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;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: It's the next day after our <@&691087904138592296> got into a little tussle at an art expo the previous day. Pirrue, a raccoon and scrap-sculptor, had a tussle with a bird known as Bal over a seemingly innocuous, but immaculately preserved arrow that Pirrue had incorporated into her sculpture for the expo. Bal yanked out, and tried to run off with, said arrow, but in the resulting tackle from Pirrue, both fell on the arrow, lacerating Bal's abdomen and impaling Pirrue's shin. Both have been taken to Saint Elsewhere's General Care and are currently being treated as the curtain opens. Hours prior, our sheepish Nurse Aesop had managed to remove the arrow from Pirrue’s leg, but cut themself in the process.
With Aesop on watch over the two miscreants sharing a room, a fourth, a rather batty Reporter, Teiki T. Triviño, who was covering the expo yesterday, has arrived to interview the patients about the prior events. Unbeknownst to everyone, Teiki was about to discover these three now have powers similar to his own.
Aesop: "Ah-" Aesop looks up from his clipboard. "S-sir, we aren't accepting visitors at this, um... time."
T.T.T.: The bat put a hand behind his neck. "I'm sorry, I'm here from the Local newspaper." He shows his card, Teiki Triviño. "I wanted to Interview the people here about yesterday."
Aesop: "That... Huh?" Aesop seems to fumble with his words. "Er... That- That doesn't mean you can just... um... ignore rules..."
T.T.T.: "Isn't that what my job is about, anyways?" Teiki just, carefully circles around Aesop. "To be honest, I was supposed to do that yesterday." He coughs, still disregarding Aesop's plea and looking for Pirrue. "But then they went and got stabbed..."
Pirrue: tentatively blinks herself awake. The last thing she can remember clearly is a stabbing pain...from getting stabbed. She grunts and feels her leg; there's a stitched-up wound. That bastard. Her whole body feels heavy; is this what being sedated is like? She lies back for a moment, seething as recollection comes flooding back. What even happened to the arrowhead, come to think of it? It better not have gotten thrown away or confiscated. She takes a few deep breaths, gathering her strength for rising from the bed and looking around for some answers.
Aesop: "A-ah, miss, you sh-shouldn't be moving around like that! Let our workers tend to your health..." Aesop moves to attend to Pirrue after failing to work up an answer for Teiki beyond 'ignore him until he goes away.'
Pirrue: "I'm fine," Pirrue grunts. She tries to sit up, but the pain multiplies. It feels almost like something coursing through her whole body, radiating out from the wound. It's all she can do not to yell out; instead, she gives in and flops back down on the bed. "Is getting stabbed supposed to hurt this bad?" she mutters.
T.T.T.: "Oh, there she is!" Teiki looks from over Aesop's shoulder, already writting down Pirrue's musings. "I'm Teiki, reporter for the Daily Crown. I wanted to ask you about what happened yesterday..." Huh, there's something that crawled up to Teiki's shoulder, barely visible and a bit blurry to see, a bug?
Pirrue: Pirrue's eyes focus on the 'bug.' "You got something on your shoulder there, mister," she mutters, pointing.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: <@!Pirrue>, <@!Aesop>, you both notice a roughly fist sized insectoid on teiki's shoulder. 'Tisn't a normal one, either; it's got a video-camera lense instead of a usual head.
Pirrue: is still too dazed from the pain and possibly the sedative to see it clearly, but she can definitely see it.
Aesop: (I get to decide when I start seeing things, and Aesop was only just nicked recently.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I was going for the passive discovery rule.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I'll let you override it, though.))
Aesop: (Passive Discovery; D E N I E D. XD)
"S-sir, please let the patient rest, o-or I might have to call security." Aesop tries to physically turn Teiki around and prod him away.
T.T.T.: "...Eh?" Teiki looks confused. "Oh, I got nothing here..." And then he looks and notices his Private Eye there.... "..." He quickly looks back and the bug crawls behind his back. "AAAAANYways- H-Hey! This is my job! " He pouts, not budging an inch.
Pirrue: "Listen, mister, unless you've got some serious pain pills on ya, I'm asking you politely to listen to the candystriper. You get one warning, and then you'll need a lawyer." The unsteady look on her face makes it unclear how much weight this statement should carry.
