[Jason and Saki head out to the street.] * Jason gets out of the cafe and lets out a sigh of smoke into the night air. "Fuck. Sorry 'bout that." * Saki shrugs. "I can bear it for a free drink." * Jason snickers and digs out his wallet, pulling out enough to cover what she got. "Here." What's this? Your drink wasn't free. Thought you paid for it back there, 'cause I forgot to cover for ya. Huh. That's funny. They told me it was supposed to be free. * Jason looks like he's considering that, then grins. "Guess it is now." He starts walking off, to where they parked. * Saki chuckles. "That's true." * Jason lets out another puff of smoke, then grinds his cigarette on his palm. "Wanna do somethin'? That place was too nice for a good fight." Sure. Got something in mind? Not really. Thought I was gonna get drunk out of my mind, but that didn't work. Mmmm.... Could go drag racing. * Jason grins. "Against you, or you got a group in mind?" Just me. Don't know any others around here. If we were in Japan, it'd be different. * Jason raises an eyebrow. "Want others?" Can you get 'em? Hell yes. This ain't Japan, like you said; it's London, and I grew up here. Cool. Let's do it. * Jason grins. Wickedly? Sure, but it's not directed at Saki. They reach their bikes, and Jason unlocks his and gets on. * Saki does likewise, zips up her jacket and puts on her helmet. No bugs for her teeth, thanks. * Jason doesn't have one, but since he usually doesn't open his mouth while racing, it's probably not such a problem. He doesn't bother zipping his jacket in the warm weather, either, instead just starting his bike and listening to it rumble. ( He just gets bugs on his face instead. ) (What shades are for. ^_~) (Besides, helmets don't block your mouth.) ( It's a full face helmet, with a visor. ) (Which also covers your mouth? Unique!) ( Akira wears one in Rival Schools >.> ) * Jason glances back at Saki to make sure she's ready, then roars down the street. (Like I said, unique. Those aren't standard.) * Saki roars after! Zoom! ( They're standard for me! :P ) (Ha!) * Saki follows Jason. Doesn't matter how bad he drives, even if it's like Rei. She still keeps up. (Fortunately for my sanity, he's not like Rei.) [So you're getting in the direction of wherever your going.] (Go us!) ( We're going this way! -> ) [He eventially gets to a set of tunnels by the Thames he could go farther out in the country, but it's still early so not too much surface street action in London.] * Jason slows down and eventually stops, glancing around. "Damn, forgot the time." [There's a guy with a mini cooper with an engine from one of those heavy 80s cars. And a few bikers, wearing a good amount of leather.] [Not too much else.] [A few know Jason and nod or glower, as appropriate. * Saki comes to a halt and flips open her visor. "Too early?" * Jason grins. "Yeah." He looks over at the others, noting their responses, and nods back. "Though there's somethin' going on." Hmm... Let's find out. Sure. * Jason gets off his bike and walks over, lighting up as he does so. * Saki does too. She pulls off her helmet and shakes out her hair as she walks. 'ey, you blokes are a bit early. ::smiles at Saki:: Though I suppose we could always get started earlier. * Jason smirks. "Had nothin' better to do." * Saki doesn't respond to the guy! (You guys just showed up on the one bike?) (Nope. We each had one.) ( Mine's dark reddish. ) ( Kinda like Priss's bike from BGC ) Right, so if the bitch is gonna ignore me, no point in just talking. Wanna go for an early mile gents? [Couple of biker guys nod.] * Jason raises an eyebrow. "What did you call her?" he asks, ever so casually. He's overcompensating. "My, fighting to defend the honor of a woman? Didn't think I'd see the day." Likes to talk, too. Wonder if he can ride, or if he's all bark and no bite. * Jason tosses his cigarette on the ground and grinds it out. "Ain't gonna answer that for himself." He grins. "He knows he'd lose." * Minicooper grins back at Jason. "Good to see you've still got your priorities straight. Although if your woman beats you, the town will hear of it." * The two cyclist mount up as the minicooper guy gets in. Hmmm... Is that so? Maybe I'll let Jason win and settle for second place, then. * Jason laughs. "Yeah, sure." He goes back over to his bike. (In response to cooper. ;P) [Roll init. ] (On bikes, yes.) (Yes) * Minicooper seems to be concentrating on getting ready to drive. * Saki goes back over to her bike and slips on her helmet, slapping down the vizor. * Biker1 calls out. "Okay. One mile, that's the fifth overhead pipe right before the drop off. If you fly into the air and slam into a wall, you've gone too far." (Rolling in SABOOC.) * Jason doesn't respond, revving up with a cocky grin. [Black leather biker, Jason, Saki, Minicooper, Brown leather biker] [So there's some reving of engines, the brown leather biker throws an empty beer bottle in the air, when it shatters the grroup takes off.] [Black leather biker takes off like a bat out of hell, he's got a great deal of speed and get up in his bike, maybe some nitro too.] So if we wanted to gain 80 kph, it'd be +4? [Going to you the raise system again. So your roll is all about your speed modifiers with -1 per 20 kph. And you can take a voluntary penalty of +1 for the first raise, +2 for each additional. Essentially the more raises you've got, the faster you go. But it means you risk failing, crashing, and burning.] [You have your base roll. Make that, you move at default speed. If you want to move faster, take a +1 penalty. If you want to move much faster, taking additional stacking +2 penalties.] [So one raise +1, two +3, three +5, four +7, etc.] [Whoever has the most raises when getting to the finish line wins.] (Interesting. But the bike modifiers still come into play when it comes to going fast and not crashing and burning.) (Yeah.) (Not that Jason would much care about burning. *Anyway*. Mod your bike as you like, and we can keep going. ^^) ( Ok, done. ) (Awesome. ^^) (Take two raises for a +3 penalty, here.) ( Too bad I can't reroll init. It's much better now ;_; ) ( If I spend 25k, it's insured, right? :P ) (Oh well) [Jason's roll] (And you go right after me, so it's not horrible.) * Jason takes off on the guy's tail, jamming his thumb on the nitro. Is he grinning? Oh, yes he is. [Jason manages to pass the guy, but just by a bit, they're neck and neck (success level determined)] [Saki!] * Saki takes off soon after. Her expression? Hidden behind her awesome helmet. And she doesn't get bugs in her face, either. ( Raise by... Heck, three. :P ) (*giggle*) ( Made by lots. I shoulda gone even higher. ) [Saki reves and pulls ahead of both of them, to the surprise of the motorcyclist, that's for sure.] * Minicooper revs it and the car takes off like it has no weight at all, he actually rides slightly along the wall of the tunnel and nearly catches up with Saki, but not quite. * Jason watches that happen, and his eyes flare for a brief moment before he turns the grin into a smirk. This'll be fun. [The brown leather biker doesn't quite have the speed of the Minicooper, but he does pass the black leather biker and is within illegal melee attack range of Jason. He doesn't though. :P] [Black leather.] (Yeah, they probably discovered at some point that it's a bad idea. ;P) [Black leather pulls forward again, riding about even with brown leather for the moment.] [Jason!] [Jason guns it and starts to pull ahead but his bike shudders a little and he's at risk of losing control.] (Do I need another roll?) [Alright, +1 for a turning roll to keep the raises and control. Speed doesn't help, driving penalties do.] [Alternately make a breaking roll, with brake bonuses counting, and a -5 bonus, but lose the raises.] (It's Jason. I pick option A.) (And make! ^^) [But with some quick weaving and dodging he manages to keep control.] * Jason bites off a curse that's likely unheard as he does that, but he manages just fine. (Should have been -4 bonus for braking, for the record, anyways) [Saki] * Saki has no intention of losing her gain now. (Two raises) [Saki manages to keep ahead without much trouble at all.] [MC] [The minicooper driver puts on a bit more acceleration than Saki and passes her, the honking engine and nitro as well seems to be doing the trick. Control on the car seems pretty god awful though, as it's switching between one wall and another.] [Brown leather.] [Brown leather guns it and seems to be making some progress but he swerves to try to get around the wavering minicooper and loses control, smashing up against one of the walls and out of the race.] [Current standings: Minicoop, Saki, Jason, Black leather. (init order stays the same)] [Racee about halfway done.] [Black leather!] * Black leather puts on the speed, and manages to pull closer to the group, but still is in the back. [Jason!] * Jason keeps going, pushing his bike just as much as previous. Apparently, he doesn't learn his lesson. [May not have learned his safety lesson, but he's learned his driving lesson. He easily keeps ahead of the black leather driver and pulls ahead of Saki for the moment, still slightly behind the cooper.] [Saki!] * Saki floors her bike, not intending to lose to that guy. (Raise count?) ( 4 ) [Saki pulls a bit ahead, having more than enough skill to deal with the erratic movements of the cooper. She passes it traveling a bit higher along the sewer wall. [Mini driver guns it for all he's worth, you can hear the roar of his engine in the enclosed sewer and he manages to pull ahead again, he actually rides up on the right wall and looks like he's about to tip over, but he manges to just keep control (one raise ahead of Saki and Jason)] [The black leather racer is being totally out classed and he can't have this so he revs his motor and manages to pull almost even before a rock is kicked up by his wheels causing him to brake rapidly. The squeel is almost as loud as the cooper's engine and he falls a good bit behind. Stays up, but barely.] [Jason!] * Jason 's eyes flare, briefly, before he floors it and somehow pushes his bike even harder. [Jason pulls a nose ahead of the mini cooper. Who seems rather surprised by that.] [Saki!] * Saki drives on, pushing her bike for all it's worth. [Saki pulls ahead of the Cooper and ahead of Jason for that matter, while keeping the bike coolly under control.] [The minicooper, not be outdone, gives it everything he's got left, which apparently isn't quite enough. He keeps the speed up, ends up driving about halfway up on the wall, and then slams into the far wall past the end of the race.] [Apparently he's gone too far.] [Black leather catches up some, but he's still some ways behind you.] [Saki passes the finish line, then followed shortly thereafter by Jason. About ten seconds later the black leather guy crosses the line as well.] * Saki skids to a halt soon after. * Jason swerves around and brakes before hitting the wall. He's laughing. [Minicooper's car apparently is completely full of airbags for now. Black leather skids to a halt and gives the winners a nod, and then goes to mock/help brown leather. * Saki pulls off her helmet and smiles. "Guess you'll all have to suffer being beaten by a girl, huh?" ( They're shocked. ) * Jason grins. "I think I'll live." He jerks his head towards the busted car. "He will, too, 'cause if he wants ta tell everyone 'bout this, he'd bloody well better tell 'em he smashed his car tryin' to beat ya." * Saki laughs. [End!]