Session Start: Sun Jun 01 20:56:24 2003
Session Ident: #taw
* Logging #taw to 'logs\EsperNet\#taw.20030601.log'
<Ire> Session 69: The War Effort
<Ire> Time Chart: August 15th, 2222
<Ire> Location: Building 38
*** Kimera is now known as Silouette
* Ire sits on the front porch of Building 38, drinking a beer as he watches tanks and other military vehicles drive by, heading through the city to the nearest Mega City military base.
*** Sherinmir is now known as Icebrand
* Icebrand , asleep in his room, snores. Loudly.
* Jake` snores on the couch
* Silouette sits in the tree near the enterance, watching the parade as well
* Dahok rests on the the couch next to Jake and looks at him
*** Garland is now known as Bobo_The_Alien
* Ire finishes his beer and sets it on the floorboards under his feet.
* Bobo_The_Alien wanders around, boh'ing to himself.
* Dahok grabs a plate that was resting on the floor and smash's it over Jake's head
<Jake`> ! *falls over, unconscious*
* Silouette is lounging in the tree... looking almost normal, besides being pale, expressionless... and in a tree.
* Ire looks up at Silouette from his position on the swings.
<Dahok> Ahhh....peace and quiet..
<Ire> GM: *suddenly, one of the tanks outside explodes, knocking the one in front of it up into the air where it lands upside down, scraping along the highway into a lampost. The one behind the exploding tank swerves in a desperate attempt and smashes into a parked vehicle*
<Ire> ?!
* Icebrand blinks, and bangs on the wall
<Icebrand> Shut up over there! *goes back to sleep*
<Dahok> Grrr....*stands up* NOW WHAT?!@
<Ire> GM: *ten shuttles suddenly come into view overhead, Canadian and British shuttles. Several men stand at the opened door, aiming their rocket launchers out. They fire some more, blowing up more tanks*
<Silouette> ...can't they atleast afford some sort of bomber?
* Ire stands up, walking to the edge of the porch, watching with what could be considered a surprised expression
<Ire> GM: *the remaining tanks turn and aim, firing at the shuttles. They manage to blow two up and they go crashing into nearby buildings, smashing through them*
* Icebrand yawns
<Icebrand> What the hell's all that racket...?
* Bobo_The_Alien walks by Ice "Boh."
<Ire> GM: * a red alert siren goes through the entire police department*
<Dahok> ....*nudges Jake with his foot* Get up..
* Jake` drools, still KOed.
<Icebrand> <...What the hell are you doing in my room!? OUT!>
<Dahok> Eh....*turns and heads outside*
<Ire> GM: *more rockets fly and smash into parts of the police department as officers rush out*
<Ire> GM: *the explosions results in bodies of officers flying through the air and landing in a charred heap*
<Silouette> ...okay, now they've gone too far. *hops out of the tree casually*
<Ire> GM: *in the air, several Mega City planes engage the shuttles*
* Ire grabs his handguns.
<Dahok> ....Man they're gonna kill civilians this way..
<Ire> ...yes.
<Icebrand> <...Whoa. What the hell did I miss?> *grabs his belt*
* Dahok turns and see's Ire
<Icebrand> *clips it on* <I told them to wake me up if the world was ending. Sheesh.>
<Ire> GM: *one of the planes are shot down and goes spinning out of control, smashing into some crowded buildings. The dead is incalcuable*
<Dahok> Think you can clip the pilot from here?
<Ire> GM: *several British and Canadian vehicles pour into the streets*
<Ire> ...*puts his handguns up and grabs his rifle* Yes. *he leaps up, grabbing the porch roof and pulling himself up.
* Icebrand jogs downstairs
<Dahok> 200 Gil says you can't..
<Icebrand> <What did I miss?>
* Ire scales the side of Building 38, heading for the roof.
<Silouette> ...I'll take you up on that bet.
<Dahok> Nothing yet....just a bet being made..
<Dahok> You think he can't either?
