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Umbrafer (8:33:06 PM): Evening, all.
MilesMk1 (8:33:17 PM): Hey.
MilesMk1 (8:33:25 PM): We seem to be short a couple of people, no?
Thematrian1 (8:33:30 PM): a couple of?
Thematrian1 (8:33:37 PM): What's been happening in my absence?
MilesMk1 (8:33:49 PM): I'm just confused. It's been a while.
Umbrafer (8:33:51 PM): I think Matt's been forgetting the roster.
Umbrafer (8:34:20 PM): Nah, aside from Dave who will be joining us at his usual delayed time, you two are it. We need fresh blood, but it's in short supply.
MilesMk1 (8:34:38 PM): Can we get a reminder of where we are and what we're doing?
Umbrafer (8:34:55 PM): Yep.
Umbrafer (8:35:22 PM): Let me see.
Umbrafer (8:35:49 PM): You were on a run to steal a manuscript and erase the copies thereof from a server.
Thematrian1 (8:36:04 PM): and we were on the roof :-D
Umbrafer (8:36:15 PM): Actually, you'd finally gotten off the roof..
Umbrafer (8:36:35 PM): IIRC you'd just gotten down into the next hallway down, but you'd finally gotten off the roof.
Thematrian1 (8:36:39 PM): oh
Thematrian1 (8:36:40 PM): good
Umbrafer (8:36:40 PM): I think you were up there for about a month.
Umbrafer (8:38:42 PM): But yes. The hallway stretches out on both sides of you, but mostly just to your left. To your right there are four pairs of doors (one on each side of the hallway, the last of which on the wall opposite the door from the roof
Umbrafer (8:38:51 PM): obviously opens onto fire stairs.
MilesMk1 (8:41:26 PM): Mmm, fire stairs.
MilesMk1 (8:41:47 PM): We were told where the manuscript and the server were, right?
Thematrian1 (8:41:58 PM): or we found out, or something?
Umbrafer (8:43:16 PM): Yes. The manuscript storeroom is on this floor, at least the one that this manuscript is filed in.
Umbrafer (8:43:40 PM): There's another storeroom downstairs for fiction, and one on the first floor simply marked "misc".
MilesMk1 (8:43:47 PM): Onward, avoiding any cameras and so on.
Umbrafer (8:43:58 PM): The building is still without power.
Thematrian1 (8:44:00 PM): so we have to check the doors?
MilesMk1 (8:44:01 PM): Checking to make sure they're offline, actually, as I seem to recall they were.
Thematrian1 (8:44:40 PM): I blow on my palm and call up a tiny little Force 1 Watcher:
Thematrian1 (8:44:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 6 2 1
Thematrian1 (8:44:45 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 1 4 3 1 1 4 4 2 6
Thematrian1 (8:44:48 PM): all too easy
Umbrafer (8:44:57 PM): *Chirrup*
Umbrafer (8:45:13 PM): As for the server, you have a rough idea of their host structure, but IIRC you hadn't located the physical server location.
Thematrian1 (8:46:18 PM): softly, pointing to the nearest door: "Peek through that door, then return to me and tell me if anyone is inside."
Thematrian1 (8:47:48 PM): To Glitch: "It won't help with the cameras,but it's something"
Umbrafer (8:48:01 PM): The doors to your right and left, facing out from the staircase, are roughly equidistant.
Umbrafer (8:48:12 PM): There's a small nook with a potted plant directly in front of you.
MilesMk1 (8:48:15 PM): #Thanks.#
MilesMk1 (8:48:50 PM): BTW, which of these doors leads to (or towards) the manuscript room?
Umbrafer (8:50:09 PM): If your map was correct, the manuscript one should be furthest to the left, opposite the door to the stairs.
Umbrafer (8:50:47 PM): (Which door is the Watcher peeking through?)
MilesMk1 (8:50:59 PM): #Keep it up, in the meantime I'll check the physical security on the manuscript room.#
MilesMk1 (8:51:05 PM): *does so*
Thematrian1 (8:51:17 PM): whichever was closest to us
Thematrian1 (8:51:27 PM): except the ones we came down, obv.
