This is the continuation of the campaign started in Food Fight!.

The IC thread.

Cast of characters:
BobRoberts - Troy Anderson
Chance359 - Tinker
drips - Sphinx
Ears - Rob
Green Eyed Monster - John (Rocky) Stone
Xiuhaun - Knuckles
Dranem - Terry Anderson
Kartijan - Carrie Anderson

Map, not actually of Tacoma, but hopefully we can use a little imagination.

The Anderson group "bait" is by the Star on the upper right corner of 4th and Washington.

The other group's "bait" is a block north and a couple blocks east on the North side of Kirkwood between Grant and Dunn. There is a blue roofed building in the middle of the block, to the left is the building with several blue and red awnings.

The 3*5 area is bounded by 6th St., Indiana Ave., 3rd St., and Walnut St..

I left my background a little low on the bits I hadn't used yet. Frankly GMs throwing cyborg aunts (with slashy claws!) at a party makes that all worth it...

But cousins works well for me.

Thanks!

I can see why you had trouble trying to find something in Tacoma that would fit.... very middle class with a lot of big commerce or middle/upper lifestyle homes. Quickly combing the streets, 6th Ave between Cedar and Fife in the North End is about the only thing I see that fits your description.

With the University, a golf course, the port in New Tacoma... I can see why it became a big corp playground...

I park the car in front of the white roofed buiding on Kirkwood and Dunn. (Unless someone has a better idea.) Then I get in the back seat and buckle myself in. (In case someone else decides to drive, as I have no skill.)

I'm going to summon 9 F5 Watchers. TN=F=5, Center for success, Centering 6, Conjuring 6, Drain is L which Trauma Damper makes moot. I'm also going to summon manitou (woods) and sylph (wind) if there is the proper domain. (It looks like a lot of trees and there is drizzle, so a storm and I hope wind. If it's enough for an undine (water), I'll summon one of them, too. On these Center for drain, unless there's TN penaties, then Center vs penalties. Willpower 7. Charisma 3(9). Use F2 Power focus for success test on all. Try them at F8, rest if I take Drain.

When summoning is finished, I'll astrally project. I'm going to take a position near the slate colored roof across from where the elemental is and use the tree canopy for cover. I'll have 3 Watchers astrally stay in contact with each of the Andersons and contact my group to alert if anything happens over there. Likewise I'll have 3 Watchers stay with me, Hugh, and Rob and contact the other group if we are attacked. The last 3 Watchers are guarding my body, inside the car behind tinted windows. Standing orders for spirits I have not tasked are to attack until subdued any who attack "the group" (which now includes the twins.)

Summon
04 03 03 03 02 02 01 01 - 0succ
Summon
10 05 04 04 03 02 02 01 - 2succ > 2hr
Center
13 05 04 02 02 01 - 2succ > +1hr > W1 - 3hrs
Summon
05 05 05 04 03 03 03 01 - 3hr
Center
05 05 03 01 01 01 - 2succ +1hr > W2 - 4hr
Summon
11 08 04 04 03 02 02 01 - 2hr
Center
05 05 05 04 02 01 - 3succ +1hr > W3 - 3hr
Summon
09 05 05 05 04 04 02 02 - 4hr
Center
05 04 04 04 04 01 - 1 succ > W4 - 4hr
Summon
08 04 03 03 03 03 01 01 - 1hr
Center
14 09 05 05 04 01 - 4succ +2hr > W5 - 3hr
Summon
13 04 04 04 04 02 01 01 - 1hr
Center
14 11 05 04 02 02 - 3succ +1hr > W6 - 2hr
Summon
07 05 05 04 03 01 01 01 - 3hr
Center
11 05 04 04 04 01 - 2succ +1hr > W7 - 4hr
Summon
04 04 03 03 03 02 02 01 - 0succ
Summon
11 09 08 07 05 04 02 02 - 5hr
Center
14 02 02 01 01 01 - 1succ > W8 - 5hr
Summon
14 08 08 08 02 02 01 01 - 4hr
Center
11 09 09 05 03 03 - 4succ +2hr W9 - 6hr


Summon Manitou
11 10 08 05 04 02 02 01 - 3succ, 4KP
Center
10 08 05 04 03 02 01 - 2succ
Drain
08 07 03 03 02 02 02 - 1 succ +1f/Centering stages to L Stun > TD makes moot

