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Umbrafer (8:42:04 PM): Anyone heard from Seiler/
Umbrafer (8:42:05 PM): *?
Umbrafer (8:42:14 PM): He's on, so he'll probably be here momentarily
CirclMastr (8:42:29 PM): Remind me where we were at last week.
CirclMastr (8:42:41 PM): I remember I got my ass kicked by a bird. Or at least embarassed.
MilesMk1 (8:44:14 PM): IIRC you took a L wound.
MilesMk1 (8:44:44 PM): After that, I'm a bit hazy. I remember watching a guard.
CirclMastr (8:45:02 PM): I found a well or something.
MilesMk1 (8:45:03 PM): Then someone lost connection?
CirclMastr (8:45:12 PM): I got pulled off, yeah.
CirclMastr (8:45:22 PM): A watcher was involved somewhere along the line.
MilesMk1 (8:45:29 PM): Oh, yes. Paternal interfernce, that was it.
Umbrafer (8:45:45 PM): I'll be right back, I need to cook food right quick.
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MilesMk1 (8:45:59 PM): I have to admit, Tuesday's events have sort of fought for priority and won as far as my memory went. ;)
CirclMastr (8:46:19 PM): I wasn't here for it, sadly :(
Thematrian1 (8:46:23 PM): sorry about that
Thematrian1 (8:46:30 PM): my roommates were threatening to eat my flesh
CirclMastr (8:46:37 PM): Yum.
Thematrian1 (8:46:37 PM): so I had to prepare noodles
MilesMk1 (8:48:18 PM): They can't cook noodles?
Thematrian1 (8:48:25 PM): they can
Thematrian1 (8:48:29 PM): but I'm better at it
MilesMk1 (8:48:33 PM): Ah. You use water?
Thematrian1 (8:48:35 PM): they can't set timers
Thematrian1 (8:48:51 PM): and I have mad water boiling skillz
Thematrian1 (8:48:54 PM): I don't know
Thematrian1 (8:49:25 PM): so: we were going to wait a few hours, then make our approach
MilesMk1 (8:50:38 PM): Actually, Jon needed to cook as well, apparently.
Thematrian1 (8:53:59 PM): oh
Thematrian1 (8:54:04 PM): man, being the skilled one sucks
Thematrian1 (8:54:18 PM): especially if you know your skills are pitiful in an absolute sense
Umbrafer (8:54:38 PM): Back
Umbrafer (8:55:20 PM): Your roommates' culinary skills suck.
Umbrafer (8:55:24 PM): Tell them I said so.
Thematrian1 (8:55:29 PM): will do
Umbrafer (8:56:46 PM): Anyway. Last week's transcript is up in the usual place
Thematrian1 (8:56:48 PM): that's right, MacLeod was lost
Umbrafer (8:56:51 PM): MacLeod is currently lost near a well
Thematrian1 (8:56:57 PM): and a watcher was finding him, but not very effectively
Umbrafer (8:57:07 PM): And you're waiting for a Watcher to report back, but it's been (IIRC) 40 minutes with no return.
Thematrian1 (8:57:08 PM): MacLeod: even if you fall down the well, I'm not giving my watcher a name
CirclMastr (8:57:18 PM): Uh
CirclMastr (8:57:31 PM): My name isn't Timmy, so it wouldn't work anyway.
Umbrafer (8:57:35 PM): Timothy MacLeod?
Thematrian1 (8:58:53 PM): "Nothing. Even the smart ones are idiots in some ways..."
CirclMastr (8:59:18 PM): *kicks it by the well*
Umbrafer (9:00:17 PM): You kick it. It yelps. Anyone doing anything?
CirclMastr (9:00:49 PM): ("You kick it. It yelps. It breathes nexus. -more- You die.")
Thematrian1 (9:01:16 PM): (Nethack, right)
CirclMastr (9:01:24 PM): (Well, any roguelike really.)
CirclMastr (9:01:31 PM): (Angband is my fave)
Thematrian1 (9:01:40 PM): #Glitch: we're still unobserved?#
Umbrafer (9:02:31 PM): He sees no one heading toward you or looking at you
MilesMk1 (9:02:39 PM): #As far as I can tell. I suppose we could view the fact I can no longer see them as proof they're sneaking up on us, but I don't think so.#
Umbrafer (9:02:47 PM): The guy who was by the fence is no longer there, but that could have many interpretations.
Umbrafer (9:04:15 PM): Unless someone acts, another ten minutes pass.
Umbrafer (9:05:05 PM): They pass. Perception, everyone.
MilesMk1 (9:05:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 1 6 3
CirclMastr (9:05:12 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 4 2 6
CirclMastr (9:05:13 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:05:15 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
CirclMastr (9:05:18 PM): (11, 5, 4)
MilesMk1 (9:05:27 PM): I think I used all my good rolls Tuesday.
Thematrian1 (9:05:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 5 1 5 4
Umbrafer (9:05:38 PM): At this moment they're less essential.
MilesMk1 (9:06:05 PM): As opposed to when rolling for First Aid? :)
Umbrafer (9:06:26 PM): MacLeod notices a rabbit hopping around near the trees.
Umbrafer (9:06:32 PM): It doesn't appear to be going far.
CirclMastr (9:06:36 PM): #Hey, a rabbit.#
Umbrafer (9:06:42 PM): At one point it jumps, startled, and dashes off.
CirclMastr (9:06:54 PM): #...Something scared it.# *investigates*
MilesMk1 (9:07:01 PM): #Sounds like a bad place to be a rabbit in.#
Umbrafer (9:07:57 PM): You walk over to where the rabbit was.
