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Umbrafer (8:55:31 PM): When we last left our antiheroes, they were… rifling through manuscripts?
Thematrian1 (8:55:44 PM): yeah. The book we want is under 'sociology', or at least some stuff is there
Umbrafer (8:57:09 PM): The current cabinet looks unsociological.
Umbrafer (8:59:39 PM): (Also, I have to warn you it'll be a short session tonight. I probably won't be able to go past 10:45—hate to do it, but I only got three hours of sleep last night and I'm not as young as I used to be.)
Thematrian1 (9:00:01 PM): (Check)
Thematrian1 (9:00:15 PM): does our map mark 'sociology department' or anything?
Umbrafer (9:01:45 PM): No, sadly. You're pretty sure the manuscript should be in here somewhere, though, unless there was some kind of mixup.
Umbrafer (9:01:55 PM): Where here = the current storeroom.
Thematrian1 (9:02:04 PM): right
Thematrian1 (9:02:18 PM): well, ok, nothing for it but to split up and try to find the sociology section
MilesMk1 (9:04:17 PM): Right. (sorry, had a phone call)
MilesMk1 (9:04:27 PM): Let's search.
Thematrian1 (9:04:37 PM): ::searching::
MilesMk1 (9:04:43 PM): *searching*
Umbrafer (9:04:45 PM): There are about six different numbers on the various cabinets, plus the one you were looking in, plus one that's a giant conglomeration of numbers.
MilesMk1 (9:05:20 PM): Dewey-like stuff, or just numbers following an unknown system?
Umbrafer (9:05:45 PM): Numbers following an unknown system. If either of you remember anything about the DDS, you'll know this isn't it.
Thematrian1 (9:05:55 PM): I doubt I ever learned it
Thematrian1 (9:06:02 PM): college boy might have
MilesMk1 (9:06:03 PM): Did we already look around for anything that's like a key to the numbers, taped on the back on the door, or something?
MilesMk1 (9:06:16 PM): of the door
MilesMk1 (9:06:57 PM): I mean, they're being all quaint and old-fashioned, they might as well go all the way and tape a piece of paper up...
Umbrafer (9:07:05 PM): There's a key taped to the jumble-of-numbers cabinet, but unfortunately it doesn't have Sociology on it.
MilesMk1 (9:07:20 PM): Ok, so that one's for last...
Umbrafer (9:07:36 PM): It does have Anthropology, a number in the low 840200s.
Umbrafer (9:08:42 PM): Give me a 1d6 roll, whoever opens a cabinet first.
MilesMk1 (9:08:43 PM): Can I try to figure out a relationship between the alphabetical order of words and the corresponding numbers? Like, does A fall on 840200s, B on 850000, and so on?
MilesMk1 (9:08:50 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:09:34 PM): (or perhaps I shouldn't be first, since I'm trying to decode stuff...)
Umbrafer (9:09:39 PM): It looks like the relationships are thematic rather than alphabetic. Popular Magic is near Magical Theory is near Magical Ecology, for example.
MilesMk1 (9:10:03 PM): Shit. Anything else on the key related to sociology?
Umbrafer (9:11:00 PM): INT.
Thematrian1 (9:11:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 3 4 2
MilesMk1 (9:11:09 PM): With encephalon?
MilesMk1 (9:11:12 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 1 1 2 2 3 1 4
Thematrian1 (9:11:13 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (9:11:23 PM): Sure.
MilesMk1 (9:11:25 PM): ...or I could re-roll with just 6 dice. :)
MilesMk1 (9:11:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (9:12:44 PM): Cultural Geography is in the 840180s, Behavioural Geography is in the 840440s. They sound kinda similar-ish.
MilesMk1 (9:13:11 PM): I'll start with cabinets labeled something close to those, then.
Umbrafer (9:14:37 PM): Which one? There are two in the 440s, one in the high 170s, and one in the 180s.
Thematrian1 (9:14:51 PM): "I'll take the 440s"
MilesMk1 (9:15:43 PM): "I'll take the other two."
Umbrafer (9:16:02 PM): You each dig into a cabinet. Which one will you take? (high or low)
MilesMk1 (9:16:10 PM): Low.
