DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Ryusui|GM: So your biggest job yet started with a mysterious message.
Ryusui|GM: Eli received it and recovered it; it was heavily encrypted, and badly corrupted. Someone did their damnedest to keep you from getting it, but they didn't quite pull it off.
Ryusui|GM: The contents were simple: a short video message of an elderly terrier, dressed in a nice suit.
Ryusui|GM: "There is a matter of great importance we need to discuss. As those who took up the cause of Hazel Halliday, it would be in your best interests to hear what I have to say."
Ryusui|GM: Attached was a special link, an anonymous means of contact - no doubt for negotiating the specific vanue to speak with him face-to-face.
Ryusui|GM: So what did the gang do next?
Reality Glitch: "Mmmm...."
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Well, I can't say I didn't expect this." she throws her arms up in the air. "So, are we gonna meet somewhere and be covered up to the ears in clothing? Is that the idea?"
Reality Glitch: "I already am."
Casper: “Unless any of you can come up with a better alternative; yes. Our options are limited here.”
Ryusui|GM: Again, the choice of meeting place is yours, <@&466676711379959808>.
Reality Glitch: "Here? I can E.M.P. it."
Casper: “Do not set off an E.M.P. in this apartment, that is an order.”
Reality Glitch: "No! Emp-shield."
Casper: “Bless you.”
Reality Glitch: ((That was pronounced as a word, not an acronym.))
Casper: (I know.)
Micheal Fisk: "I don't think we would want to show them right to our base of operations all the same."
Reality Glitch: 'MMMM!"
Reality Glitch: ((Can we pretend my line was before Fisk's?))
Casper: “I’m not familiar with the surrounding area. The burden of operation boundaries shall hence be left to one of you.”
Susan: "I would feel better having one or two of us in a secure vantage point overlooking the meeting," Susan says, "Just in case we're being led on here."
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Oh, I can do that! Do we still have that rifle that my Cousin's.....wife, wanted to use on that police officer?"
Ryusui|GM: (probably, but it's the gang's call XD)
Casper: “Lethal force seems unnecessary.”
Reality Glitch: I look down, thinking for a moment, then perk up with a face of slight discomfort to say, "Why not my place?"
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "HEY! We can like, load it with fake ammo?" The mouse girl turn to Eli "Your place? How far is it?"
Reality Glitch: I look away, more uncomfortable. "A mile or two."
Casper: “Potentially compromising the personal headquarters of one of our members seems less than optimal. Is there no way we can secure a neutral location?”
Reality Glitch: "We're going to move soon any way."
Micheal Fisk: "What if we just meet them at a park or something, somewhere neutral, public enough that no one would want to make a scene, but private enough for a converstation."
Micheal Fisk: "A park, a library, maybe a cafe during one of the slower hours of the day... There are more then a few options that don't feel like they involve exposing someone or something of ours."
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Ooh, I like that! I even know a few locations!"
Susan: "How about renting a motel room?" Susan asks, "It'd be discreet, and we could set up some security ahead of time."
Casper: “I think the client would want this to be somewhere with no surveillance, just to be sure they aren’t seen with us. Susan’s idea seems to be the most optimal.”
Reality Glitch: I look towards everyone. "Still need emp-shield."
Susan: "How long would that take to set up?" Susan asks.
Ryusui|GM: (to be clear, this means no communication in or out? or that electronics in the area of the shield don't work?)
Reality Glitch: My face goes pensive. "Mm...." I look back with my gloved paw held up; all five fingures splayed. "5min."
Reality Glitch: ((Both.))
Ryusui|GM: (So are folks agreed? A motel room with Eli's empshield in play?)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (Sounds good.)
Casper: (Who’s attending? Casper’s resigned to be the one consistent “meeting” guy, but who else?)
Ryusui|GM: (one more question: would you pick an area with a lot of cover, in case you need an escape route, or someplace with little cover, so you can see anyone else coming?)
Susan: (Susan will go along.)
Susan: (I'm sure Eli can set up a dozen cameras.)
Casper: (Cover.)
Casper: (Because yeah; Eli.)
Casper: (He makes this not even a contest.)
Reality Glitch: ((Uuhh??))
Ryusui|GM: (okay, and where all will those cameras be? like, all around the periphery?)
Ryusui|GM: (oh, also)
Ryusui|GM: (bear in mind the empshield would affect any cameras)
Ryusui|GM: (so cameras would have to be placed outside it)
Casper: (We’re saying that if you put up a metric crap-ton of cameras, the lack of visibility from more cover won’t matter.)
Susan: (Shoot, what about the screens to view the camera feeds?)
Ryusui|GM: (that's a good point)
Ryusui|GM: (if you're using the empshield, anyone inside won't have access to the feed)
Casper: (Okay, Eli might be off-site.)
Reality Glitch: ((I'm thinking the set-up is like this: a perimeter shield that lines the motel room and a second that perimiter that black-outs the entire inside, with the cameras in between.))
Micheal Fisk: (I kinda think we are overdoing this, setting up dozens of camera and shielding a random motel room seems like it would draw a lot of attention...)
Ryusui|GM: (unless Eli's earmeras can communicate across the barrier, as it were)
Casper: Maybe a motel with a land-line will work if we need to be warned.
Ryusui|GM: (okay, that makes sense)
Ryusui|GM: (Eli's double-perimeter idea i mean)
Ryusui|GM: ("only the room is shielded; the cameras encompass the motel grounds proper")
Ryusui|GM: (Eli, would a landline phone still work?)
