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[notquitethere]

Warehouse -> Swamp Houses

Leave here and head northwest, hopefully towards those mysterious docks.

[Sandeep rolled 5+4+1wits=10]
Sandeep and Tim Tam head out of the warehouse into a swampy district filled with terrace houses sinking into a swamp where the river has burst its banks and is slowly consuming the city around here. Reeds throng the muddy edges of the water, trees grow through the mouldering houses. The city is drier to the north, northeast and southeast.

The river is meandering to the south from the northwest. A canoe is stuck in the branches of a willow tree overhanging the river, presumably left there by a storm.

Tim Tam and Sandeep gain +1 tally for exploration.


Gated Community

Try to open the door opposite where I was held and get inside that room, if the door is locked, run upstairs

[Sandra rolled 4+1+1body=6]
Sandra rattles the handle of the door opposite. The door is stiff and isn't opening, so she darts down the hall to run up the stairs, but before she can get to them, the grey-faced man in dark glasses reaches the top of the stairs. She stumbles back from him.

"Damned spy! Where did you get that?" he says, looking at the bread knife that Sandra is still holding. The man takes a few cautious steps towards her, his hands outstretched. There are metal plates covering the man's palms.

Sandra gains +1 tally for critical failure. (She now has enough tallies for a mutation or upgrade.)

Issac points to the old bibles in the office. "I assume that The Church of the New Millenium bases itself upon these books, by the fact that they have been preserved to this day and plainly accessible to the public. So with that in mind..." Issac then makes a counterpoint to Father Michael's assertion that they cannot waste their time. "That being said, I call to mind Proverb 19:2. Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. Surely, you must at least have enough time to allow us to actually learn about your ways prior to commiting to them. If you ways are the truth, and I can't imagine you would believe that they are not, then your system of beliefs will stand up to any scrutiny. Conversely, the false religions of the Kingdom of Darkness will crumble to dust when confronted with the truth. It is they who stand to gain the most from ignorance after all"

Putting an emphasis on his final words, Issac said "No self respecting lawyer would sign the contract without reading it first, so if you disagree then I'll stop wasting your precious time and leave at once."

[Isaac rolled 6+6-2empathy+1bibleknowledge+1lawyer=12]
Father Michael nods sagely. "Do forgive me Mr. Revero, you are quite right. Just as Proverbs 21:5 says, 'The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, but those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.' I let my concern of the Enemy cloud my good judgement. You have most of the Millennium left to make right with the Lord. Isaac, Kam, the doors of Tuckswood are always open to you. You're welcome to stay at any time and eat with the children."

He takes a big set of keys out of his pocket and detaches one and hands it to Isaac.

"This is for 24 Maid Marian Road, just across the green. Feel free to stay if you wish." He rises, and gestures to the rest of building. "We are about to have a service in the church, you are welcome to join us."

With that he heads into the church, leaving Isaac and Kam to their own devices. With a smile, Isaac realises that this is the first time his legal reasoning skills have truly come in handy since he woke up in this strange new world. Perhaps there's hope for the law in this land after all...

Isaac gains +1 tally for taking one small step towards his big dream.


Crater

"Hmm...we need information. I'll try to see if I can find out anything. Maybe they're like the gorilla. If they're hostile though, I would appreciate if you could destroy them, Viktor. Try to avoid the battery, though."

To the cyberanimals: "Ahem. Hello. I come in peace. Are the two of you part of a guild?"

Exit the hiding spot, preferably in a direction where it blocks the cyberanimals from seeing me, and step out on the side away from where Viktor and Timmy are hiding, but close enough for Viktor to react if they attack. Then greet the cyberanimals with the aid of my Silver Tongue to convince them of my peacefulness.

[Theodore rolled 5+4+2weird=11]
The cyberbear and the cyberdog quickly bound over to Theodore when he steps out in the open but they halt in their tracks when he speaks. As they speak, their mouths don't move. Rather, voices bark out of speakers embedded somewhere in their bodies.

"Yes, bold fleshling, we are the Mitebitten of the Glorious Marmite League," the bear growls.

