[Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper, Louissa and Ted????] Book 3 - Chapter X - The Quest For Louissa

[Peter Perkins]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Smythe <ted_smythe at yahoo.com>
To: The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem at zork.net>
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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper, Louissa and Ted????] Book 3 - Chapter X - The Quest For Louissa

[Ted]
OOC: Ted will right the vehicle as quickly as he can, although he made need to help everyone else out first. GM?
[/Ted]

--- On Fri, 2/8/13, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper, Louissa and Ted????] Book 3 - Chapter X - The Quest For Louissa
> To: "The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM" <taocowpbem at zork.net>
> Date: Friday, February 8, 2013, 1:42 PM
> OOC: I know I'm jumping the gun
> again, but I may not be able to post
> until Wednesday or Thursday of next week (I'll try sooner if
> I can),
> so I thought I'd keep this action going.
> 
> >>> [Ted]
> >>> Ted slides behind the rail gun and lets loose a
> spray of fire just
> >>> over the crowd's heads. [Strike: Natural 20,
> what a waste!!!!]
> >>> [/Ted]
> 
> >> [GM]
> >> The crowd ducks for cover as flechettes fly
> overhead. Some give up the
> >> ghost and run for cover. The rest continue throwing
> rocks.
> >>
> >> There are still two men on top of the ATV, one has
> an energy rifle
> >> that he seems to be aiming to fire at the rail gun;
> The other is
> >> crawling down the front wind shield to block
> Louissa's view. Another
> >> couple of people are hanging on to the front
> bumper.
> >> [/GM]
> 
> >> [Louissa]
> >> Louissa shouts "Can someone tell me how to get out
> of here without
> >> hurting anyone?"
> >> [/Louissa]
> 
> > [Vesper]
> > "My magic won't work on them from within this vehicle."
> He moved to
> > Louissa, "Go that direction and look for a small pile
> of stones."
> >
> > "It's our best way out."
> > [/Vesper]
> 
> [Louissa]
> Louissa nods, and steers towards the spot Vesper has pointed
> out. She
> increases her speed to about 20mph.
> [/Louissa]
> 
> > [Ted]
> > Ted swivels the rain gun to around, hoping to knock
> either or both of
> > the men off the vehicle. [Strike: 8]
> > [/Ted]
> 
> [GM]
> One of the men is knocked off [Dodge: 1, Natural Fail]. The
> other
> easily ducks [Dodge: 16], and aims his energy rifle to try
> to take out
> the railgun.
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Ted]
> > If that does not work, he will aim directly at the man
> with the energy
> > rifle's head and, telepathically, order him to get
> off.
> > [/Ted]
> 
> [GM]
> The man's concentration seems to break and his eyes widen
> suddenly
> [Save vs Psionic Attack: 3]. Somewhat robotically he stands
> up and
> jumps off the ATV. Now all that is left are the men hanging
> on to the
> front of the ATV.
> [/GM]
> 
> [Louissa]
> Louissa decides to try to shake them off. She speeds up to
> about 30mph
> and begs steering back and forth. She manages to knock
> everyone around
> inside the ATV. She also manages to hit a bit of a rise in
> the land at
> the wrong angle [Pilot - Auto: 96%] and suddenly the ATV
> starts
> leaning too much to the driver's side. She tries to right
> the ATV
> [Pilot - Auto: 76%] but fails and the ATV tips over on to
> its side
> with a loud scraping.
> [/Louissa]
> 
> [GM]
> Everyone falls from their seats on top of Louissa and Alex
> [OOC: who
> was the last in the vehicle]. Outside they can hear the
> angry mob
> approaching, screaming bloody murder as they come. They are
> surrounded
> in dust, but they can't be more than about thirty feet from
> the wall
> of mist and the pile of stones that Vesper had pointed out.
> [/GM]
> 

[Vesper]
Silently curses.  

"Is everyone alright ?" He tries to free himself and makes sure to check on his familiar as well as see that everyone else is ok.
He also looks to see if the girl is still there.

[/Vesper]
> -- 
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> mightymartianca at gmail.com
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