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Thematrian1 (8:33:33 PM): I was direly tempted to break our naming convention, just this once
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delioch (8:33:53 PM): hell...o
Umbrafer (8:33:58 PM): :)
Dragcrell (8:34:04 PM): ^_- mmmm naming convention eh
Umbrafer (8:34:16 PM): I'm resisting much the same temptation, though it'd be worse in the archives
Thematrian1 (8:34:29 PM): indeed. For the archives, I will be strong
delioch (8:34:40 PM): ?
delioch (8:34:50 PM): what you talking about
Umbrafer (8:35:28 PM): Did anyone bring the Plasmagun?
Thematrian1 (8:35:59 PM): I'd call the chat sotsw666, but in the archives it would be out of order, and hard to find as a result
Umbrafer (8:36:09 PM): Well
delioch (8:36:21 PM): oh, i see
Dragcrell (8:36:26 PM): plasmagun naaa mines still not working yet after the last time I used it
Umbrafer (8:36:55 PM): Not really. The name is only mildly helpful when I'm filing them (unless I let a massive backlog build up, when it's really useful). At least until I get an autoarchiver. Game name! That's something I need to add.
Thematrian1 (8:37:03 PM): hmm. We lack Blake, and no other.
Thematrian1 (8:37:05 PM): yeah
Thematrian1 (8:37:57 PM): so yeah. When last we met...
delioch (8:38:25 PM): sorry, i left my plasmagun in my other pair of pants
Dragcrell (8:38:40 PM): (we was rummaging around the houses)
delioch (8:39:21 PM): (i believe blake was doing something about food and water and i was listening to the kids talk to each other.. un beknownest to them)
CirclMastr (8:40:11 PM): I have no recall of last week.
Thematrian1 (8:40:19 PM): (That sounds right. I was looking for the log, to confirm)
delioch (8:40:28 PM): (well more like 2 weeks ago)
Thematrian1 (8:41:06 PM): yeah. You'd entered that cute little gated community, and Blake had just failed to kick in the door.
delioch (8:42:02 PM): (ya, ........great times)
Umbrafer (8:42:21 PM): (Ram the door! ;) )
delioch (8:42:59 PM): (i also remember that he did it 4 times too)
delioch (8:43:05 PM): (it was funny)
Thematrian1 (8:43:09 PM): The kids get out of the car, stretch a bit, and start looking around. The immediate environment is not threatening.
Thematrian1 (8:43:18 PM): unless you really hate fake plants
Umbrafer (8:43:36 PM): *Threatened*
delioch (8:44:01 PM): (if you hate fake plants ...is that threatening)
delioch (8:44:50 PM): i get out of the car as well and scan the area for frequencies
Thematrian1 (8:45:06 PM): roll it
delioch (8:45:14 PM): delioch rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 2 2
delioch (8:45:21 PM): delioch rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 2
delioch (8:45:28 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (8:46:11 PM): What do the doors appear to be made of?
CirclMastr (8:46:14 PM): I'm still waiting to hear about running water I was told existed.
Thematrian1 (8:46:18 PM): you pick up something, but it must be low-power or far away, because you can't make anything out. You can barely even tell that it's speech.
Thematrian1 (8:46:38 PM): Some kind of plastic "alloy", probably
Umbrafer (8:47:06 PM): How would it react to blowtorching, in my opinion?
delioch (8:47:09 PM): "hey, alex you got a signal booster on this ride of yours.. i think i'm picking something up but.. its real weak"
delioch (8:47:46 PM): (yea water exist.. theres a whole lake of it north of here)
Thematrian1 (8:48:02 PM): (There's also a tap that produced running water when turned)
CirclMastr (8:48:04 PM): (Running water. As in plumbing)
Thematrian1 (8:48:15 PM): Alex: roll some kind of metallurgy or engineering
delioch (8:48:54 PM): (hey, if its in a lake its running... somewhere)
Umbrafer (8:49:07 PM): Not general-knowledge type stuff, eh? Unless it's defaultable, I'm out of luck.
Thematrian1 (8:49:31 PM): You're not sure, then.
Thematrian1 (8:50:31 PM): The kids have gotten bored with inspecting the van, and are headed toward the open door.
Umbrafer (8:51:04 PM): Wait, open door? I must have orgotten something.
delioch (8:51:08 PM): "alex?"
Umbrafer (8:51:26 PM): Like the "f"
delioch (8:51:40 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (8:51:41 PM): yes. IIRC Shadow Fire cracked it open.
Umbrafer (8:51:55 PM): "Yeah? Right, signal booster. Yeah, we've got boosters, why?"
delioch (8:51:58 PM): 0-+
delioch (8:52:07 PM): (i'm confused)
Thematrian1 (8:53:10 PM): (Jon: may we have the log?)
Umbrafer (8:53:33 PM): (See, this is why we keep you around. The brilliant ideas. Give me a second x.x )
delioch (8:54:00 PM): "i think we have a weak signal near by and i want to check it out and make sure noones coming up on us>"
Thematrian1 (8:54:09 PM): (ok, ok, sorry)
Umbrafer (8:54:36 PM): (No no, I was serious—it hadn't occurred to me yet that I have that whole "full text of last session" thing)
Thematrian1 (8:54:50 PM): (Oh, well then. Faster! ::whipcrack:: )
delioch (8:55:26 PM): (how did i crack anything open.. because i must say. i was no where near it)
Thematrian1 (8:55:44 PM): (it may have been Blake. I may be hallucinating)
delioch (8:56:01 PM): ...ok
Thematrian1 (8:56:13 PM): (But I do have a bunch of notes about what's inside, so at the very least something happened that made me commit all that to paper)
Umbrafer (8:56:28 PM): http://www.sotsw.net/runs/SotSW%2005-23-06.html
Umbrafer (8:56:34 PM): Yeah, we're wandering around inside at the end of it
Umbrafer (8:56:36 PM): Well
Umbrafer (8:56:41 PM): Where "we" == Blake
delioch (8:57:00 PM): (blake opened it.. he wanted to do it by himself. with no help)
delioch (8:57:16 PM): (i remembered that part)
Thematrian1 (8:57:17 PM): (There we go)
Thematrian1 (8:58:44 PM): Ok, there it is. No running water after all, just jugs thereof.
delioch (8:58:45 PM): i'm going to see if i can get a better hook on this veg signal
delioch (8:59:04 PM): (i told you there was a lake up north)
Umbrafer (8:59:09 PM): And Aztecola! Alex is saved.
delioch (9:01:11 PM): should i roll again?
Thematrian1 (9:01:37 PM): you have the boosters? Yes, by all means.
delioch (9:01:50 PM): delioch rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 3 5
delioch (9:01:59 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (9:02:26 PM): Jon: what rating are those?
Umbrafer (9:02:32 PM): (Rating 6)
Umbrafer (9:02:48 PM): (I can divert an extra 2 points from the engines if needed)
Thematrian1 (9:04:01 PM): Shadow Fire: you get this: "...two fireflies on the north corner, I'm setti.......eyes are just miss......reat to position two, position two..."
Umbrafer (9:04:15 PM): (Ooh.)
