Sunday, August 17, 2014

8/16/14- FINALE - Cybernetic Showdown

Marina and Toda (and Grungy) escape in a bubble into the ocean while Timothy is taken away in a cop car. However, the car gets diverted when a man is being chased (with a laptop bag) by a giant Cybernetic Gorilla. He throws and EMP which takes out the car Timothy is in after the Gorilla hits it away. The driver dies and Timothy makes a run for it.

Marina and Toda send Grungy in to the jail to figure out where Timothy is and find that he isn't there. The girls see on a screen the story about the monkey and with Grungy's help eventually find Timothy. They also find out that Marina's dad the Emerson Corp CEO was murdered.

They crash on the 39th floor of a hotel for the night (breaking in) and steal things out of it to pay for a cab ride to Ronnie's Shop to pawn it. However, when the taxi driver turns out to be a cop Toda shocks him, Timothy drags him onto the street giving him 160$ (the fair doubled because he waited) and they take his gun and badge. They take the taxi to the Emerson building to get money (since Timothy is owed a lot) and find although she is disowned they still get in.

While Timothy breaks into the safe (using Grungie as a stethescope) and Marina collects files about the will and what her dad was working on. They disguise Timothy as a leper (magic gone wrong). Police come in wearing riot gear and try to question Marina but Toda kills 3 cops by taking out the window, shocking another and locking the other two out. Using the security room measures they escape using Toda's magic to get to the taxi and escape to the house of Zackery Quentin Smith III who is hiding out as Jeremy Rutherford. He was working on a project with Inatec and they sent the monkey after him when he tried to quit for moral reasons. They ask him to explain what he was doing and then help him disappear out of the records. They use the badge of the officer Bill Tyco to get in. Timothy gives them information on the mage Drizden and the stuff at the Mayor's house.

They discretely take down robots using the code they learned from the last battle at the Mayor's House. Timothy steals the soap there and pretends to be a cop questioning and helping with security measures and as he inspects their super security robots which are gold plated and marked with ruins Toda and Marina go to find the mayor. They realize that the mayor is weird and come back to confront Drizden.

Timothy and Marina take on the robots while Drizden and Toda face off in an epic magic battle and then Marina takes the last shot killing Drizden after they are done with the 2 major robots. The mayor turns out to be a robot who melts when Drizden is killed and they find the mayor in the basement.

Toda finally get her bill for Mage Rights approved by the mayor for all their work. Marina forges the paperwork to say she was never disowned and runs the Emerson company.

Timothy uses all the money he got from the safe to fix Grungie's voice box which now only makes puns instead of only knock-knock jokes but continues commiting small crimes like dine-n-dash and stealing soap from nice restaurants. As the credits roll all you hear is the echo of Grungie's old voice box saying "Knock Knock".

Saturday, August 16, 2014

7/12/14 - Mayor's Office

Timothy is healing from his severe electrical burns. Jakey comes in to see Tim and tells him that there are people looking for him. Timothy demands to go back for his robot assistant Grungy. Grungie is like a little 1980's speaker with a helicopter for movement and other random parts attached who only says "Knock Knock" usually. They go up the fire escape and when they come down two people acting like zombies attack wearing collars. One of them is the driver of their limo who died the previous day, the other is the homeless guy. The collar has the symbol of Inatec, Emerson's rival company.

They go to the 502 floor of the Emerson building. Oscar McCormick, Marina's dad doesn't completely believe the story since what they recovered of the collar doesn't have the Inatec logo on it. He keeps asking where Bill the driver is because he was a friend's son who wasn't doing well. Marina gets disowned and they make an escape.

They try to sneak back in for money and talk to Scruffy the Janitor who gets them uniforms and information. They sneak in and find information on Drizden who was the mage they thought they fought who has a big arrest history. After they get the information they go to the mayor's house and the mafia guys come for them and Inatrec robots attack them. 12 robots fight them and tell them to "stand by for termination". Toda freaks out and starts attacking the robots the police come and Marina and Toda escape into the water surrounding his mansion while Tim surrenders leaving Grungie to go with the girls.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

7/5/14 - **NEW WORLD ** (Fate Core)

** start of FATE CORE instead of accelerated, new world/story **

It starts with Marina McCormick and Toda Cassinopia were driving in their Mercedes Limo to a secret meeting with the mayor. Marina, a transhumanist, is a supporter for peaceful negotiations between the magic people from Pata (outside of the city, rich in natural resources) and the city of New York City.

They were driving along when their car started lowering in height. After crashing into a car and landing they noticed two cars following them, a harpoon in their engine. A nearby Tech Junky from the lower levels went to get parts of the limo when he noticed the mafia going after the limo.

Their driver got out to check on the car, only to be shot, and when the tech junky, Timothy Frylord, blew out one of their cars. Using the distraction they made a run for it, running up and down alleys. Timothy, after failing to steal parts for the limo stole the car they had crashed into and rammed the other mafia car.

