Listens to Wind started shrinking and dark brown feathers began sprouting from his neck and along both of his arms. Dropping his staff as his fingers changed into the tips of wings that he flapped experimentally. His face began swelling outward, hardening into a long curved beak as his hair disappeared into his scalp and more plumage started to rise up out of his flesh. The transformation only took a matter of seconds, but it was a remarkable feat of magic none the less. The large eagle now tangled in Listens to Wind's clothes started tearing himself free of the fabric with his newly acquired talons.
The eagle seized the fallen staff in one of his talons then dragged it to the edge of the roof and launched itself off of the ledge spreading his wings as he fell. He plummeted downward for a moment then he caught the wind and he shot over the heads of some of the people who'd been loitering in front of the student union. They pointed and watched as the eagle soared higher and higher, gradually picking up speed until it was flying at the speed of a car on the freeway in a matter of seconds.
I am going to be heading out for a few hours early today, but I will be back later this afternoon for some rapid posting. Hopefully Arc will have had some time to craft his next masterpiece by then. If you would like to send Jacob on to the animal shelter feel free Optimus Zed, or if you would like to have head somewhere else to prepare for what is sure to be a fun filled journey into the sewers that's fine too.
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I leaned forward and swirled my water around as Roland looked at me expectantly. What can I say, I love stretching a little drama and tension.
"Well," I said, looking at him from under lidded eyes, "I had a nasty run-in this morning at an office building over in North Las Vegas. You might have heard about it--gunshots, reports of a fire alarm at an office building out there? Yeah."
I exhaled and took a sip from my glass, sticking my bandaged leg out for emphasis. "Goblins, Roland, with... well, I don't know what they were. Assault rifles, automatic ones. They were chasing down the same lead I was, I guess, except they wanted to, ah... tie off the loose end or something. Something big's going on, it's got Summer and Winter up in a tizzy over this guy, Ryan Rutland. You know that name?"
If Roland had any information I wanted it, so I didn't leave anything to chance--I fixed him with my best 'afraid damsel' look. Hey, just because I don't like being the scared princess doesn't mean I can't put on a solid front.
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I frowned. "Information broker, has given us a few tips before. And you're saying... goblins?... shot up his place?" There has been plenty of weird shit that I've been a part of since coming to Vegas, but for some reason the idea of Jim Henson muppets armed with machine guns led by David Bowie was a little ridiculous. "What lead were you chasing down?"
"Goblins. Faerie mercenaries that get off on murder. I don't know if they were aligned with Winter or something else," I said before taking another drink of water.
That last question was... delicate. I still didn't know how much Roland was on the radar on the spooky side and revealing more information could make the sergeant a target.
I decided to split the difference. "I was trying to find Ryan before someone else did. I think he rabbited out of town though, I stopped by his house before the office and some... folks I asked said he'd been missing for three days. Loaded a bag and boogied."
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"Guy got out of town and armed folk are looking for him. Doesn't sound good." I considered options. This would be a damn good time to feel a compulsion to go mete out some retribution, but despite being injured Haruna didn't seem particularly pissed off about it. Probably not the type to hold a grudge at any rate. "Well, I can ring LVPD for some info. Dig into points of contact or known boltholes. Could even run his plates, see if he managed to get caught on a red light cam."
Is that a freebie or should I roll Contacts or something?
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it's worth it--I'm gonna invoke Growth and Nourishment on that roll to bump it up to a 3 so Roland can make use of an aspect "Haruna Believes In Me!" for that +2
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The phone rang twice before anyone answered and when she did her voice sounded even more tired than it had earlier. "Andrews."
Not wanting to drag the conversation out any longer than necessary Roland dove ahead. "What do you know about a guy named Ryand Rutland?"
"He runs a small business and works as a restroom attendant, every once in a while he passes along some useful information to us. Most of it is pretty minor, but one of his people handed in a murder someone tried to stash in a bathroom stall last month. Why do you ask?"
