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Oct. 12th, 2002 01:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terryclothTonight was Chris' Cyberpunk game. I'm not really sure I want to talk about it, but I'd probably regret it if I didn't, so here goes...
When we last left our heroes (Neokani the mage, Nazir the driver, and Martin the street samurai) they were driving to Columbus, Ohio with a prisoner in tow, that their sponsor megacorp had promised to 'take care of' since he Knew Too Much.
Unfortunately, just as they were pulling off the freeway, a random portal opened up and dumped them into the middle of a swamp. Neokani, being a 'schizoid' whose soul had been split at birth between the worlds, was unable to pass through, but Nazir and Martin, and the prisoner, and the van, and Neokani's clothing, and the alchemical experiment she was just finishing, passed through with no trouble, unless you count being dumped into the middle of a swamp on the nontechnological world of Ur 'trouble'.
The first order of business was to get the van out of the water before it sank, which was accomplished... barely. The second order of business was to shut down the experiment before it exploded, which was almost accomplished. Martin managed to trap most of the pink smoke the apparatus began to produce in its special container, but he and the prisoner were both dosed rather heavily, with the effect that he was suddenly extremely horny and extremely... indiscriminate.
Fortunately, Martin's taboos against homosexuality and rape were enough to keep him under control... as long as someone was watching. Unfortunately, in the process of contacting Neokani's Ur self and gathering resources, several opportunities presented themselves, and were acted upon with much glossing over and hand waving, which was a good thing.
Once the drug had worn off, and Martin had spent a half hour or so trying to wash himself clean in the muddy swamp water, Neokani (the tinkerer, in this world) had modified Nazir's van to act as a sort of hydroplaning swamp-boat, and the swamp was duly left behind.
In order to construct a robot body for Aquilas, the team needed to contact Nathanial of Amaranth. Amaranth (along with Zenebatos, the only publically accessible portal back to Earth) was far to the south, while the team was in the north. In between was a mountainous backwater ruled by an evil dragon... so instead of attempting to somehow drive the van through the dozen or so city-states and two impassable mountain ranges, they booked passage on an airship. It was expensive, but Neokani had enough local coinage to cover it (since she lived there).
During the voyage, Nazir and Neokani made friends with a Zox-striped Feriphal, an expert with magitech, who wanted to study Neokani's work and alter Nazir's van (for a price). Meanwhile, Martin met a small child who asked to play with his uzi.
When Martin refused to teach a small child how to play with live weapons, the kid stole his gun and ran off, but was easily tracked a few minutes later by the loud gunshots as he tried to take down passing birds. Martin rushed at him, aiming to disable him with his mad kung-fu skillz and take his weapon back, but was no match for the 'kid's skill.
Then the 'kid' started trying to suck out Martin's mind to learn how to use guns, which led to a gunfight, during which Martin managed to scare off the 'kid' by almost (but not quite) doing some damage by firing two weapons full auto at close range into the 'kid's body while he concentrated on his magic, and the 'kid' managed to steal Martin's memories of his childhood, and of what he was, leaving him with no idea why he'd had himself cosmetically altered to look like a weasel.
Martin hid in a small secret compartment in the van, lest the 'kid' return to finish his soul-sucking, and the rest of the trip passed uneventfully.
last week next week
When we last left our heroes (Neokani the mage, Nazir the driver, and Martin the street samurai) they were driving to Columbus, Ohio with a prisoner in tow, that their sponsor megacorp had promised to 'take care of' since he Knew Too Much.
Unfortunately, just as they were pulling off the freeway, a random portal opened up and dumped them into the middle of a swamp. Neokani, being a 'schizoid' whose soul had been split at birth between the worlds, was unable to pass through, but Nazir and Martin, and the prisoner, and the van, and Neokani's clothing, and the alchemical experiment she was just finishing, passed through with no trouble, unless you count being dumped into the middle of a swamp on the nontechnological world of Ur 'trouble'.
The first order of business was to get the van out of the water before it sank, which was accomplished... barely. The second order of business was to shut down the experiment before it exploded, which was almost accomplished. Martin managed to trap most of the pink smoke the apparatus began to produce in its special container, but he and the prisoner were both dosed rather heavily, with the effect that he was suddenly extremely horny and extremely... indiscriminate.
Fortunately, Martin's taboos against homosexuality and rape were enough to keep him under control... as long as someone was watching. Unfortunately, in the process of contacting Neokani's Ur self and gathering resources, several opportunities presented themselves, and were acted upon with much glossing over and hand waving, which was a good thing.
Once the drug had worn off, and Martin had spent a half hour or so trying to wash himself clean in the muddy swamp water, Neokani (the tinkerer, in this world) had modified Nazir's van to act as a sort of hydroplaning swamp-boat, and the swamp was duly left behind.
In order to construct a robot body for Aquilas, the team needed to contact Nathanial of Amaranth. Amaranth (along with Zenebatos, the only publically accessible portal back to Earth) was far to the south, while the team was in the north. In between was a mountainous backwater ruled by an evil dragon... so instead of attempting to somehow drive the van through the dozen or so city-states and two impassable mountain ranges, they booked passage on an airship. It was expensive, but Neokani had enough local coinage to cover it (since she lived there).
During the voyage, Nazir and Neokani made friends with a Zox-striped Feriphal, an expert with magitech, who wanted to study Neokani's work and alter Nazir's van (for a price). Meanwhile, Martin met a small child who asked to play with his uzi.
When Martin refused to teach a small child how to play with live weapons, the kid stole his gun and ran off, but was easily tracked a few minutes later by the loud gunshots as he tried to take down passing birds. Martin rushed at him, aiming to disable him with his mad kung-fu skillz and take his weapon back, but was no match for the 'kid's skill.
Then the 'kid' started trying to suck out Martin's mind to learn how to use guns, which led to a gunfight, during which Martin managed to scare off the 'kid' by almost (but not quite) doing some damage by firing two weapons full auto at close range into the 'kid's body while he concentrated on his magic, and the 'kid' managed to steal Martin's memories of his childhood, and of what he was, leaving him with no idea why he'd had himself cosmetically altered to look like a weasel.
Martin hid in a small secret compartment in the van, lest the 'kid' return to finish his soul-sucking, and the rest of the trip passed uneventfully.
last week next week
