Topic: Small Fry with a Side O’ Mayhem (Read 371150 times)

Drakilian · « **Reply #500 on:** October 28, 2015, 10:22:14 am »

"We should probably move out of here." Crystal says, in agreement with Tubbs.

"They've for a security camera on us right now. Must be old school, since Gilbert can't find any trace of it."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #501 on:** October 28, 2015, 10:26:54 am »

Quote from: Tanstaafl on October 28, 2015, 06:45:12 am

Whilst waiting, Ethel tries to see if she can patch herself up any-more. "So, uh, 'Tubbs', who's gonna be in the back with Genny?"

"Oh, nobody goes down there," Tubbs answers, "He has the whole basement to himself."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #502 on:** October 28, 2015, 10:32:33 am »

Butch drives the beat-up truck over to the side road that leads into the auto salvage yard and parks it - which now offers plenty of cover for the team to approach The Friendly Kitty from the south.

There doesn't seem to be any cameras out back either.

Still no sign of the Steel Rats...

Sethaniel · « **Reply #503 on:** October 28, 2015, 01:45:45 pm »

"That's it. I'm tired of waiting." Simon gets out of the truck and heads for the Kitty.

Drakilian · « **Reply #504 on:** October 28, 2015, 01:46:03 pm »

Crystal purses her lips angrily.

"Seems they're not coming. Okay, new plan - we all go in through the back."

She tries to think for a second as to whether or not the firearms would be too loud to use in the club.

"Simon, you wanna go in and rile up the Redjacks? Gilbert, you can stay out here and keep an eye for the rats or whoever those Farkers on the helicopter were to come by. I'll join Ethel and Butch going in. Jacob, you think you should stay out here and help keep Gil safe or you coming in with us?"

Tanstaafl · « **Reply #505 on:** October 28, 2015, 03:28:56 pm »

Quote from: BerkaZerka on October 28, 2015, 10:26:54 am

"Oh, nobody goes down there," Tubbs answers, "He has the whole basement to himself."

"Wait, so what does he do down there?" Ethel raises an eyebrow.

Not Aman · « **Reply #506 on:** October 28, 2015, 03:54:32 pm »

Butch nods.
"Lets go." Butch says. "If those steelrats are screwing us, I'm gonna rip them apart." He then mutters.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #507 on:** October 29, 2015, 05:42:05 am »

Quote from: Tanstaafl on October 28, 2015, 03:28:56 pm

"Wait, so what does he do down there?" Ethel raises an eyebrow.

"I guess he's just hiding from the suits," Tubbs speculates.

Quote from: Drakilian on October 28, 2015, 01:46:03 pm

"... Jacob, you think you should stay out here and help keep Gil safe or you coming in with us?"

Jacob meanwhile, hops out of the truck.

"Gilbert will be fine. He's got Tubbs to watch his back. I'm going in."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #508 on:** October 29, 2015, 06:03:57 am »

The team makes it to the backside of the Friendly Kitty with no problem.

On this side of the building is a back door, a closed scrolling metal door, and a stairwell dropping down ten feet to a basement door.

Club music continues to thump and blare loudly from within. It wouldn't be enough to completely muffle gunfire, but the team does need to raise their voices to hear each other speaking (even over the comlinks).

As everyone takes this in, they suddenly realize that Tubbs isn't with them anymore ...

Not Aman · « **Reply #509 on:** October 29, 2015, 01:59:47 pm »

Butch heads down, and examines the basement door, making sure it isn't boobytrapped.
"Anyone got any specific plans, or just you guys followin' my lead?"

Drakilian · « **Reply #510 on:** October 29, 2015, 02:40:46 pm »

Crystal shrugs.

"You're the quiet one."

She pulls out her stun baton and tosses Ethel her sap.

She then motions for Butch to "Lead the way".

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #511 on:** October 29, 2015, 04:36:10 pm »

Opening the basement door (which scraps the floor as it swings), Butch, Crystal, Ethel, and Jacob see a storage room, used by the club to store supplies.

