[Taocow PBEM] Chapter VIII - The Portal And Beyond

April Mead kathayindreams at msn.com
Mon Mar 20 14:36:22 PST 2006




>From: "Aaron Clausen" <mightymartianca at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem at zork.net>
>To: "The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM" <taocowpbem at zork.net>
>Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Chapter VIII - The Portal And Beyond
>Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:57:57 -0800
>
>OOC: Apologies on the long post, just trying to cover some
>ground.  Some of this to the original players is going to seem
>familiar, but hopefully it should be interesting to the new
>ones.
>
> > > [GM]
> > > Even as Rod finishes speaking, Arden suddenly leaps
> > > to his feet and starts screaming.  He runs at Alex
> > > waving his arms.
> > >
> > > "It sees you Alex!" he shouts so loudly that it seems
> > > like it will bring the whole tunnel down.  "It sees you,
> > > and Frost, both.  Vimakardu will break the bonds of
> > > Time!"  He suddenly starts swinging at Alex.
> > > [/GM]
>
> > [Alex]
> > Alex is not sure how to feel about all this and simply
> > stands quietly.  The swing takes her by surprise but
> > training kicks in.  She blocks the fist with a forearm and
> > brings her knee into his groin .
> > [/Alex]
>
>[GM]
>Arden goes down like a ton of bricks.
>[/GM]
>
> > [Ted]
> > Ted jumps forward to restrain the elf, using whatever
> > technique is necessary to keep Arden from hurting himself
> > or anyone else.
> >
> > "Under the circumstances, I think it best we not sleep down
> > here," he says, struggling against Arden, "if you know of
> > someplace safe, I vote we go there. Perhaps there you can
> > tell us what is going on."
> > [Ted]
>
>[Phaeton]
>Phaeton nods in agreement.  "If, as Lady Frost says, we risk
>disturbing the order of events, I agree that we must distance
>ourselves.  Our good elf here may have another fit at a far
>less opportune moment."
>[/Phaeton]
>
> > [Angelica]
> > "You want outa here? Find me a reflective surface and a
> > damn good description of where you want to go. I'll get us
> > somewhere safe."
> > [Angelica]
>
>[Rod]
>"I'm envisioning a good pub." Rod replies.
>[/Rod]
>
> > [Ted]
> > "What is your range?" Ted asks.
> > [/Ted]
>
> > [Talas]
> > Talas quickly sheaths his Katana and places himself
> > between Alex and Arden.  Arden can bash his knuckles on
> > Talas's MD armour.
> >
> > Talas gives Angelica a quick glance and says "Thank you
> > for the offer. But If I understand my frends, yhere should be
> > a stair well leading up to the surface just down the hall."
> > [/Talas]
>
> > [Kyle]
> > Kyle has been quietly watching this discussion steps
> > forward and say.  "I suggest we get to the surface and
> > continue this later."
> >
> > With that he heads off towards the exit.
> > [/Kyle]
>
> > [Angelica]
> > "That works for me too."  Angelica follows Kyle towards the
> > exit.
> > [Angelica]
>
> > [Ted]
> > The lizard man checks Arden again, making sure he is
> > breathing, and lifts him to his shoulder. He waits for the
> > others, then moves toward Talas, hoping there will be
> > enough of a lull in the next few minutes for the elf to fill him
> > in on the group's recent adventures.
> > [/Ted]
>
> > [Talas]
> > Seeing that Angelica is heading for the surface, and Ted
> > has  Arden under control. Talas turns his attention toward
> > Osiris.  "Sir Osiris are you alright? Can I be of any
> > assistance to you?"
> >
> > As Ted comes closer Talas says "Mr. Ted my friend, I think
> > WE all need to sit down and explain to each other how and
> > what each of us are. I was totally unaware that Osiris was a
> > Knight."
> > [/Talas]
>
> > [Bongo]
> > "Osiris IS a knight..." Bongo mutters as he comes up
> > beside Ted  on his way to check on Osiris.  "C'mon my
> > friend, let's get outta here so  you can tell us how you
> > survived back there."
> > [/Bongo]
>
> > [Ted]
> > "I believe you." Ted says.
> > [/Ted]
>
>[Osiris]
>"All this fuss over me." Osiris says as he rises to his feet.
>"Lots of time for stories, not that I think anyone is going to
>be very happy about what I have to say."  With that, Osiris
>follows suit and starts moving towards the exit.
>[/Osiris]
>
> > [Alex]
> > The ex-Coalition Ranger thinks that she has heard tales of
> > Cyber knight going bad but does not but that into words.
> > Instead she states, "I agree that we need to get out of here
