gragish: That is if you're ready. If you want to wait, that is doable as
well.
lady_coldstrife: I'm ready :D
lady_coldstrife: Zach hides behind Travis. "A real vampire?!?!"
gragish: Okay, I suppose we can begin then. When we last left off ...
gragish: The group had made it down to level 8 of the 10 floor sub-complex.
There, along with several cages containing the bodies of long since deceased
experiments, they found a real life vampire. After Zach pushed one of the
buttons, it sent blood into the room. Since that time, the vampire has lied on
the ground quietly and contented for teh moment.
lady_coldstrife: :-S "Um... excuse me, mr. vampire... what can you tell us of
your.. captors?"
gragish: Vampire, "Gone ... for a very long time."
lady_coldstrife: "Are there any other.. experiments still alive, do you
know?"
gragish: "Maybe." *Looks up at the glass (red lights on within his room) at
the group.* "If you let me out of here I'll promise to answer all your
questions."
lady_coldstrife: "Um... I don't mean to be rude, but I'm not that stupid."
gragish: "Then explain to me my motivation to help you in any way?"
lady_coldstrife: *considers.* "Well... we could let you out, but only in such
a way that ensures our saftey."
lady_coldstrife: "Until then... we could promise to feed you regularly until
we get transfered out of here."
lady_coldstrife: get you* transfered
gragish: "You won't be here long enough to feed me on a regular basis. I am
not that foolish. But if you're worried about me, I won't drink your blood."
*The blood part said with a bit of disgust.* "I've long since lost the taste for
your types. It is so ... tainted." *It sounds like he has true contempt for it.*
lady_coldstrife: "Mine, or humans in general?" :-/
lady_coldstrife: oO(and here I thought psionics users were tastey)
gragish: "I haven't tasted human for far longer than I've been imprisoned
here. I lived here generations of your kind as my captures tested. They had a
very ... special way of doing things. They genetically engineered the blood ...
removed it of all impurities ... in comparison your blood would be no better
than filthy water is to wine."
lady_coldstrife: :-?
lady_coldstrife: *turns to Travis* "Your call, sir. I mean, us cyborgs are
really unappealing to vampires, so WE'd be okay..." *makeing voice sound
mechanical when saying cyborgs and we for slight emphasis.*
gragish: Travis, "You've got to be kidding me Foster. If that really is a
vampire, then there is no way I'm letting that thing out of his cage."
lady_coldstrife: (( lol. I know. Zach is a little Naieve. :D ))
lady_coldstrife: ( niave? whatever )
gragish: Vampire, "Ah, but soldier boy ... tell me, I know many things you
know don't want to know ... if not you then your superiors, yes? I have not fed
in many of your lifetimes and that bit right now barely got me moving at all.
Nothing more than hold me over for a bit. The benefits can no doubt out weight
the minor risks."
lady_coldstrife: *winces at the rebuke* "No, he's right. We'll call our
superiors, they'll get a containment unit out that can take you and deal with
you. You'd be fed synthetic blood and held somewhere where you couldn't hurt
humans, in a cell much nicer than this, probably given books to read too..."
gragish: *With a smile of the devil.* "You'll never make it. At least not
without me helping out."
lady_coldstrife: "But... if we get killed by some monster, then you'll be
stuck down here."
lady_coldstrife: ( was typing that. :p )
lady_coldstrife: "You'll be stuck down here forever. This place will probably
collapse before the next group comes down."
lady_coldstrife: *shrugs* "You might as well tell us what we need to know."
lady_coldstrife: "Or, gamble and risk another few thousand years without
food." :D
gragish: ((Sorry, ahd the phone too for a bit. Dual task ... sure ...
tri-task? Yikes!))
lady_coldstrife: ( np )
lady_coldstrife: (( was about to threaten him with the: "this place will
probably explode, and last i checked vampires don't like fire." line, but Zach
wouldn't do that! :O "
gragish: Vampire, "Threaten me with what I already know? Not a very good
tactic. Though tell me ... how much do you value your lives? Regardless of how
you want to view it ... I will survive, you won't."
lady_coldstrife: "Very much so. Thats why we don't want to risk our lives by
letting a vampire run lose."
gragish: Vampire, "Then it was nice knowing you. You're not the first I've
seen. It's a shame, I had really thought you'd be smarter." *He goes to lie back
down.*
lady_coldstrife: :-S
lady_coldstrife: *starts walking away*
lady_coldstrife: wait, scratch that...
lady_coldstrife: looks for anti-vampire weapons :D
gragish: Hmm ... hmm ... roll a D20. :p
lady_coldstrife: 13
gragish: And how are you looking?
lady_coldstrife: visually, and telemechanics.
