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MilesMk1 (8:02:56 PM): Indeed?
Umbrafer (8:03:26 PM): Indeed.
Thematrian1 (8:03:37 PM): Jon, do you have the log from two weeks ago?
Umbrafer (8:03:44 PM): I believe so. One moment.
Dragcrell (8:04:39 PM): well we end with SC pilfering the safe and geting some goodys on her way to the kid in a tank that was permatly coneted to the maxtrix
Umbrafer (8:05:25 PM): http://www.sotsw.net/runs/SotSW%2008-01-2006.html
MilesMk1 (8:05:27 PM): I think there's probably going to be some stuff in between the safe and the kid. Just a guess.
Thematrian1 (8:05:44 PM): it's conceivable
Thematrian1 (8:05:47 PM): thank you, Jon
CirclMastr (8:06:18 PM): I have no clue what to try to communicate to Mr. Sperethiel-only Mage
Thematrian1 (8:06:44 PM): Todd and Mr. Sperethiel have reached an impasse.
CirclMastr (8:06:59 PM): *slits his throat*
CirclMastr (8:07:09 PM): (Okay, maybe not..)
Thematrian1 (8:07:43 PM): (Besides, that could have two meanings)
Dragcrell (8:07:50 PM): (lol)
CirclMastr (8:08:02 PM): It could?
Umbrafer (8:08:10 PM): Two hims
CirclMastr (8:08:13 PM): Ah
MilesMk1 (8:09:15 PM): SC needs to give the Sperethiel guy back his powder...
CirclMastr (8:09:33 PM): Yes
CirclMastr (8:09:37 PM): But she's greedy
CirclMastr (8:09:40 PM): And possibly evil.
CirclMastr (8:09:51 PM): Actually, that sounds like all runners...
Dragcrell (8:10:24 PM): (She has her quarks ;3 and she IS a cat what do you expext?)
Thematrian1 (8:10:44 PM): (Quirks, though she doubtless has quirks too)
Umbrafer (8:11:10 PM): (She would be unhappy if she were quarkless)
Thematrian1 (8:11:14 PM): Mr. S has managed to thoroughly distract Alice and Duncan from their game of whatever
Thematrian1 (8:11:30 PM): (No she wouldn't; she'd have nothing to be unhappy with)
Dragcrell (8:11:47 PM): (true at that as there woudl be no she)
CirclMastr (8:11:51 PM): (Her demonic anti-soul)
CirclMastr (8:11:55 PM): (Because all cats are evil)
Dragcrell (8:12:18 PM): (Na they only like you to think that)
MilesMk1 (8:12:24 PM): Blake is not evil. He's a very nice person. He only kills people who deserve it.
Umbrafer (8:12:51 PM): (Erk, I'll have to duck off--I'll be back shortly, and until then Matt can dictate my general actions)
CirclMastr (8:12:51 PM): *nominates Blake for a Nobel Peace Prize*
Thematrian1 (8:14:42 PM): But, like Todd, A&D don't come up with any brilliant ways to communicate.
MilesMk1 (8:14:49 PM): Blake would like to a) Examine the area where the minigun lady was residing and b) Squeeze out of SF the location of the security room he was in.
Thematrian1 (8:15:33 PM): b) is easily done; he's in the main lobby, the looted room with the jackpoints and no machinery other than monitors.
Thematrian1 (8:16:41 PM): a) ...hm. Give me Electronics.
MilesMk1 (8:17:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 2 3
MilesMk1 (8:17:21 PM): Hmm.
MilesMk1 (8:17:46 PM): Just what was that for, so I'll know if I should karma?
Thematrian1 (8:18:23 PM): That was for recognizing the items in this lab. That roll reveals that there's a lot of advanced-looking stuff in this lab, but it's all research/technical and far outside your practical experience.
Thematrian1 (8:18:27 PM): If you karma, reroll all 5.
MilesMk1 (8:18:47 PM): I'll pass.
CirclMastr (8:18:47 PM): (Random aside: Rape suspect requests trial delay, so he can marry alleged victimBy Associated Press)
Thematrian1 (8:20:27 PM): Fair enough. Blake: this does not look like a surgical facility to you. Research into cybernetic equipment, is your best guess. There are eight slots for computers scattered through the (fairly small) room. Seven are empty, one
Thematrian1 (8:20:28 PM): still full
MilesMk1 (8:22:01 PM): I'll assume none of them will be of any use to us in getting at building security, since the techie guy trapped here decided to go below and get killed by a drone instead.
Thematrian1 (8:22:17 PM): fair enough
MilesMk1 (8:22:32 PM): "SC, let me see what was in that safe?"
Thematrian1 (8:24:14 PM): You catch SC heading out the door.
Dragcrell (8:25:29 PM): *Turns around and holds out the rifle she found and the other stuff from the safe* "Just this neverrr seen a gun like this tho" *left ear pirked up*
Thematrian1 (8:25:52 PM): Back in the van, Mr. S says something friendly and liquid-sounding to Duncan, who smiles uncertainly.
MilesMk1 (8:26:11 PM): *examines the safe-stuff, especially the rifle*
Thematrian1 (8:26:17 PM): The rifle has a label on the side: "Ares SHO Laser Mark Four"
MilesMk1 (8:27:08 PM): *whistles*
MilesMk1 (8:27:14 PM): "I wonder if that works..."
MilesMk1 (8:27:29 PM): Any educated guesses what "SHO" might stand for?
MilesMk1 (8:27:34 PM): On Blake's part, I mean.
