AGWW Online - Log 2003/03/02
Mage - Technocracy UK
Session 4: The DNA Protection Fault
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Dr.Arthur Addams (Iteration X) - Sven Jan Pieterszoon (Syndicate) - played by Dingo Niles Powers (NWO) - played by Frederic Dr.Peter Schmidt (Void Engineers) - played by Stayka Dr.Rogers (DNA Amalgamated) - played by Asmodai Storyteller - Asmodai Session Start: Sun Mar 02 20:59:53 2003
<Storyteller> I'll start now. It is 8 am. In an hour you have to be at the DNA compound.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Can I puzzle together the names I got from Jack???)
<Storyteller> (Wait a bit)
<DrSchmidt> (Which day is it now, BTW? Is it just after the breakfast?)
<Storyteller> The protection day. Yes. 3rd day since you arrived at the Construct. You had breafast at 7:00, and it probably lasted till half past 7, at 8 is the final meeting and at 9 you are heading for Southampton.
<DrSchmidt> (ST: Ok. I thought we'd have had another day still.)
<Niles_Powers> (We'll go take a car then.)
Arthur_Addams checked his hardsuit one more time before breakfast and goes to the meeting afterwards.
DrSchmidt gets up from the table and looks at his colleagues.
Niles_Powers rises and goes to the elevator.
<DrSchmidt> Okay. I guess we should start to the DNA compound then. I hope we'll meet Dr.Redraven there. Mr.Powers? You get the car?
<Niles_Powers> I do, Dr.Schmidt.
<DrSchmidt> Thank you very much.
Niles_Powers calls for the elevator.
<DrSchmidt> I will just fetch my equipment and join you in the garage.
<Arthur_Addams> So what kind of equipment do you suggest to bring along?
DrSchmidt looks to Dr.Addams.
<DrSchmidt> You will get your Alanson and help me with the scanner array, I hope?
Arthur_Addams looks back.
<Arthur_Addams> Sure, Dr.Schmidt. Do you think the hardsuit is appropriate equipment for the situation?
<DrSchmidt> Dr.Addams, I think you might just take it along - you do not need to don it right away.
Arthur_Addams nods.
<Arthur_Addams> I will be right there. Just wait a few minutes to fit my suit into a suited case. Then I'll help you with the array.
<DrSchmidt> That would be nice. I have to fetch something else, too...
Arthur_Addams goes off to fetch his hardsuit and fits it into a case. Then he wanders off to meet with Dr.Schmidt.
<Storyteller> (Just one more thing... Doc Schmidt, the days of your exertion are taking a toll. You came from Nevada only 48 hours ago and you slept less then 8 hours total. You are feeling a bit worn and tired (for the next 2 days your Stamina is at -1))
<DrSchmidt> (ST: How often do I have to tell you that I slept in the plane???)
<Storyteller> (I know, but jetlag is a bitch :)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: *sighs* Not as you think. Anyway, I hope to meet Dr.Redraven and ask him for some stuff ^_^)
<Storyteller> (He is on a date. He said he would come right to the DNA compound, but you might drop into the Progenitor labs and try doing something with a smile.)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: Actually that was what I wanted to do, too, when I said something about getting my stuff together.)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> !dice 2
<agww-dice> Jan_Pieterszoon rolls the dice and gets the following results: 9 7
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Whatever that Stamina check was for, I made it.)
Niles_Powers takes the elevator to retrieve a car.
<Storyteller> Jan, although you were a bit haggard after the last night you are feeling okay, though you know you will sleep fitfully tonight. - Okay. It's 08:00. The conference room...
<Storyteller> Everybody is inside expect for Jan.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (At 8 I will give them a call.)
<Storyteller> Doc Schmidt has just arrived into the conference room where Niles is waiting with a list of possible vehicles they could use. Adams has woken up in the labs and is currently trying to make some final adjusments to his suit. He is about to pack it up and head down. Jan is currently trying to call a Taxi at the Birmingham airport. Good enough :) Please continue...
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (And I give Dr.Schmidt a call.)
<Storyteller> RRRING! RRRING!
DrSchmidt picks up the call.
<DrSchmidt> Yes?
<Jan_Pieterszoon> Good Morning, Jan Pieterszoon here.
<DrSchmidt> Good Morning, Mr.Pieterszoon. Where are you right now?
<Jan_Pieterszoon> I will be a little late for the meeting, I was held up a bit at the airport, be there in 10 minutes.
<DrSchmidt> Okay. No problem. - Well...
<Niles_Powers> (ST: Is there a van available?)
DrSchmidt looks at Niles.
<DrSchmidt> So, what cars do we have at our disposal?
Niles_Powers shows the list to Dr.Schmidt.
<Storyteller> (Well the car pool already assigned the ops that are on your mission equipment list a van with Eagle security insignia.)
<Niles_Powers> (ST: great)
<Storyteller> (You can requistion one car without any trouble for your own use. Any more would be a problem.
<Niles_Powers> (ST: ok)
<Niles_Powers> A van has been affected to us for this mission, Dr.Schmidt. If needed I could ask for one more car for personal use.
<DrSchmidt> I think this looks very promising indeed.
<Storyteller> (You should roll Requisitions for that.)
<Niles_Powers> (ST: k)
<DrSchmidt> Well, Mr.Powers, this might be a good idea.
<Storyteller> And as for the car, you got it is a Paladin sedan...
<DrSchmidt> Do you think you might be able to get it?
<Niles_Powers> (ST: he)
<Niles_Powers> Well, I would prefer to have one car only.
<DrSchmidt> Well, we should be able to put all of our equipment into it, of course.
<Niles_Powers> ...unless we have another driver used to drive in the English fashion.
Storyteller grins.
<DrSchmidt> Hm. I wouldn't want to try and drive a car here right now, I have to admit.
DrSchmidt is a bit too tired right now to be a safe driver.
<Storyteller> (Oh, you HAVE put a dot or two into drive?)
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I do.)
<DrSchmidt> (I have 1 dot in driving. And actually it's no problem. I drove nicely in the UK :-))
<Niles_Powers> (^^)
<Storyteller> (Yeah, it is just a question of adjustment. It is not too troublesome.)
<DrSchmidt> (I didn't really notice it was different, I have to admit. Just drive like the others do.)
<Storyteller> (Ok, so? )
<DrSchmidt> (Ack! Just saw that neither Addams nor Jan can drive.)
<Niles_Powers> (One car then -_-)
<DrSchmidt> (I *could drive... I'm a bit on dope, though ^_^)
<Niles_Powers> (My point -_-;)
<Storyteller> (By now Jan has arrived at the skyscraper and is starting to go through the security checkpoints.)
<Arthur_Addams> (Just tell me when I'm finished arranging my hardsuit and join the others.)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (I didn't learn because I didn't have the use of my legs until a while back.)
DrSchmidt drums on the table.
<DrSchmidt> Where are Addams and Pieterszoon... I really want to get on with this job!
<Storyteller> You are done at your leisure, Addams.
Arthur_Addams joins the others in the meeting room with his case in his hands.
<DrSchmidt> Well, well. Finally.
<Arthur_Addams> I packed my suit. But I have to tell you it takes some time to don it.
<DrSchmidt> I see. I hope we will not need it anyway.
<Niles_Powers> How much time, Mr.Addams?
