[A team is gathered together due to recent leads on escaped Wetwork villian's.] [The objective is to find the two escapees and find those responsible for organizing the attacks.] [You start out in a meeting room. Mai is waiting there.] [Start!] * Saki is sitting in a chair, one leg folded over the other. Her arms are crossed, she's slouching and looking down. Unsurprisingly, she's wearing her usual getup. * Mai looks to Saki. "Well, while we're waiting for everyone else, are you familar with the original case?" * Saki shrugs. "A little." * Kahlya opens the door cautiously as she enters and blinks uncertainly. For this one she's wearing a jeans/denim jacket getup. Her eyes scan the room with the door half open. * Saki shifts a little in her seat. * Mai nods. "Welcome Kahlya. Alright, we're currently hunting the two escapees. An ice mage and a mind swapper." * Kahlya rubs her head slightly as she enters. "So that's what this is all about? Hmmph." She folds her arms and pouts a little, silently thinking. * Saki nods. "Sounds fun." So, we've actually got a rather good lead. There's been a series of fatalities that meet the M.O. of the ice mage who apparently goes by the name of Kelvin. * Kahlya glances at Saki as she speaks, watching her intently. * Miles appears on the table. "Hi! Anno, sorry if I missed anything... What'd I miss?" ^^; * Kahlya turns and looks at Miles, her expression distinctly serious but she doesn't happen to answer his question. * Mai looks to Miles. "Welcome. We've got a lead on the ice mage, apparently he's been picked up by a paramilitary group in the Caucuses." Ooooh, where is he?! I think that's what she was getting to, Miles. * Kahlya turns her look back to Mai and Saki. "Right?" * Mai hits a button and a map appears on the wall. "Contested area on the Russian border. We've had reports of deaths that had been passed for enviornmental effects. However, he's not subtle, and after a few months rumors spread. We've verified through agents in the regiun that we're dealing with a mystic here." [Those with geography knowledge or the like will note that the series of attacks are at a key strategic pass needed to control local oil fields. A key high altitude mountain pass to be specific.] So, we can't officially intercede in this matter. However, the region is already highly contested. A small mercenary team, even if it causes a good amount of trouble, won't be a problem. * Saki blinks at Kahlya. "Hm? Oh, right." * Miles nodnods. We'll deliver you there, your mission will be to get information from the locals and find Kelvin. We'd prefer him alive, but if that isn't possible try to find his base of operations and any clues that will assist us in finding his past and perhaps present employer. Any questions? * Kahlya eyes Saki for a moment, giving her a slight half-smile, then looks back at Mai. "So what you're saying is discretion is an issue here...mmm...kinda hard considering who's involved though..." She sighs. "He wasn't exactly known as the most subtle." * Mai shakes her head and smiles. "Not this time, just don't go throwing your names around or announcing your ties to the British government and you'll be fine." * Mai then continues to look for any questions. * Kahlya smiles. "Well that should be easy..." She clears her throat and draws her head up proudly. "Zo I should be talkink like zis then, Comrade?" * Miles scratches his head. "That doesn't sound Russian." * Mai smiles slightly. "If you prefer. A fair number of the local mercanaries will know English. But if you like hire a local to handle the other languages." * Kahlya then gets more serious. "We may need a translator after all." She glances at the two of them. "Unless one of you happens to know Russian?" Hell no. A simple no would have sufficed. Uh... No? I didn't stop in Russia. ^^; Then hire someone once you're there. At this point the local economy is largely based on mercenaries spending and bartering pillaged goods. We'll give you all cold weather gear and we've already arranged tickets. Oh, and one last thing. Kelvin might not be the only mercenary active in the area. There's been a spree of reports about a mechanical man with a flaming sword. If it is Arktos, use your discretion, just don't let him distract you from your goals. Got ya. ...wait. He's not with SAB then? I guess not? * Mai shakes her head. "We sent people to retrieve him as the tunnel was cleared. He'd apparently found his own way out and hasn't been in contact since." Hm. Guess he ditched you. * Miles nods... Such a tenuous grasp on your people...it's no wonder...well, nevermind. * Kahlya stands up off the wall and gets ready to depart. * Mai 's eyes flit to Kahlya for a second but she doesn't comment. "And if that's all good luck and stay warm out there." * Saki rises, stretching before standing once more in a slouch. [You get a flight to Russia and subsequent change over to a