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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #500 on: June 09, 2009, 09:37:33 AM »
Max also provides cover for Eisen

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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #501 on: June 09, 2009, 12:20:37 PM »
[spoiler][I was going to apply concealment rules, which would have given you a %50 chance of striking your target due to full concealment, even with the Nat20... but I didn't feel like being a dick over this one.][/spoiler]

Richard takes this moment to rescale shack #11, he's looking around at the village to see if he can see anything new.

Eisen in the meantime, approaches the front hanging curtain, pulls it aside with the muzzle of his rifle at the ready. Looking inside he sees.

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This shack is similar to the others in that it is a single room home. What had once accounted as furniture is now largely splinters.

Eisen, there is a dead cow in this room. It lays in a heap on the dirt floor of the shack. Your shot must've struck it in the head, and thanks that it was a high-powered rifle... the cows brains have showered the insides of the shack like so much confetti at a ticker-tape parade. The dead cow lays silent.

The poor things must've wandered in and gotten trapped.
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[listen checks please. Everyone.]


EDIT about cow.
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #502 on: June 09, 2009, 12:34:33 PM »
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Listen (take 10): 11
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #503 on: June 09, 2009, 01:34:09 PM »
wondering just what the hell happened Russo looks outside

[spoiler] spot/listen check: 20,9 [/spoiler]
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #504 on: June 09, 2009, 01:49:42 PM »
Even though there doesn't seem to be a threat to the party at the moment, John nevertheless stays focused.

[spoiler]Listen: 21
Spot: 25[/spoiler]
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #505 on: June 09, 2009, 02:40:28 PM »

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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #506 on: June 09, 2009, 04:43:42 PM »
"Guys, I think I heard some sounds, and maybe some glass shattering..." John says to Richard, Max and Eisen.

"The shattering sounded like it was near the well, and the rest of the sounds were probably a bit further to the back of the village." he continues while indicating towards the general area of huts #16 and # 27, near the edge of the jungle.

He then turns around to silently make his way towards the area from where he heard the sounds.

[spoiler]Move along the north wall of hut #15 and stop/hide/take cover at the northwest corner to take a look.
Hide: 21
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Listen: 20
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #507 on: June 09, 2009, 05:12:15 PM »
watching the birds take flight Russo glances around the tree line seeing nothing he returns his attention to those inside the shack, he takes a few nervous drags on his cigarette and coughs quietly a couple of times, the hastily inhaled smoke seeming to scour his raw lungs. feeling useless he moves over to the still jittery mules and takes the tarpaulin covered weapon down from the mule along with a box of large .30 ammunition.
uncovering the huge machine gun he wipes it down a little with the tarp and then begins loading the weapon's internal magazine, though based on an early model Browning M1917 the weapon had been modified extensively by Russo's good friend in Italy, a weapons merchant from spain who called himself Espada, then man was a genius when it came to anything metal and unhealthy to humans. the gun was much larger than its original design with an air-cooled barrel and breech and who knows what else under the casing so it now looked almost unrecognizable as a browning machine-gun at all, it has also been modified to fire from an aircraft (Russo's Vadette specifically) which made it a little difficult to fire manually.

Russo finished loading the weapon and made it ready for firing, this place gave him the creeps and he was damned sure he wasn't going to be caught unprepared this time, he propped it against a wall and began searching through his pack for the thing's tripod

[spoiler] crap! I forgot the thing's tripod stand in Russo's inventory! oh mister GM how much we love you here at camp Russo I don't suppose you might look the other way while I slip a tripod into a mule's baggage would you :flutter pretty please? [/spoiler]
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #508 on: June 09, 2009, 05:29:11 PM »
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oh mister GM how much we love you here at camp Russo I don't suppose you might look the other way while I slip a tripod into a mule's baggage would you :flutter pretty please?

I had been wondering all this time how the hell you were planning on firing it!  :lol
*sigh* I guess I can allow it. Rationally speaking, it would make sense that it would be treated as part of the weapon's kit--[/spoiler]
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #509 on: June 09, 2009, 05:32:53 PM »
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I had been wondering all this time how the hell you were planning on firing it!  :lol
Mounted on the back of the mule ofcourse :D


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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #510 on: June 09, 2009, 09:10:40 PM »

Max waits for John to get to hut 15 in order to cover the area and then he follows him
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #511 on: June 09, 2009, 09:22:39 PM »
John peers around the corner of the mudbrick structure, and looks out into what could be considered a village square of sorts. In its center was a wide well, with a low stone wall, perhaps 4' high. A wooden rig was constructed over the well, and a coiled rope was tied off on one end to the rig above the well, the other end to a wooden bucket sitting next to the well.