Reality Glitch: ((Well, the shield-generators would be pretty innocuous, so we don't have to worry about drawing attention.))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Alright, I suppose that works for me." She looks at the ceiling, clenching her fist. "Someday, I'll get to use that baby for a purpose better than to murder someone."
Ryusui|GM: (also, to be clear: Casper and Susan will be at the meeting itself; Eli will be back at base, correct? What will Melissa and Michael be doing?)
Reality Glitch: ((I can't be; I need to set up the emp-shield.))
Ryusui|GM: (ah, cool)
Susan: (I mean, you could set up the shields early and then head back.)
Casper: (Someone needs to man the monitors.)
Ryusui|GM: (so Eli will have a secondary HQ office, perhaps? A second room just for the feeds and any gear he has? I.e., he remains on-site during the op?)
Casper: (I guess it doesn’t have to be him, though.)
Reality Glitch: ((Or I could just sit in the gap myself.))
Ryusui|GM: (true, but how would you monitor the, ah, monitors?)
Ryusui|GM: (because again, empshield)
Reality Glitch: ((My phone would be the monitor for the cameras.))
Casper: (And being there in person kinda makes the cameras redundant. Because... eyes.)
Reality Glitch: ((I feel like we're talking about two different things here.))
Ryusui|GM: (i thought you said that electronics didn't work inside the empshield?)
Reality Glitch: ((I also said there's a gap of functionality between the two.))
Ryusui|GM: (what does that mean?)
Susan: ((I think Eli's going to be in a spot not covered by the field.))
Reality Glitch: ((You were the one you just praised my double barrier idea.))
Ryusui|GM: (oh, OH)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah that's what i meant)
Ryusui|GM: (hhhhhang on)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah sorry i misunderstood)
Ryusui|GM: (the point is "Eli is outside the empshield, i.e. not in the shielded room, but inside the camera perimeter")
Ryusui|GM: (correct? which suggests he would have a second room, a "base away from base" for all this?)
Reality Glitch: ((No.))
Ryusui|GM: (and again, i don''t have a clear picture what <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> and <@!Micheal Fisk> are going to be doing)
Ryusui|GM: (or want to do, anyway)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (I suppose she would be doing something similar to last time, watching from a building, concealed in case things go awry?)
Reality Glitch: ((What I was saying is that I line the room with the E.M. barrier, then set up the smaller E.M. field within that, then I just stand in between the two recording the whole thing with one camera while another one on me looks out for intruders.))
Micheal Fisk: ((We probably won't need more then two people talking with whoever, so Michael would be doing the same, watching outside just incase trouble tries to show up.))
Ryusui|GM: (so basically you set up an empshield, and then like a...smaller anti-empshield inside it?)
Casper: (Oh, what we were thinking was “just put cameras ALL OVER the motel property.”)
Reality Glitch: ((No; the emp-shield is in to parts: the barrier and the field. Each is set up with a separate set of generators.))
Ryusui|GM: (ohhhhh so)
Ryusui|GM: (the bigger shield is "no communications in or out")
Ryusui|GM: (and the smaller shield, in the room proper, is "electronics don't work")
Ryusui|GM: (am i right?)
Reality Glitch: ((Yes.))
Ryusui|GM: (okay, that wasn't clear XD)
Reality Glitch: ((You just re-said what I had originally proposed, though.))
Ryusui|GM: (two more questions, peeps: top floor or bottom? and daylight or at night?)
Reality Glitch: ((Bottom floor for easier escape.))
Reality Glitch: ((Daytime for more witnesses.))
Ryusui|GM: (also to be clear Eli, where exactly are you? are you in a second room the gang's rented just for the op, or are you just hiding somewhere on the premises?)
Reality Glitch: ((I've already said I'm inbetween the two parts of the emp-shield! 😠))
Ryusui|GM: (okay. and the smaller part encompasses just the room, while the larger part encompasses the whole premises? allowing you to keep cameras all throughout, but also cut off external comms?)
Reality Glitch: ((Both are inside.))
Ryusui|GM: (...inside the motel room? so...how big a gap are we talking here?)
Reality Glitch: ((We'd get introuble if we sabotaged the whole building.))
Ryusui|GM: (ah)
Casper: (We... kinda need surveillance on the outside. That was why we were talking about cameras.)
Ryusui|GM: (yes)
Reality Glitch: ((Windows.))
Ryusui|GM: (that was kind of a huge point)
Ryusui|GM: (okay, so)
Ryusui|GM: (no cameras then)
Ryusui|GM: (you are inside the room, with Casper, Susan, and the mystery man)
Ryusui|GM: (but you are standing in a gap between the "cut off communications" edge of the field and the "shut down all electronics" part)
Casper: (We were talking about “seeing approaching hostiles before they got to the room.”)
Reality Glitch: ((At least one camera to record the meeting.))
Ryusui|GM: (but then if Melissa and Michael are on lookout duty)
Casper: (That... wasn’t the point of the camera.)
Ryusui|GM: (the cameras are perhaps a little redundant)
Ryusui|GM: (and yeah)
Reality Glitch: ((And we can have a camera pointing out the window to watch for approachers.))
Casper: (Why not... look out the window yourself?)
Casper: (You would be literally right there.)
Ryusui|GM: (i feel like we're at an impasse here on the camera front)
Ryusui|GM: (let's just agree that Melissa and Michael are on lookout duty, and Eli is in the "gap" just like...standing in the corner or some such doing whatever it is he thinks he's doing)
Casper: (The gap is kinda redundant now.)