Thematrian1 (8:27:54 PM): hmm
Thematrian1 (8:28:10 PM): Intelligence
MilesMk1 (8:28:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 4 5 3
Dragcrell (8:28:16 PM): "What is it?" *watches Blake and looks over the sheets her self*
CirclMastr (8:28:19 PM): Shoot Holes in Objects
Thematrian1 (8:28:23 PM): everyone else too, except SC
CirclMastr (8:28:30 PM): Even Todd?
MilesMk1 (8:28:42 PM): "Seems to be a laser..."
Thematrian1 (8:28:55 PM): sure
CirclMastr (8:29:05 PM): CirclMastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 1 4
CirclMastr (8:29:09 PM): Yay
Dragcrell (8:29:29 PM): "Why make it so larrrge tho?"
Thematrian1 (8:29:32 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 1 6 4 4 4
Thematrian1 (8:29:57 PM): Nobody comes up with any brilliant flashes of insight.
MilesMk1 (8:30:55 PM): Is the rifle unusually large? More so than your usual man-portable laser?
MilesMk1 (8:31:07 PM): *takes a look at the other stuff SC found*
Thematrian1 (8:31:26 PM): Man-portable rifles are new enough that there isn't really a standard size, but yeah, this is a big one
MilesMk1 (8:32:16 PM): Internal battery pack? Or does it seems to need a backpack? (if the latter, I'd expect big-ass cable slots)
Dragcrell (8:32:18 PM): *Stands waiting* "Is it of use to us you think?"
Thematrian1 (8:32:24 PM): The other things from the safe are still in there: a collection of OMCs (variously labelled), various half-disassembled arm and leg servos, a box labelled "Deck" in black marker, and a cyber...head?
Thematrian1 (8:32:51 PM): No big-ass cable slots, you don't think, but it's a little hard to tell. This weapon is clearly a prototype, and lacks the usual Ares polish
MilesMk1 (8:33:31 PM): "If it works, absolutely. If not, it still might be worth a lot of money."
Dragcrell (8:33:59 PM): "Can you use it orrr is it to big?"
MilesMk1 (8:34:05 PM): *looks over the "deck" with a puzzled expression*
MilesMk1 (8:34:12 PM): That's a good question.
MilesMk1 (8:34:17 PM): Can I?
Thematrian1 (8:34:30 PM): It is not dwarf-modified, and so imposes the usual penalty (+2 TN IIRC).
MilesMk1 (8:34:38 PM): Yeesh.
Thematrian1 (8:34:50 PM): OMC Labels:
Thematrian1 (8:34:52 PM): "NtOB, KCM, WtLR - Complete",
Thematrian1 (8:35:02 PM): (Check that, though; it's been forever since I've had to care about those rules)
MilesMk1 (8:35:29 PM): "Not without modification, but we can always strap it on a drone. Or the van turret..."
Thematrian1 (8:36:00 PM): "Lasers - EXPERIMENTAL"
Thematrian1 (8:36:04 PM): "Lasers - Stable"
MilesMk1 (8:36:26 PM): "Do you mind carrying it until we get back to the van?"
Dragcrell (8:36:43 PM): *Flicks ears then picks up the rifle* "Maby I could use it? I seen some lazerrrs in use quite to."
Thematrian1 (8:36:44 PM): "CyberAnnals 1-1054"
Thematrian1 (8:37:01 PM): "CyberAnnals 1055-2322"
MilesMk1 (8:37:34 PM): "I'd wait until we have a chance to look it over... Experimental lasers sound like something that might blow up in your hands if you're not careful."
Thematrian1 (8:37:57 PM): "Sam's Gene Bindings"
MilesMk1 (8:38:00 PM): *looks for bag/backpack/storage container to empty the contents of the safe into*
MilesMk1 (8:38:22 PM): Ideally, also some bubble wrap, but I'll make do without.
Thematrian1 (8:38:27 PM): No bags or backpacks, but there's a small, empty trash bin beside the one remaining computer
Thematrian1 (8:39:19 PM): "RTN-663019"
MilesMk1 (8:39:32 PM): If it's not filthy, I'll use that...
Thematrian1 (8:39:43 PM): It's squeaky clean.
MilesMk1 (8:39:50 PM): Yay.
Dragcrell (8:40:11 PM): "Mmmmm you sound like Ben now....." *shackes head and only helps Blake clean out the safe*
Thematrian1 (8:40:31 PM): Perception for Blake and SC
MilesMk1 (8:40:42 PM): (BTW, I'm not ingoring the intersting stuff in the safe, but we have a building to capture, preferably before someone comes over and kills us)
Dragcrell (8:40:43 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 5 3 4
MilesMk1 (8:40:45 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 1 3 1 1
MilesMk1 (8:40:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (8:41:48 PM): (I figured. Just don't lose track of it, or you'll miss out. Remember the Russian files from that cyberdeck?)
MilesMk1 (8:42:07 PM): (Heh... True.)
Thematrian1 (8:44:49 PM): Blake: as you're scooping up the remaining OMCs, your fingers trace a faint catch in the safe bottom. Closer examination reveals a tiny, tiny electronic device, apparently fused with the blast-resistant plastic.
CirclMastr (8:45:18 PM): (Then, the audio countdown starts)
CirclMastr (8:45:25 PM): (At 3)
Thematrian1 (8:46:01 PM): It doesn't seem to be doing anything.
Thematrian1 (8:46:33 PM): Todd: Mr. S plucks at your sleeve to attract your attention.
Umbrafer (8:46:34 PM): (Back, catching up. Sorry.)
MilesMk1 (8:46:38 PM): *zooms in on it using microscopic vision and examines is*
MilesMk1 (8:46:43 PM): (We found a laser rifle.)