Umbrafer (8:52:13 PM): Well, there are two approximately equidistant doors (to the right and left of the roof stairs)
Umbrafer (8:53:01 PM): You skulk along the corridor to the manuscript room door. There's a maglock and an old-style physical lock. The maglock appears to be set up for a proximity card.
Thematrian1 (8:53:02 PM): oh. The one to the right
MilesMk1 (8:53:46 PM): #How quaint. I hate mechanical locks.#
MilesMk1 (8:53:59 PM): Any alarm systems?
Umbrafer (8:54:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (8:54:42 PM): The Watcher zips off, then back. *Chirrup* "Glowy person! This big, many arms." It pauses for a second. "Person? Not person. Not-person."
Umbrafer (8:54:58 PM): It then makes frustrated gestures at the potted plant.
Thematrian1 (8:55:14 PM): ::pointing to the plant:: "Like this person?"
Umbrafer (8:55:26 PM): It nods vigorously.
Umbrafer (8:55:45 PM): When it said "this big", it swelled to indicate a length of about a meter.
Thematrian1 (8:56:22 PM): #Ah, watchers#
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Umbrafer (8:59:06 PM): You know, it only does this on Thursdays nowadays. Not all Thursdays, either, just the ones we have sessions during.
Umbrafer (8:59:15 PM): Anyway, if it recurs it's back to campus with me.
Umbrafer (9:00:08 PM): The Watcher is now examining the potted plant with interest.
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Umbrafer (9:00:32 PM): Oh dear.
Thematrian1 (9:01:36 PM): I tell it to check out the othe rdoor again
Thematrian1 (9:01:39 PM): and I second that
Umbrafer (9:02:03 PM): It zips through the door.
Umbrafer (9:02:19 PM): Comes back out. "No person. Boooooooring." It nods decisively.
Thematrian1 (9:03:14 PM): "Thank you. Bide a moment"
Thematrian1 (9:03:26 PM): I take a peek through the lefthand door
Umbrafer (9:03:48 PM): The Watcher tries to figure out what "biding" means, which accomplishes the same objective.
Umbrafer (9:04:45 PM): The door opens. On the door, next to the maglock, a little red light shines angrily.
Umbrafer (9:05:18 PM): This would be the same side of the door as the physical lock, the side not usually exposed to either side.
Thematrian1 (9:05:59 PM): the side not usually exposed to either side?
Umbrafer (9:06:30 PM): The edge of the door.
Umbrafer (9:06:37 PM): The bit what faces directly into the wall when the door is closed.
Thematrian1 (9:07:02 PM): oh. Well, if it's a silent alarm that still works, I'm hosed anyway. I look inside.
Umbrafer (9:07:10 PM): I'm having way too much trouble with this description.
Umbrafer (9:07:43 PM): It's a small office, tastefully appointed, with a number of bookshelves. Looking for anything in particular?
Umbrafer (9:08:05 PM): Well, tastefully appointed from what you can see in the gloom, anyway. What's your light source again?
Thematrian1 (9:08:09 PM): (Keep in mind that we technically do have a rigger outside who can alert us if a bunch of Star pull up)
Umbrafer (9:08:23 PM): (Yeah, I know)
Thematrian1 (9:09:06 PM): I've got a flashlight; no vision mods in my eyes
Umbrafer (9:09:28 PM): *Nods* I'm just going through my weekly process of reminding myself that you aren't an Elf.
Thematrian1 (9:10:25 PM): I wanted to be, but the math wouldn't work.
Thematrian1 (9:11:13 PM): I'll step inside and shine my flashlight around. What sort of books are there?
Umbrafer (9:13:07 PM): A number of the titles are probably unfamiliar to you; others you recognize as being published by this company. The bookshelf right next to his desk, though, looks like it has an older collection, or at least replicas
Thematrian1 (9:13:48 PM): hm. May I assume that gloves are part of my standard B&E attire? I don't remember for sure anymore.