lady_coldstrife: searching in drawers and stuff in case its like holy water
and won't show up on my abilities :D
lady_coldstrife: cabniets, lockers, etc.
lady_coldstrife: also searching for any weapons, cool locks/safes, etc
gragish: Hmm ... thinking.
gragish: Well, there are no weapons per say. Not that he'd detect. And there
don't appear to be any locks or anything like that either. But that does raise
an interesting question ... WHY is he still in that room? He's a vampire ...
supernatural strength ... couldn't he just break out? :o
lady_coldstrife: O.o
lady_coldstrife: "Travis... I need to speak with you in private."
gragish: *Lt. Baker looks at Zach, then at the vampire, then at Zach.* "Eli,
Jack, keep an eye on that thing. I'll be right back with the tech."
gragish: ((Pax and Derek are still up at floor 1 watching the entrance.))
gragish: Hmm ... I'm missing someone, aren't I?
lady_coldstrife: ( theres a guy that usually goes with baker. )
gragish: I don't think I named the other guy. Is Derek with Travis or is he
the guy with Pax?
lady_coldstrife: ( i think he's the one with Pax )
gragish: Okay, that's the same thing I thought. So the typical partner is
unnamed. Okay.
lady_coldstrife: ( the other guy is Baker's shadow, hasn't had a single line
all game. :p )
gragish: Anyways, Travis will go to the side with Zach. Meanwhile no name
stays with Eli and Jack.
gragish: ((I don't think Paxmillion or Derek have had names either. But they
were given names when Travis called them for one thing or another.))
gragish: ((have had lines ...))
lady_coldstrife: *takes Travis aside.* :-S "Remember how you said that it
felt like someone was sort of leading us here?"
lady_coldstrife: "I can't figure out why that creature is still held there. I
don't see why he hasn't broken free in the first place."
gragish: Travis, "Hmm ... so you think it might be him leading us here? Then
what do you think this is? All some sort of elaborate game?"
lady_coldstrife: "I haven't the slightest clue."
lady_coldstrife: "But I'm curious as to whats one level beneath us, where the
tube can also be sent."
gragish: Travis, "Damn it I really hate puzzles." ((:p))
lady_coldstrife: "Do you have any anti-vampire weapons?"
gragish: "Nothing. The only thing that might work is that alien knife. They
captured him, they had to have some means to do so."
lady_coldstrife: :-?
lady_coldstrife: "I think we could find more answers in the room below us,
and if we're lucky, some sort of anti-vampire weaponry. But... it could be
dangerous."
lady_coldstrife: "It's your call, sir."
gragish: Travis, "This is a bad set up Foster. Real bad set up. He appears to
know something that he's not telling us yet. I might not believe him normally
but ... he's too calm, it's like he has an ace up his sleeve. I sure dont' trust
that thing being left alone without at least someone keeping an eye on him. But
if there is something else still running loose around here, we can't just go
around splitting up the team." *Right now it sounds like he's listing options
aloud to think.*
gragish: ((And GM is really listing things for the player. :p))
gragish: ((From the viewpoint of his semi-paranoid NPC. :p))
lady_coldstrife: "Well... hmmm. I don't suppose there is any way to rig a
camera up so we can watch him while we go downstairs? Range would be the same as
radio, I think.."
lady_coldstrife: (( :O I didn't know you played checkers! ))
lady_coldstrife: (( we'll have to play some time. not now tho. :p ))
gragish: I don't like it. :p
gragish: And how did you know? :o
lady_coldstrife: Aramel: you in a game?
Kat: yep
Aramel: doc's?
Kat: Prysus :D
Aramel: oh thats why he is slow on checkers
Kat: thought it was chess :|
gragish: ((He switched on me. Don't know why. :p))
lady_coldstrife: ( hehehehe)
lady_coldstrife: "That way we could watch him without splitting team up." :D
gragish: "Don't have that type of equipment with us. But ... these aliens had
to use some kind of devices to take that footage, right? Do you think we could
tap into that?"
lady_coldstrife: "Maybe... it would take a little while, maybe an hour tops,
but I think it would be worth it."
lady_coldstrife: *gets a focused look as he plans and schemes and intends to
jury rig.*
gragish: Travis, "All right then, unless you have any other ideas or
something you'd like to add, get on it."
lady_coldstrife: "yes, sir." *goes back to the room with the vampire, and
with a glazed, focused look, silently starts working to get the cameras and
networked tapped into a wireless communication with the laptop so he can watch
via remote.*
lady_coldstrife: @-)
lady_coldstrife: :-B works too :D
gragish: ((Let's you finish typing. :D))
lady_coldstrife: *adjusts, readjusts, tweaks, and ignores everyone (unless
they try to talk to him) until its done*
lady_coldstrife: (done)
gragish: After about 20 minutes ...
