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MilesMk1 has entered the chat room.

MilesMk1 (8:59:29 PM): Oh, wow. I almost started something else, and only stopped by the computer by accident. Hey.
Thematrian1 (8:59:41 PM): sweet. Are you busy?
Thematrian1 (8:59:56 PM): I've been having what I think are router issues, but I believe I've fixed them
Thematrian1 (8:59:58 PM): tonight we find out
MilesMk1 (9:00:11 PM): Considering that what I was about to do was channel surf... I think I can find the time.
Thematrian1 (9:00:22 PM): good times, good times
Thematrian1 (9:01:27 PM): if I fall off the net unexpectedly, it means I haven't solved my problems and I need to hard reboot the router
MilesMk1 (9:01:49 PM): Ok.
Thematrian1 (9:02:05 PM): on that note, happy new year everyone.
MilesMk1 (9:02:18 PM): Thanks. Happy New Year.
Thematrian1 (9:02:26 PM): (we've got a few minutes to kill; Dragcrell should be back in a little while)
Umbrafer (9:02:28 PM): And likewise to you.
Umbrafer (9:02:46 PM): Finally found my phone, I'll see if I can dredge up an Adam.
Thematrian1 (9:02:54 PM): (getting Adam would work too...thanks)
MilesMk1 (9:03:05 PM): I don't have much experience with fixing electronics, but you could fix old Russian-made TVs by hitting them with your fist when the vertical hold slipped. Used this knowledge wisely.
MilesMk1 (9:03:20 PM): Use this, rather.
MilesMk1 (9:04:09 PM): Stupid muscle memory.
Thematrian1 (9:04:10 PM): well, I didn't fix it so much as reconfigure it
MilesMk1 (9:04:34 PM): I keep on adding "d" accidentally to words ending in "e".
Thematrian1 (9:06:06 PM): So lesse. Gedeon had gotten back from his peculiar encounter in the sewer, leaving the seven-foot ninja girl buried under a bunch of rock. The rest of the team was sacked out.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:06:28 PM): Seven foot? I missed that detail...
Thematrian1 (9:07:13 PM): yeah. Not unusually wide, though
MilesMk1 (9:07:38 PM): Probably due to the digitagrade feet.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:07:47 PM): Well, I had a date with some small patch of floor somewhere...
Thematrian1 (9:08:48 PM): and so says everybody
Dragcrell has entered the chat room.

Gedeon Ogoun (9:10:36 PM): *snoring*
Umbrafer (9:11:01 PM): *Sleeping the sleep of the just, if perhaps not entirely justfully*
MilesMk1 (9:11:28 PM): Hey, Heath.
Thematrian1 (9:11:48 PM): does anyone have anything more exciting to do than sleep?
Umbrafer (9:12:13 PM): Presumably one of us digs herself out of the rock pile
MilesMk1 (9:12:52 PM): Hmm... Well, I was planning to spend some time staking out our van, because of that suspicious intrusion, but I think I'm too exhausted right now.
MilesMk1 (9:13:31 PM): Not to mention lightly wounded.
Thematrian1 (9:13:40 PM): it's a flesh wound
MilesMk1 (9:13:56 PM): Are you mockign my battle scars?
MilesMk1 (9:14:00 PM): mocking
Thematrian1 (9:14:11 PM): not while I'm within arm's reach, I'm not
Umbrafer (9:14:21 PM): Fortunately, that isn't too far ;)
MilesMk1 (9:14:55 PM): Nah, I didn't plan it out, and I've had too other stuff on my mind, so let's say I forget tonight...
MilesMk1 (9:15:11 PM): too MUCH
Thematrian1 (9:15:27 PM): ok. The van goes unguarded
Dragcrell (9:15:42 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 1 2 4 4
Thematrian1 (9:16:15 PM): you sleep the sleep of the victors, or at least the justified
Umbrafer (9:16:56 PM): *Writes the history books*
Thematrian1 (9:17:55 PM): everyone wakes up. Those of you who are near windows can say that it's about eight AM. All of you hear a rhythmic chunka-chunka-chunka-chunka coming from the central garage area
MilesMk1 (9:18:56 PM): *thows on a secure jacket and wanders over carrying his rifle*
Gedeon Ogoun (9:19:03 PM): *yawning* "Where's the food?"
Umbrafer (9:19:31 PM): "Aw crap, what is it now…"
MilesMk1 (9:19:35 PM): (though he sort of ambles over, rather than doing his best SWAT imitation)
MilesMk1 (9:19:54 PM): "Are we being attacked again?"
Thematrian1 (9:19:55 PM): Random ork, to Gedeon: "It's over there" ::pointing::
MilesMk1 (9:20:17 PM): (Hope you like soysteak and Aztecola)
Gedeon Ogoun (9:20:23 PM): "Thanks." *wanders over to food, scratching his scalp.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:20:27 PM): *
Thematrian1 (9:21:11 PM): Blake steps over Jeremy, who's still asleep, and finds his way to the east wall, where a human man with dark hair is connecting a generator to a table saw
Thematrian1 (9:22:24 PM): He's muttering coaxingly to it in German
MilesMk1 (9:22:59 PM): Can I understand what he's saying?
Thematrian1 (9:23:09 PM): do you speak German?
MilesMk1 (9:23:25 PM): Yep, have it at 3.
