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<p>[Alex]</p>
<p>"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) <br>
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<p>Otherwise, ever practical, she will work on patching the hole if
she can.</p>
<p>[/Alex]<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-10-30 07:54, 'Peter Perkins'
via Taocow Rifts PBEM wrote:<br>
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<div>Though no technowizard Vesper knew dimension spanning and
tried to help figure out the device as well.</div>
<div>He stood ready to seal the breach again if it was needed.</div>
<div dir="ltr">"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.</div>
<div dir="ltr">I will need all the mystic energy I can get."</div>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Saturday, October 29, 2016 6:53 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper, Veronique and Ted]
Book 3 - Chapter XVIII<br>
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id="yiv8170832937yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477787803165_6825">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. :)</span></div>
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id="yiv8170832937yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477787803165_6854">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".</span></div>
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Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex, Vesper,
Veronique and Ted] Book 3 - Chapter
XVIII<br clear="none">
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id="yiv8170832937yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477787803165_6861"><br clear="none">
>> [GM]<br clear="none">
>> Lady Veronique and Ted make
their way down to the hold, following<br
clear="none">
>> largely the same route Vesper
and Alex did a few moments before.<br
clear="none">
>> They too briefly smell the
pungent odor of sulfur, but then it<br
clear="none">
>> disappears again.<br
clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> Down in the hold they can hear
Alex and Vesper ahead, though they<br
clear="none">
>> have to make their way over the
contents of broken crates. After a<br
clear="none">
>> bit of climbing, they make
their way to their two companions. Alex<br
clear="none">
>> seems to be concentrating.<br
clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> The ship begins to groan and
shift again. Everyone is nearly<br
clear="none">
>> thrown off their feet as the
ship moves a good couple of feet. The<br
clear="none">
>> breach in the hall widens and
what is a bubbling little fountain<br
clear="none">
>> becomes decidedly more active,
more like a geyser, letting in at<br
clear="none">
>> least three times as much
water.<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> That's when the smell of sulfur
reappears, and then a glowing red<br
clear="none">
>> light, the color of glowing
coals appears right next to Ted. It's<br
clear="none">
>> like a glowing red ball, but
there's movement within, indistinct,<br
clear="none">
>> but like a vortex. The ball
itself isn't much larger than a<br
clear="none">
>> basketball, but Ted suddenly
finds himself being pulled towards<br
clear="none">
>> it. The others see him being
pulled, and it almost seems like his<br
clear="none">
>> body is being slightly
distorted, stretched out as if the orb
is<br clear="none">
>> altering matter around it.<br
clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> And the water still bubbles
in...<br clear="none">
>> [/GM]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
>> OOC: Though the volume of water
getting into the ship is larger,<br
clear="none">
>> it would still take a few hours
before it becomes critical.<br
clear="none">
<br clear="none">
> [Ted]<br clear="none">
> Ted's eyes go wide. He glanced
around, looking for something he can<br
clear="none">
> grab onto before being sucked into
the glowing ball.<br clear="none">
> [/Ted]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
[GM]<br clear="none">
There's a shipping container not more
than a couple of feet from Ted, <br
clear="none">
and he's able to grab on to one of the
rungs on a metal ladder. But the <br
clear="none">
strength of this gravitational effect,
or whatever it is, is huge, and <br
clear="none">
he can tell his strength won't be enough
for long.<br clear="none">
[/GM]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
> [Vesper]<br clear="none">
> "Ah hell."<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Vesper tries to figure out what the
heck the thing is that is<br
clear="none">
> attacking Ted.<br clear="none">
> [/Vesper]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
[GM]<br clear="none">
This is right up Vesper's ally, and he
immediately recognizes it as a <br
clear="none">
dimensional anomaly, a gateway of some
kind. The really unusual aspect <br
clear="none">
of this one is how it seems to keep to a
very controlled and regular <br
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size. There's no chaotic blurred edge,
and there's something almost <br
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purposeful about its movement. In fact,
that it is so mobile makes it a <br
clear="none">
