Post by Kagi on Jul 1, 2007 22:58:20 GMT -5
*****Recap of Last Session*****
As the last run ended the team has split up and melted away into the Seattle night. Butterfly is closing her shop and moving to parts unknown and Oscar can not be found and is not answering calls. The rest of the team has individually called the mysterious fixer Susan and arranged transport to Hong Kong while the heat dies down.
Susan has informed the runners that air travel is much too risky as both the Yakuza, Mafia, and some Lone Star Detective named Drapp are having Sea Tac watched closely. A slow boat to Hong Kong is the safest route.
For a month the runners have been cooped up on a 150 ft. merchant boat that's been hell on earth as it crosses the Pacific. It's hard to tell if the boat is covered more by paint or rust, safety equipment seems to be a luxury that was tossed overboard long ago, and devil rats hide in every dark corner of the ship. The runners are crammed into one room the size of a cell that smells of piss and fish, with no ventilation, fold-out bunks with rotting mattresses, and temperatures climbing well over a hundred during the day. Most the crew are outright hostile towards the runners and speak some warped mash of cantonese, english, and mandarin that none of the runners can follow. It's been a month and the food still burns going down and has everyone making frequent trips to the toliet at a flat out run; the only blessing is that it seems to have burned your taste buds badly enough that you can barely taste the disgusting, fishy, gruel anymore. For a month the runners have had nothing to do and no where to go.
Less then a day off the coast of eastern Hong Kong the runners are sleeping in their bunks and eagerly awaiting their chance to get off this floating scrap pile. Local time is 4-am. The sea is calm and the sky is clear, though temperatures are still in the low 90's being so close to the equator.
*****End Recap*****
[07:38 PM] Manzazzuu ::He wakes up as his sleep is disturbed. Standing up, he makes his way over to the door, running a hand through his hair, and opens it to get a better listen.::
[07:38 PM] * Vince wakes up Amelia "C'mon, get ready, drek's happening."
[07:39 PM] * Pele heads up to the deck, to see the drek.
[07:40 PM] Kagi *Manny opens the door, moonlight floods the small room. Up a short flight of stairs is the boats deck. The sounds of men shouting and running are now easily heard
[07:41 PM] * Vince helps Amelia up, gives her a little booze and get out the room with her.
[07:43 PM] GM_Kagi *Up on Deck men scurry about shouting. They ignore the runners as they file onto deck.
[07:47 PM] Manzazzuu "This doesn't sound good. I'll be right back." Manzazzuu quickly begins spellcasting. The arcane phrases roll off his tongue as his hands spiral out to his sides, one going over his head, and the other below his waist. Then he draws his hands together in front of him, parallel to the ground, where they meet at his chest and he dissapears.
[07:48 PM] * Vince truns to the ELven woman "Amelia, you're ok to cast somethin' strong?" The elven woman simnply nods her head, taking a slip from Vice's flask.
[07:48 PM] * Vince points to the black ship coming form the side "Pirates! get nsome spells out!"
[07:49 PM] Pele "What a great ending to amazing trip!"
[07:50 PM] * DC sighs
[07:50 PM] * DC begins to move her hands rytmicly over the water
[07:51 PM] Vince "Amelia, get that lighting bolt going"
[08:00 PM] * Vince gets his pair of binoculars and look at the ship
[08:02 PM] Manzazzuu "Shouldn't we wait to find out what's going on before trying to blow them out of the water?" Manny asks, glancing at Vince.
[08:02 PM] * DC reels from a sudden pain in her hand. letting out a audible "ouuch!" while trying to work the pain out of her summoning hand
[08:02 PM] Vince "Why do you think I'm looking at them with binoculars?"
[08:04 PM] * Pele uses his goggles to view the ship, using Vision Magnification and Thermographic vision to view their numbers
[08:12 PM] Pele "Doesn't look like anything TOO bad. 10 men, a panther cannon and a missile launcher. But it is calm and no one is manning the cannons, so, we should be fine for the time being..."
[08:13 PM] Vince "Well, tey ain't got uniforms, could be pirates."
[08:14 PM] DC "but who would want to rob this rusty tub"
[08:14 PM] Vince "Chinese, bunch of crazies, and do you know what they are carrying instead of us?"
[08:15 PM] DC "Such Pessamism, Vince after everything that went wrong I think that we can have at least something go our way"
[08:16 PM] Vince "Well, we ARE out of Seattle..."
[08:17 PM] DC "if you can call that a good thing"
[08:18 PM] Manzazzuu Manzazzuu begins spellcasting again. The arcane phrases roll off his tongue as his hands spiral out to his sides, one going over his head, and the other below his waist. Then he draws his hands together in front of him, parallel to the ground, where they meet at his chest and he dissapears.
[08:18 PM] Vince "Well, at least that boat ain't Mob or Yak..I hope.."
[08:18 PM] * DC gets a funny look on her face...
[08:19 PM] Vince "Har har har..well, we can always put thoser ungrateful bastards in fornt of us.."
[08:19 PM] DC "don't you know? the Yakuza has a fleet of ships that rivals the US navy's fleet"
[08:20 PM] Manzazzuu Manny makes his way up to where he can get a better view, though despite being invisible, he tries to do his best to stay behind cover, in case there are mages on the other boat.
[08:20 PM] GM_Kagi *The black boat pulls up along side of the ship and the men converse rapidly in the Cantonese mash.