"We own this motherflipping town," the dog yaps, before mumbling, "(Gold duck it! I flipping hate this flipping censorship.)"

"You're another one without metrics. How am I meant to get kudos when it's only no-names crawling about out here?" the bear grumbles.


Arena

Use my claws to slice the yeti's achilles tendon, knocking him prone!

[El Tigre rolled 3+2+1weird-1puffed+1luchador+1helen=7]
El Tigre darts forward and rakes the yeti's tendon, digging his metal talons in to the great cyberbeast's ankle. Its metal reinforced legs don't fall over straight away, but Helen moves over and coils one of her tentacles around the beasts other leg and yanks, knocking RIPAlbion39 prone on the ashen ground. The drone it was holding gets free and hovers nearby, filming everything.

Helen darts a razor-edged tentacle into the stomach of cyberbeast and as it struggles to get up, she rips out a gore-soaked metal box.

"Caballero Fuerte is coming for you!" the beast booms before its light go dead, the battery is snapped away and the body collapses.

"WHAT A GLORIOUS FIGHT FROM THE MASKED MAN OF MYSTERY, EL TIGRE PICANTE AND HIS UNLIKELY ALLY, THE THAMES TENTACOILER!"

"I don't know who or what you are..." Helen whispers. "But you're alright with me."

As he looks at the monstrous robot, he sees, briefly his own reflection in its shiny metal surface, warped and rounded, but clearly still a man. He recognised her humanity behind her mask, as she did him.

The nearest drone says "THIS FIGHT IS DOING GOOD NUMBERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR THE PAIR OF YOU FOR A RAMPAGE TOUR."

"I've got to get back to London..." Helen whispers. "You kidnapped me and now you want to sponsor me?"

"CORRECT. THIS SHOULD MAKE EXCELLENT FOOTAGE."

El Tigre gains +1 tally for taking a step towards his big dream.

El Tigre gains +1 rep with Eyes of Gaia (now 0).
El Tigre gains -1 rep with Hunters (now -2)
El Tigre gains +1 rep with Terraterror (now 1).
El Tigre gains +1 kudos! (Whatever that is.)

"Aw shit there's some weirdo wandering around here."
Grab the printed news story and pull a drawer out of the desk to use as a weapon and continue to search the back rooms of the stadium.

[Goldstine rolled 5+3+2wits+1veteran=11]
As Goldstine grabs the desk draw and moves through the back rooms of the stadium, he begins to fall into the patterns of his earlier military training. Ways of moving and holding himself come back to him, like slipping into an old suit.

Goldstine searches the rest of the place but soon realises he's exhausted the place of anything interesting or useful. As he moves out, he hears a sound which gives him pause. While hidden behind a pillar, he spots the red capped being stalking through the entrance-way. It has similar metallic markings to the huge cyberbeast that El Tigre was fighting. Its face is a metal mask and its rough clothes are foul with grime.

There's the dim sound of loud voices from back in the arena and suddenly the red capped thing scampers out of the entrance, out towards the city beyond.

Goldstine gains a desk drawer.


The Bells-> Hill Bottom

Sonic boom a clear path through the debris, then do so again behind us to give us a boost. Flat tires may not be ideal for suspension and the like, but they’re still round.

[Amoretto rolled 3+2+2weird=7]
[Amoretto rolled 5+1+2weird+1allies=9]
Amoretto shouts repeatedly at the glass and nails, blasting a path clear. He braces himself as he does, the shock waves running through him.

Something which could once have been human emerges from the open doors of the church. It has a body covered in vast bulging growths. These growths even cover the top of its head, leaving it earless, warped and misshapen. The only clothes it has are tattered rags now, but once they were bright orange. It has an immense lower jaw that stretches almost to its distended stomach. A tongue with a razor sharp point flicks out

Frog and Dell take the main part of the bike and try to pedal despite the slashed tires. Cass is in the back and launches a crossbow bolt at the thing. The bolt lands in one of the growths and it still keeps coming. Amoretto booms his voice and the bike is launched forward away from the church. He booms and booms and the thing isn't effected, but the bike is propelled onwards. They shoot forwards onto the main road, and down a hill. At the bottom of the hill, half a mile away, Frog pulls the bike into the overgrowth while they do the repairs. Amoretto's throat is sore from all the booming.

