Fusion Queen is a nightclub located in the lower levels of Absalom Station, deep in Downside Kings territory cam is able to program a route but Hi-C knows a much faster route that involved a maintenance elevator and you are able to get to the club in about an hour. Surprisingly, even this time of day the club is heard a block before seen.
Lurid neon lights brighten the otherwise dingy space station corridor here, advertising the main entrance to Fusion Queen where two threatening looking guards in similar jackets to the ones you got from Jabaxa control who gets in.
You recognize the club’s logo, a stylized crown, as a variant of the Downside Kings’ symbol.
Nope!
Handsome, unfortunately, is not hanldling downing 2 glasses of liquor very well and has the sickened condition.
You take a –2 penalty to ability checks, attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, and skill checks.
"Yup, yup, I'm good," Handsome says giving Egg an a-okay hand signal. "Goblin constitutions are very strong. I'm perfectly fine."
Handsome is a sicklier than normal shade of green. He's not fine.
After he finds a nearby trash can to puke in, he looks up at the club entrance and says, "Well, looks like it's definitely the right place. The club's crown logo is a stylized version of the Kings' gang symbol... Shall we?"
Handsome walks, somewhat unsteadily, to the entrance.
Ford grimaced a bit as he looked up at the club, before down as Handsome chucked his guts up into a trash bin. Well... they'd just have to try and cover for him. Hopefully, nobody would notice that he was sick.
"Okay.... hooooo. Let's see if we can't get ourselves inside. Back me up, alright?" he asked, before approaching the two guards at the entrance, with Cam floating by his side. "Pardon us, guys. Gotta have a chat with Ferani."
Handsome quickly follows up and says to the guards, "Not that you care since all members are are allowed to the bar, amirite?"
As they got closer to the club, DR34-M12 placed her laser pistol in her jacket pocket so she could keep a less obvious hand on it. The android had long since learned that it was better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission. As the group began to attempt talk their way in, DR34-M12 kept an ocular sensor open for a chance to sneak past.
The two guards seem annoyed at Ford but upon seeing your jackets and HG and Hi-C’s fast talking, they wave you on in,”hehe good one kid, as if your worth her time” one chuckles to Ford.
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.
Handsome follows Hi-C as well, saying "We're heading towards the bar, right? Right guys? Right??"
However, his words are easily drowned out by the music...
DR34-M12 had seen vids of dance clubs, but she had never been to one. She wasn't even certain if there were clubs on Aballon. Her senses were assaulted by the sights, sounds, and smells before her. Pleasantly overwhelmed, the android re-holstered her pistol and began to make her way to the dance floor.
Handsome walks up to the bar, gets the bartender's attention, makes a bit of a show of the fact that he's wearing a Downside Kings jacket, then says, "Having a good night, I hope?? So hey, we're supposed to have a chat with Ferani. Have you seen her out here in the club's public area? Or is she in the back??" Handsome gestures towards the 'Employees Only' area.
the bartender replies to Handsome, yelling over the beat of the song, "Don't know anyone named Ferrari here; If your not ordering make room for someone who is!" he screams as the beat drops and everyone goes insane on the dance floor.
Handsome sighs, talking to himself more so than to anyone else, he says, "Guess we'll actually have to spend time looking around..."
He'll walk around the club, squeezing past party people, occasionally getting elbowed and occasionally getting a gasp from clubgoers surprised to see a goblin. Handsome will look around to see if he spots anyone else wearing Downside Kings jackets.
If yes, he'll signal the rest of the party to gather up and go speak with the Kings.
If not, Handsome will signal the group to gather up at the employee only area.
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Hi-C sneezes in the general direction of one club goer, and executes a terrible pickup line on another. After just a couple minutes, he's used every a+&*@&% tactic in the book to clear the floor enough for the party to gather around him.
"Listen, I doubt anyone out here matters much. The thing about fronts is the action happens in the back. But anybody could be back there right now. So what do we wanna do? Storm those doors? Create a scene out here? Or what?"
"I figure if we don't find anyone out here that's of consequence, then we just head in the back and ask nicely to speak with Ferani. That should work fine, right? And if it doesn't, then we got you to take things over, Hi-C!"
As the beat dropped and the crowd exploded with energy, DR34-M12 was pulled in to the sweaty chaos.
Though she had never danced before, she soon found herself gyrating and jumping with the rest of the crowd. Their movements spurring her on like a twig in a river.
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Hi-C glances away from the group and out towards the dance floor.
"Figures she'd know how to do the Robot."
While DR34-M12 joins the dancers,Handsome asks around the bar but no one seems to know anything about Ferani and most seem shocked at the idea that the club is a front.
Handsome’s questioning seems to have caused a bartender to beeline to the back room and return moments later
Justin finds the only place he's not getting jostled, between fords legs. He looks up. "Oh. Goood. It . looks. like. someone. Just. went. to get . the boss. For us. "
Handsome's ears perk up.