Marina and Toda attempted to escape in a car, but neither of them could drive the manual car so they remained stuck until Timothy caused another distraction and told them to get in. A mage got out of the mafia car and created spikes from the road. Using the water from the Hudson River, Toda washed out the car and then created a water wall to get them safely into Timothy's car. The mage managed to shock Marina who was struggling with a homeless man sleeping in the car through the water before getting in. Timothy sustained severe second degree burns and whiplash from the crash. They managed to get away and go into his apartment where he managed to gather info from a street urchin named Jakey.

At the apartment the police were going around looking for Marina who's father (CEO of Emerson) was looking for her after she didn't come to the meeting. They made a run to a pawn shop to pawn one of Marina's very expensive necklaces. However, Timothy wasn't on the best terms with Big Ronny so he took a chunk of the money to clear past debts and they left with about 3000. The incident cost him about 1200 in parts from the Limo and for saving them they let him keep it. They dropped him off in the hospital to get some treatment of his injuries.

Friday, June 20, 2014

6/20/14 - The Finale

Bruce is takes a turn for a worst after his axe wound and Leah estimated that he would last a couple of days. They decided to take a detour to Reno where they hoped to find a hospital and medical equipment to hold him up for a couple of days. They manage to scavenge some supplies and more gas from Reno and proceed to camp outside of the city and the main highway.

Sheryl didn't feel well enough to take her shift to watch the camp with Leah. Leah catches sight of sounds and movements by the truck. When she goes over there she finds a distraught Sheryl who is in tears wondering where Bruce's gun is. They had given it to Ashley to defend herself since Bruce was too drugged to handle it. Leah calms Sheryl down who tells them that Bruce made her promise that if he was holding them back from getting to their destination that she was to leave him by a tree with his gun. Leah convinced her that Bruce wasn't an inconvenience and he would be fine. It was then that Sheryl spotted something and passed out. Leah turned to see two figures in the distance when she was attacked by a large animal. She took a shot at it and Leo grabbed a branch and lit it, trying to scare the panther away. While he distracted it, Leah shoved Sheryl into the truck for safety and took another shot off at the animal, killing it. Meanwhile, Samuel was fighting off a kid panther and scared it away.

The next day they traveled toward further out toward where Ashley had said that the safety zone was. However, when they got there there was a secure zone but everyone in the city was in refugee centers outside the zone. More importantly, the hospital was inside the zone so when the approached Leah talked her way explain that Bruce needed medical attention immediately and that they were clear of any radiation or sickness. Leo, Leah, and Sheryl were escorted in with Bruce while Ashley and Samuel stayed outside with their things.

Leo and Leah go inside and wait as Bruce is taken in for surgery. The man (Ken) talked about how he had interest in entertainers like Bruce which confused them. When a guard came in and told them that this wasn't Bruce Campbell, and ordered them all killed Leah jumped Ken and held him at knifepoint. Leo charged the men and then got a gun and shot a national guard man. He demanded the medic to get back to surgery while they found them off. Two of the four guards were killed while the others brought backup.

When the backup arrived Leah killed Ken and used his body as a shield and his gun to take out the guards. They were stressed and shot up. They barricaded the door with the guards' bodies and got inside the ER to check on Bruce. While they were in there, guards surrounded the building and announced that they would be coming in in a couple minutes if they didn't surrender.

Leo went to clear the path to the roof and the helicopter. Leah got the medic and surgeon with Sheryl to take Bruce to the roof while they carried Bruce to the roof. Leah shot people as they came up the stairs after them until the climbed in the helicopter and Leo flew off toward Arizona where they decided to hide and live with the cliff dwellers.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

6/7/14 - The Data Center

Leo, Leah, and Samuel along with their friends Bruce and Sheryl Collins continue traveling south. They have reached the northern part of Nevada. They are running low on fuel and it is a very barren area which is very rocky and cold in late October.

Leo sees ahead with his scope a man on a telephone pole. The man is a skinny and is wearing a plaid shirt and has a tool belt. Someone has knocked over the ladder he used to climb up the pole. Leo helps him get down and the man (Geoffrey) tells them about the data center his friend Michael run and promises them gas for helping him. The data center is about 6 miles from their location.

The data center is a partially underground warehouse with solar panels on the roof. Geoffrey goes around to return the ladder on his quad bike. They go through the security doors to meet Michael who is at the reception desk. They also see 2 men who seem to have gone mad, who Michael and Geoffrey hire for security. Michael is watching many sets of monitors, and locks them before they can see the screens.

Michael takes them down past the servers to the generator room. The lights are dimly lit and they see a tunnel. Geoffrey explains that there is an Aquifer under the building which is the only source of clean water around. They have the security mainly to protect the water, and that theirs is the only data center running. They hire locals for security as well as to obtain gas for the generator.

