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Umbrafer (8:48:31 PM): Yar.
Dragcrell (8:48:37 PM): hehehehe mmmmm just missing rock eh
Thematrian1 (8:48:41 PM): yep
Umbrafer (8:49:10 PM): *Digs for phone*
Dragcrell (8:49:42 PM): ^_^
Thematrian1 (8:50:02 PM): when we left our craven opportunists, they were outside a universal brotherhood building
Thematrian1 (8:50:19 PM): having been offered a million nuyen to transport some crates past the military quarentine
MilesMk1 (8:51:11 PM): Hello.
Thematrian1 (8:51:47 PM): that was where we left it; everyone made it out of the building
Gedeon Ogoun (8:52:42 PM): have I been appraised of the situation? Are we all in the van at the moment?
Umbrafer (8:53:10 PM): Most recent log is now up.
MilesMk1 (8:53:14 PM): I certainly intend to appraise everyone of the situation, yes.
Umbrafer (8:53:34 PM): Oh, yeah, we were deciding to go to Europe.
Gedeon Ogoun (8:53:51 PM): when do we have to decide what to do? Is there a particular deadline?
Umbrafer (8:54:09 PM): That depends on how the UCAS army has been responding.
Thematrian1 (8:54:35 PM): Blake negotiated to give an answer in two days, if memory serves
Umbrafer (8:54:41 PM): Ah, that
Umbrafer (8:55:22 PM): They want the answer "by the day after tomorrow".
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MilesMk1 (8:56:24 PM): Wankers.
Gedeon Ogoun (8:56:34 PM): Are they offering any help in getting through the barricades?
Umbrafer (8:56:40 PM): Wankers indeed. Tossers, too.
Umbrafer (8:57:21 PM): Not that I heard.
Thematrian1 (8:57:30 PM): No one aske
Thematrian1 (8:57:30 PM): d
Umbrafer (8:57:31 PM): The money they offered helps by itself to some degree
Umbrafer (8:57:47 PM): For example, it then becomes more feasible to lose or take damage to a drone in the escape
Gedeon Ogoun (8:58:18 PM): how much is up front?
Umbrafer (8:58:26 PM): ¥200k.
Umbrafer (8:58:32 PM): IIRC.
Gedeon Ogoun (8:58:48 PM): and no one asked for assistance through the barricades???
Umbrafer (8:59:31 PM): It was a… stressful situation. There were omissions.
Umbrafer (8:59:35 PM): We'll get another chance to ask.
Umbrafer (8:59:46 PM): (*Kicking self*)
Gedeon Ogoun (9:00:09 PM): hmm...well, how much does 200K buy...and who knows people that would get us through for that kind of money?
MilesMk1 (9:00:42 PM): And we'd be taking little weird kid with us.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:00:49 PM): oh boy...
Gedeon Ogoun (9:01:47 PM): Who is legitimately considering this idea? Of those considering it, who is thinking about just getting the money up front and then finding our own way out.
MilesMk1 (9:01:50 PM): As for assistance with the barricades... I didn't actually think it was worth asking for, since they were giving us this whole "we're just helpless nice people stuck amidst all this horrible violence"
MilesMk1 (9:02:16 PM): "our mages are not very powerful:
MilesMk1 (9:02:17 PM): "
MilesMk1 (9:02:31 PM): sort of crap, so assitance seemed unlikely.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:02:38 PM): what is the kid's story? I gather that you have met him before.
MilesMk1 (9:03:02 PM): He's bald, he looks ten, he says he's been with UB all his life, and he's creepy.
MilesMk1 (9:03:23 PM): Apparently, he's treated as one of the adult higher-ups would be.
MilesMk1 (9:04:00 PM): First time we met him, he tried to convince us we're unhappy with our lives and should look for enlightenment. With their help.
MilesMk1 (9:04:39 PM): As for seriously considering this...
Gedeon Ogoun (9:04:46 PM): Have any of you got a good look at him astrally?
MilesMk1 (9:04:59 PM): I'm still trying to figure out what I know IC an OOC.
Umbrafer (9:05:45 PM): I'm seriously considering it, but I mean that literally, not saying I'm likely to end up doing it yet.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:06:00 PM): hmm...well, maybe we should pause a moment...to see where everyone stands so far.
Umbrafer (9:06:17 PM): As for astral view, that's Trickster's department.
Umbrafer (9:06:19 PM): Anything?
