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Thematrian1 (7:40:13 PM): In fact, I see that some large subset of you were asleep. Was anyone other than SC awake at the end of last game?
umbrafer (7:40:39 PM): The kids were.
Thematrian1 (7:40:55 PM): Right, and Mr. S. Any of you three?
umbrafer (7:41:05 PM): Alex prays in her sleep that they won't break anything.
circlmastr (7:41:07 PM): I think I was out on the med table or something
Thematrian1 (7:42:27 PM): On Kovacs' cot, yeah. Blake I have no notes for, but whatever he's doing, it's not happening now.
circlmastr (7:42:36 PM): (Jesus fuck. I'm playing bridge online, I get a hand with 25 HCPs, and everyone else leaves the table.)
umbrafer (7:43:00 PM): (That's why.)
umbrafer (7:43:14 PM): *Snrx*
Thematrian1 (7:43:31 PM): (I used to be the master of the sixty-second concession in Yahoo Chess. They'd lose one lousy pawn and fold up)
Thematrian1 (7:43:43 PM): (Even if I was down positionally. Anyway)
Dragcrell (7:44:33 PM): (wow thats sad ^_- pawns are ment to be sacraficed in order to gain a advantage or to anoi the HELL out of your opponet ^_^ )
Thematrian1 (7:44:53 PM): Ok. Everyone rests. Anyone who has stun damage probably loses it. Karma refreshes.
umbrafer (7:45:30 PM): :D
Thematrian1 (7:45:35 PM): Todd, you're awakened by an inhuman shriek, just a few feet away. You open your eyes, and it's pitch black.
umbrafer (7:45:49 PM): :(
circlmastr (7:45:54 PM): *whips out razor* "What?!"
Thematrian1 (7:46:00 PM): Alex, roll Perception
Thematrian1 (7:46:05 PM): Hm. SC, likewise.
Dragcrell (7:46:18 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 6 3 5 1
Dragcrell (7:46:25 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (7:46:37 PM): SC: you heard it too, faint but certain
Dragcrell (7:47:31 PM): any one around the chopper?
Thematrian1 (7:47:36 PM): Todd, roll Reaction. Meanwhile, you hear swearing and running feet, away from you and out of the room
Thematrian1 (7:47:39 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 2 5 3 2 6 2 1 2 6 3 2 2 2 5
umbrafer (7:47:45 PM): umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 6 5 1 4 2 3
Thematrian1 (7:47:49 PM): Nope, just you. It's been about three hours since you settled in to wait
umbrafer (7:47:50 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 5
Dragcrell (7:47:56 PM): #any one else hearrr that?#
umbrafer (7:47:59 PM): 9, 7, 3, crap
Thematrian1 (7:48:18 PM): Good enough. Alex, something over by the medical wing just shrieked.
circlmastr (7:48:48 PM): circlmastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 6 6 1 1
circlmastr (7:48:51 PM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
circlmastr (7:48:53 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
umbrafer (7:48:59 PM): "Wha?" *Checks for nearest timepiece, casts around for blunt object*
circlmastr (7:49:00 PM): 15, 8, 5x2
Thematrian1 (7:49:54 PM): Excellent. It's dark, but you can hear something moving, in or near the valkyrie module. There's a bizarre chittering coming from that direction, too.
Dragcrell (7:50:10 PM): *stands up and looks around the roof and the streets below ear's moveing around to catch any other sounds*
circlmastr (7:50:14 PM): #BUG!# Todd attacks!
Thematrian1 (7:50:17 PM): Further away, you hear someone yelling "...the FRAGGING generator!"
umbrafer (7:50:23 PM): Aw man.
umbrafer (7:50:41 PM): So much for safety. I don't suppose we slept for two weeks?
umbrafer (7:50:58 PM): (I know the answer to that, don't bother)
Thematrian1 (7:50:59 PM): 3 hours. But you're in no physical danger.
Thematrian1 (7:51:48 PM): You find the clock, but it's not glowing. The lights aren't working either.
umbrafer (7:51:48 PM): But there are shrieking things. We came here to get /away/ from shrieking things! (Alex is having a bad morning.)
Dragcrell (7:51:51 PM): #Bug? how?#
umbrafer (7:52:15 PM): (The one character I don't outfit with a retinal clock.)
MilesMk1 has entered the chat room.

circlmastr (7:52:23 PM): #Dunno#
Thematrian1 (7:52:32 PM): Meanwhile: Todd, as your eyes adjust you get a sense of a dark shape crouching on the valkyrie. You may attack it if you wish.
MilesMk1 (7:52:39 PM): (Hey.)
Thematrian1 (7:52:43 PM): (Hi)
MilesMk1 (7:52:46 PM): Valkyrie?
circlmastr (7:52:55 PM): Slashy!
circlmastr (7:53:00 PM): circlmastr rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 6 1 3 5 4 6 2 6 4 2 4 4 1 4
circlmastr (7:53:01 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 2 3
Dragcrell (7:53:04 PM): (just in time to see the newest shit hittign the fan :3 )
circlmastr (7:53:04 PM): circlmastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 6 4 5
Thematrian1 (7:53:05 PM): Go for it. Darkness mods do apply, sadly.
umbrafer (7:53:05 PM): (Yeah. They rode in to pick up the fallen warriors and something attacked them.)
circlmastr (7:53:07 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (7:53:09 PM): (Someone tell me what I missed last time, leaving early?)
circlmastr (7:53:26 PM): 13 before dark mod is the top. I also see 11 and 10 and 7
umbrafer (7:53:26 PM): (Oh, what's the last thing you were here for? *Digs*
umbrafer (7:53:27 PM): *)
Thematrian1 (7:53:29 PM): (Everybody slept, karma refreshed, etc)
circlmastr (7:54:14 PM): (I have no karma :( )
Thematrian1 (7:54:32 PM): (You should have a few, from the GK you got last session)
circlmastr (7:54:45 PM): (I thought that went to Shojo)
Thematrian1 (7:54:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 2 3 6 4 5 6 3 6 2 2 3 1
circlmastr (7:54:50 PM): (And Todd got none)
Thematrian1 (7:55:39 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 5
Dragcrell (7:55:51 PM): (ether way I do belive all pc cher's have 1 karma.......well unless they did HoG then i could see how that would be 0 )
Thematrian1 (7:55:59 PM): (Todd used his HoG in the Tower)
MilesMk1 (7:56:15 PM): (Did I get any Karma last session?)
