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Umbrafer (8:32:14 PM): Arr.
MilesMk1 (8:32:28 PM): Evening.
Dragcrell (8:32:32 PM): Ello!
MilesMk1 (8:32:59 PM): How's everyone?
Thematrian1 (8:33:20 PM): very well, very well
Dragcrell (8:33:23 PM): *checks neck for a pulse* mmmmm aparently alive
Thematrian1 (8:33:31 PM): Looks like we're going to pick up some players for the Thursday game.
Thematrian1 (8:33:38 PM): And rumor has it that we'll get Gedeon back soon.
Dragcrell (8:33:58 PM): awww and here I was hopeing for more ppl in this game -_-
MilesMk1 (8:34:00 PM): Yay!
Umbrafer (8:34:06 PM): It will be the Springtime of People
MilesMk1 (8:34:25 PM): I was about to mention all the fresh meat looking for a game on DS.
MilesMk1 (8:35:04 PM): BTW, Jon, did Russel... well, do anything, or did he just fade quietly into the background? (he'll do that sometime)
Dragcrell (8:35:06 PM): *cough* fresh meat *cough* intresting term to use given where we are
Thematrian1 (8:35:30 PM): yeah; I just answered a PM from one of the prospectives, telling him to come spectate on Thursday
Umbrafer (8:36:04 PM): He talked with me a bit last… um, the day he spectated (it's been pretty busy around here, so the days are running together), but has vanished since.
MilesMk1 (8:36:13 PM): Hmm.
MilesMk1 (8:36:37 PM): I'll look into it...
MilesMk1 (8:36:58 PM): (assuming you want me to)
Umbrafer (8:37:43 PM): (Whate'er you will—we're not yet in danger of having too many people, and he didn't desecrate the graves of my ancestors or anything ;) )
Thematrian1 (8:37:57 PM): ok. When we left, J and Blake were in a private booth, with SC lurking outside
MilesMk1 (8:38:08 PM): (Ok, I'll give him the SR book on Friday, and see what happens)
MilesMk1 (8:38:19 PM): Right.
Dragcrell (8:38:34 PM): *nods*
MilesMk1 (8:39:50 PM): "So, you want to tell me what the hell's going on here? And why did that guy want me to sit in the ball pit so badly?"
MilesMk1 (8:40:03 PM): (sounding more puzzled and tired than anything)
Thematrian1 (8:40:23 PM): He looks uncomfortable. "There's a mine under there. Remote controlled, from upstairs."
MilesMk1 (8:40:57 PM): "Ah. I was wondering why he didn't ask me to check my weapons."
Thematrian1 (8:41:54 PM): "Lots of people are dump enough to sit in it."
Thematrian1 (8:42:51 PM): s/dump/dumb/g
MilesMk1 (8:43:24 PM): "All right... So what're you doing here?"
Thematrian1 (8:43:50 PM): "I sort of knew Deadeye from before, you know? Tough, but he could never hold a gang together."
Thematrian1 (8:45:04 PM): "No surprise, he's fraggin' creepy. But when the bugs hit, he had a plan."
Thematrian1 (8:45:50 PM): "He went around telling everyone he could keep the bugs out. He's never said how, but we've never been attacked, either." He shrugs uncertainly.
Umbrafer (8:46:08 PM): (Heh.)
Umbrafer (8:46:16 PM): (I take it back, we may know one of them after all.)
Thematrian1 (8:46:27 PM): (?)
Thematrian1 (8:46:57 PM): "He's real big on recruiting, wants to get in as many as he can."
Umbrafer (8:46:57 PM): (I'd reconsidered my initial guess that he would be one of the eight based on the fact that he looked like he was in with them. This makes me rethink my rethinking.)
MilesMk1 (8:47:21 PM): "So, you're here of your own free will? What happened at the apartment? The guy across the hall said it got trashed by some people yelling about Deadeye."
Thematrian1 (8:47:36 PM): He nods, and starts talking faster.
MilesMk1 (8:48:28 PM): "Not that I care about the damage, but it, you know, got me curious."
Thematrian1 (8:48:28 PM): "So Quits - he's this guy from my old gang, never liked me much - was one of Deadeye's. They say he used to be big in Urban Brawl, before they threw him out."
MilesMk1 (8:49:27 PM): (Likelihood of someone in a gang actually having been a pro Urban Brawl player?)
Thematrian1 (8:49:45 PM): (Greater than zero. Shit does happen. But not all that much higher)
MilesMk1 (8:50:13 PM): "And?"
Thematrian1 (8:50:22 PM): "He was with Deadeye, I don't know how that happened. So he hunted me down."
Umbrafer (8:50:44 PM): (On the other hand, the odds of him having been in the Minor Leagues are probably significantly higher…)
Thematrian1 (8:50:56 PM): "He wanted to kill me right there, I managed to get him to take me back. When we showed up to Deadeye, Quits asked permission to kill me."
MilesMk1 (8:51:09 PM): "Was he one of the guys beating your head in, that time?"
Thematrian1 (8:51:13 PM): "Quits made us fight it out in the ball pit. I won, so now I've got his job."
Umbrafer (8:51:19 PM): (Yeah, reconsidering reconsidered.)
Thematrian1 (8:51:25 PM): He shakes his head. He
Thematrian1 (8:51:47 PM): Ahem. "He told them to do it, but he wasn't there."
Thematrian1 (8:52:08 PM): A pause, then in a rush: "He had an interest in that warehouse I set you on."
MilesMk1 (8:53:50 PM): "Ah."
MilesMk1 (8:55:49 PM): "So, what now? I mean, what are you supposed to do, in your official capacity?"
Thematrian1 (8:56:21 PM): "He's still recruiting. I go around and tell people how great the Deadeye Empire is."
Thematrian1 (8:57:34 PM): "He's got a real mad on for this one 'shack, but he hasn't said why. I wasn't there for that part."
Umbrafer (8:57:49 PM): (High Willpower, probably.)
MilesMk1 (8:59:24 PM): "Yeah, well, I was just looking in on my various friends and acquaintances to see how they were doing and whether they needed to relocate."
Thematrian1 (9:00:04 PM): "Well, if you're offering, I want out. He's fraggin' mental."
Umbrafer (9:00:46 PM): (Half our contacts have been waylaid by gangers.)
Umbrafer (9:00:54 PM): (Granted it's less odd for this one, being a ganger himself.)
Thematrian1 (9:01:21 PM): (It's an occupational hazard ;-))
MilesMk1 (9:03:10 PM): "Yeah, I suppose I am offering... Provided we're on the same page about the difference between doing what you have to in order to survive, and changing sides whenever it's convenient..."
Thematrian1 (9:03:53 PM): He looks agitated. "They were gonna kill me right there! I never switched sides, I just said I did."
MilesMk1 (9:05:02 PM): "Relax, I didn't say I'd have expected you not to take the chance to fight for your life... Like I said, as long as we're on the same page."
Umbrafer (9:05:04 PM): (Hm.)
Thematrian1 (9:05:12 PM): He nods.
Umbrafer (9:05:26 PM): (You know, the bug spirit said she'd take either a service or a replacement.)
Thematrian1 (9:05:26 PM): "So...what now?"
Umbrafer (9:05:34 PM): (I wonder what Deadeye's Willpower is?)
MilesMk1 (9:06:52 PM): \"Now... I need to discharge an obligation I ended up with tracking you down, which involves delivering a message to Deadeye from some guy at *beetle address*. And the circumstances make me wonder if it's one he'l
MilesMk1 (9:07:00 PM): ...he'll want to hear."
Thematrian1 (9:07:59 PM): "Huh. Well, I'll pass it on if you want."
MilesMk1 (9:08:19 PM): "Does 'his price is eight' mean anything to you?"
Thematrian1 (9:09:15 PM): He shakes his head. "Eight...missiles? No, he's buying those..."
Thematrian1 (9:09:24 PM): "I'd better get back anyway."
MilesMk1 (9:09:38 PM): "You got any reason to think he could have been talking about... people?"
Thematrian1 (9:09:55 PM): That brings him up short. "Wha? Why?"
Dragcrell (9:11:28 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 6 4 1 1
Dragcrell (9:11:42 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:11:44 PM): "Just a feeling I got... Tell you more once we get out of here. Anything I need to know about, down here, if something should go sour?"
Thematrian1 (9:12:27 PM): "He's buying missiles from someone, other major hardware too. Reynaldo knows who from, talk to him when he gets back."
MilesMk1 (9:12:56 PM): "Reynaldo? Who's he?"
Thematrian1 (9:13:44 PM): "Some big, pale ork with a sword. Looks sorta like Neil, if you've ever seen the trid."
