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Umbrafer (8:39:45 PM): No fair! You entered the room twice!
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circlmastr (8:40:22 PM): At work right now, I've got about 20 minutes.
Umbrafer (8:40:30 PM): Ah, right
Umbrafer (8:40:32 PM): Sorry, I forgot
Thematrian1 (8:43:41 PM): well, we were just tooling around Salish anyway, right?
circlmastr (8:43:50 PM): Yeah
Umbrafer (8:43:52 PM): Anyway, when we last left our antiheroes they had just breached the border and were on their way into the wilderness. Or at least into the parking/rest area on the other side of the border.
circlmastr (8:43:57 PM): Getting meat on a stick, hopefully.
Umbrafer (8:44:40 PM): They've got meat on a stick, except in some tribes, where they only have vegetables on a stick.
circlmastr (8:45:07 PM): Fuck those tribes! I want meat on a stick!
Thematrian1 (8:45:11 PM): (Iguana onna stick!)
MilesMk1 (8:45:33 PM): (No thanks, I actually remember where that meat came from.)
Thematrian1 (8:45:44 PM): (Aw)
Umbrafer (8:48:27 PM): You are daunted by the imposing vastness of the rest area.
Thematrian1 (8:48:37 PM): right, rest area. Food shops?
Umbrafer (8:49:40 PM): Let me see… it's currently what, 11:00ish? Roll perception.
MilesMk1 (8:49:54 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 3 4 3
Thematrian1 (8:50:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 1 3 6
circlmastr (8:50:23 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 1 2 5 5
Umbrafer (8:51:01 PM): There's a McHughes off to one side, and a handful of smaller, stand-type foodstalls.
Umbrafer (8:51:11 PM): Most of the foodstalls are closed, although some appear to be in the process of opening.
circlmastr (8:51:19 PM): *opts for foodstalls first*
Umbrafer (8:51:34 PM): Crammed in between two of them, Gem spots a large shape and what appears to be a charcoal grill.
circlmastr (8:52:53 PM): (No, not a shape!)
Thematrian1 (8:53:06 PM): yeah, let's have a closer look at that shape
Umbrafer (8:53:56 PM): The currently-open foodstall is an indeterminate soykaf-and-Aztlan-style-krill joint.
Umbrafer (8:54:07 PM): The shape, upon closer inspection, is a Troll.
Thematrian1 (8:54:32 PM): huh. Anyone we know?
Umbrafer (8:54:34 PM): A somewhat sooty Troll. He's got a large cooler behind him, and is tending to his grill.
Umbrafer (8:55:00 PM): Depends. How many Trolls from the Salish do you know? He didn't sneak in here from Puyallup to sell food, if that's what you're thinking.
Umbrafer (8:55:08 PM): Or at least, if he did he isn't that one.
Thematrian1 (8:55:13 PM): so it's not Snoog? Fair enough.
Umbrafer (8:55:22 PM): Oh, it's also not Snoog.
Umbrafer (8:55:28 PM): Though does anyone in this group know Snoog?
Thematrian1 (8:55:38 PM): huh. I assumed I did, but come to think of it...
Umbrafer (8:55:44 PM): He's probably a local legend, I guess.
Thematrian1 (8:56:15 PM): well, the grill sounds like a good option. "What does everyone want?"
circlmastr (8:56:30 PM): "Meat on a stick."
MilesMk1 (8:56:39 PM): "Let's look at the grill. Looks very... authentic."
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Umbrafer (8:57:32 PM): The Troll grunts at his grill, apparently satisfied. He digs into the cooler and places several long skewers onto it.
Thematrian1 (8:58:36 PM): I hop out of the car and head for the troll.
MilesMk1 (8:58:53 PM): *follows along*
Umbrafer (9:00:06 PM): Upon closer inspection, there's a small sign hanging from the far side of the grill. It reads:
Umbrafer (9:01:13 PM): "MEAT + VEG 12 MEAT 18 AZTECOLA 1 NO CORPSCRIP"
Thematrian1 (9:02:31 PM): "I'll take a meat and veg, please." ::pointing::
Umbrafer (9:02:58 PM): Another, smaller sign reads: "SAUCES: NONE SMOKEY SPECIAL"
Umbrafer (9:03:26 PM): And another, still smaller sign reads "XTRA SAUCE 1"
Umbrafer (9:03:39 PM): He grunts twice. Roll intelligence.
Thematrian1 (9:04:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 1 5 5 2
Umbrafer (9:05:07 PM): You think that second grunt was a word. Maybe something like "Szzzzzz"
MilesMk1 (9:05:20 PM): Do we know what "corp scrip" means?
Umbrafer (9:05:21 PM): More like "Szz", actually
Thematrian1 (9:05:24 PM): Yeah
MilesMk1 (9:05:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 6 6 2
MilesMk1 (9:05:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 5 6
Thematrian1 (9:05:30 PM): all the corps have their own money
MilesMk1 (9:05:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (9:05:42 PM): like states did during the Articles of Confederation
MilesMk1 (9:05:44 PM): What about me? What do I think he said?
MilesMk1 (9:05:53 PM): Ooh... Forgot about encephalon.
MilesMk1 (9:05:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 6
MilesMk1 (9:05:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:06:07 PM): 16, 11, 10, 7
MilesMk1 (9:06:51 PM): *turns to Gem* "What sauce do you want?"
Thematrian1 (9:07:06 PM): "Smokey"
MilesMk1 (9:08:06 PM): *turns to the van* "Hey, Hound, what kind of sauce you want on your meat on a stick? Smokey or special?!"
Umbrafer (9:08:21 PM): He grunts, then pulls three jars and accompanying brushes out of his cooler.
MilesMk1 (9:09:50 PM): (Oh, right, he's not here.)
MilesMk1 (9:09:59 PM): (Well, that means he gets to try special.)
MilesMk1 (9:10:28 PM): "Can I get one order of meat with smokey, one order of meat with special, and two aztecolas?"
Umbrafer (9:11:20 PM): He grunts and adds another skewer to the grill.
Umbrafer (9:11:41 PM): He proceeds to stare at the skewers with intense concentration.
Umbrafer (9:12:48 PM): Apparently deciding the time is right, he whips off the cover of one of his jars, dips a brush inside, and liberally slathers the contents of one on the skewers. After a short pause, he does likewise with the other.
