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[romanticidal]

♬ Opera Singer - Cake

WHO || Rafael, Buffy, Spike, Des, Jack, Thomas, Myri, Finnick, Elena, Gar, Kat, Burt [closed]
WHAT || The Knights infiltrate NOVA to try to locate the experiments and relics mentioned by Chad & company. Shenanigans ensue.
WHERE || NOVA HQ, New Orleans
WHEN || Sunday, Nov 18th, 2012
HOW || Actionspam, don't sweat tag order! Keep it a rollin'.

Months ago, Finnick learned from Burt Becksworth about a number of construction projects Chad had contracted on the building. At the time of discovering the occult room, it was assumed the construction was to create the secret areas behind the auditorium, however, Kat's finally managed to hack into NOVA financial records and trace the contracts down.

It seems there was another, much more expensive, project, adding restructuring to the locked off basement level, to which there is no access through the public elevators. Schematics show that there is one accessible elevator shaft that goes to the lobby, which requires a key to activate the lower floor. Thomas considers it a better bet, however, to use the nearby quarry underground entrance through which construction trucks used to reach the site. Thomas will be leading a team through the underground tunnel in hopes of finding a space large enough to host the 'experiments' that Chad and company were afraid of the Knights discovering while nosing around the building.

Meanwhile, Jack wishes to discover if there are any remaining 'relics' in the building, and if so, to confiscate or document them. The heightened security within the building has made access much more problematic, and its taken awhile for him to acquire the security protocols necessary to be able to create a looped camera feed. Now that's everything's in place, he'll be infiltrating the building to override the cams, allowing Buffy, Elena, and Rafael to join him on the fourteenth floor for one last sweep of the occult room.

The situation has also grown more complicated in other ways since eavesdropping on Chad's cabal. In a gutsy move, Burt Becksworth has created an inescapable situation for Rafael and Finnick, forcing them to comply in preparing for an album and tour, lest they destroy their own reputations and become infamous in the business for backing out of their 'contracts' and letting down legion of NOVA fans. Finnick is an ideal situation to try and discover more about Burt's plans, however, and perhaps to find out incidental information concerning Chad's "Back the Fans" tour.

Comments

[bigbad]

[Now free of the hazmat suit, Spike comes up behind the closest zombie and swings a fist at the side of its head (atk 28 dmg 14).]

How long d'you need?

[shootfirst]

I don't know. Thirty seconds? Just take out the zombies!

[nothingsodivine]

[Des grabs his gun and gets to his feet.] I always knew I'd live to see the zombie apocalypse. Didn't think it'd go this way, though.

1/2

[bancroft]

[ meanwhile, thomas swings his sword around and cleaves off the zombie's head that just struck him. but he forgot that these guys don't exactly look like regular zombies. because they ain't.

as it's head goes spinning through the air, suddenly, masses of nasty black tissue issue forth from the neck of the thing, spewing all over and covering everyone thomas, des, and spike. all of whom took off their suits. hmmmm.

there's no reflex save to avoid, so each of them take 3 points of damage, because that stuff burns. i also need to know if either of them fail a fortitude save of 13+. ]

2/2

[rationalizes]

[ he's about to swing again when gar frantically yells: ] Stop! They're likely diseased! Whatever you do, don't use weapons that will puncture them! [ she charges forward, and smacks the butt of her gun against the head of the one spike hit (atk 21, dmg 7). for your knowledge, pistol whip damage = 1d4 \o/

the zombie hobbles aside, roaring from its oozing mouth, and tries to smack its arm across gar's face, but she's too speedy for dat. the other standing zombie out here goes for des, lurching at him with both hands held out, slamming them into his throat (dmg 5). it's hot disgusting breath smells like decay mixed with embalming fluid and it tries to drag him closer (which he can break if he makes an opposed grapple check of 12+ (it's just a regular melee attack roll, and if he makes it, he can still attack this round). ]

[bigbad]

[Whatever, Spike's damage reduction and his fortitude save of 31 means it's not a problem. Still, he's pretty good at blunt force, and he doesn't want that crap all over his clothes and his friends, so he's slams his other fist into the zombie's gut (atk 29, dmg 13).]

[shootfirst]

[ AND DOWN IT GOES, into a disgusting puddle, its eyeball falling mushily to the ground separately. kat's still typing frantically away, and... those other zombies in the case are all getting up, well shit.

still one left out in the open.