Pirrue: "I don't need to explain art to a paparazzi," Pirrue says, her grin turning belligerent. "Speaking of!" She barks in Aesop's direction: "Any idea what they did with the thing that put this in my leg?" She throws the sheet aside, showing off the leg wound.
Pirrue: (if there's anything unusual about where i got stabbed by the arrow, now would be the time to point it out XD)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I'll let you describe it.))
Pirrue: (lemme rephrase: should there be anything unusual? because i've been trying to hint that her Stand awakening is still happening XD)
Aesop: "Uh... This way, sir?" Aesop is mostly shutting out what Pirrue's saying and focusing on the task at hand. "One minute, miss, I'll be with you in a moment."
T.T.T.: "HEY, don't put me on the same level as the bottom feeders!" Hah, this is devolving into an argument quite quickly. "I actually bothered to do some research about the art expo!" And he still is not budging, maybe he is too passionate about his job.
Pirrue: Despite the intense pain, there's nothing obviously unusual about the stitched-up injury to Pirrue's leg.
Pirrue: "Let's make a deal, then. You tell me what happened to the missing piece of my sculpture, and find the bastard who took it, and you can have all the interview you can fit on that pad of yours." She leans forward and tries not to wince as she speaks.
T.T.T.: "...Wait, Really? Just like that?" That also takes him by surprise. On an unrelated note, the bug is on Teiki's back, looking at whoever is looking at it, what a good nothing no one can see it, right?
Aesop: "M-miss, p-please just get some rest."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Aesop, you know that the arrowhead you removed was taken to a low-priority containment room to check if it might have transmitted any potential aliments.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: As side from the obvious flesh wound.
Aesop: He's not telling that to some suspicious reporter, though, even if the patient demands it.
Aesop: "Sir, I'm going to call security now if you don't leave. P-please!"
Pirrue: glares at Aesop for a second, then relents. "Fine. But could you gimme like...one of those morphine drips or something? This thing hurts like a motherbleeper."
Pirrue: (sorry that was a little late; it was in response to the "just get some rest" line)
Aesop: "Miss, w-with all due respect, you're already on a drip for post-surgery."
Pirrue: "Well...can you turn it up a little?" The grimace on Pirrue's face is the first sign of weakness she's shown since waking up.
Aesop: "I can't without doctor's orders, s-sorry..."
T.T.T.: "...I assume that was a knife wound?" He did not pay attention to Aesop, sneaking past guards? Easy. "She does look like she could use something stronger, though."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Aesop, when you turn to look at Pirrue, you can see that the drip actually has a pinch in the line leading from the morpheme to Pirrue's arm.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: You have no idea what's causing it, though.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Nothing's near enough to that point to be pushing on it in such a way.
Aesop: "Sir, that was y-your last warning..." Aesop stops pushing and glances at the drip-feed. Having no idea how to fix that, however, he moves to what he can fix, and presses a button on the bed's intercom. "Security? Th-there's a reporter trying to disturb a patient's rest in room 115."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "I'll send a guard over to escort them out." can be heard in response, clearly meant to be loud enough for the intruder to hear.
Aesop: "A-also, requesting a replacement for patient 115-A's IV drip, th-there seems to be some blockage with this one?"
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "I'll forward the message." the voice calls back.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Not 10 seconds later, Aiden the Badger, and one of Pirrue's close friends steps into the room. Aiden recognizes, not necessarily Teiki, but definitely the camera-bug on Teiki's back.
Aesop: (From when?)
Aesop: (I think I missed that part of backstory-gen.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I thought Teiki still had their back to the door.))
Aesop: "S-sir, how do you people keep getting in here? Visiting hours are n-not for three hours!"
T.T.T.: "Tsk." shit. "Well, Guess I'll have to take my leave." Seeing as Teiki's time is cut short by the very unhelpful sheep, he begins bee-lining for the door...checking on his phone...but not before he leaves his business card on the nightstand. That's when he sees Aiden. "Great, another one." he mutters, not his problem.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Close behind Aiden, a Border Collie, Doctor William Teller, also comes by the room. "Nurse Rockwell! Oh." Their stern scowl turns to concerned surprise at the to "guests" still in the room. He sighs; "You two shouldn't be here; come back in three hours when visiting hours start." then looks back to Aesop. "Nurse Rockwell, where's the arrowhead you removed from the patient yesterday? Analysis says they haven't recieved it."
