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Post by andyman on Mar 30, 2007 18:31:47 GMT -5
[OOC: New post after receiving PM from the GM clarifying that the old guy hasn't hit the kid... yet.]
Rick gasps in shock when he sees the old man about to strike the kid reading a comic book. Unless Rick acts now, niether one will remain in mint condition.
"EXCUSE ME!" Rick shouts in a loud whiney voice. "DO YOU HAVE ANY SUN CHIPS? I WANT TO BUY SOME SUN CHIPS."
With the others distracted Rick quickly whispers to Angelica, "If you have a cell phone, please dial 911. I may need an ambulance soon."
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Action 1: 2 stones to Social Skills to break up the fight, allowing both agressors to save face. A thing RAs need to do more often then they care to admit.
Action 2: 2 stones to Close Combat + 1 for the brick = 3 stones shifted to Defense.
Health: 2/2 Energy: 4i/4i Defense: 3
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Post by Andrew on Mar 30, 2007 19:01:51 GMT -5
(OOC: Reposted after andyman's repost!)
Walking into the store, Angelica saw that the weird old pervert had gone from just creepy, to full-on psycho! He was threatening some greasy store-clerk, about his pay or something? Whatever. Angelica was so over all of this. She just wanted to get what she came for, then get the hell out of this crap-hole place.
"Are you kidding me?", she wasn't too happy about Rick's sudden heroics, but it was too late to stop him, "Come on, Rick, just forget it. Let's just get what we came for, and leave them to it."
Doing her best to go about her shopping business without attracting the attention of that crazy old bastard, Angelica grabbed the first packets of gum she saw. Despite Rick's best efforts, she couldn't really see the confrontation between the psycho geezer and the clerk ending well. Not particularly wanting to be there when all hell broke loose, she decided to just leave enough of Erik's cash on the display to cover everything, rather than wait to pay normally.
"Let's just go", she made one last appeal to Rick, before heading for the door - whether he was ready to go or not, she wasn't sticking around.
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Agility 2: *Grab some gum and leave some money, while trying to avoid the crazy bastard and the clerk he's hassling.
Speed 1: *Head back to the car after she's got the gum; she'll just be walking quickly, but if the old bastard makes any funny moves or actually hits the clerk (or Rick), she'll run for it.
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Post by Scriptus on Mar 31, 2007 9:42:36 GMT -5
OOC: I'll be out of town until Tuesday. Go ahead and play without me until then.
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Post by Brainstem on Mar 31, 2007 17:48:29 GMT -5
Seeing that his bait received no bite, Steve shifts his focus a bit. Strange things are happening around him that are just too unsettling to be left unnoticed. Putting his headphones on to look as though he's not paying attention to anything outside, Steve subtly addresses his fellow passengers.
"Looks like Andrew's noticed something strange going on. The birds are acting way too out of character; something funny is happening."
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HP: 2/2 Energy: 6/6
Action 1: 2 into Intelligence to observe the people outside
HP: 2/2 Energy: 4/6
EDIT: Fixed the wrong context.
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Post by talismanhex on Mar 31, 2007 23:00:10 GMT -5
OOC: No, unfortunately not. If you want to use your mouth to change things you better make it count, because you only get a few shots at getting your asses out of trouble.[This is in response to a question that is no longer above. I will not be using the Social Skills Energy House Rule for this game, but you only have to use Stones in Social Skills if you are trying to convince or otherwise get someone to do something for you. Not for every conversation.]
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Post by GhostKnight on Apr 3, 2007 9:01:17 GMT -5
Erik looks at the moon, nothing out of the ordinary, just the same old moon. The bum must be some kind of lunatic or must be afraid of the moon, but why? maybe a phobia.
"They are taking their time" - says Erik to himself. - "We are out of schedule, would say the RA. Well... if there was a schedule to follow"
The election of president has never interested Erik nor his family, most of the campaign is money uselessly spent on attracting the people and false promises of wealth. Erik restrains himself of sounding the klaxon, it would only get the attention of other people and he doesn't want to attract anyone else.
