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MilesMk1 (8:34:22 PM): Evening.
Umbrafer (8:34:30 PM): Just to warn everyone, there will be a slight delay as I deal with food in a few minutes. We should be ready soon.
Thematrian1 (8:34:32 PM): you know what I'm not doing right now?
MilesMk1 (8:34:52 PM): Playing Deus Ex?
Thematrian1 (8:35:31 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (8:36:26 PM): So, it's safe to say you're enjoying the game, somewhat?
Thematrian1 (8:36:35 PM): you could say that, if you want
Thematrian1 (8:36:56 PM): ed
Thematrian1 (8:36:57 PM): to
MilesMk1 (8:37:12 PM): But?
Thematrian1 (8:37:17 PM): no but
Thematrian1 (8:37:30 PM): right now, I'm in the "killing my comrades" phase of the game
MilesMk1 (8:37:39 PM): Ah, fun.
MilesMk1 (8:37:44 PM): Wait, which one? ;)
Thematrian1 (8:37:47 PM): heh
Thematrian1 (8:37:56 PM): I just helped my brother slay some Men
MilesMk1 (8:37:57 PM): Airport?
Thematrian1 (8:37:59 PM): In Black
MilesMk1 (8:38:06 PM): Ah, Hell's Kitchen.
Thematrian1 (8:38:19 PM): that's the one
MilesMk1 (8:38:24 PM): Fun encounter, especially if you're fast enough to plant some LAMs on the door.
Thematrian1 (8:38:39 PM): ooh, good plan
MilesMk1 (8:38:40 PM): Sympathetic explosions, gotta love 'em.
Thematrian1 (8:39:07 PM): my "sniping them from the bathroom" plan wasn't half so elegant
Umbrafer (8:40:25 PM): Anyway, I shall be right back.
MilesMk1 (8:40:45 PM): Well, it doesn't always work perfectly, often you have to execute the survivors in less elegant ways.
MilesMk1 (8:41:00 PM): BTW, do you watch Veronica Mars?
Thematrian1 (8:41:04 PM): well, the only part that annoyed me was when I tried using the assault rifle
Thematrian1 (8:41:11 PM): in theory, yes, but I haven't kept up for the last few weeks
MilesMk1 (8:41:16 PM): Do you know if the last episode was the season finale... ah.
Thematrian1 (8:41:22 PM): it was?
MilesMk1 (8:41:26 PM): Pathetic, isn't it?
MilesMk1 (8:41:29 PM): The AR, I mean.
Thematrian1 (8:41:35 PM): well, yes, but
MilesMk1 (8:41:40 PM): I thought so, but I'm not sure, since it ended on a weird note.
Thematrian1 (8:41:47 PM): the really annoying part was when I accidentally shot Paul in the back
MilesMk1 (8:41:54 PM): Ah. Did he die?
Thematrian1 (8:42:05 PM): nope. turned around and shot me in the face. One shot, one hit, one kill.
Thematrian1 (8:42:19 PM): although in fairness, I was in a pretty bad way healthwise even before that
MilesMk1 (8:42:33 PM): That's the only thing about the game... well, ok, one of the very few things... that pissed me off about the game - how useless you are with most weapons without a ton of training.
MilesMk1 (8:42:53 PM): He shot you? Huh... I'm pretty sure I hit him with friendly fire before, and he never did that.
Thematrian1 (8:43:02 PM): I dunno. I'm Untrained in melee, and the riot prod is still awesome
Thematrian1 (8:43:05 PM): from behind, granted
MilesMk1 (8:43:09 PM): Well, yes.
Thematrian1 (8:43:31 PM): but yeah, I'm trying to master rifles so I can snipe easily
Thematrian1 (8:43:38 PM): scope drift angers me
MilesMk1 (8:43:42 PM): But I was better off sniping with a pistol with a scope attached than with a sniper rifle. There's something wrong with that. :)
Thematrian1 (8:43:47 PM): hm
Thematrian1 (8:43:51 PM): yeah, ok, that isn't right
MilesMk1 (8:44:02 PM): It works really well, though, if you don't want to spend points on rifles.
Thematrian1 (8:44:12 PM): I'll have to scope a minicrossbow for my non-violent playthrough
MilesMk1 (8:44:29 PM): Slightly less magnification, but you can still one-shot most organic enemies in the head.