"What the hell was that?" says Cass.

"Remember that woman with the orange jumpsuit?" says Frog. He scowls at Amoretto. "It was one of his freak friends."

"This freak just saved your sorry life for a second time this day," says Dell.

"He's bad luck, that's what he is," says Frog.

The Keep crew begin fixing the tyres. Occasionally they glance nervously at the road beyond the trees they're hiding under, but there's no sign of the thing that had attacked them.

Amoretto now has a sore throat.
Amoretto gains +1 tally for exploration.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

[Glass]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Dr. Jeffery Amoretto
Appearance: Taller than average and skinny, though kind of awkward-seeming. Gets antsy when around a lot of people, though becomes much smoother when expounding on a topic he's interested in. Hair is short and brown, skin is pale and moderately sunburnt. His left hand is redder than the rest of him, and looks slightly burnt; it also seems to perpetually have ashes on it.
Profession: Scientist, Engineer

Stats:
Body (using your physicality): 0
Wits (using your mind): 1
Empathy (dealing with people): 0
Weird (using your mutant powers): 2

Mutation:
Sonic Boom - You can create an intense blast of sound, enough to knock someone off their feet or more.
Blow Torch Thumb - Your thumb burns with an intense heat, glowing hotter the more you concentrate on it. It sheds light as a candle.
Signature Gear: A steel meterstick, frequently used as a pointer, leaned on like a cane, or tossed about like a baton.
Other equipment: old rifle (loaded)
Big dream: Fixing up the world and getting society started up again sounds like a good plan.
Wounds: Bruised foot
Relationship: Dr. Jackson "Frost" Davis, one of Jeffery's friends and a member of Walt Labs. Presumably frozen, but if he was, he's nowhere to be seen now.
Experience Tallies: 3

*deep breath* *wince* “First off, no idea-” *deep breath* *wince* “-who the hell that was.” *deep breath* *wince* “But I promise-” *deep breath* *wince* “-I am only trying to help.”
*gingerly feeling his throat* “I don’t want to have to do that again for a while. How close are we to where we were trying to get to?”

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name:Sandra
Appearance: A 5 ft tall blonde haired woman with blue eyes
Profession: Teacher

Stats: Stats start at -1. Distribute 7 points across them, ranging -1 to 2
Body (using your physicality): 1
Wits (using your mind): 2
Empathy (dealing with people): 1
Weird (using your mutant powers): 0

Mutation: Eidetic Memory
Signature Gear: A notebook I use to write down what I learned
Big dream: Learn as much as I can about the world so I can teach people here.
Conditions: None
Relationship: Naomi. Naomi was left behind. She was one of the few students who actually wanted to learn what I was teaching
Experience Tallys: 5

spend 5 Talies  on new mutation
“I found the knife in the room I was in, I dunno why it was there, maybe someone forgot to pick it up? Where am I right now? If you’re gonna keep me here, can I at least know where I’m being kept?” Hold the knife in a defensive position

[Wozzy]

Spoiler: El Tigre Picante (click to show/hide)

Name: El Tigre Picante (de Hierro)
Appearance: A very large, well built man. He is wearing plain clothes, but is wearing a mask designed to make him look like a tiger. He has metal protrusions coming out of his fingertips.
Profession: Luchador
Stats: Body: 2
Wits: 0
Empathy: 1
Weird: 1

Mutation: Hand Clamps
Your hands have a metallic skeleton, the metal protruding out of your fingertips. This leaves you with a hard, tenacious vice-like grip
Signature Gear: El Tigre wrestling mask (hides his true identity), Insecto Brilliante's metal wing (lost in the arena when used as a folding chair)
Big dream: Gain confidence in the man behind the mask
Wounds: puffed, rain
Relationship: Caballero Fuerte (the man who defeated and humiliated him)- Rival
Experience Tallys: 5
Kudos: 1

As he stares at his reflection, El Tigre is taken back, far back, to a time way before he donned the mask...

