HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R1.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma ??.Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma R4.Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard Normal/Human Ma W2.Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma W3.Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma --.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe R2.Mark Murtha...........Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human..Ma Do.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma R4.J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma W2.Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Bard....Normal/Human..Ma W4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe R1 John.Stowman..........Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human..Ma R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe R1 NPC...................Zhou Kiwat........Noble...Normal/Human..Ma Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar, Cover Story Info: [HD- House member, F-Foreigner, N-native non house] Arawn aka Arawn as Teacher to daughter [F] Ben'dar aka Bu Da as Horse expert [F] Caladan aka Ca Lu as Guard/Archer [N] Chion aka Capt. Chu Mai as Sailor Trustee [HD] Farseeker aka Fu Sa as Guard [F] Fremea aka Lin Mong as Noble child [HD] [Disguised] Kell aka Swan as Trader [F] Kiet aka Kiet Sunan as Zhou's servant [F] Raban aka Toban Nu as Entertainer/Guard [F] Strie'bog aka Sun Zhu as Entertainer [N] Unali aka Tun Au as Zhou's wife [HD] Will aka Sun Tzu as hunt master [F] Z'leyra aka Kakita Junami as Healer [F] Zhou aka Zhou Wa as Baron Noble [HD] Game Web Site - http://www.furvert.net/longshotgm/pbem/index.htm Public posts/actions to pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to longshotgm@netzero.com Game Update #138 in sequence (file #994) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Will: [Re: Actions] [Re: Kell's post deleted for space] Three cheers for Kell... hip hip hooray... hip hip hooray.... -------- Will says to Kiet "watch him" as he quickly goes out the front of the building so that he blocks the riders escape from the alley. If Fremea does not finish him he will do his best to help out. ------- >OOC: Just to clarify is the man on the horse in the alley behind Fremea? If the rider is still facing Fremea Will throws two throwing daggers at his back. Otherwise he will do whatever it takes to stop him. If possible he will strike to subdue so that we don't have to question his corpse. GM: Ack. Kell our hero! (Swoon) Email sent over the week on that clarification so based on reply got it figured out. From Fremea: [Re: Actions] Being the Fremea hears him yell demon, she will take flight anyway to make sure he can not use his horse to trample her. Then she will get her bow out and shoot the idiot on the horse. GM: Ack. From Kiet: [Re: Actions] Kiet just looks at Will and says, dejectedly "By the gods, not again!" Perhaps a few whacks of the warstaff on his clearly empty head might drive some sense into him. no, I don't mean to bean him...yet GM: Ack. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Augado 5th, 1634TH] [Location: Middle Katai Plains] [ Pamau Province, Pamau City] [Time: 10:45pm] The night air was warm but sound still traveled a long way. As the messenger-rider yelled, "Demon!" The sound echoed in the artificial alley-ways around the area. If indeed there were spotters in the dark they heard now. But the tavern itself is loud enough likely it was only a faint noise heard from inside. But Fremea couldn't take the chance. From inside the furniture manufacturing building Kiet and Will heard the voice echo through the open window. Both men looked through the complete darkness to the outside. While inside it was hard to see a foot in front of you for shapes the window allowed some star light to penetrate the inky darkness of the alley. But now as they both looked a flicker of orange light shuddered on the far wall. Someone was out there with a light likely a torch. Thoughts raced through Will's brain as he considered who it might be. A guard for this place? Military patrol? A hapless fool riding this hour? Then he recalled the horse that came to the tavern with that man. He was carrying a torch then. Could it be the same person? Likely. Will then considers the word demon. Either some actual demon has showed up and that alone will make life difficult for them or the Katai saw Fremea thinking she a demon for her strange body and wings. It wouldn't be the first time that happened or the last. Will nods as he figures Fremea must be in the alley as well looking for them. Zep hears the man as well and sits up. Kiet figures he is about to yell something so places his hand to the man's mouth and draws his dagger to the man's neck. Will stands up and tells Kiet, "watch him." With hands out forward he begins his dangerous blind man's walk to the front door he has no clue where it may be. Outside Fremea tosses her bag with the documents from the office to the side of the wall of the alley. Then she leaps to the air to prevent a horse trample. Inside on the second floor, Kell finds himself yet again at the mercy end of a blade. Anger begins