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Deep Space 6 - Pas De Deux
- "I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."
- - -Ash, Aliens
Pax rolls Paradox vs 6 for 1 successes.
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REPOSE: The Hand balls into a fist and slams against the glass, though it's hard to see what lays beyond due to the inky blackness. Thankfully nothing can be hard of that pounding fist. Not without someone hitting the speaker button anyway. The weird wet noises are getting louder.
Stefan clicks the light on Pippin's camera and places him on the floor. A mental thought sends the little golem scurrying into the darkness.
Pax turns, glancing back down the hallway they'd just came from, then down the rest of containment. "Well it's a big ring, and we haven't hit one yet, so it'll be best to just keep going until we find one of them." the Nephandus explains with a little bob of his head. Have to know how the technology works if you want to break it, right? Stepping over to the cell with that blackness beyond, Pax peers inside for a moment, moving up on his tiptoes to get a good look inside. "Oh neat, a Chuvorah. Let's see about blowing up that power station, then maybe it'll help us with the rest."
Stefan puts a hand to his stomach, his lips curling up as he sees through Pippin's camera eye. "Be careful, and ready. There's a gross as fuck creature way down the hall. That's one of his tentacles I think. Sort of like an octopus or squid was multiple tentacles and frills."
Pembroke nudges bodies, checking for signs of life. He could use a little extra, just in case. Also, rifles pockets of staff for any keycards and the like. Also, just in case.
The dead golden deer is slowly dragged back to the stargate by its horns. With an invisible swipe, it's cut more as blood trickles to the center of the platform. Then, Emi takes her time starting the ritual to desecrate the Star-Gate and stones. The severed head of the deer lifted by invisible hands as blood was dripped all over the machinery. Going in a circular pattern from top to bottom, and coving the framework and making tiny circular patterns on the floor. The head placed on top of the gate, while Emi began to cover all the hearthstones in blood. Carving hellish runes into them, each one symbolic for the various 1,000 hells.
Once the scene was ready, she began chanting and preparing the site for banes, walking in a clockwise manner to cast the ritual.
Shade's brow lifts up behind his mask. He grins and flips his blade over in his hand "Oh, well that's something that should be fun...Heeeyyy sexy ninjaaaaaa" He singsong calls back to Emi.
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ST: Suddenly the speakers crackle to life, popping and sputtering with a hiss before a pleasant male voice informs:
Euclidean Shift in t-minus three minutes. Please prepare for the imminent shift, all personnel to stations. Gnostic generator reboot is in effect.
Euclidean Shift in t-minus three minutes. Please prepare for the imminent shift, all personnel to stations. Gnostic generator reboot is in effect. Quadrant Four readings abnormal.
The warning lights continue to flash with the rhythmic sound of the alert scratching roughly through the shorted speakers. The lights flicker a bit and in the distance, the low-frequency hum of something rumbles to life.
Around the bend, the sound of something large and wet seems to be making it way in their direction and that hand is still pounding on the observation window. Harder now... shaking the thick pane.
Pax is still peering into that dark, tentacle-filled cell curiously, his brain clicking along as he works out more about what this thing being here means. "Oh, wait, no. They're more like a parasite, I guess. Ever seen a wolf worm?" Turning towards the others he holds up his fingers a few inches from each other. "About this long, inch or so around? Burrow into the skin? Yea, kinda like those, except these things take over the host or whatever. Very fomori-like, I'd love to screw around with some of them." Because that has an interesting application! Physical, instead of mental, infestation of the host.
Stefan keeps watching through Pippin's eyes. When he hears Pax he glances over at Pembroke, and then back towards Pax. "Do you think it is possible that it is capable of intelligent thought? Could someone get in its head?"
Andone is near the back holding a pistol in one hand and a knife in the other. It doesn't actually look like he has any idea how to use either of them though, carrying them more as accessories for his suit as he looks up towards the speaker when he hears that announcement. "Anyone ever see Event Horizon?"