Spoiler: Fluffy Backstory (click to show/hide)

A young boy runs into his families living room, where a woman is watching tv.
"¡Mama! Come look at what I made for you!" He steps in front of her and she pushes him aside.
"¡Cálliete, hijo! Can't you see I am watching my telenovela? You can go play, or you can sit here and watch in silence!"
The boy, defeated, lowers his head, and sits beside her.
He watches the dumb show involving a woman being harassed by a man, until...
His mother gasps, as a handsome man appears on screen, and tells off the pervert, before knocking him out cold. The hero picks up the woman, and they appear on a horse and ride off into the sunset.
"Aii, I must talk to my friends about this episode." The boys mother says, as she stands up and heads towards the door.
"But...mama..."
"I will be back tonight, you can make dinner for yourself, no? Bye!"
She shuts the door, leaving the boy with the tv on. Soon, another episode begins, an obvious rerun, but the boy doesn't move. Instead, he begins watching the show.

Fast forward 15 years, and the boy is now a man, freshly graduated from Mexico City's School of the Arts. He is in an interview, with the pictures of various stars on the walls around him. The interviewer, a man with a fierce handlebar mustache, occasionally nods, shakes his head, or simply raises his eyebrows.
"Well, Señor... [REDACTED] am I saying that correctly? Anyway, you definitely have the qualifications, but unfortunately you are just too....monstruoso. Our female viewers do not respond well to men who are as large as yourself, but we have other positions..such as the antagonist."
"No, I do not wish to be a villain" says the wannabe star. "There must be something, anything but that!"
"Well...if you really want to be a hero, I do have something...tell me, [REDACTED] how do you feel about wearing a mask?"

El Tigre returns to the arena, but he remembers what the man before him wanted to be. Before the days of masks and jumping off ring ropes, his life was all about pasión and tugging on heartstrings. Yes, El Tigre was supposed to be a Telenovela Star!

Spend 5 tallies to add the profession: 'Telenovela Star,' then grill the droid for answers.

"Kidnapped? What is the meaning of this! You!" He points at the drone, "Who, or what, are you? Are you kidnapping people for your tv show? And what the hell is this Kudos I just got?

[Devastator]

Continuing the soggy journey, Sandeep begins to wonder what's wrong.  This swamp didn't grow overnight, nor did these trees.  Some curious things going on here.

"Oh, that'll make this much easier."

Climb into the canoe.  Look around for a paddle.. and an owner.  Maybe some kind of treehouse?  Maybe a nest in one of the upper floors here?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Sandeep Singh
Appearance: middle-aged turbaned Sikh with the characteristic thick mustache and short beard.  Beginning to gray.
Profession: Architect.

Status:
Body  0
Wits  1
Empathy  0
Weird  1
Mutation 2

Inventory:
Razor-tipped Cyberwolf tail.
Can of Baked Beans
Lighter.  (just sparks)

Telepathy:
You can communicate with anyone within a few miles. You need to focus to pick out their mind, but once you've connected with someone, you can communicate with them mentally whenever you like so long as they're within range. And, until you break the connection, they are able to speak with you mentally at any time.

Powerful Jaw:
You have an immensely powerful bite. You can chew through anything as strong as bone without effort, and bite through much harder materials with focus.

Signature Gear: Narrow, wire-rimmed glasses.
Big dream: Razing all the ugly buildings.  Bwa ha ha.
Conditions: Cut Arm
Relationship: Harjinder.  Spouse, had terminal disease before being frozen.
Experience Tallies: 9

[Supernerd]

While Issac wasn't particularly crazy about the unknown religious aspects of the place, and he felt that there was an unseen darkness of sorts upon this place, Issac still figured it would be a relatively secure place for him to be. Figuring that he just wouldn't fit in if he didn't at least learn the fundamentals of the church of the New Millennium.

Issac decided that attending the church services would be a good thing to do right now.