<Arthur_Addams> (Eight turns, wasn't it? How much time is that?)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (24 seconds)
<Storyteller> (Depends on a situation, but I think an Alanson can be equipped in less turns. Turns are a relative values.)
<Arthur_Addams> (Seems fast. Still haven't got my ItX Rev.)
<Storyteller> (In combat 5-8 turns is ok.)
<Arthur_Addams> About half a minute. Less if I have some help.
<Niles_Powers> k
<Arthur_Addams> Dr.Schmidt, do you still need help with the array?
<DrSchmidt> Yes, please. We really have to get this thing into the car.
<Storyteller> 8:24 - The doors open and Jan comes in. His hair a bit rwdy, his suit muffled and his tie tied up wrong.
DrSchmidt looks impatiently at him.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> Good morning...
<Niles_Powers> Good morning, Mr.Pieterszoon.
<DrSchmidt> Okay, now that we have finally managed to meet up altogether, we should pack our things into the car and then go.
<Niles_Powers> Let's go.
DrSchmidt gets up.
<DrSchmidt> Okay. I will get the array and meet you in the garage now. Dr.Addams? Please accompany me.
<Arthur_Addams> Ok. Off then.
<Storyteller> As you pack up and the lights muffle to allow passage for Addams, you head towards the elevators. Schmidt and Addams heading up for the array and Niles and Jan entering the lift going down.
Arthur_Addams follows Dr.Schmidt.
Niles_Powers presses the button for the parking level.
In The XD lab, Pete snatches up some tools and stows them away in his backpack.
Arthur_Addams helps Dr.Schmidt.
<Arthur_Addams> So, where should I put this?
<DrSchmidt> Well, see that case over there?
Arthur_Addams nods.
<Arthur_Addams> Yes.
<DrSchmidt> I think we should be able to secure it in there so that it survives transport.
Arthur_Addams packs the things into the case, securing them as good as he can.
DrSchmidt looks around, if there is some resonance calibrator to take along, too.
<DrSchmidt> (ST? May I? I need an Apparatus for DimSci 2, if need be.)
<Storyteller> (They do what?)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: That would be a focus for DimSci 2 - raise Gauntlet.)
<Storyteller> (Okay. You find a rack with resonators, all but two of them seem to be taken. You have to combine them with something for a larger effect.)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: Heh. Of course... I know how to use my Apparati and Devices ^_^)
DrSchmidt nods in satisfaction and puts one of them into his backpack, too.
Arthur_Addams has taken some tools with him, too.
<DrSchmidt> (Tools for Pete meaning an assortment of screwdrivers, pincers, measurement devices, a tiny plasma welder...)
<Arthur_Addams> (Yup.. But from his own department's lab. You never know.)
<DrSchmidt> Dr.Addams? Let's get to the car now.
<Arthur_Addams> Yes, Dr.Schmidt. Everything seems prepared. Let's hope we won't need too much though and it will be an easy job.
<Storyteller> Okay. In the meantime, Jan and Niles are down in the car pool.
Niles_Powers walks to the place where the van is supposed to be.
<Storyteller> It is there. The tiny key in your pocket seems to hum slowly as you come closer to it.
<Niles_Powers> (ST, we take place and wait for Dr.Schmidt.)
<Storyteller> (Okay)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Can I recall what ringed the bell with the data I got from my contact?)
Arthur_Addams gestures Dr.Schmidt to go ahead. He is the team leader, after all.
DrSchmidt and Art get into the elevator and go down to the garage.
<Storyteller> As you two carry your brainchild in the elevator, you come down and notice that the Paladin's back is opened and Niles and Jan are flanking it.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (I'll do some exercises to clear my mind of all the jumbled stuff from last night first (Mind 1 Effect).
DrSchmidt walks there and loads everything into the car.
<Storyteller> (no need)
Arthur_Addams helps Dr.Schmidt.
<Arthur_Addams> We should be ready in just a few moments.
<DrSchmidt> Fine. Okay. All is set now. Let's get going.
DrSchmidt ushers all into the car. He appears to be a bit jumpy and not really his usual cool self.
Arthur_Addams enters the car.
Niles_Powers takes the driver's place and turns on his radio.
Storyteller notes that Jan has now concluded that the firms and individuals funding DNA, or many noted scientists and philantrophists... but what struck you as odd is that a company known as PharmoCO Inc. - a Progenitor funding front seems to support the research, though no known Progenitors are on the staff lists.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Radio test - everyone copy?
<Storyteller> ZRVRK, VRK
Storyteller notes that it is obvious that the units are working.
<DrSchmidt> Yes, yes, it all works fine.
<Storyteller> 08:54. The ramp rises and the merry group heads for Southampton.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) Radio working fine.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) I can copy you loud and clear.
Storyteller smiles as it is obvious that all of you ARE sitting in the same car and testing your radios.
DrSchmidt is a bit impatient..
Niles_Powers turns on the engine and drives on the way.
Storyteller notes that this is the time to agree on the approach and covers for the infiltration. Who will talk, who will do what, and how will you enter?
<DrSchmidt> I hope we won't get into the business traffic jam. Did someone set the traffic lights for us? Well, let's see. Mr.Pieterszoon, you wanted to get into the convention hall, right?
DrSchmidt looks down at his bright orange overall, grins wryly and turns the colour to black.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> That is correct. Because I will not be much use patrolling. I think we settled that already.
<DrSchmidt> Sure, but I wanted to know whether you'd try to pose as another scientist or as a security guard, too.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> For our cover I will be the security officer in charge.
He points to the box with the ID's and stuff. It contains badges and IDs. Jan Pieterszoon is called "Relations Superior", Niles Powers is "Security Chief", and both Addams and Schmidt have Ids with "Tech Support" written on them.
<DrSchmidt> Relations Superior?
DrSchmidt squints his eyes at Pieterszoon.
<DrSchmidt> Well. You are probably right...
Niles_Powers grins.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (*Sigh*)
<Arthur_Addams> I guess we will stick together to check that everything will be set up right, Dr.Schmidt?
DrSchmidt takes one of the Tech Support badges and puts it onto his overall, over his normal name tag.
<DrSchmidt> Of course, Dr.Addams.
Arthur_Addams takes his badge and checks it.
<Arthur_Addams> (Do the badges say Dr. or Mr.?)
<Niles_Powers> Well, I thought Dr.Schmidt and Dr.Addams will busy themselves with deploying the scanners.
<Storyteller> (Nothing, only Tech support)
<DrSchmidt> Of course.
DrSchmidt looks wryly to Mr.Powers.
<Niles_Powers> Meanwhile, Mr.Pieterszoon will go into the conf room and I will stand watch at the entrance. Am I wrong somewhere?
<DrSchmidt> No, Mr.Powers, you summed it up nicely.
<Arthur_Addams> Dr.Schmidt, should we refer to ourselves as Mr.Schmidt and Mr.Addams, or will we still be calling ourselves Dr.?
<DrSchmidt> Mr. will do. We are just Tech Support here
<Arthur_Addams> So anything more would be suspicious.
<DrSchmidt> Indeed.
DrSchmidt ponders a moment.
<DrSchmidt> We might even simply use our first names for this operation. I think it might sound even more inconspicuous.
Arthur_Addams nods
DrSchmidt grins wryly.
<DrSchmidt> We are just the tech guys, after all.
