Chris attempts to twist Tom's arms but the man is just strong and skiled enough not to let him apply the appropriate pressure. They continue struggling, tense muscles and muffled grunts.
Meanwhile Laura is looking for a target. The girl's arms are trembling with something that is more fear than excitement. After a brief moment of hesitation, she points her double-barrelled pump-action shotgun at Katya as both Chris and Rina are too near her bosses and Matthew doesn't have a weapon.
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Action |
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Roll |
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Result |
2015-04-24 00:12:57 |
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Laura rolls 9 to shoot Katya (Dex + Firearms + Spec + Shotgun) (10 Again) |
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4, 8, 1, 5, 3, 6, 1, 3, 7 |
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1 success |
The Vampire is lucky: the bullet that could have torn a hole all through her, only grazes her side. The pain barely registers with her because of the sheer sound of a gun fired in an enclosed space. It leaves everybody's ears ringing and the Mekhet can see that not using Auspex was the best idea they've had in a while.
Thankfully, Chris' order came before the shot and Matthew seems to agree with his threat assessment. The butler focuses his eyes, on Laura and whispers something faintly before his eyes go in the back of his head and the body drops to the floor, convulsing wildly. Laura goes rigid, almost shooting the other gauge into air before a her expression completely changes from fear and excitement to pure rage that had been on the butler's face a second ago.
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Action |
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Roll |
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Result |
2015-04-24 00:24:08 |
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Laura rolls 4 to resist possession (10 Again) |
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6, 5, 2, 7 |
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failure |
2015-04-24 00:23:48 |
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Matthew rolls 7 to possess Laura (10 Again) |
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5, 6, 1, 9, 2, 3, 8 |
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2 successes |
Next turn. Init Order: Shadow 14 (17 this turn with Celerity), Aurora 16, Katya 15 (is UP), Tom 14, Rina 13, Laura (Matthew) 12, Chris 9, Other Butler 8 - prone.
The eyes of the other swordsman stay focused on Chris all the time. The man adjusts his stance slightly when Tom gets in the way and moves forward with a vicious lunge. Thankfully for Chris, the strike is affected by a lifetime of habit and strikes at his vital organs that aren't performing much function now instead of simply cutting as much tissue as possible.
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Roll |
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Result |
2015-04-24 00:32:29 |
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The Shadow rolls 12 to skewer Chris (Str + Wea + Spec + Rapier) (10 Again, WillPower) |
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5, 4, 8, 5, 8, 8, 5, 4, 6, 1, 3, 3 |
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3 successes |
Meanwhile, Aurora points her knife at the man whose body Matthew has just left and screams:
"KILL THEM".
There more weight in her words than just a simple command and, as she utters it, something breaks. Her beautiful form seems to waver for a moment before changing completely. The woman's eyes turn a completely unearthly shade of green and glowing slightly, her skin is deathly pale with with blue veins visible under it and the formerly-blond hair is completely white and moving eerily wihtout wind. Whatever Aurora Hitwick is, she is not human.
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Action |
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Roll |
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Result |
2015-04-24 01:16:26 |
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Other butler rolls 5 to resist compulsion (10 Again) |
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1, 3, 7, 10, 8, 5 |
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2 successes |
2015-04-24 01:15:20 |
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Aurora rolls 9 to Compulsion (Pre + Resolve) (10 Again) |
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4, 9, 4, 4, 1, 1, 10, 10, 3, 6, 6 |
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3 successes |