Dragcrell (7:56:17 PM): (oh ya thats right his showdown with the Queen
Dragcrell (7:56:39 PM): #wherrre?#
Thematrian1 (7:56:45 PM): Todd: whatever it is, it's pretty disoriented. You stick your razor into something hard and chitinous, and feel the something warm and wet spray over your hand.
umbrafer (7:57:07 PM): Well, hard and chitinous means you probably didn't make a mistake, at least.
MilesMk1 (7:57:34 PM): (I think I was here last when Jeremy came up to patch up Todd.)
circlmastr (7:57:34 PM): #Definitely a bug!#
Dragcrell (7:58:06 PM): #wherrre at?#
umbrafer (7:58:26 PM): (Basically we did some final stuff and then all went to sleep. You might be able to make a case for having done something else if you don't want your karma to refresh, but that's Seiler's call as always)
umbrafer (7:58:38 PM): (Mmm, sleep.)
MilesMk1 (7:58:42 PM): (Nah, I'm fine with that.)
Thematrian1 (7:58:49 PM): (I assumed you sacked it, based on what you'd been saying for the last...ok, cool)
umbrafer (7:58:53 PM): ( Suspected as much :) )
MilesMk1 (7:59:09 PM): (And then, what happened? We were woken up by something? Or just some of us?)
umbrafer (7:59:23 PM): (My beautiful, if slightly cursed, karma.)
Thematrian1 (7:59:32 PM): (SC and Alex were. You were, by a crazy coincidence, just now awakened by a bunch of chatter on the com about it)
Thematrian1 (7:59:48 PM): Blake: you awaken
umbrafer (7:59:50 PM): There was a shriek. Originally there was a perception test, but you must have been a sound sleeper.
Thematrian1 (7:59:52 PM): sigh
umbrafer (8:00:02 PM): ?
Dragcrell (8:00:02 PM): (Todd had set his alarm to "inhuman screem" and got everyone up)
Thematrian1 (8:00:15 PM): to the following exchange over the radio link: #Bug? How?# #Dunno#
Thematrian1 (8:00:23 PM): Followed by everything you see above.
MilesMk1 (8:00:32 PM): #Bugs?! Where?#
circlmastr (8:00:40 PM): #Valkyrie!#
MilesMk1 (8:01:03 PM): (There's a good case to be made fro Blake being partially deaf after all the shooting he did in very close quarters.)
Thematrian1 (8:01:15 PM): (Or suffering from aural stun, at any rate)
umbrafer (8:01:40 PM): (Shadowrunners need the sound dampener cyberware. Always.)
MilesMk1 (8:01:45 PM): #Grabs gun and heads for the roof, provided there are no screams from inside the building#
Dragcrell (8:01:49 PM): #the gizmo the kid is in?#
umbrafer (8:02:09 PM): As soon as I find something club-like, I'm going to head to where the kids were.
umbrafer (8:02:20 PM): Sleepily.
MilesMk1 (8:03:13 PM): (Is valkyrie the helicopter, or something else?)
umbrafer (8:03:30 PM): (It's the medical pod.)
MilesMk1 (8:03:40 PM): (Oh.)
Thematrian1 (8:03:46 PM): Ok, it sounds like we'd better go to...initiative!
MilesMk1 (8:03:51 PM): Never mind, Blake heads for the med bay, then.
circlmastr (8:03:53 PM): Boo!
circlmastr (8:03:56 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 1 6
circlmastr (8:04:08 PM): 20, almost 3 passes :(
Dragcrell (8:04:09 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 4 5 6
MilesMk1 (8:04:12 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 2
MilesMk1 (8:04:15 PM): 19
Dragcrell (8:04:24 PM): 24
umbrafer (8:04:39 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
umbrafer (8:04:53 PM): 9
umbrafer (8:04:55 PM): Stupid meatspace
Dragcrell (8:05:24 PM): (you know I forsee Alex never sleeping any place other then her van after this *cough* )
Thematrian1 (8:05:59 PM): Alex: a fast search in the dark turns up a partially disassembled chair. The metal leg is reassuring, and yet...
Thematrian1 (8:06:38 PM): Ok. I know what SC's doing, so on to Todd!
umbrafer (8:06:39 PM): *Snorts, wishes she brought her crowbar*
circlmastr (8:06:45 PM): Slashy!
circlmastr (8:06:49 PM): circlmastr rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 1 6 2 6 1 4 3 2 6 5 6 3
circlmastr (8:06:50 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 1 1
circlmastr (8:06:54 PM): circlmastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 2 6
circlmastr (8:06:56 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (8:06:58 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (8:06:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 5 1 3 1 3 5 1 2 6 1 4 6 2 1
circlmastr (8:06:59 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
circlmastr (8:07:07 PM): What's that total? heh
Thematrian1 (8:07:21 PM): I see 20, 11, etc. You have no vision mods, right?
circlmastr (8:07:35 PM): Right
Thematrian1 (8:07:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
circlmastr (8:08:01 PM): That's 26, not 20
Thematrian1 (8:08:14 PM): ah, those are the rerolls. Thank you.
Thematrian1 (8:08:18 PM): So 26 8 8 7 7
circlmastr (8:08:24 PM): Right
umbrafer (8:09:14 PM): (Remember that vision mods count 1/2 in melee, save for Full Darkness)
Thematrian1 (8:09:39 PM): (Thank you, that does help. Shame about the wound mods, though)
umbrafer (8:09:47 PM): (Sooth.)
Thematrian1 (8:12:13 PM): Blake, you're pelting off to the medical zone. I figured you'd bed down as close to it as possible, but with Aaron in sickbay that's a popular idea, so you're several rooms down.
Thematrian1 (8:13:40 PM): Alex. How do you know where the kids are? IIRC, you told them to explore (albeit carefully).
MilesMk1 (8:13:47 PM): Ok. I'm booking. Let me know what I find. Hmm... I'll get my staff read in my left hand, since I don't know what I'm heading for.
umbrafer (8:14:28 PM): I gave them permission to explore (like they need it) and also gave them the obstacle course to drone-train on. I'd check the room with the course first.
