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CirclMastr (8:48:12 PM): Yarr and suchlike.
MilesMk1 (8:48:33 PM): Evening.
MilesMk1 (8:49:08 PM): Ok, so far, I'm having limited success willing Seiler to get here.
MilesMk1 (8:49:16 PM): I'll put that down to fatigue.
Umbrafer (8:49:30 PM): We'll forgive you. This time.
Umbrafer (8:49:34 PM): ;)
CirclMastr (8:49:43 PM): I won't!
Umbrafer (8:49:55 PM): Anyway, when we last left our antiheroes…
Umbrafer (8:50:32 PM): There was some discussion of death machines
Umbrafer (8:50:42 PM): Glitch wandered off
MilesMk1 (8:50:45 PM): When I left, Hound was asking the Johnson about Santa and ponies, and Glitch was examing the wall over urinals.
Umbrafer (8:50:47 PM): Hound was hitting on the Johnson
Umbrafer (8:51:05 PM): (That all finished up.)
Umbrafer (8:51:19 PM): Glitch's stuff first. What is he doing immediately post-meet?
MilesMk1 (8:52:32 PM): Uh... I'd suggest we wait untill Gem finishes her magical rites, and gets in touch with us, then...
MilesMk1 (8:52:54 PM): Hmm. Maybe run a matrix search on the publisher we're supposed to hit?
MilesMk1 (8:53:22 PM): Assuming I can do that using a normal computer, since I don't own a deck.
MilesMk1 (8:53:25 PM): I don't think, anyway.
MilesMk1 (8:53:49 PM): (There were decks floating around, but IIRC Gem had one, and Macleod walked off with the other.)
CirclMastr (8:54:05 PM): (Gem had the nicer one)
Umbrafer (8:54:31 PM): Roll it. Computers for a Saeder-Kroogle search, Etiquette (Matrix) for asking around on mailing lists and fora.
Umbrafer (8:55:16 PM): Unless you specify otherwise, I'm assuming your inquiries to be entirely nonincriminating (what with you not being the decker and all).
MilesMk1 (8:55:27 PM): ("Beware the door-to-door free breast exam guy." How's that for a news headline?)
CirclMastr (8:55:32 PM): (I thought we decided Google was a multinational in its own right by 2055)
CirclMastr (8:55:50 PM): (The guy was 76, the scam was wasted on him)
Umbrafer (8:55:53 PM): (No. Got eaten.)
MilesMk1 (8:55:57 PM): Can I just use Etiquette, or do I need the specialization?
Umbrafer (8:56:01 PM): (Dare I ask about this news article?)
Umbrafer (8:56:11 PM): You can always use the base skill unless specified otherwise.
MilesMk1 (8:56:16 PM): (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12409277/from/RS.5/)
CirclMastr (8:56:19 PM): (It is what it sounds like. Guy goes door-to-door claiming to offer free breast exams)
MilesMk1 (8:56:33 PM): Ok... Compuers first:
MilesMk1 (8:56:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 1 2 6 5 3 1
MilesMk1 (8:56:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (8:56:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (8:56:49 PM): Etiquette
MilesMk1 (8:56:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 5 3 6 5 3 5 6
MilesMk1 (8:56:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
MilesMk1 (8:57:08 PM): And, yes, all non-incriminating stuff.
Umbrafer (8:57:21 PM): You and your 'softs. Some forumite calls you a n00b, but otherwise you get some intel. Let's see…
MilesMk1 (8:57:23 PM): Ideally done from a matrix cafe or something, rather than my apartment.
Umbrafer (8:58:29 PM): They do multimedia of all shapes and sizes, as well as some Matrix dev work on the side.
Umbrafer (8:58:56 PM): They cater almost entirely to Elven writers/whatever-you-call-the-people-who-make-2050s-multimedia
Umbrafer (8:59:39 PM): Their primary claim to fame is that they have exclusive rights to the publication of the works of Ehran "the Scribe".
Umbrafer (9:01:44 PM): The most interesting note about them is on a security-related board—they apparently maintain a small staff of in-house security, though on a relatively loose rotation and without lethal arms.
CirclMastr (9:02:29 PM): ("You can't hug your children with nuclear arms!")
Umbrafer (9:02:51 PM): (You can hug everyone with nuclear arms.)