Reality Glitch: ((Watching the feed so I know the recording of the meeting doesn't get messed up.))
Reality Glitch: ((Why is the gap redundant? It allows video surveillance of the meeting without electronic communication into, out of, or within the roo of the meeting.))
Ryusui|GM: (okay so the motel looks something like this)
Ryusui|GM: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/suda51/images/1/14/MotelNOMOREHEROES.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090801025049
Ryusui|GM: just...mirrored
Ryusui|GM: same L shape, but other-handed
Reality Glitch: ((Sure.))
Casper: (Where did “recording this meeting” come into this?)
Casper: (That wasn’t what the cameras were supposed to be for.)
Ryusui|GM: there's woods behind and around the motel; good cover should you need an escape
Ryusui|GM: there's also a big sign out front which could serve as a perfect vantage point for a lookout, in addition to the rooftop proper
Reality Glitch: ((That was part of my thinking from the beginning, I just never got around to saying until after the rest of you were talking about cameras.))
Casper: (But why tho?)
Ryusui|GM: (So, bottom line: Eli is obstinate about setting up any kind of camera surveillance and chooses instead to record the convo. There is no electronic surveillance whatsoever; a camera points out the window but it tells nothing that you couldn't figure out just by looking.)
Reality Glitch: ((Because I record EVERYTHING!))
Ryusui|GM: (For the back and sides of the building, Melissa and Michael's eyes are your only guide)
Ryusui|GM: (and then they have no means of easily contacting you)
Ryusui|GM: (because again, empshield!)
Ryusui|GM: (so to be absolutely clear:)
Ryusui|GM: (this is the plan everyone is okay with)
Ryusui|GM: (Casper, Susan, Mystery Man, and Eli all in a room on the bottom floor)
Casper: (I thought we had an analogue system for alerting us?)
Ryusui|GM: (Melissa and Michael taking sign/rooftop vantage points?)
Casper: (Like an internal landline?)
Ryusui|GM: (you'll have to ask Eli)
Ryusui|GM: (well, if Eli says landlines will work, that's fine, but remember)
Ryusui|GM: (...actually a cellphone probably would work)
Ryusui|GM: (since it wouldn't technically be crossing the barrier)
Ryusui|GM: (so, <@&466676711379959808>! Any issues with the setup we've described?)
Casper: (BRB Dinner.)
Reality Glitch: ((Nope. Electrical signals don't work, not even the insulated landline or the radio of cellphones.))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (Dinner soon, But i think it works.)
Susan: Oh good, eating dinner now.
Ryusui|GM: (all right, then. If it's daylight then how about a signal mirror. Whoever gets the sign flashes a mirror at the meeting room, and whoever gets the rooftop, uh...flashes a mirror at the sign XD)
Susan: And 👍 to the setup)
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, @michael
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, <@!Micheal Fisk>, one of you will be on rooftop, one will have a perch on the big sign out front. You have the ability to alert the meeting room team.)
Ryusui|GM: (but not* by comms; it'll be signal mirrors or something like that XD)
Ryusui|GM: (anyways peeps i might as well see if i can grab some food myself)
Ryusui|GM: (lemme know when folks are ready to continue)
Reality Glitch: ((Ready.))
Micheal Fisk: (I'm as ready as I'm gonna be)
Susan: (I'm good)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (i AM BACK; and that sounds good!)
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Casper>? )
Casper: (Back, finally.)
Ryusui|GM: So the op begins. Melissa and Michael are in their perches (who's taking the sign/front and who's taking the roof/back, on that note?), Casper and Susan are in the room, and Eli is in the corner, ready to record whatever happens next.
Ryusui|GM: Whoever's up front, you can clearly see the terrier in the nice suit cross the parking lot and approach the door to room 103.
Ryusui|GM: Knock, knock, <@!Casper> and <@!Susan>.
Micheal Fisk: (I'll take the sign)
Susan: Susan sits on a couch in the rented room, just waiting patiently. She has a bottle of red wine sitting by her, unopened, just in case things went well and the hospitality would be appreciated.
Ryusui|GM: (Casper, I suppose that leaves letting him in to you, then? :3)
Casper: “The door is unlocked.”
Ryusui|GM: The handle turns, and the terrier steps inside. "I appreciate your discretion," he says, walking towards the nearest available seat. "You truly do live up to the mantle you've inherited."
Casper: “Was sold, really. We will see if I choose to continue participating in this effort after the contract lapses.”
Susan: "That does bring up a good question," Susan asks, "What do you know of us?"
Ryusui|GM: "I know you dealt with Hotchkiss. And Mr. Stevenson. And that Brambilla boy. Excellent work, all three. Reminds me of what our own crew did, back in the day."
Reality Glitch: I stand in the corner across the outward facing wall from the front door. I'm in my seamless trench coat, sound-dampening sneakers, gloves, and hat, all light grey, with the head portion of my similarly-colored morphsuit pulled all the way over my entire head, rather than tucked into my coat's collar.
Reality Glitch: I've decided to put on sunglasses to make the lack of a face less obvious.
Casper: “Really, it was his spouse that turned out to need taking down. We got them both anyways, though, and hopefully Xiao won’t be setting foot on American soil anytime soon, to boot.”
Reality Glitch: I do my best to hold in the otherwise audible discomfort from them already knowing about our operations.
