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Umbrafer (8:35:25 PM): Give me a minute
Thematrian1 (8:35:35 PM): No worries
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CirclMastr (8:36:30 PM): Hola.
Thematrian1 (8:36:37 PM): greetings
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CirclMastr (8:37:01 PM): I apparently may or may not need to be here.
terminal handle (8:37:04 PM): Howdy, guys. :D Give me a quick second.
terminal handle (8:37:12 PM): I must hunt down my character implements.
Umbrafer (8:38:52 PM): As I mentioned last week, Gem's the only one who'll be active early. After that everyone'll be involved, though.
Umbrafer (8:39:02 PM): Also, Matt may or may not be here. He had good reasons.
terminal handle (8:39:24 PM): Implements found.
terminal handle (8:39:42 PM): And that's fine. David Byrne will serenade me in the meantime.
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terminal handle (8:39:58 PM): God bless Talking Heads.
Umbrafer (8:40:03 PM): Amen.
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Thematrian1 (8:42:15 PM): ok.I'vegot no additions tothe list posted last week
CirclMastr (8:44:11 PM): So, what goes? Anyone have an opinion on me having an off-session PC?
Thematrian1 (8:44:27 PM): yeah, those seven items
Umbrafer (8:45:06 PM): I don't have one yet
Umbrafer (8:45:16 PM): It'll depend on how this and next session goes.
terminal handle (8:45:16 PM): I'm missing something. List? Items? :(
terminal handle (8:45:30 PM): I think I missed the loop on my way to the buffet.
Thematrian1 (8:45:37 PM): Ipostedalist of things I wanted toinvestigate
Thematrian1 (8:45:43 PM): in Gem's forums
terminal handle (8:46:04 PM): Gotcha.
Thematrian1 (8:46:21 PM): whether the target or J is mafia, etc
CirclMastr (8:47:27 PM): Seiler? Have an opinion?
Umbrafer (8:48:42 PM): Everyone is asleep.
CirclMastr (8:48:46 PM): ;_;
terminal handle (8:49:28 PM): Apologies. I'm checking last session's log.
terminal handle (8:49:33 PM): I've no problem with a temp character.
terminal handle (8:49:36 PM): Mooks are keen. :D
CirclMastr (8:49:46 PM): It's more like a 'downtime' character.
CirclMastr (8:50:00 PM): A 1-Int mentally retarded troll can't really do legwork or planning.
Umbrafer (8:50:01 PM): Gem wakes up. You're on a fire escape. It's dark and windy, and cold.
Thematrian1 (8:50:32 PM): Delightful. Any stars?
Umbrafer (8:50:42 PM): None.
Thematrian1 (8:50:43 PM): Wait, am I awake awake, or just awake?
Umbrafer (8:50:50 PM): Hard to tell.
Thematrian1 (8:51:03 PM): Double delightful. Is the fire escape at least attched to my building?
CirclMastr (8:51:57 PM): (Then again maybe I'll have nothing to do because it's a session of Gem dreaming/non-dreaming/whatever this is)
Thematrian1 (8:51:57 PM): If so, I head for the roof
Umbrafer (8:52:10 PM): It's attached to /a/ building.
Thematrian1 (8:52:12 PM): (Keep in mind, no one else was supposed to even show for a few minutes yet)
Thematrian1 (8:52:23 PM): Hhmph. I head for the roof anyway, if I can
Umbrafer (8:52:27 PM): It's generally similar to your building.
CirclMastr (8:52:28 PM): (Ah. You all should know by now that I have no life.)
Umbrafer (8:52:46 PM): THe escape goes up and down, but the down ends a few more floors.
Umbrafer (8:53:07 PM): Looking up and down you figure that it can't be your building; it's way too tall.
Thematrian1 (8:53:26 PM): wait, so the fire escape stops a few stories above ground?
Thematrian1 (8:53:27 PM): ahh
Umbrafer (8:53:42 PM): From the looks of it, it stops well above the ground.
Umbrafer (8:53:45 PM): At least six stories.
Thematrian1 (8:53:48 PM): and the roof?
Thematrian1 (8:54:00 PM): I'd rather touch the sky anyhow
Umbrafer (8:54:25 PM): The roof is about a dozen stories up. It takes time, but you get there.
Thematrian1 (8:54:41 PM): trudge trudge
Umbrafer (8:54:53 PM): The rooftop is cluttered with large objects, protrusions, and AC gear
Umbrafer (8:55:37 PM): You hear a metallic sliding-clicking sound.
Umbrafer (8:55:47 PM): It came from around a bend in the detritus.
Thematrian1 (8:55:47 PM): yeah. Astral sense on, I look out over the city...strike that, head for the sliding and clicking
Thematrian1 (8:55:52 PM): astral senses still on
Thematrian1 (8:55:55 PM): ::clamber::
Umbrafer (8:56:38 PM): There's someone standing there, lighting a cigarette. He isn't looking your way.
Thematrian1 (8:56:45 PM): assensage
Thematrian1 (8:56:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 2 5 3 5
Thematrian1 (8:56:50 PM): bah
Umbrafer (8:57:07 PM): He's middle-aged, some lung issues, cold and somewhat scared.
Thematrian1 (8:57:12 PM): I continue to approach, as quietly as possible
Thematrian1 (8:57:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 2 4 6
Umbrafer (8:57:15 PM): Not scared, more worried.
Thematrian1 (8:57:17 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (8:57:24 PM): Also, there's a dark wind across the astral.
