Days earlier at the Libertyland Scissors Emporium...

"They've got to be big," said Mayor Huffenpuff, "REALLY BIG! This is not some new playground we're talking about here. This is the new Libertyland nuclear reactor, the crowning achievement of my term as mayor of Libertyland. Imagine -- clean, safe power for everyone for centuries to come... which means BIG scissors are a MUST! Also, I'm inviting the Blind Orphans Choir to sing the Libertyland anthem -- that is, after I cut the ribbon."

Then, just as a hapless shear-monger was about retrieve a particularly large pair of scissors, a Volkswagen sized stone crashes through the wall, blunting and bending the blades beyond repair! Bounding through the hole in the wall came a gigantic lizard with gemstone eyes and a lab coat specially tailored to fit his six legs.

"BEHOLD!" cried an evil voice from a forked tongue. "It is I, the master of marble, the scaled assailant, the petrifier of patsies, DOCTOR BASILISK! And I'm here to ROCK YOUR WORLD!"

---

As the dust settles from the doctor's entrance, a strange-looking bald man in a cashmere skirt peers inside and mutters to himself.

"Scissors. Yes... Scissors!"

---

A lone member of the Blind Orphans Choir has shown up early and lurks behind a nearby potted fern. Her supernatural senses detected great danger with regards to this scissors acquisition, but also sacred opportunity. When she hears the hated voice of her arch-nemesis Doctor Basilisk, her jaw clenches, and she pulls back her fiery red curls to tie on a blindfold. Out of habit, her fingers probe over her blindfold to feel the granite lumps that rest in her eye sockets--the tragic result from when she had encountered the young Doctor before his powers had developed to petrify the rest of the body beyond the eyes. It has been too long. Revenge will be hers!

She steps out from behind the fern and unsheathes her cane to reveal a thin blade. "Your time is up, Basilisk! You face...Zato-Annie!"

---

Doctor Basilisk turns a stern gaze toward Zato-Annie. "Out of my way, you insufferable ragamuffin! No one will stop me, and all fools who try will join my army of stone!"

A chill falls across the room, and all is still, but for one of the famous Libertyland pigeons. It flies in through a broken window and looks eagerly toward Mayor Huffenpuff with anticipation.

[New Goal:] Turn Mayor Huffenpuff to stone: +1/-1

---

The silence in the room is suddenly broken by a high pitched whine produced by high powered rockets. As huge torrents of air push various papers and light debris around the main room of the scissor shop, the rockets slow, changing in tone from a whine to a low roar. Outside the massive hole punched into the wall by Doctor Basilisk, a pair of white-hot flames appear, preceding a metallic humanoid figure that descends from the skies slowly.

The chrome robot is just over six feet tall, but has wide shoulders and massive limbs that are approximately two feet in diameter each. Atop his wide, heavily armored, torso sits a small dome for a head, with two triangular eyes that glow a menacing red color. Underneath a small light panel flashes as the robot speaks.

"Mayor Huffenpuff, I am Guard-EN-Bot, here to assist you," it says in a powerful commanding voice, laced with a slight metallic ring. Swiveling its head toward the elected official, it notes the stunned look on the mayor's face. The red color drains from the lights on the robot's head, replaced with a less-commanding light blue color as the electronic voice falters. "Er... you know... State Measure 344b... uh... enacting the loan of the Guard-EN project from the mil-"

"I know who you are!" Mayor Huffenpuff sputters, turning red, "Just get them!"

[Taking a point of Debt, and using the ability "Rocket Feet" I roll on the preventing of the stoning. I get a 5, which I will keep.]

"Uh-right!"

With another blast of rocket fuel, the robot charges into the room, landing near Doctor Basilisk. The red colored lights return on the robot's head and the voice once again turns to its forceful tone.

"Doctor Basilisk, you are in violation of the law. Please submit to arrest."

Guard-EN does not seem to notice Timmy or Zato-Annie.

[Goal:] Turn Mayor Huffenpuff to stone: +1/-5

"I shall do no such thing, you overgrown parking meter! I have every right to park here, for I am a doctor. What's more, don't you have some disaster victims to save just about now?"

With a knowing look, Dr Basilisk grins a granite grin as the Shaky Stone Hotel across the street topples to the ground.

[Debt Token for Massive Property Damage to react, got another 5... not keeping it.]