Thematrian1 (9:16:28 PM): high
Umbrafer (9:16:37 PM): Let's get an INT from both of you.
Thematrian1 (9:16:45 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 2 5 6
Thematrian1 (9:16:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:17:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 5 1 4 4 6 2 1
MilesMk1 (9:17:18 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (9:17:48 PM): It looks like Gem found a veritable treasure trove of developmental psychology manuscripts. Mostly pop, sadly—"Your Troll baby and you, primer for the modern mother" and soforth.
Umbrafer (9:18:18 PM): Glitch, on the other hand, has definitely found Sociology. There's no other conclusion.
Umbrafer (9:19:15 PM): In particular, this section seems to be focused on metahuman relations.
Umbrafer (9:21:31 PM): The Hs are easy enough to find.
MilesMk1 (9:21:36 PM): "Found sociology..."
Umbrafer (9:21:38 PM): E
MilesMk1 (9:21:39 PM): *scans*
Umbrafer (9:21:40 PM): E
Umbrafer (9:22:19 PM): As a matter of fact, the E section is fairly large.
Umbrafer (9:22:54 PM): A quick look into the drawer reveals that this is because the Ehran section, itself, is quite large. It takes up most of a drawer.
Thematrian1 (9:23:20 PM): woo
MilesMk1 (9:23:29 PM): *search*
Umbrafer (9:24:16 PM): Manuscript after manuscript after manuscript of dense, crabbed handwriting. Perception.
MilesMk1 (9:27:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 4 1 1
MilesMk1 (9:27:57 PM): Son of a...
MilesMk1 (9:28:12 PM): "I think I'm going to need a hand, here."
Umbrafer (9:28:37 PM): Elves and Humans. Humans and Elves. Humans and Orks. Trolls and Dwarves. Humans and… dolphins?
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CirclMastr (9:29:02 PM): (Apologies to all)
Umbrafer (9:29:56 PM): There's also something about satyrs. The classification makes no sense to you. Roll again if you're continuing to search.
MilesMk1 (9:32:20 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 3 2 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:32:24 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:32:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:32:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:33:38 PM): On the Habits of the Midwestern Ork Communities, Dwarves Communities and Accessible Housing, the Ork Underground and its Culture…
Umbrafer (9:33:40 PM): There!
Umbrafer (9:35:02 PM): A pristine copy of Mankind Revealed. It's big, and /entirely/ handwritten.
Umbrafer (9:35:18 PM): By copy, I mean manuscript.
MilesMk1 (9:35:40 PM): "Got it... Did they provide us with any way of verifying this is it?"
Thematrian1 (9:36:02 PM): "You think it might be a diversion?"
MilesMk1 (9:37:18 PM): "Seems unlikely... Still, professional paranoia."
CirclMastr (9:37:38 PM): *Spider does random stuff*
MilesMk1 (9:37:49 PM): *compares the handwriting to some other random Ehren manuscripts* (if there are any other manuscripts)
Umbrafer (9:38:02 PM): The spider does not discover any treatises on spiderdrone society.
Umbrafer (9:38:28 PM): There are a bunch of them. Roll Intelligence, or any handwriting-comparison skill you might have.
Thematrian1 (9:38:41 PM): How many pages is Mankind Revealed?
MilesMk1 (9:39:04 PM): Also, *zooms in and uses microscopic vision to examine the letters* (make sure it's really ink, that the pen left depressions in the paper, that the letters are fuzzy around the edges the way real ink gets on paper, etc.)
MilesMk1 (9:39:07 PM): Int.
MilesMk1 (9:39:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 6 4 6 3 3 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:39:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 3
Umbrafer (9:40:19 PM): It looks like it's about 500 pages. It's all in English, which, as you glance over some of the manuscripts, isn't Ehran's only way of doing things.
Umbrafer (9:40:47 PM): And the handwriting looks pretty similar to all the others. At least, no more different than any other one you examine is from the others
Thematrian1 (9:41:28 PM): Hm. IIRC we also had to do something computer-related?
MilesMk1 (9:42:24 PM): Yeah.
Umbrafer (9:42:29 PM): There was supposed to be a scanned copy on the company datastore. You were to delete it and then upload a file you were given.
