Misanthrope's Masterplan [IC] Options

[Crossbow]

"Okay, here is the play, Willie, you are with me. If you don't think you can play along, be quiet and try to look out of it. No comms. We are going to get them to bring the girls out to us to look at. Ladies, when you heard me say FANTASTIC, that is your cue to start fireworks. I will put a hurt on The Chin and Willie will grab the girls and get them back here to the car. If either of you can drop the brother, good on you, but the key is shock and awe to cover us and get the elves out."

With the plan made, Smiley, in his own jacket, slips/falls out of his door, careful not to let it swing too wide. Laughing loudly, he rolls drunkenly and unsteadily to his feet. "COME ON BIG WILLIE, I toll yo dat dude from The Edge knew his drek. LOOL AT THEM LITTLE DOLLS!" Smiley begins overswinging his arm in a come on gesture at the Rover. He cackles lewdly and starts to lurch towards the dwarves He is taking his time, drawing attention and letting the rest get set up. "OOOOOO! we gonna PAAAARDAAY!"

[pbangarth]

Willie, jumps out of the Rover, leaving the SMG behind, but still holstering the machine pistol. He waves both arms in the air, pumping his fists.

"Ujnort rohado! Me like, little man! Me like!" He slaps Smiley a good solid thwack on his back and strides along beside him. His tusks gleam with saliva.

One might think this is acting. More like a dredged up memory.

[ Spoiler ]

Translation from Or'Zet: Non-ork sex

[Mulcarn]

@Smiley and Willie - The two dwarves eye you suspiciously as you make your approach. Your... shall we say, less-than-graceful introduction doesn't do you any favors in regards to making a good first impression. On the plus side of things, the women don't seem to care or mind much about your presence. Too blissed out of their gourds to have much of a opinion about anything from first glance. Bad news, if you wanna call it that, is most of these women look to be in their late teens or early twenties. No sign of the kid Belial had mentioned from earlier. One of the dwarves, with whom you assume to be Jimmy, speaks up in vaguely Chicago-like accent. Clearly annoyed at your untimely arrival. "Go 'way drunks! I've no time for happy hour rejects. Beat it 'fore we beat you senseless. Capiche?"

[SleepIncarnate]

IC Princess

Keeping windows of the various feeds from the drones in range for both hearing and listening, IC Princess commands each roto-drone to take aim at the dwarves, a drone for each of them. She then takes a quick look through the feed, determines which (if either) is Jimmy based on her research, and marks him as such in the tacnet for the others to see. Once that's done, she activates her stealth program (causing her white queen/white witch persona to become enshrouded in snow), and focuses her analyze program (a crystal ball made from a sphere of ice) on the node protecting the truck before she makes her on the fly back attempt.

[Crossbow]

"Naw man, you got this all wrong mu dude." Smiley said, recovering from the spill he took from the orc's pound, and climbing up Willie back to his feet. "We straight, srrsssly. We got the buzz on the honey from the bouncer at The Edge MAN! You gonna hook us up to party, we got PAID, an' now, we wanna get LAID!" Smiley busts out laughing at his own joke, and goes as close as he can to get high-fives from the two dwarves, checks himself with an "oops", and drops down with his hand still out at a now appropriate height.

[Koekepan]

Can Opener sat quietly in one corner of the back seat of the stolen Rover until it stopped. Then she took that pack in her hand, which turned out to be a pack of chalk in various colours. With this she started to draw something on the back of the seat in front of her which looked remarkably like a summoning pentacle. Non-traditional, surely, but presumably meaningful to her.

Still working, marking symbols and detailing them, she said to the others still in the vehicle: "Either of you object to me sending a fire elemental to light up Humanis and the Spikes? I figure arson will fit the bill, and elementals travel faster than bikes. Figure I can do that and still be ready to patch up the wounded. I can make it stealthy, in case you're worried."

[Mulcarn]

@Smiley and Willie - Complete ignoring your foolish attempt to give them a high-five. Both dwarves give the other a side-long glance before unfolding their arms, cracking their knuckles in unison before the younger brother of the two says. "Last chance, bub. Get lost or get dropped."

[Thanee]

Selina

"If you want to send a spirit, be aware that we might need proof, that it was our work. Maybe IC Princess can send one of her drones over there? But it will take a while to arrive, I guess. Might not be the worst idea, either way, send one of your little spies to both places? What do you think, Ice?"