Thematrian1 (8:57:35 PM): ugh. Where's it blowing from?
Thematrian1 (8:58:26 PM): If I get within arm's reach unobserved, I say,"Chilly night"
Umbrafer (8:58:40 PM): Across the roof. It's hard to tell, but it appears to reflect off the objects on the roof.
Umbrafer (8:58:53 PM): He jumps.
Thematrian1 (8:58:57 PM): like: north, east, southwesT?
Umbrafer (8:59:00 PM): "Oh… yeah."
Umbrafer (8:59:12 PM): He looks at you oddly.
Thematrian1 (8:59:19 PM): was he Awakened?
Umbrafer (8:59:27 PM): No.
Thematrian1 (8:59:48 PM): (Dave: you can always heckle)
Umbrafer (8:59:50 PM): He starts suddenly.
Umbrafer (8:59:56 PM): "Cigarette."
Umbrafer (9:00:00 PM): *?
Umbrafer (9:00:03 PM): He offers the pack.
CirclMastr (9:00:08 PM): (I withheld a Monty Python joke earlier to preserve the mood)
Thematrian1 (9:00:43 PM): "Don't mind if I do." Gem takes one. She lacks a lighter, and makes a tentative gesture toward his
Umbrafer (9:01:55 PM): He flicks it a few times. It isn't lighting. He hands it to you apologetically, then takes a drag on his own cigarette.
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Thematrian1 (9:02:38 PM): I stick it behind my ear. "Too chilly for gifts."
Thematrian1 (9:02:41 PM): beat
Thematrian1 (9:02:46 PM): "What brought you here?"
Umbrafer (9:04:43 PM): "I don't know…"
Umbrafer (9:04:52 PM): "I thought I fell asleep."
Umbrafer (9:04:55 PM): "I probably did…"
Thematrian1 (9:05:29 PM): "Me too. What happens when you wake up?"
Thematrian1 (9:06:07 PM): ::rubs her hands together, misses her gloves::
Umbrafer (9:07:05 PM): "I… wake up. I don't know, what usually happens when you wake up from a dream?"
Umbrafer (9:07:54 PM): "At least I'm not alone… and you talk."
Thematrian1 (9:08:03 PM): "You live for awhile."
Thematrian1 (9:08:07 PM): "As opposed to bleed?"
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Thematrian1 (9:09:28 PM): Those being responses to his two separate statements
Umbrafer (9:11:01 PM): "The other man, he didn't talk to me."
Umbrafer (9:11:08 PM): "He just looked at me and walked away."
CirclMastr (9:11:14 PM): (Well, what do you expect after you offer a lighter that doesn't work?)
Thematrian1 (9:11:28 PM): "Makes sense. He had to be wondering, just whose dream is this?"
Thematrian1 (9:11:36 PM): "What did he look like?"
Umbrafer (9:11:42 PM): "Mine, I guess."
Umbrafer (9:12:09 PM): "Big guy, thin. Long coat."
CirclMastr (9:12:26 PM): (My next character's going to be a shaman so I can have freaky dreams too. How many BP would it cost separately? Is there a Freaky Dreams edge I can take?)
Thematrian1 (9:12:39 PM): "Hmm. I may need to talk to him?"
terminal handle (9:12:58 PM): (Clairevoyant Freaky Dreams would be kickin' rad.)
Thematrian1 (9:13:08 PM): (Be a shaman, or take Flashbacks)
CirclMastr (9:13:40 PM): (Jon, can I add Flashbacks to Pusher?)
Umbrafer (9:13:53 PM): (If you want)
Umbrafer (9:14:00 PM): "He was over there…"
Thematrian1 (9:14:03 PM): (I was joking. It's a terrible idea)
Umbrafer (9:14:05 PM): He gestures through the maze.
CirclMastr (9:14:08 PM): (Will I get dream sequences like this to play through?)
CirclMastr (9:14:30 PM): (The beauty is, at 1 Int he won't understand why his dreams suck)
Thematrian1 (9:14:57 PM): (heh)
Umbrafer (9:15:02 PM): (I'll say that this has nothing to do with Shaman-ness)
Thematrian1 (9:15:17 PM): "Hm. I hate to leave you alone in your own dream, but it might actually be his."
Thematrian1 (9:15:20 PM): "What's your name?"
Umbrafer (9:15:30 PM): "Jeremy."
Thematrian1 (9:15:48 PM): "Gem" And she offers her hand
Umbrafer (9:15:59 PM): He hesitates, then shakes it.
Umbrafer (9:16:44 PM): You hear something.
Thematrian1 (9:16:51 PM): I listen, and follow it if I can
Umbrafer (9:16:56 PM): It's hard to tell what.
Umbrafer (9:17:19 PM): You follow along. Jeremy trails behind.
Thematrian1 (9:17:25 PM): I don't prevent him.
Thematrian1 (9:17:33 PM): astral senses still fully engages
Umbrafer (9:18:16 PM): You round a corner in the detritus and see… something. It looks like a body, but not a human.
Thematrian1 (9:18:31 PM): assense
Thematrian1 (9:18:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 6 2 3
Thematrian1 (9:18:46 PM): alive?
Umbrafer (9:18:55 PM): Tough to see. The astral is very difficult to see through.
Umbrafer (9:18:58 PM): Does not look alive.
Thematrian1 (9:19:13 PM): Gem waves a futile hand. "All this blackness..."