gragish: Travis gets a radio signal from Pax, "Sir, what is your current
location?"
gragish: Travis, "Still on the 8th floor lab."
gragish: Pax, "Is everyone still with you?"
gragish: Travis, "Present and accounted for. What's your situation?"
gragish: Pax, "I don't know sir, but something is moving around up here and
if it's not you then we have a potential hostile."
gragish: Vampire, "Sounds like he's awake then."
lady_coldstrife: "Um... maybe we should get everyone in here?" *softly*
lady_coldstrife: "I could reset the access codes on the locks, lock anything
else out once Pax gets in here, to fortify this area..." <.< >.>
gragish: Vampire, "Won't work. He'll just rip off the doors to get in. Nice
try though."
lady_coldstrife: "But it will buy us time."
gragish: Vampire, "And corner yourself like rats. You won't even be able to
run. But you can give it a try. Then again ... you can let me out and at least
give yourself a chance."
lady_coldstrife: "Or we could try and talk to it.." *shrugs*
gragish: Vampire laughs, "That's worse than your first idea. He doesn't
listen."
gragish: Vampire, "Face it ... I'm the only one who knows what's going on.
Acted earlier and you might not have lost your other men. It's a shame for them.
They never really stood a chance once you wasted so much time."
lady_coldstrife: "I'm just a techie, I don't know about this fighting stuff,
thats what war weapons are for..... " *then thinks. how long would it take to
reprogram some of those warweapons? :D *
lady_coldstrife: AFK!
gragish: Which war weapons? You mean teh group themselves? :p That's about
the only war weapons around that I can recall.
gragish: Vampire, "If you really just want to hide somewhere safe. I can tell
you one place he can't get to. But I don't think you're going to like it."
lady_coldstrife: the 10 or so robot thingies :D
lady_coldstrife: that we took the sensors out of.
gragish: You'd have to repair the sensors first. :-S That won't be easy.
gragish: ((Probably wishing right about now you guys didn't destroy them all.
:p))
lady_coldstrife: ( Yep )
gragish: ((It's okay. Destroying them was a good idea. It probably saved you
more trouble than it caused.))
lady_coldstrife: "Sir.. we need to pull everyone together, here or elsewhere.
Here we can let the vamp go as an absolute last resort."
gragish: Travis, "Pax, whatever that thing it is potentially a high level
threat. I want you and Derek to pull out of there now! I repeat, pull out! We'll
find our own way down."
gragish: ((...our own way out."))
gragish: Vampire, "As a last resort ... how foolish. By the time he comes
here, you'll be releasing me on another level. I couldn't make it back here in
time even if I tried. But no make mistake about it, I'm no match for that
thing."
lady_coldstrife: "Options.. 1) we go downstairs, see what's there, and then
release the Vampire or not. 2) we release and trust a vampire. 3) we suspect
that this is all some sort of plan of the vampires to get us to release him.
gragish: Travis, "Pax? Come in Pax. Did you read me?"
gragish: There is no response on the radio. The Vampire replies, "Must
already be dead. And vampires ... there are only two of us, and he's already
loose, if you want to even call that a vampire."
gragish: Travis, "You ..." *Pointing at the vampire.* ".. shut ... up. Not
another word unless I say otherwise." ((He appears to be respoding a bit hostile
to the already dead comment.))
gragish: Jack, "Sir ..."
gragish: Travis, "Derek and Pax are good soldiers. They know how to survive.
Elevators probably cutting off the signal; they had to run before they could
respond. They're okay." *Putting a comforting hand on Jack's shoulder.* "They're
okay." *Said again for reassurance.*
gragish: ((And pausing to give the player a bit of t ime to respond to things
... if anything to add at the moment.))
lady_coldstrife: <.< >.> *goes quiet, as Zach is completely out of his league
here.*
lady_coldstrife: oO(If there's any sort of fight, I'm helpless... I can't do
anything! especially against vampires!)
lady_coldstrife: *turns to the vampire.* "Can you be released from the lower
level?"
gragish: Vampire, "The controls must be activated from here. Safety mechanism
to help make sure they're lab rat couldn't escape. The door below must be
activated from there though."
gragish: ((And I can have Travis start taking control if you'd like. But as a
GM I try to give the player as much control over the situation as possible ...
all things considered that NPC villains are off doing their thing regardless.))
lady_coldstrife: ( :-? )
lady_coldstrife: ( yeah, let Travis take the helm. :D )
lady_coldstrife: ( zach isn't take-charge, he's more take-cover. )
gragish: ((Yeah, but I figured the player might have some preferences. I can
always weild the player's will through leader NPC. :p ))
gragish: ((Player: I want to release the vampire. Travis: "Seems we don't
have much choice. Foster, let him out." OR Player: Vampire is probably lying.