After desecrating and defiling the Stargate, Emi tosses the golden head of the deer to the side as alarms and sirens begin to flash. Eyes rolling to Shade at being called a sexy ninja but she forgives the action and rips a deadly looking kunai from her kimono and twirls it rapidly in the air before her. Suddenly she pauses like a god damn power ranger making a silly but highly flexible pose. "As my mentor once said..., Let's get dangerous.", a vicious red aura dissipating off the Kitsune as something was just activated.
Considering the warning announcement, it causes Raquel's hackles to rise. Dimensional shifts aren't unusual for the Bygone, but from where they're located the destination isn't a familiar one. Pax is desiring to destroy the power generators, and that tentacled monstrosity is in the way. Best to test its insides from a distance before she tangles with it up close and personal. Aiming a finger, Raquel prepares to release her inner Sith Lord.
Pembroke stays behind the more solid members of the team, looking for an opening for Jedi mind tricks keeping an eye on any markings on the walls
Andone stands behind everyone like an idiot.
Stefan still has his gift in effect and is in contact with Pippin. He is close enough to speak with Pax but noticeably /behind/ the mage.
Stepping back from the door to the cell, Pax glances back at the others staying back and away from the interior areas of the hallway and gives a slight sigh. Excepting Raquel, of course. Reaching down to his waist, there's not a peep of noise as he unsheathes the rough-looking sword from its scabbard, and takes it in both hands as he takes up a fighting stance. "They can be intelligent, but it takes some time. Definitely something to work on, or look into at least."
Pax rolls Dexterity + Occult vs 3 for 13 successes.
Eris rolls 7 vs 6 for 2 successes.
Eris rolls 1 vs 6 for -1 successes.
Eris rolls 13 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Pembroke rolls Dexterity + Dodge vs 6 for 3 successes.
Emi rolls 6 vs 5 for 3 successes.
Emi rolls 8 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Occult + 6 vs 2 for 15 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 8 successes.
Eris rolls 8 vs 6 for 6 successes.
Stefan loses one Willpower
Raquel loses one Willpower
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 6 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 9 successes.
Eris rolls 6 + 2 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Eris rolls 6 + 5 vs 6 for 0 successes.
Eris rolls 6 + 8 vs 6 for 8 successes.
Andone rolls Dexterity + Stealth vs 6 for 1 successes.
Stefan rolls Manipulation + Occult vs 5 for 3 successes.
Stefan loses one Willpower
Stefan rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 6 for 1 successes.
Stefan rolls Strength + 4 vs 6 for 1 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 10 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 9 vs 3 for 10 successes.
Eris rolls 8 vs 6 for 2 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -5 vs 8 for 1 successes.
Raquel loses one Health
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 9 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 8 vs 3 for 13 successes.
Eris rolls 8 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -7 vs 8 for 2 successes.
Raquel loses one Health
Raquel loses one Health
Raquel gains one Health
The swarms and tentacles and general hell begins to advance, and Pax goes into action. Somewhat sluggish action, but still action nonetheless. Testing the waters more than anything, Pax turns his attention towards the swarm seeking to harass Pembroke, and with a flourish of his sword lightning travels up from the powel and out at the swarm, causing electricity to crackle and pop amongst them as the swarm of creatures promptly fries. No real attention is paid to the attempts of the others to harm him, other than a faint grimace.
Emi instinctively throws a her kunai in the air and down the long corridor, the thing is nearly alive as it whips pasts Andone and Pembroke. Literally side stepping in the air like a baseball curve, until the sharp blade swerves like a redneck almost passing the KFC and flies pointedly into a large tentacle of a monster. Normally the Ninja would of ran up to try and kill things but she walks slowly taking her time. Everything would likely be dead before she even got there, so what was the point. Instead she draws her odd katana and lets Raquel and Pax steak the show. "Don't worry Pembroke. I'll protect you from the monsters...", she said grinning with her fox snout and baring teeth. Blood and guts flying everywhere as Emi seemed to dodge the gore like an artist.
Stefan doesn't totally break his connection to Pippin but keeps his main attention on the attacking creatures. With a thought his sword is engulfed in mystical fire, and spotting Pembroke being cornered by one he makes a quick swing toward it. It hits but does little to actually damage it.
