Game 2a

Aaross8986: ---You are laying in your bed, kinda tired from the tournament that happened the night before....its about morning, when you hear a noise...
Aaross8986: --you look over to your clock....it reads 6:04am--
Aaross8986: the penthouse is still reletively dark.
Brian McGinn: ((Do I act now?))
Aaross8986: yeah
Aaross8986: roll a listen check.
Aaross8986: use your home dice, i dont care.
Aaross8986: just be honest.
Brian McGinn: 13 + 1
Aaross8986: The sound appears to be shuffling out in the living room.
Aaross8986: You hear faint whispers along with it.
Aaross8986: ...
Brian McGinn: "Goddam...." grab the gun out of a nightstand drawer (don't care if its loaded) and advance to the door.
Brian McGinn: Try to listen closer at the door.
Aaross8986: What gun do you have?
Brian McGinn: Ruger Service 6 Revolver
Aaross8986: lemme get your char sheet
Aaross8986: oh ok.
Brian McGinn: Normally loaded, but you never know.
Aaross8986: roll listen again.
Brian McGinn: 16 + 1.
Aaross8986: you hear a few voices....barely audible...
Aaross8986: They say a few things but you can only make out a few words.
Brian McGinn: Voices sound familiar at all?
Aaross8986: "Where is....room....quiet...lock the door..."
Brian McGinn: Probably not, then.
Aaross8986: You hear two male voices and one female.
Aaross8986: none are familiar.
Brian McGinn: (whispers to self) "She-yat...."
Quietly turn knob, sliding door open, gun ready.
Brian McGinn: Just enough open to peek out.
Aaross8986: roll spot.
Brian McGinn: 10 + 1.
Aaross8986: you can barely see anything.
Aaross8986: you can make out movement but thats it.
Brian McGinn: Stand up, make gun slightly less obvious, and announce in a loud voice (but not a shout) as I stroll into the hall, sort of towards the bathroom "GOD-DAM, how much did I drink...she-yat...the can had better be free...."
Aaross8986: as you stroll out into the hallway, you see no more movement.
Aaross8986: ---
Brian McGinn: Stagger halfway towards bathroom, look around as if wasted (I'm looking for where the guys might be), and announce "that dam couch needs to move." Stagger towards south-most couch.
Aaross8986: ((lol, ok))
Aaross8986: Roll reflex
Brian McGinn: 11 + 1.
Aaross8986: you feel the gun is kicked from your hand.
Brian McGinn: Am I still standing?
Aaross8986: Now you feel that someone is grabbing you!
Aaross8986: yeah
Aaross8986: standing.
Aaross8986: as they grab you they put there hand over your mouth.
Aaross8986: ((hol on))
Aaross8986: roll a grapple check
Brian McGinn: 8 + I'm not sure what I add for that
Aaross8986: me either.
Aaross8986: oh well.
Aaross8986: i got a 12 anyway.
Brian McGinn: BAB +STR.
Brian McGinn: So unless he's got a BAB and STR of 0, he wins.
Aaross8986: he grabs you, they pin your hand behind your back....
Aaross8986: and push you to the ground...they get on top of you...
Aaross8986: it is still reletively quiet the way they are doing it.
Aaross8986: They keep there hands over your mouth and whisper "Are you Joku?"
Brian McGinn: Shake my head no.
Aaross8986: "Im going to let my hand up for one second...when I do, you will tell me your name..." Lifts hand Puts
Aaross8986: ((forget the "puts"))
Brian McGinn: "McGinn, Brian Jennis."
Aaross8986: puts hand back down
Aaross8986: Ok, I want you to listen to me when I say this..."
Aaross8986: "We are not here to hurt you, we only want to speak with you, and this is the only way..."
Aaross8986: "If we let you up and give you your gun back, do you promise not to attract attention?"
Brian McGinn: Nod.
Aaross8986: ::The person lets the hand up and gets off of you::
Aaross8986: Your eyes have adjusted to the dark light by now
Aaross8986: You only see them as about 3 shadowy figures now.
Aaross8986: You see one of the figures holds out your gun back to you.
