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MilesMk1 (8:51:11 PM): Hey.
Thematrian1 (8:51:20 PM): yo
Umbrafer (8:53:01 PM): So we're going to need Dave fairly quickly, but not immediately. For now, when we last left our antiheroes…
Thematrian1 (8:53:30 PM): winching to freedom, with a spirit trying to save whatshername
Umbrafer (8:53:42 PM): Indeed
Umbrafer (8:54:08 PM): You were approaching the top of the cliff.
Umbrafer (8:54:16 PM): There's a body floating towards you.
Umbrafer (8:54:31 PM): (Possibly alive, possibly not)(
Umbrafer (8:54:34 PM): *-(
Thematrian1 (8:54:51 PM): I'll add it to my collection.
Umbrafer (8:55:02 PM): You do have one :)
Thematrian1 (8:55:15 PM): (Most of Gem's early builds were houngan. I think it's coming out subconsciously)
Umbrafer (8:56:28 PM): The spiders are following you, but they're not making the most fantastic progress.
Umbrafer (8:56:53 PM): Actions?
Thematrian1 (8:57:02 PM): good. Once we're in the van, I propose we haul ass
Thematrian1 (8:57:09 PM): or, hoop, I guess
Thematrian1 (8:57:14 PM): haul hoop has a nice ring to it
Thematrian1 (8:59:34 PM): so, meantime, I wait.
Umbrafer (8:59:55 PM): The spirit arrives.
MilesMk1 (9:00:01 PM): I have my hands full, no?
Thematrian1 (9:00:14 PM): I don't, and all I hve to do is hang on to her
MilesMk1 (9:00:14 PM): If I'm already up top, I suppose I'll help load people in the van.
Thematrian1 (9:00:21 PM): much obliged
MilesMk1 (9:00:25 PM): Make then "when".
Thematrian1 (9:00:26 PM): is she live?
MilesMk1 (9:01:12 PM): Then, before piling into the van I'll just take a moment to see if there's any rocks I can kick down at the spiders, and I'll get in and see if the woman is beyond help or not.
MilesMk1 (9:01:26 PM): ...actually, no, I'll just get in and see if she lives.
Umbrafer (9:01:35 PM): You do have your hands full, though if you put the girl down you won't anymore.
MilesMk1 (9:01:36 PM): Gotta control those baser impulses.
MilesMk1 (9:01:57 PM): Well, I hold on to the girl until the winch gets us to the top.
MilesMk1 (9:02:04 PM): Then I get her and the woman loaded.
Umbrafer (9:02:54 PM): There aren't many rocks, but you kick some mud down.
Umbrafer (9:03:28 PM): As for the woman:
Umbrafer (9:03:40 PM): She still has an aura. It's not double anymore, though.
Thematrian1 (9:04:32 PM): hm. How many does Glitch have?
Umbrafer (9:06:00 PM): Just one, as far as you can tell.
Umbrafer (9:06:10 PM): It's a little weird, but the same way it has been for some time now.
Thematrian1 (9:06:17 PM): Is she breathing?
MilesMk1 (9:06:30 PM): I slot Biotech and see if I can help the woman.
Umbrafer (9:06:34 PM): Not obviously so.
Umbrafer (9:07:32 PM): (Roll Biotech as desired)
MilesMk1 (9:07:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 3 1 4 3 4 2 1
MilesMk1 (9:07:47 PM): Less than ideal...
MilesMk1 (9:07:51 PM): Karma?
MilesMk1 (9:08:53 PM): I mean, Karma.
Umbrafer (9:08:58 PM): You're just diagnosing right now, which I need to check the TN on
MilesMk1 (9:09:03 PM): Ah.
MilesMk1 (9:09:05 PM): Ok.
Umbrafer (9:11:51 PM): Ok, I'm not finding a number, so your TN is 4. Note that you'll need a lot of successes to successfully determine /everything/ wrong with her—there's so much to find.
Umbrafer (9:12:01 PM): That said, you have three successes. Do as you will.
MilesMk1 (9:13:04 PM): I'll settle for 3 successes for now.