Umbrafer (9:13:27 PM): He looks up and grunts something. Intelligence.
Thematrian1 (9:14:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 1 1 1
MilesMk1 (9:14:18 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 6 5 6 2 3 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:14:20 PM): durrr
MilesMk1 (9:14:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
MilesMk1 (9:14:25 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:14:48 PM): "Uh, sure." *turns to Gem* "I got this."
Thematrian1 (9:15:05 PM): Minute pause. "All right."
MilesMk1 (9:16:06 PM): *he said "Together?"*
MilesMk1 (9:16:20 PM): (actually, we probably don't have our radios on)
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MilesMk1 (9:16:31 PM): (I'll just explain to Gem later.)
Umbrafer (9:16:38 PM): He taps a few buttons and a little screen flickeringly displays 50. There's a little credslot underneath the screen.
circlmastr (9:17:00 PM): (What'd I miss? Do I have meat on a stick yet?)
MilesMk1 (9:17:04 PM): (Almost.)
Umbrafer (9:17:32 PM): After that, he yanks two skewers off and slaps them on a paper plate. They're pretty hefty skewers, though one is about half vegetable of various kinds.
MilesMk1 (9:17:45 PM): *pays*
MilesMk1 (9:18:06 PM): *and tips is customary*
MilesMk1 (9:18:10 PM): if customary
Umbrafer (9:18:11 PM): Another skewer gets the sauce treatment, this time from a different jar, then he turns to the cooler.
MilesMk1 (9:18:37 PM): "Thanks."
Umbrafer (9:19:22 PM): He pulls out two cans of Aztecola, and places them next to the plate.
Umbrafer (9:19:40 PM): After another minute or so, he pulls the last skewer off, adds it to the plate, and slides it towards you.
MilesMk1 (9:20:28 PM): "...by the way, what kind of meat is it?"
Umbrafer (9:20:47 PM): He grunts. INT.
MilesMk1 (9:22:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 6 3 4 6 1
MilesMk1 (9:22:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 1 4
MilesMk1 (9:23:22 PM): "Ah. Ok, have a nice day!"
MilesMk1 (9:23:54 PM): *grabs the plate* "Can you grab the sodas?"
MilesMk1 (9:24:13 PM): *sniffs at the meat*
Thematrian1 (9:24:17 PM): ::demonstrates that she can::
MilesMk1 (9:24:26 PM): *heads back for the car*
Umbrafer (9:24:37 PM): You sniff. Roll Willpower.
MilesMk1 (9:25:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 3 2 3
Umbrafer (9:25:15 PM): At first, it smells good. Then, your sinuses ignite.
MilesMk1 (9:25:15 PM): Is this to avoid retching, or salivating...?
MilesMk1 (9:25:30 PM): Ah. I wonder if that was the smoky or the special.
MilesMk1 (9:25:34 PM): I'm guessing the special...
Umbrafer (9:25:45 PM): Your eyes water and your vision blurs, but you avoid dropping anything.
circlmastr (9:26:35 PM): *waits in the van for meat to arrive*
MilesMk1 (9:26:42 PM): Do we make it back to the van?
Umbrafer (9:27:10 PM): No further adventure occurs on your trip to the van unless you initiate it.
MilesMk1 (9:27:43 PM): Ok. I grab my skewer, let Gem claim hers, and hold out the remaining one to Hound, along with one of the sodas.
circlmastr (9:27:54 PM): *claims skewer and soda, and takes a bite of meat*
MilesMk1 (9:27:56 PM): I don't eat mine just yet.
Umbrafer (9:28:58 PM): Let's get Willpower from Hound.
Thematrian1 (9:29:17 PM): I'm not waiting for the toxicology report; I dig in.
MilesMk1 (9:29:55 PM): Oh, I'm just holding off in case I need to switch skewers with Hound.
Thematrian1 (9:30:05 PM): ah
Umbrafer (9:31:11 PM): The veggies are a somewhat odd combination, but the sauce is delicious. Maybe a little bit too strong, it sorta overpowers the rest of the food. How well-versed is Gem in the world of sauces?
Thematrian1 (9:31:21 PM): not very
Umbrafer (9:31:39 PM): Then it tastes very smokey, in a good way.
Umbrafer (9:33:47 PM): (Hound?)
Thematrian1 (9:34:10 PM): "Once we're fed, I
circlmastr (9:34:19 PM): (Hound is eating his meat on the stick)
Thematrian1 (9:34:22 PM): 'd like to drive straight to the, ah, camping area"
MilesMk1 (9:34:37 PM): (You were told to make a willpower roll.)
MilesMk1 (9:34:50 PM): "Take a look around, make sure we want to stay there?"
Thematrian1 (9:35:10 PM): see if there's anything obvious, explosiveson the bridge maybe
circlmastr (9:35:25 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 1 1 3
circlmastr (9:35:30 PM): (Well, that sucked...)
Umbrafer (9:36:11 PM): Your first thought is "hey, this is pretty tasty. Kinda spicy, though".
MilesMk1 (9:36:17 PM): *braces himself to catch any dropped food*
Umbrafer (9:36:42 PM): About a second and a half later, you think "I can't feel my mouth. I wonder why?"
circlmastr (9:37:20 PM): *moves mouth in an attempt to talk, then takes a swig of cola*
Umbrafer (9:37:49 PM): Your mouth moves just fine. The cola seems exceptionally cold against your mouth.
Umbrafer (9:37:57 PM): You swallow, and then thought departs.
Umbrafer (9:38:13 PM): Hound's expression goes slightly slack and he flushes a brilliant crimson.
MilesMk1 (9:38:40 PM): (...did you take any allergy flaws?)
circlmastr (9:38:54 PM): *would plot my revenge against Glitch, if I had any thoughts* (No.)
MilesMk1 (9:39:18 PM): I make sure he doesn't spill stuff inside his car.
Umbrafer (9:39:18 PM): Sweat starts to trickle down his face.
MilesMk1 (9:39:53 PM): For the record, I had no clue there was anything unusual about the special sauce when I ordered it.
circlmastr (9:39:55 PM): *perhaps foolishly, takes another bite*
Umbrafer (9:40:37 PM): Hound's hands carry the skewer towards his mouth. He bites off another piece, chews contemplatively
MilesMk1 (9:41:02 PM): And Hound seemed to be embracing the whole experience of meat on a stick, so I figured there'd be no harm in going for the more exotic...
circlmastr (9:41:12 PM): (Ugh, brb, dinner. Real food!)
