Conquering the Stars Session 4

Conquering the Stars: Exile

Part 1: Chase

[14:38] < Demonic_Gerbil> So get your game face on, peeps.
[14:39] * mattw is now known as Shara_Lanator
[14:39] * Demonic_Gerbil is now known as Evel_Gemeval
[14:39] < Shara_Lanator> o.o
[14:40] * Newbie_X is now known as Mithras
[14:40] < Mithras> (( Unfortunately, my logs of session 3 are still at school. ))
[14:40] < Mithras> (( I'll be able to get them Sunday evening, though. ))
[14:41] < Evel_Gemeval> Yeah, so, when this thing ended, you all had just burned your boss's body and were preparing to skip town in an attempt to avoid at least one murder rap.
[14:41] * Aldante_Fax is now known as Aru`Momo
[14:41] < Serigo> Boy, what a day that was.
[14:41] < Evel_Gemeval> Oh, and Mithras had made a good show of trying to assassinate Marcus as an overture to complete Party domination.
[14:42] < Serigo> Marcus the Red Mage?
[14:42] < Serigo> (Oops.)
[14:42] < Mithras> (( >_> <_< ))
[14:42] < Evel_Gemeval> Who else's ribs did you break?
[14:42] < Mithras> (( :p ))
[14:42] < Serigo> (No one else's... yet.)
[14:42] < Serigo> (voice?)
[14:42] * Evel_Gemeval sets mode: +v Serigo
[14:43] * Evel_Gemeval sets mode: +m
[14:43] < Evel_Gemeval> So, get going you people. I'd recommend leaving the arena before a fire alarm goes off and they notice a pile of burning debris.
[14:43] < Aru`Momo> We drove off, remember?
[14:43] < Serigo> (Arena? We're in the arena now?)
[14:43] < Mithras> (( I thought we were already heading out of town in the car- yeah. ))
[14:44] < Evel_Gemeval> You never actually did drive off, you're still in the parking garage, unless my memory fails.
[14:44] < Aru`Momo> No, we ended with us driving away from the arena, with me on the wheel.
[14:44] < Mithras> (( Well, it's basically a moot point, in any case. ))
[14:45] < Evel_Gemeval> Alright, you're driving. Where to, aside from "The hell outta Dodge"?
[14:45] < Aru`Momo> Yep.
[14:45] < Serigo> "So, where exactly do we go now that we've cremated our fearless leader?"
[14:45] < Aru`Momo> "Hey, lance-killer. You're an expert on intel. What's the topography around here?
[14:45] < Serigo> "Me?"
[14:46] < Serigo> "Oh. Her."
[14:46] * Aru`Momo looks at Serigo.
[14:46] < Mithras> "..."
[14:46] < Shara_Lanator> "..."
[14:46] < Serigo> "I'm psychotic. Deal with it."
[14:46] < Shara_Lanator> < Marcus> "..."
[14:46] < Mithras> "Shara, do you have any ideas on a safe locale?"
[14:46] < Evel_Gemeval> ((Recommend killing Serigo and dumping his body in the ghetto.))
[14:47] < Serigo> (.....)
[14:47] < Shara_Lanator> "Not really, only place I had before was Armand's, and that would be the first place anyone would look for me now."
[14:47] < Serigo> (It's been a morning. Sorry.)
[14:48] < Mithras> "...damn. Well, then, is there at least some place we could go to contact people off-planet?"
[14:48] * Shara_Lanator thinks.
[14:49] < Shara_Lanator> "No place where any of us would be welcome, that I know of."
[14:50] * Serigo ponders.
[14:50] < Serigo> "Shara, are you armed? We're not going to be dealing with mostly friendlies..."
[14:51] < Evel_Gemeval> ((recommend testing your spear out on Serigo's throat))
[14:51] * Shara_Lanator points to her spear. "I can take care of myself, if need be."
[14:51] < Serigo> "Good. Just checking."
[14:52] < Mithras> "We're not going to be able to just break into a communication center: we wouldn't have enough time before we were caught. Any place we can sneak into or bribe someone, at least?"
[14:52] < Serigo> (BRB)
[14:53] < Aru`Momo> "Alright. Well. Let's head out to farm country. Communication there isn't the best, but we can use that to our advantage. If we can conince some farmers that don't hate our guts to let us hide out, we can make a plan when not on the run."
[14:53] < Evel_Gemeval> ((It's a planet basically run by organized crime. You should be able to bribe a lot of people. :p))
[14:53] * Aru`Momo makes a left out of Alberquerue.
[14:53] < Shara_Lanator> "The problem is not finding people who will take a bribe, it's not having the same person turn around and rat on you just because they can.
[14:53] < Serigo> (Back)
[14:54] < Mithras> "Good plan. But we have to keep our main objective for now to contacting Kolp. If we can't get to them and get a cover story, we're screwed."
[14:54] < Mithras> "Point taken."
[14:55] < Serigo> "So farmlands it is?"
[14:55] < Aru`Momo> "Are there any major cities aside from Kolp?"
[14:55] < Aru`Momo> "Or even large towns."
[14:55] < Aru`Momo> "We need to know how many options we have before we choose one."
[14:55] < Evel_Gemeval> ((... Kolp =/= city, Kolp == Planet))
[14:56] < Serigo> ((GREAT...))
[14:56] < Aru`Momo> -aside from Kolp +aside from the one we just got out of?
[14:57] < Evel_Gemeval> ((That would be Arise, you silly Yeti.))
[14:58] < Aru`Momo> [Didin't remember. I -am- WoWing while playing, after all. :P
[14:59] < Serigo> "We also need to train. We aren't exactly powerhouses, after all."
[14:59] * Aru`Momo looks at Mith.
[14:59] < Serigo> "...what?"
[15:00] < Mithras> "Yeah, Aru?"
[15:00] < Aru`Momo> "So, we got a definite plan?"
[15:00] < Mithras> "Sort of. For now, we lay low and find a way to contact Kolp. Anything else we do will stem from that."
[15:02] < Mithras> "Right now, we can't complete our mission at the Games. I'm sure the brass has a big interest in seeing us continuing to compete there, so they should help us out."
[15:02] < Evel_Gemeval> * Marcus, in the back seat with Serigo and whoever else is back there, starts having some kind of seizure.
[15:02] < Serigo> ...
[15:02] < Mithras> "Dammit!"
[15:02] < Serigo> "Oh damn."
[15:02] < Serigo> "Should I try to help him?"
[15:02] < Mithras> "Serigo, what the hell is going on?"
[15:02] < Evel_Gemeval> ((Hint: Don't let him swallow his tongue.))
[15:02] < Aru`Momo> "I ain't stopping, but you better make sure our CO doesn't die."
[15:02] < Serigo> (Diagnosis roll)
[15:03] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[15:03] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 20 ( Total: 20 )
[15:03] < Serigo> "Lemme see..."
[15:03] < Evel_Gemeval> Hey, Serigo recognizes that he's havign a grand mal seizure brought on by severe head trauma.
[15:03] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[15:03] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 54 ( Total: 54 )
[15:03] * Serigo checks Marcus, making sure he doesn't swallow his tounge.
[15:03] < Mithras> "Serigo, is there anything you can do that won't kill him?"
[15:04] < Serigo> "I'm not sure..."
[15:04] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 2d100
[15:04] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 2d100: 53, 19 ( Total: 72 )
[15:04] < Serigo> "We need a professional doctor. Quick."
[15:05] < Serigo> "I'll make sure he doesn't choke on his tounge."
[15:05] < Mithras> "Right. Shara, where's the closest doctor?"
[15:05] < Serigo> (Can I roll to see what treatment would be best?)
[15:05] < Evel_Gemeval> * Marcus starts flailing his limbs about the backseat and his pulse is through the roof, over a hundred fifty beats per minute.
[15:05] < Serigo> "DAMMIT!"
[15:05] < Evel_Gemeval> You can try, Serigo, you can try.
[15:05] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[15:05] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 64 ( Total: 64 )
[15:05] < Serigo> "Dammit... what to do with a seizure...)
[15:05] < Mithras> "And hurry. I do not want to lose our CO!"
[15:06] < Evel_Gemeval> You're coming up a blank.
[15:06] < Serigo> (Do I have a scenario point?)
[15:06] < Shara_Lanator> "I don't know...look for a sign."
[15:06] < Evel_Gemeval> No, none of you have done anything cool enough to merit one yet. :p
[15:07] < Serigo> "I can try to help him, but it may make things worse!"
[15:07] * Mithras tries to do something useful and actually look for sign for a medical facility.
[15:07] < Mithras> !roll 1d100
[15:07] < Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 55 ( Total: 55 )
[15:07] * Shara_Lanator looks as well
[15:07] < Shara_Lanator> !rool 1d100
[15:07] < Shara_Lanator> !ro11 1d100
[15:07] * Serigo tries to remember what the fuck to do with seizures
[15:07] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[15:07] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 67 ( Total: 67 )
[15:07] < Shara_Lanator> !roll 1d100
[15:07] < Highwind> Shara_Lanator - 1d100: 91 ( Total: 91 )
[15:08] < Serigo> "Fuck... come on..."
[15:08] < Evel_Gemeval> Unfortunately, since you all have been driving for quite a while there are no signs of any such facilities around. In fact, there's not much other than slums on your way out of town.
[15:08] * Serigo keeps probing his mind for a cure...
[15:08] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[15:08] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 4 ( Total: 4 )
[15:08] < Serigo> (.....)
[15:09] < Serigo> (Do I have an inkling as to what the hell to do now?)
[15:09] < Evel_Gemeval> Well Serigo, you remember at first that maybe it's being caused by increased cranial pressure and thus hacking a hole in his skull to relieve it might work. Then you realize that if you were either a better doctor or mage, you could probably fix the problem without resorting to that, but you're not.
[15:10] * Aru`Momo looks out the window.
[15:10] < Serigo> "Shit. The only way to help him with what we have now is poking a hole in his skull."
[15:10] < Aru`Momo> Where be we now, E?
[15:10] < Serigo> "Anyone got a spike or something?"
[15:11] < Evel_Gemeval> You're slumming right now, homie. Few more minutes of driving this way and you'll be out of town altogether.
[15:11] < Aru`Momo> I'll pull over.
[15:11] < Aru`Momo> "There's probably unlicensed doctors out here. We need to get him to one."
[15:11] < Serigo> (How's Marcus doing? Any signs of improvement?)
[15:12] < Evel_Gemeval> Marcus is still trying to swallow his tongue and flailing his limbs around. He's broken out in a cold sweat and his heart is still racing.
[15:12] < Serigo> "We need to do something for this guy. NOW."
[15:12] < Aru`Momo> "Sedatives. We gotta calm him down, or else he might break his limbs."
[15:12] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 3d100
[15:12] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 3d100: 14, 9, 34 ( Total: 57 )
[15:13] < Evel_Gemeval> Well, I wouldn't worry about calming him down now. Marcus's heart stopped and he quit breathing.
[15:13] < Serigo> "DAMMIT!"
[15:13] * Aru`Momo looks over at Shara. "This is your territory, so can you try and find someone that sells dr- did he just die?"
[15:13] < Serigo> (CPR)
[15:13] < Mithras> "...shit."
[15:13] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[15:13] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 36 ( Total: 36 )
[15:14] < Serigo> "BREATHE DAMN YOU!"
[15:14] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo's keeping enough oxygen moving in Marcus's veins to keep his brain from dying.
[15:14] < Serigo> (Do I need to continue?)
[15:14] < Evel_Gemeval> You just keep doing what you're doing while they talk amongst theirselves.
[15:14] * Mithras just sits there, watching. Nothing else he really can do, at the moment. Besides give orders...
[15:15] < Shara_Lanator> "I don't know what he needs."
[15:15] * Serigo stops momentarily. "We need a defibulator!"
[15:15] * Serigo resumes.
[15:15] < Aru`Momo> "Sedatives. Drugs. Whatever you can get, stuff that'll calm him down."
[15:15] < Mithras> "ARU! BACK INTO THE CITY! We need a doctor-any doctor- now!"
[15:15] < Serigo> "If he was anymore sedate, he'd be DEAD!"
[15:16] * Aru`Momo looks back and pulls out of whatever alley he was in, and heads to the city ASAP.
[15:16] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[15:16] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 45 ( Total: 45 )
[15:16] < Aru`Momo> I'll give this hunk of junk what for.
[15:16] < Evel_Gemeval> Okay, he's driving. Where to Shara, this *is* your town afterall.
[15:17] * Shara_Lanator looks around, and starts pointing out directions towards a medic friend a few blocks away from Armand's place.
[15:18] < Serigo> (Marcus' Condition?)
