Okay, ever since I lost the inspiration to run that suggestion game, I've been wanting to give running an RtD a shot.
Here's the premise:
You are playing as RL You. Feel free to suggest a setting.
Right let's do this. All rolls are d6 with bonuses from skills/stats. Rolling a six on the dice results in overshoot, with any bonuses increasing the severity. Rolling a number lower than six and having bonuses raise it to six or above does NOT result in overshoot.
Character Sheet
Name: whatever you want.
Gender: change it if you have to, but I'd prefer it if you stuck with your RL one.
Stats
Str: how much can you lift? 1 is weak as a baby, 10 is olympic weightlifter.
Dex: how dextrous are you? 1 is abysmally clumsy, 10 is professional chainsaw juggler.
Agi: how fast are you? 1 is tortoise, 10 is world class sprinter.
Int: how smart are you? 1 is retarded, 10 is einstein.
Will: how resistant are you to temptation? 1 is useless, 10 is buddha.
PLEASE keep the stats similar if not identical to how you are RL.
Skills
Whatever you want. If you know it RL, put it here.
Description: age, height, identifying features, you know the drill.
Reason for being in Vegas: nothing too long needed here.
Players
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=129508.msg4465389#msg4465389)
-glasses
-jeans
-turtleneck
-$7000
-Small Selection Of Extremely Vintage Comics
Chaescake - Cheescake (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=129508.msg4465457#msg4465457)
-giant cheesecake halloween costume
-$9880
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=129508.msg4465499#msg4465499)
-leather wrist band
-jeans
-shirt
-$12000
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=129508.msg4466150#msg4466150)
Aaron Wallace - TCM (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=129508.msg4469208#msg4469208)
-2-pac hoodie
-shirt
-jeans
-small pocketknife
-$9980
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=129508.msg4517967#msg4517967)
Sam Greene - Samarkand (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=129508.msg4536674#msg4536674)
-shirt
-jeans
-$10000
-Harley 2150
Xantalos - Xantalos (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=129508.msg4551386#msg4551386)
CHEESECAKE'S CHILDREN
Gender: Male
Str: 5
Dex: 5
Agi: 6
Int: 3
Will: 2
Mutations:
-Fangs - Needle like
-Hairless
-Claws - Both Feet and Hands
-Reverse Pedalism - Now a quadraped
-Aquatic Adaption - Gills, Tail Fin (Does not replace back legs), Nictating Membranes (over eyes)
-Burrower
-Carnivore
Gender: Female
Str: 3
Dex: 3
Agi: 4
Int: 4
Will: 5
Mutations:
-Attractive
-Fangs - Needle like
-Large Rear End
-Hairless
-Reverse Pedalism - Now a quadraped
-Female
-Aquatic Adaption - Gills
-Silk Production
-Burrower
-Carnivore
-Motherliness
Gender: Male
Str: 1
Dex: 1
Agi: 1
Int: 1
Will: 1
Mutations:
-Fangs - Needle like
-Hairless
-Claws - Both Feet and Hands
-Reverse Pedalism - Now a quadraped
-Aquatic Adaption - Gills, Tail Fin (Does not replace back legs), Nictating Membranes (over eyes)
-Burrower
-Carnivore
Name: Jonathan McMacen
Gender: Male
Stats
Str: 2.25
Dex: 3.5
Agi: 3.5
Int: 6.25
Will: 5
PLEASE keep the stats similar if not identical to how you are RL. (Done)
Skills
Competent Mathematician.
Adequate Gardener
Adequate Wargamer (board/miniature/computer)
Adequate Computer User
Novice Fencer
Novice Firearms handler/user
Dabbling German (speak/read/write)
Dabbling French (speak/read/write)
Description: 15 years old. Quite short, short brown hair, blue eyes. Doesn't really care about style of clothing.
Reason for being in Vegas: Student Exchange program.
Okay, starting that turn now.
Outskirts of Las Vegas, 23rd January 2213.
All
The rundown 50 year old bus grinds to a halt outside a seedy bar.
End of the line, you little bastards! Now get the hell off of my bus!
And with that, you're in Las Vegas.
...
Each of you has brought your life savings here. Each of you has come for a different reason. But one thing is for sure; whether it's up top in the soaring skyscraper casinos or down here in the dirt and seedy gambling dens, you're gonna win big! At least, if you can figure out where you will go to do so.
Let's start! Basically all five of you have just got off of the bus. Each of you has the clothes on their back and 10,000 dollars in cash. Good luck!
-glasses
-jeans
-turtleneck
-$10000
-giant cheesecake halloween costume
-$10000
-leather wrist band
-jeans
-shirt
-$10000
-2-pac hoodie
-shirt
-jeans
-small pocketknife
-$100000
Samuél Malbeau - Doo dee doo. Take out IPhone 10Q and plug headphones in. Dance jollily the rest of the way to the hotel.
You're at the hotel.
[4]
Looks like a nice place.
Chaeskake - Fiiiiine. Ask these nice gentlemen to allow me to host my cooking show here.
[1 - 1 = 0]
Heh... sure. But you gotta help us out first. Ya see, one of our... 'actors' can't work tonight and we need someone to replace him. Do it and you can do whatever you want here.
Kyle Johnson - Watch the poker tables for a couple minutes to catch the pattern and then try to see if I got it right. By gambling.
[6 + 2 = 8 (OVERSHOOT!)]
You figure out the shuffling pattern and take a seat. In a few minutes you're raking in the chips with a hooker on each shoulder, but the local thugs are coming your way!
Jonathan McMacen - Ask someone where I can get a map. Obtain Map.
[5]
A random passerby points out a information kiosk.
[6]
You take ALL THE MAPS.
Aaron Wallace - Find a way into the university. Investigate for ethereal spirits.
[1]
The best route is the most direct one, right? You walk straight through the fence.
[6 - 1 = 5]
There seems to be a lot of floating lights and moving shadows around.
"Hey."
From here you won't all be updated simultaneously; it will depend on when I have the time.
Samuél Malbeau - Damn, it DOES! Let's see if they got my reservation and if my bags are here.
[6]
They have your stuff alright. Your cosplay gear and about twenty kilos of highly illegal drugs. The police are on their way.
Chaeskake - Do what they want.
Congratulations! You now have the skill 'Amateur Pornstar'! Please update your sheet accordingly. And take a shower.
+$300
Kyle Johnson - Cash out and run for the door.
[5]
You successfully cash out your chips and bail. Better not go back there for a while.
+$2000
Jonathan McMacen - Try to find where I'm staying on the map, in relation to where I am. Head there.
[1 + 2]
You figure it out after a while and set off for your hotel.
Aaron Wallace - Find the source of the voice.
"Pac? Is that you?"
[5]
Yeah man. So who are you?
Damnit TCM. I had to research 2Pac for this. I even had to watch a couple of interviews with him. Even though I've been listening to him talk for about half an hour now, I still feel I'm not doing his manner of talking justice.
Samuél Malbeau - JESUS FUCK. UH...TOSS IT IN THE POOL, TOSS IT IN THE POOOOOL!
[2 - 1 = 1]
Yep, you do so. Too bad the drugs are water soluble and there are children playing in the pool. You monster.
Chaeskake - NOW make my show happen!
[5]
Though you are wearing a stained cheesecake costume, you manage to host your cooking show! Even though the only, *clears throat* ingredients you have are around are... less than family friendly.
+Perverted cooking show on USB
Kyle Johnson - Go get a room at an affordable price.
[6]
Why, the most affordable room is the one where you don't pay! You break into the nearest hotel and hide in one of their rooms.
Jonathan McMacen - Head to hotel. Show my reservation and ask if my luggage has arrived.
[1]
Upon arrival, you are directed to your room which contains your luggage. Luggage which contains a bound and gagged midget.
Aaron Wallace - Question Tupac.
"So, what have you been doing Pac? Being dead and all?"
Banging demon chicks. Building my ghost posse. You know, the usual.
I have no regrets about this turn. NO REGRETS.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - FUCK...SHIT, UH...GET MY LUGGAGE, GO TO MY ROOM, AND BEGIN WALKING AROUND WITH MY SAXOPHONE, READY TO CHARMS THE SOCKS OFF OF ANY POLICEMANOFFICER.
The police arrive and storm up the stairs, guns at the ready!
[5 + 3 = 8]
You wail out an epic sax solo from the top of the stairs!
POLICE 1: [4 vs 8]
POLICE 2: [2 vs 8]
POLICE 3: [1 vs 8]
All three stand stockstill staring at you in awe until you finish.
Holy shit man that was awesome!
So... epic...
ALL HAIL THE MUSICAL MESSIAH.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Heavily advertise my new show!
[1 - 1 - 1 = -1]
You advertise your show alright. Advertise the shit out of it. Too bad the only open advertising slots are during children's programming! You have been registered as a sex offender!
-$400
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Go to a starbucks or something and start writing my book.
[2 + 2 - 1 = 3]
You get one hundred pages in before you realise it is trite and derivative.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Eerm... Tell the hotel concierge that the wrong luggage has been delivered to my room. If they insist that it is my luggage, I will go back to my room, ungag the midget, and ask what happened.
[2]
Nope, this is most definitely your midget according to the staff. You head back to your room and ungag and untie him.
[2 - 1 = 1]
He headbutts you in the groin before flying out the window.
MIDGET LIFE!
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Beg for Tupac to come back by showing him what rap music has become without him. (Soulja Boi, Lil' Jon, Waka Flocka, Young Money, etc.)
"I was thinking I could get you bring you back to life. Seriously, we really need you."
[4]
Eh... Maybe. If you get me a sexbot. Apparently they're a thing now and I want one. A platinum-plated sexbot. Then I'll come back.
QUEST ACQUIRED!
-Obtain a platinum-plated sexbot for the ghost of 2Pac.
Remember how I said I had no regrets about last turn? I have even less regrets this time. Also, Cheesecake. UPDATE YOUR SHEET WITH THE AMATEUR PORNSTAR SKILL PLEASE.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Lead them back to their cars, Pied Piper Style. The music will hopefully have made them forget about the drugs and stuff.
You start playing again and lead the police back down to their cars. You belt out an awesome tune to try and wipe their memories.
[6 + 3 = 9]
All three collapse on the ground, drooling and staring off into infinity. Ooops.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Make public apology. Try to make up for it by volunteering to teach Sex Ed.
[5]
You successfully make a public apology which mollifies the masses. You then offer to teach Sex Ed to make up for it.
[1 - 1 = 0]
You show them the movie you worked on before hosting the cooking show. START RUNNING.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Go by some coffee.
