Singha:
((Alright, I'm going to let Ang fill you guys in on what your task
is, and then you guys tell me how you're going about it))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Ready to rumble.))
Okami Yuki: ((*chases after yarn*giggles*))
Angelia Caponelli: Alright so, here's the
skinny. We're going to the Scar First which is the umbral result of all the
catastrophies and horror that has resulted from industrialization (in short -
not a nice place), while there you have to be very careful 1) not to becomes
enslaved and 2) not to fall pray to the apathy the place inflicts on people.
Ang and Reyna have some protection due to our being bound to Lady White Snake.
Ang has a set of white jade earrings for Des and a necklace for Okami that are
attuned to LWS, these will not protect you but they might help and they'll
allow us to communicate should we be seperated. (Please roll gnosis to attune
these things :) )
Angelia Caponelli: (this is going to be a
few posts long be aware. Take notes if nessesary)
Desiree Vespucci: 2,5,5,3,10,
Angelia Caponelli: Once we're in the Scar we
have to locate something called 'Regional HQ'. In the central telephone
exchange of RHQ there is a box that will allow us access to the lowest level of
the Cyber Realm - The Pitt.
Okami Yuki: 2,8,8,
Angelia Caponelli: The Pitt is like a bad
scary place. All the dreggs of the above realms are there. There are banes as
well. Keep an eye out. Some where either in the Pitt,
Okami Yuki: geomands? calcified?
Angelia Caponelli: Once we access Uptown we
need to use the terminals there to access the Comp web and locate a fetish. Then
get the fetish and come home. The big problem. We don't know what the fetish is
yet.
Okami Yuki: How we gonna knw?
Angelia Caponelli: Questions?
Angelia Caponelli: We're going to hope
Cockroach lets us know, or leaves hints and barring that, we'll ask the
spirits.
Okami Yuki: uh..... ok....
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: How does one "use the box to
access Uptown?"
Desiree Vespucci: Listening as she puts on
the earrings. She's nervous and excited both. She has no idea what they're
talking about though.
Angelia Caponelli: Not entirely sure, it
sort of depends on what 'the box' is. If it's a 'key' of some kind it's form
should be an indication of what kind of 'lock' it fits into.
Okami Yuki: We do not have many.... 'sure'
things...
Angelia Caponelli: Nope we don't. We know
what kind of threats we're facing at each stage but that's it since not too
many garou venture into these parts.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A'ight. So we wing it
at that point. Reyna's comfortable with that. *G* So. Once we get Uptown, since
Reyna is computer-illiterate, she'll obviously be backup once the computers
need to be accessed...who else is computer-illiterate and will be backing up
with me? :)
Okami Yuki: *A Faint nod, considering*
Okami Yuki: ((computer illiterate.. backing
up *rices hand*))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Sorry. *Switches
IC*))
Angelia Caponelli: She nodes, "It'll be
me and Des working on the comps it looks like." Damned. Wish Alexis wasn't
bursting with child about now.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Am logging, btw.
Though someone might wanna back up...been losing having a tendancy to lose
posts from time to time.))
Okami Yuki: ((=P you could bring an Arlett
*snickers*)) *the Asian lady nods, again, now just listening*
Okami Yuki: ((well my computer has have the habit
of just turning off resently, so don't trust me with it.. and if I fade I'll be
back in ten minuts))
Desiree Vespucci: "I'm not too bad with a
computer," she says, hoping that makes Ang feel better.
Singha: ((Okami,
I'm going to say now that I as ST cannot fill you in on what's happened while
you're gone. Someone else will have to do that, unless we are in a spot where
I'm letting the PC's discuss amongst themselves.))
Angelia Caponelli: She nods to Des,
"Good. Alright. So we're very clear, Des here is very very new to the game
so if you need to give her instructions please don't assume she knows what this
and that are. Des you listen to us and we'll all be good."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She pulls Harry and
the Glock, cocking both and putting them back. The Gorget's on, too. Never know
when it might come in handy. She's smokin' like a chimney...even SHE won't be
frivolous enough to dedicate a pack of smokes to herself.
Okami Yuki: ((alright. I'll try to poke
Ravyn of SG... thought it might not happend, but the computer has been odd, so
I better let know now))
Angelia Caponelli: Ang's comfortable, she's
got her guns actually in holsters that are visible for once and has her bag of
theurgy stuff. For Des she would have dedicated what ever she wanted last night
when she dropped her off.
Desiree Vespucci: Looks at the others.
"I don't know anything. I only learned yesterday there even was an
umbra." Wanting them to be sure how ignorant she is. She watches Reyna
check her guns. "I uhhh... don't have any weapons. I've never actually
been in a fight before, of any kind. Not even as a child."
Okami Yuki: *she is only carrying as weapong
then Tena ((that was the dagger's name??)) and is sitting, just calm, peferctly
still*
Singha: ((I
appreciate the warning, but also, it's sort of your responsibility to read the
posts on the screen before asking for clarification. It's not fair to ask
people what's going on when it's pretty evident by what's just been posted.))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "You can use my
Glock if ya have to, hon." A smile to Desiree. "Harry doesn't let
anyone play with him but me, though. He's a possessive boy."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Tanto, Okami.))
Angelia Caponelli: She nods to Des, "Now
I'm thinking Regional HQ is going to be a dominant sort of building. Head
Quarters of the Region. Reyna do you have any fantastic finding things powers
we should know about now?"
Okami Yuki: *And the lady looks to Desiree*
Do not worry, just follow what your Heart tells you about the Mirror Lands,
they are the Mother Spirit Sight
Okami Yuki: ((thatn!! htanks))
Okami Yuki: 8((I only aks Singha when I
don't find asnwers on the post on the screen))
Desiree Vespucci: Des is dressed in loose
comfortable hiking clothes a tank under an open cotten throw over shirt. She
brought a backpack, water, energy bars, a flashlight, a magnesium fire stick, a
gold foil emergency blanket that weighs about one ounce, a cigarette lighter,
one of those pocketman 10 in 1 tools, and pocket knife with a 4" blade.
She's treating this like a camping trip.
Singha:
((ok))
Singha: ((How
many GN does Des have?))
Desiree Vespucci: Rey>"I don't know
how to use a gun."
Desiree Vespucci: ((5))
Angelia Caponelli: "We all have our claws..
oh shifting might be a little hard in the scar. Cause of the apathy and stuff.
We'll try and get through that part as fast as possible though."
Desiree Vespucci: "Maybe we should
shift first."
Okami Yuki: *The lady looks to Angelia, nods
softly*
Singha: (ok, the
backpack, water, food, flashlight, firestick and blanket are 1 GN. The tools
are 1 GN each. The lighter can be counted as one outfit of clothing, which is 1
GN)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Aim, pull the
trigger. Not at the good guys. Make sure the safety's off." She winks to
Desiree. "But if you don't know, then now's probably not the best time to
start learning." A shrug. "Don't worry, kiddo. You'll do fine."
Desiree Vespucci: ((To carry across? I
thought her stuff was dedicated by Ang.))
Angelia Caponelli: (yeah you can only have 1
item per gnosis you have)
Okami Yuki: *she smiles, looking to Reyan
and Desiree* The Old Warriors considered weapons dishonorable, many a fight was
won without them *smiling faintly, amuzed*
Angelia Caponelli: (So you have 3 of your
allowable 5 dedicated)
Desiree Vespucci: Gives Reyna a nervous
smile. "I'll do my best."
Angelia Caponelli: She looks to Reyna, "Give it to
her on the other side alright?"
Desiree Vespucci: ((Does that mean she only
has 2 gnosis available?))
Singha: ((Yes,
but if Ang dedicated them the night before, then Ang is down 3 GN so needs to
meditate to regain any))
Angelia Caponelli: (nods which is why she
did it last night so she could meditate today before they set out)
Angelia Caponelli: (no it doesn't Des you're
fine)
Singha: ((it
means you only have 2 GN available to dedicate anything else. *G* You can use
or spend all 5 if you currently have that many Temp))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She grins to Okami.
"The Old Warriors probably didn't have any Coyote Girls in their number.
We likes our gunses."
Okami Yuki: ((have always wondered if the
dedicated item is destroeyd, the gnosis is liverated?))
Okami Yuki: *Smiles more to Reyna* I do not
believe they had Shisuta
Desiree Vespucci: Really hopes she doesn't
have to kill anything.
Angelia Caponelli: (You want my med rolls
Singha she's spending about 8 hours meditating before they go to regain gnosis
and center herself)
Singha:
(the GN spent to dedicate the item isn't liberated, but the GN
'slot' is open to dedicate another item))
Singha: (please,
Ang)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A wink to Okami, and
she looks back to Angelia. "A'ight. So into Scar, catastrophies, apathy,
enslavement. Then, find the H-Q, get to the phone, get to the Pitt. Geometry
and spiders. No calcium. Find the box to Uptown. Access those evil Spider Boxes
y'all call computers, find out what the Fetish is, and find it. And somehow,
survive this whole shindig through some miracle while we're at it. That about
cover it?"
Desiree Vespucci -> Singha: We gave Des gifts when she was created. Does she have
access those? Or are they something she doesn't technically have yet, but will
receive after her right of passage?
Angelia Caponelli: 7,2,8,2,
Desiree Vespucci: "What's a
fetish?"
Angelia Caponelli: "No we get the box
in the phone room and take it with us to some point in the lower levels to find
the entrance to uptown."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Spirit-powered
magic item. Think of it like a +3 dagger, or a Necklace of Missles, only real,
and not requiring any wierd-sided dice."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Something seems
ironic about her words, though she doesn't seem to notice.
Singha -> Desiree Vespucci: (Afaik, if she hasn't been taught them, she doesn't have
them. Tho she could conceiveably learn something during thisjourny)
Angelia Caponelli: Ang gives Reyna a look...
like Reyna has finally gotten like too geeky for her. "Right. So. Anything
else we need before we go?"
Desiree Vespucci: She still looks clueless.
Apparently she's not familiar with role playing games.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Spirit-powered magic item,"
is all she repeats. She shrugs. "You'll see." She looks to Angelia.
"I think I'm good to go, Babe."
Angelia Caponelli: "It's basically an
item with a spirit bound into it that allows it to have magical powers."
Desiree Vespucci: "Are these spirits
everyone keeps talking about, going to be visible?"
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Once we pass
into the spirit world, yeah, hon."
Angelia Caponelli: She nods, "Yeah. And
some of them are going to be pretty scary. And most of them are going to try
and hurt or kill us in the places we're going."
Singha: (*hopes
nobody has arachnophobia*)
Angelia Caponelli: (*smirks*)
Desiree Vespucci: "Oh joy."
Okami Yuki: (8and it begune =( here))
Okami Yuki: ((wait,, why are you saying that
singha!"=!=!=!=!=!=!=!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!))
Okami Yuki: *the assian lady nods, and as
the clue to be going is issued.. she rices to get off the nice, elegant, white
clothes she is wearing and bend it neatly to the side, staying on her
dedicated, confortable pants and shirt, slightly attaching to her figure,
something of ninja like... surprice? stil white*
Angelia Caponelli: (Alright and unless
anyone else has something to say - Singha I got 2 gnosis back there right? or 3
- We can probly move ahead)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Helloooo...spiritually-based
city? Weaver, anyone? *G*))
Okami Yuki: ((damm... the player HAS
arachnophobia....*))
Desiree Vespucci: ((Has a pet tarantula big as my hand.
Want to hold it Oki? *WEG*))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Good to go))
Okami Yuki: ((*kciks Des-p and locks with
tarantula on box))
Singha:
(diff for meditation rolls is 8. I was waiting for the other rolls (
you can make 1 per hour tho if you botch you've fallen asleep))
Angelia Caponelli: 7,8,7,3,
Angelia Caponelli: 8,9,3,3,
Angelia Caponelli: (that's maxed out aftre 3
hours then :)
Singha: (okies.