Thematrian1 (8:15:39 PM): There's a general mass of humanity pouring away from the sickbay. Blake has low-light and thermo, so he can pick out six distinct individuals, running away at best speed
Thematrian1 (8:16:05 PM): They don't seem to see you, and you'll intersect the two headed your way on your next pass.
MilesMk1 (8:16:51 PM): Unless they seem to be part of the problem, I'll pass them by.
Thematrian1 (8:17:44 PM): You pick up a fleeing vibe. Meanwhile: Alex, where was your obstacle course set up? What floor?
umbrafer (8:18:30 PM): Somewhere with a decent amount of space, since my programming on the drone wouldn't allow it to pass through doors unless the kids reprogrammed it. Probably near where I was bedding down, on the ground floor.
circlmastr (8:18:44 PM): circlmastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 5 3 5
Thematrian1 (8:22:47 PM): Blake: you shove past the two garage rats, and startle the hell out of them in the process. They run faster.
Thematrian1 (8:23:01 PM): At the end of next Turn, you'll be at the door.
Thematrian1 (8:23:18 PM): Meanwhile, Alex has found her obstacle course. One of the walls is listing sadly, but it seems otherwise undamaged
umbrafer (8:23:51 PM): Oh. The course actuall was just a bunch of markings on the floor.
umbrafer (8:23:56 PM): *actually
Thematrian1 (8:24:15 PM): Oh. Well, never mind then. Either way, the kids are not in evidence. But remind me, how good are your meat eyes?
umbrafer (8:24:16 PM): (I had a shock for a second—I thought you meant a garage wall)
umbrafer (8:24:53 PM): Just one meat eye. But neither eye has low-light or thermo.
Thematrian1 (8:25:22 PM): Ok. In that case, you find your way back to the obstacle course by raw memory; none of the lights are on, not even the emergency backups.
umbrafer (8:25:29 PM): Eesh.
Thematrian1 (8:25:57 PM): Round 3, SC does her thing, and...new Turn!
MilesMk1 (8:26:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 5
umbrafer (8:26:10 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (8:26:11 PM): 21
umbrafer (8:26:14 PM): Same thing
Thematrian1 (8:26:17 PM): Incidentally: Alex, there's some kind of uproar over by where the main generator was being kept.
umbrafer (8:26:37 PM): Aw man.
circlmastr (8:26:41 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 3
circlmastr (8:26:48 PM): (15)
umbrafer (8:27:01 PM): I'd use my RCD, but the only drone inside is slaved to a different deck…
Dragcrell (8:27:10 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 3
Dragcrell (8:27:28 PM): 20
circlmastr (8:29:00 PM): "I told them a bug was in the Valkyrie."
Thematrian1 (8:29:39 PM): Blake, hearing.
MilesMk1 (8:29:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 5 5 1
Thematrian1 (8:30:10 PM): None of you can hear what Todd said, I'm afraid. Please discount it.
Thematrian1 (8:33:21 PM): Alex, you're up.
umbrafer (8:34:06 PM): How close am I to the front door?
umbrafer (8:34:14 PM): Well, the exit/entrance leading to the van?
Thematrian1 (8:34:51 PM): At your Quickness of 6, two full Turns. Less if you're willing to ignore the risk of tripping on stuff.
umbrafer (8:35:24 PM): My Quickness is actually 7
umbrafer (8:35:41 PM): But yeah, tripping on stuff is bad mojo.
Thematrian1 (8:35:45 PM): oh. ::counts:: Still two full turns, I'm afraid.
umbrafer (8:35:50 PM): Going that direction.
Thematrian1 (8:37:20 PM): Check. SC acts, then Blake again (still running, nothing new, almost there)
circlmastr (8:39:40 PM): circlmastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 6 4
circlmastr (8:39:43 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (8:40:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 2 3 5 1 6 2 5 2 3 3 5 6
circlmastr (8:45:47 PM): #The bug knocked me down and escaped down the hall.#
MilesMk1 (8:46:54 PM): Do I see any escaping bugs, being that I'm in the hall?
Thematrian1 (8:46:59 PM): Blake: you have a view of the doorway, now, so that must have happened last Turn, at the earliest.
MilesMk1 (8:47:18 PM): #I don't see it. Where's Jeremy?#
Thematrian1 (8:47:52 PM): Speaking of which, it's pass 3, and Blake has arrived!
Thematrian1 (8:48:24 PM): Todd is intently studying something above the doorway.
Thematrian1 (8:49:09 PM): And that does it for Turn 2. On to #3!
Dragcrell (8:49:22 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 4
umbrafer (8:49:27 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
umbrafer (8:49:31 PM): Hm.
circlmastr (8:49:34 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 3
Dragcrell (8:49:34 PM): 20
circlmastr (8:49:39 PM): 18
MilesMk1 (8:49:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 5
MilesMk1 (8:49:52 PM): 20
Thematrian1 (8:50:05 PM): Hm. Blake's Reaction is 10?
Thematrian1 (8:50:30 PM): Yeah. You have the honor of the first action.
MilesMk1 (8:51:39 PM): "Jeremy?!" *looks around and at what Todd is staring at*
Thematrian1 (8:52:05 PM): Well, there's nothing on your side of the door...
MilesMk1 (8:52:27 PM): Oh. I step through so I can see, then, doing what I said I would.
Thematrian1 (8:52:52 PM): Nifty. Roll Reaction.
Thematrian1 (8:52:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 5 3 6 2 5 1 4 3 1 4 5 6 6 1
MilesMk1 (8:52:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 4 1 2 1 4 5 6 2 1
Thematrian1 (8:53:15 PM): It's a surprise test, you have the -1 preparedness bonus
MilesMk1 (8:53:38 PM): 4 successes either way, I guess.
umbrafer (8:54:24 PM): (It's actually -2, unless you're introducing a new level of modifier for the test)
Thematrian1 (8:54:39 PM): (If it's -2, what's prepared ambush good for?)
umbrafer (8:54:56 PM): (-2. The key is to be holding an action for it.)
umbrafer (8:55:41 PM): (There is an extenuating circumstances clause.)
Thematrian1 (8:55:56 PM): Ah. Well, either way:
Thematrian1 (8:55:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 5 2 2 1 1 5 6 2 3 6 6 6 1 3
Thematrian1 (8:57:09 PM): Blake, the bug emphatically did not escape down the hallway. It's on top of you, biting your face and rending your arms.
