Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:28:38 PM)
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Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 8:28:59 PM)
(This user has entered Cahokia Illinois) (IP = 68.47.214.73)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:30:25 PM)
(Alrighty, did you read up on the Wikpedia link I sent you?)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 8:31:05 PM)
(a bit, let me pull it up again)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:31:09 PM)
(And if I am remembering right without looking we had decided her dagger was in 5 pieces)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:31:40 PM)
(And what you have in Cahokia is an archeological site that has been made into a state park)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 8:31:44 PM)
(Never specified. I thought 3 at the least but was going with whatever you wanted)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:32:40 PM)
(It is in the notes someplace am not looking at them right now. Also trying to take copious notes since someone is likely to be taking over for me)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:33:09 PM)
(And as I have mulled it over we should have a good crack at getting this done tonight)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 8:33:47 PM)
(ok)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:38:58 PM)
*The drive north took Tessa about 10 hours and also took her through the scenic Ozark Mountain country of Missouri. It was a beautiful area but one could see why they called the locals hillbillies about no industry. But she eventually arrived in the area of St. Louis Missouri and beautiful city with the Gateway Arch dominating the skyline as she crossed the Mississippi river. Most did not associate St. Louis and Illinois but southern Illinois was really far from Chicago and about like another country. Yet as soon as Tessa crossed the river she found herself in a really depressed economic area that most would consider the ghetto. East St. Louis being particularly edgy and the traffic soon go chaotic making it hard for her to find her exit*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 8:39:30 PM)
*she decided to rent a car and drive to Illinos instead of use her own*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 8:40:16 PM)
*as she looks around the area, she heads back across the river to stay in main St. Louis until the next day. May as well check out the museum first*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:45:16 PM)
*During the day Cahokia Mounds State Historic site is run by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. It has many tours and educational displays as well as presentations. One can also tour the site and even make the lung burning climb to the top of Monks Mound the largest mound on the site. The view of the St. Louis skyline as well as the Arch from the top of the mound was breath taking. The museum its self showed many ancient artifacts that where excavated on this very site.....at its height the civilization based there had a population close to 100,000 and stretched back deeply into ancient times.*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 8:47:24 PM)
*the tours of the museum are what interest her the most so she will take one, hoping to see anything they have found that might be a piece of what she is looking for. She remains mostly quiet during the tour, listening, but also taking note of security features should she have to break into the place*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 8:51:27 PM)
*The place had the standard alarms and she would note there were also a gate and a fence that was presumably secure after hours. During the tour there was a portion on weapons and the like used during the time. It was mostly arrow heads, but there were some unusual pieces that the curators said indicated the far reaching trade of Cahokia back in the day. One of these exotic items in particular seemed to call to Tessa. It was an obsidian piece that they claimed was once part of a lance and had clearly been shipped here since obsidian was not native. The more important pieces such as that were sealed behind shatterproof glass and obviously alarmed....lesser pieces were passed around during the presentation.*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 8:57:11 PM)
*she looks at the piece and then looks around the glass to see if there is a way into it. She would deal with the passing around and pretending to be part of the tour since that would keep any suspicions off of her for the time being. Once the tour is done, she locates the hours of the museum*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:00:45 PM)
*The case seems solid but there has to be a slidding pannel or such to get in it is just cunningly concealed. As for hours the place closes up at 5 but one would also presume after hours security as well as the fact the sun is up till a bit after 7 this time of year*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:01:35 PM)
*she'll head back to her hotelroom and take a nap until midnight*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:04:57 PM)
*The place was utterly different that time of night. A lot of partiers on La Cledde Landing as well as the Arch grand staircase but then when she crossed the bridge she was in the seedy underworld on the Illinois side. Arriving in Cahokia she was very certain one did not want to be here at night....the hot and cold running hookers made that obvious.*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:07:20 PM)
*she would park the car in an out of the way spot. Since she was dressed in black, she wasn't over worried at the moment but she brought her weapons just in case along with her thief tools. She heads to the museum in the shadows as much as possibly, being as quiet as she can as well*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:09:19 PM)
(Hold it sparky, got to get through fence and past guard before you can even get to the museum building. Give me a Dex/Stealth roll at diff 6 to avoid the guard. Then a Int./Security roll at diff 6 to see if she figures out how to get through the fence undetected)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:10:20 PM)
(roger....didn't think I was that close, but my fault)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:11:29 PM)
(Basically the buildings sit inside a fence. So you got to get through that to get to the building proper)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:11:40 PM)
(ok)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:13:08 PM)
( 03/31/11 01:11:46 Tessa Lafayette rolls 6 dice vs. diff of 6 to dex+stealth: 9, 8, 10, 2, 6, 9 : 5 successes 03/31/11 01:12:04 Tessa Lafayette rolls 6 dice vs. diff of 6 to int+security: 3, 2, 4, 5, 9, 3 : 1 successes ok, the stealth roll is nice, but the security roll not so much....lol))

