S1E1: Mad World, July 1st, 2003

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Mar 3, 2023 6:50 pm
OOC:
And that's the end of the round!
Erik and Phillip both notice that a man standing at Carousel 1 looks visibly agitated. He is dressed like a g-man, sans the earpiece, and the reason they both noted his agitation was because when he unbuttoned his suit, they also spotted a concealed carry holster. He doesn't seem to be making any attempt to grab his weapon, but Erik is able to note the heightened state of alertness in the man's demeanor.
OOC:
This is the character on the Initiative roster named Larabee.
Meanwhile, Eunice continues her tirade with security. By now, they have radioed back up, and a few more security officers have arrived. "DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!" The angry woman screeched, having an immediate effect, as the security folks DO seem to know who she is. They began running about the baggage claim, looking at the bags.
OOC:
Incidentally, I've decided to change my 'casting' of Eunice.
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OOC:
I need to roll Initiatives for the rest of the NPCs, and the next post should lay out Initiative

Rolls

Judy's Initiative - (1d20+1d2+1d10)

(10) + (2) + (5) = 17

Henry's Initiative - (1d20-1d2-1d8)

(13) - (2) - (3) = 8

Simon's Initiative - (1d20+1d2+1d10+1d2)

(2) + (2) + (2) + (2) = 8

Nektor's Initiative - (1d20+1d2)

(5) + (1) = 6

Eunice's Initiative - (1d20-1d2-1d8)

(18) - (2) - (3) = 13

Mar 3, 2023 7:13 pm
OOC:

Round 5's Initiative
22 Lucius
17 Judy
16 Phillip
14 Hugh
13 Larabee
13 Eunice
8 Simon
8 Henry
6 Nektor
6 Erik
0 Alfie (With a 0, you are unable to take any actions this round, although I'm going to say you spend the round packing up his bag. When you roll a Zero or lower, while you don't get to go on that turn, you do get to roll Initiative for next turn with Advantage)

Number of Bags on Carousel 1:
29
Number of Bags on Carousel 2:
23
Number of Bags on Carousel 3:
21

A strange bags appear on Carousel 1 and Carousel 3.

Meta: No more strange bags will be appearing; all possible strange bags are now in play.

Also, I forgot to hand out experience! Both Alfie and Lucius gain 20 XP, as their Disadvantages have come up. Remember, the first time a Hobby, Allegiance, Disadvantage, Bond, Quirk, Aspiration, Aversion, or Fear is involved in a scene, you gain (10 x Level) in XP, unless any of them, as well as your Reputation, adversely effects the scene, in which case, you gain (20 x Level) in XP instead. For the most part, it will be up to you to remind me when you believe they come into play so you can be rewarded XP.

I'd also like to take this time to remind folks to vote in that little poll I put in the out-of-character discussion.

@FlyingSucculent, Lucius is up!
As two more strange bags appear on Carousels 1 and 3, there seems to be a mad dash as people move to inspect them, including a number of security guards.
Mar 4, 2023 1:52 am
"Oi, no need to look so suspicious, I didn't do whatever you think I did, amigo!" Lucius raises his hands in joking surrender as Phillip joins him. "Unless you think that I ate your lettuce sandwich. Because I did that, yes, and it was very tasty and a bit stale, but I commend your choice of greens."

The houzi flicks his tail and gestures at the carousels with his hand. "A pal from work asked me to pick up some stuff, but guess what? There seems to be a good dozen of similar bags around, and I'm yet to find mine. And I'm not even the only one looking, so are doing the loud lady and her bodyguard," he points to the two, "the uniform man", wave of the hand towards Erik, "and the kid," nod at Alfie gathering his scattered stuff. "Weird, right? Anyway, what are you doing here?"
OOC:
No actual actions, since Lucius has an attention span of a cat.
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Mar 5, 2023 10:28 pm
OOC:
Sorry sorry! It is Phillip's turn
Mar 6, 2023 7:44 pm
"Now that you mention it, I am looking for a spectacularly ugly bag of my own. I thought it would be easy to recognise, but it seems 'vomit' is the colour of the seazon." Leaving to the security to deal with the situation is tempting, but considering how long it has taken them to get involved at all, it's probably not a good idea. "Let's go then. Shout if you find mine, I will as well, if I get yours."
OOC:
Trying to get a bag from Carousel 3, that's the one Phillip should be closest to.
Mar 7, 2023 12:57 am
OOC:
I had Phillip at Carousel 2. It's no matter, as he can simply walk over to Carousel 3.
Phillip checked the bag on Carousel 3...it was his.