Genny Putkoff is holed-up in the basement on the other side of the storage room, where a cot and table have been set up, near a large washing machine-shaped device.
Genny is just finishing up some work on the device, which, when he steps away, reveals a red digital timer counting down from 60.

Genny hasn't looked in the team's direction yet, but immediately bolts over to the side of the basement. Apparently, he's trying to escape out one of the windows under the ventilation grates.

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Initiative

Genny 12 1d20 : 12, total 12

Butch 13 1d20 : 8, total 8
Jacob 14 1d20 : 4, total 4
Simon 13 1d20 : 10, total 10
Crystal 11 1d20 : 9, total 9
Ethel 12 1d20 : 17, total 17
Gilbert 10 1d20 : 17, total 17

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #512 on:** October 29, 2015, 04:42:52 pm »

Combat Round 1 - Post intentions irrespective of your Initiative roll - I will try to hash things out in that order, but may adjust as logic dictates.

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Wave 1
Genny 12 (Crit, Extra Action)
Simon 10
Crystal 9
Butch 8
Jacob 4

Wave 2
Ethel 17
Gilbert 17

Drakilian · « **Reply #513 on:** October 29, 2015, 05:29:43 pm »

Crystal calls out - "Genny, Tesla let us in! We're here to help you, we know you were framed!"

If this fails, she'll try to chase after him with the stun baton or, if she thinks she won't be able to catch up to him, pull out her gun and threaten to shoot if he doesn't stop (and if he doesn't stop, of course, she'll shoot).

Hopefully I can buy enough time for Butch to shoot...

Not Aman · « **Reply #514 on:** October 29, 2015, 05:37:34 pm »

Butch nods, (and if Genny doesnt stop running out) he quickly charges foward, surges, and fires a thumper round. Genny needs to go down.

"Gil! Drive the car to block the grate!" He shouts

Tanstaafl · « **Reply #515 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:00:26 am »

Ethel takes a second to examine the device. Is it a bomb?

Assuming it isn't, she'll run out the back and try to catch Genny that way, but if it is some sort of bomb she'd have to rush in and try to disable it.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #516 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:07:15 am »

Outside, Simon hears the screech of a metal grate being opened, and looking, sees Genny Putkoff, trying to climb up out of it from below!

At the same time, Simon also sees a long, white armored, limo screech to a stop out in front of The Friendly Kitty; while a camera drone suddenly flies in from overhead.

The immediately recognizable Cold Rock Johnson jumps out of the limo, in a loud Hawaiian shirt, and begins sprinting toward the side of the building where Genny is emerging!

A six man security team in riot gear with assault rifles also pulls up in a white SUV and fans out - covering Cold Rock and the parking lot.

Two more camera drones whiz by; and a cameraman in a flak jacket emerges from the limo to start filming.

Down in the basement meanwhile, Butch surges across the room and grabs Genny's legs as he tries to escape. Genny is no match for Butch and is easily pulled back down.

"No! There's a bomb! We have to get out of here!" Genny cries in alarm!

As this goes on, Ethel confirms that there is in fact a rather huge bomb set to go off if 54 seconds. With this much C-4, it will level the entire building!

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Ethel Disable Device 15 MTN 15 1d20 : 7, total 7

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #517 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:12:29 am »

Attempting to disarm the bomb, Ethel realizes how incredibly complex the system is. It's almost like it was intentionally designed so that it couldn't be shut down.

In fact, as Ethel explores the various wires and circuitry, trying to figure it out, she watches in horror as her efforts cause the timer to skip ahead a full 10 seconds!

Now the red countdown reads "44 Seconds" and counting down . . .

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #518 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:15:12 am »

Combat Round 2 - Post intentions irrespective of your Initiative roll - I will try to hash things out in that order, but may adjust as logic dictates.