> > as quickly as possible. I think we might want to see if our
> > vehicles are still where we left them."
> > [/Alex]
>
>[Osiris]
>"I used to have a pretty good horse." Osiris chuckles.  "I
>guess we've been gone, what, about a night?  I think I need
>a shave."
>[/Osiris]
>
>[GM]
>With Kyle leading the way, the company makes its way past
>the green-blooded remains of the creature they have just
>defeated, out of the exit.
>
>They found themselves standing in a subway tunnel.  For
>Alex, Rod, Osiris, Lady Frost and Bongo this is familiar
>ground, but for the others this is a strange place.  The tunnel
>is lit by the same earie green fungus as the passage they
>have just left, and the rails are still intact.
>
>After a few minutes they pass a sign; "New Chicago Island -
>20 Miles."  There are numerous side passages, most dark
>and unlit, some with ominous or foul odors coming from them.
>
>Finally they reach a door marked "Subway - Emergency
>Exit - Do Not Use."  Parked near it is a remarkably intact
>subway car, faded advertising for some restaurant called
>Burger King still visible.
>[/GM]
>
>[Rod]
>"This is it." Rod says, pointing to the door.
>[/Rod]
>
>[GM]
>The door swings open to reveal a cracked concrete stairway
>leading up. The stairs lead past a number of doors, but it
>appears as if many of the levels long ago collapsed on to
>each other, leaving a massive jumble of concrete, steel and
>cars.
>
>Finally they reach a landing where the walls are covered in
>graffitti.  Some of it is little more than crude renderings
>hard to recognize as anything, but others are works of art.
>Dominating it all is a verse:
>
>	"Down beneath the shaken Earth,
>	Where hellspawn join in violent mirth,
>	Vlykath, Lord of Pain, Death and Woe,
>	Slumbers, sleeping, waits and grows."
>
>In the midst of the landing is a firepit, apparently not used for
>a while.  But to Alex's trained eyes, it's clear that a number
>of people have been by here not so long ago.
>
>The company presses on, moving up the stairs and through
>a final door into what is obviously a hotel lobby, revealing a
>mouldering interior, with smashed remnants of furniture,
>rotting wall decorations, glass covering much of the floor and
>a ceiling sagging so much that at places it almost touches
>the floor.
>
>The company is inside a lobby that must be the size of a
>couple of tennis courts.  Off to one side are what appear to be
>shops, some, despite the centuries, still containing
>merchandise in the form of rusting watches and jewelry.  To
>the other side are a series of what could be some sort of
>communication booths, most smashed and their valuable
>electronic innards stripped.  In the middle of the lobby a
>statue of a mermaid lies toppled in once was a fountain pool.
>Oozing sludgy water still sits in the pool, letting off a rather
>foul odor.
>
>At the other end of the lobby are smashed glass doors.  It
>is night outside, but it is all well-lit by what must be a very
>close leyline.  The blue light of the ley line casts strange
>shadows on the street beyond, and in the distance can be
>heard the terrifying baying of wolf-like creatures.
>
>A sudden flash of light from a ley line that must be very
>tempermental reveals several bodies of what look like very
>large wolves in the rubble of the street beyond.  It's very
>obvious that there was a firefight not so long ago.
>[/GM]
>
>[Lena]
>Lena shivers.  "Is this where we're stopping.  This place gives
>me the creeps.  I've heard legends about Old Chicago, but
>nothing prepared for this."
>[/Lena]
>
>[GM]
>Lena's words seem evoke the feeling of this place.  The walls
>themselves seem haunted, the ghosts of time and death have
>ingrained themselves into the very bones of this once-great
>city.  Lady Frost remembers it as it was, a vibrant, living,
>breathing society, but now it is rot and horror.
>
>The company makes their way through the doors and on to
>the street.  Outside the doors awaits another horrible sight;
>the bloodied torso of a man, arms, legs and head missing.
>
>Suddenly those with Sixth Sense feel danger again, and
>Bongo's ears pick up the soft padding sound of many canine
>feet approaching...
>[/GM]
>
>--
>Aaron Clausen   mightymartianca at gmail.com
>
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[Angelica]

Angelica looks for a calander, either on the wall or on the desk.

Perception: 18

[Angelica]

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