[1]
You walk past the nearest sentient cup of coffee, slapping her on the arse. Her massively muscular sentient croissant boyfriend lunges at you.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Grab luggage, check out of hotel, try to find another hotel.
"Open the window next time!"
You leave to go to a more sane hotel.
[2]
But you can't find the way out.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Leave to find Sexbot shop.
[4]
You manage to find a place. Apparently the starting rate for platinum-plated sexbots is about twenty million dollars, cash only.
Ugh, sorry for the low quality update guys.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - ...Uh... Well, now that THAT'S over, let's just go up to my room and change into my Karkat Vantas Cosplay.
[1]
((Whelp, time to pull out the Metamorphica.))
[380 - Body Function.]
[297 - Light Dependency.]
Congrats! You cosplayed so badly your body mutated! You know require light to live!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Run! Kill! No, no! It's happening all over again! I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it Martha!
[5]
Escape from the morally righteous mob chasing you proves easy. Still, there's a bounty on your head now.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Kyle walks away since croissants don't have legs to chase me down with.
[1]
The croissant realises this at the same time you do! He wastes no time in hitting you with a table and breaking your legs; removing your only advantage.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - The way I came in, stupid! Grab stuff, exit, find saner hotel.
You smack yourself in the head and set about retracing your steps.
[4]
After some time you find your way to the exit and walk to find a new hotel.
[5]
And there's one next door! Oh the luck!
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Pull out knife. Perform a hold-up on the owner of the Sexbot Shop via street knowledge.
"GIVE ME YOUR ROBOTS N' SHIT YOU FAT MOTHERFUCKER!"
[6 + 2 = 8]
You make to hold up the owner. Unsuccessfully. Oh shit he's dead.
At least I found a use for the Metamorphica.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Welp, this cosplay won't do. Try...CASTIEL! YES THAT WORKS. THEN TURN ON ALL THE LAMPS. ALL OF THEM.
[6]
You now are the spitting image of a character from a webcomic that went defunct over a hundred years ago, congratulations!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Clone self through self sex. Speed up his growth with metabolic steroids, and when his appearance is similar to mine, kill him and turn him in for profit!
[1]
You have sex with yourself. A passing camera crew records and puts it online. The self-mating is successful in making another you, as is the sped up growth rate. But... he isn't so cooperative about the whole killing him part.
FIGHT!
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Crawl away and then call the cops on the croissant.
[6]
The police arrive and start beating on the croissant. Serves him right; thinking he's an equal to a human.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Enter new hotel, ask if there are any rooms available. If there are, ask the price.
[6]
The obviously pre-op male-to-female transsexual on the reception leers at you.
Maybe we can cut a little deal, handsome?
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Steal a platinum sexbot and run.
[4]
Grabbing a bot and running for it, you JUST manage to get away before the police arrive. Bad luck a security camera was watching the store.
And the haphazard, convoluted and totally-not-made-up-on-the-fly plot continues.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Oh. Shit, where is that dang map? Wait. Oh yeah, I was using Google Maps! Get directions to the Convention Location on my Phone.
[5]
You get the directions and head out.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Switch to clone! Beat me up!
[1 vs 4]
The clone fends off your clumsy mental attack with ease, rebuffing you with such force that you cannot return to your body.
You: Incorporeal.
Clone: Perfect health.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Kyle was meant to flllly~ hands up and touch the sky! *Ahem* Kyle tries flying around to get a feel for his new wings.
[6]
You soar through the skies, far above the plebs down below! The excitement you feel is so great you completely forget about your broken legs!
*cough*
Huh. Kinda hard to breathe up here.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Yell something random in German whist trying to escape.
[2]
You fail to escape.
[1]
"Entzücken mich meiner Liebe. Ich bete, dass du mir geben keine Ruhe dieser Nacht!"
[5]
Oh you can be sure of that pretty boy!
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Call out for Pac, look around.
"Pac?! Where are you man?!"
[4]
Here man. Did you get one?
And so the screwing over of the players begins.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Hum a tune while I walk.
[5]
You arrive!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - SHIEET. Possess my clone! Beat me up for beating me up!
[5 vs 2]
The clone and yourself trade positions.
You: Perfect Health.
Clone: Incorporeal.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Kyle decides to fly to a hospital to get his legs fixed.
[5]
[5]
You manage to find a hospital incredibly easily and the doctors fix up your leg in a jiffy.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Yell something random in French whilst trying to escape.
[6]
You tear free and dive out a nearby window.
[5]
"vous ne toucherez pas à mon bouton de plaisir!"
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Present Sexbot.
"Yeah."
[5]
That is just beautiful. Alright, I'll hold up my end of the deal; give me a minute here.
[1]
Um. We have a problem.
Why is 2Pacs voice coming from the sexbot?
Got off to a rocky start, but Random.org came through in the end.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Uh...Go see if I can't go off and buy some comic books. There's bound to be a booth around here somewhere.
[5 + 3]
You come across a table that sells comics from 1900 to the present.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - This is the convict sexually harassing kids! He cloned me and tried to turn ME in!
[6]
I can't believe it! Cloning in MY town? Don't worry your head young man; we'll have all this fixed up in a jiffy!
The copper handcuffs the braindead body to a chair and motions for you to sit down.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Go to the convention in town. I probably won't be stared at to much. Also see if I can develop more super natural abilities on the way there.
[5]
You see some guy head into a building and walk on in.
[Auto selected Supernatural Attributes.]
[738 - Breath Weapon.]
[4 - Once every few minutes.]
[17 - Poison.]
A nasty feeling creeps down your throat.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Chuck more stuff at her.
[1]
You toss your wallet at her.
-$10000
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Cast Ghetto Reformation Magic on Tupac.
"Wait, wait...I can do this...ABRACADABRA MOTHERFUCKER."
[6]
You blast the sexbot with immense amounts of eldritch power.
[1]
Well at least it's human now. Too bad it's even more feminine. Those things have got to hurt Fem!2Pac's back.
Finally two of you meet up again. Plus Aaron should not fuck around with magic.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Sign up for ALL THE CONTESTS. Then, go find the guy who yelled at me and give him shit.
[6]
Apparently signing up for all the contests means you have bet:
-your firstborn son
-the memory of your first kiss
-the memory of any and all summers you experienced as a child
-your left kidney
-your ability to love
You'd better win!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Convince them not to castrate me by sexually offending them.
What? Seriously, what the fuck? How the hell is that meant to work? You know what, fine. This has got to be one of the worst ideas in the history of bad ideas, but go ahead.
[3]
Sir, please stop molesting the police force. SIR, please put your pants back on. SIR, please stop the striptease.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Go do something.
[1]
You decide to go do shit. Well, pantsing the nearest guy is something, right? Too bad he looks like a freaking mountain.
WHAT THE FUCK!
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Call bullshit. Scan room to see where my bags / wallet / other stuff is.
"The one I threw through the window at you."
[4]
Nope, never heard of it. Who are you again?
[4]
You can see your bag, but your wallet with ten grand in it is nowhere to be seen.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Freestyle these fools by out pretentious-ing them.
"Let's get em' Pac!"
Sleeping with my own little Venus
but the modern version, with better features
Yeah, that's my Botticelli
You must be making a sandwich, cause I know you're getting' jelly!
She's my canvas, and the easel is my wallet
So when I'm splashin money on her, call me Jackson Pollock!
I'm all about my chedda and art, though!
So it's Monet, Cash, and Jo… sé Orozco!
With my Rothkos and brothels I'm surrounded by fair faces
'Cause I got more than TWO nudes descending my staircase
So don't disrespect, you think you're richer, you wanna bet?
Well, that's a bet you're going to to lose… Latrec!
[5]
The crowd is going wild right now and the guys who were rapping are staring at you dumbfounded.
DO NOT LET ME PICK YOUR ACTIONS. IT WILL END BADLY.
I was reading this, and about half-way through, I said, "Forget this" and skipped to the last page.
Then cheesecake was molesting people to avoid being castrated.
I'm in.
Name: Cromwell Jackson
Gender: Dude
Stats
Str: I say a 5?
Dex: 7
Agi: HAHAHAHAHahahha... maybe a 3
Int: I got a 102% on my final exam in a remedial math class because I'm too lazy to work with the normal kids. Maybe a 6?
Will: I'd have to go with an 8 on this one.
Skills
Powerful Swimming
Spear Fighting (I'm not kidding)
Fast Food work
Umm... I know how to operate a scissor lift?
I'm running out of things to put here.
Description: I'll just claim I'm 20 and let you decide if I'm lying. I don't know my height or weight (really), and I guess I'm pretty average looking.
Reason for being in Vegas: "WTF am I doing here?"
Wow, I realized that I know practically nothing about myself.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - I WILL. I WILL WIN. FOR THE MOTHERLAAAAAND! Oop, the Voice-Acting contest is starting. LET'S GO.
[4]
Your impression of a drunken panda from a 2112 anime get's you to the finals!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Continue with striptease. Marry all of the cops. Frame them for cheating on me. Divorce them. Get mad. Kill them. Get sent to the new cops. REPEAT.
[6]
MARRY ME!
MARRY ME!
MARRY ME!
MARRY ME!
MARRY ME!
NO! HE'S MINE!
NO! HE'S MINE!
NO! HE'S MINE!
NO! HE'S MINE!
Uh-oh.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Fly away. Then watch some contests.
[3 vs 5]
The guy manages to grab you before you can escape, siezing your leg.
[2 vs 6]
And slamming you into the floor like a hammer. Ow.
ANGRY MAN: Fine.
YOU: Broken ribs, stunned, trapped.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - I still say she's lying. Look harder.
"Yeeah. Right."
[1]
It is... in 'her' 'bodice'. Well fuck.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Hand the mic over to FemPac.
"Send them home Pac!"
[2]
"No."
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - ARRIVE!
[5]
[6]
The VTOL limo pulls up outside a ritzy casino and you step out.
And so mastahcheese joins this clusterfuck.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - WOO. Unless the finals are RIGHT NOW, explore a bit. Find someone to converse with. Or beat up.
[4]
You've got a few minutes.
[5]
There's a wide range of people here; more than you would expect. Of particular interest there is a crying man, a girl with a big-ass pair of horns and a cyborg dude.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Send my cop army to build a nest for my brood.
[6]
They dig out a network of simple tunnels below the station and move you down there. Your body begins to change and twist to suit your new purpose.
((Rolled up a bunch of goodies. Not gonna list the rolls though.))
-Attractive
-Fangs - Needle like
-Large Rear End
-Hairless
-Reverse Pedalism - Now a quadraped
-Female
-Aquatic Adaption - Gills
-Silk Production
-Burrower
-Carnivore
-Motherliness
-Devolved - Permanent - On Touch - Several Months Per Stage
ADD THESE TO YOUR SHEET PLEASE.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Poison breath the man.
