WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:23.559 Thanks for watching! Welcome to Agent's Dossier, 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:26.600 a Delta Green actual play series brought to you 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.620 by 12 Sided Stories. And now your GM, Wes Otis. 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:51.880 Hello, Patreon listeners. Thank you for coming 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:54.659 and checking out Agents .ca. This is episode 00:00:54.659 --> 00:00:58.840 17, and we have some wonderful players. Let's 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.600 start with Jay. Hi, y 'all. Jay Holtham here 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.000 playing Mars Paulson. Just looking to fight someone 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:07.780 eventually. That'd be nice. Hi, I'm Pooja, and 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:10.219 I'm playing Robin Porter, a doctor who regrets 00:01:10.219 --> 00:01:12.459 many of her choices at the moment. Hey, guys. 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:14.260 I'm Mac, and I'm going to be playing Desiree 00:01:14.260 --> 00:01:18.950 Kimball, and I have a wedding to plan, man. Whatever 00:01:18.950 --> 00:01:22.650 cubes me to bones. Hey, I'm Saint and I'm playing 00:01:22.650 --> 00:01:26.730 Norman Morales. And he's got a feeling that somebody's 00:01:26.730 --> 00:01:29.310 watching him. Hey, I'm Michelle Otis and I am 00:01:29.310 --> 00:01:33.489 playing Perla Ayala, who, you know, is doing 00:01:33.489 --> 00:01:36.709 the best she can under the circumstances, which 00:01:36.709 --> 00:01:39.010 right now is running and screaming in terror. 00:01:40.689 --> 00:01:46.659 So last episode. Mars and Desiree were checking 00:01:46.659 --> 00:01:49.560 out the tire factory. Mars went in, actually 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:51.959 looked through the windows, checked out everything. 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:55.239 A couple of cops came by. They obviously had 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:59.500 gotten a call from someone to try to get Mars 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:03.120 to go away, probably. And Desiree did a whole 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:06.959 acting persuasion thing and basically got them 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:10.419 to drive off. But now you know, Mars, that there 00:02:10.419 --> 00:02:13.460 are two people inside at least, that the entire 00:02:13.460 --> 00:02:16.759 place is a facade. Just beyond the fake wood 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:22.120 is a steel reinforced area. Meanwhile, Norman 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:27.139 went to a local electronics store where a fellow 00:02:27.139 --> 00:02:32.919 NSA worker came by and warned him that his hotel 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:37.840 room was bugged and that... For some reason, 00:02:37.900 --> 00:02:41.240 they were being sloppy on purpose, letting you 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.979 all know that they're there and that they're 00:02:43.979 --> 00:02:46.580 basically doing a big fishing expedition to figure 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:51.180 out why Norman is doing what he's doing. So Norman 00:02:51.180 --> 00:02:54.780 bought himself a bunch of electronic stuff, made 00:02:54.780 --> 00:02:58.379 a bug, has a new laptop that's not being monitored, 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.259 figured out where all the bugs are. And over 00:03:02.259 --> 00:03:05.699 at the dig site, the cube started letting off 00:03:05.699 --> 00:03:09.409 these. energy arcs from it. There's a silver 00:03:09.409 --> 00:03:12.509 sphere in the middle of it that has a liquid 00:03:12.509 --> 00:03:16.949 feel to it, like a mercury feel to it. Everyone 00:03:16.949 --> 00:03:21.150 backed off a ways. You sent in a robot to get 00:03:21.150 --> 00:03:26.050 a sample and the cube used the droid to hone 00:03:26.050 --> 00:03:30.039 in on the guy who was moving it. to send one 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:33.439 of these pulses of energy to strike him. He fell 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:37.500 down. When Robin ran over to help, she felt like 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:39.780 he was a big balloon at that point, almost like 00:03:39.780 --> 00:03:42.180 a waterbed mattress, pushed down on his chest, 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:46.460 and he exploded in water and goo. This sent Perla 00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:50.199 running. She took a huge hit to her resolve pool, 00:03:50.379 --> 00:03:54.280 and Robin is just sitting there, frozen with 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:58.210 her hands. at the back of this guy well at the 00:03:58.210 --> 00:04:00.509 back of this guy's back because we went all the 00:04:00.509 --> 00:04:02.909 way through and that's where we're picking up 00:04:02.909 --> 00:04:06.150 right now robin basically the guy split like 00:04:06.150 --> 00:04:09.189 a balloon all the way down the only thing that's 00:04:09.189 --> 00:04:12.030 left of him as you're frozen there you see that 00:04:12.030 --> 00:04:16.360 his brain and his nervous system are still there. 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:19.060 They're the only things that were not liquefied, 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:21.800 but his brain has been changed. It's a different 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.439 color and his eyes, the tissue from his eyes 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:29.199 to his brain is there. But of course you've split 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:31.759 him. So now they're just kind of, everything's 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.279 just kind of sloshed off to the side or slouched. 00:04:35.459 --> 00:04:40.319 His bones are gone. So Russ comes running up. 00:04:40.750 --> 00:04:44.230 grabs you and starts dragging you. Basically, 00:04:44.269 --> 00:04:46.889 all of your muscles have locked up. You hear 00:04:46.889 --> 00:04:50.250 him yell, go find Perla to another agent and 00:04:50.250 --> 00:04:53.850 get everybody completely behind the secondary 00:04:53.850 --> 00:04:57.170 barrier. And you hear movement, but you've taken 00:04:57.170 --> 00:05:01.709 this huge thwap to your resolve. Mars, as you're 00:05:01.709 --> 00:05:05.050 looking around, your cell phones vibrate and 00:05:05.050 --> 00:05:08.709 you feel a text come in. When you look at it, 00:05:08.730 --> 00:05:12.209 it's from Agent Roos, and it says, we all need 00:05:12.209 --> 00:05:15.350 to talk now. Come to the dig site. All right. 00:05:15.430 --> 00:05:21.110 Well, I will follow suit and go collect Desiree 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:22.629 and get in the car and drive to the dig site. 00:05:22.889 --> 00:05:26.069 Okay, Norman, you get the same text. Everybody 00:05:26.069 --> 00:05:28.810 gets the same text, basically saying, come on 00:05:28.810 --> 00:05:31.470 in, we need to talk. Does anyone not go, or does 00:05:31.470 --> 00:05:37.360 everyone go? I guess I go. you're the one that 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.399 i asked the question for because you're the one 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:42.899 that's most likely gonna weigh your options i 00:05:42.899 --> 00:05:45.019 had to think real hard about it i'm gonna go 00:05:45.019 --> 00:05:51.019 but i'm gonna put a uh 10 hour mix of extreme 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:56.620 screamo dubstep on okay i'm just gonna i'm gonna 00:05:56.620 --> 00:06:00.319 let that just rock on youtube on the bug laptop 00:06:01.389 --> 00:06:04.050 And I'm going to bring up like a half played 00:06:04.050 --> 00:06:06.230 game of solitaire. So it just looks like I'm 00:06:06.230 --> 00:06:11.850 raging. Just, just before we move from you, Norman, 00:06:11.870 --> 00:06:14.970 can you give me an electrician role or whatever? 