Difference between revisions of "By Demons Be Driven"

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Session 1 (3/20/08)

At the Neugenics cryo-facility, Malcom began to download the building. Gojira started making preparations to blow up the lab, while Ari found a door with the elusive letters P.E. - 01 on it and asked around for people who could open it. Malcom encountered vampire probe ICE. Make that an enemy decker. The decker belonging to Paul Williams, who was apparently under contract to preserve the Neugenics facility.

The team hightailed it home. Alex set up a datasearch for the creepy drawing of a soul-eating spirit. Ike followed Paul's lead, plumbed the depths of Neugenics, and found a Garage Door Opener to attach to the van. Gojira and Malcom got surgery, and Ari got a call with another job.

The italians are technically backing the transpacific Yakuza, and we are to facilitate a change of management on a Yakuza club with Backrooms. Beta team settled on 200,000 Nuyen, for the night of the 20th, changeover to occur at 11:00 PM. The z25 club, in Downtown Seattle. Ike let Alex borrow a sustaining focus.

Paul had the decryption algorythm to the pocket secretary delivered to the warehouse, once again demonstrating a complete knowledge of beta team's habits. And Beta Team received Paul's Objectives.

Session 2 (3/27/08)

The team spent some time going over the plan, and Ike spoke to his grandfather. Ike went high, to the roof of the club, while the subteam of Malcom and Ari circled one way, and Alex and Gojira another way. Ike attempted to go through the roof access point, using his pocket secretary as a bypass. Ike gave information on three people communicated upstairs, and two people getting horizontal. At 9:00, A&G went in first, Alex introduced himself as there for the gambling. Gojira made contact with his contact and got information on one of the primaries.

Alex and Gojira located one of the primaries, and went on recon upstairs, while Malcom and Ari kept an eye on the primary in the BTL booths from the arcade. A&G located the second primary on the first floor in the corner of the dance room. Much time was spent watching and waiting for the primary to move from the dance floor.

Alex made a move by mentioning the Akira. The Yakuza took them downstairs. Ike neuro-stunned two guards. A&G spoke to the Yakuza, and after some stammering Gojira's cover story, before Alex stunned one guard and Gojira attacked the other with cyberclaws. He hit heavily, but was thrown by his prey, despite being four times his mass. The primary almost made it into the hallway before Gojira grabbed him and made a Pez dispenser out of him. Alex, slinging stunbolts and dodging bullets,

Malcom and Ari began to implement the same plan. The guard began clearing the poker room. One of the guards was another adept with killing hands and moved faster than Ari. Ari hit him, shook him up, and gained the advantage. Gojira shot and killed the primary. A guard threw Malcom, Gojira drew his attention. Malcom backstabbed his target with the stun baton, and the adept surrendered. For 10,000 Nuyen the adept delivered the building. Ike dumpshocked the building rigger.

Session 3 (4/3/08)

The team completed the takeover of the building without incident and received payment. When Mal, Al, and Ari went home with Ike, and found Lacy on their couch. Lacy alerted them to a possible threat. The team has a new list of things they need: identities, locations, vehicles, In order to attain the cargo space necessary to do some smuggling, Ike, Lacy and Malcom went to obtain a pickup truck. Ari and Gojira engaged in some sparring while Alex worked on his spell. Malcom fast-talked the guy at the dealership, and Ike became a ricer. Lacy dropped the salesman who was asking Malcom for a license, and Ike took the other car. Lacy killed the other dealer and the two met up at the Rite-Aid.

The news was quick on the scene, and linked Malcom to Ari and Alex. The team painted the two vehicles, acquired camping gear, and met Jimmy, and began on their road trip. The team went farther south than they have ever been, and when the customers came calling, the team was waiting for them. The handoff was simple, but the team then had to get to the second point. The team camped out for the night.

In the morning, the team drove to a closer location and began to hike. They made it to beta site, a small shed in a clearing on a ridge. Gojira found a faint foot trail around one side of the clearing. Alex summoned a watcher spirit and the two of them, in astral space, and found a ward that vanished the spirit.

Alex then located the spirit, and it was angry. It attacked Alex, who defended himself. And then the spirit materealized, and the Malcom and Alex shot it up heavily. It did not appear to care, but placed a column of flame on Alex. Apparently, snowballs did the most damage to the thing. Alex was attacked a few more times and summoned some earth elementals. The fire elemental/demon escaped, and the earth elementals were told to find the spirit of the land, Chinuko. Chinuko informed Alex that Daniel Two-Ton was taken by the Old Ones to their Curators. The curators had a dispute with Daniel about territory. Daniel was argued with, fought, subdued, and kidnapped. Chinuko This is probably Mt. hood in Elven country. The team contemplated going on a wilderness hike, but decided against it for a number of reasons. The team went back to civiliation to prepare.

