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Post by albatross on Sept 19, 2008 18:59:26 GMT -5
While the team is talking, Tiger cocks her ear to a strange sound in the forest. Almost like some exotic bird or something.
Kris' senses tell him it is something different. Another one of the mystical creatures, feeling almost like a shadow, is moving through the forest at the edge of his senses. It is next to a cyborg. The two of them pass outside of Kris's ideal range, moving north.
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Steelfist had been pressured to visit the 'entertainment tent' by his officer's. Supposedly, this Tiger's ideas about entertaining the troops were as amazing as her martial arts and her abilities as a gunfighter.
The tent was overflowing with exotic booze and even more exotic escorts from Hong Kong. While it was certainly out of the ordinary to see the base commander passed out on a coach surrounded by beautiful women, eventually Steelfist decided it was time to leave.
After all, he had just found a dragon last week and the music wasn't great. Once he was outside the camp, he spoke Glaurung's name and the dragon appeared. The dragon seemed a little smaller than Steelfist would have expected, the wingspan was little more than fourteen feet - but it could fly and breathe fire. The fire consumed wood and was pretty damaging, but it didn't even warm Steelfist if he touched it.
The two of them were making their way down the jungle path when a woman stepped from the shadows. For some reason Steelfist and the dragon were both immobilized, as if merely looking at her had frozen them. Then a huge snake reared up behind the woman. The snake had glowing yellow eyes and whatever dripped from between its fangs was melting the grass where it fell. The snake towered over the woman as it weaved and ducked.
Still Steelfist and the dragon could not move.
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Post by dakota on Sept 20, 2008 4:34:50 GMT -5
Khris reverted to normal when he felt the presence of another meta. He willed Khamai to return to the ring, and without thinking, slipped it on his finger and then looked at it as it seemed to fit him well. " Bosskitty, we've got company. someone just past through my range that way ." He pointed, then added in a lower voice," They've got a familiar like us."
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Post by albatross on Sept 20, 2008 13:35:41 GMT -5
Tiger looked at the ring curiously, even as she thought for a moment about what Kris has said. The unicorn hadn't turned back into a ring, it had merely disappeared. Was the chameleon different, perhaps less advanced, or was it merely a cosmetic difference.
"You can stow your creatures or let them tag along, your choice - but if things get rough, under no circumstances allow your animal to fight. We just got these things and I don't want them destroyed."
"Follow slowly, carefully and quietly." Tiger said and she drew her gun and leapt into the trees, running along tree limbs and jumping through the canopy. She kept one hand free to deal with branches for now, and she largely ignores the tiger which slips through the undergrowth following her. Quickly and quietly she traveled, scouting ahead to find the unknown meta and familiar.
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Post by shiivster on Sept 20, 2008 13:42:33 GMT -5
*turns to look at Kris .. then towards where he was pointing then moves closer to listen or to even give an opinion. 'one like us? .. oh .. like you. Meta .. right? .. '
*she thinks this over now and looks in that direction pointed at again. 'we could go take a look. i got binox and can relay any info i find. wont get too close. that way you can listen and figure out what to do'
*its clear she's trying to help, but knowing that she's the liability on the ground, wonders if she'll be of any use other than to make toys. but she's pulled out her night binox with the strong lenses
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Post by Marcethus on Sept 20, 2008 20:49:28 GMT -5
Steelfist immobilized as he his watches the woman and the snake.
(OCC: Can I speak? or am I comepletely Paralyzed?)
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Post by shiivster on Sept 20, 2008 23:27:39 GMT -5
Jeckle realizes that she's pretty much talking to the air .. and stops. she looks at the Unicorn and then looks at where the others have gone and speaks once 'be careful but away for now. i have to do this .. i guess i'm their backup'
*she watches as the unicorn seems to fade from view and then turns to follow the others. as she moves, she decides to put together one of her longer barreled handguns that has a silencer on it. she wonders if she should just run wildly like the others or not.
*she continues to move carefully, an ear follows the others as they move off, but the she moves quietly. she doesn't really want to get lost. but stumbling about lost on the small island can't possibly be that bad. she continues to move quietly and finally has the weapon ready and then digs for the ammo for it. its hard to see that collection of pipe and things like that would fire a bullet but it does.
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Post by albatross on Sept 21, 2008 6:41:54 GMT -5
Jumping through the trees, Tiger manages to arrive first. She takes in the situation at a glance - the frozen borg and the dragon and the weaving giant snake and the woman.
She thinks things over carefully. The cyborg is one of the troops on the island, while the woman is neither a soldier nor one of the escorts - Tiger has seen all the soldier's files and she picked all the escorts pictures.