MilesMk1 (9:06:40 PM): We have seen enough, I think, to IC believe there's a connection between UB and the bugs. (astral impressions of insect-like things in aurus of UP people, for one, loitering wasp spirits around their HQ that didn't attack
MilesMk1 (9:07:09 PM): , a survivor of one of their brainwashing/meditation sessions that reported insect-like imagery)
Umbrafer (9:07:26 PM): To be fair, at that time we had seen other loitering-ish bugs
Umbrafer (9:07:35 PM): For example, the ones on the trid did not seem to be attacking.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:07:36 PM): I will consider it only under two conditions: 1. we see what it is we are transporting out of the city. 2. We get 500K up front (to grease the wheels through the barricades, it will probably end up costing a bundle!)
Umbrafer (9:07:44 PM): That said, we should be deeply suspicious of it.
Umbrafer (9:08:24 PM): I doubt we can get it up front. They do not seem the type to admit that they've been lying, and they stated pretty clearly that they only had the 200k.
MilesMk1 (9:08:40 PM): True. Still, Trickster ranted enough about UB people's wasp-auras to make me suspect, IC, that they're up to their necks in this somehow.
Dragcrell (9:08:46 PM): na I'm not getting anything off him astarly but thats not saying much
Umbrafer (9:08:57 PM): The barricades may or may not be greasable, that will depend on what the guardians have been told about what's going on inside.
MilesMk1 (9:08:58 PM): And this whole thing with their headquarters being pristine and both bug and looter free?
Thematrian1 (9:09:12 PM): heh
Thematrian1 (9:09:19 PM): an explanation was provided for that
Umbrafer (9:09:19 PM): Was the interior of the building as oily as the exterior?
MilesMk1 (9:09:26 PM): Ostensibly bug free, I should say.
MilesMk1 (9:09:42 PM): While buildings around it have been looted to hell.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:09:52 PM): Well, the barricades might be very greasable, except when they pull back the tarp over the crates and say, "gee, why do you have giant wasp nests in here?"
Dragcrell (9:09:54 PM): eh never checked but I'm willing to bet it was worse in side
Umbrafer (9:10:12 PM): "We thought they looked pretty. Want 'em?"
Umbrafer (9:10:16 PM): ;)
EverGuard4 (9:10:16 PM): (in answer to above) "Something... fundamentally wrong exists with the impression the child radiates and the child himself."
Umbrafer (9:10:45 PM): "Wrong?"
MilesMk1 (9:10:53 PM): "In the magical sense? Because there's clealry something fundamentally wrong with the little bald freak."
Umbrafer (9:11:11 PM): *Keeping an eye down the street*
MilesMk1 (9:11:44 PM): "I half expect him to say 'there is no spoon', then make someone's head explode with his thoughts. All he needs is some pulsing veins on his forehead."
Dragcrell (9:11:52 PM): "Eh you can say that again whole place gives me the creeps."
EverGuard4 (9:12:46 PM): "I cannot justify his emotion condition with his physical state."
Gedeon Ogoun (9:13:01 PM): "Well, it doesn't sound like we should be considering this seriously if the kid is that creepy. The money would help to get through the barricades, though, this I must admit.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:13:18 PM): Ordinarily I wouldn't consider it. But I don't know another way out at the moment.
Umbrafer (9:14:32 PM): "And it might be fast."
Umbrafer (9:14:50 PM): "The longer we sit here, the tigher that line's going to become."
Gedeon Ogoun (9:15:25 PM): "Well, the mil may try to retake the city if it has the resources. If it doesn't...."
Dragcrell (9:15:51 PM): "Not to derail this but any chance we can get some real meat? that soy stuff you guys like.........."*shivers*
Umbrafer (9:16:08 PM): "This thing can turn circles around cars a quarter its size, but we're not going to win a road race against a helo. However we do it, it needs to be before they can spare anyone to send after us."
MilesMk1 (9:17:48 PM): "This might sound a bit... soft... but I care about making sure my friends are all right and getting any of them that need it out of the city if I can, than trying to make money on something that stinks to high heaven."
EverGuard4 (9:18:50 PM): Blake is getting sentimental in his old age...
Gedeon Ogoun (9:19:27 PM): "I am sorry that I have no real friends in this city. You guys are as close as it gets, and you haven't known me very long. I would feel the
Gedeon Ogoun (9:19:32 PM): same if I were in your shoes
Umbrafer (9:20:29 PM): "I agree. I've said it before, I didn't get where I am by leaving people behind."
Umbrafer (9:20:39 PM): (Overrun opposing mages notwithstanding…)
MilesMk1 (9:21:12 PM): "I have no idea where we could get real meat right now... Off hand, I'd say either a decent restaurant that hasn't been looted yet - or a pet shop, or something..."