<Arthur_Addams> Ok, so it will be "Arthur" for the time of this mission.
<DrSchmidt> Indeed. You may use "Pete" then.
Arthur_Addams nods.
DrSchmidt looks to the street.
<DrSchmidt> How far is it still?
<Niles_Powers> Around 10 minutes more of road, Pete.
DrSchmidt raises an eyebrow, but nods in acknowledgement.
<DrSchmidt> Thanks.
<Storyteller> You are driving around strangely easily, all the problems on the road seem to be missing you.
<Niles_Powers> Aren't we supposed to use our first names?
Niles_Powers chuckles.
<DrSchmidt> Well... Old habits don't die fast.
Arthur_Addams prepares mentally to call Dr.Schmidt "Pete".
DrSchmidt drums on the dash board of the car and sighs. Those pills he fetched from the Progenitor Lab on the way had some annoying side effects. He might not feel tired anymore, but somewhat jumpy.
<Arthur_Addams> Did you have too much coffee, Dr.Schmidt? Ehhmm... Pete?
<DrSchmidt> Well, kind of, I guess. As you might remember, I didn't get too much sleep, so I decided to ask for some help of our Progenitor colleagues. But when this job is done, I will certainly take a somewhat longer nap.
<Arthur_Addams> Should be better. Efficiency drops due to lack of sleep.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> Dr.Schmidt - Peter - have we been asigned to work with Dr.Redraven or has Dr.Redraven been assigned to work with us?
<DrSchmidt> Well, I talked to Mr.Andersen, and as I understand it, Dr.Redraven will work together with us for the time being.
<Storyteller> So you arrive there around 9:34. The guards look at you very suspiciously, but soon afterwards, they see who you are and let you in. Soon you find the grey van with the 4 mundane agents ready for security duty.
<DrSchmidt> Mr.Pieterszoon, as you are the ...boss here, it would be nice if you would deploy our Unenlightened personnel according to the plans. Jan, I mean.
DrSchmidt makes a face.
<Storyteller> (Ummm, Niles is security chief ;) and they are on a need to know basis. They know it is a protection mission vital for the Techies.)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: Well, whoever. The badges Jan passed around make Pete just Tech Support ^_^ *heh*)
<Arthur_Addams> So how do we explain that we need to install something on the roof, Pete?
<Niles_Powers> Shall we deploy?
<Jan_Pieterszoon> Because, Arthur, it will be the transmitter for our own security cameras.
A wild-haired scientist walks to the group.
<DrSchmidt> Well, we will just say it is a little additional security. That's for the manager. And for the visitors, we just say we are setting up some new antenna.
<Dr_Rogers> Umm... gentlemen! I am here ...to uhm... ehm... Yes I am Dr.Rogers. Ah yes, you must be the security team.
<DrSchmidt> (quietly) Niles, as Security chief you probably should do the talking.
<Niles_Powers> Ok. Good morning, Dr.Rogers. We are the sec team from Eagle.
<Dr_Rogers> Ah yes.
Dr_Rogers combs his hair with his fingers.
<Dr_Rogers> Well I'm here to inform you that you have free reign to install that security here.
<Niles_Powers> Thank you, m'am.
<Dr_Rogers> But there are just three warnings: Don't go into the labs...
<Storyteller> (Mr. :) - This is not the girl that was here yesterday.)
Dr_Rogers looks strangely at Niles.
<Dr_Rogers> Madam?
<Niles_Powers> (oups -_-;)
<DrSchmidt> (LOL)
<Dr_Rogers> Are you blind man?
<Arthur_Addams> (I think Niles needs some new glasses ^_^)
<DrSchmidt> (Must be the hairdo.)
<Dr_Rogers> I know that my curly hair may look a bit girly, but that doesn't mean I am female!
Dr_Rogers looks offended.
<Niles_Powers> Whatever, we will not go inside the lab, sir.
DrSchmidt looks somewhat disappointed
<Dr_Rogers> Anyway, don't touch the labs, don't mess with the reception, don't show your faces inside the reception area, and don't mess with our guards.
<Niles_Powers> Sure.
<Dr_Rogers> They will assist you, if necessary, but their positions and duties are fixed. Any questions?
<Niles_Powers> Not at all.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> Yes, just one. How should we be able to protect those attending the reception if they get into the reception area? We are not allowed there.
<Dr_Rogers> Okay, I gotta go and wash myself before the reception. Hop to it, you have 5 hours to finish your preparations!
Dr_Rogers gets off.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> With "they" I mean of course those willing to disturb the reception...
<Dr_Rogers> What? Well, don't worry about the people in the reception, they will be safe as long as you guard the grounds, no?
DrSchmidt raises an eyebrow.
<DrSchmidt> Now that makes matters a bit more difficult.
<Dr_Rogers> Why? I assure you, all of our visitors check out. They are most distinguished visitors and scientists. We even checked most of their escorts! I wouldn't worry.
<Niles_Powers> Of course, of course, rest assured that we will not be seen.
<DrSchmidt> I thought Prof.Hendricks agreed that we'd get access to the convention site, too?
<Dr_Rogers> You are here to work and not to think. You really have some nerve to think you are anything better than simple guards!
DrSchmidt frowns deeply at Mr.Curly-wurly.
<Dr_Rogers> Hendricks Shmendricks... She'd tell anything just to get rid of her duty!
<Niles_Powers> (Curly wurly? he he)
<Dr_Rogers> (LOL ;))
Dr_Rogers looks at Schmidt's ID that was clipped neatly over the "Dr.Schmidt" tag of his jumpsuit.
<Dr_Rogers> And what does a simple tech support have to do with my orders?
Dr_Rogers turns to Niles.
<Dr_Rogers> I expected greater professionalism!
Arthur_Addams listens quietly
<Dr_Rogers> You may enter the convention ONLY, and only if there is trouble inside. We will call you. So, is that all?
<Niles_Powers> Yes, you were clear.
Dr_Rogers grumbles that they are unnecessary and if that man in the funding didn't say otherwise, he wouldn't bother with security this incompetent. He turns away and leaves.
<Storyteller> (Another prick for the prick book ;)
DrSchmidt thinks he knows that he would like to tap his scanner array into the comm devices of this lab, too.
<Niles_Powers> Anyway, let's deploy.
<Storyteller> Okay, who is going where, and where will you place the agents?
<Arthur_Addams> (Was the map online somewhere?)
<DrSchmidt> Well, Mr.Powers - Niles - you know where we wanted to set up our men.
<Niles_Powers> (Two were to be placed at the underground passage entrance.)
<Storyteller> (The entrance is inside the convention site. The other side is somwhere in the labs.)
<DrSchmidt> (1 as valet)
Storyteller notes that the agent nods in acknowledgment and marks his spot near the parking.
DrSchmidt looks to Dr.Addams.
<DrSchmidt> Doc - Arthur - we will set up everything at the roof. And we should check whether they have some antennas up there for communication.
<Arthur_Addams> All right. Then let's do it and hope everything will work out right, even with those restrictions.
<DrSchmidt> Well, if we find an antenna there, I intend to tap it.
Arthur_Addams nods
<Arthur_Addams> Let's got then, Pete.
Arthur_Addams looks for a way to get on the roof.
DrSchmidt and Art get out of the car and take their equipment along.