MilesMk1 (8:57:49 PM): Oh, joy. I let go of the gun and defend myself with the staff?
Thematrian1 (8:58:07 PM): And it has Surprise. Luckily for you, you still have the staff bonus, and Todd is close enough to provide Friends in Melee if he wishes.
umbrafer (8:58:33 PM): (Ah, but to which side? ;) )
circlmastr (8:58:59 PM): To the bug-rending side!
MilesMk1 (8:59:17 PM): (Did you get mind-controlled?)
Thematrian1 (8:59:40 PM): And it's really dark, so its TNs are high. Let's see what happens...
circlmastr (8:59:47 PM): (Yeah, damn thing. I now hate CT.)
Thematrian1 (8:59:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 6
umbrafer (9:00:21 PM): (Oh, I thought you just bargained for your life. Hey, look on the bright side: at least with CT you get a roll to resist if it tells you to slit your throat or shoot yourself in the head)
umbrafer (9:00:28 PM): (CA gives you no such out.)
Dragcrell (9:00:57 PM): (well you CAN break free of it given enufe of a resion ;3 )
Thematrian1 (9:01:52 PM): Ok. Blake, resist 11S and roll Body versus TN 8. I am willing to assume that you're still wearing your armor, given how hard you crashed last night.
MilesMk1 (9:02:09 PM): 11S, before armor, yes?
Thematrian1 (9:02:21 PM): Yes
Thematrian1 (9:02:29 PM): No, it dealt 20S in melee.
MilesMk1 (9:02:35 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (9:02:36 PM): Or however much that would work out to
Thematrian1 (9:02:42 PM): I'm kidding.
MilesMk1 (9:02:57 PM): Hey, that beetle hit me almost that hard *after* armor.
MilesMk1 (9:03:10 PM): Any dwarven bonuses I should add to that Body roll?
Thematrian1 (9:03:20 PM): Yeah, beetles are scary. That was before the Great Restatting, too.
Thematrian1 (9:03:27 PM): Yes; your bonus versus toxins does apply.
MilesMk1 (9:03:33 PM): Body Roll:
Thematrian1 (9:03:35 PM): also, good catch; I'd forgotten all about it
MilesMk1 (9:03:38 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 11 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 3 1 4 2 6 5 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:03:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 6 6
MilesMk1 (9:03:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:03:54 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (9:03:56 PM): there we go
MilesMk1 (9:04:19 PM): I can use CP on the damage, yes?
Thematrian1 (9:04:32 PM): Yeah, even when you're surprised you still get that.
MilesMk1 (9:04:38 PM): Ok...
MilesMk1 (9:04:50 PM): That's 4S for me.
MilesMk1 (9:05:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 14 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 5 1 2 5 6 2 6 3 6 6 5
MilesMk1 (9:05:14 PM): (with 5 points of CP)
Thematrian1 (9:05:27 PM): yeah, you're fine. You're being held on to by something huge and terrible, but you're fine.
MilesMk1 (9:05:43 PM): #Bug still here.#
Dragcrell (9:05:55 PM): #need help?#
MilesMk1 (9:06:19 PM): #Ahmmmok... but...sure#
MilesMk1 (9:06:50 PM): Am I literally, like, grabbed, and will have to fight my way out, or is that color?
Thematrian1 (9:07:00 PM): Color. You can get out from under it if you wish.
Thematrian1 (9:07:05 PM): I'm not sure SR even has grappling rules.
circlmastr (9:07:17 PM): (I don't recall any.)
MilesMk1 (9:07:18 PM): I wish to step clear and hit the thing with the staff.
umbrafer (9:07:26 PM): IIRC it has something like them.
umbrafer (9:07:48 PM): If it does, they're under the list of stuff that is useless because the modifier makes them never worth doing.
Thematrian1 (9:08:00 PM): You may do so; you still have you action left.
circlmastr (9:08:12 PM): (brb, dinner)
Thematrian1 (9:08:42 PM): Are you stepping into or out of the room?
MilesMk1 (9:08:52 PM): Willpower attack with the staff, then, and I'm using my +2 to raise its TN.
MilesMk1 (9:09:04 PM): As much as I hate to, into, I want to know what's going on.
Thematrian1 (9:09:40 PM): check. Roll 'em. Thermo vision does help with your TN mods.
MilesMk1 (9:10:32 PM): Doh... What are they, BTW?
MilesMk1 (9:10:49 PM): I might change my mind and lower my TN instead, I'm too used to not having vision mods.
Thematrian1 (9:10:53 PM): Low-light and thermo together is +2 in these conditions, half of which is a mere +1
MilesMk1 (9:11:03 PM): Never mind, leave it as is.
MilesMk1 (9:11:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 5 4 5 3 5 4 1 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:11:30 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 4 2 4 4 1 3 4 3 2 4 4 1
MilesMk1 (9:11:34 PM): 4 successes, I think.
Thematrian1 (9:11:36 PM): oof. I count 3 for you?
Thematrian1 (9:11:42 PM): no, 4
Thematrian1 (9:11:54 PM): none for it...
MilesMk1 (9:11:54 PM): Yeah. Cha 5.
Thematrian1 (9:11:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 4 1 5 3 1 2 2 5 6 4 4 4 4 5
umbrafer (9:12:14 PM): You uncharismatic individual.
MilesMk1 (9:12:33 PM): I know, we Street Sams have lousy people skills.
Thematrian1 (9:12:40 PM): chnk. You definitely broke something; you hear liquid spilling onto the floor. Delightful.
MilesMk1 (9:13:05 PM): (It made me laugh when someone on DS talked about taking out SSams easily with a Lower Charisma spell...)
Thematrian1 (9:13:14 PM): (Depends on the sam, natch)
Thematrian1 (9:13:21 PM): (What happens when you Lower a stat to 0?)
MilesMk1 (9:13:33 PM): (You're disabled, they were saying.)
Thematrian1 (9:13:33 PM): Todd also attacks:
Thematrian1 (9:13:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 3 5 6 6 6 4 4 1 6 1 3 2 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:13:37 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 5 4
MilesMk1 (9:13:49 PM): Not me, though?