*G*) So how are you guys entering Scar?
Okami Yuki: ((eyes the Theurge))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Ummm...however we
can?))
Angelia Caponelli: (Annoncer voice
"We'll starting our umbral venture out from moon lit central park where
we'll..." Follow the directions kindly supplies by Jimmy. Ang shifts to
Glabro before they get there.)
Okami Yuki: *Okami activates Skin of Jade
first, then Cat Claws =) *(rolling for them))
Okami Yuki: 6,6,3,
Okami Yuki: 6,6,4,9,1,8,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Reyna follows suit.
She still passes for human very well in Tsitsu. Funky coyote genes...))
Okami Yuki: ((Okami will shift to the glabro
equivalent, if not where cause she'll then sprout wishkers and cat ears *G*,
very anime))
Angelia Caponelli: (and wants them to stay
out of crinos until they start fighting cause while they can all talk through
fire snake to eachother Des can't and they need to be able to talk to her)
Desiree Vespucci: 9,6,3,8,1,9,
Desiree Vespucci: ((too many dice, ignore
that))
Desiree Vespucci: 6,4,5,8,4,
Singha: ok so
you guys go umbral from Ellis Island, then take a moon path to Scar, which
looks from a distance very much like the Flux realm....
Desiree Vespucci: She shifts to glabbro because everyone
else is.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Reyna can speak human
in Manabozho, she reminds with a grin.
Okami Yuki: ((Flux?))
Angelia Caponelli: (Was going to cross over
in CP but if Ellis is where the directions said start from so that's where
she's going)
Singha: ((if your
PC hasn't been, you don't know, Okami))
Singha: ((the
Garou will not permit you to cross over there, it's their caern they figure you
Asians have your own places for that))
Okami Yuki: ((yea, but they did not believe her
when she said the were unciviliced ;) *G*))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She follows along
behind Angelia, seeming completely relaxed and at ease.
Okami Yuki: *Still not familiar with all the
Mirror Lands aspects, she only follows, atent*
Desiree Vespucci: Looking all around,
amazed. Are they really walking on light? She touches the bridge with her
hands.
Angelia Caponelli: "You know the guy
who gave us directions... he was kin. And he doesn't like me so much so lets
keep our eyes out just in case he left out any unexpected suprises. Like that
flux looking place up there."
Singha: A heavy
pall of smoke surrounds the place, putting everything in a dull, acrid haze.
They find themselves in dirty, squalid slums populated by wan faced cripples
dressed in rags. ((from here on out, so long as you are in Scar, all visual per
is diff 6, scent per rolls automatically fail.))
Okami Yuki: ((*nods*)) *she looks to Angelia* who?
*then around, frowning sligthly, moving to the back of the group*
Angelia Caponelli: She frowns as they enter
the filthy land, oh yes this is the Scar. "Reminds me of DeWitt
Industries." She muses a bit as she looks around, scanning the horizon for
buildings that stick out.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She raises an eyebrow
as she looks around. "Well, allow me to be sophisticated and vocalize
myself with an...ewww."
Okami Yuki: *another glance to Angelia, more
things to ask later, and back to pay atention* which way?
Desiree Vespucci: "Why does it look
like this here?"
Singha: on the
grey horizon, beyond the slums, a city skyline shows a mix from cutting edge
skyscrapers to dingy tenements from 2 centuries ago. Factories spew pollution
in the air. The rivers are grey, greasy brown, choked with sewage, foamy with chemicals.
This is the World Des has been fighting so hard to keep from coming about.
Angelia Caponelli: "Because this is the
tragity of industry Desiree." (the raggid cripples seem to notice them at
all?)
Singha: nobody seems to notice them from the slums, too mired in their own
misery to pay attention to anyone else.
Okami Yuki: *Still frowning, but forcing her
mind to remind focused, a light hiss to scampers her lips, as she just keeps
alert for anything, waiting to keep moving*
Desiree Vespucci: "It's so
depressing."
Angelia Caponelli: "This is one of
those evils I was talking about Des."
Singha: They all
feel the weight of the bone, mind, and soul-crushing apathy push down on them,
making that little spark of Wyld in them harder to touch. (all Rage rolls are
now at +3 diff, as are all prim urge rolls (+3 diff to shift))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Here in the
Umbra, s'all or nothing, a lot of the time, Des. Consider it the spiritual
reflection of what can be, if the bad guys win."
Desiree Vespucci: "I looks like they're
winning from this side."
Angelia Caponelli: "To the
skyscrappers? That's where I would put my head office. High up there so I could
look down over the misery and industery."
Okami Yuki: ((huffs... I am gonna be caleld
for dinner soon *frowns* half an hour aprox))
Singha: As they
move through the slums into the city they see horse and unicorn spirits
harnessed to wagons overloaded with boxes of cargo, being whipped by large,
deformed spider spirits.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Just here, hon.
There's nicer Realms. Trust me." She looks to Angelia. "Sounds about
right to me. Shall we?"
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Just here, hon. There's nicer
Realms. Trust me." She looks to Angelia. "Sounds about right to me.
Shall we?"
Desiree Vespucci: Stres at the draft
unicorns and the horrid spider things beating them. "Should we help
them?"
Singha: (ok)
Okami Yuki: *frowns, trying not to hiss
more* how come no one has though a massive .... cleannes of this place? *not
meaning by ritual*
Angelia Caponelli: She looks over the
mystical beasts, the scream of rage that would usually come at that sight
muffled behind the weight of this world. As she walks towards the city she toys
lightly with the necklace she wears, sticking to side streets and the misery
filled slums where they're less likely to encounter something that will notice
them (she thinks at least)
Singha: Everything
is covered in grime, an almost palpable residue of despair.
Angelia Caponelli: "Because as long as
this pain exists in our world it fuels this." She shakes her head at
Desiree. "Not today. There's only four of us, we can't draw attention to
ourselves."
Okami Yuki: *frowns, hissing so softly*
Singha: Shifts of
workers move mindlessly through the streets, legs chained together, they march
in step toward the factories, their exhausted counterparts exiting to make room
for them.
Desiree Vespucci: Nods and continues on,
feeling the oppression like a blanket of grime settling over her soul.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Guys...this is
just one Umbral Realm. Imagine how many more there are, that are...believe it
or not...worse." She keeps her cool, so far. As much as the sights clearly
bother her, she presses on.
Okami Yuki: *Glances to Reyna, shakes her
head faintly, just forcing to focus, and not let it weight on her*
Singha: Parts of
older buildings have crumbled, some recently, with some workers still trapped,
calling weakly or screaming in pain as other workers continue to slave away at
the assembly line, ignoring the plight of their fellows.
Desiree Vespucci: Rey> "Is that supposed to make
us feel better?"
Angelia Caponelli: She nods grimly to Reyna
and keeps on towards the city keeping an eye out for convient signage.
Singha: (roll
dex+stealth to escape the notice of the Guards))
Desiree Vespucci: Looks carefully around.
(rolling per)
Okami Yuki: 9,2,4,5,3,7,7,
Desiree Vespucci: 5,2,7,4,
Angelia Caponelli: 9,5,9,4,
Desiree Vespucci: 8,3,
Desiree Vespucci: (dex+stealth)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "No, it's not,
hon." She shakes her head Desiree's way. "Point is, we can't wipe
every Realm clean of the nasties right now. We've got a task, and as much as
we'd like to fall to kicking Peter Parker Spirit Ass right now, we've got to
keep going, 'fore the Apathy takes over."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 4,4,6,9,10,6,
Singha: Reyna
easily evades notice, as does Okami. Ang isn't quite as stealthy and Des barely
gets past a few of the guards without being discovered.
Desiree Vespucci: Nods at Reyna. It's hard for her to
turn her eyes away from all the despair though. She's spent her life helping
people, and her heart goes out to those here. Only the surreal nature of her
surroundings make it seem less real than it might otherwise feel.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Yep. This is one
sneaky coyote.
Desiree Vespucci: Holding her breath as she
tries to sneak past. It's scary here.
Singha: Des
does, however, find a sign that points to "Central Operations"
Okami Yuki: ((*sighs* ok guys.. I need to
fade for a bit... as I have seen others done.. leaves the Okami on Singhas'
hand.. she'll play bakcup *SORRY... but bro brough gf.. and thus I am forced to
go at least for half an hour sorry, really sorry, be bask as soon as I can
scape))
Angelia Caponelli: She shushs, leaving the
conversation for later and focusing on being stealthy.
Angelia Caponelli: (see you Okami)
Desiree Vespucci: Puts a hand on Ang's
shoulder and points out the sign to her.
Singha: ((And I
will not play Okami, so Ang or Reyna can speak for their Sentai mate))
Angelia Caponelli: She looks over the sign,
glances to see where it points and nods, motioning for them to head that way.
Sounds HQ-sh.
Angelia Caponelli: (Okay. I assume she's
following unless told to do other wise)
Singha: they
reach a central square, where they find several skyscrapers ranging from early
art deco to gleaming glass newness.
Desiree Vespucci: "Why do some look so new?"
Angelia Caponelli: She looks over them
slowly looking for any signs of head quarters-ness be it less oppressed people
going inside or signage or something else. (per + alert)
Angelia Caponelli: 3,10,3,4,5,2,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She pauses in the
square, doing a look around. "A'ight, we got skyscrapers. Which one ya
think it is? What looks official?"
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 7,3,5,10,1,1,
Angelia Caponelli: "I"m thinking
that might be our target... the place that profits off all this pain but I'm
not entirely sure."
Desiree Vespucci: 8,3,4,2,
Desiree Vespucci: "The penthouse of the
newest skyscraper. Makes sense."
Desiree Vespucci: "Although central
exchange might be anywhere inside."
Singha: Ang
finds a complex of buildings that appear to be the regional HQ
Singha: Des
confirms this
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A slight frown as she
looks around cluelessly. "What about the one that's just the
richest-looking, if we're looking for profit? That has the most traffic in and
out of non-miserable peeps?"
Desiree Vespucci: "Over there?"
she whispers.
Angelia Caponelli: She points to the
complex. "That way and let's keep our eyes opened." She glances
around the building looking for a service entrance or something less front
door.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She looks over where
Desiree is pointing and Angelia's looking. "Or, that works, too." A
nod.
Angelia Caponelli: Or maybe the front door is safe here
too. "Alright come on girls..." She hitches her bag up over her
shoulder and heads to the door.
Desiree Vespucci: "Should we walk in
step like a chain gang?"
Okami Yuki: (8back))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She smirks, and moves
to follow. "Good morning, Charlie..."
Angelia Caponelli: "No just come on and
keep an eye out for guards."
Singha: Ang soon
learns she should have listened to Des, as the undisciplined way they approach
the door causes two guardian spirits to head out to greet them.
Okami Yuki: *still moving on the back, keeping
their back clear*
Desiree Vespucci: Blinks at the approaching
spirits and quickly hangs her head, doing her best to look like one of the
oppressed locals.
Desiree Vespucci: (manip + performance)
Desiree Vespucci: 5,3,2,7,3,9,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Ahh, damn...now
we get with the guard-killing? Or play it cool?" She reaches subtlely for
Harry, just in case.
Singha: surprisingly,
these big spiders seem almost to form out of the swirl of smoke and haze around
them.
Singha: 5,4,3,4,1,9,
Angelia Caponelli: "Play it cool."
She says out of the corner of her mouth.
Singha: 4,10,6,3,6,6,
Angelia Caponelli: (gotta get water for the kiddo back in
2)
Singha: the
first one throws a strand at Des but it slides off, her apparent despair making
the Guard move on to the next. The second one attacks Ang and drains 1 GN from
her.
Desiree Vespucci: She keeps her head down
and pretends she's waiting in line behind Ang, to enter the building.
Maintenance worker. She's just a lowly maintenance worker.
