Elle is stabilizing Viper.

The EM machine is emitting a terribly loud whining and whirring sound.  Something is about to happen.

Snow aims at an approaching mutant with the shotgun.

Ted fires another round from the sniper rifle.  He hits a mutant in the head and it falls over, dead.

Snow fires the shotgun...and hits another mutant.  It falls over lifeless onto the ground.

More mutants - an entire hoard of them, in fact - begin climbing over the sides of the train tracks and onto the platform.  They are coming from the ceiling, from both tunnels, and popping up out of the water.  Obviously, their "queen" - for lack of a better word - has warned them or otherwise communicated something to them.  They approach quickly, shambling like monkeys in using their claws like third and fourth feet.  It does not appear that they will stop at the white line.  Something else is driving them...something that will push them beyond the pain of the EM emissions.

And the EM machine makes a pop sound.  It is about ready to blow and is shaking on its tripod...


Jade finds that the train is at maximum speed.  She can push it no further.

The ceiling is dented by the mutant on top of it.  Then a claw starts tearing through the metal like a knife through paper.

Sam is apparently stable for the time being.

Jade has no idea how to power down and doesn't have time to do anything about it because the shockwave hits...

The EM machine can last no longer.  It explodes, sending shrapnel and an EM shockwave out.

Elle, Fault and Ted manage to avoid the shrapnel, but Snow is hit by a flying piece of metal...luckily, it only scrapes his shoulder (2 HT dmg). 
Even though he is already negative HT, Snow makes a strong HT check and retains consciousness.
The shockwave sent out by the machine slams into the mutants like a wall, throwing them back in explosive force.  Bodies fly into the walls, the train tracks, and the water.  Those bodies that you can still see within the circle of light appear to be stunned, but not dead.  They are not really moving.

The EM blast did not appear to do anything else or harm anyone else, but the lights and electrical equipment flashed off for a moment.

The EM machine is no longer operating, so the white circle is meaningless now.

The shockwave hits the traincar, and it is like it has suddenly hit the brakes.  No one has braced for the impact, and everyone goes flying backwards...

Jade is thrown against the wall behind her in the control room but is not hurt.

Lot is thrown back but catches hold of the handrail.

Lazarus is able to brace himself against the wall.

Sam is in a seat and is best prepared, so he only slams up against the bar at the end of the bench.

Mitose is thrown completely off balance and slams face first into one of the center bars.  This flips him off his feet and hard to the floor.  (2 HT damage).  He is in no danger of losing consciousness. (8/10 HT remaining).

Although the shockwave is passing beyond the traincar toward station 1, its effects continue.  The traincar is still moving quickly down the tracks, but it is in a jerking motion, first slowing and then accelerating.  The control panels are lighting up and turning off randomly.  The doors to the train begin opening and closing sporatically.

You actually see the mutant's claw as it continues to claw its way through the ceiling of the traincar.

It is going to be a rough ride.

30 seconds to station 1.
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A smile breaks across Laz's face, the first since they started this mission and he says, "This reminds me of a time once at Disney World except this is as real as it gets."

Jade braces herself against the jerky motions of the train.  "Someone take care of that mutant up there," she yells back to the passenger area.  Then she turns to the controls to see if there is any way to stabilize them, including trying to handle the acceleration/traction gear.

Snow fires twice at the creatures on the ground which appear to be stunned, then he starts reloading.

Ok People, that seems to have bought us a few moments, lets try to make this place defensible. How about dagging the unconscious behind whats left of the machine, they might still be afraid of it, it could give us a couple of seconds.

He then takes a moment to try and staunch the blood flow from his shoulder

Elle says, "Sounds like they've got the train up and running and coming towards us.  We should get inside of it for protection."

 Fault pokes at on of the mutants with the toe of his shoe. "Agreed," he says to Elle's statement. "I doubt anything we could do would make this place defensible."

Lot recovers from the shockwave with a grunt.  He returns to his kneeling stance and looks around for his pistol, perhaps it was still under his knee?

Lot finds his gun.

Jade is messing with the controls.  They do not seem to be very responsive, meaning that the train is likely to pass station 1 and keep going.

You hear a crunching sound under the train.  It has apparently run over one of the mutants.

The flashlights are all dead.  The drill's battery is dead.

And the mutant's arm comes through the hole in the ceiling.  It begins to rip back the metal with inhuman strength.

