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Umbrafer (8:30:33 PM): Welcome. Our first order of business is for you folk to decide if you want a game tonight.
MilesMk1 (8:30:40 PM): ...?
Umbrafer (8:30:40 PM): I'll include more information in a moment
Umbrafer (8:30:55 PM): You see, earlier today I had my wisdom teeth extracted.
Umbrafer (8:31:08 PM): The excrutiating pain that had induced me to originally decide to cancel the session is gone.
MilesMk1 (8:31:29 PM): ...but was replaced with an urge to use SR4 rules?
Umbrafer (8:31:35 PM): It is, however, replaced by a narcotic haze (if a mild one). I'm perfectly willing to GM through it, and I believe that I will be capable of doing so
Thematrian1 (8:31:35 PM): If you were planning to slip something by unnoticed, you'll probably never get a better chance.
Umbrafer (8:31:40 PM): Ok, the excrutiating pain is back.
Thematrian1 (8:31:47 PM): Way to go, Matt ;-)
MilesMk1 (8:32:09 PM): I think you sound coherent enough. :)
Umbrafer (8:32:16 PM): But the long and the short of it is, if I can't keep my thoughts coherent it will be you folk having to deal with it, so it's your call.
MilesMk1 (8:32:24 PM): If you think you can do it, I say go for it.
CirclMastr (8:32:34 PM): You had your wisdom teeth out and you're still coherent?
MilesMk1 (8:32:52 PM): And hey, we're already running after clowns and carrying magic balloons that give us free burgers...
CirclMastr (8:32:58 PM): Damn, I think the docs who took mine out skimped on the painkiller. I was an agony-filled wreck for a week.
Thematrian1 (8:33:17 PM): Or yours were deeper. It varies a lot.
Umbrafer (8:33:28 PM): I was an agony-filled wreck until I learned that I could double up the dosage today
Thematrian1 (8:33:39 PM): or that, sure
Umbrafer (8:33:48 PM): Now I am, if not high as a kite, high as a balloon tied to a fence post.
Thematrian1 (8:34:08 PM): speaking of, did Glitch ever get back with that black balloon?
Umbrafer (8:34:20 PM): He still has it. Never let go.
CirclMastr (8:34:26 PM): Glitch was not back as of the end of last week.
Umbrafer (8:36:15 PM): Oh, misunderstood the question.
Umbrafer (8:36:36 PM): (Specifically, I missed the "with")
Thematrian1 (8:37:12 PM): Ok. Gem sits with MacLeod, waiting for Glitch and worrying over her dream.
MilesMk1 (8:37:24 PM): I am heading back, though. I buy a secure long coat, some forearm guards, a set of clothing (and shoes/sneakers), as well as some burgers, buy a bottle of multivitamins and a 12-pack of water, and head back, my balloon in tow.
CirclMastr (8:39:03 PM): ::is sitting up, cleaning off my sword::
Thematrian1 (8:39:13 PM): While there, I confide my dream to MacLeod if I haven't already.
CirclMastr (8:39:15 PM): (Quick Gem, tell me to stop so you can get a ritual sample >_> )
Thematrian1 (8:39:34 PM): (Gem's a conjurer, she can't do a thing with it)
CirclMastr (8:39:44 PM): (Doh)
Thematrian1 (8:39:47 PM): (Well, maybe send the guy watchergrams)
Umbrafer (8:39:51 PM): (You can participate in ritual tracking)
Umbrafer (8:40:07 PM): The long coat and forearm guards are half off normal price, the clothing, vitamins, and water are free.
Umbrafer (8:40:20 PM): Your balloon is in tow.
Thematrian1 (8:40:24 PM): (Yeah, but she never has. I doubt she even knows it's possible)
Thematrian1 (8:40:39 PM): ("Hey Glitch, when I go taser shopping, would you mind loaning that thing to me?")
MilesMk1 (8:40:50 PM): *Is tempted to stop by a car dealership*
MilesMk1 (8:41:13 PM): Do I get green lights all the way home, too?
MilesMk1 (8:41:34 PM): Well, all the way to the safehouse.
Umbrafer (8:42:02 PM): No, but other cars seem to be giving you a wide berth, letting you merge or turn without incident, etc.
Umbrafer (8:42:09 PM): Even the pedestrians don't get in your way.
CirclMastr (8:42:33 PM): (I want one of those balloons)
MilesMk1 (8:43:05 PM): Right... Anyone have a copy of Dunkie's will? Let's knock a few things off the list while I have this thing... ;P
MilesMk1 (8:43:18 PM): So, I arrive back without accident?
Thematrian1 (8:43:24 PM): (I don't think he's dead yet)
Umbrafer (8:43:26 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 5 4 5 3 5 1 4 2 6 4 2 2 6 1
Umbrafer (8:43:29 PM): Roll Willpower.
Umbrafer (8:43:31 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 2
CirclMastr (8:43:36 PM): (He doesn't die until New Year's Even 2059)
CirclMastr (8:43:41 PM): *Eve
MilesMk1 (8:43:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 6 6 6
MilesMk1 (8:43:45 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 2
CirclMastr (8:44:13 PM): (Oh! Buy lotto tickets, man!)
Umbrafer (8:44:23 PM): (Er?)
Umbrafer (8:44:30 PM): (He's not dead yet, but it's 2057 he dies)
Umbrafer (8:44:44 PM): (2056 is the election, and 2057 the special election)
CirclMastr (8:44:44 PM): (Is it? Why did I think it was 2059?)
Umbrafer (8:44:53 PM): (Because that's the Shutdown)
CirclMastr (8:44:54 PM): (What's then? Shutdown?)
CirclMastr (8:44:56 PM): (Ah)
MilesMk1 (8:45:00 PM): *Gets a sudden urge to buy a lotto ticket*
CirclMastr (8:45:04 PM): (Anyway, Glitch should go buy lotto tickets)
Umbrafer (8:45:25 PM): (Remind me, who was the contact for the job you just came off of?)
Umbrafer (8:45:29 PM): (Rather, whose contact was it?)
MilesMk1 (8:45:34 PM): (Mine)
MilesMk1 (8:46:01 PM): (A contact of Gem's got in touch with us about a potential new job.)
Thematrian1 (8:46:18 PM): (The smuggling thing, right)
Umbrafer (8:46:30 PM): Glitch's phone starts ringing.
Umbrafer (8:46:40 PM): (Hold that)
MilesMk1 (8:46:46 PM): (ok)
Umbrafer (8:46:49 PM): (Who did the J have for contact? Glitch?)
Umbrafer (8:46:52 PM): (If so, that happened.)
Thematrian1 (8:47:22 PM): (Yeah, it was Glitch. I'm almost sure)
MilesMk1 (8:47:47 PM): (We never talked to the J. We talked only to my fixer.)
Thematrian1 (8:48:02 PM): (That's right, doh)
Umbrafer (8:48:02 PM): (Ah, then you still get the call)
Umbrafer (8:48:10 PM): (See what I meant earlier? ;) )
CirclMastr (8:48:20 PM): (Heh)
MilesMk1 (8:48:23 PM): (Meh. You're doing fine.)
MilesMk1 (8:48:39 PM): *answers* "Uh-huh?"
MilesMk1 (8:49:23 PM): (This will be bad... It's way too early for them to call us to say "job well done")
Thematrian1 (8:49:36 PM): (Agreed)
Umbrafer (8:49:38 PM): "Glitch. You said you finished with that job?"
MilesMk1 (8:49:59 PM): "To the best of my ability, yes."
Thematrian1 (8:50:11 PM): (And what's the reward for ajob well done in this man's army?)
CirclMastr (8:50:14 PM): "So, Gem, think you and Glitch would help me finish that guy off?"
Thematrian1 (8:50:35 PM): "Isn't that against the Rules?"
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Umbrafer (8:52:22 PM): "Well, something came up with another team working on the same job. I need some work done fast, and I'm willing to pay to have it done that way. You interested?"
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CirclMastr (8:53:38 PM): (Well this figures)
CirclMastr (8:53:46 PM): (I'm getting dragged off in a few minutes)
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Umbrafer (8:53:55 PM): (For?)