Thematrian1 (9:04:25 PM): even with boost it's barely enough, but in the background you can hear gunfire, explosions, and low, steady drone
Thematrian1 (9:04:31 PM): that might be an artifact of the boosting, though
delioch (9:04:46 PM): .........................
delioch (9:05:19 PM): "hey, i'm either picking up something from the UCAS or something new"
Umbrafer (9:05:39 PM): "You broke their crypto?"
Umbrafer (9:05:47 PM): "Run it through the speakers."
delioch (9:05:47 PM): "whats the works firefly and position 2 mean to you?"
delioch (9:05:55 PM): "ok"
Thematrian1 (9:06:03 PM): This radio communication was not encrypted.
Umbrafer (9:06:16 PM): I know. Alex is assuming it was, since he mentioned the UCAS.
delioch (9:06:16 PM): i run it throught the speakers and record them as well.. but not in my head
Umbrafer (9:06:36 PM): "Fireflies? Probably more god-damned bug demons."
delioch (9:07:44 PM): "its got to be a goodly distance from here since i heard no explosions"
CirclMastr (9:08:25 PM): *isn't happy*
Thematrian1 (9:08:38 PM): There's more: "...ot a BUS! A fragging BUS! Get back! I'm.........trouble here, we've lost the fight in the sky........last resort, dragons on my mark......."
delioch (9:08:59 PM): "whasts he all upset about. other than the wounds?"
Thematrian1 (9:09:08 PM): Alice notices that Todd isn't happy. Todd, you see her peeking at you when she thinks you're not looking.
Thematrian1 (9:09:25 PM): Donald is rooting around in the fridge.
delioch (9:09:31 PM): "bus?.....dragons.....?"
CirclMastr (9:09:36 PM): *looks over at Alice and gives her a half-grin* "Hi."
Thematrian1 (9:09:51 PM): She looks startled, then sheepish. "Hey."
Umbrafer (9:10:05 PM): "Got any way of tracking this?"
delioch (9:10:26 PM): i look at my equipment.."i'm i picking up a old tv show or something?"
CirclMastr (9:10:30 PM): *chuckles a bit* "Nothing to be scared of, just a little hurt."
delioch (9:10:41 PM): do i have anyway?
Thematrian1 (9:10:59 PM): Still more: "MARK!" There's a series of explosions, loud enough that you'd probably pick them up even without the boosters.
Thematrian1 (9:11:12 PM): Not that I can think of offhand. If something occurs to you, try and persuade me.
delioch (9:11:29 PM): ok
delioch (9:11:39 PM): "ok, now that i heard"
delioch (9:12:22 PM): "you know anything about the UCAS?"
CirclMastr (9:12:35 PM): *waves for Alice to come closer*
delioch (9:12:37 PM): "like codes and protocall"
Thematrian1 (9:12:45 PM): Todd: Shyly, she does.
Thematrian1 (9:14:06 PM): Yet more: "Bus is dow.....form at the east edge."
CirclMastr (9:14:16 PM): *tries to put on a comforting smile* "Sure has been a busy day, hasn't it?"
delioch (9:14:40 PM): (sc been really quite)
Thematrian1 (9:14:57 PM): (His player is busy. SC can be assumed to be lurking by herself)
delioch (9:15:05 PM): (OK)
Thematrian1 (9:15:18 PM): Alice: "Yeah...but it could have been worse."
CirclMastr (9:15:28 PM): "Oh? How so?"
Thematrian1 (9:15:30 PM): Alex, where are you?
Umbrafer (9:16:34 PM): In the van, keeping watch and listening to the broadcast.
Thematrian1 (9:17:06 PM): ::nod::
Thematrian1 (9:17:15 PM): Blake is exploring the house, you'll learn of his finds later.
Thematrian1 (9:17:29 PM): She shrugs. "We could've run into someone else."
delioch (9:17:53 PM): "i have a feeling that if we take to long to do this they might just bomb the core.."
CirclMastr (9:18:03 PM): "True. We're quite a group though, aren't we?"
Thematrian1 (9:18:37 PM): Silence on the radio.
Umbrafer (9:18:48 PM): "Maybe."
Umbrafer (9:19:34 PM): "I'd rather go that way than shot down like this." *gestures to yellowed skin*
delioch (9:20:01 PM): ?"how so"
Thematrian1 (9:20:09 PM): Alice nods, looking covertly-ish toward the van. "Yeah"
delioch (9:20:29 PM): (shes going to steal the van)
CirclMastr (9:20:33 PM): "Something on your mind?"
Umbrafer (9:21:05 PM): "Quicker, more dignified. If they want to take the whole core they'll be dropping a heavy, minimum. We'll be ash before we know it."
Thematrian1 (9:21:34 PM): Todd: roll making-nice-with-the-girl
CirclMastr (9:21:50 PM): (Pardon me while I look up what that would be)
delioch (9:22:10 PM): "good to know.. and the money will go to the corp...oh, yaeh..."sarcasm
CirclMastr (9:22:17 PM): (Got Etiquette, go me)
CirclMastr (9:22:22 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 6
Thematrian1 (9:22:25 PM): (I'd accept Negotiation or Etiquette, or possibly Interroga...nice)
CirclMastr (9:22:28 PM): (6 6 6 aw yeah)
CirclMastr (9:22:31 PM): CirclMastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 3
delioch (9:22:32 PM): (negotionation or ettiquet)
CirclMastr (9:22:37 PM): (10 10 9 5)
Umbrafer (9:22:57 PM): (Todd is good with the ladies.)
Thematrian1 (9:23:07 PM): She sidles a little closer. "The lady who drives the van, and all the drones...what's she like?"
CirclMastr (9:23:09 PM): (Probably 9 9 8 4, if wound mod applies)
delioch (9:23:10 PM): (thats just wrong)
Umbrafer (9:23:24 PM): ("I said she took poison, I didn't say she died!")
CirclMastr (9:24:01 PM): *grins* "Like all that stuff?"
Thematrian1 (9:25:03 PM): "It's better than being an accountant."
delioch (9:25:08 PM): "well, i would kind of like to get this started. so that we can leave all the sooner"
CirclMastr (9:25:34 PM): *chuckles* "Lots of things better than being an accountant."
Umbrafer (9:26:34 PM): "Yeah. We're just waiting on Blake and the new supplies, then we can get going."
Thematrian1 (9:26:45 PM): She nods firmly. Meanwhile, Duncan has portioned part of the meat-and-noodles dish on to a plate, and is looking for plasticware.
delioch (9:26:53 PM): "sweat"
Umbrafer (9:27:06 PM): Ah, so that's his real name?
Umbrafer (9:27:07 PM): ;)
CirclMastr (9:27:10 PM): "Is that what your parents wanted you to be?"
delioch (9:27:11 PM): (duncan?)
Thematrian1 (9:27:32 PM): sigh
Thematrian1 (9:27:51 PM): Donald. But their new Shadowrunner-friendly policy will probably lead to them slipping sooner or later.
CirclMastr (9:27:51 PM): ( Cat[bag] )
delioch (9:27:52 PM): donald
Thematrian1 (9:28:32 PM): "Yeah. 'Because you're so good with computers, honey!' Like she even knew."
delioch (9:28:43 PM): (i can't believe i have been lied to)
Thematrian1 (9:29:00 PM): (It's a rarity, I know...)
delioch (9:29:15 PM): (hehe)
CirclMastr (9:29:45 PM): "Parents can be like that sometimes. I'm sure she was just thinking of your future. She'd have grown out of it."
