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umbrafer (8:13:08 PM): Tsk, tsk, you broke the convention.
Thematrian1 (8:13:21 PM): Argh, I did.
Thematrian1 (8:13:48 PM): at least I got the order right
Thematrian1 (8:13:56 PM): Todd: building of choice?
circlmastr (8:14:40 PM): The... HQ one? The garage or whatever base of operations Sigrun has been using?
MilesMk1 (8:14:43 PM): (The Garage! It's crazy, but it might just work!)
Thematrian1 (8:15:01 PM): check. They follow you willingly
umbrafer (8:15:12 PM): What's happening with buildings?
circlmastr (8:15:26 PM): #Please someone tell me we'll be escaping this hellhole soon.#
MilesMk1 (8:16:54 PM): #Appolonia? Status report, please, then return to your rooftop landing pad. Also, let me know what your sensors picked up on the actions of that bomber aircraft.#
Thematrian1 (8:18:39 PM): Appollonia: #The bomber has dropped bombs and is accelerating away. Spacing suggests a cluster kill over half a square kilometer at ::a GPS coordinate near the center of the Noose::. I am presently in no danger...
Thematrian1 (8:18:43 PM): ...returning as you command#
MilesMk1 (8:19:24 PM): *passes the info on the point of impact to Alex*
MilesMk1 (8:19:39 PM): Ok, so I load up my assorted burdens into the van and get in.
Thematrian1 (8:19:55 PM): your prisoner does not attempt to escape
MilesMk1 (8:20:25 PM): Good. Hmm... Duct tape over his eyes beforehand, though.
Thematrian1 (8:21:48 PM): He goes along with that
MilesMk1 (8:23:06 PM): So, load up, make sure he's secure, make sure SC is not dying, and then settle in for a breather and let Alex drive.
Thematrian1 (8:23:27 PM): SC has stopped bleeding altogether, though she's still unconscious.
umbrafer (8:24:33 PM): *Drive*
Thematrian1 (8:24:42 PM): to where?
Thematrian1 (8:25:01 PM): Todd has finished ferrying rescuees, Sigrun is back in and locking up all the exits. With Todd inside, natch.
umbrafer (8:25:13 PM): That's a good question. To the Garage.
circlmastr (8:25:27 PM): "How long will the supplies here hold out?"
Thematrian1 (8:25:58 PM): "Thanks to the raids we made early on, especially Alex's, we can hold out for weeks. But we need a long-term strategy."
circlmastr (8:26:45 PM): "Find a way out, is my long-term strategy."
Thematrian1 (8:27:15 PM): "If what we've been hearing is true, I'm not sure that's practical."
circlmastr (8:27:47 PM): "Neither is holing up and hoping to outlast a military siege."
Thematrian1 (8:27:48 PM): She thinks furiously for a moment. "I'm calling a strategy session upstairs."
Thematrian1 (8:29:48 PM): "Alex, Kovacs, a few of mine..."
Thematrian1 (8:30:02 PM): She heads off, muttering imperiously. Follow?
Thematrian1 (8:30:27 PM): Meanwhile, Alex is back in front of the garage. A moment's negotiation convinces them to open the main door.
circlmastr (8:30:35 PM): Follow
MilesMk1 (8:30:40 PM): Hey, she didn't mention me. If I were there, I'd be offended.
umbrafer (8:30:53 PM): *Enter* Eh, you're with me.
MilesMk1 (8:31:10 PM): *unloads SC and asks people to get her to medbay*
MilesMk1 (8:31:25 PM): *Unloads the captured automatic weapons*
Thematrian1 (8:31:34 PM): With obvious reluctance, your draftees cart SC away.
MilesMk1 (8:32:12 PM): *Unloads the prisoner and leads him into the garage* "Someone might want to go tell Sigrun we caught one of them."
Thematrian1 (8:34:14 PM): This news is greeted with great excitement. Todd, Sigrun straightens as she hears something over the radio.
circlmastr (8:34:25 PM): "Something up?"
Thematrian1 (8:35:01 PM): "New plan. Your friends got us a live prisoner."
circlmastr (8:35:11 PM): "New plan call for torture?"
Thematrian1 (8:35:33 PM): "He might cooperate, you never know."
circlmastr (8:35:39 PM): "That's no fun."
Thematrian1 (8:36:54 PM): Meanwhile, one of the garage rats picks Alex out by eye: "Sigrun says to bring him upstairs."
umbrafer (8:37:28 PM): "Got it."
MilesMk1 (8:37:49 PM): *bring bring bring the intransingent little shit*
Thematrian1 (8:38:15 PM): He's following you quietly now. He's barely moved ever since you blindfolded him.