Angelia Caponelli: (back)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "A'ight,"
she whispers back to Ang, and tries to pull a Des, looking oppressed.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 8,10,2,6,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Man+Perf))
Angelia Caponelli: She ducks her head down,
using Desiree's brilliant plan. I'm miserable leave me alone.
Angelia Caponelli: 7,1,9,2,6,
Singha: 7,3,2,4,8,2,
Desiree Vespucci: She doesn't know what to
do about strands and mist spiders, so she walks on past them when they move
after Ang, heading into the building if she can.
Angelia Caponelli: (that's manip + preform
too)
Singha: 7,4,2,5,5,6,
Okami Yuki: *a faint frown, swallows a sigh
and follows with her team.... * ((hum....*eyes her three dies...))
Okami Yuki: 2,3,10,
Singha: The
first Guard picks Reyna out but is somewhat confused by her apparent lack of
energy and lets her past. The last strikes out at Okami
Okami Yuki: ((hmm))
Singha: and
drains 1 GN from her. After that, you are all inside the lobby of the building.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She sighs desolately
and moves on. Stupid spider people...
Angelia Caponelli: She keeps her down cast
appearance as she shuffles in, looking around for a directory of where what is
in the building.
Singha: Everything
in here is drab and depressing, dull green, faulty flourescents, signboards
that haven't been mainained.
Okami Yuki: *swallos her hiss... looking
ahead to the others*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A frown, as she looks
around. "Looks like a call center I worked in once in
Okami Yuki: *A glance to Reyna, a light
frown, looking around*
Singha: (or
maintained, even. *G*))
Angelia
Caponelli: 4,10,5,5,6,7,
Angelia Caponelli: (that's per + alert to
find a directory or something)
Okami Yuki: *focuses on making sure no one
else seems to be heading their way with mean intentions*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She stays alert for
security. Security forces would be bad. And they'll surely show at SOME point.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 2,3,8,2,1,6,
Okami Yuki: 10,8,8,6,9,
Desiree Vespucci: Big buildings are her
native environment, she heads towards the elevators, expecting there will be a
ridgeboard directory near them.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Per+Alert for
lookout))
Okami Yuki: ((that was perception alert =)
.. for once!!))
Angelia Caponelli: (Wow)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Niiiice...))
Desiree Vespucci: 9,2,3,4,
Desiree Vespucci: (per)
Desiree Vespucci: ((Okami of the cat eyes!))
Singha: Reyna
and Ang see the ridgeboard Des was expecting. Okami not only sees the board but
finds that there are actually faded, color coded lines on the floor that lead
to specific areas, once of which is blue for the telephone exchange.
Okami Yuki: ((mew! ))
Okami Yuki: *she blinks, tilting her heand,
and moves to Angelia, signaling the color coded lines* blue one?
Desiree Vespucci: Reading the board, she turns
to look at Okami, then the floor, and smiles at the woman.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She squints at the
floor, looking for the blue one.
Okami Yuki: *a smilhgt smile to Desiree, and
she'll even touch the lines lightly if Angelia doens't notice them.. too to
Reyna*
Angelia Caponelli: She nods to Okami and
moves that way, following the blue line, keeping up her foot dragging, beat
down looking posture. Apathy thankfully supressing an 'im-o-tep' crack.
Desiree Vespucci: Slouching, she moves with
the others, head hanging, eyes on the faint blue line.
Okami Yuki: *and on following the others*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Hey! That was MY
line! *G*)) She can BARELY keep "Im-ho-tep" down herself, keeping the
grin off her face. Seems the two think alike. Imagine that...
Singha: ((another
man or cha+ perf or subterfuge, all))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 2,8,5,7,6,6,10,
Okami Yuki: (8charisma?*S*))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Who's the convincing
little liar? That's right, it's the Nuwisha!
Angelia Caponelli: 9,8,4,2,3,9,9,
Desiree Vespucci: 6,8,8,5,5,4,
Angelia Caponelli: (that's charisma + pref.
MUCH better)
Okami Yuki: 3,4,3,6,
Okami Yuki: ((*whines**G*.. well I saw... but a cat
... is always a .... cat...))
Singha: They all
manage to succussfully fool the guards, except poor Okami, who is doing such a
good job concentrating on where they're going she draws the notice of one of
those nasty spiders.
Desiree Vespucci: ((You can't keep a good
cat down))
Singha: 4,9,2,2,4,7,
Okami Yuki: ((gha!!!))
Angelia Caponelli: "Imagine having to
wade through mud and dog poop Okami. Come on. Misery." She murmers at the
Khan.
Singha: It moves
to try and trap Okami just outside the door to the telephone exchange.
Okami Yuki: ((what is spidery moving like? and what
does spidery has in hands... uh... paws... uh legs?))
Desiree Vespucci: Moves ahead into the
exchange, figuring a fight will blow their cover, and someone needs to make it
all the way.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Crap. Kitty-cat needs
to learn to lie better. Head downcast, her eyes flick briefly to Angelia, as if
asking for ideas.
Okami Yuki: *wishpered, so very low, in a
near hiss* Shisuta...*do trying to picture Angelia's word images, though she'll
actually 'sloutch' crouche, getting ready to claw the thing if necesary* (i.e.
she is not going to be let herself be trap... but will try to go with the cover
till the last second before faling agressive))
Singha: It's a
rather large spider, and it's trying to spin a web around Okami and trap her.
Angelia Caponelli: She uses firesnake, Des
is alright for now not hearing. ~fs~ Keep acting miserable, step around it,
continue to the exchange.
Okami Yuki: ((ok, so ... dodging....))
Okami Yuki: FS- I do not think it'll quit...
I'll try. *stepping out, just trying to.. keep the facade.... ha, like if that
is gonna with stepping off))
Okami Yuki: 5,9,1,8,9,9,
Singha: Des gets
the door open and finds it's like opening a closet filled to the brim with
spider webs, spiders and...surprisingly...cockroaches.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: All right...hell
no. Sis ain't goin' down in this place. ~FS~ "It's not letting her step
around. Go, Babe. I'll go slow, be back up if necessary" She subtlely
reaches for her beloved Magnum.
Desiree Vespucci: Listens carefully to the
movement behind her, but doesn't turn around to look, maintaining her apathetic
posture as she moves ahead of the others.
Singha: Okami
dodges the spider's first attempt to trap her.
Angelia Caponelli: Ang looks back to the
spirit spider thing and hisses, ~Go back to your post. There's nothing for you
to see or do here.~ (command spirit)
Angelia Caponelli: 3,3,7,2,1,
Angelia Caponelli: (facepalms)
Okami Yuki: FS- keep moving, back Caponelli
san and the kit *a low hiss... be it, she claws at the think* ((and spending
one rage to dodge too))
Desiree Vespucci: Fortunately she doesn't
harbor an aversion to invertebrates. Cockroach spirits were mentioned at the
beginning of the adventure, so she's not really surprised to see them. She
reminds herself to not look curious, even though she is, and steps through.
Okami Yuki: 2,3,3,4,8,4,4,
Okami Yuki: ((damm it... and hopes not to be
making a mistake))
Singha: 8,9,5,4,4,9,
Okami Yuki: ((that up wasa attack, I roll
dodge now?))
Singha: Okami
strikes out at the spider, which gives it a chance to spin some web onto her,
and Okami finds herself starting to be stuck. The spider ignores Ang's command.
Angelia Caponelli: She ducks into the room
~Fs~ Reyna, help Okami if needed. I'll look for the box.
Singha: (yeah
you can try to dodge sorry forgot you said you were going to)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A sigh. ~FS~ "Okami, hon, no
calcifying..." She turns slowly to the scene, her hand on Harry under her
duster.
Okami Yuki: 2,10,4,3,1,6,
Okami Yuki: ((isssa fine.. dind't do such a
great work on it =( ))
Angelia Caponelli: And starts looking around
the exchange, scanning, where would she put the powerful little gateway to the
pitt?
Singha: (Ang and
Des, roll per+alert))
Desiree Vespucci: Des works with complex
machinery every day. She guesses whatever has the most switches and lights is a
good place to start. (per)
Desiree Vespucci: 3,4,9,7,
Okami Yuki: *hisses, and now claws twice get
rid of the web traping* fs- I Remember! *fast, quick* ((well.. is a matter of
claw at the web to be fred from it, and then at the spider? or if I am still
stuck twice to the web...))
Angelia Caponelli: 6,3,3,1,2,5,
Okami Yuki: ((first clawing...))
Okami Yuki: 1,6,5,6,6,5,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A sigh. She's pulling
her gun to take the thing down ((Waiting for new round))
Okami Yuki: ((jejjeje oi *skips that up to
the new round*, and hides in shame))
Singha: ((Okami,
you are spending another Rage for extra actions this round?)
Okami Yuki: ((yes... first two normal
actioans, splitting dice, I substracted fo the roll up there. I want another
rage for if I have to dodge again))
Angelia Caponelli: (I might vanish for a min
or two my mom's coming to pick something up in a few)
Singha: (You
cannot split pools and spend Rage in the same round))
Angelia Caponelli: (back)
Okami Yuki: ((hum.... =( then claw and dodge
without rage because I already splet the die pool =) ))
Singha: Okay...Okami
strikes out at the creature and then tries to dodge, and finds herself stuck
with webbing. Reyna draws Harry, Ang looks in the exchange room with Des, but
can't see anything. Des, however, makes out that the cockroaches are faintly
glowing with colored light and seem to be moving kind of like one of those
animated neon signs toward a specific section of webbing.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Init time, Boss?))
Singha: ((okami,
you are trying to do the second round before we are ready))
Singha: ((yeah,
init))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 6,
Singha: 1,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((12))
Okami Yuki: ((yea.. that is why i said the
oocly omit it and hiding *nods*))
Okami Yuki: 6,
Desiree Vespucci: Feeling a little like Alice
in Wonderland, if the book had been written by Stephen Kind, she moves to
follow the glowing insects, gesturing Ang to come.
Angelia Caponelli: Ang keeps up looking
around. Reyna will let her know if they're in over their heads.
Okami Yuki: (12)
Desiree Vespucci: (Stephen King)
Angelia Caponelli: Spots Des' wave and moved
over quickly to look.
Singha: ((Des
are you attemting to claw away the webbing obscuring the area so you can see
where the cockroaches are going?))
Desiree Vespucci: ((If the webs are in her
way, she will gingerly test touch them first, and if nothing untoward happens
maneuver through them with as little contact as possible, only brushing aside
what she must to get through.))
Singha: ((It
basically looks like you are staring at mounds and mounds of cobwebbing through
which the roaches and arachnids are moving along the strands. you know you are
looking for a box, so the logical thing is to move the webs until you find the
box))
Desiree Vespucci: ((And since there are lots
of spiders around, she'll look to see if they seem offended by her breaking any
webbing.))
Singha: ((Reyna
and Okami you guys can go, Okami are you still splitting actions?))
Okami Yuki: ((*frowns* no... its gonna be
attack, move off... and will to spend the rage to have full pool))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Spider go down. Boom.
((Splitting die pool, two shots))
Angelia Caponelli: Ang'll look over where
Des is pointing and start pushing back the web not caring about ruining it but
taking care not to crush the insects on it.
Desiree Vespucci: Brushes aside just a few
and looks to see if the spiders and roaches react.
Singha: The
spider is of course continuing to try and trap Okami.
Singha: 4,6,6,8,9,8,
Okami Yuki: ((rolling attack, first))
Okami Yuki: 5,6,10,2,8,4,9,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 1,6,3,2,3,3,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 7,3,1,8,6,
Okami Yuki: (8and the move out will be still
dex dodge. or something else as I am getting stuck?))
Desiree Vespucci: And as Ang shoves forward,
she hangs back a moment to see if the creatures take exception to Ang's
behavior.
Singha: (are you
attacking the webbing or the spider, Okami?))