MilesMk1 (9:41:32 PM): *looks at Hound worriedly, then looks over at the troll*
Umbrafer (9:41:50 PM): Hound swallows the piece. His eyes do not refocus, but he continues this ritual.
Umbrafer (9:43:38 PM): What are the others doing, if anything? Eating, watching, something else?
Thematrian1 (9:44:08 PM): eating, definitely
Thematrian1 (9:44:12 PM): and watching the people
MilesMk1 (9:44:35 PM): I eat mine.
MilesMk1 (9:44:50 PM): Monitor Hound for signs of anaphylactic shock.
Umbrafer (9:44:58 PM): You continue to dig in. The shops slowly open up. A trickle of cars come in from both directions, stopping at various places.
Umbrafer (9:45:06 PM): A few people stop at the Troll's nook.
Umbrafer (9:46:24 PM): It's unclear what's happening with Hound, but he doesn't seem to have stopped breathing.
MilesMk1 (9:46:57 PM): Well... Can I make a First Aid roll, just to make sure this isn't anything serious?
Umbrafer (9:47:11 PM): Hound polishes off his skewer. He slides backwards slightly. He's now drenched with sweat. Go for it.
MilesMk1 (9:47:12 PM): (You people and your damn trolls with their weird food...:))
MilesMk1 (9:47:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 6 3 2 2 4
MilesMk1 (9:47:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
MilesMk1 (9:47:27 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (9:48:34 PM): You take a look at him. His heartrate's fast, but not dangerously so. The flushing is dramatic, but also not obviously dangerous. He's breathing, his reflexes still operate. Consciousness just seems to be lacking somehow.
Umbrafer (9:49:00 PM): Wait, no. There was a flicker of something in his eyes there for a second, but it left almost immediately.
circlmastr (9:49:43 PM): (BAck)
Umbrafer (9:49:57 PM): All of a sudden, he returns to life.
MilesMk1 (9:49:59 PM): Like he's drugged?
MilesMk1 (9:50:02 PM): Ah.
circlmastr (9:50:57 PM): *blinks a few times, then chugs the cola*
MilesMk1 (9:53:01 PM): "So. Uh, how was it?"
circlmastr (9:53:37 PM): *mouths "Hot"*
Thematrian1 (9:55:07 PM): "Ready to drive?"
MilesMk1 (9:55:10 PM): "Oh. Yeah, just so you know, I didn't realize it would do that. Want another soda?"
Umbrafer (9:55:48 PM): Glitch's meat on a stick was much the same as Gem's, sans the vegetables. If he knows more about sauces, let me know.
circlmastr (9:56:57 PM): *nods weakly*
MilesMk1 (9:56:58 PM): Unless it's covered by his college education, no.
MilesMk1 (9:57:07 PM): *passes on the soda*
Umbrafer (9:57:18 PM): Not unless his college was a culinary school.
circlmastr (9:57:27 PM): *chugs it down in one go, then waves for another*
MilesMk1 (9:57:58 PM): *jogs over to buy a sixpack of Aztecola, comes back, hands him one*
circlmastr (9:58:26 PM): *chugs it down, then gasps for air/lack of heat* "Jesus fucking Christ..."
MilesMk1 (9:58:27 PM): "You should try the smoky one on the way back, if you, um, want to find out what it actually tastes like."
MilesMk1 (10:00:57 PM): "...I wonder if the troll's been eating his own cooking. That'd definitely explain the way he talked."
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circlmastr (10:01:54 PM): (Damn phone)
circlmastr (10:02:25 PM): "Worst of all, I'm still hungry..." *eyes the remaining meat on the stick*
Thematrian1 (10:02:45 PM): "Eat it all at once."
Thematrian1 (10:02:53 PM): "Or get a cybernetic tongue."
Umbrafer (10:03:05 PM): You discover, to your amazement, that there isn't actually any meat left on the stick.
MilesMk1 (10:03:18 PM): *sighs*
circlmastr (10:03:19 PM): "...Where'd my meat go?"
Umbrafer (10:03:20 PM): You also feel a bit more full than you expected…
MilesMk1 (10:03:27 PM): "Hold on, I'll get you another one."
circlmastr (10:03:48 PM): *rubs forehead* "I feel like I lost a day, or something. They don't have Laes in Salish, do they?"
Thematrian1 (10:04:04 PM): "Laes?"
MilesMk1 (10:04:05 PM): *walks off to get a skewer with smoky sauce, comes back and hands it to Hound*
circlmastr (10:04:33 PM): "Or whatever it's called. That shit that erases your memory." *devours additional meat*
Umbrafer (10:04:38 PM): The Troll chuckles while preparing it. You suspect, though cannot be sure, that he has guessed at the events in the van.
Umbrafer (10:04:57 PM): You get a non-special skewer.
Umbrafer (10:05:10 PM): It's still, arguably, special in its own way. Hound devours it.
Umbrafer (10:05:22 PM): The remaining taste buds in his mouth approve.
circlmastr (10:05:42 PM): "Now then, where are we going, aside a reconstructive surgeon for my taste buds?"
Thematrian1 (10:06:26 PM): "To the campsite."
MilesMk1 (10:06:58 PM): "Tastebuds naturally die off and are replaced over... well, it's a short time. Every couple of weeks, or something."
MilesMk1 (10:07:10 PM): "Read it on the inside of a green tea bottle cap."
circlmastr (10:07:26 PM): "Yeah, because bottlecaps don't lie."
circlmastr (10:07:37 PM): *drive drive to the campsite*
Umbrafer (10:08:33 PM): *Drive drive drive*
MilesMk1 (10:08:35 PM): (By campsite, you mean bridge?)
Thematrian1 (10:08:41 PM): (Yep)
circlmastr (10:08:44 PM): (By campsite I mean whatever Gem said)
Umbrafer (10:09:16 PM): It's not a very long trip. You'll get there sometime around 12:30, by your estimate.
circlmastr (10:09:30 PM): As in, half past noon?
Umbrafer (10:09:50 PM): Yeah, that 12:30.
Umbrafer (10:10:19 PM): Wait, no, you wouldn't get there until 1:00 PM. Still, plenty of time.
circlmastr (10:10:27 PM): "So, what now?"
Thematrian1 (10:11:06 PM): "We scout. No blimps, so we'll have to go manual."
