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[piecewise]

Keep walking, retroactively take the gauss rifle with medium-range specs from Simus, leave one of mine in place.

"Whoever wants to stay behind and not risk their hides can do it. Probably your last chance, though."

"Yeah, sounds like the Wyrm. Hopefully it'll be friendly or as uninterested as last time..."

Follow Milno, dragging Charro and anyone who's not explicitly running away as I go.

"Guys? Guys! Wait for me!

Catch up to the team.

Ah, I see. No, I didn't meet that.
Move to walk beside Milno. Follow the group.
(( Well, Travis is sill there. Hopefully he'll take care of Simus should things get really ugly. ))

"Noisy, aren't they?" Charro said as the sound reached him. "If they ate sound rather than light, they'd be quite a pudgy lot, I reckon."
He smiled slightly to himself as he peered through the camera's viewfinder, the laser rifle resting in his backpack.

>Follow of my own volition.

>Film interesting stuff. Enjoy the walk.

Follow the group silently.

The remaining ambulatory members of the group continue on toward the central tower, ignoring the rather ominous noises coming from its vicinity. As they draw close they feel the ground tremble beneath their feet, the sandstone jerking violently as something massive lurches into motion. The sound of scraping stone grinds rapidly toward them, the source still unseen in the dark.

 

[Caellath]

Spread out a little and basically get out of the path the Wyrm is taking. Carry crippled Gorat.

"Spread out without losing visual contact with each other and prepare for shit." Milno said through the comms, a grin reappearing on his lips.

[Knight Otu]

"Easier said than done." Gorat answers.
Do so anyway if possible.

[IronyOwl]

Move out of the way. Help hobblers along if they need it.

[Yoink]

"Oh dear. This can't be good, can it?" Charro felt himself began to panic behind his faceplate, then calmed himself and focused on keeping the camera steady. 'Come on, Charro, you're a Hootzal! You're made of sterner stuff than your average cannon-fodder, right?!'
So thinking, he did as Milno said and moved a few strides away from the rest, checked that they were still in his field of vision, and followed with the camera, inwardly waiting for something bad to happen.

>Put on a game face, gird my loins and prepare to FILM whatever foul beast appears to do battle!

>...Alternatively, if no foul beast makes its presence known, breath a sigh of relief, gird my loins, and FILM the interesting scenery.

[Orb]

((Is Travis in radio contact with the rest of the team?))

Travis heads to the bottom of the ramp and makes his way toward the center of Citadel 1.

[TCM]

"Squirtle."
Disperse!

[piecewise]

((Is Travis in radio contact with the rest of the team?))

Travis heads to the bottom of the ramp and makes his way toward the center of Citadel 1.

(for now, but just barely)
You walk to the bottom of the citadel and toward the center of the building. You find that the door way into the next of the inner concentric buildings is along the same path as the doorway to the outside, so you can easily move between any of the buildings. You walk in passing through 3 layers of buildings until you reach the center. The center building looks identical to the Tower from what you can see.

Spread out a little and basically get out of the path the Wyrm is taking. Carry crippled Gorat.

"Spread out without losing visual contact with each other and prepare for shit." Milno said through the comms, a grin reappearing on his lips.

You grab Chin and run to the right, trying to get out of the way.
[dex:2+1+1 (MK III ability)]

"Easier said than done." Gorat answers.
Do so anyway if possible.

You start to hobble out of the way when Milno grabs your broken ass and forcefully saves your life.

Move out of the way. Help hobblers along if they need it.

You grab maurice and try to get out of the way.
[4+1-1 for maurice]

"Oh dear. This can't be good, can it?" Charro felt himself began to panic behind his faceplate, then calmed himself and focused on keeping the camera steady. 'Come on, Charro, you're a Hootzal! You're made of sterner stuff than your average cannon-fodder, right?!'
So thinking, he did as Milno said and moved a few strides away from the rest, checked that they were still in his field of vision, and followed with the camera, inwardly waiting for something bad to happen.

>Put on a game face, gird my loins and prepare to FILM whatever foul beast appears to do battle!

>...Alternatively, if no foul beast makes its presence known, breath a sigh of relief, gird my loins, and FILM the interesting scenery.

You stand stock still, girding your loins as the creature charges, camera at the ready.

"Squirtle."
Disperse!

[dex:5]
You calmly walk off to the side until you're fairly certain you're out of the way.