Singha: okami
and Reyna roll damage
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 9,2,2,8,7,6,
Okami Yuki: ((the first move is to atack
spider, if it is death it can not keep traping, the second movement is free,
move off the web I am nt sure how much stuck I am ))
Okami Yuki: 6,6,2,9,8,7,8,
Okami Yuki: ((got claws out, from cat
claws))
Desiree Vespucci: ((Go Okami cat claws!))
Angelia Caponelli: She winces at the sound
of gunshots in the hall. "We have to be quick Des... give me a hand."
Desiree Vespucci: "Did you find something?"
Moving up behind Ang for a look.
Angelia Caponelli: "Not yet, help me
look... just don't squish the roaches."
Singha: Okami
and Reyna both attack the spider and find that tho they would have easily
killed a human, the thing is alot tougher than they might have otherwise
thought. Meanwhile, Ang shoves the webbing out of the way and finds a silver
sparklie box with glowing cockroaches going in and out of it. (rage action,
Okami? You are stuck to the floor with webbing.)
Okami Yuki: ((Is get fred... dex dodge? or
str brawl? agian I am not sure!))
Singha: ((if you
are clawing at the webbing, it's dex+brawl, if you are using your strength to
tear the webbing, it's STR only))
Desiree Vespucci: She's quite careful to
avoid hurting the spiders and roaches, disturbing them as little as possible.
Angelia Caponelli: She picks up the box
carefully looking for switches or triggers on it, or details that might be
important. ~fs~ "Found it!"
Okami Yuki: 9,3,4,
Okami Yuki: ((wait,,. I misuderstoo was
clawing at the thing.. should be four more dice, just roling the ones missing))
Okami Yuki: 2,2,8,4,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ~FS~ "Good.
'cause we gots a bit of a problem out here. Spider's not taking to our
particular brand of Raid."
Singha: No
switches, no triggers, no nothing on the box. (Roll int+occ Ang))
Singha: (roll
damage okami)
Okami Yuki: 5,6,3,2,6,
Angelia Caponelli: 5,4,7,9,4,6,
Desiree Vespucci: Examining the box in Ang's
hands. ((Int + enigmas okay?))
Angelia Caponelli: (I think we have to wait for combat to
catch up before we can do more Des)
Okami Yuki: ((*snugz around* I am letting
know i needa fade in 40 mins cause I work in the morning=) ))
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: ((Ang realizes it's a fetish and Des needs to attune it to
herself as Cockroach won't talk to Ang))
Singha: Okami
claws at the strands and severs some of the webbing but finds the Spider has thrown
just as much if not more on her.
Singha: ((you
can Des)
Angelia Caponelli -> Singha: (nods)
Desiree Vespucci: 5,7,4,8,8,2,10,2,3,
Okami Yuki: ((waits for new round ))
Singha -> Desiree Vespucci: (From it's position in the telephone exchange Des figures
it's some kind of spiritual reflection of a phreak box, and can be used to hack
into phone lines and computer systems. From Ang's description, controlling this
should get you into the pit via some...means.))
Singha: New
round
Singha:
New round
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A frown. "Bad
bug. Where's my Noisy Cricket?" Ehh, Harry'll do. BANG.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 4,9,8,1,5,3,3,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 6,2,2,6,6,
Angelia Caponelli: She hands the box to Des,
"Alright remember how you attuned the earrings? You have to do that
again."
Desiree Vespucci: "This is it,"
she whispers, running her fingers lightly and curiously over the edge of the
box facing her. "It reminds me of the old phreak boxes kids used to use to
get free phone calls."
Okami Yuki: ((how much stuck am I now?))
*she'll growl now, focusing now first on freeing and moving away before another
attack* ((I don't want to spend all my rage here!!! *G* but right now yes, one
rage. normal actions is try to free))
Angelia Caponelli: She smiles at Desiree,
"That's exactly what it is."
Desiree Vespucci: *Takes the box, looking
surprised.* "You want me to do it?"
Okami Yuki: 10,4,2,5,3,3,7,
Okami Yuki: ((clawing at strands))
Okami Yuki: ((the rage is ment, for aboid getting
more strands from the spider... so dodge...))
Singha: (As said
before Okami, you are totally stuck to the floor))
Singha:
roll damage okami
Okami Yuki: ((yea that is why she is trying
to free... *sighs, frowns* damm it... *hits for not remember first* activating
FS gift?!uh Manipura!))
Singha: then
roll dodge
Okami Yuki: 3,5,1,3,5,
Okami Yuki: ((*blinks* sighs*)) dodge...))
Okami Yuki: 4,7,2,4,7,9,
Angelia Caponelli: "Yes I need you to
do it, quickly."
Singha: (are you
changing your action to activate the Gift? Since you can't use RG and GN in the
same round?))
Okami Yuki: ((if I can.. can I activate and
fight agaist it?))
Desiree Vespucci: Closes her eyes a moment,
centering herself. All this magic stuff is still very new to her. She licks her
lips once and tries to feel a unity with the technolgy she's holding. (wp)
Desiree Vespucci: 1,5,2,7,1,
Desiree Vespucci: ((and fucks up royally!
*L*))
Angelia Caponelli: ~fs~ Can you two get back
here?
Singha: (not in
this round. you either spend the GN and activate the gift, or you spnd the RG
and dodge and claw)
Angelia Caponelli: ~fs~ Can you two get back
here?
Singha: (not in
this round. you either spend the GN and activate the gift, or you spnd the RG
and dodge and claw)
Angelia Caponelli: (at least you used WP)
Singha: (No Des,
you just failed, so can keep trying to attune))
Okami Yuki: (spend the rage...actioans as
said, as per not to mess more the scene =) thanks))
Singha: 7,9,6,7,5,6,
Desiree Vespucci: She blinks at Ang, frowns
down at the box and tries again. (wp)
Singha: Okami
claws at the strands but can't get free. She tries to dodge but gets hit with
more webbing. Reyna shoots Harry and slams more damage into the spider but it
still doesn't go down. Des tries to attune the fetish but doesn't quite have
the hang of things. Ang waits to see if Des succeeds. New round
Desiree Vespucci: 2,5,2,9,6,
Singha:
Des feels her spirit self reach out to the fetish and start attuning
itself (roll again)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Sorry Harry. Just
ain't cuttin' it. She moves in to rip into the thing, shifting up to Manabozho
as she does so. ((Spending WP for Shifting roll and hoping for 1 more succ. No
attack this round, just shifting.))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 1,5,3,8,4,
Desiree Vespucci: Catches her breath as she
feels something happening.
Desiree Vespucci: 7,7,8,7,6,
Angelia Caponelli: "As soon as you feel
it done come out to where we are." She instructs Des and hurries back to
the hall, drawing one of her own guns.
Desiree Vespucci: And tries to hard to focus
on what she did right.
Desiree Vespucci: Caresses the box.
Okami Yuki: ((*frowns*)) *she'll try to
shift to crinos, to gaint the strengh and leverage of the war form, hopefully the
shift will to break strands* ((shift and attack... damm it the spider because
it'll just keep strandling her till she can't move)) ((I am an two rage
left...))
Okami Yuki: ((rolling I asume stam primal
urge))
Okami Yuki: ((will to!!))
Okami Yuki: 3,10,3,4,5,3,
Singha:
(So Okami you are taking one action to shift and one Rage action to
attack the spider?))
Okami Yuki: ((*hmms* yes))((roling now the
attack, sorry))
Okami Yuki: 2,9,6,6,10,7,8,9,
Singha: (roll
STR then soak Okami)
Okami Yuki: ((ah!!!))
Singha: 6,10,6,8,7,8,9,
Okami Yuki: 1,3,8,3,9,4,
Okami Yuki: ((soak))
Okami Yuki: 9,5,6,4,9,8,
Singha: (roll
dam, Okami)
Okami Yuki: 10,5,5,5,8,10,8,8,8,8,8,4,1,
Angelia Caponelli: (holy hell)
Okami Yuki: ((I say.... PLEASE keep giving them
to me!! *nods*))
Desiree Vespucci: (Fuuuuuuuk)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((.....................))
Singha: Okies
Desiree finds herself attuned to the box, Ang draws her gun, Reyna shifts, and
Okami shifts, taking 2 AGG after soak from constriction of the webs, but
tearing herself free from the webbing, striking out and not hitting the spider
but clawing away the webbing it's still shooting at her.
Angelia Caponelli: "Alright everyone
get together!"
Desiree Vespucci: Smiles almost dreamily.
She has got to do this with the laser in her lab. She hurries towards the door.
Singha: ((You
are now FREE Okami. Everybody roll Int before next round))
Angelia
Caponelli: 4,
Okami Yuki: *hisses very cat like at the
pain, but got free, she is going to move to Angelia, but she is NOT giving more
spade the blasted thing, specially since it'll most likely keep shooting* ((so
moving to Angelia in a dodging way))
Okami Yuki: 1,8,
Angelia Caponelli: ((9))
Okami Yuki: ((uh... Cat wants spider for
dinner..*nodnod*))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 6,1,4,1,
Angelia Caponelli: (oh Intel)
Okami Yuki: 10,
Angelia Caponelli: 5,8,6,
Okami Yuki: ((though now I am confused....))
Singha: ((Not
INIT. Roll INTELLIGENCE (Except Des) ))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Reyna is at IQ 30 when
fighting, it appears))
Okami Yuki: ((ok, no suxx.. as I said cat
wants spider.. hmm.. yum))
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: ((Ang knows if they go in the room and close the door the
spider will attack something else, since they'll be out of it's patrol area))
Angelia Caponelli: "Alright everyone
back up into the exchange room," She falls back, gun still up.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "BUG...GO...SQUA--"
She gets cut off by Angelia, and moves to back up, providing cover to Okami.
Okami Yuki: *as said, she'll move, swiftly
but minding the spider, not to get stuck again, but... they aren't harming it
good either*
Angelia Caponelli: She kicks the door closed
once they're all inside.
Desiree Vespucci: About to exit, she blinks
when everyone else enters.
Desiree Vespucci: "So, on to the pit
for some phreaking phun?"
Singha: The
spider shoots it's webbing at them but Ang slams the door and the door is
webbed shut. With two Crios and two Glabro, it's mighty crowded in there.
Angelia Caponelli: "Alright. It should
leave us alone in here. You comfortable with that thing Des?"
Okami Yuki: **Will only make sure Reyna is
along with, before getting in, leaning on the wall, mostly not to bulk others
on* FS- Where to now? *looking to Angleia*
Singha -> Desiree Vespucci: (Des has an intuitive sense she should think where she wants
to go or be at))
Singha -> Desiree Vespucci: ((Roll GN to activate it))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: At least she's small as a Crinos. She
backs against the wall, not shifting down. She can still talk, and she does so
in a suprisingly clear, if very deep voice. "Freakin' fun? We're all
adults here...you can swear, if you want..."
Okami Yuki: ((guys...sorry, but I should go
and I am staying 20-30 mins more, but is all I can... or I won't wake up for
work))
Singha: Everybody
in the room gets that itchy-crawly feeling of bugs moving over their fur.
Desiree Vespucci: "I think so."
Cradling the box. "Shall I try and activate it?"
Okami Yuki: ((well is small. for a tigerish
crinos, which is not that small really *S*)) *looking to Reyna a moment, at her
saying its proper to swear*
Desiree Vespucci: Resists the urge to
scratch.
Okami Yuki: *shivering, and trying to see at
the bugs* FS- shisuta? *well they won't get crinos tigerish, will they?*
Angelia Caponelli: "Alright Des, I
think we should all be touching." No problem in these close quarters.
"Des, concentrate on turning it on... channel your spiritual energy into
it."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A coyote grin goes
Okami's way. Like she expected any different from the colorfully-tongued Voice?
Okami Yuki: *shaker her head soflty to
Reyna, smilling, not so nice in her crinos form, concentration now on the
goings on, and on focusing again the pain from the web tearing*
Desiree Vespucci: "Describe the
destination you want. I think a clear picture in my mind will help with
accuracy."
