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Achievement Unlocked! :)

Some background: Giatia is the former leader of the Necrobians, a life goddess, whom Galrithius overthrew and trapped in a runestone. The rest of Necrobia thinks her dead.

Necromancy is abound, Chiasma won't stay down ;) but for now I wanna switch to this new Jackie, he'll be more effective with this apocalypse.


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So the question now is: Does

So the question now is: Does Heather reach McJigg in time to parry the warhammer? If not, does McJigg react?

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My thought was that it's

My thought was that it's barely enough :) Definitely a bit unfair to teleport with a warhammer on his head out of nowhere.


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I think we're at a weird spot

I think we're at a weird spot where after Jackie's outburst, we're waiting for the Chaos Mages's response... but both are controlled by you Des.

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Yeah good point, I guess no

Yeah good point, I guess no one is pressing for answers more than Jackie.

Edit: okay, that's a better hand-off I think.


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I'm compelled to note that no

I'm compelled to note that no one's explicitly called it "Convergence" yet :p Could just call it his intuition, it's a pretty obvious name for "plop our reality onto yours"


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A figure in teal robes walks through the open door, "wraith should've been more than enough..." she begins, her words not matching her lips, "we can't be losing summoners on Convergence." She waves across the doorway as if closing a sliding door, a teal aura fills the doorway as it's replaced with brick wall. She thrusts her hand out towards McJigg, and out of a portal comes a javelin.

I disagree. :P

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#oops, ctrl+F was case sensitive apparently, my b :p

I'll let McJigg reply to the explain query before Jackie turns to Heather.


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The handcuffs will react to

The handcuffs will react to the wearer attempting spellcasting by tightening as long as the casting continues or until they are no longer being worn. They are also much more durable than their stainless steel construction would indicate. Also, I presume that since this Jackie is wearing different clothes, then what that Jackie was wearing went with that Jackie. More gorram paperwork for lost handcuffs...

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K, so we ditching golden

K, so we ditching golden Jackie and healing Chiasma then?


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Quote:
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Golden Jackie has done 0 to earn McJigg's trust thus far. He's been violent, his motives aren't clear, and as a magic user, he's approaching another with his finger pointed during a cast.

Meanwhile, Chaisma isn't dead, did you expect us to just leave him there?

You know, for a guy who mains a necromancer* I sure do lose track of souls and their meaning :p

Jackie did pin down the chaos mage. I'll let heather be the deciding vote on whether or not Jackie joins them in Jiggrealm.


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Ok, I started posting when a

Ok, I started posting when a dungeon popped in my game, before I finished, a lot more happened apparently. Not only that, I typed my reply for the OOC thread into the IC thread. X_X

Sorry about that, retconning my response for now.

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Heather is willing to trust

Heather is willing to trust Jackie, just not all that far and not at her back if she doesn't have to. ^_^

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I think it makes most sense

I think it makes most sense for Heather to act next.

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Reviewing the thread, I've

Reviewing the thread, I've realized just how much has happened in the safehouse :p So, we've had two big paths mentioned:

1) to the Coventre precinct: knowing it's an invasion by an organization with politics, I'd plan an action heavy line, maybe with a resolution to the Jackie trouble.

2) "Planeswalking" to the "source": aka travelling to Necrobia. It was hinted by the character McJigg before they went to the patrol car. Questline (idk what word works) could significantly effect larger events, but pose huge danger ;)

I'm open to both, but I figure 1 favors Heather, the cop, and 2 favors McJigg, the mage, and 1 favors smaller scale, 2 favors larger scale.


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McJigg wouldn't put

McJigg wouldn't put planeswalking on the table until he had more information, he takes it pretty seriously. For now my vote rests with helping Heather get the mage into custody, get Chaisma proper medical attention and contacting Bpit for information on Necrobia.

Certainly up to the task once they're bit more prepared though.

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I'll say it would be easier

I'll say it would be easier than normal since the ironclad veil between Necrobia and baseline earth is weaker during the event. But, I'll ponder what the precinct might hold then :)

Though I seem to get a bit far-sighted.


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Wanna do Jackie and Chiasma

Wanna do Jackie and Chiasma through the door first to set the scene?


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That's probably a good idea,

That's probably a good idea, I had initially ended a post with opening the door in case you wanted to place anything there or describe what was happening outside.

I can edit my last post to not have the area 'clear' if you'd like.

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Kinda split between eerily

Kinda split between eerily clear and extremely not clear. Let's say the alleyway is clear, but they turn to find it very not clear.


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Should we wait for Foradain?

Should we wait for Foradain?