Thematrian1 (8:44:41 PM): this was going to be my non-violent playthrough, but I forgot about ammo conservation
MilesMk1 (8:44:50 PM): Heh...
MilesMk1 (8:45:18 PM): I actually stayed non-violent throughout the whole time I was working for UNATCO.
Thematrian1 (8:45:29 PM): impressive
Thematrian1 (8:45:31 PM): (brb)
MilesMk1 (8:45:49 PM): When I crossed the lines, I sort of said "fuck it" and went all out on my former comrades.
Thematrian1 (8:47:46 PM): hehe
Thematrian1 (8:48:04 PM): I'd like to leave them alive, but I'm out of non-lethal ammo, again
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MilesMk1 (8:51:00 PM): p[ing
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MilesMk1 (8:56:53 PM): Stupid computers.
MilesMk1 (8:57:05 PM): Oh, great, now it lags.
Thematrian1 (8:57:36 PM): whee
MilesMk1 (8:57:46 PM): ping
Thematrian1 (8:57:54 PM): pong
Umbrafer (8:58:01 PM): Gnop
Umbrafer (8:58:41 PM): Anyway, when we last left off it was 4:30 or so Monday morning and Gem had returned to the land of the living.
Thematrian1 (8:59:16 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (8:59:34 PM): ping
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MilesMk1 (9:01:37 PM): ping
Umbrafer (9:01:46 PM): Pong
Thematrian1 (9:01:49 PM): better?
MilesMk1 (9:02:25 PM): Test.
MilesMk1 (9:02:28 PM): Testing.
MilesMk1 (9:02:30 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (9:02:44 PM): ::Gem arises::
MilesMk1 (9:02:54 PM): Huh... Maybe it was this other person I was IMing with, once I closed down his window, things seemed to get back to normal.
Thematrian1 (9:03:09 PM): something to do with his icon maybe
Umbrafer (9:03:39 PM): He was using black magic to poison your connection.
Thematrian1 (9:03:43 PM): that's right. I called and baffled Glitch, then hung up.
Umbrafer (9:03:47 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (9:04:52 PM): It was him. He just sent me one last IM to say good night, and things started to lag again.
MilesMk1 (9:04:56 PM): Weird,.
Umbrafer (9:06:52 PM): Gem: the room is wonderfully, beautifully not-stained.
Thematrian1 (9:06:58 PM): sweet
Thematrian1 (9:08:08 PM): I don't go back to sleep.
Thematrian1 (9:08:16 PM): I stare at my corpse and brood.
Umbrafer (9:08:32 PM): Roll Perception.
Thematrian1 (9:08:44 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 3 4 6 1
Thematrian1 (9:08:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (9:08:54 PM): I don't brood very competently
Thematrian1 (9:09:02 PM): I'm at Deadly stun, remember, so that's a 1 after mods
Umbrafer (9:09:16 PM): (You could probably sleep more, but you aren't really tired. The fact that you've had roughly 20 hours of sleep, if very fitful sleep, might have something to do with it.)
Umbrafer (9:09:32 PM): I think the timelines are confused.
Thematrian1 (9:09:37 PM): (Gem's not really in a sleeping mood)
MilesMk1 (9:09:56 PM): This is already after you woke up once, called me, then crashed again. I think.
Thematrian1 (9:10:08 PM): oh. Let me roll recovery then
Thematrian1 (9:10:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 1 2 2
Umbrafer (9:10:11 PM): You had your dream Sunday morning, called Glitch in a haze, and then spent the rest of the day semiconscious and consuming all sugar-laden liquids.
Umbrafer (9:10:13 PM): Indeed.
Thematrian1 (9:10:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (9:10:17 PM): 1 success
Thematrian1 (9:10:31 PM): eh, it's 1 hour each, I guess I'm fine
Umbrafer (9:10:36 PM): Yeah
Thematrian1 (9:10:36 PM): I brood well.
Umbrafer (9:11:23 PM): Something about the corpse catches your eye, but, well, corpses in your living space tend to do that.
Thematrian1 (9:11:30 PM): yeah
Umbrafer (9:11:38 PM): Still, something bothers you about it.
Umbrafer (9:11:45 PM): More than the day before yesterday, that is.
Thematrian1 (9:12:39 PM): is it starting to go bad?
Umbrafer (9:13:28 PM): Not that you can tell. It's almost totally desiccated.
