There were loud noises and yelling when Delilah broke the surface. The entire crowd of kids had circled around the water-forge area and were pushing each other to get a glimpse of the action.

"There she is!"

"Oh!"

"Stop her!"

"Leave her alone!"

"Grab her!"

She heard them say.

Then there was a loud, snorting sound

OOC: Delilah rolls Dexterity + Athletics

Everyone clamored around the pool. Bodies pushed together, shouting for more room, slapping against the filmy water. Delilah splashed away, flinching from each voice. Some of the kids might be trying to escape in the confusion. They might even be trying to help or just too scared to be of any help. But some of them were traitors in cahoots with the pig. And all of them were distractions. When she heard that inhuman snuffling, she knew what was coming. But from where?

20:08, Today: Delilah Gray failed (no successes) using 8d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((2,4,7,3,7,3,1,2)).

"Grrrah!" Delilah heard the inhuman beast growl. His gnarled pig hands were braced on the edges of the tank and he shoved his face in front of Delilah.

He was surprisingly quick, and Delilah didn't have time to pull back. She caught a glimpse of his twisted teeth--brown and decaying--and caught a huge whiff of the foul smell coming from deep within its mouth.

"GET OUT OF MY WATER-FORGE, SWEETY!!" The Pig-thing bellowed. There was a threat in that voice, which somehow, amid the fury and fear that had ensconced the room, was strangely effeminate.

Horrified, Delilah jerked backwards away from the swine-faced beast. Her eyes were wide and she shook her head from side to side. No.

She took a deep breath and pushed down again. She might drown in the tunnel, but she couldn't let that thing bite her face off.

Delilah was vaguely aware of the presence of others in the water now. She was moving quickly, but could feel the current of water from her pursuers. Vague shadows appeared in her periferal vision as she swam towards the tunnel.

OOC: Foot Race(?) - Swim race,

Delilah Rolls Dexterity + Stamina

Delilah kicked and pulled herself through the water. She could not look back --would not look back-- to see what was moving behind her. The need for fresh air pressed on her lungs. She bit the insides of her cheeks.

04:54, Today: Delilah Gray rolled 4 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((2,9,2,3,9,10(+9))).

OOC: Delilahs successes must equal the Pursuers' speed = 7

Each Pursuer  must reach or exceed Delilah's successes independently. There are two pursuers with dice rolls of 5d10 each.

Delilah needs a total of 6 successes to reach the cavernous hole int he wall. Current = 4/6

Delilah pushed forward, her lungs burning, her heart pounding, she could hear the kids behind her, their voices coming through the water in high, muffled screams. In the distance, the hole in the wall was her only chance of escape. She could feel them pressing closer....

OOC:

21:28, Today: Storyteller rolled 1 success using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((10(+2),3,3,1,2)).

21:29, Today: Storyteller rolled 3 successes using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((1,8,8,10(+6),7)).


Delilah Rolls Dexterity + Stamina

Her arms felt heavier now. Her strokes slowed as if she were cutting through a syrup instead of water. Still, she was close enough to hear the commotion on the surface over the blood rushing through her ears. If she quit now, she was done for.

20:37, Today: Delilah Gray rolled 1 success using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((4,3,1,4,8,1)).

OOC: Delilah's Successes = 5/6

20:57, Today: Storyteller rolled 4 successes using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((10(+3),3,10(+8),2,10(+7))).

1) First Child Attack- 5/5= Delilah is Caught! Free action. Child attempts to grapple Delilah, Strength + Brawl (4d10 dice pool) vs. No defense (Delilah's back is turned)

21:00, Today: Storyteller rolled 2 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((8,1,6,9)).

---

Delilah felt a hand grab her ankle. It crept up her calf and grabbed a hold of her, preventing her from swimming any further. She could see the child, a young boy her age. His face grimaced with tired anger as she struggled with his grip.

Behind him, another kid, a girl this time, was swimming towards her.


20:58, Today: Storyteller failed (no successes) using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((1,5,7,1,5)).

2) Second Child swimming towards Delilah but not yet close enough 3/5


OOC: Delilah Rolls Strength + Brawl - 3

A tight grip clamped onto Delilah's leg. Bubbles slipped from her mouth before she turned on her anchor. A boy. She kicked at his grim face, but missed the mark.