MilesMk1 (9:13:27 PM): This is emergency medicine.
MilesMk1 (9:13:56 PM): Let me know if she's gone, or if I can actually help her.
Umbrafer (9:14:06 PM): Ok. Your diagnosis:
MilesMk1 (9:14:20 PM): (Though if I somehow did, I have no clue how we plan to get two seriously injured people across the border...)
Thematrian1 (9:14:44 PM): (Honestly? I wasn't thinking that far ahead.)
MilesMk1 (9:15:06 PM): (You and your bodies. ;))
Thematrian1 (9:15:43 PM): (I'm only up to two. Nothing wrong with two)
Umbrafer (9:15:45 PM): She needs stabilization immediately. She may or may not make it in any real semblance of usefulness even if she does stabilize—she's got nasty skull fractures, her leg is shredded, and various other things are badly wrong with her.
Umbrafer (9:16:02 PM): You're uncertain why she didn't die already.
MilesMk1 (9:16:27 PM): Hmm. Ok, let me get to work on stabilizing her, then. I guess.
Umbrafer (9:16:34 PM): She has some fairly minor slashes that look like they came from the spider. Most of what is wrong with her came from the crash.
MilesMk1 (9:16:52 PM): "This might be a lost cause, but I might be able to get her stable." *looks at Gem questioningly*
Umbrafer (9:17:06 PM): Is Gem doing anything? I assume you're doing this in the van while it's booking?
Thematrian1 (9:17:13 PM): "Go for it. She clearly knowswhat's going on here."
MilesMk1 (9:17:14 PM): Right.
Thematrian1 (9:17:33 PM): Um. If I slot Biotech too, can I assist and give him complementry dice or something?
MilesMk1 (9:18:16 PM): I suppose my main order of business will be to do something to prevent brain damage from swelling, administer something for internal bleeding, and make sure pieces of bone aren't going to sever anything important...
Umbrafer (9:18:21 PM): In character, it can't hurt. Out-of-character, I'm going to have to look that up.
Thematrian1 (9:18:45 PM): ok. Here's the roll, anyhow:
Thematrian1 (9:18:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 4 4 3 6
Thematrian1 (9:18:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:18:54 PM): Fortunately, Glitch actually knows what he's doing...
MilesMk1 (9:19:11 PM): Roll it?
Umbrafer (9:19:38 PM): Roll.
Umbrafer (9:19:42 PM): What're Gem's wound mods again?
MilesMk1 (9:19:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 4 3 1 3 6
MilesMk1 (9:19:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (9:20:07 PM): Karma.
Umbrafer (9:20:28 PM): No successes.
Umbrafer (9:20:30 PM): Reroll 8.
Thematrian1 (9:20:31 PM): She's still at 2 boxes of stun, I think, so +1
Thematrian1 (9:20:44 PM): also, hol-ee crap
Umbrafer (9:21:28 PM): (The base TN for stabilizing someone with Deadly is 10. A high Body can lower that, but she doesn't look like the outdoorsy type.)
Thematrian1 (9:21:38 PM): (Ah)
Umbrafer (9:22:21 PM): (Also, you have strong reason to believe she's Awakened, which is +2. And since I've given you that, I may as well tell you that I'm also applying Bad Conditions, though TN 13 is the same as TN 12 as it stands))
Umbrafer (9:22:22 PM): *-)
MilesMk1 (9:23:09 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 6 2 2 2 4 2 1
MilesMk1 (9:23:12 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (9:23:16 PM): (Makes sense. We need civilization)
MilesMk1 (9:23:16 PM): Son of a...
Thematrian1 (9:23:25 PM): Does Microscopic Vision apply?
MilesMk1 (9:24:18 PM): Well, I have two more Karma left, I can try again.
Umbrafer (9:24:19 PM): Heh. Unfortunately not—you aren't making microsutures or any sort of field surgery. Plus, there isn't a Build/Repair (Human) skill :)
Thematrian1 (9:24:33 PM): I'd think Biotech would be it.
Thematrian1 (9:24:45 PM): I say go for it, but it's your karma.
Thematrian1 (9:24:56 PM): alternately, if he fails can I give it a go?
