[peregaming] Bert says, "Log on."

You mute #if/clubfloyd temporarily (but fixed).

Patty sets her current fate point total to 3.

[peregaming] GM says, "Lingering questions? Or shall I describe the scene (and give Patty her opportunity for an entrance with a compel?)"

[peregaming] Patty says, "Describr & compel away."

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Are we picking up from the same place where we left off?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Yes:"

Quellynne sets their current fate point total to 3.

[peregaming] Quellynne gives herself an extra fp since she forgot to buy a power ;-)

GM says, "The harsh sun is beating down upon Quellynne, Bobby and Mann as they stand amidst the wreckage of a convoy van, at the foot of a cliff. The canyon stretches out to the right and the left of them. One end of the canyon (ie a zone away from you guys) is barred by the imposing shape of a Watchmaker. The one end is marred by the sinister silhouette of an agent of the Council of Smiles, fresh from another universe."

GM says, "There is panic and desperation on Mann's face. He glances at the Cube which Bobby is still carrying. It seems like an idea is forming in his head."

GM says, "And then... the wreckage behind you begins to shake."

[Crows-Nest] Patty says, "I keep imagining the Watchmaker's as the Reapers from Mass Effect."

Quellynne turns to look at the wreckage.

[peregaming] GM says (to Patty), "I'm compelling your 'Rage!' aspect to suggest that you emerge pretty pissed off and angry at everyone."

Bobby says, "Alright, so we've got a big version of that little thing from before, and some guy in a suit... and neither one looks very friendly."

Patty sets her current fate point total to 4.

[peregaming] GM says, "I'll let Patty describe this, people react, and then INIT"

Quellynne says, "I think the agent might be the agent that, uh, will visit me soon."

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Oh, is it Smiley him/her/it/themself?"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "(Not that Bobby would have any idea about that.)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Not exactly, more like a puppet at this point"

(From Patty) A horrifying fleshy mass of writihing tentacles escapes from the wreckage of the wreckage of the van, screaming shrilly in pure, unbridled rage! Pulling itself along on its tentacles, the mass makes it way towards our heroes.

[peregaming] Bobby says, "I mean the body, not the mind occupying it :)"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks (of GM), "Does it indeed look like the same person?"

[peregaming] GM says (to Quellynne), "It's not, but you recognize them as one of the notorious agents of the Council"

Quellynne exclaims (at Bobby), "I thought you were supposed to clear the van before smashing it!"

[Crows-Nest] Quellynne says, "Notorious AoC"

Bobby exclaims (at Q), "All the people got out! I have no idea what that thing is!"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "hee"

Bobby asks, "But between the three of them, maybe we should find someplace else to be?"

Quellynne exclaims, "Yeah, let's ditch this place. Hold on, and I'll try to carry/drag you all!"

Bobby looks skeptical.

Quellynne says, "Oh, come on, you're not *that* heavy."

Bobby also, shapeshifts up a pair of wings to make things easier.

Bobby asks, "Maybe I should carry *you*?"

Quellynne asks, "Wow, is that new?"

Agent says, "Jacqueline Knight! I wouldn't run if I were you!"

Quellynne says, "I'm not Jaqueline Knight! Or at least, not the one you want."

Bobby exclaims (at Q), "I've been practicing. I'm still trying to get the hang of hybrids, but I can manage the wings pretty well now!"

Agent says, "If you leave, we'll just claim the other Jacqueline, and you will never exist!"

[Crows-Nest] Patty says, "I see we're using the anime-logic version of talking as a free action"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "haha"

Patty says, "WHAT IS GOING ON HEEERE"

Quellynne exclaims, "You *did* claim her! Go find her in the apartment!"

Bobby flaps his wings and rises slightly off the ground. He offers one arm to Q and one to Mann if they want a lift.

GM rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 0 +1 0 | Good (3)

Quellynne asks (of Patty), "Wait, you're not some sort of monster? You can talk?"

[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "Bobby, an Empathy roll!"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Vs Mann's Deceive"

Bobby rolls Average (1) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 0 | Average (1)

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "That's my new skill from levelling up!"

GM says (to Bobby), "Mann pretends to grab your hand... but takes the Cube instead! And breaks into a run, hoping to dash past the most human-looking of the two people in the way of escape"

GM exclaims, "Initiative!"

Bobby rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 0 +1 +1 | Great (4)

Bobby clears the initiative.

