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Post by Tarbtano on Jan 8, 2018 21:06:35 GMT -5
Gary scoffed, "Master of nature? Are you sure senility isn't getting into your head, Dr. Atherton? I'll try to see if prison will make for a good retirement home."
"Nature is mindless, has no directive, no order. All just fruitless competition that might promote weaker strains by chance. I have directive, Penward had an order, we gave it purpose," Atherton snipped, "Nature killed off its Deinonychus for the mammal, we improved it!"
Kuro Hime panted for breath while trying to mentally coordinate so she could time it right. If she was off by even just half a second it might entail a premature strike that would leave her wide open, and if she waited too long she might lose her chance and getting pinned then tore apart by her physically stronger for. And on top of everything her injuries were starting to catch up to her. She heard the footfalls coming up the stairwell and braced, tensing up all her muscles before she flew forward with her head down just as she saw the speeding, blurry shadow coming around the corner.
Action roll! Lp4jQ42Qp_ 3 + roll 2 + dialogue bonus 0.5 = 5.5!... Partial Failure!
She timed it wrong. Bloody Yandere came charging out of the stairwell like a freight train. While the two did crash into each other head-on, the greater mass meant the modified Deinonychus had more forward momentum and won out in the contest. Kuro Hime did manage to raise up one of her feet and kick out frantically as she was thrown back, stabbing Bloody Yandere in the stomach (Enemy -1 HP); but it wasn't enough. Bloody Yandere snapped down on Kuro Hime's chest and shook her like a ragdoll (Player -1 HP). The altered raptor tasted blood as her natural counterpart shrieked pain, before the former cost the latter away and sent her fumbling across the rooftop (Player -0.5 HP).
"Aaah, there we go. The experimentation has paid off. My creation is stronger, more voracious, and more unyielding than any generation by random event."
Atherton boasted as Bloody Yandere tasted the blood across her teeth by linking it, stalking forward slowly while crouched down. Kuro Hime winced and staggered up to her feet, backing away until she felt her foot kick out. Putting it back she glanced behind herself to see she had been backed up towards the edge of the roof. Trapped.
Kuro Hime HP - 2.5 Bloody Yandere HP - 2.5
Tem's turn, do you A. Jump down towards the lower rooftops to try and clear some space? (action roll) B. Jump back and try to use your feather's to parachute jump or grab the wall? (skill roll) C. Bait out a lunge and jump over the altered Deinonychus to pounce on it? (action roll)
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 8, 2018 21:19:46 GMT -5
A bad roll again? Jesus Christ! How many times has this happened to us? I was stoked earlier and now I'm feeling pissed.
I choose B to grab the wall.
Gary: You'd think after all we've been through to get here, that something like this wouldn't have been too challenging to handle?
Dive, Vman. Again, we seriously need those dialogue bonuses. I expect to see some f**king effort from you two.
Good God, this is frustrating me.
EDIT: Tarb, can you please up the others' dialogue to a full point instead of half because at this rate, we might legitimately lose here.
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Post by diverseinterests47 on Jan 8, 2018 21:26:33 GMT -5
Randy: I think our black princess (not racist) needs a little push in the right direction.
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Post by vman0 on Jan 8, 2018 22:45:57 GMT -5
Bill: "In all honesty, I think that Mad Doctor's genetic abomination should go suck some eggs, along with their batshit excuse for a scientist."
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Post by Tarbtano on Jan 9, 2018 0:56:31 GMT -5
*Twaps Tem over the head* Calm down dude, I'm not a sadist GM. If you lose, you'll lose because you had no one to back you up and it was a chain of events. The dialogue is a boost, not a requirement. Besides, a bigger determining factor is the actions in which you choose to take. unbeknownst to you all unless you really think about the action, certain choices have a higher degree of success as a default. What might take a score of 5 for one choice to partially fail might be a complete success in another choice. Lining up a perfect shot on a charging dinosaur is going to have a narrower chance of success than closing a door in time.
