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Umbrafer (9:10:29 PM): Hm.
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CirclMastr (9:10:49 PM): I'll be here and gone a bit
Umbrafer (9:10:55 PM): Well, that sucks. I think AIM must have changed their backend.
CirclMastr (9:10:59 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (9:11:19 PM): ?
Umbrafer (9:11:49 PM): I had typed the chat name as "SotSW Revived". Is it showing as "sotswrevived" for you?
Thematrian1 (9:11:53 PM): oh
Thematrian1 (9:11:54 PM): yes
Umbrafer (9:12:30 PM): Remind me to file a bug report.
Umbrafer (9:12:38 PM): (Yes, being ugly is a bug)
Thematrian1 (9:12:51 PM): stripping spaces and capitalization is definitely a bug
Thematrian1 (9:12:53 PM): I wonder...
Umbrafer (9:13:00 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (9:13:48 PM): yeah, it's doing that for me too. So whatever weird client you're using isn't the problem
Thematrian1 (9:13:56 PM): some intern at AOL is about to have a terrible day
Umbrafer (9:14:10 PM): The client I run the umbrafer name on is the Mac version of the official AIM client.
Thematrian1 (9:14:19 PM): oh
Umbrafer (9:14:50 PM): Fire.app still does weird things. If I can get around to learning Objective C I may see if I can help, because it's been a loooong time that they've stayed broken.
Umbrafer (9:15:22 PM): Anyway. *Digs through logs*
Umbrafer (9:16:09 PM): When we last left off it was just after the experience with the young interviewer.
Umbrafer (9:16:18 PM): Is Gem going to be filling out that survey?
Thematrian1 (9:16:30 PM): ugh, yes, I'm going to need the questions again though
Umbrafer (9:17:20 PM): Certainly. One moment, I'm trying to correct my failure to upload the last log.
CirclMastr (9:17:42 PM): When do we actually meet the J?
Umbrafer (9:20:00 PM): What is your favourite colour?
Umbrafer (9:20:09 PM): The last time you wore a costume for fun, what was it?
Umbrafer (9:20:15 PM): Under what circumstances, if any, would you sacrifice your life?
Umbrafer (9:20:22 PM): What's the best thing you've ever done?
Umbrafer (9:20:29 PM): What is your favourite number?
Umbrafer (9:20:37 PM): What great figure from mythology, literature, or the media do you identify with?
Umbrafer (9:20:43 PM): What's the worst thing you've ever done?
Umbrafer (9:20:52 PM): Under what circumstances, if any, would you betray your friends?
Umbrafer (9:20:57 PM): What manner of dying do you fear most?
Umbrafer (9:21:40 PM): The sheet is clearly labelled as a twenty-question survey, but those nine are all that were on there.
Thematrian1 (9:21:52 PM): right, and there was some tiny mystery writing
Umbrafer (9:22:26 PM): Gem and Glitch note "——e-ir—— ——eit. C———" on one line, with text to either side as well. Dashes of all sorts are illegible.
MilesMk1 (9:22:29 PM): I don't even remember my answers anymore...
Umbrafer (9:22:39 PM): On the next line, Gem notes "Fr————r————rle—————"
Umbrafer (9:22:49 PM): And the last line: "Still, w—————refu—————srth——————are coming."
Umbrafer (9:23:08 PM): Your response, appropriately enough, was "yeah, that's all kinds of reassuring"
Thematrian1 (9:23:12 PM): wasn't there something about an ice cream truck too?
Umbrafer (9:23:37 PM): Ah yes, down below
Umbrafer (9:23:43 PM): Rather
Umbrafer (9:23:47 PM): On the bottom of the reverse side
Umbrafer (9:24:07 PM): "So then I got this idea about driving a cheesecake truck because I figured at the end of the day I could take some of the leftover cheesecakes home, and I love cheesecake."
Umbrafer (9:24:15 PM): "So I went to the cheesecake company, and they asked me if I could drive a truck, and I said yes and they said 'you're hired'. So the next day I got in the truck"
Umbrafer (9:24:23 PM): "And I drove about a block and I just had to have a cheesecake. So I pulled over and I opened the trunk and I got a cheesecake. And I also took one for later, and I took one for my friend Farmboy, and I took one to bring home."
Umbrafer (9:24:32 PM): "And by that time I had eaten one of the cheesecakes, so I took another one. Then I figured I might as well stop by my house to drop off all the cheesecakes."
