[1000 Hells] Rain has been the prevalent theme for the Windy City as of late. From drizzles to downpours, its been a repetitious echo of water droplets pattering across pavement, sidewalk, roof, and the bodies of citizens who don’t get a choice of whether to drive to work or not. It creates a uniform grey during the day, a dreary sense of foreboding that’s been building with each renewal of the repetitious cycle. It was like being caught in the loop, as if the Queen Bitch had stuck her fangs and strands into the pattern of nature and created this conformity of depressing cascade.
But if the uniform gray was the work of the Weaver, then the pitch darkness of night was the stirrings of the Corrupter. Roads became glistening black and with the wrongs drivers, sure death. Shadows seemed to loom larger and the puddles rippled like oil and water in the back alleys. It wasn’t weather fit really for man or beast. The Cabrini neighborhood that night had few souls wandering in the rain. But some figures were drawn out….a call…or rather a lack of one had stirred restless souls. The Barking Chain, regarded as one of the few meager achievements of the Gnawer tribe, was cut off. Howls, yips, and barks from the various mutts through the neighborhood were still. No call out would stir them. It was as if all the strays had uniformly gone silent.
It was something that would draw the notice of any of Rat’s kin….as well as those who doffed roles similar to the Gnawers amongst Alley Cat’s children. Others just had extremely bad luck or coincidence happened to be their shadow. Much the former for the kinfolk of the Get, and possibly the latter for the Lord.
But needless to say…all of them would find themselves in the lower tier area of Cabrini…maybe just trying to get out of the rain…maybe just to find something.
[Tongue Twister] The Forgotten are aptly named. It’s easy to forget they exist, forget they wander the streets, forget they bare tooth and claw daily to keep the streets clean(er) and safe(er) for those who wouldn’t even know the difference. They’re also a contradiction, for once one see’s them, they’re hair color marks them in memory, their pale skin shines in afterthought, their freckles counting among the things remembered.
And Rory’s Rage, something to hopefully be forgotten, untapped – as it makes one uneasy, wary.
There is no denying this one’s heritage, her blood singing of warriors and kings, the purity of her pedigree a shining beacon for any garou who looks twice. Otherwise, her scent is missing – there is no musk of the beast under her skin, no sweat, not body odor, nothing that marks her as… her. Only the breeding, the prickle of rage, and the scent of the city ground into her clothing.
She’s Dumpster Diving in Cabrini – some of the shops here have the Best Stuff, and she is on the prowl for it. Thus. Tongue-Twister arrives in a shockingly quiet section of the Green, her knit hat pulled low over her curls, her green eyes piercing in the darkness, shining in the lamplight.
[Rises Above] Elliot isn’t trying to find anything. She’s sitting alone in a bus vestibule, long spindly legs stretched out in front of her. A pair of oversized sunglasses, the kind in fashion when Katherine Hepburn was in her heyday, obscure most of her face, masking her expression. Not that she appears to have much expression. What can be seen of her gaunt pale face is solemn, and smuged with dirt. Her hands are shoved into the pockets of her jacket, knobbly knees are exposed through the tears in her jeans.
If any buses happen to stop, they are ignored. The tall silent woman with the tangled mess of red hair looks like any other of Chicago’s homeless population. Her appearance makes passersby avert their eyes. The press of her rage makes them quicken their steps.
She sits, and she waits for nothing, content to be out of the wet and the damp.
[Theron Locke] The lithe dark Theurge liked to play in shadows, however this rain was a nuisance. At least a raging storm would have been useful, he had not communed with Thunder for many moons. So he kept his jacket wrapped around him , trying to prevent the chill from entering his body.
His black leather shoes avoid the puddles formed on the pavement, as he roams not knowing where he is going or where he has been. He just knows that soon the city night “life” well if could call it life, would come out to play. He would be there to do his duty and defend against the oncoming corruption.
[Whispers to Nothing] She stays with her packmate.
Chloe makes her way through the streets and hid and wandered with her pack sister. Something pinged on her senses, stuck to the back of her brain and told her that Something was coming. Chloe waits. Chloe keeps her mouth shut and she waits patiently. Rory is the one scavenging today, and for now, their Alpha was keeping watch.
the City would provide, though, as she had said before. As she would say again.
[Moira Murray] It is dark, cold and rainy. The kinswoman to the Get of Fenris finds herself traveling the same route she always takes in the Cabrini, her knowledge of the neighborhood allows her to avoid the usual pitfalls and troubled areas that one may find if they aren’t used to this side of town.
She huddles up under her pea coat, pulling the edges tightly around her frame, fingers lacing over the buttons to close it up quickly and tie the belt off. The wind tears through her hair, ruffling stray wisps to brush across her eyes as boots ate up pavement, her eyes alert to her surroundings. A vague figure sits alone at the bus vestibule; a wary glance is tossed Elliot’s way.
[Tongue Twister] (dex+stealth+alleycat (+1 dex, +3 stealth)
Dice Rolled:[ 10 d10 ] 1, 1, 3, 5, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
to 1000 Hells
[Tongue Twister] (dex+ath +AC =6)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
to 1000 Hells
[Whispers to Nothing] !!per+alert: what’s up?!!
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Failure at target 8)
[1000 Hells] Something Wicked This Way Comes
The words hung in the air, in the feeling of the night. Theron could feel it. Whispers felt it, stirring under the surface. It was the small hairs on the back of the neck waiting for lightning to strike. It was the fingers curling into the armrest of a seat at the movies, waiting for the scary part to come out and briefly shock you. Only, it doesn’t come the way you expect it. It always tries to hit you blindside.
