World on fire [M&M 2e]

[Evil DM Mark3]

John ***** his head to one side, but does not lower his weapon.

[OOC]Heh heh. Now male-chicken your crossbow...[/OOC]

She bows. "If my Okami demands."

You can see several interesting sets of papers, and an inviting cupboard. One set of sheets partialy covered but is labelled Fu ------ ord (A.C.)

[Shiny, Bearer of the Pokystick]

John pulls forth a short length of cable from inside his overcoat and binds her hands, carefully and thoroughly, but gently.

"I have no doubts she will reward your devotion to operational security."

He stands behind the guardswoman, and carefully places the pistol against the back of her head, once more, and pulls the trigger.

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Coup de grace; automatic 9 damage (4+5).
Fortitude save vs. Death, DC 19.

[Evil DM Mark3]

(d20+5)[13]
[OOC]Thats right folks, he is shooting an unprotesting woman in the head with a lethal weapon[/OOC]

[Evil DM Mark3]

John
The room is full of the smell of toasted flesh and burnt hair.

[Vampiric]

[ooc] Ouch. Grew up in a tough environment, I bet Dog eat dog and all that. [/ooc]

[Evil DM Mark3]

[ooc] Ouch. Grew up in a tough environment, I bet Dog eat dog and all that. [/ooc]

Can we keep purely OOC comments on the OOC thread please? Quote this thread if you need to...

[Shiny, Bearer of the Pokystick]

John carefully removes the lass' uniform, flicking off a few...unsavory gobbets with a frown, before going through the papers, pulling on a pair of ill-fitting recently-liberated trousers and stowing his explosives carefully out of sight.

(1d20+17)[30] Investigate

He plants a grape on the tower's floor, the timer set for ten minutes.

[Evil DM Mark3]

Your investigation of the Coming tower reveals the following:

• A lot of Fueling Records for aircraft dating back about 3 months
• Lists, in code, of various invetories (you think) from the planes.
• The same for ships.
• A list of Current Standard Routine Orders (Daily, Weekly and Monthly)
• Two sets of civilian clothes (one male, one famale) and a man's DPM uniform (like all of DPMs, without a name tag)
• A small cache of emergency weapons, including a flame thrower, a demolition pack and several grenades.

[Shiny, Bearer of the Pokystick]

John struggles hurriedly out of his stolen uniform, and steals another one- the male- with a harried sigh.

He liberates the inventories where possible, and pulls out the standing orders; he takes the grenades, but leaves the rest and sprints out of the tower toward the runway, engaging his stealth once more as he does.

Another grape finds it way to the center of the runway, the timer set for a few moments after the first goes off.

He heads for the base entrance, skimming the standing orders and discarding them as he goes...

[Evil DM Mark3]

The standing orders are not very interesting, specialist military knowledge would be needed to assess them.

[Shiny, Bearer of the Pokystick]

John hastily discards the rest with a muttered expletive and attempts to slide into the base, watching what others do and slouching in the standard DPM fashion.

[Evil DM Mark3]

Everyone seems busy, no one is paying you attention. You are now close enough to see that, whilst guarded, the battleship has people going on and off steadily.

[Shiny, Bearer of the Pokystick]

"Well, that makes that easier..."

John turns away with a quick shake of the head and moves toward the bunker/base/lair as quickly as possible, surreptitiously visible.

[jerichodrumm]

SOLID, Granite, Shockwave and Ranger
"I never even went to The Mile Island. They lined up Joanne for that one. Remember her, poor little Joanne? Such a sweet little girl, and she actually believed all that patriotic garbage too. Wore red white and blue ribbons in her hair! I was already de-commissioned, writhing in pain in a hospital ward! She didn't die either, though they say she got shot stopping a robbery. Her face was burnt off! She was in the room next door to me! Still is if you fancy going to see her, well, moot point really, seeing as you are not getting out of here." He slaps Shockwave with the glove.Toughness save

"Feel that? Imagine living with that, every day. Did you ever wonder how the US scientist managed to get their patient zero so quickly? Their one stable rinezine human that they could base their treatments on? When it took the Nazis years and thousands of failures? They tested on dying soldiers! Offered them money for their families! I got lucky. I lived. For ten years, it was golden and even then, for years I could bite it down, fistfuls of painkillers. You remember those days? What about you John? Me, you, Crash here, Dunkan, Leaping Badger, heroes of the United States! But then, it started to hurt. All over. They kept upping the pain killers, but it didn't help. But this?" He jabs the glove into Ranger's chest Toughness save

"THIS HELPS!"

