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Thematrian1 (8:52:45 PM): Glitch gets to babysit this time.
Thematrian1 (8:52:57 PM): I say we fast-forward to that meeting, and Gem and Hound go to it.
umbrafer (8:53:03 PM): Mmm, babysitting.
umbrafer (8:53:55 PM): Any objections?
CirclMastr (8:54:26 PM): Which meeting?
Thematrian1 (8:55:14 PM): the one that Nobilis is having, on converting metahumans
CirclMastr (8:56:11 PM): Ah. I assume Hound will be attending in drone form?
umbrafer (8:56:28 PM): "Ministering to Misguided Metahumans"
Thematrian1 (8:56:36 PM): You can come in person if you really want to, but I was planning to do the face part myself.
Thematrian1 (8:56:54 PM): Basically, I'll go in and draw everyone's attention, insinuate myself as I'm so good at doing.
Thematrian1 (8:57:03 PM): Meanwhile, you can snoop through their complex.
CirclMastr (8:57:14 PM): So, it's another job for the spider
Thematrian1 (8:57:59 PM): There's a reason the stupid things are ubiquitous as cockroaches
CirclMastr (8:58:03 PM): Heh
CirclMastr (8:58:23 PM): I need to figure out some ruthenium-coated drone for major intrusion.
Thematrian1 (8:58:31 PM): !!! Genius!
Thematrian1 (8:58:34 PM): Jon, how much for that?
CirclMastr (8:59:28 PM): I figure some cost for ruthenium on top of the cost of photovoltaic paint
umbrafer (8:59:34 PM): *Digs*
umbrafer (8:59:45 PM): IIRC, there are explicit rules for it in Vehicle Customization
CirclMastr (8:59:50 PM): Oh?
Thematrian1 (8:59:53 PM): Delightful
umbrafer (9:00:01 PM): If Adam had gotten the R3 PDF out already, I'd have found it by now
Thematrian1 (9:00:17 PM): huh?
CirclMastr (9:00:55 PM): Adam Jury, I assume he means
Thematrian1 (9:01:26 PM): I know, I just could have sworn I'd bought an R3 PDF
Thematrian1 (9:02:15 PM): But I guess not.
CirclMastr (9:02:27 PM): So what DID you buy?
Thematrian1 (9:02:42 PM): MitS, M&M, etc
umbrafer (9:02:54 PM): Maybe it got released and I didn't noticve
umbrafer (9:02:56 PM): *notice
Thematrian1 (9:03:18 PM): It's not on DriveThruRPG
umbrafer (9:03:31 PM): Then I guess it isn't out yet
umbrafer (9:03:51 PM): Well, the description for Chameleon Paint backs up the idea that there's a specific modification for it
CirclMastr (9:05:02 PM): I'll have to look later.
CirclMastr (9:05:10 PM): In the meantime, spider ho!
Thematrian1 (9:05:23 PM): ew
umbrafer (9:05:29 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (9:05:42 PM): 'spider ho'? It sounds very drow.
umbrafer (9:06:31 PM): Heh
Thematrian1 (9:07:19 PM): But, yes, let's go a meeting.
Thematrian1 (9:07:29 PM): Plus, I think I polish off my Decrypt 6 in the downtime?
umbrafer (9:09:14 PM): Probably. What sort of coverage are you keeping watching Maya?
Thematrian1 (9:09:41 PM): I'm not, except if Glitch requests my help with something.
CirclMastr (9:09:44 PM): Glitch and Hound?
umbrafer (9:10:00 PM): I mean in the intervening time
umbrafer (9:11:19 PM): Constant watch? Checking in every hour? Every few hours? Mostly leaving her to herself except when she emerges?
umbrafer (9:11:21 PM): That sort of thing.
CirclMastr (9:11:42 PM): Periodic check-ins, I'd imagine.
umbrafer (9:11:53 PM): How periodic, though?
Thematrian1 (9:11:55 PM): yeah. Leave the door open, but don't explicitly monitor her.
umbrafer (9:13:30 PM): Ok. Perception.
Thematrian1 (9:13:33 PM): hourlyish. Keep it irregular.
Thematrian1 (9:13:38 PM): Not me?
umbrafer (9:14:10 PM): Why not you? Unless you're doing lots of overtime coding.
Thematrian1 (9:14:31 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 3 2 1
umbrafer (9:14:47 PM): Hound?
Thematrian1 (9:15:04 PM): Oh, and one for Glitch:
Thematrian1 (9:15:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 1 3 5
Thematrian1 (9:15:10 PM): (I assume Glitch is I6)
umbrafer (9:15:44 PM): (Probably. I was going to tell one of you to roll for him. Reroll that six?)
Thematrian1 (9:16:04 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
umbrafer (9:21:49 PM): (Hound?)
CirclMastr (9:21:56 PM): (What?)
umbrafer (9:22:06 PM): (Perception?)
CirclMastr (9:22:16 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 3 3 1
CirclMastr (9:22:19 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
umbrafer (9:25:29 PM): You and Glitch get the feeling around Monday that Maya is acting a little weird (more than usual, that is), but it passes within a few hours.
CirclMastr (9:25:51 PM): Hound almost certainly would have called Gem.
Thematrian1 (9:26:16 PM): astral vision ON?
umbrafer (9:26:23 PM): No doubt. Gem may investigate if she wishes.
umbrafer (9:26:40 PM): Assensing, or just looking?
Thematrian1 (9:27:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 5 3 6 6
Thematrian1 (9:27:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 4
Thematrian1 (9:27:17 PM): why settle for less?
umbrafer (9:27:54 PM): (GM's screen, you're my bestest friend)
umbrafer (9:29:04 PM): She's… well, you'd describe it as hungry, but she just ate—that's when Hound and Glitch noticed she was acting weird.
umbrafer (9:29:23 PM): She's also got some of that weird blankness, but there's another something around the edges you can't quite pin down.
CirclMastr (9:29:36 PM): Cravings for human flesh?
CirclMastr (9:29:46 PM): Perhaps even, braaaaaains?
