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CirclMastr (8:21:19 PM): Wow
Umbrafer (8:22:06 PM): Hm?
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MilesMk1 (8:22:21 PM): Wow?
CirclMastr (8:22:23 PM): I can't find my sheet.
CirclMastr (8:22:48 PM): I've got sheets from years ago, can't find the one in the only game I'm in.
MilesMk1 (8:22:51 PM): You have Katana at 7.
MilesMk1 (8:23:13 PM): That I think covers roughly 90% of it. ;)
Thematrian1 (8:23:22 PM): oh, and some mad decking skillz
MilesMk1 (8:24:22 PM): I think I just irreverisbly damaged my retinas.
Umbrafer (8:24:25 PM): ?
CirclMastr (8:24:46 PM): I told you sticking your head in the microwave wasn't the same as the oven.
Thematrian1 (8:24:48 PM): I second that '?'
MilesMk1 (8:25:19 PM): I have some parts of Glitch's character sheet in bright yellow. It looked normal against the other background.
Umbrafer (8:25:20 PM): Sticking your head in the oven doesn't work so well for electric ovens.
Thematrian1 (8:25:30 PM): ahhh
Umbrafer (8:25:33 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (8:25:37 PM): Sorry
Umbrafer (8:26:08 PM): With luck we should be back to our cool (and non-infringing) theme next week. Maybe even by the end of the weekend.
CirclMastr (8:26:39 PM): The default theme can kiss my ass.
Umbrafer (8:27:03 PM): That would be an impressive feat
CirclMastr (8:28:00 PM): I'm a big softly when unarmed and attacked from behind.
CirclMastr (8:28:27 PM): *softy
Umbrafer (8:28:48 PM): It'd still be impressive mobility for software.
CirclMastr (8:29:23 PM): Indeed.
CirclMastr (8:29:50 PM): So... I've completely forgotten what's going on.
Umbrafer (8:30:33 PM): When last we left off, there was some discussion as to what was happening with the takings, referred to by some as "phat lewt".
Thematrian1 (8:30:43 PM): ah yes
MilesMk1 (8:31:24 PM): Yes. We successfully finished the mission, hadn't gone to the Johnson yet (IIRC) and there was the issue of the 400,000 cyberdeck.
MilesMk1 (8:32:11 PM): And you guys are sitting on plastic, because one of you is drippy and I have leather seats.
CirclMastr (8:32:32 PM): It's not my fault I got shot the fuck up.
Umbrafer (8:32:35 PM): IIRC, you walked back through the barrens in the rain.
Thematrian1 (8:32:35 PM): right
Umbrafer (8:32:46 PM): One of them may be dripping blood, but you're all dripping.
MilesMk1 (8:32:48 PM): I'm not blaming you.
MilesMk1 (8:33:23 PM): BTW, is there some tag I can insert into HTML code to temporarily disable something, without actually getting rid of the lines?
MilesMk1 (8:33:30 PM): I need to do something about that yellow...
Thematrian1 (8:33:34 PM): <!-- ... -->
Umbrafer (8:33:46 PM): Mmm, commenting.
Thematrian1 (8:33:48 PM): is what a comment looks like. To disable just the yellow...um...
Thematrian1 (8:34:00 PM): put another color tag inside the ones you have?
MilesMk1 (8:34:01 PM): Bah, I'll just edit it to a normal color.
Umbrafer (8:34:10 PM): One moment
Umbrafer (8:34:18 PM): That may not be necessary
Umbrafer (8:34:33 PM): (And by "may not be" I mean "isn't")
CirclMastr (8:34:38 PM): ...Dear god.
CirclMastr (8:34:49 PM): Turned on Fear Factor, they're making people walk across broken glass.
Thematrian1 (8:35:03 PM): ugh, no thank you
CirclMastr (8:35:13 PM): ...
Umbrafer (8:35:14 PM): Ok, the board is no longer set to force a style. You can use your user preferences to change back to BBTech, but the default is sticking with SubSilver until I fix the bug.
CirclMastr (8:35:20 PM): No one cut their feet. What the hell?
Umbrafer (8:35:21 PM): Presumably, anyone logged in won't need to register.
MilesMk1 (8:35:37 PM): That's ok, changed it already.
MilesMk1 (8:35:49 PM): To black, so if you restore the original scheme... :)
Thematrian1 (8:36:05 PM): it's symbolic of his invisibility
Umbrafer (8:36:13 PM): *Casts his character sheet into eternal darkness* ;)
MilesMk1 (8:36:22 PM): Must have been safety glass?
MilesMk1 (8:36:32 PM): No way they'd have made anyone walk on the real thing...
MilesMk1 (8:36:43 PM): You can get crippling injuries that way.
Umbrafer (8:36:45 PM): Indeed. Liability and soforth.
CirclMastr (8:37:19 PM): I'm sure they sign eight thousand liability wavers before the show.
MilesMk1 (8:37:45 PM): Which won't stop a trial if they're negligent.
Umbrafer (8:37:50 PM): None of which are actually valid against... yeah
MilesMk1 (8:37:55 PM): Waivers are an intimidation tactic, mostly.
Umbrafer (8:38:15 PM): They help but do not guarantee a defense
Thematrian1 (8:38:34 PM): anyway, we had a plan for splitting the loot
MilesMk1 (8:38:52 PM): Ah, yes. Sorry for the interruption.
CirclMastr (8:39:13 PM): We did?
Thematrian1 (8:39:22 PM): yeah. It's not in my logs, though
Umbrafer (8:39:29 PM): We did. And then had three sessions in a row of only two people showing.
Thematrian1 (8:40:30 PM): How much cash were we promised?
CirclMastr (8:40:36 PM): Not enough.
MilesMk1 (8:40:40 PM): Good question.
Thematrian1 (8:40:47 PM): says the guy bleeding to death
Umbrafer (8:41:09 PM): ...I apparently don't have that log either.
MilesMk1 (8:41:10 PM): He's stable. I did amazingly well on my first aid.
MilesMk1 (8:41:19 PM): I think he's only at moderate.
Thematrian1 (8:41:31 PM): ooh
Thematrian1 (8:41:38 PM): that's right, nine boxes to three, now I remember
Umbrafer (8:43:50 PM): So no one remembers or has a log of the plan?
CirclMastr (8:44:07 PM): Nope.
Umbrafer (8:44:20 PM): Bugger all.
MilesMk1 (8:44:34 PM): I believe it was something on the order of 15K each. I think.
CirclMastr (8:44:45 PM): That's it?
Thematrian1 (8:44:49 PM): I have the logs, I just can't find the bloody numbers
MilesMk1 (8:45:00 PM): Well, let's hope I'm wrong...
Thematrian1 (8:45:19 PM): hey, somebody type a yen symbol
Umbrafer (8:45:24 PM): ¥
Umbrafer (8:45:39 PM): It wasn't very high, specifically because you were getting the deck as loot.
Umbrafer (8:49:50 PM): *Drops pin, listens to echoes*
MilesMk1 (8:50:08 PM): Well, all I have is my guess.
CirclMastr (8:50:10 PM): So........... Meet with J?
MilesMk1 (8:50:22 PM): I think I'll spend my Karma before we do anything... Forgot about that.
CirclMastr (8:50:37 PM): We got karma?
Thematrian1 (8:50:45 PM): good times
Umbrafer (8:50:49 PM): I had awarded some
MilesMk1 (8:50:55 PM): Well, I asked.
Umbrafer (8:50:56 PM): The rest was to come after negotiations.
Umbrafer (8:51:00 PM): Indeed.
Thematrian1 (8:51:10 PM): I have four logs, 10/15 to 11/05, but none of them mentions a dollar amount
MilesMk1 (8:51:11 PM): Ah, there'll be more?
Umbrafer (8:53:51 PM): IIRC I only awarded three points
Umbrafer (8:54:02 PM): There won't be a huge amount more, but three seems low
MilesMk1 (8:54:43 PM): I got rather more than 3.
Umbrafer (8:54:59 PM): You sure on that? Certain it isn't unspent from previous?
Umbrafer (8:55:08 PM): Hm. I can't find the log either, so I'll call it ¥17k each.
Thematrian1 (8:55:09 PM): Or from my sessions?
MilesMk1 (8:55:15 PM): Umm... Yeah, pretty sure, this being our first run.
MilesMk1 (8:55:19 PM): I got 9.
Umbrafer (8:55:34 PM): Hm. That seems rather more than I would have awarded for one run of this size.
CirclMastr (8:55:43 PM): This size? It's been six months.
Umbrafer (8:55:51 PM): Whatever, keep the 9.
Thematrian1 (8:58:54 PM): I think MacLeod was trading his money for the deck. That looks right, based on the end of the 11/05 run
Thematrian1 (8:59:49 PM): oh, and our target was a telemarketer
Umbrafer (9:01:15 PM): I clearly need to take about eight times as many notes.
Umbrafer (9:01:42 PM): When did that bit come up again?
Thematrian1 (9:02:13 PM): we were quizzing him on what he was doing, he talked about lists of names and SINs, things like that
Thematrian1 (9:02:30 PM): Umbrafer (11:32:17 PM): "I sold something I shouldn't have. I don't really know what it was, some kind of list."
Thematrian1 (9:02:35 PM): Umbrafer (11:32:58 PM): "It had names, some addresses, phone numbers... I think it had SINs..."
MilesMk1 (9:02:48 PM): Oh, and we have the Mysterious Black Shiny Object.
Thematrian1 (9:03:08 PM): and OMCs
MilesMk1 (9:03:19 PM): Which has electronics inside it, and a seam that makes it look like it can be opened, but we know nothing else about it.
Umbrafer (9:03:43 PM): Ah yes
Umbrafer (9:06:25 PM): Undiagnosed object is where again?
Umbrafer (9:06:29 PM): (Who has it or where is it being stored)
Thematrian1 (9:06:45 PM): glitch, I think.
MilesMk1 (9:06:46 PM): I had it on me.
Thematrian1 (9:06:56 PM): we were pretty sure it wasn't a bomb
MilesMk1 (9:06:57 PM): I don't like that question.
Umbrafer (9:07:20 PM): Ok
MilesMk1 (9:07:30 PM): Oh, is that how's it going to be? ;)
MilesMk1 (9:07:43 PM): And we're all in the car, thinking of going back to the Johnson.
Umbrafer (9:08:06 PM): It is indeed :)
CirclMastr (9:08:26 PM): I'm so hungry.
Umbrafer (9:08:28 PM): You're all dripping onto large amounts of plastic.