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Sorry, working the night

Sorry, working the night shift has messed up my sleep schedule. Shifting back to days next week will mess it up again.

And don't worry about the handcuffs. They won't react to someone else casting a spell on the person wearing them.

Though that could be a disadvantage, under certain circumstances.

Alley behind the store, turn right to the street beside the store, turning right at the street will take us right past the parking lot in front of the store, then another five blocks to the precinct house. Easy, right? So I'm thinking the side is somewhat clear, but as you get closer to having line of sight to the front of the store, it's more obvious something's happening there.

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Should I have a map like DnD

Should I have a map like DnD :p


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The squalor comment is 100% a

The squalor comment is 100% a throwback to her comment about his workspace. :P

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Sorry, I thought we were

Sorry, I thought we were outside, in the alley. How are we seeing what's going on inside the store, until we get to where there are windows to see through?

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I thought we were in the ally

I thought we were in the ally too, I just assumed we could hear it.

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It's third-person narration,

It's third-person narration, not anything the characters are aware of, but clunky, my bad. I'll ignore the force blast :p


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I really thought that your

I really thought that your '3rd person narration' was happening down the ally as something for us to deal with.

I need to run out for an errand, I'll fix my post when I get back.

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I should've done, "meanwhile,

I should've done, "meanwhile, in the deli" or something, "deli worker" doesn't specify enough.


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"spits" as in says very

"spits" as in says very harshly :p So are we just keeping that this is happening in the alley? I can retcon something else in the hall to remedy it.


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I'd say we're still in the

I'd say we're still in the alley. A deli worker can just as easily be outside and Heather has given directions. That, and McJigg's spell that's meant to be unintrusive for getting around would raise a lot of suspicion leading to the inside of the building.

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Kk, editting my last one then

Kk, editting my last one then :p

Edit: done, I think it's coherent enough now.


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Heather's magic is on the

Heather's magic is on the order of tertiary powers, except for the ones enhancing her attacks and for certain Love/Death/Prosperity/Protection "domain spells". So a trained mage may not be affected much by this Sleep Well spell. OTOH, she's been using her powers and lost a fight and just got drained. So maybe she's just vulnerable either right now or to Seiðr in general, or maybe she's not.

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Yeah drained and bruised, she

Yeah drained and bruised, she'd be pretty vulnerable, especially with no chaos defenses up.


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I somehow 100% missed it was my turn, sorry.

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S'all good :)

S'all good :)

Hope the threat level isn't too high here, but alerting all the undead to a faded retreat is a bold move :p


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McJigg has a bit of the

McJigg has a bit of the paladin mentality, can't let the civilians take the heat. This is indeed one of the ways he finds himself in hot water.

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Not sure how to handle

Not sure how to handle "dispel" but lets go with this: it dispels enhancements on the haunts, but doesn't render them corpses, since I think that'd be a bit OP. Reasoning: the undead are animated by a more ancient and powerful magic, whereas the enhancements are done by Necrobians like the chaos mage or Summoner Jackie.


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I always wonder why a

I always wonder why a 'Necromancer' couldn't simply 'un-plug' undead creatures from whatever necro-power it is that keeps them going and going and going...

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I mean are they often shown

I mean are they often shown not doing so? Or do you mean a competing necromancer-- you know there're rarely multiple necromancers :p


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I mean are they often shown not doing so? Or do you mean a competing necromancer-- you know there're rarely multiple necromancers :p

Competing Necros, yes.

I admit, the comment originally comes from a game in which I sometimes play a Necromancer, going into a zone full of pesky re-animated bodies, where I and my pets are forced to wear-down each enemy's HPs. I wanted a 'Get Back to where you once Belonged' power.

I mean, wouldn't it make sense for a Necromancer to be the best solution to a plague of zombies?

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I mean depending on your magic rules :p I'd assume competing necromancies wouldn't cancel out or overpower one another. Another necromancer's zombies is mechanistically just a slow person.


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It could be considered that

It could be considered that the more powerful D&D cleric turns (i.e., the ones that destroy the effected undead) do just that; disconnect the power and they revert to corpses. But note that that is much more powerful clerics than the undead are.

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Do we wanna double tap the

Do we wanna double tap the servi and wind down before the precinct or continue the chase to the door?


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I can edit my last post so

I can edit my last post so that Heather services the last servi before holstering her pistol. ^_^

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No need, McJigg or Jackie can

No need, McJigg or Jackie can take out the last one. Just formulating the next scene: charging to the police precinct or give some wind down between.

Also, planning for the precinct to be pretty big, 3-4 story office building.