Umbrafer (9:24:40 PM): " So I take five cakes to eat on the way, and I drive another block and a half to my house…"
Umbrafer (9:24:48 PM): It trails off there.
Thematrian1 (9:25:12 PM): ah, thanks
Umbrafer (9:27:20 PM): Log posted. Where were we?
Umbrafer (9:29:48 PM): You had also arranged a meet with the J in a coffee-bar-type-place.
CirclMastr (9:30:01 PM): Which would be nice to get to sometime
Thematrian1 (9:30:06 PM): right. Go home, sleep, watch the news, go get coffee in Scavs' van?
Thematrian1 (9:31:02 PM): er
Thematrian1 (9:31:06 PM): the going is in scavs' van
Thematrian1 (9:31:08 PM): not the coffee
Umbrafer (9:31:44 PM): Bust down the door with the van and get coffee from within it.
Umbrafer (9:32:17 PM): There's a section in the news about a Hellhound at the Seattle Zoo almost getting loose.
MilesMk1 (9:32:53 PM): "Hellhound? Remind me what those do, again?"
Umbrafer (9:33:10 PM): There's another about vandalism at a local clinic, but interestingly enough it only mentions damage to the lobby, and implies that those within were robbed but that the place was otherwise left untouched.
Thematrian1 (9:33:47 PM): (At that) "Hah. Message received."
Thematrian1 (9:34:05 PM): "Hellhound, hellhound..."
Umbrafer (9:34:16 PM): There's one extremely blurry photograph of someone short, presumably MacLeod, through the outside window. There's nothing reasonably identifyng about it that can't be gotten from eyewitnesses, though.
MilesMk1 (9:34:55 PM): Any eyewitness accounts? Does Glitch get mentioned? ;)
Thematrian1 (9:35:55 PM): Does the van get mentioned?
Umbrafer (9:36:29 PM): The van does not get mentioned. It's implied that the vandals fled on foot. Eyewitness accounts were not available to the reporters.
MilesMk1 (9:37:35 PM): That's good.
Thematrian1 (9:37:51 PM): "Sorry, I don't know hellhounds."
MilesMk1 (9:38:06 PM): Of course, anyone corportate interested in coming after us will have a while set of information available to them...
Umbrafer (9:38:27 PM): (What does Gem have in terms of awakened critter knowledge?)
MilesMk1 (9:38:37 PM): *busies himself tinkering until the time of the meet comes*
Thematrian1 (9:38:38 PM): (She has a bunch of Spirits, let me check...)
MilesMk1 (9:39:12 PM): (BTW, would any of my security knowledge skills potentially cover Hellhounds, seeing how they often, IIRC, get used that way?)
Umbrafer (9:39:44 PM): (Possibly. Roll it. Looking for 4s.)
MilesMk1 (9:40:02 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 4 5 1 4 4
Thematrian1 (9:40:47 PM): (/me stops looking for his awakened knowledge, Glitch has it covered)
Umbrafer (9:40:54 PM): (Security knowledge skills at 8?)
Thematrian1 (9:41:07 PM): (Encephalon?)
MilesMk1 (9:41:11 PM): (Well, Procedures and Systems at 6, +2 for encephalon.)
Thematrian1 (9:41:13 PM): (6 + 2 task)
Umbrafer (9:41:37 PM): (I'd say task probably doesn't apply here. Either way, you've got enough 4s without those last two.)
Thematrian1 (9:42:38 PM): (Can I default to Exotic Fruit?)
MilesMk1 (9:42:39 PM): (Can you let me know what your take on what Encephalon applies to is, sometime? The cyber-description just says all INT-based skills.)
Umbrafer (9:43:17 PM): You know that they're fire-breathing hounds frequently used by security forces, as well as at least three different companies that sell pups and training services.
Thematrian1 (9:43:41 PM): (Does he remember whether they're Awakened, or Dual, or anything like that?)
Umbrafer (9:44:07 PM): They can defend against astral intruders, but they're also vulnerable to them.
Umbrafer (9:44:14 PM): Your classic double-edged sword.
Umbrafer (9:44:37 PM): Everyone watching the news, Perception.
MilesMk1 (9:44:40 PM): Do they make good pets (well, the fire-breathing aside) if treated well, like any other dog, or is their disposition implied by the name?
MilesMk1 (9:44:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 5 4 5 2
MilesMk1 (9:44:47 PM): Grr.