small plane going to the only still functioning local landstrip. It's an eight seater with cargo taking up about half the seats. The cargo includes some small farm animals by the smell of it. You've all been provisioned cold weather gear and mountaineering equipment.] * Pilot speaks with a halting english accent. "We are here almost. Buckle yourselves." * Saki does, idly. [The plane shakes due to an updraft, the pilot seems to have things under control though.] * Kahlya is dressed for the cold and buckled! She's glancing over at Saki, curiously. * Miles is buckled! And looking out the window. ANd bundled up very cutely. * Saki is dressed for the cold with a trenchcoat. She looks bored, staring out the window [Out the window there's snow and mountain peaks. The town is barely visible up ahead and seems to be a ragtag gathering of one and two story buildings. Some pre-fab construction but largely thrown together shacks. Does seem to be a good amount of activity there though.] [And the plane shudders again, there's actually a brief dip that gives a feel of one's stomach rising similar to being on a rollarcoaster.] [Meanwhile the airstrip comes into view. There's a fair number of people and a small cart meandering around the area, but they appear to largely be scattering thanks to the sound of the oncoming plane. Visual awareness check +4 please.] Oooh, is that an abomimamibinanble Snowman over there?! over there? * Pilot starts the final descent while deploying an eclectic mix of curses in a range of languages at the people who don't stay off the strip. This seems to be about what he expects though. * Kahlya shakes her head. "No." She points out the window, speaking to the pilot. "There's an ox on the runway. Do you see it?" * Saki rolls her eyes. * Pilot gives a hearty laugh. "A yeti? On the runway? Impossible!" [The oxe is still fairly concealed by the cart that looks to be moving out of the way in time. A rather angry looking local is repeatedly hit its rear with a stick of some sort to little effect.] (And anyone who wants to look for the oxe, or the abominamibinanble snow man can give me an awareness roll. :P) [And there's a sudden jolt as the plane hits the runway for the first time.] * Kahlya points out the window. "Not yeti, ox. Right there..." She points again. "I'd suggest you avoid it." But I saw one! (Miles totally needs to lay off the sugar.) (But then it would't be Miles anymore.) (But Shu-Gar is gud 4 u!) (SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR!) (... Get on with it!) * Pilot glances back at Kahlya to see where she's pointing and then glances forward again and starts cursing more loudly but still ecletically. He manages to swerve to the side with some time to spare, but the turn is rather sharp and causes the plane to come to its final stop with a wing in the snow and at a forty five degree angle to the ground. (Body (agility) rolls please. -4 bonus. You make it, your next action can look dignified.) [In the back of the plane, there's a few disturbed crows and oinks as the crates obey the law of gravity and roll and slide down.] * Saki snaps her eyes open even before the plane starts to turn. She rises and manages to stay relatively straight as the plane moves, catching a bag as it falls towards her. * Miles blinks as plane starts tilting and vanishes, vanishing and re-appearing to avoid the bags that now cover his seat. * Kahlya braces herself for the impact and unbuckles quickly, moving out of the way of falling luggage. She half-glares at the pilot, but not overly harshly. "Maybe next time, you'll listen to me..." She then glances at Miles and gives him a hard stare and a quick "cut it" gesture. * Pilot is fairly dazed by the landing and the bag of mail in the co-pilots seat that lands on him. Even so he gets up after a few seconds and opens the door on the skyward side of the plane. "Thank you for flying [something in Russian] airlines." * Miles smiles sheepishly. ^^; [The town itself is fairly pathetic. There's four large buildings. One that seems to have the most people gathered and is a source of fairly rocous noise. There's two smaller longer buildings on either side of the town. One cube pre-fab concrete building is surrounded by a fair number of crates and some armed guards.] [There's a fair number of people from a mix of ethnicity bundled up and wandering about. A range of arms are carried publicly, mostly in poor shape and apparent holdovers from wars fought as much as half a century ago.] * Saki guesses. "A bar, a store, a warehouse and a morgue." Why morgue? * Saki shrugs. Anno, what else would it be? * Kahlya fully step and pulls herself up through the door to get out. [A good number have Ray-ban shades, ski-masks, or googles. There's patches on many of their overcoats that seem to be geared towards a game of spot the mythical creature in a militaristic logo.] [A few look you over, but