Thematrian1 (9:13:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
umbrafer (9:13:52 PM): (Physical, they collapse and are conscious but helpless. Mental, they lose consciousness.)
Thematrian1 (9:13:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
Thematrian1 (9:14:02 PM): He's attacking the bug, yes.
Thematrian1 (9:14:17 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 2 2 5 6 5 2 3 3 4 5 1 4 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:15:07 PM): As it turns to face your attack, Todd slips behind it. As it reels, he slips in from behind and carves off its head.
MilesMk1 (9:16:30 PM): *looks for more bugs and/or signs of Jeremy*
MilesMk1 (9:16:38 PM): "Jeremy?!"
umbrafer (9:16:55 PM): (Man, it would suck if that was Jeremy.)
Thematrian1 (9:17:10 PM): A fast scan of the room reveals no corpses, except this one, and it's too damned dark to tell who it might have been.
MilesMk1 (9:18:29 PM): (...can bugs work that quickly?)
MilesMk1 (9:18:39 PM): Are we still in init?
MilesMk1 (9:18:48 PM): If not, I'll use a flashlight.
MilesMk1 (9:19:10 PM): Since you were kind enough to say I pretty much crashed in full kit.
circlmastr (9:19:47 PM): (Back)
MilesMk1 (9:20:04 PM): (I wounded the bug and then you killed it.)
Thematrian1 (9:20:41 PM): *click* You study the dying...mantis? Yes, this was an immense praying mantis, the forearms are unmistakable.
MilesMk1 (9:20:51 PM): Eeesh...
circlmastr (9:20:56 PM): (I originally wounded the bug, you know)
Thematrian1 (9:21:02 PM): The head, once you retrieve it, is almost entirely insectile, save for a large patch of bald skin at the top of the head.
MilesMk1 (9:21:34 PM): *checks the rest of the room and the Valkyrie*
umbrafer (9:21:37 PM): !!!
MilesMk1 (9:21:41 PM): #Anyone see Jeremy?#
MilesMk1 (9:21:56 PM): (I think Jeremy had hair.)
circlmastr (9:21:59 PM): #...That fucking SUCKED, man! What the FUCK spell was that? Jesus fuck!#
MilesMk1 (9:22:17 PM): (Well, the version I imagined did, but...)
Thematrian1 (9:22:26 PM): (Yes, Jeremy had hair)
Thematrian1 (9:22:29 PM): (Aaron didn't)
Thematrian1 (9:22:35 PM): (Just throwing that out there)
MilesMk1 (9:22:40 PM): (Oh.)
MilesMk1 (9:22:59 PM): #The one that made you tell me the bug ran off?#
MilesMk1 (9:23:11 PM): #When it was sitting in ambush?#
circlmastr (9:23:42 PM): #Yeah. Had some spell on me, messing with my mind.#
MilesMk1 (9:23:49 PM): *continues searching the room, afraid he'll find a body* (unless it's just not that big of a room)
Thematrian1 (9:24:25 PM): It's reasonably big, but you find no other body.
Thematrian1 (9:24:35 PM): Meanwhile: Alex, you've reached the door to your van
umbrafer (9:24:52 PM): What's the time of day outside?
Thematrian1 (9:25:11 PM): 11 pm. Lighter outside than in, though, thanks to the one remaining streetlight.
Dragcrell (9:25:35 PM): #what was it? and I haven't seen any thaing frrrom up herrre.#
umbrafer (9:25:35 PM): I cast open the door. Then I get inside and cast shut the door, unless something I don't expect is inside.
Thematrian1 (9:25:49 PM): Nothing is. You're in.
Thematrian1 (9:25:59 PM): (one sec, brb)
MilesMk1 (9:27:36 PM): #A huge praying mantis.#
MilesMk1 (9:27:48 PM): *examines the Valkyrie*
Dragcrell (9:29:13 PM): #and the weirrrd kid with the mess of a astrrral arrroud him?#
umbrafer (9:30:44 PM): I'm going to dig for the crowbar, then jack in. #Need a big gun?#
MilesMk1 (9:31:06 PM): #Don't see him anywhere, but... nah, never mind.#
Thematrian1 (9:32:00 PM): Alex: you have a crowbar, and you're jacked in.
umbrafer (9:32:16 PM): Now I need a giant robotic arm.
Dragcrell (9:33:12 PM): #Then wherrre did it come from?#
MilesMk1 (9:35:51 PM): #Walked through a wall? I don't know. You tell me, you're the awakened one.#
MilesMk1 (9:36:31 PM): If the Valkyrie is empty, I will head out, trying to see what else is going on.
Thematrian1 (9:36:45 PM): It is. There's some kind of uproar downstairs, you now perceive.
MilesMk1 (9:36:52 PM): #Thanks, Alex, but the killing seems to be over for the moment.#
MilesMk1 (9:36:58 PM): *runs for the uproar*
MilesMk1 (9:37:14 PM): (Why do I have a feeling I'll find Jeremy being lynched for killing the generator?)
Dragcrell (9:37:56 PM): #mmmm want me to look at it to look it overrr? Could have come frrrom the kid but....#
MilesMk1 (9:40:10 PM): #Sure.#
Dragcrell (9:40:39 PM): #well the choperrr be safe?#
MilesMk1 (9:41:06 PM): #Ah. Damn it, you're right. Later, then, the body's not going anywhere.#
Dragcrell (9:41:30 PM): #rrright#
Thematrian1 (9:41:33 PM): Blake: you're downstairs. The generator is indeed off, and a large group of angry men is shouting accusations back and forth.
umbrafer (9:42:09 PM): *thwipthwipthwipthwipthwipthwipthwipthwipthwipthwip*
circlmastr (9:42:13 PM): (The bugger did it.)
circlmastr (9:42:18 PM): (*rimshot*)
MilesMk1 (9:42:42 PM): "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!"
umbrafer (9:43:27 PM): #Don't look directly at the Kimji.#
MilesMk1 (9:43:33 PM): #Ok.#
Thematrian1 (9:43:35 PM): A moment of silence, then:
Thematrian1 (9:45:45 PM): An initial roar resolves itself into one man's voice "This fragger" here he points to Jeremy's assistant "emptied out all the fuel"
Thematrian1 (9:45:46 PM): Here Smetani breaks in: "I told you it was an accident! We can just - "
Thematrian1 (9:46:29 PM): "Like hell! If you'd - " "Lay off him already, he's been up all night caring for that bald little freak - " "Yeah, and what's going on up there, anyway?"
