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Savage Worlds Ruleset for Fantasy Grounds II
(c) 2009 Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
Suddenly, a brightly colored butterfly crosses the scene of the carnage wrought by automatic weapons fire.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): eh??
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): RUN!!!!!
With a whistle, Dugan goes "OH PRETTY" and runs off after it, quickly disappearing into the jungle. Within seconds, you lose all sight of him.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Feeling poetic...or deadly?
TADM: In other words, John is not going to make it tonight.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): *cough* DM cheese *cough*
TADM: Yes dammit, and you better like it!
Tyran Drenski: That Dugan is a special one
Corporal Withers: At least he took the other PRC-25 with him, so we don't have to worry about lugging an extra 50 pounds of radio gear around.
Corporal Withers: Well now, I guess with him crashing through the jungle like that, we are less likely to encounter other VC.
The supply chopper passes overhead. A friendly face waves to you, then ziplines down as the supply chopper hovers.
This brings Richard into the group, somehow with an explanation that only marginally destroys the suspension of disbelief.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): there's an awful lot of disbelief around here
Colwyn O'Reilly: (will roll) I disbelieve the VC [1d20+4 = 17]
Tyran Drenski passes Richard back the statue, reluctantly
Corporal Withers: Well, let's get moving before any VC in the area come looking to see what all the noise was about.
Corbin Phoenix falls into formation.
Richard, so you know, it looks like there are ten dead VC at the base of a small hill. Corporal Withers, Airman Phoenix, Drenski, and O'Reilly are here.
Corbin Phoenix: Hey Richard, nice of you to join us.
Colwyn O'Reilly: we should commandeer that RPG... may come in handy later
Corporal Withers: Good idea Colwyn, all yours.
Corbin Phoenix: I look around the VC camp for any papers, maps, documents, that sort of thing...real quick before we leave.
Colwyn O'Reilly (sarcastic): awesome
Ranger Richard: hey guys what do you need help with-looks liek you all have been busy!
Tyran Drenski: Richard come to help us do the Doctors dirty work?
You find no papers of interest, or even any papers at all, other than a few pieces of currency.
Tyran Drenski tryan looks for bizarre object to take form the VC to use his new mcgyver edge
GM: Tyran finds some bits of guns and other stuff. Lugging it around will add extra weight.
Tyran Drenski not interested in what he finds
Ranger Richard: can always just destroy parts of guns
[w] Corbin Phoenix: I pocket the currency in case that comes in handy.
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: Got it, make a note.
The squad heads northeast, marching toward the next village on Corbin's map.
GM: About an hour later, the GM politely requests listen checks.
Corbin Phoenix: Notice [1d4 = 3]
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): i don't have listen!
Tyran Drenski: Notice (GOOD) [1d6 = 11]
Colwyn O'Reilly: Notice [1d6 = 5]
TADM: Notice checks. Rather silly of me to delete "Notice" and type in "Listen." heh
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): and just so you know, you're all screwed. I had crepes for dinner. bwahaha
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): and pie!!
Ranger Richard: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 3]
Tyran and Colwyn hear voices talking in the distance. They are not talking very loudly, but they are directly along your line of march. Also, the smell of boiling spices and rice reaches your noses. There is none of the fish-paste smell the VC had though.
GM: The voices are speaking in Vietnamese.
Corbin Phoenix: I duck off the path and hide in the brush.
Tyran Drenski: Hey corp people a head and sound like Viet
Tyran Drenski gets lower
Corbin Phoenix: but I don't do that until Tyran said something (*cough* because I didn't pass my notice check)
Tyran Drenski: They are too loud to be trying to hidden.
Withers gestures for everyone to get low and keep quiet. Then he motions for everyone to move quietly forward.
Corbin Phoenix moves quietly forward.
Ranger Richard: ok lets go
Tyran Drenski Tyran deams of the food while he moves.
About fifteen feet further the voices become distinct enough to understand.
Tyran Drenski hopes there is magical crepes on the menu.
Ranger Richard: hopefully we have somebody that knows vietnamese
Colwyn O'Reilly: no so much
TADM: Rather ironically, no.
Corbin Phoenix: withers knows about 20 words.
Tyran Drenski: nope, corp knows very little.
Speaker: Hsss...Americansss...they breathe sssooo loud we do not need eyess to know where they are.
The voice does roll "ssss" like that. It is also talking with a really strange accent.
Ranger Richard: well sounds like we will be able to communicater!
[w] Corbin Phoenix: Stealth rolls?
Tyran Drenski Tyran makes a mental note to write home and ask from a viet to english book.
