Apologies for the delay. Had a wedding at the weekend and then set aside time to do this on Sunday but the site was down. Here's part 1 of a 2-part update (got disturbed midway through writing, so will pick the rest up later today):
Dense Woods[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.
[Darrin rolled 5+3+1empathy=9]
[Darrin rolled 5+2+1wits+1scout+1allies=10]
Darrin stares at the jaguar. It glares back at him still. They stand there frozen. The scientist's eyes begin to water. At last he blinks... and the jaguar is gone. None of the others see where it went.
"They're not normally maneaters, right?" says Alice.
The group move on through the woods, trying to find a path. Darrin takes lead and together they break through into the open. At some point, underfoot, they pass the fallen rusted remains of the old zoo fence.Amazona ZooThe party find themselves in front of a rusting children's play area. The zoo stretches out beyond. While the outbuildings are covered in overgrowth, the paths themselves have been kept clear. A faded map on the board next to where they come out tell them that they are in 'Rainforest Springs'.
"It's not clear," says Frost. "Where's the keeper's hut on this map? Which way should we go here?"Darrin gains +1 tally for exploration.
Walt Labs”Are you alright?”
Use my long body to encircle the person, to protect him from possible threats
Ben kinda freaks out over the sudden reaction of his new mecha-pede friend and teleports hopefully a short distance away.
"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.
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.
[Burt rolled 5+6+1body=12]
[Ben rolled 6+2+1weird=9]
[El Tigre rolled 4+1+1empathy+1deaddog-2hunter=5]
As the huge millipede robot curls around the mechanic, he suddenly flickers a short distance away. Specifically, twenty feet up from where he was previously. Sandra senses his new position as the man materialises into being once again.
Inside the ruined restaurant, Red Cap approaches El Tigre as the wrestler tries to make friends. Suddenly, he whips out his pike and plunges it into El Tigre's side!
"This is for RIPAlbion39!" he shouts.
Meanwhile, the doctor has been ripping off the cyberdogs head, electricity pulsing from his own hands, frying the old circuits that once animated it. A regular zapping might even keep the flesh from rotting. Bits of charred wiring and dried gore fall out the bottom of the head. Burt puts the head on his own head and it fits snugly. As he does so, he asks Red Cap a question, but Red Cap is currently occupied in murdering the luchador.El Tigre gains +1 tally for critical failure.
El Tigre gains condition: stabbed by a pike.
Burt Goldstine gains a cyberdog head hat.
Gated CommunityLooking 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.
[Isaac rolled 6+2-2empathy+1church=7]
One of the children takes pity on Isaac and invites him over for a meal, out of the rain. They head into an ugly square house, into the dining room. The walls are covered with plaques that say things like LIVE LAUGH LOVE, and IN THIS HOUSE WE (followed by lists of family friendly things). Isaac takes a seat. The child, a brown-haired boy called Ezekiel, introduces Isaac to his mother. His mother is a heavily pregnant woman, perhaps in her mid-thirties. She looks tired as she glances up from here needlepoint at Isaac.
"You're the new arrival aren't you?" she says. "I see you've been helping my husband Jethro out with some things. How's that all going?"
Second part of the update will cover Irma and Sandeep!
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Topic: Warped! - a Mutant Hexcrawl RPG - Part One Ends (Read 64324 times)