CirclMastr (8:47:08 PM): *looks at him*
Umbrafer (8:47:27 PM): (Awesome.)
Thematrian1 (8:47:35 PM): He rubs his stomach.
MilesMk1 (8:47:39 PM): (Albeit an experimental one.)
CirclMastr (8:47:45 PM): "Hey, have we got any food left?"
Thematrian1 (8:48:17 PM): Duncan wordlessly holds up a bag of Blake's jerky. You're not sure when he acquired it.
MilesMk1 (8:48:33 PM): Why, that little...
MilesMk1 (8:48:52 PM): Though we also have a half-full case of MREs.
Thematrian1 (8:48:59 PM): Alice seemed about to speak, but cut herself off.
CirclMastr (8:49:21 PM): "..What?"
Thematrian1 (8:49:38 PM): "We found some jerky in the back."
CirclMastr (8:50:19 PM): "Cool." *takes the bag and gives the mage dude a piece, then hands it back to Duncan*
CirclMastr (8:50:34 PM): (The bag back to Duncan, obviously)
Thematrian1 (8:50:48 PM): (You could have given the mage to Duncan, I guess.)
CirclMastr (8:51:06 PM): (I was thinking "it" could have been "piece")
Umbrafer (8:51:11 PM): (I'll have you know that I still intend to translate the Russian files. Though what's in them may be stale.)
CirclMastr (8:51:30 PM): (Stale as the breadcrumbs in a '67 Dodge)
Thematrian1 (8:51:31 PM): (or that, yeah)
MilesMk1 (8:52:37 PM): #Lots of interesting stuff in this safe. Especially if you like metal heads...#
Thematrian1 (8:52:38 PM): He wolfs it right down.
Dragcrell (8:53:03 PM): *snifes the head over befor putting it in the bag*
MilesMk1 (8:53:09 PM): #I'm thinking of coming up, so we can leave this stuff in the car, SC can give the guy back his powder, and then we can move on. Sound good?#
Umbrafer (8:53:14 PM): #Metal head, you say?#
Umbrafer (8:53:27 PM): #Good.#
MilesMk1 (8:54:00 PM): #Looks like a cyber head replacment. Though how that'd work, exactly...#
Thematrian1 (8:54:03 PM): Blake: the small electronic device is...a small electronic device. Maybe a listening bug. Electronics.
MilesMk1 (8:54:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 5 1
MilesMk1 (8:54:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (8:54:38 PM): yeah, your best guess is that you're looking at the head of a listening bug, built right into the safe.
MilesMk1 (8:56:12 PM): *makes a mental note to remember stuff like that if he ever needs to crack a safe, then closes the safe up* (assuming it's empty)
Thematrian1 (8:56:29 PM): you've got everything out, so you close the safe up. Done and done.
MilesMk1 (8:57:02 PM): #Mhmm... The safe seems to have been bugged. Oh well, it's not like they won't see who did it, once Ares gets control of the building back.#
MilesMk1 (8:57:25 PM): #Remind me to checks the stuff we got out of it for bugs, though, when we have some spare time.#
CirclMastr (8:57:55 PM): #I still have this sinking feeling that this guy will recover enough to blast me.#
Umbrafer (8:58:34 PM): #Why, though?#
CirclMastr (8:58:44 PM): #Paranoia.#
MilesMk1 (8:58:56 PM): #If he blasts you, he gets shot by the van...#
Umbrafer (8:59:00 PM): #As long as we're clear on that.#
CirclMastr (8:59:49 PM): (...Hmm...)
CirclMastr (8:59:50 PM): (I seem to be dying, connection-wise)
CirclMastr (9:00:10 PM): (Damn AIM)
MilesMk1 (9:00:11 PM): *finds some sturdy and heavy piece of equipment to use as a door stop downstairs, checks his respirator again, and quickly heads upstairs*
CirclMastr (9:00:18 PM): (...Still isn't working)
CirclMastr (9:00:31 PM): (Huzah!)
Thematrian1 (9:00:32 PM): (Bah)
Thematrian1 (9:00:58 PM): There's lots of heavy equipment about; you block the door with a big doohicky and head upstairs
Thematrian1 (9:02:17 PM): You reach the driveway. Things are as you left them; the evening is quiet and still.
Dragcrell (9:02:36 PM): *Follows behind carrying the lazer rifle*
Umbrafer (9:03:03 PM): (Light emission by zystematic emission of radiation?)
Thematrian1 (9:03:43 PM): (light amplification by...)
Thematrian1 (9:03:56 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 1 6
Dragcrell (9:03:58 PM): (^_- bah you make spelling errors no fun you know that)
Umbrafer (9:04:16 PM): (Right)
Umbrafer (9:04:24 PM): (Brains, who needs those?)
Dragcrell (9:04:44 PM): (Oh I coudl be worse)
Umbrafer (9:05:15 PM): (I was talking about me)
Thematrian1 (9:05:16 PM): The safety glass of a room thirty stories up explodes outward. A human figure is thrown violently out of it, directly above Blake. He begins to fall toward you.
Umbrafer (9:05:19 PM): (LESER)
Umbrafer (9:05:57 PM): Aw crap. If I'm aware of this, zoom in on the window.
Dragcrell (9:06:08 PM): (ah well lest you was closer ;3)
MilesMk1 (9:06:09 PM): "Heads Up!" #Look out for the kids!# *steps back into the lobby*
Thematrian1 (9:07:06 PM): it's high enough up that you do not need to roll. You dart back into the lobby, easily avoiding the falling body.
CirclMastr (9:07:18 PM): #The kids are in the van with me, what the hell happened?#
Thematrian1 (9:07:22 PM): Alex: you become aware of it at around the time Blake speaks.