"Yeah, a close race"
H: 2 E: 6
Actions: None
E: 6
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Post by talismanhex on Apr 3, 2007 18:15:30 GMT -5
Josh, Steve and Erik "This is gettin' weird guys. That woman that got out of the "gansta's" car when we pulled up was behind the station when I tried to take a whizz and now those crows sittin' on that old guys truck like that while Andrew just takes their picture. Oh and what the heck is that woman doing getting into his truck? Somethin' aint right. This is like some episode of the Twilight Zone." After making the statement Josh's analytical mind began to breaking it down. The black was in the bushes for the same reason he went to the bushes, that bathroom sucked. She was taking a whizz herself. The crows are not wild animals. She got in the truck, because the old man was on of her regulars. Josh smiles to himself. In no time he is gonna be a regular Gil Grissom. "Looks like Andrew's noticed something strange going on. The birds are acting way too out of character; something funny is happening." Steve blurts out. Steve keeps looking outside. Andrew and the hooker are not doing anything different, but Steve notices the homeless guy walking very fast in the direction the "Gangstas" went and the direction of that crazy tower he saw on the way in. Erik looks at the moon. Same old moon and as the clouds shift, Erik realizes the moon is full. Erik just wants to go. He can hear Josh and Steve talking, but he can't hear a thing they are saying. "Yeah, a close race" Erik blurts out. That should keep those guys off his back for a while. Josh 26Steve 26Erik 26Rick and Angelica "EXCUSE ME!" Rick shouts in a loud whiney voice. "DO YOU HAVE ANY SUN CHIPS? I WANT TO BUY SOME SUN CHIPS." The old man turns around, and looks at Rick with a bored look. " The Sun Chips are to your right," The kid declares. Rick turn to his right and they are right there, not even a foot away from them. The old man turns back to the boy and pats his face," I won't let you play at the Institute any more if your f*cking holding out on me Gremlin." The old man turns around and walks over toward Rick," You like hugging that brick?" the old man asks as he takes the brick from Rick. Rick notices that the old man has no problem hefting the brick, " I 'm gonna use the head." As the old man left he gave Angelica another once over and smiled. She grabbed 3 packs of gum. "Let's just go", she made one last appeal to Rick, before heading for the door - whether he was ready to go or not, she wasn't sticking around. Angelica left the station as Rick came up to the counter. He was juggling some Sun Chips, Fruitopia and a packet of Red Vines. The clerk is gathering the money. " Are you with that car out there?" the kid asks. Rick 28iAngelica 24"Got my pictures," Andrew says, mustering up a facade of pseudo-cool, "Are we heading out or what?" Andrew notices the Black lady in the truck now as he walks back. The old suddenly exits the station, with that cinder block Josh and Rick were lugging around. The old man waves at the woman in the truck and she blows him a kiss. After he rounds the corner toward the restroom Angelica storms out of the station walking really fast toward the car. 26
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Post by andyman on Apr 3, 2007 19:38:29 GMT -5
"Yes, I'm with the car, so I'm paying for the gas too." Rick brings over the money Angelica left. "Hey, do you sell comics here? Is that one you are reading any good? I used to collect for a few years, but then I stopped. Maybe I should start back up this summer. I just can't read while in the car or I'll get sick. I'll need a receipt for the gas and the food, so we can be reimbursed please. I think I need to pay for the comic seperately though. Thank you very much for your help. Sorry for having to ask you to ring up two seperate sales."
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Action 1: 3 stones to Social Skills to get the comic, a reciept for the gas and the food so the university can reimburse them, and hopefully the well-wishes of the clerk since Rick is such a good-natured albet quirky guy.
Action 2: 1 stone in Business Skills to make sure he's charged the right amount for all this stuff.
Health: 2/2 Energy: 4i/4i
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Post by Scriptus on Apr 3, 2007 23:27:00 GMT -5
Josh smiled a little bit. It was nice to see his education was worth a little something. Who would train that many birds anyway? And why would you train crows? Weird. Anyway it's time to get out of here. Sticking his head out the window he hollered.
