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This is an old revision of Oct172007 made by FalconNomad on 2008-09-11 22:12:05.
Nicodemus and Barkley Ladner (Alchemists) arrive, and get seated.
Auction materials:
Alaistar notices Devi hiding invisibly behind the auction podium
Alaistar notices a presence sitting behind Elana
Lee wins statue for $575MM, in a bidding war against Pappas (Cult)
Pappas (Cult) wins Eiffel Tower for $500MM, unopposed
Sotheby’s apologizes for the faked knife
Fox (Alchemists) wins cold forge unopposed for $500MM
Deon brings out coldsteel, Fox, Hanif, Shank/Pappas bid, Fox wins for $1 billion
Lee hears another car pulls up
Rovere arrives, with Brody in tow
Paradise Lost doorway is up, Barkley (Alchemists) wins unopposed for $500MM
Scimitar is up, Lee, Hanif bid, Hanif wins for $10 billion
Wulei crystal: Shank/Pappas, Trent/Fox, Barkley/Nicodemus bid. Nicodemus wins at $6 billion
Gordian knot is up. Rovere wins unopposed at $500MM
Duke sneaks into the elevator, down to the storage facility below the parking garage.
Stone of The Henge is up. Grace tenses up, bids $500MM immediately. Tao bids, which causes confusion and concern to Nicodemus and Vlad. Tao and Grace bid it up to $50 billion, at which point Nicodemus himself bids $500 billion. Silence. Nicodemus wins it, Grace manifests, and makes a throat-slicing motion towards Nicodemus.
Merlin’s Staff is up. Grace and Lee bid against each other until Lee bids $1 billion, and Grace freaks out and rushes the stage.
Duke reaches the basement, and is confronted by a mechanical dog, and escapes back into the elevator.
A fight ensues. Grace is savaged by the two dogs on the stage, as she tries to reach the staff. Elana jumps to the stage and destroys one dog, and Duke jumps up through the roof of the elevator. Grace, her face severely injured, grows wooden armor, grabs a dog, and throws it upward. Alvin tries to shoot Barkley, but Nicodemus ricochets the bullet back into Alvin’s head. Alaistar launches grenades at Barkley, but Pappas encloses them in a force field. Barkley twists off Grace’s head. Pappas offers to kill Alaistar, but Nicodemus declines him, saying that he’d prefer a peaceful resolution. Alaistar acquiesces, and Deon announces that they’re going to clean up and continue the auction.
During the cleanup the staff is given to Lee for $500MM
The auctioneer announces that, courtesy of the Alchemists, an additional item is to be added to the list: an agency cell phone still attached to a hand, a black box.
Shank/Pappas,Trent/Fox and Elana bid, Elana wins for $50 billion
Glass vial is up: Hanif and Shank/Pappas bid, Hanif wins for $1 billion
Mirror is up: Modin/Vlad and Barkley/Nicodemus bid, and Vlad wins for $650 billion
Clockwork heart is up: Lee, Shank/Pappas, Modin/Vlad, Barkley/Nicodemus bid, Nicodemus wins, $100 billion
Hourglass is up: Hanif, Lee bid, Hanif wins for $30 billion
Hanif leaves after winning
Silver chains are up: Modin/Vlad, Barkley/Nicodemus bid, Vlad wins for $750 billion
True Cross is up: Modin/Vlad, Barkley/Nicodemus bid, Vlad wins for $900 billion
Medallion is up: Lee wins unopposed for $500MM
Auction materials:
Iron ballerina statue by Leonardo DaVinci
3’ Eiffel tower model, by Eiffel
Jack the Ripper’s Knife (previously stolen by Devi during the transition between the bank and auction house)
Runed anvil “cold forge”
3 bricks un-forged cold steel, 12 lbs. each
98% Paradise Lost doorway
Scimitar, “Cursed blade of Amund Jihad”
Wulei Crystal
Last section of Gordian Knot
“Stone of The Henge”, 2’ round runed stone
Merlin’s staff
Ornate glass vial, w/ 13 oz. of black powder
Mirror, full length, oval, forged 1/2 from Australian incident, 1/2 from Soul Extraction Device
“Clockwork Heart”, scale model heart
“Binding Hourglass of Baghdad”, 3’ tall hourglass w/ black sand with nine black pillars and carvings of human sacrifice around the base
2 lengths of silver chain, each 13” long, each w/ 13 rings
“Timber of the True Cross”, 5’ long, 2’ circumference
“Augustus’ Medallion”, Greek era art
Shuttle of Arachne, made of bone, w/ coldsteel runes
Leather bound book, with writings of Bastian T. Knight
Ballerina is on the auction block3’ Eiffel tower model, by Eiffel
Jack the Ripper’s Knife (previously stolen by Devi during the transition between the bank and auction house)
Runed anvil “cold forge”
3 bricks un-forged cold steel, 12 lbs. each
98% Paradise Lost doorway
Scimitar, “Cursed blade of Amund Jihad”
Wulei Crystal
Last section of Gordian Knot
“Stone of The Henge”, 2’ round runed stone
Merlin’s staff