CirclMastr (9:04:59 PM): ("Aww, nobody loves Oily Homer...")
MilesMk1 (9:05:20 PM): Hmm.
MilesMk1 (9:05:33 PM): And no mention of magical security, anywhere?
MilesMk1 (9:05:48 PM): Can I do enother search, this one on Ehran?
Umbrafer (9:05:55 PM): Yep
Umbrafer (9:06:11 PM): There is a link to a contracted security provider who does mention astral flybys as one of the services they offer.
Umbrafer (9:06:26 PM): For in-house assets, nothing is mentioned.
MilesMk1 (9:10:03 PM): Was that, yep, no mention, or yep, I can search for Ehran?
Umbrafer (9:10:15 PM): Yep you can search.
Umbrafer (9:10:33 PM): The bit about the security provider was the response to the magical security question.
MilesMk1 (9:11:09 PM): Computers:
MilesMk1 (9:11:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 5 3 5 1 4 1 6
MilesMk1 (9:11:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:11:27 PM): Etiquette:
MilesMk1 (9:11:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1
MilesMk1 (9:11:34 PM): ...
Umbrafer (9:11:51 PM): A lot of people are willing to talk to you about Ehran. Unfortunately, very little of it is helpful.
MilesMk1 (9:11:52 PM): Ok, I get into a flame war, apparently.
Umbrafer (9:12:11 PM): Well, it does seem like there are more Humanis trolls out than usual…
Umbrafer (9:12:32 PM): The Matrix search, on the other hand, turns up a fair bit of information. What sorts of things do you want to know?
Umbrafer (9:12:43 PM): (Much of it is talk show appearances and excerpts from his previous books)
MilesMk1 (9:13:43 PM): Who is he? Does he have a lot of power? Is he likely to send a squad of ghosts to kill us for burning his book?
Umbrafer (9:14:48 PM): He's an Elf. He holds a position in the Tir government, but it appears to be mostly a sinecure—Secretary of Elven Heritage.
Umbrafer (9:16:04 PM): He appears to have been a big mover and shaker back in the formation of the Tir, one of the leaders of the movement. Rather than increasing his power, he seems to have parlayed that into a cushy job with good pay and no real respons
Umbrafer (9:16:07 PM): *responsibility
MilesMk1 (9:16:31 PM): Hmm.
Umbrafer (9:16:49 PM): Spends a lot of time on the talk show circuit, though some of his dryer books are legitimately praised by sociologists and social theorists.
MilesMk1 (9:16:59 PM): Ok, so no apparent reason to worry too much. Especially given what we just did to a nuclear power plant.
Umbrafer (9:17:04 PM): :)
Umbrafer (9:18:56 PM): Anything else?
MilesMk1 (9:19:54 PM): Can't think of anything, until we get serious about the run, but for that, we'd need everyone
MilesMk1 (9:20:08 PM): Hound?
CirclMastr (9:20:36 PM): I've got nothing going on until tomorrow
Umbrafer (9:21:03 PM): A few hours pass by. Remind me, how many phones do you have?
CirclMastr (9:21:31 PM): Who?
Umbrafer (9:21:39 PM): Glitch.
MilesMk1 (9:21:55 PM): I never specified more than... Hmm, I did say I was stealing all my services, so I suppose a land line, and a cell, which is what I use for most work stuff.
Umbrafer (9:22:14 PM): Well, it's the cell that starts ringing.
MilesMk1 (9:22:54 PM): "Hello?"
Umbrafer (9:23:16 PM): "Mr. Glitch?" It's the somewhat harried-sounding voice of, unless you miss your guess, the Johnson.
MilesMk1 (9:23:32 PM): "This is he."
MilesMk1 (9:23:45 PM): (Hound, what did you do?)
CirclMastr (9:23:57 PM): ("Your partner is a freak, he kept hitting on me and talking about Santa!")
MilesMk1 (9:24:02 PM): (::))
MilesMk1 (9:24:41 PM): (I knew this was going too smoothly)
Umbrafer (9:24:44 PM): "I'm really sorry about this, I just got word that the instructions were wrong. The client wants the manuscript taken, repeat taken, not destroyed. Everything else, including the datastore, remains the same."
Umbrafer (9:24:58 PM): "I'm really sorry about this, I can offer an extra three for the inconvenience."