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: If you want, although none of you are masking your scent at all.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): a pink snake??? hss hss
A familiar sounding voice responds.
[w] Corbin Phoenix: still make us a little harder to spot.
[w] Colwyn O'Reilly: so how much does an RPG and rounds weigh?
Corbin Phoenix: Stealth [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 4]
Colwyn O'Reilly: Stealth [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 15]
Tyran Drenski: Stealth [1d6 = 4]
Ranger Richard: Stealth [1d6 = 5]
[w] Corbin Phoenix: opposed notice by them probably... I'm guessing they know we are here, but probably wont spot Colywn.
Tyran Drenski: (whispers) Hey corp I know that voice. Do you?
Colwyn O'Reilly: who's voice is it?
Tyran Drenski can't place it
[w] -> Colwyn O'Reilly: Interesting enough, an RPG+3 rockets weighs 7 pounds.
Nguyen: My pika tells me it is people with statue. They okay.
Nguyen: Hey you statue people, you come looking for more? 'Cause me no have any.
Nguyen: Oh, and don't step on big spider, he get mad if you do.
Tyran Drenski stands up to say hi th Nguyen.
Corbin Phoenix raises an eyebrow and looks around curiously.
Tyran Drenski: Spider?!
A short Vietnamese man carrying a bamboo basket on his back that is about the same size as him comes from around a couple trees and into your view.
Nguyen: Big spider.
He gives you a toothy grin.
Tyran Drenski looks around like a crazy guy....
Tyran Drenski: Any good way to keep the spiders at bay?
A spider that has about a six-inch abdomen runs out from the underbrush and over to Nguyen. It crawls up him and perches on his basket.
Nguyen: Why keep spiders away? They cute!
Colwyn O'Reilly: hmmm... big spider. tarantula?
Nguyen: Oh hey, me not see you there before, you sneaky!
Tyran Drenski: Well i was thinking it would be bigger
He waves an admonishing finger at Colwyn.
Tyran Drenski: So Nguyen I think you should head far south and don't talk to germans. sound good?
Colwyn O'Reilly: yeah, I snuck up on you with an RPG strapped to my back... whoops
Nguyen: That rpg? Me thought it big piece of bamboo. Wow, you good!
Speaker: The Nazzzzi reekssss of blood.
Colwyn O'Reilly: who's your friend nguyen?
Speaker: Hissss victimsss cry out from the grave for vengeance.
Tyran Drenski: Yes and he is looking for you.
Colwyn O'Reilly: he's a doctor... he hasn't killed anyone.
Nguyen: Hmm...oh he meet me sometime to talk about things. Me give him good rumors, he give me stuff.
Tyran Drenski: For maybe a day
Tyran Drenski: What kind of stuff
Speaker: Take their advissse Nguyen.
Nguyen: Oh, like him give me statue you that I sell you. He say it good thing to have.
Corporal Withers: I keep hearing a lot about this statue.
Colwyn O'Reilly: he gave it to you?
Tyran Drenski: Do you know anymore commands?
Colwyn O'Reilly: small jungle
[w] Corbin Phoenix: I examine this Speaker. What does he/she/it look like?
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: Notice check.
Nguyen: He did. Said I sell it for fiftee dollars.
Nguyen: When I find people who willing to buy for fiftee dollars, then I find right group of people.
Corbin Phoenix: Notice [1d6 = 3]
Tyran Drenski: I think the Nazi wants it back he is looking hard for you
Tyran Drenski: Where did he get it?
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: You do not see anything, in fact, you are not even sure where the voice was coming from.
Colwyn O'Reilly: or he wants to give you some other ancient chinese windup doll
Nguyen: Me not know. Him not explain much.
Corbin Phoenix slides over to where Withers is...
Tyran Drenski looks sad his hero is a nazi relic
Nguyen: Oh yeah, me not know any other commands.
[w] Corbin Phoenix: Hey Withers you see where that voice is coming from?
Corbin Phoenix whispers something to Withers.
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: Up ahead of us, but I could not be more specific than that.
Nguyen: Me think statue not ever belong to Nazi guy.
Nguyen: That seem farfetched.
[w] Corbin Phoenix: Want me to check it out?
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: Sure. Be quiet like.
Corbin Phoenix: Stealth [1d6 = 10]
Corbin Phoenix: I move off the path and forward a bit.
Tyran Drenski: Well he wants to talk to you and sent us here to find you so be careful.
Nguyen: I will, thank you for telling me.
Tyran Drenski: Do you have anything else in your basket you think may be helpful to us?
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: You sneak forward past Nguyen. You get the feeling he is not paying much attention to you or completely loses sight of you. You are relatively certain the spider knows exactly where you are. As you move up ahead, you do not see anyone else.