1/3 WP
20:31, Today: Delilah Gray failed (no successes) using 1d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((7)).

07:40, Today: Storyteller rolled 1 success using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((6,5,3,8,4)).

The second kid was getting closer, a long trail of hair following her as she bore down on Delilah, arms pressed against her sides, feet paddling and propelling her forward.

---

The boy who had grabbed a hold of her did nothing. He just held on. Delilah could feel her lungs begin to burn for air. The mere activity of trying to kick, swim and fend off the other kid all at the same time was enough to make her lungs scream.

OOC: Delilah Rolls Stamina -1

If Delilah succeeds, then Delilah rolls Delilah Rolls Strength + Brawl - 3.

If Delilah fails, then all kids go up for a breath of air.

Delilah squirmed like a fish on the line. Her thrashing slowed. Instead of trying to swim towards the crevice, she was weakly paddling up to the surface.

20:31, Today: Delilah Gray failed (no successes) using 1d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((7)).

"ARGGGHGHHH!" Delilah heard the Pig Monster growl. It reached down into the water and...

OOC: Delilah's Defense at 6 . Hogwash uses willpower for grapple. Dicepool is 8 - 6(defense) = 2.


20:53, Today: Evil Circus - Hogwash rolled 1 success using 2d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((1,10(+1))).


With one hand, it scooped her soaking body out of the water and draped her across its hunched back. Delilah's face smacked against the bony ridge of the Pig Monster's lower spine. Her world was suddenly upside-down as the Pig-Monster lurched forward carrying Delilah to an unknown destination like a sack of potatoes.

All around her the kids were murmuring. Some were yelling, some were laughing. Others were crying. They were like a pack of wolves that had gone into a frenzy.

OOC: Delilah can roll  Strength + Brawl - 4 to get free

OR

Strength + Brawl, -6 to 'turn the tables'

OR
Strength + Brawl, -6 to attack

Delilah sputtered and coughed as she was swept out of the water. Hogwash knocked the wind out of her when he slung her over his hunched shoulder. Her long, wet hair flopped down and she twisted to see where she was heading. No use.

The racket of a hundred kids buzzed around her. Crying, jeering, loudly whispering to be heard over the din. Some screamed. Once the air stopped sizzling her lungs, she shrieked right along with them; kicking and windmilling her noodly arms as if she were still in the water.

"LEMME GO! LEMME GO RIGHT NOW!!"

She reached out for a grip on anything she passed --a tent pole, a table, even other kids' arms-- to wrench herself free.

Strength + Brawl -6 to 'turn the tables' = Chance Die

20:41, Today: Delilah Gray failed (no successes) using 1d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD, Chance Die system with a target of 10, rerolling 10s ((9)).

So close!

From an upside-down vantage point, Delilah could see the kids trailing behind her hooting and yelling, dirty, emaciated bodies dressed up in ragged clothes covered in soot. She struggled and flailed her arms to no avail. And suddenly...

09:02, Today: Evil Circus - Hogwash rolled 2 successes using 3d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((8,4,9)).


Suddenly she was flipped upward by the brute strength of the beast, her world turning round and round until she felt something sharp penetrate first her skin, and then deeper into her back. A lancing pain shot up from between her shoulder blades and up through her throat.

Eyes wide with pain, Delilah realized that she was hanging on some kind of meat hook. All around her kids were yelling. There were hocks of beef hanging from hooks around here. Slabs of pink flesh mottled with white fat. One kid pushed one to the side to get a better view of Delilah, the slab of meat swinging back and forth.


OOC: Delilah rakes 2 lethal damage. Delilah gains condition

Immobilized = Delilah cannot move
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Delilah's screeching was cut off by the hook piercing through her body and the gout of blood coughed out through her neck. There was a brief, blank moment between confusion and realization. The pain was so intense that she couldn't hear or see or breathe. Then all sense flooded back in.

She swayed on the hook. She wanted to push away from the other slabs of dead meat, but hung just like a butchered pig. Every motion felt like it would rip her in half. Even crying. Sobbing jostled the tear through her back, but she could not stop.