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:13:09 PM)
(Post your rolls when you made them then I will do narrative)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:13:56 PM)
(ok)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:17:28 PM)
*She avoids the patrolling guards easy enough but it is another thing to get over the chain link fence topped with barbed wire and not be detected. But with luck she manages to get the timing of the patrols as they pass and then she can take her stab at the fence.* (Feel free to post narrative on getting through the fence.....if you make a Dex/Athletic roll diff 7)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:18:33 PM)
(you including my athletic's aptitude modifier in that roll?)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:19:07 PM)
(Nah if you got one use it, you climbing over or cutting through?)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:19:43 PM)
(climbing over.)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:20:02 PM)
(Roll then climb)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:20:18 PM)
03/31/11 01:20:02 Tessa Lafayette rolls 6 dice vs. diff of 5 to dex+athletics: 1, 2, 6, 10, 4, 9 : 2 successes

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:20:45 PM)
(Do the narrative)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:21:40 PM)
*she watches teh patrols for a moment, and then makes her way up and over the fence, barbwire not a real difficult thing to get over so long as you grab in the space between the barbs. Once up, and over, she climbs down and drops the last few feet to get back into the shadows as quickly as she can*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:24:20 PM)
*After clearing the fence she makes it to the museum easy enough. Of course it is locked and the doors and windows are alarmed. On the plus side it does not appear this part of the site is patrolled very often*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:26:08 PM)
*she stops to take a moment to see what type of alarm system they use here. She also looks for any cameras, after making her her face is covered enough to not be obvious*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:27:42 PM)
.

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:28:33 PM)
*she starts to look for a window that's not too large*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:29:18 PM)
*Of course there are cameras as for alarm it is a very basic type. She may have figured out in her research that the state of Illinois is in grave financial shape so low bid on the alarm. A window like she described is also present in fact several just like that al alarmed.*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:31:29 PM)
*she moves to the window. Since it is a lowgrade alarm, it should be rather simple to get through. She moves to a window not in easy sight and tries moving it slightly, to see if it is locked or not*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:32:47 PM)
*Of course it is locked and an ST warning here since she is a pro burgler one would hope she would not wiggle too much on an alarmed window*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:34:03 PM)
(she's not, just testing it to make sure it is locked. )

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:34:16 PM)
(how many stories is the place)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:34:45 PM)
(Its locked and if you want to get it open and past the alarm need a dex/security roll at diff 8. As for stories just one)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:35:29 PM)
03/31/11 01:35:15 Tessa Lafayette rolls 6 dice vs. diff of 8 to dex+security: 3, 3, 9, 2, 6, 5 : 1 successes

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:36:02 PM)
*she is taking her time as much as allowed to keep quiet while she works on openning the window without setting off the alarm*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:37:38 PM)
*And she got the window open and there were no alarms at least that she heard. Inside of the building was of course dark the poor shape financially state could not afford to leave any lights on*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:39:45 PM)
*no lights on was fine with her. She turns and closed the window mostly for now. She then pulls out a small maglight, covering the lens as she turns it on to see where she is at the moment*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:40:26 PM)
.