Unbeknown to the saurian surgeon, the Shaky Stone Hotel building had long since been condemned, and would have already been demolished to make way for the new Free Ice Cream Park if it weren't for budgetary shortcomings relating to nuclear power plant expenses. The building was completely unoccupied.

---

"Your public service to the community is noted, Doctor, but it does not negate your crimes. If you would please exit the building, I can turn you over to the proper authorities. I have already radioed for their assistance during this conversation and they should be along..."

Sirens wail far off in the distance.

"...shortly."

---

Timmy puts down the fern that Zato-Annie was formerly standing behind when he spies the sparkling, glowing lights atop Guard-EN-Bot's head, and decides he must have them.

[New Goal:] Timmy steals something from every character: +1/-1

---

Zato-Annie lifts her blade to salute Doc Basil, eerily facing him despite her inability to see him. "I have pursued you for a long time, cretin. An eye for an eye!"

[New Goal:] Extract Doctor Basilisk's eyeballs: +1/-1

---

[Goal 1: Turn Mayor Huffenpuff to Stone: +1/-5 (davey/Alex)]

[Goal 2: Timmy steals something from every character: +1/-1 (Jim/Unclaimed)]

[Goal 3: Extract Doctor Basilisk's Eyeballs: +1/-1 (Jon/Unclaimed)]

---

After hearing Zato-Annie's taunt, Guard-EN's head swivels to face the red-haired youngster. Its eyes once again flash to a pale blue, and commanding voice falters "Who the hell are y-er, I mean... uh.... is that a sword? Hey, that thing looks really sharp, you could poke..."

His head swivels to regard Doctor Basilisk and then moves back to look at Zato Annie again, "S-sorry miss - I can't let you pluck out any eyes today. Cause... I mean... uh... I-I would get in big, big trouble, this being my first criminal and all... I mean, isn't that cruel," he swivels down to look at the sword-cane and the blindfold, "A-and unusual... vigilante-ninja-chick?"

[Rolling 'Nervous' on preventing the deocculation of Dr. Basilisk and getting a 1, which I will take, but also react with "Computer Brain" (taking another point of debt). This time a roll a 6! No further reactions possible.]

Guard-EN pauses as a political correctness subroutine kicks into his brain, changing his eyes to a more soothing lavender color.

"I wish not to offend your political, racial, religious, socio-economic or gender statuses with that statement, miss... the views of this robot are personal views and do not necessarily represent those of the Libertyland Police Department. However,
if you strike a criminal without just cause, I will have to arrest you under the Libertyland Penal Code 7.03.1b. Please desist and go back to your place of residence."

[Goal 3: Extract Doctor Basilisk's Eyeballs: +1/-6 (Jon/Unclaimed)]
"Yeah, good for you, Mr. Roboto!" Timmy says as he sidles up next to Guard-EN and begins to unscrew one of the many flashing lights on his metallic torso, "I saw her attack a squirrel the other day as well. It's a good thing you've found her..."

[Check off "Deceive" to steal something from Guard-EN. Rolled a 2, which is better than a 1, but not great]

"I appreciate your assistance, citizen, I," Guard-EN says, looking down to see Timmy nearly finishing unscrewing the bulb.

[React with "Fast Talk", and roll it up to a 5, which I'll keep.]

"Oh, here, let me get that for you!" Timmy exclaims as he quickly begins rescrewing the bulb, with a nervous glance at the robot's metallic pincers. "That almost fell out, it's a good thing I was here to catch that for you..."

Guard-EN gives Timmy a slight stare, but then looks back towards Zato-Annie as Timmy finishes stealing the bulb, and now glares enviously at Zato-Annie's sword...

"Look," Timmy says as he saunters over to the red-haired swordsmistress, pocketing the light bulb as he goes, "if you're going to do this revenge thing, let's play fair. You, give me your sword," he says to Annie, running his finger down the length of the blade," and you," leering at Dr. Basilisk, "hand over that lab coat. Then you can arm-wrestle this out."

[Goal 2: Timmy steals something from every character: +5/-1 (Jim/Unclaimed)]

[Zato-Annie reacts with Precision Strikes, gaining a point of Debt.
She rolled a 6, which I will not keep.]