MilesMk1 (9:42:56 PM): I forget, were we supposed to destroy the manuscript, or steal it? I remember it was one of those, but then they changed their mind, right?
MilesMk1 (9:43:38 PM): (I also just remembered I don't have access to my character sheet)
Umbrafer (9:44:35 PM): (It's up somewhere, let me see)
CirclMastr (9:46:02 PM): (ugh, brb)
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Thematrian1 (9:46:39 PM): Does our map say where the computers live?
Umbrafer (9:47:26 PM): It doesn't, unfortunately.
MilesMk1 (9:48:51 PM): I was going to try rolling various security and electronics skills to try to figure it out, hence being reminded about the char sheet
Umbrafer (9:49:03 PM): One moment
MilesMk1 (9:49:32 PM): Does our map say how many stories this place has, and whether there's a basement?
MilesMk1 (9:50:29 PM): (Oh, man... I'm just remembering all kids of random shit. I just realized I probably did something that, should I tell Jon about it, it'd make his head explode. :))
Umbrafer (9:50:42 PM): (?)
Thematrian1 (9:50:51 PM): (I second that ?)
Umbrafer (9:51:06 PM): There are two basement levels shown.
MilesMk1 (9:51:31 PM): (Ready? I played D&D 3.5... at the NYC Microsoft headquarters.)
Umbrafer (9:51:40 PM): *Boom*
MilesMk1 (9:52:10 PM): (Friend of mine works for MS, we ended up using a conference room after hours. Very good gaming environment, really.)
MilesMk1 (9:53:22 PM): (I'm not sure what I could have done to make it any more unwholesome... Played SR4, I guess. ;))
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Umbrafer (9:54:35 PM): (Played SR4 and F.A.T.A.L.. And it could have been in Redmond.)
CirclMastr (9:54:53 PM): (....You played FATAL?)
Umbrafer (9:55:15 PM): (No.)
MilesMk1 (9:55:35 PM): (No. I played D&D 3.5 at the MS offices in NYC, and we're talking about what could have made the deed "worse" from Jon's point of view.)
CirclMastr (9:56:02 PM): (Ah)
MilesMk1 (9:56:32 PM): (Oh, right... There is something - I know D&D is the work of the devil, right? Well, I'm one of the players in an example of play in the Player's Handbook II. ;))
CirclMastr (9:56:47 PM): .......You're kidding
CirclMastr (9:56:49 PM): Who?
MilesMk1 (9:57:34 PM): (Matt, playing Jozan. The other people - William, Wendy and Leigh are people from a Ravenlfot game we were in, together with the guy who wrote that chapter.)
MilesMk1 (9:58:01 PM): (Though Leigh was actually Lee, but apparently WotC likes to keep the genders balanced...)
CirclMastr (9:58:04 PM): (I'll have to reread that and then mock you for your play choices.)
Umbrafer (9:58:13 PM): (D&D isn't the work of the devil, just 3.* ;) )
MilesMk1 (9:58:50 PM): (Well, the choices aren't really mine... It's not like we ever played through the example, right? Still, it was nice of him...)
MilesMk1 (9:59:12 PM): (Chapter VII, if you're actually going to look.)
MilesMk1 (9:59:23 PM): (Anyway - sorry for the massive derail.)
CirclMastr (9:59:45 PM): (I don't know what's going on in-gamr anyway)
CirclMastr (9:59:49 PM): *game
MilesMk1 (10:00:08 PM): (We found the manuscript, now we need to find the server containing the scan, delete it, and upload something.)
MilesMk1 (10:01:14 PM): Ok, so based on what I know about the building, and what we've seen so far, can I roll Electronics B/R and Security Design (or something more appropriate, you saw my skill list just now) to figure out where the
MilesMk1 (10:01:23 PM): most likely spot for the computers would be?
Umbrafer (10:01:48 PM): You can try, sure
MilesMk1 (10:01:59 PM): Ok - B/R first.
MilesMk1 (10:02:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 5 5 3 6 4 2 6
MilesMk1 (10:02:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 2
MilesMk1 (10:02:10 PM): Security Design
MilesMk1 (10:02:20 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 6 4 4
MilesMk1 (10:02:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (10:03:49 PM): Well…
Umbrafer (10:04:02 PM): The good news is, you know where you'd install computers if you had to.