As the agents are deployed, and Niles and Jan start circling the grounds, Adams and Schmidt find that the only way to the roof is through the convention halls, through the backup steps near the entrance.
DrSchmidt grimaces.
<DrSchmidt> Idiots!
<Arthur_Addams> How are we supposed to put up security, if we are not allowed to get onto the roof?
Thankfully it is in the PR section and not the convention part.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) Does any of you have a device to monitor the location of those inside?
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Sure. I have a scanner that can give you a chart including life-sign readings.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) And what is the range limitation of the device? And how much can it actually detect?
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Well... if I can get on top of the room, I can attach the scanner there. Then we'll get a full survey.
<Storyteller> (It should get the whole convention part.)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: It'll be a Corr/Life/Mind/Forces effect - Landscape of the Mind with Life, and Forces to send the pic on the monitors.)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) And can it differentiate between normal humans and Reality Deviants?
<DrSchmidt> (ST: Can I get on top of the convention hall? Are there rooms, or is it the roof?)
<Storyteller> (no)
<DrSchmidt> (radio) I can do it (add DimSci/Prime to the scan).
<Niles_Powers> (ST: How much time left before the Conf start?)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: Ok. Then I will deploy a scanner in the PR part of the convention hall. I should get a reading of the whole hall from there.)
<Storyteller> (Oh yes, I do nasty things with people who combine more then 3 Spheres in a single spell ;))
<DrSchmidt> (ST: In what way? I will to an extended roll to collect enough sux if need be.)
<Storyteller> (I just raise the diff a bit... nothing horrid
:))<Storyteller> (You could put it all up on the roof, above the convention hall.)
<Arthur_Addams> (I thought this area was off limits.)
<Storyteller> (No since the entrance is from the PR section.)
<Arthur_Addams> (K)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: That's what I wanted to know - what is above that hall ^_^)
<Storyteller> (The roof :) It is a two story affair. The convention hall is only one huge floor.)
<Arthur_Addams> So let's get up to the roof then and set things up.
<DrSchmidt> Okay, Art - let's get going...
DrSchmidt nods.
Arthur_Addams follows Dr.Schmidt towards the entrance to the roof.
DrSchmidt and Dr.Addams take their things and bring everything upstairs.
<Niles_Powers> (I'll take position at the entrance of the conf room.)
<Storyteller> Soon you are up there, towing your device. There seems to be a fitting place near the doors down that is covered from two sides and can be covered with a sun shielding sheet. 11:34.
DrSchmidt points this out to Dr.Addams, and they go about setting everything up
Arthur_Addams helps Dr.Schmidt.
Storyteller soon you have setup the shade and plugged in the device. It is time to check if it all works.
<DrSchmidt> (What to roll?)
<Arthur_Addams> This spot seems to be good. Let's check the working condition.
DrSchmidt nods.
<DrSchmidt> Yup.
<Storyteller> (Okay, first try to test the device. All Spheres 1 detection. Single roll +2 diff)
<DrSchmidt> (At 6 then?)
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 10 4 5
<Storyteller> Yes. Soon it boots up. You recognize patterns, power conduits, people, and energy sources around the room. Unfortunately it seems that you flawed something in the design and the Prime/Spirit scans can be turned on only for short time.
DrSchmidt grimaces.
<Storyteller> (You must roll each time Arete and each success is one turn of active scanning.)
<DrSchmidt> (And it's DimSci!)
<Arthur_Addams> What about the energy supply? Is there enough energy, or a plug to support it around?
Fortunately, thanks to the device Treba gave you and the Ectopods, you will be able to boot up and put a sensory shield around the compound to see possible extradimensional entries.
<DrSchmidt> (ST: *sighs* You love to let people roll, do you?)
<Storyteller> (Not that much, actually :) But since I'd like a fair chance of failure... ;))
DrSchmidt still thinks he has to find a nice little present for Ms.Treba.
<Storyteller> (Okay, now you start calibrating the sensors for XD activity. It will take you an hour. You will roll one huge Arete roll later.)
<DrSchmidt> (Ok. Tell me when.)
Storyteller The others should do something constructive since Dr.Schmidt just informed them he needs to setup some security.
<Niles_Powers> (What time is it in game?)
Arthur_Addams still checks the energy level and supply of the device.
DrSchmidt looks if he can see some mundane antenna on the roof.
<Storyteller> 11:57
<Niles_Powers> (What's the weather?)
Storyteller <CRACKLE> Guard near the entryway: Mr.Powers... seems to me that you will have to earn your keep...
<DrSchmidt> (Niles: Why do you have to ask that????)
<Niles_Powers> (If it's rainy, wearing mirroshades would be stupid, wouldn't it?)
<DrSchmidt> (Niles: *Never* give the ST bad ideas!!!)
<Storyteller> (It is sunny and hot. It seems that Schmidt will be thankful for the shade he made with Addams.)
<Niles_Powers> (he)
Arthur_Addams *will* wear mirrorshades.
<DrSchmidt> (Niles: I'm on the roof, remember?)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) Guard, what is it?
Guard: Sir, you'd better see for yourself.
Jan_Pieterszoon goes to the entrance.
<Arthur_Addams> The power supply seems to be ok.
DrSchmidt nods.
<Arthur_Addams> (Is it plugged in or powered by a battery?)
<DrSchmidt> Yup. Shall we do another test scan?
Arthur_Addams nods.
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I'll do two procedures: a Corr 2 to watch inside the conf room, it will show on my glasses via the bond watch, and a Mind 2 Procedure to sense the mood/intention of the people going inside.)
<Arthur_Addams> Better safe than sorry
<DrSchmidt> Okay.
Storyteller As Niles and Jan come to the entrance you see the guard holding his Walkie Tlakie and pointing at a horde of about 50 people comng towards the compund...
DrSchmidt does another scan test.
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 4 2
<Storyteller> (nothing)
<DrSchmidt> Well, nothing out of the ordinary here, Dr.Addams. Looks all fine.
<Niles_Powers> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Niles_Powers rolls the dice and gets the following results: 4 3 4
<Niles_Powers> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Niles_Powers rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 2 2
<Niles_Powers> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Niles_Powers rolls the dice and gets the following results: 4 8 1
<Arthur_Addams> Now everything's set up and we can check what we are able to see from up here.
<Storyteller> (Niles, what are you rolling for?)
<Niles_Powers> (2 sux for the Corr procedure and 1 for the Mind.)
<Storyteller> (Why, for what?)
<Niles_Powers> (Read a few lines ago, please)
<Storyteller> (Ahh, sorry, I missed it... Well, you find nothing but few people that are arranging the rooms and some of them are happy, some are grumpy, but nothing special.)
<Niles_Powers> (I maintain the Procedure.)
Jan_Pieterszoon moves towards the horde of people.
<Storyteller> Before the entrance there are about 50 people carrying signs with messages against genetic engineering and cloning.
<DrSchmidt> (Is there an antenna on the roof?)
<Arthur_Addams> (Am I able to see them from the roof?)
<Storyteller> (Yes)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) Niles, come in. There is a mob of people here. I may need your assistance.
Storyteller notes that they are shouting and angry and that all that keeps them away from you is a big fence.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Roger.
<Arthur_Addams> Hey, Pete - look over there!
<DrSchmidt> Ok.