Aesop: "Huh? B-but it should be there! The nurse assigned with me said he'd take it there..."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Dr. Teller sighs again; "Can you give me their name, so I can track them down?"
Aiden: "Well Sor~ry, but I wanted to see how my friend was doing after yesterday. Getting in a fight, and getting shanked and all." Aiden would stare at the bug for a moment, but probably decided against making a scene about that. instead just shoving his way to Pirrue.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "Aaaand I've officially lost control." Dr. Teller says under their breath.
Pirrue: "Hey! Hey!" Pirrue calls out, grinning happily. "Aiden! Aideeeeeen!" She waves.
Aesop: "Jane Asher, she said- H-hey, sir, security is on their way, so I suggest you leave and let your friend recover."
Aiden: would wave back "So... yesterday looked pretty rough, sorry a didn't really help." Would look back toward Aesop... and just shrug.
Pirrue: "It's okay, I know this guy!" Pirrue says, her mood improved enough that she can easily ignore the pain.
Pirrue: "Pfft, it's fine, Aiden. You didn't happen to see a shady guy run around with a shiny golden arrowhead, did you?"
Aesop: "M-miss, it doesn't matter, you need t-to recover."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "Jane Asher; I'll look into her. As for the others, I'll leave them for security."
Pirrue: "This is recovery," Pirrue says, a "like, duh" in her voice.
Aiden: Would think back... did he see someone like that? I mean he does know what to look for, he did poke himself on it before Pirrue though it look great on their next work.
T.T.T.: "I was gonna go anyways..." He says as he slides past the terrier and out the door. "Jane Asher...? Maybe I could have a look and see where that maid brought the arrow..." He mutters to himself, still checking his phone... which shows what's behind him, alongside other areas.
Aesop: Aesop stares despairingly after the reporter on his way out as he openly plots theft, and after a few seconds of agonizing, decides it's not his problem anymore.
Bal Boa: Bal Boa groaned in his bed, finally making some noise as he woke up. "What in the..." He got up and looked at everyone. "Where am I? And where is that damned arrow!?" He finally gets some of his energy back remembering what he came there to do before becoming unconscious.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Aiden can't recall anyone by that name, and without a physical description, would have Great (+4) difficulty if they went and actually searched for them.
Pirrue: ("by that name"? Pirrue didn't give a name; just "anyone running around with a shiny gold arrowhead" XD)
Aesop: "S-sir, please lie back down and try to rest."
Aiden: would just shrug again "Sorry, I don't think I did."
Aiden: "So, how long you think you'll be stuck here. Not too long, I hope."
Pirrue: "Eh, that's fine. Hope you didn't have too much trouble between the little rumble I had at the art gallery and now."
Pirrue: "How long?" She turns to look at Aesop. "How long am I gonna be stuck here?" she asks, a little more loudly than necessary.
Bal Boa: "Oh hell no." He said, getting up from his bed. "I need to know where that arrow is, and I'll be off with it." He said, before noticing some pain in his abdomen, but shrugging it off. "Where is it?"
Aesop: "Miss, p-please wait until the doctor- S-sir!"
'What's taking security so long?'
Pirrue: ( <@!;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾>, was Bal's line in earshot of Pirrue? )
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Oh, absolutely. Pirrue can easily make eye contact with your beds facing eachother.))
Aesop: Aesop moves to hold the bird man down if he tries to leave the bed.
Aiden: "Arrow this, Arrow that. Sounds like everyone wants it huh. Any reason why?"
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Aesop, if they feel inclined to answer, knows that Dr. Teller gave a prognosis of full recovery by this afternoon.
Bal Boa: "Give me my clothes, the arrow, and I'll be off. I got important things to-" He struggles back with the nurse Aesop. "I'm not hurt, I'm perfectly fine! Let. Me. Go!"
Aesop: "You're both slated for release this afternoon, but you m-must rest until then!"
'WHERE IS SECURITY???'