Bobby registers Bobby at init 4.

GM rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: +1 0 -1 +1 | Good (3)

GM rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 +1 +1 -1 | Good (3)

GM rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: -1 0 0 +1 | Fair (2)

Patty rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 -1 | Great (4)

Patty registers Patty at init 4.

GM registers Agent at init 3.

Quellynne rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: -1 +1 -1 +1 | Fair (2)

GM registers Watchmaker at init 2.

Quellynne registers Quellynne at init 2.

GM displays the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2)

GM rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 -1 | Average (1)

GM registers Mann at init 1.

GM displays the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

GM advances the initiative: BOBBY/PATTY(4) Agent(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Is Mann still in my zone?"

[peregaming] GM says, "He's now in the same zone as the Agent."

[peregaming] GM says, "So adjacent"

Bobby swoops after Mann in the general direction of the Agent and tries to pick him up in both arms!

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Woo!"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "I don't know if that's an Overcome or an Advantage or what, but I'm hoping it involves brute strength?"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "(Or my Brawler stunt.)"

[peregaming] GM says, "This is an opposed roll of Fight vs his Athletics"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Does 'Brawler: Can use Physique instead of Fight when making an Attack using brute strength.' apply to this Fight roll?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Hmm, it's not really an attack... but you are sort of tackling him so okay"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Yay!"

Bobby rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: -1 +1 0 +1 | Legendary+1 (9)

GM rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 -1 -1 -1 | Poor (-1)

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "ha ha ha"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Ooh, style -- I'll Inflict Condition!"

[peregaming] GM says, "The Funny-Man continues to be the most iconically incompetent villain I have ever created"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "But!"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "I'm thinking something like Pinned, because I have both my arms around him, pinning both of his?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "He triggers his Collateral Damage!"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Oho!"

[peregaming] Patty says, "I hope that just means he tells a joke"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Hee."

[peregaming] GM asks, "Would you say you were tackling him luchadore style by using your body as a projectile?"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Sure!"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "You must now defend against your own roll as his stretch body bounces back with a vengeance!"

[peregaming] GM says, "This sadly means he loses the Cube, but oh well"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Ooh. This is an attack against me?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Yes"

Bobby rolls Average (1) + 4dF: -1 -1 0 +1 | Mediocre (0)

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "This is worst than being snapped by an elastic band!"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Indeed!"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Even with my armor, that would be 5 stress. So I'm going to tag..."

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "Were you Empowered still? Or did you tag that already?"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Adrenaline Junkie! I have so much adrenaline surging through me that this slap only makes me feel more alive!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Also, any special effects that applied to him apply to you (that's in the CD description, 'Rubbery Vengeance')"

[peregaming] Bobby says (to Q), "I don't see it on the spreadsheet, so I think I must have used it."

[peregaming] GM says, "Probably"

Funny-Man says, "I'm sick of being a loser! I'm BOUNCING back from this!"

Bobby grabs Mann, who stretches like a rubber band! But Bobby is too strong, and eventually Mann *snaps* back!

Bobby takes the elasticated villain to the face, and his rubber arms get wrapped around Bobby's own -- the two of them are now both Pinned to each other, in mid-air!

Bobby spends a fate point, leaving him with 4.

[Crows-Nest] Patty exclaims, "The shippers go wild!"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "That's a three stress box, and we both have a Pinned Aspect with one free invoke!"

GM says, "The Cube flies through the air! Who will catch it? It's... the Agent of Smiles! He smiles humorlessly."

GM exclaims, "And it's Patty's turn!"

Bobby advances the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) AGENT(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

Bobby backs up the initiative: BOBBY/PATTY(4) Agent(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

[peregaming] Patty says, "Hm, I have no idea what's going on, but the 3 humans seem the most normal here, and they want that cube thing, so I think I'll try to stop the Agent from running away with it. With a horrible tentacle attack using Fight."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Indeed!"

Patty rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: -1 0 -1 -1 | Superb (5)

GM rolls ??? (+ 4) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 0 | Mediocre (0)

GM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 0 -1 -1 | Average (1)

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "I shall spend an fp on 'Possessed by the Lady of Smiles'!"

GM sets his current fate point total to 3.

GM spends a fate point, leaving him with 2.

GM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 +1 | Fantastic (6)

[peregaming] GM says, "Excellent reroll."