CirclMastr (9:07:46 PM): Speaking of which, *tries to distract the kids from seeing the body*
MilesMk1 (9:07:55 PM): #Someone got tossed out by an explosion...#
Umbrafer (9:08:06 PM): The van itself is out of LOS of the building
MilesMk1 (9:08:08 PM): #Where did you say that kid in a vat was, SF?#
Umbrafer (9:08:09 PM): If just barely
CirclMastr (9:08:28 PM): #Was it someone we know?#
Umbrafer (9:08:35 PM): I hit the Schattenauge and take a look.
Dragcrell (9:08:36 PM): *waits untill the body hits then walks over to look it over sniffintg at it and with her free hand see what he had on him if anythaing*
Thematrian1 (9:09:48 PM): He (you're pretty sure it's a 'he', though after that impact it's a bit hard to tell) was dressed the in business casual of the 2050s: thigh-length vest-coat over shirt and slacks.
MilesMk1 (9:10:15 PM): "...just don't eat him, ok?" *collects the rifle from SC, and jogs over to leave it and the bin-of-stuff in the van*
Dragcrell (9:11:09 PM): *snorts then looks in the pockets and checks the size of its clothing seeing if any thaing can be used*
Thematrian1 (9:11:41 PM): the clothing is disgusting, and not in the right size. The pockets contain a few nuyen in coins, but (interestingly) no ID.
MilesMk1 (9:12:03 PM): (What is she, from a future where earth is ruled by machines bent on destroying all clothing?)
Dragcrell (9:12:46 PM): (well you ever try shopping and haveing a tail and looking like she dose? thout not)
MilesMk1 (9:13:41 PM): (No, but I make enough shadowrunning to afford a tailor, if I needed one. :))
Dragcrell (9:14:31 PM): *keeps the coins then heads back to the van tossing the bag with powder back to the guy* "So now what?" *grabs the laser and contues to look it over becarefull to not fire it off*
CirclMastr (9:14:33 PM): #So who is the lucky jumper?#
Dragcrell (9:14:49 PM): #no ID#
Thematrian1 (9:14:51 PM): Mr. S scoops up his bag eagerly.
Umbrafer (9:15:02 PM): Any action in the source window?
CirclMastr (9:15:13 PM): *watches Mr. S*
Thematrian1 (9:15:18 PM): After putting it away in his coat, he beckons for more of the jerky. Duncan passes it over. Blake, you're around for this exchange.
Thematrian1 (9:15:37 PM): Alex: were you flying right up to the window, or watching from ground-ish level?
CirclMastr (9:16:09 PM): (*waits for Blake to kill Duncan*)
Umbrafer (9:16:10 PM): Watching from the nearby-building's-eye-view the Schattenauge has been camping at
Umbrafer (9:17:23 PM): It was near the top
Umbrafer (9:17:32 PM): I don't remember what floor that was
Umbrafer (9:17:37 PM): So my angle's going to be pretty steep
Thematrian1 (9:18:13 PM): Got it. The room in question looks like an executive office: you can see a bit of the desk (looks like it might be real wood, or at any rate a good imitation), and the carpet looks thick and soft. Where it isn't scorched and smold
Thematrian1 (9:18:15 PM): ering, at any rate.
MilesMk1 (9:18:19 PM): *sighs, slightly bemused* "You know how much real beef jerky costs?" "If you want any warm more-or-less-food, there are some MREs in that crate..."
Thematrian1 (9:18:39 PM): Mr. S offers you the beef jerky. Duncan looks belatedly guilty.
MilesMk1 (9:19:41 PM): *takes a piece, motions for him to keep it, winks at Duncan, then heads back to the building* (getting a duffel bag before he leaves, this time)
Thematrian1 (9:20:49 PM): Blake: you collect a duffel.
Umbrafer (9:20:52 PM): No movement?
Thematrian1 (9:20:55 PM): Alex: you don't see any move...no
Umbrafer (9:21:06 PM): (You can't get ye duffel)
Thematrian1 (9:22:07 PM): No movement whatsoever.
Thematrian1 (9:22:42 PM): Who's going back into the Tower?
MilesMk1 (9:22:53 PM): Blake is.
Umbrafer (9:23:20 PM): Shielddrone is still stuck in the basement?
Thematrian1 (9:23:55 PM): How is it at climbing stairs?
MilesMk1 (9:23:58 PM): Good question... I wonder if it can negotiate the stairs...
Thematrian1 (9:24:20 PM): In the absence of a compelling argument to the contrary, I'm going to rule that it can't.
Umbrafer (9:24:24 PM): Depends on how tall the stairs are. It's a tracked vehicle, so probably not spectacular at anything but low, long stairs.
Umbrafer (9:24:31 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (9:25:49 PM): Yeah, it's still downstairs.
Thematrian1 (9:25:58 PM): The lights shut off in the lab at some point.
MilesMk1 (9:26:04 PM): Well, tanks definitely can handle 45 degree slopes, at least it theory...
CirclMastr (9:26:07 PM): *nudges Mr. S*
Umbrafer (9:26:14 PM): Slopes, yes.
MilesMk1 (9:26:24 PM): But I doubt the drone was designed for rough terrain...
Umbrafer (9:26:26 PM): Unfortunately, steps are not slopes.
Thematrian1 (9:26:26 PM): Mr. S pays attention to you, Todd.
CirclMastr (9:27:02 PM): *points to where he put the bag of powder, and makes a sort of "Huh?" shrug, trying to ask "What is it?"*
Umbrafer (9:27:07 PM): And IIRC the line formed by connecting the corners of stairs is more than 45° most of the time
Thematrian1 (9:27:27 PM): Mr. S looks confused for a moment, then enlightened.
