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CirclMastr (8:37:51 PM): So...
Thematrian1 (8:38:27 PM): Gem thinks we should go for it
CirclMastr (8:38:36 PM): Go for what?
umbrafer (8:38:50 PM): Well, Glitch seemed in favour, so I figure Gem can take over the negotiations.
Thematrian1 (8:40:08 PM): Ok. Glitch and Gem consult, she immediately says, "We should take the job." After they get over that, she hits the switch and calls the guys back in.
umbrafer (8:41:34 PM): They filter back in.
umbrafer (8:41:44 PM): Charlie: "Well?"
Thematrian1 (8:44:31 PM): "It's an interesting proposal. It's in line with work we've done before and within our capabilities, but your client is asking for six assassinations. Seventy-seven, assuming everything goes perfectly, is very low for
Thematrian1 (8:44:34 PM): that kind of work."
Thematrian1 (8:44:46 PM): (Say what you like about the AIM client, it doesn't eat messages it rejects as too long)
umbrafer (8:44:55 PM): (Indeed.)
Thematrian1 (8:45:02 PM): And...straight into Negotiation rolls, if you please; I'm not at my best tonight.
umbrafer (8:45:40 PM): "Name a number, then." Roll it.
Thematrian1 (8:45:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 6 3 5 2
Thematrian1 (8:45:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (8:45:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
umbrafer (8:45:54 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 3 3 5 1 4 3 6 3 3 5 4 4 3 3
umbrafer (8:45:58 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 4
Thematrian1 (8:46:05 PM): hmph. I feel like GLAKI should work on the kid, at least...
umbrafer (8:46:42 PM): No doubt. The question is whether the kid is calling shots, or if he's muscle.
umbrafer (8:46:46 PM): What're your mods again?
Thematrian1 (8:47:27 PM): Indeed. IIRC he looked nervous. Anyway, I have -2 Good Rep, -1 Aptitude, possibly -2 GLAKI
umbrafer (8:48:09 PM): Awkward is maybe a better way to put it than nervous—if you had to guess, he's new to the Shadows. Then again, some people cultivate that look.
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MilesMk1 (8:48:44 PM): Evening.
umbrafer (8:49:50 PM): If you want to insert some discussion into the time before you called them back in, do so now. Unless you decide to walk, or shoot someone, or something else extreme, everything else will continue as it did after they reenter.
Thematrian1 (8:50:07 PM): Sounds like fun to me
umbrafer (8:50:41 PM): (Also, do I have everyone's ok to link our log archive on Dumpshock? There's a guy who wants to see how sessions go in other groups.)
Thematrian1 (8:50:48 PM): (Fine with me)
MilesMk1 (8:50:52 PM): Sounds fine, but could you try re-sending the last thing you IMed to me? All I got were some squares. Like so:
Thematrian1 (8:51:14 PM): Immediately after they leave, to Glitch: "I think we should do it."
MilesMk1 (8:51:21 PM): (Fine with me, hope he's not too disappointed...)
MilesMk1 (8:51:44 PM): (I got everything up to" feel like GLAKI should work on the kid, at least..")
MilesMk1 (8:52:25 PM): (Ok, thanks, I'm up to speed.)
MilesMk1 (8:52:45 PM): (I see Gem is negotiating for more money. I won't interfere. ;))
umbrafer (8:56:33 PM): Charlie thinks, consults a pocket secretary briefly. She leans towards the guy on her right. He leans in, looks at the screen, then nods.
MilesMk1 (8:58:15 PM): (guy on the right being who, again?)
Thematrian1 (8:58:23 PM): (The kid?)
umbrafer (8:59:04 PM): (No, the kid's on the left. The guy on the right is the one with chrome eyes and a high-top fade, looks like a razorboy.)
MilesMk1 (8:59:16 PM): (Ah.)
umbrafer (9:00:35 PM): "Our client will be understanding, I think. Sixty-five, five for the dropoff, six for each ear."
Thematrian1 (9:01:47 PM): 106? 111 with the cash up front?
umbrafer (9:04:16 PM): She didn't mention the up-front, but if that's the same, yes.