Dragcrell (9:14:09 PM): (oops)
MilesMk1 (9:14:26 PM): (Well... Yes and no, Reynaldo clearly had two masters...)
MilesMk1 (9:15:16 PM): "Ah. Funny, that..."
MilesMk1 (9:16:58 PM): (I erased like three responses... How do you answer that?)
MilesMk1 (9:17:17 PM): "Is Deadeye very attached to this Reynaldo character?"
Thematrian1 (9:17:39 PM): He ponders. "I guess, to him as much as anybody. Trusts him enough to go off and make deals."
MilesMk1 (9:18:06 PM): "Well, shit."
Thematrian1 (9:18:36 PM): "Yeah?"
MilesMk1 (9:18:52 PM): "I'm trusting you here, Jerome... Just so you won't be completely in the dark if Deadeye goes ballistic when you pass him the message."
Thematrian1 (9:19:27 PM): He nods.
MilesMk1 (9:20:09 PM): "We figured Reynaldo for one of Deadeye's guys, and followed him, hoping to squeeze him for info - and ended up finding he worked for someone else too... The guy who's sending the message."
MilesMk1 (9:20:21 PM): "Info about where you ended up, I mean."
Thematrian1 (9:21:12 PM): He processes this. "Drek. Where is he now?"
MilesMk1 (9:21:15 PM): "That sort of turned bad, Reynaldo didn't make it, and his other boss and I worked out this deal... eventually... rather than keep on trying to kill each other."
Thematrian1 (9:22:36 PM): "...oh. So when Deadeye finds out that 'naldo isn't delivering it himself..."
MilesMk1 (9:22:56 PM): "He'll get real curious about why I'm the messenger."
Thematrian1 (9:23:31 PM): He's nodding unhappily.
MilesMk1 (9:23:33 PM): "Believe me, the only reason I'm doing this is because the other guy has beetles the size of small cars." *points at abdomen wound*
MilesMk1 (9:24:06 PM): "And while I doubt he'd actually come after me if I didn't do it, I want him the hell of my back."
Thematrian1 (9:24:44 PM): He focuses on that, seemingly for the first time.
MilesMk1 (9:24:53 PM): "I suppose Deadeye being happy to have Reynaldo dead for working for someone else behind his back is too much to hope for..."
Thematrian1 (9:24:54 PM): "Drek, boss, you need a doctor!"
Thematrian1 (9:25:13 PM): He shakes his head. "No way, he won't believe it, and he'll cut up the messenger."
MilesMk1 (9:27:04 PM): "He'll probably try... Still, it needs to be done. How many guys does he have in here?"
Thematrian1 (9:28:12 PM): "Maybe thirty in all. More in the other buildings."
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MilesMk1 (9:29:21 PM): (Of all the times to be wounded and out of GK)
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Umbrafer (9:29:48 PM): (No, the time to have been wounded and out of GK would have been going into the hive the first time.)
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Thematrian1 (9:30:33 PM): (delioch has asked to spectate tonight, so everyone play nice ;-))
MilesMk1 (9:30:38 PM): "So, think you can at least get him to talk to me without flying off the handle?"
MilesMk1 (9:30:42 PM): (When do we not? ;))
Dragcrell (9:31:03 PM): (when ever we'er not killing ppl)
Thematrian1 (9:31:09 PM): "I dunno. Sometimes he's real nice, he's your best friend. Sometimes...not."
Umbrafer (9:32:08 PM): (He's a Beetlehead!)
Thematrian1 (9:32:11 PM): Uncertainly "I'll go talk to him."
Thematrian1 (9:32:23 PM): (Jon, that was horrible)
Umbrafer (9:32:24 PM): (The other kind of beetle, that is)
Umbrafer (9:32:44 PM): (No, seriously, that's the accepted in-game slang since before Insect Spirits were canon)
MilesMk1 (9:32:51 PM): "Just tell him what the message is, and don't let on you know anything about why Reynaldo isn't delivering it."
Thematrian1 (9:32:55 PM): (I know, that's what makes it evil)
Thematrian1 (9:33:22 PM): J nods. "If I don't come right back, it means I had to jump out a window."
MilesMk1 (9:33:45 PM): "Well, if you do, head for *rough location of van*."
Thematrian1 (9:33:46 PM): He heads for the door
Thematrian1 (9:33:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 3 6 5 2
Dragcrell (9:33:49 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 5
Dragcrell (9:33:58 PM): (ewww)
MilesMk1 (9:34:23 PM): #Alex, if somoeone jumps out the window and runs toward the van, make sure whether it's Jerome or not before opening fire.#
Thematrian1 (9:34:50 PM): You are not surprised, Shadowcat. Legs is trying to kick you in the face, so roll Unarmed or Edged, as you prefer.
MilesMk1 (9:35:02 PM): #Oh, and by the way... Our guess was right, the guy with the sword did work for Deadeye. His name was Reynaldo.#
Thematrian1 (9:35:04 PM): (You specified that you had your knives ready earlier, IIRC)
Dragcrell (9:35:12 PM): Dragcrell rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 4 4 3 1 3 6 4 6
Dragcrell (9:35:20 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
MilesMk1 (9:35:21 PM): Do I hear this?
Thematrian1 (9:35:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 2 3 6 2 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:35:25 PM): No
Dragcrell (9:35:26 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:35:33 PM): Darn...
Umbrafer (9:35:40 PM): #I'll do what I can.#
MilesMk1 (9:36:12 PM): Well, I wasn't going to stay in the feelie booth while Jerome went up, it's a bad tactical position in case things break down, so I will be exiting.
Thematrian1 (9:36:56 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 3 5 6 5 4 1 3 3 4 1 6 1
Thematrian1 (9:37:50 PM): As you emerge, you get to watch Shadowcat parry a kick with two long knives. One of them grazes the guy's stomach, tearing through his jacket, but he doesn't bleed
Thematrian1 (9:38:19 PM): The kicker is a short ork with outsized cyberlegs. He's winding up for another round when he sees Jerome.
Dragcrell (9:39:13 PM): *Slashes at the Ork growling*
MilesMk1 (9:39:25 PM): "Can't we all just get along?"
Thematrian1 (9:39:34 PM): He tries to back off, but Shadowcat presses her attack.
Dragcrell (9:39:37 PM): Dragcrell rolled 9 6-sided dice: 1 3 6 4 2 6 5 3 2
Dragcrell (9:39:46 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
Thematrian1 (9:39:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
Dragcrell (9:40:01 PM): (ooooo that can't be good)
Thematrian1 (9:40:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 2 4
Thematrian1 (9:40:56 PM): He windmills frantically and starts to overbalance. SC misses with both her knives, but kicks him in the throat as he goes down.
Thematrian1 (9:41:06 PM): An ork rises up out of the ball pit, blinking confusedly.
Thematrian1 (9:41:14 PM): Jerome: "Wait, stop!"
MilesMk1 (9:41:23 PM): "SC, wait."
Dragcrell (9:42:04 PM): *backs off tho still letting out a low growl and keeping the short blades out*
Thematrian1 (9:43:14 PM): Jerome heads for Legs. "What the frag, Umber?"
MilesMk1 (9:43:48 PM): *walks over to SC, whispers* "What was that about?"
Thematrian1 (9:43:50 PM): Umber-nee-Legs croaks something about "bitch from hell"
Dragcrell (9:45:24 PM): *wispers to Blake*"Wanted in doorrr told him no then he trrryed to kick me." *turns head the ork and lets out a louder growl glareing at him*
Thematrian1 (9:45:27 PM): The ork burrows back into the ball put.
Thematrian1 (9:45:51 PM): Umber makes placating gestures in SC's general direction, then accepts a hand up from Jerome.
MilesMk1 (9:46:21 PM): "Oh. Well, thanks, I guess. Though you could have just called out to let us know..."
Thematrian1 (9:46:43 PM): Jerome's shaking his head. "All the booths are soundproofed."
Thematrian1 (9:46:47 PM): "Pretty creepy when you think about it."
MilesMk1 (9:47:01 PM): "Ah. Still, everyone breathing, good times all around."
Thematrian1 (9:47:19 PM): Umber makes an extremely rude gesture in Blake's direction
Dragcrell (9:47:55 PM): *sheaths knifes* "forrr now." *glares at Umber*
Thematrian1 (9:48:36 PM): Jerome, to Umber: "I'm gonna go talk to Deadeye. Take a walk or something, ok?"
MilesMk1 (9:48:59 PM): *is unimpressed by Umber*
Thematrian1 (9:50:01 PM): Umber carefully and deliberately turns his back on both of you, and heads for that narrow entryway.