Ryusui|GM: "Yes. Several birds with one stone, I believe the expression goes. Now. Let us recap the most fundamental truth you have been operating under. 'Hazel Halliday was in fact Roberta Godwin, the famed - or perhaps infamous - thief who performed numerous feats of picaresque heroism, demolishing the haughty and seeing justice done. This is true...and it is also false. For you see, Roberta Godwin was not a single person, but a gang just like yours. Unlike you, however, we chose to attribute out acts to an identity - a persona, if you will - which became representative of our group as a whole."
Casper: “I see. This is why you’re choosing to approach us. To what ends?”
Ryusui|GM: "...Our greatest - and final - act of derring-do involved an organization you are vaguely familiar with. They call themselves The Club." He shows you a drawing of a familiar symbol - the half-lidded eye inscribed inside a circle. "If your group's purpose is to tip the scales of justice away from those with deep pockets and few scruples, then The Club, you could say, is running the opposition. They are a coalition of wealthy, powerful individuals who manipulate the criminal world to ensure they become even more wealthy and powerful. And they have members on both sides of the legal coin, as it were."
Casper: “What scale are we dealing with?”
Susan: "And how much do you know about the Van Meer statues?" Susan asks.
Ryusui|GM: "Mmmm...there's membership all over the world, though the vast majority of its members, and consequently influence, are concentrated here." He smiles at you, Susan: "I'm just about to get to that part. As you no doubt know already, the Van Meer statues - the Owl and the Pussycat; the man had rather a penchant for poetry - are more than just mere objets d'art. Together, they contain a valuable piece of information - a secret so vital to The Club it had to be split into two pieces, something kept in such complete form nowhere else in the world."
Casper: “You’re going to tell us to find the feline statue, then? You’re implying that not even you know what this information is, exactly.”
Ryusui|GM: "Ha ha. I see you're still suspicious of me. Fair enough. But I can tell you this: I know exactly what that information is. It's a ledger - a list of The Club's accounts, used to handle underhanded transactions the world over. It was conceived of as an 'emergency restart switch' of sorts - if legal attention ever forced The Club to disband, the information on those two statues could be used to resurrect The Club easily once the heat was off. Alternately, in the right hands, it could be used to demolish The Club utterly and prevent it from ever rising again. And as it just so happens...I know where to find the pussycat statue."
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, <@!Micheal Fisk>, <@Reality Glitch>: each of you gimme a Mastermind roll.)
Micheal Fisk: !f 1
DiscoDude: <@Micheal Fisk> rolled 4dF+1 for 1 [4dF = [+][-][ ][ ]]
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: !f 1
DiscoDude: <@Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> rolled 4dF+1 for 0 [4dF = [-][+][-][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: ( <@Reality Glitch>? )
Casper: “Keep it short and concise, we don’t know how much time we might have.”
Reality Glitch: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [ ][-][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: @michael
Casper: (You never told us what they’re rolling against. How will they know to boost?)
Ryusui|GM: (fair. Melissa, Michael, one of you needs to beat 2; Eli needs to beat 3. There's no harmful effects from failure but you'll miss out on an "early warning" bonus)
Reality Glitch: ((I'll invoke Genetic Throwback to the Dire Wolf to say I pick it up by smell.))
Ryusui|GM: (...fair enough.)
Reality Glitch: ((I'm assuming this is a defend roll.))
Casper: (That only ties, though.)
Ryusui|GM: (it's an overcome)
Ryusui|GM: (since you're spending a FATE Point I'll make the outcome a boost)
Ryusui|GM: (for you, and you alone)
Reality Glitch: ((Then it isn't an Overcome, its a Create an Advantage.))
Ryusui|GM: <@Reality Glitch>, something doesn't smell right nearby.
Ryusui|GM: <@!Micheal Fisk>, you spot a black car coming down the road towards the motel. <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, there's movement in the woods.
Ryusui|GM: (remember you two don't have any verbal communication!)
Reality Glitch: I perk up. "Bad smell."
Ryusui|GM: "Pardon?"
Reality Glitch: "Bad smell coming."
Micheal Fisk: would just watch the car, like any other that may of passed by, watching for anything suspect, but also trying not to be conspicous.
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, again, movement in the forest. You can only signal Michael from where you're standing.)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Melissa almsot immediattly begins waving and trying to alert Micheal that she found movement.
Ryusui|GM: <@!Micheal Fisk>, Melissa has forgone the signal mirrors and is doing the chicken dance on the rooftop trying to get your attention. Odds are she's spotted something. At any rate, the car stops right in front of the motel and two men in black suits step out, handguns at the ready.
Micheal Fisk: "Well shit, who do we have here." I can signal them with my mirror from where I am right? Because I'm going to do that.
Casper: “Correction; no time at all. Everyone hide. I’ll handle this if they get too far.”
Reality Glitch: "Smell gungpowder!"
Reality Glitch: I crouch down below the window, still recording.
Ryusui|GM: <@!Casper>, <@!Susan>, <@Reality Glitch>, all three of you get confirmation in the form of Michael's signal flashing through the window.
Ryusui|GM: (so let's summarize the situation)
Ryusui|GM: (the motel parking lot is our largest zone here. There are a few [Pakred Cars] that could offer cover in a pinch. Otherwise it's pretty open.)
Susan: Susan looks to the signal mirrors, and back to the Terrier. "Please tell me you brought firepower."
Casper: “I have a flash grenade. I can get one of their guns easily enough.”