Thematrian1 (9:21:18 PM): (Yeah, you totally left that guy behind)
Umbrafer (9:22:01 PM): (Which one? Though it's true for all of them…)
MilesMk1 (9:22:07 PM): *doubtfully* "Or we could try shooting something..."
MilesMk1 (9:22:27 PM): "Which reminds me - does the name "Deadeye" mean anything to you guys?"
Dragcrell (9:22:54 PM): *thinks* "mmm I could go see what I could hunt up should be some good hunting in the allyways."
MilesMk1 (9:23:02 PM): "The neighbor I talked to heard it said several times by the guys who wrecked that safehouse of mine."
Dragcrell (9:23:05 PM): "not off hand why?"
MilesMk1 (9:24:17 PM): "And appear to have grabbed Jerome. Which is something I'd like to look into - though with all the shit we have mounting up... But I have some time and money invested in keeping that kid alive, and
MilesMk1 (9:24:31 PM): I also wouldn't mind knowing if this was someone trying to get at me."
Umbrafer (9:24:31 PM): "Deadeye… Deadeye… it means something, but that something's been dead five years on a different continent. Sorry."
Umbrafer (9:25:28 PM): "We could ask around back at the garage…"
MilesMk1 (9:27:09 PM): "So, what now? Do we keep up with our sweep?"
MilesMk1 (9:27:46 PM): "Try to figure out what to do about this crazy offer in the meantime? Remember, we know someone who thinks he can help us find a way out of the city."
Dragcrell (9:27:46 PM): "How fare is the garage from here?"
Umbrafer (9:28:07 PM): "[x]"
Thematrian1 (9:28:44 PM): (About forty minutes, you figure, plus time spent dealing with blockades)
MilesMk1 (9:28:46 PM): "I'm for keeping going, myself... We still need to check on Ed, Jeremy and... Shojo, right? And they're all people who might have heard somethign useful."
Gedeon Ogoun (9:29:01 PM): "sounds fine to me"
Dragcrell (9:30:11 PM): "Hummmm I can make my way to the garge and see if anyone there knows that way I can pick up some real food."
MilesMk1 (9:31:22 PM): "Look, I'm sure we can find you some meat..."
Gedeon Ogoun (9:31:56 PM): "I have some meat in my trunk...." *laughing*
MilesMk1 (9:32:09 PM): "And do you really want to ask the people who relied on us to get them fed for advice on where to get food?"
Dragcrell (9:32:35 PM): "ment about this Deadeye guy
MilesMk1 (9:32:55 PM): "Oh."
MilesMk1 (9:33:23 PM): "Except then you won't be able to find us again, so it's not much better than just asking after we all get back."
Umbrafer (9:33:53 PM): *Pulls out the radio*
MilesMk1 (9:33:56 PM): "It's 40 minutes by car - it'd take you hours anyway... if the wasps don't eat you. The bugs seem to go for you magical types first."
Umbrafer (9:34:21 PM): #Alex calling garage.#
Thematrian1 (9:34:38 PM): #Accident replying#
Dragcrell (9:34:53 PM): "Eh they would have to catch me besides I dont think you would want to watch me eat what I want."
Umbrafer (9:36:32 PM): #Anyone there know of someone named Deadeye who would be active in the [where the apartment was] area?#
Thematrian1 (9:37:14 PM): #I will ask#
Umbrafer (9:37:43 PM): #Thanks. How's everyone holding up back there? Need anything while we're out?#
Thematrian1 (9:39:54 PM): #Nothing has changed#
Umbrafer (9:40:52 PM): *Holds tight until word returns*
Thematrian1 (9:42:46 PM): #One woman thinks she knew an ork razorboy with that name#
Umbrafer (9:43:42 PM): "Bad news, says one of them knew an Ork razor by the name." #Thanks. She know anything about him?#
Thematrian1 (9:46:59 PM): #Not much. Sorry#
Umbrafer (9:48:44 PM): #No problem. Give me a shout if anything comes up.#
Thematrian1 (9:49:00 PM): #We will#
Thematrian1 (9:49:03 PM): (Terse)
Umbrafer (9:49:34 PM): "That's all we have, I guess.
Umbrafer (9:49:36 PM): *"
MilesMk1 (9:50:31 PM): "Well, I plan on continuing to ask questions..."
Umbrafer (9:50:57 PM): "Sounds like his old buddies found him… question is how."
Umbrafer (9:51:00 PM): "He go out much?"
MilesMk1 (9:51:27 PM): (BTW: Does razor-boy imply someone heavily cybered, or basically the sort of thug he used to hang out with?)
