Armstrong's Garage

Animus moves toward Joshua in case the Ananke tries to grab him again, and once again crafts the same Imago. But it doesn't seem to be nearly as powerful this time and Captain only heals partially. He shouts across the battlefield, "I need mana!"

Spoiler:

Captain heals two lethal.

2 keys possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 2L Captain, 4L Leftenant and 1B Ruby.
1B Space ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT.
Captain is Grappled by the Spirit Ananke.
TS @ 4

(( Captain UP )) Captain is Grappled by the Spirit Ananke.

"Gonna shoot them down. Someone put an orb somewhere." Captain is ridiculously calm for whats going on, although any who sees his eyes can see they are practically aflame with rage.

2 keys possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 2L Captain, 4L Leftenant and 1B Ruby.
1B Space ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT.
Captain is Grappled by the Spirit Ananke.
TS @ 4

(( Ruby UP ))

FYI, Interrupts/Held Actions must be declared prior to spell results.

((How can we declare an interrupt? We will need to start declaring actions long before we roll...))

Ruby holds action for counterspell, drops Magic Wall. She will cast with WP and take up to 2 target factors on vulgar spells she spots.

The last attack burned away the last Mana reserves Ruby had available. Everyone was fighting, everyone. Ruby tried to keep track of the moving bodies, to be ready to protect the others in case a spell came their way.

Life Ananke is casting a Vulgar spell.
Time Ananke is casting a Vulgar spell.

Spirit, Matter, and Space don't seem to be casting, Covert or Vulgar.

Captain and Ruby; declare interrupts (Counterspell costs Mana).

If Counterspelling, declare Targets and go ahead and roll.

Captain sees the array of spells incoming. And smiles.

"Your Spells Mean NOTHING" He shouts. (Counterspell, improvised, 2 targets)

04-21 17:40:41

Captain rolls 11 dice to Gnosis+Prime-2 (used WP)

5 successes 9,6,8,7,5, 1,9,5,1,10, 8,4

And flames (visible in mage sight as spell effects) smash into the spells that Life and Time are casting.

Willpower: 1, Mana:9, Health: 2L taken.

Dead out of Mana, Ruby can't piece together a counterspell. She's not entirely sure what to do.

Time Ananke casts; no obvious effect.
Life Ananke casts; 3L to Captain and Armstrong
Spirit Ananke chokes Captain; 3B to Captain (6L 1B total)
Matter Ananke casts; Joshua's knife and Armstrong's math book are annihilated.
Space Ananke casts; 1L to Armstrong and Captain - roll Resolve+Gnosis vs 1 Potency to Resist

Matter & Space were Holding Actions, and Interrupted Armstrong.
Yes, I factored in Captain's Counterspell.

Captain rolls STA to remain conscious; if so, Actions are at -3

2 keys possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 6L 1B Captain, 4L Leftenant, 3L Armstrong, and 1B Ruby.
2B Space ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT.
Captain is Grappled by the Spirit Ananke.
TS @ 3

(( Armstrong UP and rolls Resolve+Gnosis vs 2 to Resist 1L ))

Armstrong coughs blood up all over herself as her book vaporizes, but she fights through the pain she starts to pull down Pandemonium to smite down her attacker, when the pupils of her eyes dilate. Then she lets loose this chilling undulation and screeches directly at the Space Ananke-
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG! MOTHERFUCKINGSONOFABITCHI'LLRIPOUTYOUREYES!!!
And she redirects all her fury on that son of a bitch, dropping the stone she held and ignoring the one in her pocket as she strides directly towards that son of a bitch.

Spoiler:

The Space Ananke doesn't react at all to Armstrong's fury.

2 keys possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 6L 1B Captain, 4L Leftenant, 3L Armstrong, and 1B Ruby.
2B Space ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT.
Captain is Grappled by the Spirit Ananke.
Captain rolls STA to remain conscious; if so, Actions are at -3
TS @ 3

(( Theo UP ))

"Siphon mine if you can." Theo calls as he scrambles over to the corpse of Death and picks up the stone corresponding with Matter.

Fiddler is UP

Fiddler picks up the key dropped by Armstrong and runs toward the obelisks...

2 keys possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 6L 1B Captain, 4L Leftenant, 3L Armstrong, and 1B Ruby.
2B Space ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT.
Captain is Grappled by the Spirit Ananke.
Captain rolls STA to remain conscious; if so, Actions are at -3
TS @ 3

***Ruby can take her Held Action, just wanted to keep it flowing****

(( Joshua UP ))

Ruby will grab a keystone if she can find one.

(( OK she's got one; Ruby 1, Fiddler 1, Theo 1, Armstrong 1, Ananke 2, Captain 4 ))

Joshua UP

((Shouldn't it be -6?))

Animus walks toward Captain, his own mind filled with doubt.

((Action held. Captain UP.))

