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circlmastr (9:17:07 PM): ...
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circlmastr (9:17:28 PM): No one else is?
Umbrafer (9:17:36 PM): I am
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Umbrafer (9:26:13 PM): Hopefully we'll get a Matt soon. We may as well start now, and if he doesn't show back up soon we break.
circlmastr (9:26:39 PM): Luckily I've completely forgotten what's going on. There was at one point a mad dash to the van, IIRC...
Thematrian1 (9:26:44 PM): ::yawn::
Thematrian1 (9:26:47 PM): "What'd I miss?"
Umbrafer (9:27:05 PM): Woo!
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Umbrafer (9:27:12 PM): There was a mad dash to the van. Then some big crows made fun of you, or something.
Umbrafer (9:27:19 PM): Glitch distracted one with something shiny.
MilesMk1 (9:27:35 PM): It stared at me insolently.
MilesMk1 (9:28:03 PM): I was tempted to see how it'd react to having a gun aimed between its beady eyes, but decied against it.
circlmastr (9:28:22 PM): This leads me to a possibly pertinent question.
circlmastr (9:28:27 PM): What's the range of a tool laser?
Umbrafer (9:28:37 PM): When we last left off the group was resting in the van while various big crows stare at you from the trees. None of them have landed on the van since then. Hm, I'll have to double-check.
Thematrian1 (9:28:46 PM): Yeah, that's probably best; Hitchcock is still well-known in the Sixth World, right?
MilesMk1 (9:28:51 PM): I think a few meters, but it gets really weak.
Umbrafer (9:29:20 PM): (Also, fair warning: we're breaking at 10:30 EDT, so whatever actions you have don't wait to say them :) )
MilesMk1 (9:29:37 PM): 4 meters
Thematrian1 (9:29:52 PM): do I wake refreshed? I.e., without stun?
MilesMk1 (9:29:53 PM): But at that range, its power drops from 4L to 2L
MilesMk1 (9:30:29 PM): And it uses Laser Weapons, and has a +1 TN mod per meter of distance.
Thematrian1 (9:30:52 PM): as a weapon, I give it an F
Thematrian1 (9:30:58 PM): as a torture device, I guess it shows promise
Umbrafer (9:31:17 PM): I don't remember how you rolled, but providing you slept long enough you do awaken refreshed.
MilesMk1 (9:31:34 PM): I think they ought to have melee combat rules for it.
Thematrian1 (9:31:42 PM): I'm not sure I did. Here we go:
Thematrian1 (9:31:45 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 4 2 5 4
Thematrian1 (9:31:51 PM): 20 minutes for box 1...
Thematrian1 (9:31:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 6 6 4 1
Thematrian1 (9:32:01 PM): another 20 for box 2, down to L
Umbrafer (9:32:01 PM): *Snxxt*
Thematrian1 (9:32:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 3 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:32:07 PM): 20 for 3
Thematrian1 (9:32:09 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 2 1 3
Thematrian1 (9:32:24 PM): ...20 for 4. 80 in all, and I'm a real consistent sleeper
Umbrafer (9:32:46 PM): Gem power-naps.
circlmastr (9:32:57 PM): Hound sits in the van wondering why they're even there. He also wonders when they'll get another paying job, as he has money matters to attend to.
Umbrafer (9:33:30 PM): You could always organleg people off the street.
MilesMk1 (9:33:36 PM): Quid pro quo. We sort of agreed to help you with your insane nuclear reactor scheme.
circlmastr (9:33:56 PM): Riggers aren't good at getting people off the street, especially when their players forget to allocate CF for future weapon mounts.
MilesMk1 (9:34:28 PM): ... so you have no way of arming the van?
Thematrian1 (9:34:53 PM): drill a hole in the side and have one of us shoot out of it
Thematrian1 (9:35:08 PM): put a bumper sticker on the back: "Those aren't rust holes, they're gun ports"
circlmastr (9:35:12 PM): Nope. Armed drones are fun, but impossible to deploy quickly.