Umbrafer (9:14:05 PM): Yeah, I've pretty much been assuming it for everyone.
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CirclMastr (9:14:23 PM): Ahoy
Thematrian1 (9:14:38 PM): hi
Thematrian1 (9:14:47 PM): Spiffy. What's in this "older collection"?
Umbrafer (9:14:49 PM): Yarr. The outside is quiet and dark.
CirclMastr (9:15:13 PM): What did I miss?
Thematrian1 (9:15:57 PM): We Broke and Entered.
Umbrafer (9:16:00 PM): Looks like some Poe, a copy of Moby Dick, a copy of The Monk, a set of Shakespeare
CirclMastr (9:16:10 PM): We broke and entered into a library?
Thematrian1 (9:16:12 PM): ::scoff::
Thematrian1 (9:16:32 PM): Is his desk locked?
Umbrafer (9:16:42 PM): Tucked in amongst the older stuff is a substantial amount of Nietzsche—newer than the other stuff, but probably still a century old.
Umbrafer (9:17:00 PM): Trying drawers?
CirclMastr (9:17:37 PM): Hound and his spider do various amusing but inconsequential activities.
Thematrian1 (9:17:40 PM): Yep.
Umbrafer (9:18:20 PM): The Spider learns to tap-dance.
Thematrian1 (9:18:52 PM): Does Hound have anything inside with us?
Thematrian1 (9:18:59 PM): SOP is to take a spider in, but I can't recallif we did
Umbrafer (9:19:24 PM): Spider. On Glitch's shoulder, IIRC. Matt seems to attract the things.
CirclMastr (9:19:50 PM): There's a spider inside and a blimp outside
Umbrafer (9:20:02 PM): Anyway. You try a few drawers. Most of them are locked, but one isn't.
Thematrian1 (9:20:26 PM): Sweet. #Hound, would you mind doing some exploring? I want to get a sense of this level.#
Thematrian1 (9:20:31 PM): Delightful. What's inside?
CirclMastr (9:20:41 PM): #With the spider?#
Thematrian1 (9:21:04 PM): #Mise well#
Umbrafer (9:21:08 PM): It contains three cigars, some Ares corpscrip, some Mitsuhama corpscrip, some Fuchi corpscrip, a pack of chewing gum, and some decently-nice pens.
Umbrafer (9:21:22 PM): It also contains a book of inspirational quotes.
Umbrafer (9:21:39 PM): There's a picture in there as well, under the book.
Thematrian1 (9:22:08 PM): I take a snap of the picture, just because.
Thematrian1 (9:22:14 PM): I leave the corpscrip alone.
CirclMastr (9:22:32 PM): *spider crawls off to do various stuff involving exploring*
Thematrian1 (9:22:43 PM): We've got a hallway with, IIRC, 8 doors in all
Umbrafer (9:23:01 PM): The picture's of a family in a park. Elf man, human woman, human boy, Dwarf girl.
Thematrian1 (9:23:04 PM): 1 we came in through, 1 I'm inside, 1 Glitch is near and that has one of our targets behind it.
Umbrafer (9:23:56 PM): Those are the doors to the left of the roof stairs. There are another five doors, more widely spaced, on each side to the right
Umbrafer (9:24:14 PM): Glitch is presumably fiddling with the target door. He can make the rolls when he gets back.
Thematrian1 (9:24:34 PM): I check the inside of the book. Does it have a name inside?
CirclMastr (9:24:42 PM): *spider explores other doors, through the miracle of slipping under the doorjamb*
Thematrian1 (9:25:38 PM): sweet! Stalling FTW!
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CirclMastr (9:25:44 PM): Heh
Umbrafer (9:25:44 PM): No, but there are two diplomas on the wall, made out to one Earl Rowan
MilesMk1 (9:25:45 PM): Hrmph.
CirclMastr (9:25:53 PM): Hrmph?
Thematrian1 (9:25:54 PM): I take a snap of that too
MilesMk1 (9:26:03 PM): Got bounced.
Umbrafer (9:26:43 PM): Which door is Spider going to next?