Thematrian1 (9:50:19 PM): The trid is off now, by the way, and the crowd has broken up.
Thematrian1 (9:50:46 PM): The room is very dim, punctuated by occasional flashes from the game machines
MilesMk1 (9:51:12 PM): #The guy who just left you can, however, shoot if necessary.#
Thematrian1 (9:52:09 PM): Jerome disappears into the gloom
Thematrian1 (9:53:15 PM): Doing anything in the interlude?
Umbrafer (9:53:22 PM): #Say the word and he's down.#
Dragcrell (9:54:01 PM): *puts back to a wall and watchs the room*
MilesMk1 (9:54:30 PM): #Nah... But he's one of Deadeye's, so if there's trouble...#
Thematrian1 (9:56:16 PM): Sixty seconds pass. Jerome returns.
Thematrian1 (9:56:49 PM): "He wants you to come up and see him. I tried to tell him the message, but he said he wanted it from you."
MilesMk1 (9:57:07 PM): "All right... Did he say I was to come up alone?"
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Thematrian1 (9:58:48 PM): "I didn't mention her." He jerks a thumb at Shadowcat. "Who is she, anyway?"
Dragcrell (9:59:00 PM): (you realy need to do something about that)
MilesMk1 (9:59:16 PM): "SC. She's an acquaintance."
MilesMk1 (9:59:39 PM): "So he didn't say alone, anyway... All right, lead on."
Dragcrell (10:00:03 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 3 4 2 2
Dragcrell (10:00:56 PM): *wispers to Blake*"mage arrround" *follows behind Blake*
MilesMk1 (10:01:31 PM): #SC says they have a mage around here...#
Thematrian1 (10:02:18 PM): Jerome heads back through the huge, empty main room, toward the stairs
Umbrafer (10:02:29 PM): #Get him outside and we can run him over like the rest.#
Dragcrell (10:02:42 PM): (ROFL)
Umbrafer (10:03:13 PM): #Just make sure it isn't Whitey. Aren't all albinos mages these days or something?#
Thematrian1 (10:03:39 PM): (God. You run one albino gnome sorcerer...one, and you hear about it for the rest of your life)
Thematrian1 (10:03:44 PM): (;))
MilesMk1 (10:04:03 PM): *quietly* "By the way, any albinos working for Deadeye?"
Thematrian1 (10:04:19 PM): He looks baffled, and shakes his head. "No, why?"
MilesMk1 (10:04:35 PM): "Long story. Good."
Thematrian1 (10:04:58 PM): The floor here is hard and metallic, and there are audio outputs hanging from the ceiling. This area was probably meant to be a dance floor, once.
Dragcrell (10:05:08 PM): (brb)
Umbrafer (10:05:41 PM): (Defeat them with your funky groove, Blake!)
Thematrian1 (10:06:37 PM): He navigates around a big, empty pit, and shows you the stairs. They're lit by one dim strip along the walls, and painted in garish green and blue
MilesMk1 (10:07:06 PM): "Anything I should know before I go in?"
Dragcrell (10:07:37 PM): (back)
Thematrian1 (10:08:00 PM): He pauses. "It's him and two guards. He's got all kinds of heavy weapons inside the clown, I don't know what exactly."
MilesMk1 (10:08:33 PM): "Ok... Let's hope there's no need to find out."
MilesMk1 (10:08:38 PM): I head up.
Dragcrell (10:09:21 PM): *stays with Blake looking around as I go*
Thematrian1 (10:09:42 PM): the stairwell doubles back, bringing you to a large...space. It must have been divided into apartments, once; you can still see some collapsed walls in about the right configuration.
Thematrian1 (10:10:14 PM): But someone with lots of high explosive converted it into a single, large space, leaving a very few walls left over
MilesMk1 (10:10:49 PM): Yay. I wonder if it's mined...
Dragcrell (10:10:57 PM): (ah so it has that Blakeisk look and feel to it eh ;-))
Thematrian1 (10:11:32 PM): The space is dominated by the giant plastic clown in the center. It's easily eight feet high and maybe six feet wide. An ork with long orange hair and a rocket launcher is lounging in its mouth. Below him, two humans (one male,
Thematrian1 (10:11:49 PM): one female) look up as you enter
MilesMk1 (10:12:36 PM): I stop and wait for someone to say something.
Thematrian1 (10:13:30 PM): The guy in the clown's mouth looks past you to Shadowcat. "Just what is that?"
Thematrian1 (10:13:44 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 14 6-sided dice: 3 2 2 2 4 1 3 5 1 2 6 6 3 5
Dragcrell (10:13:51 PM): *stops behind Balke*
Umbrafer (10:13:51 PM): (We know who the mage is now!)
MilesMk1 (10:13:52 PM): *whispers out of the corner of his mouth* "Easy..."
Thematrian1 (10:14:25 PM): The launcher is pointed, not quite at you guys, but in your general direction, BTW
Thematrian1 (10:14:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 1 6 1 1 5 4 2
Thematrian1 (10:14:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 3 5 4 5 4 3 2 5 4 3 3 4
Thematrian1 (10:15:34 PM): "I hate waiting, you know."
MilesMk1 (10:16:49 PM): "Sorry - I'm just not sure how to answer that."
Thematrian1 (10:17:12 PM): Jerome looks worried. "She's - she's a friend of the messenger's, Lord."
Thematrian1 (10:17:21 PM): "No one important."
Thematrian1 (10:19:02 PM): He gives his long hair a shake. "Then give me your message."
MilesMk1 (10:19:49 PM): *braces himself* "The message I was told to pass on is 'the price is eight'."
Dragcrell (10:19:55 PM): *stays quited looking at a wall*
Umbrafer (10:20:02 PM): How far is it 'twixt here and the hive?
Thematrian1 (10:20:12 PM): About ten minutes, as the rigger drives.
Thematrian1 (10:20:20 PM): Considerably longer on foot.
Thematrian1 (10:20:49 PM): "Eight? We had an agreement.
Thematrian1 (10:21:07 PM): "My dear 'naldo understood that perfectly. Where is he, anyway?"
Umbrafer (10:21:09 PM): (About how much longer?)
Thematrian1 (10:21:26 PM): (When did you start driving to the hive? I must have missed it)
Umbrafer (10:21:52 PM): (I didn't. I mean "how much longer on foot?"
Umbrafer (10:21:54 PM): *)
Thematrian1 (10:22:13 PM): (Oh. Your max Speed is 100 MPT, right?)
Thematrian1 (10:22:18 PM): (Call it about two hours on foot)
MilesMk1 (10:22:33 PM): (Give me a second to respond here...)
Thematrian1 (10:22:40 PM): (Sure thing)
Umbrafer (10:23:27 PM): (Oh dear. I guess that pretty much kills my chances of getting away with not revealing the van.)
MilesMk1 (10:24:28 PM): "Don't know where he is now, but the boss was furious about someone getting shot in the head, and took it out on me... Waves at the blood. Didn't say who, though."
MilesMk1 (10:24:39 PM): I meant *waves at the blood*
MilesMk1 (10:24:51 PM): (And technically, it's all true!)
MilesMk1 (10:25:31 PM): "Yelled a lot about some albino..."
Thematrian1 (10:25:34 PM): Blake: no hearing mods, right?
MilesMk1 (10:25:38 PM): Nope.
Thematrian1 (10:25:39 PM): The ork looks mildy surprised.
Dragcrell (10:26:16 PM): *bumps Blake lightly and lets out a low hiss*
Thematrian1 (10:26:19 PM): "And you don't know who did it?"
MilesMk1 (10:26:44 PM): *tries to determine a reason for the hissing*
Thematrian1 (10:27:49 PM): The ork is trying, not very well, to pretend that the last was a casual question
Dragcrell (10:30:39 PM): *gaze follows a point*
Thematrian1 (10:31:15 PM): (Do you have an answer coming, or is Blake just standing there?)
MilesMk1 (10:31:20 PM): I do
MilesMk1 (10:32:20 PM): "I know the boss was mad as hell about some albino guy and his crew firing a missile off at our place."
MilesMk1 (10:32:34 PM): "I caught hell for not being back in time to do something about it."
Thematrian1 (10:33:38 PM): He looks dissatisfied. "Eight. I was promised six."
Thematrian1 (10:34:11 PM): Then his eyes meet yours, Blake, for the first time. "Come here."
MilesMk1 (10:34:29 PM): *looks worried* "Sorry... All he told me was the exact message."
MilesMk1 (10:34:53 PM): *approaches slowly*
Thematrian1 (10:34:54 PM): He loses all traces of joviality. "Come here, I said."
