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  1. [2016-04-28 15:50:24] <Antioch|GM> The PRT van speeds towards the eastern edge of Cleveland -- in it are Gigawatt, Valiant, and the third squad.
  2. [2016-04-28 15:50:24] <Antioch|GM> Jetstream and Feral are inbound, hoping to delay Blackjack's pursuit of the target long enough for the main force to catch up.
  3. [2016-04-28 15:51:19] <Antioch|GM> Blackjack is, apparently, going after the boyfriend (?) of the supervillain Killhand, as retribution for her defecting to the Protectorate.
  4. [2016-04-28 15:51:32] <Antioch|GM> To Gretchen, it's largely a bunch of convoluted bullshit she doesn't care about.
  5. [2016-04-28 15:52:32] <Antioch|GM> What matters is that Mortal Lock, the drone Tinker, Gutshot, the force-amplifying Striker, and a newcomer cape to Cleveland (the console tells her his name is Seismic Surfer, a Mover/Shaker that creates a growing tide of rubble and debris) got away, largely due to the intervention of the latter.
  6. [2016-04-28 15:54:11] <Antioch|GM> Electrocuting the living fuck out of Gutshot was the rush she'd been craving, after the initial edge of the cocaine she took before going into work wore off, but letting them get away was akin to the worst of the crashes she's had.
  7. [2016-04-28 15:54:11] <Antioch|GM> It's her chance to get a second shot at the fuckers. ||
  8. [2016-04-28 15:56:06] <SCG|Gigawatt> ...
  9. [2016-04-28 15:58:07] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((er, what are the squads and valiant's positions?))
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  11. [2016-04-28 15:58:41] <Antioch|GM> ((Just in the car, for the moment.))
  12. [2016-04-28 15:58:52] <Antioch|GM> ((Everyone's seated, getting ready to hop out once they close the gap.))
  13. [2016-04-28 15:59:26] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((I mean in the car.))
  14. [2016-04-28 15:59:34] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((fuck it, i got this.))
  15. [2016-04-28 15:59:42] <Antioch|GM> ((You're seated next to Valiant, and the two of you are closest to the rear door.))
  16. [2016-04-28 15:59:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((damn it not what I would have chosen, but i can work it.))
  17. [2016-04-28 16:03:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> Gigawatt was hoping to sit next to the squads, but needed to be in position for a sudden exit. Shock and awe from the get-go, of course. She's felt more drawn to them in general, than the heroes she works with. Cape life is still new to her, after all. She misses the familiar.
  18. [2016-04-28 16:04:39] <SCG|Gigawatt> Maybe she'll buy them a round later, if they all make it out. Probably not the best thought to have, but not one she can avoid.
  19. [2016-04-28 16:04:52] ⇐ Cxaxakluth quit (uid126610@brockwell.irccloud.com): Quit: Connection closed for inactivity
  20. [2016-04-28 16:05:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> She moves to check her weapon, before remembering she has none, chuckling. Familiar and unfamiliar, all at the same time,
  21. [2016-04-28 16:09:36] <SCG|Gigawatt> She doesn't want to fail again.
  22. [2016-04-28 16:10:08] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  23. [2016-04-28 16:12:15] <Antioch|GM> "Feral incoming," one of the squaddies says. He waves Gigawatt over, gesturing at a small console display in the van. It's an aerial street map of Cleveland, three digital blips on the screen.
  24. [2016-04-28 16:12:50] <Antioch|GM> The red one's Feral, the white one with the suit of clubs is Blackjack, and the white one with the winged aegis of the PRT on it is you guys.
  25. [2016-04-28 16:13:23] <Antioch|GM> Feral seems practically on top of Blackjack, it seems, as she edges closer to the squaddies to get a better view of the screen.
  26. [2016-04-28 16:13:36] <Antioch|GM> She's one of the teammates that Gigawatt doesn't have to worry about losing, fortunately. ||
  27. [2016-04-28 16:14:30] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((What's our ETA?))
  28. [2016-04-28 16:14:57] <Antioch|GM> ((Slightly less than two minutes. They're flooring it.))
  29. [2016-04-28 16:16:32] <SCG|Gigawatt> ...
  30. [2016-04-28 16:18:26] <SCG|Gigawatt> She watches the screen intently, waiting for their arrival. Nothing she has to say seems worth it, at the moment. Everyone knows the deal. She settles into a comfortable silence, ||
  31. [2016-04-28 16:21:24] <Antioch|GM> The two pips on the screen that aren't yours slow noticeably but seem to remain on course. Perhaps, after the fact, she might get to know the men and women behind the squad uniform a little better, as she knows better than to distract from a crucial operation.
  32. [2016-04-28 16:21:24] <Antioch|GM> As it stands now, she only recognizes the one -- Sinclair, the squad member who seems to be leaned upon for medical attention.
  33. [2016-04-28 16:21:46] <Antioch|GM> Her thoughts are interrupted by Valiant's hand on her shoulder.
  34. [2016-04-28 16:21:46] <Antioch|GM> "We're getting close. Be ready." ||
  35. [2016-04-28 16:25:54] <SCG|Gigawatt> She grins visibly. "I'm ready." ||
  36. [2016-04-28 16:28:02] <Antioch|GM> As the target slows, the gap between the squad van and Blackjack decreases.
  37. [2016-04-28 16:28:02] <Antioch|GM> "The drones are too far, I'm thinking," Valiant says, "but how do you feel about taking down the Tinker?" ||
  38. [2016-04-28 16:29:14] <SCG|Gigawatt> "If I can get in range, I'll take him out." ||
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  40. [2016-04-28 16:31:09] → Faustus joined (Faustus@net-5hvri7.gci.net)
  41. [2016-04-28 16:35:02] <Antioch|GM> "Heads up, guys, they're in sight," the squad leader -- Harmon, she recalls -- speaks up.
  42. [2016-04-28 16:35:44] <Antioch|GM> Sure enough, outside of the car, she can see the Blackjack vehicle limping along the side of the road, a spherical kludge of containment foam attempting the glue it to the ground.
  43. [2016-04-28 16:36:46] <Antioch|GM> The highway is mostly, but not quite, clear, some cars still clinging to the rightmost lane and trying to slip by, and, she notes, some rubberneckers on the shoulder.
  44. [2016-04-28 16:37:39] <Antioch|GM> "Englebrecht, take out their tires," he instructs -- the squaddie responds "yessir," hauling herself up to the roof aperture, and begins firing.
  45. [2016-04-28 16:37:44] <Antioch|GM> $roll 2h6+1
  46. [2016-04-28 16:37:44] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [5] (5) +1 = 6
  47. [2016-04-28 16:37:46] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6
  48. [2016-04-28 16:37:46] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [2] = 2
  49. [2016-04-28 16:38:32] <Antioch|GM> One of the tires deflates. ||
  50. [2016-04-28 16:41:17] <SCG|Gigawatt> ...
  51. [2016-04-28 16:42:11] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Fuck this. Why can't I shock the fuck out of their vehicle? I might MELT their tires." ||
  52. [2016-04-28 16:42:41] <Antioch|GM> "You wanna give it a shot?" Englebrecht asks, still leveling her rifle at the car.
  53. [2016-04-28 16:42:44] <Antioch|GM> $roll 2h6+1
  54. [2016-04-28 16:42:44] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM (5) [6] +1 = 7
  55. [2016-04-28 16:42:46] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6
  56. [2016-04-28 16:42:46] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [5] = 5
  57. [2016-04-28 16:43:07] <Antioch|GM> Another tire bites the dust.
  58. [2016-04-28 16:43:41] <Antioch|GM> "A little farther away from the car, I'd advise," Harmon says. "I'm a little concerned that this close, your electricity might ground itself on us." ||
  59. [2016-04-28 16:44:09] * soulpelt|nap is now known as soulpelt|
  60. [2016-04-28 16:45:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Hey Valiant, any way you can float me above the car with your ghost things so I can take potshots?" ||
  61. [2016-04-28 16:55:43] ⇐ Mega|Mendez quit (Peter@net-psjdbd.direct-adsl.nl): Connection closed
  62. [2016-04-28 16:57:25] <Antioch|GM> He manifests a construct beside you in the vehicle, something flat and planar. A carpet, perhaps, but not ornate or detailed enough.
  63. [2016-04-28 16:57:46] <Antioch|GM> "Step on," he says, "though you might want to crouch, grab one of the sides for balance, maybe." ||
  64. [2016-04-28 16:59:31] <SCG|Gigawatt> She does so. "I can show you the worrrrlllld", she mutters. ||
  65. [2016-04-28 16:59:46] <Antioch|GM> ((Ath check))
  66. [2016-04-28 17:00:00] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6 ayy
  67. [2016-04-28 17:00:01] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "ayy" [6] = 6
  68. [2016-04-28 17:00:45] <Antioch|GM> Despite the sudden ascent and lateral motion, she maintains her balance easily, letting the electricity flow through her arms as she does so. Now several yards above the highway, she's in a prime position to unleash electrical hell on the vehicle in its entirety. ||
  69. [2016-04-28 17:01:50] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Hey Blackjack!" She screams, "TASTE MY LIGHTNING FUCKERS!" She unleashes hell. ||
  70. [2016-04-28 17:02:56] <Antioch|GM> ((Accuracy skill has been reworked to Aim -- PMing you the details))
  71. [2016-04-28 17:03:43] <Antioch|GM> ((Your attack roll is going to be $roll 3h6 -- +1 from Dex, -1 from range increment))
  72. [2016-04-28 17:04:32] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 3d6
  73. [2016-04-28 17:04:32] <[ATM]> Gigawatt [4] [1] [1] = 6
  74. [2016-04-28 17:04:46] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6-1 Limpy car
  75. [2016-04-28 17:04:46] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Limpy car" [4] -1 = 3
  76. [2016-04-28 17:06:36] <Antioch|GM> Lightning arcs towards the vehicle, and the chassis sparks and crackles -- between the two burst tires, the car has already ground to a halt.
