Curtains#2 - It Came From Below!

[Keia]

Professor Fate - HPs: 2

Fate watched for moment as the Fungal serpent reared up in the lobby. 'Can't blast it, drain it or otherwise harm it while I'm intangible . . . and I don't think I want to go tangible just yet,' Fate thought. 'It's definitely time to get out of here, though. Not certain how many more times I can pull off that trick with the intangibility . . . really getting tired.'

Professor Fate flew up through the ceilings near the stairway, alert for Granite and Tarantula.

 

[Radiant]

Jorgi Vadislav

"Great,amaneatingfungus.Itjustgetsbetterandbetter."
With the same detached look he answers Andrew.
"Truckssoundfine.Youthinkyoucangetsome?
Whyaretheystillinthere?Allcalculationsshowtheyshouldhaveexitedthebuildingoveraminuteago."

 

[Rybaer]

Thurman Biological Sciences Building
CC State Campus, Coast City
Apr 17
23:24

Dr. Linderman's lab...

Lets finish this somewhere were your friends won't interfere.

"Nah, I like the ambiance here," the Green Fungus says. He gestures at the fungal tendrils. "Besides, my friends are ready to play."

Catching both Granite and the Green Fungus by surprise, Tarentula drops from the ceiling midway between the two. With lightning-quick speed, he lashes out at the Green Fungus with his venomous fangs. The attack hits, but the venom does not appear to have any immediate effect on the large man. (Attack roll 13+7=20, hit; Fort save DC18, successful)

The spider reverts back to Lawrence in the blink of an eye, and he calls back to Granite without taking his eyes from the Green Fungus. "Granite, get out of here with the guy lying at the door. We'll talk later!"

The Green Fungus glares at Lawrence with blazing green eyes. "This is getting annoying," he says. He takes a deep breath and blows a thick cloud at Lawrence. Lawrence just barely dodges the blast thanks to his incredible reflexes. (Attack roll 23, miss)


Initiative:
Lawrence
Green Fungus
Granite (currently up)


*****

Floating through the building...

Fate floats up through the stairwell, seeking signs of the others. Around the fifth floor, he finds considerable damage to both the concrete walls and the metal railings. No bodies, so he presses on.

He pauses on the seventh floor and is rewarded with the faint sound of voices from down the hall in the direction of Dr. Linderman's office. Fate quickly floats down and just catches the voice of the man from the lobby say, "This is getting annoying."

On the floor of the hall just before the door is the limp, labcoat-clad body of the student that Lawrence had fought upstairs. Fate pokes his head around the door frame and finds everyone.

Fate will fit in after Granite in the initiative order.

*****

Andrew looks back at Jorgi. "No, I kinda doubt I can arrange for the trucks."

He turns back to watching the building.

"Uh, Jorgi," he says with a waiver in his voice. "I think you'd better take another look across the street."

Jorgi diverts just enough of his attention away from the electronics to look at where Andrew is pointing. In addition to the tendrils that are moving in the vicinity of Linderman's laboratory, the tendrils at the base of the building are now writhing en masse. Great cracks in the sidewalk and street are radiating out from the base of the building at an alarming rate.

"Oh my god," Andrew mutters. "I think they're trying to take the building down..."

 

[Radiant]

Jorgi Vadislav

"Wow."
The show is impressive enough to draw Jorgi back into the real world. He slowly disconnects from the machines and stares wide eyed at the spectacle.
[color]"Hookthescreeninthereonceyougotit.I'llbeback."[/color]
Gulping he steps over the edge of the building and surge towards any opening in the fungus he can find. The electricits flares up to its highest level in reaction to his fear.
Got to help them in there. Bright side is that my shaking knees aren't a prob while flying...[/color]
During flight bolts of lightning detach themself from his force field and shoot at the mass of green fungus. He doesn't expect a reaction but it makes him feel better.

 

[Rybaer]

Thurman Biological Sciences Building
CC State Campus, Coast City
Apr 17
23:24

Just outside the building...

Jorgi takes to the air, a blazing corona of electricity surrounding his body and partly lighting up the dark street. There is no longer a hole in the fungal mass covering the building, but there are spots where it looks more accessible - particularly where the windows to Linderman's office would be.