Thematrian1 (9:27:26 PM): Ok. Out this door, and on to the next one on the left
Thematrian1 (9:27:32 PM): #You take the right side, I'll take the left?#
CirclMastr (9:27:40 PM): I'll go for... Glitch's right?
MilesMk1 (9:27:59 PM): Did I find anything?
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Umbrafer (9:28:11 PM): Oh dear.
Umbrafer (9:29:10 PM): To Glitch's right is a blank wall, then next is the fire stairs (there being two corners there, so the fire stairs are directly behind Glitch). Continuing along that way gets you to a door. That the one you're going for?
Umbrafer (9:29:30 PM): Gem is there.
CirclMastr (9:29:54 PM): ...
CirclMastr (9:30:06 PM): *spider flails legs in a pantomime of 'I'm trapped!' *
Umbrafer (9:30:11 PM): There not being the door you're going for, I mean the door she went for.
CirclMastr (9:30:34 PM): I'll give up and just go for whatever door is nearest and unexplored
Thematrian1 (9:31:54 PM): To my watcher: "Tell me if anyone's inside this room" ::points::
Umbrafer (9:32:09 PM): You're there. There isn't much clearance, but you think you can make it under with some squirming.
Umbrafer (9:32:13 PM): Watcher: *zip*
Umbrafer (9:32:37 PM): *zip* *Shakes head sadly*
CirclMastr (9:32:56 PM): *spider squirms in*
Thematrian1 (9:32:58 PM): I pet it, or tickle it under the chin, or approximate those as best I can given its anatomy.
Thematrian1 (9:33:04 PM): I try to open the door.
Umbrafer (9:33:17 PM): Roll for spider-squirming.
Umbrafer (9:33:32 PM): TN = low.
Umbrafer (9:33:37 PM): The door doesn't budge.
CirclMastr (9:34:42 PM): What am I rolling?
Umbrafer (9:34:56 PM): Walkers
CirclMastr (9:35:25 PM): ...And now I discover that I can't roll dice in Gaim
Thematrian1 (9:35:29 PM): yes you can
Thematrian1 (9:35:32 PM): there's an option for it
CirclMastr (9:35:33 PM): How?
Thematrian1 (9:35:42 PM): look for "Don't pre-interpret double-slash commands"
Thematrian1 (9:35:45 PM): or something along those lines
CirclMastr (9:36:09 PM): Ahh
CirclMastr (9:36:17 PM): "Send unknown slash commands as messages"
CirclMastr (9:36:32 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 4 3 4 6
CirclMastr (9:36:35 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
CirclMastr (9:36:46 PM): At least 4 successes
Umbrafer (9:36:54 PM): You squeeze through easily.
CirclMastr (9:37:05 PM): *looks around all stealthy-like*
CirclMastr (9:37:38 PM): (gah, sec, brb)
Umbrafer (9:37:46 PM): It's dark, and big. What are you looking for?
Umbrafer (9:37:51 PM): And what's Gem doing?
Thematrian1 (9:38:11 PM): being annoyed. Is it mechanically locked, or what?
Umbrafer (9:39:14 PM): You're not sure. Roll a security or locksmithing-related skill if you're trying to figure it out
Thematrian1 (9:40:05 PM): how about Intelligence?
Umbrafer (9:40:32 PM): Go for it.
CirclMastr (9:41:50 PM): (back) Looking for anything of note
CirclMastr (9:41:56 PM): And crawling around
Thematrian1 (9:42:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 3 5 2 3
Thematrian1 (9:42:17 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
Thematrian1 (9:42:19 PM): doh
Thematrian1 (9:42:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:42:26 PM): What's of note to you? Nothing immediately obvious like giant cannons or robot parts jumps out at you.
CirclMastr (9:43:05 PM): A lightswitch would be nice. Furniture that contains things, signs or other text on the walls...
Umbrafer (9:43:33 PM): There's a bookshelf, a display case, some diplomas, a motivational poster, and a lightswitch.
CirclMastr (9:43:47 PM): *climbs up and flicks the lightswitch*
Umbrafer (9:44:57 PM): It looks like this lock might actually be an electric striker rather than a maglock per se. As such, it's probably fail-closed.
