Dark*Matter: Discovery, The Delphi Paradox
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Friadoc
Explorer
Cade quickly switches focus, since the idea of a cloud coming from the man who was talking about posessing Meri now floating above everyone seems to bother him.
Firing a brief burst upward, into the cloud, Cade hopes that the WP rounds might ignite the cloud and remove it as a threat.
Firing a brief burst upward, into the cloud, Cade hopes that the WP rounds might ignite the cloud and remove it as a threat.
Meredith looks up at the cloud, startled by the manifestation. It wasn't really a 'spirit,' she thinks. More like those 'sand men,' they'd fought earlier. Which made sense, given what it had said earlier. A cloud of particles that possessed people instead of forming duplicates, maybe.
But how do you fight a cloud of dust?
Experimentally, she tries to jump up and take a swipe at it with the sword of Galahad!
But how do you fight a cloud of dust?
Experimentally, she tries to jump up and take a swipe at it with the sword of Galahad!
industrygothica
Adventurer
Nick fires at the nearest zombie.
Falkus
Explorer
Meredith leapt up at the Ephemeral in its natural state. The sword passed harmlessly through the cloud of particles.
Three of the surviving zombies continued to spray ammunition across the room, headless of any threat to themselves. One of them managed to place a shot into Cade's leg. Meredith took advantage of this opening, and smoothly beheaded it, dropping its burning carcass to the floor. The other two zombies tried to club her to the ground with the butts of their rifles. One of them hit her in the chest, but she barely felt it, what with the increased physical strength she'd been showing lately.
Larry dived for cover, firing wildly. His shot pinged off a wall behind the ruby on its stand, missing the zombie he was shooting at by a large margin.
Cade's burst of fire passed through the Ephemeral, spraying fiery (and holy) sparks off the ceiling, but apparently causing it no damage. It seemed impervious to phyiscal harm.
Ignoring the futile attempts to injure it, the Ephemeral dove down at Meredith. It gathered around her face, and tried to force itself into her body through her mouth. A distinctly unpleasant feeling, and Meredith could begin to feel its thought patterns taking control of her own. Through sheer force of will, Meredith forced it out of her mouth and back into the air, where it regrouped in the air above.
Diego and Nick both fired at the same zombie, and they both hit it, staggering it a bit, but not slowing it down.
[sblock]
Cade is hit for 8 points of damage
Meredith is hit for 5 points of damage
Meredith hits the burning zombie and deals 14 points of damage.
Diego hits and deals 7 points of damage
Nick hits and deals 8 points of damage
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Three of the surviving zombies continued to spray ammunition across the room, headless of any threat to themselves. One of them managed to place a shot into Cade's leg. Meredith took advantage of this opening, and smoothly beheaded it, dropping its burning carcass to the floor. The other two zombies tried to club her to the ground with the butts of their rifles. One of them hit her in the chest, but she barely felt it, what with the increased physical strength she'd been showing lately.
Larry dived for cover, firing wildly. His shot pinged off a wall behind the ruby on its stand, missing the zombie he was shooting at by a large margin.
Cade's burst of fire passed through the Ephemeral, spraying fiery (and holy) sparks off the ceiling, but apparently causing it no damage. It seemed impervious to phyiscal harm.
Ignoring the futile attempts to injure it, the Ephemeral dove down at Meredith. It gathered around her face, and tried to force itself into her body through her mouth. A distinctly unpleasant feeling, and Meredith could begin to feel its thought patterns taking control of her own. Through sheer force of will, Meredith forced it out of her mouth and back into the air, where it regrouped in the air above.
Diego and Nick both fired at the same zombie, and they both hit it, staggering it a bit, but not slowing it down.
[sblock]
Cade is hit for 8 points of damage
Meredith is hit for 5 points of damage
Meredith hits the burning zombie and deals 14 points of damage.
Diego hits and deals 7 points of damage
Nick hits and deals 8 points of damage
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industrygothica
Adventurer
[sblock=ooc]I don't suppose you've got a crude map or something? I could really use a visual reference right now if you've got it.[/sblock]
industrygothica
Adventurer
Nick fires again at the zombie, this time on the move towards the old table to his left.
[sblock=ooc]Thanks for the map; it helps. Basically Nick is going to try to make his way toward the artifacts in the back of the room to see if we can't get this thing back in his jar instead of in Meri.[/sblock]
[sblock=ooc]Thanks for the map; it helps. Basically Nick is going to try to make his way toward the artifacts in the back of the room to see if we can't get this thing back in his jar instead of in Meri.[/sblock]
iwatt
First Post
Forgetting to use their cover names, Larry shouts out. "Meri, get the hell away from that thing." As he shouts, the con man decides that until he improved his markmanship, the team was better off with him doing something stupid. That always seemed to work after all. Running from behind cover, the con man rushes towards the table with the ruby. "Remember, this is supposed to be a smash and grab." He was careful to stay out of reach of the zombies.
[sblock=ooc] The ruby was important as well, right? Cause the idea is to grab what they need and run like the dickens![/sblock]
[sblock=ooc] The ruby was important as well, right? Cause the idea is to grab what they need and run like the dickens![/sblock]
