Jiro opens the door and ghosts inside.

[OOC: skill mastery stealth/notice, hide in plain sight go]

Someone has converted this area into a living room. A big screen TV, couches, tables and the like. Two other doors lead out of the room.

It looks like there was a party here last night. At least a dozen people are sprawled all over the place, in varying states of dress. There seems to be slightly more males then females.

At first glance it is impossible to tell if these are humans, vampires or a mix.
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Letting Alex catch up, Jiro pitches his voice to carry no further than her ears. "Can you tell who is what, Alex-san?"

Or will we have to do this the hard way?

Alex shakes her head. "No. We'll need to check for a pulse, or wake them up and see which ones extend fangs."

Alex walks over to the closest people to start checking them.

Alex leans down over a man and a woman. She puts her fingers to the woman's throat and finds a pulse. As her fingers move into contact with the man something strange happens.

A vision of darkness and hunger flashes through her mind, and she feels a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. She's so surprised that she jerks back with a yelp and loses her balance. Alex knocks over some beer cans. The clatter is quite literally enough to wake the dead.

The eyes of the man Alex just touched snap open. He sits up, and looks around confused. Then he focuses on Alex. The confusion fades, replaced by a look of hunger. He bares his fangs and snarls.

The others in the room are starting to stir as well.

[OOC: Hero point to the pair of you for waking up the locals.
Roll initiative.
Of course it's kinda hard to tell who's a vampire at the moment.]

Alex's eyes were wide as she started at the vampire. What just happened?

[OOC: 17:26, Today: Alex rolled 8 using 1d20+4. Init. ]

"Kuso." Of course it wouldn't be that easy. Ah well. A pause, then, Wait, what's wrong with Alex? This should be... oh kuso. Of all the times for the two of them to go unglued...

The martial artist gathered his ki and prepared for the inevitable.

[OOC: 14:31, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 18 using 1d20+6. Initiative.]
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The vampire lunges at Alex, pinning her to the ground as he sinks his teeth into her neck.

The others in the room seem to be awake now, and are climbing to their feet. None of them have bared fangs yet.
[OOC: 17:37, Today: Gamemaster rolled 25 using 1d20+8. Attacking Alex.
FORT DC 18 drain con. ]

"Get away from her!" Jiro lunged at the vampire attacking Alex. If Alex/andria are coming unglued, and that sudden jerk and stumble tells me they are, I need to deal with this now.

With minimal grace and lots of power, Jiro aimed a punch for the Vampire's head.

[OOC: 14:45, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 29 using 1d20+12. Ki strike, AoA 5 Power Attack 5. DC 28 toughness save please.]

The Vampire jerked when Jiro shouted, throwing off his aim. Instead of hitting it in the head, Jiro places a ki enhanced blow dead center in the thing's back. His tears through the monster's dead flesh, destroying the heart before coming out the other side. Alex as a brief view of a glowing blue fist sticking out the front of the chest of the vampire before it explodes into dust, revealing Jiro on the other side.

[OOC: 17:49, Today: Gamemaster rolled 13 using 1d20+5. Toughness Save. ]

Taken off guard by what she had just sensed, the vampire was able to get the drop on her. She felt it sucking away her life blood. Before she had a chance to resist, Jiro solved the problem for her.

She blinked a couple times at the sight, shot him a smile of thanks, then leapt to her feet. "Alright. Which of you undead punks wants some of this?"

[OOC: 17:55, Today: Alex rolled 14 using 1d20+12. Fort Save.
 Con decreased by 4.
Ready an unarmed attack at the first vampire that attacks.]

Five of remaining men bare fangs. Two of them run at Alex, while three try to dogpile Jiro.

Alex is back on her game, and dodges both of her partners, although her counter attack goes wide. Jiro is not so lucky. He spins under one blow, leaps over a kick then reels in pain as sharp claws tear into his flesh from the third.

The other people in the room seem frozen in place.

[OOC: 18:13, Today: Gamemaster rolled 21 using 1d20+8.
18:13, Today: Gamemaster rolled 12 using 1d20+8.
18:13, Today: Gamemaster rolled 11 using 1d20+8. Attacking Jiro.
18:13, Today: Gamemaster rolled 9 using 1d20+8.
18:13, Today: Gamemaster rolled 10 using 1d20+8. Attacking Alex.
18:27, Today: Gamemaster, on behalf of Alex, rolled 15 using 1d20+12. Unarmed attack.

DC 23 toughness save from Jiro please. ]

Jiro took the vampire's strike without so much as a grunt. I need to end this, now.

Standing tall, he gathered his ki. Arms raising, he was shrouded for a moment with blue energy. That energy contracted, flowing to his arms, then to his hands. His hands moved down in a circular motion, both palms coming together at waist level. "Roaring Lion's Blast!"

A wave of ki energy blasted forth from his body, flowing harmlessly around Alex and the vampire's kept humans, but striking the five monsters cleanly.

[OOC:15:31, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 24 using 1d20+10. toughness save

 Array is in Roaring Lion's Blast. Selective to avoid all the humans in the room, the blast radius should easily hit all the vamps. DC 20 reflex, DC25 toughness if they fail.]
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The explosion of power hits with less force then Jiro might want, with only two of the vampires knocked to the ground. Two of the others look somewhat hurt but are still in the fight.