Ryusui|GM: (The forest behind, to the left, and to the right of the motel each counts as a separate zone. [Heavily Wooded]; perfect to hide in, friend or foe. Bear in mind the motel itself blocks access from the parking lot to the back and left side forest zones, though if you're determined you could scale the rooftop, which is it own zone.)
Ryusui|GM: (The sign and the rooftop can both be reached from the parking lot. They offer a [High Vantage Point] but it'll be a Hitter or Thief roll to reach them. Melissa and Michael already have a free invoke each. on that asspect, BTW.)
Ryusui|GM: (Eli, you alone have -Element of Surprise-.)
Casper: (But can easily gift it to anyone else in the room that needs it?)
Ryusui|GM: (any of the rooms can be broken into - they each have [Ample Furniture Cover] - but it'll be a Hitter, Hacker, or Thief roll to get inside.)
Ryusui|GM: (...let's say yeah, he can give it to someone else if he wants to)
Reality Glitch: "Mmmm...."
Ryusui|GM: (the road is in front of the motel, and of course there are the thugs in that direction. Not optimal.)
Reality Glitch: "Not safe."
Ryusui|GM: (Ideally you will get to either the road or the forest and lose your pursuers, or alternately take them all out. There's two approaching from the front, and an unknown number from the back. Bear in mind the ones approaching from the back will take time to reach the parking lot.)
Ryusui|GM: (oh, and yeah, the second floor and office are zones if you wanna go there for any reason. Second floor has [The High Ground] and the office has the same [Ample Furniture Cover] as the rooms.)
Ryusui|GM: ( <@&466676711379959808>, you have initiative. Each of you give me a FATE roll.)
Casper: (Casper sees no problem with lying in wait right there in the room and taking all comers as they arrive.)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (just a normal !f 0?)
Casper: !roll 4df
DiscoDude: <@Casper> rolled 4df for 2 [4df = [+][ ][+][ ]]
Reality Glitch: My breathing is getting heavier.
Susan: !roll 4df
DiscoDude: <@Susan> rolled 4df for 0 [4df = [+][-][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, <@!Micheal Fisk>, <@Reality Glitch>?)
Micheal Fisk: !f
DiscoDude: <@Micheal Fisk> rolled 4dF for 0 [4dF = [-][+][ ][ ]]
Reality Glitch: ((I'm thinking.))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: !f
DiscoDude: <@Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> rolled 4dF for 1 [4dF = [ ][+][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: ( just gimme a 4dF roll for initiative)
Ryusui|GM: (no need to think about it)
Casper: “If you can fight, sir, I’d appreciate your help. If not, you should join Susan and Eli in the bathroom. Either way, I should be able to handle this.”
Ryusui|GM: (also, <@!Susan>, @michael
Reality Glitch: ((Oh! I thought we were going with side-based initiative.))
Ryusui|GM: (also, <@!Susan>, <@!Micheal Fisk>, you both tied so you reroll)
Micheal Fisk: !f
DiscoDude: <@Micheal Fisk> rolled 4dF for -3 [4dF = [ ][-][-][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, this is side-based, but i'm just determining turn order for the group itself)
Reality Glitch: ((That seems unnecessary; since we're on the same side, we could just decide amongst ourselves.))
Ryusui|GM: (also <@!Susan> this one looks like it's in the bag for you but reroll anyway XD)
Susan: !roll 4df
DiscoDude: <@Susan> rolled 4df for -3 [4df = [-][-][ ][-]]
Reality Glitch: ((But since you want it to matter, I'll use my Element of Surprise boost to go first.))
Ryusui|GM: (WHAT)
Ryusui|GM: (...okay. and also, i guess you two need to reroll again XD)
Micheal Fisk: !f
DiscoDude: <@Micheal Fisk> rolled 4dF for 1 [4dF = [-][+][+][ ]]
Susan: !f
DiscoDude: <@Susan> rolled 4dF for 0 [4dF = [-][+][+][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (okay so turn order is Eli, Casper, Melissa, Fisk, Susan.)
Ryusui|GM: (Then NPC turn.)
Casper: (Dude, the order doesn’t really matter.)
Reality Glitch: I rip one of the emp-shield nodes off the floor and the entire set-up (both layers) collapses like a retracting measuring tape, before I bolt for the back door; leaving behind a drone for use once the badfolk get in.
Casper: (Not enough to spend a boost on it, anyways.)
Ryusui|GM: (there's no back door Eli)
Ryusui|GM: (the motel rooms have only one door)
Reality Glitch: ((Fine.))
Ryusui|GM: (out to the parking lot)
Reality Glitch: !f
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 4dF for -2 [4dF = [-][-][ ][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (that puts Eli at the back of the order)
Ryusui|GM: (at any rate apparently he didn't know motels usually only have a front door so)
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Casper>, you're up!)
Ryusui|GM:
Casper: Casper sides up near the door, flash grenade ready, and... (says the things I had him say before that everybody ignored.)
Reality Glitch: ((Which is?))
Ryusui|GM: (“If you can fight, sir, I’d appreciate your help. If not, you should join Susan and Eli in the bathroom. Either way, I should be able to handle this.”)
Casper: (Yep.)
Reality Glitch: ((I didn't ignore that, I just felt it didn't need a response from me.))
Ryusui|GM: "I will not have you put yourself in harm's way for my sake-"
Ryusui|GM: (Casper, gimme a Hitter roll.)
Reality Glitch: "Protect and Serve."
Casper: (Creating an advantage by readying an action, if it wasn’t clear.)
Susan: "Oh we pissed them off too," Susan says.
Ryusui|GM: (ohhh, so you're not throwing the grenades yet?)