Spoiler: Issac Revero (click to show/hide)

Name: Issac Revero
Appearance: Issac's appearance may change from day to day due to his abilities. His "default" appearance is as a tall thin man with pale skin and short black hair. His pointer finger on his right hand is made of gold.

His left arm is longer than a normal arm.

Profession: Lawyer

Stats:
Body: 1
Wits: 3
Empathy: -2
Weird: 1

Mutation:
Goldfinger
One of your fingers is made of gold. It is much harder than the rest of your body and cannot feel pain, though it cannot yet bend.

Faceshift
With some effort, you can completely change your physical appearance, from your hair, to face, to body size. Your goldfinger never changes though.

Signature Gear: Three piece suit
Big dream: Impose the rule of law upon this world
Wounds: None
Relationship: Senator Chandler Brevil. Former client. Sort of a big deal back in the day. Not known for being a nice person to say the least.
Items: x2 Mysterious Syringes (labelled Chrome Yellow, Aquamarine), Bit of Sharp Metal, Pockets of Gooseberries, Key to 24 Maid Marian Road.
Experience Tallys: 6

[Beirus]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Theodore Ansen
Appearance: A fairly average looking man, with very little remarkable about him. He isn't overly muscular or scrawny, having an average build. Even his facial features are nondescript, apart from his emerald eyes and silver tongue.
Profession: Science Fiction Writer

Stats: Stats start at -1. Distribute 7 points across them, ranging -1 to 2
Body (using your physicality): 0
Wits (using your mind): 0
Empathy (dealing with people): 0
Weird (using your mutant powers): 2

Mutations: Silver Tongue
Your tongue is silver plated though it moves as it did before- only now others find your lies more believable.

Whiskers
Hundreds of fine bristles burst from Theodore's face, allowing him to sense objects in the dark, measure air currents and feel for upcoming threats.


Inventory: Fly Agaric mushrooms, Bottle of vodka

Signature Gear: An engraved pen given to him as a gift from his parents after the publication of his first book.
Big dream: Become a hero
Wounds: Slightly Singed Clothing, Massive Hangover
Relationship: Timmy Jenkins, his best friend since childhood
Experience Tallys: +2 for exploration

"So your guild is the only one in the city ruins, or did you mean just this crater? I'm sure you would like to talk about the accomplishments of your guild if it is so great."

Lie with my Silver Tongue to convince them to give me more information, in case they happen to know the gorilla, or are hostile to him.

[King Zultan]

Follow the thing out of the building and see where it goes.

Spoiler: Dr. Goldstine (click to show/hide)

Name: Dr. Burt Goldstine
Appearance: He looks like middle aged man with thinning hair.
Profession: Medical Doctor, Veteran

Stats:
Body: 1
Wits: 2
Empathy: 0
Weird: 0

Mutation:
Prodigious Growth: You are much taller than you used to be, and with concentration you can grow even bigger still.
Lightning Touch: You can arc electricity from your fingertips.

Condition: None
Signature Gear: An torn old white lab coat
Inventory:
 small rock
 bag containing 3 zip ties
 flyer
 printed news story
 Unstable Cabinet Armour
 powdered caffeine pack
 some of the food
 whistle
 raincoat
 desk drawer

Big dream: Find out what happened to the world.
Wounds: None
Relationship: Benny the crazy homeless guy that lived behind an office building, Burt's only real friend.
Experience Tallys: 1

[Failbird105]

Spoiler: Tim Tam (click to show/hide)

Name: Tim Tam
Appearance:

(Yes, her skin is actually purple. Not that purple, but still purple)
Profession: Menace to society

Stats:
Body: -1
Wits: 2
Empathy: -2(includes the malus for an extra mutation)
Weird: 2

Mutation:
Fleet Foot
In concentrated bursts, your legs can move at incredible speed, allowing you to sprint short distances faster than the eye can track.
Hydra
If your head, arm, legs, finger, toe, or any other appendage is removed, two more will grow in their place. You start with three fully workable arms.
Moth Wings
(will write description later)

Signature Gear: matchbook
Inventory: Sturdy Iron Bar, Empty Syringe
Big dream: Find what's left of the old worlds leadership. Burn it to the ground. Revolution.
Wounds: Light Scratch
Relationship: Marian Mendel- Old lady from the orphanage, tried to help Tim Tam find a home, or at least become a not actively disfunctioning member of society. Emphasis on tried. Still, she was there, more than anyone else can say. (Left behind)
Experience Tallys: 2

Help Sandeep search

[notquitethere]

Splitting the update into two, as I'm going to go have some lunch. The rest to follow later today.

