JohnA1nut @ Tadeusz ++  :)

So is this a new world? Did I verse out again? Or did you finally get around get asking Oak to start the thread?

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 2):

OOC: You versed out.  If you liked the previous world, its inspired by Skyler Grant's 'A Futuristic Dungeon Core: Laboratory' series with Emma the more than slightly evil AI out to experiment for SCIENCE!!!!

IC:  A cackling and levitating laptop is chasing you over hill and dale, trying to attach a third arm to your back so that you'll be able to scratch your back anytime you need too.  And then you trip and go head over hills down a heel, and land on your back in a cornfield.


Its at this point, you realize its probably real.  You smell corn stalks, feel something slightly leathery with a hand, and smell warm earth under your back.  Opening your eyes, you see the corn stalks go up about two feet into a blue sky with a huge red splotch a couple fist's wide in the sky, and a yellow sun that beams down on you.

Any verser senses? Is Rachel here?

Look around, see what's what.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 4):

No verser senses.

You're in the middle of a twenty acre cornfield.  The corn stalks have a slight bluish edge that you're not used to but other than that, t hey are normal.  Tall hedges serve as windbreaks at the edge of the field, and you see another field with the same thing.  Beyond that, you see and hear a steam shovel scream as it chops into some trees in part of a thick forest.  Another man near it is using a flamethrower on the trees, but it does not seem to work well.

In the opposite direction is a stone tower with what looks like a cannon on the roof.

Ask him if he needs any help, then pull out my flamethrower..... hammer and torch the tree for him.

"So, uh, what's going on around here?"

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 6):

He's stopped his flamethrower as he sees you come up.

"Help? Sure. Do you know how to use a steam shovel, or dynamite, or a flame thrower?"  He looks at your hammer, and laughs.  "This ain't a Landing City grove, man.  This is The Forrest.  We got a bit nipped off, but its still fighting."


And you feel no magic.


He lights up his flamethrower again, pointing it to one particularly thick tree.  "Itz a popper. Bout to blow."  And then suddenly holes appear in the truck and a wind rushes from it, disturbing leaves, as the tree shrinks in size, and the fire goes out.  You and the man cough a bit.


"CO2. The Forrest will try to kill you.  That's why you got to take out the Spikers first, and any Wrangler Vines, and then the Poppers. You still want a job.  Its good pay, but real dangerous."

NUTS!!!!! That is my ABSOLUTE LEAST favorite thing to hear!!!!!!

Once I calm myself a bit.

"Uh, do you know where I could set up a blacksmithing shoppe?"

Always do the old standby.

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OOC) Hey Tadeusz, I hate to be a rules lawyer, but as I'm sure you're aware, there are numerous magical skills which still work in a flatline magic bias. Creating darkness and light are two which come to mind. I can check Da Rulezzz if you'd like. I just don't want to be deprived of ALL of my magic.

I'm sure you understand.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 9):

OOC: Thank you for pointing that out.  So yes, we'll go with that.

"Blacksmith?" He frowns. "You can get a job in a metal forming shoppe.  We haven't used blacksmiths for some decades.  But....you can walk back to that farm tower, and turn left on the road....or you can wait til nightfall, and hop a ride with us."

The steam shovel hoots, and a stump gets ripped out of the ground, and then the stump catches fire, burning in many different colors.  The man with you just grunts.

OOC) Yeah, healing, darkness and light are the ones I know off the top of my head. I remember that from when I was passing out magical weapons to players. Let me check Da Rulezzz and I'll get back to you.

IC) What's psionics like?



"I think I'll walk."

So I start heading that direction. What am I worried about though? I've probably got enough gold and diamonds to live comfortably for some time. Why work? Make this a vacation world.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 11):

Psionics comes very easily.

You walk through the cornfield of young stalks, and past the farm tower with its roof cannon, and get to a road that looks like rocky cement.  Its only one lane, and as you walk on, every half-mile you spot a turn around or pass by with a wider section of road.  The road is arrow straight, but at the same time somewhat slipshod.

You come to a crossing of strips, and take the right toward some tall, thin, blue towers.  After another mile, your third, a feeling of something coming behind you presses on your mind.

Try to use psionic telescopic sight to zoom in on that. What details can I see? I'm looking specifically for places to sell gold and gems. I think I'm going to forgo working for the minute. Just live large off my savings.



Glance around, see what I see. Use telescopic vision there too.

I can fly with psionics, but I'm not sure I want to put on a show (just yet) so keep walking. Maybe if I see someone else flying....

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 13):

There are elegantly curved blue crystal skyscrapers??.  Off to the side, are two purple skyscrapers, and between them is a quarter of a giant hoop, like the London Eye Ferris Wheel, but made of multi-colored and glowing crystals.  It is being constructed.

Nearly everyone you see has a weapon, or two.  At least a hatchet.  There are a lot of uniforms.

You don't see any gold sellers places.

Looking behind you down the road, you see a metal wagon with an awning, and a glowing crystal attached to the front.  A girl is holding her hand on the crystal, and a guy is driving with a crude turn bar.  Its coming your way.  And suddenly you realize that the approaching crystal is what you feel.

Flag them down. Ask for a ride.

When you say "Uniforms" what kind? TV Repairmen or Police?

Lots of weapons. Good. I'm carrying at least four guns myself.

Otherwise, keep going.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 15):

Its a mix, and a lot of them are not clear on which side of the line they are.

The silent, except for the rolling of the metal wheels, vehicle smoothly slides to a stop near you.  They are glad to have you join  them.  The girl wearily gets out, and climbs in back, and lays down next to two others who are sleeping.  The driver points at the crystal, after you get in front.

The vehicle is crude and bare of much comfort, but simply and solidly designed.  It has more relation to a Little Red Wagon than a modern American automobile.

I point at the crystal too. "Yeah, what is that thing? I can almost feel something from it."

Ask if any of them are willing to trade gold or gems for the local currency. Or if they know where I can get it changed. If I can avoid it, I'd rather not work this world. Just find me a nice little apartment somewhere and relax.

The girl who just got in the back. How old is she? She cute? She date material?

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 17):

The driver looks at you strangely.

"You're a Sensitive, and you don't know how to use a basic drive crystal?  Just touch it, and focus your will on moving, demand the power crystal to move forward."

The ones in the back are sleeping, indeed the rather cute brunette is already asleep. She's in her late twenties. The driver says that you can trade the gold in at the Imperial Gold Exchange in Jump City.  The 'crystals' he says are of perhaps some use to one of the crystal forming groups, h e says dismissively.