Elle says, "Help me get Viper over to the train tracks."

As Fault kicks the mutant, its leg begins to twitch.  Then an arm.  Another mutant nearby groans.  They are starting to revive...slowly.

Laz looks up at the opening hole and reaches for his pistol, he takes aim and fires.

Lot stays in his kneeling position and decides to take the time to reload his pistol.  With Laz covering the hole it seems like a good time.  Things were going to get nasty in the near future, Lot intended to face them with a fully loaded gun.

Sorry, forgot to post the following above:

20 seconds to station 1

 Fault points his gun down at the mutant he just kicked and fires a shot at the back of its head. Shaking his head disspointedly, he walks over to Elle, and helps her lift Viper from the ground. "Let's hope the train gets here before these things wake up."

Jade takes the walkie-talkie and calls into it, "Guys, we're coming fast.  I'm not able to slow the train down.  That last blast took away our controls.  You think you can jump into a moving train?"

She pauses before yelling back to Lot, Mitose, and Laz, "I'll keep trying to slow the train down.  You guys need to brace the doors open to give them a clear opportunity to jump into the car."

Las does not move his gun away from the hole being opened above, he looks to the others to take the doors.

Snow continues to reload, i was meaning defensible until the train gets here, Im not planning on staying any longer than i have too. Have we heard from the ship yet, lets try and get the walkie-talkie working again... Snow will keep an eye on the dazed mutants. If any start to wake properly, he takes aim and fires into their central mass.

Mitose shakes off his fall and gest to his feet, "What about the emergency brakes?  They're usually manual...but can we ease them on and then release them?" He moves to a door, "At top speed, jumping in, here in harsh reality world, is a longshot..."

10 seconds to station 1

Lot has just reloaded his pistol and it is ready to go.  He is kneeling on the floor of the traincar.

Laz takes very careful aim and fires into the hole.  You hear a squealing, and the arm falls limp.  Laz's aim was true, and his accuracy deadly.

Jade is looking around the controls.  She sees a stick with a grip like a handbrake on a bicycle.

Laz's pistol is still trained on the hole above.

Jade grabs the brake--and everyone is holding their breaths hoping it is the emergency brake Mitose spoke of--and she pulls.

The train begins to screech to a stop.  Everyone is thrown back, but they have braced themselves this time.  No one is injured.

Elle and Fault move Viper to the edge of the platform.  They hear the screeching of the traincar as it approaches, and they catch the sight of sparks as it edges closer.

Snow is standing near the platform with his gun ready.

The mutants are beginning to move and groan.  Three on the far side of the platform sit up.  Snow holds his fire since they are far away.  The ones nearby are starting to roll but not quite conscious.


The handbrake suddenly closes suddenly and easily in Jade's hand.  Its ancient manufacturing has not held up and something has snapped, making the emergency brake useless.

The train has nearly come to a stop at just 10 kph.  Now it begins to speed up again less than a hundred yards from station 1.  At this rate of acceleration, it will be going approximately 40 kph when it reaches station 1.

The doors to the front and back of the traincar both open and close sporatically, still affected by the shockwave.

Something drops onto the window in front of Jade.  Another mutant.  It is trying to come in through the window.  It pulls back its arm to smash the window.

From station 1, the others watch in surprise as the traincar begins accelerating again.  They hear sounds coming from the darkness down the track and the stairwell leading up.  More mutants are on their way--mutants not stunned.
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Snow mutters a quick expletive then fires two shots at the nearest two mutants before dropping into a low crouch and aiming at the stairwell.

Laz gets jostled but he is fine, he pulls the trigger.

In order for the others to get into the moving train the doors would have to be braced open.  Lot moves to frontmost door while looking for a suitable piece of something to jam in the door.  Hopefully it would not be necessary to jam the doors with his own arm.  He did not relish the idea of testing the safety precautions on the door under the current circumstances. The subway couldnt have doors crushing passengers, right?

 Fault's eyes glaze over as he hears the noises emanating the darkness, his eyelids twitch slightly. He reaches down and dips his fingers into the blood covering his legs, winching slightly from the pain. Kneeling he begins to drag his bloodied finger across the rough pavement, drawing a small symbol on the aging concrete.
 After a moment of scribbling the young man nods. He inhales deeply, and slaps his palm down over the image. "By Kitimur's Thunder, I banish these monsters from my presence!" he screams a bit too loudly.
 Sighing contently, he turns to Snow and smiles. "We'll be safe for now."