by and large seem focused on their own business.] * Saki gets off the plane, shoving her pockets in her overcoat. [You aren't seeing too many women.] * Miles walks out of the plane. ( Sure we are. We just can't tell :P ) * Miles stage-whispers to Kahlya. "Why aren't there many women about?" Beats me. * Kahlya looks at Miles, then to Saki, tilting her head. "You know, I think this is the first time we officially got to work together. What's your specialty?" (Anno, everything?) * Saki runs a hand through her hair. "Shooting stuff." She looks around. "What are we supposed to do here, again?" Anno... [Miles actually is getting the most looks. Cute isn't seen much in these parts. They'll probably notice the rest soon enough.] Everything? * Kahlya speaks quietly. "Find this Kelvin. But Miles, even though Mai said discretion wasn't necessary, I'd still be cautious about throwing it around willy-nilly." She points. "It seems cliche, but isn't a bar usually a good place to go for information?" But if you're right and that is a morgue, we might investigate the victims as well. Around here? Probably. * Miles nodnods. But...um... * Kahlya blinks and points to herself. "I kinda...I don't know how it is around here but I do look rather underage.." Don't we all. And a young girl trapsing around a morgue would be suspicious too...Mmmm...let's try it anyways. * Kahlya tightens her "pack" across her back and makes her way towards the presumed bar. * Miles starts his way to the bar too. Fear the cute! * Saki stalks towards the bar. [As people get closer looks at the group there are a few hoots from the drunks meandering outside.] [You get to the door where your way is blocked by a rather obese man whose breath reaks. He looks down at Miles and asks a question in Russian. * Miles scratches his head and looks confused. * Miles looks at his companions. * Obese guy laughs and makes a crack to one of his buddies who replies back in Russian. He then looks back to Miles and repeats the question. Anno, I don't understand? * Kahlya keeps walking past, ignoring Miles' troubles. Poor Miles. * Saki runs a hand through her hair. He asked what the hell thinking bringing a pretty boy to a dump like this. Uh, I just want a drink and to go inside. ^^; * Saki shrugs. "Seemed like a good idea at the time." * Man laughs at that and then says something in Russian to the obese guy. He steps out of the way. * Saki wanders in. * Miles walks in, eyeing the others cautiously. [There's a half dozen card games and drinking games going on in the various tables in this joint and a fair number of people who seem to not give a shit about games and just want to get wasted.] [The bartender is a tall bearded man currently distributing vodka. Russian seems the most common language, but there are a few other alternatives floating around.] [There's one woman in sight, a bald monk not dressed for the weather, she currently as a scraggly looking guy in a rather uncomfortable looking hold. Some of you recognize her as Yuri.] * Kahlya looks at the situation and walks in more, eyes on Yuri as she shakes her head. "Figures." [Money changes hands at one table as it becomes obvious Yuri's got the best of the man.] * Yuri is wearing a brown jacket over a pink and black top and some slightly frayed jeans, and is currently twisting an arm behind the back of its owner, with him on his knees, and her standing behind him. * Bartender wanders over, keeping a hand beneath the bar. Otherwise the rest of the occupants seems to have switched to ignore strangers mode. ( by default.) * Yuri smiles slightly and looks at the men at the table while saying, * Saki looks at the scene and sighs irritatedly. * One raises a drink to her. The others nod politely and try not to draw a beatdown. * Yuri lets go of his arm. * Guy scampers out of the bar. * Yuri lets out a slight sigh and turns towards the bar, seeing the SAB crew as she does. * Kahlya half-mutters to Saki. "Sad as it may sound, here may be our translator.." * Miles wavewavewaves at Yuri. * Bartender switches to English. "What will have?" * Yuri bows slightly at Miles and says in Japanese, "Miles." She glances between the other two. * Kahlya glances to Yuri as well. * Saki looks at the bartender. "Gimme a beer." I guess... uh... SAB is doing something? Yes Yuri? ^^ (With that crew, I'd wanna get drunk, too!) (Yeah, really.) (;_;) * Yuri licks her lips and shivers. "Just saying hi." * Bartender reaches under the table and takes out a lower end Russian brew. He takes the cap off and puts it infront of Saki. "Two dollar." (I'm not that bad. ^^) * Saki places the money on the counter and takes the beer. Hello then. Heard anything unusual? * Kahlya doesn't look too pleased at Yuri. Maybe it's because she mentioned SAB, but who can really tell? I just got here. I see... * Bartender takes the money and glances to see if anyone else is ordering. * Yuri glances