pretty unique gateway.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Vesper can also sense something about
the other dimension; a heat, a <br
clear="none">
stifling, raw, dry heat, and red. That
color is somehow bleeding through.<br
clear="none">
[/GM]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
> [Vesper]<br clear="none">
> Knowing Alex might need to fight
Vesper looks around for anything<br
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> that he might be able to interpose
with the leak to slow it down.<br
clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> "Go ahead Alex, I will try and hold
the water out." *Casts energy<br
clear="none">
> field to at least temporarily stop
the water flow*<br clear="none">
> [/Vesper]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
[GM]<br clear="none">
There are all manner of goods; boxes
full of blankets, insulation, <br
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packing materials like bubble rap and
padding.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
The energy field temporarily staunches
the flow, creating a rather <br
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amazing effect of bubbling water hitting
the nearly invisible energy <br
clear="none">
barrier.<br clear="none">
[/GM]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
> [Alex]<br clear="none">
> "I think I can deal with this thing
better than most," Alex state,<br
clear="none">
> having trouble believing it
herself. Draw her flaming sword in her<br
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> right and her rune dagger. She will
begin approaching the energy<br
clear="none">
> ball. Trying to distract it with
the flaming sword, she will tray to<br
clear="none">
> make a surprise strike with her
dagger [Strike: 27, Damage: 24MD].<br
clear="none">
> [/Alex]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
[GM]<br clear="none">
Surprisingly, the orb is not distracted
by the flaming sword, and <br
clear="none">
instead attempts to evade the dagger
[Dodge: 22]. Alex is still able to <br
clear="none">
get a blow in, and the dagger seems to
cut a swathe through the orb, <br
clear="none">
leaving behind a trail of bleeding white
light. Alex feels the <br clear="none">
gravitational attraction of the orb, and
only the momentum of her attack <br
clear="none">
prevents her from being trapped in its
tractor field. For a moment, it <br
clear="none">
looks to Alex like her arm is suddenly
twice as long, and thinned out <br
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like a piece of thick spaghetti noodle.<br
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[/GM]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
> [Lady Veronique]<br clear="none">
> Given that it's pulling Ted towards
it, Veronique thinks twice about<br
clear="none">
> stabbing it with her sword. She
instead takes her weapon and chops<br
clear="none">
> the air between the glowing orb and
Ted seeing if she can perhaps<br
clear="none">
> sever some kind of tether. If that
fails she switches to her gun and<br
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> opens fire on the orb.<br
clear="none">
> [/Lady Veronique]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
[GM]<br clear="none">
When Lady Veronique chops between Ted
and the orb, she feels the pull of <br
clear="none">
the orb, as it nearly grabs the weapon
right out of her hand. It doesn't <br
clear="none">
do anything to release the grip on Ted.<br
clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Veronique's shot goes complete awry
[Strike: Natural 1], blasting a hole <br
clear="none">
in the shipping container that the orb
had apparently escaped from <br
clear="none">
[Damage: 13MD]. Inside the shipping
container is a large silver ball, <br
clear="none">
big enough for an adult to stand inside.
It is featureless, except for <br
clear="none">
an oval door, open, which reveals the
internal structure, which looks <br
clear="none">
like an inverted pineapple; silver metal
with lines of gold intersecting <br
clear="none">
at multiple points, with what looks like
a gem at each intersection.<br
clear="none">
<br clear="none">
There is also what appears to be
remnants of blood and flesh just <br
clear="none">
outside the door, as if whoever was
standing at that door when it opened <br
clear="none">
was literally blown apart.<br
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[/GM]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
> [Ted]<br clear="none">
> Ted will keep hanging on until told
otherwise.<br clear="none">
> [/Ted]<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
[GM]<br clear="none">
The pull is getting to be too much for
Ted. He's literally bending the <br
clear="none">
metal rung he's clinging too.<br
clear="none">
<br clear="none">
And then it simply snaps, and Ted seems
to stretch out like a long thin <br
clear="none">
line before disappearing into the orb.<br
clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Once Ted has been sucked in, the orb
retreats, heading deeper into the <br
clear="none">
cargo hold and out of sight. The smell
of sulfur fades away, and the <br
clear="none">
only sound is the bubbling of water
under Vesper's energy field.
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