Umbrafer (9:25:09 PM): (Yeah, but the description of Microscopic Vision specifies Build/Repair. Not that I would balk at applying it if you were doing something detailed, but this is pretty undetailed stuff)
MilesMk1 (9:25:12 PM): Ok, Karma, again.
MilesMk1 (9:25:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 1 6 4 4 3 2 1
MilesMk1 (9:25:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:25:21 PM): Shit.
Thematrian1 (9:25:39 PM): (Yeah, I know, I'm just funnin')
Umbrafer (9:26:02 PM): Provided she doesn't bleed out in one turn, you can. Glitch could also try again with +2, though those aren't good odds.
Umbrafer (9:26:09 PM): Glitch tries his hardest.
Umbrafer (9:26:11 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 2 4 1 4 5 6 4 3 6 1 2 4 1 4
Umbrafer (9:26:17 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 4
MilesMk1 (9:26:25 PM): Well, There's no reason for me not to try with +2...
MilesMk1 (9:26:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 4 3 3 1 4 3 1
Umbrafer (9:26:31 PM): But she's still dying, as best you can tell.
MilesMk1 (9:26:34 PM): Bah.
MilesMk1 (9:26:39 PM): +4!
Umbrafer (9:26:40 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 1 3 3 2 6 5 3 4 6 6 2 5 4 4
Thematrian1 (9:26:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 2 6 3
Umbrafer (9:26:43 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 3
MilesMk1 (9:26:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 2 4 2 3 5
Thematrian1 (9:26:45 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 6
MilesMk1 (9:26:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 4
Thematrian1 (9:26:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:26:51 PM): Bah...
Thematrian1 (9:26:51 PM): AW YEH
Thematrian1 (9:26:54 PM): 17
Thematrian1 (9:26:58 PM): 16 after mods
Umbrafer (9:26:59 PM): !!!
MilesMk1 (9:27:00 PM): Yay!
Umbrafer (9:27:06 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 5 1 4 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 2 4
Umbrafer (9:27:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:27:13 PM): ...you could have done that before I blew all my Karma. ;)
Umbrafer (9:27:31 PM): He couldn't, actually, unless you'd wanted to only get to karma your try at +2TN :)
Thematrian1 (9:27:33 PM): No, sorry, that power only works at dramatically appropriate moments ;-)
Umbrafer (9:29:39 PM): Glitch gives up on her and turns away. A handful of seconds later, Gem does… something that I could describe better if I knew how to treat these kinds of injuries at all.
Thematrian1 (9:30:33 PM): ::breathing carefuly::
MilesMk1 (9:31:03 PM): "...damn women, always sticking together..." (;))
Umbrafer (9:31:19 PM): The woman is mostly dead, but not getting any more so. Her breathing is extremely shallow, but has steadied. Her pulse is weak and irregular, but more regular than it was before you started work.
Thematrian1 (9:31:38 PM): "Heh. She needs real medical care, tonight."
MilesMk1 (9:32:08 PM): "I know a surgeon, back in the city."
Thematrian1 (9:32:44 PM): "We'll have to run the border. I thought this would be the easy part..."
Thematrian1 (9:33:12 PM): I check her for identification, weird artifacts,stuff like thta. Definitely putting everything back like I found it, though.
MilesMk1 (9:33:19 PM): "All the ways of getting her medical help on this side - that I can think of - probably won't be adequate."
Thematrian1 (9:33:33 PM): "Agreed. Did you research this half of the crossing?"
MilesMk1 (9:33:49 PM): "Anyone we can hold up or bribe for emergenyc help isn't going to do major surgery..."
MilesMk1 (9:33:57 PM): "Well, yeah."
MilesMk1 (9:34:07 PM): (Though damn if I know what the research yielded.)
Thematrian1 (9:34:31 PM): (What's the crossing into the UCAS like?)
MilesMk1 (9:35:04 PM): (Watch her get really pissed at us, because we "saved" her, stopping her from reincarnating in an uninjured body. Or something.)