Thematrian1 (9:47:03 PM): "What's he" pointing to Smetani again "doing down here when Kovacs said - "
MilesMk1 (9:47:13 PM): "Settle down, I think he got mind-controlled. We had a bug incident upstairs. And where's Jeremy? The doctor?"
umbrafer (9:47:26 PM): *Casts light on the situation as seems best*
MilesMk1 (9:47:29 PM): (...and when the hell did you all become Czech?)
Thematrian1 (9:47:45 PM): (You all?)
MilesMk1 (9:48:15 PM): (Not you all, them all. In game. Blake doesn't actually say it, so I put it in parentheses.)
Thematrian1 (9:49:08 PM): (Yeah, I got that. But who's Czech here? Smetani and your doctor contact ;-))
Thematrian1 (9:49:41 PM): "Mind control?"
MilesMk1 (9:49:42 PM): (Fair enough...)
Thematrian1 (9:49:45 PM): "But who..."
Thematrian1 (9:50:04 PM): "Bug incident? What the frag..."
MilesMk1 (9:50:16 PM): "Yeah, we killed a bug upstairs, before we did, it tried to mess with Todd's head. Where's Kovacs?"
umbrafer (9:50:24 PM): (Well, one of my contacts is Czech as well, but he isn't here now)
MilesMk1 (9:50:42 PM): "Also, where did he pour the fuel? Is any of it recoverable?"
Thematrian1 (9:52:19 PM): Many voices: "He's asleep, he looked - " "Is Aaron all right?" "Yeah, the bug probably ate him first!" "Then why couldn't we - " "It's all over the floor, but we have plenty - "
MilesMk1 (9:52:57 PM): "Ok, enough!"
MilesMk1 (9:54:06 PM): "I didn't find Aaron upstairs. So you *points to several people* fan out and look for him. You *points to the guy who spoke about Jeremy* see if he's where he went to sleep. Anyone who can get the generator running, stay here,
MilesMk1 (9:54:16 PM): everyone else, get out and out of the way."
umbrafer (9:54:29 PM): What's the light level like in this room?
MilesMk1 (9:54:42 PM): "And you *points to the assistant* go sit down somewhere were I can see you."
Thematrian1 (9:54:55 PM): Nil, just like everywhere else. Except for you, and people with thermo vision
umbrafer (9:55:09 PM): (And low-light, due to my spotlight)
umbrafer (9:55:14 PM): (At least in some places)
Thematrian1 (9:55:20 PM): (Yeah)
MilesMk1 (9:55:23 PM): "The people with nothing to do, go out to the van and get some chem-lights from Alex."
MilesMk1 (9:55:32 PM): (Let me know if I should try rolling something...)
umbrafer (9:55:35 PM): I'm going to fly up to the ceiling, then put a visible spotlight on the generator.
Thematrian1 (9:55:40 PM): (No, no, carry on)
umbrafer (9:55:42 PM): (Do I have chem-lights?)
MilesMk1 (9:55:48 PM): (We did, IIRC, have some.)
Thematrian1 (9:55:51 PM): Startled, they obey your directions.
MilesMk1 (9:56:32 PM): "Pass them out to everyone..."
MilesMk1 (9:56:41 PM): *surveys the area*
umbrafer (9:56:42 PM): Man, I wonder where the kids went with my drone.
umbrafer (9:57:07 PM): Before they get there I'm going to put the chem-lights outside the van so I don't have to open it for them. I'm also going to deploy the LDSD.
Thematrian1 (9:58:12 PM): Check. Nobody tries to go inside.
Thematrian1 (9:58:38 PM): Smetani starts to sit on the floor, but the expanding puddle makes that unwise. He eventually settles on the generator proper.
umbrafer (9:58:54 PM): Aw man, we gotta do something about that fuel.
umbrafer (9:59:14 PM): It is bad times waiting to happen. Is there sand somewhere?
Thematrian1 (9:59:43 PM): Lots of it at the barricades
Thematrian1 (9:59:46 PM): Pre-bagged, too
umbrafer (10:00:32 PM): Any sawdust?
Thematrian1 (10:01:08 PM): Lots of metal shavings, not a lotta wordworking
MilesMk1 (10:01:18 PM): I was thinking of getting a pump and scavenging it.
MilesMk1 (10:01:34 PM): They can filter it, right?
umbrafer (10:01:47 PM): If we do that really, really fast, that could work. If we leave it, it'll potentially ruin the concrete and even worse could catch fire and ruin our day.
MilesMk1 (10:01:48 PM): Then again, engines are not my specialty.
umbrafer (10:01:58 PM): IMO, it isn't worth it.
Thematrian1 (10:02:21 PM): Blake: you've got your spreading puddle of fuel, your possibly mind-controlled doctor's assistant...what else?
MilesMk1 (10:02:27 PM): *finds out from those who stayed if there's enough fuel that we don't need to scavenge*
umbrafer (10:02:28 PM): We can always kill people for fuel oil. Finding another generator is harder, and finding a replacement floor harder still.
MilesMk1 (10:03:30 PM): *delegates someone to get a couple of bags of sand and start soaking up the fuel, if we do have enough fuel*
Thematrian1 (10:04:57 PM): You have lots, weeks worth, or so the random guy you collar claims.
MilesMk1 (10:05:27 PM): *sends people to get sand*
MilesMk1 (10:05:40 PM): *turns to the assistant*
MilesMk1 (10:06:10 PM): "All right, here's the deal. I'm not going to let anyone lynch you, unless you keep lying to me. What really happened in there?"
Thematrian1 (10:08:13 PM): He takes a breath.
Thematrian1 (10:08:41 PM): "Jeremy was wearing out. He told me to watch the guy while he caught a nap. Wasn't hard, but he wasn't getting any better."
MilesMk1 (10:10:20 PM): "Go on."
Thematrian1 (10:11:32 PM): More softly: "The valk doesn't run forever. It's got a load of drugs built in, but there're just so many. No way to get a refill here."
Thematrian1 (10:12:20 PM): "And I started to wonder...it wasn't helping. It obviously wasn't helping."
