Re: Fresh air and exercise
Caduceus strained to cast his spell. Up here, the mana felt sluggish like molasses and burned as his mind struggled to control it. The spider creature struggled valiantly to stay connected to the ground, its clawed legs trying to dig into the stained carpet of the floor, trying desperately to get closer to the albino adapt, but Caduceus was able to tug it free of the ground. It hung helplessly in the air, mere inches from White Duck's thrashing foot, mandibles biting furiously at at what it evidently wished was his flesh.
Your TN was 6 to cast (-1 from combat, -1 from being on the boundary of the manasphere). Cast at force 5, as the spider had a chance to resist. Threw all your pool at it. You got 3 successes to the spider's 2, so that was (barely) enough. Figured I'd save your fetish seeing as you had 2 karma. Drain had 3 successes staging you down to light.
Do you want to use karma to bring it down to nothing, and if so, how many are you willing to spend?
The rigger's voice came over the plane's speaker system even before White Duck could bark his order
What the FRAG did you guys bring on my ride!! They're all over the drecking place! DRECK!! One of them's chewing on the wiring! Put those buggers down fast or we're in trouble.
At Duck's suggestion, he responded Sounds good. Your cargo... Grab a mask when they drop. There was a pause, then a slight whining noise which stopped abruptly At about the same time everyone's ears popped in the most painful manner they'd ever experienced. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling over the seats - just outside of White Duck's reach. When your hearing recovered, you could hear the rigger letting out a stream of expletives. Stupid little fragger chewed through the control cable. Back's only open an inch or so. If ya want it the rest of the way, you're gonna have to do it manually. Controls near the door. Better do something quick before they cut through something *really* important!
The loss of pressure started sucking the spider towards the door - and dangerously close to White Duck's leg before Caduceus compensated and moved it away.
Everyone is currently at a -1 penalty due to the ongoing depressurization (disorientation from air flying around, ears popping, etc.). You've got about 2 turns before oxygen deprivation starts to be an issue. (After 2 turns, make a body test against TN 4 to avoid taking one stun. TN increases by 1 each turn after that. Each turn with an oxygen mask reduces TN by 2.)
The spiders trapped in the door are still trying to pry it open. White Duck and Hairy can hear others scrambling around in the cargo hold area - apparently some of them chewing on things that the rigger would really prefer were not chewed on. Hairy said he wants his guns - is Duck going to let him through the door? You've got one spider thing currently 'helpless', though still potentially dangerous.
If you stay at altitude and use the masks, you can presumably wait the spiders out until they asphyxiate, but there's a risk they'll damage something vital in the interim. You didn't notice parachutes... Given their massive size, maybe they have super-fast metabolisms and will die fast. On the other hand, assuming they used to be in the fruit, there's weird paranormal drek going on and for all you know they breath sunlight...
You could also descend to where the decompression penalty goes away (for you and the spiders) and where spell-casting/summoning is easier. Other ideas? Tell me what you all want to do. If Kate wants to cast a fireball into the cargo area she certainly could ;>