Summon Sylph
07 07 03 03 02 02 02 - 0succ
Center
08 04 03 03 03 02 - 1succ
Drain
08 05 05 04 04 02 01 - 1 succ M Stun -1 box > 2boxes
Heal 1 box
04 03 03 03 02 01 01 - 4succ > 15 min
Heal 1 box
11 04 03 03 02 01 01 - 4succ > 15 min
30 min total

Summon Sylph
11 10 10 08 04 04 03 03 - 4succ > 4 Services 5KP
Center
07 04 04 03 01 01 - 0succ
Drain
07 07 05 05 04 02 01 - 0succ M Stun -1 box > 2boxes
Heal 1 box
05 05 05 05 04 03 02 - 6succ > 10 min
Heal 1 box
11 09 05 03 03 03 02 - 6succ > 10 min
20 min total

Summon Undine
05 05 03 03 03 02 02 01 - 0succ
Center
21 05 05 05 05 01 - 1succ
Drain
10 07 04 04 02 01 01 - 1succ M Stun -1 box > 2boxes
Heal 1 box
04 04 04 03 03 02 01 - 5succ, 12min
Heal 1 box
08 04 03 02 02 02 01 - 3 succ, 20min
32min Total

Summon Undine
15 09 05 03 02 02 01 01 - 2succ > 2 Services 3KP
Center
09 07 05 05 04 01 - 1succ
Drain
07 05 05 02 02 01 - 0succ M Stun =1box > 2 boxes
Heal 1 box
10 09 04 04 02 02 01 - 4succ 15min
Heal 1 box
07 05 04 03 02 01 01 - 4succ, 15min
30min total

Ok, since I need to heal drain in there, I'll wait 2hrs before trying to summon the sylph the second time (and likewise, the rest of the list.) Ok.

I will Summon a Watcher to replace the ones that expire. Will my body heal stun if I am astrally projecting but at rest?

Is there a big clock with face and hands that is readable from the astral by noting the position of the hands?

I just remembered, you can only summon a single non-great form at a time and only remain in one domain at a time. So if you summon another spirit, the previously summoned (non-GF) spirits will only carry out services they are already doing.

I think this will change your plans.

Yes on the clock, the couthouse is at Kirkwood-6th and Walnut-College. It has a four sided tower clock. Also a two sided, analog bank clock a block to your left at ground level.

Everybody want to say where they are positioned?

I have Rocky - meat body in car on Kirkwood near corner of Dunn, astral body across from Fire elemental on roof in cover of tree.

Fire elemental under canopy on Kirkwood, left of blue roof building.

Terry on corner Marked by Star (in front of UB.)

City spirit near Terry appearing as fire hydrant.

Tinker at Street doc's.

Carrie in the twin's van parked about a block east of Terry's corner.

Troy in Bison about a block east of Terry.

Knuckles?

Rob?

Sphinx?

Carrie returns to her meatbod which is parked in our van about a block east down the road from Terry's position. Using binoculars from Terry's pack, so as to not miss details.

Terry is trying her best to stay out of the rain. 4 men approach me for services? hmm.. I rather not leave cover, I overprice myself for the area. Hopefully they'll go for cheaper fare.

Considering Terry and Carrie were already on the scene, her meatbod was already in the twin's van, parked down the street. Would you rather she move to Troy's vehicle for extra protection?

Sorry, my mistake. You may position yourself where you like. I'll change it to your van.

Troy's van will be parked up over by the twins. Thinking that makes a good midpoint between the two groups.

Carrie will get an invite Troy's van if she has a need for moving around faster or if it's useful in any other way.

If it's in position, the drone will take a snapshot of the troll gangers and pass the piccie over to Knuckles/the others for identification.

Speaking of sorting out who the trolls are, my Gang ID is at 2, do I know who these bruisers represent?

05 04
They're the Spikes.

The Spikes, eh? Damn, they're probably Yak prostitute/territory enforcers. This could get messy. Well, even without armour I can take down a troll, I look at their auras to see how much ware they're packing. (Aura reading 3)

In case of trouble, Troy's going to 'saunter' the van in the direction of this potential confrontation. Not moving fast enough to attract attention...

Assensing Test TN5 (drizzle, night)
05 04 04 02 02 - 1succ
Aura Reading complimentary
03 01 01 - no help

They are mundane, in a fairly good mood, pretty healthy for Squatter type lifestyle, no cyberware.

How much did Jackie get paid?

