Down in the Gutter: OOC, The Nuts and Bolts of Staying Alive Options

[WinterRat1]

Rob - All dice rolls in the OOC thread please.

As for the recognition roll, they're definitely full blown members of the Kings, but no one that you recognize or have heard of before. Not surprising, as the Kings are generally fairly insular. Box's best guess is they're a salvage crew from the Kings, fairly standard operating procedure for them.

Grendel and Voorhees - Also remember Shade is standing right there. For the sake of everyone's pride, he won't do or say anything, but if someone gets hit seriously (not a little nick, but a real injury) and it doesn't look like the other person's going to stop or back off, he will intervene.

His main purpose is to make sure no one gets killed or seriously hurt. His secondary purpose is to ensure everyone can walk away with their pride intact. Feel free to write him into the scene (or not) as you two see fit, using the above guidelines. If you have any questions about what Shade would do, feel free to ask.

[Lindt]

Child is trying to take some of the tension off what might be an other wise dangerous situation.

Automotive Mechanic: 06 06 05 05 04 04 03 02 01 (4 hits)

Etiquette: 06 05 05 02 02 01 (3 hits)

[ChipheadCharley]

Charley - My bad! I just called Vegas and apparently I got mixed up and you've been waiting on me to post and get you started. Somehow I thought you weren't ready yet or I was supposed to be waiting on something before posting for you. I sincerely apologize for the screw up on my part.

Thanks for your patience, let's get you rolling ASAP. Is there any particular place you envision Slim starting, or area you think he would have historically frequented? Try to pick somewhere reasonably near the October Ravens current turf (Hammerpack's former turf) so there's a plausible chance they'll encounter you, as they're unlikely to go wandering into other gangs' turf at this time.

It's no problem, you have alot on your plate with rounding everyone back up and all. I can start anywhere really as long as there's a street corner lol. I could start off in the parole officers office or trying to make my way to Legion. It's really up to how you'd like to "import" him into the fold.

[rob]

Spending some edge, because this is our first encounter since the shooting stopped and has the potential to set things off on an advantageous (or not) footing.

Box's etiquette roll: Charisma 4 + Etiquette 1 + First Impression 2 + Edge 3 = 10 dice: [2,6,2,1,1,2,6,6,1,2] = 3 hits. Link

Rerolling the sixes: [5,1,5] = 2 hits. Link.

For a total of 5 hits.

[WinterRat1]

Charley - OK, your opening post is up. I kept it short because I didn't want to characterize Slim too much until I could see how you played him. Post away, and welcome to the game! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Rob - Along with your next IC post, give me a Negotiation roll.

[rob]

By request, Bockscar's negotiation roll:

Negotiation 1 + Charisma 4 + First Impression 2 = 7d6: [4,5,6,5,5,5,1] = 5 hits. Woot.

[Meriss]

@Winter: Will do. And Theo is Ray's grandfather, not his uncle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[WinterRat1]

Meriss - Oops, my bad. Post edited.

[Fresno Bob]

I was going to end it in my post, but then I realized that they would only have been sparring for less than a minute.

[Meriss]

@Winter: No big. Just thought I'd get one on you fer a change (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[pragma]

@Merriss
If you have the opportunity, you should push the IC with Inks grandfather forward. Don't let the Grack and Thumper show hold you up.

[ChipheadCharley]

Charley - OK, your opening post is up. I kept it short because I didn't want to characterize Slim too much until I could see how you played him. Post away, and welcome to the game! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'm typing up a mighty big post at the moment. I figure I must perform up to a grand scale...first impressions and all that.

[Meriss]

@Pragma: BLeccchhhhh I hate work. And I was away for the weekend and forgot to post saying so before I left. My bad. Incorperated the Grack and Thumper show into my post though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

@Winter: I'm assuming that Thumper catching the axe is kosher? He does have wired reflexes.

[adamu]

It's kosher with me.

Grack stands down.

Sorry to have been out of touch again.

[ChipheadCharley]

I know I need to alter my headers, but waiting to see if I need to alter the content or not.

[WinterRat1]

Meriss - Go ahead and write a post letting the group in. Describe the bodega and set the scene, since you have a clearer picture of the bodega than I do. Theodoro will already be in the bodega when you enter.

Charley - Content is fine, but you need to update your formatting.

I assume you know you need a time/date/location stamp in orange and your PC's name in cyan.

Proper nouns (names, locations, etc.) should be in bold.

Internal monologue should be in italics.

Electronic communication is in yellow.

Also, unless Slim is brand new to Kingsgate, he has definitely heard of Legion before, and knows who he is. Or at least, he's heard rumors. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ork.gif)

Let me know if you have any other questions.

[pragma]

@Merriss

Still out there buddy? The bodega is kind of your place and I'd hate to see this scene tick by without Ink getting to hang out in the spotlight.

[Mister Juan]

@WR1
Where is Caitlin staying in the HQ?

[Slipshade]

Life had gotten way to busy to post, so just leave Baby in the background for now, or you may have a long time to wait on a reply.

[WinterRat1]

Mister Juan - She's currently sleeping with the whores.

Rob - Sorry for the long delay, frankly, it's just been driving me nuts trying to figure out what the Asphalt Kings would do, especially since I don't currently have their writeup so it's hard for me to evaluate their leadership process.

Anyway, I've decided to let luck decide. Pick one, odd or even.

All - My apologies for dropping off the grid for about a month there. I've had some recent unpleasant run-ins with real world gangbangers that made me distinctly disinclined to want to have anything to do with them in my free time as well, even if only in a game. I'll keep chipping away with Rob and Lindt, but I believe none of the rest of you are waiting on me for anything, in which case it's on you to keep your PCs moving.

[Mister Juan]

Just to give a heads up to everyone: I've found a way to shove a 5inch piece of glass into my left hand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
A trip to the ER and 6 stiches later, my left hand is out of business for the next 20 to 30 days. Typing with one hand is a total bitch... so I might be very quiet until my hand is all healed up!

[Meriss]

@ALL: Apologies, I'm in the midst of one of my usual bouts of writers block. It's clearing up. But slowly. Sorry to hold everyone up.

[rob]

No worries. Stuck in Louisiana. Back on the net, have comms.

[Meriss]

Well I'm back, back again. Yes I'm back warn a friend, Guess who's back guess who's back... nana nana

[Meriss]

*tickles threads ribs with a knife in an effort to jumpstart the game*