This is a mixture of rp and combat orientated scene. However this is a non-lethal scene, nor will the combat be the traditional type. Please be well aware that I am making a subtle change to that. If anyone has a problem with that please inform me now so I may address it now.
There is no major aspect of what one would call gore, sexually explicit imagery or excessive vulgar language (sorry) on my behalf. However there is the potential for temporary flaws and taint should the situation arise. I ask that anyone who has a problem with that please speak up now.
Further more if anyone has any flaws, specialty, phobia or taints/ triat influences please PM them to me now.
This understood?)
[Ash Wickham] [*salutes*]
[Danicka Musil] [Danicka:
Manipulation 4 (Convincing)
Perception 4 (Apprehensive)
Merit: Lightning Calculator
Merit: Computer Aptitude
Flaw: Veiled
+3 Health Boxes at "OK" level due to Bloody Bandage from several scenes ago]
to Gamer Extraoridarine
[Gabriel] [Understood!]
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (With that settled. Thank you for your patience and... away we go.)
The Cabrini-Green was not the typical place one would think to find a gaming association to hold such a wonderful event. Maybe it was the fact that they were still a smaller organization trying to vie up against the juggernaut known as the American team. Maybe they were a satellite group recruiting for subs, or potential replacements for the 'elder' gamers.
However the place they chose was not some run down game store. It was state of the art, networked line that seemed to rival the university and the collider labs that were located outside of Chicago boundries. This place was a mecha in the middle of a slum, the gaming diamond in the rough.
This is where lines of gamers set up camp. Some waiting since last night to get in on this, worried they may not be chosen. The store just holding off those that were waiting. Offering up their wares, pokemon cards, dragonball collectables, chances at the new released.
A perfect media target leading into the two story building.
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] Damn right some have been waiting since last night. Alex is right up near the door, camped out the way he does Thanksgiving night, waiting for Black Friday. He's got a lawn chair, an umbrella, a little battery-operated portable heater that he keeps snapping at other gamers to get the fuck away from because you're stealing my fucking heat, man. And he has his PSP, which he's avidly playing with while he waits for the gates of
[Ash Wickham] Some people have been waiting all day to get into this place. Ash is not one of them. He, like many professionals his age, worked most of the day. Granted, he made sure his shift began as early as possible so he had some chance of getting here without being stuck stranded at the back of the line which, when he cranes his head around to look, extends all the way out to the ass end of Nowhere.
He's not at the front. He's quite a ways back, actually. And he's surrounded by teens or younger kids with their parents. He stands out. He doesn't look like the typical gamer. He's wearing a tan blazer over a black polo, jeans and old old sneakers that are frayed at the seams. But Ash grew up with Nintendo. He remembers Atari. And as the years went on, he tried his hand at most of the consoles that came out.
There are earbuds in his ears to drown out the sound of the crowd, and to keep people from starting up conversations with him. Today, Ash has no desire to form temporary line buddies. His hands are shoved into the pockets of his jacket, and his head bobs along to whatever tune is trying to break his ear drums at this moment.
[Danicka Musil] She is, as she was for the release of the gaming system that doesn't quite run 'Harvester' like the VR experience she and Lee had, very near the front of the line. Danicka is a student with no job and vast coffers of expendable income. She has been here since last night with a chair made of canvas stretched over a wood frame, she has been bundled against the cold with a blanket over her legs, and though there are faint dark circles under her eyes from sleeplessness, she otherwise looks smashing.
She has her iPhone. She's been quite entertained. Her fingernails are manicured. Her hair is in a braid under a knit cap. She looks neither like a gamer nor the girlfriend of a gamer, nor like the sort of woman who would want or need to spend all night outside in a line waiting for something like this. She is, however, the woman who ordered fifteen pizzas around two in the morning.
Danicka is ahead of Alex. She's most certainly noticed him, as he's the only person in the line she knows and he's quite loud. She's taking a can of Red Bull out of her bag and cracking it open.
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] Alex has most certainly noticed Danicka, in return. And by notice we mean, tried to chat her up, get her number, cut in line behind her.
That failed. Totally. So there he is, about ten feet behind her, camped out, beach umbrella and beach chair and heater and PSP and backpack full of high-calorie, high-energy snacks to keep him going through a 48-hour gaming marathon; guarding his tiny space heater with all the jealousy and viciousness of a ill-raised dog.
[Moira Murray] She can’t remember how long she has been standing in this line. It has been hours, but not overnight, not like some of the more diehard fanatics that this event has drawn out. She is quiet, her back pressed to the wall with her head dipping down every now and then to glance at the Nintendo DS she held in her left hand.
Her attention moving between whatever brain game she was playing and the line to see just how further it might move. A navy blue pea coat hugs her frame, brushing against mid-thigh. She wore dark blue jeans tucked into flat-soled boots. Her nose wrinkles up, cheeks flushed pink from the nipping cold. Black hair pulled back into a single long braid that hangs over her right shoulder.
Her eyes fall on Alex briefly as he shouts at various people that get too close to his heater and just smirks.
[Wendy Berber] *Wendy's more or less at the end of the line. She'd been delivering a book and decided to see what all the fuss was about. And what a fuss to be about!!! A phone call to her mate and a rushed conversation about how to make hamburger helper .. "just.. . r-read the p-package!!" and the skinny nerd is waiting in line patiently. Anything was better than being in a house with four garou, on a full moon, when half of which were mourning. She bounces nervously on her heels, old taped together glasses back on her face. New ones long since destroyed by the damn wyrm and his jerk minions*
[Gamer Extraoridarine] The clocked seem to tick down, a digital clock shining in the window. A beacon to the poindexters, geeks, dorks, nerds and all around gamers. The days counter gone, the hour counter down to zero. Only minutes, seconds and nanoseconds left before the big event.