MilesMk1 (8:38:55 PM): Does he seem scared, finally, or does it seem like he's... I dunno, transmitting or recording something?
umbrafer (8:39:00 PM): #Watch out for cortex bombs.#
MilesMk1 (8:39:02 PM): Perception?
Thematrian1 (8:39:47 PM): Yeah, try it. Or a social skill
MilesMk1 (8:40:10 PM): Etiqueete(Street)?
Thematrian1 (8:40:46 PM): yeah, I'll take that
MilesMk1 (8:41:20 PM): Actually, it's just Etiquette, period.
MilesMk1 (8:41:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 1 3 2
MilesMk1 (8:41:23 PM): Bah.
Thematrian1 (8:41:33 PM): His expression is closed and still. No visible fear.
Thematrian1 (8:41:42 PM): No pain either, surprisingly.
MilesMk1 (8:43:31 PM): Hmm. Before I bring him in, Biotech - is he on something?
MilesMk1 (8:43:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 1 5
Thematrian1 (8:44:11 PM): You don't think so: he's not jittering, his breathing isn't weird, his pupils looked normal when you saw them earlier
MilesMk1 (8:45:05 PM): Hmm. What would be the relevant ability if I was wondering about implants and so on?
Thematrian1 (8:45:34 PM): Biotech would be your best bet, or a relevant skill (Cyber-Implant Combat etc)
MilesMk1 (8:46:22 PM): Can I try Biotech again, then, or was that one roll it?
Thematrian1 (8:46:46 PM): yeah, go for it.
MilesMk1 (8:46:58 PM): and I'll try Electronics to see if he's transmitting.
MilesMk1 (8:47:02 PM): Biotech:
Thematrian1 (8:47:04 PM): Meanwhile, you've been led to one of the small repairs rooms, downstairs.
MilesMk1 (8:47:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 4 6
Thematrian1 (8:47:12 PM): Sigrun and Todd are just emerging through one door as you arrive.
MilesMk1 (8:47:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (8:47:19 PM): Electronics:
MilesMk1 (8:47:27 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 1 1 2 5
Thematrian1 (8:48:43 PM): There's a telltale ridged pattern on his right hand that suggests a hand razor to you. You don't detect anything else, but of course most cyberware isn't revealed by a simple visual inspection
Thematrian1 (8:51:24 PM): Sigrun sits him down on a pallet in the center of the room, and makes an expansive gesture to you three. "Want to start us off?"
circlmastr (8:51:44 PM): Todd whips out his straight-edge with a flourish.
Thematrian1 (8:52:04 PM): Unfortunately your target has duct tape over his eyes, but the watching garage rats are impressed.
MilesMk1 (8:52:16 PM): *rips off the duct tape*
circlmastr (8:52:35 PM): Todd twirls the razor with a flourish.
MilesMk1 (8:52:38 PM): I'll try to leave most of his eyebrows on.
Thematrian1 (8:52:40 PM): No flinch. He has his eyes closed.
Thematrian1 (8:52:56 PM): He opens them slowly. They're still very blue, and ice cold.
circlmastr (8:53:05 PM): *twirl twirl*
Thematrian1 (8:53:30 PM): Todd: Intimidate roll?
umbrafer (8:53:34 PM): *Sits nearby with the blowtorch*
circlmastr (8:54:12 PM): circlmastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 6 1 6
circlmastr (8:54:13 PM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 4
circlmastr (8:54:18 PM): (10, 9)
Thematrian1 (8:54:35 PM): (Is that skill, or default?)
circlmastr (8:55:19 PM): (Skill)
Thematrian1 (8:55:33 PM): (Nice)
Thematrian1 (8:55:47 PM): Todd has your young prisoner's complete attention.
umbrafer (8:56:39 PM): (Does someone less injured than me have Interrogation?)
MilesMk1 (8:56:47 PM): (I don't.)
MilesMk1 (8:57:00 PM): (I have Intimidation (Mental) at 4, but that's it.)
circlmastr (8:57:22 PM): "These nice ladies and gentlemen are going to ask you some questions. And if I ever feel you're not answering well enough, you'll know it."
Thematrian1 (8:58:05 PM): He nods, slowly. Very little reaction in his face, and interestingly no hatred or fear. He doesn't speak.
