[CCrusaders] Bert says, "Log on."
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Is everyone here?"
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "Woo!"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "It looks like Roger is logged on but not in the room?"
[CCrusaders] Roger says, "sorry I've got too much other stuff going on today here irl"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Aw, OK."
[CCrusaders] Roger says, "but thanks anyway! Have fun, crush evil, etc"
GM exclaims, "Welcome back to the next episode of the CROWNSFORD CRUSADERS!"
[CCrusaders] Peri says (to Roger), "Zircon's a magician, he can easily vanish"
GM asks, "Refresh your fate points! Are there any questions before we get started?"
Peri sets her current fate point total to 2.
Jacob sets her current fate point total to 3.
GM says, "Last session, you met with Melissa Humbert, aka Melificent. After an encounter with her weather magic and Medusae guardians, you collected a laptop computer and a glass bottle she left behind. Then you spent the entire night building a robot body that you hope can house Patrick Peterson, a boy who's lost in the electrical grid."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Mild consequence from previous battle: still around?"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Did you get it medical treatment for it to start recovery yet?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(I think the answer to that is 'no', in which case the answer to your question is 'yes'.)"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "If it involved a roll from one of us, then I would say yes, but if not, then no; we've been non-stop moving."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "My Gift-wrapped injuries are still there but I forget if they become Mild or fully disappear"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "(they started out as Moderate)"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "They don't move down the track; they move to become an extra Aspect on your character for a while after being treated + time."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Moderate consequences go away completely one full session after they start recovering."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "and then disappear completely with Yet More Time."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Oh! Then it's gone now"
GM sets his current fate point total to 3.
Eben sets their current fate point total to 2.
GM says, "This session, it's the following morning, you're in Eben's basement, and you've just finished construction on the body. Suddenly an alert pops up on Eben's phone: "POWER ANOMALY DETECTED. LOCATION: CROWNSFORD POWER STATION""
Eben exclaims, "To the Crusader Mobile Slash Station Wagon!"
Eben exclaims (at robot), "I hope you're ready!"
[Crows-Nest] (from Jacob) robot says, "beep boop"
GM exclaims, "Zircon is asleep in the corner and can't be woken, but the rest of you pile into the car (along with the robot body) and head to the power station!"
GM says, "As you approach, you find that traffic heading *away* from the power station is especially heavy today, while you seem to be the only car heading *towards* it."
Eben turns on the radio.
Wanda exclaims, "To action!"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(to the local news station, in case that wasn't clear)"
GM says (to Eben), "'...are asked to evacuate the neighborhood of the Crownsford Power Station due to a potentially dangerous situation involving the main reactor. Details are light at this point, but the situation seems to be urgent.'"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Does 'main reactor' mean that we're a nuclear-powered city?"
GM says, "You pull into the empty parking lot, and there's a man by the main entrance trying to wave you away. He has on a hard hat and a blue-collared shirt with pens in the pocket, and he has on a name tag reading 'Milton Davis'."
Eben hops out. "Hello, Mr. Davis! We're the Crownford Crusaders. Can you get us up to speed about what's going on?
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(also, I'm imagining that his shirt is mostly green, but the collar is blue.)"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Nothing so old fashioned and twentieth century as a traditional fission nuclear plant. Crownsford's power station has a new modern Omicron Reaction Core. It's virtually incapable of anything resembling a meltdown."
Davis says, "Thank heavens you're here! It's the Omicron Reactor Core! It's about to have a complete meltdown!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Virtually, yes, but in real life?"
[Crows-Nest] Eben says, "That was beautiful; I love it."
Jacob frowns, "Is that even possible?"
Davis says, "We don't know how it happened, but there's been a massive power surge, and everything inside is going haywire. If someone down't get to the core, figure out what's wrong with it, and somehow stabilize it in about ten minutes, this whole area is going to be decimated."
Davis says, "It shouldn't be!"
Davis says, "Do you think you can help?"
[Crows-Nest] Jacob asks, "I bet that 'someone' is gonna be us, huh?"
Jacob says, "Uhhhhh. Sure, probably. Maybe."
Jacob eek.
Davis says, "There's a team of engineers inside who are working on figuring it out, but they're trapped down there. Even if they wanted to evacuate, they can't get out."
Eben hands the robot to Wanda to carry, grabs a bunch of equipment out of the trunk that he thinks might be useful, then sprints in the direction of the core, getting directions from Davis along the way.
Davis points through the lobby at a door marked 'TO REACTOR CORE'. "If you can, the core is that way. Good luck. If you can't, I recommend getting back in your car and ignoring the speed limit."
Eben calls "Thanks!" over his shoulder.
GM exclaims, "And that's a good time to start initiative!"
Wanda wraps one of her limbs around the robot. "Thanks for the warning. We won't fail!"
GM clears the initiative.
Wanda rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 0 0 +1 | Good (3)
Wanda registers Wanda at init 3.
GM registers Core at init -10.
Eben rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 +1 -1 0 | Fair (2)
Eben registers Eben at init 2.
[CCrusaders] GM says, "You now have a ten minute countdown that will tick down one minute at the end of each exchange."
[Crows-Nest] Eben says, "And each round is 6 seconds? ;-)"
Jacob rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 0 0 +1 | Great (4)
Jacob registers Jacob at init 4.
[CCrusaders] GM says, "All of you are in the lobby just outside the 'TO REACTOR CORE' sign."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Don't you wish."
GM registers Core at init 0.
GM advances the initiative: JACOB(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Jacob!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Uhhhhhhhhhh."
GM asks (of Jacob), "You're standing in the lobby next to the closed door. What do you do?"
[Crows-Nest] Eben >OPIN DOR
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Doors, the bane of RPG players everywhere"
[Crows-Nest] Jacob checks for traps
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "FATE doesn't have the thing where you can exchange an action for a movement? Or does it?"
Jacob tries to open the door
[Crows-Nest] Jacob says, "A fireball shoots out"
GM says, "Through the door you see a hallway. It's filled with erratic electrical arcs, jumping from the light fixtures to the floor, from the outlets to the door handles, and between any other conductive surfaces that it can."
GM says, "At the end of the hallway is another closed door. And on the wall is a framed diagram of this part of the power station, looking something like this: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1F04t0I1A9h6vFZVXubeaIVhozmmY2H83tIj_AOZyv_c/viewer?f=0&pli=1"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I am envisioning like.. one of those rooms full of security lasers, only it's possibly-deadly electrical currents"
GM rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 -1 -1 0 | Great (4)
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "No, what, don't roll, stop that. Ow."
GM registers ElectricalArcing at init 4.
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I'm thinking, sorry"
[CCrusaders] GM idly taps the countdown.
