[Taocow PBEM] Chapter VI: Whence The Lizard Man?
D McCullough
derekm617 at hotmail.com
Wed Sep 7 15:23:27 PDT 2005
[Arden]
He laughs out loud. "Figures... well, I suggest a tactical retreat, at least
until we reach a place to send a couple of these individuals to the Nine
Hells. What do you think?" Without much thought, he loads up his energy
rifle with a fresh clip and an grin lies on his face as he runs near Phaeton
and Lena.
[/Arden]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Clausen" <mightymartianca at alberni.net>
To: "The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM" <taocowpbem at zork.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Chapter VI: Whence The Lizard Man?
> OOC: Sorry about the delays. A day later than I even promised :-(
>
>> [Talas]
>> Talas uses his powers to make his body hardier, and then stops in front
>> of
>> the ogre that winked at him and says "I am tracking a demon. Let us
>> pass!"
>> [/Talas]
>
> [GM]
> The two ogres laugh. "A demon, aye?" the cigar-chomping ogre says
> derisevely. "P'raps he'll pay your passage." Neither one gets out of the
> way.
> [/GM]
>
>> [Talas]
>> Talas grabs the ogre [Strike 8+2=10, ogre's Dodge 9] and throws him into
>> his friend.
>> [/Talas]
>
> [GM]
> Both ogres fall to the ground.
> [/GM]
>
>> [Alex]
>> Alex points her JA-12 rifle towards one of the Ogre guards while stepping
>> back. While the armor clearly shows that her form is female, the
>> camouflage armor removes any identity. She brings up the volume in the
>> speaker in her armor, "You need to rethink any adventures. You don't look
>> that tough."
>> [/Alex]
>
>> [Osiris]
>> Seeing that the situation is fast becoming a fight that they do not need,
>> Osiris steps infront of of the ladies and looks at the Ogres.
>> "Gentlemen,
>> that is no way to speak to a lady. We have no quarrel with you as our
>> business is elsewhere. So would you please step aside and we will be on
>> our
>> way."
>>
>> Osiris readies his mind to will his psi-sword into his hands just in case
>> these guys wanna fight and eyes them quickly to see if he can spot any
>> weak points or chinks in their armor.
>> [/Osiris]
>
> [GM]
> The two ogres don't appear to want this fight. Both shuffle backwards on
> their behinds.
>
> "Go then!" one barks. "The faeries will 'ave their way with you all!"
>
> Phaeton looks with no small admiration on his new companions. He leans
> down
> to both of them. "I know at least one of your names, my fine friends." he
> says in a voice so threatening it makes even his compatriots quake. "If
> you
> betray us, we will find you, and between us, we'll find a suitable
> punishment."
>
> Phaeton turns back to the company. "Let us go. We have little time to
> lose, and I suspect our welcome in this city has just about reached its
> end."
>
> The company heads out of the gates. The road leads up a lightly wooded
> hill
> that shows no signs of habitation, other than the well-kept road itself.
> As
> you reach the crown of the hill, Lena looks behind and cries in fear.
> "Look, there are a bunch of horsemen coming after us!"
>
> True to her word, there are at least six horsemen. Kyle's keen optics
> reveal that two are humans (or at least very human-like), two are ogres
> and
> one is an orc. They are lead by a very tall figure on a very large robot
> horse. The figure is at least seven and a half feet tall, wearing
> blood-red
> armor and a white skull cap that, well, looks like the skull of some
> horribly mutated creature. The figure's face is fat and pink, with ugly
> purple blemishes on it. All looked well-armed, with the enormous leader
> carrying a rail gun. Kyle estimates that they'll reach the company's
> position in about five minutes.
> [/GM]
>
> --
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>
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