Jklst14 you can post again, in game terms you have serious physical and stun damage right now. Ouch. But you can move and speak.

Whizbang you will be up in a post or two. I will let you know (by making your "wake up" post.)

Okay, I'm back from my vacation...

Should be no problem with regular posting.

great. Did you have a good time?

Yep! Toronto was a blast, as always.

It's a fairly frequent getaway for me.

Ok, Whizbang. You are fully healed, but your clothes have seen better days. you can post.

Why do I get the feeling that the 'what they summoned' is where the Germs part comes in...

Germ?

In the game title.

Oh!

Well...oh yeah. :B *silly grin*

Healing time

Treat force 3

taking account of background count of 2

Sorcery (+4 spell pool): 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 9, 11
Successes:
0 if Essence of less than 1
1 if Essence of less than 3
2 if Essence of less than 7
3 if 5 is a success i.e. you have an Essence of 7

Drain 2S (Will +2 spell pool): 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 15
No Drain

My post reflects that I assume you have at least an essence of 1 and thus I have healed something

let me know if you want to touch, walk through, throw something at, scan, or otherwise interact with what is in front of you.

*wants to chuck a rock at it*

Hey! I just noticed that we started playing a month ago, today. And Kaosaur still hasn't had a chance to play

Sorry, buddy. I didn't realise when I was working out the story that I would take so long for you to join in.

Should be really, really soon now. (I know I said that before, but this time I mean it.)

It's cool.

Some things are worth the wait...and I used to play PBEM Diplomacy ( board game if you're not familiar) so this is nothing.

You guys discuss what you are going to do here if you like. Let me know, and I will post what happens in the IC thread. Or just keep discussing it ICly till you come up with a plan.

Disrupting it could be an idea. We could try to break the barrier, there's nothing wrong in trying....

I'm not sure how to do that though, I'd have to read the magic section of the core book on barriers again.

What do you guys think we should do?

Hmm...*wonders what would happen if we touched it*

You guys would know more than I would...I'm just the mundane.

Well, you know that it is not a physical barrier (the rock went through it). If it is a magical barrier then you should be able to pass through it (although magical items might be stoped/deactivated). Or it might be something else. Posiblities that might occur to your characters (they are faily bright); it might be an illusion, it might be an "after effect" of powerful magic, it might be a manawarp, or a rift.

The last three (manawarp, after effect, rift) might account for the "pain" of looking astral. Although a very high background count of an "evil" nature might also account for the pain.

Very little scientific posiblities occure to you. Most of them would require a lot of equipment to make it happen. For example: a magnetic field holding the smoke inside (some sort of windtunnel could be moving the smoke) or a holographic illusion. But none of these are likely in the blast area of an explosion and would not explain the astral issues involved.

-just trying to be helpful-

Thanks a lot for letting us know about this... yet it doesn't help all that much.

Damn.. I know even less what to do.

When in doubt, throw a fireball at it?

Hmm...it didn't do anything to me...

Now question is, will it do anything if a magic user touches it...

well, are you guys just going to stand there looking at it, or what?

I should remind you that you are in the middle of an explosion site, surrounded by dead bodies and body parts and it is most likely the authorities might be on their way. it was a big, loud explosion. And all that fire...

So I would suggest doing something quickly or running away.

Hmm... *thinks that's a hint* of course, would be nice if I wasn't the only one putting my life and sanity on the line to test these theories...

I could... push you ?

So, I take it no one is doing anything but standing there looking at it slack-jawed and vacantly?

If that is the case (ie. no posted action by tomorrow afternoon) I will just start moving the story along.

sound good?

no one else decide to make a constructive comment by then, I'll likely just suck it up and try it... what's the worst that can happen?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs_and_Steel

Now isn't that a hell of a coincidence...

I read it a few years back. Good book.

Heading out of town for a couple days. Should be back Thursday.

Is it possible to reach the sword from where we stand? Cause I'd like to pull it out of the floating body if my character can reach it.

Yep, you just have to get up close to him, reach up and pull. If you dare...

Ok, guys tell me what you are doing.

Welcome back Whizbang.

And everyone should welcome KAOSAUR! Finally you get to join us.

Feel free to post and intereact with the others.

For obvious reasons, I'm going to refer to myself in the 1st person in all of my In Character posts. Sorry that I have to break up the flow and writing style...but I think for now it'll work.

If we have another preference, I can always make edits.

Sounds good to me. So you're amnesiac, huh ? Interesting...

Anyways, glad to finally have you aboard, and mallet just let me know when I'm conscious again.

Hey kaosaur, I think the first person approach is a bit distracting and too different from the rest of the posts. Just use "He" instead of "I" for now, until you find a name for yourself.

Sound good?

Okay. Not a problem.

Oh, and as I was reading over the last posts I noticed a point I left out of the description of the naked guy.

There is no wound/injury in his chest or back from the sword. It is like the sword was never stuck in him. Make of this what you will. I do not think it requires me to edit or make a whole new post just to tell you it, so I am mentioning it here.

Storm is still knocked out. No sign of injury and his vitals are good, but he is non responsive.

Kao, If you want you can pull on one of the mages robes for clothing. Pretty much everything else out here is shreaded and blood soaked.

Are we waiting for me?

I was figuring I would give somebody else a chance to lead the action before I did anything.

Hey guys,
I'm moving soon and have been packing, which is why my posts have been sporadic recently. It'll be hard for me to post over the next several days but I should be back posting regularly by next week.

Thanks!

jklst14

Yah, I am just waiting for you guys to do something (even to keep talking).

Since Gobogen is knocked out right now. And Jklst14 is awayish, it falls on to Whizbang and Kaosaur to keep the talking going and to figure out a plan, etc...

So, post away.

Anyone? Anyone?

well... I did as much as can be done by an unconscious character..

I posted recently...was kinda waiting for a response from Mallet...Daniel has been quiet for awhile...

Hi,
No, it is ok to ASK the npc's questions, I have no problem with that. I mean, that's what they are there for (and for killing, i guess, (if they are bad guy npcs)). I just ment that I did not want the npc to "take command" of the team, give orders, etc... I would like the players to take a leadership role, asking questions, investigating the dead bodies, etc...

Anyways, let the game continue.

*twiddles his thumbs a bit*

So...

la la-la la-la

Sorry guys, had a couple of issues with the old computer and have been using the ones at school and at friends houses to check, etc... but haven't had the time to post.

Look for a new posting by me tomorrow afternoon, but do not let me slow down you guys from talking and desiding what you want to do, make plans, first aid checks, etc...