1. A League, Under The Sea

[kipling]

Lord Maxwell walks into the richly appointed room you're waiting in and takes off his powdered wig. "Itches like the devil," he says to no one in particular as he puts it on a false head on a bookcase. "Price of power, eh?" He picks up a sheaf of papers. "Nothing like yours, of course. Power, I mean."

He waves to you all: Super Soul, Elongated Fellow, Azrael, and Jason Blood. "Got a spot of bother here. Something is sinking ships between Britain and the United States of America. Thought at first it was pirates--several ships have been rich in gold bullion transferred for banking. Not so. One of the scientific jaspers noticed that all of the ships have had scientific equipment. Seems a rum thing for a sea monster to be taking."

He blows air out of the moustache he started when given this appointment. "Oh, yes, there was a survivor on the last ship, the Harkness, who reported that the ship was rammed by a swifly-moving sea monster. Which is where you come in."

He looks at the papers again. "Says here the Abraham Lincoln will be leaving Boston in a week with a load of scientific equipment. We've telegraphed ahead, found a fellow in New York who might be able to help you. Calls himself the Shadow--terror of their underworld, don't you know. See if you can get him to come onside, by the way."

He smiles. "I'm told Super Soul here is stronger than a locomotive, and fast. You three are not, I'm afraid. So I've arranged for you to travel in a railway car that I hope Super Soul will carry. That way, you can be in Boston within the week. Your assignment is to stop this sinking. It's a kind of piracy, and the Queen will not have relations with the United States strained by this." He finds his pipe and lights it. "Questions?"

[drfeck]

Blood is looking out the window when Maxwell walks in and says his bit. He had heard something about the others...but that did not mean they knew of him.

(OOC-using Well-informed feat [Gather info +15] to see if he has heard anything about the others in the room, as well as the shadow).

Prehaps just as well, if they learned of his "other half", they might refuse to work with him...or worse.

"Is there any bit of the wreckage we can examine, or speak to the surivior of the Harkness?" he asked Maxwell.

[kipling]

"Yes, there's a bit of wreckage down at the laboratory. Survivor's name is Ezekiel Bentham, and he's at this address in Boston." Lord Maxwell hands Jason a piece of paper.

(OOC: The Gather Info roll is high enough to have heard of each of the others, but I'll let them say what is known about themselves; I rolled a 9, so anything that meets DC 24 should be apparent to Blood.)

[drfeck]

Jason looks over the paper, while saying-"Very good. I shall make inquires with Bentham and then head to the lab, or whichever is closer. Anyone else coming?"

[kipling]

(OOC: I'd say, since the lab and you are in London and Bentham is in Boston, that the lab is closer. I'll edit this tomorrow to include a description of the wreckage and the lab.)

They took the stairs down to the laboratory, which was on the second floor of the building. The laboratory was a large room with three benches running down it; it smelled of ether and formaldehyde. Tall arched windows let in the light. The room is cool. Nearby, a young man in a smock stood by a retort; on the retort was clamped a piece of wood about four inches square.

An older gentleman greeted them. "Ah, glad you could make it. My name is Hermann von Helmholtz." Introductions are shared; Helmholtz is in his sixties; Blood recognizes him as a physician and physicist of some renown. "I apologize that I don't know more than I do; I was on a train coming here all night." His accent makes the esses zeds and vice versa.

"Perhaps if we let young Carr here speak."

The young man blinks and snaps his fingers. "Sorry. Nervous habit." He puts his hands in his pockets. Then he says, "Oh. Yes. The wood appears to be, well, wood, probably of a sea-going vessel from the growths on the outside. It has all the appearances of being broken by tremendous strength--a rapid ram into it would do the job. I'd think it was dashed apart in a storm on a coral reef except that the written testimony and the water indicate that there were no reefs in the area."

He pushes a leather binder over to them. "There are the results of all the tests I have run, and this binder--" he pushes over a second one "--contains the testimony of Mr. Bentham, as transmitted over the telegraph."

"The queen has not spared any expense. The Kaiser would be impressed," says Helmholtz.

[BlaqueSaber]

Azrael had yet to speak. He didn't much like the idea of being transported in a metal can across the sea, trapped in a small place with total strangers whom are not among The Order. Then, he didn't have the luxury of doing "what he liked", just what was ordered of him. The Order of St. Dumas had sent him to assist Lord Maxwell and that was what he would do...until they told him otherwise.

In the lab Azrael continued to hold his tongue, he knew of more than one way a ship could be breached beneath its depths and scuttled but doubted that any of that would be beneficial to earn the trust of his compatriots.

[Ballzy1]

Super Soul was observing the conversation of his new friends and wondered if he should take a scouting mission over the waters as he could be more help in that capacity. He will wait until we can meet as a group and then offer his assistance in this task.

[kipling]

Super Soul knows that from here to Boston at top speed is still an hour and a half: more like six if he has to carry a contraption that's not made for his kind of speed.

Still, that's faster than the two weeks it would take them by boat.

[drfeck]

The young man blinks and snaps his fingers. "Sorry. Nervous habit." He puts his hands in his pockets. Then he says, "Oh. Yes. The wood appears to be, well, wood, probably of a sea-going vessel from the growths on the outside. It has all the appearances of being broken by tremendous strength--a rapid ram into it would do the job. I'd think it was dashed apart in a storm on a coral reef except that the written testimony and the water indicate that there were no reefs in the area."

He pushes a leather binder over to them. "There are the results of all the tests I have run, and this binder--" he pushes over a second one "--contains the testimony of Mr. Bentham, as transmitted over the telegraph."

"Hmm...interesting," Jason says as he looks over the binder, memorizes the contents and then examines the wood.

He turns Dr Helmholtz and Carr.

"Have you found any living residue on the wreakage? If this was a beast, something of this size might leave behind something...blood, skin, other..."

Blood thought it might be a machine, but even then it would leave something behind...unless it was something unnatural...he had to be sure...

(OOC: Jason will use his investigation skill +10 and his power of mystical awareness...)

[kipling]

(Jason rolls an 18 for Investigation and scans the report; they've been most thorough. He senses nothing mystical about the wreckage.)

"We found traces of an oil we were unable to identify. It's not whale oil nor oil of any cetacean at all--I suspect it comes from the ground. Just traces, though." Carr snaps his fingers again, then realizes what he's doing and puts his hand back in his pocket.

[kipling]

An assistant comes in and hands an envelope to Dr. Helmholtz.

"Something in for you folks." He holds out the envelope.

[drfeck]

Jason takes the envelope, looks for a letter opener, and proceeds to read it aloud to everyone.

[kipling]

Inside is a telegram.

Jason might decide not to read it while others are in the room, but all have been cleared for this, even Helmholtz.

WASHINGTON HAS PLAN STOP BE ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN STOP COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL NOT SECURE STOP

"It was in the Arkwright cipher, sir. So far as we know, it came from people in Washington," says the aide. He looks a homespun young man, though nicely dressed.

[BlaqueSaber]

Azrael steps forward.

"I don't think we have any further time to waste." "Here we are but five, in the new world I am a part of a much larger order with nearly unlimited resources. We'll find this sea ferrying weapon but in light of this telegram, we should get moving."

[drfeck]

"Sounds like an excellent suggestion. We should leave Post-haste." Jason repiles.

[Ballzy1]

Agreed! We must act now! Super Soul bellows in his deep booming voice.

[spotlight]

"Hey, SuperSoul, I'll gladly go with you if you're flying to D.C.!" so says the skinny fellow know as Elongated Man. "In fact, I'll make myself easy to carry." He forms his body slightly to resemble a 150 lb. swordfish with handles on the backbone where the dorsal fin should be. The yellow shirt and pants seem to take the new shape but still look like shirt and pants.

OOC: I started to describe the shape of a 150 lb. bomb of wwII style but remembered WHEN we are. This will take getting used to.

[kipling]

For all of you, but Super Soul, this is the first time you've flown, and the experience is likely to be terrifying--but you are made of stern stuff. (OOC: In other words, choose your own reactions to flight.)

Boston sprawls out before you like a great blanket, the roofs of the buildings covered with snow, the noontime sun trying but failing to warm them. Even though it's cold, the streets are covered with slush from the many carriages, although grey and black snow clings to the kerbs. Smoke comes from many chimneys.

Super Soul has kindly kept under the speed of sound, so it has been eight hours since you left. Boston has within the last six years adopted standard time, so it is about one o'clock locally.

The waters of the bays are gunmetal grey and choppy, and ice and snow hug the shoreline; still, you can sail in and out of the bay and in a few weeks you won't be able to.

Super Soul, where are you putting down the car? If you put it on a railroad track, you run the risk of interfering with local trains. If you put it on a road, you will interfere with traffic. There are a few large squares (such as near Harvard) where you can put it, or you can put it in a railroad yard. Because of the congestion, you won't be able to put it by the buildings of government.

Others--once he sets it down, what will you do? Or what do you plan?

Because people aren't used to looking at the sky for men and railway cars, it is unlikely that you have been noticed yet.

[Ballzy1]

Super Soul circles the rooftops looking for an out of the way place to set the car down and bring his passengers back to the safe snowy land. He notices a railroad yard with some space to set us down safely and hopefully unnoticed. "Hold on my new Friends!" Super Soul yells as he gently rested the rail car between 2 other cars. "Let's move quickly before we make anyone aware of our arrival."

ooc: Super Soul will use Super Senses - Hearing to listen for any citizens that might have heard the landing of the car. Rolled 19 for the listen.

[BlaqueSaber]

Azrael desperately wanted to change from his suit coat and tie into his armor and blades. The firesword that lies within his mind burned to light up in a fight and with Irish immigrants migrating to Boston to work on the railroads he could probably find one itching for a fight nearly as bad as he was after eight hours in that steel box.

But he kept his notions in check. Instead, he decided to point that energy into something constructive.

"Gentleman, I suggest we establish a base of operations here in Boston. Say a hotel or another fine establishment on the Trolley line? Then we'll be able to split up if needs be." Azrael repositioned his fedora hat at a slight rakish angle.