Thematrian1 (9:14:03 PM): good times
Thematrian1 (9:14:16 PM): 4 am, eh?
Thematrian1 (9:14:22 PM): I wait until 9, then call Glitch
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CirclMastr (9:14:40 PM): (Hey all)
Umbrafer (9:14:45 PM): It's a long wait, but it goes quietly apart from a sugar craving.
Thematrian1 (9:15:24 PM): I indulge it.
MilesMk1 (9:15:42 PM): "Hello?"
Thematrian1 (9:15:56 PM): "Hi Glitch. I'm awake again."
MilesMk1 (9:16:58 PM): "Feeling better?"
Thematrian1 (9:17:26 PM): "Much. Just a dream, after all."
Thematrian1 (9:17:37 PM): "Anyway, I've got some intel. Let's meet."
MilesMk1 (9:21:12 PM): "All right. Wanna call Hound, while I drive to pick you up?"
Thematrian1 (9:21:32 PM): (ping)
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CirclMastr (9:21:41 PM): (Heh)
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Thematrian1 (9:22:26 PM): "Sure'
MilesMk1 (9:24:50 PM): *drives, stopping to get a four-pack of coffees on the way*
Thematrian1 (9:25:01 PM): (And so we do)
Thematrian1 (9:25:31 PM): ::When she spots the coffee:: "Bless you, Glitch."
Umbrafer (9:25:33 PM): You stop in. The coffee shop is abuzz with activity, a great deal of excited chatter amongst the usually reserved patrons.
Thematrian1 (9:25:44 PM): (Ok, not yet I guess)
MilesMk1 (9:25:51 PM): *listens for a moment, trying to see what's up*
Umbrafer (9:26:34 PM): "I hear three blocks of Tacoma went up in flames!"
Thematrian1 (9:26:44 PM): well shit
Umbrafer (9:26:48 PM): "Fucking Trogs, knew we couldn't trust them. We shouldn't let them ruin our city."
MilesMk1 (9:27:18 PM): We haven't been anywhere near Tacoma, have we?
Umbrafer (9:27:28 PM): Not that I'm aware of, not recently
MilesMk1 (9:27:41 PM): Is there a trid/video screen with a news feed, or something?
Umbrafer (9:28:01 PM): There is indeed, though there's quite a cluster of people around it.
MilesMk1 (9:28:14 PM): Double-jointed!
Umbrafer (9:28:24 PM): You slip your way through the crowd ;)
MilesMk1 (9:28:55 PM): I watch the screen.
Umbrafer (9:29:57 PM): "The rioting started early yesterday afternoon when the body of Adam Mayhew, a young local Ork, was found hanged from an overpass near his home in Tacoma. He was found to have been in possession of a notebook belonging to…"
Umbrafer (9:30:25 PM): "…Samuel Wilcox, an Elven reporter who disappeared three weeks ago."
Umbrafer (9:30:46 PM): "Police are treating this as a hate crime, and are investigating possible Alamos 20,000 involvement."
MilesMk1 (9:31:32 PM): Hmm... Less manpower available to make our lives difficult next week.
MilesMk1 (9:31:46 PM): On the other hand, they might feel more pressure then ever to make a show of force...
Umbrafer (9:31:59 PM): "While the property damage has been extensive, the loss of life thus far has been minimal, with no casualties among the officers and only sixteen among the rioters."
MilesMk1 (9:32:16 PM): I need to get that train ticket...
Thematrian1 (9:32:18 PM): This would be what we were warned about, whether our source knew it or not.
MilesMk1 (9:32:47 PM): Our source was psychic?
MilesMk1 (9:33:04 PM): I elbow my way back out of crowd, still listening to the feed, get my coffee, pay, and leave.
MilesMk1 (9:33:21 PM): I slow down if they start talking more about the Star, though. If not, back to the car.
Umbrafer (9:33:31 PM): They cut to a short talk by the mayor encouraging everyone to stay calm and that the situation would be taken care of.
Thematrian1 (9:33:31 PM): No. Our source was informed by someone who knew about this
Thematrian1 (9:33:49 PM): Samuel Wilcox...did that name come up in my research?
Umbrafer (9:33:58 PM): Not once.
Thematrian1 (9:35:22 PM): hm.
