>"So how do you want to die tonight, Javelin? Earh, Water, Fire or Air?"

"I'll take a fifth option: I won't die."

>>18097354
Blast her with a psibolt. It's way better in medium and close quarters than the rifle, unless we need to cut through body armor, which it doesn't look like we do.

>>18097354
Hit her mid-taunt. Don't ever give villains the luxury of an unmolested banter.

>>18097419
This, this, a thousand times THIS.

"Can I get a rain check on that?"

Throw a psi-bolt when you say "rain".

>>18097354

(Forgot to mention, but you recovered 6 Willpower for beating Wolf-Girl in combat)

Syrpent is staring right at you, while Ashwood glances back and forth between the two of you. "Hurry up Javelin. If you don't pick soon, I'll have to pick for you." You correct the look of confusion that is no doubt on your face, and center the Shard Rifle on her, since ditching it would warn her. You fire two cerulean darts at her, but she saw it coming, and back flips out of the way, the force putting 'Miles' in a slightly deeper dent in the floor, and she lands perfectly on a raised mezzanine area which leads to the upper floor of exhibits, giving her a nice view down on you. "Times up." She says, mockingly, as you toss the rifle aside. She seems much more with it tonight than yesterday.

>Earth
>Water
>Fire
>Air
>Heart
>
>
>Wait, ignore that last one.

>>18097465

Air.
Don't we have control over all of these elements with our evocation? If so, why is this a problem?

>>18097465
Start doing crazy parkour dodges while chucking psibolts. The shard rifle is officially holding us back at this point. Make a note, though, to learn how to use guns later.

>>18097500
Also, damn it, night shift again today. I'll be leaving in the next 15 minutes and be back before 8:00 PM EST.

>>18097465

Heart

>>18097500

Rifle is ditched. The accuracy point was narritive, though, I didn't actually roll. Dan is decent at guns, with Ranged a 2 and Coordination 4

>>18097531
I didn't say 'Air Parkour.' I am, though, suggesting we dodge and chuck psibolts at the same time, setting our best (or only) set to dodging and letting the psibolts be of a secondary priority.

>>18097555
Oh, neat, did our Ranged go up when we beat down that bitch?

>>18097560

I misread (Omega needs his daily dose of caffeine) Corrected it.

Multiple actions still stands, since you use the lower of two die pools and for even more than one bolt, that's another multiple action. Its just a little much to go crazy when its not a combat time. She's not declaring attacks against you, and actually, she seemed more interested in not fighting you, since she said it wasn't the right time.

>>18097488
>Don't we have control over all of these elements with our evocation? If so, why is this a problem?
Well to me it seems like Red is going to summon an elemental with her math powers, and that would mean having to split our focus. I vote for the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

>>18097605
Fine, then let's yell out, "I CHOOSE HEART, RED!" because we're just that flavour of troll.

>>18097605
Given that then, let's see if we can't negotiate and talk her down from doing anything.

"I don't even understand why it is you seem to want to kill me. What, is this a pissing contest to see who's going to be better in the eyes of Moreau?
Congratulations, you win. You're better than me."

>>18097661
This. Roll Charm + Persuasion. We have no ego when it comes to this.

>>18097632
If we have to taunt her, let's at least word it better.

"Alright then, Red. I choose the power of Heart and summon Captain Planet. Gonna take pollution down to zero."

>>18097661
That's the ticket. Choose Heart.

>>18097661
>>18097677
Thirding this.

>>18097702
You fourthed it, actually.

>>18097661
✓
>>18097632
>>18097684
X

Just wanted to bring up something we MAY be able to do later: Charge Cyrean weapons w/ Psy-energy. I'd like to see what the Ghostpike can do when charged (GK Halberd anyone?)

Also, if we ever get the ability for Telekinesis, we may be able to direct charged bullets at a target (magnetic tunnet between barrel and target, clamped on with an 'hook' invert to the target's magnetic signature).

Fire's bad in a building, same with earth. Water or Air.

Btw, can we charge up our Barrier a bit in prep for this answer on how we'd like to die?

>>18097702
>>18097691
>>18097708
>>18097684
>>18097677
>>18097661

(4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2 on Persuasion. So No Matches)

"Heart!" You say, and jab a fist at Syrpent. Now its her turn to look deeply confused. You hear Ashwood facepalm in the background. You use the opportunity to address Red. "So, what do you want, Red? Trying to prove you're better to Moreau? Well, I give, I don't want to be better than you. I don't want to be better than anybody. I just want to live my life." She smiles again, with teeth. "No, no, no Daniel. We're past that now. This is about much more than the Good Doctor. It is about favors owed. I'm going to repay mine. And In return... Well, you'll see." "Whatever," you shoot back. "Let's go ahead and summon Captain Planet, take pollution down to zero." Ashwood groans now.

(cont)

>>18097889


Red snarls. "Outdated popcultural references wont save you now!" She claps her hands together, and speaks in her freaky backward language she uses to cast spells. You get read to try and hit her with a Psibolt, but she's getting better at this, and in now time, two red circles of energy appear beside her. You are immediately incensed at her flagrant violation of the rules. Then you don't have time to be incensed, as pillars of red light appear, and coalesce into two strange, winged creatures. They are pitch black, except for certain areas of them, which are glowing luminous green. They have long, large wings, a cross between a bat's and a wasp's. They have pointed faces, with multifaceted eyes and antennae, like an insect, but a sharp, beak-like protrusion, filled with long sharp teeth and a long, licking tongue. It it is covered in a black, chitinous hide, but each of its four long limbs are tipped in razor sharp talons. "Have fun!" Red shouts, and retreats away from the edge, toward the doors into the upper floor of exhibits.

>>18097752

You can redo the Barrier, but doing so will drop your current 2x6. No stacking.

>>18097900

PSIBOLTS TO THE WINGS.

CRIPPLE THEM

>>18097900

Are these demons/magic constructs? Could we make a magic circle around ourselves?

We don't have to do called shots EVERY time you guys.

>>18097974
We could just stand in the middle and be all like "U mad brah?"

>>18097951

Each wing is one hit location, and there are two Byakhee. Are you sure you want to make a x4 multiple action with each as a called shot?

>>18097984

I think crippling one wing of each Biyuckshee should be sufficient. It's hard to take off/do any airborne shit like that.

Oh btw do we have our drone out and running? That might be good to set up now, in place of called shots to the wings.

>>18097974
I think Red is associated with Outsiders. I forget what that means in terms of magic circle effectiveness.

>>18097928
How many dice are we rolling for this? Is everyone comfortable w/ 2x6?
>>18097900
Charge a Psibolt and attempt to integrate it into the Shard-Rifle's projectiles. Waste one of the daemons, then prepare to use the Ghostpike (Psi-charged if possible) to take on whatever gets close.

>>18098011
It means we took magic entirely because it was more effective against outsiders than psychic stuff.

We straight up asked Blackthorn, "There's this outside bitch all up in my grill. What do?"

and he said "Here, have some magic."

>>18097983
>>18097974

Byakhee are not inherently magical (Dan can tell) They are physical too, so they can probably break the plane of the circle. Also, Ashwood is still here.

>>18098011

The circle is useless against physical objects. If an Outsider is manifested in a full physical form, then they can break the plane easy-peasy.

>>18098021

Dan isn't a proper psion. He just uses the modules as discreet psychic powers. So unless he finds some kind of weapon charging module, that is outside his power base.

>>18098021

Barrier is 5d

Also, some music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygvvpv7CPus

>>18098002
>>18098066

I think we should set up a drone.
Any idea how many dice we want to commit?

>>18098066
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J3QHzbK9jY

Barring the presence of some sort of spit attack I'm going to assume that the Byakhee are going to try and close the distance to attack us in melee. So I think we should draw the pike at some point this turn.