Arthur_Addams points toward the people.
Niles_Powers goes out to join Jan.
DrSchmidt walks to the antenna and taps it with a small scanner to check whether there are communications going in or out.
<Storyteller> (Now you all see the crowds. Only Jan and Niles see what is it about.)
<DrSchmidt> (Corr/Forces)
<Storyteller> (OK)
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 9 10
<Storyteller> (Wow! it is a simple TV/RF antenna! Though the design was strange.)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: Hehe. One never knows.)
<Arthur_Addams> Pete?
DrSchmidt looks to Dr.Addams
<DrSchmidt> Yes?
<Arthur_Addams> Look over there.
Arthur_Addams points at the crowd again.
The crowd is shouting about people in there being monsters and butchers. The guard helplessly looks at Niles and Jan.
DrSchmidt looks.
<DrSchmidt> Hm. Okay, let's get our scanner on for serious.
Storyteller notes that most of the guards and agents have come here near the entrance to provide support.
<DrSchmidt> We should first know what is up before we act.
Arthur_Addams nods.
<Arthur_Addams> Let's check the scanners again.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Pete, watch the back of the compound, everyone is focused at the entrance.)
DrSchmidt will do some serious scanning, all Spheres etc.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Niles, Jan what is going on down there?
<DrSchmidt> 1 Quint, 1 WP
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 5 2
<Niles_Powers> (radio) A protest.
<Storyteller> (2 sux)
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Any problems, or can you handle it?
<DrSchmidt> (So, what do I get?)
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Ok, for the moment.
<Storyteller> There is a huge crowd of people protesting right outside the gates. It also seems that there are two lifeforms near the western side of the fence. (PR/convention hall side)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> I think I may make a call to the local police, just to give them a little warning that things might turn nasty here.
<Niles_Powers> Yup
<DrSchmidt> (ST: All mundanes?)
<Storyteller> (Seems so)
<DrSchmidt> (Ok.)
<Storyteller> (But if they are in the crowds it is possible that you couldn't recognize them.)
<Niles_Powers> (ST: Can we pick up the leader of the crowd?)
<DrSchmidt> (radio) My scan shows that all the people down there are mundanes. You should be able to handle it.)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: What about Prime/DimSci readings? What's the Gauntlet rating here, anyway?)
<Storyteller> (8)
Storyteller just wants to remind Doc Schmidt on one of the things he noted above.
<DrSchmidt> (Ok.)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (ST: you registered my call to the cops?)
Storyteller The crowds seem not to be violent. They are protesting and in front of them is a tall bald man with a long beard.
<Storyteller> (Yes, they said that they would send two cars to help, if there would be any problems.)
<Arthur_Addams> So no RDs down there, Pete?
<DrSchmidt> None that show up on the scan.
<Niles_Powers> We can't do much for the moment.
<Arthur_Addams> Ok then... Everything's prepared?
<DrSchmidt> Yup.
Storyteller is getting a bit rilled
<Storyteller> (Schmidt, roll me a Int check.)
<DrSchmidt> !dice 4
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 4 10 8 6
<Storyteller> (You suddenly notice that since you scanned the premise that there are two lifeforms on the western side of the compound.
<DrSchmidt> (ST: They were normal humans. I asked you about that.)
<Storyteller> (Okay, what are they doing on that part of the fence where there are only shrubbery and chain link fence?)
<Arthur_Addams> (Perhaps you should inform either Jan or Niles?)
<DrSchmidt> (Yup)
Storyteller notes that those two dots have just moved through the fence representation and entered the premises.
<DrSchmidt> (I thought I was transmitting the pics we get here on the scan to the PDAs of them anyway? I think I mentioned that I used Forces to transmit the pics right at the beginning.)
<Storyteller> (Do it now... Corr 1/Forces 2)
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 7 7
DrSchmidt sighs.
<Arthur_Addams> What's up?
<DrSchmidt> I'm using modern technology here after all
Storyteller On Jan's screen a miniature picture of the compound sprouts with red dots representing moving lifeforms.
<Storyteller> (You suddenly notice that since you scanned the premise that there are two lifeforms on the western side of the compound.
<Arthur_Addams> Pete? What's going on?
Storyteller notes that those two dots have just moved through the fence representation and entered the premises.
<Niles_Powers> (Hopes that the info will come ^^)
<DrSchmidt> Well, There are some people moving. But I think Jan and Niles are in a better position to check.
<DrSchmidt> (Niles: The info was on your PDAs all the time...)
<Arthur_Addams> Perhaps we should check if we can see something from up here?
<Storyteller> (I am about to fall down laughing at the quickness of this crack security team ;))
<Jan_Pieterszoon> Guards. You handle this. Niles, let's go.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Where to, Jan?
<DrSchmidt> (Storyteller: It's not my fault if you didn't get what I was doing at the time I did it...)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) Western perimeter.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) What for?
Niles_Powers follows Jan.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) A security breach.
<Arthur_Addams> Which direction, Pete? Let's take a look from above.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) k
DrSchmidt does another scan for DimSci and Prime.
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 8 7 6
<Jan_Pieterszoon> ((THE RADIO CAN BE USED BY ANYONE))
<Storyteller> (nothing)
<DrSchmidt> Art, just check the screen. I put the map there after all.
Arthur_Addams checks the screen and then goes off to check, if he can see those two noted lifeforms.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) So far I don't get any RD readings.
DrSchmidt stays to keep an eye on the monitor and renew the DimSci scan if needed.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Niles you will be at the location sooner than I, since I cannot run.)
<Niles_Powers> (Yup)
<Arthur_Addams> (Is there anything to be seen from above?)
<Storyteller> (Ok, who goes towards that part of the compound?)
<Niles_Powers> (Jan and I.)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Niles, Jan, and Arthur checks from above.)
<Storyteller> (Ok, you are just running there?)
DrSchmidt checks the monitor for RD activity.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Niles will be probably, Jan can't)
<Arthur_Addams> (I'm walking, the roof shouldn't be too large.)
<Niles_Powers> (I'll take my PDA to get Pete's picture and to have an idea of where I need to go to intercept those two.)
<Storyteller> Arthur sees that there are two guys in green clothes, carrying a big black duffel bag. They seem to be doing something with the walls. 12:19.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Two persons in green carrying a bag. They are working on the walls.
<Niles_Powers> (ST: ETA for me?)
<Storyteller> (10 more seconds)
<Storyteller> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Storyteller rolls the dice and gets the following results: 5 5 5
<Storyteller> !dice 6
<agww-dice> Storyteller rolls the dice and gets the following results: 7 9 7 6 10 3
<Man_2> Move, they saw us!
<Storyteller> They seem to be running towards the fence as you come behind the corner. What do you do, Niles, Addams? Each can do one thing before they start crawling out.
<Niles_Powers> (Mind 2 Procedure: I shout stop, surprise them and they freeze, thus giving us time to block them.)
DrSchmidt still observes the screen for anything RD.
<Storyteller> (Nothing)
<Arthur_Addams> (I can't do too much, for I'm on the roof.)
<Storyteller> (Addams, you can try and shoot them, or jump on them.)
<DrSchmidt> (Shoot? Very inconspicuous.)
<Storyteller> (hehe :))
<Arthur_Addams> (Jump? I'm on the roof!)
<Storyteller> (On the 2nd floor...)
