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Joseph focuses on the guard that struck Pixie, “Yo! Jarhead. Why not pick on someone your own size.” Joseph is attempting to Distract again, new target. Hopefully, this can buy Pixie time to recover, move away or take another shot.
Rules question, if I use Distract and do not take a combat action, can I go all out defense?
And, assuming standard rules, he looses his next turn. That is all Joseph is doing this round.
Charme's up. Joseph attempts Distract on the Sergeant by shouting at his men, “Your sergeant has gone rogue! Take him down!” Hoping he will look over his shoulder. Taking 10 if allowed. 10 + 15 (Bluff) = 25
Initiative Rolls
* looking intently at his fellow agents * “I appreciate the compliment, Mr. Marquez. However, I doubt I can keep this up much longer. I do not think sergeant Reese is playing for the good guys.” “If the doctor is still alive, he needs medical treatment immediately. We need out of this room. I would really rather not involve sergeant Reese's men.” “Are we smashing out of this room or am I to attempt to talk sergeant Reese to sleep?”
“You best do as the sergeant says, Ms. Gendrone. He does not seem quite...himself.” “I would hate to see anyone else come to harm in this tense situation.” “Sergeant? Surely you are a reasonable man. You had indicated that your orders were to apprehend us at any cost. While you may not have yet achieved that aim, I dare say you have yet to fail either. In addition, none of your men have sustained injury. A good leader sometimes has to sacrifice his people in order to obtain an objective. However, a good leader also does not sacrifice his people needlessly.” “I propose that you radio back and contact SCARE. We will surrender to SCARE agents. You achieve your goal of us being apprehended, none of your men are endangered and no one is likely to accidentally murder a federal agent.” “I am sure the families of your men do not want to hear how the escalation of a simple misunderstanding resulted in their imprisonment...or worse yet...death.”
“Ms. Gendrone? Agent Charme, here. If I may…we did nothing to Dr. Boroughs. We were asking him some questions when he started acting oddly. Then he became confrontational before collapsing to the floor. Within seconds these gentlemen came storming down the hallway blazing away.” “Surely in a such a top security facility as this you can detect the swarm. If we were infected, why was it not detected when we entered unless some of your own staff are covering it up?” “Why were these men mobilized before the doctor collapsed? How could they have possibly known something was wrong.” “We have barricaded ourselves in here for our own safety. We pose no threat to you nor anyone else at this point.” In French: “Why is the Sergeant so anxious shot us?”
“Swarm alien? Your doctor was the swarm alien. It seems to me that you are the ones who have been infected.” Taking 10 on the Bluff since that is purposely misleading. 10 + 15 = 25 “The only resistance we have offered thus far is failing to wade into the middle of a fire fight. By your tone, Sergeant, that was well within our rights.” “Since, by your own admission, you seem convinced we are somehow infected, I am little reassured that you do not intend to kill us at the very first opportunity. We seem to be at an impasse. One, which, you seem very intent on escalating. Why is that, Sergeant? Who gave the order for our seizure? Was it given before or after your doctor revealed himself to be a swarm alien? On what grounds are we to be detained? What proof do we have that you are not infected?”
“For the moment, let us set aside the issue of the Warden’s authority to illegally detain a federal agent. What assurances do we have that you and your men will not open fire as soon as we open the door?” “We should like to comply as we have done nothing wrong. However, that has not prevented you and your men from opening fire.” “For that matter, why has the Warden ordered us to be apprehended?” “On second thought, why bother with all this nonsense. Let us get to the bottom of the matter. Will you be kind enough to call the Warden down here so we can clear this up?” “I, for one, would hate to get shot. I am sure you would hate to appear before an inquiry to explain why you exceeded your orders which then resulted in the death of several federal agents.”
*moves closer to the door, then calls out* “Allo? Allo?” “This is Special Agent Joseph Charme. Hold your fire.” “We are federal agents here on official business. I believe there has been a misunderstanding. Would it be possible to talk to whomever is in charge?”
“Very well.” “Up and out?”
“I am hesitant to ‘hand you over’, Mr. Marquez. However, I am even more hesitant to engage in a deadly firefight which will likely result in the death of unfortunate guards who are in the wrong place at the wrong time.” “We may be in a better position to affect a rescue of Mr. Marquez once we are out of this facility.”
“I am inclined to up and out. I would rather avoid direct confrontation with staff as it would appear the majority of them are simply innocent. Should we find ourselves in a fight with staff, I strongly suggest we use whatever non-lethal means we have at our disposal to extricate ourselves from the fight.” “Ms. Gendrome showed us the way Cannibal use to escape the facility. Unless someone has a better idea, I suggest we take that route since we are familiar with it.” “Mr. Aedonnis, do you think you can breech that door since we are lacking in a pass card?” “Ms. Noble? How do the hallways look?”
*uses his shirt as a makeshift filter mask* "What do you…" *cough* "…have in mind, Mr. Aedonnis?"
"Mr. Carter, can you hack into their network and find us a way out of here?" "Mr. Aedonnis, is the door secured?" "Mr. Marquez, how many are we up against? Can we get to the 'Master' or should we cut our loses at this point?"
*hack* "I don't believe..." *hack* "...the doctor is the head." *hack cough* "But it couldn't hurt."
"Agent Charme, Marko, Pixie, see what's wrong." "I imagine we are what is wrong." *sidelong glance at Manny*
*turning his attention on the doctor* “I strongly suggest you cooperate, doctor. Let’s not make this situation any worse than it already is.” Diplomacy, taking 10 if allowed, 10 + 16 = 26.
*looking stunned and hurt at Manny*
"Right. I believe our welcome has expired." *attempting to move between the Doctor and Manny, facing the Doctor with weapon still lowered*
*draws firearm but keeps it pointed safely downward until able to identify a threat* “Mr. Marquez, would you care to explain what is going on here?” *attempting to keep an eye on both Manny and the doctor*
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