[08:21 PM] * Vince whispers to Amelia "Get some stun spell ready, just in case." The woman nods and grumbles a bit, preparing a spell
[08:23 PM] GM_Kagi *After a moment the men aboard the rusty merchant vessel throw down a rope ladder to the small vessel and seem to be waving the men to bring something or someone up onto the ship
[08:26 PM] * Vince lights a smoke "Well, let's see what's gonna happen folks."
[08:27 PM] Manzazzuu Manzazzuu murmurs an arcane phrase as he moves his invisble arms in a arcane gestures that are lost to vision due to his invisibility.
[08:27 PM] * DC says in Japanese "please no bomb with a biohazard sticker on it."
[08:27 PM] GM_Kagi *Two men begin to ascend the rope ladder...
[08:28 PM] Langenscheidt *a handsome male elf with long blond hair comes on deck of the small ship and heads towards the ladder while eating somekind of pastry*
[08:28 PM] * Alex climbs up the rope ladder wearing a dusky grey lined coat and what look like sneakers he looks among the people on the ship. Seeing a few that don't seem to belong he heads over to them.
[08:29 PM] Langenscheidt *climbs the latter behind the first man and surveys the crowd*
[08:30 PM] Alex "So we have a mutual friend and I am here to make sure you get there."
[08:30 PM] Langenscheidt *he licks his fingers and heads over to join Alex and the others*
[08:30 PM] Vince "dunno..what's the name of that freidn?"
[08:30 PM] Pele "Do I get a pastry too?"
[08:31 PM] Langenscheidt "I have a box of 2 dozen" *he says while gesturing back towards the smaller vessel*
[08:32 PM] DC "please don't say nuclear weapons..."
[08:32 PM] * Pele starts to salivate
[08:32 PM] * DC says quietly
[08:35 PM] GM_Kagi *The blonde elf speaks with a light german accent. The man in the grey lined coat speaks with a heavy Cantonese accent.
[08:37 PM] Pele "So, can we switch ships yet? It is way to hot to just stand here."
[08:38 PM] Langenscheidt "So are you going to stand here and continue to go bad or can we get going?" *he pinches is nose a couple of times and makes a face*
[08:38 PM] Manzazzuu Manny drops his clairvoyance spell as it becomes pointless.
[08:38 PM] * DC goes to get her stuff
[08:39 PM] Vince "Yeah whatever, better hell than this floating dump"
[08:39 PM] Alex "Yes let us go onto the ship and head ashore."
[08:39 PM] * Pele hurries to get his stuff, wanting to eat something that is considered edible by the general population
[08:39 PM] * Vince helps Amelia got down the rope onto the small boat.
[08:40 PM] Pele "I don't think we ever formally introduced ourselves. I am Pele." ::Pele says as he sticks out his hand to shake the elves::
[08:41 PM] Langenscheidt *he takes Pele's hand. his hand still a little sticky from the pastry* "Langenscheidt"
[08:42 PM] Manzazzuu "Well, it seems I was paranoid as usual. Let me go retrieve my companions." He says, fading back into view as he drops his invisibility spell, and heads off to retrieve his sister and the Troll: Grille.
[08:43 PM] Pele "Langensheidt... do you have a nick name?"
[08:44 PM] Langenscheidt "Langen would work"
[08:44 PM] Pele "That is good to know." ::Pele then finds the human and repeats the ritual:: "I am Pele."
[08:45 PM] Server Spunky is now known as Chung
[08:45 PM] Alex "Hello my name is Alexan.. you can call me Alex thank you."
[08:46 PM] * DC bows as she passes and says "Hello I'm known a DC"
[08:46 PM] Pele "Nice to meet you Alex."
[08:47 PM] * DC speaks in a Japanese accent
[08:48 PM] * Alex bows to DC "Hello"
[08:48 PM] * Vince takes a tuff of his smoke "Name's Vince."
[08:48 PM] Vince "Now loet's blow this dump."
[08:49 PM] * Vince chekcs his gear, everything's there.
[08:49 PM] * Pele is speaking in a Spanish accent
[08:49 PM] * Vince speaks in a New-York accent
[08:50 PM] Chung ::in Cantonese, one of the men from the speed boat yells up:: "Let's get going gwailo. We don't want to be seen. Tell the others to hurry, we don't have all night."
[08:51 PM] Alex "We must move now please is go now."
[08:51 PM] Langenscheidt *looks back to the boat* "Time to get moving"
[08:52 PM] * DC gets on the boat as fast as possable while still maintainging dignity
[08:52 PM] Pele "So, can I have that pastry now?
[08:54 PM] Server Manzazzuu has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer)
[08:54 PM] * Vince will go last, mostly to yell insult to those damn boatmen frags.
[08:55 PM] GM_Kagi ::as everyone climbs down the rope ladder to the speed boat they are greeted silently by very grim looking asian men. Each of them is bristling with weapons of all kinds, both melee and firearms. The men make room for the others and load their gear. A asian dwarf takes position in the forward gun turrent::
[08:56 PM] Server Manzazzuu (~Someguy@Psi-48FA9EBB.home1.cgocable.net) has joined the room
[08:56 PM] * Vince get Amelia sit down, and taking a place near her
[08:57 PM] Server GM_Kagi has voiced Manzazzuu
[08:57 PM] Manzazzuu Manny comes out with his sister and Grille. The young lady is wearing a bhirka, and the only part of her visible is her eyes, which are green. She's medium height, and of slim build.
