* T.J. slows slightly to allow Aaron to catch up. * Aaron speaks quietly. "You really saw Ryan over there?" * Maya has joined #Kami2 [TJ leads Aaron to a spot behind the crates. There's no sign of Ryan just *yet*. It's cold. * T.J. answers equally softly. "That's what it looked like." How odd. * Aaron takes a look around. [There's a loud sound nearby by a bunch of the crates! Sight roll, using body to react.] (Uh, that mean it's a body roll?) 2d6-2 (Ah yes. No dice.) (Roll in main.) (I made. Mind or body.) (It means it's a body roll that uses HS or HA.) (Okay, still made by 1.) (Also made.) [Both of them turn towards the sound. A cat meows quickly as it jumps off one of the top crates, which wobbles precariously and falls. Ranged defense for both.] (Yeah, made that.) (Roll twice, no?) (No.) (Each of you roll once.) (Oh. It looked like the both meant two crates.) (Anyway, made quite easily.) [Both of you step nimbly aside as the crate falls and smashes against the harbor ground. The cat continues to leap away.] * Aaron shakes his head. "Such a mean cat," he says softly. * T.J. nods and keeps going forward. [T.J. keeps going forward. There does seem to be someone there. Aaron, sight roll +2.] (Blast. No.) [There seems to be someone standing some distance away with his back turned. He looks vaguely like Ryan. He's sneaking stealthily among the crates.] * Aaron sneaks stealthily along, attempting to follow this person who may or may not be Ryan. (Okay, *we* all know it's not, but hey. He doesn't. ;p) (Well, HE does.) (I am confused.) (Stealth roll!) * T.J. walks along, not particularly stealthily, approaching the guy. (He- the guy- knows if he is or is not Ryan.) (Yar, I am stealthy.) (Ah, that "he." Okay.) (My "he" was referring to Aaron, but I can see how that could be confusing.) [Aaron approaches the guy. He seems to be fiddling with opening a crate with a crowbar.] (Can I tell if it's really Ryan or not yet?) (Give me another sight roll, no penalty this time.) (Me too?) (Made.) * Ryan has joined #kami2 * Ardweden has left #kami2 (Huh. Well, there goes that theory. Maybe. ;p) (TJ needs to give me a stealth roll if he's going to try another sight roll.) (He's not being stealthy. I wrote it in the desc.) (Oh. Hehe, okay...) (Sight roll?) [The guy turns around suddenly. Fortunately, Aaron can pretty much see now it's not Ryan. He doesn't look nearly as pretty.] (Moot point now.) (It could be Ryan in a bad disguise! ;p) [Unfortunately, the reason he turned around is because he's edgy and firing at TJ's noise, who needs to make another ranged defense.] (Made by 3.) [TJ manages to duck behind a crate. Unless Aaron follows, NotRyan takes off running.] (NotRyan! Damn Kaminari Reverseds and their impersonations.) (...oh, god, don't even *start*.) (At least there are no Black Kaminaris. Except T.J.) * Aaron does not follow, because it's not really Ryan. He does, however, go over to get a closer look at that crate !Ryan was messing with. * T.J. stands up and dusts himself off. "Guess it wasn't him." He pauses for a second, then adds, sounding somewhat in disbelief. "He *shot* at me." Very rude of him. I wonder what he was trying to get at? * T.J. leans down to look at the bullet hole in the crate. He pokes at it. "This happen to you a lot?" [Aaron checks out the crate. While tampered with, he didn't seem to get it all the way open. It has a small green label with a black flask in the middle. Business (Corporate) knowledge check.] (Can it be done unskilled?) (Yep, made.) (If it could be done unskilled, so did T.J.) (Go for it. +2 unskilled though.) It happens sometimes. It's a dangerous line of work. (He still makes.) I've been very lucky so far, I must admit. [TJ recognizes it as a corporate symbol, probably something medical, but beyond that, he's drawing a blank. Aaron recognizes it as the symbol for AlphaTech Pharmacuticals.] * T.J. ceases his prodding of the genuine bona fide bullet hole and stands up. "'Smy first time." He sounds somewhat shaken. "Not countin' in the chopper." * T.J. walks over to the medical crate. Not fun, is it? "No." * T.J. pulls the brim of his cap down low, almost but not quite to the point of obscuring his vision. You'll get... well, you won't get used to it. But you'll start thinking that it could happen, the more of this work you do. * T.J. nods. "What's with the medical gear?" Not entirely sure. Should we finish what he started, or let it be? "Your call. I got no clue what this stuff's about." (How much work would it take to open the crate?) (Without a crowbar? A lot. :P) (Did he drop his crowbar?) (See, if I had Ben's inventory in this game, I'd have a crowbar, but I don't...) (Ben's inventory > all.) (I dunno, Penny's might be scarier.) (Ponders Ben's inventory vs Togo's) (Sadly, he did not.) (Gryph: The problem with Togo's inventory is he cheats.) (Ben's is scarier.) (Togo cheats?) (Yeah. Stupid coat.) (Penny had random bedsheets. And a Gideon Bible! ACV+2 damage!) (He's got a coat of holding.) (Yeah. Togo gets pretty much anything he wants from that coat. Jesse didn't need to work out what he had ahead of time.) (He cheats.) (It's like Sarah's breasts.) (Anyhow. I assume that we are lacking in crowbar?) (Like, you know, with Ben, he has about everything. But then when he needed a comb... he actually didn't have it!) (She has Boobs of Holding?) (Sarah's breasts?) (Yes.) (She has cleavagespace.) (Yes she does.) (Oh, in MC3?) (Yes.) (Yep.) (Whereas Ben actually has a long list of stuff as his inventory.) (And you are sadly lacking in crowbar.) * Aaron looks around to see if !Ryan dropped his crobar. But alas, he did not, and we are sadly lacking in crowbar. I supposed we'll just have to leave it be. * T.J. just shrugs. Let's head back. (And if this is a good breakpoint, I would like to break, please.) (I'm fine with breaking here.) (Kate must sleep, IIRC.) (Okay. We're going to try and pick up more on Saturday.) (Yes. I must. Kinda got work and such.) (6 PM EST at the earliest, yes?) (Wait, what?) (Absolute earliest, yes.) (Can you make it, Nic?) (...you did not check this with people who aren't me?) (I will be checking presently.) (I'm not sure. It's quite possible I can't.) (Mmm.) (Is TJ going in with them though or watching the rig?) (He could go either way, really.) (If you want to run without me, he can stay with the rig, sure.) (I won't hold it up if you can get everyone else.) (If I was around when you were doing it, I'd probably have him go in, just so I had something to do.) (Sorry. Often things take longer than planned, especially in KS. ;P) [Anyhow, break.]