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Douglas looks over. He has a Per of 14, so maybe he'll pick up on something. He has Body Language at 13 too if that helps.








Douglas reaches into his duster and fiddles with the holster on his right (where he keeps his older revolver--the one he doesn't have Weapon Bond with). He hefts it around under the table, where he hopes nobody can see it. "They're both like that," he says. "I want a basic cartridge conversion. Easy enough. I could do it myself if I had the tools. And if you can, modify the cylinder to swing out, so I can reload it with a speedloader. I can draw out how to do it," he grabs up a napkin, "Anyone... anyone have a pencil? Only, I can't do it myself. Scared I might screw it up."

(It's my understanding that such a thing is possible, only it requires a master gunsmith to pull off. Those two things together, the cartridge conversion and the cylinder mod, would bring total reload time down to six seconds.)

"Rifle," he says. "Need a Sammy's Revolving Rifle. That's what we called 'em on my world anyway. With the best scope you can find me. And I'll need some cartridges."

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"I'm Seann, nice to meet you too, Serena."


"Cover expenses and I should be fine, but... I'll keep that in mind." Seann looks carefully at the gauntlet before saying, "So... What is it?"

"Thanks, but I travel well prepared."

Seann's expression sours slightly at the mention of the priest, "Don't much care for priests," he mutters. Seann leans back in his chair, looking around the room discreetly as he does so. He takes a careful look out of the corner of his eye at the two students who'd been indicated (Per 14, effective vision 15, HPA, Hyperspectral, etc.).

Seann fishes a pen out of his pocket and hands it across the table, "Not a pencil, but it should work fine." (It's effectively a space pen.)

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[Roll for Artist for the drawing and mechanic/ engineer to note the requirements. Accuracy of the final production (though not the quality) will depend on these.]

Ben considers for a moment. "I'll see what I can do on that one," he declares.

"Oh, it does all sorts of stuff... The main thing I had it for was reading a book; this gauntlet is the only safe way to touch the book. As for the other stuff..." He holds up the gauntlet, showing that it is a left handed gauntlet. He then puts it on his right hand. It's now right handed. "It can do all sorts of stuff. If you want to risk it you can borrow it; the only time I've managed to get physical with Chu'dam was using this to grab him when he became immanent in an area. Plus there's a whole load of other things like picking up on things... If you think that it'll help, and I can't say that it won't, then you can borrow it."

"Could be tricky there," Ben admits. "Like I said, the only other even semi-reliable source of information is probably going to be Chu'dam's followers. You want to ask them how to kill their demon?"

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Douglas holds the pen and, taking his time (not knowing how long this could take, I don't know how much extra time he takes, but should be at least four times as long as normal for a +2 bonus), sketches out a drawing.

(I don't know what sort of difficulty modifier applies to this roll, so just rolling with his IQ-6 default and you can add that).

Artist 5 (3d6=9)

Hmm... he actually has machinist.

(Again, taking his time. And I don't know the difficulty on this.)

Machinist, 10 (3d6=12)

Edit: Might should have used the Armoury skill for that. I don't know. It says that's the one used for modifying weapons. And not only does he have that at one point higher skill level, but also at TL 7. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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Serena smiles pleasantly and nods her head politely, even going so far as to curtsy.

Serena <Aloud>: “It’s nice to meet you too Seann.”

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Having listened in silence, mulling over everyone’s words, and hiding a pleased quirky smile at seeing the interaction between Serena and Seann, Mark-315 finally puts voice to his questions.

Mark-315<Aloud>: “The war with the Kreyt is over and the Sentinel Project shut down and moved to this Western Harbour you speak of... It would appear that Serena and I no longer have a purpose in the universe we call home.”

*Looks at Ben* Mark-315<Aloud>: “I didn’t volunteer to become a Sentinel-IV for profit, more out of a duty to preserve humanity. However...” *Looks at the physical representation of Serena* “Having been a part of, and I assume still running the Sentinel Project, you know the fate of ‘smart’-AI’s in that universe, and that they have a limited lifespan... So I must ask, with these new revelations about you, is it within your power to save Serena from that fate. We have served together for so long, she is my partner... My friend.”

Mark-315<Aloud>: “As for me, even asking to go home to my home universe would be futile as there’s nothing left for me there now... So as the person in charge of the Sentinel Project at Western Harbour, you wouldn’t happen to be hiring errant Sentinel-IV’s would you?”

*Whilst waiting for Ben Foreman’s reply Mark-315 casually adjusts his sunglasses, which is actually a T.E.D. - Tactical Eye Display, using the move to covertly glance and observe the teenagers using not just his own vision but also is able to use the T.E.D. to use some of Serena’s own senses.*

(Mark-315 has a perception of 10 and is using the T.E.D.)
(Serena has a perception of 14 and infravision (granted to Mark-315 through the T.E.D.))

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"The volunteers weren't expecting any mortality rate at all. What can I say, we were young and stupid and idealistic - but I repeat myself."

"OK, now you're talking my language. Magical Nixon. Got it. As for rewards, I try not to carry too much stuff. But I could use a good map of the worlds. I've been to just a few of them, and a girl could get hurt not knowing what she was getting into..."

"I'll see what I can manage..."

[OOC: Gabrielle attempts Telereceive on each of them in turn: effective skill 14, but at -1 per yard, so she'll wander over in that direction - looking for some legitimate reason, maybe visiting the bathroom or stepping outside for a cigarette, and Telereceiving in passing from as close as she can get while not stepping out of the places people are walking. Rolls are 10 and 10, and this is a Quick Contest vs their Will to pick up surface thoughts. Once she's done, succeed or fail, she'll return to the others.]

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Seann raises his eyebrows slightly, "Must have been an awfully good book." After a moments thought he speaks up again, "Well, I'd certainly like to take a look at it."

("If you want to risk it." Cheery and encouraging.)

"Well, a soul devouring beastie has got to have made some enemies. And the enemy of my enemy, et cetera."

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Douglas thinks about that glove for a second, then looks up. "If that glove can hurt him, let's melt it down and make some bullets out of it. I'll make quick work of this fellow."

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Ben considers with a faint smile. “I might... Ask me when we’re done here.”

Ben shrugs. “The 100% mortality rating was the volunteers. By the time they got to me they weren’t looking for willing victims, just willing parents.”

“Fair enough,” Ben declares. “We’ve got records covering quite a few local universes, plus I can give you some really easy pointers on places not to go. As in, don’t head in that direction at all. More on that later,” he declares.

“The book was a kind of universal cheat-sheet,” Ben declares as he tugs at the Gauntlet. It resists for a second before slipping off his hand. “And I mean universal. It had references for just about every permutation of the laws of physics that you could imagine, a complete reference for Block Transfer Computations... There was a lot of stuff in there.”

He hands over the Gauntlet. “I’ll want this back,” he says warningly. He then pulls out some sheets of paper from the bag. “This is... Well, it’s some notes that I made on how to use this thing. Or, at least some of what it’s capable of.”

“Those enemies would be the God-fearing faithful and me so far,” Ben declares. “Chu’dam was stuck in one universe until I ended up there, and then he started following me once he realised that he was able to.”

Ben pauses for a moment, looking at Douglas carefully before replying. “I’m trying to work out whether you’re joking or not...”