Eben asks, "Phew. If I can get through, I can open a portal for the rest of you?"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Do you want to hold your action until Eben's turn?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Is there some sort of advantage I can create for you?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "To help you get through"
[Crows-Nest] Eben asks, "Throw in birds so they get hit instead of me?"
[Crows-Nest] Jacob says, "Hahaha, no"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Maybe toss in more metal stuff so the arcing has more targets?"
Jacob hands Eben his super-insulated trench coat
[CCrusaders] Jacob D
[CCrusaders] Jacob :D
[CCrusaders] GM says, "OK! That sounds like a Create Advantage with Resources! +2 opposition."
Jacob rolls Mediocre (0) + 4dF: +1 0 0 -1 | Mediocre (0)
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Nope"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "next, I guess"
Jacob advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) WANDA(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "New Aspect: Super-Conductive Trenchcoat!"
Eben tries on Jacob's coat, but his shoulders are way too broad.
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Oh wait"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Arcing didn't go yet, I missed that"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "?"
GM says, "Another round of electrical arcing coruscates through the corridor."
Eben says, "Sorry! Good idea, though."
GM exclaims, "But fortunately, no one has entered the corridor yet, so it's just ominously threatening and not actively dnagerous to you yet!"
GM exclaims, "Wanda!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Hmm, I'm kind of a tank"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Is lightning fire-adjacent?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(I'm not joking about the trenchcoat, by the way. *You* don't know that it's not the effective insulation that the salesperson claimed...)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Nah, it's electrcity"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Yeah, sorry, it's adjacent-but-not-the-same."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "No worries"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Oh dang"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I could grab Eben and carry him, using my super agility to weave between the arcing electricty"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Protecting him with my body"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "But he'd have to first set a portal here"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Does the arcing look like (essentially) an area-effect thing that hits everything that goes in it, or does it look like it has to pick a target each round?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "So could I communicate that and then act after him?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "(holding my action)"
[CCrusaders] GM says (to Eben), "The former, but it also comes in waves, so it might be possible to avoid it if you're not in that zone when it gets intense."
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims (at Wanda), "You could!"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Do you?"
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "i.e. init phase 4. OK!"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) EBEN(2) Core(0)
Eben opens an orange portal!
Wanda exclaims (at Eben), "Hold on tight grandpa!"
Eben exclaims, "OK!"
GM says, "OK! That'll take your action, but it's straightforward enough not to need a roll."
GM asks, "Are you moving at all?"
Wanda grabs Eben with a few of her limbs and sort of pins him under her belly
Wanda says, "Off we go"
GM exclaims, "Wanda's turn!"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks (of GM), "Can I move after Wanda carries me?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "In theory, no. In practice, yes."
Wanda zigzags with Eben kept safely close to her, leaping and springing!
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Do I roll to avoid the electricity?"
GM asks (of Wanda), "You make it to the end of the hall and the closed door. Do you open it?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Not yet! You'll do that on the electricity's turn."
Wanda exclaims, "I do!"
GM says, "You see a stairwell leading down. The floor is cement, but the railing is metal. It's full of the same kind of arcing as the hallway."
GM exclaims, "There's a closed door at the bottom, and unfortunately, it looks like it's been hit badly: the electricity seems to have arc-welded the doorknob shut!"
GM says, "You've used your movement, but you haven't used your action so far."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Hmmm"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I don't have anything I can really do"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(Also, I forgot to mention it earlier, but of course there are audible alarms and flashing red lights going off this whole time.)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "extra movement?"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Create Advantage 'study the arcing'?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Oooh"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "That can't hurt."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Extra movement is an option! It would be an Athletics Overcome."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I'll do that then"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "OK! +2 opposition to get down the stairs on the same turn."
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "Extra movement!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Can I wall-climb down?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Sure!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "Woo!"
Wanda rolls Epic (7) + 4dF: 0 +1 -1 0 | Epic (7)
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Success with style! Do you want to narrate your descent?"
Wanda springs through the door and past the top of the stairs, holding Eben tightly with two of her middle legs! Landing on the wall, she skitters at spider speed down onto the door at the foot of the stairs, so that Eben is position right in front of the doornob, while her body shields him from harm.
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) CORE(0)
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims (at Eben), "Teamwork!"
GM exclaims, "You hear Davis' voice over the intercom!"
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "w00t!"
Davis says, "It looks like you've got about nine minutes to go. We're all counting on you down there."
GM advances the initiative: END OF ROUND
GM advances the initiative: ELECTRICALARCING/JACOB(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Electrical Arcing!"
GM exclaims, "Another wave of electricity washes through, attacking both Wanda and Eben!"
GM says, "Wanda:"
GM rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: 0 +1 +1 +1 | Legendary (8)
GM says, "And Eben, tagging the trenchcoat:"
GM rolls Epic (7) + 4dF: +1 -1 -1 0 | Fantastic (6)
GM asks, "Defend?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "I can defend with Athletics, my real question is how do I protect Evben?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Great question!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "If you wanted to *not* defend with Athletics, I would let you take the full brunt of it to protect Eben, but I warn you that would be a *lot* of physical stress."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks (of GM), "Did we confirm if my moderate consequence from the Krampus fight was gone?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "(the gift wrapped etc)"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "I think it should be: it got treated more than a full session ago, right?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Yep"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Then you're good."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "I'll tank the 8 stress, by ticking a 1 box, 3 box and taking a Moderate consequence (again :D )?"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "I think you can only tag one box per wound?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "Oh!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Before you make that decision: the electricity has Weapon:3."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(am I right?)"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "And what Eben said is correct."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks (of GM), "Can I spend a fate point & refresh to take a power then?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Ha, OK!"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "What are you taking?"
Wanda Super Toughness (Armor:2)
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Super Toughness (Armor:2)"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "OK!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "So that would just barely make it 9 stress total?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Which is a 3-box and a Severe Cosnequence"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Yes! Go ahead and narrate how that happens!"
Wanda spends a fate point, leaving her with 1.
Wanda realizes in that blinding flash that if she tries to jump out of the way, she'll expose Eben to the electricity. And so for the first time she chooses not to dodge. Instead, Wanda flattens herself against the door, pinning Eben against it without exposing him to the electrical arc. And the part of her exoskeleton that is exposed takes the powerful blast, tanking it, making her glow like molten lava for a moment before hardening.
Eben exclaims, "mmmph!"
GM exclaims, "And Eben takes no stress!"
GM exclaims, "Jacob!"
Wanda is very still for a moment, then with great difficulty she moves again, allowing Eben to breathe.
Eben asks, "Ack! Are you ok?"
[CCrusaders] GM asks (of Wanda), "Also, for your consequence: Fused Joints?"
