rome ♔ watch your worlds fade to black

[behindcloseddoors]

♬ three in the morning - homestuck

WHO || Alanna, Kate, Bo, Rose [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a strange series of fires
WHERE || Rome, Italy
WHEN || Jan 15th, evening, almost 6pm [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

The Knights arrive at the scene of the fire several hours after the fact.  It's clearly gutted the building, located in a commercial district of Rome.  Only one fire truck remains, along with several police cruisers and a van marked 'Arson Investigation Unit' in Italian.  The police team seems hard at work combing over the scene.

A small sign in Italian hangs half-legible over the door.  Though the fire is out, the building still smolders, even as water drips from the blackened timbers and stone.  

Comments

[succubestie]

Probably hauling ass out the door like we should be.

[And she squints through the smoke, spotting them. (Spot 20) She points, before she starts heading in that direction because seriously fuck this place it's going up there's no stopping it.]

See! There! Now let's go!

[And full movement action.]

[littledhampir]

[Okay yes good. That's enough to make Rose ditch the P.O.S (empty) fire extinguisher and haul ass along with Bo.

Also full movement action.]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ as they all converge on the same spot-ish, the flames continue to spread, and the building is starting to fill with thick smoke. everyone must make a fortitude save DC 12 or be unable to do anything for the next round but choke and cough. it's also gotten much harder to see... which is why they might not notice that the flaming creature is bearing down right on top of them until it reaches them, between bo and alanna, its gaze intent on moretti, beyond them. moretti freaks and gets a nat 20 str check to try to break away from kate and book it away. ]

[trebond]

[ alanna crit failed her fort save. she stops moving, dissolving into a hacking fit and completely missing the appearance of the charred one. ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate tries to keep a hold on Moretti as the smoke surrounds them, but it's no use with his crazy freak out feat of strength (grapple 17). It doesn't help matters that the smoke is filling her lungs and she can't do anything but cough and try and see past it (fort save 5).]

[succubestie]

[Well we'll have at least one person that lucked out on their fort save (21) so she's not even cough as they all arrive on nearly the same spot.]

Keep moving, ladies!

[She grabs for their arms and tries to drag them both along (str...nat 20. 25 total. how many shoulders am i going to dislocate this week?)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ bo yanks alanna and kate after her, but that just means the charred one comes up right behind them. it tries to slap kate out of the way first because she's right in front of it (atk 12), but she can manage to duck out from under its flaming hand. the heat it generates is scorching. ]

[littledhampir]

[Team Succukissed for the win basically (FS 18), Rose moving to join the others without the thick smoke slowing her down. As whatever the hell that thing is moves to attack Kate, she actually thinks to pull her gun this time (Wisdom 19), ready to try and distract it long enough for Bo to get the others out.]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ yeah moretti is running for the hills and makes it out of the door into the lobby area out there, wheeeeeee.

the charred one doesn't seem to take notice of rose. in fact, it very single-mindedly looks intent on pushing past them to get at moretti... ]

[trebond]

[ she passed her fort save this time!! and since it's fucking attacking, i'm guessing she doesn't need a ... spot check to see the charred one now. she raises her sword and takes a swing (atk 21, dmg ... 3). unfortunately this shit is a fucking ghost made of fire because alanna's sword literally PHASES STRAIGHT THROUGH THAT PIECE OF SHIT. ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate lets herself be dragged along, catching her breath finally and glancing back to see Alana's sword go through the creature and not do ... anything at all really.

All the same, she's going to keep letting Bo drag her through the door.]

[succubestie]

Keep moving, ladies!

[Seriously can we not try to fight the giant fire ghost in the burning building.

Once she realizes the girls can breath on their own and get a move on, she lets them go so they can book it toward the door. (Full movement)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ bo and kate will make it back out to the lobby which i will address in a moment... but the charred one moves after them, heading straight after moretti now that the path is clear. which means alanna gets to step in with an attack of opportunity! ]

[trebond]

[ swing and a miss! alanna's sword goes straight through the charred one again (atk 13). ]

[littledhampir]

[Now it's probably Rose's turn to miss but she can't not try as she aims her gun at the charred one and... doesn't shoot when it hits her that if the bullet goes through it, she's going to shoot her teammates instead. (Wisdom 20 total).]

Any idea what the hell this thing is? [Looking around to see if there's anything that might be of use against a flaming mess of WTF. (Spot 29.)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ she doesn't see anything through the smoke, other than a sprinkler system above, which the smoke is finally reaching and enveloping.

meanwhile, out in the hallway, a gigantic fire is blazing at the far end of the hall, and worse, moretti has stopped in the doorway that leads out to the lobby, because a huge fire is consuming that room as well, blocking his way out. ]

[trebond]

Our weapons won't do any good.

[ Alanna looks to Rose. ]

We need to catch up with the rest. Lead it out into the open, and then we can figure out how to battle something we can't hit.

[ She turns to chase after where the others ran out at full speed. ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate stumbles out into the hallway, and catches sight of both Moretti and the fire (spot 27). She glances around before reaching forward to try and grab the man's shoulders and get his attention (grapple 9).]

We need another way out of here.

[That's mostly to Bo, but she wants Moretti's attention because he knows the layout better than she does.]

[succubestie]

Clearly.

[She doesn't stop moving, heading down the hallway toward the other doors, trying to get a look inside the rooms to see if she can find another exit, like a breakable window. (Spot 28)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ moretti yanks out of kate's grip, but does turn to look at her. ]

It's too late. [ bo moves down the hall past two doors before she looks into the men's bathroom and sees a window high up. ] It's-- [ and he screams again as the thing emerges behind kate, smacking at her with a flame covered hand (atk 18, dmg ... 11 :( ) she must make a reflex save dc 15 or her clothes and hair catch on fire for an additional 5 dmg. DON'T DIE, KATE ]

[littledhampir]

[Meanwhile, oblivious to the fact that one of her teammates may or may not be dying (GDI), in what is probably the worst decision in the history of the world, Rose in her ultimate wisdom figures if the sprinklers won't go off and put the damn fire out on their own, she's going to give them a helping hand by shooting at the pipes overhead. (Atk. 26, Dmg. 12).]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the pipe bursts... and moments later, water starts pouring down around the factory. this will give kate a +4 to her reflex save not to catch on fire, and some of the flames start dying out slowly (i'll update the map with which areas tomorrow).

unfortunately... it seems to have no effect on the charred one. because he's a fucking ghost. whoops. moretti screams and runs after bo as fast as his legs can carry him. ]

[trebond]

[ When the charred one slashed at Kate, Alanna forgets that she has fucking magic and goes into full knight mode trying to ... stop the bad guy. And tries to slash at it again. And misses. Again. Jesus fucking christ. ]

[killmypatience]

[Yeah, that doesn't go so well. She takes the hit hard and tries to roll as she hits the ground to try and put the flames out, but it doesn't work out as well as she'd like (reflex save 14). She just barely makes her fort save, however, provided that the additional damage doesn't make the DC higher (fort save 10).]

[succubestie]

Shit!

[Bo ends up running back for Kate, because fuck no she's not letting one of her people go down, and if that makes her run past the charred one, so be it.

Bo pulls off her leather jacket and attempts to use it to bat out and smother the flames that start on Kate's clothes.

The thing can have Moretti. She gives zero fucks at this point.]