T-Town, A game in Alabama Options

[ludomastro]

Almost as if muttering, the venerable spirit adds, Damn kids and their requests. They have new fangled gadgets that work perfectly well and they drag an old man out of bed ....

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After leading the group for a while ...

[SinN]

Chester's senses begin to flicker.

Does anyone else feel that?

He stops and looks around.
Perceptiop test

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Perception-2
Intuition-2
Roll: 3,6,6,6
Total net hits: 3 net success's
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1915663/

This isn't......natural. Get ready for somethin guys.

Initiative Roll

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Intitiative-10
Roll=[2,4,6,5,6,5,6,1,4,4]
5 net success's
15 for initiative
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1915696/

[Redjack]

His weapon in his right hand, Flash stops, raising his left and making a fist like he'd seen in any number of military sims. As he crouches and Chester speaks, he realizes that no one saw him with his chameleon suit turned on.

From his position crouched in the tall grasses, he attempts to blend in. One of the things he'd been told was that it was harder for the wiz-boys to pick you out if you hid amongst living plants. Now is the time to test that theory.

[Meriss]

"Feel what kid?" Steve remarks. "Not all of us have an in mojo wise."

But despite his words Steve's hand strayed to his Colt, just in case.

[SinN]

Chester raises his hand to silence Steve.
Sshh...
He waits in silence and looks around to try to find what's making him nervous.
Something's about to let us know it's here, and chances are, we're not welcome in these parts.

[ludomastro]

A large winged deer swoops down and is headed for Chester with its antlers at full tilt.

[SinN]

Ah shit! This is a Peryton. They've got a taste for meta-human flesh and can throw up a silence spell. Watch out for the antlers!

Chester sees the Peryton heading his way and readies a spell.

Force 5 Mana Bolt

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Magic-7
Spellcasting-3
Total- 10 dice
Roll: [5,6,5,6,1,6,6,1,5,1]
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1924022/

Chanting in Sperithial once more, he unleashes the spell, almost shouting as the mana flows through him, and finnally out of his out-stretched hand.

[ludomastro]

The peryton reacts in pain at the surge of raw mana flowing through it. The effect of its silence fade momentarily as the winged deer drops out of sight before taking to the skies once more heading away from the group. The forest is not deathly quiet any longer but it is far from its former level of noise. The chirping of birds can be heard once again.

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The sun continues its march across the sky and the group finds a little relief with a cool breeze passing through.

[ludomastro]

The old spirit smiles at Chester and turns toward the goal. "Not bad there kiddo. Now if'n you can keep up with an old man, let's go. I'm tired and want to get back to my nice warm, soft bed." More under his breath than out loud, he adds, "And the nice girls waiting on me."

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The terrain turns far more rough than it was previously. As the sun is about to go down the group meets up with the remains of an office building. Somehow, the sat-photos and the schematics didn't come close to the level of plant growth around the building. However, the closer one gets to the building the less of large trees becomes apparent. There is even visible asphalt where the parking lot used to be. There are some shadowy vines covering the building and a large tree has managed to take root through the entrance atrium. Birds are flocking around the area and grass is poking through in several places.

The old spirit turns to Chester, materializes and speaks to the whole group, "Now, ya's here. Be careful cause they's more than forest out here." Laughing the spirit fades away returning to the metaplanes.

[Redjack]

As the winged-deer swoops in and prattles off following Chester's blast, Flash keeps his attention on the perimeter. He assumed there would be a follow up attack or additional threats. Luckily, they did not materialize.
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The day is long and the march longer than he was used to, but he was used to working out and physical labor. As his team mates began to show little signs of fatigue, he was happy that he did work out often and even more that genetics had favored him; He was after all an ork.
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As they near their destination, Flash steps out ahead of the team even more before stopping to drink in the details of the area. The building, the decay, the tree..... and the birds. He thought to the only birds he had experience with: Pigeons. They tended to flock and group for food. Pigeons, of course, ate seed and bread. He watched the birds with a little trepidation. He envisioned them as a meat eating, ravenous flock of horror like in the trids Awakened Crows Attack and On Wings of Death.

He kneels and sends the fly spy out ahead. Time to establish a perimeter.
<<@Team [Flash] Time to figure out what we got on the outside. Any of these things magical?>>

[SinN]

<<Team[Chester]- My sense aint tinglin, so most likely not. Be careful though, they aint hostile, yet.>>

Chester walks onto the perimeter and scans the area, taking in the scene.

Here we go.

[ludomastro]

Nothing attacks Chester as he walks out into the open. A few birds go silent and a few more fly off.