Dragcrell (10:35:11 PM): *grabs Blake* "Why?"
Thematrian1 (10:35:29 PM): "I didn't ask you to speak, creature."
MilesMk1 (10:35:34 PM): (That wasn't an attempt at delay, just a response to his second to last line.)
MilesMk1 (10:36:23 PM): *gets closer*
Dragcrell (10:36:40 PM): *growls* "I have a intrest that this dwarrrf lives unless you wish to angerrr MY boss."
Thematrian1 (10:37:01 PM): "And who is that?"
Thematrian1 (10:37:28 PM): Meanwhile, he beckons to Blake, reaching down with the one hand that isn't occupied with the heavy artillery
Dragcrell (10:37:30 PM): "Anibell tho I doute you well have hearrrd of herrr."
MilesMk1 (10:38:33 PM): *carefully comes closer*
Thematrian1 (10:39:04 PM): He reaches out a finger; he clearly wants to touch you. "I won't hurt you. I never kill messengers."
Umbrafer (10:39:43 PM): (At least you have a considerable Willpower… *consults Mindprobe chart*)
Dragcrell (10:39:48 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 3 3 6 6
Dragcrell (10:39:59 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 4 2
Thematrian1 (10:40:33 PM): "Especially not if they're friends of my friends."
MilesMk1 (10:40:35 PM): *sadly thinks about getting bitten again by a giant beetle*
Dragcrell (10:41:35 PM): "Blake back herrre now." *Growls at the Ork* "we gave you the message he want's 8 and we arrre to brrring the pay ment to his building>"
MilesMk1 (10:42:08 PM): *starts backing away*
Dragcrell (10:43:18 PM): "That is unless you wish him to get the pay ment him self."
Thematrian1 (10:43:30 PM): The rocket launcher moves up to undisguised aim, then wavers on SC's last line.
Thematrian1 (10:44:26 PM): His eyes keep cutting sideways
MilesMk1 (10:44:54 PM): Is there anything there?
Thematrian1 (10:45:13 PM): Some rubble on the floor. A few meters back, a wall. Nothing else.
Thematrian1 (10:45:22 PM): well, most of a wall
Dragcrell (10:45:28 PM): "No he well be no help ether as his petts well morrre then likely go afterrr yourrr frrreind therrre."
MilesMk1 (10:46:40 PM): "Well, yes, but there's really no need for that sort of thing, is there?"
MilesMk1 (10:46:43 PM): "We
Thematrian1 (10:46:53 PM): "You'd threaten me? Ysandri would be fodder if it wasn't for you" <---this, while Blake is talking
Dragcrell (10:48:23 PM): "No thrrreat trrruth orrr would you like to see what the beettles that did that" *points at Blakes wound* "can do to yourrr mage and gang."
Thematrian1 (10:48:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 5 5 2 1 1 5 1 2 4 4 6 6 6 6
Dragcrell (10:49:07 PM): "We as told to brrring pay ment from you back May be fine if otherrrs do or maby not."
Thematrian1 (10:49:09 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 3 3 3 6
Thematrian1 (10:49:15 PM): Blake, please roll Willpower
MilesMk1 (10:49:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 2 3 3 5 4 5 3
Thematrian1 (10:49:23 PM): and, uh, roll well
Thematrian1 (10:49:28 PM): no, better than that
MilesMk1 (10:49:35 PM): Well, I'm out of Karma...
MilesMk1 (10:49:39 PM): Did I die?
Thematrian1 (10:49:47 PM): Blake loses consciousnessness.
Umbrafer (10:49:59 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (10:50:16 PM): In retrospect, we really should have established a checkin protocol.
Thematrian1 (10:50:18 PM): You hear Jerome crying out in alarm, then nothing.
Umbrafer (10:50:21 PM): Ah well, next time.
MilesMk1 (10:50:39 PM): ...
Dragcrell (10:50:48 PM): *growls*
Thematrian1 (10:51:20 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 2 2 3 2
MilesMk1 (10:52:00 PM): (I could have sworn I was doing an ok job at talking my way out of this alive...)
Dragcrell (10:52:16 PM): *moves to grab blake then head for the stairwell hauling ass*
Thematrian1 (10:52:27 PM): Ok, let's have a Reaction roll
Thematrian1 (10:52:30 PM): And then initiative.
Umbrafer (10:52:41 PM): (One can never tell quite when people like him will be set off)
Dragcrell (10:52:42 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 6 5
Umbrafer (10:52:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 5 6 1 1 5 5 3 1 1 1
Dragcrell (10:52:48 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:52:51 PM): Jerome looks around frantically, then rummages frantically in his jacket
Thematrian1 (10:52:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 3 2 3
Umbrafer (10:52:57 PM): *Does a decent job of sitting in the van not knowing what's happening*
MilesMk1 (10:52:57 PM): (Well, threats usually do the trick...)
Thematrian1 (10:53:01 PM): ...doh. Yes, very frantic.
Thematrian1 (10:53:06 PM): Good job, Alex.
Thematrian1 (10:53:07 PM): I approve
Thematrian1 (10:53:38 PM): SC swoops in and hefts Blake over one shoulder. She turns and pelts for the stairs.
Dragcrell (10:53:46 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 5 3 1
Dragcrell (10:53:58 PM): 18
Thematrian1 (10:54:32 PM): The guards waste the surprise round getting out their weapons. Jerome hesitates fractionally, then shoots the doorframe.
Thematrian1 (10:54:42 PM): SC has first action. What's your speed, SC?
Dragcrell (10:55:02 PM): 15
Umbrafer (10:55:09 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (10:55:58 PM): Ok. You can make it into the stairwell on your action then
Thematrian1 (10:56:29 PM): You still technically have an action; are you doing anything special with it?
Dragcrell (10:56:52 PM): *nods* I head for the front door and out of the building >_>
Dragcrell (10:57:28 PM): (as much fun as it would to try and use blake for a weapon I dont think he would be overly happy about it ;3 )
Thematrian1 (10:57:30 PM): That's a few turns away yet. The ork hefts his rocket launcher. Seeing this, Jerome dives for the partial shelter of one of the walls
Thematrian1 (10:57:39 PM): (Nobody tosses a...nevermind)
Umbrafer (10:57:47 PM): Oh dear. Poor Jerome.
Thematrian1 (10:58:05 PM): The two guards fire at SC:
Thematrian1 (10:58:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 2 5 6 1
Thematrian1 (10:58:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 4 4 6
Thematrian1 (10:58:39 PM): sheesh. Would you care to dodge either of those, SC? 3 successes on the first, 5(!) on the second
Dragcrell (10:59:34 PM): ^_- dame whats the tn to doge? and can I use the Athletics skill to do that with?
Thematrian1 (10:59:47 PM): 4, and only if you can remind me of the rules
Dragcrell (11:00:38 PM): >_> mmmm any others that have a higher book fu then me <_<?
MilesMk1 (11:00:56 PM): Don't have my SC right now.
Thematrian1 (11:01:05 PM): me neither. Looks like you can't
Thematrian1 (11:01:07 PM): maybe next time
Umbrafer (11:01:21 PM): (I'll dig them up)
Thematrian1 (11:01:23 PM): dodging or no? I screwed it up the first time, they actually have 2 successes each
Thematrian1 (11:01:33 PM): (For next time, and thank you)
MilesMk1 (11:01:39 PM): I'd suggest dodging.
Dragcrell (11:01:42 PM): ya dogging
Dragcrell (11:02:08 PM): (or I could use the dwarf for a shild ;3 )
MilesMk1 (11:02:44 PM): (Yeah, yeah... You set them off, it's your job to get me out of here alive.)
Dragcrell (11:02:56 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 5
Dragcrell (11:03:02 PM): *wence*
MilesMk1 (11:03:19 PM): Well, at least all you'll take is base damage, there.
MilesMk1 (11:03:32 PM): There was the second shot...
Thematrian1 (11:03:36 PM): The first shot hits. Resist 9M
Dragcrell (11:03:37 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 1
Umbrafer (11:03:44 PM): (Athletics for dodging: use a Complex Action to roll against a base TN 4. Each success gives you an extra non-refreshing pool die to use for dodging only.)
Dragcrell (11:04:07 PM): >_> er deffetnly karmaing that one
Thematrian1 (11:04:18 PM): oh, ok. Reroll 3
Umbrafer (11:04:22 PM): Er
Umbrafer (11:04:31 PM): Not a good idea. The one to karma would have been the dodge test, really.