Pirrue: squints at the person in the bed across from her. Recognition dawns.
Pirrue: "YOU!!!" she yells, pointing.
Aesop: (Actually, considering they're involved in a case of assault, would it be reasonable to say at least one of them is in restraints? Like cuffed to the bed or something?)
Bal Boa: "Afternoon my ass! I'm not eating this garbage food!" He then turns to Pirrue, "Uh, yeah, me. What about it?" He says, completely forgetting about Pirrue, and was only tranfixed on the arrow.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Not sure.))
Aesop: (I remember reading stories where an active suspect in the hospital would be handcuffed to his bed.)
Bal Boa: (well, maybe have security come in and restrain them to his bed.)
Aiden: Is also Pirrue's friend, and is now staring at Bal Boa... it probably looks like a glare though. "Huh, so... is he the reason you're here?"
Pirrue: "You stole my arrow, you motherbleeper!" Pirrue shrieks, trying to get up again only to crumple back into bed.
Pirrue: She leaves that as her answer for Aiden.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: A German Shepherd in a day guard's uniform pops into the room. "Alright, alright, everyone settle down, now."
Aiden: would push Pirrue back, down. "Come on, you aren't in any shape to do that. Allow me."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "I don't think so, sir; you need to leave."
Pirrue: "Kick his ass for me, AIden! Kick his ass!" Pirrue grumbles loudly.
Bal Boa: "Oh sure, yeah, I stole it. I don't have it!" He then looks at the officer. "I get to leave? Finally."
Aesop: "E-everybody, please calm down..."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "Not you." the office turns to Bal, "I was talking to the badger."
Bal Boa: "God...Fine, I'll be in my bed like a good lil boy until a doctor decides to say I'm ready to go. But if I miss my meeting..." He grumbles. Seeing an officer puts him in no position to be roily anymore.
Aiden: would look around, the lone day guard, the nurse. And decided, while as much as he would love to follow, he probably doesn't want to cause a scene here. "Alright, later then. When their fully recovered, so it can be fair. Hey, Pirrue, need me to get you anything? I mean you won't be here long but still."
Aiden: "Beside that asskicking, that has to wait it seems."
Pirrue: She clenches her teeth and looks at Bal, as if to say "that guy's head on a platter," but relents. "A cola," she finally says. "I need a stiff drink."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: The guard looks back at Aiden. "Please follow me; I'll escort you to the lobby."
Aiden: would brazenly wave to the guard "At least let me get her a soda first, nothing against that right? Just show to soda machine and I'll mind my own buissness, and be right out once I'm down."
Aesop: "I-I don't think patients should be drinking soft drinks..."
Aiden: "I though you said they'd be fine, in like half a day?"
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "That'll be a Nures's job." the guard responds, "If they see it fit. Come with me."
Bal Boa: Bal slides back into his bed and grunts, looking at the ceiling until it's time for him to go.
Aiden: would just sigh. "Alright, whatever." and would just leave at a brisk pace, quietly refusing to be simply lead out.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: <@!T.T.T.>, you notice, through one of your camera-bugs, that Dr. Teller's looking through employee records when their fur turns pale, and they hurriedly power-walk back towards the room you left.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: As Aiden and the guard walk out of the room, Dr. Teller rushes in. "Rockwell!"; clear worry in their voice; "Are you sure it was a 'Jane Asher'?"
Aesop: "U-um, yes?"
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "That name isn't on any of our lists! Can you give my a physical description so we can file an impersonation report?"
Pirrue: Pirrue blinks. She turns to Aesop: "YOU GAVE MY ARROWHEAD TO SOME RANDO?!?"
T.T.T.: Knew it. "Damnit." Teiki gets up from his chair on the lobby, "Hmph, I really need that report on the newspaper." He grunts, at least he is having a laugh with the reactions of the girl.
Bal Boa: "You mean MY ARROW." Bal speaks up and looks over at Pirrue.
Aesop: "H-Huh? U-um...!" Aesop fumbles with his words a bit. "Sh-she was a chinchilla, brown fur, had a pink highlight- U-UM!" He freezes up at Pirrue's outburst. "Sh-she was wearing one of our uniforms! She even had a legit-looking ID lanyard!"