Thematrian1 (9:30:09 PM): She pauses. "It's weird to think of guys like you having parents."
Thematrian1 (9:30:23 PM): "No offense. You just...you know what you're doing."
CirclMastr (9:30:37 PM): *smiles* "We all have mothers, after all."
delioch (9:30:50 PM): i chuckle at that..
Thematrian1 (9:31:08 PM): "Donald" has found a plastic spork, which is serving him well. He catches Alice's eye and gestures toward the fridge; she shakes her head.
Thematrian1 (9:31:39 PM): Blake returns to the van, reporting two cans of fuel in a dusty corner of the basement, and a bunch of sheets and leftover clothes in the upstairs.
delioch (9:31:57 PM): "well, since we are waiting on blake i will go and see if i can help load up so we can go... and see if they have candy"
CirclMastr (9:31:57 PM): (bah, dinner, brb)
Umbrafer (9:32:17 PM): (Some of us have vats. No one in this team, though, that I know of) "Does it smell like cleaner?"
Umbrafer (9:32:36 PM): (Detergent, whatever. My brain is dead tonight.)
Thematrian1 (9:32:39 PM): Blake shrugs. "Ask the cat."
delioch (9:33:23 PM): "find any candy?"
delioch (9:33:29 PM): "or beer?"
Thematrian1 (9:34:50 PM): No beer, but there's some candy concealed in one of the children's drawers. Essentially pure sugar.
delioch (9:35:16 PM): "pure sugar?"
delioch (9:35:39 PM): "what like pop rocks?"
Thematrian1 (9:36:22 PM): Same basic idea, yeah.
delioch (9:36:54 PM): "sweat... i'll be right back" goes to get some candy.>>>>
Umbrafer (9:37:05 PM): Pah, it is no pure sugar! It is /brightly-coloured/ sugar!
Umbrafer (9:37:15 PM): 99.5% pure at best.
Thematrian1 (9:37:46 PM): There's a big bag of the stuff. They're marketed as "Olmoids", after some children's holo or other. The candies themselves are in the shape of various small animals.
delioch (9:37:56 PM): thats ok, i'll mix it with some aztecola
Umbrafer (9:38:14 PM): If you so much as /touch/ my Aztecola… ;)
delioch (9:38:26 PM): "sweat, animal candy"
delioch (9:38:57 PM): :-Pit wasn't me i swearO:-)
delioch (9:39:50 PM): i walk back out with a bag of candy in hand happy as a kid half my age
CirclMastr (9:39:55 PM): (Back)
delioch (9:40:31 PM): "hey, cat. want some candy .. its in animal shapes."
Thematrian1 (9:40:34 PM): a kid half your age in general, or in Bug City?
CirclMastr (9:40:34 PM): "So, just interested in the drones and all?"
Umbrafer (9:40:35 PM): The radio has continued to be silent?
CirclMastr (9:40:41 PM): *to Alice*
delioch (9:40:42 PM): general
Thematrian1 (9:41:30 PM): She nods.
Thematrian1 (9:41:35 PM): Jon: correct
Dragcrell (9:41:45 PM): (I doute I would have heard you)
delioch (9:41:59 PM): why
Umbrafer (9:42:13 PM): Hm. I guess this is as good a place as any. Deploying Schattenauge.
Thematrian1 (9:42:16 PM): (She's on the roof)
delioch (9:42:27 PM): of what?
Dragcrell (9:42:31 PM): ( ^_^ )
delioch (9:42:42 PM): the apts
CirclMastr (9:42:42 PM): *grins a bit* "Maybe after we make it out of here you could come back to D.C. with me, I could introduce you to some people."
Thematrian1 (9:42:59 PM): She blinks. "You're not with her?"
delioch (9:43:48 PM): i'll sit down on the curve for a moment
CirclMastr (9:43:49 PM): "Well, yes and no. I'm from Washington D.C., I was here on a job and... yeah, all this happened. I joined up with her and her... friends... to get out of here. Strength in numbers, as they say."
Umbrafer (9:44:56 PM): Schattenauge will hide next to a house, rise to the roofline, and survey the area.
delioch (9:44:59 PM): "i find it most emusing that i'm the only person who came after all the shit hit the fan" i say to myself
CirclMastr (9:45:19 PM): (Eavesdropping much?)
Thematrian1 (9:45:32 PM): (Looks like it)
delioch (9:45:34 PM): :-Di'll long in the ears
Umbrafer (9:46:21 PM): ("Begging your pardon, sir, there ain't no eaves at Bag End, and that's a fact!")
CirclMastr (9:46:30 PM): (*Smacks J*)
delioch (9:46:48 PM): (ha.. that was great)
delioch (9:47:39 PM): "hey, alex. would you like some candy?"
CirclMastr (9:47:41 PM): "I don't know what her situation is, but I know I'd be able to help you get your own drones and all."
Thematrian1 (9:47:43 PM): Alice nods. "I guess we're here under the same theory."
Thematrian1 (9:48:02 PM): She shakes her head, pauses, then sticks out a palm
CirclMastr (9:48:11 PM): (A palm?)
delioch (9:48:38 PM): (like tree but smaller)
CirclMastr (9:48:45 PM): (A palm IS a tree)
Thematrian1 (9:48:57 PM): (Except in this case, where it's a device for holding candy)
delioch (9:49:05 PM): (i know, thats what i said)
CirclMastr (9:49:18 PM): (Alex = Alice now?)
Umbrafer (9:49:29 PM): (You never can tell.)
Umbrafer (9:49:38 PM): (One welding accident and she could look like me.)
Thematrian1 (9:49:44 PM): (Dammit. Never mind)
delioch (9:49:45 PM): i hand her some, still waiting for alex to answer
Thematrian1 (9:49:58 PM): (They're in different places, is the thing)
delioch (9:50:07 PM): "here you go sweaty"
Thematrian1 (9:50:07 PM): (Alice and Todd are indoors, Alex is in her van)
Dragcrell (9:50:08 PM): *climbs down off the roof of the house and moves to the next one looking around for a way in to it*
CirclMastr (9:50:09 PM): (Yeah, hence my amazement at the eavesdropping)
Umbrafer (9:50:18 PM): "No, thanks."
delioch (9:50:37 PM): *(long ears)
CirclMastr (9:50:48 PM): *gives Alice a bit of a grin* "So what do you say? Care to come along with me after we're out of here?"
delioch (9:51:00 PM): "ok" i say- loud enough for her to hear
Thematrian1 (9:51:24 PM): (Loud enough for Alice to hear? Through the van and the walls of the house?)
Thematrian1 (9:51:47 PM): Alice: "We have to find our folks, once we get out."
delioch (9:51:50 PM): "hey... rrree.. todd. you want some. its chulk full of heathy goodness?"
CirclMastr (9:52:13 PM): (Don't make me smack you, you're not on scene, this is the third time you're being told that)
delioch (9:52:26 PM): (no alex and i'm not in the housei'm outside by the door)
CirclMastr (9:53:10 PM): "Yeah, I doubt they'd approve of you becoming a rigger though."