Or sometimes you don’t notice it until the last moment. Or sometimes, you’re just completely oblivious. Rory certainly didn’t notice it until the last moment…it certainly didn’t notice her. Sharp claws dug into gravel, splashing a puddle here and there as it quickly moved…its body briefly grazing the dumpster. Maybe it would have stopped to say hello…have a bite to eat if it had sensed her. But the girl had been in the dumpster…so instead its just a flank check that slams the side of the dumpster…it doesn’t knock her face first into the garbage, but its certainly enough to jostle her to the fact that something was up as the creature continued on its way in a rush, sprinting down the alley.
Chloe briefly saw it as well…something dark and shadowy moving past but not quite making out.
Then all fell quiet again….its only as Moira….Theron….Elliot all settled into their movements again…the moment seeming to fade and pass that a scream came through the air. At first it was high pitched, the sound of someone dying…almost feminine.
But the second roar was definitely the same voice…and definitely male. Someone was dying and painfully so.
[Moira Murray] [perception + intuition: sixth sense]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 4, 5, 5, 5, 8, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Something checked the dumpster she was currently diving in, and almost knocked her off her feet. It would have, if not for the gifts bestowed on her by their totem. Her head pops up, and she narrows her gaze, before looking at her alpha and friend and sister and lookout. “Thee sat?”
Then she grabs the sides of the dumpster, leaving whatever treasures she had found inside to stay there for another day, so that her boots hit the cement, just as the first scream happens. And the second roar.
And Rory searches the shadows, and listens..
[Whispers to Nothing] She couldn’t make out what it was… but something caught her attention. The redhead cocked her head to the side and glanced at Rory. She elbowed her packmate, and confusion. She adjusted the pin in her hair and found herself looking through the shadows with her packmate. She was stopped, she was thinking, and for now she was trying to get a feeling for what might be going on.
“Yeah, I saw something alright.”
[Rises Above] Elliot lifts her head at the sound of screaming, the sound of a roar. She’s not close enough to The Forgotten to have seen what they have seen, to hear what they’re saying. But she pulls herself up from the bench, lifts her sunglasses to her forehead, and peers out from the quiet of the bus vestibule.
The pattering rain obscures her senses, dampening them, making her no different than any other living being. She peers out into the night, strains her ears to hear past the falling rain, for any sign of where the scream has come from.
[percept + alert]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 5, 5 (Botch x 1 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] (per+alert)
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 4, 6 (Failure at target 8)
[Tongue Twister] (try with the RESTof the dice. (LOL) 3 more!)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 5, 7, 10 (Success x 1 at target 8)
[Moira Murray] Human screams…
Moira’s head snaps up abruptly, the sounds echoing off buildings, spilling out into the streets. It assaults her ears, makes her body freeze up in reaction to the roar. She tries to figure out which direction it was coming from as it’ll likely be the path she won’t take home.
And then… the gut-wrenching pain, a twisting stab to her abdomen that can only mean one thing. She drops her arms around her stomach, pressing a hand to it as closes her eyes, nostrils flaring out with each exhaled breath. The rain continues to bat at her, dampening hair and clothing.
[Theron Locke] Theron eyes devour his surroundings, in the distance he spots the familiar figure of Moira Murray. What is she doing out alone on a night like this.
His eyes move on peering down alley ways and into the shadows.
[ per + alert – searching his surroundings ]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 8, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 4 at target 8)
[Moira Murray] [perception + alertness]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 3, 8, 8, 9 (Success x 2 at target 8)
[Whispers to Nothing]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 9 (Success x 1 at target 8)
[1000 Hells] The scream dies in a death rattle…the darkened alley looming ahead, a modern Cave of No Return. They all saw it this time…three squat figures. They looked like big dogs…big drab gray dogs that were biting at something…for a moment, they could see all the details…Elliot especially as the lightning raked the sky for a moment…almost blinding the poor metis.
They were eating at a person…the arms twitching briefly in the after image of light before the alley was once more shrouded in darkness. The pack of…beasts could hardly be called dogs. They might have been something close but now their bodies were twisted…fur ragged, eyes sunken in…sharp wicked teeth and tongues drooling blood.
Apparently someone thought a dog-eat-dog world wasn’t quite visceral enough.
[Tongue Twister] She whips her head to the side, hearing the beasts that can’t hardly be called dogs in the alley. She doesn’t even have to glance at Chloe, before she’s stepping toward the beasts and their prey, a low growl forming in the back of her throat. She does not even try to sneak up on them.
And in the darkness of the alley, with Chloe as her lookout, she shifts…
[Rises Above] [dex + stealth]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 1, 7, 7, 8 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Theron Locke] Theron turns as he hears the horrific cries , vision sharply focused on the entrance to that particular alley way… For any normal person the site would have churned their stomache. But after all these years Theron just took on a fierce edge.
So he proceeds towards them, predator stalking prey
[dex + stealth]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] She took a second, and Chloe growled under her breath. She looked at Rory and gave her a nudge. The theurge looked at the creatures, took a second, and found herself shifting to a form more suited for moving and hiding and what-have-you. With that, she took a second to sneak.
[dex+stealth+totem bonus: hide!]
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 6, 7, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Doggie Perception! (1)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 3, 8 (Failure at target 7)
[1000 Hells] Doggie Perception (2)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 3, 7 (Failure at target 7)
[Moira Murray] The dogs are sick or what appears to be dogs. She can’t quite tell from the distance of the alley, quietly Moira steps off the side, back pressing to the wall as she slid into the shadow. Her eyes narrowing as other individuals start to appear. Chloe and Rory stood out against the shadows, just in view of Moira’s peripheral.
Her face contorts into a frown as the kin, her purebreed obvious to those that can sense it, watches, and waits.
[stealth + dex: to hide]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 3, 6, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Alpha Dog (3)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 4, 6, 6, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 7)
[Rises Above] She sees it, in the blinding flash of light that arcs across the sky. The trio eating a person. The metis has no real connection to humanity these days. She’s lived on the outside of civilization for too long to care much about individuals.
