[d20 Apocalypse] After the Blast IC

[airwalkrr]

Tom hangs back, throwing things at the creature to try to distract it. (+2 to hit creature on rounds 2 and 3.)

Xavier continues to watch the truck.

Terrence uses caution while engaged with the creature. But just as it is about to leap for him, a bullet strikes it square. James managed to score a crack shot (8 points), which angers the creature. It turns its attention to James and begins to slash at him furiously, but he ducks and dodges, managing to come out with only a minor scrape in the process (2 points).

As Francisco attempts to distract it with his sword, Terrence sees a unique opportunity. Seeing an oil can floating over the creature's head, he seizes the moment, strange though it may be. He slashes the container with his knife, causing oil to pour all over the creature, temporarily blinding it. He then pulls back from the action, clearly wounded quite badly, but his heroism may have made the difference.

While Kyle assists with Terrence's wounds, Tom tosses the butane lantern on top of the creature. The lantern sunders as it strikes the creature's hard chitinous shell, igniting the oil and spreading flame rapidly across the beast's head and upper body. As it thrashes about furiously trying to douse the flames and releasing bone-chilling shrieks of pain and frustration, Francisco sees a window of opportunity open up and dives in with his sword for the coup de grace. As he runs the creature through, it lets out a harrowing cry before falling to the floor a charred husk.

You nightmarish encounter is finally over. Kyle tends to Terrence's wounds and once he has him bandaged up, looks to James' cut. (Kyle may restore both with 1d4 hit points by treating them with his medical kit.)

 

[ThWatcher]

Janice Cardinal 3/6

As the creature falls silent, Janice absently rubs at her temple. She stops looking around the edge of the display that had mostly hidden her from the creature and sits down. Her slightly labored breathing slows to normal after a little while and she listens to the men here as they talk about the creature, where it came from, and what they need to do now.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Francisco cleans his sword with a cloth and sheathed it. He watches around to see how was everyone. "Terrance, that was the most brave thing I've seen." Francisco kneels next to the creature and tries to examine it, and determine what the hell was it.

 

[Frozen Messiah]

Terrence puts away his knife then wavers for a moment then falls to the ground. He remebers the time when his old comrade, Jack Liteger, was shot through his hand and jack didn't scream he just looked at the wound and tears roled down his eyes, but he didn't scream.
Terrence shakes his head to get himself out of the his day dream as he he is being cared for. "Thank you very much, I owe you one." Terrence says to Kyle giving him a small nod "You guys did pretty well there for civilians there may be hope for you guys yet."

 

[airwalkrr]

Francisco examines the monster carefully, but it is unlike anything he has ever seen before in his life. If one were to combine a praying mantis, a wolf and a rhinoceros, then add razor sharp forearms, one might get something vaguely reminiscent of the thing. Some bizarre genetic experiment perhaps? All he can really do is theorize.

From cleaning off his sword he notices that the creature's blood is composed of a thick, black ichor. He's never seen anything like it, even in an insect, which the creature closely resembles (size notwithstanding). Even with all of his education, he has no explanation for where the thing came from.

 

[failedreality]

Tom Buckner 12/23

Tom stammers back against the wall. He uses it to hold himself up as he cannot believe what just happened. It was all like a flash. He stumbles out of the store and grabs a spot of cement on the curb to sit down on and relax while the others are going about doing what they are doing. Tom continues to replay the events that have just happened in his mind still believing, or wishing for that fact that this is just all a dream.

Tom continues to rest until the group is ready to make it's next move or help is needed.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Francisco stands up, throws the piece od cloth away, and walks to the others. "I'm afraid I can't get any light over that thing, I'm no biologist but the thing is nothing like I've ever seen, nor think it's possible for a natural earth thing. I'm not sure it could be product of the explosion, since radiation doens't work that fast genereating mutations. The best we can do is grab that battery and get the hell out of here, rapido."

 

[ThWatcher]

Janice Cardinal 3/6

When Janice hears Francisco mention getting a battery and leaving, it occurs to her that she should also get what she can before leaving. She begins looking around for things she thinks she could use.

 

[Blackrat]

Kyle stands there for a while, his mouth hanging wide with disbelief. Nevermind the weird beast, the floating canister was much more intrigueing. Seeing Janice rubbing her head makes him suspicious about the cause, but he leaves it at that for a moment as there are people needing attention. He starts patching the two most hurt, but being disturbed by his thoughts he's not doing too well.

1d4=1, 1d4=1

 

[airwalkrr]

As your group looks around for things that could be useful, they find the shop in relatively good condition. It looks like its solid construction and distance from the blast protected the interior fairly well. (The place hasn't been heavily looted yet, so you can still find whatever you would expect to find in an auto-parts store. They have spare tires, engine parts, emergency flares, reflective jackets, mechanical tools, and so on.)

You also notice something unusual about the charred creature on the floor. A glint of something metal reflects from the few flickers of fire from the burning oil that remains. The metal object is wrapped around the creature's front-left foreleg. It is something like a thick, rounded ring made of a bluish metal.