Thematrian1 (9:44:55 PM): oh no, a mere 3 successes
Umbrafer (9:45:07 PM): (Matt: sure. Actually, I'll have to think about that one; the difference between 4 and 7 isn't meaningful in this case)
Umbrafer (9:45:16 PM): That's a different question, so the Tn may be different.
Thematrian1 (9:45:18 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 5 5 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:45:25 PM): (Ok, that's for the news-watching)
CirclMastr (9:46:02 PM): (Wait, why are we getting hellhound pets?)
Umbrafer (9:46:13 PM): They can make decent pets, though lapses tend to be relatively expensive and painful. Few people have the desire or patience to train a fire-breathing hound or to pay the prices usually asked for pre-trained animals.
Thematrian1 (9:46:24 PM): (Because We Can)
MilesMk1 (9:46:34 PM): (I was just curious...)
CirclMastr (9:46:54 PM): (Psycho)
MilesMk1 (9:47:21 PM): (They'd have made sense for the Tuseday team when we were tragically short on magical support.;))
Umbrafer (9:48:00 PM): (Until it started singing our eyebrows)
MilesMk1 (9:48:31 PM): (Details!)
Umbrafer (9:50:21 PM): The last news is that the Renraku Arcology's 166th floor has sprung another leak.
CirclMastr (9:50:23 PM): (Anyway...)
Umbrafer (9:51:13 PM): Actions?
Thematrian1 (9:51:35 PM): I want to find or write an image clearer-upper for that text, but I don't think we have tha tmuch time
Thematrian1 (9:51:52 PM): Other than that I'm ready to skip ahead
Umbrafer (9:52:52 PM): If you're going to search, roll it. If you're going to program, just let me know how many hours you're spending on it and I'll figure out the program size later.
Thematrian1 (9:53:31 PM): Search. Your call whether it's etiquette or computers, it's the same number of dice either way
Thematrian1 (9:53:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 4 4 3 5
Thematrian1 (9:53:38 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (9:54:21 PM): Going to have to be your call, actually, as the TNs and meanings of numbers of successes are different
Thematrian1 (9:54:38 PM): Fair enough. I'd prefer Etiquette, asking around rather than searching
Umbrafer (9:56:20 PM): You get pointed to a few free programs, but none of them seem terribly special. A few people offer to sell you various solutions.
Thematrian1 (9:56:35 PM): figures. What am I looking at pricewise?
CirclMastr (9:56:36 PM): Did anyone at the Zoo find anything of note with the PocSecs?
Umbrafer (9:57:20 PM): The prices vary between ¥40 and ¥17,000, as well as one person who is offering to do it for ¥100 per non-space character.
CirclMastr (9:59:14 PM): I guess not
Umbrafer (9:59:49 PM): No, they haven't. On the other hand, from the looks of it they haven't had much time. They appear to be hard at work at some large project or other.
Umbrafer (9:59:57 PM): You get a glimpse of the code and it makes your head hurt.
CirclMastr (10:01:25 PM): Modern code sucks, Hypercard was the pinnacle of program creation ;)
Thematrian1 (10:01:45 PM): unless you needed preemptive multitasking, sure ;-)
CirclMastr (10:02:26 PM): Psssh
Umbrafer (10:02:56 PM): Actually, one snippet does in fact look like a hypercard stack.
CirclMastr (10:03:52 PM): Guessing I can't start a side convo with them, thus stealing focus all night and keeping us from meeting the J this week. Again.
Umbrafer (10:04:13 PM): You could, potentially
Umbrafer (10:04:28 PM): Erk, right, those perception tests for the newscasts. *Looks up*
CirclMastr (10:05:29 PM): brb, dinner
Umbrafer (10:07:16 PM): Gem does notice one slightly troubling thing during the zoo segment:
Thematrian1 (10:07:24 PM): ?
Umbrafer (10:09:19 PM): Well, over in the corner of one of the crowd shots, there's a small cluster of black balloons. You look closer, somewhat startled, and there's quite clearly a garishly-painted clown waving at the camera.
Umbrafer (10:09:34 PM): The feed moves to a different take and it's gone.
Thematrian1 (10:09:54 PM): "Deep river running..."
Thematrian1 (10:10:22 PM): (when we meet) "Did you see that segment on the news about the hellhound that almost escaped from the zoo?"