CirclMastr (8:54:29 PM): (For escape from the painters who showed up a week late to finish up)
CirclMastr (8:54:38 PM): (And who will, of course, take days finishing up)
MilesMk1 (8:54:41 PM): "Sure - but I can't speak for the others, it's been a long 24 hours. How soon do you need an answer?"
MilesMk1 (8:55:00 PM): BTW: Umbrafer: "Well, something came up with another team working on the same job. I need some work done fast, and I'm willing to pay to have it done that way. You interested?"
MilesMk1 (8:55:22 PM): (We're being lured into a trap so they can whack us for messing up this job.)
MilesMk1 (8:55:30 PM): (Clearly.)
CirclMastr (8:55:59 PM): (Pass, tell them we got another job)
MilesMk1 (8:56:16 PM): (Are you going to switch locations, like before, or are you going to be gone for the rest of the night?)
MilesMk1 (8:56:26 PM): (This last job paid really well.)
CirclMastr (8:56:28 PM): (Gone)
Thematrian1 (8:56:32 PM): (I don't love it either, but can we hear a few details?)
MilesMk1 (8:56:53 PM): "And what can you tell me, in case they have questions?"
Thematrian1 (8:56:57 PM): (If it's just to hit another station, I think that's within our powers, and hard to rig besides)
CirclMastr (8:57:03 PM): (You guys do know we're allowed to turn down jobs, right?)
MilesMk1 (8:57:20 PM): (Maybe they want us to place those explosives? ;p)
MilesMk1 (8:57:55 PM): (Yeah, I know... But Glitch liked this job, so he said ok. I'm counting on you guys outvoting me if you feel differently.)
Thematrian1 (8:58:53 PM): (I know, but I like money. Why turn it down? Unless we conclude that it's a trap, I mean)
Thematrian1 (8:59:02 PM): (And I think the turnaround is far too fast for it to be a trap)
Thematrian1 (8:59:10 PM): (Tomorrow, I'd believe a trap, but not today)
Umbrafer (8:59:25 PM): (One moment, foon)
MilesMk1 (9:00:27 PM): (I was actually kididng about the trap. I'd be seriously upset if a level 2 contact betrayed me at a drop of a hat. :))
Thematrian1 (9:00:28 PM): (Is that anything like spork?)
Umbrafer (9:00:42 PM): (I return)
Thematrian1 (9:00:46 PM): (Well, it wouldn't be the contact doing the betraying. As far as he'd know, it's legit.)
MilesMk1 (9:00:55 PM): (True, true...)
Umbrafer (9:01:17 PM): "Another installation like the last, but this one's a personal computer."
CirclMastr (9:01:49 PM): (Well, I gotta go now, sorry guys)
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Umbrafer (9:02:34 PM): "I'm at the corner of Woodchester and Elm, down by the park. Normally I'd buy you lunch for a job like this, but there's no time."
Umbrafer (9:02:46 PM): "How soon can you know if you're in?"
MilesMk1 (9:03:56 PM): "I should know in... [however long it'll take me to get home +15 minutes] or so."
Umbrafer (9:04:17 PM): "Great. Give me a call when you know." (You're about eight minutes away)
MilesMk1 (9:04:39 PM): "Will do."
MilesMk1 (9:05:56 PM): Unless there's anything else, I hang up and drive.
Umbrafer (9:06:04 PM): That's all he says now.
MilesMk1 (9:06:34 PM): "Later, man." *click*
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Umbrafer (9:07:17 PM): The rest of your drive back is uneventful—due to the vagaries of traffic politeness, it actually only takes you five.
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Thematrian1 (9:07:53 PM): (yeah, varagires)
Thematrian1 (9:08:31 PM): So next week we discover how deeply our collective greed runs?
MilesMk1 (9:08:36 PM): *walks in, trailing a balloon*
Thematrian1 (9:09:01 PM): oh, right
MilesMk1 (9:09:02 PM): On one hand, with Macleod immobilized, this could be the perfect time to do this.
Thematrian1 (9:09:05 PM): I assense the balloon
Umbrafer (9:09:09 PM): (Well, MacLeod is unlikely to be a major negotiator, so it's up to you if we stop or not)
Thematrian1 (9:09:15 PM): If we can clear it in one evening
MilesMk1 (9:09:23 PM): On the other, if this takes more time... Yeah.
Thematrian1 (9:09:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 1 1 4
Thematrian1 (9:10:17 PM): doh
Umbrafer (9:10:27 PM): Karma?
Thematrian1 (9:10:35 PM): yeah, this isn't critical
Thematrian1 (9:10:39 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (9:10:49 PM): not Cursed
Thematrian1 (9:10:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 4 3 6
Umbrafer (9:11:01 PM): One off, so sad.
Umbrafer (9:11:15 PM): (From the "everything" result, that is)
MilesMk1 (9:11:31 PM): "So, you remember that clown we talked about...?"
MilesMk1 (9:11:48 PM): *waves the balloon around slightly*
Thematrian1 (9:11:50 PM): ::clearly distracted:: "Yes?"
Umbrafer (9:11:55 PM): It looks like an ordinary balloon, though with emotional imprints of awe in iwhatthefuckwasthat?
MilesMk1 (9:12:18 PM): "I finally caught up with him."
Thematrian1 (9:12:27 PM): "He gave you that?"
Umbrafer (9:12:29 PM): It's just a flash, but for an instant it doesn't look remotely like a balloon.
Umbrafer (9:12:42 PM): It looks… how to describe it.
MilesMk1 (9:12:42 PM): "Then he gave me this, stepped off the side of a building, and disappeared."
Umbrafer (9:12:59 PM): I don't know how. Neither does Gem.
Thematrian1 (9:13:04 PM): "Maybe you've guessed, but it's not like the other balloons."
Thematrian1 (9:13:26 PM): "There's awe, and there's..."
MilesMk1 (9:13:33 PM): "A big clue was when the people in the stores starting giving me things for half off and for free."
Thematrian1 (9:13:49 PM): "Let me try to explain."
Umbrafer (9:14:11 PM): It seems to be glowing very brightly. It doesn't seem to be /magical/ per se
Umbrafer (9:14:19 PM): Well, it might be, but not in any way you've ever seen
Umbrafer (9:14:33 PM): The light is more like intense life, but the balloon doesn't seem to be alive
Thematrian1 (9:14:35 PM): "The ocean existed before life. The first living creature wandered the oceans. There are deep, dark places where a single being can wander without ever seeing another living creature."
Umbrafer (9:14:49 PM): Perhaps some /part/ of what makes up that life.
MilesMk1 (9:15:13 PM): "..."
MilesMk1 (9:15:37 PM): "...yeah, that sounds not like most other balloons I've seen."
Thematrian1 (9:15:40 PM): "For an instant, it was like being one of those creatures, and seeing another deep creature. Strange, exciting, and terrible all at once."
Thematrian1 (9:15:50 PM): "It's not alive."
Thematrian1 (9:16:00 PM): "It...reflects life? Transmits life?"
Thematrian1 (9:16:05 PM): "Wait."
Thematrian1 (9:16:15 PM): "You said people gave you things for free while you were carrying it?"
MilesMk1 (9:16:56 PM): "Some things. Like the burgers, the water, the vitamins, the clothes..."
MilesMk1 (9:17:23 PM): "The armor I had to pay for, but they just charged me half price..."
Thematrian1 (9:17:39 PM): "Amazing"
MilesMk1 (9:18:12 PM): "Oh, and my fixer called... The people we did that job for want us to do another job, on a private computer, and pay for doing it in a hurry again..."
MilesMk1 (9:18:32 PM): "This all made a lot more sense until I had to explain it to someone else."
Thematrian1 (9:18:39 PM): In a very different tone: "Amazing."
Thematrian1 (9:19:06 PM): "MacLeod is still healing. Think we can tackle it in an afternoon?"
MilesMk1 (9:20:10 PM): "If it's on a private machine, the security *should* be easier to deal with. One would think..."
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Umbrafer (9:20:43 PM): (Gem got nailed by black IC!)
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MilesMk1 (9:21:19 PM): MilesMk1: "If it's on a private machine, the security *should* be easier to deal with. One would think..."