Casper: (Nope. How do I steal a gun if the gunmen haven’t arrived yet?)
Reality Glitch: ((What species are the intruders?))
Casper: (Actually, wait.)
Casper: (You mentioned you can’t go late today.)
Casper: (Is this a good place to stop?)
Ryusui|GM: (no, it's fine <@!Casper>)
Reality Glitch: ((Cliffhanger?))
Ryusui|GM: (i'm good for another hour or two)
Ryusui|GM: (just...nothing like that time when you harangued Melissa and Michael for like over an hour XD)
Ryusui|GM: (Anyway, Eli, they look a bit like you, only less Watch_Dogs and more Men in Black. They've got their faces covered so you can make out overall head shape but not species.)
Casper: (So what do I roll, and vs. what?)
Ryusui|GM: (well, if all you're doing is prepping your grenades, i see no reason not to just give you a -boost- for it.)
Casper: (Oh, sweet.)
Ryusui|GM: (it's not really supported by the book but since you're spending your turn to just...ready an action, and it's nothing you can really fail, i don't see a problem with it)
Ryusui|GM: All right, Casper, you are now -Primed for Action-. <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>!
Ryusui|GM: Remember, you're on the rooftop. There's an unknown number of hostiles coming in from the back, two from the front, and for now you have an invoke on [High Vantage Point].
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (Alright, So if needed i can drop on anyone, which is good. can I try and assess how many are coming from the back?)
Ryusui|GM: (Yeah. Thief, Hitter, or Mastermind.)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Will use theif!
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> rolled 4dF for -2 [4dF = [ ][-][ ][-]]
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: ???
Ryusui|GM: (wait, huh)
Ryusui|GM: (OH)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: uh, wait, i think i pressed space twice
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> rolled 4dF+3 for 5 [4dF = [+][+][+][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (you put in an extra space, yeah)
Ryusui|GM: There's three goons and from the looks of it they're marching around the building to the right side, the shortest path to the parking lot. Also, you totally have the -Element of Surprise- (like Eli 😉 )
Ryusui|GM: <@!Micheal Fisk>!
Reality Glitch: ((You should add recognition of ladder adjectives to The Dude.))
Ryusui|GM: (ha, that's a good idea XD)
Micheal Fisk: (Alright, so, how to the room, and the build are the two goon in front?)
Ryusui|GM: (You're on the sign. To reach the room, you'd have to go down into the parking lot - into goon territory - and then enter the room. That said, moving 1 zone is a free action, and you have the free invoke on [High Vantage Point], so if you want to get the drop on the goons as you descend, you can totally do that.)
Reality Glitch: After running into the back room and finding no back door (and not being that kind of hacker), I start to panic; my hum isn't loud, but the acoustics of the motel causes it to carry.
Micheal Fisk: (The latter is what I'm trying to size up here)
Micheal Fisk: (But if the short version is yes, they are with in range to serve as crash pads, that will do.)
Micheal Fisk: would move to get the drop on them quite literally, trying jump from the roof, down on top of one of them. (A hitter roll right?)
Micheal Fisk: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Micheal Fisk> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [-][ ][ ][+]]
Ryusui|GM: (yeppers XD)
Ryusui|GM: !f 0
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+0 for 0 [4dF = [+][-][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: The first gun-toting goon goes down!
Reality Glitch: ((I'm surprised no one (or at least our contact) has commented on my behavior.))
Ryusui|GM: Mind you, the second one is still standing upright; he's stunned by your sudden "death from above" tactics, though!
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Susan>! )
Casper: (It’s what Casper wanted you to do anyways, Eli. No comment on the humming. XD)
Reality Glitch: ((I get why Casper and Susan wouldn't: they're around me more often.))
Susan: "Ugh, I need to get better habits of bringing guns to these shindigs," Susan says. She grabs the bottle of wine she had brought, and heads to the bathroom as Casper suggested.
Ryusui|GM: (so just staying hidden for now?)
Susan: "I'd offer you some of this," Susan says to Eli, "But I'd rather save it for our uninvited guests."
Ryusui|GM: (or are you preparing something? :3)
Susan: (She's planning on using it as an improvised weapon, if it comes down to it.)
Ryusui|GM: (well, hell. I'll give you a -Grievous Bottley Harm- boost just for that. XD)
Reality Glitch: ((Nice.))
Susan: (Nice)
Ryusui|GM: Eli. ( <@Reality Glitch>.) Your new friend Mr. Terrier is watching Casper intently. Besides that, things are generally scary. What do?
Reality Glitch: I move into the restroom with Sandshrew and bunker down into the tub, frantically thumbing the control app for my drone, and tacking it outside. Fortunately, it had a telescoping arm to operate the door and can fire tranq darts.
Reality Glitch: ((Moving drone into parking lot zone and myself into bathroom zone. Assuming a second free move instead of an action is permissible.))
Casper: (This is outside the bubble, technically?)
Ryusui|GM: (i guess? at this point i'm not going to split hairs)
Ryusui|GM: (i'll let you park yourself in the bathroom and move your drone outside as a single action, but that's it for the turn, and on subsequent turns you will have to choose either to act on your own or act through the drone)
Reality Glitch: ((I disabled the bubble.))
Reality Glitch: ((That's what I was thinking (about the actions).))
Ryusui|GM: The terrier doesn't budge. <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, the enemy goon squad moves towards the right side of the motel. Another turn and they will be in the parking lot.