Umbrafer (9:25:32 PM): (Change one of those apologies to a different wording. I'm working on too little sleep.)
CirclMastr (9:25:50 PM): ("We regret to inform you...")
MilesMk1 (9:26:21 PM): "I see. That's fine, provided these are the final instructions?"
Umbrafer (9:26:49 PM): "Yes. Any other changes and I'm calling this a success and we all go home."
MilesMk1 (9:27:19 PM): "Ah. Very well - I'll notify you in the manner we discussed?"
Umbrafer (9:27:49 PM): "Yes."
MilesMk1 (9:28:40 PM): "All right."
Umbrafer (9:28:53 PM): (Also, since she wouldn't have made this mistake, replace "everything else" with "all other instructions")
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MilesMk1 (9:29:56 PM): "So, is there anything else? A pony, perhaps?"
Thematrian1 (9:30:07 PM): (I clearly came in at the right time)
MilesMk1 (9:30:22 PM): (Glitch says in a mild and joking manner)
Umbrafer (9:30:36 PM): Roll Etiquette to identify the sound on the other end of the phone.
MilesMk1 (9:30:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 6 4 6 4 6 2 3
MilesMk1 (9:30:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 3 3
Umbrafer (9:31:26 PM): As far as you can tell it's amusement.
Thematrian1 (9:31:43 PM): (Anyone mind filling me in on the hour's events?)
CirclMastr (9:31:59 PM): (More like the 15 minutes)
MilesMk1 (9:32:01 PM): Ok... I just wait for her to respond / say good bye / hang up
Thematrian1 (9:32:21 PM): (Would anyone who's not reflexively bitter mind filling me in on the hour's events?)
Umbrafer (9:32:32 PM): She offers a generic goodbye and hangs up.
CirclMastr (9:32:46 PM): (Glitch got a call, we're supposed to steal the manuscript, not destroy it)
MilesMk1 (9:32:55 PM): Ok... I notify Hound of the change, and also try Gem's number again.
Thematrian1 (9:33:00 PM): (That's good news. And a change in our mission orders)
Thematrian1 (9:33:10 PM): ::picks up:: "What?"
MilesMk1 (9:33:42 PM): (Did we get through to Gem last session, after I left?)
MilesMk1 (9:33:45 PM): (If not...)
Umbrafer (9:34:04 PM): (Gem did some stuff after this conversation, but this conversation hasn't been had.)
Thematrian1 (9:34:25 PM): (What he said. The post-call research is going to go really quickly)
MilesMk1 (9:34:30 PM): "Hey there... Work beckons, again. Is this a bad time? Should I call back?"
Thematrian1 (9:34:51 PM): Bitterly: "I just got back. Don't worry, I don't have any demands on my time."
MilesMk1 (9:35:09 PM): (...did you fail your initiation, or something?)
MilesMk1 (9:35:16 PM): (does that mean lost karma?)
Thematrian1 (9:35:19 PM): (Nope. The group rejected me)
Thematrian1 (9:35:32 PM): (You can't fail to initiate, but you can blow the Joining A Group roll)
Umbrafer (9:35:39 PM): (It does mean lost karma, but not huge amounts)
Umbrafer (9:35:46 PM): (And you can fail to initiate, but only if you use an Ordeal)
MilesMk1 (9:35:50 PM): (So, you didn't initiate, then?)
CirclMastr (9:35:52 PM): (Retributive strike!)
Thematrian1 (9:35:53 PM): (No)
Thematrian1 (9:35:56 PM): (No I did not)
MilesMk1 (9:36:02 PM): (Damn.)
MilesMk1 (9:36:11 PM): (Sorry... Can you try again?)
Umbrafer (9:36:11 PM): (She'd be out for another week or so if she was initiating)
Umbrafer (9:36:21 PM): (I mean, not necessarily.)
Thematrian1 (9:36:22 PM): (In a game month, yeha)
Umbrafer (9:36:30 PM): (Sometimes it's an hour, sometimes a fortnight)
Thematrian1 (9:37:22 PM): (Anyway, Gem's on the phone, and she's grumpy)
MilesMk1 (9:39:11 PM): "Did the mysterious magical... things... go badly? Sorry... Would 28K make you feel better?"
Thematrian1 (9:39:37 PM): Noticably less bitter: "Depends what I have to do to get it."