Thematrian1 (10:11:10 PM): "Although..."
Thematrian1 (10:11:25 PM): I draw a circle in the dirt with a stick, and start summoning watchers:
circlmastr (10:11:34 PM): "Spirits can scout, can't they?"
Thematrian1 (10:11:34 PM): F3
Thematrian1 (10:11:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 5 4 3 5
circlmastr (10:11:37 PM): (Er, yeah. You just type faster, bastard)
Thematrian1 (10:11:38 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 1 6 5 3
Thematrian1 (10:11:42 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 1 3 4 4
Thematrian1 (10:11:46 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 5 3 3 2 4 6 4 5 4
Thematrian1 (10:11:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 3 2 5 6 4 3 4 6 2 5
Thematrian1 (10:11:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 2 4 1 5 5 5 5 1 3
Thematrian1 (10:11:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 1
Thematrian1 (10:12:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 3 3 5 6
Thematrian1 (10:12:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 3 6 3
Thematrian1 (10:12:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 5 4 4
Thematrian1 (10:12:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 1 5 2 1 4 6 5 2 1 2
Thematrian1 (10:12:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 4 3 3 3 1 5 5 6 4 6
Thematrian1 (10:12:27 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 1 2 1 4 2 6 1
MilesMk1 (10:12:49 PM): *takes some time to look around the area for people or surveillance devices*
Umbrafer (10:12:55 PM): I do believe you have yourself some Watchers.
Thematrian1 (10:13:00 PM): there, six F3 watchers, no drain. I give each one the same instructions:
MilesMk1 (10:13:06 PM): How much time do we have, BTW?
Umbrafer (10:13:32 PM): Well, I don't remember Watcher conjuring time, but when Gem started you had about twelve hours.
Thematrian1 (10:13:45 PM): it's a Complex action :-D
Umbrafer (10:14:02 PM): Then you have twelve hours minus eighteen seconds.
Umbrafer (10:14:19 PM): Even less depending on Gem's init roll, but I suspect she doesn't need to shave off time from that.
Umbrafer (10:14:26 PM): Even more, I should say
Umbrafer (10:14:29 PM): Well
Umbrafer (10:14:42 PM): Depending on which quantity is "even [modifier]"
Thematrian1 (10:15:16 PM): Nah, I can't get two actions.
Umbrafer (10:15:36 PM): Ah well.
MilesMk1 (10:15:44 PM): You don't have a reaction of 5?
Thematrian1 (10:16:05 PM): ::counts:: Ok, I guess I can
MilesMk1 (10:16:46 PM): Anyway... Glitch is going to look around, wait for the watcher reports, then suit up and take a look himself.
MilesMk1 (10:17:04 PM): (And I'm going to go to sleep, because I'm about to pass out.)
MilesMk1 (10:17:16 PM): (A little early, but I have to.)
Umbrafer (10:17:17 PM): (Aww. Ok, sleep well.)
Thematrian1 (10:17:19 PM): "Search the area for three miles around this spot. If you find a sentient being, study it closely and then report back to me."
Thematrian1 (10:17:23 PM): (Goodnight)
Umbrafer (10:17:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 5 4 6 6 2 2 2 5 3 1 3 3
Umbrafer (10:17:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 2 4
MilesMk1 (10:17:39 PM): (Goodnight. Don't let Hound poison or shoot me.)
Umbrafer (10:17:44 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
Umbrafer (10:17:47 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:17:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
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Umbrafer (10:17:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
circlmastr (10:17:58 PM): *Hound kills Glitch* (j/k)
Umbrafer (10:18:43 PM): Four Watchers zip off. Two cock their heads and look at Gem confusedly.
Thematrian1 (10:19:22 PM): "Search for three miles around this spot. If you find any sentient beings, come back to me. I'll be waiting here for you, I promise."
Umbrafer (10:21:16 PM): One gathers the courage to step—er, float forward. "How will we know them?"
Umbrafer (10:21:17 PM): (Ping)
Thematrian1 (10:21:46 PM): "How will you know...that they are sentient?"
Umbrafer (10:21:48 PM): (Ah, there we go)
Umbrafer (10:22:05 PM): It nods vigorously.
Thematrian1 (10:23:09 PM): "They will speak, as I am speaking, or wear clothing, as I am wearing clothing. Do you understand?"
Umbrafer (10:23:27 PM): It tilts its head to one side, then the other.
Umbrafer (10:23:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 2 1 6 2 4 6 6 2 5 5 3 1 1 1
Thematrian1 (10:23:37 PM): Do they seem to grasp the general concepts of speech and clothing?
Umbrafer (10:23:40 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 1 4 1
Umbrafer (10:24:04 PM): Then it nods vigorously, flies through the other one, mumbles something at it, and they zip off.
Umbrafer (10:24:10 PM): It's hard to tell with Watchers.
Umbrafer (10:26:20 PM): Any actions while you wait?
circlmastr (10:26:37 PM): "So, how long until the spirits come back?"
Thematrian1 (10:27:33 PM): "They'll be awhile. Don't feel like you have to wait for them."
circlmastr (10:27:49 PM): "Not like I have anything else to do."
circlmastr (10:29:21 PM): "I could try conversation again, but that didn't go off too well last time."
Thematrian1 (10:29:49 PM): "What's wrong with "scouting""?
circlmastr (10:30:05 PM): "Spiders don't make the best scouts."
Umbrafer (10:30:42 PM): (Incidentally, I should say: is Gem astrally perceiving?)
Thematrian1 (10:30:51 PM): yep
Umbrafer (10:31:03 PM): Let's get Perception, then.
Thematrian1 (10:31:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 3 3 2 5
Umbrafer (10:33:39 PM): There's something funny—/clearer/, almost—about the astral in parts of the ravine, especially around the bridge. You aren't really sure what it is, though, and it's cut through by a darker patch in the actual tracks
Umbrafer (10:33:49 PM): Presumably left behind by years of emotional imprints zipping by
Thematrian1 (10:34:07 PM): heh. Well, I'm committed now; I'll wait for my scouts to return.
Umbrafer (10:35:59 PM): After a little while, one of the Watchers returns.
Umbrafer (10:36:33 PM): It holds up a limb, holds up another limb, glances at them, holds up a third limb, then points the fourth off in the direction it came from. "Over thataway!"