"You guys ready to go?"
(No actions this panel)
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Post by dorkknight23 on Apr 4, 2007 2:59:58 GMT -5
"Are you alright?" Andrew asks Angelica. He doesn't really care, but he's half-hoping maybe if he gives half a damn maybe there's decent odds she'll put out. Who knows?
He wants to get the hell out of this place, although he doesn't show it. He can't help but feel a little...freaked by the whole affair.
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Post by Andrew on Apr 4, 2007 19:20:56 GMT -5
Angelica strode over toward the waiting car, keen to put as much distance as she could between that creepy old pervert and herself. This whole gas station was just full of freaks!
"Huh?", the distracted cheerleader was snapped back to reality by Andrew's faux-concern, "Oh yeah, I'm fine. Nothing to worry about. Let's just get out of here."
Shoving a pack of gum into Erik's chest, Angelica quickly took her seat up front. Unwrapping some of her own gum, she started chewing frantically. Realizing that maybe she looked a little on-edge, she tried to play it cool by offering gum to the others - but this probably wasn't fooling anybody.
Angelica still had other things on her mind, though. Peering out of the window, she was looking around for that creepy old pervert. Even though she knew it was stupid to be this wound-up over some random creep, she couldn't help herself. As soon as they were back on the road again, she'd feel a whole lot better.
"God, what's taking him so long?", she grumbled, as Rick spent what seemed like an eternity chatting to the store clerk, "Is he asking that guy to marry him or something? Jesus!"
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Post by GhostKnight on Apr 4, 2007 22:21:24 GMT -5
"Thanks sweet"
Erik start to chew gum, this is going to keep him alert and it won't irritate his stomach. Looking at Angelica he starts the car in hope it will make Rick hurry.
"This will make him do whatever he is doing faster" - he gives an accelerated pulse to the engine - "Just hope he is not considering to take him with us"
Photogenic birds, a whore, an old bum and a stupid old man won't ruin the trip, that's for sure. Erik is tempted to leave without Rick, but he wouldn't leave him with so many strange things going around.
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Post by Brainstem on Apr 4, 2007 22:28:13 GMT -5
To think it was tense enough around without Angelica in the car, Steve realized something had to be wrong.
"Is everything ok? I mean, we wouldn't want this whole trip to start out so roughly. If you want, you can listen to my mp3 player for a bit; it usually helps me calm down when I'm stressed out. Listen to some Streetlight Manifesto; it's upbeat enough to liven your mood up and loud enough to drown out whatever out there is freaking you out."
Sure, the mp3 player was important to Steve, but he could bare without it for a bit. After all, it would be better than listening to that bitch complain (well, talk at all). Regardless, good feelings are something pleasant to have when you're trapped in a car with someone for a week or so.