Umbrafer (10:04:19 PM): The bad news, this place doesn't look like it was designed with the help of a security consultant.
Umbrafer (10:04:49 PM): You've got some guesses (probably the basement somewhere), but you aren't sure how much they're worth.
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MilesMk1 (10:06:49 PM): Well, I'm sure there will be door signs...
Thematrian1 (10:06:59 PM): Mise wander, am I right?
MilesMk1 (10:07:08 PM): "I think we'll just need to get into the basement and do this the hard way."
Umbrafer (10:07:09 PM): ?
MilesMk1 (10:07:25 PM): (When did you become Jar-Jar?)
Thematrian1 (10:07:31 PM): Translated: we might as well wander around until we find something, mightn't we?
MilesMk1 (10:07:45 PM): Right.
MilesMk1 (10:08:00 PM): Let's head for the basement, and look for a door labeled "Server Room."
MilesMk1 (10:08:25 PM): *heads*
Thematrian1 (10:09:05 PM): down the stairs to the main floor we go. Do we pass any labelled rooms?
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Umbrafer (10:09:40 PM): None if you're just going straight down.
CirclMastr (10:09:50 PM): (Damn damn connection)
CirclMastr (10:10:31 PM): *Spider dances on Gem's shoulder*
Thematrian1 (10:10:51 PM): ::pats the spider::
CirclMastr (10:11:30 PM): (I'd say something if I could be sure I had my transceiver implanted, but I have no charsheet access)
Thematrian1 (10:11:53 PM): (I'd assume you do. It's pretty basic runner gear, at least the way we play it)
CirclMastr (10:12:07 PM): (It is, but did I get it as 'ware or just as gear?)
Umbrafer (10:12:26 PM): (Even if it's just gear, you'd presumably have it connected)
Thematrian1 (10:12:31 PM): (does it matter, with you in the van?)
CirclMastr (10:12:43 PM): (I thought it did if I'm jumped into the spider)
Thematrian1 (10:12:52 PM): (oh, right)
CirclMastr (10:13:22 PM): *spider taps out "Shave and a haircut"*
Umbrafer (10:13:37 PM): (It all depends on how everything's set up.)
Umbrafer (10:14:02 PM): (Either way, it's trivial enough to drop to captain's chair for long enough to talk)
CirclMastr (10:14:24 PM): (It's hardly a critical speech I had in mind)
Thematrian1 (10:16:53 PM): so we're downstairs?
Umbrafer (10:17:38 PM): As downstairs as you want to be.
MilesMk1 (10:18:00 PM): *looks for cameras to avoid/check for functioning; looks for doors with computing-related signs*
MilesMk1 (10:18:19 PM): The first basement floor?
Umbrafer (10:18:34 PM): There are a few cameras here and there. All of them are quite dead.
MilesMk1 (10:18:55 PM): Excellent... Quick sweep of the doors, then.
MilesMk1 (10:20:20 PM): (Oh yeah - so were we supposed to steal the manuscript, or destroy it?)
Umbrafer (10:21:32 PM): (Steal)
Umbrafer (10:21:46 PM): (One minute)
Umbrafer (10:28:24 PM): (Sorry about that, putting out fires.)
Umbrafer (10:28:32 PM): Basement-1 doors?
Thematrian1 (10:28:36 PM): (In a figurative sense, one hopes)
Thematrian1 (10:28:37 PM): Yeah
Umbrafer (10:29:36 PM): (Figurative, yes. Turns out a friend just got kicked out of her house and needs a place to stay for a week or two.)
Umbrafer (10:30:06 PM): Let's see. There's the archive room, the telecom closet
Umbrafer (10:30:12 PM): The mackarel room
MilesMk1 (10:30:16 PM): (My life is so boring...)
Thematrian1 (10:30:25 PM): (Treasure that)
Thematrian1 (10:31:26 PM): mackarel room?
Umbrafer (10:31:27 PM): Some unlabeled doors
Umbrafer (10:31:43 PM): Some unlucky schmuck's office, it looks like. (Not the mackarel room, a different room)
Umbrafer (10:31:49 PM): That's what it says.