Umbrafer (9:08:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 5 6 3 3 2 6 3 3 5 6 2 4 2 1
Umbrafer (9:08:04 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 1 1
Umbrafer (9:08:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (9:08:17 PM): Perception.
CirclMastr (9:08:22 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 6
CirclMastr (9:08:24 PM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
CirclMastr (9:08:27 PM): (9, 8)
Umbrafer (9:08:55 PM): You peer around, but you can't see a whole lot. Suddenly, out of the corner of your eye a glowing bird swoops at you.
CirclMastr (9:09:16 PM): "Shit!" *tries to interpose katana betwixt us*
Umbrafer (9:09:21 PM): Roll it.
CirclMastr (9:09:39 PM): (I'll go ahead and dump 3 CP into it)
CirclMastr (9:09:42 PM): (If I can...)
Umbrafer (9:09:50 PM): (You can.)
CirclMastr (9:09:53 PM): CirclMastr rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 5 3 4 2 1 4 3 4 5
MilesMk1 (9:10:20 PM): (Wasn't the watcher supposed to be bridlike?)
Umbrafer (9:10:35 PM): You almost manage to get your sword there in time, but it flies right through your arm, through your torso, and starts circling around you.
Thematrian1 (9:10:39 PM): (If so, it's fine; it's not a physical being)
Thematrian1 (9:10:56 PM): #You ok?#
CirclMastr (9:11:03 PM): #Uh... there's a bird flying... through me...#
Thematrian1 (9:11:26 PM): #That'd be my watcher#
Umbrafer (9:12:44 PM): At first it looks like one of the Blood Hawks (save the colouration, which is a ghostly glowing white), but closer inspection reveals it to be more along the lines of a miniature full-sized hawk.
CirclMastr (9:13:00 PM): #So... okay, what now?#
Umbrafer (9:13:24 PM): After flying around you a few more times it flies back towards the well.
CirclMastr (9:13:33 PM): *follows it*
Umbrafer (9:13:35 PM): It circles a bit closer, waiting for you.
Umbrafer (9:14:01 PM): As you follow, it flies almost straight up and over the well.
CirclMastr (9:14:14 PM): *wisely goes around the well*
Umbrafer (9:14:41 PM): it meets you again on the other side and leads you on through the woods.
CirclMastr (9:14:49 PM): *tra la la...*
Umbrafer (9:15:24 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 4 3 1 2 5 3 4 6 6 3 6 4 2 1
Umbrafer (9:15:26 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 4 6 4 6 5 1 6 2 3 1 1 4
Umbrafer (9:15:31 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 4 3 3
Umbrafer (9:15:35 PM): Roll Perception
CirclMastr (9:15:41 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 2
CirclMastr (9:15:44 PM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
CirclMastr (9:15:50 PM): (Awfully familiar. 11, 9)
Umbrafer (9:16:10 PM): Thankfully you don't appear to be going into Blood Kite territory, or at least it doesn't bother you. You emerge from the woods a decent distance away from the van and start moving towards it.
CirclMastr (9:16:26 PM): #Hey, I can see the van now.#
MilesMk1 (9:16:55 PM): #Good... But make sure the guards don't see you.#
Thematrian1 (9:17:02 PM): #Excellent. Let's go#
CirclMastr (9:17:21 PM): *sheathes the katana and stays roughly away from the facility on the way to the van*
Umbrafer (9:18:33 PM): You're a decent distance from the facility, all you can really do is stay a meter or two inside the woods as you travel.
CirclMastr (9:18:47 PM): *whatever works*
Thematrian1 (9:18:52 PM): I'm down to two boxes in 15 minutes - however long that took
Umbrafer (9:19:37 PM): Probably another ten minutes. The Watcher took a path that seemed shortest to it, which may or may not have been the case in the real world.
Umbrafer (9:19:40 PM): *Physical
Thematrian1 (9:19:57 PM): ok
Umbrafer (9:20:47 PM): And you're back.
CirclMastr (9:21:13 PM): *gets in the van*
Umbrafer (9:21:25 PM): You do so.
Umbrafer (9:22:25 PM): The team is reunited, except for the two people who are in a semi-existence.
Umbrafer (9:22:30 PM): Actions?
Thematrian1 (9:22:49 PM): ::waits to get down to a single box of stun::
CirclMastr (9:22:56 PM): "So... hi."
Thematrian1 (9:23:08 PM): "Kill any birds?"
CirclMastr (9:23:18 PM): "Sadly no."
MilesMk1 (9:23:19 PM): "Hey." *passes the tube of antibiotic ointment.*
CirclMastr (9:23:40 PM): "Have anything more substantial for this cut?"
MilesMk1 (9:23:59 PM): "Oh. You want me to break out the medkit?"
Thematrian1 (9:24:05 PM): "There's a medkit, and I have a chip. Have a better one, glitch?"
MilesMk1 (9:24:13 PM): (Can I reduce a L wound to night with treatment?)
MilesMk1 (9:24:36 PM): "Mine's rated at 5 with a level 3 expert driver."
MilesMk1 (9:24:51 PM): (to nothing)
CirclMastr (9:25:04 PM): "Yeah, okay, I don't know what that means. Never got into the chips, for obvious reasons."
MilesMk1 (9:25:05 PM): (God, I swar, I'm becoming slightly dislexic.)
Thematrian1 (9:25:12 PM): "Mine's only three. Go for it."
MilesMk1 (9:25:18 PM): (SWEAR. Swear... Fuck.)
MilesMk1 (9:25:33 PM): (And it's dyslexic, isn't it? I hate this...)