Umbrafer (9:27:41 PM): (Not dramatically more, but more)
Thematrian1 (9:28:14 PM): He ponders, then gestures toward the pocket where you keep your straight razor
MilesMk1 (9:28:50 PM): (I did see enough small tracked robots climb stairs that I'd think, especially with a rigger in charge, it'd be doable, but I'm not going to try to argue the ruling.)
CirclMastr (9:28:53 PM): *blinks* "I can't see how a bag of powder would be a weapon focus..."
CirclMastr (9:29:10 PM): *takes out the razor, if that's what he's after*
Thematrian1 (9:29:51 PM): He closes one hand in mid air, as if grasping the handle of the razor.
Dragcrell (9:30:20 PM): *just watches the two*
Thematrian1 (9:30:33 PM): He draws the imaginary razor blade across his wrist, then clutches at it and draws his face into a theatrical rictus of pain.
Thematrian1 (9:30:52 PM): (He does it wrong, by the way; across the vein instead of along it)
CirclMastr (9:31:03 PM): (Stereotype for the win)
Thematrian1 (9:31:10 PM): (?)
CirclMastr (9:31:16 PM): ("Remember kids, down the road, not across the street!")
CirclMastr (9:31:58 PM): (Across the wrist = stereotype that survives despite people not killing themselves)
Thematrian1 (9:32:31 PM): Still pretending agony, he pantomimes snorting something out of his open palm. His face relaxes into happiness.
CirclMastr (9:33:09 PM): "Some sort of magical drug. Or maybe just a drug."
Dragcrell (9:33:48 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 2 6
Dragcrell (9:33:55 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 6
Dragcrell (9:33:59 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (9:34:32 PM): (Oh man, it is what I thought it was. Or might be.)
Umbrafer (9:34:47 PM): (Keep it away from Blake and Alex.)
CirclMastr (9:34:54 PM): #That bag of shit from Mr. Sperethiel is some sort of drug, probably magical.#
MilesMk1 (9:36:52 PM): (Why?)
Dragcrell (9:36:58 PM): "Its a rrrarrre magically-active mushrrroom that when drrryed and inhaled gives them the ablity to rrregenerrrate tho temporrrarrrily."
MilesMk1 (9:37:10 PM): (Oh.)
CirclMastr (9:37:26 PM): "Yeah, figured that out, you could have said something twenty minutes ago."
Dragcrell (9:38:21 PM): "Only rrrembrrred it now." *lets out a low growl*
MilesMk1 (9:38:47 PM): #No fighting in front of the kids.#
CirclMastr (9:38:57 PM): #Funny.#
Thematrian1 (9:40:49 PM): Having concluded his performance, Mr. S goes back to looking wan.
Dragcrell (9:42:36 PM): *shifes her hood over her head more and trys to get comftable and trys to sleep off the headache*
Thematrian1 (9:43:07 PM): (At this point, we have a problem. Shadow Fire is pretty crucial to the next segment, but he isn't here. If your next goal is (very reasonably) to find the brain-in-a-jar-or-whatever, then we need to stop now.)
MilesMk1 (9:43:59 PM): (Well, it seems to me the only reasonable way to proceed. We need the security on our side if we really want to loot this place, and find a suitable vehicle for blowing out of here. Or hole up.)
Dragcrell (9:44:43 PM): (true at that *sighs* we can kick his ass at that time as well >_<)
CirclMastr (9:45:41 PM): (Hasn't it been a while since he showed up?
CirclMastr (9:45:42 PM): )
Thematrian1 (9:45:50 PM): (He tried to show up last week, but I thwarted him)
MilesMk1 (9:45:52 PM): (He was here last session.)
Thematrian1 (9:45:58 PM): (And he was there the week before that)
Thematrian1 (9:46:03 PM): (He just got done moving, is all)
Dragcrell (9:46:14 PM): (ya and he did show up last week as well)
Dragcrell (9:49:09 PM): (sooo we end here or wait?)
Thematrian1 (9:49:39 PM): (Looks that way. I need the sleep anyway, God knows)
Umbrafer (9:49:45 PM): (Indeed.)
Dragcrell (9:50:11 PM): (ok well untill next week?)
CirclMastr (9:50:29 PM): (I need a dinner recommendation :( )
Thematrian1 (9:50:30 PM): Until next week, everybody. Have fun.
Dragcrell (9:51:06 PM): (well I'm out I have no idea where you are and I know I have never been there lol nigh and have fun)
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Umbrafer (9:51:10 PM): (What are your options?)
Thematrian1 (9:51:38 PM): (Chicken, onions, and lots of pepper. Fry them in canola oil until the chicken is done, then take them out, add water, and use the residue to cook rice. The result is reasonably tasty chicken on a delicious rice bed)
Umbrafer (9:52:11 PM): (Also, Thursday people, I think I said it but just in case: game is probably on, I'll try to inform you if anything changes, but be aware that I will be moving in that day and can't guarantee anything.)
Umbrafer (9:53:17 PM): (Good suggestion. You could also cook broccoli, pan-sear and then grill some chicken, slice up some Red Cherry Hot peppers, make some alfredo sauce, and mix it all together in a pan, then make some penne or ziti and mix it all toget
Umbrafer (9:53:20 PM): (*Together)
Umbrafer (9:53:40 PM): (The chicken is best if rubbed with cayenne or paprika first)
CirclMastr (9:53:48 PM): I'm not that sophisticated a cook
CirclMastr (9:54:00 PM): At least, not with real food. Pastry I can nail.
CirclMastr (9:54:18 PM): I can bake a torte to die for, with less than 300 calories per serving.