out the door. "Yep." * Yuri exhales noisily. "Just very good at drawing attention, I guess." * Kahlya puts money down on the counter, still looking at Yuri. "What else do you serve?" * Bartender gestures at the range of bottles behind him. Fairly standard stuff, nothing fancy though. Must be the hair. * Kahlya sighs. "Give me a beer too." * Kahlya gets a different low end brew. (A Hof-brew?) * Yuri nods slightly. "It never helps. So... where are we?" * Miles leaps up onto one of the stools. "Here?" * Saki takes a drink. "Deffinately here." * Kahlya sips her drink. She's not trying to talk. She's just "listening" for specific bits of information. * Yuri glances around at the bar. "... yes, we are always here." [Kahlya does over hear the words "ice demon" mixed in with other coversation at a far table. Conversation is mostly in Russian though.] * Yuri sighs and shivers again. "I guess I'm here to help, since there's nothing to feel except this cold. They should have sent a Qian." * Kahlya gestures with her drink to the table, speaking lowly. "Since you're here and you know Russian, why don't you go over to that table and listen in? I think it's important." (Directed at Yuri of course) * Yuri looks at Kahlya. "Huh? I don't even know what's going on." Just listen in. Trust me. * Miles blinks and tries to listen in also. * Yuri frowns even as she nods, crossing the room. * Saki says, in Japanese, "" [Miles just hears conversation in Russian.] * Saki sips her drink. * Kahlya sips too. A split second after Saki. It's almost as if she's mirroring her actions and expression. * Miles nodnods. "It's all confusing to me. ^^" [ ] [ice demon< in North-east. Maybe avalanche who knows.> ::guy gets up to grab a beer::] ( Vlad had a 6 mind ) * Yuri looks around as if looking for someone, and then circles back around. * One of the guys at the table looks up as Yuri passed. * Yuri blinks then looks down at the man with a slight smile, * Another guy smiles. ::sob:: * Yuri aahs, then says, [::sobber:: ] * Yuri frowns slightly and comes close and replies, * Guys nods. <>ice demon< with men, preposterous> * Yuri chuckles and her eyes shimmer again. She looks at the last speaker and bows slightly. * Saki has finished her beer by now. * Yuri , uh, makes with the retreating to the SAB table. * Miles is just looking at the, um... 'decor'. * Saki glances at Yuri. "So what's the story?" What's going on? * Yuri says, quietly, "There's suspicious deaths to the south, and... uh... suspicious avalanche in the northeast." Just avalanches? * Miles scratches his head. Well, one of them said that there'd have to be a camp to hold a pass, but... that didn't seem really connected. * Saki nods. "Guess we should go south, then. * Kahlya finishes off her drink too. "Did they mention where the pass was?" (Give me mind rolls, cartography would help.) * Miles hmmms... * Saki shrugs. "From what I saw coming in, there's two passes." One South, one Northeast. Uh-huh. Probably has a camp at both of them So that...uh..really doesn't narrow it down does it? * Saki shakes her head. "So we go south. If he's not there, we go back northeast. Easy." If he's not on the move...we should get going as soon as possible. Chances are there's someone else attacking people, though. It wouldn't be easy to move camps. * Saki nods. She gets up and starts for the door. (So, we decided on South?) ( Yah ) * Yuri shivers and looks at all the warm people as they start walking. "Uh, you wouldn't happen to have any other warm clothes, would you?" * Kahlya sighs. "Hold on..." She stands up. "Meet me outside in a few." (And you going by foot or renting a vehicle or something? I'll let you ff through either, just let me know) (Err... okay, letting Kahyla do that thing she does.) ( Sounds like a good idea. Or at least a snowmobile for Saki ) ( If the others have their own transport, I mean ) (I'll, um, ride with someone.) (Renting a vehicle = good.) (Am I waiting on a Kahlya pose?) (One will be along promptly.) * Kahlya is waiting for Yuri as she pops out of the bar and tosses her a cold weather outfit. "Here. I brought a spare just in case." (Okay, and who can drive? Just Saki? If so we'll get you all in a snow adapted jeep.) (Kahlya will drive! Vrooom!) (There is NO WAY I'm driving.) * Yuri pops out of the bar! "Ah... uh, thanks." [And so Saki drives the lot of you down. Saki, give me a driving roll (cars). It's a fairly scenic and occassionally frightening four hours as you make your way South.] (Saki goes 100 MPH in the SNOW!) * Miles enjoys EVERY MINUTE of it. (And I'll need sense of choice rolls. +4 penalty, from everyone. HA counts) [Saki, along the way, learns to master the intricacies of cold weather driving and gets a -2 bonus from now on for driving rolls in which snow and ice matter.] (Oops, retcon) [Saki does a good job driving you, considering the circumstances.] * Yuri does not enjoy every minute of it. Or any minute of it. She's just glad she's got a hat, now. * Saki says casually as she drives, "Oh hey, they're planning to ambush us soon. [The road ahead dips into a canyon with walls of ice on both side. At the far end of the canyon the road turns sharply and there's a drop off ahead. But that's a half a mile off. * Kahlya shakes her head and takes off her bundle. 