Ornate glass vial, w/ 13 oz. of black powder
Mirror, full length, oval, forged 1/2 from Australian incident, 1/2 from Soul Extraction Device
“Clockwork Heart”, scale model heart
“Binding Hourglass of Baghdad”, 3’ tall hourglass w/ black sand with nine black pillars and carvings of human sacrifice around the base
2 lengths of silver chain, each 13” long, each w/ 13 rings
“Timber of the True Cross”, 5’ long, 2’ circumference
“Augustus’ Medallion”, Greek era art
Shuttle of Arachne, made of bone, w/ coldsteel runes
Leather bound book, with writings of Bastian T. Knight
Alaistar notices Devi hiding invisibly behind the auction podium
Alaistar notices a presence sitting behind Elana
Lee wins statue for $575MM, in a bidding war against Pappas (Cult)
Pappas (Cult) wins Eiffel Tower for $500MM, unopposed
Sotheby’s apologizes for the faked knife
Fox (Alchemists) wins cold forge unopposed for $500MM
Deon brings out coldsteel, Fox, Hanif, Shank/Pappas bid, Fox wins for $1 billion
Lee hears another car pulls up
Rovere arrives, with Brody in tow
Paradise Lost doorway is up, Barkley (Alchemists) wins unopposed for $500MM
Scimitar is up, Lee, Hanif bid, Hanif wins for $10 billion
Wulei crystal: Shank/Pappas, Trent/Fox, Barkley/Nicodemus bid. Nicodemus wins at $6 billion
Gordian knot is up. Rovere wins unopposed at $500MM
Duke sneaks into the elevator, down to the storage facility below the parking garage.
Stone of The Henge is up. Grace tenses up, bids $500MM immediately. Tao bids, which causes confusion and concern to Nicodemus and Vlad. Tao and Grace bid it up to $50 billion, at which point Nicodemus himself bids $500 billion. Silence. Nicodemus wins it, Grace manifests, and makes a throat-slicing motion towards Nicodemus.
Merlin’s Staff is up. Grace and Lee bid against each other until Lee bids $1 billion, and Grace freaks out and rushes the stage.
Duke reaches the basement, and is confronted by a mechanical dog, and escapes back into the elevator.
A fight ensues. Grace is savaged by the two dogs on the stage, as she tries to reach the staff. Elana jumps to the stage and destroys one dog, and Duke jumps up through the roof of the elevator. Grace, her face severely injured, grows wooden armor, grabs a dog, and throws it upward. Alvin tries to shoot Barkley, but Nicodemus ricochets the bullet back into Alvin’s head. Alaistar launches grenades at Barkley, but Pappas encloses them in a force field. Barkley twists off Grace’s head. Pappas offers to kill Alaistar, but Nicodemus declines him, saying that he’d prefer a peaceful resolution. Alaistar acquiesces, and Deon announces that they’re going to clean up and continue the auction.
During the cleanup the staff is given to Lee for $500MM
The auctioneer announces that, courtesy of the Alchemists, an additional item is to be added to the list: an agency cell phone still attached to a hand, a black box.
Shank/Pappas,Trent/Fox and Elana bid, Elana wins for $50 billion
Glass vial is up: Hanif and Shank/Pappas bid, Hanif wins for $1 billion
Mirror is up: Modin/Vlad and Barkley/Nicodemus bid, and Vlad wins for $650 billion
Clockwork heart is up: Lee, Shank/Pappas, Modin/Vlad, Barkley/Nicodemus bid, Nicodemus wins, $100 billion
Hourglass is up: Hanif, Lee bid, Hanif wins for $30 billion
Hanif leaves after winning
Silver chains are up: Modin/Vlad, Barkley/Nicodemus bid, Vlad wins for $750 billion
True Cross is up: Modin/Vlad, Barkley/Nicodemus bid, Vlad wins for $900 billion
Medallion is up: Lee wins unopposed for $500MM
10:00 pm
Shuttle is up. Rovere stands and claims the item for the church. The alchemists’ assistants stand in alarm, and some folks feel the power drain from the room into him. Alaistar blows out of the top of the roof, and calls in the cavalry, and Devi flees outside. Santiago runs in and tries to shoot Pappas, but a dog takes the bullet and explodes. Lee flees out the back, and runs out past the loading dock. Elana flees with Duke, who fainted. The Alchemists’ girls are showing up outside, and Alaistar’s troops start showing up. Goreshade’s chains envelop the stage, taking Barkley & the Shuttle down. Rovere and Fio jump in after them.
Lee engages the two redcloaks, and drops her disguise. They recognize her, and their jaws drop.
Alaistar blows down into the underground parking, and sees Lucas and Raven fighting with the Alchemist’s sportscar, along with chains, Rovere, and Fio.
Pappas and Shank disappear, Alaistar is contacted in his head, while Lee realizes that Nemo and Chen are screaming in pain. Tao jumps into the hole in the stage after the Shuttle.