Thematrian1 (9:19:16 PM): I approach
Umbrafer (9:19:31 PM): "Yeah… it's so hard to see anything…"
Umbrafer (9:19:35 PM): "What the hell is that?"
Thematrian1 (9:19:44 PM): "Something dead."
Umbrafer (9:20:07 PM): It looks somewhat like a dog or jackal, but is a mottled yellow-grey.
Umbrafer (9:20:39 PM): It also looks like the snout is split four ways rather than the traditional two.
Umbrafer (9:20:59 PM): It also looks like it's been chewed on.
Thematrian1 (9:21:03 PM): I examine more closely. Cause of death? Ah
Umbrafer (9:21:18 PM): Cause of death isn't simple. It may or may not have died prior to chewing.
Thematrian1 (9:21:29 PM): "Scavengers. Hm."
Umbrafer (9:21:30 PM): Certainly the blood seems more localized than you'd think for death by chewing.
Thematrian1 (9:21:32 PM): (No offense)
Thematrian1 (9:21:35 PM): ah
Umbrafer (9:22:11 PM): "Jesus…"
Umbrafer (9:22:58 PM): He steps back a few steps.
Thematrian1 (9:23:12 PM): "Never seen anything like it, either?"
terminal handle (9:23:20 PM): (I step out for one second and I'm already getting ragged on. You are so dinner.)
Umbrafer (9:23:31 PM): He shakes his head. He's looking very pale.
Thematrian1 (9:24:09 PM): hm
Umbrafer (9:24:51 PM): "Is there a way off this thing?
Umbrafer (9:24:53 PM): *"
Thematrian1 (9:25:05 PM): "Yes, but it takes some faith."
Umbrafer (9:25:14 PM): He looks at you strangely.
Thematrian1 (9:25:25 PM): I commit the thingie to memory, insofar as is possible
Thematrian1 (9:25:30 PM): Then I look for an edge
Umbrafer (9:25:39 PM): You do so.
Umbrafer (9:25:47 PM): Retracing your steps to the edge is easy.
Umbrafer (9:26:09 PM): The roof is very wide, immensely so.
Thematrian1 (9:26:20 PM): I head for it, and beckon him to follow. Then...I try and whistle up a wind spirit
Umbrafer (9:26:27 PM): You call.
Umbrafer (9:26:32 PM): No spirit answers.
Thematrian1 (9:27:19 PM): "Definitely a dream. Not my dream, either."
Thematrian1 (9:27:34 PM): "In my dreams, I get all the astral allies I want."
Umbrafer (9:28:21 PM): The strange looks intensify.
Umbrafer (9:28:54 PM): "Anyway, I feel better here…"
CirclMastr (9:29:01 PM): (Strange look: *glares* )
Umbrafer (9:29:03 PM): He looks out over the edge of the building.
Thematrian1 (9:29:22 PM): "Do you recognize it?"
Umbrafer (9:29:40 PM): "It looks… almost like my building. Almost.
Umbrafer (9:29:42 PM): *"
Umbrafer (9:30:08 PM): "But there are so many…"
Umbrafer (9:30:30 PM): Dimly, off the edge, you do indeed see vast numbers of buildings.
Thematrian1 (9:31:08 PM): (So it's find the guy, wait by the dog-thing, or jump off the roof)
CirclMastr (9:31:27 PM): (You could push the guy off the roof. He'll wake up just before he lands and free you from his dream.)
Thematrian1 (9:31:47 PM): "Do you still want to leave?"
Umbrafer (9:32:00 PM): "I…"
Umbrafer (9:32:08 PM): "No, I'm fine, I'll wake up eventually."
CirclMastr (9:32:36 PM): (Push him anyway. You'll feel better.)
Thematrian1 (9:32:39 PM): "Then while you're here, have you ever seen a clown carrying black balloons?"
Umbrafer (9:33:09 PM): "What?"
Umbrafer (9:33:22 PM): "I used to see clowns at the carnival…"
Thematrian1 (9:33:29 PM): "Yeah, I didn't think so."
Umbrafer (9:33:33 PM): "They carried all kinds of balloons. Maybe one of them was black."
Thematrian1 (9:33:54 PM): (Thank you God. I'm not sure I want this guy at my back when whatever destined drek we're in to goes down)
Umbrafer (9:34:44 PM): You hear three gunshots from elsewhere on the roof. He whirls and goes pale again.
CirclMastr (9:35:15 PM): (The clowns are back... WITH A VENGEANCE!)
Thematrian1 (9:35:17 PM): "Don't look so frightened. You can't die, remember?"
Thematrian1 (9:35:22 PM): I head for them, sneakily
Thematrian1 (9:35:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 4
Umbrafer (9:35:34 PM): "Yeah…"
Thematrian1 (9:35:35 PM): for all the good it'll do, since I've got this guy behind me, but ok
CirclMastr (9:35:38 PM): (He might die if he forgets to wake up in time.)
Umbrafer (9:35:49 PM): This time he remains behind, taking large drags on his cigarette.
Thematrian1 (9:36:10 PM): hmph. Screw him then. Gunshots ho!
Umbrafer (9:36:57 PM): You head across large quantities of rooftop and come across a man standing over the carcasses of a pair of the dog-things.
Thematrian1 (9:37:18 PM): oh goody
Thematrian1 (9:37:25 PM): I don't sneak up on this guy
Thematrian1 (9:37:33 PM): "Good evening."
CirclMastr (9:37:41 PM): (It's Solid Snake!)
Umbrafer (9:37:50 PM): He looks up at you.