Thematrian1 (9:35:39 PM): (We can always slit her throat, if she's that unhappy)
Umbrafer (9:36:05 PM): (Maybe it only works if she gets killed by spider-things.)
Umbrafer (9:36:18 PM): (Though I will say that I am not playtesting Shinobirun with any of the characters here.)
Umbrafer (9:37:13 PM): (Crossing into the UCAS: much lighter than the crossing the other way.)
Thematrian1 (9:37:27 PM): (Rockin'.)
Thematrian1 (9:37:38 PM): I our professional judgement, is she likely to die on the way bck without further care?
Umbrafer (9:37:44 PM): (Well, with Seattle. Back East, it's a different story.)
Umbrafer (9:39:42 PM): She is likely to die without further care. If Gem wants to make a diagnostic roll, she can—with Glitch's roll, that could be hours or days away. With proper nutrition and hydration, she might last as long as four days.
Thematrian1 (9:40:05 PM): Sure, why not?
Thematrian1 (9:40:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 3 2 6
Thematrian1 (9:40:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (9:40:12 PM): durr
Thematrian1 (9:40:23 PM): Nothing more we can do, I guess.
Thematrian1 (9:40:28 PM): I wave goodbye to any crows I might see, and then nap.
Umbrafer (9:40:56 PM): There is a small group of them flying some distance back.
Umbrafer (9:41:31 PM): They're following you, but falling behind quickly. Whether this is intentional or not is unclear.
Thematrian1 (9:42:15 PM): Mmph. I want to investigate, but we're in a time crunch here. I watch them fall behind.
Umbrafer (9:44:00 PM): After some time, they break off. Where are you headed?
Thematrian1 (9:46:05 PM): Seattle, thence to Glitch's friend?
Umbrafer (9:47:28 PM): You drive. Gem, roll Napping if that's what you're doing.
Thematrian1 (9:48:04 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 1 1 5
Thematrian1 (9:48:17 PM): luckily, I maxed Napping at chargen
Thematrian1 (9:48:22 PM): I count 4 successes
Thematrian1 (9:48:29 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 4 5 5
MilesMk1 (9:48:35 PM): Ok, so we know security this way is much easier... But how much? Do people just get waved through, or are there inspections, but laxer ones?
Thematrian1 (9:48:37 PM): and 5, so healed in 25 minutes.
Umbrafer (9:49:50 PM): A number of vehicles get waved through, and most of the random inspections are laxer.
Umbrafer (9:49:55 PM): Inspections still occur.
Thematrian1 (9:50:20 PM): Hm. If we cover her with a blanket, I can maybe bluff that she'sjustasleep.
Thematrian1 (9:50:22 PM): Oh!
Thematrian1 (9:50:26 PM): How's the girl?
Umbrafer (9:50:27 PM): Unfortunately, inspections may occur more frequently when arriving at unusual times. Of course, maybe the few people on duty won't care enough, but it's a risk.
Thematrian1 (9:50:33 PM): No spine injuries, I hope?
Umbrafer (9:51:07 PM): The girl appears to be breathing steadily, though she hasn't come to. If she has spine injuries, they haven't betrayed their presence yet.
Thematrian1 (9:51:36 PM): "Ok, we can do this. Hound, do you have any blankets?"
Umbrafer (9:53:10 PM): Hound has blankets, most likely.
Thematrian1 (9:53:18 PM): "We're coming back from vacation, travelling at night because the roads aren't as busy. Two couples and one kid, that works better than a family, I think. If we're lucky at all, they won't look twice."
MilesMk1 (9:53:34 PM): "All right."
MilesMk1 (9:53:47 PM): "Whose kid?"
Thematrian1 (9:54:25 PM): Hey, what does she look like, anyway?
Umbrafer (9:56:04 PM): (Damn you, you made me need to find my notes ;) One minute)
Thematrian1 (9:58:46 PM): (While you're there, what did I find in their pocketses?)
Umbrafer (9:59:40 PM): Young, probably about 10. Black hair, pale complexion. Hair slightly less than shoulder-length.
Thematrian1 (10:00:02 PM): Glitch has dark hair too, right?