[15:18] < Evel_Gemeval> Marcus is still not totally dead.
[15:18] < Evel_Gemeval> Hey, Aru, roll your vehicle's skill.
[15:18] * Serigo keeps up the CPR.
[15:18] < Serigo> (OH FUCK.)
[15:19] < Shara_Lanator> "Don't know if this guy can do anything or not, as far as I know he just stitches up people that can't afford to go to the hospital.
[15:19] < Mithras> "Better than nothing."
[15:20] < Serigo> (BRB.)
[15:20] * Shara_Lanator continues feeding Aru directions, holding on for dear life.
[15:20] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[15:20] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 42 ( Total: 42 )
[15:22] * Evel_Gemeval waits for Aru to snap out of his WoW induced coma.
[15:22] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[15:22] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 31 ( Total: 31 )
[15:23] * Aru`Momo snaps out.
[15:23] * Aru`Momo coughs and drives. Drives and coughs.
[15:23] < Aru`Momo> Y'need a Driving roll?
[15:23] < Evel_Gemeval> Yes.
[15:23] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[15:23] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 67 ( Total: 67 )
[15:24] < Aru`Momo> Driving + 17.
[15:24] < Serigo> (Back)
[15:24] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru is terribly unlucky and careens his way around a corner... and right into a police cruiser. Fortunately he didn't nail it head on, but instead scraped along the side, knocked a door off, and ran over a cop.
[15:24] < Evel_Gemeval> And...
[15:24] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[15:24] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 9 ( Total: 9 )
[15:25] < Mithras> (( ... ))
[15:25] < Evel_Gemeval> The passenger side windows shatter in the car, spraying glass all over everyone but Aru.
[15:25] * Mithras tries to cover his eyes.
[15:25] < Serigo> "FUCK!"
[15:25] < Aru`Momo> "Whoops."
[15:25] * Serigo shuts his eyes.
[15:25] * Aru`Momo takes this as an opportunity to go faster.
[15:25] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[15:25] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 52 ( Total: 52 )
[15:25] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[15:25] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 73 ( Total: 73 )
[15:26] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru narrowly avoids a little old lady.
[15:26] * Serigo pauses from brushing glass off him and Marcus to yell "TRY NOT TO GET US KILLED!"
[15:27] < Evel_Gemeval> But, you make it to Shara's streetdoc's place. A dingy old former warehouse turned into an office complex turned into a fire hazard and blight upon the landscape.
[15:28] * Mithras does a quick survey to check if the police car followed them, then goes to help Marcus out of the vehicle.
[15:28] * Serigo helps hoist Marcus out.
[15:28] * Shara_Lanator heads inside to find/warn the doc.
[15:28] < Evel_Gemeval> No sign of the cops... yet.
[15:29] < Aru`Momo> I'll pull around back.
[15:29] < Aru`Momo> And several blocks away.
[15:30] < Evel_Gemeval> Okay then, everyone but Aru is making their way through unlit and trashfilled hallways to the streetdocs office way in the back of the building.
[15:30] * Serigo wonders just what KIND of doctor Shara is taking us to...
[15:32] < Evel_Gemeval> And then, at last, you come to the doorway labeled "Dr. Kurt." There might be some other letters in there somewhere, but the inch of soot and other gunk makes it hard to tell.
[15:32] * Mithras hopes this doesn't get the group into even more crap than they're already in.
[15:32] * Shara_Lanator pounds on the door.
[15:32] < Shara_Lanator> "You in there?"
[15:32] < Serigo> "We got a seizure patient!"
[15:32] < Evel_Gemeval> You hear a loud crash from inside the room, followed by swearing.
[15:33] < Evel_Gemeval> A minute or so later, a human guy in boxers with three days of stubble opens the door. "... Hi Shara."
[15:33] < Serigo> (...........)
[15:33] < Shara_Lanator> "Fix him!"
[15:33] * Serigo looks at Shara incredulously.
[15:33] * Shara_Lanator points to Marcus.
[15:34] * Serigo holds Marcus out.
[15:34] < Serigo> "He has a seizure, and he's stopped breathing.
[15:34] * Mithras keeps Marcus steady.
[15:34] < Evel_Gemeval> "Alright, take him back to the operating table, I'll be there as soon as I find a fresh bottle."
[15:34] * Serigo takes him back to the table.
[15:34] * Mithras does so.
[15:34] < Serigo> "A fresh bottle of WHAT?"
[15:35] < Evel_Gemeval> Less than thirty seconds later the doctor shows up at the table, bottle of cheap booze in hand. "Seizure eh?"
[15:35] * Serigo slaps his forehead.
[15:35] < Serigo> "Do you have a difibulator?"
[15:35] < Evel_Gemeval> He then starts the sloppiest CPR routine in history, punctuated by spilling booze on Marcus's head.
[15:35] < Mithras> "Along with an assload of other injuries."
[15:36] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[15:36] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 50 ( Total: 50 )
[15:36] < Evel_Gemeval> Somehow that manages to cause Marcus to start breathing.
[15:36] * Serigo exhales...
[15:36] < Serigo> "Okay, is there any way to undo the trauma?"
[15:37] < Aru`Momo> I'll head to the building.
[15:37] < Evel_Gemeval> "There, nothin' to it." Dr. Kurt downs the unspilled remnants of the bottle before proceeding to answer, "Well... Looks like he should knit up just fine in a few days... But let me get some x-rays and stuff."
[15:37] < Serigo> .....
[15:38] < Serigo> (Knit up? A seizure?)
[15:38] * Mithras relaxes. Just a little bit.
[15:38] * Serigo looks at Shara.
[15:38] < Serigo> "Shara..."
[15:38] < Mithras> (( +broken bones, head trauma, punctures... ))
[15:38] < Serigo> (Oh yeaaaahhh... all that.)
[15:38] < Evel_Gemeval> He swings an arcane and broken bit of machinery into position over Marcus and then looks at a tiny display on it for a while.
[15:39] < Shara_Lanator> "We couldn't very well walk into a real hospital."
[15:39] < Evel_Gemeval> "Wow, what'd you people do to this guy? Broken and poorly mended ribs. Fractured skull. You run over him and feel guilty about it?"
[15:39] < Serigo> "Errrr..."
[15:40] < Mithras> "We're not getting into that."
[15:40] < Serigo> "He got beat up by the police. I tried to help him. Did more harm than good."
[15:40] < Mithras> "..."
[15:40] < Evel_Gemeval> "... Right..."
[15:40] < Serigo> "So what can we do for him?"
[15:41] < Evel_Gemeval> He gets a bundle of gauze out and bandages up Marcus's head. "Aside from not helping him anymore? Not much. He just needs some time."
[15:41] < Serigo> "Okay."
[15:42] * Mithras breathes a bit. "Good. Can we at least move him if necessary?"
[15:43] * Aru`Momo wanders in.
[15:43] < Evel_Gemeval> "Probably. I recommend not hitting him in the head for a few days. And giving him one of these every eight hours, and two of these every four, until you run out." He produces to bottles of pills, each with hand scribbled notes on them. "One of them will accelerate his healing, and the other is a painkiller."
[15:44] < Evel_Gemeval> "So, how will you be paying?"
[15:44] < Mithras> "How much we talking about?"
[15:44] < Serigo> "How much?"
[15:45] < Evel_Gemeval> "Oh, let's see. The actual work I can give you for free, but the drugs are hard to come by. Say a hundred Union creds, Imperial Talents, or Dragnolian gil."
[15:46] < Serigo> "I'll pay half if you cover the other, Mithra."
[15:46] * Mithras looks at the others. "Shouldn't be a problem."
[15:46] < Aru`Momo> "Where's a good place to lay low for awhile in town?"
[15:46] < Mithras> "You probably ought to chip in too, Aru."
[15:46] < Aru`Momo> "Preferably in neutral ground."
[15:47] * Serigo hands over 50 gil, and awaits someone else to give the rest.
[15:47] < Serigo> (Or are we assuming the empire covers this?)
[15:47] * Mithras gets out 25 gil, and waits for Aru to also get out 25 Gil.
[15:48] < Evel_Gemeval> He tosses the pill bottles to Shara. "Hey, I just patch people up, I don't send them to hide in the slums. That would be aiding and abetting, usually, as opposed to upholding the Citizen's Act thing."
[15:48] * Aru`Momo shells out.
[15:49] < Serigo> "Come on, now. She's your friend. Surely you know of a place?"
[15:49] < Serigo> (Inquiry roll.)
[15:49] * Shara_Lanator stashes the pill bottles. "Thanks for your help."
[15:49] < Evel_Gemeval> He takes the money, and shrugs at Serigo.
[15:49] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[15:49] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 75 ( Total: 75 )
[15:49] < Mithras> "Serigo... we have to get going."
[15:50] * Serigo sighs. "Nevermind. Thanks for your help.
[15:50] * Serigo takes Marcus along.
[15:50] < Serigo> "Where'd you park, Aru?"
[15:50] < Aru`Momo> "Somewhere."
[15:50] < Evel_Gemeval> Meanwhile, at Christopher Walken, he's dancing. Now back to the party.
[15:51] * Mithras helps out with Marcus.
[15:51] * Aru`Momo gestures. "Let's head out."
[15:51] < Aru`Momo> I'll lead 'em back to the car.
[15:51] * Serigo heads out, trying not to jostle Marcus.
[15:52] * Shara_Lanator follows.
[15:53] < Evel_Gemeval> You make it to the car without incident. Only to find a pair of punk kids looting the radio.
[15:54] < Serigo> "Oh hell no."
[15:54] * Mithras looks at the kids. "Leave. Now."
[15:54] < Evel_Gemeval> < Kid_1> "Shit yo, we got some fags comin'!" < Kid_2> "Fuck, I almost got it!"
[15:55] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[15:55] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 10 ( Total: 10 )
[15:55] < Evel_Gemeval> * Kid_2 ganks the radio free.
[15:55] < Aru`Momo> "Hey, why didn't I think of that?"
[15:55] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 2d100
[15:55] < Aru`Momo> "Forgot I could scrap that for parts and cash."
[15:55] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 2d100: 55, 88 ( Total: 143 )
[15:56] * Mithras puts his hand on his handgun. "I repeat: LEAVE NOW."
[15:56] * Serigo prepares to do something... evil...
[15:56] < Evel_Gemeval> * Kid_1 blitzes his way out of there, but Kid_2 trips and the radio shatters into dented metal and bits of circuitry as he makes a break for it.
[15:56] < Serigo> "Great."
[15:56] * Serigo looks at Aru.
[15:57] < Serigo> "I did a little tinkering. Think we can put it back together, or make something good?"
[15:57] * Aru`Momo looks down at it.
[15:57] * Aru`Momo picks it up and puts it into a satchel.
[15:57] < Mithras> "We can work on it outside of the city."
[15:58] < Aru`Momo> "It'll be useful.
[15:58] * Mithras helps Marcus into the car.
[15:58] < Aru`Momo> "For now, let's get out of here."
[15:58] * Aru`Momo gets into the driver's seat again.
[15:58] * Serigo gets in.
[15:58] < Evel_Gemeval> Mithras, as acting party leader guy, give me a luck roll. You need to beat 30.
[15:59] < Mithras> !roll 1d100
[15:59] < Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 40 ( Total: 40 )
[15:59] < Mithras> (( Damn... ))
[15:59] < Aru`Momo> Damn.
[15:59] < Aru`Momo> The fuzz is on us.
[15:59] < Evel_Gemeval> Just as you're getting into the car, a police cruiser pulls up at one end of the alley and flashes its lights at you.
[15:59] < Mithras> "Great..."
[15:59] < Aru`Momo> "What do we do?"
[15:59] < Serigo> "Fuckola."
[16:00] < Mithras> "We have a wanted felon in the car. If they find her with us, we'll be dead even with immunity. I think we have to go."
[16:00] < Serigo> "I can iceslick the road so they can't follow."
[16:00] * Shara_Lanator looks back at the cops.
[16:01] < Shara_Lanator> "Go. Now!"
[16:01] * Serigo casts Blizzard on the road before the cops.
[16:01] < Serigo> (Hope to slip 'em up."
[16:01] < Evel_Gemeval> And now the alley has an icy sheen.
[16:02] < Serigo> "GO!"
[16:02] < Mithras> "You heard the lady, Aru."
[16:02] < Aru`Momo> "Indeed."
[16:02] * Aru`Momo pulls out.
[16:02] < Evel_Gemeval> Gimme a driving roll there, Aru.
[16:02] < Serigo> "Mithra, we may need cover fire."
[16:03] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[16:03] < Mithras> "..."