Thematrian1 (9:45:06 PM): boo!
Thematrian1 (9:45:13 PM): next door
Umbrafer (9:45:16 PM): Your character would remember this: the city's still in blackout.
Umbrafer (9:45:28 PM): Well, substantial portions
Thematrian1 (9:45:29 PM): yeah, the lights are off and the security's down
Umbrafer (9:45:31 PM): Including this building
Thematrian1 (9:45:42 PM): and we were probably involved in that somehow
Umbrafer (9:46:35 PM): You arrive at the next door. It's adjacent to where Glitch is working (or standing catatonically, depending on your POV)
Thematrian1 (9:47:04 PM): cool. I try and open it
CirclMastr (9:47:55 PM): Spider explores the desk, then
CirclMastr (9:48:05 PM): Er, bookshelf
Umbrafer (9:48:10 PM): *Crnk* No dice.
CirclMastr (9:48:13 PM): (Why is there no desk in here?)
Umbrafer (9:48:25 PM): Oh, there's a desk as well
Umbrafer (9:48:28 PM): Some chairs
Umbrafer (9:48:51 PM): I saw them so clearly in my head that I didn't feel they needed to be stated. I need to kick that habit.
CirclMastr (9:49:09 PM): Desk first, then
Umbrafer (9:49:23 PM): You scramble over to the desk.
CirclMastr (9:49:30 PM): *skitter skitter*
Umbrafer (9:49:37 PM): To be clear, that sound effect was Gem finding another locked door.
Thematrian1 (9:50:27 PM): yeah
Thematrian1 (9:50:34 PM): hmph. I, uh, help Glitch
Umbrafer (9:51:05 PM): Your Watcher is muttering to itself about all the different kinds of people in the world.
Umbrafer (9:51:16 PM): Meanwhile, the Spider mounts the summit of the desk.
CirclMastr (9:51:48 PM): And proceeds to examine the toppings and contents
Umbrafer (9:52:35 PM): There's some paperwork, a contract, some pens
Umbrafer (9:52:54 PM): A trid monitor base with no computer connected to it
CirclMastr (9:52:55 PM): What's the contract?
Umbrafer (9:54:43 PM): The front page is a form contract. The signee's name field has been entered as "Lea Koning"—it appears to be a publication contract for a book.
Umbrafer (9:55:13 PM): The "Initial" field at the bottom of the page is empty. Maybe it hasn't been signed yet.
CirclMastr (9:55:48 PM): With laborious effort, the spider turns the page to read if this is the infamous book that we need to... uh, steal, right?
Umbrafer (9:56:30 PM): It was a book you needed to steal, but you determined the author's name and it's Ehran, not Lea.
Umbrafer (9:56:50 PM): That said, you turn the page. There's another tiny-font page full of legalese.
CirclMastr (9:56:51 PM): Well, it could be a pen name or other such pseudonym
Umbrafer (9:58:31 PM): If you have any legal knowledge skills, roll them.
CirclMastr (9:59:34 PM): To be honest I don't remember, and the forum is inaccessible. >_>
Umbrafer (9:59:44 PM): Oops.
CirclMastr (10:00:12 PM): I'll concede the lack of understanding and simply have the spider scratch up the papers in a fit of vandalism.
Umbrafer (10:00:28 PM): (Remind me to recover your sheet. I can do that a lot more easily than I can fix the forum, though I need to do that too)
CirclMastr (10:00:31 PM): Then try to squeeze into a drawer or two.
Umbrafer (10:00:32 PM): *Scratch scratch scratch*
Thematrian1 (10:00:40 PM): I slot electronics and electronics B/R, and "help" Glitch with the lock
Umbrafer (10:00:47 PM): Heh, go for it.
Thematrian1 (10:00:48 PM): what does it need?