There is major fighting inside, with Vlad holding off 6 metahumans as well as Duke. Raven jumps into the hole after Tao/Fio/Rovere/Goreshade/Barkley/The Shuttle, and the four on top of Goreshade are fighting amongst themselves. Raven and Tao move their fight off onto one of the passing parking levels. Goreshade takes a turn down a sewer tube, and Fio and Rovere fall into sewage, and run after him.
Lee, transformed, runs past Elana into Sotheby’s. She sees black helicopters on the way in, and recognizes Vlad’s mask as “Snake”. Lee carves into herself and fires a silver colored, softball sized ball of fire at Vlad.
Lee jumps down the hole after Goreshade. Elana blows her black box, and the power goes out. Alaistar jumps down the hole after Lee, and both end up fighting guys in the treasure room. Elana throws one of Vlad’s Golems through the back wall of Sotheby’s, and, flanked by redcloaks, continues to battle Vlad.
Lee and Alaistar finish off the treasure room guys, and find the Statue, Gordian Knot, Medallion, Staff. Lee leaves the statue, and takes the staff, knot, statue & medallion.
The helicopters arrive with Agency SWAT teams, and Vlad, the Golems, and Alaistar’s team beat it. Vlad takes off over the water, and Renji and Duke give up on following him.
Goreshade, Barkley, Rovere, Fio spill out into the Thames. Jeremy Regrave arrives at Sotheby’s, and takes control. Elana briefs him, and he starts arranging for the coverup, blowing up the building and starting fires. Alaistar and Lee follow Goreshade down the sewer. Elana rappels down the hole, and runs down the sewer. The three of them emerge out to the Thames, and join the fray. Devi, nearby, notices interesting things are happening, and is about to run away, when Tao walks in, and said “there’s no need to run, daughter”. Devi runs off, but sneaks back, stealthy-like. She sees a stealthy attacker rushing Tao, but Devi trips the man, and he’s at a disadvantage when he engages Tao. They fight, but the attacker is knocked off the bridge, and Tao escapes.
Fio wrenches the shuttle from Barkley and Rovere. Barkley escapes, Rovere’s took major damage, but his body vanishes, Goreshade escapes into the water. Fio, Elana, Alaistar and Radley head off to meet in 2 hours at the abandoned apartment in two groups: Fio/Radley (with Devi following) and Alaistar/Elana.
Lee engages the two redcloaks, and drops her disguise. They recognize her, and their jaws drop.
Alaistar blows down into the underground parking, and sees Lucas and Raven fighting with the Alchemist’s sportscar, along with chains, Rovere, and Fio.
Pappas and Shank disappear, Alaistar is contacted in his head, while Lee realizes that Nemo and Chen are screaming in pain. Tao jumps into the hole in the stage after the Shuttle.
There is major fighting inside, with Vlad holding off 6 metahumans as well as Duke. Raven jumps into the hole after Tao/Fio/Rovere/Goreshade/Barkley/The Shuttle, and the four on top of Goreshade are fighting amongst themselves. Raven and Tao move their fight off onto one of the passing parking levels. Goreshade takes a turn down a sewer tube, and Fio and Rovere fall into sewage, and run after him.
Lee, transformed, runs past Elana into Sotheby’s. She sees black helicopters on the way in, and recognizes Vlad’s mask as “Snake”. Lee carves into herself and fires a silver colored, softball sized ball of fire at Vlad.
Lee jumps down the hole after Goreshade. Elana blows her black box, and the power goes out. Alaistar jumps down the hole after Lee, and both end up fighting guys in the treasure room. Elana throws one of Vlad’s Golems through the back wall of Sotheby’s, and, flanked by redcloaks, continues to battle Vlad.
Lee and Alaistar finish off the treasure room guys, and find the Statue, Gordian Knot, Medallion, Staff. Lee leaves the statue, and takes the staff, knot, statue & medallion.
The helicopters arrive with Agency SWAT teams, and Vlad, the Golems, and Alaistar’s team beat it. Vlad takes off over the water, and Renji and Duke give up on following him.
Goreshade, Barkley, Rovere, Fio spill out into the Thames. Jeremy Regrave arrives at Sotheby’s, and takes control. Elana briefs him, and he starts arranging for the coverup, blowing up the building and starting fires. Alaistar and Lee follow Goreshade down the sewer. Elana rappels down the hole, and runs down the sewer. The three of them emerge out to the Thames, and join the fray. Devi, nearby, notices interesting things are happening, and is about to run away, when Tao walks in, and said “there’s no need to run, daughter”. Devi runs off, but sneaks back, stealthy-like. She sees a stealthy attacker rushing Tao, but Devi trips the man, and he’s at a disadvantage when he engages Tao. They fight, but the attacker is knocked off the bridge, and Tao escapes.
Fio wrenches the shuttle from Barkley and Rovere. Barkley escapes, Rovere’s took major damage, but his body vanishes, Goreshade escapes into the water. Fio, Elana, Alaistar and Radley head off to meet in 2 hours at the abandoned apartment in two groups: Fio/Radley (with Devi following) and Alaistar/Elana.