Thematrian1 (9:29:53 PM): souls, more likely
Thematrian1 (9:30:34 PM): oh well, not a lot we can do about it now
umbrafer (9:33:26 PM): Time passes.
umbrafer (9:33:55 PM): It becomes Thursday, you probably have Decrypt by now
Thematrian1 (9:34:33 PM): rawk
Thematrian1 (9:34:43 PM): on Friday, we can get our decrypt on
Thematrian1 (9:37:46 PM): meanwhile, we van it down to the meeting place?
umbrafer (9:37:57 PM): *Van van van*
CirclMastr (9:37:58 PM): Well, Gem and a spider.
umbrafer (9:38:26 PM): "Gem and a Spider walk into a bar…"
CirclMastr (9:39:16 PM): (Gem walks into bar, but the spider is too short)
umbrafer (9:41:28 PM): You arrive in the area. The little parking lot has a small contingent of cars and bikes in it.
umbrafer (9:41:48 PM): How close are you getting with the van?
CirclMastr (9:41:51 PM): #Should I sneak in on my own?#
Thematrian1 (9:42:14 PM): #Probably best. Find a vent or something#
CirclMastr (9:42:41 PM): Spider jumps out and scuttles around to an entrance.
umbrafer (9:43:36 PM): *Scuttle scuttle scuttle*
Thematrian1 (9:44:27 PM): Meanwhile, I head in the front. I am dressed to impress (though not kill)
umbrafer (9:44:47 PM): Anything armored? Any weapons not built into your hand? Any magical backup? Any corpses?
umbrafer (9:44:57 PM): Spider: what sort of entrance?
Thematrian1 (9:45:40 PM): No weapons, no armor. Astral senses off, at least at first.
Thematrian1 (9:45:42 PM): No corpses.
CirclMastr (9:46:49 PM): A vent, a pet door, that sort of thing.
umbrafer (9:47:11 PM): The front is open. There's a little sign inviting people to fill out a nametag, sign the guestbook, and come on down a hallway to another sign pointing at a door.
umbrafer (9:48:06 PM): Spider: there will be vents on the roof, there are a few visible vents on the side but they look like they might have small, fast fans in them. There's also the possibility that one or more of the windows will have an access somewhe
umbrafer (9:48:08 PM): Somewhere
Thematrian1 (9:48:29 PM): (I can smuggle you in if necessary)
CirclMastr (9:49:48 PM): Spider climbs up to the roof.
umbrafer (9:50:21 PM): *Scuttle scuttle scuttle*
umbrafer (9:51:16 PM): There's some ventilation for the HVAC, and also the door currently is propped open. There's a guy sitting on a folding chair on the roof, smoking and reading a screamsheet.
CirclMastr (9:52:13 PM): #There's a guy on the roof.# Any uniform or ID or something to indicate he's either some weird roof guard or an HVAC tech or the like?
umbrafer (9:52:54 PM): Not that you can see offhand. Roll Perception, but the fact that he's just relaxing up there… ok, well, it might point to him being a guard or tech, but not a very good one if so
CirclMastr (9:53:13 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 5 5 5 6
CirclMastr (9:53:16 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
umbrafer (9:54:06 PM): Yeah, you don't see anything of the kind. He's got a knife, but it's a folding pocket one—it'd make a decent weapon, but nothing out of the ordinary.
CirclMastr (9:54:46 PM): Spider sneaks by him and to the propped-open door.
umbrafer (9:56:15 PM): Roll Stealth which defaults to the vehicle skill or Reaction (that was what we'd decided, right?)
Thematrian1 (9:56:28 PM): (Yeah. It makes more sense than Q)
CirclMastr (9:57:03 PM): (Defaulting to Walkers, then. Do I get the VCR bonus?)
CirclMastr (9:57:27 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 3 5 6 2
CirclMastr (9:57:30 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
umbrafer (9:57:34 PM): (Did we ever make a call on that? Well, just roll and we'll figure it out if it's important)
CirclMastr (9:57:40 PM): (8, 11 if VCR applies)
umbrafer (9:57:46 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 1 4 6 6 3 5 1 1 4 1 6 4 2 2
umbrafer (9:57:52 PM): umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 5 4
umbrafer (9:58:14 PM): The spider strolls on in. It's missing a top hat and cane, but is otherwise in fine form.
CirclMastr (9:58:34 PM): On through the door, and into the building.
Thematrian1 (9:59:26 PM): ::fills out a nametag as Lindsey, signs the guestbook as the same, walks through teh door::
umbrafer (10:01:49 PM): There's a relatively large open space with a few rows of chairs arranged in a wide shallow encirclement, and a handful of chairs out at the center of the room next to a portable whiteboard and easel with placards on it.
Thematrian1 (10:02:18 PM): how full is the room?
umbrafer (10:02:50 PM): A little less than half of the larger batch of chairs are full, that being about a dozen people.
Thematrian1 (10:04:51 PM): Are any of our targets among them?
Thematrian1 (10:04:58 PM): regardless, I'll get in there and socialize
umbrafer (10:05:58 PM): The larger batch have none of the targets. There are three people over on the other side of the room bustling about, one of whom is a target. Erendahl, specifically.
umbrafer (10:06:10 PM): The spider wanders down a steep staircase.
CirclMastr (10:07:19 PM): *trot trot trot*
umbrafer (10:08:09 PM): You arrive at another door, with a gouge under it large enough to slip under. This leads into a corridor.
CirclMastr (10:09:18 PM): Left hand rule. Spider follows the left side.
umbrafer (10:09:37 PM): You crawl out and turn left.
umbrafer (10:10:28 PM): Perception, first
CirclMastr (10:11:01 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 3 1 3
CirclMastr (10:11:09 PM): Whee. Need I karma that?
Thematrian1 (10:11:10 PM): (Socialization roll: )
Thematrian1 (10:11:12 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 1 1 2 4
umbrafer (10:11:33 PM): As you turn, you hear someone cough in the other direction.
Thematrian1 (10:11:34 PM): (-2 or -4 to TNs, depending on whether you count Good Rep)
umbrafer (10:11:48 PM): (Who're you socializing?)
umbrafer (10:12:10 PM): (And until we officially change it, I'm playing it straight up, meaning it does apply)
Thematrian1 (10:12:38 PM): (The group of randoms. I'll try and get E-man's eye on me, though)
CirclMastr (10:13:23 PM): (Spider hears someone cough?)
umbrafer (10:15:58 PM): (Spider did, yes)
CirclMastr (10:16:49 PM): Spider looks that way
umbrafer (10:16:50 PM): You chat with some randoms. They're all pretty affable, and by "affable" I mean "talk mostly about the weather, Urban Brawl, and Combat Biking"
umbrafer (10:17:10 PM): Spider sees corridor, and a corner down at the end. The sound probably came from around there.
umbrafer (10:17:18 PM): They take a liking to you, though.