Umbrafer (9:37:54 PM): "Hello."
CirclMastr (9:37:57 PM): (Or, as of MGS4, Flaccid Snake.)
terminal handle (9:38:45 PM): (Stop your blasphemy. If anime has taught us anything, it's that old folks are the most hardcore, period. >:O)
Thematrian1 (9:38:46 PM): "And what brought you here?"
CirclMastr (9:38:59 PM): (Only with Viagra.)
Umbrafer (9:39:22 PM): He cocks an eyebrow. "I came."
Umbrafer (9:39:44 PM): You do notice, just barely, some surprise in his face.
Thematrian1 (9:40:01 PM): "Good for you. You love shooting dogs that much?"
CirclMastr (9:40:32 PM): ("No, just dog-things. Don't you hate those crossbreeds in D&D? Does anybody EVER play a half-orc?")
Umbrafer (9:41:34 PM): "No."
Umbrafer (9:41:39 PM): He turns and starts walking away.
Thematrian1 (9:41:51 PM): "It can't be the company, or the scenic atmosphere."
Thematrian1 (9:42:19 PM): hm. Assense
Thematrian1 (9:42:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 6 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:42:28 PM): yeah, that's what I'm talking about
Umbrafer (9:42:37 PM): You can barely see him, but he doesn't look… wait
Umbrafer (9:42:41 PM): There's /something/ odd about him
Umbrafer (9:42:45 PM): He doesn't look magical, though
Thematrian1 (9:43:08 PM): uh huh. It's offensive to Gem's dignity, but what the hell. I chase after him.
Thematrian1 (9:43:16 PM): To herself: "Only a dream, right?"
Umbrafer (9:43:28 PM): He stops, turns. "What is it?"
Thematrian1 (9:43:47 PM): "You brought yourself, or so you say. Why?"
Umbrafer (9:44:54 PM): "I had to."
Thematrian1 (9:45:20 PM): "To do what? To stop what? Talk to me, I'm as real as you are."
Umbrafer (9:46:18 PM): "I had to. There is no more to it than that."
Umbrafer (9:47:01 PM): He starts walking away again.
Thematrian1 (9:47:36 PM): I don't follow. Gem has had enough
Umbrafer (9:48:23 PM): He vanishes into the void (or around the corner, if you prefer)
Umbrafer (9:48:41 PM): You're left somewhere on the rooftop.
Thematrian1 (9:48:42 PM): If I could be sure of what I was rejecting...
Umbrafer (9:49:42 PM): Time passes.
Thematrian1 (9:49:49 PM): I head back to Jeremy
CirclMastr (9:50:12 PM): (I hope Jeremy was eaten by a dog-thing. I don't care for him much.)
Umbrafer (9:50:15 PM): You get about halfway back when you hear a scream.
CirclMastr (9:50:20 PM): (Cha-ching!)
terminal handle (9:50:35 PM): (No, dude. The black balloons came to life.)
Thematrian1 (9:51:08 PM): I run toward it.
CirclMastr (9:51:10 PM): (Death by helium. It even robs you of your dignity. You can't deliver a great last line with your voice all high.)
Umbrafer (9:51:22 PM): From Jeremy's direction, if you were wondering.
Thematrian1 (9:51:34 PM): I sort of suspected
CirclMastr (9:51:36 PM): (I R teh p5ych1c
CirclMastr (9:51:36 PM): )
Umbrafer (9:52:17 PM): The edge is in sight. You see no sign of Jeremy.
Thematrian1 (9:52:33 PM): I peek over the edge ,then around
Umbrafer (9:52:47 PM): You peek over the edge.
Umbrafer (9:53:03 PM): Jeremy's there, hanging on to a twisted and broken part of the fire escape
Umbrafer (9:53:10 PM): He's slipping.
Umbrafer (9:53:13 PM): "Help!"
Thematrian1 (9:53:16 PM): I rush to assist.
Umbrafer (9:53:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 3 5 6 1 1 5 3 3 2 1 1 3 4 5
Umbrafer (9:54:26 PM): You're forced to slow your descent. Moving too quickly shakes the escape.
Umbrafer (9:54:31 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 2 3 6 6 3 2 1 5 6 3 5 4 1 2
Umbrafer (9:54:40 PM): You're about halfway down when he loses his grip.
Thematrian1 (9:55:01 PM): hm. I jump after him
CirclMastr (9:55:09 PM): (See, if you'd just pushed him it would have saved like, half an hour of poor me and terminal sitting here.)
Umbrafer (9:55:16 PM): Several seconds later, you wake up.
Umbrafer (9:55:24 PM): (Mid-fall)
terminal handle (9:55:25 PM): (Benton, and it's been interesting anyway. :D)
CirclMastr (9:56:08 PM): (Seiler's probably been going "Why, why did I encourage Dave to heckle?")
Umbrafer (9:57:06 PM): (I was, actually)
Umbrafer (9:57:12 PM): Gem is in her bed.
Thematrian1 (9:57:47 PM): Do I have scraped knees, or any sign of having fallen, ro such?
Umbrafer (9:58:00 PM): None.
Thematrian1 (9:58:59 PM): In that case, I make some breakfast.
Thematrian1 (9:59:02 PM): Check my messages.
Thematrian1 (9:59:16 PM): See if any of my leads on magical groups have come through
Umbrafer (9:59:45 PM): There is news on that front. I'll cover it on off-time.
Thematrian1 (9:59:59 PM): fair enough
Thematrian1 (10:00:06 PM): how about on my inquiries into our latest job?
