Barille 04 - Hollodo is taken

Session Notes

  • Begin a Session
  • Undertake an Expedition(Wits)—3 vs 10|4
  • Tracking the creature to Zones(45)Living Area(59)Public restroom or showers
  • What is the pay the price? Action + Theme(86)Advance Blood Pay the Price(53)A friend, companion, or ally is in harm’s way (or you are, if alone)
  • The entity is fighting Hollodo, and now Barille is too.
  • Enter the Fray(Heart)—8 vs 10|6
    • Save Hollodo from the entity Position:Position → out of combat
    • This thing is still hard to see, as though it is playing a trick on your mind. It is also fast, and Creature First Look(54)Hideous
    • Attacks with bone spikes
    • Barille draws his pistol and fires: Strike(Edge)—3 vs 9|2
    • Barille trying to dodge, but it is fast. React Under Fire(Edge)—6 vs 8|6
      • Health:3 → 1 Endure Harm(Iron)—7 vs 8|10 Momentum:3 → 1
      • Take a Break Barille is going to come out swinging when I get back.
  • Picking this back up
INT. PUBIC SHOWERS OUTSIDE RESIDENTIAL AREA — EVENING — DESPERATE 
SITUATION: Barille is in a nasty fight with this otherworldy, bone-spike, entity he has been tracking. It had stalked Hollodo to the public showers, and Barille got a shot off on it, but now it has focused its attacks on him. 
WANT (single verb): Kill.
OBSTACLE: Bone-spiked other worldly creature, stalking and kidnapping people of Reck.

It doesn't move like a human. It doesn't even really move like something from our space/time. There is almost a jitter/flicker as the creature is suddenly upon him and drives one of the spikes of its forearm into Barille's stomach.

BARILLE BLACK
Ughhhh. *Barille coughs up blood*
Dodge this...

Point blank, Barille twist the pistol and presses it against the creatures midsection.
Clash(Iron)—8 vs 4|5 Save Hollodo from the entity +2 (4/10) Position:Position → in a bad spot

The bone-creature takes 2 rounds to the chest and then scrabbles backwards.

BARILLE BLACK
Hollodo! Get.up.and.get.out!

HOLLODO
Barille?! Gods, what is that thing?

BARILLE BLACK
It's mine. Now, get out of here.

Barille rushes toward the creature. Close range appears to be its weakness. Running up towards it, the plan here is to wall-jump and kick/trip this thing back down to the ground. Keep it scrabbling and defensive.

Invoking Brawler asset:
Gain Ground(Heart)—6 vs 5|8 Momentum:1 → 2 Momentum:2 → 4

It works, mostly. The creature recoils. It looks intimidating, but keeping a strong offensive is seems to be working. Let's do some damage. Running forward, Barille dive and slides across the floor towards the retreating creature. We're moving to a new location. Zones(18)Entertainment.
Strike(Iron)—6 vs 5|2 Save Hollodo from the entity +2 (6/10)

Bursting through the doorway, the creature reels and screams. It is in serious pain now. It seems to be recoiling from Barille's relentless attacks and is now dripping a trail of ooze/blood. It is still scrabbling, and appears to be pivot towards Hulodo who is running through a pachinko?! district. This thing is fast, so Barille needs to head it off. He makes a sharp turn and picks a pachinko machine lane, and tears off at a sprint. Gain Ground(Edge)—4 vs 4|9 Position:Position → in control Bone creature gets Hollodo(0/The Starforged/Campaign Barille Black/Clocks/Bone creature gets Hollodo.md) Bone creature gets HollodoThe Starforged/Campaign Barille Black/Clocks/Bone creature gets Hollodo.md → 0/1 Momentum:4 → 3

Wrong choice. The thing is smarter than he thought, and now it is right on Hollodo. It has distance, its a crowded area, no clear shots. It's all out sprint time, with internal bleeding. Not going to go well. Barille grits his teeth, pauses for just a moment. Run. React Under Fire(Edge)—6 vs 5|9 Health:1 → 0 Endure Harm(Iron)—5 vs 2|2match Health:0 → 1 Position:Position → in a bad spot

Full sprint. Then he fires two shots at a glass window, and jjumps through, keeps on running. The dampness from his chest wound is growing, but he is gaining. It is nearly on top of Hollodo when Barille bull rushes the thing. Strike(Iron)—4 vs 7|10 Position:Position → in control Bone creature gets HollodoThe Starforged/Campaign Barille Black/Clocks/Bone creature gets Hollodo.md → 1/2

With arm outstretched the creature abruptly grabs Barille by the throat and stops him in his tracks. Stiff arm held out, not even looking at Barille. Its face (if you can call it a face) is still looking at the cowering Hollodo below. Somehow, the creature seems now larger. Or just more commanding? Barille tries the same trick as before. Pressing his kinetic pistol against the side bone-plates of this creature. React Under Fire(Iron)—5 vs 5|7

It has seen that trick before. With its other hand it pulls the pistol from Barille's hand and throws it aside, and then turns its attention to Barille. It grins. Then drives another bone spike back into Barille's chest, pinning him to the wall. Health:1 → 0 Endure Harm(Iron)—6 vs 10|10match Endure Harm(28)You are unconscious and out of action. If left alone, you come back to your senses in an hour or two. If you are vulnerable to ongoing harm, Face Death.

Does the creature leave Barille here? 50/50(3)Yes

The last thing Barille sees is the creature descending on Hollodo, grabbing him, and then phasing into some sort of otherworldly portal in the side of a building. Then it fades to black.

End a Session

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