Umbrafer (9:35:30 PM): Possible, but that involves more CF worth of stuff
circlmastr (9:36:02 PM): I could strip off something else from the van, but it would be something better kept on, like armor.
Thematrian1 (9:36:29 PM): then let's not. Ok, what time is it
Thematrian1 (9:36:31 PM): ?
Umbrafer (9:36:44 PM): (How much CF do you actually have, anyway?)
Umbrafer (9:36:51 PM): It's currently slightly after 5:00 PM.
circlmastr (9:37:00 PM): (*looks*)
Thematrian1 (9:37:04 PM): six hours...
circlmastr (9:37:06 PM): (Available or total?)
circlmastr (9:37:51 PM): (...Wait, what?)
circlmastr (9:38:09 PM): (Have I been thinking of the wrong damn vehicle this whole time?)
circlmastr (9:38:33 PM): (Yes, yes I have.)
Umbrafer (9:39:07 PM): (More like eight hours, six gets you to 11:00 PM. Unless you think something's going to happen then too)
circlmastr (9:39:15 PM): (My powered armor has no space, with 0.5 CF remaining. My van has 33 CF remaining. The van's issue is load.)
Umbrafer (9:39:24 PM): (How much load?)
circlmastr (9:39:32 PM): (495 kg remaining)
Thematrian1 (9:39:39 PM): (Right, time is not base ten)
Thematrian1 (9:39:47 PM): (That's enough for some weaponry, isn't it?)
circlmastr (9:40:31 PM): (I haven't actually measured how much stuff this thing is hauling. But it's got 3 cybered passengers and a number of drones on a regular basis.)
Umbrafer (9:40:46 PM): Passenger mass is accounted for in the seat cost
circlmastr (9:40:51 PM): (Unless the drone load is negated by the Drone Racks)
Umbrafer (9:41:05 PM): The drones aren't… wait, with drone racks they might be. I don't know, I'll make a ruling later.
circlmastr (9:41:31 PM): (I've got 2, for some reason, even though I only have the one Strato.)
Umbrafer (9:41:36 PM): Anyway. You huddle in your van. Outside, the sky is quite overcast and a steady drizzle is coming down.
circlmastr (9:41:57 PM): "I don't know if I'd call this a vacation."
MilesMk1 (9:41:58 PM): Can anyone think of anything we can do besides waiting?
Umbrafer (9:42:01 PM): The crows seem pleased.
MilesMk1 (9:42:13 PM): "Well, you got to try new food."
circlmastr (9:42:19 PM): (I think towing was a concern as well, but I'm not sure.
circlmastr (9:42:20 PM): )
circlmastr (9:42:31 PM): "I still haven't forgiven you for that."
Umbrafer (9:43:36 PM): (Towing could be an issue, but I don't think most weapons mass that much. A Small turret is only 100 kilos, and a Mini is 25 if you can stand that)
circlmastr (9:44:05 PM): (I'm going to want the pop-up kind that can be non-obvious when not in use.)
MilesMk1 (9:44:06 PM): "Hey, it's not like I had any way of knowing it'd do that."
Umbrafer (9:44:32 PM): (That just doubles the CF, it doesn't increase the mass IIRC)
circlmastr (9:44:44 PM): "Then maybe I should have locked the doors as you came running, because I'd have no way of knowing what would happen to you out there."
Thematrian1 (9:45:24 PM): "I think it's time we did some more exploring."
circlmastr (9:45:43 PM): "What'd you have in mind?"
MilesMk1 (9:46:21 PM): "I think there are some key differences between something called 'special sauce' and a murder of giant death crows."
Thematrian1 (9:46:47 PM): Hey, did that one watcher ever come back?
Thematrian1 (9:46:56 PM): "I saw some spidery things on the underside of the bridge earlier."
circlmastr (9:47:16 PM): "Maybe they'll fight with the crows to their mutual destruction."
Thematrian1 (9:47:33 PM): The crows are all dual-natured, right?
MilesMk1 (9:47:43 PM): "I mean, every fast food chain has something they call 'special sauce', and none of those melt holes in things they touch."
Umbrafer (9:47:53 PM): Nope.
