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Jeff
Jeff
Okay then, what's the what-what?
The coin-cleaning machine has a bunch of velvety sacks hanging above it, and some full sacks with room number labels on them. Inside the tumbler is the load that the girtablullû was tending to when he got shot for the first time. The reality shard is in there. Mitch figures out in short order how to turn off the machine and he reaches in and grabs the shard.
Unsurprisingly, it is a coin.
Unsurprisingly, it is a coin.
And a gorgeous one. On first glance Mitch is like, "Silver dollar." The weight and size is like the old-timey silver dollars that Mitch maybe even remembers from his childhood, in maybe an older relative's coin collection. But a glance at it reveals neither the full profile or face profile of Lady Liberty. The obverse does have a face in profile though.
It's Emperor Norton. The obverse has Norton in military cap and epaulets, crowned with "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and the legend "Emp. Norton I" and underneath his profile, the year 1884. The reverse has an engraved image of a vast bridge, stretching off into some stylized clouds in the distance, with two raised-relief hands clasped in the background of the bridge scene. Above the bridge is the legend "Est. 1880." And underneath, the legend along the bottom edge of the reverse reads, "For the Imperial Quadranscentennial." It's a crowded tails side. Quite rococo. The coin gives Mitch a sense of ... security. Of communion. Of teamwork. A vague sense that it comes from a better world where big bridges were built to bring people together under beneficent rule. More than this I cannot give you with the state of your analysis roll.
Oh yeah, on the obverse there's a little "S" near Norton's cheek.
Jeff
Jeff
Well, I'll pocket that, then turn back to Jocasta.
"Found a coin, anyways. You feeling up to walking? I can help." He tilts his head towards the stairwell they came down.
Now Mitch ... Mitch knows that Emperor Norton died in 1880. So yeah.
Now Mitch ... Mitch knows that Emperor Norton died in 1880. So yeah.
Jeff
Jeff
It's a puzzle for another day, one without scorpion-men and scorpion-man neurotoxin.
Leonard
Leonard
"Yeah, I think I can walk."
(NOTE: She says this even if she actually cannot walk).
"Coin? You wanna get a Coke or something?"
For ease of narrative, if you guys go to try and find Roger he's going to be near the beginning of his "accosting the Atlantis book nerds so he can gain intel for the LARP" plan. And Jo is fine. Wounded arm, bruised sternum. Her legs and Move are untouched. The toxin isn't affecting her mobility.
For ease of narrative, if you guys go to try and find Roger he's going to be near the beginning of his "accosting the Atlantis book nerds so he can gain intel for the LARP" plan. And Jo is fine. Wounded arm, bruised sternum. Her legs and Move are untouched. The toxin isn't affecting her mobility.
Jeff
Jeff
So option one is we find Roger, option two is we do a sweep of the basement which seems empty. If Jo is up for it Mitch would rather do the sweep.
Leonard
Leonard
Yeah, honestly, that's Jocasta's feeling too -- Roger and the rest of the crew have plenty of other things going on, and we don't wanna let whatever is happening down here get worse. That said, she would feel better, especially as she's injured, at least radioing Roger to let him know the situation, tell him we got it in hand but here's where we are if we need backup, have a doctor on hand, etc.
We should be fine if it's truly deserted down here and they all either left or are in a flux state or whatever. But we definitely can't take out four more of those things by ourselves.
Containment should be the goal, Jocasta thinks -- one thing we can't have is one of them going up and killing one of the guests.
Jeff
Jeff
Well, we just as in five minutes ago distributed walkie-talkies so calling Roger should be v simple.
You do not have to leave the basement to reach him. In fact, having a walkie squawk would add verisimilitude to his FBI/MARPA gig.
You do not have to leave the basement to reach him. In fact, having a walkie squawk would add verisimilitude to his FBI/MARPA gig.
Jeff
Jeff
If Jo doesn't move to call Roger, Mitch will do it, but it seems like Jo has a more solid sense of what he needs to hear.
ROLL 3D6? y ... = 8
ROLL 3D6? y ... = 8
Go ahead and call. :)
Go ahead and call. :)
Leonard
Leonard
Yeah, Jocasta will click on the walkie.
"Agent Martin? You copy?"
Bill
Bill
Roger was not in the middle of a question, but listening to a fight about the power sources for MARPA magic, which he did kinda want to hear out of all the dreck so far. Naturally it’s interrupted.
“One minute to secure location,” he says as he stands up, and walks over some panel audience members as he heads out of the room.
“Partially safe environment. Good for sitrep”
Leonard
Leonard
"10-4. Here with agent Mitchell. Ran into a pretty nasty snag, an irruptor in the basement. Took it down after a nasty little firefight, but I might need a medic later on."
Jeff
("That's agent Mitchell Jefferson Hort, M-I-T...")
Leonard
Leonard
"Agent Mitchell thinks there's a few more down here, so we're gonna try to flush them out -- we don't need them mixing with the guests. We're [she'll explain their exact coordinates as well as possible] and are moving out. If there's anyone you can spare who's handy with a weapon, we can reconnoiter, but job one should be keeping civilians away from the basement. Copy?"
Bill
Bill
“Roger. Will set guard to basement. Only backup handy is me, unless we pull in agents from outside. Give me ten to put hotel to locking down entrance, then I’ll join you. Over."
Leonard
Leonard
"Over and out. Thanks, Roger."
Jeff
Jeff
Mitch shrugs.
Bill
Bill
Ten is not enough time to get to equipment and back, but this is just a reconnoiter, right? (Riiiight.) Roger flags down a hotel bellboy, gives a written order to Lyon about the basement being off limits for the next hour, and books it.
Leonard
Leonard
"Well, that's done," Jocasta says. "You wanna lead the way? And are you okay with just the ikoter? We got plenty of heavy metal here if you need it."
Jeff
Jeff
Hm, yeah. It's apparent that an aimed shot from the ikoter is unlikely to drop a scorpion-man, and if he's not taking slow careful aim he's best-off spraying and praying. Mitch will swap to a trusty M-16.
But maybe we'll sweep the basement and confirm nobody else is here! Maybe.
The M16 has an Acc of 5 and a Rcl of 2 and does 5d pi damage. I thought the Acc was probably 3, is why I went for the ikoter in the first place
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