[4 + 1 = 5 vs 2]
The poor bastard get's it right in the face and goes down spluttering and choking as his nervous system shuts down.
[1]
"MURDER, MURDER!"
Shit.
ANGRY MAN: Choking to death.
YOU: Broken ribs.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Threaten to call the police unless she gives me my money back.
[4]
No, it's miiiiiine!
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Beat up the competition.
[6]
You take a swing at one of them, but another pulls a man-portable railgun on your punk arse.
What the hell do you think you're doing boy?
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Punch the VTOL pilot and swear at him in French!
"Vous baiseur de merde!"
[5 vs 3 - 2 = 1]
His face hits the dashboard and he doesn't move. Welp, he looks dead.
And so Samuél is handed THREE seperate hooks for the main plot. And Chaeskake undermines everything I have built. I actually had the beginnings of BACKSTORIES for those cops. Damnit all to hell.
Meanwhile, Jonathan tries to get a tranny to give him his wallet back, Aaron is way out of his league and Cromwell just killed a dude. As did Kyle.
BREED.
Oh god, I'm so sorry Gamerlord. XD
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Hm. Go talk to the horned girl. See what her deal is.
"Hey, what's your name?"
Sandy. What's yours?
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - BREED.
[5]
The orgy goes quite smoothly and within the hour your stomach is bulging.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Fly away to where I need to be for the plot!
[4]
You get out of there before the police show up. Lotta people saw your face though.
[6]
Your flight ends atop a skyscraper where you crouch, staring down at this city of sinners and -
*CRUNCH*
HELLO!
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Take out phone. Type out police number by number until she gives it back.
"Oh, look, a flying pig!"
[2]
She swipes the phone and drops it to nestle besides your wallet.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Dropkick him.
You assault the guy with a railgun. Brilliant.
[4 vs 1]
[5 vs 4]
You move much faster than him and slam your foot into his face, sending him stumbling back and dropping the railgun.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Hi-Jack the VTOL!
[3 + 1 = 4]
After a few false starts you get the VTOL limo into the air.
Cheesecake, check the last update for your mutations. Also, WHY DID YOU MAKE ME WRITE THIS YOU MONSTER. I FEEL UNCLEAN.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Extend a hand for a handshake.
"Samuél. Nice to meet you!"
She smiles and accepts the handshake.
Charmed. So what brings you here?
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Use my cops' synapse to psychically speed up time until the point where I give birth.
[5]
The cops gain Mild Psychic Powers and you give birth!
[3 - 1 = 2]
Five out of seven young are born stillborn. Guess being a mutant abomination isn't so good for giving birth.
Gender: Male
Str: 2
Dex: 2
Agi: 2
Int: 1
Will: 1
Mutations:
-Fangs - Needle like
-Hairless
-Claws - Both Feet and Hands
-Reverse Pedalism - Now a quadraped
-Aquatic Adaption - Gills, Tail Fin (Does not replace back legs), Nictating Membranes (over eyes)
-Burrower
-Carnivore
Gender: Female
Str: 2
Dex: 2
Agi: 2
Int: 1
Will: 1
Mutations:
-Attractive
-Fangs - Needle like
-Large Rear End
-Hairless
-Reverse Pedalism - Now a quadraped
-Female
-Aquatic Adaption - Gills
-Silk Production
-Burrower
-Carnivore
-Motherliness
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - What was noise?
You look around and see an asian teenager with bat wings.
I'M GEENA! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Threaten with tire iron thing. Smash her with it if threat ineffective.
"GIVE ME MY FUCKING SHIT!"
[5]
Okay, okay! Don't hurt me!
She pulls out your phone and wallet and toss them to you, then runs out the door.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Grab Railgun and run out of there with FemPac.
[4]
You snag the railgun on your way out, FemPac behind you. A group of rappers follow you however.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Check to see what weapons are on this thing. Hopefully missiles, I'm about to hit a large target.
[6]
Upon inspection you discover that the VTOL limo has exclusive access to an orbital laser satellite, as well as a pair of gauss-miniguns.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Talk.
"Well, I heard this convention was in town and felt like it would be a good chance to...uh...meet a few new people and hang out with my friends.
But...none of them have showed up yet, I guess."
Oh! I'm only here for work; I'm with the security company engaged for this event.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Fiiiiinnneee. Send cops and the children out to learn of the world beyond the nest.
...You're sending newborns out scouting? Fine, whatever.
[4, 3, 5, 6, 2, 2, 3, 4]
Your children find nothing of any import in their tiny excursions through the caverns of your nest. Your police love slaves are slightly more successful, returning with scraps of food and information.
-The dissappearance of the cops has not yet been noted. From here on out a d3 will be rolled each turn to determine whether someone takes note or not. 1 is no, 2 is yes, 3 is manhunt.
-The children have the bodies of toddlers at this point; let them grow a little longer!
-You can make more children.
-Also, from now on you have three actions per turn: what you're doing, what your brood is doing and what your love slaves are doing.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Talk.
"I'm Kyle."
THAT'S A NICE NAME! WHEN DID YOU GET YOUR WINGS?
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - -UNTIL HE POSTS, TOPHAT DOES NOTHING. RETCONNING MAY OCCUR WHEN HE RETURNS-
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Get away.
[5]
You and FemPac lose the angry rapper mob pretty quickly, managing to hold onto your prize as well.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Arrive!
[3]
[4]
You ride into the middle class area of town on a beat up Harley 2150, an elegant old bike.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Use my satellite to search for heat signatures, the larger the better.
[1]
[6]
That combination of buttons... may not have been the best to press. A beam of light lances down from the sky, burrowing into the centre of Las Vegas Nuclear Power Plant. Oh dear.
EVERYONE!
[5]
[6]
[5]
"CITIZENS AND VISITORS: PLEASE PROCEED TO THE NEAREST FALLOUT SHELTER - THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THE LAS VEGAS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HAS HAD IT'S CONTAINMENT BREACHED AND IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A MELTDOWN. THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
All around the city, massive blast walls rise from the ground, slowly encapsulating the entire city, locking the fallout in. With you guys inside.
And now we come to a hidden stat - Radiation poisoning! This is going to work more or less like Fallout 3/New Vegas, with there being medicines that can help you. However, get too high a radiation poisoning score and you could mutate or even die!
Also, the first 'plot mission' was going to be to DEFEND that power plant from a bunch of mutants! What the fuck? In fact, what's happening now was my plan if you failed that mission.
Finally, I am tracking 'atrocity' points. These will be important later. Cheesecake is leading, with mastahcheese coming in second and TCM fighting a close third.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Talk.
"Oh SHIT. Uh...do you know where the nearest shelter is?"
No! I know as much about this place as you!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Me:
Eat food to accumulate biomass
Brood:
Let them eat and grow. Name them Adam and Eve.
Love Cops:
Send half to find more food, keep half to defend brood nest.
[3]
You fail to eat that much.
[5]
Your babies are getting really big...
[4]
More scraps are brought to the nest by your love-slaves. There should be enough food here now to sustain you all for a while.
[1]
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Talk.
"I got them just today. It looks like they could come in handy."
OH, OKAY. WAIT, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
Geena seems worried.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - -UNTIL HE POSTS, TOPHAT DOES NOTHING. RETCONNING MAY OCCUR WHEN HE RETURNS-
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Take FemPac to a shelter.
[3]
You locate a shelter well enough, but it's occupied by people. Including a pair of cops who don't take kindly to you brandishing a railgun.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Find somebody official looking. Ask for directions to nearest shelter.
[1]
Surely this hobo knows where safety can be found!
"Good sir, where can I find succour in this, my hour of need?"
THE KIDS WON'T GET OFF MY DAMN LAWN! DAMN MUTANT BASTARDS IN THE TUNNELS!
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - HIT MORE BUTTONS! Try to aim at some police stations and other buildings related to addressing disaster situations.
[5]
OH GOD WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS! OH GOD THE HORROR.
EVERYONE
"PLEASE BE ADVISED, THERE HAS BEEN A TERRORIST ATTACK. PLEASE REPORT SIGHTINGS OF ANY SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUALS OR VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY VTOLS."
STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Grab her and try to find a bunker in this chaos.
"C'mon, we need to find a safe place. There's bound to be a bunker in as big of a convention center as this is."
[4]
There's a four person shelter set into a nearby wall, but there's a family of a father and his three children already heading for it.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Me:
Give birth.
Brood:
Grow and love
Love Cops:
Expand the nest outwards and claim the tunnels.
[5][4][5][2]
You give birth to an additional four boys! Yay!
Your firstborns grow a little larger. They seem almost full-grown now.
The nest becomes extremely large and extensive.
The missing police are finally noticed.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Take Geena and fly away!
[6]
You grab Geena and vault over the edge of the building.
WHA-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - -UNTIL HE POSTS, TOPHAT DOES NOTHING. RETCONNING MAY OCCUR WHEN HE RETURNS-
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Find a better shelter.
[2]
There's a dumpster. That's it.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Look over the hobo to see if he has anything worth stealing. If so, attempt to take, by force if necessary. If not, try to find somebody not in rags to direct me to a shelter.
[2]
He's a hobo; he's got nothing.
[4]
There's a guy over there in a suit and a cop.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - We now return to your regularly scheduled terrorism.
[5]
STOP THIS YOU BASTARD.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Arrive!
[1]
[6]
Maybe coming to the power plant was a bad idea... Well, at least you got this mecha!
+small mecha (shielded to help with radiation)
Welp, Cromwell has overtaken Chaeskake in the atrocity rankings.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - RUN. The basement is going to be the best place right now.
"DAMMIT! Okay, I know we barely know each other, but I am not going to let either of us die today."
[5]
You drag Sandy down to the basement concrete basement.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Psychically mourn for their deaths. Consume world.
[5]
All over the city random people burst into tears and sob their hearts out.
[2]
You just give yourself indigestion.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Talk.
"So... Nice meeting yo-"
The girl kisses you.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Grab my stuff, including my luggage, and run to the nearest nuclear shelter. I swear I remember seeing one on at least five of those maps...
[Not even bothering rolling for this since you're more or less guaranteed a success.]
Sprinting for your life, you narrowly avoid crashing into a mech and find one of the bunkers.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Hide with FemPac in recently excavated shelter until shit stops popping off.
[5]
Shit does not yet pop off.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Ram shoulder into cop while trying to grab whatever weapon he has on him.
[3]
[2 vs 4]
The officer swings his telescoping baton at your face [4 vs 3] but you dodge.
[5 vs 2]
Ramming the bastard proves incredibly easy, as does nicking his weapon.