[16:03] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 78 ( Total: 78 )
[16:03] < Aru`Momo> Woo.
[16:03] < Aru`Momo> Driving + 28.
[16:03] < Serigo> (Crap.)
[16:03] < Evel_Gemeval> The cops are on your tail all the way out of town.
[16:03] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[16:03] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 50 ( Total: 50 )
[16:03] * Mithras loads up his pistol, but doesn't start firing yet.
[16:03] < Serigo> (What about the ice slick I made? Did that slow them any?)
[16:04] < Evel_Gemeval> There are more than one set of cops in a police cruiser in this town. You slowed them down, but Aru couldn't get out of sight before another car saw you.
[16:04] < Serigo> "Should we open fire?"
[16:05] < Mithras> "They'll start firing back, then!"
[16:05] < Evel_Gemeval> And as you near the ege of town, doing the car's terrible top speed (Hey, didn't OJ do this low speed car chase thing?), you finally get to... THE BIG ROAD BLOCK. The road is blocked off, three cars deep up ahead, and you've got a whole fleet of cops behind, with at least two choppers overhead.
[16:05] < Serigo> "FUUUUUUUUUCCCCCK!"
[16:05] < Mithras> "..."
[16:05] < Aru`Momo> "I'm breakin' through."
[16:05] < Evel_Gemeval> And there's really no good alleys to take.
[16:05] < Serigo> "I'll clear a path!"
[16:06] < Serigo> "should I try blowing a way through?"
[16:06] < Shara_Lanator> "Punch it!"
[16:06] * Mithras starts laying cover fire at the upcoming roadblock.
[16:06] * Serigo casts Fire at the weakest area.
[16:06] * Aru`Momo drives like his life depended on it - which, hey, it does.
[16:07] < Evel_Gemeval> As soon as Serigo casts his spell, every cop opens fire, and the two officers from the Police Magic Corps join the fray with spells of their own... Stop and Slow.
[16:07] < Evel_Gemeval> So, first, Aru, roll vehicles to see if you avoid getting a tire shot out.'
[16:07] < Serigo> (SHIT.)
[16:08] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[16:08] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 49 ( Total: 49 )
[16:08] < Aru`Momo> Vehciles - 1. :P
[16:08] < Evel_Gemeval> Just barely manage to keep your tires together.
[16:08] < Aru`Momo> [Hey, Serigo wanted action.]
[16:08] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 2d100
[16:08] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 2d100: 89, 31 ( Total: 120 )
[16:08] < Aru`Momo> [So here we are.]
[16:08] < Evel_Gemeval> Stop misses you, but you get nailed by Slow (6).
[16:09] < Serigo> (The Car?)
[16:09] < Evel_Gemeval> Your car is now moving at half-speed.
[16:09] < Aru`Momo> Heh.
[16:09] < Mithras> "Great..."
[16:09] < Aru`Momo> Didn't think it could affect nonliving objects.
[16:09] < Aru`Momo> "Seems like we're screwed. Shara, take Marcus and get out of here."
[16:09] < Evel_Gemeval> Plutronian machinery isn't exactly non-living to begin with... >.>
[16:10] < Shara_Lanator> "Take Marcus?"
[16:10] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[16:10] < Shara_Lanator> "It'll kill him to move him like that."
[16:10] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 52 ( Total: 52 )
[16:10] < Aru`Momo> "Someone's gotta get out of this alive."
[16:10] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru, roll to crash the barricade. It's too late for that now.
[16:10] * Mithras braces for impact.
[16:10] * Serigo braces.
[16:11] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[16:11] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 5 ( Total: 5 )
[16:11] < Serigo> (YOW!)
[16:11] * Aru`Momo laughs.
[16:12] < Serigo> (BRB, laundry.)
[16:12] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru hits the first car, and in slo-mo, your car launches itself up into the air and over the entire barricade. Slow wears off just as you crash to the ground on the other side and you speed off, leaving everything but the police choppers and their sporadic sniper fire in the dust.
[16:12] < Aru`Momo> "This is a good car."
[16:12] * Shara_Lanator looks back. "Good enough."
[16:12] < Mithras> "This is a very good car."
[16:13] < Aru`Momo> "I'll have to tell my future generations about this."
[16:14] < Mithras> "I'll settle just for having future generations to tell, thanks."
[16:14] < Serigo> (back)
[16:14] < Serigo> "Shall I try to take out the choppers?"
[16:15] < Shara_Lanator> "Now what? I don't think we can outrun the choppers."
[16:15] < Mithras> "...I don't think that will work, Serigo."
[16:15] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[16:15] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 72 ( Total: 72 )
[16:15] < Serigo> "Well, what do we do then, Mithras?"
[16:15] < Mithras> "...good question."
[16:16] < Serigo> "If we take them out, we have a lesser chance of other cops following."
[16:16] < Serigo> "No recon to see where we're going."
[16:17] < Mithras> "And we already fired on them, too. Anyone else have comments, make them now."
[16:17] * Mithras starts reloading his pistol.
[16:17] < Serigo> "Then, take 'em out?"
[16:17] * Serigo gets ready to open Fire... literally.
[16:17] < Aru`Momo> "I want some pie."
[16:18] < Serigo> "...I'll take that as a yes."
[16:18] * Mithras looks at Aru. "You know, I was starting to like you, then you go an spoil the moment."
[16:18] * Serigo aims at the closet chopper and casts Fire.
[16:18] < Serigo> Magic roll?
[16:18] < Evel_Gemeval> Ja.
[16:18] < Aru`Momo> "What do you expect? I'm damn hungry."
[16:18] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[16:18] * Mithras starts looking for a good spot to aim at.
[16:18] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 15 ( Total: 15 )
[16:19] < Serigo> Magic%: 127
[16:19] < Evel_Gemeval> BOOM The chopper goes up in flames as Serigo catches its two ball-shaped fuel tanks on fire.
[16:19] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[16:19] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 69 ( Total: 69 )
[16:19] < Evel_Gemeval> Of course, the other chopper is still on your ass.
[16:20] * Serigo attacks the second with another fire spell.
[16:20] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[16:20] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 14 ( Total: 14 )
[16:20] < Mithras> "..."
[16:20] * Mithras fires at the other chopper, going for the fuel line.
[16:20] < Mithras> !roll 1d100
[16:20] < Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 54 ( Total: 54 )
[16:20] < Evel_Gemeval> And there it goes, with flaming fuel-tank balls too.
[16:20] < Mithras> (( Er... never mind. ))
[16:20] * Serigo pulls back inside the window, and blows on his finger pistol like.
[16:20] < Evel_Gemeval> Mithras puts a bullet in an errant crow that was flying near the chopper.
[16:21] < Mithras> "Serigo, don't get co- ... damn crows."
[16:21] < Serigo> "I'm not."
[16:21] < Shara_Lanator> "Now what? You just murdered some cops."
[16:21] * Serigo starts scanning for anymore visitors- frontside or backside.
[16:21] < Serigo> (Perception roll.)
[16:21] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[16:21] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 97 ( Total: 97 )
[16:22] < Serigo> "I can't see a damn thing."
[16:22] < Mithras> "If we would have stopped, they would have killed us."
[16:22] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo sees a distant mirage... Captain Dervan is standing in the middle of the road!
[16:22] * Mithras tries a bit of looking, as well.
[16:22] < Mithras> !roll 1d100
[16:22] < Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 78 ( Total: 78 )
[16:22] * Serigo slaps himself.
[16:22] * Aru`Momo concentrates on not hitting things and getting out of town.
[16:22] < Evel_Gemeval> Mithras also sees the mirage!
[16:22] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru, roll vehicle skill.
[16:22] < Mithras> "The hell is that?"
[16:22] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[16:22] < Serigo> "Mithras, ignore it.
[16:22] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 34 ( Total: 34 )
[16:23] < Serigo> "Trust me."
[16:23] < Aru`Momo> Vehicles -16
[16:23] * Serigo looks again, this time not focusing on nude Black Mage babes.
[16:23] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[16:23] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru drives right past the mysteriously Dervan-like mirage. Odd that the mirage didn't fade away.
[16:23] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 8 ( Total: 8 )
[16:23] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo still sees the mirage.
[16:23] < Serigo> "...The hell?"
[16:23] < Serigo> "Did anyone ELSE see that?"
[16:23] < Mithras> "That is really strange. I hope it's not an omen, or whatever."
[16:24] < Serigo> "I vote we don't stop."
[16:24] < Aru`Momo> "Good thing you vote for it, since I ain't stoppin'."
[16:24] < Mithras> "I agree. We have more important things than investigating that sort of stuff."
[16:25] < Serigo> "And Aru... that was some nice shit back there."
[16:25] * Mithras checks the time, assuming there's anything around to check the time with.
[16:25] < Serigo> "I'm going to try and rest. Wake me up if Marcus starts hacking or we need to blow shit up."
[16:25] * Serigo rests.
[16:27] < Serigo> "...zzz."

Part 2: Krakow

[16:27] < Evel_Gemeval> As you speed out of town, the terrain gets more and more desolate. Grassy fields with trees give way to sparse and short grasses and hardy shrubs. After twenty or so kilometers of driving you finally see a sign, 30 km to Krakow, which Shara will recognize as a small town outside of Conetti mob turf.
[16:28] < Aru`Momo> "Well."
[16:28] < Shara_Lanator> "We can probably chill out in Krakow, at least for a little bit."
[16:28] < Aru`Momo> "Think they'll be able to help us out?"
[16:29] < Serigo> (BRB)
[16:30] < Shara_Lanator> "Well, don't know how helpful they'll be, but they at least shouldn't be against us much."
[16:30] < Mithras> "I hope so."
[16:31] < Aru`Momo> What about that Conneti kid?
[16:31] < Aru`Momo> "He's a fan of ours, that Allie."
[16:31] < Evel_Gemeval> ((getting soda))
[16:32] < Mithras> "Apparently, he likes us. So maybe his dad won't want us dead on sight."
[16:32] < Aru`Momo> "Yeah, just dead off-sight."
[16:33] < Shara_Lanator> "Won't want you dead on sight. Me, on the other hand..."
[16:35] * Serigo dozes.
[16:36] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[16:36] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 59 ( Total: 59 )
[16:36] < Evel_Gemeval> The road is full of potholes.
[16:36] < Evel_Gemeval> Actually... more like craters from explosions.
[16:37] < Mithras> "Looks like a pretty bad road."
[16:37] < Mithras> "We'd better find a place to stay, at least for a little while."
[16:37] * Serigo is jostled slighty. "Ladies, please... there's enough to go around..."
[16:37] < Mithras> "..."
[16:37] < Evel_Gemeval> (("Like where? Let's just park our car in the baking sun and roast to death in the near-desert."))
[16:38] < Mithras> "I'm not even going to answer that."
[16:38] * Shara_Lanator glares at Serigo.
[16:38] * Serigo starts whimpering.
[16:38] < Evel_Gemeval> * Marcus spasms, sending his balled fist into Serigo's crotch.
[16:38] < Serigo> "No.. not the monkeys... mommy, don't take me to the zoo... the monkey's will bite me..."
[16:38] * Mithras smiles.
[16:38] < Aru`Momo> "Y'had that comin'."
[16:38] < Serigo> "AAAAAAGHHHH!"
[16:38] * Mithras then checks if its time for Marcus to get another pill.
[16:39] < Serigo> "DAMN MONKEY!"
[16:39] * Serigo suddenly realizes he's not at the zoo.
[16:39] < Evel_Gemeval> Seeing as how Marcus didn't get his first pill yet... :p
[16:39] < Serigo> "...Who punched me in the nuts?"
[16:39] * Serigo waits for the pain to subside.
[16:40] < Mithras> (( Can Marcus take the pill without assistance? ))
[16:40] < Serigo> (We'll find out.)
[16:40] < Evel_Gemeval> No, Marcus is out cold. I'd recommend against Serigo trying to help though.
[16:41] < Aru`Momo> Seconded.
[16:41] < Serigo> Thirded.
[16:41] < Mithras> "...anybody have some sort of a drink? Marcus is going to need his pills right about now."
[16:41] < Serigo> "I have a tonic."
[16:41] < Mithras> "That could work."
[16:41] * Serigo gets out a tonic.
[16:42] < Serigo> "You want to administer the meds, or shall I?"
[16:42] < Mithras> "I'll try it."
[16:43] * Serigo hands over the tonic. "Good luck."
[16:43] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru, roll vehicle while they pop the pills.
[16:43] * Mithras gets the necessary pills, puts them into Marcus' mouth, and carefully washes them down with some of the tonic.
[16:44] < Serigo> (Aru...)
[16:44] < Evel_Gemeval> Okay, I'll roll for you, Mr. WoW.