CirclMastr (10:17:23 PM): Stealth scuttl
CirclMastr (10:17:25 PM): *scuttle
CirclMastr (10:17:33 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 5 2 4 2
CirclMastr (10:17:35 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:17:38 PM): Of course they do. Anyone at all interesting among them?
CirclMastr (10:17:46 PM): (I'm somehow unable to roll more than one 6.)
Thematrian1 (10:18:05 PM): (Who cares? Stealth is Open)
umbrafer (10:21:43 PM): Depends on what you mean by "interesting". Perception.
Thematrian1 (10:22:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 5 5 3 4
Thematrian1 (10:22:08 PM): Astral senses still on lockdown.
umbrafer (10:23:28 PM): There's one woman who you're pretty sure is a real elf, and another guy with fake ears.
umbrafer (10:23:36 PM): Also, one of the guys is sporting a chrome arm.
umbrafer (10:24:36 PM): He's also got a couple of tattoos, roll a gang knowledge skill if you have it.
Thematrian1 (10:25:04 PM): nein
umbrafer (10:25:24 PM): The spider, meanwhile, stealths up to the corner. There's a guy leaning against the wall. He looks bored and has a submachine gun hanging from a sling on his shoulder.
CirclMastr (10:26:10 PM): #Hmm, guy upstairs with an SMG.#
umbrafer (10:26:12 PM): Meanwhile, down in the meeting room, more people trickle in.
CirclMastr (10:26:18 PM): Does he look to be guarding anything in particular?
umbrafer (10:26:53 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 1 4 4 5 4 4 1 5 3 6 1 4
umbrafer (10:26:56 PM): There's a short hallway with a few doors along it. He's standing right next to one of them.
umbrafer (10:26:59 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
umbrafer (10:27:09 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
umbrafer (10:27:51 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (10:28:01 PM): Any chance of skittering under the door?
umbrafer (10:28:23 PM): It'd be a tight fit, but you could do it. You'd just have to hope he doesn't notice you while you're squeezing under.
umbrafer (10:28:49 PM): The trickle finally stops with twenty-two people. A young woman walks in from the back, talks to the three at the front of the room, then goes back the way she came.
CirclMastr (10:29:50 PM): Squeeze squeeze
umbrafer (10:31:40 PM): Roll Stealth, then Walkers.
umbrafer (10:31:52 PM): The woman walks back into the room.
CirclMastr (10:31:56 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 4 2 1 6
Thematrian1 (10:31:58 PM): she one of ours?
CirclMastr (10:31:59 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (10:32:06 PM): 10 (13) stealth...
umbrafer (10:32:07 PM): No, but the man following her is.
CirclMastr (10:32:10 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 1 3 5 4
umbrafer (10:32:11 PM): In fact, he's Xeric.
umbrafer (10:32:13 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 6 3 4 5 4 1 5 3 1 4 6 5 3 2
umbrafer (10:32:20 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 5
CirclMastr (10:32:38 PM): 5, 5, 4, 3 Walker
umbrafer (10:33:08 PM): He's tall, he's good looking, and even though he doesn't get any mechanical benefits from it anymore, he knows it.
umbrafer (10:33:11 PM): Perception.
umbrafer (10:33:48 PM): The spider takes an agonizingly long time to slip under the door, but the guard doesn't seem to notice a thing. The lighting inside is dim. Perception from you, too.
umbrafer (10:33:49 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 2 5 2 6 5 2 3
umbrafer (10:33:53 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
CirclMastr (10:34:08 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 3 2 2 3
CirclMastr (10:34:11 PM): Ugh, karma
CirclMastr (10:34:16 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 5 2 4
CirclMastr (10:34:22 PM): ...The dice hate me tonight.
CirclMastr (10:34:54 PM): (If only VCR-3 counted for Perception through sensors)
umbrafer (10:35:24 PM): (It does, basically—only with a VCR can you use your natural Intelligence without having to rely on the drone's Sensors)
umbrafer (10:36:15 PM): The room is dimly lit. Your spider has only the most basic chemical sensors, but they trigger a particulate warning. Every colour you can distinguish is a shade of red, or near enough as makes no nevermind.
umbrafer (10:36:31 PM): There's a woman sitting cross-legged on a bed. It looks like her eyes are closed.
CirclMastr (10:36:49 PM): (Wait, so the room is filled with a chemical haze?)
Thematrian1 (10:36:52 PM): She might just be doing drugs, but...jackpot?
umbrafer (10:37:15 PM): The crowd hushes. Everyone but Xeric sits down.
CirclMastr (10:38:08 PM): Hound passes this all on to Gem.
Thematrian1 (10:38:31 PM): #Sounds interesting. See if you can figure out what kind of chemical it is#
umbrafer (10:39:12 PM): He glances around the room. "Hey there, everybody, glad you could join us tonight. Most of you I've already met, but we've got some new faces tonight… Sam, Jack, Gwen, Rose, Leslie, could you introduce yourselves before we get…"
umbrafer (10:39:16 PM): "…started?"
CirclMastr (10:39:27 PM): #Sensors aren't that sophisticated, it's just a spider.# Quick search of the room.
umbrafer (10:40:12 PM): "I'll start things off. I'm Xeric, you already know what I do or you wouldn't be here."
umbrafer (10:41:11 PM): "I have with me Erehndahl, an old friend of mine who's here tonight to spend some time talking about the work he did in outreach to a few metahuman communities, some difficulties he had in getting them to see our vision of the…"
umbrafer (10:41:35 PM): "…future, and the ways he was able to express our vision most effectively."
umbrafer (10:43:13 PM): "Over here is Tahlrhan, she runs a hotline and chatroom for desperate individuals. She's also got some stories of how we can help give everyone our vision of hope."
umbrafer (10:43:42 PM): "It's a tough job, I'd never be able to handle it." He smiles at the room and they smile back.
