Conquering the Stars Session 8: Final Section

Pain: Part 3 to Epilogue

Part 3: Failure

[16:35] * Mithras doesn't really notice Shara yet.
[16:36] <Mithras> "*gasp* ow..."
[16:36] * Shara_Lanator looks towards the medics. "How is he?"
[16:36] <Gee_Emm> The medics won't let you get too close to him, since they're working on him while taking him off the field. His chest is riddled with bullet holes and his left shoulder and bicep look like hamburger.
[16:37] <Gee_Emm> "If we get him into intensive care now, he should be fine. We'll probably have to call for a mage though, the damage is very extensive."
[16:37] * Mithras hears that. "B-*gasp* been worse... *gasp*"
[16:37] * Mithras would gesture to his stomach scar if he could.
[16:38] <Gee_Emm> "He's better off than the other guy. That one has a bullet in his head."
[16:38] <Shara_Lanator> "Better off than the others as well......"
[16:38] <Shara_Lanator> "Did you see what happened?"
[16:39] <Gee_Emm> "The fight? Yeah, pretty brutal. It almost looked personal out there."
[16:40] <Shara_Lanator> "Well, I'm staying with Mithras. We're not too well liked around here."
[16:42] <Gee_Emm> "Sure. We had a request from one of the infirmary branches to treat him... So I think you can stay there."
[16:42] <Mithras> "*gasp* why... breathing bad? *gasp*"
[16:43] <Gee_Emm> "Be quiet there, you've got about a dozen holes in your lungs. You're lucky to be breathing period."
[16:43] * Mithras just barely nods.
[16:45] <Gee_Emm> You arrive at the same damn infirmary you're always at. The Nurse, yes, the same damn one, takes one look at Mithras and turns white before going into medical mode.
[16:46] <Gee_Emm> Mithras is taken to the back room, where the only other patient is the terrorist girl from yesterday, and the Nurse with the Medics go hardcore into patching Mithras up.
[16:46] <Gee_Emm> *insert an episode of ER here*
[16:47] * Shara_Lanator collapses in a chair in the waiting area.
[16:47] * Mithras plays as a Special Guest Star on an ER episode.
[16:48] <Gee_Emm> A mage shows up and joins the crew working on Mithras.
[16:49] <Gee_Emm> A couple hours pass and finally all of them leave, except the Nurse, who's sitting in a chair next to Mithras's bed watching over him.
[16:50] * Mithras is still blisfully unconscious.
[16:50] * Shara_Lanator has a stoic look on her face, trying her damndest to keep calm.
[16:51] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse administers a stimulant to wake Mithras up.
[16:51] <Mithras> "Wh- the hell?"
[16:51] * Mithras looks around a bit.
[16:51] <Mithras> "...did I win, or what?"
[16:52] * Shara_Lanator gets up and knocks on the door to the back room.
[16:52] <Mithras> "...and how did I end up here?"
[16:52] <Gee_Emm> "Yes. Turns out your opponent was all cybered up. His higher brain functions weren't even in his head anymore. -- Oh, come in, I'm sure you two need to talk."
[16:52] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse gets up, smiles a little and lets Shara in while she leaves.
[16:53] * Mithras smiles a bit, as well. "Good to hear."
[16:54] * Shara_Lanator sits down next to Mithras. "You OK?"
[16:54] <Mithras> "Apparently. Didn't even realize I was that bad."
[16:55] <Shara_Lanator> "Did....did you see what happened to the others?"
[16:56] <Mithras> "...kind of like wh- that guy's buddies dropped them from the lights. I dunno if he wanted blackmail or just to unnerve me."
[16:57] * Shara_Lanator sniffs as a few tears roll down her cheeks.
[16:57] <Mithras> "I'm sorry, but I couldn't take him down in time."
[16:57] <Shara_Lanator> "They...took out they guys after me, probably wanting to do the same things."
[16:57] <Shara_Lanator> "I paniced and ran, only to see you get shot up."
[16:57] <Mithras> "Dammit."
[16:58] <Mithras> "...you did the right thing by running. It was the best option given what you knew."
[16:58] <Shara_Lanator> "I couldn't see if they survived the fall, but it didn't look good, I really doubt it if they did."
[16:59] <Mithras> "...we can't worry about that right now. We should check, but we can't dwell on that. If we do, we won't make it out of this."
[16:59] <Mithras> (( Grr. BRB. ))
[17:01] * Shara_Lanator nods. "We need to make it out of this."
[17:02] <Mithras> (( Okay, this may be a bit longer than I thought. Dinner just got served. Sorry. ))
[17:02] <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist girl snores lightly in her bed.
[17:02] <Gee_Emm> ((heh, I'm eating over here :p))
[17:04] <Gee_Emm> ((say, take 20 then to give us all a break?))
[17:07] <Shara_Lanator> (( OK
[17:19] <Gee_Emm> Alright, soon as matt gets back, we'll pick up.
[17:20] <Mithras> (( Cool. ))
[17:20] <Gee_Emm> ((You do realize, Mithras will have to go back out and fight some more today, right? :p))
[17:21] <Mithras> (( Yeah, I figured. He'll be at a disadvantage in melee too, with the bad arm and all, so he'll probably stick to his pistol. ))
[17:25] <Shara_Lanator> (( Where were we? :P ))
[17:25] <Mithras> (( Angst. ))
[17:25] <Gee_Emm> You two were about to make hot hospital love to each other.
[17:25] <Gee_Emm> And we can't forget:
[17:25] <Gee_Emm> <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist girl snores lightly in her bed.
[17:26] * Mithras tries to move his left arm ever-so-slightly and winces in pain.
[17:26] <Shara_Lanator> "Are you going to continue fighting in the tournament?"
[17:26] <Mithras> "I'm not resigning, that's for sure."
[17:27] <Shara_Lanator> "They'll just keep setting you up like that."
[17:27] <Mithras> "I may not be 100%, but I can still keep going. I'll just keep with my poistol unles necessary."
[17:28] <Mithras> "Then you'll have to make sure they don't get the chance."
[17:28] <Shara_Lanator> "I suppose so..."
[17:29] <Mithras> "If I give up, they win. I am not going to fail this mission unless I am defeated on that field."
[17:29] * Shara_Lanator nods.
[17:29] <Shara_Lanator> "I'll have to make sure I'm close by, I guess."
[17:30] <Mithras> "Yeah. That, and check to see if our comrades made it. They may still use them as leverage."
[17:32] <Shara_Lanator> "I really doubt that Marcus and Aru made it..."
[17:32] <Shara_Lanator> "I didn't see what happened to Josiah, I assume the same."
[17:32] * Mithras sighs. "You're probably right. But we still need to check."
[17:32] * Mithras slowly gets up and looks for the nearest mirror.
[17:33] <Gee_Emm> * Mithras's reflection is a mess.
[17:33] * Mithras also takes the time to check where he is the most bandaged and injured.
[17:34] <Gee_Emm> Your chest and left arm are wrapped pretty tighly in bandages. It's pretty apparent you're being hald together with duct tape there.
[17:35] <Mithras> "Well, that sucks. I don't even remember getting hit in the arm."
[17:35] * Shara_Lanator fishes in her pocket and pulls out a Tonic, and then hands it over to Mithras. "You might need this...shoulda gave it to you earlier."
[17:35] <Mithras> "...thanks."
[17:36] <Mithras> "I'll probably need it."
[17:37] * Mithras starts walking out to the nurse.
[17:37] * Shara_Lanator glaces at the terrorist girl, and then follows Mithras out, shutting the door behind them.
[17:38] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse is sitting at the front desk, reading a magazine.
[17:38] * Mithras goes to the front desk.
[17:39] * Mithras smiles a bit. "Hey... there anything else you have to make sure my arm doesn't rip off during the competition?"
[17:40] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse smiles back, "Nope. It's being held on by quite a lot of magic, it should be fine. And if it's not, the bandages should keep chunks from flying everywhere. You should just forfeit your match and take it easy though, those are very serious injuries you have."
[17:42] <Mithras> "They do feel kind of bad, yeah. But I'm not quitting in my match. I'm expected out there. I'll just have to keep away from the fighters."
[17:42] * Mithras checks his gun.
[17:43] <Mithras> "It's my job, after all."
[17:44] <Mithras> "But thanks for your help. I probably wouldn't have made it otherwise."
[17:45] <Shara_Lanator> "How's the girl back there doing?"
[17:46] <Gee_Emm> "She's fine. She was awake earlier, but went back to sleep."
[17:47] <Shara_Lanator> "Ok, I suppose we should be going then."
[17:47] <Mithras> "Yeah."
[17:48] <Gee_Emm> "Alright, but you're between time slots right now. There's almost an hour before the competition starts up again."
[17:48] <Mithras> "Just keep yourself safe and watch out, okay? Some of these people are going to try anything to get an advantage."
[17:50] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse sighs.
[17:51] <Mithras> "Don't worry about me. I'm still too young to die."
[17:51] * Mithras smiles.
[17:51] * Mithras starts heading out, albeit more slowly than normal.
[17:52] * Shara_Lanator walks behind Mithras, matching his pace, and keeping her eyes open for anything.
[17:52] <Mithras> "So... locker room for now, or what?"
[17:53] <Shara_Lanator> "Might want to snoop around to find out about Aru and the rest."
[17:54] <Mithras> "Right. Good point. And we shouldn't split up, either, so..."