[16:44] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[16:44] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 55 ( Total: 55 )
[16:44] < Aru`Momo> Sorry, that time, I ended up just spacing out. :P
[16:45] < Evel_Gemeval> Hey, look at that, you hit a giant pot hole right when Mithras goes to pour some tonic down Marcus's throat.
[16:45] < Aru`Momo> Convenient.
[16:45] < Serigo> "Shit..."
[16:45] < Evel_Gemeval> Tonic spills everywhere, but Marcus still takes the pill.
[16:45] < Mithras> "Well, at least we only lost a tonic."
[16:45] < Serigo> (Is there enough to get the second down left?"
[16:45] < Mithras> "And he got the pill down."
[16:45] < Mithras> (( Pill, or pills? ))
[16:46] < Evel_Gemeval> He took both at once.
[16:46] < Mithras> (( Okay, good. ))
[16:46] < Serigo> "Nicely done, Mithras."
[16:46] < Mithras> "Yeah, whatever."
[16:47] * Serigo goes back to sleep.
[16:48] < Evel_Gemeval> And now you roll into the big city of Krakow, which appears to be about two dozen buildings along the road with houses scattered off sparsely in the distance.
[16:49] < Serigo> "zzzzz... la la la... dancing squirrels..."
[16:50] * Serigo mumbles random things...
[16:50] < Serigo> "no... no... stop..."
[16:50] < Evel_Gemeval> And I guess you're just going to keep on driving.
[16:51] < Shara_Lanator> "Aru?"
[16:51] < Mithras> "Can we stop here?"
[16:51] < Shara_Lanator> "You going to stop here or not?"
[16:51] < Serigo> "Stop cutting me..."
[16:51] < Serigo> "stop it..."
[16:51] * Serigo twitches.
[16:51] * Mithras looks at Serigo.
[16:51] < Serigo> "It hurts..."
[16:52] < Serigo> "Stop cutting me... it hurts..."
[16:52] * Aru`Momo does, in fact, stop here.
[16:52] < Shara_Lanator> "..."
[16:52] * Aru`Momo reaches back and punches Serigo in the nuts.
[16:52] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[16:52] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 45 ( Total: 45 )
[16:52] < Serigo> "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
[16:52] < Evel_Gemeval> A tumbleweed rolls in front of the stopped car.
[16:53] * Mithras hides his mouth in his hand to conceal the snickering.
[16:53] < Serigo> "They... kept cutting me... for blood..."
[16:53] * Serigo glares at Mithras.
[16:53] < Aru`Momo> "You're awake now, though."
[16:53] < Serigo> "Sorry... I had a really bad childhood..."
[16:53] < Mithras> "...yeah, we should find a place to rest and work on that radio."
[16:54] * Serigo shakes his head.
[16:54] < Evel_Gemeval> Across the street, at Joe's Diner, the door opens and out steps a somewhat portly fellow wearing khakis, a big hat, and an equally large sheriff's star on his chest.
[16:54] < Serigo> "oh joy."
[16:54] < Serigo> (Anyone here have etiquite?)
[16:54] < Mithras> (( Nope. ))
[16:55] * Aru`Momo pulls into the parking lot.
[16:55] * Aru`Momo scratches that last action.
[16:55] < Aru`Momo> [Sorry. Got crap sleep.]
[16:55] * Aru`Momo yawns.
[16:55] < Evel_Gemeval> The sheriff slowly makes his way over to you all.
[16:55] < Aru`Momo> "So. Now what?"
[16:56] < Aru`Momo> "He's comin' this way."
[16:56] < Mithras> "You think he's been listening to the news?"
[16:56] < Shara_Lanator> "Doubt that he'd care too much, even if he has been."
[16:56] < Serigo> "I took negotiation courses. I can try talking to him."
[16:57] < Mithras> "Maybe we shouldn't talk unless he starts talking to us."
[16:57] < Serigo> "Good idea."
[16:58] < Evel_Gemeval> The sheriff has finished crossing the street and is now walking up the road just a little to get to the driver's side window.
[16:58] < Serigo> "Yep."
[16:58] < Evel_Gemeval> And now he's tapping on Aru's still intact window.
[16:59] < Mithras> "Well, you'd probably better talk to him, Aru."
[16:59] * Aru`Momo rolls down the window.
[16:59] < Aru`Momo> "Howdy."
[16:59] < Aru`Momo> "How can I help you today..."
[17:00] * Aru`Momo looks at the badge.
[17:00] < Aru`Momo> "...Sheriff?"
[17:00] < Evel_Gemeval> "Wowee, you boys, and lady - Howdy miss - look like you've seen some action back in Arise. You ain't gonna be followed by a big ole' gang of Conetti boys, are ya'?"
[17:01] < Aru`Momo> "Don't think so."
[17:01] < Serigo> (Not anymore.)
[17:02] < Serigo> (BRB)
[17:02] < Aru`Momo> "We're going to lay low, take a break."
[17:02] < Mithras> "Starting with repairing our radio."
[17:02] * Mithras gestures to the hole where the radio once was.
[17:03] < Serigo> (back)
[17:03] < Evel_Gemeval> "Well, Hotel's over there, restaurants over there, and the general store is over there. You can get Big Tom to work on your car, his shop is around back o' the general store. You folks have a nice stay, and don't cause too much ruckus."
[17:03] < Serigo> "Yessir."
[17:03] < Shara_Lanator> "Thank you, Sherrif."
[17:03] < Mithras> "No problem, sheriff."
[17:04] < Evel_Gemeval> He saunters off down to his office.
[17:04] < Aru`Momo> "Kind guy, that Sheriff."
[17:04] < Mithras> "Yeah. Let's hope it lasts."
[17:06] < Mithras> "Let's start with the hotel, and go from there."
[17:06] < Aru`Momo> "I'll drive the car to the shop."
[17:08] < Evel_Gemeval> Okay, so Aru goes to the car shop and you all go to the hotel.
[17:08] < Evel_Gemeval> The car shop is about what you'd expect, there's a big old tractor up on the hydraulics now. And the hotel looks about two hundred years old, even down to the antiquated decor.
[17:09] < Evel_Gemeval> You make arrangments for repair and however many rooms you like without any trouble at all. Except for the cash issue. :p
[17:09] < Mithras> How much of a cash issue?
[17:10] < Serigo> (What's the trouble?)
[17:10] < Mithras> Also: how much money does Marcus have?
[17:10] < Evel_Gemeval> Big Tom is telling Aru it'll be about two hundred Talents to fix the car, and it'll be twenty more for your rooms.
[17:10] < Aru`Momo> How much we got between us?
[17:10] < Serigo> (88(
[17:10] < Shara_Lanator> (( I have 65 ))
[17:10] < Serigo> (88)
[17:10] < Evel_Gemeval> Marcus should have 300-something talents.
[17:10] < Aru`Momo> He'll pay for all of it.
[17:11] < Mithras> (( 293 Talents. ))
[17:11] < Serigo> Did we get any gil for the blowing up of enemies?
[17:11] < Evel_Gemeval> No.
[17:11] < Serigo> (Darn.)
[17:12] * Mithras helped pay for Marcus to get better, so he expects Marcus to pay for all the rooms, at least.
[17:12] < Evel_Gemeval> Okay, so you roll Marcus for the cash.
[17:13] < Mithras> (( If Marcus bitches an extreme amount later, then Mithras will pay him back. ))
[17:13] < Evel_Gemeval> Now what?
[17:14] * Shara_Lanator drags Marcus to a room, and then comes back to the others.
[17:14] < Mithras> (( I'm assuming Aru's back from the repair shop. ))
[17:15] < Mithras> "So, Aru, there any way you can fix that radio?"
[17:15] < Mithras> "Especially if you can build it up enough to give an interplanetary signal?"
[17:15] < Mithras> "Probably not, but it's worth a try."
[17:16] < Aru`Momo> "Hmm..."
[17:16] * Aru`Momo pulls the radio out of his bag, and looks at it.
[17:16] < Aru`Momo> "Lessee."
[17:17] * Serigo goes to the general store.
[17:17] * Shara_Lanator goes to look for food.
[17:18] < Evel_Gemeval> Ah, the general store, stocking everything from canned deviled ham to leather work gloves to oil lamps.
[17:18] * Mithras waits for Aru's diagnosis, first.
[17:18] < Serigo> Item Availability Roll?
[17:18] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[17:18] < Evel_Gemeval> There's no equipment you can buy there aside from Tonics.
[17:18] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 70 ( Total: 70 )
[17:19] < Aru`Momo> "Hmm..."
[17:19] * Aru`Momo takes out a hammer and smashes the radio.
[17:19] < Mithras> "..."
[17:19] < Mithras> "..."
[17:19] * Aru`Momo then finishes smashing the case open.
[17:19] < Mithras> "I'm not sure that's going to be very helpful."
[17:19] < Aru`Momo> "Right."
[17:19] * Serigo buys a Tonic and a soda.
[17:19] < Aru`Momo> "We want this to hop onto an comm satellite probably.
[17:20] < Evel_Gemeval> Plus one tonic for Serigo.
[17:20] < Aru`Momo> "Or a ground relay and send a message to HQ."
[17:20] < Serigo> (BRB)
[17:21] < Mithras> "Will we be able to send and receive either way?"
[17:21] < Aru`Momo> "Who knows?"
[17:21] < Aru`Momo> "Depends on what you can get me."
[17:21] * Shara_Lanator buys some canned fruit and heads over to watch Aru.
[17:21] < Mithras> "Okay. What are you going to need?"
[17:22] < Aru`Momo> "Whatever you can find."
[17:22] < Aru`Momo> "Loose screws, spare car parts, even tinfoil. I'll make it work."
[17:22] < Mithras> "Okay. I'll try."
[17:23] * Mithras heads off to the General Store to look for anything that would fit the bill.
[17:23] * Mithras also buys a Tonic while he's at it.
[17:24] * Shara_Lanator gives Aru the top off of a fruit can.
[17:24] < Evel_Gemeval> The general store does stock things like batteries, lots of metal foils and wires, plenty of nuts, bolts, screws, and nails. And they have a broken CB radio for sale.
[17:25] < Serigo> (Back)
[17:25] * Mithras will take the broken radio, a couple batteries, and some wires and screws.
[17:25] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[17:25] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 99 ( Total: 99 )
[17:26] < Evel_Gemeval> That's going to be 50 Talents for the lot, and the shop keep scowls at you when you hand him that kind of currency.
[17:26] < Mithras> "Sorry, it's all I have with me."
[17:26] * Aru`Momo gets kitbashing to amplify the signal.
[17:26] * Mithras brings the materials back to Aru.
[17:27] < Aru`Momo> "Probably the best thing to do here is to come up with a shotgun antenna."
[17:27] * Serigo is back at the hotel.
[17:27] < Serigo> "Anything I can do to help, Aru?"
[17:27] < Shara_Lanator> "I'm not much good with mechanical stuff, sorry."
[17:27] < Aru`Momo> Welp. I'll see what I can come up with .
[17:28] * Aru`Momo looks at Serigo.
[17:28] < Aru`Momo> "No. No help, or I'll bury you."
[17:28] < Serigo> "Right."
[17:28] * Serigo keeps an eye on Marcus and makes sure he doesn't go wacko.
[17:29] * Aru`Momo pulls out some heavy-duty metal shearers, some small wrenches, plastic zip-ties, and miscellaneous other tools.
[17:29] < Aru`Momo> "Key here is signal gain."
[17:30] * Serigo rests to try and regain MP.
[17:30] * Mithras relaxes in the corner while Aru works.
[17:31] < Evel_Gemeval> And then, the day ends. Been a long one, ain't it?
[17:31] < Aru`Momo> Something like that.
[17:31] < Shara_Lanator> Yes.
[17:32] * Aru`Momo spends the night in the company of a woman that'll put out and doesn't have STDs.
[17:32] < Mithras> Oh, yeah.
[17:32] < Serigo> (Tell me we're not stopping...)
[17:33] * Shara_Lanator wonders who else in this town fits that qualification.
[17:33] < Evel_Gemeval> Put out for a Yeti? not many.
[17:34] < Evel_Gemeval> In fact, I'd say there's probably not any other than you.
[17:35] * Shara_Lanator insists on her own room.
[17:35] < Evel_Gemeval> Looks like Aru is left out in the cold.
[17:36] < Mithras> (( Looks like it. ))
[17:36] * Aru`Momo shrugs.
[17:37] < Evel_Gemeval> * Aru polishes his 'wrench.'
[17:37] < Aru`Momo> I'll live it up at the bar getting drunk while making the device.
[17:37] < Evel_Gemeval> There's actually no bar...