Thematrian1 (9:51:45 PM): (Potentially heavy cyber, but less classy than a street samurai)
MilesMk1 (9:52:09 PM): "Told him not to - the idea was to get him moved somewhere, but then all this shit happened..."
MilesMk1 (9:52:57 PM): (So more than a street thug, but not really up to - generally speaking - an experienced runner?)
MilesMk1 (9:53:13 PM): "Let's roll... Who do you want to do next?"
Umbrafer (9:53:38 PM): (Razorkids can be nasty, but they tend to more like elite gangers than runners.)
Umbrafer (9:53:52 PM): (More in mindset than pure combat ability, though the two bleed into one another)
Umbrafer (9:54:43 PM): "Unless you have ideas on Deadeye, I guess we keep going down the list."
Umbrafer (9:57:17 PM): Who's next?
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MilesMk1 (9:57:37 PM): "I know where I could try looking for some of his old buddies - remember the warehouse they were watching for someone? - but that seems like a long shot... and poor use of resources. Maybe if we don't hear from anyone
MilesMk1 (9:57:40 PM): else."
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Umbrafer (10:00:33 PM): *Next on list*
Thematrian1 (10:00:37 PM): (did I seriously leave out the w?)
Umbrafer (10:00:58 PM): (?)
Umbrafer (10:01:17 PM): (Ah. Yes.)
Umbrafer (10:01:42 PM): (We're just the Shadows of the Sixth tonight.)
Umbrafer (10:03:41 PM): So the two walkers vanished?
Thematrian1 (10:04:28 PM): they turned around and left
Umbrafer (10:04:49 PM): Hmm...
Umbrafer (10:05:09 PM): Fair enow. To the next-nearest contact.
Thematrian1 (10:05:49 PM): (Lord. Who haven't you talked to yet?)
Umbrafer (10:06:25 PM): (Has to be someone. Blake?)
MilesMk1 (10:07:27 PM): (Ed. Jeremy. Zack. Darren. Though the last two never made an appearance, so for all intents and purposes, they don't exist.)
Umbrafer (10:10:08 PM): Unless someone proposes an alternate plan, I drive to Ed's place.
Thematrian1 (10:11:28 PM): (argh, one sec)
Thematrian1 (10:16:44 PM): ok. Arguing arguing driving to Ed's
Umbrafer (10:18:35 PM): *Drive drive drive*
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Umbrafer (10:21:16 PM): *Drive drive*
Thematrian1 (10:22:33 PM): five minutes pass
Thematrian1 (10:23:27 PM): your route will take you past that warehouse thing again
Thematrian1 (10:23:53 PM): unless you go around
Umbrafer (10:23:58 PM): Hm. Blake's call, but I'm willing to spend the few minutes to check it out
MilesMk1 (10:24:24 PM): The ganger-watched warehouse?
MilesMk1 (10:24:39 PM): Sure, I wouldn't mind taking a minute,
MilesMk1 (10:25:20 PM): *checks to make sure the Browning is loaded with gel rounds*
Umbrafer (10:26:21 PM): *Checks to make sure the turret is… well, up doing what it usually does*
Thematrian1 (10:26:40 PM): check and check
Thematrian1 (10:27:40 PM): anyone else?
EverGuard4 (10:27:56 PM): *follow*
Umbrafer (10:28:15 PM): #You say you're new in town?#
Dragcrell (10:28:28 PM): *just looks around*
Umbrafer (10:29:32 PM): (That to Gedeon)
Gedeon Ogoun (10:30:52 PM): #yeah, only a day or so#
Umbrafer (10:31:02 PM): #Bad timing.#
Umbrafer (10:31:45 PM): #Anything not-private bring you here, or just the winds of fate that blow us all?#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:31:46 PM): #I keep thinking it must have happened for a reason....#
Thematrian1 (10:31:48 PM): well, the mob has dispersed, except for one guy, standing with his back to you
Thematrian1 (10:32:03 PM): watching the fellow who's sticking out the windshield of the car
MilesMk1 (10:32:19 PM): Oh, *that* warehouse.
Umbrafer (10:32:22 PM): Hm. Sensor lock on the guy.
Umbrafer (10:32:29 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 3 2
Umbrafer (10:32:42 PM): Also a sensor /scan/ on him, active and passive.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:32:43 PM): #I was delivering a package...to a friend of a friend. Not exactly what I had in mind...#
Umbrafer (10:32:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 4 2 3 1
Umbrafer (10:32:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 5 5 4 1 6
Umbrafer (10:32:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 4
Thematrian1 (10:33:32 PM): you've locked him
Dragcrell (10:33:41 PM): *looks around for the thaing*
Dragcrell (10:33:47 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 4 5 2 1 4 2
Umbrafer (10:34:17 PM): Is the windshield-stuck guy moving at all, or doing anything else that would seem to bear watching?