  77. [2016-04-28 17:07:05] <Antioch|GM> One of the passengers in the rear seat, poking his head out to take a potshot at Gigawatt, quickly ducks back in. ||
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  79. [2016-04-28 17:08:24] <Antioch|GM> -||
  80. [2016-04-28 17:08:26] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6-1
  81. [2016-04-28 17:08:26] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [2] -1 = 1
  82. [2016-04-28 17:09:15] <Antioch|GM> It's either his reflexes or his knowledge that fails him, but his arm visibly convulses -- still in contact with the frame of the car when the lightning strikes -- and the gun drops onto the highway from a palsied, twitching hand. ||
  83. [2016-04-28 17:09:44] <SCG|Gigawatt> Fuck yeah! She's not getting shot again!
  84. [2016-04-28 17:10:02] <SCG|Gigawatt> She continues to pummel the vehicle with fucking lightning! ||
  85. [2016-04-28 17:11:03] <Antioch|GM> Valiant's construct ferries her closer to the car, while the squad car, too, approaches.
  86. [2016-04-28 17:11:57] <Antioch|GM> She's far closer, at this point, and the aiming proves to be far less difficult.
  87. [2016-04-28 17:12:13] <Antioch|GM> ((Roll it boi, no range penalty))
  88. [2016-04-28 17:12:31] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 3d6 +1 son
  89. [2016-04-28 17:12:31] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "+1 son" [6] [3] [6] = 15
  90. [2016-04-28 17:13:33] <Antioch|GM> She can see her arm noticeably fissure as lightning pours out of them, washing over the vehicle almost in its entirety.
  91. [2016-04-28 17:14:56] <Antioch|GM> The taillights explode almost immediately -- then burst into flame. The car's occupants, having seemingly learned their lesson, cower inside the vehicle.
  92. [2016-04-28 17:15:37] <Antioch|GM> The passenger-side door, slightly gunked up by foam, gets booted off all of a sudden, skidding out into the middle of the highway, and Mortal Lock steps out - his weight makes the vehicle shift very noticeably.
  93. [2016-04-28 17:16:18] <Antioch|GM> Without preamble, he levels a longarm at Gigawatt. The tip of the barrel begins glowing, ramping up in intensity -- she realizes her evasive maneuvers are wholly in Valiant's hands. ||
  94. [2016-04-28 17:16:59] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((How high in the air is she?))
  95. [2016-04-28 17:17:38] <Antioch|GM> ((Roughly between 10 to 15 feet.))
  96. [2016-04-28 17:18:13] → Ilidirim joined (Ilidirim@net-hashdv.md.comcast.net)
  97. [2016-04-28 17:20:12] <SCG|Gigawatt> She hangs on with one arm, leveling the other at Mortal Lock's weapon. She fires, right for the barrel.
  98. [2016-04-28 17:20:17] <SCG|Gigawatt> She has only one thought.
  99. [2016-04-28 17:20:23] <SCG|Gigawatt> Please let this fucking hit. ||
  100. [2016-04-28 17:27:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> $1d6+2 SHINING SHIMMERING SPLENDOR
  101. [2016-04-28 17:27:30] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6+2 SHINING SHIMMERING SPLENDOR
  102. [2016-04-28 17:27:30] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "SHINING SHIMMERING SPLENDOR" [1] +2 = 3
  103. [2016-04-28 17:27:35] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((thanks bae))
  104. [2016-04-28 17:31:11] <Antioch|GM> Mortal Lock doesn't move a muscle, but one of the drones clamped to his body soars off towards you, intercepting the electrical blast , detonating in midair.
  105. [2016-04-28 17:31:15] <Antioch|GM> *her
  106. [2016-04-28 17:31:43] <Antioch|GM> He can't have too much left, Gigawatt suspects, given that she destroyed four of them in their earlier confrontation.
  107. [2016-04-28 17:32:22] <Antioch|GM> Even so, that's not the pressing issue -- the barrel glows with a red light, and emits a pencil-thin beam coming straight towards her.
  108. [2016-04-28 17:32:35] <Antioch|GM> ((Ath roll to hold on to dat platform))
  109. [2016-04-28 17:32:39] <Antioch|GM> $roll 2h6+1 Pew.
  110. [2016-04-28 17:32:39] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Pew." (5) [6] +1 = 7
  111. [2016-04-28 17:32:41] * Faustus is now known as Fistus
  112. [2016-04-28 17:32:48] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+1 Valiant, scoot.
  113. [2016-04-28 17:32:48] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Valiant, scoot." [3] +1 = 4
  114. [2016-04-28 17:33:13] * Fistus is now known as Faustus
  115. [2016-04-28 17:33:48] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6 holding on
  116. [2016-04-28 17:33:48] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "holding on" [6] = 6
  117. [2016-04-28 17:34:28] <Antioch|GM> ((Acrobatics roll, +2))
  118. [2016-04-28 17:35:49] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6+2 crobatica
  119. [2016-04-28 17:35:49] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "crobatica" [4] +2 = 6
  120. [2016-04-28 17:36:47] <Antioch|GM> She's quick enough to see that Valiant's evasive maneuvers aren't going to cut it -- holding on, maintaining her balance, she uses the momentum of the platform as a springboard, leaping towards the ground and bracing herself for the fall.
  121. [2016-04-28 17:36:50] <Antioch|GM> ((Withstando))
  122. [2016-04-28 17:38:05] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6 Standwitho
  123. [2016-04-28 17:38:05] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "Standwitho" [5] = 5
  124. [2016-04-28 17:38:42] <Antioch|GM> She tucks and rolls, old training coming back to the forefront of her mind, and sticks the landing. Perhaps a slight bruise, but far better than a concussion or fracture.
  125. [2016-04-28 17:39:51] <Antioch|GM> Now on the ground, she hears the squad behind her, piling out of the van, the occupants of Blackjack's car doing much the same. ||
  126. [2016-04-28 17:41:02] <SCG|Gigawatt> She can't decided who to shoot at. Fuck it. She stands her ground and wide-arcs lighntning at the whole group exiting the car, also trying to include Mortal Lock in the blast. ||
  127. [2016-04-28 17:41:25] <Antioch|GM> ((1d6+1, yo))
  128. [2016-04-28 17:42:42] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6+1 Wideshot
  129. [2016-04-28 17:42:43] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "Wideshot" [2] +1 = 3
  130. [2016-04-28 17:44:16] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((wait, don't i get an extra +1 due to accuracy?))
  131. [2016-04-28 17:45:11] <Antioch|GM> ((Skill bonuses are extra die rather than numerical buffs now -- you're a little rattled from falling out of the sky, too))
  132. [2016-04-28 17:45:30] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((also accuracy was removed apparently. Awks.))
  133. [2016-04-28 17:45:36] <Antioch|GM> (('tis Aim, now))
  134. [2016-04-28 17:46:05] <Antioch|GM> The occupants of the car exit via the passenger doorway, cowering behind the glob of foam. A good insulator, as it happens. Inconvenient.
  135. [2016-04-28 17:47:03] <Antioch|GM> "Mortal Lock, Gutshot, one unpowered still active," her earpiece says. "Keep an eye out for the terrakinetic Mover." ||
  136. [2016-04-28 17:47:09] <Antioch|GM> -||
  137. [2016-04-28 17:47:29] <Antioch|GM> The remaining thug takes a potshot at her from behind the blockade of foam --
  138. [2016-04-28 17:47:51] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+1
  139. [2016-04-28 17:47:51] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [2] +1 = 3
  140. [2016-04-28 17:48:01] <Antioch|GM> ((dodge or w/stand))
  141. [2016-04-28 17:50:50] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6 dodge
  142. [2016-04-28 17:50:50] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "dodge" [6] = 6
  143. [2016-04-28 17:51:23] <Antioch|GM> -- and she evades the shot with practiced ease, lunging to where his cover obscures his own line of sight.
  144. [2016-04-28 17:51:56] <Antioch|GM> Mortal Lock seems to be taking his time, aiming his weapon and letting it charge up.
  145. [2016-04-28 17:52:31] <Antioch|GM> "You know," he says, voice distorted by his speakers, "while you guys are focused on us, that guy who you're trying to save is gonna get gutted by my drones." ||
  146. [2016-04-28 17:53:18] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I'm taking that fucker out. Cover the rest." She says into her mic.