00:06:15.290 --> 00:06:19.769 Electronics? Yeah. Give me a role. Okay. Yes, 00:06:19.829 --> 00:06:23.589 it's fine. I got 13 under my 30. Wow. Cool. One 00:06:23.589 --> 00:06:25.509 thing that pops in your brain as you're putting 00:06:25.509 --> 00:06:30.089 on your very loud dubstep stuff is this tire 00:06:30.089 --> 00:06:33.490 factory is on a different grid. The turrets aren't 00:06:33.490 --> 00:06:36.550 on a different grid, so you could probably find 00:06:36.550 --> 00:06:41.350 where that energy point is coming from and, you 00:06:41.350 --> 00:06:44.949 know, turn off a lot of their power pretty easily. 00:06:45.009 --> 00:06:47.230 I mean, it would take a little work, but it's 00:06:47.230 --> 00:06:49.810 not like shutting off the whole city. You could 00:06:49.810 --> 00:06:54.100 just shut down them. Hmm. Okay. So I realized 00:06:54.100 --> 00:06:56.160 this as I was hanging out in the room before 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:58.399 I set all this stuff up. You realize it as you're 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:01.060 grabbing all your stuff and putting on dubstep 00:07:01.060 --> 00:07:03.420 to get out the door and head over to the dig 00:07:03.420 --> 00:07:06.300 site. Okay, so I'll carry this thought with me 00:07:06.300 --> 00:07:09.839 as I go over there, I guess. I want to share 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.259 the info with people before I do anything else, 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:14.939 but yes, okay. I'm going to take that with me, 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.579 take that thought. So all of you get back to 00:07:17.579 --> 00:07:23.040 the dig site. Everyone is a full 300 yards. Or 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:26.279 three football fields away from the cube at this 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:28.819 point. They're way out. You're by the freeway. 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:34.540 You see Robin is in all different clothes. And 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:38.360 she looks like she's been hosed down. And she's 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:41.060 got a blanket on. You know, she's shaking a little 00:07:41.060 --> 00:07:43.439 bit. Something horrible has happened to Robin. 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:47.399 You can just tell. Perla is walking back and 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:52.980 forth in a circle. You all have moved past the 00:07:52.980 --> 00:07:56.620 effects at this point, but it's still very evident 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:59.720 that you've seen something that is on your mind. 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:02.740 I think Perla would have volunteered to be hosed 00:08:02.740 --> 00:08:10.779 down. So, Roos calls all of you over and gets 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:13.199 all the information from you. What's going on 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:15.199 with the tire factory, all this different stuff. 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:18.639 He then fills the three of you, Mars, Perla, 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.939 and Norman in on what happened and says, we need 00:08:22.939 --> 00:08:25.759 to make some decisions. We need to make some 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:29.220 moves. If this thing can do that, it's obviously 00:08:29.220 --> 00:08:33.559 a bigger threat to the city than we had first 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:36.440 thought. But the problem is, is... How do we 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:40.399 move it without it making people into whatever 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:43.919 the hell that thing was, a water balloon? So 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:46.440 I think we need to strike at the factory and 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:51.159 find out what's going on. Or we nuke this thing 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:55.960 from orbit. I like the way you think. I don't 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:59.720 know if I can get clearance for that, but we 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:02.980 may have to get people out of the city, come 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:06.820 up with some bullshit reason. and hit it with 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:11.139 something that's big enough to blow it up. Have 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:14.240 you tried burning it? I'm just curious. No, we 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:16.799 haven't said anything to it like that, so... 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:18.779 I mean, is there a reason we don't just skip 00:09:18.779 --> 00:09:21.480 right to that? Because whatever's happening here 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.620 is not cool. Well, the thing with Edna Bay affected 00:09:24.620 --> 00:09:28.279 a huge area. I mean, property damage is property 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.279 damage. If it happens, it happens, but... What 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:36.879 exactly? happened in Edna Bay? What caused the 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:40.740 meltdown? So there was a team out there of agents 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:43.899 who was looking into the same kind of thing. 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:48.720 A weird chemical was being sent to them to Edna 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:52.259 Bay, a fishery. And the two people that were 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:54.320 sent out there were just supposed to find out 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:57.799 what was going on with the factory. We got a 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:02.690 report from them that there was some kind of 00:10:02.690 --> 00:10:07.330 monster or thing fused together. Three older 00:10:07.330 --> 00:10:09.950 agents, they had already sent out some agents 00:10:09.950 --> 00:10:14.309 before, and that the chemical was coming in and 00:10:14.309 --> 00:10:17.669 being processed. And meanwhile, there was also 00:10:17.669 --> 00:10:20.429 a secondary cult there. We don't know if it had 00:10:20.429 --> 00:10:24.450 anything to do with the fishery. Is it a cult? 00:10:24.750 --> 00:10:28.970 Yeah, a cult. Okay. They were planning on going 00:10:28.970 --> 00:10:34.110 in. to the factory something went wrong because 00:10:34.110 --> 00:10:36.929 unlike the tire factory that factory was a working 00:10:36.929 --> 00:10:41.129 place with people doing a job to make a cover 00:10:41.129 --> 00:10:45.309 story and there was a huge explosion and it leveled 00:10:45.309 --> 00:10:47.629 like if you look at the pictures when you look 00:10:47.629 --> 00:10:50.789 at the pictures you see where the trees were 00:10:50.789 --> 00:10:54.289 cut off from where the explosion and the concussion 00:10:54.289 --> 00:10:57.450 from the noise came was it involving a cube like 00:10:57.450 --> 00:11:01.009 this Yeah. And we believe that the cube exploded 00:11:01.009 --> 00:11:04.330 because we did send people in to check out the 00:11:04.330 --> 00:11:07.970 area and the cube was gone. So the question is, 00:11:07.990 --> 00:11:10.370 is this the same cube or is this a different 00:11:10.370 --> 00:11:13.490 one? You know, at this point, I'm just worried 00:11:13.490 --> 00:11:18.230 about any more people getting hurt. So let's 00:11:18.230 --> 00:11:20.929 throw around ideas. What do you all think we 00:11:20.929 --> 00:11:25.500 should do? Well, there is this focus on the factory, 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:29.379 our tire factory. I have determined that I can 00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:32.960 at least temporarily shut down their power source, 00:11:33.220 --> 00:11:35.940 their mysterious power source. It's not so mysterious. 