to boil through his blood. First he gets mugged in a market then knocked out briefly in a alley recently and now this. He pledges if he gets out of this to get with Farseeker to learn how to fight without weapons. Though the large warrior might not be as good as Unali or Arawn in that regard. But then Kell realized the man hesitated. What was he up to now? He thought he might have a friend but in this place it looks like most can't be trusted. Kell finds himself kneeling on his right knee and his left in a semi-kneeling position. He knows if he tries to grab for something he could be killed quickly. HE started to quickly form a way out or to talk his way out of this situation. Upstairs on the third floor Unali continued to examine the office. She wasn't aware of anything going out one floor below about a prisoner or the scene in the alley. She heard something yelled but it wasn't so clear. She figured Fremea could handle that situation. She quickly inspected the couch and walls for any secret places and found nothing. Checking under the table and chairs still nothing. Most gang bosses are simply to stupid to be clever having a safe or hidden area. Her experience seems to remind her that gang bosses tend to be idiots and have their good stuff in plain view. Unali begins to throw books and scrolls off the bookcase. AS he does this she scans the titles and information. It seems most books are on local history, herbs and medical oriented stuff. She figures this must be for their drug operation. Some books on the jungles in Teos including fauna and wildlife. Couple books on military history which is common. Many in Katai who have books like their military history as it has some fun battles over the last thousand years. Unali threw books to the floor knowing it would look like a simple robbery. No use covering things up with the material taken from the room already. But in the end no books revealed private holes in them or hidden alcoves. Of course she isn't as good as Raban finding places but the more obvious mundane areas she couldn't find. She heads to the office door. Inside the factory, Will grits his teeth and wills himself to not scream as he stubs his knee on some low hung piece of table saw or machine thing. He realizes this is madness but going out the window could be just as dangerous. Outside the terrified messenger whips the torch back and forth watching Fremea hover then go this way and that. Fremea grins at the stupid man for simply not fleeing. Fremea draws his bow and an arrow with some calm breaths and aims. On the second floor Kell tries to grab the man's arm to draw the dagger away but the man has a good head lock. "Look this isn't personal." Tor says as he whispers down to Kell. Kell can feel the man's grip loosen just slightly and Tor brings his dagger back out of view. Kell knows this is the knock out blow for sure. Kell prepares to spring up and back doing a simple attack but suddenly a door down the main hallway opens. Both man turn to see a man exit from a room about 30 feet away. The man looks at both and stares for a few seconds. The man then turns to his left to speak back into the room. "Kinky stuff you have here." The man only sees another man holding some guy on the floor in a neck hug wondering what happened just before or would've happened. Kell groans in disgust at the thought of the man's words. "What?" Another voice is heard. A man pokes his head out of the door and Kell recognizes it as the main boss. The main boss growls. "What is going on here?" Tor leans down to Kell. "I didn't want you involved but it looks like you are now." He releases Kell and stands up tall and straight. Raising his voice, "just a bit of a disagreement. He thought the girl back there wanted some forceful action with his hand across her face." The boss steps outside into the hallway. "Hurt my girls?" He waves his hand. "Get the punk over here." With that the first man begins to walk forward and another man comes out of the room to join him. "You'll need your dagger." Tor whispers to Kell as he smiles at the men. Kell glares at Tor and wonders what this man has gotten him into now. Outside the messenger moves his horse back and forth to avoid the first arrow. Fremea fires and the evasive maneuver works as the arrow just hits the ground below the horse and is crushed by the horses feet. "Shoo! Go away you filthy demon!" the messenger yells as he whips his torch back and forth. This makes Fremea even more upset. She was called Demon back in Donara by many. Even there close to the Wild Forest stories of Faerries were common but folks are still ignorant of the facts. Even though her heart was broken by children calling her demon she still took it as a way to strengthen her own will. She reloads and aims her bow again. Inside the factory for the fourth time Will bumps up against some item or machine. Will grumbles and almost yells in frustration this time when a set of wood shaving prongs just happened to be at the same level as his groin. As he recovers from the pain he finally spots some faint gray starlight from a forward window. He marches that way in hopes to finally get out of this death trap. Behind him Kiet considers what to do with Zep. He can't