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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:32 pm


It's sun, surf, and skin at the beach, along with enough odd occurrences to raise flags at Deus HQ. Your orders are to investigate a certain beach while posing undercover as a lifeguard. In your red swimsuit, with a whistle, bullhorn, and really tall chair at your disposal, there's every chance you look like someone ready to run attractively down the coat in order to save lives in a really glamorous way.

Quote:
Morning

Roll 2d8 for two prompts


1. Someone falls in love with you and tries to spend most of the morning either hitting on you or drowning to catch your attention. (And get mouth to mouth)
2. You catch a couple of teenagers doing something the shouldn't in the showers. It's up to you whether you just turn a blind eye or yell at them.
3. A child on a floaty drifts far out into the water. They're crying loudly and people are panicking and it's your chance to be a hero of the people!
4. You step down and the squishes to reveal something brown stuck to your foot. It's poop.
5. Your sunblock was not actually sunblock. You smell like bacon for the rest of the day.
6. You think you see a sea monster, but it's just some kids having a water noodle fight.
7. A fight breaks out nearby, a dance fight. Someone challenges you!
8. A mob of adorable and adoring children surround your high and mighty lifeguard throne. They seem impressionable and willing to start a cult for you, if only out of boredom while their moms participate in their beachside bookclub.


Quote:

Afternoon

Roll 1d4

1. Illegal Substances

Select one or several or all from these prompts:
- A group of people are acting oddly, they appear jumpy and nervous, even in the light of day.
- You notice groups forming and breaking up regularly, and people acting secretive nearby. You glimpse money changing hands at least once.
- Someone has what looks at first like a seizure on the beach. They cough up what looks like a half eaten candy onto the sand. Touching it, you realize it's something very like the FEAR candies that get fed to minipets.
- Several times you're called out to rescue people stranded on rocks in shallow water, who refuse to swim back themselves out of fear that they will drown.

2. The Temple

Select one or several or all from these prompts:
- A parent notices their child has gone missing and a search is called.
- You notice several birds seem to disappear into thin air around a section of the cliffs.
- You notice a patch of plants that are not native to this part of the world, growing near a section of the cliffs.

You eventually approach the cliffs, and with your weapon's help, see beyond the illusion to reveal an intricately carved opening that leads into a temple.

3. Terror of the Deep

Select one or several or all from these prompts:
- Beach goers begin to complain they something is pulling them down into the water.
- Several people complain (and several more are all praise) concerning "the topless girl on the rock". Every time you go to look, though, the place they referred to is empty.
- You hear a strange song that pulls to you. A man walks into the water without trying to swim as his family shouts for help.


4. Wild Card

Select your choice of the above prompts.


Quote:
Evening

Illegal Substances
Your investigations lead you to a someone selling small candies you may recognize as similar to FEAR candies.

Encounter

Roll 1 d4

1. You find the source at an evening bonfire. Partygoers are strange and manic as they dance, or huddle, or even cry to themselves, shivering all the while. One person seems to be unaffected, and as you approach them you may recognize them as another hunter, one Obadiah Thompson. They lack recent scars however, and don't recognize you at all. When you approach them, they run off into the night. If you follow, you'll find yourself suddenly attacked by a being that is definitely not a hunter.
Mob:
Hunter Clone
HP: 60 + regen (it will heal constantly, blood being sucked back into wounds and sealed over as if nothing happened)
Auto Damage: 5
Special: Every time you do 8 or more damage, you may remove a limb. Remove 2 limbs, and you will capture the clone.

Should you fail, a stranger tries to rescue you. Roll 1 d10 to determine if they survive. (6-10 means they live.)

2. You notice something off about one of the people you kept seeing in groups. Following them later, you notice they don't go to the parking lot or any of the small parties. instead they go into the showers after everyone is gone, despite not being dressed for swimming or showing any interest in the water all day. You enter the shower just in time to see them removing their face. The illusion drops, and you find a creature slowly removing a suit made of actual human skin. The Dealer is a creature of Halloween in disguise. Upon seeing you they try to run. Roll 1d20 to keep them from escaping, 13-20 is success.
Mob:
Dealer Creature (species/race is your choice)
HP: 40
Auto Damage: 3
Special: If you bring their HP between 1-5 then you may capture them and bring them back to Deus. Otherwise they dissipate when they hit 0.

Should you fail, a stranger will try to rescue you. Roll 1 d10 to determine if they survive. (6-10 means they live.)