Umbrafer (11:04:38 PM): Well
delioch (11:04:39 PM): (sorry to butt in but i just have to say wow, this went bad)
Thematrian1 (11:04:44 PM): That's also a dodge test
Umbrafer (11:04:50 PM): Oh
Dragcrell (11:04:50 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 1
Umbrafer (11:04:57 PM): I see.
Dragcrell (11:04:58 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (11:05:05 PM): (Yeah, didn't it?)
Thematrian1 (11:05:09 PM): and another 9M
Thematrian1 (11:05:22 PM): (I should mention, the party is presently stuck in Day Five or so of Bug City)
Umbrafer (11:06:03 PM): (Also, the dodging pool from Athletics disappears at the beginning of the character's next phase, not the end of the turn. Providing there's any left, of course.)
delioch (11:06:09 PM): (ouch)
Dragcrell (11:06:23 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 3 2 2 1
MilesMk1 (11:06:26 PM): (If I survive this, I'm concentrating on getting the hell out. I've had enough of running through Bug City mostly without magical support. ;))
Dragcrell (11:06:31 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (11:06:52 PM): ok, now do it again
Dragcrell (11:07:36 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 4 6 4 2
Dragcrell (11:07:43 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
Dragcrell (11:07:53 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:08:30 PM): The ork takes careful aim with his rocket launcher...
Thematrian1 (11:08:36 PM): second action
Thematrian1 (11:08:54 PM): SC proceeds down the stairs. You've just reached the turnaround when your action comes up
Dragcrell (11:09:44 PM): is it clear?
Thematrian1 (11:09:49 PM): yes
Dragcrell (11:10:02 PM): ok any windows near by?
Thematrian1 (11:10:04 PM): upstairs, you hear gunfire and a shout
Thematrian1 (11:10:06 PM): no
Thematrian1 (11:10:11 PM): from here, it's either up or down
Dragcrell (11:10:23 PM): Down
MilesMk1 (11:10:41 PM): Shit, all this to save Jerome, and now he's going to get killed.
MilesMk1 (11:11:12 PM): I really hope he's running for it, at least that gives him a small chance...
Dragcrell (11:11:13 PM): well he should have hauled ass when he seen me run
Thematrian1 (11:11:15 PM): there's another gunshot, and a roaring explosion from upstairs. No explosives of any kind enter the stairwell
Thematrian1 (11:11:36 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 3 3 5 5 5 1 6
Thematrian1 (11:11:41 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 5 1 6 4 4 5
MilesMk1 (11:11:43 PM): Well, you shouldn't have threatened the guy with the rocket launcher. :)
Thematrian1 (11:11:51 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 2 6 1 1 3
Thematrian1 (11:11:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 6 3 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 5 4 5
Dragcrell (11:12:06 PM): hey better then haveing him snap your neck eh?
Thematrian1 (11:12:16 PM): SC comes pelting into the ground level. You almost knock over a tall human coming the other way
MilesMk1 (11:12:21 PM): (Why did you think he was going to do that?)
MilesMk1 (11:12:25 PM): (Or that he could...)
Thematrian1 (11:12:43 PM): "The frag?" he mutters, but you're already moving
Dragcrell (11:12:49 PM): (hunch)
Thematrian1 (11:13:04 PM): Alex: something human-sized leaps out of a front second-story window.
MilesMk1 (11:13:17 PM): *prays*
Umbrafer (11:13:20 PM): Sensor lock.
Umbrafer (11:13:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 3 6 1 3
Thematrian1 (11:13:25 PM): you have it
Umbrafer (11:13:26 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (11:13:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (11:13:35 PM): Can I identify it?
Thematrian1 (11:13:37 PM): Um. Second story is about seven meters...
Thematrian1 (11:13:42 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 6 4 1 5 4 1 3 1 6
MilesMk1 (11:13:44 PM): Ok, so now you have a sensor lock on his spleen...
Umbrafer (11:13:49 PM): :)
MilesMk1 (11:13:54 PM): 3S damage?
Umbrafer (11:14:01 PM): Do Shifters have spleens?
Umbrafer (11:14:03 PM): It'd be 3M.
Thematrian1 (11:14:08 PM): It lands on its feet, then falls over.
Thematrian1 (11:14:17 PM): It's definitely Jerome. He's bleeding
Dragcrell (11:14:17 PM): (lol)
Umbrafer (11:14:36 PM): "Aw, hell." #What the fuck's going on in there?#
MilesMk1 (11:14:38 PM): Falls over unconscious, or just lands badly and falls down?
Umbrafer (11:14:41 PM): *Drives over to him*
Thematrian1 (11:14:46 PM): lands badly
Thematrian1 (11:14:55 PM): Alex: you get no answer. Nothing. Not jack.
Umbrafer (11:15:06 PM): #Come in?#
Umbrafer (11:15:11 PM): "Fuck."
Dragcrell (11:15:19 PM): once I'm out and spot the van I make a bee line for it
Thematrian1 (11:15:36 PM): As you're driving up, an ork with a rocket launcher leans out the second-story window. He's taking aim at Jerome; you don't think he's even noticed you
Dragcrell (11:15:39 PM): mmm no wait nix that no bee line
Thematrian1 (11:15:45 PM): understood
MilesMk1 (11:15:51 PM): Shoot him!
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delioch (11:16:19 PM): (is it always this messy?)
Umbrafer (11:16:22 PM): No time for sensor lock, MMG him in the face. Six times.
Thematrian1 (11:16:28 PM): (hah. That's the fastest set of chat invites I've ever received)
Umbrafer (11:16:38 PM): (Yes. And by yes I mean no, but since Bug City got bad, yes.)
Thematrian1 (11:16:42 PM): (depends what you mean)
Umbrafer (11:16:46 PM): (Well, a little before that too.)
Thematrian1 (11:16:47 PM): Ok, roll 'em
Umbrafer (11:16:55 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 6 4 3 2 3 4 5 2 6
Thematrian1 (11:16:59 PM): (The thing with the zombies and the thermite was pretty messy)
Dragcrell (11:17:00 PM): (hehehehe)
delioch (11:17:01 PM): (i think i got a answer)
Umbrafer (11:17:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 2 4 5 6
Umbrafer (11:17:10 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (11:17:16 PM): that's five successes?
Thematrian1 (11:17:20 PM): What's your code?
Umbrafer (11:17:23 PM): What's the range like?
Umbrafer (11:17:33 PM): Well, there are a lot of mods.
MilesMk1 (11:17:42 PM): (Except usually we're the ones handing out the pain and causing the explosions.)
Umbrafer (11:17:52 PM): +2 wound, -2 Smartlink, whatever cover he gets…
Umbrafer (11:18:15 PM): But yeah, damage code. I'll double-check, but if I remember correctly it should be 14D base-after-burst-staging.
Thematrian1 (11:18:17 PM): Range is definitely Short, for an MMG. He has plain old cover, for a +4. Yeah, I count five successes
Thematrian1 (11:18:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 5 6 1 3 4 6 5 2 2 2 6 3 4
Thematrian1 (11:18:42 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (11:18:44 PM): The glorious reign of Lord Deadeye comes to an abrupt halt.
MilesMk1 (11:18:54 PM): Well, maybe.
Umbrafer (11:19:01 PM): Everyone makes mistakes now and then.
Thematrian1 (11:19:08 PM): Looking very surprised, he collapses out of sight.
Thematrian1 (11:19:15 PM): Jerome tries to stand and fails.
Umbrafer (11:19:18 PM): (By the way, I was wrong. 15D)
Thematrian1 (11:19:20 PM): SC, you've reached the front doors
Thematrian1 (11:19:23 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 1
Thematrian1 (11:19:28 PM): (thanks)
Dragcrell (11:19:31 PM): do I see the van?
Thematrian1 (11:19:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 13 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 6 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 1
Thematrian1 (11:19:38 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 4
Thematrian1 (11:19:39 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (11:19:48 PM): (Mind you, at least some of us managed to survive until almost 100 karma despite all this drek, so no, it's usually not this bad.)
delioch (11:20:19 PM): (ok, i seen worse)
Dragcrell (11:20:21 PM): ok make my way to it sqirting the wall of the building
Umbrafer (11:20:33 PM): I'm going to try to drag him inside the van while providing the least exposure possible. I do not unplug, though I do of course return to my body as necessary. Van sensor feed still routes to my imagelink.
Thematrian1 (11:20:54 PM): Ok. This will require you to expose yourself to fire from the building, though you don't see anyone looking out.
Thematrian1 (11:21:02 PM): (SC: sqirting = skirting?)