Thematrian1 (9:08:48 PM): "I recommend this: we call the Johnson and trade the head for our money. No mention of the black thing."
Umbrafer (9:08:56 PM): The hungry man's drippings are a different shade from the others, which is impressive given the pollutant content of this particular downpour.
CirclMastr (9:09:16 PM): (MacLeod isn't hungry, I am)
MilesMk1 (9:09:31 PM): "Absolutely. Unless he offers to pay us for the damn thing, the deal was for the head."
CirclMastr (9:09:44 PM): "Why even tell him about it?"
Thematrian1 (9:09:56 PM): "Policy decision: if he asks after it, for some crazy reason, do we lie? I vote yes."
MilesMk1 (9:10:01 PM): "And it wouldn't have killed him to have sprung for a combat mage. No offense, Gem."
Thematrian1 (9:10:10 PM): "None taken."
MilesMk1 (9:10:34 PM): "Unless he asks for it and offers money at the same time, I think we shouldn't tell him anything."
CirclMastr (9:10:45 PM): "Agreed."
Thematrian1 (9:11:18 PM): "Very well. Who wants to man the phone?"
CirclMastr (9:11:41 PM): "I don't think he'd appreciate my voice, so I'm out."
MilesMk1 (9:11:47 PM): "Well, you are the people person... And I'm driving. They say talking on the phone is almost as bad as driving drunk..."
MilesMk1 (9:12:05 PM): people, even
Umbrafer (9:12:22 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (9:12:28 PM): Gem nods.
Thematrian1 (9:12:47 PM): ::rummage for phone, dial the number::
Umbrafer (9:13:01 PM): (You said people the first time...) *Ring ring*
Umbrafer (9:13:04 PM): *Ring ring*
Umbrafer (9:13:18 PM): *Ring ri-* *Click* "..."
Thematrian1 (9:13:30 PM): click, and silence?
CirclMastr (9:14:04 PM): (Click and three dots)
Umbrafer (9:14:05 PM): It sounded like the line opening, not closing.
Umbrafer (9:14:09 PM): But yes.
Thematrian1 (9:14:19 PM): "Good evening."
MilesMk1 (9:14:27 PM): (Is it possible to *become* mildly dislexic later in life? Because lately, I have been doing that kind of thing occassionally, and I never did before.)
Umbrafer (9:15:36 PM): There's a short pause. "Hello."
Umbrafer (9:16:01 PM): "Is it done?
Umbrafer (9:16:04 PM): *"
Thematrian1 (9:16:06 PM): (Did he give us a name, anything?)
Umbrafer (9:16:25 PM): (At the meet, you mean?)
Thematrian1 (9:16:35 PM): (Yes. I desperately want some means of establishing identity)
Umbrafer (9:16:51 PM): Albert Amadeus Johnson.
Thematrian1 (9:17:16 PM): (In the absence of that) "The package you requested has been wrapped and is ready for delivery, Mr. Johnson."
Umbrafer (9:18:36 PM): "Meet me at the corner of Elm and Forest in Touristville. How soon can you be there?"
Thematrian1 (9:19:01 PM): ::disable 'send' capacity':: "Elm and Forest. When can we be there?"
Thematrian1 (9:19:25 PM): "It's in Touristville, apparently."
Umbrafer (9:19:27 PM): (Touristville is a less-violent part of the Redmond Barrens, where "decent folk" can go to slum and feel tough (unless they actually end up fighting a local))
Thematrian1 (9:19:38 PM): "And we need to allow for the chance that it's a setup."
Umbrafer (9:21:19 PM): (For reference, it's probably... maybe about 23 kilometers or so)
Umbrafer (9:21:40 PM): (Actually, probably more like 18)
Thematrian1 (9:21:42 PM): What time is it?
Umbrafer (9:21:58 PM): It's probably nearing dawn.
Thematrian1 (9:22:31 PM): "This evening? It gives us a chance to reconnoiter."
MilesMk1 (9:22:38 PM): "If we want to be decently prepared for this, we'd have to give MacLeod time to heal up, and that'd take days..."
CirclMastr (9:23:03 PM): "I'm okay."
MilesMk1 (9:23:35 PM): "I'm fine with this evening, although trying to recconoiter that place... It is still the barrens. We'll stand out..."
Thematrian1 (9:23:58 PM): "I was going to send drones and spirits."
MilesMk1 (9:24:22 PM): "Oh, of course. You'll have to excuse me..."
MilesMk1 (9:24:34 PM): "You know best how much time you'll need, then."
MilesMk1 (9:24:48 PM): "I'm tired, but otherwise good to go."
Thematrian1 (9:25:08 PM): ::nod, reactivate 'send':: "We can meet you this evening, say 10 pm?"
MilesMk1 (9:25:37 PM): "And wouldn't mind picking up some grenades. Of course, now I won't need them..." (said before she starts sending again)
Umbrafer (9:26:01 PM): "No sooner? Fine. Don't be late."
Thematrian1 (9:26:10 PM): "Of course not."
Thematrian1 (9:26:29 PM): I'm going for 'smooth and professional' in aspect.
Umbrafer (9:26:43 PM): Roll "smooth and professional"
Thematrian1 (9:26:48 PM): heh, ok
Umbrafer (9:26:51 PM): Etiquette or Negotiations (Fast Talk), as desired ;)
Thematrian1 (9:26:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 6 5 5
CirclMastr (9:26:57 PM): Oh hell yes
Thematrian1 (9:26:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 4
Umbrafer (9:27:07 PM): You are indeed smooth and professional.
Thematrian1 (9:27:12 PM): keep in mind, my TN mod is somewhere between -3 and -7 :-D
Umbrafer (9:27:21 PM): Hehehe
Thematrian1 (9:27:35 PM): ::unless the J speaks up, I dial it off::
Umbrafer (9:27:48 PM): No word from the other side.
Umbrafer (9:27:50 PM): *Click*
CirclMastr (9:28:20 PM): You were smooth and professional, but he hung up anyway
Thematrian1 (9:28:38 PM): "That's that. Hopefully he's not trying to kill us.
CirclMastr (9:29:07 PM): "He'd have a hard time of it."
Thematrian1 (9:29:26 PM): ::bitterly:: "From ambush, you can kill anyone."
CirclMastr (9:29:59 PM): "Mostly, yeah."
MilesMk1 (9:30:46 PM): "I'm pretty good with a sniper rifle... Any tall buildings in the area?"
MilesMk1 (9:31:05 PM): "Well, I guess we'll know soon."
Thematrian1 (9:31:10 PM): "I'll find out."
Umbrafer (9:32:55 PM): You're in civilization once again, incidentally
Umbrafer (9:33:09 PM): Still raining, still looking nastily reddish.
Thematrian1 (9:33:14 PM): "Take me home, please, I need to prepare. It's at <gives the location>"
MilesMk1 (9:33:46 PM): *drive drive*
Thematrian1 (9:34:26 PM): "I only need a few hours. Shall we reconvene at three after some sleep?"
CirclMastr (9:35:00 PM): "Where?"
Thematrian1 (9:35:44 PM): "The same place?"
MilesMk1 (9:36:03 PM): "So, I'll pick you guys up at 3:00 at your place?"
MilesMk1 (9:36:14 PM): "MacLeod, where do you want to be dropped off?"
CirclMastr (9:36:37 PM): ::gives an address::
CirclMastr (9:36:44 PM): (I'm suffering some lag)
Umbrafer (9:37:05 PM): (Hm.)
Umbrafer (9:37:12 PM): (I'm suffering maybe a half-second of it)
CirclMastr (9:37:22 PM): (It may just be my connection doing too much at once)
Umbrafer (9:38:20 PM): You drive around and drop people off, unless someone does something else.
MilesMk1 (9:39:50 PM): *heads home after dropping people off*
MilesMk1 (9:39:59 PM): Uhh... Who kept the head, by the way?
Umbrafer (9:40:08 PM): You do so. By the time you get hom... good question.
Thematrian1 (9:40:10 PM): I planned to leave it with you.
MilesMk1 (9:40:15 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (9:40:17 PM): It clashes.
Thematrian1 (9:40:28 PM): Besides, you've already put down a tarp.
MilesMk1 (9:40:48 PM): Ok, I'll hold on to the damn thing. *stops at a Stuffer Shack on the way home to buy an ice chest and some ice*
MilesMk1 (9:41:24 PM): (after making himself presentable - stripping off most of his B&E gear and weapons)
MilesMk1 (9:42:26 PM): *also, disposes of the bloody tarp somehwere discreet - preferably, in garbe he knows will be incinerated*
Umbrafer (9:42:29 PM): IIRC, you aren't too bloodied up
MilesMk1 (9:42:41 PM): Not at all, unless I'm wearing someone.
MilesMk1 (9:42:55 PM): More dusty than anything, probably, from all the near misses.
Umbrafer (9:43:50 PM): The stuffer shack is glad to sell you an ice chest (with the Aztecola logo on it) and some ice.
Umbrafer (9:44:14 PM): The sun is up and the rain seems to be clearing, at least for now. Clouds are still present in a lot of the sky, though.
MilesMk1 (9:44:18 PM): *sticks the head in there to keep it from getting completely disgusting*
MilesMk1 (9:44:47 PM): *goes home, making sure he's not followed, gets some sleep, and spends a couple of hours examining the mysterious black thing*
Umbrafer (9:44:49 PM): The head looks as though it's sulking.
CirclMastr (9:44:57 PM): (brb, dinner. Feel free to do the meet without me, unless combat looms)
MilesMk1 (9:45:02 PM): I turn it around so that it's not looking at me.
Umbrafer (9:45:17 PM): The head sulks at the ice.
MilesMk1 (9:45:58 PM): *feels vaguely bad about it, but is more interested in the black box*
MilesMk1 (9:47:03 PM): (Let's just assume I poke at the black thing with my electronics kit, and let Gem do her thing)
MilesMk1 (9:47:16 PM): (nothing intrusive, BTW)
Umbrafer (9:47:33 PM): (Roll Electronics since you're being nonintrusive) Gem?
Thematrian1 (9:47:36 PM): Ok, when is dusk?
Umbrafer (9:47:59 PM): Lemme see. IIRC it's still July...
Umbrafer (9:48:31 PM): Hm.
MilesMk1 (9:48:40 PM): (got Talent in that, BTW)
MilesMk1 (9:48:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 1 5 6 1 1 5 6
MilesMk1 (9:48:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
MilesMk1 (9:48:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
MilesMk1 (9:48:54 PM): Hah.
Umbrafer (9:48:55 PM): I'm looking for it, but does anyone else have a sense of when dusk falls in Seattle in mid-late July?