The buildings (8, 16, 17, & 18) looked more or less like their counterparts. Low-peeked thatch-roofs. Hand-woven fabrics hung in the doorways and windows showing a variety of color and geometric design.

The dogs happily approach, having been lured away from Russo by curiosity. The second dog went into a crouch near Sgt. Kestrel, and a long string of shit spooled out of him onto the ground beside the northern wall of shack #15. The shit was moving; it was more worms than feces. The other dog sniffed at it with great interest before snapping its attention towards the direction of the well, and the building beyond.

Both dogs tucked their tails under and headed back towards the front of town. Back towards Russo.
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #512 on: June 10, 2009, 04:27:59 AM »
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Mounted on the back of the mule ofcourse.
An ass firing from an asses ass! (No offense meant... well, maybe to Russo himself... a little, just playfully.  :P

God I hate late working hours... assume I just wasn't paying attention to make the listen check.[/spoiler]
Eisen exited the hut, muttering almost light heartedly "It's alright, it was just a damn cow," and was aware just in time to see the dog's reactions. As soon as the frightened animals retreated from the side that the rest of the group had been alerted to, Eisen alerted himself as well*, cocking another shot into the chamber and wondering just how long Bones would be taking, and just how badly he'd panicked after hearing the shot.

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Alright, a late check!
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Spot: 11[url][/spoiler]

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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #513 on: June 10, 2009, 08:34:01 AM »
John signals to Max, Richard and Eisen that he saw something in the big building on the other side of the well (#28) and waits for the other men to arrive, so they can provide each other with cover as they approach.


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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #514 on: June 10, 2009, 10:46:41 AM »
[Actually, building #28 is one of the few buildings that ISN'T a hut. It looks fairly well-made. Max would recognize it as the village's only real business-- 'The Grateful Goat' tavern.]
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #515 on: June 10, 2009, 12:02:06 PM »
Max carefully makes his way towards the tavern. Once there he tries to peer through one of the windows.
Spot (take 10): 15

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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #516 on: June 10, 2009, 02:49:38 PM »
After providing cover until Max arrived at the tavern, John swiftly follows, taking up position on the other side of the entrance and trying to peer through a window unnoticed.

[spoiler]Hide: 22
Move Silently: 20
Listen: 7
Spot: 29[/spoiler]
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #517 on: June 10, 2009, 05:18:08 PM »
The tavern's windows are caked with a layer of grime. Max & Sgt. Kestrel both wipe a small section and peer through into the gloom.

Inside...
[spoiler]

The bar has perhaps six round tables, each with at least four chairs. One table is overturned near the far back of the establishment.

You see the remains of a bar glass, spread across the floor where it seemed to have fallen. next to the long bar itself, next to it a toppled stool. Sticking out from behind the bar is a pair of legs; barefoot & caked in mud.

The legs aren't moving.[/spoiler]

Richard keeps the scope of his rifle trained on the front of the tavern. Occasionally he looks north towards the river itself and south towards the entrance of town.

The two shacks, separated by the village's mud street, have quieted down once again. The mules have since begun to relax once more. Russo and Loder can both see each other across the way, each standing at the door of their individual shack.

Inside Russo's shack the Kid asks, "Did they shoot something? Was it a monster?, Russy?"


Loder:
[spoiler]Doctor, would you roll me a Listen check? Taking 10 may not be your best option. Also, would you roll a listen check for Esteban as well since he is with you? I will apply is Listen modifier myself. [/spoiler]
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #518 on: June 10, 2009, 05:56:01 PM »
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Re: The Prologue (1941)
« Reply #519 on: June 10, 2009, 06:11:20 PM »

"Russy?" Russo looks incredulously down at the kid as he hefts out the tripod [spoiler]love you Jace[/spoiler] for his metallic girlfriend "don't ever call me that again, for my sake, it's Russo or Jon whatever you prefer" he turned away and set up the tripod at the door of the shack "I think they shot something, no sure what though, maybe it was Pingo" he smirks mischievously at the kid, attempts to attach the gun to the tripod and fails

"hey kid, you think you could hold Heather for me while I fix her to her stand?"
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"Go Beyond The Impossible, and kick reason to the curb! That's the Die Gurren way!!"
"Whether it's laughable or irrational
This is the path that ALL great men walk!
If there's a wall in our way, we'll destroy it!
If there's no road, we'll pave it with our bear hands!
The magma in our hearts is blazing like flames!"

ORE GA DARE DA TO OMOTE YARU!!!!!!