ATeam-Ch08-Log1

 * Nova, your eyes flutter open. Memories flood in of a strobing flash and you being sucked into a black hole. *  * You can't see anything. It hurts to even breath. *  "Nngghh.."  * You know your eyes are open, and you can hear wind. *  * It hurts to grunt. *  * Gradually, your vision begins to swim back into focus. First grey splotches appear, followed by patches of red, then spiraling colors. *  ?do I hear anything else?  * Nothing, just the wind. And it's more like a hollowness in your head. You feel the wind around your face and body. *  * You can see stars. *  * ...Now, you can see REAL stars. *  * It hurts to blink. *  * You're now fully concious. *  * You feel water running down your shoulder and chest. Whatever you're lying in is pretty damn soft. *  ((I know, it hurts))  * Roll willpower. *
 * Nova lies there.. bleeding..
 * Nova waits for his vision to return.
 * Nova blinks
 * Nova raises his head

 !dice 3 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 9 5 3 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * You fight the pain and the lightheadedness and raise your eyes. * <GM> * You see flames licking various pieces of ground around a larger husk. There's debris everywhere. * <GM> * You find it very hard to register shapes. * <GM> * Roll intelligence. *

<Nova> !dice 5 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 1 2 4 3 5 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * 1,2,3,4,5...Impressive. * <Nova> ((why thank you :))) <GM> * ...For me to poop on!! * <AnneMarie> ((lol)) <Nova> ((..)) <GM> * You manage to sit up, still unable to process anything other than fire and debris. * <GM> * You do. * <GM> * For what seems like a long time. * <GM> * Roll intelligence again. *
 * Nova sits there like a moron

<Nova> !dice 5 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 4 5 3 3 5 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * Willpower. *

<Nova> !dice 3 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 4 3 4 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * You manage to stand, your leg sinking into the surface you're standing on and you almost snap your knee before dragging it out, taking yourself to your hands and knees while doing so. * <Nova> ?what is it anyway? <GM> * You crawl forward a few paces. * <GM> * Roll intelligence. *

<Nova> !dice 5 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 4 5 2 3 4 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * It's soft, Nova...Very soft. * <Nova> ((if it's shit, I'm coming over to hawaii..)) <AnneMarie> ((lol)) <GM> * You keep wriggling forward like a worm and crawl forward on your hands and knees like an obedient dog. * <GM> * Roll Willpower and intelligence. *

<Nova> !dice 3 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 1 5 4 +- Succes -> 0 <Nova> !dice 5 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 2 4 5 3 15 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * You look back and your eyes come into focus as you fall back onto your haunches. It's garbage...A large pile of putrid trash. There is a deep crevace where you were laying. Somewhere under this heap is the wastebin that started its collection. * <GM> * Roll willpower. *

<Nova> !dice 3 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 4 5 2 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * The smell of it fills your nostrils, causing you to gag and wretch. * <GM> * Your vomit runs down your chest and you realize you're shirtless, in the tattered remains of blue coveralls. * <GM> * You have no armor. * <GM> * Roll willpower one more time. * <Nova> *cough* "Damn.."

<Nova> !dice 3 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 8 5 3 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * You crawl forward...You think that you can make out the van, but something's wrong. Soon you get to your feet and steady yourself, your legs feeling like wet noodles. * <GM> * The van lays on its side about 30 meters from you. * <GM> * You wobble over. * <GM> * Roll intelligence. *
 * Nova walks to it slowly.

<Nova> !dice 5 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 3 2 3 2 1 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * It's in bad shape...worse than after the drug factory. * <GM> * You continue your slow, steady approach, trying not to walk over flames. * <GM> * Roll intelligence. *
 * Nova wonders it it's repairable..
 * Nova starts looking for other survivors.