"Apparently someone just shot up his office with automatic weapons. I'm trying to track him down before they can do the same to him. Any chance you might be able to help me track him down?"
"Hold on." There was a pause that stretched on for several minutes before Andrews returned. "His car was photographed by a traffic camera when he ran a red light just outside of McCarren international airport three nights ago. I called over there and the lot attendant says that it's still parked there but there's no sign of him, and there's no record of him buying a ticket on any flight that left since then. Do you think you can get over there and check it out without starring in your own remake of Diehard 2?"
Haruna
Emma watched Roland walking outside then reluctantly turned her attention back to Haruna. "Goblins, like those creepy little things from those Lord of Rings movies? They're real?"
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I cast a sidelong glance at Emma. "Remember that movie from the 80s? Gremlins? Mix that with the Lord of the Rings guys and give them AK-47s and you're close. They're kinda creepy. I managed to toast one, though. Word's probably already gotten around the spooky-side grapevine," I said with a little bit of a sigh.
Not wanting to destroy his newly acquired ensemble Jacob decided to make his way downstairs without taking advantage of his wings. Even on foot it didn't take long for him to arrive outside of the animal shelter. Even from the outside it looked rather plain and depressing compared to the bright lights and colors that buildings in Las Vegas tended to favor. The brickwork that had been covered over with a pale yellow paint to conceal the cracks slowly spreading across the surface. In an effort to make the building look friendlier and less depressing someone had painted large brown paw prints along the exterior. There was a battered green minivan marked with the shelter's logo parked in the small lot out front.
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"Isn't that bad? I mean..." Emma glanced around at the other occupants of Syn, none of whom were paying them any special attention at the moment. "...if the others got away aren't they going to be looking for you too?"
There was an unmistakable note of concern in her friend's voice now and she kept looking towards the door as though she expected machine gun totting goblins to arrive at any minute.
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"I'll head over now, Andrews. And I wouldn't worry about a remake of Die Hard 2 - it almost never snows in Vegas." I hung up before I heard her exasperated sigh, and headed back to the bar.
I did't bother sitting down. "Feel like going for a ride? Got a lead on Rutland's car, let's go check it out."
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"Definitely," I said as Roland returned. I looked at Emma as I stood up, grabbing the little walking cane as I did. I gave Emma a quick hug. "And that's why you're gonna stay here, finish your OJ, and then head back home." She opened her mouth to protest and I cut her off. "I'm riding with an officer of the law, Emma. I'm as safe as I could possibly be and I have to do this."
For a minute it looked as though Emma would press the point and start an argument, but then she looked Roland straight in the eye for the first time. "Please take care of her."
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Slightly embarrassed but unsure why, I looked away and cleared my throat. "I"m kinda better known for..." causing significant personal and property damage? "...uh. Yes. I'll do my best."
I hooked my arm playfully in Roland's. "Shall we be off, then? Kind of an awkward first date," I said coyly. I could feel his aura tying itself up in knots with all the consternation and I laughed lightly. What a game this was turning out to be.
leaving it open for Jdark or Delmain to set up the introduction of Erik
Back when they were working on the new track, the team's warm up route took them past this place. It didn't take very many practices for Jacob to learn to lag well behind the main body of runners; that way all he got was the noises of angry and panicked animals and avoided the terrified screams of his fellow athletes. Years in civilization had toned down the outward expressions of his nature, but animals, and particularly mammals, were always on edge around him even now. At least he'd managed to lose the constant crackle of miniature heat lightning that had plagued him through the first few years at UNLV. That had been awkward.
Like a lot of things in this part of Vegas, the shelter was built between things. In the spaces where there was room and, more importantly, access to the municipal services. Early Las Vegans hadn't seen much point extending the city's water and sewer lines further into the desert than necessary. That was how, in violation of even the lax codes of the City of Sin, this sad little building managed to get built directly over an entrance to the city's sewers. And it was why, much to his chagrin, that Jacob now had to find a way inside.