Are Knuckles and Rob just sitting in the car? Or did you guys take up positions somewhere? I just took this place to have a good view and some cover on the astral.

Roll
02
10

Sorry I missed the thread transition, will try to catch up asap.

After leaving the meet,, Knuckles would have returned home to gear up for the night before meeting up with the group again. What he was in before was his casual "meeting" gear, as seen in the SS, but if combat is expected, he would have his long coat, jumpsuit, shotgun (under jacket), pistol and backup pistol. Shotgun is loaded with slug, 3 rounds of shot in the jacket pocket, heavy pistol has gel rounds with a spare clip of regular ammo in jacket pocket, light pistol with ex ammo, no spare clips.

I started a new class this week, so getting home much later than before (between 11-midnight) and work has been picking up so I havent had the spare time to log in at work anymore

Will hit up IC post this evening when I get home from school, time permitting, or will try and squeeze it in before work takes off tomorrow morning. I have Friday off, so I will definitely get some catchup time then.

[Edit] Gah, Bloomington Indiana? ugh, bad memories there.

Ok, since it looks like I might be able to get one on my side, or at least get him to lower his guard a moment....
It looks like I'm sympathizing with him. If he falls for it and turns on his chummers, then I have an ally. If not, then I'm moving in position to use him as a live grenade and flip him towards his buddies. I don't like being surrounded..

Focusing on Boosting my Strength and Boosting my Quickness in case I need to push some muscle...

Kartijan wants to see if Carrie can assense the Trolls from her position (Aura Reading 5) - seeing as Terry's a bit busy to be able to tell her twin that they appear mundane.

Hopefully that catches me up to the current situation.

Perception TN4 +1 -1
07 04 03 02 02 - 2succ
Aura Reading
08 03 02 01 01 - no help

Same results as before (1-2 succ reveal same thing)

Is Knuckles concealed? Green Eyed Monster was concealing everybody and everything but the "bait". If you don't want concealed, just say so.

Ditto Rob, and really, everyone.

"work permit"
05

As before, would a mundane know he was concealed? I didnt see anything IC that would have indicated he was informed of his being concealed (but I may have missed it).

If he knows he's concealed, he'd be closer to the target for sure, most likely directly across the street. Let me know if I should update it.

[EDIT] Ok, changed to to reflect his current position since he'd know about the plan. Removed the smoking bit, since its useless if people cant see him.

Well, Green Eyed Monster stated this OoC.



I think it was a recap of "the plan" he proposed, and people agreed to, before the Anderson twins joined. Since you agreed to the plan OoC and are caring out IC, I am assuming you know the details, which included being concealed. So, if you were across the street, Jacky took the John there kind of right in front of you. Oooooh.

Perception check - group (Night time, depending on location - cover, not looking right way, distracted)
04 04 03 03 03 03 03 - 0succ

Tinker gets a bio slot from where the bioware was removed, and 2 dice for healing this damage.

hmm... I have the cash for that, but if I pull 500 worth of cred out of my purse, that might cause them to up their 'protection fee'...

I'm still in position to do some troll tossing and just say take your offer and shove it.... anyone want to send a suggestion over the connection? Cause I'm actually a bit stumped.

Yeah, before I posted, I had an idea then realized (through reading and re-reading) I was out of position to really affect that situation.

Always down for a rival gang match

My map-fu shows that Indiana and Dunn run parallel to each other, so which street is she on?

Sorry, Kirkwood.

Offer them 100 or so, and put the rest on account, on account we are going to be quitting soon anyway. They think they get to earn loan shark rates on th 400 balance. If we see them again, can explain we were undercover solving their protection problem and they should be paying us. If they don't like that explanation, we get in a gang fight then.

So have Sphinx and Rob dropped out?

Is that who we are waiting on? I vote for moving the story along, if someone doesn't post for a day or two, either run their character or leave them out.

Maybe, but I have not heard from either.


Rob last posted about agreeing to the plan. I was waiting for him to position himself, but have since tried moving the story along, however not as originally planned.


Tempting, very tempting.

Did we just jump forward a few days? "On the third night"... feeling like I missed something

Yes, jumped forward a few days of no contact with Ripper. This will help Tinker rejoin everyone and let everyone else wonder how effective this plan was.