Thematrian1 (10:34:59 PM): nope
Thematrian1 (10:35:02 PM): just as he was left
Umbrafer (10:35:46 PM): Curiouser and curiouser…
Umbrafer (10:36:01 PM): Anything noticable going on within?
Dragcrell (10:36:13 PM): "Hummm the thaing is gone as well."
Thematrian1 (10:37:18 PM): no
MilesMk1 (10:37:53 PM): "The thing? What thing?"
Dragcrell (10:38:21 PM): "the cloude or enity that was here last time it was hanging over the mob."
MilesMk1 (10:38:33 PM): "Oh, right."
MilesMk1 (10:38:52 PM): (Ah, this was when we were looking for cars. Now I remember.)
Umbrafer (10:38:56 PM): "And gone with it any chance of knowing what happened, I expect…"
MilesMk1 (10:39:41 PM): "Probably. I mean, I'm mildly curious, but since this doesn't appear to have direct bearing on us..."
Umbrafer (10:39:48 PM): I watch him for a few minutes, but unless someone wants to go talk to him there seems to be no way to unravel this mystery.
Dragcrell (10:39:51 PM): "Maby but considering what we can see I think its safe to say it wan't a freindly"
Thematrian1 (10:41:12 PM): you watch
Thematrian1 (10:41:20 PM): after about a minute, he turns to look around
Thematrian1 (10:41:32 PM): then goes back to studying the dead guy
Dragcrell (10:41:39 PM): *takes a look at the guy*
Dragcrell (10:41:44 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 6 3 1 1 2 4
EverGuard4 (10:41:55 PM): *assense live-guy*
EverGuard4 (10:41:58 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 6 6 1 5 1 3
Dragcrell (10:41:59 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (10:42:03 PM): *Digs around for some Aztecola*
Dragcrell (10:42:25 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Dragcrell (10:42:44 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Dragcrell (10:42:50 PM): *cough*
Dragcrell (10:43:33 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (10:44:09 PM): (See what you did? Never cough in the middle of a streak.)
Dragcrell (10:44:11 PM): "hummm odd he might be on something but can't be to shoure"
Dragcrell (10:44:45 PM): (bah I need that kinda roll in combat >_< yet I only get em when looking at stuff)
Umbrafer (10:44:57 PM): "'On something'? Beetles? Street drugs?)
Umbrafer (10:45:00 PM): *"
Dragcrell (10:45:15 PM): "Drugs of some sort."
MilesMk1 (10:46:52 PM): "So, what? Did we see enough, or do we go out to talk to him?"
Gedeon Ogoun (10:47:26 PM): "I say move on. Time's a wasting"
Umbrafer (10:47:37 PM): "He speaks true."
Dragcrell (10:47:44 PM): "Mmmmmmm I would like to know what that thaing was and there might be stuff in the building we could use later."
Umbrafer (10:47:51 PM): "If someone wants to talk to him I'll wait, otherwise we should get going."
MilesMk1 (10:48:07 PM): "You're just hoping for something edible, aren't you?"
Dragcrell (10:48:38 PM): "eh I'll go hunting when we get to the next stop."
MilesMk1 (10:48:47 PM): "If you really want to, I'll go with you, but last I talked to Ed, he had a run in with one of the bugs, and I feel kind of bad about waiting this long..."
Dragcrell (10:49:19 PM): "Ok ok we can always come back and look around."
Umbrafer (10:50:34 PM): *Needing no more invitation, heads off to the next site*
Thematrian1 (10:52:25 PM): drive drive. Twenty slow minutes, and you're there
Umbrafer (10:53:24 PM): What's the neighborhood like?
EverGuard4 (10:53:48 PM): (brb, phone)
Thematrian1 (10:54:43 PM): once upon a time, it was not terrible. Now it's full dark, and the streetlights are all out; the walls your headlights illuminate are stable enough, but everything is dirty
Umbrafer (10:55:04 PM): Any movement?.
Thematrian1 (10:55:24 PM): none on the street
Dragcrell (10:55:31 PM): *looks around to see whats around*
MilesMk1 (10:55:36 PM): *looks for Ed's place, and tries to see what shape it's in*
Dragcrell (10:57:04 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 2 4 5 5 1 2
Thematrian1 (10:58:09 PM): Ed's place mostly looks fine, but the windows are shattered. Interestingly, the plasti-glass from the windows is lying on the street
MilesMk1 (10:59:58 PM): IIRC, he was barricaded in the basement?