MilesMk1 (11:21:05 PM): (...and I'd never have gone down to that stun-whatever if I hadn't just stupidly wandered into a beetle hive last session and used up all my karma to stay alive)
Dragcrell (11:21:47 PM): (ya >_< bloody dame spellng)
Thematrian1 (11:21:51 PM): (I did kinda wonder about that)
MilesMk1 (11:21:56 PM): (I need to cultivate more healthy paranoia, and put a damper on that misplaced sense of altruism)
Thematrian1 (11:22:22 PM): ok Alex. You see Shadowcat approaching. What's your Strength?
MilesMk1 (11:22:41 PM): (In my defense, Blake had no reason to suspect the existence of anything like those beetles. Or that, after dealing with wasps ok, beetles would prove a lot more dangerous.)
Dragcrell (11:22:48 PM): (eh woun't be a game sesion with out me magleing a word or two)
delioch (11:23:03 PM): (bugs are never a good thing)
Umbrafer (11:23:12 PM): 2!
Umbrafer (11:23:22 PM): I'm not quite a cripple.
Thematrian1 (11:23:23 PM): (I'm still mourning the time that you guys passed up an encounter with two van-sized beetles. That would have been special)
Umbrafer (11:23:32 PM): (Yes, yes it would have.)
Thematrian1 (11:23:59 PM): You can drag Jerome into the passenger's seat. Something is seriously wrong with his left leg and back.
MilesMk1 (11:24:00 PM): (Well, yes, but we've been trying not to metagame, and done things that would have been unbelieavably stupid for runners who knew about Bug Spirits.)
MilesMk1 (11:24:14 PM): (Like walk into a UB building.)
Thematrian1 (11:24:14 PM): (And I do appreciate it. Now I'd say you know better)
Thematrian1 (11:24:19 PM): (You walked out again)
Thematrian1 (11:24:26 PM): (Unharmed, and with a million-nuyen contract on the table)
Dragcrell (11:24:28 PM): (riiiight special uh huh)
Umbrafer (11:24:28 PM): I will pray that I'm not severing his spinal cord, but estimate that leaving him outside is worse.
Umbrafer (11:24:31 PM): I drag.
Thematrian1 (11:24:43 PM): Drag drag drag.
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Thematrian1 (11:25:07 PM): He's in the passenger seat, moaning weakly.
delioch (11:25:20 PM): (i think i perfer my bugs roasted and in chocolate)
Thematrian1 (11:25:22 PM): SC and Blake approach the van. No one leans out to fire on you
MilesMk1 (11:25:25 PM): Can we assume SC makes it into the van, even if Heath doesn't make it back?
Thematrian1 (11:25:47 PM): yes
Thematrian1 (11:25:56 PM): SC lunges into the back, and off we go
MilesMk1 (11:26:02 PM): Whew.
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Umbrafer (11:26:25 PM): As soon as everyone is safely ensconsed, we…
Umbrafer (11:26:28 PM): Well hell. What do we do?
MilesMk1 (11:26:32 PM): ... bad connection night.
MilesMk1 (11:26:44 PM): Go back to Sigrun's, where there is a doctor?
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Thematrian1 (11:27:12 PM): (never again am I running a game via these Macs. Never)
Umbrafer (11:27:14 PM): Not a bad idea
Umbrafer (11:27:23 PM): But the problem is, arguably we haven't fulfilled our contract
MilesMk1 (11:27:25 PM): Or do we actually want to try to establish contact with the beetles, and let them know we tried to fulfill the agreement?
Umbrafer (11:27:27 PM): We went and told them the price, sure
Thematrian1 (11:27:28 PM): (My connection is fine, but Mac AIM has a bug that can make the mouse crash the program under some conditions)
MilesMk1 (11:27:37 PM): (Ah.)
Umbrafer (11:28:05 PM): But we aren't coming back with the payment.
delioch (11:28:08 PM): (did you get the upgrade, cause i'm on a mac and have no probs)
Umbrafer (11:28:09 PM): So the question is…
MilesMk1 (11:28:28 PM): Well... I won't even be awake for...
Thematrian1 (11:28:32 PM): (These are campus computers, I'm afraid; beyond my ability to upgrade)
MilesMk1 (11:28:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 1 1 1 2 3 1 1
Umbrafer (11:28:34 PM): (Same here, but apparently there's some bad interaction between AIM and the Mighty Mouse. I can't test, not owning one.)
MilesMk1 (11:28:38 PM): One hour...
delioch (11:28:43 PM): (oh)
MilesMk1 (11:28:55 PM): Actually...
MilesMk1 (11:28:57 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (11:29:00 PM): Yeah, one hour.
Thematrian1 (11:29:01 PM): (Wait, Mighty Mouse is really its name? That's not a joke?)
Umbrafer (11:29:11 PM): (Yes.)
Umbrafer (11:29:16 PM): (Or no, depending.)
delioch (11:29:23 PM): (ok)
Umbrafer (11:29:27 PM): (Someone at Apple is a child of the '80s.)
delioch (11:29:40 PM): (i love mighty mouse)
Thematrian1 (11:29:57 PM): So yeah, Alex.
Thematrian1 (11:30:13 PM): Blake's unconscious, Jerome's semiconscious, SC is withdrawn and hisses when you try to talk to her.
Thematrian1 (11:30:16 PM): It's all down to you
Umbrafer (11:31:04 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (11:32:03 PM): It's really tempting to make sure Deadeye is properly deep-sixed, but I think it's time to leave you with at least the possibility of a recurring villain. I get the hell out of dodge, make a few Hiding Tests around the area, and
Umbrafer (11:32:06 PM): then head for the garage.
Thematrian1 (11:32:54 PM): That's some interesting reasoning. Anyway, the bug shaman is still alive.
Umbrafer (11:33:19 PM): This is true.
Umbrafer (11:33:43 PM): S/he will be dealt with at a later time, whether through diplomacy or force.
Thematrian1 (11:34:03 PM): (I'm betting force, just on a pattern-recognition basis)
Thematrian1 (11:34:22 PM): Ok, make your Hiding Tests and we can return to the garage
MilesMk1 (11:34:25 PM): (Well... Maybe, if we manage to figure out a way to deal with those beetles.)
Umbrafer (11:34:29 PM): Five tests.
Umbrafer (11:34:33 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 3 3 5 3 3 6 4 6 1
Umbrafer (11:34:39 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 3 4
Umbrafer (11:34:49 PM): (In different rounds, of course)
Umbrafer (11:34:50 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 2 3 1 3 2 2 5 2 6
Umbrafer (11:34:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:34:57 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 5 4 5 1 6 4 3 2 3
MilesMk1 (11:34:57 PM): (Of course, having Gedeon around would help immeasurably...)
Umbrafer (11:34:59 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:35:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 1 3 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 5 6
Umbrafer (11:35:06 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
Umbrafer (11:35:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:35:15 PM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 6 6 4 6 1 2 4 4 1 5 3 4
Umbrafer (11:35:25 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 5 6
Umbrafer (11:35:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (11:36:06 PM): You detect no pursuit on your way back to the garage
Thematrian1 (11:37:05 PM): Things are not quite as you left them; someone drove the two trucks into neat rows on either side of the street
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Thematrian1 (11:38:10 PM): Other than that, things are unchanged. Actions?
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Dragcrell (11:38:34 PM): (eash dame net had a fit about something)
Umbrafer (11:38:52 PM): Heading to the garage and locating the medical attention.
Umbrafer (11:39:07 PM): At least we found the doc before all this happened.
Thematrian1 (11:39:49 PM): You enter through the people door. There's a ring of people standing around one of the hydraulic jacks. Accident's in the middle, talking to a bald boy of about ten, who's sitting on the jack and listening to him.
Dragcrell (11:39:52 PM): ya
Thematrian1 (11:39:59 PM): (Seriously. Without Jeremy, this might have been rough)
Thematrian1 (11:40:17 PM): Jeremy's not in immediate view
Umbrafer (11:40:21 PM): (It's still rough.)
Umbrafer (11:40:22 PM): Oh dear.
Umbrafer (11:40:28 PM): A familiar-looking bald boy of about ten?
Thematrian1 (11:40:33 PM): The very same
Umbrafer (11:40:40 PM): I'm not sure which answer would have been worse.
Thematrian1 (11:41:15 PM): (Yeah. The knowledge that there are two such boys in the world would be some creepy)
Dragcrell (11:41:28 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 3 1 5 6
Dragcrell (11:41:36 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:41:41 PM): What was his name? Do I remember?
Thematrian1 (11:42:08 PM): Hm. Roll Intelligence
Umbrafer (11:42:31 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 2 5 3 2 3 6 5
Umbrafer (11:42:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (11:43:15 PM): It was "Aaron"
Thematrian1 (11:44:06 PM): A few people in the crowd turn around as you enter; Accident remains focused on the boy
Thematrian1 (11:45:03 PM): actions?