MilesMk1 (9:36:00 PM): *drive*
Umbrafer (9:36:17 PM): You drive. The route is largely clear.
Thematrian1 (9:36:20 PM): ::aforementioned coffee thing::
MilesMk1 (9:38:19 PM): "No problem."
MilesMk1 (9:38:26 PM): "Have you seen the news?"
Thematrian1 (9:38:50 PM): "No."
Thematrian1 (9:40:00 PM): "Do we feature prominently?"
MilesMk1 (9:40:29 PM): "Not unless we hanged some ork kid named Adam and started a race riot in Tacoma."
MilesMk1 (9:40:44 PM): "I don't recall that, busy week though it has been."
Thematrian1 (9:40:56 PM): Gem leaps out of her seat and hits her head on the roof of the car.
MilesMk1 (9:41:07 PM): "Funny thing about the corpse in the garag..."
Thematrian1 (9:41:08 PM): "Oil fires burning!"
MilesMk1 (9:41:19 PM): "...what?"
Thematrian1 (9:41:36 PM): "The Ork. Are there pictures of him of the nets?"
Thematrian1 (9:41:45 PM): "Video feed? Anything?"
MilesMk1 (9:41:53 PM): "I didn't see any. We could stop somewhere and check."
Thematrian1 (9:42:00 PM): Gem does not grab Glitch and shake him.
Thematrian1 (9:42:05 PM): "Yes. That's what we're doing."
MilesMk1 (9:42:21 PM): "Last name was Mayhew, and there was also something about some elf called Wilcox, but it was noisy..."
MilesMk1 (9:42:33 PM): "Ok."
MilesMk1 (9:43:14 PM): *drives to a place likely to have video screens* (Coffe shop? Mall? Something.)
Thematrian1 (9:43:18 PM): We stop, and I review all the available information.
Umbrafer (9:44:03 PM): (Either of those, or a library, or… well, most places have at least a video feed. There are also public Matrix terminals around.)
Umbrafer (9:44:16 PM): Where are you stopping?
MilesMk1 (9:45:18 PM): Coffee place, unless I see a matrix terminal first.
Umbrafer (9:45:43 PM): They're more common than payphones are today, so you probably see one of them first.
Thematrian1 (9:46:06 PM): awesome. I'm still hurt, so I make Glitch do the search
Thematrian1 (9:46:46 PM): I try to manage it without using words at all.
Umbrafer (9:46:47 PM): What're you looking for?
Thematrian1 (9:47:15 PM): Pictures of Adam Mayhew
Umbrafer (9:47:44 PM): There are several. The one that everyone seems to be using, though, is him posing with his Little League team.
MilesMk1 (9:47:58 PM): Doh...
Thematrian1 (9:48:02 PM): is that right?
Thematrian1 (9:48:17 PM): Gem starts swearing, in low sibilants too soft to catch.
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Thematrian1 (9:49:40 PM): several minutes elapse, and she's still at it
Umbrafer (9:50:12 PM): Is Glitch doing anything while the inaudible swearing goes on?
MilesMk1 (9:50:24 PM): Scratching his head.
MilesMk1 (9:50:31 PM): Well, no.
Thematrian1 (9:50:40 PM): it's not inaudible, just incomprehensible
MilesMk1 (9:52:01 PM): "Ok, that's the last time I give you caffeine..."
Thematrian1 (9:52:13 PM): "That was him!"
MilesMk1 (9:52:22 PM): "You know the kid?"
Thematrian1 (9:52:42 PM): "I got him torn apart by dogs, less than a day ago."
Thematrian1 (9:54:08 PM): "Only we were asleep."
MilesMk1 (9:54:10 PM): "Less than a day ago, you were at home, calling me in the middle of the... Oh."
MilesMk1 (9:54:33 PM): "You got him torn apart? What dogs?"
Thematrian1 (9:54:53 PM): "The ones in my dream."
Thematrian1 (9:55:43 PM): "They were eating something. I told him nothing would happen, that it was just a dream."
Thematrian1 (9:56:26 PM): "For me, it was."
MilesMk1 (9:57:08 PM): "Well, he was hanged. How could you have caused that?"
MilesMk1 (9:57:24 PM): "Found dead in his bed, or something, I could understand, but this..."
Thematrian1 (9:57:45 PM): "It's all symbolic. The dream events have physical analogues. That's what makes astral space so dangerous."