Thematrian1 (9:53:21 PM): (Dave: leave that sort of thing to me. delioch: So when you offered candy, you were addressing the van, not being inside it?)
delioch (9:53:35 PM): ((right)
delioch (9:53:52 PM): (i figure i would say it loud enough for her to hear)
Umbrafer (9:54:10 PM): (Then I guess I rolled down the window to respond)
Thematrian1 (9:54:21 PM): (Since the van still doesn't have those speakers)
delioch (9:54:23 PM): (now, inless todd and alice are outside somewhere else then my bad)
Thematrian1 (9:55:01 PM): (No, they're indoors.)
Thematrian1 (9:55:07 PM): Alice: "I guess, but..."
Thematrian1 (9:55:17 PM): "I won't be a kid forever."
delioch (9:55:28 PM): (so they could still hear me through the door way since i'm right by it)
Thematrian1 (9:55:32 PM): "Donald" has headed outside.
delioch (9:55:53 PM): "you want some donny?"
delioch (9:56:01 PM): hold out bag
Thematrian1 (9:56:24 PM): He looks at the bag, wrinkles his nose, and says "No thanks."
CirclMastr (9:56:39 PM): "True..." *pats her shoulder gently with non-bleeding arm*
delioch (9:56:52 PM): "ok your loss"
Thematrian1 (9:57:54 PM): "Donald" continues his walk, toward the van.
Umbrafer (9:58:15 PM): *Looks around just above the roofline*
Thematrian1 (9:58:46 PM): Alex: you've got houses, houses, houses, and then the "skyscraper section" springs up like a wall of glass
Dragcrell (9:58:53 PM): *moves from the house she was looking at and to S.Fire* "Pup you said you can open doorrrs"
Umbrafer (9:59:09 PM): Is the Ares Tower visible?
CirclMastr (9:59:17 PM): "Tell you what, why don't you sit up front in the van with me and Alex when we head out?"
Thematrian1 (9:59:38 PM): Yes. It's a dozen stories taller than its nearest competitors, and it's not all that far away.
Thematrian1 (9:59:40 PM): Donald has reached the van, and knocks on the driver's side door.
delioch (9:59:42 PM): "yes, yes i can. anything i can help you with sweat heart?"
Thematrian1 (9:59:59 PM): Alice grins. "I'd like that."
CirclMastr (10:00:33 PM): *grins back* "Good deal."
Umbrafer (10:01:01 PM): Going to zoom in and take a floor-by-floor look. Especially looking for things like transparent or broken windows.
Dragcrell (10:01:03 PM): *snarls* "Call me that again and you well be wishing for a new eye. *points to the door of the house she was looking at* "Open that one then. Pup."
delioch (10:01:14 PM): "by the by, you want some candy?"
delioch (10:01:32 PM): i get up from where i was sitting and head over to where cat pointed
Thematrian1 (10:02:13 PM): Alex: what kind of magnification do you have?
Umbrafer (10:02:28 PM): 300x
Dragcrell (10:02:39 PM): *waits for S.Fire to open the door*
delioch (10:03:29 PM): i hook the maglock pass key up and go to work
delioch (10:03:45 PM): delioch rolled 10 6-sided dice: 4 3 5 3 1 1 2 6 1 1
delioch (10:03:54 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
delioch (10:04:10 PM): (that was horrible
Thematrian1 (10:04:39 PM): whirr...zipzipzip...whirr...ding! The lock opens.
Dragcrell (10:04:40 PM): (na you didn't roll all 1's)
CirclMastr (10:04:41 PM): *leans a bit closer to Alice, speaking a bit more quietly* "Mind if I ask you something?"
Thematrian1 (10:04:57 PM): She regards you seriously. "What is it?"
Thematrian1 (10:05:13 PM): Alex: Passive sensors, please.
CirclMastr (10:05:17 PM): "How old are you and your brother, really?"
Dragcrell (10:05:42 PM): *shoves S.fire aside and slowly walks in sniffing and scaning the rooms looking for food, water, and clothing
Umbrafer (10:05:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 6 3 2 4 6 4 3
Umbrafer (10:05:59 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 4
Umbrafer (10:06:16 PM): 8, 6, 2, 2, 2
delioch (10:06:22 PM): i follow
delioch (10:06:33 PM): "i have a question for you cat?"
delioch (10:06:43 PM): still eating candy
Thematrian1 (10:06:54 PM): ok. No transparent windows, but the very top story has several broken ones. The angle is wrong to see anything but ceiling, but the ceiling seems fine.
Dragcrell (10:07:41 PM): "what?" *keeps looking around alert for any thaing that may attack*
Umbrafer (10:07:48 PM): *Nods* I keep that in mind. Where are there taller buildings near the drone?
delioch (10:07:57 PM): "so why you hate me anyway?"
CirclMastr (10:09:21 PM): *waits for a response from Alice*
Thematrian1 (10:09:56 PM): She doesn't give you one, Todd.
CirclMastr (10:10:13 PM): "...Something wrong?"
Dragcrell (10:11:29 PM): "You arrre anoing and seek stuff that is of no use orrr value to serrrviveing." *snorts and keeps looking about the house*
delioch (10:13:04 PM): "oh, i see. well i guess you have a point. but then again how el;se are you to keep track of the score"
CirclMastr (10:13:09 PM): "Alice?"
Thematrian1 (10:13:34 PM): She heads for the fridge: "I'm kind of hungry. Do you want anything?"
Dragcrell (10:14:29 PM): "Scorrre? What use is this Scorrre? You live orrr you die therrre is no scorrre in the wilds."
CirclMastr (10:14:42 PM): *gets up with a slight grunt and follows her to the kitchen* "I didn't mean to upset you..."
Thematrian1 (10:15:02 PM): "Okay"
delioch (10:15:30 PM): "oh, the wilds. i get it.
delioch (10:15:50 PM): "well, in the city- the non wild we like to score"
CirclMastr (10:15:59 PM): "Mad at me now?"
Umbrafer (10:16:47 PM): *Tries to make her way to more elevated ground, where ground includes buildings*
Thematrian1 (10:17:07 PM): You head for the wall of glass.
Dragcrell (10:17:08 PM): *snorts* "I have seen how some use to scorrre." *growls* "Cost morrre then a few therrre life forrr nothing thats of use but then you arrre all funny that way."
Thematrian1 (10:17:33 PM): She shakes her head, holding the refridgerator door open with one hand. "Everything's happened so fast. It's worse for Duncan than me."
CirclMastr (10:17:51 PM): "...How so?" *mentally noting the name change*
delioch (10:17:59 PM): i smile" ya, aren't we great that way. see i think the problem is that you should find the good or beauty in it all"
Umbrafer (10:18:15 PM): Heh, well, not going quite that far if possible. What's the light situation like?
Thematrian1 (10:18:43 PM): You don't really have a choice. It's two/three story houselike things, then skyscrapers.
Thematrian1 (10:19:18 PM): The sun hasn't quite set yet.
Thematrian1 (10:19:47 PM): She shrugs. Quietly: "He...he really liked his parents."
Umbrafer (10:20:06 PM): Got it. How far away is the WoG?
CirclMastr (10:20:18 PM): "And you didn't?"
delioch (10:20:22 PM): "you see, its like a game. the better the quicker you are the more likely you will survive, but each time you have to do more and more daring things"
delioch (10:20:54 PM): "its fun i guess and shows how good you are at what you do"
Thematrian1 (10:21:09 PM): ~a mile from the van
delioch (10:22:08 PM): i smile
Dragcrell (10:22:13 PM): *snorts* "Only the foolish bucks would trrry that and they was etherrr food forrr the wolf packs or my self. The weak die and the strrrong keep liveing therrre is nothing morrre."
