Session Start: Sat Apr 17 18:18:53 1999 *** Now talking in #rifts *** Ch`Dith sets mode: +o Kasia 'lo Kas Aylos! * bonfire looks through WS's charsheet...got nifty weaponry, but no idea how to use it? *** rbos (rbos@herring.sandwich.net) has joined #rifts * Kasia cackles @ the topic %0 %) 'lo, Kasia, rb Ay, rb Hey! RB can play Ru! ;) O_o bon: ehn... anyone can fire a gun... she just doesn't get any strike bonuses * rbos ripcords an inflatobunker[tm PS], throws it in the corner, and hides in preparation, knowing nothing at all about this game. *** UpLink (UpLink@du06108.str.ptd.net) has joined #rifts *** Ch`Dith sets mode: +o UpLink moo UL. 'lo, UL 'lo hobbit *** UpLink is now known as VanderTook * Trent pulls out a durachrome straight jacket, checks his watch Oi! Kas: And how bad will WS2 kill us when she finds out? okay, we're missing Steve and Malik (maybe) still? Looks that way. Yep bon: Uhh... bad. :) * Kasia BSoDs a Shadow ship Kas: Hmmm...is that what she gets for not taking us to Mejico with her? %) * Trent idly checks his shopping list, sighs. kat: Yep. :) hee * VanderTook ponders the chances of getting Ru to teach him magick so he can become a TechWizard :) Van: Mwa. Ha. Ha. %) * VanderTook gets ideas for a FFesque airship Van: You're a minor psi, right? Kasia: Yep * Arsenal ph33rs Vander if he'd be a TechWiz... Ars: :) TW ReND[tm] :D Van: No[tm]. TW Sasuage grinder? :) Van: Well, if you ask *really* nice and stop calling her 'babe', Kas might be willing to give you some lessons. ;) No![tm] * Arsenal idly *baps* the Hobbit. KAs: not everyone can be a psi... that comes naturally. however, anyone can learn magic. ars: except me I got it! I got it! TW marshmellow and flame throwers :) Rae: true... * Trent winces at one of the Merc companies in the Phaseworld Universe...one of their armored divisions has about 1 *THOUSAND* Glitter Boys. Van: *NO* Trent: *ow* Yow how munchy is PhaseWorld, anyways? * bonfire hmmms. Ars: Not much moreso than Rifts, really. Though I'd hate to go up against some of the starcraft... *nod* Trent: If Vander ever gains TW status, we may get to *build* a starcraft. :) still, any company with 1000 GBs ain't pushovers Van: Nope... it'd get shot down in low orbit *nod* Though they're a wee bit exceptional. Ars: Hmmmmm I forgot about that * Kasia BSoD's her Shadowship s'more * Trent idly bets one of the Battleships from Phaseworld could break the blockade Kasia: What's BSoD? Van: Blue Screen of Death. * bonfire whees. Ah * bonfire tries to figure out if she really needs all these windows. Actually, I'm putting a Shadowship on a Bluescreen. Does that make more sense? Kasia: Yes Kas: Ja, that does make more sense. :) * Arsenal eyes Session #2... Ars? "And down there, getting plastered at the end of the bar, is Sergio. He probably won't even be able to speak until tomorrow. Sergio hiccups, and asks for one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer from the bartender. I have this pic of a Shadowship that I want for my page, but the background doesn't work. bon: the second session of #rifts... IIRC, that was the quote of the night that night... Ars: Heh I don't remember, so... :) bon: I don't think you were observing back then... * Ch`Dith is back [*yawn* ] gone: 5h52m6s] BBIAS folx 're, dwagon * Trent polishes the durachrome straight jacket sitting at his feet, glances at his watch moo dwagon. * bonfire grumbles, is feeling rather unprepared to assume Ru's role... hrrmm... kat: :/ kat: You'll do OK as her kat: Just be stuck-up and nasty to me. :) * N`Mor returns from the void <[VoiD]> * Arsenal points to the topic. "follow that." * Trent chuckles I don't think kats can curse in Yiddish, though I'll try... :) N`M: *chuckle* she doesn't have to actually *speak* the language... :) * Arsenal looks at the clock... * N`Mor nevers speaks 'bovine' or whatever language N'Mor speaks, so he guesses not ;) 20 minutes 'till the Hobbit-stomping Ars: Other question, never got answered...does the scholar show up sometime tonight? * Trent starts whistling an odd tune, keeps polishing the durachrome straight jacket * N`Mor cracks open a tin of cashews. %9 *** Arsenal` (~tabrock@cs4-5.ban.ptd.net) has joined #rifts *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Arsenal` re Ars 're, Ars *** Arsenal was kicked by Arsenal` (Begone, Foul Demon!) remoo Ars. * rbos is away [ TE / 06:45PM ] - autogone / 10 - [ l / ON ] erm. better leave that set so I don't spam again * Trent checks his watch, sighs and glances at Vander. "Can I maim him yet?" *shrug* getting impatient? * VanderTook finishes fiddling with his time-space warping gizmo and turns it on. He is now wrapped safely in an indestructible t/s bubble. *GASP* "can't breathe!!!" * Arsenal` watches the hobbit bash himself? *sigh* Yeah, a bit. It's been a while since I've done this. I can wait, I guess. * VanderTook turns it off *** J-Rock (~slider@ptp-160-krv.ktc.com) has joined #rifts 'lo, JR Oi Steve *** Trent sets mode: +o J-Rock *** J-Rock is now known as SteveM * Arsenal` glances across channels. There's the Nazi... 'lo JR oi *** Malik (kurt@herring.sandwich.net) has joined #rifts *gasp* *faint* *** Arsenal` sets mode: +o Malik Oi, Malik hola *assist* yeah... full crowd tonight... b hrrm... hey Malik * Kasia has to help with dinner - bbiten or so. kats: you playing Ru tonight, I take it? * SteveM holds upon high his new copy of Starsiege... excuse the lag while I d/l drivers for my gear Ars: Looks that way. starsiege? wazzis? * Arsenal` rereads an old session.. did I really give you guys and "aaaand they're off!" at one point? * Malik puts the finishing touches on Vix's stuffles. Ars: Well, you can't really reread THIS session, so... * VanderTook hides * RaDead cracks his knuckles. "come here Runt." Hey, you're supposed to be dead. so who are you talking to. * Ch`Dith hrmms.... Wasn't Van looking the Belf's corpse over for spare parts? Nobody, I'm just having delusional conversations with myself * Arsenal` will bbiaf... Commence le'HobbitDemolishe * Trent picks up the durachrome straight jacket sitting at his feet, fastens the hobbit into it. He then welds the straight jacket to the Small World ride at Dizknee Wyrld and leaves Vander alone on it for a good 144 hours. *** Arsenal` is now known as Ars_AFK * bonfire pulls out the Axe[tm]. "C'mere, Vander!" * SteveM LOLs at Trent's contribution to brutality bon: Can't. I'm on a ride Steve: Who says you can't learn anything useful at Dizknee Wyrld? * Ch`Dith splits Vander into two separate Hobbits, leaves one on the ride and throws the other Katyaward * SteveM condemns Vander to having to read Left Behind: Kids... (yes, those fundies can't even leave kids outta that End Of The World story) * bonfire puts on earplugs, climbs under Vander's car, and attaches rockets. When it gets dark, she sends him up as part of the fireworks display. * Trent involuntarily starts humming the Small World theme, shudders. o/~ It's a world of laughter, a world of pain, it's a world where people go insane. Some think they're the best, but they're really just pests. That's the Real World after all o/~ *chuckle* * SteveM takes the remnants, loads them into a missile tube, and launches the Runt at the Peeps. o/~ That's the Real World after all. Drugs and maimed world after all. Hall of Shame world after all. That's the Real World after all o/~ brb * Kasia returns *phew!* * SteveM gets flashbacks to the Real World on empty vee. *shudders* * Trent doesn't having never seen the show. steve: Hey! Puck was cool. * VanderTook gets revenge >:) Steve: now consider a music TV station that makes MTV seem like a first-class top-notch station. * N`Mor winces. * Kasia picks up Van and, taking inspiration from Rae, tosses him as the puck in a Sharks/Phoenix game * SteveM helps Bevo "She shoot's, She scores!!!!" Kasia is now a She? Van: Last time I checked, yes. * Kasia gaahs, is NOT Eris! ;) You ... Checked? bon: Not she. She nevermind. kat: yeah, but I don't get a capitalized pronoun. Kas: You don't? kat: I do? * Malik is away [ TE / 07:08PM ] - autogone / 10 - [ l / ON ] Damn, there goes that arguement with the English teacher. %) Shad: Well, she came down to my house, and while we didn't play strip poker I'm sure she got a fair assesment of my gender. :) - [#rifts] PING * Kasia stops the convo? Kas: *nod* * N`Mor grazes. kasia: I meant to hit the period key. Rae: Ahh. Although I think I started the stoppage. :) :) "You're playing *strip* mah-johng?" I think it was strip jai-alai, come to think of it. * Kasia gives pplz flashbacks they didn't need. ;) O_o * Malik idles until the game sdtarts, but keeps paying attention. brb again Rae has periods? * N`Mor SMACKS THE DRAGON SQUARE BETWEEN THE EYES. Let's not go there. ;) That wasn't even a good pun. ;) * SteveM collapses on the floor laughing What N'Mor said * Kasia helps Steve. %) * RaDead shoves a Tampon up the Dwagon's nose. ow. * Kasia gets flashbacks to drama class, starts choking on her garlic bread. %) I mean, the timing was bad, the play on the words just didn't fit either. Now, has he said "I was trying to hit my period", that would be different. * Ch`Dith arghs... could someone please send a mail to shadur@dwagon.sandwich.net ? s/has/had/ Ch'D: Trust me, there are worse places to have a tampon stuffed. ;P *BLINK* "GARLIC!!" Trent: All gone, sorry. Err..!?! Garlic chicken and garlic bread. :9 Kas: %9 All gone...=P must restart 'puter brb *** RaDead has quit IRC (If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body. Then only left-handers are in their right minds.) *** Ars_AFK is now known as Arsenal 're all 're, Ars re Ars Greetings, omnipotent one. re, almighty GM re Ars sorry, gonna hafta do this... *** Arsenal sets mode: -oooooo bonfire Ch`Dith Kasia Maeryn Malik N`Mor *** Arsenal sets mode: -ooo SteveM Trent VanderTook Ars: Time to go? anyone not get XP from last session? *shrug* I have my XP * VanderTook only needs 100 XP more to level :) shad; I get mail bounced back to shadur@dwagon.sandwich.net, and dwagin.sandwich.net I got mine * Trent only need about 500 to get to level 3 * Ch`Dith needs about 1600 * N`Mor hourks an update charsheet at Ars +d shadur@sandwich.net works though, but I guess you knew that * N`Mor is at l3 %) * rbos goes back to doing nothing oh, Malik... kats rolled on the Random Insanity Table for the events of last session, and came up with "Obsessed with Collecting High Technology"... up to you if ya wanna run with it. * bonfire still thinks Malik as a psychiatrist would be funny... eheh Ars: That should really be my insanity :) - [#rifts] PING *shrug* is everyone awake here? * N`Mor is. Ja, I am awake. * bonfire is. * N`Mor whacks Malik in the back of the head. I am * VanderTook mumbles something about donuts and coffee and goes back to sleep Time to milk the donuts... ugh... moo Previously, on #rifts... *** RaDead (~K75bhsh@bngr209-74-53ppp105.epix.net) has joined #rifts * rbos looks at the time, looks at Shad. re Rae back all * Kasia growls at this pic, ponders rotating the damn thing so she can edit it correctly * bonfire switches into the char she's understudying today, still feels really unprepared for this. *shrug* Steve: I read the log from last week, BTW * Ch`Dith looks at rob. "Yeeeeeesssss?" You get the idea that asking about it is not a wise idea. *** bonfire is now known as Ru`ach * N`Mor wonders if Malik's client supports beeps.. ;) * N`Mor ^G's him to hell and back Guess not ;) kats: Good luck. ;) Okay... N`Mor and Ch`Dith have been thrown clear of the "exploding" Vampire Intelligence, and Raenar has just been killed fighting the same critter. * N`Mor gurgles. the rest of you are on the balcony above where it stood. * VanderTook shakes his head groggily, looks at Raenar, and eulogizes. Even me? * Kasia groans and looked up. "Was that a good explosion or a bad one?" Trent is trying not to burn. :) * Ch`Dith is unconscious and out of it, on his back. * SteveM gingerly gets up and looks back over his shoulder at the carnage Trent: yeah... you jumped up there as you saw that N`Mor and Ch`Dith were winning. *to Kasia* "If I had to answer that, I'd say 'yes'." "Raenar