Don't trust him. Travis: Sorry, no chance I'm letting you out of there. I'll
take my chances with my team. At least them I trust." :p))
gragish: ((But I of course know what Travis will do without guidance as well.
;) ))
gragish: ((It's like a choose your own adventure book. :))))
lady_coldstrife: lol
lady_coldstrife: "I honestly don't know, sir. We can try trusting this
vampire, or... face that thing, whatever it is, alone."
gragish: ((Let Travis take over or was that your way of saying player
preference? :p))
lady_coldstrife: ( let travis take over. Player sort of likes a Hellsing
esque idea... but... its a vampire! :O it will most likely turn on us! )
gragish: Travis, "First things first, we need time. Jack and Rex ((I think we
had a Rex!)), watch the hallway. First sign of anything moving, give the signal
and I want you Eli manning the seal off switch to close down this floor. Got
that?" *With an affirmitive from all three.* "Then get to it."
lady_coldstrife: "I can change the access codes..."
gragish: ((As Zach suggested closing it off earlier, I'll say Zach already
knows, and probably discussed, it's like a bio-close off ... but once you close
it, re-opening won't be easy. That's why he doesn't want to do it yet.))
gragish: ((I just realized I didnt' talk about it earlier. :p))
lady_coldstrife: ( nope )
lady_coldstrife: ( just said it was easier with zach there :p )
gragish: ((Yeah, I just figured I should include in those little facts now
that I referenced it in game. :p))
gragish: Travis turns to the vampire, "All right you, I want to start getting
some real answers about what's going on here."
gragish: Vampire, "Release me and I'll tell you."
gragish: Travis, "Tell me and I might release you."
gragish: ((:p What fun bargaining?))
lady_coldstrife: *checks the holding cell to try and figure out whats holding
him in the first place? some sort of forcefield? *
gragish: ((Nothing Zach can sense. Of course, you can always ask him. :p))
lady_coldstrife: "What keeps you from getting out on your own?"
gragish: ((Which reminds me ... Zach never replied to the vampire's comment
about knowing one safe place to go. :p ))
gragish: Vampire, "The seals."
lady_coldstrife: "You mentioned a safe place... where?"
lady_coldstrife: O.o
gragish: ((Do you remember seeing that line?))
lady_coldstrife: ( no, but i just scrolled )
lady_coldstrife: "You said we wouldn't like it.."
gragish: Ah, okay. I had copied and pasted it in case you didn't. :p
gragish: Vampire, "That's because the one place he can't tear through is the
same place I cannot either."
lady_coldstrife: o.O
lady_coldstrife: (( player: holy ground! cool! )) Zach: "Um... :-S okay, I'm
confused... "
gragish: *While sitting on the floor of his cell he taps his foot on the
ground.* "Would you care to be my roomy?" ((He's still in a straight jacket by
the way. :p ))
lady_coldstrife: *blinks*
lady_coldstrife: "You're right, I wouldn't like it." =p
gragish: ((Come on ... out of character that has to be at least a little
funny. :p))
lady_coldstrife: ( yes, it is :D :)) )
gragish: Vampire, "It is the only place he cannot reach though. The same
seals that keep me in keep him out. I would not have survived this long
otherwise."
lady_coldstrife: "Options... we release him downstairs, we run, or we stay
here trapped like lab mice. Your call, sir, but I'm leaning towards the former."
lady_coldstrife: "Or we could run and self destruct this whole place" :D
lady_coldstrife: *then shudders and convulses at the thought of rigging
something to cause others harm, clutching head for a moment as if warding off a
migrane*
gragish: Vampire, "Yes, that's right. Go with that." *Smiles.* "If you can
escape here, please blow it up."
gragish: *Travis stares at him wondering why he's so happy with that
thought.*
lady_coldstrife: "Either way, we have to act quickly, sir." *stares at Travis
and waits for him to decide.*
gragish: Travis, "Running would involve being able to get out of here. And
let's not forget Pax and Derek were guarding the elevator. If they saw it, that
means it can be anywhere between there and our current location right now. Right
now I'm not liking our options." *Looks back to the vampire.* "So how do these
seals work?"
gragish: *Vampire sighs.* "You're wasting time. Release me and I'll tell you
everything you want to know. I've told you that before."
gragish: Travis, "Why don't you humor me?"
gragish: Vampire, "My captors knew I would be able to break out of anything
they could construct, so instead they invested in some added help to place
magical seals protecting it against things that they call unnatural, things like
my kind. Satsified now?"