<Nova> !dice 5 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 2 8 2 3 4 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * The van is laying on it's right side. * <GM> * As you get within 10 meters you can see the shape of what looks like Anne -- or what used to be Anne -- hanging limply in the driver's seat, secured by her seatbelt. * <GM> * Actions? * <GM> * You approach the shape. A bloody mass of hair. * <GM> * You stumble, almost losing your prescious footing. * <GM> * You make it to the front of the van and reach in, feeling on the mass of hair. The blood is warm. * <GM> * You think she's alive, but having no idea how to check a pulse, you can't be sure. * <GM> * Actions? * <GM> * You reach in and try to undo her seatbelt...In your weakened state the weight of her body makes it impossible to do. You can cut her out, though. * <GM> * You do so, free'ing her enough to where you can get under the lap belt and attempt to pull her free. * <GM> * Roll strength. *
 * Nova looks inside
 * Nova walks to her
 * Nova checks for lifesigns.
 * Nova unfastens her seatbelt.
 * Nova pulls back his right hand, pops his blades and cuts the seat belt

<Nova> !dice 5 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 2 2 1 2 5 +- Succes -> 0

<Nova> ((huh)) <GM> * You exhaust yourself on her seatblet. * <GM> * You fall back against the car, resting. She groans. * <Nova> "Anne..?" <GM> * No response. * <GM> * Roll strength to try and get her out again. *
 * Nova looks up
 * Nova falls into painful coughing for a while.

<Nova> !dice 5 <SR-Dice> Nova rolled -+ 1 1 4 4 4 +- Succes -> 0

<GM> * You manage, with much effort, to cut her free. * <GM> * She collapses onto you and you in turn collapse onto the ground. The blood from her hair smears your lips. * <GM> * Tastes like life. * <Nova> "Anne." <GM> * From your vantage point on the ground, you also notice Mr. Goondinburger laying in the passenger seat. * <GM> * There really is no sidewalk. Just garbage and debris. * <GM> * You're at the end of a bridge you don't recall passing. There is water under the bridge. A lot of it. * <GM> * You know the barrens when you're in them. At least there's no Hornet. * <GM> * You find a relatively flat area to lay Anne down on. * <GM> * You stagger back to the van. * <GM> * He's in a heap, seatbelted to the passenger seat. His belt would be a lot easier to get off. * <Nova> ?alive? <GM> * Again, you think so. * <GM> * You do so, his tongue's not hanging out, so that's a good sign. * <GM> * By the time you're done your arms feel like spaghetti. You remember your friend Johnathan Meyers. * <Nova> "Just one more.." <GM> * Nothing up front, you can't make out the back because the seat from the middle is wedged almost to the dashboard. * <Nova> ?any way to get inside? <GM> * Maybe around the back. * <GM> * You stagger and stumble around back. The rear looks far worse than the front, shredded metal and alot of scarring. Still have both rear wheels though. * <GM> * Oh, they're open. * <GM> * The passenger side backdoor lays open against the ground, while the other is blown inward. * <GM> * You see Johnathan's mangled visage in the seat against the front of the car, pinned there by the LMG run through his chest. His right forearm and hand lays next to your foot, severed by the inward blast on the rear door. * <GM> * His head hangs limply, his body lifeless. * <GM> * Nova, Johnathan Meyers was the only person you could ever consider calling a friend. * <GM> * Your hearing picks up something. Sounds like movement and voices. * <GM> * You can't place it...And when you try to concentrate, your head swims. * <GM> * You...kick the van. * <GM> * "Shhhhh!" * <GM> * Silence. * <Nova> "EH?" <GM> * "Maybe it was nuthin'..." * <GM> * "Just grab the slitch." * <GM> * "Tastes good." * <GM> * "Mikrob says he wants 'dem all." * <GM> * "Shudd'yer mouth!" * <GM> * Nova, you stumble around the side of the van and see three standing figures at the front. One holds Anne over his shoulder like a sack, the other is beginning to drag your corporate suit. * <GM> * They all look up and the 2nd figure drops Mr. Goondinburger back on the pavement. * <GM> * "We gots us a mover!" * <Nova> ?what are they? <GM> * You can't tell, your low light vision isn't working correctly. * <GM> * "YEEEEEE-AAAAHHHHH!!" * <Nova> "Leave them.." *COUGH* <GM> * The two freed up metahumans let out a whooping holler and rush towards you. One has what you think is a pipe. * <GM> * They look orkish...at least in the firelight. * <GM> * You pops your spur and wobble. * <GM> * The 1st orkish figure prods you with the pipe. "C'mon boy!!" * <GM> * Deja Vu from Ares. * <GM> * The second kicks a rock at you. * <GM> * You strike out, hitting the pipe. * <GM> * "WOOO!!" * <GM> * The second figure moves at you from the side and you turn instinctively. * <GM> * It was only a feint, as the 1st brings the pipe against your skull. * <GM> * #THUNK# * <GM> * Your world goes black. * <GM> * The can hear some conversation before being completely swallowed by the void... * <GM> * "Get 'em up..." * <GM> * "No use fer this'sun. He's geeked out, n'pieces he is..." * <GM> * "Leave 'im fer tha ghouls." * <GM> * "Hey!" * <GM> * "Shaddap." * <GM> * Blackness. *
 * GM raises an eyebrow.
 * Nova licks it off
 * Nova gets Anne off him and starts dragging her to the sidewalk.
 * Nova gets back to the van.
 * Nova checks on that Goodinger, Goodberger, or whatever
 * Nova gets him out of the seat and drags him to Anne.
 * Nova again returns to the van.
 * Nova circles the van.
 * Nova looks for a way to open the rear doors.
 * Nova looks inside.
 * Nova looks for John.
 * Nova sighs.
 * Nova kicks on the remains of the van
 * Nova looks around.
 * Nova walks back around the van
 * Nova extends his blades on a reflex and stances.
 * Nova strikes the one with the pipe
 * Nova takes a few staggering steps forward in an attempt to hit the ork.