MilesMk1 (9:25:43 PM): *applies the medkit*
MilesMk1 (9:25:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 1 2 5 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:25:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
Umbrafer (9:26:19 PM): (Yes, you can nullify a Light wound))
Thematrian1 (9:26:25 PM): (TN for Light is 4, time base is 5 turns.)
Thematrian1 (9:26:36 PM): (After Tuesday, the first aid table is imprinted in my brain)
Umbrafer (9:26:39 PM): (Yep. So less than ten seconds, not bad.)
Umbrafer (9:26:40 PM): (Hehehe)
MilesMk1 (9:26:42 PM): (When I don't need 'em, I get scores good enough to do a heart transplant...)
Umbrafer (9:27:52 PM): MacLeod is patched.
Umbrafer (9:28:06 PM): You test for regressions and find a few, but nothing too serious.
CirclMastr (9:28:12 PM): "Thanks."
MilesMk1 (9:28:53 PM): "Sure."
Umbrafer (9:30:42 PM): Gem's headache subsides further.
Thematrian1 (9:31:09 PM): rockin'. Gem the decker has one box
Thematrian1 (9:31:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 5 6 2 1
Thematrian1 (9:31:24 PM): 20 minutes and I'm clean
Umbrafer (9:31:43 PM): 15? Isn't it TN 3?
Umbrafer (9:31:50 PM): *20
Thematrian1 (9:31:56 PM): oh, right
Umbrafer (9:31:58 PM): (That is to say, shouldn't it be 15)
Thematrian1 (9:32:07 PM): <---was counting from 4 instead of 2
Thematrian1 (9:32:19 PM): 15 minutes
Umbrafer (9:32:47 PM): Actions in that time?
Umbrafer (9:34:22 PM): Everyone sits around in stony silence. Gem's headache is reduced to a dull pain that is comparatively ignorable.
CirclMastr (9:35:08 PM): *is just sitting there, thinking evil thoughts at the magic bird*
Umbrafer (9:36:33 PM): It roosts in a tree, thinking evil thoughts at you. Or more likely Glitch, who actually tagged one.
MilesMk1 (9:37:33 PM): "Do we lack some vital skills, or do we just have bad luck?"
MilesMk1 (9:37:56 PM): "I mean, the two jobs before this seems to have gone ok, but there's always all this annoying shit getting in the way."
MilesMk1 (9:38:01 PM): *seem
Thematrian1 (9:38:17 PM): "There are three of us, and we have to avoid killing."
CirclMastr (9:38:54 PM): "Not killing sorta makes me... a freeloader? I guess that's about right."
Thematrian1 (9:39:11 PM): "You're allowed to kill the birds, you just didn't."
MilesMk1 (9:39:59 PM): "They are sort of hard to hit."
CirclMastr (9:40:31 PM): "And they sneak up on you."
MilesMk1 (9:41:42 PM): "Yeah."
MilesMk1 (9:43:33 PM): "So, you found a well?"
MilesMk1 (9:43:44 PM): "I guess you probably couldn't lead us back to it, right?"
CirclMastr (9:43:55 PM): "I'm just glad I got back."
Umbrafer (9:44:40 PM): Intelligence for that
MilesMk1 (9:45:41 PM): "We have a GPS... If we go out looking for it together, we're not going to get lost."
CirclMastr (9:45:55 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 4
CirclMastr (9:45:57 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (9:45:59 PM): (10, 4)
Umbrafer (9:46:18 PM): You've got an idea of the general direction, at least.
Umbrafer (9:46:33 PM): The Watcher is also still in existence, IIRC.
Thematrian1 (9:46:59 PM): Yep.
Thematrian1 (9:47:21 PM): "Do you want to find the well?"
CirclMastr (9:47:35 PM): "I'd just as soon get on with the task at hand."
MilesMk1 (9:48:20 PM): "Well... They did say they were having a problem with flooding, if I remember it right."
MilesMk1 (9:49:02 PM): "And the ground in the area looked like it settled a bit in spots. The two could be connected. And we still have to wait a bit for Gem to rest..."
CirclMastr (9:49:16 PM): "Alright."
Thematrian1 (9:49:26 PM): "Fair enough. Watcher?"
Umbrafer (9:49:34 PM): *Chirrup*
Thematrian1 (9:49:55 PM): "Do you remember where you found MacLeod?"
Umbrafer (9:50:02 PM): *Affirmative chirrup*
MilesMk1 (9:50:11 PM): I will use the GPS to plot our way this time.
Umbrafer (9:50:12 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 2 4 2 4 1 6 6 6 1 2 1 4 3 2
Umbrafer (9:50:15 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 1 6
Umbrafer (9:50:18 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (9:50:19 PM): ::stand:: "Well, let's go."
Thematrian1 (9:51:20 PM): "Lead me to the place you found MacLeod, oh Watcher."
Umbrafer (9:51:27 PM): *Chirrup, fly*
Thematrian1 (9:51:40 PM): ::follow""
Umbrafer (9:52:06 PM): It does some antics in the air waiting for you to emerge. It takes you down a distance, then into the trees.
Umbrafer (9:52:10 PM): Is everyone following?
MilesMk1 (9:52:16 PM): *takes some rope in addition to normal gear and follows*
CirclMastr (9:52:24 PM): *follows, sword drawn again*
Umbrafer (9:52:45 PM): MacLeod stumbles along behind in the dark.
Umbrafer (9:53:12 PM): You reach the well in another ten minutes, then are lead around to the other side of it, not passing directly over it.
Thematrian1 (9:53:25 PM): Ah, watchers
MilesMk1 (9:54:21 PM): Like your very own Forrest Gump.
Umbrafer (9:54:39 PM): It chirrups again and circles.
Thematrian1 (9:54:45 PM): As many Forrest Gumps as I want, whenever I want them.