The blindfolded, curly-headed waif seems to be staring off into space as Timmy speaks. As he dares stroke her blade, she explodes into action, deftly etching a hand with raised middle finger precisely in the center of Timmy's pilfering hand, but she does not repel the pilfering pedestrian.

Zato-Annie smiles winningly. "You will take my blade over my dead body."

"Ow," Timmy says while rubbing the hand that Annie inscribed with her sword, "that's not very lady-like."

"Now see here! I have no intention of gratifying vendettas, playing fair, or arm-wrestling. For that matter, I have no arms. Furthermore... hey! Give me back my lab coat!" Dr. Basilisk shouts.

[No reaction.]

Guard-EN sighs heavily, tinged with an electronic undertone, "I can't do this if you keep committing crimes. Just stop, okay - stop. I'm a little busy with this guy," the robot points to Doctor Basilisk, and then waves to Zato Annie, "Can't you just - I mean - I'm trying... crap!"

Guard-EN buries his metallic face is his palm, making sounds that sound like electronic weeping.

[Also no reaction. Jon's turn.]

[Goal 1: Turn Mayor Huffenpuff to Stone: +1/-5 (dave/Alex)]
[Goal 2: Timmy steals something from every character: +5/-1 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[Goal 3: Extract Doctor Basilisk's Eyeballs: +1/-6 (Jon/Unclaimed)]

Timmy reaches for the sword, expecting pickpocketing the blind to be as easy as taking candy from a baby. Unexpectedly, Zato-Annie's other hand lashes out and slaps the kleptomaniac's hand lightly but decisively. She shakes her head and poses her sword behind her, away from Timmy.

"Nuh-uh! I get what's mine first."

[Take a second Debt to Exceed Expectations to roll the other die of Timmy's Goal. Rolled a 6, which I accept. Done and done. davey! is next.]

[Goal 1: Turn Mayor Huffenpuff to Stone: +1/-5 (dave/Alex)]
[Goal 2: Timmy steals something from every character: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[Goal 3: Extract Doctor Basilisk's Eyeballs: +1/-1 (Jon/Unclaimed)]

"Ah ha ha! Thank you, my burglarious benefactor for distracting this misguided nuisance. And now, the mayor is mine!"

And with a wave of his tail, Dr Basilisk commands the tiles of the stone floor of the Scissors Emporium to begin sliding around madly, shifting the positions of everyone in the store seemingly in a completely random manner.

"And thanks to the homing device in my lab coat pocket, the Mayor will come straight to... HEY! My lab coat! Why you cantankerous klepto!"

[+1 Debt for Control Stone to Turn Mayor Huffenpuff to Stone, rolled a 1, keeping it.]

"No matter, though. Your heart was in the right place, and you may still be of service to me. Just stay where you are."

[Forgiving to react, rolled a 3, keeping it. Reactions?]

[Goal 1: Turn Mayor Huffenpuff to Stone: +1/-5 (davey/Alex)]
[Goal 2: Timmy steals something from every character: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[Goal 3: Extract Doctor Basilisk's Eyeballs: +1/-6 (Jon/Unclaimed)]
[Scene 2, Page2: alex, jim, jon, DAVEY]

Guard-EN-Bot, its sobbing interrupted by the sudden rearrangement of the room, stands upright once more. Now dangerously close to the crazy lady with the sword, the metallic man quickly scans the Mayor to make sure he is unharmed. Then, the robot's head turns to focus once again on Doctor Basilisk, now some thirty feet away.

As it raises its thick metallic arm toward the supervillian, a clicking and whirring sound is heard. Popping out of the forearm from a sliding compartment comes a device that could best be described a giant version of an old-fashioned laser gun, with garish red, white and blue components.

[Taking Another Debt and Rolling 'Devices Pop Out Under Skin' to get... a 4, which I won't keep.]

Guard-EN puts on its best authoritative voice. "Stay away from the Mayor, Doctor Basilisk, or I will have to use..."

The robot pauses, looks at the gun and finally lets out an frustrated groan. "I forgot what this thing does!"

[Jon: I'm next...and I will burn a Story Token to take another action!
First, I'll burn my 6-point Inspiration from the last Scene for my
side of "Extract Doctor Basilisk's Eyeballs". Then I'll put 2 Debt on
my side and split the 6 into two 3's. Then I'll cross off "Decisive"
to attempt to roll up one of the 3's...and I got a 1. I will gamble,
and keep the 1 in order to React.]