RAD-VORE: Stunned
YOU: Healthy
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - 5 against one?!?!? They should have brought more men! Fire my Gauss rifles at two of them, then ram the last three FOR GREAT JUSTICE!
[4 vs 2 vs 4 vs 5 vs 6 vs 2]
Before you can fire off the first rounds, three of the VTOLs open fire on you.
[5 vs 3, 3 ,6]
A well timed swoop evades one, but puts you right in the line of fire for the third.
[3
You fail to attack the trained pilots you are up against.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Investigate oddness.
You try to unbuckle yourself, but find you cannot move.
mastahcheese you dumbass, I'm fudging how I do things to keep you alive, just RUN.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - See if there's a Sub-Basement. You know, something for emergencies just like this.
[6]
There's a door leading into a deep, dark tunnel stretching out before you. You cannot see anything at the end of it.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Burrow deeper and protect Eve.
[3 + 2 = 5]
You wrap Eve in your loving arms and dig your way deeper and deeper into the earth.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - What? Oh, okay. Go with it I guess.
She pulls away after a minute or two.
Um...
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Enter bunker. Look around in bunker for a 'what to do if you end up having to head to this bunker' sign. Or an 'in emergency, break glass' box.
[4]
There's a fire axe in a wall box.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Wait more.
[6]
Ho hum.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - beat cop with his own baton.
[4 vs 3 - 1 = 2]
You crack the little bastard over the head repeatedly until he stops moving.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Tactical retreat time.
[2 vs 1]
You fly like an old lady, but the pilots fly even worse; one hits a building, another two fly in the wrong direction and the remaining three just plod along after you.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Realize I got fused into my machine.
Stomp around looking for a large supply of metal.
[5]
The fact that you are fused with your machine is quite easy to concieve of. You offer up thanks to the dark gods.
[5]
There's a tank husk, a wrecked truck and some large shipping containers with rebar.
I may not get another turn up this weekend, it's my sister's birthday.
I may not be posting anytime soon because of anger, rage and frustration at the Twilight Academy game and the fact that I got kicked from it for essentially trying to end the argument. And also possibly an effort on the GM's part to try and hide the colossal plot holes and loopholes in both his reasoning and the game universe.
Also, I may have misplaced my request for TCM to post. If you see it in another thread, let me know.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - LET'S GO! IT'S OUR ONLY CHOICE!
You walk down the tunnel for several hours, eventually reaching a massive cavern, the ceiling arching high above you. In the distance you can see clouds and strange wheeling birdlike creatures. Below you the cavern floor is obscured by odd flora, but what you can see suggests ruins and broken masonry. Beside you Sandy shivers, a chill wind buffeting you both.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Celebrate birthday.
You celebrate your birthday in the deep, dank cavern you and Eve have hollowed out. You manage to make a cake out of grubs and roots and you teach Eve to talk while doing so.
...Mama?
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Talk.
"That was interesting."
Uh... yeah. It was. Sorry.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Break glass with tire iron. Take out axe. Examine interior of bunker.
The axe is heavy in your hand as you explore the dark bunker. You hear something and lean in to the wall, pressing your ear against it. Something is moving in there.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Hide more.
As you and FemPac wait, you hear movement above you. Three mishapen men descend into the bunker, none of them noticing you yet.
*sniff* *sniff* Meat.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Search cop for a firearm, some form of armor, a map, and his money. Additionally, temporarily change in to his clothes.
He didn't have any money or guns on him, but you pull on his kevlar and uniform pretty quickly. As you do so you notice that his skin is covered in red and green splotches, as well as growths and tumours.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Keep flying
Your evasive maneuvers work for a while, keeping the enemy from blasting a hole in you, but you fail to see a tower ahead that smashes into your wing. Luckily, the VTOL automatically ejects you and the resulting flight deposits you onto a roof while the pilots come back around to blast you to hell.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Absorb this stuff into my mechs with the power of the dark gods, making it bigger. Search for more metal. Repeat.
Your mech quickly grows in size, gaining an almost organic look to it as it does so. Before long you've torn every bit of metal you can find and you head to the only place you can think of for more. You head back into the power plant.
You know what it is you want, and begin to dig into the collapsing structure. After a couple of hours you uncover your prize; the remaining uranium and plutonium. The pain as you absorb the fissionable material is immense, but you fight through it and quickly incorporate it. The engine at the centre of the mech expands and uses the fuel, becoming far more powerful. The remaining pieces lance through you, affixing you to the mech even more.
Somewhere Else
Sir, I don't think you understand. The thaumagraphs are going off the charts and the entire city has been sealed off. We can't send anyone in, even if we wanted to!
I don't care damnit! Open the dome if you have to, just get us some eyes in there! We've got at least a dozen foreign dignitaries lost in the city, not to mention tourists! If we can't return them to their countries it may start WWIV!
Understood sir.
Send Brockridge. His team is still on base, right? He did well during the Maverton Incident and his record for mission success in difficult conditions is a hundred percent.
Very well sir.
I'M BACK WITH A PLOT! Sorry about getting muted and all my thanks to Xantalos for letting you guys know. He also knows some stuff about whats going on with others, I'd prefer it if he didn't say anything. Since I wrote this a while ago now, I don't have the rolls, so at the least this will be easier to read than usual. Hope you enjoy it.
P.S. I made some... mystery rolls for you all. Xant knows what one of effects on one of you is, but he is not to breathe a word of it.
P.P.S. Cheesecake lost Atrocity Points this round for proving that he/she can love and being a good mother/father!
Sam glances down a the corpse he just stripped and gives the red and green splotches a disgusted look. Noticing the tumors, he decides it must be an effect of radiation exposure, not some contagious infection.
These guys are the ones you were meant to be fighting.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Take some experimental steps forwards, examining the area.
As you step into the cavern proper, everything goes silent for a second before a cacophony of sound begins rapidly approaching your position.
"...Shit. I...did not expect this."
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU EXPECT?
Uh... she's freaking out.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Breed asexually.
You squeeze out a couple of translucent eggs, inside which you can see little things turn and twist.
Pretty little babies...
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - Further comfort as needed.
"Don't worry, it was a perfectly natural response to that kind of situation."
U-uh yeah...
You give Geena a hug and she seems to calm down a lit - Um. Did she just smell you?
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Listen. Quietly search through pockets with one hand, looking for a pocket torch. Or a keychain light. Or something.
You find a glowstick in your back pocket. Listening intently you can hear what almost sounds like voices.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Hide with FemPac.
You can hear them drawing nearer.
Fresh meat. Clean meat.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Sam glances down a the corpse he just stripped and gives the red and green splotches a disgusted look. Noticing the tumors, he decides it must be an effect of radiation exposure, not some contagious infection. - Commandeer a nearby car, pointing out that I am a police officer in a city which is a state of emergency to whoever is in the car. I'd settle for a bike too.
Everyone you try and eject from their cars saw you beat the shit out of that officer and take his uniform. Many speed off as you approach. The others speed off when you try and nick their cars.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - All right, take cover in the building, make them have to blast me out if they want me that badly.
A conveniently placed rooftop door lets you into the building below. A hospital. Seriously mate? Are you this fucking evil? Damnit. Anyway, the pursuing VTOLs pull in and disgorge their cargo of four squads of special forces. Good luck.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Absorb the rest of the power plant into my glorious mech body.
The radioactive metal embedded in your body thrums with power as you reach out and pull. To an outside observer, e.g. the news aircraft hovering around outside, the power plant would look as though it was imploding. Soon, you emerge from the wreckage three times as large, every limb, joint and micellaneous component reinforced beyond belief.
I decided that from now on I'm just gonna leave the unimportant rolls out. I'll still show the rolls for important, life-or-death stuff, but I'll do the rest behind the scenes.
Now, a couple of things. People, if you come into contact with each other, please refrain from murdering each other on sight. The kill team that will be arriving soon will take care of that.
Second, Greenstar you got lucky on the 'mystery' rolls. REAL lucky. Like astronomical luck.
P.S. I'm trying to simulate the response to a dangerous terrorist as much as possible when it comes to mastahcheese. I really am.
P.P.S. Xantalos better be careful. He has minimal ranged weaponry and those VTOLs can always come pick on him.
...What the heck.
Gender: Male
Str: 7
Dex: 3
Agi: 5
Int: 8
Will: 9
Skills: Assorted Sciences, SCUBA, Writing, Critical Thinking, Strategizing, Failing to Predict Others
Description: A tall guy who I don't feel like describing because he looks suspiciously like me.
Reason for Being in Vegas: Blackmail+Road Trip
Wake up.
Figure out what is going on.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Get down! And get her down with me. It's probably bats.
You throw both of you onto the floor. You're on top of her and she's face up.
"I...just expected like, a bomb shelter down here. Not...a cave."
Can you get off of - Oh. Fuck.
She seems to be staring at something at some point behind your head.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Protect eggs till they hatch.
You wrap yourself around Eve and the eggs, holding them all tight.
I love you Mummy. Eve hugs you around your waist, her bright green eyes looking up at you. You love me too, don't you Mummy?
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - -RETCON-
((Gimme an action that will take longer than just talking or something so I can synchronise you with everyone else. I didn't just continue the 'comforting' you vaguely specified because the shipping!roll gave an interesting result. Plus the shipping is totally in the hands of the dice. I know better than to meddle in such matters.))
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Listen harder. Determine if there is a way to get to where the voices are coming from.
You think the wall is fairly thin and could probably be broken.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Fire at intruders, use dumpster as cover.
((They're past the dumpster; you let them approach to the point where they're inside the shelter with you.))
You blast the head off of one, but the ejection mechanism jams and while you clear it the other two bound towards your position.
COMBAT!
Aaron: Hp: 200 Sp: 100
FemPac: Hp: 200 Sp: 100
Radvore1: Hp: 0 Sp: 50
Radvore2: Hp: 100 Sp: 50
Radvore3: Hp: 100 Sp: 50
((I blame this on my listening to this during writing. (http://www.bashemanmusic.com/music) Made me think of old time turn based JRPGs for some reason. However, I have no regrets.))
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Search for a shelter.
An empty garbage can is a shelter, right?
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Find a syringe of morphine - fill it will some mutha-flippin' super-glue, actually, and put it to a doctor's neck, take them hostage and go to a secure area within the hospital.
You grab a syringe and fill it with industrial adhesive out of a tool cupboard. You advance on and grab a man in a white coat who looks important.
You can hear the Special Forces guys about to enter the room. There are three exits:
-The one you came through and the spec ops guys will be coming through.
-One on across from the entry that has signs indicating it leads to Radiology.
-The last has an emergency exit sign.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Yell at the flying machines about how I'm glad to have disposed of dangerous material for them. Then go search for more metal to absorb.