Thematrian1 (9:21:55 PM): "Depends where that machine is, and who owns it."
Thematrian1 (9:22:08 PM): "Same pay as for the last job?"
Umbrafer (9:23:04 PM): (Brb, carry on interaction)
MilesMk1 (9:23:49 PM): "Sounds like it - he said he needs a job done fast, and can pay to have it done that way. Obviously, he probably didn't want to drop numbers on the phone, but he wouldn't be jerking me around."
MilesMk1 (9:24:54 PM): "And we ought to have a better idea of what not to do this time. And there shouldn't be any blood kites..."
MilesMk1 (9:25:15 PM): "Up to you, the last job seemed to leave you pretty drained from all that summoning..."
Thematrian1 (9:26:07 PM): Smile. "I've had a nap since then. 's one of the many nice things about summoning: the lethargy only lasts a little while."
Umbrafer (9:26:59 PM): (Back)
Thematrian1 (9:27:14 PM): "I say go for it. Worst case we have to leave Seattle."
Umbrafer (9:27:35 PM): (Gem is always so reassuring.)
Thematrian1 (9:27:38 PM): The prospect doesn't seem to bother her.
MilesMk1 (9:28:27 PM): "I've moved before. I can dive pretty well, you know. I could plant limpet mines on ship hulls, and climb onboard with a dagger in my teeth..."
Thematrian1 (9:29:00 PM): "There's less call for that than there used to be, alas."
MilesMk1 (9:29:06 PM): "All right, I'll give him a call back - he'll probably want us to meet him as soon as we can, so you might want to grab a bite."
Thematrian1 (9:29:10 PM): "And I'd need another ship. Still..."
MilesMk1 (9:29:24 PM): "Damn this diminished modern age."
Thematrian1 (9:29:34 PM): "It's wretched."
MilesMk1 (9:29:40 PM): *makes the call*
Thematrian1 (9:29:50 PM): ::munchaburger::
Umbrafer (9:29:51 PM): *Ring ring*
Umbrafer (9:30:19 PM): *R—* "Glitch?"
MilesMk1 (9:30:25 PM): "Yeah."
Thematrian1 (9:30:29 PM): ::feeds MacLeod, if he doesn't go for the food on his own::
MilesMk1 (9:30:53 PM): "We can have two people on it, if that sounds good to you."
Umbrafer (9:30:55 PM): MacLeod does indeed go for the food, ravenously. You find this a trifle odd, as IIRC he's mentioned before not needing to eat.
Umbrafer (9:31:59 PM): "Perfect. Woodchester and Elm, down by the park. We'll settle the details there."
MilesMk1 (9:32:26 PM): "All right. I can be there in [time it'll take me to drive + 15 minutes]."
Umbrafer (9:32:51 PM): (That'd be about 35)
Umbrafer (9:32:55 PM): "See you there."
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Umbrafer (9:34:06 PM): He hangs up, unless you say anything else.
MilesMk1 (9:34:17 PM): "All right." *click*
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Thematrian1 (9:34:51 PM): drivity drive drive drive?
Umbrafer (9:35:32 PM): What's in the +15 minutes?
MilesMk1 (9:35:54 PM): Just padding the schedule so we can eat like human beings and make sure we're not late.
Umbrafer (9:36:04 PM): Fair enough.
Thematrian1 (9:36:13 PM): I can't remember; did I start chasing down a Yamaha Pulsar for MacLeod or not?
Thematrian1 (9:36:46 PM): yeah, I did, it was around 3kY in all
MilesMk1 (9:37:22 PM): "So, we want to leave the balloon here, I guess? Can't really carry it on the job..."
Thematrian1 (9:37:23 PM): still several days away though. Ok, we eat, Gem is content
Thematrian1 (9:37:30 PM): (She's planning to grab one for herself)
Thematrian1 (9:37:35 PM): "Hm..."
Thematrian1 (9:37:44 PM): "I think we should take it. It gave you luck..."
Thematrian1 (9:37:52 PM): "...and I think it will disappear if let out of our sight."
MilesMk1 (9:38:32 PM): "Well, we can take it with us in the car, at least..."
MilesMk1 (9:38:44 PM): "Passes the balloon to Gem."
MilesMk1 (9:38:48 PM): Gah,
MilesMk1 (9:38:53 PM): Pretend I used **
Umbrafer (9:39:40 PM): You extend the balloon to her, but it isn't in your hand anymore.
Thematrian1 (9:39:55 PM): "I'm a shaman, and my totem doesn't even speak. Some weird behavior won't put him out too much." ::reaching to take the...eh?::
Umbrafer (9:40:01 PM): You don't see it anywhere, but it doesn't feel like you lost it…
MilesMk1 (9:41:07 PM): "Do you still feel like it's here?"
Thematrian1 (9:41:17 PM): I check the astral, then assense Glitch if I don't see it
Umbrafer (9:41:30 PM): You don't see it.
Thematrian1 (9:41:36 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 3 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:41:42 PM): (3 successes)
Umbrafer (9:41:57 PM): You've assensed Glitch before, correct?
Thematrian1 (9:42:23 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (9:42:42 PM): MacLeod, too, for all the good it did me
Umbrafer (9:42:48 PM): You don't notice anything unusual in and of itself, but something seems different about his aura.
Umbrafer (9:42:56 PM): It's… more vibrant, perhaps?
Thematrian1 (9:43:14 PM): "I...I think you still have the balloon."
Thematrian1 (9:43:19 PM): "Something's different, anyway."
Thematrian1 (9:43:21 PM): "Brighter."
Thematrian1 (9:43:24 PM): "Aliver."
Thematrian1 (9:43:37 PM): (Gem is not speaking with her usual casual precision)
Thematrian1 (9:44:53 PM): "Anyway, let's go."
Umbrafer (9:45:27 PM): Heading out onto the streets?
MilesMk1 (9:45:36 PM): "Interesting... Yeah, let's go."
Thematrian1 (9:45:38 PM): Yes.
MilesMk1 (9:45:40 PM): Sure do.
Umbrafer (9:46:23 PM): You drive to the meet. It's a little less pronounced, but cars are still clearly giving you right-of-way. You're about six minutes early.
Thematrian1 (9:46:38 PM): Astral perception ON
Umbrafer (9:46:52 PM): Looking for anything in particular?
Thematrian1 (9:46:58 PM): nope
Umbrafer (9:47:11 PM): Perception.
MilesMk1 (9:47:13 PM): I'm just looking for ambushes, as usual.
MilesMk1 (9:47:18 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 4 6 4 1
MilesMk1 (9:47:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 1
MilesMk1 (9:47:25 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:47:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
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Umbrafer (9:47:37 PM): Glitch sees his contact waiting on a bench.
MilesMk1 (9:47:46 PM): 23, 8,7,4,4
Umbrafer (9:48:08 PM): You spot someone that you peg as a plainclothes cop, but only one
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Umbrafer (9:48:18 PM): And he's not near your contact
MilesMk1 (9:48:27 PM): Is that normal enough?
Umbrafer (9:48:45 PM): Generally. I mean, it isn't an /everyday/ occurrance
Umbrafer (9:48:48 PM): But it's not unusual
MilesMk1 (9:49:27 PM): "Hey... I think that guy's a cop, but he doesn't seem to be checking our guy out... Bah. Always something to feed the paranoia..."
Thematrian1 (9:50:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 4 6 2
Thematrian1 (9:50:04 PM): assense the cop
Thematrian1 (9:50:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 3 6 6
Thematrian1 (9:50:13 PM): sheesh
Thematrian1 (9:50:20 PM): that's 5 successes
Umbrafer (9:50:27 PM): Lemme see…
Thematrian1 (9:50:30 PM): (exploded dice on the perception test:)
Thematrian1 (9:50:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 4
Thematrian1 (9:50:41 PM): 10 8 5 4
Umbrafer (9:51:34 PM): He's mundane, with some headware and it looks like reflexware, suffering from athlete's foot and eczema, and is generally bored.
Umbrafer (9:51:54 PM): He's also a smoker.