MilesMk1 (8:59:37 PM): #He was all insults and bluster, before. Even accounting for the effects of fear, it's a weird change.#
MilesMk1 (9:00:06 PM): #You go ahead, Alex, I was bad cop before, on the roof.#
circlmastr (9:00:21 PM): #Should I take off a finger just to let him know I'm serious?#
umbrafer (9:00:51 PM): #Give it a minute.#
umbrafer (9:01:04 PM): "What's your name, kid?"
umbrafer (9:01:06 PM): Interrogation:
umbrafer (9:01:10 PM): umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 6
umbrafer (9:01:13 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
umbrafer (9:01:16 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:01:17 PM): #No, let's see how he responds to questions, he's acting weird, and I want to know what it is.#
Thematrian1 (9:01:25 PM): "Cecil"
Thematrian1 (9:01:34 PM): He does not appear to be lying.
umbrafer (9:01:45 PM): 11, 10, 3 before TN mods other than wounds.
umbrafer (9:03:01 PM): "Cecil? Well, Cecil, I'll tell you how it is."
umbrafer (9:03:17 PM): "My friends here are pretty upset about what happened here today."
Thematrian1 (9:03:49 PM): He nods.
umbrafer (9:04:24 PM): "They're upset because they don't have answers. You give them answers, they get less upset. Sou ne?"
Thematrian1 (9:04:45 PM): He sneers a little, and nods.
umbrafer (9:05:58 PM): "Well then. I've got a pretty good guess, but let's start wth the basics: why were you here, attacking us?"
Thematrian1 (9:06:40 PM): "He paid us to. Five each, then another ten after."
Thematrian1 (9:06:49 PM): (For gang muscle, this is staggeringly high)
umbrafer (9:08:22 PM): *Glances at Todd with an "I-told-you-so" look, then looks back at Cecil* "Who's 'he'?"
Thematrian1 (9:08:51 PM): "Some dude. Decker. Called himself 'Cicadia'"
circlmastr (9:08:52 PM): *wonders what Alex allegedly told me*
Thematrian1 (9:09:20 PM): (probably not anything, it's a game to keep your prisoner off balance)
umbrafer (9:09:56 PM): #Someone get that deck I have /now/.#
MilesMk1 (9:10:14 PM): #Yeah, I was about to ask how your Russian was...#
MilesMk1 (9:10:25 PM): *goes off the get the deck and brings it back to Alex*
umbrafer (9:10:42 PM): (Well, there is indeed something I allegedly told him, having to do with Cecil not being a primary instigator, but it's strictly alleged)
Thematrian1 (9:10:46 PM): Ok. That's going to take a few minutes. In the meantime.
umbrafer (9:10:48 PM): (Seiler had the idea)
umbrafer (9:11:37 PM): "Did he tell you anything about what you were going to be doing?"
Thematrian1 (9:12:24 PM): "Shoot up some mechanics, steal their helicopter. Said he'd back us up."
umbrafer (9:13:30 PM): "Was that him with the big gun? Or his friend?"
Thematrian1 (9:14:13 PM): "I don't know, he said he'd have a few friends doing theft."
umbrafer (9:15:11 PM): #Question ideas?#3
umbrafer (9:15:13 PM): -3
circlmastr (9:15:43 PM): #More questions about the decker?#
MilesMk1 (9:16:15 PM): #Description of the guy who hired him, so we can try to tell which one he was?#
umbrafer (9:17:02 PM): "Cicada ever meet you in person?"
Thematrian1 (9:17:26 PM): "Yeah. I was at the meet."
umbrafer (9:18:32 PM): "What'd he look like?"
Thematrian1 (9:19:24 PM): He shrugs. "Short, human. Dark hair. Silver arms."
umbrafer (9:20:05 PM): *Relays to Blake*
umbrafer (9:20:09 PM): #Sound like anyone we know?#
MilesMk1 (9:20:34 PM): #Silver, as in some exotic tattoo, or silver cyberarms?#
Thematrian1 (9:20:54 PM): (Silver Foo is common street slang for Cybernetic Foo)
MilesMk1 (9:21:26 PM): #Either way, though, it doesn't ring a bell. The description, that is, the name... It just keeps coming up, doesn't it?#
umbrafer (9:21:29 PM): (Man, chrome just ain't good enough for the lumpenproletariat, is it?)
umbrafer (9:23:06 PM): #I think he's hiding something. Maybe the description's wrong, or maybe it's just vaguer he can give.#
MilesMk1 (9:23:45 PM): #Well, you're the one there with a blowtorch.#
umbrafer (9:23:56 PM): #Yeah, but you stuck me with good cop.#
umbrafer (9:24:24 PM): "How long you lived in Chicago, Cecil?"
Thematrian1 (9:24:58 PM): "All my life."
circlmastr (9:25:36 PM): #Want me to cut him?#
umbrafer (9:26:16 PM): #Hold off. I'll come back to it later, and if he's still reluctant you can get threatening.#
umbrafer (9:26:37 PM): #Don't cut him the first time until he really digs his heels in. After that, things get bloody.#
circlmastr (9:27:13 PM): #Alright.#
umbrafer (9:27:15 PM): "Ever been outside the city?"