Umbrafer (10:22:55 PM): Ok, WoGging it it is.
delioch (10:23:14 PM): 'its like the wild, but in a different way. i guess since you didn't grow up in it you wouldn't understand"
delioch (10:23:30 PM): "who's this wolf pak?"
CirclMastr (10:24:04 PM): *gently puts my good arm on her shoulder* "You can talk to me, Alice. I won't tell anyone else if you don't want me to."
Dragcrell (10:25:06 PM): "I have seen meny like you pup that was affterrr this scorrre and gunned down forrr it. Therrre arrre meny packs in the wilds pup and non frrreindly to strrrangers that was weakerrr then they was."
Thematrian1 (10:25:34 PM): Todd: She casually slips away from your hand. "I don't want to talk about it. Can't we just stay alive?"
CirclMastr (10:27:01 PM): "...Yeah, we'll stay alive. Don't keep it bottled up too long though, or you'll just live to regret it."
Dragcrell (10:27:41 PM): *rummages around the house still*
delioch (10:27:44 PM): "i think that you think the score that i'm talking about is things like whats in the tower.... thats not what i'm talking about."
delioch (10:28:01 PM): *check freg*
Thematrian1 (10:28:45 PM): Roll 'em. Boosted?
CirclMastr (10:29:08 PM): *puts hand back on Alice's shoulder and smiles gently* "Come on, let's go see Alex."
delioch (10:29:37 PM): (frigerator is what i ment)
delioch (10:29:51 PM): (sorry)
Thematrian1 (10:30:28 PM): (Ah)
Dragcrell (10:31:21 PM): *dosn't say anythaing more just serches the house for usefull stuff*
Thematrian1 (10:31:50 PM): The power's been off for a while, so some things are obviously spoiled.
Umbrafer (10:31:52 PM): *Float float float hide hide hide*
MilesMk1 has entered the chat room.

MilesMk1 (10:32:10 PM): Hey.
delioch (10:32:12 PM): (hey , look its blake)
CirclMastr (10:32:14 PM): (Hey)
CirclMastr (10:32:38 PM): *takes Alice out to the van and sits in the passenger seat with her*
Thematrian1 (10:32:47 PM): Alex: you reach the Wall. This particular building is tall even by the standards of the area, so reaching the top takes some time, but proves worthwhile...
MilesMk1 (10:32:51 PM): (Everyone still alive?)
Thematrian1 (10:32:56 PM): (Yep)
delioch (10:33:06 PM): (so far)
CirclMastr (10:33:08 PM): (Blake bravely sacrificed himself)
MilesMk1 (10:33:14 PM): (So, what, if anything, are we doing?)
Thematrian1 (10:33:15 PM): Todd: the passenger seat has room for one. How are you working this?
Umbrafer (10:33:27 PM): (*Cries*)
Thematrian1 (10:33:32 PM): (There's been some looting and some eavesdropping)
CirclMastr (10:33:33 PM): Having her sit in my lap, if she's willing.
Thematrian1 (10:33:41 PM): She's not
MilesMk1 (10:33:43 PM): (Looting of the houses?)
CirclMastr (10:33:53 PM): Meanie.
delioch (10:34:03 PM): sicko
Thematrian1 (10:34:54 PM): She slips around to the back doors, and peers through the gap between the seats.
MilesMk1 (10:35:28 PM): (Where is Blake, BTW? Just hanging out? And what are we eavesdroping on?)
Umbrafer (10:35:35 PM): *Totally oblivious until notified*
Umbrafer (10:35:37 PM): Each other, mostly.
CirclMastr (10:35:39 PM): I used up 3 successes of rapport pretty quickly.
MilesMk1 (10:35:51 PM): (Wait... Alex is out of the van?)
Umbrafer (10:35:52 PM): Yeah, by being creepy as all hell
Umbrafer (10:35:54 PM): Nope
Thematrian1 (10:35:55 PM): No, they're still there. You just need like fifty to accomplish what you're trying.
Umbrafer (10:35:57 PM): Er
Umbrafer (10:36:07 PM): No italics on that last "nope"
CirclMastr (10:36:18 PM): I'm not trying to be creepy, it's not my fault you all have dirty minds.
Umbrafer (10:36:35 PM): Ptah. Remember, we're in a chaotic, ruined city.
Thematrian1 (10:36:46 PM): And you're playing a grimy criminal.
CirclMastr (10:36:50 PM): And yet you can't think of anything without sexual connotations!
delioch (10:36:52 PM): ...no its barneys failt that we have dirty minds
Umbrafer (10:37:04 PM): No, I can think of a lot of things without sexual connotations.
CirclMastr (10:37:04 PM): I'm not grimy, I'm wounded. And I've yet to admit to any crimes.
Thematrian1 (10:37:07 PM): Alex: you've reached the top of this building.
Umbrafer (10:37:32 PM): They mostly have violent connotations, and other such things. It's a scary city, you know?
Umbrafer (10:37:43 PM): I'm going to take a quick look around the building I'm floating next to.
Thematrian1 (10:37:48 PM): Dave: if you wish to argue about this, you may do so with me in IM. Otherwise the subject is closed. That goes for everybody.
Umbrafer (10:37:50 PM): Anything obviously special about it?
Thematrian1 (10:38:47 PM): Hm. There's a large antenna on the roof, but that's not especially uncommon.
MilesMk1 (10:38:53 PM): (Mhmm. BTW, at some point during all this, when he wasn't looting for water and food, Blake would have went into one of the houses with a large duffel, and emerged in full tactical gear, including light security armor and a helmet)
CirclMastr (10:39:58 PM): That reminds me, did we ever find running water?
delioch (10:40:10 PM): nope
Thematrian1 (10:40:14 PM): No. There are about a dozen more jugs in the second house, though.
CirclMastr (10:40:29 PM): Enough for me to clean up with?
Thematrian1 (10:40:38 PM): Yes, easily.
CirclMastr (10:41:17 PM): *does so, washing up the wound and then the rest of me, then shaves while humming to myself*
Thematrian1 (10:41:25 PM): scrape scrape scrape
delioch (10:41:34 PM): do these people have any good movies or sims
Thematrian1 (10:41:35 PM): Alex: other than that, it's your bog-standard reflective-glass building.
Thematrian1 (10:41:49 PM): There's a large, empty rack next to the holo
Umbrafer (10:42:11 PM): Fair enough. Going to take another close look at the target building.
Umbrafer (10:42:30 PM): Especially the exposed top floor and any part of the grounds or lower levels that is now visible that wasn't before.
CirclMastr (10:42:45 PM): "...and we're together... and we'll do wonders... won't weeee...." *continues humming*
Dragcrell (10:42:46 PM): *exits the house and moves to the next one looking it over as well*
delioch (10:43:25 PM): "so whjat you looking for, cat?"
CirclMastr (10:43:29 PM): *searches around for a good pair of scissors*
Thematrian1 (10:43:52 PM): Todd: you find some in the upstairs bathroom.
Thematrian1 (10:44:02 PM): Two bathrooms for a family of four, as far as you can tell.
