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OOC: C_S is correct, Yelana moved from Economy to Dining, then... turned back around from Dining back into Economy and into Baggage while you and I are in Business, Legonater. Zaria, with Soren, stood by his side and crossed her arms in a relaxed position, waiting for a reply.

Understandable.

OOC: WBD, what's your ruling on the door? I'm fine if C_S wants to lock it, but I don't know if you have a differing opinion.

I assumed since you unlocked the door that the door would remain unlocked for Soren and I. If you want to keep the door locked, that's fine by me, you didn't specify that you did.

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Flo takes the credits from Kirwin and shrugs. "Well... it will cover some of it, and thanks for dealing with this. Hopefully this one will tell his mates not to show up around here again." "Y-y-yes, we're the ones busting the cameras, alright? We didn't want any evidence of the stolen speeders coming to this diner so we broke them whenever they got put up. Sid? Sid's the boss, you dig? He started our hoverbike club back in high school and we've been stealing speeders to earn some extra credits to keep mouths fed, you know? I don't know what Sid does with the speeders once we hand them off to him, but we don't keep them, alright? Y-y-you'd have to ask... him.... I guess... oh gods, just don't tell Sid I said this, alright?" The greaser physically twitches as Bers speaks to him. "Ah, okay, okay, okay! Mel and Sid probably have some beers back at where we take the speeders! It's a condominium complex a few layers down, about seven blocks east! Melbrook Heights! Sid's condo's on third floor, the building beneath it's a warehouse or something! Just keep the chainsword away from my jacket more than it already has been!"

MM Note: I'll leave it up to you as a group to determine party leader. Flo pokes her head up from behind the counter, looking at the glass shattered across the floor. She looks as if she wishes to speak a piece of her mind, but the previous fight has left her doubtful of the outcome being in her favour. She quietly storms off into the kitchen, returning shortly thereafter with a broom, turning over a sign in the window from "OPEN" to "CLOSED". The greaser, with Merei's kindness and HYPE breathing down his neck, sweats more profusely, not sure what happens next. His hands actively try and put distance between him and the summoned spirit, but it does little to help his breathing or his perspiring. "L-l-look, alright, okay, I'm talking! A buddy and I took the speeder's tracker device out a couple of nights ago, okay? We-we-we hang out around here, looking for speeders to steal, and saw this brand spanking new blue Haast speeder. Her and I had never seen anything like it before, must've just came out of the factory. We trailed the speeder's owners to a motel, waited a few hours, hot wired the vehicle, and brought it here to take out the tracker so we could then take it to Sid. That was my part of the job! I got my cut and was told n-n-not to worry about it!" Jostled around, the greaser squirms as Bers grabs him by the collar and man handles him. "... no? I-I-I'm not looking to get pinched driving while under the influence, man. Look, just keep the chainsaw blade on a stick away and I'll tell you anything you want, but I don't have any alcohol on me, okay? Please..."

