[VtR][Mature] Born into Darkness: Arc 1

[OnlytheStrong]

Diego begins to work on the lock, taking his time to be sure not to miss any kind of alarms.







Lockpicking attempt for Diego (1d10=1, 1d10=1, 1d10=6, 1d10=8, 1d10=7, 1d10=4, 1d10=8, 1d10=8, 1d10=3)


Only got 3 that were an 8 or above lol. The last 1d10 is for the speciality of lockpicking, lemme know if I shouldn't of added it.

 

[Graf]

[sblock=OOC -- Lockpicking]You most certainly would use the lock picking specialty. We'll assume that you've got a pretty basic set of tools, if you get a nicer set you'd probably get a larger bonus.

There are no alarms.[/sblock]

Diego squats down in front of the pad lock four seconds later, it pops off.
The thief casually snags the hook of the padlock with his finger, catching it in mid-air before it hits the ground.

The metal shutter slides up, in the quiet alley it makes quite a bit of noise.

The second door is openunlocked a moment later.
[sblock=Diego -- Larceny]Given that you could probably have gotten this thing open with a flathead screwdriver this took an embarrisingly long period of time. That's only speaking as a professional thief though. The others have no idea.[/sblock]

 

[OnlytheStrong]

Diego shrugs as the lock pops off, "Sorry bout that takin so long. Anyway, welcome to the spice shop."

 

[Festy_Dog]

"Sorry bout that takin so long. Anyway, welcome to the spice shop."

"Didn't seem like long-" Archer cuts short, and raises a hand to suggest the others stop making noise, "I hear breathing, and a heartbeat. Shallow and quick. There's someone hiding inside... hmm, or it's an animal."

Archer almost kicked himself when he realised it. Shallow breathing? Rapid heartbeat? After his little song and dance, if it turned out to be a sleeping animal he was trying to subtly communicate a message to he would laugh.

"Take caution."

 

[Graf]

[sblock=OOC]So... anyone going to go inside?[/sblock]

 

[OnlytheStrong]

Diego opens the door quietly and whispers, "Who wants to go in?"

 

[Graf]

After Archer's warning and all the other things you've seen in the last few days none of you are truly surprised when a half-naked dark-skinned man swings down with a knife in his and slashes Diego in the head and throat.

The man is upside down, so only his naked torso is visible. He's got shards of what look like white bone embedded at all over his chest. He's starting to pull his body back up out of sight.

[sblock=Initiative Order]
Le Roll
18 Primitive Slasher (already went)
17 Cole
14 Archer
11 Diego
11 Beth
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Diego has a knife stuck through his throat.
[sblock=Diego]You've taken four lethal wounds. That will take you four blood points and four rounds to heal (one level per one point per round). You don't have to heal it.

The knife in your throat is quite uncomfortable. It's like the time you got a big splinter stuck under your thumb when you were a kid but bigger and more irritating.
It's not -quite- annoying enough to be distracting. But if you get hurt again without healing you'll start to take penalties to your die pools.[/sblock]

[sblock=Archer]For the avoidance of doubt this is, the "quiet person" who was in the shop but close to you. Apparently he was clinging to the ceiling above the door.[/sblock]

[sblock=General OOC]Everyone is free to act normally, the man is trying to get back out of sight but is still visible. Anyone can attack him should they feel so inclined.
(but it seems a bit unlikely that all five of you could, say grapple him; so I may start assessing penalties if it seems like someone's action would put them in the way of someone else)

Since no one has any weapons out you'll have to draw them if you wish to attack with weapons. Since no-one (here*) has Quick Draw that means that that will be your action.
Biggs has quick draw but is watching the car.[/sblock]

 

[industrygothica]

"What the..." Beth takes a step back as the amazon-like man impales Diego. As she backs up she focuses through the door to the center of the room, taking note of the layout of the room, and if there's anything laying around that can be used.

[sblock=OOC]Cranking up the Auspex, heightening sight. Is there anything she can use to whack the guy?

Is this the same guy that messed with her at the mall? Seems logical that she'd recognize him if it were, and react accordingly.[/sblock]

 

[OnlytheStrong]

"Sonofa........" Diego gurgles. He rips the knife from his throat and concentrates on closing the hole.



[sblock=action]

If others post before I get to again (I work pretty much until tomorrow evening) Go ahead and try M.C. on the sucker. Doubt it works, but ya never know. [/sblock]

 

[Graf]

"What the..." Beth takes a step back as the amazon-like man impales Diego. As she backs up she focuses through the door to the center of the room, taking note of the layout of the room, and if there's anything laying around that can be used.

[sblock=OOC]Cranking up the Auspex, heightening sight. Is there anything she can use to whack the guy?

Is this the same guy that messed with her at the mall? Seems logical that she'd recognize him if it were, and react accordingly.[/sblock]

[sblock=Beth -- The Guy]The man at the mall was a young white male, sorta modern primitive looking with short black hair.

This guy is a dark skinned SE Asian. Though the others haven't picked out these details (it's dark, things are happening quickly). He looks old and skinny, his snarling distended face is wrinkled. He has only one or two teeth (filed to points).

Beth's hyper-attuned brain makes a quick involuntary mental map of his piercings. (You've, unfortunately, seen both of the men with very little clothing). You think there are a lot of similarities in where and how their pierced.
You'd need to be in a more relaxed situation, or spend more time to try to figure out more (if there is anything to figure out).[/sblock]

[sblock=Beth - The room]It's effectively almost completely dark inside the room; what little light comes from the dark alley doesn't make much of a difference. Not that that affects you.

There isn't much visible inside the room. The ceiling is higher than it would normally be. The walls covered floor to ceiling with small wooden drawers. It looks to be relatively small, longer than it is wide.
There is a thin table running through the middle of the room, with cutting boards and a few knives resting on it.
There is a small ladder/stool on wheels (probably for reaching the higher drawers).
Things generally look clean and picked up.

At the back is a counter, part of which can be raised to get behind it. On it it looks like there is a cash register, a scale and another knife and cutting board.

So for weapons, you've really got the knives in the room, unless you want to grab a cutting board instead (I don't recommend it, but it would hurt to be hit by one in the noggin). Out in the alley there is a stool as well that Spats was sitting on (again, not recommended, but you could pick it up and hit someone with it).
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[sblock=Diego]As MC doesn't take any blood you can heal, pull out the knife and use MC. [/sblock]