Thematrian1 (9:04:35 PM): I'll go ahead and confirm, then: "And five up front, as before?"
umbrafer (9:07:21 PM): Another quick non-verbal conference. "Why not."
Thematrian1 (9:07:35 PM): "Then we'll take it."
Thematrian1 (9:07:53 PM): (Observe the depth of my foresight: 111 is divisible by 3)
MilesMk1 (9:08:00 PM): (Yay!)
Thematrian1 (9:08:14 PM): (37 each. No Clerks references, please)
umbrafer (9:09:50 PM): (I was going to say that to reference it I would have to have seen it, but I reference numerous movies I haven't seen.)
umbrafer (9:11:32 PM): "Excellent." She slides the envelope over to you. "The job needs to be done by… let's say August second, a month from now. The sooner the better, but it's not a big deal or anything. It just needs to be done."
umbrafer (9:13:39 PM): The man on her right withdraws a certified credstick, examines it, then slides it over to you.
Thematrian1 (9:15:17 PM): I'll take it, take a few more photos of everybody, and thank them for their business.
Thematrian1 (9:16:46 PM): Once we're outside and in Glitch's car, I'll check the stick. Just in case.
MilesMk1 (9:17:00 PM): *drives back to Hound's*?
Thematrian1 (9:17:07 PM): (Oh, Matt, question: Gem is under the impression that Glitch is a B&E specialist, not an assassin. Did you admit to being one in character?)
umbrafer (9:17:43 PM): She nods, then leads her entourage out the back door. Shortly thereafter the door you entered through opens and the headwaiter ushers you back out. He urges you to come again. Roll Etiquette.
Thematrian1 (9:17:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 3 1 1 2
Thematrian1 (9:17:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (9:18:30 PM): (Uh... I don't remember. I don't think so, but I believe I intentionally (as a player) let slip comments that might have led people to believe I wasn't just a B&E guy)
umbrafer (9:19:08 PM): Gem suspects that the urging is not entirely heartfelt.
Thematrian1 (9:19:30 PM): Yeah, we get that a lot. I'll thank him sincerely anyway
MilesMk1 (9:19:30 PM): (Of course, the difference between being a stealthy B&E guy and an assassin is largely one of mindset...)
Thematrian1 (9:19:34 PM): (Heh)
Thematrian1 (9:20:30 PM): In the car: "So. Thoughts on our approach?"
MilesMk1 (9:21:34 PM): "Depends on what we can find out about these people."
Thematrian1 (9:22:07 PM): "Right. To that end, I'm thinking infiltration."
MilesMk1 (9:22:12 PM): "They seem like a bunch of assholes who think they're way higher up the food chain than they really are."
Thematrian1 (9:22:34 PM): "Right. The pay scale suggests that our employer doesn't think much of them."
MilesMk1 (9:22:51 PM): "But the archaic weapons bit is weird. Makes me wonder what other "traditional" back to nature leven practices they might be into. Like magic, maybe?"
Thematrian1 (9:24:02 PM): "If they're set on being the elfiest elves ever, almost certainly."
umbrafer (9:24:44 PM): (It should be mentioned that they're set on being the elfiest non-elf elves ever)
Thematrian1 (9:24:52 PM): (Well, yeah.)
MilesMk1 (9:25:07 PM): "So, yeah, we'll need to check them out, but... that would almost certainly mean you, wouldn't it? No matter what you do to me, no one is buying me as an elf. Unless I pretend to be ten."
umbrafer (9:25:08 PM): (Gem is an elfier non-elf, though--she fools even the GM)
Thematrian1 (9:25:37 PM): (Yeah. That was actually what gave me the idea?)
MilesMk1 (9:25:51 PM): "And Hound has that metal leg, they'd probably kill him for being inferior or something."
CirclMastr (9:26:03 PM): (Hound can at least spy from afar)
CirclMastr (9:26:22 PM): (Speaking of which, does the team even know he has a metal leg?)
MilesMk1 (9:26:24 PM): (Hey, I'm not discounting Hound, just saying it's Gem all the way for actual infiltration.)
CirclMastr (9:26:28 PM): (I mean, it's not like he wears shorts)
Thematrian1 (9:26:40 PM): (I probably do, from having scoped you out astrally)
CirclMastr (9:26:45 PM): (True.)
