The Ninth World Turns Recap #023 - What’s This Foam? - Zhong Complex

Campaign Day 001

XP: Everyone has 3 xp from discovering the Glow Machine & Miasma Box & Mintz’ Pin

Turn 24 Recap

Actions - How do you proceed?

Jay Zin looked in and saw the rebel laying on the ground... By all that is Mysterious and Unknown... I think that's Darius...Without even thinking Jay Zin ran into the room and flipped the guards body over trying to revive the rebel on the ground... The man was too covered in dirt and blood (both his own and the guards) for Jay to know  Darius... is that you? Wake up... Basai I think he's too hurt to wake up... but... "I think" I can make out a weak pulse.

heal check: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Jay Zin begins to administer excellent emergency medical care to the dead corpse.

It doesn’t take long for Jay to realise that he was mistaken, that this is a corpse.

Azzuretta watched as Jay ran into the room... She had no idea if that was Darius... but she reached out to see if the body that looked like a corpse were alive.

perception(Is the Corpse a corpse?): 1d20 ⇒ 1

Azzuretta is deeply confused by the strong emotions of her human, she is distracted to the rest of the world and focused singularly on Jay. <Intrusion> Penalty to any check for the next round.

Basai was moving back out into the hallway to investigate elsewhere when Jay rushed forward and grabbed the corpse. The Diruk was very confused and followed after the human, crouching down beside Jay as he administered first aid. The corpse looked rather pale to hir so shi reached out and stuck a finger in the mouth of the body to feel for breathing or movement. Nothing registered and Basai rumbled hir confusion, "It's dead... no wind in the body."

And then Azzuretta arrived to also poke at the body, further confusing the Diruk. Did shi not understand what a dead human looked like? What were they seeing that shi didn't? Maybe there was something about the flesh was reacted to Jay and not hir? Shi waited a moment, hovering, before trying to see if pain stimulated a response.

Shi stuck hir finger against the chest of the human, trying to estimate how much pressure it would take to crack a bone or something equally painful to get the man to respond.

Smash/Crush (Trained): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

The flesh yielded beneath hir finger, and still there was no breath, and then one of the ribs audibly cracked. Basai rumbled at that point, as it drew no reaction, "It is dead. See? You see things." Basai really had no idea what to make of Jay's outburst and left him to look inside the vault - inspecting the electrified exterior with interest.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Shi was too big to get much of a look so shi tapped the knight on a shoulder, "You fit. Look at the sparks? Look at the inside?"

Basai could see more of the room from this vantage, but now knew for sure that shi would not be able to fit through the door as-is. The room looked to have storage around the edges, and some smaller lockers beneath the long tables that ran through the room.

Daks took a deep breath and readied himself. He stood up, nodded to Breone and turned the corner. As he entered the room he quickly held up a hand as the rebels jumped to there feet, grabbing weaponry. Woah there. We're with the rebellion. We're all on the same team here. With that he put out a hand to the nearest rebel. The name La'Furn. Sense Motive: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Daks could tell that the men were on edge and not fully convinced, they didn’t expect you all to appear so close by. Many of the men are holding their weapons tight and their eyes dodge back and forth between you and the Rebel closest to you, some expectant and some challenging.

<Minor Effect> Asset to next sense motive/insight check on these men.

Mechanus joined Daks, hoping he had the right approach. The nano wasn't so sure that these men were with the rebellion but what's done is done.

He stood next to Daks and waited to see how the men reacted, "Yeah, we were worried about you? What have you found out so far?"

Breona followed Daks into the room with the rebellious rebels. After having heard of their intents of possibly defecting from the rebellion she was warned. I wish I could have told the others, she thought to herself, and stood to Daks' side, ready to act if needed. Not that she was the fastest to react.

Turn 25

Daks, Mechanus, Breona -

The man closest to Daks ignored his outthrust hand. He stepped in close, “You don’t look much like rebels. How are we supposed to trust you three? You might just be looters, or you might be some of Zhong’s mercs... “ His eyes linger on each of you in turn, “Yeah, you three look far more like mercs than rebels to me. What proof do you have that you work with Bryn?”

<Insight/Sense Motive Check - Difficulty 4(12)> To see that he is posturing tough for the sake of the men around him, that he is insecure in his role as leader.

<Memory Check - Difficulty 3> To remember useful details about Bryn to reveal to the man.

Jay Zin & Basai -

<Perception Check - Difficulty 2> You begin to hear a whirring sound emerging from inside the vault, it slowly seems to be increasing in volume and speed.

Group Loot: 11 Shins - I will track looted Shins and distribute when appropriate

Cyphers: (Most pages #’s refer to Technology Compendium - let me know if you don’t have book and I will add more detail. If page number begins with “c.” - the cypher is in the Corebook)