the Belf / He never paid attention / Now he's dead. Fnord." *groan* * N`Mor assist Ch'Dith, with the addition of possibly drowning. * Kasia sends Steve the best withering glare she can manage, which is pretty pathetic. "Thanks." * Ru`ach looks at the Belf's remains. * RaDead Shakes his head * Trent shakes his head, blinks, walks over to look down by the pit. Note: the Belf is not a crispy critter... that part has been retconned for reasons the GM will not get into here. * SteveM mutters "We aim to please" as he gets up and takes a closer look. "Looks like it did more harm than good, anyway." * Malik {OOC} unidles. * N`Mor 's nose barely peaks above the level of the burning blood.. one wrong twitch could put him under the surface. Malik: scroll up... * Kasia frowns. "Where's N'Mor?" *to Steve* "Shouldn't we do something about N'Mor?" * Trent blinks, searches for N'Mor. * SteveM intently scans the surface of the burning lake. "There he is! Hurry, all of you!" Ars: Can't. Using windoze suchtelnet. %P Trent: you spot N`Mor by the edge of the blood pool. *to Kasia* "Get outta me head or start payin' rent!" ah... * Ch`Dith 's entire chest and abdomen is riddled with burns and gashes, most of them still bleeding. * Kasia frowns, reaches out with TK, tries to force N'Mor's head above the surface * SteveM clambers down the stairs to assist the bull * VanderTook follows Steve "Shit." He jumps down from the balcony thing and uses his jetpack to hover near N'Mor. someone might want to put out the fire. %) Kas: the attempt is only partially successful... you get his mouth and nose above the bloodline Telekinetics. Beef's not what's for dinner he's still burning, tho... I thought he was immune to fire, being a burster. Yeah, but the stuff I'm covered in, isn't he is.. I dunno if his mane is or not. * SteveM rechecks his seals before going in.... Hopefully the fire's not >300 deg C... GM: Clothing and stuff on the person doesn't burn. :) * VanderTook uncoils a rope and tosses one end to Steve * Trent wonders if he's wearing his good body armor or the light armor. ah But I am covered in a good layer of flammable gore. Trent: looks like the good stuff... Good, that's environmental. * Ru`ach watches, not being able to do much of anything. * SteveM gets under one hog-side-sized arm and lifts.. "What did you have with your grasses for lunch, cement?" * N`Mor Hehs, Trent's prolly the only one that can haul me out, anyway. ;) *chuckle* * SteveM points to his PS 19 "Steve, you can't lift him." He shuts off his jetpack and dives headfirst into the blood, taking N'Mor under the other arm. "Oi, Steve! Catch" Steve can help lift. * Ch`Dith moans.... "Yra.. no.... Ch'Dith... don't die... don't leave me..." * N`Mor points to his 460 lb weight %) * Trent points to his PS *40* okay... between the two of you, you're able to lift him out of the bloodpool... the blood's still burning, however. and Ch`Dith is still in there. * N`Mor could put it out.. oh, wait. %) * VanderTook gets back up to the balcony. * Trent sets the minotaur down, starts looking for Ch'Dith. * SteveM waits until we get N'Mor out, points to Ch'Dith. "See to him!" *to Vander* "Heavy blankets, now!" Trent: dwagons are hard to miss. Ch'D: BTW, about how much to you weigh? * VanderTook heads out to the bikes for blankets * Kasia groans, rubs her head, sits down. "Ow." Not sure... couple tons? * VanderTook returns with all the blankets he could carry from our bikes . o O (I hope this works) Van: as you go for the blankets, you see the bodies of vampires laying around you. "Anyone have something to beat these fires out with?" * VanderTook also brings in the fire extinguisher from his Hog * Trent jets over to Ch'D and grabs Ch'D by the arm, barely managing to drag him towards the edge of the pool. * SteveM takes the Belf's and beats the fire on N'Mor out with it as Vander trains the fire extinguisher on him. * VanderTook sprays down N'Mor with the extinguisher My armor's probably starting to melt and such, but ohwell... * N`Mor 's armor has seen better days, but save for a few gashes, he looks none the worse for wear. Trent: that it is... take off 20 MDC... * Ch`Dith is still out of it, but as you draw near, you notice shadows skittering across his body, clearing away burns and closing gashes, leaving whole scales behind. * Ch`Dith moans.... "Yra.. no.... Ch'Dith... don't die... don't leave me..." * VanderTook starts spraying down Ch'Dith once N'Mor is out my mistake... 10 MDC for the melting. * Trent grunts as he lifts Ch'Dith out of the flaming blood, then barely manages to haul himself out too. Ars: that doesn't apply to me, does it? Steve: Nope... you weren't in it long enough for it to melt. I'm probably on fire now too.. ;) * Ru`ach watches quietly. yer covered in the burning blood... "That was just too damn close." * Malik just watches, seeming to be mulling about with himself. Ars: Isn't it still raining from the Rain Flares? * SteveM looks down, obediently drops and rolls away from the pool's edge. * Trent sits down. "No...shit.." he manages to gasp. that it is... the rain flares are helping dowse the fire... but not by much.. "Oi, Steve! I got one more Rain Flare! Should I?" * Kasia clambers down to the pool, sits down next to Steve. "Could...somebody...please...put me out?" * N`Mor snorts a bit, but doesn't come to yet. * VanderTook sprays down Trent *to Vander* "Not yet." *to Trent* "Drop and roll, man." * SteveM takes the slightly singed blanket to the Juicer * Ru`ach gets bored of watching, eyes the Belf's body and gets an idea. "Snad! Gonna need a new extinguisher soon." Carter looks at the team... "If I'd never seen it, I'd never believe it. Never thought a minotaur would take out one of the ancient Intelligences." * Trent nods wearily and drops, but doesn't get any farther than that. Ch'D's probably about the most I can lift. * Ch`Dith , after about half an hour, appears totally healed but still isn't awake. He moans some more half-comprehensible ravings * Kasia looks blearily at Carter. "We've seen some weird shit, man. Don't say you don't believe it yet." "Looks like he had some help.." *waves his hand in the general direction of the explosion's epicenter* * Ru`ach starts trying to pull the bionics off the Belf, pulls out a knife to make it easier. * SteveM then puts his arm around Kasia's shoulders. *to Ru'ach* "Oi! Knock that off! Ye might ruin something!" * Kasia sighs, leans against Steve's side * Ru`ach watches the mp3 player kick into "walking on the sun." * N`Mor 's eyes flutter a bit. "I... I am not.... a min...otaur." He groans. if you look at the center of the bloodpool, you notice something small appearing in the center of it... right along the nexus point. * Trent manages to pull off his helmet. He glances over at Ch'Dith. "I am NOT carrying you again." * Ru`ach looks at Van. "You have anything better to do it with?" * Kasia sighs and doesn't notice the thing *to Ru* "Show some respect! Wait until we're clear o' this place." * SteveM just stares blankly for a moment. * Maeryn looks around a moment, trying to get her bearings * N`Mor 's eyes roll back as he tries to sit up, a deep throbbing threatening to split his skull. * Malik wanders iddly over to Steve, seeming.. out of touch. "Anything I should do, or should I just continue to wallow in my own thoughts?" Malik: +"Sir" * Trent glances at the bloodpool over Ch'Dith. "Figures," he mutters under his breath as he gets back to his feet. Steve's none too happy with ye as is y'know. }8=> "Get these blankets back to the bikes, Sergeant.. give ya something to do." * Ru`ach nods, puts the knife away. * Kasia glances at Trent, then at what he's looking at * Ch`Dith grumbles.... sendmail picked a lousy time to stop working * VanderTook looks to see what's got Trent's attention "What is it, Trent?" you see what appears to be a small faerie with black bat-like wings... * Malik nods. "Yessir." He begins gathering the blankets into his arms. * Ru`ach looks up. "What the hell is that?" Most of the weariness is gone from his voice as his implants start pumping more chemicals into him. * Kasia blinks a few times. "The... hell? +" * N`Mor 's horns scrape the floor as he rolls over over onto his stomach, trying to push himself to his knees. * VanderTook brings up his machinegun, training it on the creature. "Kill it!" anyone with Lore: Faerie, roll percentile * Maeryn looks down at the pool of blood she's flying over and gets a few distorted images of what may have been going on here * Trent checks...no, no Faerie lore. ooc.. Ars.. me too? Mae: nope * Malik blinks, and looks up. "What in the frack is that?" He quickly points his grenade launcher at it, but doesn't fire just yet. No, you're the faerie. ;) * VanderTook fires at the creature * SteveM removes his helmet, gets momentarily overwhelmed by the charnel smell of the place before blinking rapidly and rubbing his eyes. "My sentiments exactly." Van: roll to strike, -5 for her small size 10 What a nice greeting. ;) * Trent pulls on his helmet again and draws both of his pistols but doesn't fire. Yet. Mae: do you dodge? * Maeryn flutters around in circles, dodging * Ru`ach watches the hobbit fire, wondering what's going on. * Kasia blinks "Yosei?" roll to doge dodge, even 1D20 plus bonuses 17 +8 25 ooh, she's flying rings around your fire, Vander * N`Mor finds it hard to believe you could even hope to see something that small at 300m, let alone hit it ;) eep? :) hehe * Maeryn eyes the critter taking shots at her and swoops down on him.. chomp Van: she just bit you "OW!" * Trent glances over at Vander, the fire reflecting strangely off of his Glitter Boy helmet. "What did you do that for?" Haw haw! %) Mae: he tastes kinda sour... * N`Mor snickers... mosquito. * Maeryn flys away just as quick * Malik starts laughing hysterically at Vander, in a mocking sort of way. *to the ugly little runt* "Yuck!" Ars: "Why am I not surprised?" heheh he's sour, not ugly * Trent starts chuckling. I'm sure he's cute, as hobbits go. ;) *muttered* "This means something..." Ars.. ugly is in the eye of the beholder "Why you little...!" *swats at the fearie* true * N`Mor chokes and snorts. He manages to sit up on his knees, albeit rather wobbly. Van: she's out of your arm reach. "D..dead?" * Trent glances down at N'Mor. "Yeah, the thing is dead. Nice work." * SteveM takes the hand that's not clutching Kasia's shoulder and FIRMLY pins Vander to the ground with it. * Kasia glances at N'Mor. "Actually, no. Welcome to hell." * Maeryn laughs "What ya swattin at, shortie?" *to N'Mor* "Nah! We ain't dead! Just plagued by girlie-lookin' mosquitos!" . o O ( Maybe I'll get lucky and the freaks'll kill each other. ) *chuckle* Malik: *snicker* * Kasia glares at Malik, decides not to waste energy on a mind-bolt *to Vander* "I only see the one." * Ch`Dith . o O (You should be so lucky...) * N`Mor groans. "Th..the s...sword?" He notes the small squeaky thing that the runt is swatting at. * Ch`Dith 's eyes snap open, and he draws a deep, shuddering breath. Meetal yells down to you, "We've got company! The Sheriff had deputies!" "I don't know. Gone with it, probably." *to N'Mor* "Must've been lost in the explosion." "Oh, the sword blew up. With the thing." "Uh oh." * Kasia 's head shoots up. "Shit!" * Trent jets up to Meetal. "What kind of company?" "Shit!" *springs up, pulls his laser* "Me Hog! They better not touch me Hog!" * Ch`Dith does a quick check of his immediate surroundings to make sure he doesn't crush anyone, then rolls to his hind claws. * N`Mor wobbles to his feet. "I don't know whether to mourn or celebra--" *looks up* "Damn." * VanderTook gets up and runs out to his Hog. "More of those Brodkil. Three of them, it looks." * Kasia jumps to her feet Ars: is the hole in the ceiling large enough for me to fly through? * SteveM pulls his helmet back on, helps Kasia up * Trent glances at Ch'Dith "Oh good, you're not dead either. +" * Kasia blinks at Meetal's assesment. "Multishit." Ch: yes * Kasia slams her helmet on and pulls her own laser * N`Mor notes his mangled armor, and discards it. "Hey, Trent?" "The Intelligence?" * Trent