Umbrafer (9:48:01 PM): Vanished into the aether.
Thematrian1 (9:48:06 PM): ah
circlmastr (9:48:17 PM): "You won't convince me not to take revenge, Glitch."
Umbrafer (9:48:50 PM): You take a look out the window. Yep, dual-natured all right. Roll Perception.
Thematrian1 (9:48:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 5 3 1
Thematrian1 (9:49:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (9:49:25 PM): *chuckles* "What, you're going to sneak into my house, and eat all my real food again?"
Umbrafer (9:49:25 PM): You almost miss it, but you spot a bird some distance from the others, decently closer to your vehicle.
Umbrafer (9:49:45 PM): It looks the same in the physical world, but it isn't dual-natured at all.
circlmastr (9:49:55 PM): "We didn't sneak, you invited us in. And that would hardly be unexpected or sinister."
Thematrian1 (9:50:23 PM): I get out of the van. "Don't kill one another until I get back, all right?"
circlmastr (9:50:43 PM): "Where are you going?"
Thematrian1 (9:50:59 PM): "One of the birds isn't magical."
Umbrafer (9:51:00 PM): (FYI, local sunset is about 9:03 PM where you are. Not that you can see the sun.)
Thematrian1 (9:51:03 PM): It's still huge, right?
circlmastr (9:51:18 PM): "Want to take a spider with you?"
Umbrafer (9:51:20 PM): Yep. Looks pretty much the same as all the rest, except on the astral.
MilesMk1 (9:51:21 PM): "Want me to come with you?"
Thematrian1 (9:51:38 PM): "Not yet; they may find me less threatening."
MilesMk1 (9:51:46 PM): "Ok..."
Thematrian1 (9:52:01 PM): "If I start running or screaming, please come help." ::smile::
MilesMk1 (9:52:06 PM): "I meant eat it again, not sneak it."
Thematrian1 (9:52:08 PM): And off I go to the mundane crow.
MilesMk1 (9:52:11 PM): "Will do."
MilesMk1 (9:52:24 PM): "And it was a joke, anyway."
MilesMk1 (9:52:42 PM): sneak in
circlmastr (9:52:47 PM): "Stick to dry wit instead of saucy carnage."
Umbrafer (9:52:49 PM): Your first observation of the outside world is that it is a good deal wetter than you left it.
Thematrian1 (9:52:55 PM): Eeeyep
Thematrian1 (9:53:03 PM): is secure clothing waterproof?
circlmastr (9:53:23 PM): My first instinct would be to guess no.
Umbrafer (9:53:31 PM): I have absolutely no idea. Probably not unless something else indicates yes.
circlmastr (9:53:51 PM): If it was waterproof, it would protect against nasty splash grenades, wouldn't it?
Thematrian1 (9:53:54 PM): yeah, that makes sense. Hm. I wonder if I could stitch a layer of gortex overtop...
Thematrian1 (9:54:09 PM): oh well. I advance damply.
Umbrafer (9:54:27 PM): You may have some garbage bags you could poke holes in.
Umbrafer (9:54:33 PM): I'd imagine they're pretty stock Runner gear.
Umbrafer (9:54:52 PM): Of course, the bodies inside are usually dead at the time…
circlmastr (9:54:53 PM): Hound has his spiders seat on the passenger seat and mime a dramatic battle with one another.
Umbrafer (9:55:11 PM): Roll Spider Kung Fu.
circlmastr (9:55:21 PM): I'll default to Reaction on that.
circlmastr (9:55:38 PM): Since I'm not jacked in, that's 6...
circlmastr (9:55:42 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 5 3 4 4
Umbrafer (9:55:55 PM): Anyway. Gem finds herself damp and facing a crow. The crow preens. Off in the distance you hear thunder.
Thematrian1 (9:56:20 PM): "So. Anything in particular you guys want?"
Umbrafer (9:56:32 PM): The spiders duel. They wouldn't defeat Lo Pan, but it's decently engaging.
Thematrian1 (9:56:34 PM): This crow is still enormous, right?