Andone looks on as swarms of tentacles start to head towards his friends. Well, allies. Well, meat shields. He briefly points his gun like he's going to fire but then a kunai goes flying past him and he decides to exercise the greater part of valor as he dives behind a crate to hide. "Shit!"
Once the arc of electricity splits open the smaller of the profane creatures, Raquel privately rejoices: the blue-blood doesn't eat away at the floor or other materials, and so she wades into combat once a pair of the tentacles dared to assault her. It's while she's wrist deep in cutting the alien flesh to ribbons that her mind reels from the psychic attack, her head pounding as Pax's ongoing defenses manages to prevent most of the damage. She cuts with claws while the beast lashes out at her mind, and soon it will be quite dead if she has anything to say about it.
Pembroke starts to reach out with his mind, but then.. oh shit, it's reaching for him with a tentecle! So instead, he dives aside, and alllllmost gets away. But still, he gets snagged. "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. I am too white to be tentecle raped. Get off get off ge... no, wait.. leggo the Pemo!" as he tries to find something to grab hold of.
ST: Tentacles everywhere, they seem to reach out of shadows, thick and inky black. Oily looking with bibbling pustules of dark icor and sharp-tooth ringed suckers that latch on to limbs and flesh. As some of the tentacles are cut away they ooze thick almost tar-like goop onto the floor. The eight big ones start for Pembroke and are deflected while others try to reach for more accessible appendages. The half-mutated human, puppeted by the cephalopod with its beak shoved into the mortal shell's spine is repeatedly wrecked by Raquel's martial prowess and blue blood spatters. None the less the weird creature lets out a sudden shriek that is only a physical representation of the psychic blast aimed the Bygone's direction. In the background, the mechanical voice continues to inform in heartbeats of the exact timing of the various events that are set out to occur. One massive, human eye rolls forth from the gelatinous mass of mottled flesh blocking the hall. Staring in watery blue at its attackers as the 8 thicker, stronger tentacles renew their efforts as the smaller oily black ones continue to cling and clutch to Raquel and Pax... Those will start to become a hindrance. (Str 6)
Top of round 2.
Raquel rolls Strength vs 3 for 6 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength vs 3 for 3 successes.
Eris rolls 1 vs 6 for -1 successes.
Pax rolls Perception + Alertness vs 6 for 1 successes.
Pax rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 8 successes.
Pax rolls Strength + 4 + 7 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Pax rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 10 successes.
Pax rolls 2 vs 2 for 0 successes.
Pax rolls Strength + 4 + 9 vs 6 for 9 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Eris rolls 15 vs 6 for 7 successes.
Emi rolls 6 vs 6 for 2 successes.
Emi rolls 8 vs 6 for 2 successes.
Emi rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 9 successes.
Emi rolls 2 vs 6 for 0 successes.
Emi rolls Gnosis vs 6 for 5 successes.
Emi rolls Strength + 2 + 8 vs 6 for 5 successes.
Emi rolls 1 vs 6 for 0 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 6 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 9 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 8 vs 3 for 18 successes.
Eris rolls 8 + -3 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -2 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -2 vs 6 for 2 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 7 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 6 vs 3 for 12 successes.
Andone rolls Dexterity vs 7 for 2 successes.
Andone rolls 6 vs 6 for 2 successes.
Stefan rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 6 for 3 successes.
Stefan rolls Strength + 6 vs 6 for 1 successes.
Eris rolls 13 vs 6 for 7 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 10 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 9 vs 3 for 17 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 10 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 9 vs 3 for 11 successes.
The grasping tentacles seem to pose a little real restriction on Pax, as soon as he seems to decide he'd like to move, he does. Disappearing into an implosion of shadows, Pax's body moves like a specter across the space between him and that large creature down the hall, where he lands in a run to close the remainder of the gap. Rolling into his primary assault, Pax's sword bites into the large tentacled monster twice, drawing large, gruesome lines across it as its flailing attempts at retaliation do little to affect the armored form of the Kin.