[17:54] <Mithras> "We just have to make sure I have enough time to get back to the competition area.
[17:54] <Mithras> +"
[17:56] <Shara_Lanator> "We should go the entrance where Aru and Marcus...landed...and ask around, maybe."
[17:56] <Mithras> "Yeah."
[17:57] * Shara_Lanator leads Mithras towards the entrance.
[17:57] <Gee_Emm> Well, there's a cleaning crew scrubbing down the concrete still. Apparently there was quite a bit of gooey stuff embedded in the concrete.
[17:58] * Shara_Lanator pokes one of the cleaning crew members on the shoulder. "Did anyone survive?"
[17:59] <Gee_Emm> "Not 'less you mean 'was there still summthin' ta bury.'"
[18:00] <Shara_Lanator> "Any other...messes you all have to clean up?"
[18:02] <Gee_Emm> "'nother crew round the other side it finshin' up the jumper o'er there."
[18:02] <Mithras> "...damn."
[18:03] <Shara_Lanator> "Looks like it's just us two left now."
[18:03] <Mithras> "Yeah. We just have to keep going- nothing else we can do here."
[18:03] * Shara_Lanator nods.
[18:04] <Shara_Lanator> "You'd better get ready, it's almost time."
[18:04] * Mithras starts walking off to the competition entry area.
[18:04] <Mithras> "Yeah."
[18:04] * Gee_Emm hits Fast Forward.
[18:05] <Gee_Emm> Mithras gets out there and watches two more fights. First is Kupo Khan causing the guy from Indestructible to bleed from the eyes, the second is that Dragoon from the Moran team kicking more ass.
[18:06] <Gee_Emm> And then it's his turn, to face the wrestler that took out the chainsaw maniac with a single wrist hold.
[18:06] <Shara_Lanator> .oO(That guy? But how?)
[18:07] * Mithras takes out his pistol and gets ready to fight.
[18:07] <Shara_Lanator> .oO(How the hell'd that dragoon take Marcus landing on him?)
[18:08] <Mithras> . o O ( Okay, this guy I need to keep away from. Otherwise, he'll have me down in seconds. )
[18:08] <Gee_Emm> <Announcer> "Next bout is the Imperial Soldaten soldier, Mithras Venturi, taking on the Jenon University wrestler! Mithras proved to be tougher than nails earlier, but can his toughness save him from the young master of the Seventeen Steps technique?"
[18:09] * Mithras has his pistol ready to fire and disable his opponent.
[18:09] <Gee_Emm> * Jenon wrestler gets out a fresh blunt to smoke.
[18:10] * Mithras saves his breath this time.
[18:10] * Shara_Lanator takes up her post at an entrace to the field, getting a position where she can both watch the field and anyone approaching from the other direction.
[18:10] <Gee_Emm> He lights it and take a couple of puffs, sizing you up while waiting for the announcer to shout the start of the match.
[18:11] <Gee_Emm> <Jenon_Wrestler> "That gun won't save you."
[18:11] <Mithras> "We'll see."
[18:12] <Gee_Emm> "Fight!"
[18:12] * Mithras takes the first shot!
[18:12] <Gee_Emm> * Jenon_Wrestler wastes no time!
[18:12] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:12] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:12] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 61 ( Total: 61 )
[18:12] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 63 ( Total: 63 )
[18:12] <Gee_Emm> Your shot whizzes by his ear as he ducks low and rushes at you.
[18:13] * Mithras aims for a moment and takes another shot.
[18:13] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:13] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 59 ( Total: 59 )
[18:13] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:13] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 99 ( Total: 99 )
[18:13] <Shara_Lanator> (( ouch ))
[18:14] <Gee_Emm> You take him right in the shoulder, sending him to the ground.
[18:14] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:14] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 97 ( Total: 97 )
[18:14] * Mithras goes to a position where he can get a good shot.
[18:14] <Mithras> "Give up. Now."
[18:14] <Gee_Emm> "I'd rather not."
[18:14] * Mithras is training the gun on a knee.
[18:14] * Mithras shoots.
[18:14] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:14] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 37 ( Total: 37 )
[18:14] <Gee_Emm> Your shot goes right into his knee dropping him back to the ground.
[18:15] <Mithras> "How about now?"
[18:15] * Mithras aims for the other knee.
[18:15] <Gee_Emm> It's at this point you notice that neither wound is actually bleeding, indeed the slugs are just slightly embedded into the skin.
[18:15] <Gee_Emm> "No."
[18:15] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:15] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 43 ( Total: 43 )
[18:15] * Mithras shoots again.
[18:15] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:15] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 91 ( Total: 91 )
[18:16] <Gee_Emm> He flips out from his position, and lands right beside you when he jabs one finger into your left leg, causing the calf muscle to contract violently into the most painful charlie horse you've ever had.
[18:16] <Mithras> "Dammit!"
[18:16] * Mithras drops to a knee and fires again.
[18:17] * Shara_Lanator wenches at the blow.
[18:17] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:17] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 48 ( Total: 48 )
[18:17] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:17] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 15 ( Total: 15 )
[18:17] <Gee_Emm> He stops this bullet with the palm of his hand, and it falls harmlessly to the ground.
[18:17] <Mithras> "..."
[18:17] <Gee_Emm> "Maybe you'd like to give up."
[18:17] * Mithras immediately drops his gun and goes for the sword to slash.
[18:18] <Mithras> "You already know my answer. You want me down, knock me out."
[18:18] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:18] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 61 ( Total: 61 )
[18:18] <Gee_Emm> * Jenon_Wrestler backflips away.
[18:18] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:18] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 92 ( Total: 92 )
[18:18] <Gee_Emm> But you catch his foot with the sword, sending him tumbling.
[18:18] * Mithras presses his advantage and goes for another slash.
[18:19] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:19] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 100 ( Total: 100 )
[18:19] <Mithras> (( ... ))
[18:19] <Shara_Lanator> (( oh noes ))
[18:19] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:19] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 26 ( Total: 26 )
[18:20] <Gee_Emm> He stops the sword slash with his forearm and delivers a single blow to your midsection, causing your solar plexus to seize up. You're out of air and can't breathe.
[18:20] * Sephorus (SkyeGainsb@204.186.150.173.res-wpt.ptd.net) has joined #aria
[18:20] * ChanServ sets mode: +v Sephorus
[18:20] * Mithras falls to his knees, gasping, but tries to go for one last blow before he collapses.
[18:20] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[18:20] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 80 ( Total: 80 )
[18:21] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:21] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 32 ( Total: 32 )
[18:21] <Gee_Emm> He plucks the sword out of your hand.
[18:21] <Gee_Emm> ((And now, for the kill...))
[18:21] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[18:21] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 65 ( Total: 65 )
[18:21] * Mithras doesn't have any air left and ends up collapsing on the field.
[18:22] <Gee_Emm> He presses to fingers to the back of your neck. Were you still conscious, you'd find that you were quite paralyzed below the neck.
[18:22] <Mithras> "dammit..."
[18:22] * Shara_Lanator gasps as she sees Mithras fall.
[18:23] <Gee_Emm> <Announcer> "The winner is Arkady from the Jenon University Wrestling Team!"
[18:23] <Mithras> "At least my left arm isn't hurting now..."
[18:24] <Gee_Emm> * Jenon_Wrestler lights up a fresh fattie and smokes it while the medics come to take you away.
[18:24] * Mithras looks pretty serious as the medics get him again.
[18:24] <Gee_Emm> <Jenon_Wrestler> "Man, I hope there's a real challenge around here somewhere."
[18:24] <Mithras> "Hi, again. Can you get my weapons?"
[18:25] * Mithras would flip off the wrestler if he could.
[18:25] <Gee_Emm> * Medics throw them on the stretcher with you.
[18:25] * Mithras settles by mouthing "fuck off" to the wrestler.
[18:26] <Gee_Emm> * Jenon_Wrestler gets a good laugh from that.
[18:27] <Gee_Emm> * Mithras is hauled off the field... again.
[18:28] * Shara_Lanator catches up with the medics in Mithras when the reach the edge of the field.
[18:29] <Mithras> "Not as bad this time. Just... can't move, and stuff."
[18:30] <Shara_Lanator> "Hope the medics can reverse whatever it is he did to you."
[18:30] <Mithras> "So do I."
[18:31] <Gee_Emm> * The medics tote you to the same damn infirmary, where the same damn nurse was snoozing on the desk.
[18:32] * Mithras would wave, again if he could.
[18:32] <Mithras> "Hi."
[18:33] <Gee_Emm> <Nurse> "You don't look any worse this time, at least."
[18:33] <Mithras> "Yeah. Having trouble moving, though."
[18:33] <Gee_Emm> * Medics drop you off in the backroom and leave the Nurse to check you out.
[18:35] <Gee_Emm> "Let me guess, it was that Jenon wrestler? I read the medical file on his techniques, you'll be fine after a couple hours of rest."
[18:35] <Mithras> "Yep. That's good to know, at least."
[18:36] <Shara_Lanator> "Well, now what? We have no team for the team competetion...the other stuff we don't stand a chance in."
[18:37] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse props you up and fluffs your pillow extra nice before laying you back down.
[18:37] <Mithras> "Call back HQ, I guess, and get myself set as team leader again. If we can no longer complete the mission, we need to let them know."
[18:40] <Mithras> "Unless you have any better ideas..."
[18:40] * Shara_Lanator nods.