MilesMk1 (9:48:58 PM): 17, 13
MilesMk1 (9:49:05 PM): 5,5,
MilesMk1 (9:49:18 PM): 8?
Thematrian1 (9:49:31 PM): there are tables on line that find you the moment, if you have the date. 2055 July XX, right?
Umbrafer (9:49:38 PM): You're still not entirely clear on what it does, but you find a bunch of small contact points. Several appear to be touch sensors, while others appear to be conductive.
Umbrafer (9:49:44 PM): We'll say 22nd for the sake of argument
Umbrafer (9:49:49 PM): Correct
MilesMk1 (9:50:28 PM): I try touching the sensors first, one after another.
Umbrafer (9:50:50 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 100-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:50:59 PM): Hmm.
Thematrian1 (9:51:00 PM): (blah. I can't find the right search terms)
MilesMk1 (9:51:11 PM): Now, is that good or bad, a 1 on d100?
Thematrian1 (9:51:23 PM): are you dead? No?
Umbrafer (9:51:41 PM): You don't notice any immediate effect. The sensors are quite well-concealed; without as detailed a look as you gave it, you probably wouldn't have found them.
MilesMk1 (9:52:05 PM): http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html
Thematrian1 (9:52:18 PM): ah, bless you
MilesMk1 (9:52:18 PM): Is that any help?
MilesMk1 (9:52:45 PM): Hmm... Ok, then I try to probe the conductive points for any I/O activity.
Umbrafer (9:53:22 PM): 8:11 PM, according to this
MilesMk1 (9:53:53 PM): 8:02, I thought?
MilesMk1 (9:54:04 PM): July 22nd, 2055?
Thematrian1 (9:54:12 PM): The point is, I screwed up. Should have made the meet time before 8.
Umbrafer (9:54:33 PM): Is it something your character would have thought of?
Thematrian1 (9:54:35 PM): ::grumble:: "Stupid city, can't tell what time it is until it's on top of you..."
Thematrian1 (9:54:37 PM): No.
Thematrian1 (9:54:39 PM): Dammit.
MilesMk1 (9:54:43 PM): Well, you could call him. He'd probably be happy to get it done faster...
Umbrafer (9:55:12 PM): Well, I screwed up reading the table, but it now looks like 7:56
Thematrian1 (9:55:13 PM): A fine point. I summon a bit.
Thematrian1 (9:55:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 6 1 1
Thematrian1 (9:55:29 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 3 5 3 1 5 5 6
Thematrian1 (9:55:58 PM): for transformation to great form:
Thematrian1 (9:56:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 1 5 3 2
Thematrian1 (9:56:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 6 4 3 2 6 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:56:58 PM): Sky spirit
Thematrian1 (9:57:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 4 3 1
Thematrian1 (9:57:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 6 6 6 3 6
Thematrian1 (9:57:12 PM): Gem is glad no one is around to see this.
Umbrafer (9:57:36 PM): You hear the laughter of Watcher Spirits.
Thematrian1 (9:58:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 5 6 6 6
Thematrian1 (9:58:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 1 4 2 5 1 4
Thematrian1 (9:58:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 1 6 3 4
Thematrian1 (9:58:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 5 5 6 2 6 5 2
Thematrian1 (9:58:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (9:58:34 PM): thank you. F4 Great Form hearth, one service, no drain
Umbrafer (9:58:45 PM): None from any of that? Not bad.
Thematrian1 (9:58:59 PM): My rolls on drain were spectacular.
Thematrian1 (9:59:03 PM): ::pout::
Thematrian1 (9:59:06 PM): ::sulk::
Thematrian1 (10:00:13 PM): F6 sky
Thematrian1 (10:00:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 3 6 5
Thematrian1 (10:00:19 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 5 2 4 6 6 6 5
Thematrian1 (10:00:29 PM): Aw man, though. L stun.
Thematrian1 (10:00:49 PM): one service each. They're in abeyance for now.
Thematrian1 (10:00:58 PM): Fast forward to 3?
Umbrafer (10:01:20 PM): Any more prodding of the object by Glitch?
MilesMk1 (10:01:56 PM): MilesMk1: Hmm... Ok, then I try to probe the conductive points for any I/O activity. :P
Umbrafer (10:02:27 PM): Well, I'd written a response to that, but apparently I never actually sent it
CirclMastr (10:02:32 PM): (Back)
Umbrafer (10:02:54 PM): Sometimes you get some brief activity on one or more of the points after touching a sensor
MilesMk1 (10:03:46 PM): Try recording it for analysis?
Umbrafer (10:04:05 PM): You do so.
MilesMk1 (10:04:11 PM): Also, try playing with the touch sensors some more. Try different patterns, try holding each down for a few seconds, etc.
MilesMk1 (10:04:35 PM): Monitoring for any EMP activitry from the thing at all times, BTW.
MilesMk1 (10:04:51 PM): If it starts to broadcast anything, I throw it in a metal box. :)
MilesMk1 (10:04:56 PM): activity
Umbrafer (10:04:58 PM): You've got what, an electronics kit?
MilesMk1 (10:05:02 PM): Yeah...
Umbrafer (10:05:07 PM): *Nods*
MilesMk1 (10:05:10 PM): Actually, I also have a bunch of sensors.
Umbrafer (10:05:21 PM): Of what variety?
MilesMk1 (10:05:27 PM): I do have a a bug scanner, that ought to work for that kind of thing, no?
Umbrafer (10:05:39 PM): If it's a transmission or anything similar, yes.
MilesMk1 (10:05:55 PM): And a normal rating 8 scanner.
MilesMk1 (10:06:37 PM): Well, I'm worried about it sending a locator signal or something... That'd have to be radio, unless this thing is really something special.
Umbrafer (10:07:16 PM): You poke and prod. There are a total of twenty touch sensors, three on each face and four on the top and bottom.
Umbrafer (10:07:42 PM): There are forty conductive points arranged in a row of five on the top and bottom of each face.
Umbrafer (10:07:51 PM): (Face being the sides in this instance)
MilesMk1 (10:08:05 PM): I need to buy some better electronics tools after this...
MilesMk1 (10:09:07 PM): But nothing happens as a result of the prodding?
Umbrafer (10:09:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 100-sided die: 21
Umbrafer (10:09:29 PM): Nothing apparent.
Thematrian1 (10:10:15 PM): ::gibber::
Umbrafer (10:10:34 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (10:10:59 PM): No, not really. I'm not even there. But it's what I'd do.
MilesMk1 (10:11:26 PM): Hmm... Ok, I try to set it up so that I have a lead recording data from all conductive points, and do some more "prodding", then if nothing happens, use microscopic vision to slowly examine the whole thing for
MilesMk1 (10:11:31 PM): antyhing I might have missed.
Umbrafer (10:12:13 PM): Care to be more specific on what you're prodding, or just sort of pushing contacts?
Umbrafer (10:12:17 PM): Some more description:
CirclMastr (10:12:23 PM): Don't you have any contacts?
MilesMk1 (10:12:35 PM): For what, electronics?
Umbrafer (10:12:48 PM): The sensors on the faces are arranged in a row of three, while the sensors on the top and bottom are arranged in squares.
CirclMastr (10:12:53 PM): Anything like this. Fixer, tech wiz...
MilesMk1 (10:13:04 PM): I *am* a tech wiz. In this field, anyway...
MilesMk1 (10:14:02 PM): I'll just do them all in sequence first, starting at the top face, then try some random combinations of multiple keys.
MilesMk1 (10:14:29 PM): If that does nothing, I'll just settle down to analyze what I recorded from the outputs, and wait for 3:00.
Thematrian1 (10:14:40 PM): oh, and I get some sleep
Umbrafer (10:14:58 PM): Certain combinations of the conductive points fire for each press. After about eleven presses, though, nothing fires.
MilesMk1 (10:15:15 PM): Ever again?
MilesMk1 (10:15:32 PM): I wait a few minutes, and try hitting one of the buttons...
Umbrafer (10:16:03 PM): How many minutes?
MilesMk1 (10:16:07 PM): Fifteen.
Umbrafer (10:16:47 PM): It fires some points.
MilesMk1 (10:16:57 PM): (BTW, this is something I know rather less well than my character, so if I'm missing something obvious anyone more computer-savvy would do...)
MilesMk1 (10:17:55 PM): Like maybe a knowledge roll to see if I can tell anything about this thing, such as the very general type of device it is, etc.?
CirclMastr (10:18:19 PM): I bet it's a box
Umbrafer (10:18:28 PM): Go for it. Computers and Electronics and/or applicable knowledge skills.
MilesMk1 (10:19:05 PM): Ok... Computers.
MilesMk1 (10:19:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 1 5 2 2 1 5
MilesMk1 (10:19:18 PM): Electronics
MilesMk1 (10:19:21 PM): Roll-dice 8
MilesMk1 (10:19:25 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 1
MilesMk1 (10:19:28 PM): God...
Thematrian1 (10:19:33 PM): ::console::
MilesMk1 (10:19:38 PM): Electronics Knowledge
MilesMk1 (10:19:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 1 5 1 4 1 1
MilesMk1 (10:19:45 PM): Holy hell...
CirclMastr (10:19:48 PM): You know... it may just be a box at that!
CirclMastr (10:19:53 PM): But you aren't sure
Umbrafer (10:20:00 PM): Wow.
MilesMk1 (10:20:15 PM): He's tired. It's the lack of sleep.
MilesMk1 (10:20:26 PM): Is my Karma back?
Umbrafer (10:20:50 PM): It hasn't refreshed since the run, no. You can try again at +2, though.
MilesMk1 (10:20:55 PM): Ok...
MilesMk1 (10:20:59 PM): In same order.
MilesMk1 (10:21:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 5 4 6 3 1 5
MilesMk1 (10:21:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (10:21:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 1 2 2 2 6
MilesMk1 (10:21:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 6
MilesMk1 (10:21:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (10:21:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 1 2 3 4 3 2
Umbrafer (10:22:29 PM): You come up with three possibilities.
Umbrafer (10:23:22 PM): Correction: two possibilities
Thematrian1 (10:23:44 PM): (Possibility #3: it's a distraction, designed to drive mad whoever finds it)
Umbrafer (10:23:52 PM): (That is a valid third)
MilesMk1 (10:24:11 PM): (Yeah well... It better watch it, I have a tool laser...) ;)
Umbrafer (10:24:13 PM): One: the box could be some sort of key or other signaling device, where something hooked up to the conductive points could get some sort of signal. A key or an input device or something.
Umbrafer (10:24:20 PM): Oops
Thematrian1 (10:24:29 PM): (Oh God. It's the Great Key)
Umbrafer (10:24:32 PM): Can we tell who forgot the start of their post by the end of it?
Umbrafer (10:24:38 PM): (Great Key?)
Thematrian1 (10:25:00 PM): (It's another Lois McMaster Bujold reference, nothing SR)
MilesMk1 (10:25:17 PM): Heh... Watch out for the Cetagandan invasion.
CirclMastr (10:25:19 PM): (Your foreign devil authors confuse me)
Umbrafer (10:25:22 PM): Two: the box could potentially be looking for a signal. The conductive spots give a very short pulse, nothing more; it could want a response of some kind.
MilesMk1 (10:25:57 PM): Ok... I'll spend some time analyzing the signals I recorded, to try to get an idea of what sort of input it might want.
MilesMk1 (10:26:09 PM): Also, to see if there's any meaning to them, or pattern.
MilesMk1 (10:26:30 PM): Then a microscopic scan, then a nap.
Umbrafer (10:27:59 PM): Some of the buttons are consistent in which points they fire, others are not. They just produce a short and regular current.
Umbrafer (10:28:05 PM): Roll perception for the scan.
MilesMk1 (10:28:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 3 3 3
MilesMk1 (10:28:18 PM): grrr....
MilesMk1 (10:28:25 PM): Ok, time to get some sleep.
Umbrafer (10:29:25 PM): *Snoooore*
Umbrafer (10:29:35 PM): MacLeod? Actions?
CirclMastr (10:30:00 PM): Sit around the zoo playing on the Mac and trying not to bleed on anything important.
Umbrafer (10:30:40 PM): You fail to vid Acme Station. 3:00 approaches.
CirclMastr (10:31:03 PM): ...Is 3 significant? I thought we were meeting at 10
Thematrian1 (10:31:20 PM): we meet the J at 10, we meet one another at 3
CirclMastr (10:31:42 PM): Ah
MilesMk1 (10:31:43 PM): You... Live at the zoo?
CirclMastr (10:31:55 PM): Not an animal zoo.
Umbrafer (10:32:30 PM): Schröedinger's Zoo.
MilesMk1 (10:32:53 PM): Oh, good. I was worried for a moment we left you bleeding and homeless, to sit on a bench somewhere until the meet time comes...
CirclMastr (10:34:00 PM): Well, other than the zoo I AM homeless....
MilesMk1 (10:34:19 PM): Sad.
MilesMk1 (10:34:34 PM): Well, we are getting paid, hopefully...
MilesMk1 (10:35:18 PM): *gets his gear, as well as the black object (in a backpack) and the head (in a cooler) into his car and goes to pick people up as agreed*
Umbrafer (10:35:36 PM): Perception.
CirclMastr (10:35:46 PM): Everyone?
Umbrafer (10:36:17 PM): Just Glitch.
MilesMk1 (10:37:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 5 4 3 6
MilesMk1 (10:37:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (10:37:38 PM): You notice nothing in particular.
MilesMk1 (10:38:50 PM): *drive?*
Umbrafer (10:39:07 PM): *Drive drive drive*
Umbrafer (10:39:17 PM): Unless someone acts, you pick everyone up.
CirclMastr (10:39:23 PM): *Still bleeds* "Hey."
Thematrian1 (10:39:28 PM): "Hi guys"
CirclMastr (10:39:57 PM): "What's new?"
MilesMk1 (10:40:08 PM): "Hey. That thing is driving me nuts."
Thematrian1 (10:40:21 PM): "The head?"
MilesMk1 (10:40:39 PM): (assuming we're inside the car)
MilesMk1 (10:40:47 PM): "No, the other thing."
CirclMastr (10:40:53 PM): "The box?"
MilesMk1 (10:41:15 PM): *shares his theories on what it might be, along with the fact he hasn't gotten much done with it*
CirclMastr (10:41:25 PM): "Did you open it up?"
MilesMk1 (10:41:42 PM): "No, no obvious way of doing that, and I don't want to damage it."
CirclMastr (10:42:00 PM): "Didn't it have a seam? It's not a rock, it's got to open somewhere."
MilesMk1 (10:42:12 PM): "Found a number of conacts and touch controls... Maybe it needs the right key sequence to open."
Thematrian1 (10:42:15 PM): "Modern electronics; it might as well be."
MilesMk1 (10:42:37 PM): "It does have a seam, but no visible locks or hinges. None visible at microscopic magnification."
MilesMk1 (10:43:01 PM): "Although I am operating on very little sleep here, I might have missed something."
CirclMastr (10:43:07 PM): "Ask anyone else about it?"
MilesMk1 (10:44:37 PM): "I haven't been in Seattle that long... And I usually don't need to outsource electronics work, so I don't have anyone to ask... Other than going to my fixer and seeing if he can hook me up, but I figure Gem can
MilesMk1 (10:44:46 PM): probably find someone faster and better than I could."
CirclMastr (10:45:21 PM): "Ah well."
MilesMk1 (10:45:24 PM): "It's only been hours... We'll figure it out, I'm sure."
Thematrian1 (10:45:56 PM): "I'll ask. The hard part is finding someone to trust...I'd rather no one else knew about it."
MilesMk1 (10:47:26 PM): "I might buy some better tools, and see what I can do with that, as well. My current kit is not a shop."
MilesMk1 (10:47:34 PM): "So, surveillance?"
Thematrian1 (10:47:41 PM): "That, I'll gladly help with. Surveillance."
Thematrian1 (10:48:00 PM): Gem has brought a toy, in a big padded bag: her mini-blimp.
CirclMastr (10:48:37 PM): (Lack of toys makes me sad)
MilesMk1 (10:49:11 PM): (I brought a couple of different toys: A sniper rifle (well, such as they are, at chargen) and a grenade launcher. But they're in the back, safely stowed in cases.)
Umbrafer (10:49:14 PM): (MacLeod has a toy. It's pointy and sharp.)
MilesMk1 (10:50:06 PM): (Do my characters have a problem with guns? You'd tell me if they did, right? ;))
Umbrafer (10:50:29 PM): (Hehehe)
Umbrafer (10:51:03 PM): (After one of the players in my Saturday game (the Face, no less) went to a Weapons World and nearly bought the place out, I really don't have a problem with all your guns :) )
CirclMastr (10:51:21 PM): (Hehe)
Umbrafer (10:52:32 PM): (When you're the Face, it often genuinely is better to need it and not have it than to have it and not need it...)
Umbrafer (10:53:22 PM): Anyway. You're in the car driving... to the general area of the meet? Somewhere completely different? Nowhere?
Thematrian1 (10:53:38 PM): General area of the meet. We need to research sniping points &c
MilesMk1 (10:54:13 PM): *driving where Gem asks to be driven*
MilesMk1 (10:54:49 PM): (Car skillsoft chipped in, of course)
Thematrian1 (10:54:59 PM): Heh, the sniping is your idea and your speciality. You'll have to decide where a good place would be, though we can help you get in
CirclMastr (10:55:30 PM): "So either of you see the new Matrix movie?"
MilesMk1 (10:55:44 PM): Well, I thought you wanted to do some recon of your own? I need to know how close to get for your blimp and spirits.
MilesMk1 (10:55:54 PM): "Which one is that, again?"
Thematrian1 (10:55:57 PM): "I've not had time, still settling in."
Thematrian1 (10:56:27 PM): For the blimp I need someplace unoccupied within a few miles. The spirits I have always with me, though I'm no longer sure how to deploy them.
CirclMastr (10:56:33 PM): "I want to say 14. It's pretty banal."
MilesMk1 (10:56:46 PM): "Ah. Missed it, then."
Thematrian1 (10:56:52 PM): "Tell me you didn't pay for it, at least."
CirclMastr (10:56:55 PM): "Of course, they're all banal compared to the first one."
Umbrafer (10:57:09 PM): (Matrix: This Time We Swear It Won't Suck)
Umbrafer (10:57:33 PM): IIRC calling a spirit is just a complex action
Thematrian1 (10:57:37 PM): yep
CirclMastr (10:57:40 PM): (Matrix: We Won't Make You Look At Keanu Reeve's Naked Ass Again, We Promise)
Thematrian1 (10:57:50 PM): I'd watch that.
CirclMastr (10:58:26 PM): "Either of you seen the first one?"
Thematrian1 (10:58:59 PM): "No. I saw the...seventh, I think? The one with the tentacle monster. Anyway, it was uninspired."
MilesMk1 (10:59:34 PM): "Uh... Might have. Had a friend in high school who was into that kind of stuff. From what I remember, I'd fit right in, the way I usually dress when working."
Umbrafer (10:59:57 PM): (The (in)famous Agent Smith Tentacle Yaoi movie?)
CirclMastr (11:00:17 PM): "Everybody dresses like that nowadays, it's like how fashion goes retro and eventually comes back into style."
Thematrian1 (11:00:30 PM): (Great, now my brain is fleeing out my ear. Thanks a bunch)
MilesMk1 (11:00:48 PM): (Hugo Weaving with a prehensile penis(es)? Thanks for that image... Now I'll never be able to watch LotR again.)
Thematrian1 (11:01:15 PM): (I need some way to gouge out my mind's eye)
MilesMk1 (11:01:52 PM): (The metaphorical spoon?)
CirclMastr (11:02:02 PM): (Sadly, there is no spoon)
Thematrian1 (11:02:15 PM): (Yes there was, they showed it in number five)
CirclMastr (11:02:29 PM): (But they showed that five was just a dream sequence in eight)
Thematrian1 (11:03:04 PM): Ooookay then. Nice places for sniping near the intersection? What're things like, anyway?
Umbrafer (11:05:20 PM): Some semiabandoned former tenements. Most stuff on the ground is intact, but a lot of the upper floors of buildings are crumbling. Some decently active bars in the area, or rather they look like they see use during normal hours.
Umbrafer (11:05:27 PM): How close are you getting?
MilesMk1 (11:05:43 PM): I was thinking several blocks away from the target area?
Umbrafer (11:05:56 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (11:06:14 PM): It's away from the bars, but not too far away. Casual wanderers aren't likely to stumble upon it yet. Perception?
Thematrian1 (11:06:18 PM): all?
Umbrafer (11:07:11 PM): All who are looking at the area
Thematrian1 (11:07:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 3 1 1
Thematrian1 (11:07:21 PM): ooh, bunnies!
MilesMk1 (11:07:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 4 2 3
MilesMk1 (11:07:45 PM): Fuzzy bunnies!
Thematrian1 (11:07:59 PM): (down to you, MacLeod)
CirclMastr (11:09:09 PM): (Should I make up a number or what?)
MilesMk1 (11:09:23 PM): You have a 4.
MilesMk1 (11:09:28 PM): I'm pretty sure.
Thematrian1 (11:09:31 PM): you have...right, a 4
Thematrian1 (11:09:40 PM): or, have been rolling 4 dice, at any rate
Umbrafer (11:09:56 PM): 4.
CirclMastr (11:10:51 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 1 1 5
Umbrafer (11:11:17 PM): The skies abound with fuzzy bunnies and pink polka-dots.
Umbrafer (11:11:55 PM): Nah. Seriously, there are some taller areas that could potentially hold snipers, but you can't tell if any of them do, if any of them really have a clear shot, or if any of them are structurally sound.
CirclMastr (11:12:03 PM): *Sees that Glitch is a naked albino gnome in a big rubber suit*
Umbrafer (11:12:09 PM): Snipers tend to work best when not falling five or six stories.
Thematrian1 (11:12:22 PM): (...naked...rubber suit? Wow)
MilesMk1 (11:14:08 PM): "Well, it's your call - would you rather I tried to set up somewhere with a shot at the place, or just go with you to the meet? Or lurk in the shadows nearby?"
CirclMastr (11:14:39 PM): "I'm not even sure where I'm supposed to be."
Thematrian1 (11:14:50 PM): Would a city spirit be smart enough to be able to figure out on its own whether or not a building is structurally sound?
MilesMk1 (11:15:17 PM): "Where would you like to be? I thought you'd want to be in melee range, no?"
Umbrafer (11:15:32 PM): Hm. It would at least have a chance to, I'd say.
Thematrian1 (11:15:48 PM): "I'd like you by my side, if possible."
CirclMastr (11:16:00 PM): "Yeah, but I don't think the Johnson would like the face showing up with a little kid."
Thematrian1 (11:16:22 PM): (MacLeod was at the original meet, wasn't he?)
CirclMastr (11:16:57 PM): (I have NO memory of the original meet)
Umbrafer (11:17:04 PM): IIRC, he was. Got some strange looks, a strange comment (to which he replied snarkily), and then was mostly ignored as a "well, they're runners, what do you expect?" sort of thing.
CirclMastr (11:17:08 PM): (It's possible MacLeod was there and I wasn't)
MilesMk1 (11:17:19 PM): (MacLeod was there.)
Umbrafer (11:17:23 PM): Not so much a strange comment as a comment on his age.
Thematrian1 (11:17:38 PM): "We can dare him to comment. Under the circumstances, I don't think he will."
Thematrian1 (11:17:41 PM): ::satisfied::
CirclMastr (11:17:53 PM): "Alright."
MilesMk1 (11:18:37 PM): "Have you ever thought about... I don't know, cosmetic surgery? Or would that just... heal, like you said everything else does?"
CirclMastr (11:20:23 PM): "What kind of surgery could I get to not look 12? Dislocate my legs and shove broomsticks in my femurs?"
MilesMk1 (11:21:07 PM): (How tall is MacLeod, again? Glitch is only 151cm, so it's not like he's making short jokes, here.)
Thematrian1 (11:21:10 PM): while they bicker: "Spirits of the cold concrete, stand forward."
Thematrian1 (11:21:14 PM): F4 city spirit:
Thematrian1 (11:21:17 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 1 1 4
Thematrian1 (11:21:20 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 6 4 6 5 3
Umbrafer (11:21:40 PM): The spirits of the cold concrete stand forward, I do believe.
Thematrian1 (11:21:49 PM): (3 successes, no drain)
CirclMastr (11:22:05 PM): (How tall are 12 year olds? MAYBE 4 feet?)
Thematrian1 (11:22:29 PM): (One sec)
MilesMk1 (11:22:50 PM): (No way... I was 5'8" when I was 14...)
Thematrian1 (11:23:21 PM): (I was 5'1'' at 12, but I was sort of tall for my age. YMMV, I'm looking for stats now)
Umbrafer (11:23:24 PM): (Pre-pubescent and 12, probably mid-four feet to low five feet))
Umbrafer (11:23:28 PM): *-)
MilesMk1 (11:24:04 PM): 59 inches is the average at 12, so sayeth the web.
MilesMk1 (11:24:26 PM): So glitch is about as tall as an average 12 year old, too.
Thematrian1 (11:24:50 PM): ::nod:: If he was short when he got zapped-or-whatever, it could look odd...and of course his proportions are wrong for a short adult.
CirclMastr (11:24:53 PM): (So not quite five feet)
CirclMastr (11:25:07 PM): (And yeah, not the same proportions)
MilesMk1 (11:25:41 PM): (Still more human than a human-looking dwarf, for example...)
MilesMk1 (11:25:47 PM): (Anyway...)
Umbrafer (11:26:43 PM): (Eat a lot, grow a fake beard, alter your vocal cords to lower your voice)
CirclMastr (11:26:46 PM): "I'm not even sure if it would take or not."
MilesMk1 (11:26:53 PM): (If you were 5'1" at 12, how tall are you now?)
CirclMastr (11:27:03 PM): (As tall as you are)
Thematrian1 (11:27:12 PM): (6'3'')
MilesMk1 (11:27:20 PM): (I meant Seiler. ;))
MilesMk1 (11:27:40 PM): (Damn it... Now I have to kill you for being taller than me.)
Umbrafer (11:27:52 PM): (...How tall were you three or four years ago?)
CirclMastr (11:27:54 PM): (Well, I'm 6'2" so you might have to kill me too)
Thematrian1 (11:27:58 PM): (Note to self: change address)
Thematrian1 (11:28:01 PM): (Moi? 6'1'', ish)
MilesMk1 (11:28:22 PM): (I'm 6'1" too.)
Umbrafer (11:28:27 PM): (I distinctly remember you as having been the shortest person at the RPG marathon, but I'm only 6'0")
Thematrian1 (11:28:35 PM): (Oh. Huh)
Thematrian1 (11:28:40 PM): (Anyway)
Umbrafer (11:28:44 PM): (The first one, at least)
Umbrafer (11:28:48 PM): (Ah well)
CirclMastr (11:28:51 PM): (He's lying about his height! Stone him!)
Umbrafer (11:29:06 PM): The spirit of cold concrete puffs some smog into the air.
MilesMk1 (11:29:27 PM): But I'm probably heavier than you, so there! I mean... Uh...
Umbrafer (11:30:09 PM): The place is spotty, astrally speaking, with intermittent patches of background count floating around. It still looks downright rosy compared to earlier.
CirclMastr (11:30:29 PM): "So, did the spirit come out normal this time?"
Thematrian1 (11:30:54 PM): "Oh spirit. Find <the intersection>, and all the buildings that look down on it. Find those that are structurally stable, then return to me and tell me of them."
Thematrian1 (11:31:08 PM): ::defocus:: "Yes. This place is much, much better."
Thematrian1 (11:31:24 PM): "I wouldn't dare give instructions like that to a sky spirit, but this falls squarely within the spirit's domain."
Umbrafer (11:32:07 PM): It clomps off to do your bidding, which is rather odd given that it's not actually on the ground.
Umbrafer (11:33:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 6 5 6 1 5 4 3 2 1 2 1 2
Umbrafer (11:33:18 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 6 5 4 5 2 5 4 4 1 6 3 2 4 6
Umbrafer (11:33:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 6 3 5 4 1 1 5 1 3 5 3 6
Umbrafer (11:33:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 5 5 2 3 4 3 2 1
CirclMastr (11:34:05 PM): *Continues trying not to bleed on the car*
Umbrafer (11:34:42 PM): Any actions before the spirit's return?
Thematrian1 (11:35:13 PM): I'm good.
CirclMastr (11:35:22 PM): "Am I going to have to carry the head?"
Thematrian1 (11:35:40 PM): "I think that would be best." ::big smile::
CirclMastr (11:35:56 PM): ::shudders a bit::
Thematrian1 (11:36:15 PM): "After all, you're the one who cut it off"
Umbrafer (11:36:55 PM): The spirit tromps back.
MilesMk1 (11:37:03 PM): (You're not bleeding... You might be bloody, but I bandaged you. And would again, if it wasn't enough. :P)
Thematrian1 (11:37:15 PM): ::focus::
CirclMastr (11:37:21 PM): (Heh)
Umbrafer (11:37:29 PM): "That one, that one, and that one. Sorta."
Thematrian1 (11:38:00 PM): "Sorta? How so?"
Umbrafer (11:39:15 PM): "Sorta. That one stable, but... not too stable. You know?"
Umbrafer (11:39:23 PM): You notice that the spirit has an accent that you can't quite place.
Umbrafer (11:40:04 PM): How heavy is Glitch?
Thematrian1 (11:40:08 PM): "So the very stable ones are " ::pointing:: "that one, and that one?"
MilesMk1 (11:40:15 PM): 57kg
Umbrafer (11:40:30 PM): And MacLeod?
MilesMk1 (11:40:36 PM): He's as tall as a typical 12 year old, and weighs about 15 pounds more.
CirclMastr (11:40:42 PM): Less, I imagine
Umbrafer (11:41:15 PM): "Him, it could hold. Him... maybe, maybe not.
Umbrafer (11:41:18 PM): *"
Umbrafer (11:41:36 PM): As is so often the case, the maybe one is the one closest, with the best angle.
Thematrian1 (11:42:27 PM): "But those two buildings " ::again with the pointing:: "could hold either?"
MilesMk1 (11:42:35 PM): "Is he saying the whole thing might come down, or just that parts of it might break?"
MilesMk1 (11:42:45 PM): "The latter, right?"
Umbrafer (11:43:06 PM): "Could. Most of it could. Watch your step."
Thematrian1 (11:43:09 PM): (Once I get an answer, I relay that question too)
MilesMk1 (11:43:19 PM): "Umm... One of the others it is."
Umbrafer (11:43:26 PM): "Hmm... no more than the top floor or two."
MilesMk1 (11:45:03 PM): "So, do we want me up there? I mean, I'll go, but I can also stay close if you're more comfortable with that."
MilesMk1 (11:45:19 PM): "Go to one of the stable ones, I mean."
Thematrian1 (11:46:02 PM): "Let's go with the stable ones. If it comes down to shooting, having someone the enemy can't get at is more valuable."
CirclMastr (11:46:49 PM): (brb, nature calls)
MilesMk1 (11:48:11 PM): "Ok... I'll start getting ready, then. You guys want to hold on to the car, and drive it up to the meet, I assume?"
Thematrian1 (11:48:49 PM): "If you're willing to have it involved. The alternative is to just walk away, trusting the spirits to watch our collective back."
Umbrafer (11:49:35 PM): You've got two stable ones to choose from. One has a better angle; the other is, accordingly, a somewhat harder return shot. There's some structure of the upper floors in both cases, which could provide cover.
MilesMk1 (11:49:53 PM): "If the shit hits the fan, trying to get away on foot... Nah, take the car."
CirclMastr (11:50:18 PM): (Back)
Thematrian1 (11:50:38 PM): ::nod::
MilesMk1 (11:50:41 PM): I'm going to be very hard to see, at a distance, behind any kind of cover... I'll take the good angle, I think.
CirclMastr (11:50:45 PM): "I'm used to walking anyway."
Thematrian1 (11:50:55 PM): ::chips Unarmed and Car::
MilesMk1 (11:51:48 PM): "There's a, uh... grenade launcher in the back, if either of you guys want it handy."
MilesMk1 (11:52:23 PM): "Or I guess I could take it with me, but that'd get heavy..."
Thematrian1 (11:52:26 PM): ::to MacLeod:: "Do you know how to drive?"
Thematrian1 (11:52:42 PM): the question is, who'd use it?"
CirclMastr (11:52:51 PM): "Not so much, no."
MilesMk1 (11:53:25 PM): "What are your wires rated for?"
Thematrian1 (11:54:25 PM): "Mine? Plenty, and I have an Expert. But I'd hoped to be the one talking."
Umbrafer (11:54:29 PM): (Fifteen amps, why?)
Umbrafer (11:54:36 PM): (*"")
CirclMastr (11:55:09 PM): "If trouble starts, we can get away on foot, don't worry about it."
MilesMk1 (11:55:32 PM): "Fair enough... Well, it's there if something happens."
Thematrian1 (11:56:06 PM): "Spirits can greatly accelerate our movements, if we need it. With proper preparation, we'll be safe."
MilesMk1 (11:56:26 PM): "Great... Well, let me get set up, then."
MilesMk1 (11:57:11 PM): *Stops the car somewehre he can get out unobserved and sneak to the target building* (assuming it's still not too early)
MilesMk1 (11:57:38 PM): "I'm leaving the black box in the car."
Umbrafer (11:57:43 PM): At this point unless I missed something it's still no later than four-thirty or so.
MilesMk1 (11:57:58 PM): Ok... I'll wait a while, then.
Thematrian1 (11:58:12 PM): Seven?
MilesMk1 (11:58:17 PM): Sure.
MilesMk1 (11:58:25 PM): It'll give me a chance to scan the area.
Thematrian1 (11:58:29 PM): Meanwhile, I want to get a sense of what the normal traffic is for this area. Who lives here, if anyone?
Thematrian1 (11:58:38 PM): in fact...
MilesMk1 (11:59:43 PM): (Getting dressed in Ruthenium, taking a silenced rifle and heavy pistol, shock gloves, multi-tool, not much else, this being ruined buildings - unless they have locked doors...)
MilesMk1 (11:59:58 PM): (these being)
Umbrafer (12:00:29 AM): *Waits for the end of the "in fact..."*
Umbrafer (12:00:59 AM): The bottom floors aren't so ruined. The damage only gets pronounced up above floor three or four (four, in this particular case)
Thematrian1 (12:01:04 AM): "Oh spirit of the cold concrete: tell me about all the people within two blocks of <intersection>"
MilesMk1 (12:01:55 AM): Are these buildings climbeable, or does it look like I'll have to break in?
Umbrafer (12:02:50 AM): Hm. The one you're looking at would be a tough climb. Impossible, were it not for your augmentations.
Umbrafer (12:03:11 AM): Mostly slightly pitted brick up until the really broken parts start.
MilesMk1 (12:03:27 AM): Ok, so I guess I'll take my B&E tools as well, and use staircases. No fire escapes?
Umbrafer (12:04:50 AM): There is one. It's mostly torn off of the building, but you could give it a shot.
MilesMk1 (12:06:07 AM): Ok... waiting for 7:00
CirclMastr (12:06:51 AM): "So, Gem..."
Thematrian1 (12:06:58 AM): "...yes?"
CirclMastr (12:07:47 AM): "I can't help but wonder how much of what I've told you, you believe."
Umbrafer (12:08:32 AM): (MacLeod isn't bleeding profusely, but at this point his bandages are probably still soaking through every so often)
Thematrian1 (12:09:44 AM): ::shrug:: "This is a world where I can conjure up an anthropomorphic idealization of a garbage can to do my scouting for me. I believe that you were born when you say you were, and I know you're a skilled fighter."
Thematrian1 (12:09:51 AM): "But I do think that you can die."
CirclMastr (12:10:13 AM): "And about the surgical difficulties?"
Thematrian1 (12:10:45 AM): ::smile::
Umbrafer (12:11:56 AM): Perception, everyone.
Thematrian1 (12:12:06 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 3 5 4
CirclMastr (12:12:10 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 2
CirclMastr (12:12:17 AM): (Look, my eyes work again!)
Umbrafer (12:12:37 AM): Also, if you've got hearing mods list 'em off again.
CirclMastr (12:12:45 AM): (Nein)
Thematrian1 (12:12:52 AM): (Nada)
MilesMk1 (12:13:09 AM): Hearing amp and spatial recognizer
MilesMk1 (12:13:16 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 2 4 3 5
Umbrafer (12:13:48 AM): You hear, from above and off to one side, the thwip-thwip-thwip of a relatively small rotor.
Umbrafer (12:14:29 AM): (At this point it's still about 6:00. I assume you've stayed where you are, give or take?)
MilesMk1 (12:14:36 AM): Small rotorcraft incoming from *names direction*
MilesMk1 (12:14:53 AM): Does it sound close (or do I think it's withing LOS)?
MilesMk1 (12:15:14 AM): within
Umbrafer (12:15:36 AM): It sounds like it's either seventy or fifty-five meters away, the sound is bouncing oddly, but it seems to be generally approaching.
Thematrian1 (12:15:45 AM): ::Gem and her bag visit an alley. Then up goes the drone. I want it to look for other drones.::
Umbrafer (12:15:51 AM): And it's beyond the nearby buildings.
Umbrafer (12:16:01 AM): Sensors.
Thematrian1 (12:16:18 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 6 3
Thematrian1 (12:16:26 AM): (It is 5, right?)
Thematrian1 (12:16:30 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
MilesMk1 (12:16:50 AM): *Ok, I'm stepping out before it gets here*
MilesMk1 (12:17:07 AM): (Make those *'s #'s)
Umbrafer (12:17:43 AM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (12:17:51 AM): (Which is the blimp you're using again?)
MilesMk1 (12:18:20 AM): *fades into shadows, preferably somewhere without a good LOS to the sky.*
Thematrian1 (12:20:37 AM): (Oh, I'm a failure. The blimp has sensors 1, not 5)
Thematrian1 (12:20:42 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (12:20:53 AM): (Doot doot)
Umbrafer (12:21:06 AM): (How high are you getting?)
Umbrafer (12:21:17 AM): (Establishing LOS or trying to stay low?
MilesMk1 (12:21:22 AM): (No VCR? How could you!)
Umbrafer (12:21:27 AM): *)
Thematrian1 (12:21:37 AM): (Meh, riggerdeckermages are hard ;-))
Umbrafer (12:22:40 AM): (Can I get a call on the LOS issue?)
Thematrian1 (12:22:45 AM): LOS
Umbrafer (12:23:26 AM): Well, the blimp establishes a sensor lock. It's not too big, not too small; maybe in the general small metahuman size range.
Umbrafer (12:23:51 AM): Taking a look at it through passive sensors?
Thematrian1 (12:23:57 AM): is it glitch?
Thematrian1 (12:24:08 AM): yes, yes I am
Umbrafer (12:24:11 AM): Unless Glitch is up in the air, no.
Thematrian1 (12:24:20 AM): ah, ok. Yes, I look at it passively
Umbrafer (12:24:40 AM): Roll some sort of drone or security knowledge skill
Thematrian1 (12:24:55 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 6 1
Thematrian1 (12:24:58 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (12:25:30 AM): It's a Strato-9.
Thematrian1 (12:25:43 AM): with machine-gun?
Thematrian1 (12:25:53 AM): where is it relative to Glitch?
Umbrafer (12:27:07 AM): Is Glitch in position? It's slightly before 7:00
Umbrafer (12:27:15 AM): Wait, cancel that
Umbrafer (12:27:27 AM): He was. It's heading towards him, but not directly towards him.
MilesMk1 (12:27:43 AM): I am?
Thematrian1 (12:28:05 AM): #Glitch, it's a strato-9. With machine gun. Heading for you, more or less.#
Umbrafer (12:28:07 AM): Er? I thought you said you were, sorry. It's slightly before 7:00; are you or no?
Umbrafer (12:28:16 AM): It's looping slightly, but looks like it will pass near him.
MilesMk1 (12:28:27 AM): Sure, I'll be in cover.
MilesMk1 (12:28:41 AM): If I can hear it, trying to maximize my cover vs. it.
Umbrafer (12:28:48 AM): *Nods*
MilesMk1 (12:28:50 AM): I mean, in position.
Umbrafer (12:28:55 AM): The echoes get less confusing quickly.
Thematrian1 (12:29:05 AM): #It doesn't seem to be approaching you specifically, more making a search sweep.#
MilesMk1 (12:29:17 AM): Oh, and I put the gun down somewhere out of sight.
MilesMk1 (12:29:45 AM): So that I'm not the very picture of a lone assassin...
Umbrafer (12:29:49 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 2 2 1 3
Umbrafer (12:29:51 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 2 1
Umbrafer (12:29:54 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 1 6 5 6
Umbrafer (12:30:01 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 3 2
MilesMk1 (12:30:02 AM): Oh, crap.
Umbrafer (12:30:07 AM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 3 5 5
Umbrafer (12:30:54 AM): Mmkay. It continues looping around, though it starts to ascend slightly. Taking any action? It looks like it will pass some ten meters from you horizontally (though it'll have about five or so meters on you vertically)
MilesMk1 (12:31:19 AM): Action? Hmm... Yeah, make sure there's a wall between me and it. ;)
Umbrafer (12:31:29 AM): You do so :)
Umbrafer (12:31:33 AM): Anyone else doing anything?
Thematrian1 (12:31:52 AM): I tell MacLeod about these developments, but neither of us can really...wait
Thematrian1 (12:32:07 AM): "Spirit of the cold concrete, I want from you one more favor."
Thematrian1 (12:32:10 AM): (This is my last one)
Thematrian1 (12:32:41 AM): "Go to the person <Glitch's description> and Conceal him."
Umbrafer (12:33:31 AM): "You got it, ma'am."
Thematrian1 (12:33:36 AM): ::chuckle::
Umbrafer (12:33:41 AM): *Stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp*
Thematrian1 (12:34:11 AM): ::to no one in particular:: "How do they manage to stomp in mid-air?"
Umbrafer (12:34:15 AM): Glitch fails to notice himself for a few minutes.
CirclMastr (12:34:24 AM): "Magic, of course." ::grin:: "Got a swimming pool at your place?"
Thematrian1 (12:34:51 AM): "A tank of reserve drinking water, but it's close enough."
MilesMk1 (12:35:15 AM): How long does the conceal last, anyway?
Thematrian1 (12:35:34 AM): (Force minutes?)
CirclMastr (12:35:53 AM): (As long as the spirit wants it to)
Umbrafer (12:35:57 AM): (I don't remember. Since this is the last service, the spirit might just keep doing it until dismissed or sundown)
Umbrafer (12:36:02 AM): (Yep)
MilesMk1 (12:36:25 AM): Do I really look any diferent to myself?
Umbrafer (12:37:14 AM): A little more drab, a little dingier, perhaps a bit more brick-coloured. Hard to tell.
MilesMk1 (12:38:06 AM): (I look like brick-colored nothing? :) I wonder how Ruthenium and that interact... I'm sure it helps, either way.)
CirclMastr (12:38:44 AM): "Know anyplace we could go for a private dip?"
Umbrafer (12:38:57 AM): (Masher! ;)
Umbrafer (12:39:00 AM): *)
Umbrafer (12:39:08 AM): (Or are you doing the bathtub demonstration again?)
CirclMastr (12:39:10 AM): (lol)
Thematrian1 (12:39:12 AM): ::sideways look:: "Not offhand. I'd be interested, if you find one. Seattle's too dry for me."
Umbrafer (12:39:47 AM): The Strato does a wide, lazy circle, then flies off into the distance towards more respectable parts of town.
CirclMastr (12:39:49 AM): "I'd settle for a bathtub."
Thematrian1 (12:40:03 AM): "That, I have."
CirclMastr (12:41:43 AM): "Care to stop off there after we finish this business?"
Umbrafer (12:41:48 AM): The Strato leaves at about seven-fifty.
Thematrian1 (12:41:58 AM): blimp follows
Thematrian1 (12:42:08 AM): high and far as I can manage and not lose the tail
MilesMk1 (12:42:39 AM): #I just hope that doesn't mean they have another, harder to spot drone around, and we missed it because we were looking at that hunk of metal.#
Thematrian1 (12:44:30 AM): What's it doing?
Umbrafer (12:44:49 AM): Still looping and circling lazily, heading in towards Bellevue.
Umbrafer (12:45:19 AM): Perception.
Thematrian1 (12:45:22 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 3 2 2 2
Umbrafer (12:45:50 AM): You can't identify any specific destination. How long are you tailing it for?
Thematrian1 (12:46:25 AM): Meh. It probably spotted me.
Thematrian1 (12:46:34 AM): 10 minutes after it leaves our area.
Umbrafer (12:46:51 AM): Perception again.
Thematrian1 (12:47:06 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 3 2 3 3
Thematrian1 (12:47:09 AM): ::weep::
Umbrafer (12:47:18 AM): You determine nothing in particular.
Umbrafer (12:48:39 AM): Any further actions?
Thematrian1 (12:49:01 AM): ::sigh:: No. I bring it back, set it down. When unobserved, I bring it in.
Umbrafer (12:49:29 AM): You reel it in.
Umbrafer (12:50:20 AM): Perception from everyone twice if you're just going to wait for the meet.
CirclMastr (12:51:32 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 1
CirclMastr (12:51:35 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 3
MilesMk1 (12:51:38 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 3 2 6 3
CirclMastr (12:51:40 AM): Yay, I suck
MilesMk1 (12:51:42 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (12:51:46 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (12:51:52 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 1 1 4 2
MilesMk1 (12:51:54 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 6 5 6
Thematrian1 (12:51:56 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 1 2 1 4 3
MilesMk1 (12:51:58 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 6
MilesMk1 (12:52:02 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (12:52:18 AM): 14,5
MilesMk1 (12:52:33 AM): and 17,11
Thematrian1 (12:52:35 AM): yay, glitch
Umbrafer (12:53:21 AM): Glitch notices the sound of another flyby off in the distance at one point. He also notices a very small object flitting about in the night sky.
MilesMk1 (12:54:36 AM): *tries to determine what that object is with vision magnification*
MilesMk1 (12:54:48 AM): *informs Gem of these developments*
Umbrafer (12:55:46 AM): Roll a knowledge skill default.
MilesMk1 (12:57:08 AM): I have College Education, BTW.
MilesMk1 (12:57:11 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 1 6 1 2 6
Umbrafer (12:57:14 AM): I know
MilesMk1 (12:57:17 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 5
MilesMk1 (12:57:30 AM): Sorry, it's just been a while, making sure. ;)
Umbrafer (12:58:04 AM): It looks living, though you can't quite tell. It could potentially be a microdrone of some sort, or a paracritter.
CirclMastr (12:58:30 AM): (It's God)
MilesMk1 (12:58:43 AM): *relays that, too*
Thematrian1 (12:59:26 AM): ::passes it on::
Umbrafer (1:01:45 AM): It flutters around a bit unless anyone does anything, then comes to roost in one of the other buildings nearby.
Thematrian1 (1:02:42 AM): ::resists the urge to sic her champion piece of microcircuitry on a pigeon::
Thematrian1 (1:03:33 AM): So...10?
MilesMk1 (1:04:11 AM): I just keep an eye on where it landed, and if it starts up again.
Umbrafer (1:04:13 AM): Unless anyone does further things, the specified time arrives.
MilesMk1 (1:04:30 AM): I get my gun, but won't aim it at anyone unless actually about to shoot.
Umbrafer (1:04:33 AM): It does indeed occasionally flutter out, around, and back in. It occasionally darts after something you can't see.
Umbrafer (1:04:56 AM): At 9:40, a car pulls up to the specified location.
MilesMk1 (1:04:59 AM): (We're probably freaking out over some animal hunting bugs...)
Thematrian1 (1:05:15 AM): Watcher
Thematrian1 (1:05:18 AM): F5
Thematrian1 (1:05:21 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 3 6 5 4
Thematrian1 (1:05:23 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 5 4 5 3 5 6 1
Thematrian1 (1:05:45 AM): Got it.
Thematrian1 (1:05:51 AM): Can we see who's inside?
Umbrafer (1:06:08 AM): *Whomp* No, you can't. Fully tinted, and when it pulls up it kills its lights.
CirclMastr (1:06:31 AM): Whomp?
Umbrafer (1:06:43 AM): That was the Watcher arriving
Thematrian1 (1:09:36 AM): "Go, observe the people in that car, and describe them to me."
Umbrafer (1:09:51 AM): "Do I have to?"
Thematrian1 (1:10:14 AM): "Yes you do, young...thing."
CirclMastr (1:10:31 AM): (Thing?)
Umbrafer (1:11:19 AM): "Fine." It sulks off towards the car.
Thematrian1 (1:11:48 AM): "A spirit's personality is defined by its location. This is a place for teenagers who aren't as cool as they think they are."
Umbrafer (1:13:13 AM): The spirit sulks back.
Umbrafer (1:13:22 AM): 'A bright guy, a dark guy, and a... guy."
Thematrian1 (1:13:38 AM): "Tell me about the bright guy"
Umbrafer (1:14:19 AM): "He didn't look at me. I think he was busy"
Thematrian1 (1:14:50 AM): "Who did look at you?"
Umbrafer (1:15:12 AM): "No one. Well, the dark guy, but I don't think he was looking at me."
Thematrian1 (1:15:41 AM): I endeavor to throttle more information about the guys out of my watcher
Umbrafer (1:16:37 AM): What sort of information?
Thematrian1 (1:16:56 AM): better physical descriptions: in particular, is one of them the J?
Umbrafer (1:17:36 AM): Keeping in mind that Watchers cannot manifest, did you get a look at the J's aura to describe to the little guy?
Thematrian1 (1:18:13 AM): aye; one of the first things I did IIRC
Umbrafer (1:18:29 AM): *Nods* Roll Instruction or default.
Thematrian1 (1:18:34 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 1 2 3 1 6 6 5
Thematrian1 (1:18:37 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
Umbrafer (1:18:50 AM): (Default, I assume?)
Thematrian1 (1:18:52 AM): oh yeah
Umbrafer (1:19:07 AM): He does not recognize the aura you described in there.
Thematrian1 (1:19:25 AM): #Three guys in the car. According to my watcher, the J is not among them.#
MilesMk1 (1:20:14 AM): #Well, we're still 20 minutes early, right?#
MilesMk1 (1:20:24 AM): #I'll keep an eye on them.#
Thematrian1 (1:20:27 AM): #Indeed#
Umbrafer (1:20:30 AM): (At this point probably more like ten or fifteen)
Umbrafer (1:22:24 AM): Eight minutes.
Thematrian1 (1:22:40 AM): Just hanging out? I don't like this at all.
Umbrafer (1:23:53 AM): Five minutes.
Thematrian1 (1:25:07 AM): #Ok, facts as we know them: somebody with J's phone behaves suspiciously on the phone. J does not show up, others do. Is this the way people do business in Seattle?#
MilesMk1 (1:26:01 AM): #Not in my experience.#
Umbrafer (1:26:16 AM): (Nitpick: the J gave you a number to contact, he didn't specify whose number. Not that it isn't still suspicious.)
MilesMk1 (1:27:54 AM): #Do we wait, or do we split?#
CirclMastr (1:28:06 AM): *Can't hear any of it*
MilesMk1 (1:28:36 AM): (we'll remedy that after this run)
CirclMastr (1:28:46 AM): (Yep)
Thematrian1 (1:28:55 AM): "The choice is to stay or go, based on <suspicious circumstances>"
Umbrafer (1:31:59 AM): Four minutes.
CirclMastr (1:32:39 AM): "They're obviously waiting for us to make the first move. Let's push them into showing their hands first."
Thematrian1 (1:32:54 AM): "All right. Restricting their ability to retreat: good or bad?"
MilesMk1 (1:33:10 AM): (Do I hear this?)
CirclMastr (1:33:22 AM): "I don't think we should take action just yet..."
Thematrian1 (1:33:32 AM): #<same question>#
MilesMk1 (1:34:50 AM): "Is restricting their ability to retreat going to be perceived as hostile by them?"
Thematrian1 (1:35:48 AM): #It's a subtle effect. They won't even notice it unless they try to leave. If they do, they'll discover that their car moves at a brisk walking pace.#
MilesMk1 (1:36:17 AM): #Hmm... Sure, why not?#
Thematrian1 (1:36:59 AM): Ok. I call upon my F6 Sky Spirit, and tell it to restrict the movement of the car until I dismiss it.
Umbrafer (1:37:24 AM): *Vmp*
Thematrian1 (1:37:57 AM): #So. Me, MacLeod, and a bag? If they kill us, please take revenge.#
MilesMk1 (1:39:13 AM): #Cooler. Will do... Try to approach the car from my side, it'll make it easier for me to help if they start something?#
Thematrian1 (1:39:42 AM): "So. Time to have a little faith, eh?"
MilesMk1 (1:39:48 AM): (Uh... Just ignore that "?")
Umbrafer (1:39:52 AM): Minute and a half now.
CirclMastr (1:40:16 AM): "If anything starts, get behind me."
Thematrian1 (1:41:08 AM): Stand, saunter toward the car. MacLeod has the cooler?
CirclMastr (1:41:41 AM): Indeed.
Thematrian1 (1:42:05 AM): we stay on Glitch's side of the car, whichever that is
Umbrafer (1:42:30 AM): You saunter. Shortly after you heave into view, the read door away from you opens and out steps a man. What vision mods do you two have again?
CirclMastr (1:42:39 AM): (Nein)
Thematrian1 (1:42:55 AM): Recorder, which is rolling.
Thematrian1 (1:43:48 AM): other than that, nada
Umbrafer (1:44:04 AM): You can tell nothing else about him, then. The area's quite dim. The car shifts position slightly; it's now pointed towards you. The headlights come on, and the man walks in front of them.
MilesMk1 (1:44:20 AM): Can I tell something?
Umbrafer (1:44:31 AM): Something=what?
MilesMk1 (1:45:25 AM): Can I tell anything about the guy?
Umbrafer (1:45:50 AM): He's definitely not the same guy from the meet. Perception if you want more
MilesMk1 (1:46:06 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 5 2 4 4
MilesMk1 (1:46:11 AM): I hate you.
Umbrafer (1:46:44 AM): Nothing in particular. Well-dressed, gloves, shades, nicely-combed hair.
CirclMastr (1:46:46 AM): ;_;
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Thematrian1 (1:47:42 AM): bah. Someone save the log for me?
CirclMastr (1:47:56 AM): Alright
Umbrafer (1:48:00 AM): Sure
Umbrafer (1:49:48 AM): You walk on up. He glances at the cooler, then back at you.
Thematrian1 (1:50:16 AM): "We have it." ::reach over, open the cooler, show him the head::
Umbrafer (1:51:19 AM): He looks at it, gestures for you to slide the cooler towards him.
Umbrafer (1:51:36 AM): You notice that as soon as the cooler comes forward he does get closer to you.
Thematrian1 (1:51:40 AM): ::shrug, nod::
Thematrian1 (1:51:50 AM): assense him
Thematrian1 (1:51:54 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 3 2 3
CirclMastr (1:51:58 AM): (I pray to God you ask to see the cash)
MilesMk1 (1:52:04 AM): (You know... When you have a severed head on you, isn't it usually best ot let the other guy ask to see it first, to avoid misunderstandings?)
Thematrian1 (1:52:14 AM): (It's not like they can get away without paying)
Thematrian1 (1:52:21 AM): (You know...that's an excellent point)
Umbrafer (1:52:31 AM): Two successes is what, general well-being and mental state?
Thematrian1 (1:52:44 AM): and essence relative to my own, yeah
Umbrafer (1:52:54 AM): What's your essence again?
Thematrian1 (1:53:03 AM): uh...4
Umbrafer (1:53:50 AM): His is higher. He's also slightly apprehensive but not all that much, and is mostly healthy. There are some spots near his heart; you wonder if he might not have high blood pressure.
Thematrian1 (1:54:49 AM): "Now that you've seen the goods..." ::lets it hang suggestively::
Umbrafer (1:55:24 AM): He reaches slowly into a pocket, keeping the other hand open and visible.
Umbrafer (1:56:36 AM): Slides out a credstick.
Thematrian1 (1:56:52 AM): everything slow and easy, no sudden movements here
Umbrafer (1:56:55 AM): Lays it on the ground, slides out another.
CirclMastr (1:57:09 AM): (Which is set to explode)
Umbrafer (1:57:13 AM): Lays it beside the first, slides his hand back into his pocket.
Umbrafer (1:57:26 AM): Slides out another.
Umbrafer (1:58:02 AM): Unless anyone interrupts, by the time he's done there's a neat little row of seven credsticks on the ground. He then backs towards the car and leans casually on the hood.
Thematrian1 (1:58:42 AM): slowly, casually, gather up the credsticks.
MilesMk1 (1:58:58 AM): #Who the hell are these guys? They act like they've never dealt with runners before. I mean, the last guy I saw act like this was feeding a lion in a movie.#
Umbrafer (1:59:20 AM): They're all in denominations slightly above ¥7,000.
Thematrian1 (1:59:23 AM): #I know. Note to self: tail these guys.#
Thematrian1 (2:00:12 AM): The math works, good. I pocket the sticks, in my many pockets, smile at them, and step back.
Umbrafer (2:00:34 AM): Perception, everyone.
CirclMastr (2:00:43 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 6
Thematrian1 (2:00:46 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 4 6 3
CirclMastr (2:00:48 AM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 3
CirclMastr (2:00:50 AM): Er
Thematrian1 (2:00:53 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
CirclMastr (2:00:55 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (2:00:58 AM): nice
MilesMk1 (2:01:42 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 4 1 1
Umbrafer (2:03:19 AM): Everyone but Glitch notices a slight smile, a not-quite suppressed satisfied expression on the J's face.
CirclMastr (2:03:36 AM): ::ready to draw katana and carve him to pieces::
Thematrian1 (2:04:56 AM): Argh. But he doesn't do anything evil?
Umbrafer (2:04:59 AM): Actions?
CirclMastr (2:05:36 AM): Holding action
MilesMk1 (2:05:59 AM): I have no reason to shoot him...
Thematrian1 (2:06:21 AM): #He looks like he knows something we don't, but...#
Thematrian1 (2:06:45 AM): "Very well, Mr. Johnson. Our business is concluded?"
Umbrafer (2:07:27 AM): (Incidentally, as it turned out the J made an error because I made an error)
Umbrafer (2:07:56 AM): (The J really should have inspected the head more closely, but I neglected to think of that)
MilesMk1 (2:08:24 AM): #Well, that's not enough for me to give him a skylight...#
Umbrafer (2:08:38 AM): "It is. Leave the head; you can take the cooler."
Thematrian1 (2:09:13 AM): ::reaches in, grabs it by the hair, prays that the skin of the scalp hasn't loosened...::
Umbrafer (2:09:47 AM): Nope, not really.
Umbrafer (2:09:56 AM): It still looks sullen.
Umbrafer (2:10:02 AM): Just a slightly more dead sullen.
Thematrian1 (2:10:15 AM): "The expression isn't our fault."
Thematrian1 (2:10:17 AM): Does he take it?
Umbrafer (2:10:56 AM): He seems to be expecting you to leave it on the ground or something.
MilesMk1 (2:11:54 AM): #What the hell is that about?#
Thematrian1 (2:12:14 AM): Fine, fine. I put the head on the ground, making the gesture into a little bow.
Umbrafer (2:12:54 AM): He nods, apparently satisfied.
Thematrian1 (2:13:12 AM): #Well, we have the cash. He has the head. We never saw him clearly, but I have his aura.#
Thematrian1 (2:13:41 AM): ::step aside, pointedly out of the path of his vehicle. Not taking the spirit off call yet::
CirclMastr (2:13:53 AM): ::walks back to the car with Gem::
MilesMk1 (2:13:59 AM): #Ok... Let's get the hell out of here.#
Umbrafer (2:14:19 AM): Do you take the cooler?
Thematrian1 (2:14:23 AM): yes.
MilesMk1 (2:14:26 AM): (and at this point, unless the shit is about to hit the fan, I really will have to turn in for the night...)
Thematrian1 (2:14:41 AM): (Even if it does, I'm about to die. The shit can hit the fan next week)
Umbrafer (2:14:49 AM): In brief: shortly after you leave view, the guy goes over and picks up the head
Umbrafer (2:15:10 AM): He stares into its eyes for a few seconds, grinning, then tucks it under his arm and walks back to the car. He then gets in.
Thematrian1 (2:15:16 AM): #Let me know when to let them move. Specifically, when he gets in the car#
Umbrafer (2:15:26 AM): And we can do everything after this next week.
Thematrian1 (2:15:41 AM): On Glitch's signal, I let them leave. I'll probably follow them or something.
Umbrafer (2:16:08 AM): *Nods*
MilesMk1 (2:16:11 AM): *gives signal once the guy gets in*
MilesMk1 (2:16:39 AM): Ok... It was good playing again, see... some of you... Tuesday?
Thematrian1 (2:16:48 AM): Tuesday
Thematrian1 (2:16:52 AM): ::conk::
MilesMk1 (2:17:00 AM): Or can Dave make it to the Tuesday game, with the same delay as here?
Thematrian1 (2:17:03 AM): oh, and somebody send the log to dseiler@andrew.cmu.edu
Thematrian1 (2:17:06 AM): or Jon, just upload it
CirclMastr (2:17:16 AM): Dave doesn't get home on Tuesday until midnight, your time.
MilesMk1 (2:17:30 AM): Ah. Sorry to hear that.
Umbrafer (2:17:34 AM): *Nods*
MilesMk1 (2:17:37 AM): Well, good night, all.
Thematrian1 (2:17:40 AM): that's a pretty wrteched work schedule. they keep you out until nine?
Thematrian1 (2:17:42 AM): good night
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CirclMastr (2:18:33 AM): Yeah
Thematrian1 (2:18:36 AM): ok, ok, sleep time. Sleep well everybody. Dave, I need to talk to you about Martha and Shojo, but not now
CirclMastr (2:18:39 AM): Library closes at 9
Thematrian1 (2:18:42 AM): aha
CirclMastr (2:18:47 AM): Okay
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