[Taocow PBEM] Chapter III - This Ain't No Luxury Liner

[Derek McCullough]

OOC: Arden plans on coming back to grab her once he is properly armed. No
reason for both him and the girl to die by Arden being unarmed.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Clausen" <mightymartianca at alberni.net>
To: "The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM" <taocowpbem at zork.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Chapter III - This Ain't No Luxury Liner


> > [Lady Frost]
> > Frost finishes her charge by plowing the door into the remaining
> > guard. That should easily KO him.
> > [/Lady Frost]
>
> [GM]
> The guard gets off a couple of more shots, the first hitting the door
> near Frost's feet, and the other finally puncturing a hole near her
> shoulder. Frost feels a bit of burning from a flesh wound.
>
> Before the guard can shoot a third time, the door smashes into him,
> knocking him flying into the hallway. Though his body armor likely
> spared him from the worst of the force, he is lying quite still, either
> knocked out or deciding that it's safer to play dead.
> [/GM]
>
> > [Lady Frost]
> > "Kyle, with me. The rest of you, get to it. Try not to kill people if
> > you can avoid it, we can sort the bad from misguided later."
> > [/Lady Frost]
>
> > [Kyle]
> > "Don't kill people. Hey they didn't train me to be nice." With that
> > Kyle follows Lady Frost he stays about five meters behind her and
> > just to the left.
> > [/Kyle]
>
> > [Lady Frost]
> > Frost turned to fix the man with her gaze. "Then follow my lead. I
> > kill when I have to, but I won't kill, or allow you to kill, an
> > innocent person. And I said 'if possible'. I know it might not be."
> >
> > Frost looks down to the woman on the floor, then to Arden. "I'm
> > guessing she's important to you? Get her somewhere safe and then join
> > us. We should be able to take the ship, but if we can't, we'll do
> > all we can to bring her with us."
> > [/Lady Frost]
>
> > [Arden]
> > Without thought, he picks up the girl and carries her back into the
> > room. Again, using Aura sense to check vital signs, and prepping to
> > pick her up and run to his own room to gather his gear at the
> > earliest opportunity.
> > [/Arden]
>
> [GM]
> Arden can find nothing seriously wrong, though Sense Aura will only tell
> of a serious illness. Her head wound is bleeding slightly, and she is
> still unconscious. With no sign of life-threatening wounds, Arden runs
> to his own room to get his stuff.
> [/GM]
>
> > [Lady Frost]
> > Frost drops the door she was holding, then kicks the next door out
> > with massive force. "Move!"
> > [/Lady Frost]
>
> [GM]
> A few more shouts can be heard from the next hallway as the door clangs.
> [/GM]
>
> > [Alex]
> > Alex replies to Lady Frost, "Where do you want me to head for,
> > bridge, machine room, or the armory?"
> > [/Alex]
>
> > [Lady Frost]
> > Frost rolled her eyes, a gesture lost to the others with her
> > currently pupil-less eyes. "You're with Bongo, remember? You two are
> > probably the stealthiest of us so you get to break our hopefully new
> > friends out of the brig."
> > [/Lady Frost]
>
> > [Bongo]
> > "We better shag it double time too folks," Bongo growls. "Sounds like
> > the rest of the crew is on its way. They're ringing the metal stairs
> > like a dinner gong."
> >
> > He makes his way as quickly as possible out of the immediate area on
> > his way to the brig.
> > [/Bongo]
>
> > [Alex]
> > Alex is a bit confused about who she was supposed to go but with Lady
> > Frost's suggestions, she heads off towards the brig with Bongo. She
> > makes sure that she has several anti-personnel grenades loaded and
> > ready to disable those in the brig
> > [/Alex]
>
> > [Bongo]
> > "Like Frost said, let's try to avoid killing anyone if we can," Bongo
> > mutters. "Remember, the crew already think the captain's off his
> > rock and if we make it known we want to be out of their way they
> > might not force us to grease 'em."
> >
> > He shrugs. "Yeah, I know it's not likely... but it'd beat having to
> > fight off an entire ship's crew if it worked even once."
> > [/Bongo]
>
> [GM]
> With the hallway at least temporarily cleared of enemies, the party
> makes their way; Kyle for his SAMAS, Lady Frost to create a disturbance,
> Rod and Osiris to the bridge, and Arden is just walking back out into
> the hallway with his gear, the girl still lying unconscious in his cabin
> (though Lady Frost has made it clear she wants him with her).
> [/GM]
>
> [OOC]
> Alright, because it looks like you guys are splitting up into three
> parties, this is what I've got:
>
> 1. Lady Frost & Arden: On to the deck to create disturbance.  Arden's
> player please let me know your intentions (no I don't mean it that way!)
> with the girl.  Leave her?  Bring her?
>
> 2. Kyle: Also on to the deck, but to fetch his SAMAS.
>
> 3. Rod and Osiris: These guys are headed for the bridge.
>
> 4. Alex and Bongo: To the brig to get Phaeton.
>
> Does this sound about right?  I just want it clear in my head, and in
> all of yours, so we don't get hopelessly confused.
> [/OOC]
>
> -- 
> Aaron Clausen mightymartianca at alberni.net
>
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