Aaross8986: ---
Brian McGinn: Take it with two fingers, and slowly put it back at the waistband of the pajama/bottoms.
Aaross8986: "Sorry about that.
Aaross8986: "We didnt want you to arouse any alarm"
Brian McGinn: "I was just gonna move the sofa...yeah, okay. Whaddaya want?"
Aaross8986: "Again, we are not here to hurt you we are here to help..."
Aaross8986: "Turn on the TV..."
Brian McGinn: I do so.
Aaross8986: When the TV turn on, you see 3 people, one of which is Serenity.
Aaross8986: The room fills with low light.
Brian McGinn: (Whisper) "Whoa."
Aaross8986: You also see that her 2 friends are packing AK's
Aaross8986: ---
Brian McGinn: "Uh...okay...who am I looking at?"
Aaross8986: "I am Serenity"
Aaross8986: "You remmember me from the fight?"
Brian McGinn: "Yes. You're quite skilled."
Aaross8986: She smiles lightly...
Aaross8986: May we please speak in the kitchen?
Aaross8986: or somewhere with light?
Brian McGinn: "Kitchen's good." Walk in that direction to switch on any local lights available.
Aaross8986: you switch on the table's light.
Aaross8986: she sits down.
Aaross8986: I apologize for the intrusion, I just needed to get some work done...
Aaross8986: """
Aaross8986: "Hmm, I dont know quite how to word this..."
Aaross8986: "What would you say if i told you that everything that you have ever known to be true...?"
Brian McGinn: "Ya know, I always wondered about hearing that question someday...and I never figured out what I'd say."
Aaross8986: "Precisely...."
Aaross8986: "No one ever knows what to say...."
Aaross8986: "Because no one knows..."
Aaross8986: "the answer"
Aaross8986: "What would you say if I were to tell you that I know the answer...."
Aaross8986: ""And all you had to do to find it...was trust me?"
Brian McGinn: "I'd say I've got nothing at all to lose."
Aaross8986: ::she smiles::
Aaross8986: "I believe you are ready"
Aaross8986: ::She takes out a silver case, about the size of a ciggarette box"
Aaross8986: ::
Aaross8986: ::She romoves something from it::
Aaross8986: ::no, no, two things...:
Aaross8986: ::She holds one in each hand::
Aaross8986: "I hold in my hand the answers to my own questions...."
Aaross8986: "Is everything real...."
Aaross8986: ::she opens her hand::
Aaross8986: ::you see a red pill::
Aaross8986: ::she opens the other hand::
Aaross8986: ::you see a blue pill::
Aaross8986: "If you take the blue pill...you bask in your own ignorance...and live your life the way you want to live it..."
Aaross8986: "If you take the red pill....Everything will be answered...everything...will be real"
Aaross8986: ((haha....who didnt see this coming?))
Brian McGinn: "I haven't lived my life the way I want to live it since...well, ever."
(Pause.)
"Why start now?"
((Actually, I still haven't seen the Matrix. I'm supposed to borrow it and watch it tomorrow.))
Aaross8986: ::One of her friends gets a glass of water and sets it on the table in front of you::
Aaross8986: ((you'll like it....most likely))
Aaross8986: "Because....its never to late to wake up."
Aaross8986: "Besides, havent you ever wanted to feel whole?"
Brian McGinn: "Hold on, guys. This is a big decision, you know. That is...er...am I colorblind? THAT" (point to red pill) "is the red one, right, because I'd hate to botch it because the light's bad."
Aaross8986: ::She sets both pills in front of you::
Aaross8986: "Yeah, thats the red one"
Brian McGinn: "What'd the man say? Ye shall know the truth, and the truth will set ye free?" Put red pill in mouth. "Here's to truth." Swig the water and swallow the pill.
Aaross8986: ::another one of her friends opens a laptop on the desk and hooks a cell phone up to it::
Aaross8986: "perfect"
Aaross8986: lackey1: "boss, we got 6 minutes"
Aaross8986: Serenity: "I know...patience"
Brian McGinn: "Six minutes until...what?
Brian McGinn: "
Aaross8986: ::the other lackey begins to hook strange devices to your arms and chest::
Aaross8986: ::sensor like devices::
Aaross8986: "Six minutes until our time is up."
Aaross8986: ::you hear the laptop dialing::
Aaross8986: -Your character begins to feel wierd-
Aaross8986: your throat is getting dry and you're feeling kind of tingly on your arms and legs
Aaross8986: you notice that the window next to the table has a crack in it.
Brian McGinn: ((Think: I gotta get that fixed....))
Aaross8986: The crack itself begins to close up like melting ice
Aaross8986: liquid and unusual
Aaross8986: the glass turns reflective, like a mirror...
Aaross8986: And the entire window is whole once again.
Aaross8986: however the surface of the glass ripples....
Aaross8986: she looks to you...
Aaross8986: "Are you seeing anything unusual?"
Brian McGinn: "Just a bit."
Aaross8986: "Where?"
Brian McGinn: "I don't want to explain what's just happened to the window to the landlord."
Aaross8986: :she glances at the window:
Aaross8986: Serenity: "The window, track it"
Aaross8986: Lackey1: got it boss
Aaross8986: Serenity: "please Brian, feel free to touch the window"
Aaross8986: "All will be explained in time, but you must hurry"
Brian McGinn: Quite confusedly stand and approach the window.
Brian McGinn: Try to punch it.
Aaross8986: ::the window shimmers and ripples like water::
Brian McGinn: "Huh?!"
Aaross8986: you punch the window
Aaross8986: it goes into it like syrup.
Aaross8986: and the mirrored texture begins to climb your arm.
Brian McGinn: "Is this right?"
Aaross8986: Lackey1: "Ill have it in just under a minute"
Aaross8986: Serenity: "I dont know Brian, I cant see what you are seeing right now"
Aaross8986: ::the mirrored liquid begins to go over your shoulders::
Aaross8986: ((feel free to make actions while im talking))
Brian McGinn: "My arm and shoulder are shimmering...reflective-like"
Aaross8986: Serenity: Yes, that's normal.
Brian McGinn: Try to kick the window.
Aaross8986: ::it begins to speed up now....going down your back and over your chest::
Aaross8986: ::it seems to be freezing cold, and it doesnt even seem to touch your clothes::
Aaross8986: ((Kick the window?)
Brian McGinn: "Bring it on." Yeah, kick it. Get some of the goo on my feet, if I can.
Aaross8986: ((you know, you can take your arm out any time you wish))
Aaross8986: ::it chas engulfed your entire body by now and the only place it hasnt covered to far is your face.::
Brian McGinn: ((I don't reject the goo. I embrace it.))
Aaross8986: ::It begins to cover your face...::
Brian McGinn: But I pull back from the window, assuming it will finish the job.
Aaross8986: "Just relax"
Aaross8986: ::it surges into your nostrels and down your throat::
Aaross8986: ::you can hear nothing or see nothing::
Brian McGinn: ((oh-oh))
Aaross8986: ::But you still feel the ability to move::
Aaross8986: ::you feel weightless now::
Aaross8986: ::And now you feel that your eyes are closed::
Brian McGinn: Kick my feet a little. Move my hands. And then open my eyes.
Aaross8986: ::when you open your eyes, you see the strangest thing...::
Aaross8986: ::you are in some sort of tub, completely immersed in some sort of pink goo::
Brian McGinn: "Tell me it was real...tell me this isn't pepto-bismol...tell me I'm not hammered."
Aaross8986: ((it isnt that deep, you can stand up if you wish))
Brian McGinn: Carefully stand up.
Aaross8986: ::you stand up and meet the cold atmosphere::
Aaross8986: ::you feel that a tube is down your throat! It feels disgusting@::
Brian McGinn: Gag, claw at the tube, and try to pull it out.
Aaross8986: The tube comes out, it feels disgusting...you vomit a little and remove it.:
Aaross8986: ::now you feel that you can breathe easier::
Brian McGinn: Gasp. Look around me.
Aaross8986: -in our last little experience as you might remmember, you just removed the tube from your mouth and you are standing up to see the thousands and thousands of bodies all lined up on the towers (like in the movie)-
Brian McGinn: ((Right.)) Stand and stare, dumbfounded.