Hill Bottom

*deep breath* *wince* “First off, no idea-” *deep breath* *wince* “-who the hell that was.” *deep breath* *wince* “But I promise-” *deep breath* *wince* “-I am only trying to help.”
*gingerly feeling his throat* “I don’t want to have to do that again for a while. How close are we to where we were trying to get to?”

"Maybe about a third of the way," says Cass.

"Should be plain sailing now we're back on the main road," says Dell.

"Aw shit," says Cass. She holds out a spanner. "I only went and brought the wrong tool." She points at the bolt on the wheel of the bike. Her spanner is just a bit too wide to fit it. Frog tries and fails to unscrew it by hand.

Dell looks out of the branches. "I hope that thing didn't follow us," he said.


Gated Community

“I found the knife in the room I was in, I dunno why it was there, maybe someone forgot to pick it up? Where am I right now? If you’re gonna keep me here, can I at least know where I’m being kept?” Hold the knife in a defensive position[/b]

[Sandra rolled 3+2+1empathy-1church=5]
Sandra starts talking to the man but as she does something wells up inside her. Dozens of bubbles burst out of her mouth, and she can feel many more welling up inside her.

"ARGH! You're rabid!" shouts the man. "I am not afraid of your disease, you foul creature."

He puts his head down and begins running towards Sandra, preparing to tackle her to the ground.

Sandra gains the mutation:

Bubble Generation
You can blow soapy bubbles at will, from giant single bubbles, to great blasts of frothy foam.

Sandra gains +1 tally for critical failure.

While Issac wasn't particularly crazy about the unknown religious aspects of the place, and he felt that there was an unseen darkness of sorts upon this place, Issac still figured it would be a relatively secure place for him to be. Figuring that he just wouldn't fit in if he didn't at least learn the fundamentals of the church of the New Millennium.

Issac decided that attending the church services would be a good thing to do right now.

[Isaac rolled 6+2+3wits=11]
Isaac sits on the service. The pews are hard and he remains alert throughout. The congregation look pretty anaemic, except for the scrawny children who sit near the front. There are perhaps a hundred people in the church. Father Michael leads the sermon.

"I was going to talk to you today about the trials of faith and the importance of community," he begins, "but after conversation with a new friend, I have decided it is time we talk about haste..."

His sermon is on the subject of how past churches yearned for an apocalyptic end, they yearned for a rapture, they yearned for the coming of Christ. And so they hastened that end. They immanentized the eschaton. But their church should be different. There's should be an end to yearning. They have arrived. It is year 15 since the Second Coming. They are to enjoy 985 years more of the Lord. There is no hurry. While the dead spirits sent from hell may possess machines and animals that come to taunt them, the church grows stronger every day. Every week hundreds of wandering souls attain their bodily immortality, ascending through the Church. All will continue to unfold as per His plan.

Isaac gains +1 tally for uncovering mystery: it is (according to the church of the new millennium) year 15 since the Second Coming.


Arena

Spend 5 tallies to add the profession: 'Telenovela Star,' then grill the droid for answers.

"Kidnapped? What is the meaning of this! You!" He points at the drone, "Who, or what, are you? Are you kidnapping people for your tv show? And what the hell is this Kudos I just got?

[El Tigre rolled 5+5+1empathy+1terraterror=12]
"WE WOULD NOT CALL IT KIDNAPPING... WE MOVED THIS CYBERMORPH FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. ITS CONTROLLER IS UNTOUCHED," says one of the drones.

"THEFT AT MOST," says another. "AS FOR KUDOS, YOU NOW HAVE A WHOLE K FROM THE FIGHT. KEEP THIS UP AND YOU CAN UPLOX ON GOOD TERMS."

