[Taocow PBEM] Book 3 - Chapter I

[Aaron Clausen]

OOC: There's no visible locking mechanism, but there is some sort of a
metal cover beside the door that might cover some electronics.

Aaron Clausen

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 13:32, A Gardner <threeplusoneis4 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> [Owen]
>
> OOC:  is the door locked, and if so, is the locking mechanism visible?
>
> [Owen]
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:23:01 -0400
> From: koba.rowers at gmail.com
> To: taocowpbem at zork.net
> Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Book 3 - Chapter I
>
> [Koba]
>
> Caught off guard again makes Koba realise why no one else ever takes off
> their armor. As the gas pours into the room, Koba ignores the woman and
> quickly looks for his pack of belongings. Rummaging through them as quickly
> as possible, he searches for his gasmask to put on. Hopfully, before the gas
> overtakes him. As soon as he gets it on, he will concentrate and try to get
> a sence of the electronics in the room and running through the walls.
> Hopfully something will stand out to him as a control to either the vent or
> the door. If he has no sucess with that, he will try to contain the vent and
> as much of the gas as he can in a forcefield.
>
> [Koba]
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> OOC: Still missing a couple of player posts, but we'll carry on.
>
>>>> [Alex]
>>>> Still lugging Osiris around, the red haired Coalition scout pulls
>>>> off her helmet and shakes out sweat soaked red hair. She asks,
>>>> "Is there an infirmary section where we can take our companion?"
>>>> [/Alex]
>
>>> [GM]
>>> "Aye, we do indeed, ma'am." says one of the crew, a young African
>>> man with a thick Scottish brogue. Seeing that she is exhausted, he
>>> lifts Osiris up out of Lyle and Alex's hands. When Osiris is safely
>>> on a seat, he salutes Lyle. "The Captain sends her regards, Sir!
>>> But where is Zandeeli, Sir Lyle?"
>>> [/GM]
>
>> [Lyle]
>> He salutes the crewmember back. “Sir Zandeeli didn’t make it. A sad
>> day this is.” He finishes loading and securing people into the
>> hovercraft. He straps himself in and holds on as the craft rockets
>> away from the slaver ship.
>> [/Lyle]
>
> [...]
>
>>> [GM]
>>> Within moments, everyone is escorted out of the crippled hovercraft
>>> and into the hold, which is actually surprisingly small (no more
>>> than about fifteen feet wide and twenty five feet long). Klaxons
>>> are sounding as they make their way out of the hold and into the
>>> narrow corridors that wend through the boat.
>>>
>>> All of them are suddenly greeted by a rather shocking-looking
>>> man-sized insectoid creature. "Ah, welcome back Ted and Owen, and
>>> to you to Raven and Sir Lyle." the creature says in a cultured
>>> English accent. "To the rest of you, let me introduce myself. I'm
>>> Dr. Zazbrurr, ship's surgeon aboard the HMS Deapthbreaker. Don't
>>> worry, I'm skilled in all manner of humanoid physiology. All of you
>>> will be pleased to know that one of your fellow adventurers, a
>>> young woman, is doing well. That is, if we make it through
>>> simultaneous attack by Splugorth Minions and that dreadful
>>> tentacled monster below."
>>> [/GM]
>
>> [Lyle]
>> When they arrive in the sub, he sees Dr Z standing there. He shuffles
>> by him and pats him on the back “Good to see you, Doc. Take good
>> care of this bunch.” The starts to assemble the uninjured, Lyle
>> starts to head to his quarters.
>> [/Lyle]
>
>>> [GM]
>>> Dr. Zazbrurr immediately lays Osiris down. He turns his attention
>>> away long enough to look at the others. "You all need rest." he
>>> says. "I'm afraid that's going to have to wait. If any of you have
>>> any serious injuries, say so now, or wait until after we get out of
>>> this particular mess."
>>>
>>> Anyone who doesn't speak up is quickly herded along by a couple of
>>> stern officers. Even as they make their way through the narrow
>>> corridors, the submarine is violently shaken. Lights temporarily
>>> dim, then light up.
>>>
>>> "Sir Lyle," one of the crewmen says, "I know you would like to be
>>> at the weapons right now, but the Captain's orders are to remain
>>> with the guests." With that they are lead into a small well-lit
>>> cabin, with four bunks and three cots sitting in the middle of the