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:41.059 It was very sloppily done. But it's merely a 00:11:41.059 --> 00:11:44.000 flick of the switch from the right source. However, 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.139 getting in and seeing what's in there, probably 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:51.889 we need a little more recon. Okay. Well... Fools 00:11:51.889 --> 00:11:54.250 rush in, I get it, but we also need to do something. 00:11:54.529 --> 00:11:57.970 I mean, to evacuate, can we manufacture an emergency? 00:11:58.210 --> 00:12:00.809 Say there was a chemical spill or say there's 00:12:00.809 --> 00:12:03.629 a hurricane coming or something, you know, where 00:12:03.629 --> 00:12:06.509 we can evacuate a certain radius. Oh yeah, we 00:12:06.509 --> 00:12:08.690 do that all the time. A hurricane might be difficult, 00:12:08.809 --> 00:12:11.450 but like a fake gas leak or something like that 00:12:11.450 --> 00:12:15.409 could work. Or a threat? Or a threat or something. 00:12:15.830 --> 00:12:17.970 Because, yeah, we need to evacuate the whole 00:12:17.970 --> 00:12:22.620 city. Yeah. How about... chemical contaminants 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:25.440 threat, maybe cesium, water supply, something 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:27.759 like that. I can draw up a mock bulletin. Yeah, 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:29.899 I think that's what we're going to have to do. 00:12:30.179 --> 00:12:33.440 Yeah. Yeah. All right. I would still want to 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:36.000 know what's in that tire factory. We need to 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:38.159 know what's going on with that. So I'm going 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:40.740 to start that. Norman, why don't you work with 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:45.000 me? Meanwhile, the four of you, now with the 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:46.860 information you have about the tire factory, 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:50.299 figure out. The best way to get in, Norman can 00:12:50.299 --> 00:12:53.539 cut the power for you if you like, or you can 00:12:53.539 --> 00:12:58.100 go in through the, I'm sure that it's hooked 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:01.460 up to the sewer system or whatever, which we 00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:03.840 always go back to for some reason. It's the easiest 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.500 way into modern places. I don't know if I can 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:09.240 do the sewer right now. We're not doing the sewer. 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.080 I'm not going down there. Now, when we start 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:16.220 clearing out this place, the guy that you spoke 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:20.669 of, might come back. So it might be a good chance 00:13:20.669 --> 00:13:25.029 to bum rush him and get him to open up the doors. 00:13:25.289 --> 00:13:27.850 But it's up to you all how you want to move forward 00:13:27.850 --> 00:13:31.990 with that. We know the code because when Bandage 00:13:31.990 --> 00:13:35.610 Guy went in, someone was able to scope the code. 00:13:35.830 --> 00:13:38.649 So we have the code. So you can either wait for 00:13:38.649 --> 00:13:41.809 Bandage Guy or you can just go in there now. 00:13:42.269 --> 00:13:44.529 It's up to you. Norman, how long do you think 00:13:44.529 --> 00:13:46.289 it'll take us to get a press release together? 00:13:46.730 --> 00:13:49.629 Well, if we want to stick with CCM, which is 00:13:49.629 --> 00:13:52.970 one of my favorites, I can definitely pull one 00:13:52.970 --> 00:13:55.750 up in about 20 minutes. It sounds pretty believable. 00:13:55.870 --> 00:13:59.809 Get it viral. Okay. Yeah. Okay, give me a signet 00:13:59.809 --> 00:14:02.350 roll. Right. Okay, let's see. Got to get under 00:14:02.350 --> 00:14:07.909 40. 42. So, Desiree, the thing that crosses your 00:14:07.909 --> 00:14:10.649 mind is you've been thinking about your wedding 00:14:10.649 --> 00:14:14.769 and everything else, and Sonia is inside the 00:14:14.769 --> 00:14:18.750 city limits. Do you want to get in touch with 00:14:18.750 --> 00:14:24.330 her before this notice goes out? Yes. Okay. So 00:14:24.330 --> 00:14:26.730 you call her up. She's all like, where have you 00:14:26.730 --> 00:14:30.610 been? It's been like, we've got a wedding. Oh, 00:14:30.629 --> 00:14:32.590 I know. I've been working on it. I've been working 00:14:32.590 --> 00:14:41.320 on it, like, nonstop. Those flowers? Yeah, they're 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:43.779 a little busy, and honestly, I'm rethinking the 00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:50.799 blue and white. It's so stereotypical. I actually 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.840 have to go out of town for some business, but 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:56.039 I was also thinking that maybe you would want 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:59.379 to go out of town and see your parents. It's 00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:01.620 been a while, and, you know, reconnect with them 00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:08.049 before the wedding. I don't think I would use 00:15:08.049 --> 00:15:10.769 my one phone call for wedding planning. So no. 00:15:10.929 --> 00:15:14.929 Just checking. It's just always that I'm always 00:15:14.929 --> 00:15:17.830 worried. Are you in trouble? Like, are we going 00:15:17.830 --> 00:15:20.389 out of town together? Or are you going out of 00:15:20.389 --> 00:15:23.269 town separately? I have to go separately for 00:15:23.269 --> 00:15:32.299 work. Okay. Yeah, it's a business trip. All right, 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:35.879 I didn't want to spoil the surprise, but I was 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.600 going to send you to a really nice spa, like, 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:41.559 where your parents are. I just, I wanted, I want 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:44.779 you to, like, treat yourself. And, you know, 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.659 I know how much this is stressing you out, and 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:49.039 it's stressing me out, too. And, you know, I 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:51.679 just, I thought I would do something nice for 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:55.000 you. I rolled, and she bought it. She's all like, 00:15:55.059 --> 00:16:01.970 okay. and dealing with registries and everything 00:16:01.970 --> 00:16:04.909 else, so I'll head out. Now you know you have, 00:16:04.970 --> 00:16:07.370 like, 20 minutes until this press release goes 00:16:07.370 --> 00:16:09.950 out, but she rolled so badly that I'm going to 00:16:09.950 --> 00:16:12.490 say she just, like, grabs a small bag. I rolled, 00:16:12.590 --> 00:16:16.669 like, a 91. So she grabs a backpack, and she's 00:16:16.669 --> 00:16:34.820 all like, she goes, okay. Yeah, send the inappropriate 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:39.120 ones first. Always. And then she hangs up. And 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.519 you know that she'll be at least on the road 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:45.580 