conversations: human
conversations:  You arrive in the belly of the notorious yet highly respected Guild of Calimitous Intent, New York Branch! As you walk to a grim, dark purple arch, an explosion of fire and light burst from the center, clearing it but a few seconds and living nothing in it's wake. Like, literally nothing.  
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Hello is anybody here?"
   Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.  How good can their lawyers really be?  I need to finance my revenge somehow, and I don't have a legal identity anymore, but this is going to get me killed!  
  Baker is wearing a green speedsuit with purple boots; the only thing he managed to bring with him when he escaped from Impossible Industries.
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  The lights flash demonically red. Out of the shadows comes a man with a demonic mask, a demon like costume colored demonically black. He leaps, landing right in front of you, raising his claws at you. Demonically.
  
  " Welcome, to the Guild of Animous Relent! " he yelling, grabbing at the air furiously. And demonically.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  "'Anamous Relent'?  Damn, I'm in the wrong place.  I'll just see myself out."   What a stupied consept for a guild.  
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  " Wait, you petty failure of a man! That was the test! The Test of Perverse Preservation " the costumed man shouts. "
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  "A test?  To see if I'd stay here if you said you were someone else?  It's one thing to not take things for their face value, but as far as I can tell, who I'm looking for has no reason to turn me away.  Also, what kind of name is 'Perverse Perservation?"  As far as I gather there is nothing perverse about it, save how inappropriate the name is.  What's more, just because I'd leave doesn't mean I've given up.  No, sorry, I forget my mannors.  I have been given the code name "Sublimator."  Is this the right place?" 
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  The man looks disgruntled. " Oh yeah, sure, let me answer every question and guide you through all your troubles after  bashing my introduction, slash test!   You want me to wipe after you while you waterboard me in the toilet?" he asks, giving a facetious smile. " You know, while we're insulting each other, I have never met anybody who makes such spectacular complaints about such small things. What liberal community college philosophy class are you coming from, Joni Mitchell? Maybe you can lend me 50 out of the 200 bucks you made this year " he says.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Easy there, I said I'm sorry I over reacted.  There's no reason to make a big deal out of this." 
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  " Yeah, way to go with that? Maybe you'd like a peace prize for starting a war or shooting someone in the face. Regardless, fallow me to the Arch room and we can get this over with. " the somewhat less imposing man says, heading down the arch.
  
   
   Spoiler 
   Not that matters, but I imagine this guy to be voiced by Keith David
   
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Maybe taking this guild up on its inventation wasn't such a good idea.  
  The Sublimator follows.
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  The man brings you to a black and white circular room with a table and two chairs in the middle of the room. The demonic man shows you to the black chair. " Okay, sit here and I'll get your new arch nemesis and the forms, and we can just go our seperate ways. Wait here! " He says, wraping his cloak around him, turning into a humanoid made out of purple lighting and disappearing into the air.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  The Sublimator sits down and starts twidling his thumbs.    I hope the paperwork doesn't take too long.  If  this isn't finished today, I might not be able to pay next month's rent.  
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  A door opens from seemingly out of nowhere, with a white, blinding light through it. For a moment, you can seen a faint figure in it. It gets somewhat darker before a woman in white comes nows, brandishing sharp scimitars in all six of her arms.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Hello miss.  Are you my assignment?" 
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  The woman hops on the table, swords stuck up. " Wrong! You are my arch nemesis! " she says, pointing her sharp, gleaming scimitars to your neck.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Easy there.  Haven't you read the handbook?  The guild doesn't condone cold blooded murder.  If you haven't been given a name, then there is no reason to assume we are enemies.  Heck, I'm honestly not sure if you're a protagonist or an antagonist." 
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  The woman slides off the table from her belly, squirming down to the chair, oddly enough. " My name is White Widow, and I am a woman here to stop your evil deeds and cleanse the world for a better, greener era "
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Ahh.  I'm glad you had the foresight to do it throught the proper channels.  I like your maim first, ask questions later attitude.  There's nothing morally ambiguous about it.  Tell you what, if you can restrain yourself until all the paperwork is finished, I'll agree to be you're archnemesis.  I operate out of New York City, so you can expect most of my crimes to be committed in that general area.  Do you have a prefered methiod of contact so I can gloat about my neferious plots to you?" 
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  " Well thank you " White Widow says seductively.  "But don't think that just because of this bureaucratic process that you'll safe from the edges of judges  by the great fusion of nature " she says, offering you a plant covered webs. A plant of the illegal variety.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Odd, she took control of her temper quickly.  And what is a good guy doing with illegal goods?   "I"m sorry, I can't accept this.  I try not to be to conspicuous, and something as... rare as that is sure to draw unwanted attention.  I'm sure you understand.  Do you have a phone number?" 
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  " I have three. " She says, reaching into the holds in her clothing. " Do you want them all? "
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  "One is fine.  I look forward to menicing you in the future."   The Sublimator finishes the last of the paper work, and catches to bus back to his appartment to begin plotting.  Does this succeed?
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  Yes, yes you do! As you start to make devious deeds in your head, you notice that there's a man walking along the block with dark hair outside, wearing a skin suit with a white "I" on the front.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  I'd recognise Prof Impossible if its him.  Odd that anyone else would wear an i suit in broad daylight.    Not now!  I'm not ready yet, but Impossible will burn.    Mike slips into a back ally as the stranger passes, then returns to his appartment when the coast is clear.    Okay, the first order of buisness is to obtain some funding.    Mike flips through the news paper.    I wonder if anything valuable and difficult to trace is in town.  
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  Spoiler 
  Make a Knowledge (art), (current events) or (streetwise) check.
   