Nguyen: Umm...no.
Ranger Richard: where is the speaker voice coming from?
Corporal Withers: Up ahead of us somewhere.
Corporal Withers: Nguyen, I think you should introduce us to your friend.
Colwyn O'Reilly: who's your friend?
Nguyen: Hey, you want to come out. These nice people, they want to talk with you.
Nguyen: (whispers to you) Me not actually know his name
Silence answers him.
Nguyen: Hmm...maybe him get shy and leave?
Valeroth (Corbin Phoenix): Would that be the sound of silence.
TADM: It is, soon to be a popular song in the States. Heard here first!
Tyran Drenski looks around to see if the doc scared the "speaker" off.
Nguyen: Well, me was going to have some rice. You want some?
Tyran Drenski screams inside YES! but looks are Corp for promision
Corporal Withers: Sure Nguyen, we can stop for lunch.
Tyran Drenski: Thank you, it smells wonderful
The strange little peddler urges you all forward. He brings you to a small clearing where a pot bubbles over a small fire.
Ranger Richard: ahh can we add trademark weapon to bonuses?
Nguyen: Me was actually expecting to meet someone else.
Colwyn O'Reilly walks forward to pot
Colwyn O'Reilly: who was that nguyen?
Sergeant Almareth: Me, I asked him to check up on you.
Tyran Drenski: Serg?
Nguyen: Oh yes! Sergeant-man. Me glad you here.
Tyran Drenski: nice to see your breathing
Colwyn O'Reilly: sarge!
Sergeant Almareth: Hi there everyone. Good to see you've made it this far.
Corbin Phoenix: Sarge!
Ranger Richard: Hey Sarge how r you?
Colwyn O'Reilly: this far? we're just doing a patrol.
Sergeant Almareth: I'm doing well. How are you all doing?
Colwyn O'Reilly: it's not like we're in some weird overaching storyline adventure
Sergeant Almareth glances over at Nguyen.
Sergeant Almareth: Your friend took off to the south at a fast pace.
Tyran Drenski: Serg we are having to help a german doktor, I think is up to no good you need to watch over Nguyen.
Colwyn O'Reilly: and besides, we lost Kenner
Sergeant Almareth: Damn, I liked Kenner.
Colwyn O'Reilly: sarge... what are you doing out here? command is livid that you just up and left.
Tyran Drenski: I think him and the Major sitck in the mud are up to something.
Sergeant Almareth: Ah, the German Doctor. Herr Standartenfuhrer Franz Eichmann. I imagine he is up to no good.
GM: Common Knowledge Checks.
Ranger Richard: Smarts [1d6 = 4]
Colwyn O'Reilly: Smarts [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 5]
Tyran Drenski: Smarts [1d8 = 4]
Corbin Phoenix: Smarts [1d6 = 9]
[w] Tyran Drenski: I'm german and I speak german I would know that.
Corbin and Tyran remember that Standartenfuhrer was the Nazi SS Trooper rank that is equivalent to an Army Colonel.
Sergeant Almareth: Yeah, I imagine command is a little peeved. Well, they'll get over it.
Tyran Drenski: I know he was a Nazi Colonel
Tyran Drenski: well i thought he was
Sergeant Almareth: Yeah, a colonel, something like that.
Tyran Drenski: I think he is searching the jungle to find a new and inventive way of mass murder.
Colwyn O'Reilly: just because he was a nazi doesn't mean he's out to destroy the world
Nguyen opens his wicker basket, gets out seven small wooden bowls, ladles out a good portion of rice from the pot and hands one to each person.
Sergeant Almareth: Thanks Nguyen.
Colwyn O'Reilly: thank you
Tyran Drenski: Thanks Nguyen
Corbin Phoenix: So... Sarge... Any idea what this doctor is after? He is out here looking for Nguyen.
Sergeant Almareth: He's up to no good, but destroying or conquering the world was never his interest.
Tyran Drenski: Can't change who you are Colwyn.
Sergeant Almareth gives Drenski an odd look when he says, "can't change who you are"
Sergeant Almareth: No idea what he is up to, but I'd be interested in finding out. So if you can figure that out let me know.
Tyran Drenski: I think he wants Nguyens basket and the statue he gave him back.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): of course, not, it's a hinderance
Nguyen: That statue and my basket never belong to Nazi. You need ear-cleaning cream? Me got some in here.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): I ment that the doktor was once a killer always a killer
Nguyen starts rooting in his basket.
Ranger Richard: I thought I was a goner on our last mission but I think the statue Nguyen sold us saved my life sarge!