<Ire> GM: *a tank rams into a Canadian vehicle, slamming the vehicle into the air and leaving it smashed to bits on the ground. Troops inside are smashed*
<Silouette> ...I believe he can.
<Ire> GM: *meanwhile, the other vehicles release their soldiers and the Canadian/British troops open fire on the tanks*
<Ire> GM: *police officers enter on the military's side, firing at the enemy troops*
* Ire reaches the roof, turning to face one of the shuttles firing tons of rockets into buildings to the debree lands on the tanks. He grabs his rifle and takes aim.
<Dahok> I'm up on it...
* Silouette jumps off the tree to the second story windows and sits on a ledge so she can see better.
* Ire takes aim and fires a shot. It hits the window, shattering, but the pilot remains fine.
<Ire> ...
<Dahok> HAH!!!
<Dahok> Pay up Silouette...
<Bobo_The_Alien> Boh! *shoots at it*
* Ire re-aims again, firing. The pilot's head explodes in a gory display. The shuttle spins and crashes into some Canadian troops*
<Bobo_The_Alien> Boh boh boh! *jumps up and down*
<Silouette> *glances at Dahok* ...that was messy, wasn't it?
* Ire takes aim at another shuttle that's not being taken out by MC forces.
* Bobo_The_Alien runs over to Ire "BOHHHH!"
<Ire> GM: *the tanks are being destroyed one by one, meanwhile. Canadian forces openly engage all cops who have entered the fight*
<Dahok> Yeah but he took two shots..Pay up.
* Ire glances briefly at Bob.
<Silouette> ...you never specified it had to be the first shot.
<Ire> (bobo)
* Bobo_The_Alien points.
<Dahok> .....
* Ire glances at the directly he's pointing.
* Dahok scowls
<Ire> *the Canadians begin to fire rockets into groups of police officers. The bodies go flying in all directions*
<Ire> *The British finish off the last of the tanks*
* Bobo_The_Alien flies over the enemy, shooting at them with his akimbo rayguns
* Ire fires at another shuttle, taking it down on British forces.
<Ire> GM: *one shuttle, taking out another MC plane, turns it's attention to the sniper problem*
* Dahok flips his fingers up, and a giant vine shoots up out of the ground and slams into the shuttle that turned towards Ire
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle spins around, damaged*
<Ire> GM: *police forces continue to get slaughtered on the ground, but thanks to Bobo, our lone hero, he's drawn some fire!*
* Bobo_The_Alien fires rays at the shuttle
* Dahok flex's his hands out and the vine appears int he shape of a hand and grabs onto the shuttle
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle, caught in Dahok's hand, is now fired upon helplessly by Bobo. The shuttle explodes*
<Bobo_The_Alien> BOOOOHHH! *switches his ray gun to the brown frequency, shooting at the enemy*
* Ire lands on the ground after the last of the shuttles are destroyed.
<Dahok> *the vine drops to the ground and disappears into the ground*
<Ire> Canadian/British Forces: *amass and begin to drive the police back*
* Silouette goes and grabs a rifle from a fallen officer
<Ire> GM: *officers continue to fall one by one. Their weapons are many*
* Bobo_The_Alien flies over by Ire
* Dahok starts walking forward towards the Canadian/British forces
* Ire opens fire on the troops, moving towards them.
<Ire> GM: *The Mega City military arrives behind the Canadian/british forces and engage them from behind, thus dividing the army's attention*
* Silouette opens fire on the soldiers with the rifle .oO( ...inconsiderate hiretsukan... )
<Ire> GM: *the soldiers Sil and Ire fire upon are cut down quickly*
* Ire stands next to Sil, providing support fire.
* Bobo_The_Alien lands and poses cutely.
<Ire> GM: *the remaining police officers retreat behind various obstacles for protection*
<Ire> GM: *several shots fly dangerously close at Ire and Sil, providing the idea the army now is intent on nailing them*
* Dahok slides up behind Ire and Sil
* Ire glances around, spotting the van nearby, still untouched by enemy fire.