Since IC Princess did not seem to answer, Selina asked again via the commlink.

<< @IC Princess: Hey there, did you hear us? Can Opener wants to send a fire spirit to the Humanis place, or even to the Spikes, to torch it. I said, that we might need proof and your little spy drones could maybe record it. What do you think about sending one to both places? Could be useful either way, right? >>

In the meantime, Selina was hatching a plan to find any other girls, that were around the area for sure. There was one rather obvious place to look. This was more to her liking than beating up the dwarf, as much as he might deserve it.

"Fiona, come with me, make us unseen and let's find those girls."

When she exited the Rover, the elf was joined by a black cat, and soon their forms started to blur and meld into the darkness of the night, as Fiona concealed them. The pair kept their distance from the loud exchange and started heading for the loading area and towards the curtain. When they were close enough, Fiona used her telekinetic powers to lift the curtain just enough for them to get a peek inside.

[ Spoiler ]

Fiona and Selina are concealed (Force 6)

Infiltration: Fiona 4 hits, Selina 3 hits

Psychokinesis 4 hits

[Mulcarn]

@Selina - Under the cover of darkness and shadowy magics, you and Fiona bypass any attempt at detection from the boxing bullies and their stable of drugged-up whores. And as Fiona peels back enough of the makeshift fabric barrier to let you take a gander inside, you bear witness to the true terror of the "life" these woman have had to endure. It's dark in the warehouse behind the curtain. But with your elven vision you are able to see enough to make you hate these men forever. There, you see an elf girl, roughly the same age as Squire, engaged with her "John" of the night. A massive horned figure, a troll, sits idly flat upon a mattress of some kind or another. She is knelt in front of him, practically on all fours with her face shoved into the troll's crotch. The troll, keeps a heavy hand rested on the back of her head, as if to keep his street-meat in place as she struggles to fellate him.

[pbangarth]

Willie tried. He really tried. He intuited what Smiley wanted to do, and went along. But when has talking ever worked for Willie? Never, that's when.

[ Spoiler ]

Attempt at surprise if possible:
REA 9 + INT 5 = 14 dice : 3 hits Oh well.

Initiative roll:
14 dice:
gives Initiative of 14 + 4 = 18

Attempt at Quickdraw of Ceska machine pistol:
Automatics 5 + REA 9 = 14 dice: 4 hits so draws and fires

One IP at each of the two dwarves (if we are talking, assuming short range of 0 - 10 m),
save third IP to see what goes down
(EXEX gives -1 defense die if surprise doesn't work):

IP1:
Shot 1 at Jimmy:
Automatics 5 + AGI 6 + smartlink 2 + tacsoft 1 (could be 2 but not sure) = 14 dice: 3 hits
Use Edge to reroll misses 11 dice: 6 hits

DV = 4P + 1 EXEX + up to 9 hits = 6 to 14 DV

Shot 2 at Jimmy:
14 dice (recoil of -1 compensated by Ceska): 6 hits

DV = 5 + up to 6 hits = 6 to 11 DV

IP2:
Shot 1 at mouthpiece little brother:
14 dice:2 hits

DV = 5 + up to 2 hits = 6 to 7 DV

Shot 2 at brother:
14 dice : 6 hits

DV = 5 = up to 6 hits = 6 to 11 DV

[SleepIncarnate]

IC Princess

Spotting the message from Selina, IC Princess opens a window to the doberman's feed. As she checks the feed, she also spots Willie attacking the dwarves and commands the roto-drones to kill their targets. Finally, she sends the remaining fly spies to the addresses of the Humanis chapter and the Spikes.

[ Spoiler ]

Roto-drone 1 initiative, 6 dice = 6 + 4 = 10
Roto-drone 2 initiative, 6 dice = 6 + 2 = 8

Will wait to see if either survives (plus their bonuses from aiming) before rolling to fire.

<<Drones sent, give them a few minutes to arrive, then go for it. I'll tell you when. Let me check up on our competition.>> And she does just that, checking the feed from the third flyspy following the Laesa team.