MilesMk1 (9:39:58 PM): "Literary criticism."
Thematrian1 (9:40:12 PM): "Pass"
MilesMk1 (9:40:13 PM): "Actually, 29K, now that I think about it."
Thematrian1 (9:40:59 PM): "Oh, well then, that's different."
Thematrian1 (9:41:22 PM): "Want to come tell me the details?"
MilesMk1 (9:41:46 PM): "Want me to pick you up, so we can talk abo... Yeah, sure."
MilesMk1 (9:42:09 PM): "I'll need to let Hound know about the meeting to... any place you want to go?"
MilesMk1 (9:42:13 PM): too
Thematrian1 (9:42:31 PM): "Let's get some food; I'm ravenous."
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MilesMk1 (9:42:58 PM): Do I know what kind of food Gem likes?
CirclMastr (9:43:14 PM): (The blood of her foes)
Umbrafer (9:43:18 PM): You're asking me? ;)
Thematrian1 (9:43:26 PM): No. She probably can't name any restraunts around here, though, or she would have.
MilesMk1 (9:43:42 PM): Ah.
MilesMk1 (9:43:54 PM): "How about a <sushi place>?"
Thematrian1 (9:44:00 PM): "Works for me."
MilesMk1 (9:44:11 PM): "Ok, I'll give Hound a call, then come over to get you."
Umbrafer (9:44:16 PM): With or without known Yakuza ties?
Thematrian1 (9:44:23 PM): "Sure thing. I'll be outside on the sidewalk."
Umbrafer (9:44:41 PM): (And how upscale?)
CirclMastr (9:44:56 PM): (I don't even want to think about what fake raw fish would taste like)
MilesMk1 (9:45:03 PM): As long as that's not a problem for us independent shadowrunners, Yakuza. Adds color.
MilesMk1 (9:45:11 PM): And upscale enough to have real food.
Thematrian1 (9:45:15 PM): On the arms of the chefs, to be precise.
Umbrafer (9:45:40 PM): It generally isn't. It slightly increases the chances of a shootout, but slightly decreases the chances of an off-duty officer sitting at the next table. Trade-offs.
MilesMk1 (9:46:17 PM): I'm trying to make Gem feel better, so let's say someplace it'd cost me... around 100-200 yen per person, since I'll offer to pay.
Thematrian1 (9:46:22 PM): aww
MilesMk1 (9:46:35 PM): Hound better not have fish allergies.
Thematrian1 (9:46:51 PM): (And if it's 1Y = $1, that's the best damn sushi in the world, right there)
Umbrafer (9:46:52 PM): Anzai's Neon Suchi Parlour aims to please.
Umbrafer (9:46:56 PM): *Sushi
Umbrafer (9:46:58 PM): Brain dead
Umbrafer (9:47:08 PM): (Not really.)
Umbrafer (9:47:20 PM): (Harrods in real life is at least that expensive if you're having any meaningful quantity.)
Umbrafer (9:47:29 PM): (But the sushi there is worth /every cent/.)
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CirclMastr (9:48:42 PM): (Y'know, I've never had sushi)
Umbrafer (9:48:50 PM): (?)
CirclMastr (9:49:00 PM): (I've had sashimi, but not sushi)
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Umbrafer (9:49:08 PM): (Curious.)
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Thematrian1 (9:49:13 PM): (Mmmm, good times then)
Thematrian1 (9:50:28 PM): I loiter, and get in Glitch's car when he shows up.
Umbrafer (9:50:40 PM): Your loitering pays off. One Glitch later…
CirclMastr (9:50:47 PM): What time is it if/when Glitch calls Hound?
MilesMk1 (9:50:54 PM): *Glitch arrives*
MilesMk1 (9:51:55 PM): (If you had sahimi, you basically had sushi... assuming you've eaten rice before ;))
MilesMk1 (9:52:18 PM): I'm not sure what time it is... I was thinking, early/mid evening.
Umbrafer (9:52:56 PM): (That's not quite true, proper sushi will have rice seasoned so that it is meaningfully different from ordinary rice)
Umbrafer (9:53:04 PM): (I mean, what with the rice being the defining ingredient and all)
MilesMk1 (9:53:50 PM): (True... On the other hand, with most common sushi, I don't think there's a huge difference.)