[18:40] <Shara_Lanator> "Not really, this isn't going well at all."
[18:43] * Shara_Lanator eyes the terrorist girl. (Assuming she's still there.)
[18:44] <Gee_Emm> She's there, snoring softly.
[18:44] <Shara_Lanator> "Wonder what's up with her."
[18:44] <Mithras> "Dunno. And we'd probably need a translator to find out."
[18:45] <Shara_Lanator> "I figured she would have gotten out of here ASAP."
[18:46] <Mithras> "Assuming she could."
[18:46] <Mithras> "Security everywhere, and all that."
[18:47] <Shara_Lanator> "True, but if they knew who she was, wouldn't they have hauled her off by now?"
[18:47] <Mithras> "...who knows?"
[18:48] <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist_Girl wakes up, yawns and stretches, big time.
[18:48] <Gee_Emm> ((What timing. >.>))
[18:48] * Shara_Lanator looks over.
[18:48] <Mithras> "Maybe they don't recognize her, or respect the hospital, or- huh. How about that?"
[18:48] <Shara_Lanator> "Odd.
[18:49] <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist_Girl smiles at you two.
[18:49] <Shara_Lanator> "Trust me, it's not respecting the hospital."
[18:49] <Mithras> "Fair enough."
[18:49] <Mithras> "Hello, miss. Do you speak Anglic?"
[18:49] <Gee_Emm> "Wal uner gul dak."
[18:50] <Mithras> "Guess not."
[18:50] * Shara_Lanator goes through her various languages, say "Hello, do you understand?" in each one.
[18:52] <Gee_Emm> She blinks a couple times, then sighs. "Ren tu gon tak."
[18:52] <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist_Girl lays back down and gets comfy on the hospital bed.
[18:52] * Shara_Lanator sighs. "Nothing."
[18:52] <Mithras> "Crap."
[18:53] <Mithras> "So, then... nothing we can do with her."
[18:54] <Mithras> "All we can do is keep our commanders updated and rest up."
[18:54] <Mithras> "Well, I need to rest up. I dunno about you."
[18:54] <Shara_Lanator> "How are we going to get in touch with them?"
[18:54] <Shara_Lanator> "Yes, it's been a stressful day."
[18:55] <Mithras> "Not sure. We don't have that makeshift transmitter anymore, so maybe we can find something in the stadium."
[18:56] <Shara_Lanator> "Should probably wait until morning to try, no sense in rushing to do it, with your condition and all."
[18:56] <Mithras> "Other than that, I dunno. Josiah had the data.- Yeah."
[18:57] <Shara_Lanator> "Speaking of which, i wonder if all that mysterious man stuff was on him at the time of his ending."
[18:58] <Mithras> "Now that is something I wish I knew."
[18:59] <Shara_Lanator> "Suppose we could check the locker room when we get back there."
[18:59] <Mithras> "Might as well."
[19:00] <Mithras> "that's probably going to be a while, though."
[19:00] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:00] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 15 ( Total: 15 )
[19:01] <Gee_Emm> Mithras has regained bits of feeling in his chest and upper arms - ouch.
[19:01] <Mithras> "AGH! Why did I have to get feeling in the wounded spots first?"
[19:02] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse pops back into the room, "You okay?"
[19:02] <Mithras> "Yeah..."
[19:02] * Mithras winces.
[19:02] <Mithras> "Just got feeling back in the wounded areas."
[19:02] <Shara_Lanator> "Miss, how long will it take now?"
[19:06] <Gee_Emm> "He should be limping around again any time now. As it is, that was quicker than I thought."
[19:07] <Mithras> "Well, that's good... I guess."
[19:08] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse pops over to Terrorist_Girl's bed and checks on her. The two don't say anything, but there's a silent understanding between them.
[19:10] <Shara_Lanator> "Anyone know about her?"
[19:10] <Gee_Emm> "No one that cares."
[19:11] <Shara_Lanator> "Ok. Poor girl, even considering who she is."
[19:13] <Gee_Emm> "What are you two going to do now? From what I heard on the news, you don't have any friends left on the planet."
[19:13] <Shara_Lanator> "Ask him, he's the boss."
[19:15] <Mithras> "We do whatever we can. If I can't contact HQ, then we heal up and finish what events we can. Like it or not, we have a mission to complete, and I can't go home until it's done."
[19:15] * Shara_Lanator nods.
[19:15] <Mithras> "It's been a while..."
[19:16] <Shara_Lanator> "I suppose we should hit the locker room again, when you're up and moving."
[19:16] <Mithras> "Sounds like a good start."
[19:17] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:17] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 22 ( Total: 22 )
[19:17] <Gee_Emm> Mithras has feeling through his whole body, just not motor function.
[19:17] <Mithras> "There we go. I got feeling back."
[19:17] * Mithras tries to move an arm, but can't.
[19:18] <Mithras> "...huh. Did my arm move? at all?"
[19:18] <Gee_Emm> "Don't strain yourself."
[19:18] <Mithras> "Got it."
[19:20] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse goes back out into the office.
[19:22] * Shara_Lanator yawns.
[19:23] <Gee_Emm> There's shouting from out in the office. "No, you can't go back there, I have a badly injured patient resting and you barging in there is the last thing he needs for his recovery." "Sure you do, and I'm the Immortal Emperor." "I said, NO!" *THWACK* and the nurse is knocked into the room.
[19:23] * Mithras tries to get his gun, but fails.
[19:24] <Gee_Emm> A pair of Lupines in black suits, with white on white ties follow the nurse into the room.
[19:24] * Shara_Lanator jumps out of her chair and readies herself, watching the doorway.
[19:24] <Mithras> "Dammit! The hell do you want!?"
[19:24] <Shara_Lanator> "Get the hell out of here!"
[19:25] * Shara_Lanator brandishes her spear.
[19:25] <Gee_Emm> "You can't order us around, little lady. We're here on Mr. Conetti's orders. And we're hear for that one." He points at Terrorist_Girl, who's doing her best to hide under the bed sheets.
[19:26] <Mithras> "Dammit..."
[19:26] * Mithras is still paralyzed, but is trying vainly to move.
[19:26] <Shara_Lanator> "You can tell Conettie this:"
[19:26] * Shara_Lanator shifts into Lupine. "Fuck off!"
[19:27] <Gee_Emm> "Hah. Kiss your mother with that mouth?"
[19:27] * Mithras looks kind of confused, now.
[19:28] * Shara_Lanator continues in Lupine. "Go away, now! You heard me!"
[19:28] <Gee_Emm> The second lupine gets out a set of nunchucks.
[19:28] <Gee_Emm> "We've got orders, you know how it is."
[19:28] * Shara_Lanator feints at the one with the nunchucks, and then stabs towards the other.
[19:29] <Shara_Lanator> !roll 1d100
[19:29] <Highwind> Shara_Lanator - 1d100: 63 ( Total: 63 )
[19:29] <Gee_Emm> You stab him. The other one swings at your head.
[19:29] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:29] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 64 ( Total: 64 )
[19:29] <Gee_Emm> And connects.
[19:30] <Gee_Emm> I think it's safe to say that Shara, you're laid out on the ground.
[19:30] <Shara_Lanator> "Ooof"
[19:30] * Shara_Lanator collapses to the floor.
[19:30] <Mithras> "Ugh... damn..."
[19:30] <Gee_Emm> "Uff. Arrgh, my new suit. You, get the other girl, I'll take care of this one."
[19:31] <Gee_Emm> The Lupine pins you to the ground with his body weight. "Should have just let us be."
[19:31] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:31] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 53 ( Total: 53 )
[19:31] <Gee_Emm> Mithras's condition doesn't improve.
[19:31] * Mithras is desperately trying to get moving again.
[19:32] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:32] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 7 ( Total: 7 )
[19:32] * Shara_Lanator tries to punch/knee/whatever any vital areas.
[19:32] <Gee_Emm> The second Lupine takes a single swipe at Terrorist Girl and sends her across the room where she crumples against the wall.
[19:32] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:32] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 84 ( Total: 84 )
[19:32] <Gee_Emm> Yeah, she's KOed.
[19:32] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:32] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 82 ( Total: 82 )
[19:33] <Gee_Emm> Shara, you manage to flail enough that you roll out from under the first one.
[19:33] <Gee_Emm> ((Or rather, he's so inneffective at fending off your flailing that you escape. :p))
[19:34] * Shara_Lanator pops up and goes after the Lupine that pinned her.
[19:35] <Shara_Lanator> !roll 1d100
[19:35] <Highwind> Shara_Lanator - 1d100: 30 ( Total: 30 )
[19:35] <Gee_Emm> You nail him good, but he whips out a switchblade.
[19:35] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:35] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 64 ( Total: 64 )
[19:36] <Gee_Emm> And cuts an extended arm on your strike.
[19:37] * Shara_Lanator recoils. "Argh, you bastard."
[19:38] * Shara_Lanator strikes again.
[19:38] <Shara_Lanator> !roll 1d100
[19:38] <Highwind> Shara_Lanator - 1d100: 60 ( Total: 60 )
[19:41] <Gee_Emm> ((Sorry, football took over for a minute :p))
[19:41] <Mithras> (( I understand. :p ))
[19:41] <Gee_Emm> You nail him again, but he and the other Lupine both go for you.
[19:41] <Gee_Emm> !roll 2d100
[19:41] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 2d100: 56, 2 ( Total: 58 )
[19:41] <Gee_Emm> Mr. Switchblade slashes your arm again, but the other one with the 'Chucks gets you clean from the top of the head.