Thematrian1 (9:23:29 PM): roll 'em
MilesMk1 (9:23:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 6
Umbrafer (9:23:35 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 5 6 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:23:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:23:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 2
Thematrian1 (9:25:12 PM): Both German speakers hear him muttering, in a tremendously calm and soothing voice: "Come on, you stupid Despot piece of shit, I want enough juice to run one little table saw, is that too much to ask, you little fragger?"
Thematrian1 (9:26:12 PM): He doesn't notice your approach
Thematrian1 (9:26:54 PM): Gedeon: you find the food. Beans, soysteak, aztecola, some bottled flavorings, some mushrooms. Another ork offers you a can of Cereal Shake.
Gedeon Ogoun (9:27:24 PM): "Thanks, chummer." *takes Cereal Shake, begins assembling breakfast*
MilesMk1 (9:27:48 PM): "Hey, I got shot at to liberate that Despot piece of shit. Need a hand?"
Dragcrell (9:28:09 PM): (lol Cereal shake)
MilesMk1 (9:28:12 PM): "And, uh, what's going on, anyway?" *yawn*
MilesMk1 (9:28:33 PM): (was the generator the source of the thumping?)
Thematrian1 (9:29:09 PM): Gedeon: he toasts you and goes back to reading his little sheet, slowly and painfully
Thematrian1 (9:29:12 PM): (Yes)
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Thematrian1 (9:31:27 PM): The man mutters darkly. Now that you're close to, Blake, you recognize him: he's the guy that one was was trying to fly away with
CirclMastr (9:31:31 PM): CirclMastr rolled 11 6-sided dice: 5 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 5 2 3
MilesMk1 (9:32:24 PM): Ah. Young guy, IIRC? He had a father here, I seem to recall.
Thematrian1 (9:32:46 PM): An older man, no one ever explained their relationship, but they were deeply glad to see one another
MilesMk1 (9:33:00 PM): *peers at the generator* Does the problem look mechanical, or electronic?
CirclMastr (9:33:02 PM): CirclMastr rolled 11 6-sided dice: 1 5 1 3 3 5 2 5 5 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:33:16 PM): Electronics B/R, please
Umbrafer (9:36:43 PM): *Lends a hand*
Umbrafer (9:36:46 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 1 5 6 3
Umbrafer (9:36:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 3
Umbrafer (9:36:54 PM): (7, 7, 3)
Thematrian1 (9:36:59 PM): Rescued Man, in English: "It's putting out power, just nowhere near enough. It's rated for ten times this, so what's the deal, huh?"
MilesMk1 (9:38:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 6 3
MilesMk1 (9:38:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
MilesMk1 (9:38:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
MilesMk1 (9:38:14 PM): 13,13
Umbrafer (9:38:24 PM): (Even without my wound mods he shows me up :P )
MilesMk1 (9:38:36 PM): I initialize the hidden cold fusion settings.
MilesMk1 (9:39:58 PM): (You wasted all those points in Electronics and B/R. I will always do better with less, it seems to be a law of nature. ;))
Thematrian1 (9:40:10 PM): you spot the difficulty right away: during all the horsing around during and after the Despot, someone must have dropped it. One of the connections is loose. You set things right easily
Umbrafer (9:40:15 PM): *Excuses herself for a minute*
MilesMk1 (9:41:30 PM): "That ought to do it... So, construction...?"
Thematrian1 (9:42:51 PM): He nods. "I want to try and divide this garage into rooms, enough to get some privacy."
Thematrian1 (9:43:01 PM): Defensively: "I asked Accident, he said it was fine."
MilesMk1 (9:46:30 PM): "I was just curious... Seems fine to me."
MilesMk1 (9:47:29 PM): "Especially considering the outside world..."
Thematrian1 (9:48:02 PM): He blinks. "What about it?"
Thematrian1 (9:48:46 PM): Gedeon: Cereal Ork is staring at you, reasonably covertly, and more with interest than fear
MilesMk1 (9:48:51 PM): "Uh... Well, giant bugs, armed gangs kidnapping people, total breakdown of law and order, that kind of thing."
MilesMk1 (9:49:20 PM): "I'm strongly in favor of walls."
Thematrian1 (9:49:33 PM): He nods. "People will need places to sleep. Askia said something about it, and I figured sure."
Thematrian1 (9:49:50 PM): "We've got walls, though." ::he gestures toward the one you're up against::
Thematrian1 (9:50:50 PM): (My dad has to powercycle the router, one sec)
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Umbrafer (9:55:20 PM): Opinions:
Umbrafer (9:55:32 PM): Another point of Russian, or should I focus on R/W from here on in?
Umbrafer (9:55:44 PM): I think I asked once, but I don't remember deciding at the time.
MilesMk1 (9:55:53 PM): How many do you have already?
MilesMk1 (9:56:27 PM): And that's a good point, I have 14 karma to spend...
Umbrafer (9:57:24 PM): An hour before the session I had 13 points of good karma.
Umbrafer (9:57:31 PM): I spent 8 buying up Body another point.
Umbrafer (9:57:42 PM): That leaves me with 5. Currently I'm at Russian 4, R/W 2.
MilesMk1 (9:58:00 PM): My big problem is, I have no one defining skill to dump it in, and using all those points for an extra die with pistols or rifles... Feels like such a waste.
Umbrafer (9:58:10 PM): Yeah, I know what you mean.
Umbrafer (9:58:15 PM): Well
Umbrafer (9:58:18 PM): There's always branching
Umbrafer (9:58:49 PM): I mean, I'm taking Small Units Tactics, but I won't always be able to be in communication with you
Umbrafer (9:58:56 PM): Especially what with our current unencrypted state
MilesMk1 (9:59:27 PM): I'd bump up R/W, I think. 5 and 6 points in a skill you don't use all that much really is pushing past the point of diminishing returns, IMO.
