(The Dark) Pandora's Box

[Robert Cross]

Even as the Blood continues to do it's work, Cross is pushing away from the wall and moving back through the door into the warehouse. Comfortable in the knowledge that the shadows hide his actions--at least for the moment.

The shotgun is held before him, trained on the Ugly Gunner. It's going to be a gamble, firing without cover, but Alice is in here, exposed. And he has to get to her. He lines up the shotgun, focusing on his target, his whole world contracting around that figure.

When he fires, the Burned Man pops back into existence with a roar to match that of his gun. A battle cry, an inarticulate refusal of defeat.

  Surprise Ugly! 3 suxx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-24 12:17:48		Robert Cross rolls 12 to Surprise Ugly! Dex2 + Firearms3 + Shotgun4 (10 Again, WillPower)		6, 1, 3, 9, 8, 3, 1, 10, 2, 5, 6, 7, 6		3 successes

[Yumyumcrow]

Alice is relentless. The Monstrous Nosferatu is dogged - but even he has to admit he can't take much more from the frenzied creature before him. Desperately he tries to wrap his limbs around the Haunt Priscus in a terrible embrace!

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-25 04:14:44		Monster to grapple rolls 7 to Strength + Brawl + Vigor - wound penalties - Alice (10 Again, WillPower)		1, 9, 8, 5, 3, 5, 3		2 successes

Ale lunges at the Wild Man, her claws raking. His flesh parts like paper; blood spews from his wounds and he screams. He winds up on the floor, mangled and ruined - for the moment alive. His life blood is pumping out onto the floor and he'll probably never have the use of one arm again. He's too busy screaming to move right now.

Ugly Gunner is lining Ale up as the Gangrel hurls herself upon the Wild Man. He doesn't fire though; not this time. The shot from Cross's gun rocks him. He staggers, barely standing, taking all his time and focus in order to line up one last shot.

Claw Chick is dragging herself out from under Longstreet.

INITIATIVE

Chain Saw - Cross (6L) 15 - Claw Chick (Prone, Res, Vig) (8L) 14 - Monster (Res, Vig) (9L) 14 - Ugly Gunner (6L) 13 - Wild Man (4A) (prone) 12 - Alice (1L 3B) 11 - Ale (Res) (3L 3B) 9 - Longstreet (2A 5L) 8 - Beauty Boy - Suit

Claw Chick is Prone having crawled out from under Longstreet. She Heals.

Ugly Gunner is Aiming.

Monster has Grappled Alice (3 sux to break)
Saber Sloth Alice Hart is UP!

[Alice Hart]

Alice the girl had been grappled. Alice the monster has no mind to think to brake free.

Her prey is here! Her frenzied movements limited but her knife is sharp! A snarl leaves her lips as her little fang tries to slice, and stab at whatever limb is within reach!

  1 success minus Monster's Strength

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-25 10:48:26		Alice Hart rolls 9 to Slice! (Strength 2 + Wepornry 2 + 1frenzy +1knife + WP) (10 Again, WillPower)		3, 5, 3, 7, 6, 8, 5, 6, 7		1 success

Orianna , Alessandra ' s Up!

[Alessandra]

It was the scream…the scream that made her own Beast squeal in delight.

As he goes to the floor, the Savage was close behind, claws still seeking flesh and vital organs. Claws seeking to snuff the flame and quiet the screams, wanting this Brood to never scream…or breathe again.

  5 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-25 14:05:19		Ale rolls 8 to Claws!(Strg+Brwl) (10 Again)		10, 4, 1, 3, 4, 9, 9, 10, 10, 3, 1		5 successes

[Robert Cross]

Screams, grunts, the sounds of continued battle emanate from the further reaches of the warehouse. But Cross isn't done with the Ugly Gunner yet. His last shot connected, but the bastard won't go down.

Still, his foe's attention is elsewhere, so Cross lets him have another round. Hoping this will be his last, hoping he can move on to assist Alice and Alessandra in their struggles.

  Boom Boom, 4 suxx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-25 14:31:50		Robert Cross rolls 9 to Dex2 + Firearms3 + Shotgun4 (9 Again)		8, 2, 5, 2, 6, 8, 10, 7, 10, 7, 6		4 successes

Just to make sure: I count 5 Lethal on Cross right now, see this post and this one for vitae expenditures. If Ugly Gunner goes down after this round, Cross will start circling around the pillars, trying to get a clear shot on one of the remaining Brood members.

[Yumyumcrow]

With a final blast, Cross sends Ugly Gunner's broken body into the corner. Blood, flesh and shrapnel pepper the walls.

Ale ends Wild Man. It is devastating: a third of the wild haired fellow skids down to the basement stairwell; a third lands in a heap upon Longstreet; and the last third of the erstwhile knifeman ends up covering the Reeve - on her clothes; in her hair; between her fingers...

Unlike the Suit, Wild Man's remains do not shrink into ash. They remain, sticky and sweet and slick on the floor. Watch your step.

Alice carves into the Monster with wild abandon. This time, however, the Haunt manages to direct the flow of her anger. Her knife shreds nothing more than clothing. The Priscus is still held in his hideous embrace and now he squeezes...