Raquel is immune to a great slew of materials, forces, and environments. However, the bruising upon the brain isn't an enjoyable one. She completely dismembers the little hybrid monster, slays another group of tentacles, before pulling out one of her trusty bottles of liquid lipids to pour over her own head. The mental malaise begins to lift while her tightly braided hair is now dripping with oil, the Bygone covered in a variety of fluids including the bluish ichor. Two more of the bundles of malevolent extremities are cut down as she becomes a blur of bloody violence.
Andone stands up behind his crate aims his pistol at one of the tentacles on Raquel. He grimaces a bit and actually looks away as he pulls the trigger. By chance, the shot actually lands but then does no damage at all. Andone lets out a little shriek and ducks down behind cover again.
Pembroke looks up, peers at the smaller creature, and prepares to defend himself... before falling back into convulsions. Isn't he so cute, lying there on the floor, being tentacle dragged, drooling out a spittle trail on the ground.
Stefan is swinging his sword like a madman and tries to at least do some damage to the tentacles around Pembroke. Again the flaming sword makes contact but does little good. "Fuck this!" He blurts out, "I have to enhance this bitch!"
Emi looks up from Pembroke as tentacles abound around her; instead, she rips a kunai from her stockings and throws it straight ahead of her, with a slight tilt of her hips and adjustment to where she was looking - the kunai boomerangs past her face and down the hall to smack a baby Cthulhu monster in the face. "In video games, always kill the children first. It makes the adult monsters frenzy and you get more experience.", nodding while unsheathing her double-bladed katana. She raises it high into the air and cuts deep into the life and ichor of a monster, while mystically a mirror cut showed up on a different set of slimy tendrils. Filling the hall with blood like a rendition of an Addams family skit. "Ohhh, double rainbow.... very auspicious.", as blood sprinkled the walls and windows.
ST: There's blue and black goo everywhere, it's on everything. It's gooey and what's worse it's oily, clinging and cloying and stinking like bilge water. There is still the matter of their way being blocked by the strange creature which seemed to have absorbed Pax's powerful attack with its slimy membranes.
Static pops as a voice sound over the speaker again: Begining Decompression. Preparing for Gnostic load. Euclidean Shift in process. Full shift in less than three minutes. Please prepare the facility. Quadrant four shows abnormality.
A loud HISSSS of something starts to sound all around them.
Pax loses one Willpower
Pax rolls Dexterity + Occult vs 2 for 17 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Pax rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 10 successes.
Pax rolls 1 vs 2 for 1 successes.
Pax rolls Strength + 10 + 4 vs 6 for 7 successes.
Pax rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 10 successes.
Pax rolls 1 vs 2 for 1 successes.
Pax rolls Strength + 10 + 4 vs 6 for 8 successes.
Pax rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 10 successes.
Pax rolls 1 vs 2 for 1 successes.
Pax rolls Strength + 10 + 4 vs 6 for 10 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 9 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Eris rolls 15 + -5 vs 8 for 3 successes.
Eris rolls 13 vs 6 for 8 successes.
Emi rolls 6 vs 6 for 0 successes.
Stefan rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 6 for 3 successes.
Stefan rolls Strength + 6 vs 6 for 2 successes.
Pax rolls Wits + Athletics vs 6 for 0 successes.
Stefan rolls Wits + Athletics vs 6 for 0 successes.
Raquel rolls Wits + Athletics vs 6 for 5 successes.
Andone loses one Willpower
Andone rolls Wits + Athletics vs 6 for 1 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 9 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 8 vs 3 for 16 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 11 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 10 vs 3 for 12 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Another flash of lightning works its way up Pax's sword, and like some weird alternate version of Thor is arcs out and strikes the larger tentacle creature with a heavy sizzle. This is followed up with three more heavy strikes of the blade, cutting through the visceral and disgusting flesh of the monster as Pax attempts to get at its vulnerable insides. Unfortunately, Pax hasn't felt actual pain in some time, and the mental assault catches him off guard. Reeling with a cry of sudden surprise and pain, the loss of gravity causes him to lose his footing, and the Nephandus goes floating up into the air as he tries to work through the pain in his head.