Thematrian1 (9:52:09 PM): "He's bored, but wired. He has athlete's foot, and he smokes."
Thematrian1 (9:52:22 PM): "High-ranking, or at least very experienced."
Thematrian1 (9:52:32 PM): Big smile, followGlitch to the contact point
Umbrafer (9:52:39 PM): (I'd like to add that the reflexware looks minor)
Umbrafer (9:52:48 PM): (He's got relatively little essence damage)
Umbrafer (9:52:57 PM): (Right, you get the exact value)
Umbrafer (9:53:10 PM): (Well, I haven't totalled it up, but it's about 3.6)
Thematrian1 (9:53:15 PM): "Not highly wired, though."
MilesMk1 (9:53:20 PM): "Heh... I'm sure he does." *heads out to meet our contact*
Thematrian1 (9:53:22 PM): (Fair, fair)
MilesMk1 (9:53:31 PM): (Hey, does he have a bad knee?)
Umbrafer (9:53:52 PM): (Not sure. Why?)
MilesMk1 (9:55:56 PM): (Just thinking of Blake's favorite cop.)
Umbrafer (9:56:10 PM): (Hehehe)
Thematrian1 (9:56:30 PM): ::stays a pace behind Glitch::
Umbrafer (9:57:33 PM): Your contact is clearly overjoyed to see you. (What's his name again? I really need to start taking more notes.)
MilesMk1 (9:58:08 PM): (Uh... His name shall henceforth be... Conroy.)
Thematrian1 (9:58:47 PM): (Not Pztrkvkl?)
Umbrafer (9:58:51 PM): Conroy: "I really appreciate this. Have a seat."
Thematrian1 (9:58:59 PM): ::slides in beside Glitch::
Umbrafer (9:59:01 PM): (Nah, it's my contacts that get named that :) )
Umbrafer (9:59:10 PM): You recognize a distinctive hissing sound.
MilesMk1 (9:59:38 PM): "Sure. You want to talk here, or want to move away from the officer over there?"
Umbrafer (10:00:11 PM): "He's no trouble. They put him here, wait for punks to try to buy drugs from him."
Umbrafer (10:00:41 PM): "Keep him here during the day to 'keep his cover', or some bullshit."
Thematrian1 (10:00:46 PM): ::nobly refrains from gossiping about the man's health problems::
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Umbrafer (10:01:28 PM): "We go drinking together occasionally. Did you know I sell used bicycles?"
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Umbrafer (10:02:03 PM): During this time he's digging in a pouch
MilesMk1 (10:02:05 PM): "I don't think you mentioned that before, no."
Umbrafer (10:02:11 PM): He occasionally takes out an OMC and puts it on the table.
Umbrafer (10:02:33 PM): "I didn't, no. You're the second and third people to know."
Umbrafer (10:02:40 PM): "He was the first." He winks knowingly.
Thematrian1 (10:02:59 PM): A small chuckle escapes Gem.
Umbrafer (10:03:16 PM): "There it is."
Umbrafer (10:03:41 PM): "Long story short, one of the teams for the job was not… of the caliber we thought they were."
Umbrafer (10:04:15 PM): "There'll be a lot of security around the target, but almost none of it guarding the target itself."
Umbrafer (10:04:26 PM): "Well, not a lot. A lot for what the target is."
MilesMk1 (10:04:46 PM): "The target being the machine that needs the work?"
Umbrafer (10:04:48 PM): He appears to be still somewhat flustered and rambling.
Umbrafer (10:04:53 PM): "Yeah, that one."
Thematrian1 (10:04:58 PM): "The same scenario? A lonely station?"
MilesMk1 (10:05:14 PM): "Is the security higher because the previous team dropped the ball?"
Umbrafer (10:05:19 PM): "No no, this one's in a rented bungalow."
Umbrafer (10:05:23 PM): "I'm afraid so."
Umbrafer (10:05:41 PM): "I'm offering two things."
Umbrafer (10:05:55 PM): "First, if things go well, double the pay we agreed on."
MilesMk1 (10:06:06 PM): "Do we know how much they found about the other's team's intentions, or are they just aware of an attempted intrusion?"
Umbrafer (10:06:09 PM): "Second, even if things go bad, you get half of the pay for the first job."
Umbrafer (10:06:22 PM): "They don't know a thing. Idiots got chased off before they got close."
MilesMk1 (10:06:26 PM): (insert that in an appropriate spot, I don't actually cut him off in the middle)
Umbrafer (10:06:33 PM): (Yeah, I figured)
Thematrian1 (10:06:38 PM): #Glitch, there's no way to lose. Let's take it.#
Thematrian1 (10:06:46 PM): A slow nod.
MilesMk1 (10:07:00 PM): #Unless we're being fucked, but... Them's the risks."
MilesMk1 (10:07:03 PM): #
Thematrian1 (10:07:14 PM): #Awfully quick for a double-cross.#
Thematrian1 (10:07:44 PM): (Hey, we still haven't received our pay-on-completion for the last job. We were scheduled to get that after midnight, right?)
MilesMk1 (10:07:56 PM): "Double the total pay, then? Or just double what we were to get after completing the first job?"
MilesMk1 (10:08:04 PM): #True.#
Umbrafer (10:08:11 PM): (Yep) (Remind me, what was your advance?)
Thematrian1 (10:08:26 PM): (I'll check the logs)
MilesMk1 (10:08:32 PM): (I'd need to consult the... yeah.)
Umbrafer (10:08:58 PM): (If I remember the approximate quantities correctly the following stands, if I don't we'll retcon it)
Umbrafer (10:09:21 PM): He looks apologetic. "Completion pay. I don't have the scratch for double the whole thing. I'll owe you one, though."
MilesMk1 (10:10:48 PM): "Well, the guarantee of half the completion pay for the first job is a nice bonus, in itself... You got yourself a deal."
Thematrian1 (10:10:59 PM): (We were paid 25 in advance, 75 on completion)
Thematrian1 (10:11:06 PM): (Up from 20 and 60)
Umbrafer (10:11:10 PM): (Thought so)
Umbrafer (10:11:20 PM): (I mean, I didn't know the numbers, but I thought that was the ratio)
Umbrafer (10:11:58 PM): "The target's on Council Island."
MilesMk1 (10:12:04 PM): (So they're offering us another 75, and we're guaranteed to get 37.5 more for the first job even if it fails, just for trying the second.)
Thematrian1 (10:12:06 PM): (We're getting 25, then 75, then 150? Do I have that right?)
MilesMk1 (10:12:21 PM): (We got 25, then we're getting 75 and 75)
Umbrafer (10:12:26 PM): (Yep)
Umbrafer (10:12:31 PM): (Matt got it)
Thematrian1 (10:12:33 PM): Council Island? Gem has her various social connections; does she know if the island is quiet tonight?
MilesMk1 (10:12:43 PM): (Still a tidy sum.)
Thematrian1 (10:12:47 PM): (Well, that's real money. Indeed)
Umbrafer (10:12:51 PM): "They've got a big festival going on there of some sort, so security will be heightened but busy."
Thematrian1 (10:12:56 PM): Buggerall
MilesMk1 (10:13:17 PM): (And now that we're done with the first job, the 37.5 is just free money just for trying - even if they find what we planted in the station.)
Thematrian1 (10:13:38 PM): (Yep. If I wasn't so greedy, I'd be really afraid)
Umbrafer (10:13:53 PM): "The place is an upscale resort. Security on the hotel's pretty tight, but fortunately the guy rented a bungalow."
Umbrafer (10:14:01 PM): "More privacy, less security."
Umbrafer (10:14:14 PM): (Note that "pretty tight" in this case is relative to hotels)
Umbrafer (10:14:27 PM): (It's still light by, say, research compound standards)
MilesMk1 (10:14:38 PM): #We'll need to see what the price range is on those things and see if we can't rent one...#
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Thematrian1 (10:15:51 PM): (Probably all sold out by now)
Thematrian1 (10:16:08 PM): (If I'd known a week ago, I probably could have finessed us an invite)
MilesMk1 (10:17:44 PM): "And what's the timeframe, here? Still needs to be done by sundown and last till midnight?"