CirclMastr (10:31:53 PM): *spider makes 'pchew, pchew' motions with front legs*
Thematrian1 (10:31:58 PM): This I've got to see.
Umbrafer (10:32:07 PM): There's some flowy script below it.
MilesMk1 (10:32:09 PM): Yeah, let's see the mackarel room.
Thematrian1 (10:32:15 PM): "Watcher, look quickly and tell me: is there anything alive inside that room?"
Thematrian1 (10:32:17 PM): flowy script?
Umbrafer (10:33:02 PM): Looks like the kind of stuff that was on some of those manuscripts from the top-floor storeroom.
Umbrafer (10:33:15 PM): It's on all of the doors, now that you look
Umbrafer (10:34:08 PM): The watcher zips off.
Umbrafer (10:34:20 PM): It comes back. "Boooooooooooring."
Thematrian1 (10:34:34 PM): I open the door
Umbrafer (10:34:42 PM): Locked.
Umbrafer (10:34:59 PM): There's a keypad and cardreader next to it.
MilesMk1 (10:35:06 PM): "That writing... Could that be something magical?"
MilesMk1 (10:35:24 PM): *takes a look at the keypad and card reader* (let me know what to roll)
Thematrian1 (10:35:35 PM): uhm. I have knowledge: Spirits. Can I default to Random Magical Writing?
Umbrafer (10:35:52 PM): To look at them? Nothing or Perception. If you're go… um. Not from that. From INT, if you want.
Umbrafer (10:36:10 PM): As I was saying, if you're going to try to crack the pad and/or reader, Eb/r+E, as usual.
Thematrian1 (10:36:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 3 1 2
Thematrian1 (10:36:19 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
Umbrafer (10:37:05 PM): You recognize this, now. This is the writing they use down in Tir Tairngire.
MilesMk1 (10:37:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 6 3 3 1 5 5 6
MilesMk1 (10:37:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 2
MilesMk1 (10:37:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 6 1 3 2 1 4 4
MilesMk1 (10:37:36 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (10:37:44 PM): Good times. I slot Sperethiel (leaving Sperethiel and Unarmed up)
Thematrian1 (10:37:47 PM): what does it say?
CirclMastr (10:38:30 PM): ("The mackarel room")
Umbrafer (10:39:47 PM): I guess you'd have recognized it sooner, then. Forgot you had that. My brain's still stuck in the days when they had an adventure module that revolved around stealing a Sperethiel-to-English dictionary because it was this secret la…
Umbrafer (10:39:48 PM): …Language.
Umbrafer (10:40:38 PM): It has more layers of nuance than that. It could be "the mackarel room", it could be "the mackarel shoal", or it could be "the ocean of thought".
Thematrian1 (10:42:43 PM): "Huh. 'Mackarel room' is a translation from the original Sperethiel. The original has all these connotations of thought, of being gathered together for learning, like the salmon from
Thematrian1 (10:42:45 PM): Irish myth"
MilesMk1 (10:43:29 PM): "Well, computerized data storage could certainly fit the bill, right?"
Thematrian1 (10:44:43 PM): "Wishful thinking. Still, it can't hurt..."
MilesMk1 (10:45:03 PM): (Well, I already went after the locks...)
MilesMk1 (10:45:10 PM): "True, it's probably the breakroom."
Umbrafer (10:45:24 PM): (Oh, so you did)
Umbrafer (10:46:15 PM): You pop the case without difficulty. The insides, though, are a tough nut to crack—this is high-security gear here.
MilesMk1 (10:47:17 PM): So, I failed?
Umbrafer (10:48:02 PM): Indeed.
MilesMk1 (10:48:09 PM): Mhmm... Again, at +2?
Umbrafer (10:48:16 PM): Go for it.
MilesMk1 (10:48:20 PM): (I did make TN 10, right?)
MilesMk1 (10:48:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 4 1 4 1 3 1 1
MilesMk1 (10:48:59 PM): ... damn it.
Thematrian1 (10:49:00 PM): "Let me try. I think I've seen this one before..."
Umbrafer (10:49:08 PM): Ach. Your mods will be the death of me. I forgot the whosiwhasis.