[08:58 PM] Manzazzuu Grille on the other hand is a very large troll wearing an armor vest, and carrying both a baseball bat, and all of Manny's and his sister's luggage. The troll looks like a typical member of his race, excepting that his jaw is wired shut. He keeps the wires polished immaculately.
[08:58 PM] Langenscheidt *once on board Langenscheidt produces a box of pastries. Enough for everyone. They are a bit stale but not too stale*
[08:59 PM] Chung ::Looks on in blatant disgust as the runners load up on his boat. As Langenscheidt produces the pastries he makes a face of revulsion::
[09:00 PM] * Vince yells at the crew of the rusted ship "I hope you get eaten by a whale you sick frags! You are what you eat: you guys must be drek on 2 legs!"
[09:00 PM] * Pele eats his pastry slowly, enjoying every bite/.
[09:01 PM] * DC apolgizes to Chung for her apperance and then grabs a pastery. Eats it as though it is a guilty pleasure.
[09:01 PM] GM_Kagi *The asian men look down at Vince as he yells up at them. They seem utterly confused by his ranting at them in a language they do not understand and begin conversing among themselves in cantonese as to what the big man is so angry about
[09:01 PM] Manzazzuu "I appreciate the offer, but no." Manny says, refusing the pastry. "I'm not sure I could keep it down." He explains. His sister silently rases her hands in declination of the offer too, while Grille's lack of partaking and reason for such seem somewhat obvious.
[09:03 PM] Chung ::Looks at DC in confusion for a moment then speaks broken english in a very heavy cantonese accent:: "No speak english gwailo."
[09:04 PM] * Vince shakes his arms toward the crew of the vessel "Yeah you frags, don't understand? Now you know how I've felt for the last month!"
[09:04 PM] Vince "go back to your piss filled cabins you ass-munchers!"
[09:04 PM] Alex "Please is no need for trouble here."
[09:05 PM] * Vince raises his shoulders "Frags don't even understadn what I'm saying..and beside, serves them right to serves us drek in a bowl and making us sleep in a dump."
[09:06 PM] Pele "How far are we?"
[09:06 PM] * DC looks like she is sorry to chung then goes some place else to eat the pastery
[09:06 PM] Chung ::Starts the boat with a load purr and slowly begins backing it away from the merchant vessel. He shakes his head at Vince and says in cantonese:: "Crazy Americans."
[09:08 PM] Vince "Hey cap'tain, you'll be mad if you were on this dump for a month eating rat-drek-in-a-stew"
[09:09 PM] * Vince thinks the Captain said something like "Oh no, be polite Mr. amelican"
[09:09 PM] Chung ::Ignores Vince as he throws the boat in to gear to surge forward and cuts the wheel viciously to point the boat towards the shore::
[09:10 PM] Alex ::in cantanese:: She say she sorry for being so dirty, you know how they are.::
[09:10 PM] * Vince holds his fedora and enjoys the fresh air
[09:14 PM] GM_Kagi *The boat speeds along the surface of the water. The men scan the horizon with thermographic binoculars and a radar dish swings round the top of the speed boat. The dwarf at the forward gun mount stares grimly ahead. Any conversation between the men is short and crisp in a business like tone. These men are proffesionals and it shows
[09:19 PM] Chung ::In cantonese, over his shoulder:: "It's about an hour to shore. We'll be dropping you off in Fo'lou village on the coast. Your contact will meet you in the bar there. His name is Feng'lo. He has the details on your job and accomidations."
[09:20 PM] Vince "What he said?"
[09:20 PM] * Pele turns to Alex. "What did he say?"
[09:21 PM] Alex ::in cantanese, thank you you assistance is most appreciated.::
[09:21 PM] Alex "He said our contact will meet us in a bar in the village."
[09:24 PM] Vince "Hey Alex, there's a pharmacy at that village?"
[09:24 PM] Pele "Ah. So you are working with us? What about Langen and the rest of em?"
[09:27 PM] Alex "No they are to drop us off, And as for our german friend is to ask for yourself."
[09:28 PM] Langenscheidt "We are all working together. Us gwailos. Chung and his men are just here to transport us"
[09:33 PM] Pele "Gwailos? I am not familiar with the term..."
[09:34 PM] DC "I'm guessing it means foreiner
[09:35 PM] * Vince seems to think for a second "On second thought Alex, know a dope dealer? I kinda need some painkillers, and I left my prescription back home.."
[09:35 PM] GM_Kagi *The eastern shore of Hong Kong is still primitive here in Sai Kung. As the boat gets nearer you can see that the entire coast is dotted with little islands. Rocks jut out of the sea everywhere and coves abound. You can see immediatly why pirates would choose this terrain. The shore looms close now
[09:37 PM] * DC switches over to astral to view the city
[09:37 PM] Langenscheidt "Yes the term means foreigner. We are all foreigners here"
[09:37 PM] Chung ::Slowly cuts the wheel again to bring the boat parallel to the shore, heading south so that the coast is now off the right side of the boat. It is perhaps 1000 yards or so to the rocky beach::
[09:39 PM] Pele "Is it really bad to be a foreigner?"
[09:39 PM] Manzazzuu Manny waits patiently for the boat to come in to shore, staying next to his sister.
[09:40 PM] DC "I don't think so but to some of the people that are new to the concept I can see why they would be uneasy"
[09:41 PM] DC "does the boat have a mage on the crew?"
[09:42 PM] Pele "Do either of you know anything about this run?"
[09:42 PM] Langenscheidt "We are to meet up with you lot."