"You know this crap don't work on me son! Ya think yer the only one the program screwed over? How many years did I give to them only to be put out to pasture? How many good men and women have I seen die all because of their Agendas? I'm the only one who can understand you. You let me go and I will help."

[jerichodrumm]

[roll]1d20-+8[/roll] toughness

(1d20+5)[20] bluff

[jerichodrumm]

sorry typo on roll

(1d20+8)[22] toughness

[Evil DM Mark3]

The electricity seems to not affect Ranger (I forgot about adaptation). (d20+4)[15]

[Evil DM Mark3]

Iron Talon looks almost tearful. Ranger is lowered to the ground and released. Behind Iron Talon, the black robed man shifts his stance into a "ready" stance.

[Vampiric]

Trying not to distract Iron Talon or Ranger from their... development, Granite whispers to Shockwave.

"What's going on? How do you know him? What's Three Mile Island?"

[Evil DM Mark3]

John turns away with a quick shake of the head and moves toward the bunker/base/lair as quickly as possible, surreptitiously visible.

You seem to be drawing some attention, but not any more than any other apparently indecisive litterer would do.

[Kyeudo]

Shockwave whispers back. "The nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island almost had a meltdown. We thought US Jack died shutting it down."

[Vampiric]

"US Jack? I've never heard of him. Iron Talon's previous alias? Did you work with him on that mission?"

[Kyeudo]

"No. I worked with him in the War."

[HardboiledJJ]

SOLID watches Ranger being released. The identity of his captor finally dawns on the dense soul soldier, and his face softens. . .slightly. He keeps his eyes on "Mr. Sweet & Sour."

"Listen, Jack. Listen to my main man from the old school. You gots people that'll help. I know puttin' the Man in his place is my mission statement. But the way you be doin' things-it scares folks. Gives The Man excuses to keep on the way he do."

((Ranger may be bluffing, but SOLID totally buys into the idea.))

[jerichodrumm]

Iron Talon looks almost tearful. Ranger is lowered to the ground and released. Behind Iron Talon, the black robed man shifts his stance into a "ready" stance.

"Alright Jackie-Boy. Ya done good." The Old Soldier put a hand on the former Patriot's shoulder trying to gauge his erratic behavior.

"I'll be at yer side all the way. Make sure the know what happened. We'll get ya the help you need."

OOC= Use Sense Motive +6 (I will let you roll since Ranger would not know if he failed) to see if he is going to go violent, If I think he isn't buying into giving himself up I will attempt a Bluff +5 on Gunmen (again please roll for me)to use the Redirect feat to make him shoot Iron Talon. Then I will move to control panel and attempt to free the others like Jack freed me.

[Evil DM Mark3]

"Oh, they will find out" There is something in his tone that is unsettling.

There are no Gunmen in the room, only you four, Iron Talon and the Black Robed man. You would say that at the moment Iron Talon is overcome with emotion, but is highly unlikely to turn himself in and is probably expecting you to join him. I also rolled for you on the Black Robed man, he is ready to attack when you try anything funny, and is expecting that you will.

[jerichodrumm]

Ranger places himself in-between Iron Talon & the Black-robed figure and leans in and whispers "Sorry Jack." He then leans back and throws a roundhouse at Iron Talon his blow purpousefully goes wide missing Talon completely and throwing his upper torso to the side to evade any ranged attack from the Robed Man while hitting Talon instead. No matter the outcome he continues to use that momentum to scramble to the control panel to free his allies.

[Evil DM Mark3]

An initiative roll please, with a Grapple check on the side.

[jerichodrumm]

An initiative roll please, with a Grapple check on the side.

OOC: Sorry I am on so many sites. How does this dice roller one work again. I know I managed it a couple times but old age is creeping up.

[Kyeudo]

[ roll]1d20[ /roll]