Thematrian1 (11:00:01 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (11:00:21 PM): Ok. I get out with my whole arsenal, and move in for a closer look.
MilesMk1 (11:00:49 PM): "If anyone would like to come... Well, you know the drill by now."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:01:04 PM): "okay, okay..."
Dragcrell (11:01:21 PM): "Hey is your ed a mage?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:01:46 PM): *gets out, shotgun in hand*
Umbrafer (11:02:24 PM): Kimji to hovering about two feet above and to the left of Blake's shoulder.
Umbrafer (11:02:35 PM): Does Gedeon have any vision enhancements?
Thematrian1 (11:02:39 PM): ok. Blake's hearing: bzzzzzz....
MilesMk1 (11:03:12 PM): *looks around to make sure it's just the drone...*
Thematrian1 (11:03:36 PM): it is, yes
Gedeon Ogoun (11:03:46 PM): I see well in the dark....if that's what you mean...:>
MilesMk1 (11:04:03 PM): "No, Ed does guns."
Umbrafer (11:04:27 PM): Well, if you see either low-light or infrared, you see very well in whatever direction the Kimji is pointed.
MilesMk1 (11:04:27 PM): *moves in for a look, AK ready*
Dragcrell (11:04:37 PM): "Mmmmm theres a watcher above the door there looks like a nose."
MilesMk1 (11:04:51 PM): "Really."
MilesMk1 (11:05:02 PM): *continues moving*
Dragcrell (11:05:06 PM): "Yep."
Thematrian1 (11:06:01 PM): ok. You're inside. It looks like you remember, but all the actual weapons are missing: it's just display cases and wall racks and so on
Thematrian1 (11:06:20 PM): oh, and one of the display cases is utterly smashed. It looks like someone set off a bomb in the middle of it
Umbrafer (11:08:03 PM): Keeping the path illuminated with IR spotlight.
MilesMk1 (11:08:08 PM): Of course, all the really good stuff wasn't in the cases anyway. (I hope...)
MilesMk1 (11:08:31 PM): *looks for the basement entrance*
Dragcrell (11:09:03 PM): *Gets out of the van and looks around* "I'll stay close dont worry."
EverGuard4 (11:09:22 PM): *follows*
Thematrian1 (11:09:32 PM): It's a trap door in a back room.
Thematrian1 (11:09:51 PM): Etched into the plastic of the door is: "IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS DOOR, YOU WILL BE KILLED"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:10:12 PM): etched as in with a knife, crudely, or on a sign?
MilesMk1 (11:10:43 PM): Is there a means of communication with the inside? If not, I knock on it a few times with the rifle butt, and yell: Ed! It's Blake!
Thematrian1 (11:10:54 PM): not with a knife, more burned in. Tiny quantities of thermite, maybe, or a laser
Gedeon Ogoun (11:11:42 PM): *sits down in a corner*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:11:56 PM): "Keep an eye on me for just a few seconds"
MilesMk1 (11:12:44 PM): *keeps an eye*
Thematrian1 (11:13:08 PM): You keep an eye on Gedeon. He lies there, looking an awful lot like Alex when she's rigging
EverGuard4 (11:13:55 PM): *prod*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:14:26 PM): *drool*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:14:44 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 2 6 2 4 5 3 3
Gedeon Ogoun (11:14:50 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Dragcrell (11:14:51 PM): Dragcrell rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 3 2 1 5 4 3 5
MilesMk1 (11:15:43 PM): "I'm sure he's just taking a look astrally..."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:18:35 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 4 5 1 6 6 6 1
Umbrafer (11:18:37 PM): (He's just pining for the Fjords.)
Gedeon Ogoun (11:18:40 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 5 6
Gedeon Ogoun (11:18:44 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 2
Gedeon Ogoun (11:18:47 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 5 4 6
Thematrian1 (11:21:07 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 6 5 1 2 4 5 6 2 6 5 2 5
Umbrafer (11:23:28 PM): *Keeps an eye out*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:23:34 PM): *wakes up*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:23:46 PM): "He's coming up the ladder. I think he believes it's you."
EverGuard4 (11:24:36 PM): "What did you just do?"
MilesMk1 (11:24:57 PM): "Good. It's always good when the man with the automatic shotgun believes you." *smiles*
Thematrian1 (11:25:23 PM): Some seconds pass
Gedeon Ogoun (11:25:25 PM): "I told him who we were."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:25:37 PM): *takes cover behind something*
Umbrafer (11:25:39 PM): I make sure the spotlight isn't pointed straight at the hole.
EverGuard4 (11:25:44 PM): "I mean... the separation..."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:25:56 PM): "Separation?"