Umbrafer (10:49:11 PM): Aptitude.
MilesMk1 (10:49:14 PM): *sighs in disgust*
Umbrafer (10:49:34 PM): Nearly on the brink of disaster, you hear a bolt click back.
MilesMk1 (10:50:00 PM): *grutns, somewhat mollified*
MilesMk1 (10:50:03 PM): grunts
MilesMk1 (10:50:24 PM): "That was a close one."
CirclMastr (10:50:52 PM): *spider dances*
Thematrian1 (10:50:54 PM): "Yeah. We might have missed the marvels of the mackarel room"
MilesMk1 (10:51:37 PM): "Heh."
MilesMk1 (10:51:41 PM): *opens to door*
Umbrafer (10:51:44 PM): The door remains locked, however. The locking mechanisms must be independent.
MilesMk1 (10:51:56 PM): Oh. Wait, what?
MilesMk1 (10:52:06 PM): Independent of what?
Thematrian1 (10:52:09 PM): I second that 'wait, what?'
Umbrafer (10:52:21 PM): There was a keypad and a cardreader. You cracked one.
MilesMk1 (10:52:26 PM): You mean the keypad and the card... Ah.
MilesMk1 (10:52:31 PM): Ok, the other one, then.
MilesMk1 (10:52:34 PM): B/R
MilesMk1 (10:52:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 1 4 1 1 1 1
Umbrafer (10:52:50 PM): Usually, they're linked, and cracking one is enough to crack both as long as you're doing it at the internals level.
MilesMk1 (10:53:00 PM): (I hate this die-roller. I fucking hate it.)
Thematrian1 (10:53:09 PM): while he's busy, I'll check the archive room. Locked?
Umbrafer (10:53:16 PM): Ooh. Well, the good news is you got the case off. The bad news is, it won't be easy to hide.
MilesMk1 (10:53:16 PM): (One 6 in 24 dice.)
Umbrafer (10:53:21 PM): Archive room is locked, yes.
MilesMk1 (10:53:37 PM): I'll do my best...
Thematrian1 (10:53:54 PM): Well, they're gonna notice when the virus we're uploading fills their server with horse porn
MilesMk1 (10:53:56 PM): Should I roll B/R again, to see how well I do covering up my clumsiness?
Thematrian1 (10:53:58 PM): or whatever it's going to do
Umbrafer (10:55:03 PM): Presumably you're going to want to do that after the Electronics roll, but yes.
Umbrafer (10:55:18 PM): And you never know. That horse porn could have come from anywhere.
MilesMk1 (10:55:27 PM): Ok, Electronics first, then.
MilesMk1 (10:55:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 2 5 4 6 5 5
MilesMk1 (10:55:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
CirclMastr (10:55:36 PM): (*Hound gets bored, gets his mech, and blows the building to smithereens*)
Umbrafer (10:55:48 PM): What is Spider doing?
MilesMk1 (10:55:59 PM): (Hey, you could be exploring the air ducts, if you wanted. Or something.)
Thematrian1 (10:56:05 PM): (Heh. If we're no longer being quiet, do you have a drone with a laser?)
CirclMastr (10:56:10 PM): Spider is still on Gem's shoulder, AFAIK
CirclMastr (10:56:25 PM): I do not, as I recall.
Thematrian1 (10:56:26 PM): (or, no longer concealing our activities)
MilesMk1 (10:56:34 PM): (It's one of those with a grenade, is it?)
CirclMastr (10:56:52 PM): (Yes, all the spiders are explosive. And it's C4, not a grenade)
Thematrian1 (10:57:38 PM): (Hm. That's a little less reproducible than I'm looking for)
Umbrafer (10:58:00 PM): It's another close one, but another lock clicks open. Do you have hearing amp?
CirclMastr (10:58:02 PM): (Note to self: Get tool lasers on spider drones)
Thematrian1 (10:58:19 PM): (They rock)
MilesMk1 (10:58:29 PM): Yeah, I do.
MilesMk1 (10:58:57 PM): I have the shotgun mic-like thing, and the spatial recognizer, IIRC.
Umbrafer (10:59:07 PM): You also hear a circuit with some humming component powering down.