MilesMk1 (9:27:26 PM): (If Gem... right. Glitch, I'm not sure, but it's not impossible he heard the servos whine.)
Thematrian1 (9:28:10 PM): "I've got some little bits of metal too, come to that."
Thematrian1 (9:28:22 PM): "Even so, I'd make a great elf. But that's just one angle."
MilesMk1 (9:29:06 PM): "What else are you thinking? Kidnapping and interrogation? Surveilance?"
MilesMk1 (9:29:20 PM): *drive*
umbrafer (9:31:00 PM): *Drive drive drive*
CirclMastr (9:31:22 PM): (brb, dinner)
Thematrian1 (9:32:52 PM): "Kidnapping...maybe in the endgame. We don't have any Laes around...do we?"
MilesMk1 (9:34:02 PM): (What's a Laes?)
Thematrian1 (9:34:16 PM): (It's an elvish memory-erasure drug. Super cool)
Thematrian1 (9:34:33 PM): (Super expensive. I could probably make the availability roll, though if we really need it)
MilesMk1 (9:34:55 PM): "Nope."
Thematrian1 (9:35:38 PM): "Surveillance, definitely. Matrix stuff on everybody. Have Hound follow the poor bastards home every day."
Thematrian1 (9:37:03 PM): "Ideally, kill all six in the same evening. Tricky, since we need the ears."
MilesMk1 (9:37:09 PM): "Right... Where does that say their HQ is?"
Thematrian1 (9:37:18 PM): This bloodthirsty tone is not typical for Gem.
MilesMk1 (9:37:50 PM): Right.
umbrafer (9:38:29 PM): You have a large manila envelope.
Thematrian1 (9:38:33 PM): I check the info.
MilesMk1 (9:39:30 PM): "You seem kind of eager to go after these creeps... I was a little surprised you wanted to job."
MilesMk1 (9:39:34 PM): the job
Thematrian1 (9:39:47 PM): "Well, they did ask for me specifically." (Are we there yet?)
MilesMk1 (9:40:02 PM): "Uh-huh..."
umbrafer (9:40:04 PM): (Where were you going again?)
MilesMk1 (9:40:16 PM): (Hounds, I thought, so we could tell him about the job.)
Thematrian1 (9:40:33 PM): (Glitch: during the meet, I asked why they wanted me, and they said, basically, "The client does, we don't know or care why.")
MilesMk1 (9:41:03 PM): (Right, Glitch just doesn't quite believe that's all there is to Gem's eagerness.)
umbrafer (9:41:21 PM): According to this map, it's… hm. Looks like it's downtown, if in one of the more run-down areas.
umbrafer (9:41:45 PM): The closest landmark is the Renraku Arcology, which is twelve blocks away.
MilesMk1 (9:41:46 PM): Downtown, being the businessy place?
MilesMk1 (9:41:57 PM): Oh.
umbrafer (9:42:23 PM): The main entrance to the Arcology is much, much further away, of course.
MilesMk1 (9:42:28 PM): Well, that sort of puts a damper on my plan involving a truck filled with explosives and an industrial vacuum cleaner...
Thematrian1 (9:42:42 PM): Hey, hey, we've got 36 riding on the ears.
Thematrian1 (9:42:45 PM): No explosives.
MilesMk1 (9:43:45 PM): Not even small ones, like grenades?
MilesMk1 (9:44:23 PM): "Hmm. Looks like we'll have to do it quietly, or when they're away from their place."
Thematrian1 (9:44:35 PM): Well...maybe. We can blow up any of the other members we want.
MilesMk1 (9:45:05 PM): "Does it have an estimate for the total number of people living there?"
Thematrian1 (9:45:13 PM): Does it?
MilesMk1 (9:45:19 PM): "Or any info on whether any of them have day jobs?"
Thematrian1 (9:45:28 PM): Anything like that?
umbrafer (9:45:49 PM): It did. 25, IIRC, let me double-check.
umbrafer (9:46:59 PM): Yep, 25. Several of them are listed as having day/night/odd jobs, the six core members are not. Most of the group doesn't appear to have outside employment.
umbrafer (9:47:11 PM): At least, nothing recorded in what you were given.