OI YOU! YEAH YOU! I JUST DEALT WITH THE URANIUM! FUCK YEAH I DID! NOW TAKE ME TO MORE METAL!
The news craft fly off. Obviously they are leading you to new supplies of materials.
Okay mastahcheese you have three options to end this. One involves the hostage and some really rolls, the second takes the radiology exit. The third is to ditch the doc and escape down the side of the building. Any of the three can result in death, capture, survival or victory. It all depends on how smart you are.
In further news, Sam Greene is the only PC left that has no Atrocity points. So if he manages to survive until Brockridge gets there, he'll probably get recruited or something. Or shot to be certain of threat neutralisation. It depends on rolls, my mood, the tides and the phases of Jupiter's moons ingame.
Character Sheet
Name: Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd
Gender: Male
Stats
Str: 5
Dex: 6
Agi: 7
Int: 5
Will:7
Skills
machining
gunsmithing
dabbling sewing
blacksmithing
dabbling electronic circuitry
dabbling construction methods
Weapon handling
Power armor operator
automotive repair
So when would i get off the wait list?
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Roll off of her, and look up. Be prepared to run.
Getting to your feet, you behold a tall, slimy toad-like creature.
Friends?
The strange thing looks closely at you and nods decisively.
Friends!
It rapidly grabs you in a bear hug.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Continue protecting.
"Of course I do, sweetheart."
Okay. Oh, look Mummy! The babies are hatching!
Four little hairless things squirm and twitch their way out of the eggs.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - -RETCON-
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Listen further to voices.
"...hat..."
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Beat them with the rifle body.
You smash open the extremely valuable railgun across the first enemy's head, following up by walloping the other with the remains.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Search for anything nearby with chemical supplies (College, High School, Commercial lab, etc.)
There's a pharmacy nearby, as well as what appears to be a house with drug vapours emnating from it.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Drag the Doc into radiology, look for a bed sheet or something similar.
You haul the protesting man into the Radiology Department just in time to see the Spec Ops guys round the corner. There are a lot of them. Bedsheets are pretty easy to find; they're all over the place.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Go search for more metal to absorb. If confronted by armed forces, state my peaceful intentions and ask where the scrapyard is.
You find no stockpiles of metal or foes to fight. The best you can locate is a couple of burnt out cars.
Be thankful Greenstar. Your mystery roll is what saved your arse here. Anything else and you would have been attacked by this thing.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Try to communicate. Get him to put me down, specifically.
"Er...Friends?"
It puts you down and pats you on the head with a slimy hand.
FRIENDS!
It jabs itself with a finger.
Morgo!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Let them grow, while telling them stories of heroes who save princesses.
"Once upon a time there was a pretty princess who lived in a castle..."
Eve and to a lesser extent the infant creatures, listen to you, rapt with wonder. When you've finished the story Eve cuddles you while the infants suckle.
"....ere..."
What was that?
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - -RETCON-
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Talk.
"Hello? Is anybody there?"
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Escape the fallout shelter with FemPac.
Dragging FemPac behind you, you climb over the corpses and through the wreckage, emerging onto the street. There are bodies strewn irregularly into the distance and things feeding on them.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Find adrenaline shots, antibiotics (both topical and oral), and bandages in pharmacy.
You find a single shot of epinephrine, as well as antibiotics. Sadly, said antibiotics are rectal only.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Grab a bed sheet and look for a nearby window, threaten to kill the doctor if they don't leave me alone.
"I'LL FUCKING KILL THIS PIECE OF SHIT IF YOU COME ANY CLOSER!"
You cannot hear them moving, but you can hear muttering. You stick a bedsheet underneath your arm and move towards a window on the opposite wall.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Absorb cars and search for some abandoned buildings.
The cars add a minimal amount to your mass; they had already been mostly picked clean by scavengers. As for buildings, they're all around you. Everyone left when the plant blew.
You start to feel a pressure in your mind.
TopHat, I'll go back through the turns and try to find the point where you got those Atrocity points, but it'll have to be tomorrow sometime, since I have to work on an essay that's due in less than twelve hours when I'm meant to be asleep right now. So... yeah.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Introduce self and partner. Inquire about the cave.
I'm Samuél and this is Sandy! Um, what can you tell me about this place?
This Home! Very happy to meet you Sammule and Sandi!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Have Eve protect the kids as I search for the voice.
Eve, look after the little ones. I need to find out what that sound is.
Okay mummy!
You head over to the wall, reaching it just as an axehead emerges from it.
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - -RETCON-
-ONE TURN UNTIL REMOVED FROM PLAY-
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Smash through wall with fire axe. Try not to be too destructive.
"I'm coming through. Just in case you Can hear me."
A few swings have you most of the way through the wall. There are... eyes on the other side.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Get in C.A.T., put FemPac in lap, GETTOUTTADISPLACE.
You pull up into the air, but soon find yourself surrounded by VTOLs.
"LAND THE VEHICLE AND COME QUIETLY! DO NOT RESIST ARREST!"
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Woot. Look around in it for suppplies
There are ration bars, a couple of water canteens, a CyNet connection and a short range SOS beacon.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - While they head down the fire escape, limp into the hospital's parking garage.
"AAARRRGHHHHHHHH"
You drag yourself into the garage, biting your tongue every step of the way. There's only a few cars present unfortunately.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Go look in the Industrial Park.
Hunt what, you voice?
...hostiles...kill...
The Industrial Park is stuffed with metal, vehicles and machinery.
The pressure increases, and you feel an urge to move away from the Power Plant, towards the sections of city filled with people.
I'm letting another bloke in if kj doesn't come back before next turn.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Ask him to show us around. And maybe how long he's been here.
"So how long have you lived here? Is there anything you can show us?"
My pa lived here, and his pa lived here and his pa lived here! Wait, wait, come over here!
It beckons you over to a tunnel. You follow him for a few minutes before you emerge into an even larger cavern; and this time the 'ruins' are nonexistent; now there's a city. You can see other things, some like your erstwhile tour guide and others completely and utterly different and alien.
Welcome to *squelch*blork!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Cautiously look around and look for intruders. Ask them what their intentions are. - UNIFIED WITH TOPHAT.
The axe removes itself and you can see a face in the crack. It is unmistakably human.
"err... Hello? Anybody there? Sorry if I scared you I didn't mean to scare you just I've been having a bad day and crazy stuff has been happening and what are you and who are you and where is this place?"
Are you here to father my babies?
Kyle Johnson - kj1225 - -RETCON-
"Sir, what do we do with him?"
"Bring them both in. Either they're against us or we'd be helping them."
KYLE JOHNSON HAS BEEN CAPTURED.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Attempt communication with eyes. Lower axe in an non-threatening way. Try to not sound too panicky. - UNIFIED WITH CHEESECAKE.
"err... Hello? Anybody there? Sorry if I scared you I didn't mean to scare you just I've been having a bad day and crazy stuff has been happening and what are you and who are you and where is this place?"
You pull away the axe and speak. Now that the axe is gone you can see something in the crack. You can't see much, but you can definitely tell that it is female.
Are you here to father my babies?
Errrr... what?
Aaron Wallace - TCM - GET ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE WITH THE LAW. THE REALEST MOTHERFUCKER THAT YOU EVER SAW.
Your 'escape' is cut short by an EMP projectile that shorts out the C.A.T.'s systems and sends it crashing back to Earth. You are quickly surrounded by military police.
"COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!"
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Grab SOS beacon and look for a chemicals lab again.
As you walk the irradiated streets you see an old high school up ahead. Seems a bit rundown but there might be a chem lab.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Find a way into the hospital's basement, find the backup generator!
A closed door with an old-fashioned padlock bars your way! OH MY GOD YOU'RE GONNA DIE!
"STOP RIGHT THERE! HANDS ON THE FUCKING WALL YOU DIRTBAG!"
Well shit.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Yeah yeah, hang on a minute. Absorb ALL THE MATERIALS.
The pressure builds as you connect more and parts. You now have a harpoon the size of a bus, six legs, each the size of a small building and a railgun that shoots cars on your left shoulder. Enjoy.
Part 1 is now finished. Next turn Squatchhammer is going to be coming in and he'll be hunting down you monsters!
END OF PART 1: BAY12 GOES VEGAS.
BEGINNING OF PART 2: BAY12 GOES - OHMYFUCKINGGODWHYWOULDYOUDOTHIS.
so is this still open?
i will assume it is still open.
Name: Roberto V. Cleek
Gender: Male
Stats
Str: 4
Dex: 5
Agi: 7
Int: 6
Will: 8
Skills
Proficient Shenanigans Applicator
Intermediate Linguistics Butcher
Novice Lockpicker
Description: http://i.imgur.com/f5ybOT6.png should be detailed enough
Reason for being in Vegas: Hunting for a "party truck" that has left the city before the game even begun. Assuming it decided to unpack and begin its "party" here.
Xantalos
He may be a colossal radioactive mechanical monstrosity that emits toxic radiation and routinely prays to dark and unholy beings from beyond reality itself in order to gain power, but he's concerned about you - the common citizen who he may or may not step on depending on whether or not he can see you.
Xantalos: He's the lesser evil.
Xantalos
He may be a colossal radioactive mechanical monstrosity that emits toxic radiation and routinely prays to dark and unholy beings from beyond reality itself in order to gain power, but he's concerned about you - the common citizen who he may or may not step on depending on whether or not he can see you.
Xantalos: He's the lesser evil.
And that is now your campaign ad. Don't try to change it.
Xantalos
He may be a colossal radioactive mechanical monstrosity that emits toxic radiation and routinely prays to dark and unholy beings from beyond reality itself in order to gain power, but he's concerned about you - the common citizen who he may or may not step on depending on whether or not he can see you.
Xantalos: He's the lesser evil.
Well, hello Hiram McDaniels.
Follow him into town, taking note of some of the different species. Ask him what they're called.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Follow him into town, taking note of some of the different species. Ask him what they're called.
Um... what are all of those things? I want to know for... recreational purposes.
Wait a bit and Pordo will tell you everything!
Recreational purposes? Really? Filthy deviant.
Damn it Sandy.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Request him to father babies. - UNIFIED WITH TOPHAT.
"err... What? Did I hear that right?"
"FATHER THEM. Please."
Maybe you should use some of mojo that got those police to follow you around like lovesick puppies?
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - What. The. Hell. - UNIFIED WITH CHEESECAKE.
"err... What? Did I hear that right?"
"FATHER THEM. Please."
Well she is asking nicely...
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Threaten the police with rational logic that they'll get fired or something.
"THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP MAGGOT!"