Rolls

Which bag he checks - (1d3)

(2) = 2

Mar 9, 2023 6:12 pm
OOC:
Moving on. FYI, Judy and Nektor are now out of initiative. I need initiative rolls for Alfie, Phillip and Lucius. @oopsylon, Remember to roll with Advantage.

It is Erik's turn
Eunice, who had long ago gone red in the face screaming for someone to find her bag of valuables, throws her hands up when the head of security tries to reassure her. She reaches into her pocket and produces a cellphone, and begins calling someone, and the head of security visibly turns pale. Simon, her gigantic chauffer, continues to look at the bags, but continues to find nothing.

Meanwhile, Larabee, the man who looked agitated and had his hand on his firearm, looks at a bag, looks visibly relieved, then embarrassed, and quickly buttons his coat and makes to leave.

Rolls

Secret Roll

Hugh's Initiative - (1d20+1d6)

(14) + (1) = 15

Larabee's Initiative - (1d20+1d2+1d10+1d6)

(14) + (1) + (1) + (6) = 22

Eunice's Initiative - (1d20-1d2-1d8)

(3) - (2) - (3) = -2

Simon's Initiative - (1d20+1d2+1d10+1d2)

(2) + (1) + (6) + (1) = 10

Secret Roll

Secret Roll

Henry's Initiative - (1d20-1d2-1d8)

(2) - (2) - (2) = -2

Mar 9, 2023 7:45 pm
Erik had started moving to another carousel, so he will finish his movement and check the next bag.
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Rolls

Reflexes (DEX - Initiative) - (1d20+1d6)

(5) + (2) = 7

Mar 9, 2023 9:43 pm
OOC:
Don't mind me, just an initiative roll I forgot. :V

Rolls

Reflexes - Roll - (1d20+1d8+1d4)

(8) + (7) + (1) = 16

Mar 9, 2023 10:01 pm
Erik had made his way over to Carousel 3, and when he inspected the first weird bag he found, he found that it was his.
OOC:
@MaJunior, please roll next round's initiative
Mar 9, 2023 10:17 pm
OOC:
Alfie’s initiative

Rolls

Wits - Roll - (2d20H1+1d6+-1d8)

(104) + (3) - (1) = 12

Mar 10, 2023 7:42 am
OOC:
Initiative

Lol, he seems to be stunned by the fact he found his bag in his first try.
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Rolls

Reflexes - Dice - (1d2)

(2) = 2

Adding a missing d20 - (1d20)

(18) = 18

Mar 11, 2023 12:45 am
OOC:

Round 6 Initiative:

22 Larabee
20 Phillip
16 Lucius
15 Hugh
12 Alfie
10 Simon
7 Erik
-2 Henry
-2 Eunice

I don't think we need to care about luggage numbers anymore
Larabee heads out the door, his thoughts no longer focused on the present moment.
OOC:
Larabee is out of Initative. It is Phillip's turn.
Mar 11, 2023 8:26 pm
OOC:
Oh, thank you, idk what happened there.
"Found mine!" Phillip yells at Lucius and lifts his bag over his head triumphantly. "You? Аny luck?"

He brings his bag down and moves towards the next carousel to look for his friend's luggage.
OOC:
lf he has to pass by Eunice Phillip would stop and think how to go around her.
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Mar 14, 2023 4:00 am
OOC:
OMG. Where did my post go?! Mother cussing...
Try as he might, there was only one bag remaining on Carousel 3, and one on Carousel 1. Quickly moving from Carousel 3 to 1, Phillip would be able to check the bag on Carousel 1 soon.
OOC:
Meta: The bag on Carousel 1 says Peter. The bag on Carousel 3 says Judy.