"Yeah, I'm kinda new around here. I've spent the last twenty or so years in Verser City. We don't have anything like that there."

I thank him for the information and give him a diamond when we reach our destination.

Off to the gold exchange!!!!

(Doing Therapy0

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 19):

He wakes up one of the sleepers who grumbles, but gets up and touches the crystal and focuses.  The wagon moves forward.

When you get to town, they're happy to be rid of you, and when you give the driver a diamond, he just looks at it and then takes it and tosses it on the seat beside him.  They drive off, and you have to walk several blocks to get to the four story tall building of adobe.

The first floor has a large metal sign that looks golden.

Imperial Gold and Silver Exchange.

Walking in, you see a couple people in line in front of you.  There is a long desk, and an office space behind it.  It has the feel of a gov't run operation.  No one is in any particular rush.  The waiting room chairs are bland and rusted in spots.  No one smiles.

Eventually, the two in front ofyou get done, and a weary and bored looking middle aged matron stares through you.

"Next." She says with all the warmth of three day old mac and cheese.

Oh, he wanted me to do that. My bad!!!!



How much gold do I have? I would guess it's in the two digits of pounds, at least.

I get to the counter, and I say "Yes Roz, I'd like to cash these in please?"

Then ask casually "How much do you earn here in a year?"

Trying to find out how much the money is worth.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 21):

50 pounds.

"One pound, pure, is 100 Imperial Credits.  If you have provenance.  If not, its 70." You don't have paperwork to back up where you bought it from naturally.

She glares for a second, but its too much like work so she stops.

"1000 creds.  Its a shame. I work so hard, and have been at this job even back in the Old World."  She complains.  She seems to be decently well paid.

Is Roz cute and dateable or is she an old hag? I'm guessing old hag.

If she's cute and dateable:

"Well Roz, I'd like to cash in 15 pounds of gold. That should give me 1050 credits, which is enough to live here for a year. Then, I'd like to take you out for a luxurious dinner at a place of your choosing."

If she's an old hag, ask her where she recommends I go for dinner.

OOC) Bonus points if you know where I got the name Roz.

How are the credits issued? Are they on a credit card or what?

(Doing Therapy)
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In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 23):

I said she was a 'weary and bored middle age matron' with the warmth of three day old mac and cheese.  So....

She tells you that 'Fourth Street Farmer's Market is good."

Credits are octagonal aluminum coins with some sort of crystal in the center.  They give you a couple small bags for the moneys.

Its a few blocks over, and you walk in past the veggie and meat displays to the tables in back.  Its not remotely fancy, and everyone sits down at the same table.  Lamb kebabs, hamburger kale cream cheese roll, vinegary salad, and mayo heavy salad, fried carrots, candied carrots, corn mush with milk, chicken spaghetti soup, and a dessert of dozen berry pie.

Its  a half cred.

You hear people talk about crystal forming, and another break through of the trees, and when your drink is brought out, everyone looks at you, and then one of them raises a toast.

"To the Emperor." And they all drink.

Forgot. That's why I called her Roz. Sounded like Mike's boss in Monster's Inc.



I tell her thanks.



Hang onto some of these. These I could imagine would be valuable on many worlds.



I'm not sure if you should be using more commas or less commas, but I really like this spread either way. Stuff myself.

Ask around about purchasing a home or finding something more permanent than a hotel room. Is somebody maybe looking for a roommate? Any homes for sale? Long-term apartments? I think Magehammer might want to relax after some of the adventures he's had. He's just hoping The Great Referee in the Sky will cooperate........



I raise too, but am silent.



And, ignorant of any social protocols, I, with a raised glass, say back "The Emperor is dead. Long live the Emperor!!!!"

No telling what response I'll get......

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 25):

Roz is a good choice.  But with less energy.

The government is more than willing to set you up to be a farmer, especially on the Outer Rim, near the Forrest.  Some say its dangerous, but others point that a Tower of Sensitives would be near to you.

You can get a barracks cot for workers on the Great Ring.

You can also rent a room in one of Home Towers.  Its an apartment.  The prices are steep even for small apartments, but you do have a lot of money.

No one shares apartments, and when you ask one fellow laughs.

"Harmony is required for living together.  Otherwise the strain on a mind...."  And indeed, you notice that these folk seem unusually perceptive.  Not super, just sharper than expected.

After your toast, there are some tears in some folks' eyes,a nd people mention Good Emperor Gregor and 'those rabble.'

As night comes, you see gas lamps get lit.

"Tell me more about these Sensitives?



I think I'll do that. Until I can find a house, that is. Where are they?

OOC) I read about a homeless guy that was given $100,000 to see what he would do with it. Within 6 months, he was back on the street. If that was me, I would have bought a $50,000 house free and clear then nobody could take it from me. Once I had that, I could live on the other $50,000 for three years, easy.



"I know what you mean."

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Is there any open land available to purchase? Just open land. With trees, preferably. Magehammer is a blacksmith, woodworker, stone cutter, and a copper worker. What else would he need to build a house from scratch?

Yeah, do that. Look for land for sale. 20 acres, at least.

(Doing Therapy)
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In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 28):

"The mindtalkers, and the earthmovers and the weathercontrollers and the timebenders in the Towers.  I have a cousin who is a Level 2 Mindtalker in Tower Green Two." A balding redheaded man sitting next to you says.

"I mean sure, you can buy land, but why would you want to be away from the entertainments of the city if you don't have to be?"

When you say 'trees', everyone stares at you bugeyed for a second, and then everyone bursts out laughing near hysterically.  Some of them are crying they are laughing so hard.

"Are you a comedian at one of the clubs?" A girl with long brown hair asks you hopefully.

"Interesting." I say as I levitate my food tray a foot off the table, then place it back down.

What kind of reaction does that get?



"Good point!!!!" I say out loud.



Okay, I'm confused. "What? Where I come from, there's trees all over the place. Where did they go here?" I ask the hot girl with brown hair.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 30):

"An earthmover!" Someone exclaims.  Another says how hard it must be to walk among the common Imperials.

"We burn them down, and chop them down, of course, silly.  Nasty things want to kill us." She smiles at you with good cheer.  Another one says 'earthmover' and people nod knowingly.  You realize they regard you as a bit 'eccentric'.

I say sarcastically "Eh, you get used to it after a while."

And if my food tray is empty, I levitate it up 20 feet off the ground, and send it flying away as fast and as far as possible. I hope to find it 30 miles away embedded in a tree.