Sergeant Almareth: Really Richard? That is pretty interesting.
Tyran Drenski: Sorry I thought you said the Doc gave you the statue we bought
Ranger Richard: eVER SEEN ONE OF THESE? shows sarge statue
Nguyen: No, my friend, me not know his name, gave me statue.
Tyran Drenski: and it does tricks and is very lucky.
Corporal Withers: Heh, get a little excited there Richard?
Tyran Drenski: Ahhh
Tyran Drenski: We need to find your friend.
Sergeant Almareth looks at the statue. He looks very thoughtful for a couple minutes.
Colwyn O'Reilly: no richard, the amazing american craftsmanship of your dogtags saved your life from that cheap chinese made bullet
Ranger Richard: too much mess hall cofee before i came out!
Colwyn O'Reilly: jade is far too soft to stop a bullet
Tyran Drenski: Watch it move serg "Itiramam"
Sergeant Almareth: I agree with Colwyn, Jade is way too soft to stop a bullet.
Ranger Richard: not jade but the magic light it sent out as bulet hit
Colwyn O'Reilly: yeah sarge, see if you can find the battery for that statue... light stopping a bullet? what?
As soon as Drenski says, "Itiramam" the statue twitches slightly in Richard's hands.
Tyran Drenski: See that serg...Its a protector....It does more
Corbin Phoenix looks at the statue suspicously.
Sergeant Almareth: Fascinating.
Tyran Drenski: Set it down Richard
Ranger Richard: does the german doc know we have this statue?
Corporal Withers: I kind of hope not. That is a cool trick by the way. Is it a windup toy?
Corbin Phoenix: Nope, he does not.
Corporal Withers: And you paid fifty dollars for this?
Colwyn O'Reilly: i don't see a winder... i haven't figured it out yet
Tyran Drenski: Set it down and I'll have it fight.
Tyran Drenski looks so excite to show off the statue, he looks like a kid at christmas
Sarge eats his bowl of rice while waiting to see what else you are going to get the statue to do.
Tyran Drenski: "Moshi Moshi"
Nguyen starts rooting in his basket and vanishes up to his knees inside his basket rooting around.
Tyran Drenski looks at Nguyen with amazement
When Tyran says that, the statue seems to roll out of Richard's grasp. It hits the ground and bounces upright. Then it begins doing a complex spear-fighting kata, ending in a combat stance.
Sergeant Almareth: Hmmm.....
Tyran Drenski: It's neat and I think it has a spirit.
Tyran Drenski: "Piko"
Colwyn O'Reilly wanders over to Nguyen to see what he is doing
The statue runs over in front of Tyran and takes up a fighting stance.
Nguyen: Ah! Here! Me find special ear-cleaning cream.
He pulls out what looks like a small glass jar full of a viscous yellow substance. He walks over and hands it to Tyran.
Nguyen: You rub this on ears before going to bed, then maybe you hear better.
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: The statue does indeed strike you are very weird. You are quite certain there is something wrong with this situation.
[w] Corbin Phoenix: Does it seem mechanical in nature?
Corporal Withers: That is freaky. Umm...I feel somewhat inclined to want to smash it and see what the internal mechanics are like.
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: That would be a likely explanation, but there is nothing about the statue that you can see that looks mechanical, at least in terms of joints/gears/etc.
Colwyn O'Reilly: i agree corp... it'd be interesting to see how it works, but then it wouldn't work anymore
Tyran Drenski: NO!!! You can't!!!! "Mataka-hao"
[w] Corbin Phoenix: Can I tell what it's made out of?
Corporal Withers: Mostly from a curiosity standpoint. I'd hope we could find a second one before smashing it.
Colwyn O'Reilly: i say we just let tyran take it back to the world with him as a souveneir
Tyran Drenski: Yes yes!!!
Drenski yells "Mataka-hao" and the statue stops moving and goes completely still. It looks like it did when Richard first pulled it out of his pack.
Tyran Drenski: Serg any idea about the statue? Do you know anything that could be helpful?
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: Well, without inspecting it closely, you are going to guess a block of solid jade.
Corbin Phoenix: How big is this statue?
Colwyn O'Reilly: six inches
Sergeant Almareth: It looks like a Chinese Terracotta soldier.
Corbin Phoenix: Is it always six inches? Or does it increase in size when animated?
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: Yes, it's size never changes.
Corbin Phoenix: Is it magnetic at all?
Tyran Drenski: Serg you speak many langauges how do you say "jump" in chinese?
Corporal Withers: That's a great question Phoenix, especially since it was screwing with radio signals.
Sarge says "jump" in Chinese. The statue does nothing.
Corbin Phoenix: That's what made me think of it.