<Ire> Dahok, cover Sil for a moment. I'm going to go for the van. *he throws Dahok his rifle*
* Silouette drops to the ground, making herself an even smaller target
<Dahok> ...rifle...me...yeah...*stands up behind Silouette and starts shooting, the shots way the hell off*
<Ire> GM: *the troops start marching towards Sil and Dahok, even as Ire seemingly runs away*
* Bobo_The_Alien flies after Ire.
* Ire opens the van door and swings himself into it. He begins to power up the van.
<Dahok> Ahh...great....*starts shooting at the troops advancing towards them, keeping a eye on the troops position, waiting for them to get close to the grass*
<Ire> GM: *the troops keep marching along the paved parts of the street and of the police lot*
<Ire> GM: *a stray shot hits Icebrand in the arm, throwing him back*
<Silouette> NRP: <Sil> .oO( God I love limited AI path finding... )
<Dahok> *turns his attention to a fire-hydrant and shoots at it, missing several times but eventually hitting it*
<Ire> GM: *water gushes forward, hitting the troops*
* Ire hits the gas and drives forward, aimed at the troops. All of them turned their attention off of Sil and Dahok
<Dahok> *turns his aim towards another one, nailing that one too*
<Ire> GM: *the troops open fire on the van, tearing pieces off, slowly*
* Ire slams into the troops with the van, even as the back catches on fire. He drives around, spinning the van so that he runs over as many people as he can.
<Dahok> Get out now Ire...Get out..
* Bobo_The_Alien stands on top of the van, shooting at troops "BOOHHHHH!"
* Ire spins the van again, running over more troops.
<Ire> GM: *troops run forward, firing straight into the van. It explodes, sending Bobo flying up*
<Ire> GM: *the explosion nails many of the troops, throwing them back as they flesh catches on fire instantly and burns away*
<Silouette> ...idiot.
<Dahok> *starts taking pot shots at the flaming troops*
<Dahok> NRP: HAH FLAMERS!
<Ire> GM: *the burning troops lay dying. The remaining ones, around a dozen, surge at Dahok and Sil*
* Ire rolls around the burning wreckage of the van, firing away into a crowd of troops with his handguns.
*** Alicia has quit IRC (Ping timeout)
* Icebrand pops up behind Silouette and opens fire on the leftover troops
<Ire> GM: *the military surges forward to aid them*
*** Alicia has joined #TAW
* Dahok turns his attention back to the people surging at them and takes pot shots at them, mostly hitting the dirt infront of them*
<Icebrand> <Sorry about the disappearance. I got knocked out early on.>
* Silouette just pops off a shot every couple seconds, aimed at the heart of a soldier... or as close as she can get it
<Ire> GM: *the soldiers are all finished off. The live ones are quickly rounded up by the military*
* Dahok pats Silouette on the back
<Dahok> Good job.
* Ire stands there, panting, looking over the death and chaos. He slowly holsters his handguns and rejoins his unit
* Icebrand spins his guns briefly, and holsters them
<Icebrand> <...Can I go back to bed, now?>
* Bobo_The_Alien sits on the ground near the van.
<Bobo_The_Alien> *or waht's left of it.
<Ire> GM: *a general approaches the group*
<Dahok> Wonder how long before we retalliate
<Ire> General: Me and my people thank you for your efforts here today. You saved many lives.
* Dahok looks over at the general
<Ire> ...
* Silouette nods slightly
<Icebrand> *to Ire* <This is your area, bossman.>
* Bobo_The_Alien wanders over to the General
<Ire> General: *Goes onto say something else when a private runs up, discussing something about a unit they lost communication with, outside Vesperton. The General mutters something back about not having enough manpower to go check it out right now*
* Ire frowns, overhearing the conversation.
<Ire> General: *turns back* Excuse me. *he follows the private over to one of the few remaining tanks*
<Bobo_The_Alien> Boh.
<Dahok> Shew...