[09:43 PM] Alex "We will know more when we reach the bar in town please to go now."
[09:45 PM] Vince "Right.."
[09:46 PM] Chung ::Curses in cantonese as something on his dashboard flashes red and emits a low beeping sound. He speaks in Cantonese to his crew:: "400 yards ahead. Warm'em up!"
[09:47 PM] Vince "Aw hell, what now?..."
[09:47 PM] DC "I did see a watcher fly over the boat..."
[09:48 PM] Vince "someone got a spare piece?..Hell someone understand what I'm saying?"
[09:48 PM] GM_Kagi *The men burst into action chattering cantonese to each other. Most of the crew begin readying assault rifles. The dwarf at the forward gun mount rotates the gun to bring it to bare on the rock out cropping ahead and the auto-cannon barrels begin spinning as the gun warms up
[09:48 PM] Alex "You use a pistol??"
[09:48 PM] Manzazzuu *Manny frowns as DC mentions the watcher - that no doubt did not bode well.
[09:48 PM] Vince "Well duh, I'm not a Mage like the rest o' them."
[09:49 PM] Chung ::In Cantonese to Langenscheidt and Alex:: "Get those gwailo's heads down. We're in for some action!"
[09:49 PM] Vince "Course my guns are being shipped by mail, since that rusted dump didn't accept guns for some reason.."
[09:49 PM] * Alex tosses Vince his Predator then pulls out his Reminton 990.
[09:49 PM] Alex "Take cover NOW."
[09:49 PM] Langenscheidt "EVERYBODY DOWN!" *he drops to the deck*
[09:49 PM] * Vince grabs it and loads it "AAALll right."
[09:49 PM] * Pele ducks down
[09:50 PM] * DC drops to the deck
[09:50 PM] * Vince drops Amelia under him
[09:50 PM] Manzazzuu Manny goes down, pulling his sister and Grille with him. He covers his sister protectively with his own body.
[09:51 PM] GM_Kagi *Ahead a siren breaks the silence of the night and red and blue light illuminate a Knight Errant patrol cruiser a voice comes loudly over a megaphone in cantonese "You are under arrest! Stand down and prepare to be boarded or we will fire!"
[09:54 PM] GM_Kagi *In answer the dwarf opens fire with the auto-cannon. Tracer rounds make it look as if a bright line emits from the end of the spinning barrels to arc out into the night and splash down in the water. The noise is deafening and conversation becomes impossible
[09:56 PM] Manzazzuu "This is a wonderful beginning to this run, don't you think?" Manny says with a sigh, talking to no one in particular.
[09:56 PM] Chung ::Jams a lever fully forward and the boat's speed surges in responce. With a few rapid taps in the air, abviously working an VR display, the Missle launcher emits a hum as it comes too life::
[09:57 PM] DC "times like this I wish I had finished medical school"
[09:57 PM] * Alex waves to the group. "Lets go , come on." he yells
[09:58 PM] * DC gets up and is ready to get out of the crazy boat
[10:00 PM] * Vince gets Amelia up and drags her away
[10:01 PM] Langenscheidt "water elemental .... thats not good"
[10:02 PM] * DC looks over to it
[10:03 PM] Chung ::The boat races forward, his instrument panel flashes red and a squeal begins to emit from it. He looks down and curses again in cantonese:: "We're painted!"
[10:03 PM] Alex "They have a lock we may swim in to shore be ready."
[10:04 PM] DC "I was looking forward to a nice bath, but this isn't what I had in mind"
[10:04 PM] Manzazzuu "I don't suppose any of you have a barrier spell?" Manny asks of the other mages in the group.
[10:05 PM] DC "Hii"
[10:05 PM] DC "what do you want?"
[10:05 PM] GM_Kagi ::The missle lancher roars as a rocket fires out of one of the 4 ports on the pirate vessel. The missle streaks out and explodes into chaffe well short of the Knight Errant cruiser. In responce a missle from the Knight Errant cruiser flashes out and in a heart beat splashes down where the chaffe flutters in the water::
[10:05 PM] Vince "Oh great, well a bath will cut on the dry cleaning."
[10:06 PM] Manzazzuu "Get ready to put a barrier in front of the next missile that comes out of the Knight Errant cruiser, I'd suggest, DC. Meanwhile... I'll see if I can make the ship invisible. It should keep them from getting a lock on it."
[10:07 PM] Chung ::In cantonese:: "Hold on!"
[10:07 PM] Alex "Wait."
[10:08 PM] Manzazzuu "For what? A missile to blow up the ship?"
[10:09 PM] Alex ::in cantanese:: "What you mean they gonna use magic?"
[10:09 PM] Chung ::Reaches down and turns a nob under the dash. For a split second a hiss can be heard and then with a roar the boats engines buzzing tones takes an even higher tone and the boat surges under everyone's feet::
[10:11 PM] Manzazzuu Manzazzuu casts his improved invisibility spell, making the target the boat. His hands move as he remains in his prone position, tracing a very rough sketch of the boat with a finger, then covering it with his hands.
[10:12 PM] GM_Kagi *The dwarf lets out a mad cackle as the boat doubles it's speed in seconds. The Knight Errant Cruiser is caught off guard and the tracer rounds from his cannon touch the Knight Errant cruiser and tear open the boat.
[10:12 PM] Pele "Impressive..."
[10:14 PM] DC says "shiiit!" ::In Japanese::
[10:14 PM] Chung ::Yells in victory::
[10:15 PM] * Vince raises his head to see the KE boat with a big hole in it "All right score one for the independant seamen."
