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[oftheband]

More Than Useless - Relient K

WHO || Edain, Groot, Rocket, Gwen, Kali  [closed]
WHAT ||The Knights try to stop a troll bank robber  
WHERE || Downtown London
WHEN || Early April 2016
HOW || Actionspam

[ It's been an eventful morning downtown.  After a troll hit up a bank and the customers within, he went on a violent rampage through police officers attempting to escape, that have ended with a standoff.  He is currently holding a busful of people hostage, surrounded by squad cars downtown, and the Knights have been charged with helping contain the situation without any civilian casualities... ]

Comments

[beatupgrass]

Uh.... Driver's hurt. There's a nurse or something, I think. [that's a wis 14 for you, okay] ALSO A FLERKEN. Is anyone listening to me?

[treeshape]

[Groot's knowledge roll was garbage so he just looks between Kali and Rocket and....shrugs his shoulders???]

[gwenbloodycooper]

What in gods name is a Flerkin? [Rocket's reaction has her thinking they should be just as worried about this as they are about the Troll....

gdi Rocket.]

[beatupgrass]

It's a dangerous alien that'll lay eggs on that bus if we don't do somethin'. [he tugs on his ears.] Flark, I didn't wanna deal with tentacles today.

[oftheband]

There's another monster on board?

[gwenbloodycooper]

Oh, well that's just... [FML.] Egg laying alien. Right. Presumably we can deal with the hostage situation first and then, deal with this Flerkin the eggs before the tentacles become an issue?

[Lets just file that under things Gwen never thought she'd have to say out loud when she got out of bed this morning.]

[beatupgrass]

On the plus side... it's distractin' the troll pretty good.

[treeshape]

[Groot gestures strangely.]

I am Groot.

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket stops tugging on his ears long enough to look up at Groot.] Yeah... Groot here's good at shieldin' people with his body. If we can just keep the troll focused between us and the flarkin' flerken, he won't be able to shoot the hostages and Groot and whoever else can get 'em out.

[oftheband]

A dangerous plan.

I like it.

[gwenbloodycooper]

Alternatively. [It's like she's on the set of Lethal Weapon 5.] We could consider an option that wouldn't see a member of this team act as a living shield and revisit that one as a last resort?

Was the Troll at all aware of what he was dealing with?

[beatupgrass]

That it's a flerken? Probably not.

[gwenbloodycooper]

I'd like to at least try and negotiate this peacefully... All the same... [What she'd like and what it will be isn't necessarily the same, okay.]

Rocket, if you can go back and monitor things. Everyone else be on standby should things start to go south. We may have to resort to plan B and fast. [Turning her attention back to Jared.] Barring any other method of communication, I don't suppose you happen to have a megaphone handy?

[oftheband]

[ ew a practical plan. sigh fine.

jared, however, leans into a nearby car and pulls one out, still attached by a curly cord to the inside of the vehicle.

"Have at." ]

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket winces like he doesn't wanna get too close to the flerken, but he scampers back towards the bus and takes up his position on the tire again (spot 30)]

[flerken]

[What a great plan! Too bad no one filled in the flerken.

Chewie has been having a pretty bad day. Really, she's been having a bad time ever since she showed up on this version of Earth, alone without her human or her children or anyone familiar. And on top of all that she had to deal with a troll.

But! FINALLY! She sees a familiar face (spot 19)! She meows loudly and changes direction, dodging under the trolls arm to go up to the window and bump her head against it.]

[felidity]

[ bored, kali sidles over to edain. ] Sooooo have you ever disemboweled a troll before, because that looks like your kind of thing.

[mr_manners]

[When a orange cat comes flying at your face, you either duck and cover or deal with the consequences. Thankfully for Rory, his ability to duck and cover was heightened on the Roman battlefield and before he even really knows what's happening he's already ducking to cover the injured man in front of him (reflex save nat 20, 23 total).

He then tries to glance to see what got the cat so excited and spots the raccoon in a jumpsuit peering at them through the window (spot ... nat 20, 33 total), and jerks up to try and cover him, keeping his eyes on the troll to make sure he doesn't pick up on that as well, because that ... could just make things worse.

Where is wife to see him being fantastic? She's never around when he needs her.]

[treeshape]

[Groot looks between the conversation happening near him and the bus before he moves over to Kali and Edain as well, head tilted in interest at the coming answer with a somewhat...disturbing half smile on his face.

He's so cute until you remember he's probably murdered a whole lot of people oops.]

[gwenbloodycooper]

[Accepting the megaphone from Jared, Gwen steps away from the group so that the Troll with have a clear line of sight from the bus to her, her voice booming, loud though tinny as she presses the button to speak.]

My name is Gwen Cooper and I'd like to speak with the individual who is in charge on the bus. First of all, I'm not with the police but I do have authority to negotiate with you. I see no need for things to escalate from here. If you'd be willing to communicate with me then I'm sure we'll be able to come to an understanding that we can all be happy with.

[Bless her. She's given it her best shot, okay. Diplomacy: 34.]

[oftheband]

[ edain cuts kali a grin ] Been awhile.

[ with no less than... no shit... a nat 20 will save, this troll is way too distracted by the nonsense happening on this bus right now to give a single shit, gwen, sorry.

instead, he comes stomping down the aisle towards rory, gesturing at the cat.

"GIVE ME THAT. I'LL CRUNCH ITS BONES. NEED A SNACK." ]

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket would be sweating if he had sweat glands. BECAUSE FLERKEN IN HIS FACE. GIVING AWAY HIS COVER. he at least jumps down quickly once the commotion gets particularly fucked up, running back to the others.]

It ain't workin', but good news, he might eat the flerken, so... dunno how well that's gonna go for his digestion, but hey! Two birds, one stone, right?

[Rocket no.]

Look, at least he ain't eatin' the passengers, man.

[mr_manners]

[Rory shoots up when the troll starts coming for him, not because he particularly cares for the cat, but he's more concerned about the raccoon on the other side. He deftly tries to wave one hand so that the raccoon will escape the troll's notice (sleight of hand 17) just because he doesn't know the raccoon has bailed yet, as he tries to talk the troll down, and probably will fail (diplomacy 14):]

Why don't you talk to the nice woman outside the bus instead? Have you ever tried eating cat? I'm sure they're quite mangy.

[felidity]

Can't we just go to the door and offer him a whole pig from the butcher shop and then maybe when he isn't hungry enough to eat an alien tentacle cat he will talk to us or we can disable him. Or offer him a whole pig from the butcher shop and then punch him in the face? Or a trade, me for one of the wounded passengers. Me and a whole pig. Rocket is too bite size and I doubt Groot seems appetizing at all and I'm stronger than Edain and you're human. [ so therefore fragile sry2say. ] I only look small and breakable.

[flerken]

[Chewie yowls loudly as Rocket leaves because DAMMIT ROCKET YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP HER. STOP IGNORING HER.]