[D20 CoC] Mountains of Madness - Chap 4: Departure; Recruiting Alternate Players

Job

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Paco was out of his bed in a flash, his long underwear, red and threadworn, drawing attention in the mess hall... "What is happening, por favor?", said Paco as he followed a deckhand running towards the exit leading to the ship's deck ramp.
Paco races after the deckhand through the doorway, his bare feet slapping the metal flooring, and he emerges onto the second level of the aftercastle superstructure amidst incredible chaos. He's momentarily overwhelmed by the billowing smoke, flames licking skyward, shouting, cursing, and running crew. But then Paco's training and experience take over, and he pushes past a few crewmembers down the ramp and into the confusion, his underwear making him stand out as a red blur.

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Job (the tortured one).
 

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Taokanf

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Camille tumbled out of bed and into the hall with a curse. "What in Buddha's backside is going on?!" She grumbled to herself as she headed up the stairs, long johns flapping around her ankles. Burglars? Saboteurs?
 

Morpheus

Exploring Ptolus
Martin falls to the deck as the ship shudders.
"Sacre bleu!"
His meeting with Prof. Moore would have to wait.
He had to find out what just happened.
 

Father Rucker

Covering his mouth and nose from inhaling the petroleum fumes and smoke, Father Rucker looks around and calmly analyzes the scene. If any one was near the shed he is probably dead by now, beside it, more explosions can be take place over there.

People must be evacuated from the ship … now.
Father Rucker tries to spot through the thick smoke the boarding passage, if he finds it, he will hurry to the ship to help the people out for safety.
 

Job

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Taokanf said:
Camille tumbled out of bed and into the hall with a curse. "What in Buddha's backside is going on?!" She grumbled to herself as she headed up the stairs, long johns flapping around her ankles. Burglars? Saboteurs?
A line of men were running past the intersection of corridors and one stopped to ogle at Camille, but another pushed him roughly from behind, yelling "Move! Move! To the main deck!"

Camille then heard a booming voice from behind, "I commend your sense of urgency, Miss Bardier, but I insist that you return to your room and put on some appropriate clothing!"

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Morpheus said:
Martin falls to the deck as the ship shudders.
"Sacre bleu!"
His meeting with Prof. Moore would have to wait.
He had to find out what just happened.
Martin exits the main aftercastle and enters a scene from hell. From his perch on the walkway one level above the main deck, his eyes watering from the smoke, he could see the fire raging within the adjacent pier shed and a number of blackened bodies lying on the dock. Deckhands raced towards the gangway leading to the pier.

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Strahd_Von_Zarovich said:
People must be evacuated from the ship … now.
Father Rucker tries to spot through the thick smoke the boarding passage, if he finds it, he will hurry to the ship to help the people out for safety.
The priest saw the gangway leading up to the main deck of the ship and bounded for it. He reached the top of the ramp just as a number of deckhands reached the end of their sprint towards that same desitination--directly at him--and nearly pushed him backwards as they bumped and pushed and shoved their way past, all the while loudly proclaiming their heartfelt apologies to the "Padre".

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Job (the tortured one).
 

Father Rucker

Father Rucker scans the surroundings, trying to pierce the smoke screen he shouts.
Anybody here? If do, exit immediately!
He cough several times and wipe the tears from his eyes.
Captain Starkweather?! Prof. Moore ?!
 

Job

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Strahd_Von_Zarovich said:
Father Rucker scans the surroundings, trying to pierce the smoke screen he shouts.
Anybody here? If do, exit immediately!
He cough several times and wipe the tears from his eyes.
Øyvind (and the dogs) observe a stream of stevedores exiting from the holds. These workers hurry across the main deck and past Father Rucker down the gangway, cursing and waving at the acrid smoke to join the exodus to safety, most fleeing toward the safety of the street.

One man staggers as he drags another down the pier, paying no attention to the other man's screams or the flames that lick up from his trousers.

There is another "Whoomph!" from inside the shed, and the tongues of flame lick higher as something else begins to burn. A tremor, followed immediately by a wave of heat washes heavily over Father Rucker at the top of the gangway, then ripples flags and tarps it passes by Martin and Vittorio and George Barrow on the aftercastle deck.

Somewhere inside the shed on the pier, men cry out from the pain of their burns.

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Job

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...Camille heard a booming voice from behind, "I commend your sense of urgency, Miss Bardier, but I insist that you return to your room and put on some appropriate clothing!"
Just then, another explosion jarred the ship, sending everyone into the walls, some tumbling to the floor. Leaning on the wall, Camille saw Starkweather bolt past and shove a few men to the side, barking "Out of my way, damn it!"