Ask the hot brunette if she needs/wants a roommate for a little while, or if she can help me get a place to stay.

Once I've got a place to stay though, I'm just going to get cable TV and some cheap furniture and plant myself in front of the TV. Eat food delivery. Not leave the house for days at a time. I've been on enough adventures. Time to rest and relax.

Does the hot brunette have a boyfriend?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 32):

It flies out of the farmer's market.

She blushes deeply, and says nothing.

You are able to find an apartment.  Its a D rated apartment which includes its own bath and kitchen and three other rooms.  The ratings go from K, which is a sleeping hole all the way up to A.  And there is a great deal of uniformity to them, and a bit of slapdash building despite the bones of the building being made of crystal.

Your Floor Leader Reggie looks blankly at you when you ask for cable TV.  And he turns on the gas lamps as its getting toward nightfall.  The elevator was powered by Reggie using a moving crystal like in the wagon.

The room is already furnished with cheap furniture.

The only really nice things are the crystal balcony, fifteen stories up, and the gold inlaid words in one wall....'Hail to the Emperor.'

Ask Reggie what people do for fun around here. I like museums, theater, what does he suggest?

Psionics seem prevalent. What do the people do with them? Is there a remote viewing something or other that could take the place of TV?

Go out on the balcony, use psionic sight to see what I can see. What's around? Can I see in any windows? What do people like to do for fun around here?

NUTS!!! I was really hoping for a place to just sit down and watch television all day. I can't even imagine how people lived before it was invented.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 34):

"The Imperial Museum is good.  Also, there are three or four shows every night in Landing City, and of course, one can gamble, but be careful, the law favors the casino owners and the hosts of the rooms more than the player.  And there are dinner parties every night by some aspiring hostess."

"Well, mostly we beat back the forrest.  We use remote communications to summon squads of soldiers or squads of energy donors as needed.  We have to keep expanding because the soil is so poor."

No Psi TV.

There are tall buildings of blue crystal like you are in.  Shorter crystal buildings of a few stories which hold the commercial establishments.  There are a half dozen amphitheatres.  There is a military camp with tents and small buildings and combat ranges.  There are some very large and one story crystal buildings.

You see one amphitheatre is half full.  A play is on.  Others are enjoying the air at a few open parks with tables for food or just sitting.  And from up here, you get an even clearer sense of how temporary everything looks.  How quick it was flung up, and how no one really cares that the placeis in many cases poorly designed with too many dead end streets and little bits of useless land here and there.

Tomorrow I'll check out the museum.

So, sleep, and go to the museum upon awakening. Eat breakfast at one of the local fast food joints.

What's in the museum? I like museums. Esp. Science museums.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 36):

The most relevant part of the Museum at first is the History of the Empire.

A hologram lady appears and speaks.

"Earth the Lost. A legendary paradise with peace and harmony for all.  But our ancestors left it, and went to the Stars.  And over time, much time, we forgot the way home.  The stars shifted and the stargates moved.

But then the Mindlights were created.  A new, better breed of Man.  Smarter, more in depth of feeling unlike the cloddish normals.  We unified our planet, and created the Mindlight Empire under the First Emperor.  And then we stretched out and created the Ten Systems.  And for a thousand years, there was peace.

But the Normies, in their insensate greed, strove for what they could not use.  And they battered us, and we in our mercy agreed to let them have their Empire.  And we took the Mindgate to the new planet.

But we were betrayed.  Yes, the land is livable.  But the Trees of this land are a singular organism, and in order to find space to grow, we must beat them back.  Even as the Trees plot against us.  But with your help, Noble Blooded Imperial, we shall construct a new Jumpgate, and go to a world where we can rebuild our Lost Paradise."

Interesting. They think trees are sentient and out to get them. Sounds like a collective delusion. Or maybe the trees really are out to get them....... Remember kids, it's not paranoia if they really are out to get you.

I'm suddenly reminded of a joke I made up as part of a stand-up comedy routine.

"If you've ever had (and lost) an argument with your coffee table about whether or not your neighbor's oak tree was trying to kill you, you might just be insane."

It was supposed to parody Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a Redneck." I wrote like 20 "You might just be insane" jokes.

But I digress.

Keep exploring the museum. What's next?

(Doing Therapy)
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There is a Room of Lost Creatures which shows the various genetically engineered beasts that the Ten Systems Empire had, but the exiled  Imperials all about you, do not.  Pet creatures such as the Hopping Bird and the Furry Friend stand next to hunting creatures such as the Lesser and Greater Targets and the Great Threat which stands next to the Earth Digger which is below the Solar Ray which eats stellar dust and soaks in sun in outer space.

A sad looking hologram man explains.

"None of these were able to be taken with us.  But in the new world we will escape too, we will build the vast industries needed for these creations.  But for now, in our time in this world of exile, we hold on to the genetic data to be taken out of cryostorage and used to build new herds of Hopping Birds."

Now I'm wondering what's powering all of this since they don't seem to have electricity. Ask the hologram or a human being if I see one.

What's next?

(Doing Therapy)

A room on Power Systems shows you what you need to know.

Steam engines and metal forming presses and lathes form steam tech.  And for other things, they have Power Crystals.

Steam engines but no electricity. I could draw a schematic for a power generator. I could build one. Is there anybody around here that works on the steam engines?

Maybe I could sell somebody the designs for an electrical generator and make a few million quid in the process? See about that. After the museum tour.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 42):

You find the patterns of the schematic slipping your mind.  For some reason you can't focus on them.  Its immensely frustrating.  You KNOW you know them, but....aaargh.

The last room if the Map Room.  It shows a too scale map.  From viewing it, there is a two hundred mile circle of cleared land with a dozen small villages, and one major town (yours), and a dozen times a dozen Towers of Sensitives near the edges of the Woods.

The small towns are Barracks for troops to quick march to the Edge when needed to serve as Trade Villages.

Along the walls are paintings of the different types of Trees with their various abilities such as expelling a cloud of fire resistant foam and needle throwers.

Might be interesting to acquire seeds for some of those..... Next world if I can Order/Chaos them...... Could be interesting.

Too bad about the generator. It's just uh, what? Magnets? No, it couldn't be magnets. Copper wire? Or was it zinc wire? No, that can't be right. Eh, I could have built one in my sleep when I was in high school.....

OOC) I take it the biases are too low for that to work?

Tour around town some more. What other points of interest are there?