Thematrian1 (9:27:33 PM): He shakes his head.
umbrafer (9:29:12 PM): "You should try it sometime, when this is all over… after they kill all the bugs, just go out and look at the place from the outside. Gives you perspective."
umbrafer (9:29:21 PM): "But that's for later. Where's your turf?"
Thematrian1 (9:29:26 PM): He sneers at your suggestion.
Thematrian1 (9:29:41 PM): "Broderick and Yates."
umbrafer (9:29:50 PM): What's the area like?
Thematrian1 (9:30:04 PM): One of the Noosier parts of the Noose.
MilesMk1 (9:30:49 PM): I wonder how it compares to the place that got bombed.
MilesMk1 (9:30:56 PM): I mean, where it is in relation to it.
Thematrian1 (9:31:07 PM): It's probably in better shape than that place ;-)
Thematrian1 (9:31:12 PM): Give me AK: Chicago
umbrafer (9:31:14 PM): Hehehe
umbrafer (9:31:52 PM): Does a Highways and Road Systems specialization apply/
umbrafer (9:31:54 PM): *?
MilesMk1 (9:31:57 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 3 1 1
MilesMk1 (9:32:08 PM): Oh, you mean Alex.
Thematrian1 (9:32:19 PM): I'll accept it from you, too
Thematrian1 (9:32:21 PM): unless that's a default?
MilesMk1 (9:33:05 PM): Nah, that was skill for me.
umbrafer (9:33:25 PM): Man, you know this city better than Alex does
Thematrian1 (9:33:33 PM): noice. Or, it would have been. It's within a mile, you're pretty sure.
umbrafer (9:35:31 PM): "So how did your people meet this Cicada, anyway?"
Thematrian1 (9:35:49 PM): "Dunno. He found us."
umbrafer (9:36:23 PM): "Your reputation got around?"
MilesMk1 (9:36:47 PM): #Hey... Ask how long exactly they were contacted to do this.#
Thematrian1 (9:36:49 PM): "'spect so."
Thematrian1 (9:36:54 PM): Blake's back.
umbrafer (9:37:03 PM): #How long ago, you mean?#
MilesMk1 (9:37:07 PM): *gives the deck to Alex*
MilesMk1 (9:37:12 PM): #Right.#
umbrafer (9:38:49 PM): To Blake: "Wonderful, thank you." To Cecil: "How long ago did he come talk to you guys?"
Thematrian1 (9:39:29 PM): "Few hours ago. What time is it?"
circlmastr (9:39:54 PM): (brb, dinner)
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umbrafer (9:39:59 PM): What time is it, anyway?
Thematrian1 (9:41:45 PM): 3:35
umbrafer (9:42:05 PM): "Oh, a little before four."
Thematrian1 (9:42:27 PM): He nods. "Few hours ago."
umbrafer (9:44:00 PM): "You put this together quickly. Anyone else with him, or he the only guy you saw?"
Thematrian1 (9:44:22 PM): "He was alone."
umbrafer (9:46:49 PM): "I'm not surprised. He carrying anything?"
Thematrian1 (9:47:27 PM): "Could've had anything in his arms. Tag left him alone."
umbrafer (9:49:13 PM): "Tag?"
MilesMk1 (9:50:07 PM): #Hmm... Wonder if that was the guy with the fancy skull on his body armor.#
Thematrian1 (9:53:57 PM): "He's the boss down there. He wasn't with us."
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umbrafer (9:57:38 PM): "And Cicada… he made the deal with Tag?"
CirclMastr (9:57:40 PM): (What'd I miss?)
Thematrian1 (9:57:47 PM): Nods.
umbrafer (9:58:05 PM): "What'd you say Cicada looked like again?"
Thematrian1 (9:58:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 5 6 1 3 1 1 1 1 6 1 3 2 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:59:14 PM): "Human, pretty short. All kinds of wiz gadgets in his arms."
umbrafer (10:00:02 PM): "Anything really interesting?"
Thematrian1 (10:01:18 PM): Shrug. "Some kind of spotlight."
umbrafer (10:03:18 PM): #Anyone got anything else right now?#
CirclMastr (10:03:38 PM): #I've got a razor.#
Thematrian1 (10:03:52 PM): (Do you guys have any outstanding requests for info from me?)
CirclMastr (10:04:03 PM): ("What'd I miss?")
Thematrian1 (10:04:12 PM): One of Sigrun's guys shows up, lugging a body.
Thematrian1 (10:04:19 PM): (I abdicate responsibility for that one)
Thematrian1 (10:04:30 PM): Sigrun: "Who's this?"