An odd, mostly unrelated question just came to mind, but do we HAVE to launch psibolts with out hands?

>>18098135

I'm not sure I like the way this post is going...

>>18098135

They are pretty much thrown, so yes. It modules have only reconfigured your local nervous system in the hands, and no where else.

>>18098163
Aw, guess there goes my psi-bolt head butt idea...
>Who am I kidding, I was going to propose we pelvic-thrust our way to victory.

>not using my Chocolate line from the last thread
Awwwww.

If you guys are doing to pop the Option, I need to know how many dice you want to commit to it.

>>18098244
10

>>18098244
What's the base? 3? Give it another 3.

>>18098244

I remember one time we deployed it with 3 dice, it sucked ass, so...

5 dice? It needs to be able to function by itself effectively

>>18098277

You have a total Five dice in Psi Programs, which you can commit to the Option. This means you have sum 0 dice to use in any other Psychic Programs.

>>18098285

Maybe we should keep 1 dice in reserve, just in case. Although, I don't think we'll be needing any programs now.

>>18098285
Oh, then let's give it 5. I don't think we'll really be running any other options.

>>18098244
8, 4 normally and invoke Roxane and the Invokers club relationships.

>>18098285
Okay. We're going to need to increase that.
Yeah, go with 5. We're not going to be using any of the others.

>>18098312
THIS actually. We want to survive to see Roxane again, don't we?!

>>18098312
I think we should only invoke Roxane for now. We should hold back on the Invokers Club relationship

>>18098280
>>18098302
>>18098317

Preliminary Consensus reached:

5 dice for Option

Any major objections to this?

>>18098369

Unopposed

Well, by me at least. Also, can we change our name to Atlatl? It's a mesoamerican spear-thrower and our magic uses a mesoamerican language.

>>18098410

Are we actually Meso-American? I'm not actually sure. It's possible, given that no-one know just what the hell we actually are.

>>18098317
>>18098302
>>18098298

You grab the pike from your back, and draw it, and summon your Option, ready to fire on any one you decide you don't like. It appears in its usual, multi-tone ball of blue and white light. The first Byakhee hops up onto the railing for the balcony-like area, and spreads its wings, which scatter the eerie green light of its abdomen around the room, and it lets out a piecing whistling screech which echoes around the room, hurting your ears. Its brethren does the same. They get ready to glide down, and probably do something nasty involving your throat, and their sharp, pointy teeth.

>It's Go Time.

>>18098410
I think it'd confuse the press.

We don't want that. We should probably wait until we undergo some kind of paradigm shift or something before changing our name. Maybe when we go to SPAAAAACCEEE

>>18098439

Psi-bolts to their mouths, while they still are yawning.

>>18098424

the general consensus is that Dan is Blasian, but we still havent figured out if our mum is black or if dad is. I personally like the idea of Dan being ginger, but hey, thats just me. We got our mesoamerican influences from our archaeologist dad, who raided ancient aztech tombs indie style.

>>18098456
...I wouldn't mind having a black indiana jones for a dad.

>>18098439
ANYWAY Just start hurling psibolts as fast as we can, two at a time. One at each of them. Don't do any called shots though.

>>18098456

>aztech

Curse you brain!

>>18098456
Definitely dad.

>>18098439

I think we should set the Option to supressive fire, to dissuade any Beeyakheee from rushing at us and tearing out our throat.

>>18098442

......Why exactly do we give a shit about the press? I thought we had already covered this, that Dan isn't out to be some big-shot hero.

>>18098540

>>18098494
>>18098451

(3x10 and 2x6 on Byakhee 1 and 2)
(They roll 2x10 and 2x6 respectively. #1 takes three shock and three killing to the FACE, and is quite dead, but #2 will burn his 2x6 to evade)

Left-handed, since your right is holding the spear, you hurl two bolts in quick succession. The first catches the first creature with its mouth wide open, and your bolt passes down its gullet, and out the back of its head, which explodes in a shower of green phosphorescent goo. It slumps to the ground, and rapidly starts becoming less corporeal, fading back to wherever it came from.

Number two is lucky, it saw what you did to thing 1, so when your bolt tracks its way, it takes a flying leap off the mezzanine railing, and sails through the air maybe a dozen yards to cling to the ceiling behind you, and hisses at you.

>>18098456
>>18098475
>>18098475

(It's my official policy that Dan is a Schrodinger's race, mostly because by default I've always pictured him as white, and I'm probably not going to stop doing so now, and I don't want to offend or deter anyone who has a different image)

>>18098602

Get the Option to rapid fire at 2, while you call shots to the head again.

>>18098602
I definitely think we should get the option to start rapid firing on the remaining beast, but let's not make any called shots. Just start hurling psibolts.

>>18098602
Pew pew time.

>>18098711
Sounds good. I'm on board.

>>18098630

(No 10s on the Head Called shot)
(But Option makes 3x8 on its attack, for 3 shock and 3 killing to the torso.)
(And the Byakhee only gets a 2x3, which becomes no set when the Option shoots the bugger off the ceiling)

You try and catch its head with a bolt, but your angle is off, and all you do is obliterate some of the artfully decorated ceiling. The beast lets go of the section of ceiling its hanging onto, and tries to drop on you like some kind of space-wasp Batman. The Option catches it right in the center of mass, which causes a spatter of glowing green blood, and also pushes it off axis enough to crash to the floor in front of you. You are now about two feet away from a horrible space wasp with a maw full of pointy teeth which looks like its designed to puncture your neck and suck your blood out like an obscene mosquito.

>>18098806

Double handed shot to the head.

It's the only way to be sure.

>>18098806
Poke it many many many times with our glaive. Barring that, point-blank Psibolt execution-style.

>>18098806
KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT....KILL IT KILL IT...KILL IT!

And by that I mean hurl psibolts at it, don't make any called shots, have option hurl psibolts at it too.

>>18098821

You currently have one hand occupied by your melee weapon. You want you should drop wepon?

>>18098829

Stab it in the head, then, while you charge a psibolt in the off-hand in case it gets up.

Its the only way to be sure.

>>18098829
Use >>18098823

>>18098806
Jump out of the way and slash the crap out of it.

I say we use the weapon that we are currently holding in our hands.

>>18098806
Glaive it's head off.
GOTCHA BITCH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NYYewCSxo

>>18098842
>>18098823
>>18098840

(2x5 on weapon attack)
(Byakhee gets 2x8 on a claw attack, which are Pen 1, but the armor is HAR 3, so you're fine. Since you don't take damage, your set goes through, and you take off its right arm.)
(Option also makes a 2x5, but since that hit location no longer exists, it misses)

Rip and tear, rip and tear! You swing the pike up in both hands, for an attack. The enemy is quicker than you thought, and one of its talons rakes our, scoring your armor with a sound at least five times worse than nails on a chalkboard. Finding yourself otherwise unharmed, you retaliate and take the offending arm off with a retaliatory sweep of your glaive. The Option must have had the same idea, because the void where its elbow would go takes a bolt about half a second later.

>>18098949
Go for the head, that seemed to work on the last one.

>>18098949

He dares to attack us.

Decapitate him

rolled 56 = 56

>>18098973
Well, now you've jinxed it. Last time we (probably me) said, "Head shots work!" it completely failed.

Off with his head!

>>18099018
Uh, pay attention. We just BOOM HEADSHOT'd one of them. Like, 2 attacks ago.

>>18099075
By NOT USING A CALLED SHOT!

God damn.

>>18098973
>>18098977

(3x10 to in a Called attack to the Head)
(Byakhee 2 gets no matches)

"There can be only one!" You declare, as you take half a pace back and reverse your blade, bringing it back across in a decapitating strike that takes the creature's beaked maw clean off. Molecular blades do that. There is a spurt of glowing green blood, some of which paints a streak across your armor. Then it collapses to the ground, and kind of disintegrates, leaving no remains. Except the phosphorescent blood stains. Of course, THOSE stay.