-Round 4- The Heroes- Bers moves to C2 and attacks Greaser Raymond- Bers Attack Check (3,5+1) Two Successes vs. Greaser's Defence (3,3) Zero Successes Merei Meditates- Merei Occult Proficiency Check (2) Merei loses one Spirit, but then gains one spirit, so... yeah.... Kirwin HYPE Yissam♥ Bers raises his chain greatsword into the air, its engine revving, readying another hit on the greaser in his grasp. Kirwin makes a futile attempt to take the greaser wrench away, but as HYPE looms behind Kirwin and Bers chainsaw looms overhead, greaser finally cracks, the sound of physical credits and the wrench-turned-impromptu weapon clanging on the ground. "O-o-o-kay, okay! I give, I give! D-d-don't kill me and I'll tell you anything you want to know, ANYTHING!!" As the greaser breaks down, shrinking to the ground and covering his head in fear, Merei attempts to meditate at the bar, finding a strawberry milkshake and musing over the current events unfolding before her but finding it difficult between the blasting jukebox, the static coming from HYPE, and the revving of Bers' chainsword. Yissam♥ continues to run around the side of the building, coming upon the greaser's hover bike. For all intents and purposes, combat was over! The Heroes Designation: B3R5 - 3rk (Dutch Thriceman) Age: Unknown, Gender: Mechanical, Race: Adamite Character Points: 1 / 11 Vitality: 6 / 6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 3 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 1 Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 2, Intimidation 1, Athletics 1 Known Spells: None Credits: 10 Equipment: Chain-Greatsword (Standard Kinetic Weapon) Mecha-Plate (Standard Kinetic Armour), Shield Booster Merei Teo Age 24 Female, Helioi-Touched Celestial (Born Menahi) Character Points: 1/11Vitality: 5/5Velocity: 2Strength: 1Skill: 2Smarts: 2Spirit: 1/3Proficiencies: Occult 1, Religion 1, Coding 1, Insight 1Known Spells: Healing Light, Solar Flare, Gravity SinkCredits: 0Equipment: Teo Family Pocket-Watch (Kinetic Weapon), Utility Belt (Grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Success) Inventory: Æther Brew, Essence of Intellect Kirwin (karmajay)Age: Unknown, Gender: Unknown , Species: AdamiteCharacter Points: 2/11Vitality: 5/5Velocity: 1Strength: 1Skill: 1Smarts: 3Proficiencies: Coding 1, Culture 1, Engineering 2, Explosives 1, Technology 2 Credits: 0Equipment: Drone (Standard Long Range Elemental Weapon), Utility BeltInventory: (2) Hampering, Contained Elemental Grenades, Plasma Potion HYPE Vitality: 2 Velocity: 1 Skill: 1 Proficiency: Melee Weapons 1 Equipment: XXX (Standard Melee Weapon) Yissam♥ (CMP) 141-year-old feminine Stratitarian Character Points: 1/11 Vitality: 5/5 Velocity: 1 Strength: 1 Skill: 1 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 2/3 Proficiencies: Coding 1, Culture 2, Occult 1, Performance 1 Known Spells: Entropic Mending, Spirit Ally, Tongues Credits: 10 Equipment: Prism Gauntlet (Standard long-range elemental weapon), AV Rig Inventory: Essence of Glibness, Essence of Intellect Loot! -15 credits -Rusty Wrench (Standard kinetic melee weapon) --- The jukebox's music ends as the captured greaser cowers on the floor, nervously shaking as he anticipates the potential worst. His clothes are ripped and tattered from the fight, and despite a few smashed dishes, the diner is left fairly intact. What do the heroes do?

Zaria hands over the documents to Soren, relief visibly washing over her. "You are a godsend. Thank you for understanding, Soren." She ponders over what Soren said about OcTan, and then shook her head slowly, somewhat amused. "I suppose, now, whatever happens to those documents is out of my control if we are to keep the charade up. In any case, I trust your judgement no matter what." Zaria moved out of the way, opening the door into the business car. "Let's move."

Zaria, still fuming, paces through the train and into the business car. "Noujocca cakkco cuah, jkacc caadwi!" Zaria ran a hand through her hair in an attempt to calm herself down about one situation as she switched gears to discuss another. "There is something above the train following us, likely a transport craft of some kind. Yelana and I heard the sound of thrusters while moving between cars, and I spotted a small drone, the size of a mouse, slip out of the baggage car and down this way towards the front of the train. As much as I and Yelana are having issues, I agree with her that the safest way onto to the train is to slow it down." Zaria pushes Soren gently to the side of one of the cars, her hand on his shoulder to speak in a hushed voice. "I have the documents we are here for in my satchel. Parsing through the files, M-Tek are keeping a cube somewhere on the train, roughly 8 inches across and 8 inches high. It is highly radioactive to the point where the suitcase I pilfered it from had a set of gloves to handle it." Zaria looks down the corridor in the direction they were heading to make sure no one was listening in, staying back between the corridor between the dining car and the business car with just Soren. "Yelana has been trying to scan the files, although I have not let her. She also seemingly plans on trying to grab the cube. I- I do not think it wise to allow her, or either of us to get the cube. It's not worth it. We have no current means of getting it off the train, and based on what I have read this is something that will get noticed once it is stolen. If this was dug up from Aluriel's moon, we are not only dealing with M-Tek if this cube gets stolen." She pats her hand against her canvas satchel. "These, however? It will take them time to notice that these were stolen. With that all being said, I want you to hold onto the files, and do not tell Yelana you have them. This is between the two of us. I want her to continue to believe I have the files. Understood?"

OOC: So, I don't entirely know the ruling on Yelana's pyramid thing, so I'm going with the assumption Zaria does not have it. Zaria makes her way through the train, trying to keep her mind off of Yelana's seemingly thick headed attitude. As she moves through the dining car, she notices Soren schmoozing with the quarm they heard of earlier. She makes sure to make eye contact with the pilot, motioning for him to follow her before making her way further through the car.