'As if we didn't expect that. Where?" Six of 'em. Three each side. S-s-s-stupid... ambushes... Wa-what? * Kahlya glances for another way up either cliff. Boss is on the right. How can you tell? How can you not? [Awareness rolls, no penalty to spot them. And if you do you see that they're at least 500 meters away at this point. (So range penalties)] Because, I don't know...snow and everything? Stupid snow...Miles, why don't you port up behind them on the left cliff? I'll take the right. I assume you can shoot from here, right? * Miles scratches his head. "I can't see through the snow though!" * Yuri peers around and says, "Ookay, I can s-see them..." * Miles looks around. "Where are they?" * Kahlya tsshes out a breath. "Just try, okay?" She keeps an eye on them as she jumps off. Which would probably be insane at the speed they're going except it looks like she actually doesn't touch the ground as she slows. * Yuri raises her hand and points. "Up there..." * Saki drives with one hand and draws a pistol with the other. * Miles looks. "Oh, I see them!" [Alright, surprise round, roll initiative.] [I'll also want another awareness roll during the surprise round.] [Kahlya, Saki, Miles (thanks to a d2), Yuri. Kahlya!] * Kahlya goes for the way up the right cliff. She's trying to be as discrete but quick as she can about it, but if they have scopes, well they can't help that now. [And, just so that I've specified, Ak-47s and Kalashnikovs seem to be the weapon of choice.] [Kahlya, give me a stealth (silent movement) roll. Saki!] * Saki rolls out the window fires her gun at one of the people on the left. Yes, she's driving fast. Yes, they're far away. Yes, it's snowing. She does it anyhow. (Will's probably right, that's what I get for being jargony. - ("ak-47s and) [Firing while driving a moving vehicle is a +8. I'll throw on another +2 for speed. Steady hand helps on the first, accuracy on the second.] [Miles while Saki rolls!] * Miles vanishes from inside and appears in multiple places outside. The multiple miles don't do much other than taunt and make easy targets of themselves, though. :P [Yuri!] * Yuri seems to be mainly staying down. [Saki manages to succeeds in plugging one guy twice, although it seems these guys do have body armour, so while he's wounded, he's not dead.] [None of you made the awareness check, so no special knowledge. [Arktos, Kahlya, Saki, Kelvin, Goon R3, Goon L3, Miles, Yuri, remaining goons (including wouned ones.] [Arktos!] * A silvery streak rockets down from the sky at high speeds, slamming into and through the side of one of the cliffs. [There's a rumble as a cave on the side of the right cliff suddenly collapses.] [Kahlya's turn!] [There's also a bit of a resounding rumble from the surrounding cliffs. But nothing else happens.] * Kahlya goes full speed towards the ambushers, not stopping in the slightest, drawing her scythe and slamming full speed first into one of the goons, then Kelvin. Her purpose seems to be more than hurt them, but to knock them back off the cliffside. * Yuri says, still chilly, "T-two supernaturals... one familiar, one not..." Which one's 'not'? Scratch that, the others can handle it. [Kahyla's fearsome attack catches both by surprise and they're knocked down into the canyon. The walls aren't that high, so they aren't seriously hurt, they seemed pissed though. And the goon she knocked down is looking pretty near down.] [Saki!] If-f-f you say--ah, he's one of the ones that fell. * Saki turns the vehicle off the road as she shoots at a different goon on the left. [There's no real off road as such, it's a canyon. But make rolls.] ( Oh >.> ) (And modify as you like.) * Saki continues to drive as she fires at a different goon on the left. (Okay, give me rolls, and Saki, have you been trying to drive fast enough that you'll be past the ambush point by now?) ( Not really :P ) ( I already rolled, too ) [A different goon on the left is hit twice, he doesn't dodge good. Not quite dead yet though.] * Kelvin then throws up an ice wall in the middle of the canyon that's between him and Saki. Saki give me a driving roll. * Goon3 opens fire on the nearest available Miles copy. He may score a few hits but nothing uch. [Miles!] * Miles is a very good distraction. Bunch of distractions. The Miles all throw fireballs at the badies, but they all go wide. [Saki sees the wall in time and hits the brakes, it's pretty close but she wasn't going that fast so the braking and a good swerve leaves the jeep parked about a meter away from