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Session 9: The Calm Before the Swarm
With only a precious few minutes before the heavy scratching inside the floor drains turned into a full-scale breach, the warehouse became a beehive of desperate activity. They couldn't afford to waste a single second. The final countdown had begun—this nightmare was going to end tonight, one way or another.
While Carl and Big Mike dragged heavy steel beams and welding equipment to reinforce the trembling garage doors, Danny stepped down into Uncle Morty’s subterranean armory. He counted his crumpled cash onto a green ammo crate. “Give me something that punches hard, Uncle Morty,” Danny muttered, hands still shaking from the chase.
Morty tossed a heavy, matte-black handgun onto the table. “Surplus pistol. Heavy stopping power. Take the trench knife too.” Danny immediately traded in his hard-earned experience to sharpen his focus, feeling the cold steel of the weapon settle his frayed nerves.
Danny's Current Total EP: 10 EP
Stat Upgrade: Danny spends his 10 EP to upgrade his Intellect (IT) from 9 → 10 (Cost: 10 times current score of 1). His mind is sharpening under fire.
Shopping List:
- Pistol: Costs $60 (Damage: 1d6, Range: 300 feet)
- Small Blade (Trench Knife): Costs $20 (Damage: 1d6-1)
- Remaining Pocket Money: $110 - $80 = $30
Meanwhile, back on the main warehouse floor, Sally wasn't squeamish. While Brenda kept her rifle trained on the twitching, dead scout, Sally knelt over the carcass. She used a scrap piece of metal to pull back the creature's thick lips, analyzing the venom glands, before turning over a detailed map of Pittsburgh's water systems that Morty had pinned to a nearby corkboard.
“Look at the layout of these sewer intersections,” Sally called out, her voice tight but focused. “They aren't exploring randomly. They are pooling directly beneath the city's power grid!”
Target: Sally's Intellect (IT) is 12. She needs to decipher the Reptoid's tactical movement from Morty's chaotic files.
The Dice: [2] + [3] + [5] = 10
Modifiers: Sally applies her Notice Details (Lv1) talent, letting her subtract 1 from the total.
Final Total: 10 - 1 = 9
Result: 9 is less than 12. SUCCESS! Sally uncovers the horrific objective.
Experience Gained: Target (12) - Final Roll (9) = 3 EP earned for Sally (Current Total: 11 EP).
Sally spun around to face the group, her face pale under the halogen bulbs. “They aren't just looking for food topside! The heat signatures Morty tracked... they are migrating toward the Duquesne Light subterranean substation. If they breach the main transformers, they won't just shut down the power—they're trying to flood the lower grid with river water to create a permanent, dark, boiling wetland right beneath our feet!”
Before Morty could even answer, a violent explosion tore through the back wall. The heavy iron floor drain cover blew fifty feet into the air, crashing into the ceiling. Two bulbous, yellow eyes emerged from the steaming hole, followed instantly by another... and another. The main pack had arrived, and they brought a monster.
Towering over the others was a massive, nine-foot behemoth covered in pitch-black scales, its jaw dripping with steaming, acidic drool. It roared, a sound that shattered every lightbulb in the back half of the room.
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