Wanda says, "I-- that hurt actually -- oh shit, I hope none of that got to you"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "Works for me!"
Eben exclaims, "It didn't!"
Wanda says, "Yay! Oh owwww my joints hurt"
Eben says, "OK, we gotta get this door open."
GM asks (of Jacob), "It's your turn now. What do you want to do?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "(typing)"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "I don't suppose there's a window in the door?"
[CCrusaders] GM says (to Eben), "Sure. Through the small, reinforced window, you can make out a group of engineers huddled around a bank of readouts. But remember, the portal gun can't shoot through glass."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Right."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "But it might be slightly easier to break the window than the door."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Since the door is welded shut, I suppose waiting for a portal to open into safety isn't a useful plan. I could just move to join the others and take my chances with the electricity. Maybe getting closer to the door would help me come up with a plan to help."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I think so too"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks (of Jacob), "I *think* we can get a portal into that room this round, if you want to try holding to see if it works?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "You could technically hold your turn"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "That's an option. If you want to move twice (through the hallway and then down the stairs), that's a +2 Athletics Overcome."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "That was the "waiting -- not useful" part, yeah. But if Eben thinks maybe this round, I'll try it."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Holding"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "OK!"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) WANDA(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Wanda!"
Eben exclaims (at Wanda), "Break the door or the window, and I'll get a portal in there!"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Another possibility is that if we get a portal in there, maybe Jacob can open the door from the other side."
Wanda exclaims, "Okay! Hopefully I don't break a leg!"
Eben says, "Enh, you have extras."
[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "Oof!"
Eben exclaims, "Er, I mean, I hope so too!"
Wanda says, "Grandpaaa"
Eben exclaims, "Sorry! I'm a little stressed!"
Wanda exclaims, "So am I!"
Eben exclaims, "I believe you!"
Eben exclaims, "And I believe in you!"
Wanda exclaims, "Awww! Thanks!"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "What exactly are you going to do?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "So can I melt a hole in the glass?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Ooh. That would be a +3 Overcome with Fire!"
Wanda rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 -1 | Great (4)
Wanda presses one limb to the glass and it glows white hot, liquifying the glass!
Wanda says, "Gotcha."
GM says, "As the glass melts away, through the hole you see the engineers in the room all turn to look at you."
[Setting the zoned flag.]
Eben exclaims, "Hi! We're here to help!"
Engineer says, "Eeeagh! The radiation has created a giant mutant radioactive flaming spider monsters!"
Other Engineer says, "We're all doomed!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "haha yay"
Third Engineer says, "We were *already* all doomed!"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) EBEN(2) Core(0)
Eben exclaims, "Oh, for.. we're the Crownsford Crusaders!"
GM exclaims, "Eben!"
Eben fires a blue portal into the room!
GM exclaims (at Eben), "Aiming through the little hole at a suitable flat spot is a +2 Overcome with Shoot!"
Eben rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 0 -1 0 | Great (4)
GM exclaims, "Success!"
GM asks, "You can describe your new portal, and then are you moving at all?"
Eben opens a blue portal on the flat side of a metal panel in the room.
Eben exclaims, "Jacob! You're free to come through! And if you can help these engineers open this door, that'd be great!"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "I don't suppose I can hold my move action until after Jacob?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "I think that might be pushing it slightly, sorry."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "And I already did my action, so I can't try to move two zones?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Right."
Jacob moves through the portal and takes a look at the inside of the door.
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "If getting the door open this round won't help, I think running back is probably the way to go."
GM says (to Jacob), "You're in the observation room now. There's a big window in one wall overlooking the reactor area, a bit chamber filled with assorted complicated machinery. In this room, there are banks of displays and several frightened engineers."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "The question is whether I should stick with Wanda."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "I think I will not: rp'ing:"
[CCrusaders] Jacob waits for Eben
GM says (to Jacob), "Even from this side, you can clearly see how the metal doorknob has been fused closed."
Eben exclaims (at Wanda), "You can't take another hit like that for me; let's just run back to the orange side of the portal! I'll be OK! I promise!"
Wanda says (to Eben), "Okay! Stay safe, grandpa"
Eben drops from Wanda's protective embrace and runs back up the stairs.
Engineer says (to Jacob), "Who are you? Are you here to help?"
Jacob says, "I'm Jacob, and yes. I'm with them," he motions at the window. "The giant spider and the old guy.""
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Should I be encouraging at some some of them to leave through the portal?"
[CCrusaders] GM asks (of Jacob), "Wouldn't it be awful if you were so socially awkward as hell that they misinterpreted that as meaning you were on the side of the evil radioactive spider monster?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says (to Jacob), "Probably, yeah."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Oh no. Yes."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I'm down for that."
GM gives a fate point to Jacob.
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Ha ha"
Jacob says, "So, if you would just step through this portal to safety, that would be great."
GM says, "One of the engineers grabs a chair and holds it up defensively -- and threateningly -- toward Jacob."
Jacob says, "Whoa whoa whoa."
Engineer says, "You're with the monster? Get back!"
Jacob says, "She's not a monster! This isn't Australia. Spiders are friends."
Jacob says, "We're here to help."
Jacob asks, "Didn't I just *say* that?"
Other Engineer says, "Do you think it's really a human, or is it another spider monster in disguise? I've heard they know how to make realistic-looking skin suits."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Hahahah"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I mean, he's not wrong"
Jacob holds his hands up in a "i'm harmless" gesture. "Oh, come on."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "They, sorry"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "So what kind of an action would you like to perform?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Hmm!"
Third Engineer says, "First the core overload. Then the robots going berserk. *Then* the door fusing shut. And now this?"
Third Engineer says, "Worst. Day. *Ever*."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I think I want to spout some lore, though I don't know to what effect."
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Get them to grudingly accept our help?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "No wait"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Can I scare them into leaving? :D"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "That also sounds reasonable!"
Jacob sighs and mutters, "Yes. yes, I'm with the giant mutant spider. She's out there, and that portal goes all the way over there, so you know. You can go to safety or stay here and wait until she breaks in.
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Deceive?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Or provoke"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Either way, it's a +1 for me"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Provoke!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Vs. +2."
Jacob rolls Average (1) + 4dF: +1 0 +1 -1 | Fair (2)
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "This is gonna be great."
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Success with a minor cost!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I'll take whatever you come up with."
Engineer says, "Is it trying to trick us?"
Other Engineer says, "I don't know, but it sounds like that insane space-time portal is our only chance of getting out of here and away from them!"
Third Engineer isn't stopping to talk and is already on her way through the blue portal!
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Minor cost: portal traffic jam!"
GM says, "Eben and Wanda will need to make up a clever explanation for how they get past them if they want to go through the portal themselves."