  147. [2016-04-28 17:54:06] <SCG|Gigawatt> She aims, before pouring as much power as she's got at Mortal Lock. ||
  148. [2016-04-28 17:54:40] <Antioch|GM> ((1d6+2, zappo))
  149. [2016-04-28 17:55:11] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6+2 el zapped
  150. [2016-04-28 17:55:11] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "el zapped" [2] +2 = 4
  151. [2016-04-28 17:55:32] <Antioch|GM> $roll 2h6+1 Drone intercepto
  152. [2016-04-28 17:55:32] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Drone intercepto" (1) [2] +1 = 3
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  154. [2016-04-28 17:56:14] <Antioch|GM> Mortal Lock deploys another drone from his power armor, hoping to serve as a lightningrod from Gigawatt's attack. Too little, too late, as her lightning seems to be travelling faster than ever.
  155. [2016-04-28 17:57:04] <Antioch|GM> She, too, feels faster, realizing that her legs have transitioned into a Breaker state as well. The costume's rapidly made the transition from full-body to a sleeveless top and short shorts over the span of two fights, so it seems.
  156. [2016-04-28 17:57:06] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d4
  157. [2016-04-28 17:57:06] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [3] = 3
  158. [2016-04-28 17:57:34] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+1 Roboguts
  159. [2016-04-28 17:57:34] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Roboguts" [6] +1 = 7
  160. [2016-04-28 17:58:23] <Antioch|GM> Where you'd expect the sheer force of electricity to knock a lesser man on his ass, Mortal Lock manages to stay upright, lightning now dancing across his power armor.
  161. [2016-04-28 17:59:14] <Antioch|GM> *she'd
  162. [2016-04-28 17:59:33] <Antioch|GM> "G -kzzhtht- bage," he hisses, static overpowering his speaker-augmented voice, as he levels the longarm at her once more, unleashing the same beam of energy.
  163. [2016-04-28 17:59:58] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+3 Aimed Shot, armor pen 1
  164. [2016-04-28 17:59:58] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Aimed Shot, armor pen 1" [6] +3 = 9
  165. [2016-04-28 18:00:03] <Antioch|GM> ((D:))
  166. [2016-04-28 18:00:07] <Antioch|GM> ||
  167. [2016-04-28 18:00:32] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((what?)))
  168. [2016-04-28 18:00:53] <Antioch|GM> ((You can dodge/withstand))
  169. [2016-04-28 18:01:02] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6 DODGE
  170. [2016-04-28 18:01:02] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "DODGE" [1] = 1
  171. [2016-04-28 18:01:06] <Antioch|GM> ((D:))
  172. [2016-04-28 18:01:08] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((fucked.))
  173. [2016-04-28 18:01:22] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d4
  174. [2016-04-28 18:01:22] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [4] = 4
  175. [2016-04-28 18:01:28] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((ultra fucked.))
  176. [2016-04-28 18:01:31] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6
  177. [2016-04-28 18:01:31] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [3] = 3
  178. [2016-04-28 18:01:54] <Antioch|GM> The beam punches into her gut, but it doesn't pierce through her like she'd expect.
  179. [2016-04-28 18:02:25] <Antioch|GM> Rather, she feels the sensation of thin cuts begin opening on her torso, leaving a multitude of gashes on her chest and stomach -- then widening.
  180. [2016-04-28 18:02:51] <Antioch|GM> The pain is debilitating -- she's been through worse, but not much worse, and she grits her teeth.
  181. [2016-04-28 18:03:26] <Antioch|GM> ((Guts debuffed by 1 - doesn't affect max wounds, just rolls, and one Moderate Cut))
  182. [2016-04-28 18:03:30] <Antioch|GM> ||
  183. [2016-04-28 18:04:36] <SCG|Gigawatt> "YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" She screams, setting off in a mad dash for him, taking pot shots, trying to get close enough to rip him the fuck apart. "IF THIS SCARS MY TITS YOU'RE A FUCKING DEAD MAN." ||
  184. [2016-04-28 18:07:43] * ThalAI is now known as pinged
  185. [2016-04-28 18:07:55] <Antioch|GM> As she dashes towards him, the wounds on her chest make her acutely aware that she's tiring, losing steam. She needs to catch her breath, perhaps, or draw upon a second wind.
  186. [2016-04-28 18:08:09] <Antioch|GM> ((1d6+2 thunderbolt attack pikachu))
  187. [2016-04-28 18:09:46] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6+2
  188. [2016-04-28 18:09:46] <[ATM]> Gigawatt [3] +2 = 5
  189. [2016-04-28 18:11:35] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+1 Robo Withstando
  190. [2016-04-28 18:11:35] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Robo Withstando" [3] +1 = 4
  191. [2016-04-28 18:11:39] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d4
  192. [2016-04-28 18:11:39] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [1] = 1
  193. [2016-04-28 18:12:33] <Antioch|GM> Mortal Lock finds his tactic of sending drones to intercept Gigawatt's attacks stymied as she hurls herself forward at Mover speeds, leaving a trail of ionized air in her wake.
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  195. [2016-04-28 18:14:22] <Antioch|GM> Her hands pound into the power armor, clawing at it - finding no purchase or give in the thick metal plates, but every strike discharges more lightning into the armor.
  196. [2016-04-28 18:14:50] <Antioch|GM> The static makes Lock's speech more than unintelligible, but she imagines she can hear a 'BITCH' in there.
  197. [2016-04-28 18:15:28] <Antioch|GM> Off to the side, the PRT squad are attempting to coat the vehicle in foam, trying to glue it to the asphalt such that Gutshot can't tear it from the ground.
  198. [2016-04-28 18:16:20] <Antioch|GM> Valiant takes to the air, ostensibly to ensure the safety of the man still being pursued by Mortal Lock's drones.
  199. [2016-04-28 18:17:04] <Antioch|GM> In retaliation, Mortal Lock brings one gauntleted fist swinging down - from a practiced eye trained in CQC, it's a clumsy blow, but she's close enough and it's big enough that it might still pose a threat.
  200. [2016-04-28 18:17:10] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+1 Brawn Puncho
  201. [2016-04-28 18:17:10] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Brawn Puncho" [5] +1 = 6
  202. [2016-04-28 18:17:14] <Antioch|GM> ((Dodge or withstando))
  203. [2016-04-28 18:17:22] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6 doge
  204. [2016-04-28 18:17:22] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "doge" [5] = 5
  205. [2016-04-28 18:17:38] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((and here I was hoping I was intangible now xD))
  206. [2016-04-28 18:17:48] <Antioch|GM> ((Nay my dude, one more rounderino))
  207. [2016-04-28 18:17:58] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((oh, doesn't doge get a +1?))
  208. [2016-04-28 18:18:00] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d4
  209. [2016-04-28 18:18:00] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [4] = 4
  210. [2016-04-28 18:18:01] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((athletics son))
  211. [2016-04-28 18:18:15] <Antioch|GM> ((Does, but brawn-based attacks win ties))
  212. [2016-04-28 18:18:21] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6
  213. [2016-04-28 18:18:21] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [3] = 3
  214. [2016-04-28 18:18:22] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d4
  215. [2016-04-28 18:18:22] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [4] = 4
  216. [2016-04-28 18:18:49] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((thas beat but okay))
  217. [2016-04-28 18:19:05] <Antioch|GM> As the gauntleted fist strikes Gigawatt, the electricity covering her body seems to make some fuse blow -- there's a sharp crack, the acrid scent of smoke overpowering the electric tang in the air.
  218. [2016-04-28 18:20:54] <Antioch|GM> Either Mortal Lock or the armor flips out, twitching and falling flat onto its ass, and chunks of asphalt go flying.
  219. [2016-04-28 18:21:17] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6
  220. [2016-04-28 18:21:17] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [4] = 4
  221. [2016-04-28 18:21:43] <Antioch|GM> On Gigawatt's end, the momentum of the massive, metal fist continues along its inexorable path, slamming into her chest once again.
  222. [2016-04-28 18:22:10] <Antioch|GM> She winces, the cuts in her chest getting wider from the impact, feeling positive that some ribs were broke.
  223. [2016-04-28 18:22:57] <Antioch|GM> *broken
  224. [2016-04-28 18:23:15] <Antioch|GM> ((Pain, fatigue -- taxing movement will give you a temp minor wound, electrical attacks necessitate a successful Guts check -- one round of rest will clear the latter))
  225. [2016-04-28 18:23:17] <Antioch|GM> ||
  226. [2016-04-28 18:24:25] * pinged is now known as ThalAI
  227. [2016-04-28 18:24:41] <SCG|Gigawatt> Fuck rest, fuck fatigue, fuck pain. She grabs onto Mortal Lock in a deathgrip and does her best to continue the shocks.
  228. [2016-04-28 18:24:49] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6-1 shox
  229. [2016-04-28 18:24:49] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "shox" [5] -1 = 4
  230. [2016-04-28 18:25:01] <Antioch|GM> ((Was that the gattsu roll))
  231. [2016-04-28 18:25:39] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((it was))
  232. [2016-04-28 18:26:28] <Antioch|GM> ((Roll ya attack and guts roll))
  233. [2016-04-28 18:26:37] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((I thought that was the guts roll!))