Thematrian1 (9:56:41 PM): wait, you answered that
Umbrafer (9:56:48 PM): Yep, it hasn't shrunk since you last asked :)
Umbrafer (9:56:50 PM): "Caw!"
circlmastr (9:57:03 PM): "So, I presume you have a friend or two who can get ahold of weapons?"
Thematrian1 (9:57:56 PM): "Us gone, right. Well, we'll be gone by morning."
Umbrafer (9:58:38 PM): It cocks its head at you and makes a short, staccato sound.
circlmastr (9:58:55 PM): (It's a giant crow drone with MMG!)
MilesMk1 (9:59:10 PM): (checking my contacts, my memory is sketchy0
MilesMk1 (9:59:10 PM): )
Thematrian1 (9:59:15 PM): "I'm an ocean girl, you see? Not too many crows out there. Nothing but seagulls."
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Thematrian1 (9:59:32 PM): "Have you ever met a seagull?"
Umbrafer (9:59:40 PM): It makes a sound that is, unmistakeably, disgust.
Thematrian1 (10:00:18 PM): Nodding. "Yep. Rats of the sea, we call them."
circlmastr (10:00:43 PM): (Then what do you call the rats that get aboard ship?)
Thematrian1 (10:00:46 PM): "Which is odd, because we ordinary rats, of course."
Thematrian1 (10:00:54 PM): (Emergency rations)
Thematrian1 (10:01:05 PM): (You can't spell ration without rat!)
Umbrafer (10:01:08 PM): Two other crows flutter down and land on nearby branches.
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circlmastr (10:01:16 PM): (That just demands a rat-flail joke.)
Thematrian1 (10:01:42 PM): "So I don't know all that much about crows. I've never seen any up close until tonight, in fact."
MilesMk1 (10:01:54 PM): (ping)
circlmastr (10:01:59 PM): (Pong)
MilesMk1 (10:02:07 PM): Damn it, one of my replies got eaten.
MilesMk1 (10:02:17 PM): And I had a huge amount of lag.
Umbrafer (10:02:31 PM): The staccato noise again, this time longer and from all three of the crows.
MilesMk1 (10:02:43 PM): "Yeah, I know people that can probably get you the usual sort of stuff."
Thematrian1 (10:02:53 PM): "I don't know your customs, and I may have trespassed without meaning to."
circlmastr (10:03:01 PM): "Define 'usual'."
Thematrian1 (10:03:28 PM): "Moreover, I don't know how to understand you, except in a very broad way."
Umbrafer (10:03:39 PM): The crows take a moment and jabber amongst themselves. One takes flight.
Thematrian1 (10:03:55 PM): #I'm making some kind of progress, I think.#
circlmastr (10:04:14 PM): #Please tell me you're not talking to the crows or something.#
MilesMk1 (10:04:46 PM): "Standard man-portable stuff, probably even some heavier things like a LAW or an ATGM, grenades... But I don't know anyone who specializes in vehicular weapons. It's not my area."
Umbrafer (10:05:15 PM): Roll Intelligence, Gem
Thematrian1 (10:05:20 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 4 5 1 4
Thematrian1 (10:05:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (10:05:25 PM): "I'd settle for things like grenade launchers or an HMG if it came with AV ammo."
Thematrian1 (10:05:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (10:05:27 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:05:31 PM): I find naps energizing.
Umbrafer (10:06:06 PM): Three crows come back. You're pretty sure one of them is the one that left earlier. You're also pretty sure that another of them is very, very old.
Umbrafer (10:06:26 PM): He's meaningfully larger than the others, and his wings flap meaningfully slower. Also, he appears to be missing one eye.
circlmastr (10:06:32 PM): (I can't believe Gem is talking to some Crow Elder. This is insane.)
Thematrian1 (10:06:43 PM): #Yep, definitely making progress. I'm meeting Hungin, or whatever...woah#
Thematrian1 (10:06:45 PM): #Hm#
circlmastr (10:06:46 PM): (Especially since it's the one from The Hobbit.)
