Nālani makes it to the stairs - There is a grille at the bottom that is on a push-bar from the other side. Some appropriate Athletics(STR), Mechanic or Gun roll (next turn) required to open it, or Athletics(DEX) roll to scramble over.
There are more in a car at the other end, and the police drone made it about 10 metres before it crashed so they won't see anything - their EW isn't bad...anything on their headset? But the running and shooting seems to have dislodged the ear-plugs, which are dangling.
Looking up, the stair seems to head up 3 floors and then the path disappears into a tunnel. Each stage on the way has a (shut) exit with no handle, but external hinges. Nālani's phone beeps with a message.
Nālani would prefer to have a closed door behind her than one she has forced open for her pursuers to use so she leaps for the top of the grille and tries to haul herself over.
If she reaches the other side she will duck out of sight and replace the earpiece.
While Nālani is hauling herself over the gate with the grace and style of a fish in a tree, she discovers that Miya has flipped over the top with the elegance of a gymnast and landed slightly ahead...
...Up the stairs
Getting the earpiece in you can hear the confusion of the searchers. Where is she?
Noor puts away the financials for the morning and starts wandering to find a place to sleep. She goes down to the passenger deck first and attempts to find a decent place to sleep. If she does, she dreams of a night-time chase with gunplay and gangsters.
BackworldTraveller wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:50 pm
While Nālani is hauling herself over the gate with the grace and style of a fish in a tree, she discovers that Miya has flipped over the top with the elegance of a gymnast and landed slightly ahead...
...Up the stairs
Getting the earpiece in you can hear the confusion of the searchers. Where is she?
Nālani trots up the stairs behind Miya.
They have lost us, for now. It will not be long before they work out where we went though.
The two of you get to the top of the stairs before a shot from the ground pinging off the stairs indicates that someone caught a glimpse...
...They've gone up these stairs
Where do they go?
Get Musa there now!
It seems a race to the other end may be in order?
Through here and over the roof?
Miya picks up her phone Where is Bhekumbuso
You can continue along the corridor until you reach a locked door...The rattling/shooting you can hear are the gang making a hash of the entrance gate They are two floors down - no direct line of sight! And I haven't shown all the crowds because I'll run out of memory/patience or similar!
Nālani moves quietly to the door, keeping watch on the corner, closes it and steps to the hinge-side wall (in case of shots through the door). Lead on.
As Nālani closes the door, she catches a glimpse of several bodies leaping round the corner, a shot being fired and much cursing.
Miya indicates that you should move with her and says "Bhekumbuso - Nalani, Nalani - Bhekumbuso".
He smiles. Come on, they've got to go right around - and the police will be behind them in a few moments.
Turning to Miya "You said this was just 'Keeping an eye out'."
The Elvas are going to be livid. But they have no idea who to be livid with other than Nālani, so its very much in your interests to see that she keeps out of their hands, right.
Bhekumbuso nods. Best hide that gun.
We're on the plaza. We'll be at the Hotel in a moment <Tooting of horn>
FYI. You need to get along the corridor, through an internal fire-door, down two levels of stairs, out the revolving door and across the park, and road before going up the steps to the Hotel entrance...
The party run along the corridor and, on reaching the fire-door, pass through into the stairwell. The far glass-wall looking out over a well lit square with fountain and tables and a snack-bar on the far side.
Down two sets of stairs, you arrive at the revolving door that lets you out onto the public space when you hear the saw-like sound of the (clearly frustrating) fire-door being opened by a machine-gun!
Are you there?
Too much crowd - and we are stuck behind a police cart! This is getting dangerous.
The hotel is the green building opposite and the steps to the door are about 6 squares to the right of the Zebra Crossing. The four white dots on the pavement are because I forgot to un-click a passer by before I snapped the image!
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Nālani smirks: Usutu is alive and angry. Thick skull. Lucky I used their own bimyou gun.
There is a police vehicle outside the plaza, it is disturbing the team waiting for us. We should move quickly to take advantage of its presence.
Nālani suggests a course of action to her temporary companions:
Turning left out of the door and heading along the green wall seems sensible. Moving between the parked cars, crossing the road and approaching the hotel from the far side might be wise. The side road might lead to a service entrance, that would be better.
Miya: OK - Stick behind Bheku, I'll keep an eye on our backs.
And with that, Bhekumbuso moves off.
You follow and the two of you are moving down the path when, as Miya starts to exit the door, the doorway comes under a hail of bullets. Miya come out of the entrance, staggers a bit and sprints towards you as the glass wall starts to fall to pieces to your left. Run?
A Recon or Streetwise or Medic roll would be good - Are you looking to The Street, The Pavement or Miya - each roll takes an action but so does moving - Speed or info?