Umbrafer (10:11:31 PM): (You have presumably met up at this point, so carry on)
MilesMk1 (10:11:40 PM): "Yeah, why?"
Thematrian1 (10:12:02 PM): "Did you see the clown with the black balloons who was waving at the camera?"
CirclMastr (10:14:12 PM): (Back)
MilesMk1 (10:14:15 PM): "Umm... Nope."
Umbrafer (10:14:18 PM): (Wb)
MilesMk1 (10:15:34 PM): "This clown business is starting to creep me out."
MilesMk1 (10:15:57 PM): "I mean, you have to be mentally ill to be one, which means we have a crazie following us around."
Thematrian1 (10:16:04 PM): "Well, he was there. I felt like he was waving at me."
CirclMastr (10:16:20 PM): "At least he's not exposing himself."
Thematrian1 (10:16:24 PM): "A crazy wizard. Nobody else could evade us like he did."
MilesMk1 (10:16:47 PM): "I think next time, we just need to shoot first. I'm starting to carry a silencer with me."
CirclMastr (10:17:25 PM): "...You don't have one?"
MilesMk1 (10:18:27 PM): "I don't carry it with me everywhere when off the clock..."
CirclMastr (10:18:44 PM): "I'd think you'd just leave it on the gun at all times."
MilesMk1 (10:18:51 PM): "It's sort of bulky."
CirclMastr (10:18:59 PM): *shrugs a bit*
CirclMastr (10:19:10 PM): "One good thing about swords, they don't need silencers."
MilesMk1 (10:19:30 PM): "Yeah. Of course, most people find them a little harder to conceal..."
CirclMastr (10:20:04 PM): *shrugs again*
Thematrian1 (10:21:53 PM): "No fighting, it's almost time."
MilesMk1 (10:22:36 PM): "We weren't fighting. I think."
MilesMk1 (10:22:56 PM): *starts to make a clown-with-black-balloons voodoo doll to pass time* "I'
MilesMk1 (10:23:10 PM): "I'm going to give this to Gustave, I think."
MilesMk1 (10:23:39 PM): "I say 'I think' a lot, don't I? Is it time yet?"
CirclMastr (10:24:05 PM): "I could use a drink. Do they serve milkshakes?"
Thematrian1 (10:24:20 PM): "Let's go check."
Umbrafer (10:24:31 PM): It's about twenty minutes until the meet, unless you specifically showed up earlier
Thematrian1 (10:24:34 PM): ::goes and checks, assuming that it's at least vaguely the right time::
Thematrian1 (10:24:40 PM): yep, that'll do
Umbrafer (10:25:21 PM): They do indeed have milkshakes. Quite pricey. They also have soyshakes.
CirclMastr (10:25:29 PM): (And I'm being dragged off again. I hate my family.)
Umbrafer (10:27:16 PM): The place is not busy, but there are people within. There's a gentle sound of pink noise in the background, harshening to white noise around some of the booths.
MilesMk1 (10:29:06 PM): Were we told to use a particular booth, or ask for anyone?
Umbrafer (10:29:46 PM): A booth was specified. It was not mentioned in the previous session, but that's what the J's instructions are.
MilesMk1 (10:30:22 PM): *shrugs and heads for the indicated booth, scanning the area, and the booth itself once there*
Umbrafer (10:30:52 PM): Roll it;.
Umbrafer (10:30:55 PM): *-;
MilesMk1 (10:31:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 6 3 5 1
MilesMk1 (10:31:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 12 6-sided dice: 3 4 1 5 2 6 3 2 3 3 5 1
MilesMk1 (10:31:12 PM): check that
MilesMk1 (10:31:16 PM): /roll-dice 1
Thematrian1 (10:31:19 PM): *-; is technically a smilie
MilesMk1 (10:31:21 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (10:31:41 PM): It would be an inverted one
MilesMk1 (10:31:52 PM): 9,5,4
Umbrafer (10:31:52 PM): But I could see where confusion could creep in
Thematrian1 (10:31:55 PM): it's a person who's sad because they have a black eye
Thematrian1 (10:31:58 PM): no mystery there
Umbrafer (10:32:01 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (10:32:55 PM): The woman behind the register looks clean, but the barista catches your eye for some reason. The rest of the crowd here looks like they're most likely to be deckers if they're illegals of any variety.
Umbrafer (10:33:47 PM): Anyone else scoping out the crowd?
