[GRIM TALES] Wulf Ratbane's SLAVELORDS of CYDONIA

[Wulf Ratbane]

OOC: Which side of the portal is Rawley? The warm and fuzzy side or the evil reptilian side?

You are still Home-side.

Rawley spends his first "action" checking his gear, lighting his cigarette, etc.

Essentially you and Haskins are "penalized" by not dashing through after him immediately, as the others did.

Your first real action is going to come up just after Bill and Joshua pop back through.

 

[ragboy]

OOC: I'll take more of those penalties...

 

[Old One]

And did Brigitta just leave Teddy behind? WTF!?

[OOC: Yeah, I know...she is lame ! I figured with a roll that bad, I didn't even get a hold of you. Just come on back and we can all get our butts kicked on the other side !]

~ OO

 

[nakia]

[OOC: Yeah, I know...she is lame ! I figured with a roll that bad, I didn't even get a hold of you. Just come on back and we can all get our butts kicked on the other side !]

~ OO

I don't know. Teddy might now make friends with the cobra guy who just toasted one of the crocs. Well, after he stops vomiting.

And, while I understand what you did OOC, I think Teddy may feel a little heartbroken or betrayed that Brigitta jumped through the portal and left Teddy after he had gotten shot three times.

 

[Old One]

I don't know. Teddy might now make friends with the cobra guy who just toasted one of the crocs. Well, after he stops vomiting.

And, while I understand what you did OOC, I think Teddy may feel a little heartbroken or betrayed that Brigitta jumped through the portal and left Teddy after he had gotten shot three times.

Are you kidding? I think Teddy would be more than a bit peeved with Ms. Brigitta...she is going to have some 'splainin' to do (if he ever asks )!

~ OO

 

[Fenris]

I don't know. Teddy might now make friends with the cobra guy who just toasted one of the crocs. Well, after he stops vomiting.

And, while I understand what you did OOC, I think Teddy may feel a little heartbroken or betrayed that Brigitta jumped through the portal and left Teddy after he had gotten shot three times.

Like it ain't the first time!

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Well, unless I missed it, I am still waiting on Teddy to see what you want to do.

 

[nakia]

Well, unless I missed it, I am still waiting on Teddy to see what you want to do.

Sorry. I'm much quicker in real life. Promise.

Teddy fought to keep whatever was churning in his gut to stay there. He failed and was momentarily lost as a wave of nausea and dizziness almost took him off his feet. He mangaged to keep standing as the wave passed, but the aching in his stomach had not abated.

She had left him.

He didn't understand anything he was seeing. Crocodile headed men? A cobra-man with an incendiary wand? Was the snake man trying to help him? These were inhuman, almost incomprehensible things he was seeing, yet they all faded to the periphery, beaten to the side by one undeniable fact.

She had left him.

Here, in this otherworldly place. The woman who he had done so much for while asking for so little over the past two years. "Maybe she had a good reason. Maybe she knew something, maybe she ran away to get something, to do something that could save us all" Teddy thought, even though Teddy knew better.

She had left him to save herself.

Teddy Carlyle was becoming unglued. He sank to his knees. He didn't want to go back. He didn't want to have to face her or who she was. Better to stay here in this uncertain, horrible, strange place than to go back and face the fact.

She had left him.

Too much melodrama? Bad idea to split the party? I just figure Teddy's pretty traumatized by Brigitta's "betrayal."

 

[BryonD]

Too much melodrama? Bad idea to split the party? I just figure Teddy's pretty traumatized by Brigitta's "betrayal."

Man, I like the whole thing, but this part made me laugh the most. Just my humble opinion here, but I think concepts like "bad ideas" and "splitting the party" are pretty well moot for the time being.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

A huge shadow loomed over Teddy and he looked up at one of the croc-headed brutes. The creature drew a wicked looking weapon from its belt, but it was its gnarled, scaly fist that laid Teddy low.

As he fell forward, Teddy saw about a dozen of the creatures streaming towards the portal.

It was strangely comforting. Perhaps he'd see Brigitta again...

...

On the other side of the portal, Haskins had just finished checking over his gear when Bill reappeared through the glowing blue light-- straining and struggling to pull Joshua through.

Joshua was unconscious and covered in vomit.

Rawley exchanged a glance with Haskins and turned to Bill. "I don't suppose," he asked, "that the other side of that portal leads to a world with oceans of whiskey, and Joshua got the worst of a good dunking?"

Brigitta tumbled backwards through the portal, her face a sheet of white. She struggled to find her voice.

"Run..." she croaked, still scrambling backwards and clutching at the men. "Run! Run!"

But the portal was not yet done disgorging surprises. The blue light pulsed, swayed, and shimmered...

And Haskins and Rawley got their first look at the crocs.

Haskins is up. As I am sure you guys have figured out, you're up against some pretty tough odds here. My advice to you as GM is not to focus on "winning" or "losing" here; I'm just looking to see how everyone acquits themselves to drive the story forward.

Remember: Think cinematically.

Most importantly, I need everyone to make one last check of your character sheets for any errors, I am going to update them soon with some new stuff.

Haskins = 21
Squad 5 = 21
Bill = 20
Squad 3 = 18
Brigitta = 17
Squad 2 = 17
Joshua = 16
Rawley = 13
Teddy = 4
Squad 4 = 4
Squad 1 = 3