[19:42] <Gee_Emm> You're out.
[19:42] * Mithras is still trying to move.
[19:42] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[19:42] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 45 ( Total: 45 )
[19:42] * Shara_Lanator crumples
[19:43] <Gee_Emm> The second lupine grabs Terrorist Girl, the first kicks Shara's weapon away and hauls her up onto his shoulder.
[19:43] <Mithras> "Dammit! Dammit!"
[19:43] <Gee_Emm> He slams Shara's head into the wall a few times and then the two of them abscond with their prizes.

Part 4: Suicidal

[19:43] <Gee_Emm> A few minutes later Mithras finally breaks out of the paralysis gripping his body.
[19:44] * Serigo (RobCrosby@cs68203146-92.houston.rr.com) Quit (Quit: )
[19:44] * Mithras gets up as much as he can and goes to help Shara.
[19:45] <Gee_Emm> Hey, they took Shara with them. You sure you want to try to chace down two werewolves in your condition?
[19:45] * Mithras is sure as hell going to try, or at least to get to Security.
[19:45] * Mithras will guzzle down that Tonic to at least get himself moving.
[19:46] <Gee_Emm> Alright, you're doped up, and several minutes behind the curve.
[19:47] * Mithras starts following their trail as much as he can.
[19:47] <Gee_Emm> Out in the main hallway there's no sign of where they went, but there are small knots of people milling around.
[19:48] <Mithras> "Did anyone see two lupines walking out of the infirmary?"
[19:48] <Gee_Emm> You get the "They'll kill us if we talk" look.
[19:48] * Mithras gets his gun out.
[19:48] <Mithras> "I am very fucking serious here. I am also even more pissed off. Now, which way did they fucking go!?"
[19:49] <Gee_Emm> One person meekly points down the hall then points to one side, like they cut down a side corridor.
[19:49] * Mithras nods and gets going, gun still in hand.
[19:50] <Gee_Emm> You don't see them, but there are more people milling around.
[19:51] <Gee_Emm> They all just kind of assume what's going on and point where to go.
[19:51] <Mithras> "Okay, I'm only going to ask this once. I'm looking for some lupines that took a friend of mine. Either some tells me where they went, or I start getting angry and shooting. Got it?"
[19:51] <Mithras> "Good. Thanks."
[19:51] * Mithras keeps going.
[19:52] <Gee_Emm> You eventually make it to the parking garage, where you catch a white limousine pulling out of there at top speed.
[19:52] <Mithras> "..."
[19:52] * Mithras grabs the nearest open vehicle and goes to try and follow.
[19:53] <Gee_Emm> There was a guy dropping his girlfriend off at the elevator if you want to jack his car.
[19:53] * Mithras does so, gun still in hand.
[19:53] <Gee_Emm> "Shit man, don't shoot, take the car!"
[19:54] <Mithras> "Good man."
[19:54] <Gee_Emm> As you peal out of there, he gets between you and his girlfriend.
[19:54] * Mithras takes the car and peels out after the limo.
[19:55] <Gee_Emm> You sight the limo, heading for "downtown." It's way on up the road.
[19:55] <Gee_Emm> And there's a lot of traffic in the way.
[19:55] * Mithras follows the limo as best as he can.
[19:55] <Mithras> (( Need to roll? ))
[19:55] <Gee_Emm> Yes.
[19:55] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[19:55] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 16 ( Total: 16 )
[19:55] <Gee_Emm> And don't worry about crashing into a bakery. :p
[19:55] <Gee_Emm> ((They haven't rebuilt yet.))
[19:59] <Mithras> (( Watching the game? ))
[19:59] <Gee_Emm> You slide your way up through traffic, but the limo just has such a huge lead.
[19:59] * Mithras is not giving up. Not now, not ever.
[19:59] <Gee_Emm> They screech across three lanes of traffic and take a tight turn into another parking garage. A guarded parking garage.
[20:00] <Mithras> "Dammit!"
[20:00] <Mithras> (( How many guards? ))
[20:03] <Gee_Emm> Two right at the gate, but you see guys with machine guns patrolling around the various open upper levels.
[20:03] <Gee_Emm> ((football again brb))
[20:04] <Mithras> (( I understand perfectly. ))
[20:06] <Gee_Emm> ((Okay then. Now that Pittsburg has won.))
[20:06] <Mithras> (( Yeah. ))
[20:07] <Gee_Emm> Shara, you wake up just in time to get manhandled into a dark room and thrown on the bed like so much corkwood. You're bound pretty damn well, so I don't think you'll be getting out of there any time soon.
[20:08] * Mithras realizes that, right now, trying to rush in in his condition would be suicide. He makes a mental note of the location and starts heading back to the stadium.
[20:09] * Shara_Lanator struggles for a moment, and then realize she isn't going anywhere, stops before she rubs herself raw from the restraints.
[20:10] <Gee_Emm> The door opens, and a figure is sillhoetted (sp?) in the doorway for a few moments before stepping into the room and shutting the door, returning everything to darkness.
[20:11] * Shara_Lanator holds still, trying to fake being knocked out.
[20:12] <Gee_Emm> You hear a match strike, and see the light play around the room, flickering shadows outlining a nice if spartan bedroom. The match goes out and someone puffs on a cigar, the glowing tip dancing in the air.
[20:14] * Shara_Lanator waits to see what's going to happen.
[20:15] <Gee_Emm> "Are you awake Ms. Lanator? I've been wanting to speak to you for several days now."
[20:16] * Shara_Lanator doesn't respond.
[20:16] <Gee_Emm> And Mithras, the ride back to the stadium is nice and peaceful. There's not even any signs of police chasing you.
[20:17] * Mithras still ditches the car just outside the stadium, just in case.
[20:19] * Mithras then starts by going back to the locker room to search for the Lieutenant's materials.
[20:19] <Gee_Emm> <Voice> "You're either still out of it, or pretending to be. No matter. It's quite fortunate for us that you happened to be right there with someone else we wanted to talk to. The boys are off interrogating that terrorist. I imagine it's much less pleasant than pretending to be asleep on a nice soft bed. Do let me know if you'd prefer an alternate treatment."
[20:22] * Shara_Lanator stirs a bit.
[20:22] <Shara_Lanator> "What do you want me for?"
[20:24] <Gee_Emm> <Voice> "I thought so. I figure you could tell me where old Armand has been hiding out the past few days. We've been wanting to speak to him and old man Strader about the recent... complications with your former team."
[20:25] <Shara_Lanator> "I haven't seen him since the 'complications'."
[20:26] <Gee_Emm> <Voice> "Are you sure about that? And if so, where would they run to? They've fallen off the face of Yondalas - quite a feat since they haven't boarded any off world shuttles. Think about your answer very carefully."
[20:27] <Gee_Emm> Mithras, you make it to the locker room, 'complication' free. But there's no sign of any documents in there at all, much less ones with anything 'secret' on them.
[20:28] <Mithras> "...fuck."
[20:29] * Mithras goes to the infirmary for a moment to check on the nurse before he tries something more desperate.
[20:29] <Shara_Lanator> "I avoided him, figuring I'd run into people I'd rather not deal with, though apparently that ended up not doing me any good, apparently."
[20:30] <Shara_Lanator> "He's well connected, I'm sure he's found a safe spot somewhere, but I made it my business not to know his, and he didn't offer anything to me."
[20:33] <Gee_Emm> <Voice> "A pity, that. Yes, a real shame. You see, it appears that we, both sides of our little power struggle in Arise, are being played by off-worlders. I was hoping to discuss this, man to man, with either of them, but I guess that's not to be."
[20:36] <Gee_Emm> * Voice takes one last puff on his cigar and stands up, the glowing tip getting ever dimmer.
[20:37] * Shara_Lanator waits
[20:37] <Gee_Emm> <Voice> "Well, I don't suppose I'll have reason to visit you again. I'm sure the boys will keep you entertained."
[20:38] <Gee_Emm> He takes a couple steps towards you and puts the cigar out on your forehead, then he opens the door and leaves.
[20:38] * Shara_Lanator grimaces but doesn't react to the cigar.
[20:40] <Gee_Emm> Yeah, so, Mithras.
[20:40] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse is being attended to by the doctor that's supposed to always be in the infirmary.
[20:41] <Mithras> "...how's she doing, doctor?"
[20:42] <Gee_Emm> <Doctor> "Who are--" He stops when he sees the Nurse waving you in. "She'll be fine, just a minor concussion."
[20:43] <Mithras> "I see. Could I talk to her for a minute?"
[20:44] <Gee_Emm> <Doctor> "Sure." He steps back into the main office.
[20:44] <Mithras> "Hello."
[20:44] <Gee_Emm> * Nurse smiles, despite the head bandage. "Hi there."
[20:45] <Mithras> "I just wanted to talk to you for a minute. Depending on how this goes, it may be the last time."
[20:47] <Gee_Emm> <Nurse> "What do you mean?"
[20:47] <Mithras> "It was Conetti's goons that took Shara and your other patient. I know where they went, and I plan to get them back. No matter what it takes."
[20:47] <Mithras> "I... I just have one more favor to ask of you."
[20:48] <Gee_Emm> <Nurse> "... I-okay, what is it?"