MilesMk1 (10:33:59 PM): Ok... Change that to *stops by the bar to order a drink and get a closer look at the server*
Thematrian1 (10:34:12 PM): No, I don't think I'll bother
MilesMk1 (10:34:13 PM): (assuming that's what you mean by 'Barista')
Thematrian1 (10:34:21 PM): Except Astrally
Thematrian1 (10:34:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 5 4 6
Umbrafer (10:34:33 PM): (Yes)
MilesMk1 (10:35:22 PM): Perception?
Umbrafer (10:35:27 PM): Assensing the barista, or was that perception while dual-natured?
Umbrafer (10:35:33 PM): Sure, go for it. What are you ordering?
Thematrian1 (10:36:24 PM): just dual-natured perception
Thematrian1 (10:36:34 PM): spirits, wards, whatever
MilesMk1 (10:36:37 PM): Oh, god... Glitch is actually allergic to alcohol. :) A beer, if he has to pretend to drink it, it'll do the least damage...
Umbrafer (10:37:48 PM): It's a coffee bar, so most of the drinks are nonalcoholic.
MilesMk1 (10:37:54 PM): Duh.
MilesMk1 (10:38:05 PM): Sorry, I've had little sleep last night.
Thematrian1 (10:38:16 PM): Gem takes her coffee Irish
Umbrafer (10:38:17 PM): No worries, so did I :)
MilesMk1 (10:38:44 PM): Venti Double Moccha Lattechino?
Umbrafer (10:39:01 PM): Gem's coffee comes complete with brogue.
MilesMk1 (10:39:03 PM): Something that'll take a while to make, giving him more time to ogle.
MilesMk1 (10:39:13 PM): And perception
Umbrafer (10:39:15 PM): You go for something that sounds complicated.
MilesMk1 (10:39:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 4 2 6
MilesMk1 (10:39:24 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (10:39:34 PM): Did I see anything astrally exciting?
MilesMk1 (10:39:51 PM): Gee, I'm getting such nice probability distributions...
Umbrafer (10:40:14 PM): There's a small astrally active plant over at one side of the counter
Umbrafer (10:40:18 PM): Other than that, nothing much.
Thematrian1 (10:40:24 PM): (er...is that a joke?)
Umbrafer (10:40:30 PM): (Nope)
Thematrian1 (10:40:52 PM): (Can I default from Spirits to Awakened Fauana?)
Thematrian1 (10:40:57 PM): (Fauna even?)
Umbrafer (10:41:21 PM): (Sure, but I think you mean Flora in this case) Glitch watches the barista. The man's either got some serious coffee-making skills or is augmented somehow.
Thematrian1 (10:41:34 PM): (Yeah, I do. Doh)
Thematrian1 (10:41:46 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 5
MilesMk1 (10:41:50 PM): Interesting.
Umbrafer (10:42:28 PM): You've got no clue what this plant is.
Thematrian1 (10:42:43 PM): ::pushes it onto her research stack::
MilesMk1 (10:43:27 PM): I discretely pass that on to everyone with me when I get back to the table with my half-gallon of coffee.
Umbrafer (10:43:44 PM): Glitch comes back with a coffee the size of a man's head.
Thematrian1 (10:43:48 PM): "And that plant is awakened."
Thematrian1 (10:44:18 PM): Now we need Gustave to come back with a man's head the size of a cup of coffee.
Umbrafer (10:44:43 PM): He probably will, too.
MilesMk1 (10:45:14 PM): "Security of some sort?" (Hey, can I stretch my security skills to cover that, too? :))
Umbrafer (10:45:33 PM): (Give it a shot)
MilesMk1 (10:45:44 PM): (No task pool?)
MilesMk1 (10:45:54 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 6 4 1 3
MilesMk1 (10:46:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:46:10 PM): (Roll it as well, if it's important I'll figure out whether or not it applies)
MilesMk1 (10:46:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 5
Umbrafer (10:47:11 PM): You've heard of awakened plants, fungi, and bacteria being used as astral watchdogs before, but you've no information on this specific one
Umbrafer (10:47:52 PM): You know they're usually used to enclose an area, so this plant alone in the middle of the counter seems not to fit with that.
Umbrafer (10:51:08 PM): Doing anything else before the J arrives?
Thematrian1 (10:51:22 PM): Nope
MilesMk1 (10:51:25 PM): Um... Nah, not really.
Umbrafer (10:51:50 PM): By your clock, he shows up a full seven and a half seconds late.
