifts his helmet off of his head and drops it onto the floor next to him. His eyes are slightly slanted, and they look sad, he's frowning. His hair is smashed into helmet hair from when his had been sitting. He looks Ignatius in the eyes, and around to all the other Offshoots gathered and then back at Ignatius.
7:50 PM "I would never expect forgiveness. Nor do I want it. I did what I had to do. I wasn't there when the explosion happened. I was home. Scared about what was happening to my family. Imagine my reaction when I heard people were mutating and killing each other, their mutations were like my /dad's/..." his voice quivers on the last note and his eyes start to water.
7:51 PM "Who could have known if it was still spreading, if the ferals among you could have hurt people. My material is the same kind my Dad used to stop his radiation from escaping. I knew it would work. If I built a wall. I'm sorry for what happened after it, and for the record I'm glad it's gone but in the moment it was the /clear option/!" He says.
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7:52 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Most of the Offshoots inside shuffle and their expressions become frowns and similar.
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7:55 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold He raises his arms and starts gesturing. "I'm not Stronghold. Stronghold died the day that explosion changed you all. I'm not Artisan. I tried to make a cure but I'm not Buckler. I couldn't consciensously use it. I'm Max! I go to college. My family all died. I'm sorry my family fucked up before they went but..." He stops, and sighs lowering his arms.
7:55 PM "You've been straight up with me right off the bat. I'll return the favor. What do you want with me?"
7:56 PM "Hmm." Alex hears Erksine say.
7:56 PM Chris seems to be watching even more intently now.
7:56 PM "Bullshit." Savanah comments.
7:56 PM Next too him Ignatius can hear the chains the make up Rosario grinding as they clench like a balled fist.
7:56 PM ||
7:58 PM C<Camtist|Alex> Alex takes a deep breath and keeps listening in silence.
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7:59 PM C<Camtist|Alex> It's hard to understand what Artisan's been through. What /Max/ has been through.
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8:02 PM C<Camtist|Alex> But right here? With a crowd of angry people bearing down on him, blaming him, pissed off at him for existing, scapegoating him for a problem that may be entirely out of his reach? She can understand that.
8:02 PM And there's no fucking way she's letting /any/ of these people get to him.
8:03 PM Alex gets closer to the hole as she remains on guard. ||
8:03 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> ...
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8:26 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> Ignatius balls a fist. "You're still not being honest. Stronghold's money goes to putting you through college, instead of handicap accommodations for the people they permanently scarred and maimed. Instead of paying for reparations for people who lost family members, it's used to maintain a headquarters that nobody uses anymore. If you were actually sorry you would have helped."
8:26 PM He raises his voice slightly. "So your family died, we're all sorry. But you didn't have to /watch/ your family die as the town you lived in turned against you, tossed you out like trash, put you behind a curtain without even a second glance until you forced them to care. That's what happened to me, and many people here, and that's not even getting into the people who had it worse."
8:26 PM He's practically yelling now, but his tone remains neutral. "We found Buckler's body, I'll return it to you for burial if you make the proper reparations for all the pain, anguish, and death he caused us. It won't make anything right, but if everyone he hurt was able to live even a fraction as comfortably as you do from what he left you, we wouldn't have to be called Buckler's Slums anymore."
8:26 PM The final words are filled with fire, letting Ignatius' anger shine through. You can't just avoid consequences with a sob story, otherwise law wouldn't exist in this place.||
8:27 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social Faust))
8:27 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> ((Presentation count?))
8:27 PM Thaliaway → Thalia
8:28 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Yeah))
8:28 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> $roll 4h6+2 Pres
8:28 PM A<[ATM]> Faust|Ignatius "Pres" (1) (1) [3] (1) +2 = 5
8:31 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Artisan's face twists hearing the words, there's a lot of emotion playing there. Shame, guilt, sadness, anger, pain. He looks hurt but not beaten down. He's glaring at Ignatius when he speaks again. "You have it? Show me." He says, his voice hard.
8:31 PM ((Wits please Alex))
8:31 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6 Wits
8:31 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Wits" [6]  = 6
8:34 PM FossilLord → FL|AFK
8:34 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Alex takes a moment to glance around and look at the mob to see if it we moving or not. As she does she notices three figures slide behind the building. Squad Y. Cesar and Cecilly are angrily speaking back and forth with one another and the yellow Offshoot just looks nervous. The other one with the red skin can't be seen, but then she glances and she sees him with some of the mercenaries closer to the crowd.