Thematrian1 (10:06:54 PM): #Did you guys have the dream with Odin in it?#
MilesMk1 (10:07:08 PM): "I can ask around. Though I'm sure it'd take a while..."
Thematrian1 (10:07:17 PM): (It's been a while, but one of my dreams did feature a guy hanging from a tree, right?)
circlmastr (10:07:24 PM): #The only Norse in my dreams is Ragnarok. Now that's a sweet, sweet heavy assault mech...#
MilesMk1 (10:07:28 PM): #Uh... I don't recall anything like that, but there's been a lot of weird dreams, lately.#
Umbrafer (10:07:28 PM): (Yes. Pierced by a spear, no less)
Thematrian1 (10:07:40 PM): (Right, right)
Umbrafer (10:08:20 PM): (So the one in The Hobbit was one-eyed as well? I'd forgotten that. Anyway, this next bit is grounded in actual corvid ability, at least partly…)
circlmastr (10:08:26 PM): (Poor Hound doesn't get weird dreams, or magic balloons, or anything. And his player is too dumb to know that he could have installed vehicle weapons in the van.)
Umbrafer (10:08:55 PM): Old Crow: "Huu-annn"
Thematrian1 (10:08:59 PM): (He will. Give it time)
Thematrian1 (10:09:04 PM): "Yeah. Human."
Thematrian1 (10:09:21 PM): "Or...is that your name?"
Umbrafer (10:09:32 PM): OC: "Ueccom"
Thematrian1 (10:09:56 PM): "Welcome? Thank you. I'm glad to be here."
Thematrian1 (10:10:10 PM): (I'll just leave you guys' thoughts about this place out of it ;-))
circlmastr (10:10:32 PM): #At what point, exactly, did I fall asleep in modern Seattle and wake up in a Disney movie, where the girl in the group can talk to animals and the animals talk back...#
circlmastr (10:10:37 PM): #... and, of course, are far wiser than humans for magical bullshit reasons?#
MilesMk1 (10:10:41 PM): (It could have also been "unwelcome", couldn't it?)
Thematrian1 (10:11:03 PM): (Yes, but I'm trying to stay positive. If I'm wrong, he now has to explain it)
circlmastr (10:11:25 PM): (He could have been asking for a Wacom drawing tablet.)
Thematrian1 (10:11:58 PM): (Not a bad plan, if talons can operate it)
Umbrafer (10:12:03 PM): (In retrospect, I really should have figured out which sounds don't involve the use of teeth before the game.)
circlmastr (10:12:06 PM): (Or a beak)
Thematrian1 (10:12:15 PM): (I had a character in pigeon form who'd communicate by dipping his claws in ink...)
circlmastr (10:12:44 PM): (I could make a tasteless joke here, but I won't.)
Thematrian1 (10:12:55 PM): (Thank you)
Umbrafer (10:13:25 PM): "you come… why"
Thematrian1 (10:13:30 PM): #Hey, I am magical. Have been all my life. Or couldn't you tell?# (Teasing)
MilesMk1 (10:13:34 PM): (I had a character who got turned into a jackal for... something like four sessions.)
circlmastr (10:13:44 PM): #Are the crows able to speak English to you yet? Or do you need a magic amulet for that?#
Thematrian1 (10:14:08 PM): #Funny you should mention. They want to know why we're here.#
circlmastr (10:14:18 PM): #...Oh for fuck's sake.#
Thematrian1 (10:14:33 PM): "I've been having these peculiar dreams lately. One was of a man, hanging from a tree, pierced by a spear. Do you know anything about him?"
circlmastr (10:15:18 PM): Hound, wondering if this is some wish fulfillment of Gem's, wishes hard for a fully-armed Ragnarok heavy assault mech and a harem of beautiful women.
Umbrafer (10:15:30 PM): There's some agitation amongst the birds.
Thematrian1 (10:16:04 PM): No, no, I always dreamed that I could fly. Being carried by a spirit isn't the same.
Umbrafer (10:16:17 PM): "ue… here oo see"
circlmastr (10:16:28 PM): Hound doesn't know that.