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-26 05:34:11		Monster to grapple - inflict damage rolls 7 to Strength + Brawl + Vigor - wound penalties - Alice (10 Again, WillPower)		3, 6, 2, 5, 9, 9, 7		2 successes

Desperation fuels Claw Chick. Behind her, her ally the Ugly Gunner goes down in a hail of slugs. She lurches back onto her feet.

INITIATIVE

Chain Saw - Cross (5L) 15 - Claw Chick (Res, Vig) (7L) 14 - Monster (Res, Vig) (9L) 14 - Ugly Gunner - Wild Man - Alice (1L 5B) 11 - Ale (Res) (3L 3B) 9 - Longstreet (2A 5L) - Beauty Boy - Suit

Claw Chick heals.

[Alice Hart]

A yowl spills from the Doll's throat, then a hissing snarl as her little fang tries to rend and rip and tear!

  3 successes minus Monster's Strength!

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-26 11:54:56		Alice Hart rolls 9 to Rend! Rip! Tear! (Strength 2 + Wepornry 2 + 1frenzy +1knife + WP) (10 Again, WillPower)		3, 7, 7, 8, 8, 6, 9, 1, 3		3 successes

I think it's Alice turn, if not sorry for jumping ahead!

[Yumyumcrow]

Thats OK. I'll weave things together. Grapples are supposed to be messy.

The Monstrous Nosferatu changes tack. Rather than crush he twists and chows down on Alice's neck and shoulder. Its a desperate gamble from a desperate Lick. He latches onto the Acolyte but at the expense of weakening his guard. Alice manages one last, rending, rending strike and buries her knife deep in the Monster's guts.

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-26 17:12:19		Monster to Bite! rolls 7 to Strength + Brawl + Vigor - wound penalties - Alice (10 Again, WillPower)		6, 5, 10, 3, 1, 7, 2, 3		1 success

This time, Alice's gory knife work is enough. The Monster succumbs to Torpor.

The two haunts fall to the floor together.

Claw Chick makes a noise somewhere between a strangled cry and an inhuman shriek filled with blood lust. She flings herself on the Reeve with a wild abandon that mirrors Alessandra's own. Unlike the Reeve her blows do not count: the footing is slick, throwing Claw Chick wildly off target. Ale's clothes are shredded. She looses hair. She may even loose some skin.

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-26 17:29:50		Claw Chick to... Attack! rolls 9 to Strength + Brawl + Claws + Charge - Ale Def (10 Again)		4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 7		failure

But she blocks the strikes raining down on her.

INITIATIVE

Chain Saw - Cross (5L) 15 - Claw Chick (Res, Vig) (7L) 14 - Monster - Ugly Gunner - Wild Man - Alice (Prone) (2L 5B) 11 - Ale (Res) (3L 3B) 9 - Longstreet (2A 5L) - Beauty Boy - Suit

Monster is in Torpor. He falls on top of Alice, rendering her Prone.

Alessandra Orianna is UP

[Alessandra]

Whatever triumph she felt as she tears apart the Brood beneath her, it was cut short by the woman flinging herself on her.

The womans wild attack was taken, blocked, and just served to anger the already pissed off Savage. Flesh and hair can be regrown, but snuffing the light of the Brood would be permanent and oh so satisfying.

Claws reach out again, seeking the soft flesh of the chick. She knows her attacks are losing strength, but hopes to make contact.

  2 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-26 18:03:43		Ale rolls 11 to Claws!(Strg+Brwl) (10 Again, WillPower)		5, 3, 5, 1, 9, 7, 9, 3, 1, 4, 4		2 successes

[Yumyumcrow]

Ale launches a furious assault of her own on Claw Chick.

The Brood is still standing - somehow! Her lips are curled into a parody of smile; her eyes glitter with something akin to madness.

@Robert Cross unlimited sink is UP. He has alerted that he'll be out this weekend, so if everyone is OK I'll skip over him this time.

Throwing caution to the wind Claw Chick all but leaps on the Reeve. An unnatural laugh, oozing something beyond the bounds of sanity, begins to bubble from her lips!

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-05-26 18:26:10		Claw Chick to... Attack! rolls 9 to Strength + Brawl + Claws + Charge - Ale Def (10 Again)		10, 1, 7, 7, 5, 2, 8, 2, 9, 2		3 successes

This time Claw Chick's blows connect. The Reeve's Resilience may have hardened her body but it is not enough against the near frenzied assault. By some fluke she remains standing.

INITIATIVE

Chain Saw - Cross (5L) 15 - Claw Chick (Res, Vig) (9L) 14 - Monster - Ugly Gunner - [s]Wild Man[s/] - Alice (Prone) (2L 5B) 11 - Ale (Res) (2A 4L 2B) 9 - Longstreet (2A 5L) - Beauty Boy - Suit

Claw Chick's Resilience downgrades Ale's attack to Lethal this turn.

Alessandra's Resilience downgrades 1 point of Aggravated Damage to Lethal this turn.

Alice Hart Saber Sloth is UP. Then Alessandra Orianna . unlimited sink can jump in whenever. He will have closed on the pillar around which Claw Chick and Alessandra and battling it out, as per instructions.