(Doing Therapy)

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Hey Tadeusz, I just wanted to ask you something about our play style. Magehammer at all times wears a toolbelt and a backpack full of random supplies. Is it safe to say that, as far as you're concerned, he's carrying every single piece of his gear at all times?

The Magehammer that I run as referee, his backpack and toolbelt are four dimensional, infinite storage hypercubes. In short, they connect to alternate universes. He can keep literally as much of anything inside them. Size and weight of the objects are meaningless. He's got armored cars and tanks and jeeps and rigs of every size inside one pouch on his toolbelt. In another pouch, he's got the entire contents of the Fort Knox gold repository.

I don't expect it to get that extreme in our game, but is that kind of the concept you're working off of here? My backpack and toolbelt are four dimensional, infinite storage hypercubes and I can carry all of my gear at once?

Just wondering.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 45):

OOC: Yep, biases are low.

The trees have normal storage.  Other things, well, if I did a bag of holding, it would only have limited storage.  More like a closet or two than a full other world.

There is the Great Gate, which is not yet half-built but work goes on it steadily.  Its already a hundred feet across with its crystal circle being twenty feet thick, and an odd blue color.

There is a short line of people donating 'mind energy' into a large crystal.  Other such crystals are being put up, already charged, but this is for the random passerby who wants to help.

See if I can find a casino. Mind reading might come in handy playing Poker.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 47):

There is a casino and as soon as you walk in the door you feel static in the psi range.
It seems that you're not the first one to consider the idea.  The games are all forms of cards or of dart throwing.

The room is about fifty by fifty and about seventy people including the help are there.

The music is loud and bouncy and live.  A girl is singing about her soldier boy.

I that case, I think I'll forego the cheating at Poker. On a side note, these powers are so much more fun when nobody else has them.

I'll just stay here and enjoy the show. Get some food, listen to the music, see if any pretty girls want to talk, that kind of thing.

No gambling.

OOC) $350 worth of free advice. If you ever go on a cruise, stay the heck out of the casino!!!! On the last day, one of the pit bosses told me that on every cruise, there's always at least one guy who can't stay out of the casino, and that they knew it was me on the first day.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 49):

Pretty soon the casino staff have you figured out, and as long as you eat their overpriced snacks and drinks, they don't mind.  There are a few others doing as you're doing.

You notice a few poker variants and a blackjack like game, and something like Rook, and another game which is wholly new to you.

You manage to get a couple of girls laughing at your jokes, and talking to you.

"So what do you ladies like to do for fun around here?"

Trying to learn more about the local scene. What to do, where to go to have some fun.

Magehammer's had enough adventures. I just want to relax.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 51):

They and six other people take you on a group outing to a comedy at the amphitheatre.  Despite no electronics, you can hear the actors on the stage clearly.  And what shocks you, and then has you almost rolling on the floor is how funny, and sharply clever the play is.

The characters are believable, sensible, and etched very clearly, and the whole thing has you gasping for laughter a couple of times.  Everyone else is in the same state as you.

Some of the jokes you don't get because of specific cultural references, but otherwise you're fine.  And at the end of the play (and its intermissions of juggling and gymnastics) the others are commenting on the play with clever comments, and then you're startled to hear that this is a second rank play company.  If it had been filmed on Earth, it would have been Best Comedy of the Year and Best Film.

Wow!!! I am impressed by the performance. I enjoy myself thoroughly. Probably asking questions here and there about the cultural references that I don't understand.

I buy the ladies concessions if they have any. (What are they?)

Of course I ask if any of the ladies would like to come back to my apartment.

(And from there we can fade to black until she leaves.)

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 53):

You learn more about their culture.

Grilled corn on the cob, onion blossoms, and a very sour turnip vinegar drink which is taken with a handful of salt and a big gulp, or in tiny sips.

The more interested one goes willingly with you, and things happen.  The next day she leaves you her apartment number and leaves to go to work.

Go out for breakfast. See what else is around here to check out.

Wait for her to get off work. Knock on her door with a bouquet of flowers and see what happens.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 55):

She takes the flowers with a smile, kisses you, and then tells you she's on her way to work.


"Sorry, I have night shift this week."

 And she heads out to work.

Ask her quick if she knows where people go to train in psionics.

If she doesn't know, start asking random people on the street.

Ultimately I want to learn how to freeze time so that only I can move.

OOC) Ever seen the movie Clockstoppers? That's what I want to do. Could you imagine the possibilities of being able to freeze time?

(Doing Therapy)

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Clockstoppers didn't actually freeze time. The people were just moving so fast you couldn't see them. Chaos magic could do that. I wonder if psionics could do that? Anyway, I want something like that. Either freezing time or moving so fast that it's like that.

What are the rules? What can I carry, what can I interact with? Sometimes there's rules on that.

See what happens!!!

(Doing Therapy)

She gives you directions very quickly to one of the swoopily curved blue crystal skyscrapers.  Upon arriving, you find that only a few stories are the Sensitives.  Taking the steam powered elevator, you enter the office area.

Its open plan with desks with many of them having crystals, and others holding documents as the people work on either crystals or on papers.  They crystal workers seem happier, while the paper folk seem to be glumly determined.

And then all of them look up at you at exactly the same time.

After a few seconds an office door opens, and a tall, thin man with soft hands but a set of piercing eyes steps out, and looks at you very closely.

"Well, this is a surprise."

"Psychics are surprised by something. Now that's a new one. I was told this is where Sensitives come to train their psychic abilities."

And I levitate a random piece of furniture or something to show my ability.

"I want to learn how to control time. How to freeze time. Can you teach me that?"

See what he says.
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In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 60):

"Back to work everyone." And there is a small snap of Authority, of compulsion, in his voice.  Everyone gets back to work.

"High grade Earthmover. Come into my office."

Its an octagonally shaped office with  no exterior walls.

"It was theorized that eight sided rooms would help Farcallers, so far, I can't see any benefit.  My name is Slan. " He sits in the middle of the room on some pillows.  There are pillows and a few chairs and one low coffee table.  "We do not have any Precogs now, so we do get surprised, if we ever did.  Some say we developed a few in the last days of the Empire.  And I know we had no Timestoppers, as my great uncle was in charge of the project to try to develop them, before the Normies blew up his testing lab with everyone in it."

There is a calm patience about him.

"Eight would be a most Orderly number. I can see where someone would say it could help with different things."

OOC) I mean, seriously. Even the shape of an 8 is Orderly.

"So no Timestoppers huh? That bytes. You got any suggestions for how to do it then?"