Okami Yuki: ((again=away))
Angelia Caponelli: She raises a brow a bit at Desiree,
"It's underground, it'll be sewers or subway tunnel. The Pitt... think of
all the filth beneath New York times 10."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Sounds tasty."
Okami Yuki: *A faint sigh, and she focuses,
too on trying to hear if the spider is still outside the door, or tying to get
in*
Desiree Vespucci: Closes her eyes an thinks
PITT, picturing a horrid scene of toxic tunnels, waste sewage, and a
communications junction.
Desiree Vespucci: (wp)
Desiree Vespucci: 1,7,6,6,4,
Singha: The room
around them shimmers and they find themselves in the area Des is picturing, a
stinking, toxic, bane infested sewer tunnel that has a nicely maintained
telephone exchange box.
Singha:
per+alert
Okami Yuki: 8,9,5,7,
Angelia Caponelli: 3,3,2,7,10,9,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 7,8,1,7,9,10,
Desiree Vespucci: Wrinkles her nose and
opens her eyes. "Is this what you wanted?"
Desiree Vespucci: 6,9,5,4,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Smells about
right..."
Singha: Desiree
sees a hunched form crouched in the dim dankness across the tunnel, lit only by
the glow of the lights on the telephone exchange control panel. Okami, Reyna,
and Angelia see that it's a small, filthy man dressed in rags.
Okami Yuki: *wrinkling her nose, a slight
groan at the smell*
Desiree Vespucci: "There's someone over
there," she whispers.
Okami Yuki: *Seeing it, her eyes keep track
of him, ready for trouble* FS- Any way to know if friend or foe? *rather
inclined to think it foe*
Angelia Caponelli: "I think so.."
She reaches for her gun again, keeping a close eye on the man.
Angelia Caponelli: ~fs~ "We might be
able to get him to guide us if he's not a friend."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Yeah, kinda
noticed, Des. And only one way to find out, Sis..." She steps forward,
toward the man, an eyebrow raised. "Hello? Hola?" ~SS~ "Hello?"
Angelia Caponelli: (if he's not a foe)
Okami Yuki: *a Nod, moving slightly to back Reyna*
FS- Caponelli san, didn't you needed a telephone cabin? *beeing there is one
there..*
Singha: He
doesn't seem to be hunched in attack mode, but rather in despair and
exhaustion.
Singha: 9,4,2,
Okami Yuki: ((15 mins warning... i wish I
could stay longer, but I can't))
Angelia Caponelli: "Des, can I have
some of that food you brought?" She reaches back into her bag for one of
her water bottles.
Okami Yuki: *Thngs are not alwasy what they
seem, she'll keep wary, just in case*
Desiree Vespucci: "Left pocket."
Turning so Ang can get in her backpack. She doesn't want to set the box down in
the muck.
Singha: His head
slowly swivels toward them. A pained voice asks, in that shattered tone of
those hoping against hope: "Karen?"
Angelia Caponelli: (okay hun) She holsters
her gun to get some food out of Des' backpack and walks over slowly towards the
man, holding the food and water bottle out to him.
Singha: ((do we
want to pause when Okami leaves or continue?))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Good either way. Up to y'all.))
Okami Yuki: ((you say...))
Angelia Caponelli: (I can keep going or
pause)
Desiree Vespucci: ((I vote to pause, because
I need to get up early tomorrow.))
Angelia Caponelli: (are you two able to pick
up tomorrow at the same time?)
Okami Yuki: ((I am *nods* seven-eight
Central))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((I can.))
Angelia Caponelli: (as close to 7 as
possible, I wanna try and get finished tomorrow :) )
Okami Yuki: ((I most likely will be able to
be here at seven *nods* ))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((No prob. Will be
here by 5 PST.))
Singha: The man
is covered in grime, so filthy it's hard to tell where his skin ends and the
rags begin.
Okami Yuki: ((and.. ten mins warning))
Okami Yuki: *still slightly behind the
others, ready for anytrouble... keeping an eye out and around too*
Angelia Caponelli: She opens the water
bottle and crouches down, holding it out to him, "Here. Drink?" She
pushes it towards his hand gently.
Desiree Vespucci: Peers over Ang's shoulder
at the man, feeling sorry for him.
Singha: He
doesn't seem to see the items she's offering him, just searching her face in
the dim light. His eyes are rheumy, red-rimmed. "You're not Karen,"
he says, disappointed, and slumps down, resting his forehead on his arms, which
are draped across his knees.
Angelia Caponelli: "No I"m not.
But I would like to help you... Here, have a drink. We have food too."
Desiree Vespucci: "Who's Karen?"
she whispers to the others.
Okami Yuki: *shakes her head to Desiree,
doens't know, and crouches, again looking around for anything aproaching them*
Okami Yuki: 6,1,8,10,
Okami Yuki: ((per alert))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She moves up, next to
Angelia, kneeling down and smiling at the man. "Hey. Who's Karen?"
Singha: Aside
from the water moving along through the sewer, Okami doesn't see anything
moving except her sentaimates, the man, and Des.
Okami Yuki: ((kk))
Singha: "Only
Karen can save me."
Angelia Caponelli: She looks to Reyna and
raises a brow a bit, as if to ask her assessment of the situation.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She gives a look that
somehow conveys a Magic 8-Ball Response. "Situation Murky. Ask Again
Later." She looks back at the little man, leaning down to get to his
level. "Who's Karen? Maybe we can help you find her..."
Okami Yuki: *she'll keep where she is,
guarding*
Singha: "She's
an angel," he says, voice thick with regard, almost worshipful. "She
saved me once..."
Okami Yuki: +glances Reyna and Angelia's
way, before her gaze settles once more on paying atentiong to anything coming
their way*
Angelia Caponelli: She keeps quiet and lets
Reyna talk to the man for the moment.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "An angel,
eh?" She smiles a bit, putting her friendly face on. "Sounds nice.
How did she do that?"
Singha: He lifts
his head up, and looks wryly off into the darkness. "She loved me."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Ahh. Yeah, that
is saving." She looks to the others, then back at him. "Do you know
if she's still down here? Or if she's left?"
Singha: His gaze
gets sad, and he frowns, shoulders slumping. "She doesn't know where I am.
She doesn't know where to look."
Angelia Caponelli: She looks over the little
man with a bit of a shiver.
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: (roll Intelligence)
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Okay. She
doesn't know where you are...do you know where she is?"
Angelia Caponelli: 3,8,3,
Angelia Caponelli -> Singha: I'm thinking LWS might be able to help here? Gnosis to
talk to her?
Desiree Vespucci: Watches and listens,
feeling bad for the broken looking man.
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: (This guy's voice sounds vaguely familiar.))
Singha:
Okami is doing a great job of guarding, and notes the occassionaly
broken spider slowly float past on the water, or pieces of broken machinery.
Angelia Caponelli: She turns back and looks
over the man suddenly very intent on him, "What's your name?"
Okami Yuki: ((broken spider= death spider?))
*will glance at the reminds floating past, just to make sure is... death
unharmfull things, and keeps on watching*
Singha: "I
don't know," the man says, shaking his head.
Angelia Caponelli: She wiggles out of her
tank top and grabs up her bottle of water, splashing it on the fabric and
crouches down infront of him. "Hold still alright, I'm not gonna hurt
you."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She watches Ang,
falling silent for the moment. One person addressing the man at a time.
Desiree Vespucci: Glances at the others then
back at Ang, watching what she's doing.
Singha: He
doesn't seem to be afraid of Ang, and doesn't resist her wiping the grime off
of him, but it's also pretty dark down here and it doesn't really help much.
Desiree Vespucci: Quickly looks around, to
make sure nothing is sneaking up on them.
Angelia Caponelli: She rubs the grime off his face and
looks back to Des, "Can you hand me your flashlight?"
Desiree Vespucci: 9,6,3,6,
Desiree Vespucci: Offers the box she's
holding to Okami. "Would you hold this a moment, please?"
Okami Yuki: ((box IS silver, right?))
Singha: (box is
a sparkly silver colored metal.))
Singha: (But is
not made of silver)
Okami Yuki: 88k)) *blinks, looking at the
kid, and reaches for it, though she makes a questioning gesture to her*
Okami Yuki: ((thanks... would have been very
uncofortable to hold it in crinos if was =) ))
Desiree Vespucci: "I need to get in my
backpack."
Desiree Vespucci: ((Des is 25 years old,
btw. Rather old for a 'pup'. Go figure.))
Okami Yuki: *a slighty nod, holding the box
mean while, still alert*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Wow. Camping gear's
paying off. She watches with a slight smile on her face, reaching out to put a
comforting hand on the man's shoulder.
Okami Yuki: ((damm.... you are all old
*Giggles*))
Singha: He seems
too exhausted to hold his head up for long, and rests his forehead on his arms
again.
Desiree Vespucci: She slides her backpack to
one shoulder and peels down the zipper, One arm goes inside, fishing around, then
she brings out a black, police-style maglight of the sort that takes D
batteries and doubles as a club. She passes it to Ang.
Angelia Caponelli: She lets the man rest and
works on cleaning the rest of him off while she waits for the light.
Angelia Caponelli: Then when she gets the
flashlight she turns it on, angling it to the side so that the full force of
the beam isn't on him. "Lift your head please?"
Singha: He cries
out at the light and averts his head, covering his eyes.
Singha: (per+alert,
Ang)
Angelia Caponelli: 4,1,7,10,5,7,
Desiree Vespucci: Zips up her backpack and pulls it back
on, then offers to take the box back from Okami.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She crouches there,
next to the man, waiting paitently.
Okami Yuki: *hands it back to the kit*
Desiree Vespucci: Takes the box, glances
around then turns back to watch Ang and the dirty man.
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: (now roll intel again))
Angelia Caponelli: 2,2,5,
Angelia Caponelli: (gah!)
Okami Yuki: *still paying atentiong to their
surroundings*
Okami Yuki: ((oi))
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: ((she thinks it might be Jimmy but she doesn't remember him
looking like this. At all.))
Angelia Caponelli: She frowns and turns the
light a little further away so that it still bleeds over the man though dimly.
"Hey there... shush... We're not going to hurt you."
Angelia Caponelli -> Singha: Cricket Jimmy??
Singha: They see
an older man...probably in his early 50's, but it's really hard to tell much
about him in these surroundings. Reyna can feel with the hand on him that he's
skeleton thin.
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: ((Yes. and she doesn't ever remember him having a girl or a
woman, let alone one named Karen))
Angelia Caponelli: "I'm Angelia, Shadow
Caster. You know me. From Manhatten. You're name's Jimmy. We called you
Cricket. You're a glasswalker. A garou."
Okami Yuki: *blinks, and frowns, hearing
Angelia, but keeps her atentiong around*
Singha: He
shakes his head. "You're not Karen."
Desiree Vespucci: Blinks, looking more
closely at the man. It's hard to imagine a garou could come to this, from what
little she knows. And he's a glasswalker, like her.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Jimmy Cricket. She's
heard that name more then once. Jesus. She looks at him, an eyebrow raised,
then back to Angelia.
Angelia Caponelli: "No I'm not."
She reaches over to touch his hair tenderly. "You were with Ace. You got
lost and some how you've ended up here. We're in the Pitt, in the Cyberrealm.
Jimmy. I need you to try and remember... please?"
Singha:
He shakes his head, slumping down and hiding his face from the
light. "Only Karen can save me."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She stands up and
moves back toward Okami and Des, gesturing for a pow wow.
Desiree Vespucci: "Can we take him with
us?"
Desiree Vespucci: Moves off a few paces with
Reyna.
Okami Yuki: *blinks at Reyna, and move her
way, just keeping her eyes around to keep on the watch*
Angelia Caponelli: "Where did you last
see Karen?" She drops her now filthy and soaked shirt and starts feeling
over him for pockets that might contain some memory jerking reminents of the
elder's previous life.