Thematrian1 (10:16:37 PM): My breath catches. "Is he here now?"
circlmastr (10:16:56 PM): Any sign of mech or harem?
Umbrafer (10:17:05 PM): Perception for Hound.
Thematrian1 (10:17:12 PM): You might get to meet a god tonight. Isn't that enough, really?
Umbrafer (10:17:28 PM): The bird says something that sounds like "no no".
circlmastr (10:17:34 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 5 1 2 2
circlmastr (10:17:45 PM): I'll karma that if a good result will get me a mech and harem.
Thematrian1 (10:17:51 PM): Nod. "Do you know when he'll appear?"
circlmastr (10:17:58 PM): Hell, ten minutes left in the session, I'll karma anyway.
circlmastr (10:18:02 PM): How many do I reroll?
Umbrafer (10:18:16 PM): (FWIW, karma doesn't refresh per-session)
circlmastr (10:18:30 PM): I'll never use it at this rate anyway.
Umbrafer (10:18:46 PM): BC: "no"
Thematrian1 (10:18:49 PM): (Shit might go down tonight. Just saying)
Umbrafer (10:19:13 PM): "He may come… may no"
circlmastr (10:19:20 PM): (Hound has at his disposal: two exploding lasery spiders. Period. If the spiders get in trouble, they're designed to explode.)
Thematrian1 (10:19:33 PM): "We have...we know that something is going to happen tonight."
Umbrafer (10:19:35 PM): (Also his meatbody and van)
Thematrian1 (10:19:37 PM): "A little after midnight"
circlmastr (10:20:04 PM): (True, but rigging > karma reroll, really. If I need to karma a roll with umpteen dice, I'd fail the second time.)
Thematrian1 (10:20:05 PM): #The birds are waiting for the same thing we are, which might be the appearance of Odin. Or maybe that jester...#
Umbrafer (10:20:24 PM): (But what if you only get six successes and you needed ten? It's happened to me.)
circlmastr (10:21:00 PM): (Meh, fine. It's not like you'd give a harem or mech to Hound anyway.)
MilesMk1 (10:21:05 PM): #You're serious, aren't you?#
Umbrafer (10:21:11 PM): "onih… uezaa kuudh"
Umbrafer (10:21:18 PM): "kuudh omen"
Thematrian1 (10:21:32 PM): #I'm afraid so#
circlmastr (10:21:40 PM): (Oni Laser good?)
Umbrafer (10:21:43 PM): Perception.
Umbrafer (10:21:49 PM): From Gem.
Thematrian1 (10:21:49 PM): (Odin is good? I'm not surE)
Thematrian1 (10:21:51 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 5 6 1
Thematrian1 (10:21:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 4
Umbrafer (10:22:08 PM): The birds seem very amused by this.
circlmastr (10:22:14 PM): (He can pronounce d's, he wouldn't say "onih" for Odin.)
Umbrafer (10:22:18 PM): What the old crow sad, rather.
Thematrian1 (10:22:48 PM): (Crap) "What's a good omen? I'm sorry, I don't understand)
Umbrafer (10:23:11 PM): He spreads his wings and looks up at the sky.
Umbrafer (10:23:25 PM): The rain, incidentally, is getting heavier.
Thematrian1 (10:23:34 PM): "Rain?"
Umbrafer (10:23:36 PM): Another three crows fly towards your little assembly.
Umbrafer (10:23:49 PM): Mirth breaks out among the crows.
circlmastr (10:24:22 PM): (I think these crows are predicted our death and thinking it amusing.)
Umbrafer (10:24:27 PM): The three new crows land, joinin in the conference.