Umbrafer (10:52:19 PM): He slides into the booth opposite you.
MilesMk1 (10:53:30 PM): *moves his coffe cup so he can see the person on the other side of the booth and looks up expectantly*
Thematrian1 (10:53:44 PM): assense him
Thematrian1 (10:53:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 1 3 3 4
Thematrian1 (10:53:58 PM): ::wishes she'd taken Perceptive::
Umbrafer (10:54:16 PM): Perceptive only applies to Perception Tests, not Assensing.
Umbrafer (10:54:26 PM): In this case, you might be wishing for some Aura Reading :)
Umbrafer (10:54:40 PM): He seems tired and slightly run-down, but otherwise in good shape.
Thematrian1 (10:54:42 PM): Ah, but Assensing is "a special kind of Perception test"
Thematrian1 (10:54:45 PM): or so I remember reading
Umbrafer (10:54:54 PM): Mundane, with cyber.
Umbrafer (10:57:04 PM): He takes a sip from a coffee, glances at Glitch's coffee with visible envy, and then looks at all of you.
Umbrafer (10:57:13 PM): "Were there any difficulties?"
Thematrian1 (10:57:38 PM): ::shrug:: "Their Matrix security was...almost adequate."
MilesMk1 (10:57:45 PM): Is this area covered by white noise?
Thematrian1 (10:57:55 PM): Yeah, for the booths
Thematrian1 (10:58:02 PM): or I have something I'd like to take back
Umbrafer (10:58:06 PM): It is. Even if it wasn't it's well within the pink noise.
Umbrafer (10:58:58 PM): "And no one harmed unduly?"
MilesMk1 (10:59:16 PM): "One of the surgeons happened to have an assult rifle in his office, which struck me as unusual, and I believe they had a mage on the premises that showed an interest just as we were leaving."
MilesMk1 (10:59:44 PM): "But other than that... No."
Umbrafer (10:59:48 PM): "I see. Which surgeon?"
MilesMk1 (10:59:55 PM): "The dwarf."
Umbrafer (11:00:30 PM): (FYI, as it's been forever and a day since last session, the dwarf was the one who shot out the camera in the elevator with a pistol. It was Wig 1 with the AR.
Umbrafer (11:00:32 PM): *)
MilesMk1 (11:01:16 PM): "Regardless, aside from the guard MacLeod here knocked out, any and all damage was caused by stun grenades, and I tried not to score any direct hits to minimize the risk of any permanent injury."
MilesMk1 (11:01:49 PM): (I remembered it as the dwarf, but I could be wrong...)
Umbrafer (11:03:54 PM): He nods, taking it all in.
Umbrafer (11:04:50 PM): "Very well. You'll find a pouch by your feet. The agreed-upon sum is within."
CirclMastr (11:04:59 PM): (Back, and suicidal)
MilesMk1 (11:05:36 PM): *checks the pouch and the cash*
Umbrafer (11:06:41 PM): (Why suicidal?)
CirclMastr (11:07:19 PM): (Turns out my car probably has a radiator core leak and a blown head gasket)
Umbrafer (11:09:00 PM): Does anyone have any record of what exactly the pay for this run was?
Umbrafer (11:09:11 PM): Someday I'll learn to write this stuff down.
CirclMastr (11:09:12 PM): One meeeeeellion nuyen
Thematrian1 (11:09:22 PM): One hundred billion nuyen
MilesMk1 (11:09:33 PM): (I forgot, unfortunately.)
Umbrafer (11:11:47 PM): *Dig dig dig*
CirclMastr (11:11:49 PM): (If someone could send me about two grand so I can get my car fixed, I'd be totally in love with you)
Umbrafer (11:12:05 PM): For now, however much it was it's there.
Thematrian1 (11:12:08 PM): (Maybe you should start with someone who's in love with you and work backwards?)
CirclMastr (11:12:20 PM): (They're all poor)
MilesMk1 (11:13:19 PM): (Couldn;t you just buy a new car with two grand?)
MilesMk1 (11:13:23 PM): (I mean, a new used one...)
CirclMastr (11:13:32 PM): (Yeah right)
CirclMastr (11:13:42 PM): (One with 150k miles on it, maybe)
MilesMk1 (11:13:47 PM): (Hehe...)