He could hear the animals stirring even now. They were likely reacting to the shift of winds and building pressure that, even now after almost a decade among humans, alerted any animals, or instruments, nearby of his presence. They probably didn't know what was going on, not yet at least, but they would be uneasy and prone to panic at just about any disturbance.
Circling the outside of the building until it was between him and the street, Jacob approached the outer fence at a jog. A quick leap took him over the 8 foot obstacle, landing him neatly on the other side. As he approached the interior door to the outer pen, the whimpering started from inside. Testing the handle, the bird-man found it locked. Unsurprising, given the ease with which he made it to this point; many humans could have done the same, albeit with slightly more effort. The drugs used to rehabilitate the animals inside were also pretty valuable, so this place was probably a common target for Vegas' opportunists and junkies. Humans did love their drugs.
And their locks. That was a phenomenon that Jacob simply never would get used to. The weird compulsion to contain and restrict things, from within and from without. It seemed to be a product of their strange, primate brains and genetic memories of openings suddenly filling with teeth or claws. He pitied them, sometimes, these weird apes. They were lucky he was looking out for them, always prepared to save them from themselves.
If the universe had a sense of humor, it would probably have started laughing at that point as the supernatural predator, probably the scariest thing that any given human would ever see up close when in his natural given form, blew the locked door completely off its hinges, his baggily clothed form framed by the wreckage of the door frame and backlit lightning.
A heartbeat later, the silence was broken by a deafening thunderclap and the sound of terrified animals.
Jacob isn't big on subtlety.
Some rolls in case you didn't just want to give them to me.
Geth, roll 4dF+5 to jump the fence.
Geth, roll 4dF+6 to summon the storm energy.
Geth, roll 4dF+6 to explode the door.
I'll just drop whatever I have into the maneuver to destroy the door, or as Weapon if you decide it's an attack.
I should be stress free (initially) due to the down time between scenes, yes?
Just so everyone knows, the general default to drop an unopposed maneuver on something is set at 3. If it's opposed, you use the opposer's roll in a relevant skill; it can also be easier or harder based on GM's discretion and what method of approach you're going for
So it's probably reasonable to say that as a maneuver Jacob can make a three shift maneuver to thunderclap the hell out of the door with an aspect of "Door Blown Off Its Hinges"
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I knew 3 was the baseline. I didn't really figure the aspect was necessary as much as getting in the door. I guess if there's trouble inside, or on the way out, I should probably have called my shot, huh?
A sharp medicinal smell tainted by something fetid and rotten rushed out of the opening Jacob had blasted in the building nearly gagging him. Stepping over the threshold he entered a wide room with a bare cement floor. Enormous iron cages lined the walls on either side of the door, but several of the cages had been torn open. Sharp strands of snapped metal jutted into the damaged cages, many of strands were marked with smears of old blood that had faded to the color of rust. Dogs of varying breeds and sizes were cowering inside of their pens as far from Jacob as they could be. Their food and water dishes were all empty and the floors in their cages were covered in their waste. A tall mound of smaller cages filled with cats who were hissing or curling up in the corners of their enclosures rested against the wall. Tiny lamp-like eyes watched Jacob cautiously as he moved nearer to them. The state of the cat's cages was squalid and several dead cats were rotting in plain sight.
Someone or something tremendously strong had ripped its way up through the floor and left a gaping hole in the building's foundation. Smeared trails of blood and bits of matted hair leading between the damaged cages and the hole painted a grisly picture of the fate of the missing animals. Bits of the crumbling floor toppled down into the darkness with a loud splash every now and then.
Stepping past the abused animals Jacob peered down into the hole catching a glimpse of what was waiting below. It was easily a twenty foot drop down into the darkened tunnel far below. Ankle-deep brackish sludge-like water was slowly surging over a mound of small bones laying at the bottom of the hole. None of them looked whole, they all appeared to have been cracked open or gnawed on.