Ranger Richard: dont you have to activate it 1st before any commands
Withers gets out a compass and holds it near the statue. The needle points north, like it normally would.
Tyran Drenski looks sad about the chinese theory failing.
Ranger Richard: itaramam
Tyran Drenski: Say it when it's awake
Corbin Phoenix: Lets show sarge the trick with the statue and the radio.
Tyran Drenski: Say it again Serg?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): ingor the ?
Colwyn O'Reilly: let's so sarge the trick drenski pulled with the radio so we can listen to red wings games
Sarge repeats the Chinese word for "jump" after the statue twitches "awake." It still does nothing.
Tyran Drenski: What language is the commands?
Colwyn O'Reilly wonders if the statue is irradiated and is actually sterilizing everyone in the vicinity
Ranger Richard: well maybe it only performs certain commands so the manufacturer could get more money by having a whole line of statues that reacts to different commands
Corporal Withers: Lol, funny Richard.
Tyran Drenski thinks the Chruch of Statueology has a nice ring to it.
Tyran Drenski: or serg doesn'e speak the right form of chinese.
Sergeant Almareth: Well, the language sounds like an archaic form of Chinese.
Tyran Drenski: maybe it's tai or cambodian, or korean
Sergeant Almareth: Like a dialect from southern China instead of Mandarin or Manchu.
Ranger Richard: hmmm
Tyran Drenski stares at the staute hoping for any clue.
Tyran Drenski: Can you speak any of those?
Ranger Richard: Sarge you ever see anything like this before?
Sergeant Almareth: No, I have never seen small jade statues before that move around on command like voice-activated wind-up toys.
Colwyn O'Reilly: does it have a "made in china" sticker on it?
Tyran Drenski: It's not a toy, it saved Richard.
Ranger Richard: or made in Hong Kong!
Corporal Withers: If it does, our dogtags should be able to break it.
Ranger Richard: ahh back when stuff was made in Taiwan
Sarge picks up the statue and looks at it for a few minutes. Brow furrowed in concentration.
Colwyn O'Reilly: richard's tags especially
Ranger Richard: amen!
He sets the statue back down and looks thoughtful.
Corbin Phoenix: Sarge... watch this.
Corbin Phoenix: I pull out the radio, put the statue on top, and try to get a station from the states.
Tyran Drenski has sole concentraition on serg and the statue.
Tyran Drenski: What serg?
GM: Notice check for Corbin.
Corbin fiddles with the dials on the radio while the statue stands on top of the radio.
Corbin Phoenix: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 5]
[w] -> Corbin Phoenix: The statue is watching you. Literally. Its little Chinese soldier head follows your movement. (If you want to know exactly what this looks like, go dig out one of the green Ashigaru spearmen from the Shogun game and imagine it being six inches tall.)
Tyran Drenski looks around nerviously, worried that the doktor will randomly show up.
Corbin Phoenix: Uh... this thing is creeping me out.
Corbin changes one of the channels and the radio blares to life.
Tyran Drenski: why it is our protector
Colwyn O'Reilly: what's wrong corbin?
Announcer: And that's the game folks! What an amazing kick from the fifty yard line on the last play! An amazing field goal!
Corbin Phoenix: Wherever I move.. it's eyes follow me.
Tyran Drenski: You should pray to it. That is how I killed all those VC in one shot.
Tyran Drenski: it is awake. Maybe we should teach it to kill VC.
Sarge grabs the statue off the radio and sets it down, pointing it at a tree about six feet away.
Sergeant Almareth: Akto-nikiri
Ranger Richard: take cover :)
Colwyn O'Reilly: you know, those ancient chinese has some amazing technology...
Tyran Drenski looks excited
Ranger Richard: whats chinese for beam me up scotty
Sergeant Almareth: No idea Richard. What does "beam me up" mean in English?
The Statue plants its spear in the ground, draws the bow from its back, and shoots three little jade arrows into the tree right in front of it. The arrows quiver for a second, then vanish.
Corporal Withers: Okay, that is freaky.
Tyran Drenski: Wow serg!!!
Colwyn O'Reilly was looking at corbin
Nguyen: Hmm...
Colwyn O'Reilly: what?
Tyran Drenski: What language was that?
Ranger Richard: nevermind- lets add that phrase to our commands!
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): I did. I have the list of commands in the Notes..it's public
Ranger Richard: thanks!
Colwyn O'Reilly: Richard, your last name isn't "roddenberry" is it?
Ranger Richard: no why?
Sergeant Almareth: It was a very old version of Chinese, spoken by the Chinese warriors who conquered the Red River Delta around the third century.