* Ire crosses his arms, surveying the damage across the street. Burning buildings, burning people, burning vehicles.
<Ire> Good job, Sil - Dahok.
* Ire glancing at Bobo
<Ire> You too.
* Silouette nods
<Icebrand> <Sorry I had to drop out, bossman.> *rubs his bleeding head* <They got me early on.>
<Silouette> ...they tried to enter our home without knocking. It wasn't polite.
<Dahok> Think we should check to see where they went?
<Ire> Where who went?
<Dahok> Didn't you hear that private?
* Bobo_The_Alien looks at Ice
<Bobo_The_Alien> Boh.
<Ire> About the missing unit?
* Dahok nods
<Dahok> They are one of us...
<Ire> ...Trying to find a lost military unit? That's a little out of our job description, isn't it?
* Dahok shrugs
<Bobo_The_Alien> Boh bo.
<Dahok> Maybe they'll give us some more respect if we can show them we can do that line of work too.
<Ire> ... *turns to Sil* Do you think this is worth looking into?
<Icebrand> <Or they could nail us for going out of our jurisdiction.>
<Dahok> And who knows, maybe they'll be a ghost or goblin invovled.
<Silouette> *shrugs* ...I don't have any better plans for this afternoon.
<Ire> ...
* Ire radios a shuttle to meet them out in front of Building 38
<Icebrand> <...Let me go get a bandage.>
<Ire> Why, Mr. Fyro, do I have a feeling I'm going to regret this?
* Icebrand jogs inside
<Dahok> Cuz badluck follows us where-ever we go.
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle flies in overhead and lands near them*
<Ire> ....
* Ire grunts, opening the side of the shuttle and getting in the back.
<Silouette> .....what's the worst that could happen?
* Icebrand returns, bandages around his head and arm, and gets on
* Dahok steps into the shuttle
* Silouette steps in quietly
<Ire> GM: *the pilot gives the team a thumbs up and flies straight up*
<Ire> Pilot: Destination?
* Dahok sits down in a seat
<Ire> Near Vesperton. *the pilot gives him an odd look* Just do it.
* Icebrand sits down and rubs his head. "Perfect place for a psion like me to get nailed..."
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle flies forward, aimed in the general direction of Vesperton*
<Ire> GM: *below them, Mega City looks small and innocent.*
<Bobo_The_Alien> Bohh...
<Silouette> NRP: <Head of Vesp U> I pity anyone who things they stand a chance of attacking this school.
<Ire> NRP: LOL
<Dahok> NRP: DB: *lies on the grass, passed out*
<Ire> GM: *soon, they are flying over open fields*
<Ire> GM: *nice open fields. With cows*
<Dahok> Hey look...cows...
<Ire> ...
* Ire eyes Dahok
<Ire> Pilot: Hmmm, I'm getting something on my scanners.
<Dahok> *looks over at Ire then up at the pilot
<Ire> Head for it.
<Dahok> What are you getting on the scanners?
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle tilts course*
<Ire> Pilot: Energy sources, much like that of a military vehicle or a shuttle.
<Dahok> That's good..
<Ire> GM: *silence*
<Silouette> ......
<Ire> GM: *more silence*
<Ire> .....
<Dahok> ....We there yet?
<Dahok> What?
<Ire> Pilot: N---*suddenly, the front end of the shuttle explodes, leaving nothing there.*
* Ire sits in his seat, eyes boggling at the fact the front part of the shuttle is now gone
<Bobo_The_Alien> ...Bohh.
<Dahok> Uh oh....
<Ire> ...
* Bobo_The_Alien walks over to the front of the shuttle and looks out.
<Ire> GM: *several enemy tanks are firing at them*
<Dahok> Icebrand...can you use your psionics to land this ship?
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle begins to pitch forward*
<Ire> GM: *now it's falling in a plummet at the ground*
<Silouette> ...well, this might hurt.
<Ire> ...
* Ire unbuckles and grabs the side of the plane so he doesn't fall out.
* Ire looks down
<Ire> We have ten seconds until impact.