As the last run ended the team has split up and melted away into the Seattle night. Butterfly is closing her shop and moving to parts unknown and Oscar can not be found and is not answering calls. The rest of the team has individually called the mysterious fixer Susan and arranged transport to Hong Kong while the heat dies down.
Susan has informed the runners that air travel is much too risky as both the Yakuza, Mafia, and some Lone Star Detective named Drapp are having Sea Tac watched closely. A slow boat to Hong Kong is the safest route.
For a month the runners have been cooped up on a 150 ft. merchant boat that's been hell on earth as it crosses the Pacific. It's hard to tell if the boat is covered more by paint or rust, safety equipment seems to be a luxury that was tossed overboard long ago, and devil rats hide in every dark corner of the ship. The runners are crammed into one room the size of a cell that smells of piss and fish, with no ventilation, fold-out bunks with rotting mattresses, and temperatures climbing well over a hundred during the day. Most the crew are outright hostile towards the runners and speak some warped mash of cantonese, english, and mandarin that none of the runners can follow. It's been a month and the food still burns going down and has everyone making frequent trips to the toliet at a flat out run; the only blessing is that it seems to have burned your taste buds badly enough that you can barely taste the disgusting, fishy, gruel anymore. For a month the runners have had nothing to do and no where to go.
Less then a day off the coast of eastern Hong Kong the runners are sleeping in their bunks and eagerly awaiting their chance to get off this floating scrap pile. Local time is 4-am. The sea is calm and the sky is clear, though temperatures are still in the low 90's being so close to the equator.
*****End Recap*****
[07:38 PM] Manzazzuu ::He wakes up as his sleep is disturbed. Standing up, he makes his way over to the door, running a hand through his hair, and opens it to get a better listen.::
[07:38 PM] * Vince wakes up Amelia "C'mon, get ready, drek's happening."
[07:39 PM] * Pele heads up to the deck, to see the drek.
[07:40 PM] Kagi *Manny opens the door, moonlight floods the small room. Up a short flight of stairs is the boats deck. The sounds of men shouting and running are now easily heard
[07:41 PM] * Vince helps Amelia up, gives her a little booze and get out the room with her.
[07:43 PM] GM_Kagi *Up on Deck men scurry about shouting. They ignore the runners as they file onto deck.
[07:47 PM] Manzazzuu "This doesn't sound good. I'll be right back." Manzazzuu quickly begins spellcasting. The arcane phrases roll off his tongue as his hands spiral out to his sides, one going over his head, and the other below his waist. Then he draws his hands together in front of him, parallel to the ground, where they meet at his chest and he dissapears.
[07:48 PM] * Vince truns to the ELven woman "Amelia, you're ok to cast somethin' strong?" The elven woman simnply nods her head, taking a slip from Vice's flask.
[07:48 PM] * Vince points to the black ship coming form the side "Pirates! get nsome spells out!"
[07:49 PM] Pele "What a great ending to amazing trip!"
[07:50 PM] * DC sighs
[07:50 PM] * DC begins to move her hands rytmicly over the water
[07:51 PM] Vince "Amelia, get that lighting bolt going"
[08:00 PM] * Vince gets his pair of binoculars and look at the ship
[08:02 PM] Manzazzuu "Shouldn't we wait to find out what's going on before trying to blow them out of the water?" Manny asks, glancing at Vince.
[08:02 PM] * DC reels from a sudden pain in her hand. letting out a audible "ouuch!" while trying to work the pain out of her summoning hand
[08:02 PM] Vince "Why do you think I'm looking at them with binoculars?"
[08:04 PM] * Pele uses his goggles to view the ship, using Vision Magnification and Thermographic vision to view their numbers
[08:12 PM] Pele "Doesn't look like anything TOO bad. 10 men, a panther cannon and a missile launcher. But it is calm and no one is manning the cannons, so, we should be fine for the time being..."
[08:13 PM] Vince "Well, tey ain't got uniforms, could be pirates."
[08:14 PM] DC "but who would want to rob this rusty tub"
[08:14 PM] Vince "Chinese, bunch of crazies, and do you know what they are carrying instead of us?"
[08:15 PM] DC "Such Pessamism, Vince after everything that went wrong I think that we can have at least something go our way"
[08:16 PM] Vince "Well, we ARE out of Seattle..."
[08:17 PM] DC "if you can call that a good thing"
[08:18 PM] Manzazzuu Manzazzuu begins spellcasting again. The arcane phrases roll off his tongue as his hands spiral out to his sides, one going over his head, and the other below his waist. Then he draws his hands together in front of him, parallel to the ground, where they meet at his chest and he dissapears.
[08:18 PM] Vince "Well, at least that boat ain't Mob or Yak..I hope.."
[08:18 PM] * DC gets a funny look on her face...
[08:19 PM] Vince "Har har har..well, we can always put thoser ungrateful bastards in fornt of us.."
[08:19 PM] DC "don't you know? the Yakuza has a fleet of ships that rivals the US navy's fleet"
[08:20 PM] Manzazzuu Manny makes his way up to where he can get a better view, though despite being invisible, he tries to do his best to stay behind cover, in case there are mages on the other boat.
[08:20 PM] GM_Kagi *The black boat pulls up along side of the ship and the men converse rapidly in the Cantonese mash.