Umbrafer (11:45:24 PM): *Stumbles in, mumbling an incoherent greeting under her breath and heading to find the doc* Also listening to what snatches of conversation I can on my way.
Thematrian1 (11:46:07 PM): Aaron is speaking. "...grant you it's a difficult situation. But it's made worse by your own fear!"
Umbrafer (11:46:24 PM): *Blink, pause, turn*
Thematrian1 (11:46:33 PM): Jeremy isn't in the crowd
Thematrian1 (11:46:54 PM): "Wasps attacked this facility, right?"
Thematrian1 (11:47:07 PM): ::general murmur of agreement:: Accident looks impassive
Thematrian1 (11:47:44 PM): "They claim to have blocked every road out of Chicago, but how is that possible?"
Thematrian1 (11:48:15 PM): "They've got great power, but they're not superhuman. There is a way out, and you are perfect set up to find it."
Thematrian1 (11:48:25 PM): The murmurs are trending thoughtful.
Thematrian1 (11:49:25 PM): "My friends are offering a large reward for a way out of Chicago. We're people of peace, of serenity. We don't know much about fighting. But we're very wealthy."
Thematrian1 (11:50:09 PM): "If we work together, your people and mine, we can get everyone out, right under Knight Errant's nose! But we have to be quick."
Dragcrell (11:50:37 PM): *Walks in with Blake over a shoulder and stops next to Alex* "Wherrre to?"
Thematrian1 (11:51:43 PM): Aaron breaks off momentarily to stare at SC. He recovers his composure, and continues.
Dragcrell (11:53:25 PM): *lightly taps Alex on the shoulder with there free hand*
Thematrian1 (11:53:27 PM): "My parents managed to speak with the Universal Brotherhood center in Seattle."
Umbrafer (11:53:46 PM): *Snaps back to reality* "Wha? Oh, come on."
Thematrian1 (11:53:51 PM): "They've promised us some help, whenever and wherever we choose to make our move."
Umbrafer (11:54:04 PM): *Heads off in search of Jeremy*
Dragcrell (11:54:17 PM): *follows Alex*
Thematrian1 (11:54:22 PM): Aaron's gentle voice fades into the distance.
Thematrian1 (11:54:38 PM): You find Jeremy in the kitchen, eating slices of that restraunt's soysteak.
Umbrafer (11:54:52 PM): "Hey."
Thematrian1 (11:54:55 PM): He takes in Blake's condition at a glance, and moves to wash his hands.
Dragcrell (11:54:56 PM): "Odd child."
Thematrian1 (11:55:16 PM): Jeremy somehow wound up with that dikoted knife, by the way.
Thematrian1 (11:55:35 PM): "My things are in the left office. Move him in, and I'll get started."
Umbrafer (11:55:39 PM): Heh
Thematrian1 (11:56:04 PM): Blake gets medical care, Alex and Shadowcat look on, and that's a wrap.
MilesMk1 (11:56:22 PM): We live!
Umbrafer (11:56:25 PM): I think this time we'll actually have to spend the time for us to heal somewhat.
Umbrafer (11:56:35 PM): And to repair the Kimji and Spider.
Dragcrell (11:56:39 PM): heheheheheheehe
Umbrafer (11:56:40 PM): I miss Spider.
Thematrian1 (11:56:58 PM): (Been reading Anansi Boys?)
MilesMk1 (11:57:09 PM): Yeah... Unless Gedeon gets in and is able to use his pain-killing spells on me, I'm not going to be at high efficiency for a bit.
Umbrafer (11:57:24 PM): (I haven't, actually)
Thematrian1 (11:57:24 PM): Next week: healing! recovery! Repair! Creepy ten year olds!
Umbrafer (11:57:29 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (11:57:43 PM): Sunday, Sunday, Sunday at the M-M-M-M-Monster Dome!!!
Umbrafer (11:57:45 PM): Oh
Dragcrell (11:57:54 PM): lol
delioch (11:57:59 PM): so what is your group consist of, archtype wise?
Umbrafer (11:58:06 PM): There's a chance that I may not be able to make it Thursday. I'll update you all as appropriate.
Dragcrell (11:58:11 PM): *cough*
Thematrian1 (11:58:33 PM): We've got Blake the street samurai, Alex the rigger, Shadowcat the...knife adept, I guess, and Gedeon the mage (presently on hiatus)
delioch (11:58:52 PM): ok
Thematrian1 (11:59:12 PM): Until recently they had a second adept, I guess, but the player had to drop out for time reasons
delioch (11:59:22 PM): sounds like your only missing spec. ops
MilesMk1 (11:59:29 PM): Hey, BTW, am I getting the "Not at hospital or clinic" +2 mod, or did Jeremy get enough of his gear out here to emulate the effects of real medical care?
Thematrian1 (11:59:39 PM): Jeremy has the good stuff. No penalty
MilesMk1 (11:59:43 PM): Actually, most of the time it feels like we're missing more magic.
Umbrafer (11:59:45 PM): Also Rock the Something, also on hiatus (possibly permanent, though I'm hoping he'll come back after the semester)
Thematrian1 (11:59:50 PM): And a face
MilesMk1 (12:00:06 AM): But that could be Bug City and its insidious influence.
Thematrian1 (12:00:07 AM): I don't think anyone has Negotiation
delioch (12:00:12 AM): what a face do again
MilesMk1 (12:00:19 AM): Social stuff.
Thematrian1 (12:00:19 AM): Yeah, assuming you guys make it out of BC, things may balance out
Umbrafer (12:00:30 AM): (We're also missing a Decker)
MilesMk1 (12:00:36 AM): Ok, so my healing roll is vs. TN 3. Excellent.
Umbrafer (12:00:46 AM): (Won't come up for a while, though)
Thematrian1 (12:00:48 AM): well, hang on. You were at 7 boxes, right?
MilesMk1 (12:01:00 AM): Of damage?
MilesMk1 (12:01:02 AM): No, 3.
Thematrian1 (12:01:03 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 4 1 1 2 2 6 1
Thematrian1 (12:01:10 AM): right...really? Oh. Good times.
MilesMk1 (12:01:23 AM): I managed to apply first aid to myself and knock the S down to M.
Thematrian1 (12:01:26 AM): ah yes
delioch (12:01:36 AM): well, if you would have me i have a spec. ops character who has social stuff on top of the other stuff.
Dragcrell (12:01:52 AM): well as there shouldn't be any need for me here now I'm off have fun and hope to see you some time soon then Delioch
Thematrian1 (12:02:01 AM): ok, sleep well
MilesMk1 (12:02:03 AM): See ya.
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delioch (12:02:08 AM): thanx, see you
Thematrian1 (12:03:13 AM): well, I'd be glad to have you. You really should look into Jon's game, though; it's in more desperate need of players than this one
Umbrafer (12:03:17 AM): I'm not sure I want to know what my healing roll is against.
Thematrian1 (12:03:27 AM): why would it be bad?
MilesMk1 (12:03:30 AM): Ok, let me see about that healing test... (just to have an idea how long I'll be out)
delioch (12:03:43 AM): so you don't use the same characters then
delioch (12:04:00 AM): in his game that is
MilesMk1 (12:04:06 AM): Though - and this is not my way of saying you shouldn't consider the Thursday game - that one already has a "spec ops" type of character.
Thematrian1 (12:04:19 AM): and a face, come to that
Thematrian1 (12:04:40 AM): The Thursday group needs muscle, is what it needs
delioch (12:04:46 AM): i have a special place in my heart for spec. ops
MilesMk1 (12:04:59 AM): Nah, that one has... Yeah, a spec-ops/electronics guy, a face/mage, and a rigger (in potentia).
Umbrafer (12:05:10 AM): It has muscle until Pusher leaves.
delioch (12:05:20 AM): wow, thats werid
Thematrian1 (12:05:40 AM): it's an odd group. Almost the perfect balance for a 3-person team
Thematrian1 (12:06:07 AM): but yeah, this group is short an infiltration specialist, and really needs someone who can tell convincing lies
Umbrafer (12:06:21 AM): Alex could do a decent job of it if she ever left the van
MilesMk1 (12:06:28 AM): The spec ops guy and the face in the Thursday game are really good at getting into places together/
Thematrian1 (12:06:30 AM): That tends to ge ther shot
Umbrafer (12:06:37 AM): Well, she's only looking at Neg 3
delioch (12:06:39 AM): i'mya i noticed,... good at that.
delioch (12:06:56 AM): uops, i'm good at that
Umbrafer (12:07:02 AM): Actually, I have yet to be harmed while outside the van
MilesMk1 (12:07:10 AM): Really nice synergy... What we can't bypass, we can BS our way past.
