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[Naturegirl1999]

That’s fine.

[notquitethere]

Retail Park

Well, lets go and trap me some rabbits.  Easy enough to get a bit of metal, a metal grill that was once a fan guard, a portion of car door or bumper, should be something around.  And I've got wire, so setting up some snares is ok.

Build a fire, watch the big fire, and set up some snares to get a rabbit.  Get ready to rabbit myself.

[Sandeep rolls 4+1+1wits+1lighter-1cuthead=6]
[Sandeep rolls 6+5+1wits+1wire-1soaked=12]
Sandeep gathers up the wood for a fire. It's hard to concentrate with the pain in his head, but he muddles on. Eventually, as he's leaning over the pile, watching the big fire in the distance, the clouds overhead burst open and it begins to rain heavily. There's no good cover in the area so his hopes of starting a fire are squashed. The water, though drenching, does clear his mind and clean the blood caked on his forehead. He turns his attention to the rabbit...

He sets the wire snares and waits, huddling as close to the rusting walls of the retail unit to stay away from the worst of the downpour. It's not long before he has a rabbit caught, it's leg caught in the trap.

Sandeep no longer has the condition: cut head.
Sandeep has the condition: soaked to the bone.

Sandeep gains +1 tally for critical failure.


Nexus

Try to remember where the hole is

[Sandra rolls 5+2+2wits=9]
Sandra tries to recall what it felt like. Like a hole... no... like a layer of reality was missing. Like if the colour red disappeared, or the wind stopped forever, and nobody realised. It feels uncanny and makes her momentarily uncomfortable in her millipede form. She tries to explain to Helen.

"That sounds like Distance. Most people up here can't take control of robots like we can, they identify too much with their new senses and they've forgotten their old. They can't walk and see anymore because they've forgotten how. There's a shock when we enter our Earth-forms, like parts of us feel cut off. We call that Distance. When someone becomes too Distant, they can't leave the web world anymore. It works both ways though... some agents have such poor Connexion to Nexus that they can only exist when they're in a robot body. I think a lot of the Hunters Guild get like that."

Sandra gains +1 distance.

Walt Labs

Sneak attack the dogs with a rush of hooks, left, right, and whatever the third direction is called, using Celerity.

Assist Vladislav by pinning the dog so it doesn't bite him after the sneak attack.

Smash the dog that's biting me in the chest with my club, then keep hitting until its dead.

Ben glances behind him and then takes a breath, he momentarily adjusts his toolbelt while taking inventory before looking over at the millipede bot, he gets a nervous look on his face when he sees it move again.

[Vladislav rolled 2+4+2weird+1boxer=9]
[El Tigre rolled 3+5+2body+1wrestling=11]
[Goldstine rolled 6+5+1body+1veteran+1club-1cutleg=13]
[Ben rolls 2+3+2wits+1mechanic=8]
Vladislav zips into the restaurant with speed, his feet barely touching the ground. Behind him though there's a great rev of an engine as Dulcamara drives off into the tree-lined ruins to the south, Tim-Tam flying above. The noise sets one of the dogs to turn around and it launches itself as Vladislav. El Tigre comes to the rescue, body slamming the pooch, pinning it down, while Vladislav makes chrome paste out of its jaw. Helen whips a tentacle into the building and yanks one of the half-metal/half-corpse legs off of it.

Goldstine lunges for the dog that's attacking him, smashing its cameras and breaking its teeth. After its stopped shuddering, when its clear the thing is broken beyond repair, Red Cap lunges his pike through its body just to be sure.

Two Terraterror drones get all of this one camera. The cyberbeasts have been defeated.

Red Cap, the masked, metal man with a bloodstained beard and a red baseball cap emblazoned with the word LEGEND, says, "I'll call this as a win for Team Legend." He walks over to where El Tigre and Vladislav stand before the body of cyberdog. "Let me congratulate you on those moves," he says. "You're no mild pussycat..."

While this is happening Ben looks at the metal millipede before him. He distinctly remembers building one of these models in his workshop when he got the job in Kyoto... but no... that can't be right, he's never lived in Kyoto... As he's working through conflicting visions of his past, the first spots of rainfall start falling on him.