It is Lucius's turn.
Mar 16, 2023 12:32 am
Lucius looks over at Phillip, his tail curling around itself in surprise. "Wow, already? And I thought my kin was supposed to be lucky." He chuckles to himself and glances over at the carousels, trying to count how many of the weird bags he can see from his viewpoint. Not many, it appears, and both of them already on Phillip's trajectory. So unless someone grabbed his earlier in the chaos, then one of those two must be his goal - so without much hesitation, Lucius navigates the crowd to join his boat-dwelling friend (would Phillip object to being called a friend? Of course not!), calling back to him on the way: "Nope! Congrats on yours, though! It's like an improvised treasure hunt by the port, and you just got the prize!" He skips to Phillip's side and then heads for the closest bag alongside him. "Man, they should set up some kind of system against cases with similar-looking luggage."
OOC:
Erm, check the remaining bags, I guess? I don't think Lucius have seen where the other bags are. XD
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Mar 16, 2023 6:57 pm
Frantic yelling could be heard coming from Carousel 2, and an older, well dressed man was looking ashamed as another, middle-aged man with fiery red hair was yelling at him with a high pitched, nasally voice.

"What do you mean you don't have it?! How could you lose something like that? There's no way you could have such bad luck; where's your common sense?!"

The other man said something that couldn't be heard as the redhead continued to berate him.
OOC:
Alfie's turn!
Mar 17, 2023 1:31 am
After hastily stuffing the last of his scattered belongings back into his bag, Alfie sits down on top of his bag so that no one can snatch it off him and takes a moment to catch his breath.
OOC:
Is the red-haired man the same red-haired man who was dressed as a police officer earlier?
Last edited March 17, 2023 1:50 am

Rolls

Initiative (Wits - Roll) - (1d20+1d6+-1d8)

(17) + (5) - (5) = 17

Mar 17, 2023 7:57 pm
oopsylon says:
OOC:
Is the red-haired man the same red-haired man who was dressed as a police officer earlier?
OOC:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The gigantic man known as Simon returned to Eunice.

"It's not here,"

The look on Eunice's face was hard to read, especially because it was face down in the palm's of her hands, and she was shaking. A quiet chuckle could be heard coming from her, but it was obvious that she wasn't happy with the situation when she turned her head up and began laughing. Her laughter became a cackle, one the sent shivers down everyone's spine; Simon made an audible shuddering sound. Her cackling became a cacophony, and as she looked up at the ceiling, with her hands almost clenched, she almost looked like a mad scientist, albeit one dressed to the nines.

Actually, to Lucius and Alfie, she did look like a Mad Scientist, as he hair sprung out of her tightly wrapped bun and revealed a mass of wiry gray white and black hair that sizzled with electricity. Her eyes were blood shot, and she looked like a woman possessed by a maleficent force.

Her chauffer Simon was now, almost impossibly, an even more imposing figure, his broad shoulders, muscular build, and large, powerful hands. His skin was now grey in color, his brow quite pronounced, his eyes deep-set and sunken in, all adding to an eerie and intimidating appearance.
[ +- ] Simon's image
Despite the fact that it was the middle of the summer, the sky outside suddenly became dim, and it began raining down. As Eunice's laughter reached it's full height, thunder and lighting cracked and crackled outside.
OOC:
While Alfie has likely unwittingly seen the supernatural before, this would be the first time he's actually witnessed it and couldn't deny what he sees. Lucius, this is still rather terrifying for you as well. Alfie is subjected to a Medium Shock, and due to his Unmasked perk, Lucius treats it as a Minor shock instead of a Medium shock. Both of you need to make Resolve saving throws against fear, with a DC: 10; the consequences of failure will be determined based on the type of shock they were subjected to. Our two mundane characters, Phillip and Erik, can have plausible deniability as the mask defends their minds; they don't notice Eunice's unbound electrified hair, and their minds rationalize the storm as something that was already building (even though it wasn't). However, at your discretion, you can decide that the mask slips just for a moment and that they see everything, subjecting them to a Major shock and requiring the same Will save at a disadvantage.

It is Erik's turn!

Rolls

Hugh's Initiative - (1d20+1d6)

(6) + (4) = 10

Simon's Initiative - (1d20+1d2+1d10+1d2)

(13) + (1) + (3) + (2) = 19

Henry's Initiative - (2d20H1-1d2-1d8)

(143) - (1) - (8) = 5

Eunice's Initiative - (2d20H1-1d2-1d8)

(192) - (2) - (6) = 11

Mar 17, 2023 8:04 pm
Erik, having found his bag, will begin making his way towards an exit.

Rolls

Reflexes (DEX - Initiative) - (1d20+1d6)

(2) + (2) = 4

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