CirclMastr (9:53:56 PM): (I'm pretty sure the meet with the Johnson was over dinner, so I think early evening is not a possibility)
Umbrafer (9:54:20 PM): (It's at least midnight if Gem's there, which she is)
MilesMk1 (9:54:30 PM): (The bending of time and space to fit the plot is a mysterious thing.)
Umbrafer (9:54:38 PM): (Sooth.)
Thematrian1 (9:54:38 PM): (Midnight sushi, ain't nothin' wrong with that)
MilesMk1 (9:55:15 PM): (Well, ok, midnight, then. Most people who know what they're doing don't even start to party until 11:00, so midnight is fine...)
CirclMastr (9:55:18 PM): (So the question becomes whether Glitch ever called Hound or just feared his allergies)
Umbrafer (9:55:43 PM): (Ph34r the allergies!)
MilesMk1 (9:56:04 PM): (Oh.. I could have sworn I said he was calling... Yeah, he definitely did.)
Thematrian1 (9:57:04 PM): (Something for the Tuesday game: http://asteroid.divnull.com/?p=70 )
Thematrian1 (9:57:20 PM): so, we all make it to the sushi place intact?
Umbrafer (9:58:18 PM): Unless someone has something highly dangerous or illegal to do
Thematrian1 (9:58:52 PM): I think I'm good
CirclMastr (9:58:57 PM): Given that Hound was asleep when called...
MilesMk1 (9:59:25 PM): Aw, come on...
CirclMastr (9:59:38 PM): Hey, he's gotta be up at 5 AM.
Umbrafer (9:59:49 PM): You don't need sleep, you're a Shadowrunner LO
Umbrafer (9:59:51 PM): *:P
MilesMk1 (9:59:51 PM): Well... He can go straight from sushi. :)
MilesMk1 (10:00:07 PM): Sorry, the logistic escaped me.
CirclMastr (10:00:08 PM): Heh
MilesMk1 (10:00:22 PM): logistics
CirclMastr (10:00:25 PM): *meets them there, groggy*
Thematrian1 (10:00:43 PM): ::salutes his dedication::
MilesMk1 (10:01:04 PM): "You just need a little wasabe, and you'll be more awake than every before."
CirclMastr (10:01:28 PM): "Can theyinject it directly into my eyeballs?"
MilesMk1 (10:01:34 PM): *tells the host/ess who he is*
MilesMk1 (10:01:55 PM): "Knew this guy once who cut it up into lines and snorted it. Well, once, anyway."
Thematrian1 (10:02:14 PM): ::giggle::
CirclMastr (10:02:42 PM): "Well, at least you two are in a good mood..."
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MilesMk1 (10:03:26 PM): "Did I mention I'm paying? Come on, cheer up... You can sleep when you're dead." *grins*
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CirclMastr (10:04:12 PM): "I should be so lucky."
MilesMk1 (10:05:15 PM): "Why do you need to get up so early, anyway?" *heads for the table*
CirclMastr (10:05:53 PM): "Personal commitment." *follows*
Thematrian1 (10:07:46 PM): ::joins them::
MilesMk1 (10:08:09 PM): *plays host*
MilesMk1 (10:08:22 PM): (I actually feel the way Hound does, myself...)
MilesMk1 (10:08:52 PM): (I hate doing this so often, recently, but I think I'm going to have to beg off, again. I've just been completely exhausted, lately.)
CirclMastr (10:09:00 PM): (Already? :( )
MilesMk1 (10:09:24 PM): (Well, let's keep going for now.)
MilesMk1 (10:09:49 PM): And, hey, you guys can talk/think about the job.
Umbrafer (10:10:29 PM): The sushi in this establishment is delivered via an elaborate system of pneumatic tubes, though waiters still come around serving drinks and other spillables.
Umbrafer (10:10:45 PM): It's all covered on its way to the table to minimize air exposure.
CirclMastr (10:10:57 PM): "What the fuck..."
Thematrian1 (10:11:39 PM): "The amazing falling sushi"
MilesMk1 (10:11:41 PM): "I'd have thought you'd like the mechanical stuff... Ingenious, isn't it?"
CirclMastr (10:13:04 PM): "It's not mechanical, it's pneumatic. And really odd."
Thematrian1 (10:13:14 PM): ::orders salmon::
MilesMk1 (10:13:31 PM): "... but it tastes good. And it's fast."
MilesMk1 (10:13:37 PM): "And private."
MilesMk1 (10:13:53 PM): *orders eel, and a couple of hand rolls*
CirclMastr (10:14:16 PM): *orders, uh, some random menu items at random*
Umbrafer (10:15:08 PM): You emerge with salmon, whitefish, octopus, and sea urchin.
CirclMastr (10:15:32 PM): (Isn't sea urchin the poisonous and sometimes lethal food item?)
MilesMk1 (10:15:53 PM): (Is it? The only one I know of is Fugu fish.)
Umbrafer (10:16:00 PM): (Nope, that's fugu.)
MilesMk1 (10:16:22 PM): (And only it's skin and internal organs are poisnous. Everything else is fine. :))
Umbrafer (10:16:23 PM): (They do have fugu on the menu. It's distinctive for having a price nearly an order of magnitude higher than anything else on the menu.)
MilesMk1 (10:16:24 PM): its
CirclMastr (10:16:31 PM): (Fugu - raw blowfish)
Umbrafer (10:17:08 PM): (Though some might argue that sea urchin is poisonous.)
Umbrafer (10:17:26 PM): (The taste is decent. The texture is… well, some people love it. It triggers my gag reflex almost instantly.)
CirclMastr (10:17:38 PM): ("Poisonous parts of fugu differ, depending on the kind of fugu.")
MilesMk1 (10:18:15 PM): (Never had sea urchin. It doesn't look like the kind of stuff I'd want to try.)
Umbrafer (10:18:21 PM): The sushi arrives quickly. It is /extremely/ fresh.
MilesMk1 (10:18:39 PM): (Though I also like all sorts of non-authentic stuff anyway, like Boston rolls.)
MilesMk1 (10:19:04 PM): (So my taste in sushi and maki is debatable, I suppose.)
Umbrafer (10:19:49 PM): (Hey, there's some really good nonauthentic stuff.)
MilesMk1 (10:20:07 PM): (I know, I just won't pretend to be a conoiseeur. ;))
CirclMastr (10:20:08 PM): *eats* "Not bad..."
MilesMk1 (10:20:31 PM): "Try some squid salad, it's nice."
Thematrian1 (10:20:33 PM): "Very tasty, Glitch, thank you."
MilesMk1 (10:21:04 PM): "My pleasure."
CirclMastr (10:21:19 PM): "Yeah.." *yawn* "Thanks..."
MilesMk1 (10:22:31 PM): "So, about this job." *starts telling Gem about it in between dishes*
Thematrian1 (10:24:03 PM): ::nodding::
Thematrian1 (10:24:11 PM): "Ehran, Ehran...name rings a bell."
Thematrian1 (10:24:24 PM): "Nothing distracts the mind like research..."
CirclMastr (10:24:29 PM): "Tir elf guy."
MilesMk1 (10:24:53 PM): "Minister of culture, or something."
Thematrian1 (10:25:11 PM): "Ehran, Sylvan Publishing...I'll look into them."
Thematrian1 (10:25:24 PM): "We definitely need to get a look at this book, before we deliver it."
CirclMastr (10:25:42 PM): "And make copies."
MilesMk1 (10:25:44 PM): "Did some legit searching, and the only thing that sticks in mind is the suspiciously light security."
MilesMk1 (10:26:12 PM): "Though maybe I'm just overreacting... It's not a nuclear power plant, after all."
Thematrian1 (10:26:36 PM): "They publish books. It's not as if they need much security."
MilesMk1 (10:26:37 PM): Can I roll one of my security skills to see whether what they seem to have makes sense for this sort of company?
CirclMastr (10:26:42 PM): "I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle."
Thematrian1 (10:26:48 PM): "Worst case, even if they get hit, they get delayed a bit."
Umbrafer (10:26:53 PM): Go for it.
Thematrian1 (10:26:56 PM): "It's not as if they have secrets worth stealing."
MilesMk1 (10:27:29 PM): Sec. Procedure.
MilesMk1 (10:27:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 4 6 3 2 1 6 3
MilesMk1 (10:27:40 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
MilesMk1 (10:27:43 PM): grr
MilesMk1 (10:28:31 PM): "Well... True, everything they have is supposedly getting published. I suppose all they need to worry about is someone getting it, and releasing it on the net, ahead of schedule, or something."