Thematrian1 (9:54:48 PM): "Thank you."
Umbrafer (9:55:30 PM): It chirrups again.
MilesMk1 (9:55:48 PM): *examines the well*
Umbrafer (9:56:07 PM): The well is middling-deep, with water at the bottom. Perception for more.
MilesMk1 (9:56:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 4 3 5
Thematrian1 (9:56:18 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 4 3 3 5
MilesMk1 (9:56:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:56:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:56:33 PM): 15, 5, 4
CirclMastr (9:56:55 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 5 2 6
CirclMastr (9:56:57 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
CirclMastr (9:57:01 PM): (8, 5)
Umbrafer (9:57:16 PM): Part of the wall down below looks different. MacLeod's version 1 eyeball sees inky blackness.
MilesMk1 (9:57:59 PM): "Something about the wall down there..."
Thematrian1 (9:58:23 PM): "Shall we lower you down?"
MilesMk1 (9:58:24 PM): How wide is this thing?
CirclMastr (9:58:24 PM): "...All I see is black."
Umbrafer (9:58:47 PM): It's decently wide, probably about four feet in diameter.
MilesMk1 (9:59:05 PM): So too wide to chimney...
Umbrafer (9:59:22 PM): That and you see water down there, yeah.
MilesMk1 (9:59:27 PM): Any place to secure the rope to? Aside from a nearby tree, or something.
MilesMk1 (9:59:36 PM): How far down to the water, BTW?
Umbrafer (9:59:52 PM): About three and a half meters. Impossible to tell how deep the water is.
Umbrafer (10:00:10 PM): There's the remains of a post on one side of the well, but it looks like it's at least partially rotted
MilesMk1 (10:00:17 PM): And the different-looking wall is how far down?
Umbrafer (10:00:42 PM): At the water level.
MilesMk1 (10:02:02 PM): "Well, we did come here to take a look..."
MilesMk1 (10:02:41 PM): *ties the rope to a nearby tree so that ~ 6 meters will go down the well* (don't want to get it all soaking wet)
Umbrafer (10:03:25 PM): You do so.
MilesMk1 (10:04:27 PM): "I'll go down on my own, but get ready to pull me up if something should happen."
Umbrafer (10:04:47 PM): What're you doing with the length of rope that'll go into the water if you drop it straight down? Just letting it go in?
Thematrian1 (10:04:49 PM): "We'll both be ready."
MilesMk1 (10:05:09 PM): See, I don't like it when you ask stuff like that... :)
MilesMk1 (10:05:12 PM): Yeah, I guess.
MilesMk1 (10:05:20 PM): ...actually...
MilesMk1 (10:05:47 PM): Yeah.
Umbrafer (10:05:55 PM): *Splash*
MilesMk1 (10:06:13 PM): Well, I don't go all Pippin on it... Just lower it down... :)
Umbrafer (10:06:48 PM): *Plop*
Umbrafer (10:06:56 PM): The rope is lowered.
MilesMk1 (10:07:45 PM): *climbs down*
Umbrafer (10:08:13 PM): *Climb climb climb*
Umbrafer (10:08:38 PM): You're hanging on down at the bottom. The rope extends into the water further than you can see (which is, to be fair, probably a matter of inches)
Umbrafer (10:08:55 PM): The strange material on the side appears to be plywood.
MilesMk1 (10:09:14 PM): (I can only see inches into the water, or my vision is only a few inches short of seeing the end of the rope?)
MilesMk1 (10:09:39 PM): *examines the plywood to see how large the piece is and how it's fixed in place*
Umbrafer (10:09:49 PM): (Inches into the water)
MilesMk1 (10:09:52 PM): #Got a sheet of plywood covering something here#
Thematrian1 (10:10:07 PM): #Ooh, what?#
MilesMk1 (10:10:25 PM): #Trying to determine that as we speak.#
Umbrafer (10:12:20 PM): The plywood is about five feet tall, four feet wide
Umbrafer (10:12:50 PM): It appears to have nails through it, though it's unclear what the nails go into. You think you see hollows behind it, though.
MilesMk1 (10:13:23 PM): Does it extend below the waterline?
Umbrafer (10:13:44 PM): Yes, by about an inch.
MilesMk1 (10:13:57 PM): Ah-hah.
MilesMk1 (10:14:11 PM): I will listen for any sounds from behind it...
Umbrafer (10:14:21 PM): Perception.
MilesMk1 (10:15:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 2 2 1
MilesMk1 (10:15:26 PM): (Hearing Amp + Spatial Recognizer)
Umbrafer (10:15:27 PM): You hear an ever-so-faint whirring. Other than that, it's quiet.
CirclMastr (10:15:46 PM): (It's a spider drone!)
MilesMk1 (10:16:12 PM): #Looks like there's an empty space behind it, but I'll probably need to cut it away to know more.#
MilesMk1 (10:16:36 PM): #It dips into the water, which would be consistent with their water problem...#
Thematrian1 (10:17:05 PM): #A ha#
MilesMk1 (10:17:43 PM): *tries to take a better look at the hollows I can see*
MilesMk1 (10:18:03 PM): Does that mean hollows around the edges, or that there are holes I can see through past it?
MilesMk1 (10:18:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 2 1 3
MilesMk1 (10:18:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (10:19:26 PM): It's hard to tell, but you think there's a hole behind it.
MilesMk1 (10:20:07 PM): #Going to cut my way in, I think.#
MilesMk1 (10:20:22 PM): #Unless anyone can think of a reason not to...#
Thematrian1 (10:20:41 PM): #Nothing from me#
CirclMastr (10:20:50 PM): #shrug.#
Umbrafer (10:21:23 PM): Perception from you two up above. Is Glitch cutting?