MilesMk1 (10:00:46 PM): And I have been branching... I was thinking of bumping up my Charisma one, for 10, and then, once we get karma again, bumping up my Etiquette...
Umbrafer (10:00:47 PM): But what if we move our operation to Vladivostok when we leave Chicago?
Umbrafer (10:01:16 PM): Woah. Took me a minute to realize you said "for 10" and not "to 10".
MilesMk1 (10:01:27 PM): Well, if you're concerned about it as a serious possibility...
MilesMk1 (10:01:29 PM): Hah.
MilesMk1 (10:01:45 PM): Yeah, right. Those bugs we were fighting would have gone splat like nobody's business.
CirclMastr (10:01:45 PM): I miss being able to play every week....
MilesMk1 (10:02:12 PM): I'm just not sure whether it's worth all this Karma, just to be a poor man's Face.
MilesMk1 (10:02:49 PM): I suppose I could boost Computer, from 1. ;)
MilesMk1 (10:03:07 PM): There's been at least one time I tried to use the skill, and had to default to Electronics.
Umbrafer (10:03:10 PM): It'd help you program the drones
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MilesMk1 (10:03:57 PM): I think I will go for the extra point of Charisma... I think at 5 I start getting beneficial Tn mods in social situations, right?
MilesMk1 (10:04:11 PM): That, and I've been enjoying hurting spirits.
Umbrafer (10:05:07 PM): Either at 5 or 6, I forget which
MilesMk1 (10:05:17 PM): (BTW, was everyone here when I was showing off my Blake character sketch? :p)
CirclMastr (10:05:26 PM): (I wasn't :( )
Gedeon Ogoun (10:05:31 PM): (nope)
MilesMk1 (10:05:50 PM): (But you're just going to make fun of Blake anyway, Dave. ;))
CirclMastr (10:06:01 PM): (I'd make fun of Blake anyway)
MilesMk1 (10:06:07 PM): (http://members.cox.net/simmons07/5%20-%20Blake.jpg)
CirclMastr (10:06:09 PM): (If I was able to play again. :( )
MilesMk1 (10:06:19 PM): http://members.cox.net/simmons07/5%20-%20Blake.jpg
Umbrafer (10:07:14 PM): (Maybe I should save for more points of B/R so I can fix Spider faster)
MilesMk1 (10:07:22 PM): (Now, by "my" I mean "one someone did for ME", since I personally am horribly rusty when it comes to drawing and couldn't produce a decent sketch to save my life)
MilesMk1 (10:08:04 PM): (So, do we have our GM back?)
Thematrian1 (10:08:42 PM): (There will be a longer delay while I disentangle my dad. Now the router can faultlessly find every computer but his)
MilesMk1 (10:08:49 PM): (I like it, I think it looks pretty much right.)
MilesMk1 (10:09:10 PM): (Though of late, I have been Spider-less.)
MilesMk1 (10:09:28 PM): (Just as well, since I was in the blast radius of grenades again.)
Umbrafer (10:10:36 PM): (Sooth.)
Umbrafer (10:10:42 PM): (We need to find some armoring for him.)
Thematrian1 (10:15:09 PM): (For your body-0 drone?)
Umbrafer (10:15:29 PM): (Yeah. It would end up having to be more of a Barrier than armor.)
Umbrafer (10:15:40 PM): (A small steel box to crawl into?)
MilesMk1 (10:15:57 PM): (Maybe it just needs to go into an internal jacket pocket the next time.
MilesMk1 (10:16:02 PM): )
Thematrian1 (10:16:10 PM): Cereal Ork eyes Gedeon some more.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:16:29 PM): *munch munch*
MilesMk1 (10:17:40 PM): "Of course... Sorry, I'm still half-asleep. I mean, anything that adds some creature comfort is good." (in reply to the "walls" thing)
Thematrian1 (10:18:24 PM): He smiles at you.
MilesMk1 (10:18:25 PM): (I guess we'll need to watch him, make sure he doesn't start building hexagonal cells out of lumber he grinds into dusts, then cements with his spit.)
Thematrian1 (10:18:33 PM): (hehehehe)
MilesMk1 (10:21:02 PM): "We'll probably be going out again after breakfast... Need anything from the outside? Not that I can promise anything, but you never know."
MilesMk1 (10:21:37 PM): (BTW, what was making the chunking sound? The generator? Him pounding something?)
Thematrian1 (10:21:42 PM): He shrugs. "Nail gun?"
Thematrian1 (10:21:58 PM): (The generator. It settles into a somewhat-smoother hum after you fiddle with it)
MilesMk1 (10:22:57 PM): "I'll keep an eye out. Good to see you feeling better." *slings his rifle over a shoulder and gets ready to head back breakfast-ward*
Thematrian1 (10:24:07 PM): He grimaces, embarassed. "Yeah, they got me right away. Apparently a friend of Sigrun's took my wasp out with a head shot from 300 meters."
MilesMk1 (10:24:31 PM): How far was it really?
Thematrian1 (10:24:39 PM): (About 80, I think)
Thematrian1 (10:25:22 PM): Blake and Alex: across the garage, you can see the same figure that accosted Gedeon the night before poking around the garage door, through the tinted windows. Her clothing is much the worse for wear but she's otherwise fine, as fa
Thematrian1 (10:25:25 PM): r as you can tell
MilesMk1 (10:26:35 PM): "300 meters? Who said that? That ork with a grenade obsession? That was, like, 80 meters tops, and the stupid thing was too inent on you to see it coming..."