Ryusui|GM: <@!Micheal Fisk>, there's good news and there's bad news. The good is, this goon is not the type to try discharging a firearm at point-blank range. The bad is, that's not going to stop him from trying to pistol-whip you!
Ryusui|GM: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [ ][ ][+][-]]
Micheal Fisk: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Micheal Fisk> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][ ][-][+]]
Reality Glitch: ((Attacker gets a boost.))
Ryusui|GM: (it's a tie. You wanna invoke something for the win or let him get the boost?)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (Hm, I don't think taking 3 vs 1 is a good idea...buuut....)
Micheal Fisk: (Wait, my stunt actally)
Micheal Fisk: (I get +2 to hitter rolls to defend)
Ryusui|GM: (...that's fair. but in the future i wanna say you should refine that to "against melee attacks at close range")
Ryusui|GM: (looking at it again "defend against attacks" might be a little too broad XD)
Micheal Fisk: (Yeah, it does seem kinda broad.)
Ryusui|GM: (okay, so flavor your defense XD)
Micheal Fisk: So the second goon tries bringing the gun down on Michael, but Michael charges at him getting a bit too close to hit proper, but failing to get the guy to actually give ground.
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Casper>! )
Casper: (Casper isn’t going to randomly burst out, potentially in front of guys that are ready to take a shot. Can he see outside?)
Ryusui|GM: (well, yes. The window faces the front and I thought you had the door cracked. Either way.)
Ryusui|GM: (and yes you can see that Michael just took out one goon and is grappling with the other.)
Casper: (He looks like he has it handled.)
Ryusui|GM: (so what are you going to do, then?)
Casper: (I... don’t know. It occurs to me that there are two PCs and several zones between the badguys and me.)
Ryusui|GM: (just hold off, then?)
Ryusui|GM: (because there are more goons literally right around the corner)
Ryusui|GM: (and speaking of)
Ryusui|GM: <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>! The goon squad has moved. They're almost to the parking lot. You can still get the drop on them, but it's three against one.
Reality Glitch: ((Full defense.))
Casper: (Ah, guess those are closer than I thought. I’ll wait. Maybe I’ll lob the grenade if things get bad. Are earphones back on?)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Melissa decides to bite the bullet, if only to get her team more time, she decides to drop on top of one of the grunts!
Ryusui|GM: (they are, since Eli turned off the bubble!)
Ryusui|GM: GImme a roll, Melissa! Hitter or Thief will do!
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [ ][-][+][-]]
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: I can use my [High Vantage Point] point bonus, right?
Ryusui|GM: (yes, and Element of Surprise if it comes to that)
Ryusui|GM: !f
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF for 0 [4dF = [ ][ ][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: (well. it's enough to injure one but not take him out. The invoke will give you a clean win, though. Wanna go for it?)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (Hell. Yeah.)
Ryusui|GM: DEATH FROM ABOVE X2!
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Melissa drops from the building by doing a sommersault, landing directly on top of the goon and bouncing from him into the ground with a stylish pose. "If only it didn't take me so long...!"
Ryusui|GM: The goon doesn't know what the hell hit him as you goomba stomp him into submission. The other two goons whirl to face you, but again, they're too stunned by your out-of-nowhere attack to do anything.
Ryusui|GM: <@!Micheal Fisk>!
Micheal Fisk: would go ahead a deal with the second goon on his end.
Micheal Fisk: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Micheal Fisk> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [+][+][ ][-]]
Ryusui|GM: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 0 [4dF = [ ][ ][-][-]]
Ryusui|GM: You no longer have the element of surprise, but it doesn't matter. Biff, pow, and he's out like a light. 😉
Ryusui|GM: <@!Susan>!
Micheal Fisk: (Don't I get a boost for tabling him by such a great margin?)
Susan: Hard scales or no, Susan was much happier to let the fight find her. She's sticking in the bathroom for the time being.
Susan: "This is... not going to lie, this is a bit of a pickle, isn't it, Eli," Susan says.
Reality Glitch: "MMMMMMMM!"
Ryusui|GM: (ha, fine, you have -Combat Momentum- Mr. Fisk 😉 )
Ryusui|GM: (Susan, are you going to do anything else, or is Eli going to enter the fray?)
Susan: (Yeah, I can't think of anything.)
Casper: (Looks to be unnecessary.)
Reality Glitch: ((So, quick run down: Two up and one down in the lot with Fisk and Ballie, right?))
Micheal Fisk: (Baillie intercepted the three, she got one down and is with two more, I downed the two with me)
Reality Glitch: ((I feel lost without a visual reference. Where is everybody?))
Micheal Fisk: (Eli, Casper and Susan, are in the hotel room, I'm outside in the parking lot, and one more zone over is Baillie with the last two goons.)
Ryusui|GM: (right, Melissa and the two last goons are in the forest to the right of the parking lot)
Reality Glitch: ((I get to attack with Hacker because it's drone-controlled, right?))
Ryusui|GM: (sure)
Ryusui|GM: (again, it's one zone over, though, and you can't see the goons for the forest)
Ryusui|GM: (like you can move there and then attack what you find, mind)
Ryusui|GM: (but you don't know the goons are there IC)
Reality Glitch: ((Bot's gonna tranq one of the ones on Fisk.))
Ryusui|GM: (they're both down)
Reality Glitch: ((Oh.))
Ryusui|GM: (five goons, two in the parking lot (down), three in the forest (one down, two still up)
Reality Glitch: ((The one of the ones on Melissa.))
