Extrication

[Halbarad]

"What the hell...?" The odd appearance brings Tim up short for a moment, but only for a moment. Taking the opportunity of Kyle's distraction, he sets himself up and fires at the ogre again, hoping his luck holds.

[Carthrat]

Tom gawks as he stumbles into the room.

"What the-" he mumbles, holding up his gun and firing at the ogre.

[Brian]

After Tom and Tim fire their rounds into the thing's bulky torso, blood spurts across the floor.  As though summoned by the gunshots, Sterling catches up.

"Take tw-what the fuck?" Sterling says, as he charges into the room with his knife at the ready.  The ogre slams its fist into his gut, and throws him back through the doorway (narrowly missing Daniel), but not before Sterling's combat knife tears a gash into the ogre's clothing, and stomach.  He slams into the far wall of the hallway and vanishes in a cloud of dust, from which emits a raspy, "Damnit."

Daniel takes the time to snap a shot at the ogre, and a bullet slams into its shoulder.

[Carthrat]

Tom snaps off another shot at the thing, narrowing his eyes for better aim.

"Take it all, bitch!"

[Brian]

This time Tom's shot goes straight into the thing's eye.  This appears to not actually kill it, but it does knock it down, and hopefully out.  It's not moving anymore, but it is still breathing.

[Carthrat]

Tom pulls out his knife and rushes over to the thing to coup-de-gras it.

If it's attacking a little girl it probably doesn't deserve to live, he reasons.

[Brian]

Reason probably doesn't apply to monsters.  And the thing's skin is tough, but Tom is able discover it's still got a jugular.  Well, had one, anyway.  After a moment of panic when the blood that spatters on him catches on fire (thankfully harmlessly), the ogre is gone.

Sterling steps back into the room, muttering to himself and sheathing his knife.  David, Carlos, and Walker burst into the room just behind, Jim leaning on Ryan behind them.  "Did we win?" Jim asks.

"Wait, is that Sailor Pluto?" Carlos asks.  "We rescued a cosplayer?"

The little girl blinks, and then faints, her outfit and key vanishing to be replaced with a hospital gown.

[Carthrat]

"We won," mumbles Tom. "Man, this feels like one of Dune's omakes. Bizzare- to the max!"

With that, he heads over to the girl to see if she's ok.

[Halbarad]

"Must be something like Kyle's armor if she's another anchor," Tim replies, hurrying over to check on her. "And yeah, it does sound like a bad omake..."

He pulls up short, looking hard at Tom. "What did you just say?"

[Carthrat]

"Huh? I said it felt like another of Dune's omakes," says Tom, blinking. "He's, uh, this guy I knew online once. Ran this Sailor Moon game, y'know, role-playing and all that. Ran little side-games, too. Fun times."

[Halbarad]

Tim just stares at Daniel for a moment, then turns back to Tom. "What name did you use in that chat room?"

[Carthrat]

"Ahaha! That's a sekrit." says Tom, rubbing the back of his head with his gun.

"The silliest one there, that's for sure."

[Brian]

The little girl seems fine, if she's asleep.  Kyle's guns and armor vanish, and he yawns, explaining, "Her image isn't her own yet, so she borrowed another."

The room suggests that this girl has been here for a long time, and the equipment suggests she was in a coma for most of that time.  Apparently, she was also a big fan of the Sailor Moon show, by the pictures and figurines sitting on her bedside stand.

Carlos goes to admire them, while David scans the hallway, and Sterling peers out the window.  "So, now what?" Jim asks.  "We leave?  Or do we kidnap her to keep her out of harm's way?"

"She should come with us," Kyle opines.  He goes over to the bedside stand and opens the drawer, revealing a change of clothes.  Then he taps the side of his head with one finger and collapses into a pile on the floor.  At the same time, the girl wakes back up, and looks around herself in confusion again.

[Halbarad]

Tim files the information away for later discussion, the girl taking his attention as she wakes up - but not without a quick, worried glance at Kyle. "Can you understand me?" he asks her.

[Carthrat]

Tom slips over to Kyle and checks him, concerned. "I think we'll be doing as the unconcious man said," he comments.