  234. [2016-04-28 18:26:45] <Antioch|GM> ((The guts roll is for the extra minor wound from pain fillin ya up))
  235. [2016-04-28 18:26:50] <Antioch|GM> ((The first one was from the ol' fatigue))
  236. [2016-04-28 18:26:57] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6 manidkbonusesanymobutthisisshoxroll
  237. [2016-04-28 18:26:57] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "manidkbonusesanymobutthisisshoxroll" [1] = 1
  238. [2016-04-28 18:27:07] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6 gattsu2electricboogaloo
  239. [2016-04-28 18:27:07] <[ATM]> Gigawatt "gattsu2electricboogaloo" [3] = 3
  240. [2016-04-28 18:27:41] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6-2 Mortal Lock's prone ass
  241. [2016-04-28 18:27:41] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Mortal Lock's prone ass" [1] -2 = -1
  242. [2016-04-28 18:27:52] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d4
  243. [2016-04-28 18:27:52] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [3] = 3
  244. [2016-04-28 18:28:03] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((for the record, feels weird to roll for a striker ability.))
  245. [2016-04-28 18:29:44] <Antioch|GM> Gigawatt staggers into the fallen Mortal Lock, doing her best to throttle the mech with her small hands. She has no idea whether the man inside is convulsing or not, but the longarm mounted his shoulder bursts into flame.
  246. [2016-04-28 18:31:06] <Antioch|GM> Straddling the power armor, she feels her the Breaker effect spread over the entirety of her body - not providing a reprieve from the pain, it seems, but rather a sore, electric feeling, much as if her muscles were overtaxed.
  247. [2016-04-28 18:31:26] <Antioch|GM> Mortal Lock lies there, smoke pouring from the vents in his armor, unmoving. ||
  248. [2016-04-28 18:35:08] <SCG|Gigawatt> Gigawatt lays on the ground, spent. "Squad, foam us in. I'm too fucked up to move, and I don't want to get shot while I'm down. Mortal Lock's pretty fucked up too, but let's not take any chances." ||
  249. [2016-04-28 18:38:41] <Antioch|GM> "You sure? You were bleeding pretty bad before you went Breaker," one of the squaddies -- Sinclair, that's right -- says. He aims the nozzle at you anyways. ||
  250. [2016-04-28 18:41:35] <SCG|Gigawatt> She does her best to roll away from him. "Fuck."
  251. [2016-04-28 18:42:07] <SCG|Gigawatt> "At the least, foam him. And call an ambulance." ||
  252. [2016-04-28 18:46:09] <Antioch|GM> "Done and done," Sinclair replies, dousing the Tinker with foam. "Already had one on the way, for a car crash situation."
  253. [2016-04-28 18:46:39] <Antioch|GM> "Need me to take a look at the wounds?" he asks. ||
  254. [2016-04-28 18:46:53] <SCG|Gigawatt> She coughs.
  255. [2016-04-28 18:47:08] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Are you just trying to get a look at my chest, Sinclair?" ||
  256. [2016-04-28 18:47:39] <Antioch|GM> "I mean, perks, but I'm largely hoping you're not gonna bleed out." ||
  257. [2016-04-28 18:47:59] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Fine. But you owe me dinner later." ||
  258. [2016-04-28 18:51:29] <Antioch|GM> He snorts. "You should be owing me dinner," he says, pulling out some medical supplies.
  259. [2016-04-28 18:52:03] <Antioch|GM> The rest of the squad is cornering Gutshot, using the torn-off door as an impromptu shield.
  260. [2016-04-28 18:52:59] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+1 MediDex
  261. [2016-04-28 18:52:59] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "MediDex" [2] +1 = 3
  262. [2016-04-28 18:53:09] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+1 MediKnow
  263. [2016-04-28 18:53:09] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "MediKnow" [3] +1 = 4
  264. [2016-04-28 18:53:41] <Antioch|GM> $roll 2d6 Shoulda rolled two each
  265. [2016-04-28 18:53:41] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "Shoulda rolled two each" [3] [3] = 6
  266. [2016-04-28 18:53:48] <Antioch|GM> ((4 and 4))
  267. [2016-04-28 18:54:08] <Antioch|GM> Removing the upper half of the costume isn't difficult, given the extant damage. Sinclair swabs down much of the blood with gauze, then again with disinfectant.
  268. [2016-04-28 18:54:39] <Antioch|GM> "Hm, never mind," he says, after the majority of the blood's been wiped away. "Guess I do owe you dinner." ||
  269. [2016-04-28 18:56:57] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I guess I won't be wearing a bikini for a while, huh?'" ||
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  271. [2016-04-28 19:05:13] <Antioch|GM> "Nah, Protectorate capes get biotinker healing. Probably won't even leave a scar," he says. |
  272. [2016-04-28 19:05:15] <Antioch|GM> ||
  273. [2016-04-28 19:05:47] <SCG|Gigawatt> She breathes a sigh of relief.
  274. [2016-04-28 19:06:32] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Forgot about that. Cape stuff is weird, man."
  275. [2016-04-28 19:07:40] <SCG|Gigawatt> "After they magic me back to health, we'll get Chinese. In the meantime, mind covering up my tits?" ||
  276. [2016-04-28 19:08:35] <Antioch|GM> He binds the wounds generously with gauze wrap, then hands her the remnants of the top.
  277. [2016-04-28 19:09:17] <Antioch|GM> "Most of the good Chinese shit in town is kaput, but we can look around." ||
  278. [2016-04-28 19:14:36] <SCG|Gigawatt> She attempts to sit up and put the remains of her top back on.
  279. [2016-04-28 19:15:31] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Only injured two out of three times in the field, now. Not too shabby."
  280. [2016-04-28 19:15:36] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  281. [2016-04-28 19:18:06] <Antioch|GM> "Comes with the lifestyle, I think," Sinclair replies. "I like being a squaddie -- usually we have capes like you who are a lot more attractive targets to shoot at,
  282. [2016-04-28 19:18:30] <Antioch|GM> "Comes with the lifestyle, I think," Sinclair replies.
  283. [2016-04-28 19:18:30] <Antioch|GM> "I like being a squaddie -- usually we have capes like you who are a lot more attractive targets to shoot at," he jokes, tongue-in-cheek." ||
  284. [2016-04-28 19:23:04] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((did he just repeat himself))
  285. [2016-04-28 19:23:14] <Antioch|GM> ((Nah, just me fixing a typo on my part))
  286. [2016-04-28 19:23:23] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((kk))
  287. [2016-04-28 19:23:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((was she able to sit up and put her top on?))
  288. [2016-04-28 19:24:11] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((not sure how ambulatory she is atm))
  289. [2016-04-28 19:24:29] <Antioch|GM> ((Yeah. Fatigue is gone, power's winding down. She could probably stand, actually, though it'd be hella sore))
  290. [2016-04-28 19:28:42] <SCG|Gigawatt> She does her best to stand up. "Thanks."
  291. [2016-04-28 19:28:55] <SCG|Gigawatt> Touching her mic, she asks for a status report, looking around. ||
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  294. [2016-04-28 19:31:52] <Antioch|GM> Mortal Lock has been encased in a mountain of foam, as have the two thugs.
  295. [2016-04-28 19:31:52] <Antioch|GM> Gutshot is struggling, using the car door as a barricade against the onrush of foam, but it's expanding, spilling past. He looks panicked, debating whether to flee, and where to.
  296. [2016-04-28 19:31:52] <Antioch|GM> "Valiant's got the target stasised. Car crash, medium speeds -- ambulance here in less than a minute, for you and him." ||
  297. [2016-04-28 19:34:05] <SCG|Gigawatt> "in the meantime, gonna try to take down Gutshot." She makes sure everyone's out of the way, before loosing a bolt on the uncovered part of the car, hoping it also electrocutes the car door, and Gutshot. ||
  298. [2016-04-28 19:34:11] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((power shot ofc))
  299. [2016-04-28 19:35:24] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((not sure on my roll here))
  300. [2016-04-28 19:35:40] <Antioch|GM> ((He's just holding a loose car door in his hands))
  301. [2016-04-28 19:35:49] <Antioch|GM> ((not actually attached to the car))
  302. [2016-04-28 19:37:09] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((then she aims at the part of the door that isn't covered in foam))
  303. [2016-04-28 19:37:23] <Antioch|GM> ((It's pretty covered, my dude))
  304. [2016-04-28 19:37:29] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((His feet then?))
  305. [2016-04-28 19:37:37] <Antioch|GM> ((aight))
  306. [2016-04-28 19:37:46] <Antioch|GM> ((3h6+1))
  307. [2016-04-28 19:37:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 3d6+1
  308. [2016-04-28 19:37:52] <[ATM]> Gigawatt [4] [6] [6] +1 = 17
  309. [2016-04-28 19:38:01] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d6+1 W'stand
  310. [2016-04-28 19:38:01] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM "W'stand" [5] +1 = 6
  311. [2016-04-28 19:38:07] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((dat 7 son))
  312. [2016-04-28 19:38:29] <Antioch|GM> $roll 1d4
  313. [2016-04-28 19:38:29] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [4] = 4
  314. [2016-04-28 19:38:56] <Antioch|GM> With the constant wave of foam pouring over him, Gutshot has no chance of dodging -- he falls over, door clattering out of his hands, and the foam covers him in its entirety.
  315. [2016-04-28 19:39:10] <Antioch|GM> "Nice," Sinclair whistles. "Two takedowns."