"Justin, you can tell that by looking up in between Ford's legs?
"Ford, what kind of magical gear are you packing there in between your legs...??"
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Handsome's ears perk up.
"Justin, you can tell that by looking up in between Ford's legs?
" No, I can tell that by looking through this hole in the bar. Don't get me started on what i know from doing the other one. "
"Right, seems like we'll have to head into the back to find what we're looking for. Shall we?"
Handsome gestures towards the 'employees only' door.
Ford a bit out of place around the bar scene. And it wasn't just because Justin was hiding out between his legs. It didn't help that Cam was attempting to imitate Justin's behavior by hiding in between Justin's legs as well. "Cam! What did I say about being around people's legs?" He asked, before stepping back to try and retain some sense of dignity. And trying really hard not to watch DR34 dance out there.
That was when... it started. That sensation from before. A slight headache. And anger... but not his. But this time, there was fear too. It started the moment he noticed the bartender start moving towards the back. He placed a hand on his head, leaning against the bar. "Guys... guys, I think... something's wrong. Trouble... trouble's coming. It's like the docks! Justin's right, it's... I think there's about to be a fight..."
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. Three Downside Kings are sitting at a table in this room playing cards, and as soon as the door opens all 3 have their pistols aimed and ready. ”whoa whoa boys,” the lead thug says putting a hand up,”Hi-C, the hells you doing here? Didn’t you get the message when we fired you?” he says a surprised look on his face, however his pistol remains trained. He reaches into his pocket and retrieves a credstick, showing it clearly to Hi-C,”I assume your here for this?” he says as he tosses the cred stick to Hi-C,”that should cover your last wages, after my storage and protection fees of course.” he says with a smile and a chuckle as the other thugs grunt in laughter along with him.
Round 1: Entire party may act, I put you guys in what I thought was the best grouping with Hi-C leading. DR34-M12, did you wanna keep dancing and distracting Ford or do you join the group when they group up? ;)
Lister and Kryton both fire their pistol at Hi-C; Lister is able to land a shot directly in his midsection but Kryton misses. Rimmer and Cat’s shots both strike the door controls, causeing the door to slam shut.
Justin will attempt to, use the technical term, science the heck out of the door.
he grabs two wires, there's a stuccato of sparks and he's left looking like a puffed up cotton ball with his tail sticking out
Handsome, seeing Hi-C get shot, yells out, "Don't you take that gobbam BS from them! You make sure they pay you every gobbam credit that you're owed!"
And handsome draws his own laser pistol.
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Egg is able to successfully bypass the pneumatics and release the door so it is now open.
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DR34-M12, having difficulty getting through the crowd, only just joined the group as the door and the lasers started slinging and the door slammed shut.
"I'm sorry, that's never happened to me before." Her circuits pulsated with energy and embarrassment. With Egg showing his way around a spanner, DR34-M12 moved in to the room to provide support. Careful to avoid any incoming fire.
Ford's headache seemed to grow a bit worse, before the blasters came out and started firing at everybody. He was right! It was JUST like the battle at the docks!
...did he have a Spider Sense!? Like one of his favorite comic heroes, ArachniDude!
"CAM! Firefight!" Cam whistled before his underbelly popped out his little turret and began blasting at the same target, as Ford already pulled out his own pistol and started firing! He'd learned a couple things now from his first battle. Concentrate fire on one target, move to the next. Which is why a flurry of quick shots fired off at the one mook in the corner.
ROUND 2:
As the door opens and Egg and DR34-M12 move into the room and Cam and Ford both fire their pistols at Rimmer but Cam has a hard time aiming over Lister as he jumps away from Hi-C. Lister moves out of reach of Hi-C's pike, but Hi-C is able to skewer him in the calf as he moves away. Lister responds by firing on Hi-C but the pain from his leg makes it too hard to steady his shot. his disappointment turns to surprise as Ford's bullet pierces his lung, causing him jacket to rapidly change from white to red and his face from red to white.
Rimmer fires two quick bolts at DR34-M12 but the android is able to dodge both as she darts to the south side of the room.
Cat, alarmed that more 4 armed goons were attacking, fires 2 shots directly into Eggs center mass burning away flesh and robe alike!
Kryton pulls his trigger twice, first at Hi-C, burning into the kasatha's armor, the second shot towards Egg goes wild and misses.
Now that the lasers and bullets are flying around, the club goers are beginning to panic and move for the exit. the two door guards realize something isn't right and both unfold their tactical batons and begin wading through the crowd.
"I don't think Lister is listening Hi-C!" DR34-M12 yelled over the sounds of the firefight as she dodged Lister's shots. Pulling out her rifle, she returns fire on Lister.