Thematrian1 (10:04:43 PM): Cecil shrugs. "Not one of ours."
Thematrian1 (10:06:51 PM): It's the guy who infiltrated earlier, natch.
umbrafer (10:06:56 PM): Natch.
MilesMk1 (10:07:44 PM): (Just some interrogation. Some details on the Cicada guy, and little else.)
Thematrian1 (10:11:54 PM): The body lies there. It's stopped leaking, at least.
Thematrian1 (10:12:05 PM): Cecil is slightly more relaxed than when you brought him in.
MilesMk1 (10:14:43 PM): *resists the urge to wing him again*
MilesMk1 (10:15:14 PM): "So what was the plan for after you killed us all and took our helicopter?"
Thematrian1 (10:15:34 PM): "Collect our ten each."
MilesMk1 (10:17:09 PM): "Sounds like a good deal. Except for the fact there's nothing to spend cred on, in here. Well, that, and the fact he could have just left in the helicopter."
Thematrian1 (10:17:41 PM): "That bug shit?"
Thematrian1 (10:17:54 PM): "We give it another week, tops."
MilesMk1 (10:18:46 PM): *actually laughs out loud*
MilesMk1 (10:20:34 PM): "Where were you supposed to pick up the money?"
Thematrian1 (10:21:17 PM): "We were going to meet up afterward, same place."
MilesMk1 (10:23:55 PM): "Well, I suppose it's moot now."
Thematrian1 (10:24:24 PM): Stoneface.
umbrafer (10:25:43 PM): "You're pretty calm about all this."
CirclMastr (10:26:23 PM): #Can I cut him now?#
Thematrian1 (10:26:30 PM): Stoneface.
Thematrian1 (10:26:44 PM): If you had to sum up his demeanor in one word: cold. Very cold.
Thematrian1 (10:26:55 PM): For a kid, he's got a lot of presence.
MilesMk1 (10:29:42 PM): "You know, you could have bravely died in silence on that rooftop, saved yourself some duct-taping and a lot of questions."
Thematrian1 (10:30:00 PM): He gives you the biggest sneer yet.
umbrafer (10:31:00 PM): Kid must have taken IA: Sneering.
MilesMk1 (10:31:09 PM): "...it could be latent survival instinct, but I think you're just good at pretending you're not scared shitless."
CirclMastr (10:31:26 PM): Twirl twirl
CirclMastr (10:31:49 PM): #I'm begging you, just one finger joint!#
MilesMk1 (10:31:55 PM): "Has to be a useful skill when you're the young little blond kid running with a big bad gang."
Thematrian1 (10:32:37 PM): "I was never gonna stay with them. Not forever."
MilesMk1 (10:34:03 PM): *stops at the cusp of another sarcastic comment* "Yeah? So you did have a plan of some sort."
Thematrian1 (10:35:19 PM): "They thought they'd made it big. They were so happy to take that smiling asshole's five large...they don't even know how small they are!"
Thematrian1 (10:35:28 PM): Sneeringly: "Were"
CirclMastr (10:36:43 PM): (Maybe he has Compulsion (severe): sneer)
MilesMk1 (10:37:08 PM): "True. But how'd you really know, being how you never even made it out Chicago in your life?"
Thematrian1 (10:37:16 PM): (I actually made up a custom Sneers All The Fragging Time flaw)
CirclMastr (10:37:44 PM): (How many points does it give?)
Thematrian1 (10:37:55 PM): (35. Don't fuck with this guy.)
CirclMastr (10:38:08 PM): (Oh man, my next character is getting that.)
umbrafer (10:38:20 PM): (That's probably because it negates the Complete Softie flaw.)
MilesMk1 (10:38:31 PM): (I say that less like I'm mocking him, and more like I'm suggesting there's got to be more to him than meets the eye.)
Thematrian1 (10:38:33 PM): "Anyone could see it. Sitting a windy alley, roasting a fragging rat over an oil fire, you think Damien Knight lives that way?"
Thematrian1 (10:38:51 PM): "Anyone who's not a moron could see it."
CirclMastr (10:39:45 PM): (Damien Knight has people to roast his rats for him.)
umbrafer (10:40:03 PM): (Damn skippy. /And/ to make the sauce to go on the rat.)
MilesMk1 (10:42:27 PM): "Right... So why'd you take the money, if you can put two and two together? There's only one reason someone throws that much cash at guys like your late friends."
Thematrian1 (10:43:49 PM): "They died, I didn't." (He seems to have forgotten about the bullet to the arm)
CirclMastr (10:44:37 PM): (Wait, someone got to shoot him? Or was that in the firefight?)
umbrafer (10:44:45 PM): (That was in the firefight.)
umbrafer (10:45:01 PM): (We won't deny Todd his chance to put Stuck in the Middle with You on the stereo.)