  316. [2016-04-28 19:39:27] <Antioch|GM> The sound of tires approaching draws your attention. The ambulance's arrived. ||
  317. [2016-04-28 19:39:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Hell yeah!"
  318. [2016-04-28 19:40:29] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((was the thug taken care of?))
  319. [2016-04-28 19:40:37] <Antioch|GM> ((Yeah, he was foamed too))
  320. [2016-04-28 19:41:11] * Thaliaway is now known as Thalia
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  322. [2016-04-28 19:42:46] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I think we've got everything taken care of on this end. Great job team. If nobody has any objections, I'll be getting in the ambulance now." ||
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  324. [2016-04-28 19:44:44] <Antioch|GM> Everyone who's listening and not busy hauling the foamed-up dudes in the van nods. The two thugs get defoamed and handcuffed, while the two capes remain coated.
  325. [2016-04-28 19:45:38] <Antioch|GM> Valiant touches down, a rather beaten-up body encased in one of his specters.
  326. [2016-04-28 19:45:38] <Antioch|GM> "Comin' with."
  327. [2016-04-28 19:45:38] <Antioch|GM> As he lands, he claps a hand on Gigawatt's shoulders. ||
  328. [2016-04-28 19:47:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> "It'll be pretty boring, but alright. Let's go." ||
  329. [2016-04-28 19:48:24] <Antioch|GM> The ambulance pulls out, and the two have an opportunity to speak in the aftermath.
  330. [2016-04-28 19:48:46] <Antioch|GM> "I'm impressed," he says. "Most of us don't do so well, in our first or second fights." ||
  331. [2016-04-28 19:51:05] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((few mins))
  332. [2016-04-28 19:51:14] <Antioch|GM> ((np np))
  333. [2016-04-28 19:55:15] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((backsies))
  334. [2016-04-28 19:56:17] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Most people don't have military experience or the ability to shoot lightning either." She smirks. "Plus, I doubt most get injured over half the time they go out." ||
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  336. [2016-04-28 19:58:54] <Antioch|GM> "You'd be surprised at the beating I took my first day out. Don't worry," he says, "your formal, armored costume will be done before the week is out, and you'll be a lot safer for it." ||
  337. [2016-04-28 19:59:31] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Thank Christ."
  338. [2016-04-28 19:59:59] <SCG|Gigawatt> "By the way, thanks for the magic carpet ride." ||
  339. [2016-04-28 20:00:37] <Antioch|GM> He grimaces. "Sorry I couldn't dodge for you," he says. "Was a spur of the moment thing. ||
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  341. [2016-04-28 20:03:44] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Next time, maybe just drop the whole thing down ten feet? That'll fuck up aim a lot better, and probably be safer."
  342. [2016-04-28 20:03:59] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Anyway, no harm, no foul. I managed to make it work." ||
  343. [2016-04-28 20:04:57] <Antioch|GM> "I'll keep it in mind next time," he says. "We can practice the trick later, if you think it's something you'll want to try again. Turning you into an aerial artillery platform is something I don't really have any qualms with." ||
  344. [2016-04-28 20:06:30] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Hell yeah! That was fun. And I was able to keep them pinned down for a while." ||
  345. [2016-04-28 20:08:12] <Antioch|GM> "I'm glad you're already thinking towards team maneuvers," he says. "Military training, again?"
  346. [2016-04-28 20:08:25] <Antioch|GM> He doesn't give you a chance to respond, listening in to his earpiece.
  347. [2016-04-28 20:08:37] <Antioch|GM> *her
  348. [2016-04-28 20:08:50] <Antioch|GM> She hears the what's likely the same message, relayed over her own.
  349. [2016-04-28 20:10:08] <Antioch|GM> "Fairview Hospital just got trashed by a tag-team of two capes. Might expect delays in treatment."
  350. [2016-04-28 20:10:47] <Antioch|GM> "No fight, just in and out, a lot of the Tinkertech being targeted. Still, eyes open. Medical treatment comes first, but we'll have more people over, keeping an eye on things and getting a better picture of what happened."
  351. [2016-04-28 20:10:59] <Antioch|GM> Valiant sighs. "Dammit." ||
  352. [2016-04-28 20:12:01] <SCG|Gigawatt> She goes wide-eyed.
  353. [2016-04-28 20:12:25] <SCG|Gigawatt> "God damn it."
  354. [2016-04-28 20:12:38] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  355. [2016-04-28 20:13:16] <Antioch|GM> The rest of the report comes in -- it seems that The Good King's laboratory was the victim, the remainder of the hospital remaining intact.
  356. [2016-04-28 20:15:40] <Antioch|GM> Conventional treatment is still in the cards for you, though she'd be out of commission for a longer time than she likes.
  357. [2016-04-28 20:15:40] <Antioch|GM> The scarring, too, is a sticking point.
  358. [2016-04-28 20:17:42] <Antioch|GM> "Urgh. This really throws a wrench in my plans," Valiant says. "The Director wanted you to speak with TGK, touching on the subject of your addition."
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  361. [2016-04-28 20:18:46] <Antioch|GM> "Don't mean to get all up in your business -- just, he's been pretty public with his trigger. Bad withdrawal, all of that. It's possible his power might help you. Was him who raised the issue, to be honest." ||
  362. [2016-04-28 20:19:34] <SCG|Gigawatt> "The issue?" ||
  363. [2016-04-28 20:21:01] <Antioch|GM> "He offered his services in biotinkering, to help you overcome withdrawal symptoms and the like. I'm... not too sure about the specifics." ||
  364. [2016-04-28 20:21:43] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Oh, right. I forgot they'd told you."
  365. [2016-04-28 20:22:13] <Antioch|GM> ...
  366. [2016-04-28 20:22:29] <Antioch|GM> "Sorry," he shrugs apologetically. "Team leader. They had to. Don't like prying like this." ||
  367. [2016-04-28 20:22:38] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Did they tell you why I triggered?" ||
  368. [2016-04-28 20:23:26] <Antioch|GM> He nods. "In the case file."
  369. [2016-04-28 20:23:26] <Antioch|GM> "If it feels asymmetrical, like I'm the guy holding all the cards and the cards are jam-packed with your baggage, I can live with telling you mine." ||
  370. [2016-04-28 20:23:44] <SCG|Gigawatt> "It's not a big deal."
  371. [2016-04-28 20:23:54] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I just wanted to make sure you didn't just have half the story."
  372. [2016-04-28 20:24:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I'm not just a fucking junkie. It...it helps more than i can say. It's what makes me function."
  373. [2016-04-28 20:25:28] <SCG|Gigawatt> "The symptoms are worth all of that. Because without this...I wasn't able to deal." ||
  374. [2016-04-28 20:26:47] <Antioch|GM> He grimaces, nodding. "I'll stay out of it. I don't know what it's like, I trust your judgement. You did damn good today, I didn't see a detriment to your performance, I'm not about to get on your ass for your coping methods. I've got mine." ||
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  376. [2016-04-28 20:27:20] * Faustus is now known as Faustisaway
  377. [2016-04-28 20:29:09] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Thanks."
  378. [2016-04-28 20:29:39] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Just please don't tell anyone else. I don't want to be seen as a liability...or worse."
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  380. [2016-04-28 20:30:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Fuck. And now there's gonna be scarring. and I...fuck. Are you sure I can't talk to the King still?" ||
  381. [2016-04-28 20:30:55] <Antioch|GM> "Probably could. I think he'd make time for you." ||
  382. [2016-04-28 20:32:33] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I really hope so."
  383. [2016-04-28 20:33:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  384. [2016-04-28 20:33:42] <Antioch|GM> The ambulance pulls into the hospital, Valiant using his power to convey Malcolm in lieu of a stretcher.
  385. [2016-04-28 20:35:48] <Antioch|GM> "I understand it's a bit of a... hectic time," he says to one of the hospital staff in front of an elevator, "but I'd really like to speak to The Good King. Injured Protectorate cape and another civilian upon whose health the psychological stability of another may rest."
  386. [2016-04-28 20:36:35] <Antioch|GM> The man nods. "Ninth floor," he says. He looks as if he's about to say something else, but decides against it.
  387. [2016-04-28 20:36:41] <Antioch|GM> The elevator door slides open. ||
  388. [2016-04-28 20:40:12] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Thank you." She whispers to Valiant, before getting in the elevator. ||
  389. [2016-04-28 20:42:01] <Antioch|GM> The hospital is a familiar sight, from the last time she was shot. The tenth floor, the site of the attack, was The Good King's lab and area to discreetly treat parahumans, where she would've gone otherwise.
  390. [2016-04-28 20:42:29] <Antioch|GM> The hallway, when the door opens, is a mess of medical and mechanical equipment, placed without rhyme or reason.
  391. [2016-04-28 20:43:45] <Antioch|GM> In the midst of relocating them is a man in a Tinkertech bodysuit, a backpack on his back with with IVs running into his shoulder, chest and arms. The Good King.
  392. [2016-04-28 20:43:59] <Antioch|GM> He sets down the device he was holding, then turns to the two heroes.
