His quietly concerns to being searched careful not to open his mouth, and allows the bouncer to look over jib hoping the cover charge will cover jibs peculiar arms
The bouncers lets each of you pass. When Jib comes to the door, the bouncer gives its weapon a dirty look. No weapons! After you explain that the weapons are part of him and not able to be removed, Alright, Ill let him slide. But we will have eyes on you all night. No funny business.
The dimly lit interior of the nightclub is filled with the press of sweaty bodies, a haze of narcotic smoke, and the pounding beat and ululating vocals of bakarang music blaring from the main stage in the northeast corner of the room. A sinuous bar winds around the northwest corner, offering a variety of drinks and drugs for purchase. Booths line the south wall of the club, facing the main stage in the northeast corner and the crowded dance floor beneath it. Gyrating dancers stand atop four smaller stages scattered around the club: one behind the bar, one in the center of the room, and two flanking the main stage. Wide double doors marked “Staff Only” exit the room to the west.
There is a small room to the left of the entrance you walked through and a worker at that door. It is quite clear that the room is a coat room.
Their are obvious security cameras throughout the buildings walls
Those camera leave several blind spots in the club. (I will mark those spots on the map if someone gets to open this spoiler).
The blind spots are actually traps. The owner clearly made those blind spots on purpose and figured people would notice them. There are hidden cameras in all the locations of the blind spots that are much harder to spot. After noticing the hidden cameras, there doesn't appear to be any real blind spots in the club.
There are no guards wearing the Downside Kings patch in this room. To any character who has been to a night club before, this would seem to be a completely normal club
Katara takes a moment to scan the room noticing cameras on the wall and noting that there appear to be several blind spots throughout the room.
Dahlia takes a few minutes to surveil the room.
After a long look, she tells the others about the cameras and fake blind spots.
The only doors in the room are the main entrance, the coat room, and the "employee only" door.
Walking into the club, Alim has a fleeting moment of anxiety. A million thoughts begin to run through Alim's head.
"There are far too many civilians in here... should a fight ensue, there is too great a risk that one of them could be harmed or killed in the crossfire. They do not deserve to die because of our investigation... at that point, we would be no better than this gang for taking innocent lives. There is also an attendant to that coat room over there that is in the same general area as the staff only section... if he is working for the gang, he may alert them if we move in that direction. We need to keep this smooth and draw as little attention to ourselves as we can... Well, besides already having Jib with us."
Alim moves closely to Tool and Hux and speaks in as quiet a voice as he can with the music thumping in the background. "Tool, Hux, I think we're eventually going to need to go into the Staff Only section. You guys are typically the last one in the room, and I need you to do something for me. If the fight in there starts to get out of control, can one of you please try to alert the innocents in this room that there is danger and they need to get out? I am all for taking this gang down and getting answers, but I do not want anyone who isn't part of this gang to be injured should this get gruesome. Please?" The look in Alim's eyes is one of concern.
After speaking with Tool and Hux, Alim stands back up to survey the area further. He is both amused and disgusted with how the individuals in this club conduct themselves. Their vulgar dancing reminded him of primitive mating rituals, but is almost fascinated to see it occurring before him. The intrigue of the how certain dance moves and eye contact and gestures lured in potential mates was something Alim had only really read about, and to see how it actually worked was strange. "Humans are such as strange species" Alim thought to himself.
Alim looks to his comrades. "I am going to the bar to speak with the bartender. I think we all need some 'drinks'. Why don't you guys come with me?" Alim lowers his voice again to be almost inaudible with the music in the background. "When I walk up to the bar, you should all huddle around me, so when I set the bag down, we can block out most of the cameras, and get situated to go through that Staff Only door. We need to keep as much of this fight in there as possible, so no innocents get hurt. I'm going to go to the end of bar nearest the Staff door, so we can just push our way in there as soon as we're equipped. Does that work for everyone?"
Alim leads the group to the most south end of the bar. He looks around until he sees a bartender. Once he makes eye contact with the one, he keeps his eyes on him as he approaches Alim.
When Alim makes eye contact with the bartender, the bartender comes over to Alim. Well there, you are a new face in the crowd. What can I get you tonight? He is clearly eyeing up Alim because he looks so wealthy for this area.
There is clearly a sprinkler system in place om the ceiling but you do not see a pull switch to set the fire alarms off (unless you go to the bar with Alim). Alim on the other hand can see a pull switch for the fire system set up behind the bar.