MilesMk1 (10:45:52 PM): "The fact I usually shoot short people last doesn't make this job any better of an idea."
Thematrian1 (10:46:42 PM): Half a sneer. "If they'd jumped when I told them to, we could've all made it. If they'd just listened..." He trails off, muttering imprecations.
umbrafer (10:47:17 PM): "Jumped?"
MilesMk1 (10:47:23 PM): "Look on the bright side, the reason they didn't look at you is the reason you're still alive."
MilesMk1 (10:47:27 PM): gah
MilesMk1 (10:47:34 PM): ...they didn't listen to you
MilesMk1 (10:48:06 PM): "So what were you going to do after you made a break with the rat-roasting crew?"
Thematrian1 (10:48:57 PM): (Sigrun, by the way, is deeply entertained by all of this)
MilesMk1 (10:49:02 PM): I'll hold off if necessary so I don't step on Alex's line.
Thematrian1 (10:50:14 PM): Cecil, to Alex: "We could've just dropped one story, broken a window, gotten down and out. I could see it."
Thematrian1 (10:50:25 PM): Interrogation, everybody.
umbrafer (10:50:34 PM): umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 1 5
umbrafer (10:50:41 PM): Eh. 3 before positive mods.
CirclMastr (10:50:43 PM): circlmastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 2 6 2
CirclMastr (10:50:45 PM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
CirclMastr (10:50:45 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (10:50:52 PM): 16, 8
MilesMk1 (10:50:58 PM): Does it default to Intimidation?
MilesMk1 (10:51:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 5
MilesMk1 (10:51:26 PM): (If not, let me roll one more die and I'll default to CHA)
CirclMastr (10:51:33 PM): Er, yeah, that was Intimidate
Thematrian1 (10:51:48 PM): Hm. I'll allow it.
umbrafer (10:52:01 PM): (Yes, Intimidation and Interrogation default to each other)
CirclMastr (10:54:26 PM): "I smell something. Do you guys smell something?" Todd steps foward and slashes the razor across the kid's nose, splitting his nostrils.
Thematrian1 (10:54:55 PM): "Gah!" He recoils backward on his pallet. For form's sake, give me a Switchblading roll.
CirclMastr (10:55:20 PM): circlmastr rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 4 6 4 4 2 3 4 6 3 3 6 4
CirclMastr (10:55:22 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 1 5
CirclMastr (10:55:27 PM): circlmastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 5
Thematrian1 (10:55:43 PM): yeah, that'll be fine
umbrafer (10:56:17 PM): #Something up?#
CirclMastr (10:56:45 PM): #This 'frustrated angst' line just isn't sitting right with me. Something's up.#
MilesMk1 (10:58:00 PM): #Couldn
MilesMk1 (10:58:20 PM): 't you have waited with cutting him until after he said what it was he could see, exactly?#
MilesMk1 (10:58:34 PM): #But you could be right, let's see...#
MilesMk1 (10:59:05 PM): (Incidentally, I'm having a hard time picturing this cut. I assume you didn't take half of his nose off just yet?)
CirclMastr (10:59:24 PM): (More like a lateral slice along the bottom)
Thematrian1 (10:59:33 PM): (Imagine it coming up from below, slicing through the two nostrils and that bit in the middle)
Thematrian1 (10:59:37 PM): (Not terribly deep, right?)
CirclMastr (10:59:39 PM): (So, partially cutting off the front of his nose)
CirclMastr (10:59:39 PM): (Right)
Thematrian1 (10:59:44 PM): (With your level of skill you place it however you want
CirclMastr (10:59:51 PM): (Enough to cause blood and pain and an ugly scar, if he lives)
CirclMastr (11:00:37 PM): "Can you smell it now? Can you tell us something that doesn't stink of lies?" *waves bloodied razor before his eyes*
umbrafer (11:01:21 PM): "Please excuse my friend, he's overwrought."
umbrafer (11:01:27 PM): *Glares at Todd* "That was rude."
umbrafer (11:01:34 PM): #Just play along.#
Thematrian1 (11:01:51 PM): Cecil is scrambling backward. "Aw, what the frag! Gah!"
CirclMastr (11:02:10 PM): #Uh, okay.# Todd glares back. "Isn't it rude to lie when we asked him so nicely not to?"
CirclMastr (11:02:39 PM): "I told him I'd cut him if he tried to frag us up!" *another threatening wave of the razor*
Thematrian1 (11:03:48 PM): Now that he's moving fast he feels the pain in his shoulder again. "Fine! We were just talking! Stupid fraggers, who cares about them?"