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<GM> * Anne your eyes open. * <GM> * You're being carried. * <GM> * You lose conciousness again. *

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<GM> * Glitch, you wake up with a start. * <GM> * You're alone, in the dark. * <GM> * The sound of your own breathing echoes in your ears. * <GM> * You can't really see. * <GM> * You think your eyes might be able to adjust, given time. * <GM> * It's dirty. * <GM> * You continue feeling around and squeeze something warm. * <GM> * "Hey!" Watch it!" * <Glitch> "who's there? <GM> * You scramble back against the wall. * <GM> * "SHHHHH!" * <GM> * The voice whispers, "Keep makin' so much fuckin' racket and they'll bring you out next." * <Glitch> "What? Who?" <GM> * The voice coughs. "Who do you think?" * <GM> * He rasps a dirty, rasping cough. Might be a laugh. * <Glitch> "I don't know, why else would I ask?" <GM> * "Mikrob an' 'is boyz'd prolly rather have a skinny rat like you for a meal than put you in the pit." * <Glitch> "mikrob? who's that? <GM> * "Who the fuck're you, anyway?" * <GM> * You see a shape shift in the dark and hear him draw closer. * <Glitch> "Thats...not important" <GM> * You feel something hard in your chest like a finger or a stick. * <GM> * "I aks'd you a question." * <GM> * You still can't see a thing. * <GM> * You grab something alive, like a hand. *
 * Glitch tries to make out his surroundings
 * Glitch feels the ground around him
 * Glitch jumps back a bit
 * Glitch feels the poking object with his hands

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<GM> * Nova, you wake up hearing voices. * <Glitch> "And i gave you an answer. take it or leave it, i dont give a frag." <GM> * "Get yer fuckin' hand off me, breeder!"" * <GM> * Glitch, a slap rocks your face. * <Glitch> "unnf!" <Nova> ?what voices? <GM> * Nova, someone saying something about an answer and getting a hand off of him. * <GM> * Your eyes open and you see Oscar Goondinburger get slapped by a raggedy looking ork. * <Nova> ((let me guess, breathing still hurts)) <GM> * No, not really. In fact your haze of pain is gone. * <Glitch> "Goddamn drek-head! why'd you do that for!" <GM> * Glitch, another moving shape and a hand grabs your throat. * <Nova> "Hey.. leave him alone.." <Glitch> *gurgle*
 * Nova sits up

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<GM> * Glitch: You hear a more familiar voice say "Hey, leave him alone." * <GM> * Ork: "Stay in your place, daisy eater." * <Nova> "Or what?" <GM> * Nova, you see Goondinburger, your paycheck, getting strangled. * <GM> * The ork doesn't look back, but laughs. * <GM> * "Or you'll be next, fairy duster." <GM> * Nova, you stab the motherfucker in his arm. <GM> * He reels back, screaming. It's a loud, piercing howl. *
 * Glitch struggles to get the hand off his throat
 * Nova pops his spur
 * Nova goes to stab the ork in the arm

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<GM> * Anne, you awake to a scream. * <GM> * It echoes around you. * <GM> * Anne, you shoot up with a start. * <GM> * "Shhhh." * <GM> * Anne: a voice says, "Relax sweetie...Jus' 'dose Pitters again." * <GM> * Anne, you're in a cave of some sort. * <GM> * Anne, you sit up in a squat. * <GM> * You're in a loin cloth and top. Made of old car seat material or something. *
 * AnneMarie gasps and almost has a heart attack
 * AnneMarie blinks and looks around
 * AnneMarie sighs and shakes her head, getting up into a squat

