3 to resist!
Xander , Leo is up?
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Dexterity
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Realizing there was no way this would look good, Leo decided to do the wrong thing. The Epopt needed that camera, the camera this stranger was trying to loot off the body. If Ariadne was interested in it, Leo assumed it had to be related to the Concilium. Maybe someone saw something they shouldn't have, some poor schmuck with a camera in the wrong place that was going to get a visit from the Epopt before the mime coincidentally got to him first. Or the camera was planted there by the mime? Leo was clueless, but he trusted Ariadne more then the stranger so he figured he had a minor inkling of what to do.
One arm still restraining Coco, Leo used his other to try and tear the woman's purse off and to the ground. He knew it looked bad, but being an EMT he hoped he would know the people on the Ambulance and have a chance to at least explain himself. Plus he was restraining Coco till the cops got there one way or the other.
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Subtracting Coco's STR from the Grapple Maneuver Disarm yields a success -- Leo slips Coco's gym bag strap free of her shoulder.
As Leo adds mugging to the ongoing assault, the gym bag tumbles to the ground.
The ambulance pulls up, screeching to a stop in backwash of exhaust and the stinging odor of burned rubber and brake pad dust.
Rear doors pop open, revealing a pair of white-shirted EMTs. Behind them is an elfin Asian woman with quick, hard eyes that takes in the scene.
She's wearing a bulletproof vest.
It's the new thing for EMTs, right?
Coco is UP!
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DexterityGoddamit! This shouldn't have happened! She shouldn't have been caught!
Coco's terror was lessening, frustration and despair overwhelming her instead. She'd remembered through her panic that she'd harvested glamour from the man holding her, so he wasn't a privateer or a loyalist himself, but the elfin woman with the body armor certainly looked like one with a hardened mask, and there went her last hope! She had planned to use the EMTs as a means of escape, but they were merely tools of the gentry too! And then, as if the Fates hadn't spit on her enough, she felt the bag slip from her shoulder, bringing her objective and only line of defense out of reach.
"Fuck You! You stupid PUPPETS!" she shrieked defiantly, struggling to the last. "You're all slaves!"
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The bag touching the ground gets Ariadne's attention for only a moment. If things go south there's only two options. Herself or Leo. Having no idea if Leo is prepared for this sort of thing it's a simple but painful choice. Be the Face, what she was trained to do. Hopefully Leo can run away with the camera fast enough.
"Camera, 9pm, Nox." Ariadne calls out to Leo as she turns to fully face the ambulance as it rolls up. An angry retort at the insane women dies on the Epopt's tongue as the backdoor of the ambulance opens revealing a women in kevlar.
"o fuck me"
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There was a genuinely conflicted look on Leo's face as Ariadne rather obviously told Leo to bolt with the camera. He was stuck between his desire for justice in bringing Coco to the cops, and the possibility of a potential Veil breech if the cops got that camera. Of coarse there was the very real possibility the photos on said camera were sentimental or even just mundane, on which case Ariadne was in so much trouble for the shit Leo was about to get himself into.
Leo let go of the obviously psychotic woman, instead grabbing her bag. He didn't bother fishing for the camera, because he hoped it meant enough to Coco to follow him. "Let's go." He said before leaving the woman's hearing range. "If you want it back."
Leo is grabbing the Purse and running away, hoping Coco follows.
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The ambulance vomits EMTs in melange of crisp whites, shiny rods that unfold into a gurney, and sundry medical bags. Even as quick and practiced as they are, it takes a few moments, and the woman follows.
Hate to drag it out, but given we're still in Combat Turns, I can't justify bullet-proof being able to get out *after* the EMTs and still take an action... in 3 seconds.
@Coco is UP
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DexterityCoco couldn't even form words, a shocked noise vomiting from her mouth when the loyalist pawn suddenly let her go, started running away, and asked her to follow him. That wasn't the last thing she expected, but what the fuck? Mind rollicking in confusion she followed after the man, getting the hell away from the loyalist(?) and reaching out with her wyrd to try and read just what the man might be desiring to accomplish.
Using fleeting spring 1, Cupid's Eye, to discern Leo's current desire. Activation roll is contested vs. Leo's Comp and Gnos. 1 glamour spent.
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A glance tells Ariadne which way Leo has started to run towards. Taking a slow breath Ariadne starts to walk in the opposite direction, eyes on the women in kevlar though. Ariadne isn't sure but she's never heard of a person in kevlar inside of an ambulance in addition to EMTs.
Coincident isn't something Ariadne's believing in today. Today has been a shit show, there is no coincidence, only a game she hasn't seen the board for yet.
Ariadne moves her full speed away from Leo and bullet-proof.
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Leo ran from the body, glad to know Coco wasn't gonna bounce in another direction. He keeps pace with the crazy thief as they bolt down the streets. Far, far away from the murder scene. A part of him wanted to help Ariadne, but he knew from personal experience he sucked at talking his way out of trouble, so he bolted.
The camera better have some Veil tearing shit on it.
Leo's desire
Leo and Coco continue here.
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