But at the very moment that 10 minutes was left on the clock, the doors opened. A larger than should be human man standing at the door, a tag wrapped about his forearm that read "Security" stood there, ushered out by a pair of smaller gentlemen. The pair also had the same tag around their forearms. However each one seemed to be holding something.
One a wand that looked like it was metal detector, the other seeming to hold something that looked like a chemical sniffer. It seemed that this place was up to date in the latest in security as well.
How competitive has the gaming world really gotten?
But none the less the pair started moving up the line, stopping at each person with the devices. Some just scanned over. Some pulled from the line and told to go home, no explanation. Some seemed to actually have weapons which were confiscated, but left in line.
When the pair first get to Danicka, they look at their equipment, then onward down the line. Stopping at Alex next. Running the scans over him. The elder man with the metal detector's voice came out, deep and powerful.
"You, front of the line. Gerald will escort you in."
They moved on, not waiting for a response, ignoring the groans and cries of some of the others. Just continuing down the line. Stopping here and there again, calling out more people.
Moira was passed over it seemed.
However when they got to Wendy, the pair only seemed to look at each other after getting their readings, one almost smiled.
"You may enter miss."
And back down the line they went. Looking over a handful more. Moira now taking to the front. Danicka as well.
The rest were told to go home.
(Anyone with Intuition can roll Percept+Intuition, diff 7 for a gut reaction. Without intution can roll Percept+alert at diff 9)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] The guard seemed to stop, his eyes covered in glasses, looked out at the departing crowd. One in particular called back.
Ash.
"You, son. Come here."
[Ash Wickham] [percept + intuition]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 5, 5, 5, 5 (Failure at target 7)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 6, 7, 9 (Success x 1 at target 9)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 8 (Botch x 2 at target 9)
[Moira Murray] [perception + intuition]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 3, 3, 4, 8, 8, 8, 10 (Success x 4 at target 7) Re-rolls: 1
[Wendy Berber] [per alert - no gut here. only logic]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 3, 6, 7, 10 (Failure at target 9)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] "Fuckin' awesome!" Alexander switches the PSP off, bounds to his feet, and starts gathering up his things to go to the front of the line, pausing to cup his ear at the groaners and grumblers in an exaggerated listening gesture.
"Music to my ears, nubs," he snarks, and then picks his chair and umbrella up and cuts up front, where he joins ... huh. Two other kin, plus two people he didn't know.
"Guess we really are genetically blessed," he says to Danicka and Wendy, shifting his umbrella to his left hand so he can wrap his right arm around the latter and give her a big, crushing sidehug. Plus a bigger, smacking kiss on the cheek. "Peach! It's been so long."
[Danicka Musil] The blonde with the white scarf tucked under her black revere coat leaves her chair and her blanket to someone else in line as though the loss of the items means less to her than the inconvenience of having to take them with her. She lifts an eyebrow at Alex as he mauls Wendy, one corner of her mouth pulling out in a smirk.
"Some of us more than others."
[Ash Wickham] Ash is just turning to leave when someone calls him back. He almost doesn't turn. It's been quite some time since anyone called him 'son,' with the exception of his own parents, of course. He turns to find he's the one being backoned back toward the front of the line.
To the pretty blonde girl he met in a cafe a few days ago. He doesn't say hello, or make his presence known, because he gets distracted by the short man hugging the tall stick of a girl. Ash's brows rise.
"And some just think they're blessed, when really they've been swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool."
[Wendy Berber] GET OFF ME! *Yells a scooped beanpole of a kin, shoving hard at the pitbull of a kinsman's chest. She'd be more concerned about kin being singled outagain if she were paying attention to anything but Alexander Vaughn and his energy drink scented breath. Her glasses go crooked as she tries hard to stomp his instep.* GAH!
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Push from guard on Alex to let go of the ladies
Dex 3+ Brawl 3. Diff 6, -2 from back attack)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8 (Success x 6 at target 4)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Strength to tell how hard he is pushed. No damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 9 d10 ] 3, 4, 7, 7, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 7 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] The competitors chosen, Moira passed over the first time, but then as the two Security men swept back up the line, they stopped to pull her out and to escort her up to the front along with the rest of the group that had been chosen. Her gut would begin to twist in pain, making her grimace slightly. Something wasn’t right… it never was.
She begins to frown, starting at the two men. The way they move, the uniforms, which are slightly off, but the same. They are like twins. Boring. Plain.
Wendy’s shout draws her attention as she comes up to the front. The only person she will recognize just as the realization starts to settle in the back of her mind. As she moves up the line, her brain goes into overdrive. Her gut told her that this was a very, very, very BAD idea. These guys had all the signs of messed up pairing. She should know this quite well.
As she continued to walk, her synapse would spark and fizzle. Trying to recall everything that was wrong about this. Who could this be? They were not wyrm. Nothing about them was wyrm at all. They did not seem to be choatic. Far from it. They were not brutal, they seemed effective. They were not jumbled. They were ordered.
They were efficient.
They were perfect.
They were....
[Danicka Musil] She looks up as the guard shoves Alex away from Wendy and exhales, one hand over her heart as though it's pounding in her chest. "Oh, thank god. I thought he was really going to hurt her."
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Alex would have his arms draped around the woman for no more than 2 seconds after Wendy screams out. A strong, sturdy hand coming down on his pack, forcing him almost to the ground, several yards from the pair of women.
"She informed you no. Please comply with her wishes. Thank you."
Monotone and even. Eyes seeming to lack any fear of the beast.