Umbrafer (10:28:34 PM): Pretty reasonable for a publishing company. You didn't find anything about them publishing, say, restricted-audience manuals/guides/specifications/whatever. The unusual part is that they have in-house security at all.
MilesMk1 (10:29:25 PM): "In fact, now that I think about it, for a company like theirs, the security seems heavier than normal... though still light by our standards."
Thematrian1 (10:30:26 PM): "If it's a trap, it's definitely not our employer setting it."
MilesMk1 (10:31:54 PM): "Though that last-minute change makes me wonder what's going on behind the scenes, on this."
CirclMastr (10:32:02 PM): (I just had a brilliant idea)
MilesMk1 (10:32:08 PM): "How about it, Hound, did you get anything out of her?"
Thematrian1 (10:32:09 PM): "Which reminds me: what's the timetable like?"
MilesMk1 (10:32:37 PM): "Eighteen days, but they'd prefer it if we got it done in sixteen."
CirclMastr (10:32:39 PM): "She's not planning a double-cross, though who's to say what her bosses have in mind that they haven't told her..."
MilesMk1 (10:33:04 PM): (unless I misremembered, in which case feel free to substitute the right numbers)
Umbrafer (10:33:28 PM): (That's correct.)
Thematrian1 (10:33:52 PM): "Plenty of time, and enough money to eat on. I wish I knew why your friend passed on it, Glitch."
CirclMastr (10:34:21 PM): "Maybe he thinks it's a racial thing."
Thematrian1 (10:35:08 PM): "If so, it's worthless. All they have to do is call up Ehran and have him make a copy of his backups."
MilesMk1 (10:35:09 PM): "Nothing we need to worry about... He can be a little picky, is all."
Thematrian1 (10:36:02 PM): "So he said; I just don't believe it. He passed up something this simple because it offended his dignity?"
CirclMastr (10:36:20 PM): "Maybe you could ask him."
MilesMk1 (10:36:32 PM): "Well... Actually, it wouldn't be the first time, yes."
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MilesMk1 (10:39:52 PM): "And he wasn't pushing it on me, I asked... if there was a real problem with the job, I'm sure he'd have told me." ("...nah, it's fine. He's a level 2 contact.")
Thematrian1 (10:40:10 PM): ("Ok, ok. But it is weird.")
Thematrian1 (10:40:24 PM): ("Hey guys, is it just me or am I flickering in and out of existance more than usual?")
MilesMk1 (10:40:37 PM): (Well, not if you're the one who wrote that character trait into him. :))
CirclMastr (10:40:39 PM): (No moreso than usual to me, anyway)
Thematrian1 (10:41:40 PM): "Fine."
MilesMk1 (10:41:43 PM): (Worse than some, not as bad as others.)
Umbrafer (10:42:28 PM): (Yeah, somewhat more than usual. Not, as mentioned, the worst it's been.)
Umbrafer (10:42:34 PM): (You and your ethereal ways.)
MilesMk1 (10:42:37 PM): "Hey, I'm not saying I won't be careful."
Thematrian1 (10:43:16 PM): ::nod::
MilesMk1 (10:43:18 PM): "Or that we shouldn't be."
CirclMastr (10:43:35 PM): "Yeah..." *yawn*
Thematrian1 (10:43:42 PM): "Why bother paying anyone for this run, though? I need to research, and we need a look at the facility."
Thematrian1 (10:43:52 PM): "Hound, can you overfly it and get some pictures for us?"
CirclMastr (10:43:56 PM): "Yeah..."
MilesMk1 (10:44:51 PM): "Elf politics? Maybe it's just someone's way of giving the guy a finger."
MilesMk1 (10:44:57 PM): the finger
Thematrian1 (10:45:32 PM): "For over eighty grand, though? That's a gold-plated finger."
CirclMastr (10:45:54 PM): "Is there any better kind?"
Thematrian1 (10:48:19 PM): "It may also be worthwhile to dress up as elves and scout from within."
Thematrian1 (10:48:31 PM): "Approach them with a book we want published, that sort of thing."
CirclMastr (10:48:53 PM): "Why?:
CirclMastr (10:48:56 PM): *"
MilesMk1 (10:49:28 PM): "Heh... Well, you two might have to do that, cause short of magic, I don't think anyone woul buy me as an elf."