Delilah couldn't get revenge on the clown or the pig. She couldn't save her friends or her family. She couldn't even save herself. And everyone in the tent knew it. The faces of all the other kids had gone blurry, but she knew they were still staring. They all knew that she failed at running away. Twice. She lost. She wasn't just bad. She was The Very Worst One. So Hogwash was going to slice her up.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:37, Sun 12 Nov 2017.

Do I have more than 2 Lethal in Damage? Feels like I ought to. I know that Delilah was chopped up pretty good in the last game. Then there was the hospital, but I didn't think she was completely healed up as her mom wanted to check her out early. I can't remember if I asked before. I'm going to check my old threads.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:44, Sun 12 Nov 2017.

OOC: I looked over the old threads. I think right now you are at 2 lethal 2 bashing. In my mind I reset things when we moved to this game. Sound good?

Sounds good!

What happened next was an out of body experience.

Delilah could hear the kids yelling, their strained voices worked up into a frenzy. She She felt the pain of the hook in her back and she could see for some reason, bags and bags of acorns stacked on top of one another near the walls of this confined room.

Every time she moved, the pain worsened.



"GRHAAARRRH!" The pig monster yelled as it suddenly appeared in front of Delilah. It gnashed its teeth together and extended it hand out. Delilah could see the contours of its twisted knuckles as the hand got closer and closer to her face.

Raspy gurgles bubbled up from Delilah's throat. She wanted to scream at all the kids to go away and stop looking at her. Tears seeped into the new wound opened on her neck, but the salty sting was a drop in the bucket. They wouldn't stop gawking and pointing. Delilah squirmed, but she couldn't turn herself away.

Hogwash was suddenly in front of them; open maw and yellowed tusks. She couldn't see his little harpies, but she knew they were still there whooping it up. The pig beast reached for her face and a miserable wail rose out of her. No words, but it meant I'm sorry.

Sorry for leaving Mark behind. And for calling Jimmy Archer an indian giver. And sorry for dumping a school milk into Hannah Hope's backpack that one time. And for hitting Sammy in the face with a rock. And for all the times she put sand in other girls' gym bags and leotards. And for all the mean things she said to Lilly. And extra sorry for all the times she yelled at her mom and dad and Susan. And for throwing that rock at the giant spider. If she hadn't done that, then John and Josh coulda gotten away. They all coulda gotten away. But mostly, she was sorry for not ever helping Roger once. He didn't have proper winter clothes. He must have been freezing on Bald Hill. If she were really his friend, she would have called off the snowball fight. And they all would've went home and stayed alive.

The birdkid was right. The clown came because she was a bad friend.

These revaluations traveled through Delilah's mind like electricity, but before she could grasp the full weight of the implication of being a 'bad friend', it happened....


06:09, Today: Evil Circus - Hogwash rolled 1 success using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((5,7,3,8)). +1 Damage to 'Gouge' technique

The hand came forward in one, swift motion and Delilah felt, just for an instant, the yellow, curled nails forcefully pushed into the area around her eye. The Pig Monster twisted its wrist and there was a loud, ripping sound that was accompanied by excruciating pain. An instinctual reaction to grab at her face was brushed aside by the monster's other hand.

It had ripped her eye out.

With casual grace, it tossed the eyeball onto a stack of acorns that had spilled out of one of the many bags and onto the floor.

Delilah could feel the energy drain out of her, and with it, the vision.

OOC: Delilah Gains Flaw: One Eye

One Eye: Your character is missing an eye. He has no real
depth perception, so all penalties for ranged attacks are doubled,
and even at short range, the character suffers a -2 penalty
to hit a target. In addition, running
through dense forest or a labyrinthine house is difficult,
since the character can’t judge the position of objects or walls
relative to himself. Any rolls that require judging depth, spatial
relations or distance incur a -3 penalty. This can include certain
Athletics rolls for riding bikes or skateboards

Delilah Chooses:

Delilah Rolls Wits + Composure - 3 to stay awake

Or

Delilah let's the darkness take her, passing out

Delilah's head rocked back, then lolled forward. She hung silently as blood dribbled down her cheek.

Pass out!

Did she lose her right eye or her left?

OOC: Right eye

Delilah joins thread

Delilah: In The Land of the Blind.....