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Author Topic: Life Begins At Death - Epilogue: We Live And Live Again  (Read 564308 times)

Harry Baldman

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #360 on: November 04, 2012, 09:14:10 am »

Somewhere...

Leon stands up! He looks around!

[Perception/deduction roll: 3]

Hm, there appear to be more than a few large buildings around here. The architecture is pretty neat-looking. Also, the cobblestones beneath him are quite unpleasant to fall on. Otherwise, the place looks pretty deserted right now. Pretty boring, too.

[Limb mastery roll: 5]

He flexes like a professional gymnast! He figures out how to bend his new body quite nicely! He now has Metal Shell Mastery!


Outside the Magical Zoology Department...

James' melancholy is overpowering! But how overpowering, exactly? Overpowering enough to destroy a barricade?

[Grief refocus roll: 3]

Sadness and self-loathing, unlike hatred, are too self-targeted to easily weaponize! James will just have to settle for whacking into the door while feeling bad, then.

[James ramming roll: 4-1]

He gets up to a decent speed, but slows down at the end, just sort of bumping into the barricade! It moves somewhat, but only by the tiniest bit.

[Commotion roll: 1]

However, the tiniest bit was sufficient to unbalance a cabinet full of fragile glass lab equipment and send it to the floor with an incredibly loud shattering sound! James hears barking, roaring, hooting and meowing coming from inside the department! Whatever is in there, it's very angry!

[Random animal roll: 5]

A three-headed, five-tailed snail flies out of a window and lands on James! Aw, that's cute! And slightly disturbing!
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #361 on: November 04, 2012, 09:17:05 am »

((I- I actually tricked him? All according to Keikaku.))
Continue escorting him.
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Harry Baldman

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #362 on: November 04, 2012, 09:28:51 am »

Near the entrance of the Metamorphosis Department...

Alaric sees no reason to stop escorting his soon-to-be-victim. After all, what's a giant raging elephant going to do?

[Discreet exit roll: 6]

He shushes the beautiful man and quietly leads him through the elephant's legs, getting safely out of the Metamorphosis Department! They walk a ways from the the university, leaving all the blood and gore and rampaging elephants for somebody else to deal with!

"Holy fuck, that was nice back there! Can all heralds of the gods do that?"

"Not all! Only the good ones!"

They walk off triumphant until they come face-to-face with a strange monument in the middle of a field of horribly killed people. They're about to proceed quietly away when the statue stands up and speaks!

"YOU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? AND WHO IS THIS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING YOUNG MAN?"

[First impression roll: 3+1]

"I am a herald of the gods! I act upon the authority of the Five Gods themselves!"

"FIVE GODS, EH? TELL ME WHY I SHOULDN'T KILL BOTH OF YOU IN HILARIOUSLY GRUESOME WAYS. THE PROSPECT LOOKS VERY APPEALING TO ME RIGHT NOW, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH!"
« Last Edit: November 04, 2012, 10:03:26 am by Harry Baldman »
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #363 on: November 04, 2012, 10:08:23 am »

Search the nearest building, consider ways to communicate given my throatless state. Consider using magin to transmit my thoughts to people.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #364 on: November 04, 2012, 10:43:37 am »

Sam's going to keep on movin', and hope for a random event to start, and lead him on an epic quest!
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #365 on: November 04, 2012, 10:52:37 am »

Ignore the tingling and go back to being a Lumberjack.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #366 on: November 04, 2012, 11:26:31 am »

Inside the Illusion Department...

Jordan decides to ignore the delicate tendrils of undoubtedly harmful magic touching his brain in bad ways and do what he does best - violent dismemberment! But first, he has to find the bastards!

[Perception roll: 3]

He has a very vague idea where one of the illusionists might be!

[Jordan vs. Exp. Illusionist 3: 3+1-2 vs. 6-1-1]

He just swings at the air a bit!

[Exp. Illusionist 1 perception roll: 5]
[Exp. Illusionist 3 perception roll: 1]
[Exp. Illusionist 1 magic roll: 1+1]
[Exp. Illusionist 3 magic roll: 5+1]

Jordan hears the swinging of hands in one part of the room! In another, a horrible monster of some unfathomable kind emerges! It runs toward the swinging hand place with a knowing look!

[Exp. Illusionist 1 will roll: 6]

Jordan hears laughter and some more hand waving as the monster quickly disappears!

"Hah! That illusion was pathetic! No wonder your girlfriend dumped you!"