Ashwood, who was already maneuvering to help you, instead switches up and walks over to check Miles. He looks up at you, and says "You're the only one equipped to go after her. I'll say here and secure him, you go on ahead."

>>18099088

It was a called shot to the mouth.
>Psi-bolts to their mouths, while they still are yawning.

>>18099126
Time to book it. Let's not steal any museum property, though, if she's left the building. We'll leave the spear and the shard rifle here and just bring our knife along.

>>18099126
Shrug, "Bitches be crazy." then
grab the shard rifle and run after her.

>>18099142
Pretty sure we earned both of those. Let's keep them. We can always return them later.
How MUCH later is up for debate, of course.

>>18099126
Can we use psi-spotlight/magesight to see her at a distance?

>>18099162
I'm going to have to disagree. Taking them is likely felony burglary. I'm betting their price tag is at well above the misdemeanor limits. We leave them. We don't want to chase her down only to get sent to prison for stealing from a museum. I'm not saying we drop them now, though. At the museum doors if we get that far.

>>18099162

We earned it sure, but I don't think the museum administration/police department will look at it the same way.

Our reward is our sense of immense personal satisfaction.

>our face when

>>18099182
>>18099142

The direction she's running leads to an upper floor, and not in the direction of a Museum exit. Just so you know. Well, I guess she could take the fire stairs, but those are still inside.

>>18099182
Yeah, I agree. Our psibolts make better close quarters weapons than the glaive anyway and better medium than the shard rifle. The only advantage either of them have is reach to keep people from entering melee and post-medium-range accuracy. So we won't exactly be losing much anyway.

>>18099213
Good, then we'll hold onto them for now. We just won't take them out of the museum.

>>18099213
Well that settles that. Take the weapons, since we're not taking them out of museum property.

>>18099225
>>18099227
This.

>>18099227
But only actually use them if there's an open shot at post-psibolt range or we're trying to keep her from closing to melee. Or psibolt is better in every single other situation.

>>18099195

Sense of immense bullshit perhaps.

C'mon baby, the museum owes us. If not for us (and Ashwood too of course) a whole lotta shit would be stolen. One measly ghost-pike and one wittle shard rifle in our hands is better than Gespente's staff in Miles'.

>>18099248
If they reward us, it will be money. Museums don't gift people exhibits. Ever. Period.

>>18099213
Hey, Omega, what's the total dice pool size, damage rating, and penetration of the glaive, knife, bolt, and shard, respectively?

>>18099261
Plus, we're plenty competent without extra weaponry, so this is all superfluous.

>>18099268
I know, right? Our psibolt is better than the shit people are trying to get. I genuinely don't understand this obsession with getting a spear and a gun.

>>18099261
>exhibits
Uh, pretty sure with the whole WAR, IN SPAAAACE thing going on, there are a few spare glaives and shard rifles around.

>>18099261

Tell that to my vintage 1926 Motorbike that the Smithsonian gifted to me after I fought off a group of teenage marauders from stealing their replica helicopters.

>>18099239
>>18099227
>>18099225

You scoop up the shard rifle as you go past, tearing up the stairs to an upper floor gallery on the history of painting. As you go, the mist clinging to the floor starts dissipating and the lights which were dimmed before start raising. You can also year sirens approaching.

As you break the distance, you see a fire escape door half-way down the gallery swinging wide, and Syrpent is no where in sight. So, you'd guess she's thataway.

(You'll need an Athletics check to get there in time to see her, and seeing her means you might be able to shoot at her. So if you want to add to that.)

>>18099277
Right, so they can give us money to go buy them. Not give us their display models.

>>18099283
Add enough willpower to bring the pool to 10.

>>18099126
First, tell Ashwood about the girl we tied down, then land-skate after her (the Mage is probably in too much pain to counter-spell).

>>18099301
We're chasing Red, not the necromancer. She isn't injured at all.

>>18099283
Magesight? Magesight to spot her.

Then athletics

>>18099311
>Using mage sight on a Lovecraftian pacted person

Lolno.

>>18099267

Psibolt is Pen 1, deals width in Shock and Killing damage, and you're up to 10 dice in it. (Coordination+Miracle). Before you ask, you guys keep missing because you make multiple actions or multiple called shots. The Psibolts are obvious though, so should you ever need to be stealthy
Shard Rifle is 6 Dice, Width in Shock and Killing, Pen 4
Knife and Glaive are both 5 Dice, but I usually give you a circumstantial bonus dice for reach with the Glaive. Polearms are pretty much designed to give you an advantage in situations against people who do not also have teh polearms. Knife does W in K and pike is W+1 in K, both are Pen 2.

>>18099311
>>18099315
Yeah let's not do that.

>>18099315

Yeah, you guys looked at her Aura before, when you WEREN'T magical, and it was a Trauma check. I might have to give you some penalty dice to do that again.

>>18099310
The Necromancer was probably dispelling, the gunner is tied up, and Red is the one we're after, what in the hell are you talking about?

>>18099321
So the shard rifle is better on armoured targets, and will benefit from improved skill. Psibolt is already as good as it will ever be. Rifle's also a lot more stealthy.
If we get to keep the thing, we should get some training or something for it, could be useful.

>>18099321
So, the psibolts are the most accurate and damaging thing we have. Shard Rifle is only good for really long ranges and punching through armor. The Ghostspear is good for keeping people at reach. Good to know.

>>18099321
I think we should earth-skate after her-

NO. We must use DIG.

"DAN BURROWED UNDERGROUND"

>>18099352
The Shard Rifle will only ever be as good as our psibolts if we bring Coordination and Ranged both to 5. We should work towards that, but our psibolt will still remain the primary weapon, pretty much forever.

>>18099360
I'm sure the museum would having huge holes in their floors. And/or walls.

Let's use air evocation to boost our athletics.

>>18099377
>would having
would LOVE having

>>18099403

TOO LATE~

>>18099358

For comparison, if you had snagged that Plasma Rifle, that would have been W+1 in SK, with Pen 2 and the Burn quality. While they weren't here, if you uncover a weapon cache, you may also find heavier weapons, like a Plasma Repeater (Which adds Spray) or a Plasma Cannon (which deals Area damage)

>>18099410

rolled 64 = 64

>>18099448
We've already managed to make holes, really.

>>18099395
>>18099360

(3x8 is your relevant roll on Air Evocation, so 3 more dice on your Body+Athletics roll)

"Iciuhca!" You shout, and do some air elemental fury shit on your body, to propel you faster. Like you enhancements before, you make yourself lighter and faster, gathering a wind behind you. You also make a couple paintings crooked.

(4x5 on Athletics check. You are the WIND)

In a dead, magic enhanced run, you clear the distance, which has got to be about 15-20 yards, in a matter of moments. You skid to a halt and turn on a dime, shoving your head into the fire stairwell. You can see Syrpent making a break for the roof access door, for some reason, halfway up the last stair before reaching it.

>>18099510
Walljumps?
Walljumps.

>>18099510
Take the shot. She might fall or at least stop in pain. Psibolt if she's in psibolt range, shard rifle if she isn't.

>>18099523
Could we throw a psibolt up, unaimed, while we start the walljumps?
Might as well.

>>18099510

Wait, could we do another air evocation, and pull her towards us on a gust of wind?

DAN used GUST

>>18099510
Use our current evocation enhanced speed to run on the walls, all the way up if we can.

Technically, this is parkour. Though usually they only do it for about six long strides. I assume with the spell going we can do a lot more.

>>18099556

Already added those bonus die to something. Be a new check.