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:41:14 PM)
*She can of course get her bearings but even sheilded the light all but screams her presence to patrolling guards so she may not want to use it much*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:42:56 PM)
*once she does get her bearings, she turns it off and heads towards the hall with the relics that had the dagger piece. She is moving as stealthfully as possible*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:46:43 PM)
*And it is utterly and completely dark.....she soons bangs into a wall for her trouble and smashes her nose so hard it makes her eyes water. It is not like she is a cat after all*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:49:44 PM)
*she stops and turns the flashlight on again and looks around, not letting out a sound of pain.*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:50:58 PM)
*And she gets her bearings but then she sees another flashlight approaching from outside and hears keys working into the lock of the main door a scant second before she hears the scratch of a radio.....apparently a guard is checking things out*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:52:12 PM)
*she turns off her flashlightly and moves around what she bumped into, to hide in it's shadow*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:54:25 PM)
*The guard soon flips on the light switch and that blinds her and ruins her night vission. She can hear him on the radio saying he is checking out the out of place light they saw*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:55:30 PM)
*she remains quiet while her sight returns to normal from the light. She listens to where the gaurd it moving*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:57:25 PM)
*The guard moves her way and she begins to be able to see once more. Of course there does not seem to be anyplace to hide other than maybe the bathroom and he would surely see her ducking in there*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 9:58:21 PM)
(what room is she in?)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 9:59:42 PM)
(It is mainly one big room, but there are pillars and displays and the like that break it up. There are some smaller rooms and a lunch room as well as the bathrooms across to the side, but to get there got to make a break across open ground and she is running out of time and concealment fast)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:00:53 PM)
(I'm taking it she is behind one of the pillars right now, yes....?)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:01:15 PM)
(you got it)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:01:29 PM)
(how close is it to the wall?)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:01:56 PM)
(About 20 feet but then she would be out in the open)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:03:55 PM)
(what i wouldn't give for obfuscate right now....lol... ok nothing else is close to her at the moment I take it)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:04:40 PM)
(Some displays cases and the like. Some scenes with things like a mounted bison)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:05:14 PM)
(which getting to would cause her to be in the open)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:06:11 PM)
(yeap, she is behind a pillar well with the pillar between her and the guard but he is doing a relatively thorough search.....so soon he will be at an angle he can see her)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:07:25 PM)
(the scene displays covered by glass?)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:07:57 PM)
(Do you mean like with the Bison? No, seperated by a velvet rope)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:08:44 PM)
(ok, she's going to wait until she notices him look away from where she is and the bison, and attempt a fast, quiet run to that scene to hide in)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:09:14 PM)
(Dex/stealth diff 9)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:10:55 PM)
03/31/11 02:10:43 Tessa Lafayette rolls 6 dice vs. diff of 9 to dex+stealth: 9, 3, 4, 9, 2, 9 : 3 successes (woohoo!)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:11:10 PM)
(Your a ninja!)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:11:28 PM)
(no kidding...um, may have to buy Stealth aptitude as well)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:12:48 PM)
*It was close but relying on raw skill and no doubt a lot of luck Tessa is able to make her move to the display with the bison without being detected. Of course things are still hairy and the guard is still doing his patrol and she may have to change her panties when this is all over but so far she is not on her way to jail*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:13:47 PM)
*having bought some time, she looks to see if there is a way to get to an area he's already looked out without being noticed*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:14:22 PM)
*Well the biggest object is of course the bison they are after all like large cattle*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:14:55 PM)
*As for someplace else to go she is about out of options too much floor to cover even if she is a ninja*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:16:28 PM)
(does the guy look like he's about to give up on the search?)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:17:11 PM)
(Hard to tell he is looking around but not like he is going over the place with a fine toothed comb)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:17:55 PM)
*she's remaining behind the bison for now, keeping an eye on the guy*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:19:13 PM)
*And he begins walking toward the bison his head pivoting as he takes in the area. He then pauses just on the other side of the stuffed animal from her. He is close enough she can smell his aftershave*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:21:15 PM)
*she holds still, hoping he doesn't look around the bison. She has no desire to kill anyone and to knock him unconcious would alert them more*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:23:44 PM)