CirclMastr (9:58:13 PM): ("If you're killed in the Matrix, you die here?" "Yes, because otherwise there'd be no dramatic tension.")
MilesMk1 (9:58:27 PM): "You're saying we could get killed, or hurt, in those weird dreams we've been having, wake up in the morning, and die twelve hours later because of it?"
MilesMk1 (9:59:10 PM): "Maybe it's not that... mystical. Maybe whoever's been messing with our dreams just hunted him down in real life and killed him."
MilesMk1 (9:59:15 PM): "Shit, now there's a thought..."
Thematrian1 (9:59:40 PM): "Why, though?"
Thematrian1 (10:00:01 PM): ::suppressed snarl::
MilesMk1 (10:00:31 PM): "They were saying he had some notebook belonging to some elf named Wilcox. Revenge on a thief? I dunno."
MilesMk1 (10:00:40 PM): a notebook
MilesMk1 (10:01:16 PM): *looks up Wilcox, to see what his part in this was supposed to be*
Thematrian1 (10:01:35 PM): "Hanging? No. The race riots were intentional."
MilesMk1 (10:03:06 PM): "Hey, far it be from me to discount feelings, what with strange dreams and black balloons, and shit, but how do you know?"
Thematrian1 (10:03:45 PM): "You're some floofy elf reporter, killing the young boy who stole your notebook. How do you do it?"
Umbrafer (10:03:48 PM): Most of the hits on Wilcox are about this whole affair. There's some more on the notebook, as well as speculation as to whether he's alive or dead—since the notebook is heavily bloodstained, current opinion is that he's likely dead.
CirclMastr (10:03:51 PM): (Gotta go guys, sorry)
Thematrian1 (10:03:55 PM): "Do you hang him from an overpass?"
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Thematrian1 (10:04:08 PM): (Son of a...I wish you'd said, I could have freaked out la-dammit)
Umbrafer (10:04:11 PM): The other reports are Missing Person reports from about two weeks ago.
Umbrafer (10:04:43 PM): There's also a bunch of his own work. He's apparent a moderately-respected investigative reporter.
Thematrian1 (10:05:15 PM): "I think he hanged himself, as a result of what happened in his dream. Which means I was set up."
Thematrian1 (10:05:21 PM): ::shifting gears::
MilesMk1 (10:05:26 PM): "You hire people like us to hang him from an overpass? Well, broadly like us. A lot less well paid."
MilesMk1 (10:05:38 PM): broadly speaking
Thematrian1 (10:05:40 PM): "Why, though? Why that?"
Umbrafer (10:05:43 PM): His recent works have been an exposé on corruption in a waste-treatment plant, investigation into a series of murders over the past few years, and a piece on metahumans in society.
Thematrian1 (10:05:54 PM): connections to Ehran?
Umbrafer (10:06:09 PM): He interviewed him once.
Umbrafer (10:06:14 PM): That's it, as far as you can tell.
MilesMk1 (10:06:30 PM): "I don't know... It's too bad about the kid, but it's not like it's your fault."
Thematrian1 (10:07:02 PM): "Mm. I usually manage to lead people out of the situations I lead them into."
MilesMk1 (10:07:25 PM): "Wasn't he in the dream already? You didn't take him there."
MilesMk1 (10:07:45 PM): "So, what do you want to do about this?"
Thematrian1 (10:08:05 PM): "I took him to the dogs, then promised that he'd ben fine."
MilesMk1 (10:08:12 PM): *checks mobile* "Hound just left a message saying he was held up..."
Thematrian1 (10:08:13 PM): "I want to kill somebody, but I don't know who yet."
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Thematrian1 (10:09:09 PM): ::when we're back in the car:: "Well, I've got some information on our target, finally."
MilesMk1 (10:09:32 PM): "Great... Are you sure you want to go on with this, right now?"
MilesMk1 (10:09:48 PM): "We could look into this Mayhew thing, if it'd make you feel better."
Thematrian1 (10:09:53 PM): "Yes. I've been sitting on it for days, it's time to get moving."
Thematrian1 (10:10:03 PM): "I'm not so sure they're unrelated."
Thematrian1 (10:10:13 PM): "I mean, we've been asked to commit a bizarre and useless crime."
Thematrian1 (10:10:14 PM): "BUT"
Thematrian1 (10:10:29 PM): "Ehran's major work is sociological, on metahuman relations."