Long distance to Eris: Stefan nods. "I understand =) I am just happy he didn't botch and he made contact at all. He's still new and wasn't made to be a combat char/he was meant as a very smart craftsman.
Tick. Tock. The alarm klaxons are still going off, and the message relayed keeps nagging at Raquel as she turns to barrel down upon the largest of the quipplothic creatues. As she reaches her last two steps, the gravity shifts off, and her instincts kick in with the adrenaline and her hooves secure themselves to the metal floor. She's carving into the great beast with everything she has, fury getting the better of her as Pax (and others) are in danger.
Andone was about to poke up and save Raquel from her dire fate but then the gravity suddenly stops and he finds himself floating upwards. His eyes go wide as he ends up letting go of both the gun and the knife while he flails wildly to try to grab onto something. "H... Hey!"
Stefan managed to at least get another hit on a tentacle as he tries to protect his fallen friend. Before he can react more his body simply goes limp and he is floating upwards. "What the...?" He tries desperately to reach out and grasp Pembroke, and try to keep the both of them from crashing into... wherever.
Pembroke floats! Drools! He's the amazing unconscious Kinfolk!
ST: The gravity is off and the runner lights along the metal flooring are starting to flicker and hum softly as that low-frequency hum in the back of everyone's audio range starts to become louder. The lack of gravity remains, causing body parts and blood to form into little clusters and globulets that float through the air around the befuddled people. Emi drifts off, unable to stop herself back towards the transport room. The squid also is caught up in the lack of G-force and it floats in the center of the halo, it's tentacles splaying out to keep it in place.
Pax gains one Health
Pax loses one Willpower
Pax rolls Dexterity + Occult vs 2 for 15 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -5 vs 8 for 3 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 12 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 11 vs 3 for 15 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 2 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 9 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 8 vs 3 for 13 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 9 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 8 vs 3 for 18 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Stefan loses one Willpower
Stefan rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 7 for 4 successes.
Stefan rolls Strength + 8 vs 6 for 7 successes.
Andone rolls Dexterity + Athletics vs 6 for 3 successes.
Pax rolls Arete vs 5 for 1 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 9 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 8 vs 3 for 16 successes.
Eris rolls 10 vs 6 for 7 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 12 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 1 vs 3 for 6 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -1 vs 6 for 5 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 11 vs 3 for 16 successes.
Raquel gains one Health
Raquel gains one Health
While everyone else is combating the unnatural state of freefalling, Raquel is still latched onto the deck by her pretty hooves splashed in azure guts. Reaching and gripping and tearing through the alien flesh, a grimace of rage across her face barely shows as she keeps her mouth tightly shut. No one wants to swallow this stuff! It flails and attempts to get away from those platinum claws while the Bygone endures in her mission to destroy this nightmare.
Andone is suddenly busy floating in the air. He begins to flail and kick his legs, trying to swim though that's not really working. Eventually, he drifts close enough to a railing to grab onto it and pull himself down to the ground with a satisfied grin. "I did it!"
The old backups for pain kick in and Pax's grimace becomes more manageable as some of the damage to his mind is quickly mended. The presence of these old regenerative items, though obsolete most of the time, prove their value in situations like this. As Pax is unable to get a good stance while floating, he instead points his sword at the creature, another arc of powerful lightning slamming into it as his other hand splays its fingers and directs itself down towards his boots.
Stefan uses all his strength and determination to swing the flaming sword again at the nearest tentacle as the creature tries to hang on to the wall. He manages to do some real damage this time to it. But more importantly, he manages to hand onto his friend, and prevent the unconscious Pembroke from floating away.
Pembroke floats! We alllll float! Except for Raquel, because she sucks. With her toes. But Pem twitches, and floats, and drifts.
ST: Once more the speaker cracks to life as a voice sounds over the speaker again: Decompression complete. Rebooting gravity. Stabilizing Gnostic load. Euclidean Shift in process. Full shift in less than three minutes. Please prepare the facility. Quadrant four shows abnormality.