just hold his mouth closed forever. He could knock him out but the guy would be out for some time and hopefully they'd be gone by then. Personally he wouldn't mind killing the sick fool for some of the things he has said here tonight. Back upstairs Tor grins, "I think he even didn't want to pay for her services." Kell instinctively goes to his belt to grab a dagger but knows that something is up here. He waits for Tor to act and feigns disbelief and a bit of frustration as if being caught. One of the two men reaches Kell and get sot his left just in front of Tor while the other goes to Kell's right and both begin to grasp the half-elf's arms. "Never can trust these sick people. Never turn your back on them." With that Tor raises his own dagger and bashes the back of the man's head as hard as he can. the man falls to the ground knocked out by the hard metal hilt. Tor then takes off running toward the boss. Kell with full control of his body, except his right arm, and in a better position than before sees his chance. He does a wide leg sweep to the man and the man stumbles backwards as he tries to regain his balance. The man recovers quickly and moves forward. But by now Kell has his dagger out and drawing it up. The other man swings his arm toward Kell but Kell blocks it with his own arm. Then with his free hand, Kell punches the man in the stomach but it is a light blow. The man recovers and lunges forward grasping the Ba'ru merchant's shoulder with one hand. Closing the gap he forces Kell's dagger hand back to his chest and comes close for a head butt. But Kell recoils as the man's bad breath almost makes him sick. Kell uses his free left hand and swings at the man's head but fails to strike. Tor gets to the Boss who now also has his own dagger out. Both men begin to engage in a street gang style knife fight. Kiet looks up to hear a door open and close. As he does hie hand loses some of its weight. Zep uses this chance to clamp down on Kiet's hand with his teeth. Kiet yelps in pain and draws back just a foot. Zep rolls to his side and tries to stumble away but realizes he still has Kiet's loose rope on his neck. Kiet pulls the rope and the lasso tightens on the man's neck. Zep tries to struggle but gets to his feet. Zep may be a perverted cheat but he seems to be street wise. Standing he rushes not forward but backwards. Kiet find himself suddenly thrown back feet away from his last position being back tackled by Zep. Unali creeps down the hall and is calm as she can be. With one dagger away she finds this stroll in enemy territory calming. Sure she just killed a man but at least she doesn't have some dangerous thing like a fight to deal with. Unali goes to the metal door the guard was standing in front of and tries the key. A click is heard and it works. She slowly opens the metal door to find a single lantern lit room full of boxes, crates, shelves and containers. She grins as she realizes she found the gang's treasure room but no other people. She shakes her head as she finds only one guard here for this rich stuff. She enters the room and closes the door. Fremea fires her bow again and this time the arrow penetrates into the man's upper left shoulder. The man cries out in slight pain. She was aiming for the head but the stupid man squirms too much. The stupid man proves his proud parents right by drawing his right hand down to his shoulder. The only problem is that is where the torch is. Suddenly a bit of his shirt is on fire and the man yelps again in fright as he drops the torch to the ground. Scared for his life he kicks the horse forward. If he was smart he'd go to the tavern to hole up, not deeper into the darkness. Fremea figures this man won't be chief scholar anytime soon. As the horse strides forward she aims and fires a 3rd time. This time the arrow hits the man in the back and goes in deep. Elsewhere Kell tries to do a quick lower to upper stab with his dagger. He is reluctant to kill the man for doing only his job. Who is he to do this now. But then he realizes the man has a tattoo and is a clear brigader. That means he helps the Vong to kill Katai and the world. his anger gets the better of him and he dodges the man's wild fist swing with a quick duck. Kell then twirls and does a elbow strike with his free arm and the man plods back against the wall. Kell then drives the dagger into the man's chest drawing blood and the man falls to the ground. Turning Kell sees Tor with some blood on his shirt from some cut but the Boss also has a nice gash in his face. Kiet is forced up against a table with a bunch of nails. He is pushed down onto his back on the nails which are quite painful and draw drops of blood. Kiet pulls tight on the rope to get a grip on Zep but at this close range and angle it is not working. Kiet draws a knee up into the man's stomach and Zep draws back. Zep staggers back but recovers a moment later and tries to grip the dagger from Kiet's other hand. Kiet swings wildly with the dagger and hears fabric tore as he makes contact with Zep's shirt. Zep winces in pain and finally Kiet twirls and gets behind Zep yanking the rope. Zep jerks his head back and gasps for air. Kiet didn't have time to tie the man's hands so he realizes