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<Glitch> ?can i reach it? <GM> * Nova, you see Oscar start swatting at the ork, who shoves him bodily against the wall with his good arm. * <GM> * Glitch, you start grabbing at stuff. * <Glitch> ?can i touch his face with my hand? <GM> * Nova you rush between them. * <GM> * Glitch, your hands fall upon warm, moving ceramics. * <GM> * Nova, you're between them both. * <GM> * "You fragger!" says the ork and he grabs a sharpened femur bone from the ground and lunges at you. * <GM> !! <Nova> ((jesus...)) <GM> * Nova the ork launches into a clumsy attack and you drive your spur into his face. * <GM> * Glitch, you pop your spurs and start swiping. * <GM> * Nova, your back begins to get sliced up by Glitch. Pretty ineffective attacks against you, but it suprises you and stings like a bitch. * <GM> * Glitch, you keep swiping at nothing. * <GM> * Nova, you see Glitch wailing at the air in a panic. * <Nova> "Cut it out Oscar!" <GM> * Small nicks and scratches. * <GM> * Suddenly a loud clang is heard, and real light floods the area. *
 * Glitch tries to reach for the ork's face
 * Nova gets inbetween them
 * Glitch gets both his spurs out and tries to slice the ork's arm.
 * Nova strikes him, full force this time
 * Nova gets away and turns
 * Nova retracts his blades and feels his back..

<Glitch> ...

<GM> * It highlights the bars of your cave-like prison. * <GM> * Glitch, the light hurts your eyes. * <GM> * Anne, you see the hatch open and the large figure standing in it. * <GM> * Anne, the figure seems fairly troll-ish. * <Nova> ?my flare compensation works fine? <GM> * Nova, yes. * <GM> * Anne, you're in a cave surrounded by ork women and a few human slitches. * <Glitch> "gah! where the frag is this drekhole!" <GM> * Nova and Glitch are in another cave-like prison, with one dead ork; some others sitting here and there, and two trolls curled up in the corners. * <GM> * Nova, you hear the heavy footsteps approaching before the large shadow draws over the bars of your prison. * <GM> * Nova: A large, heavily scarred troll leans down and peers into the cave cell with you and Glitch. * <GM> * Glitch...That's a nasty-looking troll. * <GM> * Anne, you feel dried clumps of scabbed blood in your hair. * <Glitch> ((this is just great. i spend every last nuyen i have to be free and i end up in a freak-infested hole)) <GM> ((MUAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!)) <GM> ((NOTHING LIKE ADVERSITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER!!)) <GM> * The troll looks at the both of you and the dead ork. "Who did 'dis?" * <GM> * His voice sounds a lot like crumbling gravel. * <Nova> "He tripped on a rock" <GM> * Anne you go up to your bars. * <GM> * You see the troll looking in on a roomfull of males of various metatypes. * <GM> * The troll looks at you, Nova. * <GM> * "We have rooooooolz against killin; outside the pit." * <Nova> "Oh.." <GM> * "Don'tchu know de roooooolz, fairy?" * <Nova> "EErr.. No, I don't" <GM> * He looks at Glitch. * <GM> * "Whaddabout you, breedur? What happened to dis erk?" * <Glitch> "what *about* me, frag-face?" <GM> * The troll raises both brows. For the first time you notice he's missing an eye. * <GM> * "Ha...HA HA...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" * <Glitch> "oh yeah, this is SO much fucking better than dying" <GM> * The trolls booming laugh stirs the sleeping men and women in the prisons. * <GM> * He stops abruptly. * <GM> * He points a finger tip half the size your your skull at you, Glitch. "Yer' gonna carry 'im to da butcher." * <GM> * He uses a large key and unlocks the gate, opening it. * <Glitch> "like hell I will!" <GM> * He stands there, looking at you, Glitch. "Grab 'is corpse, breedur." * <GM> * "NOW!" * <GM> * Nova, you remember that as much as you dislike Oscar, he is your meal ticket. * <GM> * Anne, she stirs slightly, "Uhhh? Wha?" She falls back asleep. * <Nova> "Just take the body.. I'll help you" <Glitch> "fine..." <GM> * The troll laughs. * <GM> * Nova, this one-eyed fucker makes Diablo the troll bounty hunter look small'ish. * <GM> * "'urry up!!" * <GM> * Anne, the ork woman who shushed you earlier approaches you. She's old and frail, with greying hair. She still manages to hold an air of dignity about her. * <GM> * Troll: "Eh?" * <GM> * You both see Anne yelling and waving at the troll. * <GM> * 'Mr. Big' looks at her... "Wha?!" * <Nova> "Great.." <GM> * The old ork woman slips her hand over your shoulder, Anne, "Don't do it, honey." Her touch is soothing and gentle. * <GM> * Nova, Glitch, actions? * <Glitch> "Let's carry the fucking corpse already so i can go to sleep any time this century." <GM> * A troll curled up in the corner speaks up, "Just get the body out of here so we can sleep you fucks." * <GM> * Nova and Glitch start dragging the corpse away. * <GM> * Mr. Big follows you out of the hatch, which closes, leaving the caverns in darkness. *
 * AnneMarie hmmms and adjusts her top and she gets up "where the heck...?" She slowly takes a look around.
 * Glitch pops his spurs back in and covers his eyes
 * Nova waits to see what happens
 * AnneMarie runs her fingers through her hair, scratching her head as she takes a few cautious steps toward the figuire
 * AnneMarie uummmms and approaches the troll slowly, trying to get a peek out the hatch
 * AnneMarie shakes her head and goes over to a human woman, ploping down next to he, "where is this?"
 * Nova looks at Glitch "Cut it or we both die.."
 * AnneMarie stares at the women before getting up and back over to the bars
 * AnneMarie sighs and hangs on the bars, "I can only imagine"
 * Nova takes the dead ork's hands and waits for Glitch.
 * AnneMarie sighs and waves her arm through the bars, "Hey! Mr.Big!"
 * Glitch goes with Nova..
 * AnneMarie uuhhhs and pulls her arm back through the bars..
 * Nova takes the ork through the cell doors