gragish: Travis, "So then if they were so smart, how did that one get free?"
gragish: Vampire, "Now that I won't tell you. I might give information helps
to support a reason to let me out, but helping you fight your enemy isn't one of
them unless you let me out first."
lady_coldstrife: *scratches head, and tries to tap into the security networks
to see if there is any way he can see whats coming via camera*
gragish: We discussed the security cameras before. They don't have any in the
traditional sense (same reason you couldn't view what was on floor 8 without
going there).
gragish: Cameras like what Zach is discussing is the same thing he was
working on before this situation came up.
lady_coldstrife: (( was thinking of rigging one of the cameras that monitor
experiments into a security camera. ))
gragish: ((Like I said, same thing you were planning to monitor the vampire
so they could still watch him.))
gragish: It comes down to the same concept.
gragish: Unless I'm missing something. Am I?
lady_coldstrife: ( no, not missing anything. Just instead of aiming the
camera at the vampire, aim it at the door, but same idea :D )
gragish: ((And I think you said it was going to take an hour ... you were 20
minutes into your work when this started. ;) ))
lady_coldstrife: ( yeah.. thats how long he thinks Travis and vampire are
going to be yapping :p )
gragish: ((LOL! So continue working on it?))
lady_coldstrife: ( until he says move, yes :D )
lady_coldstrife: ( and 1/2 hour to an hour... <.< >.> )
lady_coldstrife: ( so maybe a d4 where each 1 is 10 minutes? O:-) )
lady_coldstrife: ( of more work )
gragish: Sure. :D
gragish: I was going to say 15 minutes more ... but that works too. :p
lady_coldstrife: ( 2 )
lady_coldstrife: ( so 20 minutes. :p )
lady_coldstrife: *works as fast as his little fingers can while Travis and
vampire continue standoff!*
gragish: They do indeed continue talking for that time. Not much information
is given though. It's mostly just who could ask and avoid more than the other.
:p
gragish: ((And I'm guessing you haven't figured out what Travis is doing yet.
:p))
lady_coldstrife: ( nope :D )
gragish: ((It's not something pre-planned ... at least not planned before we
started. I thought of the plan after the situation arrived.))
lady_coldstrife: "Well, sir, I can aim the camera at either the door or the
vampire, but we can see what's coming. Now what?"
gragish: Jack, "Sir, we have movement!"
gragish: Travis, "Excellent timing Foster." *Then shouts out to the others.*
"Get in quick! Eli, close it up as soon as they're both in."
gragish: ((And no, he wasn't being sarcastic either. :p ))
lady_coldstrife: ( i figured. :) )
lady_coldstrife: ( sarcasm would have hurt poor Zach's feelings. =(( )
lady_coldstrife: ( lol )
gragish: Both get in the door to the floor and it is sealed off.
gragish: Vampire, "OH great .. and now you just locked yourselves in. How
absolutely brilliant. I should have known better than to rely on a dim-witted
soldier to show some intellect."
gragish: Travis, "Foster, you're the only one who seems to know how to
operate these machines. Tell me how to operate the mechanism to lower him to the
next level. Show me exactly what to push."
lady_coldstrife: "OH! you mean use it like an elevator and take us all down?"
:D
lady_coldstrife: *shows him*
gragish: Travis, "Exactly. Only one thing. One of us has to stay her to
operate it. That'll be me."
lady_coldstrife: :O
lady_coldstrife: "Sir?" *squeaks*
gragish: "Someone needs to send the room down. That means they can't be
inside with the others. That's not something I'd ask of any other."
lady_coldstrife: <.< >.> *tries to think of how fast it would rig something
to operate it by remote.*
lady_coldstrife: how long it would take*
gragish: ((Roll a D20 for luck. :p))
lady_coldstrife: 19 :D
gragish: The computer system seems friendly enough. Zach can probably whip up
a computer program to activate it at a given time (like a timer) in a couple
minutes only.
lady_coldstrife: *shakes head* "Self sacraficing soldiers, doesn't even occur
to you that I could rig something up on a timer or remote."
gragish: "Our problem earlier was that we didn't know where it was before.
Now we do. It was the best way."
gragish: ((Said before that one. :p))
lady_coldstrife: *sits at the computer, muttering.*
lady_coldstrife: ( k )
gragish: Travis, "I'm just a solider here. I don't know all this tech stuff.