Gary tried and failed to line up a shot with the tranquilizer rifle, but Kuro Hime was in the way, "You'd think after all we've been through to get here, that something like this wouldn't have been too challenging to handle?!"
Bill cringed when he saw Yandere's performance, "In all honesty, I think that Mad Doctor's genetic abomination should go suck some eggs, along with their batshit excuse for a scientist."
Randy looked up to the speakers, "I think our black princess needs a little push in the right direction."
"That smirk tells me you got something in mind Dr. Archer," Levine muttered with a raised brow, "Anything that'll keep us from getting eviscerated?"
"Might, come on! Bill get your cutters and give Gary a boost, he's tallest!"
On the roof the altered Deinonychus hissed as she closed in on her prey, claws clicking on the roofing.
"Feathers, those were the first things to go even if they were just an aesthetic. Can't have the intimidating killing machine to be delivered to Penward looking like some six-foot turkey. He demanded fear, practicality, and ferocity. He demanded a dragon. No overgrown bird could ever achieve something so fearsome or have any use. Feathers are soft, get in the way, and distract from the monstrous greatness of the reptilian, they have no use in a predator!"
She was about to brace and charge when a loud static ripped out of Atherton's speakers, causing her to look over in confusion due to conditioning about listening to orders. It seemed the voices were trying to get her a command but she could hear it. It bought Kuro Hime just enough time to intentionally fall over the edge. She spread out her wings and caught a updraft will swinging her claws out. Bloody Yandere hissed and lurched over to peer over the edge.
Skill roll! 41yYRPK|p_ 2 + roll 1 + dialogue bonus 2 = 5!.... SUCCESS!
Kuro Hime just unintentionally proved Penward's demands wrong. Digging her claws into the surface for traction and flapping her wings whilst kicking her legs to gain upwards movement, she literally ran up the side of the wall like something someone would expect from a movie.
Gary and company, having just cut one of the lines to Atherton's speakers and had Bill screw with the wiring to blast the interference static, watched in awe as she rushed her rival.
"Heh, wing assisted incline running, bird trait. So that's what the feathers are for if it can't fly!" Randy noted with a smirk and nod.
Kuro Hime shrieked and jumped up at the bewildered Bloody Yandere, slashing her across the chest and face with her hand claws (Enemy -1 HP) before hopping up and planting a double kick into her gut to push her back (Enemy -0.5 HP). Even if the exhaustion of the maneuver cost her somewhat (Player -0.5 HP), it sent Bloody Yandere reeling and blooded, effectively blinded in one eye from the blood leaking into it. The feathered dinosaur huffed and staggered as she stood at the ready.
Atherton, speaking out his other speaker, was absolutely livid.
"No.. NO! YOU CHEATED! YOU MONGREL INTERLOPERS CHEATED!" Kuro Hime and Bloody Yandere stared each other down as they both tensed up, clearly tired but not backing off just yet.
Kuro Hime HP - 2 Bloody Yandere HP - 1
Dive, your turn A. Rush Bloody Yandere while she's still staggered to try and finish her off? (action roll) B. Bait a strike from Bloody Yandere and counter to try and pin her down? (skill roll) C. Rise up as tall as you can and shriek while holding out all feathers to look bigger and try to intimidate her? (skill roll)
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 9, 2018 1:07:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I apologize for losing composure Tarb. Frustration was just getting to me.
So should we finish Yan-chan off right here and now?
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Post by diverseinterests47 on Jan 9, 2018 1:14:09 GMT -5
Well, she's staggered, and we probably won't get a better shot. Option A it is then.
"It ain't cheating if the fight's unfair to begin with you crazy motherf*cker."
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 9, 2018 1:19:42 GMT -5
I never expected my turn to work, I chose B for shits and giggles(sleep deprivation does that to me).
But anyway.
Gary: Well, you see old man. Feathers are soft and cuddly, they're superior to fur when it comes to regulating body temperature, and are great for catching wind drafts as that lovely lady has just demonstrated. Feathers may seem a simple aesthetic to the ignorant like you, but in reality are one of the greatest tools of nature for animals to utilize. Now fly my pretty, fly like a majestic f**king eagle with the wings of freedom and rip the paper tiger to shreds! Ohh and Dr. Atherton, a little word of advice. Never let strangers into your home or send a rabbit to hunt a fox.