A partial open door into an examination room stood at the far end of the corridor next an open doorway that seemed to lead to a small waiting room. The door had been ripped off of its hinges and tossed aside.
Slippery Floors: The floor has been covered in blood, water, sewage, and other nasty stuff. It is slippery and easy to end up falling on your butt. Crumbling Foundation: Damage to the foundation is serious and this place is in danger of crashing into the sewer entirely if it isn't fixed.
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Skirting the enormous hole in the ground, Jacob made his way toward the two open doors on the other side. The surviving animals were making enough noise that he was confident that he himself was unheard, even if his presence was obvious to anyone within earshot.
As he moved, he took visual stock of his surroundings. If these things were coming above ground often to feed, Jacob wanted to know about it before they tried to make him their next meal.
Geth, roll 4dF+5 to keep from falling in the damn hole.
Geth, roll 4dF+4 to investigate the area to try and determine movements.
I'm going to look around before heading down into the sewers themselves. I think Jacob would be much happier
to meet the threat up here.
It breaks my heart a little, but he wouldn't even think about freeing the animals.
to keep from falling in the damn hole.:
4dF+57 [4dF=+1, +1, -1, +1]
to investigate the area to try and determine movements.:
The examination room looked more like the set of a horror movie. Surgical tools and shattered bits glass littered most of the floor. A large scale had been tipped over in the corner and the cabinets had been left hanging open. Most of the cabinets seemed to have been emptied of their contents which now lay scattered on the floor. Slipping through the open doorway Jacob glanced into the lobby expecting to find a similar scene of chaos.
Unlike the examination room and the area containing animal cages the lobby had been left in order. A single computer monitor sat on the counter casting dim light into Jacob's eyes. Squinting he caught a glimpse of a large desktop calendar, framed photographs, and an assortment of pet supplies tucked out of sight. Hard plastic chairs had been set next to the wall, otherwise t the room was absent of any decoration.
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With the windows rolled down, dry desert air whipping around his head, even Erik Andersen couldn't claim to hate everything about his Mustang. When it started up (which it increasingly wasn't doing these days), the engine still growled like it did thirty years before when it was new. Well, maybe with a bit more of a sore throat.
Really, if the car had been taken care of for the intervening years, it wouldn't be awful to look at, but since it hadn't, and since now it was owned by a wizard in the desert, it was basically falling apart. The bits of original paint remaining appear as faded tan spots in islands of rust, and the hood and both bumpers were a bright blue completely at odds with the rest of the vehicle. Naturally, those would be the bits resistant to the desert's sun and sand.
The condition of the car was why Erik was initially planning on driving past Syn and parking down the block into the commercial area on the far side of the bar / club / gathering spot. He was always cautious with the face he put forward in public, and being seen driving a, well, a piece of shit like that would really not mesh with "club-hopping playa" as much as it would "drug-addled reject". His plans changed, however, when he saw Haruna walking beside a LVPD officer heading towards his squad car.
Damnit Haruna, what did you do? You said it was urgent but you didn't say you were going to do something stupid
Pulling directly into the front parking lot, he threw the parking brake and jumped out, a dozen yards or so from Haruna and the cop. He approached confidently, pulling his false face on as he prepared to deal with the police.
"Hey, how's it going, officer? I don't know what's happened, but I'm a friend of Haruna's and I'm sure that this is all just a big misunderstanding, no reason to-"
It took a moment (and being a lot closer) for Erik to realize that Haruna wasn't in cuffs, or even being led out towards the car, but that it appeared the two were walking together on their own.