I know what I have and what I can work with. Can you do something like that?"
gragish: ((And if Travis was a player character... I would have talked it
over with the group before making the kind of decision and waiting for it to
show up to tell them. :p))
lady_coldstrife: ( lol )
lady_coldstrife: ( brb )
gragish: ((OKay.))
gragish: ((=))))
gragish: ((Speaking of the willing to sacrifice himself like that, a comment
I made to Aramel earlier ... gragish: I play checkers like I play chess ... very
aggressively and very sacrificially. :P))
gragish: ((Apparently I play role-playing games the same way. :))))
lady_coldstrife: ( lol! )
lady_coldstrife: ( that is funny :D )
lady_coldstrife: "Yes. I can. Sorry if I was rude, I can't expect you to know
this sort of thing any more than you can expect me to hold a gun."
gragish: ((Yeah, I thought so. But truth be told, when I made this plan, I
was thinking of Trent. If Trent was there, he wouldn't have ever thought about
sacrificing himself because Trent can operate machines from a distance ... Zach
can't. :-S After they sealed themselves in it hit me. So I figured after that it
was up to you and luck.))
gragish: Travis, "All right, works for me. Get working on it. In the
meantime, we'll get working on breaking this glass."
lady_coldstrife: ( lol. yeah, the thought that trent could remote operate it
occured to me too. :D )
lady_coldstrife: *is allready working* :p
lady_coldstrife: *works quickly.*
gragish: Travis lifts his gun to shoot the glass, then pauses and looks at
Zach and slings it back over his shoulder. Instead, he pulls out ... his new
knife! He stabs it into the glass which partially shatters. Oddly, since the
metal vibrates (as described in the original description) it helps to shatter
the glass once stabbed in. :D
gragish: ((And this plan totally thought up today. There was no pre-plan of
how to escape. :p))
gragish: Vampire as he watches it all take place, "Well it still seems like
you don't know how to think much beyond destroying, but I'll take what I can
get."
lady_coldstrife: "Allright, done."
gragish: There is pounding on the door outside. It sounds like something
really strong is trying to get in.
lady_coldstrife: "Its set, lets move."
gragish: Travis, "All right, everyone in." *He stands outside of the cell and
appears to be waiting for everyone else to enter before he does.*
lady_coldstrife: *moves as fast as he can! which isn't very.. >.> *
gragish: I'm taking it Zach gave himself enough time though. So not a
problem. Travis pauses to look at the door as it sounds like it is still being
beat upon. It probably won't last much longer, but for now it is still holding.
He then and hurries and gets in himself.
lady_coldstrife: "Hi.. roomy.." :-S *to the vampire*
gragish: Vampire smiles at Zach, fangs bearing.*
lady_coldstrife: "You don't like cyborgs, right?" :-SS *making voice
mechanized*
gragish: *Tongue slides along his upper lip very slowly.* "They can be my
favorite." *But he's still sitting on the floor.*
gragish: Travis, "Knock it off!" (To the vampire).
lady_coldstrife: *hides behind one of the other soldiers.*
gragish: ((Jack and Eli are still his personal protectors for the most
part.))
lady_coldstrife: *hides behind Eli* :D
lady_coldstrife: ( thats a player grin. Zach is scared! :O )
gragish: The room lowers to level 9. No one needs to open the door since ...
well, the glass has already been broken open.
gragish: And by the way, they took the camera with. ;)
lady_coldstrife: k
gragish: He basically wants to use it as a periscope. :D
lady_coldstrife: ( lol )
lady_coldstrife: ( works for me :D )
lady_coldstrife: *looks around for any defences, using visuals and powers*
gragish: *Look out inot the hall ... look up the floor above when they get to
floor 8. Then leave it on the stairs once they passed so they can see when it
starts following.*
gragish: And nothing automated Zach. There are some, but it would have to be
manned.
gragish: ((That was the plan at least. If Zach would like to think of
something different, that is most doable as well.))
lady_coldstrife: ( am making sure nothing shoots US when we walk out of the
container :D )
gragish: Yeah, good idea though.
lady_coldstrife: ( no more war weapon surprises >.> )
gragish: Heheheh, yeah. :D
gragish: I'm being good now. O:-)
lady_coldstrife: ( lol )
lady_coldstrife: "Allright... I think this could be used as a manned defence..
but I don't see any turrets that will shoot us like up near the elevator."
lady_coldstrife: "Er, turrets or things*
gragish: Travis, "All right then, let's get moving. I don't want to wait for
that thing to get around to ripping through the floor."
lady_coldstrife: "Yes sir. Where are we going?"
lady_coldstrife: *turns to the vampire.* "We let you out... start talking!"
gragish: Travis, "We're doing our best to make it back to the elevators."
gragish: Vampire, "Okay, so how does the sun look? It's been a long time
since I've seen it. I think it was a Tuesday. Personally I always liked the feel
of Tuesdays. Hmm ... got out of jail today. Is today Tuesday by any chance?"
lady_coldstrife: *checks watch, since I don't know automatically*
gragish: Hmm ... ((*Goes off to roll a D7.*))
gragish: It's Thursday.