Umbrafer (11:14:31 PM): (Hey, the car I was driving happily up until last year had a book value of ~$180
Umbrafer (11:14:33 PM): *)
CirclMastr (11:15:13 PM): (If I wanted to be in debt for the next ten years, I MIGHT be able to get a car loan for a used car. Maybe. I'd also kill myself.)
Umbrafer (11:15:43 PM): (Seems vaguely excessive)
CirclMastr (11:16:04 PM): (If I were lucky, I could get a decent used car for five grand)
MilesMk1 (11:16:06 PM): (Are you in one of those strange places where you need a car to live?)
CirclMastr (11:16:13 PM): (Uh, you mean California? Why yes, I am.)
MilesMk1 (11:16:37 PM): (So, strange on multiple accounts.)
MilesMk1 (11:16:42 PM): (;))
CirclMastr (11:17:00 PM): (But yeah. No public transit, no walking.)
MilesMk1 (11:17:51 PM): (I live not quite two city blocks from a subway stop, approximately 50' from a bus stop...)
MilesMk1 (11:18:27 PM): (About 8" in a straight line from the nearest restaurant.)
CirclMastr (11:18:47 PM): (There's no subway in Orange County. There are buses but they're generally for cross-city travel for the destitute and homeless. I don't want to get an STD from a bench, thanks.)
Umbrafer (11:19:04 PM): (You usually go pantsless?)
CirclMastr (11:19:24 PM): (Nope. But the shit is so thick it doesn't need DMSO.)
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Umbrafer (11:19:38 PM): (I live ~50 meters from a trolley stop that connects to the subway, about a quarter-mile from the nearest restaurant…)
Umbrafer (11:19:42 PM): Hm
Umbrafer (11:19:52 PM): I hope we didn't bore him to death ;)
CirclMastr (11:19:56 PM): Probably
MilesMk1 (11:20:13 PM): (I really am that close to the restaurant, it's downstairs. Fortunately, their soundproofing works.)
CirclMastr (11:20:28 PM): Well, the alternative is spending a week and about five hundred to rip the car apart with my dad and fix it myself.
MilesMk1 (11:21:00 PM): Hmm... How are you fixed for free time?
Umbrafer (11:21:05 PM): (What is the restaurant?)
CirclMastr (11:21:20 PM): I've got work every weekday afternoon/evening and finals next week.
MilesMk1 (11:21:48 PM): (A slightly upscale bar/restaurant place)
MilesMk1 (11:22:45 PM): (Basically, the sort of place that charges you an extra $10 for a burger because they have a nice hardwood decor)
CirclMastr (11:22:52 PM): Yay?
MilesMk1 (11:23:10 PM): Hmm?
Umbrafer (11:23:14 PM): (Heh)
Umbrafer (11:23:26 PM): (C'mon, Seiler, you know you want to get back on…)
MilesMk1 (11:23:59 PM): (Actually, it's almost 11:30... If he's not back in a minute or two, I think I'll go collapse.)
Umbrafer (11:24:13 PM): (I can understand that)
MilesMk1 (11:24:35 PM): (So, anyone watch the coverage of the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII in Russia?)
Umbrafer (11:24:54 PM): (Also, a word of advice: don't try upgrading qt unless you're willing to let it chug on your computer for a whole day if not more.)
MilesMk1 (11:24:55 PM): (Since we're being completely random and irrelevant. :p)
Umbrafer (11:25:01 PM): (I did not, though it sounds interesting)
MilesMk1 (11:25:04 PM): qt?
Umbrafer (11:25:28 PM): (A cross-platform GUI framework)
MilesMk1 (11:26:28 PM): (It was a travesty. German and French representatives were guests of honor for some reason, and much bullshit was said about how Russia "liberated" other countries.)
MilesMk1 (11:27:09 PM): (I mean, I'm all for forgiveness, and not getting too hung up on the whole "sins of the father" thing, but Germans and French?)
MilesMk1 (11:27:36 PM): (Come on, Seiler...)
MilesMk1 (11:28:50 PM): All right...
MilesMk1 (11:29:09 PM): I'm outta here - see you guys next week?
CirclMastr (11:29:13 PM): Hopefully
Umbrafer (11:29:28 PM): Indeed.
Umbrafer (11:29:41 PM): Take care, sleep well, don't let the bugs get you.
CirclMastr (11:29:56 PM): I'd rather have the bugs get me.
MilesMk1 (11:30:23 PM): Bah, it can't all be that bleak.
MilesMk1 (11:30:31 PM): Goodnight.
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