8:34 PM "Be calm friends. Calm down!" He calls at them letting green smoke free as he speaks. Those close enough to inhale it pause, dazed, for very small moments.
8:34 PM ||
8:35 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ...
8:35 PM ((Do I have comms?))
8:36 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Yes but you're not on Squad Y's channel so you'd have to flip through and find it or roll a DC 5 Know check to remember it))
8:36 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((do I have a link to Daley's comms? Or one of the other supervisors?))
8:37 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((You know which channel Daley is on, he has an earpiece))
8:39 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "Daley," Alex pipes up, reaching a hand to her earpiece. "Three of Squad Y are, uh...preoccupied, and I don't think the mercs can hold off this /fucking lynch mob/ forever."
8:41 PM "What are our current orders, and is there a back-way we can sneak Artisan out of once everyone's done throwing a hissy fit down there?" ||
8:46 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> ...
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8:56 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> Taking out a small picture that was printed earlier, Ignatius tosses it at him. The back has a note on what happened to the gauntlets. "When you go through with it, I'll have someone take him to you."||
8:59 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Ignatius and Alex can both see Daley shape his wax into fingers to touch his earpiece, and he steps out of sight.
8:59 PM "Assist the mercenaries in holding a perimeter. I'll ask Ignatius to address the people and we'll take him out the back. Rendevouz with the main group when you hear the signal." Alex hears Daley's voice a second later.
9:02 PM vanderhuge|GM → vanderhuge, Val|Bearshark → Valence
9:03 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Artisan is still as he looks over the photo and he's pale. He flips it over and looks at the back.
9:03 PM "Stronghold's money doesn't pay for my school, I do. My Dad wouldn't ever pay. Always said there was no point in going if I was going to be a hero anyway." Artisan says bitterly, still looking at the picture. He puts it in his pocket.
9:03 PM "Where's my sister's body?" He demands looking up at Ingatius again and there are a couple of tear stream from each eye now.
9:04 PM "What did Daley say?" Erksine asks Alex, giving the crowd a worried glance. Both Chris and Savanah seem more interesting in listening to the conversation than anything else.
9:04 PM ||
9:04 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ...
9:05 PM "We need to help the mercs. They're gonna take Artisan through a backway once Iggy's done screaming his fucking face off at the guy."
9:06 PM "Erk, could you go and try to intimidate some of those fuckos down there? You're big and scary enough, I think. Chris, maybe go see what the fuck Squad Y is doing over there?" She points them out to him, frowning at their apparent betrayal. Or laziness, hopefully.
9:07 PM "And, uh, Savannah?" Alex turns to the girl, at first intending to send her with Chris before realizing how fucking /terrible/ of an idea that is. "Maybe go see if you can round up some more mercs? I think we could use a couple more meat shields once shit hits the fan."
9:09 PM She then returns to her comms, and tries to get a good vantage point on the Parish's doors and windows.
9:10 PM "Daley, it alright if I start making a second line of defense?" ||
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9:42 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> Ignatius speaks in his more normal tone. "Buckler was the only body found. All we want is what Stronghold should have given us in the first place."||
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9:45 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Command please Cam))
9:45 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((May I use Driven on this?))
9:45 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Yes))
9:46 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((It's currently just a +1 that then cancels out the -1, right?))
9:47 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((That's correct))
9:47 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6 Command
9:47 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Command" [5]  = 5
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9:51 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "That's impossible..." Artisan retorts very quickly. The trackers on both of their costumes placed both of them in the same place. Something must have happened to it." He says demanding an answer, his frown is deep now and his eyebrows are creased.
9:53 PM "Keep in touch on the comms. /Call for help/ if you need it. Remember we're a team." Erksine adds. He nods before taking a running start and leaping off the roof into the front of the crowd with a clearly fake roar.
9:56 PM "Probably good we have to move now. I was about to break out the popcorn things were getting good." Chris jokes in a dry tone. Savanah just scoffs, she eyes Alex and glares back down at Artisan once before leaving Alex to go make her own moves. She's able to move into position quickly as Daley responds.
9:56 PM "Yes Alex. And consider all your actions in the interest of bringing this to a close as peacefully as possible preapproved. You're a member of the Watch now, I trust you. Trust yourself."
9:57 PM From where she is the crowd is at a critical mass. The streets are packed with shouting jeering Offshoots probably funneling in from the market and getting off of work. They're only a trigger away from going nuts.
9:57 PM (Not a literal trigger event lol)
9:57 PM Hairtrigger*
9:57 PM ||
9:57 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ...