Session 4 (4/10/08)

Psychotic Soulless Murder machine.

Ike renegotiated with Jimmy Spoons on the issue of the Box, and established a group discount and a good deal on the Box. The team argued a bit about housing, and decided to proceed to the Tir, via ECCM and driving, (although later price quotes influenced them to go hiking.) and they met a date with Mafaer, and delivered Jimmy Spoons an extensive shopping list. They look some diesel, took their showers, and set out early the next morning.

The team made it to the edge of the Tir by early afternoon, and it was nightfall by the time they reached the border. They decided not to spend the night on the border, and pushed though. The next day, they reached The River. After some advice from Alex that Magic probably wasn't that big of a deal, Mafaer levitated the team across the river.

On the third day, the team made it to within sight of Mt. Hood, and were feeling the burn.

On the fourth day, the team came across a highway in little use but good repair, and had to approach the mountain. The team decided to get a good night's rest and used Alex's Earth elemental, who first tried to lead the team through the volcano, then over the Lava, and then, after much wheedling, around the mountain.

On the night of March 1st, there was a vehicle two kilometers out. The team prepared for meeting the heavy magical security. Alex squelched a watcher sentry spirit. He assaulted a guardian spirit. Mafaer started healing Alex, who renewed his assault. Ike went on recon towards a few trucks. It's elemental went to help, dumping Alex's body on the ground. Alex defeated the elemental, Mafaer healing him, and Alex discovered a ward that only defended against astral beings. Ike went forward.

Session 5 (4/17/08)

Into the woods and out of the woods and home before dark. - Steven Sondheim

Gojira showed up, and with a vehicle coming, Lacy took a shot to try to create convincing mechanical troubles and blew out a tire. Gojira and Ike were met by a female Dwarf who seemed to be expecting them, or someone. Lacy remained outside as rear guard, and the team went inside. The Earth Elemental led Malcom, Alex, Ari, and Mafaer down a tunnel of hot air. The ninjas finally encountered someone who realized they were not expected, and there was a fight. Ike stuck a ninjato into an unsuspecting elf, Gojira discovered magical protection with his boot and then went to kill the other guy. Ike went berserk. The fight over, Ike began to stabilize the lady elf.

Down-tunnel team heard footsteps. Lacy fired a non-silenced shot. Something began to attack Alex's elemental as Alex began to loot the body. Down-tunnel team was trapped by two rising walls of rock, and Ari panicked and began punching his way out. A milky black ghostly form projecting anti-light appeared in the tunnel, and began to bargain from a position of strength. And then Mafaer blew up the rock wall.

Meanwhile...

The ninjas discovered an underground cavern, lit by lava, with a summoning circle in it. Ike went down to break the circle. The ninjas successfully broke the circle, began to make their way down a side corridor, and then met a fire elemental, which they chose to try to avoid. They ran away, and then Gojira shot it in the head with an assault rifle. ... The team met up in a bit by Gojira, and Alex was attacked by the mage. Mal and Ari opened fire with grenades, and then Malcom's grenade launcher was triggered, blowing Malcom and Ari were blown sideways. Alex said something about the mage being invisible, and Ari went full-auto and hit a blue flash with the last bullet. And again. And again, and this time Alex opened up with a stunball and Malcom opened up with his remaining gun. The earth opened up and swallowed Ari, who did his best to resist being crushed by an earth elemental. Alex and Mafaer helped and the elemental was destroyed. Ike had been climbing across the ceiling, got blown off of it, and began to engage in combat with the invisible shielded mage. The elementals told Alex that "the master is coming" and Ike continued to fight the invis-o-mage. Ari readied the fire extinguisher when Alex relayed this information. With a final stab, Ike killed the mage. The Lava Monster began to overflow the bank.

Meanwhile...

Gojira took off running. Gojira shot and killed someone with a gun who was running at him. Then Gojira found a dead troll with trinkets. Lacy saw pursuit on Gojira and took one out. Gojira began to discuss with the enemy the wisdom of not fighting him or the Lava Monster, but only one evacuated. He grenaded them with HE defensives, and then grenaded them again with a flashbang, and killed the stragglers. They found a wall of lava engulfing some of the complex staff.

The team grabbed the jeeps at the front and DTFA'd. The volcano exploded, and Malcom and Mafaer raced away. Then Malcom's jeep skid and tumbled down the mountain, 300 meters downslope before it skid to a halt.