lady_coldstrife: "Nope, its Thursday."
gragish: Vampire, "Aw, well Thursdays are good too. And hey, while we leave,
think you would mind taking off this jacket. It's so confining."
lady_coldstrife: "Um... once we get out of here? Sure. But you were supposed
to help us once you got out. We kept up our part, remember?"
gragish: ((Zach said talk ... so he's talking. :p))
lady_coldstrife: ( indeed. :p )
lady_coldstrife: "What is that thing, and how do we stop it?"
gragish: Vampire, "Ooooohhh .... you mean that. Well, he tends to stick to
the main stairwell. But I happen to know where a hidden one is. As for what it
is ... a creation of theirs. They were looking to create the perfect warrior
splicing together genes from different species. I happen to be one of them."
lady_coldstrife: "And... they succeeded?"
gragish: "In a sense. Well, in the sense they created one so powerful even
they couldn't control it."
lady_coldstrife: "I... see."
gragish: "I've never fought it personally, so don't know if it has any
weaknesses, but it's as immortal as I am, that much I do know. And blowing this
place up? Just likely to free the two of us. We don't die that easily."
lady_coldstrife: oO(Julia... you were like that.. a weapon made to destroy or
dominate enemies. So powerful the government couldn't control you. I miss you so
much! :(( )
gragish: And with the vampire's help, he will guide everyone to the secret
stairwell.
lady_coldstrife: *follows the vampire he doesn't have much of a choice
about.* (almost said dragon.. =p )
gragish: ((LOL!))
gragish: Any more questions while you're at it?
lady_coldstrife: "How smart is it?"
gragish: ((And he did say why he was smiling at the thought of
self-destructing the place.))
lady_coldstrife: ( *nods* )
gragish: "Not very ... from what I've seen at least. But he does appear to
have the ability to unlock the doors without effort. Not sure where he picked
that nifty trick up from. So many test subjects though, and as one of them I
didn't have a whole lot of access."
gragish: "That doesn't mean he's not an excellent hunter. He picks up on
scent rather easily."
lady_coldstrife: *reeks of fear.* :-SS
gragish: "If you tried to get out by normal methods like sneaking passed on
the stairs he would have probably picked you off like ... well, like humans."
gragish: Hmm ... roll a D4. :D
lady_coldstrife: 3 :-S
gragish: :(
gragish: Okay.
lady_coldstrife: no! not Travis! :O
gragish: Anyways ... seeing as I don't want to risk killing Zach, I'll say
you can get passed the creature if you hurry. Now the real question is ... what
do you intend to do about the vampire?
lady_coldstrife: :-?
lady_coldstrife: "Well.. we can't just let him go to feed on humans... let's
take him to the authorities. They'll lock him up in a nice place where he'll get
books, and synthetic blood, and won't be experimented on." :D
gragish: Travis, "Easier said then done. I don't think the locals are cut out
to handle something like him though. There hasn't been a vampire in this sector
of the galaxy since ... well, as far as I can figure since he was still free."
lady_coldstrife: "Yeah... we can't just let him go, and it would be wrong to
kill him..."
gragish: *Vampire smiles.* "I'll be good. Really. I held up my end of the
bargain, didn't I?"
lady_coldstrife: "But that suited your own needs."
gragish: Vampire, "Did I drink any of your blood when you came into my home?
Noooooo..... a few go on a killing rampage and suddenly no one trusts a vampire.
Okay ... a few billion go on a rampage."
lady_coldstrife: "And thats why it would be wrong to kill you. but if we just
set you free, the only way you could possibly get food is though... well...
hurting others."
gragish: "What about cattle? Cattle's good. Oooo ... I could make an unholy
cow army of the night! Um ... I mean ... cattle is good."
gragish: ((The poor vampire has been starving for longer than the CCW has
existed ... he might be just a little bit insane at times.))
lady_coldstrife: ( oh, flashes to Diablo two! The Cow level! :O )
gragish: ((I haven't played any of the Diablo games.))
lady_coldstrife: ( a level with hundreds of cows. all going "Moo. moo. MOOO!"
and if you weren't high level, they'd all flank you in a swarm of evil cows! )
gragish: ((LOL! That's funny now.))
gragish: When the reach back up to floor one they exit and head for the
hallway (still using there fun lookout camera first).
lady_coldstrife: ( hehehe )
gragish: Head for the elevators I meant.
lady_coldstrife: *radios.* "Um.. Pax? Derek? Please tell me you made it."
