(Skeleton Keys) Drones and Dragons

[West]

An arrow hisses through the air, crossing the distance between Jaqui and Peter Baldwin in the blink of an eye. It hits the Haunt Priscus like a hammer, embedding itself in his undead flesh.

With no obvious targets, the remaining drones begin to converge on the wood barrier. Ironic, that they have to attack their own fortification.

From the bunker, there's a flash.

Then a second, larger flash. Darkness returns for a moment before the ground trembles and a gout of flames bursts from the bunker mouth in a white hot explosion. Even at distance, the heat washes over the Kindred like the warm sun and the night sky is turned to near daylight brightness.

And in an instant, it's gone.

The stench of scorched vegetation mingles with smoke, rapidly fading in the rain.

Peter Baldwin takes 3 Lethal.

Anyone with Heightened Senses active must roll Resolve or be paralyzed for the next turn (VtR p.119).

Anyone with Heightened Senses active is Blinded for Three Turns. Everyone else is Blinded for One Turn.
Peter Baldwin Cross is up.

[Tracy Burns]

Fuck!

The blinding flash caught Tracy by surprise. Her heightened senses worked actively against her in this case, as a dozen or so eyes were blinded by the flash. However, the hawks managed to recover from the surprise to some extent, as they continued on their flight path. Whether she would end up reaching her mark or not, was likely a matter of luck at this point. After all, she was literally flying blind.

  not stunned!

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2015-01-13 08:40:45		Tracy Burns rolls 5 to Resolve to resist stun (10 Again, WillPower)		6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 10, 4		3 successes

-1 WP, the Tracy Swarm continues moving forward in the same direction!

[Hildegarde Bingen]

A flash. A burning roar in the night.

Hildegarde yelps. Groping, he ducks behind the reassuring weight of wood until her vision clears. The roaring explosion reverberates around her and in the murky, wet, darkness, memories crawl unbidden from the deep layers of her chained mind.

Memories the Lord has never really confronted. Memories the Count deemed distractions unbecoming of a Lord. Memories of snow, and mud, and horror, and heartache. Memories of an Eastern Front....

Hildegarde uses her action to duck behind full cover again

[West]

Peter Baldwin doesn't even hear it coming.

He feels it, though, slam into him like a sledgehammer. It's the last thing he feels before the Priscus of Haunts is thrown backwards by the force and lands in the mud, Torpid.

Those behind the wall can hear soft rustles and confused sounds from the drones.

Initiative

David Regan - Hildegarde - Tracy (17) - Jacqui - Drone 1 - Drone 2 - Drone 3 - Drone 4 - Drone 5 - Drone 8

  6 Lethal

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2015-01-14 22:09:42		Jacqui Cotouri rolls 15 to The Dirty Archer! (10 Again, WillPower)		9, , 7, 2, 6, 7, 5, 5, 10, 6, 8, 9, 10, 8, 2, 7, 7, 7		6 successes

[Tracy Burns]

Unaware of what was going on around her, the flock of birds that was Tracy Burns continued to fly around in the night. Dog's last words to her had been to keep David and Hildegarde safe, and the petite Gangrel planned to do whatever she could to ensure they made it out this hellish place in one piece. She was confident that the Shadow could keep himself hidden long enough to make a safe escape, but what about the Ventrue?

Shit. I can't just leave her down there all alone.

While the Seer was behind cover, Tracy didn't know whether that would be enough to keep her safe. What if the drones began to attack Hildegarde while she was flying around, trying to get her bearings? She certainly couldn't let that happen, not when she had been asked to keep the Ventrue safe. While she was still flying blind, the Gangrel did her best to remember the direction she had come from, attempting to steer her flight pattern back towards the Seer. However, in the midst of all the chaos, Tracy could not recall the exact location; so she just flew around in circles in the spot she found herself in, hoping that the blindness would fade away in time for her to fulfill her duties.

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2015-01-15 08:35:20		Tracy Burns rolls 5 to Intelligence+Composure to remember things yo! (1s Subtract)		4, 1, 5, 6, 6		failure

[West]

Keep going! David and Tracy are on Turn 2 of 3 for being blind, Hildegarde regains her sight this turn!

Initiative

David Regan - Hildegarde - Tracy (17) - Jacqui - Drone 1 - Drone 2 - Drone 3 - Drone 4 - Drone 5 - Drone 8