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] Alexander lets Wendy go, all right, but not because she shoved at him. Or tried, rather feebly, to stop his instep. He lets her go because another male enters his perceived territory, and feral, vicious little thing that he is, he instantly turns on him.
"What was that, bitch?" Alexander's aggressive by nature. Alex is worse hopped up on energy drinks and no sleep. He's just starting to head over to settle this little dispute when
the big guy, the guy that looked about the size of godzilla, gives him a shove so hard he goes sprawling, umbrella and chair skidding aside, PSP falling out of his pocket and banging on the concrete.
"FUCK!" He bounces back to his feet like a pro, dusting his ass off. "Fuck is your problem, man? I was saying hi to my friend."
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] " 'Please comply'?" Alexander mocks, glancing away for a second to pick his PSP up. "What the fuck is this, the borg collective? You better not have broken my fucking PSP." The device chimes in his hands as it turns on -- a little scratched on the back, not much worse for the wear. Alex settles down a little. "Fucker," he spits, and then manages to rein in. He still wants in, after all. He's been waiting all night.
[Moira Murray] “Wendy.”
Moira’s voice is calls out to the scrawny twig of a girl with taped up glasses. Her features pulled into a deep frown at this point, as they start to push on Alex to leave the girls alone.
“Borg collective affirmative,” she says dryly to him, “They’re here to assimilate the lot of us, I have a rather bad feeling about this.”
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] (need to run down and pick up my food, folks. bbia little bit!)
[Danicka Musil] Slender arms crossed over her rather unimpressive chest, Danicka looks over at Moira as though just now noticing her. She knows Wendy, though, which the blonde picks up on but does not say anything about. She adjusts her bag on her shoulder. "What sort of a bad feeling?"
[Wendy Berber] *If Wendy didn't know how foolish it was to be smug to anyone in the nation.. She would be smug now. Grinning a great big smug smirk . But alas, Wendy Berber is smarter than she is sassy, and so she contents herself with scowling and crossing her arms. Though Alex mentions the Borg and the stir-stick of a kin tenses, narrowing her eyes and looking a little more closely at who was selected "at random". Moira speaks and confirms her suspicion. Blue eyes get wide as she backs away from the door.*
Ok.. W-we need to go then. This is just like the other one. The one.. with Tag.. Danicka?
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] "Go?" Alex is utterly incredulous. "Fuck you, Sticklegs, I waited all night and day for this shit."
[Ash Wickham] What was that, bitch?
Ash doesn't get a chance to reply, or even ready himself for the impending assault. The guard comes over and shoves the small muscular man aside. Alex's personal belongings scatter, clattering across the pavement. And miraculously the PSP survives the fall, which surprises the older man. Nobody made their systems durable like Nintendo.
A dark haired woman says that yes, this is a Borg Collective. She has a bad feeling about this. Ash cranes his neck to see inside. Some of them have been waiting all night to get into this place.
"Yeah. Is it Spidey Sense bad feeling? Or just a general feeling of unease being around the unwashed youth of America?"
[Moira Murray] "You know that scene in horror movies when the Slasher is right behind the door ready to snack the pretty Blond heroine. You just have this bad feeling that he might get her right then and there and scream at the screen for her to not open the door? THAT kind of a bad feeling..."
She raises a hand at the guards. "They are too perfect, too effeficent. Like droids in a bad science fiction movie."
[Gamer Extraoridarine] The gathering starts to disperse except for those that are ushered inside. Ash seemed to be moving to the large guard, who after pushing Alex all but forgets his existence. His eyes turning to look on the guy, touching an ear piece for a moment before speaking again. Monotone as before.
"You... you are acceptable. I am sorry for the mistake. Please enter."
If he still wished to do so.
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And those chosen are ushered inside now. The gathering seemed to total eight now as the guard seems to press the smaller crowd forward into the doors. The larger than life man looking to guide them into the store, should anyone wish to resist. The first of the pair seemed to just nod, ensuring them it is safe.
"Please, go inside. It is cold out here. And the games will begin soon."
(Voice of reason activated. WP roll against difficulty 7. Alex/ Wendy +1 diff)
[Moira Murray] (snack=snag)
[Danicka Musil] She is not a member of the Nation... at least, not a fullblooded member of it. And amongst Shadow Lords, if you are not a Trueborn, you are less than second-class. You are a possession and you are a tool and you are to be happy like that. Danicka does not know so much as a snippet of the story about Wendy and John being stuck in Weaver-tanks. She quirks a brow at Wendy, her arms still crossed.
"As I recall, I lost that game, and they gave me the system and I went home." She seems not just utterly unconvinced that something is up, but even more certain now that everything is fine. Danicka leaves it at that, just shaking her head at Moira mentioning "the pretty blonde heroine" in a horror movie. She dismisses the brunette's bad feeling, a decision she may later come to regret -- or forget making entirely -- and walks inside, pulling off her gloves and unwinding her scarf, tucking both away in her bag.
[Danicka Musil] [WP]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 3, 5, 5, 8, 10 (Success x 2 at target 7)
[Moira Murray] [WP]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 4, 6, 7, 10 (Success x 2 at target 7)
[Ash Wickham] [WP]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 10 (Success x 1 at target 7)
[Wendy Berber] [gooo gooo wendy spine!]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 7, 8, 10, 10 (Success x 2 at target 8)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Should any of them seem to turn around. They would seem to be staring straight into the chest of the burly guard that was probably thicker than a redwood and potential just as damn resistant as the petrified forest.
His arms crossed over his chest as he looks down at each and everyone one of them. His eyes glaring now. His voice still monotone.
"I suggest you continue moving along. This is very important that you are not late. I MUST make sure of it."