[OOC: 19:29, Today: Gamemaster rolled 45 using 5d20 with rolls of 14,20,2,3,6. Ref Save.
19:29, Today: Gamemaster rolled 70 using 5d20 with rolls of 20,12,8,14,16. Toughness Save.]
The second one makes his reflex save for half damage.
Vamp 1 - Fine
Vamp 2 - Injured
Vamp 3 - Stunned, Disabled
Vamp 4 - Stunned, Injured
Vamp 5 - Injured

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Alex blinked at the explosion of power. The jumps, the glowing fists, and the giant frogs were all impressive but... That was... something else. Still, hard earned skills prevented her from being too distracted. It was obvious from Jiro's stance that he was going to be off balance for a moment.

So just as he had covered her, she stepped in to cover him. "Say hello to your little friend!"

[OOC: 20:09, Today: Alex rolled 25 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 13. Unarmed attack.
20:12, Today: Alex rolled 22 using 1d20+19 with rolls of 3. Grapple Check.
Tossing an injured but standing vamp into the other one.
Status = Con -3]

Sadly for Alex's plan, she hits the Vampire too hard. She grabs it by the head and tries to throw it from that grip. Instead of picking it up, she rips the head clean off, reducing the monster to dust.

"Bob, get your ass in gear and get Johhny. We've got mother fucking capes down here!" One of the vampires yells as he takes a swing at Alex.

The other still standing vampire just snarls, and lands a second hit against Jiro.

At the yell, the one man who had been staying back from the battle turns and runs for the far door. He yanks it open, dashes through, and slams it shut behind him.

[20:26, Today: Gamemaster rolled 6 using 1d20+4. Toughness Save.
20:33, Today: Gamemaster rolled 25 using 1d20+8. Attacking Jiro.
20:33, Today: Gamemaster rolled 19 using 1d20+8. Attacking Alex.

another DC 23 toughness save

Vamp 1 - Fine
Vamp 2 - Dust
Vamp 3 - Disabled
Vamp 4 - Injured
Vamp 5 - Injured]

Jiro grunts as he takes a hit, and returns it in kind, ki shifting. That runner is going to be bad news for us.

[OOC: 17:40, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 20 using 1d20+10. Toughness save. Shifting array to ki strike. 17:41, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 20 using 1d20+12. ki strike.]
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The vampire ducks back with unnatural swiftness. It snarls again, and prepares to attack.

"Opps." Alex said as she looked at the settling cloud of dust. "I don't remember them breaking that easily before..."

She sighs, then reaches into her coat to pull out a stake. "Enough playing around I guess..."

[OOC: 20:53, Today: Alex rolled 26 using 1d20+12. Stake Attack. ]

Alex turned to face the Vampires attacking Jiro while absently stabbing behind her, triggering another explosion of dust.

The vampires that had been knocked to the ground pull themselves up. One of them staggers towards doors, while the other attacks Jiro. It misses, but distracts him enough that the other vampire is able to land a third hit on him. "WHY WON'T YOU DIE!" It growls.

The non-combatants have been edging around the fight, trying to make it to the door to the warehouse.

[OOC:20:56, Today: Gamemaster rolled 1 using 1d20. Toughness Save.
20:57, Today: Gamemaster rolled 20 using 1d20+8. Attacking Jiro.
20:56, Today: Gamemaster rolled 16 using 1d20+8. Attacking Jiro.

another DC 23 toughness save

Vamp 3 - Disabled, fleeing
Vamp 4 - Injured
Vamp 5 - Injured]

"I could ask you the same." Jiro grunts as the vampire connects, then retaliates with a weak punch.

[OOC: 18:04, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 12 using 1d20+9. toughness save.
18:04, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 17 using 1d20+9. HERO POINT REROLL toughness check. adjusted total 26

18:06, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 15 using 1d20+12. Ki strike]
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Alex shakes her head, and stakes the vampire that just stood up. Sure, the other one looked more dangerous but she wasn't sure if Jiro would object if she were to kill steal.

[OOC: 21:10, Today: Alex rolled 31 using 1d20+12. Stake Attack. ]

And then there were two. These vampires are just like she remembered. Clearly newbies, so easy to stake it just wasn't fair. Which was just the way Alex liked it.

The staggering vampire manages to get the door open, and shut behind him. The one that Jiro is fighting continues his relentless assault, making another tear in the martial artist's clothing.

[OOC: 21:12, Today: Gamemaster rolled 16 using 1d20-1. Toughness Save. The vamps have a vulnerability to stakes through the heart. It's really not fair. :)
21:14, Today: Gamemaster rolled 23 using 1d20+8. Attacking Jiro.

another DC 23 toughness save

Vamp 3 - Disabled, fled
Vamp 5 - Injured] ]

Jiro shrugged off the attack, replied with one of his own.

"Alex-san, deal with the runners, I will finish this one." Eventually.


[OOC: 18:18, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 28 using 1d20+9. toughness.
18:19, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 20 using 1d20+12. Ki Strike.]

Yeah, he wouldn't be happy with me. "On it!" Alex yells, and runs after the guy who went running for Johnny. She doesn't slow down for the door, just shoulder charges he way through it.