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IH - Lincoln, Sunset.

Posted by MarshalFor group 0
Jacinta Castillo
player, 80 posts
Half-breed Scout
P4 T5 W0 F0 W2 R0 B1 L0
Sun 20 May 2018
at 19:43
  • msg #224

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

"Your acid would be perfect for that, no?"  She sidled up to McGraw to have a look in the boxes, but her interest wasn't in seeds.

Doing a circuit of the room, she paused near the tunnel and crouched, head slightly tilted.  "Los niños," she reported quietly.  "I can hear them crying."
This message was last edited by the player at 21:58, Sun 20 May 2018.
Jake McGraw
player, 97 posts
Mad Engineer
P5 T4 W0 F0 W1 R2
Sun 20 May 2018
at 21:46
  • msg #225

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

"It's poison, not acid." Jake says absently. "The Ph balance isn't what causes the reaction, it's how this stuff interacts with living tissue...it shuts off cells and organs while leaving them intact. Acid is corrosive, actively trying to destroy tissue through sheer strength of chemicals..." he trails off. "Sorry. But either way, I don't just want to spray it without being sure it's gotta go. I ain't got a whole lot of it."

He frowned. "Cryin'. That ain't good. Think the ruckus upstairs woke 'em?"
Albert Cooper
player, 92 posts
Gun Wizzerd
P5 T6 W0 F0 W1 R1 B1 L0
Sun 20 May 2018
at 22:05
  • msg #226

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

Albert listened a little to the discussion, then shook his head. "Don't really matter what woke 'em. Matters that we know where they're at and that we get 'em out."

Anyone looking closely would notice Albert's knuckles were white as he gripped both revolver and machete. If he didn't think it were a dumb idea, he'd have sprinted down the tunnel as soon as Jacinta mentioned crying children.
Tamsin River
player, 50 posts
Flower Power
P4 T5 W0 F0 W2 R2 B0 L0
Sun 20 May 2018
at 22:51
  • msg #227

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

Well, they’re dead, that’s for sure. Tamain sighs and shakes her head. ”Corpses,” she mutters to herself. She kneels down and gives the man a cursory search before going to look over the vine-creature. Eyes, mouth, hands.

She still wouldn’t have called it a corpse.
Bryan Lee
player, 105 posts
Texas Ranger
P6 T6 W0 F0 W0 R1 B1 L0
Mon 21 May 2018
at 15:50
  • msg #228

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

"Agreed. Let's get to it," he said. "Keep your wits sharp and your weapons ready. Jacinta and I'll take point, everyone else a few feet back. Let's keep quiet and take what surprise we can get."

When they seemed in position, he moved up ahead towards the source of the sound.




Stealth: 4

Just barely there.

10:48, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 1 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1.  Blue Chip.
10:47, Today: Bryan Lee rolled 2,3 using d6,d6, rerolling max.  Stealth.

Marshal
GM, 177 posts
W6 R1 B0
Tue 22 May 2018
at 01:48
  • msg #229

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

With great caution, Lee and Castillo peer into the dark tunnel that extends from the cellar.

The floor is only level for a few feet, before sloping downward at a sharp angle, leveling off again roughly fifty feet away in a vaguely circular chamber with a high ceiling. The vines are more dense in this area than anywhere else the group has encountered them, including the fields above and the schoolhouse, the foliage so thick that it renders an accurate estimate of the room’s size impossible.

Thorn studded tendrils dangle from above and the weeds cover the walls, but not the floor, of the sloping descent completely. In the chamber below, the hanging vines hang down like long ropes from the ceiling on the right and left, meeting at the floor in the center to form what resembles an enormous hammock, or a cradle, the intertwined runners blocking out any view of the surrounding stone walls.

In the cradle’s center, which is perhaps forty feet in diameter, eight children sit atop several blankets. A pair of lanterns providing them with dim illumination. A boy, one of the youngest, is weeping, an older girl with dark hair comforting him. Some of the children are eating what appear to be biscuits, while another girl recites a story involving brave soldiers to a portion of the small group. One of the boys has a thick piece of wood that he is practicing swinging like a club.