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Oops. Edit undone.

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I think it will hinge on what

I think it will hinge on what's going on there. Are other heroes there working as a base? Are the police out protecting the place, or have they barricaded themselves inside?

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It's a warzone basically, so

It's a warzone basically, so I'm thinking they're mostly barricaded inside, but since Haunts can conjure out of the very walls, it's not doing them much good. Also it's a chance to spawn a Technomancer :)

I like the but on mixing aboriginal magics :)


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To be clear, there are 3 TCPD

To be clear, there are 3 TCPD mechs, two of which appear to have been taken over by Necrobian magic?

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Yeah. Notably with people

Yeah. Notably with people inside all three of them, but two can't control the mechs they're trapped in.


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And if Brown-Robes tries

And if Brown-Robes tries casting anything other than releasing those mechs, Heather will open fire. If he doesn't release the mechs, he gets one warning. And if he tries to hex the pistol, we find out whether he can get past the wards Heather's mom Mei-Ling put on it before Heather can fire at him. ^_^

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No idea how these wards work,

No idea how these wards work, but the magic releases entropy trapped in the pistol, making it more simple. Critical Hit would turn it into ore, successful hit turns into a flintlock, minor hit just disables it. Any other devices could also be targets.

Kinda glad Chiasma isn't in this fight because he'd be out of weapons fast :p


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Unfortunately, this magic

Unfortunately, this magic wasn't what was warded against!

p.s.: Please note that Heather still has the other nine shots, she just has to figure out how to load them. Also, for the cursing, think Firefly/Serenity

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Haven't seen Firefly in way too long :(

The Servi will ignore Chiasma's nearly dead body, but not McJigg.


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So, in avionics terms, you've

So, in avionics terms, you've hacked their IFF. ^_^

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If I can't have the mech, no

If I can't have the mech, no one can! :p

Note Jackie's primary objective is to get back home, not to stop Convergence. He'll try to get help from Gael, but Gael's no chaos mage. The Remoted mech will keep at Heather unless redirected by Gael. Think Mastermind pet controls, they'll charge mindlessly until told otherwise :p


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Guess I should note that

Guess I should note that Regress Runes activate then dissipate, their effects are permanent without some defense (e.g. wards, Jin particles, time control). Maybe McJigg has some magic sight?


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Like the wards on Heather's

Like the wards on Heather's pistol? ^_^

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Sure, I have no idea the

Sure, I have no idea the specifics of those wards :p But since Regress is pretty powerful I'm open to defense against it.

A manual release on the outside seems like bad design :p But tbh so is a minigun instead of an arc taser so TCPDs faults aren't on me :p


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Imagine an injury that

Imagine an injury that incapacitated the pilot. How do you get at the pilot to treat him without an external release?

Admittedly, it's usually only going to be used when the mech is not still moving around, and it should not be possible to activate it while using it as a handhold...

(Edit)...but since you've already written that it worked we'll skip over how Heather did it. ^_^
I was envisioning something where you push in and then turn. And Heather was going to have to drive her sword into the mech (at an angle to avoid the pilot) to get the leverage to do that. The upside would be that she has both hands free to get the pilot out.

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I figured the resolution is

I figured the resolution is that she sliced the armor off the internal manual release. I don't mind skipping a step of how the mech didn't crush the pilot :p

Figure it's been long enough to give McJigg a turn before continuing with Gael and the Remoted Mech


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I figure the spell's titled

I figure the spell's titled "Sleep Well", so she'd have a good powernap. So, what exactly happens when one uses spells with the cuffs on? My understanding is that they'll painfully constrict, intending to subdue the perp with physical pain.

Bit of background: the blade is called a Gluon blade because it cleanly separates the atoms it touches, somehow without causing fission. It's Endeavored tech, so no one really understands how it works.


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Yeah, that's the downside of

Yeah, that's the downside of using it as a control spell. ^_^

Yes, they will constrict painfully. It may break bones, but once the teeth have disengaged they will not move further. So they won't cut the hands off.

My techy heroes (The Duchess and Tinker Belle) would call that "Clarke Tech", as in, "a sufficiently advanced technology".

OK, Des, I'm thinking most likely result is the spell of control gets disrupted and Gael's failsafe shuts the mech down. Best result from Heather's P.o.V. is that Gael's spell is taken out completely, and she gets control of the mech, but I don't think that's a likely outcome. Worst case is she keeps casting and drawing energy from the sunblade, which in turn draws the energy from the mech and from Gael's spell, and it just takes a while to get to most likely result.