before the announcement goes off so that she'll 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:49.019 get out of town quicker. I contact my husband 00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:52.539 and, you know, I say, honey, I don't have long 00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:56.240 to talk. I go, you know, I've been working on 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:58.870 this weird thing. You're going to see something 00:16:58.870 --> 00:17:02.129 to evacuate the city pretty soon. It does have 00:17:02.129 --> 00:17:05.309 something to do with what we uncovered, and you 00:17:05.309 --> 00:17:08.309 need to get out now. Well, he was there with 00:17:08.309 --> 00:17:11.910 you when you went to the bar and saw Graves End, 00:17:11.990 --> 00:17:15.630 and so he knows that there's something weird 00:17:15.630 --> 00:17:18.970 going on. And so he goes, all right, honey, I'll 00:17:18.970 --> 00:17:22.710 get out of here now. Yeah, just go visit your 00:17:22.710 --> 00:17:32.359 parents in Florida and, you know. No, but I will 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:38.220 be, you know, but I love you and I will see you 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:40.539 as soon as I can. All right. I love you, too. 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:43.700 I'll talk to you soon. OK. All right. Is there 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:45.720 anybody else that wants to contact anybody? I 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.700 don't think anyone else has anybody in the city. 00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:51.900 Nope. So. All right. So now that we've gone through 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:56.569 the important NPCs, let's see. What's the plan? 00:17:56.789 --> 00:17:59.569 You all should talk with each other, make a plan 00:17:59.569 --> 00:18:02.309 of what you want to do next and then let Russ 00:18:02.309 --> 00:18:05.170 know. And, you know, it's up to you how you want 00:18:05.170 --> 00:18:07.690 to. If you're like, hey, fuck it, let's just 00:18:07.690 --> 00:18:11.130 get out and see what happens after this explosion 00:18:11.130 --> 00:18:16.150 or let's hit the tire factory now. It's up to 00:18:16.150 --> 00:18:19.490 you. I mean, I feel like we should hit the tire 00:18:19.490 --> 00:18:22.769 factory tonight. Going now during the day seems 00:18:22.769 --> 00:18:27.130 foolish. Broad daylight and all. All right. I 00:18:27.130 --> 00:18:29.369 agree that we should hit the, and it gives them 00:18:29.369 --> 00:18:32.430 time to, like, figure out, possibly they'll evacuate 00:18:32.430 --> 00:18:35.609 some of the people in the factory. Maybe there'll 00:18:35.609 --> 00:18:38.750 be fewer people there. But also, let's be honest, 00:18:38.849 --> 00:18:41.369 I trust Russ as far as I could, you know, throw 00:18:41.369 --> 00:18:46.250 this cube. Exactly. I still say, I mean, I obviously 00:18:46.250 --> 00:18:48.329 don't have the power to call it, but an airstrike 00:18:48.329 --> 00:18:51.769 on this cube while we are all somewhere else 00:18:51.769 --> 00:18:55.529 seems... like the best possible solution i mean 00:18:55.529 --> 00:18:58.289 there's a human cost all of this and we cannot 00:18:58.289 --> 00:19:01.910 forget that yeah totally there totally is and 00:19:01.910 --> 00:19:04.710 i'm not forgetting that i'm just saying this 00:19:04.710 --> 00:19:07.309 is some evil shit extracting it from the ground 00:19:07.309 --> 00:19:10.630 is going to cost us more yeah i think I think, 00:19:10.630 --> 00:19:13.210 you know, maybe not a nuclear airstrike, but 00:19:13.210 --> 00:19:16.009 fighter jets or something, you know. They got 00:19:16.009 --> 00:19:19.349 bunker bombs that can level. Yeah. Yeah. No, 00:19:19.430 --> 00:19:23.170 seriously. But first, let's see if there's there's 00:19:23.170 --> 00:19:25.809 a way to neutralize it. If the factor is connected, 00:19:26.009 --> 00:19:28.430 if they have information on this, is there a 00:19:28.430 --> 00:19:30.269 way to neutralize it that doesn't necessarily 00:19:30.269 --> 00:19:33.009 destroy this entire city? Because even if the 00:19:33.009 --> 00:19:37.509 loss of life isn't as high, we're ruining all 00:19:37.509 --> 00:19:40.599 of these people's lives. I totally get it. And 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:43.099 let's go look. But we also don't have access 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:46.500 to any bombs. So this is kind of a point. Yeah. 00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:51.140 So we have the surgical approach. I say, let's 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:53.940 do it. What's Desiree's opinion? That's a really 00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:56.599 good question. I think she's like really half 00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:59.789 listening to anything right now. And she's kind 00:19:59.789 --> 00:20:03.289 of just feeling like I'm a fucking cat burglar 00:20:03.289 --> 00:20:05.930 in the middle of all of this. What the hell do 00:20:05.930 --> 00:20:11.230 I know? Except that I don't like it. So did you 00:20:11.230 --> 00:20:14.329 make your signet roll, Norman? Yes. What'd you 00:20:14.329 --> 00:20:18.150 get again? I got 42 over 40. 42. Okay, cool. 00:20:19.009 --> 00:20:21.650 So I'm going to roll to see how many people actually 00:20:21.650 --> 00:20:26.009 evacuate. And I'm not going to tell you what 00:20:26.009 --> 00:20:31.000 that number is. All right. Okay, so 20 minutes 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:34.539 goes by and people start streaming out. Roos 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:37.180 has a couple of helicopters comes in and says, 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:41.599 all right, I want you all to go back to the hotel 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:45.180 or wherever you want to reconvene. If you're 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:47.799 going to wait till tonight, that's fine. I will 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:50.579 be talking to them about possibly doing an airstrike. 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:52.859 That's the very last thing I want to have to 00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:56.539 do. So if you can find a way to avoid that, great. 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.859 But if you become compromised, I'm going to be 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:02.640 dropping something big on this cube. And I'm 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:05.940 just letting you know, I hope we can get everybody 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:09.539 out, but I can't let it spread beyond here. Clock 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:11.880 is ticking. I'm going to say it's early in the 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:13.619 morning, so it's probably about 10 o 'clock. 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:16.400 I'll give you until midnight, and then we'll 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.920 have to make a decision. Okay? Got it. Okay. 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:24.119 He jumps on the helicopter and flies his team 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:28.180 out of there. And the five of you are on your 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:30.799 own. He's given us till midnight, which is not 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:34.539 a lot of time if we wait till nighttime. What 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:37.539 season is it? Is it going to get dark early or 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:39.920 late? It's going to get dark around like 630. 