Brazilia, SAA
SAP Corporate HQ
Initiatives: Rameirez 22, Speed Demon 21, Straightjacket 21, Mantis 20, Loki 19, Cosmo 18, Metal Mistress 16, Robots(8) 14, Iron Maiden 12, Kitten 11, Guards(5) 11-2, Neutron 6, Rebound 5, Johan 5-2
OOC: The better thing to say would be "Damnit, why do I always run off and leave my friends." Rameirez was in the hole before you even started to move, just like described.
Vince once more dashes off, leaving you all to face the killing machines without him. Leaping into the hole, he finds out the hard way that it's a chute, and carreens downwards rapidly. He barely fits in, getting stuck twice, his wings banging painfully off the sides as he goes. He sees the bottom below him, and a ten foot drop to a cement floor. Unable to open his wings, he lands hard, keenly aware as he does so of the two killer robots flanking him and a pair more near a large metal door that is sliding upward to make way for an expensive hover-sedan about 15 feet from you, heading for the door.
Note: Top of the round again for Vince. The door will be open at the end of this round. Neither you or the robots are flat footed. Dashing recklessly past the robots requires DC 20 acrobatics checks or you trigger attacks of opportunity.
Straightjacket, already close to the left wall, surges forward, stretching to his maximum length and growing to his maximum height. With ease, he wraps up one of the robots and squeezes. The robot sparks violently, but stays operational.
Attack roll: 26 hits
Grapple check: SJ 34, Robot 24 (grappled)
Damage save (DC 21): 18 fails (-1 hardness)
Note: You are within reach of two other robots.
Mantis crouches down, then leaps forward towards the other end of the room and the four robots there, her insectoid arms held before her like lances. With that much power behind her attack, she punches two gaping holes in the robot, which sparks once and explodes!
Attack roll: 18 hits
Damage save (DC 32): 17 fails (destroyed)
Hoppy leaps onto the gun arm of the robot SJ is grappling and bites down, severing the weapon, rendering it useless. He chirps happily and bounds off at another robot.
Attack roll: 20 hits
Damage save (DC 23): 21 fails (-1 hardness, gun is destroyed)
Loki and MM can declare actions.
Lancheng, China
Raisa
Your caution was warranted, as perched above the archway in the courtyard with claws dug into the stone is Jackal. Despite you thinking he might be there, he still startles you, swinging at you before you are able to defend yourself. He delivers a wicked backhand, connecting solidly with your face and chest, sending you sprawling backwards forty feet to slide to a halt on your back, next to the fountain. Somehow, you manage to hold onto your swords.
Initiative: Jackal 28, Raisa 18 (1S, stunned)
Attack roll: 31 hits
Damage save (DC 28): 21 fails (1S, stunned)
Jackal laughs. "So good of you to come, Raisa," he rumbles, pulling a lever next to the entrance you just passed through. A gleaming metal portcullis slams down, matched by the same in each of the four exits, sealing you in. He doesn't come at you just yet, waiting for you to get up, a feral grin on his maw, saliva dripping down from his mouth disgustingly.
As you try to clear the cobwebs, you feel more than hear Dara start screaming again. Jackal's ears twitch and he laughs again.
X12, Kevin
The two of you rush down the hall, trying to ignore your chill and wounds until you come to a large audience chamber. At the far end, you see Dara being pinned to a throne-like chair by two shadows as a third draws shadowy claws through her chest and stomach. She screams in tortured pain. All three shadows look over at you as you enter. As you enter, something moves in Kevin's periferal vision. Perched above the door, clinging to shadows, is one of the shadow Jackals, preparing to pounce!
Kevin has suprise on the Jackal above the door! The shadow has surprise on X12! Great googly moogly! So this is the surprise round, and X12 nor the three shadows with Dara can act.
Initiatives: Kevin 18, X12 15, Shadows 14