(Intimidation.)
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 (Failure at target 6) Re-rolls: 1
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Re-roll)
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 10 (Success x 3 at target 7) [WP] Re-rolls: 1
[Ash Wickham] The guard apologizes to Ash for some kind of confusion. Ash's brows come together and he shakes his head. He has no idea what criteria this little group has been matched against that has allowed them to come inside. He wonders, briefly, if they're all kin, or if this is just a coincidence that they've all be brought together tonight.
They're assured that this is safe. Danicka says something about getting a game system and going home. Ash frowns, but wanders in with everyone else, looking around once they're past the door.
The games were going to be starting soon, and it's important that they not be late. Ash allows himself to be ushered forward, to whatever fate has in store.
[Wendy Berber] But.. I didn't get to go home.
*Wendy says a little snappishly to the shadowlord kin, as Danicka moves inside anyway. Her shoulders slump as she tries turning back, only to get pushed through the door regardless by a huge man's broad chest. *
Hey!
*The man who's looming even over Wendy fixes her with a glare and she quails, fingers going tight on her book satchel. A hard swallow as her way out is barred. Mind racing as she reluctantly goes where she's ushered.*
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] There's utterly no need to reason with Alex, or intimidate him, or ... any of the above, really. Alexander files toward the door readily. Eagerly. "Yeah yeah," he brushes off the guard's suggestions, "just hurry up and let me in. There are headshots waiting to happen."
[Moira Murray] “Fuck me…”
Moira is starting to mutter under her breath. She stares back at the Security guard, eyes slowly widening as she takes a few steps back, heading in the only direction she can go, which is after the others.
They assure them it is safe. She knows better… and turns around as she is ushered through, her hands stuffing the DS into a coat pocket and trying to find her iphone.
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Once inside the doors behind them will be closed, the large guard seeming to have the only key on hand as he sets it into place and locks it. But it seems that their attention would be drawn away from the door and onward.
If any would look to use their phones it would seem that the signal was scrambled. Maybe it was the fact that there were just so many electronics around the store, for the old commadore to the newest Alienware. Toys and lights and everything, that there must have been some electronic interference.
However as they are guided passed some of the X-box 360 games and comic collections. The gathering ushered into what looked like a set-up of different cubicles. Each one connected to a unified server. A workstation, or major gaming hub. And a voice coming across the line.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the American Pro-Am gaming series. This will test Chicago's best. And only one will stand up and be counted as the best."
The voice coming across the amps seemed to be electrified with excitement. Amping up the competitors.
"The winner will get a shot at the American team. Not to mention a personally designed and autographed X-Box 360, designed by Bill Gates himself. One of only 250 in the world. But don't worry my friends, we do have parting prizes for those who just can't hack it. Now each one of you will be randomly chosen to face the other. Only the survivors will move on."
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] Alexander may as well be totally oblivious to the other kin's anxiety. He claps his hands over his head, twice, loudly, and lets out a whoop. "Yeah! Bring it!"
[Wendy Berber] *Wendy'd gone for her cell only to find out it was scrambled. Not good. She's pale, looking back to the exit an plucking at her sweater in worry. It is abundantly clear that Wendy Berber does not want to be here anymore. She bites at a fingertip and peers around. This time around she was trying her hardest to lose. Onesong or not.*
S'isn't right guys.
[Moira Murray] Moira’s head turns from left to right, looking up and all around as her eyes skim over the various gaming systems and comic collections. She breathes in deeply, letting her breath roll out in a sigh. Her iphone retrieved, she wrinkles up her nose again noticing there is no signal. The phone is returned to its place in her pocket, tucking her hands into her pockets and keeps them there as she overhears the announcement made.
Alexander’s exuberance does very little to comfort her agitated nerves. “I wonder what parting gifts the losers get.”
[Ash Wickham] Ash wanders in with the rest of them, but tends to stay near the girl with the bad feeling. Not out of a desire to protect her, or even find out more about this bad feeling. That's just where he happened to end up.
The little bundle of attitude up ahead is all excited and rarin' to go. Ash is pretty rusty with video games. He's not up on the latest generation consoles. He rubs his hands on his thighs, and waits to find out who he's going to 'randomly' be assigned to play against.
[Danicka Musil] Danicka's iPhone is in her coat pocket, but she isn't reaching in to take it out and call anyone, or check anything. She unbuttons said coat, revealing a v-necked gray sweater with pink and navy argyle across the chest underneath, and she's fighting a smile as they head in. She has no commentary, excited or otherwise.
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Each one is directed to a specific seat, either by direct or by initimadation. It didn't matter to the guard as it seemed that he was able to force them into their seats.
The computer system is set up for a PvP, one on one. The line up didn't matter to them.
However the keys seemed to be normal, the computers normal, the chairs normal. Everything about this is normal. This may just be a test run for the Weaver, as Moira and Wendy would feel it out. This might actually a test for future attempts.
Probably not.
(Combat time folks. I have randomly selected the gaming. It goes as such.
Wendy vs Stacy (NPC)
John (NPC) vs Spike (NPC)
Ash vs Moira
Alex vs Danica.
To attack, the players will not be using Dex stats, but Wits+Computer (all specialties apply). For damage we will use Intel. However soaking will be done via Stamina. For a special reason.
Inits everyone)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Stacy
(5+)
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 7
[Gamer Extraoridarine] John
4+
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 2 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Spike
6+
[Wendy Berber] [+5}
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 6
[Danicka Musil] [+6]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 8
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] (oh man, alex is gonna get PWNT. +7!)
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 9 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Spike
6+
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 4 (Failure at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [yes he is.]