MilesMk1 (9:54:21 PM): PB&J?
Thematrian1 (9:54:30 PM): Sounds like you want to make a torte, then.
Thematrian1 (9:54:41 PM): Though, if you've mastered those, I'd say there are lots of things within your reach.
CirclMastr (9:54:42 PM): I have neither the ingredients nor the inclination to work that hard.
Thematrian1 (9:54:50 PM): ah
Umbrafer (9:54:55 PM): (You could take a beef tenderloin, coat it in a mushroom duxelles, then wrap it all in puff pastry and bake)
CirclMastr (9:55:02 PM): I was thinking "What take-out should I get", to be honest.
CirclMastr (9:55:07 PM): Because the alternative is fish sticks.
MilesMk1 (9:55:57 PM): Well, you all appear to cook much better than I do...
Thematrian1 (9:56:08 PM): (Rice some potatoes, then wrap them around sourkraut and corned beef and fry the result. This makes a delicious meal, but it's only suitable for people with no family history of heart conditions)
CirclMastr (9:56:15 PM): Like I said, I do pastries and other such baked goods, but not much else.
Thematrian1 (9:56:35 PM): Can you manage Thai?
CirclMastr (9:56:39 PM): Even my macaroni and cheese is iffy.
Umbrafer (9:56:43 PM): (I have a good sous chef. It helps a lot.)
CirclMastr (9:56:48 PM): And, I've never even eaten Thai, let alone cooked it.
Thematrian1 (9:57:06 PM): Well, you should order some tonight, then.
MilesMk1 (9:57:07 PM): My cooking ability is largely restricted to scrambled eggs, one kind of sphagetti with meat sauce, and... hmm. That appears to be it.
CirclMastr (9:57:15 PM): Tried to date it once, but she said she had a boyfriend. Yeah right.
Thematrian1 (9:57:22 PM): And you're living alone? Poor devil.
MilesMk1 (9:57:36 PM): Living in Manhattan. I survive.
Umbrafer (9:57:47 PM): We clearly need a "teach Matt to cook
Umbrafer (9:57:52 PM): " night sometime.
Thematrian1 (9:57:56 PM): cheh
CirclMastr (9:58:05 PM): My next cooking experiment will be souffle
Thematrian1 (9:58:08 PM): Manhattan = quality restraunts wherever you go?
Thematrian1 (9:58:17 PM): If so, nice; you can't really live that way in Pgh.
CirclMastr (9:58:18 PM): I'm told they're quite difficult, but the recipe looks easy enough.
Thematrian1 (9:58:49 PM): IIRC they're really picky about times and ingredient proportions. I've never made one, but I hear that you just have to treat it like you would a cake.
Umbrafer (9:58:56 PM): As far as I know, the recipe itself is quite easy. it's the making-it-not-collapse part that's tough.
CirclMastr (9:59:28 PM): The first time I baked a cake from scratch, I didn't even know they might fall. It didn't, but my mom told me later and I was mildly freaked in a "Why didn't anyone warn me?" way.
Thematrian1 (9:59:52 PM): hehe
Thematrian1 (9:59:56 PM): I've never actually baked a cake.
Thematrian1 (10:00:04 PM): Pies, yes, but never a cake.
MilesMk1 (10:00:05 PM): Well... I don't know where you set the bar for quality, but at this moment, the closest restaurant from me is about... well, however many inches thick the floor is... and there's a fair bit of variety.
Thematrian1 (10:00:17 PM): sheesh. Not bad.
CirclMastr (10:00:35 PM): I could give you my torte recipe. It's basically a big souffle that's supposed to fall. Looks great with a little confectioner sugar sprinkled on the top.
MilesMk1 (10:00:48 PM): There's probably about 10 others in a 2 block radius. Dozens in a 10 block radius...
Umbrafer (10:00:54 PM): Pie is awesome.
Umbrafer (10:01:04 PM): The world needs more pie.
CirclMastr (10:01:17 PM): Any pie but chocolate is heresy.
Thematrian1 (10:01:17 PM): Dave: I'd like that. I'm in temp housing and without 9/10ths of my supplies, though...is that likely to be a problem?
MilesMk1 (10:01:24 PM): Not counting the bakery and the bagel shop.
CirclMastr (10:01:36 PM): Possibly. You need a springform pan like with a cheesecake.
Thematrian1 (10:01:58 PM): Matt: it's just as well I don't live in Manhattan. I'm not strong enough to maintain my cooking discipline in a place like that.
Thematrian1 (10:02:07 PM): Even living in walking distance of a bakery made things tough.
MilesMk1 (10:02:49 PM): The bakery is across the street, on the corner. :) Great cheesecake and chocolate mousse...
MilesMk1 (10:03:09 PM): Though I have to admit, most of my cooking ineptitude stems from laziness. ;)
CirclMastr (10:03:15 PM): Heh
Thematrian1 (10:04:00 PM): And in that situation...sheesh. It'd be cheaper to cook from scratch, but that's all/.
Thematrian1 (10:04:08 PM): well, probably somewhat healthier too
MilesMk1 (10:04:10 PM): When I do try, I usually get things right - must be all that time spent following protocols in labs.
Umbrafer (10:04:28 PM): :)
CirclMastr (10:04:43 PM): I need to find a good brownie recipe.
Umbrafer (10:04:45 PM): I tried a recipe for beef tenderloin today that must have been made by a carnivorous deer.
Thematrian1 (10:04:47 PM): heh. My mother has often remarked on the similarity between cooking and chemistry.
MilesMk1 (10:04:51 PM): And I'm *really* good at pouring and mixing. I keep promising myself I'll experiment with making drinks one day...