CirclMastr (11:04:49 PM): "That's more like it! Keep talking!" Todd falls back to his former spot.
Thematrian1 (11:05:19 PM): "Like I'd try to save them anyway!"
MilesMk1 (11:06:00 PM): *snorts* "Save them? How?"
Thematrian1 (11:06:59 PM): "No way! They were deaders! Didn't they prove it?"
MilesMk1 (11:07:41 PM): Deaders? Does that mean something besides the obvious?
Thematrian1 (11:08:15 PM): Just that they were going to die. No zombie connotations.
MilesMk1 (11:09:41 PM): *doubtfully* "Are you saying you knew they were going to die, and that you knew they'd have lived if they did what you told them to?"
MilesMk1 (11:10:44 PM): "Sorry, kid, but that sounds a bit like the blood loss making you dizzy."
Thematrian1 (11:11:13 PM): "You wouldn't have bothered to hunt us down. Would you?"
MilesMk1 (11:12:18 PM): "Probably not. But there's a big difference between an educated guess and knowing something."
umbrafer (11:13:37 PM): "We wouldn't have had to."
umbrafer (11:13:50 PM): "As soon as you stepped out of the building, you'd have been meat."
umbrafer (11:14:08 PM): "It's not like we didn't know you were in there."
umbrafer (11:14:27 PM): That's in as pleasant a tone as it can be delivered in.
Thematrian1 (11:14:46 PM): Uuh. The "meat" part isn't really pleasant no matter what your tone.
Thematrian1 (11:15:01 PM): He's shutting down again, right before your eyes. "Doesn't matter now."{
umbrafer (11:16:22 PM): "There's certainly no future for someone with /that/ kind of attitude."
CirclMastr (11:16:24 PM): "Oh don't stop talking now, I was just getting settled back here again." *flick twirl*
MilesMk1 (11:18:41 PM): "Well, he can't very well talk if you keep cutting his face. Let him finish a sentence, at least."
Thematrian1 (11:19:36 PM): (Getting your roles confused, there, guys? ;-))
Thematrian1 (11:19:46 PM): He looks up at you. "What do you want?"
CirclMastr (11:19:49 PM): (We've got Good Cop, Bad Cop, and Flip-Flop Cop)
MilesMk1 (11:19:51 PM): (No, he just decided to be Worst Cop.)
umbrafer (11:20:03 PM): "Look, kid, I'll level with you. You're in a bad spot. You took the wrong gig and now you're looking at the end of the line. But it doesn't have to be that way."
MilesMk1 (11:20:05 PM): (I'm still being Bad Cop. ;))
umbrafer (11:20:43 PM): "You took a job against us. We don't like that. But even more than that, we don't like people who hire for jobs against us."
MilesMk1 (11:20:47 PM): (I'm just verbally abusive, instead of physically.)
MilesMk1 (11:21:46 PM): (I use sarcasm. And sometimes, even metaphor and ironic sentence structures.)
Thematrian1 (11:21:53 PM): "So talk to Tag. He took the job."
umbrafer (11:22:29 PM): "So I'm going to have to do some convincing with my friends here, but I'm pretty sure that if we nailed Cicada, they wouldn't mind so much if we turned you loose. See what I'm getting at?"
umbrafer (11:22:49 PM): "Yeah, we're probably going to have a word with him. But it's not him that's in a bad spot right now, it's you."
MilesMk1 (11:22:54 PM): (Ugh. Speaking of jobs, I need to turn in at a sane hour.)
CirclMastr (11:23:00 PM): (Must you?)
Thematrian1 (11:23:05 PM): (Why is it 11:30? Why?)
umbrafer (11:23:11 PM): (No such thing as a sane hour.)
Thematrian1 (11:23:12 PM): (I was going to cut the game off at 10:30 sharp)
Thematrian1 (11:23:16 PM): (Way to go, assholes ;-))
MilesMk1 (11:23:20 PM): (Heh.)
umbrafer (11:23:25 PM): ( :D )
MilesMk1 (11:24:13 PM): (Yeah, I have to run. Let me know what happens if you guys do go on a little longer.)
CirclMastr (11:24:13 PM): (Hey, at least I'm participating!)
Thematrian1 (11:24:15 PM): Beat. "You should go ask Tag. But even if he doesn't tell you anything...I can help."
Thematrian1 (11:24:31 PM): (And I approve. Cecil really doesn't, though)
CirclMastr (11:24:37 PM): (Before anyone goes, good news: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=281722 )
MilesMk1 (11:24:44 PM): (See you guys Thursday!)