Aaross8986: you see electricity jumping back and forth from a few of the towers and everything on your body seems to hurt.
Brian McGinn: Look down at my body.
Aaross8986: you notice that there are wires connected on different points along your body (like in the movie)
Brian McGinn: Try to pull them out.
Aaross8986: They all start to burst out of place
Aaross8986: it hurts like all hell
Brian McGinn: Never mind, then.
Aaross8986: (too late)
Aaross8986: And then you see a craft approach you
Aaross8986: it looks quite odd...you've never seen anything like it.
Aaross8986: it comes closer and closer.
Aaross8986: its now within 2 feet of your face.
Aaross8986: A robotic arm shoots out from underneath it and grabs you by the throat.
Brian McGinn: Gag a bit.
Aaross8986: several sharp appendages bigin to go over your body.
Aaross8986: you feel the last wire (about tennis ball width) unscrew from the back of your head.
Aaross8986: it is extremely disorienting
Aaross8986: The machine lets go.
Aaross8986: all of the sudden, you feel yourself being sucked under the liquid again!...under closer inspection, you find that you are actually being flushed out of the tank along with the rest of the pink fluid.
Brian McGinn: Try not to break myself in the fall, I guess.
Aaross8986: roll tumple.
Aaross8986: tumble
Brian McGinn: (Oh, right, here...hold on a sec)
Brian McGinn: 12+1=13
Aaross8986: ok, yo udont hurt yourself in the fall.
Aaross8986: but you are being sucked through a long tube.
Aaross8986: -you still feel like you are half asleep, like you dont know what's going on-
Aaross8986: as you slide, you wonder what's going on...youve never seen/been to a place like this.
Aaross8986: all of the sudden, you feel wieghtless...like youre falling.
Brian McGinn: Think: Oh, she-yat.
Aaross8986: As you look down, you simply see darkness....however, as you continure falling...you see a surface...getting closer and closer.
Aaross8986: in fact....
Aaross8986: you will hit it in:
Aaross8986: 5
Aaross8986: 4
Aaross8986: 3
Aaross8986: 2
Aaross8986: 1
Aaross8986: *boom*
Aaross8986: you hit the water.
Aaross8986: you feel yourself begin to sink.
Brian McGinn: Doggy paddle, if I can.
Aaross8986: roll swim check.
Brian McGinn: 17+3=20
Aaross8986: you barely manage to keep yourself afloat
Aaross8986: you see a blinding bright light above you....
Aaross8986: you can barely feel anything anymore...
Aaross8986: you feel weightless once again.
Aaross8986: you are rising.
Aaross8986: Are you dead? You wonder.
Aaross8986: you go higher and higher untill you hear the sounds of a mechanical door shut.
Aaross8986: you pass out for a moment.
Aaross8986: or at least it feels like a moment.
Aaross8986: You awake, and you are on a bed.
Aaross8986: laying down...
Aaross8986: you still hurt all over.
Aaross8986: especially in the arms.
Aaross8986: and the head.
Aaross8986: there is a person in the room...
Aaross8986: no, two.
Aaross8986: you can barely make them out.
Aaross8986: your eyes have difficulty adjusting.
Aaross8986: the room seemes dark and plain.
Aaross8986: You can hear the faint beeps of a computer and the touch of someones hands over you...
Aaross8986: do you have the ability to move you wonder?
Aaross8986: Most likely....and what are these people doing to you?!
Aaross8986: You hear their voices above you...
Aaross8986: they seem to be english...
Aaross8986: a pleasant suprise...
Aaross8986: "What'll we do with him?"
Aaross8986: "Just keep building...we should have it done in a few hours"
Aaross8986: "hey, is he awake?"
Aaross8986: "Hello? Can you hear me Brian?"
Brian McGinn: "Unnhh...."
Brian McGinn: "Yeah...."
Aaross8986: "Just lay still, we're trying to help you..."
Aaross8986: "here, im going to give you something that should help yoooouuuu sleeeeeeeeppp.....*you go unconcious"
Aaross8986: When you come to, you see that you are in some sort of cell, and you feel at least half normal.
