[Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper, Veronique and Ted] Book 3 - Chapter XVIII

Tue Nov 1 04:44:53 UTC 2016

[Alex]

"Sometimes seems like the universe is out to get him," Alex responds, 
exasperated. "If you can tap into me, maybe I can proved a little." 
(ooc: Alex has all of 5 PPE so you might be able to use 4)

Otherwise, ever practical, she will work on patching the hole if she can.

[/Alex]

On 2016-10-30 07:54, 'Peter Perkins' via Taocow Rifts PBEM wrote:
> [Vesper]
> Though no technowizard Vesper knew dimension spanning and tried to 
> help figure out the device as well.
> He stood ready to seal the breach again if it was needed.
> "If I must I might have to do things the old fashioned way and go into 
> that anomaly and see if I can rift people out.
> I will need all the mystic energy I can get."
> [/Vesper]
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Jeremy Richard <thorley23 at sbcglobal.net>
> *To:* "taocow-rifts-pbem at googlegroups.com" 
> <taocow-rifts-pbem at googlegroups.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 29, 2016 6:53 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper, Veronique and Ted] Book 3 
> - Chapter XVIII
>
> OOC-> Does it look like Veronique killed whomever was coming out of 
> that silver sphere? I'm wondering since you mentioned blood and gore 
> as opposed to the burnt remains of an energy weapons discharge. Right 
> now it seems to me (perhaps incorrectly) that the orb was being 
> controlled from in there and I just executed the operator. :)
> IC-> "There is a machine inside the box the orb came out of. Perhaps 
> if we can figure out what this machine does, we can figure out how to 
> release Ted from the orb. There are some living remains around the 
> entrance to the machine, it's possible I killed whoever was in there 
> accidently, and they were controlling the orb as we investigated. Does 
> anyone know much about techno-wizardry? Given the placement of gems it 
> seems like some kind of TW device, but I don't know much about TW 
> other than using weapons and armor".
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com>
> *To:* Taocow Rifts PBEM <taocow-rifts-pbem at googlegroups.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2016 1:31 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper, Veronique and Ted] Book 3 
> - Chapter XVIII
>
> >> [GM]
> >> Lady Veronique and Ted make their way down to the hold, following
> >> largely the same route Vesper and Alex did a few moments before.
> >> They too briefly smell the pungent odor of sulfur, but then it
> >> disappears again.
> >>
> >> Down in the hold they can hear Alex and Vesper ahead, though they
> >> have to make their way over the contents of broken crates. After a
> >> bit of climbing, they make their way to their two companions. Alex
> >> seems to be concentrating.
> >>
> >> The ship begins to groan and shift again. Everyone is nearly
> >> thrown off their feet as the ship moves a good couple of feet. The
> >> breach in the hall widens and what is a bubbling little fountain
> >> becomes decidedly more active, more like a geyser, letting in at
> >> least three times as much water.
> >>
> >> That's when the smell of sulfur reappears, and then a glowing red
> >> light, the color of glowing coals appears right next to Ted. It's
> >> like a glowing red ball, but there's movement within, indistinct,
> >> but like a vortex. The ball itself isn't much larger than a
> >> basketball, but Ted suddenly finds himself being pulled towards
> >> it. The others see him being pulled, and it almost seems like his
> >> body is being slightly distorted, stretched out as if the orb is
> >> altering matter around it.
> >>
> >> And the water still bubbles in...
> >> [/GM]
>
> >> OOC: Though the volume of water getting into the ship is larger,
> >> it would still take a few hours before it becomes critical.
>
> > [Ted]
> > Ted's eyes go wide. He glanced around, looking for something he can
> > grab onto before being sucked into the glowing ball.
> > [/Ted]
>
> [GM]
> There's a shipping container not more than a couple of feet from Ted,
> and he's able to grab on to one of the rungs on a metal ladder. But the