Thematrian1 (10:24:29 PM): (That could easily be)
Umbrafer (10:24:43 PM): *joining
Thematrian1 (10:24:44 PM): #Ok, thinking time. Why do the crows care what's going to happen tonight?#
circlmastr (10:25:12 PM): #Because this is magical Disney bullshit where everything we encounter is directed around whatever weird shit is going down.#
circlmastr (10:25:40 PM): #If you can talk to crows, why not ask the spiders? See where the stories corroborate one another.#
Thematrian1 (10:25:50 PM): #Because they ran away#
Thematrian1 (10:25:58 PM): #And really, it's the crows talking to me. I don't speak Crow#
MilesMk1 (10:26:08 PM): #...because they feed off of weird magical energies? Or maybe they're just hoping for carrion.#
Thematrian1 (10:26:22 PM): #Ooh, optimistic#
circlmastr (10:26:43 PM): #I think this is all insane and NONE of this can be a good sign. Fucking magical talking crows are not the harbringers of peace and love.#
Thematrian1 (10:26:52 PM): #Neither are we#
circlmastr (10:27:23 PM): #And when you encounter other runners while on a job, do you chat? No, because they will do you harm. So why are we chatting with crows?#
MilesMk1 (10:27:25 PM): #Perhaps someone is making them come here? Whatever force drew us here.?#
Thematrian1 (10:27:38 PM): #We do bad things, sometimes for bad reasons. It doesn't make us bad people, it means we're stuck in a ruthless world. My point is, these aren't necessarily our enemies.#
Thematrian1 (10:27:56 PM): I'll assense the old crow, just for grins:
circlmastr (10:27:57 PM): #Way to miss my point entirely.#
Thematrian1 (10:27:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 5 6 2 1
MilesMk1 (10:28:56 PM): #We're here to satisfy a curiosity Not talking to things now that we are here would miss the point.#
Umbrafer (10:29:04 PM): That's two? Relatively healthy, amused and interested, mundane.
Thematrian1 (10:29:12 PM): Two.
Umbrafer (10:29:26 PM): Have not seen aura.
Umbrafer (10:29:32 PM): Before, that is.
Thematrian1 (10:29:42 PM): "I admit, the rain brings back memories..."
Thematrian1 (10:29:43 PM): "So, we're not enemies here tonight?"
Umbrafer (10:30:26 PM): "uee ho' nau"
Umbrafer (10:30:31 PM): More merriment from spectator-crows.
Thematrian1 (10:31:02 PM): (I make that 'at least for now', or something along those lines)
Thematrian1 (10:31:24 PM): "Just for now is fine. Tomorrow, we'll leave you in peace."
circlmastr (10:31:25 PM): (Or "We ho' now". The crows are after tail, and Gem isn't putting out.)
Thematrian1 (10:32:17 PM): (They all have perfectly nice tails of their own, they don't need mine)
Umbrafer (10:32:57 PM): ("nau" rhymes with "saw", and "uee" with what you call pigs with)
Umbrafer (10:33:18 PM): ("ho'" rhymes with the gardening implement, but is cut off abruptly.)
MilesMk1 (10:33:26 PM): (We go now?)
MilesMk1 (10:33:38 PM): (We don
MilesMk1 (10:33:42 PM): t know?)
Thematrian1 (10:33:54 PM): (Hm. Yeah, could be either.)
circlmastr (10:33:56 PM): (It's already pronounced d's)
Thematrian1 (10:34:02 PM): (Snow White never had to put up with this shit)
circlmastr (10:34:05 PM): (It would use a d for a 'done' word
circlmastr (10:34:08 PM): )
Umbrafer (10:34:21 PM): (A pretty messy d-like sound, but yeah, it's made something like a d)
MilesMk1 (10:35:35 PM): (Well, it's 10:30, and I'm wasted.)
MilesMk1 (10:35:40 PM): (Exhausted, I mean.)
Thematrian1 (10:35:52 PM): (I did wonder)
Thematrian1 (10:36:01 PM): I wait to see if it says anything else, I guess.
Umbrafer (10:36:19 PM): The old crow croaks to one of the others, who flies off towards the bridge.
Umbrafer (10:36:56 PM): It shortly thereafter returns with a smooth, black pebble, which it drops in front of you.
Thematrian1 (10:37:07 PM): Anything interesting about it? Astral?
Umbrafer (10:37:23 PM): Just looking at it?
Thematrian1 (10:37:29 PM): for this moment
Umbrafer (10:38:03 PM): On the astral, it's a little weird. It looks like it's picked up some astral imprints. That's pretty common in the city, but… well, you're in the middle of nowhere.