[peregaming] Patty exclaims, "Then I shall spend one tagging Rage!"

[peregaming] Patty says, "And also reroll"

Patty spends a fate point, leaving her with 3.

Patty rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: 0 0 +1 0 | Legendary+1 (9)

[peregaming] GM says, "Ooo, draining the GM's fp, clever"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Much better!"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Nice."

[peregaming] Patty asks, "I reduce by one for boost?"

[peregaming] GM says, "He ticks a 3-stress box"

[peregaming] GM says (to Patty), "Confused by your question"

[peregaming] Patty says, "Yes, it was meant as a statemen, sorry."

[peregaming] GM says, "OK, cool"

[peregaming] Patty says, "The boost is called : entangled."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Narrate your attack!"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Which means they only need to tick a 2-stress box?"

[peregaming] GM says, "ah, yes"

[peregaming] GM says, "I assume Patty is Pattyping"

(From Patty) The writhing mass makes it way towards the agent and whips out with some tentacles, knocking off his sunglasses and wrapping a tentacle round his leg.

Patty advances the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) AGENT(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

[peregaming] GM says, "Also, Patty will get 2 stress from the physical contact, because that Agent has an eldritch aura"

[peregaming] Patty exclaims, "eep!"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Ooh. Is an eldritch aura physical or mental stress?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Physical"

[peregaming] GM says, "It's extradimensional energy"

GM advances the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) QUELLYNNE/WATCHMAKER(2) Mann(1)

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Oh, right, like the Soulmonger had."

[peregaming] Patty asks, "I assume being corruption based myself doesn't help me?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Nope"

Patty backs up the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) AGENT(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

[Crows-Nest] Bobby says, "Crap. A grape just rolled behind my desk."

[Crows-Nest] GM asks, "Is it wrathful?"

[Crows-Nest] GM asks, "Or merely bashful?"

[Crows-Nest] Patty says, "No worries, the cats will get it"

[Crows-Nest] Bobby says, "The latter, since it was hiding behind my UPS."

Agent says, "Thank you for not only signalling your presence by the means of time travel, thus duplicating yourself and doubling the connection to our dear Lady, but also for allowing this bauble to come into my possession so easily."

Bobby asks (of Q), "Are these guys worse than the League?"

Quellynne says, "Well, she ate my universe."

[peregaming] * Patty has changed the topic to: Quellynne says, "Well, she ate my universe."

Agent says, "Our Lady would have had a wonderful meal if it were not for Miss Knight here. And there would be no tormented souls to worry about."

[Crows-Nest] Bobby asks, "Hmm. Did Q and Jack and all already defeat these guys in their past at this point?"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Nope"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "No, I just barely arrived in the van."

[Crows-Nest] Bobby asks (of Q), "You mean the CIA van?"

[Crows-Nest] Bobby says (to Q), "I thought you arrived after your universe was destroyed."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Right."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Oh, um."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "No, I don't think that was time travel."

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "At least not in *this* universe?"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "I dunno."

[Crows-Nest] Bobby says, "Once again I am grateful that Bobby is not expected to understand any of that :)"

[peregaming] GM says, "It was in a different universe, and basically Jack used the connection betweenn Q and her universe to move up *her* timeline and kill the Lady of Smiles as she was eating the Universe"

[peregaming] GM says, "Anyway, I need to now remember what the Agent was saying before that tangent :D"

[Crows-Nest] Bobby says (to GM), "Yeah, I was just trying to figure out if the Agent came from that universe at a point in its timeline after our visit had already taken place."

[Crows-Nest] Bobby exclaims, "Sorry!"

[peregaming] GM says, "no problem"

Agent says, "You see, with this little device, there's enough power to actually bring the Lady to you, rather than you to her."

GM exclaims, "The Cube glows in his hand, and he begins to rise into the air!"

GM says, "(still partially tethered by the tentacle)"

[peregaming] GM says, "sorry, still typing"

Patty asks, "What is going onnn... should I let go?"

Bobby asks (of Patty), "Do you want the universe to get eaten?"

Agent glows with crackling energy! Everyone in his zone feels weakened, as if their souls were being harvested!

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Physique +2 Overcome!"

[peregaming] GM says, "(not brute strength)"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "I was guessing as much :)"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "Is Bobby in that zone, or did he get zhwooped back to his original zone?"