[17:38] < Aru`Momo> Hmm...
[17:38] < Shara_Lanator> (( Rut row. Aru smash? ))
[17:38] < Mithras> "I guess I'll keep an eye on the CO and makes sure he gets his pills when he needs them."
[17:38] < Aru`Momo> No alcohol.
[17:38] < Aru`Momo> No sex.
[17:38] * Aru`Momo scratches his balls.
[17:38] * Aru`Momo goes to sleep.
[17:39] < Evel_Gemeval> Anyone else have any plans?
[17:40] * Shara_Lanator collapses on her bed, grateful for sleep.
[17:40] < Serigo> (nope, not until morn)
[17:40] < Mithras> (( Not really, except maybe getting some sleep and/or keeping the occasional lookout. ))
[17:41] < Evel_Gemeval> Okay then, barring someone trying for some midnight rape, it's morning!
[17:42] * Serigo takes a shower, does his morning ritual.
[17:42] < Evel_Gemeval> Welcome to the fourth day of the tournament's events, except you're nowhere near that.
[17:42] * Shara_Lanator is happy she finally gets a chance to clean herself up somewhat.
[17:43] < Serigo> (Schedule for the events?)
[17:43] < Mithras> (( Well, hopefully we can make it up in individual and group fighting competitions. ))
[17:43] < Evel_Gemeval> All day today is Gymnastics and Skating events.
[17:43] * Serigo looks at the schedule.
[17:43] < Serigo> "Ugh... Gymnastics... skating... not much to miss."
[17:44] < Mithras> "Not like we could enter them, anyway. Only the team leader can do that."
[17:44] < Aru`Momo> "I wonder if I'd do good at Gymnastics."
[17:45] * Shara_Lanator sighs. "Gymnastics is my best event."
[17:45] < Serigo> "Sorry."
[17:45] * Aru`Momo laughs.
[17:45] < Aru`Momo> "I could tell."
[17:46] < Shara_Lanator> "Any luck with the radio?"
[17:47] < Aru`Momo> Dunno.
[17:47] < Aru`Momo> Any luck with the radio?
[17:47] < Shara_Lanator> "Getting it working?"
[17:47] < Serigo> (BRB, need to work on laundry.)
[17:48] < Evel_Gemeval> Make a roll against... Invent I guess.
[17:48] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[17:48] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 15 ( Total: 15 )
[17:49] < Mithras> (( Yay! ))
[17:49] < Evel_Gemeval> Congratulations, you have a working multi-band radio with an effective broadcast range of two kilometers.
[17:49] < Evel_Gemeval> Be careful not to drain the batteries too badly.
[17:51] < Mithras> "This good enough to get us in contact with Kolp for a while?"
[17:51] < Evel_Gemeval> ((You're lucky to get in touch with the truck stop on down the road. :p))
[17:51] * Aru`Momo scratches his chin.
[17:52] < Aru`Momo> "We need a bigger power source."
[17:52] < Shara_Lanator> "Car battery?
[17:52] < Aru`Momo> "And something larger to attach the antenna to."
[17:53] < Shara_Lanator> "How big?"
[17:54] < Aru`Momo> "Big."
[17:54] < Aru`Momo> "Maybe a tower scaffold."
[17:54] < Shara_Lanator> "That's big."
[17:54] < Aru`Momo> "The bigger metal thing, the better. Two kilometers is good for something this size."
[17:54] < Mithras> "I'm guessing that also means a city."
[17:55] < Aru`Momo> "Hmm."
[17:55] < Shara_Lanator> "Heading back to Arise in that car, especially during the daytime, would be suicide."
[17:56] < Aru`Momo> "We could scrap it and make a bigger antenna. Not sure how effective it would be, though."
[17:56] < Evel_Gemeval> And just then, the scrapped radio manages to turn itself on and assail you with a noisy burst of static.
[17:56] < Aru`Momo> "What the..."
[17:56] * Mithras halfway draws his gun out, then stops.
[17:57] * Aru`Momo starts trying to tune in."
[17:57] < Mithras> "The hell?"
[17:57] < Evel_Gemeval> Whatever it was has stopped.
[17:58] < Serigo> (Back)
[17:58] < Aru`Momo> I'll try and figure out what happened.
[18:00] * Shara_Lanator heads outside the hotel, trying to spot any radio towers or something of the sort.
[18:01] * Mithras goes off to check on Marcus again.
[18:01] < Evel_Gemeval> The best you can find, Shara, is a big metal silo to the north of the town.
[18:02] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru: Inexplicably two wires that originally weren't anywhere near each other have somehow fused themselves together.
[18:02] * Shara_Lanator goes back in and tells Aru about the silo.
[18:02] < Evel_Gemeval> And Mithras, Marcus is still KOed, but at least Serigo hasn't been near him lately.
[18:02] * Mithras makes sure Marcus is still on schedule with his pills, then goes back to Aru.
[18:03] < Serigo> (Hey, I kept him alive.)
[18:03] * Aru`Momo scratches his chin.
[18:03] * Aru`Momo clips the wires and rewires the whole thing.
[18:04] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:04] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 81 ( Total: 81 )
[18:05] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d4
[18:05] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d4: 2 ( Total: 2 )
[18:05] < Evel_Gemeval> A bit of ceiling plaster sprinkles down onto Mithras's head.
[18:05] * Mithras looks up.
[18:06] * Mithras also brushes off the plaster and moves slightly to the side.
[18:06] < Evel_Gemeval> It stops.
[18:06] < Mithras> "Huh. This place must be really old."
[18:06] < Shara_Lanator> "It's kind of creepy."
[18:07] < Aru`Momo> [Do we see a foreseeable stop time? I'm about to psas out. :o]
[18:08] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:08] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 19 ( Total: 19 )
[18:08] < Mithras> "Any luck on the problem, Aru?"
[18:08] * Mithras looks outside for a moment.
[18:09] < Evel_Gemeval> The floor in Marcus's room creaks loudly and is accompanied by several loud footfalls, the clip-clop of heavy boots.
[18:09] * Aru`Momo scratches his balls.
[18:09] * Serigo jumps up.
[18:09] < Serigo> (Am I at full MP?)
[18:09] < Mithras> "Shit."
[18:09] < Evel_Gemeval> Sure, why not.
[18:09] < Aru`Momo> "This ain't good."
[18:09] * Mithras runs out to Marcus' room to see what's going on.
[18:09] * Serigo dashes to Marcus' room.
[18:09] * Shara_Lanator heads that direction as well.
[18:10] * Aru`Momo takes his wrench and heads over.
[18:10] < Evel_Gemeval> As soon as you get to outside the door, the noise stops.
[18:10] * Serigo heads in.
[18:10] * Mithras listens out- never mind.
[18:10] * Aru`Momo is about to stop Serigo, when...
[18:10] < Serigo> "FREEZE!"
[18:10] < Evel_Gemeval> It's just Marcus sleeping on the bed. No sign that anyone's been in there since Mithras left earlier.
[18:10] < Serigo> ...
[18:11] < Serigo> "Uh, false alarm?"
[18:11] * Shara_Lanator shivers.
[18:11] * Aru`Momo wanders in.
[18:11] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:11] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 70 ( Total: 70 )
[18:11] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d4
[18:11] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d4: 2 ( Total: 2 )
[18:11] < Mithras> "...I'm thinking we take Marcus into the room with the rest of us."
[18:11] < Aru`Momo> "If there are any attractive ladies in here, probably hiding under the bed or in the ceiling, do speak up."
[18:11] * Serigo looks around for a bomb, or device.
[18:11] < Evel_Gemeval> More ceiling plaster sprinkles onto Mithras.
[18:11] * Mithras looks up.
[18:11] * Serigo looks up.
[18:11] < Evel_Gemeval> Hey, it's just an old plaster ceiling.
[18:11] < Mithras> "Why The hell does that keep happening to me?"
[18:11] < Serigo> "Could something be up there?"
[18:12] * Mithras moves again.
[18:12] < Aru`Momo> I'll check under the bed.
[18:12] < Evel_Gemeval> I should note your rooms are on the top floor of the hotel (the second floor :p).
[18:12] < Evel_Gemeval> You are attacked by a flock of rabid dust bunnies.
[18:12] < Mithras> "It might be."
[18:12] * Aru`Momo coughs.
[18:13] * Mithras looks out the window, then sticks his head out and looks toward the roof.
[18:13] < Aru`Momo> "I'm heading to the roof."
[18:13] * Aru`Momo does so.
[18:13] < Serigo> "I'll go too."
[18:13] < Evel_Gemeval> There's no sign anything's climbed on the roof in months, since the last time someone bothered to try cleaning the gutter.
[18:13] < Aru`Momo> . o O (Good, now I have a meat shield.)
[18:14] < Mithras> "Alright. In the meantime, I'm taking Marcus to our room. Call me if something starts happening."
[18:14] * Aru`Momo looks around for any spare parts.
[18:14] < Evel_Gemeval> Unless you feel like taking the antique alarm clocks apart, there's nothing even mechanical in the rooms. And just the electric lamps otherwise.
[18:14] < Serigo> (A meat shield that hurls fire, ice, poison, and is responsible for your dick not being perforated.)
[18:15] < Serigo> (Anything on the roof?)
[18:15] < Evel_Gemeval> Nope. And no sign anything was.
[18:15] < Aru`Momo> I'll take the alarm clocks.
[18:15] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru has gained x5 Old Alarm Clocks!
[18:16] < Serigo> "Aru, can you anything with those?"
[18:16] < Mithras> "Um, don't you think the hotel will miss those?"
[18:17] < Aru`Momo> "Nah."
[18:17] < Mithras> "Fair enough."
[18:17] < Aru`Momo> "It's my payback for their not being any booze or sex last night."
[18:18] < Serigo> "Should we check around the hotel?"
[18:19] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:19] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 31 ( Total: 31 )
[18:19] < Evel_Gemeval> One of the clocks Aru picked up starts ringing its alarm.
[18:20] * Serigo jumps.
[18:20] * Aru`Momo turns it off.
[18:20] < Serigo> "Jeebus."
[18:20] * Shara_Lanator looks a bit shaken.
[18:20] < Mithras> "Right. Sorry about that."
[18:20] < Shara_Lanator> "I think this place is haunted."
[18:20] < Serigo> "Haunted... as in ghosts?"
[18:20] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:20] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 36 ( Total: 36 )
[18:20] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d4
[18:20] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d4: 4 ( Total: 4 )
[18:20] < Serigo> (Uht oh.)
[18:21] < Aru`Momo> "That'd be pretty cool."
[18:21] < Evel_Gemeval> Shara suddenly feels the air around her get very, very cold.
[18:21] < Aru`Momo> "Maybe there's a hot ghost chick around here."
[18:21] * Shara_Lanator shivers again.
[18:21] < Shara_Lanator> "Let's go."
[18:21] < Serigo> "Shara, you okay?"
[18:21] < Serigo> (Can I make a perception check to see if anything odd is going on?)
[18:21] < Shara_Lanator> "I'm fine, but we need to try and get that radio working right."
[18:22] < Mithras> "What's going on, Shara?"
[18:22] < Evel_Gemeval> Sure you can.
[18:22] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:22] < Shara_Lanator> "This place is creepy."
[18:22] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 47 ( Total: 47 )
[18:22] < Serigo> "Hmmm..."
[18:22] < Aru`Momo> "Creepy, huh."
[18:23] < Aru`Momo> "You know, whenever we thought there were ghosts at my house, we would always get drunk and sing."
[18:23] < Serigo> "Anyone know if anything... bad happened here?"
[18:23] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo: You hear what could be whispering, or the wind blowing.
[18:23] < Serigo> "Sonuva..."
[18:23] < Aru`Momo> "I'm going to go back and work on the radio."
[18:23] * Serigo , unnerved, keeps looking and listening
[18:23] * Aru`Momo does so.
[18:23] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:23] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 25 ( Total: 25 )
[18:23] < Serigo> "Did anyone else hear that?"
[18:24] * Mithras does one more check to make sure the hotel is secure.
[18:24] < Evel_Gemeval> You glimpse something looking through the window, but it's gone when you do your double-take.
[18:24] < Mithras> (( Can I roll perception for that? ))
[18:24] < Serigo> "Guys."
[18:24] < Evel_Gemeval> Sure mithras.
[18:24] < Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:24] < Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 74 ( Total: 74 )
[18:24] * Serigo is still not convinced all is well.
[18:24] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:24] < Evel_Gemeval> The Hotel is quite secure as far as your floor goes.
[18:24] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 69 ( Total: 69 )
[18:24] < Mithras> (( ...you know, I don't think I've had a decent roll once this session. ))
[18:24] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo sees nothing now.