CirclMastr (10:04:59 PM): I've tried a couple but they were all crap compared to the brownie mixes.
Umbrafer (10:05:03 PM): It called for two cups of salt to be rubbed onto about a pound and a half of meat.
CirclMastr (10:05:06 PM): Anyone have any?
Umbrafer (10:05:08 PM): /Two cups/.
MilesMk1 (10:05:10 PM): Heh...
Thematrian1 (10:05:28 PM): Jon: was there some kind of diluting liquid involved?
CirclMastr (10:05:46 PM): "Hey, I used slightly less than a lethal dose of salt!" "Ooh, I shouldn't have had seconds..."
Umbrafer (10:05:58 PM): You mixed the salt with some pepper and rosemary, and then added enough water to give it the consistency of "wet sand"
MilesMk1 (10:06:04 PM): I remember seeing people "smoking" fish using rock salt on some show, but this seems different...
Thematrian1 (10:06:09 PM): that's the worst thing I've ever heard
Umbrafer (10:06:14 PM): Then rub it onto the meat.
Thematrian1 (10:06:14 PM): well, no
Umbrafer (10:06:18 PM): It's actually kinda tasty.
Thematrian1 (10:06:19 PM): but...ergh
MilesMk1 (10:06:28 PM): The fish thing, or the meat thing?
Thematrian1 (10:06:28 PM): that's good
CirclMastr (10:06:30 PM): So nobody has a good brownie recipe?
Umbrafer (10:06:31 PM): You just need to use a small amount of the outside of the meat with a large amount of the inside.
Thematrian1 (10:06:34 PM): I don't
Umbrafer (10:06:47 PM): That and a lot of the salt got wasted (fell off onto the pan), so next time I do half a cup tops
Thematrian1 (10:06:51 PM): I bet my mom does, but she's off visitng my grandmother
Thematrian1 (10:06:55 PM): who probably also does
MilesMk1 (10:06:58 PM): I don't think you expect an answer from me?
CirclMastr (10:07:16 PM): I'm hoping for one from Jon at least.
Umbrafer (10:07:24 PM): I don't. I know someone who does, but it's gluten-free so the texture is a little weird. Still delicious.
CirclMastr (10:08:06 PM): I had a high school teacher who made these "shapeshifter brownies", basically chocolate chip brownies with a layer of caramel inside
Thematrian1 (10:08:11 PM): suspend chocolate cihps in riced potato and bake
CirclMastr (10:08:12 PM): I should have gotten her recipe
Thematrian1 (10:08:15 PM): seriously
CirclMastr (10:08:18 PM): ...
Umbrafer (10:08:36 PM): You're a big riced potato fan, aren't you?
Thematrian1 (10:08:51 PM): it's an awfully versatile food
CirclMastr (10:08:52 PM): I don't even know what a riced potato is, but it doesn't sound good.
Thematrian1 (10:08:58 PM): but that particular use would probably be disgusting
Thematrian1 (10:09:15 PM): chocolate isn't really about fighting your way through layers of starch
CirclMastr (10:09:20 PM): Rice is the grain of the devil, if you ask me.
Umbrafer (10:09:30 PM): Why?
CirclMastr (10:09:46 PM): It is inferior to pasta, and vastly inferior to the potato.
MilesMk1 (10:09:51 PM): What is riced potato?
Thematrian1 (10:10:02 PM): You take a potato, and boil and skin it.
Umbrafer (10:10:18 PM): It has no overlap with either of them
Umbrafer (10:10:21 PM): At least in my book
Thematrian1 (10:10:33 PM): Then, while it's all hot and tender, you run it through a sieve, basically. The result is a potato that's soft and malleable, like mashed potato
CirclMastr (10:10:41 PM): In serving, it is exactly synonymous
Thematrian1 (10:10:42 PM): but without all the air pockets pressed out of it
Umbrafer (10:10:47 PM): Not a sieve, that's another process that's even finer
Thematrian1 (10:10:52 PM): and looks like long grains of rice
Thematrian1 (10:10:58 PM): yeah, not quite a sieve
MilesMk1 (10:10:59 PM): Hmm.
CirclMastr (10:10:59 PM): ...
Umbrafer (10:11:00 PM): Ricing involves slightly larger holes.
Thematrian1 (10:11:01 PM): you use a potato ricer
Umbrafer (10:11:06 PM): Exactly
CirclMastr (10:11:07 PM): That sounds incredibly weird.
Thematrian1 (10:11:10 PM): but, that was the best way I could think of to explain it
Thematrian1 (10:11:13 PM): it's very handy, though
MilesMk1 (10:11:17 PM): So, like a grater of sorts?
Thematrian1 (10:11:21 PM): for example, during winter I have a stew I like to make
CirclMastr (10:11:34 PM): I'd sooner just make mashed potatoes and prepare a nice meat dish as centerpiece.
Umbrafer (10:11:49 PM): Why not make riced potatoes and make the same meat dish?
Thematrian1 (10:11:58 PM): and you can suspend little clouds of riced potato on the surface of the stew. While the stew simmers (covered), the potato soaks up the flavors from the stew and becomes delicious
CirclMastr (10:12:03 PM): Fear of the unknown
Thematrian1 (10:12:12 PM): plus, you really do need a potato ricer
MilesMk1 (10:12:26 PM): Speaking of foods pressed through things... There's this Japanese guy working in our lab, and he gave us a "dessert" once.
CirclMastr (10:12:29 PM): Of course, none of this answers what I should do for dinner tonight.
CirclMastr (10:12:37 PM): That red bean paste stuff?