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 62):

"Hmm. You say 'Orderly' as if it is something extra, more than a neat desk.  Well, whatever, it didn't work.  I know they started on finding ways to go faster than normal time, and then, well, it would either be a matter of going so fast all looked stopped, or reversing the going faster....ah, and that was strictly need to know.  And I at that time was but a young initiate, and my great uncle was not about to tell me something so I could impress girls.  I remember being irked at him for that."

"One thing not widely understood is how useful science and scientific theories can be in the use of Pschychic powers.  In the Fourth Creek area, Earthmovers are more powerful.  We think because they tap into the strain under the ground of the moving rocks that cause small quakes in that area.  Such rocks remember 'moving' better than other rocks is another theory.  So....you need to be able to figure out what your are grasping.  What if you grab your own mind instead of time....hmmm?  I have brainburned myself.  Most unpleasant."

"Yeah, Orderly. Not sure if this is going to work but....."

Create Darkness. (It's @1, it should work in a flatline bias.)

When it subsides, I tell the guy "That's an example of Order."



"Ya, I gotcha there. I've seen this done several times by tech means. They usually employed a watch of some kind. It was an episode of The Twilight Zone, a gentleman had a watch that would let him freeze time. Unfortunately dude broke the watch and time was frozen forever. Do you think using a watch to focus the time stop would help?"

See what he says.

You feel the flow of Order and focus it and a ten foot wide cube snaps into being with razor sharp edges.  The Farcaller is fascinated, and pokes a pencil at it, which easily passes into and out of it unharmed.

"That is....impossible."  He shakes his head in bewilderment.

"Oh, yes, a watch would be quite suitable.  The use of devices to help visualize or focus psi powers is not unheard of.  We usually do not do it, and when we do its mostly for teaching as we , heh, seem to feel that such is a sign of not true mastery, amateur, but I've wondered, if we gave up our pride, could we go further.  Hmm, yes,"  He's still befuddled by the magic. "Yes, a watch would be a most suitable device to aid in temporal manipulation."

"Eh, You know the motto. 'Difficult we do now. Impossible takes longer.' In another place and another time I could do a lot more than that. But it seems the gods don't like this world......"



"A stopwatch. Where do I go to get one? That Twilight Zone episode was really whack. Dude was just trying to impress his boss by freezing time, and ended up breaking the watch and freezing time permanently. I dunno, in the last episode of Futurama Fry and Leela did the same thing. It wasn't so bad for them. But anyway......."

I imagine he's looking at me puzzled what I mean by "Episodes of" since TV doesn't exist.

He tells you where you might find watchmakers.  Its not far away.

"Yes, please be careful.  The Disaster on T4e was terrible.  Hundreds of people struck by amnesia because  of an experiment gone wrong with psionics."

"Thanks for the warning. Is there anything else I can do for you?"



If not, go get me a stopwatch. I want to be able to freeze time so that only I can move.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 68):

"Please come back.  I'd like to work with you." He says.

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You find four Small Fine Mechanicals as they list their shops. They are right next to each other.  Inside each is any number of wind up and spring mechanisms ranging from mechanical dogs to watches.  Its all quite expensive, but easily within your means.

"Sure, right after I get the stopwatch."

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Tell them I want a stopwatch that, while stopped, can also be set forward and backward. Move time 30 seconds back or forth whilst it's frozen could be interesting.

===========

Then go back and see Bill Nye, the Psionics Guy.

(Doing Therapy)

You're able to buy a solidly rugged design.

And then you're back to Bill..

"Well Bill Nye, I got me a stopwatch. Can you teach me to focus my psionics into it to freeze time? How I want this to work is that everyone and everything except me is frozen in time unless I am in contact with them. So if I grab a person, they are no longer frozen in time, so long as I am in contact with them."

What does he say?

(Doing Therapy)
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In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 72):

"I don't know how, but I can teach you more about telepathy."  He gets up and hands you a thick book.

"Multiple Dimensional Physics." is the title of the hefty textbook.

Hold the book in my left hand and the stopwatch in my right. Focus on the stopwatch. Focus my mind into stopping time when I click the stopwatch button.

Throw the book, click the stopwatch. The book should freeze in midair. If it works, I will then walk around to the other side of the room to catch the flying book. If it doesn't work, I'll watch the book fall to the ground.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 74):

"Not like that. You have to study..."

And you reach for the flow of time...and you just barely catch it.  Time stops.

1@1.

So I walk over and grab the book out of the air, and write something on the front cover. "Thanks for your help, but I think I got it."

Leave that open on his desk and leave the building.

Just walk around town checking out the frozen state. Try to move people around. Move their arms and legs. Can I carry them? Can I move them? Really I'd like a person whom I am in contact with to come out of the time freeze. Once I let them go, they go back to frozen.

But once I see things for what they are, unfreeze time.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 76):

As soon as you touch a person you drop out of time freeze.  They look startled at you.

"Where'd you come from, sir?" Says the guy who's arm you were touching.

You notice that the light seems to be back to normal.  Somehow it had changed when you were in time freeze.

"Oh, excuse me."

Walk away without another word.



Freeze time again. Inspect things. What's different about the light? Is it only touching people that I drop out of time freeze for? How much do I have to touch them? Just brush against somebody? Or do I have to actually make contact?

How long can I leave time frozen? Go home, take a nap. Is it still frozen when I wake up?

(Doing Therapy)

Two Posts

This is a link to an episode of The Twilight Zone 1980s. This is the effect I would want my time freeze to have. The video will say it's over an hour long but it's really only about 24 minutes. Check it out if you would. You might need to rewind it back to the beginning. I don't know what happened there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lesma5cbU

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 78):

You almost seem to notice a space of time between the shadow caused by your movement and the existence of the shadow.

Trying to move more than twenty five pounds total, not counting yourself, puts you out of time freeze.  Touching any living thing, even brushing them does it.   So, when you tag an insect, it knocks you out of time freeze.

By the time you're home, its unfrozen.  The limit seems to be about twenty minutes to thirty seconds.

OOC) Did you watch that Twilight Zone episode?

IC) I'll have to practice this time freeze some more. That's not gonna do for what I want to do with it.

Go to the local bank. See how they're set up. Could a person who has frozen time rob the bank and then walk out without being seen?

Yeah, go to the bank and just stand back and watch for a while. When I think things are right, freeze time, enter the vault and grab 20 pounds of money and walk away.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 81):

OOC: No.

You do your recon, and after about an hour and a half, a bank guard comes up to you.

"Why don't you move along...…..sir."  Its clear its not a suggestion.