  393. [2016-04-28 20:44:14] <Antioch|GM> "You caught me at a pretty bad time," he says drily. ||
  394. [2016-04-28 20:46:48] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Sorry about that. But it's not a great time for us either." She motions at her injuries, and those of the man Valiant has. ||
  395. [2016-04-28 20:49:23] <Antioch|GM> He grimaces. "Spriggs, right? You're lucky, I had your tissue sample on file by the Director's request. I don't think it'll be too difficult to get you patched up."
  396. [2016-04-28 20:49:23] <Antioch|GM> A second once-over. "Not an issue whatsoever, actually."
  397. [2016-04-28 20:49:23] <Antioch|GM> "The other guy -- never seen him before. Injuries aren't so bad that he needs to be stasised, I can stabilize him now."
  398. [2016-04-28 20:49:50] <Antioch|GM> "If you're sure," Valiant says, depositing Malcolm on a gurney.
  399. [2016-04-28 20:50:06] <Antioch|GM> $roll 9d6+3!
  400. [2016-04-28 20:50:06] <[ATM]> Antioch|GM [5]+3 [5]+3 [1]+3 [2]+3 [1]+3 [3]+3 [6]+3 [2]+3 [1]+3 = 8, 8, 4, 5, 4, 6, 9, 5, 4
  401. [2016-04-28 20:51:17] <Antioch|GM> His backpack unfolds into additional, thin robotic arms, operating on the unconscious man, setting bone, suturing wounds, rerouting one of the IVs to Malcolm instead of himself.
  402. [2016-04-28 20:52:09] <Antioch|GM> "They trashed the majority of the samples I had," he mutters as he works, "capes who promised to show up for the next Endbringer fight. I promised them healing, a second wind, in return."
  403. [2016-04-28 20:52:11] <Antioch|GM> "Goddamnit." ||
  404. [2016-04-28 20:55:10] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Brutal."
  405. [2016-04-28 20:55:24] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Look, I know this is going to sound vain, or whatever."
  406. [2016-04-28 20:55:48] <SCG|Gigawatt> "But I'm a lady, damn it. Please just tell me this isn't going to scar." ||
  407. [2016-04-28 20:57:01] <Antioch|GM> He shakes his head, sounding slightly irritated when he replies.
  408. [2016-04-28 20:57:01] <Antioch|GM> "May be some discoloration where the wounds have recently healed, flesh being pinker than elsewhere, but it'll pass over time." ||
  409. [2016-04-28 21:01:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Thank God."
  410. [2016-04-28 21:02:08] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I uh...I have a date." She looks at the floor. ||
  411. [2016-04-28 21:04:55] <Antioch|GM> ((brb driving))
  412. [2016-04-28 21:07:54] * Firlz is now known as Firlz|Emp
  413. [2016-04-28 21:08:02] * ColdGold is now known as ColdGold|GM
  414. [2016-04-28 21:08:21] * Pink is now known as Pink|Dollhouse
  415. [2016-04-28 21:11:58] * Thalia is now known as Simulacrum
  416. [2016-04-28 21:12:34] <Antioch|GM> "Congrats," he says offhandedly. "Okay, I'll synthesize something for this guy later."
  417. [2016-04-28 21:13:20] <Antioch|GM> "Show me your arm," he says, slotting in cartridge of fluid into his backpack. ||
  418. [2016-04-28 21:17:00] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((me?))
  419. [2016-04-28 21:17:27] <SCG|Gigawatt> She does as he asks. ||
  420. [2016-04-28 21:22:17] <Antioch|GM> One of the metallic attachments to the backpack snakes its way over to her arm, jabbing itself neatly into the vein.
  421. [2016-04-28 21:23:08] <Antioch|GM> She feels a tingling, vaguely itchy sensation, largely focused on her chest wounds, both the deep cuts and the bruised and broken ribs. ||
  422. [2016-04-28 21:23:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> She's speechless. Doing her best not to move, barely breathing. Scared to fuck this up. ||
  423. [2016-04-28 21:27:31] <Antioch|GM> "Relax, relax," the Tinker says, the metallic implement unwinding. "Just letting your body do its thing, faster than usual." ||
  424. [2016-04-28 21:31:00] <SCG|Gigawatt> She breathes deep, tries to relax. ||
  425. [2016-04-28 21:32:01] <Antioch|GM> "Did Valiant tell you about the other reason I wanted to see you?"
  426. [2016-04-28 21:32:16] <SCG|Gigawatt> "In vague terms."
  427. [2016-04-28 21:32:21] <Antioch|GM> The hero is long gone, already wandered upstairs one floor to inspect the damages.
  428. [2016-04-28 21:33:23] <Antioch|GM> "I've had my personal struggles with drugs. Heroin, moreso than cocaine. Believe me when I say I don't judge." ||
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  430. [2016-04-28 21:33:53] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I trust you."
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  433. [2016-04-28 21:34:15] <SCG|Gigawatt> "But right now...I don't think I can live without it. Not a need based on addiction, although that is part of it."
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  435. [2016-04-28 21:34:51] <SCG|Gigawatt> "It's how I deal. And right now, I'm functioning well. I'm making it work."
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  437. [2016-04-28 21:35:08] <SCG|Gigawatt> "What exactly do you have to offer?" ||
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  441. [2016-04-28 21:36:54] <Antioch|GM> "If you wanted to break the habit, I have things that would ease or outright do away with the withdrawal symptoms."
  442. [2016-04-28 21:37:34] <Antioch|GM> "A coping mechanism, I can understand, respect, even."
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  446. [2016-04-28 21:39:07] <Antioch|GM> "I didn't break the habit without the help of the few friends I had," he explains. "Maybe you'd find it easier to cope, when you have a support network, get closer to your coworkers or otherwise?"
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  448. [2016-04-28 21:39:19] <Antioch|GM> "I know you mentioned a date, earlier." ||
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  452. [2016-04-28 21:40:32] * Zaits was kicked by Antioch|GM (Sorry! Your connection issues are cluttering up my logs.)
  453. [2016-04-28 21:42:07] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I...I don't know anymore. But I don't want to go on my first date in a year, right around when I'm going to be losing out on my coping method."
  454. [2016-04-28 21:42:43] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I have something like a month, before the Director wants me to quit. Can it wait?" ||
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  456. [2016-04-28 21:47:38] <Antioch|GM> "It can," he says. "I didn't expect you to jump at it immediately. Take your time." ||
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  458. [2016-04-28 21:50:07] <SCG|Gigawatt> "So uh, this is gonna sound awful but...you wouldn't happen to know the most trustworthy dealer around, would you? My last dealers got busted, and it's always a crapshoot. Don't want to end up with a product that kills me. I figure as a doctor, you would at least know who to avoid." ||
  459. [2016-04-28 21:53:07] <Antioch|GM> He shakes his head.
  460. [2016-04-28 21:54:06] <Antioch|GM> "It's been too long since I had the habit, kicked it before the Dust Devils even arrived. I wouldn't know."
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  462. [2016-04-28 21:55:59] <Antioch|GM> "If it ends up being a concern, I'm developing a stimulant injection that serves as countermeasures for Wink's lethargy beam. Not something I'd want you to make a habit of." ||
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  464. [2016-04-28 21:57:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I think I'll be alright, thanks. I appreciate what you're doing here. Let me know if I can do anything to help." ||
  465. [2016-04-28 21:58:30] <Antioch|GM> "I heard you took down Mortal Lock and Gutshot today. If anything, I owe you." ||
  466. [2016-04-28 22:00:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> She shrugs. "All in a day's work. Beating people up is easy, compared to what you're doing here. You already made sure I can wear a bikini again. We're even." ||
  467. [2016-04-28 22:02:56] <Antioch|GM> He extends a hand to shake, and Gigawatt finds her wounds have healed.
  468. [2016-04-28 22:03:10] <Antioch|GM> "Best of luck, moving forward." ||
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  470. [2016-04-28 22:04:34] <SCG|Gigawatt> She shakes his hand.
  471. [2016-04-28 22:04:47] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((Do I know who did this to his lab?))
  472. [2016-04-28 22:06:12] <Antioch|GM> ((Two independent villains, presumed to be Gatecrash and Tilt. Out-of-towners, mercs.))
  473. [2016-04-28 22:07:48] <SCG|Gigawatt> "If I find the fuckers that did this to your lab, they'll be twitching for the rest of their lives, I assure you." ||
  474. [2016-04-28 22:09:10] <Antioch|GM> "Appreciated. In hindsight, this is a hell of a wake-up call. I need to step up my security." ||
  475. [2016-04-28 22:10:44] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Well, we just apprehended a tinker specializing in drones. Maybe he'll be willing to share his tech with you, for a lighter sentence, something like that? I can bring it up to the Director, if you'd like. ||
  476. [2016-04-28 22:12:12] <Antioch|GM> "I wouldn't work with scum like him. Got another Tinker in mind for the job, anyhow." ||
  477. [2016-04-28 22:12:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((Can I roll to remember what the deal is between them?))
  478. [2016-04-28 22:13:13] <Antioch|GM> ((Ye))
  479. [2016-04-28 22:13:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> $roll 1d6-1
  480. [2016-04-28 22:13:21] <[ATM]> Gigawatt [5] -1 = 4
  481. [2016-04-28 22:14:13] <Antioch|GM> ((TGK hates blackjack as whole, Lock especially for strongarming whole neighborhoods into accepting his protection and the constant surveillance that comes with it))
  482. [2016-04-28 22:16:08] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Right, I forgot about the issues you had with Blackjack. Still new to this whole thing."