the ice, the occupants jarred but not hurt.] [Yuri!] [The ice is about three meters thick, for the record.] * Yuri is jarred and looks at the wall with annoyance. "Oh, for Buddha's sake..." She jumps out of the car and, after she hits the ground, quickly kicks at the wall. [As Yuri makes her move the remaining goons open fire. Two fire at jumping Miles to little avail, a third fires at Saki and misses. A fourth fires at Saki and doesn't miss. Ranged (personal) Saki. Autofire penalty of +2.] [The ice dents and a sizable hole appears right where Yuri hit. The rest now has substantially more fractures and the like. [Arktos!] * Yuri is, also if anyone actually spares her a glance, holding a gun in her left hand. [Kahlya go ahead and do your move two, I doubt they'll be related. There's one goon left standing on the right cliff.] * Kahlya goes to take a swing at that goon too! To knock him on the side of the wall with Saki/Yuri. [The goon on the cliff brings his rifle up to defend himself, and is unpleasantly surprised when it's cleaved in two.] * Kahlya smirks and says menacingly. "Not your day, is it?" She takes another swing with the backside of her scythe. Bye bye! [Saki, go ahead and act.] * Saki gets shot up real good. She tumbles out of the vehicle. Then she growls, whips out both pistols and opens fire on the guy who shot her. * Guy manages to jump aside from Kahyla's swing but he then just makes a run to it to the north without looking back. * The silvery streak bursts out of the cliffside with an explosion of rock, this time aimed for the ice wall. [The grinning guy that shot Saki takes two in the chest, the first putting him out cold, the second guaranteeing that hospital care or no he'll stay that way.] * Saki shifts her aim a bit and fires at the other guy that shot at her. [The streak hits the wall with a gusto and smashes or melt what remains of it.] * Arktos is floating in midair, no longer wearing robes and wielding his flaming sword in one hand. His head turns to regard Kelvin, and you can almost feel him grinning. [And with Saki's followup shot another goon bites the dust! There's now one running on the right, one standing on the left, Kelvin and another one in the middle.] * Kelvin starts falling back, keeping his eyes on Arktos. [Other goon on the ground opens fire on Arktos who can dodge or no, but it doesn't matter much in this case. Still make the roll if you want to try. :P] * Yuri looks at Arktos then Kelvin, murmuring, "... well, at least Saldin was right." [The last standing goon up top runs out and from his vantage opens fire on Yuri and Saki!] [Dodge rolls, both of you!] [Miles] [Saki successful dives out the way, Yuri is not so lucky and is hit twice for 30 dmg.] * Arktos laughs ominously as the bullets hit him solidly and have absolutely no effect. "You can't run, sorceror! I'll find you, no matter how far you flee!" * Miles disappears from above and appears in four locations around Kelvin. "You think this is fun now?" He doesn't look happy. Each of him sparks fire in their hands as they stare him down. [Yuri, and give me a sense spirits roll before you move!] * Kelvin looks startled and then snears, reaching his arms out. "Fun just started." * Yuri brings up her gun. It's a big gun! She says, in a worried tone, "H-he's gonna bring the canyon walls down!" Then her eyes gleam and she fires her gun at him! [Yuri misses, but she called it correctly, so I'll give everyone in the canyon a -2 to their next defense roll.] * Yuri adds, "Curses! He n-needs his arms to do it!" * Kelvin then brings his arms down suddenly and the walls of the canyon shake and then shatter, rolling in. Thankfully he doesn't seem to have quite achieved the force he desired in this attack, even so, everyone in the canyon needs a defense roll of choice or an acrobatics body roll if they prefer. * Arktos is abruptly buried by the avalanche, not making a move to defend himself. [The goon who'd been standing in front of Kelvin gets burried and the rubble and looks unconscious or dead. Kelvin himself is surrounded by the ice but seems unharmed. Arktos just stands there, but stands there in such a fashion that he gets a -4 body to escape the ice (lots o' crits tonight)] [Yuri fleetfootedly leaps up, jumping on the rubble on one side than the other as she rises to the top.] * Yuri makes her action movie bones, bleeding the whole way! Shame there's no cameras. [Saki similarly shows great arcobatic ability as she rolls, leaps, and weaves to avoid being entrapped.] [Arktos can bust out of his set of ice with easy. If he's intending to attack Kelvin, he'll have to do so through the ice.] [Arkto's turn!] [Miles easily ports out of the way. Go him!] [The last remaining goon is starting to look pretty scared shitless.] [Kelvin is hurt by the first blow, that cuts through the ice fairly rapidly. He's still up, but only barely by the look of it.] * Kelvin