You've been made as either a bad guy or a worrisome guy.  No botches, but you failed your recon roll twice.

Is the guard armed? If so, freeze time and very carefully take his weapon away and walk out. Try not to touch him.

If he's not armed, freeze time and go ahead with the robbery.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 83):
You struggle, and freeze time and very deftly remove his shot thrower pistol.  Its a good, oh, .45 to .53 or so calibre with four shots.  And you escape without issue.

This is gonna be fun!!!!

With time frozen, go around to the local outdoor restaurants. Pour drinks out on people's heads. What I'm imagining is the drink will stay suspended upside down in the glass until I unfreeze time, then fall on the person.

But go around doing things like that. See what happens.

(Doing Therapy)

You see people yelling in startlement, and a few fights are started as one guy accuses another guy of using TK for a prank.

Can I stretch out a bungee cord and leave it suspended in time when I let go? Get some bungee cords and stretch them out. Hook one end to something unmovable and the other end to someone's jacket collar, or their pants belt. Unfreeze time and watch what the cords do.

OOC) Can the referee think of any pranks that could be done with time frozen? If you want to add those, just for the fun of it.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 87):

It doesn't work at first try, and you have to try to create a new subset of stopped time ust for the cord apart from yourself...and it still doesn't work as you can't grasp how to do that.

Go back to my hotel. Get some sleep. Come out and try again.

Takes the gun I got from that security guard. Go out somewhere somewhat secluded and freeze time. Then fire the gun into the side of a hill. What I'm expecting is the bullet will freeze as soon as it leaves the barrel, only to continue on once I unfreeze time.

Is that what happens?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 89):

It succeeds, which offers a lot of interesting possibilities.  Having to hold two different times frozen is difficult, and you can tell that if the bullet went further from your gun it would be more difficult.  You're sweating as you hold these times in place...

Never thought of it as "Holding two times." Interesting.

Go to the park and hang out. Practice freezing time. Look for pranks I can play on people with that.

Eventually head to bed. What's happening in the world?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 91):

There is a lot of chatter about a presumed prankster or gang of pranksters.  Some think its botch effect, others (a few) think its some  sort of Tree attack, possibly by hallucinogens, others its a Trickster Archetype manifesting (although others think this is pseudo religious nonsense), and other think a young kid prodigy has just got some powers and is trying them out.


There is some more watchfulness around, but its still light.

The plays and gaming continues.

The gate to another world continues to be built.

A break in the circular outer line requires some farmers to be evacuated, and troops with psi fighters to go back and counter attack the incursion of trees about a hundredd miles away.

Too bad magic isn't working. Magehammer would totally get into torching some evil trees with Chaos magic. Oh well.

Go to the casino. Roulette. Put a substantial bet on number 13. When the wheel is spun, freeze time and move the ball on the wheel to number 13. At 35 to 1. (At least, on our world) that would net me a nice profit!!!

Just once.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 93):

The casino worker gives you a very strange look, and then hides it.  YOu make your substantial payout, but you've got a feeling that you might have been entered on a list in the casino offices.

I know I said "Just Once" but Magehammer is itching to do that again. So he will. Next roll, freeze time and move the ball again.

Judging that the security guard had a four barrel derringer as his sidearm, and Magehammer has an AK-47 in his backpack, he's not worried about the police.

So yeah, do that again.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 95):

You win.

Two large men, about your size, walk up a couple minutes later.  Then another smaller man steps up to you.

"Why don't we talk outside, sir?"  He puts his hand on your arm.

Can't freeze time with him touching me. So, I'll step back away from them. Freeze time, and pull out that four barrel derringer that I got from the security guard. One shot to each of them, right between the eyes. If I'm right, the bullets will freeze in midair once they leave the barrel and won't move again until I unfreeze time. (At least, I hope that's what happens)

Wipe off the fingerprints and leave the gun on the ground. If I'm lucky, the authorities who examine this will conclude that it was a bank security guard who shot them.

So, do that, then take my money and leave. Go home. Prepare to pack up and go somewhere else.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 97):

You walk out of the casino and seconds later hear BLAMM.  Ten seconds later, the screams start.  There is some normal people doing normal things on the way home, but you see some scurrying people as well with tension in their faces.  And you pack up, and leave.

Where too>

Wherever the road takes me. Just start walking. I think by now I'd be confident in my ability to live off the land so I'll just walk and sleep on the ground. Should have a sleeping bag somewhere.

But walk until I find another large city.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 99):

You walk out of the city, sleeping bag in tow, and it is easy enough to live off the ground.  Unfortunately as you wake on the first morning, fifteen miles out of the City, you realize there is only one City on the planet.  There are other smaller towns tho'.  30 of them, all placed roughly equidistant from each other.  They are about 1/20th the size of the City.

Head to one of the smaller towns.

You're stuck in a room with nothing but a mirror and a block of wood. How do you escape?

Look in the mirror, see what you saw. Take the saw and cut the block of wood in half. Two halves make a whole. Crawl through the hole.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 101):

Phi Town (they're named for Greek alphabet) is far smaller.  Its a trade spot to send out good from the large city, and take in food and other supplies from the farms.  It has some light industry and one amphitheatre with good, just not as good as the City players.

You also hear more about the Forrest.  And you see more power stone powered wagons.

Sounds like a good time to practice my living off the land skills. (As you know, Magehammer I run as referee is an expert at wilderness survival.) So, I'm going to make a place for myself in the surrounding forest and head to that Phi Town only when necessary.

Or is it all trees that are bad? I'm currently under the impression that it's only some trees that are bad.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 103):

No, all trees are bad.  But there are fallow fields (not as many as they need), and you're able to make a camp in the chest high grasses.

Do that then. If possible, go to town and trade my casino winnings for gold.

But visit town as infrequently as possible. Live in the fields and grasses. Try to keep a low profile until things blow over with what I did back there.

(Doing Therapy)

You're able to trade the chips for gold without much difficulty.

The first week is very pleasant weather, and you find a small spring for water.
It rains two days on the next week.
On day three of the third week, you wake to find a snake sleeping next to you.  Its about five feet long.  Something about it being here is odd, but other than that, what do you do?

As I reach for my 9mm, I think to the snake "Fear not brother. I mean you no harm. Do not attack me."

Then blow its brains out and have it for breakfast.

What's the word around town? Has word of my triple murder reached here yet?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 107):

The psi calming works, but when you reach for your pistol it flips from your hand, and you knock it a few feet away trying to grab it.

