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

[Aaron Clausen]

>> [GM]
>> While Oz is conversing with the ley line ship, Ted quickly finds
>> the inventory of loading equipment; forklifts, cranes, and
>> hover-lifts, all meant to allow the ship to be able to load and
>> unload, even in a port without the facilities necessary to load and
>> unload cargo. In fact, the hover-lifts look most promising, though
>> the range is pretty short; no more than about two miles without
>> recharging. They're meant more to lift heavy cargo than go any
>> distance.
>>
>> Far below in the hold Oz and Ted can see Vesper and Alex making
>> their way through the hold, vast great stacks of shipping
>> containers, over broken crates, with a hover trolley holding
>> repair equipment. They disappear behind some shipping containers,
>> and if the damage sensor system is correct, they should be at the
>> main hull breach.
>>
>> And that's when Oz and Ted see a bright flash; yellowish-red, not
>> more than ten feet from Alex and Ted's last seen position. It
>> comes and goes very quickly, but almost seemed like a flame.
>> There's nothing showing up on the ship's sensors.
>> [/GM]

> [Alex]
> On the radio, "Oz, something is down here with us an elemental
> possibly or a demon of some kind. Haven't seen it but smell fire and
> sulfur. We are going to work on the patching but might need some
> extra eyes and people good with melee weapons since guns and rifles
> are a bad idea."
> [/Alex]

> [Oz]
> "Concur. We just got a flash of what looked like flame no more than
> 10 feet from you to your (whichever direction it was). You're the
> wizard, but my guess is demon or fire elemental. It's not showing up
> on sensors. Watch your backs."
>
> He looks at Ted and Lady Veronique. "Ted, Lady, do you want to go
> down there? Vesper wants people experienced with melee; I am more a
> shooter than a fencer."
> [/Oz]

> [Oz]
> "Concur. We just got a flash of what looked like flame no more than
> 10 feet from you to your (whichever direction it was). You're the
> wizard, but my guess is demon or fire elemental. It's not showing up
> on sensors. Watch your backs."
>
> He looks at Ted and Lady Veronique. "Ted, Lady, do you want to go
> down there? Vesper wants people experienced with melee; I am more a
> shooter than a fencer."
> [/Oz]

> [Ted]
> Ted glances at Lady Veronique. "I can go," he says, not waiting for a
> reply. He takes a quick look at the map on the monitor and then leaves
> to find his friends.
> [/Ted]

> [Lady Veronique]
> Lady Veronique says "I'll head down there to give them a hand, it's
> possible they are dealing with entities of some sort and I have a
> blade specifically enchanted to handle astral menaces like that"
>
> She will head down to catch up with Vesper.
> [/Lady Veronique]

[GM]
Ted exits the bridge, with Lady Veronique close behind, leaving Oz alone 
to stay in contact with the leyline ship and the crew VTOL.
[/GM]

OOC: Continuing in the next post

-- 
Aaron Clausen
mightymartianca at gmail.com

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