Alim politely nods at the bartender. Without looking around, Alim locks eyes with the bartender. "I want to know where the garbage is."
He chuckles for a moment. Well sure, if you have any garbage, I would gladly take it from you to throw out for the garbage is behind the counter. But you look like a well dressed man. He reaches to shake your hand. I think I might be able to interest you in a case of our best stuff. He winks at you and as you shake his hand, there is a credstick in his palm so that when he breaks from the handshake, the the credstick is in your palm. I think you would be "very" interested in the flavor. I am sure you will find that you have enough money to buy the case. He winks again.
"That sounds wonderful. I am quite parched. Pay the nice man, I'm eager to try this case. Dahlia says, turning to Alim
The bartender smiles at Dahlia. It is a might fine case.
He is eager to give you the case because he knows he has some money coming in and you are pretty sure the case is your bag of gear.
Alim looks from the bartender, and nods to Dahlia.
Alim turns back to the bartender. "What is the going rate for this case that you speak of?"
Once the exchange was completed, the bartender hands you a box that is labeled to contain whisky. Inside the box is the garbage bag that you loaded up with your guns.
Dahlia orders a strong drink and downs half of it after paying, smiling at the bartender and saying "I think it's gonna be one of those nights."
Once everyone has all there stuff and are ready Tool take out a smoke grenade keeping it hidden from any prying eyes. Tool pulls the pin and rolls it along the floor. leaving a thick trail of smoke behind it. FIRE!! FIRE!! RUN!! FIRE!! tool closes his eye for a split second takes a deep breath and said to himself. Death will release me from all my bondage Tool opens his eyes waiting for the group to make there move
Smoke starts to fill the room and people begin to panic with the shouts of fire. Unfortunately, most of the people in the smoke start to cough and choke on unexpected, thick smoke cloud. Only 5 people were able to get out this round.
Dahlia downs the rest of her drink, then turns to the barkeep. "Told you."
Katara raises his rifle, ready to fire at any enemy that might come within his sights.
jib lacking the necessary arms to open the door raises his pike and readies an action to attack the first person to come through the door toward him.
Hux pulls out his gun and prepares himself to fight
Alim, sighing, looks to his comrades.
"Ready? Let's go!"
With that, Alim closes his right hand into a fist, and his yellow orb springs back into view, as Alim's hand closes in around it. It quickly shifts shape into that of a bright yellow sword. Alim grabs his pistol in his upper left hand. Leading the way, Alim pushes his way through the Staff Only doors, in a half crouching position, to see with the thickening smoke.
This large storeroom is filled with supplies for the bar outside, including bottles of hard alcohol, kegs of beer, and boxes of food and recreational stimulants. One corner holds amplifiers, musical instruments, and costumes for the club’s entertainers. A single door stands in the north wall. There is a security system set up to monitor the bar as well.
There are 3 members if the downside kings sitting at the table monitoring the security system and playing cards. Clearly they were too involved in their game and are taken by surprise when the door opens and people have their weapons drawn.
Dahlia moves into the room and shouts at the men at the table, doing her best to look like panic has her wits,
"Get up and help you fools, the club is on fire!"
will save for half, dc 15
Having his gun already raised Katara fires a shot at the closest enemy, trying his best to aim around Jib. He could tell right away that his first shot had missed its mark.
Katara moves forward to stand just inside the room for a better shot this time. He lets loose his shot at the same enemy as before and thinks it may have hit although he cannot tell for sure.
The shocking laser fire harmlessly hits a wall as Katara charges into the room. When she fires again, the laser finds its mark leaving a pretty nasty burn.
Tool readies his blade, sneaks into the room readying to plunge his blade deep into the neck of his first victim.
Alim charges in, and goes for the first gang member he sees. As Alim runs, his sword takes on a hint of white to its glow, showing that he is attuning to the photon ways of the Solarian. The gang member seems to still be confused and slightly dazed as Alim leaps into the air, his glowing sword coming down on him swiftly.
"Gad tamut jyda!" Alim shouts as his sword makes contact with the gang member.
From the other room, you guys here looks of chocking and wheezing. Some people sound in pain as they are suffocating on the smoke. 8 more people manage to escape the club.
The aqua patched gang member gets sliced hard with a sword made out of light and looks barely conscious at this point. All three guards seem to be too focused on the light weapon wielding 4 armed monster that they don't notice a sneaky android enter the room.