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<GM> * Anne... * <AnneMarie> "what is this place?" <GM> * "Hell!" one woman yells. * <GM> * She's shushed. * <GM> * Old Ork Woman: "What's your name first, sweetie?" * <GM> * "Well, Anne, I'm Mother Crow," says the old ork lady. "That's Felicia, Andrea, Raylene, and Jenna." * <GM> * She begins naming off people who respond to their titles. * <GM> * "Have you ever heard of the Ork Underground?" *
 * AnneMarie leans on the bars alittle "Anne"
 * AnneMarie waves with a weak smile on her face. "nice to meet you all"
 * AnneMarie scratches her head a bit more, picking some of the bloody clumps out. "well it sounds vagely familiar, but no not particularly.."

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<GM> * Nova & Glitch, you find yourselves in a lit area. Still, everything seems cave'ish. It's a large area, with columns and tables. A few large orks sit at the tables and look up at you all. * <GM> * Glitch, you've never seen such poverty. A few broken or breaking electronic items scattered on the ground lets you know you're still in modern times amongst these dwellings of mud, bone, and clay. * <GM> * The troll leads you out of the large feeding room down a corridor. * <GM> * You pass a set of large double doors and move onto another smaller open area that you have to step down on. * <GM> * The smell of meat fills your senses. Then rotted meat....And cooking meat. * <Nova> ?what kind of meat? <GM> * You don't know. * <GM> * Old oil bins are stacked against one wall, and they smell strongly of salted pork. Fires burn in holes dug out of the walls. * <GM> * You drag the corpse down through another set of doors. * <GM> * Here you find a lot of fat-looking orks working dilligently on everything from Gargoyle carcasses to humans, orks, and elves. * <GM> * A large, fat, pig-like ork with a bovine nose ring cuts the meat off the bone of a human leg. He looks up at your little group. * <GM> * Butcher: "Toss it in de' pile!!" * <GM> * Glitch: You turn away, only to be staring at a pile of corpses and bodyparts. * <Nova> "..." <GM> * Large stoves and grinders are at work here, running off gas-powered generators. * <GM> * Nova, you do the dirty work. 'Mr. Big' watches. * <GM> * You're both then led back to the prison area and 'fresher' air. * <GM> * WE STOP HERE... *
 * Nova tries to memorize everything he sees
 * Glitch looks away in disgust.
 * Nova drags the body to 'de' pile'