"Sorry," Zato-Annie barks at Timmy, "but this sword is unavailable for
the time being. Maybe later." Drawing on her keen sense of smell,
she detects Doc Basilisk's odor and plunges her sword...into Doc's lab
jacket, which is currently held by Timmy. She whines, "No fair!"

[OOC: I will react to this roll using Acrobatics, gaining a point of
Debt. I rolled a 3, which I will keep. Even Steven!]

Zato-Annie suddently sniffs the air and smirks. Giving a shrill war
cry, the blind orphan swordsmistress leaps high into the air, doing
that sort of flip/twist thing that is normally reserved for high
divers and trapeze artists. She lands in front of Doc Bas, but holds
her strike.

[OOC: Reactions? This is my understanding of the goals so far. Am I right?]

[Goal 1: Turn Mayor Huffenpuff to Stone: +3/-5 (davey/Alex)]
[Goal 2: Timmy steals something from every character: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[Goal 3: Extract Doctor Basilisk's Eyeballs: +3/+3/-6 (Jon/Unclaimed)]
[Jon has staked 2 Debt on his side]

"Hah!"

"Now little girl, what are you doing out here all by yourself?
Why don't you run along home and watch some TV. I'm sure your
parents miss you," barks Dr. Basilisk.

"I'm an orphan, you jerk!!!"

[davey: Stern to roll down a +3 on Goal 3, got a 3, keeping it.]

[S2P2: 2nd Action: JON > davey > alex > jim]
[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +3/-5 (davey/Alex)]
[G2: Timmy steals from all: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[G3: De-oculate Dr Basilisk: +3+3/-6 (Jon**/Unclaimed)]

"Yes, yes, aren't we all. If you'll excuse me..."

And with that, the stone floor re-aligns itself once more, with
Timmy standing right next to Doctor Basilisk and the Mayor
standing just beyond Timmy, easily within range of the Doctor's
gaze... but turned away.

With the tip of his evil tail, Doctor Basilisk upsets a
precariously balanced scissors display, toppling the shears all
around the Mayor. Several scissors pierce the good Mayor's coat
tails, pinning him to the floor where he stands -- but still turned away!

"There is no escape! At last, the fruition of my genius is at hand!"

(davey: Spend a story token to take an extra action. Precede
the action by staking two debt on Petrify the Mayor and splitting
the 3 into a 1 and a 2. Re-roll the 1 with Debt + "Control
Stone," got a 5, keep it, react with Upset, got a 1, ditching it.

[S2P2: 2nd Action: jon > DAVEY > alex > jim]
[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +5+1/-5 (davey**/Alex)]
[G2: Timmy steals from all: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[G3: De-oculate Dr Basilisk: +3+3/-6 (Jon**/Unclaimed)]

"Warning!" Guard-EN shouts, as various panels open up on its body. "Beware of sharp flying objects!"

With a sound of grinding gears laced with electronic buzzing, the robot begins to rearrange its shape. Guard-EN is now a giant chrome box with a large slot in front, like a giant CD player with a dome head.

Seeing the mayor struggle to free himself, the robot head shouts, "Watch out, Mr. Mayor!" as a huge disc flies out of the front slot and soars through the room, spinning madly.

Mayor Huffenpuff curses as the blade adjusts its trajectory toward him, closing and rotating as if trying to slice the mayor in half.

[Alex: Rolling "Transform into Machine" and taking another Debt, rolling a 4, which I will keep.]

The disc flashes in front of the mayor, and he cries out. But in a moment of silence that followed, Huffenpuff finds that only his coat tails have been severed, and his body is in tact. Released from the grip of the scissors, he turns to Guard-EN, his face beet red with anger.

"Don't you ever do that to me again, you metal-plated monstrosity!"

[S2P2: 2nd Action: jon > DAVEY > alex > jim]
[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +4+1/-5 (davey/Alex)]
[G2: Timmy steals from all: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[G3: De-oculate Dr Basilisk: +3+3/-6 (Jon**/Unclaimed)]

Timmy finally turns around to see the commotion erupting around him.

"Nice, scissors," He says, bending over and narrowly avoiding Dr. Basilisk's gaze, then standing up to admire his recent acquisition, "Ooooh! Fiskars!"