[Moira Murray] [5+]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 5
[Ash Wickham] [+7]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 9
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] Sitting down at his terminal across from the bitchy blonde from the subway (it's possible that's how he'll always think of her), Alexander reaches around the LCD monitor to bump fists.
"No hard feelings when I pwn you into the dirt, right?"
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Line up:
Ash/ Alex same time
Danicka
Stacy
Wendy
Spike
Moira
John
The game... Modern Warfare 2. No declares needed. Ash roll attack)
[Danicka Musil] She shrugs out of her coat, letting it drape over the back of her seat, and puts her bag on the floor between her feet. Her can of Red Bull was slammed, finished, and tossed into a recycling bin on the way inside. She rubs her hands as though putting on lotion, warming them, and looks across the way at the man with the hazel eyes who thought she was a Fang, now thinks she's a Fenrir.
She does not fistbump him but reaches over and lays her hand on top of his fist, like paper covering rock. "No hard feelings," she assures him with a gentle smile, and withdraws her hand to focus on the game.
[Ash Wickham] There's no need to usher or force Ash to take a seat across from the dark-haired young woman. He removes his blazer and hangs it over the back of his seat and eases into the chair. The polo conforms to a somewhat muscular upper body gone slightly soft.
Ash shoots the girl a dashing grin. "Try to go easy on me, okay, kiddo? This isn't Duck Hunt."
And he sets in to the game.
[wits + computer, -2 diff (computer apt)]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Ash Wickham] [damage: int + 4]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 4, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Moira Murray]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 4, 4, 6 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 4, 6, 8, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] int+2
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 6, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [Attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 8 (Success x 3 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil] [Int + 2]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 5, 5, 7, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] (ack, soak!)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 3, 5 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Stacy Attack
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 4, 5, 5, 6, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] ( Stacy damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 1, 3, 4 (Botch x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Wendy's turn done. Spike attack)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 8, 10 (Failure at target 6)
[Moira Murray] Moira attack
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 1, 3, 3, 10, 10 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (John attack)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Damage on Spike)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 3, 4, 8, 9, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Spike soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 6, 7 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (recap)
They will find that as they continue to play onward, the games will get harder to follow. Not because of lag or because of multiple players. But because as they touch the keyboard, as they play the game they will slowly start to feel what is happening to their avatars.
It is not recognizable like the Wyrm is with such wounds. This is more subtle. Harder to track. Nanomachines working in conjunction with the OneSong. And before they are able to feel it, it will be too late. They would be out cold.
However that was to come in time. Only Wendy did not seem to be playing along. But she will be put down soon, if she does not step up to the plate.
(Damage totals)
Moira 4 Lethal
Alex 2 Lethal
Spike 1 Lethal
All others okay. Round two. Ash your up)
[Ash Wickham] [attack: wits + comp]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 5, 6, 6, 8, 10 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Ash Wickham] [damage: int + 4]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 1, 4, 4, 6, 9, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 1, 3 (Botch x 2 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] (enh! attack!)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 3, 5 (Failure at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [Attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil] [Int + 4]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] It's an FPS. Alex loves FPSes. He's not as good as he thinks he is -- this is the truth for many, many things -- but he's not usually this bad. Maybe he's just rattled by shot in the back the pretty blonde across the way just dealt him. The one that looks like she spends her time shopping designer boutiques on the Mile. The one he was so sure would stand there confused while he ran circles around her and, as he said, pwned her into the dust.
When his shot goes wide, Danicka can hear the stocky, aggressive Glass Walker kinsman grunt in annoyance behind his monitor. He lifts a hand and wipes the side of his face, shakes his head once, and then reaches for his energy drink.
"Fuckin' hell... shoulda taken a nap."
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 5, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Stacy attack
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 1, 3, 4 (Botch x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Computer explode when I touch them.. ohh no. damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 5, 6, 7, 7, 9 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 3, 8, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] *Wendy sits warily at her computer, looking more than a little crestfallen. Well, at least she wasn't going back to Onesong. It would have been terrible and amazing all the same time, and she would have been so infuriatingly happy, and Boy would never have forgive her, ever. This was like offering to mainline a former drug addict straight heroin, then taking it away. She bites her lip and cracks spindly fingers. Settling in to play with a deep breath.*
[Attack
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 3, 3, 6, 8, 9, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [dmg]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 6, 9, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Spike attack)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 7, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 6 at target 6) [WP] Re-rolls: 2
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 9 d10 ] 2, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 9, 9 (Success x 7 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 6, 6, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] A curse and a murmur rushed out in a harsh exhale of air from her lips. Eyebrows drawn into a concentrated frown, the Fenrir are a stubborn lot and don’t die easily.
[attack -2]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 3, 6, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6) [WP]
[Moira Murray] Damage
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 5, 7, 7, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Ash Wickham] [soak!]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 8, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (John attack)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 6 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] The battle continues onward. It seems that Ash has taken a commanding lead over Moira now. Maybe his time playing duck hunt seemed to morph him into the terminator. Moira would start to feel sluggish with each frag Ash throws down.
Speaking of frags. It seems that stacy had fallen on her own grenande and a line of curses explodes from her mouth as she complains the keyboard is stuck. Some people can not take losses well.
Alex was not doing much better it seemed as Danicka apparently was far superior than her counterpart. Maybe the Glasswalker needed to get back into the cyberworld and work out some of his issues. Cause being beaten by a girl would hurt any guys pride.
Spike seemed to have waken up from his slumber as well as Wendy, each going back at their opponents with fury. Spike however showed why he was a damn good player, Wendy seemingly not working over Stacy as well as she did herself.
And Moira... Get may do better in real life, but damn if they knew how to inflict pain. She was not down yet, not by a long shot.