"Who has the gold?"

[drfeck]

Jason get off the trolly slowly, still a little shaky from the trip.

"I know a place we can stay, and it will be out of the way. Its at an old friend's house..."

(OOC-Jason is using his contacts and connected feats to get to an old friend he met during his travels-Dr Emil Sandasal. He helped Dr Sandasal with a case of demonic possison some decades past, and he figures he would not mind him slighly imposing on him...Diplomacy +10 for the favor.)

[kipling]

You each have one hundred American dollars and a letter of credit from the British government.

[drfeck]

You each have one hundred American dollars and a letter of credit from the British government.

(OOC-I have the wealth feat...)

[kipling]

I should have said that you have whatever wealth you have, plus a hundred dollars.

Given the travel times, folks expect to put up travellers for days or weeks at a time.

[nijineko]

@SuperSoul: You hear the distinct crunch of footsteps on gravel, approaching. It sounds like single individual, not very heavy. They are making no effort to hide, but are walking directly towards you.

{i'm assuming that your hearing is "accute" and "accurate".}

[Ballzy1]

Super Soul agrees with Azrael and Jason. " I agree Jason, we might want to proceed to your friend Dr. Sandasal's house now, as we have company approaching as we speak."

[nijineko]

The footsteps come to a stop with a slight skitter of gravel. A woman's voice calls out quietly, "Excuse me, are you there? I'm expecting a certain number of extraordinary gentlemen?"

[kipling]

A pretty woman stands there, in the railway yard. Her hair is curled and tucked back, her dress surprisingly slim given the times. She obviously has money but is not at pains to display it. Her breath hangs before her, mist in the cold air.

[drfeck]

"Hello there! Pleased to meet you! I am Sir Jason Blood...at your service..."

He kisses her hand, politely.

[Ballzy1]

"Pleasure to make your acquaintance ma'am. My friends and I are hoping we can assist you in any way needed."

Super bows gently towards the lady and smiles.

[BlaqueSaber]

"I should think that a woman such as your self wouldn't be out on a night as dark as this without an escort ma'am." -Azrael.

[nijineko]

"Such fine gentlemen," she responds, blushing slightly. "I should be most pleased to have such able escorts." She withdraws her other hand, empty, from a pretty handbag, and shifts her parasol from her wrist to over her shoulder. "I am Ms. Lane, Margot Lane."
{ooc: pronounced with a silent 't'}

"Arrangements have been made in a comfortable hotel for those who wish to rest. There is a hack awaiting your pleasure. I will be pleased to make myself presentable after you are settled in, to answer any questions you may have. Are you tired? It is still night over in Brittian, is it not? Have you eaten? We can break fast together, if you like...." She extends her hand, ready to take the arm of whomever will offer it.

Her voice is warm, sultry, and just slightly lower than you would expect. She has a delicate scent of jasmine about her, contrasting strongly with the smell of hot metal and oil. Her eyes are large, and dark. Slightly at odds with her feminine manner and speech, her gaze is direct and forthright.

[drfeck]

Blood gladly takes her offered arm.

"That sounds wonderful Miss Lane, but I must absolutely insist that you call me Jason..."

He quickly catches the eye of Super Soul as he walks with the young lady...

(OOC-Sense Motive +10, Super Soul have any feelings about Blood escorting one Miss Lane?)

[BlaqueSaber]

Azrael joins the pack, but crosses around the back of the hack to sit behind the driver. He wants to distance him self from this new beauty who he'd personally classify as a "beast" based on how strong her mind is.

[nijineko]

As everyone is walking to the hack...

"The boss will be there when you need him, or so he instructed me to inform you, thus I'm afraid that you'll only have what little I know to draw upon."

She speaks to the hack driver, "To the hotel, Moe. Thank you." "Yes, Ma'am, right away," he replies.

"Are there any special arrangements that you gentlemen may need?"

[Ballzy1]

Super Soul chuckles at his new smooth talking friend Jason as he makes his way to the hack. "A hearty breakfast sounds good to me after that journey, and perhaps over breakfast we can talk some more."

[spotlight]

Mr. Disney grins broadly and boyishly at the young lady and extends his hand in greeting, introducing himself. He heads towards the hack, while entertaining the thoughts of whistfully deciding he had married to young.

He looks back toward the trolly and tries to remember if European rails were the same size as American rails.

The rail thin fellow dressed in yellow stretches out a hand (ONLYSLIGHTLY!!!) to the hack driver in a friendly manner, hoping to start a interrgating tyoe of conversation with the man, "I 'ave ner' been to Boston, my good fellow. I do 'ope you are well indowed with all the best ale 'ouses about."

OOC: I hope my attempt a an English brouge is anywhere accurate.

[kipling]

The man looks at the hand and nods. "I am, sir. You'll find the Nottingham Hotel adequate in that regard." He swerves to avoid a puddle of slush. "A deep one, if you go into it, but this road's the fastest way to the hotel, and I don't want you gentlemen standing on queue any longer than you have to." Despite the man's words, his voice is lower-class, and his red-brown muttonchops hide much of his face.

At the hotel, there are two men in the lobby, waiting for you. One is rotund with a balding pate and thick black moustaches; the other is younger, maybe in his twenties, in a suit obviously not his. It doesn't fit right. He's a weathered, hardened man, but polite and obviously uncomfortable.

"Miss Lane," says the round gentleman. "We've been waiting for you."

"G'day," mumbles the other man.

"This is the gentleman you asked me to bring. I am Robert Pitt. Shall we retire into the lounge and lunch? I expect your friends are hungry from their long journey."

The other man says, "No ships have come in." He looks puzzled. "You've come from New York by rail?"

OOC: No matter the quality of anybody's brogue, it's fine if we're all having fun.

[drfeck]

The other man says, "No ships have come in." He looks puzzled. "You've come from New York by rail?"

"Well...by rail car anyways..." Jason says, sharing a private joke with the others...

[nijineko]

Ms. Lane dimples at the comment.

[Ballzy1]

"Yeah - it was a Super trip!" Super Soul jokes. "Great to make your acquaintance gentlemen." Super Soul follows the men towards the lounge.

[kipling]

The lunch is sumptuous--almost as good as a fine restaurant in England. (Mr. Disney thinks it is as good, but the rest of the Englishmen agree that nothing could be quite equal to English food.)

The younger gentleman is Mr. Bentham, and his testimony is simple. They were making about eight knots. There were some whitecaps because there was a bit of a breeze; they were in international waters on the second day of the voyage. It was about sunset when one of the men said there was a whale nearby. "It must have been a whale," Mr. Bentham says, "but I never seen it come up. It was huge, though." The sunlight had just gotten under the cloud cover and the red rays were dancing on the wave--when the ship shuddered, then groaned. "The poor buggers--excuse me, miss--the jaspers in the boiler room were right dead. I was on the deck, swabbing. The captain likes things clean, you know--and I ran for the lifeboats to let them down. I met the executive there."

While they were wrestling with the first boat, the lookout called that the whale was coming back again. It moved faster than the ship, even when she was not breached. "The ship took a second hit and then she broke apart." The two halves sank quickly, in less than five minutes. "It's pretty shallow water there, less than a hundred feet. There we were, the exec and I, and he died of exposure in the lifeboat." A fishing ship on a late-season run took Mr. Bentham in and brought him to Boston.

[BlaqueSaber]

Azrael sticks with the water and the bread. He isn't sure of the food being served and isn't hungry anyway. It occurs to him that he hasn't truly been hungry since they changed him.

"Have you ever experienced anything like this before or since?" "What of other shipmates on board you're various vessels?"

[nijineko]

Ms. Lane murmurs sympathetically at various points in the story. "You must have feared for your very life, sir. My condolences to you and yours." She hesitantly pats his arm briefly.

[Ballzy1]

Super notices Azrael not eating much of the delicious food that was prepared for them, and is happy to eat his share. "The long trip stirred up quite a hunger sirs."

Super takes a deep breath and exhales seemingly to fit even more food into his full belly.

With a comforting and understanding voice Super Soul asks, "If my friends and I were to visit the site of your fateful accident Mr. Bentham, would you be able to lead us back to where the ship went down?"

[kipling]

"Have you ever experienced anything like this before or since?" What of other shipmates on board you're various vessels?"

Bentham thinks hard. "I've heard seafaring tales, o' course. The island that moves, the kraken that eats ships, and so on. I've never seen a whale move like that, and no one else I know has, either. If it's a squid, why did it ram us?" He looks down, then pushes his plate away.

Pitt says, "We have some few hours before you have to get on the boat. Things will be revealed after we leave port."

[nijineko]

Ms. Lane looks at her fine gentlemen coquettishly over her tea, arching an elegant eyebrow. "Are there any questions or information you need from me before I return to New York? I regret that none of you will be able to accompany me...."

[spotlight]

Mr. Disney is having a bit of trouble beleiving Mr. Bentham. It seems odd that only a swaby and the XO were the only ones to reach a life boat, (and the same one at that!). He echos the query about what happened to the other mates. He thinks to himself How did the fellow know the blocks in the boiler room were all killed? Several other statements do not add up either.

[drfeck]

Could the man be lying...Jason was not sure...

(OOC-Sense Motive +10)

[kipling]

Jason thinks the man is lying about something, but he's not sure which of the things in his story are lies.

[kipling]

Bentham says, "We were in the middle of the open sea! We were three days outside of Rhode Island, we left port there, but we had to swing south to miss a storm that was in the sea. The fishing vessel that got me might have coordinates, but I don't."

He looks down again and up at all of you. "The boilers went just before the second ramming or at the same time, I can't tell you for sure. The XO was hurt by a piece of flying metal, and it took him a day and a half to die." He shakes his head slowly. "It was horrible, and fast: faster than I thought it would be. That...thing...was faster than I've seen a whale be, and I've served on whaling ships in my day. I thought moving to a steamship was the best thing that ever happened to me, but give me sails and rigging and wood now, something you can hold on to. Something that floats."