The guards all draw their weapons in response to the sudden invasion when suddenly aqua man falls to the floor screaming in pain holding his head and then falls quite.
The purple gang member talks into his comm unit We got a situation boss. 602 While the yellow fellow moves into a better position to fire away at Alim.
Despite moving to get a clear shot, the gang member misses Alim completely. But the purple gangster was more lucky against Karata. He takes a laser to the leg.
Tool runs toward the gang member fainting toward his right, but unleashing a spinning back fist
Tool, appearing out of no where charges in at the yellow fellow. He makes a fancy move leaving the guy clueless of what is going on. The next thing he knows, he has a knife longed deep in his gut. Though he stays standing.
Seeing the aqua member go down Katara changes his focus to the yellow one who used the comm unit. He lets fire a shot that appears to hit although barely any damage seems to come from the shot it appears.
so, that's our next target....
Once more, Dahlia bends magical energy to her will, striking out at the yellow gang member.
Dc 15 will save for half.
Hux keeping his position outside the store room in case the bouncers outside come in fires a shot at the purple gang member.
Hux then takes a move action to control jib sending him charging into the room.
Jib springs to life at hux's comand and charges up to the purple gang member and swinging his pike.
Katara takes advantage of the wide open space and manages to make contact on the yellow fellow. Unfortunately, he seems relatively unphased by the high powered laser; either because it didn't hurt too much or because he is still in shock over the unexpected knife inside of him. That is when he suddenly understood what happened to aqua man. He grabs his head and screams in agony. He collapses on the ground, presumably dead.
Hux, from outside the room manages to shoot off an expert shot. While the hit wasn't best placed one, his laser gun seemed to pick the energy that Katara's was lacking and causes the purple guy to burst into flames.
Right after shooting, Hux uses his custom rig to take control of Jib. Jib suddenly moves into the room. When he is within reach, he takes a stab at the enemy who is already on fire. He manages to stab him through with the pike, causing the body to hit the floor.
The room is now enemies, but there is a door on the northern wall of the room.
Alim, acknowledging that his comrades have done significant damage to the gang, turns and charges to the door on the north wall. As he does so, his sword becomes more white, as he attunes further into his Solarian ways.
He quickly looks back at his comrades, as he crouches near the door.
"Ready yourselves!"
Dahlia looks over the bodies for signs of life and valuables.
More chocking and sounds of suffocation come from the other room. 8 more people manage to escape. Though eerily by the end of this round, the noises of chocking stop.
From the room that Alim is by, he hears a loud bang. It is the sound of a large object being dropped he would guess.
Once the 3 guards are dead Tool moves toward the door leading to the next room readying his blade.
Dahlia moves to the door, when everyone is ready, she will open it.
Hux scurries quickly into the room and up to the door. i'm ready to go in when ever you are
jib moves to behind Alim and awaits the doors opening.
Katara moves behind jib.
with the others in position, Dahlia throws the door open and peeks in.
"Hey! You guys didn't hear? This joint is on fire!"
As the door opens, the first thing you see is a small metal sphere flying your way. It lands right in front of Alim and discharges a large amount of electricity. Luckily, the walls protect most of you from the but Alim, Jib, and Katara are within the bast.
Once the blast clears, you get a good look at the room. It seems like a small office.It has a desk, several chairs, and vidscreens which have the security displays on it. The desk has been flipped and Dahlia is fairly certain she saw a human standing behind it when the door was opened but she is not there now. There is another door the the north east of the room. The last thing you see in the room is a large vesk in red armor and carrying a big gun. He has a big grin on as his grenade makes contact.
Seeing the hurling ball of metal flying at them, Alim's warrior training kicks in, and he does his best to shield other's from taking damage as the grenade explodes.
As Alim regains himself after being hit, he sees the Vesk grinning, looking the damage he has caused. Alim feels his blood begin to boil, and he charges straight at the Vesk. As he charges forward, Alim's sword changes once more into pure white, and is almost mesmerizing to look at. The peaceful Alim seems to almost have vanished, as his black eyes seem to become even darker, and his movements deliberate and precise. Approaching the Vesk, he raises his sword once more, and lunges at him.
"Gad tamut jyda!"
Alim quickly turns, and again strikes the Vesk, with even more vengeance in his blade movements.
Alim, for a fleeting moment, has his more peaceful Solarian training override him. He turns and shouts at the Vesk and the Human.
"This doesn't have to end with more bloodshed! Surrender and your lives will be spared!"