MilesMk1 (10:00:36 PM): Yes, but Glitch is also identifiably - if generically - asian.
Thematrian1 (10:00:52 PM): aw. Hound?
Umbrafer (10:01:25 PM): The girl looks to be part-asian. 1/2 might be stretching it, but you'd guess she has an asian grandparent.
MilesMk1 (10:01:41 PM): Close enough, then.
Thematrian1 (10:01:42 PM): rawk. "Yours and mine."
MilesMk1 (10:01:58 PM): "...ok."
MilesMk1 (10:02:11 PM): (Hound would object, probably, but since Dave isn't here...)
Thematrian1 (10:02:21 PM): (Nah, this is business)
MilesMk1 (10:02:33 PM): "Her name is... Cindy."
Thematrian1 (10:02:45 PM): Anyhoo, pockets?
Thematrian1 (10:02:53 PM): "I like it."
MilesMk1 (10:03:08 PM): "Reminds me of one of my classmates."
MilesMk1 (10:03:25 PM): *tries to arrange the unconscious people in ways that don't arouse suspicion*
MilesMk1 (10:03:51 PM): As a matter of fact, if the girl just looks out - not hurt - I'll pose her with her head on my shoulder, tucked under a blanket.
Umbrafer (10:04:00 PM): As for pocketses: the girl has a small pocket computer with a generic woodland design on it, and a little music playback unit.
MilesMk1 (10:04:29 PM): Make sure to put an empty juice box and maybe some sort of candy wrapper where it'll be visible.
Umbrafer (10:05:01 PM): The girl is somewhat bruised, but other than that has no obvious injuries.
Umbrafer (10:05:30 PM): The woman, well, several pockets are missing.
Thematrian1 (10:05:35 PM): yeh
MilesMk1 (10:05:52 PM): Ok, I'll make sure she's not looking disheveled.
Umbrafer (10:05:55 PM): You do find a handset cellphone.
Umbrafer (10:06:05 PM): You undishevel her to the best of your ability.
Umbrafer (10:06:16 PM): Would that be to "shevel" her?
Thematrian1 (10:06:34 PM): Maybe roll her over so her doubtless drawn-looking face isn't too visible.
Thematrian1 (10:07:48 PM): set to cross?
MilesMk1 (10:08:41 PM): I guess.
MilesMk1 (10:08:48 PM): Oh, right, one last thing.
Umbrafer (10:08:56 PM): ?
MilesMk1 (10:09:15 PM): Put together 1000 cred in certified sticks, in case it comes down to a bribe.
Thematrian1 (10:09:24 PM): oh, good call
MilesMk1 (10:10:06 PM): Slot Negotiation.
MilesMk1 (10:10:17 PM): (just in case, I intend to let Gem do the talking)
Thematrian1 (10:10:52 PM): (Hey, technically you have more dice than I do ;-))
MilesMk1 (10:11:40 PM): (Yeah, yeah...)
Umbrafer (10:13:44 PM): You drive through the darkness. It's approaching 2:40 when you finally near the border crossing.
Umbrafer (10:14:13 PM): If there are any Trolls selling mystery meat, you don't see them.
Thematrian1 (10:14:44 PM): good, good
Thematrian1 (10:15:23 PM): ::puts on her game face::
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Umbrafer (10:16:13 PM): Hound has returned to the scene of the crime.
circlmastr (10:16:57 PM): Hound didn't do it, Gem did.
Umbrafer (10:17:04 PM): The crime in question was perpetrated upon his taste buds.
Umbrafer (10:17:08 PM): Actually, his mouth in general.
circlmastr (10:17:17 PM): In that case, Glitch did it.
Umbrafer (10:17:56 PM): Any final actions before you drive into the single lit entryway to the checkpoint?
Thematrian1 (10:18:07 PM): I'm good
circlmastr (10:18:44 PM): Apparently I missed a lot.