Umbrafer (10:00:41 PM): Nothing yet. Responses still percolating through for people who want to make it be known that they might have something.
Thematrian1 (10:01:55 PM): yeah, that figures. Ok then, the physical recon is mostly Scavs' deal
terminal handle (10:03:00 PM): This is the day after our J meet?
Umbrafer (10:03:04 PM): Yep
Thematrian1 (10:03:05 PM): yeah
Thematrian1 (10:03:18 PM): I've got one little blimp that I'm going to send out
Umbrafer (10:03:27 PM): I assume Pusher spent a decent chunk of the night in front of the trid?
CirclMastr (10:03:42 PM): He may not have slept at all.
terminal handle (10:03:55 PM): Lefty should be waking up around now and getting started researching the info on the chip we were given.
CirclMastr (10:04:15 PM): TridTrance. I just patented that term for watching trid all night without sleep.
CirclMastr (10:04:30 PM): Pusher was in TridTrance.
terminal handle (10:04:36 PM): Being nocturnal, Scavs will have spent the night getting some of the needed recon done.
Umbrafer (10:05:35 PM): Certainly
Umbrafer (10:05:39 PM): Name it and we can do it
terminal handle (10:06:15 PM): We'll keep it easy. I guess this will be a sort of "meanwhile..." during the dreamscape.
terminal handle (10:06:38 PM): Might as well start with hideout #1 and work my way out.
Umbrafer (10:06:52 PM): What're you looking for and how close are you getting?
CirclMastr (10:07:30 PM): If I have no purpose to being here, I'm going to futz with my connection for a bit to see if I can make a website work.
Umbrafer (10:07:51 PM): We're out of dream-time, if you want to do something you can.
terminal handle (10:07:54 PM): Entrances, exits, and scanning the building for nominal info on where these targets are likely to be.
CirclMastr (10:08:11 PM): Can't really do anything with Pusher.
Umbrafer (10:09:01 PM): The first hideout listed only has one obvious entrance
Umbrafer (10:09:06 PM): The others are blocked with rubble.
Umbrafer (10:09:17 PM): Roll sensors (active and passive) for the scanning.
terminal handle (10:09:26 PM): That's reassuring. This is the nighttime, yes?
Umbrafer (10:09:31 PM): Yep
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terminal handle (10:10:06 PM): terminal handle rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 1 3 5
terminal handle (10:10:09 PM): Jeebus.
terminal handle (10:10:34 PM): I give it a good knock, and try again.
terminal handle (10:10:37 PM): terminal handle rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 6 2 5
terminal handle (10:10:46 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (10:11:14 PM): Active has nothing.
terminal handle (10:13:04 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 2 2 3 5
terminal handle (10:13:15 PM): It's going to be one of those nights.
Umbrafer (10:13:29 PM): The building is dead and cold.
terminal handle (10:14:29 PM): Could a body 0 walker get in the door or a window?
Umbrafer (10:14:57 PM): The door, no, but there are plenty of windows with cracks.
terminal handle (10:15:30 PM): First dispatching a flier to scan the roof for vents, maintenance entrance, or anything potentially useful.
terminal handle (10:15:38 PM): And I am plenty far away.
Umbrafer (10:16:30 PM): Perception?
terminal handle (10:16:38 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 5 1
terminal handle (10:16:41 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (10:17:54 PM): There are some vents, but most of the roof is ruined.
Umbrafer (10:18:08 PM): The building isn't in particularly great shape.
terminal handle (10:19:35 PM): Alright. I call back the flier and send out the wee ant for a quick looksee inside.
Umbrafer (10:20:03 PM): Where's it going in?
terminal handle (10:20:13 PM): Nearest possible cracked window.
terminal handle (10:20:23 PM): Of course, after checking the room to make sure there's nobody inside.
Umbrafer (10:21:21 PM): The ant slips into a crack in the window. The room inside is vacant and dust-covered.
terminal handle (10:21:38 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 6 4
terminal handle (10:21:42 PM): terminal handle rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
terminal handle (10:21:45 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
terminal handle (10:21:48 PM): anything interesting?
terminal handle (10:21:59 PM): doors would be nice.
Umbrafer (10:22:32 PM): There's a door, but it's closed.
Umbrafer (10:22:43 PM): There's also some more furniture
Umbrafer (10:22:51 PM): It looks like there was once an office of some sort here
terminal handle (10:23:04 PM): Aside from checking the furniture for loose change, there's little I can do here.
terminal handle (10:23:16 PM): I can't squeeze under the door?
Umbrafer (10:24:13 PM): It would be difficult, but you can try. Walkers?
terminal handle (10:24:26 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 3 6 6 4
terminal handle (10:24:28 PM): terminal handle rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 2
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Umbrafer (10:25:45 PM): You manage to slip under, barely.
terminal handle (10:26:05 PM): What's to see?
terminal handle (10:26:08 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 3 1 3 6
terminal handle (10:26:11 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (10:26:37 PM): There's a hallway.
Umbrafer (10:26:43 PM): It's pretty barren, but not as dust-filled.
terminal handle (10:27:07 PM): Exotique. Dusty enough to see footprints? I climb the door to check.
Umbrafer (10:28:01 PM): Not really.
Umbrafer (10:28:09 PM): There are piles of dust in the corners, but the center is pretty clear.
terminal handle (10:28:26 PM): Dang. Doors or windows?
