(Skeleton Keys) Drones and Dragons

[West]

Continued from Quest for the Kogaion and Few Return

The Sable Scribe peeks out from behind her defense. She need not have worried. It's not hard to spot Cotouri. Her erect figure is framed by the night sky as she draws and looses her bow towards the bunker.

With a loud cracking sound akin to a tree falling, the barrier is broken through. As Tracy rushes past David Regan and his Knife of Wall Rending +5, Peter Baldwin notices a sharp pain. More than one. The same heroic effort used to bodily attack --and mostly break through-- the barrier has left several sizable branches impaled in him*. Splinters stick to his vest; if not for that, it's possible he could have staked himself.

The barrier is breached; freedom, and clean air, await.

Tracy bounds up the stairs. With her Heightened Senses and a canny knack for spotting things that is probably the least unexpected thing the innocent little ginger is capable of, she sees Hildegarde's head peeking out from behind what remains of the wooden barrier.

Something hums through the air past the emerging trio.

David, Peter, and Tracy will need to roll Initiative and the results will be merged in with those previously rolled by Hildegarde Jacqui !

*

The destruction of an object by bare hands confers 1 Bashing (WoD p.135). As the 'object' was not a flat surface such as a door, mailbox, etc, but a wall of jagged limbs and sticks, Baldwin essentially grappled a massive porcupine.

Peter Baldwin takes 2 Lethal Damage .

[Tracy Burns]

Spotting the Seer, the redheaded Savage readied herself to head in that direction. The humming sound nearby caught her attention, as her eyes narrowed slightly in annoyance. Regardless, her mission was to make sure that Hildegarde and David were safe, so she focused on what she needed to do in order to accomplish said mission.

  Initiative 12

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2015-01-08 08:42:32		Tracy Burns rolls 1 die for initiative		4

FS: Hooligan 1 will bump my Initiative to 17 if appropriate (i.e. if I can actually reach the target and swing a punch). Otherwise, can it apply on the following round?

[West]

Initiative
Peter - David - Hildegarde - Drone 6 - Drone 7 - Tracy (17) - Jacqui - Drone 1 - Drone 2 - Drone 3 - Drone 4 - Drone 5 - Drone 8

Peter Baldwin rushes up the stair into the night. Around him, figures move in the darkness. It'll take a moment to figure out who's who (PER at -3) -- the only people he can be sure of are those that are with him.

Tracy Burns spots Hildegarde behind what remains of the wooden wall, and takes off toward her. (One Turn to reach Hildegarde)

David Regan is right behind him, the Shadow surprisingly quick for the nebbish scholar that he gives the appearance of. For a moment, he pauses, then darts after Tracy. (One Turn to reach Hildegarde)

Hildegarde sees a group seemingly emerge from the ground as they ascend the stairs; fortunately, the bare predators of two of them immediately identify them to her as Kindred -- most likely her companions.

Whatever whistled past the exiting Kindred seems to have had no effect.

In the darkness, figures stumble about; some converging on the woodpile to follow Tracy and David, others milling about.

Perhaps the Queen hasn't had time to task all of her Drones.

Peter Baldwin Cross is up!

[Hildegarde Bingen]

Hildegarde. Behind the wall of wood. With the improvised club. Doesn't know what to do...

At first there was the manic idea that perhaps, just maybe, if she ran fast enough she could somehow distract or stake the mysterious and terrifying archer. If she did that, maybe whatever control was exerted over the slaves might lessen. Which would have given her companions in the bunker, time.

Now - peeking out around the log wall, she can only make out insubstantial movement in the murk. All around her. Could she even reach her target?

And then they burst free from the bunker... some of them at least. She can see Tracy for sure. Running towards her.

Not certain what is going on, the Lord... waits.

Hildegarde holds her postion but her action is wasted as she prevaricates as to whether she should charge or hide.
West some drones are UP!

[West]

The two most alert worker bees, those nearest the entrance when the group exited, are the two wrestling with the barrel. Silently struggling except for sucking and sliding sounds of mud underfoot, they manage to upend the barrel down the stairs. A muffled cracking sound is heard as remnants of the wooden barrier is crushed.

Then, they run.

Away.

Initiative
Peter - David - Hildegarde - Tracy Burns Jag (17) - Jacqui - Drone 1 - Drone 2 - Drone 3 - Drone 4 - Drone 5 - Drone 8

[Tracy Burns]

Having reached Hildegarde, Tracy's next move was to gauge the distance between them and their target. With the help of her heightened vision, the petite Gangrel was able to spot Jacqui standing about 75 meters away from her position. Well, that certainly complicates things, she thought to herself. It would rather difficult to reach their enemy on foot, especially with the muddy conditions all around them. Thus, the redheaded Savage opted for a different option. In a matter of seconds, Tracy is no more, as her petite figure is replaced by the sound of flapping wings as a kettle of hawks takes flight and move in unison towards the archer.

  2 suxx to gauge distance

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2015-01-11 11:38:15		Tracy Burns rolls 5 to Int+Composure to gauge distance to Jacqui (1s Subtract)		7, 10, 2, 9, 6		2 successes

-1 Vitae for Shape of the Beast, and begins to move towards Jacqui

Swarm Form - Armor 10 and only takes bashing vs non-AoE attacks. Hawk form speed is 20, +5 per dot of Vigor for a total of 30 in this case