  483. [2016-04-28 22:16:20] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Sorry, I didn't mean any offense." ||
  484. [2016-04-28 22:16:51] <Antioch|GM> "It's cool. Just make sure that any offers of a lighter sentence are out of the question, hey?" ||
  485. [2016-04-28 22:18:16] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Yeah, I'll do my best." ||
  486. [2016-04-28 22:18:49] <Antioch|GM> ((Anything you wanna touch upon or tackle with the remainder of this session, or are ya good?))
  487. [2016-04-28 22:20:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((I'd like to talk to the Director))
  488. [2016-04-28 22:21:24] <Antioch|GM> ((We'll hafta schedule something with Mega))
  489. [2016-04-28 22:21:34] <Antioch|GM> ((He gone for the weekend))
  490. [2016-04-28 22:21:39] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((ah, nvm that then))
  491. [2016-04-28 22:21:51] <Antioch|GM> ((Alternatively, could PM me a list of things to touch upon, bring to his attention))
  492. [2016-04-28 22:21:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((I think I want to do drug shopping + date next session))
  493. [2016-04-28 22:22:11] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((nah, it's nbd))
  494. [2016-04-28 22:22:44] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((But I'd like Giga to go back to PRT HQ before the end of the session))
  495. [2016-04-28 22:22:59] * Pink|Dollhouse is now known as Pink|DH|KC
  496. [2016-04-28 22:23:10] ← Ilidirim left (Ilidirim@net-0njhuo.fios.verizon.net)
  497. [2016-04-28 22:23:52] <Antioch|GM> ((Aight))
  498. [2016-04-28 22:24:39] <Antioch|GM> "Need a ride back? Get the feeling Valiant's sticking around, checking the crime scene."
  499. [2016-04-28 22:24:58] <Antioch|GM> "I can get you a cab, or have someone I trust drop you off." ||
  500. [2016-04-28 22:25:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I'll take the cab, thanks. Can't wait to get back to my motorcycle." ||
  501. [2016-04-28 22:26:14] * Faustisaway is now known as Faustus
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  504. [2016-04-28 22:28:52] <Antioch|GM> "No problem," he says, waving farewell, and Gigawatt leaves the hospital, with Valiant and Malcolm remaining there.
  505. [2016-04-28 22:29:29] <Antioch|GM> The trip back is uneventful, and PRT suits await her when she returns -- Calhoun included. ||
  506. [2016-04-28 22:29:58] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((brb checking my logs because memory))
  507. [2016-04-28 22:30:59] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Hey Rick, how's it hangin'?" ||
  508. [2016-04-28 22:31:15] <SCG|Gigawatt> -||
  509. [2016-04-28 22:31:31] <SCG|Gigawatt> "This is a lot of people here to welcome me, what's up?" ||
  510. [2016-04-28 22:33:12] <Antioch|GM> "Just hanging around," one says. The voice is familiar -- Sinclair.
  511. [2016-04-28 22:33:44] <Antioch|GM> "You got us out of night patrol duty," he continues, grinning. "Now I really owe ya."
  512. [2016-04-28 22:34:00] <Antioch|GM> "Got fixed up, I see."
  513. [2016-04-28 22:34:41] <Antioch|GM> Calhoun, for his part, waves, inclining his head. ||
  514. [2016-04-28 22:35:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Glad to be of service. And yeah, the Good King is the man."
  515. [2016-04-28 22:36:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> "So uh, everyone's detained, already? I thought it would take longer to unfoam them and get them into custody." ||
  516. [2016-04-28 22:40:15] <Antioch|GM> "Not yet, nope. Had to deal with the hospital shit -- everything look good in person?"
  517. [2016-04-28 22:40:57] * ColdGold|GM is now known as CG|GM|Strobe
  518. [2016-04-28 22:40:58] <Antioch|GM> "Extra precautions, too, with Tinkertech. Don't want Lock boobytrapping his armor or smuggling in a Tinker grenade up his ass, you get me?" ||
  519. [2016-04-28 22:41:24] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Yeahhhh. Is that a normal thing? Please tell me that's not a normal thing." ||
  520. [2016-04-28 22:42:12] <Antioch|GM> "I'll just say that there's precedent." ||
  521. [2016-04-28 22:43:39] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Fuuuuck."
  522. [2016-04-28 22:44:46] <SCG|Gigawatt> "When do you guys get off?" ||
  523. [2016-04-28 22:47:26] <Antioch|GM> "Pretty much now," he says, "though I might stick around for the defoaming."
  524. [2016-04-28 22:48:00] <Antioch|GM> "Haven't brought in a cape since Amphetamine Queen, and I like to stick around for the afterparty, get what I'm sayin'?" ||
  525. [2016-04-28 22:48:19] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Yeah, I get you."
  526. [2016-04-28 22:49:18] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I was thinking, if you guys wanted, we could get drinks to celebrate, after."
  527. [2016-04-28 22:49:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  528. [2016-04-28 22:50:38] <Antioch|GM> "I'm down, yeah. Englebrecht? Weber? You in?" ||
  529. [2016-04-28 22:50:45] <Antioch|GM> -||
  530. [2016-04-28 22:52:02] <Antioch|GM> Weber agrees almost straightaway, and it takes a slight amount of prodding and ribbing for Englebrecht to agree. ||
  531. [2016-04-28 22:54:21] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Hell yeah. Just let me get changed, talk to the other capes for a bit. I'll be back." ""
  532. [2016-04-28 22:54:52] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  533. [2016-04-28 22:55:35] <Antioch|GM> ((Changing into spare costume or civ clothes))
  534. [2016-04-28 22:55:54] <SCG|Gigawatt> ((civ clothes))
  535. [2016-04-28 22:56:24] <Antioch|GM> Gigawatt makes her way to the locker, changing into her civilian clothing.
  536. [2016-04-28 22:57:16] <Antioch|GM> She gives herself a glance in the mirror, to see the healed damage. Pinkish stripes, here and there, all vertical and somewhat tender, but the wounds are clean and closed - and won't scar. ||
  537. [2016-04-28 22:58:46] <SCG|Gigawatt> She thanks god for the umpteenth time, before going to check on who else is in the hq. ||
  538. [2016-04-28 23:06:15] <Antioch|GM> Feral is present, as are Conquistador and Fleetfoot. The latter are still costumed, while Feral has thrown something perfunctory on after returning from her umpteenth suicide mission. ||
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  540. [2016-04-28 23:08:15] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Ayyyy fellow heroes. What's up?" ||
  541. [2016-04-28 23:10:53] <Antioch|GM> "Waiting for defoaming. Feral's gonna strip Lock of his armor, just in case he has something up his sleeve." ||
  542. [2016-04-28 23:12:22] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Not a bad idea. That fucker nearly ruined bikinis for me forever."
  543. [2016-04-28 23:12:53] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I'm jealous, Feral. Your power is cool as hell." ||
  544. [2016-04-28 23:13:37] <Antioch|GM> She barks out a laugh. "Hah! Isn't it? Yours is too, to be fair." ||
  545. [2016-04-28 23:14:54] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I don't know, I'd probably take 'immortal' over 'fucking lightning'. But thanks." ||
  546. [2016-04-28 23:18:39] <Antioch|GM> "Pros and cons, Gigawatt, pros and cons."
  547. [2016-04-28 23:19:09] <Antioch|GM> Behind a tempered plexiglass pane, a ceiling sprayer douses the immobile Mortal Lock with foam solvent.
  548. [2016-04-28 23:19:29] <Antioch|GM> It takes a few minutes of waiting for it to slough off into the drains. ||
  549. [2016-04-28 23:20:39] <SCG|Gigawatt> She watches intently. "Be careful." ||
  550. [2016-04-28 23:21:01] <Antioch|GM> She snorts. "Nothin' this two-bit joker has up his sleeve could put me down for good."
  551. [2016-04-28 23:21:35] <Antioch|GM> Having said that, she enters the room, given a variety of pry bars, power drills and other tools to remove the power armor from Mortal Lock.
  552. [2016-04-28 23:22:00] <Antioch|GM> He's surprisingly immobile throughout the entire process -- your initial thought is that the motors in his suit are fried, trapping him in the metal carapace he's built around himself. ||
  553. [2016-04-28 23:22:06] <Antioch|GM> ** Gigawatt's initial thought
  554. [2016-04-28 23:22:26] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  555. [2016-04-28 23:27:47] <Antioch|GM> As Feral hacks at the armor encasing the Tinker, his actual body becomes visible. His muscles are limp, unmoving, as she tugs the gauntlets off of his hands.
  556. [2016-04-28 23:28:41] <Antioch|GM> As more and more of the armor comes off, it becomes clear that the Tinker is unconscious, or worse -- dead.
  557. [2016-04-28 23:28:41] <Antioch|GM> The other capes assembled in the room watch, deathly silent, also catching on. ||
  558. [2016-04-28 23:29:38] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Damn it. Damn it. Do we have a doctor on-site?" ||
  559. [2016-04-28 23:30:35] <Antioch|GM> "Calling for one now," Fleetfoot says.