[18:24] < Serigo> "...must've been my imagination."
[18:25] < Mithras> "Well, the floor looks secure to me."
[18:25] < Serigo> "Come on, Shara, this place is messing with our minds."
[18:25] * Aru`Momo continues working on the radio.
[18:25] * Shara_Lanator tries to shake whatever it is out of her head.
[18:25] * Serigo pauses.
[18:26] < Serigo> "Shara... that chill you felt."
[18:26] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:26] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 86 ( Total: 86 )
[18:26] < Serigo> "Was it spontaneous?"
[18:26] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d4
[18:26] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d4: 4 ( Total: 4 )
[18:26] < Evel_Gemeval> Shara gets the ceiling plaster treatment.
[18:26] * Shara_Lanator eeeps and jumps, hitting her head on the ceiling.
[18:27] * Serigo takes note. Something isn't right here.
[18:27] < Serigo> Perceptionage.
[18:27] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:27] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 100 ( Total: 100 )
[18:27] * Shara_Lanator rubs her head.
[18:27] < Evel_Gemeval> Shara has now put a nice dent in the ceiling, I'm gonna hate to see your bill.
[18:27] < Serigo> (:P)
[18:27] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo... IS THAT CAPTAIN DERVAN PEEKING AROUND THE CORNER?!
[18:27] * Serigo slaps himself.
[18:27] < Mithras> "Okay, if it's causing you two that much trouble, let's just go somewhere else. The plaster probably isn't good for the radio, anyway."
[18:27] * Serigo checks to put it out of his head.
[18:28] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:28] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 41 ( Total: 41 )
[18:28] < Evel_Gemeval> Oh, yeah, there's no way that could be Dervan. He's dead, right?
[18:28] * Serigo frowns
[18:28] < Serigo> "Something's up here... you guys go ahead.
[18:28] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:28] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 70 ( Total: 70 )
[18:28] < Evel_Gemeval> The radio does that static attack again.
[18:29] * Mithras decides to check the first floor as well, for peace of mind for the others.
[18:29] < Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:29] < Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 19 ( Total: 19 )
[18:29] * Aru`Momo shouts at the walls, "Fuckin'! Stop breaking my radio!"
[18:29] < Evel_Gemeval> First floor is great, nothing out of the ordinary, except for the owner complaining about the noise you all are making.
[18:29] * Aru`Momo fixes it up again.
[18:29] * Serigo checks the area again.
[18:29] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:29] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 63 ( Total: 63 )
[18:30] < Serigo> "Dammit... what is doing all this shit..."
[18:30] < Mithras> "Oh. Sorry, didn't realize that. The yeti tends to be noisy when he's working on stuff."
[18:30] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo finds nothing at all.
[18:30] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:30] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 49 ( Total: 49 )
[18:30] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d3
[18:30] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d3: 3 ( Total: 3 )
[18:30] * Shara_Lanator goes and finds Mithras, and nudges him.
[18:30] < Serigo> (Spooooooooooky!)
[18:30] < Mithras> "Yes?"
[18:31] < Shara_Lanator> "Let's pay the bill and get out of here."
[18:31] * Aru`Momo dismantles the alarm clocks to see what he can use for parts.
[18:31] * Serigo keeps looking.
[18:31] < Evel_Gemeval> However, Shara sees a picture on the wall fix how its hanging.
[18:31] < Mithras> "Okay, sure."
[18:31] * Shara_Lanator double-takes.
[18:31] < Shara_Lanator> "Now, please."
[18:31] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:31] < Mithras> "By the way, I didn't see anything on the first floor, either. Bu- okay, okay."
[18:31] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 55 ( Total: 55 )
[18:32] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:32] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 60 ( Total: 60 )
[18:32] < Mithras> "If you're that freaked out, we can go."
[18:32] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo sees a chair move on its own.
[18:32] < Serigo> "SONUVABITCH!"
[18:32] < Evel_Gemeval> Just a little, like it was nudged.
[18:32] * Mithras grabs Marcus and starts bringing him out of the room.
[18:32] * Serigo calms down.
[18:32] < Mithras> "Aru, you might as well work on that elsewhere."
[18:33] * Aru`Momo ponders.
[18:33] * Mithras hasn't seen any of this, BTW.
[18:33] * Serigo asks the air mentally, "What happened here?" while looking around.
[18:33] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:33] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 57 ( Total: 57 )
[18:33] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:33] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 2 ( Total: 2 )
[18:33] < Aru`Momo> "I dunno. Seems like I got some faulty wires. What the hell did you get me, eh?"
[18:33] < Serigo> (Uht oh.)
[18:33] < Evel_Gemeval> The air mentally snickers at you.
[18:33] * Mithras continues checking on his way to the counter.
[18:33] < Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:33] < Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 43 ( Total: 43 )
[18:33] < Aru`Momo> "We have nowhere else to go until the car is fixed, you realize this."
[18:33] * Serigo begins to mentally recite prayers.
[18:34] < Evel_Gemeval> Then you hear a cacophonous laughter in your head, Serigo, as if the gates of the Deep Darkness were opened and the inhabitants were coming for your soul.
[18:34] < Shara_Lanator> "Maybe we can go to the restaurant? Maybe?"
[18:34] < Serigo> "Oh. Shit."
[18:34] < Aru`Momo> "You find me a place with alcohol, and I'll go. Otherwise you guys can do what you like."
[18:34] < Evel_Gemeval> What was that roll for Mithras?
[18:34] < Serigo> "GUUUUUUYYYYYSSSS!!!"
[18:34] < Evel_Gemeval> Oh, NM.
[18:34] < Mithras> (( Checking around again on the way out. ))
[18:34] < Evel_Gemeval> You find everything in order.
[18:35] * Serigo asks mentally "Who are you?!"
[18:35] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:35] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 99 ( Total: 99 )
[18:35] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:35] < Serigo> (-_-)
[18:35] * Mithras makes sure the payment is in order.
[18:35] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 58 ( Total: 58 )
[18:35] < Shara_Lanator> "A restaurant better have alcohol."
[18:35] < Evel_Gemeval> All you get is mad gibbering in your head Serigo... or is just imagination?
[18:35] * Mithras finishes that, then brings Marcus to the restaraunt.
[18:35] * Serigo begins to meditate. He's not leaving until he figures out what the hell is up.
[18:36] < Serigo> (Buh bye, Serigo. You were a noble character.)
[18:36] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[18:36] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 83 ( Total: 83 )
[18:36] * Aru`Momo is still at the hotel working on the radio.
[18:37] * Mithras is with Marcus and presumably Shara, heading toward the restaraunt.
[18:37] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo: You feel tendrils of ice and tendrils of fire creep up along your legs, binding you slowly and carefully to the place you're standing.
[18:37] * Serigo jumps.
[18:37] * Serigo gets the hell out of there.
[18:37] < Evel_Gemeval> Ah, Mithras, Marcus, and Shara go to the restaurant. "What'cha want?"
[18:37] < Serigo> "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!"
[18:37] < Aru`Momo> "Maybe if I get the range somewhere up to four kilometers somehow, I can hit a comm satellite with it..."
[18:37] < Shara_Lanator> "Something hot."
[18:38] < Evel_Gemeval> You get served up some coffee and damn fine cherry pie.
[18:38] < Mithras> "Just some water for me and my friend, right now. He's about due for another dose of medication."
[18:38] * Serigo casts fire on the ice tentacles.
[18:38] < Evel_Gemeval> And water for the nutty guys.
[18:38] < Serigo> nm
[18:38] < Mithras> (( HAHAHAHA ))
[18:38] < Serigo> NM
[18:38] * Serigo attempts to beat off the tendrils.
[18:38] < Evel_Gemeval> And Serigo nearly burned the hotel down, but changed his mind at the lat second.
[18:39] < Evel_Gemeval> There's nothing there to knock loose.
[18:39] * Serigo looks around.
[18:39] * Aru`Momo just doesn't pay attention to the rest of the part, instead trying to figure out what to do to increase the range of the radio.
[18:39] * Shara_Lanator eats, focusing on the food, and occasionally rubbing her head.
[18:39] < Serigo> (Am I still bound?)
[18:40] * Mithras decides to get some coffee, as well, on second thought.
[18:40] < Evel_Gemeval> Were you ever bound?
[18:40] < Serigo> (If not, Serigo makes a mad dash outta there.
[18:40] < Evel_Gemeval> Or did you just think you were.
[18:40] < Serigo> Nevermind the mad dash.
[18:40] < Serigo> "Okay, I know something's here. Something happened. What do you want with us? Give me a sign!"
[18:41] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:41] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 27 ( Total: 27 )
[18:41] < Evel_Gemeval> Abject silence.
[18:41] < Serigo> "Come on, I bet it gets boring up here."
[18:41] < Mithras> "You know, this is DAMN good coffee."
[18:41] < Serigo> "Don't you want to scare the shit outta me?"
[18:41] < Evel_Gemeval> "Glad you like it, 'hon."
[18:41] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:41] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 49 ( Total: 49 )
[18:42] < Serigo> (BRB)
[18:42] < Serigo> (Laundry)
[18:42] < Evel_Gemeval> Unbeknownst to Serigo, there's a swirling blue and black vortex forming behind him.
[18:42] < Evel_Gemeval> Or... is there?!
[18:42] < Aru`Momo> * Meanwhile, Aru is unaffected.
[18:43] < Shara_Lanator> "Very nice coffee."
[18:43] < Evel_Gemeval> "Where you folks from? Most people just keep on going right through town."
[18:44] < Mithras> "I'm from all over, personally. We just needed a place to stop off."
[18:44] * Shara_Lanator nods.
[18:45] < Evel_Gemeval> "Hope you're enjoyin' your stay."
[18:45] * Mithras looks at Shara. "And while I'm thinking about it, what the heck was up with you in the hotel. All I saw was a little plaster falling."
[18:46] < Shara_Lanator> "Just a bad feeling. I hope."
[18:47] < Shara_Lanator> "How long's the car going to take? You know?"
[18:48] < Mithras> "No idea, personally. That's Aru's department."
[18:49] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:49] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 6 ( Total: 6 )
[18:49] < Evel_Gemeval> A spring in the alarm clock Aru's working on fires free and bings around the room before hitting the Yeti on the nose.
[18:49] * Aru`Momo scratches his ass, and yawns.
[18:49] < Serigo> (Back. Listen, can we stop soon?)
[18:49] < Aru`Momo> "Ow."
[18:50] < Serigo> (My parents are bitching about laundry incessantly.)
[18:50] < Aru`Momo> "Good springs, I should be able to use those sometime."
[18:50] * Aru`Momo dismantles all the clocks and seperates the parts into groups.
[18:51] < Serigo> (...hello?)
[18:51] < Evel_Gemeval> ((You'll have to take stopping up with the others, I'm game for all night long.))
[18:51] < Serigo> (Damn.)
[18:51] < Serigo> ((Stop, guys?)
[18:51] < Aru`Momo> [I want to take a nap but I'm just waiting for that thing that's actually gonna faze Aru. :P]
[18:51] < Shara_Lanator> (( I'm game for all night as well.))
[18:51] < Serigo> (BRB, laundry)
[18:52] < Aru`Momo> [Plus I'm down for hot hot gaming action.]
[18:52] < Mithras> (( Doesn't matter either way here. ))
[18:53] < Evel_Gemeval> ((We can always knock Serigo out with a chunk of the ceiling.))
[18:55] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:55] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 44 ( Total: 44 )
[18:55] < Evel_Gemeval> Ceiling plaster pelts Aru as well.
[18:55] * Teucer[Sleep] is now known as Teucer
[18:57] * Shara_Lanator motions for more coffee.
[18:57] < Evel_Gemeval> Shara gets it.
[18:57] < Shara_Lanator> "Musta been still a bit asleep."
[18:58] < Evel_Gemeval> * Marcus drools on the counter.
[18:58] < Aru`Momo> "Ow."
[18:58] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[18:58] < Aru`Momo> "Crappy hotel."
[18:58] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 17 ( Total: 17 )
[18:58] * Mithras wipes up the drool, then remembers that he should have given Marcus his pills half an hour ago.
[18:59] * Mithras double-checks the time to make sure, then gives Marcus his next dose of meds.
[18:59] < Evel_Gemeval> And then, Aru hears a woman scream in pain, apparently from the bed right behind him.
[19:00] < Mithras> "You know, I'm going to have to return for the coffee if I ever get the chance."
[19:01] * Shara_Lanator pays the bill, leaves a good tip, and heads back towards the hotel.
[19:01] * Aru`Momo looks over his shoulder. "Hmm..."