CirclMastr (10:21:28 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 3
CirclMastr (10:21:31 PM): (Yarrr...)
Thematrian1 (10:21:46 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 5 6 5
Thematrian1 (10:21:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
Thematrian1 (10:21:56 PM): 10 10 5 5 4 2
MilesMk1 (10:22:04 PM): Out of paranoia, he'll look for signs of security measures first. (although who puts a security system on a piece of plywood?)
Umbrafer (10:22:25 PM): Gem hears a rotorcraft high above.
CirclMastr (10:22:27 PM): (Stupid people)
CirclMastr (10:22:41 PM): (Or, people trying to catch us.)
Thematrian1 (10:22:41 PM): #Rotocraft above.#
Thematrian1 (10:22:43 PM): How high?
CirclMastr (10:22:53 PM): #Where?#
Thematrian1 (10:23:02 PM): #Above, I can't see...#
Thematrian1 (10:23:10 PM): ::peer::
Umbrafer (10:23:12 PM): Hard to estimate. It's either pretty small or pretty high.
Thematrian1 (10:23:33 PM): #Could be nothing...#
Umbrafer (10:23:47 PM): It's either hidden or not visible in the (very) small clearing you're in.
Thematrian1 (10:25:51 PM): #Scavengers, give us a scan for rotorcraft, probably small and high#
Umbrafer (10:25:52 PM): Meanwhile. Ripping the plywood?
Umbrafer (10:25:55 PM): (Or cutting)
Thematrian1 (10:26:03 PM): #Distance and direction would be nice, sensor lock would be lovely#
MilesMk1 (10:26:08 PM): Looking for security measures first, if at all possible.
Umbrafer (10:26:11 PM): #Got it.#
Umbrafer (10:26:18 PM): Ah yes. Electronics for that.
Umbrafer (10:26:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 4 3
Umbrafer (10:26:25 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 6
Umbrafer (10:26:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 2
MilesMk1 (10:26:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 6 6 3 3 4
MilesMk1 (10:26:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 3
MilesMk1 (10:26:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:27:14 PM): #Yeah, I'm all over it. Small craft, four people tops. Doesn't look like an armed model. Coming in towards… gimme a second…#
Umbrafer (10:27:32 PM): #Looks like it's heading for the Shiawase plant.
Umbrafer (10:27:33 PM): #
CirclMastr (10:27:39 PM): (brb, dinner)
Thematrian1 (10:27:56 PM): Is the Shiawase plant ours?
Umbrafer (10:28:14 PM): ?
Umbrafer (10:28:28 PM): No, the actual plant is a fusion plant. The tunnel connects to it, eventually.
Thematrian1 (10:28:33 PM): aaah, I see
Umbrafer (10:29:59 PM): Glitch, meanwhile, finds no traps.
MilesMk1 (10:30:59 PM): #So, everything ok up there?#
Thematrian1 (10:31:16 PM): #Yep, looks like nothing to do with us.#
Umbrafer (10:33:10 PM): Time passes.
MilesMk1 (10:33:28 PM): Ok. Glitch will cut the plywood with his tool laser, angling the beam so that it'll strike the sides of the hypothetical tunnel rather than go off shooting down it.
Umbrafer (10:34:11 PM): *Vssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*
Umbrafer (10:34:33 PM): It doesn't take long. The hardest part is occasionally sprinkling water on it so that nothing catches fire.
Umbrafer (10:35:10 PM): The plywood falls off and you're left with a hole.
CirclMastr (10:35:25 PM): (Back)
MilesMk1 (10:36:57 PM): BTW, I don;t try to cut below the level of the water.
Umbrafer (10:37:11 PM): Seems like a wise decision.
Umbrafer (10:37:38 PM): The hole extends for some distance in blackness, then curves off to the side. Your low-light cuts the darkness with ease. It looks like there's about a half-inch of water on the ground going inside.
Thematrian1 (10:38:36 PM): #Remember, there's supposed to be someone down there#
MilesMk1 (10:39:00 PM): #Right.#
Umbrafer (10:39:18 PM): The area you're in doesn't appear to be a professional tunnel in the least, though you are relatively near an area where the true tunnel might cross.
Umbrafer (10:40:40 PM): You stare into the gloom.
Umbrafer (10:42:51 PM): Gem's phone begins to vibrate.
Thematrian1 (10:43:29 PM): "Songs of..."
Thematrian1 (10:43:44 PM): ::open phone, quietly:: "Yes?"
Umbrafer (10:44:19 PM): "Hey, Gem?"
Thematrian1 (10:44:54 PM): "Tuan? What is it?"
Thematrian1 (10:45:23 PM): "This isn't the best time."
Umbrafer (10:45:33 PM): "I need a hand. You know people, right? I had a buyer wig out, but I don't want to haul this stuff… oh, ok. Want me to call you back later?"
Thematrian1 (10:46:12 PM): "Yeah, can it hold for a day?"
Umbrafer (10:46:29 PM): "Yeah, I can do that. Thanks."
Thematrian1 (10:46:51 PM): "Anytime. Talk to you then."
Umbrafer (10:46:56 PM): *Click*
Thematrian1 (10:47:15 PM): ::turns casually to MacLeod:: "So, what are your views on smuggling?"
CirclMastr (10:47:45 PM): *shrugs* "Hard to fend off raiders with a sword."
Umbrafer (10:49:45 PM): Glitch continues to hang onto the rope, trying to avoid getting his feet too wet.
MilesMk1 (10:49:59 PM): (Sorry, got a phone call.)