Umbrafer (10:00:57 PM): B/R first to crack the case
Thematrian1 (10:01:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 4 4 6 6
Thematrian1 (10:01:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 2
Thematrian1 (10:01:14 PM): k
Umbrafer (10:01:42 PM): Cracked. Then Electronics to fiddle with the wires and a nine-volt battery (I'm oversimplifying)
Thematrian1 (10:01:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 3 2 2
Thematrian1 (10:01:57 PM): aw
Umbrafer (10:02:23 PM): Meanwhile, the Spider finds only one lonely drawer open enough for him to squeeze into, and it's a small one.
CirclMastr (10:02:55 PM): *examines the contents*
Umbrafer (10:02:59 PM): The maglock gains just enough power to beep angrily at you, then dies. Try it again?
Thematrian1 (10:03:12 PM): sure
Thematrian1 (10:03:15 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 6 2 4 2
Thematrian1 (10:03:17 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (10:03:41 PM): You get beeped at angrily again, but the lock clicks open.
Thematrian1 (10:04:00 PM): "Better than nothing..."
Thematrian1 (10:04:28 PM): I gesture to my spirit, hten to the door: "Take a peek, and then come tell me if there's anyone inside."
CirclMastr (10:04:44 PM): Anything in the drawer?
Umbrafer (10:05:16 PM): Yes. There's quite a collection of Aztecrunch bars and Ares Micro Chocolates.
Umbrafer (10:05:30 PM): Also three decks of playing cards, one deck of tarot cards.
Thematrian1 (10:05:51 PM): (Feel free to share this information with the party mage)
Thematrian1 (10:05:56 PM): (Soryr)
Umbrafer (10:06:02 PM): The spirit zips through the door, then comes back with a doleful expression on its… face?
Thematrian1 (10:06:42 PM): heh
CirclMastr (10:07:13 PM): #Some clown has a tarot deck in his desk.#
Thematrian1 (10:07:41 PM): ::stops with her hand on the doorknob:: "Which room?"
Umbrafer (10:09:10 PM): (It's the one to the right of the fire stairs)
CirclMastr (10:09:19 PM): yeah, that
Thematrian1 (10:09:21 PM): I head for it and try the knob
CirclMastr (10:09:25 PM): I have no idea anymore.
Umbrafer (10:09:29 PM): Locked.
Thematrian1 (10:10:13 PM): I'll have a go at cracking it
Thematrian1 (10:10:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 6 5 2 3
Thematrian1 (10:10:19 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (10:10:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (10:10:27 PM): ::pries it open::
Umbrafer (10:10:30 PM): *Ka-crack*
Thematrian1 (10:11:06 PM): and the fun part:
Thematrian1 (10:11:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 2 2 1
Thematrian1 (10:11:12 PM): grr
Thematrian1 (10:11:24 PM): #I think this stupid chip might be defective#
Umbrafer (10:11:48 PM): *Maaanh*
Thematrian1 (10:12:06 PM): again?
CirclMastr (10:12:25 PM): #Well, if push comes to shove I can detonate a spider, but I'd prefer not to.#
Thematrian1 (10:12:37 PM): #Yeah, they're handier as-is#
Thematrian1 (10:12:42 PM): #And it's probably nothing, but...#
Umbrafer (10:13:10 PM): Go for it
Thematrian1 (10:13:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 1 1 2 3
Thematrian1 (10:13:27 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (10:13:35 PM): sigh
Umbrafer (10:14:10 PM): *Maaclick…clickclickclick…click*
Umbrafer (10:14:47 PM): Unfortunately, it does not stick open when it finaly stops toggling.
Thematrian1 (10:15:03 PM): yeah
Thematrian1 (10:15:29 PM): Can I get Glitch over here to roll his aptitude and microvision enhanced 8 dice?
Umbrafer (10:15:43 PM): Hah. Sure, why not.
Thematrian1 (10:16:20 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 1 2 2 4 2 1 3
CirclMastr (10:16:27 PM): Yeesh
Thematrian1 (10:16:28 PM): that's not at all what I'm talking about
Thematrian1 (10:16:41 PM): again at +2?
