[Drew, Marcus, and Erin head outside] (In a slightly snarling voice) Testing, one, two, three. ~ It's working ~ (the VZ employee resists the urge to crack a joke) (Oh, and if you could, broadcast radio traffic in the main channel as well. Go ahead and watch that channel too) [After Erin's outside of the door, he buggers off. He leaves you with the code to open or close it. It is presently open] [Awareness rolls, sense of choice (but say which), heightened awareness counts] [Marcus here's a faint wind in the distance. Drew hears two people flying at something like 100 kph about twenty seconds from arrival] Incoming in about 20 seconds They're coming in fast, about 100 kph by air [You see two figures zooming in from the distant horizon, as they're getting closer the chain link fence, local trashcans, the cement holding the fence, and the guard post all start to rattle.] [They're within 50 ms now and the fence and guard post, some chunks of cement, and not to mention anything not nailed down suddenly rip free and go airborn] [There aren't any deep gashes in the earth though, nothing below 1 m.] Let's get inside and close this door. * Drew nods [At this point they land and the male waves. The debris in the air is begining to circle with increasing speed around the pair of them, seems centered on the female.] We're locking down the door, but I think the flyers are it One defender? That's surprising, I'd have expected more, were them but I still me, I'd prepare an army to meet me. Not that it'd help. Quiet Manic. * Marcus shuts and locks the door * Drew shuts the door (From the inside.) A conventional door? How quaint. [Oh, and description] * Drew rolls eyes and hope they think I'm a TK too [They both look to be in their late teens. Maelstrom is a bit older. Both are quite attractive, Manic's got a thin bishie look to him. And they are very obviously related] [Both are wearing street clothes and have no obvious weapons] [And neither are nearly as attractive as Magnie is] [And after coming down half way, the door stops as Maelstrom makes a hand gesture.] "Gonna take more than that, wolfie." [Let's actually go to init out here] [Drew] (How tall is the door, how much of a gap is left in it?) [3 m. 1.5 m gap] [The doors currently groaning against an unseen force.] * Drew will try to force them down some more for this turn (since I don't have to jump to do it) (Gimme a strength roll -4 for every level of super strength) (Um, is that just a Body check?) (yeah) (w00t) [Drew feels the door trying to rise but holds it for now] (How far away are they?) Your turn brother (Less than 50 m) * Marcus gets his gun out and waits for them to get closer It's the two of them, they're trying to keep the door from closing We're trying to close and bar the door, and they're lifting it from a distance [Maelstrom walks closer, the debris circling the two is coalescing into a sphere, truncated by the ground. You can still see through gaps, but they're impossible to aim through] With luck this might waste some of their energy (Ah. Well, that's no good. What's their shield made of? Mostly dirt and concrete?) * Maelstrom laughs "I can do this all night." She keeps gesturing with one hand trying to yank the door up. [Drew!] * Drew continues trying to hold down the door (Yeah, and fence metal. You can aim through it, your bullet will probably have to travel through a fair amount of debris before getting there) (Gimme another body roll drew) (done and done) [Drew holds the line] [Manic furrows his brow and tries to grab again. This time he's much more successful. Drew needs to try to dodge (and take a big door penalty) or allow himself to be grabbed] [So, which is it?] (dodge, methinks) (Dodge unarmed (grapple) (nope) * Manic "You'd think they'd be better prepared, not that it's really possible to defend against both of us, maybe they knew that and so didn't." You're over thinking. [As Manic makes this particular comment, Drew is flung back into the hallway, his weight slows him down a bit, but the force is a lot more powerful than even a werewolf. He slams against a wall, but doesn't actually take any damage.] [Marcus!] (Still 50m away?) (Less than) (How big is their debris shield?) [10 ms or so, circling around both] (How much does it look like it's gonna hurt if that debris field hits me?) [Some of it you can pass right through, I'll even give you a dodge roll. But some of it you can't. Good chance you'll be slammed by what would feel like a manhole cover if you go through. If you make the roll, it'll be closer to a park bench] [Which are 8 and 24 respectively] * Drew looks around. (Is there any bulky objects in the area?) [On the inside? There's a metal desk, and some heavy grating you could probably rip out] [And do make your call quickly Marcus. :P] * Marcus moves back away from the door, about 10 m into the hallway (I'm guessing the desk is not bolted down?) [Maelstrom laughs more as she walks right up to the door. The debris cloud gets a tad smaller as they go through but still is quite protective. The door goes up to 2M from the ground.] [Drew!] (It is, but it's not bolted down well) [Oh, and the fence and guard post are still circling, but they're getting smaller and breaking into more chunks with each pass] Of course, this could be a trap, but if it is they haven't told wolfie, or he's a great actor. Y'know, this place actually looks nicer than home was, isn't that scary. * Drew attempts to grab the desk and pick it up. (While bent over, and into comm...) Hope this gives an opening [Drew succeeds] [Go ahead and do something with it if you