CirclMastr (10:12:43 PM): I can't remember the name
MilesMk1 (10:12:49 PM): He didn't have the time to explain how to deploy it, though, which led to some confusion.
Umbrafer (10:12:55 PM): Do tell?
Thematrian1 (10:13:05 PM): deploy?
Thematrian1 (10:13:34 PM): Dave: order Thai. It's pretty similar to Chinese and Japanese (though not Korean), especially as served in the united states
MilesMk1 (10:13:35 PM): It appeared to be a small, translucent brick of some material that, to all of us lab people, looked very much like agar. Contained in a plastic sleeve.
Thematrian1 (10:13:43 PM): native Thai food is probably more divergent
CirclMastr (10:13:45 PM): There is no Thai takeout place nearby.
Umbrafer (10:13:52 PM): (It tends to be spicier than the above two, though)
MilesMk1 (10:14:04 PM): There was also some sort of... plunger looking thing, and a bag of brown liquid.
Thematrian1 (10:14:45 PM): hmmm
MilesMk1 (10:15:11 PM): It turned out that you took the plunger, and used it to push on the brick of stuff (really agar, as it turned out) which made it go through a grating.
MilesMk1 (10:15:42 PM): Which resulted in a pile of translucent noodles. (or alien snot, depending on how you looked at it)
MilesMk1 (10:15:58 PM): You then mixed in the brown sauce, and were expected to eat it.
Umbrafer (10:16:10 PM): :)
MilesMk1 (10:16:43 PM): Turned out to be surprisingly good - and not just by Japanese snack standards. (which, for some reason, tend to feature way too much fish-flavored candy for my taste)
CirclMastr (10:16:49 PM): ...
Umbrafer (10:16:59 PM): (Comes from living on a small resource-poor island)
CirclMastr (10:17:00 PM): Kasagi gummy candies = BEST SNACK FOOD EVER
CirclMastr (10:17:05 PM): Do not disparage the Japanese snacks!
Umbrafer (10:17:11 PM): Corn candy is awesome too.
Umbrafer (10:17:25 PM): But I will admit that the dried cuttlefish just didn't meet my definition of "dessert"
MilesMk1 (10:18:12 PM): Well... I certainly had a lot of Japanese snacks I liked, but some of the more... "traditional" stuff...
Thematrian1 (10:18:21 PM): heh?
MilesMk1 (10:18:55 PM): Oh, nothing spectacularly amusing, just stuff that tasted like fish, or wood glue, or some combination thereof.
MilesMk1 (10:19:17 PM): The wasabi-covered peanuts I really liked, though...
CirclMastr (10:19:24 PM): So, what should I get for dinner, lacking Thai?
Umbrafer (10:19:37 PM): What are your options?
MilesMk1 (10:20:15 PM): They tasted good *and* I got to make fun of all the Indian people in the lab, who normally like to smile with pity at the rest of us over our inability to handle spicy food...
CirclMastr (10:20:17 PM): Chinese, burger king, wendy's, jack in the box, taco bell, um... carl's jr... el pollo loco...
MilesMk1 (10:20:31 PM): I detect a trend.
CirclMastr (10:20:43 PM): I'm just trying to think of places nearby
Thematrian1 (10:20:52 PM): el pollo loco, by name alone
CirclMastr (10:20:59 PM): Heh
CirclMastr (10:21:07 PM): It's actually quite good flame-grilled chicken.
Umbrafer (10:21:12 PM): Go for it.
Umbrafer (10:21:19 PM): Sounds like a good option.
MilesMk1 (10:21:20 PM): Sounds good.
CirclMastr (10:21:53 PM): (I'm fighting the temptation to drive down to the Korean supermarket and load up on Kasagi gummies)
Thematrian1 (10:22:28 PM): (Ooh, Korean supermarket. There are all kinds of neat things you can make if you have access to one of those.)
Umbrafer (10:22:34 PM): (Hit the Korean supermarket, pick up some cabbage, peppers, noodles, and some kind of meat, plus a wok if you don't have one, and stir-fry it all up)
CirclMastr (10:22:39 PM): (Not if you can't read the labels)
Umbrafer (10:22:48 PM): (You can guess)
CirclMastr (10:22:57 PM): (*crosses cabbage off that list*)
Thematrian1 (10:23:28 PM): (If not cabbage, then something else leafy and green)
Umbrafer (10:23:35 PM): (Psht. Lettuce, then? You need something to give it definition.)
Thematrian1 (10:23:38 PM): (Do Korean supermarkets sell broccoli? That'd be ideal)
Thematrian1 (10:23:58 PM): (It's crunchy, and it's got potassium)
CirclMastr (10:24:06 PM): I hate greenery
Umbrafer (10:24:38 PM): (I'm not a big fan of broccoli in stir-fries, unless it's tamari-based in flavouring)
CirclMastr (10:25:29 PM): Ah well
CirclMastr (10:25:35 PM): I'm off to get food.
CirclMastr (10:25:47 PM): See you all Thursday, I hope.
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Thematrian1 (10:26:22 PM): (Different tastes. I prefer it to cabbage, honestly; I hate having to chase down my vegetables during dinner)
MilesMk1 (10:26:29 PM): Well, I guess I'll run too, and think of all the stuff I won't be cooking...
Umbrafer (10:26:50 PM): :)
Thematrian1 (10:27:01 PM): heh, have fun
MilesMk1 (10:27:17 PM): See you guys Thursday. (Most likely. I'm on vacation for the next week and a half, but a cousin of mine is visiting from Poland, so I might be required to take her places.)
Thematrian1 (10:27:32 PM): (Indeed. Have fun with that)
MilesMk1 (10:27:33 PM): (Night.)
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