[21:00] It's a cloudy, mildly stuffy summer day in Germany. You're walking to your apartment; where from is anybody's guess, but probably from the arcade, because that's in the other direction. Yup. [21:00] (So is the library, but that's another story) [21:01] * Ziegfried walks home, paying little to no attention to things other than traffic signs, and the fact that he forgot to drive in the first place [21:01] (A completely different story.) [21:02] Yes, you did. It wouldn't matter so much if there wasn't parking, but there was. For once. [21:02] I'd kick myself, but it's really not worth the effort. [21:03] You'd almost think he was talking to the narrator, but he isn't. There's some giggling behind him. Of the female persuasion, in case you're interested. [21:04] * Ziegfried is used to it, and pretty much ignores it. Women... also aren't worth the effort, 9 times out of 10. [21:04] He ignores it, and she keeps stalking him. Ziegfried enters the shopping district. Roll awareness. [21:05] (Where'd that character sheet go... oh well, I don't have any skill there anyway) [21:05] 2d6 [21:05] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6) and gets 6. [21:05] You see someone running down the street, straight at you. [21:06] From what angle? Behind? Ahead? [21:06] (In parens.) [21:06] (That's an OOC question, dear. Your character is *not* asking that.) [21:07] (... right.) [21:07] (This is so you get used to it. ^_~ Don't worry much, just learn.) [21:07] (And, for the record, he just turned a corner and is running towards you. Ahead.) [21:08] (k, thanks) [21:08] * Ziegfried sidesteps and scratches his head [21:09] He zooms towards you, looking like he's going to take full advantage of the sidestep. He's wearing a winter mask and a jacket. Odd, for the middle of summer. [21:10] * Ziegfried stops scratching, and braces for impact... [21:10] (Aaah, Kevin had a great suggestion! Take I'm Too Sexy as your theme. ^^) [21:10] (Damn straight!) [21:10] He tries to zoom past you. What, you expected him to run into you when you stepped aside? [21:10] (Heh) [21:10] (Now I need to find the mp3. >.>;) [21:11] (I could extract one from an AMV I have. :P) [21:11] (Kazaa, need I say more?) [21:11] (That'd work) [21:11] (Are you going to do anything, lazy bacon?) [21:11] (Ok, so zooming toward me, with a mask and a jacket, trying to go around...) [21:12] (Yup.) [21:12] (I'm trying to figure out how in character doing something would be... and how dangerous to the plot) [21:12] (Just do what's in character, don't care about the plot.) [21:12] (Yeah, that's my job. ^^) [21:13] (Ok, I keep an eye on him and just hang back a bit.) [21:13] (Do that in emotes now...) [21:13] (Yup.) [21:14] (Like /em keeps an eye on him as he wizzes past.) [21:14] * Ziegfried keeps on trucking, and glances back at the man with no fashion sense [21:14] (Err, /me [21:14] (Don't forget your periods ;) ) [21:14] He doesn't glance back at you, that's for sure. He keeps a- goin'. Roll awareness. [21:14] 2d6 [21:15] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6) and gets 6. [21:15] You hear sirens in the distance. Funny, that's in the direction you're heading, and the one he came from. [21:15] (You are SO sarcastic Ard... I love it!) [21:15] (Thank you, thank you. I'm here every Thursday. ^_~) [21:15] * Ziegfried glances ahead, back at the guy, and sighs... he'd been afraid of this... [21:16] * Ziegfried turns around and tries to pursue the masked man... [21:17] You run like the wind! The man turns a corner. You follow? [21:17] (And... has he thought about what he does when he catches the two-armed man? ) [21:17] (You have six fingers... on your right hand.) [21:17] (Oh, wait, all the Inigo jokes need to wait for Joe. ^^) [21:18] * Ziegfried screeches to a halt at the corner, glances down the way, and keeps running after the guy. [21:18] * Ziegfried grumbles something about a damn conscience and being home late as he runs. [21:18] You enter the alley, and you're gaining on him *fast*. Soon he's within reach of you. [21:19] * Ziegfried jumps the poor sap from behind, and tries to tackle him [21:20] (Yes!, you are correct sir!) [21:20] Roll unarmed attack (wrestling) with an additional -4 bonus. [21:20] (or at the very least, grab his jacket or something... I'm a hockey type, but the US has won enough gold medals for football for me to see what I'm doing. =) [21:20] 2d6-4 [21:20] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6-4) and gets -1. [21:20] (Ow, he's in it deep... [21:21] You do a picture perfect tackle, and the man's eating the pavement. Ow. He struggles, but is no match for your mighty muscles of magnitude. [21:22] (That'll leave a mark...) [21:22] Where ya running so fast, kid? [21:22] He tries to say something, but you don't understand him, since his face is in the pavement. [21:22] Sirens are