OH AND HEY KAT'S PHONE IS RINGING. She ignores it for a hot moment, but finally yanks it up to her shoulder in annoyance: ] Oh, for the love of fuck, NOW ISN'T A GOOD TIME.

[nothingsodivine]

[Des makes his fort save and OH SHIT THAT IS A ZOMBIE GETTING IN HIS FACE. He wrenches it off of him (grapple 19) and tries to punch it, which does him fuck all good because his attack roll was a five. This is why he doesn't do melee. Or maybe Kat's phone distracted him.]

1/3

[bancroft]

Why couldn't they just be your run of the mill bloody zombies?! [ still, thomas lowers his sword, swipes goo off his face, and then opens his palm in the direction of des and the zombie waltzing over there. a bright bright light sears through the air and strikes it, making a sizzling sound, burning through its distended flesh (dmg 18) ]

2/3

[rationalizes]

[ it's ok des, gar will save you. she strikes that zombie with the bad tan on the back of the head and it staggers, but... OH SHIT it's STILL MOVING. and tries to grab her, but she manages to slip out of its gross grasp. the other three zombies begin climbing out of the case... ]

3/3

[shootfirst]

[ into the phone: ] Yeah well, we're sorta fighting melting zombies down here so you might wanna try to hack that service elevator and give us a hand.

[bigbad]

[Spike hurries over to the new zombies and smashes his fist clean through the first one's face (atk 31 dmg 18) which probably is more spurty than intended o o p s.] We're doing all right!

[nothingsodivine]

[Des FUCKING BODY SLAMS into the zombie trying to go after Gar (atk 22, dmg 3)] Is that Blondie and Fluffy's team? Tell 'em I said hi.

1/2

[bancroft]

[ well... good job des, because that attack just pushed it over the edge, and the zombie SPLATS to the ground. thomas slams his elbow into another of the new creatures, and then slams the flat of its blade against it and it falls as well ]

[rationalizes]

[ gar tries to turn and smack the one spike just punched in the FACE, but she misses entirely and it tries to go after him. but it's mostly just staggering all over because it got punched in the face and is neither falling all apart now.

the final zombie in the case suddenly charges out with a roar, slamming into thomas and knocking him back against the wall, hard as hell(dmg 19) ]

[bigbad]

[Spike charges after the last zombie and kicks it hard in the side (atk 16 dmg 14).]

[shootfirst]

[ kat looks over at them as she puts her phone back inside her own half-zipped suit. ] Download completed! But I wanna upload a virus to wipe the data they've got.

[nothingsodivine]

[Des is so over fighting zombies. And also Spike's handling it, so he goes to make sure Thomas is okay.] You all right, Big Guy? [He observes Spike.] Jesus, ten more of him and we'd have a Bolivian army.

[bancroft]

Not the first zombie to put its paws on my person, you need not worry, my friend. [he looks over and apparently feels spike can handle finishing off that last zombie as well, because he chooses to look around them to make sure there aren't anymore fun surprises coming. ]

[rationalizes]

[ except that gar is gonna beat him to the (literal) punch. She cracks the last zombie on the head and he slashed to the floor, which is now covered in oozy remains. ]

[bigbad]

[Wow, Des and Thomas were gonna let Spike have the last one. Rude, Gar. Spike looks mildly disappointed, but there will be other things to kill before long, he's sure, so he just wipes his hands clean of zombie goo on the back of Gar's hazmat suit.]

END INIT, you may tag willy nilly once more

[shootfirst]

You know, they just don't make zombie cages like they used to. [ CLACKETY CLACK UPLOAD ATTACK ]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des just stares at Gar.] Nice one.

[He steps over the dead zombies and frowns at the broken cage. (investigate check 17)] Seems a little weird, don't it? You'd think big timers like these guys would know to keep a lid on their creepy crawlies.

[romanticidal]

[ and an elevator across the room opens up and... here comes the cavalry. LATE. ]

[notaroundme]

[Elena steps through the now open doors, and freezes before she's barely even past the threshold.]

Oh my god.

[And here's the part where she wants to look away but can't, and she can feel her stomach flip flop.

Zombies, indeed. At least they seem dead now. Again.]