Thematrian1 (10:27:32 PM): You have his attention. "Wait, you were there?" Then, more urgently: "Wait, what's your name?"
MilesMk1 (10:27:55 PM): *raises his voice, turns towards the kitchen* "Uh, Gedeon? Your cat-woman... acquaintance seems to be back, and poking at windows in a way that might get her shot!"
MilesMk1 (10:28:12 PM): "Jonathan. Uh, Blake, most people call me."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:28:26 PM): *peers at Blake* "Huh?"
MilesMk1 (10:28:26 PM): (Gah. Make that "James")
MilesMk1 (10:28:52 PM): (Did I ever tell you people how I ended up with *two* RPG characters named Blake?)
Thematrian1 (10:29:18 PM): (Big Blake's 7 fan, or what?)
Gedeon Ogoun (10:29:34 PM): *Heads over to window*
MilesMk1 (10:30:32 PM): (Nah, made a character for what I thought would be a one-shot D&D game, on the fly, and since I just started playing SR, I picked a name of a character I already had, at random ,rather than coming up with a new one...)
MilesMk1 (10:32:15 PM): (Which of course meant the one shot morphed into the longest-running D&D game I've been in, and I liked the character...)
Thematrian1 (10:32:52 PM): (Way to twist Murphy's Law to your own benefit)
MilesMk1 (10:33:05 PM): (So it's James Blake, and Jonathan Blake now, and I get the first names confused once in a while, after a break.)
Thematrian1 (10:33:23 PM): Gedeon: you're at the window. The cat lady is no longer there; you saw her walking around the side of the building as you approached
MilesMk1 (10:33:41 PM): (Sorry for the long rambling aside, Gedeon.)
Thematrian1 (10:34:11 PM): GeneratorMan is looking floored. "I...uh...thanks. I mean...thanks."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:34:34 PM): *perplexed* "Maybe she had a twin...but her clothes are all messed up...."
MilesMk1 (10:36:16 PM): "You're welcome. It was just a lucky thing we were there."
Thematrian1 (10:37:26 PM): "Yeah. Listen, if you need any help, I'm pretty good with my hands..." He blushes, if you can believe it.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:37:59 PM): *to Blake* "Did she do anything besides lurk?"
Dragcrell (10:39:28 PM): *pushes the button on the intrecom* "Hello any therre?"
Thematrian1 (10:39:34 PM): *crackle*
MilesMk1 (10:39:54 PM): "Not really. Didn't seem to do anything threatening, but with everyone jumpy..."
Dezra Pierce has entered the chat room.

MilesMk1 (10:40:35 PM): *to rescued guy* (trying to to not be rude despite talking to two people at once)
Gedeon Ogoun (10:40:52 PM): "I think I'd better get out of here. This could spell trouble for you folks."
Thematrian1 (10:41:24 PM): He clearly gets it.
MilesMk1 (10:42:13 PM): "Don't worry about it - we were glad to help."
Thematrian1 (10:42:17 PM): No one answers the intercom?
MilesMk1 (10:42:37 PM): (I might.)
Gedeon Ogoun (10:42:44 PM): (I might.:)
MilesMk1 (10:43:21 PM): "We need to take a look at this cat person, but I'll be back. Excuse me?"
Thematrian1 (10:43:37 PM): He nods, and somewhat distracted turns back to his now-functional table saw
MilesMk1 (10:43:51 PM): (As long as he doesn't cut his fingers off, now...)
MilesMk1 (10:44:14 PM): "Why? Do you think she's going to lead someone here? Let's see what she wants..."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:44:41 PM): "She seems to know a certain enemy of mine...and she also knows where I am. I don't like those two traits in one person."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:45:11 PM): "Also, last time I went with her she nearly buried me under tons of falling rocks."
MilesMk1 (10:46:09 PM): "Fair enough, but I promised Sam I'd help you get out of Chicago, so I'd as soon you stayed here..."
MilesMk1 (10:46:54 PM): "This is no time or place to be running around alone..." *answers the intercom*
MilesMk1 (10:46:59 PM): "Yes?"
Dragcrell (10:49:22 PM): "Is Gedeon therrre need ancerrrs and otherrr is missing."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:49:49 PM): *shakes head emphatically: 'no'*
MilesMk1 (10:50:23 PM): *lets button go* "Anything more specific you want me to say?"
MilesMk1 (10:50:48 PM): (or I do whatever I need to not be heard outside)
Gedeon Ogoun (10:50:59 PM): "I don't know..tell her that I went out for breakfast or something."
MilesMk1 (10:51:44 PM): "Gedeon is out right now. Shopping."
MilesMk1 (10:52:20 PM): "What do you want with him?"
Dragcrell (10:53:25 PM): "When well he be back? To talk not likeing whats going on and need to get hold of boss but tech shit not worrrking."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:53:51 PM): *frowns*
MilesMk1 (10:54:00 PM): *looks over at Gedeon*
Gedeon Ogoun (10:54:50 PM): *shrugs*
MilesMk1 (10:54:54 PM): "Boss? What boss? And what kind of tech... shit?"
MilesMk1 (10:55:16 PM): *lets the transmit button go*
Dragcrell (10:55:56 PM): "Cell phone not worrrking and she well wish to know what has happend."
Gedeon Ogoun (10:55:58 PM): *shrugs* "I don't know what the hell she's talking about."
