On the ground floor of Bernie's inn...Tom tries to retain control of himself and get to Josh!
[Self-control roll: 3]
He keeps smacking into furniture by accident! Dammit, uncontrollable super-speed is a terrible power! Still, Tom attempts to get down into the basement. First, the opening of the door!
[Door opening roll: 6]
After failing multiple times to get a good handle on the doorknob, he opts to just kick the door in.
[Strength roll: 4]
The door breaks rather nicely! Right, now the basement stairs!
[Stair scaling roll: 3]
He gets about halfway down, then makes a slight misstep and tumbles down!
[Fall damage roll: 2+1]
He gets a small crack in his skull for his trouble! Well, that's not so bad. Tom tries to get up and approach Josh!
[Approach roll: 5]
He manages to arrive in just the right way - close enough to be noticed and far enough to avoid smacking into the guy and ruining any chance at negotiation!
[Nonverbal communication roll: 6-
1]
Though Tom's high-speed gesturing is all but incomprehensible, it gets the point across better than anything else ever could!
"You seem to be a bit sped-up. Let me guess, somebody cursed you?"Tom nods in an almost imperceptibly fast manner.
[Bernie helpfulness roll: 4]
"Luckily, I've got something that might help. Hold still."Tom does his best to do this as Josh takes out a bottle from his pocket. He opens it. He takes a swig, then deposits it back in his pocket. Then he takes out a strange bottle of some other kind! Tom is about to ask him what it is, but there are two problems with this: he can't speak, and all of the liquid within is immediately sprayed over his restless body!
[Liquid side-effects roll: 4]
Tom feels a bit queasy after the spraying. However, he also feels like he's moving at a normal speed! Oh, joyous day!
"Right, that worked. Now, you do something useful for me. Find and bring me a virgin. Alive."Sideways in an alleyway...Luke, desperate for help, decides to call out to the mage that just left!
"Hey, you, please help, I'll surrender from the tournament if you get me off this wall!"[Mage reaction roll: 1]
The head of the strange magician pokes into the alleyway once again. It briefly evaluates the sideways shape of Luke.
The mage then begins to laugh heartily, mostly to himself, though he does point at Luke a few times as he laughs. And rolls around on the ground. After laughing for a while, he gets up and composes himself. Then he gestures at Luke.
[Laughing Dude magic roll: 6]
Luke suddenly grows six extra legs from the lower part of the body! They don't seem to be under his control, that's for sure. And they seem to have a strange idea - let's walk to the other end of this alley! Wonder what they want to do there? The mage obviously considers it funny, since he's giggling to himself as Luke grows ever more distant.
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