Umbrafer (10:16:58 PM): Well, between Aptitude and Microvision…
Umbrafer (10:17:05 PM): *Bzzzt* *Click*
Thematrian1 (10:17:14 PM): oh,right, 7 is what I hit the second time
Thematrian1 (10:17:20 PM): sweet. Thanks, Glitch!
Thematrian1 (10:18:01 PM): I open it up
Umbrafer (10:18:28 PM): *Open*
Thematrian1 (10:18:46 PM): I head to the desk, unless there's something else that demands my immediate attention
Umbrafer (10:19:14 PM): Depends. How much does Gem like nice rugs?
Thematrian1 (10:19:25 PM): not all that much
Umbrafer (10:19:35 PM): Then no. You reach the desk.
CirclMastr (10:19:58 PM): Spider waves a leg out of the drawer
Thematrian1 (10:20:05 PM): I wave back, then open it
Thematrian1 (10:20:09 PM): gently
Umbrafer (10:20:11 PM): His chair is an antique. Looks like a turn-of-the-century model, still in prime condition.
Umbrafer (10:20:24 PM): *Open open open*
CirclMastr (10:20:25 PM): Spider skitters up Gem's arm
Thematrian1 (10:20:45 PM): "Hi there."
Thematrian1 (10:21:00 PM): auravision ON. Anything exciting in this drawer? Or elsewhere in the desk, for that matter?
CirclMastr (10:21:13 PM): (brb while I get myself food)
Umbrafer (10:21:27 PM): The bad news is, no.
Thematrian1 (10:21:39 PM): is there good news?
Umbrafer (10:21:48 PM): There's a minor positive emotional charge around the Aztecrunch bars. Does that count?
Thematrian1 (10:22:20 PM): heh. I leave them.
Thematrian1 (10:23:41 PM): Oh, one question.
Thematrian1 (10:23:44 PM): Is the deck sorted?
Thematrian1 (10:23:47 PM): the Tarot deck, I mean.
Umbrafer (10:24:04 PM): No, totally unsorted. It also looks fairly well-used.
Thematrian1 (10:24:29 PM): Nifty. I check for stuff with the occupant's name on it.
Thematrian1 (10:24:33 PM): Diploma would be favorite
Umbrafer (10:25:44 PM): There's one of those. Charles DiPietro.
Thematrian1 (10:26:16 PM): ker-click on that too
Umbrafer (10:26:34 PM): This diploma is in anthropology.
Thematrian1 (10:27:05 PM): and he works at a book publisher? Hm. Probably just a matter of "taking an interesting job", but...
Umbrafer (10:27:33 PM): Well, the other diploma is an MBA.
Thematrian1 (10:27:51 PM): two diplomas? Quite a guy.
Thematrian1 (10:28:48 PM): Ok, that's enough of that. Back to the target room.
Thematrian1 (10:28:55 PM): watcher confirmed that it was empty of life?
Umbrafer (10:29:08 PM): Yep, in its own way.
Thematrian1 (10:31:07 PM): cool. I open the door and look in.
Umbrafer (10:31:24 PM): You open the door, revealing…
Umbrafer (10:31:40 PM): Filing cabinets. A /maze/ of filing cabinets.
Thematrian1 (10:31:50 PM): oh good
Thematrian1 (10:32:12 PM): are they labelled at least?
Umbrafer (10:33:11 PM): Yes. The cabinets themselves are labelled according to some numerical code, and the drawers are alphabetized.
Thematrian1 (10:33:49 PM): even if Gem had heard of the Dewey decimal system, which she probably hasn't, I bet this isn't it
Thematrian1 (10:34:05 PM): what's it alphabetized by? Author, book name?
Umbrafer (10:34:41 PM): Without looking, it's impossible to tell. At most there are three letters on a drawer.
Umbrafer (10:35:07 PM): Looking inside, that is
Thematrian1 (10:36:34 PM): ah. I open a drawer at random
Thematrian1 (10:36:38 PM): strike that
Thematrian1 (10:36:41 PM): I open a drawer in the E's
Thematrian1 (10:36:43 PM): or Ehr's
Thematrian1 (10:36:47 PM): or however specific it is
Umbrafer (10:37:16 PM): You open a drawer in the Eb-En section.