Umbrafer (10:28:50 PM): There's a row of doors
Umbrafer (10:28:57 PM): A window at the end has been boarded up
terminal handle (10:29:04 PM): Door number one!
terminal handle (10:29:23 PM): Take a quick peek underneath, rather than risk getting stuck again so soon.
Umbrafer (10:29:47 PM): Door number one is closed. The crack underneath affords extremely limited visibility. Perception.
terminal handle (10:29:52 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 1 3 5 4
terminal handle (10:30:11 PM): I'd have left already, but I want to make sure we're not dealing with an unanticipated basement full of goons.
Umbrafer (10:31:51 PM): There's nothing visible or audible from beyond the door.
terminal handle (10:32:12 PM): Second door, same routine, please.
terminal handle (10:32:15 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 6 5 1 3
terminal handle (10:32:18 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:33:03 PM): This time you get a vague view of a carpet side
terminal handle (10:33:10 PM): Bah!
Umbrafer (10:33:41 PM): Still no sound.
terminal handle (10:33:46 PM): This is going nowhere fast. Can I remember from the outside view which of these rooms will contain a cracked window?
Umbrafer (10:33:58 PM): You can figure out.
terminal handle (10:34:01 PM): I do so.
Umbrafer (10:34:04 PM): Not to certainty, but to a good guess.
terminal handle (10:34:21 PM): Int?
Umbrafer (10:35:07 PM): This isn't an INT-related thing, it's a question of how the rooms are structured, which you're just guessing at
Umbrafer (10:35:29 PM): From your guess, the rooms with cracked windows will be the one you came from and the second-next one down.
terminal handle (10:35:47 PM): Right-o. Then guess I shall. Second-next one down, please.
terminal handle (10:36:01 PM): Scan beneath first.
terminal handle (10:36:03 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 2 4
terminal handle (10:36:06 PM): God.
Umbrafer (10:37:00 PM): You see nothing.
terminal handle (10:37:11 PM): rolling walkers.
terminal handle (10:37:16 PM): scambling underneath.
terminal handle (10:37:27 PM): using my rigging pool.
terminal handle (10:37:35 PM): control.
terminal handle (10:37:39 PM): Whatever. :(
Thematrian1 (10:37:45 PM): control
Umbrafer (10:38:21 PM): ctrl pool.
terminal handle (10:38:27 PM): terminal handle rolled 13 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 1 6 5 5 6 1 4 1 3 2
terminal handle (10:38:32 PM): terminal handle rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 1 4
terminal handle (10:38:35 PM): That is a bit more like it.
Umbrafer (10:38:45 PM): You scoot under with the greatest of ease.
terminal handle (10:38:54 PM): Not to self: play smart from now on.
Umbrafer (10:39:01 PM): In this room there's a tarp across the inside of the window, though there are gaps in it.,
Umbrafer (10:39:12 PM): There are also several large objects with tarps over them.
terminal handle (10:39:50 PM): To the window. I'm out of here.
Umbrafer (10:40:19 PM): You scramble over and out the window.
terminal handle (10:40:55 PM): I mumble and curse about a waste of time while I recall the drone.
terminal handle (10:41:05 PM): Off to hideout #2.
Umbrafer (10:41:09 PM): Done.
Umbrafer (10:41:25 PM): Hideout #2 is a much smaller place, an abandoned storefront.
terminal handle (10:41:37 PM): (If I missed the subterranean missile base beneath, Jon, you're dead.)
Umbrafer (10:41:40 PM): There are three visible entrances.
Umbrafer (10:42:36 PM): One is the main visible entrance, the second is a small door, and the third is a double-door service entrance into a back alley.
terminal handle (10:42:58 PM): Sweep about the outside with the rotoflier. Scanning it all for people, security measures and the like.
Umbrafer (10:43:36 PM): Roll them bones.
terminal handle (10:43:42 PM): Can pool go to these?
Umbrafer (10:43:47 PM): Nope.
terminal handle (10:43:56 PM): active.
Umbrafer (10:43:57 PM): Much as I might wish otherwise at times.
terminal handle (10:43:58 PM): terminal handle rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 1 2
terminal handle (10:44:04 PM): riiiiight.
terminal handle (10:44:05 PM): passive.
terminal handle (10:44:07 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 2 5 5 5
Umbrafer (10:45:12 PM): Nothing particularly apparent, unfortunately.
Umbrafer (10:45:20 PM): Maybe the day would bring better vision.
Umbrafer (10:45:21 PM): (Hah)
terminal handle (10:45:25 PM): Gawd. I cruise by and check the astral.
terminal handle (10:45:36 PM): Having forgotten to do so at the other place. Stupid.
terminal handle (10:45:42 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 3 5 4 5
Umbrafer (10:46:00 PM): Astral looks mildly dirty, but no living crittes are immediately visible
Umbrafer (10:46:50 PM): *critters
terminal handle (10:47:17 PM): Which of the entrances could tolerate the ant?
terminal handle (10:47:35 PM): Or windows, for that matter.
Umbrafer (10:48:12 PM): You can't see anything obvious. The windows are in better shape, or at least more completely boarded up this time.
terminal handle (10:48:50 PM): Stupid windows. I don't want to risk carving up the boards on the chance that somebody'd notice.
terminal handle (10:50:06 PM): Vents atop? Or is this a storefront in the "bottom floor of a big ass building" sense?
Umbrafer (10:50:44 PM): It's a single-floor building
terminal handle (10:51:06 PM): Screw it. The night is passing quickly.