holsters his pistols, draws his chainsaw. "Hold on, Kasia... one thing first." *swaps lasers with her* *to Kasia* "Yeah?" * N`Mor whees, down to natural mdc ;P ;) * Ru`ach hops up, looks, starts dragging Rae's body behind her to the surface. * Kasia chuckles, takes her own laser back *to dwagon* "It's gone." "Those brodkil things... they've got borg parts in 'em, yes? And those parts are electronic, to a degree?" * Malik cocks his grenade launcher. "Whoo. More things to shoot." *to Kasia* "YES!" * Trent nods. "Your point?" "Ru, wait!" "Not these, I think." * Kasia grins fiercley. "Good." * Ru`ach waits. "Those brodkil?" * VanderTook gets on his hog and powers up the laser rifle * Kasia frowns at (Meetal?) "Really?" * SteveM scrambles up to Ru and fishes the energy rifle offa Belf * Maeryn eyes the critter with the grenade launcher and grins mischievously, preparing her bow Meetal looks at Kas. "Yeah. Appears only the Sheriff could afford being borged." * Ch`Dith leaps into the air, spreading his wings and flying upward to the hole in the ceiling. * N`Mor unslings his plasma cannon, checking to see if it was damaged in the explosion. *to Meetal* "Where are they?" * Kasia curses a long stream of Japanese N`M: it wasn't. * N`Mor breathes a sigh of relief. "Outside. The door we came in." (well, mostly relief) she looks at Vander. "And I think they're gonna ransack the bikes." * Kasia climbs back to the balcony so that she can barely see over the edge * Trent nods, turns to Steve. "What's the plan?" * Ru`ach nods and waits to hear the plan. *To Meetal* "Aw, hell." * SteveM also takes the AK before turning back towards the assemblage. "Simple, Trent. We stop them!" * N`Mor ponders Bessie giving 'em hell. %) heh Ars: what time is it, RP-wise? "Good, I'll take point." He charges down the hallway towards the Brodkil, chainsaw running. Ch: mid-afternoon time to die "Just tell me where to shoot. I'll shoot it. Where do I shoot?" *duck* %) Okay.. * Ch`Dith emerges out the hole in the ceiling into the sweet, clear afternoon sky. Trent, you burst through the door... *to Malik* "Outside!" * Kasia vaults over the balcony railing, follows Trent a bit more cautiously * Ru`ach follows, continuing dragging the Belf along. * N`Mor sorta limps along with everyone. * SteveM follows on Trent's heels you see Bessie giving one of the Brodkil a hard time... * Trent resists the urge to starts bellowing Khornate battle cries. is Malik wearing armor? *nod* Mae: yes.... Light DEadBoy armor * Malik runs after Steve, whistling cheerfully and grinning like a madman. * Ch`Dith swoops at the Brodkil fighting Bessie from behind, claws extended. Trent: two of the Brodkil are eyeing your Tarantula Trent, Ch`Dith: roll for initiative * SteveM drops to one knee and readies the Belf's particle rifle at the Brodkil 19+4 * Ru`ach continues moving out slowly, trying to make sure the parts don't get damaged. * Ch`Dith thinks his client's doing the line drop game on 'im again... Ch: oh? * VanderTook points his laser rifle at a Brodkil Ars.. any holes in that armor? * Malik stops, and points the grenade launcher at one of the Brodkil. "Barbecue time, bastard boy." Mae: nope Ars: unless Trent decided to skip the declaration of an attack... * Trent starts growling, chops at one of the Brodkil over by this bike with his chainsaw. "BLOOD!!!" *to the Brodkil* "Get away from me Hog!" .. or was that 19+4 for initiative? Ch'D: That was initiative Ch: that was the initiative roll... I'm waiting on yours 17 didn't get that message. * Maeryn follows and watches the fun, hovering at a safe distance in fact, anyone involved in the battle, roll initiative 15 16 12 Ars: 10 +6 14 okay... 6 Bah. Sucksucksuck. There's the Curse of Malik, again. * Ru`ach continues struggling with the Belf's body. Combat goes Trent, Ch`Dith, the Brodkil Trent's aiming at, Steve, the Brodkil Steve's aiming at, Kasia, Vander, the Brodkil Vander's aiming at, N`Mor, Maeryn, and the Brodkil harassing Bessie and Ch'Dith Trent: action? Well, to repeat myself... * Trent starts growling, chops at one of the Brodkil over by this bike with his chainsaw. "BLOOD!!!" roll for strike 18+7 *ow* * N`Mor wonders why Trent has to rool at all ;) roll for strike s/strike/damage 26 md okay... N'M: Bah, I just get ludicrous bonuses for Hand to Hand. Shooting, I'm as (in)accurate as the rest of ye. *** Meethos2 (~K75bhsh@bngr216-37-173ppp94.epix.net) has joined #rifts re Rae Ch`Dith, roll for strike * Ch`Dith swoops on the Brodkill, slashing at its neck with his claws 8 Okay.. Trent's Brodkil swings around, and swats at him... he rolls a 12 Trent: do you dodge/parry? I'll parry with my chainsaw...1+11 1 + 11? *fun* defender wins the parry. :) Steve: action? Trent: whew? :) Well, that was neat. * SteveM fires at the other Brodkil, using his aiming point to herd the demon away from the bikes! roll for strike 14 + 3 you trying to hit, or a near miss? to hit, of course! *** RaDead has quit IRC (Ping timeout for RaDead[bngr209-74-53ppp105.epix.net]) Ars: Just out of curio, are Brodkil naturally MDC creatures, or are these wearing armor? roll for damage *** Meethos2 is now known as RaDead Trent: natural MDC critters 30 MDC Ah, neat. okay... Steve's Brodkil backs off, and turns to look at what's shooting at him hrmm.. natural MDC critters die at 0 MDC, no? *nod* eep :) * N`Mor crosses his fingers. %) hi, guys Hi, Tammy! *wave* hey Tammy Hey Tammy Allo, Tammy! Oi Tammy! * Ru`ach *waves*. Mae waves at Tammy moo, Tam * Malik hopes something bad happens to Malik. ;) . o O (Damn, this rifle's heavy!) where were we... oyeah... * Ru`ach doesn't, kinda likes Malik. %) * Trent wonders if the Brodkil have guns, probably doesn't give a damn. " be carefull what you wish for" Steve's Brodkil turns to look at what's shooting at him... a blank look on his face. He hesitates Kasia: you're up Damnit, he's messing with my thoughts, and mnaking me angstful, and stuff. He keeps telling me the answers for my geometry test, and he sucks at math, damnit. It's all his fricking fault! Ahahah! Ars: How far away is Steve's Brodkil from the bikes? Steve, please don't shoot me accidentially. Kasia: It's over by my bike, IIRC. Don't worry! Kas: he's right near Steve's Hoverhog * Kasia cncentrates and creates a wall o' fire right underneath the Brodkil and slightly between it and the bikes okay... Vander, you're up Ars: Isn't there, uh, damage involved? ohyeah... * Trent chuckles * VanderTook fires off a rapid burst of laser fire +at the Brodkil closest to his Hog does not testing something 16MD *** RaDead has quit IRC (If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body. Then only left-handers are in their right minds.) *** RaDead (~K75bhsh@bngr216-37-173ppp94.epix.net) has joined #rifts * Ru`ach continues dragging the body up the stairs, starting to get a bit tired. Van: roll to strike 16 +4 roll for damage 19MD okay.. Vander, your Brodkil pulls out a nasty two-handed vibro-sword. "mm... lunch." N`Mor, you're up. * Trent chuckles at that. * Arsenal pokes N`Mor * N`Mor levels his rifle at whichever Brodkil is closest. (and fires, of course) they're of equal distance... Trent's, Steve's, Vander's, or Ch`Dith's? uhh... the one advancing on the runt, then ;) okay... roll to strike There's four of 'em now? Trent: yeah 14 Dohyeah..=D * Arsenal rolls a parry... ..parry... eek the sword accidentally blocks the energy beam. Parrying a plasma blast? Is it carrying a lightsaber? +? naw, the sword just isn't anymore %) Trent: I rolled a 14... Geez. Why does that sound familiar? well, roll for damage to the sword. :) Ars: roll damage on the blade? Ars: A sword is an SDC object. Kas: a vibro-blade is an MDC object Vibroblades are MDC structures Kasia: No it isn't. This is a vibrosword. 17 Oh. Nevermind me, then the sword burst into a ball of plasma... a small shoot of plasma singes the Brodkil for 3 points of damage Mae: yer up Ars.. how far apart are the Brodkils? Whee! Mae: about 20-30 feet apart * Trent wonders if the Brodkil can speak German. Trent: these can't... these speak Spanish Wheeeeeee. * Maeryn hovers at a safe distance and hums an eerie tune, creating havoc centered in between the Brodkils Oh good, I can yell at them and have 'em understand me! parlez vous moo? *chuckle* Mae: which spell is that? Ars.. havoc I have to look that one up... brb affects everyone in a 20 foot radius Ars.. it's in the conversion book ah... would also affect Trent, but his biocomp overrides it .. and Ch'Dith? no one else is close enough? * Ch`Dith is swooping in and out of range. Ars: What's it do? havocly things? Trent: looks like it's similar to Befuddle, I think I think I'm out of range Ch'Dith's currently in range. 1d6 damage to hp (even with armor) per melee.. confused and skittish.. -3 initiative, strike, parry, dodge Ch'Dith's brodkil attempts to shoot him with a plasma gun. Ah, so they DO have guns. 15 + 1 for burst Trent: this one does * Ch`Dith rolls, dodges argh. 1+2 *ew* * Ch`Dith dodgesn't * Trent sees Ch`Dith get beat on some more * Ch`Dith tries to roll away but the blast creases a wing. This does not make him happy. you take the full blast 18 MD owwie. stingy. Malik: yer up * N`Mor boggles.. someone got hurt in combat? *duck* ;) * Kasia finds a piccy of a Brodkil. Ugly bastiches. * Ch`Dith hurts the cow * Trent did against the big rhino whatsit...though that was the dragon * Maeryn whispers to N'more that's the way it should be :) * Arsenal hits Malik... yer up Ow. Well, *most* people get out of the way when there's a dwagon swooping at 'em. Hey, jabroni! You're up! Shove a grenade up their asses! Hey, it's not like I didn't try to get out of the way! * Malik grins madly and fires off a grenade at one of the Brodkil, not looking very sane at all. Malik: which of the Four brodkil? * N`Mor ponders a Khornate berserker as a Rifts char. ;) Erm. Which one's not very close to someone? ;) that'd be Steve's... Malik's insane, would he care about that? N'Mor: Where do you think I pulled my fighting style from? ;) bah, shoot at the runts? ;) +' Yeah. Steve's then. .o O (He damnwell better not be shooting over here) okay.. roll for strike 1d20? and with which weapon? *nod* you ain't in the SAMAS unit. * Trent ponders doing a WH40k - Rifts converion just for the hell of it. * Malik thought he had a laser rifle with grenade launcher majigger on it. Dangit. + dangit... I gave that printout to Meeth.. hold on * SteveM is already pondering a Rifts Flintloque crossover. What can I say, I'm taken with Fantasy/Arthurian Legend/Napoleonic Era History and the blenderization thereof. * Ru`ach looks. You do. okay... roll for damage 2d6 wait... roll for strike first. 18. * Arsenal is *very* disorganized right now. :P Ars: Noticed, we did. well, you strike with impunity... roll for damage aand.. damage is ?D? 2d6 2D6 5. That was poor. okay... that's one action. second action...Trent? Now, back to me! That... sucked. ;) Hmm..where was I...oh yeah. BLOOD!!! Skulls for the Throne! * Trent makes a backhanded slash at his Brodkil. Roll for strike 15+7 * Ru`ach looks up one more flight of stairs, starts climbing, dragging Belf behind. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! SKULLS FOR MY LORD KHORNE!!! Err..sorry about that. ;) * Ch`Dith lost this action trying to dodge *** Arsenal` (~tabrock@cs2-7.ban.ptd.net) has joined #rifts *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Arsenal` *ow* 're, Ars where was I? I rolled 15+7 to strike BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GO- sorry, reflex. okay... roll for damage * Arsenal` *hates* random disconnects. :P Wha, not trying to parry or somesuch? he rolled a 13 :P 18 okay... he's starting to bleed in places he shouldn't.. Ch`dith: you're up * SteveM finishes watching the boxing... notes with some amusement that the announcer actually said something about the loser having to pee red for a few days due to bodyshots. %D heheh Steve.. ewww * Trent prods the dragon Ars: He dodged! Trent: He already said he lost this round due to dodging *blink* Ohyeah, mybad *groan* I forgot... Ars: You okay? * N`Mor listens to Diva Dance Kas: Getting ... interrupted at times... Oh. ;) also still a little woozy from before. Ohh. :/ That's not as good. ;) Getting... afflicted... by Shatnerizer! :) Trent's Brodkil fires a laser at him. he rolls a 7 Sentence... timing... affected. Speakingin.. clipped..... phrases. Guess, I can't parry that. Since I have a +11 to dodge, should I bother rolling? Ars.. if he's affected by my spell he gets a -3 to strike nope. :) the shot goes wild, and hits the side of the building Steve: yer up * SteveM takes another shot at the Brodkil, looking to put him down! Steve: roll to strike 9 + 3 8nod... roll for damage I musta inherited Malik's juju 30 MDC ow... what weapon, btw? Bad juju is contageuos. Heh, nice particle beam rifle. Ars: Belf particle beam rifle heh. *** Arsenal has quit IRC (Ping timeout for Arsenal[cs4-5.ban.ptd.net]) Trent: It's heavy as hell... 21 lbs *** Arsenal` is now known as Arsenal Steve's Brodkil fires a laser at Steve. he rolls a 15-3 to strike... 