[S2P2: 2nd Actions: jon > DAVEY > alex > jim]
[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +4+2/-5 (davey**/Alex)]
[G2: Timmy steals from all: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[G3: De-oculate Dr Basilisk: +3+3/-6 (Jon**/Unclaimed)]

Zato-Annie's finely-tuned combat sense causes her to leap into action
when Guard-N fires the CD. However, she was standing in the wrong
place, so she is only able to duck and avoid being decapitated
herself.

[Jon: OOC: Combat Intuition, taking another point of Debt (now 2) to roll
down the 4. I rolled a 4.]

Using the reflectivity of the just-fired CD thing, Dr Basilisk gazes
into the eyes of Mayor Huffenpuff.

[davey: Stake a THIRD debt for Petrify the Mayor, then split the 2 into a
+1+1, then use a 3 point inspiration on one of the +1s.]

[S2P2: 2nd Actions: jon > DAVEY > alex > jim]
[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +4+1+3/-5 (davey***/Alex)]
[G2: Timmy steals from all: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[G3: De-oculate Dr Basilisk: +3+3/-6 (Jon**/Unclaimed)]

[Alex: Spending a Story Token for another turn.]

Mayor Huffenpuff stiffens, paralyzed with fear as he sees the inevitable flash before his eyes.

"No!" Guard-EN springs up, reassembling himself into a huge humanoid bot before gravity could take hold of him. Firing his rockets for a quick burst, he soars toward the Mayor, intending to thrust his chrome body between his enemy and his boss.

Hitting the ground, Guard-EN realizes he fell short of his target, landing next to Timmy. A grin crosses the Doctor's face.

"You can't do anything to stop me," Basilisk taunts continuing to maintain his hypnotic eye contact.

[Alex: Staking 2 Debt on "Prevent the Petrification of the Mayor", spltting the 5 to a 3 and a 2. Spending my inspiration to raise the 2 to a 5.]

Guard-EN panics. The robot snatches the nearest object - Timmy.

"Hey!" the kleptomaniac protests, but before Guard-EN's citizen preservation subroutine can kick in he throws the scrawny man at Doctor Basilisk.

As the two collide, sending Basilisk crashing to the ground, Guard-EN realizes its mistake. Luckily, Timmy seems to have hit Basilisk softly and rolled with the impact to escape unharmed.

"Hey," Guard-EN shouts, "Sorry about that man."

Trying to signal the Mayor to run (The LCD screen on his chest plate spells it out for him) Guard-EN finally positions himself between his prey and his ward. Basilisk, a little roughed up but not injured, gets back to his feet while the robot stares him down. In return, Basilisk fires a look of pure hate back at the annoying android.

"You and me, Doctor. We'll finish this the hard way."

[Alex: Goal: Guard-EN and Basilisk fight.]

[Alex: Post-action, stake 2 debt on Keeping the eyes in Dr. Basilisk, but no splitting the dice just yet.]

[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +4+1+3/-5-3 (davey***/Alex**)]
[G2: Timmy steals from all: +5/-6 (Jim/Unclaimed)]
[G3: Remove Dr. Basilisk's Eyes: +3+3/-6 (Jon**/Unclaimed**)]
[G4: Guard-EN and Basilisk Fight: +1/-1 (Unclaimed/Unclaimed)]

[Jon: OOC: I'll spend my last story token, and I'll stake another debt
(current debt=1) on my side of the deoculation conflict to split a 3
into a 2 and a 1. Then I'll roll it up using "Battle Aura", getting a
5.]

Summoning her ki, the martial artist shouts a battle cry as a red glow
envelopes her body. She swings her sword towards Doctor Basilisk, and
her aura stretches out of her blade and towards the reptilian
researcher's face.

[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +4+1+3/-5-3 (DAVEY***/ALEX**)]
[G2: Timmy steals from all: +5/-6 (JIM/unclaimed)]
[G3: Remove Dr. Basilisk's Eyes: +3+2+5/-6 (JON***/alex**)]
[G4: Guard-EN and Basilisk Fight: +1/-1 (unclaimed/unclaimed)]

Doctor Basilisk, with Matrix-like speed and precision, flips into the
air, flying over the Mayor, all the while keeping his gaze locked. He
lands with a massive thud, causing 2 of the 4 walls of the Libertyland
Scissors Emporium to crash down around everyone. Huge chunks of rebar
and cement land between Zato-Annie's blade and his eyes, but to the
Doctor's horror, her blade slices right through them, and is still
arcing toward his face at blinding speed!

