[Taocow PBEM] Book 3 - Chapter VIII - New Camelot

[Aaron Clausen]

OOC: Again I apologize for the late post. I've been so busy on
multiple fronts I didn't get a chance until today to get the next post
out.

>> [GM]
>> Alex gets a better look at who is in the vehicle, and to her
>> amazement, it looks very much like Ted driving, and it is clearly
>> Louissa, with an odd, almost apologetic look on her face. And, sitting
>> in the back seat, is that strange little girl they had picked up back
>> at the ancient dwarf fortress.
>>
>> As Alex, Oz and Justin run forward, the vehicle lurches into reverse,
>> and then makes for the gate again, attempting to avoid Vesper's energy
>> field. The gate doesn't look like it will close in time, though the
>> sound of several emergency vehicles can be heard approaching.
>> [/GM]

> [Vesper]
> Vesper rolls his eyes really ?
> He casts another energy field the gate to help protect the portion that is not yet closed.
> Not placing it in the way but before the gate so the gate can shut.
> [/Vesper]

[GM]
Again the vehicle is stopped by Vesper's energy field.
[/GM]

> [Oz]
> Oz stands just inside the gate, guns raised and ready to fire in case
> the vehicle gets around the energy field.
> [/Oz]

> [Alex]
> Confused but still realizing something is not right, Alex fires a
> concussion grenade under the front of the vehicle so that it hopefully
> loses control. At the same time, she will take a look for a hover
> vehicle, which she can drive, just in case.
>
> "Really need to get some flash-bang grenades," she tells herself.
> [/Alex]

[GM]
The concussion grenade hits just as the driver stops the vehicle.
Between Vesper's energy field and the grenade's effects, there seems
little chance of escape now. Four soldiers are already pulling their
guns and shouting "Hands in the air, now!" and at least a dozen are
running towards it.

Alex spies four other hover vehicles in the immediate vicinity [OOC:
No more than fifty feet away].
[/GM]

[Justin]
Justin looks to Oz. "I think that's that then..."
[/Justin]

[GM]
And then, quite suddenly, there's a bright flash and a loud boom. The
guard's are knocked back, there's a moment's blindness and confusion,
followed by a thick cloud of black smoke surrounding the vehicle.
Oddly enough it cannot penetrate Vesper's energy field, and terminates
there like ink hitting the outside of a glass jar. There's a hint of
movement within the cloud, a flash of what looks like a yellowish
oozing tentacle here and there and a sound like someone smashing
concrete.
[/GM]

-- 
Aaron Clausen
mightymartianca at gmail.com