But she remembers her duty. The light stings her eyes. Elliot blinks, momentarily regretting removing her sunglasses. She rubs at her eyes a moment before letting the sunglasses hide her face once more. She trots across the distance, worn sneakers making little noise on the glistening pavement, and arrives behind The Forgotten.
An instant later, and where there was a tall, skinny redhead there now stands a towering beast. in her war form, Rises Above stands just shy of ten feet in height. Her figure is lean, yet powerful, and covered in thick reddish black fur. Here and there scars show through, old bites and claws, signs of how many times the woman has died and clawed her way back.
[1000 Hells] As Rory approached, the pack of three beasts shifted their heads, looking at the noise of the woman…thing as she began to shift. They growled…teeth bared for a moment. The man they were feeding on was dead…his death quick but hardly painless…his guts were tumbled onto the ground…the intenstines the first thing for the creatures to enjoy as their main course. The smell of stomach acid laid across the pavement…possibly some of the contents from the inside of his digestive tract.
The creatures before them, up close, were disturbing to say the least. Tongues rolled and hung across the teeth, almost like a fido that wanted to wag its tail. But if dogs could smile, the grins on these things were hardly for wanting to go for a walk or play fetch. The sunken eyes could be seen closer, almost as if they had receeded into the skull, the pupils taking a milky white appearance to them. The matted hair became obvious as lumps could be seen covering the torso and legs, thick boils of dark flesh that look inflammed. Their teeth though were gleaming white, resembling more the mouth of a shark…wicked curved talons on their paws now that they had used to gut the current food source.
For a moment, the three just stare at her…before the biggest of the three looked directly at Rory…and then the two turned in the direction of the alley, growling once more…their snouts pointed in the direction of the sneaking Garou. The Alpha clenched its legs…likely to move…Rory and Chloe both notice something rather…nauseating….the lump across its snout…squirmed.
[Tongue Twister] (inits +8!)
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 5
[Rises Above] [+8]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 7
[Moira Murray] [5+]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 5
[Theron Locke] [inits + 5]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 4
[1000 Hells] Dog 1: Inits: +6
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 2 (Failure at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Dog 2: Inits: +6
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 3 (Failure at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Alpha Dog: Inits: +7
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 3 (Failure at target 6)
[1000 Hells] (Alrightie….order is: Rise, Tongue, Alpha, Moira, Dog 2, Theron, Dog 1.)
[1000 Hells] (Er wait..I’m missing someone…)
[Theron Locke] [Reflexive – Spending 1 Rage to Snapshift to Crinos]
[Whispers to Nothing] Inits! 5+1d10
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 9
[1000 Hells] (New Order: Order: Rise, Whispers, Tongue, Alpha, Moira, Dog 2, Theron, Dog 1. Let’s here those declares!)
[1000 Hells] (Dog 1 is going for Theron, attempting to bite.)
[Theron Locke] [Reflexive – Spending 1 Rage to Snapshift to Crinos]
[Theron swiping his claw to Dog 1’s face]
[1000 Hells] (Dog 2 is rushing at Moira cause she looks delish!)
[1000 Hells] (Biting attack)
[Moira Murray] [Dodge behind Theron, use him as meat shield! =P]
[1000 Hells] Intelligence Roll: Failure is bad for Theron
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 3 (Botch x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] (Reflexive: Spending 1 Rage for extra action. Primary action, attacking Rory. Secondary Action, Attacking Whispers)
[Tongue Twister] Ew! You guys are gross! Guess what I’ma do!
2 Rage, split first action
1a: bite Alpha
1b: bite alpha
1r: really? Bite alpha!
2r: Bite alpha!
[Whispers to Nothing] “Everyone try and go for the same target! That one!”
[actions!: reflexive: try and give instructions. Everyone attack Alpha, (as that he is big and scary)
1a: shift to crinos
1b: throw sensory dep dart at Dog 2 (try to save Moira’s butt)]
[Rises Above] [1WP activate Resist Pain
split: claw/claw Alpha, WP on second claw
R: Again!]
[Rises Above] [1a: Claw Alpha: dex + 1 (Crinos) + brawl -2]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 3, 7, 8 (Success x 3 at target 6) [WP]
[Rises Above] [damage: str + 4 (Crinos) + 1 + 2]
Dice Rolled:[ 10 d10 ] 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 9 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Alpha Soak: Stamina 5
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 5, 8 (Failure at target 6)
[Rises Above] [1b: Claw Alpha: dex + 1 (Crinos) + brawl -3]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6) Re-rolls: 1
[Rises Above] [damage: str + 4 (Crinos) + 1 + 2]
Dice Rolled:[ 10 d10 ] 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 10, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [And soak!]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 2, 6, 6, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [Soak again!]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 4, 5, 5, 8 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] ALpha Soak (Attack 2)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 6, 8, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] (shifting, ladidah! stamina+primal urge, diff 6, -2 for split)
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 4, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6) [WP]
[Whispers to Nothing] (aaaand throwing a sensory dep dart at Dog 2. dex3+crinos1+athletics1= 5 – 3 = 2 (sorry for the tiny pools))
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 5, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] (aaand gnosis)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 4, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 8)
[Tongue Twister] Bite Alpha!
split 1: Dex + Brawl + Hispo + AlleyCat = 3+4+2+1= 10 -2 for split = 8 diff 5 – reroll 10s
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 5) Re-rolls: 1
[Tongue Twister] Damage!
Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9 + (4)
Dice Rolled:[ 13 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Alpha Soak
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 7, 7, 8, 8, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Soak!