News has come and gone.  Its bad, but people flipping out from developing new psi powers is not unknown, and the whole society is under significant stress.  Some people break.  Right now, you're waiting until it seems safe so no one will connect you with earlier events.

Where did the snake go? I'll beat it to death with my hammer if I have to.



Sounds good to me. Continue living off the grid, honing my living off the land skills.

Anything exciting happening?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 109):

It slithers off in a huff.  Like really dude, its chilly this morning.

Relieved, you pick up your gun, and by that time its gone.

You spot some footprints that don't resemble the shoes you see people round here where.  Next week, it rains, a lot.  You're suffering from a cold brought on by bad weather conditions for the next few days.

Going after my gun. I can scriff it. I'm carrying more than one gun so I'll get it back!!!!!

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 111):

You track down your gun.  It takes a bit of effort, but with a bit of patience no big deal.

Who took it? Where are they?

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 113):

You see a small camp set up with uniform dark blue and black design.  Its all lightweight stuff.  You see a man stumble yawning out of a tent.  He's wearing a military uniform, and a crossbow slung across his back with a long knife strapped to his thigh.

That looks like a little more than I want to deal with. I'll just go back to my camp after I retrieve my piece. Go do my thing.

OOC) I said I pulled my 9mm yes? I think after a while, Magehammer would switch to revolvers and manual action weapons. Reason being, revolvers and manual action weapons are much less finicky about what ammo you feed them. Straight cased, manual action weapons (Revolvers, lever action, pump action, bolt action, single and double barrel weapons) would be much easier to find ammo for. Only the diameter of the case matters, not the length so much. So he's probably carrying a large-caliber revolver instead of a 9mm automatic.

(Doing Therapy)

You slip off to your camp....and despite the foot print you left in the soil near the camp, no one notices it.

For the next week, you rest and learn more in the low grasses. Three weeks later, you think you've managed to outwait the hue and cry, and it might be safe to go back.

Give it another week before I go back. But yeah, do that. I'm in the mood for a hot meal that isn't wild rabbit.

So go. In a week.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 117):

You walk in, and people don't seem to recognize you.  A visit to a clothing store and a shower seems in order, with that,  you feel more civilized.  And then its food in this small town, which is a cheese quiche, an apple tart, and a pulled meat that is brined in vinegar sandwhich with something that tastes like a black pepper spiced pickle relish.

People do mention some incidents, but its more of a pair of vanished hikers a few miles from your location, and a team of forest trimmers seventy miles further out that are generally thought to have been killed by inattention to the dangers of the forrest.  Your bit of homicidal attacks seems to have been a nine days wonder, and its history now.

Yeah, a hotel and a hot shower does sound good. And that food..... Sounds like just my kinda thing.



Casually mention here and there that I heard about a three person homicide over in the next town. See if anybody says anything.

Other than that, enjoy whatever amenities this town has to offer.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 119):

They remember it, but figure it was a side effect of a power botch, or that the person was caught.  Its already past the nine days wonder stage and fading into the 'oh wow, a year has past since that event' stage.

And you can see that this is a society under significant stress so they cope in part by focusing on the present.

You enjoy the only amphetheatre they have with some very good plays, and some good food, and then a week later, you hear a noise like a chainsaw outside your room in the street below.  And a scream.  And another chainsaw like noise.

Sounds like a good world to become a serial killer....... not that I would ever consider such a thing......



Letting go of the past..... That's something I've been trying to do all my life. These folks have it right.



AK-47 in the pack, shotgun in my hands. Out the door and investigate. Shotgun is loaded with incendiary flares. Trees right? Flares. Fire hahaha!!!!!

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 121):

You come down the stairs and to the front lobby.  Outside, you can see a couple, both dead, blood splashed on their chests.  The front door is ripped apart, and scattered across the lobby floor are a dozen tiny metal darts, all alike.  There is a stink of ozone in the air.

More noise, and screams outside.

Go outside. See what I see.

Prepare to fire flares.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 123):

You see two guys in those blue uniforms of the guy at the campsite.  Both are holding skeleton looking white ceramic rifles.  One fires it into a guy twitching on the road, with a sound like a chainsaw, and the twitching ends.

You hear other sounds of such through the city.

Put a flare into the backs of the two guys in blue uniforms. Hey, I don't know who the enemy is here!!!! I just saw those guys shoot an unarmed civilian.

I hope those flares hurt.

Stow the shotgun and pull out the AK-47. If my targets are bipedal humanoid, that's a better weapon for this.

Run around and try to see if I can figure out who the enemy is here.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 125):

The flare hits high on his shoulder, and bounces off.  He stumbles, but does not fall, and the blue uniform seems to be some sort of heat resistant cloth, although it clearly hurt him.

Your targets look human.

You open up with the AK on #1.  The cloth is some sort of armor, and it reduces the impact, but it is not up for stopping five bullets.  He goes down and stays down.

The other guy whips around, and takes a hasty shot. A dart punches into your left lower ribs below your heart.  He takes a mo to switch to burst fire...

The pain is not too bad.  It seems to be a very fast, very light dart with a spinning motion and the tail fins make that chainsaw noise as it goes thorugh the air.  It is half in you, and half in your jacket.  Evidently a needle like dart is pretty good for armor piercing.

Shoot that guy with the AK. Then pull out the dart and examine it more closely. Is it drugs? Tranquilizer? Do I feel different?

This might not be something I want to get into. I might just go back home.

How do I feel? Do I feel like I want to keep fighting or like I want to go home and sleep?

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 127):

You miss as he quick steps to the left, and then shoots missing you.

It crumples in your hand.  Its some very light aluminum alloy.
There is no tranq, just a thin dart with a sharp point and a hollow tube body.  Their weapon seems to be focused on being lightweight.

I'd say you'd want to fight.

Shoot the guy, then pick up his gun and examine it. Make sure I know how it works.

I'm walking around dual wielding an AK and one of their guns. Screw this. I'm shooting anything that moves. Ever seen the movie "Rampage: President Down" or any of them? Not the one with the giant monkey. This is a guy who runs around town in body armor dual wielding AR-15s. That's me right now.

So I'm just walking around shooting anything that moves. Screw em!!!!
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In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 129):

You hit him in the arm. He hollers, and fires back one handed.  Its a clean miss.  You shoot back, just tagging him in the leg, spattering other bullets into the ground.  One handed, one legged, he misses wildly.  Laughing, you miss as well.  His gun jams.  You shoot him in the chest, and end it.