Studying the scene carefully neither Lee nor Castillo see anyone but the children in the room below. As best either can tell, there are no other exits from the chamber, save for the slope that leads up to the cellar.


OOC: Tamsin, kindly give me a Knowledge (Occult) roll.
Manuel Segovia
NPC, 13 posts
Tue 22 May 2018
at 01:48
  • msg #230

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

An expression akin to a sneer crosses Segovia’s face. ”I’m sure you’ve got your reasons. Same as your opinions about the taking of those young uns. But I tell you what...”

He whistles three notes, the sound reminiscent of the opening tones of a mournful ballad.

”...why don’t you share your thoughts with the owner of the house?”

A few feet beyond the porch, the vines covering the field come alive with motion, thrashing in waves like the surface of the sea in a violent storm. In the midst of the sudden movement, a large group of the weeds begin to climb toward the moonlit sky, rapidly forming a thick column of foliage that is easily seven feet in height.

Segovia lets out a sharp laugh. ”Guess I’ll see you in hell, pendeja.”

OOC: Kate, kindly provide me with an Initiative draw.
Kansas Kate
player, 108 posts
Hot words and cold slabs
P6 T5 W0 F0 W1 R1 B0 L#
Tue 22 May 2018
at 01:56
  • msg #231

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

20:55, Today: Kansas Kate drew the single card: 5C using a deck of 54 cards.

In typical diceroller fashion

Bryan Lee
player, 106 posts
Texas Ranger
P6 T6 W0 F0 W0 R1 B1 L0
Tue 22 May 2018
at 16:54
  • msg #232

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

Taking a step back, Bryan beckoned for the others to catch up and join them. When they got there, he spoke quietly.

"Looks like the path is clear to get to the kids, but they might need to see some faces they'd recognize before they come with us willingly. That means Cooper and McGraw, if y'all are comfortable takin' the lead with showin' yer face and talkin' these kids, I think that might be a faster way to gettin' their trust. We wanna get clear of here before the vines start actin' up. I'll be right behind you and the rest of us too, ready to step in and deal with any funny business from plants or otherwise."
This message was last edited by the player at 18:12, Tue 22 May 2018.
Albert Cooper
player, 93 posts
Gun Wizzerd
P5 T6 W0 F0 W1 R1 B1 L0
Tue 22 May 2018
at 17:22
  • msg #233

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

((OOC: Hey, dark green is mine, bub. Get back to your dark blue.))

Albert gave a sigh of relief at the report, and nodded at the suggestion. "Sounds good ta me." He looked over at McGraw. "Weedkiller, ya up fer wranglin' some young 'uns?"

Albert's pistol hovered close to his holster. He didn't plan to go chat with the children armed with a gun. The machete, though, he would keep available.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:23, Tue 22 May 2018.
Jake McGraw
player, 98 posts
Mad Engineer
P5 T4 W0 F0 W1 R2
Tue 22 May 2018
at 18:06
  • msg #234

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

"I ain't sure how familiar I face I'll be, but I'm up fer it." Jake whispers back. He holds the weedkiller squirter ready, his lantern in the other hand. He takes a few cautious steps forward.
Albert Cooper
player, 94 posts
Gun Wizzerd
P5 T6 W0 F0 W1 R1 B1 L0
Tue 22 May 2018
at 18:19
  • msg #235

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

Albert holstered his gun after Jake agreed, then moved toward where the children were. The machete was held point-downward in his right hand as they approached the kiddies. Albert had quite a bit of experience with children, and his comfort with them showed as he approached. He held the index finger of his right hand up to his lips as he approached, and spoke quietly. "Hey kiddos, keep it quiet but we're gonna get y'all outta here and back ta yer parents."
Marshal
GM, 179 posts
W6 R1 B0
Tue 22 May 2018
at 18:42
  • msg #236

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

OOC: Mr. Cooper, Mr. McGraw, please provide me with a Notice roll.
Albert Cooper
player, 95 posts
Gun Wizzerd
P5 T6 W0 F0 W1 R1 B1 L0
Tue 22 May 2018
at 18:45
  • msg #237

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

OOC: 4 for Notice

11:44, Today: Albert Cooper rolled 4,1 using d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1.  Notice.