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 6L 1B Captain, 4L Leftenant, 5L Armstrong, and 1B Ruby.
2B Space ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT.
Captain is Grappled by the Spirit Ananke.
Captain rolls STA to remain conscious; if so, Actions are at -3
TS @ 3

*** Note: Spirit Ananke dropped both keys it held to Grapple Captain ***

(( Captain UP STA check passed; -3 Wound Penalty to any Action ))

Captain Channels mana to Animus.
04-22 13:12:27 Captain rolls 7 dice to Gnosis+Prime-3 2 successes
5,8,1,9,5, 5,7

Captain sends over 2 mana.

"Take Space Out! NOW!"

Captain: Health: 6L, 1b, 1 wp remaining, 7 mana remaining.

(( Ruby UP ~ Animus has Held Action ))

Animus casts again, desperately trying to keep pace with the Ananke. But the stress is interfering with his concentration.

Spoiler:

((Captain and Armstrong each heal one damage.))

04-22 15:24:32 Ruby rolls 5 dice to wts+cmpsr 1 success
1,10,7,1,1, 2

Ruby has rushed into the thick of the fight, hands clutched over her head and ducking low. Snatching up a dropped stone, Ruby flashes a glance at the symbol marked its square surface.

Relieved that the marking is intact, Ruby huffs as her legs carry her as fast as she can go towards the Spirit Obelisk,

04-22 15:30:58 Ruby rolls 4 dice to Dex+Athl-1 1 success
6,6,8,3

Ducking as she goes, and...

Speed is 10, can she make it this turn? Or does she take a sprint action this round?

(( Make a single die roll on a success (8-10) she'll reach an obelisk and will still be able to perform an Action. Failure (1-7) means she used her full move. ))

(( I'll start working on the Ananke; I rolled for him. 04-22 18:53:17 tsameti rolls 1 die to movin' the thread Failure 2

Time Ananke casts; no obvious effect
Spirit Ananke works Captain over again; 2B ~ 7L total, Captain slumps to the ground, unconscious.
Space Ananke casts; 2L to Animus and Joshua (Joshua rolls Resolve+Gnosis vs. 2 to Resist)
Matter Ananke intercepts Ruby and achieves a Grapple on her.
Life Ananke performs a Killing Blow on Captain ~ 2A 5L new total.

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 2A 5L Captain, 4L Leftenant, 5L Armstrong, 2L Animus, and 1B Ruby.
2B Space, 1B Time ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT.
Captain unconcious; Bleedout rules apply.
Ruby is Grappled.
TS @ 2

(( Armstrong UP ))

Armstrong slaps the Space Ananke upside the head with visualized-math-made-deadly-through-her-enlightened-will as she screams at that son of a bitch- "DO YOU THINK I LIKE MY VOICE WHEN IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS? LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!!"

Spoiler:

Armstrong could swear the Anankes eyes widen right before it shatters into pieces.

(( Theo UP ))

"Verdammt!" Theo cursed through gritted teeth. He hadn't wanted to leave the Matter stone unguarded but things could only get worse with Captain down and it seemed he was the only one with mana for healing. With a quick movement he slammed the key into the socket and moved over to the Captain since he couldn't heal at range.

Matter Ananke freezes.

Fiddler tries his key in the Time Obelisk, but nothing happens.

Spoiler:

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 2A 5L Captain, 4L Leftenant, 4L Armstrong, 2L Animus, and 1B Ruby.
2B Space, 1B Time ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT Matter FROZEN.
Captain unconcious; Bleedout rules apply.
Ruby is Grappled.
TS @ 2

(( Joshua UP ))

Spoiler:

"Me, goddammit!" Joshua yells, kicking Spirit, barely aware of a wash of energy coming over him as Space casts. "Forget the old man--come at me!"

Spoiler:

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 2A 5L Captain, 4L Leftenant, 4L Armstrong, 2L Animus, and 1B Ruby.
2B Space, 1B Time, 1B Spirit ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, & Prime OUT Matter FROZEN.
Captain unconcious; Bleedout rules apply.
Ruby is Grappled.
TS @ 2

(( Animus UP ))

Animus' jaw sets in grim determination. They will not kill him. Focusing, he forms an Imago. But despite his best effort, he barely gets the spell off.

Spoiler:

((Captain heals 1 damage. Captain UP.))

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 2A 4L Captain, 4L Leftenant, 4L Armstrong, 2L Animus, and 1B Ruby.
2B Space, 1B Time, 1B Spirit ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, Prime, & Space OUT Matter FROZEN.
Ruby is Grappled.
TS @ 2

(( Captain UP ))

"Burn Burn BURN."

04-22 22:37:50

Captain rolls 1 die to paradox b:3-2shadow-1tool (chance roll)

Failure 2

04-22 22:36:16

Captain rolls 8 dice to Gnosis+Prime-5 (used WP)

1 success 6,7,3,2,3, 7,9,1

But only a little bit of Celestial Fire comes out and burns the Space Ananke.