[20:49] <Mithras> "Time is of the essence here, and I am very low on allies. You're probably the only one left, and I need your assistance with getting anything, or anyone, that could help me get in there and get them out. A way to contact the Conetti's, some extra healing goods, whatever you can spare."
[20:51] <Gee_Emm> <Nurse> "If the doctor wasn't right out there, you could pilfer the supply cabinet..."
[20:54] <Mithras> "...I'll try to think of a way around that. Anything else you know? An armory, or something?"
[20:54] <Gee_Emm> <Nurse> "I don't think I can help with anything else... I'm sorry..."
[20:55] <Mithras> "That's okay. What you gave can definitely help."
[20:55] <Mithras> "Like I said before, I'm not giving up until I'm unconscious on the field."
[20:56] <Mithras> "Thanks... and probably good bye. Take care of yourself."
[20:56] * Mithras walks back into the main room.
[20:57] <Gee_Emm> You hear a weak "Good bye" from the Nurse as you leave the room.
[20:57] * Mithras goes up to the doctor. "So, how long will it take for her to recover?"
[20:58] <Gee_Emm> <Doctor> "Oh, she'll be right as rain in a day or two. It wasn't that severe a blow."
[20:58] <Mithras> "Oh, that's good to hear. I'm glad to see you doing such good work."
[20:59] * Mithras goes slightly behind the doctor, and when he sees the opportunity, he takes out his gun and pistol-whips the doctor unconscious.
[20:59] <Gee_Emm> "Don't stand so clo--" *thud*
[21:00] * Mithras then immediately gets to work raiding the supply cabinets.
[21:01] <Gee_Emm> There's all kinds of wonderful things in there. Seems someone in this office is a drug dealer, because there's no good reason for there to be a kilogram of cocaine powder just sitting on a shelf.
[21:02] * Mithras takes whatever he could find useful, and maybe a couple otther street drugs to act as bribes.
[21:03] <Gee_Emm> You've got six potions, a phoenix down, the coke, and a couple ampoules of morphine. The cabinet is surprisingly empty, although considering the number of people treated yesterday...
[21:04] * Mithras puts the items away, then goes into the parking lot to look for a very sturdy vehicle.
[21:04] <Gee_Emm> Somewhere around this time those two Lupines that did the kidnapping pay Shara a visit. I'd rather not enumerate the things they're doing to her.
[21:06] <Gee_Emm> People are starting to leave the arena, the last couple matches must be underway. You still do have your choice of vehicles, from old vans, or road-hogging sedans.
[21:07] * Mithras will take a big truck, a van, or something that looks like it could bust through a gate and/or some security guards.
[21:08] <Gee_Emm> Alright, so you're driving a big brick of van. Dross Corporation make from about thirty years ago. It's actually made with steel instead of plastic and aluminum.
[21:09] * Mithras takes it. Time to do some suicidal heroics.
[21:10] * Mithras goes to the location he remembers the limo going to.
[21:11] <Gee_Emm> The guards are still doing their guard thing.
[21:12] * Mithras waits for a minute to see the guards distracted or crossing in front of the gate, and barrels in at full speed, handgun ready.
[21:13] <Gee_Emm> You bust on in, good luck surviving this one.
[21:14] <Gee_Emm> The two guards at the gate just watch in shock and awe.
[21:14] <Mithras> (( Yeah, I figure. This'll probably be the end of the campaign. ))
[21:14] * Mithras keeps driving to the nearest elevator and/or stairwell.
[21:15] <Gee_Emm> As you're wheeling around the parking lot, a few of the guards wise up. The van starts taking fire as they unload with their assault rifles.
[21:15] <Gee_Emm> The nearest elevator is right over there -->.
[21:16] * Mithras tries to use his knowledge of security and security systems to predict the guards' tactics.
[21:16] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[21:16] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 42 ( Total: 42 )
[21:17] <Gee_Emm> You successfully predict their tactics, so whatever you decide to do is the correct choice.
[21:19] <Gee_Emm> So, what do you decide to do? :P
[21:19] * Mithras will stop the vehicle right in front of the elevator, drivers side to the elevator, and uses the van as cover to get in and to the higher floors.
[21:20] * Mithras will then stop halfway up and switch to the stairwells in search of the main security rooms.
[21:20] <Gee_Emm> As you leave the scene, you still hear gunfire from back at the van.
[21:21] <Mithras> (( BRB. ))
[21:23] <Mithras> (( Back. ))
[21:23] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[21:23] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 15 ( Total: 15 )
[21:24] <Gee_Emm> One of the first places you look, happens to be a security control office with a half-dozen people shouting into headsets.
[21:24] * Mithras feels very happy.
[21:24] * Mithras starts by shooting the people with guns on them, closest first, using the door as cover.
[21:24] <Gee_Emm> !roll 6d100
[21:24] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 6d100: 63, 83, 76, 58, 46, 35 ( Total: 361 )
[21:25] <Gee_Emm> You take the two armed ones and one of the unarmed ones before they even know you're there.
[21:25] <Gee_Emm> The other three quickly follow, with the very last one managing to throw a clipboard at you before dying.
[21:27] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[21:27] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 13 ( Total: 13 )
[21:27] * Mithras goes in and locks the door behind him.
[21:27] <Gee_Emm> The clipboard, does, however, manage to smack you in the face.
[21:27] * Mithras is mildly annoyed by the hit.
[21:28] <Gee_Emm> What now, killer?
[21:28] * Mithras immediately starts checking out the security monitors to see where Shara and/or the girl aree, as well as the security measures.
[21:29] <Gee_Emm> All of the security cameras show no sign of them. However, two of the cameras show nothing but black. Both are up on the 27th floor, in apparently neighboring rooms.
[21:30] <Mithras> "Hm..."
[21:30] * Mithras grabs a security ID from one of the dead guards.
[21:30] <Mithras> (( What floor am I on? ))
[21:31] <Gee_Emm> <Security_ID> "Hello, I belong to Reuben Jones. As your biometrics do not identify you as him, I cannot function for you."
[21:31] <Gee_Emm> 8th floor.
[21:31] <Mithras> "Oh, fuck off."
[21:31] * Mithras throws the key away.
[21:31] * Mithras sees which security systems he can use to slow the people with guns dowm.
[21:32] <Mithras> . o O ( Hm... )
[21:32] * Mithras also checks to see if the dead security people have any better weapons or armor than he does.
[21:32] <Gee_Emm> Nah, the two armed ones just had cheap holdout pistols. And none of them had armor.
[21:33] <Gee_Emm> This room doesn't have controls, it's just camera central.
[21:33] <Mithras> "..."
[21:33] * Mithras decides to give a couple well-placed shots to disable the camera room equipment.
[21:33] <Gee_Emm> Bam! Crack! Fizzle-zap!
[21:34] <Gee_Emm> The various monitors go down.
[21:34] * Mithras goes out of the room again, keeping cover whenever he can, and heads to the stairwells.
[21:35] <Gee_Emm> You duck into the stairwell just as you hear people heading to the camera room.
[21:36] * Mithras starts running to the 27th floor, checking for more security, et cetera, and always heading upwards.
[21:37] <Gee_Emm> Somewhere around the 14th floor, when you're out of breath, you encounter someone. A guy carrying a stack of papers.
[21:37] * Mithras holds the guy up.
[21:37] <Mithras> "Don't move, don't scream, stay alive."
[21:37] <Mithras> "Okay?"
[21:38] <Mithras> "Oh, hands up, too."
[21:38] <Gee_Emm> He freezes like a deer in the headlights and then drops his papers and puts his hands up on command.
[21:39] <Mithras> "Good man. Now, is there a shortcut to floor 27, or do I have to keep using this?"
[21:39] <Mithras> "Talk quietly."
[21:39] <Gee_Emm> He whispers, "There's always the elevator..."
[21:39] <Mithras> "Okay. What's the security on this floor? How many guards?"
[21:40] <Gee_Emm> "I... I don't know, I don't work here, I was just picking up some papers to take to the courthouse."
[21:40] <Mithras> "Okay, then."
[21:41] * Mithras pistol whips this guy unconscious, making sure he doesn't tumple down the stairs.
[21:41] <Mithras> "G'night, then."
[21:41] <Gee_Emm> *thunk*
[21:41] * Mithras does a quick check of floor 14 from the stairwell.
[21:42] <Gee_Emm> It's quiet... too quiet.
[21:42] * Mithras doesn't trust quiet. He goes to floor 15 and does the same thing again.
[21:43] <Gee_Emm> Soon as you crack the stairwell open, someone takes a shot at your head.
[21:43] <Mithras> . o O ( Dammit! )
[21:43] <Gee_Emm> "He's over here!"
[21:43] * Mithras keeps in the stairwell as cover and shoots anyone that comes out.
[21:44] <Gee_Emm> "This is Rossi over at the stairwell on 15, we have the intruder cornered. Send backup."
[21:44] <Gee_Emm> No one comes out, but someone tosses a grenade over a cubical partition.
[21:44] * Mithras heads up another floor, still preparing to shoot.
[21:45] <Gee_Emm> On several floors below your position, you hear doors opening and footsteps... lots of footsteps.
[21:46] * Mithras dives into the 16th floor and shoots anyone that tries to draw a gun.
[21:46] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[21:46] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 43 ( Total: 43 )
[21:46] <Gee_Emm> There's a pair of guards crouched on either side of the door waiting for you.
[21:47] <Mithras> (( Still time to shouderblock the door open and catch them off-guard? ))
[21:47] <Gee_Emm> Sure, why not.