Ben gains condition: confused.


Gated Community

"The thing that is wrong with my hand... Is that I was bit by a Robot Dog! You shouldn't go out scavenging alone. Or at all actually. But when you get older, its better to travel with at least one companion."

"As for the arm, there's a medical condition known as Hemihypertrophy. What it means is that a limb is longer than it typically should be. I'm not quite perfectly balanced which can be a bit awkward sometimes, but there's also some utility in having a longer reach."

[Isaac rolled 6+1-2empathy+1church=6]
Tas stops looking at Isaac's long arm and notices his golden finger for the first time. "AHHH!" she screams. "You're one of them already!"

With that she runs away, leaving Isaac alone in the middle of the square, receiving suspicious looks from the other children. The first spots of rain start dripping down as the clouds above darken over.

Isaac gains +1 tally for critical failure.


Stepping Stones -> Tarmac Towers

Oh fuck, not like this, it can't end like this.
Use my Palm Spine to grab something and drag myself out of the water.

[Irma rolled 5+2+2weird-1drowning=8]
Irma thrashes in the water, desperate for something... anything! She spots something looming over her and she slaps her palm against it and pulls herself up out of the water, gasping for breath. She pulls herself onto a log floating in the river. Spread out she's able to float on the surface as the water as she's dragged into a wide flood plain where two rivers meet, long burst over the old banks. The water laps over the roofs of some buildings here, and only a handful of tall buildings jut out the waterscape, one with a rusting sign saying TARM.

Another river feeds into this river from the south. Then the converged river flows to the east.

Irma gains +1 tally for exploration.
Irma is no longer drowning.


Cromer Station -> Dense Woods

Investigate the spikes on my left (burning) hand to see if there’s any interaction between the mutations that alters it’s capabilities, and let’s continue onwards.

He waits a moment as the new keratin begins to form under his skin.

"If you're anything like the Freak, you might learn to move that wound around," says Frost.

"Shoot burning spikes out of that thumb of yours," Lazarus suggests.

Alice looks at Darrin's hand uncomfortably. "I think that would hurt if it went wrong."

The four of them continue walking south until they enter a dense woodlands. In the woods they hear rustling, the calls and songs of many birds, and a strange hooting and howling. They walk in further until the way they came is completely lost among the trees and the light dims beneath the thick foliage.

"Did... did you see that?" says Alice. "Something... I think something is following us."

Amoretto gains +1 tally for exploration.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

[Glass]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Dr. Darrin 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, Scout

Stats:
Body (using your physicality): -1
Wits (using your mind): 1
Empathy (dealing with people): 1
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.
Keratin Spikes
You can launch sharpened keratin spikes out of the back of your hands.
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), 14mm spanner
Big dream: Fixing up the world and getting society started up again sounds like a good plan.
Wounds: None
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: 1

[Quietly] "I didn't, but I'll be watching."
Be on the lookout for suspicious activity as we continue onward. Be prepared to attack if something hostile arrives.

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name:Sandra
Robo-bug (Eyes of Gaia): Millipede with antennae, mandibles and the ability to roll into a ball
Body 1
Wits 2
Empathy 1
Connexion 1
Profession: Teacher
Big dream; To create peace among the factions in a way that protects nature
Someone on Earth I know: Tas, Acquaintance
Tallys:1
Distance:1

Regain control of the millipede and look around using the body’s eyes. Ask the human looking at me “Hi. What have you heard about the Eyes?”

[SHAD0Wdump]

Ben seems deep in thought before snapping to attention when spoken to.
"Yeah hi or whatev... OH Whadahell?! You talk?!
...
 (Mumbling) wait... oh course it talks I've installed the speakers... I... think?

He holds his head as if nursing a migrane as his mind bounces around conflicting thoughts before trying to settle on remembering what this 'thing' means by 'Eyes'.

[notquitethere]

Walt Labs

Regain control of the millipede and look around using the body’s eyes. Ask the human looking at me “Hi. What have you heard about the Eyes?”