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Listens to Wind started shrinking and dark brown feathers began sprouting from his neck and along both of his arms. Dropping his staff as his fingers changed into the tips of wings that he flapped experimentally. His face began swelling outward, hardening into a long curved beak as his hair disappeared into his scalp and more plumage started to rise up out of his flesh. The transformation only took a matter of seconds, but it was a remarkable feat of magic none the less. The large eagle now tangled in Listens to Wind's clothes started tearing himself free of the fabric with his newly acquired talons.
The eagle seized the fallen staff in one of his talons then dragged it to the edge of the roof and launched itself off of the ledge spreading his wings as he fell. He plummeted downward for a moment then he caught the wind and he shot over the heads of some of the people who'd been loitering in front of the student union. They pointed and watched as the eagle soared higher and higher, gradually picking up speed until it was flying at the speed of a car on the freeway in a matter of seconds.
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Concerned by Haruna's lack of response, Roland waved a hand in front of her face a few times.
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I leaned forward and swirled my water around as Roland looked at me expectantly. What can I say, I love stretching a little drama and tension.
"Well," I said, looking at him from under lidded eyes, "I had a nasty run-in this morning at an office building over in North Las Vegas. You might have heard about it--gunshots, reports of a fire alarm at an office building out there? Yeah."
I exhaled and took a sip from my glass, sticking my bandaged leg out for emphasis. "Goblins, Roland, with... well, I don't know what they were. Assault rifles, automatic ones. They were chasing down the same lead I was, I guess, except they wanted to, ah... tie off the loose end or something. Something big's going on, it's got Summer and Winter up in a tizzy over this guy, Ryan Rutland. You know that name?"
If Roland had any information I wanted it, so I didn't leave anything to chance--I fixed him with my best 'afraid damsel' look. Hey, just because I don't like being the scared princess doesn't mean I can't put on a solid front.
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I frowned. "Information broker, has given us a few tips before. And you're saying... goblins?... shot up his place?" There has been plenty of weird shit that I've been a part of since coming to Vegas, but for some reason the idea of Jim Henson muppets armed with machine guns led by David Bowie was a little ridiculous. "What lead were you chasing down?"
Penny Arcade Rockstar Social Club / This is why I despise cyclists
"Goblins. Faerie mercenaries that get off on murder. I don't know if they were aligned with Winter or something else," I said before taking another drink of water.
That last question was... delicate. I still didn't know how much Roland was on the radar on the spooky side and revealing more information could make the sergeant a target.
I decided to split the difference. "I was trying to find Ryan before someone else did. I think he rabbited out of town though, I stopped by his house before the office and some... folks I asked said he'd been missing for three days. Loaded a bag and boogied."
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
"Guy got out of town and armed folk are looking for him. Doesn't sound good." I considered options. This would be a damn good time to feel a compulsion to go mete out some retribution, but despite being injured Haruna didn't seem particularly pissed off about it. Probably not the type to hold a grudge at any rate. "Well, I can ring LVPD for some info. Dig into points of contact or known boltholes. Could even run his plates, see if he managed to get caught on a red light cam."
Penny Arcade Rockstar Social Club / This is why I despise cyclists
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
Damn "actual responsibilities", and such.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
Edit: niiice. how many fate point do I have? 1, right? but i've accepted 2 compels, when do i get those? feel bad to blow my only point here.
Penny Arcade Rockstar Social Club / This is why I despise cyclists
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
"I'll be right back." I stepped outside and pulled out my cell. Hopefully Andrews would be in a forgiving mood.
FP: 2
Penny Arcade Rockstar Social Club / This is why I despise cyclists
Presence Maneuver: 4dF+3 1
it's worth it--I'm gonna invoke Growth and Nourishment on that roll to bump it up to a 3 so Roland can make use of an aspect "Haruna Believes In Me!" for that +2
FP down to 4
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
The phone rang twice before anyone answered and when she did her voice sounded even more tired than it had earlier. "Andrews."
Not wanting to drag the conversation out any longer than necessary Roland dove ahead. "What do you know about a guy named Ryand Rutland?"