Damage totals
Ash- 1L
Alex- 2L
Danicka- Ok
Stacy- 2L
Wendy- Okay
Spike- 2L
Moira- 5L
John- 4L
(Round three. Ash)
[Ash Wickham] [attack: wits + comp]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 5, 5, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Ash Wickham] [damage: int + 4]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 9, 9 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] Soak
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 1, 9 (Failure at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 4, 6, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] (int +1)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 4 (Botch x 1 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [Attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 7 (Success x 4 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil] [Int + 3]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 4, 5, 8 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Stacy, try and not frag yourself again)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 3, 6, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage on Wendy)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 3, 8, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 3, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 4, 5, 5, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [dmg]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 4, 4, 8, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 3, 7 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (spike attacking John)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 6 at target 6) Re-rolls: 1
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage on john)
Dice Rolled:[ 9 d10 ] 2, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 8 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (John cannot soak. John is eliminated Moira is up)
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 10, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] [attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] damage
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 3, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Ash Wickham] [SOAK]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 4, 5 (Failure at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] "SHIT!" explodes from the other side of the monitor as he misses. Then Danicka's sneaking up behind him to pepper him. Alex's screen flashes red. "FUCK! STOP!"
Alexander pounds his energy drink, leans forward, gets serious. Next to him, some guy he doesn't recognize suddenly just... faceplants his keyboard. Alex casts him a single, short, irritated, and hollers without taking his eyes from the screen, "Hey, can we get some help here? This n00b just passed out. Can we get serious here? Huh? Why the hell are we letting in fuckfaces that can't even stay awake twenty-four hours?"
Gaming is Srs Bizness.
[Gamer Extraoridarine] The game continues onward still. The battle raging in the fiber optics seem to continue without pause. Ash having Moira on the edge of being knocked off her server and knocked out. But Get do not fall so easily.
Alex and Danicka seem to be trading blows, but neither seem to be able to knock the other out. Not this time. They are going to continue to go at it. Wendy and Stacy are starting to get into the swing of it now. actually trading off some damage.
And Spike. Apparently he was a master of a game that has yet to come out. He has pwn'd John with authority. Knocking John off their shared server and, out no less. It seemed that the nanites are pleased and actually recoil from Spike, pulling away some damage. Until he has an opponent, he will not feel their bite.
John on the other hand does down, face first into his keyboard. Out cold.
And Moira offers up some good old fashioned Fernir revenge, knocking Ash down slightly even as her own eyelashes are hard to keep open. And as Alex calls for help, someone comes over, checking him out a few moments before taking him away.
Damage totals
Ash 3L
Alex 2L
Danicka- Okay
Stacy 3L
Wendy 1L
Spike 1L after regen at end of turn
Moira 5L
(Ash your up)
[Ash Wickham] [attack! -1]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 4, 4, 6, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Ash Wickham] [damage: int + 4]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 7, 7 (Failure at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 3, 5, 8 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 3, 9, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 3, 8 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 2, 4, 4, 7, 7, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 3, 5, 6 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Stacy attack)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 1, 4, 7 (Failure at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] There's a wordless yell of triumph when he finally lands a hit on the goddamn blonde's avatar. It's quickly followed by a grunt of annoyance as she returns the favor. "Hey," Alexander's got a mouth on him all right, "can I get some hydration over here? I'm getting a fucking caffeine headache."
[Danicka Musil] "Jesus Christ, would you shut up?" Danicka says, with evident and breathy exasperation as Alex explodes with frustration at the damage he keeps taking, as he rails against the guy who just flopped over his keyboard. They go another round, and Danicka doesn't even seem to feel it. It will be a long time before the niggling sensation of something being wrong gets to her, before it chips away at the strength of a talen she slapped on weeks ago.
"Biiitch, bitch, bitch bitch bitch," she intones, lovetapping Alex's avatar again while he yells for water.
[Wendy Berber] [attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [damage]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 4, 6, 7, 7 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 6, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Ash Wickham] "Real men don't blame their failures on things like dehydration, shallow pool!" comes from the station where Ash is starting to get frustrated. He started off so strong, and now all of his attacks against the young girl across from him are ineffective. Maybe it's the age difference. And yet, he's had more years to hone his gaming skills.
[Moira Murray] Attack
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] Damage!
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 5, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Ash Wickham] [SOAK ZOMG]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 9 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] The battle seemed to continue onward, pushing the gamers to the next level. Or maybe they were dragging each other down. Ash couldn't quite finish off Moira, giving her another chance at survival.
Alex and Danicka not only seem to exchange love-taps, but also complaints as the others call out. It seems the stress was getting to them as they were going over and over the same game. Only Spike seemed calm, waiting as the games went on. Recouping as the rest struggled.
Moira was working her way back into this fight. Fragging Ash with passion now. The Get never say die.
And Alex... actually gets his drink, amazing really.
damage totals
Ash 5L
Alex 3L
Danicka 1L
Stacy 4L
Wendy 1L
Spike- Okay after this round
Moira 6L
(Come on Ash)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] "Hey shut the fuck up," Alexander fires back, clearly aggravated now. "Was anyone talking to you? No. Shut up." His drink gets delivered up. Nice, cool water. He grabs the bottle, twists it open, guzzles half of it while he's hunkered down behind some cover. He can see Danicka's avatar in the distance, closing in, methodically hunting through every potential hideyhole.
[Ash Wickham] [attack!]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 5, 6, 8, 9 (Success x 5 at target 4) [WP]
[Ash Wickham] [damage: int + 4]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 4, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] soak
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 2, 4 (Botch x 1 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Moira is out cold. Now for her special prize. Come one Kahseeno.)