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Wave 1
Cold Rock Johnson & Team 15
Butch 13
Genny 12
Simon 10
Crystal 9
Jacob 4

Wave 2
Ethel 17
Gilbert 17

Drakilian · « **Reply #519 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:24:07 am »

(After Gilbert informs them of the coming threat).

"How big is the blast radius!" Crystal yell into Genny's face

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #520 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:48:33 am »

Panicking, Genny starts to ramble mathematical calculations a moment - then blurts out, "two hundred and five foot diameter!"

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OOC - 44 Lethal Damage

Not Aman · « **Reply #521 on:** October 30, 2015, 07:52:24 am »

"....Holy shit." Butch mutters.

"We need to get the Fark outta here." Butch says, worriedly.

Sethaniel · « **Reply #522 on:** October 30, 2015, 08:13:11 am »

Simon decides to dramatically obstacle Cold Rock's approach, blocking his access to the Kitty while warning the legendary Hunter to flee the imminent explosion. (Maybe if Cold Rock doesn't go in, the team can sneak Genny out the back?)

Odds are, the massive sports-entertainer will just trample the diminutive rock star, but perhaps either his flashy clothing or the word "bomb" will cause a momentary hesitation.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #523 on:** October 30, 2015, 12:35:22 pm »

As Cold Rock Johnson approaches, Simon steps up to him.

Cold Rock slows and smiles, reaching to pat Simon on the shoulder and exclaiming loudly, "Ya did good! Got him trapped like rat! I had no doubt!"

When Simon mentions the bomb, Cold Rock replies without backing away - "A bomb? That's unexpected; the desperate fiend! Come tell Julian all about it?"

A reporter of sorts trots over to Cold Rock and Simon, while the cameraman zooms in on Simon's face.

"Hot Damn!" the reporter says - "you're Simon Mayham haha!"

"The 'old mayhem' can't stay out of mayhem!" Cold Rock laughs, "am I right or what?"

"You say he's got a bomb?" the reporter interrupts, everyone still well in the blast radius (if the info Simon heard over the comlick is to be believed) . . .

Drakilian · « **Reply #524 on:** October 30, 2015, 01:45:10 pm »

Crystal hisses under her breath.
"Come on, we have to run out the back. We need to try and keep cold rock and the others in the blast radius while we escape it. We can fix up the cameramen, kill Cold Rock and those other guys and destroy the footage afterwards. Simon, you getting this?"

Tanstaafl · « **Reply #525 on:** October 30, 2015, 01:56:21 pm »

Ethel bites her lip, engaged in disarming the bomb. Dammit, this bomb is beyond me-- why the heck was Genny making a bomb? The chances of me getting this right gotta be really low... But existent, right?

(2 luck points to raise Ethel's 7-roll by 8 to 15, critting it to disable the bomb)

Sethaniel · « **Reply #526 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:12:49 pm »

you want me to wait here in the bomb radius and stall him?

Simon preens just a little for the camera. "It's a plot to assassinate Cold Rock! The bomb has a 200 ft blast radius, they're counting on murdering us all!"

killa_robot · « **Reply #527 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:33:15 pm »

From under the safety of his tarp, Gilbert will attempt to gain control of the three remote cameras (with a surge for the third), but will do nothing to make the people suspect they have lost control of the cameras yet.

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Computers 17+2X MTN 15 3d20 : 13, 2, 15, total 30

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #528 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:53:18 pm »

"Two hundred feet?!? Got Damn!" Cold Rock exclaims, "we better back up a bit!"

Everyone starts moving back, expecting Simon to follow of course.

"Where's your team? Are they still in there? Are there other people in the club?" Julian asks with great concern, looking at all the motorcycles and vans out front.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #529 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:55:54 pm »

Gilbert meanwhile, manages to hack covert control over two of Cold Rock's camera drones.

Sethaniel · « **Reply #530 on:** October 30, 2015, 07:14:48 pm »

Moving out of range with the group, Simon replies. "Ethel's downstairs trying to disarm the bomb." He looks at the Kitty and adds, "There's an entire biker gang upstairs inside."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #531 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:55:51 am »

Cold Rock moves into the camera with Simon, their backs to the Friendly Kitty now - the cameraman still rolling.