  560. [2016-04-28 23:30:37] * Saff|Gwyn is now known as Saff
  561. [2016-04-28 23:30:54] <Antioch|GM> "Really went ham on him, huh?" cracks Conquistador, who's far less concerned. ||
  562. [2016-04-28 23:32:28] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Jesus, he might be dead Conquistador. I know he's been a cunt, but can you at least pretend to give a shit?"
  563. [2016-04-28 23:32:58] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I thought he could take it. The scientists told me I didn't need to hold back..." ||
  564. [2016-04-28 23:34:22] <Antioch|GM> "I woulda thought a Tinker would've insulated his suit or something," Conquistador snorts. "Don't blame you -- if his dumb ass got fried, that's on his head, and his garbage tech."
  565. [2016-04-28 23:34:43] <Antioch|GM> The last of the armor is removed, and he's flipped over.
  566. [2016-04-28 23:36:46] <Antioch|GM> It's clear what's happened to the man -- the rear portion of his armor has metal contacts, some of which jack into the spine, and the flesh near the area where the contacts interfaced with the spinal column is charred, blackened. Conducted through the suit, burned through whatever defenses he had erected, and channeled straight up into his brain stem.
  567. [2016-04-28 23:36:53] <Antioch|GM> "Jesus," Fleetfoot mutters. ||
  568. [2016-04-28 23:37:39] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Fuuuuuuck." Gigawatt slumps in a chair, head in her hands.
  569. [2016-04-28 23:37:55] <SCG|Gigawatt> "What...what do we do now?" ||
  570. [2016-04-28 23:41:50] <Antioch|GM> "There's precedent for this shit," Conquistador says, still looking unworried. "Looking at this? Knowing that he faced off against an electrokinetic, earlier in the day?"
  571. [2016-04-28 23:42:19] <Antioch|GM> "I don't think you'll be held at fault here." ||
  572. [2016-04-28 23:43:14] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Can...can I go? Or will I have to stay, write a report...I'd really just like to go." ||
  573. [2016-04-28 23:43:51] <Antioch|GM> He shakes his head, and none of the PRT in the room or Fleetfoot disagree.
  574. [2016-04-28 23:44:35] <Antioch|GM> "Seriously, don't worry about it. Go ahead. Wind down. Don't let this weigh on you." ||
  575. [2016-04-28 23:44:53] <SCG|Gigawatt> "...Thanks."
  576. [2016-04-28 23:45:09] <SCG|Gigawatt> She heads out, to see the squaddies. ||
  577. [2016-04-28 23:46:41] <Antioch|GM> Sinclair, Englebrecht, and Weber are waiting near the rear exit, dressed in their civilian attire, though Calhoun and the other two squaddies seem to have made themselves scarce.
  578. [2016-04-28 23:46:51] <Antioch|GM> "How goes?" Sinclair asks casually. ||
  579. [2016-04-28 23:48:24] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Uh...not great."
  580. [2016-04-28 23:48:36] <SCG|Gigawatt> "He's dead." ||
  581. [2016-04-28 23:48:42] → Cxaxakluth joined (uid126610@brockwell.irccloud.com)
  582. [2016-04-28 23:50:29] <Antioch|GM> His eyebrows shoot up.
  583. [2016-04-28 23:50:53] <Antioch|GM> "How'd that happen? His power armor sure seemed sturdier." ||
  584. [2016-04-28 23:52:04] <SCG|Gigawatt> "The fucking moron. His armor had metal contacts embedded in his goddamn spine."
  585. [2016-04-28 23:52:25] <SCG|Gigawatt> "He had to have known."
  586. [2016-04-28 23:52:50] <SCG|Gigawatt> She looks away, for a moment.
  587. [2016-04-28 23:53:00] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Can...can we still get those drinks?" ||
  588. [2016-04-28 23:53:47] <Antioch|GM> "Shit yeah," he says. "If anything else, more reason to get them." ||
  589. [2016-04-28 23:54:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Who's driving?" ||
  590. [2016-04-28 23:57:38] <Antioch|GM> "I'll do it," Weber volunteers. ||
  591. [2016-04-29 00:00:04] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  592. [2016-04-29 00:02:07] <Antioch|GM> The party of four takes Weber's personal car to a nearby bar. One of the nicer joints, downtown, that doesn't look run down or like a dive.
  593. [2016-04-29 00:02:22] <Antioch|GM> "What're you having?" Sinclair asks. "Figure I owe you a few drinks." ||
  594. [2016-04-29 00:02:56] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist, please."
  595. [2016-04-29 00:12:47] <Antioch|GM> Neither Sinclair nor the barkeep pick up the reference -- excusable, given the Aleph film hasn't isn't quite as popular here. Sinclair just gets a neat whiskey, Englebrecht a cocktail nicknamed the 'Estocada'.
  596. [2016-04-29 00:14:02] <Antioch|GM> He inclines his glass towards you. "I know it might feel off, given the context, but you still did a damn fine job today."
  597. [2016-04-29 00:14:29] <Antioch|GM> "Cheers?" It's phrased more like a question, hoping that Gigawatt doesn't mind, than a toast. ||
  598. [2016-04-29 00:14:41] <SCG|Gigawatt> She smiles.
  599. [2016-04-29 00:14:58] <SCG|Gigawatt> Not a very happy smile, but a smile nonetheless.
  600. [2016-04-29 00:15:08] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Cheers."
  601. [2016-04-29 00:15:25] <SCG|Gigawatt> She's downed her glass before most have taken a few sips. ||
  602. [2016-04-29 00:17:22] <Antioch|GM> The vermouth is sweet, cloying, and leaves a thin film on her tongue -- permanent aftertaste. Nothing so herbal or potent as, say, absinthe, but it's got a kick and a scent that lingers in the sinuses.
  603. [2016-04-29 00:18:54] <Antioch|GM> "So," Sinclair says. "We're slated for patrolling the university Thursday night, keeping an eye on the Wards. Know what's on your plate next?"
  604. [2016-04-29 00:19:10] <Antioch|GM> Weber slugs him in the shoulder. "C'mon, man, we're off the clock. Can't you think of something better to talk about?" ||
  605. [2016-04-29 00:20:45] <SCG|Gigawatt> (what IS on her plate next?))
  606. [2016-04-29 00:22:51] <Antioch|GM> ((Thursday patrol, morning and night, on Blackjack turf. Given what happened today, the Director or Deputy Director might decide to switch it up, with Valiant's approval.))
  607. [2016-04-29 00:23:39] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Yeah uhhh, they might be changing my route Thursday. I was supposed to go on Blackjack turf."
  608. [2016-04-29 00:23:55] <SCG|Gigawatt> ||
  609. [2016-04-29 00:26:44] <Antioch|GM> Sinclair nods. "Makes sense, considering all the shit that went down." ||
  610. [2016-04-29 00:31:57] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Yeah..."
  611. [2016-04-29 00:33:13] <SCG|Gigawatt> "Would you guys be cool with shots? I wanna do some shots." ||
  612. [2016-04-29 00:34:29] <Antioch|GM> "I would be very cool with shots," Sinclair replies, glancing at Englebrecht, who's still nursing her Estocada.
  613. [2016-04-29 00:34:47] <Antioch|GM> She shrugs. "A few, at least," she concedes. "No gin, though, please." ||
  614. [2016-04-29 00:35:38] <SCG|Gigawatt> "I was thinking tequila." ||
  615. [2016-04-29 00:36:23] <Antioch|GM> "Works," she says. "Cut me off when you think it's sensible, Weber?"
  616. [2016-04-29 00:36:37] <Antioch|GM> He nods, and shots are doled out. ||
  617. [2016-04-29 00:39:12] <SCG|Gigawatt> And so it begins. ||
  618. [2016-04-29 00:40:40] <Antioch|GM> Whereas Gretchen and Sinclair -- he goes by Cain (or is it Kaine?) -- knock back enough to lose count, Englebrecht tags out before hitting double digits.
  619. [2016-04-29 00:43:05] <Antioch|GM> The group as a whole gets chattier, talking about shared interests outside of work. Volunteer work at the community pet shelter, for Englebrecht, trying to pick up a compendium of assorted martial arts for Sinclair. Weber contributes to the conversation at a more measured pace, chiming in about his archery hobby at junctures where he can get a word in
  620. [2016-04-29 00:43:05] <Antioch|GM> edgewise. ||
  621. [2016-04-29 00:46:07] <SCG|Gigawatt> Gretchen chimes in with a few funny stories from boot camp, shenanigans in the barracks. Stories from before things went south. She avoids talking about where it went south. ||
  622. [2016-04-29 00:47:07] <Antioch|GM> The squaddies chime in with tales of their tenure in the PRT's scrub camp, comparing and contrasting, words beginning to slur as the alcohol kicks in.
  623. [2016-04-29 00:48:47] <Antioch|GM> More focus in simulated missions against parahuman targets, higher emphasis on urban survival.
  624. [2016-04-29 00:49:17] <Antioch|GM> The general tone and flavor of the stories are much the same, however, and there's a comfort in being able to relate, developing the camaraderie. ||
  625. [2016-04-29 00:50:20] <SCG|Gigawatt> Finally, Gretchen is able to relax. ||
  626. [2016-04-29 00:50:30] <Antioch|GM> ||||
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