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 8
[Ash Wickham] Ash lets out a whoop of delight, tries to lift his arms up over his head but it's hard. He didn't realize he'd gotten so sluggish, so tired, so sore. He flashes the pretty young thing on the other side of the console a charming, enthusiastic and crooked smile. "Hey, no hard feelings. Good game and all that." It seems to be lacking in sincerity. It's a wonderful feeling to win, after all.
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] -2!
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] wait, one more.
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 3 (Failure at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] damage!
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 3, 9 (Failure at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] "My god, it's like the thing that wouldn't shut up," she mutters idly. She's hardly aggravated at this point. She doesn't have Alex's temper, she doesn't have Alex's growing pain, she doesn't have fifty grams of caffeine in her system. She seems to understand the gaming system intuitively, learns the maps as though guided by some sixth sense, and yet her reaction time and the Glass Walker's are evenly matched enough at this point that it seems to come down to luck whether or not one or the other can do more than irritate the other.
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 6, 9 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 8, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Stacy attack on wendy)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 7, 7 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage on wedny)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 5, 7, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 4 (Botch x 1 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] *Wendy's scowling, a glance around the room. Why were they playing this damn game!? A jolt gets her paying attention to the screen again, guiding her avatar grimly*
[attack -1]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [damage]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 2, 2, 3, 8, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 3, 4, 5 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Spike attack on Ash)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 9 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Ash Wickham] [SOAK]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 1 (Botch x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Ash seems to be able to finally finish off his prey and Moira seems to be fra too tired to actually give congrats to her victor. She too is examined by the staff and taken off. She will be duly cared for.
However the game continues onward and yet again Alex and Danicka cannot finish each other off. Just tossing back and forth worthless insults. The pair are far too evenly matched it seemed.
Stacy and wendy are back at it as well. Stacy finally getting back on track and taking on Wendy, inflicting some damage now. Wendy in turn is back at stacy, taking her down just a bit.
And then, while Ash in the middle of his little cheer. It seems the server switches over. And low and behold Spike is dumped right in front of him. But unlike Ash, Spike was ready to fight. And...
BOOM
Ash is out cold. Spike getting another kill.
Damage report.
Alex 3L
Danicka 1L
Stacy 6L No dice to attack
Wendy 3L
Spike Okay
(And Ash's parting gift. Here we go Kahseeno. Alex your up)
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 1
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] (attack!)
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 6, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] (damage!)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 6, 7, 8, 9 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] Danicka can't help but notice, now, that two more people have fallen, slumped. The dark-haired girl that had a bad feeling about this, then the man who took her out in the game. It's just a quick flick of her eyes at the damage board to see who is killing who, and her brows pull together. She glances past the monitor at Alex --
-- and the fucker gets lucky.
"Son of a bitch," she snaps.
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 4, 6 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 1, 4, 5, 7, 9 (Success x 2 at target 4)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] "YEEAH BITCH!" comes the crow of triumph from the other side of the monitors. The fellow across the way from the pretty darkhaired girl faceplants too, then, and for the first time, Alex gets a tingle of unease.
"Okay, what the fuck," he calls to the staff, his eyes still glued on the screen, "someone else is facerolling." Then, to Ash: "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG, MAN."
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 1, 1, 10 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (stacy is out cold, now Wendy is up)
[Wendy Berber] *Wendy is not as absorbed as the others. People are faceplanting all over the place. The bookworm knows somethings wrong, and pushes back from her computer console long enough to unfold her laptop onto..well.. her lap. A connector cable applied as discretely as possible into one of the available USB ports.*
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Spike attack on Wendy's avatar)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6) [WP] Re-rolls: 1
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage on wendy)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 3, 5 (Failure at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [stealth -1]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 6 (Success x 1 at target 6) [WP]
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Alex goes back to the gaming with little wait. His scope seeming to finally getting back at Danicka, getting a hit that seems to soak up the last of her little gift from Lukas. The bloody bandage no longer a viable aid. And her return fire... hits some rocks.
And another one goes down, just as Ash is taken off. Stacy is out cold now as Wendy gets up to start complaining about this whole situation. And thats when the screen goes from Stacy to the new player. Spike did not seem to play this game for fun. He only grunted when he trained his gun on Wendy. Taking a shot even as she was not at the computer.
Stacy was the next pulled from the room, now.
Damage totals
Alex 3L
Danicka 1L (No more BB)
Wendy 4L
Spike okay
[Danicka Musil] Alex [Attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 3, 6 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] Alex [Int + NADA]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 3, 4, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 3, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [Attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8 (Success x 6 at target 4) [WP]
[Danicka Musil] [Int + 5]
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 3, 3, 3, 4, 6, 8, 8, 10 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] Alex [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 9, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] *Her thin fingers fly over the keys as she begins to hack.*
[int+computers -2 wounded WP]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6) [WP]
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Spike attack on Wendy)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 2, 4, 5, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 7 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Alex is trying to get back on Danicka, but it seems that with all his heritage the glasswalker in him is just no match to the superior pwnage that the Shadowlord can offer up. She was taking it to Alex now, bringing him to the edge.
Danicka seemed to be off to the races with the game now, taking on the best and knocking them down. But Spike was working over Wendy as she was no longer focused on the game at all. She was now focused solely on getting into the system as it were.
Damage report
Alex 5L
Danicka 1L
Wendy 5L
Spike Okay
[Danicka Musil] Alex [Attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 3 (Failure at target 6) [WP]
[Danicka Musil] The blonde is getting edgy. She lashes out in-game at Alex, and then looks past her screen at him as there's a noticable, sudden change. She looks around and notices, before hunting his avatar down, that Moira and Ash are both gone, as are some of the others pulled from the herd. Her jaw tenses as she notices Wendy... no longer even playing.
