Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:39:47 PM)
(This user has entered Back Alley Hole-in-the-Wall) (IP = 24.196.38.170)

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 10:39:57 PM)
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Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:40:13 PM)
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Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:41:57 PM)
*After about a half hour of driving, the wisp slowed to weave it's way through a backk alleyway and towards a burned out series of tenement houses that showed signs of water damage for years*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:42:43 PM)
*Tom tries to drive more slowly so he can keep an eye out for anything out of place, both mundanely and in the dreaming.*

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 10:42:56 PM)
*Imani left the lowrider by the alleyway and continued on foot*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:43:12 PM)
((Let me know if you want me to roll any alertness or kenning or anything... especially the hearing kind))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:45:15 PM)
*There was light coming from several of the rooms, and filtering out through cracks in the basement. The wisp seemed intent on heading towards the basement*

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 10:46:24 PM)
*He kept after the wisp, looking for a way into the basement that didn't involve going through the rest of the house*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:46:50 PM)
*Follows after parking his bike*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:47:33 PM)
(per/investigation, sight based)

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 10:48:03 PM)
(That's a fail)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:48:07 PM)
(1s))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:49:48 PM)
*Hmm, there have storm windows in the basement and some cracked foundation. Otherwise you probaby would have to go inside and find a staircase leading down*

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 10:50:46 PM)
*He looked to Thomas with a shake of his head*What ya think?

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:50:50 PM)
((Could any of the non-regular entrances be pried open by sticking an axe-blade in there and using the long axe handle as a lever to multiply strength?))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:52:43 PM)
((Well you can try breaking the foundation that way... the storm windows would need to be broken, they don't look like they are designed to open))

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:53:24 PM)
((Does it look like an entrance... or like something that would bring the house down on them? Actually... either result is interesting))

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:53:31 PM)
((Let's try that... What do I need?))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:54:21 PM)
((Try which?)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:54:26 PM)
*To Imani, he indicates the crack with a head movement* Maybe that could be a way...

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:54:30 PM)
((Sorry. Foundation))

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 10:54:55 PM)
i ain't eatin' my way through a house.

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:55:10 PM)
(You need a lever with a sharp tip and a lot of strength, and a prayer that breaking out a chunk of foundation won;t struicturally damage the thing)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:55:51 PM)
((Coolies. trying that with the axe. He would stop before the axe handle broke or anything like that, though.))

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:56:02 PM)
*Tom goes and sticks the axe head in the crack*

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 10:56:34 PM)
*While Tom got started, he went to peek in the first floor windows*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:56:35 PM)
*He could force it in like a crowbar* (you need 20 successes str/ath dif 7. cumulative. Botches means the axe breaks)

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:57:09 PM)
*Low income housing, shabby couches. A CRT TV playing the Simpsons with some shabby chairs and two people eating TV dinners. Poverty, depression*

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 10:57:58 PM)
Ain't dat a shame*And he would cicle back toward Thomas*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:58:34 PM)
((I can't botch...))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:59:22 PM)
(well, then if you roll what would be a botch, the progress stops and you will have to start again from zero)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:59:23 PM)
((But I went and failed twice in a roll))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 10:59:32 PM)
*the crack did not budge*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 10:59:32 PM)
((So I think he gives up on the idea))

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:00:46 PM)
Hmmm...

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:00:51 PM)
Doesn't look like this is gonna work.

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:01:06 PM)
Let's just try going in and see.

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:01:36 PM)
Ya wanna walk by some mundanes and get da five-o out here fo' we can do any ass kickin?

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:02:18 PM)
the who?

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:03:35 PM)
Couldn't see who was in there. Could be some unenchanted folk, yanno?*He glanced back toward the window*I guess we can try our luck though. If nothin' else, we can hope da po-po take dey time comin' out ta a shithole like dis.

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:04:09 PM)
domestic violence is probably common here

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:04:19 PM)
Looks like that sorta place, yeah.

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:04:26 PM)
*Cal mused* it's about 50/50 whether they expect it or ignore it

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:04:56 PM)
I'm not so good at this breaking and entering thing.

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:05:01 PM)
lead on, Imani.

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:05:04 PM)
*He shrugged*We chance it den, but I ain't gon' ta da lockup fo' no one, jus' so ya know.

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:05:23 PM)
I'd rather avoid that, too. I hear sirens, I'm out.

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:05:48 PM)
*With a grim nod he headed for the door and tested the knob*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:06:21 PM)
*Locked, the lock was shabby* (dex/security dif 6 to crack it(

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:07:20 PM)
(2 suxx)*He dug a little tool out of his pack and went to work on the lock*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:10:11 PM)
*It was cheap and old, it clicked open with a little fiddling and the door creaked*

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:11:24 PM)
*He tucked the pick away and slipped inside. The creak brought a sour look to his face, but there was no turning back now*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:12:58 PM)
(per/alertness dif 6 hearing based)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:13:04 PM)
*Makes a mental note to bring along some lube for the next B&E*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:13:24 PM)
((2))

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:13:37 PM)
(4)

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:14:39 PM)
*Both could hear voices. "Did you hear something?" "No. Just the TV. Get me another PBR." "Get your own damn beer..."*

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:15:47 PM)
*PBR made him cringe even more than the creaky door. He looked to the Trolls and pointed down at the floor before moving further in and looking for the basement door*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:15:56 PM)
(kk, dex/stealth dif 6)

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:16:26 PM)
(3)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:16:33 PM)
((failed. >.< ))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:17:47 PM)
*Imani made it all the way to the basement door without incident. Thomas has made it six or seven steps inside when the voices picked up again* I did hear someone... *a thirtysomething woman with fried hair and dull eyes peeked around teh corner and screamed* burglars! Aaaaah!