CirclMastr (9:49:04 PM): (Back)
Thematrian1 (9:49:24 PM): So what do they do all day?
umbrafer (9:49:28 PM): Hound: there's a car sitting outside your house with some suspicious characters in it.
umbrafer (9:49:35 PM): Two of them, specifically.
umbrafer (9:50:07 PM): It's mostly unspecified. "Pro-Elven-Ideal Activities".
umbrafer (9:50:10 PM): Whatever that means.
MilesMk1 (9:50:29 PM): Suspicious people? You mean us?
CirclMastr (9:50:41 PM): Wait, what?
umbrafer (9:51:19 PM): They look like they might be Shadowrunners. Dangerous people, you don't want to get involved with their type.
CirclMastr (9:51:46 PM): Outside my house?
Thematrian1 (9:51:49 PM): I don't. I'm very harmless.
CirclMastr (9:52:02 PM): I'm confused. Are we talking about Gem and Glitch, or Others?
umbrafer (9:52:10 PM): Yes. In your driveway, no less.
CirclMastr (9:52:30 PM): ....Yes to which?
Thematrian1 (9:52:37 PM): Ok, now I don't know what's going on either.
umbrafer (9:53:00 PM): I was answering the "outside my house" question. And yes, it's Gem and Glitch. Dangerous crowd, nothing but trouble.
MilesMk1 (9:53:12 PM): Ah. We come in?
umbrafer (9:53:30 PM): Now you have shady characters in your house.
Thematrian1 (9:53:38 PM): Yay, us?
CirclMastr (9:53:54 PM): Hound is on the couch. Maya is... wherever she is.
umbrafer (9:54:56 PM): She's been alternating between watching television and sitting in what is for the moment her room doing nothing in particular.
CirclMastr (9:55:05 PM): (Damn you for having me panic and checking my sheet to see if calling Lone Star would be a good idea)
CirclMastr (9:55:38 PM): "A thought occurs, Gem."
MilesMk1 (9:55:41 PM): #Hey. We have work, if you're interested. How's the kid doing?#
CirclMastr (9:55:59 PM): #Same old. What's the job?#
Thematrian1 (9:56:01 PM): "A thought?"
CirclMastr (9:56:24 PM): "Maya needs clothes and such."
Thematrian1 (9:57:16 PM): "You're right."
MilesMk1 (9:57:53 PM): #Taking care of some people who kill elves that don't live up to their elf-poser standards, basically. Will need a lot of surveillance work, looks like.#
CirclMastr (9:57:55 PM): "I'm assuming you know more about that sort of thing, being, y'know, female."
Thematrian1 (9:58:25 PM): "Yeah, I can take care of it."
CirclMastr (9:58:29 PM): #Got that in spades. By taking care of, I assume you mean kill?#
CirclMastr (9:58:55 PM): "Thanks."
MilesMk1 (9:59:22 PM): #Yeah. Them and their little supremacist organization.#
CirclMastr (9:59:58 PM): #How many people we talking?#
CirclMastr (10:00:41 PM): (Is Maya watching TV or in her room at this point?)
umbrafer (10:00:47 PM): In her room
MilesMk1 (10:01:31 PM): #25 in the organization, but we only need to do 6. Or was it 7? Gem, I'm confused, they wanted the dealer dead, too?#
CirclMastr (10:01:31 PM): Hound gets up and knocks on her door. "Maya? Do you want any dinner?" (Watch me assume it's nighttime, blithely)
Thematrian1 (10:02:01 PM): #They want us to leave something in his lap.#
Thematrian1 (10:02:11 PM): #I've been assuming it'll kill him, but maybe it's just for guilt.#
CirclMastr (10:02:48 PM): #Cute. So, 6 precision kills, no explosives which makes it harder. Where are they located?#
MilesMk1 (10:03:09 PM): #Shitty part of downtown.#
MilesMk1 (10:03:40 PM): #Though they do get out, for... I forget, elven-kind advancement activities or something.#
CirclMastr (10:03:42 PM): #...Yeah, definitely no explosives. There is no 'shitty' part of Downtown if you're comparing it to, say, Renton.#
CirclMastr (10:04:12 PM): No response from inside the room?