9:58 PM 'Consider all your actions in the interest of bringing this to a close as peacefully as possible preapproved.' His words exactly, straight from the top.
9:58 PM Perfect.
10:00 PM Alex jumps down the hole, planning to land as best she can and start webbing the /fuck/ out of the doors and windows.
10:00 PM ...and maybe get a little closer to Artisan in the process. She's just doing her job, after all... ||
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11:10 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> "Well she's not there so I don't know what to tell you, maybe it's the same as the gloves but I don't have your sister." Ignatius speaks calmly. "Maybe I'll have some ideas when you follow through, but right now you have your deal. I'll expect you to be quick about it."||
11:11 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
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11:17 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Dex please Cam|Alex))
11:18 PM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6 Dex
11:18 PM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Dex" [2]  = 2
11:22 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The leap is the easy part given Alex is only leaping from the second story of the Parish, but with the chaos of the rippling crowd and everything altogether is enough to throw off her aim. She /does/ get her webbing off onto the windows, but misses the door and hits a merc's leg immobilizing a guard in the way of one of the pushing Offshoots. A woman who had to be at least four feet wide and six feet tall, all muscle with large antlers like a
11:22 PM buck's, and covered head to toe in fur patterned like a Giraffe's. She's wearing a metal band's tshirt and a pair of jeans. She pushes through and crashes into the door making it vibrate, Ignatius and everyone can hear it inside.
11:22 PM $roll 1d6+1 Merc Strongarm
11:22 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Merc Strongarm" [1] +1 = 2
11:22 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6+1 Other Merc Strongarm
11:22 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Other Merc Strongarm" [5] +1 = 6
11:23 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((I was trying to jump into the Parish, btw))
11:23 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+3 Offshoot Buck
11:23 PM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Offshoot Buck" [6] (5) +3 = 9
11:23 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Still fine))
11:23 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Oh, are the doors open?))
11:24 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((No one sec))
11:25 PM The leap is the easy part given Alex is only leaping from the second story of the Parish, but with the chaos of the rippling crowd and everything altogether is enough to throw off her aim. She /does/ get her webbing off onto the windows, but misses the door and hits Mallory's leg immobilizing her for a moment. Outside a woman who had to be at least four feet wide and six feet tall, all muscle with large antlers like a buck's, and covered head
11:25 PM to toe in fur patterned like a Giraffe's. She's wearing a metal band's tshirt and a pair of jeans. She pushes through and crashes into the door making it vibrate, Ignatius, Alex and everyone can hear it inside as everyone turns to see the spider wolf Offshoot land on the floor in the middle of the meeting, disrupting it.
11:28 PM "Alex? What are you doing?" Mallory exlaims, pulling at her foot.
11:28 PM Artisan turns and draws a weapon, hesitating when he sees Alex there upon recognizing her.
11:28 PM "100,000 that's what I have to spare. Take it or leave it." Artisan blurts out, lowering his weapon but not holstering it as he walks towards a back door.
11:28 PM "Now seems like a good time to cut this conversation first, you can talk to my accountant for the rest. Keep Buckler's body. Do what you want with it. Send me the armor. I don't need him." He says, heartlessly but a break in his voice betrays it.
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11:28 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold There's another vibration at the door, but without view of the windows none of the people inside can see what's going on exactly.
11:28 PM ||
11:29 PM C<Camtist|Alex> ...
11:29 PM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold conversation short*
11:31 PM C<Camtist|Alex> "Sorry! Missed! Riot outside! Daley said I could!" is all Alex gets off as she rushes towards the door. She starts webbing the edges and frame, trying to make it hold for as long as possible.
11:32 PM "Everyone is /really fucking pissed/!" she announces to the room, quite a bit of panic seeping into her voice. ||
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11:51 PM F<Faust|Ignatius> ...
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

12:08 AM F<Faust|Ignatius> Ignatius frowns deeply under his scarf. "It's a start." He continues on. "You're getting both. The first thing anyone would do to his grave here would be to desecrate it." Turning from him, Ignatius looks at Rosario. He nods and walks back to the pulpit. "Be careful. Enough people have been hurt already. I hope you take a better look at our town on the way out, maybe realize some things."
12:08 AM Preparing at the pulpit, Ignatius looks at the parish, seeing it as it was for a moment before the ruin comes back. For a moment, he can smell the incense and feel the warm sunlight of his time here, where he felt at home. The pulpit is his, it belonged to him, he spoke here for most of his life. The last time he used it was talking to Shutter, not exactly an audience. And now he had the significance that Rosario gave this place.