3. You notice people going in a strange direction, and follow a group to what looks like an abandoned warehouse. Sneaking past security, you discover what seems to be an underground fight club of sorts. Blending in, you notice a large number of audience members appear affluent. Many of them seem to be wearing special glasses, and you overhead someone complaining about them while admitting they were necessary to see the whole show. Your eyes catch sight of a number of people acting much the same as those on the beach had, and witness several of them putting candies in their mouth. In the center of the building is a cage, and within it there is a human with a regular weapon trying to fend off some sort of monster as the crowd cheers on the bloodshed. Take your time to investigate, then sneak back out again. (Roll 1d20 to escape, 10 and over is success. If you fail, security shoots you with a runic handgun for 10dmg. Continue trying to escape.)

Should you fail, a stranger will try to rescue you. Roll 1 d10 to determine if they survive. (6-10 means they live.)

4. Wild Card

Select your choice of the above prompts.


The Temple
You enter the temple, and the air of it is different from the beach. Turning around you notice the exit is now gone. Horseman runes are carved along stone walls, alongside the intricate patterns carved by a vast multitude of insects through the ages.

Encounter

Roll 2 d8, for two prompts. You may roll more if you'd like.

1. You enter an empty room, full of dust.
2. You enter a room filled with vines that seem to shift and move in the corner of your eyes. There's a patch of red blooms in one corner, and closer inspection leads to the realization that they are growing through a human body. If you have any open wounds, you'll soon begin to have audio hallucinations and even feel something crawling under your skin. When you get back to Deus, the infirmary will give you something to purge the vines growing within you, and you may end up with a vine-like or even floral scar from the experience.
3. You find a room filled with clothes and accessories. If you are on for looting bodies, you'll find several expensive watches, jewelry, and even some wallets. You end up with about a thousand dollars worth of finds you can comfortably carry.
4. You find a room filled with neat piles of body parts. At your presence, they begin to shift and move. If you choose to run, roll 1d20. Anything over 13 means you successfully escape and close the room's door to keep whatever was in there, inside. Fail, and you find yourself overwhelmed by humanoids with shifting features that settle quickly into your features.
Clone Mob
HP: ???
Auto Damage: none
Special: You must land an attack four consecutive times to escape them. If you miss even once, they overwhelm you. You wake up later, naked and alone except for your weapon totem.
5. You find a room full of old scrolls and dried herbs.
6. You find a beautiful underground orchard with a fountain at the center.
7. You encounter a passageway full of traps, roll 1d20 to determine how much damage it does to you.
8. There is a click as you step down, and a section of wall slides up to reveal a massive beetle. It barrels toward you all pincers and shell.
Beetle Mob
HP: 30
Auto damage: 3
Special: Whenever you miss, it blocks your next attack for 3 on top of its auto damage!


Terror of the Deep
Eventually you catch the mysterious girl, and there is no doubt at all she's a mermaid.

Encounter

Roll 1 d4

1. They try to run away. To them from escaping, roll 1d20, 10 and over is a success. The mermaid is extremely frightened of you, and tries to explain that it was juts fun, and nobody had gotten hurt, and that she'd stay away from then on. You can choose to let her go or fight her.
Mermaid Mob:
HP: 30
Auto Damage: 3
Special: Special: If you bring their HP between 1-5 then you may capture them and bring them back to Deus. Otherwise they dissipate when they hit 0.

2. She is friendly and just wants to talk for awhile. She doesn't understand what's the problem with teasing a few humans at all. It's very lonely and boring where she lives. If you try to convince her to be weaponized, she will agree very easily.

3. What seemed like one mermaid was actually two, they don't run away or talk, they just attack you.
HP: 25 x 2
Auto Damage: 2 per mermaid left
Special: Special: If you bring their HP between 1-5 then you may capture them and bring them back to Deus. Otherwise they dissipate when they hit 0.

4. Wild Card

Select your choice of the above prompts.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:34 pm


Cee had gotten very little information except the name of a beach resort, Deus-provided lifeguard gear (t-shirt, shorts, bathing suit and whistle) and orders to keep an eye out for anything odd. Should anything happen she was to investigate to the best of her ability.

Each of her friends got a set of lifeguard clothes themselves, wrapped in pink bows, with floral smelling note cards that read. PROMOTION!!!

Text messages followed with all the details and then, with less than 24 hours notice, they were scheduled to gather at the lighthouse. Cee was early, dark hair in a high ponytail to go with her crisp white lifeguard shirt, brilliant scarlet shorts and the yet to be revealed bathing suit she had on underneath. She'd painted her nails red, had cherry colored lipstick and even managed to find a scrunchy for her hair that matched. She was so ready.

and be blue

To: Ever-Ready
From: Queen C

where u at omg tear ur mouth off zekes d**k kiss him goodbye (in that order) get down here

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To: Anywhere, Anytime
From: Queen C

im waaaaiiiitiiiiing
Attach: lifeguardselfie.jpg

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:05 pm


iloveyoudie


Paige had never been a fan of shorts, but what the hell. She'd do it for Cee, because promotions were a big ******** deal and also because of the mind-blowing sex. Mostly because of the mind-blowing sex, though.