He propelled himself down the congested corridor, around a corner, and disappeared from Camille's view.

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James Starkweather pushed through to arrive on deck next to Martin, Vittorio, and George, grasping the railing and scanning the main deck. His collar and tie are gone, his shirt unbuttoned and hair awry. "What's happened?" he snaps, then freezes as he peers over the rail. "Great Scott!"

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Martin, Vittorio, and George trace Starkweather's gaze and, in the hellish red and yellow glow of the fire, they see a steel-rope cargo sling dangling level with the ship's side, about six feet away from the bulwarks. Five drums of gasoline are suspended there, held over the river of fire like some disastrous popcorn popper. On deck, another fifteen drums stand about the open number two hatch, and many more are already stored below.

It is obvious that if the drums in the sling explode from the heat, the flames they produce may set off the drums already aboard the Gabrielle.

First Officer Turlow snaps an oath and leaps for the bridge, as his remaining ondeck crew begin to cast off the lines holding the Gabrielle to the pier. Starkweather turns to Martin, Vittorio, and George and yells above the din, "Come on, lads!", as he sprints down the ramp to the deck. "Follow me! To the winch!"

Starkweather yells and grabs at the few last fleeing stevedores. "Cowards!" he cries, "Help us fight this thing!" A huge burly fellow snarls and smashes a fist to Starkweather's jaw, and the commander drops to the deck.

Link to U.S.S. Gabrielle Floorplans - Full Ship

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Strahd_Von_Zarovich said:
Starkweather? Prof. Moore ?!
Father Rucker shouts, trying to spot anyone.
Craning his neck to see over the throng of stevedores who were rushing by him down the gangway to the pier, Father Rucker saw James Starkweather run past, yelling and pushing through the crowd, and then saw the commander attacked.

[sblock]Check the map in the post just above this one to see everyone's relative positions on the ship. Oyvind is currrently with the dogs on the tweendeck level, below the main deck.[/sblock]

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Strahd_Von_Zarovich said:
Jesus!
Father Rucker hurries to the fallen captain.
Help me for god sake.
He scream for the man around him.
Starkweather is conscious. He rubs the side of his face, saying "I'm all right, I'm all right", then glances up at the priest and a confused look passes across his face. He reaches up and asks "Give me a hand, would you Father?" As the priest helps the commander to his feet, he notices that Starkweather's nose is bleeding profusely and that the commander seems to be a little unsteady on his feet.

A wave of acrid oily smoke curls over the deck, obscuring vision and causing everyone nearby to begin coughing. Somewhere a steam whistle begins to blow.

Starkweather grabs Father Rucker's arm to get his attention and gestures towards the controls for the cargo boom that holds the barrels of gasoline suspended above the fire. The commander leans in towards Father Rucker and shouts to be heard above the noise, "Move those barrels, man! Move them or we're done for! I'll make my way to the fire hose."

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Father Rucker

Father Rucker hurries to the control panel, looking over the buttons, switches and levers he tries to determine what every lever and button do. (If there are sign, "right" "left" it will be good enough.)
He then tries to move the gasoline barrels away, stopping frequently to wash is sweat and caught.
 

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Strahd_Von_Zarovich said:
Father Rucker hurries to the control panel, looking over the buttons, switches and levers he tries to determine what every lever and button do. (If there are sign, "right" "left" it will be good enough.)
He then tries to move the gasoline barrels away, stopping frequently to wash is sweat and caught.
Father Rucker runs for the winch controls, dodging a couple of stevedores who are racing directly towards him to get off the ship.[sblock][OOC - It takes Father Rucker two rounds to get to the winch controls. Other players will have the opportunity to take two standard actions during Father Rucker's movement to the controls, but feel free to describe Father Rucker's actions. I'll respond to everyone's actions and describe them as best as possible to keep the storyline sequenced correctly. I'll set up a round-by-round list of players' actions in the OOC thread.][/sblock]
The winch controls seem simple to Father Rucker, but they are utterly unfamiliar to him. There are three levers, two floor pedals, and a metal panel with 4 buttons: black, red, green, and grey.
[sblock][OOC - Please make two "Operate Heavy Machinery" rolls for Father Rucker and describe his actions for our story.][/sblock]

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[sblock=ooc]Operate heavy machinery can't be used untrained and Father Rucker don't have any ranks in this skill. [/sblock]

Father Rucker looks puzzled at the levers and pedals
Green is probably the "Go" button, and Red is the "stop". I wonder what are the black and grey.
Father Rucker thinks to himself
One of the pedals is probably the gas and the other is the break, the levers are to maneuver the tankards. I hope I'll not drop them.
Father Rucker press the green button, the right pedal and begins to pull the levers.
 


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