Aiden: If he is still close enought to hear this, he would just stop, and turn, looking back.
Pirrue: Pirrue flashes her teeth and imagines them sinking them into Bal.
Bal Boa: "Ooooh, I'm so scared." He says, looking at Pirrue's display of baring fangs.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: <@!Aiden> can hear shouting, but can't decern distinct words.
Aiden: would then turn to the guard." Sounds like you have somewhere else to be."
Aiden: But otherwise continues out to the lobby.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "There's more than just me."The guard replies.
Then, their walkie-talkie crackles to life, "We've got problem in Room 129! I've got no clue, but some sort of invisible force is tearing the place up."
The guard sighs and quips, "Now I have somewhere else to be." before turning around and sprinting back down the hall you just came from.
Aiden: "Huh... you make that sound normal. That isn't normal." would stop and stare back again, this time a bit beweldered, and trying to figure out how far that room is from where he was.
Aesop: "O-okay...?" Aesop looks back at the patients. "It's, um, doubly important that we stay here, I think."
T.T.T.: "Oh...What the hell?" Teiki tries to scramble and see if any of his bugs is on Room 129
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: <@!Aesop>, <@!Pirrue>, <@!Bal Boa>, you can hear screaming coming from further down the hall just as the officer from before comes barreling past.
Bal Boa: "...I'm staying here, not my problem."
Pirrue: "I...I think maybe we should leave..." Pirrue slowly begins trying to angle her body off the bed, surreptitiously so Aesop doesn't notice. Her unwounded leg is already dangling off the side, under the sheets.
Aesop: "Whatever it is, th-there shouldn't be any reason for it to come into th-this room..."
Bal Boa: "You're crazy." He says, looking at Pirrue. "It's the hospitals job to deal with this." He shrugs, "besides, not like I can go, since the doctor has to release me."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Then then you all can feel a temor that cause the lights to flicker. And you can all tell that some down the hall have completely gone out.
Aiden: would pause, think, and decided it that if it wasn't is his problem, it is about to be anyway. Pulling a skateboard from his pack, and pulls out a face mask, plausable denyability and all that. And procceds to roll down the hall.
T.T.T.: Teiki is now franticly taking count of his bugs and sending some to check out what the hell is happing over there.
Pirrue: "Ugh...dammit!" Pirrue struggles out of bed and yells out as her wounded leg touches the floor. "I don't know what's going on, but I don't want to be anywhere near it! You there!" She points at Aesop. "What do you gotta to to discharge me?"
Aesop: "I-I can't! I'm just a nurse! I-I think we need to be quiet..."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: <@!Aiden>, <@!T.T.T.>, you two can clearly see a monstrous, feral cockroach just barely small enough to fit in the hallway slowly pull itself out of room 129 and stare Aiden down. It's face is clearly unnatural for an anthro or feral. After a second-and-a-half it just puts it's head to a wall and starts casually chomping away at the solid concrete like it's a soft bread.
Aiden is also close enough to see that even the portions of the hall not in contact with the gruesome-looking mini-kaiju is starting to weather and crack.
Aiden: would come to a stop before he got too close... "... I'm.... not just seeing things am I, is this just another bad trip?"
Aiden: "... I'm seriously gonna kill who ever spiked my drink..."
Pirrue: (what all, if anything, do Aesop, Pirrue, and Bal hear/see at this point?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: The chomping can be heard all the way from room 115.
Pirrue: "Do you...hear that?" Pirrue says, looking at the others as if she's seriously concerned she's gone insane.
T.T.T.: "...What the-?!" Teiki immediately makes the bug scatter as far away of that thing.
Bal Boa: "Nope, I can hear it too. But again, we can't do anything. Not like we have super powers or anything."
Pirrue: "Don't need super powers to get the bleep outta here before that chomp chomp chomp reaches us."
Aesop: Aesop's frozen in fear at this point.
Aiden: Looks around, the guard went this way right?
Pirrue: Pirrue drags her leg as she heads towards the door. "Hey. Hey, candystriper. You're a sheep, not a deer in the headlights, okay? If you can pick me up or something, we might make better time getting out of here." She shoots an angry look at Bal, then softens. "You can...follow along if you want, I guess. But you're still gonna pay for stealing my arrowhead!"