Brian McGinn: Look around a bit more, then try to get up.
Aaross8986: you get up.
Aaross8986: you feel almost perfectly normal.
Aaross8986: except you feel your muscles are stinging...kind of like after lifting weights.
Brian McGinn: "Ow..." Look around the cell.
Aaross8986: the room seems a tad suspicious...once again unlike anything youve ever seen before.
Brian McGinn: "Where the hell am I?" Look for an exit.
Aaross8986: there seems to be a hatch.
Aaross8986: almost like a submarine.
Brian McGinn: Try to open it.
Aaross8986: you turn the wheel.
Aaross8986: you hear a click.
Brian McGinn: From the hatch?
Aaross8986: yeah
Aaross8986: like the mechanism sliding out of place....
Brian McGinn: Push or pull it open.
Aaross8986: you find that it pushes open.
Aaross8986: sheck your mail to see where you are.
Aaross8986: i've sent a map.
Aaross8986: you are in the bottom level's top right room.
Brian McGinn: I see.
Aaross8986: turn it to .bmp and zoom in if you have trouble seeing/
Aaross8986: you hear steps coming down the ladder.
Brian McGinn: Get out into the big open room.
Brian McGinn: Through the hatch.
Aaross8986: as you exit the room...you see someone climbing down the ladder.
Aaross8986: they are carrying a tray of some sort.
Brian McGinn: "Hello? Where am I?"
Aaross8986: As they climb down, you recognize them as one of Serenity's lackeys.
Aaross8986: they look at you..
Aaross8986: "holy shit your awake?!"
Aaross8986: "CAPTAIN!!!"
Aaross8986: "MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT THIS"
Aaross8986: he looks to you.
Aaross8986: "hey....hows it going"
Brian McGinn: "What? Should I be asleep?"
Aaross8986: "No no, I just didnt really expect you to recover that quickly"
Aaross8986: "here"
Aaross8986: :he holds out a tray of disgusting looking food::
Brian McGinn: "Bon appetite." Take the tray.
Brian McGinn: How disgusting is it?
Aaross8986: looks like watered down yogurt/oatmeal with dirt in it.
Aaross8986: not alot..
Aaross8986: just little specks of dirt in it.
Brian McGinn: "Just like momma used to make...I think." Eat some of it.
Aaross8986: tasts like cold soggy cornflakes.
Aaross8986: doesnt taste that bad.
Aaross8986: looks worse than it tastes.
Brian McGinn: Finish the bowl. Never know when more is coming, after all.
Aaross8986: "They call me 'Karma'. Glad to see you like the food. The captain might want to see you"
Brian McGinn: "Sure. Why not?"
Aaross8986: "Right this way"
Aaross8986: He leads you up the stairs and into a dining area, where you see serenity sitting enjoying a cup of something.
Brian McGinn: "Hey, how's it going?"
Aaross8986: "here she is"
Aaross8986: :she kind of chokes on her drink::
Aaross8986: Serenity: "You're awake?"
Brian McGinn: "This seems to be a problem."
Aaross8986: Serenity: "Your not supposed to be awake for at least another six hours....hmm, your a fighter"
Brian McGinn: Laugh. "I've been called a lot of things, but never a fighter."
Aaross8986: Serenity: "Well, we've nevr had anyone recover quite as fast as you"
Aaross8986: Serenity: "so as you can imagine, we are a tad suprised"
Brian McGinn: "I guess. How many others have recovered?"
Aaross8986: Total?
Aaross8986: "
Aaross8986: Serenity: "Totally about 100,000"
Brian McGinn: "You're saying I've recovered faster than 100,000 other people?"
Aaross8986: Serenity: "on this ship....about 8"
Brian McGinn: "Ah...."
Brian McGinn: "That makes more sense."
Aaross8986: Serenity: "Which reminds me....you might want to have a seat"
Brian McGinn: Sit down.
Aaross8986: She explains to you everything about the matrix...how your whole life was a lie...and how everything isnt real, and how humans are being harvested for energy.
Aaross8986: You sit in disbelief, and you towo talk for about an hour.
Aaross8986: -fade to black-