IC-SWORD-Final Jeopardy(Zoe/Alicia/Raquel/Lara/Katarina)

The survivors from the T-Bone flee for the safety of Warren Air Force Base, while a lone woman struggles against all odds to stay alive in a very dangerous place. A small group of survivors races across Nebraska in a pickup truck. The helicopter group arrives in Omaha in a last ditch effort to save the world, but time is running out. Z-Day seems to last forever, but it will come to an end. The sun is getting lower, and night is coming...

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Z-Day - 5:52 PM Mountain Time - Prairie Militia Society Compound
In the movie studio-
Zoe lay beneath Jeff on the bed of the hotel room set, staring up at the ceiling. She tried not to wince as he slid one of her bra straps off her shoulder and nuzzled her neck and collarbone. He reached behind her back with his other hand and expertly undid the hook on her bra. Then he rose up on his knees and placed his hands on her hips while he straddled her, and she knew that time was running out. She saw a pair of tan legs slither through the opening in the ceiling, followed by the rest of Alicia Vargas. Alicia slid through the hole and dangled by her hands before dropping, but she landed badly and fell over on her side a short distance away, injured severely.

Alicia gritted her teeth and managed to stay awake for Zoe's sake, knowing that she wouldn't be able to rescue her friend - or herself - if she passed out now. She had landed with a thump. Jeff was just about to pull Zoe's panties over her hips when he heard the noise, and he whirled around to see her. "Get the hell off her, you pig!" snarled Alicia - in decent English. She stared daggers at him, horrified to see Zoe being assaulted.
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Zoe tries to shove Jeff away.
OOC,She intends to grab and use Jeff's rifle.
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OOC,To push him off of you, you'll need to make a Resistance Table roll of your STR of 13 against his STR of 17. This gives you a 30% chance. If you get past him, you'll be able to grab the rifle this round. You would only get to go first in the following round if you actually fire it. Otherwise, he gets to act before you do.
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30% is chancy,Lets see if she has an [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2008125/]idea[/url]; nope. How about throw 55%, and does she have a bonus because Jeff is distracted?
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OOC,Throw would be useful if you had something to throw at [b]Jeff[/b], but you're not holding anything. If you want to actually throw him down, you'd need to successfully Grapple him first, which is even harder than shoving him off (Grapple has a 25% base skill, plus he'd have a chance to break it next round even if you succeed). The bonus you get for his distraction is that he gets no Dodge or Parry rolls this round if you manage to hit him. You can make an unarmed attack, but one hit almost certainly won't take him down and it won't get you any closer to the rifle.
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OOC,Throw - to throw something at something, yeah I realise now!
"Aaaargh!" gasps Zoe, when she sees Alicia fall.
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In the movie studio-
"You're just full of surprises, aren't you, Alicia?" said Jeff, grinning at her.

"Leave her alone!" shouted Alicia. "Take me instead!"

Jeff climbed off of Zoe and stepped down from the bed. "A very tempting offer." He strode quickly over to her. "But who says I have to choose?" Before Alicia could regain her feet, Jeff was on top of her. He seized her roughly as he pressed her into the ground.

"No!" screamed Alicia. She tried to fight him off, but he was just too strong for her, and she couldn't slip free either. He had her pinned beneath him.
OOC,[b]Zoe[/b], it's your turn to act now. If you want to get the rifle this round, you can now that [b]Jeff[/b] has moved, but you'll only be able to go first in the following round if you fire it. If you do that, not only will it make a lot of noise, but you'll also run a huge risk. Your skill in Rifle is only 30% (the base skill is 25%, but in this game we've been allowing 30%), and if you miss you'd need to roll Luck to avoid hitting [b]Alicia[/b]. You may attack [b]Jeff[/b] this round only if you use an unarmed attack.
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Zoe makes a grab for the rifle.
OOC,She will use it as a large club 50%.
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In the movie studio-
While Zoe scrambled from the bed over to the chair and snatched up the M-16, Jeff locked his lips over Alicia's, cutting her off in mid-scream. Then Zoe saw another pair of legs slide through the hole in the ceiling. They belonged to Raquel Orozco, who dropped through and tried to land on him with both feet. She missed badly, landing painfully on her side nearby. She was hurt quite badly, but the tough maid still had strength in her.