Jake McGraw
player, 99 posts
Mad Engineer
P5 T4 W0 F0 W1 R2
Tue 22 May 2018
at 22:48
  • msg #238

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

((OOC:
15:45, Today: Jake McGraw rolled 15,3 using d8,d6, rerolling max (((8+7)15,3)).

I can see forever!))

Marshal
GM, 181 posts
W6 R1 B0
Wed 23 May 2018
at 02:35
  • msg #239

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

One of the boys, the brown haired youngster with the stick, approaches Cooper, looking at the man closely. ”I’ve seen you before,” he says quietly, ”You’ve come to visit my Papa at the newspaper office.”

The girl telling the story gazes at the two men with wide eyed apprehension. ”You shouldn’t be here. You’re going to make them angry. You need to leave, before it’s too late.”

As the children are speaking, both Cooper and McGraw glimpse distinct clusters of movement among the vines to the left and right. Glancing at the sloping walls of the cradle, the two men can see figures forming within the shifting plants, each one small, no more than two feet in height. But there are several. A quick count informs the rescuers that there are six in all, each one with a bulbous, pumpkin-like head.

OOC: Albert and Jake, please give me an Initiative draw.

Jake, in honor of your exceptional Notice roll, you can draw two cards and take the best result.

Note that both of you would guess that, at this stage, those up at the entrance to the “cradle room” cannot easily see the figures forming within the weeds.

Jake McGraw
player, 100 posts
Mad Engineer
P5 T4 W0 F0 W1 R2
Wed 23 May 2018
at 02:49
  • msg #240

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

"Crap." Jake mutters as he looks at the pumpkin people. He raises the arm holding the lantern and waves it a bit, hoping the others near the entrance can spot the things. Then he grits his teeth and prepares for a fight.

((OOC: 19:46, Today: Jake McGraw drew the 2 cards: 2H, KS using a deck of 54 cards.))

Albert Cooper
player, 96 posts
Gun Wizzerd
P5 T6 W0 F0 W1 R1 B1 L0
Wed 23 May 2018
at 05:09
  • msg #241

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

OOC: I thought Bryan said they'd be right behind us. Unless that thing about the speech colors made him mad...

22:06, Today: Albert Cooper drew the single card: JS using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.


"Yup. Trouble's a-brewin', folks. Time ta show these plants who's boss."
Jacinta Castillo
player, 81 posts
Half-breed Scout
P4 T5 W0 F0 W2 R0 B1 L0
Wed 23 May 2018
at 05:39
  • msg #242

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

"Cagada," Jacinta echoed McGraw's sentiments as she stepped further into the room and saw what was coming toward the boys.  She butted her rifle against her shoulder and took aim at the munchkin creatures.  "Ranger, those corpses you saw upstairs... did they look like they'd been killed by a bunch of walking... ah... Cómo se dice calabazas?"


22:38, Today: Jacinta Castillo drew the single card: 8H using the Deadlands system.  Initiative.

Marshal
GM, 182 posts
W6 R1 B0
Wed 23 May 2018
at 11:18
  • msg #243

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

Albert Cooper:
OOC: I thought Bryan said they'd be right behind us. Unless that thing about the speech colors made him mad...

OOC: You’re quite correct. The rest of the group should follow Jacinta’s example and go ahead and make an initiative draw.

Since he’s absent...

06:17, Today: Marshal, on behalf of Rev. Earnest Allgood, drew the single card: KD using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative.

This message was last edited by the GM at 03:07, Fri 25 May 2018.
Bryan Lee
player, 107 posts
Texas Ranger
P6 T6 W0 F0 W0 R1 B1 L0
Wed 23 May 2018
at 14:43
  • msg #244

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

As soon as he spotted the strange movement, Bryan called to mind the site he had seen upstairs.