MilesMk1 (10:56:23 PM): "Seems awfully... blunt about all this, isn't she? Either this is a really elaborate trap, or she really is as lost as she seems."
MilesMk1 (10:56:47 PM): "This enemy of yours... Is that the "she" the cat-girl's talking about?"
Gedeon Ogoun (10:57:24 PM): "Not unless a big ugly male troll has suddenly had a "life-changing" experience..."
MilesMk1 (10:58:01 PM): "Hmm..."
MilesMk1 (10:58:28 PM): "Tell you what... If I give you a new phone, can I talk to your boss and ask her some questions?"
MilesMk1 (10:58:48 PM): Doh. Scratch all that.
Thematrian1 (10:58:53 PM): was that addressed to Gedeon, or...ok, never mind
MilesMk1 (10:59:10 PM): (It's been a while, I forgot all about the cell network.)
MilesMk1 (10:59:40 PM): "So, why do you need Gedeon? Why don't you just go back to your boss, and tell her what happened?"
Dragcrell (11:03:05 PM): "She not herrre was sent herrre to set up a meet forrr herrr found enity but. *growls* "Think Gedeon have info that of help trrryed Ekiele again but he gone and not forrr walk do not like as was contact of boss."
MilesMk1 (11:04:08 PM): (enity but = anything but?)
Gedeon Ogoun (11:04:13 PM): *peers at Blake with very puzzled expression* "I recognize one name there...but.."
MilesMk1 (11:04:42 PM): * to Gedeon* "Is Ekiele that troll?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:05:05 PM): "No...ask her how she knows Ekiele."
MilesMk1 (11:05:49 PM): *to SC* "Who were you supposed to set up a meet with? And who's this Ekiele, and how do you know them?"
Dragcrell (11:07:07 PM): "Ekiele is one of bosses contacts in arrrea she gave me his name to see if he knew of the free spirrret I was to find he did but now he is gone."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:08:01 PM): "Free spirit..." *shrugs* "I'm lost."
MilesMk1 (11:08:11 PM): "But you know this Ekiele?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:08:23 PM): *Nods* "Vaguely."
MilesMk1 (11:08:30 PM): "I take it your enemy is NOT a spirit, then? God, this is confusing..."
MilesMk1 (11:08:54 PM): "Was she taking you to see Ekiele, before the, uh, rock incident?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:09:04 PM): "Tell me about it...I wish this lady spoke English...or Creole...or any particular language that someone else understands."
Thematrian1 (11:09:07 PM): (Rock perks up, hearing his name)
MilesMk1 (11:09:42 PM): *waves his hand "never mind"*
Gedeon Ogoun (11:09:46 PM): "She was taking me to see someone who could tell me where to find the troll...I was unclear as to who that was."
MilesMk1 (11:10:47 PM): *to SC* "So was Ekiele the person you told Gedeon you were taking him to, before you tried to get him to walk under all that... rubble?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:10:50 PM): "But it was a trap. A trap set by a troll, so it didn't work. But a trap nonetheless...which leads me to believe that this cat lady is working for the troll whether she knows it or not."
Dragcrell (11:12:14 PM): "no was Free spirit that asked I get Gedone if I did that then it would agree to the meet but...."
MilesMk1 (11:13:14 PM): "So your boss wanted to meet with this free spirit, but the spirit would only meet if Gedeon came too? And told you that he had information for Gedeon?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:13:33 PM): "Great...a free spirit working with a troll...a zombie troll, at that. Now what? I'd tell her to get lost."
Dragcrell (11:14:02 PM): "yes."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:14:54 PM): "Who is her boss, though??"
MilesMk1 (11:15:15 PM): "And then when Gedeon went, someone you work with tried to kill him? Or did you? Why should he talk to you, now? How would he know this isn't a new trap?"
MilesMk1 (11:15:27 PM): "What's the name of this boss of yours, anyway?"
Dragcrell (11:17:04 PM): "Why would I kill him for? Boss is Anibell. Just want to know why it trrryed to blow me up."
MilesMk1 (11:17:49 PM): "Why who tried to blow you up? And why would Gedeon know anything about it?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:18:29 PM): "If I knew, would I have gone down into the tunnel?"
Dragcrell (11:20:49 PM): "Trrroll and it knew Gedeon and wherrre he was to be found with a grrroup of merrrcanarrriys at this place. Was to take Gedeon to 4 way then go back to wherrre I talked with him but *snorts* not happy about this."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:22:01 PM): "Sounds like she got duped by a Troll...sad news, surely, but not something I care to repeat."
MilesMk1 (11:22:11 PM): "And if you took Gedeon there, he promised to tell you about this free spirit?"
MilesMk1 (11:23:07 PM): "Well, it looks like - if what you say is true - this troll tried to kill you too... But what can Gedeon and we do about it? We don't want to go anywhere near the troll again. So unless you have a way out of Chicago..."
Dragcrell (11:23:14 PM): "No would meet with Anibell she want to see what he know as his type live long time and some times knows a lot but she didnt know wherrre he was at so sent me to find and set up meet."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:23:21 PM): "Unless she can definitively tell me where the Troll is, there seems to be nothing else I can do to help her."
MilesMk1 (11:24:35 PM): "So you were taking Gedeon to meet the spirit, and the troll tried to kill you both?"
MilesMk1 (11:25:20 PM): *to Gedeon* "Which troll? The zombie one, or the one who set the trap? I'm not sure if they're the same person."
Dragcrell (11:25:29 PM): "Free spirit was troll Anibell called it a Grrrand Zombi."