Milno and Chin leap to the right while May, Faith and Maurice leap left. Charro stands dead still, filming as the triple sized freight train of shadowflesh and stone that is the Wyrm roars into their bubble of light too fast for anyone to react. Milno and Chin as well as Faith and Maurice are hurled several feet and land face down, the sheer force of the passing creature enough to push them away. May is unaffected.

Charro, still standing stock still in the center of the Wyrm's path takes the full brunt of the creature's battering ram head.
[charro end:6]
The creature passes in a flash and Charro is nothing but a broken ragdoll flying off at a sharp angle, his body rolling off the creature's skull and being flung into the air. He hangs somewhere above, lost in the darkness, before landing somewhere unseen with an wet thud.
[Unconscious]
[fatal wound:2 turns]

[Orb]

((Someone better save the camera! I mean, um, Charro.))

Travis heads into the center building and explores the inner structure for loots. He also checks to see how similar it is to the Tower. Does it have those dumbbell objects? Are there monoliths?

[Nikitian]

(( Shit. ))
I didn't like that sound, really.
Look for Charro, going in the direction he flew off/of the sound his landing made (unless he was hurled right; in that case inform the team of that fact, as in: 'I'm afraid, he's on the opposite side of the Wyrm.' and try to circumvent the Wyrm, still going for Charro).

[Caellath]

"I knew his stupidity would pay off someday."

Help in the searches after the Wyrm has disappeared, keep the team's bubble intact as one.

[Yoink]

((Whups. Think I mighta misinterpreted just how close the thing was...))

Do unconscious/dying people dream? If so, >dream of being an incredibly rich and respected movie director, known for my series of popular documentaries across the weird expanse of space. Be sure to talk a lot and drink exotic cocktails.

[IronyOwl]

((Camera nooooooooooo! ))

"Oh damn it," Faith groaned, "Why'd he have to pick now to be brave?

Also I don't have any medical supplies left, so..."

Try to find Charro. Confirm that I no longer have anything to treat him with. Pay attention to what the Wyrm is doing.

[piecewise]

((Someone better save the camera! I mean, um, Charro.))

Travis heads into the center building and explores the inner structure for loots. He also checks to see how similar it is to the Tower. Does it have those dumbbell objects? Are there monoliths?

You do quick check around. There are no monoliths or dumbbell, nothing in the rooms at all either. How odd.

(( Shit. ))
I didn't like that sound, really.
Look for Charro, going in the direction he flew off/of the sound his landing made (unless he was hurled right; in that case inform the team of that fact, as in: 'I'm afraid, he's on the opposite side of the Wyrm.' and try to circumvent the Wyrm, still going for Charro).

You hobble off toward the site of Charro's landing, Milno helping you along. You find him maybe 40 feet backwards and 20 to the side. His limbs are splayed out around him, bent at grotesque angles and in multiple places. His chest rises and falls shallowly and you can hear a faint gurgling over the radio.

"I knew his stupidity would pay off someday."

Help in the searches after the Wyrm has disappeared, keep the team's bubble intact as one.

Faith, May and Chin are already beyond your sight so you help Maurice along as the Wyrm thunders by behind you, taking several seconds to completely pass.

((Whups. Think I mighta misinterpreted just how close the thing was...))

Do unconscious/dying people dream? If so, >dream of being an incredibly rich and respected movie director, known for my series of popular documentaries across the weird expanse of space. Be sure to talk a lot and drink exotic cocktails.

[Will:unique]
You drink and talk, chatting it up with more gorgeous women then you've ever seen, each one more beautiful then the next. You begin to feel dizzy, so you sit down and they crowd in around you, farm flesh pressing against yours. You feel very warm and light headed; you close your eyes, floating through a comfortable darkness. You're very sleepy.
[Fatal wound:1]

((Camera nooooooooooo! ))

"Oh damn it," Faith groaned, "Why'd he have to pick now to be brave?

Also I don't have any medical supplies left, so..."

Try to find Charro. Confirm that I no longer have anything to treat him with. Pay attention to what the Wyrm is doing.

The Wyrm is still in the way, still thundering between you and where charro landed. You double check your kit. Nothing. You keep your attention on the Wyrm as it finally passes and vanishes into the dark.





The Wyrm grinds off into the dark, the vibration of its movement slowly fading until it seems to disappear.

[Nikitian]

Save Charro Hootzal.
Just one more time!..