Umbrafer (10:37:41 PM): To be clear, by the way, each of these drawers is about four feet long. There are a few smaller cabinets, but most of these are the big kind.
CirclMastr (10:37:53 PM): (Back)
Umbrafer (10:38:03 PM): I should say, rather, that you try to open the drawer. It's apparently locked.
Thematrian1 (10:38:31 PM): electronic or mechanical?
Umbrafer (10:39:58 PM): Mechanical.
Thematrian1 (10:40:26 PM): I forget; do Hound's spiders have nifty lasers?
CirclMastr (10:40:37 PM): No, they just go boom
Umbrafer (10:40:47 PM): Nope, no nifty lasers. Glitch has a tool laser, though
Thematrian1 (10:41:17 PM): Good enough. I burn through the lock.
Umbrafer (10:41:56 PM): *Shhhhklik*
Umbrafer (10:42:41 PM): This cabinet is open.
Thematrian1 (10:42:51 PM): ::yank::
Thematrian1 (10:43:02 PM): and then somemore yank, because, wow, big cabinet
Umbrafer (10:43:30 PM): You do some yanking. The drawer is open.
Thematrian1 (10:45:03 PM): What have we? Manuscripts, author bios, what?
Umbrafer (10:45:42 PM): A lot of files. They appear to be named by author, but each file has all kinds of different material in it.
Thematrian1 (10:46:17 PM): awesome. I rummage for 'Ehran'
Umbrafer (10:47:01 PM): He's in there. It's this tiny thin file that contains a few notes about a book on the awakened world, with a note saying that the rest of his works are in the Sociology section.
Thematrian1 (10:47:41 PM): fair enough. I snap a copy of each page, then consult our map. Is there a marked 'sociology' section
Thematrian1 (10:47:42 PM): ?
CirclMastr (10:47:42 PM): ("See: Sociology, Denver branch")
Umbrafer (10:48:54 PM): Nope. You're pretty sure the manuscript is in this room, but that gets you less far than you'd hoped.
Thematrian1 (10:48:56 PM): (heh)
Thematrian1 (10:48:58 PM): right
Thematrian1 (10:49:09 PM): I miss Longtail. He had the Catalog spell.
Umbrafer (10:49:24 PM): Hah. That would be handy.
Umbrafer (10:49:29 PM): It might also drive you insane.
CirclMastr (10:49:50 PM): I miss... uh, being useful
Thematrian1 (10:50:20 PM): you're watching for thefuzz
Thematrian1 (10:50:24 PM): ok
Umbrafer (10:50:30 PM): 'Struth.
Thematrian1 (10:50:45 PM): Do all the cabinets near me have the same digit code?
CirclMastr (10:50:50 PM): If any Mold Golem comes near, I'll spot 'em instantly!
Umbrafer (10:50:52 PM): Yes.
Thematrian1 (10:50:56 PM): sweet
Thematrian1 (10:50:59 PM): sorta
Thematrian1 (10:51:07 PM): oh
Umbrafer (10:51:16 PM): (On another note, I'm going to have to call it soon, what with Matt not being here and creeping exhaustion and all)
CirclMastr (10:51:30 PM): ( :( )
Thematrian1 (10:51:32 PM): I flip through the files again; do I see any names I recognize?
Umbrafer (10:52:51 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (10:52:54 PM): Yes, actually.
Umbrafer (10:53:08 PM): A few writers of pop magical theory books.
Thematrian1 (10:53:36 PM): nifty. I grab one of those files.
Umbrafer (10:53:59 PM): *Grab*
Thematrian1 (10:54:50 PM): Next week: the Hunt for Sociology
Thematrian1 (10:54:53 PM): ?
Umbrafer (10:55:00 PM): Sounds good.
Umbrafer (10:55:17 PM): Maybe you'll find what it really means to be human ;)
CirclMastr (10:55:39 PM): I think that's the Hunt for Scientology
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CirclMastr (10:59:39 PM): Gah!
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