MilesMk1 (10:12:17 PM): "Uh... If that's true, do we really want to do this job? Frag... We took it, it's too late now, anyway."
Thematrian1 (10:12:23 PM): "In that context, it almost makes sense. We're the third act of metahuman violence and agression."
Thematrian1 (10:12:34 PM): "There'll be another, between now and then. Count on it."
Thematrian1 (10:12:44 PM): "And you're right, of course. We can hardly back out now."
MilesMk1 (10:13:43 PM): "Did you take a look at what we're supposed to do to their computers? Are we planting virtual "Orkz wuz heer!" graffitti, or something?"
Thematrian1 (10:14:13 PM): "I haven't yet. Right now you're probably in better shape for it than I am."
Thematrian1 (10:14:37 PM): "But listen, there's another angle."
Thematrian1 (10:14:44 PM): "Ehran isn't just some sociologist."
MilesMk1 (10:15:01 PM): "No?"
Thematrian1 (10:15:21 PM): "He's one of the most important elves in the Tir. He's on their Council, and he was a big part of the founding of Tir Tairngire.
Thematrian1 (10:16:00 PM): "Lots of work on the social implications of magic and metahumanity, yes, but he's a political force."
MilesMk1 (10:16:54 PM): "Well, that Wilcox elf at least didn't have anything to do with him, overtly."
Thematrian1 (10:16:54 PM): "And here's something else: Sylvan Information has an almost exclusive contract to publish his books."
Thematrian1 (10:17:03 PM): "I was worried about that."
MilesMk1 (10:17:17 PM): "Man, what a mess."
Thematrian1 (10:17:26 PM): "Another thing:"
MilesMk1 (10:17:29 PM): "We need a way to cut and run ready before we try this."
Thematrian1 (10:17:35 PM): "No one seems to know what's in the book we're stealing
Thematrian1 (10:17:57 PM): "He'll go on talk shows to promote it, but he's being coy. No details, just that it's based on genetic records somehow."
Thematrian1 (10:18:33 PM): "The title is 'Mankind Revealed'. What do you make of that?"
Thematrian1 (10:19:06 PM): "Oh, and Sylvan has some excellent Matrix defenses, but isn't extraterritorial. Nothing lethal on the guards, but we'll need site access to deck."
Thematrian1 (10:19:33 PM): "And, yes."
Thematrian1 (10:19:44 PM): "When we withdraw from this one, I think we withdraw all the way out of Seattle."
Thematrian1 (10:19:50 PM): "What's one more city, right?"
MilesMk1 (10:20:18 PM): "Well, he's got some big point to make about humans... Connection, or lack of it, between metas and the rest? Some point to make about human nature? I guess it could fit."
MilesMk1 (10:20:23 PM): "With the riots, I mean."
MilesMk1 (10:20:51 PM): "I was thinking more along the lines of a few weeks away, but you might have a point."
Thematrian1 (10:21:19 PM): "I think that, even if this isn't an outright setup, the story will show up right away."
Thematrian1 (10:21:29 PM): "It's in someone's best interest."
Thematrian1 (10:21:51 PM): "Of course, if we could nail the guys behind the Mayhew riots first, we could have it both ways."
Thematrian1 (10:23:38 PM): "But who'd want rioting now anyway?"
MilesMk1 (10:24:17 PM): "Well, only if they were actually exposed and arrested, right? And that's assuming whoever's doing this doesn't want that. Unless you mean, get the guys who really are behind this."
Thematrian1 (10:24:54 PM): "That's what I mean."
MilesMk1 (10:26:20 PM): "Well, that's really more crimefighting than I tend to do any given month, but it might just be in our best interest, anyway."
Umbrafer (10:26:57 PM): (Just think, you can get your good deeds for the next month all done at once :) )
Thematrian1 (10:27:16 PM): "I understand, and I don't blame you. But if the dream thing isn't a total coincidence, then I'm already involved."
MilesMk1 (10:28:26 PM): "That was my way of saying I'll do it."
Thematrian1 (10:28:41 PM): "Oh. Thank you." Smile.
MilesMk1 (10:29:24 PM): "Sure."
MilesMk1 (10:30:14 PM): "I guess we need to wait on this job at least long enough for Hound to get back to us, no?"