Zaria scowls at Yelana's attempt at humour, debating putting more pressure onto her but deciding against it. "You do not understand, do you? You get your hands on the cube, and then what? I have to trust in your plan? Your secret schemes to save the day? No: you put me in charge, Yelana! I remember very well you nominated me as group leader. You have since then disregarded my orders and talked down to me like I am some infant child, despite you having seen first hand what I am capable of! For someone whose analogy claims you are thinking ahead, I haven't heard you offer a single solution to how you intend to get the cube off this train, and that is because you do not have one. You do not know where it is being held, you do not know how to get it off this train once you have it. You can claim to be a spy all you want, but all I see is a child: one who has not had to learn humility!" As Zaria believes she is finished, she glares at the bottle opener in Yelana's hands. Her glare turns to Yelana. Her anger rises like a roaring fire as her mind lingers on this act of betrayal, this breach of trust. She closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and exhales. Her anger subsides, but the embers of rage still flicker with heat in her mind. "I cannot even trust you to keep your hands out of my bag." She states coldly, almost remorsefully, as she removes Yelana from her position against the wall, lowering her arm and taking back the bottle opener. "Know that you are right about one thing: we must first deal with whatever is above us. We have a job to finish, and I doubt whatever is out there is friendly to either of us." Zaria moves through to Business, following the drone.

-Round 3- -The Heroes- Bers attempts to grapple with Greaser Raymond- Bers Athletics Check (3,4,5,6) Three Successes vs. Raymond Acrobatics Check (1,1,1,4,4) Two Successes. Raymond is Restrained! Merei evokes Pulling Point- Merei Occult Proficiency Check (6) Success! Raymond moved to C1, -1 Vitaliy. Merei loses one Spirit Kirwin attempts to grapple with Greaser Raymond- Kirwin Athletics Check (1,3,4) One Success vs. Raymond Acrobatics Check (1,1,2,2,5) One Success. Greaser Ray resists the grapple attempt! HYPE dashes to F2 Yissam♥ dashes to D4 -The Enemy- Greaser Ray attacks Bers- One Success vs. Bers Skill (2,6+1) Two Successes. Zero vitality lost. The party switches gears as the greaser attempts to duck out yet again. This time, Bers grabs a hold of the greaser, his athleticism capable of grabbing a hold of his shoulders and keeping him in place. Panicking, the greaser swings a large, rusty wrench from his jacket at Bers which merely bounces off his armour, not even leaving a dent. The greaser's sweating intensifies as a result, the intimidating adamite's grip causing hims to look more worried than prior. "O-o-oh crumbs..." Merei continues to push the greaser further into the diner and away from the door as Kirwin makes an attempt to grab him as well, which is rebuked by a series of fancy footwork on the greaser's end. Yissam♥, successful in summoning her familiar HYPE, steps out of the building as the familiar storms into the buildings, static beginning to drone out the music form the jukebox The Heroes Designation: B3R5 - 3rk (Dutch Thriceman) Age: Unknown, Gender: Mechanical, Race: Adamite Character Points: 0 / 10 Vitality: 6 / 6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 3 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 1 Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 2, Intimidation 1, Athletics 1 Known Spells: None Credits: 10 Equipment: Chain-Greatsword (Standard Kinetic Weapon) Mecha-Plate (Standard Kinetic Armour), Shield Booster Merei Teo Age 24 Female, Helioi-Touched Celestial (Born Menahi) Character Points: 0/10Vitality: 5/5Velocity: 2Strength: 1Skill: 2Smarts: 2Spirit: 1/3Proficiencies: Occult 1, Religion 1, Coding 1, Insight 1Known Spells: Healing Light, Solar Flare, Gravity SinkCredits: 0Equipment: Teo Family Pocket-Watch (Kinetic Weapon), Utility Belt (Grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Success) Inventory: Æther Brew, Essence of Intellect Kirwin (karmajay)Age: Unknown, Gender: Unknown , Species: AdamiteCharacter Points: 1/10Vitality: 5/5Velocity: 1Strength: 1Skill: 1Smarts: 3Proficiencies: Coding 1, Culture 1, Engineering 2, Explosives 1, Technology 2 Credits: 0Equipment: Drone (Standard Long Range Elemental Weapon), Utility BeltInventory: (2) Hampering, Contained Elemental Grenades, Plasma Potion HYPE Vitality: 2 Velocity: 1 Skill: 1 Proficiency: Melee Weapons 1 Equipment: XXX (Standard Melee Weapon) Yissam♥ (CMP) 141-year-old feminine Stratitarian Character Points: 0/10 Vitality: 5/5 Velocity: 1 Strength: 1 Skill: 1 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 2/3 Proficiencies: Coding 1, Culture 2, Occult 1, Performance 1 Known Spells: Entropic Mending, Spirit Ally, Tongues Credits: 10 Equipment: Prism Gauntlet (Standard long-range elemental weapon), AV Rig Inventory: Essence of Glibness, Essence of Intellect The Enemy Greaser Raymond Build: 16 Vitality: 2/7 Velocity: 3 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Skills: Acrobatics 2, Engineering 2, Piloting 2 Equipment: 15 Credits, Rusty Wrench (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon) Passive 1: Not Looking to Die- Raymond does not die when his Vitality hits 0. Instead, he surrenders. Passive 2: ...But Not Looking to Get Caught- If Raymond makes it to his hover-bike (Squares A1 or A2) and uses his action to start the engine, Raymond escapes. Special Rule: You cannot move from B1, B2 and B3 into C1 and C2.

