Play@YSDC

Darkened Street - London, England
7:25 PM - Tuesday, September 10, 1940

Phyllis charged at Madeline, smacking her very hard with her iron umbrella. The blow sent her reeling, disrupting her chanting and nearly knocking her to the ground, but sheer bloody-mindedness kept her on her feet. Major James Steadman snapped shut the lid of the box, and Archie was released from its grip and capable of moving again. However, a terrible form materialized in the street. No less than forty feet long, it was long and black, like an enormous snake with a single bat-like wing.

"There!" shouted the major, pointing at Phyllis, who had just struck his wife. "There is your offering!"

The monstrosity writhed as it loomed over her...

Keeper only,STR: 0 CON: 1 SIZ: 2 INT: 3 POW: 4 DEX: 5 Spell knowledge: 6

OOC,[b]Archie[/b] and [b]Phyllis[/b], please roll Sanity for seeing it. Sanity loss is 0/1D10, so you lose no Sanity if you succeed but 1D10 if you fail. If you lose 5 or more Sanity, you must roll Idea. Success means you go temporarily insane. [b]Phyllis[/b], please also roll Luck.

Sanity,65 0 cripes 1

Luck,65 2

“Get away you vile bat thing you! Or I’ll... I’ll make you into jam!” Phyllis screams whilst brandishing the umbrella.

Madeline began shrieking and waving her arms at the sight of the creature. The boy screamed in terror and tried to get away, but Major Steadman held him tight.

The sounds of aircraft overhead grew louder, and the night sky was briefly illuminated by flashes of light, as well as searchlights weaving back and forth. Incendiaries began to land, some of them on the roofs of buildings. One fell in the street nearby, and while it did not hit the creature, it still recoiled in what seemed like pain. However, it was not dissuaded from attacking...

OOC,Damage to creature from incendiary: 0 [b]Phyllis[/b], you may act now, before the creature does. [b]Archie[/b] will also get an action if he does not go temporarily insane.

Archie:

SAN 83,0

"Lord preserve us!"

Archie wrenches his Colt out again and takes a shot at the creature.

OOC,Is this point blank?

Archie:

Archie races forward, "Get away from her!" He fires at point blank range.

Handgun 85%,0 [ooc]Crit![/ooc]

Damage,1+4 = 7

“Reverend , come back!” Phyllis screams as Archie runs towards the horror. “Oh my aunt, he’ll be eaten for breakfast!” She wants to light her lantern to shine at the beast but it would take too long. She hides behind the umbrella whilst prodding it towards the major, hoping he might drop the jewel and the beast would disappear.

Umbrella,0

Ooc,Are there any areas of light nearby? Burning buildings?

The bullet struck the creature right in the wing, but it didn't even seem to notice. It was more upset by the presence of the sparkling incendiary.

Major Steadman easily avoided the umbrella. He slipped the little sarcophagus into his pocket and drew his pistol. "Don't try that again," he said. The boy tried to slip his hand into the major's pocket, but he couldn't get a grip on the object within.

Meanwhile, the creature swooped down on Phyllis, completely ignoring Archie. It moved in the process so that she was between it and the incendiary. It tried to bite her with its maw full of sharp teeth, but it couldn't get past her umbrella. Its tail swung around to try to wrap itself around her, but it narrowly failed to grab her.

OOC,There are burning buildings, but they're not terribly close. The main sources of light are the searchlights. There is, however, the one incendiary that landed nearby. Boy's Conceal roll (55% skill) to pick [b]Major Steadman[/b]'s pocket: 2 Creature's Bite attack (65% chance) on [b]Phyllis[/b]: 0 Creature's Tail attack (90% chance) on [b]Phyllis[/b]: 1 You may both act again.

Archie:

Archie changes tactic and runs towards Major Steadman, firing again. "Devil summoning fiend!"

OOC,Planning to get to point blank again.

Handgun 80%,0

Damage,1+2= 7

Major Steadman pointed his gun at Archie and shot right at him as soon as he began to charge, not waiting for him to get close.

OOC,If you want to get into point blank range with him before you fire, he gets to shoot first. Of course, if you fire before you're that close, you'll miss, and he'll get to return fire anyway, so you might as well. At least this way you'll have a chance to roll Dodge and forgo your shot if he hits. [b]Major Steadman[/b]'s Handgun roll (40% skill) shooting at [b]Archie[/b]: 0 Do you want to attempt to roll Dodge, knowing that you won't get to shoot whether you succeed or not, or will you take the hit?

Archie:

OOC,Archie needs to get to point blank and categorically doesn't want to hit the boy so he will take the hit and tough it out...

The bullet struck Archie in the chest, and he fell back, bleeding and unconscious.

OOC,Damage to [b]Archie[/b] from .455 bullet: 0 You're down to 1 HP, which is an automatic knockout. It's now [b]Phyllis[/b]'s turn.

Phyllis cowers behind her open umbrella trying to retreat towards the burning incendiary. “Must get near the light; must get near the light!” She mutters.

Ooc,Holy moley! That was a close shave. Hold on, Archie, stay with us! Just have a slight problem to deal with.

The creature turned to face Phyllis, but it did not approach the blazing incendiary. Instead, it opened its maw, and a rolling mist emerged from it. Phyllis was soon engulfed in darkness. She could barely see inches in front of her face, and that was thanks only to the incendiary.

OOC,Boy's Conceal roll (55% skill) to pick [b]Major Steadman[/b]'s pocket: 0 [b]Phyllis[/b], you may act again.

Keeper only,Duration of mist, starting round 3: 1 Creature has 27/29 MP left.

Phyllis tries to see the incendiary. Is it the sort likely to blow up any second? Might this be a classic case of the frying pan and the fire?

Know,85 0

Phyllis knew that incendiaries, unlike high explosive bombs, did not explode. They burned instead, and they were designed to set flammable things on fire. The one that had landed in the street just hadn't found anything to ignite. The way the air raids had worked was that incendiaries were dropped in the first wave in order to start fires and provide light for the bomber crews in the second wave, who would then be better able to see where to drop their high explosive payloads.

Hiding behind the umbrella, trying not to tremble, Phyllis makes her way towards and past the incendiary, hoping to put it between her and the giant bat thing. In the back of her mind she wonders if the Reverend is still alive; she saw him fall but after that there was just darkness.

Phyllis heard a flapping sound as she moved away from the incendiary, realizing too late that the creature could move and fly around the light source if she wasn't near it. Its massive mouth tried to take a bite out of her, but it had misjudged her location and missed her by a couple of feet. Its tail was a little more accurate, whipping toward her in an effort to wrap itself around her!

OOC,Boy's Conceal roll (55% skill) to pick [b]Major Steadman[/b]'s pocket: 0 Creature's Bite attack (65% chance) on [b]Phyllis[/b]: 1 Creature's Tail attack (90% chance) on [b]Phyllis[/b]: 2 [b]Phyllis[/b], please roll Dodge.

The monster's tail wrapped around Phyllis's waist, as she could not react fast enough to avoid it. It was tight, and she could not move away, but she still had full use of her arms. The thing was incredibly strong, and even with her own formidable strength, it was unlikely she'd be able to break its hold.

OOC,No, I was just asking you to try. ;) It's your turn to act, [b]Phyllis[/b].