"Will Ethel be able to deactivate the bomb in time?" he asks the camera dramatically - "Or does the whole place go up in flames?"

Turning to Simon, he asks, "So Simon, can you tell the wanabe cowboys out there, how you manage to juggle rock star fame with all the dangerous perils you've learned from hunting?"

Sethaniel · « **Reply #532 on:** October 31, 2015, 11:11:07 am »

"Well, Cold Rock, as I'm sure you know, it's not always easy. . ." Assuming nothing is currently exploding, Simon begins the tale of the group's trip to Soy Boy, with some minor stylistic alterations.
(Ethel is Velma from Scooby-Doo, Gilbert is a cross between Nero Wolfe and Yokozuna, and the whole thing ends with Simon rallying the patrons to defeat the evil manager, who shoots laser beam eyebolts.)

Not Aman · « **Reply #533 on:** October 31, 2015, 12:18:43 pm »

"Let's move to te truck!" Butch shouts, as he grabs genny amd rushes out the back, jacket covering his head.

Drakilian · « **Reply #534 on:** October 31, 2015, 12:39:38 pm »

Crystal puts on her gasmask and her voice mask (if she wasn't already wearing them combo) and gets outside as well.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #535 on:** October 31, 2015, 01:24:47 pm »

While Simon expertly distracts Cold Rock, the rest of the team hustles Genny out back – as Gilbert makes sure that the camera drones are conveniently looking the wrong way at the time.

As this goes on, Ethel picks away at the design of the bomb in the strange washing machine-like device.

She realizes that the timing and wiring mechanism is way too complex for her; and is about to book it with only 20 seconds left on the clock – when she suddenly notices a huge flaw in the whole thing!

The blasting caps themselves – four of them – are simply pushed into the blocks of C-4 – meaning all Ethel has to do, is pull them out and snip them free of the detonation wires.

Not thinking about the seconds counting down, Ethel does just that, and hears aloud ‘beep’ a fraction of a second after she snips the last wire.

After swallowing her heart back down, Ethel looks and sees that the counter has run down to zero and stopped. She was that close to being blown sky high.

Outside meanwhile, Butch, Crystal, and Jacob, have gotten Genny to the pickup truck.

Cold Rock turns to look back at the Friendly Kitty.

“I think our little hero has done it? Don’t you?”

“Yes, any report from your teammate?” Julian the reporter asks Simon with baited breath.

“What do they say? Has the bomb been deactivated?”

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #536 on:** October 31, 2015, 01:29:57 pm »

"Hey, what the heck is that thing?" Tubbs asks from the back of the pickup with Gilbert - looking out from under the tarp as the team approaches.

Anyone looking, sees the third (uncontrolled by Gilbert) camera drone swoop in from over the Friendly Kitty to scope everyone out . . .

Drakilian · « **Reply #537 on:** October 31, 2015, 01:35:54 pm »

"Gilbert" Crystal says into the comlink, letting the voice mask distort her voice.

"Is that drone one of yours?"

Not Aman · « **Reply #538 on:** October 31, 2015, 01:51:46 pm »

Butch quickly hops into the driver's seat, letting Jacob drop Genny into the back seat.
"Let's book it. Ethel and Simon can stick with the hero while we hide Genny. We're stuck here until Montoya gets back." He says, as he prepares to ride away as fast as possible.

He tries to make sure his face is unseen by the camera as they drive away.

Drakilian · « **Reply #539 on:** October 31, 2015, 01:56:30 pm »

Crystal puts her hand on Butch, as if to stop him.

"Wait. Genny was trying to blow up something, I don't think he was doing it for fun."

She lowers her voice and leans in, "Genny's clearly not a bad guy here Butch. We're turning him in for the bounty but maybe we can make sure that whatever he was trying to do gets done."