manages to fall back slightly in the ice, avoiding Arktos's second cut. Even so, the cut clears away any of the ice protecting him.] [Kahlya's turn!] * Kahlya eyes the guy running away. Pfft. Coward. She then looks down at Kelvin struggling down there and leaps off the cliffside, scythe cutting downwardly with a whistle through the air at his shoulder area. [Kelvin at this point is fairly badly cut up and obviously bleeding blue tinted blood from his numerous wounds. He seems barely conscious.] [He had incidentally been wearing armour, but it's taken quite a beating too.] * Kahlya smirks as she lands, catlike in the snow in front of Kelvin. "Remember me? Good." She twirls about with her scythe in the air, trying to smack him around against whatever wall the canyon still has to offer. * Kelvin does not leap back in time and his right arm is left on the ground in front of him as the blade cleaves into his side. The next blow slams him into the remnent of the wall, leaving quite a bloodstreak as his body skids. * Goon 3 backs up tenatively. He seems to be making no move to fire. * Kelvin shows no signs of being a regenerator. [Out of initiative.] ..Disappointing. * Yuri says, "H... he said he surrenders. Ow. OW. I do not like gunshots!" * Saki aims a pistol at the goon. "See that you do." Well...now that that's out of the way... * Goon3 carefully puts his gun down. * Miles appears and lands on his feet. Only one of him. * Kahlya whips her scythe out and points it towards the goon, walking forward. "You there! Direct us to his base of operations. Now." * Arktos hovers upward onto the ice, sword-flame disappearing. "It's good to see that the rest of you made it out of that godsforsaken tunnel." * Goon looks at Kahlya without any signs of comprehension. He seems scared though. * Kahlya sighs and nods to Yuri. "Translate." Though I hold out hope that the exorcist didn't. Hey, you're alive! Exor--what? * Miles wavewaves at Arktos. * Yuri presses her hand against one of her gunshot wounds and glances over at Kahlya before saying, * Guy nods. And then looks up at the cave Arktos smashed, and then your jeep buried in the ice. * Guy starts walking South. (Okay, I'll fastforward as soon as you guys are ready. Just wrapping up at this point.) * Arktos looks over at Yuri. "I can carry you, if walking is difficult." * Saki follows, clutching at her wounds. Nevertheless, she keeps her gun on the guy. She seems to have a remarkable tolerance to pain, given that she's been shot about three times. ..Both of you, actually. So *fragile*. * Yuri exhales and says, looking at Arktos, "The problem is... l-less the walking, and more the bleeding." She closes her eyes for a second. * Kahlya shakes her head and "boards" her scythe like a witch's broom, hovering along after the guy. * Yuri opens them and says. "And it seems I'm leaving anyway. Uh... and on Saldin Qian's behalf?" She smiles slightly. "We're really sorry he didn't have any functioning arms that day." * Miles blinks. "Do you need some help, then?" * Guy keeps on walking. * Yuri shakes her head at Miles' question and starts to walk off in the wrong direction. Slowly. I'll live. * Arktos snorts, which is an odd sight without any nose or.. really, any facial features at all. "Very well." And, with that, he takes to the sky. * Miles blinks and looks a little hurt by Yuri's response, then turns to the others. "We should go then." (Is someone gonna carry the guy, or you just walking to the base?) (Is he injured?) (No, he's just the only one that knows where you're going) (So if he's walking it'll be two hours) (Arktos could feasibly carry as many people as he has space on his body while horizontal. But he won't offer again.) * Miles steps forward a few times and changes from a bundled up human into a white wolf. He smiles wofily at the others and bounds after the man. [Two hours of walking/hovering/flying later through the bitter cold you get to your destination. Apparently. The guy just stops and gestures to the right wall of ice alongside the road. Awareness roll, +6] [You don't notice anything special about the wall of ice.] * Goon says something in Russian. Anno... * Arktos shrugs and stabs it with his flaming sword. * Kahlya looks at the wall of ice. It looks...very icy. (Attack roll Arktos. -2 bonus.) (Melee attack) [Arktos takes a sizable chunk out the ice. Awareness rolls +4] * Guy smiles and says something happy sounding in Russian. * Saki wobbles a bit. "What's he saying?" [You don't notice any change in the ice wall aside from the missing chunk.] * Kahlya eyes Saki calmly. "Who knows? The only one who knew left. I bet he's laughing at us." Let's try something different. * Arktos calmly levels his sword at the goon. "Open it or die." The meaning should probably cross linguistic barriers. * Goon looks terrified and hurriedly speaks in Russian. He punches at the wall. Anno... * Kahlya