Bobby rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 -1 -1 +1 | Fair (2)

[peregaming] GM says, "Still in that zone, along with Mann"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Is this a Create Advantage?"

Patty rolls Mediocre (0) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 +1 | Mediocre (0)

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "No, overcome"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Everyone who fails this Overcome gets a Moderate Consequence!"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "I tag Made of Solid Energy! This may not be a straight physical attack, but my non-material body is still able to help me resist it!"

Bobby spends a fate point, leaving him with 3.

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Woo!"

[Crows-Nest] Patty asks, "In that case I want to tag "shapeless", because my inhuman form makes soul-harvesting more difficult. Or does a tie still means I get a moderate consequence?"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "(also, Mann presumably also needs to roll)"

GM rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: -1 -1 +1 -1 | Mediocre (0)

[peregaming] Bobby asks (of Q), "He has a soul?"

Patty exclaims (at booby), "Dude! That could mean I should do either! Be more specific!"

Funny-Man says, "I sold my soul long agooooooooooooo argh"

Bobby exclaims (at Patty), "This is a bad guy. If you're a good guy, then help us stop him!"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks (of GM), "Yeah, is this an overcome on the agent's part or on our part?"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "(since a tie is success at a minor cost)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Your part"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Oh!"

[peregaming] Patty says, "oh, then I'll take my consequence"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "I thought it was the other way around, so I spent an FP to prevent them from succeeding."

[peregaming] GM says, "well, no... Harm done"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "ba-dum tish"

Funny-Man says, "Get me a cobbler for my soul's worn out! Arrghl!"

GM displays the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) AGENT(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

GM advances the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) QUELLYNNE/WATCHMAKER(2) Mann(1)

[peregaming] Patty asks, "What's the consequence?"

[peregaming] GM asks (of Patty), "Drained?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Unless you have a better name"

[peregaming] Patty asks, "Wait, I think I was confused. If I spent an FP, I *don't* get a consequence, just a minor cost?"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Right."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Because it's a tie."

Patty spends a fate point, leaving her with 2.

[peregaming] GM says (to Patty), "But I wasn't entirely convinced that 'shapeless' was good enough to stop your from being drained--"

Patty gives a fate point to Patty.

[peregaming] Patty says, "Drained it is."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Or you can come up with a better argument ;-)"

[peregaming] GM says, "That too"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Or tag Rage."

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Because your soul is burning with the fire of a thousand Gunthers."

[peregaming] GM says, "That too"

[peregaming] GM says, "haah"

[peregaming] Patty says, "let's move on"

GM displays the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) QUELLYNNE/WATCHMAKER(2) Mann(1)

GM says, "While all this was happening, the Watchmaker was readying itself! 'OBEY LAWS! ANOMALIES WILL BE CORRECTED!'"

Quellynne runs at inhuman speeds towards the agent and cube, pile-driving the Agent to try to break his connection to it!

[peregaming] GM says, "ooops, carry on"

[peregaming] GM says, "almost skipped Q's turn :D"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "Fight?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yes!"

Quellynne rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 +1 0 0 | Epic (7)

GM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 0 +1 +1 | Fantastic (6)

[peregaming] GM says, "You deal 1 stress, unless you tag something"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks (of Patty), "Are you OK with me tagging Entangled?"

[peregaming] GM says, "It's logical"

[peregaming] Patty exclaims, "Yes!"

[peregaming] Quellynne does so!

[peregaming] Patty says, "One condition: Your next minor drawback will not involve my character :-)"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Hee."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Which makes it a success with style, and I'm invoking my 'forced movement' to get them (and me, presumably) out of the zone with the cube."

[peregaming] Quellynne exclaims (at Patty), "Ha!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Presumably by swinging the Agent at the end of the tentacle around"

[Crows-Nest] Bobby says, "Good thing that doesn't include major costs."

[peregaming] GM asks, "Are you forcing the movement away or towards the others?"

[Crows-Nest] Patty says, "Ha ha! As if Quellynne would use such a looph - I'm screwed."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Away."

Quellynne I was in the middle, so I'm zooming towards the agent and away from the Watchmaker.

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "ilac, but hey."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "If I don't also move, I guess I just bounce them away? Either is OK by me."

[Setting the zoned flag.]

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "(since that would be another zone)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Alright, so you are bouncing them further along the canyon, one zone away from Bobby and Funny-Man, two zones from where most of Patty is, and three zones from the Watchmaker"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Got it. rping..."