Thematrian1 (10:36:43 PM): "How far away?"
Umbrafer (10:37:15 PM): The Watcher vanishes. It's back within the second. "That close!"
Umbrafer (10:37:30 PM): It seems unaware of how unhelpful this is.
Thematrian1 (10:37:34 PM): yeah
Thematrian1 (10:37:43 PM): watchers are a little too speedy for that to work.
Thematrian1 (10:37:45 PM): hm
Thematrian1 (10:38:03 PM): "Tell me about them
Umbrafer (10:39:56 PM): It scratches its head. "Sleepy! All big and inna thing" it sticks a limb out towards a tree. "Things around them all dead."
Umbrafer (10:40:06 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 6 3 1 1 3 1 5 3 4 5 1 3 2 3
Umbrafer (10:40:11 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:40:31 PM): It then moves its limbs up and down repeatedly while held to its sides.
Thematrian1 (10:40:36 PM): "Big. Taller than me?"
Umbrafer (10:41:50 PM): It thinks for a few seconds, then nods uncertainly.
Thematrian1 (10:42:25 PM): "Taller than this?" I put my hand about a foot above my head
Umbrafer (10:42:59 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 2 5 3 6 1 4 4 5 3 6 5 4
Umbrafer (10:43:05 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 5
Umbrafer (10:43:39 PM): It rotates 90 degrees clockwise vertically.
Umbrafer (10:44:14 PM): "Maybe? Maybe not that way…"
Umbrafer (10:44:21 PM): The Watcher looks confused.
Thematrian1 (10:44:57 PM): I reach out and gently rotate it back upright. "This way?"
Umbrafer (10:45:51 PM): It gestures helplessly. "Bigger some way, I think."
circlmastr (10:46:42 PM): "Is it being helpful?"
Thematrian1 (10:47:05 PM): "A little. We have three over there ::pointing:: and they're surrounded by dead things."
Thematrian1 (10:47:13 PM): "Mind you, it might just be dead grass..."
circlmastr (10:47:56 PM): "Cute."
Umbrafer (10:48:12 PM): Another returns.
Umbrafer (10:48:18 PM): "Lots!"
Thematrian1 (10:48:51 PM): "Where?"
Umbrafer (10:49:16 PM): It points off in the direction it came from, across the tracks but on the same side of the ravine.
Thematrian1 (10:49:40 PM): hm. Where's that relative to where #1 came from?
Thematrian1 (10:50:37 PM): Meanwhile, to #1: "I want you to go back to the people you found. Once you reach them, come back to me. But only go this fast" (I walk, as a demonstration) "ok?"
Thematrian1 (10:50:48 PM): I make a note of the current time.
Umbrafer (10:51:13 PM): About 150 degrees away.
Umbrafer (10:51:30 PM): #1 tries floating next to you as you walk.
Umbrafer (10:51:35 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 6 2 3 4 5 6 1 5 6 6 4 2
Umbrafer (10:51:40 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 2 3 2
Umbrafer (10:51:51 PM): Then it nods and starts floating off.
Thematrian1 (10:52:03 PM): To #2: "Tell me about the people you found."
Thematrian1 (10:52:37 PM): Aside, to Hound: "Spirits are weird: you can tell them a radius and they'll handle it find, but relative distances seem to stump them."
Thematrian1 (10:52:41 PM): "Although..."
Umbrafer (10:53:11 PM): "Lots. All in a heap."
Thematrian1 (10:53:18 PM): "Alive?"
Thematrian1 (10:53:32 PM): Is this one of the ones that was confused about the whole 'sentience' concept?
Umbrafer (10:54:00 PM): You can try INT to tell your Watchers apart if you wanty
Umbrafer (10:54:02 PM): *-y
Thematrian1 (10:54:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 4 5 2
Thematrian1 (10:54:21 PM): Aren't they unique in the astral?
Umbrafer (10:54:59 PM): Mm, to Assensing, I suppose they are.
Thematrian1 (10:55:31 PM): heh, fair enough. Does the above cover it?
Umbrafer (10:55:32 PM): Anyway, no, this is one of the four that left immediately.
Thematrian1 (10:55:42 PM): that's a (slight) relief
Thematrian1 (10:55:52 PM): I'm a bit worred about all this activity in what isn't a settled area
Umbrafer (10:56:50 PM): "How I find dead?"
Umbrafer (10:57:17 PM): (Yes, this does conflict with the other Watcher's claim to have seen dead things around the things it found)
Thematrian1 (10:57:30 PM): Chuckle. "Sorry."
Thematrian1 (10:57:36 PM): "How many?"
Umbrafer (10:58:06 PM): It extends its limbs upwards, then, after some concentration, creates more limbs and extends them upwards.
Umbrafer (10:58:09 PM): You eventually get twelve limbs in the air.
Thematrian1 (10:58:19 PM): "You getting this, Hound?"
Thematrian1 (10:58:24 PM): "How far away?"
Umbrafer (10:59:00 PM): "Not so far. Maybe…"
Umbrafer (10:59:45 PM): It flies directly upwards some decent distance, probably 300-400 meters, then returns. "About that?"
Thematrian1 (11:00:08 PM): oh goodie. "300 or 400 meters, that way. Can you send a spider that far?"
Thematrian1 (11:01:42 PM): "Failing that, we can have Glitch check it out, but I'd like to parallelize as much as we can."
Umbrafer (11:04:14 PM): Two more Watchers come back, almost at the same time.
Umbrafer (11:04:43 PM): "Found some! Found some!" "Lots! Lots!"
circlmastr (11:04:54 PM): "I should be able to, yeah. Can't see much though, weak sensors."
Thematrian1 (11:05:40 PM): "Do what you can, I'm wondering about that pile."
Thematrian1 (11:05:46 PM): To both new ones: "Where?"
Umbrafer (11:06:02 PM): They point off in roughly opposite directions.
Thematrian1 (11:06:24 PM): so that's four groups of folks in all?
circlmastr (11:06:26 PM): *gets out and goes around the back to take out a spider, then gets back in the driver's seat and jumps to the spider, and starts walking*
Umbrafer (11:07:01 PM): So far, yep
Umbrafer (11:07:12 PM): *Trudge trudge*
Thematrian1 (11:07:43 PM): Sigh. Ok. "About how far away are they?"
circlmastr (11:07:53 PM): *clackclackclackclackclackclack*
Umbrafer (11:08:10 PM): They both babble together.