If you want a fluff reason, Dan stopped moving to change direction and get into the fire stariwell, so spell is te gone.

>>18099567
Make it a new check then. Running up the walls is is an awesome thing to do in this situation.

rolled 68 = 68

>>18099567
>>18099567

Pour whatever willpower we have left into a called shot on her leg with a psibolt. SHE MUST NOT ESCAPE, DAMMIT.

>>18099585
Let's take the shot first, then start chasing again. We have a clear shot and this might be our only chance.

>>18099586
If we want to make a called shot, the head would have the same penalty and probably down her harder. I don't think we should go with a called shot but, if we do, we should do the head.

>>18099590

I concur

>>18099610
A called shot on a moving target at range? I think that's like -2 or -3 dice.

>>18099638
That's why I don't think we should go with the called shot. I was just pointing out it would be silly to aim for the legs instead of the head since it's just as hard to hit the legs.

>>18099590
>>18099536

(2x7, 2x10 and 3x2 on Psibolt)
(She gets 2x4, 2x10 and 3x9 on her Walls of Unreality defense, so she can negate any set you make)

You hurl a bolt without thinking, chucking a comet of force at her. She speaks a quick word, and glowing glyphs of magic appear from nowhere, forming a wall which your bolt harmlessly smacks off of. She reaches the door to the roof, and doesn't even try and stop to open it, instead sticks out an arm at it. There is a coursing crackle of red sparks, and the door explodes off its hinges, and Red disappears out of sight, onto the roof top.

>>18099659
NOW can we walljump?

>>18099672
NOW we can walljump.

>>18099659
What kind of staircase is this? Is this the kind where there's an open center channel that reaches all the way up? If so, then we jump out into it and air evocate ourselves upwards, like an elevator. We'd need to put some willpower in so we don't flub it and die horribly.

Since red seems to easy block our psibolts, why aren't we using magic attacks on her? Or, even the shard rifle?

>>18099710
Because she would block those even easier. We would have a smaller dice pool and, thus, our sets would be even easier gobbled.

>>18099686

It is indeed that kind. But I'll want some other people to back you up on this before you go doing something horribly dangerous to clear one flight of stairs.

>>18099724
You know when sonic the hedgehog runs on walls in a spiral pattern? I want to do that. Run on the walls super-fast with air evocation to the top of the stairwell.

>>18099742

>>18099717
>>18099710

Yeah, you'd need something with Non-Physical, or an Interference extra on the Attack to beat her Defense, as its similar to your own Barrier. Just she has more dice in it.

>>18099754

I see that we have "interference" in our Extra's Collumn. How do we add that to our attacks?

>>18099769

That's tied to your Barrier, currently, but the Barrier only has D on it. You'd need some new power, or something.

And, also, looking it up in the book, you can only use a power for Interference if it has that quality on. Meaning you can't also use it to do damage at the same time. You'd use it in unison with something to disrupt, then attack.

>>18099724
Can't we just walljump up the middle, leaping off the handrails?

>>18099828
So, let's getup those stairs as fast as possible, possibly with Air.
>>18099829
Like rail up to the next highest and the next highest and so on as fast as possible? Probably.

>>18099828
So you could hold 2 psi-bolts, charge 1 with inteference, then throw both? Or would you not be able to have both types coexisting or something?

It's one level up guys. Now, its a spiral staircase so that's some walking, but still. One level. Do you really want to cast yourself over the abyss to make it after her that much faster?

>>18099860
Not really.

>>18099860
Could we just do it Super Mario 64 style, and jump really high using Air without loosing momentum ?

Because that would be badass.

>>18099858

They way it is worded, If something has interference attached, it only EVER does interference.

>>18099860
>one level
Oh. Well just sprint up to the landing and bounce off the wall, then.

>>18099870

I get it now. Out of curiosity, would we be able to make a interference psi-bolt using the programs?

>>18099888
Yeah, probably. It would be some kind of projectile that throws up an FPS-tier chest-high-wall where it lands.

>>18099904

mite b cool

Anyways, we might as well just run up the stairs really fast for now, to keep things moving.

>>18099871

You rush up around the corner of the stairs, using your parkour training to cut out the corners a little, and push off the wall at the last landing, coming out of the roof-escape moving. Which doesn't help you at all because you need to turn on your heel and run in a different direction, as you see Syrpent making some kind of crazy dash toward the front of the museum. Y'know, where all the cop cars and searchlights are going to be parked.

>>18099952
Blast her right in the back! She can't run and block the bolts at the same time. Probably.

>>18099952

Oh shit She might be planning to frame us for the damage somehow, so that the police detain us long enough for her to escape.

Run after her, and throw some psi-bolts at her just because.

By the way, did we get rid of the Option? Or is it just kinda floating around back where we were?

>>18099952
Uh oh.
Ready the glaive and do some more GOTTA GO FAST.

>>18099973

Yes. We should SPEAR HER IN THE BACK while using an Air Evocation.

Ready the Glaive!

>>18099971
>frame us
Ashwood has our back on that.
Probably.

>>18099971

Oh, right, the Option. Its in Focus Fire mode, so its still there. At five dice odds were it wouldn't roll sufficient to clear the interference either, though.

>>18100009

...Shit

>>18100026
Unless it rolled three tens. Then she could have blocked it or us, not both. Improbable, but possible. Not important, though.

>>18100026
Is there any way we could join our dice with option's? Like...overload the wall or something?

>>18100054

Yes. It's called Omega actually rolls ALL the dice this time.

>>18100117
Oh, I like the sound of that maneuver. Seriously, though, let's both open fire on her at once. First it, then us. That way, her blocks/dodges will get wasted first.

>>18100147
Maybe we can throw 2 Willpower points in there.

>>18100156
No, throw 10.

>>18100164
No, throw enough to get us to 10. That's the dice cap.

>>18100168

I'm ok with this

>>18100156
>>18100164
ALPHA STRIKE!

>>18100164
Dice max out at 10. Option's already sitting on 5, and our bolts are 10 by default.

>>18100147
That is a really smart tactic in ORE. She'll be forced to split her pool between us and take a multi-action penalty.

I'm >>18100164 and >>18100168 is my favorite option in this thread right now.

>>18100178
>>18100181
>>18100184
>>18100174

Do we want to do a called strike to anything?

>>18100188
Nah, we're just trying to overload her wall of cthulhu magic.

>>18100188
You realize a called shot subtracts a die from our pool don't you?

>>18100188
Maybe? I think we should just try to hit her, though.

Aw, man, I really wanted you guys to try and run her over in a classic pikeman rush.

>>18100188

Probably not. That lowers your dice pool, and makes any matches which are not matches to the called shot target not count. They are an all or nothing thing. I'd just roll a shitload of dice and hope for more connections.

>>18100210
So, first a shot from Option to waste her block/dodges, then a powerful shot from us. Because fuck her.

>>18100218
I don't think it works like that.

>>18100218

The actual maneuver Powerful Shot?

>>18100231
That's an actual maneuver?

>>18100231
...do we have that, and/or what does that do?

>>18100231
No, just spending willpower to max to pool.
>>18100225
It does. You have to roll a multiple action to block/dodge more than one thing. It splits the sets and provides a penalty.

>>18100242

So we're going to get Option roll 5 dice, and us roll 10 dice, to attempt to get her to use up her dodges/blocks? And after that we'll rapid fire or powerful shot?

>>18100275
No, Option with 5 will force her to try to block, which will leave her more open to our attack. That's all. It's like throwing a jab followed by a cross.

>>18100290

I see. I think we've reached a consensus on this.

Give her the ol' 1-2.

>>18100303
Indeed. But yeah, you have to take a multiple action for each attack that you try to block in a round. As such, teaming up on a person works VERY well in ORE. Same as real life.