Umbrafer (12:07:10 AM): It's while I'm inside that I take all of my damage.
MilesMk1 (12:07:29 AM): Anyway... Healing roll.
MilesMk1 (12:07:32 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 4 6 1
MilesMk1 (12:07:42 AM): Excellent.
Thematrian1 (12:07:42 AM): not bad at all
Thematrian1 (12:07:48 AM): Alex: what's your healing TN
MilesMk1 (12:07:50 AM): I'll be down to a L wound in two days.
delioch (12:08:15 AM): well, i have a character ready... if you want i can send its scream sheet out to you
MilesMk1 (12:08:33 AM): And after that, it's just going to be a matter of hours to get rid of that L wound.
Umbrafer (12:08:44 AM): Let me see.
delioch (12:08:45 AM): he not like the original... but someday..
Thematrian1 (12:08:50 AM): hang on, let me set you up a place to put her
Thematrian1 (12:09:52 AM): her, him, whatever
Umbrafer (12:10:41 AM): Hm.
Umbrafer (12:10:54 AM): Unless we can scrape up the equivalent of a High Lifestyle, it looks like I'm not healing.
MilesMk1 (12:11:08 AM): You're still at S?
Umbrafer (12:11:12 AM): Yeah
Umbrafer (12:11:24 AM): Thanks to Gedeon's spell I'm only taking mods at M level, but I'm still S.
Umbrafer (12:11:29 AM): 8 boxes, to be precise.
MilesMk1 (12:11:39 AM): Well, he did just say Jeremy has enough medical gear he can put someone up in a clinic-like setting.
delioch (12:11:57 AM): whys your mage out right now?
MilesMk1 (12:12:21 AM): Which IIRC is good enough for you to heal.
Umbrafer (12:12:52 AM): If I can heal and there are no positive mods, I'm looking at TN 6.
Thematrian1 (12:12:55 AM): OOC, he's been attenting a minatures tournament. IC, well, you'll see
Thematrian1 (12:12:59 AM): None that I know of
Umbrafer (12:13:15 AM): Roll for it?
Thematrian1 (12:13:27 AM): by all means
Umbrafer (12:13:35 AM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 6 1 3
Umbrafer (12:13:55 AM): One moment while I debate whether or not to take the 1/6 chance and karma.
Thematrian1 (12:14:03 AM): heh heh heh
Umbrafer (12:14:08 AM): If I don't, I'm looking at 20 days to reach M.
delioch (12:14:29 AM): mini tournament.... ok
Umbrafer (12:14:43 AM): I'll risk it.
Umbrafer (12:14:45 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (12:14:47 AM): Whew.
Umbrafer (12:14:52 AM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 4
Umbrafer (12:14:56 AM): Ten days.
Thematrian1 (12:15:48 AM): very cool
Thematrian1 (12:16:03 AM): would someone without total admin access go make sure I set up delioch's forum correctly?
Umbrafer (12:16:11 AM): Hehehe
Thematrian1 (12:16:21 AM): ...by which I mean you, Matt, I guess
Umbrafer (12:16:23 AM): Not a lot of choices there :)
Thematrian1 (12:16:30 AM): being the only person in the chat not allowed to access it
MilesMk1 (12:16:41 AM): I don't see it. I guess that means it's set up correctly.
Umbrafer (12:17:15 AM): Oh, also, phpBB's registration system sucks.
Umbrafer (12:18:02 AM): Even if you require all accounts to be approved (theoretically), it's still default-permit, it just doesn't grant posting rights
MilesMk1 (12:18:14 AM): Hey... Does the fact we're back and resting mean we finally get Karma again? :)
Umbrafer (12:18:34 AM): Which is to say, you need to go and manually delete the three thousand spam accounts registered but not approved, rather than them just being stuck in the aether.
MilesMk1 (12:18:43 AM): I mean, both recover our Karma pools and get a Karma reward?
Thematrian1 (12:18:53 AM): yes. Karma refreshes, you get a karma award
MilesMk1 (12:19:08 AM): Excellent.
Umbrafer (12:19:09 AM): Woot.
Thematrian1 (12:19:24 AM): I'll decide which one by thursday; if I haven't then bug me
MilesMk1 (12:19:37 AM): Will do.
MilesMk1 (12:20:07 AM): Though unless it's less than 5, I get another point of Karma Pool.
MilesMk1 (12:20:16 AM): *happy dance*
Thematrian1 (12:20:29 AM): It's greater than five, I can promise that much
MilesMk1 (12:21:10 AM): Beautiful. Now to get my 100+ karma butt out of Chicago.
MilesMk1 (12:22:04 AM): And man, I am so tempted to try to save up enough Karma to actually raise my Willpower, after this last session...
MilesMk1 (12:22:29 AM): But I won't. There's just so much other stuff I could use...
Umbrafer (12:23:09 AM): *Must… get… sixth… point… of… Russian…)
Umbrafer (12:23:10 AM): **
Umbrafer (12:23:52 AM): Or I could try saving up for the twenty-seven points required for that last point of Intelligence
Thematrian1 (12:24:13 AM): Gem's saving 40 for her next Initiation. My sympathy is low to negative
Umbrafer (12:24:19 AM): Hehehe
MilesMk1 (12:24:20 AM): Ooh, BTW... this is Blake: http://members.cox.net/simmons07/5%20-%20Blake.jpg
Umbrafer (12:24:25 AM): Seriously?
Umbrafer (12:24:42 AM): Right, I keep forgetting she's already an initiate
MilesMk1 (12:24:44 AM): Love having the chance to show off my character drawing... :)
Umbrafer (12:24:51 AM): Despite you summoning Great Forms all the time.
delioch (12:25:09 AM): very nice
MilesMk1 (12:25:27 AM): ...though I have to admit it's not one I did. :P
delioch (12:25:51 AM): let me get mine up here in a min
MilesMk1 (12:26:00 AM): Got lucky when a guy on Dumpshock was offering to draw character portraits.
Umbrafer (12:29:40 AM): Other major possibilities for karma involve buying up Willpower, buying up Body, and finally improving my core skills (Gunnery, Cars, and/or Rotorcrat)
Umbrafer (12:29:42 AM): Or Russian.
Umbrafer (12:29:55 AM): Or a few more levels of Navajo.
MilesMk1 (12:30:04 AM): I think you have Russian well covered by now...
Thematrian1 (12:30:13 AM): The three R's: Rotorcraft, Russian, and...Runnery
Umbrafer (12:30:22 AM): I've only got it at 5!
MilesMk1 (12:30:28 AM): I still have 14 unused karma... After this, I'm going to have over 20.
Umbrafer (12:30:35 AM): Or there's SUT
Umbrafer (12:30:40 AM): That could well be worthwhile
MilesMk1 (12:30:44 AM): I'll really need to think of some way of spending it.
MilesMk1 (12:31:23 AM): One thing's damn sure, it's sort of pointless for me to raise combat skills, not aving a catch-all like Gunnery...
Umbrafer (12:31:38 AM): It isn't pointless, just expensive.
Thematrian1 (12:31:45 AM): I dunno; Pole/Staff has done well for you
MilesMk1 (12:31:59 AM): Well, yes. I meant raising things above 6.
MilesMk1 (12:32:27 AM): I mean, one lousy extra die in ARs or Pistols costs me 14 karma.
Umbrafer (12:32:32 AM): Well, depends on the linked attribute.
MilesMk1 (12:32:55 AM): Can't get Quickness up until I get a chance to spend some money and get bioware...
MilesMk1 (12:33:00 AM): Bah, I'll sleep on it.
Umbrafer (12:33:04 AM): I happen to be lucky—Gunnery is linked to Intelligence, which is sky-high, and the rest of my core skills are linked to Reaction, which is indirectly tied to Intelligence.
MilesMk1 (12:33:17 AM): See you guys Thursday. Maybe.
Umbrafer (12:33:20 AM): On the other hand, Muscle Toner actually helps you.
Umbrafer (12:33:25 AM): Yeah, I'll fire off an email and let you know
Thematrian1 (12:33:28 AM): Yeah, I need to walk home still, so I'm going to bed. I'll see you all later
MilesMk1 (12:33:33 AM): Night.
MilesMk1 (12:33:45 AM): See you around, delioch.
Thematrian1 (12:33:49 AM): delioch, post any questions you may have and I'll answer as best I can. Sleep well, everybody
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delioch (12:34:04 AM): night
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