closer, now. [21:23] (Mmmm... pavement) [21:23] (Good for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! ;9) [21:23] * Ziegfried grabs the guy by the back of his mask, and yanks his head up, which must be painful since I'm still pretty much sitting on him...) [21:23] (That it would be, wouldn't it Ard.) [21:23] (Note, I'm not going for like a lethal effect here, just trying to get his face where I can see it, lol [21:24] It is. He screams and curses a series of ugly swears that his mother would be horrified to hear him say. [21:24] (on that note...) [21:24] * Ziegfried yanks off the guys mask [21:24] (with an apostrophe in guy's, too [21:24] It's Bruce Wayne! ... No, not really. He's got seriously messy brown hair (maybe it's because of the mask), and you can't see the front of his face, since you're sitting on his back. [21:25] ( /me goes off hunting the typo-demon with his Antaran Death Ray...) [21:25] Roll perception. [21:25] 2d6 [21:25] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6) and gets 4. [21:25] You hear somebody - multiple somebodies - enter the alley behind you. [21:25] And ahead of you. [21:26] * Ziegfried looks around, still carefull to keep his weight on the victim [21:27] Soon as you spot them, you hear the predictable, "Freeze!" They're police. [21:27] (Or whatever they say in Germany. [21:27] (Freeze in German.) [21:27] (was gonna say...) [21:27] (This is my world, and I can blow up Quebec, put pigeons in Korea, and have LA police in Germany if I darn well want.) [21:28] * Ziegfried holds as still as he can while slowly leaning weight onto suspect's face, which should now be in the pavement again. [21:28] Poor guy. He's probably got a broken nose, too. Aww... [21:28] (Yeah, like you care Ard.) [21:28] The policeman in front of you blinks, then blinks again, then lowers the gun. "What the he- I mean, uh..." [21:28] The one next to him elbows him in the side. "Good job, kid." [21:29] * Ziegfried gets off the quite bruised and battered unmasked man. [21:29] Uhh.. yeah, any time. What just happened, anyway? [21:30] "Robbed a convenience store," the second policeman explains while three of his buddies "escort" the fine young man to their car. [21:30] * Ziegfried nods [21:30] The man, by the by, is screaming death threats at you the entire way. What a nice guy. [21:30] "It was really sloppy, and he wouldn't have gotten away with it in the end, but you saved us a lot of trouble." [21:31] That... looked like what happened. Oh well, my good deed for the day. [21:32] Uhh... do I have to like, testify or something? [21:32] (No you don't... this is Germany after all. The only place you do that is the US... j/k :) ) [21:32] The policeman nods and leans against an alleyway wall. "Can I see your ID?" [21:33] * Ziegfried fumbles through the pockets of his now slightly torn pants (blasted pavement...) and produces one. [21:34] The man takes it and looks. "Ziegfried, eh?" He pulls out a pad of paper and pen, and starts jotting down some information. "Telephone, address?" [21:34] * Ziegfried relays info as it is asked for, giving the address, phone number, and room number of his appartment [21:35] (Yeah, so I don't know my character's address... =) [21:36] (Perfectly acceptable ;) ) [21:36] The policeman nods and puts the pad and pen away, then hands the ID back to Ziegfried. "We'll be calling you within the week about this. You did good, Kid." [21:36] (Nobody does. :P) [21:36] ("Where do you live?" "Hope Island! ^^") [21:36] (I know my IP address, but it takes a minute to remember my street address. :P) [21:36] (Heh, now THAT's an address.) [21:36] (Calc, you geek.) [21:36] (Amen to that Calc.) [21:37] Thanks, uhh... don't suppose you guys could give me a lift back home, preferebly in a car other than the one what's-his-name over there is taking a ride in? [21:38] Well, if you're going that way, anyway. If you're not, I'll just walk. [21:38] He raises an eyebrow, then shrugs. "Don't see why not. C'mon." He walks out of the alley. [21:39] * Ziegfried thinks this may have saved him the trouble of walking anyway, and tries to recall the location of the nearest Dunken Doughnuts on the way.... [21:39] Roll perception o/~ [21:39] 2d6 [21:39] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6) and gets 8. [21:40] (I lose, lol) [21:40] (Ha, fail. ^^ Use DR to roll again, or keep it?) [21:40] (Hrm... sure, why not? [21:40] 2d6 [21:41] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6) and gets 10. [21:41] (Oh well, so much for plan b...) [21:41] (That was a waste...) [21:41] (Was a 50-50 shot =) [21:41] (Well, at least you got the bad rolls out of the way) [21:41] You're walking along, and you trip in a pothole. You land nicely on your face, which would be poetic justice for the man you tackled, if there were any justice involved. [21:42] * Ziegfried says oof, into the pavement. [21:42] The