Umbrafer (10:18:48 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 4 3 5 2 1 2 5 5 2 5 5 5 2 5
Umbrafer (10:19:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:19:24 PM): (Someone fill Dave in)
Thematrian1 (10:20:15 PM): (Not a lot a lot. We drove away, stabilized the mystery lady. No identity clues on either of them. We're visiting a surgeon friend of Glitch's
MilesMk1 (10:20:41 PM): (We got out of the canyon and drove away. Gem's spirit saved the dying woman, and we stabilized her. She's badly in need to medical attention, so we decided to run to border pretending to be tourists, and trust our luck - and maybe
Thematrian1 (10:20:45 PM): (Or that's the plan; we have to get through customs first)
MilesMk1 (10:20:46 PM): a bribe)
MilesMk1 (10:21:45 PM): (The passed out little girl is now lying under a blanket with her head on Glitch's shoulder, and there's an empty juice box and some candy crumbs on Hound's seats, for authenticity)
Umbrafer (10:21:49 PM): (Well, you could invade the little girl's privacy. Or the woman's. But yeah, nothing as nice as an ID.)
MilesMk1 (10:22:12 PM): (I actually need to leave real soon. Sorry.)
Thematrian1 (10:22:47 PM): (Crack her computer, you mean? I thought about it)
Thematrian1 (10:23:30 PM): ('s cool,we'll get into town and the run will be over, almost)
circlmastr (10:23:52 PM): (Are we relying entirely on a bribe for expediency? Because they might notice that our trio turned into a quintet.)
Thematrian1 (10:24:29 PM): (Different customs stop, different agents, different direction)
MilesMk1 (10:24:34 PM): (The checks are a lot more lax this way.)
MilesMk1 (10:24:44 PM): (Some cars actually just get waved by.)
Umbrafer (10:24:58 PM): You drive in.
Umbrafer (10:25:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 5 4 6 6 3 1 6 3
circlmastr (10:25:05 PM): *drive*
Umbrafer (10:25:06 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 3 6
Umbrafer (10:25:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:25:15 PM): Glitch, roll Essence.
MilesMk1 (10:25:38 PM): ?
circlmastr (10:25:48 PM): (Balloon power, maybe? Clear the way!)
MilesMk1 (10:25:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:26:25 PM): The monitor signals for you to stop. It does not request that you roll down your window.
Umbrafer (10:26:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 6 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 5
Umbrafer (10:26:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 1
Umbrafer (10:26:44 PM): The monitor signals for you to continue.
Thematrian1 (10:26:53 PM): (Sweet)
circlmastr (10:27:17 PM): *drives onward*
MilesMk1 (10:27:17 PM): (Yay!)
MilesMk1 (10:27:59 PM): (By the way, I decided my surgeon contact goes by Nicodemus. For no particular reason.)
MilesMk1 (10:28:04 PM): (And now I must run.)
Umbrafer (10:28:30 PM): (Fair enough. Sleep well.)
Thematrian1 (10:28:37 PM): (Is it a Rats of NIMH thing?)
MilesMk1 (10:28:43 PM): (Hmm... I suppose if people called him Nick for short, that'd be less than confidence-inspiring...)
Thematrian1 (10:28:48 PM): ('Cause, if so, respect)
MilesMk1 (10:28:55 PM): (Nope, unfortunately.)
circlmastr (10:29:10 PM): (Now I wonder what Rasputin's first name was)
MilesMk1 (10:29:29 PM): (Fedor Yessimovitch?)
circlmastr (10:29:54 PM): (Ah well)
MilesMk1 (10:30:04 PM): (No. Grigori Efimovich.)
MilesMk1 (10:30:18 PM): (Still, close when half conscious.)
MilesMk1 (10:30:28 PM): (see you guys Monday, if we're playing on holiday?)
Thematrian1 (10:30:37 PM): (Memorial Day? I've no objections.)
Umbrafer (10:30:42 PM): (Nor I)
MilesMk1 (10:30:49 PM): (Neither do I, so till Monday.)
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Thematrian1 (10:31:56 PM): so: Nicodemus!
Umbrafer (10:32:05 PM): So Nicodemus. You going straight to him?
Thematrian1 (10:32:34 PM): yeah. And calling ahead.
Thematrian1 (10:33:12 PM): via Glitch. I guess this is break?