Umbrafer (11:08:50 PM): Eventually, the "lots" one babbles louder. "Far! Lots, they looked at me!"
Thematrian1 (11:09:05 PM): "They looked at you. That's...super."
Thematrian1 (11:09:28 PM): "How far?"
Umbrafer (11:09:29 PM): Roll Perception.
Thematrian1 (11:09:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 3 1 2 1
Umbrafer (11:09:44 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 6 1 1 4 1 5 4 4 2 3 2 4 3 6
Umbrafer (11:09:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
Umbrafer (11:11:09 PM): "Far." It thinks.
Thematrian1 (11:11:22 PM): "More than one mile?"
Umbrafer (11:11:36 PM): It thinks, then nods its head.
Thematrian1 (11:11:49 PM): "More than two miles?"
Umbrafer (11:12:03 PM): It thinks harder. It nods.
Umbrafer (11:12:07 PM): Then it shakes its head.
Umbrafer (11:12:10 PM): Then it shrugs.
circlmastr (11:13:31 PM): *clackclackclack*
Thematrian1 (11:13:33 PM): Now to the other one: "How far away?"
Umbrafer (11:14:00 PM): This one appears to have had the same idea as the second. It flies straight up.
Umbrafer (11:14:07 PM): Roll perception.
Thematrian1 (11:14:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 6 3 3
Thematrian1 (11:14:20 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (11:14:46 PM): It gets up pretty high, and then you lose sight of it entirely.
Thematrian1 (11:14:57 PM): can I even estimate distance?
Umbrafer (11:15:11 PM): A little bit later, it pops back in front of you.
Umbrafer (11:15:43 PM): You can get an approximate minimum bound. You don't think it can be less than two and a half miles, and based on the amount of time it took to return after that, it's probably well outside your stated radius.
Thematrian1 (11:16:37 PM): "So, was that more than three miles?"
Umbrafer (11:17:01 PM): It cocks its head, then shrugs.
Umbrafer (11:17:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 6
Umbrafer (11:17:12 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
Umbrafer (11:17:18 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:17:28 PM): One of the others comes up and whispers something to it.
Umbrafer (11:17:37 PM): It then looks back at you and nod vigorously.
Thematrian1 (11:17:42 PM): "It's like taking recon reports from the three stooges"
Thematrian1 (11:17:47 PM): "deep river running..."
Umbrafer (11:18:08 PM): (That's not true, no one has gotten an eyepoke yet)
circlmastr (11:18:12 PM): (Am I getting anywhere?)
Umbrafer (11:18:41 PM): (You are. You should be near the area soon, though this is a lot slower going than you're used to.)
Umbrafer (11:18:50 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 1 4 3 1 5 2 3 2 5 5 2 2 5 2
Umbrafer (11:18:54 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (11:19:21 PM): The "Lots" Watcher that just came back jumps up and down.
Umbrafer (11:19:36 PM): "There! There!"
Thematrian1 (11:19:40 PM): "There?"
Thematrian1 (11:19:54 PM): I look. I also hide, if I can tell where "there" is.
Umbrafer (11:20:07 PM): Perception. You know the general direction.
Thematrian1 (11:20:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 3 2 2
Umbrafer (11:20:38 PM): There's a speck in the sky approaching.
Umbrafer (11:20:52 PM): Hard to tell exactly what it is, unless you have vismag.
Thematrian1 (11:21:12 PM): #Hound, break off a sec. There's something up in the sky#
Thematrian1 (11:21:20 PM): I watch from the shade of a large tree.
circlmastr (11:21:33 PM): *jumps back to meatbod and plugs into the van, using the sensors to see what it is*
Umbrafer (11:21:40 PM): Roll 'em
circlmastr (11:21:49 PM): (Roll what'em?)
circlmastr (11:22:10 PM): (Sensors 5 or Perception 6?)
Umbrafer (11:22:10 PM): (Sensors)
Umbrafer (11:22:21 PM): (Active, Passive, whichever you're using)
circlmastr (11:22:23 PM): circlmastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 4 3
circlmastr (11:22:25 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:22:40 PM): Active sensors read nothing.
circlmastr (11:22:42 PM): (The only vision enhancement I have is Microscopic)
circlmastr (11:22:54 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 3 4 3 1
Umbrafer (11:22:56 PM): (You've got the van's vision enhancements)
Thematrian1 (11:23:01 PM): You have x250 magnification
Thematrian1 (11:23:06 PM): Sensors times fifty
circlmastr (11:23:19 PM): (That's what I'm trying to use)
Umbrafer (11:23:41 PM): It's moving erratically, so it's hard to keep a good picture, but it looks like a… how up on his birds is Hound?
Thematrian1 (11:24:02 PM): He's probably pretty up on planes.
Thematrian1 (11:24:07 PM): That's next on the list, right?
Umbrafer (11:24:24 PM): Yeah. After that he has to default to Superman.
Thematrian1 (11:24:52 PM): damn. Which attribute is that?
circlmastr (11:24:54 PM): Average?
Umbrafer (11:25:09 PM): Whatever it is, it looks really big. Maybe over a meter in wingspan.
Thematrian1 (11:25:11 PM): If it's a seagull, I'm all over it.
Thematrian1 (11:25:29 PM): To watcher #3, the lots watcher: "Is that thing up there one of the people you saw?"
Umbrafer (11:25:31 PM): Definitely not over three, and two and a half might be pushing it.
Umbrafer (11:25:52 PM): It nods vigorously. "Saw me, too!"
circlmastr (11:25:59 PM): #Big bird, about 1 to 2 meter wingspan.#
Thematrian1 (11:26:20 PM): #Whatever it is, it's magically active. Probably a transformed mage or an ally spirit.#
circlmastr (11:27:04 PM): #Cute.# *jumps back to the spider to keep walking*
Thematrian1 (11:27:05 PM): Ok then. I call for an F7 Mountain spirit:
Thematrian1 (11:27:18 PM): Trying to keep half an eye on the speck
Umbrafer (11:27:23 PM): You'd be hard-pressed to find one right where you are.
Thematrian1 (11:27:38 PM): oh. Uh, Forest spirit?
Umbrafer (11:27:46 PM): Forest spirits abound.