[peregaming] GM says, "wait"

[peregaming] GM says, "hm"

[peregaming] GM says, "carry on"

Quellynne slams into the Agent, who tries to twist away, but is entangled with a Pattentacle, and can't! He flies further down the canyon, propelled by the force of Quellynne's momentum.

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Leaving me under the cube, and I take 2 stress from physical contact, I think."

[Crows-Nest] Patty says (to gm), "No, it's Mann's and Bobby's turn before me"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "haha"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "carry-on"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "Does the cube power down or anything?"

[peregaming] GM says (to Quellynne), "You indeed take two stress, and the Cube is still powering up! It appears the Agent initiated some sort of countdown"

GM says, "The skies darken visibly above the Cube."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "OK! The Agent is affected by a Boost, since I effectively tied, spending the 3 on the forced movement. I think."

[peregaming] Quellynne asks (of Patty), "Is he still Entangled?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Probably not, unless Patty can stretch that far"

[peregaming] Patty says, "nope, since it was only a boost (and I don't want to take additional damage)"

[peregaming] GM says, "wise"

Quellynne displays the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) QUELLYNNE/WATCHMAKER(2) Mann(1)

Watchmaker says, "ANOTHER LAW IS ABOUT TO BE VIOLATED!"

Quellynne asks (of Watchmaker), "Are you saying you can stop the cube?"

The Watchmaker advances, now next to Patty and looming menacingly. "I SHALL RESTORE ORDER!"

Quellynne asks (of Watchmaker), "By doing *what*, exactly?"

Watchmaker says, "ALL WILL BE UNDONE. THE CUBE. AND EVERY ONE OF YOU."

Patty says (to Watchmaker), "I don't even know who you are"

Quellynne asks, "Well, you know, start with the Cube, OK?"

The Watchmaker begins to generate a field that stabilizes everything for a moment, and halts the Cube in its process! The shapeless mass that is Patty congeals back into... a person?

[peregaming] Patty says, "A very uncanny valley like approximation of a person"

[peregaming] GM says (to Patty), "Actually"

[peregaming] Patty says, "(the pic on my sheet is from "This person doesn't exist")"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Hee."

[peregaming] GM asks, "this is OOC temporary, but it feels to you like the curse is lifted?"

[peregaming] GM asks, "you are yourself again?"

Patty falls to her knees. "I'm ... I'm real again! The curse is lifted!

[Crows-Nest] Patty exclaims, "I never need to kill again!"

[Crows-Nest] Bobby exclaims, "Now you can just do it for fun!"

GM displays the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) QUELLYNNE/WATCHMAKER(2) Mann(1)

GM advances the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) MANN(1)

Funny-Man says, "Must... remain... streeeetchy..."

GM's eyes goes black, and he extends his arms suddenly to punch the Cube back to life! Unless someone can stop him?

[peregaming] GM says, "oops"

[peregaming] GM says, "let me fix that"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks (of GM), "Is this a zone effect? A two-zone effect? An invidividual target effect?"

[Crows-Nest] Patty says (to mann), "Forget Yoga practice for a minute and focus on the job"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "I'm tied to him, and I'm able to fly, so I'd like to try to stop him!"

Funny-Mann 's eyes goes black, and he extends his arms suddenly to punch the Cube back to life! Unless someone can stop him?

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "(The watchmaker thing)"

[peregaming] GM says, "It's a two zone effect, since it has ALL the Nullification stuns"

[peregaming] GM says, "*stunts"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "And the zones are currently [Patty + WM] [Bobby + Mann] [Q + Agent]?"

[peregaming] GM says, "So Bobby's affected too (-4 to superpowers), and Patty is completely depowered only because she so desperately wants it to be true"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "I think I bounced the agent out of my zone?"

[peregaming] GM says, "And Mann... has some external help, as per 'black eyes'"

[peregaming] GM says (to Q), "So you must be in the same zone as the Cube too"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "So it's [Patty, WM] [Bobby, Mann, Q, Cube] [Agent]"

[peregaming] GM says, "Yep"

[peregaming] GM says, "I love canyons"

[peregaming] GM says, "no need to draw maps"

[peregaming] Patty says, "Maps can't hurt"

[Crows-Nest] Bobby says, "If we had a map, we wouldn't have had to ask these questions :)"

[peregaming] GM says, "What about paper cuts"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Fair"

[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "But at least it's clear now!"