"The fight has given you some acclaim. Some people care about whether you live or die now. That's all kudos really is. A currency based on popularity," Helen whispers. "I need to get to the local swapshop for repairs. I'm not going to stop you if you want to come along."

Helen starts dragging herself to the Arena exit.

El Tigre gains +1 tally for uncovering mystery: Kudos is a currency based on personal acclaim.

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name:Sandra
Appearance: A 5 ft tall blonde haired woman with blue eyes
Profession: Teacher

Stats: Stats start at -1. Distribute 7 points across them, ranging -1 to 2
Body (using your physicality): 1
Wits (using your mind): 2
Empathy (dealing with people): 1
Weird (using your mutant powers): 0

Mutation: Eidetic Memory, Bubble Generation
Signature Gear: A notebook I use to write down what I learned
Big dream: Learn as much as I can about the world so I can teach people here.
Conditions: None
Relationship: Naomi. Naomi was left behind. She was one of the few students who actually wanted to learn what I was teaching
Experience Tallys: 1

Try to stab the man with the knife and try to generate a stream of bubbles heading towards the man’s eyes

[notquitethere]

Swamp Houses

Climb into the canoe.  Look around for a paddle.. and an owner.  Maybe some kind of treehouse?  Maybe a nest in one of the upper floors here?

Help Sandeep search

[Sandeep rolled 3+6+0body=9]
[Sandeep rolled 5+5+1wits=10]
[Tim Tam rolled 1+2+2wits=5]
Sandeep climbs in the canoe. It wobbles and then suddenly slips out of the tree and lands with a loud crashing branches and a splash in the mud at the base of the tree, a few feet away from the river proper. Sandeep takes a look around, finding a pair of oars attached to the inside of the canoe. He searches about for other kinds of detritus. While there are no treehouses: most of these trees seem to have grown up since the people left, he does find some detritus from the half-submerged houses. A rusty pair of scissors, a plastic funnel, a rubber mallet, a pencil, a dustpan.

As Tim Tam looks around, she sees between the houses, on the remains of a dry road, a woman on motorbike. She's dressed head-to-toe in black leathers. On her head is a silver helmet, the visor lifted up revealing the woman's face inside. Her skin is dark and laced with thick white scars. On her back is a sword and she carries a heavy looking pistol.

"Stop!" she shouts at Tim Tam.

Tim Tam gains +1 tally for critical failure.


Crater

"So your guild is the only one in the city ruins, or did you mean just this crater? I'm sure you would like to talk about the accomplishments of your guild if it is so great."

Lie with my Silver Tongue to convince them to give me more information, in case they happen to know the gorilla, or are hostile to him.

[Isaac rolled 5+1+2weird=8]
Isaac wags his silver tongue. His words shouldn't convince them that he's worth speaking to, but nevertheless they continue divulging information.

"The GML own Norwich," the bear claims.

"We own flipping everything north of Ipswich and east of the flipping Ouse," says the dog. "We sent all those motherflipping Legend guys packing. Soon we'll mop up those castle flippers, kill the gold freaks and then it'll be time to expand back out again."

"There's not much kudos in it," says the bear, "but killing you will at least stop any of those overclocked monkeys getting the points."

The pair of cyberbeasts start padding towards Theodore.


Sidings

Follow the thing out of the building and see where it goes.

[Goldstine rolled 3+2+2wits=7]
Goldstine manages to keep on track of the Red Cap as it slips through the tall weeds of the stadium carpark. It slips northeast through a busted gate into a rail yard. The old trains rot on the sidings, but remarkably the main track seems clear. The weeds are cut off as they converge on the tracks, as if a train has passed over recently.

The Red Cap slips behind a train. Goldstine follows and the thing is nowhere in sight. The veteran medic takes a few cautious steps forward when he hears the sound of heavy iron boots land on the gravel of the sidings behind him.

"Who's your masked friend?" says the Red Cap, levelling his pike at Goldstine. Standing barely four and a half feet tall, its grimy beard reaches down to its knees. Up close, the smell of dried blood is intense.


