<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem@zork.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 12, 2013 1:51 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper, Louissa and Ted????] Book 3 - Chapter X - The Quest For Louissa<br> </font> </div> <br>
>> [GM]<br>>> The tower looks similar, though perhaps not quite the same. There are<br>>> no windows, but there is a very narrow winding staircase and now that<br>>> they are underneath it, they can see what looks like a platform high<br>>> above.<br>>><br>>> Vesper senses the dimensional distortion reach its maximum. Indeed<br>>> there seems to be something appearing in the fog, like a small dark<br>>> region. For an instant it looks as if something, or perhaps two<br>>> somethings, fall out of the darker region on to the platform above<br>>> with a distant but distinct "thud". And then, the dimensional<br>>> distortion has faded away into the already existing dimensional<br>>> oddities of this fog.<br>>><br>>> The other ATV again opens fire. Most shots miss, but a couple of<br>>> rounds hit their ATV with a loud thwack!<br>>> [/GM]<br><br>>
[Ted]<br>> Ted will return fire [Strike: 4].<br>> [/Ted]<br><br>[GM]<br>Ted's railgun fire misses the vehicle.<br><br>The other ATV returns fire in turn [Strike: 10], hitting the rear of<br>the ATV [Damage: 14MD].<br>[/GM]<br><br>> [Alex]<br>> Alex has a strange idea. She loads a flare grenade into her grenade<br>> launcher and fires it right at the windshield of the vehicle.<br>> [Strike: 11]<br>> [/Alex]<br><br>[GM]<br>The flare grenade strikes the lower part of the windshield of the<br>pursuing vehicle, so does not hit the gunner. However, the result<br>seems satisfactory, as the ATV swerves unsuccessfully [Dodge: 7] to<br>avoid the grenade. The driver is unable to recover, or possibly<br>blinded by the flare, cannot, and plunges off the trail. In moments,<br>the pursuing ATV is engulfed into the mist, and suddenly the engine<br>sound shifts from behind them to somewhere to their right, and then to<br>their
left.<br>[/GM]<br><br>> [Vesper]<br>> "Two someones or somethings rifted in up there on the upper platform<br>> of the tower."<br>> [/Vesper]<br><br>[GM]<br>Far above them, on the platform, they can swear the see someone waving<br>their arms.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[Louissa]<br>Louissa brings the ATV to a skidding halt.<br><br>"Looks like someone looking for help." she says. "What do you want to do?"<br>[/Louissa]<br><br>[Vesper]<br>Takes out his rifle and sites through the telescope to see who is waving up on the tower.<br>"First I am going to see just who or what is up there."<br>[/Vesper]<br><br>-- <br>Aaron Clausen<br><a ymailto="mailto:mightymartianca@gmail.com" href="mailto:mightymartianca@gmail.com">mightymartianca@gmail.com</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Taocowpbem mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net"
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