[Nexus NO Plot] An Infailible Plan

[Morty]

Somewhere in the land of the Nexus, NO members begin to gather under their fearless leader Dipsnig to lure Jack Empty into a cunning trap.
((More description to come once the plan takes some more shape.))

[Reinholdt]

Vincent, RPG main character, little kid, big muscles, overcompensating sword, stands up. "Seriously. There's three of us here besides me. That's a party of four, which is the perfect number." For an RPG group.

"I say we get started now."

[billtodamax]

Where are we going to do this? I figure it'll be best if I set up the spell there first, and then blast Jack with as many spells as I can. Rebecca says. How are we getting him here, anyway?

[Morty]

We'll have to lure him, obviously. I'm not sure how, yet.

[nanobot_swarm]

A message appears on the TSA-1's screen:
Perhaps we can stage a drug deal, where he may be hired to help see it go smoothly, and then we ambush him during the exchange.

[Morty]

That might work, I suppose.

[Reinholdt]

"Does he like characters in drag? Maybe we could lure him that way." Vincent asks.

[Morty]

What? No. Dipsnig isn't very angry or surprised, though. We know he's a standard-grade psychopatic killer; we've got them in spades in the Nexus. So maybe we'll lure him to a false orphanage or something. Dipsnig snickers. But in all seriousness, he'll be expecting a trap.

[Reinholdt]

"I object to the use of an orphanage false or otherwise. Cause then I'd have to have some emo flashbacks and bonding cut scenes." :smallannoyed: Having come from an orphanage.

"Why will he expect a trap? Does he know we're after him?"

[Morty]

I wasn't being serious, Vincent. As for why he'll be expecting us - from what our contractor told us, he's a nasty piece of work and has done a lot of evil already. So he's most definetly aware that someone will try to off him.

[Reinholdt]

"But... but you never joke." :smalleek: This is terrifying.

"What exactly DO we know about this guy?"

[Morty]

Name's Jack Empty. He's super-powerful and nigh-unkillable, supposedly. He's literally empty and hollow, making it hard to injure or stop him. Hence our plan to use bludgeoning weapons, restraints and tons of concrete.

[Reinholdt]

"So we have no idea what he likes? Maybe we could just call him up and tell him that we have a job for a man of his talents and ask to meet?"

[Morty]

Good enough for a start, I guess. Dipsnig shrugs. We'd have to be careful, of course.

[Murkus]

Dipsnig might suddenly get a phone call from Dr. Adrian Rein. If the goblin picks up, he'll find the Doctor sounding very flustered. "Dipsnig. I need an update on the Jack Empty job."

[Morty]

Dipsnig answers the phone. Quite a coincidence. We're currently preparing a trap for him.

[Murkus]

The Doctor's tone brightens up a bit. "Really? G-great. I just... I think he's planning something for me and my daughter. I need that sonovabitch gone. As soon as possible."

[Morty]

We'll do what we can, Doc. And hope like hell it works. Dipsnig has some serious doubts about the plan's effectiveness. But then, he's a pessimist.

[Murkus]

"Do you need any information? Anything I can tell you about him?" The Doctor asks, calm once again.

[Morty]

If we throw him into a deep well and fill it with concrete after putting a dimensional lock on him, do you think he'll have a chance of escaping?

[Murkus]

Adrian's quiet for a long moment. "Well. If you can actually manage to do all that, then... I'm not really sure. The dimensional lock, or anchor, or whatever, would have to be a permanent spell. And a powerful one."

"You'd also have to relieve him of any Objects in his possession. Those 538 things I was telling you about?" The Doctor takes a moment to breath. "They don't like to be kept in one boring place for long."

"Besides that... I think that might work."

[Morty]

Our mage claims the spell will hold. She's been working on it for a long time. And we'll be sure to take his posessions, then.

[Murkus]

"Great. Great then." There's a strange, sucking sound in the background. "O-oh. Sorry Dipsnig. I've got to tend to my plants. Good luck, and if you need any more help, just give me a call."

