Expedition Team Mauve Shirts: Chapter 4 Run

Me too since Papa is technically not hostile at the moment.

And V, we could also do Bohemian Rhapsody if you want.

Alright fine, we activate Stewards of The Earth and perform a duet of Bohemian Rhapsody but replace the word Mama with Papa.

Dive will do the simple thing of carrying Puppy to the door, maybe even sing a lullaby version of "Carry On My Wayward Son" to Puppy to calm him.

At this rate, we'll turn the whole scene into a musical.

Well you don't know what to do, Dive doesn't know what to do, and I don't know what to do exactly.

Best i could think of was turning on the engine and using the resulting noise to distract him, or blow the airhorn. Or heck, maybe Dive should toss me one of his Flares and I could light it out the window then we could do the duet!

Yeah, i think i got a plan here.

Dive lends you one of his flares, you come into the first trailer with me, you light it outside the window and we could begin the duet while Dive carrys Puppy to the door!

Alright, we wait for Dive's input.

~Papa, just killed a Carno. Tossed him across the field and tore him apart. Papa! Oooohhhh I didn't mean to make you angry~

Okay so just a check, we got
-Gary revving the engine
-Bill hooks up the intercoms to start singing after tossing a flare
-Randy gets a door open

This sound right?

"We did a fine job, tossing our little medical tools around," Bill muttered as he drew up his lot in the plan. Pulling up one of Randy's flare and lobbing it through a cracked door towards Randy's trailer. Action roll!
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3 + roll 1 + Stewards of the Earth 1 + dialogue bonus 1 = 6!... Success!

Managing to secure the throw, Bill did what made sense. He pulled up the intercom microphone and started singing to distract the adult.

"Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality!"

Knowing he had to draw attention away from the back trailer to buy the others time to get set up, Gary cranked the keys and revved the engine back on. Skill roll!
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3 + roll 6 + Stewards of the Earth 1 = 10!... Success!

Catching the flare and igniting it as he revved up the engine, Gary mentally said '**** it' and made use of the restored power to sing along.


"Papa, just killed a Carno!
Tossed him across the field and tore him apart!
Papa! Oooohhhh I didn't mean to make you angry!"

The Tyrannosaurus rex grunted, thoroughly confused and flummoxed at what he was seeing. It stepped away from the back trailer to investigate. Puppy chirped happily and tried to mimic some of the tunes Bill and Randy were spewing out. Both wanting to quiet it down a get its attention away from the impromptu singers, Randy shrugged and started reciting his own tune while carrying the infant towards the door.

"Carry on my wayward son
For there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no moooooore!"

Dr. Levine and Harding just sat quietly and listened, flabbergasted the team wasn't dead yet as Randy opened a door. Skill roll!
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3 + Stewards of the Earth 1 + roll 1 = 5!.... Partial success!

Randy couldn't help but smile when Puppy stood up on open ground and chirped happily, his leg doing much better. Unfortunately at stray chirp got its father's attention and Papa Berenstain snapped up from previously being transfixed on Gary and his flare whilst being serenaded by Bill. It whipped around and saw Randy directly above its offspring. With hardly a sound, it lunged forward and tried to snap him up to get him away from its infant; as humans do smell like other predators and it's parental instincts told it to not let any other carnivores near its offspring. Randy managed to dodge, both from backpedaling into the trailer and being yanked back by Dr. Levine, the adult male did chomp down on the doorframe and crushed it between his jaws like someone would a soda can. The frame was crushed in beyond use and the door was completely shattered. Papa Berenstain grumbled and turned his around to look inside. The look he gave the group was less a predator actively trying to kill them and more a stiff warning by a stern parent.

With a snort, he harmlessly picked up Puppy in his jaws in the manner a parent alligator would. Nestled in the safest place it could be on the island, Puppy chirped and wagged his tail, bidding farewell to the team above the noises of its grumbling father as the latter started to walk off into the forest.

Miraculously, after an encounter with the greatest predator to ever live, everyone is still alive! The trailers did suffer some damage though. The electricity and lighting are on the fritz, multiple windows cracked, one of them on the cusp of shattering, the door to the front trailer needs repairs to be closed again, and the doorway on the side of the back trailer is broken beyond repair and will need to be covered and braced or else it could prove to be an entryway for the smaller predators the island. It might not be long until the Troodon or worse catch the scent of humans, in a trailer that is no longer impenetrable.


(I'll have you know that if Tem or Dive were one point off in your rolls or choice to activate Stewards of the Earth, one or both of you what died
Also to show another near-death experience, had you not made a decision as a group to broadcast Puppy's call and speed up the parent's arrival, you'd have had to deal with BOTH T.rex showing up and this might have happened.
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Bill, do you
A. Repair the front trailer door first and make it able to close again for safety? (skill roll+ role bonus)
B. Use a table and bolts to brace and cover the back trailer's busted side door first and close off entry (skill roll+ role bonus)

Gary, do you
A. Assist Bill with the repairs? (+3 to V's rolls)
B. Use your binoculars and stealth to scout the perimeter and make sure its safe? (stealth roll)

Randy, do you
A. Assist Bill with the repairs? (+3 to V's rolls)
B. Use a road flare (4 left) to start a small fire to keep the other carnivores away? (skill roll)
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Option A.

"Well, now that we're all not dead, let's fix the trailer."

It's spelled Castiel.

Umm yeah the 4 flares count was a mistake on my part, he still had five so 5-2=3

Edit: Correct number should be four, you may have mistaken me throwing the flashlight as Dive using a flare. On a sidenote, you also seem to have trouble occasionally telling the difference between Randy and Gary.

How do we get more flares?

You are doing a good job of being a GM. This game can be a bit tiresome at times but overall, I'm greatly enjoying.

And about the flare thing, it was a mistake from the both of us and i don't blame you.

I was thinking more of a traditional fantasy style.

I'd be fine with modern space.