Jeff reacted in surprise when he saw Raquel drop in, breaking off from his kiss. He looked up in time to see Lara Voronova lowering herself through the hole in the ceiling and letting go, and he easily avioded her. She landed on the floor next to him on her feet with the agility a cat, unhurt. Jeff effortlessly hauled Alicia to her feet and trapped her in a hold, one arm across her throat. He sneered at the other women as he tightened his grip. "Don't try anything, or I'll snap her neck!" he barked. He jerked his chin toward the entrance. "You think I don't mean it, look over there. Zoe, girl, you better put my rifle back down this instant!"

"Don't do it..." moaned Alicia. "Save yourselves..." She looked over at the entrance, where she saw Mei Ling's corpse lying in a pool of blood and gore. One bullet hole was in her heart, and two were in her head. In spite of her friend's death and her desperate plight, she remained calm. Raquel swallowed, but did not break down. Lara almost lost it, but she kept it together as well.

Then the ground began to shake slightly. It was another mild tremor, like the ones they had felt earlier. In a few seconds it had passed.
OOC,[b]Zoe[/b], it's your turn to act. You don't need to roll Sanity for seeing the body, as you've seen it and rolled already. You may attack him by using the rifle as a large club if you wish (or by shooting, but remember the risk), but if you don't bring him down in one blow he'll have a chance to hurt and possibly kill [b]Alicia[/b]. You may make a knockout attempt, but you'll have to hit for at least 8 damage to have any chance. 8 damage has a 5% chance of causing a knockout. Every point of damage above that increases the chance by 5 percentiles, so if you do 12 damage you have a 25% chance. If you hit and cause enough damage, go ahead and roll 1d100 to see if it knocks him out automatically. If you do 9 or more damage, there's an additional chance it will knock [b]Jeff[/b] out anyway if he fails a CON x 5 roll. I'll roll for him if necessary. If you fire and miss, remember to roll Luck to make sure you don't hit [b]Alicia[/b] by mistake. You may fire a burst, which will give you +20 to your skill (for a total of 50%). If that hits, roll 1d3 to see how many bullets hit [b]Jeff[/b]. Each bullet does 2d8 damage. However, you must roll Luck if you hit with less than all 3 bullets, the same as if you missed, which could easily kill [b]Alicia[/b] (she's down to 5 HP). You may instead obey [b]Jeff[/b] and put the M-16 down without having to roll anything.
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OOC,[b]Jeff[/b] does get a chance to Dodge, by the way, even if you do hit.
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Pointing the rifle at him, Zoe says, "Jeff, it is over. All this," she indicates the movie studio, "has finished. You and your sick friends have to put away their greasy c**ks. Now, surrender and we may leave you tied-up but unharmed, if not, I'll blow your fuckin' brains out!"
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In the movie studio-
"No, you won't," said Jeff, turning to face Zoe while holding Alicia in front of him like a shield. "You fire that gun, and Alicia's dead. Then my friends will hear the shooting and come to investigate, and then you'll be dead. I'm not an idiot. If I let her go, you'll kill me for certain. There's a few ways this can play out. The best way is if you put down the rifle and give up. Then you'll all get to live, and you won't be punished so badly. Or we could wait here like this until Deadeye and Ghost finish their dinner and come back here. If that happens, you can either surrender to them - and they won't be as nice as I will - or they'll shoot you. The third choice, and the worst one of all, is if you open fire. Then Alicia dies. Maybe I'll die too, but so will you once Deadeye and Ghost get here. I don't think you want to die, Zoe. If you did, you'd have fired already."

Raquel and Lara hustled over to stand behind Zoe, trembling with fear and rage. "Kill him!" hissed Lara.