Thematrian1 (10:44:04 PM): Incredible.
Dragcrell (10:44:25 PM): "Stuff thats of use." *looks around the house*
CirclMastr (10:44:30 PM): *smiles widely and checks the sharpness, before giving my hair a trim and brush*
Thematrian1 (10:44:49 PM): Alex: the rooms with the broken windows were small offices once. Now they're missing their doors, revealing hallways decorated in uniform Corporate Bland.
Umbrafer (10:45:22 PM): Interesting.
Umbrafer (10:45:25 PM): On the top floor?
Thematrian1 (10:45:38 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (10:45:43 PM): well, one is the third story down
Thematrian1 (10:45:47 PM): the other four are top-level
CirclMastr (10:46:01 PM): *attends to some last little touch-ups in the mirror, looking about a million percent better, then heads back to the van*
CirclMastr (10:46:07 PM): *taking the scissors with me*
delioch (10:47:12 PM): walks back over to the van
CirclMastr (10:47:20 PM): "How do I look?" *smiling*
delioch (10:47:23 PM): bag of candy still in hand
delioch (10:47:45 PM): *shrugs*
Thematrian1 (10:47:48 PM): Alice looks up from her conversation over Duncan's body to smile at you. While you were out, she stole your seat.
MilesMk1 (10:47:52 PM): *gives a brief thumbs up, then goes back to labeling assault rifle mags with colored electrical tape*
Umbrafer (10:48:00 PM): Interesting.
Thematrian1 (10:48:06 PM): Duncan speaks to you: "Is she" ::gesturing to Alex:: "going to get up any time soon?"
CirclMastr (10:48:13 PM): *chuckles at Alice* "Better now, yes? Anyone else want a trim or a shave?"
CirclMastr (10:48:34 PM): *looks at Duncan* "She's busy right now, she'll get up when she's done."
Umbrafer (10:48:44 PM): Seems like a strange place for small offices.
delioch (10:48:49 PM): "i only remember her being out of the van once and that was before she got in"
Umbrafer (10:48:53 PM): Nothing moving inside?
MilesMk1 (10:48:56 PM): *starts securing the pins on his grenades with tape so they don't clink / snag*
Vernjonal has entered the chat room.

Thematrian1 (10:49:07 PM): sure. Then again, what do you know about top level corporate territory?
Umbrafer (10:49:24 PM): Skylights are posh?
Thematrian1 (10:49:25 PM): what you can see does match what's shown on the maps
MilesMk1 (10:49:39 PM): *begins inserting the mags and grenades into various pouches on his tac vest*
Umbrafer (10:49:51 PM): Curiouser and curiouser.
Thematrian1 (10:50:01 PM): Blake gets armed.
MilesMk1 (10:50:03 PM): *adjusts the fit on his respirator, then stows it*
Umbrafer (10:50:04 PM): The grounds?
delioch (10:50:07 PM): *watchs blake with veg interest as he eats candy*
CirclMastr (10:50:17 PM): "Nobody needs a haircut? I refuse to believe that."
Thematrian1 (10:50:18 PM): ("vague")
Thematrian1 (10:50:32 PM): Alice, slyly: "Nobody wants one, at any rate."
Thematrian1 (10:50:36 PM): Duncan reddens.
Umbrafer (10:50:50 PM): Is Duncan particularly long-haired?
delioch (10:50:56 PM): (yes vague thank you)
CirclMastr (10:51:15 PM): *chuckles* "Come on, I'm the best barber on this continent, you won't feel a thing."
MilesMk1 (10:51:19 PM): *chuckles, briefly takes off the helmet, runs his hand over 1/2" crew-cut* "I think I'm good, thanks."
delioch (10:51:21 PM): runs a hand through his red hair"nope not long enough yet"
MilesMk1 (10:51:26 PM): (ok, creepy again... :))
CirclMastr (10:51:30 PM): (lol)
Umbrafer (10:51:46 PM): (Hey, at least we know he doesn't have any chutes.)
CirclMastr (10:52:03 PM): (*has it at 6, which makes me the only one in the SR universe who actually took the skill, so I'm right*)
delioch (10:52:21 PM): (werid)
Thematrian1 (10:52:29 PM): (Heh)
CirclMastr (10:52:30 PM): (Fitting.)
MilesMk1 (10:52:48 PM): *double checks the loads in his pistols and shock stick*
Umbrafer (10:52:51 PM): (When we need haircuts, we'll come to you. Assuming we get a haircut every month and a half, it should just be two more years in-game before we need one ;) )
Thematrian1 (10:52:53 PM): (There are probably some NPCs with the skill. But 6 is indeed exceptional)
MilesMk1 (10:52:59 PM): *sharpens the combat knife*
Umbrafer (10:53:00 PM): (Two more years out-of-game, rather)
Thematrian1 (10:53:01 PM): Blake: everything checks
Thematrian1 (10:53:22 PM): (heh, again)
CirclMastr (10:53:28 PM): (Hehe. I think technically you're supposed to get one every 2 weeks. And just imagine how unruly the shifter's fur must be!)
delioch (10:53:47 PM): (i don't think shes a shifter)
Umbrafer (10:53:51 PM): (Yeah, but do you have animal grooming?)
Thematrian1 (10:53:54 PM): (She needs brushing more than barbering, I'd wager)
CirclMastr (10:53:55 PM): (Whatever the catgirl thing is)
MilesMk1 (10:53:57 PM): (I'm just amusing myself while other people are actually accomplishing things - I like to have these little Rambo moments once in a while. :))
delioch (10:54:14 PM): (sounds fun)
Umbrafer (10:54:26 PM): Anything on the ground outside the tower? Visible gun emplacements, that kind of thing?
Dragcrell (10:54:29 PM): (well grooming and a good set of armor acutly)
Umbrafer (10:54:30 PM): Movement?
Umbrafer (10:54:34 PM): Movement's a big one.
delioch (10:54:38 PM): "so blake since you are gearing up, does that mean we are ready to go?"
Thematrian1 (10:55:20 PM): You can't tell, there are lots of other buildings in the way. If you travel another six miles or so, you can see it.
MilesMk1 (10:55:53 PM): "I'm ready... I figure we won't be until Alex, at least, gets done. And there are your injuries. Are you two up to it?"
MilesMk1 (10:56:09 PM): (IIRC Todd had an M, and SF a L?)
delioch (10:56:24 PM): "i'm fine as long as i don't laugh"
CirclMastr (10:56:25 PM): (I have 3 boxes, which thanks to HPT gives me L wound mods)
delioch (10:56:34 PM): (yeap)
MilesMk1 (10:56:35 PM): (Also, did Blake use First Aid on SF? He would have.)
CirclMastr (10:56:37 PM): "I wouldn't mind my right arm being complete again, but I'll live."
delioch (10:56:50 PM): (yes)
MilesMk1 (10:57:36 PM): "Sorry... There's only so much you can do with a first aid kit. You're lucky that thing didn't sever any tendons. I know it hurts like hell, but it was mostly superficial."
delioch (10:58:04 PM): "ya, i'll live" dramatic pose
delioch (10:58:25 PM): " but seriously... i'm just really bored"
Umbrafer (10:58:56 PM): Hm.
MilesMk1 (10:59:04 PM): "We need our recon finished... Last thing we need is to walk into machinegun fire because we got bored and didn't finish."