Captain willpower: 0, mana: 7

(( I'll assume you meant Spirit ))

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 2A 4L Captain, 4L Leftenant, 4L Armstrong, 2L Animus, and 1B Ruby.
1B Time, 1L 1B Spirit ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, Prime, & Space OUT Matter FROZEN.
Ruby is Grappled.
TS @ 2

(( Ruby UP ))

Ruby pours her magic into her voice in preparation to cast Empowered Voice (from AA) in order to break the hold.

04-22 22:56:07 Ruby rolls 2 dice to Dox+2-2 Failure
3,5

04-22 22:57:57 Ruby rolls 6 dice to Gnosis+Forces 1 success
7,2,3,7,6, 8

Str+Athletics to resist knockdown. 1 suxx needed. She breathes deep... and...

"A gentleman DOESN'T TOUCH!"

The Matter Ananke seems unaffected and remains frozen.
Time Ananke casts; no obvious effect.
Life Ananke casts; 3L to Captain and Armstrong ~~ both drop, unconcious.
Spirit Ananke pulls the Matter key; Matter Ananke begins to re-animate.

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 4A 3L Captain, 4L Leftenant, 7L Armstrong, 2L Animus, and 1B Ruby.
2B Time, 1B Life, 1L 1B Spirit ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, Prime, & Space OUT.
Ruby is Grappled.
Armstrong and Captain are unconcious, Bleeding Out.
TS @ 1

(( Theo UP ))

Healing heart (rote)
01-01-2008 10:00 Theo rolls 6 to Comp+Med+Life (10 Again,WillPower) 1,9,3,5,8,1,2,10,10,10,2,5 5 successes

Theo casts his healing spell, pouring mana into Captain's pattern to help it back to its proper form of health. Seeing Armstrong crumple he makes his way to her.
Along the way he yells. "Find the life key. It's killing us."

Fiddler tries another obelisk, but without result again. That's 2/10 down, though.
Captain rouses from his haze of injuries, but is still Prone.

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 4A Captain, 4L Leftenant, 7L Armstrong, 2L Animus, and 1B Ruby.
2B Time, 1B Life, 1L 1B Spirit ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, Prime, & Space OUT.
Ruby is Grappled.
Captain is Prone.
Armstrong is Unconcious, Bleeding Out.
TS @ 1

(( Joshua UP ))

Frustrating, so frustrating, he can't touch these things. Everyone's hurt and he can't heal. Joshua backs away from Spirit, looking around to take stock of the remaining group. The next stone bastard that tries snapping a neck is going to get tackled.

((holding action, Animus UP))

Animus looks around, torn, knowing that he couldn't help Captain and Armstrong at once.

((Holding action. Captain UP))

mana mana everywhere, and not a drop to spare anyone.

04-23 13:02:14 Captain rolls 8 dice to Gnosis+Prime-2 1 success
3,2,6,2,4, 7,3,10,1

Armstrong and ruby regain 1 mana apiece, as captain crawls away from the guys who've opened his skull like a watermelon, a few pices of skull staying behind as he backs up just a little bit. (still prone)

(( Ruby UP and/or Interrupts from Animus and Joshua ))

A sudden flush of Mana like a cool wind comes out of nowhere, and it burns away at the heavy doubt in her mind.

Ruby tries desperately to break the hold on her, but it's grip is too strong.

04-23 15:28:41 Ruby rolls 3 dice to Str+Brawl+1(Self-Defense spec) Failure
1,2,1

The Life and Time Anankes begins casting Vulgar spells. Declare and/or roll Interrupts, if spell related.

Anankes Actions will be posted at 8:00 CST

The mana enters Animus body and is consumed almost instantly. Just before the Ananke's spells start flying, Animus releases his own, healing a significant fraction of Armstrong's wounds.

Spoiler:

((Armstrong heals 3 damage.))

Armstrong opens her eyes, rousing from her injuries. She is Prone.

The Time Ananke ruptures into fissures and cracks, Abyssal resonance seeping from it.
Life Ananke casts; 2L to Armstrong.
Matter Ananke attempts to choke Ruby, but her attempts to free herself foil it.
Commander, Leftenent, and Ensign suddenly reappear, exactly as they were before.

1 key possessed by Ananke.
5L on Comm, 4A Captain, 4L Leftenant, 6L Armstrong, 2L Animus, and 1B Ruby.
1B Life, 1L 1B Spirit ~~~ Death, Fate, Forces, Mind, Prime, Space, & Time OUT.
Ruby is Grappled.
Captain is Prone.
Armstrong is Prone.
Armstrong -2 on all Actions for Wound Penalty.

(( Ananke UP ))



(( Spirit heads for Captain -- Joshua needs to make a roll, 3 DEF 3 Armor; Armstrong can take her turn if it doesn't involve Spirit ))

Spirit achieves a Grapple on Captain.

Armstrong UP ; Armstrong is Prone, -2 to all Actions (Wound Penalty)

Spoiler:

Armstrong crawls forward on broken fingers, frothing at the mouth. She garbles unintelligible words full of rage at everything, flinging another spell towards the Life Ananke, but her imago keeps wavering, shifting around as the Space Arcanum interposes itself in her mind. The Spell backlashes against Armstrong, throwing her into a seizure.