Thematrian1 (10:18:02 PM): (As it is...well, it's not the open sea, but it's better than nothing)
Thematrian1 (10:18:04 PM): so it goes
MilesMk1 (10:18:12 PM): #Hey... Should I tell him about the explosives we found?#
Umbrafer (10:18:20 PM): "Yes."
Thematrian1 (10:18:36 PM): #I think probably not. Not his business, any more than it is ours.#
Umbrafer (10:18:38 PM): "Sundown is a little more flexible, but not very."
Umbrafer (10:18:47 PM): "Half an hour is pushing it."
Thematrian1 (10:19:09 PM): #The J would probably have a fit if he even knew we knew#
MilesMk1 (10:20:07 PM): Ok - that leaves us how much time?
Thematrian1 (10:20:32 PM): (It's what, a little past 1 now? Figure sundown at about 9...)
Umbrafer (10:20:58 PM): It's about 1:20 now, and sundown's relatively late this time of year.
MilesMk1 (10:21:56 PM): "All right... So we have about eight hours to get this done."
MilesMk1 (10:22:16 PM): "Anything else we need to know? Any parts of the job key, and other optional, like last time?"
MilesMk1 (10:22:35 PM): "Any idea whether the computer itself is likely to be manned?"
Umbrafer (10:23:28 PM): "This time the software's the big part."
MilesMk1 (10:23:44 PM): "All right..."
Umbrafer (10:23:53 PM): "Computer'll be unattended, we made sure of that. Owner's going to be at a ceremony closed to outsiders the entire day."
Thematrian1 (10:24:16 PM): "Hence sundown?"
MilesMk1 (10:24:26 PM): "Don't suppose there's a layout of the place on any of those?" *points at the chips*
Umbrafer (10:25:18 PM): "There is indeed. Not the bungalow, but it's small."
Umbrafer (10:25:23 PM): "The hotel grounds are given."
MilesMk1 (10:25:55 PM): "Ah, good."
Thematrian1 (10:26:03 PM): "The location is specified, though?"
MilesMk1 (10:26:14 PM): #Any questions, Gem? Am I forgettting anything?#
Umbrafer (10:26:33 PM): "Marked out on the map. We don't want you spending all day finding the place."
Thematrian1 (10:26:54 PM): #I'm content.#
Thematrian1 (10:27:42 PM): Oh, I assense this guy
Thematrian1 (10:27:51 PM): (If I haven't already; I don't remember doing it)
Thematrian1 (10:27:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 4 4 4 4
Umbrafer (10:28:34 PM): He's very tired, appears to be coming down with a cold, and is experiencing great relief.
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Umbrafer (10:28:44 PM): Moderately cybered, mostly headware.
Umbrafer (10:29:04 PM): He's got some sort of 'ware on his palms.
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MilesMk1 (10:29:19 PM): "This being hotel grounds, I guess there won't be any guard dogs prowling them..."
Umbrafer (10:29:51 PM): "Nope, all security is human. They've normally got some spirits on patrol too, but not many and they should be overwhelmed by the crowds.
Umbrafer (10:30:09 PM): "And it's a semi-public area anyway."
Thematrian1 (10:30:48 PM): "What happened to the group that bungled it?"
Umbrafer (10:31:19 PM): "We're not entirely clear on that, but they got involved in a scuffle elsewhere on the island."
Thematrian1 (10:31:55 PM): Sad smile. "And they retreated in disarray, and that was the end of that?"
Umbrafer (10:32:56 PM): "That's how it went."
Umbrafer (10:33:26 PM): *Quietly, half to himself* "You hire a budget team for an easy job /once/ and look what happens…"
Thematrian1 (10:34:37 PM): Sympathy. "I know how you feel. And this afternoon we finish it."
Umbrafer (10:35:37 PM): *Very appreciative look* "Thank you. Where would I be if it wasn't for you guys."
MilesMk1 (10:36:08 PM): "All right. I guess we know all we need... Time's short, let's get to it."
Thematrian1 (10:36:49 PM): Look at Glitch, nod, stand, shake hands if it's appropriate, grab the OMCs and off we go.
Umbrafer (10:37:10 PM): *Voomf*
Umbrafer (10:37:27 PM): The plainclothes cop is staring at the sky.
Umbrafer (10:37:34 PM): He appears to be praying for meteor showers.
Thematrian1 (10:38:14 PM): Once we're driving, I slot an OMC at random and look for the council island map
Thematrian1 (10:38:18 PM): I wish him well
MilesMk1 (10:38:24 PM): *nods to Conroy, heads out*
Umbrafer (10:39:03 PM): It's there. The full-island map is an annotated version of the publicity map, with the hotel location highlighted.
Thematrian1 (10:39:33 PM): And the bungalow?
MilesMk1 (10:39:39 PM): "I really know next to nothing about Seattle... Too used to getting all the info I'd need handed to me. Something I ought to fix - I don't even know what the Council Island is..."
Umbrafer (10:40:25 PM): The bungalow is highlighted on a smaller map of the hotel grounds
Thematrian1 (10:40:41 PM): "Me neither, yet. The bungalow in in the hotel, which is on the island, which is surrounded by water."
Thematrian1 (10:41:07 PM): "They'll probably be patrolling it, too. Although..."
Thematrian1 (10:41:15 PM): What's the distance between shore and the island?
Umbrafer (10:42:06 PM): Not that far. It's rowable, though it would be a long swim.
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Umbrafer (10:42:47 PM): There is, I'll note, a bridge.
Thematrian1 (10:42:50 PM): (A great form lake spirit and we could probably walk it)
Thematrian1 (10:42:56 PM): It'll be guarded
Umbrafer (10:43:09 PM): Council Island, for the uninitiated, is a gateway between Seattle and the Salish-Shidhe nation.
Thematrian1 (10:43:33 PM): Probably their computer system is too serious to make cracking it open and helping ourselves to some invitations an option.
Umbrafer (10:43:49 PM): The festival itself is a public matter
Umbrafer (10:43:56 PM): Though certain ceremonies are private
MilesMk1 (10:43:59 PM): (I have 7 dice in athletics and a big bonus on all endurance-related checks... I might very well be able to swim it. If there are no awakened sharks or blood-albatrosses)
Umbrafer (10:44:05 PM): (You actually saw a flier for it a few days previously)
Umbrafer (10:44:26 PM): (Wait, it might have even been the previous day)
Umbrafer (10:44:50 PM): Because of UCAS/amerind relations, though, security is likely to be somewhat elevated.
MilesMk1 (10:44:56 PM): (I do dimly recall some festival flyer...)
Umbrafer (10:45:12 PM): I mean, everyone's officially friendly. The governments are just fine with each other.
Umbrafer (10:45:17 PM): It's at the personal level that trouble starts.
Thematrian1 (10:46:39 PM): right.
Thematrian1 (10:47:05 PM): #So someone's planning a simultaneous...something for tonight.#
Thematrian1 (10:47:24 PM): #Explosions, and then this. We're probably going to change history.#
MilesMk1 (10:48:06 PM): "I'm sort of curious what will happen too, given what our last job was proximate to."
Thematrian1 (10:48:44 PM): #Monitoring station for a power plant...do any of your safe houses have their own generators?#
Thematrian1 (10:49:19 PM): #As I said, we can always leave the city#
MilesMk1 (10:51:56 PM): "Generators? The, uh, car has an alternator and a battery..." *grins*
Thematrian1 (10:52:04 PM): So: we head back to the safe house that has MacLeod?
Umbrafer (10:52:32 PM): MacLeod is as you left him. Well, actually, he looks right as rain now
MilesMk1 (10:52:45 PM): Sounds good - we need to look at the data, and Gem needs to do what she does best and het some info on the Council Island and the hotel...
MilesMk1 (10:52:51 PM): get
Thematrian1 (10:53:50 PM): Right. All Gem's heavy contact wizardry takes a day or two to run, though.
MilesMk1 (10:53:59 PM): "How are you feeling?"
Umbrafer (10:54:46 PM): "I'm ok."
Thematrian1 (10:54:56 PM): There's not much to worry about for Wrong Party, though; probably half the social upper class has an invitation or wants one.