CirclMastr (10:59:08 PM): (I just remembered my REALLY creepy character)
Umbrafer (10:59:18 PM): I guess I'll pull back for now.
Umbrafer (10:59:31 PM): Ordering the drone back.
CirclMastr (10:59:34 PM): (He was a troll. And a ghoul. And his day job was being a chef.)
delioch (10:59:34 PM): shurgs" i try not to do that myself.. i go around that"
delioch (10:59:52 PM): (what you have one that was worse)
Thematrian1 (10:59:54 PM): (Heh. As long as he didn't cook Turducken...)
Umbrafer (10:59:59 PM): "Need to get closer to see the grounds, but things look… clean as they can be."
delioch (11:00:20 PM): (hows that work.. no one would hire a ghoul)
MilesMk1 (11:00:20 PM): "Yeah, well... That doesn't always work out, does it? Otherwise, I wouldn't have needed to stich you up just now."
CirclMastr (11:00:31 PM): (He was a culinary master. He could make an elf filet to DIE for. >:D )
MilesMk1 (11:00:41 PM): (Cybereyes, cosmetic surgery, deodorant, for one...)
Dragcrell (11:01:01 PM): *walks back to the van with more water and some fruit juice then taks up her usal spot in the uper back cornor of the van and waits*
delioch (11:01:18 PM): " well, truth be told, thats what i get for trying to shot a orc in the face"
MilesMk1 (11:01:37 PM): *grins* "That's what you get for missing."
Umbrafer (11:01:56 PM): "Everyone back yet?"
delioch (11:01:59 PM): i smile"ya, i suck"
MilesMk1 (11:02:05 PM): (OOC... Does Todd, since he might be in melee combat, want a Rapid Transit helmet? +2 impact armor.)
MilesMk1 (11:02:19 PM): "Bad luck."
CirclMastr (11:02:43 PM): (He just gave himself a haircut!)
Thematrian1 (11:02:47 PM): Everyone is, indeed, back. Alice claimed shotgun at some point.
MilesMk1 (11:03:20 PM): BTW, did any of my gearing up get any sort of reaction from the kids? (not trying to flex in front of them, or anything, just want to know if they're acting afraid of me, or if I have a new angle for drawing them out if they were
delioch (11:03:21 PM): gets into the car
MilesMk1 (11:03:25 PM): interested)
MilesMk1 (11:03:38 PM): (So that's a no?)
Dragcrell (11:03:44 PM): "I'm herrre and the young pup's might like the juice smells like therrre some real fruit in it."
CirclMastr (11:03:57 PM): (Blake tries to draw them out with Rambo act and that's fine, but I'm a creep?)
MilesMk1 (11:04:04 PM): "I'm here."
Thematrian1 (11:04:05 PM): (IMs, Dave)
Umbrafer (11:04:07 PM): (Later, later!)
delioch (11:04:13 PM): (yes)
Thematrian1 (11:04:29 PM): (It's some lag, but in point of fact Duncan was eating and watching Alex, while Alice studied the strato)
delioch (11:05:04 PM): ªsorry but there more interested in the women behind the curtin)
Umbrafer (11:05:30 PM): "Oh, hi." *Finally notices the kids*
MilesMk1 (11:05:34 PM): Oh, yeah, also... Was the Shield Drone (tm) damaged in any way? I was sort of assuming no, since it had a ton of armor, unlike the others, but...
Thematrian1 (11:05:54 PM): As far as I know, the Shield Drone has never taken damage.
Umbrafer (11:05:58 PM): No damage.
Umbrafer (11:06:05 PM): A few things escaped.
MilesMk1 (11:06:08 PM): Not even when the elemental messed the van up? Good.
Dragcrell (11:06:25 PM): (lest they are smart enufe to not try and hit on the one female that could take off a arm or other appendages)
Thematrian1 (11:06:40 PM): (You scare them.)
delioch (11:07:00 PM): (your horrible)
Dragcrell (11:07:03 PM): (and I dont blame them one bit)
Dragcrell (11:07:13 PM): (and thank you)
Umbrafer (11:07:22 PM): "Alice and… Donald, was it?"
delioch (11:07:25 PM): (i try)
Umbrafer (11:07:32 PM): (Do they react at all to my scarring and cybereye?)
delioch (11:07:58 PM): #so where do you want to enter?#
Dragcrell (11:08:11 PM): (the more alien and horrid SC comes off then I know I'm didign the RP right ^_^)
Thematrian1 (11:08:19 PM): (Not much. They may have gotten over it all while you were out)
Umbrafer (11:08:42 PM): (Good times.)
Thematrian1 (11:09:55 PM): Sounds like everyone's back in one place. Shadow Cat brought back some water and juice.
delioch (11:10:03 PM): (any more alien and we will ahve to put you back in Sigourney Weaver)
Thematrian1 (11:10:19 PM): (huh?)
delioch (11:10:46 PM): (its was a bad joke)
Dragcrell (11:11:02 PM): (can say that agin but dont)
Umbrafer (11:11:10 PM): When the Schattenauge is back (I'm going to check on it every 6-9 seconds) and loaded in, I'm going to head towards the Tower.
delioch (11:11:37 PM): (ok)
Thematrian1 (11:12:08 PM): it's in. You head.
delioch (11:12:23 PM): (who's going to drive the car?)
MilesMk1 (11:12:37 PM): (You.)
MilesMk1 (11:12:47 PM): (Bah. I guess Blake will.)
delioch (11:13:05 PM): (you could teach me to crive)
MilesMk1 (11:13:08 PM): (Ok, so what's the plan? Did I miss it, while I was out? We found a good point of entry?)
delioch (11:13:12 PM): (drive)
delioch (11:13:27 PM): (we have no talked about it yet)
Thematrian1 (11:13:45 PM): "drive toward the Tower" appears to be the plan
Umbrafer (11:14:01 PM): (The plan is "get in closer and take another look")
MilesMk1 (11:14:09 PM): (Ah, ok.)
delioch (11:14:14 PM): #so alex, where we going in?#
delioch (11:14:49 PM): #front door, back door, what?#
Umbrafer (11:16:03 PM): #No clue. Too risky to send the drone that far unattended, we're going to get a look from closer in.#
delioch (11:16:26 PM): # ok#
delioch (11:16:57 PM): is the residential building connected to the tower?
Dragcrell (11:17:05 PM): *just stays in the corner waiting*
Thematrian1 (11:17:14 PM): You don't see any people, but that's not a huge surprise - the van is quite loud in an area gone eerily silent.
Thematrian1 (11:18:28 PM): Shadow Fire: no.
delioch (11:20:18 PM): "hey, blake. do you have a binoculars?"
Thematrian1 (11:20:25 PM): pretty quickly, you're surrounded by big, gray, still buildings. Several have broken front doors, torn off of their hinges or blasted into scrap.
Umbrafer (11:20:58 PM): Still no movement?
MilesMk1 (11:21:30 PM): *hands SF a pair of bionculars*
Thematrian1 (11:21:35 PM): hm. Passives
MilesMk1 (11:21:36 PM): binoculars
delioch (11:21:56 PM): "thank you"
Umbrafer (11:22:21 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 1 2 5 4 6
Umbrafer (11:22:24 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
delioch (11:22:26 PM): "want some candy... did i ask you that already?"