<Arthur_Addams> (Should be high enough to break legs. I'm a technician, not a stuntman.)
<Storyteller> (Ok, Niles roll.)
<Niles_Powers> (ST: 2 quint)
<Niles_Powers> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Niles_Powers rolls the dice and gets the following results: 5 1 10
<Niles_Powers> (That's 1 sux)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> ((For two targets))
<Storyteller> One of them stops stumped (he won't move for a turn), the other has just crawled out through the fence/shrubbery.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Check the wall. They were doing something to it.
<Storyteller> (You can that, too, if you perch above the edge.)
<Arthur_Addams> (I thought of a Matter check ;) And I lack Corr.)
<Storyteller> (No need for Corr, you are 3 meters away from that part of the wall.)
<Niles_Powers> (ST: The one who stopped, is it the one with the bag?)
<Storyteller> (The bag is by the wall)
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Jan, check for the bag, but careful of explosives.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) Confirmed, checking bag.
Jan_Pieterszoon checks the bag, carefully.
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I run to catch the one that stopped.)
<Storyteller> You are next to him. What do you do?
<Arthur_Addams> (ST: Ok. If you say so...)
Arthur_Addams lies down and looks over the edge of the roof, scanning the wall with Matter.
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 7 10 1
<Arthur_Addams> (1 sux, I guess)
<Storyteller> Wait a sec. - Niles, what do you do with the man? He seems to be trying to get away.
<Niles_Powers> (I tackle him to the ground and then try to control him.)
<Storyteller> (Dex + Brawl, Niles)
<Niles_Powers> !dice 5
<agww-dice> Niles_Powers rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 6 8 9 3
<Storyteller> Jan, do you open the bag or look at the wall first?
<Jan_Pieterszoon> I pass the wall first. So, if I see anything there, I'll check the wall.
<Storyteller> (Ok, Niles, you are holding him. Do you want to hurt him, or only hold him?)
<Storyteller> As Jan passes the wall, he sees that there seems to be a sheet of paper on the wall.
<Arthur_Addams> (What about the readings of my scan?)
<Storyteller> (Everything is ok with the wall.)
Jan_Pieterszoon looks carefully at the sheet of paper.
<Storyteller> It seems to be glued to the wall with some light adhesive.
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I just want to twist his arm / do an arm hold, so that I am secure and I can get him back to the compound.)
<Arthur_Addams> (Radio) No readings of anything done to the wall.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Anything written on the paper?)
<Storyteller> No.
<Storyteller> (Okay, Niles, roll Str)
<Storyteller> !dice 2
<agww-dice> Storyteller rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 10
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I have martial arts, shouldn't I be able to do a hold movement?)
Jan_Pieterszoon removes the piece of paper carefully.
<Storyteller> (You can do a hold movement. You are holding him. You need to roll Str aginst his.)
<Niles_Powers> !dice 2
<agww-dice> Niles_Powers rolls the dice and gets the following results: 6 4
<Storyteller> Jan, you see that beneath the paper is written: "Rapers..." (do you continue?)
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Jan, what is it with this paper?
<Storyteller> (Niles, Strength roll)
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Pete, any readings whatsoever?
<Niles_Powers> (another?)
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 5 6
<Storyteller> (None, Pete)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) There is strangely enough something written below it. "Rapers" is the first thing I see...
Jan_Pieterszoon continues.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Nothing, Arthur.
<Storyteller> Jan: "...of th..." (Do you continue?)
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Pete, what do you think of it?
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) "...of th..."
Jan_Pieterszoon continues.
<Storyteller> "...e planet..." (Do you continue?)
<DrSchmidt> (radio) I don't have the slightest clue.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) "...e planet..."
Jan_Pieterszoon goes on.
<Storyteller> (Niles, what are you doing? To end the hold you need to go your Strength vs his.)
<Storyteller> "...monsters mak..."
<Storyteller> (do you continue?)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) "...monsters mak..."
Arthur_Addams does a Prime scan to the wall and the paper, if possible.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (yes)
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 5 10 5
<Niles_Powers> (I already made my roll, ST)
<Storyteller> (all clear)
<Niles_Powers> I can do much, if you keep not noticing it.
Storyteller notes that Niles is holding the man down and that the man is looking desperately at Jan.
<Storyteller> (Do you continue?)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (YES)
<Niles_Powers> (To the man) What is in this bag?
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) No readings from me either.
<Storyteller> "...ing deformed creatures..."
<Storyteller> Jan: Per+Alertness
<Jan_Pieterszoon> !dice 2
<agww-dice> Jan_Pieterszoon rolls the dice and gets the following results: 5 2
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) "...ing deformed creatures..."
<DrSchmidt> (radio) I have the faint suspicion that there are some experiments done here that are more than the people let on.
<Storyteller> "...dest..."
Storyteller BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I repeat my question and shake the guy for effect.)
<Storyteller> Addams, you see a bright flash. You are blinded and have just fallen forwards. Roll Dex!
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 4
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 4 7 5 10
<DrSchmidt> (What shows on the scanner?)
<Storyteller> You manged to stay on the roof, but you see a doctor coming towards you. He is carrying a spiral tool... He is crouching towards you and puncturing your head...
<DrSchmidt> (What do I see here?)
Arthur_Addams is shaking desperatly, holding his head.
<Storyteller> Schmidt, you hear a scream from your part... There is a sudden flash, and there was a loud bang on that part of the facilities.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (For this I should have been allowed to roll my Intuition.)
Arthur_Addams screams.
<Storyteller> Arthur, the doctor is trying to calm you... He has a giant syringe that he is about to insert into your eye...
DrSchmidt runs towards Dr.Addams.
<DrSchmidt> Arthur? What's up?
DrSchmidt sees Arthur lying there, screaming.
Arthur_Addams keeps his eyes shut tightly, trying to cover them.
<DrSchmidt> Arthur?
<Storyteller> You see Arthur wriggling on the floor, screaming, covered in something green. There seem to be a number of green patches near that part of the wall.
DrSchmidt kneels next to him, shaking him.
<Storyteller> Arthur, you see the doctor crouching towards you again. He is shaking you. What do you do? (Roll Willpower for self control.)
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I try to bonk unconsicous the guys I am holding.)
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 6
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 4 6 1 2 9 2
<Storyteller> (Okay, you choose what will you do, Addams. The doctor is shaking you on the floor, perching above you, smiling evilly.)
Arthur_Addams tries to grab this doctor to get him off himself.
<DrSchmidt> (shouts) ADDAMS!!!!
<Storyteller> He grabs you...
DrSchmidt tries to rip lose
<Storyteller> While you are shouting and screaming...
DrSchmidt takes care to move towards the center of the roof, not to the edge.
<Storyteller> Niles, you cannot see anything. You simply see a lot of white. - Jan, you see nothing. Everything is black.
<Niles_Powers> My mirrorshades didn't lessen the effect?
<Storyteller> (Nope. You weren't prepared.)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (I'm not dead?)
<Storyteller> (Who am I to tell you yet ;))
DrSchmidt curses and wonders what makes Dr.Addams behave so strangely.
<Storyteller> Addams, the doctor is fighting you.
<Arthur_Addams> (I'm dragged towards the center of the roof?)
<DrSchmidt> (Art, I'm not that strong, LOL)
Arthur_Addams tries to get loose.