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:18:35 PM)
Damn shame*He whispered to himself and headed down into the basement*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:20:00 PM)
*Runs after Imani*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:20:31 PM)
*imani slipped down unseen. Thomas, however... * *the woman yelled* Shit! Shit! Shit! Go down with the gun! I'm calling the cops!

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:21:04 PM)
((Does Tom hear anyone obeying the go down with the gun command?))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:21:14 PM)
((Yes))

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:21:14 PM)
((As in, footsteps or something?))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:21:27 PM)
(Sounds like someone getting up and rummaging in a chest*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:21:53 PM)
*Heads in to stop chest rummager* ((Mundane, right?))

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:22:47 PM)
*Imani continued his creeping, having a look from the staircase before he would move further along*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:22:58 PM)
((yes)) *An overweight grubby thirty-something whirled around with a handgun* (inits Thomas)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:23:37 PM)
((17))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:24:16 PM)
(please always mark the base)

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:24:38 PM)
(7b6) (Man with gun is firing gun)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:25:07 PM)
((Ok. How hard would it be for me to just take the gun away from him?))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:27:58 PM)
((well, you need to cross the room, as you were running to the basement and turned to then head into the living room. So one action for moving the second would be whatever you wanted to do to try to subdue him. you can grapple, you can try a called shot (dif 8) to grab his gun or hand)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:29:06 PM)
((I'll run and do the called shot spending a wp to take the gun away from him and wave it threateningly. Also... I'll assume titan's strength is not working.))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:30:02 PM)
(not unless you call upon the wyrd)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:30:41 PM)
((Cool. got 1 sux))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:33:20 PM)
(k, roll your damage for the attack, if you gain 2+ successes the called shot works as you wish. If you gain less you grab the gun but cannot pull it from him)

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:36:01 PM)
*Imani could hear the workings of machinery past the basement door, a chugging like a steam engine*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:36:29 PM)
((5 sux)) *Tom pulls the gun from the guy and says* Run! (Rolled intimidation just for the heck of it, got a single sux... But I do have the gun))

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:37:53 PM)
*Figuring those sounds would help cover his approach, he was a bit more brave, venturing down on his own*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:38:44 PM)
((Argh, sorry))

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:38:58 PM)
((I rolled the wrong dice. I thought you said I gained +2 successes))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:39:12 PM)
(k, reroll please)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:39:33 PM)
((Damn. failed))

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:39:50 PM)
((Should just have gone with the first 3 dice of the other roll, they were 3 successes. lol))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:41:19 PM)
Fucker! *The man yelled. The woman was frantically on the phone* He's gonna kill my husbands. He's... *and she gave a detailed description of Thomas* *Thomas got a hand on the gun but couldn;t quite wrest it away before the man pulled the trigger*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:42:27 PM)
(Soak me 2 Real L, soakable only with armor)

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:42:32 PM)
(if that armor is real)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:43:20 PM)
((took the two))

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:43:32 PM)
((The string of failures is annoying...))

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:45:08 PM)
*The gunshot got a shake of his head, but it didn't slow him down. If anything, it put some pep in his step*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:45:52 PM)
*The woman screamed as the shot went off* *Imani found the basement empty... it seemed. The machinery was clearly chimerical and looked nocker built, some sort of ... engine? There was a gateway of pure light at the back of the machine*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:45:57 PM)
(new inits for Thomas)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:46:38 PM)
((Uh... can I just run away?))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:47:06 PM)
(you can on your turn)

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:47:32 PM)
*He took a moment to look the machinery over so he could describe it to Chloe later. Then it was the only way he could go, through the shiny gateway*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:49:59 PM)
((16b6))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:50:14 PM)
(12b6) (He's gonna shoot again)(Declare and go!)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:51:00 PM)
((Full defense while running away, hopefully turning a corner))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:52:11 PM)
(kk, roll me a dodge)

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:52:46 PM)
((2))

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:55:02 PM)
(2. tie goes to defender) *Thomas ducked behind the entryway wall just as the bullet embedded in the cheap molding*

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:55:16 PM)
Get the fuck out of my house or I will cao your ass!

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:55:19 PM)
*cap)

Wisp (Nov 23, 2011 11:55:49 PM)
*Imani stepped through, finding the other side to be a dark, dank chimerical tunnel*

Imani Shields (Nov 23, 2011 11:57:36 PM)
Tunnels, what a surprise*He dug out his lighter and stalked along, one hand on the tunnel wall*

Thomas Walker (Nov 23, 2011 11:58:22 PM)
*Tom gets on his bike and goes noisily away, hoping the dwellers there think nothing else is wrong.*