"Pumpkins," he said quietly to Jacinta.


"Bullets'll do just fine for 'em - but don't let 'em get too close. I think they go for the throat," he said loudly so that the others could hear him clearly.


OOC:

Initiative: 7H

07:03, Today: Bryan Lee drew the single card: 7H using the Deadlands system.

Marshal
GM, 185 posts
W6 R1 B0
Thu 24 May 2018
at 03:25
  • msg #245

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

22:07, Today: Marshal drew the single card: 5S using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Stalkers.

22:07, Today: Marshal drew the single card: 3H using a deck of 54 cards.  Initiative - Kids.


The figures begin to push free of the entangling vines, talons extending from their reaching hands, leering faces taking shape on their distended heads.

From upstairs, there comes the sharp crack of a rifle shot.

Intiative Order

KS - Jake McGraw
KD - Rev. Earnest Allgood
JS - Albert Cooper
8H - Jacinta Castillo
7H - Bryan Lee
5S - Stalkers
3H - Young Uns

Mr. McGraw, start us off.

After each of you take your action, please be sure to make an initiative draw for the following round.

Jake McGraw
player, 101 posts
Mad Engineer
P5 T4 W0 F0 W1 R2
Thu 24 May 2018
at 04:07
  • msg #246

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

Whelp, this was why he'd mixed up this stuff in the first place. Jake took aim at one of the tiny horrors headed his way and pumped the trigger on his make-shift pump gun. A burst of greenish stuff blasted from the nozzle, hopefully drenching the little monster and killing it.

((OOC: I'm going to fire off a bolt of weedkiller at one of the pumpkin people, spending 2 pp to make it deal 3d4 damage this round and 2d4 damage the next (as per the Trapping)

20:57, Today: Jake McGraw rolled 4,5 using d8,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,5.  Shooting.

That might or might not be a hit, depending on whether these things are small enough to get that Small penalty. So I'll spend a Red chip on top of that to guarantee a hit and possibly get a Raise. The Gm gets a draw from the pot.

21:01, Today: Jake McGraw rolled 3 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3.  Red Chip.

That's an 8, which is currently Schrodinger's Raise.

21:02, Today: Jake McGraw rolled 13,8 using 3d4,d6, rerolling max with rolls of (4+4+2)10,2,1,(6+2)8.  damage.

13 damage if it's a normal hit, 21 if I got the Raise.

Card for next round: 2C. Well fuck you too, Dice Roller.))

Rev. Earnest Allgood
player, 65 posts
P3 T5 W# F# W2 R1 B1 L#
Thu 24 May 2018
at 18:13
  • msg #247

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

Reply to msg #210
Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset
Bryan Lee:
"....and the Rev."
"Reverend, I trust you'll be quieter in this enterprise than you were in the last. Remember, we're here for the kids and how you act has consequences. And Jacinta, if the good Reverend has another fit and starts bangin' on things and makin' a racket, feel free to club him with the butt end of your rifle."

And finally the Reverend - an extra set of hands to grab the kids, if he could prevent himself from raisin' hell.

[ooc - Please note, the Reverend was still in Room #4 at that point.]
This message was last edited by the player at 18:30, Thu 24 May 2018.
Marshal
GM, 191 posts
W6 R1 B0
Fri 25 May 2018
at 03:18
  • msg #248

Re: IH - Lincoln, Sunset

As the small creature nearest McGraw pulls free of the tangle of vines, the engineer coats it in a spray of green liquid. White fumes arise from the monster’s slender form, its head turning gray and sinking inward, its face becoming unrecognizable. It takes a step forward and collapses, brittle pieces of the weeds that made up its body sliding across the floor.

OOC: For future reference, the Stalkers have a Parry of 6 and a Toughness of 6. They are [i]not[/i Wild Cards.

Intiative Order

KS - Jake McGraw
KD - Rev. Earnest Allgood

JS - Albert Cooper
8H - Jacinta Castillo
7H - Bryan Lee
5S - Stalkers
3H - Young Uns

Your turn, Mr. Cooper.

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