IC: London: A Reunion?

[DSIGFUSS]

ooc - what happens if I make the resistance check and fail the Conx4 check?

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1595162/

ooc - I'm not sore about the resistance check: rolled an 11.
ooc - The Con check should be close : rolled a 56

[Raiko]

Oh dear, unfortunately the resistance table is more brutal than I remembered - you can’t beat STR20 with less than STR11, so Nathaniel can no longer free himself.

As he failed his CON roll, he’ll begin to suffocate this round unless anyone can think of some way to free him. If no one has any ideas then I’ll accept idea rolls from anyone who isn’t either insane, or being throttled to death by the fog. This may be penalised for some of you however, as I think we've already had one round of idea rolls during this encounter.

Suffocation damage is 1d6 HP per round.

The policemen will arrive in another 4 rounds.

I think that Gwen can act normally again after this round.

[Laraqua]

Maksim, startled, proceeds to attempt to hot wire the car, reaching behind the ignition for the cords.

[imme]

Elizabeth stares in disbelief at the broken key in Maksim's hand. As he starts playing with the wiring she desperately tries to think of something useful she could do.

Chapter 2 - Idea (75) (1d100=32)

[Raiko]

Inside the Bentley

Maksim quickly locates the ignition wiring and gets to work, Sitting next to him Elizabeth remembers seeing a small toolset in the trunk of the hired sports-car; if she’s lucky there might be a flashlight in there.

OOC:

Spoiler:

It takes Maksim one round to get to the wires. He’ll be able to start rolling to hotwire the car next round, make one Electrical Repair roll per round until you succeed. (No more fumbles please).

If she wants to look, then it’ll take Elizabeth one round to get to the trunk, and one more to check inside the toolset. Make a luck roll if & when she looks inside.

DSIGFUSS: Everybody’s acted this round except for Caroline, and she’s near the car, so too far to help immediately. So Nathaniel suffers 1d6 suffocation damage.

[jtull_84]

OOC: luck for lighter to fall out of handbag (1d100=47)
Handbag hit (1d100=35, 1d3=2)
Alright, firgure I'll have to wait for the next turn for the idea roll. Gwen couldn't hear the doc shout about the light, good old insanity.

IC: Gwen lets out a furious howl as she swings her heavy handbag at Nethaniel's face. Luckily for Nethaniel, the bag harmlessly bursts open when it hits his chest. As it does so, Gwen's ciggarrete lighter falls out and hits the ground with a sharp ringing noise. Gwen's eyes widen as a sense of reality returns to her. She gasps as she realizes her situation.

[DSIGFUSS]

GGGIGGELLLLPLIKKKKITHHH!

Spoiler:

Translation: BLOODY HELL AND BOLLOCKS!

[Decrepit]

Caroline yells hoarsely, calling to the people in the apartments, "Lights! Lights! We need light down here!" She knows it sounds fairly insane, and she should know, but acting crazy often draws some attention. Of course, the gunfire may scare more people away than her voice draws ...

While shouting, she tries to head to the pub to see whether they have any portable light sources. All the time, she keeps yelling.

[Laraqua]

Maksim tries to get the car started but he was never that good at dealing with wiring. Plain old steel was always best.

OOC: Sure he can't use Mechanical Repair? It's still part of a car!

[imme]

"The tools!" Elizabeth jumps out of the car and runs around to the trunk, flinging open the hood. She grabs the toolbox and pries open the lid.

ooc:

Spoiler:

I posted both rounds at once, but I know the opening of the toolbox is delayed

Chapter 2 - Luck (75) - flashlight in the toolbox? (1d100=88)

[Decrepit]

OOC: We're having trouble catching a break here.

[Raiko]

OOC: We're having trouble catching a break here.

It's not looking good for Nathaniel is it?

I'll write a new post later today (ASAP), I've got to go out in a few minutes.

[Raiko]

In the dark alley.

The entity wraps another tentacle around Nathaniel, he can't breath now and has no chance of freeing himself. He knows that he'll soon loose consciousness...

In the street.

Timour's punches had no effect on the strange creature, and now it's dragged the Englishman away into the shadows. By his side the mad woman appears to be fumbling on the ground to retrieve the contents of her handbag.

Some distance away Caroline is running in the direction of the pub, shouting loudly for help.

The cops are closer now.

In / around the Bentley.

Maksim has got the right wires pulled out, but it's taking too long! Nathaniel is dying!

Elizabeth reaches the trunk and throws it open.

OOC:

Spoiler:

The creature now has STR25 against any attempt to free Nathaniel.

Timour can act now.

Maksim can roll again to try and hotwire the car if he likes (BTW, I know you were joking anyway, but I’d have allowed you to roll against half Mech Repair if you hadn’t had Elect repair).

Elizabeth has just opened the trunk and is about to check the toolbox (as above), she can act again next round.

Gwen is picking up her lighter, she can act again next round.

Caroline is running down the road towards the pub, shouting.

EDIT: Fixed the spoiler text, and here's the rolls that I'd forgotten to post:
2 Tentacle Attacks on Nathaniel (1d100=84, 1d100=9)
Suffocation damage (1d6=3)

[jtull_84]

Gwen reaches down and retirieves her lighter. She turns to Timour, and asks, in an eerily calm fashion, "Timour, do you have any vodka? We need to burn something to hurt that thing."

[Laraqua]

"Wait, there's a torch in my jacket pocket!" Maksim calls out, recalling - finally - what that bulge in his inner jacket it but he's just having some success with the car so he doesn't draw it himself.


OOC: You're going to kill me, I know, but it's been in his equipment all along!

[Timour Rukov]

"Vodka? Uh....I don't think...." Timour looks at her oddly, then begins to slap his jacket pockets, rustling through his jacket pockets. He produces a flask of brandy after a moment, then finds his own torch, hidden somewhere within the folds of his large jacket.

"Woah! I forgot I was carrying this!" Timour flips it on and exclaims loudly, rejoicing this newfound treasure, then runs after Nathaniel and the beast.

OC Oh ya....helps to check your inventory?

[DSIGFUSS]

GAGGLE-SPAGGLE-KLUK-KLEK! FWAHGUHA!

Spoiler:

Tanslation : Let go of me tonsils, yah bloody ponce!

[Decrepit]

OOC: Leave it to the twin disasters.

[DSIGFUSS]

SPAGGLE-GLICK-HUKLUK!

Spoiler:

Translation: Use the bloody torch you dodgy gits!

[Raiko]

Maksim finally guns the Bentley's big engine into life, meanwhile Timour leads Gwen into the alleyway shining his flash-light ahead of them.

As the torch's beam contacts the misty entity the effect is immediate, the faintly sparkling creature evaporates into the London fog, slain or merely retreating? It is impossible to tell, but Nathaniel's unconscious body is dumped onto the ground.

Tragically when Gwen and Timour reach the Englishman's body they learn that they may be too late - Nathaniel's lifeless body has no pulse.

Back on the street Caroline notices a few faces at windows ducking back inside, either to answer her cries for help, or to hide.

OOC:
I'm prepared to stretch out the normal 'first aid' period to a full minute (which seems more realistic), rather than only a single round, so you may yet save poor Nathaniel.

He's lost a total of 13 Hit Points, which leaves him on -1, I'll say you have 6 rounds left to make a successful first-aid roll to revive Nathaniel. The first aid must also get 2 or more on the 1d3 roll to bring him up to 1 hit point.

EDIT: Spoiler Tag didn't work - no time to fix at the moment.