Thematrian1 (10:51:17 PM): "I'm just thinking out loud, trying to figure out how to do our research..."
MilesMk1 (10:51:30 PM): "Sure."
Thematrian1 (10:51:31 PM): "They want the book stolen, and the Sylvan system infected. All fine."
MilesMk1 (10:52:43 PM): "We certainly have the time to look into it."
Thematrian1 (10:52:45 PM): "I wasn't there; what do we know about the Johnson?"
MilesMk1 (10:53:08 PM): "Hasn't believed in Santa since she was eight."
CirclMastr (10:53:41 PM): "Eavesdropper."
MilesMk1 (10:53:42 PM): "As for what else... Hound?"
Thematrian1 (10:53:47 PM): "O...kay. That's good. That's very good."
MilesMk1 (10:53:59 PM): "Hey, you asked her about that *before* I went to the restroom."
CirclMastr (10:54:55 PM): "There's a possibility for more work from her, which leads me to believe she doesn't intend any betrayal."
Thematrian1 (10:55:07 PM): "Head shots?"
MilesMk1 (10:55:31 PM): *does a sketch on a rice paper napkin*
MilesMk1 (10:55:35 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 5 6 3 4 6
MilesMk1 (10:55:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 4
MilesMk1 (10:55:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:55:51 PM): Ah, good old alma-mater...
Thematrian1 (10:56:18 PM): Man, you had the most productive college experience ever
Umbrafer (10:56:26 PM): You produce a half-decent sketch, though you know your old art professor would bitch about the lack of creative vision.
MilesMk1 (10:57:32 PM): Half- decent? That was an 8 and a 13! ;)
Umbrafer (10:57:45 PM): Yeah, but do you know what the mods for using a napkin are? ;)
CirclMastr (10:57:54 PM): And it's still only 2 successes.
Umbrafer (10:58:13 PM): (I'm figuring Glitch must have had a Sleep Regulator and Mnemonic Enhancement 3, and then gotten them uninstalled after college)
MilesMk1 (10:59:23 PM): (I know, I'm being somewhat facetious, though by the letter of the Edge, I suppose all the ways I use it are legit)
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Umbrafer (10:59:49 PM): (Yeah, they totally are. I'm not complaining, I'm just making fun of you. Get used to it ;) )
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Thematrian1 (11:00:09 PM): (This is admiration, not complaint. I'd never looked seriously at the defaulting edges)
Umbrafer (11:00:45 PM): (It's the entire point of the edge, after all.)
CirclMastr (11:02:41 PM): (Anyway)
MilesMk1 (11:03:21 PM): "Always thought about getting an eye camera..."
MilesMk1 (11:03:41 PM): "Along with four or five other things I ran out of room for."
MilesMk1 (11:04:29 PM): "Don't suppose you got anything, Hound?"
CirclMastr (11:05:15 PM): *shakes head* "At the meets I don't show up in person for, I can try that sort of thing, but not if I'm going to be sitting there."
MilesMk1 (11:05:30 PM): "Right."
Thematrian1 (11:07:53 PM): Ok. If there isn't anything else, I guess we part ways, and I go home to do research.
Umbrafer (11:08:19 PM): You research. Shockingly enough, you find out everything you found out last week.
MilesMk1 (11:08:23 PM): "Have some more." *points at the menu*
CirclMastr (11:08:24 PM): I try to catch a couple hours before getting up again.
Umbrafer (11:08:26 PM): Someday we'll stop timewalking.
MilesMk1 (11:08:37 PM): (Though I'm all for breaking.)
Thematrian1 (11:09:42 PM): (Yeah, I'm actually kinda beat too)
CirclMastr (11:10:12 PM): :(
Umbrafer (11:10:36 PM): (I must admit to having the merest thread of consciousness left in me)
CirclMastr (11:10:54 PM): :(
MilesMk1 (11:11:17 PM): (The pain of different time zones.)
MilesMk1 (11:12:45 PM): (All right guys, see you next week.)
MilesMk1 (11:12:55 PM): (Good night.)
CirclMastr (11:13:02 PM): (G'night)
Thematrian1 (11:13:04 PM): sleep well
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Umbrafer (11:13:17 PM): (Sleep well, all)
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