Jade continues to try to make the train come to a stop at station 1.  She pulls the handgrip more, tries to pull on the wire inside, and also tries to work the main computer brake controls.

Jade yells back to Laz, Lot and Mitose, "There's a door in the front and the back.  That gives them two openings.  Make sure both doors are held open."

Almost as an after thought Lot hollers as he runs to the other end of the train.  "Laz, Mitose, bring your ropes.  One for each door.  If they dont make their first jump they can use the ropes to climb in, or at least steady themselves.

Laz does not wait to see if his shot was solid or not but instead heads but heads to the door with rope in hand.

Snow aims and fires twice at the two nearest mutants.  He knocks the first back to the ground as he hits its torso.  The second is hit in the shoulder.  It rises to its feet, shaking off the stun.

Snow turns to face the stairwell and the descending mutants.

Fault, meanwhile, is drawing symbols in blood on the ground.

Ted fires at the mutant that rises.  His sniper rifle aim is dead-on, and it falls dead to the ground.

Suddenly, a mutant launches itself at Elle.  It had sneaked up and remained unseen in the shadows.  It hits Elle and the unconscious Viper.  They both topple forward over the platform and onto the tracks.

The chaotically blinking lights of the train are getting closer.

The mutant begins viciously attacking Viper.  Its talons are extremely sharp, and Viper surely will not survive.  Elle climbs to her feet and backs away from the mutant before it can move on to her, but she is still on the train tracks.


Laz shoots.  It is unclear whether he hit or not.

Jade is unsuccessful with stopping the train, although she manages to slow it down slightly and hold it steady at about 30 kph.

The mutant in front of her on the window begins hitting its claws on the window.  It begins to crack.

Laz gives Mitose a rope.  Mitose runs to the back with Lot toward the back door.  Laz stays near the front door by Jade.

A clunk above you lets you know that another mutant has dropped onto the traincar from above.


10 seconds to station 1 -- again
Note that I extended the time to station 1 because the train decelerated.  It is now 10 seconds at the current speed.  Make preparations accordingly.

 Fault looks a bit baffled as the mutant appears, then quickly levels his handgun at it and fires. "Damn it, Kitimur, I said banish!" he shouts over the shots.

If anyone is going to jump on the passing train or take any other actions before it gets there, please post exactly what your character will do.  The next major GM post will be when the train passes station 1.  Do you jump in the front door?  Back door?  Any other precautions?  Try anything to save those in the train tracks?

You have ten seconds...

 "Worthless dead gods..." Fault hisses.

Lot stands in the doorway and holds the door open with foot pressed into the safety bumper of the door.  He stuffs his pistol into his belt and accepts the coil of rope from Mitose.  He would need both hands to manage the rope and help pull the others into the train.  When they draw near to station 1 he throws the rope out and lets it drag along side of the train, keeping a length of coil firmly in hand.  He wasnt sure how the injured were going to make it into the moving train but perhaps the rope would give them something to pull themselves in with.

Snow slings his shotgun quickly , then jumps down to where Elle has fallen. He will quickly andunceremoniously help her up onto the platform before trying to help the other programmer,

Dammit Fault, quit with the mumbo jumbo and give us a hand!

Ted also jumps into the pit to help Elle out, looking quickly to the left since he only has 10 seconds until the train will wipe them out.

[OOC:  the train tracks are recessed about 6 feet down in the ground.]

 Fault lowers his hand to help Ted out once he has assisted Elle.
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Mitose positions himself to make certain anyone that makes the leap of great faith gets in, and stays in. He will also take not of anything that can be used to lend last ditch assistance if the need is there.

 Remembering Snow's injuries, Fault shifts his footing to help the pale-skinned man out of the trench, ready to help Ted once Elle and Snow are back up onto the platform.

10 seconds to arrival at station 1
Snow and Ted jump in the pit after Elle and Viper.  Since Viper is irrecoverable and the mutant is currently distracted with the body, they grab Elle and hoist her up...

5 seconds to station 1

Mitose and Lot are at the back of the train (which is actually the end moving forward toward station 1), ready to help Elle, Snow, Ted and Fault jump in, a rope extended for them to grab if they need it.  They notice the figures on the tracks scrambling to get up.