>>18100316
Which means even if the Option gets no successes, she's still taking the penalty for trying to block what might have hit her.

>>18100242
>>18100184
>>18100181
>>18100178
>>18100177

(Dropping 5 WP to give Option 10 dice)
(She'll drop 2 WP to boost her own dice pool to 10)
(Dan gets 2x2, 2x9 and 3x3)
(Option gets 3x5 and 3x6)
(Syrpent... has all her dice constitute a match. 8, 4, 6, 5, 6, 4, 8, 5, 5, 8. So that's 2x4, 2x6, 3x5, 3x8. The only set she can't negate is the 2x9, so she takes 2 SK to the torso)

You give chase to her, at full speed, and hurl a bolt. At the same time, Option drops a bolt. She hears them both sizzle through the air, and casts her ward behind her instinctively, without looking. Which is probably what got her. The bolt from Option smacks harmlessly off the ward wall, but your own bolt sails clean through, and clips her shoulder. She cries in pain, stumbles a couple steps, then regains her footing, and keeps going, ditching the hoodie behind her as she goes. She's about 10 yards from the front edge of the museum roof, and you're about 20-30 yards from her.

>>18100363

Can we do that Air Evocation now that we don't have anything else running?

>>18100363
Do it again?

>>18100329
She'll most-likely only attack us if she needs to escape, and will probably do so soon. An Alpha Strike as soon as possible means more success. We need to get to the top asap (wall-jumping is probably our best option).

>>18100363
>ditching the hoodie

We should go and take that if we don't get her when this is over. We could use it to cast a tracking spell, a pretty basic ritual. Of course, there are also some pretty easy ways to beat it, which she'll probably do.

Even better is if we can get any hairs off of the hoodie.

>>18100388

You're both on the roof now.

Yes, Red is making a full run at the edge of the roof. The edge which has police cars at the bottom of it, no less.

>>18100363
Hit her again!

>>18100404
She's going to open a portal!

Use only 3 WP (gotta be a conservationist), but ALPHA STRIKE AGAIN.

>>18100384
>>18100408
If you do an ALPHA STRIKE a second time, is it still an alpha strike?

Oh well, DO IT AGAIN.

>>18100363
Is our relationship with Nerio giving us any bonus dice for this?

>>18100363
Hit her with the double shot again, 3 WP to Option.
What sort of dice would we get for throwing the Glaive?

>>18100458

What makes it a ranged weapon, so 6 dice. You have enough body to throw it that far.

>>18100440

Ah yes, this would still be Virtue of Courage. Yes, I'll remember to automatically bolster all related rolls with the Nerio relationship.

>>18100440
Max is 10 dice, but we MAY be able to bump dice to T with extras. Not sure if we have the WP for it.

>>18100539
Eh, not worth throwing it then. Let's keep multibolting her, hoping our virtue and willpower hold out long enough to take her down before she escapes.

>>18100539
We should throw the Roxanne relationship as well. You don't want to get her hurt, and if Red is on the loose, she WILL be hurt eventually, either through direct or indirect means.

>>18100596
Especially since Red's already seen her with us at least once.

>>18100596
My thoughts exactly. Supporting this.

>>18100605
>>18100596
>>18100576

If you use the Relationship with Roxane, you'll push option up to 9d. Anything else you wanna throw in there?

>>18100626
Maybe our club relationship since this is a magical threat on the loose and they're bound to get themselves involved if we don't stop her?

>>18100626
Johnny. We also don't want him to get hurt because of us. We already feel guilty about being the cause of his injury, and we'd only feel even worse if Red were to escape, and potentially harm him even more.

>>18100642
>>18100428
>>18100426
>>18100408
>>18100384

(Relationships Invoked!)
(Syrpent is again dropping 2 WP to stay competitive)
(2x1, 2x3, 3x5 from Dan, not the greatest showing)
(2x4, 2x9 and 3x1 from Option)
(She only gets 2x4, 2x5 and 2x9, but with Interference, she still cancels out Option's 2x9 and Dan's 3x5 (since she breaks the set))

You do another combination attack with you and option while moving forward, trying to close the distance. Again, bolts whistle through the air. This time, she spares a dangerous glance back at you, when she raises her ward again. This time, it actually works, and your bolts hit the walls of madness, dangerously close to her body. She's reached the edge now, where she comes to a halt at what may be the last possible second. Instantly, two spotlights are on her, and you hear indistinct voices shouting up at her through megaphones.

She spins around, and looks at you, she's panting heavily. It looks like shes trying to smile, but hasn't got the energy. She just stands there, resting with her heels hanging just over the edge. She's maybe 15 yards away, and you've got one chance left.

>>18100788
Have option open fire while still invoking relationships while you personally make a called shot to her face; if the relationships aren't enough to bring the called shot back up to 10, drop enough willpower to do so too.

>>18100788
She's setting us up for MURDER.
Slow up, be ready to leap after her and use Air evo to chase her down.

>>18100866
This. Don't do anything. Just be ready. Anything that she does from this point on is on her.

>>18100866

You want to be ready to make a flying tackle off a ~3-story roof?

>>18100788
Can we try that thing we mentioned earlier, where we throw up a wall somewhere? Try to throw up a wall behind her. Keep her from falling/jumping/whatever. If not, can we use Earth to move the concrete/stone of the building out to keep her from going over the edge?

>>18100902
Yep. We have Air Evocation, we'll be fine.
Or we can do the ol' Cushion-Car trick.

>>18100902
FUCK YAH!

>>18100947
That's a really bad idea. We should go with:
>>18100920
Try to catch her somehow. Detain her if possible.

>>18100902

Hast thou forgotten?

WE WIZARD BOYEEE

'COURSE WE GON' DO DAT SHIT

>>18100920

You haven't "invented" that program yet. To do so would probably take up your move before she does whatever it is she's doing.

>>18100988
Then earth evocation catch her.

>>18100968
Yeah, let's do something that doesn't necessarily show the cops our face if we fuck up.

>>18101000

You're a registered metahuman. You've been hurling shitloads of Psi Bolts around, which are not subtle. In fact, they are the opposite of Subtle.

They're gonna know anyway.

>>18100979
How about we don't come into physical contact with the person who disintegrates things on physical contact? That would be a fucking retarded thing to do.

>>18101030

I knew there was another reason why the flying tackle was a bad idea. It's because her primary miracle is limited to Touch!

>>18101030

....But she wont be expecting that will she? DO IT ANYWAY

>>18101048
Well, see, we won't be touching her.
PSIBOLT PAUNCH will be touching her.

>>18101053
It's so crazy and unexpected, it HAS to work!

>>18101048
Yeah, exactly.
>>18101053
Dude. No. She will dissolve us. It's a terrible idea. Let's use the Earth evocation to try to grab her so that we don't have to go to court for manslaughter.

>>18101078
That's still us. Psibolt is a field of super-friction, not a telekinetic force field that prevents physical contact.
>>18101080
...fuck you.

>>18101086
Yeah I'm seconding Earth Evocation

>>18101086
Yeah. Even if it ends up getting ruled as justified manslaughter, it will still ruin our chances of getting a job and eat up months of time and tens of thousands of dollars in court.

>>18101126
>>18101105
>>18101086
>>18100994
>>18100920

(2x4 and 2x9 on Evocation)
(She gets 3x10 on Agility to get the fuck out of the way before that goes off)

You cry out for your earth evocation to try and catch her, but the instant you move, she simply leans back, and drops off the edge of the roof.

Moving quick, you rush up to the lip, and have to shade your eyes from the spotlights still aimed at that spot. You see her mid fall, looking up. There's no spell or anything, so how would she survive the fall? Then she speaks a horrible un-word. Whatever she said was so very wrong, on a fundamental level of this universe, your mind blanks it out entirely. You only know she said something, and it was bad.

