CB's Grim Frequencies IC -- COMPLETE

[CanadienneBacon]

OOC: We had some back and forth about whether the kitchen door was open, [MENTION=95059]Forged Fury[/MENTION]. The default has been that the kitchen door is propped open, permitting free movement and visibility throughout the initial encounter with Esmeralda. At one point, someone expressed interest in having the kitchen door be closed, but I don't think an action to that effect was ever stated in the IC. So, yeah, the kitchen door is open and Cyril heard the officers walk down the hallway with Otter and Feral. Cyril would also have heard (probably muffled) yelling from the basement just a second ago. The door to the basement stairs is open. And he heard J.R. in the hallway just now say, ""Don't shoot don't shoot wah's gowen on?" Sorry, [MENTION=6755061]Kiraya_TiDrekan[/MENTION], it's gonna be a Diplomacy DC 20 check to calm down a freaked out cop responding to an emergency call, with consequences for failure by more than 5. That goes for anyone else inclined to make a Diplomacy attempt.

Officer Jenks apparently hadn't spotted Feral with the others in the basement, because she startled him when she addressed him. "Get down! On the floor, with your hands behind your back!" Jenks didn't look at all swayed by Feral's suggestion that he put down the gun.

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

Feral gets on the floor, wondering how much trouble they'd get in if they took these cops down.

 

[gribble]

T-dawg mutely gets down on the floor, hands behind his back as ordered. At which point, the firearm sticking out the back of his pants becomes immediately obvious.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

"GUN! GUN!" Jenks stayed put and repeated his code for officer in distress.

Up top in the hallway, Officer 2 finished drawing his sidearm, trained it on J.R., and bellowed loud and clear, "Don't move." He muttered something else into his earpiece that neither J.R. nor Cyril picked up.

OOC: We've reached critical mass on this encounter. I'll give folks about six seconds in-game time to react, and then we'll shift to rounds if need be.

 

[Forged Fury]

Well, this is pretty much well and truly f)(*&^d up, Cyril thought to himself. Searching his mind, he settled on the best plan he could think of, it was pretty terrible, but then Marks and Garvey were getting what they deserved for being entirely inept.

Cyril mussed his hair up and walked out into the hallway, seeing a police officer pointing a gun at JR. "Now what the Hell is this?!?" the former lawyer yelled with mock outrage. "The cops don't show up until the end of the third act, at the very end of the damn movie! Who's your agent? Who am I kidding, you must be an extra..." Cyril asked the officer. Before waiting for a response, the former lawyer barreled on, "Seriously, how am I going to finish Born Again Alien if we can't even get the walkthroughs done without f)(&*&)ng up? We're not even into photography yet!"

OOC: Bluff w/Action Point: [roll0] + [roll1] = 40 If that stops him in his tracks long enough, I'm hitting him with a Charm Person.

 

[gribble]

OOC: Yay! Cyril saves the day!

 

[CanadienneBacon]

OOC: Whale of a fib, backed by a whale of a roll. SCBAMF. +1 Action Point to Cyril. Proceed with charm person.

Officer 2 frowned. Cyril could see the uncertainty writ plain on the man's face. "Uh, what? Jenks, get up here. I don't think dispatch called this one right."

 

[Forged Fury]

Mock uncertainty crossed Cyril's face. "Wait, you're a real police officer? Heavens! My utmost apologies officer..." The former lawyer glanced at the police officer's nameplate and finished with his last name. "I hope we weren't being too loud. I'm Cyril F. Kennedy, although you may know me by my nomme de plume... Cyril B. DeMille!" Pretending to look for recognition on the man's face even though he knew there wouldn't be any, he figured any grandstanding writer/producer/director would add, "Surely you've heard of some of my prestigious films? Sorority Babes in Badminton Hell? Attack of the Marsupial-Man? No?"

Cyril affected a pained look and then said, "Either way, I do hope my cast hasn't caused any trouble. We're working on the next of my amazing films and I told them not to break character under any circumstance. They may have thought this was an unannounced script revision. I do like to keep them on their feet."

Cyril trained his will on the police officer, putting every ounce of duplicity, chutzpah, and charisma into his effort.

OOC: Charm Person on the officer. First thing's first: Trigger Power to avoid paying the Power Point Cost: DC 13 Charisma Check = [roll0] (No penalty for failure) Attempt to manifest without display (Mental Display) = DC15 Concentration Check = [roll1] (No penalty for failure) The officer needs to make a DC 15 Will save. If I can apply a penalty to his check with an action point, I will do so, granting a penalty of [roll2]

 

[CanadienneBacon]

OOC: Cyril failed his Charismas DC 13 check to manifest charm person without power point expenditure, so it costs him 1 power point. Cyril failed his Concentration DC 15 check to manifest without display, so since it's a mental display, it'll chime in Officer 2's head. Finally, Officer 2 rolled an 11 on his Will DC 15 save. I'd have accepted an action point, but you're permitted to declare their expenditure after seeing the roll result, so you needn't spend the AP.

Officer 2's eyes crossed ever so slightly, then re-focused on Cyril. He lowered his gun all the way and shook his head back and forth vigorously, obviously confuddled. "Wha---? Esquire?" The cop glanced at Cyril. "Movie, hunh?"

 

[Shayuri]

Death Otter looks up from the floor where she's gotten down. You have to be kidding me.

"So do we have to stay on the floor or what?" she calls. "This carpet is barely fit to walk on, let alone lie down on."

Astonishingly, she seemed to play the part of a whiny, self-obsessed actress remarkably well.

(lol - I like having a social life on the weekends, but sometimes it sucks when I come back and see all this awesome stuff waiting for me )