Ben seems deep in thought before snapping to attention when spoken to.
"Yeah hi or whatev... OH Whadahell?! You talk?!
...
 (Mumbling) wait... oh course it talks I've installed the speakers... I... think?

He holds his head as if nursing a migrane as his mind bounces around conflicting thoughts before trying to settle on remembering what this 'thing' means by 'Eyes'.

[Ben rolled 6+5+1weird-1confused=11]
Ben snaps out of his fugue and realised the huge metal insect is speaking directly to him. He wracks his memories about what the robot could be whispering to him about. Obviously not real organic "eyes" but some kind of organisation maybe? "Ah! That's right. Two memories, simultaneously. Ben as a much older man, but at this exact time, a survivor of the end of world, eking out a living in the walled up ruins of his hometown, maintaining the raiding vehicles for the stronghold. The Eyes of Gaia were one of the many enemies, eco-obsessed uploxed who control robots from somewhere in the sky. These robots destroy all attempts at rebuilding civilisation... and the other memory: Ben, uploxed, half his mind rented out to afford server fees, the other half wishing for an escape, he joins a cell of Eyes of Gaia and controls a giant pillbug stomping around Europe. At first he does it because he heard the servers are stored somewhere there, and he half hopes to free himself from bondage somehow. But then later, he begins to see the beauty of nature recovering in the ruins that humans made of the Earth. Before he can sort through these conflicting visions, Ben snaps back. He doesn't know whether those were real, or just possibilities... but he knows he can access memories of versions of himself that never were.

Ben loses condition: confused.


Dense Forest

[Quietly] "I didn't, but I'll be watching."
Be on the lookout for suspicious activity as we continue onward. Be prepared to attack if something hostile arrives.

[Amoretto rolled 3+5+1wits+1scout=10]
At first he sees just a dense bushy patch, but it resolves itself before Amoretto's eyes into the clear shape of a jaguar, watching the party calmly, with interest. Unlike the cyberbeasts he saw back in the city, this is definitely a living, breathing animal.

[Glass]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Dr. Darrin 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, Scout

Stats:
Body (using your physicality): -1
Wits (using your mind): 1
Empathy (dealing with people): 1
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.
Keratin Spikes
You can launch sharpened keratin spikes out of the back of your hands.
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), 14mm spanner
Big dream: Fixing up the world and getting society started up again sounds like a good plan.
Wounds: None
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: 1

[Quietly] “Jaguar watching us. An actual jaguar, not some cyberbeast facsimile. Over there. It doesn’t look hostile yet, but be ready for if it attacks.”
Make eye contact with the jaguar, and try to stare for longer than it can stare at me to assert dominance and claim the position of power. Be prepared to shoot it with my spikes if it attacks.
Aside from that, progress onward.

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name:Sandra
Robo-bug (Eyes of Gaia): Millipede with antennae, mandibles and the ability to roll into a ball
Body 1
Wits 2
Empathy 1
Connexion 1
Profession: Teacher
Big dream; To create peace among the factions in a way that protects nature
Someone on Earth I know: Tas, Acquaintance
Tallys:1
Distance:1

”Are you alright?”

Use my long body to encircle the person, to protect him from possible threats

[Supernerd]

Issac was fairly certain that he was not a robot, on account of the biological functions that he had performed since the unfreezing. It would probably be difficult to converse with Tas in the immediate future, and he doubted that proving that he was a mutant as opposed to a robot would do much to calm her down.

Looking to the sky, Issac somewhat awkwardly remarks "So... Does anyone have any less... Robophobic... Things that they wanted to discuss?"

If the kids weren't keen on continuing the discussion, Issac would look for a place to be that wasn't out in the rain.