"He runs a small business and works as a restroom attendant, every once in a while he passes along some useful information to us. Most of it is pretty minor, but one of his people handed in a murder someone tried to stash in a bathroom stall last month. Why do you ask?"
"Apparently someone just shot up his office with automatic weapons. I'm trying to track him down before they can do the same to him. Any chance you might be able to help me track him down?"
"Hold on." There was a pause that stretched on for several minutes before Andrews returned. "His car was photographed by a traffic camera when he ran a red light just outside of McCarren international airport three nights ago. I called over there and the lot attendant says that it's still parked there but there's no sign of him, and there's no record of him buying a ticket on any flight that left since then. Do you think you can get over there and check it out without starring in your own remake of Diehard 2?"
Haruna
Emma watched Roland walking outside then reluctantly turned her attention back to Haruna. "Goblins, like those creepy little things from those Lord of Rings movies? They're real?"
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
I cast a sidelong glance at Emma. "Remember that movie from the 80s? Gremlins? Mix that with the Lord of the Rings guys and give them AK-47s and you're close. They're kinda creepy. I managed to toast one, though. Word's probably already gotten around the spooky-side grapevine," I said with a little bit of a sigh.
Not wanting to destroy his newly acquired ensemble Jacob decided to make his way downstairs without taking advantage of his wings. Even on foot it didn't take long for him to arrive outside of the animal shelter. Even from the outside it looked rather plain and depressing compared to the bright lights and colors that buildings in Las Vegas tended to favor. The brickwork that had been covered over with a pale yellow paint to conceal the cracks slowly spreading across the surface. In an effort to make the building look friendlier and less depressing someone had painted large brown paw prints along the exterior. There was a battered green minivan marked with the shelter's logo parked in the small lot out front.
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
"Isn't that bad? I mean..." Emma glanced around at the other occupants of Syn, none of whom were paying them any special attention at the moment. "...if the others got away aren't they going to be looking for you too?"
There was an unmistakable note of concern in her friend's voice now and she kept looking towards the door as though she expected machine gun totting goblins to arrive at any minute.
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
"I'll head over now, Andrews. And I wouldn't worry about a remake of Die Hard 2 - it almost never snows in Vegas." I hung up before I heard her exasperated sigh, and headed back to the bar.
I did't bother sitting down. "Feel like going for a ride? Got a lead on Rutland's car, let's go check it out."
Penny Arcade Rockstar Social Club / This is why I despise cyclists
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
"Definitely," I said as Roland returned. I looked at Emma as I stood up, grabbing the little walking cane as I did. I gave Emma a quick hug. "And that's why you're gonna stay here, finish your OJ, and then head back home." She opened her mouth to protest and I cut her off. "I'm riding with an officer of the law, Emma. I'm as safe as I could possibly be and I have to do this."
For a minute it looked as though Emma would press the point and start an argument, but then she looked Roland straight in the eye for the first time. "Please take care of her."
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
Slightly embarrassed but unsure why, I looked away and cleared my throat. "I"m kinda better known for..." causing significant personal and property damage? "...uh. Yes. I'll do my best."
Penny Arcade Rockstar Social Club / This is why I despise cyclists
I hooked my arm playfully in Roland's. "Shall we be off, then? Kind of an awkward first date," I said coyly. I could feel his aura tying itself up in knots with all the consternation and I laughed lightly. What a game this was turning out to be.
Back when they were working on the new track, the team's warm up route took them past this place. It didn't take very many practices for Jacob to learn to lag well behind the main body of runners; that way all he got was the noises of angry and panicked animals and avoided the terrified screams of his fellow athletes. Years in civilization had toned down the outward expressions of his nature, but animals, and particularly mammals, were always on edge around him even now. At least he'd managed to lose the constant crackle of miniature heat lightning that had plagued him through the first few years at UNLV. That had been awkward.
