[Taocow PBEM] Fwd: Chapter X - The Stranger

[Aaron Clausen]

OOC: Okay, it appears that the failed mailing was my fault.  This
should go out to the mailing list.

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From: Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com>
Date: Oct 21, 2006 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Chapter X - The Stranger
To: The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpFrbem at zork.net>


> > [GM]
> > Ted manages to get upright.  He's sore, but he'll survive.  He hears some scrabbling
> > behind him, and catches sight of one of the little humanoids pouncing on him.
> > [/GM]

> [Ted]
> Ted whips his body around, doing whatever it takes to break the little freak free and then
> keep him from ever messing with other people again.
> [/Ted

[GM]
Ted easily tosses the creature off, flinging it into the snow with all
his strength.  The creature shudders briefly and the moves no more.
[/GM]

> > [GM]
> > Talas leaps forward to strike the glowing eyes.  His aim is poor, but the eyes don't
> > make a single move to dodge.  Instead as Talas's blow hits, he feels his whole body
> > seized as if by a giant hand.  He is lifted at least twenty feet in the air and thrown
> > down.  He huts the ground with a muted thud, and when his senses clear he sees
> > three of the little creatures running towards him.
> > [/GM]

> [Lady Frost]
> Not good.  Talas's attack made her thing that punching the creature might be a bad
> idea.  But she did have other attacks that she could use.
>
> Whipping her hand around, she lets loose a spray of ice shards towards the cloud.  Her
> ice dome would protect Osiris and that other man from the strikes.  Now here's hoping
> the thing can be hurt by physical objects.
> [Lady Frost]

[GM]
Lady Frost's ice shards strike the cloud, but are absorbed.  There is
a slight lightening of the cloud's color, but it would seem that it
would take a good deal of pummeling before the cloud being could be
damaged.
[/GM]

> [Lady Frost]
> Then she takes a fraction of a second to glance around looking for who or what might
> be controlling this thing.  She'd fought some wild things in her time, literally, but willing
> or unwilling they always had a master.
> [/Lady Frost]

[GM]
Off in the distance, Lady Frost can barely see the shape of a pyramid,
and the faintest bit of bluish light.
[/GM]

> [Talas]
> Talas quickly jumps to his feet to face the three litle creatures. Then Talas cast Circle
> of Fire in he hope of diverting these three.
> [/Talas]

[GM]
A circle of flame erupts around Talas, and the creatures back away,
clearly unwilling to enter the flames.  At that same moment, the man
with Osiris charges forward and opens fire on the creatures.  Two of
the creatures go down, cut through by an energy weapon.  A third shot
goes awry.
[/GM]

> [Talas]
> Talas turns back to the eyes in the cloud and casts Banishment.
> [/Talas]

[GM]
There is a visible shudder in the ground, and a high-pitched wail, and
suddenly the cloud is gone.  Almost immediately the weather begins to
clear, and now there is a clear view of the pyramid.  A shape is seen
fleeing it, running towards a ley line.
[/GM]

> > [Alex]
> > Alex looks around and does a quick scan with nightvision optics to see
> > if she can figure out what is going on. The ranger radios back, "Guys,
> > got any ideas. Looks like we are being ambushed."
> > [/Alex]

> > [Bongo]
> > "How about a counter-ambush?"  Bongo quips as he hits the brake, plants
> > his foot and spins the Wastelander around.  Rushing back towards the
> > rest of the group, he draws his NG-45 and gets ready to fire at the
> > nearest unfriendly shape.
> > [/Bongo]

> [GM]
> Bongo opens fire as he sees one of the creatures leap out.  It's a poor
> shot and the creature manages to dodge.  The creature leaps behind some
> rubble and opens fire on Bongo, but shoots so poorly that he misses
> Bongo by at least ten feet.
>
> With Alex's nightvision optics, she can just make out what looks like
> about a dozen of the creatures pulling something up a large rubble
> pile.
> [/GM]

[GM]
The view becomes clearer.  It is a bloodied man, tied to a post.  His
features are obscured, but Alex and Bongo can clearly see a couple of
tattoos.

"Lishun!" one of them cries over the snow storm.  "Have your friend we
have, and life or death is your decision."
[/GM]

--
Aaron Clausen   mightymartianca at gmail.com

Palladium Rifts PBEM:
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-- 
Aaron Clausen   mightymartianca at gmail.com

Palladium Rifts PBEM:
http://members.shaw.ca/selfreferential/rifts_pbem/