MilesMk1 (11:26:07 PM): "Jesus Chri... Why didn't you say the free spirit was the troll? I thought we were talking about two different people, here!"
MilesMk1 (11:26:36 PM): "So, what do you want now? Do you know where this spirit troll is? What do you plan to do about him?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:26:40 PM): "OOOOH...."
MilesMk1 (11:27:39 PM): *to Gedeon* "So she got duped by your nemesis, not your garden variety troll. That's better, I guess."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:27:43 PM): "So her boss wants to meet my failed experiment...and she wants me to help her? I don't know who Anibell is, but I don't think she's my type of woman..."
Dragcrell (11:27:58 PM): "No but need help getting hold of Anibell she well wish to know and what she wants me to do next."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:28:06 PM): W
Gedeon Ogoun (11:28:14 PM): "Where is Anibell?"
Dragcrell (11:28:59 PM): (mmmmmm one moment *cough*)
Dragcrell (11:29:50 PM): "Denverrr rrright now."
MilesMk1 (11:30:00 PM): *to Gedeon, quietly* "Failed experiment? Uh, don't take this the wrong way, but what exactly were you going to do with that corpse in the trunk?"
MilesMk1 (11:30:10 PM): "Denver..."
MilesMk1 (11:30:33 PM): *hits the button* "And do you have a way of getting to Denver...?"
Gedeon Ogoun (11:30:43 PM): "He he..well, let's just say I wanted to make it walk again. Denver?"
Dragcrell (11:30:45 PM): (off hand the rrr's are somthing of a purred R sound lol or growlish if shes anoid upset or pissed)
MilesMk1 (11:31:28 PM): (Bah. We have a troll with a PAC, in here. :p)
Dragcrell (11:31:39 PM): "No was herrre beforrr the berracads was set up and the phone stoped worrrking."
MilesMk1 (11:32:11 PM): "So you almost got a friend of ours killed, and you want us to help you get to Denver..."
Dragcrell (11:32:29 PM): (stems form the way her Throw is shaped takes a bit of contration for her to speak)
Dragcrell (11:33:01 PM): "No to get hold of Anibell as phones dont work."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:33:06 PM): "Yeah..after she "miraculously" survived...very fishy."
Dragcrell (11:33:18 PM): (gah throut)
MilesMk1 (11:33:26 PM): (Throat?)
Dragcrell (11:33:39 PM): (yes thank you >_<)
MilesMk1 (11:35:05 PM): "And Anibel is in Denver... So, is there any money in helping you get in touch with her?"
Dragcrell (11:35:58 PM): "I can pay yes orrr you can ask Anibell if you wish me to aid you."
MilesMk1 (11:36:38 PM): *raises an eyebrow*
MilesMk1 (11:36:46 PM): BTW, has Alex been hearing this?
Thematrian1 (11:36:58 PM): Technically, yes, but she looks abstracted.
Thematrian1 (11:37:39 PM): Sometimes her lips move slightly
MilesMk1 (11:38:12 PM): "Did she tell you of any contingency plans for getting in touch with her? Like radio? Carrier pigeon? Anything?"
Dragcrell (11:40:10 PM): "No just cell phone and matrrrix drrrops but none worrrk."
MilesMk1 (11:41:39 PM): Question: Does breaking into the cell phone grid and forcing it to work a matter of hacking, electronics work, or both? Assuming it just hasn't been shut down. (and how can I check to see if it's active, but simply cutting off
MilesMk1 (11:41:44 PM): subscribers?)
Thematrian1 (11:42:13 PM): Forcing it to work is a matter of decking. Electronics work may be necessary, depending on where and how you connect
Thematrian1 (11:42:22 PM): if the grid is shut down entirely, then of course that's useless
MilesMk1 (11:43:47 PM): (Well, I'm trying to get something working, but someone help me out here... I can't speak for anyone but myself. :))
Umbrafer (11:44:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 1 5 3 3 2 5 3
Umbrafer (11:44:16 PM): *Blissfully unaware of this conversation*
Umbrafer (11:44:24 PM): (This turn in the conversation, I should say)
Gedeon Ogoun (11:44:50 PM): "I'm no good with computers."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:45:17 PM): (In general, I'm lost...don't know what to do. My character has no reason to trust this cat woman at all...kind of in a bind.)
Thematrian1 (11:45:29 PM): (Then don't, it'll be ok)
MilesMk1 (11:46:24 PM): *to SC* "You understand that this doesn't look good, right? The only thing we know about you is that you almost got our friend killed. Why should we help you? We have plenty of our own problems."
Umbrafer (11:46:36 PM): *Takes a look around the room, wanders over to the clump of people by the intercom*
MilesMk1 (11:46:58 PM): (shit, someone remind me what the name of that razorboy I was looking for? Deadeye?)
Thematrian1 (11:47:33 PM): (Deadeye)
MilesMk1 (11:47:56 PM): "Hell, unless you happen to know where I can find a guy called Deadeye, I got a friend of my own I need to be trying to find." (not expecting this to work, just saying it in frustration)
MilesMk1 (11:48:33 PM): *to Alex* "Welcome to the desolation of the real world..."
Dragcrell (11:49:01 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 5 5 4
MilesMk1 (11:49:03 PM): "Or chaos and confusion, as it might be."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:49:23 PM): "In any case, I have to get out of here. Obviously, a certain Zombie Troll From Hell knows that I am here, and will try again to get at me."
Dragcrell (11:50:04 PM): "Seen big rrred van with that name on its side."