pavement doesn't respond. [21:42] (I'd be scared if it did...) [21:42] (^_^) [21:43] (Are you going to get up?) [21:43] * Ziegfried gets up, fixes his shades, and grumbles about the road conditions. [21:43] As you get up (don't get ahead of the GM here), you put your hand on something. Feels like a ring. [21:45] * Ziegfried moves his hand and glances at it [21:45] (It being the ringlike object, not his hand) [21:45] ("Looks like a penguin!") [21:45] It's gold and rather large. There's a deep green gem set into it. It looks like it's worth a small fortune, or at least a few dozen doughnuts. [21:46] * Ziegfried shrugs, grabs the ring, and finishes getting up [21:46] (Hehe... penguin ring =) ) [21:46] * Ziegfried rights his shades (at long last, we've been forgetting the important stuff here...) [21:46] Good job! The policeman is out of the alley, presumably at his squad car. [21:46] Anyone drop a ring? [21:47] Err, hey wait up... [21:47] No answer for you. Roll soul. [21:47] * Ziegfried pockets the ring and runs after the cop [21:47] (This ought to be good, lol [21:47] * Calculus is away: dinner [21:47] 2d6 [21:47] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6) and gets 7. [21:47] (Roll it, peon! Thank you. ^_~) [21:47] (See ya Calc) [21:47] (What a shock, I blew it, haha) [21:48] You get the urge to take the ring out of your pocket. [21:48] (My precious) [21:48] (No! You can't have my precioussssssss.) [21:48] (Exactly what I thought, lol) [21:48] (If my char has ever even HEARD of LotR, he ignores the urge. Otherwise, he tries to walk and pull an object from his pocket simultaniously [21:49] (And I'm too lazy to retype that as an emote) [21:49] He succeeds! Congrats. The policeman is waiting at the squad car, talking to one of his buddies. [21:50] (How far from home am I? hehe [21:50] (Not far at all. Just a few blocks.) [21:50] (Ask a simple question, get a simple answer.) [21:50] (Which is why it wasn't *that* big of a deal for you to walk in the first place. :P) [21:51] Hey guys, thanks for offering to drop me off, but, I'll just walk. Knee's a little smashed from the tackle, and I figure I should probably walk it off.. [21:51] The policeman looks over at you and nods. "Sure," he says, and gives you a half-salute. [21:52] * Ziegfried nods and waves. [21:52] He waves back. [21:53] * Ziegfried considers taunting the guy in the car, but decides it isn't worth the effort [21:53] Yeah, especially since the guy's in a different car anyway. [21:53] (... /me chuckles) [21:54] (Where are good pewter models when you need them, I can see the racecar 10 squares away from the boot, but this has me waay off) [21:54] (Heck, by now the racecar would be "Just visiting"... but maybe the passenger isn't.) [21:54] (Imagination. Use that.) [21:55] Well, nice to have met you, officer, glad I could help. [21:56] "Nice meeting you, too, and thanks again. We'll give you a call when we need you." [21:56] (Didn't he already say that?) [21:56] * Ziegfried nods again, says, "Sure thing. 'Till then..." and waves again [21:56] (Reminder.) [21:56] (De ja vu, now get over it Kev =) [21:56] He nods, then goes back to talking to his buddy. [21:57] * Ziegfried walks off toward home, fingering his precious... err... ring [21:57] (You know that's going to be the ongoing gag of the game, or at least one of the many, right? =) [21:57] Now that you get a better look and feel of the thing, you notice that it's about your size. Which is kind of odd, because not many people have such large fingers. [21:58] (You mean like Eui-Tae getting smacked in the head by something every five minutes? :P) [21:58] (Yeah, I noticed that... Should give him an extra defect for being accident prone =) [21:59] (Nah. That's an evil defect. ^_~) [21:59] * Ziegfried pockets the ring until he gets home, and keeps his hands in his pockets, mainly to hold onto the thing so it doesn't get stolen [21:59] It doesn't get stolen! And he gets home. Good for him. [22:00] (in the name of EQ, w00t. That being said...) [22:01] * Ziegfried pulls out his pre...ring, and gingerly puts the thing on. [22:01] (Red pill or blue pill?) [22:01] It slips smoothly onto your right index finger. Exactly your size. [22:01] * Ziegfried thinks the ring would give him indigestion. Besides, swallowing large objects requires effort and ambulences, and I'm not into effort. [22:02] (But you're into ambulences? *plot*) [22:02] (... next question!) [22:03] (*smiles sweetly*) [22:04] * Ziegfried decides he's had enough excitement for the day, so he sits down and plans out a 40k army. And I mean, 40k points, in fantasy...) [22:04] (Or whatever the current Warhammeresque system is.) [22:07] Just as he prepares to do this, he's hit by the feeling of soft plants and can almost swear he smells flowers. A bout of dizziness occurs, and his entire world turns green. [22:07] Intro session end.