[21:47] * Mithras shoulderblocks with his GOOD arm, pistol still ready to shoot when he gets the chance.
[21:49] <Gee_Emm> You don't get the chance. Someone tosses a flashbang grenade in there, and everything goes white for a couple seconds. You barely notice the fresh bullet wound in your thigh.
[21:49] <Mithras> "Agh!"
[21:49] <Gee_Emm> You even less notice the two guards puking their guts onto the floor.
[21:49] * Mithras starts running some more, shooting wildly.
[21:50] <Mithras> (( *into floor 16. ))
[21:50] <Gee_Emm> Bits of plaster and concrete pelt you from all the bullet impacts on the wall near you.
[21:51] * Mithras tries to get to cover as soon as he recognizes it, and takes a gander at his situation while he pours some Potion into his wound and down his mouth.
[21:51] <Gee_Emm> You're hiding between a potted plant and a watercooler. No sign of that stairwell door...
[21:52] * Mithras looks for the nearest guards. Especially guards with grenades.
[21:52] <Gee_Emm> "Where'd he go?" "Mike 1, Mike 1!"
[21:53] * Mithras also does a quick look for the elevator.
[21:54] <Gee_Emm> There's no telling where you're at. There's some glass doors leading to offices, but it's cubical city around here. A real maze.
[21:55] <Gee_Emm> Someone tosses a couple chemlights in your general direction.
[21:55] <Mithras> (( BRB. ))
[21:55] <Gee_Emm> "I don't seem him!" "He's gotta be there."
[21:57] <Mithras> (( Okay, back. ))
[21:57] * Mithras looks for a better hiding spot.
[21:58] <Gee_Emm> Well, there's who knows how many spots to hide in the maze of cubes.
[21:58] * Mithras tries to quietly enter into a cubicle or office without being seen.
[21:59] <Gee_Emm> You're spotted of course. All those chemlights scattered around. "Shit, there he is!" "He's heading for the cubes!"
[21:59] <Gee_Emm> Gunfire sprays around you.
[21:59] * Mithras shoots the nearest guards.
[22:00] * Mithras also dives back for cover.
[22:01] <Gee_Emm> "He got Miguel!" "Medic!" "I lost him!"
[22:01] * Mithras holds off until he sees a guard or hears a grenade.
[22:02] <Gee_Emm> "Bravo, go go go!"
[22:03] <Gee_Emm> A grenade flies in your general direction, and then a squad of four guards pops out laying down suppressing fire.
[22:04] <Gee_Emm> "Oh, shit, someone from behin--" Gunfire erupts on the other side of the guard position, along with several explosions.
[22:04] * Mithras shoots once and dives in one direction, still shooting all the way.
[22:04] <Mithras> . o O ( The hell? )
[22:05] <Gee_Emm> "Fuck, scatter, he's got a fucking chopper out there."
[22:05] <Mithras> . o O ( ...I do? Since when? )
[22:06] * Mithras grabs a weapon and some grenades from the nearest guard and keeps going.
[22:06] <Gee_Emm> Going where? :p
[22:07] * Mithras goes back to the stairwell or the elevator, whichever's closer.
[22:07] <Gee_Emm> Stairwell is probably closer.
[22:07] * Mithras heads to the stairwell, but checks before he barrels through again.
[22:08] * Mithras , if he sees someone, throws a grenade in first.
[22:09] <Gee_Emm> No, no sign of anyone, although gunfire is blazing through the building now. Heavy caliber stuff, punching finger sized holes in the concrete.
[22:10] <Mithras> "Better hurry. Power won't last long with this."
[22:10] * Mithras dashes back into the stairwell, still moving up. The elevator's too dangerous at this point.
[22:12] <Gee_Emm> It's pretty quiet. Just the thunk thunk thunk of shells into concrete.
[22:12] <Mithras> . o O ( Who the fuck else did Conetti piss off enough to get after him? And why do they have helicopters? )
[22:13] * Mithras is still going.
[22:14] <Gee_Emm> If you're not going to stick your head out any doors, the stairwell is nice and deserted except for clerks huddling on the landings.
[22:14] * Mithras is not that stupid to do that again. Really. He just keeps going to the 27th floor.
[22:15] <Gee_Emm> You're legs burn, but you make it there without incident.
[22:15] * Mithras only takes a moment to rest and check out the floor, then goes in with his new weapons ready.
[22:17] <Gee_Emm> The first thing you notice is that this floor has no windows. It's all concrete.
[22:17] <Mithras> . o O ( Seems like a prison... I'm probably on the right track. )
[22:18] * Mithras starts looking for the camera blackout rooms.
[22:19] <Gee_Emm> As you're walking, you trip some invisible alarm system. Alarm sirens all over the floor sound.
[22:19] <Mithras> "Oh, hell."
[22:19] * Mithras readies his new gun and grenades and keeps moving, going for cover whenever he can.
[22:20] <Gee_Emm> No one bothers to pop out and shoot at you.
[22:21] * Mithras looks for some hiding places where guards could be before moving forward.
[22:21] <Gee_Emm> There's no where to hide, really, it's all bare straight corridors.
[22:21] <Gee_Emm> There are numerous doors, but they're all locked if you bother to check any.
[22:21] * Mithras tries to start shooting off locks.
[22:22] <Gee_Emm> The first room you shoot open is empty, except for what would be rather nice hotel accomodations.
[22:23] <Mithras> . o O ( Nice prison. )
[22:23] * Mithras goes for the second door, the first being clear.
[22:23] <Gee_Emm> This one turns out to be a janitor's closet.
[22:23] <Mithras> "Hm..."
[22:24] * Mithras goes for Door # 3!
[22:24] <Shara_Lanator> (( Aww, it's a goat. ))
[22:24] <Gee_Emm> This one is a trap. Not that there was anyone in there, oh no, just an automated machine gun turret.
[22:25] * Mithras dives out of the way!
[22:25] <Gee_Emm> Bullets hammer into the wall opposite the door.
[22:25] * Mithras then throws a grenade inside when he's clear.
[22:25] <Gee_Emm> Gun-chunks shower into the hall.
[22:26] * Mithras now starts shooting off locks and opening them at an angle.
[22:26] <Gee_Emm> Meanwhile, in Room X, Shara is still being "interrogated" but by a fresh crew of guards under the supervision of a recently arrived woman who fastidiously takes notes on her PDA.
[22:27] <Gee_Emm> Most of the rooms turn out to be empty, but Mithras eventually does find one with someone in it around door #10 or so. The man is dead, and has been for quite some time by the smell.
[22:28] <Mithras> "...shit."
[22:28] * Mithras keeps going.
[22:28] <Mithras> (( How many rooms left? ))
[22:28] <Gee_Emm> A lot. Or a few. Who knows. ;-)
[22:28] <Gee_Emm> But you turn a corner and bump into a pair of Lupines in black suits, with white on white ties.
[22:29] * Mithras shoots the one dead first chance, then wounds the other.
[22:29] <Gee_Emm> "Ah, shit!" The wounded one kicks for your legs as he goes down.
[22:29] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[22:29] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 26 ( Total: 26 )
[22:29] <Gee_Emm> And he takes you down with him.
[22:30] * Mithras shoots again, still to wound.
[22:31] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[22:31] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 58 ( Total: 58 )
[22:31] <Gee_Emm> He manages to knock your aim off, sending the shot into the overhead flourescent light.
[22:32] * Mithras gets up, still shooting to wound.
[22:33] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[22:33] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 58 ( Total: 58 )
[22:33] <Gee_Emm> He tackles you at the waist.
[22:33] * Mithras grabs his sword for close-combat and tries to cut him off at the arm. Literally.
[22:34] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[22:34] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 2 ( Total: 2 )
[22:34] <Gee_Emm> No dice, jams your hand into the wall until you drop the sword and then pins you.
[22:35] <Gee_Emm> "Fuck, you're that shit from the infirmary. The hell you doin' here, shithead?"
[22:35] * Mithras goes for his own pistol, or the classic ball-shot if that's unavailable.
[22:35] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[22:35] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 8 ( Total: 8 )
[22:35] <Mithras> (( WTF? ))
[22:36] <Gee_Emm> He slams your head into the ground and then takes off running for the elevators, getting his cellphone out in the process.
[22:36] * Mithras tries one more time to take him down, this time to kill.
[22:36] <Gee_Emm> "Come on, come on, pick up..."
[22:36] <Mithras> (( Shall I roll? ))
[22:36] <Gee_Emm> Roll for it homie.
[22:36] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[22:37] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 87 ( Total: 87 )
[22:37] <Mithras> (( ...WTF!? ))
[22:37] <Shara_Lanator> (( yeah, fuck you too Highwind ))
[22:37] <Gee_Emm> You take out the light over his head.
[22:37] * Mithras keeps shooting, if he can.
[22:37] <Gee_Emm> roll for it
[22:37] <Mithras> !roll 1d100
[22:37] <Highwind> Mithras - 1d100: 5 ( Total: 5 )
[22:38] <Gee_Emm> "Hey, Joe, Joe, send security up to the-" He falls dead, hole in his head.
[22:38] * Mithras runs up to smash the cell phone, then gets his stuff and keeps shooting off locks.
[22:39] * Mithras also leaves the body halfway on the elevator to keep it open.
[22:40] <Gee_Emm> The next door you happen to bust in has Terrorist Girl in it. She's out cold, nude, and obviously has been abused in just about every way.