[kipling]

Mr. Pitt looks at everyone around the table. "Gentlemen, a round of coffees or teas and then if you'll get ready to go? Mr. Bentham, you're free to go as soon as these gentlemen release you." To the company, he says confidentially, "He has not agreed to go on the Lincoln."

He steeples his fingers. "There is some concern for secrecy here, so if I might ask you not to go aboard in, uh, unusual ways. Just walk up the gangplank as if everything is normal. I'll make sure that your bags and trunks are on the boat; we have changes of clothes in what I think are the right sizes, if you didn't bring them along."

He checks the large pocket watch hanging from a chain on his waistcoat and blows out through his moustache. "We have three hours and...fifty-one minutes until the ship sets sail. It is a one hour drive to the port, given the current weather, possibly less for we have Max driving."

[Ballzy1]

"Understandable Mr. Pitt. We won't draw any attention to ourselves." Super pulls himself away from the table and informs the team he is ready to go.

"We will get to the bottom of these tragedies good sirs." Super Soul says assuredly to their hosts.

[nijineko]

"Well, I certainly enjoyed our time together, gentlemen. I will not be accompanying you on board, I have other engagements which I must attend to. " She delicately dabs at her lips with a napkin. "I wish you every hope of success, and for your safety." She turns to Jason, "And thank you for your escort, Mr... ah, I mean, Jason." She colors slightly.

[BlaqueSaber]

"Thank you for you're escort Ms. Lane, I've never been much of a traveler <i'm more of a hunter> and fear I would still be lost in this city without you're guidance." Azreal gestures gentlemanly before turning to his compatriots .

"Blood," Azreal offers quietly. "...I ride with you."

[spotlight]

Philip Disney conceeds the posibility of much confusion to the facts by Mr. Bentham, and tells the group he sees no need for continued attendance with the fellow.

On getting aboard the carriage, the fellow in yellow requests a short stop at an upscale liquor house, to purchase a pint or two of good American style stuffs for the trip. He figures plying various stooges with liquor for odd information is less expensive and more productive than cold cash.

After purchasing three small bottles of something called 'Good Kentuky Bourbon,' Mr. Disney is ready to go.

[spotlight]

Once aboard the boat, Mr. Disney will request the Mate bring navigational charts (maps) to a ward room, with the Captains permision, of course. I would immagine that the Cap. is busy with the getting under way, after greeting us.

Upon getting together in the wrd room, Philip suggest they do their best to narrow down the search area. Calculating the reported eight knots in three days puts a line on the charts at well over Five hundred fifty N. miles.

This would put the ship at the far edge of the Gulf stream and possibly past that. Then marking the aproximate cordinates of the fishing boat's pick up ... less two days northward drift. (marking another line)

This leaves ten thousand or more square miles of search area. "And well outside the usual whaling areas," quips Mr. Disney. Under his breath he continues, "Maybe we will get lucky and witness an actual attack."

[drfeck]

"And thank you for your escort, Mr... ah, I mean, Jason." She colors slightly.

Jason will once again kiss her hand.

"I fear every moment at sea will a lifetime away from your charming company, my dear."

[drfeck]

"Blood," Azreal offers quietly. "...I ride with you."

"Er...yes...quite..." said Jason, a little put off by the strange man.

[kipling]

(OOC: I had planned to skip ahead to the third day, but I will on Wednesday. Time to tell you what Pitt thinks is going on.)

Late on the first night out, Mr. Pitt calls you all to the captain's cabin. He looks slightly greenish--"First couple of days I always have a touch of seasickness"--but calls everyone together. One of the mates is there to run errands, but otherwise you are alone.

Pitt belches, looks uncomfortable for a moment, then swallows hard and begins.

"This ship is equipped with such scientific equipment as to make it an irresistable target. We have made this known through the usual channels: it has leaked out. We hope to entice the monster in this way.

"What has been secret to only myself and the captain until now is that this ship is equipped with some other, hidden, things. If the monster is alive, there is a harpoon cannon. If the monster is some construction of man or beast, there are twelve-inch guns fore and aft, and the belowdecks part of the hull is sheathed in steel. This ship also has you, gentlemen. We expect to be attacked. We expect the monster to come; we have made the ship as attractive as possible. The steel slows us down mightily: we make eight knots an hour instead of twelve--but given that the monster seems to attack by ramming, we thought it a reasonable precaution."

He waves away a cigar; Mr. Pitt seems to have no stomach for such things tonight.

"I am sorry that the American member of our band of Wonders seems not to have made it, but you gentlemen should do fine." He looks around. "Questions?"

[drfeck]

"I am sorry that the American member of our band of Wonders seems not to have made it, but you gentlemen should do fine." He looks around. "Questions?"

"Does your crew have an escape plan? I belive we should be fine if worse comes to worse...but worring about the safety of the men may complicate things..."

[kipling]

"We have sufficient life boats," says Mr. Pitt. "That should be sufficient in case of an emergency. Further, there is a second ship leaving one day behind us which will follow our original course."

[BlaqueSaber]

"How many of the men on board can we count on to assist us if needs be?" "Will they follow orders given to them that are not from the captain or the XO?"

Azrael wants to know in advance if he'll be able to count on the crew to follow orders, or if they'll have to be dealt with as well.

[kipling]

"Your pardon, sir, but we don't know you. To that end, the crew will obey you, except where it will damage the ship or if we're in an emergency situation," says Captain Charles Hawkewood. "So you can order them around if we're not in an emergency.

"What I'll do, and I'll tell the current shift and have the XO tell the crew this in the morning, is that I'll issue orders that every man shall have an armband--we have some orange cloth that will do. In an emergency, any man who can be spared will put on his armband. Then you'll be able to tell who's gainfully at work and who will obey an order, all right? If your order involves rerouting men at work, you'll have to talk to whoever's in charge: the head of that detail, the bosun, the XO, or myself."

[nijineko]

A crew-member, a steward by the looks, approaches Mr. Blood and says quietly, "Excuse me Mr. Blood, but someone was seen leaving your cabin, when you were not there... A cloaked figure, with an unsettling chuckle. We could find no trace of him when we searched."

[drfeck]

A cloaked figure, with an unsettling chuckle. We could find no trace of him when we searched."

"Thank you steward, Im going to take a look." Jason said.

Hmmm...could this be our absent friend?...he thinks to himself.

He begins to head down to his cabin, once he finds out where that is.

[kipling]

You all know where your cabins are, because you've already been there -- this is the night of the first day.

The Abraham Lincoln looks like a freighter: she doesn't have the amenities of a passenger ship; there's no pool or tennis courts. But there is a mess for the supercargo (that would be you blokes), and there are a few deck chairs (not that you would want to use them in January). (In fact, the harpoon gun is hidden behind a mound of deck chairs on the bow.) She has guns, but they're belowdecks in order to simulate the appearance. The guns can fire from where they are or in ten minutes can be winched up to the surface of the deck. If fired from belowdecks, the angle is extremely limited, but it might keep an enemy occupied while the other gun is winched up.

Because there aren't any supercargo besides yourselves, you each have your own small stateroom, with two beds (complete with three drawers) and a wardrobe.

The deck is gray. The forecastle is white, the ship itself is gray and black.

There is a crew's mess as well. The ship holds about a hundred people normally but currently holds fifty-five, room being used for the guns.

[Ballzy1]

"It is getting late and I assume you all would like to retire to your rooms. I do think we must keep watch though and I will take first watch to make sure the Lincoln remains safe."
Super stands at attention - showing his friends that he will let no harm come to them tonight.

[kipling]

Two questions: First, four hour watches in sync with the ship's bells?

Second, will Super Soul fly around the ship at all, now that the ship is out of sight of land? I mean, not fly about the place, but in the area of the ship.

[Ballzy1]

ooc: yeah - i would like to fly about the ship out of site as i can be. Also will be really using my super senses Listening each turn as needed also to listen for anything approaching.

[spotlight]

OOC: Well, this seems to be going along nicely, not much for Philip Disney to attend to ....

BIC: Having satisfied himself there would be little to do for a day or two, Mr. Disney spends his free time wandering about the ship, talking to whom ever seemed available (as in not harrowingly busy), sticking his 'nose' into every noke and cranny, as well as sharing all the current ship gossip.

His 'mystrey' sence ever alert, he befriends all shipmates about.

He does worry a bit that the Lincoln was acctually outfitted and sent out to be a target. Knowing that putting in guns takes a few months, it is curious that he had not heard of any other attacks.

Such a media black out that even himself had been in the dark?

[drfeck]

Jason will spend a lot of time working in his cabin, but when he is finsihed he will attempt to summon his fellow league members to the captin's cabin for dinner...with the captin's premisson of course.

[BlaqueSaber]

Azrael has decided that he's spent far to much time dressed in civilian clothing. While he can't armor up and attack the upper decks with sword (for practice) without scaring the crew half to death and possibly drawing pistol fire he can spend the remaining time before dinner in his quarters in silent Kata.

[kipling]

No one sees anything untoward in their watches: a pelican, a few other seabirds. The seas are grey, the waves of medium height. It's winter, after all.

According to the reports, the monster has always attacked within an hour of dusk or dawn.

Mr. Disney's nose is twitching uncontrollably. How did the monster find the ships? Why has there been no news of it for a year?

At the second night's dinner in the officers mess, Jason unveils what he has been working on.

[drfeck]

As every one is sitting at the table and enjoying the meal, Jason rings his glass to get everyone's attension.

"Gentlemen, thank you for coming..." he starts, pulling a package from under the tabel, as well as several envolopes.

"I have been working on this for some time now, and I belive it will help us track the so-called 'creature' once it attacks."

He pulls out a small talisman that has a rotating pentagram within it, almost like a snowglobe. There is a length of cord at the end.

"This cord..." he says, holding it up, "...is detactable." He toches the cord to a plate, and it disconnects on its own.

The cord sticks to the plate of its own accord, and everyone's eyes seem to slide off of it. It does not become invisble, its just that no one wants to pay attension to it.