watches where the goon punches. Can I try something? [He punches about where Arktos stabbed.] [His punch has no noticable effect.] * Arktos motions for the goon to stop and back away. "Go ahead." Just wait... * Goon gets it and steps back. * Kahlya peers at the area that he punched all the same. [Give me another awareness roll Kahlya. Visual. +4 still.] [And nobodies seeing anything. Go ahead Miles.] * Miles steps close to the wall and takes a deep breath, exhaling in a fine sheet of flame from his mouth at the door. [A substantially larger hole opens in the ice. Awareness rolls. No penalty.] * Goon nods enthusiastically at Miles choice. [You still can't tell if it's going anywhere. Might be, but no proof.] * Miles smiles and looks back. "I think that was good, but I don't know how." Well melt through it already...this is getting annoying... * Goon goes in the cave and punches the wall again and points to Miles and then rapidly gets out of the hole. * Arktos grunts and steps forward, hacking away. * Miles shrugs and puts his hands out as the fire starts in them. HE guides them along the eedges and in the hole to make it work more smoothly... Or that. [Before too long you finally get to where it's obvious that there's a tunnel behind the wall. Give me awareness rolls and margins to figure out who sees it first.] * Goon looks relieved. Then the goon looks briefly worried as if he's wonder whether he's outlived his usefulness. We're almost there. Keep at it.. * Kahlya then points her scythe at the goon and speaks short and simply. "You. Stay." * Goon stays. [And you cut through.] * Kahlya gestures into the cave with the scythe. "Move." * Goon walks in. [Inside is a somewhat spacious cave. It hides an all terraign SUV (fairly worn) and a helicopter, although rooftop access is limited by, surprise surprise, ice.] [There's bunks, weapon storage, a table and a few chairs, a desk, and a safe.] * Saki heads in and looks around. That metal box contains valuables, doesn't it? * Kahlya looks at the safe and gestures to it for the goon. "Open." * Goon turns out his pockets. He doesn't even try to say anything in Russian. * Miles looks around at stuff and randomly opens/inspects items, as you would expect him to. Just blow it open. I'll open it. * Kahlya looks at the safe. "If there's something that could be damaged inside though.." * Kahlya watches Arktos. "If you break anything, I shall be most displeased with you." * Miles snaps out some glasses and looks at the safe. * Arktos takes hold of the safe door and rips it right out. * Miles blinks and puts his glasses away. "Anno, that works?" [Defense roll arktos!] (Melee or ranged?) (ranged) * Miles blinks out when Arktos grabs the safe. [Arktos nobly protects the contents of the safe by taking the blast from the door trap himself. He's now got several large pieces of shrapnel imbedded in his frame (40 dmg after armour). Anyone immediately adjacent needs a defense roll or takes 20 (armour piercing). [Inside the safe is currency, jewels, other forms of wealth, and a suitcase.] * Arktos blinks, looking down at the foreign metal embedded in his own. "..Huh." * Goon did seem surprised by that. Although he's now desperately trying to not snicker. * Kahlya winces as she gets slashes from the sharpnel and clutches the wound. "Why. Does no one. Listen to me?" * Miles appears and snickers too. "Because they LIKE being hurt!" I can't actually feel anything. [And at this point you've achieved your objectives. So, settle how you're planning to get home, what you're doing with the goon, and the like, and we're done.] * Kahlya goes forward quickly and irritatedly and snatches the suitcase from the safe. Nyah. (C'mon, let's rip open the briefcase and see if it's trapped! :D) * Miles looks at the shineys. Ooh, shineys.m *_* [There's also some medical supplies so you can treat wounds.] * Arktos steps back, dropping the safe door and pulling the metal out. * Saki does that. * Kahlya listens to the suitcase to hear if it's trapped. Which was what she was going to do with the safe, but noooo. [Kahlya finds that it is, in fact, trapped.] * Arktos finishes up, drops the shrapnel.. and turns to look at the helicopter. "..What is that?" I dunno. A... It flies, I think? Hel-o-copter, right? * Kahlya quirks her head at the contraption. "A...chopper? I think? Mmm..." * Goon stands around. I wonder if SAB will let me keep it. It looks fun. * Saki shrugs You weren't really working with them this mission...anyhow... * Kahlya looks around the cave for anything else. True. Would any of you object if I took it? * Kahlya looks back at the goon. 'We should probably take him to be interrogated. By someone who understands Russian for crying out loud." * Saki nods. * Miles blinks and just watches people do stuff. * Kahlya has quit IRC (Quit: Oh Em Zee!) [And you dive-y up the loot and take your captive and data back with you.] [End!]