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 2, 4, 9, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] split 2: Dex + Brawl + Hispo + AlleyCat = 3+4+2+1= 10 -3 for split = 7 diff 5 – reroll 10s
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 9 (Success x 3 at target 5)
[Tongue Twister] Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9 +2
Dice Rolled:[ 11 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Alpha Soak (5)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 (Failure at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Soak!
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Alpha: Bite Attack: Dex 4 + Brawl 3 – 1 Wounds (Rory)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 3, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Damage: Strength 5 + Bite 1 + 3 Suxx – 1 Wounds (Aggravated)
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Ack! SOAK!
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 4, 4, 4, 6, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Moira Murray] Dodge behind Theron!
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 1, 4, 5, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6) [WP]
[Theron Locke] [ Swipe to Dog 1’s head – D3 + B3 +2Diff Targetting ]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 4, 5, 5, 7, 8, 8 (Success x 2 at target 8)
[Theron Locke] [ Damage – S6 + B3 + 1Sux + 2DamMod]
Dice Rolled:[ 12 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Soak: Dog 1 (4)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 4, 7, 7 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Theron Locke] [ Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 10 (Failure at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Dog Attack (Theron) 5 – 1 Wound Penalties
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 4, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Damage: Strength 4 + Bite 1 + Success 2 – 1 Wounds
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Theron Locke] [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 5, 7, 7 (Failure at target 6)
[Rises Above] [Rage: Claw Alpha: dex + brawl]
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 1, 2, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 10, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6) Re-rolls: 3
[Rises Above] [damage: str + 4 (Crinos) + 1 + 4]
Dice Rolled:[ 12 d10 ] 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Alpha Soak: 5
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 4, 4, 8, 8, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [Soak]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] 1r. Dex + Brawl + Hispo + AlleyCat = 3+4+2+1= 10 diff 5 – reroll 10s
HAIL KAHSEENO!
Dice Rolled:[ 10 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 10, 10 (Success x 7 at target 5) Re-rolls: 2
[Tongue Twister] Damage! CHOMP!!
Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9 + 6
Dice Rolled:[ 15 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 7 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Alpha Soak: Soak 5
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 2, 2, 6, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] SOAK!
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 4, 7, 8, 8, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Dex + Brawl + Hispo + AlleyCat = 3+4+2+1= 10 diff 5 – reroll 10s +WP
Alpha incap – changing targets, +1 diff to Dog 2 CHOMP!
Dice Rolled:[ 10 d10 ] 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6) [WP] Re-rolls: 1
[Tongue Twister] Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9
Oh come on! HAIL KAHSEENO! DAMAGE!
Dice Rolled:[ 9 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 3, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Dog 2: Soak 4
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 4, 8, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] SOAK PLEASE!
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 3, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] The Garou do not hesitate as they fling themselves at the sickly twisted creatures. It seems almost uneven as they begin to attack..they have the edge…they’re the Warriors of Gaia. Only, they come to find that these sickly dogs are infected with something rather nasty…
Rises Above was the first to find out with what as her claws rended into the flesh of the Alpha of these things…as the claws tear through the leathery hide that is no longer covered with fur, things begin to ooze and crawl rather quickly out of the diseased body…thick…fat..worms. They ooze over her arm like mercury…their touch not nearly as anguishing as the sensation as these things start to quickly burrow into her flesh….each strike brings more of the crawling infected things over her claws..over her body…already the bodies working their way through skin…it burned…it hurt…it really really hurt (regain 1 rage to injuries)
Whispers on the other hand saves the day for Theron when her dart lances out…the second beast stumbling…tongue suddenly rolling from its mouth…its dazed, unable to attack…Theron had his hands full after all with Moira using him as a meatshield as the brave Lord was in over his head…though he had struck a mean blow at his foe…he had only gotten similar things crawling into his shoulder…
Rory though…Rory had gotten the worst of the lot. Sure, she had ripped asunder the Alpha with her rending fangs…but unlike the others…her exposed gullet…her maw was now basking with the oozing parasites as they pierced and made their way into her gums…rolling down her tongue into her gullet…
The Alpha was dead..but at what price? They were gaining a Pyrrhic victory against these things…the second dog stumbling under Rory’s blows but was clearly starting to shake off the drug…the first dog still not done with its prey…
[1000 Hells] (Round 2 boys and girls…times for declare! Hope you guys kill them soon this round. ^.~)
[1000 Hells] Dog 1 is still attacking Theron, biting
[Theron Locke] [Theron fighting for his life, takes another swipe at Dog 1]
[1000 Hells] (Dog 2 will attack Rory, as now she’s got its attention…its none too smart.)
[Moira Murray] [Revealing Gaia’s dirty little secret! Expending Gnosis to use Mother’s Touch on Theron, still behind him]
[Tongue Twister] THAT’S NOT NICE! And my throat HURTS now!
Second verse, same as the first!
Drop 2 rage, split first action
1a. bite dog 2
1b bite dog 2
1r bite dog 1
2 r bite dog 2
[Whispers to Nothing] Because Chloe is a beast with sensory dep. darts…
1a: throw a dart at Dog 1
1b: throw a dart at Dog 2
[Rises Above] [split: Claw Dog 1, spending WP
R1: Bite Dog 1
R2: Bite Dog 1!]