Umbrafer (10:33:46 PM): If you want it can be. I don't really see the precise interaction with Nicodemus as being critical, but it's totally your call whether you want to try to negotiate with someone else's contact.
Thematrian1 (10:34:25 PM): fair enough. If Glitch makes the introductions, I'll can just Negotiate some off-the-books medical care.
Umbrafer (10:36:10 PM): Glitch calls. Twice. On the second try, Nicodemus picks up.
Umbrafer (10:37:25 PM): After a brief interchange in which Glitch assures Nicodemus that yes, it is important enough to be calling now, he hangs up. Glitch reports that he had to promise to bring some real coffee, but that Nicodemus would take a look at
Umbrafer (10:37:28 PM): her and negotiate.
Thematrian1 (10:38:04 PM): heh. Slight detour, then.
Thematrian1 (10:39:57 PM): But once we're back from Glitch's place or mine, I show up at Nic's with a near-corpse.
Umbrafer (10:41:20 PM): Done. You show up. Nic meets you with a gurney.
Thematrian1 (10:42:21 PM): Glitch and he can lift her onto it; I'm done lifting heavy stuff. Want a turn, Hound?
circlmastr (10:43:08 PM): A turn at what?
Thematrian1 (10:43:23 PM): Lifting semi-deaders
Umbrafer (10:43:27 PM): They do so. Nic seems uncomfortable with the whole procedure, and gives you all several "what the fuck" looks. Most noticably after he sees her leg.
Thematrian1 (10:43:36 PM): Although, I guess you lifted everybody with the winch.
circlmastr (10:44:21 PM): So, that's like three turns at least.
Umbrafer (10:44:29 PM): Yeah, but the semi-deader wasn't on the hook.
Thematrian1 (10:44:31 PM): I decant a few of my camera snaps of the spider things onto my deck and throw one up on the monitors. "That's what did it. Ever see anything like that before?"
Umbrafer (10:46:01 PM): "Holy ghost on a hoop snake, no. What the hell is that?"
Thematrian1 (10:46:11 PM): "We were hoping she could tell us."
Thematrian1 (10:48:01 PM): Quieter: "How is she? We did what we could, but..."
Umbrafer (10:48:42 PM): "I need to take a closer look. It doesn't look good, she needs hospital care. Even odds, she's a vegetable."
Umbrafer (10:49:04 PM): *Wheel wheel wheel*
circlmastr (10:49:38 PM): #So, I have to ask, Gem. Was all this crap worth it?#
Thematrian1 (10:50:25 PM): #Yes. I don't know what's going on, but it's big - bigger than I thought at first.#
Umbrafer (10:50:55 PM): He wheels her into an operating theatre, hooks her up to a few machines.
circlmastr (10:50:57 PM): #What did any of this have to do with your dreams, though?#
Thematrian1 (10:51:03 PM): #You saw into the astral. That doesn't happen, ever. Either the two worlds are leaking into each other somehow, or...#
circlmastr (10:51:36 PM): #I thought they were always connected, or something.#
Thematrian1 (10:51:39 PM): #One of many things I'm dying to learn. Glitch gets a balloon, I get dreams...I think we're being marked. Probably you are too, even if you didn't recognize it.#
Thematrian1 (10:51:51 PM): #Connected yes, even overlapping, but separate.#
Umbrafer (10:51:59 PM): "¥2,000 and I do what I can for the next eight hours. After that, we talk long-term treatment or euthenasia."
Thematrian1 (10:52:23 PM): I Negotiate:
Thematrian1 (10:52:26 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 4 1 6
circlmastr (10:52:27 PM): #Well, fuck all has happened to me. Maybe you and Glitch are marked and I just had the bad luck to hook up with you two just as the shit started hitting the fan.#
Thematrian1 (10:52:39 PM): #Some college-grad wage mage could explain it better.#
Thematrian1 (10:53:18 PM): TN mods float at between -3 and -5, depending on GLaKI.
