I'm adding two more people in. Initially, they will be in a separate location from the main group. This is mainly because I realized it will be longer than I thought until you reach the mentioned prison. I wanted to get some people playing, as they have been waiting for some time.
I messaged NAV about playing, and didn't get a response. So, that's why I skipped him on the waitlist.
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Intro for Conein/Melkas and The Moonlit Shadow/Talisman:You have been traveling for a long time, and it has not been an enjoyable experience. First, you were kidnapped, by who, you have no idea. They put you on a ship and traveled for some time, the harmonic ring of a warp drive echoing through the ship. The entire time you were bound, blindfolded, and gagged. Sometimes stuffed in a storage container. Eventually, you went down to a planet on a shuttle, and were transported through what seemed like a military base. You assume so from all the "Yes sirs" and other military jargon.
Then, they loaded you into a shuttle, one had said to put two to a shuttle, for safety they said. You hadn't seen any others being blindfolded, but, you assumed there were others, based on the breathing, and muffled screaming. Once on the shuttle they took your blindfolds off. There was only one guard, and a pilot on the shuttle. You two were the only prisoners on it. The shuttle had windows, but, they had been covered with armored shutters, and the cockpit of the shuttle had it's metal door closed. About the hour through the trip, the guard fell asleep, drooling all over himself. You both formulated a plan quietly, unbound yourselfs, and attacked.
You tried to hold the pilot hostage once the guard was dead, but he refused to fly you around, shooting at you both, the ensuing conflict damaged the shuttle, sending it plummeting into the ground.
You both managed to survive with some large cuts and bruises. The pilot is dead, and the shuttle destroyed. You are in a hot grassland, the planets star is straight overhead and you already want an air conditioner. There are the beginnings of a desert to the west, and what looks like a small city far to the east, nestled against the mountains. You think it's about 50 miles away, but the land is so flat that you can see it from here.
You both grab a gauss pistol with 15 rounds from the dead people on the shuttles. You should get moving, they might come and look for you.
"Yep, that's definitely an evil space virus. I wonder if our powers will work against it?"
Proceed after the monster. When it's in sight, attempt to weigh it to the ground to immobilize it.
"Yep. Better kill it just to be sure."
Take aim at it with the rifle, then fire after Newton tries immobilization.
You three manage to track the thing down, it is up in a tree, hissing at you, walking along the upright trunk of the tree as if it was flat ground.
Newton manages to slam the thing into the ground and hold it there, while Fridge unloads a several rounds into it. The thing screeches and squirms, then stops moving. You see a dead squirrel near it, it has not been bitten, but it has a puncture wound, seemingly from the things stinger tail. It's flesh has turned partially black, just like the creatures.
Ed sniffs the things briefly, then jumps back. He gives it a death stare from a distance.
You both hear a voice in your head
"I.. I.. think I can finally speak with you... I do not like the smell of that thing... I may not speak often, as speaking with you new to me, and fairly taxing...""Ok, I now know I can use my power on multiple targets at the same time, including even myself. That could be useful, right Jon?"
Ok, now for phase two of experimentation. Focus on a single animal and attempt to decrease both its sense of smell and its sense of hearing to 95%. If successful, attempt to decrease both senses to 10%. If still successful, attempt to keep the animal's sense of hearing at 10%, but amplify its sense of smell to 200%. Observe the results. This time, if I start to feel tired, continue on regardless. Knowing the side effects of overstretching myself would be good to know, and this is a pretty safe place to find out.
Jon Goldbloom Action:
Continue watching Phil. If he collapses or starts suffering horrible side effects, then rush back to our supplies and grab first aid equipment. Try to apply first aid to Phil.
((I know I'm hogging Jon, but I will finish my experimentation this turn and won't need him after that. He'll be available to whoever wants to submit actions for him afterward))
You are completely sucessful, and find yourself breathing heavily, with sweat beading up on your forehead. Things like that will happen first. If you keep going further, you would get something like a bloody nose perhaps. If you push your powers too far, that's when I do a roll. The roll could be anywhere from a bloody nose, to death. Higher numbers being worse.
Build a nuclear powered hover truck to carry all our stuff! Perhaps employ maneuvering thrusters for additional boost. Then load everything I possibly can on it.
Hmm... you want to make a nuclear reactor for that then. This thing will probably need to be pushed, as the thrusters can only last so long. It will be very taxing to create as it's fairly complex.
[1] Roll for power strain. Lower is better.
You finish it, crying heavily for your poor laws. You feel a sharp pain in your right hand. Large blisters are covering it.
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