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Post by vman0 on Jan 9, 2018 18:47:03 GMT -5
Bill: "Also, Doctor Scales, I think you shouldn't have gotten cocky with your evolutionary flop. After all, what use is an 'Ultimate Lifeform' if it can't even breed?"
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 9, 2018 18:51:02 GMT -5
But it's female... Unless this joke happens to apply to females, but it's true nonetheless that it can't breed because the two known specimens we've seen are female? Or maybe I'm missing the point of the joke.
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Post by vman0 on Jan 9, 2018 19:12:14 GMT -5
Well, they probably don't have frog DNA in them, so they can't change sex... I think.
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 9, 2018 19:14:12 GMT -5
We didn't hear any mention of Frog DNA from Atherton. Though when I saw the word cocky, I thought you were making a dick joke.
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Post by vman0 on Jan 9, 2018 21:10:36 GMT -5
It was a reference to Han Solo's 'don't get cocky' quote from A New Hope..?
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 9, 2018 21:13:20 GMT -5
Ohh.
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Post by Tarbtano on Jan 10, 2018 0:41:15 GMT -5
Randy smirked, seeing Kuro Hime's victory possibly at hand; "It ain't cheating if the fight's unfair to begin with you crazy motherf*cker."
"This.. This is insanity, a fluke!" Atherton seethed.
"Well, you see old man. Feathers are soft and cuddly, they're superior to fur when it comes to regulating body temperature, and are great for catching wind drafts as that lovely lady has just demonstrated. Feathers may seem a simple aesthetic to the ignorant like you, but in reality are one of the greatest tools of nature for animals to utilize. Now fly my pretty, fly like a majestic f**king eagle with the wings of freedom and rip the paper tiger to shreds!", Gary muttered with crossed arms, "Ohh and Dr. Atherton, a little word of advice. Never let strangers into your home or send a rabbit to hunt a fox."
"It was supposed to be the ultimate small hunter, uncontrollable, unyielding!"
Bill smacked the speaker with his boltcutters to send a loud blare through the other end, "Also, Doctor Scales, I think you shouldn't have gotten cocky with your evolutionary flop. After all, what use is an 'Ultimate Lifeform' if it can't even breed?"
Upon the roof, Kuro Hime sneered and decided to chance it. Kicking off the ground she sprung forward and leapt into the air, talons bared and shrieking a warcry.
Action roll! IwPo7VyKp_ (HOW HOW DO YOU GUYS KEEP GETTING 1s? I SWEAR I'M NOT ALTERING THE ROLLS!) 3 + roll 1 + dialogue bonus 2 = 6!... Partial Success!
"No, no!" Atherton barked as Bloody Yandere tried to rise and push back against Kuro Hime but was overtaken.
His creation was knocked to the ground, rolling in a wrestling struggle that she was clearly losing.
"She's obsolete, outdated!"
Kuro Hime took a bite to the heel (Player -0.5 HP) and responded with a kick to the face (Enemy -0.5 HP). They rolled and struggled, Kuro Hime shrugging off a slash across the torso she took from Bloody Yander's claws (Player -0.5 HP). Seeing her enemy about to swing again, Kuro Hime knocked her to the ground and swung out herself, their hands nterlocking with Kuro Hime on top and Bloody Yandere pinned to the ground. Forelimbs locked, both cocked back a hindleg and kicked out, their hooked talons catching on each other in a deadlock.
"You're better that her!"