Reality Glitch: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [ ][-][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: !f 0
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+0 for 2 [4dF = [ ][+][+][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (you wanna boost that somehow? really i should boost in turn because of the forest cover)
Reality Glitch: ((2 shifts of stress.))
Ryusui|GM: (eh?)
Ryusui|GM: (we both rolled 2?)
Reality Glitch: ((Sure, Element of Surprise bumping up to a 4-stress hit.))
Reality Glitch: ((Oh. I mistook the bonus for the result.))
Ryusui|GM: (OH!)
Ryusui|GM: (but yeah that's two shifts and enough for a takedown XD)
Reality Glitch: ((ZZZZ!!!!))
Ryusui|GM: (all the same you shouldn't know they're in the forest...)
Ryusui|GM: (bah, let's just say Melissa's takedown caused enough noise that everybody heard it)
Ryusui|GM: <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, outta nowhere one of the two goons who has a gun trained on you drops to the ground.
Reality Glitch: ((Also, exploration with the rover.)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Jeez, That was FAST!"
Reality Glitch: ((With a feathery dart in their neck.))
Ryusui|GM: The terrier taps you on the shoulder, <@!Casper>. "Were you, ah, planning on doing anything with that grenade, sir?"
Casper: “I was expecting someone to reach us by now. My team seems to have it handled, though.”
Ryusui|GM: <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, one goon left on your side. This one doesn't hesitate to try and shoot you!
Ryusui|GM: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [ ][ ][-][ ]]
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Thief?
Ryusui|GM: (sounds good to me! Use those reflexes! XD)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [ ][+][-][-]]
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (PHEW)
Ryusui|GM: He misses you by a mile, even at this range.
Ryusui|GM: All right, back to you, <@!Casper>!
Casper: (Still no reason to move, other than...)
Casper: “Eli, are earphones working again?”
Reality Glitch: I speak through the comms, "Yes."
Ryusui|GM: <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, one goon left! You wanna take him out or lure him to the rest of the group?
Casper: “How are things looking out there, people?”
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (Can't I and Michael take him out?)
Ryusui|GM: (if you want! again, officially there's been enough ruckus that everyone should know where the remaining hostiles are XD)
Micheal Fisk: "Well, these two goons are down, but it seems Baillie found some more."
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Just one left here! I'll take it out right here, right now!"
Ryusui|GM: (Casper and Susan are the only ones who aren't guaranteed to be able to get there, because they're technically two zones away)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Melissa prepares to do another of her sweeping attacks on the Last goon!
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (thief or Hitter?)
Ryusui|GM: (either is good!)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][ ][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 3 [4dF = [+][ ][+][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (whoof. wanna boost that somehow?)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (HMM, Im not sure i can! .~.)
Ryusui|GM: Well! For the first time ever, you watch as this jerk jumps over your patented tail sweep like an accomplished jump rope...jumper. <@!Micheal Fisk>!
Micheal Fisk: would then move to the corner take a quick glance at the situation to punch out the final goon.
Micheal Fisk: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Micheal Fisk> rolled 4dF+3 for 0 [4dF = [-][ ][-][-]]
Ryusui|GM: !f 0
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+0 for -4 [4dF = [-][-][-][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (OH)
Micheal Fisk: (final goon is secertly super elit..)
Ryusui|GM: (MY GOD)
Reality Glitch: (Crit fail!))
Ryusui|GM: The last goon whirls around as he hears your horrifyingly unstealthy approach. Purely by chance, he runs headfirst into your approaching fist and knocks his own dumb self out.
Micheal Fisk: goes in for a haymaker, but starts a little too early to land a proper hit, but not to worry, the last goon backs right into it
Micheal Fisk: "Is that the last of them then?"
Casper: (Now might be an okay place to stop it.)
Micheal Fisk: (Yeah, it is getting late on my end at least.)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, hang on)
Reality Glitch: ((Aw, I wanted to keep going.))
Ryusui|GM: "...So they really did have it handled. I must congratulate you on running such an excellent crew." The terrier extends his hand to you, <@!Casper> . "I forgot to introduce myself properly. My name is Camden Hollis."
Casper: “A pleasure, I think is what I’m supposed to say in response. Eli, get that bubble set back up so this man can properly tell us what he was going to tell us, before more goons show up.”
Ryusui|GM: (okay, now last lines, people!)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "All Intruders have been taken care of! And i might have broken my record for air time sumersault!"
Susan: Susan gets out of the bathroom. "Oh good, is it over?" Susan asks. She places the wine down, "Glad I didn't have to waste this."
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Micheal Fisk>? And anything else, <@!Casper>?)
Reality Glitch: I slowly return from the restroom and begin to meticulously re-set-up the emp-shield. Once complete, I return to my perch, activate it, and continue recording.
Casper: (That’s it for me, IC.)
Micheal Fisk: would seach the goon for anything of note, maybe some sort of note with instructions or the like, at the very least confiscating their phone for Eli to check, and their guns, and munitions, just for the sake of them not have the stuff when they wake up.
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Melissa aids in this task, checking some of the other goons she downed.
Ryusui|GM: There's no identifying badges or insignia on them. You do confiscate a bunch of burner phones and firearms, but the only calls on the phones are to an untraceable number, and the serial numbers are all filed off the guns.
Ryusui|GM: (and are we okay to !end?)
Micheal Fisk: (I'm done.)
Reality Glitch: ((👍))
Susan: (Yep, I'm good)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (👌)
Ryusui|GM: In that case, let us...
Ryusui|GM: !end