12:08 AM It's special, and when the people come in, he's going to address them. Hopefully the escorts can keep Artisan safe while he does that.||
12:23 AM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Whose turn is it?))
12:23 AM F<Faust|Ignatius> ((ColdGold|GM))
12:23 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
12:25 AM ((Dex please Cam))
12:26 AM C<Camtist|Alex> $roll 1d6 Dex
12:26 AM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Dex" [2]  = 2
12:26 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+3 Offshoot Slam
12:26 AM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Offshoot Slam" [5] (3) +3 = 8
12:27 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6+2 Erksine Contest Needs an 8
12:27 AM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Erksine Contest Needs an 8" [6] +2 = 8
12:32 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Artisan nods at Ignatius but doesn't say anymore to him instead looking over at his escorts. Daley who was by the door to issue instructions approaches Alex as she applies a liberal coating of webbing to the door.
12:32 AM "Change of plans Alex. The main focus of the mob is on the *slam* parish right now. Squad A is well practiced in this sort of matter so we're going to take point on reinforcing the location with  Ignatius. I want you *bang* to call the rest of X and Y on channel 4 on your walkie to let them know to meet you and Artisan at the back entrance.  *Thud* We'll send you coordinates to a safehouse of sorts where you all can go to hide or plan out a
12:32 AM route out while things boil over. Understood?"
12:33 AM The web and Daley's wax against the door are doing a decent job but it's barely holding up against whatever /beast/ is on the other side. Unless she stands there and continually keeps reapplying  it it's only a matter of time before people get in.
12:33 AM "Go!" Daley commands again for emphasis.
12:34 AM Artisan is already heading towards the back door.
12:34 AM ||
12:34 AM C<Camtist|Alex> "Y's AWOL, but I'll do what I can," Alex replies hastily. She turns and immediately rushes for the backdoor, following Artisan as she sets her comms to channel 4.
12:35 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold people get in. The door opens partially and they get a glimpse of the Offshoot responsible for a moment before a gray large wolf shaped blur slams into them knocking them away from the door with a very real sounding growl.*
12:36 AM C<Camtist|Alex> "IF EVERY ROOKIE DOESN'T GET THEIR ASS OVER TO THE PARISH'S BACK ENTRANCE RIGHT NOW, I WILL FILL /EVERY SINGLE MOTHERFUCKING ORIFICE/ YOU HAVE WITH MY WHITE STICKY BUTT STUFF!"
12:37 AM That should hopefully get Squad Y's attention. After she belts this out, Alex then tries to get Arty's attention.
12:38 AM "Hi, I'm Alex, big fan, we kinda need to fucking run please." ||
12:43 AM F<Faust|Ignatius> ...
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12:52 AM F<Faust|Ignatius> Turning his gaze towards Artisan and Alex, he lets a hard commanding edge leak into his voice. "Cut through a building with a red door and a black X on the way." He knows the route, and that house, well. Ignatius rapidly turns to Rosario and points under the pulpit. "There should be enough room for you down there, lash out if I seem in danger." Her mutation is useful for fitting in small places.||
12:52 AM ((Using Keep Moving! command))
12:52 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Command please Iggy))
12:52 AM F<Faust|Ignatius> $roll 2h6+2 Rock Shortcut
12:52 AM A<[ATM]> Faust|Ignatius "Rock Shortcut" (1) [5] +2 = 7
12:54 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Command from you too please Alex))
12:54 AM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Do I have another Driven bonus I can use?))
12:54 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Nah that was your last until you score another large victory))
12:55 AM C<Camtist|Alex> ((Ok))
12:55 AM $roll 1d6-1 Social
12:55 AM A<[ATM]> Camtist|Alex "Social" [2] -1 = 1
12:55 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Artisan doesn't have time to grab his helmet on his way out so Alex can see the level of confusion on Artisan's face pure as day  when she calls herself a fan. Enough confusion there to give him pause for a precious few moments..
12:55 AM "...Agreed." He says after a moment, stepping aside and bending to gesture for her to go ahead.
12:55 AM "Feel free to lead the way." He jokes dryly casting a glance back at the still shaking door.
12:56 AM $roll 2h6+3 Offshoot Slam
12:56 AM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Offshoot Slam" [5] (2) +3 = 8
12:56 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6+2 Erksine Prevent
12:56 AM A<[ATM]> ColdGold|GM "Erksine Prevent" [5] +2 = 7
12:57 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Looking back Alex is able to bear witness to Rosario nodding at Ignatius' command and reaching out a spiny hand to grab his and look him in the eye before casting one final glare at Artisan and moving to hide in the indicated spot.