"Now the talisman can find the plate where ever it goes. More detailed information can be gained by squeezing the tailsman."

Sure enough, the pentagram moves inside the snowglobe-construct to wherever the plate is, even when Jason moves it about. He then removes the cord and reconnects it to the talisman.

"There is another...smaller matter." He says. He looks upset and embarssed as he says it, takes a breath, and continues on.

He hands out sealed envolpes to everyone, including the captin.

"The poem inside is only to be said in the direst of emegency. Do not speak it aloud around me at any other time."

He looks at everyone, attempting to convey the seriousness of what he is saying. "Please do not expermient with it now."

If the letter is opened and examined, it only says a short phrase...

'Gone, gone the form of man...

...Rise the Demon, Etrigan!'

[kipling]

Dusk, the third day. Mr. Disney is on watch. His nose starts twitching even before the lookout says, "Whale, I think. A mile that way. Moving incredibly fast."

The gray waves are not very high: their tops are not white--tinged with red, from the setting sun--and the breeze is slight, just enough to blow away the smoke from the boilers. At first glance, the whale or whatever looks like it will miss the ship, but then you remember that the ship is moving too. Impact is--it's moving so fast--five minutes or less. That monster is doing sixty knots or so, underwater; we're doing eight, Mr. Disney thinks.

Up on the bridge, the captain sets his jaw. "He's committed now; he's moving too fast to change his mind. We're going to collide." He blows the emergency whistle: Two shorts and a long.

Crewmembers throw down the deck chairs that hide the harpoon gun. A man scrambles to get in place so he can get a shot. Other men scramble belowdecks to get to the cannons; you hear the bosun say, "No time to crank them up. Shoot from there if you can."

A few men put on orange armbands. Others are waiting by guns, by lifeboats, by controls.

[nijineko]

A low, sinister voice a short distance away from and behind Mr. Disney says, "The men belowdecks should be instructed to evacuate upon a moments notice. At the speed with which that approaches, even this vessel will suffer damage. The loss of life may be great otherwise...."

A stooped and weather-wrinkled sailor in all black with an orange armband stands there. He is watching the approaching 'monster' along with Mr. Disney. The sailor glances at Mr. Disney, and for a split second, seems to project an incredible feeling of *presence*. Surely, this is the 'missing' American member. The moment ends, and a bland and unremarkable sailor squints at the remarkable sight of the approaching 'monster'.

The sailor drawls in a voice used to cutting through high winds, "Ah'm right worri't 'bout that there beastie... T'ain't nat'ral, notta bit, bless me bones."

{@Kipling: The Shadow stretches his senses to the limit, seeking a weakness, any hint of evil, any useful information at all.}

[spotlight]

OOC: Sorry for being out a couple days, a small on the bottom of my foot always puts a diabetic under his doctors watchful eye.

BIC: Disney looks in the direction the sailor indecated and soon spoted the dark form splitting the water. The strange voice near him brought his attention back. Then he shouted down the tube, excitedly, "Object sighted, all hands attend, prepare for attack!"

Philip knew that last comment was probably out of order, legally and technicly, but he gave it with authority anyway. He hoped at least some saliors would jump to it, before the Captain blew his cool.

He then turned to the sailor on watch with him. "Go down and attend to whatever other duties you may have for this situation, I am better prepared to handle the watch with this thing approaching." He knew he could escape to another part of the ship much quicker the sailor, due to his unique abilities. He took a quick swig from a small flask of his special serum, just in case.

[Ballzy1]

Super hears Disney's call and quickly reports to deck and readies himself to prevent the impact about to occur.

"Well this is what we are here for and I for one am ready to stop whatever or whoever is doing this!" yells Super Soul

ooc: Do the passengers aboard understand are abilities? Are we trying to avoid them knowing or can I fly out to the incoming target and try to intercept?

[kipling]

OOC: At this stage, with the monster attacking, your group doesn't care if the crew knows about your abilities. You were keeping the abilities largely unobtrusive until now in case you were being watched (that is, you took off and landed very fast, Mr. Disney didn't stretch (much) on deck, Azrael stayed largely out of costume on deck, and so forth), but the crew could know.

Once the monster is committed, all bets are off. You can display your powers all you want.

Dusk makes it generally -2 for skill rolls, -1 for attack rolls.

Shadow: you sense something evil from the monster, even from here.

[kipling]

Even with super-speed, it takes Super Soul nearly a minute to reach the deck. Jason Blood is behind him, talisman in hand. Mr. Disney is up on the crow's nest, taking the place of the lookout.

The monster is now less than three minutes away. It's difficult to make out in this light, but you can see something breaking the water--a dorsal fin, maybe fifteen feet high and as wide as two men--and the body beneath the surface. The keen-eyed among you might spot something (OOC: DC 15 on a Notice check) and the dorsal fin submerges. The monster sinks lower into the green-gray depths of the sea.

[Ballzy1]

Super launches into flight and appears to hover directly in the path of the beast.

"Looks like our beastie here just hatched to little buddies and there coming right for us!" Super yells to the team

"Think I might try to FREEZE them in their tracks, with a little arctic wind of my own!"

Super Soul then inhales deeply, faces the oncoming 3 enemies and exhales, delivering a furious cold blast of breath directly at them.

ooc: If successful I want to land back at the boat and await my teams next move

[drfeck]

Jason runs behind Super Soul, yelling at him as he runs against the spary of the sea and thrashing of the boat.

"SIR! I say there, Super Soul! You must use the talisman on the creature! You are the only one of us who has the best chance to do it!"

OCC:

Iniative

[drfeck]

OOC: Jason got a 15 or a 16 on the Notice check; since SuperSoul has called it out anyway, I will reveal it to everyone, though if you don't make the roll, you don't see it yourself.

Those who made the roll see two smaller shapes detach themselves from the larger monster, and still headed for the ship.

EDIT: Aaagh! I edited Drfeck's post instead of quoting it. My apologies, Doctor, and I'll try to figure out what I did wrong so I don't do it again.

[kipling]

OOC: SuperSoul can travel at speeds up to 2500 miles an hour; the monster is doing 60 knots. I won't do the calculus because I don't remember how. Anyway, he's about 400 times faster than the monsters. The monsters are about 3 miles away, so SuperSoul can get there in 1 round (I think we'll have to have SuperSoul and the monsters roll initiative, then SuperSoul can roll the attack. His Initiative is only +1 because he can't use the Superspeed while flying. If SuperSoul's Initiative is higher than Jason's 5, he hasn't heard Jason and he's taken off.)

OOC: Mama monster rolls for initiative.

OOC: Baby monster rolls for initiative.

OOC: Remember, its total defense of 15 to freeze either the babies or the mama monster, and defense (difficulty) 20 to get them both.

[kipling]

OOC: Shadow, you sense three evil souls from the big monster and an indeterminate number of weak ones--ten or twenty of those. (Does it bear live young? Is it pregnant? Is it a giant whopping machine?)

[kipling]

OOC: Whoops, drfeck just pointed something out to me:
I thought you did not need to roll to hit with area effect attacks-just the target needs reflex save.

There's no problem with SuperSoul freezing a large area, but will it catch the monsters? So I'll roll right now:

Mama monster is moving swifly, but might not escape a Reflex save with a DC of 20.

Baby monster 1 is moving swifly, but might not escape a Reflex save with a DC of 20.

Baby monster 2 is moving swifly, but might not escape a Reflex save with a DC of 20.

So the biggest monster has escaped, but the other two are frozen in the huge block of ice that SuperSoul has created.

[nijineko]

The Shadow abandons his scrutiny of the smaller monsters, and instead focuses on the larger one which is still closing with the ship. With a flickering motion a black cloak is pulled from a hidden location and swirled around him, simultaneously attaching a black floppy hat upon his head, attaching a red scarf about his face, and sending the orange band flying off into the breeze. He no longer looks anything like a stooped and weathered sailor. Except for the blood-red splash of color across the lower half of his face, he now looks like a shadow risen up to stand.

{using the quick change feat/disguise skill as a move action, and sensing for weakness against the larger monster as a standard action, i'm thinking that i'd better appear as one of the league in case i need to start giving instructions.}

[spotlight]

Phillip Disney is useing the tube to call down to the control room all the actions out at sea as he can. At least the Captain and the Bridge crew will be aware of some of the actions.

"The big one lowered its dorsal fin and seemed to go under water, it still approaches at near sicty knots. 'Soul' reports two smaller objects also charging," (short pause), "A huge sheet of ice has blocked the two small things, but thing large one is still approaching. I saw no sign of smoke stacks, so I am not sure whether they are beasts or machines yet."

He continues giving move by move descriptions, carefully NOT revealing the sorces of extraordinary 'things', for now anyway.

Mr. Disney is distracted for a moment with the change of this shadowy figure next to him, his nose twichted slightly that direction for a sec.

Philip elongated his face a bit, to make his eyes farther apart, thinking it might help him get better ranging on the ... thing at sea. (this would be an untrained skill, I think, as I just thought of it a moment ago). Agsin he turned to the com tube, "Captain, I do not think the harpon will be of effect in this case. Recomend reassigning that crew and consentrate on the guns as our primary."

"Also, as the creature has sumerged, I hope our bottom armour is sufficeint."

Turning to the Shadow near him, the Elongated One asks, putting his hand over the tube, "Say, can you figure a way to make that thing (pointing at the monster) miss our kell? I would say lighten the load, but that would take time."

[nijineko]

The Shadow thinks quickly... "Is SuperSoul or another able to lift this ship? If not the entire ship, at least tilt it up sufficently for the dorsal fin to miss. Orcas use the same technique of ramming enemies with their dorsal fins."

[Ballzy1]

Super turns to the Shadow and exclaims, "I am a little out of breath, but I will see if I can give us a little lift."

Super flies below and puts his broad shoulders under the hull of the vessel and with all his strength tries to lift the ship up just enough to be clear of the oncoming beast.