Umbrafer (10:50:05 PM): (No problem)
Umbrafer (10:51:48 PM): Gem steps on something. It crinkles.
Thematrian1 (10:52:01 PM): Crinkles, eh? What is it?
CirclMastr (10:52:16 PM): (An origami DEATHBIRD! Roll Body)
Umbrafer (10:52:19 PM): You look down to find an empty bag of krillflakes.
MilesMk1 (10:52:35 PM): (Back.)
Umbrafer (10:52:40 PM): Wb
MilesMk1 (10:53:29 PM): Ok, so this non-professional tunnel - why would I call it that? Dirt walls, or just shoddy?
MilesMk1 (10:53:52 PM): Oh, and I will get off the rope and into it, but won't go deeper for now.
Umbrafer (10:53:55 PM): Dirt walls. Not all that badly done, but not the sort of thing you'd run pipes through.
MilesMk1 (10:54:01 PM): Huh.
Thematrian1 (10:54:23 PM): ::looks up at the sky::
CirclMastr (10:54:33 PM): "What is it?"
Umbrafer (10:54:39 PM): It's dark, very dark.
MilesMk1 (10:54:42 PM): #This is weird. Someone just dug into the earth, either in from the well, or out of the tunnel system.#
MilesMk1 (10:54:56 PM): #Definitely not part of the original construction.#
MilesMk1 (10:55:07 PM): #Going to check it out a bit.#
CirclMastr (10:55:15 PM): #Attempt at sabotage, maybe? We may not be the first runners hired to get at this facility.#
Thematrian1 (10:55:36 PM): "Just watching for death birds"
CirclMastr (10:55:48 PM): "Do deathbirds eat krillflakes?"
MilesMk1 (10:55:54 PM): #Could be. Though if so, it'd mean the plant people never found it, or they'd have cemented it shut.#
MilesMk1 (10:55:59 PM): Ok.
MilesMk1 (10:56:16 PM): 1. Listen again. 2. Check for ultrasound 3. Move around the curve to get a better look.
MilesMk1 (10:56:31 PM): Perception.
Umbrafer (10:56:34 PM): Roll them.
MilesMk1 (10:56:35 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 1 3 6 2
MilesMk1 (10:56:40 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 2
MilesMk1 (10:56:53 PM): Electronics.
MilesMk1 (10:56:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 3 6 1 2 6 1 2
MilesMk1 (10:57:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
Umbrafer (10:57:07 PM): You hear the whirring, slightly louder but no more so than you'd expect from the removal of the plywood.
Umbrafer (10:57:18 PM): You detect no ultrasound pings.
MilesMk1 (10:57:52 PM): #I hear something whirring. Ventilation fan?#
MilesMk1 (10:58:03 PM): Ok, I move stealthily around the curve.
Umbrafer (10:58:27 PM): Roll Stealth, keeping in mind that the half-inch of water hampers it badly.
MilesMk1 (10:59:17 PM): I'll just climb along the ceiling. ;)
MilesMk1 (10:59:24 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 6 6 4 5
MilesMk1 (10:59:27 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
Umbrafer (11:00:10 PM): You manage decently well, with fairly quiet splishes and splashes that might be just normal water movements.
Umbrafer (11:00:13 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 1 4 5 3 2 2 1 3 5 6 4 3
Umbrafer (11:00:18 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (11:00:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:01:35 PM): You reach the corner and find a long passageway (well, relatively long), sloping slightly down and going for about twenty meters. It looks like the area widens out a bit after that.
Umbrafer (11:02:24 PM): Gem is still watching the sky?
Thematrian1 (11:02:28 PM): oh yes
Umbrafer (11:02:49 PM): A bird flies overhead.
MilesMk1 (11:03:05 PM): Is this passageway still dug in the dirt?
Umbrafer (11:03:36 PM): Yep, though it's got what appear to be portable plastic braces for structural reinforcement.
MilesMk1 (11:04:17 PM): *passes on that info*
MilesMk1 (11:05:14 PM): #Someone was serious about getting into these tunnels.#
Thematrian1 (11:05:21 PM): "Strange. All these living things, you'd think it would be louder."
MilesMk1 (11:05:41 PM): #Going to check out what's at the end of this tunnel.#
Umbrafer (11:05:47 PM): (To be fair it is the wee hours of the morning, but yes, it is unusually quiet. No insects, for example)
Umbrafer (11:05:53 PM): (There were some out by the field.
Thematrian1 (11:06:06 PM): #You're convinced that the original builders had nothing to do with this, then?#
MilesMk1 (11:06:51 PM): #Well... Who knows, but what use would they have for it? And why would they not do something about the water leaking in?#
Thematrian1 (11:07:05 PM): #Fair points all#
MilesMk1 (11:07:38 PM): #I suppose it could have use as an emergency way out... If it wasn't for the fact most people would never get out of that well without climbing equipment.#
MilesMk1 (11:08:17 PM): *quietly moves down the passage, careful not to slip*
Umbrafer (11:09:05 PM): You go on down. The water's getting deeper; it looks like it'll be about waist-deep on you before it levels off again. Carrying on?
MilesMk1 (11:10:11 PM): Yeah, after making sure none of my gear is going to get submerged.
MilesMk1 (11:10:36 PM): Does ruthenimum get damaged by moisture?
Umbrafer (11:10:40 PM): You hike your gear up and wade in. You get to the wider area.
Umbrafer (11:10:53 PM): I don't know, but I'm going to rule no for right now.
Umbrafer (11:11:03 PM): I do know that there isn't a canon rule
Umbrafer (11:12:01 PM): The area has more bracing, and some flat plastic pieces embedded in the walls that appear to be getting used as shelves. The whirring is in an alcove off to one side.