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/Status:
Reputations: Church of the New Millenium (+1)
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, Key to 24 Maid Marian Road, Stun Rod, Biscuits, Jan 4th 2027 Newspaper.
Experience Tallys: 14

[SHAD0Wdump]

Ben kinda freaks out over the sudden reaction of his new mecha-pede friend and teleports hopefully a short distance away.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Benjamin Sriracha
Appearance: Tall slender dude with no clear physical prowess, instead he seems to have spent his prior life focused on looking like a street punk. Dyed red hair that looks slightly faded from being frozen or just time, nose ring, lip piercing, and a couple of missing teeth are clear facial features. He wears jeans and a tank top with the old earth Sriracha logo on it, must have loved the stuff.
Profession: Car Mechanic

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

Mutations:
Interdimensional Memories
You can draw upon the memories and life experiences of versions of yourself that were never frozen.

Unstable Teleportation
You can teleport to places you can see or have been to before and can clearly visualise. But when it goes wrong, it could go very wrong. When you teleport you bring everything your holding or wearing, but it's difficult to bring anything large.
Signature Gear: Toolbelt. -Screwdriver
Big dream: Make the most wicked sick post-apocalyptic hotrod on this forsaken rock.
Conditions:
Relationship: Gregory Mayo, friendly competitor, loves sick looking bikes so loud you can hear them for miles.
Experience Tallys: 1

[Devastator]

"This is just the best day ever."

Look around for some shelter, might be something as simple as a shipping container or dumpster or something, or tie some leafy plant vines together and maybe some scrap plastic to make a simple lean-to.  Should be able to bite through enough vines to cobble together something.

If it really doesn't work out, head to the overgrown area to the.. northwest I think?  Might be some more branches and such which could work.

This rain does seem a little odd, too, can I figure anything artificial about it?

Lastly, see if I can use telepathy to check for nearby enemies or people.

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  3
Wits  1
Empathy  0
Weird  1
Mutation 2

Inventory:
Razor-tipped Cyberwolf tail.
Lighter.  (just sparks)
Scissors
Plastic Funnel
Rubber hammer
Screwdriver
Thin Wires
pack of water filters

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: Wet.
Relationship: Harjinder.  Spouse, had terminal disease before being frozen.
Experience Tallies: 12

[King Zultan]

Quietly say to the guy I've been traveling with. "Okay now seems a good time as any but who are The Eyes of Gaia, I've heard it mentioned several times but don't know what it is."
Put on my rain coat, then see about ripping the dead cyber dog's head off and try to make a hat out of it.

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: Hungry
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
 Whistle
 Raincoat
 8 sugar sachet
 Rebar club

Big dream: Find out what happened to the world.
Wounds: cut leg
Relationship: Benny the crazy homeless guy that lived behind an office building, Burt's only real friend.
Experience Tallys: 8

[Wozzy]

"A win for Team Legend? I assume that is your faction. If you are so impressed, perhaps you can put in a good word for me."
El Tigre looks at the doctor.
"It is nice to see you again amigo, I was wondering where you ran off to."
Do that faction rep damage control.

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.

Professions: Luchador, Telenovela Star
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 (small rip) (hides his true identity)
* Insecto Brilliante's metal wing (lost in the arena when used as a folding chair)
* Bent giant razor leg

Favored action: Wrestling!

Big dream: Gain confidence in the man behind the mask
Wounds: all good
Relationship: Caballero Fuerte (the man who defeated and humiliated him)- Rival
Experience Tallys: 4
Kudos: 2

[Elvish Miner]

Spoiler: Irma Rama (click to show/hide)

Name: Irma Rama
Appearance: Tall, olive skinned with gold undertones. Dark, piercing eyes accentuated by fierce eyebrows, and dark hair in a tight ponytail.
Profession: Crimelord

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

Mutation:Palm Spines
Your hands are very adhesive. You can climb anything a spider could climb.

Radio Sense
If you concentrate you can hear radio transmission, and even send radio signals of your own.

Signature Gear: Broken heart Also an engagement ring.
-Note addressed to Sandeep
-Gun [loaded]
Big dream: Assemble the biggest crime syndicate this century has ever seen.
Conditions: None
Relationship: Easton Reade, her former fiance, and the one who betrayed her. She hasn't decided if she still loves him, or hates him, but doesn't care to find out until she puts a bullet in his stone-cold heart.
Experience Tallys: 3

Follow the riverbank NE to get to Postwick.

[Supernerd]

(So... When can we expect the next update)