[Rises Above] [percept + alert diff 8]
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 7, 10 (Failure at target 8)
[Tongue Twister] (per+alertness)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 4, 4, 4, 5 (Botch x 1 at target 8)
[Whispers to Nothing] (per+alert)
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 4 at target 8) Re-rolls: 2
[Moira Murray] [perception + alertness]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 8, 10 (Success x 1 at target 8)
[Theron Locke] [ per + alert]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 3, 5, 9, 10 (Success x 1 at target 8)
[Rises Above] [Claw Alpha: dex + brawl]
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 9 at target 6) [WP] Re-rolls: 2
[Rises Above] [damage: str + 1 + 8]
Dice Rolled:[ 16 d10 ] 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [SOAK YOU WHORE]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 6, 9 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Dog 1: Soak
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 4, 8, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] (sensory deprivation dart: dog one!: dex3+crinos1+athletics1= 5 – 2 = 3, diff 6)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 6, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] [Gnosis]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 4, 7, 7, 10, 10 (Success x 2 at target 8)
[Whispers to Nothing] [sensory deprivation dart: dog two!: dex3+crinos1+athletics1= 5 – 3 = 2, diff 6)
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 2, 3 (Success x 1 at target 6) [WP]
[Whispers to Nothing] (gnosis)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 8)
[Tongue Twister] split 1: Dex + Brawl + Hispo + AlleyCat = 3+4+2+1= 10 -2 for split = 8 – 3 (wound)=5 diff 5 -2 reroll 10s
THATS A LOTTA MATH. Make it worth it! HAIL!
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 3, 3, 7, 7, 8 (Success x 5 at target 3)
[Tongue Twister] Damage!
Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9 + 4
Dice Rolled:[ 13 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Dog 1: Soak 4
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] SOAK PLEASE!
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 3, 3, 8, 8, 8, 9 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] split 2: Dex + Brawl + Hispo + AlleyCat = 3+4+2+1= 10 -3 for split = 7 – 4 for wound =3 diff 5 -2=d3 – reroll 10s +WP
AGAIN. A LOTTA MATH. SHEESH. Dog 1 dead – shifting to dog 2, no penalty!
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 4, 7, 9 (Success x 4 at target 3) [WP]
[Tongue Twister] Damage
HAIL!
Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9 + 3
Dice Rolled:[ 12 d10 ] 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 8, 8, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Dog 2: Soak
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 4, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] OH PLEASE SOAK!
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5 (Botch x 1 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] I WANT TO LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!
Rage 6 diff 8 +WP
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 (Failure at target 8) [WP]
[1000 Hells] (Combat ends…hold for recap)
[1000 Hells] …the dogs go down quickly once Whispers hurls her darts into the dogs. Rises almost sends the first dog down, but still gains more of the infectious things trying to crawl into her. No one could stop Rory though…no one could prevent her rush…despite her intaking the most of these things. She manages to rip the throat out of the first dog…leaving the second.
As her fangs ripped into the throat…a pocket of flesh burst…and worms began to tumble and roll into her open gaw, flooding her full of the things…the dog goes down…but then Tongue Twister starts to stumble….falling to the ground…hacking up these grubby things…but its obvious she’s swallowed too much…they could see it oozing through her flesh…and the ones who didn’t notice it before…can hear heavy footsteps approaching…its still a bit down the alley..but that whistle is unnerving…as if someone was calling for his dead pets to come and eat.
[Moira Murray] Mother’s Touch on Theron
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 6, 7, 10, 10, 10 (Success x 6 at target 1)
[Moira Murray] Mother’s Touch on Rory
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5 (Success x 3 at target 3)
[Theron Locke] Theron begins stumbling over to the fallen garou , placing his hands down on Tongue Twister
[ Int 4 + Med 3]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 4, 5, 8, 8, 9, 9 (Success x 5 at target 3)
[Tongue Twister] (gnosis roll, per ST request)
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 3, 4, 7 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] (Ignore Theron’s roll for healing Rory. =P)
[Theron Locke] [Gnosis]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 5, 9, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] She looked at Rises Above, and once it seemed that everyone was fine and in one piece, the theurge was content to try and get everything together. Something was coming, and instead of giving panicked sounds of concern, she’s figuring up plans. However, that said, thought was lost on the already spacey theurge
(Gaia’s breath activation roll: gnosis, diff 5)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 8, 9 (Success x 3 at target 5) [WP]
[Tongue Twister] (sta per ST request)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 10 (Failure at target 6)
[Theron Locke] Theron begins stumbling over to the fallen garou , placing his hands onto Whisper
[Int 4 Med 3]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 3, 4, 4, 7, 8, 10 (Success x 7 at target 2)
[Theron Locke] [Stam per ST]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 3, 8, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [gnosis]
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 2, 3, 7, 7 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [stamina]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 6, 7, 7, 8, 8 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] (healing talen activation for Rory)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 6, 7, 8, 8, 9 (Success x 5 at target 5)
[Whispers to Nothing] (and how effective is it?)
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 6, 8, 8, 10 (Success x 2 at target 8)
[1000 Hells] …the Garou slowly recover…the bodies of their foes lying there..oozing out the worms…though its obvious with the hosts dying, so are the critters…if they weren’t already dead. It was a wonder these things were trying to move at all…possibly the worms having control the whole time. Most of them manage to vomit them up…the worms coming up looking worse for wear…apparently not capable of handling a Garou’s immune system.
On the other hand, Rory, poor poor Rory…its lucky that she’s even alive. Bile keeps coming out of her like a bilge pump…she’s alive and her body is trying to purge them…purge these things that were trying to take over. But she had taken in more then anyone…
…heedless of that, the dog’s owner looms up…thick chains in its hands…a trash bag that smelled of meat in the other. It was…huge. It might have been human…but now it was the Incredible Hulk gone incredibly wrong. Muscles were upon muscles, throbbing veins and artery could be seen on the thick corded muscles as the thing towered over them…its flesh charcoal grey…anatomy gone horribly wrong with the underlying sinew. Dermal plates showed through its shoulders, its arms…its face, one eye socket sunken down and the other raised up. It moved slow, lumbered almost…its gait wide enough for them to run through its legs if needed…and all it said when it looked down at the alpha…nudging it with a gnarled foot….voice almost sad…sorrowful.