Kuro Hime begged to differ, shoving down and forcing Bloody Yandere's foot back and away as she jumped up and kicked down; stomping down on her rival's muscular neck. Her talon was poised at Bloody Yandere's pulsing jugular vein. The scaly beast thrashed and struggled, her tail flopping against the roof desperately. Finally the natural Deinonychus hissed and stomped down again, tapping the jugular with her claw and letting out a distinctive, hawkish ticking sound from the back of her throat (Enemy -0.5 HP). Bloody Yandere whimpered and fell still, before quietly mimicking the call. Deinonychus was a social species, one with a complex social hierarchy. In fights between the same species, was much better to not kill after settling a dispute. Yandere was young, impulsive, bred to be hyper aggressive; but she was still a Deinonychus. The call response was submission of yielding to a higher rank.
Kuro Hime HP - 0.5 Bloody Yandere HP - 0
PLAYER TEAM WINS!
In his citadel, Atherton seethed with rage as he glared at his creation and its subduer.
"Failure, like the prototype... Nothing but another failure," he sneered while typing at the controls for the last, largest paddock.
Kuro Hime, the new alpha raptor, cackled and removed her foot from the pin, Bloody Yandere still laying on the roof after being beaten into submission and dead to her creator. Atherton didn't care she might be in the way when he finished. Now it was just a matter of if the other interlopers would let him finish. The lock to the door was snapped open by a pair of boltcutters after being wedge into by a knife, and the InGen crew snuck inside the embryonic's facility. The inside is much more in order than the rest of the compound, all the lights still on and numerous computers still running at their desks. Evidently others had been working with Atherton here but they must have either been with the other BioSyn teams or vacated the premises. The inside of the lobby is large and open, with a stairwell nearby, supply closet at the end of the hall, and a glass walled room with numerous drawing and data sheets strung up about it.
Team, decide which of you (if you decide to split up) A. Check the supply room B. Investigate the main lobby for a radio C. Check up the stair well
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 10, 2018 0:53:25 GMT -5
Wow! By the skin of our freaking teeth. Nothing is gonna ever keep us down. Yyyyeeeaaahhhh screw you game! (Note: I'm not bashing the game, this is a celebratory exclamation)
Anyway, I will go for A, see if there's anything of use.
Gary: All things considered, after seeing Yan-chan submit like that, and the fact that at heart, she's simply an enslaved creature subjugated into the life of a biological weapon. I can't help but feel some level of pity for her despite the fact that she tried to kill us. I hope Hime and her will be fine after this, they both look to be in pretty bad condition. But on the plus side, guys. If we make it through this, we'll have enough dirt on BioSyn to shut it down for good! I'm gonna check the supply room for something better to patch up Randy than a makeshift tourniquet, or anything else of use.
EDIT: Ohh and Tarb, I'm curious. If we had gone for the intimidation option, would it have worked? Second EDIT: V! It's dangerous to go alone, take this Levine.
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Post by Tarbtano on Jan 10, 2018 1:25:13 GMT -5
Wow! By the skin of our freaking teeth. Nothing is gonna ever keep us down. Yyyyeeeaaahhhh screw you game! (Note: I'm not bashing the game, this is a celebratory exclamation) EDIT: Ohh and Tarb, I'm curious. If we had gone for the intimidation option, would it have worked? With the random ass sequence of 1s and 2s you kept rolling, tis to be celebrated! And quite possibly actually, though it did have a failure chance that would leave Kuro wide open.
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 10, 2018 1:30:01 GMT -5
Yeah, the 1's and 2's were frustrating, yet at the same time, it goes to show how incredible the team is in how we still achieve victories even when the game's actively trying to defeat us with consecutive low rolls.
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Post by vman0 on Jan 10, 2018 3:00:58 GMT -5
I'll just go up the stairwell...
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Post by diverseinterests47 on Jan 10, 2018 9:02:43 GMT -5
I also vote to check the supply room (Option A).
"I don't know how much longer my Ghillie suit tourniquet is going to hold, let's see if we can find some first aid or something."
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Post by Tarbtano on Jan 10, 2018 21:42:48 GMT -5
Gary was the first through the newest set of doors, slowly letting it creek open and look about inside, "All things considered, after seeing Yan-chan submit like that, and the fact that at heart, she's simply an enslaved creature subjugated into the life of a biological weapon. I can't help but feel some level of pity for her despite the fact that she tried to kill us. I hope Hime and her will be fine after this, they both look to be in pretty bad condition. But on the plus side, guys. If we make it through this, we'll have enough dirt on BioSyn to shut it down for good!"