Looking at his gun, you see its an extremely light weight battery powered dart slinger.  It does not have the line of magnets, but just one magnet.  It has forty more darts.  Its white, and made of some odd material that is tougher than it feels, but not by much.  You'd never want to use it as a club.  It has auto, burst and single shot.  The trigger is a button.  It weighs, without the darts about ten ounces.

Impressed in the side of the hollow stock is 'Ten Stars Republic'.

So it's a Hi-Point carbine. (If you ever saw on of those, you'd agree it pretty much matches the description.)

I'm just going to go around town AK in my right hand, dart gun in my left. Open fire like a lunatic from Vietnam on anything I see moving. Screw this!!!! I have no idea who the enemy is. Some victims will have bullets, some will have darts. No one will know who was shooting.

IT'S THE PURGE BABY!!!!!!

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 131):

You run up on some locals hiding behind a crystal wagob and shoot at the first, but he ducks suddenly.  The other you rip apart.  The first sees you, and runs. You fire at him, and he jumps out of the line of fire as if he knew where you were going to fire.  He continues to run away.

Let him run. Continue shooting anything that moves.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 133):

You walk around the corner, and see two dead locals in front of the goldsmith's.  Standing over them are two of the blue uniformed invaders with the white guns.  They are standing there, keeping lookout, and both bring up their guns....

Open fire like a lunatic from Vietnam.

Assuming I survive this, take their guns and extra ammo.

Keep walking around.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 135):

You chop the guy on your left to doll rags in two seconds, and the guy on the right gets splattered by many bullets.  The one on your left is dead before his knees buckle, but the one on the right had time to open fire with a stream of autofire as he fell sideways.  Then he hit the ground and died.  You were not hit.

+@1 to gunfighting.

You take their gear, which is good because you're running short on ammo.

You follow some noise, and see one local and one invader sniping at each other from behind wagons about fifty feet apart in a street.

If the AK is empty I'm just gonna leave that on the street. Pick it up later, maybe even in the next world. Not disowning it. Just leaving it behind for the moment.

Grab their guns and start dual wielding those.

When I see the invader and a local going at it, shoot the invader, then ask the local if he needs another gun. Ask him if he knows what's going on here.

This is the kind of thing I'm prepping for in real life. Ever seen Red Dawn?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 137):

With your help, the local takes the invader down.

"These are the people who chased us out of our land, and sent us here.  Now they come to kill us."

"Really? That's great."

Shoot the local and take his stuff.

I'm not taking sides here. I don't know who the enemy is.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 139):

He has a look of utter surprise on his face as he falls back dead.  You wander onward, step around a corner, see nothing but a burning wagon, and then several darts hit you in the back.  As you fall, you see a man in blue armor cloth with a white gun step out of an alley down the street from you.

OOC: Yes, that was an observation botch.

I'm wearing a backpack. Did they go through my backpack? Or did they hit me somewhere else?

Freeze time, get up, pull out the darts. Walk straight up to the guy approaching and shoot him with time frozen.

Then psionically heal myself and repair the clothing.

I think I'm going after the blue guys. I've chosen a side.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 141):

One hit your back, and the other two your backpack.

You accomplish your time freeze, and splatter the attacker.

Your healing works, as does the cloth fixing.

With time frozen, walk around and see if I can find out where their headquarters is. The blue guys. Where are they located and attacking from?

If I find it, I've got grenades on person. Find something to blow up.

(Doing Therapy)

You find a HQ of sorts.  A small street with a commander giving orders to several others, a staff officer, and two obvious bodyguards.  They are standing in the middle of the street.

And as you get closer, a buzzing begins to pierce your skull.

That's never good. Does it get louder the closer I get?

If I can withstand that noise, sneak into the camp and set up tripwires with grenades. So that it would pull the pin when the wire is tripped. Then leave.

If that buzzing sound gets too loud, figure something else out.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 145):

Yes.

And no, you can't.  I think.  You go forward a bit, and you're pretty sure if you advance much further, you're going to lose your psi skills.  Its some sort of psi static generator.  You see two of them have some sort of metal sphere like a grenade hanging on their belt which you feel is the source.

As you remember, the Imperial Exiles had psi, but the Commoners did not.

OOC) I think I've decided that Magehammer's primary weapons are going to be a 50 caliber revolver and a 50 caliber, lever action rifle. They take the same ammo, Six and twelve shots, respectively. Both base lethal. A manual action weapon would be much easier to find ammo for as opposed to an automatic. Manual action weapons are not nearly as finicky about what ammo they're being fed.

I realize there is no basis in Da Rulezzz for this, but it's just my thing. So, if the referee has no objections, Magehammer is dropping the 9mm and AK-47 in favor of a revolver and a lever action.

IC)

And on that note, I'm going to draw my 50 caliber revolver and shoot those spheres off their belts. How does that feel?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 147):

OOC: I don't object to you picking up these weapons if you find some, but no to any retcon or magic glitches.  If you have some in your backpack, and my bad memory forgot that, then its fine, but they do need to have been there.  Again, no glitches.

You line up with your 9 MM, and aim for a metal sphere.

Bam. It spins loose, sparking, and you feel relief.

Bam. You nick the other one, but its still connected to the belt, but non-functional.  They seem to be rather flimsy devices.

Your psi is good to go.

Timestop has ended to do this.

The bodyguards speed draw with impressive skills, and two darts head your way from their white rifles.  One grazes your left hand, almost taking off a pinkie finger.  The other hits you in the chest in the middle of armor, and bounces off.  The staff officer is getting in front of the commander to protect him, who is trying to get in front of the staff officer to get a shot at you...

OOC) I own both of the weapons I mentioned, but don't have them on me. Next world I'll start carrying them. Cool?



Put a couple 9mm bullets into him. See what he does then.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 149):

You hit him the top edge of the shoulder and along his arm, just grazing him, and he fires back, missing you.  But one of the bodyguards focuses, and you can see it coming, and it rips into your chest near your neck, just above the armor.

It feels hot, then cold, then just bad.

Shoot randomly at whoever just did that. I'm probably in too much pain to aim properly.

This seems like a good time to prepare to verse out though. Let's see!!!!

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 151):

Shoot. Ow. Shoot. Ow. Shoot. You blow the aides head off.  They are shooting at you two, and the first misses, but not the second, and the third misses.  You drop to your side as that shot took out your ankle, which one you're not sure as thinking is getting hard.

Bam. You shoot. Miss. And a dart bounces past your nose.  And Bam...hit....you've versed out.