GM displays the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) MANN(1)

[peregaming] Patty says, "Well, maps are usually made of robust plastic, not apper"

[peregaming] Patty says, "*paper"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "So I said I was interested in using my hold on Mann to try to stop him from reaching the Cube."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "That's an Overcome: Physique brute force, TN +3, increased to TN 7 because of the nullification field"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "To stop MAnn"

Bobby rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: 0 -1 +1 0 | Legendary (8)

[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "Just barely!"

[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "Narrate your struggle!"

[Crows-Nest] Patty exclaims, "C'mon, Bobby, don't let the Mann keep you down!"

Bobby whips himself into a hard right, putting him and Mann into a spin! Mann's arm goes flailing, just barely missing the Cube!

GM advances the initiative: END OF ROUND

GM advances the initiative: BOBBY/PATTY(4) Agent(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

Bobby can't grab the Cube while his arms are entangled with Mann's, but he can still use his wings! Bobby flies toward the Agent -- moving himself and Mann further away from both the Cube and the Watchmaker -- and divebombs the Agent with an aerial BODYSLAM!

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Attacking, using Physique as Fight!"

Bobby rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: 0 0 0 +1 | Legendary+1 (9)

GM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 -1 | Great (4)

[peregaming] Bobby says, "For good measure, I'm going to throw in a fate point."

[peregaming] Quellynne exclaims, "Hey, tag my boost, too!"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Because even my wings are Impressively Muscled (if not Mustached)."

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "OK! That brings it up to 13!"

Bobby spends a fate point, leaving him with 2.

[peregaming] Bobby says, "For 9 shifts of stress."

[peregaming] GM says, "So, that will be strong enough to basically destroy this puppet of the Lady of Smiles and reduce him to a mass of oozing extradimensional flesh"

[peregaming] Patty says, "eww, how gross"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Would it be enough to, if I wished, exorcise the Lady's influence and reduce him to an injured but still living human, falling into unconsciousness?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Yes"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Then I'd like to do that!"

[peregaming] GM says, "It will be painful though :D"

[peregaming] GM says, "Narrate and ini next"

[peregaming] Patty asks, "Does this have any influence on the Cube?"

Bobby pummels the Agent into the ground! The yellow interdimensional energy licks at BObby's flesh, but his own solid energy crackles blue! The two forces compete for a moment, until Bobby's wins and overpowers the other! The Lady's influence vanishes as the Agent's black eyes turn green again, before closing as they pass out.

[peregaming] GM says, "The Cube is in stasis, maintained by the nullification field"

[peregaming] GM says, "created by the Watchmaker"

Bobby displays the initiative: BOBBY/PATTY(4) Agent(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Patty!"

[peregaming] Patty says, "So the Cube is floating next to me? In its field="

[peregaming] GM says, "You can get there with your movement, yeah"

[peregaming] GM says, "It isn't that high"

[peregaming] Patty says, "I get there and grab it"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Narrate!"

[peregaming] GM says, "also, I will tell you if there are consequences ;)"

Patty on unsteady, human legs, runs towards the cube and jumps against the cube, grabbing it out of the air and rolling across the ground with it.

GM says (to Patty), "You feel suddenly a conflict inside you:"

GM says (to Patty), "A voice that whispers in your head: YOU WILL DIE UNLESS YOU EMBRACE MY GIFT"

GM advances the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) AGENT(3) Quellynne/Watchmaker(2) Mann(1)

GM advances the initiative: Bobby/Patty(4) Agent(3) QUELLYNNE/WATCHMAKER(2) Mann(1)

Patty asks (of voice), "What? Who are you? What gift?"

Quellynne says, "OK, um."

Voice says, "I'M COURTNEY. LADY COURTNEY HOPE. THE MOMENT THAT FIELD FAILS, YOUR MORTAL FLESH WILL FALL TO DUST, WITHOUT ANY POWERS TO KEEP YOU TOGETHER."

GM says, "(this is only in Patty's head btw)"

[peregaming] GM asks (of Q), "A problem?"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "I was sort of waiting for Patty to make a decision or something."

Patty asks, "Courtney Who? What? And how can I keep that field active=?"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "After that, can I pick up Patty/Cube and run away?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yes!"

[peregaming] Quellynne exclaims, "I will do that!"