Like a lot of things in this part of Vegas, the shelter was built between things. In the spaces where there was room and, more importantly, access to the municipal services. Early Las Vegans hadn't seen much point extending the city's water and sewer lines further into the desert than necessary. That was how, in violation of even the lax codes of the City of Sin, this sad little building managed to get built directly over an entrance to the city's sewers. And it was why, much to his chagrin, that Jacob now had to find a way inside.
He could hear the animals stirring even now. They were likely reacting to the shift of winds and building pressure that, even now after almost a decade among humans, alerted any animals, or instruments, nearby of his presence. They probably didn't know what was going on, not yet at least, but they would be uneasy and prone to panic at just about any disturbance.
Circling the outside of the building until it was between him and the street, Jacob approached the outer fence at a jog. A quick leap took him over the 8 foot obstacle, landing him neatly on the other side. As he approached the interior door to the outer pen, the whimpering started from inside. Testing the handle, the bird-man found it locked. Unsurprising, given the ease with which he made it to this point; many humans could have done the same, albeit with slightly more effort. The drugs used to rehabilitate the animals inside were also pretty valuable, so this place was probably a common target for Vegas' opportunists and junkies. Humans did love their drugs.
And their locks. That was a phenomenon that Jacob simply never would get used to. The weird compulsion to contain and restrict things, from within and from without. It seemed to be a product of their strange, primate brains and genetic memories of openings suddenly filling with teeth or claws. He pitied them, sometimes, these weird apes. They were lucky he was looking out for them, always prepared to save them from themselves.
If the universe had a sense of humor, it would probably have started laughing at that point as the supernatural predator, probably the scariest thing that any given human would ever see up close when in his natural given form, blew the locked door completely off its hinges, his baggily clothed form framed by the wreckage of the door frame and backlit lightning.
A heartbeat later, the silence was broken by a deafening thunderclap and the sound of terrified animals.
Some rolls in case you didn't just want to give them to me.
Geth, roll 4dF+5 to jump the fence.
Geth, roll 4dF+6 to summon the storm energy.
Geth, roll 4dF+6 to explode the door.
I'll just drop whatever I have into the maneuver to destroy the door, or as Weapon if you decide it's an attack.
I should be stress free (initially) due to the down time between scenes, yes?
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
So it's probably reasonable to say that as a maneuver Jacob can make a three shift maneuver to thunderclap the hell out of the door with an aspect of "Door Blown Off Its Hinges"
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
A sharp medicinal smell tainted by something fetid and rotten rushed out of the opening Jacob had blasted in the building nearly gagging him. Stepping over the threshold he entered a wide room with a bare cement floor. Enormous iron cages lined the walls on either side of the door, but several of the cages had been torn open. Sharp strands of snapped metal jutted into the damaged cages, many of strands were marked with smears of old blood that had faded to the color of rust. Dogs of varying breeds and sizes were cowering inside of their pens as far from Jacob as they could be. Their food and water dishes were all empty and the floors in their cages were covered in their waste. A tall mound of smaller cages filled with cats who were hissing or curling up in the corners of their enclosures rested against the wall. Tiny lamp-like eyes watched Jacob cautiously as he moved nearer to them. The state of the cat's cages was squalid and several dead cats were rotting in plain sight.
Someone or something tremendously strong had ripped its way up through the floor and left a gaping hole in the building's foundation. Smeared trails of blood and bits of matted hair leading between the damaged cages and the hole painted a grisly picture of the fate of the missing animals. Bits of the crumbling floor toppled down into the darkness with a loud splash every now and then.
Stepping past the abused animals Jacob peered down into the hole catching a glimpse of what was waiting below. It was easily a twenty foot drop down into the darkened tunnel far below. Ankle-deep brackish sludge-like water was slowly surging over a mound of small bones laying at the bottom of the hole. None of them looked whole, they all appeared to have been cracked open or gnawed on.