Thematrian1 (10:04:20 PM): #Aside from the elf-killing, it's not clear what they do.#
umbrafer (10:05:38 PM): There's been no response, no.
CirclMastr (10:06:11 PM): #So, we can't really formulate a plan until I get to surveilling. What's our timeline?# Hound knocks again. "Maya? Are you okay?"
Thematrian1 (10:06:51 PM): #I'm planning to infiltrate their organization, if possible.#
umbrafer (10:07:09 PM): Silence.
CirclMastr (10:07:24 PM): Hound peeks inside.
umbrafer (10:07:35 PM): Perception.
CirclMastr (10:07:51 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 4 5 4 4
CirclMastr (10:08:01 PM): (Well, that will be kickass if the TN is 4...)
umbrafer (10:08:08 PM): She's there. It looks like she's sleeping.
Thematrian1 (10:08:24 PM): I slip up behind him. AstralVision!
Thematrian1 (10:08:26 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 6 5 2 4
Thematrian1 (10:08:29 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:09:19 PM): #We have about a month.#
umbrafer (10:10:39 PM): She's sleeping, all right. Healthy. Emotions are fleeting and generally consistent with inconsequential dreaming.
Thematrian1 (10:11:05 PM): Quietly: "Asleep"
CirclMastr (10:11:15 PM): Hound closes the door quietly and goes to the kitchen to start cooking dinner. (As I continue blithely assuming it's nighttime)
MilesMk1 (10:11:54 PM): (It is, our meet was in the evening, IIRC)
CirclMastr (10:13:03 PM): *cook cook* #What does infiltrating the group get us, in this instance?#
Thematrian1 (10:15:07 PM): #Tells us what their deal is. This whole thing is deeply weird, have you noticed?#
CirclMastr (10:16:22 PM): #What, you think this job is related to the train shit and dreams and all?#
Thematrian1 (10:16:42 PM): #Deep river running, what a horrible thought.#
Thematrian1 (10:18:07 PM): #Maybe. I was thinking more, what's with their choice of weapons? Is it just a purity thing?#
CirclMastr (10:18:12 PM): #If it's not, I don't see how it's deeply weird.#
CirclMastr (10:18:40 PM): #It's an irrational belief. Like being a vegan, or a Scientologist.#
Thematrian1 (10:18:40 PM): #And how are they picking their targets?#
Thematrian1 (10:19:10 PM): #And how, for that matter, do they recruit? A bunch of posers gets together and decides to kill elves? No, something's up.#
CirclMastr (10:19:49 PM): #Jesus, Gem, you're overthinking all this. We're being paid to kill them, not psychoanalyze them. The dream shit is enough to worry about.#
MilesMk1 (10:20:59 PM): #I don't know if there's something bigger hidden here, but I still think checking them out carefully is a good idea, on the off chance they're more competent than they look. Or have magic.#
Thematrian1 (10:21:04 PM): #Well, somebody thinks it's connected to me. The client asked for me specifically.#
CirclMastr (10:22:10 PM): #Fine, fine. No skin off my nose, I guess...#
Thematrian1 (10:22:45 PM): #Correct. Any surveilling is going to have to happen in shifts anyway; one of us will have to stay with Maya at all times.
MilesMk1 (10:23:39 PM): #How long do we need to watch her, again?#
CirclMastr (10:23:46 PM): #Eh, I can stay with her. Blimps can watch the place for a day or two and just record the footage.#
umbrafer (10:24:44 PM): (The woman whose brain is currently in questionable condition set the 29th as the meet day.)
umbrafer (10:26:17 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
umbrafer (10:26:21 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 3 4 3 5 4 1 5 6 5 6 1 3 4 2
umbrafer (10:26:23 PM): umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 1 4
MilesMk1 (10:26:29 PM): (I don't know why that reminded me of it, but... Did we actually get any karma in the Monday game, during the last two sessions? I thought someone said something to that effect last time we played, but it might have referred to the
MilesMk1 (10:26:35 PM): big Karma handout)
MilesMk1 (10:27:31 PM): #If you can run it from home, I suppose that works. Gem, what do you want me on? Matrix, physical surveillance?#
Thematrian1 (10:29:09 PM): #Matrix first, definitely.#
Thematrian1 (10:29:49 PM): #Whatever data's out there won't be current, but it'll give us enough to get closer in relative safety.#
Thematrian1 (10:30:19 PM): Visibly catches up with herself. #Did you have something particular in mind?#
umbrafer (10:31:22 PM): Perception, everyone.
