OOC: So to sum up the final rolls, in Round 3 literally everyone rolled a miss (lol). And in Round 4 both Captain James and Castner rolled a 6 for a critical hit. Which ended the fight immediately. I gotta say that was a hell of an interesting roll set. 

[color=00a651][b]The Gang vs. The Cultists - Final round
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Both of the James's continued to exchange fire with the cultists, ducking and firing between hails of gunfire. Bits and pieces of wood flew from tree trunks and the sounds of bullets ricocheting off the metal and bolts of laser and plasma scorching the carcass of the vertbird could be heard around the clearing. As the battle continued, forcing each side to reload, Captain James shouted out from behind cover,

[i]"Atom has abandoned you, Surrender and you may live to regain his favour!"[/i]

"Atom is a false god!" One of the cultists shouted back, "The Mother preserves this island and its people!"

And the firefight continued. Finally, Castner was able to get a bead on one of the cultists, and once they popped out above cover, opened fire. A laser bolt tore into his upper chest and he collapsed instantly. Seeing their comrade fall, the remaining cultist lets out a cry of frustration and anger and began firing wildly, with reckless abandon. The last cultist moved out from behind cover and the Captain was able to put a plasma bolt into them as well. The cultist let out a screech of pain as a large chunk of their body began to liquefy from the heat of the bolt. And they collapsed to the ground dead. 

Looking over, the group could see that the mini-gulper had finally expired as well. The creature breathed its last minutes ago. In the midst of the fight, it had managed to crawl over to the body of its former master, and nuzzled itself against her before passing. 

Just as the group are getting their bearings and realizing the toll has wrought on them both physically and mentally, they hear a rustling in the nearby foliage. 

Suddenly, two more armed cultists burst from the undergrowth. The two of them take the group by completely by surprise and charge Castner and Williams with pole hooks. Just as they are about to reach them, gunshots ring out and both collapse instantly. The group turns to find Longfellow, Rose, and a small group of Harbor folk coming out of the treeline, having obviously heard the gunshots and came to investigate. Smoke drifts from the barrel of Longfellow's lever-action,

"Not as spry as I used to be, but hell if I still got it...." he mutters with a grin, still half drunk but having apparently slept off at least some of his stupor. 

"Oh lord is that...." one of the townsfolk says as they realize who Corrine is kneeling next to.

Longfellow realizes it as well, and carefully walks over and crouches down next to Corrine, 

"She's gone Corrine....best leave er' be. We'll give her a proper Harbor funeral. Whatever she became...she at least she still deserves that. Come on now lass....lets get you up..." Longfellow offers her his hand. 

As some of the other harbor-folk tend to Steve and check to see if both Castner and Williams are alright, the Railroad agent, Rose, begins inspecting the bodies of the dead cultists. She seems concerned about something after having seen Avery's body. Slowly, she begins pulling the mask off the first cultist she finds. Her eyes widen,

"No...." She murmurs. 

Frantically, she runs over to the next cultist, and likewise pulls their mask off,

"NO!" She shouts loudly. Her cry now garners the attention of the harbor folk.

She sprints to the third cultist, and nearly tears the mask off revealing the face of a young woman. Her eyes widen once more and she then charges over to bodies of the two cultists that Longfellow had just felled, ripping both of their white masks from their faces. 

"NOO!" She screams, and collapses to the forest floor sobbing. 

"T-t-they're" She stammers, "..they're...Synths."



OOC: Just for a refresher since its been awhile, Rose is an escaped synth turned Railroad agent.