[kipling]

SUMMARY of Round 1:

Upon the cries of the lookout and Mr. Disney, wonders hurry to the decks, and seamen prepare for battle. Deck chair covers are thrown aside, and the bosun makes the snap decision that there won't be enough time to crank up the guns on one side (but the crew will still crank up the cannon on the far side of the ship from the monster, which will take about 5 minutes, even though the monster is about 3 minutes away.)

SuperSoul is off to the monster before Jason can remind him about the talisman, and he's moving so fast that he never hears Jason's comment.

A low, sinister voice a short distance away from and behind Mr. Disney says, "The men belowdecks should be instructed to evacuate upon a moments notice. At the speed with which that approaches, even this vessel will suffer damage. The loss of life may be great otherwise...."

A stooped and weather-wrinkled sailor in all black with an orange armband stands there. He is watching the approaching 'monster' along with Mr. Disney. The sailor glances at Mr. Disney, and for a split second, seems to project an incredible feeling of presence. Surely, this is the 'missing' American member. The moment ends, and a bland and unremarkable sailor squints at the remarkable sight of the approaching 'monster'.

The sailor drawls in a voice used to cutting through high winds, "Ah'm right worri't 'bout that there beastie... T'ain't nat'ral, notta bit, bless me bones."

The Shadow has sensed three evil souls in the direction of the monster, and twenty or so weak ones. He moves, swiftly, to a hidden location to get his cloak.

Azrael, in full armour, is on the decks as well, watching.

SuperSoul arrives at the site of the monster to see it diving low, but it has let go of two smaller monsters, headed at sixty knots or so for the Abraham Lincoln. He immediately freezes a section of the ocean with his super-breath but the ice catches only the two smaller monsters, which explode. Fragments of ice fly everywhere, red in the setting sun, and the huge chunk of ice that SuperSoul has created lolls to one side and shudders before splitting in two.

SUMMARY, Round 2:

The Shadow is in full regalia now, and returns to the deck.

Mr. Disney, Azrael, and Jason Blood are watching as SuperSoul returns.

Phillip Disney is useing the tube to call down to the control room all the actions out at sea as he can. At least the Captain and the Bridge crew will be aware of some of the actions.

"The big one lowered its dorsal fin and seemed to go under water, it still approaches at near sicty knots. 'Soul' reports two smaller objects also charging," (short pause), "A huge sheet of ice has blocked the two small things, but thing large one is still approaching. I saw no sign of smoke stacks, so I am not sure whether they are beasts or machines yet."

He continues giving move by move descriptions, carefully NOT revealing the sorces of extraordinary 'things', for now anyway.

Mr. Disney is distracted for a moment with the change of this shadowy figure next to him, his nose twichted slightly that direction for a sec.

Philip elongated his face a bit, to make his eyes farther apart, thinking it might help him get better ranging on the ... thing at sea. (this would be an untrained skill, I think, as I just thought of it a moment ago). Agsin he turned to the com tube, "Captain, I do not think the harpon will be of effect in this case. Recomend reassigning that crew and consentrate on the guns as our primary."

"Also, as the creature has sumerged, I hope our bottom armour is sufficeint."

Turning to the Shadow near him, the Elongated One asks, putting his hand over the tube, "Say, can you figure a way to make that thing (pointing at the monster) miss our keel? I would say lighten the load, but that would take time."

Super turns to the Shadow and exclaims, "I am a little out of breath, but I will see if I can give us a little lift."

Super flies below and puts his broad shoulders under the hull of the vessel and with all his strength tries to lift the ship up just enough to be clear of the oncoming beast.

__________________

[kipling]

SuperSoul's efforts appear to have no effect. (OOC: You have three minutes before the thing arrives, or 30 turns; the ship weighs about 7,000 pounds and SuperSoul, exhausted, can't lift that much: he can lift only about a thousand pounds.)

(OOC: And current Initiatives are:

SuperSoul: 21
Azrael: 19
Jason Blood: 16
Elongated One: ?
Shadow: ?
Captain and Crew: 9
Monster: 6
)

[drfeck]

"Will someone use the tailsman...please!" Jason calls out. He moves to hand someone who he thinks has a good chance of putting the talisman on the monster.

(OOC-Jason yelled out last round, and if SS has super-hearing he might have heard him say that. Assuming SS flies out of the water and back on the deck of the ship, Jason will give it to him.)

[spotlight]

OOC: I am supposing that Jason is not near the look out post (crows nest), But is the Shade, er .. Imean the Shadow still there?

"I can help with that," Phillip shouts back toward Jason, "But someone else must man this post!" Disney elongates one hand to Jason reaches for the 'beads'. (Teamwork Feat?)

After retriveing the talsiman, he un-streches and waits a second to see who is willing to relive him. Whether any comes or not the Elongated Man will reach for the railing of the lowest visible deck and after grabbing hold, reverses himself to that point. Getting an Idea, he reaches for the prow of the ship, leting the rushing water suck his hand down under, until it encounters Sup's, hoping the fellow will recognize that as a message to come up.

This partial dunking would also allow Mr. Disney to see how he'd fare in the frigied waters.

Despit any cold draw backs, Phillip prepares to reach into the water again as the monster approaches.

[nijineko]

The Shadow willingly takes the post, and takes up the narrative, if somewhat sparsely-concentrating on important details, mindful of his voice. He wonders if pushing the ship to speed it out of the way might not have been a more productive suggestion to SuperSoul.

[Ballzy1]

Super notices a strange hand reaching under signaling him to quit trying to lift the vessel and return to the deck.

Super looking a little frustrated returns to the deck with his comrades.
"Sorry all - not quite the same as the rail car I guess!" he explains.

"Any ideas - friends?" Super asks the team. Super Soul stands firmly at the rail making sure his friend the Elongated Man does not get pulled in while awaiting the beast.

[drfeck]

Jason is revealived when Mr Disney took the tailsman...with his abilites he could attach the tailsman to the huge monster very subtly.

"Excellent Mr Disney. If you could take the other part of the tailsman..." He puts the remaining part of the tailsman around Super Soul's neck.

"...you would be abel to track the creature if it gets away by following the pentagram-compass."

With any luck his other half would not be needed at all.

(OOC-please do not confuse Jason's feelings with my own. I will be looking for any excuse to get the Demon out there-but if somone else want to use the Rhyme, player or GM-more power to ya! Just give a good RP reason.)

[spotlight]

Mr. Disney eyes Super Soul a moment. "Yew look a bit beat, 'eh Mate? Rest a spat while we figure another way to avoid gettin' whacked. By the way, did you see how the little ones popped?" Phillip looks out to the on rushing creature, estimating the best time to strech down into the water and touch the Talisman to the monster.

[spotlight]

OOC: Sorry, the library comp timer cut me off. Here are the things I think I need to roll for my actions.

FEAT; Assessment, to determine the best time and angle to attach the Talisman, Gather Info(+10), Investigate (+15), Notice (+11), I was going to add Int bonus but I forgot to look it up.

A.P. Elongation, to actually try it!! P8, Dex(+2), Acrobatics(+9)it is under moving water, Sliet of Hand (+9), Stealth(+12).

And to keep from being swept away, Snare 10 reversible.

I have to let our 'beloved' GM decide if I have set this up right, plus I do not yet got the hang of this die roller we've got. When I learn how to snag it to my posts ....

[kipling]

OOC: The assessment tells you that the monster is not as dextrous as you are, but better in the water. Something of its size would have to lack some dexterity. It is more than the size of two tennis fields.

A spot appears in the sky, grows. Super Soul and the Shadow can tell it is a man. It will be here next round. The monster will be hear in 20 rounds or so: a little less, a little more.

[Wolvenone]

OOC I don't expect my action to impact anybodies actions so even if I'm early no big. If it doesn't work talk to me about it.

Atom moves straight down on the monster into water corkscrewing around it (Assessment for me to.) Touching it looking for anything that might identify it is a mutant whale or a sub maybe whatever. After that moving straight to the ship.

[nijineko]

The Shadow covers the communication tube, "SuperSoul, perhaps increasing or suddenly decreasing the speed of the boat unexpectedly with a push from the front or rear, in concert with the Captain control of the ship, might be more beneficial after all... which do you think best? Or is there another course, anyone?"

[drfeck]

"We should prepare the crew to abanden ship. That way, we can deal with the monster without worring about them..." Jason says

[kipling]

OOC I don't expect my action to impact anybodies actions so even if I'm early no big. If it doesn't work talk to me about it.

Atom moves straight down on the monster into water corkscrewing around it (Assessment for me to.) Touching it looking for anything that might identify it is a mutant whale or a sub maybe whatever. After that moving straight to the ship.

Major, assessment tells you it's a sub...probably. And a big and fast one; in an era where warships do about 18 knots, this is doing 50, underwater.

[kipling]

The Shadow covers the communication tube, "SuperSoul, perhaps increasing or suddenly decreasing the speed of the boat unexpectedly with a push from the front or rear, in concert with the Captain control of the ship, might be more beneficial after all... which do you think best? Or is there another course, anyone?"

The Captain can be heard through the tube barking orders. You suspect he will go along with this rather more than the idea of abandoning ship; he seems like a "captain goes down with his ship" kind of fellow.

Crewmen have the big harpoon gun in place.

[Wolvenone]

Upon the Majors arrival at the ship he immediately makes or the bridge. At the bridge He removes his hood and pulls the collar down reveling his silvery visage he says to the captain. "Captain, Major Atom reporting. Permission to come aboard sir." He salutes the captain. Turning to the Shadow "His lordship Maxwell sent me, I think I can lift the ship. Unless you have a better plan sir?"

Split my Dynamic between flight and super str and I lift quite a bit more than 7000 lbs unless Kipling has other things in mind. Atom after is obliged to obey the captain and the League members on site until he knows the situation s well as they do.

[kipling]

OOC: I do indeed have other things in mind. However, for an in-game explanation, let's say that you spent your time trying to catch up to the monster and move it, and it weighs considerably more than 7,000 tons.

