Rand steps things up a gear! And he succeeds on both rolls- good going! The rather non-plussed gunmen are disarmed! THey'll be three frames retriveing them.
Galder misses his first blow! He has to use a second to kill the bodyguard. THen a frame over to the Gunmen, and two hits with the twirl.
"Hey, at least I HAVE an Empire to throw away!" says Doon. "I'm worth something in this Galaxy, which is more than you will ever ever be."
Jena stays quiet as she fires at Takuan- dodged.
"Galder. Galder!" says Doon, falling back behind a sofa. "Look, there's no need for this. I always knew you would be one to watch for. Said so back on Tarsonis, remember? Whatever you can get out of these guys.... I'll double it. No, ten times. Hell, a THOUSAND times. I can get you more power than these nobodies can ever hope for! I piss away more power each morning than they will see in their lives! You can be part of that!"
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Situation at: Twelth Sequence, Frame 5
Main Lounge
Takuan: 8/34/5
Galder: 3/41/FO
Rand: 11 (3)/27/3
Doon's Gunmen: 0/2
Doon's Gunmen x2: 21/FO
Jena Lantarnas: ?/4/3
Melkus Doon: ?/0/3
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"Hah!" Galder shouts back at Doon. "You may have your Empire, but it will be destroyed. If you had wanted us to be a member of the Serpent, you would have already made the offer, would have not manipulated us!"
"What did you do with Kuylen...friend?" Galder says, tauntingly, sarcastically, a bit out of his mind, as he is prone to becoming during combat.
I'm no longer playing leader, Melkor. I feel a great weight being lifted off my shoulders, and then more weight being added by that stylish black armor! 😈
Rand cackles maniacally at Doon's plea.
"You see, Doon? Your power is already fading, if you are resorting to pleas of mercy...and we haven't even touched upon the pain you will suffer just yet!"
Rand uses Throw to crush one of the injured Gunmen, flinging the sofa that Doon hides behind into it, jumping over it as it slides beneath him in his approach on Doon...
The moment you say that, Galder, you see Kuylen's see-through form at the far side of the room, watching you in full military gear.
"Kuylen? That nobody? Are you STILL obsessed with him? Don't you understand? He was nothing, he'd never be anything. The time of that sort of thing is long gone, Galder. Haven;t you learned anything from the Bureau? This is the End of the Road for you and your kind. We have to look elsewhere for a future now. I can be part of that future, and you with me. Kuylen was killed in that crash, it was nothing to do with me. I just took an opportunity when I saw it. But thwat was business, Galder! There's business and there is personal, and you are taking this very very personal! You are throwing away the chance of a lifetime here!"
Takuan, with all due style, picks up the sofa, causing Doon to give a little shriek and fall back some more, before Takuan flattens the gunman.
Rand- one thing you do feel, that is different... is a continuous numbing coldness in your chest- from an artificial heart. Takuan beat you to the sofa, I am afraid, so you hit the other one.
Jena misses... but Doon hits Takuan, causing a death check... that he passes!
Start a new sequence there.
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Situation at: Thirteenth Sequence, Frame 13
Main Lounge
Takuan: 14/42/10
Galder: 10/41/13
Rand: 14/27/10
Doon's Gunmen: 12/11
Jena Lantarnas: ?/4/12
Melkus Doon: ?/011
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