While Samuel and Leo take gas back to the truck, Michael and Leah go down to get water from the Aquifer. He knocks a special rhymthm on the door and it opens. Once inside Leah sees 40-60 women locked in a large inset cage with a dozen men guarding them. The women seem calm but not cared for. Michael gets Leah a bunch of 2L of water to take back. However, then two men try to wrestle her.

Meanwhile in the generator room, Leo and Samuel are met with the two deranged men from before who go after them. Samuel finds that Ashley is in town and after Geoffrey asks weird questions about Leah, he makes a run for the tunnel. Samuel fights of the two men, and takes down Geoffrey who tries to convince him to take the water and gas and leave Leah.Geoffrey fails to stun Leo, but fails. Leo goes toward the tunnel.

Leah fights her way away from the two men, and hears Samuel banging on the door. She cuts the guard pretty badly after getting stunned a little, but manages to open the door. Samuel stuns the drugged men with his accordion music when Leo comes and takes out the two men with his shotgun.

Samuel goes to check out the panel but the women freak out so Leah goes to talk to him. Guards have managed to attack Samuel while Michael tries to get to the control panel. The women explain that they have to stop Michael so Leo shoots Michael and then Samuel manages to fight of the guards and tackle Michael to the ground.

Leah cuts the throats of a bunch of guards, and Leo shoots a bunch of them, getting winded and pretty beaten up in the process. They managed to take out all the guards and free the women when Samuel runs off.

Samuel is reunited with Ashley who has been trapped in the cage with the women. They happily reunite and sing and perform while Leah tends to the women and helps them scavenge the place for water and food. She finds 200 lbs of drugs which appear to the cause of the madness in the men, and what was rigged to be dumped into the water supply if Michael pulled the switch.

Leo seeing the truck shot up, glass broken and dead bodies around the truck runs to check on his friend. Leo finds Bruce with a very severe Axe injury having used all 6 of his shots of fend of many of the raiders expertly. His wife, Sheryl is fine but a little shocked to see her husband so badly injured. Leo tries to patch him up and calls for Leah who gets him stable and read to move.

The women explain that they gave themselves to be held in exchange for food and water for their families, some were captured by the raiders as well. They are thankful to be saved, and many go back to their homes. Ashley takes Michael's quad bike, they take all the gas and lots of water and drive off.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

5/24/14 - **NEW World ** -Village of Phil

For Background/History see our initial world information for our characters: http://www.fenngineer.com/2014/05/an-alternate-history.html?m=1

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After much of the fallout of the Cold War and many billions of deaths due to Rad Pox; Dr. Leah*, a farm veterinarian, and Leo*, a retired Canadian boarder patrol official, are stuck with retired sheriff Bruce Collins and his wife who have a farm in Missoula, Montana. Bruce asked them to see if they could get any gas from the gas station so they wander out. After siphoning out a few gallons, they stumble upon a traveling accordion player, Samuel* who has lost his girlfriend/partner/mandolin player for his duo.

They agree to help Samuel find his partner, Ashley. They go to the Missoula HS fighting badgers stadium where there is enclave setup to prepare and protect the town. Many of them are preparing to move south for the difficult winter ahead. Samuel was unable to find Ashley and they talk to Anton who used to pick on Samuel and call him 'Squeezy'.

On the way back they are shot at while riding back. Leah calms the horse and takes it and all the gas back to the farm while Samuel and Leo fight off the men who want the horse. With only an acordian and two bullets they manage to take down the men, and get their hunting rifle and escape.

They eat dinner and talk and Bruce announces they will be going south with the rest of the group. Leah helps Bruce's wife pack and learns about the death of their two sons also with their sheriff's department. They pack and after a weak head for the enclave in the stadium.

However, when they get there, it has been destroyed. Bodies lay mangled, killed and destroyed including many men, women and children. One man trapped slowly dying under a carriage tells them that the men were after gas as he passes on. They find Anton stuffed in a locker.

They get back on horse for 4 days slowly traveling to conserve fuel. The Collins' have an F150 and a couple of horses they they all travel with. However, Mrs. Collins miscalculated their food needs and they have to begin hunting. Leo catches a deer that they eat.

In the night, a man, Simon, comes to invite them to the village that has lots of food and resources and gives them the message of Phil, 'The Welled Prophet'. They travel into the town with hopes of finding Ashley, Samuel's partner. They find Simon and realize that he has really bad boils that appear to be from radiation poisoning but the sensor detect none on him. Leah follows him to the septic tank.

There is a hole which Simon follows where a voice comes out of, a man, "Phil" talks to them about what he does and what is going on. Leah attempts to look in the hole after Leo knocks out Simon. When Phil begins yelling, Samuel starts playing and tries to convince the crowds that he is the new prophet. They fight their way through the crowds who aren't convinced and escape, making their way away from there with the Collins'.

*Denotes playable characters.