<Icebrand> <Sorry, roomie, I can't use telekinesis.>
<Ire> Five...
<Dahok> Worthless....*reaches his hands out and his eyes roll into the back of his head. A group of vines erupts out of the ground and catchs the Shuttle*
* Ire is jerked forward as the shuttle suddenly stops. He smashes into Bobo.
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle slams to the side as a blast hits it. Infact, a hole is torn in the side*
<Dahok> *stumbles forward and slides into the vines, the vines lower to the ground, setting the shuttle down and then disappearing*
* Icebrand changes to falcon form and jumps out
<Icebrand> <Maybe this was a bad idea.>
* Ire jumps out the hole and lands on the ground.
<Ire> GM: *several tanks roll towards them*
<Icebrand> <Check that. This was definitely a bad idea.>
* Silouette steps out of the shuttle
<Ire> GM: *another shot flies out and hits the shuttle again, blowing it back*
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle spins along the ground, bouncing over and over, before exploding*
* Dahok stands on the ground and throws his hand up, the area around a tank suddenly begins to rumble
* Silouette is gone.
<Ire> Voice from tank: Surrender, you hoozer.
<Icebrand> ...Dirty brits.
* Silouette attempts to pry open one of the tank hatches
<Dahok> *the ground seperates from under the tank*
<Ire> GM: *the tank falls into the ground. Meanwhile, Sil opens the hatch to another tank*
* Icebrand follows Sil's example
* Dahok slams his hands together, causing the ground to close up around the tank
* Silouette slits the gunner's throat and throws him out of the tank.
* Ire stands there, patiently.
<Ire> GM: *Icebrand manages to do it, too*
* Silouette closes the hatch, then fires at one of the other tanks.
<Ire> GM: *Sil blows up IB's tank*
* Icebrand grins at the gunner the best he can in his current form, and slices his throat open with his talon
* Icebrand goes flying - fortunately, he has wings and can correct his flight path
<Alicia> NRP: Ouch.
* Ire stands there, making a face.
<Ire> Man, he has bad luck.
* Silouette fires at the lead tank.
<Icebrand> <Whose side are you ON, anyway!?>
<Icebrand> .oO{Tch, God hates me...}
<Ire> GM: *the lead tank explodes*
<Silouette> .oO( ...... )
<Ire> GM: *the remaining two tanks take aim at Sil's tank*
<Dahok> And I thought I had bad luck
* Silouette fires at one of them before they shoot her
<Icebrand> NRP: I feel it worth mentioning that IB has the highest luck of anyone here. :P
<Silouette> NRP: Sil has bad luck =P
* Dahok raises his hand and a pillar of dirt shoots up from underneath one of the tanks
<Ire> GM: *that tank explodes. The remaining one fires at Sil's*
* Icebrand opens fire on the tank with his sidearms
<Ire> GM: *the firing tank is hit by DIRT!*
<Ire> GM: *and then shot!*
<Icebrand> <...Tch, yeah, this is going to work.>
<Dahok> *drops his hand the dirt dropping to the ground
<Ire> GM: *and it drops!*
<Dahok> *runs toward the tank that drops*
<Ire> GM: *it lands on Dahok*
<Ire> ...
* Ire coughs.
<Bobo_The_Alien> NRP: BRB...
* Silouette crawls out of the ruined tank...
<Ire> GM: *the damaged tank rolls off of Dahok*
<Ire> GM: *it aims at IB, trying to run him over*
* Icebrand watches the tank roar below him
* Dahok breathe's heavily, luckily having dropped and the tank landing over him
<Ire> GM: *it keeps circling IB*
<Ire> What...is that tank doing?
<Icebrand> <...>
* Dahok push's himself up shaking
* Icebrand flies off to the side and opens fire on it
* Ire walks up behind Dahok
<Ire> Are you okay?
