ROUND #7 SUMMARY[spoiler]
Those of you who are the upper decks...
You guys see the slight of at LEAST 30 torches, coming towards the boat from across the water. Likely held by Cannibal Reinforcements coming in dugout canoes...
They will be at the boat, and clambering up it's sides in a screaming fury by Round 10...
The Engine starts with a satisfying rumble, as the steam activates the pistons, and the wheels begin to turn and pump.
The Kid lets out a satisfied hoot, "Whoo-hooo! We DID it Russy!! We DID it!
18 Richard ...*Thrruuum-thrrruuum**Thrruuum-thrrruuum**Thrruuum-thrrruuum*...13 Russo"Come on people lets get this thing moving! And why are my girls still asleep!?"12 Kestrel John rushes outside and follows the cannibals before unleashing more lead on the rear cannibal. I can't let them reach Bones, especially not in his current state. he thinks to himself.
Move to J9 and Burst Fire on Cannibal_K.
*TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-TAKA-* 8 LoderHearing that Esteban was in trouble, Loder rushes up the stairs and towards the back where the mules were secured. He stops (M-17) suddenly upon seeing the lifeless body of his friend Paco.
"Paco? Oh god no!"7 Pingo Pingo, upon hearing his old companions voice, breaks free from his blood lust. Protecting Bones is his new priority, he owed his life to this man. Pingo turns and runs back into the room, then sees the open hatch. That must be the way Bones took, he thought to himself, then followed.
Would like to use a full round action to move up to four times my normal speed and get me beside Bones if possible.
3 Eisen Seeing his prey leave, Eisen moves up the stairs fast to cut them off-- Out the Wheelhouse window-- finding his poor targets right beneath him. Lifting his pistol and letting yet another shot loose,
*Ka-BLAM--!!!!*He counts the spent bullets as the drumbeats seem to speed up around him. Calling out in the rain,
"Richard? You better not have died, you stuck-up Brit!" Eisen seemed to be enjoying this a bit more than he should be...
3 Bones Bones reaches for the rope hanging over the side of his boat and heaves as fast as he can in an attempt to get the anchor up before the torches reach his prized boat. He remembers the days paddling down the river before he got his baby and doesn't miss them.
He attempts the heave the line--
The rope suddenly yanks up, and Bones is able to pull in the anchor no problem!
He corrects.
1 CannibalsCloser they come-- some paddling while others held torches. Each dugout held between 3 to 4 savages, each painted for war and armed with spears, knives, bows & arrows, and blowguns. There seemed to between 6 and 8 on either side of the riverboat.
Behind them, from the thick jungles the constant droning of the drum beats pound...
*Thrruuum-thrrruuum* *Thrruuum-thrrruuum* *Thrruuum-thrrruuum* *Thrruuum-thrrruuum* *Thrruuum-thrrruuum**Thrruuum-thrrruuum*...[/spoiler]
ROUND #8 BEGINS...Map shows the locations of all parties after the events of Round #7.Initiative order:18 Richard
13 Russo
12 Kestrel
8 Loder
7 Pingo
3 Eisen
3 Bones
1 Cannibals in dugouts
AND GO!