[Thanee]

Selina

That troll suddenly became the focus of all the rage that was rising inside her, as her horrible thoughts became an even more horrid reality. Clutching one of her shamanic fetishes, Selina unleashed the magic of her spell fueled even further by the presence of her familiar spirit, reaching deep into the troll's mind, turning him into a mindless puppet in the process. Shall he find out how much fun that can be.

The one positive thing here, Belial certainly told them the truth about this.

[ Spoiler ]

Fiona uses Aid Sorcery
Selina cast Control Thoughts on the troll, forcing him to let go of the girl and maul the two dwarves instead

Control Thoughts F5 6 hits (only 5 count)
Drain DV 5S (actually, just 4S) 6 hits (no Drain, sweet!)

[Koekepan]

Can Opener was calm enough, waiting for word. When the machine pistols started to bark, she glanced outside from within the vehicle, just enough to make sure who was getting shot by whom, and if any uninvited guests started involving themselves in the wrong direction. At least initially, it looked as if Willie and Smiley had it under control, so that didn't require her attention. Her sympathy for a couple of pimps working with drug-addicted whores was absolutely nil, so she watched the high velocity body piercings without any outward emotion.

"Fraggit, that's loud. Thank the spirits for earplugs. Oh, well, this was never going to be a quiet job."

She glanced over at IC Princess, checking her for normal breathing and signs of distress, but so far things looked balanced on that front, so no cause for concern. After that, she did a deliberate scan of the environment through the windows of the Rover, looking for signs of other trouble.

[Crossbow]

It's not often that Smiley gets completely surprised. This may be one of those times, but it doesn't show on his face. Instead he rises to his full height and, while walking back to the car, takes a hit off a silver flask.

[Mulcarn]

@All - In a matter of seconds, events had escalated rather quickly. Perhaps, all things considered, rightly so. Jimmy the Chin barely knew what hit him before Quick Willie gunned him down into a pool of his own blood. Even before the shock and awe had set in, Billy Knuckles was under the same duress as his older brother. Willie, within the span of a second, managed to fire off two more rounds. The first only clips Billy in the shoulder. Making a tiny, oozing crater inside his expensive suit. With the second hitting him squarely in the thigh, doing the same again. The surviving dwarf, mad with bloodlust of his own from seeing his brother taken out like some random mook, assumes a defensive stance after narrowly dodging a distant drone headshot and charges forward. Preparing a superman punch directed solely at his brother's killer, Quick Willie.

[ Spoiler ]

Billy will be using his first IP for Full Defense and his second IP to charge and attack Quick Willie
One Giant Punch: 16d6h5 5 Billy used some of his Edge for that attack
Base DV is 7P + Net Hits

@Selina - Judging by the terrible and sadistic smile on the troll's face. His horrible features of teeth, tusks, dermal plates and ugly hideousness. He was but a few moments away from unloading his awful seed into the underage girl's mouth. Well, that was the case until your spell had penetrated the soft barrier of his one-dimensional mind. Rendering him a prisoner to your magical domination. His gross enjoyment ends as he pulls the elf off his lower member and stands straight up. The girl, frightful and scared, looks up at him in abject terror as she anticipates some other kind and even worse form of punishment.

[ Spoiler ]

Spell Resistance: 9d6h5 2 He used some of his Edge too. Not that it mattered.
Initiative: 6d6t5+6 8

[pbangarth]

Willie grins as the raging dwarf charges him. Waiting for just such an act, Willie lines up his assailant and drills him twice more. he doesn't even bother to do his favourite "burst of bursts". "Eat this, scumbag."

[ Spoiler ]

First SA shot 14 dice : 6 hits

DV= 4P + 1 EXEX + up to 6 hits = 6 to 11 DV

Second SA shot 14 dice (with recoil comp): 6 hits

DV = 5 + up to 6 hits = 6 to 11 DV

[pbangarth]

Drek! The little bugger is tough. Willie wonders, "where the fuck did Smiley go?"

The charging dwarf makes it to Willie, and he defends himself as well as he can against the wild swing.

[ Spoiler ]

REA 9 + Dodge 3 = 12 dice: 6 hits! Can I roll anything else today?

If Damage resistance necessary, 21 dice:7 hits

[SleepIncarnate]

Roto-drones

As soon as the combat starts, one of the drones takes its shot at Jimmy, whose head explodes in a spray of fine mist. It then turns, takes aim at Billie, and fires another shot, the loud report of a sniper rifle crashing through the air as the round zips past the target. Afterwards, Billie makes a rush at Willie, and at about the same time as he swings at Willie, the second drone takes its shot at Billie's head.