Singha: Ang
finds a single photograph.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((Sorry. Gesturing
for a pow wow with all of the girls, Ang too. That wasn't clear.))
Angelia Caponelli: She pulls it out and
examines it under the flashlight as she moves back to rejoin the others.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Once they're all
together, she looks at Ang, speaking in a low whisper. "A'ight, Babe.
Who's Karen?"
Angelia Caponelli: She shakes her head a
bit, "I have no idea. I don't remember any Karens at all."
Okami Yuki: *she frowns a bit* do you
believe we should linger in here so much?
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She frowns.
"Another Garou who found her way down here with Jimmy, maybe?"
Okami Yuki: or someone from here....
Singha: ((photo
description coming, hang on)) He doesn't move from his spot, going back to his
hunched little miserable lumpiness.
Singha: The
photo is of a creature that resembles an obscene cross between human and
cockroach. It's carapace is a deep amber, torso segmented like a the body of a
roach, but still shaped to somewhat rounded human proportions. The arms and
legs are but two each, but seem shiny, as though encased in an exoskeleton. The
face is almost human, but the skin has that same glossy texture, the jaws
however have extra mandibles. The hair gives it an almost human look. The twin,
segmented antennae are long and erect. Round, black eyes stare back, both human
and not. It's enough to send a shiver down the spine of the most stalwart
creature.
Singha: ((Ang,
Okami, and Reyna, roll Intel if you are looking at the picture.))
Okami Yuki: ((*shiverS* you know.. I dislike
cokocrouch more then spiders.... *ewww*))
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: 5,6,8,7,
Okami Yuki: ((is... if Angelia brought it
along in a showing way))
Okami
Yuki: 4,7,
Angelia Caponelli: 5,4,9,
Singha: Ang and
Okami think thats one of the fomors they got out of Doc Schondorf's lab. Reyna
~knows~ it is.
Angelia Caponelli: She stares at the picture
looking more then a little green before she holds it out for the others to
see... "Oh..." She heads back to Jimmy and holds the picture down to
him. "Is this Karen?"
Desiree Vespucci: Glances at the picture if
Ang shows it around, making an EWWWW sort of face. It is patently, the most
hideous thing she's ever seen.
Angelia Caponelli: (That one's still alive? Just
to be sure)
Okami Yuki: ((got out as in kill?)) *frowns,
hissing, looking at the other two* FS- is he clean?
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Oh. OH.
OH...." She looks at Okami and Angelia. "Ummm...shit. We know
her..."
Singha: "Yes,"
He snatches the picture back from her, cradling it protectively. He strokes his
fingers over the image. "Karen..." He kisses it.
Singha: ((Yes,
there were 3 fomors you guys either transformed or un baneified.))
Desiree Vespucci: *Ew, he loves that thing.
Suppresses an involuntary shudder.*
Singha: ((I
think 1 was de-baned and the other two you transformed the bane into a wyld
spirit))
Okami Yuki: ((*nods*)) *looking to Reyna as
she confirms, the hiss comes back as she glances to the man then to Reyna and
Angelia*
Angelia Caponelli: (*nods*) She looks down
over him, "I know where Karen is Jimmy."
Okami Yuki: ((yeup, then one de-baned was
Silkie's pet.. I think, or something the like.. that girl is mad ;) ))
Angelia Caponelli: (and they are all still
being kept at the lab as I recall)
Desiree Vespucci: *Hopes it's a nice bug
monster. When they claim they know it, she just stares at them. She has a lot
to learn.*
Singha: ((Yes,
still at the lab...sort of the security staff there now. *G*))
Singha: "You
do?" He looks up, hopeful
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She nods, moving next
to Angelia. "She's right, we do." She gives Jimmy a smile.
Angelia Caponelli: She nods, "Yeah. She's in a lab in
Singha: ((Not
Singha: "You'll
take me to her?"
Okami Yuki: *watches as Angelia speaks with
the man again, and back to guarding, frowning slightly*
Angelia Caponelli: (sorry Edit to
Angelia Caponelli: She nods. "Yeah I
can take you there Jimmy."
Singha: His dull
eyes light up with hope, and he takes the bar, chewing it thoughlessly.
"Karen...."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She nods. "We'll
take you there, yeah."
Singha: He
slowly gets shakily to his feet. Never a very tall man, he seems even smaller
with that hunch. He's stick thin, skin and bones.
Angelia Caponelli: She offers him a hand up.
"Jimmy, this is Reyna, and that there is Okami and behind her holding the
silver box is Desiree."
Desiree Vespucci: Nods to the creepy man.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Hey,
Jimmy..."
Okami Yuki: *Looks to Angelia, not so sure,
and gifts the man with a faint head bow*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: ((SHIIIIIIT.
SOmething just came up, guys...I have to jet, I'm sorry. Continue without me,
'cause I don't wanna hold this up at all...))
Singha: "You
found my box," he says to Desiree.
Desiree Vespucci: Looks at Ang, then nods at
the man. "A box... yes."
Angelia Caponelli: (*hugs Jer* See you soon
hun)
Okami Yuki: ((al fine Ravyn?))
Angelia Caponelli: She smiles hearing that
he recognizes it. "Cockroach asked us to find it and come here. I imagine
he wanted us to find you too. We're suposed to use it to gain access to Uptown.
Do you know where we would do that?"
Desiree Vespucci: Glances at the junction
box.
Singha: He
points at the junction box and looks at Ang like she's...crazy.
Okami Yuki: *Regards them, and again just
payig guard in case*
Desiree Vespucci: "I think we need to
connect it to the junction box somehow. Maybe physical contact will
suffice?"
Angelia Caponelli: She looks at the junction
box, "Huh I figured that's how we got here... Do we plug it in some
how?" She moves over with the flash light to examine the junction box.
Singha: "Where
do you want to go Uptown?" he asks.
Desiree Vespucci: Steps closer to the
junction box, studying it.
Desiree Vespucci: 10,9,9,5,
Desiree Vespucci: ((per))
Okami Yuki: *Lets the computer persons do
their work, keeps guard*
Angelia Caponelli: "We have to access
the computer web from there and use it to find the location of a fetish."
Singha: "You
can access it from there." He points to the junction.
Okami Yuki: *listening, watching*
Desiree Vespucci: Lifts the box up and
presses it against the junction, just to see if it will stick. Maybe it has
some magic magnetic properties.
Angelia Caponelli: "THe computer
web?" She digs into her bag, "Cockroach said to use the uptown
computerterminals to access the web. I'm kinda hoping there's a clue there as
we don't know what the fetish is yet. Would you be able to show us how your box
works Jimmy?"
Singha: ((Is Des
trying to activate the box?))
Desiree Vespucci: (Yes)
Desiree Vespucci: 9,2,4,9,9,
Desiree Vespucci: (gnosis)
Singha: "You
better tie yourselves to her," he says. "Or she'll leave without
you."
Okami Yuki: *she blinks to Jimmy, then moves
quicling to the girl* kit!
Okami Yuki: ((why i always mispell quick, why, why,
why))
Singha -> Desiree Vespucci: Des sees the box become a glowing pattern of all sorts of
computer data moving around, kinda like the whole TRON thing. She's looking at
the entire pattern on the macro level.
Desiree Vespucci: Glances over her shoulder
at Okami.
Angelia Caponelli: "Des wait!" She
grabs her and Jimmy with her other hand. "Does it have to be with rope
Cricket?"
Desiree Vespucci: Then looks back at the
box, blinking. "Whooooa. Are you seeing this?"
Okami Yuki: *well she'll reach for the girl
((ha! who is talking)) and Angelia*
Desiree Vespucci: "Patterns,
patterns," she mumbles. "What are we looking for exactly?"
Singha: "I
can't leave here," he says. "I'm out of juice."
Desiree Vespucci: Her eyes are studying
something likely only she can see.
Angelia Caponelli: She shakes her head a bit
and starts rooting through Des' bag, "Um no... we're looking for... I'm
not sure. Cockroach should have left us a hint or clue like the neon bugs
around the box."
Desiree Vespucci: (rolling int + computer)
Desiree Vespucci: 8,6,7,8,9,5,9,5,
Okami Yuki: *frowning, looking to the man,
then Angelia and the kit, at lost*
Angelia Caponelli: She looks back at Jimmy
and frowns a bit. "Well can't Des cover you to pull you with us?"
Singha: "No...but
you could bring me back some? And then we could go see Karen?"
Desiree Vespucci: Glances at the wasted man.
Bring him back some?
Singha -> Desiree Vespucci: ((She figures out where uptown is, and where downtown is, and
the few junctures in the old town and the pit. She also figures out where it
looks like cities those are actual data structures of buildings.))
Angelia Caponelli: She nods, "I'll try
and find a battery or something. Will you be alright here? We can leave you
some supplies if you need them? Reyna can stay with you maybe? As soon as we're
done I'll take you home and we'll go see Karen."
Okami Yuki: *another look to Angelia,
split?*
Singha: "Reyna
can tell me about Karen," he nods. "And you can just scoop up some
juice where you can find it...but don't get killed in there...that's how I
ended up here."
Desiree Vespucci: Mumbling: "That would be uptown..
downtown... looks like there are junctions in old town, and here in the pit...
what are those?... oh, buildings."
Okami Yuki: *Is completely confused by now,
looking from one to the other, ending up, again just looking around and
listening*
Angelia Caponelli: She crinkles her nose and
nods to Jimmy, "Reyna can call us if you have any trouble." She looks
to the cub, "We're looking for Uptown Des."
Singha: "I
don't need supplies. I eat rats. And fungus."
Angelia Caponelli: "Okami, hold on to
Des tight." Ang reaches over to hold onto the other woman.
Okami Yuki: *blinks and does so, though is
carefull with claws*
Okami Yuki: *so not thinking on Jimmy's last
words*
Desiree Vespucci: "Are we ready to try
and teleport?"
Angelia Caponelli: Can we say Ewww...?
Angelia Caponelli: She nods to Des,
"Ready."
Okami Yuki: *thanks god is to polite to say
anything, she nods to Desiree*
Singha: (everybody
roll WP who's trying to jump into the web))
Desiree Vespucci: She traces a finger along
the path from the pit to the largest uptown junction, and concentrates on the
sensation of teleporting there. (gnosis roll coming)
Desiree Vespucci: 3,5,5,2,7,
Okami Yuki: 4,8,4,5,5,
Angelia Caponelli: 6,7,7,2,6,
Desiree Vespucci: (that was wp)
Desiree Vespucci: 2,1,7,8,6,
Desiree Vespucci: (that was gnosis, if
needed)
Singha: (then
roll GN)
Okami Yuki: ((*will?))
Okami Yuki: 8,9,2,
Angelia Caponelli: 8,7,6,4,
Singha: Des, Ang
and Okami find themselves floating briefly over the beautiful, vast pattern of
the computer web, and then they find themselves stepping through a doorway into
a strangely twisting, brilliantly flashing tunnel. It feels sort of like a
flume ride, if you were floating in water made of pure light.
Desiree Vespucci: Lets out a sharp breath.
"Let's do that again!"
Okami Yuki: *she blinks, looking at the
displey, reminding not to let go, watching, a soft sight scaping her lips, wow*
Singha: And
then...they're popping out another doorway into crystalline room.
Angelia Caponelli: "Whoa," she
takes a moment to steady herself. "On the way back Des... we need to look
for a computer terminal."
Desiree Vespucci: Des looks ecstatic. That
had to qualify as one of the greatest thrills she's ever experienced.
Desiree Vespucci: She looks around the room,
grinning wildly.
Angelia Caponelli: She grins at Des'
enthusiasm and looks around the crystalline room, getting her bearings.
Desiree Vespucci: 4,1,8,5,
Desiree Vespucci: (per)
Okami Yuki: *she stays VERY still, do
wishpering* are we there? *before even letting go, looking around, half dizzy,
half amazed half... wierded out*
Desiree Vespucci: Ooooh, look at all the
pretty colors.