[Jordan perception roll: 3+1]
[Jordan vs. Exp. Illusionist 1: 1+1 vs. 6-1-1]

Jordan is about to swing his axe when he hears the laughter from a different part of the room! Suddenly he isn't so sure about the location of his quarry!

[Exp. Illusionist 1 perception roll: 2]
[Exp. Illusionist 3 perception roll: 6]
[Exp. Illusionist 3 magic roll: 3+1]

A bright green projectile flies into Jordan's face, hitting his cheek!

[Jordan will roll: 2+1]

Jordan now finds it quite difficult to hear!


On the road to Fiverock...

Samuel, realizing that he has a five-day trip ahead of him and that his attention span might not be able to handle that, wishes for something fun to happen!

[Random event roll: 3]

He realizes he has miscounted the coins in his possession! He actually has one more! How utterly amazing!


Somewhere...

Leon, with no potential victims in sight, decides to look for something fun in the nearest building to him! However, there appears to be a rampaging elephant in the way. How unfortunate!

[Articulation roll: 5]

He manages to successfully devise a way to effectively and understandably express human gestures with halberds instead of hands and managing even to simulate human expressions with said limbs! It's really quite ingenious. Maybe he should write this down?
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #367 on: November 04, 2012, 11:31:21 am »

Go into a whirlwind, spinning around, axe in hand, cutting down anything I make contact with.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #368 on: November 04, 2012, 11:38:10 am »

Run into a nearby building to evade the elephant, explore the building, memorize my ingenious idea.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #369 on: November 04, 2012, 12:00:50 pm »

Inside the Illusion Department...

Jordan can hardly hear, he is surrounded by invisible magicians and they seem to be terribly rude people! Time to break out the big guns! AXE WHIRLWIND!

[Axe Whirlwind roll: 4-1]

He spins in place with his axe in hand! Huh, nobody's dead. He must be doing something wrong!

[Exp. Illusionist 1 perception roll: 5]
[Exp. Illusionist 3 perception roll: 2]
[Exp. Illusionist 1 magic roll: 5+1]

Yet more arcane gesturing comes from somewhere in the room! Jordan is hit in the chest with a purple-tinted projectile!

[Jordan will roll: 2]

Time seems to really speed up for Jordan! It's quite odd!

[Exp. Illusionist 1 magic roll: 1+1]

Nothing else seems to happen, though, as time progressively slows down to its proper running speed!


Outside the Metamorphosis Department...

Leon, if questioned, would firmly put rampaging elephants on his "to avoid" list! He decides to attempt a daring escape to someplace else!

[Elephant awareness roll: 2]

The elephant keeps obliviously rampaging in front of the Metamorphosis Department, allowing Leon to escape nicely!

[Building choice roll: 1]

He arrives at the Energy Manipulation Department!

[Search roll: 6]

It doesn't seem to be locked or barricaded in any way! Wonder why that is? Leon goes right in and gets to exploring!

[Search roll: 1]

He is immediately accosted by a single magic user! She looks like she might have been crying a lot lately! She stands at a distance, readying what appears to be lightning!

[Reaction roll: 4]

"What are you? What are you doing here?"
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #370 on: November 04, 2012, 12:02:14 pm »

((Oh my, Jordan is taking a beating. Looks like the effects of bear wrestling are wearing off))
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #371 on: November 04, 2012, 12:07:51 pm »

Offensive! Samuel will conjure a large feather in the air, and start flying on it towards the city.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #372 on: November 04, 2012, 12:51:49 pm »

On the road to Fiverock...

Samuel thinks that this long trip thing is a bit overrated! Time to shorten it!

[Samuel magic roll: 3-2]

Samuel summons giant feathers everywhere! They all thirst for his metaphorical blood!

[Swarm of Giant Feathers vs. Samuel: 2+3 vs. 2+2]

Samuel swats at the massive advancing swarm of feathers with his cane! The feathers seem offended at their summoner's beating and start to scrape at his bones! Oh my, that doesn't feel very good!
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« Reply #373 on: November 04, 2012, 01:01:03 pm »

Aww..
Yay, another pet! Abduct it! Then call and ask if I can come inside! Provide valid reasons for letting me in!
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter Two: Books, Baubles and Boyfriends!
« Reply #374 on: November 04, 2012, 01:55:38 pm »

Grab a convenient bucket of paint, throwing it around the room in order to make them visible again! Then decapitate them.
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