12 Parrying! with shield *nod* roll to parry 13 + 8 Steve: Bah, that ain't heavy. This chainsaw is 20 lbs, and my armor is another 40. (or was before parts of it got melted off) * Arsenal wonders why you don't get WP: Shield as an OCC Skill... okay... successful parry... take 9 MD off the shield Ars: because 1) we seldom have to use it 2) my parry bonus is disgusting enough as it is? *nod* 100 - 9 = 91. :) Kas: yer up * Kasia MD Mindbolts Steve's brodkill 16 + 4 to strike *ew* he fails his saving throw.. 7 * 2 MD ... we are still within a mile of a nexus. *nod* * Trent idly wants the Naruni Shoulder Cannon some more...2d4x10+20 md and a 6000' range. =9~~~ Trent: ... nummy. Vander: yer up Trent: the other juicer motto: "It ain't a good weapon unless it causes lots of damage?" Give my Brodkil another burst *nod* 18 +4 roll for damage Ru: Well, Juicers do have the strength to use pretty much anything, so.... 16MD okay... Vander's Brodkil shakes his head, looks at the other Brodkil getting shot/torn to ribbons. "This is suicide," he claims, and simply... disappears. N`Mor: yer up. *** rbos has quit IRC (*TMprofilewrite*) is Steve's brodkil still kicking? N`M: yes * Malik needs sleep. Night, all. * Trent wonders how hard it would be to find oversized plasma cartridges. cya, Malik Cya, Malik * N`Mor fires an aimed shot off at Steve's Brodkil. nites Nazi Later Malik bye/night Malik. 'night Malik 3 :P err, 4 *ew*... not much better ;P shot goes wild. *** Malik has quit IRC (TE) (Poke it!) * N`Mor punts Vander.. steal my juju, willye? ;) roll for Damage to ... Bessie. :) eep 12 Sorry to bring you up short :) * Trent punts the hobbit Bessie gets annoyed, and bites the brodkil nearest her. * N`Mor forgot to include a bite for Bessie. *adds* 10 points damage * Arsenal went with 3D6 MD... Van: Not my fault N'Mor's shot couldn't go the distance. Mae: yer up. Ars.. that spell took up all my actions this melee 'k... * N`Mor watches his CE-Clip tick down another round. Ch'Dith's Brodkil looks at Bessie... and attempts to bite back Good thing we can recharge those things he rolls a 5-3... He bites his own tongue? Ch'Dith's in his way. :) * Trent can almost hear Bessie laughing Malik fires on Steve's Brodkil with a grenade... ow? he rolls a 6.. Trent: No that's me Uhoh. Brodkil doesn't see it coming... scratch one bike. 9 MD Third action.. who's left? Malik's out. * Ch`Dith raises a claw. Nah, he simo'd on me * Trent raises his hand I'm in Not I, said the cat * N`Mor 's pooft. Me * N`Mor hopes Vander can charge CE-Clips. %) heh... * Kasia starts singing along with Goodnight Saigon Anyways, Trent's up * Trent lashes out again with his chainsaw, intent on drawing (more) blood roll for strike And I do...nat 20 *ow* *ow* no attempt to dodge... roll for damage +7 if you need it *snort* Yeah, right. 21x2...42 Not hardly... (OH HELL YEAH!) **OW** this Brodkil Feels the Pain and loses an arm It's dead? Too bad I don't get strength bonuses too. Ch`Dith: yer up * Ch`Dith loops around and breathes a torrent of flame into bessie's brodkil's face from point blank * Trent resists the urge to start doing Holy Grail quotes 15 *ow* 4 6 3 Total from 3d6 : 13 roll for damage... Toastybrains! Okay... FINISH HIM! Trent's Brodkil decides that cowardice is the better part of survival, and flees. CRISPY! Flees as in runs? *nod* *crosses fingers* Tammy calls the Brodkil a "Wuss" No, flees as in goes invisible, then runs. :D ... you're going after it. Aren't you? Steve: That's "Toasty!" ;) Oh good. I'm willing to bet I can run faster than it. ... he is. you can. Kas: Not so in MK 3 Ultimate Steve's Brodkil does the same.. Bah, anything after MKII sucked. ;) * Kasia gaahs, puts out her firewall * Kasia gets We Didn't Start The Fire on her playlist. %) * Maeryn agrees with Tammy How many targets are left? Ars: just running, is he? *nod* Van: the chicken and the one without much of a face left. cowardice is the better part of survival. :) * SteveM takes one last parting shot. "I hate easy targets." *ZAP* I still have two actions 1 + 3 Steve: you had actions left this melee? You hit trent? No sooner do I say that than I start rolling like shit. Ars: Just one more, but yes Ars: This being my last okay.. well, roll to strike (again) Ch`D: Geez, I hope not. Much better... 9+3 okay... you hit him... how hard's the blast? 30 MDC (again) him being the Brodkil? *crosses fingers* Trent: yes Good. he takes damage to a leg as he flees... limps away.. Vander: yer up Ars: That one mine? Err, nevermind Trent: no, that was Steve's Brodkil I use my last 2 actions to fire a pair of shots into the Steve's Brodkil Van: 'k... roll for strike twice 17 +4 19 +4 both hit... roll for damage * 2 16x2 32MD nice... the Brodkil loses a leg and goes down... you notice the remainder of the leg not attached to the body is a cybernetic prosthetic. Ch'Dith's Brodkil turns invisible, and runs... you can see his footprints as he runs. * Ru`ach gets the body to the top of the stairs, stops to catch her breath, then runs for the door to the outside, leaving the body at the top of that flight of stairs. all Brodkil are down or in retreat Ru: ya missed all the fun. * Ru`ach bursts out the door. "Where are they?" * VanderTook goes to make sure his Hog's OK Van: roll on Mechanical Engineering * Trent chases his Brodkil, prolly kills it * Ru`ach nods, that was kinda on purpose. :) 27% * Kasia smirks at Ru. "Missed the fun, kodomo." Van: nothing appears wrong with the bike * N`Mor wanders over to check on Bessie, staying some distance away so he doesn't get gored or worse. (and the "%" ain't needed) * VanderTook looks over to where Ru left Raenar's body, goes to see if anything's salvagable before we bury him N`M: other than a burn on her butt and some blood on her horns (not hers), she's fine. * Ru`ach sticks out her tounge at Kas, goes back inside to retrive Rae. * Kasia turns to Steve. "Let's get out of here. We need to camp somewhere and rest up before we run into something worse." Van: most of his cybernetics/bionics are in place... * SteveM drops the particle rifle in the center of the bike ring, checks to make sure everything's still there. only one eye was shot out. Ars: Is my Brodkil dead yet? Trent: yes (on his bike, that is) Good. * Trent shuts off his chainsaw, walks over to the brodkil that's sans-leg * Kasia takes her helmet off as an afterthought, runs a hand through her hair there is a Brodkil lying on the ground nearby with a leg missing... * Maeryn swoops over and hovers around Vander's ear, "That's the best you wimps can do?" * Ru`ach helps Vander, seeing as how she drug Rae up the stairs. * VanderTook eulogizes Raenar one last time. "Belf withwith lots of guns / Never knew which one to use / He chose porly. Narf" * SteveM lifts up his visor... phew... "I only thought it was heavy in damage dealt." * N`Mor looks like hell, covered in caked and burnt on blood, mized with dust here and there. and Ru, as you were coming up the stairs, you noticed a large stash of valuables in one of the side corridors. * Maeryn flys over to the brodkil and looks to see if it's still living * Ru`ach goes to retrieve that, then. Mae: it is. * VanderTook goes to look at the Brodkil * Trent slings his chainsaw an draws his pistol as he stands over the living Brodkil. anyone who raids the Stash, roll 5D6x10000. in black Market items. "We should camp elsewhere, though. But we'll need a picket around the bikes until we're ready +" * VanderTook follows Ru'ach I'd think that--- whoa. "So, what's your part in this?" he growls. Ars.. is it concious? * SteveM hears about the stash, goes to raid that. *raidraidraidraidraid* Ch'Dith's mouse just stopped windowchanging - I'm gonna type for him. * Kasia follows Steve * SteveM does stick around to get the confession, first. Ru, Ch'Dith: you also notice a number of scrolls and a book of magic. * Kasia doesn't wait, grabs Stuff Ah. Better. * VanderTook gets $200,000 of stuff :) "You awake, Brodkil?" * VanderTook looks for any tech stuff in the stash * Ch`Dith examines the scrolls. "I'm a deputy," the Brodkil groans. Ch: mostly low level spells. * N`Mor pokes through the goods, not entirely interested in the contents. "I see. So what the hell are you doing working for Vamps?" * Ru`ach goes to investigate those things, after claiming some of the stash. $260,000 :9 "I worked for the Sheriff. What vamps?" Malik decides to raid the stash... "You mean to tell me that you didn't know that you were protecting a vampire city?" $240000 here. :) *to Trent* "What are ya talking to it for?" * SteveM (after some poor rolling and the confession) comes away with 200 large and a new laser rifle $160,000 for Malik * Maeryn pulls out her bow and shoots the brodkil with an enchanted arrow "That's the truth!" AND YOU GUYS CALLED ME TRIGGER HAPPY> * VanderTook looks for tech stuff Mae: which spell? * Trent turns to Maeryn. "Curiousity. Who are you, and where did you come from?" * N`Mor pokes around, looking for a sword or something similarly sharp. Trent == Vorlon. Definetely. * Ru`ach looks at the book. Ars.. ants in the pants ;) Van: there's a Coalition UAR-1 here. Mae: *chuckle* O_o the Brodkil starts squirming on the ground... * VanderTook grabs it! :D * Maeryn ignores Trent and taunts the brodkil Van: it is *not* in working condition. "So how did you wind up in Mexico? I thought your kind were native to Europe." * VanderTook looks at it to determine if it can be repaired * Ch`Dith eyes the Stash, looks away at first until a bandolier that'd fit him catches his eye "We're all over the place... Rift in the Yucatan" * Maeryn turns and grins at Trent "You trying to get my attention?" Van: roll on Robot Engineering? * N`Mor salvages $190,000 worth of stuff, if only to trade for useful things, whatever those may be to an extra-dimensional bovinoid. * Ru`ach flips through the book, wonders what is in it? Ars: 24 "Ahh, thanks for the info." He turns to Maeryn. Van: it ain't salvagable, except for spare parts "Were you the one who bit the runt?" * Maeryn flies circles around Trent's head ru: it contains all spells of Levels 1 through 5... * VanderTook calls to Trent. "Oi! Trent! C'mere!" YEESH! learning them, however, will take time Ru notices a rather largish burn/crease underneath Ch'Dith's wing, which seems to be healing even as she looks at it. "So what if I did? The ugly runt shot at me." *as he comes back* "I "Enh, point. Excuse me, the runt's calling me." * Ru`ach takes the book, looks at the dwagon's wound. "I'm sure he deserved it if he did shoot at you." He jogs over to Vander..."What?" * Kasia takes the stuff without realy examining it, tosses it in a bag *to Trent* "Think we can use anything from this monster?" *indicates the UAR-1 "Enforcer"* * Maeryn follows Trent * VanderTook ignores the fearie, as he's too intent on the mech * N`Mor flicks hunks of charred blood off his hide. "I need a bath." * Trent hmms..."I don't suppose we could mount that medium range missile launcher on one of the bikes..." the last vestiges of injury vanish before your eyes. If you hadn't seen it a moment earlier you wouldn't have believed there ever was one. showoff * Ru`ach looks in