CirclMastr (10:31:31 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 5 3 6 2
CirclMastr (10:31:33 PM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
CirclMastr (10:31:39 PM): (pair of 10's, and a 5)
MilesMk1 (10:31:45 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 3 5 1
umbrafer (10:31:51 PM): (Also let me know if you have hearing amplification)
Thematrian1 (10:31:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 1 1 3 5
MilesMk1 (10:32:02 PM): Yep. Amp and spatial recognizer.
Thematrian1 (10:32:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:32:10 PM): I'm also amped
umbrafer (10:33:16 PM): Glitch hears a noise from the general direction of Maya's room. Hound hears a really weird noise. Gem hears a really weird noise from the direction of Maya's room.
MilesMk1 (10:34:15 PM): #You guys hear something?#
CirclMastr (10:34:37 PM): #Yeah, weird noise. Watch the oven.# Hound checks on Maya.
Thematrian1 (10:34:39 PM): #Eeyep.# And she's up and headed for Maya's room.
umbrafer (10:34:46 PM): The sound was somewhat of a "thwuft".
umbrafer (10:35:18 PM): You arrive and cast ope the door to find… perception.
Thematrian1 (10:35:31 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 1 6 2 2
Thematrian1 (10:35:35 PM): AstralVision ON!
CirclMastr (10:35:40 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 1 1 2 5
CirclMastr (10:35:46 PM): (Trip 5's...)
MilesMk1 (10:35:52 PM): *watches the oven, not sure what he's watching for, with an occasional glance towards Maya's room*
MilesMk1 (10:36:06 PM): *decides he's probably watching for signs of burning*
umbrafer (10:36:12 PM): Glitch should roll perception too.
Thematrian1 (10:36:17 PM): (The oven?)
Thematrian1 (10:36:23 PM): (We should start reporting our rolls as poker hands)
MilesMk1 (10:37:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 2 2 3 3
MilesMk1 (10:37:18 PM): Wow.
umbrafer (10:38:02 PM): What you see: Maya is thrashing about, not with seizure-like violence but still a fair amount. There's a shallow hole in the ceiling about a third of a meter in diameter, slightly oval-shaped.
umbrafer (10:38:15 PM): Assense if desired.
Thematrian1 (10:38:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 2 6 3 2
umbrafer (10:38:29 PM): Glitch, meanwhile, notices that the oven clock is set a minute off.
umbrafer (10:38:46 PM): Two gets you… *dig*
CirclMastr (10:39:39 PM): "Maya!" Hound looks at Gem, hoping for an explanation.
Thematrian1 (10:40:01 PM): Yeah, I wouldn't hold your breath.
MilesMk1 (10:40:08 PM): *decides a minute is probably not going to make a big difference in cooking*
Thematrian1 (10:40:09 PM): #Spontaneous spellcasting?#
Thematrian1 (10:40:22 PM): #She's having a nightmare.#
MilesMk1 (10:40:41 PM): *squints at the inside of the oven, trying to figure out how he could tell if it was burning*
umbrafer (10:41:11 PM): (What're you cooking, anyway?)
CirclMastr (10:41:13 PM): #There's a fucking hole in the ceiling.# Hound does the potentially stupid thing of going to Maya and gently taking hold of her arm/shoulder. "Maya!"
CirclMastr (10:41:17 PM): (Chicken)
MilesMk1 (10:41:37 PM): #Ah. Who lives above?#
CirclMastr (10:42:04 PM): #It's a house.#
MilesMk1 (10:42:45 PM): #Right, sorry. Did Maya make the hole? What exactly am I supposed to be watching the oven for?#
Thematrian1 (10:43:14 PM): #Looks that way#
Thematrian1 (10:44:17 PM): Does Hound die? If not, I follow him.