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Umbrafer (10:58:15 PM): Further actions?
Thematrian1 (10:58:19 PM): So, means of entry
Thematrian1 (10:58:22 PM): #1, the bridge
Thematrian1 (10:58:31 PM): #2, a boat that sneaks by their patrols
Thematrian1 (10:58:48 PM): #3, we go underwater sans boat
MilesMk1 (11:00:26 PM): I think #1 and #3 are the most likely.
Thematrian1 (11:00:28 PM): MacLeod doesn't seem to need air, and a spirit can cover the two of us with no trouble. What was the distance in swimming time?
Thematrian1 (11:00:58 PM): Agreed. Gem used to play tag with the Chinese, but there was a lot more open water to use there.
Umbrafer (11:01:07 PM): Long, I'm not sure of exact numbers.
Umbrafer (11:01:21 PM): Note that there's likely to be legitimate boat traffic.
MilesMk1 (11:01:44 PM): I think getting on the island itself is a no-brainer since they're letting people in for the festival - but if they have weapon and other screenings... It does us no good to get on without our gear.
Thematrian1 (11:01:59 PM): #2a, stow away or bribe our way onto a real boat
Thematrian1 (11:02:05 PM): Exactly
Thematrian1 (11:02:16 PM): If nothing else, we're going to need you to break into the bungalow
MilesMk1 (11:02:38 PM): Hey, a question... I've been assuming a skill jukebox is pretty inconspicous - it's hardly unusual for someone to have some piece of electronics plugged into their datajack, right?
Umbrafer (11:02:51 PM): I'd say so
Umbrafer (11:03:03 PM): Doubly so in this case
MilesMk1 (11:03:04 PM): But if it weight several kilograms like a lot of stuff in SR does for no clear reason...
MilesMk1 (11:03:12 PM): weighs
MilesMk1 (11:03:15 PM): Ah, good.
Umbrafer (11:03:20 PM): As a lot of people would be pulling out their linguasofts
Thematrian1 (11:03:55 PM): indeed. Speaking of, I could use a sperethiel one. Next time.
Umbrafer (11:04:15 PM): I'm not sure if Sperethiel is publicly known yet.
MilesMk1 (11:04:17 PM): I basically envision it as a flat, sleek pack of matte plastic that clips onto the belt over the small of my back, and can be covered by a loose jacket.
Umbrafer (11:04:37 PM): I know there's at least one early SR adventure that involves stealing some Sperethiel dictionaries
Thematrian1 (11:04:56 PM): oh
MilesMk1 (11:05:25 PM): So the eleves might beat you to death with their flower for speaking it. ;)
MilesMk1 (11:05:29 PM): elves
MilesMk1 (11:07:06 PM): I guess the question is this: Is the hotel on the water, and would coming in over the water stealthily potentially let us get onto the ground without having to deal with festival security?
MilesMk1 (11:07:18 PM): If yes, then we should seriously consider boats/swimming.
Thematrian1 (11:07:28 PM): Excellent question. From the map, is there a big fence around the whole island or something?
Thematrian1 (11:07:34 PM): Or do people swim off the beaches?
Umbrafer (11:07:57 PM): There is no fence, people swim off of some of the beaches. There's a beach relatively near the hotel, though not adjoining it.
MilesMk1 (11:08:09 PM): onto the hotel grounds I mean
Thematrian1 (11:08:33 PM): oh, I see
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Umbrafer (11:08:59 PM): They took the job and sold you into slavery.
MilesMk1 (11:09:03 PM): Hehe... We come out of the water in bathing suits and pretend to be swimmers, hding our gear in a hollow boogie-board?
CirclMastr (11:09:25 PM): ....Riiiiiiight
CirclMastr (11:09:43 PM): Seriously, what'd I miss?
MilesMk1 (11:09:48 PM): If anyone asks, we're on vacation, and he's adopted...
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MilesMk1 (11:10:12 PM): Well, they offered us 75k for bug plant job, part deux.
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Thematrian1 (11:10:38 PM): it's on council island this time
Thematrian1 (11:10:44 PM): they're having a big party
Thematrian1 (11:10:46 PM): I mistrust the J's motives
MilesMk1 (11:11:10 PM): Along with a guarantee of 1/2 of the pay we're supposed to get for the first job if it holds for midnight, even if it fails - just for trying this one.
CirclMastr (11:11:12 PM): ...
CirclMastr (11:11:16 PM): We're supposed to sneak onto Council Island?
MilesMk1 (11:11:25 PM): The J's, or the fixer's?
Thematrian1 (11:11:36 PM): the J's
Thematrian1 (11:11:41 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (11:11:49 PM): Oh. Yes, of course. ;)
CirclMastr (11:12:04 PM): Did anyone stop to consider that sneaking into an ultra-exclusive waterlocked location is fucking hard?
MilesMk1 (11:12:19 PM): They're having a festival open to the public,
MilesMk1 (11:12:28 PM): And stop whining, you don't need to breathe. ;)
CirclMastr (11:12:49 PM): Not getting dissected would also be fun.
CirclMastr (11:13:02 PM): Also not getting buried because it would take a long time to dig out.
Thematrian1 (11:13:54 PM): I study the hotel area more closely, and hand other OMCs to Glitch if there were any
MilesMk1 (11:13:57 PM): Oh, for pete's sake... If this all works out, we get 175k. If we have to abort, we walk away with 62.5k.
Thematrian1 (11:14:06 PM): (137, don't you mean?)
CirclMastr (11:14:20 PM): I have at this point no use for money.
CirclMastr (11:14:39 PM): I have way more than enough to buy the taser I want and whatever extra armor I could use.
Thematrian1 (11:15:05 PM): Well, technically I suppose you could stay at home at let us split the money two ways. But you will probably want a better deck someday soon
CirclMastr (11:15:32 PM): I could at this point be the only homeless preteen with a custom-tailored Armani suit, and have cash to spare.
MilesMk1 (11:15:44 PM): Well... Then why are you running the shadows? >_>
CirclMastr (11:15:56 PM): To find folks like Mr. Ork
Thematrian1 (11:16:15 PM): You could give it to those Otaku you live with, though Gem doesn't know enough to suggest that
CirclMastr (11:16:41 PM): The otaku are refusing to help me out because J made a ruling which he probably still can't rationally defend.
Umbrafer (11:17:00 PM): Well, it's not so much a matter of "still"
Umbrafer (11:17:29 PM): I couldn't defend it then because I was almost asleep, and I can't defend it now because I'm on narcotics
CirclMastr (11:17:30 PM): Replace it with "once again", then
Umbrafer (11:17:42 PM): (Though I did defend it, actually. You just rejected the defense.)
CirclMastr (11:17:49 PM): Your defense made no sense.
Umbrafer (11:17:54 PM): Put it this way: who here thinks an Otaku would make a good teacher for someone new to decking?
Umbrafer (11:17:59 PM): Completely new?
Thematrian1 (11:18:17 PM): Wretched, I agree. Gem and Glitch both deck quite well.
CirclMastr (11:18:23 PM): Bear in mind that otaku, by rule, HAVE to have Computers at at least 6.
Umbrafer (11:18:53 PM): This matters to their teaching ability not a whit.
MilesMk1 (11:18:55 PM): They'd be pretty bad, I guess, but they could still teach him something. Maybe.
Thematrian1 (11:18:57 PM): Yep, they just make poor teachers because of their weird approach. I see the reasoning, but I'm not interested in defending it.
Umbrafer (11:19:06 PM): Anyway.
Umbrafer (11:19:13 PM): That's for another time.
MilesMk1 (11:19:19 PM): But you have two other people who could teach you computers...
Thematrian1 (11:19:44 PM): One of whom you've got a personal interest in spending more time with.
CirclMastr (11:19:51 PM): That doesn't help me develop the otaku tribe as a contact, though.
Thematrian1 (11:20:04 PM): True. It'd probably be better to get them to do things for you.
CirclMastr (11:20:20 PM): And if MacLeod is going to spend extra time with Gem, he wouldn't think decking lessons terribly romantic.
Thematrian1 (11:20:22 PM): In exchange for protection from physical thugs, or for money.