CirclMastr (10:43:50 PM): (You know, this would be a GREAT opportunity for assassination. Between VCR, Take Aim, and Control pool, I bet even a base L laser could stage up to D on this chick with ease.)
umbrafer (10:44:33 PM): (Do you have Laser Weapons?)
Thematrian1 (10:44:38 PM): (Is she even one of our targets?)
umbrafer (10:44:41 PM): (Also, VCR doesn't actually help attacks)
CirclMastr (10:44:50 PM): (I don't know, is she?)
Thematrian1 (10:44:52 PM): (It'd be Gunnery anyway, isn't it?_
Thematrian1 (10:45:00 PM): (Stupid verb tenses)
umbrafer (10:45:01 PM): (Oh, right, it would)
umbrafer (10:45:11 PM): (Silly me)
CirclMastr (10:46:51 PM): (Is she one of our targets?)
umbrafer (10:47:07 PM): (Perception)
umbrafer (10:47:19 PM): "Riehoan here is going to be keeping track of the meeting minutes, and making sure I don't go off on a tangent for the whole night."
umbrafer (10:47:27 PM): That gets a chuckle from the audience.
CirclMastr (10:47:34 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 5 2 3 2
umbrafer (10:48:41 PM): "So with that, can I ask you to introduce yourselves?"
Thematrian1 (10:49:36 PM): #This guy is smooth. If we didn't know what we knew...#
CirclMastr (10:50:05 PM): #I'll take your word for it.#
Thematrian1 (10:51:45 PM): As long as I'm not first, I'll take my personal-information cue from whoever does go first. What exactly do they want?
umbrafer (10:52:26 PM): Sam stands up. "Hey… um, hey everyone. I'm Sam, um, and I'm in… well, I'm data entry now, but I've been trying to get certified as a park ranger."
CirclMastr (10:52:35 PM): So, I take it I don't recognize her?
umbrafer (10:53:13 PM): It's really dim in here, her hair substantially obscures her face, there's no way to be sure. That said, Fierelle is a good bet due to the colourscheme.
umbrafer (10:53:29 PM): Jack's the guy with the arm. "I'm Jack. I work construction."
CirclMastr (10:53:35 PM): #I can't be sure, but I would guess Fierelle.#
umbrafer (10:53:56 PM): "I'm Gwen. I'm a secretary.
umbrafer (10:54:01 PM): "
CirclMastr (10:54:05 PM): Anyway, searching the room. Noting any reason to have it under guard other than her herself.
Thematrian1 (10:54:16 PM): #She's a mage. She might be projecting.#
umbrafer (10:54:18 PM): "My name's Rose, I'm… um, I'm a secretary too."
CirclMastr (10:54:47 PM): #So, no zapping her?#
umbrafer (10:55:01 PM): It's "Leslie"'s turn.
Thematrian1 (10:55:02 PM): "Hi everyone. I'm Lindsy, I'm a bartender."
Thematrian1 (10:55:07 PM): Or Leslie? Whatever.
umbrafer (10:55:09 PM): Er, Lindsey
umbrafer (10:55:13 PM): I don't know
umbrafer (10:55:35 PM): Lindsey, my brain had died.
Thematrian1 (10:55:44 PM): Yeah, Lindsey. Oh well.
umbrafer (10:56:11 PM): Xeric grins at you all.
umbrafer (10:56:39 PM): "It's great to have you hear, I hope you join us again! There's water over there, help yourselves and let's get started!"
umbrafer (10:57:57 PM): "Now, you probably all know we're dedicated here to promoting the Elven Ideal. I know most of you have already heard it, but is there anyone who wants me to go over it again? Especially the new guys?"
Thematrian1 (10:58:15 PM): If no one else has it, I have it.
umbrafer (10:59:00 PM): One of the others looks like they're hesitating about speaking up. When you do, several of the newcomers breathe sighs of relief that are audible, at least to you.
umbrafer (11:01:14 PM): "Well, we got started in 2040, in response to the riots of '39. Nearly five thousand Elves died in those riots. Even today, an Elf a day dies in the streets of Seattle due to hatred, prejudice, and fear."
umbrafer (11:01:28 PM): "These numbers are tragic, but they're even more tragic when you consider the long history of the Elven lifestyle."
Thematrian1 (11:01:43 PM): #I guess we'd better not kill her now. Definitely make a note of this room, though.#
CirclMastr (11:02:11 PM): (Ugh, I've got to go get dinner, back in a bit)
umbrafer (11:02:28 PM): "You see, the Elven lifestyle is a long tradition. We've got research that suggests that Elves existed thousands of years ago, that many legends and cultural practices are directly inspired by real Elven society."
umbrafer (11:03:35 PM): "This isn't just our theory—even before the Awakening people believed this. Influential German and English thinkers over a hundred years ago. Tolkien, you may know him, even he drew directly on the legends of these historical Elves
umbrafer (11:03:59 PM): "And his personal journals and notes suggest he was certain that the Elves would once again return to the world."
umbrafer (11:05:14 PM): "That's the background. The Elven lifestyle is a simple one. It seeks harmony with nature, an avoidance of technology that splits body and soul apart" he looks over at Jack here, "though we recognize that many undergo…"
umbrafer (11:06:11 PM): "surgical processes that damage body and soul without an understanding of the consequences. These consequences are actively driven out of the public mind by propaganda by the corporate-medical establishment."
umbrafer (11:07:01 PM): "Anyway, we seek to stop destroying the earth we should be at one with, to stop destroying the bodies that should be our temples, and to stop polluting ourselves with the byproduct of an unnatural age."
umbrafer (11:07:28 PM): "And while, at its heart, this is the Elven lifestyle, we believe that bringing all people to this lifestyle benefits not just the people, but also us"
umbrafer (11:07:58 PM): "We're benefitted when others stop spewing toxins into the air and water, and the others are benefitted when they find a purer, more natural lifestyle."
umbrafer (11:09:09 PM): "Even those without the purity to express the characteristic gifts of Elven nature can benefit from this lifestyle, so we're trying to make sure we spread the word to everyone.
umbrafer (11:09:11 PM): "
umbrafer (11:09:25 PM): "Any questions about any of that?"