“….doggie?”
[Whispers to Nothing] This is corruption. This is the dissolver wyrm.
At her core, she looked at him and for a second her expression faltered. For a second, there was sympathy in her eyes and the wolf was saddened by this creature’s existence. They were what they were, corrupt. Possibly from their own doing, and as she saw it, the only Right thing to do was to give them back to Gaia, to make them pure and clean again so that the cycle could continue.
Creation.
Stasis.
Decay.
Repeat.
The theurge takes a moment to stand protective before her pack sister. In this form, they could not be any more different. One tawny and brown and white and silvery grey in some places, and the other clearly a Fianna.
[Moira Murray] The stench is overpowering, incredibly, so that Moira has to yank at scarf around her neck to cover her mouth and nose. She can feel her stomach lurch and twist, grateful that it was empty, or its contents would have joined those of the Garous…
This so wasn’t a pleasant scene. She witnessed the destruction of the three dogs; the worms that bit and crawled into the throats of each wolf, forcing them to regurgitate it back up as their bodies continuously try to combat the diseased worms working their way into their systems.
After playing a round or three of smack the wounded with healing touch, they were up and moving again. Energies spent, she felt the weariness of such endeavors rack over her body, muscles aching in complaints. And then…
It comes. The Master of Hounds, a muffled sound breaks from the kin’s throat, eyes going wide as the only thing she can think to do was back away from the Shadow Lord she had stood behind during most of the fight.
[Tongue Twister] It feels like she is puking forever, like she can’t make it stop, as each spew of bile and worms wracks through her system, causing her to shake so hard that she might break apart by the force. It is only by the actions of those that fight by her side that she remains here, still, that she can function, when she finally spits the rest from her mouth, and wipes the back of her hand.
She staggers to her feet again, standing near her Sister, her Alpha, and huffs a final breath to gather her senses. And takes in the Master of Hounds.
She quivers, an actual visible quiver along her sides, as she aches to attack [Combat the wyrm wherever it breeds] but waits for the order from her Alpha…
[Whispers to Nothing] Her gaze goes from the hulking mass, to her sister, to Moira, and back to her pack sister.
“Get her out of here, no matter what.”
[Theron Locke] Theron turns and his eyes go wide as he finally witnesses the true sight of the monstrous abomination that he had heard in the heat of battle.
His voice adding to Whispers “She’s right… run.. go.” trying to sound forceful, but restrained so as to not startle the keeper out of his remorse.
[1000 Hells] Intelligence 1 Check
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 6 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[Rises Above] Rises Above doesn’t even turn to offer thanks for the healing. Not yet. It’s been so long since she felt the healing warmth of another’s hand she hardly knows what to do with herself. The others worry over the Kin in their midst, and orders are issued to get the Fenrir to safety. Elliot is more concerned with the very real threat towering before them. She wants to run, but she won’t leave this abomination to gain more hounds, to kill more humans.
She turns to Whispers to Nothing.
“Have you any more darts?”
[Moira Murray] [perception + empathy: what’s body language?]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10 (Success x 4 at target 7)
[Tongue Twister] Rises Above has the same thought as the Fianna, as they all do. They cannot let this go farther. Chloe tells her tog et the kin out, and it clearly wars between her – until she hears Theron speak.
The Theurge. The healer. And softly – yet intensely, she orders him.
Get the Kin out of nere. HOW. Even in High Tongue, her words mingle incorrectly. Even in High Tongue, she doesn’t recognize it herself.
She takes a step back, to the side, to stay between him, Moira and the Incredible Hulk, to insure that he will have to go through her to get to them. Buy them time, Rory. Buy them time.
[1000 Hells] …the hulking beast stared down at the dog…it nudged it again with the foot…only to get more worms oozing out from the dead thing. It blinks…it blinks again…while the Garou talk..order…wait…it just stares at it…lips frowning….and then the gears turn…and then it clicks. The bag falls from its hand…the chains drop…three chains..three leashes. Then….it roars.
It howls as rage overtakes it…the veins throb, almost pulse as his face loses that dark grey tone…in fact, his body is starting to take a brimstone tone as a suffused red glow starts to be noticable through the arteries…through the veins crisscrossing it torso and muscles. And then it slams its thick muscled arm into the building next to it in the alley…and it collapses inwards with hardly any effort as it roars again…its brain not quite catching on to that ‘they did this’…but it wouldn’t be long…
[Whispers to Nothing] “One left, should be enough of an edge for now.”
She is going through her bag and taking tally of what she has left. One dart, one hair pin, various things to eat and drink that would probably make her insides rot. Protect their kin, protect the people. She issued her orders, but it seemed as though the Bone Gnawer had no intention of leaving just yet.
“Whoever is staying, flank it. Keep it on guard, don’t stand in front unless you have to. It’s big, might be slow, and it’s going to hit hard.”
It slams its fists into something. Chloe has her proof.
[Moira Murray] For a brief moment, she was confused. The Garou were speaking and gesturing in a language that she did not understand, nor would she ever. She stares at them, watching them, the way Whisper barks at Rory and how the Fianna reacts to set herself between the hulking mass of flesh and herself.
Her eyes dart between the each of them, and it begins to dawn on the kinfolk that they do not want her here, that they’ll risk themselves to protect her. Now she was a hindrance and a liability. Moira begins to steps back, her footfalls cautious as not to spook the giant. She lowers her body, bracing herself against the wall as she continues to back away out of the alley as best she can, leaving the wolves behind to finish their fight.
Her job done, they were healed, there is nothing more she can do but pray they lived… and call someone to come clean up if they survived.
[Rises Above] “No,” Elliot cuts across Tongue Twister’s order. “The healer stays. We will cover the Kin’s escape.”