<Storyteller> Niles, you still feel the man under you. He has calmed.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Pete, situation? I am blinded .
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I try to take his pulse)
<Storyteller> Arthur, you are free. The doctor is down on the floor. You can hit him and avenge yourself.
<Storyteller> (Roll Willpower)
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Arthur just freaked out here and fights me. Damn. I can't get free of him to check the scanner.
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 6
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 9 2 9 3 2 6
<Storyteller> (Niles, you ARE BLIND)
<Storyteller> Art, just as you are about to hit the doctor with your leg, you see that you are about to swing at Doc Schmidt... and the doctor is nowhere near.
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I have FUCKING hands.)
<Storyteller> Doc Schmidt, you have a split lip, and you see that Addams seems to be calming down.
<DrSchmidt> When I got free, I try to reach the monitor of the sensor array to check what's up.
<Niles_Powers> (ST: I HAVE FUCKING HANDS, YOU KNOW!)
<Storyteller> (Niles, Medicine only.)
<Niles_Powers> (Medicine only?)
<Storyteller> (Your Perception is 0 currently beacuse of sensory overload)
Arthur_Addams stops and looks around confused.
<Arthur_Addams> What? Where am I? Where is the doctor?
DrSchmidt curses.
<DrSchmidt> Dammit, Addams, you went insane? Which doctor? You tried to attack me!
<Arthur_Addams> The... The doctor who was wanting to do an operation...
<DrSchmidt> Huh?
DrSchmidt wipes hip lip and sees the blood. He bites back some more curses.
<DrSchmidt> What the heck did happen there? - I'll check the scanner...
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Someone is near the fence? I can't move right now.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Checking.
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 10 7 6
<Storyteller> (Does anyone look over the wall?)
<Arthur_Addams> I saw a bright light and have been shaken from the explosion. Then there suddenly was a doctor wanting to open my head...
DrSchmidt looks at the monitor.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) I could use a hand.
<Storyteller> (Doc Schmidt, there are 3 lifeforms on that side of the wall.)
<DrSchmidt> You obviously had some hallucination, Arthur.
<Storyteller> (alive)
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Powers, I get three lifeforms...)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: Where exactly?)
<Storyteller> (Where Niles, Jan and the captive should be.)
Arthur_Addams sits down and tries to relax.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Pete and Arthur, come here, Jan and I needs a hand.
<Arthur_Addams> Hmmm... Must have been so.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Well, it seems you are alone there - Jan, you and some other guy.)
<DrSchmidt> Arthur, go down there, please. I'll keep manning the scanner.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Arthur will come down. I will continue surveying the area.
<Arthur_Addams> Ok...
<Storyteller> (okay)
Arthur_Addams hurries down to the location.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Take one of our mundane guards, if need be!
<Storyteller> As you come there, Addams, you notice that everything is covered in green stuff, just like that on your clothes.
DrSchmidt continues checking the scanners.
<Arthur_Addams> (Radio) Pete, everything here is covered with some stuff, like my clothes.
<Storyteller> You see two writhing masses on the floor, covered with the green crud and a big lump near the wall.
Arthur_Addams makes another Matter scan.
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 2 8
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Art, can you analyze it?
<Storyteller> (It seems to be an organic compound with quite some adhesive properties.)
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 7 9 8
<DrSchmidt> (Any DimSci/Prime out of the range?)
<Storyteller> (No, but you get nothing :))
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Pete, it's organic and adhesive.
Arthur_Addams checks for Jan and Niles.
<Storyteller> You see two writhing masses on the floor, covered with the green crud and a big lump near the wall.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Either the scanner is malfunctioning, or there is nothing out of the ordinary with that stuff.)
Arthur_Addams checks the lump first, trying to get this weird stuff of it.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Should I do another Prime scan from around here?
<Storyteller> The lump seems to give some response. It starts moving. - Jan, you feel somone prodding you with his foot.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Please do so.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) I think the three of us could use medical care.
Arthur_Addams continues to check the lump, removing more of this goo.
<Storyteller> You see Jan beneath it. He is trying to move, but his clothes seem stuck to the goo.
Arthur_Addams does a Prime scan.
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 10 4
<Storyteller> You see 3 living forms. 2 with extra stores of quintessence.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Pete... Contact! Two readings of lifeforms with Primal Energy!
Arthur_Addams tries to free Jan of the goo.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Art, I'll try to verify your reading.
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 8 10 6
<Storyteller> Jan, you feel someone pushing you and trying to get you up. You feel very sticky as someone pushes your back aginst the wall.)
<DrSchmidt> (I obviously scan 3 Primal Energy readings, hm?)
<Storyteller> (The same reading. The extra quintessence seems to be Jan and Niles.)
<Arthur_Addams> (D'OH!)
<Storyteller> (BTW, everything has a Primal Energy trace.)
<DrSchmidt> (ST: But Enlightened scientists have a bigger amount that shows.)
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Err... Arthur... You just read our colleagues there.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Arf... Sorry... Just had a quick scan, for I try to free Jan of this goo.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) No prob. What the heck is that stuff anyway?
<Arthur_Addams> (Radio) I just can tell that it's of organic nature.
<Storyteller> (and sticky :))
<DrSchmidt> (radio) I hope it's not poisonous.
<Arthur_Addams> (How far is Jan freed?)
<Storyteller> (Pretty much. He is leaning on the wall. - Niles, you manage to move,,,
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) I freed Jan of this goo. I'll check for Niles now.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Great. Thanks, Arthur.
<Niles_Powers> (If I can hear Arthur, I'll crawl toward him.)
DrSchmidt is glad he is up there and doesn't have to get slimed all over.
Arthur_Addams looks for Niles, or another lump of goo that seems to contain someone.
<Storyteller> You hear him. The fellow beneath you is calm.
Arthur_Addams frees Niles of this stuff.
<Niles_Powers> (whisper) Arthur, check if the other guy is still alive.
<Storyteller> As you turn towards him, you notice that something green is crawling out through the fence.
Arthur_Addams runs towards the lump of moving slime and tries to stop it.
<Storyteller> Roll Dex :)
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 4
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 10 1 7 9
DrSchmidt keeps an eye on the proceedings.
<Storyteller> You almost slip down and fall, but you can try and grab him. Dex + Brawl.
DrSchmidt does another general scan. Maybe this was just a diversion maneuver
<DrSchmidt> !dice 3
<agww-dice> DrSchmidt rolls the dice and gets the following results: 5 3 9
<Storyteller> (All is the same.)
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 4
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 10 2 1 4
<Storyteller> Arthur, as you jump after him, you try to catch him, but he slips through your hands and goes out.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Do I come to my senses already?)
<Storyteller> (More or less, but you see nothing.)
Arthur_Addams follows the intruder, once again trying to stop him.
<Storyteller> Roll Dex.
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 4
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 7 4 6 8
<Storyteller> You mange to start crawling after him through the hole. - What does the rest of the gang do?
<DrSchmidt> I'm still surveying the area.
<Arthur_Addams> (I should be a little bit faster, for he should have more goo on him.)
Arthur_Addams once again tries to get a hold of the intruder.
<Storyteller> (Dex + Brawl)
<Arthur_Addams> Stop it! Freeze!