CirclMastr (11:20:51 PM): Well I was trying to get them to teach me Computers in exchange for whatever.
Thematrian1 (11:21:42 PM): I was thinking more, get them to break into places, or find information for you.
Thematrian1 (11:21:54 PM): About other immortals, or the target of the month
Thematrian1 (11:22:22 PM): I mean, I have considerable respect for Gem's abilities, but a tribe of Otaku is on a whole different level
Thematrian1 (11:23:06 PM): If we had another 24 hours, they could be damned helpful here
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CirclMastr (11:24:05 PM): I love how he gets disconnected whenever I want to respond to whatever he just said.
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Thematrian1 (11:24:31 PM): but ok. Hotel map
Thematrian1 (11:24:41 PM): Is there some way to display it?
CirclMastr (11:24:46 PM): The problem is that Gem and Glitch don't know he's living with a bunch of otaku, and MacLeod has no way of knowing that Gem pales considerably compared to them.
CirclMastr (11:25:12 PM): (And one last comment, I'm sad I didn't get to RP Glitch's confirmation that MacLeod is alive and all)
Thematrian1 (11:26:22 PM): Yeah. Sometime when Gem and MacLeod are sitting back watching Glitch do his thing, it'll occur to her to ask outright where MacLeod lives.
MilesMk1 (11:26:33 PM): Well, if MacLeod doesn't want to waste time with Gem studying computers, he can always ask Glitch to teach him..
CirclMastr (11:27:03 PM): Presumably time spent with Glitch could be spent with Gem instead, which is preferable to MacLeod ;)
MilesMk1 (11:27:08 PM): Anyway... I examine the other memory chips, to see if there's any other data we can use, or just the stuff we need to plant.
MilesMk1 (11:27:19 PM): Bah... Make up your mind. :P
Thematrian1 (11:27:42 PM): The hotel. Do we need to cross any walls or doors to get to the bungalow?
Umbrafer (11:28:25 PM): Nope. There's a marked perimeters with cameras, but it's noted that they're not watched all the time and that people come and go normally.
Thematrian1 (11:28:46 PM): Very good. The map shows the camera locations?
Umbrafer (11:29:18 PM): It shows a few locations and a "may be more" scribbled.
Thematrian1 (11:30:04 PM): right
MilesMk1 (11:30:08 PM): Are there places we could come in from the water that aren't covered by the noted cameras?
MilesMk1 (11:30:29 PM): (I assume so, but...)
Umbrafer (11:30:46 PM): No water locations are covered by them. The hotel's set in maybe a hundred meters from the water, and the nearest camera is at fifty meters and in woods.
MilesMk1 (11:32:15 PM): What about the festival grounds? Where are they located in relation to the hotel?
CirclMastr (11:33:11 PM): ::aside to Gem while Glitch [does whatever he's doing with this map]:: "Think you two would be willing to help me out with that ork?"
Umbrafer (11:33:13 PM): The celebrations are island-wide, but the primary grounds for the actual public ceremonies are about half a kilometer away.
Thematrian1 (11:33:34 PM): "Wouldn't that break the Rules?"
CirclMastr (11:34:22 PM): "Well, if you helped actually fight him, yeah. But I just want you to help me track him down, since I doubt he'll go into work with the wound I gave him. I want to try to duel him again while he's injured."
Thematrian1 (11:35:19 PM): She nods. "We have a description, a likely profession...no guarantees, but it doesn't sound difficult."
Thematrian1 (11:35:25 PM): "He won't heal like you did?"
CirclMastr (11:36:05 PM): "We only heal like that when we take lethal damage. He'll be laid up a while, and he'll have a nasty scar that should be pretty obvious."
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Thematrian1 (11:38:16 PM): "So there's time to do this job and sleep for about a day?"
CirclMastr (11:39:57 PM): (Was that directed at MacLeod?)
Thematrian1 (11:40:01 PM): It sounds like we can land, have Glitch plot us a course, get to the bungalow, break in, do whatever, and leave.
Thematrian1 (11:40:04 PM): (Yes)
CirclMastr (11:41:01 PM): "I don't know how long it'll take to find the ork, do you mean this bug-planting thing?"
Thematrian1 (11:41:27 PM): "I meant, he won't take any longer to heal than a normal person."
CirclMastr (11:41:37 PM): "Oh, no."
CirclMastr (11:42:19 PM): "Well, I suppose he might shoot himself in the head and recover quicker that way, though it's an odd approach to take."
Thematrian1 (11:43:08 PM): "I admit I wondered."
Thematrian1 (11:44:33 PM): "We could do this run in swimsuits, it sounds like."
CirclMastr (11:44:54 PM): "Can't hide my sword in a swimsuit."
Thematrian1 (11:45:42 PM): "You hide it in that coat easily enough. But yes, we need storage space..."
Thematrian1 (11:45:54 PM): "Not, I think, a hollowed-out boogie board."
MilesMk1 (11:46:13 PM): (In all fairness, Glitch never actually suggested that.)
CirclMastr (11:46:18 PM): "Well, it only works with coats. What about some sort of totebag? Stick a towel or two on top, guns underneath."
Thematrian1 (11:47:05 PM): (Oops, sorry)
Thematrian1 (11:47:51 PM): "No guns today. Sword, sure, but guns would probably draw attention. Especially after whatever happened to the Band of Fuckups."
MilesMk1 (11:48:00 PM): "Perhaps we could come in on something like a jetski? Ought to be easy to rent..."
Thematrian1 (11:48:51 PM): "If we can hide it well enough. I'd rather just go under the water."
CirclMastr (11:49:14 PM): "It sounds like we can just walk in, depending on what gear we need. What gear DO we need, anyway?"
MilesMk1 (11:49:54 PM): "I need my jukebox and my electronics tools. Locpkicks, too, if we want to be on the safe side."
Thematrian1 (11:50:09 PM): "And your sword."
MilesMk1 (11:50:19 PM): "I'll need some water-proof way to carry that..."
Thematrian1 (11:50:22 PM): "And I'd as soon not wander through a MAD scanner."
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MilesMk1 (11:51:01 PM): "What the hell is the deal with your sword, anyway? It's obviously too big to fit under that coat - will it fit in anything long enough to cover more than half of it?
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CirclMastr (11:51:31 PM): "No, just long coats. Just something some of us can do."
MilesMk1 (11:51:58 PM): "Can you make do with a knife instead?"
MilesMk1 (11:53:05 PM): "And I assume that, since bulk of gear is an issue, I won't be bringing my ruthenium suit? Or were we counting on using it to scout the way to the bungalow?"
CirclMastr (11:53:42 PM): "I could probably use a knife well enough, yeah."
Thematrian1 (11:53:50 PM): "I think we can bluff our way past every camera except the one covering the bungalow, if any."
Thematrian1 (11:54:02 PM): "A neat little family in swim gear, that's us."
MilesMk1 (11:54:07 PM): "So there's no particular need for it."
MilesMk1 (11:54:26 PM): "All right, just need good ways of stashing our gear..."
Thematrian1 (11:54:45 PM): "Get it into a bag. I can detail a spirit to keep it dry."
MilesMk1 (11:54:48 PM): "Well, a cooler is a good prop if we're going to come in from the beach."
MilesMk1 (11:55:03 PM): "But a bag works just as well, true..."
Thematrian1 (11:55:14 PM): "I like that. Everything into a cooler? The first few seconds will be awkward.#
CirclMastr (11:55:27 PM): "Why?"
Thematrian1 (11:55:32 PM): #We send someone, probably me, out to scout, then you two follow if it's inconspicuous.#
CirclMastr (11:55:43 PM): (Why the sudden switch to radio?)
Thematrian1 (11:55:48 PM): "Because we'd be getting out o fthe water with a cooler. Not a usual occurrence."
Thematrian1 (11:56:03 PM): (Because Gem's player was trying to remember whether her transducer is internal or external)
Thematrian1 (11:56:14 PM): (Makes no difference when she's got all her clothes on, but...)
MilesMk1 (11:56:15 PM): "We will need to pack some clothes, and towels, and so on, if we want this to look legit - I assume people don't always run around all over hotel grounds in just their swimsuits..."