[Crows-Nest] Jacob shoves
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Eben and Wanda will need to make up a clever explanation for how they get past them if they want to go through the portal themselves."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(No Overcome needed, just some creative narration.)"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) CORE(0)
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Heh, sounds good."
Davis' Voice says, "Eight minutes."
GM advances the initiative: END OF ROUND
GM says, "And there's another round of electricity! It attacks Wanda then Eben:"
GM rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: -1 +1 +1 0 | Fantastic (6)
GM rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 +1 0 0 | Epic (7)
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Aww, I wanted another -1."
Wanda rolls Epic (7) + 4dF: +1 0 0 -1 | Epic (7)
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "OK, defense is Athletics?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Roll your defense, and you might still get one!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Yup."
Eben rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 -1 -1 +1 | Average (1)
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "Hey!"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "8 points?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "With Weapon:3, that'll be eleven stress if you can't mitigate it."
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "Tag! Tag!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Er, nine, I mean."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "11?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "OK, phew."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Sorry, my brain had the -1 stuck in it."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Heh."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Do we have things to tag?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "I don't know of any *free* tags, but there are certainly plenty of aspects you could spend a fate point on."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Sure, rp'ing:"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(Oh, you also got a boost with the robot, which is presumably still active.)"
Eben tries to dodge the electricity as it arcs up around him, but gets hit full-on! His joints all cramp at once, but as he twists to the floor, he sees that the first time the overcoat got hit, the metal in it fused together. By twisting in just the right way, he manages to get some of that metal to conduct the electricity around him instead of through him! But it still is pretty painful. He's out of sight of Wanda (barely) so clenches his teeth together as the wave hits, and manages to gasp out "Phew! Not that bad!"
Eben spends a fate point, leaving them with 1.
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Moderate 4, 3-point stress, one fp tagged on the overcoat."
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Yay!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Woo"
GM advances the initiative: ELECTRICALARCING/JACOB(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM says, "And Wanda escapes unscathed."
GM exclaims, "Jacob's turn!"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Hmm, can we say that it interacted with 'Shadow Shocked' so that the moderate is 'Extra Shadow Shocked'?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Yes!"
Jacob looks at the monitors/displays.
Jacob asks, "Anything useful to be NOTICED?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Or INVESTIGATED?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob :)
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I imagine his eyes bulging close to the camera"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "jumpscaring the audience"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Sure! Are you trying to Create Advantage by gathering information?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Yes, please"
GM exclaims, "+3 Investigate!"
Jacob rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: +1 0 0 +1 | Legendary+2 (10)
Jacob looks, with his eyes.
GM says, "I'm sorry, but that won't be enoug-- oh, wait, that succeeds."
GM says, "Most of the displays would look like streams of random figures to most people, scrolling too quickly to read, but you're able to follow them easily."
[Crows-Nest] Wanda says, "His eyeballs extend on stalks and do the zig zag in all directions, scanning everything"
GM says, "You get a good sense for the pattern of the energy fluctuations going on inside the core. And you also happen to notice that one of the displays is a visual feed on the interior of the power core itself."
GM asks, "Brightly colored streams of energy are ebbing and flowing chaotically within, and you're almost certain it's not supposed to look like that. And you also get a vague impression, in the streams, of what looks almost like a face?"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "What would you like to call your aspect?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(This is a success with style, so it'll have two free invokes.)"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Oooh, hmmmmmm... Help me, Wanda :P Something about faces."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Streams of Consciousness?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Sure"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "I like it."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Excellent."
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) WANDA(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Wanda!"
Wanda dashes!
GM exclaims (at Wanda), "+2 Athletics to move two zones!"
Wanda rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: 0 0 +1 +1 | Epic (7)
GM exclaims, "You make it out to the lobby, with a boost from your success with style!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Can I use Forced Movement as a special effect ;)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Instead of the boost"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Yes!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "I will scoop up Eben!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Push him out the door"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Excellent! Narrate, and then it's Eben's turn!"
Eben exclaims, "It's OK, I got thi--whoa!"
Wanda, despite her fused joints, is still super agile, and gripping Eben in her mandibles she gets both of them out to safety!
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "That is my turn ^^"
GM says, "Oh, something else that Jacob noticed when looking at the monitors: the radiation levels for the entire reactor room are off the charts."
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) EBEN(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Eben!"
Eben asks (of Workers), "Oh good, you're safe! Ish! Davis said you had some sort of plan for shutting down the core?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Rapport overcome/create advantage, whichever makes more sense."
Third Engineer says, "Yes, but we couldn't get into the reactor room! The radiation levels are too high, and the maintenance robots are blocking the path."
Eben asks, "If we can get through, what do we do?"
First Engineer says, "If you could get in there, you could shut the whole thing down and kill off whatever crazy anomaly is causing all of this."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(I will let you ponder the wording of that.)"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Heh."
Eben asks, "I guess it's self-explanatory, then?"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Also, that much info is free: are you still looking for a Create Advantage from them?"
Eben asks, "Do you have radiation suits somewhere?"
Second Engineer says, "Well, it'd be complicated for a layman. But if you know anything about basic Omicron Reactor Cores, it should be pretty easy."
[Crows-Nest] Jacob has surely read about that.
[Crows-Nest] Jacob says, "Just some light reading."
Third Engineer says, "We have a full set of radiation suits in the equipment room. That's where the haywire maintenance robots are."
Eben exclaims, "OK, thanks!"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Was that all free? If so, I'll go through the portal and do something else in the room, but if not I'll roll Rapport?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Yeah, I'll allow that for free."
Eben slips through the portal, catches up with Jacob, ponders.
Eben says, "If you're seeing the face in this room, we might be able to get him into the robot from here before shutting down the core."
GM says, "Inside, you see the same things Jacob did. The 'Equipment Room' door that the engineers mentioned is clearly marked."
Eben attempts to put together an interface that Patrick can travel down to get into the robot.
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Craft, build complex device?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Unless it turns out to be impossible from here."
GM says (to Eben), "The monitor screen is just a camera feed, so it's not two-way. But you could try to build something hand-held that you can bring with you for later, if you want."
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "I do!"
GM exclaims, "This is a pretty insane and crazy feat of gadgeteering, so it'll be a +5 Crafts Overcome!"
Eben rolls Epic (7) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 +1 | Legendary (8)
GM exclaims, "Success with style!"
GM exclaims, "You have a boost (unless you use a special effect), and if you can get that close enough to the interior of the core, you should be able to use it to download Patrick!"
Eben not only creates a perfect conduit for Patrick, but also manages to fit it with a Universal Connector!