(2x3 on Stability)

You drop to your knees, feeling sick to your stomach, and light-headed, but manage to stay focused and conscious. At the same time, she spoke the un-word, all the streetlights on the block, and the spotlights the police dragged out, explode in a shower of sparks. The lights and sirens of the police vehicles skip for a couple seconds. And a big wound in reality opens up under Syrpent, and she drops through it out of sight, after which the steps up to the museum are just steps again.

Below on the street, you can hear some of the cops weeping or retching. You guess Metacrime will be here shortly.

>>18101245
That unicursal hexagram.

>>18101245
Time to put our weapons back in the Cyrean exhibit, check on the necromancer and wolfey, and talk to Ashwood.

>>18101245

Oh, right. When she bent reality? One of the lenses of Dan's glasses cracked. It was very symbolic and shit.

>>18101245
An un-word? A word that goes against the laws of reality? That's some potent shit.

>>18101264
HA

But yah let's go find wolfey and contemplate how much more powerful we need to be to face her.

>>18101264
>she wrecked our glasses
OKAY
THAT'S IT
BITCH DIES NEXT TIME WE SEE HER

>>18101281

She has 2d in Language (Outsider)

>>18101334
2d?
That ain't much.

Here's a question: What do we do with Wolfie?

We could theoretically let her off the hook here. Tell the cops she was under duress, or mind control of some kind. That she wasn't in her right mind and isn't responsible for her actions tonight.

We were the only one who really saw her there with any kind of credibility She'd owe us one, we'd be turning an enemy into an ally. We could take her someplace and start asking her questions. Maybe she knows something about Syrpent, or her motivations.

Also, don't forget to grab the discarded hoodie. All kinds of tracking goodness there.

>>18101371
Let's not lie on the account of a woman who tried to murder us. That's just fucking stupid.

>>18101371

Second.

>>18101378
Agreed. Let Metacrime sort her out, and if she wants to talk to us, they'll let us know. It's an unnecessary risk to try and cover for her.

>>18101371
Why would we lie about her being under duress or mind control? We have no reason to think that at all and she tried to kill us a few minutes ago. Stop thinking with your dick.

>>18101378
This guy has the right idea. Remember that Wolf-girl is likely the person who snuck up on that security guard and shot him in the back.

>>18101419
>stop thinking with your dick

I take offense to that. Dan is a well established science lover, not a furry. Even if I were thinking with my dick, it'd be in character and for a science chick.

I want to do that because
A.) Being a total bro to someone after you kick their ass is a cool thing to do.
and B.) aforementioned information that will likely be inaccessible to us through police due to being part of an ongoing investigation.

>>18101419

He cant help it damnit, he has a severe case of cock-a-cephalus!

>>18101503
Dude. She tried to murder us and might have murdered other people already at the museum. Are you seriously suggesting we commit perjury to keep an (at the very least attempted) murderer out of prison? To ask them some questions and 'be a bro?'

That's fucking retarded.

>>18101529
Let's ask her then. Ask her if she murdered anybody today.

If she did, I'll let it go.

>>18101534
Ask her if she... Are you a fucking idiot? Give her to the fucking police! She attempted murder if nothing else! She's a dangerous criminal, not someone who tried to pick a fight with you at a pub!

>>18101534
You realize she actually shot us, right? We might be dead right now because of her were it not for our breastplate. Also, why aren't you suggesting the same for the necromancer male? Oh, right, because you're thinking with your dick.

>>18101542
Attempted murder on us, which didn't even come close to working. It was more like she was trying to slow us down. That doesn't bother me.
Admittedly, shooting the guard would. But I think that at this point she's being complicit, and she'll tell us the truth.

>>18101572
I think that's something for the police to sort out, not a vigilante college student who would be aiding and abetting a fugitive and committing perjury.

>>18101569
I'm not suggesting the same for him because he's going to require a trip to the hospital, which means that even if we did try that one, they'd likely to be able to disprove it, and he's going to be under direct police scrutiny regardless.

Why the fuck is everyone so quick to paint me as a furry?

>>18101542

If nothing else, we need the information she has. She, along with everyone else apparently, is just another piece in Moreau's game. We need to find out what the fuck is up with all that, and Wolf girl probably has some relevant info. Maybe we can work out a deal with Metacrime.....

>>18101588
Because you're trying to make friends with a girl (she was describe more as a catgirl-but-wolf, not a furry) who shot us with a machine gun and likely murdered others this night and, in fact, likely before this night too. You're suggesting we become guilty of aiding and abetting a fugitive and committing perjury, both of which are felonies, to do so. You're either trying to fuck her (foolish, but forgivable) or are suggesting something profoundly retarded.

>>18101588
Because

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.
.
.

Your suggestions SCREAM furry.
Leave wolf girl to the police.

Guys we already have a hot mad scientist redhead waiting for us back home.

I don't know about you all but I want to get that relationship off the ground before we start chasing after every attractive girl we spot.

>>18101625
You have no way to know she killed anyone, either today or before that. There's vague circumstantial evidence for today, maybe, and absolutely none for before this. If she is innocent, then she hasn't actually committed any crime except for assault, on ourselves. Which we can choose not to press charges for.

>>18101634
Oh yes, I'm using yiff every other sentence, obviously. Seriously though, I have no desire to see Dan try to get with this girl. He's got Roxy.

>>18101245

You head on back down, down the fire stairs, and back into the metahuman exhibit, which you find curiously empty. You keep going, back to the main lobby, and find Ashwood presiding over the wolf-girl, who is sitting more or less where you left her, cross-legged, with her hands in front of her. Her nose looks better, but not properly reset. Miles the Necromancer has become best friends with her other set of zip-cuffs, and is lying drooling and unconscious on the floor. Looks like his shoulder is dislocated.

"She get away?" Asks Ashwood. "Yep." You say, simply. "I'm surprised to didn't see her exit." You gesture vaguely at the front. "I heard it alright." He says, in response. He jerks his head at the two would be thieves. "How do you want to handle these two?" You shrug. "Tell it like it is? I mean, its our word against theirs at this point." You look down at yourself, then at the wolf-splice. "Though with me an' her, it'll be hard to prove much of anything happened." You gesture to the face that you're pretty much unblemished, and so is she. "Now I'm going to put these back, before the police snipers decide to to drop me." You say, half-joking. "Not so fast."

You turn to the entrance to see Police Captain Katherine Skinner, head of Metahuman Crimes Division is standing there, fully suited in her power armor, except for her helmet. In one arm is a giant ballistic shield you know is made from the same stuff tank armor is made from, and in her bionic arm is her Desert Eagle. She jabs a finger at you. "That's Evidence."

>>18101657
Except she also broke into a museum and attempted to burglarize it. We know that for a fact. Even if we don't press charges, the museum will. So, we're back to aiding and abetting and perjury. We aren't letting her go.

>>18101657
>You have no way to know she killed anyone
Dude. You're retarded. Can you start using a name or a tripcode or something so I can filter you?

>>18101674
"Here you are, ma'am. These two attacked the museum with golems trying to get a nazi staff. I think Red, the same girl from the cafe, was the one organizing it. Thank you for showing up so quickly."

>>18101674
"Oh okay. All yours. Nice shield, would go well with a mace or something."

>>18101679
If I'm outvoted I'm effectively filtered anyway. Why you getting so mad about it, broseph?

I'm putting forth possible suggestions and stating the reasons that I would like to potentially see them go through, I'm not saying that we HAVE to do this right the fuck now or else. You don't have to make it personal, and it makes you look like a raging asshole when you do.