<Storyteller> !dice 5
<agww-dice> Storyteller rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 7 5 9 3
<Storyteller> !dice 5
<agww-dice> Storyteller rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 8 10 10 9
<Storyteller> Okay, roll Stamina, Arthur.
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 2
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 8 1
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (I'm still blind, am I not?)
<Storyteller> (Yep)
<DrSchmidt> (Where the heck is Dr.Redraven anyway?)
<Storyteller> Okay, Arthur as you were shouting, you got a leg in your face. 4 bashing damage.
<Arthur_Addams> (Wounded?)
<Storyteller> (Yeah, it is bashing anyway)
<DrSchmidt> (Ouch)
<Niles_Powers> (The guy should have penalties if he's still soaked with the goo.)
<Arthur_Addams> (I thought the guy is still *in* the goo.)
<Storyteller> (The guy was on the ground. Outside the fence, the goo didn't get there.)
Arthur_Addams falls back holding his nose.
<Storyteller> While you were holding your nose that started bleeding, the guy managed to get up and away into the forest. As you come back, you notice that the writing on the wall glows in this crud, and that Jan and Niles are sitting leant on the wall.
<DrSchmidt> (Art, didn't you take one of the mundane guards along as I told you?)
<Storyteller> (He didn't ;)) You told him, but he didn't ;))
<DrSchmidt> (Sighs)
<Arthur_Addams> (I thought this one was for Niles and Jan, that they should call one. *sigh*)
Arthur_Addams looks at the writing, still holding his nose.
<Storyteller> (And if he went after one of them, he'd be late anyway.)
<DrSchmidt> (Art: How could they, when they were largely out?)
<Arthur_Addams> (They were conscious.)
<Storyteller> It is a maessage proclaiming DNA to be rapers of Earth, destroyers of nature and similar eco terrorist trash.
<DrSchmidt> (Art: But severly hampered)
<Storyteller> Niles, you can see, but all you see is green.
<Niles_Powers> I'll try to clean my eyes.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Dammit... I'm hit and the guy is out. Jan and Niles don't look good either...
<Storyteller> (Jan and Niles are ok. Jan is only a bit disoriented, and Niles didn't remmber to take his shades off :))
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Well, the scanners show that other than that, the situation is fine.
<Arthur_Addams> There are writings on the wall.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Yes?
<Niles_Powers> (So the two guys managed to run off?)
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Propaganda stuff.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) I see.
<Storyteller> (Yes. - So, what do you guys do now? :)
<DrSchmidt> (How long is the convention now?)
<Storyteller> 12:45 - 3 hours 15 minutes. And there is still a horde of people in front of the premises.
<DrSchmidt> (How long does our contract last?)
<Storyteller> (Till the end... - And besides, you know nothing about a contract. You know you need to protect it.)
DrSchmidt definitely won't leave the scanner array then.
Arthur_Addams checks Jan and Niles.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Guys, I guess you should try to get cleaned up a little.
<Niles_Powers> Yep
<Storyteller> (Thankfully there are reserve black suits in the van the agents came in :))
<DrSchmidt> (LOL)
<Storyteller> Does anyone analyse this place for what happened?
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Is there any medical backup around?
Arthur_Addams still holds his nose.
<Storyteller> (You'll be okay in an hour.)
<DrSchmidt> (radio) You might try to catch Dr.Redraven later.
<Storyteller> (He is coming in 3 hours and 15 mins ;))
<Niles_Powers> (radio) I am going to clean myself.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Good idea.
DrSchmidt is glad that he didn't get slimed, and his overall s dirt-resistant anyway.
<Storyteller> So, who goes to clean up and who goes to examine the crime scene?
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (Can I see already?)
DrSchmidt stays at the roof and mans the scanners.
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Arthur, check the wall and try to find evidence.
<Storyteller> Everything is ok, if you don't count the 50 people in front of the place.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Ok.
Arthur_Addams does another Matter / Prime scan, before he cleans himself.
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 9 8 9
<Storyteller> (For what?)
<Arthur_Addams> (General scan to check the substance and if it contains any unusual amount of Primal Energy.)
<Storyteller> (No, as I said before it is organic. But what you find is trace amounts of c4 and residues of a flashbang grenade.)
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) C4 used and a flash grenade. Still no trace how the writing sticks to the wall.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Sounds pretty mundane.
<Storyteller> It seems to glow...
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) It glows...
<DrSchmidt> (radio) I'll continue checking for RDs.
Arthur_Addams scans for Forces, especially for radiation.
<Arthur_Addams> !dice 3
<agww-dice> Arthur_Addams rolls the dice and gets the following results: 6 8 1
<Niles_Powers> (radio) Hum, I hope this crap isn't some kind of biological weapon.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Hm. The glow isn't radioactive or bioluminescence?
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) No radiation. I have no knowledge about Life though.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Ok.
<Storyteller> (No. I'll try to speed this up a bit. It is a sort of algae used for the letters. It glows in contact with this organic mishmash.)
<DrSchmidt> (So bioluminescence after all :-)
<Storyteller> (Get cleaned up and try to stop those rioters from raining on the conventioneers parade. You have less than 3 hours. It's 13:12.)
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Now I'm going to clean myself, too.
DrSchmidt still surveys the area
<Arthur_Addams> (Could we make a cut soon? Sorry, but gotta go soon.)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (If I can see by now...)
Arthur_Addams walks off to clean himself, change his suit and to clean his tools.
<Jan_Pieterszoon> (radio) It seems I still can't see. (AND YES, I did clean my glasses, not necessary anyways.)
<Storyteller> (Jan, you'll be able to see in an hour or so. You were looking right at the flashbang.)
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Hm, maybe you should return to the Construct then and get some Medical Doc check you up.
<Storyteller> Addams, after taking a proper look around, you notice that there was a thin fiberwire connecting the bag and the paper. Jan tripped it while removing the paper and activated it. That blinded them and covered everything in goo. Addams saw too much light and it triggered his "problems". Soon you are all cleaned up and had a visit from Rogers. He yelled at you that he wants the rioters removed within half an hour, or you will be removed along with them. 13:45.
DrSchmidt sighs.
<Arthur_Addams> (Wouldn't this be a good point for a break? Gotta work tomorrow.)
<Storyteller> Ok, then. I thought, if you have any ideas to remove and then to stop...
<DrSchmidt> Jan, what about calling your friends at the police? You can tell them about the assault, that should suffice as reason to scatter the protestants.
<Storyteller> (Jan, Maipulation+Contacts to make the cops come and take them away, although they are peaceful protesters. Diff 8)
Arthur_Addams checks the van for any parts to build a high pressure water cleaner to remove the goo and the writing.
<Storyteller> (There are none. Though you could take apart the car.)
<Jan_Pieterszoon> !dice 7
<agww-dice> Jan_Pieterszoon rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 5 8 9 10 1 9
<Jan_Pieterszoon> 2 suxx
<Storyteller> Soon two police vans arrive and disperse the protesters. Those that were too loud are taken into custody, and at 14:10, you are finally taking a break and hoping that this was all.
<Arthur_Addams> (radio) Pete, there are no parts to build a high pressure water cleaner to remove the goo in the van.
<DrSchmidt> (radio) Hm... Well, then they have to live with it.
<Storyteller> ---------End of Part 1 -------
Session Close: Mon Mar 03 00:56:46 2003
-- To Be Continued --
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