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) CORE(0)
Eben advances the initiative: END OF ROUND
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "whoops timing ;-)"
Davis' Voice says, "Seven minutes and counting."
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "You can't skip over the countdown advancement that easily!"
GM advances the initiative: ELECTRICALARCING/JACOB(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "No one is in range of the electricity! So it's Jacob's turn!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "So we can't get into the equipment room, or it's the door past that into the core that the robots are blocking?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "into the reactor room,I mean"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "You haven't opened the door to the equipment room yet to find out."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "I think it's just a closed door the robots can't/haven't opened?"
Jacob opens the door into the equipment room to have a look around.
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Whoops, I forgot about the clever narration to get by the Portal Traffic Jam: clearly, Eben was chatting with them and everyone took turns stepping through the portal, engrossed in Engineering Speak."
GM says (to Jacob), "Inside, you see a variety of malfunctioning maintenance robots, all spinning around and flailing their limbs wildly. They don't appear actively hostile, but they're all violently out of control. On the other end of the room, there's a big shielded door leading to the reactor room, but there's no way to get to it without dealing with the robots first."
GM says, "You also see the remains of what used to be equipment lockers that have been smashed up by the mechanical mayhem, including the tattered remains of the radiation suits that were stored within."
Jacob well, shoot.
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Oh no"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Someone's going to have to make a heroic sacrifice"
Jacob not it.
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "haha"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Hee."
Eben asks, "Oh, geez. Um, maybe if we go through in the shadow realm, the radiation can't get to us?"
Jacob pokes at the computers/control panels/whatever is in the observation room to see about those robots.
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "There's gotta be a way to remotely shut them down still, just need to find it :)"
GM says (to Jacob), "You can see the UI that *should* be controlling them, but it's glitching out severely. It would take some pretty clever hacking to try to get it working again."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Ya, I figured :) But I've Read About That!"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Excellent! Will Overcome vs. +4!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Spending that FP to use my Lore instead of Will."
Jacob spends a fate point, leaving her with 3.
Jacob rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: -1 -1 -1 +1 | Good (3)
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "WHAT"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Uh oh."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I am a walking library."
Jacob spends a fate point, leaving her with 2.
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "So that's a 5"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Describe your success!"
Jacob sits down at a console. Tappity tappity tappity. He pulls out a pair of dark sunnies, like in the movies. Tappity some more. Hacker voice: "I'm in."
[Crows-Nest] Jacob makes the robots do the, uh, robot.
GM exclaims, "And the robots stop spinning and flailing randomly! Now they're spinning and flailing rhythmically, at Jacob's command. It's now safe to enter the equipment room!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "And you can still move as well if you want."
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "woo!"
Jacob moves into the equpiement room to figure out what to do about the destroyed radiation suits.
Jacob advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) WANDA(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
Wanda hops through the portal!
Wanda asks, "What's the plan?"
GM says (to Jacob), "You step between the robots, who would normally be the ones sent into the reactor room, since they're radiation plated. But even a master hacker couldn't get them functional enough to do that at this point, so someone is going to have to go out there in person."
Eben asks, "Jacob got us into the equipment room, but the radiation suits are shot. I'm thinking we might be able to go in to the room in the shadow realm, where the radiation can't follow us? Actually *doing* stuff there means going back into the radiation, but at least we won't have to be there long?"
GM says, "But of course, the many warnings and alarms next to the exit to the reactor room all assure you that the SEVERE OMICRON RADIATION LEVELS would be guaranteed to do some bad stuff to anyone who goes out there unprotected."
Eben says, "We might also be able to patch a suit."
Eben asks, "Maybe melt one together again?"
Eben asks, "Or fuse a few to make one good one?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Darn it, if I do this I'll probably have to make a new character while Wanda's in hospital :D"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "My Crafts is only +1, plus I'm not even in the same room"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I could use my action to get there"
Eben sees the look in Wanda's eyes. "No, not you. It'll be me if it's anyone."
Eben says, "Let's go look at those suits."
Wanda wants to argue, but then just nods.
[CCrusaders] GM says, "If you're making a second movement, +2 Athletics Overcome."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Yeah, I would say either move or think of a Create Advantage here?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(Or you could hold your action, if you think Eben will do something that will help you.)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Well he's going to look at the suits so I should follow"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "by leading the way :D"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Ha"
Wanda rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 +1 0 -1 | Fantastic (6)
Wanda zippity zip
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Success with style!"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) EBEN(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Eben!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Forced movement of Eben? :D"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Sure!"
Eben Ha, nice.
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "That way he has his movement on his turn for other stuff ;)"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "^:^;"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I'm surprised with my Super Athletics + that special effect that I haven't just been doing this all the time"
Eben exclaims, "If we--whoa!"
Eben examines the suits!
GM says (to Eben), "The ones that you can see on the floor aren't *completely* shredded, but they are damaged enough that you couldn't use them the way they are right now."
[CCrusaders] Eben is reminded of the 'We can sew?' scene from the Three Amigos.
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Hee."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Sewing is Crafts! (But not Gadgeteering.)"
Eben sees what he can put together!
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I can help with crafts, too"
GM exclaims, "+4 Overcome!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "If I skip my next turn?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Or not"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Nevermind"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Sorry, distracted"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Yeah, I *hopefully* won't need the +1; let's see."
Eben rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 +1 | Legendary+1 (9)
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "wow."
GM exclaims, "Success with style!"
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "I did not!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "You sure can sew."
GM asks, "How many limbs does your new suit have?"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "I'd definitely make one for me first; would the 'with style' bit perhaps mean I could also make one for Jacob or Wanda?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "I'd allow that!"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Wanda seems more likely to want to enter the radiation room right now, if I'm reading ggg correctly ;-)"
Eben sets about stitching back together the radiation suits, and finds that the fact that several were shredded just makes it easier to create an odd-shaped one for Wanda! He silently thanks Frances for insisting that he keep a sewing kit in is backpack 'for emergencies'.
Wanda accepts it!
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) CORE(0)
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "You need my psychic powers anyway"
[CCrusaders] GM asks (of Eben), "Aren't you grateful now that you split your pants once at work twenty years ago?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "for helping Patrick into the suit"
Davis' Voice says, "Six more minutes."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "haha"
GM advances the initiative: END OF ROUND
GM advances the initiative: ELECTRICALARCING/JACOB(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Jacob!"
Eben exclaims, "Davis! We have watches! Get out of here yourself, in case this doesn't work!"
[Crows-Nest] Jacob says, "You find out Davis isn't a real person, dun dun dun."
GM says, "You're surrounded by dancing core maintenance robots, mostly-crushed lockers and radiation-suited allies."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "What would be useful to y'all at this moment? Other than getting out of this room before the door opens."