Thematrian1 (10:12:44 PM): Even softer: "So I started to wonder what would happen if I...let him go."
umbrafer (10:12:45 PM): Smart kid.
MilesMk1 (10:12:51 PM): *looks to see if anyone else is listening in, instead of working on the generator*
MilesMk1 (10:13:14 PM): If yes, I'll take the guy a little farther off, so he's not overheard if it comes to the big confession.
MilesMk1 (10:13:22 PM): Kind of late, but better now then never.
Thematrian1 (10:13:25 PM): Nobody's working on the generator yet; he's sitting on it.
MilesMk1 (10:13:29 PM): than
MilesMk1 (10:13:32 PM): Doh.
MilesMk1 (10:13:43 PM): Never mind, then, the cat's out of the bag.
Thematrian1 (10:13:50 PM): Hey, hold on. You have this area to yourself, at least until someone gets back with sand or news or whatever.
Thematrian1 (10:13:57 PM): Or chem-lights.
Thematrian1 (10:14:14 PM): By his demeanor, you very much doubt that he'd be saying this if anyone was around.
Thematrian1 (10:14:20 PM): He pauses.
MilesMk1 (10:15:01 PM): Ah, good.
MilesMk1 (10:15:15 PM): *makes an encouraging sound*
Thematrian1 (10:16:52 PM): "So he started up again, and I sat there. He started circling, and I sat there. And then he...died. And then he changed."
Thematrian1 (10:16:56 PM): "He was screaming, or I was."
Thematrian1 (10:17:08 PM): He tries to laugh.
Thematrian1 (10:17:35 PM): "And I...had to go down here, and disable the generator."
Thematrian1 (10:18:07 PM): Louder, more urgently: "The fuel was the best I could think of, so that the machine parts would still work."
Thematrian1 (10:19:02 PM): "They saw me, of course." He blows out his breath. "I'm so tired..."
circlmastr (10:19:45 PM): (Get some more fuel for that bad boy so poor Todd can get healing)
Thematrian1 (10:20:13 PM): Outside the room, you hear booted men returning.
MilesMk1 (10:20:32 PM): "Jeremy is going to be able to tell what you did, won't he? When he checks the Valkyrie? I think it'll be best if I talk to him, and you keep quiet for now."
Thematrian1 (10:21:28 PM): "It has logs" he confirms.
MilesMk1 (10:21:58 PM): *waits to see who comes back*
Thematrian1 (10:23:10 PM): It's...a bunch of guys, with big bags of liquid-absorbant crystals, the stuff you'd use to de-ice a patch of sidewalk.
umbrafer (10:23:32 PM): Oh praise be.
umbrafer (10:23:36 PM): We're in a garage, of course.
MilesMk1 (10:23:43 PM): The people I sent out, or someone I don't recognize?
umbrafer (10:23:44 PM): If there's something they should be able to handle, it's oil spills.
Thematrian1 (10:24:14 PM): Some guys you sent out, you think.
Thematrian1 (10:24:31 PM): Yeah, you recognize him. Nasty scar, that is
MilesMk1 (10:25:11 PM): Ok...
Thematrian1 (10:25:46 PM): They tear open two bags and start spreading them around. The spill is contained, then mopped up.
Thematrian1 (10:27:24 PM): Smetani eyes you uncertainly, then gets up.
MilesMk1 (10:28:03 PM): "Why don't you go wait in the med bay."
Thematrian1 (10:28:06 PM): Meanwhile, Jeremy appears: "Blake, what's going on?"
Thematrian1 (10:28:12 PM): Smetani nods and bolts.
MilesMk1 (10:28:23 PM): "I'll tell Todd you're coming."
Thematrian1 (10:28:34 PM): "These two woke *yawn* me up, told me you'd explain everything."
MilesMk1 (10:28:38 PM): *informs Todd*
circlmastr (10:28:55 PM): #So is the Valk going to be working soon? I still need medical attention.#
MilesMk1 (10:29:18 PM): #I'm talking to the doc now. Just sit on the guy I'm sending over.#
umbrafer (10:29:39 PM): #Aren't Valkyries mostly for intensive care?#
MilesMk1 (10:30:13 PM): "Yeah, it's kind of complicated. Let's go upstairs so I can show you..." *leads Jeremy off somewhere we can talk in peace, ideally by transducer*
Thematrian1 (10:32:03 PM): He follows obediently, trying and failing to muster up a glare for his lost sleep.
MilesMk1 (10:33:25 PM): #Hello again, everyone. I think I know what happened, and I figure we can all use the information.#
umbrafer (10:34:13 PM): #This'd better be good.#
umbrafer (10:34:22 PM): Wait
MilesMk1 (10:34:26 PM): #First, your assistant took it upon himself to decide that Aaron's case was hopeless. Don't know if I disagree, and I really didn't like the little cult he was accumulating, but obviously, it's up to you, Jeremy, about what you
MilesMk1 (10:34:30 PM): want to do with him.#
umbrafer (10:34:31 PM): Scratch that, my drone was there the whole time
Thematrian1 (10:34:53 PM): (Was it good?)
umbrafer (10:35:01 PM): <--- suffering stun damage
MilesMk1 (10:35:24 PM): #But if you do kick his ass, and send him packing, please do it quietly, the last thing we need is the Aaronites rising up.#
umbrafer (10:35:38 PM): (The assistant's stock has been raised significantly in Alex's eyes for letting the kid die, so yeah, she probably considers that worth some sleep disruption.)