I'm so happy I got the party with all the weird, creepy shenanigans!

Fine by me. Also nothing personal on my end, C_S, I'm not angry at you as a player.

Waiting for Yelana to catch up to her between economy and dining, Zaria violently placed her forearm across Yelana chest, pushing her into the wall between the two cars, the sound of the moving train echoing within. She pinned her to the wall, looking Yelana in the eyes with a fiery intensity. "Listen to me, and listen to me very carefully, Yelana. There is no way we are getting that cube off of this train. Right now our current goal is to keep suspicions down to the best of our ability and get off this train at Con'stop. Stealing that cube is currently unobtainable due to the fact that the glove needed to handle the cube is back in that dwarf's luggage and we have no clue where this cube is even being held on this train. We do not need to worry about specific frequencies or energy signatures because as far as I am concerned they can keep it, it is of no use to me. We were never going to walk off this train with the cube, Yelana, you just have not realized it yet." She applied more pressure to Yelana's chest, looking to punctuate her next point. "I do not know why you need a bottle opener, as much as I do not know why you continue to speak into your headset and not confide in Soren or I. You have not given me a reason to trust you, Yelana, despite putting myself between two people looking to end your life. You continue to keep secrets from me, such as why you need to scan the papers in my satchel. So no, I will not hand you the bottle opener as much as I will not hand you the papers. If you want information about them, you can ask me about them. I have the contents memorized fairly well." She inflected the harsh tone in her voice to punctuate her final point. "Do I make myself clear?"

"Well, you took too long, and there was no point in striking once the iron cools." Zaria replies. "Relax. We have what we came here for." Zaria gave Yelana an inquisitive look. "You had every opportunity to look over the documents as I did. Why do you need to scan them?" Just then Zaria noticed the small, mouse sized drone dart past her seat and down the aisle. She stood up and silently followed it.

So, in this instance, seeing as how Merei's already succeeded on the roll, I'm just going to slap a point of damage on Raymond and call it there, if that's fine with all parties.

Zaria briefly looks over the documents in the folder, taking in the gravity of what was in her hands. She looked down at at the Radiation Gauntlet, quickly realizing what it was for: handling the cube. She looked around the briefcase for any potential signs of such an item, partially relieved the cube wasn't present. Grabbing the File Folder and leaving the Gauntlet behind, she closes the briefcase and tucks it back into the seat, placing the documents in her satchel and returning to her seat. She felt a burning sense of guilt in her stomach as she tried to relax, but by her accounts the job was done. She didn't want to bother handling a radioactive cube from Con'stop to Ebria Station. She would have to dispose of the bottle opener at the nearest opportunity, but that could wait. Best not to stir up too much of a scene and let others relax.

So, just for future clarification, does Gravity Sink roll to see if it succeeds, followed by an additional roll to see if it deals damage, or is it just one roll?

MM Note: Round has been fixed with the spiritual ally now on the board. I'll allow CMP to describe how the spiritual ally comes into being, as well as what the spiritual ally wields as a weapon.

Zaria takes the bottle opener off of Yelana and makes an attempt to open the case. "First time for everything..." She mumbled under her breath. She had been shown how to pick locks before, but that was a long time ago, and she had little need to pick locks on the open road.

So, I don't know what I was expecting out of this party, but Bers having an angry, red killbot mode and Yissam♥ summoning Giygas from Earthbound were not what I was anticipating.

MM Note: So, I don't think I'd allow a straight use of Bers' strength, but using your Athletics to grapple with the greaser I would allow. Also, Yissam♥'s Lesser Ally should have went off, so I will be adding it to the battle map when I get a chance. CMP, any suggestion on what you want the ally to look like? I can see what I can do in creating one.

Okay, I see now in the description of the spells that it does specify, but I was under the impression that each spell needed to be rolled for to see if it went off. Thanks, WBD. Do you need proficiency to be at a certain point to cast higher levels of spells? For example, do you need three ranks in Occult to cast Common familiar, or can you cast it with just the Spirit cost?