Davis' Voice says, "You think I'm still in the building? I've got a ra--" *honk* *squeal* "--radio! I'll be fine!"
Eben exclaims, "Good!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "(asking Eben and Wanda)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Any details about the room we're about to go in would help (things to tag for free)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "since we're low on fp"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Can I look for, say, a detailed map in the observation room or something?"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Yeah, maybe the investigation stunt for the room?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "I feel like we ruled we can't do that during initiative?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims (at Jacob), "Sure!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Unless I'm misremembering"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "And Jacob is correct."
Jacob moves back into the other room and looks for a map (physical or digital, whichever) to study.
[CCrusaders] GM says, "But if you'd like to search the Observation Room for a detailed map of the reactor room, that's a +2 Investigate Create Advantage."
Jacob rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: -1 -1 +1 +1 | Legendary (8)
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Success with style!"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Describe your map, name your aspect, and then it'll be Wanda's turn!"
Jacob finds a pretty detailed computer-generated print-out, indicating where exactly the ladder(s) are, and any thing to watch out for (pathways that are blocked or where you might hit your head). Aspect name: uh... I'm not good at that part :)
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Layout Printout"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Sure"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) WANDA(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Wanda!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I'll lead the way, if that's okay"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "I have the robot Patric?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "+k"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "I hope someone does!"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "'Fast Path to the Core'?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Wait, the core is two zones away?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Yup."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Is it an action to put on the suits, or are they on already?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "I'll say they're on already."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Cool"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "I'll try to move two zones!"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(:named the aspect 'Fast Path to the Core')"
GM says, "OK! This terrain is a bit more complicated, so it'll be a +4 Athletics Overcome."
Wanda rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: 0 -1 -1 +1 | Great (4)
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Success at a cost?"
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "No, tag Fast Path to the Core twice and take me with you!"
GM says, "You enter the reactor room, which is bathed in a sickly yellow-green glow from the pervasive Omicron Radiation."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "can I do that, GM?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Yes!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "I do!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "(I don't think I can force movement all the way though, just one zone)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "So Eben would be at the foot of the ladder"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Works for me."
GM exclaims, "The room is filled with complicated equipment -- pipes and pumps and ducts and oversized electrical transformers and so on -- but with the aid of Jacob's map, you're able to slip past them all and up the ladder to the core platform!"
Wanda carries Eben along in her mandibles, then has to put him down at the foot of the ladder so that she can jump (her joints are sore still)
Wanda lands on the platform, still carrying the robot, and oof that hurts
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "That's my turn"
Eben climbs up the ladder to the core!
GM says, "Up on the platform, it's uncomfortably warm. There's a Heavy Steel Curtain here separating you from the Core itself. Next to it is a control panel that should be able to control the curtain and the core itself, but it's been completely melted by the imminent overload."
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) EBEN(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Eben!"
Eben looks for a place to plug in the robot, or if everything has melted.
GM says (to Eben), "There used to be ports on the panel, but they're unusable as they are at the moment."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "So, let's see. Are the options to enter the core area directly and get irradated more, or try to find some vaguely-functioning wires?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Getting to the Core itself would mean dealing with the Heavy Steel Curtain somehow."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(is the curtain even passable? Is it partly melted?)"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(timing)"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "(also, does the fact that it's a 'curtain' mean that I can see the roof over the core from here, above the curtain?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, ")"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Sure, why not!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(By 'roof', you mean 'ceiling'?)"
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "I do!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Meteor Strike would be very, very risky, I don't think that's the best idea"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Collateral damage inside a reactor about to blow? That's TPK"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Ha."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Hee."
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "But who doesn't like rolling new characters?"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "So, does it look even vaguely plausible that I could hook up something to the exposed wires that once led to the panel?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "It does! It would be a Crafts Overcome vs. +3 to do something like that."
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "That sounds good! I will do that, and try to plug in the Patrick Path!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Seeing as how you already have a Universal Thingamabob."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(Straight, or Gadgeteering?)"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Straight."
Eben rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 +1 | Legendary+1 (9)
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "(Gay-geteering!)"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Hee."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Wow, twice?!?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Nice!"
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Do you want to narrate how you get the robot plugged in?"
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "I do!"
Eben yanks out some wires from the panel, quickly twists them around the Universal Connector, then plugs the other end into the robot itself.
Eben asks, "Patrick! I have a place for you now! Can you hear me?"
GM exclaims, "There's no response!"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) CORE(0)
Davis' Voice says, "Five minutes. Maybe you guys should be thinking about evacuating yourselves?"
GM advances the initiative: END OF ROUND
GM advances the initiative: ELECTRICALARCING/JACOB(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Jacob!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I'm going to have to reach out mentally to Patrick"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "It's the only way"
[Crows-Nest] Eben says, "Meanwhile the electria is larcing about doing nothing."
[Crows-Nest] Wanda says, "The electricity is LARPing"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I'm going to hold and see what the others do, I th--- Oh, Wanda..."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "It's having its own separate parallel story thread that none of you guys even know about."
[Crows-Nest] Jacob says, "hee"
[CCrusaders] GM asks (of Jacob), "Are you holding, or did that -- suggest you changed your mind?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "That was me rolling my eyes at #crows-nest"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) WANDA(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Wanda!"
Wanda focuses. And reaches out her mind, navigating the electrical impulses, looking for Patrick so that she can speak to him mentally and guide him to safety.
GM says (to Wanda), "If you're doing it through the Heavy Steel Curtain, that'll be a +5 Overcome with your telepathy."
[Crows-Nest] Wanda says, "Oh right"
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "But adjacent zones--?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "It's technically the same zone, even."
[Crows-Nest] Eben says, "The curtain itself is blocking Mental Energy along with everything else."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(except here)"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "But what Eben said."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Oh okay"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I'll do it"
Wanda rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 -1 -1 +1 | Fair (2)
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Ugh, even with my last fp I won't make it..."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Do we have free tags?"
[CCrusaders] Eben exclaims, "Tag the Streams of Conciousness and the Robot Boost!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Oh right! I'm silly, I should look at the handy google spreadsheet"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Heh."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "So that's a 6 vs the target 5, I succeed"
Wanda's will burns through the psychic barrier, tracking the streams of consciousness like guiding thread, through the opening in the energy field created by the robot connection
GM says (to Wanda), "You feel something... it's something familiar..."
GM says, "'What is this? Wait, I know you! Is that you, Wanda?'"
Wanda thinks back YES! I LOST YOU, I'M SO SORRY, BUT NOW WE HAVE A WAY TO SAVE YOU, PATRICK!
GM says, "'This place is so big and scary! I feel like I'm drowning! What do I do?'"