Umbrafer (11:22:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (11:22:31 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (11:22:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:22:53 PM): 24, 6, 3, 2, 2, 2
Thematrian1 (11:23:56 PM): every time you make a turn, you get little flickers of movement down the street, right at the edges of alleys, in windows and doorways, etc.
Umbrafer (11:24:24 PM): Oh dear. Hm. Well, next time it happens I'm going to try actives at the source.
delioch (11:24:27 PM): i'll try to take a closer look
Umbrafer (11:24:29 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 3 5
Umbrafer (11:24:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Umbrafer (11:24:41 PM): 9, 7, 5, 3, 2
Thematrian1 (11:24:55 PM): Shadow Fire: at which?
delioch (11:25:37 PM): try to spot something down a alley.. a flickering or whatever it is
delioch (11:25:50 PM): delioch rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 6 4
delioch (11:25:58 PM): delioch rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:27:25 PM): Alex, SF: you each focus in on (different) movements. SF spots someone with long blonde hair ducking behind a third-story window. Alex isolates a short, wide person peeking out of a dumpster.
delioch (11:28:09 PM): "hey, we're being followed"#hey, we're being followed#
Umbrafer (11:28:19 PM): Normal sig for a metahuman?
Dragcrell (11:28:57 PM): *snorts* "Rrrats in therrre holes not all arrre small and fuzzy pup."
delioch (11:28:59 PM): ?
delioch (11:29:22 PM): #you never know#
Thematrian1 (11:29:47 PM): Alex: yes.
Umbrafer (11:30:59 PM): "We've got watchers." *Tosses the views up on-screen*
delioch (11:31:29 PM): did i see any gang symbols?
Thematrian1 (11:32:01 PM): No. In fact, this whole area is tag-free.
Dragcrell (11:32:04 PM): *simply looks out the windows but stays in her spot*
Thematrian1 (11:32:16 PM): You're two miles from the Tower
delioch (11:32:17 PM): hmmm
MilesMk1 (11:32:20 PM): #Does it look like they're tracking us specifically, or are we just attracting the usual attention?#
Umbrafer (11:32:41 PM): I'm going to get to .6 kilometers, unless something interesting presents itself.
MilesMk1 (11:32:43 PM): #They can't be, on foot. Tracking us, I mean.#
delioch (11:33:47 PM): #you know you just answered your own question#
Thematrian1 (11:34:21 PM): You're a mile out. You pass a pair of bodies stuffed hap-hazardly into a streetcorner trash can.
Umbrafer (11:34:27 PM): #I've heard that spirits can let a good runner do it.#
Umbrafer (11:34:49 PM): Hm. How large, and is the source of injury immediately obvious?
delioch (11:35:00 PM): #do what?#
MilesMk1 (11:35:13 PM): #Keep up with a car, I'm assuming.#
Thematrian1 (11:35:26 PM): Human adult, and no
Thematrian1 (11:35:32 PM): They're face down; only the legs are visible
MilesMk1 (11:35:34 PM): #Still... If they're watching something, it would be the tower, not us.#
delioch (11:35:37 PM): #oh... ya, i guess thats possible#
delioch (11:36:32 PM): #is anyone with the magic sensing ability picking anything up?#
Umbrafer (11:37:52 PM): *Drive drive drive*
Thematrian1 (11:38:35 PM): you're .6 kilometers out
MilesMk1 (11:39:06 PM): (I'd love to stay longer, but I have an early morning meeting, and I gotta run. Sorry I got here so late. See you guys Thursday.)
delioch (11:39:21 PM): (bye)
Dragcrell (11:39:24 PM): (have fun)
Thematrian1 (11:39:25 PM): (Yeah, I'm about done)
MilesMk1 (11:39:42 PM): ('Night.)
Thematrian1 (11:39:50 PM): At the end of the street, you see a collection of craters and a burning vehicle marked "Chicago Transit Authority
Umbrafer (11:40:06 PM): Interesting.
MilesMk1 (11:40:08 PM): (Ok, just one more minute...)
Umbrafer (11:40:13 PM): Very, very interesting.
Umbrafer (11:40:23 PM): Radio channel still silent?
Thematrian1 (11:40:36 PM): yes
delioch (11:41:02 PM): #well, i guess we can't take the bus#
Thematrian1 (11:41:20 PM): Alice makes a small 'eep' noise when she spots it.
Umbrafer (11:41:27 PM): "Fireflies…"
Thematrian1 (11:41:31 PM): Duncan settles for the old "dangling jaw"
delioch (11:41:37 PM): #and now i think i can see where some of the earlier fequence was from#
delioch (11:42:07 PM): check with the scanner again
delioch (11:42:15 PM): delioch rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 1 2 1 2
Thematrian1 (11:42:18 PM): The back half of the CTA vehicle has been blasted most of the way apart: the frame is somewhat intact, but everything even remotely soft is gone
Thematrian1 (11:42:26 PM): You're not picking up anything new.
Umbrafer (11:42:27 PM): "Keep an eye out, everyone." *Tries, for the tenth time today, to deploy the Kimji*
delioch (11:42:29 PM): (i hate you stupid dice roller)
Dragcrell (11:42:40 PM): *looks the werckages over throw the window*
delioch (11:43:14 PM): is it blocking our path?
Thematrian1 (11:43:26 PM): No; it knocked over a streetlight and is mostly on the sidewalk.
Thematrian1 (11:43:43 PM): In all other ways, this is a quiet street.
Thematrian1 (11:43:48 PM): And now I need to go to bed.
MilesMk1 (11:43:58 PM): Good night.
delioch (11:43:58 PM): ok,
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Dragcrell (11:44:01 PM): roll-dice 6
CirclMastr (11:44:01 PM): Nighty
Umbrafer (11:44:03 PM): Sleep well.
Thematrian1 (11:44:05 PM): thanks
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delioch (11:44:13 PM): night
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Dragcrell (11:44:25 PM): (^_-)
Umbrafer (11:44:33 PM): !!
Umbrafer (11:44:37 PM): Before I forget:
Dragcrell (11:44:48 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 3 6 4 5
Dragcrell (11:44:56 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Dragcrell (11:45:01 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Dragcrell (11:45:06 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:45:07 PM): Well, I guess two people got away already. That said, no game Thursday. I'll be in Indiana having my tongue silver-plated.
Thematrian1 (11:45:41 PM): wuh?
Dragcrell (11:45:59 PM): Eh??
Umbrafer (11:46:19 PM): The following morning I try to convince a committee at Rose to let me back in.
Thematrian1 (11:46:33 PM): oh
Thematrian1 (11:46:34 PM): wow
Thematrian1 (11:46:37 PM): good luck
Umbrafer (11:46:40 PM): Thanks
Dragcrell (11:46:53 PM): <----still lost
Umbrafer (11:47:26 PM): I was someplace, then I wasn't, now I'm trying to go back.
Thematrian1 (11:47:36 PM): mmmm, concision
Umbrafer (11:48:42 PM): My eyes don't hold themselves open long enough to be verbose :)
Thematrian1 (11:48:53 PM): fair enough. Sleep well
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Dragcrell (11:50:04 PM): well good luck ether way
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Umbrafer (11:50:18 PM): Thanks. See you Tuesday!
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