Randy followed along behind, still wincing slightly from his injuries, "I don't know how much longer my Ghillie suit tourniquet is going to hold, let's see if we can find some first aid or something."
"We'll check the supply room," Gary noted with an nod as Bill and Dr. Levine moved past them with wary steps.
"And we'll scope out the stairs, don't want any surprises."
Investigating the supply room, Randy and Gary discovered multiple boxes of packaged material store away on rows and rows of shelves and a large freezer. Evidently, measures taken to ensure that anyone operating of the building didn't have to leave often in case something went wrong. with multiple doors and very thick concrete walls it would take an extremely dedicated dinosaur to break into the facility. InGen security evidently was not always so slipshot as a was on Nublar.
"Looks Like someone got hold of been here for months," Gary noted as he tried to look around the spot any obvious things of use.
"Yeah we'll let's hope we find something of use within the next couple minutes for at most the next couple hours. Sooner I'm in one piece and were off the island the better!"
So far the only thing that was obvious were multiple packs of MREs and cables, nothing to help the situation so far in either patching up Randy or finding a way to call for rescue.
Up in the stair well, Bill and Dr. Levine quietly paced up each individual step, being very careful to try and make no obvious noise. It was a painstaking process but they finally reached the final flight of stairs about three flights up. Before them lay a door with a light behind it and a long hallway leading to a darkened room with multiple cables coming out of it. There was noise coming out of both, a tapping in the former and the hum of uncovered electronics in the latter.
Randy, do you A. Investigate around the freezer for supplies? B. Investigate the aisles of supply boxes?
Gary, do you A. Investigate around the freezer for supplies? B. Investigate the aisles of supply boxes?
Bill, do you A. Try to open the closed door in front of you? B. Investigate the darkened room at the end of the hall?
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 10, 2018 21:49:20 GMT -5
Dive, check the aisles. I'll cover the freezer.
Option A.
V, you choose which way you wanna go.
EDIT: Ohh yeah, I almost forgot something I wanted to ask. I remember the earlier option to knife fight Yan-chan on the rooftop. If I had been bold enough to go for it. Would I have had a legitimate chance at winning or would I have been completely f**ked? Honestly, I didn't go for it because my gut told me that it didn't feel right to try it.
Gary: So, Randy. What do you think will be the next genetically modified monstrosity Atherton will throw at us? A hybrid of Man, Bear, and Pig or some four hundred foot tall fire-breathing Uber Rex able to shoot lasers out of its eyes? "Rawr Imma firin mah lazor!" "Arrgghrrawrrhh I am the indomitable ruler of ZA WARUDO!" "ORAORAORAORAORA!" Ahh you know, if we ever reach Dr. Atherton, we should beat the crap out of him while using excessive onomatopoeia, it'll make this whole trip worth it.
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Post by vman0 on Jan 10, 2018 22:58:29 GMT -5
Let's just open the door... Or try to, at least.
Bill: "If there's one thing I know, going into a dark hallway always leads to disaster and someone keeling over. So, in order to remedy that... Let's try opening this lovely door."
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Post by diverseinterests47 on Jan 10, 2018 23:49:34 GMT -5
Option B.
Randy: At this point, I'm half expecting that they literally made Godzilla. Like they literally got the genes from all the top predators on the island and nuked the ever-loving shit out of them.
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Post by vman0 on Jan 11, 2018 2:47:12 GMT -5
Hello?
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 11, 2018 2:48:27 GMT -5
What?
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Post by vman0 on Jan 11, 2018 3:03:46 GMT -5
Me was just wonderen where everyone went to
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Post by Temnizziv on Jan 11, 2018 3:06:47 GMT -5
Probably to fulfill RL responsibilities or off-site projects, the next admin post is likely to come tomorrow.