Quellynne says (to Patty), "OK, let's get you away from here! That watchmaker said he was going to undo everyone here, which sounds bad."

Patty exclaims, "No! I will die! Please don't!"

Quellynne asks, "You think he'll leave you alone?"

[peregaming] GM says, "well, technically..."

Patty exclaims, "This voice told me I will die if the field fails!"

Quellynne asks, "The nullification field from the watchmaker?"

Patty exclaims, "Is that the watchmaker? Yes! That field! Please!"

Quellynne asks (of Bobby), "Do we need this cube, anyway?"

Bobby exclaims (at Q), "I guess not!"

Quellynne exclaims, "Then let's leave!"

Quellynne exclaims (at Patty), "Good luck!"

Courtney (to Patty) says, "TELL QUELLYNNE I WILL FIND A PLACE FOR HER IF SHE LETS ME TAKE HER. I WILL MAKE THINGS RIGHT."

Bobby asks (of Q), "What about that unconscious guy? Is it safe to leave him with it?"

Patty asks (of QUELLYNNE), "This lady says she has a place for you? She will make things right?"

Quellynne exclaims (at Patty), "(as she runs away) OK, tell her thank her for the offer! It sounds nice! Bye!"

Quellynne scoops up the body of the unconscious agent and speeds down the canyon.

Bobby's arms are still tangled up with Mann's, so he can't really do much else other than just fly after Quellynne!

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Now I'm imagining Mann stretching out an arm to grab my shoulder, and he/Bobby parasailing behind me as we all run away."

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Ha."

Courtney (to Patty) says, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. BUT HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO. OPEN THE DOOR, AND I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR POWERS BACK SO THAT YOU CAN LIVE!"

Patty has disconnected.

Patty has connected.

Patty asks, "What door?"

[Crows-Nest] Quellynne says, "The disconnect/oonnect seemed appropriate, there."

[Crows-Nest] Bobby says, "Heh."

Courtney says, "JUST IMAGINE IT AND HOLD ON TIGHT"

Patty imagines a door and holds on tight.

GM exclaims, "A portal opens in the sky!"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks (of Patty), "I thought you didn't want your powers back?"

GM exclaims, "The Watchmaker wails with dread!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Well, in this case not having them means death outside the Watchmaker's field"

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "So she just stays with the Watchmaker?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Until it goes back to the Void"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "She's not a time-traveller, so the Watchmaker should be OK with her hanging out."

[peregaming] GM says, "True"

[peregaming] GM says, "But it can't hang around forever"

[peregaming] GM says, "Anyway, this is up to Patty to decide"

[peregaming] Patty says, "I have literally no idea what's going on, IC and OOC"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Ha."

[peregaming] GM says, "Aw"

Patty exclaims (at courtney), "NOW GIVE ME MY POWERS BACK!"

GM exclaims, "A beam of light emerges from the portal and zaps Patty!"

[peregaming] Patty says, "Yay / Oh no (?)"

GM exclaims, "Followed by something coming out... an impossibly huge, paradoxal snake like creature with fractal teeth and the eyes of a thousand forgotten dreams!"

Patty says, "That's probably not good"

GM says, "On the bright side, you have your powers back."

[peregaming] GM asks, "Is this a good enough cliffhanger?"

Quellynne . o O ( Oh, great, Yet Another Faction. )

[peregaming] GM says, "Everyone can narrate their reaction to what they see"

[peregaming] Patty exclaims, "Sure!"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Yup; works for me."

Bobby asks (of Q), "Is that the thing that the suit guy was trying to summon?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Also, that's not another faction, that's just a Soulmonger"

Patty stres up in confusion. "WHAT ... THE FUCK ... IS GOING ON?

[peregaming] GM says, "I was being lyrical in my description."

[peregaming] Quellynne asks, "Geez, really?"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Sigh."

Bobby exclaims (at Q), "We should have kept the Cube!"

Patty asks (of bobby&Q), "Um, sorry, I guess?"

[peregaming] GM asks, "Will this be the beginning of Patty's 'heroism for redemption' arc?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Also, I did not expect this to happen, but the choices you guys made + Patty kind of lead to it"

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "Heh."