amazement at the dwagon. Ch`D: Neat trick, that. *to Trent* "Roit. Gimme a hand tearing this baby apart." *To Mae* "Yosei wa, anata no namae nandeska?" Were you still injured? * VanderTook retrieves his small toolbox from the Hog "Sure. Are we trying for the launcher?" "Yep." *to Mae* "I would have your name, though. + * Maeryn gives Kasia a blank stare and flits over to the dragon +" "And any other goodies this thing might have." * SteveM shoots the Plow's main gun at his enter key * Kasia turns to Steve and shrugs. "Guess she doesn't know Japanese." *aside to Trent* Think the bug might appreciate some miniature armour?" +" "It might have some mini-missiles onboard too...useful for resupply." He jets up to the left shoulder. * Ch`Dith looks at the fluttering thing before his eyes. *to Kasia* "Heck, 'Kasia-chan' exhausts my command of Japanese." *chuckle* * Ru`ach pokes through the scrolls. Ru: I'll come up with the exact spells in the spells later. "I don't know, why don't you ask her?" he calls back from the Enforcer's shoulder. s/second 'spells'/scrolls/ Ars: Okay, want me to just take 'em then, and we'll figure it out later? *nod* * Maeryn advances on the runt. "I heard that. If you have a problem with my natural beauty, keep yer eyeballs to yerself." * Ru`ach does so, then. Ch: you taking any scrolls? *chuckle* * VanderTook gets the missile rack disconnected. "OK, Trent! Lower away!" * Kasia grins, then chuckles. "You're just trying to make me laugh, right?" by now, you notice that the sun is starting to set. * Ch`Dith stuffs several scrolls of interesting-seeming spells into the bandolier he found. *to Kasia* "Am I really THAT transparent?" Bandolier for humans. Wrist strap for dwagons. Ahwell, if the bandolier fits... *to Mae* "Hey! You with the bat wings! What's your name?" * VanderTook can't help thinking about the Stones we took off of that witch woman a while ago "Almost." *glances at the setting sun* "Umm... I don't want to mention this, but..." "Okay." He pulls the rack off of it's mountings and manages to not damage it getting it to the ground. * Ru`ach does the same as Ch'Dith, only into a backpack. "WHAT THE SNAD ARE THESE?" * VanderTook looks for any more weapons he can get off the UAR-1 *to Steve* "Who wants to know?" "...it is getting dark." "Exactly, N'Mor." Van: Nothing the team can carry. "Lieutenant Steve Mitchell." *to Kasia and N'Mor* "We're just gonna leave all these weapons here?" * N`Mor shields his eyes toward the dying sun. "You all remember dark is bad down here, yes?" there are a number of weapons here as well.. * Trent glances at the sun.."Schiesse," he mutters to himself. "Vander, I'd like to get out of here. Get the mini-missiles for yer sidecar and rig up a war to drag this thing, but lets get moving soon." *to N'Mor and Kasia* "Tell me something I don't know." "Vander, which would you rather have, these weapons or your blood?" "Do we travel tonight or do we stay here for now? * VanderTook grumbles and looks for any weapons he can fit on the Hog * Ru`ach walks over to N'Mor, hands him his rifle and ammo pouch back. * Maeryn perches on the runts shoulder, twirling the ginger blossom in her long hair.. (the only thing she wears) * SteveM also sees if there's a vibroblade for himself in that mess. Officers need swords, no? Steve: that they do... and there's a nice-looking vibro-saber in the corner. s/rifle/pistol/ Couldn't remember, sorry. * Trent pauses to look for anything large and Naruni..(hint) *to Mae* "You wanna sit there, you keep yer teeth to yerself." j/k * N`Mor ponders vibro-claymores. %) * Kasia digs through the pile of stuff she found, finds a very nice vibroknife. For some reason, it looks like it's part of a matched set with that saber. * SteveM takes it right quick, deciding to forget about Rae's AK until we're outta town, somewhere safe. N`M: that *could* be possible... "Well, Lieutenant Steve Mitchell, I'm Maeryn." well, the bad news is... the sun just set. or at least a large vibro-broadsword. ;) the good news is... the place is not crawling with vampires, as one might expect. * VanderTook digs out several energy weapons and blades that he'll identify later, and loads them into whatever space he can find "Schiesse. CH`DITH! Any Vamps out?" * Kasia glares at the fairy. "Thank you, baka no yosei." "Nice to meet you, Maeryn. Now--" *looks up at the night sky* "Aw hell." ..anything smaller than large looks like a pocket knife on N'Mor %) Ch: You sense none. * Kasia mutters under her breath, "Ditz." Well, there *was* the theory that axing the Big Intelligence would off most of the population around here... * VanderTook retrieves Raenar's Ion Gun while he's at it * Ch`Dith looks up and around, staying silent for a long time. * SteveM notices the Distinct Lack Of Leeches. "Well! I guess it worked!" * Maeryn grins her most innocent smile at the runt, trying not to show off her fangs. "If you don't want me to bite, then don't you be shooting at me!" * Kasia glares at Trent and Vander. "Are you guys *done* yet?" * Ru`ach decides to salvage those parts off Rae, asks Vander if he has something that might cut better than a knife. Those of you still outside notice the populace looking around in confusion. *grumbling to himself* Only way fer me ta shoot ya there is ta blow me friggin' head off." "There are no vampires around here anymore for miles, Melter." * Trent tosses Ru his Vibro-knife. Turned off, of course. * Kasia sighs. "Yeah. It worked. Thank Goddess. Now, can we leave before we get shot at again?" Ergh. s/Melter/Singer. * VanderTook gets his toolbox and helps Ru *shouted* "You no longer have to fear vampires!" * Maeryn smiles brightly at the runt."Well now, that's not a bad idea." * Trent walks over to Steve. *whispered* "Maybe we should be leaving." * Kasia winces, mutters something about "Valdemar" and "Shoot Me Now Whites" "What about the vampires to the south and east?!" you hear shouted back. "They'll come as well!" * Ru`ach looks at the tool, shrugs, gets to work as best she can. * SteveM looks flustered for a minute. * VanderTook helps Ru dismantle Raenar's cybernetics * Maeryn shudders a bit at the mention of the other vampires "Then the Rangers will protect you!" Carter yells back. "As a Founding Ranger, I can Guarrantee this!" "By God, there's no more vampires here!" "By God, the Lieutenant shoots his mouth off." the silence you hear is deafening * Ch`Dith speaks in a low voice that carries around the square. "This place marks where one of the most powerful of their number died. They will be loath to return for a long time" * Trent drags the missile launcher over to his bike, rigs up some sort of tow strap to drag it behind. * VanderTook calls out. "Aye! An' Mitchell's Marauders are here to help out!" * Ch`Dith smacks the Runt :) Malik growls at the Runt. "We are *not* a mercenary unit." * SteveM winces. "I thought we agreed NOT to use that name, Vander!" * Kasia glares at Vander. "No, we're not. We are not. We are NOT called 'Mitchell's Marauders.' And as for staying here and fighting vamps..." * Ru`ach smiles at Vander. "Woo hoo!" Ru: Traitor. }8=> * Trent shakes his head, goes to look for any interesting energy weapons. * VanderTook looks at the nay sayers. "Sheez! You guys gots no style." Malik looks around. "Well, since we're here for the night, we might as well bunk down." "*muttered softly* Neither do you." * VanderTook spends most of the night looking for something that can be used as a U-Haul Well, i'm helping him do something that involves tools that can take my head off...I'd better agree with him. %) *low, pitched toward Vander* "Some of us are still beholden to the Coalition." * N`Mor trudges up next to Steve. "Finding that sword was sheer... how do you say luck.. I fear that there's no way we could defeat another intelligence." * Maeryn flies over to Ch'Dith and speaks in dragonese. "You're smarter than that. You don't really think they'll be afraid just because you killed this minor intelligence, do you?" +... *to N'Mor* "We sure needed that luck against THIS one." "For any others, we'd need a good-sized army division armed as we were." Van: you find a pre-Rifts yellow cargo truck www.yellowtruck.com! "Minor?" * N`Mor seems distant, as if he's somewhat lonlier than normal... perhaps the newfound quiet in his brain has left him somewhat empty. * Trent wanders over to the Room 'O Loot, looks for anything neat. * VanderTook checks the cargo van to see if it'll run *to Steve* "You've got that right. You wimps would never get near the real terror down here." this *was* the oldest vampire empire in Mexico *to Mae* "This was only a recon job anyway." Oldest... but strongest? Trent: 5D6x10000 in Black Market items.. your choice with vampires that's the same thing. "Anyone with a camera, better get some pictures of this." * Trent overhears that, starts laughing uncontrollably N`M: ... yes *to Ch'Dith* "Did I stutter?" Hmm...17x10,000...170,000 * N`Mor shrugs. Chalk it up to more taunting, then. ;) Van: it will... but who's gonna drive it? Sergio's in Ft. Reid *** Arsenal has quit IRC (Read error to Arsenal[cs2-7.ban.ptd.net]: EOF from client) * Kasia turns to Steve. "Recon?" * Ru`ach finishes taking the limbs off the Belf, leaves the body lying there. *** Arsenal (~tabrock@cs2-7.ban.ptd.net) has joined #rifts *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Arsenal oops "This was one of the most powerful vampires around. I was wondering what makes you consider it 'minor'." "OI! TRENT!" Ars: Here's what you missed... * Kasia turns to Steve. "Recon?" * Ru`ach finishes taking the limbs off the Belf, leaves the body lying there. N'mor.. nothing wrong with that :) "Where did you spring from anyway, little one?" *to Ch'Dith* "Hobbiton." *to Kasia* "It's another long story." * Trent looks over at the body of what looks like a stereotypical Grey alien, sees a gigantic energy rifle and several spare clips, which he takes. * N`Mor looks at Steve. "This is the end of your mission, then?" *OTHER* little one. * SteveM cuffs the hobbit. "What, Vander?" *to Trent* "Can you drive this thing?" *points at the big yellow cargo truck he found* *to N'Mor* "With regards to the Coalition, yes." *to N'mor* "Of course it is. He doesn't have the guts for what's still out there." Trent: I'll need the stats for that? * Ru`ach finishes the job, leaves the Belf lying there. Comes out into the street where people are talking. * Kasia frowns at Mae, Mind bolts her lightly. * Trent looks at the truck "Nope, sorry." *chuckle* 'lightly' being a relative expression, of course... * Maeryn glares at Kasia "OI! N'Mor! Think ye could drive this hulk?" 6 damage. * SteveM chooses not to dignify Maeryn's baiting with a comment. Kasia.. is there a save for that? Mae: vs. psi, I think. Several of the populace are starting to wander around the bikes and Bessie .. mostly out of curiosity and wonderment than any hostile intent. A d20 * Ch`Dith notes that Maeryn hasn't answered either question yet.. * SteveM does, however, glare at the faerie. * N`Mor ignores the buzzing thing. "Hrmm.. then across the border may be my last journey with you. I've been to Lone Star... it was not a pleasant occassion." He glances at Vander. *shouted* "Yes, perhaps." Mae: roll a 12 or better 5 ew... *zot*? you're stunned by the bolt *to N'Mor* "Good! We can load it up with whatever we can find." NM: Yep. does it do anything other than hurt? * Ch`Dith catches the fluttering thing before it can hit the ground. "I'm not so sure about that... yer stunned for a minute... and pleasantly quiet +" Mae: You prolly hit the ground Hehe. (that last one was to N'Mor) * VanderTook starts loading weapons and valuables into the cargo truck * Trent looks at one of the plasma cartridges, sees it be about the size of a beer can. Whistles. * Maeryn hits Ch'dith's.. paw?.. silently * Kasia frowns at the name 'Lone Star.' "I... Steve, I can't go to Lone Star." * Ru`ach decides to help Van. Okay... the hours pass, and the sun comes up with no further vamp attacks. "Being herded by 'Dog Boys' like a piece of meat was not.. fun." Ars: I got the stats for the Cannon...catch? Should