Thematrian1 (11:09:33 PM): I've got nothing.
umbrafer (11:09:49 PM): Jack raises a hand, his meat one.
umbrafer (11:10:41 PM): Jack: "Is there… can you fix… things like this?" he raises his other hand.
umbrafer (11:12:30 PM): Xeric: "We're working on it. I'm confident a lifestyle close to nature can heal the soul, but the wounds of modern society—not just to our bodies and souls, but to the planet itself—are very deep. We can help a little, though"
umbrafer (11:12:35 PM): "Riehoan?"
umbrafer (11:13:29 PM): Riehoan stands up, rolls up his pant leg. There's a very pronounced scar all around his left leg just above the knee. "I had a metal leg once. The part of me that it took away still hurts, but purifying my body eases the pain."
umbrafer (11:13:49 PM): He sits back down. Xeric turns back to the crowd, waits a few seconds.
umbrafer (11:14:40 PM): "No other questions? Then I'll turn the meeting over to Ehrendahl."
umbrafer (11:17:07 PM): Ehrendahl: "My pleasure. Some of you already know me, I do outreach in several disadvantaged communities. The thing I want to say to you, to tell you tonight is the, what people say when they don't want to reexamine their lifestyle"
CirclMastr (11:17:14 PM): (Back)
umbrafer (11:17:18 PM): "And how you can convince them that it's in their best interest."
Thematrian1 (11:19:39 PM): I continue to listen attentively.
CirclMastr (11:19:49 PM): (What'd I miss?)
umbrafer (11:20:25 PM): "See, people don't like change. It's messy, it's uncomfortable. They take an emptiness in their hearts and they try to fill it with trid, with simsense, with beetles and… the trappings of modern culture. But it eats away at them"
umbrafer (11:20:35 PM): "It leaves them even emptier, so they look for more."
Thematrian1 (11:20:53 PM): (This guy's not half as smooth as the guy who opens for him)
umbrafer (11:21:35 PM): "And what we… we've got the answer. We've got fulfillment, we've got what they're looking for, but their hearts are already full. Full of the trash they've put in there to fill the holes."
umbrafer (11:22:09 PM): "So you have to tell them, to convince them to dig that all out and throw it away so they can find peace, so they can be fulfilled."
CirclMastr (11:22:27 PM): (So does the spider find anything else in the room?)
umbrafer (11:22:39 PM): (What's Spider looking for in particular?)
umbrafer (11:23:00 PM): "And it's hard. There's only two groups of people that's not hard with—the people who haven't stopped searching, but they come to us on their own."
CirclMastr (11:23:08 PM): (A reason for the guard to be there, aside guarding her. Alternately, drug packaging to see what the room is full of.)
umbrafer (11:23:33 PM): (The room, as it turns out, is full of incense, or something with a very similar presentation.)
umbrafer (11:24:08 PM): "The other group's the ones who've bottomed out. The ones whose hearts have been so eaten away, they can't even hold the trash in."
umbrafer (11:24:43 PM): "So you gotta start there. Start there 'cause they're the easy ones, and start there 'cause they're the ones that need your help most, right?"
umbrafer (11:25:14 PM): "And after that, sometimes they can help you get others. There was this one woman I worked with once, real heavy beetlehead"
umbrafer (11:26:01 PM): "Once I got her cleaned up, she started spreading the word. Started with her kids and the neighbors' kids, then she got her neighbors involved. They're now proudly living the Elven lifestyle."
umbrafer (11:27:08 PM): "The tough part is getting people to realize that not all Elves live the Elven lifestyle. That's the tough part."
umbrafer (11:28:05 PM): "A lot of Elves today are just as stuck in the garbage heap as everyone else. A lot of people can't tell the difference, though. So we tell them they should live the Elven lifestyle, and they point at the Elf down the street who…"
umbrafer (11:28:13 PM): "…eats every other meal at McHughes."
umbrafer (11:28:25 PM): "And the other meals are all Nuke-It Burgers."
umbrafer (11:28:52 PM): (As for a reason for the guard, unless the fact that she might be Fierelle is enough, there's nothing that's obviously a reason.)
umbrafer (11:29:16 PM): (There's a sheaf of thick paper with strange symbols scrawled onto it, but it appears to just be lying in a heap.)
umbrafer (11:29:48 PM): "So you gotta watch out for bad role models. Those Elves are doing a disservice, not just to themselves, but to the entire world. It's important to set them right whenever you can."
Thematrian1 (11:29:50 PM): (Get me those symbols!)
umbrafer (11:30:53 PM): Xeric pats Ehrendahl on the shoulder. "Let's hear it for Ehrendahl." There's some applause for the audience.
Thematrian1 (11:31:08 PM): I'll give him some.
umbrafer (11:31:19 PM): "Any questions about what Ehrendahl just talked about?"
Thematrian1 (11:31:20 PM): I definitely want their eyes on me.
Thematrian1 (11:31:45 PM): I've got one: "How do we set them right?"
CirclMastr (11:32:01 PM): (ugh, brb again)
umbrafer (11:32:14 PM): As far as you can tell Xeric has, during his time speaking, been making eye contact with each individual person in the audience side of the room. During Ehrendahl's spiel, he kept his gaze firmly locked on Ehrendahl.
umbrafer (11:33:21 PM): "That's an excellent question. It's really the same way as you help anyone else—focus on the damage they're doing to themselves, to their bodies and souls, and to the earth. Be a living example for them, show them that there's a "
umbrafer (11:33:24 PM): "better way."
Thematrian1 (11:33:40 PM): I look satisfied.
umbrafer (11:33:47 PM): "If you think it'll help, focus on their social responsibility. Let them know that they're expected to be a role model of their ancestral lifestyle."
umbrafer (11:34:50 PM): "A lot of people, once they know other people will look to them for an example, will take a good look at the way they've been acting."
umbrafer (11:35:18 PM): "Be firm, but compassionate."
umbrafer (11:35:23 PM): "Any other questions?"
CirclMastr (11:36:35 PM): (back)
umbrafer (11:36:43 PM): "Then Tahlrhan, why don't you tell us a little about what you've been doing."
umbrafer (11:37:11 PM): Perception from Gem.