Colwyn O'Reilly: just curious
Tyran Drenski: So do you know anymore/
Ranger Richard: curiosity killed thye cat
Colwyn O'Reilly: where is the red river delta from here?
Sergeant Almareth: Nope, I'm not even sure what I said. But I'm guessing it has something to do with "shoot"
GM: Common Knowledge Checks
Tyran Drenski: Spirit [1d6 = 3]
Ranger Richard: Smarts [1d6 = 16]
Corbin Phoenix: Smarts [1d8 = 5]
Colwyn O'Reilly: uh, not to be a party pooper, but has anyone been keeping a watch while we've been here screwing around?
Colwyn O'Reilly: Smarts [1d6 = 11]
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): i za dumb
Colwyn and Richard happen to remember that the "Red River Delta" is another name for the river system around Hanoi.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): I have worried about the doktor finding my new god
Tyran Drenski: Smarts [1d8 = 7]
A burst of noise comes over the PRC-25. Then you hear Sergeant Donegal's voice.
Corbin Phoenix grabs the receiver.
Corbin Phoenix: Donegal, what's up?
Sergeant Donegal: Donegal to Phoenix. Everything all right with you guys?
Corbin Phoenix: Uh yeah... everything is fine here.
Corbin Phoenix looks at Almareth.
Tyran Drenski: What do we say? We can't tell him we found Nguyen
Ranger Richard: justa small reactor leak how is all with you
Sergeant Almareth: And quiet and you haven't seen anything.
Corporal Withers: What Sarge said.
Corbin Phoenix: Yeah all is quiet here... we are just on our way to another village. Haven't seen a thing.
Corporal Withers: Not what Richard said, even though I find it funny.
Ranger Richard: hmm does he know about 10 dead enemy?
Sergeant Donegal: Okay, we reached another village. We are having no luck finding this guy for the Doktor. Find a place to sack out for the night, then turn around and head back to base in the morning.
Corbin Phoenix: Did we tell him about the VC patrol? I should tell him about that.
Corporal Withers: As much as I think that is a good idea Phoenix, it goes against your earlier statement of "haven't seen a thing."
Tyran Drenski: They are north west of us here. Nguyen you need to move far from them.
Colwyn O'Reilly: and don't tell him we were sitting her listening to football games
Corbin Phoenix: (into radio) Okay where should we meet you to morrow.
Ranger Richard: brb gonna grab some pizza!
Ranger Richard: 2 minutes
Sergeant Donegal: Back on the roadway leading to Dak-To firebase. Where we split up outside base will be fine. Have a quiet and safe night.
Corbin Phoenix: (into radio) sounds good.
Sergeant Almareth: Yes Nguyen, you need to stay far from the German Doktor. He is not a very nice man. He would do bad things to your spider.
Nguyen: Ah yes! That make him bad man. Me avoid him!
Nguyen grabs his wicker basket and starts heading south east.
Sergeant Almareth: Travel safely.
Nguyen: You too.
Tyran Drenski: If you ever see him do not tell him we have the statue.
Tyran Drenski: Be safe
Sergeant Almareth: He's a funny old man.
Colwyn O'Reilly: i like him... even though he is a bit... odd
Tyran Drenski laugh
Corporal Withers: So Sarge, you coming back with us?
Colwyn O'Reilly looks at sarge expectantly
Sergeant Almareth: Probably not. The Doktor and I would have a...disagreement...I think.
Ranger Richard: ok im back
Tyran Drenski: What do you know about the doktor serg?
Sergeant Almareth: And I'm thinking I need to go take a look around the Red River Delta.
Sarge looks at Drenski, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Tyran Drenski: Yes serg?
Sergeant Almareth: Not sure you want the answer to that question, Drenski.
Tyran Drenski: I would be interested in what you find there serg
Colwyn O'Reilly: too bad we can't help you
Sergeant Almareth: Don't worry about it O'Reilly. Keeping an eye on the Doktor would be just as good.
Tyran Drenski: well any dirt on the guy could help us
Ranger Richard: isnt that verrrryy far in north vietnam?
Corporal Withers: Yeah Sarge, Hanoi is a bit north of here...like a long way north of here, and the capital of North Vietnam.
Colwyn O'Reilly: yes sarge. although i think drenski may keep a grenade on him
Tyran Drenski: If we knew what he was up to we could hind the doktor.
Tyran Drenski: I would follow the order to kill him happily.
Sergeant Almareth: Not necessarily a bad idea, although you may find that shooting a grenade at the doctor will only make him angry.
Tyran Drenski: I'll pray to the statue first.
Sergeant Almareth: If that works for you, go for it. I've never been much for idols.