[nijineko]

{ooc: did he mean the monster-ship, or our ship?}

[Ballzy1]

"I agree Shadow. Perhaps you can call it out on your mark - the captain can give it all shes got and myself and the Major can give us a boost and try to remove us from the path of this thing!"

Super waves to Major Atom and motions him to fly to the back of the boat!

"Ready to give this vessel a little push Major!"

[kipling]

(OOC: This bit is GM Fiat; I gave everybody a hero point in the OOC thread today.)

The captain says, "Major Atom! Let us please do our jobs!" Atom returns to the deck.

The crewman manning the harpoon cannon waits, fires when the monster is a mile away. He either misses or the water above the monster causes the harpoon to bounce off the plates of the monster.

Working together, the crew reloads the cannon, and in eighteen seconds they are ready again. The harpoonist fires again, and the harpoon's barbs careen impotently off the monster.

Super Soul's words are lost. Major Atom flies into the water to push against the thing; Super Soul to the stern to push the Abraham Lincoln itself.

The monster is close now, so close you can see it for a submarine of some kind. The Abraham Lincoln pulls a draft of thirty feet, and the monster must be that deep. It might miss--both men are pushing in the dark water--

The Elongated One's arm plunges into the cold dark water to plant the talisman. (OOC: Attack roll to hit it.)

That's when the monster strikes the keel.

The entire ship creaks, shudders, and groans. Cracks appear in the metal sheathing surrounding the ship walls, and there are shouts from belowdecks. "It's water!"

"She's going to--"

Men rush up from belowdecks like a tide, and the seawater hits the boilers. The sound is deafening. (OOC: You're deaf as the crewmen are unless you make a DC 20 Fortitude save.)

Crewmen man the lifeboats and lower them from their davits, operating on instinct and training instead of thought. People are shouting but few are hearing them.

[drfeck]

Jason grabs hold of some rigging, holding on for dear life-then the water hit the engines.

Fort Save


Reroll with hero point from his Luck Feat


Shaking his head clear of the ringing in his ears, he saw ship ready to sink, the men getting into the lifeboats, chaos all round...he knew what what this situation called for.

He just dreaded what could happen...

He cries out:

"Gone, gone the form of Man!

Rise the Demon...ETRIGAN!"

His body goes dark, and twists and turns as if reshaping itself.

Within moments, a yellow-skinned, red eyed, fin-eared creature with strange medievil garb and a ragged cape stands in Jason's place, laughing with an inhuman voice.

"Water crashing, boilers bursting, and sea monsters abound!

Once again Blood comes crying for his fearsome Hellhound!"

(OOC-let me know when Etrigan can act)

[spotlight]

The Elongated Man's attack roll to place the talisman would be as follows att bonus +8 , Dex +2 Accrobatics +9 I was going to take ten this as I was waiting and timing the monster's approach. But since both ships are being jostled at the same time ... well it's slightly different now tain't it?

As for placing it unnoticed, that is still as before S.o' H. +9 and Stealth +12.

Please note that I must rely on our dear G.M. to roll for me, it seems the library comps get a little picky about what cookies it accepts. I think it is thier security protocals. Sorry guys.

[Wolvenone]

"Aye, Aye sir." Before saluting the captain.

Since the Major has failed to prevent the crash. Pour on the speed, move straight toward the sub ramming speed. Split my array between flight and adsorption giving 8 ranks of flight and 3 absorp.

Slam I don't know the range Kipling please calc and roll for me if you would be so kind. I would like to move no more than 200 ft. but no less than 150 ft. if posable.

The major would "aim" for a flat spot. Hatch, conning tower, viewport, anything in a straight line with the part of the deck I leave from.

Hey Kipling would you rolling my save to I haven't figured out the Dice here yet.

[nijineko]

Shadow Fort save

The Shadow shakes his head slightly, ears ringing, and expands his mental and spatial awareness. Carefully modulating his voice, he reports clearly and consicely the events through the speaking tube to the captain, also clearly explaining that the monster is an armored submersible vehicle of an unknown kind. He adds that his hearing has been overwhelmed by the explosion, so that he will not be able to hear the captain's reply.

The Shadow will have to rely on his trained abilites of recovery to overcome the deafness as soon as possible. For the moment the Shadow intends to stay at this post and will take one of the last lifeboats. If he should see the bridge crew evacuate, or if some other pressing concern should arise, he will deal with it then.




{ooc: for some reason when you click on the die button (last in the text options on the post screen) and input your roll, it adds quotation marks to the script. after you submit the roll in the pop-up window, and see the code in your post editor, delete the quotation marks and the roll will work. if you cannot see the code, then change your settings to not parse code in text automatically. here's a link that explains and shows exactly how to roll (http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5432). hope this helps everyone who is still having trouble!}

[Ballzy1]

SUPER FORT SAVE

Super Soul clasps his hands over his ears trying to shelter them from the deafening explosion. As he gains his senses he scans the area looking for anyone who might have fallen overboard planning to swoop down to the surface and lift them to one of the life boats.

ooc: Using +4 Extended Vision then +1 modifier to spot overboard passengers

SPOT CHECK

ooc: after trying to save overboard passengers if I spot - I am turning on the vessel and try and attack

[kipling]

The Elongated One stretches his arm forward; the monster-cum-sub is so large that he should be able to do this, but it's moving so fast. He tries to place the talisman in such a way that no one inside the vessel can see.

And when the water hits the boilers, he stretches the other hand over both ears (OOC: Elongated Man Fort save).

In the time it takes the water to reach the boilers (OOC: a round), the sub has gone nearly 500 feet. Major Atom hears the explosion (OOC: Major Atom Fort save) but is flying to the conning tower (OOC: Attack roll) with the intent to slam into it.(OOC: Sub's Toughness;Atom's toughness)

(OOC: Sorry about that; did it wrong the first time.)

The talisman doesn't get a firm hold, the way that water is rushing over the sub, but the Elongated One manages to keep a grip on it. The entire scene is silent, for him, as he is deafened by the sound.

Major Atom, on the other hand, has heard worse than this on the battlefields of..of...it almost came to him, but then slipped away. He has dented the metal plates on the conning tower that looks like a great jagged fin. (OOC: I know it's farther than you said you wanted to go, but your movement will easily take you there.)

Super Soul has noticed a half-dozen bodies in the water. Moving quickly, skimming over the water himself, he gathers them up.

Etrigan leaps on the sub as soon as it comes up and lands on the conning tower.

(OOC: Sorry for the disjointed nature of the post; I got interrupted halfway through and had to come back to it.)

[drfeck]

Landing on the tower, Etrigan begins to tear into the "monster's" hull, laughing as he attempted to burrow into the inside.

"What's this? No flesh? No bone? No sweet blood to drink?


Best to keep digging to find the sweetmeats within, methinks!"


(OOC-Etrigan will take a full round action to try to break through the ship's hull. Because he is breaking an inanimate object (the hull-not the ship itself), he can add his superstrength to his break attempt, and its thoughness save is automatically a 5 against a DC 35!)

[kipling]

(OOC: Its Toughness save iresult is automatically 5+Toughness, against his damage, which means it has 15.)

Etrigan tears a plate off the conning tower. It falls into the ocean as Etrigan laughs. This is an area that is well-protected--they ram ships with it!--so he has not made the ship take on water yet.

(OOC: A slam unfortunately ignores the attacker's strength, so Major Atom only dented it. If he stays there, he can tear off plates too.)

Meanwhile, on the Abraham Lincoln, men come out of the bridge looking grave but hurrying. They move to the lifeboats and begin lowering them. From the speakers comes the captain's voice. "I am sad to say...abandon ship! Man the lifeboats!" He watches as the men go about their tasks. Some of the men are weeping.

[kipling]

(OOC: Looking for responses for Super Soul (who has gotten everyone in the water into a lifeboat), the Elongated One, and the Shadow.)

Azrael helps men into the lifeboats.

[Wolvenone]

I think that I will follow Etri's example and shift me array to str and rip and tare.

[nijineko]

Seeing the bridge crew abandon ship, The Shadow will move to assist in loading the lifeboats. If the ship is still in range, he will first passively use his mental senses to memorize the mental signatures of the occupants, starting with the stronger ones, so as to be able to recognize them in the future.

[Ballzy1]

Super Soul drops the last of the survivors he has found in the water and turns his full attention to the sub. With a look of anger that his friends have not seen, Super Soul flies full speed to the sub and begins ripping into the ships hull along with his allies, seeming to exact a little revenge for what it has done to their ship.

ooc: Could my heat vision be concentrated enough to cut through the hull without burning the hands of my partners?

[kipling]

The Abraham Lincoln is taking on water. The Shadow memorizes the emotional signatures of the evil people on board.

Azrael, in the meanwhile, has gone to the bridge and found the captain. The captain has tears rolling down his cheeks but he says nothing, does nothing but stare out the window at the sub. Azrael hits him from behind, then catches his body before it lands on the listing deck. "This is for you as well as for us," he says softly, before hiking the body onto his shoulder.

On the sub, the three of you have made a man-sized hole in the conning tower.

[drfeck]

Etrigan rips the hole big enough for him to enter. Ignoring the others, he enters the enemy ship and looks about.

"Little fish, little fish, were could you be?

"Come out now...and maybe I won't rip your heads free!"

(OOC-As a move action Etrigan enters and is looking around with his darkvison. As a standard action he is attempting to use his Intimidation on anyone there, and using the fascinate feat).

Notice Roll

Intimidate w/fascinate

[Wolvenone]

Fly back to the ship to see if the others need a lift?

[kipling]

(OOC: My apologies, but this will be quick.)

Inside the sub, Etrigan sees a stairwell going down, and a pipe at the one side, also leading down, about a foot in diameter. The stairwell is wooden and cylindrical, a spiral into the sub. The sub is slowing.