Desiree Vespucci: "I don't know. Are
we, Ang? Is this it?"
Angelia Caponelli: 2,4,8,7,6,2,
Singha: You ever
see that James bond movie with that entire hotel made of ice? Yeah this is
kinda like that but even cooler, with the walls lit up and flashing like facets
of a diamond.
Angelia Caponelli: (that's Per + alert)
"I think we're there.."
Angelia Caponelli: (Oh the Halle Berry one!)
Okami Yuki: *Looking slowly around, thankfull for
her furr*
Singha: One wall
of the room has a washboard of crystal with glowing colorful plasmas flowing
down it, like water.
Desiree Vespucci: ((Bah, didn't see that
one))
Desiree Vespucci: Slowly approaches the
plasma flow. "Do you think it's safe to touch it?"
Angelia Caponelli: She moves over to the
washboard and looks over it curiously... "I was just wondering that myself
Des."
Okami Yuki: *moves with them again looking
around for danger*
Desiree Vespucci: She studies it, searching
for patterns in the colorful plasma flow. (int+comp)
Desiree Vespucci: (or should I use enigmas?)
Angelia Caponelli: (Nods I'm going with with
int + enig)
Angelia Caponelli: 9,5,7,8,4,
Desiree Vespucci: (int + enig, it is,
rolling...)
Desiree Vespucci: 5,4,9,6,2,8,6,9,9,
Singha: (roll
per+alert Okami.)
Okami Yuki: (wow))
Okami Yuki: 8,2,2,8,
Okami Yuki: ((=( I am at less one die ))
Singha: Okay,
Ang and Des, roll WP
Angelia Caponelli: 2,4,3,3,2,
Desiree Vespucci: 5,7,2,5,6,
Singha: Ang and
Des both find the colorful plasmas forming into images...pictures...data....Ang
gets totally absorbed into staring at it, fascinated. Des feels the pull, but
is able to keep some sense of self.
Singha:
Okami, on the other hand, sees part of the wall morph into a fluid
robotic form make of crystals. "Identification codes, please?" it
asks.
Desiree Vespucci: "It appears to be
some sort of data, I wonder if it can be downloaded?" Gingerly she touches
a finger to the plasma stream to see what happens.
Angelia Caponelli: She just stares, ohhhh
look at the pretty matrix-esc data.
Okami Yuki: Shisuta ... Caponelli san
*looking at the figure, a soft* kit? *to Desiree too*
Okami Yuki: *getting ready to defend the two
on the panels*
Desiree Vespucci: Des, who has a tendency to
focus deeply on things, doesn't respond to the name kit, as she dips a finger
in the plasma.
Okami Yuki: *adding* Desiree kit *yea.. the
woman is a kitten, right now*
Singha: "Identification
codes, pleasee?" the robot insists. Des finds the plasma to feel very much
like ice cold water flowing over her fingers.
Okami Yuki: *backs slightly, not having a
clue of what to give, to pull of Angelia arm* ((I could try, but computer deft
*G*))
Desiree Vespucci: "Hmmm?" she
replies to Okami, pressing her entire hand into the stream, then her arm if no
harm comes of it. She'll try a little gnosis too.
Desiree Vespucci: 8,1,5,2,8,
Okami Yuki: *sighs* company! *a little
hissed, eyeing the robot, not giving it her back*
Singha: ((Ang
still holding onto Des, or no?))
Angelia Caponelli: She keeps staring. So
pretty.
Angelia Caponelli: (Nope she let go when she
moved over.)
Okami Yuki: ((if she can)) *shouts in the
sentai liknk* ANGELIA!
Angelia Caponelli: (Can I WP to pay
attention?)
Singha: Des
finds herself swiming along in a data stream. Ang and Okami are alone in the
room. Ang roll WP to shake off fascination.
Angelia Caponelli: 5,7,5,7,3,
Desiree Vespucci: Thinks: FETTISH! Hoping to
direct her flow to the thing they're seeking.
Singha: (roll GN
Des, then WP)
Okami Yuki: *Hissing as the kit.... fades,
frowning, moving to be in front of Angelia, still facing the robot, and still*
Shisuta snap out
Singha: Ang
shakes off the fascination and sees teh robot Okami is pointing at is startign
to power up to attack mode. "Identification codes, please?"
Desiree Vespucci: 9,5,2,9,7,
Desiree Vespucci: 6,10,8,3,2,
Desiree Vespucci: (gno and wp in that order)
Angelia Caponelli: She blinks and looks for
Des and then back to the robot. "We're allowed to be here." (command
spirit
Angelia Caponelli: 5,6,7,8,
Singha: The
robot processes Ang's command and powers down.
Angelia Caponelli: She lets out a relieved
sigh and looks up at Okami, "Where did Des go?"
Okami Yuki: *sighs too, more then nothing worried
about the kit* she stuck her hands on that and dissapeared.. she won't listen
to me
Singha: Des
finds herself shooting out another doorway into what looks like an old
storeroom.
Desiree Vespucci: Staggers into the room
blinking and looks around. ((when Ang was digging in her backpack, did she put
the flashlight back?))
Desiree Vespucci: 2,5,1,7,
Desiree Vespucci: (per)
Angelia Caponelli: She blinks and looks back
at the plasma, reaching over to touch it lightly.
Singha: Des
starts moving and stirs up a whirlwind of dust particles that make it
impossible to see anything. Ang finds the plasma to feel like ice cold water.
Angelia Caponelli: (I don't think so Des she
left it with Reyna and Jimmy)
Desiree Vespucci: Covers her mouth and nose
with one hand. Don't sneeze, don't sneeze, don't sneeze.
Okami Yuki: I do not know what she did
*saying softly* beyond that *still keeping her eyes on robot, just in case*
Angelia Caponelli: She reaches back with her free hand to
grab Okami and pushes her other hand deeper into the plasma, closing her eyes
and concentrating on Desiree.
Singha: As the
dust settles, Des sees she's in a massive storehouse...not just a little
storeroom. Remember the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark? Yeah, it's like that.
Singha: Ang
finds herself going...no where.
Okami Yuki: *moves close when is grabbed,
and gets ready for thw swirl*
Desiree Vespucci: Looks back to see if the
plasma is flowing anywhere. After she finds this thing, being able to return
with it would be a good thing.
Angelia Caponelli: She curses and pulls her
hand back looking up at Okami, "Are you sure she didn't do
something."
Okami Yuki: ((guys, I am called for
dinner... be back...))
Okami Yuki: I don't know, she was staring,
much like you were
Okami Yuki: ((be bck asap1!))
Singha: Des
turns around to find---more storeroom.
Angelia Caponelli: (Alright Okami) She
grimices a little must be because Des had the box.
Desiree Vespucci: Okay, there must be a
computer terminal with a catalog in it somewhere. She moves slowly looking for
anything computerish. ((and does she still have the box, or was it left at the junction?))
Singha: But when
Ang pulls her arm out of the plasma, she finds she can watch Des in the images
there, so long as she concentrates on her.
Singha: ((Box
moves with Des))
Singha: roll
int+academics Des
Angelia Caponelli: She sighs softly, relieved
to at least /see/ the cub and keeps focus on her so she can watch.
Desiree Vespucci: ((academics isn't on the
werewolf sheet))
Angelia Caponelli: (It's a secondary skill
for garou)
Singha: (history?)
Desiree Vespucci: ((has a science rating with
a PhD from Harvard though. *c* Use that?))
Singha: ((it's
basically a historical connection she needs to make))
Desiree Vespucci: ((History? No history
rating. She's not a history buff in any sense beyond required courses.))
Singha: ((okies
so...int alone))
Desiree Vespucci: ((Just Int then?))
Desiree Vespucci: 6,4,6,10,9,
Angelia Caponelli: (damned)
Okami Yuki: 88back, sorry))
Okami Yuki: *when they do not move she looks
to Angelia* we can't move?
Singha: She
figures out that this big...mechanical...thing...that looks sort of like a
cross between an abacus and a typewriter is...actually a mechanical computer.
Angelia Caponelli: She shakes her head still
watching the plasma, "Des is in a storeroom of some sort."
Desiree Vespucci: ((Des is a smart ass, I
mean smarty. *G*))Thoughtfully studies the machine, rubbing her chin. (does it
have alphabet keys?)
Okami Yuki: *eyes the flux, then Angelia,
frowns but nods, looking back to the robot*
Singha: ((Truthfully...i
don't know what the first mechnical computers looked like...so yeah...we'll
say...yeah.))
Singha: ((roll
per+enig okami)
Desiree Vespucci: ((Oh, I do! They were card
punches.))
Okami Yuki: 2,2,9,7,
Angelia Caponelli: (Yeah they had punch
cards I"ve seen one!)
Singha: ((okies..so
they look like that, grandma. *G*))
Singha: Okami
can see Des in the plasma, as well, but she's not quite so prone to be fascinated
by it. (And if you'd all stuck together like you were supposed to you could be
there with her. Sillies.))
Desiree Vespucci: ((*poke!*)) She studies the machine,
looking uncertain. Picks up a smoothe manilla card printed in gray with rows of
numbers. Seeing what looks like a card swipe she stuffs the card in it to see
if anything happens.
Okami Yuki: (8well.... *sniffles* is Dess
fault! =P )) *blinks, eyeing it, then back to the robot soooooooooooooo lost*
Singha: A little
hatch opens up, and a Stuart Little sized white mouse with a green visor and
wire rimmed glasses peers out and says "May I help you?"
Desiree Vespucci: "Oh, yes please. I'm
here to pick up the fettish and deliver it to headquarters." (roll for the
lie?)
Angelia Caponelli: She pulls her hand up
over her mouth to stiffle a laugh as she watches.
Singha: "Which
one?"
Desiree Vespucci: ((Sowwy, she's just a
kit.))
Okami Yuki: *she just blinks more, sighing,
shaking her head, this is madness*
Desiree Vespucci: "I don't know, I'm
just the delivery person. Didn't you get the requisition?"
Desiree Vespucci: *Thinking hard. It's a
fettish for cockroach, what would a cockroach thing look like?*
Singha:
"Well, if you don't know which one, then who are you and where
are you delivering it to?"
Angelia Caponelli: She folds her arms and
taps her fingers lightly... "Oh. We need juice." She blinks and pulls
her attention away briefly. "Okami, keep an eye on her... I need to find
juice."
Singha: ((roll
int+occ, Ang))
Okami Yuki: *blinks, looking to her* we
shoulnd't spread further....
Angelia Caponelli: 6,7,4,4,8,5,
Angelia Caponelli: She shakes her head as
she looks around, "No no I won't. There has to be something here. Maybe
that plasma..."
Desiree Vespucci: Sighs deeply and pinches
her nose, shaking her head, and adopting the most downbeaten look she can.
"Do you know how much trouble I'm gonna be in if I don't deliver
something? Karen, my name is Karen. Nice to meet you. It was something from
some... cockroach. Look. You know how it is when something goes wrong. The shit
rolls down hill, right? Some ass upstairs doesn't fill out the paper work, and
the grunt takes the lashes for it. I'll make you a deal. You make it look right
on paper and give me something that fits the bill, and whoever screwed up in
headquarters can take the shit for this screw up." Slides off her back
pack and pulls out another energy bar. "I can trade you this for your troubles?"
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: ((Uhm....all that plasma is juice. *G*))
Okami Yuki: *nods faintly, still worried and
lost*
Singha: "Ah..."
He flips through a sheaf of papers. 'No...no Karen...sorry. Don't have anything
down for you. Who sent you?"
Singha -> Angelia Caponelli: ((but you'll need something to carry it in))
Angelia Caponelli: She pulls another one of
her waterbottles out of her bag and looks around before she just decides to
drink the water in it.
Angelia Caponelli -> Singha: Has water bottles in her theurgy bag for cleanings!