Wanda answers: WE MADE A SPECIAL ROBOT THAT YOU CAN LIVE IN! IT'S CONNECTED RIGHT NOW, JUST FOCUS ON MY THOUGHTS AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE WAY, IT'S RIGHT HERE, IT'S CLOSE
GM says, "'I can't see it... how do I-- oh! There! I think I found it!'"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "yes!"
GM exclaims, "The little LED on Eben's interface starts to flash quickly, as though data is being rapidly downloaded through it!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "yay"
GM exclaims, "And a few moments later, the robot's eyes start to glow!"
PatrickBot says, "Hello? Where I'm I? It doesn't matter -- I'm out of that place!"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) EBEN(2) Core(0)
[CCrusaders] GM asks, "Eben or Jacob?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Do I see this, watching through the window? Like, I have reason to assume success?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Yes, that seems reasonable."
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "I think the core might still be melting down?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "It is!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Yeah, but now it's ok to shut it down if we can, versus pre-saving Patrick"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "But they said to do that from the reactor room?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "They did. Although it'll probably need to be a team effort."
Eben asks (of Jacob), "Jacob! Can you get me a manual for the Omicron Reactor Core?"
Jacob thumbs up at Eben. "I'm on it."
Jacob searches for such a thing.
[CCrusaders] GM says, "E.g., someone will need to know enough about Omicron Physics to know what it would take to safely shut it down."
[CCrusaders] Jacob can read about that in the next minute or two, right?
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Which I was going to call Lore vs. +4, but if you want to search for a manual instead, Investigate vs. +4."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Ha."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Someone will also need a +4 Will Overcome to figure out how to apply that knowledge, and someone in the Reactor Room will need +4 Crafts to actually carry it out."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "'someone'"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Right. As soon as Jacob finds a third suit."
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Is investigate just to find such a thing, or can I also read it in the same action, so I can verbally pass it on to someone else to do the will check?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "If Jacob can find the manual, he can send it to my phoone."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Because that affects which role I go for :)"
[CCrusaders] GM says (to Jacob), "You can read it in the same action. (Or rather, you can read it during your action and the action of whoever does the Will Overcome.)"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Perfect, thanks"
Jacob rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: -1 0 -1 +1 | Epic (7)
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Success!"
Jacob finds a book in a filing cabinet.
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "After you narrate, it'll be Wanda's turn!"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Wait, I didn"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Er, I didn't go."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Oh, right, Wanda just took her turn."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Sorry, forgot that this was a held action."
Jacob flips to the bookmarked "SHUT DOWN SEQUENCE" chapter.
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I'd damn well have bookmarked such a thing if this was my job."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Ha"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Hee."
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) CORE(0)
GM backs up the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) EBEN(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Eben!"
Eben opens portals in the ceiling and on the curtain itself so he can access the core.
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "However: if I do that, do I expose this room to more severe radiation?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "If so, I'm making them shadow portals."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "You do, but you think that if you're only exposed for a round or two, the suits should hold."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "OK, normal portals it is, then."
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "+2 Shoot Overcome!"
Eben rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 +1 | Great (4)
GM exclaims, "Success!"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) CORE(0)
Davis' Voice says, "Only four minutes left."
Eben steps through and drops down to the core!
GM exclaims (at Eben), "It's big and swirly and colorful!"
Eben . o O ( Oh, wow, the design of this thing is amazing. )
GM says (to Eben), "It would be really interesting to stick around and study it, maybe take some readings, experiment a bit to see how it's doing this."
GM says, "If, y'know, you weren't all about to die."
GM advances the initiative: END OF ROUND
GM advances the initiative: ELECTRICALARCING/JACOB(4) Wanda(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Jacob!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "Wait, why are we opening a portal to the core?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "So I can get there to initiate shutdown."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "(everything remote melted)"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Aha, ok."
[CCrusaders] Jacob flails.
[CCrusaders] Eben asks (of GM), "At least, that's how I read your description?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "If you want to have you and Wanda take your turns together, one of you can assist the other on the Will Overcome."
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "That's a good plan. Wanda?"
[CCrusaders] GM says (to Eben), "I was originally thinking of you doing it in the Reactor Room where all the pipes and valves and such are, but your way is much, much cooler."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Let's do it! Wait, what is the Will overcome for?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "To apply the information to shutting down the core"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "OK!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I have a +3 Will"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I have a +2"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "so I'll assist"
[CCrusaders] Jacob asks, "What was the target?"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "+4"
Jacob rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 +1 -1 +1 | Great (4)
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "AUGH."
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Success with a minor cost!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Wanda, ok with a minor cost? I've still got FP"
GM exclaims, "You suddenly realize that, under these circumstances, the normal core shutdown procedure won't work as described!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I'm okay too"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Hahahahaha, oh no. I love it."
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "Me too. Drama!"
GM says, "You should be able to carry it all out from outside the reactor, operating the machinery in the outer reactor room."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Ramp it up, ramp it up *to the tune of Shake It Off*"
GM exclaims, "But given the anomalous behavior the core has been experiencing, someone is going to have to shut it down at the Core itself, inside the steel curtain!"
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) WANDA(3) Eben(2) Core(0)
GM advances the initiative: ElectricalArcing/Jacob(4) Wanda(3) EBEN(2) Core(0)
GM exclaims, "Eben!"
Eben enters the codes into the core!
Eben rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 0 | Fantastic (6)
GM exclaims, "+4 Crafts!"
GM exclaims, "Success! Tell me how it looks when the reactor is shut down!"
Eben rotates the outer shell of the core, exposing the last-resort backup panel, which has a minimal keyboard under an LED screen that itself is roating through several rainbow colors as it struggles to stay active. Listening to Jacob and Wanda's instructions, he enters a short program, hits 'execute' and the rainbow lights slowly fade!
GM says, "The streaming energy flowing through the core ebbs, and then goes out entirely. The deep thrumming sound of the reactor fades."
GM says, "A few seconds later, the lights blink out, as do the sirens and the monitors in the observation room."
Wanda says, "We did it."
GM says, "Silence. And the only lights left are the faint glow from Eben's portals and Patrick's eyes."
PatrickBot says, "What was that? Was that supposed to happen?"
Wanda says (to PatrickBot), "It's all good now. We fixed it."
Jacob calls out, "Get back in here. Then discuss."
PatrickBot says, "That's you Wanda, isn't it? I recognize your voice from before when it was in my mind."
Wanda says, "Yes! I'm sorry, I'm kind of scary looking, I know"
PatrickBot says, "You're nowhere near as scary as that place I was in before. Thank you for helping me get out."
Wanda says, "You're welcome! It's what I do."