[08:21 PM] * Vince whispers to Amelia "Get some stun spell ready, just in case." The woman nods and grumbles a bit, preparing a spell
[08:23 PM] GM_Kagi *After a moment the men aboard the rusty merchant vessel throw down a rope ladder to the small vessel and seem to be waving the men to bring something or someone up onto the ship
[08:26 PM] * Vince lights a smoke "Well, let's see what's gonna happen folks."
[08:27 PM] Manzazzuu Manzazzuu murmurs an arcane phrase as he moves his invisble arms in a arcane gestures that are lost to vision due to his invisibility.
[08:27 PM] * DC says in Japanese "please no bomb with a biohazard sticker on it."
[08:27 PM] GM_Kagi *Two men begin to ascend the rope ladder...
[08:28 PM] Langenscheidt *a handsome male elf with long blond hair comes on deck of the small ship and heads towards the ladder while eating somekind of pastry*
[08:28 PM] * Alex climbs up the rope ladder wearing a dusky grey lined coat and what look like sneakers he looks among the people on the ship. Seeing a few that don't seem to belong he heads over to them.
[08:29 PM] Langenscheidt *climbs the latter behind the first man and surveys the crowd*
[08:30 PM] Alex "So we have a mutual friend and I am here to make sure you get there."
[08:30 PM] Langenscheidt *he licks his fingers and heads over to join Alex and the others*
[08:30 PM] Vince "dunno..what's the name of that freidn?"
[08:30 PM] Pele "Do I get a pastry too?"
[08:31 PM] Langenscheidt "I have a box of 2 dozen" *he says while gesturing back towards the smaller vessel*
[08:32 PM] DC "please don't say nuclear weapons..."
[08:32 PM] * Pele starts to salivate
[08:32 PM] * DC says quietly
[08:35 PM] GM_Kagi *The blonde elf speaks with a light german accent. The man in the grey lined coat speaks with a heavy Cantonese accent.
[08:37 PM] Pele "So, can we switch ships yet? It is way to hot to just stand here."
[08:38 PM] Langenscheidt "So are you going to stand here and continue to go bad or can we get going?" *he pinches is nose a couple of times and makes a face*
[08:38 PM] Manzazzuu Manny drops his clairvoyance spell as it becomes pointless.
[08:38 PM] * DC goes to get her stuff
[08:39 PM] Vince "Yeah whatever, better hell than this floating dump"
[08:39 PM] Alex "Yes let us go onto the ship and head ashore."
[08:39 PM] * Pele hurries to get his stuff, wanting to eat something that is considered edible by the general population
[08:39 PM] * Vince helps Amelia got down the rope onto the small boat.
[08:40 PM] Pele "I don't think we ever formally introduced ourselves. I am Pele." ::Pele says as he sticks out his hand to shake the elves::
[08:41 PM] Langenscheidt *he takes Pele's hand. his hand still a little sticky from the pastry* "Langenscheidt"
[08:42 PM] Manzazzuu "Well, it seems I was paranoid as usual. Let me go retrieve my companions." He says, fading back into view as he drops his invisibility spell, and heads off to retrieve his sister and the Troll: Grille.
[08:43 PM] Pele "Langensheidt... do you have a nick name?"
[08:44 PM] Langenscheidt "Langen would work"
[08:44 PM] Pele "That is good to know." ::Pele then finds the human and repeats the ritual:: "I am Pele."
[08:45 PM] Server Spunky is now known as Chung
[08:45 PM] Alex "Hello my name is Alexan.. you can call me Alex thank you."
[08:46 PM] * DC bows as she passes and says "Hello I'm known a DC"
[08:46 PM] Pele "Nice to meet you Alex."
[08:47 PM] * DC speaks in a Japanese accent
[08:48 PM] * Alex bows to DC "Hello"
[08:48 PM] * Vince takes a tuff of his smoke "Name's Vince."
[08:48 PM] Vince "Now loet's blow this dump."
[08:49 PM] * Vince chekcs his gear, everything's there.
[08:49 PM] * Pele is speaking in a Spanish accent
[08:49 PM] * Vince speaks in a New-York accent
[08:50 PM] Chung ::in Cantonese, one of the men from the speed boat yells up:: "Let's get going gwailo. We don't want to be seen. Tell the others to hurry, we don't have all night."
[08:51 PM] Alex "We must move now please is go now."
[08:51 PM] Langenscheidt *looks back to the boat* "Time to get moving"
[08:52 PM] * DC gets on the boat as fast as possable while still maintainging dignity
[08:52 PM] Pele "So, can I have that pastry now?
[08:54 PM] Server Manzazzuu has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer)
[08:54 PM] * Vince will go last, mostly to yell insult to those damn boatmen frags.
[08:55 PM] GM_Kagi ::as everyone climbs down the rope ladder to the speed boat they are greeted silently by very grim looking asian men. Each of them is bristling with weapons of all kinds, both melee and firearms. The men make room for the others and load their gear. A asian dwarf takes position in the forward gun turrent::
[08:56 PM] Server Manzazzuu (~Someguy@Psi-48FA9EBB.home1.cgocable.net) has joined the room
[08:56 PM] * Vince get Amelia sit down, and taking a place near her
[08:57 PM] Server GM_Kagi has voiced Manzazzuu
[08:57 PM] Manzazzuu Manny comes out with his sister and Grille. The young lady is wearing a bhirka, and the only part of her visible is her eyes, which are green. She's medium height, and of slim build.
[08:58 PM] Manzazzuu Grille on the other hand is a very large troll wearing an armor vest, and carrying both a baseball bat, and all of Manny's and his sister's luggage. The troll looks like a typical member of his race, excepting that his jaw is wired shut. He keeps the wires polished immaculately.