Then, back in her normal tone, "Gilbert, if you can deactivate that camera so we can ask Genny some questions in private?"

Not Aman · « **Reply #540 on:** October 31, 2015, 02:06:48 pm »

Butch shakes his head.
"I know. Ethel is more then enough capable of blowing stuff up though. And the longer we stay here, the more likely we won't be able to blow it up. Lets roll." Butch says, and then hits the gas anyways.

Drakilian · « **Reply #541 on:** October 31, 2015, 02:10:02 pm »

(Assuming Gilbert has by now disabled the camera drone or that they've driven away from it, Crystal angrily flops back into her seat behind Genny.

"Why were you trying to blow that thing up Genny? What were you framed for?"

Sethaniel · « **Reply #542 on:** October 31, 2015, 03:16:54 pm »

ethel hasn't said anything, but it sounds like butch & crystal are leaving. . .

Simon smiles. "All clear, folks!"
He stands back to allow Cold Rock the glory of entering first. (Just in case that silence means Ethel blew it.)

Tanstaafl · « **Reply #543 on:** November 01, 2015, 08:31:46 am »

The young chemist breaths out, surprised at how close she was to dying yet again. She examines the area, tryig to fijrs out what Genny was blowing up. If it's small enough maybe she could pocket it...

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #544 on:** November 01, 2015, 09:40:10 am »

It seems that Genny was trying to blow up the washing-machine device, which to Ethel, looks like an overly-complex centrifuge of some sort. No way in hell she's going to be able to move it by herself.

Cold Rock and his team then move in at Simon's 'All Clear' - heading around back.

They look for a moment in the direction of the team fleeing the scene in the truck, but then turn and head down into the basement.

The camera drone that had followed to the truck, breaks off and returns to the Friendly Kitty, while Gilbert watches through the two cameras that he had hacked control into.

He sees Cold Rock and his team go into the basement to encounter Ethel and the machine.

"Oh, this is bad, this is bad!" Genny wails, seeing that his bomb failed to go off.

In answer to Crystal, he then says, "that's 'Project Re-Write' - that's what they were after. And now they have it..."

Genny gets a strange look in his eyes and starts punching himself in the face repeatedly, busting his nose and knocking himself into a daze - mumbling "all my fault... all my fault.... all my fault..."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #545 on:** November 01, 2015, 09:44:11 am »

Down in the basement, Cold Rock and his security team surround Ethel.

Two of the security guys pick up the machine and start walking out with it, while Cold Rock says, "Great job Ethel! I knew you had it in you!"

Ethel sees that she is being filmed by a cameraman and a flying camera drone, while a reporter of some sort holds out a mike and asks - "Tell us Ethel; what was it like disarming the bomb?"

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #546 on:** November 01, 2015, 10:04:50 am »

Simon meanwhile, sees that a camera drone is still watching him; while some extras in the white limo and SUV wait on the scene nervously.

Music still pumps obscenely loud out of the unwitting night club.

Not Aman · « **Reply #547 on:** November 01, 2015, 10:15:19 am »

"What'd he say?" Butch asks, speeding ahead, as he tries to locate a different truck vehicle?

"Ethel, whats statues with the washer?"

killa_robot · « **Reply #548 on:** November 01, 2015, 11:32:41 am »

Curious as to what has Genny so concerned, Gilbert tries to find information on Project Re-Write.

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Computers 13+2X MTN 15 1d20 : 8, total 8

Drakilian · « **Reply #549 on:** November 01, 2015, 11:46:12 am »

"Genny's, keep talking, we might be able to help you destroy it but only if you keep calm..."

Then "Butch, stop the car."

Assuming he does so, and that she gets a reasonable answer from Genny's, she says "Gilbert, get off with Genny's and Tubbs and find somewhere safe. Keep an eye on us through the camera drons. And get rid of this thing following is already."

Then to Butch - "Let's get back and fix this..."

The hell'd we have to disable the bomb anyway?

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