With a crash, the mutant breaks through the train windshield where Jade is still trying to stop the train.  He lands on the brake stick, breaking it off and knocking Jade to the ground.

Laz is at the back door about 7 feet from Jade and the mutant.  He is waiting to help the others in the train as well.

Elle makes it onto the platform.

The mutants are awake and converging.  At least 12 have pulled themselves onto the platform and begin moving toward Fault and Elle.

Fault holds out his hand for Snow...

The train lights nearly blind you.  It is seconds away.

Ted jumps to climb up...but the mutant on Viper has spun and grabbed him by the leg.

Snow is pulled up just as the roaring of the train is there and...

ARRIVAL OF TRAIN
Lot and Mitose watch in horror as the train hits Ted full on, dragging his body.  They reach out their arms as Elle and Fault jump...

Snow is still picking himself up after the close call with the train.

Fault jumps in the quickly moving train at the same time as Elle.  Their bodies press together as they are slammed as though from a wall.  Elle hits her head on the pole...and is knocked unconscious.  Her body has padded Fault, and he merely loses his balance and stumbles, helped by Mitose and Lot.

Snow jumps in the rear door.  He makes a miraculous jump, grabbing onto the bar and completely maintaining his balance.

You hear the splattering as mutants are hit by the moving train.  Your only fear is derailment...and the fact that it is still moving.

Jade has a mutant on top of her.  She is near Snow and Laz.

The rest are in the back of the train.

More mutants appear to be dropping onto the roof of the moving train.

And still it moves on...

Laz makes a run towards Jade, gun drawn as he sees them wrestling.
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Snow will make a grab for the mutant and try to use his Judo expertise to throw it away. Hopefully off the train or at least into a corner that they can all shoot at it.

With a blank expression Lot watches as Ted is slammed by the train.  Setting his horror aside he focuses on protecting the researches that he still had.  Quickly he kneels down next to Elle and wraps her arm around his neck.  Holding her firmly around the waist with his right arm he moves her towards the front of the train where Sam is resting.

Jade tries to get her hands on her pistol and shoot the mutant on top of her.

Mitose moves to check on Elle's health, and calls out, "Someone get that thing off of Jade!  We'll have more on our hands soon enough!"

Once he's certain Elle will live, he esenntially shoves her out of the way, under one of the bench seats, figuriung that's where she'll be teh safetst.  Then he readies his weapon, and fires on the first Mutant he sees trying to get in...if no one has helpoed Jade, he dashes over, and kicks the thing off of his friend.

Laz aims for three seconds and fires when he sees the backside of the mutant.

The party has no time for reunions.  Above you, several of the creatures are clawing away at the roof of the train car.  And one of the mutants attacking Jade.

Laz begins to aim.

Jade tries to ward off the creature while grabbing her pistol.  She gets a grip on it.

Lot and Mitose are moving Elle toward the front of the train car.

The mutant swipes at Jade, hitting her with sharp claws.  Luckily, she twists and pushes and suffers only a minor gash in her side. (2 HT dmg).

Snow steps toward the mutant on Jade and grabs it to throw it.  He missteps, falling directly into the mutant...just as Laz pulls the trigger.  (Critical miss for Snow...roll of 18.)

Laz is unable to pull back, his bullet sailing directly into Snow...

Lot and Mitose reach the front of the train car and begin to put Elle on the seat.  They unfortunately cannot put her under the seat because it has heating and cooling units and other mechanically sealed equipment.  They settle for placing her next to

Jade has scrambled for and finds her pistol.  Firing at point blank range, she hits the mutant in the chest. (14 dmg)  It squeals and turns to Snow.

The bullet from Laz's gun pierces Snow's left arm, grazing the bone.  (6 HT damage).  He falls unconscious to the floor of the train.

(GAME RULES: At minus your health score, you must make a HT roll or die immediately.  1 more HT damage will put Snow at -HT.

Apparently thinking that Snow is dead, the mutant turns toward Laz next.  A dark red, almost black, ooze, is dripping from the wound where Jade hit it.

Elle is starting to mumble.  It looks like she is coming out of unconsciousness.

Fault has gotten up and moved to the front of the train with the others.
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Laz curses at what happens to Snow and fires at the mutant, taking no time to aim.

 Fault snaps out his daze after seeing Ted crushed by the train. He grabs his pistol, levels it at the mutant attacking Lazarus, and lets out as many shots as he can.