[08:58 PM] Langenscheidt *once on board Langenscheidt produces a box of pastries. Enough for everyone. They are a bit stale but not too stale*
[08:59 PM] Chung ::Looks on in blatant disgust as the runners load up on his boat. As Langenscheidt produces the pastries he makes a face of revulsion::
[09:00 PM] * Vince yells at the crew of the rusted ship "I hope you get eaten by a whale you sick frags! You are what you eat: you guys must be drek on 2 legs!"
[09:00 PM] * Pele eats his pastry slowly, enjoying every bite/.
[09:01 PM] * DC apolgizes to Chung for her apperance and then grabs a pastery. Eats it as though it is a guilty pleasure.
[09:01 PM] GM_Kagi *The asian men look down at Vince as he yells up at them. They seem utterly confused by his ranting at them in a language they do not understand and begin conversing among themselves in cantonese as to what the big man is so angry about
[09:01 PM] Manzazzuu "I appreciate the offer, but no." Manny says, refusing the pastry. "I'm not sure I could keep it down." He explains. His sister silently rases her hands in declination of the offer too, while Grille's lack of partaking and reason for such seem somewhat obvious.
[09:03 PM] Chung ::Looks at DC in confusion for a moment then speaks broken english in a very heavy cantonese accent:: "No speak english gwailo."
[09:04 PM] * Vince shakes his arms toward the crew of the vessel "Yeah you frags, don't understand? Now you know how I've felt for the last month!"
[09:04 PM] Vince "go back to your piss filled cabins you ass-munchers!"
[09:04 PM] Alex "Please is no need for trouble here."
[09:05 PM] * Vince raises his shoulders "Frags don't even understadn what I'm saying..and beside, serves them right to serves us drek in a bowl and making us sleep in a dump."
[09:06 PM] Pele "How far are we?"
[09:06 PM] * DC looks like she is sorry to chung then goes some place else to eat the pastery
[09:06 PM] Chung ::Starts the boat with a load purr and slowly begins backing it away from the merchant vessel. He shakes his head at Vince and says in cantonese:: "Crazy Americans."
[09:08 PM] Vince "Hey cap'tain, you'll be mad if you were on this dump for a month eating rat-drek-in-a-stew"
[09:09 PM] * Vince thinks the Captain said something like "Oh no, be polite Mr. amelican"
[09:09 PM] Chung ::Ignores Vince as he throws the boat in to gear to surge forward and cuts the wheel viciously to point the boat towards the shore::
[09:10 PM] Alex ::in cantanese:: She say she sorry for being so dirty, you know how they are.::
[09:10 PM] * Vince holds his fedora and enjoys the fresh air
[09:14 PM] GM_Kagi *The boat speeds along the surface of the water. The men scan the horizon with thermographic binoculars and a radar dish swings round the top of the speed boat. The dwarf at the forward gun mount stares grimly ahead. Any conversation between the men is short and crisp in a business like tone. These men are proffesionals and it shows
[09:19 PM] Chung ::In cantonese, over his shoulder:: "It's about an hour to shore. We'll be dropping you off in Fo'lou village on the coast. Your contact will meet you in the bar there. His name is Feng'lo. He has the details on your job and accomidations."
[09:20 PM] Vince "What he said?"
[09:20 PM] * Pele turns to Alex. "What did he say?"
[09:21 PM] Alex ::in cantanese, thank you you assistance is most appreciated.::
[09:21 PM] Alex "He said our contact will meet us in a bar in the village."
[09:24 PM] Vince "Hey Alex, there's a pharmacy at that village?"
[09:24 PM] Pele "Ah. So you are working with us? What about Langen and the rest of em?"
[09:27 PM] Alex "No they are to drop us off, And as for our german friend is to ask for yourself."
[09:28 PM] Langenscheidt "We are all working together. Us gwailos. Chung and his men are just here to transport us"
[09:33 PM] Pele "Gwailos? I am not familiar with the term..."
[09:34 PM] DC "I'm guessing it means foreiner
[09:35 PM] * Vince seems to think for a second "On second thought Alex, know a dope dealer? I kinda need some painkillers, and I left my prescription back home.."
[09:35 PM] GM_Kagi *The eastern shore of Hong Kong is still primitive here in Sai Kung. As the boat gets nearer you can see that the entire coast is dotted with little islands. Rocks jut out of the sea everywhere and coves abound. You can see immediatly why pirates would choose this terrain. The shore looms close now
[09:37 PM] * DC switches over to astral to view the city
[09:37 PM] Langenscheidt "Yes the term means foreigner. We are all foreigners here"
[09:37 PM] Chung ::Slowly cuts the wheel again to bring the boat parallel to the shore, heading south so that the coast is now off the right side of the boat. It is perhaps 1000 yards or so to the rocky beach::
[09:39 PM] Pele "Is it really bad to be a foreigner?"
[09:39 PM] Manzazzuu Manny waits patiently for the boat to come in to shore, staying next to his sister.
[09:40 PM] DC "I don't think so but to some of the people that are new to the concept I can see why they would be uneasy"
[09:41 PM] DC "does the boat have a mage on the crew?"
[09:42 PM] Pele "Do either of you know anything about this run?"
[09:42 PM] Langenscheidt "We are to meet up with you lot."
[09:43 PM] Alex "We will know more when we reach the bar in town please to go now."