[Morty]

Actually, Doc, one more question. Dipsnig has some suspicions about the sucking sound and is now trying to discern if there's any difference about the voice which is speaking now and Dr. Rein's voice. Do you know how many of those obects he might have?

[Murkus]

There's a laugh. A tittering, distorted one. The voice that comes through the phone after the sucking sound is distinctly not Adrian's.

By the way, the sucking sound resembled someone being pulled out an airlock, as if they were simply pulled through along with oxygen.

"All of them, in a sense."

[Morty]

Dipsnig connects the dots in a split-second. He hangs up. Guys, I think we might have been discovered.

[Reinholdt]

"Oh. Well with any luck, he's not a complete coward and will come to us instead. Honestly though, asking a complete stranger if they'd think the plan would work? What were you thinking?" :smallconfused:

[Morty]

That wasn't a complete stranger, that was the guy who hired us. Obviously, our target got to him. Meaning noone's going to pay us now, but we'll have to kill Jack Empty anyway.

[Reinholdt]

"The xp will be worth it, trust me. And you'll probably get some gp too. But what are these objects you mentioned? Are they valuable?"

[Morty]

Dipsnig shrugs. Powerful artifacts of some sort. Our target has at least one and we were promised another one as payment.

[Reinholdt]

"They'll have to be our payment then. It'd be nice if we knew what they did though." Vincent shrugs. "I should probably go fight random encounters to level up and get ready. Wanna come?"

[Morty]

Dipsnig has an answer ready. I'm an NPC Vincent; I don't level up. I have to figure out how to defend NO now that he's most likely after us.

[Reinholdt]

"Eh. I'm pretty sure you were a guest party member once." Oh well. Vincent shrugs, then heads outside to train where he certainly won't get jumped by psychopaths without a heart.

[Morty]

Dipsnig stays where he is, deadtiming for a bit.

[nanobot_swarm]

A message appears on the TSA-1's screen:
Would you like me to teleport over to the Doctor's residence and see if our fears are confirmed? [Y/N]
Also I had anticipated that this plan might fall apart in the early stages, so several backups were considered. You have several interesting books in the NO library.

[Morty]

If our fears are confirmed, this nutcase may be still there. That, or there might not be much left of Doctor's residence. Anyway, tell me about those backups.

[nanobot_swarm]

New Message:
Well, several books in the library detailed summonings of things as diverse as Greater Daemons to the spawn of Eldritch Horrors. Other books detailed the schematics of building several weapons that attack targets on a mental level, including one that eroded the higher brain functions of a target. After some analysis, gauss weaponry would seem to be effective against him, as they destroy a target on a molecular level, several shots from a gauss rifle and there won't be enough left to claim he was cremated. Another book of spells spoke of a ritual that could rip a target's soul from its body. May I also suggest we go on the offensive? Since he is apprently a member of AMEN, we could assault the organization.

[Morty]

Dipsnig holds up his hand. Now stop right there, I'm not going to have us go to war with AMEN. Other methods might or might not work. He's completely hollow, so I don't think he even has a soul. I think our original plan might still work - if we use a force excessive enough to wound him and immobilize him, we can still bury him.

[nanobot_swarm]

New Message:
I doubt the blunt weapons will work well now that he knows of them. I recomend we use gauss weapons now, dissolve his limbs off and then fold him up, that would work just as well.

[Morty]

And where are we going to get enough gauss weapons to arm an entire team of members? Whatever they are, they must be expensive.

[nanobot_swarm]

New Message:
Isn't that why organics invented a black market? To acquire expensive and illegal weaponry and items cheap?

[Morty]

True, I suppose. I'll see what I can do. He knows his way around illegitimate businesses, after all.

[Reinholdt]

Vincent returns.
"Is Jack here yet? I'm ready to pummel him already." :smallannoyed: