Dark*Matter: Discovery, the Beginning

[Falkus]

Meredith manages to find the destination of the crates rather easily as its on the shipping labels of the crates, as its on the label. A history museum a few blocks away, they wound up here because of a misprint on the address. The origin was Cairo.

The shipping manifest was missing, though, presumably taken at the same time the Urn was.

Checking some magazines related to the dig where the artifacts were recovered does reveal some interesting facts. Apparantly, the four archeologists who had been killed shortly after the dig were all killed with a .45 caliber weapon, the same one used in each murder. Also, each archeologist had been killed shortly after the artifacts he had been analyzing had been shipped out somewhere else.

Nick's search through the crates reveals nothing overly unusual. A few tablets with various prayers and stories written on them among other things, nothing that would be considered out of place in a shipment of Egyptian artifacts, and nothing that sheds anymore light on the present circumstances.

No-one seems to notice Cyrus leaving the restroom, all the other people are still clustered around the reference desk, hoping that the police will arrive soon.

Upstairs, Cade managed to keep hidden as he watched the ponytailed man. He then saw something that was defintely suspicious. The man removed a Colt m1911 .45 pistol from a shoulder holster, and screwed on a surpressor.

 

[Friadoc]

oO A goodly man would call out a warning Oo thinks Cade as he steadies himself for what is about to come. Silencers are pretty much illegal, as Cade well knows, and those who generally have them aren't good people, either.oO I definately need to be more goodly Oo

oO Its better to ask forgiveness than permission Oo thinks Cade as he brings his sidearm to bear, using a bookshelf for partial cover, and squeezes off a round once the tell-tale red flicker of his lasersight illuminates near the man's clavicle - the sweet spot of center mass.

OOC - Cade's Shot 1d20+4=23 and Cade's Damage (2d6=6) if it hits. By the way, I scared the snot out of my SO and our son when I rolled that, she jumped about a foot off of the couch when I groaned out a shout, while our son looked at me like I was crazy. It hurt so bad to be that close to a crit and not make it.

 

[Friadoc]

OOC - Also, if that was to be considered the Surprise round and if it is needed - Cade's Initiative (1d20+3=9)

 

[Falkus]

The short, sharp crack of the ten millimeter sidearm echoes throughout the library, and the ponytailed man flinches as the bullet buries itself in him. He raises his gun to return fire, and snarls, "You will die in the name of the Secret Masters of Thoth! You will not stop me from my attaining my destiny!"

Everybody below hears the shot, and has their attention drawn upwards to the balcony, where they see the ponytailed man stumbling, and then raising his sidearm to return fire back down the stairwell.

(Okay everybody, let's roll initiative and declare actions.)

 

[iwatt]

Larry, had been standing outside the referencer room once he saw the old dude go in to check the crates. After the shot was fired and the psycho with the ponytail started to shout his freaky stuff, he moves towards a nearby table to gain some cover and takes a shot at the crazy man.



OOC: I'll roll all my acion now, since I'm not sure how much internet access I'll have today and I don't want to slow things down too much for the rest of you guys.
Initiative: 1d20+6=13

Attack: 1d20+2=22

Confirm Crit: 1d20+2=16

Damage: 2d6=8, 2d6=9

Woot! Larry really is lucky!! I hope a 16 is enough to confirm a crit, with whatever range penalties are involved.

 

[Shayuri]

"I'll be da..." Meredith starts to murmur to herself...then she jumps, startled, at the sharp staccato report of gunfire.

She jumps to her feet and instinctively crouches low as she scans up above, where the noise had come from. Two men, one hit and turning around with a gun. He was saying something, but Meredith couldn't quite make it out. They both had guns though! Which one was the murderer, and which one was his ill-chosen victim?

Unable to do much else, she raised her digital camera to cover the scene, setting it to record in full motion rather than in snapshots. She'd just swapped memory, so she figured she had several minutes worth of 'footage' to record. Enough to get through a gunfight most likely.

(Initiative: 10 http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=693001 )

 

[Friadoc]

“The Secret Masters, huh?" Cade replies as he returns fire from behind the edge of a bookshelf, hoping the cover protects his wisearce-self. “Well, that definitely makes you the murderer /and/ an @$$%*!&.”
OOC - Initiative of 9

Cade's Attack Roll (1d20+4=24)
Cade's Critical Hit Confirmation Roll (1d20+4=8) - Ok, this was more painful then missing the first roll by one. *grins*
Cade's Damage Roll (2d6=9)

 

[kinem]

"Murrda!" Diego, still in the meeting room, dives for cover and pulls out his pistol, preparing to shoot anyone who seems to be firing at innocent people.
He doesn't shoot at Larry because the ponytailed man is a shooter, too.

(ooc: initiative = 19)

 

[industrygothica]

Nick looks at the surreal scene with a puzzled expression. Jesus, am I the only one in the library without a gun, he thinks to himself. Then the gravity of the situation slaps him in the face, and he heads for the nearest cover.

initiative (1d20+1=17)

 

[yestotom]

OOC Assuming that Cyrus was mid-way between the restroom and the reference room.

Already on edge about the second murder, Cyrus whips around when he hears the gunfire, and, seeing the pony-tailed man he assumes to be a killer, Cyrus withdraws his weapons, and fires up at pony-tailed guy. He then move five feet towards the audio-visual stacks for cover.

OOC
Cyrus' Initiative (1d20+3=21)

Cyrus's S&W .44 Magnum Attack (1d20+3-2=2) I'll assume that's a miss.

Cyrus' 9mm Attack (1d20+3-2=12)

In case that's a hit, Cyrus' 9m Damage (2d6=7)