Pirrue: She pushes Aesop as she addresses him, hoping it'll rouse him back to consciousness.
Bal Boa: Bal groans, "Stay, get out, geez." He then clambers out from the bed and heads off with Pirrue.
Aesop: Aesop collapses.
Aesop: "A-ah, wait..." Aesop staggers after them halfheartedly. "D-don't. I- I'm responsible for you..."
Pirrue: (she doesn't leave without Aesop)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: As Aiden ponders the whereabouts of the guard, and the others step out of the room behind him, they see the guard jump out of the room after the monster roach. They're clearly in rough shape, and holding .... a stylized hot-pink pistol with a heart-shaped barrel. The guard fires a shot of brilliant energy, and the roach turns to attack the guard, which nocks the former to the floor.
Aesop: (Aesop doesn't have Stand-sight yet; what's he see?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((The removal was the previous night, so "Yes; yes, they do."))
Aiden: would just give up, taking up their board by the axel and giving the bug a left hook in the face. "I have had enough with all these stupid bugs, I should just crush you all now and be done with it!"
Aesop: Aesop chooses now to pass out from fear.
T.T.T.: Teiki audibly yelps as the feed gets cut into static, his body flinching from the pain as he sits on the chair again. "OW OW OW." Blistering IDIOT
Aesop: (Er, I think he meant the big roach, <@!T.T.T.>.)
Pirrue: Pirrue clenches her teeth and her fists in frustration. She points at Bal: "Okay, Bal, it's time you started redeeming yourself. Grab the sheep and..." She tests her leg and winces. "...and follow me." She begins limping towards the door.
Bal Boa: Bal looks over at Aesop and sighs, "Yeah, okay." He grabs the sheep and holds them over his back and looks at Pirrue, "I wasn't going to leave them even if you didn't ask me." He said, walking over to Pirrue with Aesop over his back.
Pirrue: Pirrue is not about to ask Bal to pick her up. Strangely, the pain seems to be fading the longer she stands up. Or maybe...the closer that chomping noise gets? She shakes her head; the idea seems ridiculous. She tries to strut confidently in her best guess at the direction of the lobby.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((<@!Aiden>, I assume Aiden is taking an Overcome action to inflict stress against the roach. Which skill?))
Aesop: (BTW, does this count as a Compel on Sleepy Sheep?)
Aiden: (Overcome Athletic, yeah.)
Aesop: (<@!;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾>?)
Aiden: !r 4df+4
DiscoDude: <@Aiden> rolled 4df+4 for 5 [4df = [ ][+][+][-]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Sure.))
T.T.T.: Teiki is intently watching through his camera bugs, This guys are in quite a pickle... "He is just gonna go straight head on?!
Bal Boa: Bal continues to follow Pirrue with the sheep on his back, not saying a word as he just focusses on carrying the nurse and following the person in front of him.
Aesop: (Is anyone going to react to the heart-laser gun-toting guard? XD)
Aiden: (Already did, kinda.)
Bal Boa: (Bal is just focused on Pirrue.)
Aesop: (Can ATHLETICS be used like that?)
Pirrue: (i mean, the guard is over near the roach, and Aiden's the only one near the roach)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Roach is between the guard and the party.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3 (Defending with three Average (+1) aspects.)
Pirrue: (wait wait wait, wait wait wait)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [ ][ ][-][+]]
Pirrue: (can we like actually see the roach and the guard and whatnot like)
Pirrue: (from the hospital room we were in)
Pirrue: (was it literally a straight shot down the hall)
Pirrue: (because i didn't get that impression at all)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yes; I already narrated what you all saw.))
Pirrue: (where?)
Pirrue: (you described what Aiden saw)
Pirrue: (i don't see where you described what we saw)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: > As Aiden ponders the whereabouts of the guard, and the others step out of the room behind him, they see the guard jump out of the room after the monster roach.
Pirrue: (where does that mention us)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: (("[T]he others".))
Pirrue: (well, we hadn't exited the room yet)
Pirrue: (so your narration doesn't match what we were doing)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((That was in response to you exiting.))