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The fly spy takes in the area and relays the video feed without too much trouble. The general state of decay is evident from all angles.

[Meriss]

"Sure ask if they're magic. Pff... Tell me when I get my time to shine would ya?" Steve grumbles.

He looks around and tries to spot any obvious stairs or any direction to go.

"Be a shadowrunner I thought, see the world I thought." Steve continues his grumbling. "Fat lot o' good that did me."

[SinN]

Chester looks side ways at Steve.
Shadowrunning isnt about being a hero. He looks down and quickly scurrys to the front door. He pokes his head inside through the holes of broken glass.
Well? Shall we? Chester steps through the door.

[Redjack]

Flash directs the fly-spy through the broken doorway, around Steve & Chester. He follows up behind the duo, a grimace on his face. He considered pushing the two to the side and storming in. He vanquished the thought, deciding there was danger enough for all, besides someone would be needed to drag the team back out... and they sure weren't strong enough to carry him.
<<@Team [Flash] By all means. Lets.>>

[ludomastro]

The fly-spy makes short work of the terrain - child's play really. The various vision mods map out the atrium of what used to be a nice building. Not just plascrete and paint, this place had some actual work done to it. The thermographics show the whole area lit up like Ares Day. It would appear that the infrared lights are still in working order. The image outlines some small animals in what would otherwise be the dark recesses of the building.

[SinN]

Looks like this place actually mattered. Wonder what was so important. Maybe more than one thing.

He looks towards MIT-Nick
Think you can use some of this tech stuff? If its still workin I mean.

Then to the rest of the team.
Where do you think we should start fellas?

[fistandantilus4....]

MITNick shrugs, looking over the wreck of the building.
If it's still got power goin' through it, I might be able to see about a little game of Plug 'N'' Play. The system should be outmoted enough that it's matrix security system shouldn't be able to stand for very long against a concentrated assault . I am concerned though, about there still being power. We should set up a jamming system as well, just to be safe. If it's got power, who knows what else it might still have.

I wouldn't count on there being a decent wireless system. We'll need to get in to see if there's anything I can patch into.

[SinN]

Dunno about the rest of you, but I think makin sure we know this place has, and taking control of it sounds like a great place to start.

[fistandantilus4....]

Not having to crouch in the doorway with the rest of the Last Action Heroes, MITNick pokes aronud the doorway. Where there's security, there's an access panel. Where there's an access panel, there's some sort of access verification; card reader, keypad, something. And where there's a verification system, there's always going to be someone that's oging to fuck it up, and has to contact security, meaning a means of communication.

Security riggers were big back when this bunker was made, so maybe if I can find the optic lines used for contacting security, or the camera feeds, I can tap into that and see what still works.

MITNick pokes around the doorframe with a screwdriver in hand, looking for a likely panel.

Give me a sec here to see if there's anything I can work with. ..... Oh, and make sure no damn flying venison tries to take a bite outta me while I aint lookin, 'k?

[SinN]

Chester lights up his palm with a little mana and smirks.

Got ya covered.

[Meriss]

Steve rolls his eyes at the kids display. He unbuckles his pistol from its holster and stands in the "ready" position.

"Jest hurry it up."

[Redjack]

Flash keeps watch on the external perimeter, several meters from the doorway and the team. The fly-spy allows him a view to the internals of the facility and his augmented optics a watch of the external. All this stealth is wearing on his patience though. The things that have kept Flash from rising to greater heights in life have been his lack of patience and his proclivity to seek a little action, even when he should sit patiently by. As he begins silently tapping his foot, his boredom begins taking hold. Time for something... Anything...

He then stops and focuses on the fly-spy for a moment.
<<@Team [Flash] Infrared lights mean power. This facility is more than a little old for functional power.>>

He begins to focus his attention looking for cameras.

[ludomastro]

Flash easily spots three cameras in the lobby area. Two of them are obviously broken, the third seems to have been incorporated into the nest for some type of bird. The last appears to be in working order.

The team hears a howl from outside as the shadows begin to get longer. At the same time, the facility external lights come on. It would be more accurate to say that the remaining working lights come on. Approximately two out of five are still working. As the light power up, birds begin to fly around the entrance to the building. The resulting shadows from the fading sunlight and the artificial lights give the area a slightly unnatural feel.

[Redjack]

Flash highlights the third camera over Team®Net.
<<@Team [Flash] This run just got a lot more complicated.>>

Unseen by his team mates under his mask, a big smile crosses his face. There is a reason he's called Flash and not Slick or Ghost......