in the future this will be his top priority. Kiet shoves the man forward making the throat noose tighten even further. As the messenger guides the horse down the street he reaches mid alley and suddenly sees a form emerge from the side. The horse startled suddenly neighs and stops. Will throws both of his throwing daggers at the dark form. One dagger goes wild but at this range of only 12 feet the other dagger hits the man in the chest. This causes the man to fall from the horse. Both Fremea and Will approach slowly and find the man jerk as if in some state of system shock then gasp one last time and die. Fremea hopes the man is a member of the gang and not some poor hapless city messenger. Kell begins to move toward Tor but suddenly sees the man has a good set of fighting skills. It is almost as if he is a well defined street thug. While the boss seems to miss by inches Tor makes his blows true and accurate as if timed and well plotted. Finally Tor strikes the boss in the chest so deeply it slices through between ribs and cuts the boss's lung just a bit. But the blow is enough to make the lung begin to fail and lose air. The boss drops his dagger and staggers down the hall just as Kell gets there. Across the hall a door opens and a man in a well dressed silk tunic emerges. Both Kell and Tor can see into the room which has a half dozen men sitting at a card game. This must be the high stakes room. Inside scantly clad females are standing to the side or rear of some of the men. The man raises an eyebrow. "Drunks they can't seem to stay up. Want to help us?" Tor says as if doing a bored job. The man just shrugs as if annoyed to be away from the game. He turns to close the door just as the Boss hits the ground down the hallway. Tor twirls around and enters the room. Kell can see a man tied to a chair with bruises and cuts to his face with some blood on his shirt. Will and Fremea begin to search the messenger for items but in this darkness reading would be impossible. Zep takes this time to force his head back to head butt Kiet's forehead. The blow is very painful and Kiet shoves the man forward. Zep falls onto the table of nails or whatever they are and he grunts in pain. Kiet pulls the rope tight and chokes the man. Kiet places the dagger to his back and tells him to stop moving. The man does this and Kiet finds himself glad he is compliant. But then he hears a strange noise. He looks around as if it was a dog or a monster. But then he realizes Zep made the noise. Reaching forward he inspects the man's neck and finds a long nail just falling out of his neck which had punctured his front. Kiet sighs and draws Zep to the ground to see if he can help. But the neck damage is severe along with the choking the blood flow to the neck was rushed and trapped. So massive amounts of blood quickly came out. Kiet finds Zep's life drains out fast before he can yell for help from outside. Unali begins to investigate the room. There are weapons and armor typical of a small army. One crate has various personal items from pieces of jewelry, wallets to even small hand held jeweled statues. Guess the gang takes property away or as collateral. But there is no documents of any kind here. Spending only moments here she realizes it would need all four to raid the room unless Chion was here then he could just take it all in one spell. Before she leaves she opens a chest and finds stacks of coins in disarrayed order. She grins and knows her pockets can't take it all but this nice hefty bag she can certainly take. She quickly ties the heavy bag of coins to her belt when she realizes it has gold coins inside. She then exits the room. Will and Fremea take the documents and figure they can be read later. They hear a fight inside and head for the open window. Calling out they find Kiet over a dying Zep. Even if they could help it might not be well enough to save the man. to the factory people it will be a botched break in. Kiet heads for the window. inside the second floor room, Tor rushes to his friend and begins to cut his restraints. The man is groggy but seem sot be alive. Blood drips from his broken nose and at least one tooth is seen on the floor below. The man is a mess of beat up flesh. Tor glances up at Kell. "Thanks. He is a friend. We got into a mess. Can you help me?" Kell decides that if he stops now it might not be the right thing. He hefts the man upwards to his feet. Both men begin to move toward the door and out into the hallway. "I feel I can trust you." Tor glances over at Kell. "I can't explain it. I'm Katai Military Command, Local Garrison under Commander Gu Nay. We were investigating this place for issues we found. He got caught and likely was or has already blown our cover." Kell smiles inwardly. So the military might have some wind of this place and who they might be. Do they know of the Vong influence? Kell helps the man toward the door and wonders how they'll even get this man out of the place. Actions? Comments? Next Update...Friday... GM: Ran out of time yet again. So smaller than planned. I may do another update tomorrow night to finish this off. If not 100% by Friday to finish this off and leave the area. Still having fun with the scenes. :) Stay tuned.