Umbrafer (10:51:26 PM): There are vent-ish things, but none of them look terribly accessible. Heading for #3?
terminal handle (10:51:45 PM): Definitely.
terminal handle (10:51:50 PM): Go, ant!
Umbrafer (10:52:32 PM): The place in general is another old office building
Umbrafer (10:52:40 PM): It was originally tall, it looks like
Umbrafer (10:52:51 PM): How tall is uncertain, as everything past the fourth floor is missing,.
Umbrafer (10:53:28 PM): It isn't in the street, either; someone clearly cleaned up at some point
Umbrafer (10:53:41 PM): But they never did anything with the bit left standing.
terminal handle (10:54:05 PM): Most peculiar. Any noticeable structural damage on its neighbors?
Umbrafer (10:55:17 PM): Now that you mention it, one of the nearer buildings does look like it used to have a bit more to it.
terminal handle (10:56:14 PM): Noted. Now, can I get the ant inside or is this a fruitless endeavor?
Umbrafer (10:56:35 PM): There are plenty of opportunities to get the ant in
terminal handle (10:56:44 PM): I take the very best one.
Umbrafer (10:56:46 PM): Most stem from the gaping, partly tarped-over hole that is the top floor.
terminal handle (10:56:53 PM): Yeah...figured about that.
terminal handle (10:57:08 PM): Seems like a good start. Up, up, and away.
Umbrafer (10:58:03 PM): The ant creeps its way in. It's on an ordinary office floor, but missing its top half, roughly.
Umbrafer (10:58:26 PM): Wandering around reveals a stairwell door held open by rubble.
terminal handle (10:59:00 PM): Good times. Let's hit it.
terminal handle (10:59:06 PM): One stairwell, going down.
Umbrafer (11:00:04 PM): The second floor door is closed.
terminal handle (11:00:17 PM): Squeeze opportunity?
Umbrafer (11:00:44 PM): None, pretty much. The door is flush.
terminal handle (11:00:52 PM): Gotcha. Down further, then.
Umbrafer (11:02:09 PM): The first-floor door is closed tightly, but the window is smashed through.
Umbrafer (11:02:24 PM): (Incidentally, although it won't be temporally matched, you people can do things…)
terminal handle (11:02:39 PM): Window it is. I crawl to the apex and scan through.
terminal handle (11:02:41 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 2 1
Umbrafer (11:03:30 PM): An empty side corridor next to an exit door.
terminal handle (11:04:01 PM): Mother of god. Do the stairs go down further? Is there a basement floor?
Umbrafer (11:04:13 PM): Nothing further, but there's a lot of corridor with further doors.
terminal handle (11:04:33 PM): Ah. Doors.
terminal handle (11:04:58 PM): Through the window, Door #1, please.
terminal handle (11:05:33 PM): Meanwhile, the rotoflier will look for a viable entrance to the second floor from the outside.
Umbrafer (11:07:35 PM): Door number one leads onto a lavatory.
Umbrafer (11:07:41 PM): There's dripping water.
terminal handle (11:07:57 PM): Dripping water...or a peeing mook?!
terminal handle (11:08:21 PM): Is door #2 the restroom of the opposite sex?
Umbrafer (11:09:10 PM): It's a female lavatory, so no.
Umbrafer (11:09:14 PM): Oh
Umbrafer (11:09:15 PM): Yes
terminal handle (11:09:36 PM): I would like to check the first non-WC room, please.
Umbrafer (11:10:23 PM): The door here is ajar. You enter easily.
terminal handle (11:10:35 PM): I scan within.
Umbrafer (11:10:37 PM): There's a cot inside, and a rack of assault rifles.
terminal handle (11:10:40 PM): Whoa.
terminal handle (11:10:52 PM): What type?
terminal handle (11:11:14 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 4 4 6 1
terminal handle (11:11:17 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:11:37 PM): AKs, looks like.
Umbrafer (11:11:41 PM): There's another rack with a tarp over it.
terminal handle (11:12:13 PM): I crawl under the tarp and discover its mysteries.
Umbrafer (11:12:34 PM): More assault rifles. Much nicer ones, by the looks of it.
terminal handle (11:12:49 PM): Note to self: steal everything.
Umbrafer (11:13:02 PM): There are only three, as opposed to the six of the AKs
terminal handle (11:13:08 PM): Nothing else of interest?
terminal handle (11:13:30 PM): I suppose that's a given. Next door, please.
Umbrafer (11:13:52 PM): There are a few crates in the corner, a stack of packaged food, and a small assortment of pistols by the cot.
Umbrafer (11:14:02 PM): The cot is not made.
terminal handle (11:14:02 PM): Okay.
terminal handle (11:14:07 PM): One sec.
terminal handle (11:14:19 PM): What can the ant's tool laser do against those ARs?
Umbrafer (11:14:37 PM): It can cut through them, given enough time
terminal handle (11:15:37 PM): I go to work on a crucial portion of the first rifle for a couple seconds. How loud am I ?
Umbrafer (11:15:43 PM): Going to throw a wooden shoe into the mix?
Umbrafer (11:15:51 PM): Pretty quiet, I'd imagine
terminal handle (11:15:53 PM): Do what I can, while I can. :D
terminal handle (11:15:56 PM): Let's get to work on'em.
terminal handle (11:16:15 PM): I listen hard for anybody coming while I do this, for obvious reasons.
Umbrafer (11:16:51 PM): You do so. What sort of part and which rifles?
terminal handle (11:17:21 PM): The ones under the tarps first, I cut their triggers off.