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Post by vman0 on Jan 11, 2018 3:11:10 GMT -5
Good to know.
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Post by Tarbtano on Jan 12, 2018 2:33:44 GMT -5
Night classes and work day, sorry. Also yep, knife-fighting a raptor in an open area without lots of set up of plot armor can and will get you killed with an extremely remote chance of success.
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"So, Randy. What do you think will be the next genetically modified monstrosity Atherton will throw at us? A hybrid of Man, Bear, and Pig or some four hundred foot tall fire-breathing Uber Rex able to shoot lasers out of its eyes? "Rawr Imma firin mah lazor!" "Arrgghrrawrrhh I am the indomitable ruler of ZA WARUDO!" "ORAORAORAORAORA!" Ahh you know, if we ever reach Dr. Atherton, we should beat the crap out of him while using excessive onomatopoeia, it'll make this whole trip worth it."
Randy picked through the supply boxes, pulling out some promising ones after brushing aside the MREs.
He shrugged, "At this point, I'm half expecting that they literally made Godzilla. Like they literally got the genes from all the top predators on the island and nuked the ever-loving shit out of them."
"Don't jinx it," Gary grunted as he headed for the freezer.
Randy managed to pop open a promising case.
"Aaaah, here we go."
Randy cracked open the case with an assortment of equipment inside. A pack of three flare shots and a flare gun (functions same as road flare but last shorter on trade of being ranged, potentially dangerous to man-sized targets), a medical kit (2 uses), and a set of machinery schematics.
Randy is currently carrying a ghillie suit (partially damaged) and smoke bomb, you can only pick either one item or pick one and swap for another
Gary meanwhile headed towards the freezer and paused when he reached the door glancing down and seeing a dark crust that look like flakes of dried liquid draped across the ground in a spatter. Crowley, having accompanied the humans, chirped inquisitively and sniffed at the flakes before scratching at the door. Cautious in with his hand on his knife, Gary slowly unlocked and opened the freezer. When he opened the door however and saw what Crowley ran up to, he nearly wrenched.
Hanging up on the slaughter racks alongside a shank of beef was unbutchered body of one of the most dangerous creatures to ever exist. Homo sapiens. Several of them, and judging from the bloody hooks suspended next to some of them there had been more. Some were frostbitten and clearly frozen solid, others looked a lot fresher. Crowley seemed to think so as he plunked an eye out of one corpse and started chowing down on it, only pausing to hop out of the room and then briefly pause and pitch his head up like he was listening for something.
The door to the lobby sounded off, indicating it had been opened. Something just stepped inside the building.
Upstairs, Bill steeled himself and took the most direct course of action
He turned away from the hallway, "If there's one thing I know, going into a dark hallway always leads to disaster and someone keeling over. So, in order to remedy that... Let's try opening this lovely door."
He turned away from the communications room and soon found out what the noises on the other side of the door were from when he froze at the unmistakable noise of a shotgun racking. His pulse stopped, seeing how Levine was dead center in the middle of the door and sure to be shot.
"GET DOWN!" Bill roared as he tackled Levine to the side just as a shotgun blast burst through the door.
He managed to dodge most of the pellets, but several of them did score crosses back and leaving a gash in his side. Not enough to be serious, the door and slow the shot pellets down, but they did become buried under his skin. perhaps if he hadn't been so of mind after making his quip he might not have been as fast.
"GET.OUT!" Atherton roared behind the door, furiously typing at his computer to finish something and he kept the shotgun leveled at the doorway.
Randy, do you A. Make your choice about your equipment and possible use it? B. Grab something at random and rush up to help Bill? (action roll)
Gary, do you A. Keep your tranq gun at the ready and confront whatever is in the lobby while you're at a distance? (action roll) B. Shut the door from the supply room to the lobby quietly and peek out the peep hole to see what it is? (stealth roll)
Bill, do you A. Stay down and out of line of fire, crawling to the dark room or down the stairs? (pick one, action roll) B. Uncap and hurl a flare through the doorway to try and blind Atherton from the light in an enclosed space? (skill roll)
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