like] * Drew holds it to my side, between the wall and me, and try to look like I'm getting ready to slide/shove it down the hallway at them. ( *Very Important*, I am not holding it overhead ^_^ ) * Manic narrows his eyes at Drew. "Huh, a desk, what'cha doing? Gonna push it to keep the door from closing? Wait, that doesn't make sense... Hmm..." [Drew can feel the telekinesis trying to grab him again, but it fails to do so. [Marcus!] [At the door] (So...It looks like it'll be less painful to go into the mess now?) * Drew is going to shove it directly at her and her shield [Go for it, and yeah, less painful, but not for long, as the big objects are resolving themselves into smaller objects.] [The desk gets cut in half before it gets through, but a chunk does manage to bump Maelstrom but not hard, before slowly adding itself to the pile. There's now a gap just in front of the desk because it's not full speed yet] [Marcus!] * Marcus jumps through the gap, goes to the closest hostile, and shoots them in the foot with the gun. (And now if you make the ranged dodge (personal) roll or body acrobatics (roll), you get in free.) (Roll first, you get in but want to know damage) (Then, give me your attack roll) (ew) [Marcus times it wrong and gets knocked about a bit by the desk. Attack roll!] (These dice are fired.) [Marcus misses. Not surprising given that he just got clobbered by a desk] [Mael frowns and gets running, as does Manic who actually looks like he's pulling himself along. If Drew and Marcus don't move to keep up, they'll pass through the cloud.] [Drew!] [Oh, and it was a minute to walk, we'll say it's a three round run] (By move, you mean "fall back" correct? (Correct) (how tightly around their bodies is the duststorm?) [Not too tightly at this point. Marcus won't have trouble if he runs to keep up.] (They are hovering, correct?) [No, running] [They were walking before] (So they are on the ground?) [Yes] * Drew grabs the grate you mentioned before, rips it off, and decides to play some shuffleboard * Drew will then move back, at the first opportunity after doing so [Throw attack roll] [Maelstrom jumps in time and the grating nearly manages to knock out Manic's feet, but gets swept up at the last minute. This time, Maelstrom starts the grating in the inner swirl, leaving no gap on the outside.] [Manic and Maelstrom begin to hover again, but keep moving, a little faster now actually] [Manic frowns for a moment. "Clever wolfie.. didn't know wolfies could be so clever. Remind me to never turn my back on a dog.] He also keeps a hand reaching out at Drew, who needs another grapple unarmed dodge roll] [Drew finds himself lifted in the air despite his struggles and is now floating and moving along, perilously close to the dust storm.] [Marcus!] * Marcus keeps moving to keep from being hit by the debris stream, and closes in on whomever is closer. Whichever one is closer, he shoots in the foot. From point-blank range. Sister, got any silver in there? Wouldn't want to outright kill him. Don't think so. Hey! Wolfie, would being slammed against the storm, having desks and such wail on your body as fragments of a chain link fence dig into you be potentially deadly? (ACV roll. I'll give you a -4 modifier. -2 from full attack -2 for the range) (that's much better) [Manic gets hit in the foot, he moves pretty agiley right after that, but the unexpectedness of the shot got him] Would scratching you a lot be potentially deadly? Oww! There’s someone in here. Maybe invisible, or just really stealthy. Maybe that desk was a clever ninja. * Maelstrom frowns and grabs onto her brother, pulling him close to her. Then the dust storm closes in rapidly with only a half a meter gap for Marcus to run for. [Gimme a ranged (personal) roll marcus] (Ah, there it is. 12.) (And with his ACV?) [Marcus anticipates the move and finds safety within the bubble. Meanwhile though the group is still getting closer to the prison. Faster because of the flying. One round left and then arrival] [Drew!] (17 damage, then) [Drew is still in the air, hanging within half a meter of the dust cloud] * Drew tries to get free from Manic's grasp. If I can attempt it, I'll try to claw through the cloud at Manic when free (What's your unarmed attack (grappling skill?) (I make the grapple check with either unarmed attack or defense) [Drew manages to get himself free, thanks to a few wrestling moves he knows. Extra attack, drew!] (going for claws) ( ... and into the frying pan. ) ( What happened to the fire, though? ?_? ) [Current init order. Ren, Drew, Jonathon, Manic, Marcus, Maelstrom. We are presently at Drew. Ren arrives at his init] [Drew claws at the storm trying to cut his way through the desk, fence, dust, scraps of metal, et al. Just as he feels he's about to make it through, he's knock back as grating slams into him] [Manic meanwhile flails is arms around as he reaches for Marcus with his mind. He catches him. Marcus, give me an unarmed defense (grapple) roll.] [And for Ren's benefit, there's a vast cloud of debris, moving at fast speeds through the hallway. Manic and Maelstrom are at the center of it, with only about a meter of safe area around them.] (success) [Marcus just manages to pull free and it's his turn] Sorry sis, I should have let you force me to practice with the blind fold. * Marcus shoots him in the shoulder, again at point-blank range (Won't give you a point blank bonus this time, because it's pretty damn awkward at this range, since you're dodge the inner storm) (well, then I miss.) [Group now reaches the cell and returns to ‘Facing the Storm’]