Umbrafer (10:53:40 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 2 4 3 2 2 1 5 5 3 1 2 3 5 6
Umbrafer (10:53:43 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Thematrian1 (10:53:57 PM): #If so, it's too late now; you're caught in the same current as the rest of us.#
Thematrian1 (10:54:12 PM): #But this is some high-grade destiny drek, here.#
Thematrian1 (10:54:41 PM): #Why'd you decide to sign up with us, for that run on the monitoring station? Do you remember?#
Umbrafer (10:54:45 PM): "¥1700."
circlmastr (10:54:46 PM): #Makes me wish my mech was finished... High-grade drek requires high-grade weapons.#
Thematrian1 (10:54:58 PM): "Done"
circlmastr (10:55:11 PM): #Because I need money. Mech-building is fucking expensive, even doing the labor myself.#
Thematrian1 (10:55:14 PM): I cough it up.
Thematrian1 (10:57:05 PM): Silence on the radio link.
circlmastr (10:57:53 PM): #I find it hard to believe that whatever magical force thing is at work is encouraging my mech-building.#
Thematrian1 (10:58:40 PM): #Why not? That'd be less weird than seeing auras through a video camera, and that happened.#
circlmastr (10:59:14 PM): #Giant robots are practically the opposite of expanding magic.#
Thematrian1 (11:00:07 PM): #Sure, but if magic and tech are bleeding into one another, as they evidently are, why not?#
Umbrafer (11:00:16 PM): Nic goes to work. After a few minutes he stops to get some water and realizes you're still there. "There's a lounge in the other room, or you can leave if you want. I'll call you."
Thematrian1 (11:01:21 PM): I nod and leave.
circlmastr (11:01:31 PM): Hound follows.
Thematrian1 (11:02:10 PM): Aloud, to Hound: "Where to?"
circlmastr (11:03:01 PM): "I could use a drink, how about you?"
Umbrafer (11:03:15 PM): It is now about 3:20.
Thematrian1 (11:03:34 PM): "Yeah, I'm feeling that."
circlmastr (11:04:03 PM): Hound takes Gem out for a drink.
Umbrafer (11:04:46 PM): Where?
circlmastr (11:05:19 PM): Someplace that sells real alcohol.
Umbrafer (11:08:17 PM): What sort of part of town?
circlmastr (11:08:38 PM): Bellevue
Umbrafer (11:09:40 PM): You find a decently nice bar still open. It has a posted closing time of 4:30 AM.
Umbrafer (11:09:54 PM): And a posted opening of 10:30 AM.
circlmastr (11:10:03 PM): Works.
Thematrian1 (11:11:50 PM): Gem's a bit abstracted
Thematrian1 (11:11:56 PM): probably thinking about corpses
Umbrafer (11:12:05 PM): So what are you doing with the girl?
Thematrian1 (11:12:50 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (11:13:06 PM): forgetting about her completely, evidently. Um.
Thematrian1 (11:13:21 PM): Outside the bar: "So what are we going to do with the girl?"
circlmastr (11:13:33 PM): "....Fuck."
Thematrian1 (11:13:53 PM): "Veto"
circlmastr (11:14:17 PM): "Uhm.... I guess I could take her. I've got a spare room at my place."
Thematrian1 (11:14:42 PM): "Okay. We'd probably better stay with her until she wakes up, though."
Umbrafer (11:16:17 PM): Where are you doing that? In the van? Somewhere else?
circlmastr (11:16:18 PM): "So I guess we're aborting to my place, then? I think I have a bottle of scotch stashed someplace..."
Thematrian1 (11:16:28 PM): "Good enough."
circlmastr (11:17:03 PM): Hound heads home with them, then.
Umbrafer (11:17:57 PM): You do so. Next week: the team parties (or at least drinks), the girl may or may not gain consciousness.
Thematrian1 (11:18:05 PM): aw
Thematrian1 (11:18:28 PM): yeah, see youboth monday
Umbrafer (11:18:30 PM): (Sorry, my vision's starting to blur in that sort of "eyes want to close now" way)
circlmastr (11:19:08 PM): (Alright)
circlmastr (11:19:12 PM): See y'all
circlmastr (11:19:18 PM): And sorry for lateness :(
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Umbrafer (11:19:44 PM): Sleep well.
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