Ranger Richard: me neither
Tyran Drenski: It works but i would rather hinder his efforts it would make me happy.
Sergeant Almareth: Well, if you guys want to sack out here that's fine. I'll keep watch and then scoot in the morning.
Corbin Phoenix: sounds good to me.
Corporal Withers: You want to watch all night?
Sergeant Almareth: I have a lot to think about.
Corporal Withers: Okay, I'm sacking it.
Colwyn O'Reilly: yes sarge.
Colwyn O'Reilly: wasn't there a hut around here?
Tyran Drenski: Hooah serg
Withers drops his gear and finds a soft spot, makes himself a pillow, and is blissfully asleep in about three minutes.
Sergeant Almareth: Not really, there's a village about another hour's walk from here.
Tyran Drenski gives command "Mataka-hao" and hands statue to Richard for safe keeping
Ranger Richard: Thanks Tyran
Colwyn O'Reilly shrugs, finds himself a comfy spot and crashes
Tyran Drenski lays down on his gear and falls esleep.
The night passes uneventfully. Once everyone gets up in the morning, Sarge gives you all a smile, then heads north.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): no crepes?
Ranger Richard: wonder what would happen if 3 jade arrows hit Colwyn in his sleep, lol
Corporal Withers: Err..have fun in Hanoi. Tell Ho Chi Minh "go to Hell" when you see him.
Colwyn O'Reilly: three jade arrows? from where?
Tyran Drenski: Who? Travel safely bring us news.
Tyran Drenski: I remeber
Sarge gives you a wave as he walks north.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): remember
Ranger Richard: Be safe Sarge
Corporal Withers: Why do I get the feeling he is liable to run into Ho Chi Minh, and give him my message? I miss Sarge, but there is something downright strange when he gets that 1000-yard stare.
Corporal Withers: Anyway, let's get back to Dak-To. Maybe the Doktor will give up his little quest to find that guy NONE of us saw.
Tyran Drenski: We all miss serg and his weirdness.
Colwyn O'Reilly: he's just as likely to give ho chi a few bullets in the brain, corp
Tyran Drenski: Just did our militray duty and killed VC.
Corporal Withers: Yep, that was a good fight, nice body count we had.
Colwyn O'Reilly: saw what corp?
Corporal Withers: We saw those VC that we took out trying to ambush the supply chopper.
Tyran Drenski packs up and gets in formation.
Colwyn O'Reilly: yes them, the dead ones, right
The squad marches back through the jungle. The day is warm and humid, but not unbearable.
It takes a few hours, but you reach the rendezvous point. Shortly after you arrive, Sergeant Donegal, Doctor Eichmann, and the rest of the squad arrive.
Sergeant Donegal: You made good time.
Colwyn O'Reilly: no tyran, you cannot get jumpy and "accidentally" open fire
Corporal Withers: Good to see you in one piece.
Colwyn O'Reilly: sarge... anything up your way?
"Hogpile": Hey guys, how'd it go?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): As the doktor arrive Tryan hears the imperal death march
Tyran Drenski: damn, I want to fire...
Ranger Richard: ???
Sergeant Donegal: Nothing really, the locals were pretty quiet and not very talkative. But they didn't seem to see anything.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: It was a shame. I had been hoping to find him.
Alberts: Herr Doktor here did give us a good training class on the 131 different types of poisonous snakes in the jungle.
Tyran Drenski just looks out to scout for the group.
Sergeant Donegal: Well, we need to hoof it back to the airfield. We got a call on the PRC-25 that the Doctor here has to get on a huey and get down to Saigon for some meeting.
Ranger Richard: alright
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Thank you all for your assistance.
Ranger Richard: welcome
Colwyn O'Reilly: anytime doctor
Tyran Drenski: Hooah serg
Ranger Richard: Doctor what inspired you to become a doc?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: I enjoy the art of medicine. The workings of the human-body are very interesting from a scientific standpoint.
The squad makes it back to Dak-To. Doctor Eichmann boards the helicopter waiting for him and it takes off, leaving you free of the Doktor's presence for the time-being.
Ranger Richard: oops-Whats next Sarge?
While this might be a cause for celebration, no sooner does the dust from the chopper die down then everyone's favorite Air Force Major arrives.
Major Blankname: Soldiers.
Colwyn O'Reilly: major
Tyran Drenski: Sir
Major Blankname: Into the command bunker please, I want you to tell me everything that the Doctor wanted on this trip.
Tyran Drenski feels impending doom
Ranger Richard: Hello sir
Tyran Drenski follows everyone else
He points you to the command bunker. As is normal in this situation, it is devoid of people other than the squad and the Major.
