[GAME] CthulhuTech: The Eldritch Society -- Episode 1

[Scotty Rave]

The guard let out a squawk as one needle struck him in the right thigh and the other in his left shoulder. He staggered, croaked, and fell over on his back, helpless. His torch bounced off the gravel, landing with its beam directed straight ahead, illuminating Ghost’s feet. His eyes stared up at the night sky, wide and terrified, as the solution inside the needles entered his bloodstream and took immediate effect, paralysing him. The two scouts heard the jangle of a metal key-ring on the man’s belt. The door itself would be easy enough to simply bash in, but letting themselves in would be quieter, less likely to draw as much attention. It would not be long before the guard’s colleagues began missing him and came looking.

 

[The_Bladesman]

In an effort to maintain his own stealth field, the invisible Tager carefully nudged the guard arm out of the way and took the key ring from his belt. With the Key in hand Stealth turned his attention turned to collapsed guard and telepathically contacted his fellow Tagers.

“Everyone we have a small situation, I’ve paralyzed a guard that we came across. I’m worried he might recover soon and that his body will draw attention. Is anyone free to offer assistance and could someone please relay this Inaba?â€

As he waited for a response Stealth Passed the Keys to Ghost before focusing back on the guard and readying his needlepods.

 

[B Samurai]

Ghost accepted the keys and gave Stealth a mental high five at the precision at which his plan was executed. He considered taking the guard down himself, but the clean up process would have more than likely alerted the guards to their presence much earlier than needed.

Ghost turned to the door and slipped the key inside slowly, hesitating to let the tumblers slip open the door.

"Inaba," he announced telepathically, "is there anything on the other side of the door that I should be aware of before we head inside? Other than what you've told us before?"

 

[Furyou Miko]

Inaba clicked over to the nearest camera to the inside of the door she was about to direct her tagers through, keeping one eye on her ICE monitor in case the facility's defences started attempting to reboot.

 

[Scotty Rave]

The display revealed a single guard on patrol behind the door. Presently, he was walking in the opposite direction and away from the Tagers, having just paced all the way to the door and not yet found anything to be concerned about.

 

[Furyou Miko]

"You've got... one guard, walking away from the door after checking. Give it a few minutes to double-check his patrol route." Inaba instructed, following his progress on the cameras.

 

[B Samurai]

"Not enough time," Algernon mused. He opened the door slowly and crept inside, careful to not alert the guard who had been keen on walking in the other direction. Considering Stealth's ability to take the guard down, Ghost considered his own and engaged his Tager silently.

Ghost spends an Orgone point to activate Insubstantial

He flexed his new body and carefully entered the wall next to him that ran the length of the corridor. Becoming insubstantial was a sensation unlike any other that he ever felt, but he welcomed it as he moved along the path of the wall, carefully putting his head out slightly so he could see where the guard was walking. Once he came upon the unsuspecting guard, he flung his body forward and attempted an attack to knock out the guard; a swift chop to the base of his neck.

Ghost rolls for Fighting Check + Agility
5d10 (8 - 9 - 2 - 7 - 8) + 11
16 + 11
Total = 27

 

[Furyou Miko]

Inaba started to object, then cursed instead as she was forced to switch the live feed over to the recorded feed of an empty corridor. It would be suspicious as hell if anyone was staring at the monitor in the security office, by the other choice was to have her Tager caught on camera knocking out a guard.

 

[Scotty Rave]

Ghost’s Challenging Test: SUCCESS.

Emerging from the wall, Ghost brought both fists down on the back of the hapless man’s skull. Caught completely unawares, he let out a surprised squawk, then dropped onto his front on the floor, losing his hat, and his weapon skittered away, bounced off the wall skirting and lay still. Like the man outside, he had a ring of keys, and an electronic I.D. card in a plastic holder clipped to his breast pocket. The comm on his belt crackled.

“Calling security 4. Requesting routine status report…come in security 4. Security 4, are you there?”

 

[The_Bladesman]

On hearing the second guard’s scream, Stealth grabbed the unconscious guard and walked up to ghost. The situation had escalated quickly and was starting to make Stealth nervous, looking back and forth the Tager picked up the second guard as he sent a telepathic message to ghost.

“This is salvageable If were quick and they’re not found. I need you to scout ahead and keep look out for anyone walking this way. I’ll try and find somewhere to hide these two.â€

Making use of his heightened senses, Stealth looked for some place to leave the guards that would keep them out of the way for the time being.

[HIDE]Rolling observation + perception:
3d10 + 9
2 – 8 – 1 + 9
Total: 17
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