[19:01] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d100
[19:01] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d100: 9 ( Total: 9 )
[19:02] < Evel_Gemeval> I'm not sure what that roll was for, but there's nothing there.
[19:02] < Aru`Momo> "I'd go and get a drink, but then again, my radio might be a slag heap when I get back."
[19:02] < Aru`Momo> "Maybe in a little while."
[19:02] < Mithras> "...you're going back? I thought the place freaked you out?"
[19:02] < Evel_Gemeval> Of course, you do think you see something move outside the window.
[19:02] * Aru`Momo scratches his balls.
[19:02] < Aru`Momo> "Musta been a bird."
[19:03] < Shara_Lanator> "Need to get Aru out of there."
[19:03] < Serigo> (Back.)
[19:03] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:03] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 66 ( Total: 66 )
[19:03] < Mithras> "Right. Go ahead, then- I'll keep an eye on Marcus, so he doesn't drool all over the table."
[19:03] * Serigo continues looking.
[19:03] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo, those icy hot tendrils are back, wrapping themselves around your torso from behind.
[19:03] < Aru`Momo> !roll 1d6
[19:03] < Highwind> Aru`Momo - 1d6: 6 ( Total: 6 )
[19:03] * Serigo pulls away
[19:04] * Shara_Lanator heads up to Aru's room and enters.
[19:04] < Aru`Momo> [MARK OF THE BEAST]
[19:04] < Serigo> "Not falling for it.
[19:04] < Aru`Momo> [SERIGO'S GOING DOWN]
[19:04] < Shara_Lanator> "Aru, let's go see if the car is ready."
[19:04] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:04] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 100 ( Total: 100 )
[19:04] < Aru`Momo> "But. Radio."
[19:04] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:04] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 84 ( Total: 84 )
[19:04] * Aru`Momo looks at the table strewn about with all the parts."
[19:04] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo: And just like that, they're gone.
[19:04] < Serigo> "So, you like playing tricks, huh?"
[19:05] < Shara_Lanator> "Let's just see if it's fixed, come on."
[19:05] * Serigo peers into the dusty air, trying to scry answers.
[19:05] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:05] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 89 ( Total: 89 )
[19:05] < Evel_Gemeval> Nothing where you're looking.
[19:06] * Serigo looks behind him, above, all around.
[19:06] < Aru`Momo> "I dunno."
[19:06] < Serigo> "I know you want something. What is it?"
[19:06] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:06] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 47 ( Total: 47 )
[19:06] < Aru`Momo> "I just can't leave this stuff here."
[19:06] * Mithras orders a piece of cherry pie, this time.
[19:06] < Shara_Lanator> "Can you gather it up and take it with you? You could work on it in the restaurant. It'd pretty dead there.'
[19:06] < Evel_Gemeval> There doesn't appear to be a single thing odd... until you notice that there's some kind of shimmering distortion of the light near the window.
[19:07] * Aru`Momo frowns. "Don't say that. You'll just encourage the ghosts in here."
[19:07] * Serigo investiagtes it.
[19:07] < Shara_Lanator> "Ghosts? What ghosts?"
[19:07] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:07] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 95 ( Total: 95 )
[19:07] < Evel_Gemeval> The door slams shut behind Serigo.
[19:07] < Evel_Gemeval> And the shimmering is gone.
[19:07] < Aru`Momo> "Figure with the way you guys are acting, this place is haunted by things beyond the means of mortal comprehension. AKA - ghosts."
[19:07] < Serigo> "My, my. Curious."
[19:07] < Shara_Lanator> "There are no such things as ghosts. I just didn't get enough sleep, I'm feeling fine now."
[19:08] * Serigo walks over to the door, sees if it's locked.
[19:08] < Aru`Momo> "Then what's the need to get me to go? I'll go after I finish the radio."
[19:08] < Aru`Momo> "Not like anything bad's going to happen to me."
[19:09] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d2
[19:09] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d2: 1 ( Total: 1 )
[19:09] < Evel_Gemeval> It's locked Serigo.
[19:09] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:09] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 24 ( Total: 24 )
[19:09] < Evel_Gemeval> And now Shara and Aru hear a woman sobbing from right next to them.
[19:09] < Serigo> "So you want me in here. Okay. Apparently you want to talk."
[19:09] < Shara_Lanator> "You know car stuff, you'd know if the guy was really fixing---EEEP!"
[19:09] * Aru`Momo gestures at the sound.
[19:09] < Aru`Momo> "See? Ghosts."
[19:09] < Mithras> "Wow. That cherry pie is really good, too."
[19:09] * Shara_Lanator runs at Aru and grabs ahold of him.
[19:09] * Mithras wipes off a little more drool from Marcus.
[19:10] < Serigo> "Let me tell you something about myself. I was kidnapped as a child."
[19:10] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:10] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 36 ( Total: 36 )
[19:10] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo's door unlocks itself.
[19:10] < Serigo> "The people who kidnapped me cut me and drained my blood for dark rituals."
[19:10] * Aru`Momo is grabbed.
[19:10] < Serigo> "Needless to say, my life as a kid wasn't pleasant."
[19:10] < Evel_Gemeval> Meanwhile the sobbing is joined by voices speaking some other language muttering discontentedly.
[19:10] * Shara_Lanator grabs ahold of Aru tighter.
[19:10] < Serigo> "I eventually broke free with magic, and a Sage academy took me in."
[19:11] < Shara_Lanator> "Let's go, come on, please."
[19:11] < Mithras> "You know, I'm amazed that you don't get more customers with stuff this good."
[19:11] < Aru`Momo> "Maybe it's got to do with being an outsider of this town, or something. Hmm..."
[19:11] < Serigo> "There, studying and studying helped me to deal with my past."
[19:11] * Aru`Momo looks at Shara, and sighs.
[19:11] < Aru`Momo> "Alright, alright."
[19:11] < Serigo> "But it left scars. Not just physical ones. Mental ones."
[19:11] < Evel_Gemeval> < Waitress> "We're just not a good place to stop for people heading down the road. Not with that big truck stop up a ways longer."
[19:11] * Aru`Momo looks at the room and gets up. "You assholes better not break my radio."
[19:11] < Serigo> "I still cry sometimes when i sleep."
[19:11] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:11] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 19 ( Total: 19 )
[19:12] < Serigo> "What about you?"
[19:12] < Evel_Gemeval> The chair Aru was sitting in is shoved roughly to the floor.
[19:12] < Mithras> "Ah. Maybe you ought to advertise, or something."
[19:12] < Serigo> "Was your life unpleasant? Something you want to talk about?"
[19:13] < Aru`Momo> "Fine. Be that way. I'll buy out this damn hotel, tear down these rooms, and you won't be able to stick around anymore. How do you like that!?"
[19:13] < Mithras> (( BRB. ))
[19:13] < Serigo> "Maybe I can help."
[19:13] * Aru`Momo shouts at the ghosts.
[19:13] * Evel_Gemeval wonders if Serigo hears Aru shouting...
[19:14] < Serigo> "...that's my friend. He gets nervous, but he's a nice guy. Most of the time."
[19:14] < Evel_Gemeval> Aru's little fiddly bits, screws, cogs, etc, get swept to the floor.
[19:14] < Aru`Momo> "Bah!"
[19:15] < Serigo> "Did you ever have any friends?"
[19:15] * Serigo looks for a response.
[19:15] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:15] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 35 ( Total: 35 )
[19:15] * Shara_Lanator looks up at Aru. "See, let's get out of here."
[19:15] < Evel_Gemeval> You're talking to the walls, Serigo, the walls.
[19:15] < Serigo> "i guess not.
[19:15] * Aru`Momo picks up the shit and puts it in his pockets. "They're probably protecting something."
[19:15] < Aru`Momo> "I'm going to find it."
[19:15] < Serigo> "Do you just want me to leave?
[19:15] < Aru`Momo> "Whatever it is."
[19:15] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:15] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 49 ( Total: 49 )
[19:16] < Shara_Lanator> "Find it?"
[19:16] * Shara_Lanator shadows Aru.
[19:16] < Evel_Gemeval> Deafening silence there, Serigo.
[19:16] < Aru`Momo> "Yeah. I'm going to find the thing they're guarding."
[19:16] < Aru`Momo> "And I'm going to take it far from here. Maybe to another planet."
[19:17] < Aru`Momo> "See how they like that."
[19:17] < Serigo> "I get it. Cheap illusions when people try to find facts. No response when they try to see what you're made of. Prankster ghost."
[19:17] < Mithras> (( Back. ))
[19:17] * Mithras yawns and stretches in his seat.
[19:17] * Aru`Momo closes up the radio and takes up his wrench. "Alright. Well."
[19:17] < Serigo> "Chairs move. Illusionary flames and ice. Doors lock and close. But nothing gives a response."
[19:18] < Aru`Momo> "Let's go and check on the car, and then I'm going to scour this place down to the last splinter."
[19:18] * Serigo looks around for anything of interest or abnormality.
[19:18] < Shara_Lanator> "Ok, let's go then."
[19:18] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:18] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 38 ( Total: 38 )
[19:18] < Evel_Gemeval> Nothing at all Serigo.
[19:18] < Evel_Gemeval> At least where you're at.
[19:18] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:18] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 56 ( Total: 56 )
[19:18] < Serigo> (That sounds bad.)
[19:19] < Evel_Gemeval> Shara gets treated to the sensation of icy and burning tendrils wrapping themselves around her limbs and waist.
[19:19] < Serigo> "I'm going back downstairs to my room. I hope you'll visit."
[19:19] * Shara_Lanator makes a run towards the front door of the hotel.
[19:19] * Serigo starts to go to Aru's room.
[19:20] < Evel_Gemeval> So Serigo gets run over by Shara dashing out of the hotel.
[19:20] * Aru`Momo heads down at a leisurely pace, looking around."
[19:20] < Serigo> "Ow."
[19:20] * Serigo dusts himself off, keeps heading to Aru's room.
[19:21] * Aru`Momo heads over to the innkeep.
[19:21] * Shara_Lanator stops on the other side of the road from the hotel and composes herself.
[19:21] < Aru`Momo> "Hey, you know your second floor is haunted?"
[19:21] < Serigo> (Am I at the room yet?)
[19:21] < Evel_Gemeval> So, Serigo is in the room with scattered stuff and no humans.
[19:21] < Evel_Gemeval> The Innkeeper shrugs back at you, Aru.
[19:21] < Serigo> (What about nonhumans?)
[19:22] * Teucer is now known as Teucer[Work]
[19:22] < Aru`Momo> Hey.
[19:22] < Aru`Momo> I collected my stuff.
[19:23] < Evel_Gemeval> There's just lots of little bits, I doubt you got them all. And some of the bits probably weren't yours, like pencils. :p
[19:23] * Serigo looks around for anything unusual.
[19:23] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:23] * Shara_Lanator heads to the restaurant to get Marcus and Mithras.
[19:23] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 76 ( Total: 76 )
[19:23] < Evel_Gemeval> You don't see anything too out there, Serigo, except the knocked over chair.
[19:23] < Serigo> "Well, he left in a hurry."
[19:23] * Serigo sits the chair up, and sits down.
[19:23] < Serigo> "So, I'm taking you scared Aru off.
[19:24] < Serigo> "Nice job. That probably took work."
[19:24] * Mithras looks at Shara with a raised eyebrow. "Well, you sure took your time in the hotel."
[19:24] < Shara_Lanator> "Aru didn't want to leave."
[19:25] < Mithras> "He must get really absorbed in his tinkering, I guess."
[19:25] < Shara_Lanator> "Yes, he's coming now."
[19:25] < Evel_Gemeval> Again, Serigo gets the silent treatment.
[19:25] * Serigo keeps looking. Not at physical appearances, trying to discern any spiritual anomalies.
[19:25] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:25] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 71 ( Total: 71 )
[19:26] * Aru`Momo scratches his balls.
[19:26] < Aru`Momo> I'll stop by the restaurant and get the hardest liquor they have.
[19:26] < Aru`Momo> And in large quantities.
[19:27] < Evel_Gemeval> They serve coffee with a shot of scotch, but you can't get the booze sperate.
[19:27] < Evel_Gemeval> Abd Serigo, there's really nothing there now. It's quite solitary in the room.
[19:27] < Evel_Gemeval> And
[19:27] * Mithras then sees Aru. "Well, took you long enough to leave. You might as well try the coffee while you're here."
[19:27] * Serigo sighs.
[19:28] < Serigo> "Fuck this. You know what, for a ghost, you are DAMN pathetic."
[19:28] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:28] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 72 ( Total: 72 )
[19:28] < Evel_Gemeval> You hear the sound of something shrugging in apathy.