Major Blankname: So, what was the Doctor after here?
Colwyn O'Reilly shuts up and waits for sarge and corp to debrief
Corbin Phoenix: looks at the Sarge.
Tyran Drenski sits and keeps quite.
Corbin Phoenix: Sir, I'm sorry but it just looked like he was looking for trinkets out in the Jungle.
Major Blankname: Thank you Airman Phoenix.
Sergeant Donegal and Corporal Withers give the Major the debrief. After a couple minutes, the Major nods and dismisses everyone but Withers.
Tyran Drenski exits quickly.
Tyran Drenski prays to the statue for withers safety.
"Hogpile": (once outside) Well, that was better than normal. Maybe he took his "actual personality" pills.
Ranger Richard: Lets see after Withers returns!
Tyran Drenski: Yeah maybe, sounds like he is worried about what the doktor wants.
Colwyn O'Reilly: maybe he took a dump and part of that spiky stick he's got shoved up there came out
Alberts: Probably.
Alberts: Or he got laid. Anyone seen Smith lately?
Tyran Drenski: Nope you?
Sergeant Donegal: That's a disturbing thought...well, drop off your gear, then kick back and relax.
Tyran Drenski: I didn't like just leaving Withers in there.
Colwyn O'Reilly: no, the major sent him away and he hasn't come back
The squad wanders over into their bunk area.
Tyran Drenski heads to his bunker and packs away his gear and restocks what he used.
Ranger Richard: restock and rest
Colwyn O'Reilly drops his gear off and gets a new clip for his rifle
A couple of other privates in Harbin's platoon are there.
Winston: No way man, you are pulling my leg.
Tyran Drenski writes to family to send language dictionaries and history of Korea.
Colwyn O'Reilly: gentlemen, what's going on
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): I like to know things
Yonkers: Heck no, I swear, the guys in Sergeant Winkman's squad said they saw a six-foot tall two-legged lizard.
Ranger Richard: really what didit do when it saw the squad?
Winston: Uh huh...they were probably smoking some pretty good weed too. Wouldn't you agree O'Reilly?
Tyran Drenski smiles at the knowledge of lizards...he is not the only one.
Colwyn O'Reilly: yes winston
Colwyn O'Reilly: or some of that good hallucinagenic tea they have out here
Yonkers: Well, supposedly it breathed fire at them like it was a flamethrower, when they recovered it was nowhere to be seen.
Colwyn O'Reilly: although I swear sometimes command is putting something in the eggs... some of the guys in my squad keep saying they see stuff too
Winston: Right...that explains why none of them had any burns...
Yonkers: Hey, I'm just saying what I heard....
Colwyn O'Reilly: something about a white ape and a bird woman
Winston: Of course.
Winston: Aren't these the same guys who claim they found a skull that caused water to steam?
Yonkers: Err...yeah.
Colwyn O'Reilly: yeah... it did, I watched... but i think it was some trick of the light
Yonkers: Really? That sounds cool! Tell me all about it.
Colwyn O'Reilly: it was really humid that day
Tyran Drenski: Yonkers I would not doubt there could be creatures in the forest that humans have not discovered.
Winston: White ape? Is that anything like a black Russian? Or maybe a sasquatch?
Yonkers: Whatever, you want to make fun of it, I'm out of here. I'm going to go shoot some hoops.
Yonkers heads over to the basketball courts.
Colwyn O'Reilly: i can go for that
Colwyn O'Reilly heads out to the court with yonkers
Winston: I think the heat is getting to some people. I'm going to find a nice place to take a nap.
Tyran Drenski: Winstons is just scared of the unknown.
Corbin Phoenix: yeah nap sounds good
Tyran Drenski wishes internet was invented all ready.
Corporal Withers: The Major does a lousy job of playing good cop/bad cop by himself.
Corporal Withers: But oh well, that's over for now.
Tyran Drenski: How did it go?
Colwyn O'Reilly: corp... what did he want?
Corporal Withers: He seemed to think Donegal and I were omitting things. Well, me specifically.
Tyran Drenski: PS I don't want to know any more about how the major plays with himself.
Corporal Withers: I get the feeling we are going to get a couple days off, then be back on patrol duty.
Colwyn O'Reilly: at least we get a couple days off
Tyran Drenski: Well the time off will be nice
Corporal Withers: Which will undoubtedly be a bit more interesting and dangerous than beating through the bush looking for mysterious Vietnamese peddlers.
Tyran Drenski: I hope I get a package from my family before we leave.
Tyran Drenski can see a evil look in Colwyn's face and shh's him
Ranger Richard: sounds good
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