Umbrafer (10:38:21 PM): And: last actions, if any.
Thematrian1 (10:38:34 PM): right. Well, I pick it up.
Thematrian1 (10:38:44 PM): "Thank you. Is there anything special you want me to do with this?"
circlmastr (10:39:15 PM): None relly.
circlmastr (10:39:16 PM): *really
Umbrafer (10:39:42 PM): "Kiff… mayee of use"
Thematrian1 (10:40:05 PM): #It...gave me a rock.#
Thematrian1 (10:40:11 PM): I'll bow to it.
MilesMk1 (10:40:28 PM): #Give it something back?#
MilesMk1 (10:40:40 PM): (sorry, but I really need to run. see you guys Monday)
Umbrafer (10:40:42 PM): "oodh rrackk, hu-man"
Umbrafer (10:40:45 PM): (Sleep well)
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Thematrian1 (10:41:32 PM): "You too, Wise One." And unless it seems like a really bad idea according to my Face Sense, I leave.
Umbrafer (10:41:36 PM): The old crow closes its eyes and ruffles its feathers.
Thematrian1 (10:41:40 PM): #And it wishes us luck. Aren't you glad?#
Umbrafer (10:41:53 PM): Your Face Sense says it's taking a nap, or at least making it look like it.
Thematrian1 (10:42:25 PM): Probably ok to leave, then. I do so.
Thematrian1 (10:42:34 PM): And...back in the van?
Umbrafer (10:43:13 PM): Yep. Dripping pretty thoroughly now—the skies are opening up out there, and the thunder's getting closer.
Thematrian1 (10:43:24 PM): I drip on Hound's carpet.
Thematrian1 (10:43:32 PM): I hereby move to fast forward to the next interesting occurrence. 1 am if needbe.
Umbrafer (10:43:33 PM): *Drip, drip, drip*
Thematrian1 (10:43:41 PM): We all have decks, we can play games or something.
Thematrian1 (10:43:48 PM): Quantum Hearts.
Umbrafer (10:43:48 PM): Roll dripping. You get about a dozen dice for the test.
Thematrian1 (10:43:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 12 6-sided dice: 1 1 5 4 5 4 6 6 4 2 1 3
Thematrian1 (10:43:56 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
Umbrafer (10:44:09 PM): You drip pretty well, all things considered.
Thematrian1 (10:44:27 PM): #Sorry about that, Hound.#
Umbrafer (10:45:08 PM): Man, is it a storm out there. The lightning shows up in force around 8:30, even strikes some nearby trees, the rain is pouring down, and with the exception of a few brief reductions in the storm, it pretty much sits on top of you un
Umbrafer (10:45:13 PM): until 1:00 AM.
Umbrafer (10:45:19 PM): Which is where we break.
Thematrian1 (10:45:34 PM): good enough. See you next week?
Umbrafer (10:45:40 PM): Indeed.
circlmastr (10:45:46 PM): Poor van...
Umbrafer (10:46:07 PM): Eh, the van can take it.
Umbrafer (10:46:20 PM): At least the acid content's probably smaller than in Seattle.
circlmastr (10:48:46 PM): Well, I need to take off for home now.
Umbrafer (10:48:56 PM): Anyway, fun corvid fact: imitating human speech is actually something they do. Not so sure about carrying on full conversations, but you can't have everything.
Umbrafer (10:48:57 PM): Oh, where are you?
circlmastr (10:49:01 PM): See you all Monday.
circlmastr (10:49:05 PM): I'm at the library still.
Thematrian1 (10:49:07 PM): in the van, man
Thematrian1 (10:49:10 PM): oh
Thematrian1 (10:49:13 PM): good for you?
Umbrafer (10:49:17 PM): Ah, fair enough.
Umbrafer (10:49:24 PM): Take care, and I'll see you next week.
circlmastr (10:49:24 PM): (I work in the library.)
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Umbrafer (10:50:19 PM): And that's my cue to get some shuteye as well. *Waves*
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