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Spoiler 
  Skill checks to read the newspaper?  I figured those were for conducting an active search.  Reading the newspaper would be like taking 10 on those checks, which I do.  If that isn't an option:
  art:  (d20+3)[ 19 ] 
  current events:  (d20+3)[ 18 ] 
  streetwise:  (d20+3)[ 17 ] 
   
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  Spoiler 
  You subscribe to the New York times :P Anyway, you did better than a ten for all checks, so I'll just stick it there.
   
  
  
  You out that John William Waterhouse's  Ophelia in the Woods  is currently being showcased in a small art museum in Brooklyn. The piece will bring a lot of people and press, as well as thousands of dollars in donations. The museum will grow, and the area around it, a poverty and crime ridden neighborhood, will become prosperous everyone. Children will grow up into a better world and make great changes, some that might change the world, change it for the better.
  
  You should steal it now. Come on, get a move on.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Hmm... the painting itself would be to risky to fence, and a few grand barely seems worth the risk.  Then again, I could use a little pocket money without drawing to much heat.  No, the press will be there, the people will want me caught.  Fine.  I'll steal the money, then use it to finance my investigation against Impossible.  The painting will make a great cover; I just need to sublimate it, then leave it.  I lurk in gaseous form, then while everyone's searching franticly for it, I'll make off with the cash.  I should do it after the museum has closed; fewer witnessess.  
  Mike checks the clock.
    If I hurry, I can get a good look at the inside of the museum during the exposision."  
  He puts on his costume under his trench coat and bowler hat, grabs his sack, heads out, takes the subway to Brooklyn, finds a payphone near the museum, and calls the Widow.
   "Hello Widow.  I'm going to steal John William Waterhouse's Ophelia in the Woods.  The museum will lose considerable donations, and this ghetto will remain impoverished.  Wahaha Haha!  Try and stop me if you can."  click
  Mike buys a ticket to the museum, and walks around it, making note of the locations of all the exits, windows, guards, alarms, and piles of money.
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  The museum isn't spectacular, but there are a lot of creative pieces. It's humble, the kind you would expect in a place in a neighborhood. There are a few big wigs here, but there are also members of the community around. The room you're in is white, tinted orange by the setting sun in the windows and there's a mix of low talking and latin hip-hop. There are four guards in the exhibit where the painting is to be held. It's strangely not a lot, it's all the better for you to take the donations, and maybe the painting itself.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  One it nears closing time for the musiem, Mike will hide in the bath room, and if necesary, sublimate to avoid detection.  About an hour later, he will sneak out in gaseous form.  First, he'll stealthly destroy the security cameras, then make an appearance to gloat before the widow if she's there.  Next, the Sublimater creates a gas screen out of the floor, sublimates the painting, and himself.  While the guards are distracted looking for the painting, he will burn a hole in the donation bin, fill his sack, and if he gets the chance go back for the painting.  Does this plan encounter any complications?
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  Yep. The bathroom door's locked.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Do I need a restroom key?  This would be no problem for The Sublimater, but I'm caught lurking in a locked bathroom, things could get ugly.  Wait!  Maybe there's somebody in there.  No matter, I have planned for this contingancy.  
  Mike leaves the museum, finds some bushes or allyway where noone can see him, then suisublimates.  Nexted, he silently sneaks back into the museum to hide in an airvent.
   
   Spoiler 
  stealth check:  (d20+13)[ 15 ] 
   
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  As you waited, guards patrolled the area. But did they find you?
  
   
   Spoiler 
   (1d20+5)[ 24 ] 
   (1d20+5)[ 12 ] 
   (1d20+5)[ 17 ] 
   (1d20+5)[ 8 ] 
   
  
  
  As you try to sneak into the building, two guards flash their lights at you. " Hey, what's going on over there? " One shouts. " What, is that one of those junkies?"  The other one asks.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  What!?  I'm an invisible, silent cloud of gas.  How did they notices me.  Fortunately, I've planed for this contingency.  
  The Sublimater drifts back around a corner, and rises into the air.    They never think to look up.  Lets try this again.  I'll bet the windows are unguarded.  
   
   Spoiler 
  stealth roll: (d20+13)[ 25 ] 
   
conversations: 4is111:
conversations: human
conversations:  Spoiler 
   (1d20+5)[ 11 ] 
   (1d20+5)[ 18 ] 
   
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Evaporating into the vents, the gaurds are stunned. " Hey, what? " one says. " Oh, come on, why do these weirdos keep doing that? " another says. " I don't know, probably went to get more meta-smack or something. Come on, let's go back before they try to dock our pay. " you hear. The sound of footsteps fallow.
conversations: Otogi:
conversations: human
conversations:  So far so good, now I move on to the painting.  Shame I don't know the layout of this building's airvents.  I guess I might as well try to navigate to the painting, or any other place where I can get out, really.  From there I'll just sneak through the musiem to the painting, and execute my plan for stealling the money.  If sneaking around the different parts of the musium proves to difficult, I'll simply navigate through the airducts to it.  
   
   Spoiler 
  I'm guessing naviating the airducts is either survival or knowledge(archtecture &amp; engineering).  I'll try the knowledge, and if that fails, I'll take twenty on the survival.
  knowledge: (d20+1)[ 3 ] 
  survival: 20-1=19
   
conversations: 4is111: