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Thematrian1 (8:52:53 PM): woo
CirclMastr (8:52:57 PM): Shouldn't it be 01?
Umbrafer (8:53:13 PM): Nope, for October we overflow and it's just 1 again.
Umbrafer (8:53:16 PM): Er, 0
Umbrafer (8:53:21 PM): And November is 1 again.
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Thematrian1 (8:53:29 PM): ...?
Thematrian1 (8:53:51 PM): last session everyone got some sleep, Gem purchased soybread and was possibly spied on by a clown
MilesMk1 (8:55:00 PM): Eh? What did I miss?
Umbrafer (8:55:09 PM): Klowns.
Umbrafer (8:55:14 PM): Krazy klowns.
Thematrian1 (8:55:20 PM): That's about it. Oh, and my spirit reported back.
Thematrian1 (8:55:45 PM): The only reason it took so long is that it was a sky spirit, and so couldn't enter the city IIRC domain that we were in
CirclMastr (8:56:30 PM): Hearth
MilesMk1 (8:56:31 PM): Any clowns need to be put down, especially ones spelled with a "k".
CirclMastr (8:56:35 PM): Indoors = hearth domain
Umbrafer (8:56:35 PM): Probably Hearth.
Umbrafer (8:56:39 PM): Not always
MilesMk1 (8:56:42 PM): And what did the spirit report?
CirclMastr (8:56:50 PM): In general it is
Umbrafer (8:57:05 PM): Not usually, even. Only for places like homes or gathering places.
Thematrian1 (8:57:25 PM): A location relative to that place we ate at, a height, the fact that the building was heavily warded, and that there was a large body of water nearby
Thematrian1 (8:57:28 PM): which was also warded
Thematrian1 (8:57:38 PM): (LMK if I got that part wrong; Gem has ear recorders)
Thematrian1 (8:59:35 PM): All of which heightened Gem's unease, rather than dispelling it.
Umbrafer (8:59:38 PM): He said that there were walls over the water.
Umbrafer (8:59:56 PM): Where walls, for him, were most likely wards.
CirclMastr (8:59:59 PM): ("Smoooooke on the waaaater, a fire in the sky...")
MilesMk1 (9:00:32 PM): So, the question is, how much effort do we put into tracking these people? I mean, we did get paid...
Thematrian1 (9:01:03 PM): That reminds me, what goes into laundering money?
CirclMastr (9:01:13 PM): I say we maintain a 'kill on sight' policy but otherwise go about our lives.
CirclMastr (9:01:33 PM): Money laundering requires some sort of cooperating or shell corporation.
MilesMk1 (9:01:45 PM): Of course, it'd be embarassing if it turned out we gave the head to the wrong people, but it's the Johnson's own dam fault if the wrong party ends up at the number *he* gave us.
MilesMk1 (9:02:00 PM): damn, rather.
CirclMastr (9:02:08 PM): Although in SR it's really easy to hide money just by having an account extraterritorial to your home.
Thematrian1 (9:02:35 PM): If nothing else, I want to see the place for myself. But I can do that on my own.
Thematrian1 (9:02:40 PM): ::munches her soybread::
CirclMastr (9:02:50 PM): ...Are we IC?
Thematrian1 (9:02:50 PM): modulo that, I guess we look for more work.
Umbrafer (9:03:10 PM): It's theoretically possible to launder money yourself just by buying and reselling things on the black market, but that tends to have the highest loss unless you're a smuggler anyway.
Thematrian1 (9:03:39 PM): Oh yeah, one other thing: Gem did mention, earlier, that she's got some ideas of where to buy things in this city, if you guys are in need.
Thematrian1 (9:04:33 PM): anti-vehicular ammunition, new toys, things like that
MilesMk1 (9:05:00 PM): And did we finally come to some sort of agreement on who gets deck and who gets money?
CirclMastr (9:05:02 PM): MacLeod still needs a transceiver
Thematrian1 (9:05:26 PM): We did. In fact, I think we did twice, having forgotten our agreement the first time.
CirclMastr (9:06:26 PM): I forgot it a second time, then
MilesMk1 (9:07:06 PM): Macleod's memory seems suspiciously faulty on this issue. ;)
Thematrian1 (9:07:10 PM): I think it was, I get the deck, MacLeod gets my CMT Avatar (worth 250,000 new), Glitch gets the cash except for a few hundred. Or something?
Umbrafer (9:10:16 PM): *Noisy cricket*
CirclMastr (9:10:44 PM): Tommy Lee Jones cries.
Thematrian1 (9:10:55 PM): Ok, unless somebody stabs Gem in the head, that's what happens.
MilesMk1 (9:11:14 PM): Well, it doesn't have to be everything but a few hundred.
CirclMastr (9:11:19 PM): What utils on your Avatar?
MilesMk1 (9:11:30 PM): What was our pay for this, again?
Thematrian1 (9:11:56 PM): Which reminds me. Karma, oh GM?
Umbrafer (9:12:01 PM): Ah yes.
Thematrian1 (9:12:07 PM): (Wait...is there not a way to swap utils from one deck to another?)
CirclMastr (9:12:45 PM): Um, wouldn't you just copy your old ones to the new deck?
CirclMastr (9:12:55 PM): Are you giving me a deck with no utilities?
Umbrafer (9:13:05 PM): (Yes. Gem hates you.)
Thematrian1 (9:13:14 PM): (If I can do that, that's fine too. I thought you couldn't copy programs for free?)
Thematrian1 (9:13:29 PM): (In my plan, you'd get whatever utils were on the old deck. There were some, and they didn't suck IIRC)
CirclMastr (9:13:31 PM): Which seems idiotic to me
Umbrafer (9:13:39 PM): There's some unstated reason why this doesn't happen on a large scale.
Thematrian1 (9:13:39 PM): I certainly am not.
Thematrian1 (9:13:44 PM): Gotcha.
Thematrian1 (9:13:53 PM): I copy all the utilities. Merry Christmas, MacLeod.
CirclMastr (9:13:59 PM): Arigatou
Umbrafer (9:14:00 PM): However, you have the source code, so at worst you copy that over and spend a few days recompiling.
Thematrian1 (9:15:50 PM): What utilities did we find?
Umbrafer (9:16:24 PM): One moment whilst I look them up.
MilesMk1 (9:16:48 PM): (Can you check the cash we got as well?)
Umbrafer (9:17:27 PM): (It should be in the logs; wasn't it somewhere around ¥40k, give or take ¥5k?)
Thematrian1 (9:17:47 PM): (Yeah. It was friggin low, I remember that for sure)
Thematrian1 (9:18:23 PM): So: split it 36/2/2? Neither MacLeod nor I have much in the way of living expenses, and my ability to make money by stealing stuff just improved charmingly.
Umbrafer (9:19:19 PM): (My memory died. Did you find a Kraftwerk or a Highlander?)
CirclMastr (9:19:20 PM): I still need a transceiver
MilesMk1 (9:19:28 PM): I'll get you a transceiver.
CirclMastr (9:19:36 PM): <3
CirclMastr (9:19:51 PM): MacLeod has always relied on the kindness of PCs.
MilesMk1 (9:20:12 PM): You know, I keep seeing that more and more... What exactly is <3 supposed to be?
Thematrian1 (9:20:14 PM): (The one that's directly above the CMT Avatar, is what you said)
Thematrian1 (9:20:17 PM): It's a heart
MilesMk1 (9:20:18 PM): Never minf.
MilesMk1 (9:20:27 PM): Heh... I just got it as I typed it in.
Umbrafer (9:20:28 PM): Less than three, of course ;)
Umbrafer (9:20:46 PM): That'd be the Kraftwerk.
CirclMastr (9:20:53 PM): Yeah, if you get me 3 or more transceivers it's just silly. ;)
MilesMk1 (9:21:01 PM): Someone post a link to the transcript of the session before last?
Thematrian1 (9:21:07 PM): (Dammit David, way to cheat yourself out of a highlander)
CirclMastr (9:21:19 PM): Eh?
Umbrafer (9:21:26 PM): (Hehehe)
CirclMastr (9:21:40 PM): What'd I do?
Umbrafer (9:22:01 PM): (He's talking to himself. If he'd told me it was a Highlander, a Highlander it would have been ;) )
CirclMastr (9:22:22 PM): One of us needs to change our name.
Thematrian1 (9:22:25 PM): (Yeah, sorry; I forgot the reference was ambiguous)
Thematrian1 (9:22:30 PM): (You can be Dave, and I'll be David)
CirclMastr (9:22:38 PM): Can I be Johnny Depp?
Umbrafer (9:23:02 PM): Frank will steal you and ravish you if you are.
CirclMastr (9:23:25 PM): He has to catch me first.
MilesMk1 (9:23:33 PM): Ok, so what rating should that radio be?
Umbrafer (9:23:35 PM): He will. Trust me, he will.
CirclMastr (9:23:53 PM): I don't even know who Frank is.
Umbrafer (9:24:45 PM): Hm. I'm not finding my notes; how important is it to know what utilities the deck had tonight?
CirclMastr (9:25:03 PM): VITALLY important!
Thematrian1 (9:25:18 PM): not to me
CirclMastr (9:25:19 PM): Also I wouldn't mind knowing who exactly is going to rape me.
Umbrafer (9:25:53 PM): If you aren't Johnny Depp, you won't have to worry about it.
Thematrian1 (9:26:17 PM): Radio rating...I'm not sure.
Umbrafer (9:26:18 PM): Anyway.
Thematrian1 (9:26:23 PM): I don't even know what radio rating does.
MilesMk1 (9:27:39 PM): I don't either. I figure the person running a rigger might...
Thematrian1 (9:27:45 PM): Hint hint
Umbrafer (9:28:00 PM): Radio rating does, IIRC, two things.
MilesMk1 (9:28:10 PM): I hope it's low, a micro-transceiver is 1000 x rating. :p
Umbrafer (9:28:16 PM): The first thing, which I know it does, is increases the number of channels that can be stored in memory.
Umbrafer (9:28:32 PM): For switching back and forth, etc.
Umbrafer (9:28:56 PM): The second thing, which I'm pretty sure on but not positive, is it determines the maximum Flux of the radio.
Umbrafer (9:29:19 PM): (And hence the range and ability to resist jamming or interference)
CirclMastr (9:30:29 PM): What should I name my dragon figurine?
Umbrafer (9:30:49 PM): What does it look like?
MilesMk1 (9:30:59 PM): Hmm... The damn things have a street index of 2... Rating 2 sound ok to everyone?
CirclMastr (9:31:21 PM): Sort of reclining, with one foreclaw outstretched and mouth wide open.
MilesMk1 (9:31:43 PM): That, according to the book, holds 4 frequences, has a throat mike, and a concealability of 10.
Umbrafer (9:31:45 PM): If I remember my tables correctly, that'd leave it with a Flux of 2. I have no memory of how far Flux 2 extends, because I don't usually deal in Fluxes under 9.
MilesMk1 (9:31:52 PM): Huh.
Umbrafer (9:32:05 PM): Hm?
MilesMk1 (9:32:31 PM): Just trying to make sense of this, don't really want to spend 16k on a radio. :)
Umbrafer (9:32:49 PM): You know you do :)
Thematrian1 (9:32:56 PM): No, no we don't
Umbrafer (9:32:58 PM): Oh, and don't forget encryption ;)
MilesMk1 (9:33:06 PM): I mean, that's more than a Rating 1 VCR...
Thematrian1 (9:33:09 PM): I move that we defer this discussion until such time as we know what we're talking about.
MilesMk1 (9:34:20 PM): So, I buy Macleod a serviceable protable radio (with ear bud and throat mike) and we figure out what the sane price of it is later?
MilesMk1 (9:34:28 PM): portable, too.
Thematrian1 (9:35:01 PM): Just so.
Thematrian1 (9:35:11 PM): What's the availability?
MilesMk1 (9:35:24 PM): Rating/48
Umbrafer (9:35:26 PM): Fair enough.
Thematrian1 (9:37:09 PM): 48...hours?
CirclMastr (9:37:22 PM): Years
MilesMk1 (9:37:43 PM): Yeah, hours.
MilesMk1 (9:37:51 PM): Heh... sorry.
MilesMk1 (9:38:22 PM): Speaking purchases, can anyone think of any skills it'd have been good for me to have last run, that I didn't possess?
MilesMk1 (9:38:32 PM): ... of purchases.
CirclMastr (9:38:34 PM): Did we do karma?
Thematrian1 (9:38:39 PM): I remember you wanted grenades.
MilesMk1 (9:38:40 PM): Last time.
Umbrafer (9:38:53 PM): No, we didn't.
Umbrafer (9:39:01 PM): For karma… for bravery in the face of something-or-other, I award ye' all… eight karma? Seems a little low for how long it took us to finish the run, but I think it fits what actually went on when we managed to meet. If anyone'd lik
Umbrafer (9:39:08 PM): like to argue that up (or down), I'm receptive.
MilesMk1 (9:39:40 PM): Actually, I had 9 written down from the last time we bugged you about this.
Thematrian1 (9:39:43 PM): I vote 9. We spent, what, six sessions all in all? 1.5 per doesn't seem out of line ;-)
Umbrafer (9:40:09 PM): 9 works.
CirclMastr (9:40:25 PM): Yay
Umbrafer (9:40:30 PM): (I notice no one motioning that you should have gotten seven ;) )
CirclMastr (9:41:14 PM): (We should have gotten seven more ;) )
MilesMk1 (9:42:02 PM): Ah, I know what I wanted...
MilesMk1 (9:42:23 PM): Nope, never mind.
MilesMk1 (9:42:56 PM): Actually...
MilesMk1 (9:43:26 PM): Can Gem help me get my hands on a Throwing activesoft (Rating 5) and some grenades?
MilesMk1 (9:43:34 PM): MIght as well get that out of my system.
Thematrian1 (9:43:45 PM): ::nod:: That's well within my powers.
CirclMastr (9:44:06 PM): How about a Validate utility? >_>
Thematrian1 (9:44:40 PM): So, at Glitch's request, Gem goes bargain-hunting for a throwsoft and some nice grenades
Umbrafer (9:44:53 PM): No Validate until I finish houseruling it.
CirclMastr (9:45:51 PM): ;_;
MilesMk1 (9:45:55 PM): I'd like to get 6 concussion, 3 HE defensive and 3 HE offensive ones - all IPE. Availability 8/1 week, price 70/60/60 respectively, street index 2.
Thematrian1 (9:46:28 PM): Street index I can't help with. But as for the rest.
MilesMk1 (9:47:38 PM): Ooh, and 6 neuro-stun, please. 8/4 days, 60 yen, SI 2.
Thematrian1 (9:47:52 PM): Gem puts the word out: she needs <that order up there>.
MilesMk1 (9:48:23 PM): BTW, the soft is 7500 and has a SI of 1.25, for a total of 9375.
Thematrian1 (9:48:32 PM): ::nod:: what's its availability? 5?
Thematrian1 (9:48:39 PM): First three concussion:
Thematrian1 (9:48:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 5 6 3 1
Thematrian1 (9:48:55 PM): (I have a minimum -3 TN, so that's 3 successes)
Thematrian1 (9:49:03 PM): Other three:
Thematrian1 (9:49:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 2 4 1 3
MilesMk1 (9:49:06 PM): For the soft, 6/4 days, actually.
Thematrian1 (9:49:12 PM): defensive:
Thematrian1 (9:49:15 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 3 1 5 5
Thematrian1 (9:49:19 PM): offensive:
Thematrian1 (9:49:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 5 4 4 3
Thematrian1 (9:49:29 PM): first neuronstun
Thematrian1 (9:49:33 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 1 4 5 2
Thematrian1 (9:49:36 PM): second neurostun
Thematrian1 (9:49:40 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 4 6 4 1
Thematrian1 (9:49:48 PM): Aaand...the activesoft
Thematrian1 (9:49:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 4 2 6 4
Thematrian1 (9:51:36 PM): Gem calls up Glitch.
MilesMk1 (9:51:55 PM): "Yup?"
Umbrafer (9:51:59 PM): Incidentally, the text in SRComp suggests that GLaKI only applies during initial contact, so it wouldn't apply here.
Umbrafer (9:52:15 PM): Your contacts already know you aren't going to go out with them.
Thematrian1 (9:52:27 PM): (My version costs 2. Does that make a difference?)
Thematrian1 (9:52:49 PM): "Those toys you wanted? The wheels are in motion. It'll take some time, a few days at least, but they're all coming."
MilesMk1 (9:54:00 PM): "Gald to hear that. Say, do you know anyone good with electronics repair?"
MilesMk1 (9:54:08 PM): Glad, even.
Thematrian1 (9:54:14 PM): Come to that, I'm going to pick up a trio of neurostun for myself, while I'm about it.
Umbrafer (9:54:28 PM): (Hm. Not this time; I think I'll implement it such that for recurring contacts it can be applied a certain unknown number of times that refresh at an unknown rate.)
Thematrian1 (9:54:47 PM): ::beat:: "You mean you're not? I'll ask around; any telling what you need them for?"
Thematrian1 (9:55:40 PM): (Rolling for my own neurostun grenades)
Thematrian1 (9:55:42 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 6 6 1 5
Thematrian1 (9:55:47 PM): (Aww yeah. 2 days)
MilesMk1 (9:56:19 PM): "I need to find someone with better facilities. Only so much you can do with a kit, you know."
Thematrian1 (9:56:41 PM): "Got it. I'll ask around."
MilesMk1 (9:56:44 PM): "Actually, someone we could rent some facility time from could work, too."
Thematrian1 (9:57:04 PM): "That shouldn't be heard; one of the advantages to living in a sewer like this."
Thematrian1 (9:57:28 PM): (I'll just roll etiquette and J can decide a TN lateR)
Thematrian1 (9:57:30 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 4 4 6 1
MilesMk1 (9:57:33 PM): While this is all going on, I'll be trying to crack the Mysterious Black Object without damaging it on my own.
Thematrian1 (9:57:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:57:39 PM): Heh.
Thematrian1 (9:57:43 PM): (Aw crap. Hope it wasn't more than 7)
Thematrian1 (9:57:50 PM): (Well, more than 10 at the worst)
Umbrafer (9:58:35 PM): (You were trying to do what exactly? Just find someone with facilities?)
Thematrian1 (9:58:56 PM): (who was willing to let us rent/borrow them, but yeah)
Umbrafer (9:59:29 PM): (Well, as of right now you haven't found anyone. Just asking around will likely take several days.)
Thematrian1 (9:59:40 PM): "I'll let you know."
MilesMk1 (10:00:08 PM): "Great. Any lines on new work, by the way?"
Thematrian1 (10:01:43 PM): Do I?
Thematrian1 (10:01:56 PM): All this asking after hardware might well have strewn something in my path.
Umbrafer (10:02:07 PM): Etiquette.
Thematrian1 (10:02:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 6 2 5 4
Thematrian1 (10:02:19 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
Thematrian1 (10:02:22 PM): There we go.
Umbrafer (10:04:06 PM): You've got a lead, two of them in fact. One is "drywork", they want a facility broken into, some damage done, and some employees threatened, but no actual casualties.
Umbrafer (10:04:56 PM): The other is an extraction from a facility in Salish. No more details are available from your contacts themselves.
Thematrian1 (10:05:13 PM): ::passes that data on. Also mentions it to MacLeod, when possible::
CirclMastr (10:05:41 PM): ::would vote for drywork, if he gets a vote::
Thematrian1 (10:07:36 PM): I think that's my preference too. There are so many ways for an extraction to go wrong...
MilesMk1 (10:07:54 PM): Salish being tribal land?
CirclMastr (10:07:58 PM): Yeah
MilesMk1 (10:08:05 PM): Drywork it is.
MilesMk1 (10:08:16 PM): Sounds like something Macleod might enjoy more, too.
CirclMastr (10:08:27 PM): Slashy slashy
CirclMastr (10:08:41 PM): (brb, refilling foodness)
MilesMk1 (10:08:56 PM): Well...In an intimidating way, maybe, but they did say no casualties.
Thematrian1 (10:09:03 PM): Wait, Salish is tribal? Yeah, let's not mess with that.
Umbrafer (10:09:52 PM): It's part of the NAN, but it isn't as bad as, say, the Sioux Nation.
Thematrian1 (10:10:12 PM): And boiling water isn't as bad as lava.
MilesMk1 (10:10:37 PM): And we have no rigger, so moving someone across a border...
Thematrian1 (10:10:44 PM): Not with the easy.
MilesMk1 (10:11:57 PM): Can you explain to me again what possessed you NOT to make a rigger/decker/face/mage? :p
Thematrian1 (10:12:01 PM): Ok. I call a contact back and request some details.
Thematrian1 (10:12:23 PM): (Actually, I did. I just ran out of cash. I about have the essence for VCR 1)
MilesMk1 (10:13:13 PM): Heh... Well, that's only 12k, 24 for alphaware... :)
Thematrian1 (10:13:50 PM): So, someday soon...riggerdeckerfacemage
Umbrafer (10:14:26 PM): (VCR1s are really that cheap?)
Umbrafer (10:14:34 PM): (I've just about forgotten they come in anything but III)
Thematrian1 (10:14:40 PM): (I know they increase in cost pretty sharply)
CirclMastr (10:15:10 PM): (Back)
MilesMk1 (10:15:27 PM): Yup. 12k, 60k, 300k
Umbrafer (10:15:35 PM): Heh
MilesMk1 (10:15:36 PM): Every truck driver would have one...
Umbrafer (10:15:39 PM): Multiples of 5.
MilesMk1 (10:16:03 PM): It's a tiny fraction of what an 18-wheeler would cost.
Umbrafer (10:16:09 PM): Indeed. If we equate dollars to nuyen, that'd be less than a year of minimum wage for an employer to cut accidents to just about zero.
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MilesMk1 (10:17:57 PM): Connection trouble, I guess.
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Umbrafer (10:18:52 PM): *Stops spawn-camping*
Thematrian1 (10:20:14 PM): so: in under a week we'll have all our everything, and in about 24 hours Blake will have a throwsoft
Umbrafer (10:20:27 PM): Indeed.
MilesMk1 (10:20:38 PM): Glitch,
MilesMk1 (10:20:46 PM): Blake has the skill already. :p
Umbrafer (10:20:53 PM): Incidentally, OOC, we're getting some new blood. Two new players (well, one old player who has been on hiatus and one new player)
Thematrian1 (10:21:02 PM): Oh cool
Thematrian1 (10:21:06 PM): who?
Thematrian1 (10:21:09 PM): Uh, right, Glitch
MilesMk1 (10:21:17 PM): Nice. Who?
Umbrafer (10:21:27 PM): Benton/D00000m and Rob (new guy)
CirclMastr (10:21:44 PM): Rob Boyle?
Umbrafer (10:22:03 PM): I doubt it.
Umbrafer (10:22:13 PM): Probably a good thing. I'm not sure I could keep from giving him crap about the FAQ.
Thematrian1 (10:22:21 PM): heh
Thematrian1 (10:22:40 PM): "Just so you know, we unilaterally reject all the stupid shit you tried to inject via the FAQ." ;-)
MilesMk1 (10:23:31 PM): So, they're just going to play in the Thursday game?
Thematrian1 (10:23:46 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (10:24:19 PM): Logical, since you seemed surprised to hear it.
Umbrafer (10:24:22 PM): Yep. Benton's busy on Tuesdays (I'd been encouraging him to talk to Seiler about joining Tuesdays).
MilesMk1 (10:24:47 PM): Do you know what they plan on making?
CirclMastr (10:25:00 PM): Characters!
CirclMastr (10:25:18 PM): I am so smart.
Umbrafer (10:25:19 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (10:25:22 PM): Pretty much.
Thematrian1 (10:25:35 PM): ::prays for a rigger::
Umbrafer (10:26:05 PM): I know what one person was trying to make, but 1) I'm not sure how much they want me to share and 2) I'm not sure if he's going to stick with the character. To my knowledge, neither of them are riggers; if Benton does drop his curre
Umbrafer (10:26:12 PM): *current idea, I may encourage it though.
MilesMk1 (10:26:30 PM): :prays for a non-psychotic street sam for me to hide behind:
CirclMastr (10:26:48 PM): I thought I was the one people hid behind.
Umbrafer (10:26:54 PM): Not much luck there either. He hasn't actually seen the SR drug rules, but the new guy was planning on hitting the combat drugs.
CirclMastr (10:27:04 PM): Oof.
Thematrian1 (10:27:06 PM): oh shit
Umbrafer (10:27:07 PM): Minotaur, IIRC.
MilesMk1 (10:27:09 PM): Oh.
Thematrian1 (10:27:16 PM): So, new character every four sessions?
CirclMastr (10:27:26 PM): I wouldn't mind seeing a MacLeod-throwing adept. 'Twould be quite amusing, I think.
Umbrafer (10:27:31 PM): Nah, Troll metavariant. More like every ten or twelve.
MilesMk1 (10:27:32 PM): Huh. Well, I can always sabotage his junk without him noticing. Probably.
MilesMk1 (10:27:42 PM): If he gets out hand, I mean. :p
CirclMastr (10:27:44 PM): Or I can cut his head off.
CirclMastr (10:27:51 PM): If I get a boost.
CirclMastr (10:27:56 PM): >_>
MilesMk1 (10:28:18 PM): Go for a femoral artery, just as good.
Umbrafer (10:28:37 PM): That's providing he doesn't mash you into a pulp with the ungodly plusses you can get off of combat drugs.
MilesMk1 (10:28:56 PM): Using my biotech to make him OD it is.
Umbrafer (10:29:10 PM): The fact that he will die of them shortly thereafter will be a larger comfort for you than for most, though.
CirclMastr (10:29:38 PM): Doesn't matter if he pounds ME into a pulp
MilesMk1 (10:29:56 PM): He'd have to see me first. Troll are bad at that...
MilesMk1 (10:30:00 PM): Oh, shit.
Thematrian1 (10:30:06 PM): ?
MilesMk1 (10:30:08 PM): I remembered what I was going to buy.
Thematrian1 (10:30:11 PM): ?
Umbrafer (10:30:11 PM): Last Troll you met didn't have much trouble :)
MilesMk1 (10:30:19 PM): More scanners for my Ruthenium suit.
MilesMk1 (10:30:39 PM): He saw me *once* out of the two times we met, after I *fired a gun*. ;)
MilesMk1 (10:31:41 PM): Those are 5/14 days, 10k each with street index... Can gem put through an order for 2? Pretty please?
Thematrian1 (10:31:50 PM): "I can look for scanners for you. Shame I couldn't get it on the first pass...but that's how it is."
MilesMk1 (10:32:54 PM): "I appreciate it.
MilesMk1 (10:32:55 PM): "
Thematrian1 (10:32:58 PM): ::seeks. They might not show up until after the run, but hey::
Thematrian1 (10:33:00 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 6 6 5
Thematrian1 (10:33:14 PM): 14 / 6 = 2 1/3 days to find them.
Umbrafer (10:33:50 PM): Where are these discussions taking place?
MilesMk1 (10:33:57 PM): Um... In a diner?
MilesMk1 (10:34:02 PM): A discreet one?
Umbrafer (10:34:32 PM): By the way, Blake, mark off ¥20 for breakfast at the Real Meat Diner.
Umbrafer (10:34:37 PM): (Not its actual name)
MilesMk1 (10:34:39 PM): Or a bar and grill place ran by a friend of mine? (not that I mention that part, just that it's discreet)
MilesMk1 (10:34:48 PM): (Not actually Blake) :p
Umbrafer (10:34:59 PM): Blake paid for Glitch.
Umbrafer (10:35:03 PM): ;)
Umbrafer (10:35:38 PM): Incidentally, you don't know immediately that it's going to be 2 1/3 days to find the scanners. You happen to find someone with them after that long, but before that no one had any.
Thematrian1 (10:35:50 PM): ::nod::
Thematrian1 (10:36:11 PM): (two days in) "You can't expect results right away. Maybe someone's hoarding them."
CirclMastr (10:37:01 PM): "So... Anyone want to go to the mall? The security guards always ask me where my parents are when I go alone."
MilesMk1 (10:37:27 PM): "Uh. Sure. Unless you wanted Gem to go with you?"
Thematrian1 (10:37:36 PM): "Sure. I'll call up Jeremy, he can chaperone."
MilesMk1 (10:37:47 PM): "Jeremy?"
CirclMastr (10:37:58 PM): "Spirit."
Thematrian1 (10:38:18 PM): She grins. "It's the name I give to all of my city spirits. It just feels right..."
Thematrian1 (10:38:20 PM): ::muse::
MilesMk1 (10:39:04 PM): "Ah. Well, no need for two chaperones, then... I think I'll stay home and play with The Thing, maybe finally get somewhere."
Umbrafer (10:39:24 PM): (I'm reminded of a certain Far Side)
Thematrian1 (10:39:38 PM): (A little something we like to call 'Mr. Thingy'?)
Umbrafer (10:40:02 PM): (That, or the one where someone finds his purpose)
Thematrian1 (10:40:15 PM): (aahh)
Umbrafer (10:43:04 PM): Actions visiting the mall?
CirclMastr (10:43:47 PM): *Gets the 205x equivalent of pocky and hangs around, peoplewatching*
Umbrafer (10:45:29 PM): Pocky is a controlled substance in the 2050s, its highly addictive properties having been realized in the early 20s.
Umbrafer (10:45:32 PM): ;)
Umbrafer (10:47:04 PM): Peoplewatch, peoplewatch. Gem?
Thematrian1 (10:47:43 PM): ::hangs. Chats with MacLeod and Jeremy, who I have ordered to not respond::
Thematrian1 (10:47:54 PM): Did I come through for Glitch on the rent-a-workshop thing?
Umbrafer (10:48:39 PM): Wait. Were you looking for a Facility or just a Shop?
Thematrian1 (10:48:58 PM): Facility
Umbrafer (10:49:14 PM): Not yet.
Thematrian1 (10:49:30 PM): balls
MilesMk1 (10:50:03 PM): When are we to meet someone for the drywork job, BTW?
CirclMastr (10:50:06 PM): "You weren't around for the Night of Rage, were you?"
Thematrian1 (10:50:38 PM): ::low chuckle:: "No, my Longinus, I was not."
Umbrafer (10:50:39 PM): You're supposed to get in touch with a contact if you want it.
CirclMastr (10:51:11 PM): (Longinus?)
Thematrian1 (10:51:49 PM): (variant of the wandering Jew myth. It's said that Longinus was the guy who pierced Christ's side with a spear, to prove that he was dead. To punish him, God cursed him to never die, but always wander the world)
Thematrian1 (10:51:53 PM): (Or so the story goes)
CirclMastr (10:52:07 PM): (Knew it sounded familiar.)
CirclMastr (10:53:55 PM): "It was really something to behold, worse than the night I was killed. Watching people get slaughtered by their neighbors, for no reason..." *Sighs*
Thematrian1 (10:54:27 PM): "As opposed to now."
CirclMastr (10:55:20 PM): "I suppose things haven't changed, but it was a spectacle to see it all concentrated into one event."
Thematrian1 (10:55:58 PM): "I suppose it must have been."
Umbrafer (10:57:09 PM): (Glitch: roll fiddling-with-thing)
MilesMk1 (10:57:16 PM): Electronics?
MilesMk1 (10:57:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 6 6 4 1 5 3
Umbrafer (10:57:27 PM): Unless you want to try throing it, yes.
MilesMk1 (10:57:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 6
MilesMk1 (10:57:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (10:57:50 PM): Hey, it could have been B/R.
MilesMk1 (10:58:08 PM): So that's a 17 and a 7, plus whatever it is I get for Talent.
CirclMastr (10:58:21 PM): "I remember, hiding out that night, I saw this ork woman try to hide her two kids in the home I'd carved out, if you could call it a home... The mod pulled them out, these little kids, couldn't have been more than six...
CirclMastr (10:58:44 PM): They just... beat them to death, right there in the street..."
Thematrian1 (10:59:04 PM): "Cities."
Thematrian1 (10:59:19 PM): She pronounces it like an especially vile swear word.
Umbrafer (10:59:32 PM): Any particular angle of investigation?
Umbrafer (10:59:59 PM): (Idea for followup later: Night of Rage caused by residual emotional fluctuations from the Great Ghost Dance)
Thematrian1 (11:00:38 PM): "What did the mob do to you? Or did it pass you by?"
MilesMk1 (11:01:00 PM): Uh... Just trying to get some sort of I/O actions going via the buttons and contacts - something coherent.
CirclMastr (11:01:01 PM): "Passed me by, after all I wasn't 'one of them'..."
MilesMk1 (11:01:19 PM): And monitoring the thing for transmissions all the while.
MilesMk1 (11:01:25 PM): If any start, into a metal box it goes.
Umbrafer (11:02:02 PM): Nothing.
CirclMastr (11:02:53 PM): "Seeing things like that makes you question a lot of things... I didn't know then what I know now, about myself, but I would like to think that I am what I am for a reason..."
Thematrian1 (11:03:25 PM): "And you think that reason is, to kill people in exchange for money?"
CirclMastr (11:04:14 PM): *Shakes head* "I only do this out of the chance I'll meet someone else like me."
MilesMk1 (11:04:22 PM): Heh.
Thematrian1 (11:05:14 PM): "I'd think one with the powers you claim would naturally draw attention."
Thematrian1 (11:05:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 4 1 3 6
CirclMastr (11:06:29 PM): "Not in this day and age. Anyone with skills like mine is just assumed to be a physical adept, and no one notices when people go missing in the shadows anyway, what does it matter if someone shows up?"
Thematrian1 (11:07:05 PM): ::nods, dispite herself::
CirclMastr (11:08:41 PM): "You were a seafarer, how long can you hold your breath?"
Thematrian1 (11:09:23 PM): "I never try. I just call on the spirits of the water, and they lift me up."
CirclMastr (11:10:01 PM): "How long would you guess I can hold my breath?"
Thematrian1 (11:10:17 PM): "Little guy like you?"
CirclMastr (11:10:37 PM): "Yeah."
Thematrian1 (11:10:46 PM): (We should probably defer this part of the timeline. If we're going to do the meet tonight, well...we're running out of tonight)
Thematrian1 (11:11:19 PM): "Maybe a minute"
Thematrian1 (11:11:28 PM): (I call on my contact when we're all back together)
Umbrafer (11:11:30 PM): (If it's all the same to everyone, I'd actually prefer to defer the meet, as then we'd have the other two players present at it)
Thematrian1 (11:11:46 PM): (Oh, right. Nevermind)
Umbrafer (11:11:48 PM): (Though I am willing to do it tonight if that's preferable)
Thematrian1 (11:12:02 PM): (I had forgotten the new-characters angle)
CirclMastr (11:12:15 PM): "Go ahead and pinch off my nose and mouth. Give it three minutes, or five if you want to be sure. Or ten or twenty, whatever."
Thematrian1 (11:13:31 PM): "I'll do you one better. Let's find a body of water."
Umbrafer (11:13:52 PM): There is a fountain in the mall.
Thematrian1 (11:14:07 PM): :-D
Thematrian1 (11:14:17 PM): ::leads MacLeod::
CirclMastr (11:14:22 PM): *Follows*
Thematrian1 (11:14:36 PM): "Now Jeremy, I need you to make sure that no one notices my friend here, all right?"
Umbrafer (11:14:46 PM): (*Phew*)
CirclMastr (11:14:51 PM): (lol)
Umbrafer (11:15:18 PM): (Jeremy is F6?)
Thematrian1 (11:15:23 PM): (No, I am not just going to immerse the 12-year-old)
Thematrian1 (11:15:25 PM): (Yep)
Umbrafer (11:16:23 PM): Jeremy: *Whistles something that might or might not be a bizarre adaptation of tribal music and hip-hop with a little techno and metal thrown in*
Umbrafer (11:16:45 PM): MacLeod is a lot harder to notice now.
CirclMastr (11:16:50 PM): *Climbs into the fountain and submerges completely*
Umbrafer (11:17:05 PM): *Submerge submerge submerge*
CirclMastr (11:17:47 PM): *Slowly counts to 100 mentally, waves up at Gem*
Umbrafer (11:18:15 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 1 3 6 5 5 6 1 4 1 2 1 3 4 3
Umbrafer (11:18:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 3 1 2 2 6 6 2 3 5 5 6 1 5 3
Umbrafer (11:18:23 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 6 5 2 5 5 2 2 6 3 3 2 6
Umbrafer (11:18:26 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 3 3 6 5 5 6 4 6 2 3 5 1 3 3
CirclMastr (11:18:27 PM): 6's make me sad
Thematrian1 (11:18:29 PM): ::hangs out::
CirclMastr (11:18:38 PM): *Waves again at 300*
Thematrian1 (11:18:50 PM): ::gives him 10 minutes by her math SPU, unless something interrupts::
Umbrafer (11:18:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 3 1 2 6 1 1 2 5 6 3 1 5 5
Umbrafer (11:18:58 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 6
Umbrafer (11:19:03 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:19:20 PM): Perception.
Thematrian1 (11:19:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 2 2 1 6
Thematrian1 (11:19:29 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:19:32 PM): ...yeah
Umbrafer (11:19:39 PM): You notice no unusual thing.
CirclMastr (11:20:48 PM): *Waves again around 500*
Thematrian1 (11:21:03 PM): ::gives it ten minutes, then waves him back out::
Umbrafer (11:21:16 PM): Perception again, Gem
Thematrian1 (11:21:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 6 6 3
Thematrian1 (11:21:28 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
CirclMastr (11:21:30 PM): *Ponders making her come in and get me, but decides against it and climbs out*
Thematrian1 (11:21:32 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (11:21:36 PM): There it is
Umbrafer (11:21:42 PM): This is before the 500 point
CirclMastr (11:21:51 PM): (Uh oh)
Thematrian1 (11:21:54 PM): ::nod::
Umbrafer (11:21:57 PM): You notice a mall security guard come over and start looking into the fountain.
Thematrian1 (11:22:17 PM): ::chirpy:: "Good afternoon, officer!"
Umbrafer (11:22:42 PM): "Hm? Oh, hello. Can I help you?"
Umbrafer (11:23:36 PM): He glances back at the fountain, but then looks back to you.
Thematrian1 (11:23:42 PM): ::big smile::
Thematrian1 (11:24:39 PM): "Yes. I've been waiting here for my friend, this is where we agreed to meet..."
Umbrafer (11:25:11 PM): "Oh, um, do you want me to, um, page her?"
Thematrian1 (11:25:34 PM): "...and she hasn't come, and would you? I didn't want to make a fuss, but she is getting late"
Thematrian1 (11:25:46 PM): ::spouts all the foolishness she can, just keeping his attention divided::
Thematrian1 (11:25:58 PM): ::keeping 1/10 of an eye on MacLeod, of course::
Umbrafer (11:26:02 PM): "Sure, miss. What name?"
Thematrian1 (11:26:44 PM): "Her name's Emily. Emily Christiansen."
Umbrafer (11:27:09 PM): "I'll, um, go do that."
Thematrian1 (11:27:18 PM): "Thank you"
Umbrafer (11:27:48 PM): With one last backwards glance at the fountain, he goes off.
Thematrian1 (11:28:05 PM): Ten minutes finish out?
Umbrafer (11:28:15 PM): Yep
Thematrian1 (11:28:24 PM): Does dear Emily get paged?
Umbrafer (11:29:05 PM): After about a minute, she does indeed.
Thematrian1 (11:29:29 PM): ::beckon MacLeod out of the fountain at the ten minute mark::
CirclMastr (11:30:10 PM): *Emerges, soaking wet*
Thematrian1 (11:30:44 PM): ::hisses through her teeth:: "Come on, I'll buy you some clothes. It's only fair."
CirclMastr (11:31:12 PM): "Something wrong?"
Thematrian1 (11:31:45 PM): ::works very hard at looking undaunted::
Umbrafer (11:31:57 PM): Roll undauntedness.
Thematrian1 (11:31:59 PM): "Well, I didn't plan this all the way through. You'd think I'd have learned..."
Thematrian1 (11:32:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 1 6 5 3
Thematrian1 (11:32:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
MilesMk1 (11:32:43 PM): (Bah, that only proves he has an internal air tank.)
CirclMastr (11:33:00 PM): (She can assense me and see I have no 'ware)
Umbrafer (11:33:13 PM): (No bubbles were reaching the surface,. He was far up enough for an oxsys gill, though.
Thematrian1 (11:33:27 PM): (Wouldn't catch bioware, but of course there isn't much, yet)
MilesMk1 (11:33:37 PM): (Bah. He's a physad, then. :P)
MilesMk1 (11:34:45 PM): (Don't mess with my denial.:))
Umbrafer (11:35:07 PM): (Only a river in Egypt…)
CirclMastr (11:35:32 PM): "Well, do you believe me now?"
Thematrian1 (11:38:16 PM): "I believe...something."
Umbrafer (11:38:30 PM): Back at the fountain, the guard looks with confusion at the big wet spot on the floor, then sighs and goes to get a janitor.
CirclMastr (11:39:25 PM): "If you've got a few hours, we could go back to your place and I'll stab myself through the chest. It'll be messy though."
Thematrian1 (11:39:45 PM): "I've seen you get stabbed."
Thematrian1 (11:39:57 PM): "Wait a moment."
Thematrian1 (11:40:01 PM): ::goes, buys clothes::
Umbrafer (11:42:02 PM): What sort of clothes? Normal clothes, flats, what?
Thematrian1 (11:43:32 PM): normals, for a 12-year-old
Umbrafer (11:45:01 PM): Clothes purchased. Further actions?
Thematrian1 (11:45:20 PM): walk home, decline MacLeod's invitation
CirclMastr (11:45:29 PM): (Heh)
Umbrafer (11:46:11 PM): Fair enough
Thematrian1 (11:46:17 PM): oh, and once I'm alone
Thematrian1 (11:46:20 PM): ::dial up Glitch::
MilesMk1 (11:46:30 PM): "Hello..."
Thematrian1 (11:47:28 PM): "Heya Glitch, Gem here. Just so you know, our mutual young friend isn't easy to drown. Some of what he said is true, at least."
MilesMk1 (11:48:01 PM): "Huh... And he has no cyber, like he said?"
Thematrian1 (11:48:35 PM): "Nothing"
Thematrian1 (11:48:40 PM): (he really was clean, right?)
Umbrafer (11:48:53 PM): As far as you could tell, completely.
CirclMastr (11:49:04 PM): (Are you insinuating that I don't bathe?)
MilesMk1 (11:49:47 PM): "Interesting. Well, guess it's good he's on our side... I guess if shapeshifters can do it, there's no reason he couldn't. He's not awakened, is he?"
Thematrian1 (11:50:15 PM): (He's not, is he?)
Umbrafer (11:50:31 PM): (Not that you can tell)
MilesMk1 (11:50:41 PM): "I mean, the coming back from the "dead", not drowning."
Thematrian1 (11:50:47 PM): "Not even a little."
Thematrian1 (11:51:07 PM): "I don't know about the rest of it, but I'm willing to suspend disbelief a little longer."
MilesMk1 (11:52:02 PM): "Huh. Well, that's... If he really regenerates, and he's not awakened, then what else is there?"
MilesMk1 (11:52:58 PM): "I mean, it's physically impossible, which leaves magic as the only possibility. Take that out of the equation, and we're talking divine intervention."
MilesMk1 (11:53:03 PM): "Heh."
Thematrian1 (11:53:07 PM): "He doesn't regenerate, not like a shifter would. They recover instantly or not at all..."
Thematrian1 (11:53:16 PM): "Divine intervention? Hah."
Thematrian1 (11:53:30 PM): "It's magic, just a weird kind."
Thematrian1 (11:53:33 PM): "I'm sure"
MilesMk1 (11:53:48 PM): "Well, if we end up working together long enough, we'll see if he really doesn't age."
MilesMk1 (11:54:06 PM): "If he's telling the truth, you gotta feel sorry for the guy."
CirclMastr (11:54:12 PM): (Yeah right, all our characters will be replaced within three runs)
Thematrian1 (11:55:02 PM): "That's the truth. In all the stories, eternal life is a curse."
MilesMk1 (11:55:27 PM): "And being stuck a couple of years before puberty, forever?"
Thematrian1 (11:56:52 PM): "I get the feeling that that part's only partially true. Some of his desires are pretty mature, anyway."
CirclMastr (11:57:33 PM): (I think I was just insulted)
MilesMk1 (11:57:45 PM): "Maybe, but doesn't that make it so much more frustrating?"
Thematrian1 (11:57:48 PM): (Who me?)
MilesMk1 (11:58:08 PM): I think he means "only partially true".
Thematrian1 (11:58:28 PM): "Yes. Yes it does."
Thematrian1 (11:58:34 PM): (Isn't that what I wrote?)
MilesMk1 (11:59:35 PM): Does Gem say that with particular conviction, hinting at... something, there? :p
Thematrian1 (12:00:06 AM): Gem never creates any implications accidentally ;-)
MilesMk1 (12:00:12 AM): "Well, he knows how to use a sword, and is more stable than many Sams I've known, at least so far, I think that's good enough."
Thematrian1 (12:01:09 AM): "Indeed. And if he keeps getting cut up like last time, we'll find out whether he's telling the truth about the rest of it.
Thematrian1 (12:01:11 AM): "
MilesMk1 (12:01:59 AM): "I thing we should try convincing him that it's better to act as if he wasn't immortal, because it's more professional and usually makes him more effective outside of combat, just in case..."
MilesMk1 (12:02:12 AM): "I'm sure you could convince him..."
Thematrian1 (12:02:43 AM): "I convinced some foolish people to sell us grenades. I can convince anyone of anything."
Thematrian1 (12:03:10 AM): "It's in our interest too, of course. Lugging his corpse, even temporarily, could embarass us at a bad time."
CirclMastr (12:03:54 AM): (But I have a small, easily concealable corpse!)
Thematrian1 (12:04:22 AM): (And I'm just about strong enough to carry my gear)
CirclMastr (12:04:38 AM): (That's what Glitch is for)
MilesMk1 (12:06:29 AM): (Glitch has Str 4, and he needs most of it just to carry his gear.:))
MilesMk1 (12:06:47 AM): (Glitch has a LOT of gear.)
Umbrafer (12:06:59 AM): (It's true.)
CirclMastr (12:07:50 AM): (Meh)
Thematrian1 (12:07:59 AM): (Just don't frigging die)
Thematrian1 (12:08:03 AM): (Even to prove a point)
Umbrafer (12:10:51 AM): Where is MacLeod going in all this?
CirclMastr (12:11:26 AM): Probably back to the zoo
Umbrafer (12:11:41 AM): You're a few blocks away from the Zoo. Roll perception.
CirclMastr (12:12:10 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 1 1 4
CirclMastr (12:12:13 AM): ...Karma
CirclMastr (12:12:21 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 1 4 2
CirclMastr (12:12:28 AM): ...Obscenities.
Umbrafer (12:13:13 AM): You see, over the crowds, three black balloons.
CirclMastr (12:14:17 AM): (Did Gem tell me about Mr. Clown?)
Thematrian1 (12:14:26 AM): (Yes)
CirclMastr (12:14:42 AM): (Do I have the tranceiver yet?)
Umbrafer (12:14:59 AM): (Not sure. How many days in is this?)
CirclMastr (12:15:12 AM): ("A couple" IIRC)
Thematrian1 (12:15:17 AM): (Yep)
Umbrafer (12:15:27 AM): Tranceivers were how many days?
Thematrian1 (12:15:38 AM): someone who hasn't crashed, scroll up and check
CirclMastr (12:16:23 AM): 2
CirclMastr (12:16:24 AM): (Rating)/48 hours
CirclMastr (12:16:25 AM): So, 2 days
Thematrian1 (12:16:26 AM): (Yeah, but I had a bunch of successes to find it, no?)
Umbrafer (12:16:44 AM): I'm not finding you actually rolling for it.
Thematrian1 (12:16:47 AM): oh
Thematrian1 (12:16:54 AM): 2 days then, I suppose
Umbrafer (12:17:05 AM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (12:17:10 AM): Then yes, you have it.
CirclMastr (12:17:24 AM): *Tries it out* #Um, Gem?#
Thematrian1 (12:17:54 AM): #Er? MacLeod?#
Umbrafer (12:18:25 AM): So how exactly is MacLeod communicating? Subvocal microphone?
CirclMastr (12:18:32 AM): #Yeah, you remember that clown you mentioned a few days ago?# (Presumably)
Thematrian1 (12:19:05 AM): #You've spotted him? Where are you?#
CirclMastr (12:19:30 AM): *Gives rough intersection* #I can see the balloons#
Thematrian1 (12:20:51 AM): How quickly can I be there?
Thematrian1 (12:21:14 AM): (Now we need to guess at a distance between Gem's place and the Zoo)
Umbrafer (12:21:16 AM): Probably twenty minutes. Maybe fifteen, if traffic is forgiving.
Umbrafer (12:22:46 AM): Going to head there?
Thematrian1 (12:22:53 AM): ::grumble::
Thematrian1 (12:23:07 AM): #I'm at home, I can't reach you in time. Just try to get a look at him.#
MilesMk1 (12:23:42 AM): I actually need to crash, have to get up for work earlier than usual - so unless I'm being called in, may I be excused? ;)
Thematrian1 (12:24:08 AM): Heh. In truth, we should all sleep soundly sound.
Umbrafer (12:24:11 AM): Certainly. We're going to wrap up shortly, anyway.
Thematrian1 (12:24:23 AM): Except Circl, I guess ;-)
MilesMk1 (12:24:25 AM): (If someone needs me to tail the clown, I can probably do that too... Or shoot the clown from far away...)
MilesMk1 (12:24:33 AM): Ok, goodnight, then.
Thematrian1 (12:24:35 AM): (I don't think that's wise, yet)
Umbrafer (12:24:49 AM): Incidentally, the balloons are disappearing around a corner.
MilesMk1 (12:24:57 AM): *wave*
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CirclMastr (12:25:07 AM): *Informs and follows*
Umbrafer (12:25:39 AM): Running and pushing people out of your way or just trying to work your way through the crowd?
CirclMastr (12:26:11 AM): The latter, though I'm small, remember ;)
Umbrafer (12:26:20 AM): Quickness test.
CirclMastr (12:26:39 AM): CirclMastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 6 1 2 5
CirclMastr (12:26:42 AM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 4
Umbrafer (12:27:35 AM): You work your way through at a good clip, only bumping into a few people. You reach the corner to see the balloons vanish around a corner; it seems impossibly distant for the crowd and the amount of time passed.
Umbrafer (12:28:25 AM): Another test if you're following.
CirclMastr (12:29:31 AM): CirclMastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 5 1 6 4
CirclMastr (12:29:33 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
CirclMastr (12:29:37 AM): Ah well
Umbrafer (12:30:01 AM): He's long gone down the other corner by the time you reach it. It's a dead end alley with three doors.
CirclMastr (12:30:11 AM): #I lost him#
Thematrian1 (12:30:33 AM): #Gah. No surprise, though, he lost me too.#
Thematrian1 (12:30:44 AM): #I guess it could be a pair of coincidences...#
CirclMastr (12:31:03 AM): #And you could be a dragon#
Thematrian1 (12:31:17 AM): #No I couldn't, we're speaking by radio#
CirclMastr (12:31:39 AM): #I think that's kinda what I'm saying#
Thematrian1 (12:32:16 AM): ::mental sigh:: #Right. Well, I'll call Glitch, tell him to keep an eye out.#
Thematrian1 (12:32:31 AM): #I want very badly for this guy to stay still long enough for a look at his aura#
Umbrafer (12:34:37 AM): The doors stand, silent and resolute.
CirclMastr (12:34:59 AM): *Ponders*
Thematrian1 (12:37:16 AM): ::makes soysalad::
Umbrafer (12:37:34 AM): You make soysalad. What kind of soydressing do you put on it?
Thematrian1 (12:37:54 AM): soy
CirclMastr (12:38:01 AM): Yucki
Umbrafer (12:38:03 AM): Soycroutons?
Thematrian1 (12:38:10 AM): naturally
CirclMastr (12:38:23 AM): *Decides not to go back to the zoo, in case I'm being followed*
Thematrian1 (12:38:28 AM): #Note to self, acquire cooking autosoft...#
Umbrafer (12:39:09 AM): Where do you go?
CirclMastr (12:39:38 AM): Just around
Umbrafer (12:40:14 AM): You wander through the grey æternity.
CirclMastr (12:40:53 AM): ("That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.")
Umbrafer (12:41:46 AM): Gem's actions?
CirclMastr (12:43:44 AM): Gem fell asleep, it seems/
Thematrian1 (12:43:50 AM): No
Thematrian1 (12:43:55 AM): She's just not sure if she wants her salad.
Thematrian1 (12:43:59 AM): I mean, soy salad?
Thematrian1 (12:44:01 AM): Come on now.
Umbrafer (12:44:19 AM): But it's got soydressing. And those soycroutons?
Thematrian1 (12:44:36 AM): yeah, the soycroutons
Umbrafer (12:48:08 AM): Anyway. In the absence of further actions, Gem will regard the soycroutons with distaste until next week.
Thematrian1 (12:48:29 AM): sounds like fun
Umbrafer (12:52:08 AM): And in the absense of movement, I'm off to sleep. See you Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.
Chat room exited at 1/28/2005 12:52:24 AM.