CirclMastr (10:44:27 PM): Yeah, I'm waiting to see how badly Hound dies.
umbrafer (10:46:14 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 2 2 2 6 4 5 1 2 2 2 4 3
umbrafer (10:46:19 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 6
umbrafer (10:46:22 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
umbrafer (10:46:50 PM): Hound does not appear to die. It's always difficult to tell, these days, but he at least is pretty certain he's alive. Maya doesn't respond, though.
CirclMastr (10:47:34 PM): "Maya, wake up!" *both hands on shoulders, gentle shaking*
Thematrian1 (10:47:55 PM): Any change?
umbrafer (10:53:10 PM): Her physical state shifts, somewhat—she doesn't overtly respond, but your astral sight reveals that she's being dragged partly out of sleep.
Thematrian1 (10:53:26 PM): #Finish it. Wake her up, quickly!#
CirclMastr (10:54:01 PM): Hound shakes her a bit harder, worried about hurting her, but eager to wake her up at Gem's insistence.
umbrafer (10:54:33 PM): She comes awake. A few seconds of blank staring, then she scrambles to the wall and shrinks away from pretty much everything.
Thematrian1 (10:54:43 PM): #I've got this part.#
Thematrian1 (10:54:54 PM): I sit nearby and try to look maternal and nonthreatening.
Thematrian1 (10:55:36 PM): #Young mages sometimes use magic without meaning to. They have no control over their powers, and can be very destructive. It's especially common if the child suffers an emotional trauma.#
CirclMastr (10:55:45 PM): "Maya, it's okay..." Hound resists the urge to go try hug her or something.
umbrafer (10:56:13 PM): Maya does not appear to believe that it is okay.
Thematrian1 (10:56:17 PM): #This can happen even when they're asleep. Be thankful she did no worse.#
Thematrian1 (10:57:02 PM): #I said I've got this. We can't both stay and I'm Awakened. See if you can find something soothing to drink, warm milk maybe.#
CirclMastr (10:57:39 PM): #...Alright.# Hound reluctantly gets up and goes to the kitchen to warm up some milk for her.
umbrafer (10:58:22 PM): Maya huddles in her corner and shakes. Her emotional state is doing that weird shifting thing again.
umbrafer (10:59:39 PM): Perception from Gem.
Thematrian1 (10:59:44 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 1 3 3
Thematrian1 (10:59:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (10:59:51 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
umbrafer (11:00:10 PM): "[mumbled]…coming for…[mumbled]"
umbrafer (11:00:28 PM): She's barely speaking, without augmentations you'd probably not even know she was talking.
umbrafer (11:00:35 PM): (You would, with that roll, but you don't think so.)
Thematrian1 (11:00:58 PM): I'll slide up closer. "Coming for?"
umbrafer (11:01:49 PM): She shows no reaction, negative or positive. She continues her barely-audible muttering—Perception again.
Thematrian1 (11:01:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 5 4 4 1
Thematrian1 (11:02:57 PM): (C'mon, TN 4)
umbrafer (11:03:21 PM): You think you hear something about a "gun horse", but most of what she's saying can't even be considered words, at least not for anyone not in on the speech centers of her brain.
CirclMastr (11:03:27 PM): Hound returns with warm milk after a bit.
umbrafer (11:03:41 PM): The real stuff?
CirclMastr (11:04:51 PM): Yeah
CirclMastr (11:04:58 PM): It's a High lifestyle, it's all real.
umbrafer (11:05:13 PM): High roller.
umbrafer (11:06:10 PM): The girl has continued to mutter. One more Perception roll from the both of you, and what's in the oven?
CirclMastr (11:06:25 PM): It's still chicken
CirclMastr (11:06:35 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 2 2 4 3
CirclMastr (11:06:37 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:06:38 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 4 4 3
umbrafer (11:07:08 PM): (Heh, don't mind me, I'm asleep. We'll probably break in the next twenty-odd minutes)
umbrafer (11:09:33 PM): "…raven-master… …sent for… …sister, gone…"
umbrafer (11:09:59 PM): What little you can hear of her sounds very little like what little you heard from her earlier in the dayt.
umbrafer (11:10:02 PM): *-t
umbrafer (11:10:24 PM): Glitch: make a Cooking roll or appropriate substitute.
MilesMk1 (11:10:33 PM): Uh???