we roll again for whatever we can fit in the truck? Ars: Do we actually sleep? Kas: if you want to, yes. Okay. *to Maeryn* "I have descended into the depths of alien hives and was the only one of my men to live to tell about it. I also drove all the way down here from Tex--Lone Star, facing demons and wizards and orcs. Don't you tell me I have no guts." * Kasia eventually sleeps * Ru`ach looks up. "I can't go to Lone Star either." Malik looks at the team. "Figgers." Okay. Morning? * VanderTook grumbles something about "Coalition hospitality". * Trent shoulders the cannon and grabs half a dozen spare clips. * N`Mor eyes Malik. A small fire ignites inside his armor, in the posterior region. * SteveM ohyeahs, grabs a few long E-Clips for the laser rifle * Ru`ach sleeps a little after helping Van load the truck. about, say, four. "Steve, I'm not sure if I want to go back to Lone Star, and I'm fully human." * Ch`Dith looks over the stash again (He's a dwagon. dwagons have something with piles of stuff) and spots something that catches his attention. * Maeryn feels a bit of remorse at her taunting and makes coffee for the gang as a kind of peace offering * VanderTook mutters something about engineering ideas and Tolkeen. "To tell you the truth, *I* don't want to head back if it meant abandoning you all." Carter turns to Steve in the morning. "Fight the good fight, Mitchell. I'm staying here to keep things under control for a few days." * SteveM nods to Carter. "And you too, Carter." * Ch`Dith lifts something that looks like a pair of convoluted torii out of the way and pulls out what looks like a plasma rifle... with a trigger mechanism that fits a claw. "Hmmm....." "Thank you." * Trent gladly accepts the coffee, with his thanks. * VanderTook runs a quick inventory of what's been loaded. * SteveM pauses to shake Carter's hand and nod. * Ru`ach takes some coffee, smiles at Mae. "So Vander, have you found someone to drive?" * SteveM accepts the coffee graciously. * N`Mor pokes around the pile, looking for a clip that might fit his cannon. *to Trent*" Yep. N'Mor." * Ch`Dith slides his claw around the grip, wields it one-handed. *to Trent with a smile* "You're welcome" Malik comes up to Steve. "Most of the team understandably does not want to enter Lone Star. I suggest they bunk down in Worth for a few days while we make our report. Then you can head back to them." * Maeryn smiles pleasantly at Ru'ach "Understood, Malik. And thank you for the suggestion." dwagon: innat like a pistol? %) * N`Mor watches Malik suck up. ;) * Trent blinks as Malik makes a decent suggestion. He's prolly up to something. ;) *to Steve* "Snad! We started this thing together. I might as well go with you for the bloody debiefing." pistol size for me. rifle size for humans. Trent: yeah... he wants to get you out of his sight :) * Kasia frowns at Malik. "Problem. Ch'Dith. That Dragonlady. +" * Maeryn watches Steve drink the coffee, her smile slipping into a grin for barely a moment * Ch`Dith looks startledly at Kasia. "I... had forgotten. You're right." and we'll leave off here until I get back, 'k? *** Arsenal is now known as Ars_AFK Ars: Okay. Ars: OK All righty. Okay. Ars.. sure.. we can pick up with the effects of my coffee ;) * SteveM foreheadsmax! How much loot d'you think we got loaded to the truck? :) * Trent idly notes his new rifle is only half a foot shorter than he is. Here I sit with the bloody Rifts Conversion Book right behind me and I forget the dangers of accepting fae food! * N`Mor ponders a BFG conversion s'more *duck* Steve: Ha! Ha! * Trent uhoh's, hopes his Biocomp can overcome. * Ch`Dith looks the stats over... 4d6 MD, 5 blasts, 12 PPE to recharge the gun with 5 more. I'm glad N'Mor doesn't drink coffee. ;) Steve.. whoops? :) * Kasia didn't drink any, nyeah. ;) Mae: yes, oops. Kasia: Neither did I. :) * Trent hauls the missile launcher from the UAR-1 over to the truck, loads it in the back. note: I said "Worth", not "Ft. Reid" N'Mor.. no coffee? I'd be happy to pick you some grass? :) Damn, what's happening to my paranoia? Ars: Oh, oops. * VanderTook yawns, gets out his pipe, and starts puffing away. and I'm gone for a few... Lemmethinkabouthatno. ;) d'oh Ars: that and the Plow's back at Ft. Reid! does the session end here or do we continue after ye get back? Ars: We've still been out here for enough time for Dragonlady to get back from her patrol. End it here Van: I thought we were gonna pick it up. Van: need yer beauty rest? ;) N'Mor: Heh We are picking it up * N`Mor boogies to Aknot! Wot? N'Mor.. course not.. he's a cute little thing ;) * Ru`ach comes back... both the Plow and the session * N`Mor notes that Chris Rock is annoying. * Trent agrees with N'Mor, levels his gigantic new rifle at the offending "person" and fires off a few blasts. N'M: Um, the guy in 5thElement's not Rock ... just in case you didn't know DS: He's still a Chris, but the last name's Tucker, not Rock * VanderTook looks at the amount of Stuff[tm] in the cargo truck. "We are set for the next 3 campaigns in weapons." :) * Trent realizes he only has 56 shots for this thing, decides to save the ammo for important stuff. Like gophers :) * Ch`Dith hrmms.... do PPE/ISP increase with level? Vander: Well...yeah. Ch'D: I think so that's who I meant *shrug* ;) * Ru`ach reads the Conversion book. Oh. Katya: hrmmm? * Ru`ach whaps herself...games on pause. Ru: So what did Maeryn feed us? (or how dead am I?) Coffee: The victim of fairie coffee will begin to cough continuously, ruining their sleep, interfering with concentration, etc. Trent.. don't worry.. it only lasts 1d6 weeks O:) Trent: You're not dead, but if you blow your save, you'll wish you were, not to mention thinking of a few recepies for boiled faerie How precious ;) Reduce prowl by 70%, skills by 10%, and inititive by half. * VanderTook continues to puff on his pipe, blowing smokerings at the fearie * Trent blinks...geez, that's a bad pun. Effects last 1d6 days. err s/days/weeks. * Maeryn does swandives through the smokerings * Ru`ach snickers... "Beef Cake" Is is save vs. Magic or Toxin? They all are bad puns... Tarts may be entertaining. vs. Magic Ru.. my book says weeks :) oh.. nevermind Mae: yeah, I screwed up...hence s/days/weeks. What does Faerie Tobacco do? Ah well. At least I still have a fairly ludicrous modifier for that. * Ru`ach smiles. "Cinnamon Sticks." Van.. there's no listing for tobacco Mae: :) * N`Mor grazes. * SteveM laffs at "Mixed Nuts". * VanderTook is safe Ru.. don't spoil the surprise.. I kinda like that one :) * Trent idly hopes he passes the *&%#@* save * Ru`ach grins..."Pears." * Ch`Dith notes that 'e doesn't need to eat/drink/smoke/inhale anyhoo. haw haw * VanderTook wonders if he should even ask about Beef Jerky "Peanuts." %D * Ch`Dith makes a note not to. "Gimme the cashsssshshshshsh!" Steve: %) * VanderTook continues his inventory and puffs more smokerings * VanderTook attempts a smoke pretzel Beef Jerky: See "Turkey". (Just playing with ya.) :) Steve: 'See: Vander'? ;) Turkey: Victim becomes obnoxious and irritating for 1d4 days. * Trent pulls out a hot dog and smokes it, in honor of the dead belf. Steve: :) Steve: so how would we know if malik or vander ate it? * Maeryn gets tangled in Vander's pretzel and falls on his head Ch'D: ROFL! Trent; Hehheh * Kasia sings along to No Souvenirs ChD: *snicker* o/~ But if you want me / You can call me / In the night you know where I'll be / Broken lover / You can touch me / In the dark the innocent can't see... o/~ o/~ I was wrong. This changes everything. o/~ * N`Mor boogies to "Heat" * VanderTook ponders the missing lyrics in Axel F N'Mor.. you could boogie to something more interesting o/~ Lock it up now / Hide the key / It would mean surrender to let me see / Brave, brave soldier / Keep it under cover / You fell alone like no other lover... o/~ * N`Mor looks at the costs of various Atlantean biowizardry.. *clank* o/~ Burn the pictures / Break the records / Run far away to a northern town / Sell your fear and leave me standing here / With no souvenirs! o/~ ... and all of that Grr. N'Mor: Rediculously expensive, yes? ... and all of that's just the chorus. %P ...yes *** Ars_AFK is now known as Arsenal 're all... we lose anyone? * Trent boogies to "wish" Ars: Don't think so Ars: Nope nope, not as far as I can tell * Ch`Dith rummages around some more in the pile for the matching holster. Ars: Should we even attempt to identify all the weapons we packed into the truck? * Ch`Dith finds it. Err... brb * Trent ponders trying to swat a faery with a vibro-sword Van: no... just list 'em as Black Market Items. * N`Mor hehs... 15 /millipn/ just for PS -> supernatural strength *** Arsenal has quit IRC (Read error to Arsenal[cs2-7.ban.ptd.net]: EOF from client) Ars: OK err, million phuck. *** Arsenal (~tabrock@cs2-7.ban.ptd.net) has joined #rifts *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Arsenal * Trent would rather like that one, though. ACK! Been doing that all night :P Trent. That would be evil with you, to say the least. ;) you could fraggin' benchpress a highrise btw, who drank the faerie coffee? * Ch`Dith did not. N'Mor: I know. 5d6 MD punching...;) Not I. *continues to blow smokerings * Trent did. =P * Ru`ach did. :P * SteveM said he accepted it, but did he drink it? *flips the Almighty Coin* What do I have to roll over? Steve.. I watched you drink it :) * SteveM did, damn ye ;) * Kasia didn't lemme check 14 Steve: *shrug* I said the same thing, but that with the assumption I would. Oh good. * VanderTook pulls Raenar's body out to where it can be buried *rolling* WOOHOO!!! 8+7! * SteveM rolled a 16 Mae: thanks... who rolled over it? 17 * N`Mor looks at the Kittani Dragon Dreadnaught... yeek %) phew, WS2 isn't killing me in a week. %) so far, there are no ill effects to the coffee... Ars: Do we realize that there were some odd effects? * Maeryn makes a face and wanders off to hunt Trent: nope it just tastes delicious, tho Oh, okay. NM: hmm? * SteveM hmms appreciatively. * Trent sips. "Not bad, not bad at all." * Ru`ach hmmms...it's almost better than Carter's. "She may be argumentative, but she makes a mean cuppa joe." if they're enjoying the coffee so much, maybe the rest of you would like some ;) "No argument there, if you'll excuse the pun." dwagon: really big and nasty dragon-shaped mecha/atv Anyways, you found a driver for the yellow? "I'll excuse it. Better than any of Vander's." * Trent Looks at the CCW Protector Class Battleship....*shudder* Ars: N'Mor * N`Mor waves a paw * Kasia makes a face. "Sorry, but the day I accept a drink from a fairy is the day you can take me to the Chi-Town dissection ward." and what's being done w/ Bessie? hrmm Ars: She'ss being lead along tied to the back of the truck Malik heads out to retreive his SAMAS. I could always tie her alongside the rig ;) heheh * Trent looks over at Kasia. "What do you mean?" He takes another sip of his coffee. Tie her in front of the rig... make her haul it. * VanderTook gets on the Hog, gets ready to move out *chuckle* she prolly runs faster that the truck ;) s/that/than/ * Arsenal looks at those stats... she could, too. * Ru`ach puts things away on her hovercraft, and loads up but notices Rae's hovercraft. "We taking this along?" * Ch`Dith pipes up. "Faeries have a well-deserved reputation for minor mischief" ru: Malik took it. * SteveM hops on the Hog. "Sure." Ars: Okee. "They rarely mean ill, though." He returns a few minutes later, his SAMAS gear spread across the back of the hovercycle. * Trent swallows audibly. "You don't say. I guess I'll have to keep that in mind." He doesn't finish the rest of his coffee. *to Ch'Dith* "How mischevous are we talking about?" * N`Mor forgot to give Bessie a PS.. has to be mild-insanely high, though ;) NM: 100+? * Trent walks over to his Tarantula, kick starts it. >|D Ars: hehe Ars: That's incredibly insanely high. yes, it is... * N`Mor ponders Bessie and Trent in a tug of war * Ru`ach fires up the engine on the hovercraft, is ready to go. * SteveM follows Trent's lead. He knows more about this environment than I. "Coming, Kasia?" "As I said, minor. Nothing life-threatening, although usually annoying to the recipient." "You bet." Malik loads the hovercycle into the yellow, dons his SAMAS. * VanderTook gets his laser rifle, machinegun, and Raenar's Ion Gun mounted to his handlebars Vander: Yeesh, must be crowded up there. * N`Mor slugs Bessie betwixt the eyes, and ties her alongside the truck. Trent; If it works... :) * Ch`Dith slings the rifle he's toying with into a holster located under his forearm, leaps to the air. Ars: Would it be possible to mount two of the Medium Range Missile tubes on each side of my bike? * Kasia climbs onto the bike behind Steve and mutters in his ear, "There's a Japanese saying that I memorized. 