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HP: 2/2 Energy: 6/6
Action 1: 2 into Social Skills to comfort/inquire/calm Angelica
HP: 2/2 Energy: 4/6
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Post by talismanhex on Apr 4, 2007 23:15:04 GMT -5
Rick "Yes, I'm with the car, so I'm paying for the gas too." Rick brings over the money Angelica left. "Hey, do you sell comics here? Is that one you are reading any good? I used to collect for a few years, but then I stopped. Maybe I should start back up this summer. I just can't read while in the car or I'll get sick. I'll need a receipt for the gas and the food, so we can be reimbursed please. I think I need to pay for the comic separately though. Thank you very much for your help. Sorry for having to ask you to ring up two separate sales." The clerk begins to ring things up,"Naw. It's no problem and no." Rick is a little taken back. "Thank you," Rick says unsure if the clerk means the comic is no good or if they don't sell comics or neither of the above. "Oh, um, in case you don't know there is a lot of graffiti in that bathroom back there. Some of it is even written in what could be mistaken as blood." Rick has done his civic duty, for the...( Rick looks outside) night. "Yeah I know, f*cking jerks. No, I don't have any comics, here. This comic sucks, but that's life." The clerk is having a hard time getting the Red Vines to scan. "Yeah..." Rick pauses, switching to his more sensitive RA mode. "That's not fair to you. Maybe the stockholders in the oil company should clean up the bathrooms in their own stations once in a while." Impressing himself for somehow being able to bring up business in this conversation, rick feels ready to try asking what's really on his mind... well, in a round-about way. "So what's the story behind the ears of corn for sale?" "The Corn? Well, that asshole that left for the "head", that's Mal. He's the caretaker out at that old Insane Asylum( he points behind him) over there. He lives in a trailer outside the abandoned building. He started growing corn out there. Has a whole Field. We sell his shit corn here." The register jumps to life, " That will be $10.73." "Thanks," Rick says deciding to give the clerk a twenty and single so it's easier for him to make change. The clerk looks at the money. "Does the windshield wiper guy work here? He scared the girl I was with and ran off yelling something about the moon. He dropped his squeegee on the ground. I almost stepped on it on my way back from the can. Do you want me to bring it in for you?" He hands Rick back 2, 2 dollar bills," What guy?" He hands Rick 5 crumpled 1 dollar bills," The squeegee? No, you can leave it." He plops 5 quarters and 2 pennies into Rick's hand." You know I would kick that old guy's ass if I didn't need him. See, we are like, buds you know. I sell his corn and he let's me in that madhouse. You want to know something?" Boggled by the change distribution, Rick doesn't quite have time to process the creepiness of a guy wanting to hang out in an abandoned madhouse. So he answers, "Sure what?" as if his old freshman roommate called him and asked him "You know what?" In no way is he expecting this gas station attendant to say anything really strange. "That dumb-ass doesn't know that there is supposed to be treasure somewhere in there," He gets close and whispers," Dr. Ashley Kafka was an embezzler, stashed a shit load of cash somewhere in that building and I am going to find it. It was supposed to be enough to get her a long vacation in the Caribbean or somewhere." "Well, I wish you much luck finding it," Rick says politely. "My friends are waiting... but now I'm curious. Why does Mal think you want to go over there?" The clerk smiles( much like he is in the picture),"I told him I like to worship Satan over there," He flashes a hand gesture and sticks his tongue out," That f*cker is scared shitless to bother me and I have full run of the place. To look for the cash." He smiles and shakes head. Hearing the engine rev Rick hurries toward the door. "I gotta go. Thanks again and have fun storming the castle!" Rick smiles. He's not sure what to think of the Kafta cash story. He did find it more amusing than Kafka's Metamorphosis, but that could just be because rick was never a fan of life-sized wee wee roaches. Out the door and into the car, bringing presents of junk food I go. 2 8iIn the car: Well, it's night now. Rick is still inside. The crew is getting antsy. "This will make him do whatever he is doing faster" - he gives an accelerated pulse to the engine - "Just hope he is not considering to take him with us" Soon Rick is running out. He gets to the door with his goodies and fumbles with the latch. He opens the door to get in. You all notice the old man get into his truck. he is really happy to see the woman. He goes to kiss her, she gives him her cheek. His lights blind you all as he starts his truck and heads the way he came. Rick is standing there watching the old man leave with the door open. Suddenly the big clerk comes rushing out. The key! everyone thinks, but he is more concerned with Rick for some reason," Sir!" the clerk is hyper-ventilating," You( breathe) forgot( breathe) your receipts." He smiles. The clerk picks the squeegee up and heads back into the store. Josh 2 6Andrew 2 6Angelica 2 6Erik 2 6Steve 2 6OOC: Go ahead and have your characters share their findings so we can see what's next.
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Post by Scriptus on Apr 5, 2007 22:57:06 GMT -5
Josh is hoping to impress his companions with his deductive skill so he begins letting them know what he has figured out.
"So did you guys notice that those birds were trained? It was like they were following that old guy or something. It also appears that the old guy has a thing for the 'ladies of the night.' Well any way I say we get out of here and get back to our road trip."
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