Jorgi approaches and starts to unleash a relentless barrage of electric bolts into the writhing mass of fungus. The electricity blasts apart bits of fungus and induces even more chaos into the thrashing of the tendrils. It appears that Jorgi is making headway through the mass as no new fungus is moving in to replace the bits that are blasted away.

*****

Dr. Linderman's lab...

Loud cracks can be hear coming from just outside the windows. The fungal tendrils block sight, but the sound is recognizable to all but the Green Fungus as the electrical discharges that Jorgi can produce.

After a few moments of the crackling, bits of fungus are blasted back into the lab and flashes of blue-white light can be seen intermittantly through the writhing mass.

 

[Mimic]

Granite health 3 stun hp 1 remaining

Granite watches as the events unfold around him.

Kids brave I will give him that, Granite thinks to himself as he watches Lawrence try and take out the fungus man, and electro boy is outside so Fate has got to be around here somewhere. Which means they got everyone out and more then likely have whatever green boy here wants, we should just bug out... Yea, who am I kidding.

Granite lunges forward and takes a swing at the Fungus man.

<ooc: No power attack>

 

[Keia]

Prof. Fate Unharmed, HP's: 2

Professor Fate floated through the wall of the lab, and looked over the sight before him. Granite and Lawrence stood toe-to-toe against the large fungus man while it appeared that Jorgi was blasting his way into the lab from the outside.

'It appeared that we have an exit, then,' Fate thought. Fate concentrated but a moment and corporeated, becoming solid again. He spoke the words, activating his Force Field. Then, Fate aimed an energy blast at the fungus man. It seemed the time for negotiation was past.

OOC: Move and Fire (+8 Ranged attack, +8S damage). Free Actions: Drop Incorporeal, Add Force Field, Maintain Flight and Immunities.

 

[Radiant]

Jorgi Vadislav

Lightning bolts launch from Jorgi's fingertips in rapid succesion.
"Yeaheatthatyoudelusionalpieceofvegetable!"
Once he fried enough to make a man sized hole he launches through and lands roughly on the floor. Quite obviously his powers are not of the "sublte floating" style.

 

[Velmont]

"Damn, ther is one guy left... why no one listen to me." say Lawrence to himself. He transforms into a swarm that start to climb on the fungusman and the spiders try to bit him.

OOC:
(Free) Transform into Swarm
(Half) Drain (DC18)
Dodge against the fungusman
All-out attack (+2/-2)

 

[Rybaer]

Thurman Biological Sciences Building
CC State Campus, Coast City
Apr 17
23:24


Dr. Linderman's lab...

Granite muscles in beside Lawrence and lands a solid blow into the Green Fungus' midsection. (Attack roll 19+7=26, hit; Dmg save + prot vs DC27, failed for 1 stun hit)

Fate returns to his corporeal state and brings up his force field. He holds out his hand and summons forth a bolt of lightning, trying to finesse it between Granite and Lawrence. It narrowly misses Lawrence's head and blasts harmlessly past the Green Fungus. (Attack roll 5+8-4=9, miss)

Lawrence dissolves into the swarm of spiders and sinks his fangs through the man's pants into hard, pulpy flesh. The Green Fungus again seems to shrug off the venom's effects. (Attack roll 11+7=18, hit; Fort save DC18, successful)

The Green Fungus' eyes blaze with hatred. "Enough of this petty brawling," he growls. With surprising speed, he kicks off a couple of Tarentula's spiders and muscles past Granite. He leaps headfirst into the writhing mass of fungal tendrils in the window that isn't being blasted from outside. The tendrils envelop him and he disappears from sight completely.

*****

Outside the building...

Jorgi continues to blast away at the tendrils, watching in satisfaction as larger chunks of tissue are sent spiraling to the ground below.

About fifteen feet to the right of where he's blasting, the tendrils bulge outward. The large lump in the wall covering starts to quickly work its way down the side of the building, much like watching a snake swallow a mouse in time-lapse.

*****

Dr. Linderman's lab...

Moments after the Green Fungus disappears through the window, the entire building lurches sideways a few inches. It's not enough to knock anyone off their feet, but certainly enough to warrant concern. It is accompanied by the distinct sound of twisting steel and cracking masonry.