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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1860628" data-attributes="member: 13737">SAP HeadquartersNeutron"I'm sure it is," Ms. Vaile sighs as the elevator starts to go up.  She presses a button and the elevator comes to a smooth halt.  Turning and pulling out a vid-phone, she leans against the panel.  "Your subtle attempt at innuendo could certainly use some work.  Perhaps avoid the giant wink next time," she says with a slight smirk while the phone connects.  You can catch the reflection of the video in the mirrored wall of the elevator, and she seems unconcerned that you do. At first, the image is of an empty room, one you recognize as Ms. Vaile's private quarters.  "Allison, are you there?" she says into the phone.  A few long moments later, you see the real Allison Vaile peer from around a corner and nervously come up to the video screen. "You are unhurt?" Ms. Vaile asks Allison.  Allison just nods, looking nervous.  "Did anyone else see you?" "I-I don't know," she stammers.  "I don't think so.  Just Sanjay.  Do you think he knows?"  Allison asks. "Oh, I'd say he does.  He's standing about three feet from me right now." "You... aren't going to... whack him?  Are you?" Ms. Vaile gets a curious look on her face and affixes you with a little stare.  "I hadn't considered that.  Let me see what he thinks," she says.  "What are my chances if I try to 'whack' you, Sanjay," making a gun with her hand and 'pulling the trigger' at you. Speed Demon, JohanVince jumps down to try to block the charging duplicates from reaching the Johan they are attacking.  He notices that the armor on the one that is being rushed is bright and clean and has a big dent in it, while the others' armor is someone shoddy, rusted and not in good shape at all.  Unsure who is who, he settles on tripping, and manages to trip one, a second tripping on that one and the two crash to the ground just past him as he deftly dodges the falling bodies.  Neither are hurt by the trip, but both are prone. Attack roll:  natural 20 (hence the bonus!)  And I rolled a one for Johan's opposed check... he can't not trip. The Johan with the shiny armor also has a neat little patchwork cannon on his arm, and blasts a charging Johan.  That Johan is also unhurt, but reels, disoriented, and runs straight into the van like something out of a cartoon, knocking himself cold.  He doesn't vanish. Attack roll:  15 hitsFort Save (DC15):  8 fails (stunned, then KO) The doubles all ignore Vince, even the ones he tripped.  The tripped doubles get to their feet and continue moving at Johan without even a glance at Speed Demon.  Four Johan's leap at one Johan, dogpiling on him. Attack rolls (DC18):  18 hits, all others are automaticGrapple checks (Johan gets +1 on all 4):  20 vs 5 (succeeds), 15 vs 18 (fails), 6 versus 3 (succeeds), 15 versus 4 (succeeds) -- duplicates numbers are first.  You are very grappled.  Suddenly I miss Straightjacket's grapple checks too... I want 40's damnit! The remaining two charge in, kicking, scratching and even biting at Johan who is pretty much defenseless against them (no dodge bonus).  His armor is very effective against one duplicate, and not at all effective against the other as he strikes continually just where your suit doesn't cover. Attack roll:  19 hitsDamage save, armor negated through VP (DC15): 8 fails (1S, stunned) As you hit yourself... you feel suddenly drained, and are unable to shake off your condition.  You see yourselves heads all turn to the right with the stunning punch, as if you were all affected the same way.  The unsuccessful grappler simply collapses to the ground, unconscious. He used a HP at the start of the round, to help him bypass your armor through his personal knowledge of it, which is why you had no HP available to you this round.  You may, however, use one on your turn (new round) to unstun and act. Rebound sits up groggily from where he's being tended.  "Hey now, what's going on?" he asks loudly.  Loki peers around the side of the van with wide eyes. Speed demon and Johan may both go.  I'm not bothering with initiative because Vince nearly wins without rolling and you just get to go before them. Metal Mistress"I don't feel dead," Paco says. "Captain, while I admire this young woman's dedication to justice, her knowledge of the situation seems to have taken a bit of a leap.  The Anaconda Virus that EPIC was called in to protect, is dangerous, but we were using it to research better medications.  We are not in the 'terrorist' industry; we are in the medical research industry.  The death of Mr. Santala is already being investigated by ISA.  And it greatly grieves me that the mercenaries killed Ms. Vaile by throwing her out of the garage," he says in a smooth voice, his features showing no concern or regret. Paco sniffs.  "I don't smell dead." "I tried to convince them that as a hostage she was far more valuable but," he starts. "Oh she's not dead," Captain Ralina says.  "She's on her way up here.  Apparently Speed Demon caught her in mid fall. The calm exterior of Rao Telda definitely falters briefly but noticably. "Busted," Pedro and Jato say in unison, giving snorts of quiet laughter.  It also leads you to believe neither are much older than you. Telda quickly recovers.  "Well, perhaps I should go meet her at the elevator," he says, already turning to take a step that way. Paco steps in front of Telda, putting his hand on the executive's chest.  "I'm pretty sure dead men can't pummel the crap out of lying corporate executives." "Indeed," Loco says.  "And the matter of the kidnapping is still unanswered." October 26, 2120Dover, England -- The York Estate"I'll live," Raisa says grumpily.  Michael nods as well that he is alright.The rest X12 can answer for Jay and Lord York <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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