>>18101657
And here is the post with the dead security guard. Recall that wolf-girl was carrying a silenced pistol in addition to her machine gun.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18070084/#18074440

And I am 100% against lying when we can safely assume Johnson&Johnson are on their way.

>>18101734
I want to filter you because you're fucking annoying and I don't want to see your posts.
You're desperately ignoring facts and making up excuses to try to convince people to see your way.

>>18101674

The captain notices the the girl with the wolf-ears. "Shit." She says, simply. "A cold-war relic, and a cute girl. No way in hell I'm putting you in jail."

She turns back to you. "Put those down some where so CSI can bag them, and we're gonna have a nice long talk." She doesn't look at Ashwood, but she does address him. "And you, Ashwood, will be talking with the curator about how the Ashwood Family Foundation will cover all the repair costs, then wait quietly for whatever suit is currently in your family employ to come spirit you away, or so help me god, there will be police brutality." "But of course." Ashwood says, and scrambles off, leaving you with the criminals, and the police officer.

>>18101707

Okay, you don't have to be a dick about it.

Just say, " All yours" and that's it.

>>18101766
Put them down somewhere that CSI can bag them, then go with her for that nice, long talk.

>>18101766
>>18101790
Let's, ah, NOT put them down near the criminals.

>>18101765
It's like waifu wars all over again.

>>18101796
>>18101790

You carefully set down the pike, which is stained with two colors of blood, behind you, then the shard rifle. "Alright" Says Captain Skinner. "You're statement, please. Preferably telling me how they were going to eat babies, because the jury is gonna feel so sorry for these folks, they might just sentence them to a gift basket." You suspect this is the limit of the Captain's sense of humor. The supersolider swears in Dutch again, and Skinner pokes her with her metal boot in the ribs, causing the girl to let out an exhalation that sounds a lot like a 'woof'. "Quiet merc. You'll get a chance to speak with us once we've had time to take you down to the station and get you a lovely public defender."

>>18101974

We are all about the truth baby.

Sock it to 'em.

>>18101974
Tell her everything, starting with Ashwood requesting our presence.
Don't even leave out the Module bit.

>>18101974
"I was helping Ashwood catalog artifacts. The power went down, we investigated. These two and Red were attacking the place with golems and had put all of the staff to sleep with some kind of sleeping mist spell. We defended ourselves and detained them. Red escaped. I expect you'll want the detailed version at the station."

>>18101974
The whole truth, since I've been outvoted.

>>18102035
Quit with the passive aggression, bro.

>>18102045
I didn't intend that to be aggressive at all, I wanted people to know that I gave the idea up.

>>18102013

This sounds fine.

We're the good guys here, and we want to cooperate with these guys to get that point across.

>>18102060
Please, just stop posting.

>>18102060

I think you may be getting what you wanted anyway, from the way the Chief is acting toward the perps.

By the way, anyone made up their minds about the name change to Atlatl?

>>18102074
Whoa, dude, chill. I don't have a problem with him posting as long as he actually drops it rather than telling and reminding us that he's dropped it and how he's dropped it.

>>18102084
Atlatl? You mean the device that makes a spear go further? No, I don't think it's a great name. It fits our Nahuatl casting language, but it's really 'meh' for a name to actually go by. Sorry. What's the Nahuatl word for Spear or Javelin?

>>18102103

I dont know , but it's worth looking into. I dunno, Javelin just seems kinda...meh. It's like being called Sword, or Axe.

>>18101974
"these two were apparently working with our lovely friend who just did a flying pirouette of the handle of reality out front to Steal Gespente's Staff. Or at least they thought she did, since she jumped all over the guy(literally when we cornered him and sicced two demon things on us, hence the green blood. She knew him by name at least. We picked up the riifle and the pike cuz Fido here was taking shots at us with a machine gun and I was feeling woefully inadequate."

>>18102148
"Also they were shiny."

>>18102103

Naualpilli - meaning, (no bullshit) "Master Magician"

mmm? any takers?

>>18102218
I'm thinking no. I definitely want it to be something to do with a thrown spear. The thrown spear thing is because of the psibolt thing, which we throw. So, it would have to be spear/javelin in the language of your choosing.

I don't think it's a big deal either way, though. You know, since we just go by Dan almost all the time instead.

>>18102218
Nope.

>>18102239
>>18102247

Anything other than just Javelin. Hows about.......The Lancer?

>>18102035
>>18102008
>>18102002

You tell the slightly expurgated version of your tale. She asks a couple questions which you answer. She nods at the end, then looks down at the two incapacitated criminals. She shoots a glance at at the wolf-girl, then back to you. "Meta-on-meta fights, especially for D-listers like you two don't do much for the jury, these days." She looks over her shoulder and whistles, and a few more metacops, in full armor gear walk up, and she addresses them. She points at Miles. "Cuff this one in an ambulance. His good arm. Then send the anti-magic unit over to his hospital. Have the detective with them book him on Trespass, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and Attempted Grand Larceny. Also whatever we call it when somebody uses a mountain of corpses for something other than medical school." Two of them nod, and pick up Miles and carry him outside.

(cont)

>>18102333
A lancer is someone who stabs a person with a spear in melee. It has to be about throwing, to fit with the psibolt thing. Basically, the option is Javelin. You can pick a different language, I guess, but whatever language it's in, it has to mean Javelin.

>>18102342

She turns to the wolf-girl. "Bagging you on the Trespass and the Assault charges, and when ATF hears about it, you'll probably be getting it Federal for the weapons without the proper stamps. And if what he says about the guard is true, that'll be 1st degree murder, later." Wolf-girl says simply, with her bad accent and recently unbroken nose "I'm a private contractor. My job to keep harm from coming to Mr. Gutermuth. Weapons were provided by the family. Their problem if they aren't legal." The captain crouches down in front of the girl, and narrows her eye. "Kid, you and I both know the US doesn't hold those Private Contractor laws up so high since the war ended." Wolf-girl sticks her tongue out at the captain, who sighs and stands up. "We'll see how that holds up with the judge. Book her." She says this last part to the remaining metacop. "Ashwood!" She shouts, and he appears from fucking nowhere. "Yes, captain?" "Since the family hasn't sent a lawyer yet, you have the joy of coming down to the station with me and Mr. Fortesque here, so I can get your statements signed, and Detectives Howard and Philips can talk to you. Their case now."

>>18102352
>she said out name in front of Wolfy
Groan and/or facepalm.

>>18102352
"Do you guys have a car I can take, or should I walk?"

Ask that knowing full well that we can probably get there faster with Air Parkour than they can if they follow road laws.

>>18102352
Remember to thank her for referring us towards that Shop. The armor we got there probably saved our life twice in this.

>>18102371

What? Its not like you could have avoided it. They would have called your name in court when the bring you up as a witness.

>>18102349

So you're saying you couldn't stab someone with a javelin? We used our psibolts in melee, so we could at any one time be construed as a peltast or a lancer. And we are a magus now, so our name could be influenced by that.

>>18102398
Uh yeah but witness protection and all that jazz.

>>18102411
No, I'm saying a lance is specifically a melee spear. It's a specific type of spear, same as a javelin. You can totally stab with a javelin, or throw it, which makes it fit our psibolts so well. A lance, though, is too heavy to throw.

>>18102391

The armor literally saved your life. The MG36 does W+2 in SK, and you were hit twice in the chest. If here was not HAR 3 there, you would have been very dead.

>>18102441

It's not all about the psibolts, ya know. Those aren't our only powers. If I'm not mistaken, we are a half-human, half-Cyrean hybrid. The name could be something connected to that.

>>18102480
Dude, why do you hate the name so much? Nobody else has a problem with it. Just chill and let it go. The reason it's all about the psibolts is because they're flashy and we use them a lot. It's an obvious symbol of us. The real point, though, is that we don't go around with a mask and we haven't actually called ourselves Javelin since the first thread - it's only the rare NPC who refers to us by that sarcastically. We go by Dan Fortesque or, better, we don't even introduce ourselves to bad people. This isn't a topic that merits discussion.