She turns to Whispers to Nothing for a moment, merely watches her as she gives her order.
[1000 Hells] Intelligence Check Again
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 9 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] The Master of the Hounds finally figures it out…and then it leans forward…roaring…clubbing its arms down on the ground, almost shaking it with the impacts as it readies for battle, the glow getting more noticable and suffused.
[1000 Hells] Tank: +5
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 2 (Failure at target 6)
[Theron Locke] Theron hears orders given and challenged … all he knows is that the Hound Master is coming and he knows that those gathered here are not prepared… but they have a duty.. but duty doesn’t mean that you have to be dumb.
[Tongue Twister] Oh Crap. It’s a good day to die!
Inits! +8
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 1
[Whispers to Nothing] 6+
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 8
[Theron Locke] [ Init + 6 ]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 3
[Rises Above] [+8]
Dice Rolled:[ 1 d10 ] 5
[1000 Hells] (Order: Whispers, Rises, Tongue, Theron, Tank)
[Whispers to Nothing] There is silence, she thinks.
“If all of us block the pursuit, she won’t need an escort,” finally, after a second or so of thought.
Stop, thoughts. Orders.
“I’ll distract, you two” Rory and Eliot “- take the left and right. You-“ to Theron “-go in from the back. Someone takes a hit? You patch them up. I’ve got your back on this.”
[1000 Hells] Round One Declare: Tank: Split Action
1a: Attack Whispers
1b: Attack Tongue
Rage 1: Attack Theron
Rage 2: Attack Rises
Rage 3: Attack Whispers
[Theron Locke] [Theron takes position at the rear of the group]
[Tongue Twister] Her alpha orders, and she obeys. She takes left, while Elliot moves right.
[Declare – this is gonna HURT. all -1 diff for flank
Split first action 3 ways – 1 rage.
1a: bite – 2 -1 (wound) = 5
1b: bite – 3 -1 (wound) = 4
1c: bite – 4 -1 (wound) = 3
1r: bite full pool ]
[Rises Above] [1R snapshift to Hispo
1a: Get behind Tank
1b: Hamstring Tank, Spending WP
R1: Bite!
R2: Bite!]
[Whispers to Nothing] Actions
1a: Sensory dep start (throw!)
1b: activate a curse needle (why do you have those?!) +WP
[Whispers to Nothing] (throw! dex3+crinos1+athletics1=5-2=3, diff 6)
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 2, 3, 5 (Failure at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] (changing next roll for a +1 diff, trying the same thing again!)
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 1, 5 (Failure at target 7) [WP]
[Rises Above] [1b: Hamstring: dex + brawl – 3, diff 8 -2 (rear attack)]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 10 (Success x 4 at target 6) [WP] Re-rolls: 1
[Rises Above] [damage: str + 2 + 3]
Dice Rolled:[ 11 d10 ] 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 8 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Tank Soak
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 8 (Failure at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Split 1!
1a: bite – 2 -1 (wound) = 5
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 3, 6, 7, 7, 8, 10 (Success x 5 at target 4) Re-rolls: 1
[Tongue Twister] Damage!
Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9 + 4
Dice Rolled:[ 13 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 4 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Tank Soak: 7
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 3, 5, 8, 8, 8, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Split 2/3!
1b: bite – 3 -1 (wound) = 4
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 3, 6, 6, 6 (Success x 3 at target 4)
[Tongue Twister] Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9 +2
Dice Rolled:[ 11 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 6 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Soak 7
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 4, 4, 6, 7, 7, 7, 9 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Split 3/3!
1c: bite – 4 -1 (wound) = 3 +WP
Dice Rolled:[ 3 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 10, 10 (Success x 1 at target 4) [WP] Re-rolls: 2
[Tongue Twister] Damage:
Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9
Dice Rolled:[ 9 d10 ] 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 8, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Soak: 7
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Attacks Whisper: Dex 3 + Brawl 4
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 6, 7, 8, 8 (Success x 4 at target 6) [WP]
[1000 Hells] Attacks Whisper: Dex 3 + Brawl 4 – 2 Split Action
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 3, 5, 6, 6 (Success x 3 at target 6) [WP]
[1000 Hells] Damage: Strength 9 + Excess 2, Damage: Bashing
Dice Rolled:[ 11 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 8, 10 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Whispers to Nothing] Soaking
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Attack Tongue: Dex 3 + Brawl 4 – 3 Split
Dice Rolled:[ 4 d10 ] 5, 6, 7, 8 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Damage: Tongue Strength 9 + Excess 2, Damage: Bashing
Dice Rolled:[ 11 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] I CAN HAZ SOAK PLS?
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 9 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [R1: Bite!: dex + brawl, diff – 2 (rear attack)]
Dice Rolled:[ 9 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 5 at target 3)
[Rises Above] [re-roll 10s]
Dice Rolled:[ 2 d10 ] 2, 9 (Success x 1 at target 3)
[Rises Above] [damage: str + 2 + 5]
Dice Rolled:[ 13 d10 ] 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 10, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Soak: 7
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 8, 8 (Success x 2 at target 6)
[Tongue Twister] Dex + Brawl + Hispo + AlleyCat = 3+4+2+1= 10 diff 5
-2 for wound, -1 diff for flank = 8 d4
Dice Rolled:[ 8 d10 ] 3, 3, 7, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 7 at target 4) Re-rolls: 1
[Tongue Twister] Str + Hispo + Bite + (suxx-1) = 4+3+2 = 9 + 6
Dice Rolled:[ 15 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 5 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Soak: 7
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 5, 5, 8, 9, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Changing target: +1 Diff, Attacking Whispers again (Dex 3 + Brawl 4)
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 9 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Damage: Strength 9 + Excess 2, Damage: Bashing
Dice Rolled:[ 11 d10 ] 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [R2: Bite!: dex + brawl]
Dice Rolled:[ 9 d10 ] 1, 2, 2, 3, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10 (Success x 7 at target 3) Re-rolls: 2
[Rises Above] [damage: str + 2 + 6]
Dice Rolled:[ 14 d10 ] 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10 (Success x 6 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Soak: 7 Come on Kahseeno…you want to see BLOOOD
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 9, 9 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Rage 5, Diff 8, Rage Healing
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Success x 1 at target 8)
[1000 Hells] Tank: Changing Target +1 diff, attacking Rises: Dex 3 + Brawl 4
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 8, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Damage: Strength 9 + Excess 2, Damage: Bashing
Dice Rolled:[ 11 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 6)
[Rises Above] [Soak!]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 1, 4, 5, 6, 8 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] Attacking Rises again (last rage), +1 diff…and the other stuff.