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:42.720 I mean, we can try to figure out a way in now 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:45.319 during the day. If we're cutting off their power 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:48.440 anyway. I don't see why we have to wait until 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.779 nighttime. Cover of darkness is nice for some 00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:52.819 things, but I think we're going to have very 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:54.980 little element of surprise no matter what we 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:59.220 do here. All right. I will say that he gives 00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:02.460 you all the options of getting both a sidearm 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:06.500 and some sort of rifle, you know, for those of 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:09.220 you who want to use it. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I definitely 00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:12.759 want to be loaded for bear. Okay. I mean, I'll 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:15.559 take a sidearm. I'm not... terribly proficient 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:20.339 at it but apparently i have a rifle that i was 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:24.599 given at some point that i will be happy to throw 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:26.559 at someone who actually has skill in that area 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.420 okay desiree do you take a sidearm or you already 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:34.779 have one yeah yeah and uh norman yeah i'll take 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:38.079 one i don't have i'm i don't have great skill 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:41.130 but yeah i'll take one OK, now, do you want to 00:22:41.130 --> 00:22:43.670 go back to the Motel 6 or do you want to go to 00:22:43.670 --> 00:22:45.970 the bar? Do you want to go outside? Where do 00:22:45.970 --> 00:22:49.170 you want to go? I told them about what's going 00:22:49.170 --> 00:22:53.309 on. The hotel room is compromised, but it's compromised, 00:22:53.410 --> 00:22:56.990 but kind of like in a silly way. Like, I think 00:22:56.990 --> 00:22:59.210 they're actually quite far behind what we're 00:22:59.210 --> 00:23:01.670 actually doing. So if you want to sleep there 00:23:01.670 --> 00:23:04.000 or whatever, that's still. We got the hotel, 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.859 what, through the... I just figured you were 00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:08.859 paid for it daily. Day by day. Okay, yeah. So, 00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:11.440 yeah, we've got it at least through tonight, 00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:13.779 if people want to sleep. But, yeah, let me let 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:15.539 you know. You shouldn't be talking about anything 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:19.059 of great substance there. Yeah. But here, also, 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:23.680 I mean, there's an option. If the NSA is listening 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:27.640 to everything we say in the room, that allows 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:31.049 us a little bit of backup. They... aren't the 00:23:31.049 --> 00:23:35.609 most military of branches. But I've been thinking 00:23:35.609 --> 00:23:38.150 about this because I was considering whether 00:23:38.150 --> 00:23:40.609 to troll them by putting on an audio recording 00:23:40.609 --> 00:23:45.109 of Twilight next or if I should feed them something. 00:23:45.890 --> 00:23:49.210 That's possible, especially if we feel like we're 00:23:49.210 --> 00:23:53.589 undermanned here. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm just, 00:23:53.609 --> 00:23:55.230 you know, I'm just worried. But yeah, let's... 00:23:55.230 --> 00:23:58.359 Yeah, I'll take my bug cell phone. Why not? Yeah, 00:23:58.420 --> 00:24:00.900 let's take the bug cell phone and let's get in 00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:04.200 place. What do you need to hack these turrets? 00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:06.859 I already got my laptop with me. Points to backpack. 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:13.240 So why don't you give us a roll to turn off all 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:17.180 that stuff and get yourself going. Got it, got 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:20.779 it, got it. Yes. I got 52 under my 61. Cool. 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:23.279 So yeah, you can cut the power anytime that you 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.970 want. It's just a matter of how you want to coordinate 00:24:25.970 --> 00:24:29.230 everything. Now, Mars, you realize once they 00:24:29.230 --> 00:24:34.069 cut the power, those steel doors might be really 00:24:34.069 --> 00:24:38.029 hard to open if it's a password situation. Got 00:24:38.029 --> 00:24:41.329 it. But we do have the password. Right. So you'd 00:24:41.329 --> 00:24:43.289 have to enter the password before cutting the 00:24:43.289 --> 00:24:45.829 power, basically. Which gives the turrets just 00:24:45.829 --> 00:24:50.150 a moment to make a decision. At the loading dock, 00:24:50.250 --> 00:24:52.390 was there a door with a keypad as well? Yes. 00:24:52.809 --> 00:24:56.970 Excellent. Our mysterious gentleman, our bandaged 00:24:56.970 --> 00:24:59.369 gentleman, he's got a weird physique, right? 00:24:59.690 --> 00:25:04.230 Yeah. Is he like super tall or is he just weird? 00:25:04.670 --> 00:25:08.390 He's not super tall, but the way that he moves 00:25:08.390 --> 00:25:12.190 is weird. He kind of sloshes back and forth as 00:25:12.190 --> 00:25:16.089 he walks. Yeah. Totally not like a monster in 00:25:16.089 --> 00:25:18.549 a human suit. I'm just wondering if it's worth 00:25:18.549 --> 00:25:22.480 the ruse of... buying us some time if they think 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:25.980 this guy is coming up on the cameras there, that 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:28.700 it might give us an extra second to put in the 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:31.119 code before we cut the power. Do you think you 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:33.859 could fake it? I mean, that's kind of how I've 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:36.559 lived my entire life. I mean, the biggest thing 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:39.119 there would be getting a car, right? We would 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:41.119 need to match his car. Yeah, that's right. We 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:44.059 would need some sort of junker car, at least. 00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:47.579 That wouldn't be too hard to grab, especially 00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:50.579 with people getting out of town so quickly. They're 00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:52.400 not going to take their junker car to get out 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:55.480 of town unless they absolutely have to. We have 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:59.819 a PT Cruiser, which is 22 years old. And, you 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:02.160 know, like we only use it if we're driving like 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:06.039 five to ten minutes. Right. Maybe we can find 00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:09.579 a possible junker. And I'm just trying to buy 00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:11.720 us time. So, Desiree, why don't you give me a 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:14.500 luck roll? It's a 50 -50 roll to see if you can 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:19.809 find a car that's suitable. Oh, God. I got a 00:26:19.809 --> 00:26:23.390 41. Awesome. So, yeah, you can find an old, you 00:26:23.390 --> 00:26:27.130 know, 70s car, junker car that you can use. Okay. 00:26:27.250 --> 00:26:29.809 Your luck gets you to the point where the keys 00:26:29.809 --> 00:26:32.670 are in the visor, so. And how tall did we say 00:26:32.670 --> 00:26:36.430 the guy is? About, like, 6 '1", 6 '2". I mean, 00:26:36.470 --> 00:26:40.829 I guess I could fake it. Okay. I could see Desiree 00:26:40.829 --> 00:26:44.089 giving some lessons, a la, like, Shaun of the 00:26:44.089 --> 00:26:47.569 Dead. How to blend in. I mean, I've got disguise. 