>>> floor, leaving barely enough room to squeek around. The only
>>> adjoining room is a very small bathroom with a toilet, sink and a
>>> show barely big enough to move one's arms around in.
>>> [/GM]
>
>> [Lyle]
>> “Ok, I can do that, but it would be better if I assist.” He replies
>> and goes with the group to the smallish room.
>>
>> After the door closes, Lyle mumbles “That was weird.”
>> [/Lyle]
>
>>> [GM]
>>> It's in these cramped quarters that the company spends the next two
>>> hours. Loud metallic bangs and crunches, and the odd strangely
>>> muffled blasts can be heard. Anyone with a weak stomach would
>>> quickly find themselves with their heads in the small toilet. The
>>> whole situation is frightening, maddening and uncomfortable all at
>>> once.
>>> [/GM]
>
>> [Lyle]
>> He spends the next couple hours chatting with the people in the group
>> and trying not to move too much. Takes off his jacket and tosses it
>> in a corner.
>> [/Lyle]
>
>> [Koba]
>> After being led down to the room, Koba is quiet trying to keep from
>> being sick from the near constant rocking but failing. Only the lack
>> of food for the past couple days has kept his stomach from emptying.
>>
>> When the boat comes to a rest, he will take the opportunity to
>> finally remove the armor which he has been living in. Dusty, dirty,
>> and with a few new burn marks, the armor did its job. As the rocking
>> settles, Koba opens up the portable computer he carries and downloads
>> the pictures and descriptions of the demons he has been encountering.
>> Adding a new and previously unknown chapter to the compendium of
>> demons he is composing. Even consulting his database for any hints on
>> this curseor disease Ted has become inflicted with. Eventually, the
>> compendium would benefit from a long interview with Talas is in order
>> to add his experience. For now, just to be able to sit in quiet and
>> relative safety is enough.
>> [/Koba]
>
>>> [GM]
>>> Then the door opens. One of the crew, a young woman, comes in. "The
>>> Captain wishes to see you." she says flatly, her eyes looking
>>> tired... and, a little creepy, like someone else is looking through
>>> them.
>>> [/GM]
>
>> [Lyle]
>> When the midshipman arrives and announces the Captain wishes to see
>> them. He stands goes over to by Alex and grabs his jacket off the
>> floor.
>>
>> “Ok boys and girls, time to go see Captain Zalquain…”
>> [/Lyle]
>
>> [Alex]
>> Alex puts her hand on her pistol, her nerves on alert suddenly. "What
>> the hell is going on?"
>>
>> She will use her telepathy to read surface thought.
>> [/Alex]
>
>> [Ted]
>> ~Easy, Alex~, Ted projects telepathically to just the CS ranger. ~I
>> think these people mean to help us.~
>>
>> The lizard man says to the newcomer, "Tell the captain we are on our
>> way."
>> [/Ted]
>
>> [Alex]
>> Using telepathy in return, /No, she is mind controlled somehow/ After
>> a few moment pause, Alex adds, /Check her mind yourself if you don't
>> believe me./
>> [/Alex]
>
>> [Lyle]
>> He turns around and looks at Alex "Calm down, your nerves are shot
>> from being cooped up in here for a couple hours. No need to worry."
>>
>> /His surface thoughts ~Something is seriously wrong and has been
>> since we got on, but be calm about it./
>> [/Lyle]
>
>> [Ted]
>> ~I trust you.~ The lizard man turns to the woman. "Instruct the
>> captain that we would prefer to meet with her here and will wait
>> until she is available."
>> [/Ted]
>
>> [Owen]
>> Owen pulls his pistol and aim at the crewman. "Something is not right
>> here."
>> [/Owen]
>
>> [Koba]
>> "Talas, I now know to trust your instinct. What do you think is going
>> on here? These people have saved us from a much worse situation and
>> now we have shown nothing but hostility." Directing his comments at
>> the crewman, "I think we all would like to meet the Captain, but our
>> nerves are a little high now."
>> [/Koba]
>
> [GM]
> "I don't think that will be possible." the woman says.  She flings the
> door shut and simply stands there.  After a moment or two everyone hears
> a strange hissing coming from an air vent in the wall, and barely
> visible orange gas begins to come through.  There is the faint smell of
> lemons.
>
> "Don't worry." she says.  "You will all be fine in a few minutes now.
> Then you can meet the Captain."
> [/GM]
>
> --
> Aaron Clausen
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