Thematrian1 (11:27:51 PM): good enough
Thematrian1 (11:28:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 2 1 6
Thematrian1 (11:28:09 PM): 1 service
Thematrian1 (11:28:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 2 4 4 4 1 2 5
Thematrian1 (11:28:14 PM): L drain
circlmastr (11:28:35 PM): *walk walk*
Umbrafer (11:28:46 PM): The forest bargains for part of Gem's current vitality, but renders up a servant in exchange.
Thematrian1 (11:28:51 PM): "Go away for now; I'll call you when I need you."
Umbrafer (11:29:08 PM): *Fwoop*
circlmastr (11:29:09 PM): (Hope "Go away" doesn't count as a service)
Thematrian1 (11:29:17 PM): (It doesn't)
Thematrian1 (11:29:35 PM): Is the whatsit approaching us, or just scouting?
Umbrafer (11:29:39 PM): The speck draws nearer.
Thematrian1 (11:29:54 PM): better and better
Umbrafer (11:29:57 PM): It's hard to tell. it's approaching decently quickly, but is doing a lot of curving on its path.
Thematrian1 (11:30:03 PM): I hang out under my big tree.
circlmastr (11:30:14 PM): *spiders along.... getting bored*
Umbrafer (11:31:04 PM): The Spider, meanwhile, is getting very near the estimated location of its target. Are you just going to approach via the ground?
Umbrafer (11:31:31 PM): The bird approaches. It's definitely not a seagull.
Umbrafer (11:31:37 PM): It's black.
circlmastr (11:31:48 PM): As opposed to what?
Umbrafer (11:31:58 PM): Looks vaguely like a magnified crow.
Umbrafer (11:32:15 PM): Well, as opposed to climbing a tree, or… burrowing? Something like that.
Thematrian1 (11:32:38 PM): so, probably an ally spirit. Sweet.
Thematrian1 (11:32:59 PM): I watch it.
circlmastr (11:33:35 PM): I suppose a tree nearby would be better.
Umbrafer (11:33:58 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 1 5 5 2 2 2 5 3 3 4 6 5 5 5
Umbrafer (11:34:06 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:34:12 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 1 1 6 2 5 3 2 6 2 1 5 4 1 5
Umbrafer (11:34:17 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 2
Umbrafer (11:34:30 PM): Roll Willpower, Gem
Thematrian1 (11:34:58 PM): oh ass
Thematrian1 (11:35:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 4 5 6 2
Thematrian1 (11:35:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:35:54 PM): The bird swoops down and lands on a nearby tree.
Thematrian1 (11:36:02 PM): did I feel anything?
Umbrafer (11:36:29 PM): Not a thing. Well, unless you're impressed at being in the presence of a 1.5-meter-wingspan crow.
Thematrian1 (11:36:40 PM): I approach it. "Well?"
circlmastr (11:36:43 PM): *spiders up a tree to look at the pile*
Thematrian1 (11:36:47 PM): #It's here.#
Umbrafer (11:36:56 PM): It eyes you.
Thematrian1 (11:37:01 PM): #Big crow, meter and a half in the wings. You see anything interesting?#
Umbrafer (11:37:04 PM): "CAW! CAW!"
Thematrian1 (11:37:06 PM): Assense
Thematrian1 (11:37:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 4 6 5 2
Umbrafer (11:38:57 PM): Not astrally active. Totally mundane. Essence higher than yours.
Umbrafer (11:39:05 PM): Healthy, curious.
Thematrian1 (11:39:08 PM): wait, what?
Umbrafer (11:39:10 PM): Amused.
Thematrian1 (11:39:24 PM): #Argh. It's not magical. Or I'm confused.#
Thematrian1 (11:39:49 PM): Patiently, "What do you need?"
Umbrafer (11:39:59 PM): "CAW! CAW!"
circlmastr (11:40:19 PM): (So, pile?)
Umbrafer (11:40:42 PM): Meanwhile, the Spider climbs a tree. There's a cave visible shortly in front of it, and… Sensors.
circlmastr (11:41:35 PM): (Sensors 1, or Perception 6?)
Umbrafer (11:42:11 PM): (Either or both, according to your desire. Whenever I call for Sensors without specifying, that's the case.)
circlmastr (11:42:34 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
circlmastr (11:42:36 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 1 2 6 4
circlmastr (11:42:38 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
circlmastr (11:42:41 PM): (Uerg)
circlmastr (11:42:47 PM): (My rolls are bad tonight)
Thematrian1 (11:43:35 PM): "I don't bear you any ill will, and I'll be gone soon. Is that what you're here to find out?"
Umbrafer (11:43:42 PM): Nothing on your actives, but the passives see at the edge of your vision into the cave a furry haunch with sharp claws and a tail.
Umbrafer (11:44:01 PM): The end of the tail, curiously enough, appears to have spikes protruding from it.
circlmastr (11:44:22 PM): #There's some creature in a cave out here.#
Umbrafer (11:44:28 PM): "CAW!"
Umbrafer (11:44:33 PM): It takes flight.
circlmastr (11:45:02 PM): *thinks a bit, then lasers through a branch (not one the spider is on) and lets it fall to the ground, seeing if the creature comes out of the cave*
Thematrian1 (11:45:07 PM): "Huh."
Umbrafer (11:45:23 PM): How big a branch?
circlmastr (11:45:44 PM): Big enough to crash decently well.
Umbrafer (11:46:33 PM): *Sizzle*
Umbrafer (11:46:56 PM): It takes some doing, especially as parts of the bark try to burn on you, but you eventually get it cut down.
Umbrafer (11:47:17 PM): As you hoped, it falls with a crash. There's a growling noise from the cave.
circlmastr (11:47:43 PM): *watches to see if it emerges*
Umbrafer (11:47:50 PM): The haunch moves, and something stalks out.
circlmastr (11:47:54 PM): #It's a predator animal.#
circlmastr (11:47:58 PM): *looks*
Thematrian1 (11:48:18 PM): #A normal one? Bear or something?#
circlmastr (11:48:47 PM): #Definitely not. Some big thing with a spiky tail.$
circlmastr (11:48:49 PM): * #
Umbrafer (11:48:56 PM): It looks like a lion, maybe a litte on the short side, but its hair is decently longer and shaggier. It swishes its long tail back and forth, and you can quite clearly now see the nasty-looking barbs on the end of it.