[19:28] < Aru`Momo> "I'm going back to finish up my radio in a few."
[19:28] < Mithras> "Wouldn't that plaster dust get into the electronics, though?"
[19:29] < Aru`Momo> "And to find out what the hell those ghosts are protecting."
[19:29] < Serigo> "And not just slightly pathetic. I've seen cardboard more interesting than any of the shit you've tried."
[19:29] < Aru`Momo> "And no, not really. Doesn't harm it too much."
[19:29] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:29] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 22 ( Total: 22 )
[19:29] * Mithras stares at Aru.
[19:29] < Mithras> "Aru, you sure you actually need alcohol in your drink?"
[19:30] * Serigo gets up to leave.
[19:30] * Shara_Lanator orders one of the coffees with the scotch in it.
[19:30] < Evel_Gemeval> The door now slams shut and locks, the wind curtains are drawn, and there you see it Serigo, an irredescent blue cloud with snaking tendrils coming from it and going back into it all over. The light bulb explodes and a tendril whips out and grabs the chair, slamming it into the back of your head.
[19:30] < Mithras> "Because seeing ghosts probably isn't a good sign."
[19:30] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:30] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 26 ( Total: 26 )
[19:30] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d10+40
[19:30] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d10+40: 8 ( Total: 48 )
[19:30] < Serigo> "Okay, cardboards never done that."
[19:30] * Shara_Lanator downs the coffee as fast as possible once she gets it.
[19:31] < Evel_Gemeval> Another tendril grabs the radio and slams it into your stomach.
[19:31] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:31] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 86 ( Total: 86 )
[19:31] * Serigo dodges.
[19:31] < Evel_Gemeval> And a dozen more pour forth to burn and freeze you.
[19:31] * Serigo downs a tonic, and gets the hell outta there.
[19:31] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 12d100
[19:31] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 12d100: 12, 15, 35, 24, 5, 85, 93, 87, 69, 59, 36, 37 ( Total: 557 )
[19:31] < Evel_Gemeval> Roll 9#1d10+40
[19:31] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 9#1d10+40
[19:31] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(1): 2 ( Total: 42 )
[19:31] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(2): 3 ( Total: 43 )
[19:32] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(3): 10 ( Total: 50 )
[19:32] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(4): 6 ( Total: 46 )
[19:32] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(5): 7 ( Total: 47 )
[19:32] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(6): 2 ( Total: 42 )
[19:32] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(7): 1 ( Total: 41 )
[19:32] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(8): 6 ( Total: 46 )
[19:32] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 9#1d10+40(9): 10 ( Total: 50 )
[19:32] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - Total: 407
[19:32] < Aru`Momo> "Best way to do it."
[19:32] < Serigo> (Huh.)
[19:32] < Mithras> "Speaking of which, where's the crazy guy?"
[19:32] < Serigo> (I'm dead now, aren't I?)
[19:32] < Evel_Gemeval> I think it's safe to say you're quite unconsious on the floor now, burned and blistered.
[19:32] * Aru`Momo takes the alcohol. "Who knows, he probably got an axe to the face."
[19:32] < Mithras> "...an axe. In the hotel."
[19:33] < Mithras> "Okay, maybe you should get the decaf without the booze."
[19:33] < Mithras> "Trust me- this stuff tastes great, even black."
[19:33] * Aru`Momo shakes his head at Mith. "You're taking it too literally. He's probably just chasing his own shadow."
[19:33] < Serigo> (Shall I make a new character?)
[19:33] < Evel_Gemeval> The door unlocks itself, the curtain returns to its normal position. The lightbulb rebuilds itself. The chair is replaced into its fallen position. And the radio is plopped gently on the table.
[19:34] * Mithras breathes a sigh of relief.
[19:34] < Evel_Gemeval> The only odd thing about the scene now is that there's a guy oozing puss and slowly dying on the floor.
[19:34] < Mithras> "Okay, good. You had me going for a minute there."
[19:34] < Mithras> "The last thing I need is another lunatic with me."
[19:34] * Mithras smirks.
[19:35] < Evel_Gemeval> We'll see if anyone manages to save your mostly dead character, or if they just keep talking.
[19:35] * Aru`Momo shakes his head.
[19:35] < Serigo> (Aw, come on, guys...)
[19:35] < Aru`Momo> "You're just thinkin' too deep into the situation. I sure as hell didn't nearly kill my CO."
[19:35] * Aru`Momo shrugs.
[19:35] < Aru`Momo> "Anyway, alcohol gotten, time to head back."
[19:35] < Mithras> "..."
[19:35] < Mithras> "Yeah, sure, whatever."
[19:35] * Aru`Momo wanders out, taking a swig from the bottle.
[19:35] < Evel_Gemeval> !roll 1d100
[19:35] < Serigo> (Thank you.)
[19:35] < Highwind> Evel_Gemeval - 1d100: 59 ( Total: 59 )
[19:35] < Aru`Momo> "It'll be all good."
[19:36] * Mithras decides to order another coffee, this time with a hint of scotch.
[19:36] * Shara_Lanator waits on Mithras.
[19:37] < Mithras> "Huh? Oh, right. We'd probably better go back."
[19:37] < Shara_Lanator> "Yeah, I'll help you with gibbery over there."
[19:37] * Mithras leaves the payment and a tip on the table, then grabs Marcus and heads back to the hotel.
[19:37] < Evel_Gemeval> Outside the restaurant the Sheriff accosts Aru.
[19:37] < Aru`Momo> "Howdy."
[19:38] < Evel_Gemeval> "I've been hearing some complaints from the hotel owner about you causin' a lot of noise upstairs."
[19:38] < Aru`Momo> "Oh, yeah, well."
[19:38] < Aru`Momo> "I'm workin' on a pet project. Makin' a radio."
[19:38] < Aru`Momo> "Gets frustrating when stuff doesn't work."
[19:39] < Evel_Gemeval> "Oh? I know how that goes. I remember the cussin' I did workin' on a broken down combine back in the day."
[19:39] * Serigo twiches.
[19:39] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo, roll a d100, below 20 and you finish dying.
[19:40] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:40] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 53 ( Total: 53 )
[19:40] < Mithras> (( Finish dying as in dead, or as in stabilize? ))
[19:40] < Evel_Gemeval> Still breathing, for now. -- As in six feet under.
[19:40] < Aru`Momo> "Well, I gotta get back to work."
[19:40] < Serigo> (Move it...)
[19:41] * Aru`Momo scratches his side.
[19:41] < Serigo> (Please.)
[19:41] < Aru`Momo> "You know anything about that hotel? Seems like it's haunted. Creeps my friends out."
[19:41] * Shara_Lanator walks out to see the sheriff and Aru talking, and walks up to them.
[19:41] * Mithras buries his head in his free hand.
[19:41] < Evel_Gemeval> "The old hotel? No one's ever complained before, but we don't get many people staying all night."
[19:42] * Shara_Lanator catches the end of the conversation. "Well, I know why, that place is CREEPY."
[19:42] < Evel_Gemeval> "Y'all are the first people I've ever heard complain about it."
[19:43] < Aru`Momo> "Yeah?"
[19:43] < Mithras> "Um... a little help here? This guy's kind of heavy."
[19:43] < Aru`Momo> "It's got somethin' in there."
[19:44] * Aru`Momo looks at Mith. "Oh, hey, what's goin' o- whoa."
[19:44] * Shara_Lanator goes back to help drag Marcus.
[19:44] < Evel_Gemeval> "I really doubt that, sounds like your trying to blame someone else for all that noise you been causin'.
[19:44] < Aru`Momo> "Nah, not blamin' anybody, I admit to the noise."
[19:45] < Evel_Gemeval> "What happened to your friend there?"
[19:45] < Aru`Momo> "Hell if I know."
[19:45] < Serigo> (HELP.)
[19:45] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo, roll for dyin' again. 30 or less kills you.
[19:45] < Serigo> (Sigh)
[19:45] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:45] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 43 ( Total: 43 )
[19:45] < Serigo> (URK!)
[19:45] < Mithras> "Thanks. This guy gets pretty heavy after a while. - Got himself beat up pretty bad. Mouthed off to the wrong people. You know, that sort of thing."
[19:46] < Evel_Gemeval> "Understandable. Y'all came outta Arise, either the Conettis or the Cops, right?"
[19:46] * Mithras smirks. "Yeah, pretty much."
[19:46] < Serigo> (Can I attempt to send a telepathic signal from near the grave?"
[19:46] < Serigo> (Targetting Shara.)
[19:47] < Evel_Gemeval> "That whole town's corrupt. At least out here, the Bau mob doesn't try to run every little thing."
[19:47] < Evel_Gemeval> No, you're not a telepath, you're a mage. :p
[19:47] < Aru`Momo> "Yeah? I met the kid of the Connetis, awhile back."
[19:47] < Serigo> (God.)
[19:47] < Serigo> (Can I roll to wake up?)
[19:48] < Mithras> (( Sorry, but Mithras has absolutely no reason to expect you're in danger. ))
[19:48] < Shara_Lanator> (( And Shara won't go back in by herself. ))
[19:48] < Evel_Gemeval> No, you're dying, not merely having a bad dream.
[19:48] < Evel_Gemeval> "Really? And his handlers didn't have you killed later? No one's seen him."
[19:50] < Shara_Lanator> "That's odd, he was a nice kid, suprising to say."
[19:51] < Evel_Gemeval> "So it was a boy? No one even knows what his name is, or what gender he is."
[19:51] < Evel_Gemeval> And Serigo, time for another roll, under 40 kills you.
[19:51] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:51] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 92 ( Total: 92 )
[19:51] < Aru`Momo> "It's a boy, I think."
[19:51] < Serigo> (HURRY!)
[19:51] < Aru`Momo> "Damn energetic kid. I nicknamed him Allie."
[19:51] < Aru`Momo> "He's got a long, long, name. What was it...You remember, Mith?"
[19:52] < Evel_Gemeval> The Sheriff listens intently.
[19:52] < Mithras> "Not a clue."
[19:52] < Mithras> "But it was really long."
[19:53] < Aru`Momo> Alexander something something.
[19:55] < Serigo> (Hello?)
[19:55] < Evel_Gemeval> The Sheriff gets out a pad and pencil and jots what you've told him down. "You know, with this info, you all can stay in town as long as you like."
[19:55] * Shara_Lanator nods.
[19:55] < Evel_Gemeval> And, it's that time again Serigo, under 50 kills you.
[19:56] < Shara_Lanator> "You do have damn good coffee."
[19:56] < Aru`Momo> "Yeah, well."
[19:56] < Serigo> !roll 1d100
[19:56] < Highwind> Serigo - 1d100: 1 ( Total: 1 )
[19:56] < Serigo> (Dammit.)
[19:56] < Mithras> "Thank you sheriff. - yeah, the coffee is great."
[19:56] < Evel_Gemeval> Serigo has expired on the hotel floor.
[19:56] < Aru`Momo> "I'd like it if I could get more part- whoa."
[19:56] < Aru`Momo> "Did he just go limp?"
[19:56] < Mithras> "...did who just go limp?"
[19:56] < Evel_Gemeval> ((Aru, you can't see Serigo. :p))
[19:57] < Evel_Gemeval> ((So unless you've got some latent psychic power you failed to mention.))

Intermission: Decision Time

[19:58] < Evel_Gemeval> Okay, so let's take a time out here.
[19:58] * Evel_Gemeval turns the GAME ON sign off.
[19:58] < Serigo> (Thanks a lot, guys.)
[19:58] < Evel_Gemeval> Alright, this is the first time I've ever had a character actually die in a FFRPG campaign I've run.
[19:59] < Evel_Gemeval> It's a bit of an unusual circumstance for me. If this were D&D I'd have him roll up a new warm body and that be that, but this isn't. It'd be more work to write a new character that had a believable reason to join with you nuts than it is to deal with one less body.
[20:00] < Evel_Gemeval> And so, I put it to you who are still living, does Serigo get a new warm body or do we soldier on without him?
[20:00] < Aru`Momo> Hmm.
[20:01] < Serigo> (Coming back as a Sage with more decent skills if I can live- schoolmate or something
[20:02] < Aru`Momo> Way I see it, if I died, it would probably be my fault. That, and I don't really think it would be good for plot continuity.
[20:03] < Shara_Lanator> Not really a situation where you can have a new person just join in.
[20:04] < Mithras> Well, considering that the group is made up of the only Imperials allowed on the planet (and a suspected serial killer), it would be really tough to justify another Imperial showing up to replace the old one. Besides, I personally feel that if any character, my own included, does something to get themselves killed, even if it is in character and makes sense, then a second chance p