[davey: React: Massive Property Damage, rolled a 6, not keeping it.]

Guard-EN curses as his foe goes flipping through the air. Seeing the red glow from Zato-Annie stream toward the Doctor's face, the robot shouts "No!" and quickly collapses back into a giant disc thrower again. He fires two disks rapidly: the first soars toward Zato-Annie's sword, intending to knock the weapon from her hand, the other heading to the red aura, its reflective side flashing light across the room.

[Alex: Rolling 'Transform into Machine' and taking yet another Debt to roll down the 5, I get a 3, which I will keep, but still leaves Jon in control.]

AND THEN Zato-Annie, her blindfolded face betraying no acknowledgement
of the robot's attack, effortlessly parries the first disc with an
almost imperceptible twitch of her blade. That subtle movement caused
the glowing aura to twist in a serpentine fashion, dodging the second
disk by centimeters. Two talon-shaped pseudopods grow out of the end
of the aura, reaching towards Doctor Basilisk's eyes...

The spiritual talons of Zato-Annie's battle aura reach out and engulf
Doctor Basilisk's head. As the villain screams, the aura withdraws to
the blind swordmaiden's sword, where a pair of eyes adhere to the
blade. Zato-Annie grabs them and deftly drops them into a small
pouch. Holding the pouch to her heart, she turns and faces the sun,
tears streaming down her face from underneath her blindfold. She
whispers, "...it's only a day away."

[Jon: OOC: I'll subtract the 6 from the 2 and give davey! a 4-point
Inspiration. I'll keep the two 3-point Inspirations. I also have 3
Story tokens to distribute. davey! will get one, and Alex will get
two.]

---

Guard-EN transforms back to its humanoid form and stares for a moment at the free eyeballs that Zato-Annie had claimed in her victory.

"I failed," he says with an electronic sigh. "How could I fail?!"

And, still undetected by the large robot, the empty cavity that once held one of the robot's lights throws a small blue spark.

[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +4+1+3/-5-3 (JIM, davey***/ALEX**)]
[G2: Timmy mass-steals: +5/-6 (unclaimed/jon)]
[G4: Guard-EN and Basilisk Fight: +1/-1 (davey/unclaimed)]
[JIM>jon>davey>alex]

Deciding to change tack, Timmy brushes himself off and looks at the robot that just threw him. Figuring out what he was trying to do, Timmy rushes over to Mayor Huffenpuff while Guard-EN is electronically moping,

"Mayor! Mayor! We need to get you away from these cretins before they kill us all!," Timmy says as he grabs him by the shoulders and moves to hide with him behind an injection mold. The Mayor, flabbergasted by the events so far, goes with Timmy, who, despite his fabulous skirt, is the least strange stranger here.

"We need to watch out for that robot," Timmy whispers. Then, seeing Dr. Basilisk starting to peer in that direction, "Is he over there?" Timmy says, pushing the Mayor slightly into the Doctor's eyeline.

[JIM: On the side of wanting to Petrify the Mayor; set the 1 to a 3 with one of my 3 point inspirations, then roll up the 3 with "Hide", getting a 5, which I'll keep. No reaction.]

[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +4+3+5/-5-3 (JIM, davey***/ALEX**)]
[G2: Timmy mass-steals: +5/-6 (unclaimed/jon)]
[G4: Guard-EN and Basilisk Fight: +1/-1 (davey/unclaimed)]
[JIM>jon>davey>alex]

Zato-Annie's adorable ear twitches as Timmy makes his move. In a fluid motion, the blind swordsorphan hurls her sword upwards, where it neatly slices the chains suspending a giant "Absolutely No Running! We Mean It!" sign, then returns to her hand. The sign begins falling such that it will block the mayor from Doctor Basilisk's stony stare...

[JON: Gaining a debt to use "Precision Strikes" to roll down that 5. I rolled a 4, which I guess I'll keep.]

[G1: Petrify the Mayor: +4+3+4/-5-3 (JIM, davey***/ALEX**, Jon)]
[G2: Timmy mass-steals: +5/-6 (unclaimed/jon)]
[G4: Guard-EN and Basilisk Fight: +1/-1 (davey/unclaimed)]
[JIM>jon>davey>alex]