Umbrafer (11:26:00 PM): For that matter, I'll also try to make it so that the Kimji is behind something.
MilesMk1 (11:26:55 PM): "Oh, you talked to him? I didn't realize mages could do that... Thought it was all one way - watch, but don't touch. Or talk."
Thematrian1 (11:27:07 PM): more seconds pass. The trap door opens
Thematrian1 (11:27:28 PM): from within: "All right Blake, come on over."
Thematrian1 (11:27:43 PM): Alex: there's a crashing noise from the alley that Trickster headed into
Umbrafer (11:28:19 PM): "What has he gotten himself into now…" Pop up the turret, maneuver so I can see in.
MilesMk1 (11:28:39 PM): "Ok." *heads for the ladder* "Be back soon, guys."
Umbrafer (11:28:43 PM): If necessary, deploy the spotlight-wielding Strato.
Thematrian1 (11:28:51 PM): one of the trash cans has fallen on its side. Trickster is inside
MilesMk1 (11:29:05 PM): (Hehe... Oh, man.)
MilesMk1 (11:29:38 PM): (You're lucky I don't know about this.)
Umbrafer (11:29:41 PM): I'm going to check to make sure that he's eating and not being eaten, and otherwise ignore it.
Umbrafer (11:29:58 PM): I'm going to take some pictures and a short videorecording as blackmail footage.
Thematrian1 (11:30:46 PM): He's in fox form, if that wasn't clear
Thematrian1 (11:30:51 PM): also, wow
Umbrafer (11:30:55 PM): It was.
Thematrian1 (11:30:58 PM): ok
Umbrafer (11:31:03 PM): (Wow?)
Thematrian1 (11:31:28 PM): Blake: Someone speaking with Ed's voice has beckoned you to the trap door
Thematrian1 (11:31:38 PM): (I like your instinctive response)
Umbrafer (11:31:43 PM): (Thanks :) )
MilesMk1 (11:34:41 PM): I look in to see if it really is Ed, then climb down.
Gedeon Ogoun (11:34:56 PM): (sorry, guys, it's my bedtime...;) Good luck with Eddie, if there is a fight, I'll run the other way....:)
MilesMk1 (11:34:59 PM): Or stand there, depending on what he wants me to do.
Thematrian1 (11:35:29 PM): well
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Umbrafer (11:36:53 PM): Blake does not vanish in a fine red mist?
Thematrian1 (11:37:12 PM): nope. Down a few steps on a latter is Edward Ng.
Thematrian1 (11:37:19 PM): ladder
Thematrian1 (11:38:32 PM): He's clearly relieved to see you.
MilesMk1 (11:38:54 PM): *waves*
MilesMk1 (11:39:29 PM): "Busy night? Sorry it took me this long to get here, but we ran into... complications."
Thematrian1 (11:40:03 PM): He shrugs. "I've been catching up on some old projects."
Thematrian1 (11:40:20 PM): He climbs up out of the tunnel, and regards you all in turn.
Thematrian1 (11:40:30 PM): "These are your associates?"
Umbrafer (11:40:59 PM): *Kimji flits out nervously, bobs in the air*
MilesMk1 (11:41:36 PM): "Yeah. These are Rock and Gedeon." *nods to each as he names them* "Alex is hanging back in the van."
Thematrian1 (11:42:06 PM): He nods to the bobbing drone when you mention Alex.
Thematrian1 (11:42:08 PM): "A pleasure."
Thematrian1 (11:42:16 PM): (that last directed at all of you)
Umbrafer (11:42:40 PM): Kimji: *perches on Blake's shoulder*
Thematrian1 (11:44:10 PM): (I am about to die. Slow session, I know, but I have to see you all next week)
Umbrafer (11:44:29 PM): (Thursday?)
Thematrian1 (11:44:35 PM): (Or that, yeah)
MilesMk1 (11:44:44 PM): (Ok.)
MilesMk1 (11:44:57 PM): (By the way - only bad people dislike Firefly, Jon.)
Thematrian1 (11:45:20 PM): (Uh...what's this in reference to?)
MilesMk1 (11:45:28 PM): (Dumpshock.)
Thematrian1 (11:45:35 PM): (Oh. And yeah)
MilesMk1 (11:45:50 PM): (And Jon's desire to stab Mr. Whedon in the face. ;))
Thematrian1 (11:46:08 PM): (Stabbing Mr. Whedon? Does this have to do with the movie?)
MilesMk1 (11:46:33 PM): (No, with the Firefly "dirty words".)