Thematrian1 (11:37:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 4 4 5
CirclMastr (11:37:37 PM): Spider climbs to the papers and takes pictures for Gem.
umbrafer (11:38:21 PM): Fortunately, the TN wasn't bad. When he turns to her, she blushes very slightly.
umbrafer (11:40:25 PM): "Hi everyone, I'm Tahlrhan. Like Xeric said, I run… well, I guess you could say I help people who've lost hope."
umbrafer (11:41:20 PM): "It's sorta like what Ehrendahl was talking about, people who've bottomed out, who're just reaching inside themselves and finding nothing but emptiness. We run advertisements on the monorail, a few other places, all trying to get…"
Thematrian1 (11:41:23 PM): #I've said it before, but if I didn't know about these people...#
umbrafer (11:45:10 PM): "…those people to take another chance, to come see what we've got to offer."
umbrafer (11:45:35 PM): "You get all kinds, and it can be really hard—some of them are easier to work with, they're just looking for someone to trust"
CirclMastr (11:45:51 PM): Unless the spider sees anything else, I scuttle out and go to the next door.
umbrafer (11:46:27 PM): "And if they're talking to us, well, they can trust us!" she laughs a little. "But some people, they can't trust anymore, and we've got to break that down. They're giving themselves one last chance to get convinced, they're giving…"
umbrafer (11:46:59 PM): "…us a chance, and if we can't rise to the challenge, someone might die because of it. Even if they don't, they might be as good as dead."
umbrafer (11:48:06 PM): "So what you have to do, you have to get them to make commitments. Some people, they'll just say anything, but a lot of people are honest on the inside."
umbrafer (11:48:31 PM): "Even when they're that far gone, if you get them to tell you they'll call back tomorrow, or they'll join the chat again"
umbrafer (11:48:53 PM): "It isn't always when they say it will be, but if they don't, it gnaws at them. They come back, because they said they would."
umbrafer (11:49:41 PM): "And you get another chance. And you work on them, but you have to get them to commit to coming back again. That's really it right there, keep them coming back until they're willing to come to a meeting in person, until they can see
umbrafer (11:49:46 PM): "for themselves the better path."
umbrafer (11:50:56 PM): "And like these guys said, the other big thing is making sure they're not setting a bad example. Especially if they're Elves, the kinds of damage it can do to young, impressionable people to see Elves in a state of despair…"
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umbrafer (11:51:16 PM): "But usually if they're that far down they aren't seeing people much, so we mostly make sure they come to us and get help."
MilesMk1 (11:51:18 PM): Hey. I thought I'd be able to make it tonight so I didn't cancel, but it didn't work out in the end.
MilesMk1 (11:51:29 PM): (Sorry.)
umbrafer (11:51:40 PM): (We're about to break, but you may as well see the last few lines of the APN meeting ;) )
Thematrian1 (11:51:41 PM): (You got stuck babysitting)
umbrafer (11:51:46 PM): (No problem)
MilesMk1 (11:51:47 PM): (I see you're getting stuff done still.)
umbrafer (11:52:09 PM): (Yeah, there'll be a log posted in the usual place at the end of the session.)
MilesMk1 (11:52:14 PM): (Cool.)
MilesMk1 (11:52:39 PM): (Was Gem a big hit at the meeting?)
CirclMastr (11:52:53 PM): (The meeting is still ongoing)
Thematrian1 (11:53:03 PM): (Unfortunately they're really smooth. I'm having second thoughts about killing one of them.)
CirclMastr (11:53:04 PM): (And my spider antics are being ignored)
Thematrian1 (11:53:55 PM): (You found the F-bomb. We just decided not to kill her. Yet.)
CirclMastr (11:54:43 PM): (I was hoping to find more.)
MilesMk1 (11:55:10 PM): (Hound found the F-bomb? What's the F-bomb?)
Thematrian1 (11:55:29 PM): (Fir-whatsit. I can never remember her name)
MilesMk1 (11:55:53 PM): (Firelle or something?)
Thematrian1 (11:55:58 PM): (Or something)
MilesMk1 (11:56:08 PM): (Makes me think of evergreens.)
CirclMastr (11:56:45 PM): (Fierelle)
umbrafer (11:59:55 PM): (Yeah, that's it)
umbrafer (12:00:37 AM): Anyway, since it's a lot later than I'd realized, I'm going to have to break
umbrafer (12:01:15 AM): We'll have the end of Tahlrhan's spiel, Q&A time, and Aftermath next week.
MilesMk1 (12:01:45 AM): Hmm... Second thoughts...
CirclMastr (12:01:51 AM): Uh oh
Thematrian1 (12:01:58 AM): (Yeah. I haven't admitted them to you two yet, though)
MilesMk1 (12:02:23 AM): (It's fine, I don't think the people who hired us even know my name.)
Thematrian1 (12:03:11 AM): (We sure didn't tell them)
CirclMastr (12:03:14 AM): (Did Gem learn their evil agenda yet?)
Thematrian1 (12:03:26 AM): (Wait 'til I get one alone.)
MilesMk1 (12:03:29 AM): (I mean, I'm sure they could find out, but if we bow out, it's not like my reputation is poised to take a huge hit on this one.)
Thematrian1 (12:04:12 AM): (Oh, I see. Well, Gem lives and die by her rep, so Gem'll have to figure this out.)
MilesMk1 (12:04:22 AM): (So whether you mention it or not, I'm not worried.;))
umbrafer (12:05:02 AM): Meanwhile, the SR3R project progresses. Register! Post!
MilesMk1 (12:05:07 AM): (I'm sure we'll find some reasons to kill them eventually. Or we could just destroy it and only cut off the ear of the one you like. :))
CirclMastr (12:05:11 AM): Eh?
MilesMk1 (12:05:50 AM): You know, that thing a couple of inches back of your eye?
Thematrian1 (12:06:00 AM): (We could just tell them "five out of six ain't bad")
MilesMk1 (12:06:46 AM): (Yes, I know you're probably asking about SR3R. Jon made a website after the Man forced his SR3R thread off of Dumpshock.)
umbrafer (12:07:19 AM): (I made the website quite some time ago, I just actually did stuff with it after The Man did his thing)
CirclMastr (12:08:27 AM): (I was not aware of the actions of The Man)
MilesMk1 (12:11:09 AM): (Dumpshock admins banned SR3R rule-related posts. I think they want to play nice with Fanpro, and between supposed copyright infringement issues SR3R might maybe possibly have and the fact the SR3R people are by definition sort of
MilesMk1 (12:11:32 AM): anti-SR4, they shut Jon's thread down without warning.)
umbrafer (12:11:55 AM): (Yeah. Not just locked, either—moved it to the hidden admin-only area that the Lounge went to.)