MilesMk1 (11:50:28 PM): "Yeah, about that... Is that thing even killable?"
MilesMk1 (11:50:51 PM): *to SC* "Big red van? Like for a corp, or someone's flashy ride?"
Dragcrell (11:50:59 PM): (stupid question but you holding the button down as you both said that Blake?)
MilesMk1 (11:51:07 PM): Nah.
Gedeon Ogoun (11:51:08 PM): "Sure...if I could find him in a straight-up fight I could take him down...but he keeps himself elusive..."
Dragcrell (11:51:14 PM): "Flashy"
MilesMk1 (11:51:16 PM): Only pressing it when speaking to you.
Dragcrell (11:51:31 PM): (ok just cheaking)
MilesMk1 (11:53:29 PM): *to SC* "Yeah? Where?" "You better not be lying to me... If this turns out to be the real thing, you have my word I'll try to help you, but I can't promise you my friends will want to. Best I can do..."
MilesMk1 (11:54:16 PM): "Shit, I just ought to open a rescue service..."
Dragcrell (11:54:26 PM): "On the way here from the roof tops and just need to let herrr know I need to talk and tech is out."
MilesMk1 (11:55:45 PM): *to the people inside* "So, what do you people think of this? Deadeye isn't exactly a common name, but it sounds like a long shot, and it still could be a trap to get Gedeon..."
MilesMk1 (11:56:08 PM): "I just don't want to leve Jerome rotting out there..."
Gedeon Ogoun (11:56:50 PM): "You think Deadeye kidnapped Jerome? It's a common name."
Umbrafer (11:56:56 PM): "If we've got a lead, let's take it. We may as well bust a few more heads before it all comes crashing down."
MilesMk1 (11:58:12 PM): "Well, yeah - but what can we do for... Shadowcat, there, if this pans out? Break into the phone company? We
MilesMk1 (11:58:22 PM): 'd need to find a hacker first..."
MilesMk1 (11:58:30 PM): decker. I meant decker
Thematrian1 (11:58:48 PM): heh. We have standards here, after all ;-)
MilesMk1 (11:59:25 PM): No filthy SR4 nomenclature for us.
MilesMk1 (11:59:41 PM): *to SC* "Hold on a second."
MilesMk1 (12:00:18 AM): I go to track down the person around here who heard about Deadeye the razorboy, and see if they remember a pimped-out red truck in connection with the name.
Umbrafer (12:01:16 AM): We could find a hacker, but what would we use the model trains for?
Umbrafer (12:01:24 AM): (I figure the name probably got given back)
Thematrian1 (12:01:25 AM): You find him doing pullups on a piece of rebar suspended between two bookshelves.
Umbrafer (12:01:38 AM): Wow, how thick is this rebar?
MilesMk1 (12:02:03 AM): "Hey... Remember telling me you heard about a guy called Deadeye?"
Thematrian1 (12:02:12 AM): Not especially. It bends a bit when he pulls up, which prevents him from hitting his head on the ceiling
Thematrian1 (12:02:22 AM): He stops, and turns to face you. "Yeah?"
MilesMk1 (12:02:26 AM): "This guy wouldn
MilesMk1 (12:02:40 AM): 't happen to have a big, flashy red truck, would he?"
Thematrian1 (12:03:31 AM): He hesitates. "Yeah, yeah I heard that. Heard he flipped out and cut some guy who messed with it."
MilesMk1 (12:04:22 AM): "Thanks. If you remember anything else about him, let me know, would you?"
MilesMk1 (12:04:43 AM): *heads back to the door*
Thematrian1 (12:04:48 AM): He nods, and unless you interrupt him he goes back to his pull-upping
MilesMk1 (12:04:56 AM): "Sounds like it could be the guy."
Gedeon Ogoun (12:05:23 AM): "And he just so happens to be in the area..? Strange."
MilesMk1 (12:06:04 AM): "Yeah, I know..."
Umbrafer (12:06:32 AM): (Cue Admiral Ackbar)
MilesMk1 (12:06:43 AM): "Well, I'm not going to commit you to anything, obviously... But I want to hear what she has to say."
Gedeon Ogoun (12:07:30 AM): (Have to go to sleep..12 am. Gedeon will go along with any plan that is hatched.)
MilesMk1 (12:07:35 AM): *keys intercom* "You tell me all you remember about where and when you saw that van, and I'll check with my contacts and do what I can to get you your call to the boss. Best I can do."
MilesMk1 (12:07:51 AM): make it "that red van"
Gedeon Ogoun (12:10:03 AM): (Good night all. And good luck)
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Dragcrell (12:10:19 AM): "heading down Murrrdock towarrrd Ninth strrreet."
MilesMk1 (12:10:42 AM): Is that anywhere near where I had Jerome stashed?
Thematrian1 (12:10:52 AM): Not especially.
MilesMk1 (12:11:04 AM): Not the opposite side of town, though, right?
Thematrian1 (12:11:18 AM): no. Both are Westside areas
MilesMk1 (12:11:47 AM): Or at least, not so far as to make me think it's unlikely - given the current state of the city - that it could have been the same person in both places.
MilesMk1 (12:11:52 AM): "How long ago?"
Dragcrell (12:13:47 AM): "ten minutes ago."
MilesMk1 (12:14:03 AM): ...
MilesMk1 (12:14:47 AM): "Mind checking it out, Alex? If this is a cold lead, the guys sounds like a real asshole, anyway... Doubt anyone will mourn him if he loses a kneecap."
