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[d20 Cthulhu] What Rough Beast... (Part I)
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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimster" data-source="post: 182521" data-attributes="member: 2511"><p><span style="color: red">OOC: The door was kicked <em>in</em>, Anab. It's on the other side of the wall. Now if you want to go in and pull it closed, that's another story.... =)</span></p><p></p><p>Randy drops to the ground and aims his weapon at the man with the shotgun.</p><p></p><p>“YOU IN THE ROOM. DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND COME OUT WITH --" Randy is cut off as the heavy man raises his weapon again. It's obvious that he's going to shoot.</p><p></p><p>Without hesitation, Randy fires his own gun. The bullet slams into the meaty part of the man's shoulder and out the back, hitting the window behind him and shattering it. He cries out in pain and fires his shotgun reflexively, but he is pointing it at the ceiling and hits no one. A ceiling light literally explodes, sending glass and other debris onto the floor. The room is now only dimly lit by the hallway light and the flashes of lightning outside.</p><p></p><p>Sam begins to scramble away weakly, holding in his stomach. He leaves a pool of blood behind him, and more begins to seep out from between his fingers as he gasps for air. Dr. Silver, more concerned about Sam then his own safety, grabs him by the upper arms and drags him away from the open door and the gunfight. <em>Ray, it looks bad. Sam's upper and lower intestines have been heavily perforated. Your mind races as you begin to wonder if you have enough drugs in your kit to keep Sam from dying of shock. Sam begins to gurgle - he obviously has blood backing up in his esophagus. If he doesn't die from shock, it will probably be from blood loss.</em></p><p></p><p>The thin scarecrow-like man raises his bat over his head and begins to charge, screaming something unintelligible. He runs to where Randy is crouched and swings the bat at his head. Randy starts to shift his aim, but instead ducks at the last moment. The bat slams into the wall hard, punching a hole into it. The man with the bat looks over his shoulder. "@#$%! More down here, Tyler!" </p><p></p><p>Suddenly, Alex barrels into the man's back knocks him to the ground. Alex is not a big man, but nonetheless overpowers his foe and drives him to the ground. It is close though - Alex's face turns red as he tries to hold him down. The bat falls to the ground with a clanging sound. <em>Alex, as you literally sit on top of the man, you notice that he has an odd scar on his forehead - it looks like a lower case 'i', with the bottom slightly curved to the left. It looks like it was done a long time ago.</em></p><p></p><p>From the inside of the room, you can hear the man dressed in the McDonalds uniform begin to shout. Oddly, it sounds as if he is trying to work through a complex math problem of some kind.</p><p></p><p>"Dissymetrics to the <strong>twelfth</strong> power! Ygnailh... ygnaiih... Reverse inverse prolate spheroidal coordinates... <strong><em>negotium perambuians in tenebris!</em></strong>"</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">OOC: Tsk tsk. Math has no place in a fire fight. What is he thinking?!?</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Crimster, post: 182521, member: 2511"] [color=red]OOC: The door was kicked [i]in[/i], Anab. It's on the other side of the wall. Now if you want to go in and pull it closed, that's another story.... =)[/color] Randy drops to the ground and aims his weapon at the man with the shotgun. “YOU IN THE ROOM. DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND COME OUT WITH --" Randy is cut off as the heavy man raises his weapon again. It's obvious that he's going to shoot. Without hesitation, Randy fires his own gun. The bullet slams into the meaty part of the man's shoulder and out the back, hitting the window behind him and shattering it. He cries out in pain and fires his shotgun reflexively, but he is pointing it at the ceiling and hits no one. A ceiling light literally explodes, sending glass and other debris onto the floor. The room is now only dimly lit by the hallway light and the flashes of lightning outside. Sam begins to scramble away weakly, holding in his stomach. He leaves a pool of blood behind him, and more begins to seep out from between his fingers as he gasps for air. Dr. Silver, more concerned about Sam then his own safety, grabs him by the upper arms and drags him away from the open door and the gunfight. [i]Ray, it looks bad. Sam's upper and lower intestines have been heavily perforated. Your mind races as you begin to wonder if you have enough drugs in your kit to keep Sam from dying of shock. Sam begins to gurgle - he obviously has blood backing up in his esophagus. If he doesn't die from shock, it will probably be from blood loss.[/i] The thin scarecrow-like man raises his bat over his head and begins to charge, screaming something unintelligible. He runs to where Randy is crouched and swings the bat at his head. Randy starts to shift his aim, but instead ducks at the last moment. The bat slams into the wall hard, punching a hole into it. The man with the bat looks over his shoulder. "@#$%! More down here, Tyler!" Suddenly, Alex barrels into the man's back knocks him to the ground. Alex is not a big man, but nonetheless overpowers his foe and drives him to the ground. It is close though - Alex's face turns red as he tries to hold him down. The bat falls to the ground with a clanging sound. [i]Alex, as you literally sit on top of the man, you notice that he has an odd scar on his forehead - it looks like a lower case 'i', with the bottom slightly curved to the left. It looks like it was done a long time ago.[/i] From the inside of the room, you can hear the man dressed in the McDonalds uniform begin to shout. Oddly, it sounds as if he is trying to work through a complex math problem of some kind. "Dissymetrics to the [b]twelfth[/b] power! Ygnailh... ygnaiih... Reverse inverse prolate spheroidal coordinates... [b][i]negotium perambuians in tenebris![/i][/b]" [color=red]OOC: Tsk tsk. Math has no place in a fire fight. What is he thinking?!?[/color] [/QUOTE]
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