Thematrian1 (11:56:32 PM): "Right. MacLeod:"
CirclMastr (11:56:40 PM): "Hm?"
Thematrian1 (11:56:49 PM): "If we had a coat in a bag for you, could you keep your sword in it?"
CirclMastr (11:57:15 PM): "Well, let's find out." ::sticks my sword under my coat, then takes the coat off::
MilesMk1 (11:57:27 PM): "...and I'd look really strange with a computer plugged into my datajack wearing wet swimming trunks."
Umbrafer (11:57:39 PM): There's your sword under the coat.
Thematrian1 (11:57:40 PM): "You'll be inside the bungalow by then."
CirclMastr (11:58:00 PM): (So it's staying in the coat as opposed to falling back out into realspace?)
MilesMk1 (11:58:09 PM): "Still, I think some clothing is a good idea."
Umbrafer (11:58:19 PM): (Realspace.)
CirclMastr (11:58:26 PM): "Guess that's a no."
Thematrian1 (11:58:31 PM): "Is there surveillance in there? I'd assume not, given the level of privacy some of these suits insist on..."
MilesMk1 (11:58:58 PM): "Our data doesn't say... But our target's security could have put something in themselves."
MilesMk1 (11:59:14 PM): "If we're really unlucky, they could have brought in a drone..."
Thematrian1 (11:59:30 PM): "Yes, let's bring clothing. MacLeod can wear his coat, we'll just make sure the coast is clear before we signal him out."
MilesMk1 (12:00:02 AM): "But if they were thinking a "budget team" could do it, it should not be too dificult. Still, you never know what to expect."
Thematrian1 (12:01:18 AM): "There are ways to deal with drones. But I agree, the chances are low."
MilesMk1 (12:01:33 AM): (Oooh... I'm really starting to fall asleep at the keyboard... I think I need to call it a night.)
CirclMastr (12:01:45 AM): (Alright)
Umbrafer (12:02:03 AM): (Yeah, I should probably do likewise)
Umbrafer (12:02:14 AM): (Meds are starting to wear off, and I only want to take one more dose tonight if I can help it)
MilesMk1 (12:02:19 AM): (I mean, I'm at a point where I can still think, but it hurts. ;))
CirclMastr (12:02:31 AM): (Aren't you always at that point? ;) )
Thematrian1 (12:02:43 AM): Ok. To review: We put our things in a cooler, and approach the island underwater.
MilesMk1 (12:02:46 AM): (Only when dealing with MacLeod. :))
MilesMk1 (12:03:06 AM): I suppose we could put them inside a beach ball, or something...
Thematrian1 (12:03:22 AM): Once there, we stride confidently past the cameras. If there's one to watch us break into the bungalow, we dispose of it by some means. Once inside, we do our dirty deed and leave as we came.
MilesMk1 (12:03:30 AM): (That's always a good idea when dealing with prescription painkillers - moderation, I mean.)
Umbrafer (12:04:00 AM): (Yeah. Much as I don't like pain, I also don't much like the thought of addiction/dependence.)
MilesMk1 (12:04:05 AM): (Ah, the hallucinations I had as a result of morphine...)
MilesMk1 (12:04:22 AM): (Did I rant about that already, some previous time?)
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Umbrafer (12:05:41 AM): I'm not sure.
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MilesMk1 (12:06:15 AM): Well... It's mildly entertaining, so I'll risk repeating myself...:)
Thematrian1 (12:06:24 AM): I was apparently pretty incoherent under morphine, but no hallucinations, so say on
MilesMk1 (12:07:00 AM): I got morphine in the hospital after knee surgery. In combination with after-effects of anaesthesia, it had interesting effects for like a week afterwards/
Umbrafer (12:07:03 AM): I missed out on morphine, but I also missed out on having a brain tumor.
MilesMk1 (12:07:12 AM): That is certainly good.
Umbrafer (12:07:39 AM): (Migraines that didn't localize to one side of the head, which is apparently very rare for people over the age of 12 or so)
Umbrafer (12:08:05 AM): (Eventually a migraine medication did the trick and they stopped the battery of tests to try to find tumors.)
Thematrian1 (12:08:23 AM): What sorts of things happened, Matt?
MilesMk1 (12:08:27 AM): First I would have trouble falling asleep, then I finally would and have incredibly vivid dreams, then wake up, and appear completely awake and coherent but be convinced what I dreamt of was true.
MilesMk1 (12:08:56 AM): If I read a fantasy novel before going to sleep, things were... interesting.
MilesMk1 (12:09:34 AM): I completely freaked out my parents by appearing lucid but repeatedly insisting I had to (despite a leg in a hip to ankle brace) get up and deliver something to one of the characters from the book.
Umbrafer (12:09:49 AM): :)
Thematrian1 (12:10:07 AM): wow
MilesMk1 (12:10:34 AM): Yeah.
MilesMk1 (12:10:49 AM): Made me realize I never want to touch mind-altering susbstances.
Thematrian1 (12:11:00 AM): ::nod::
Thematrian1 (12:11:06 AM): gamers tend not to, for some reason
MilesMk1 (12:11:18 AM): Good imagination?
Umbrafer (12:11:26 AM): Define "mind-altering"?
MilesMk1 (12:11:35 AM): It helps to do stupid things when you can't picture consequences.
Umbrafer (12:11:41 AM): There are a lot of caffeine addicts amongst gamers, and that's definitely a psychoatctive.
Umbrafer (12:11:44 AM): *active
MilesMk1 (12:12:16 AM): Heh... Strongly mind-altering, then. ;)
Thematrian1 (12:12:40 AM): yeah, that's to be granted
MilesMk1 (12:12:49 AM): I meant recreational drugs other than alcohol.
Umbrafer (12:13:01 AM): Also, I've noticed that gamers don't avoid sex more than others (though it sometimes avoids them… ;) ), while there's evidence that the entire emotional portion of the brain shuts off during orgasm
MilesMk1 (12:13:26 AM): Hmm...
Thematrian1 (12:13:30 AM): really?
Umbrafer (12:13:33 AM): But yeah, that caveat is more accurate.
Umbrafer (12:13:37 AM): (Yep)
Thematrian1 (12:13:46 AM): That's...deeply interesting. Do you happen to have a link to the paper?
Umbrafer (12:14:32 AM): I don't have a link to the paper. The radio broadcast on which it was discussed I can get, though.
Thematrian1 (12:14:43 AM): nah, I was hoping for the gory details
Umbrafer (12:14:53 AM): Well
Umbrafer (12:14:58 AM): You might be able to find it from that
Umbrafer (12:15:16 AM): (And they've got moderately gory details on the program. It's quite good, really)
MilesMk1 (12:15:31 AM): Try doing a PubMed search.
Umbrafer (12:15:52 AM): (ABC's All in the Mind series, they've probably got their notes somewhere… ah, good suggestion)
Thematrian1 (12:16:15 AM): ::nod::
Thematrian1 (12:16:27 AM): God bless the age of information
Umbrafer (12:17:04 AM): http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/stories/s1407052.htm
Umbrafer (12:17:14 AM): Transcript, with references at the end
Umbrafer (12:17:21 AM): One of them may be what you're looking for.
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MilesMk1 (12:19:11 AM): Well.
MilesMk1 (12:19:22 AM): I think I'll take my cue there, and run away.
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Umbrafer (12:19:39 AM): Flee! Before you get sucked back into the conversation! ;)
Umbrafer (12:19:47 AM): But yeah, the gamer population does appear to engage in more risk/reward analysis.
Umbrafer (12:20:00 AM): Not entirely surprising, given that chargen is usually not the most rewarding part of play
MilesMk1 (12:20:21 AM): Hehe... All right. Goodnight, guys.
MilesMk1 (12:20:25 AM): See you Tuesday.
Thematrian1 (12:20:29 AM): there's that. But that kind of analysis is basically imagining how things would be under certain other...good night
Thematrian1 (12:20:32 AM): yep
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Thematrian1 (12:20:45 AM): it'll be a good time
Umbrafer (12:20:59 AM): Yeah, you've a point there.
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Umbrafer (12:21:06 AM): Visualizing consequences.
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