'Yosei no okurimono wa nikai ga kakaru.' (just for future reference) +" * SteveM whispers back. "What does that mean?" Trent: *wheelie* *launch* ? Steve: before you leave, Carter hands you a map of Mexico, with the cities of Tula, Tenochtetlan (Mexico City), and Muluc highlighted, with a question mark farther south of Mexico City * Kasia smiles grimly. "Fairie gifts cost twice. I don't like that little bat- girl." Trent: yes, I think Vander could do that. "She's weird, I'll give you that." * N`Mor squeezes into the cab of the yellowtruck. Ah, cool. I'll have to have him do that next time we have a chance. After all, I did carry the thing... * SteveM accepts the map. "Check six, Carter." *nod* * VanderTook charts out where we've been on his portable reader/recorder just out of curio, what *did* you toss in the truck, other than loading it with several million dollars worth of gold and jewels? Ars: Lots of weapons Van: where you've been is a nearly straight line down from Del Rio to Ixzotz. And the Missile Launcher from the UAR-1 We found the Kilrathi weapons cache :) Kittani, not Kilrathi. :) Ars: Them too :) * Ch`Dith left the dwagon-sized vibroclaws where they were, tho. "Hey Vander, put red circles around Tula, Muluc, and Mexico City." *to Steve* "Roit." *does so* * Trent personally found a Naruni Big Ass Rifle [tm] * N`Mor thought the Kittani weapons stash was somewhere in Atlantis ;) NM: no, that's where they're made nowadays. :) * Ru`ach follows Trent out after making sure everything's secure. N`M: remind me to tell you about Kisinite blades. Kisinite? Trent: Good stuff :) Super-strong black stuff... Oh, neat. alien metal... does not dull or break. * Trent personally likes Killaryte...incredibly high explosive. *** RaDead has quit IRC (If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body. Then only left-handers are in their right minds.) Anyways, you're soon off.... * Trent waves goodbye to Carter and Meetal * N`Mor groans. Killaryte? ;) * SteveM already said his goodbyes. * VanderTook looks at the Dragon Thunderer battleaxe. :9 N'Mor: Well, it is a Naruni trademark... * Ru`ach waves goodbye at the two Rangers. * Kasia helps the Rangers wave back, as do most of the populace. * VanderTook waves laters to the Rangers "I never thought I'd like a Stalker." * SteveM waves as he leaves. * Ch`Dith bids Meetal and Carter farewell. .oO(Give my regards to Carlotta) * Trent kinda likes how you could prolly wipe Chi-Town off of the face of the earth with about 2000 lbs of the stuff. *to Kasia* "Remind me to tell you about Limari sometime." * Kasia looks at Steve strangely, shrugs. "Sure." *to Kasia* "Relax, she was just a friend." * Kasia grins. "Well, okay then." the trip is rather uneventful for three days. On your breaks, you notice a distinct lack of vampires. * Ch`Dith does not mind. * Kasia relaxes! Well, to a point. (I'd hope) Vander: I take it you take this time to make repairs/modifications? * SteveM helps Kasia * VanderTook uses the stops to start designing weapons upgrades and design specs for a new vehicle * N`Mor be's himself. *grumblecomplaingenerallylackingasenseofhumor* Ars: Yes *chuckle* * Kasia begs Steve to teach her swordfighting. * SteveM reluctantly agrees. * VanderTook teaches Ru some tech stuff Vander: And the addition to my bike? * Ru`ach sorta relaxes too, enjoying Mexico the way it should be. Kas: working on getting WP: Sword? Trent: The missile wrack? Ars: I'd like it! I want a Kitana. Van: Ja. Ru': mariachi and margaritas? Trent: Yes katana, y'mean. Katana! N'M: Something like that, yes. Yeah, yeah, it's dark and I can't see my keyboard, katana. Okay... Kas: So you want to swordfight wielding a palette-swapped kunoichi? ;) * VanderTook rummages through the truckload o' loot for missiles to replace the ones he used * N`Mor futzes with the truck's radio. He comes across a mariachi station, which oddly soothes him. * Kasia blinks very slowly at Steve Van: as soon as you're done with the modifications to the Tarantula, roll. Ars: OK Kas: Sorry, bad Mortal Kombat 2+ reference. hrrm... * Ru`ach intrestedly listens to the hobbit. * VanderTook rolls, but doesn't get very far. Hobbits aren't balls * Ch`Dith practises his aim with his newly-acquired rifle * Trent teaches hand to hand tips to anyone who wants some practice. * Trent smacks the hobbit. Steve: I got *that.* ;) * SteveM kicks the hobbit in another set of balls. *** Arsenal` (~tabrock@cs2-7.ban.ptd.net) has joined #rifts * VanderTook wires the weapons on his handlebars into one trigger Okay, that was *not* my fault... 're, Ars *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Arsenal` *** Arsenal has quit IRC (Read error to Arsenal[cs2-7.ban.ptd.net]: Connection reset by peer) Maybe it's like wot PS said. The Suck follows us around. Hey, that was my theory first! Trent: strangely enough, Malik appears to be one of your best students. *** SteveM has quit IRC (Read error to SteveM[ptp-160-krv.ktc.com]: Connection reset by peer) A few days later, you approach Ft. Reid... Heh. *** SteveM (~slider@ptp-160-krv.ktc.com) has joined #rifts re, Steve And the Suck caught up with me. :p 're, Steve Ch: as you approach, you hear Carlotta's voice in your head. *to Steve* While we're here, we might as well see about getting a complete inventory on the loot we got." * Ch`Dith blinks, listens. Uhoh. . o O (WHY did you return, young one?) * Ru`ach is interested in trying to figure out what some of these scrolls are. * SteveM nods. "Fine. Roll with it. I'll see if I can't get Kasia and Malik to pitch in." * Ch`Dith . o O (Accompanying my friends. If you wish I will stay outside your territory.) *to N'Mor* "Lets find an armoury. I wanna see if we can use any of what we got." . o O (Very well. Do *NOT* enter the Fort.) *to Vander* "Very well." The Fort being the entire city or just the central building? the Fort is a walled city * Ch`Dith lands in front of the city walls, turns to watch the group ride up. * VanderTook leads the truck into the Fort * SteveM rides in * Ru`ach follows. * N`Mor eases the rig behind Vander, Bessie in a leisurely trot at the side. * Trent goes to get the rest of his stuff from the supply truck, loads it on his bike. . o O (And don't even *think* of sneaking in while in humanform.) "I cannot enter here. I will wait outside." "You'll be okay, Dragon?" *to Ch"Dith* "Dragonlady must be back. I hear you." * Maeryn has been off hunting, catches up with you and hovers around the dwagon "Take care of yerself, dragon." * Ch`Dith . o O (*chilly* Please. Do not insult my intelligence and I won't insult yours by trying.) * Ch`Dith nods at Kas/group. "I will be allright." hunting for what? victims? ;) * Trent then refuels his bike. "Hey Steve, let me know if you need me, I'm going to keep Ch`Dith company." He rides back outside and parks by the dragon. a drink ;) heheh "Gotcha, Trent." * Ch`Dith wanders off, looking for a suitable snoozing spot somewhere not too far out of town. * VanderTook finds a place to get the weapons identified * Ru`ach goes to try and figure out what some of these scrolls are. "*to Trent* Thank you. I appreciate this." "No problem. Besides, I have no desire to go back into town." * SteveM ultimately decides to forget about the AK entirely as he checks up on the Plow * N`Mor pokes idly through the stash, looking for a cantine-sized E-Clip that will fit his cannon. * Kasia practices sparring moves with a random stick in the armory ... or out by the vehicles * Ru`ach wanders off to find Sergio and let him know we're back. * VanderTook looks through the loot for usable equipment * Maeryn perches on top of the dwagon, deciding to remain with him for now.. "Humans do get a trifle boring, don't they?" * Trent parks his bike and rummages through his stuff, eventually coming up with a bar labeled "Tas-T-Rations" They do not live up to their name. Steve: the VHT and the supply truck appear to be in good condition, and unharmed. * SteveM disarms the anti-theft system and runs through a preflight circle and systems check * Trent glances over at Maeryn, decides to ignore that comment. "Thrust, parry, french word I can't pronounce, thrust, slice..." *** Ru`ach is now known as Anya * VanderTook sells whatever the party can't use * Maeryn smiles pleasantly at Trent * SteveM loads stuff into the Plow Van: you come up with about a million dollars. * Ch`Dith looks over at Maeryn.... "They are interesting in more ways than you can imagine." Wrong style for a Katana methinks, but ohwell Ars: %D Van: you *gutted* the Stash... I've been learning saber fencing. Of *course* it's the wrong style. ;) Katana are more into slash, parry, block, chop, counter.... * SteveM sneaks up behind Kasia... *rolls an 89 for prowl* "Parry 4! Parry 6! Parry 2!" make it 100000+(5D6x10000)+(5D6x100) Yes, the wonders of time compression. * VanderTook sells the truck while he's at it * Trent ponders learning something like Kendo IRL. Ars: OK "Slice, ripostwatever - yipe! Steve, don't *do* that to me!" yoink. *chuckle* "Couldn't resist." :) +0 on the leading number Ars: :) I miscounted the 0s * Kasia leans on her stick. "Yeah, yeah, I know. How do you pronounce that french word, anyway?" * Kasia cracks open her copy of "All I learned about fencing I learned from Zelazny books" ;) * Maeryn looks back at the dwagon, speaking in dragonese "Of course the can be interesting.. They're even amusing when I want them to be." * Ch`Dith spends some more time practising with the rifle. "You said you wanted to explore katana fencing... I'll have you know kenjitsu is a little different from 'classic' fencing, but it shouldn't be too hard." ... and The Princess Bride. :) *** Arsenal (~tabrock@cs2-7.ban.ptd.net) has joined #rifts *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Arsenal *** PDeSanto (UpLink@du06108.str.ptd.net) has joined #rifts re * N`Mor , having nothing better to do, spends time honing his aim with his burster skills. Little flames, of course. *** VanderTook has quit IRC (Read error to VanderTook[du06108.str.ptd.net]: Connection reset by peer) * Ch`Dith looks back at Maeryn, an all but unreadable look in his black eyes..... "They are far more interesting when they choose to be so of their own free will than when they are forced to." * Trent replies to Maeryn in dragonese "Yes, I suppose we can be at that." *** PDeSanto is now known as Vander * Kasia shrugs. "Right now, I want to learn how manuver a stick as long as my arm. Specific techniques and differences can wait for later. *** Arsenal` has quit IRC (Read error to Arsenal`[cs2-7.ban.ptd.net]: Connection reset by peer) * Vander thinks he has enough to build the airship :D (last was to Kasia) * SteveM fears he's about to PTO * Ch`Dith asks Trent for some tips on aiming a plasma rifle in human form. * Kasia remembers to close her quotes :P * Trent *glares* at Vander * Maeryn glances at Trent, surprised he understood her. * SteveM nods.. "First up, it's two hands for beginners." :) * Trent chuckles as he's assisting Ch`Dith. "I speak several languages," he says in dragonese. * Vander offers to buy dinner for the group tonight *to Kasia* "That's ri-POST." * Kasia quotes, "You are using Bonetti's Defense against me, eh? Yes, I thought it fitting, considering the rocky terrain. Naturally, you expect me to attack with Capa Ferro! Naturally, but I find that ('nuther French word) are Cappa Ferro. Don't you?" Trent: you notice there's no clip in this weapon... and