In the lifeboats over at the Abraham Lincoln, the Shadow senses that one of the evil signatures he noticed before is now heading toward him. He can see no one on the surface beyond those at the sub, now about five hundred feet away. There are three lifeboats down, now, and five ready to go in this round or so. The Abraham Lincoln seems to be sinking slowly--

--when there is another loud report, and the other set of boilers go.

(OOC: EDIT: Sorry, Wolvenone, we must have been writing at the same time. Yes, Atom can go back to the Abraham Lincoln and gather the Elongated One, the Shadow, and Azrael (or such of them as wants to come along). ...Actually, if the Shadow issues a warning, Azrael will stay, him not having PC aura today.)

[drfeck]

Angry that no one was there to vent his rage on, Etrigan slides down the banniester of the spiral staircase, attemping to quickly find a target.

[nijineko]

The Shadow will issue a warning of the approaching evil signature.

{ooc: what do i need to do in order to attempt to regain the hearing?}

[Wolvenone]

I will heal anybody I can see that needs it. Both crew and us supers.

[kipling]

OOC:

{ooc: what do i need to do in order to attempt to regain the hearing?}
Successful Con roll against difficulty 15 will do it, or a healing touch from Major Atom.Etrigan gets to the bottom of the spiral staircase, only to find a metal door, its corners rounded. Super Soul flies down to him--and then falls the rest of the way, waves of inexplicable weakness washing over him.

Unaware of that, back at the Abraham Lincoln, Major Atom has begun ministering to the wounded. Fortunately only three are seriously wounded by the boiler explosions, but those three are in bad shape. Another twenty or so are deaf, which he can fix but these three need to be tended to, and quickly.

The Elongated One is holding the lifeboats together so that they form a clump on the sea. "We better move away or the sinking ship will suck us down," says one sailor.

Azrael arrives at the last lifeboat with an unconscious captain and looks to see anyone else--there isn't, so he lowers the lifeboat.

The Shadow calls out that an evil entity is approaching the lifeboats.

[drfeck]

Etrigan stops at the door...preapring to rip it the shreads...and then notices Super Soul landing hard besides him.

"Tis no time to sleep, foolish man!

Leave the ripping and tearing to Etrigan!"

He grabs Super Soul and tosses him back up the stairway, away from the door.

He then attempts to punch the metal door.

(OOC-Etrigan is throwing Super Soul away from the door, and he will attempt to attack the door, DC 25 to resist the damage. Next round, when he has a full round action free, he will attempt to do more damage-like he did on the side of the ship.)

[kipling]

As Super Soul rises, the weakness fades, until at the peak of the throw, he is able to fly once again.

[nijineko]

The Shadow will also board the last lifeboat, tracking the approaching evil... He probes the entity for weaknesses, a gun in one hand, the other bracing.

[spotlight]

Seeing the Major attending to the injured, Mr. Disney looks about to see how he can help. The Elongated One decides the best he can do is make preasure bandages with his limbs, to staunch any bleeding of these three worst cases.

After taking the time to do that, Phillip looks toward the monster ship, to Notice +11 Super Soul's weakness as he is ejected from the ship.

OOC: I hope that came out correctly. I found the icon and haven't prcticed yet.

E.L. will wait till the 'ship' makes its next move before decicing what else he can do.

Well, I just did a preview and the 'roller'did not appear. I guess i'll have to go back and read the directions again.

[kipling]

The Elongated One notices Super Soul's uncontrolled flight, but Super Soul seems to regain himself at the top of his arc.

The Shadow is starting to get his hearing back--and he tracks the evil one as it approaches the lifeboats.

Major Atom begins the work of healing. He has started on one of the injured.

Etrigan has torn a hole in one wall and seems to be looking into a trophy room or museum. One of the trophies, among the cannons and amphorae, is a glowing green rock.

Super Soul has made a cautious landing at the top of the stairs.

[drfeck]

Etrigan wades through the room...his anger growing.

"Where is the crew? Where is the foe? Where is the joyful battle to go?

There must be something here to make this engine of destruction flow!"

He looks about for an exit to the room, and listens for voices or engine noise.

[Ballzy1]

Super Soul yells down to the demon Etrigan, "Thanks for tossing me out of their - might there be a green stone down there you might dispose of for me. I then could be of more assistance in finding what is powering this vessel!"

Super Soul bends over as to focus all of his sight on scanning the vessel with his x-ray vision looking for potential enemies running this ship.

ooc: Super using his x-ray vision to scan area with +5 on notice

Notice check

[kipling]

Using X-ray vision, Super Soul sees many people running the ship--they just don't happen to be in the museum or the conning tower. They are predominantly dark-skinned--Indians and Africans, though there are a few Asians and Caucasians. There are eight armed men waiting for them to come through the doorway, for instance, rifles at the ready, partially concealed by the corridors that cross there.

Etrigan sees a door. From the door, the engine noise is aft (to the right).

Super Soul sees a different group of eight, also dark-skinned, waiting for Etrigan to leave the museum room (he's made a lot of noise).

[drfeck]

Hearing Super Soul shout down, Etrigan begins to grumble...

"Feh! The prince of hell reduced to garbage man!

This is no task for mighty Etrigan!"

Seeing the green stone he was talking about, the demon inhales and breathes hellflame on the rock...and most of the room...

(OOC-Etrgian does a full-round action to do damage to the kyptonite and the rest of the room. The DC is 25, but it is area effect, and the inanimate objects in the room get an auto-thoughness save of 5+hardness.)

[kipling]

Etrigan's flame reduces the glowing green rock and various shelves to slag, which flows to the floor.

Then the sprinkler system comes on, spraying foam over Etrigan, the shelves, the artifacts, and more, with the foam almost three feet thick in seconds. It might still be glowing green rock but in molten form; no one can tell.

[drfeck]

Etrigan is startled by the foam, roars in anger, and smashes his way out of the room through the door he has not tried yet.

[kipling]

Still covered by foam, Etrigan bashes down the door and emerges into the corridor--

--where the eight men shoot at him, bolts of this new-fangled electricity discharging at him. (OOC: They are unlikely to hit, but if they do, they are adding their shots together, for a total of +22 damage, for a Toughness Save against a DC of 37.)

Super Soul hears Etrigan's roar, but if he steps forward still feels the effects of the glowing green rock. All of this is invisible to the others by the Abraham Lincoln.

The Shadow feels the evil presence getting closer, slowly. (OOC: The evil men have Swimming 1.)

Major Atom has healed one of the badly injured men, so the Elongated One can release that one.

[drfeck]

Etrigan is hit, as the electricty arcs into him...

Etrigan's Toughness roll

(OCC-having REAAAL problems with the stupid Dice roller.:mad:)

He roars in pain, and then repsonds with a blast his own.

(OOC-Fire Blast again, DC 25 Damage save, DC 20 Reflex save-if made takes DC 20 damage instead.)

[kipling]

OOC: I think Etrigan failed the Toughness save by 11, which means Etrigan is Stunned and Staggered. So this round, no action (you're stunned) except for reactions and you're Defense 12, and next round you can make only one action but you can choose whether it's a move or standard action.

Unless you spend a Hero Point to get rid of one condition, either stunned or Staggered.

You have the same Initiative as the submariner agents, because they were waiting for you. I'll roll and if it's even, you go first.

Okay, so it's even. You'll have the chance to recover from stun before they go again.

[drfeck]

(OOC-I will spend a hero point to negate my staggered condition. I will lose my action This round, but next round I will get to go before the goons right?)

(PS-WHy do i keep having problems with the dice roller? I removed the quotes and hit the reroll in post thing.)

[kipling]

(OOC: I have no idea. I have to admit I went in to edit your post because I thought you'd just done something like forget the eliminate the quotes, but as far as I could see, your post was perfectly fine.

(And yes, you'll act before the minions, but your next action will be recovering from stun. Then the minions go, then you'll have a full action, if I've got this right. Essentially:

Round 1: Etrigan bursts through the wall, minions shoot.
Round 2: Etrigan recovers from stun, minions shoot again.
Round 3: Etrigan delivers some whoop.)

[Ballzy1]

As Super Soul heads down to assist Etrigan, he feels the effect of kryptonite still in the area. He decides then to fly back to the others and alert them of the battle happening in the sub.

"My friends - Etrigan is under attack from several agents and I could use a hand to assist him in his battle." Super reaches out a hand to his comrades to give them a lift to the sub.

Super advises his comrades of the numbers he saw in the sub and their location.

[drfeck]

(OOC-Quick change, Etrigan will spend a hero point to stop his stun instead of staggered-and then go before the goons and blast them with his hellfire.)

[kipling]

(OOC: Okay, Etrigan, roll to attack them, and I'll make their Toughness saves. They're all minions, anyway.

Super Soul can get everyone to the sub in one round, if people are willing to go. Azrael will stay and deal with the evil that the Shadow has noticed, if people want to go.)

[drfeck]

(OOC-Etrigan is using his area effect attack-no attack roll needed. They make a reflex save vs DC 20. If they make it-then they make a damage save vs DC 20. If they fail, then they make a damage save vs. DC 25).

[kipling]

(OOC: Gah! I always get that wrong; too many years of playing Hero.)

Etrigan breathes out his flame, and the agents with bulky blaster rifles try to dive for cover.

Agent1 dives for cover!
Agent1 tries his Toughness save!
Agent2 dives for cover!
Agent2 tries his Toughness save!
Agent3 dives for cover!
Agent3 tries his Toughness save!
Agent4 dives for cover!
Agent4 tries his Toughness save!
Agent5 dives for cover!
Agent5 tries his Toughness save!
Agent6 dives for cover!
Agent6 tries his Toughness save!
Agent7 dives for cover!
Agent7 tries his Toughness save!
Agent8 dives for cover!
Agent8 tries his Toughness save!

So two agents managed to duck behind walls or other agents to avoid being hurt by the flames; the intense heat has rendered the others unconscious, flames licking at their bodies--

--when the fire system is again activated, spraying foam down on them a yard deep.

[kipling]

Once the foam stops, the two remaining agents try to fire, one taking the lead and the other adding:
Remaining agents attack

(OOC: Since there are two of them now, if they hit, the attack totals +10.)