Singha: "Reep,
do you know anything about some fetish being picked up today?" He shouts
down the row of machinery. Another mouse, this one with a cowlick and a handle
bar mustache pops his head out and says "What? No..."
Angelia Caponelli: She drains the bottle and
leans over to fill it. Too bad she didn't bring the other one she used to clean
up Jimmy.
Singha: "Can
you check the central requisitions database?" The visor mouse asks.
"Okay," the other one says, and starts eating holes in
punchcards."
Desiree Vespucci: "The delivery
service, of course. I'm filling in for some idiot who got caught under a fallen
building. "Derrick... Darma..Donn.. oh hell. I can't remember his name.
They're going to send me to a blue collar camp for sure. Can't you help me out.
How about this?" Shows him her nifty pockeman, and all the tools on it.
Angelia Caponelli: She screws on the cap
tightly and licks some of it off her fingers.
Singha: The
mouse moves lickety split and soon has a stack of cards he feeds through the
machine.
Singha:
((roll GN Ang))
Angelia Caponelli: 3,8,9,4,
Singha: Reep
stares at the outcome on the tape as it spits out the data, idly twirling his
mustache. "Uhm...nope, nope, only three deliveries this moonphase and none
of them to Karen."
Singha: ((Ang
and Okami, if you want to try to drop messages to Des, you can do so via the
plasma, roll WP))
Okami Yuki: 3,7,9,9,5,
Angelia Caponelli: 8,2,6,6,10,
Singha: Visor
mouse shakes his head sadly at Des. "Sorry. Can't give you anything
without knowing the right information."
Angelia Caponelli: ~Des give them your name
or mine.~
Desiree Vespucci: "Damned beaurocracy.
Can't anyone do anything right any more?" Looking so depressed, tears will
be coming soon, no doubt, and the mice will have a distraught woman to deal
with.
Desiree Vespucci: (Can Des hear that?)
Singha: ((yes,
it feels like water flowing into her brain..weird...))
Okami Yuki: *looks to Angelia, then at Des
and her predicament* -or Moon's?, or .... Computer Totem Spirit?-
Desiree Vespucci: Rubs her temples, like she
has a headache. "Maybe it was addressed to the super. Anything for
Caponelli?"
Singha: "Ah..."
more mustache twirling then Reep looks over at the visor mouse. "Cheep,
you have cross reference directory?"
Singha: "No,
ask Breep." And another door opens, revealing a white mouse in a pinstripe
suit and fedora. He whips a phonebook out and pages through it.
Singha: "I
have several Caponelli's. You got a first name?"
Okami Yuki: *more and more confused*
Desiree Vespucci: "Angelia."
Angelia Caponelli: ~It might be under Shadowcaster.~
Singha: 'Angelia..."
Breep says in a very Chicago Gangster voice. "Try Shadowcaster." He
says to Reep, who chews up some more cards and sends them through. A gong
sounds somewhere WAAAAAY off in the distance, and a little flashing light goes
off. "We have a winnner!" Cheep the visor mouse says.
Desiree Vespucci: "Some people call her
Shadowcaster. I don't know which is the nickname though."
Desiree Vespucci: "You guys are so
efficient. You're the best." She sets another energy bar with the first.
"Something for the help too, huh?"
Desiree Vespucci: *Meaning the other mice
that helped find it.*
Singha: An
artillery sound, like a rushing shell echoes through the stacks and stacks of
stored items and Des is bonked on the head by a flying box.
Desiree Vespucci: "Ow!" Rubs her
head and picks up the box, stuffing it in her backpack. "Can you direct me
to the transport terminal? This place is so big, I think I got all turned
around."
Singha: "Okay,
sign here." Reep pushes a book to her.
Angelia Caponelli: (sorry had a phone call
there)
Singha: "And
here." He points to another line.
Desiree Vespucci: Scrawls: Karen Vesper on
the document.
Desiree Vespucci: Signs it there too.
Singha: Des
finds as soon as she starts to write it disappears. Reep sighs and shakes his
head. "You know, falsifying data is a punishable offense."
Angelia Caponelli: ~Just put your proper
name in.~
Singha: "Want
I should cap her?" Breep the gangster mouse asks, reaching under his coat.
Desiree Vespucci: "Hmm? It's shorthand.
Sorry. Used to cutting corners." She leaves off the first name and
carefully scrawls Vespucci on the form.
Singha: The ink
sort of...melts and smears into nothing. Reep frowns. "You mean you don't
have a name?"
Singha: "Hey,
she doesn't have a name!" He calls out to the other mice.
Angelia Caponelli: ~Sign properly Des.~
Singha: "What
are you?" Breep asks. "A cub?"
Angelia Caponelli: ~Oh wait you can't... you don't have a
deed name~
Okami Yuki: *sighs, moving slightly, like a
cat in cage, this is fustratingtly ... confusing*
Desiree Vespucci: "Alright, alright. I
wanted that bitch Karen in receiving to take the blame if I delivered the wrong
box. Can you blame me?" Signing it again: Desiree Vespucci.
Angelia Caponelli: 5,10,4,3,7,
Singha: the
lines of her signature once again melt and fuse into a blurry mess.
Desiree Vespucci: Sighs. "I'm
nobody."
Angelia Caponelli: ~Desiree, you need a deed
name.~
Okami Yuki: *she looks to Angelia* Shisuta,
unless you name here now... she won't be able to.. and then you will make her a
Court one...
Singha: "Hrm..."
Reep twirls his mustache and chews up more cards, slotting them through the
computer.
Okami Yuki -> Singha: ((realises.... Okami doesn't have a Deed name!!!))
Desiree Vespucci: "Big names don't work
in delivery. I'm just another nameless grunt."
Singha: Another
gong sounds WAAAAYYYY far away and there's that artillery sound.
Angelia Caponelli: She nods to Okami,
"What could we call her though?"
Singha: 8,8,7,
Okami Yuki: *frowns, thinking* curious
kitten *shakes her head*
Desiree Vespucci: 8,6,
Singha: Des once
again gets bonked on the head by something, which feels like a piece of cheese.
Angelia Caponelli: (Waits on the results of
that roll :) )
Angelia Caponelli: (LOLS)
Singha: When she
picks it up, it's a little surfboard made of cheddar. Engraved on it is
"Surfs with Mice."
Okami Yuki: kimyou koneko
Desiree Vespucci: Picks up the cheese,
looking puzzled.
Angelia Caponelli: "What does that
mean?"
Desiree Vespucci: "Surfs with
Mice," she reads, tilting her head. "Got crackers?"
Singha: "Well,"
Cheep motions to her, "Eat it."
Okami Yuki: *smiles softly* curious Kitten
Singha: As soon
as Des eats the cheee her signature rearranges itself into "Surfs with
Mice."
Angelia Caponelli: "She isn't a kitten
though... maybe Thinks Outside the Box... or..." She frowns and scratches
her head.
Desiree Vespucci: She looks confused, but
eats the cheese.
Okami Yuki: I say it feets her *smiles some
more*
Singha: Three
more gongs sound and artillery comes flying from three different directions
(roll wits if you're trying to dodge.)
Angelia Caponelli: (*giggles*)
Desiree Vespucci: ((In Des' location, or Ang
and Okami's?))
Singha: (Des.)
Desiree Vespucci: 9,7,
Desiree Vespucci: Ducks!
Singha: 9,2,8,
Singha: Des just
barely dodges the three little packages that land in front of her.
Singha: They are
all addressed to "Surfs with Mice"
Okami Yuki: ((oh.. this is fun! *G*))
Singha:
"Right," Cheep looks at Des. "Anything else?"
Desiree Vespucci: Looks down at the
packages, curiously, then adds them to her backpack. "Thank you very much,
gentlemen."
Desiree Vespucci: "Could you direct me
to the exit terminal please?"
Angelia Caponelli: ~Des! Ask for ID cards
for all of us while you're there!~
Singha: The just
look at her like she's....crazy. And then start to laugh as if that was a joke.
A really funny one.
Singha: The just
look at her like she's....crazy. And then start to laugh as if that was a joke.
A really funny one.
Desiree Vespucci: Grins at them as though
she were joking. "Hey, can I get id cards here?"
Okami Yuki: ((30 mins warning, btw))
Singha: "For
who?" Cheep asks.
Desiree Vespucci: "Now that I have a
name, I'll need one. Shadowcaster and..." waits for the little voice to
tell her Okami's deed name.
Angelia Caponelli: (What is Okami's deed
name?)
Singha: Reep
starts chewing cards up.
Okami Yuki: ((*snickers as she figures
out... she was missing something when she made Okami.. then agian her RoP got a
little... chaotic *G*))
Angelia Caponelli: (We'll just insert
Okami's deed name here and she can tell us what it is later *G*)
Singha: ((come on
guys, let's speed this along I gotta go grab some food before my show starts in
20.))
Okami Yuki: 88sorry!!!I utterly forgot when
I made her!!! I was fousing on what her name means *G*))
Singha: ((Okami
will get a deed name from this. *G* Just tell them the names of the peeps you
want cards for.))
Angelia Caponelli: (Ah there)
Singha: ((Breep
will cross reference it and Reep will chew up soem cards and Okami will get a
deed name. *G*))
Okami Yuki: ((oki *eyes Singha,
shivers*gigles*))
Desiree Vespucci: She listens to the voice and tells him
the names for for everyone in her party (Rey, Okami and Ang) then adds as an
after thought, "And Jimmy Cricket." Isn't that what Ang called the
guy? Or was it Jiminy Cricket?
Okami Yuki: ((ouch)) *she blinks to Angelia,
shakes her ehad with a soft* I'm Okami yuki
Singha: ((So who
all do you ask cards for?))
Singha: Reep
chews the cards up and two gongs sound and a small wrapped packet slams into
Des, along with a sticky ball of webbing
Desiree Vespucci: "Ew, why is this one
sticky?"
Angelia Caponelli: (Lol poor Des!)
Singha: 'That's
for Sticky Fist."
Okami Yuki: ((*narrows eyes at Singha*))
Desiree Vespucci: Drops it all into her
backpack, handling the sticky one with two fingers. "I'll see he gets it.
Thanks guys, you're the greatest."
Singha: ((hey,
you do stuff the spirits notice, they name you. *G*))
Singha: "Bye,
come again some time!"
Okami Yuki: ((*snickers* snifles* Princes
with mouse name *giggles*))
Singha: (roll
per+comp to figure out how to get back Des)
Desiree Vespucci: She pulls the silver box
out of her bag, zipping it closes and returns to the spot she originally
appeared at.
Singha: (Then
roll GN)
Desiree Vespucci: 5,5,8,4,7,5,
Desiree Vespucci: 4,9,9,8,8,
Singha: A door
opens in the plasma and Des steps through.
Angelia Caponelli: She moves back and
smiles, "Good work Surf's with Mice. Now. To get us all home. You need
help carrying anything?"
Singha: As soon
as Des enters the robot reactivates and asks them for their identifiction codes
Okami Yuki: *and she turns, blinking then
frowning at the kit*
Desiree Vespucci: Hefts her backpack a
little. "Naa, I'm good. You saw?"
Angelia Caponelli: "Yup."
Singha: ((And
from here we can say they get Jimmy out by giving him the juice and handing him
an ID card.))
Angelia Caponelli: (Yup)
Singha: ((and
you all end up back at
Desiree Vespucci: Grins, then looks at the
robot. "Maybe we should get out of here."
Angelia Caponelli: (and ask him if he knows
a way out that doesn't involve going back through the scar)
Okami Yuki: ((sticky Fist....*is gonna get
Singha a sea of pokes ;) ))
Desiree Vespucci: ((kk, thanks Singha!))
Angelia Caponelli: (I need snacks too! You
coming back singha? I have questions)
: ((to clarify, you bring Jimmy with you and are
able to get out of the Pit and through the web back to Ellis Island via the Web
with the cards))
Angelia Caponelli: (and thank you as always!)