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Hell yeah, let's give Heather

Hell yeah, let's give Heather the mech ;) Granted, it's pretty messed up physically. Hopefully the transformation is written as cool as it looks in my head ^_^

Lol, you saw what I was thinking for the chaos mage, but here's a chance for ideology.


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My time at work is no longer

My time at work is no longer being spent training others, I should be a bit more attentive again.

Love how the dispel didn't go as planned, love heather's new mech, love the Chaos mage being woken up. McJigg is starting to feel spread thin in a war zone when he's not suited to actual combat!

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I suppose it's worded "unable

I suppose it's worded "unable to use minigun" not "out of ammo" :p I'll let McJigg decide before doing the reaction to the gun. The roster is a bit full....so the decision might be dire ;p


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Huh?...

Huh?...

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Think that was meant for

Think that was meant for Harbor Patrol, but I wouldn't mind her joining ;)


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That, or it was intended to

That, or it was intended to be from me, somehow...

So, what Halae said. ^_^

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Blurgh, yeah, that was an

Blurgh, yeah, that was an accident. Deleted now.

Anyways, I haven't been following this thread. i wouldn't mind playing Scaleback more, but I'm not really sure what's going on

An infinite number of tries doesn't mean that any one of those tries will succeed. I could flip an infinite number of pennies an infinite number of times and, barring genuine randomness, they will never come up "Waffles".

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In fewer words, Necrobia, the

In fewer words, Necrobia, the cross-dimensional cult/nation of mages, has invaded Titan City in a zombie apocalypse. The team is trying to get into the Coventre TCPD precinct to get more info on Necrobia, but they're battling a Technomancer and chaos mage before they can get in.

Scaleback could be a fun brute mauling the countless hordes ;)


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I am somewhat confused. Which

I am somewhat confused. Which hands faded away?

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The ones previously severed.

The ones previously severed. Although her hands could phase out at any moment too :p Being a chaos mage comes with the risk of random injuries. I should throw one in to kneecap her at some point here.


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Hope that's not too gruesome

Hope that's not too gruesome :p Flames were the only thing I could think of that would one-shot the mage but not harm Heather. The other options were atomic blasts :p


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This is why I don't care for

This is why I don't care for the critical failures of spells in GURPS, and I stay away from the chaos sorcery in D&D. ^_^

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Pull out the Wand of Wonder

Pull out the Wand of Wonder and your team runs like heck, while the enemy starts making popcorn.

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So good or bad call? I can't

So good or bad call? I can't tell :p


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I assume this RP is very much

I assume this RP is very much ongoing.

Can I ask for a summary of major events and perhaps a highlight reel of posts so I don't have to read... Well the entire thread to join in?

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Sure!

Sure!

Overall: a cross-dimensional group of sorcerers, the Necrobians, have started a zombie apocalypse in Titan City. Undead humanoids, knights, and later other monsters appear from thin air or crawl through walls.

First the group met a Summoner, the Detective managed to kill him, they decide to go to the Mercenary's safehouse with the body, where they are attacked by a Chaos mage who incapacitates the Mercenary and transforms the Summoner into an alternate timelines version who is "good". They're currently trying to get to the police precinct in Coventre but a Technomancer is halting their progress, luckily the Chaos Mage had a critical failure on a spell....

You could deus ex machina the Technomancer, or jump in in the precinct :)

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Poke poke :p Too busy on

Poke poke :p Too busy on pirate CoH? :p


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D'oh!

D'oh!

That and work officially entering the busy season yes. Back to hosting 3 weddings every weekend and it really eats up a lot of my free time when all work from wedding nights is postponed to when I'm not chasing the drunks around.

I'll try and get a post up today!

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I mean no pressure, just

I mean no pressure, just giving it a poke :p


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So, Heather just watched the

So, Heather just watched the chaos mage fail all over the place; Jackie is in a stalemate with Gael, the Technomancer; and McJigg is trying to end the stalemate?


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Heather is about to look and

Heather is about to look and see where she is needed next; IAW, waiting for McJigg. ^_^

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So, if I wanted to join in on

So, if I wanted to join in on this (which I do), would i just make a new scene and wait for someone to interact with my character?

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Or walk in on the existing

Or walk in on the existing scene, either way. ^_^

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Yeah, you can either crash

Yeah, you can either crash into the technomancer battle, or wait until we're in the precinct, which I'm thinking is immediately after Gael is neutralized. You get a bit more flexibility with the precinct: it's a war-zone so anything could be happening in there.


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I think I'll read the

I think I'll read the precinct posts and do some civilian view death and drama to get my appetite whetted.

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