[22:40] <Mithras> "C'mon! We need to -dammit!"
[22:41] * Mithras closes the door again, to remember to get on the way out. Can't carry someone else ATM.
[22:41] * Mithras keeps going.
[22:42] <Gee_Emm> The door next to it has four occupants in it. Shara. Two random mook guards with wet dicks. And a woman in business attire who was typing furiously into her PDA until you bashed the door open.
[22:42] <Mithras> (( Hm. I just thought of something: is that cocaine in powdered form, or some other? ))
[22:42] <Gee_Emm> ((Powder.))
[22:42] <Gee_Emm> <Woman> "Huh?"
[22:42] * Mithras shoots the wet-dick guards first.
[22:43] * Mithras then shoots the PDA woman and takes the PDA.
[22:43] <Gee_Emm> Well, that was quick
[22:43] <Mithras> "Shara, can you walk?"
[22:43] * Shara_Lanator moans in pain
[22:43] * Mithras hands Shara a Potion.
[22:44] <Shara_Lanator> "I don't know."
[22:44] * Shara_Lanator drinks it as best she can.
[22:44] * Shara_Lanator staggers to her feet. "I guess I have to though."
[22:44] <Mithras> "I have morphine, if it'll help."
[22:45] <Mithras> "Yeah. We need to get out of here ASAP."
[22:45] * Shara_Lanator shakes her head. "Not now."
[22:45] <Shara_Lanator> "Let's go."
[22:45] <Mithras> "I found the other girl, too. I can't carry you both."
[22:45] * Shara_Lanator shuffles over to Mithras, slowly.
[22:46] <Gee_Emm> The building shudders violently.
[22:46] <Gee_Emm> The lights flicker on and off.
[22:46] <Mithras> "...well, there goes the elevator. Bad power."
[22:46] * Mithras helps Shara up and to get some clothes.
[22:46] <Shara_Lanator> "Thanks."
[22:47] * Mithras then checks the corridors, and rushes ahead to get the other girl.
[22:47] <Gee_Emm> There aren't exactly a lot of clothes options. The two guard's outfits, and the PDA woman's suit. :p
[22:47] <Gee_Emm> Unless you really want Shara's wrecked outfit.
[22:47] * Mithras hands Shara a Guard outfit, and gets the woman's suit for the other girl.
[22:48] * Shara_Lanator struggles but pulls the guard outfit on enough to be decent.
[22:48] <Shara_Lanator> "All right...which way is out?"
[22:48] <Mithras> "It looks like we'll have to take the stairs. I disabled the camera room, so we should have at least some protection. The big part is to get a car out of here."
[22:49] <Mithras> "I hope that van is still in one piece..."
[22:49] * Mithras checks to see if the girl can move, and if a Phoenix Down will help out.
[22:51] * Shara_Lanator staggers out the hallway, and grins a bit when she sees a dead lupine.
[22:51] <Gee_Emm> She's out cold, but that PD just might help...
[22:51] * Mithras notices the grin. "The other one was holding the elevator for us, but that's not a good way to go right now."
[22:51] * Shara_Lanator digs in his pocket for the switchblade and takes it, and then spits on his dead body.
[22:51] * Mithras uses the PD, and then a potion to get her into a half-decent shape.
[22:53] <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist_Girl wakes up and immediately panics. She tries to crawl away, but is too weak to do much. She ends up collapsing and crying.
[22:53] <Mithras> "It's okay... I'm here to save you... don't worry, you're getting out."
[22:53] <Gee_Emm> "Et draca!"
[22:54] * Mithras stops for a moment so she recognizes him, then helps her get dressed when she calms down a bit.
[22:54] <Mithras> "We are going to escape. Together."
[22:54] * Mithras tries to sign out the words.
[22:55] <Mithras> "I am here to help."
[22:55] <Gee_Emm> It does take her a couple minutes to get to that point, but she gets dressed, and looks ready to follow you whereever.
[22:56] <Mithras> "I'll take point. Be careful. Shara, if something goes bad, get ready to Jump and get to a safe point."
[22:56] * Shara_Lanator nods. "I'll try."
[22:57] * Mithras takes point and takes the new weapon and grenades with him, still ready to fire.
[22:57] <Gee_Emm> It's clear to the stairs.
[22:58] * Mithras checks the stairwell, then gives the 'clear' signal when he's sure it's okay and goes down the stairs.
[22:58] * Shara_Lanator follows, hand on the switchblade, watching for anything coming up behind.
[22:58] <Gee_Emm> Looks clear.
[22:59] * Mithras keeps going.
[22:59] <Gee_Emm> In fact, it *is* clear. Even the clerks have left the stairwell.
[22:59] * Shara_Lanator keeps going down as well.
[23:00] <Mithras> "The hell? It looks like everyone evacuated. Keep on your guard."
[23:00] * Mithras keeps going, systematically checking for an ambush on the way down.
[23:01] * Shara_Lanator follows, growing wearier as they progress downwards.
[23:01] <Mithras> "If you need a break, just tell me."
[23:01] <Mithras> "I still have some potions or that morphine, if necessary."
[23:01] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[23:01] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 83 ( Total: 83 )
[23:02] <Gee_Emm> Terrorist_Girl stumbles and falls down a flight of stairs.
[23:02] <Shara_Lanator> "I'm ok for now...oh no!"
[23:02] <Mithras> "Shit!"
[23:02] * Mithras tries to grab her.
[23:03] * Mithras , failing that, checks to see if she's still alive and/or conscious.
[23:04] <Gee_Emm> She's alive, and conscious, just even more banged up.
[23:04] <Mithras> "Shit..."
[23:04] <Gee_Emm> "Gan do drak." She giggles.
[23:04] * Mithras shows her a Potion. "You need?"
[23:05] * Mithras mimes it out again.
[23:05] <Gee_Emm> She shakes her head no, and slowly stands back up.
[23:05] <Mithras> "Okay."
[23:05] * Mithras helps her back up, and continues taking point.
[23:07] <Gee_Emm> It's clear, still.
[23:07] * Mithras keeps going, this time occasionally checking behind to see if anyone's slipping behind or falling.
[23:08] <Gee_Emm> So, which floor you want off at?
[23:08] * Shara_Lanator keeps following, watching the girl to see if she stumbles again.
[23:08] <Mithras> (( Off in the parking lot, if possible. ))
[23:08] * Sephorus (SkyeGainsb@204.186.150.173.res-wpt.ptd.net) Quit (Quit: )
[23:09] * Mithras checks first, of course.
[23:09] <Gee_Emm> When you crack open the parking lot door, you hear the sounds of emergency sirens and smell some kind of oil fire.
[23:10] <Mithras> "...this is bad."
[23:10] <Mithras> "Smells like a huge fire."
[23:10] * Mithras tries to think if the cameras showed any other exits.
[23:10] <Shara_Lanator> "Shit."
[23:11] <Gee_Emm> There's always the front doors.
[23:12] <Mithras> "Do you feel like risking the front door? Or risking the parking lot?"
[23:13] <Shara_Lanator> "Whichever way you think is best...I have no clue."
[23:13] <Mithras> "The front door's probably too risky, and less chance of getting a car."
[23:13] <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist_Girl takes this break in walking to try to fix her clothes up, but it doesn't really make her any more presentable.
[23:14] * Mithras checks if he can see anything in the parking lot without opening the door.
[23:14] <Gee_Emm> All the cars are gone, or at least there aren't any where you can see.
[23:15] <Mithras> "...no cars. But there are sirens..."
[23:16] <Mithras> "I have an idea. Stay in the stairwell for now, while I do some recon."
[23:16] <Gee_Emm> "Ma drekan?"
[23:16] * Shara_Lanator nods and motions for the other girl to come to her.
[23:17] * Mithras hands Shara the better gun. "If someone tries getting you from above, just start shooting this wildly at them. If you have to, retreat into the parking lot. I'm going to try and pick you up."
[23:17] <Shara_Lanator> "Ok, will do."
[23:17] <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist_Girl goes over to Shara, quizzical look on her face.
[23:17] <Mithras> "...Shara, you'll have to explain this to her. I need to do this now."
[23:17] * Shara_Lanator smiles. "He knows what he is doing." .oO(I hope.)
[23:18] * Mithras looks out then heads out, same as before.
[23:19] <Gee_Emm> !roll 1d100
[23:19] <Highwind> Gee_Emm - 1d100: 41 ( Total: 41 )
[23:20] <Gee_Emm> Mithras sees that there are still a lot of vehicles scattered, he just had a bad angle at first viewing. There's no sign of the fire, from where he's at, except for oily smoke drifting about.
[23:20] * Mithras immediately starts looking for a vehicle he can jack.
[23:21] <Gee_Emm> * Terrorist_Girl takes this moment to deck Shara, and then takes off down the stairs and ducks out the door into another level of the parking lot.
[23:21] <Gee_Emm> You've really got your pick, Mithras, as long as you can hotwire it.
[23:21] * Mithras will try whatever he can.
[23:21] * Shara_Lanator shakes it off after a moment. "Dirty bitch..."
[23:22] <Gee_Emm> Well, how about that sports car over there Mithras? It's a 4-seater and looks like it should go fast.
[23:23] * Mithras is going for the nearest and/or sturdiest car, not the best-looking one.
[23:23] <Gee_Emm> There's the sedan right over there.
[23:24] * Mithras tries to get the sedan.