Umbrafer (11:49:11 PM): It looks like someone tied a porcupine to the end of the tail, but more natural.
circlmastr (11:49:28 PM): #Sorta like a lion.#
Thematrian1 (11:49:49 PM): #This is one special spot. I wonder if the whole Salish Sidhe is this weird?#
circlmastr (11:50:15 PM): #I hope not.# *waits for it to get bored and go back inside before heading back*
Umbrafer (11:50:17 PM): There are still growling noises from inside.
Umbrafer (11:50:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 4 6 6 6 4 6 2 4 4 2 1 6 2 5
circlmastr (11:50:25 PM): #There's... more than one, I think.#
Umbrafer (11:50:29 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 1 5
Umbrafer (11:50:50 PM): It sniffs the trunk interestedly for about a minute, then gives the tree a hard look before wandering back inside.
Thematrian1 (11:50:52 PM): #They were in a pile. Clearly my watchers and I need to review 'sentience' a bit#
Umbrafer (11:51:04 PM): It yawns in profile, giving you a clear view of some nasty teeth.
circlmastr (11:51:21 PM): *once it's inside, spider spiders back to the van*
Umbrafer (11:51:44 PM): *Spider spider spider*
Umbrafer (11:51:50 PM): Ok, last actions?
circlmastr (11:52:21 PM): Hound gets terminally bored, but otherwise not much.
Thematrian1 (11:52:32 PM): #So, I made peace with a flock of giant crows. How was your day?#
circlmastr (11:52:43 PM): #I'll let you know when my mouth heals.#
circlmastr (11:52:59 PM): #I'd make a pass at you, but my mouth is too numb to enjoy kissing, heh.#
Umbrafer (11:53:09 PM): (FWIW, you don't feel the ruin that is your mouth's nerve endings while jacked in)
circlmastr (11:53:19 PM): (Thank god)
Umbrafer (11:55:25 PM): So. Giant crows, lion-porcupines, Watcher spirits and a forest elemental.
Umbrafer (11:55:36 PM): Not bad for your first hour or so at the campsite.
Thematrian1 (11:55:43 PM): yeah. And a stern lecture on the subject of sentience
circlmastr (11:55:51 PM): (Should Hound read anything into Gem's lack of response at his attempt at humor?)
Thematrian1 (11:55:54 PM): I think I'm gonna restrcit the definition to just "wears clothes"
Thematrian1 (11:56:02 PM): (That her player didn't read it)
circlmastr (11:56:06 PM): (Heh)
circlmastr (11:56:24 PM): If Hound can figure out that Gem's player didn't read it, he's smarter than I am.
Umbrafer (11:56:59 PM): Just remember that the beings you're lecturing may not have the trait you're trying to get them to identify.
Umbrafer (11:57:12 PM): Spirits in general are up for debate, Watcher spirits most especially so.
Thematrian1 (11:57:33 PM): Right, which is why "wears clothes" is my new definition
Thematrian1 (11:57:36 PM): man, that's sobering
circlmastr (11:57:41 PM): Heh
Thematrian1 (11:57:43 PM): if you wear clothes, you're sentient enough
Thematrian1 (11:57:57 PM): Of course, a nudist colony would slip through my net...
Umbrafer (11:58:12 PM): "Wears clothes" would have missed you the crow, too, though whether or not that's bad is debatable.
Umbrafer (11:58:20 PM): Even whether or not it's incorrect.
Thematrian1 (11:58:44 PM): I didn't want to know about the crow. It frigging scared me.
Thematrian1 (11:58:50 PM): Humans and metas only, please.
circlmastr (11:59:18 PM): I don't even know what we're trying to do with this train, or why.
Thematrian1 (11:59:28 PM): we're following a tip
Thematrian1 (11:59:35 PM): 1am, at this spot, something is going to happen
circlmastr (11:59:38 PM): What's on the train again?
Thematrian1 (11:59:48 PM): people, though probably not very many
circlmastr (12:01:07 AM): So what are we doing? Stopping the train?
Thematrian1 (12:01:21 AM): only if we have to
Umbrafer (12:01:36 AM): Gem would have spent enough time on the astral to know this, by the by: "wears clothes" may be very hit-or-miss with Watchers as well.
Thematrian1 (12:01:56 AM): hmph, given that they don't live
Thematrian1 (12:01:57 AM): yeah
Thematrian1 (12:02:07 AM): We're going to Be There, for Whatever It Is
circlmastr (12:02:09 AM): (My first thought was "We're idiots, I could have just pulled an ATGM missile off the mini-mech and taken out the engine" but then realized I wouldn't be able to get a missile through customs)
Umbrafer (12:02:39 AM): (Remember, these are critters who can never see physical space in their lives, except possibly through Astral Shallows or equivalent)
circlmastr (12:03:03 AM): (My second thought is "We might have been able to get an AV mine in time for the trip, if we tried.)
circlmastr (12:03:05 AM): ")
Thematrian1 (12:03:46 AM): ( http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=40208&in_page_id=2 )
Umbrafer (12:04:14 AM): (Heh, yes.)
circlmastr (12:04:24 AM): Saw that on ShadowRN
Umbrafer (12:04:26 AM): (That's been causing mixed amusement and consternation on Dumpshock)
Thematrian1 (12:04:44 AM): (Yeah, I guess I should have known)
Umbrafer (12:05:07 AM): (Several people are turning it into a selling point for the game)
circlmastr (12:05:38 AM): ( http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comics/009.png )
circlmastr (12:10:20 AM): Anyway. Think I'll give that drawing a shot befor I hit bed.
Thematrian1 (12:10:35 AM): drawing?
Umbrafer (12:10:52 AM): Good times. I need to get back to practicing my eyes.
circlmastr (12:10:54 AM): My perpetual attempts at art, with my new Wacom tablet.
Thematrian1 (12:11:00 AM): ooh
Umbrafer (12:16:03 AM): Anyway, I'm off to get some shut-eye. 'Til Monday, folks.
Thematrian1 (12:16:27 AM): for reals
circlmastr (12:16:37 AM): This sucks
Thematrian1 (12:16:48 AM): more practice?
Umbrafer (12:17:05 AM): My practice never got beyond eyes :(
Umbrafer (12:17:14 AM): Though I don't totally suck at eyes now.
Umbrafer (12:20:55 AM): Anyway, sleep f'reals now.
Umbrafer (12:20:57 AM): *Waves*
Chat room exited at 3/9/2007 12:20:58 AM.