1:00 AM That's when the door slams open with the large Offshoot woman Alex had seen through the window as her and Artisan open the door.  Erksine scrambles in a moment later with a group of very panicked looking mercanaries who all run to form a buffer and a second line to hold between the coming mob and Ignatius and Squad A. Squad A all seems ready to move at an instant. A stream of Offshoots shove through the door and the one at the lead a man with
1:00 AM a mouth that took up half his face, and no nose, and another on his large shaking stomach.
1:00 AM "DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!" The current ringleader screeches through both mouths and even though there's a very small space to get through
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1:06 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Chris, the yellow Offshoot, Prudence, and Cesar are all waiting there as instructed though the latter two look upset to be there and they both glare bloody murder at Artisan but to their credit that dissipates a little when they see the frothing mob.  Savanah, and the red Offshoot are the only members missing. Erksine is still inside holding rank and file with Squad A. Ted's eyes widen and he whimpers under his breath seeing the mob. The space
1:06 AM behind the Parish is surprisingly clear. of rioters Maybe that's what Squad Y had been up to?
1:06 AM "Ale-! Holy shit. Let's talk and all that heading /that/ way." Chris says already starting to head in the opposite direction, not even paying Artisan much mind. Artisan for his part turns and stops to pull the remote from the waist. He pulls on a number switches on it, tweaks a knob, and presses a button and a chunk of metal thunks out of the pack on his back with a *thunk*
1:06 AM It slides like its on ice to the space between the Mercs forming a barrier in front of Ignatius and the coming Rioters and then it stops before it unfolds to take up the space wall to wall, about a foot high.
1:06 AM "That should slow them down. Let's get the /hell/ out of here." Artisan says quietly, almost as it's mostly to himself. He gives Alex a glance.
1:06 AM ||
1:07 AM ((Cam then Ignatius' final post I think. Then I think we can pause since Cam said he was gonna sleep around this time.)
1:07 AM C<Camtist|Alex> ((I can keep going for another hour or so))
1:07 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Not Prudence, Cessily*
1:08 AM C<Camtist|Alex> "Yup! Red door, black X!" she belts out, darting along with the rest of them.
1:09 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold about a foot high, and slowly starting to rise*
1:10 AM C<Camtist|Alex> "Where the fuck's Sav and the red guy?!"
1:11 AM She manages to meet Artisan's glance, and without a trace of the hatred Cesar and Cessily have, she turns back and immediately focuses on getting everyone the fuck away from here. ||
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1:40 AM F<Faust|Ignatius> Speaking loudly, recalling every bit of this room and feeling like himself again, Ignatius starts talking. "Brothers, sisters, I have great news for all of you! The reason Artisan came here today was to make reparations, and he has! We now have enough funds to start work on new housing, enough to start in on a school even." He speaks enthusiastically, like he's not burdened by his mutation anymore, like before this.
1:40 AM "We need to move on! Use what we have and begin making our lives good again! The further we dwell on what others do, the less we can focus on what we can do to make our town a better place! I will never forgive Stronghold for what it did to us, but look around you and see what we have now!" His voice is filled with a tender compassion that he's not felt anywhere else but here.
1:40 AM "This town is not perfect, places are still in need of repair, reclamation, but the people around you aren't. We aren't broken, we're still the same people we were before all of this happened, and in that respect our community is not just good, it's the best I've ever seen!" He's on the verge of tears, but he can't. "Our suffering hasn't made us less human, it's only made us more human!"
1:40 AM "You all know the pain of the person next to you, you can share that, and in that there is unity! Never have I met so many people who care so honestly about the ones around them! Violence will only make us more like the things we hate, don't forgive, don't forget, but always know that our humanity is what makes every bit of hatred we receive meaningless! And humanity is kind, hopeful, and filled with the desire to love each
1:40 AM other!"
1:40 AM Ignatius' voice falls a little bit at the end, his scarf falling down to reveal his mouth, and when that combines with his eyes some of the more observant people in the crowd may catch his reaction. "Even if everyone else would hate us, we should all love each other like family." His expression isn't firm, it's soft and pure. Anton leans back from the pulpit just a little.||
1:44 AM C<•ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Presentation please))
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1:45 AM F<Faust|Ignatius> $roll 6h6+2 My church
1:45 AM A<[ATM]> Faust|Ignatius "My church" (2) [6] (6) (5) (4) (6) +2 = 8