"No!" said Raquel. "Please, we can't let him kill Alicia like he killed Mei Ling."
OOC,At this point if you want to attack [b]Jeff[/b] hand-to-hand he'll have a chance to kill [b]Alicia[/b] first. If you fire, you still get to go first.
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"You obviously have no idea what life has been like here for us girls, but that is no surprise to me; if you understood we wouldn't be prisoners. I'm saying death holds no terror for me: no hope, no fear. The only question is: Do you want to die, Jeff?" Zoe moves toward Jeff and Alicia.
OOC,Zoe intends to fire at point blank range, unless Jeff gives in; if Jeff attempts to kill Alicia, she will fire.
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In the movie studio-
Jeff backed away from Zoe, dragging Alicia with him. "Deadeye, Ghost, get your asses in here!" he shouted. He reached the door leading out, which was closed, and he didn't dare let go of his hostage to open it. He fixed Zoe with a hard stare. "Maybe you want to die, but maybe you won't get the chance. You know there are lots of things we can do to you that are worse than death. And if you do die, whichever of your friends survive will bear the brunt of the punishment. Put the gun down now while there's still time. Once they get here, all bets are off."
OOC,[b]Zoe[/b] is currently at normal range. If she advances to point blank range this round, she will not also be able to fire. [b]Jeff[/b] has no more room left to retreat at this point.
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OOC,50% and if Zoe misses 1d3 bullets strike Alicia?
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OOC,At the current range, which is not point blank, you may fire either a single shot or a burst. If you fire a single shot, you have a 30% chance of hitting [b]Jeff[/b] with one bullet for 2d8 damage (4d8 on an impale, 6 or less). If you miss, you must then roll Luck. Failing that means [b]Alicia[/b] is hit, but if you succeed nobody is hit. If you fire a burst, you have a 50% chance of hitting with 1d3 bullets. If you miss, or if you hit with less than three bullets, then you must roll Luck. If that fails, [b]Alicia[/b] is hit with one bullet. However, she's already badly hurt, so this will probably kill her. If your Luck roll succeeds, nobody gets hit by the extra bullet or bullets. If the burst is an impale (10 or less), only the first bullet that hits [b]Jeff[/b] does 4d8. Each bullet that hits gets a separate 1d20 roll to determine hit location. If you spend this round getting closer, then you will be at point blank range for the following round. At that point your chance is 60% for a single shot and 80% for a burst. Remember that even with a hit, a burst can still catch [b]Alicia[/b] if you're unlucky.
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Lara's eyes instantly fell on the chair where Jeff had left his stuff. She snatched up the pistol and started moving grimly toward Jeff, the gun pointed at him. Raquel followed nervously behind her. "Please be careful," she begged. "Don't let him kill Alicia."

Jeff backed up against the door, tightening his grip on Alicia. She closed her eyes and began to weep. While she was terrified of dying, she also hoped that death's embrace would at least be kinder than Jeff's. Her neck was locked in the crook of his elbow. "Last chance, Zoe," he said. "Drop it, or she pays the price."
OOC,You're at point blank range now, so go ahead and shoot if that's what you want to do.
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Zoe Gallagher fires at Jeff the bullets strike him.
OOC,[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2030181/]Damage to Jeff.[/url] Sorry to be dumb, what now? - A luck roll and if successful a further 2d8 twice?
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OOC,First roll 1d3 to see how many bullets hit [b]Jeff[/b]. For each bullet that hits him, roll 1d20 for hit location and 2d8 for damage. You already rolled 2d8 for damage from the first bullet and came up with 8, but it needs a hit location too. If you rolled 3 on 1d3, all of the bullets hit [b]Jeff[/b] and [b]Alicia[/b] will be okay. If you rolled a 1 or 2, then you must roll Luck. If that roll succeeds, [b]Alicia[/b] is unharmed. If you fail the Luck roll, she'll be hit. I'll roll hit location and damage to her in that case.
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