>>18102480

50% is a very generous assessment of the percentage of your genetic makeup which is Cyrean.

>>18102458
The Probably part was mostly referring to the number of times, not the certainty of the saving.
That zombie Loogie probably wouldnt have felt good either

>>18102532
I'd guess less than 1%.

>>18102530

Fine, fuck it.

>>18102458
>>18102391

Definitely thank her. And I guess we ride with her too.

>>18102540

Oh, yeah. W in SK, with Burn. It would have sucked too. Not the instant kill two machine gun rounds in your torso would have been though.

>>18102532

Not exactly half and half, but still some sort of hybrid though.

>>18102592
We should really get a Cyrean helmet.

>>18102606
I'm going to agree with this. Something that fits with our breastplate and that fits easily in a duffel bag or backpack, along with our ritual kit and knife.

>>18102634
Maybe a faceplate rather than a full helmet?

>>18102391
>>18102577
>>18102387

"Do you guys have a car I can take, or should I walk?" you say, trying to lighten the mood. "Funny, kid." Says the captain, as she begins walking away, and you and Ashwood both decide to follow her. "No, you get to ride back to HQ with use, in the APC." Oh, yeah, those. You get out on the front sidewalk, where some police officers still haven't recovered from exactly what Syrpent did. Idling there is a big, navy blue APC, with LCPD on the side. The back hatch is open, and the Captain indicates for you to get in.

You are having the strangest goddamn weekend.

METAHUMAN RENAISSANCE PART 13.33 END

>>18102634
Collapsible. Fuck. Yes.

We could end up looking like pic related if we play our cards right.

>>18102651
Why would you want a faceplate instead of a helmet? Then you're leaving the parts you actually want to protect exposed. You want something to cover the top and back of your skull, not necessarily your face.

>>18102651
>>18102634
>>18102606

This is going to be hard. You're wearing the equivalent of a Cyrean light bullet proof vest, like what cops wear, or civilians in war zones might wear. You were also extremely lucky to find one that fit. Just picking a helmet up at a store would be hard.

>>18102664
What would a Cyrean helmet look like? A picture would be good if you can find one that conveys the general idea. If not, a description would be fine too.

>>18102674
I figured it goes more with the light infantry / vigilante superhero thing we've got going on. I was thinking more aesthetics than practicality, but you're right.

>>18102691
If we went to that meta shop thingy and gave him our head measurements, do you think he would be able to get ahold of one for us given a waiting period?

>>18102693

The facial area on this Eldar helmet is about right, but a Cyrean helmet would not have such a high peak, and would instead be much lower and rounded, fitting pretty well with the head to keep that profile minimal.

>>18102731
So the top of the helmet would end, say, just below that triangle? And would be made of the same blue/violet crystal as all other Cyrean tech?

>>18102723

Probably not. Their manufacture is a little outside of Human ability, and even Regis can't make interstellar special orders. While Cyreans aren't quite at nanofabrication, they are pushing that limit, so the armor is produced quickly using fabricators, custom fit to each soldier. If you need a new piece, they requisition you a replacement part.

>>18102764
So we'll have to go to space and THEN get lucky is what you're saying.

>>18102764
So we'd have to join the Cyrean SPACE ARMY to get one?

>>18102745

Yeah, there or a shade lower. Eldar helmets are actually REALLY tall, but the face-look is perfect for Cyrean armor.

And yes, same synthetic crystaline structure.

>>18102764
Sounds like it's time to search for a helmet in our size on eBay! Because seriously, a single bullet to the face and we would have been DEAD.

>>18102815

Luckily, the head is only on hit location 10, and you haven't run into anybody with Hard Dice yet.

Honestly, if you really want a comprehensive set of armor on eBay, that fits you, you could probably find some couple generations old Power Armor to buy and refurbish again. Or build your own. Tau-esque mecha-suits are available too. But mechs are very Real Robot, not Super Robot. Also pretty exclusive to the Japanese.

>>18102875
I just want something that protects the head and fits in a bag we can carry everywhere, not full combat armor. Something we can throw on quickly if, say, we're in a museum and it gets attacked by a gun-toting werewolf.

>>18102875
What about raw Cyrean materials? Could we feasibly make a mask or helmet if we got a sheet of cyrean metal and the tools to work it? Or is it just way way more complicated than that?

>>18102900
It's grown crystal. It's not metal.

>>18102900
>metal
Uh no. Pay attention.
>>18102798
>synthetic crystaline structure

>>18102912
>>18102900

Synthetically assembled crystal, actually. And as I stipulated here; >>18102764 its not something you can buy in bulk and take to a workbench. Need a fabricator to build it properly.

>>18102889

Regis does army/police surplus. He could get you a ballistic helmet, or something.

>>18102958
That's better than nothing. Do they sell glossy paints in Cyrean Blue, maybe with an undercoat of Cyrean Violet?

>>18102979
Ew no. Why don't we just focus on making a MAGIC helmet whenever we're in trouble? That way we don't need to store it anywhere.

>>18102979

Uh, I'm going to go with yes.

>>18103022
Could we modify Barrier in such a way that it would do that? Actually, could we take a called shot with Barrier to try to get a 2x10?

>>18103054

I'm going to say no. Called Shots are really a combat-only maneuver, and if you could just take some penalties to set the die roll like that, there'd be no point in hard or wiggle dice.

Hrm, though, since you can normally buy hard and wiggle dice for miracles, I'd say you could do some heavy training with the barrier to try and harden it up some. But that would probably involve standing somewhere with your barriers up and letting people, like, hit you with stuff.

>>18103149
I think Johnny would be up for that. Let's get him some boxing gloves.

>>18103149
So there's no way to focus the barrier on a smaller area to increase it's strength?

>>18103171

Nah, not really. Discreet powers, remember? Dan just envelops himself in a psychic shield. It's a HALO level module, so its something loads of Cyrean grunts do.

Also, it does appear this thread is autosaging.

>>18103226
Eh, if you're not going to start a new thread tonight, we may as well just ride this discussion until this falls off the last page. So, how many days of getting punched in the face by Johnny would it take to improve Barrier? Also, what does Barrier actually look like in practice?

>>18103226
Mrm. Magic only then, unless we find another module.
Are you making a new thread? I thought we were finished for the day.

>>18103253
You want to, what, pull rock from the ground to make a helmet? I don't think we know any magic that could actually make a helmet that wouldn't hurt our neck to lift.

>>18103273
No, I mean a magical barrier around our head. Or other parts.

>>18103245

Nah, not doing a new thread tonight, and this one is already 'chived.

As for what it looks like in practice, have a picture from my collection.

>>18103287
We don't have that kind of magic. At all. I would rather upgrade barrier for now. If we can reliably get a 2x10 barrier, we'll be really, really well-protected against headshots.

>>18103287

He is pointing out that your current knowledge of magic precludes that. You'd need to broaden your horizons before you get the magical green lantern ring.

Any more questions before this thread 404s?

Because I'm not making a new one until tomorrow afternoon.

>>18103357
Does a 2x10 barrier serve as armor or does it gobble sets?

>>18103366

Interference is like Armor, reduces the width of the chosen opponents set or sets. Well, though actually, since it has Duration, when you use it, it applies its interference sets to anything until its beaten or the combat/5 minutes are up. You just rolled 2x1 on the first set ever, so everything kept going through it until miss Bertha van Wolf-Ears actually hit you with a Suppressing Fire in location 1.

>>18103366
Yeah, we should probably train it up. Or get a better magical barrier, since that would probably be more adaptable.