Thematrian1 (10:36:17 PM): Jeremy: #Ugh. I knew he wasn't trained when I took him. Even so, I thought I'd...what a mess...#
MilesMk1 (10:36:39 PM): #Apparently, after he got cut off from life support, he died, then turned into a giant praying mantis. Didn't see that part, but I did meet the mantis. It was real.# *points to slashes on his armor and arms for Jeremy's benefit*
MilesMk1 (10:37:54 PM): #It mind-controlled him and sent him down to disable the generator. Todd and I killed it soon after, but not before it managed to get into Todd's head, briefly, so that confirm's that part of Smetani's story.#
MilesMk1 (10:38:59 PM): gah confirms
MilesMk1 (10:39:07 PM): (tired)
Thematrian1 (10:39:44 PM): #Is anyone hurt?#
circlmastr (10:39:54 PM): (Todd is still hurt! :( )
MilesMk1 (10:39:57 PM): #Sorry about Smetani, even if I don't really disapprove of the end result. So far, anyway. We need to figure out what to tell the masses.#
MilesMk1 (10:40:45 PM): #Todd mentioned still hurting from before, but I don't think anything new happened.#
Thematrian1 (10:41:03 PM): He sighs. #I still need him. The official story will have to be that he died on his own, dispite our best efforts.#
MilesMk1 (10:41:43 PM): #Well, let me know if you need me to adjust his attitude.#
MilesMk1 (10:42:03 PM): #But I think he's scared enough to behave.#
MilesMk1 (10:42:50 PM): #Died on his own, due to bug infestation, then turned on us.#
Thematrian1 (10:42:53 PM): #I'll do my own adjusting. This...has to come from me.#
Thematrian1 (10:42:57 PM): #Right#
MilesMk1 (10:43:29 PM): #Just though I'd offer. I sent him upstairs.#
MilesMk1 (10:43:53 PM): #Everyone got the official version of the story? Good.#
MilesMk1 (10:44:26 PM): *goes off the check the status of generator repair and spread the word about Aaron's unfortunate demise*
MilesMk1 (10:44:51 PM): (acting properly saddened by the kid's misfortune, which isn't too hard, all things considered)
MilesMk1 (10:45:33 PM): (Might have been a little freak, but he still was a kid.)
umbrafer (10:46:09 PM): (Not any more.)
Thematrian1 (10:46:53 PM): The official story is met with emotions ranging from relief to suspicion to open hostility (though very little of that). When the lights come back on, everyone unbends a little.
MilesMk1 (10:48:08 PM): Open hostility and suspicion are met with Blake bringing down the severed head to wave in people's faces.
Thematrian1 (10:48:52 PM): The official story is met with emotions ranging from relief to disgust and open revulsion. It really is a remarkably ugly head, now that you've got it in good light.
umbrafer (10:49:18 PM): I'm going to reel the LDSD back to the van, have the Kimji land somewhere out-of-the-way, and then head back inside. Still carrying the chair leg and crowbar.
Thematrian1 (10:50:35 PM): Alex dual-wields improvised clubs, but is back indoors.
umbrafer (10:50:53 PM): I'm going to return the chair leg to where I found it.
umbrafer (10:51:04 PM): Then I'm going to look for the kids, my drone, and that spare deck.
umbrafer (10:51:08 PM): (RCD, that is)
MilesMk1 (10:51:56 PM): I apologize to people for having to use something so shocking to convince them, but we can't afford to turn on each other now, and I'm saddened by their loss.
Thematrian1 (10:52:03 PM): You find them holed up in one of the small rooms on the second level, making the spider climb bedsheets.
Thematrian1 (10:52:16 PM): Blake: roll charisma or negotation or something along those lines.
MilesMk1 (10:52:17 PM): And I arrange for a burial/body removal, or something.
umbrafer (10:52:31 PM): They found a Spider?
MilesMk1 (10:52:34 PM): Charisma.
MilesMk1 (10:52:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 1 5 5 1
MilesMk1 (10:52:42 PM): Karma?
MilesMk1 (10:52:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 3 1 6 4
MilesMk1 (10:52:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:53:16 PM): Much better.
Thematrian1 (10:53:27 PM): Alex: what did you give them?
umbrafer (10:53:50 PM): The Schattenauge. I'd forgotten about the Kimji, so it was the safest thing I could think of.
MilesMk1 (10:53:57 PM): We did have the laser-spider...
umbrafer (10:54:10 PM): I was trying to avoid giving them armed drones.
umbrafer (10:54:25 PM): It had been programmed to not go within a meter of the walls, though with time and ingenuity they might have overridden it.
Thematrian1 (10:55:14 PM): oh. Well, they don't seem to have overridden that programming. Judging from the sound effects, Alice is conducting a bombing run against Duncan's fortified position under the bed.
umbrafer (10:55:28 PM): Hehehe
umbrafer (10:56:00 PM): *Sleepily* "Hey. Everything ok here?"
Thematrian1 (10:56:48 PM): They snap to attention, rather guiltily, and your drone slows.
umbrafer (10:57:47 PM): *Waves a hand* "As long as you aren't breaking it or blinding anyone, I don't care. Watch out for the spotlights, if you haven't already found them—they're really bright."
Thematrian1 (10:58:03 PM): "Spotlights?"
umbrafer (10:59:16 PM): "Yeah. That button on the left, or the white and red glowy ones in the virtual dashboard. Point it over there before you try." *points at an empty corner*
umbrafer (11:00:21 PM): "Red one's infrared. Normal humans can't see it, but it'll still do a number on your eyes if you stare into it, so watch out."
Thematrian1 (11:00:59 PM): "Ok."
Thematrian1 (11:01:07 PM): They settle in to conduct more experiments.
Thematrian1 (11:01:20 PM): And I'm wiped. Is anyone doing anything other than going back to bed?
umbrafer (11:02:01 PM): Going to bed, crowbar close at hand. Alex may be developing Phobia: Meatworld.
Dragcrell (11:02:10 PM): just watching the chopper and the area around the building every few moments ramdomly spaced
MilesMk1 (11:02:40 PM): If everything seems to be under control, I go back to sleep.
Thematrian1 (11:02:58 PM): All quiet up above, SC. And yes, things seem to have reached a stable equilibrium.
MilesMk1 (11:02:59 PM): This time, I intentionally wear my gear, but try to make myself slightly more comfortable.
Thematrian1 (11:03:59 PM): No hope of that, I'm afraid; it's security armor, and rigid in all the wrong places
MilesMk1 (11:04:45 PM): I meant I'll probably take off my webbing and so on. ;)
MilesMk1 (11:05:06 PM): Bah. I'll suffer through it. Blake's tough.
MilesMk1 (11:05:15 PM): See you guys Thursday?
Thematrian1 (11:05:17 PM): oh. Well, that helps a little bit. You're tired enough to manage, I expect.
Thematrian1 (11:05:22 PM): Good night, gang.
MilesMk1 (11:05:34 PM): Good night.
Dragcrell (11:05:41 PM): night
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