Well that rifle butt to the face hurt. Guess martial law isn't so fun after all.
"Brockridge, this is team Y0K, we've got Magister."
"Acknowledged."
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Try to find chem lab in school. Check what chemicals are in it.
The chem lab is fairly well stocked; you've got a bunch of useful chemicals, some of which are pretty hard to get hold of.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Place hands on wall, I'm out of cards up my sleeves.
"GET THAT MOTHERFUCKER."
*cue beating and being thrown in the back of a VTOL*
"You're going away for a long time boyo, that is if they even give you a fucking trial. Terrorist scum."
Xantalos - Xantalos - Ehehehehahahahahahaha! Now to inflict the most terrible fate upon the people of Los Angeles there is in existence - time to run for mayor. Amble back to the city, absorbing material (buildings, cars, roads, anything with metal in it, really) as I go. Make my way to the city hall and express my interest in putting my name on the ballot for the next election.
There isn't any metal sources that aren't being used by civilians. Strangely a few of them are cheering and pointing at you. You make your way to City Hall and stuff your 'head' inside.
Oi! I want to run for mayor!
"Um... sure? What's your name?"
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - ARRIVAL
The ride from ICHA Base was fairly short, the Bolt series troop transport living up to it's name. The blast shields surrounding Vegas are opened for a short time, allowing the convoy entry.
"LISTEN UP! I want this done quick and clean. The Red Horseman and Magister are in the custody of our advance teams, but the others are still at large. Move in and capture or eliminate them. You all have the info on your targets so you don't need any more from me. Get out there and do your goddamned jobs!"
Yeah... Brockridge is a hardass.
The convoy stops and you disembark with you fellow agents, taking your gear with you.
Good luck you guys, you're gonna need it.
Also, three of you currently have enough power to cause an extinction level event. Another IS an extinction level event. WHY AREN'T YOU USING IT TO GET OUT OF YOUR PROBLEMS. FUCK.
P.S. DO NOT ALLOW ME TO WRITE YOUR DIALOGUE OR I WILL MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE A PERVERT.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Continue following Pordo, until we get to the point where he explains things.
"Did I say recreational? I meant Scientific. You see, I actually work at a nuclear research station in New New York. I was sent here to do a routine inspection of the reactor here. I noticed the con was in town, so I decided to hang out until I was due to make my appearance. These...creatures might have been affected by years of radiation...
So yeah, Scientific Purposes."
Riiiiiight.
Double damnit Sandy.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Use love mojo to make him take care of kids while I hunt for food. - UNIFIED WITH TOPHAT.
[1 vs 6]
Um. That did not work out as planned. At least now you have realised that he is your one true love.
"Define "father". Father as in look after or father as in....."
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Commence straw grasping. - UNIFIED WITH CHEESECAKE.
"Define "father". Father as in look after or father as in....."
She's looking at you a bit weirdly.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Promise FemPac I'll get her out of this.
"Don't worry babe, we'll get us out of this and then we can retire someplace and have lots of lovely little kids and..."
Could that eyebrow be any higher on his/her face?
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Try to combine relevant chemicals to form TNT.
You get halfway through the procedure before it explodes, removing your eyebrows in the process. You have enough material for maybe two more attempts and you're fairly certain you would get it right on the second try.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Look around inside the VTOL.
Two soldiers have high power railguns trained on your head while another flies up front. Your hands are shackled with plastic cuffs and a gag has been shoved in your mouth.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Ask loudly due to being a gigantic mech.
MY NAME, GOOD SIR, IS XANTALOS! AND I BELIEVE THAT AS MAYOR, I WILL BE A GREAT INFLUENCE UPON THIS CITY! WHEN ARE THE ELECTIONS BEING HELD?
"In three weeks... any information on where you stand on today's major political issues? Any potential voters will probably want to know.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Look at readouts for radiation trail and map out where the monstrosity had gone to. Also look at the silenced police station's location.
The rad trail from Colossus (the only one with a rad trail) leads off in two directions, SE and NW. The police station is about five minutes walk away to the SSW.
Well it looks like Cheesecake has fallen in love with TopHat.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Ignore her and keep going. Take notes on the various species.
The most common identifying characteristic you identify is they all have at least two eyes, four limbs and a mouth. Apart from that though, it's a chaotic free for all. Some of the more interesting ones have one head but two bodies, or only one hand but four arms which somehow all exclusively connect to that one hand. That... that should not be possible.
Uh oh. At some point you lost Sandy and your guide.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Fine. Ask him to guard the kids while I go outside for food. - UNIFIED WITH TOPHAT.
"ahhhhh.... Why are you looking at me like that?"
Can you look after the kids while I get some food, honey-bunny?
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Talk. - UNIFIED WITH CHEESECAKE.
"ahhhhh.... Why are you looking at me like that?"
Can you look after the kids while I get some food, honey-bunny?
Well you're fucked.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Raise undead army.
"Hey, F-Pac, check this out."
[3,4,5,4]
You focus on a pile of mutant corpses and command.
"What the - OH SHIT."
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
Well that definitely took them by surprise. Huh, seems the zombie condition is not infectious. Interesting. To recap; your new zombies just killed those troublesome soldiers, FemPac is staring at you like you spontaneously grew another head or something and you're feeling pretty fucking good about teabagging God, Nature and Morality.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Try Again.
It took a it more time than you had thought, but you now have enough TNT to destroy... let's say a small house if it was placed in the middle of it.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Spit out the gag!
"So how long until we're out of the dome? I'd like an estimate on how long it'll be before this city is reduced to corpses."
"What in the hell are you going on about, terrorist? You ain't ever leaving Vegas. My guess? Brockridge will take one look at your cowardly cop-killing arse and shoot you on the spot."
Xantalos - Xantalos - I must ask, what are the political issues in the city?
"Well there's Mutant Rights... that whole Robots Are Sentient thing and some stuff about a bunch of Dark Cults demanding tax-free status. But that's about it. Vegas was pretty damn quiet until... well... you came along."
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Make note of the rad trail and proceed to the police station. Once at the police station try to ascertain what happened to the facility while trying to be stealthy as possible. If locating any survivors/prey um targets, he will watch to see their actions.
Noting where the trail is so you can return to it later, you head towards the police station. All the lights are out and several windows have been smashed open, presumably by local hooligans as you cannot see any bullet casings inside. Though you keep your rifle ready at all times, there seems to be no one nearby. This neighbourhood seems to be completely deserted.
While there are no environmental indicators of what could've happened, you see a couple of security cameras in the corners, which may have caught something.
Still amazed you guys haven't thought of checking out the internet.
((Whenever I type my character's speech, I imagine Hannibal Lector as if he were played by Leonardo Decaprio, for some reason.
It helps me think of evil things.))
(( Hold on... GOT TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE...... ARRRRRGGGGG ARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG must not get angry. *STARTS TO FIRE AT DECRAPIO WITH 16 IN GATLING RAILGUN.....* FUCK THAT *FIRES GATLING ORBITAL PARTICLE BEAM AT GENERAL AREA....* ummmm MOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR *STARTS FIRING 500 Megaton fusion warheads at the now cratered area* ... I dont think that's enough.... NOW FOR MATTER ANTI MATTER CANNONS AND WITH THAT ILL SEND THAT DEBRIS INTO THE SUN EVEN IF THERE IS NONE. THEN D-SHIFT THE EXACT SUN UPON ITSELF TO CAUSE AN EXPLOSION BIG ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT THE SYSTEM. THEN AFTER THAT ILL SEND THE SECTOR INTO HELL AND SEND HELL TO THE DARK GODS. THEN SEND THE DARK GODS TO THE OLD ONES. THEN SEND THE OLD ONES TO FORGOTTEN GODS. THEN SEND ALL THAT TO A DIMENSION TO PUMP IN PURE CHAOS AND ORDER INTO THE SAME VINCNITY IN ORDER TO WIPE IT FROM EVERYTHING. OF ALL TIME. FOREVER. OF ANY SPACE AND DIMENSION....
What just happend... *opens spoiler...* ah.. yes... if you havent guessed by now I really, really... Dont. Like. That. Actor. The only good movies that thing is in is all the ones it dies in. Sorry for the inconvenience...
So is cheesecake asleep again?))
Oh, why the hell not.
Character Sheet
Name: Nullius
Gender: Male
Statistics
Strength: 7
Dexterity : 4
Agility: 6
Intelligence : 10 (take it up with mensa, my IQ is at least 20 points higher than Einstien's)
Willpower: 6
Skills
Construction, landscaping, cook, swordsman, rifleman, street fighter/martial artist, practical applications of physics, mechanics, astrophysics, quantum physics, Mastery of Armored warfare (no I am not joking), computer usage and maintenance (I know a few hacks), military etiquette and protocol (U.S. Army) (I'm just gonna leave off here,'cause it's getting ridiculous)
Appearance
Caucasian, around 30, lightly freckled, dark blue eyes, dark brown (going white rapidly) wavy hair middle back length (balding up top), broad heavy build, about 5' 9", not really attractive, just kinda plain.
Reason for bieng in Vegas
Was in the area anyway, heard the explosions and decided to roll in and check the damage
I'd like to get in on this madness in a serious way.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - See if I can get an internet signal on my iPod, and try to find Sandy again.
There's no signal, but you manage to spot Sandy and your guide headed up a stairwell in the distance. Kinda. 'Up' is sort of a matter of perspective. Sure, for them that's up, but for you that's right!
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Go hunt. Preferably healthy flesh. - UNIFIED WITH TOPHAT.
"ehhr.... What the heck does she mean about this 'honeybunny' thing sure? Oh, and I left my bags by the bunker entrance, if you'd mind grabbing them on the way back?"
Sure thing sweety! Eve, be good for Daddy.
Yes mummy!
You leave the bunker, noting the bags topside. Your large bulk, while suited for breeding is a slight hindrance here and it is hard to move quickly. But soon enough you find several food sources that look promising.
-a pack of Radvores.
-a pile of human corpses, relatively fresh.
-a small group of human survivors.
Gee, it's a good thing you're technically no longer human, right?
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Go along with it for now. - UNIFIED WITH CHEESECAKE.
"ehhr.... What the heck does she mean about this 'honeybunny' thing sure? Oh, and I left my bags by the bunker entrance, if you'd mind grabbing them on the way back?"
Sure thing sweety! Eve, be good for Daddy.
Yes mummy!
The small... Child turns to you as the adult leaves.
So, are you going to be my new daddy?
Aaron Wallace - TCM - See if I can command the zombies, or at least see if they will/won't attack us.
The zombies just stand there and stare at you. They don't seem to register FemPac's presence.
"Shorty, don't be scared. This is how I got you back anyways."