MilesMk1 (10:30:34 PM): "I suppose we could check things out."
MilesMk1 (10:30:46 PM): "Though we might not have the right look for Tacoma right now."
Thematrian1 (10:31:11 PM): "Yeah. There's time for more research, at least."
Thematrian1 (10:31:32 PM): "Mayhew, that elf journalist...I want that notebook, too, but I don't see any good way to get it."
MilesMk1 (10:31:40 PM): "No, really! I'm a meta! Put the crowbar down!"
Thematrian1 (10:32:03 PM): "I can manage the elf look, but that's no help today."
MilesMk1 (10:33:38 PM): "Well, I'm actually a meta, not that you'd know it. Mostly. Aside from the hight thing, which is sort of borderline."
MilesMk1 (10:33:54 PM): "But I don't see angry orks buying it, is all..."
Thematrian1 (10:34:03 PM): "Ah, so that's what your tusks are all about."
Thematrian1 (10:34:12 PM): (Gem clearly thinks you're being funny)
MilesMk1 (10:34:57 PM): "Dwarf, actually. Full genetic package, incomplete expression."
MilesMk1 (10:35:21 PM): "You ever see me spend any time lifting weights? Heh..."
Thematrian1 (10:36:25 PM): "...Oh."
MilesMk1 (10:36:51 PM): (not trying to imply he's oh so strong, just that he doesn't actually have to, on account of funky dwarven muscle density)
Thematrian1 (10:37:04 PM): (Right)
Umbrafer (10:37:50 PM): (Damn dwarf-lizards)
MilesMk1 (10:38:02 PM): "Not a big deal, really. Doesn't come up, usually. But I figure you ought to know, in case we ever run across any Humanis types..."
Thematrian1 (10:38:32 PM): "If I couldn't figure it out, I doubt they could either..."
MilesMk1 (10:38:45 PM): "No, I mean why I shot them."
Thematrian1 (10:38:59 PM): Another smile. "Ah"
MilesMk1 (10:39:43 PM): "Anyway, that's enough of me rambling... What do we do now?"
Umbrafer (10:40:34 PM): (As a side note, I'm playing the Humanis Policlub as the sympathetic public face—the Sinn Fein to Alamos 20,000's IRA, as it were. Not that people like you wouldn't know what they're up to, but a man on the street might proclaim …)
Umbrafer (10:40:48 PM): (… proudly that he's a member of Humanis without indicating that he burns metahumans at the stake.)
Umbrafer (10:41:17 PM): (Though members are rarely sympathetic to the metahuman cause, as it were.)
Thematrian1 (10:41:21 PM): (Right)
Thematrian1 (10:41:32 PM): "I want that notebook."
Thematrian1 (10:42:24 PM): "Here's a plan. We figure out which Lone Star facility is holding it as evidence, jigger their computers ty
Thematrian1 (10:42:33 PM): er
Thematrian1 (10:43:18 PM): ...computers so that it seems as if all evidence involved in the case is being transferred to a more sensitive facility. One of us goes in in disguise to make...no."
Thematrian1 (10:43:21 PM): ::sigh::
Thematrian1 (10:43:35 PM): "Too many things we'd need to steal."
Thematrian1 (10:44:23 PM): "And the software. We need to examine it."
MilesMk1 (10:44:25 PM): "Probably too high profile for us to just bribe someone."
Thematrian1 (10:44:27 PM): "Insofar as we can."
Thematrian1 (10:44:30 PM): "I'm afraid so."
MilesMk1 (10:44:57 PM): "But the contents might end up being digitized and out on the Matrix."
MilesMk1 (10:45:05 PM): in the Matrix
MilesMk1 (10:45:14 PM): "Could be worth a try."
Thematrian1 (10:45:17 PM): "So do it in physical isolation."
MilesMk1 (10:45:43 PM): (he meant the journal)
Thematrian1 (10:46:41 PM): (ohhhhh)
Thematrian1 (10:46:58 PM): "Oh. I see. Yes, that's worth a try. Let's do that."
MilesMk1 (10:49:31 PM): (Give that Dave isn't here, and it's almost 11:00, and these things take time, I'd move that we do that next week?)
MilesMk1 (10:49:34 PM): Given
Umbrafer (10:49:51 PM): (If you have nothing further, I suppose.)
