B.P.R.D. Issue #1 "City of Night"

[Andrew D. Gable]

Kongming

Kongming stops and stares blankly at the monstrous metal behemoth. "What in the name of...what is that thing?" He turns towards Andy and Paul as they talk. "Then...well then, I suppose we had better end this thing, before it ends us."

 

[Keia]

Sgt. Michael Camden "Ace" HP's 3

"Okay, in English, what's going on in there and what do we have to do to stop it," Michael asked with surprising calmness.

OOC: Spot 24 (Roll 17 + 7 Base)

 

[Drakknyte32]

The Red Knight complains the entire trip, about the vehicle, about the desert, about his companions, about the rust covering his armor. Basically he spends the entire trip whining.

But he stops when they get closer to the gate. The magical force in this area was stronger, but not only that, the feel of it was familiar. From some time in his forgotten past the Red Knight had felt power like this before. And it awoke unpleasant memories in him.

~Fire. The sight and sound of the fire dominated his mind. It was greater than the clash of battle and the cries of the wounded. The unquenchable, all-consuming, terrible fire. The fire that burned within him.

The Red Knight marched with his brothers. An army of steel titans that mowed down anything in their path. They fought against creatures, bo human and magical, that charged against them recklessly. The Titans slayed many but the numbers of their enemies seemed limitless. Only one titan fell for every hundred enemies but even that was enough to weaken them. But the Red Knight did not fall. He continued forward with his fire and his fists, crushing through any that got in his way. He took many blows but even the strongest were not enough to stop him from fighting.

On a nearby hill a group of sorcerors were chanting. They wore robes of crimson and black and the words they spoke were painful to hear. They were guarded by creatures not of this world that covered the hill. And they were summoning something terrible.

Suddenly the chanting stopped. Twelve knights clad in silver and an old man with brown robes had broken through the wall of demons. Quickly they slayed the Sorcerors and with the end of the chanting the evil presence disappeared. All across the battlefield opponents disengaged and began moving back to their camps. They all knew that with the death of the sorcerors the battle had ended.

But there would be more.~

The Red Knight is broken out of his revelry by Christopher.

"Did you even here a word I said. Hurry up and get ready. It looks like we're going to have to fight."

Christopher grabs his shotgun out of the bag in the back seat while the Red Knight actually looks to see where they are.

OOC:
Red Knight spot check 7+9=16
Christopher spot check, Luck to check 11+2+3=16
Christopher is now equipped with the shotgun (Normal Rounds) and has it readied.

The text in red is part of the Red Knight's history. I'm going to try making it up via these flashbacks during the story. Hopefully it's not too boring to read.

 

[Velmont]

"Okay, in English, what's going on in there and what do we have to do to stop it," Michael asked with surprising calmness.

"What will happen? Dunno exactly, the detail was following when I stop reading. But the queen of this paradise have challenge the Gods to create something that wasn't meant to be, so she was trap in that city. Now I can easily imagine a big juggernaut or an army of undead that raise from the desert and travel the world to kill everyone. Well, you know the usual stuff that can doom the world.

Now, how to stop that. If at first, she remain trap, nothing will happen. If she is free, well, I will have some good reading to do."

 

[Radiant]

Lia

Lia has no idea what compelled her to go even closer to the machine, since she had every intention of awaiting the arrival of the car. Still she gets an idea. If the thing stinks of death and chants then there are not too many possibilities who might be in there. Somehow she can perfectly well imagine how an aging member of Ragna Rok might put his dying remains into some infernal machine.
So this is the sound I heard from the camp. I knew we're running out of time.
Since her unwanted movement brought her out of range with the rest of the team she lacks any idea how to make a plan and she is fairly certain that the thing is too powerfull for her to fight.
So much for good old assasination.

 

[Keia]

Sgt. Michael Camden "Ace" HP's: 3

Michael will look around for another way in (using binoculars from the rover). Whether he found something or not, Michael advised the non-combatants (Dr. Clay and the guide), "Stay with the vehicle until we've dealt with this stuff, we'll come back for you when the area is secure."

Playing it safe (and not wanting to be stranded), Michael pocketed the keys of the land rover.

OOC: Spot 22 (Roll 15 + 7 Base), Search 10 (Roll 3 + 7 base)

 

[Karl Green]

The silver wolf creeps closer to the great gate and the machine, quite as possible… she can 'hear' that strange noise like radio static, she thinks coming from the gate, and to her eyes she can see that it is becoming almost transparent…

The rest of the group starts piling out of the landrover, Dr. Clay saying "My god, I think I have heard of this City of Brass but it was only a legend. It was suppose to be one of the richest cities of the Ancient World…"

Michael notices that while there is has been no wind here in the desert sense they entered the phenomena, near one of the sides of the gates there appears to a small whirlwind or dust-devil of black sand, lazily drifting back and forth… He also sees the Silver Wolf creeping towards the machine, quite as a ghost…

The machine mech continues walking back and forth, chanting over the loudspeakers… when everyone feels a tremor pass through the sand… the gate seems to waver for a moment and then is solid again… then waver…

The sense of foreboding is growing stronger now with each passing second! There is a buzz in the air almost and while the tremor passed it almost feels like there is a vibration coming from the sand.

[NOTE - Lia is 80 feet from the striding machine; the rest of the group is about 130 feet; Actions?]

 

[Karl Green]

Michael will look around for another way in (using binoculars from the rover).
OOC: Spot 22 (Roll 15 + 7 Base), Search 10 (Roll 3 + 7 base)

The desert around here is almost totally flat, no hills or even rocks stick up from the surface... there is no where really to hide, but it might be harder to see someone crawling (or like the Silver Wolf on all fours)... the gloom is very deep here and one can not see much past 150 feet from their present location, even with binoculars

 

[Drakknyte32]

"I really don't like the look of this. Red Knight, it's time to cry havok and let slip the titans of war."

The Red Knight grins with the command and with a roar charges straight towards the machine in front of the gate. As he runs mystical fire surrounds him, lighting him up like a bonfire. A very large, dangerous, armor-clad bonfire.

Christopher heads upwards slightly more cautiously, keeping the Red Knight between him and the machine.

OOC:
Red Knight Sprints 80' towards the machine and activates his energy field.

Christopher sprints to be 60' away from the machine and makes sure the Red Knight is between him and the machine.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Kongming, 3 H.P.

Kongming runs up and draws his pistol, but does not fire at the robotic titan yet.

In advance, activating Dodge vs. the warmech, so +2 AC vs. him.