Thematrian1 (12:12:06 AM): (But only the main thread - the six beefy subthreads are still around)
Thematrian1 (12:12:15 AM): (Or howevermany there eventually were)
umbrafer (12:12:32 AM): (Fortunately they gave me some dumps of the main thread, though I need to get them to resend me some)
MilesMk1 (12:12:42 AM): (Well, not Fanpro, whatever entity owns the license now.)
umbrafer (12:12:59 AM): (IIRC it's still FanPro, but it'll be Catalyst something something soon)
MilesMk1 (12:13:20 AM): (In other news, I killed a character in a really amusing way on Tuesday.)
umbrafer (12:13:27 AM): (Do tell?)
Thematrian1 (12:13:34 AM): (Yeah?)
MilesMk1 (12:13:39 AM): (Well, the character killed himself. 3.5 D&D game.)
MilesMk1 (12:14:34 AM): (The fight is going badly, 2 party members are down, the 2 surviving ones decide to run for it, but they're separated by enemies. One runs back the way they came, and makes it. The other one chooses what looks like the only logical
MilesMk1 (12:14:38 AM): option he has.)
umbrafer (12:15:30 AM): (Speaking of killing oneself, you can cast some truly horrifying spells by doing DN damage to yourself via Sacrificing)
MilesMk1 (12:15:36 AM): (He decides to climb down a rock passage with some water flowing down the wall, figuring it has a good chance of coming out somewhere.)
MilesMk1 (12:15:47 AM): (Fails the climb check.)
umbrafer (12:15:55 AM): (Heh)
MilesMk1 (12:16:03 AM): (Falls down, past a Glyph of Warding, setting it off. Fails his Will save.)
Thematrian1 (12:16:11 AM): (Oof)
MilesMk1 (12:16:30 AM): (I roll an absurdly small amount of damage for his fall - 13 on 6d6 - and it still kills him.)
MilesMk1 (12:17:30 AM): (On top of it all, if he'd somehow managed to survive that, the 60 foot drop led to the lair of an undead 9th level caster. He was level 6...)
Thematrian1 (12:17:58 AM): (Eh. If adventuring was easy, everyone would do it.)
MilesMk1 (12:18:01 AM): (Oh, and he was falling into water, so he stood a good chance of drowning because of being paralyzed if he hadn't died.)
MilesMk1 (12:18:34 AM): (There was not an opportunity to stay alive he didn't miss.)
Thematrian1 (12:18:48 AM): (And he had three or four extra deaths queued up, just in case)
MilesMk1 (12:19:10 AM): (I suppose the only thing it needed was a pool of lava and a truck of salt...)
umbrafer (12:19:19 AM): ( :D )
MilesMk1 (12:19:43 AM): (He didn't mind, either, but it was the worst string of bad luck born out of a logical decision I'd ever seen.)
MilesMk1 (12:20:25 AM): (Anyway, don't mean to keep you guys and I need to get some sleep too, so... Monday?)
Thematrian1 (12:21:06 AM): (Monday)
Thematrian1 (12:21:09 AM): (Escape!)
umbrafer (12:21:12 AM): (Monday!)
MilesMk1 (12:22:08 AM): (From Bug City? Hell yes.)
MilesMk1 (12:22:16 AM): (G'Night.)
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umbrafer (12:22:26 AM): (Heh, I still need some healing 'fore that)
umbrafer (12:23:23 AM): 'Minds me. Tomorrow I need to get that disclaimer on all of the page templates so I can slap a link on my Dumpshock sig and otherwise start advertising.
CirclMastr (12:25:08 AM): Are we actually going to escape on Monday? Poor Shojo misses Alex
Thematrian1 (12:25:17 AM): Probably not, no.
umbrafer (12:25:21 AM): I doubt it.
Thematrian1 (12:25:23 AM): It was more of a directive than a prediction.
Thematrian1 (12:25:36 AM): Just ignore all obstacles and hurl yourselves at the barricade.
umbrafer (12:25:49 AM): Not only are there a whole bunch of things to investigate in the city, Alex is still missing large parts of her liver.
Thematrian1 (12:26:04 AM): I should mention, however you guys wind up escaping I'm going to make all those rolls in the open.
Thematrian1 (12:26:16 AM): Owing to the higher-than-usual likelihood of character death and/or TPK.
umbrafer (12:26:17 AM): Well, not missing as such. They're there. They may not be entirely alive.
Thematrian1 (12:26:21 AM): Heh.
umbrafer (12:26:21 AM): Yeah, I figured.
CirclMastr (12:28:02 AM): Well, I know Todd is dying anyway, since he has Borrowed Time.
umbrafer (12:28:24 AM): Dude.
Thematrian1 (12:28:36 AM): It'll be cool.
CirclMastr (12:28:37 AM): I will laugh if this all-rolls-in-the-open means you have a harder time fiating him dead because he keeps rolling really well for some reason.
Thematrian1 (12:28:46 AM): Ah, you forget.
Thematrian1 (12:28:50 AM): Borrowed Time gives me permission to cheat.
Thematrian1 (12:29:05 AM): Given how things have been going, I may have to.
Thematrian1 (12:29:15 AM): And when that day comes, no complaining. You took BT of your own free will.
umbrafer (12:29:55 AM): "When"?
umbrafer (12:30:03 AM): We've been playing three years now, IIRC
Thematrian1 (12:30:13 AM): Yep.
Thematrian1 (12:30:19 AM): Though mostly not with Todd.
umbrafer (12:30:23 AM): It's been three months in-game. He's just now at the earliest point it could take effect if he'd been in from the start.
umbrafer (12:31:02 AM): There's going to be some time burned in healing, but for three more months to pass, it's probably not going to take less than two years.
Thematrian1 (12:31:22 AM): GM Wand!
umbrafer (12:31:55 AM): The two years figure incorporated GM wand.
umbrafer (12:32:07 AM): It'll probably be more like three to four if we don't.
CirclMastr (12:32:14 AM): I just want to get Shojo back with the group and go on real shadowruns again.
umbrafer (12:32:17 AM): I mean, the last year has covered what, four days?