EverGuard4 (11:46:39 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (11:46:54 PM): (Oh. It's not just swearing, as it happens; they use Chinese for affection, too. Anyway)
Umbrafer (11:46:56 PM): (In contrast with just about everyone else on the planet, I can't stand the way Whedon writes dialogue.)
Thematrian1 (11:46:57 PM): sleep well
MilesMk1 (11:47:05 PM): (The slang the characters use.)
MilesMk1 (11:47:08 PM): You too.
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MilesMk1 (11:48:08 PM): (I'm not big on his other shows, but Firefly I like. I think he gets a little too cute for his own good sometimes, but generally, that show cracks me up.)
Umbrafer (11:48:33 PM): But yeah, it's not that I dislike Firefly per se
Umbrafer (11:48:44 PM): What little I've watched has been mostly entertaining
MilesMk1 (11:49:12 PM): (In a way, it's like watching a bunch of characters in a RPG game talking with each other. A good game. For me.)
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Umbrafer (11:49:29 PM): But… I find it's mostly that he does just enough interesting things to make me overlook how annoyed I am at the rest of it, not that I have an all-around affection for the series.
MilesMk1 (11:49:42 PM): Heh.
Umbrafer (11:49:59 PM): I figure I'll see more of it at some point, though.
Umbrafer (11:50:22 PM): I think the episodes I saw particularly rubbed me the wrong way, and I'm not sure if that's consistent throughout the series.
MilesMk1 (11:50:46 PM): I'm not a fanboy, or anything - I didn't even get into it when it originally aired... Watching it DVRed and in the correct order definitely helped.
Umbrafer (11:50:52 PM): (That being the pilot and the one where the doctor and River end up in a religious compound)
MilesMk1 (11:51:08 PM): Hmm... Yeah, hardly the best episodes.
MilesMk1 (11:51:13 PM): Actually, not even close.
MilesMk1 (11:51:27 PM): So, you didn't even see the one where the guy gets kicked into the engine intake?
Umbrafer (11:51:42 PM): I did not. This sounds to have potential.
MilesMk1 (11:51:43 PM): That made me realize I want to see more of this series. :P
MilesMk1 (11:51:56 PM): Hmm... Well, I'll spoil it for you, I suppose.
Umbrafer (11:52:09 PM): That hardly sounds like an event that can be spoiled.
EverGuard4 (11:52:25 PM): some of the episodes are annoying, I grant
MilesMk1 (11:52:58 PM): The crew takes a job for a Bad Man. They do it, but realize too late it'll really fuck over a lot of people, so they decide to renege on it.
MilesMk1 (11:53:44 PM): They meet with the henchmen of the Bad Man, and tell them they don't have the goods, and want to give the money they got paid for it back. Fight ensues, good guys win, the henchemen are subdued.
MilesMk1 (11:54:21 PM): Before taking off in the ship (the engines are being spun up) the captain tries talking sense into the head henchaman - big slavering type with a nasty knife.
MilesMk1 (11:54:51 PM): He's like "Now, this is all the money we got from your boss, so if you just go back and tell him we're sorry..."
MilesMk1 (11:55:49 PM): To which the henchman responds with a long tirade centering on how dead they are, and how he'll never rest until he kills him, and he should always look over his shoulder... And based on what you're used to seeing in TV shows
MilesMk1 (11:56:08 PM): you're going "Ah. Recurring villain. Kinda lame..."
MilesMk1 (11:56:59 PM): Then, while the bad guy is in mid-sentence (IIRC) the captain kicks him in the chest, sending him into an egine intake, turns to the next henchman over, and says "Now, this is all the money we...."
Umbrafer (11:57:19 PM): :)
EverGuard4 (11:57:52 PM): like any series, it has sections one wants cut
EverGuard4 (11:57:58 PM): but overall I found it entertaining
MilesMk1 (11:58:26 PM): Yeah, it's definitely not perfect, but I had a lot of fun with it.
MilesMk1 (11:59:10 PM): And the movie was good too. Had a really good villain. Belieavable, charismatic, nasty, human...
MilesMk1 (11:59:52 PM): Well. I guess it's midnight, so I'll be off... Se you guys Thurs/Tues.
Umbrafer (12:00:33 AM): *Waves* Take care, all.
Umbrafer (12:00:37 AM): I'm just about dead myself.
EverGuard4 (12:00:48 AM): *hugs* night you
EverGuard4 (12:00:53 AM): Myth tomorrow?
Umbrafer (12:00:59 AM): Sure, I'd be up for it
EverGuard4 (12:01:02 AM): kk
EverGuard4 (12:01:05 AM): Maz, if we can
Umbrafer (12:01:09 AM): Indeed!
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