She showed up at the lighthouse early, but later than Cee. Her hair was tousled like it usually was, and she was grinning a mile wide. Thanks to (you guessed it) the mind-blowing sex.

Rolling up to Cee, Paige pressed a kiss to the other woman's cheek and slapped her a**.

"Promotion, huh? You excited?"
PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:14 pm


Cee eeped, dancing away after the slap just a moment before she sidled in to Paige. She hip bumped her, still holding her phone waiting to get something back from ever.

"Ionno.. I was like nervous?" She took a moment to check out Paige in the shorts. "Like why would anyone put me in charge'a anything? Haha! But the mission ain't seem that bad so I guess itta be alright."

The techs, having two of the party arrive, began to get everything set up for the portal.

"Also like... they're watchin us an's**t." Her head tilted. "I mean obviously they'd be but like..." Sometimes people did things they didn't want others to see and only now it had sunk in a bit that Deus was probably watching all the time.

"Where's he at...?" Cee muttered, eyes pinned on the door for Ever.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:46 pm


Ever had put on the swim suit, and the shirt -- but in the place of the shorts, he had on a pair of battered jeans, the same as always, shoved into his black combat boots. Maybe he had been trying to avoid looking ridiculous, but if that had been his goal, he utterly failed. This was just as silly as shorts, especially with his knee poking through one hole --

He stepped through the door and immediately frowned, just a bit, at Cee. Not over the text message but the outfit. His shorts were still shoved into his battered bag, along with a somewhat frayed towel.

"Is this for real?" was his immediate question, because who would believe Ever's skinny a** as a lifeguard? But then his eyes settled on Paige and some of that confusion melted away into curiosity instead. "Who's this...?"

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:25 am


"Paige!" Cee bounced, side hugging the tall woman, "Ever!" She pointed at him.

"Ever. Paige." She thumbed between them. "Ok awesome." Her two favorite people had now met. They would be on the beach all day so there would surely be time to chat while they were there.

"Ok so.." As much as she wanted to hang out and have a beach party, Cee knew this was a bit more important. She was supposed to be leading a team on a mission, even if the mission seemed to be, well, a day at the beach.

"We're lifeguards...." Her mouth pursed. "Well me'n Paige are lifeguards. Ever you look like a dude who got his lifeguard s**t at the thirft store. Aaaaanyway..." She smirked. "I hope youse can swim. We gotta just work the job and keep an eye out.. Good fer you?"

Techs came over and gave them return pendants as the portal opened behind them.

"C'mon team!"

and be blue

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:37 am


iloveyoudie
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"Everrrrrrr," Paige grinned broadly. So this was Hurricane. He was cute, Paige immediately decided.

"It's nice to finally meet you," she chirped before falling quiet because it was time for serious business. She very attentively listened to what Cee had to say, though she kept grinning at Ever.

Once the portal opened Paige moved to follow Cee through it. "Lifeguard s**t at a thrift store," she half-chuckled to herself, and then louder, "I bet you'd look real cute in shorts, Ever."
PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:29 am


His smile was back, but that was hardly a surprise; it was rare that Ever couldn't at least dredge up a bit of a smile. So he offered it to Paige, both eyebrows raised as they started after Cee. Maybe, just maybe, he had the shorts in his bag, too, in case she insisted he dress himself suitably.

"I think I'd look more like two bare, knobby saplings hoisting aloft a pair of shorts." It was cheerful, comfortably self-deprecating before she went through the doorway, and maybe Ever's good mood was because no one had demanded he change. He followed them through.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:08 am


[[ Mood Music ]]

They emerged from the portal in an unused service hallway, empty and obscure enough that it took the trio a few minutes to find their way out into the resort proper. Cee seemed slightly peeved at the poor placement of the arrival but once in luxury lobby she seemed right at home.

She possibly needed reminding that she wasn't a guest but instead, in this scenario, staff.

A small brown man with a pencil mustache approached them. In a thick accent he walked though through everything, occasionally tapping his clip board and adjusting his name tag which read 'JESUS'.

Cee kept calling him 'Jeez-us'.

They were left on the beach, white sands and clear blue water, by what was going to be Cee's personal lifeguard chair.

"Alright team.." She stripped her t-shirt to reveal the bathing suit essential to the job. "We each get a chair and stretch of beach."

Spaced evenly on either side of her were other chairs, about 30 yards away.
"Now lemme see them suits.." She waved her hands for disrobing and wiggled her brows expectantly.

"How bout we meet up like.. every couple'a hours and check in?"

and be blue
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:21 pm


Paige stripped, revealing her own swimsuit that was nearly identical to Cee's - though she had quite a bit more pale skin involved, and the legs were cut a little lower. Whateverrrr. She grabbed a bottle of sunscreen and slathered it on her before scooting on down the beach towards her own lifeguard chair.