00:26:48.490 --> 00:26:50.990 Why don't we do a disguise roll? So you get an 00:26:50.990 --> 00:26:54.730 extra 10 % and just make it. So my disguise is 00:26:54.730 --> 00:27:01.509 now up to 40. Ooh, and I beat it with a 36. Nice. 00:27:01.829 --> 00:27:08.990 So you look like a tall guy with a hat and bandages 00:27:08.990 --> 00:27:11.230 and the whole nine yards. You're ready to go. 00:27:11.490 --> 00:27:14.269 Awesome. So I'm going to go on the front. Okay. 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:17.140 And then you have the code, so I guess the rest 00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.759 of the team can go in the back, and I'll just 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:20.599 distract them from the front. And then you'll 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:23.359 cut the power as soon as the doors open. Yeah, 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:25.779 once the doors open, cut the power. Okay. Yeah, 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:28.480 if you put in the code, and we are standing by 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:31.279 outside of range of the cameras, then as soon 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.799 as you put in the code and the doors are open, 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:35.019 cut the power so they can't close the doors back 00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:38.299 up. Right. Okay. I think we might want another 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:41.259 person going in the front for sure, too. I don't 00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:43.720 want you stranded. But I mean, did the guy, I'm 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:45.960 trying to remember if the guy had anyone with 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:48.779 him. Make it look weird. If you want to send 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:50.720 somebody up there, but I'm going to tell you 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.819 off the bat that that'll put you at a disadvantage 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:56.779 because it will look bizarre. Yeah. I wasn't 00:27:56.779 --> 00:28:00.440 implying that we send somebody up directly in 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:03.319 tandem. I was thinking somebody on standby because 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:06.720 they're already used to. Me hobo -joeing in front 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.819 of the building. Oh, I see what you're saying. 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:11.759 Yeah. Just being like close by. So as soon as 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:15.059 that goes, I can just dash in. Sounds good. Sounds 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:17.099 good. Okay. All right. That's the plan. Sounds 00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:20.619 good. I'll be on standby. So you walk up, you 00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:24.759 put in the code, the doors open, and I'm not 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.980 going to make you roll, Norman. You flick the 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:30.519 switch and the power goes off. You can literally 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:33.180 hear the power go off throughout the building. 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:37.019 Cool. Norman, a few feet away from you are two 00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:43.000 people. They're dressed in guard outfits, but 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:46.279 they don't fit really well. And they start coming 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:49.519 towards you and you notice that they don't seem 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:52.160 to be moving normally. Their bodies seem to be 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:56.829 wavy. And one of them raises up a gun to take 00:28:56.829 --> 00:29:00.269 a shot at you. So you can actually react before 00:29:00.269 --> 00:29:03.549 they get to you. They don't look very dexterous. 00:29:04.009 --> 00:29:06.930 Excellent. I would like to react before they 00:29:06.930 --> 00:29:11.130 get to me. And I've got the old unarmed combat. 00:29:11.309 --> 00:29:14.690 And I'd like to, you know, do a fight about it. 00:29:15.730 --> 00:29:18.589 And try to take them down quickly and quietly. 00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:22.559 And that is not going to work out very well because 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:25.480 that's a 97 on the dice, even though I have a 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:30.019 50. Ouch. Yikes. So you run over and you try 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:32.380 to swing at one of this and you actually hit 00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:36.599 right by its jaw and it shakes, like I said, 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:39.420 like a waterbed back and you just slide right 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:43.039 by it. It like moves its hand up and you see 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:46.200 that its hand is all swollen and it pulls back 00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:51.880 on this trigger to try to shoot you. Can I dodge? 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:54.599 Yeah, give me a dodge roll. You can try to move 00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:57.380 out of the way because they are not very dexterous. 00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:01.460 Damn it, dice. I did not move out of the way. 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:05.740 It was a 77 and I have a 50 on dodge. All right, 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:10.539 so the gun goes off. You take six points of damage. 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:14.079 So it's close range and you feel it hit you. 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:17.319 You all hear this. Desiree, you're close to the 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:21.009 front. The door opens, you hear a pop of a gun 00:30:21.009 --> 00:30:25.490 going off. So let's go into melee real quick. 00:30:25.910 --> 00:30:29.509 Mars, you're at a 60 for your dex. Desiree, what's 00:30:29.509 --> 00:30:35.329 yours? My dex is an 85. Nice. Norman, I know 00:30:35.329 --> 00:30:37.930 you're not in combat range right now, but what's 00:30:37.930 --> 00:30:42.829 yours? 70. Wow, you guys are fast. Robin? 70. 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:46.640 Jesus. It's like your competence or something. 00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:51.859 At least in this. Perla. 55. All right, our slow 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:55.799 poke. All right, so all of these things that 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:59.519 you are engaging with are not great with dexterity, 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:03.440 so you all get to go first. Mars, you were closest, 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:08.819 so that's why you got to react. So the next person 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:12.779 will be Desiree. Okay. Huh. I'm just thinking, 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:16.059 like, I could shoot at them, but I don't think 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:19.039 I'm very good at shooting. I mean, I've got a 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:22.700 60. That's pretty good. That's better than average. 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:26.339 Yeah, it's better than average. I guess I'll 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:29.220 take a shot at one of these guys. Okay, do you 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:32.279 want to shoot the one that is closest to him 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:34.380 or the one that's coming up around the side? 00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:37.440 I will say... You have a chance of hitting Mars 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:40.039 if you go for the first guy. I'm just letting 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:42.140 you know. Well, I was also thinking about the 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:44.380 guy coming around the side specifically so Mars 00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:47.039 doesn't get flanked. Right, exactly. Because 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:51.619 then if he makes a five -foot step over that, 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:54.980 it's an attack. Wait, wrong game. Okay, so give 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:59.849 me a roll. Let's see what happens. I got a 52 00:31:59.849 --> 00:32:04.549 under my 16. Yeah, you hit this thing, and Marge, 00:32:04.609 --> 00:32:09.369 you feel this spray of liquid hit you in the 00:32:09.369 --> 00:32:15.089 side as it explodes, and you're covered in water. 00:32:15.490 --> 00:32:18.930 Gross. Make a resolve check for me, both of you. 00:32:19.130 --> 00:32:29.299 Sure. Oops. Also, 55 under my 50. Oh, no. Hold 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:31.500 on. Were we supposed to roll high or low? Low. 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:34.759 Oh, well, then in that case, no. You're okay. 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:36.859 I did it bad. No. You did it, but what'd you 00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:42.759 roll? 83. Oh, yeah. Yow. Yikes. But I hit that 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:47.019 guy. You did. Yes. You did. Yes. I just feel 00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:49.680 like we're all on the same page, and it is the 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:53.660 correct page to be on with explodey people. Yeah. 00:32:53.819 --> 00:33:00.339 I mean, he went up like a Capri Sun. Desiree, 00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:02.779 you take three points, so you're shaken but not 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:07.460 stirred. Mars, you only take one point, you lucky 00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:11.480 devil. He's already been shot. Yeah, he's been 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:14.259 shot. That's the most focus. That focus you, 00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:17.779 death focuses you real quick. Does that mean 00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:21.220 you've got esplody bits in your wound? It's the 00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:28.099 other side. i don't ever think it so desiree 00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:31.880 has gone next is uh between norman and robin 00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:34.319 which one wants to act first which one wants 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:36.759 to do what do you want to do anything at all 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:40.039 and wait or what what do you want to do i'm gonna 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:45.299 just send a text to like it's i'm just gonna 00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:48.710 i'm using my bugged phone and just Cause now 00:33:48.710 --> 00:33:51.049 there's gunfire. So I'm just going to say something 00:33:51.049 --> 00:33:53.450 like emergency to one of the people who's here, 00:33:53.549 --> 00:33:55.470 but since they're tracing the phone, they're 00:33:55.470 --> 00:33:57.369 going to be like, what's happening here. So, 00:33:57.390 --> 00:33:59.509 yeah. So I know that like, okay, people will 00:33:59.509 --> 00:34:01.470 be here at some point. I'm going to do that real 00:34:01.470 --> 00:34:03.809 quick. Yeah. That's what you do. Okay, cool. 00:34:03.970 --> 00:34:06.210 Robin, what do you want to do? I'm going to try 00:34:06.210 --> 00:34:09.710 to sneak in while they have the guards occupied. 00:34:10.170 --> 00:34:13.190 Let's just do a straight up Dex roll then for 00:34:13.190 --> 00:34:18.130 that. I got a 19. Awesome. So you, yeah, you 00:34:18.130 --> 00:34:20.289 can, you run across the street, you make your 00:34:20.289 --> 00:34:22.909 way in, you're in. Perla, what do you want to 00:34:22.909 --> 00:34:25.650 do? I think I'm going to follow Robin and try 00:34:25.650 --> 00:34:29.489 and sneak in. Okay. So give me just a dex check. 00:34:29.570 --> 00:34:34.690 We'll do the same thing. Ooh, I got an 11. Yeah, 00:34:34.769 --> 00:34:37.230 no problem. So both of you are now inside the 00:34:37.230 --> 00:34:41.340 main room. Mars is dealing with the other. whatever 00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:43.780 the hell these things are. All the trauma made 00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:48.239 us very sneaky. Yeah. I'm not going to poke one 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:52.099 of those things. Don't poke the inflated bear. 00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:57.340 So we go back up and it's Desiree's turn again 00:34:57.340 --> 00:35:01.340 with the lightning fast 85. Desiree, what do 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.300 you want to do? I guess I'm going to try and 00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:06.150 take out the other guy. Has he moved at all? 00:35:06.269 --> 00:35:09.409 Well, he's like, because everything is seconds, 00:35:09.769 --> 00:35:13.369 he's still in melee with Mars. So you want to 00:35:13.369 --> 00:35:16.110 take a shot, you can. Just don't critically fail. 00:35:16.429 --> 00:35:20.210 Are we like inside of a room? Like what's the... 00:35:20.210 --> 00:35:22.869 Well, I figured you're probably on the porch, 00:35:22.929 --> 00:35:27.239 like just a few feet away and you shot. And they're 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:32.599 in what looks to be a work area, like a lobby 00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:35.380 almost, with these big elevators on the side. 00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:38.719 It's not a tire factory anymore at all. It's 00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:42.119 all been built out as some kind of lab. And there's 00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:45.900 a console with a bunch of computers and stuff, 00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:48.800 almost like a lobby. I'm torn because I really 00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:52.500 don't want to hit Mars. But I'm looking for something 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:57.110 else that might be throwable or fun. It sounds 00:35:57.110 --> 00:35:59.369 like I'm too far to, like, get in melee range 00:35:59.369 --> 00:36:02.170 with this guy. No, you're, like, if you're on 00:36:02.170 --> 00:36:04.610 the porch and he's right in the entrance, you 00:36:04.610 --> 00:36:08.070 can move and hit. Okay. Yeah, like, I kind of 00:36:08.070 --> 00:36:11.030 want to, like, move in and, like, I imagine they 00:36:11.030 --> 00:36:13.789 had chairs they were sitting on and, like, trying 00:36:13.789 --> 00:36:17.289 to bang him in the face with a chair. All right, 00:36:17.369 --> 00:36:21.449 so give me a, just, let's see, is that, I guess, 00:36:21.510 --> 00:36:24.989 brawl or, let's see, is there fighting hand -to 00:36:24.989 --> 00:36:28.030 -hand? Melee. Melee weapon. What's your melee 00:36:28.030 --> 00:36:34.130 weapon? 