Goldstine gains +1 tally for exploration.

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Gated Community

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Name:Sandra
Appearance: A 5 ft tall blonde haired woman with blue eyes
Profession: Teacher

Stats: Stats start at -1. Distribute 7 points across them, ranging -1 to 2
Body (using your physicality): 1
Wits (using your mind): 2
Empathy (dealing with people): 1
Weird (using your mutant powers): 0

Mutation: Eidetic Memory, Bubble Generation
Signature Gear: A notebook I use to write down what I learned
Big dream: Learn as much as I can about the world so I can teach people here.
Conditions: None
Relationship: Naomi. Naomi was left behind. She was one of the few students who actually wanted to learn what I was teaching
Experience Tallys: 1

Try to stab the man with the knife and try to generate a stream of bubbles heading towards the man’s eyes

[Sandra rolls 3+3+1body+1knife=8]
[Sandra rolls 6+2+0weird=8]
The man tackles Sandra and as he does, she slices into his side with the knife. She hits the ground with him over her when there's a bang from inside him and black smoke begins pouring out of his side. The knife grows too hot to handle so she leaves it in him. Spitting bubbles into his eyes, she pushes him off. The man is writhing on the ground, froth covering his eyes. The sound of his internal explosion will surely have raised an alarm somewhere, so Sandra figures she doesn't have long to make her escape.

Sandra no longer has a bread knife.

[Naturegirl1999]

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Name:Sandra
Appearance: A 5 ft tall blonde haired woman with blue eyes
Profession: Teacher

Stats: Stats start at -1. Distribute 7 points across them, ranging -1 to 2
Body (using your physicality): 1
Wits (using your mind): 2
Empathy (dealing with people): 1
Weird (using your mutant powers): 0

Mutation: Eidetic Memory, Bubble Generation
Signature Gear: A notebook I use to write down what I learned
Big dream: Learn as much as I can about the world so I can teach people here.
Conditions: None
Relationship: Naomi. Naomi was left behind. She was one of the few students who actually wanted to learn what I was teaching
Experience Tallys: 1

Run downstairs and try to find the exit to whatever building I’m in. Shoot bubbles at anyone who notices me

[notquitethere]

Gated Community

Run downstairs and try to find the exit to whatever building I’m in. Shoot bubbles at anyone who notices me

[Sandra rolled 3+3+2wits=8]
Sandra slips down the stairs and into a hallway below. She ducks into a kitchen just in time to see someone run past and up the stairs to check on the strange noises from above. She moves out of the house to find herself on the corner of a large green space arranged as a grassy square surrounded by ugly grey terrace houses. Across the square, dozens of people are filing out of a large building. Avenues lead off of the square and Sandra sees they end in a razorwire fence on all sides. There's a tall closed gate in the fence, but no clear way through it.

In front of her is parked the grey faced man's tractor with the flamethrower.

[Devastator]

Take the scissors and the funnel and push off.  Head west, but slowly.  Tim Tam can run over water to catch up, after all.

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Name: Sandeep Singh
Appearance: middle-aged turbaned Sikh with the characteristic thick mustache and short beard.  Beginning to gray.
Profession: Architect.

Status:
Body  0
Wits  1
Empathy  0
Weird  1
Mutation 2

Inventory:
Razor-tipped Cyberwolf tail.
Can of Baked Beans
Lighter.  (just sparks)
Scissors
Plastic Funnel

Telepathy:
You can communicate with anyone within a few miles. You need to focus to pick out their mind, but once you've connected with someone, you can communicate with them mentally whenever you like so long as they're within range. And, until you break the connection, they are able to speak with you mentally at any time.

Powerful Jaw:
You have an immensely powerful bite. You can chew through anything as strong as bone without effort, and bite through much harder materials with focus.

Signature Gear: Narrow, wire-rimmed glasses.
Big dream: Razing all the ugly buildings.  Bwa ha ha.
Conditions: Cut Arm
Relationship: Harjinder.  Spouse, had terminal disease before being frozen.
Experience Tallies: 9