MilesMk1 (10:50:45 PM): (I'd like to play, but I need to go to bed early, if I can... This whole not sleeping thing is getting to me, and I need to try something different.)
Thematrian1 (10:50:55 PM): (Let's try that. Computers?)
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Umbrafer (10:51:35 PM): (Try which?)
Thematrian1 (10:52:01 PM): (Seeing if some kind soul has digitized the elf's notebook)
Umbrafer (10:52:24 PM): (Matt: Sleep doesn't work so well, you just get addicted ;) if you don't have anything else you want to do tonight, get some sleep. We'll fill you in on anything we find next week.)
Umbrafer (10:52:50 PM): (Computers is probably the most appropriate skill.)
Thematrian1 (10:53:18 PM): I'll try it, then
Thematrian1 (10:53:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 2 3 1
Thematrian1 (10:53:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (10:53:25 PM): (Thanks. Have Glitch roll, if you want... He's got it at 7. Or they can both try.)
MilesMk1 (10:53:32 PM): See you guys Tuesday.
Thematrian1 (10:53:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 6 3 4 4 3 2
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Thematrian1 (10:53:45 PM): ok, sleep well
Umbrafer (10:53:46 PM): Gem finds that the souls of men are not kind.
Thematrian1 (10:53:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (10:53:52 PM): and Glitch?
Umbrafer (10:53:54 PM): Glitch finds likewise.
Thematrian1 (10:53:55 PM): that there is a 10
Thematrian1 (10:53:57 PM): nuts
Umbrafer (10:55:28 PM): You do find one thing while looking for info on the notebook, though.
Umbrafer (10:55:36 PM): Rather, Glitch does.
Umbrafer (10:56:07 PM): It was bloodstained, and appeared to have tooth marks on it from an animal. Probably some kind of dog.
Umbrafer (10:56:16 PM): (Well, the bloodstains aren't new.)
Thematrian1 (10:56:21 PM): Gem blames herself.
Umbrafer (10:57:22 PM): (Is Gem going to need years of therapy for this? ;) )
Thematrian1 (10:57:39 PM): (Or a few minutes of choking a bitch)
Umbrafer (10:59:25 PM): (It could be cathartic.)
Umbrafer (11:01:38 PM): Anything else?
Thematrian1 (11:01:51 PM): ...no
Thematrian1 (11:12:11 PM): yeah, I'm all done here, not to mention done in
Umbrafer (11:12:38 PM): I'll admit I'm likewise. At least this time when I'm nodding off I don't have a half-hour drive ahead of me…
Thematrian1 (11:12:46 PM): amen
Umbrafer (11:13:35 PM): But yeah. When I get around to setting up that subversion repository (I've actually got the repository set up, I've just managed to forget how to do the initial import) I'll send you the information.
Thematrian1 (11:13:47 PM): thanks
Thematrian1 (11:13:54 PM): I'll see about being able to use it
Umbrafer (11:13:55 PM): Good luck with the people who won't tell you whether or not you're employed.
Umbrafer (11:14:32 PM): At a minimum there's a built-in web interface for reading the files, so no rush.
Thematrian1 (11:15:12 PM): oh good
Thematrian1 (11:15:24 PM): I'd say I'd forgotten about that, but I don't think I ever knew
Umbrafer (11:16:21 PM): It's at http://www.sr3r.net/SOTSW0001/ , shiny Revision 0 notice mocking me and all.
Thematrian1 (11:17:01 PM): your project isn't manly until you reach into the hundreds
Umbrafer (11:17:33 PM): I'm sure we'll make this project manly before it's done.
Thematrian1 (11:17:47 PM): no files yet, I observe
Umbrafer (11:17:53 PM): Yeah
Umbrafer (11:18:05 PM): Like I said, I've somehow managed to forget the proper way to do the initial import.
Umbrafer (11:18:21 PM): (And then forgot to look into it again today when I had time)
Umbrafer (11:18:26 PM): (Hopefully tomorrow.)
Umbrafer (11:20:47 PM): But yeah, I'll drop you an email when my brain has aligned with the stars again.
Thematrian1 (11:20:53 PM): awesome
Umbrafer (11:20:54 PM): Now, I have the good sleeps.
Thematrian1 (11:20:57 PM): good
Thematrian1 (11:20:59 PM): sleep
Umbrafer (11:21:00 PM): *Waves*
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