70. Awesome. Nice. So you have a higher... 00:36:34.130 --> 00:36:45.769 You're our ninja. I got a three. So, Mars, let 00:36:45.769 --> 00:36:49.090 me tell you what happens to you. There's a shot. 00:36:49.190 --> 00:36:52.849 You feel it. You suddenly get sprayed. Then over 00:36:52.849 --> 00:36:58.079 your shoulder comes a chair. like leg it stabs 00:36:58.079 --> 00:37:01.699 this guy in the head and his skin splits all 00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:04.340 the way down the center and it just looks like 00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:07.380 this wave from one of those white water rapid 00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:12.320 things and it just slimes you you're just ripping 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:16.659 in blood and this icky water and stuff make a 00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:20.199 con check for me please okay con check see how 00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:22.800 sick you get all right thankfully i'm fairly 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:31.579 conny that's great that's a 39 under my 70s excellent 00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:35.300 you're able to get your composure you are completely 00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:40.340 covered much like i think of like early 80s nickelodeon 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:45.619 yeah gross yeah so gross yeah so to give you 00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:50.000 know reference to being slimed The room is completely 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:54.000 dark because the power's been cut. No secondary 00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:57.900 generator has come on. You're in this room. You 00:37:57.900 --> 00:38:02.860 notice that a few cars have shown up on the perimeter. 00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:05.679 They're not coming any closer, so you're guessing 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:09.159 that's the NSA scoping things out. What do you 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:11.559 all want to do? There are two elevators, and 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:16.099 there's also a fire staircase as well. Well, 00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:20.159 one, I want to message Roos, say we're in. He 00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:24.420 texts you right back. Great. Do you see any power 00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:28.219 source or... Not yet. Okay, keep me informed. 00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:30.800 Like I said, there's no power, but you could 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:34.880 take the stairs down if you wanted. So how would 00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:37.090 you all like to proceed? Would some of you like 00:38:37.090 --> 00:38:39.469 to stay up here? Would you all like to stick 00:38:39.469 --> 00:38:42.809 together? Did I see the cars? Like, how far away 00:38:42.809 --> 00:38:45.369 are these cars? Yeah, I'm going to say that all 00:38:45.369 --> 00:38:47.090 of you know that the cars are there because they 00:38:47.090 --> 00:38:49.650 kind of came up quick. They're being obvious, 00:38:49.969 --> 00:38:52.610 so. I was just wondering if they were close enough 00:38:52.610 --> 00:38:55.550 if I were to yell that they would hear. Yeah. 00:38:56.269 --> 00:38:58.750 I'm just not knowing if it's going to actually 00:38:58.750 --> 00:39:00.929 do anything. I'm going to turn towards the cars 00:39:00.929 --> 00:39:06.940 and just go like, a little help, fuckers. So 00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:12.460 suddenly they're going to say three sets of agents 00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:15.639 come out, NSA agents. Like Norman said, they 00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:20.119 are not fighty, but they do run up and start 00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:24.019 looking around because they've been invited through 00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:29.480 the front door much like a vampire. So I'm going 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:31.940 to say you have six agents there. They're all 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:38.050 named Tom and Sarah. you guys can cut, you all 00:39:38.050 --> 00:39:40.949 can kind of let me know how you want to proceed 00:39:40.949 --> 00:39:43.510 with them. You know, unless you're doing something 00:39:43.510 --> 00:39:45.630 really outlandish there, they're going to kind 00:39:45.630 --> 00:39:48.070 of follow your lead. I'm just kind of picturing 00:39:48.070 --> 00:39:51.289 everybody at the NSA working in their cubicle 00:39:51.289 --> 00:39:54.309 and it's all dark in there and they're all, I 00:39:54.309 --> 00:39:59.690 mean, not unlike how many. Computer science people 00:39:59.690 --> 00:40:03.050 operate in general. It's like, didn't Snowden 00:40:03.050 --> 00:40:07.789 confirm that? I've known many web designers who 00:40:07.789 --> 00:40:11.050 that's their, that's how they live. Yeah. Yeah. 00:40:11.090 --> 00:40:13.809 I'm going to go to, do I recognize any of them 00:40:13.809 --> 00:40:15.489 or they're all just like, they're all generic. 00:40:15.789 --> 00:40:19.510 Okay. Yeah. I'll go, I'll go to whoever looks 00:40:19.510 --> 00:40:22.449 the most competent and I'm just gonna be like, 00:40:22.469 --> 00:40:25.389 yeah. So I know what's been going on with you 00:40:25.389 --> 00:40:28.719 guys. Let me tell you what I've been doing. You're 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:31.880 here to help me. This is a paranormal thing, 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:34.699 a cult. Don't do the whole thing. We all know 00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:36.780 that this stuff has been happening. You've seen 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:40.179 pictures, I think. So we're going to try to figure 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:43.780 out how to blow up or stop that cube thing. We 00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:46.239 might need you for backup. We might not. Just 00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:50.320 don't get in my way. They all nod normally. Then 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:54.760 suddenly you all get a text and it says from 00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:59.619 Roos. The cube has started to put out an enormous 00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:03.500 amount of energy. It's sending out arcs of power 00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:07.099 throughout a large part of the city. So you need 00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:11.679 to act fast. You've got 20 minutes before the 00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:14.280 bunker bomb gets here. And that's where we're 00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:20.619 going to stop this episode. So thank you all 00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:23.769 so much. 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