Initiative:

Troy R8 Rigging
07 03 - 17( R) (don't re-roll 6s)
Terry R6
03 01 - 10 11
Carrie R4 I5
03 - 28(A) (Not Astral to begin) 8

Rocky R6 I6
03 02 01 01 - 33(A)
Several Spirits
Knuckles R8
09 02 - 16
Rob R7
05 04 - 16
Prince R6
05 04 - 15
Mage R4
05 01 01 01 - 12
Zany R4
08 02 - 12
Toaster Talker R3
07 - 10

Tinker R10
02 02 - 14

Everyone should know "the plan" by now and that it involves everyone being concealed except the "bait", that "the bait" will be concealed if attacked, and anyone attacking "the group" will be confused.

Instead of rolling up new spirits, I'm just using the ones that are on hand and the services they have left. If that is an issue, I'll roll some new ones up.

I'm assuming Troy is rigging and that everyone had their reflexes turned on.

Tinker, I'm not sure on your healing time, but I think it was 4 days so you have one day left. You can be linked through a drone or cameras the group thought to set up in the time that passed. If you have other idea of being linked, let me know.

Troy has been rigging to keep an eye on the situations via drone and close to shooting distances fast.

With that in mind, alert the rest of the team with a shout over comms and surge the bison into gun range at top speed.

Terry will dodge the attack. Focusing on boosting my attributes if I have time.
I'll need to roll magic tests for each one, tn 2 (half my attribute) to succeed.

Carrie is reacting that I'm unaware of this guy approaching... I'm a little confused here.

Fine, what weapon?


You can activate a power as a Free Action, so no problem (Can take Free Action On anyones pass)
Body
05 05 03 03 02 01 - 5succ
Quickness
08 05 05 05 03 02 - 6succ
Strength
11 10 05 04 04 02 - 6succ
1 Combat turn/succ

You have an action before running guy


I thought you were watching from the astral Plane. Adjusted Initiative, 1 Action, casting Armor. Any other confusion?

Do you want to add Spell Pool dice to either roll?

Tinker Healing roll L
05 03 01 01 - 1succ > 24 hrs

seeing as I'm unarmed, my first response will be to try to get the guy off balance. I'm going to drop to a sweeping kick to get him off his feet. Aiming for his knees in case he manages to jump a low kick. Martial Arts (5)

Terry attack, called shot
09 09 05 04 02 -2succ
Running Man Dodge
08 05 05 04 03 01 - 4succ
Running Man Quickness Test to grab purse
05 03 02 01 - 0succ

Feel free to describe IC.

Man will keep running.

Draw my shotgun, shoot the bike of the mage using the shotgun (5+1+4 combat pool), and actions permitting, my second shot goes for the mage who is yelling (5+1+4 combat pool).

Really dont see being able to talk my way out of this one, since (even though we didnt kill them and they aparently didnt get arrested) they were combat monsters in our previous encounter.

If I have cover modifiers, Center vs Penalties, otherwise Center for Success and Stun Bolt the Astral Perceiving Mage (I'm figuring that is the only way he spotted Knuckles at night, under cover and F6 Concealed.) If He's not astrally active I'll command a few spirits to land on him.
Centering 6, Sorcery 6, Willpower 7, Deadly Stun, -1(-1wnd lev) Drain, use maximum spell pool for success test, remaining spell pool and power foci dice for Drain.

look around in general (not enough for simple action) to see how many of the gang showed up.

A purse snatcher, eh? I'll try to smack him as he gets by me with either a punch in the back or a kick if I need more range. IC coming up.

Ah, yes, I kind of overlooked getting that info into the IC post.

The mage from the Stuffer Shack is on a bike, the girl from the stuffer shack is on a bike and there is a Bulldog stepvan in the little convoy with tinted windows.

Centering TN4 +1rain/drizzle +4 partial cover -1target stationary -3Init grade = 5
17 05 02 02 01 01 - 2succ
Sorcery test TN6 +1 +4 -1 -1 = 9
10 08 08 08 05 04 03 03 02 01 01 01 - 1succ
Drain TN2 S Stun
07 05 04 04 04 04 04 03 02 02 - 10 succ no Drain

Mage Resistance test
10 05 05 05 03 02 - 4succ No effect (more than sorcery succ.)


Terry attack TN4
15 11 05 04 03 - 4succ
Counter
05 05 05 03 - 3succ
Purse Snatcher Soak TN6 -1Imp Arm = 5 M Stun
11 03 02 02 - 1succ takes M Stun
Knockdown TN6
11 02 01 - 1succ Knocked Down

Feel free to post based on outcome of rolls.