IC Princess

Watching the chaos unfold through the drone feeds, the hacker rigger also keeps tabs on the three flyspy drone feeds, especially the one following the Laesa team.

[Crossbow]

When Smiley reaches the car, he throws his jacket on the front seat, then he strips to his waist. Not intentionally showing off his washboard abs, but not trying to hide them either. Taking a small knife from his pocket and starts cutting the white t-shirt he was wearing into strips to use as wicks for the next missions. If left to his own devices he will start trying the cloth to the bottles.

[Mulcarn]

@All - Another thunderous echo is heard, and then... Splat! Billy falls to the ground with a new, giant hole bored into his forehead. The enslaved whores, or I guess the more aptly called "formerly enslaved, not technically anybody's whores now" watch the commotion unfold in front of them with a passive contentment in their eyes. Seeing their captors die one-by-one in a gruesome, visceral fashion brings a tinge of hope and happiness to them. That, even through their addled senses, can pick up and reflect on. There is a GMC Bulldog Step-Van parked a ways down. If you had to take a guess you'd bet that would the same vehicle Jimmy would use to cart the girls around to and from whatever dungeon they call an apartment. Perhaps, on either his or Billy's body you'd find the keys to it.

@Selina - With both dwarves dead, your puppet finds himself stuck with nothing to do. With no command to act on. And with no will of his own. He merely stands in place. The young girl, sits motionless on the ground. Hugging both of her legs with her head bowed low.

[Koekepan]

Can Opener looked quizzically at Smiley while he stripped down. It wasn't hard to look; for a homo sapiens sapiens he was pretty good man candy. Still, it was puzzling behaviour until he started to reach for bottles, and then the penny dropped.

"Hey. Omae. You're wasting your time and your cloth. I can fire them up from here in under a minute, if I have the go-ahead from the team, and someone to guard my physical body while I do it. Go or no-go?" As if in explanation she waved her pack of chalk at Smiley. "That way all we have left is the orks and the truck, and you can take some time grabbing the joygirls before someone nastier comes along. If you want to."

[SleepIncarnate]

IC Princess

"Laesa are headed to Tacoma, possibly after the Spikes." While her mouth doesn't actually move, IC Princess's voice comes through loud and clear on everyone's commlinks, courtesy of the encrypted channel she just set up. "How quickly could your spirits hit there? The drone is still a few minutes out, even with flying straight there. I'd like us to be able to prove it was us."

[Koekepan]

Can Opener heard .... nothing from IC Princess, anyway. Her commlink was still completely off, and about as relevant as a broken cinderblock in a trash heap behind the mall. Unless of course, IC Princess was also communicating through the Rover's entertainment system, in which case she'd have heard every deliciously rendered nuance of IC Princess's virtual persona.

[Crossbow]

Smiley keeps tying the rags to the bottles, but speaks his piece"So I realize you guys are all dark and crazy and too cool for school. I really get the whole 'I make the rules, I don't follow them' thing. That ain't me, I am here to get paid and have a good time." The Amerind took a swig off his flask. "That said, I do want to win. Belial said Don't Split Up and Don't Pick a Fight With The Other Team. You want to think you are smarter than him, go right ahead. I think you are pushing things by using your drones or spirits for Surveillance, if you use them aggressively without us being on site, I think we are screwed." Smiley threw up his hands as he made his point. "You have made it clear you are going to do what you want to anyway, this little scene has made that clear, so I can go that route too." Hefting bottle of the cheap vodka in each hand, he said, "I want to go blow up some bigots."

[Thanee]

Selina

With both dwarves down for the count, the big troll just stood there, so she commanded him to run away towards the southern regions, away from them and their routes, as fast as he could, keeping the spell active until his mind managed to wiggle itself out of her grasp. Fiona also made him a little faster, so he really could make it pretty far in the time.

[ Spoiler ]

Fiona uses Movement on the troll, dropping it once Selina's spell has run its course.

Fiona then dropped the hiding magic, Skye didn't want to scare the girl even more than necessary, the young elf pushed the curtain aside and approached her slowly.

"Shhh... your nightmare is finally over now. We will get you to a safe place. What's your name, girl?"