Thematrian1 (12:32:29 AM): Every bit of a week.
Thematrian1 (12:32:35 AM): A very busy week.
umbrafer (12:32:42 AM): Yes, yes it has been.
Thematrian1 (12:32:48 AM): But, yeah, I'm looking forward to a little of that old-school stealth action.
umbrafer (12:33:19 AM): But someday. Someday, when we're all sitting around in the retirement home.
umbrafer (12:33:29 AM): Someday, I'll get to run that plotline that I've had in mind since I started this game.
Thematrian1 (12:33:41 AM): look, you can make this happen anytime you want. Just say "We spend the next two weeks healing."
CirclMastr (12:34:13 AM): "Hey, remember that time we spent three years playing a single fucking week in SR?" "Well, except CirclMastr, he got shoved into the background for three years." "Haha, sucker."
umbrafer (12:34:38 AM): Two weeks won't do much when the originally-envisioned primary plotline starts in 2060 :) but our problem is that there's too much interesting going on.
umbrafer (12:35:00 AM): I mean, you people do stuff. It's interesting, I don't want to skip over it. We do stuff. I assume the reason you don't skip over it is that it's interesting.
umbrafer (12:35:19 AM): A few days of that go by in-game, and suddenly it's half a year later :)
Thematrian1 (12:35:45 AM): Yeah. Partially this is just a high-latency medium. Ironically, we're at our best as GMs when the party's in four different places.
CirclMastr (12:36:26 AM): I dunno, poor Shojo hasn't had more than three sessions' worth of work in all these years.
umbrafer (12:36:40 AM): I'm not complaining, I'm observing, and extrapolating. I wish I could schedule this game for sometime when I'm usually less tired, but the Monday game at least has been pretty consistently strong and involving for some time now.
Thematrian1 (12:37:23 AM): I'm glad you think so. But I'm tired too; this is tougher than playing in person, somehow.
umbrafer (12:37:57 AM): It is. Though less tough, I have to say, than driving seven hours to play in person :)
umbrafer (12:37:58 AM): But someday.
umbrafer (12:38:01 AM): At least once, before we die.
CirclMastr (12:38:13 AM): Uh, it's a helluva lot longer than seven hours for me. :(
umbrafer (12:38:15 AM): We need to play a session of these games face-to-face.
umbrafer (12:38:34 AM): Though there are tradeoffs there, too
CirclMastr (12:39:17 AM): Like the fact that you schedule the game for seven hours from a certain time, and I've barely gotten to Arizona by then?
umbrafer (12:39:37 AM): I don't know if it came off as well as it felt, but I felt good about the way I portrayed Xeric. I have much less confidence in my ability to do that in person. Likewise, you may remember the big Troll that you met in Puyallup once
Thematrian1 (12:39:51 AM): I do remember him.
umbrafer (12:40:08 AM): The one who barely spoke English anymore. I felt good about how that scene went. I tried to run that character in person, and it didn't go nearly as well.
umbrafer (12:40:22 AM): It might have done better if I'd thought to spend a few hours practicing Troll voice
Thematrian1 (12:40:41 AM): Yeah, he was interesting. He'd probably kill us if we went back there, so the odds are against a reunion, but a body can hope.
CirclMastr (12:40:44 AM): For some reason I always imagine trolls sounding like the Cookie Monster.
umbrafer (12:41:09 AM): But here, I don't have to spend hours making my puny human-sized chest and vocal cords sound like a twelve-foot-tall wall of muscle and bone
umbrafer (12:41:33 AM): I just think about the way I imagine him sounding, transcribe it phonetically, and go.
umbrafer (12:41:58 AM): Not that that's always easier. The crow elder was a pain at first.
umbrafer (12:42:38 AM): But I didn't come out of it with a sore throat, so I guess that's something.
umbrafer (12:43:57 AM): But yeah, I think I've said it before, but if any of you ever have any feedback, positive, negative, or neutral, I'd love to hear it. Improvement through introspection can be a slow process.
CirclMastr (12:44:18 AM): I wonder if Alex even thinks about her poor worried girlfriend
umbrafer (12:44:25 AM): Hehehe
Thematrian1 (12:44:28 AM): 1am is not really the right time to make that request.
umbrafer (12:44:35 AM): Sooth.
umbrafer (12:44:46 AM): I'd once intended to set a policy of having a "comments time" at the end of every session, but setting aside time for that means, well, actively setting aside time
umbrafer (12:45:01 AM): Which means not playing during time that could be used to play
CirclMastr (12:45:13 AM): I have two comments about the last session:
umbrafer (12:45:33 AM): Which is sorta counterproductive. Maybe the forum… last session being tonight, Monday, or last Thursday?
CirclMastr (12:45:41 AM): 1. Fuck that I had to go away because of poor communication from my family
CirclMastr (12:46:01 AM): 2. Poor spider got ignored after finding Fierelle
Thematrian1 (12:46:03 AM): The forum's a great way to handle that.
CirclMastr (12:46:44 AM): People actually have to USE the forum, though
Thematrian1 (12:46:51 AM): It has an RSS feed now.
umbrafer (12:46:57 AM): Well, there's news there now. That too
Thematrian1 (12:47:11 AM): Ok, I'm tired and I'm going to bed.
CirclMastr (12:47:12 AM): Oh, comment #3: Knightmare Chess. It must be played.
umbrafer (12:47:19 AM): Sleep well.
Thematrian1 (12:47:23 AM): Yeah, it rocks. I made about a third of a web client for it once.
umbrafer (12:47:32 AM): #3 isn't really feedback, but I agre… ooh, do you still have that third?
Thematrian1 (12:47:53 AM): Nope, it was lost in the same laptop failure that ate our nascent web-based character creator.
umbrafer (12:47:59 AM): :(
umbrafer (12:48:01 AM): Ah well.
CirclMastr (12:48:03 AM): Going to finish your IM to me?
umbrafer (12:48:16 AM): Which one?
CirclMastr (12:48:24 AM): That was to Seiler
Thematrian1 (12:48:29 AM): yes
umbrafer (12:48:30 AM): Oh
Thematrian1 (12:48:32 AM): good night
umbrafer (12:48:37 AM): Sleep well, all.
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