CirclMastr (11:12:10 PM): (It'd probably look WEIRD for the underwater parts at least)
Umbrafer (11:12:21 PM): There appears to be a plastic barrier there.
Umbrafer (11:12:31 PM): It extends about a foot above the water.
Umbrafer (11:12:41 PM): It's embedded into the earth on both sides.
Umbrafer (11:13:22 PM): There are also a few boxes on the shelves, and what looks like steps leading over the barrier.
MilesMk1 (11:13:41 PM): *looks around for security cameras and so on, does another ultrasound scan*
Umbrafer (11:13:47 PM): Roll it.
MilesMk1 (11:13:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 1 3 5 1
MilesMk1 (11:13:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (11:13:57 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 5 2 3 1 1
MilesMk1 (11:14:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (11:14:29 PM): *describes the underground area to Gem and MacLeod)
Umbrafer (11:14:31 PM): You see no security cameras, but there's a small box on a shelf over the barrier with tubes extending down into the water and down on the other side of the barrier. The whirring appears to be coming from it.
Umbrafer (11:14:35 PM): Ultrasound is a negative.
CirclMastr (11:14:52 PM): (Kill the tentacle monster drone!)
Thematrian1 (11:15:15 PM): cute. A little pump
MilesMk1 (11:15:36 PM): #Looks like someone went to a lot of trouble here... But who? I still think the owners would have just sealed the place off...#
MilesMk1 (11:15:48 PM): *examines some of the boxes on the shelves*
Umbrafer (11:16:50 PM): They're unlabelled, but appear to have been carefully sealed. They appear resealable.
MilesMk1 (11:17:22 PM): *listens for any sounds of movement down here, then picks a box at random and unseals it*
MilesMk1 (11:17:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 5 6 1 4
MilesMk1 (11:17:38 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (11:17:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:17:56 PM): Other than the whirring and some normal-sounding motion of water, you don't hear anything.
Umbrafer (11:18:38 PM): You pick a box and unseal it. It's a decent-sized box, moderately heavy, and appears to contain a moderate quantity of… do you have Chemistry or Demolitions?
Umbrafer (11:18:57 PM): (Or demo bakground)
MilesMk1 (11:19:07 PM): I do have demolition.
MilesMk1 (11:19:12 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 1 1 2 2 1 3 2
MilesMk1 (11:19:16 PM): Yay!
MilesMk1 (11:19:32 PM): And I could default to Chemistry at +2 because of College Education...
Umbrafer (11:19:37 PM): Well, you've got no idea what kind, but it's some sort of plastic explosive.
MilesMk1 (11:19:55 PM): #Uh-oh.#
Thematrian1 (11:20:00 PM): #Uh oh?#
Thematrian1 (11:20:03 PM): (ARgh, brb)
Umbrafer (11:21:56 PM): *Whirrrrr*
MilesMk1 (11:23:46 PM): Is that a new one, or the whirring already present?
Umbrafer (11:23:55 PM): Same whirring.
MilesMk1 (11:23:56 PM): Just waiting for Seiler...
MilesMk1 (11:24:29 PM): #Someone's been using the area to stockpile plastic explosives.#
MilesMk1 (11:24:50 PM): #A fair amount of it, if all the boxes I see contain explosives...#
Umbrafer (11:28:02 PM): Going to open any of the others?
Umbrafer (11:28:09 PM): (Or reseal the one you opened?)
MilesMk1 (11:28:44 PM): Yeah, I'll reseal this one and check the others. (always resealing afterwards)
MilesMk1 (11:29:35 PM): Oh, and careful of booby-traps...
Umbrafer (11:29:44 PM): Perception.
Umbrafer (11:29:56 PM): *Nods* Most of them do, but one has a number of detonators in it. They appear to be radio detonators, though the transmitter isn't present. Two boxes have what appear to be tools and spare parts for the pump.
Umbrafer (11:30:04 PM): Oop
Umbrafer (11:30:18 PM): Wires crossed. Either way, you found no booby-traps on those ones.
MilesMk1 (11:31:27 PM): #...and radio detonators, without a triggering device. I wonder who has it.#
CirclMastr (11:31:37 PM): #Not me.#
MilesMk1 (11:32:06 PM): #Looks like someone's put a lot of time and effort into... what? Mining this place?#
MilesMk1 (11:32:33 PM): Can I think of the devices I'm being asked to install having anything to do with demolitions, or potential uses in setting off explosives?
Umbrafer (11:33:19 PM): Nothing specific. A lot of them do things with electrical signals, but all on preexisting lines.
MilesMk1 (11:35:04 PM): #Any thoughts?#
CirclMastr (11:35:20 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 3
Umbrafer (11:35:56 PM): MacLeod gets a nagging feeling of some sort, but he can't quite place what..
Thematrian1 (11:36:02 PM): #Residue from the team that ran this place and missed?#
MilesMk1 (11:36:49 PM): #I don't know... If they missed, you'd think the security here would've found it, right?#
Umbrafer (11:37:25 PM): *Whirwhirwhir*
CirclMastr (11:38:22 PM): *looks around, a bit paranoid*
Thematrian1 (11:39:00 PM): Wait, is the whirring above ground now"?
Umbrafer (11:39:07 PM): Nope
CirclMastr (11:39:29 PM): (MacLeod doesn't want another divebombing)
CirclMastr (11:39:33 PM): (Damn birds)
Umbrafer (11:40:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 4 3 6 5 4 1 2 6 3 3 2 2 3
MilesMk1 (11:40:03 PM): Bah... I'm going to have to call it a night just as things are getting interesting... I'm sort of sleep deprived.