A partial open door into an examination room stood at the far end of the corridor next an open doorway that seemed to lead to a small waiting room. The door had been ripped off of its hinges and tossed aside.
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
Skirting the enormous hole in the ground, Jacob made his way toward the two open doors on the other side. The surviving animals were making enough noise that he was confident that he himself was unheard, even if his presence was obvious to anyone within earshot.
As he moved, he took visual stock of his surroundings. If these things were coming above ground often to feed, Jacob wanted to know about it before they tried to make him their next meal.
Geth, roll 4dF+4 to investigate the area to try and determine movements.
I'm going to look around before heading down into the sewers themselves. I think Jacob would be much happier
to meet the threat up here.
It breaks my heart a little, but he wouldn't even think about freeing the animals.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
The examination room looked more like the set of a horror movie. Surgical tools and shattered bits glass littered most of the floor. A large scale had been tipped over in the corner and the cabinets had been left hanging open. Most of the cabinets seemed to have been emptied of their contents which now lay scattered on the floor. Slipping through the open doorway Jacob glanced into the lobby expecting to find a similar scene of chaos.
Unlike the examination room and the area containing animal cages the lobby had been left in order. A single computer monitor sat on the counter casting dim light into Jacob's eyes. Squinting he caught a glimpse of a large desktop calendar, framed photographs, and an assortment of pet supplies tucked out of sight. Hard plastic chairs had been set next to the wall, otherwise t the room was absent of any decoration.
Dresden Files RPG- Dumb Luck
Playing Phillip Hess in Motor City Blues
GM of Dresden Files Low Life
GM of Star Wars Sagas Into the Unknown
GM of Star Wars Sagas Lost Hope- Concluded
GM of Star Wars Sagas the Dark Times- Concluded.
GM of Star Wars Sagas Jabba's Palace- Concluded due to injury.
Bart Allen/ The Flash in M&M Metropolis- Concluded.
Koyi Disturbances in the Force- Concluded.
Jessup Owlbeard Forge of the Dawn Titan- Withdrawn due to injury.
Sal Mander In the Shadow of Zeus- Concluded.
Zevoto in Out in the Black- Withdrawn due to injury.
GM of Wyvern Watch
Berru Secune in Rise of the Jedi
With the windows rolled down, dry desert air whipping around his head, even Erik Andersen couldn't claim to hate everything about his Mustang. When it started up (which it increasingly wasn't doing these days), the engine still growled like it did thirty years before when it was new. Well, maybe with a bit more of a sore throat.
Really, if the car had been taken care of for the intervening years, it wouldn't be awful to look at, but since it hadn't, and since now it was owned by a wizard in the desert, it was basically falling apart. The bits of original paint remaining appear as faded tan spots in islands of rust, and the hood and both bumpers were a bright blue completely at odds with the rest of the vehicle. Naturally, those would be the bits resistant to the desert's sun and sand.
The condition of the car was why Erik was initially planning on driving past Syn and parking down the block into the commercial area on the far side of the bar / club / gathering spot. He was always cautious with the face he put forward in public, and being seen driving a, well, a piece of shit like that would really not mesh with "club-hopping playa" as much as it would "drug-addled reject". His plans changed, however, when he saw Haruna walking beside a LVPD officer heading towards his squad car.
Damnit Haruna, what did you do? You said it was urgent but you didn't say you were going to do something stupid
Pulling directly into the front parking lot, he threw the parking brake and jumped out, a dozen yards or so from Haruna and the cop. He approached confidently, pulling his false face on as he prepared to deal with the police.
"Hey, how's it going, officer? I don't know what's happened, but I'm a friend of Haruna's and I'm sure that this is all just a big misunderstanding, no reason to-"
It took a moment (and being a lot closer) for Erik to realize that Haruna wasn't in cuffs, or even being led out towards the car, but that it appeared the two were walking together on their own.
"Uhh, Haruna, what's going on?"