[drfeck]

Etrigan is struck once again...

Etrigan's Thoughness roll

...but without the addtional blast to enforce the frist one, this time it had no effect.

He once again bleches flame on those remaining.

(OOC-DC 20 reflex save, DC 25 or 20 damage.)

[nijineko]

If the Shadow is confident that Azrael will be able to handle the evil that he sensed without harm coming to the ships crew, then he will go with Super Soul.

[kipling]

If the Shadow is confident that Azrael will be able to handle the evil that he sensed without harm coming to the ships crew, then he will go with Super Soul.

OOC: He is at least as well equipped as you are to fight the evil; his flaming sword helps. You do not know what other senses he might have.

Major Atom will take another round, because there's someone still to heal, but he can get back to the sub in a move action.

My assumption is that the Elongated One, the Shadow, and Super Soul are returning to the sub, and end this round on the conning tower. Correct me if I'm wrong.

In the sub, the agents try to dodge the flame, but they aren't fast enough, and they fall into the foam, unconscious and burning.

dodge the flame (doing both of them with one roll) If successful, they'll make Toughness save 1 and Toughness save 2 against DC20, if not against DC25.

If they're both conscious after all of this, they'll try to
shoot Etrigan again
with
one aiding.

OOC: Neither made the reflex save, neither made the Toughness save, so the other rolls are irrelevant.

Another gout of foam drops from the ceiling. Because there are closed bulkhead doors between them, this is six feet of foam.
OOC: The foam counts as 100% concealment for everyone. (It can't run into the museum room fast enough, though it will be "seeable" on the second round after this.) Movement for characters of strength 20 or less is halved. Again, for the other players, this foam isn't everywhere, just in this section of corridor.)

[drfeck]

Etrigan pause for a moment, resting from his injuries, and then presses on...

(OOC-Etrigan will spend a hero point to get a recovery to remove his staggred condition...)

[Ballzy1]

Super lands back at the sub and drops off the Elongated Man and the Shadow. "My friends, I seem to be feeling the effects of kryptonite in the room below. If one of you could dispose of this I can go in and assist Etrigan!"

Super motions to his friends the direction of the green glowing rock and is poised to join the fray once the rock is removed.

ooc: Super will move and attack the minions who had taken cover looking to melee unarmed attack at +13 - how many swings would I be able to take once I can attack?

[nijineko]

The Shadow will descend to where he can see the trophy room. As he descends, he fades completely from everyone else's senses. He will wait a bit to see if the foam is going to drain from the trophy room or not. He continues tracking his surroundings with his detection senses, and will keep an eye out for the described 'kryptonite'.

[kipling]

Waist-deep foam has oozed into the conning tower chamber, which is now about knee deep.

The Elongated One sticks his head and shoulders into the museum room. He sees where the new foam pours in: from a man-sized hole in the opposite wall. "Fire-retardant foam," he says. "Miles above anything Oi've seen. Makes sense in a ship, eh wot? Sell that to Her Majesty's gummint." He appears to be talking to himself as he goes and reads burned and blistered labels. "That word means rock, and that one is glowing, so the 'kryptonite' was...here. But where did it go?" He looks around.

The Shadow's keen senses pick up the wheeled handle of a door into the conning tower area, turning.

Super Soul waits impatiently at the top of the stairs..

Etrigan has found another wall. He still can't see, and so long as the foam is over his head, he can't flame.

[nijineko]

The Shadow will descend to where he can see the trophy room. As he descends, he fades completely from everyone else's senses. He will wait a bit to see if the foam is going to drain from the trophy room or not.

{ooc: do note that i wasn't actually entering the room.}

[kipling]

(OOC: Now fixed in post above.)

[drfeck]

Etrigan grabs his nose as he bangs into the wall.

He roars with rage as he is about to smash his way through...then thinks better of it and just tears out a section of wall.

(OOC-Full round action, break wall-DC 35 with save of 5+wall's hardness. He will tear out a section of wall his size-using it as a large shield in case there are more armed men on the other side.)

[kipling]

Etrigan grabs his nose as he bangs into the wall.

He roars with rage as he is about to smash his way through...then thinks better of it and just tears out a section of wall.

With a full-size section of wall removed, foam starts to fall into the next room. Two rows of three beds, each separated by small nightstands, stand there, one row against each wall. The room smelled medicinal. A cupboard spans the stretch from floor to ceiling on the opposite wall. There a a door at the far end; like all other doors, the handle is actually a wheel.

Etrigan is alone there.

[nijineko]

The Shadow will continue to remain unsensable and wait for the foam to empty out. However, should the described rock become visible, and be transportable without damaging myself, I shall acquire it.

[kipling]

(OOC: Haven't seen a post from Spotlight in three days, continuing to post as him.)

The Elongated One reaches down through the foam. The rock is there, as part of a huge piece of still-warm slag on the floor, too big and heavy for him to move.

"'Ey! Some 'elp would be noice! Hit's all melted together!"

In the conning tower, the door swings open--but there's no one in sight. The sailors have probably decided to hide, waiting for you, but with the door open.

[drfeck]

With a full-size section of wall removed, foam starts to fall into the next room. Two rows of three beds, each separated by small nightstands, stand there, one row against each wall. The room smelled medicinal. A cupboard spans the stretch from floor to ceiling on the opposite wall. There a a door at the far end; like all other doors, the handle is actually a wheel.

Etrigan strides to the door at the other side of the room and kicks the door off its hinges.

(OOC-Move action to door, Standard action to attack door, DC 25 thoughness save).

[spotlight]

OCC: Sorry for the delay fellas, been out apt. hunting.

BIC: Phillip, spreading his hands like paddles, brushes aside the strange soapsudes. Which didn't seem at all like soapsudes. But now he could see the glowing rock mingled with metal and glass and other stuff. Didn't seem melted itself, must be high tempered stuff, deserving of his research.

He called for the shadow to help him retrive the rock, but can't seem to see him any where. Too many strange things here deserving of investigation, The Elongated Man catches himself rambling like a mad scientist, "Lords 'n' Ladies, am I that daft? Just th' rock, that's all we needs to get, just that blasted stuck pepple." Mister Disney looks for a fire ax, maybe to chop the stone loose of the debree, (dang, I can't down load the spell-checker)

[Wolvenone]

After finishing healing those who most need it Atom will return to the sub upon seeing people trying to remove the rock he will grab the slab a remove it from the ship.

[kipling]

(OOC: Sorry, Wolvenone, forgot you there.)

Major Atom zips in and grabs the rock. "I'll take it out." (OOC: He can surge for an additional move action, thereby taking the rock out immediately, or wait until next turn.)

The Elongated One grumbles. "It's not that heavy. The Shadow and I could have done it...."

Super Soul is still waiting.

A turbanned head checks through the door at the bottom of the conning tower. Seeing no one but Super Soul (the Shadow being invisible, and the others being in the other room or moving out at a tremendous speed, depending on whether Major Atom surges or not), he waves the others on. The agents move into the base of the conning tower and begin to aim.

[Wolvenone]

go fast

[kipling]

(OOC: Surge takes extra effort, so you will be fatigued afterward. You can burn that off with a hero point. Fatigued is -2 to Strength and Dexterity, -1 to Attack and Defense.)

[spotlight]

Seeing Major Atom about to dash away, T. E. M. makes a quick request, "Don' just toss that thing away. Tis something the Queen would need to be advised of. Perhaps you could leave it with the Captain for use to retrive later."

Mr. Disney looks about the room trying to decide his next move, a nearby undamaged door would be his first choice. Notice roll of +11 for anything of interest.

[nijineko]

{the shadow's player is looking into some details concerning his intended action... will post soon. }

[kipling]

OOC: I should clarify: The Elongated One has stuck his head and arms into the museum room, but his body is still in the conning tower (stretching will do that); the agents are going to aim at his body.

There is a door (untouched) in the museum room; Etrigan went in and out through holes in the wall.

Etrigan goes through the doorway in the sickbed and finds himself...in a deserted hallway. For a full ship, there don't seem to be many people here. (OOC: In fact, they're at their posts or hiding; you haven't gone into many rooms yet.)

Major Atom returns to the sub; the slag is now in a near-empty lifeboat, with two sailors. The Major has time to note that Azrael is standing alert to any changes from the evil ones that Shadow warned about. It's getting dark.

The kryptonite is no more an obstacle. (OOC: Super Soul has been holding his action, the Elongated Fellow has an action left, and the Shadow has an action in this round. Also, Super Soul gets a hero point for having a setback or complication show up. *whew*)

[Ballzy1]

"Thanks Major! Feeling stronger already! Let me scan the area again and see if we can find anyone still hiding away and have a little talk with them to see who is behind this!"

ooc: Super will utilize his X-ray vision again to scan form any guards still alive after Etrigan's battle. I believe +5 on the notice

[notice check]

ack - where did roll go? trying again.

[Ballzy1]

ooc: post to try roller again

[nijineko]

{occ: edit your post and check the reroll box. that should make the roll show up.}

The Shadow's voice echo's throughout the room, seemingly coming from all directions, "Who knows what evil lies in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!"

group intimidate check

Creepy laughter is punctuated by the roar of twin pistols.

primary pistol (-2 for two weapon attack)
secondary pistol (-2 for two weapon attack)

{ooc: using move by action (updated character sheet when i wrote up the background, both of which i need to send to you, sorry about that! realized that i forgot to pay for that feat so i shifted a point out of minions to cover it...) to shift position away from where the sound and flash of the pistols gave away my previous position.}

[drfeck]

Etrigan heads down the hallway, smoke coming from his nostrils.

"Where are you, little mice?

Hiding from your Uncle Etrigan is not nice!

If you come out now, and all sweet and mild...

...I promise your bodies won't be much defiled!"


(ooc-Etrigan is looking about-standard action notice check and doing a move action down the hall.)

Notice Check

Still cant make the dice roller work...that got it!

[kipling]

Etrigan has sp