Maaaaybe thirty minutes passed before she realized she smelled like delicious, delicious bacon. She was also turning an alarming shade of red. Paige settled back in her chair with a disgruntled sound, crossing her arms over her chest as she basically fried in the sun.

It was going to hurt. And she was hungry thanks to whatever the ******** she'd smeared all over herself.

A while later, a whole mess of kids started circling her chair. They were really ******** cute. They also seemed to believe that she was the boss of them, which tickled Paige ******** pink. She had them run around collecting seashells for her, and by the time she climbed down to check in with Cee there was a veritable mountain of pretty shells waiting for Paige at the bottom of her lifeguard chair.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:59 pm


Ever knew that at some point during the day he'd probably have to strip out of his battered jeans down to his swimsuit -- and yet, when he did it was still grumpy, shaking his head a bit. His prediction had been fairly accurate. Ever lacked an athlete's shapely calves, his own legs scrawly and boney and he made a face at Cee as he shoved his belongings into his bag.

During his own promo, Ever had gotten somewhat swept up in the act of being a high school teacher, had been absorbed by the role. Here it was different: here he sat in the lifeguard chair and lounged and, instead of watching the water, mostly he watched the people on shore, looking for some sign of something strange.

That was probably how the kid got out so ******** far before he noticed.

He blinked into focus all at once at the sound of crying and, for a long moment, just stared at the raft floating away, farther and farther from the beach. At the bottom of his lifeguard stand, someone was gesturing frantically, and that brought him back into focus, to remember this was [theoretically] his job.

"...s**t." And so he hesitated another moment before stripping out of his shirt, too, and hopping down to the sand, where he didn't have a damned clue what to do. But there were life rafts against the side of the tower, and he'd gone in the pond near home once upon a time so...

He could, at least, paddle out while clinging to the thing. Nevermind that the situation would eventually have sorted itself out anyway, the imminent danger less imminent that it had seemed, the kid clinging to the ropes that marked off the boundary between 'safe' and 'unsafe' swimming zones. Hunter strength made it easy enough to get back to shore and, mildly annoyed, shove the kid back into its mother's arms.

Some hero. They seemed impressed, but he thought that had to be more the uniform than him, and Ever wasn't thrilled by it. Mostly he wanted a cigarette. And when he approached the lifeguard stand again and his foot squished into something long, brown, and stinky, he stared down at it for a long moment before opting to take his break.

A long break.

Until noon.

He'd smoke and flirt with another lifeguard, a cute and definitely straight one, until something summoned him back.

iloveyoudie

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:26 pm


Cee'd gotten a certain sort of enjoyment out of watching not only Paige in the red suit, but the eventual stripping down of Ever. She'd shielded her eyes dramatically, squealing with the blindness caused by his leg glare, when she was sure her friend was watching.

She'd made the mistake of using the same sunscreen as Paige, slathering herself well before she popped on her large sunglasses and climbed up into her chair. She looked the part of course but had no opportunity to act, as nothing happened on her watch.

No drowning kids.

No stray pets.

Not even a single person stopping by to flirt with her.

What a ******** waste.

It did become obvious after about an hour that she smelled like cooked bacon. In an effort to stave off the sun, she lathered up again and found it only made it worse. She smelled like diner and it was making her hungry.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:49 pm


By the time they met up, an alotted time for a pee break, Cee was 2 shades darker than she'd been to begin with and she tanned on Deus all the time.

She smelled like a Waffle House.

"Hey there hero.." She grinned at Ever. "Nice legs.." Wink.

Unfortunately she couldn't smell Paige over the delicious meaty smell of herself.

"Anyone see anything good?"
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and then afternoon prompt
PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:07 pm


"Naw, nothing interesting. Buncha kids brought me a metric ******** of seashells. I stink like fried pork, and I am gonna have one hell of a sunburn when this s**t's all done," she grinned at Cee before grinning even brighter at Ever.

"Zeke told me to keep him updated if anything interesting happens. Might have'ta tell him how cute you look in a bathing suit, just like I said you would." Dude had some scrawny-a** legs, but it was adorable.

"What's up next, bosslady?"

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:07 pm


"I don't look as good as Cee, apparently, though." As he said it, he held up something between two fingers: the tab from his pack of cigarettes, torn off, with a number written across it. Ever held it just out of her reach: if they were going to tease him, than he could tease back a little. With a flash of a grin.

"Saw something, definitely, but. He was straight." If she grabbed, he'd let her have it. Not actually much use to them, but that wasn't the point. The point was the getting. And Ever'd probably talked Cee up something fierce to get it.

Almost absently, he saluted Paige, too. "Send him a picture. Although, why he'd want one of me with my clothes on is a mystery...."

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