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 2 at target 7)
[1000 Hells] Damage: Strength 9 + 1 Excess
Dice Rolled:[ 10 d10 ] 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 1 at target 6)
[1000 Hells] The abomination, for as intimdating as it was…its size and slow movements make it mincemeat for the Garou. Granted..it likely would have taken longer…but somehow Rises hamstringing had severed vein that was causing hissing blood to roll down its leg, sending little vapor trails into the air. The thing roar, flung its arms around…but there was no true momentum behind them…sure..if it had blade….something…it might actually hurt. But just sheer strength against an equally strong Garou? It was child’s play.
As it moved sluggishly, even when moving with the anger contained inside…its strength was quickly waning. It gives one more bellow…as if to strike…before it tumbled over…landing in a thud at their feet…its body flushed with heat…and quickly cooling as its life’s blood leaked to the ground.
[1000 Hells] (And combat is over!)
[Theron Locke] Now that the abomination had fallen, Theron moved to heal the injured
[ Int 4 Med 3 ]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 9, 10 (Success x 7 at target 2)
[Theron Locke] THeron heals Rises
[ 1G spent, Int + 4]
Dice Rolled:[ 7 d10 ] 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 (Success x 6 at target 1)
[Rises Above] Elliot doesn’t wait for orders. She’s been alone too long, has spent too many years relying on herself to wait for someone to tell her what to do. She knows her duty, has known it longer than most. She was born into this war, was raised in it, had her duty drilled into her since her age was in the single digits.
Rather than waiting for orders, she issues. She snaps from dire wolf to war monster once more, opting for her more comfortable birth form to drag the corpse of the hulking once-human into the alley.
“You,” she inclines her head to the female Theurge, “help me with this. We will cleanse and dismantle in the alley.”
The other Theurge is already moving to heal the injured. Elliot, pauses, allowing him to get close enough to heal her, and then sets to work on hauling the massive body out of sight.
“Decide what to take as trophies to the Wyrmpole.” This to Chloe.
[Tongue Twister] It falls, and she stands nearby waiting, just in case it gets back up, her breath huffing as muscles coil and readies to spring at it again…
.. but it doesn’t move. Silence falls, suddenly, and she turns to Chloe, Elliot, Theron, and looks to assure herself the Kinfolk had gotten to safety. Theron moves toward her and she whips her head toward him, wary. When she realizes who it is, she lets him heal her, and nods her head afterwards. [HT]”Thanks“.
Single words are easier.
Elliot issues orders, and she moves to grab the dogs and haul them into a pile to be included in the healing. She too was born to this war, for this duty, and falls into line without need for orders.
[Theron Locke] Theron just nods in response to thanks, something he doesn’t think is needed but he accepts graciously enough.
Turning to the one ordered to take trophies “As I haven’t fought by your side before, I am Eyes of the Oncoming Storm, Theurge of the Shadow Lords and packed to the Unbroken”
[Tongue Twister] .
to Tongue Twister
[Rises Above] While Elliot waits for Chloe to chose what she will to take back to the Caern, she turns to regard Theron. Her eyes are a pale grey-green, and they fix on the Lord for a moment, unblinking. The expression on her Crinos face is inscrutable. Then her head tips slightly to the side, and she speaks as if she’s suddenly remembered that that is what she is supposed to do when someone introduces themselves.
The bodies moved into the alley and out of sight, Elliot shifts down into her human skin, a tall, skinny, incredibly pale woman with huge sunglasses hiding those green eyes, her hair a tangled red mess. She withdraws from an inside pocket of her jacket a willow switch, a vial of clear liquid is produced from another.
“Tongue Twister, cleanse those. I’ll get this one.”
Then, she tips her head up to look at the male Theurge once again. “Rises Above. Cliath Philodox of the Bone Gnawers.” It’s all she says before she begins the cleansing rite.
[Rite of Cleansing]
Dice Rolled:[ 5 d10 ] 3, 5, 5, 7, 10 (Success x 2 at target 7)
[Tongue Twister] She blink, and then gives a lopsided lupine grin to her packmate, shy as she steps back and let’s Chloe step up to do the cleansing.
Tongue Twister is a Full Moon. She strikes hard and fast and (mostly) true, but she cannot cleanse.
She shifts down to her homid skin, however, and shakes the gore and dead worms from her form with a look of disgust, before glancing at Theron, and Elliot as they introduce one another, and then watches her Alpha cleanse the dogs.
[Rolling Cleansing for Chloe – With her Permission!]
Dice Rolled:[ 6 d10 ] 2, 2, 2, 8, 9, 10 (Success x 3 at target 7)
[Theron Locke] Once responsibilities and introductions are done, Theron resumes his human form and he begins his long walk back to the Brotherhood. He would also need to locate Moira and ensure she was safe… and there was a question that seemed to nag at the back of his mind but he wasn’t quite sure what it was yet.