Pirrue: (we didn't exit yet)
Pirrue: (well. going with the idea that Aiden and the roach are not anywhere near the hospital room, as I assumed, Pirrue is going to continue leading Bal towards the exit)
Pirrue: (or try to, anyway)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: With Aiden's assault managing to give the roach a Big Ol' Bump on the Noggin ((Mild)), they manage to force the monstrosity to take pause.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: The other's manage to make it to the next zone over, with just two more between them and the lobby.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Aiden can hear the guard weakly say, "You got guts, kid."
Pirrue: Without anything else to draw her attention, Pirrue focuses on making as much distance as she can between her and the chomping noises.
Bal Boa: Bal continues following Pirrue with Aesop firmly planted on his back.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Aesop still passing their turn?))
Aesop: (Yeah.)
Aiden: Would bounce off the bugs head pointing his board straight down, as if he was going to balance on it like a pole, but instead drive it down with his leg like a stake.(Does this work then?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((👍))
Aiden: !r 4df+4 Athletics
DiscoDude: <@Aiden> rolled 4df+4 for 5 [4df = [+][ ][-][+]] Athletics
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3 (three Average (+3) apsects)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 0 [4dF = [-][-][ ][-]]
Aesop: (Wanna boost with a Consequence for added damage?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((The roach has got a moderate and a severe left.))
Aiden: (pfffffft, may as well. This will make it a brutal 7 shifts.)
Aiden: (It is +2 when invoking right?)
Pirrue: (why does the roach have a Severe Consequence)
Pirrue: (why is this starter boss a fucking tank)
Aiden: (It is a Kaiju, and has no stress as far as I can tell.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Because I planned for a 5-on-1 fight.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((And even four 1-shift hits would Take it Out, given it's lack of stress boxes.))
Pirrue: (two of your five are noncombatant and another two are wounded)
Pirrue: (were you really expecting us to just see this thing and gang up on it)
Pirrue: (instead of nope'ing the fuck out)
Aiden: (It has no stress, I'm jacking it up, I don't see the issue at this point.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Guess I overestimated how well the "No Attack action means any skill can deal a hit." would be leveraged.))
Aesop: (Mechanically, I can see that, but narratively, you failed to give us a reason for picking fight over flight.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((This is true, and a problem I will fix before next session.))
Aiden: (It may not of given us a choice? If the big roach decided Raccon and Badger were on the menu... well if it really wanted can you out run it as you are?)
Pirrue: (well, it didn't go after us; as far as we understood it, Aiden and the guard are the only ones who've even seen this thing)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I thought we already cleared that all the P.C.'s saw it; it's just that some chose to flee instead.))
Aiden: (Just, Fight or flight, Just do it already. The story is more relevent then the other elements, and right now it doesn't look like it is derailed, so roll with it.)
Pirrue: (again, you didn't make it clear we saw it)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Thought the conversation about that cleared up what I meant.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: With Aiden's second dive-kick, they manage to give the roach a Cracked Carapace ((Moderate)), and a Severed Limb ((Severe)).
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: The roach makes a horrendous roar that literally causes the paint on the walls to curl. The guard squirms as he clutches his now blackening arm. The floor tile cracks significantly. And Aiden's freshly waxed board loses a bit of shine. The sound nausiatingly reverberates through Aiden. ((Defend against the roach's next roll.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 4 (four Average (+1) aspects)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+4 for 5 [4dF = [ ][+][-][+]]
Pirrue: (we're out of range, right? Bal and Aesop and me?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yes.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((They can still hear the blood curtalling sound, though.))
Aiden: (The sound itself is the attack, right? I dunno if that can just be dodged.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Physique.))
Pirrue: Pirrue stops and shudders at the noise. She looks back at Bal: "RUN, YOU BLEEPER, RUN!!!" And she takes off down the hall as fast as she can reasonably stagger on her still slightly sore leg.
Aiden: Land on their once more level board, upon the roaches back, he hears the god-awful screech and it only able to cover his ears in defence.
Aiden: !r 4df+2 Physique
DiscoDude: <@Aiden> rolled 4df+2 for 1 [4df = [ ][ ][-][ ]] Physique
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Hold-up! Defend first.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Top of the round. Next?))