*once past the elevators.*
gragish: When they get to the elevator section though ... :-S
lady_coldstrife: O_O
gragish: They find a body (only one). Not much blood though.
gragish: ((D4 ... 1: 1 lives. 2: 2 live. 3: 1 dies. 4: 2 die.))
lady_coldstrife: 3 :(
lady_coldstrife: ( wait a minute... arent 1 and 3 the same? O.o )
gragish: ((LOL! Yes. :p))
gragish: ((I didn't realize that at first to be honest. But it is the most
likely results as well.))
gragish: ((And now we know how Derek died. :p))
lady_coldstrife: ( LMAO! )
lady_coldstrife: ( =)) )
lady_coldstrife: :(
lady_coldstrife: Zach: "I'm sorry." *softly to Travis* "its my fault we went
down there."
gragish: But from a game perspective, one of them had to hold it off while
the other got away.
lady_coldstrife: O.o so one ran and left his friend to die? got it :)
gragish: *Travis looks rather serious. It's clear the fact one of his men is
dead bothers him. But he isn't angry, just somber.* "It's not your fault. We
would have come down here regardless. It might have taken a little longer, but
the results would have been the same and we would have still come down here
eventually. If anything you may have helped save lives." *Travis picks up the
body.*
gragish: ((And yes, one ran while the other was killed. :p))
lady_coldstrife: *looks a little consoled.*
lady_coldstrife: ( Zach woulda done the same thing if told to run :p )
gragish: *The vampire looks rather silent.*
lady_coldstrife: ( being smart ;) )
gragish: ((Basically. I mean ... how do ask if you can drink the rest of the
blood at a moment like this? :o))
gragish: :o
lady_coldstrife: ( *blinks* vampire has Trent's MA? :O )
gragish: ((Stupid end )) changing my emoticon.))
gragish: ((No ... the vampire was nice enough NOT to ask it. :p))
lady_coldstrife: ( it fit though )
gragish: ((Yes it did oddly enough.))
lady_coldstrife: ( lol )
gragish: ((Anyways ... short of figuring out what you're going to do with the
vampire, I think this game is effectively wrapped up.))
lady_coldstrife: ( yeah, basically :) )
lady_coldstrife: *calls in superiors and lets them figure out if they want to
send in a MAJOR DEATH SQUAD to destroy the vampire supersoldier, or just let it
be. <.< >.>
gragish: ((And if you really want to know the situation with Pax and Derek.
One puts down suppression fire while the other moves. Then the reverse. This way
they can move while setting down a wall of fire. Well, one hits the elevator
while the other is grabbed. It was basically too late to really help.))
lady_coldstrife: ( ah, I see )
gragish: The current plan? Seal up the vault again! IT was stuck down there
for this long, it should stay sealed. :p
lady_coldstrife: ( hehehehe )
gragish: What I'm really curious about is what you plan to do with the
vampire in the party right now? I mean ... take him up the elevator? Let him out
of the vault? Can you really stop him if he tries to escape?
lady_coldstrife: :-?
lady_coldstrife: "We might as well take him with us.. I mean, he really was a
victim no matter how you look at it.." :(
lady_coldstrife: "It's not his fault he has an evil genespliced son running
around wanting to kill everything in its path."
lady_coldstrife: "Let's call in a vamp squad to pick him." :D
gragish: *Travis sighs.* "Well he's been helpful this far. I know it's suited
his best interest, but we probably wouldn't have made it out of there if it
wasn't for him. I guess we can at least give him a chance."
lady_coldstrife: *takes him with us, but quietly puts Eli between Zach and
the vampire* <.< >.>
gragish: LOL!
gragish: Anyways ... it's a minor point that really doesn't matter. After
all, this is probably the end of the Zach game. Though if you ever want to run
another, we can figure out what was done with him then.
lady_coldstrife: yeah, he'd probably go to a Noro ward where they would try
to "cure" him :D
lady_coldstrife: lol
gragish: I don't know what a Noro ward is.
lady_coldstrife: then I'lll have to let you guys run into the Noro ;)
lady_coldstrife: ( psychic race from phaseworld )
lady_coldstrife: ( very civilized, though for some reason they like humans. )
gragish: If I ever do run another game with Zach, maybe the vampire can be
part of the group. :p
lady_coldstrife: :))
lady_coldstrife: that would be funny :D
gragish: Though I really wonder if anyone took off that straight jacket.
lady_coldstrife: :-S
gragish: He really is stuck in it. Same as he was trapped in the room. The
jacket has a seal he can't break.
lady_coldstrife: as soon as they get some anti vampire weapons just in case
:D
gragish: He could still hurt you with kicks and biting you know. ;)
lady_coldstrife: *hop hop hop*
lady_coldstrife: "I'll... bite your legs off!"
gragish: Haha!
lady_coldstrife: >:D< thanks for GMing.
gragish: >:D<