* Dahok looks at Ire, pale as a ghost
<Silouette> NRP: Someone forgot to tell the AI that it can't run over air units
<Ire> Tank: *keeps circling the area, now rolling, inadvertedly, at sil*
* Silouette sighs, and slashes the tread off.
<Ire> GM: *the tank, suddenly stops next to Sil*
<Ire> GM: *the driver leaps out, running away*
* Silouette grapples the pilot.
<Dahok> Do...I...look ok?!
<Ire> ... *frowns, turning to Sil, cupping his hands* LOOK...OUT!
<Ire> GM: *the tank begins to glow red*
<Ire> Pilot: *is grappled*
* Silouette sees the tank and starts running
<Ire> GM: *the tank shakes and explodes!*
<Silouette> *gets thrown to the ground and coughs* ...ow.
<Ire> GM: *the explosion shoots into the sky at IB*
* Ire turns to look at IB
* Icebrand dives
<Ire> GM: *the explosion dramatically "engulfs" him as he dives. He emerges on the other side*
<Icebrand> .oO{God really hates me.}
<Ire> GM: *burnt, really*
* Icebrand coughs
* Silouette walks up to the grappled pilot, smiles slightly, then punches him out... letting him live oddly enough.
<Ire> GM: *suddenly, IB finds himself on the direct path...of an enemy shuttle!*
<Icebrand> <...I give up!> *lands next to Ire and whips his guns out*
* Dahok turns towards the sound of a shuttle
<Dahok> Ire....takle him out..
<Ire> GM: *the shuttle flies overhead.*
<Ire> Rifle? *holds out hand*
* Dahok toss's him the rifle he slung over his back
* Icebrand fires at the shuttle, pissed at the world
* Ire grabs the rifle, right as IB blows up the shuttle
<Ire> ...
* Ire sidesteps as the wreckage falls towards IB
* Icebrand flies forward, landing safely out of range
<Ire> ....
* Dahok leaps to the side
<Ire> Well, the enemy troops are destroyed.
<Ire> Is everyone okay?
<Icebrand> <...AM I OKAY!? I'm not leaving my room for the next week after today!>
* Dahok nods
<Dahok> Barely..
* Ire glances at IB oddly.
<Ire> GM: *nearby, the remains of what could be considered the missing unit, is seen*
<Dahok> *spots the missing unit* Well we found the missing troop...or what's left of them..
<Ire> Well, ... I guess it couldn't be helped. They probably died before the surprise attack hit Mega City.
<Ire> GM: *the sounds of shuttles are heard nearby*
<Icebrand> <...Can we go home now?>
<Dahok> Better comm home base
* Ire turns, frowning. Three shuttles are seen nearby, just dots on the horizon*
* Ire grips his rifle, waiting.
<Ire> GM: *The shuttles, Mega City issued, land near them*
<Dahok> Shew...
<Ire> GM: *military troops job out, holding out their weapons* FREEZE
* Ire raises his hands, indicating his pocket.
<Ire> I'm a police officer. My badge is in my pocket.
* Dahok raise's his hands
<Dahok> We got one of them..*points his thumb at the guy Sil knocked out.
<Ire> GM: *one of the officers reaches in, grabs the badge, flips it open, looks at it, then turns to the others* They're fine. *he hands Ire his badge back* Sorry, sir.
* Silouette stands casually.
* Icebrand holds his hands up, reverting
* Ire pockets his badge as the troops nod at Dahok, grabbing the man Sil captured and dragging him onto the shuttle
<Ire> Private: Understood. Do you need a lift back to the city?
* Dahok drops his hand
<Dahok> That'd be great.
* Icebrand puts his hands behind his head
<Icebrand> Yep.
* Ire nods at everyone
<Ire> Alright, on the shuttle.
<Ire> ...*glances at Dahok* How did I know this was going to go bad?
* Icebrand gets on with no hesitation
<Dahok> Cuz I've got bad mojo?
<Dahok> *steps onto the shuttle*
* Ire grunts and hops on the shuttle
<Ire> Session Ends
Session Close: Sun Jun 01 22:29:40 2003