"This thing is fucking rigged, I swear," she mutters, just loud enough to carry to Alex, just flat enough to sound bored.
[Attack]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 3, 7, 7, 10, 10 (Success x 4 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil] [Int + 3]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] Alex [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 7, 8, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Spike attack on Wendy)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 (Success x 7 at target 6) Re-rolls: 6
[Wendy Berber] *She was not going back into a vat of goo. She was not. And while this seemed harmless, how harmless could it really be if these same people kidnapped folks and connected them to big all knowing vibrations?! NO! NO GOO! The spindly nerd grits her teeth. Code reflected back at her in her cateye glasses.*
[HAXX0RS (-2) WP]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 4, 6, 7, 10 (Success x 4 at target 6) [WP]
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 10 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5 (Botch x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Next round because the system says so)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] attack!
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 3 (Botch x 1 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] damage!
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 6, 6, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] soak!
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 4, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7 (Success x 4 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 3, 7, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 4, 7, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] *Things were becoming clearer. She had their system figured out. Now it was just a matter of messing enough up that the system crashed. It wasn't like she hacked things for a living or anything, but she was knee deep in system code day in and day out. If she could build it, surely she could take it down. *
[haxx0rs -2]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Alexander Madoc Vaughn] Alex doesn't answer Danicka. He went rather quiet after that last round, and after he steps on his own damn grenade the kinsman actually ... leans over and vomits on the floor, suddenly.
Someone drank too many energy drinks.
A moment after that Danicka finally lands that headshot she was waiting for, and Alexander faceplants the keyboard.
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Spike attack on Wendy)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 3, 4, 7, 8, 8, 8 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage in 2 sets)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 3, 8, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 2, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 6, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Alex is out cold now. That means that he gets his little prize. Here we go Kahseeno
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 6
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Damage total
Danicka will heal up this round therefore back to okay
Wendy 6L
Spike okay
(Danicka has to wait until Wendy is done for. Wendy your up)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (spike attack on Wendy)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 9 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Wendy Berber] [Must.. hack....system.. last wp. -5 dice. 1 sux needed... ]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 7, 8 (Success x 3 at target 6) [WP]
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage on Wendy)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 3, 3, 7, 8, 9, 9 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] Wendy is out. Here is her gift.
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 1
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Recap)
The stage was now set. It was between Spike and Danicka now. Both of them fully healed, fully ready for the fight to come. The system now reboot to accommidate their new action. However the pairs around them are pulled from the room, left out of the final match.
But just before Wendy is knocked out cold, she sees it. Within the code. The OneSong. It is a pity she wont remember.
(Danicka your up)
[Danicka Musil] She's already decided something is wrong here. Danicka takes a break after Alex vomits, passes out, and is taken away. She leans back in her chair and watches as Wendy is taken down, too, the last traces of her brief headache gone. She remembers what Wendy said as they came in, talking about Harvester: she wasn't allowed to leave.
The Shadow Lord levels a thoughtful green gaze on 'Spike' as they sit across from each other, and then turns her attention fully to the LCD screen in front of her.
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 4) [WP]
[Danicka Musil] [Int + 4: You know what, Kahseeno? You smell like porridge.]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 7, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 8, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Attack)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 3, 7, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 2, 9 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Continue until there is only 1)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 4, 4, 6, 6, 9 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 3, 4, 4, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 4, 7 (Failure at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Spike attack, -1 dice)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 3, 6, 8, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6) Re-rolls: 1
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (Damage)
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6, 7, 7 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil] [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 8, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6 (Success x 5 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil] [Delete last roll]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 (Success x 4 at target 4)
[Danicka Musil]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 7, 7, 7, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 6 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] (soak)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 5, 8, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Gamer Extraoridarine] And with that Spike is put out, his body crashing against the computer keyboard as Danicka can feel herself come down with the weakness of almost no sleep for the last 28 hours. The gaming was done.
Danicka was victorious over the field. Even if she only had 2 kills of the 7. Those two kills were the most important ones. The kills that ended the contest. And as spike is taken off, a new figure comes out from behind the servers. A tall young man, with dirty blond hair and a smile that would melt ice in the arctic. Within his hands is a plastic case, through which Danicka can see the signed limited edition system.
"Congrats on your victory. You are truly a one of a kind gamer. We have one more satellete to run, but I am sure none will exhibit the greatness you have shown."
He smiles again, his teeth whiter than white, his smile broad.
"Here is my card, if you need anything please call me. We shall make sure you are ready for the pros' in no time. Now my collegues will take down your info and I assure you we will be in contact within the week. And we have other special prizes for you."
A case is also presented to her, a whole set of games some yet even to be released, gift cards for WoW accounts. Logitech controllers. A gamers orgasm if they didn't have the means.
[Danicka Musil] Surprisingly, she's not all that tired. She feels, in fact, rather fantastic. Danicka has a throbbing headache, but she just won. She rolls her head on her neck, shrugs her shoulders back, stretches, and gets up, gathering her bag and her coat as she's approached with yet another shiny new console. She smiles brightly, says "Well, I don't know about that," when he tells her about her 'greatness'.
Shifting her bag's strap to her shoulder, Danicka takes the console with some difficulty. She's not a particularly strong woman, and it's a long walk to the station. Ah, well. She takes the man's card between two spare fingers, lifting her eyebrows slightly as she's presented with a hoard of gifts that... well. She could buy for herself, though she might not think to. But now she doesn't have to.
Danicka laughs on her way out. It doesn't make the headache go away.