> strength of this gravitational effect, or whatever it is, is huge, and
> he can tell his strength won't be enough for long.
> [/GM]
>
> > [Vesper]
> > "Ah hell."
> >
> > Vesper tries to figure out what the heck the thing is that is
> > attacking Ted.
> > [/Vesper]
>
> [GM]
> This is right up Vesper's ally, and he immediately recognizes it as a
> dimensional anomaly, a gateway of some kind. The really unusual aspect
> of this one is how it seems to keep to a very controlled and regular
> size. There's no chaotic blurred edge, and there's something almost
> purposeful about its movement. In fact, that it is so mobile makes it a
> pretty unique gateway.
>
> Vesper can also sense something about the other dimension; a heat, a
> stifling, raw, dry heat, and red. That color is somehow bleeding through.
> [/GM]
>
> > [Vesper]
> > Knowing Alex might need to fight Vesper looks around for anything
> > that he might be able to interpose with the leak to slow it down.
> >
> > "Go ahead Alex, I will try and hold the water out." *Casts energy
> > field to at least temporarily stop the water flow*
> > [/Vesper]
>
> [GM]
> There are all manner of goods; boxes full of blankets, insulation,
> packing materials like bubble rap and padding.
>
> The energy field temporarily staunches the flow, creating a rather
> amazing effect of bubbling water hitting the nearly invisible energy
> barrier.
> [/GM]
>
> > [Alex]
> > "I think I can deal with this thing better than most," Alex state,
> > having trouble believing it herself. Draw her flaming sword in her
> > right and her rune dagger. She will begin approaching the energy
> > ball. Trying to distract it with the flaming sword, she will tray to
> > make a surprise strike with her dagger [Strike: 27, Damage: 24MD].
> > [/Alex]
>
> [GM]
> Surprisingly, the orb is not distracted by the flaming sword, and
> instead attempts to evade the dagger [Dodge: 22]. Alex is still able to
> get a blow in, and the dagger seems to cut a swathe through the orb,
> leaving behind a trail of bleeding white light. Alex feels the
> gravitational attraction of the orb, and only the momentum of her attack
> prevents her from being trapped in its tractor field. For a moment, it
> looks to Alex like her arm is suddenly twice as long, and thinned out
> like a piece of thick spaghetti noodle.
> [/GM]
>
> > [Lady Veronique]
> > Given that it's pulling Ted towards it, Veronique thinks twice about
> > stabbing it with her sword. She instead takes her weapon and chops
> > the air between the glowing orb and Ted seeing if she can perhaps
> > sever some kind of tether. If that fails she switches to her gun and
> > opens fire on the orb.
> > [/Lady Veronique]
>
> [GM]
> When Lady Veronique chops between Ted and the orb, she feels the pull of
> the orb, as it nearly grabs the weapon right out of her hand. It doesn't
> do anything to release the grip on Ted.
>
> Veronique's shot goes complete awry [Strike: Natural 1], blasting a hole
> in the shipping container that the orb had apparently escaped from
> [Damage: 13MD]. Inside the shipping container is a large silver ball,
> big enough for an adult to stand inside. It is featureless, except for
> an oval door, open, which reveals the internal structure, which looks
> like an inverted pineapple; silver metal with lines of gold intersecting
> at multiple points, with what looks like a gem at each intersection.
>
> There is also what appears to be remnants of blood and flesh just
> outside the door, as if whoever was standing at that door when it opened
> was literally blown apart.
> [/GM]
>
> > [Ted]
> > Ted will keep hanging on until told otherwise.
> > [/Ted]
>
> [GM]
> The pull is getting to be too much for Ted. He's literally bending the
> metal rung he's clinging too.
>
> And then it simply snaps, and Ted seems to stretch out like a long thin
> line before disappearing into the orb.
>
> Once Ted has been sucked in, the orb retreats, heading deeper into the
> cargo hold and out of sight. The smell of sulfur fades away, and the
> only sound is the bubbling of water under Vesper's energy field.
>
> [/GM]
>
> -- 
> Aaron Clausen
> mightymartianca at gmail.com <mailto:mightymartianca at gmail.com>
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