MilesMk1 (11:11:01 PM): Intelligence?
umbrafer (11:11:04 PM): I don't know what it defaults to. Pick something.
umbrafer (11:11:06 PM): Sure.
MilesMk1 (11:11:12 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 3 5 1 6 3 3 6
MilesMk1 (11:11:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 4
umbrafer (11:11:48 PM): Well, you're not entirely certain what the chicken is supposed to look like, but it's been smelling done for a few minutes now.
umbrafer (11:12:01 PM): Depending on how much you ate at the meet, it may be making your mouth water.
umbrafer (11:12:18 PM): And on how much Glitch likes chicken.
umbrafer (11:13:16 PM): Maya's speech begins to slow, and her head drifts downwards. Her eyelids droop.
MilesMk1 (11:13:22 PM): Ok, I'll take it out of the oven.
MilesMk1 (11:13:28 PM): #I think the chicken's done.#
umbrafer (11:13:43 PM): You got the Chicken.
umbrafer (11:15:21 PM): Unless someone does something, Maya appears to be asleep again in minutes.
Thematrian1 (11:15:37 PM): Hm. I'll let her slepe
CirclMastr (11:16:46 PM): Hound tries to at least carry her back to bed to sleep.
umbrafer (11:17:05 PM): She's been in bed the whole time, she just rearranged herself in it
CirclMastr (11:17:19 PM): Oh, I thought she scrambled back and hunched up and all
umbrafer (11:17:33 PM): Yeah. Well, I'm assuming the bed is against the wall.
CirclMastr (11:17:45 PM): Whatever
umbrafer (11:19:10 PM): Final call for actions, starting research, eating chicken, sleeping, organlegging people, whatever.
MilesMk1 (11:19:38 PM): I'll be starting the Matrix research.
umbrafer (11:20:01 PM): Give a roll for your preliminary stuff. Looking for anything in particular?
CirclMastr (11:20:22 PM): If Maya sleeps soundly, Hound eats chicken.
MilesMk1 (11:20:41 PM): General information on the group first, then starting to dig on the six and the leader.
MilesMk1 (11:20:54 PM): Computers, right?
MilesMk1 (11:20:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 6 1 5 4 6 6
MilesMk1 (11:21:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 2
Thematrian1 (11:21:37 PM): Hm. I'll do an Etiquette-based search, while we've got some downtime. More about the organization than about any of its members. Specifically, recruiting practices.
Thematrian1 (11:21:40 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 6 6 1 4
Thematrian1 (11:21:42 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 5
MilesMk1 (11:22:30 PM): Well, I'll see you guys Monday. (since I assume we won't be getting the results now.)
umbrafer (11:23:06 PM): (You'll get some results now, one second)
umbrafer (11:23:16 PM): (After some results we break. I want to give you enough to think about if you want to)
umbrafer (11:25:24 PM): Let's see. Your Matrix search turns up… the building was apparently once a fire station, long ago. It got decomissioned in the early '40s.
umbrafer (11:26:32 PM): Rumor has it the APN has corp backing, but no one agrees on which corp. Suggestions range from sub-As to megas, with most common guesses being an A-corp.
umbrafer (11:27:39 PM): Some group called the Young Elven Technologists apparently denounced them at a meeting some time ago, and there's a rumor that some little trid outfit's been involved in a minor feud with them. You can't find the name off-hand.
umbrafer (11:29:01 PM): Gem, meanwhile: recruiting practices, it looks like they keep a small reception area open at all times and run weekly meetings on Thursday evenings open to those interested in "experiencing the majesty of the Elven lifestyle".
Thematrian1 (11:29:25 PM): ka-ching!
umbrafer (11:29:31 PM): Each week has a different topic. At least once a month, that topic appears to be the Humanis Policlub.
umbrafer (11:30:45 PM): Next week's topic is "Ministering to Misguided Metahumans"
Thematrian1 (11:31:09 PM): ...huh. Fascinating.
umbrafer (11:32:42 PM): And with that, we break. If you have more legwork, feel free to post it in the forum, which I have actually been checking.
Thematrian1 (11:32:52 PM): will do
MilesMk1 (11:34:25 PM): Ok. Good night.
MilesMk1 (11:34:33 PM): I'll probably post some more questions.
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