"I've been meaning to ask... Why did you bring me back?"
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Throw TNT into Xantalos (I assume he'll be easy enough to find) and see what happens. For !!Science!!
You walk around Radioactive Town for a bit, eventually stumbling onto a giant mech. For shits and giggles you throw your TNT at it. The explosive bounces off and hits the floor. Huh. Maybe you should have lit it or something?
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Bullshit your way out?
"Shoot me on the spot? Well, that's one way to do it. Once my internal sensors send out the signal that my heart's stopped, the chemical silos containing large quantities of corrosive acid will begin pumping it's fumes out. With Vegas' contained state, I'd figured...
Two hours until the city is filled to the brim.
I figured you take me out of the dome first, then the signal would have been sent on my departure. But oh well, always have a plan B, I say."
"You're bluffing... You've got to be bluffing."
"What if he isn't?"
"Call Brockridge, ket him know."
Xantalos - Xantalos - Go 'campaigning' amongst the closest buildings. By campaigning I mean absorb them into myself, of course.
Excellent! Now then, I'll go campaigning.
You start incorporating surrounding buildings into yourself. The current occupants shrug and start using your body as their home.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Patch into the security network and see if they are closed circuit cameras or up-linked to the net. If closed, he will jack into the lines directly through his suit. For either situation he will ramp up motion and seismic activity sensitivity to make sure no one can sneak up on him.
As you get to work, the motion sensor in your suit starts to ping. As you try to locate the source of the sensor return you can hear faint growling coming from all around.
Doing this on my iPad is SO fucking tedious!
+100 points for anyone who can tell me what/who Squatch is about to go up against/meet. Hint: You've seen them before.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Shit! Run after them!
You run around like a headless chicken for a while but you eventually somehow end up upside down in relation to your companions. Luckily they've stopped and are amusing themselves laughing their heads off at you. Well at least you can see down (up?) Sandy's shirt.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Kill the radvores.
You bare your fangs and creep up on the misshapen beasts from behind a couple of old fashioned cars. When you judge yourself close enough you leap for the closest and tear his throat out with ease. The other RadVores straighten themselves up and pound in their chests, roaring out their rage at your assault. The biggest - and ugliest - thrusts a finger at you and declares,
KILL.
Charming.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Chat.
"..... Perhaps. Who are you, anyway? Eve, right? And do you know where we are?"
The young being shrugs her(?) shoulders and gestures around slightly.
This is home. When the roof came down on old home Mummy dragged me down into the ground with her. Anyway, I'm... Eve. Am I meant to be someone else?
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Go to the store or something.
You blow off FemPac's existential questions and head off looking for something to cure your undead-raising-munchies. A quick search of the general area turns up nothing but a freaked out group of survivors, a pile of corpses and a pack of mutants having a 'disagreement' with another.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Light and throw TNT into Xantalos while yelling "For !!SCIENCE!! Gov'na"
A small exhaust port on the side proves a perfect location to deliver your TNT payload. With a scientific yell you light it and lob it in. Once the explosion and shrapnel clear you see the hole you blasted 'scab' over with rust and then quickly heal.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Lean back and look evil as all get out.
"Brock ought to know, of course, my inside man made sure of it."
"He's kidding... Right?"
These two morons look like they're freaking out and not in a good way.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Continue incorporation of the city into me.
Though a minor detonation occurs on your leg, you proceed with your 'rezoning' of the city areas. The citizens seem to be glad for the shelter your shell provides from the radioactive fallout plaguing the city.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Well fuck. Need to get into high ground aka on top of a one story structure, most likely will be a fast food joint with a flat roof since they have some cover up there, and dependent on the type there could be a drop down latter at the side. If there is a latter jump to grip the rungs that are not the drop down part. If not need to get inside and if it is as said before get to the first payment window and QUIETLY AS POSSIBLE lift/shift some of the racks in place for cover and partly as a barrier that will sound if someone is there. Usually the security equipment is around that area or at least a cable to the camera's would be there (both at the window and the roof for cables) and if there is time hook in that. If seeing the enemy and they haven't seen me, I will comm to the other units ,MAKING SURE MY EXTERNAL SPEAKERS ARE OFF, and question if they see these things as well. With that also call for reinforcements if deemed necessary.
If I cant do all that since they spotted me first, I will yell out Arrrg muton, and fire into the closest one.
You turn towards the door and are shocked to see it shut tight, with furniture pushed against it. You should have heard that. A further survey of the room shows no exits not covered by some barricase. You comm your backup and they promise to send some help. ETACis fifteen minutes. A cackle drifts through the building.
I HATE WRITING ON MY IPAD.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Huh. Interesting. Document this new view of Sandy for totally Scientific purposes using my phone.
But more importantly, get off the damn roof. Or stay on it and just follow them.
A few happy-snaps and you're off! You [2] can't see a way to get to your compatriots, so you follow their progress along the ceiling/floor.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - NULL: PUT INTO STANDBY
You make quick work of RadVores and you begin to eat. Once you're done, you begin to convulse and change, your body twisting and morphing into something... new. You drag yourself beneath a fallen tower and quickly lose consciousness.
SIX TURNS REMAINING.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Look at surroundings.
"No. Not at all. I was just curious."
Oh, alright then. What's your name?
The room, or more accurately cavern, is about three metres across at it's widest point and in a small pile on the floor are the remains of egg shells and their former occupants, each of which look up at you with hunger in their eyes.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Raise corpses using necromancy.
Also, debate with FemPac about the morality of necromancy.
The corpses rise and shamble towards the RadVores slowly.
"Necromancy is SO FUCKING COOL!"
"Um... whatever you say man."
Those survivors are freaking out even more. And wait, that one mutant killed the rest and ran off. The undead turn around and start shambling towards the survivors, what fun!
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Decide my govn'a clearly has no need for me to help him heal. Try to discern what sort of scientific butling (or whatever it is butlers do) needs to take place.
You slowly scale the giant mecha and soon after about 45 minutes stand next to it's 'face'.
"Good afternoon sir! How may I be of assistance?"
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Destroy their minds with my Sith powers.
"Oh, of course I could be kidding, I just happened upon an undefended VTOL, knocked out the pilot in a single punch, and blew up the power plant with no plan whatsoever. No backup, nothing. Seems logical to me. So how much are you guys getting paid for this bus driver assignment, anyway?"
ROLL FOR MIDICHLORIANS: [5]
You reach out to the minds of your captors with your newfound powers and - OH SHIT THEIR HEADS EXPLODED.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Investigate this minor detonation. What's the source?
Oh, and continue absorption of the city.
About how big am I?
You're now big enough that Godzilla would be on the scale that a small labrador would be to a human.
The source of the detonation seems to be a human that quickly climbs your glorious body.
"Good afternoon sir! How may I be of assistance?"
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Level shoulder mount Particle Beam Cannon .50 Cal Railgun at the nearest wall that leads outside; figuring it from my internal mapping HUD, and make an exit.
You blast a sizable hole in the wall but as you climb through a large beast rams you through and pins you to the floor with it's bulk. You roll over and see a strangely human face that roars "ADAM." in your face and starts whaling on you with oversized claws.
COMBAT!
You Vs Adam
Okay, Cheesecake will be out for a while, about six turns. That reminds me, I need to do a mystery roll for SquatchHammer... I also should not have allowed mastahcheese to use the Force.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Walkity Walkity Walk. Keep on struttin'. Sprint for the finish. [Insert Motion Saying].
You follow the two and eventually end up back on the same plane of existance. Your guide leads you in front of a particularly grand and non-euclidean building.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - NULL: PUT INTO STANDBY
FIVE TURNS REMAINING.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Examine the small baby-things
"Oh, I'm Jacen. Sorry, forgot to introduce myself there. And these would be your siblings, correct? What are they called?"
I don't know, Mummy didn't name them.
The small creatures have snake-like skin with barely discernible scales. It's difficult to see much else, as when you lean in they bare their teeth and swipe at you with tiny little claws. They look hungry.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Go find a bank.
"Alright, new plan."
With FemPac and zombies in tow you trundle off to find a bank! Soon enough you find one that looks fairly affluent, but it seems abandoned.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Polish Xantalos, with posphoric acid on any rusted areas and oil all over to help prevent oxidation.
You attacked me. You shall be rewarded for your audacity by becoming my butler. Now then, polish me.
"Of course govn'a! I'll get on that."
You rapidly get to work and polish Xantalos' metallic head.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Take control of the VTOL, round two time.
Chuckling to yourself, you push the corpses out of their seats and ready the controls. As you pull off of the current course the intercom comes on.
"Unit Six Alpha Two, return to your flig-"
"UNIT SIX ALPHA TWO, THIS IS BROCKRIDGE. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU PLAYING AT? GET THAT PRISONER TO BASE NOW!"
Xantalos - Xantalos - Set him down on my shoulder. Give commands to butler, continue absorbing city.
You attacked me. You shall be rewarded for your audacity by becoming my butler. Now then, polish me.
Doot dee doo, absorb absorb absorb.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - BLARG THIS YOU HONK BAG!!! *level my railgun at the center of mass and fire walking the fire up through the body until out of ammo, if out of ammo when Adam hits me, I will use my shoulder mount PBC*
You level your railgun and fire, the man-beast is thrown back. Climbing to your feet, you continue firing, slowly destroying the creature. When your ammo runs out it's just a bloody mess. Satisfied you turn and walk away.
"NOT. ENOUGH."
Well shit. You turn back around and see the wounds rapidly closing and limbs reforming. This might be a problem.
WHOO! Up at four thirty in the fucking morning for Pathfinder game! Also, get ready for hell SquatchHammer, you're fighting a regenerator.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Talk.
"Woah. That's...Woah. What is it?"
"That home of Big Boss Priest! He need to talk to you!"
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - NULL: PUT INTO STANDBY
FOUR TURNS REMAINING.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Hmm... Might have left my lunch in my bags. Could be edible for this lot, I'm not that hungry...
"Oh....... quick question - What have you guys been eating down here?"
Your lunch is untouched, a ham and cheese sandwich with lettuce.
Mummy's milk.
Um. Well you definitely don't have any of that.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Rob bank with zombie squad!
"YO, THIS IS A HOLDUP! IS ANYONE HERE? REGARDLESS OF THAT, IT'S STILL A HOLDUP."
Your zombie homies stumble in and moan, looking for meat. Not really the tactical assualt you were looking for, but it'll do.
"Hello? Who's there? What's your name dearie?"
A little old lady totters out of one of the stalls and straight into the clutches of one of your zombies.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - Look from vantage point on top of Xantalos for a building likely to contain chemicals.