MilesMk1 (10:59:15 PM): Or... Shit, I could be confabulating.
Umbrafer (10:59:28 PM): If not, you don't hear that.
MilesMk1 (10:59:39 PM): No, I do. I managed to figure out what kid of nuts someone was eating once, by hearing. I think.
Umbrafer (10:59:49 PM): Hehehe
CirclMastr (11:00:03 PM): (Note to self: Get bigass spider mech with a ton of tools and scary weapons on it, for laughs)
MilesMk1 (11:00:17 PM): Can I roll Security Systems for a best guess as to what that'd be, and whether I should worry?
MilesMk1 (11:00:32 PM): Also, let me try that B/R roll to fix up the case... B/R:
MilesMk1 (11:00:36 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 1 4 4 5 4 5
MilesMk1 (11:00:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (11:00:51 PM): Son... Of... A... Goat...
Umbrafer (11:01:23 PM): The case may pass casual inspection.
MilesMk1 (11:01:34 PM): (Should I actually get this door open without blowing the whole mission, I think it'd be a good time to stop.)
Umbrafer (11:01:45 PM): Don't bother rolling, you're almost certain it's an electromagnet powering down.
Umbrafer (11:01:51 PM): (Yeah, that's what I'm thinking)
Umbrafer (11:01:58 PM): (Before I get a faceful of keyboard)
MilesMk1 (11:02:30 PM): (They never specified our work had to remain undiscovered anyway, did they?)
MilesMk1 (11:02:51 PM): (Not like the power plant jobs.)
MilesMk1 (11:02:59 PM): So, the locks are cracked... I open the door.
Umbrafer (11:03:40 PM): (Not last I checked.)
Umbrafer (11:03:58 PM): You open the door. It swings open, revealing…
Umbrafer (11:04:02 PM): A staircase down.
Umbrafer (11:04:17 PM): And that's where we break for the night.
MilesMk1 (11:05:40 PM): Ok... Goodnight.
CirclMastr (11:05:51 PM): =/
MilesMk1 (11:05:52 PM): Have a good weeken, get sleep, all that good stuff.
CirclMastr (11:05:58 PM): G'night
Umbrafer (11:06:00 PM): Sleep well eve52!
MilesMk1 (11:06:13 PM): Next time, we'll take a mission that'll require your driving.
MilesMk1 (11:06:29 PM): Then you'll be able to complaing about denting your paint job. :)
Umbrafer (11:06:30 PM): Next time I'll have had more sleep
MilesMk1 (11:06:39 PM): Later.
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Umbrafer (11:06:45 PM): And hopefully have less phone calls from people getting kicked out by parents
Thematrian1 (11:07:11 PM): for more reasons than one
Umbrafer (11:07:13 PM): C'est la vie. *Waves*
Umbrafer (11:07:17 PM): Heh
Umbrafer (11:07:18 PM): Yeah
CirclMastr (11:07:20 PM): Someday I'll make a character that actually participates.
Thematrian1 (11:07:56 PM): I don't think it's the character that's the problem. Todd's participating now, in my game,but only because you chose it.
CirclMastr (11:08:05 PM): Probably a troll with 1 skill point in every skill and a stubborn insistence on trying everything first.
Umbrafer (11:09:29 PM): Relax and try things more often.
CirclMastr (11:10:17 PM): Mmm.
Umbrafer (11:10:26 PM): Of course, there's always the difficulty in not trying the /wrong/ things… but such is life.
CirclMastr (11:10:33 PM): I don't want to screw things up by randomly experimenting the wrong way, though
CirclMastr (11:11:41 PM): It doesn't help that I can't look at my stuff and remember what I have to play with.
Umbrafer (11:12:00 PM): Right. I'll dig that out for you.
Umbrafer (11:14:21 PM): Found it, posting it somewhere now.
CirclMastr (11:14:30 PM): Coo
CirclMastr (11:14:33 PM): l
Umbrafer (11:15:36 PM): At some point the forums will get restored. Damn Turkish crackers, doing something apparently actually somewhat subtle
Thematrian1 (11:17:06 PM): we should reinstall with the latest version anyway, I guess
Umbrafer (11:17:16 PM): Yeah
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