Umbrafer (11:17:47 PM): Done.
terminal handle (11:17:55 PM): Same with the AKs, then.
Thematrian1 (11:18:06 PM): uh
Thematrian1 (11:18:14 PM): (This may not be a good idea)
terminal handle (11:18:20 PM): (Do we need them?)
Thematrian1 (11:18:22 PM): (Unless we're hitting them right away)
Thematrian1 (11:18:34 PM): (It's like giving a free warning to the bad guys)
Thematrian1 (11:18:39 PM): (Or, the other team, anyway)
terminal handle (11:19:03 PM): (Point taken and duly noted. Is retcon possible now?
Umbrafer (11:20:03 PM): Yes.
terminal handle (11:20:43 PM): Foolish Benton. I'll do this the actual night before.
terminal handle (11:20:51 PM): (Thankee.)
Thematrian1 (11:21:19 PM): (No worries)
Thematrian1 (11:21:29 PM): (And yeah, it's a good trick for when we do swoop in on them)
terminal handle (11:21:51 PM): Next door, please.
Umbrafer (11:22:18 PM): Next door is closed.
terminal handle (11:22:30 PM): Crawl under and scan, rolling those respectively.
terminal handle (11:22:55 PM): terminal handle rolled 12 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 5 6 2 6 5 4 6 3 4
terminal handle (11:23:01 PM): terminal handle rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 5
terminal handle (11:23:04 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
terminal handle (11:23:15 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 1 5 5 4
terminal handle (11:23:19 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:24:19 PM): You get under without much difficulty.
Umbrafer (11:24:23 PM): The room is stacked high with crates.
Umbrafer (11:24:29 PM): There's a crowbar nearby.
terminal handle (11:25:43 PM): Right-o. Crawl back out and head to the next door.
terminal handle (11:26:30 PM): terminal handle rolled 12 6-sided dice: 4 3 1 4 2 5 5 2 3 1 4 5
Umbrafer (11:27:46 PM): *Vroomp*
Umbrafer (11:28:02 PM): This one was apparently a broom closet in a former life.
Umbrafer (11:28:10 PM): Many of the same items are contained within.
terminal handle (11:28:11 PM): Delightful.
terminal handle (11:28:21 PM): What's it now?
terminal handle (11:28:24 PM): Oh.
terminal handle (11:28:25 PM): Right.
terminal handle (11:28:27 PM): Brain.
terminal handle (11:28:29 PM): Next door.
terminal handle (11:28:39 PM): Much fun to be had there, as well.
terminal handle (11:28:42 PM): terminal handle rolled 12 6-sided dice: 5 3 1 4 2 4 4 4 1 5 4 6
terminal handle (11:28:47 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
terminal handle (11:28:53 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (11:30:05 PM): The next one the door is too flush to get under.
terminal handle (11:30:20 PM): Next?
terminal handle (11:31:00 PM): /roll-dice 12
terminal handle (11:31:05 PM): les sigh
terminal handle (11:31:09 PM): terminal handle rolled 12 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 6 6 5 3 2 3 2 3 6
terminal handle (11:31:15 PM): terminal handle rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 5
terminal handle (11:31:18 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:32:11 PM): The next door leads into a short hallway.
Umbrafer (11:32:26 PM): There's another door beyond that has been taken off its hinges.,
terminal handle (11:32:40 PM): Are there other doors in the first hallway?
Umbrafer (11:32:43 PM): Inside is a pile of sandbags and a machine gun.
Umbrafer (11:32:44 PM): No.
terminal handle (11:32:50 PM): Oh my.
Thematrian1 (11:33:05 PM): they are pretty serious about this hideout business
terminal handle (11:33:08 PM): This is promising.
terminal handle (11:33:38 PM): I see no reason to stop here. What's at the end of the hallway?
terminal handle (11:33:47 PM): CAn i get through the hingeless door?
Umbrafer (11:33:53 PM): A bend and more hallway.
terminal handle (11:34:06 PM): Sounds fun. We'll keep it up.
terminal handle (11:34:16 PM): Further?
Umbrafer (11:34:22 PM): The next few rooms are empty.
terminal handle (11:34:40 PM): Has the flier seen a promising entrace for floor 2?
Umbrafer (11:35:49 PM): Flitting around the top floor, you find an elevator shaft.
terminal handle (11:36:43 PM): We know where the objective will probably be. I'll move on to the next hideout.
terminal handle (11:37:02 PM): Back down the hallway, into the stairwell.
terminal handle (11:37:09 PM): through the window, up the wall, etc...
Umbrafer (11:37:59 PM): *Vroomp*
Umbrafer (11:38:44 PM): The last location is a bar.
Thematrian1 (11:39:46 PM): (Heh)
Umbrafer (11:39:50 PM): Unlike the others, it actually has people in it.
terminal handle (11:39:51 PM): (I need to call Kim. Girlfriend/nerdery jealous.)
Umbrafer (11:40:07 PM): (It's ok, we should probably break for the night anyway)
terminal handle (11:40:09 PM): (*jealousy)
Umbrafer (11:40:16 PM): (Unless someone has actions)
CirclMastr (11:40:56 PM): (I pitch for alternate PC because I can't take another week of this.)
terminal handle (11:41:16 PM): (In these cases, I must bid you gentlemen goodnight. My apologies for the rate of the game.
Umbrafer (11:43:35 PM): (I'll consider it.)
Thematrian1 (11:44:15 PM): (Sleep well)
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