*And the guard holds just as still as her for waht seems forever. Tessa is very awarre of the stream of cold sweat running down the crease of her spine and from there down the crease of her bind....to say she is uncomfortable is an understatement. But then at last the guard picks up his radio* not sure what ti was but things look all clear. *He then turns and heads back the way he came from and soon the lights go off blinding her once more but at least she is alone*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:26:28 PM)
*she slowly lets out a breath, and waits for her eyes to adjust. she mutters to herself* time to invest in nightvision goggles....*having a better idea of what the outlay of the room is, she can at least now move around a bit better, not having to use the flashlight as much*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:27:15 PM)
*She makes her way to the display, but well still dark and now she has to figure out how to get into it*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:28:07 PM)
*she did remember the little, almost hidden panel, so she searches for it carefully*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:29:13 PM)
*It is there but of course locked and there is no obvious latch and well she knows the case is alarmed as well....does she have any other ninja skills?*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:31:18 PM)
*she knows the glass is too thick for a glass cutter, so she tries to just gently push in the panel to see if ot will swing in or out in either direcftion*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:31:38 PM)
*No it does not*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:34:07 PM)
*she tries to feel for a keyhole*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:34:32 PM)
*After some searching she does indeed feel a keyhole*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:36:16 PM)
*she pulls out her lockpicks and then seachs for the keyhole again. Once she finds it, she moves closer to it to listen as she works on the lock*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:38:03 PM)
*With the dark she is hard pressed to even get her lock picks in the hole let alone do fine work and she can feel her nose swelling and suspects she may have blacked her eye when she ran into the wall in the dark. So she has a seriously tall order before her.* (Dex/Security diff 9)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:40:15 PM)
03/31/11 02:39:08 Tessa Lafayette rolls 6 dice vs. diff of 9 to dex+security: 10, 6, 5, 7, 3, 4 : 1 successes *she mutters to herself* And this is why I generally go after houses with less security....*she keeps on working, knowing that this needs to be done in the dark unfortunately*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:41:36 PM)
*She hears and feels the lock click open. Of course no way in hell of knowing if the alarm is about to go off if she opens the thing since she is working in the dark*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:45:18 PM)
*she hears the click and stops. she looks around for a moment then pulls out her flashlight. She turns it on slowly, covering most of the light to check the panel just in case*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:46:49 PM)
*And she gets the sinking feeling the alarm is still active. There is a flat wire that surrounds the case and meets at the door with a pressure plate. Break the circuit without disarming the alarm and the alarm goes off and it is not likely that it was all hooked to the same keyhole*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:49:07 PM)
*she pulls her lockpicks out slowly to not set off the alarm and she looks at the glass once more. She thinks it might be faster to try a glasscutter and suctioncup combo at this point. She looks for the alarm wire to trace it's path*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:50:23 PM)
*And she finds another keyhole presumably to disarm the alarm. Though it is a round hole and not shapped like a conventional lock it is more in line with turning off the current to the sensor of the alarm.*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:52:10 PM)
*she quietly moves over to it and puses the flashlight to help her this time. She gets out the right type of lockpicks and starts in on this one*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:53:04 PM)
*And she soon finds she needs to bridge the electrical current and a simple lock pick is clearly not going to do it.*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:54:52 PM)
*she as that is something she has with her in her kit, she pulls out the needed tools, to bridge the wires. She starts with one, getting the wire stripped just enough before moving ans stripping the other one*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:55:57 PM)
(Dex/Security diff 9)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:58:00 PM)
03/31/11 02:57:05 Tessa Lafayette rolls 6 dice vs. diff of 9 to dex+security: 5, 10, 4, 5, 2, 3 : 1 successes *she knows she is getting lucky as she continues to deal with the alarm wires*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:58:42 PM)
*And it clicks open and a very important piece of obsidian is hers free and clear.*

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 10:58:57 PM)
(And I will not rake oyou over the coals on the getting out)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 10:59:52 PM)
(lol ok)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 11:00:04 PM)
(I shall catch up on the forum posts and such on it as I have time tomorrow. What I need you to think on for me and post on the forums when you come up with it is how you are going to locate the next fragment. Just looking for commet referrences will not cut it this time)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 11:00:54 PM)
*she moves and gets the piece of obsidian quickly, and then leaves, taking all of her tools with her. She gets over the fence quietly and heads to the car. She the drives back to the hotel, and heads to bed*

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 11:00:58 PM)
(gotcha)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 11:01:17 PM)
(And with that I am going to bid you good night. Hope you enjoyed)

Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 11:01:33 PM)
(I did, night NAsty)

Nasty (Mar 30, 2011 11:01:38 PM)
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Tessa Lafayette (Mar 30, 2011 11:01:40 PM)
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