Curtains#2 - It Came From Below!

[Keia]

Professor Fate - HPs: 2

"Don't go too far, Tarantula," Professor Fate cautioned. "It's not that you can't handle yourself, it's that I don't want anything chasing you brought to us while we're trying to get people to safety."

Fate renewed his immunities (Poison, Disease, Suffocation, Radiation, Pressure, Starvation, Exhaustion, Cold, and Heat), and prepared to deal with what came.

When he saw the glowing eyes of the creatures approach, Fate stood back so Jorgi could do his thing.

When the screams were heard, Professor Fate floated up into the air chanting, then said, "I'm going to see if I can get out whoever is behind those creatures. Can you two handle them, then meet me there?"

If so, Fate willl chant again, going intangible, float to near the top of the tunnel and do a full flight toward the sound of the cries for help.

 

[Mimic]

Granite nods and heads towards the zombies ready to bust some heads.

 

[Radiant]

Granite nods and heads towards the zombies ready to bust some heads.

"Sure we can."
Jorgi looks at Granite and realizes what he just said.
"Oh my..."
He glows almost exactly like track did seconds before as he releases the flow of the power and lifts of as high as possible. His skin crackles with electricity, ready to burn anything that touches him and he starts lightning bolts at the approaching zombies.

 

[Rybaer]

Harrington Street Subway Station, Coast City
April 18
00:27

Fate casts his preparatory spells and flies above the oncoming fungal zombies. They glance up at him, but do not attack as he's out of reach. The tunnel begins to curve slightly to the right and about two hundred feet ahead it begins to glow with a faint, flickering orange light. Another hundred feet or so and Fate finds the subway train - and it appears to have crashed into a large mass of fungus that is blocking the entire passage. Fate can only see parts of the train - enough to tell that it's damaged but was probably slowing down on approach to the station and didn't hit at too great a speed. A couple small fires have broken out near the cab.

Fate continues on above the fungal mass and pokes his head through the roof of the train. The lights in the car are flickering, revealing four fungal zombies that are struggling to get through the door of the passenger car into the next one down the line. Cries for help appear to be coming from that general direction.

*****


Initiative:
Jorgi 16
Granite 6
Zombies 5

Jorgi's body flares with crackling electricity, adding just enough light to reveal the bodies that the glowing green eyes belong to. He floats up to near the ceiling and unleashes a bolt of lightning at the leading zombie. The bolt blasts it in the shoulder, spinning it around but failing to knock it down. (Attack roll 6+10=16, hit; dmg save vs DC17 = natural 20, success)

Granite hurries forward into the leading edge of the zombies. They are a mix of men and women, by their dress some appear to have been returning home from a late night of work or carousing. Their vacant, glowing green eyes remove any trace of humanity, however.

He takes a wild punch at the nearest, but the zombie is still fairly spry and dodges easily. (Attack roll 3+7, miss)

Three zombies crowd around the front of Granite, taking wild swipes at him with unusually strong limbs. Only one connects and Granite scarcely notices the impact. (Attack rolls 21, 14, 8, one hit; dmg save roll 13+7=20, no damage)

The remaining two zombies also appear intent on flanking Granite from behind, but are just out of reach for the moment.

*****

Lawrence can just hear the distinct crackling sound of Jorgi's lightning echoing through the station.

 

[Radiant]

Jorgi Vadislav

Sinking down just low enough for the zombie to attack him Jorgi blasts away once again.
"I'll try to get the attention of these two. Hope you're allright rockboy."
And hope they get fried if they touch me cause I so don't like zombies...and fungus..and...

 

[Velmont]

They looks like having fun

Lawrence will continue to move foward slowly, and will stop at 20 feet of the fungus and start to inspect it. Naturally, he will try to stay silent and hidden the most possible in the shadow. Being cautious isn't a luxury he think to himself.

 

[Keia]

Professor Fate - HPs: 2

Harrington Street Subway Station, Coast City
April 18
00:27

Cries for help appear to be coming from that general direction.

Fate pulled his head back up through the subway car and traveled to the next car. Once there, he floated through the roof and took a look around at who was calling for help.

'This is becoming a long, long night,' Fate thought. 'And, the energy from the excellent meal with Maggie has definitely worn away.

 

[Mimic]

Granite 1 hp remaining

"I'll try to get the attention of these two. Hope you're allright rockboy."

"Yea I'm fine, they're just quicker then they look. Watch your back though... electro-boy." Granite responds with a grin.

<ooc He keeps on swinging>

 

[Rybaer]

Harrington Street Subway Station, Coast City
April 18
00:27

Fate floats through to the next car down the line. Again, the lights are flickering, but it is bright enough to see that there are half a dozen people in this car. At the front end, two men are struggling to keep the door closed off from the fungal zombies...succeeding for the moment. At the other end of the car, two women are fussing over an elderly man who appears to have taken a nasty cut to the head. Another woman is frantically clawing at one of the side doors in a vain effort to open it. She is the one Fate heard screaming.

This car has clearly suffered some structural damage, enough to prevent the doors from opening normally. It also appears that the car behind it has crushed into this one, sealing off yet another potential exit.

*****

Jorgi sinks down just a little bit, in hopes that one of the zombies will be foolish enough to try to grab his eletrified legs. He flings another bolt of lightning at one of the zombies as it tries to circle behind Granite. The bolt hits the zombie square in the chest, but amazingly it seems to just shrug off the attack. (Attack roll 16+10=26, hit; dmg save vs DC17, nat 20, success...back to back nat 20's...lucky zombie, eh?)

Granite lands a roundhouse punch into and through the jaw of the closest zombie, sending it flying back into the tunnel. His punch continues through and just glances off the next zombie in line. (Attack roll 19+7=26, hit; dmg save vs DC27, miss by 10+, out. Take-down attack roll 6+7=13, miss)

Three zombies swarm Granite, landing a number of weak blows that fail to penetrate his stony skin. One punch, however, hits Granite in a weak spot on the throat, actually injuring him slightly. (Attack rolls, 1 miss, 1 negligible hit, 1 critical hit; Dmg DC17 after Protection, save roll 8+7=15, 1 stun hit)

The zombie that Jorgi blasted breaks off from Granite and tries to grab Jorgi by the legs. Its fingertips just graze Jorgi's shoes, but the eletric field crackles and zaps the creature for its effort. The zombie snaps back, more as a reflex action than in pain. It seems to be dully considering how to get Jorgi next. (Attack roll 9, miss; Electric Field DC17, save roll 17, no damage)

*****

Lawrence moves a bit closer to the fungus. Unlike most of the other fungus he's come across so far, this mass does not appear to be moving or growing - not at any discernable speed, anyway. He can make out a couple of the bulbous spore pods, both of which appear to be intact. The rest of the mass is just comprised of thick tendrils of the same grayish green color as the rest fo the fungi seen this evening.

This mass is growing into the subway tunnel through a grating (which has been pushed aside). The grate is about 3'x3' and leads into the side of the tunnel.

 

[Keia]

Professor Fate - HPs: 2/5

Harrington Street Subway Station, Coast City
April 18
00:27

Again, the lights are flickering, but it is bright enough to see that there are half a dozen people in this car.

'Six?!?' Fate thought. 'Six is too many, I can't save them all . . . at least not at once, and I feel drained already.

Fate settled to the floor and corporeated. "Are you folks ready to get out of here? If so, stay clam and you men, continue holding the door. I'll see to this gentleman here and we can work on getting out of here."

Fate will move over the to the old man and heal him. Next he will try to calm the panicked woman down.