She drops the ground from the tree, picks up a rock and hurls at the dragon's head just before the snake strikes. Struck by the rock, the dragon comes to life and smacks Steelfist with its tail, also allowing him to move.
Freed from the immobilization, the dragon pounces on the huge snake, spraying fire in an arc to catch the moving target. The snake in turn strikes at the dragon, but the dragon manages to twist and dodge.
Tiger draws her gun but she doesn't interfere with the fight, "Team, a base soldier and his familiar are engaging an unknown woman and her familiar. Approach and observe but don't interfere. I want to see the results." Her tone is tight and controlled. It is hard for her to watch a member of her unit fight unassisted. Still she will never complete her mission without more information.
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Post by Marcethus on Sept 21, 2008 19:33:27 GMT -5
Growling in his mechanical voice. "What is the meaning of this?"
Readying his Ithaca Stakeout shotgun he takes aim and fires at the woman
(how far from me is the woman?)
(Strike: Nat 20+4 from WP and Bionics)
(Damage: 22 x2 for crit:44)
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Post by albatross on Sept 21, 2008 19:43:57 GMT -5
At less than twenty paces, the woman is an easy target with a shotgun, and she doesn't even try to dodge.
The blast passes right through here as if she were a liquid.
She smiles, her fangs dripping poison and she turns to watch the snake fighting the dragon. "One bite and your friend is done for," she mutters grimly.
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Post by Marcethus on Sept 21, 2008 19:47:38 GMT -5
Growling as he aims at the Snake next and takes his next shot at it Aiming carfully so as not to hit the dragon.
(Strike: 15+4=19
Damage: 19)
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Post by dakota on Sept 21, 2008 21:12:01 GMT -5
Khris took Tiger's advice, and did not show himself immediately, instead blending in and drawing his Colts and then exchanging for his Dragunov. He waited hidden in the night, watching through his scope. " wiating for your call, Bosskitty" He replied over his comm.
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Post by shiivster on Sept 22, 2008 1:08:33 GMT -5
*Jeckle shows up after a while and then observes. she sees the botched attack and then not fully seeing the second result, returns her gaze back kto the woman .. and thinks.
*as she observes, she thinks that if something could damage liguid .. like harden it .. it would cause problems for he woman .. she moves out of view for now and checks her ammo for something suitable.
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Post by Dome on Sept 22, 2008 11:35:46 GMT -5
Dante grabs his sword and willing his horse to take its leave he makes his way through the jungle. He walks forward and stops behind Tiger. He reaches out to her mind and thinks to her, 'are we just going to sit and watch? What if he loses?'
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Post by albatross on Sept 22, 2008 22:01:02 GMT -5
Tiger's finger taps the chamber of her revolver as she ponders Dante's question. Good question.
The shotgun blast hits the snake, but the creature is surprisingly tough. Not only has it withstood several jets of flame from the dragon, but the shot too hits with far too little force to bring it down. It might take more than twenty shots to bring down such a strong creature.
The snake manages to nips the dragon's wing with its fangs, and the results are seen immediately. The wing hangs limp and the dragon weaves a little, as if dizzy.
Tiger sighs, unable to watch dispassionately as she had planned, hoping it won't eliminate the usefulness of their observations. She walks out from the trees towards the dragon and the snake.
Wary now, the dragon hangs back and breathes fire rather than getting close, while the snake twists and rolls in an effort to get within striking distance.
"Back me up," Tiger says reluctantly over the comm. "Attack whoever attacks me." Her tiger familiar attempts to follow her, but she shoves it back and walks deliberately between the two fighters.
The dragon notices the tiger and eye's Tiger warily, narrowly missing her with its flames. The snake shows no such discretion and strikes immediately at Tiger for standing in its way.
Tiger doesn't sidestep, and power blocks the snake, slamming its head back a little. It doesn't hurt the snake. "You are strong," Tiger mocks, "but you just made a mistake." She draws her big revolver and blasts the snake in the head. It doesn't kill it, but the snake seems to hesitate faced with the stream of flames from the dragon and the gunfire. Then it darts in to try to bite Tiger again.
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Post by shiivster on Sept 23, 2008 13:37:48 GMT -5
*Jeckle has come up with an itching powder eggshell bomb. and settles the makeshift gun down to pull out her slingshot instead. she takes a deep breath and focuses on the woman that seems to control the snake and hopes that the itching powder will affect that water-like substance. she pulls back, aims and then fires calmly, glad to be on the side and out of immediate view, she'll focus on the snake afterward.
Result of the throw of dice "1d20" : 15 = 15
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