try as you might you can't fire it Trent: as you're showing Ch`Dith the intricasies of how to use a rifle, you see a tan jeep approaching, with a woman at the wheel. With apologies for any misspellings, I don't have the book here. * SteveM looks at Vander as he approaches. "Sure." Money: $1,385,489.46 * Maeryn sighs at the dwagon. "Perhaps, but I haven't known an." %) "Oh, Ch`Dith? Don't shoot that jeep, please." s/an/any *to Kasia* "Think we can do dinner?" van: that gets split with the team, I think. remind me to ask Trent to ask the runt for a radio that'll fit me. Ars: Aw! * Kasia shakes her head in disgust. "Why do the French make such confusing words only to cut out most of the sounds?" * Anya approaches, sees the juicer and the dragon? "Dinner? Sure. As long as I don't have to order in French..." *to Kasia* "Maybe because It's Wrong To Be French?" * Ch`Dith walks over to check the stranger out. * Kasia snickers at that. *to Steve* "Preach it!" * N`Mor looks at the dwarf. "Only if they have something green." *chuckle* *to Kasia* "I like that." * Trent walks over to the jeep too. Ars: I'm in humanform for about 30 minutes more. *nod* (practising this thing as human, remember?) Ars: Pick it up here next session? anya: you see two humans... van: gotta go? Ars: Yah * Anya sees them approaching, stops the jeep. *to Kasia* "That look on your face when you laugh." * Kasia blinks in surprise, then grins. "Thanks... I guess I haven't laughed in so long... before I met you..." * Kasia shrugs, embarrassed. * Anya looks them both over. Later folx Watch as Steve and Kasia shuffle around the issue yet more! cya, Vander bye van. *** Vander has quit IRC (Everything's bio-degradible. Some people just don't have any patience.) *to Kasia* "And I'd never thought I'd have cause to really be sure of myself until I met you." * Arsenal pops in "Kiss the Girl" :) * Trent walks over to the jeep. "Hello, what brings you out here?" Ars: Cute. * Maeryn hovers, watching the girl in the jeep. Trent: it fits. Now, the wily female attempts to use body language on the human male. Watch as the female human Kasia gives female signals for "Kiss me now, idiot!" * Ch`Dith nods in greeting, idly checking the woman with his evilsense, lets Trent do the talking. Ch: you sense nothing * SteveM looks at the floor for a second before looking at Kasia... * Kasia looks up slowly. "... Really?" * Trent chuckles at Kasia "I am coming home. This is Fort Reid, no?" * SteveM nods. "Really." He then holds Kasia by the shoulders... Watch the human male need a Rosetta Stone, preferably on the back of the head! We now observe if the elusive male human gets the point. * Kasia gives Steve the bambi-eyes-feminine look "Ja, this is Fort Reid, at least it was a couple hours ago." Their lips met for a few seconds. Yet to them, it was an eternity. * SteveM then goes in for the kiss..... * Anya smiles. "Good. Then El Paso is another few days drive." * Kasia responds gratefully, sinking into Steve's embrace Cue: violin crescendo with overdrive guitars singing at the peak> * N`Mor mumbles something about humans and rutting season, and goes off to find someplace to clean several days worth of old blood off. * SteveM doesn't even acknowlege that remark as he holds Kasia tight... * Kasia cuts the descrip, before we tread into 50-cent romance novel territory. :) * Trent nods. "You're from El Paso?" oh, no you don't. :) Danke Schon, Kasia. * Maeryn mutters under her breath, "This is interesting." and laughs a little. DETAILS! Ars: Bah. :P * Trent whaps Ars "Da. At least was for a while." hey, can't the GM play Devil's Advocate. :) Mae: either you're outside with us or you're inside with the rest of the gang. * Kasia finally breaks the kiss. "I..." * SteveM kisses Kasia for what seems like hours.... * Trent unslings his Shoulder Cannon, aims it at Ars. "I just ate, okay?" * SteveM looks up. "What's wrong?" * Kasia grins. "Nothing. Nothing's wrong at all!" I'm outside with you.. I was referring to your greeting with Anya. It was sarcasm. :) Trent: weren't you outside as well? Ch`D: Ja. Still am, for that matter. er, doh. nevermind. feeling the insomnia, 'sall * Trent slings his rifle, goes back IC. * Kasia chuckles. "All of humanities problems are just silly little nonsensical details that can be worked out over ice cream. Kiss me again?" * SteveM chuckles. "That's what I thought." He then runs his fingers through Kasia's hair... * SteveM doesn't even respond, he just does so. :) "What are you doing way down here?" * Kasia *LOLs*.. this is just too funny. %) * SteveM pauses in the second kiss to mutter "Among other sweeter things, yes." okay, we'll leave Kasia and Steve alone for the next few hours Ars: THANK YOU! WOOHOO!!! Ahem...err...good. shifting focus... Ars.. only a few? *chuckle* * Kasia needs to go to sleep now, anyhoo. "Well, I have been living down here. In Ciudad de Mejico. Came down with a few friends..." *grin* "never left." Ars: Relax... no hanky panky's going to be going down just yet. ;) * Trent nods. "Isn't that in Vampire territory?" Ars: I think we're going out to dinner. ;) "Mexico is not a safe place to be for humans." Anyway, I'll pick up the log tomorrow. 'Nite! nite, Kas cya, Kasia nites Kasia-chan Session Close: Sat Apr 17 23:32:53 1999 Anya eyes the just spoken one. "Oh? Was plenty safe for me." Ch: try as you might, you cannot sense any evil from her. "Then you have been extremely fortunate. Didn't you know that vampires rule most of the country there?" Ars: noted. Trent eyes the sun as his hand involuntarily twitches towards his baseball bat. "That's...unusual." . o O (Must be a garlic lover) Maeryn eyes Anya, listening to the exchange. Anya shrugs. "I did not see any." *chuckle* Ch`Dith . o O (*to trent* This is not possible, yet she does not appear to be lying....) Anya 's eyebrows go up, but she doesn't say anything. . o O (Should I tell her you're a dragon and try for a reaction?) Ch`Dith . o O (Why not?) Anya looks at the two of them, and a smile creeps across her face. "Until pretty recently, vampires have been pretty common around here." *shrugs* "Oh, allow me to introduce us. I'm Trent Harris, and my companion here is Ch`Dith, a dragon." Ch: you sense you have five minutes remaining in humanform. "The Faery is known as Maeryn." Ars: *nod* "Ahh. Is a pleasure to meet you both. I am Anna Morchenko, call me Anya." Ch`Dith . o O (I need to change back now anyway.) . o O (Feel free. Try not to hit me, though. ;) ) has Anya seen dragons in their native form yet? Nope. Ch`Dith takes a few steps backward and slings the rifle into its holster on his back. Maeryn flies over and perches herself on Trent's shoulder, a little weary from the sun. Ah.. roll for HF, then... 20? when he does.. *nod* Ja. Ars.. Mae has an HF too. Ch`Dith stands still, arms crossed on his shoulders as shadows wrap around him. Pfft.. little thing like you? ;) Mae: I think Ch`Dith's HF is higher. Ch`Dith 's outline changes. expands. grows wings. course.. that prolly woulda been more notable when I first showed up. * the shadows stream away and Ch'Dith stands revealed in his natural form. N`Mor prances around. "Oooh, lookit me. Little faerie gonna scare the pants offa ya" *ducksreallyfast* ;) Maeryn sticks her tongue out at the cow. "Well Anya, it is good to meet you. We recently came from a hunting expedition over in Ixzotx (or however you spell that) The rest of our party is inside the Fort." 17. guess not... N`Mor: You wear pants? Ixzotz Ye needed 16 or better IIRC. Ye made it. Trent: Actually, yeah. ;) according to the book, it's more to see if yer stunned by my beauty :) Anya blinks a little. "Bozhe moi...that is fascinating." Trent nods. Anya turns back to Trent. "I know nothing of Ixzotz. I do know of Ciudad de Mejico, and as far as I know, there are no vampires there." "So, what were you doing in Ixzotz?" N`Mor reappears in the main plaza of the fort, wringing out his cloak. He decide to take a stroll out to see what the dragon and the Juicer are up to. Ars.. I forget.. Ciudad isn't that close to Mexico City, is it? I'm looking it up... bbias Mae: Ciudad de Mejico == Mexico City. Same name, different languages. "Well, like I said, we were hunting. We...eliminated a Vampire Intelligence. +" N`Mor errs, Ciu-- what Anya said. ;) oh.. well that's a different story Maeryn glares at Anya "Oh, so vampires do exist? How interesting. Where are you goind now?" N`Mor trudges outside, noting a third addition (not counting the Faerie) to the group waiting. Ciudad de Mejico I don't see... I see a Ciudad Vicrtoria, Ciudad Mante, and Ciudad juarez Ars: It's Mexico City, just in Spanish. :) "Well, we were heading back north. Some of our group need to report in to Lone Star." Ars: what she said, though. She was just-- dammit, what she said again. ;) ah Anya frowns. "Lone Star." Maeryn feels a sudden rage at the mention of Mexico City I usually use Tenochtetlan for the name of that city ancient Aztec name Ars: *nod* any of them, I'd suspect, are valid. N`Mor ponders making Anya roll against his HF at the GM's discretion. Naw. ;) heh... against the dragon, you're small potatoes Anya looks at the newcomer out here. "Hello." Trent nods. "Yeah, Lone Star. Most of us are probably not going to actually go in." N`Mor would find it amusing if-- yeah, what you said. ;) Maeryn hoverpaces, trying to get control of herself and fails.. dives through the air towards Anya and bites her. "Mo'rad, to you, newcomer." He unfurls his wrung cloak and wraps it about his shoulders. Maeryn is momentarily oblivious to the rest of you. Anya 's face darkens. "The Coalition. Enemy of freethinkers everywhere. But anyway, don't want to encumber you with my viewpoints on.... *OW*! What was that?" Trent 's arm flashes out and he grabs Maeryn. "What was that about?" Mae: Here's where you slip into Diabolic for a moment. Maeryn glares at Trent and melts away into mist. b Cd: your Evil Sense suddenly detects the Faerie Ars.. I kinda figured. "Oh...Shit." Ch, evn even, even Maeryn moves away above the group Ch`Dith 's head snaps staring straight at the faerie. ... or where she was/is N`Mor raises a furry brow. "Try not to breathe her?" Ars: Can I grab 'er with TK? Maeryn can't help a mental laugh at the cow Ch: yes "You okay, Anya?" Trent: you see two small pinpricks on Anya's neck... no bleeding. Seems Mae wanted a bite... Ch`Dith reaches out with telekinesis and grasps the faerie in a firm hold, drawing her back down. "Yeah, just a small prick or something. I'll be fine." Unless Mae has a good explanation this is going to have been a *short* cameo appearance for the faerie.... anyways, we'll pick up here next weekend... I'm ready to crash... 3am here "Anyway, yeah the Coalition. And you don't need to talk about them, I probably agree." Mae tries to remember the specifics for mist and looks up saves and whatnot ok.... I need to be at my niece's b-day party at 11 AM tomorrow Anya nods. we might want to consider shifting over to irc.sandwich.net :P Ars: Bah, wuss. It's not yet 3AM N`Mor glances at the bite on Anya's neck, unsheathing one of his silver throwing knives and holding it like a dagger. Ars: Ja, agreed Maeryn needs sleep too.. it's getting close to 24 awake hours.. Arsenal sets mode: +oooooo Anya Ch`Dith Maeryn N`Mor SteveM Trent Ch: one minute by this clock... Ars: Amen... valhall is entering the realm of the unreliable. g'nite, all SteveM: That tends to happen to places we appear, wouldn't it seem? do we want to hold a dry run to make sure nobody's banned, site- or otherwise? cya, Ars night Ars. before next week? nite Ars sounds good... N`Mor [darkside@cz-cblk-150-16-212.cyberzone.net] has quit IRC (*wotch*) Steve: It's Cal's site, I don't see why anyone would be. Trent goes too. *thump* Trent [~KillJoy@pern-1-100.mdm.mkt.execpc.com] has quit IRC (All that exists is a metaphor; whoever controls our metaphors controls us.) SteveM [~slider@ptp-160-krv.ktc.com] has quit IRC ("Everything's for the best in the best of all possible worlds.") Ch`Dith [shadur@catv6150.extern.kun.nl] has quit IRC (changing servers) *** Log file closed: 4/18/99 3:00:47 AM