Umbrafer (11:40:13 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 1
CirclMastr (11:40:15 PM): ;_;
MilesMk1 (11:40:25 PM): Time zone differences suck.
Umbrafer (11:40:28 PM): Aww… ok. Any last actions before we break?
MilesMk1 (11:40:45 PM): I'll take a look past the plastic barrier, I guess.
CirclMastr (11:40:46 PM): Still just looking about.
MilesMk1 (11:41:06 PM): Sneak up to it, and take a look.
Thematrian1 (11:41:19 PM): No last action
MilesMk1 (11:41:50 PM): Perception, in case it comes up:
MilesMk1 (11:41:54 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 2 5 1
MilesMk1 (11:41:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (11:42:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:42:03 PM): You look over. The water level is much lower, looks like only about four inches. Below you see concrete.
MilesMk1 (11:43:14 PM): Anything else? Tunnel going somewhere?
Umbrafer (11:43:47 PM): Nope, just the concrete and the water, slowly draining.
MilesMk1 (11:44:22 PM): So it's an alcove with a concrete floor, and no other features of note?
MilesMk1 (11:44:52 PM): Hmm... BTW, which way is the water being pumped? I check the hose on my side to see.
Umbrafer (11:45:04 PM): It's being pumped out of the alcove.
MilesMk1 (11:45:33 PM): And the alcove is otherwise featureless?
Umbrafer (11:46:07 PM): Peering in for a closer look?
MilesMk1 (11:46:16 PM): Yeah...
MilesMk1 (11:46:26 PM): Being properly paranoid throughout.
MilesMk1 (11:46:39 PM): Scanning for threats of security measures.
Umbrafer (11:46:56 PM): Roll it right quick.
MilesMk1 (11:47:04 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 1 4 6
MilesMk1 (11:47:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (11:47:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:47:54 PM): You don't see any offhand. You do see, though, drawn in some sort of water-resistant dye, a symbol that you recognize as a demolition marker.
MilesMk1 (11:48:54 PM): *relays that information*
MilesMk1 (11:49:03 PM): Is it on the ground, on the wall?
Thematrian1 (11:49:08 PM): ::thanks him::
MilesMk1 (11:49:22 PM): Can I make anything of it, more specifically?
Umbrafer (11:50:06 PM): It appears to be an outline for charge placement meant for breaching. On the concrete on the ground.
MilesMk1 (11:50:32 PM): #Hey, Gem, if I give you the distances (which I measured with my trust rangefinder ;)) can you try to figure out roughly where I am, in relation to our goal?#
Thematrian1 (11:50:57 PM): #Orientation systems were built for moments like this.#
Umbrafer (11:51:10 PM): (They were indeed.)
MilesMk1 (11:51:13 PM): *passes on the info*
Thematrian1 (11:51:26 PM): ::processes it and breaks out the map::
Umbrafer (11:52:06 PM): Roll Intelligence or a relevant skill
Thematrian1 (11:52:11 PM): hm
Thematrian1 (11:52:15 PM): Intelligence:
Thematrian1 (11:52:18 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 2 4 5
Umbrafer (11:52:50 PM): By your estimation, he's in a potential area for the tunnel to pass through.
Thematrian1 (11:53:42 PM): #Adding up the distances, your position seems to be about right for the tunnel we want to pass through#
Umbrafer (11:53:59 PM): A decent distance away from the area with the depression, but along the same branch.
MilesMk1 (11:54:49 PM): #Someone was going to *blast* into it?#
MilesMk1 (11:54:57 PM): #Didn't they think someone'd notice?#
Thematrian1 (11:55:01 PM): #That seems to have been the plan#
Thematrian1 (11:55:13 PM): #Maybe there was a mutiny#
Thematrian1 (11:55:19 PM): #If so, good for them#
MilesMk1 (11:55:31 PM): #The only way this could make sense is if they were going to be sending an assault team in against the plant right after, or something.#
Thematrian1 (11:55:47 PM): #The big question for me is, why are they still unexploded? Why would you load the area with explosives and then leave?#
Thematrian1 (11:55:55 PM): #Come to that, why scratch in warning signs?#
MilesMk1 (11:56:29 PM): #Well, maybe they'll be coming back. Like I said, if they blast, they have to put the rest of the plan into motion right then and there - whatever that might be...#
CirclMastr (11:56:30 PM): #Maybe they were planning to come back later.#
Thematrian1 (11:56:37 PM): #Deep riv...alternate hypothesis: our employer planted these#
CirclMastr (11:57:04 PM): #Why wouldn't he tell us about it, then?#
Thematrian1 (11:57:14 PM): #Why would he?#
MilesMk1 (11:57:25 PM): #Need to know and all that shit?#
MilesMk1 (11:57:35 PM): #Hell, who ever trusts random 'runners?#
CirclMastr (11:57:54 PM): #Which would mean he left it here for someone else, who would be coming here sometime.#
CirclMastr (11:58:11 PM): #I really don't like this, guys.#
Thematrian1 (11:58:14 PM): #Yep. Heh, I even know when.#
Thematrian1 (11:58:17 PM): #I'm psychic#
MilesMk1 (11:58:27 PM): #Right before sunset?#
Thematrian1 (11:58:36 PM): #Exactly#
CirclMastr (11:58:45 PM): #So let's get ourselves gone.#
MilesMk1 (11:59:24 PM): #Yeah... We sure as hell aren't going to get into the tunnel this way - not if they were planning to use demolition...#
MilesMk1 (11:59:38 PM): #Though this *was* important...#
Thematrian1 (11:59:39 PM): #Yes, we need a new plan.#
Thematrian1 (11:59:43 PM): #I'll say#
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