Thematrian1 (11:25:22 PM): (Thursday)
umbrafer (11:25:28 PM): (Sleep well all, see you Thorsday)
Thematrian1 (11:26:17 PM): I'm quite ready to stop here.
CirclMastr (11:26:41 PM): Ah well
Thematrian1 (11:26:51 PM): Yeah, sorry, but I have a job too.
MilesMk1 (11:27:08 PM): (Life sucks.)
MilesMk1 (11:27:20 PM): (Anyway. Now I go away.)
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umbrafer (11:27:29 PM): (Bah, who needs a job when you have Shadowrun?)
Thematrian1 (11:27:38 PM): (Me)
CirclMastr (11:28:02 PM): This is why I work afternoons.... wait..
umbrafer (11:28:09 PM): (Before you go, did you have anything on the honeycomb question?)
CirclMastr (11:28:47 PM): The what?
Thematrian1 (11:28:54 PM): (What's wrong with the good old hexagon?)
CirclMastr (11:29:36 PM): *confused*
umbrafer (11:29:38 PM): (Well, you can use hexagonal prisms, but then you've got squares vertically)
Thematrian1 (11:30:17 PM): (Well, ok, 3d hexagons. Whatever you call them.)
umbrafer (11:30:22 PM): The issue is, I'm trying to extend a battlemap to three-dimensional space. In two-dimensional space, you've got the obvious choice: hexes.
Thematrian1 (11:30:31 PM): (Or do they not tessellate in 3d?)
umbrafer (11:30:36 PM): (They don't.)
Thematrian1 (11:30:40 PM): (Ass)
CirclMastr (11:31:25 PM): Use, uh, d8s?
umbrafer (11:31:26 PM): (As far as I can tell, the only regular solid that tesselates in 3d is the cube.)
CirclMastr (11:31:26 PM): What the hell shape is a d8 anyway
umbrafer (11:32:45 PM): (So then the question is whether to use prisms, which measure wonkily along verticals, or to use a combination of solids)
umbrafer (11:32:46 PM): (Or to just use cubes)
Thematrian1 (11:32:46 PM): You could randomly distribute points in space.
Thematrian1 (11:32:46 PM): Then compute the 3d vornoi tessellation.
CirclMastr (11:33:02 PM): I'm leaning toward "just use cubes" for the sake of playability
Thematrian1 (11:33:16 PM): ooh
Thematrian1 (11:33:34 PM): This is actually a well-known geometry problem called the Minimum Interface Problem
umbrafer (11:33:40 PM): !!!
Thematrian1 (11:34:07 PM): Lord Kelvin came up with a (irregular, sadly) polygon for it, known as Kelvin's Polyhedron
Thematrian1 (11:34:24 PM): Basically, you want some polyhedron such that: a) The 3D space can be filled with equal polyhedrons.
Thematrian1 (11:34:33 PM): and b)Total area of interfaces becomes minimum for given volume of the polyhedron.
CirclMastr (11:35:12 PM): Please tell me this isn't for SR3R
Thematrian1 (11:35:22 PM): http://www.kobe-du.ac.jp/gsdr/gsdr/kiso04/05-e.html
Thematrian1 (11:35:30 PM): The section on the MIP gives a good overview
umbrafer (11:35:42 PM): Ok, I won't tell you ;)
Thematrian1 (11:36:11 PM): I think the most playable solution is probably subdivided hexagonal prisms
umbrafer (11:36:13 PM): (No, seriously, while I would happily use it for SR3R, it's actually for a different project.)
CirclMastr (11:36:16 PM): ....
CirclMastr (11:36:29 PM): "subdivided hexagonal prisms" != most playable
CirclMastr (11:36:36 PM): Most playable == cubes
Thematrian1 (11:36:41 PM): Sure it is. You have the floor which is a bunch of hexes
Thematrian1 (11:36:44 PM): you have the level above it, more hexes
umbrafer (11:36:45 PM): Cubes are not very playable.
Thematrian1 (11:36:50 PM): the level above it, more hexes
Thematrian1 (11:36:54 PM): it's not awesome, but it'd bet the job done
umbrafer (11:37:05 PM): Any which way you go, you've got wonky diagonals to contend with.
umbrafer (11:37:21 PM): (Though I do think "honeycomb battlemap" is something I want to eventually implement in the SotSW Chatsuite)
umbrafer (11:37:28 PM): (Just a plain old whiteboard comes first, though)
CirclMastr (11:44:02 PM): circlmastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 2 2 1 2
CirclMastr (11:44:04 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
umbrafer (11:44:11 PM): ?
CirclMastr (11:44:34 PM): Last-second stuff before I lose access to Seiler, heh
umbrafer (11:45:01 PM): Ahah
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