[09:45 PM] Vince "Right.."
[09:46 PM] Chung ::Curses in cantonese as something on his dashboard flashes red and emits a low beeping sound. He speaks in Cantonese to his crew:: "400 yards ahead. Warm'em up!"
[09:47 PM] Vince "Aw hell, what now?..."
[09:47 PM] DC "I did see a watcher fly over the boat..."
[09:48 PM] Vince "someone got a spare piece?..Hell someone understand what I'm saying?"
[09:48 PM] GM_Kagi *The men burst into action chattering cantonese to each other. Most of the crew begin readying assault rifles. The dwarf at the forward gun mount rotates the gun to bring it to bare on the rock out cropping ahead and the auto-cannon barrels begin spinning as the gun warms up
[09:48 PM] Alex "You use a pistol??"
[09:48 PM] Manzazzuu *Manny frowns as DC mentions the watcher - that no doubt did not bode well.
[09:48 PM] Vince "Well duh, I'm not a Mage like the rest o' them."
[09:49 PM] Chung ::In Cantonese to Langenscheidt and Alex:: "Get those gwailo's heads down. We're in for some action!"
[09:49 PM] Vince "Course my guns are being shipped by mail, since that rusted dump didn't accept guns for some reason.."
[09:49 PM] * Alex tosses Vince his Predator then pulls out his Reminton 990.
[09:49 PM] Alex "Take cover NOW."
[09:49 PM] Langenscheidt "EVERYBODY DOWN!" *he drops to the deck*
[09:49 PM] * Vince grabs it and loads it "AAALll right."
[09:49 PM] * Pele ducks down
[09:50 PM] * DC drops to the deck
[09:50 PM] * Vince drops Amelia under him
[09:50 PM] Manzazzuu Manny goes down, pulling his sister and Grille with him. He covers his sister protectively with his own body.
[09:51 PM] GM_Kagi *Ahead a siren breaks the silence of the night and red and blue light illuminate a Knight Errant patrol cruiser a voice comes loudly over a megaphone in cantonese "You are under arrest! Stand down and prepare to be boarded or we will fire!"
[09:54 PM] GM_Kagi *In answer the dwarf opens fire with the auto-cannon. Tracer rounds make it look as if a bright line emits from the end of the spinning barrels to arc out into the night and splash down in the water. The noise is deafening and conversation becomes impossible
[09:56 PM] Manzazzuu "This is a wonderful beginning to this run, don't you think?" Manny says with a sigh, talking to no one in particular.
[09:56 PM] Chung ::Jams a lever fully forward and the boat's speed surges in responce. With a few rapid taps in the air, abviously working an VR display, the Missle launcher emits a hum as it comes too life::
[09:57 PM] DC "times like this I wish I had finished medical school"
[09:57 PM] * Alex waves to the group. "Lets go , come on." he yells
[09:58 PM] * DC gets up and is ready to get out of the crazy boat
[10:00 PM] * Vince gets Amelia up and drags her away
[10:01 PM] Langenscheidt "water elemental .... thats not good"
[10:02 PM] * DC looks over to it
[10:03 PM] Chung ::The boat races forward, his instrument panel flashes red and a squeal begins to emit from it. He looks down and curses again in cantonese:: "We're painted!"
[10:03 PM] Alex "They have a lock we may swim in to shore be ready."
[10:04 PM] DC "I was looking forward to a nice bath, but this isn't what I had in mind"
[10:04 PM] Manzazzuu "I don't suppose any of you have a barrier spell?" Manny asks of the other mages in the group.
[10:05 PM] DC "Hii"
[10:05 PM] DC "what do you want?"
[10:05 PM] GM_Kagi ::The missle lancher roars as a rocket fires out of one of the 4 ports on the pirate vessel. The missle streaks out and explodes into chaffe well short of the Knight Errant cruiser. In responce a missle from the Knight Errant cruiser flashes out and in a heart beat splashes down where the chaffe flutters in the water::
[10:05 PM] Vince "Oh great, well a bath will cut on the dry cleaning."
[10:06 PM] Manzazzuu "Get ready to put a barrier in front of the next missile that comes out of the Knight Errant cruiser, I'd suggest, DC. Meanwhile... I'll see if I can make the ship invisible. It should keep them from getting a lock on it."
[10:07 PM] Chung ::In cantonese:: "Hold on!"
[10:07 PM] Alex "Wait."
[10:08 PM] Manzazzuu "For what? A missile to blow up the ship?"
[10:09 PM] Alex ::in cantanese:: "What you mean they gonna use magic?"
[10:09 PM] Chung ::Reaches down and turns a nob under the dash. For a split second a hiss can be heard and then with a roar the boats engines buzzing tones takes an even higher tone and the boat surges under everyone's feet::
[10:11 PM] Manzazzuu Manzazzuu casts his improved invisibility spell, making the target the boat. His hands move as he remains in his prone position, tracing a very rough sketch of the boat with a finger, then covering it with his hands.
[10:12 PM] GM_Kagi *The dwarf lets out a mad cackle as the boat doubles it's speed in seconds. The Knight Errant Cruiser is caught off guard and the tracer rounds from his cannon touch the Knight Errant cruiser and tear open the boat.
[10:12 PM] Pele "Impressive..."
[10:14 PM] DC says "shiiit!" ::In Japanese::
[10:14 PM] Chung ::Yells in victory::
[10:15 PM] * Vince raises his head to see the KE boat with a big hole in it "All right score one for the independant seamen."