[23:24] <Gee_Emm> The door is locked.
[23:24] <Gee_Emm> ((Duh.))
[23:24] <Mithras> "..."
[23:25] * Mithras doesn't smash the window yet, but tries another car. Someone had to be as dumb as they were with the one car.
[23:26] <Gee_Emm> Someone left their minivan right next door unlocked.
[23:26] * Mithras takes the minivan.
[23:26] <Gee_Emm> rumble! You hotwire that baby.
[23:27] * Mithras drives the minivan to the stairwell door and honks once.
[23:27] * Shara_Lanator comes out sans-terrorist girl.
[23:27] <Shara_Lanator> "Ungrateful bitch hit me and ran."
[23:27] * Mithras looks a little confused. "What happ- dammit."
[23:28] * Shara_Lanator jumps in the back, straps herself in, and promptly passes out.
[23:28] <Mithras> "Well, at least the two os us should escape. Preferably out of the city- it's too hot for us here."
[23:28] <Mithras> "...okay, then."
[23:29] * Mithras starts driving the minivan out of the garage and then on its way back out of the city.
[23:29] <Mithras> "With that PDA, we might be able to find out what the hell is going on..."
[23:30] * Mithras finally starts relaxing a bit, and feeling every ounce of his wounds.

Part 5: Wounds

[23:30] <Gee_Emm> On the level below the one you're on, you see Terrorist_Girl standing amidst a pile of dead cops, firefighters, EMTs, and building security personnel blazing away at a dozen others taking cover behind the blockade set up at the exit to the road.
[23:31] * Mithras looks back at the terrorist girl.
[23:31] <Gee_Emm> She's actually blazing with two assault rifles, quite a feat even for a really muscular person.
[23:31] <Mithras> "...fuck it. She made her own choices, and she has to live with them. I'm not saving her again."
[23:32] <Gee_Emm> Fortunately for you, she blows up one of the blockading vehicles, allowing you to blow through and onto the street much easier than otherwise.
[23:32] <Mithras> "See you on the news, miss... hopefully you won't live long enough for something else bad to happen."
[23:32] * Mithras sighs and keeps going.
[23:34] * Shara_Lanator moans as the adrenaline from the escape drains out and the pain from her ordeal wakes her up.
[23:34] <Gee_Emm> So, you've managed to escape with Shara.
[23:34] <Mithras> (( That's all we can hope for, right now. ))
[23:34] <Shara_Lanator> "I could probably use some of that morphine right about now, Mithras."
[23:35] <Mithras> "Got it."
[23:35] * Mithras hands one back.
[23:35] <Mithras> "Just so you know, I'm saving one for myself when we get someplace safe."
[23:36] * Shara_Lanator does whatever with it and grins.
[23:36] <Shara_Lanator> "Sure thing."
[23:36] <Mithras> "So... how does that little desert town sound?"
[23:37] <Shara_Lanator> "Better than nothing."
[23:37] <Shara_Lanator> "Ghosts are better than what I just went through."
[23:37] <Mithras> "Desert town it is, then. Like you said, better than nothing."
[23:38] * Mithras keeps the vehicle going out of town, on the way to that little desert town with damn good coffee.
[23:38] <Gee_Emm> You exit the city without trouble and make it to Krakow in about an hour. Or at least where Krakow should be. It's currently a crater with a hastily laid gravel road around the mess.
[23:39] <Mithras> "Why does this shit always get worse?"
[23:40] * Shara_Lanator is a bitch dazed from the morphine.
[23:40] <Mithras> "...no choice but to keep moving. After that attack, Arise won't be safe with the Conelli's after our blood."
[23:40] <Shara_Lanator> "Because our lives suck, Mithras, why else?"
[23:41] <Mithras> "Any objections?"
[23:41] <Shara_Lanator> "No way. Keep on driving."
[23:42] * Mithras keeps going. As long as it takes.
[23:42] <Mithras> (( ...are we going to be able to stop soon? ))
[23:43] <Gee_Emm> The next town is a small city with a lone sky scraper about an hour down the road. Despite the late hour people are still out partying.
[23:43] <Gee_Emm> ((I'd imagine so. :p))
[23:43] <Mithras> "Finally- civilization. You okay to go, Shara?"
[23:44] <Gee_Emm> A sign before you hit town said "Palamine, population 33,000."
[23:44] <Shara_Lanator> "I'm good enough for now."
[23:44] <Mithras> "Welcome to Palamine. Party city, apparently. Let's find an inn."
[23:45] * Mithras goes to look for the nearest inn.
[23:46] <Gee_Emm> The only hotel in town is a Biron Inn, one of the famed chain of hotels whose motto is "A place to rest your head, no matter where it is."
[23:46] * Mithras heads to the Biron Inn.
[23:47] <Gee_Emm> Hey, you're there. It's on main street through town. It is the lone sky scraper in the place.
[23:47] * Mithras parks the car in a nearby parking lot and helps Shara inside.
[23:49] <Gee_Emm> The lobby is immaculately clean. Off to one side is a door to the hotel's restaurant, the other to a club - whose music bleeds out into the lobby a bit. The clerk smiles at you, "Hello, what can I do for you?"
[23:49] <Mithras> "We could use a room for two."
[23:49] <Mithras> "But nothing expensive."
[23:50] <Gee_Emm> "How long will you be staying with us?"
[23:50] <Mithras> "Depends. Let's say for two days at the moment."
[23:50] <Mithras> "Depends on how much we get done."
[23:51] * Mithras smiles a bit.
[23:51] <Gee_Emm> "Alright then. I see you don't have any luggage, so here's your key. Room 312. The elevator is on your left. If you need anything, please don't be afraid to call the desk."
[23:52] <Mithras> "Sounds good."
[23:52] * Shara_Lanator nods.
[23:52] <Mithras> (( Well, not good to ME, the SH fan, but still... >_> ))
[23:54] <Gee_Emm> Nice elevator ride, quiet hallway, clean and smallish room with only one bed since you didn't ask for two...
[23:54] <Mithras> "...so. Flip for the bed?"
[23:54] <Shara_Lanator> "You can have it, I need to clean myself up."
[23:55] <Mithras> "Okay. Thanks."
[23:56] * Shara_Lanator heads towards the shower and takes a long, hot one. She sobs while the water is running but stops once she is finished.
[23:56] * Mithras puts his stuff by the table, showly lays down, and takes just a little bit of the morphine to make sure he doesn't go to sleep yelling in pain.
[23:56] * Mithras finally manages to sleep about 20 minutes later.
[23:58] * Shara_Lanator grabs a pillow and lies down on the floor, quickly falling asleep.
[23:58] <Gee_Emm> Fade to black.

Epilogue

[23:59] <Mithras> (( Wow. That was a real marathon session. ))
[23:59] <Gee_Emm> ((No kidding.))
[23:59] * Gee_Emm is now known as Demonic_Gerbil
[23:59] * Mithras is now known as Newbie_X
[23:59] * ChanServ sets mode: +v Newbie_X
[23:59] * Shara_Lanator is now known as mattw
[23:59] <mattw> yes, quite
[23:59] <Demonic_Gerbil> We did next week's thing too. :p Session Time: Sun Jan 16 00:00:00 2005
[00:00] <Demonic_Gerbil> It was supposed to be 2 sessions, but you all just kept on goin'...
[00:00] <Newbie_X> ...holy crap. Wow.
[00:00] <Newbie_X> No wonder it was so long.
[00:00] <Newbie_X> BRB: laundry-ish stuff.
[00:01] <Demonic_Gerbil> You all really wrecked my decision tree too. The most probably chain of events didn't have Shara getting kidnapped, just Terrorist_Girl.
[00:01] <Demonic_Gerbil> But nooo, you had to go down the hard path. :p
[00:02] <mattw> Well, you know, Shara isn't too fond of the Connetis.
[00:02] <Demonic_Gerbil> And a couple bad die rolls. :p
[00:02] <Newbie_X> Well, it made for one hell of a session. I'd say it even rivals the Riot scene.
[00:03] <Demonic_Gerbil> Mr. Commando over there.
[00:03] <Newbie_X> Also: thank you very much for the nick-of-time helicopter attack. I wuv You! ^_^
[00:03] <Demonic_Gerbil> Don't thank me, thank the
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[00:03] <Newbie_X> Right, tight.
[00:03] <Newbie_X> *right
[00:03] <mattw> Heh.
[00:04] <Newbie_X> Although I do have to admit, if Mithras had died in the middle of that suicide attempt of an attack, I would have been perfectly satisifed.
[00:05] <Demonic_Gerbil> It was entirely possible you'd have gotten captured and then went through the interrogation deal too.
[00:05] <mattw> ouch
[00:06] <Newbie_X> Well, that was also true. I thought that was what would have happened at floor 16 if Mithras if the helicopter hadn't intervened and Mithras hadn't found the stairwell.
[00:09] <Newbie_X> Y'know, I was also thinking that all the stuff that happened in this session probably added to Mithras' scar collection, too. Especially the shoulder wound.
[00:09] <Newbie_X> I'll have to update the appearance.
[00:09] <Demonic_Gerbil> You're lucky to have a shoulder.
[00:10] <Demonic_Gerbil> Oh yeah, you both get 2000 more XP for your harrowing ordeals.
[00:10] <mattw> Shara really needed more emotional scars.
[00:10] <Newbie_X> That's also true.
[00:10] <Demonic_Gerbil> Yes she did, dammit.