You look around from on top of the giant mecha and spy a refinery halfway down it's left arm. That'll probably have something useful.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Turn around, see if I can pull a quick trace to determine the ship's origin, or otherwise find Brockridge's location, then fly toward it.
"Hello, Brockridge."
"Fuck me."
The pilot seems to have been flying from memory; there's nothing to indicate where the ship came from OR where Brockridge is.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Continue absorbing the city!
Also reenforce the cockpit where I am with additional barriers and guns and stuff.
Sadly you seem incapable of directly influencing the growth of the mecha.
HUNT.
Well that was loud.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Talk.
"Stay down Adam." *saying it in a firm voice* "Don't make me have to hurt you again. I hope you are a good boy."
For a moment the creature looks as though it's considering it and then WHAM your flying through the air into a wall. That fucking hurt.
"YOU DON'T TELL ADAM WHAT TO DO!"
I'm back boys and girls! Exams went well enough and on this, the last day of them, I have turned 19!
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Meet with this Big Boss Priest guy. He sounds important.
"Big Boss...Priest? ...Okay then."
The corpulent being leads you inside the building, past grottos and shrines until you come before a throne room. The main throne is empty, but in a smaller throne two metres forwards sits a creature like your new... friend. It's head sports a massive crest, replendent with slime and filth.]
"I AM BRORGO THE SPLENDID. WELCOME TO OUR HOME."
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - NULL: PUT INTO STANDBY
THREE TURNS REMAINING.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Ah.
...
...
Search through my luggage for useful stuff. I haven't actually had the chance to check.
Instead of addressing the girl's last remark you dig through your luggage.
You find:
- A large amount of clothing.
- A reasonably large collection of horrifying pornography.
- A switchblade.
- Blackmail material of several prominent politicians.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Rob bank.
You command your undead thralls to rob, steal and oh fuck me the little old lady just pulled that zombie's head clean off.
"You all right dearie?"
Sam Greene - Samarkand - TO BE EDITED IN.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Visual sweep of the area, is there anything flying toward me?
The skies are clear.
"Oh, I bet you'd enjoy that, wouldn't you? You know what this is about, Brock."
"Not really."
Xantalos - Xantalos - Mentally bitchslap voice, continue absorbing everything.
OH, SHUT IT, YOU VOICE! I'LL HUNT AFTER I ABSORB THE WHOLE CITY SO I CAN HUNT BETTER!
MATE.
Um...
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Talk
*Get on feet* "I'm asking you to stand down, I DO NOT want to hurt or kill you. I would like to talk to you. I dont want to fight with you." *Keep weapon ready in case Adam does try to fight again.*
"NO! YOU BAD MAN."
Thank Execute/Dumbo.exe for the update; he bugged me in another thread.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Talk.
"Erm...Hi...Brorgo? Uh...why are we here, exactly?
"You... you don't know? Um. Maybe I shouldn't have arranged -"
A trumpet sounds.
ALL HAIL THE GLORIOUS LORD SAMUEL.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - NULL: PUT INTO STANDBY
TWO TURNS REMAINING.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Pocket the switchblade, take out mobile, ring up the politician on the list who seems to be the most likely to be able to help in this situation.
"boring, err... sellable I guess I swear this is the last time I let mum pack my bags useful, BINGO!"
You dial and wait for the politician to answer.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - ?
Sam Greene - Samarkand - TO BE EDITED IN.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Search for Brock's location, see if I have my satellite uplink.
You do not have the satellite uplink. Sadly, your search for Brock in a city of millions yields no results.
You hear a phone ringing.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Absorb more of the city.
<I sincerely doubt there's anything I could mate with, much less want to. So shaddup.>
The voice quiets and you once again continue to absorb the city.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Talk.
*Keeping weapon aimed at Adam* I am not a bad person. You attacked me first. I thought I was going to be killed. Now I see that you are not a threat and HOPEFULLY can calm down and we will talk ok? If you promise me you wont attack I will lower my weapon. I dont want to hurt you anymore.
O-okay.
He kinda... curls up into a ball.
Finally Greenstar fulfills his Mystery Roll.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Talk.
"W-what? Lord Samuel? I... Okay. ALL HAIL LORD SAMUEL!"
A flood of abominations enter the chamber. You sit upon the throne as they kneel before you.
*THUMP*
Huh. That chick you came in with passed out.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - HE RETURNS. Reawaken from hibernation. Continue what I was doing beforehand.
As you wake you flex your fingers, now tipped with razor-sharp talons and swing your barbed tail. While before you were large, ungainly and matronly, your sleek body now resembles any number of exotic reptiles.
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Flip through files to see if this 'Brock' guy is in there.
You find a reference to this Brock in a file about a corrupt New York politician. Apparently he slung the fucker in jail eight years ago for taking bribes from human trafficking rings after fighting his way through eighty Yakuza singlehanded. Sounds kinda awesome.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Scour the city with FemPac and zombie army to find some ancient necromancer treasure.
You walk on out of the bank, leaving behind three zombies who seem to want to have tea with the little old lady instead of following your demands. A search for anything of value eventually leads you to the city mausoleum - a massive monolith built to house the dead of Los Vegas.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - TO BE EDITED IN.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - If he knows where Brock is, thank him and head there, otherwise, go land at a gas station and ask for directions for the nearest army base. Actually, ask a pizza delivery place, they'd be more likely to know.
You land at Pizza Hut and walk in to - OH GOD THEY'RE SHOOTING AT YOU.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Continue absorbing the city while blaring campaign ads out of my speakers.
Your motivational ads; 'SERVE THE MIGHTY MECHA', 'OBEY THE MACHINE' and the all-time favourite 'CHOCOLATE FOR EVERY MOUTH, A PONY FOR EVERY CHILD AND BOOT FOR EVERY ARSE', blare out through the city.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Look at Adam. Now to figure out where he came from.
"Would you like to talk Adam?"
He shakes his head vigorously and begins to stumble away. Looking at him now that the excitement is over, he seems... lost. The way he stares at the lights and flinches from sparking wires is almost childish, belying his massively built frame and bulging muscles.
Heh, Pacific Rim is fucking AWESOME. Combat mechs are inbound for Xantalos in a single turn.
One part of the movie I like calling bull on is the final scene where
they blow up the other side of the wormhole and they get through to the other side, normal right?
BUT, they didn't have any kaiju shit on them, and I could be talking about kaiju shit because that would have worked, and that's the only time I'm using that statement, and even then, if the aliens could tell when dickheads from soon to be theirs planets meld with another kaiju brain, then what about the other planets? Remember the one throwaway line about them infesting other planets? That's means there's more, and in a year or two in that world, when the kaiju have been scrapped,another infested planet of the bastards will come, and THEY WONT HOLD BACK.
that's my idea anyway.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Talk.
"Er...could somebody wake her up? And tell me exactly what I should be doing here? What are the benefits? Do I get a cool scepter or something?"
"How can you not know? You are our lord, our master, our saviour..."
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Look for my children again.
You sprint through the fallen city, past packs of mutants and broken bands of survivors. Your hunt ends outside the police station where it all truly began, with a hulking monstrosity before you.
"Mummy?"
Adam?
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Hang up, phone the aforementioned corrupt New York politician. He might know something.
"Aha! Apparently this Brock guy threw some guy into jail a few years ago. Something about taking bribes.
... And good luck with that 'hang him with his intestines' thing. He sounds like a total hardcase. Nothing about his whereabouts, though... Wait a sec, I'll call back in a minute or two."
Your call can't reach him, probably because of the blast shields.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Snoop around inside the monolith to clues of the Great Beyond.
Your instincts lead you deep inside the colossal mausoleum, down and down to the very bottom. There a single mahogany coffin awaits.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - TO BE EDITED IN.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Get back to the VTOL! Take out Pizza the Hutt with extreme hostilities!
"Thanks! And we'll have to see about that!" Cromwell replied as he deflected bullets with his new found force powers.
A Force shield deflects the bullets away from you as you stumble towards the aircraft.
*FWOOSH*
...
...
...
*BOOM*
And there goes the VTOL.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Continue absorbing city and blaring ads.
Your absorbtion is interrupted by the arrival of eight smaller mechs, the tallest of which stands at one hundred metres to your approximate five-hundred and sixty. As one they reveal weapon ports and begin to open fire on you, scarring the exterior of your chassis.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - Well get back to what I was doing before. Now time to look into that Police Station...
You walk back into the building, leaving the mutant monstrosity behi - "Mummy?" - FUCK. YOUR. LIFE.
Ahahahahahaha you people can be so easy to direct and control sometimes.
Samuél Malbeau - Greenstarfanatic - Talk.
"Oh, uh...erm..mhm YES. UH. SOMEONE WAKE HER UP RIGHT THIS MINUTE! AND GET ME MY SCEPTER! AND BREIF ME ON MY SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY. YES. HM."
They're just staring at you. Why are... Oh. That seems like it could be why. Behind you a massive mural covers the wall. On it is a picture of you clad in coral armour beating down a human with a scourge.
Chaeskake - Cheesecake - Hug Adam. Ask him, then look for Eve.
"It's been so long! Are you okay? You're such a big boy now! Where's Eve?"
"Where were you Mummy? It hurt so much."
Jonathan McMacen - TopHat - Call the first guy back. Hang up again. Call the nearest police station. Maybe they'll know something about this mess.
"nope, can't reach him. If you can do something about the blast shields I might be able to get a signal though."
You call up the closest police station.
Aaron Wallace - TCM - Open coffin with Necromancer magic powahs.
As the coffin opens you are treated to a clown car sequence of a guy wearing black silk, a man wrapped in bandages, some guy looking like he's made of plastic, a zombified man-bear and a... You.
Sam Greene - Samarkand - TWO TURNS UNTIL REMOVAL.
Cromwell Jackson - mastahcheese - Force Lightning the Pizza Hut. All of it.
You reach out and channel your inner Palpatine, blasting the bastards who hurt your baby with lightning. Mmmm, char-grilled fucktards.
Xantalos - Xantalos - Try to transmit my personality to the mechs in order to make them become my minions through code contained within my shouting.
If that doesn't work, just shoot them in the heads with my various guns.
YOU WILL CEASE.
The smallest mech stumbles and turns to the others, but is quickly obliterated by the redirected fire of the others. Sensing that you failed, you open fire, but your massive guns are pretty inaccurate.
Sasquatch Hammerton the 23rd - SquatchHammer - *Well fuck me running with a chainsaw backwards while shoving an I-beam up my anus. With that, CALL IN FOR BACK UP THIS INSTANT BECAUSE ILL NEED MOAR FIWAREPOWARE!!!!!!*
You're about to sit on a chainsaw when a phone rings.
Eh, sorry about the low quality update.