PatrickBot says, "I feel different, though. Am I different now?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(Poor Jacob, being completely ignored.)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "aww I'm sorry"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(Of course, unlike Jacob, Wanda and Eben can't actually see in the dark.)"
Eben relaxes, takes a moment, then portals back out of the core area.
Eben says (to Jacob), "I suppose we shouldn't try to restart the core before everything is fixed in here."
Jacob shakes his head.
Eben says (to Patrick), "Also, hello! We managed to make you a robot body, which is probably why you feel different."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Also, you know... after turning off a reactor, it still emits radioactivity and heat. So, like.. Really, get out of there."
PatrickBot says, "Oh! What happened to... to my *me* body?"
Eben exclaims, "I have no idea!"
Eben says, "It disappeared in the lightning strike that started the whole thing."
Wanda says, "I think it just changed into electricity? So maybe there's a chance you'll be able to change back? I don't know though"
Jacob finds a flashlight and shines it through the window.
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "If that's helpful ;)"
Eben says, "Getting you stable was our first priority, but getting you your body back is definitely on the list."
Wanda says, "Oh look! We should probably get going."
Eben waves a 'thanks' to Jacob.
[CCrusaders] GM says, "At any point that you feel you're done, we can end this scene and move to a new one."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Just let me know what that new scene should be."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Next scene should probably be the reuniting of Patrick with his mom?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says (to GM), "If you want to have us continue to be injured at the next session, you should introduce a new complication; otherwise I'm heading to the hospital ;-)"
[Crows-Nest] Jacob says, "This robot is your son now. Bye!"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "One vote for bringing Patrick home, and one for the hospital."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Yeah, Patrick home first."
[CCrusaders] GM asks (of Jacob), "Do you want to break the tie?"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "OK!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Works for me."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "But I'm not the one who was exposed to radiation, so."
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "We were in suits!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Just mist us on the way out"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Hehe"
GM says, "The Crusader Mobile Slash Station Wagon pulls into the driveway of the Peterson house, next to the truck belonging to the contractors who are repairing the damage that was done during the lightning strike."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I mean, radiation suits rae really to keep the contamination off you...."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Not protect you entirely from radiation."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "True"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(Shhh.)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "But this is a comic book"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I imagine Jacob is just monotoning about this."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, ""I read it in a book!""
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Called _Tales Of The Excessively Realistic_."
[Crows-Nest] Jacob says, "Incidentally, myother group has been playing The Very Good Dogs of Chernobyl"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Aw."
GM asks, "Are the rest of you doing anything here, or are you just sitting in the car waiting for Patrick to go by himself?"
Eben walks in (stiffly) with Patrick.
Wanda follows behind
GM says, "Lenore opens the front door."
[CCrusaders] Jacob will stay in the car, unless she's since gotten a puppy to replace her son.
GM says, "She looks from you to the robot. Confused at first, but then realization dawns."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Snrk"
Patrick says, "Mom!"
Lenore says, "Patrick!"
GM exclaims, "They embrace!"
Eben . o O ( Yay functional parents! )
GM says, "It's as though she doesn't even care that her son is a robot now. He's her son, and he's home, and that's all that matters."
Wanda awww
GM says, "Through the tears of joy, Lenore looks at you and silently mouths the words 'Thank you'. Before going back to hugging her boy."
GM says, "It looks like the might be like that for a while, unless the rest of you want to do or say anything."
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "At least we're well-known/highly-regarded enough that she isn't like "is this a sick joke?""
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "'Cause I could see that, too."
Eben leaves his card with Lenore and mouths, "Call me later." and heads out.
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "That was a good scene"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "And now, to the hospital!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "To the hospital!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Where my Severe injuries will be set on the slow (one full scenario) path to recovery"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Normally, recovering consequences is a Lore overcome, but since you're having a professional NPC do it, it's a Resources overcome instead!"
[Crows-Nest] Jacob says, "Roll to see if you have good insurance."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks, "Do I roll?"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "I mean, we have much better Lore than Resources ;-)"
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "But the TN might be different, too."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "(Except I can never find the rules for the opposition to recovering a consequence...)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "The difficulty for this obstacle is based on the shift value of the consequence. Mild is Fair (+2), moderate is Great (+4), and severe is Fantastic (+6). If you are trying to perform the recovery action on yourself, increase the difficulty by two steps on the ladder."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Thank you! The Resources rolls will be 2 lower than the Lore version."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Which, to that point, I had an interesting idea I wanted to discuss with the GM (and the rest of the group)"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Which means they'll handle Mild ones for you automatically, and you'll need +2 for moderate ones or +4 for severe."
[CCrusaders] GM says (to Wanda), "Sure."
[CCrusaders] Wanda asks (of GM), "How many scenarios do we have left in this arc?"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Probably one more after this one."
GM says, "(Which, by the way, is wrapping up right now.)"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Then my idea won't work, nevermind"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Aw, sorry."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Enh, what was your idea? We might could make it work with tweaking."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Actually, I'm going to walk back what I said about resources overcomes."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "This is a Significant Milestone. And severe or lower consequences start recovery at a Significant Milestone."
[CCrusaders] Eben says, "Well hey"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "So basically I have this backup character I wanted to play at some point (as a kind of 'guest', not as a permanent replacement to Wanda) who would have powers that inspired Nichols' Quicksilver. But if we're near the end of the arc, it's not a good idea to do that."
[CCrusaders] GM says, "So you can rename them now, and you'll start the next session with your consequences in recovery (but not recovered yet)."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "So that's not going to be relevant, but at least that answers your question"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "And you also all get a skill point!"
[CCrusaders] Wanda exclaims, "Yay!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Woot"
[CCrusaders] Eben asks, "Yay! Can we use it to go to +3?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I think so"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "based off of the puramid"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "(meow, typo)"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Yeah"
GM says, "Crownsford may be experiencing a power outage for the moment, but you saved the reactor core from melting down and exploding! And perhaps more importantly, so Lenore at least, you've saved Patrick Peterson and brought him home again."
GM exclaims, "Congratulations!"
GM says, "</SCENARIO>"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Hooray"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Wanda feels good about her actions ^^"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "Yay."
[CCrusaders] Jacob does the robot
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "She avoided collateral damage too"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "I mean, I did"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "Wow, RP is hard :D"
[CCrusaders] GM asks (of Jacob), "Do we think we'll be able to play next weekend, or will we be waiting until May 20th?"
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "It gets grammatically tense, even"
[CCrusaders] GM says, "YM 'It got grammatically tense'."
[CCrusaders] Wanda says, "hehee"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "I don't know, and Amdi isn't home to ask"
[CCrusaders] GM exclaims, "Alright. Let us know when you find out!"
[CCrusaders] Jacob says, "Will do"