[peregaming] GM says, "So, that concludes this session! It got a bit wild"

[peregaming] Patty exclaims, "indeed!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Next time: dealing with Courtney and trying to steer the timeline back into shape"

[peregaming] GM says, "also: Patty apologizes"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "I'm trying to figure out if that's a normal Soulmonger, or if it's Courtney-as-Soulmonger."

[peregaming] Patty asks, "How come Courtney is already evil in this timeline?"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "(If it's the latter, hopefully it'll be less powerful than a full one?)"

[peregaming] GM says, "It's... hm. It's the Lady of Smiles (aka future Courtney) before they're defeated"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Does that mean that Smiley was actually FutureCourtney all along?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yes!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Q knew that because of the voice"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "Oh!"

[peregaming] Patty says, "Wow"

[peregaming] GM says, "If Courtney had actually come along, she would have met her future self"

[peregaming] Patty says, "Well, somebody decided to stay in the past"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims, "So Q should remember how to talk Smiley into not being evil anymore!"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Indeed!"

[peregaming] Bobby exclaims (at Patty), "Somebody decided not to show up for the session so she could come back with us!"

[peregaming] GM asks, "Anyway, shenanigans aside, how was this?"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Up until it got confusing, good. After it got confusing, I'm still processing it."

[peregaming] GM asks, "Where did it get confusing?"

[peregaming] GM asks, "The part with Patty talking to the Cube?"

[peregaming] Patty says, "I'm sorry to say I have literally no idea what's happening and who's who and future whatversion of whonow and whatsnow"

[peregaming] Patty exclaims, "But neither does my character, so it works great!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Hahah"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "Yeah, where Patty was affected differently from everyone else by the Watchmaker, and then started having the Cube talk to her."

[peregaming] GM says, "Well, the first is easy."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "My main problem is that I have no goals and only a shallow understanding of what's going on."

[peregaming] Quellynne says, "And what other people want, and if that's OK."

[peregaming] GM says, "Hmm."

[peregaming] GM says, "This can be fixed, I think."

[peregaming] Bobby says, "My main goal had been to get back to RONIN and give them the Cube and all the intel we have on the League of Freaks."

[peregaming] Patty says, "I could return as Courtney, if that would help untangle the plot"

[peregaming] GM says (to Q), "If it's bothering you, maybe we can discuss your character outside of the session, like on the Discord for example"

[peregaming] GM says (to Patty), "That would be a bit tricky"

[peregaming] GM says, "unless... hm"

[peregaming] GM says, "Let's recap. I'll address Bobby's questions first:"

[peregaming] GM says, "Patty wasn't a timetraveller, so the Watchmaker was able to strip away her powers completely."

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "Without any kind of Overcome or Compel or anything?"

[peregaming] GM says, "I think I forgot to compel her Trouble"

[peregaming] Bobby asks, "'I Wear This Human Face'?"

[peregaming] GM says, "hm"

[peregaming] GM says, "maybe I just did this wrong"

[peregaming] GM says, "perhaps I should come up with an IC way to retcon this session? I'm really sorry"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "It doesn't harm me, so I think that would entirely be up to you and Patty."

[peregaming] GM asks (of Patty), "How do you feel about this?"

[peregaming] Patty says, "No need to retcon on my behalf"

[peregaming] GM says (to Patty), "You're too kind"

[peregaming] GM says, "I need to be more careful about these sort of things"

[peregaming] GM says, "Character motivation did get quite tricky when we started switching characters around..."

[peregaming] Patty says, "That's truw"

[peregaming] Patty says, "I wonder if it was a mistake not to try to retcon Courtney back in there somehow"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "I just remembered something!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Quellynne didn't break her time travel device"

[peregaming] GM says, "So it should still be emitting a signal"

[peregaming] GM says, "Which means... it should be possible to overwrite the overwrite by sending another person into the past"

[peregaming] GM says, "Like, say, Courtney-- wait, that just makes it sillier, right"

[peregaming] GM says, "like a Groundhog Day session"

[peregaming] Bobby says, "If the Courtneys start to outnumber the Jacks, I'm going to worry."

[peregaming] Patty says, "I wouldn't worry too much. Let's just pick the easiest way to continue"

[peregaming] GM says, "Yeah"

[peregaming] GM says (to Quellynne), "The offer to discuss your character motivations in between session still stands"

[peregaming] GM says, "Your character can even take a darker turn if it makes it easier to RP"

[peregaming] GM says, "Anyway, I guess this is a discussion for the Discord! Let Bert take a bow"