Thematrian1 (12:14:55 AM): (...?)
Thematrian1 (12:15:21 AM): Anyhow, it's time for all good gamers to be in their beds, at least if they live on the east coast. I'll see you guys Thursday and next Tuesday?
MilesMk1 (12:15:21 AM): (Dithering... Run off after it, or not? ;))
Umbrafer (12:15:24 AM): "Sure."
Dragcrell (12:15:36 AM): ok
Umbrafer (12:15:38 AM): Sounds good.
MilesMk1 (12:15:45 AM): Yeah, I was about to crash myself.
Thematrian1 (12:15:47 AM): (Heh. You get a week to decide.)
MilesMk1 (12:15:52 AM): Hey, Jon...
Thematrian1 (12:15:56 AM): (When Gedeon logged off I realized how late it'd gotten)
Dragcrell (12:16:39 AM): :P should be a fun time mehehehehehehe
MilesMk1 (12:16:41 AM): I know this is multiple times in a row, but things don't look good for me for Thursday, again - just the way my work week is structured, lately, the experiments all tend to come off later in the week.
Umbrafer (12:18:06 AM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (12:18:07 AM): Well
Dragcrell (12:18:28 AM): well have fun
MilesMk1 (12:18:34 AM): (And I strongly believe in not jerking someone around when you know you probably won't be able to make it to the game anymore, but don't want to say you're out, and this isn't it.)
Umbrafer (12:18:37 AM): It isn't entirely impossible that something might come up for me as well--a lot of people back for the break that I need to see and soforth
MilesMk1 (12:18:56 AM): (Just bad timing, lately)
Umbrafer (12:18:58 AM): (Yeah, I figured you'd say it if it was)
Umbrafer (12:19:16 AM): Wait, aren't you supposed to be on vacation now?
MilesMk1 (12:19:22 AM): :(
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MilesMk1 (12:19:32 AM): Today was my first day back at work.
Thematrian1 (12:19:33 AM): mm, concise
Umbrafer (12:19:42 AM): Ah.
MilesMk1 (12:19:55 AM): I was off from the 23rd to the 2nd.
MilesMk1 (12:20:02 AM): Ah... Good times. Mostly.
Umbrafer (12:20:03 AM): My condolences.
MilesMk1 (12:21:04 AM): A friend talked me into participating as a jiu-jitsu sparring partner at one point (because it's so realistic to practice against someone who doesn't know martial arts, but is a lot bigger...)
Umbrafer (12:21:24 AM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (12:21:26 AM): How did it go?
Thematrian1 (12:22:22 AM): (Actually, that's probably the most common real-life scenario, I'd think)
Thematrian1 (12:22:29 AM): (Not so useful as practice, though)
MilesMk1 (12:22:30 AM): Meh. Ok, but at one point, he put me in a guillotine choke, and I ended up standing up to try to bang him against a wall. Felt fine at the time, but two days later, I couldn't move my neck.
MilesMk1 (12:23:20 AM): Well, to see if I could bang him against a wall, this being a friend...
Umbrafer (12:23:41 AM): Heh
Umbrafer (12:23:45 AM): I know what you mean
Umbrafer (12:24:05 AM): I've got the same thing going on, really, but it involved more skiing and less martial arts
MilesMk1 (12:24:17 AM): I'm apparently too old for stupid horsing around. Either that, or just too out of shape.
Thematrian1 (12:25:07 AM): well, there aren't too many martial arts that center on the use of your neck as a weapon
MilesMk1 (12:25:13 AM): Lots of possibility for injury, there...
MilesMk1 (12:25:17 AM): I can see why.
Thematrian1 (12:25:33 AM): except, of course, the almost-forgotten sixth school of the Shaolin temple
Thematrian1 (12:25:36 AM): the Giraffe style
Umbrafer (12:25:51 AM): Your neck is the most powerful weapon you have
Umbrafer (12:25:53 AM): Well
Umbrafer (12:26:08 AM): Your brain is more powerful, but people get too caught up in using it to "think" and things like that
Thematrian1 (12:26:10 AM): (Apparently, that's what those long necks are for. Not eating hard-to-reach food or whatever, but for beating other giraffes during mating season. The behavior has been witnessed in the wild)
Umbrafer (12:26:17 AM): :)
MilesMk1 (12:26:24 AM): Har, har... ;) I did manage to get him off the ground, and to walk up to a wall...
Umbrafer (12:26:27 AM): Also, I am amazed
Umbrafer (12:26:40 AM): We just had a turn end within four hours of the previous turn.
Umbrafer (12:26:45 AM): Such is the power of SotSW.
MilesMk1 (12:28:15 AM): It was bound to happen eventually... And now, to maintain harmony in the universe, watch me disappear for 48 hours. ;)
MilesMk1 (12:28:56 AM): (I will actually try to get a move in tomorrow... this morning... but for now I need to run. See you guys later.)
Thematrian1 (12:29:14 AM): (sleep well)
Umbrafer (12:30:00 AM): *Waves* Sleep well.
MilesMk1 (12:30:10 AM): (Thanks, you too. I see the router worked well? Or is it the one at school that fails?)
Thematrian1 (12:30:32 AM): (The router at school is fine, it's the ISP that's the trouble there)
Thematrian1 (12:30:40 AM): (And yeah, the router seems to be holding up)
CirclMastr (12:30:51 AM): (I need to crash now, my head is pounding)
MilesMk1 (12:30:58 AM): (Ok, later.)
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Thematrian1 (12:31:03 AM): (you sleep well too)
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