The high hum that had turned into a whine mingles with the weird warbling scree that the massive squidlike monstrosity attempts to flee now that it has literally coated everything and everyone in floating blobs of blue blood. As it moves lights can be seen thanks to the slowly brightening lights. "D.M.I - Project Epsilon" Is etched into the walls that the creature's movement's reveal as it tries to get away, sliding and oozing along.
Pax rolls Arete vs 5 for 3 successes.
ST: Once more the speaker cracks to life as a voice sounds over the speaker again: Decompression complete. Rebooting gravity. Stabilizing Gnostic load. Euclidean Shift in process. Full shift in less than three minutes. Please prepare the facility. Quadrant four shows abnormality.
The high hum that had turned into a whine mingles with the weird warbling scree that the massive squidlike monstrosity attempts to flee now that it has literally coated everything and everyone in floating blobs of blue blood. As it moves lights can be seen thanks to the slowly brightening lights. "D.M.I - Project Epsilon" Is etched into the walls that the creature's movement's reveal as it tries to get away, sliding and oozing along.
Pax rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 10 successes.
Pax rolls Strength + 9 + 4 vs 6 for 12 successes.
Pax rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 6 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -2 vs 6 for 3 successes.
Pax rolls Strength + 5 + 4 vs 6 for 7 successes.
Pax rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 2 for 8 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -2 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Pax rolls 3 vs 2 for 3 successes.
Pax rolls 1 vs 2 for -1 successes.
Pax rolls Strength + 4 + 9 vs 6 for 0 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -2 vs 6 for 4 successes.
Eris rolls 20 + -2 vs 6 for 5 successes.
Raquel rolls Perception + Alertness vs 9 for 3 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Martial Arts (soft Style) vs 2 for 13 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 12 vs 3 for 15 successes.
Eris rolls 10 + -3 vs 6 for 6 successes.
Raquel rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 3 for 7 successes.
Raquel rolls Strength + 2 + 6 vs 3 for 8 successes.
The gravity comes back on and Andone's eyes go wide as suddenly he's yanked back down towards his favorite hidey crate. There's another shrill cry as he hits the ground with a thud and then thousands of black widows start to spill out from behind the box, scurrying off into whatever little crawl spaces they can find. They must have eaten him.
Fucking shit is everywhere! Raquel is so latched onto the idea of killing this thing, she continues to fixate upon the tentacled beast and wraps those steely arms of hers around its own to squeeze the life out of it and hold it into place. Until her incredibly sharp claws tear once more through it's ribboned flesh, and the inky squid burbles out whatever death kneel it has and becomes still. She's completely drenched in the otherworldy goo, not quite paying full attention to the change in gravity as it really... doesn't affect her talents to adhere to the wall. Huh.
Tightening his fingers into a grip, as though he were gripping the air, Pax's boots suddenly glow briefly before they proceed to pull him towards the nearest metal surface, where they CLANK with a heavy thud. This affords Pax the purchase he needs to continue to press the attack on the tentacle creature, and he does so, delivering more heavy blows to its form /just/ before it inks everywhere, causing Pax to 'Blech!' in displeasure as it covers him.
The sudden alteration in gravity causes Stefan's arm to near jerk from his socket as Pembroke's full deadweight is on the end of it. Good thing he is stronger than he looks. He works his way down, and away from the ones fighting the creature. Once back on the floor he shakes Pembroke, attempting to wake him.
Their position, their orientation has changed and as Raquel finishes the creature off in its final embarrassingly inky moments it falls into a giant gelatinous heap that almost seems to half melt into the ground. The lights continue to whirr and the Gnostic Generator seems to kick on and the alarm lights go off.
Shields at 10 percent. Gnostic Generator operating at full capacity. Running diagnostics, sending security drones to Quadrant Four. The line for the quadrants is literally where they are. A Maze of hallways heading further past where the creature had met its final end. With the power restored dodging the 'drones' is a breeze and small robots move to clean up the messes into bio-containment units while the group sneaks off deeper into D.M.I. - Epsilon to explore and plot its destruction.
Pax rolls Intelligence vs 6 for 5 successes.
Stefan rolls Intelligence vs 6 for 0 successes.
Raquel rolls Intelligence vs 6 for 3 successes.
Fin
(TBC...)
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