Aiden: (Can I spend a fate point and invoke the Badger part of being a rudie badge to re-roll?.. it has been a while so I don't remember.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((That'll work.))
Aiden: !r 4df+2 Physique(Reroll)
DiscoDude: <@Aiden> rolled 4df+2 for 1 [4df = [ ][-][+][-]] Physique(Reroll)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Four shifts of stress. How does Aiden absorb them? Do keep in mind the nature of how it's affected the surroundings when narrating.))
Bal Boa: Bal hears Pirrue and grunts, trying to run after her, "You don't need to tell me twice!" He says, picking up the pace.
Aiden: his clothes seem to visably thin, screeching as his fur starts to look more scraggly. Letting loose his on growl of pain.
Aiden: (Bleh redundent redundency is redundent.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((How goes after Bal Boa?))
Aiden: (Does the spy bugs even try to do anything, like mess with the roaches footing, or save the guard?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((<@!T.T.T.>?))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Now that roach used it's screech, it's obvious that it has an Entropic Aura.
T.T.T.: Teiki had been watching the fight...Man this guys were really serious about fighting the big damn monster!
"Grrr...Agh, Hell, I can't let my interview target die, can I?!"
He began moving all his bugs into the area, In other words, he began using a swarm of his camera-bugs to distract the enemy, mostly by flying around the face of the stand!
T.T.T.: !f 1
DiscoDude: <@T.T.T.> rolled 4dF+1 for 1 [4dF = [ ][+][-][ ]]
Aiden: (I want to say the guard is on our side arguably, but maybe you character never got the memo...)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 2 (Average (+1) Entropic Aura and one other Average (+1) aspect)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+2 for 0 [4dF = [-][ ][-][ ]]
T.T.T.: (this is a jojo moment)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I'll invoke Entropic Aura.))
While pestering, one of the camera-bugs drops to the ground, decicated.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Counter invokes?))
Pirrue: (*dessicated)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Wow; not even Google docs helped me with that one.))
T.T.T.: ((HM, might i invoke Bug Afficionado for this one?))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Knowing how to swarm in just the right pattern?))
T.T.T.: ((Yus))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Then I'll stop the invoke train there.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Just Distracted, or do you have a fancier aspect in mind, <@!T.T.T.>?))
T.T.T.: ((I think that is fine, since my bugs aren't flies and i can't do lord of the flies references XD))
Aiden: What the F**k is this. The F**k are these, why are there everywhere! Do I have to stomp every last one of you freaks!" And would procced to nose dive their skateboard into the dorsal thorax of the big roach.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Give me the overcome roll.))
Aiden: !r 4df+4 Athletics
DiscoDude: <@Aiden> rolled 4df+4 for 6 [4df = [ ][ ][+][+]] Athletics
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3 (Average (+1) Entropic Aura and two other Average (+1) aspects)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 5 [4dF = [+][+][ ][ ]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: While a well placed shot, it'll take more than a decent thumpin' to get through it's Steel-Hard Shell.
((Invoking for +2.))
Aiden: But it was (Free Inovke)Distracted and simply not ready to defend it self from above when focusing on the swarm below.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((👍))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((That just leaves Pirrue and the roach. Assuming Pirrue is still moving to the lobby, they ar not in the zone adjacent to it after taking free movement.))
Aiden: (Uh... isn't the roach super down and out?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Wait; nevermind. I need to narrate the roach's demise first.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: The super sick trick manges to crack the shell down the middle and continue through the rest of the creature, busting it in two like an egg. The sludge in side begins to disintigrated once exposed to to the air and the hard parts are beginning to turn to mush.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Conflict is over. Would our remaining three <@&691087904138592296> like to return to R.P., or are they done for tonight?))
Bal Boa: ( I mean, it would be good to finish up, but that's up to the other two. )
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((<@!Pirrue>? <@!T.T.T.>?))
Pirrue: (i'm down for whatever)
T.T.T.: ((Ngl i think stopping for today might be my choice.))
Pirrue: (i will say i'm leaning towards that though)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Alright; debreifing tomorrow, then?))
Aiden: (Sounds like a plan... I did kinda hog combat...)
Pirrue: (sure)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !end
