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MilesMk1 (8:04:14 PM): Hey.
umbrafer (8:04:23 PM): j0
Thematrian1 (8:04:56 PM): bad news, gang; Dave never got the chat invite. Everyone out, and then Jon makes a new one
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circlmastr (8:11:06 PM): Huzzah
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umbrafer (8:11:13 PM): Now there's two of you :P
Thematrian1 (8:11:38 PM): I only see one
Thematrian1 (8:11:52 PM): and the lag isn't that bad, < 1 second
MilesMk1 (8:12:26 PM): I only see one as well.
umbrafer (8:12:28 PM): A thousand thousand slimy things
MilesMk1 (8:13:45 PM): Ia! Ia! Cthulu f'thagan?
Thematrian1 (8:14:19 PM): now that is optional
umbrafer (8:14:27 PM): ref: genocide, stamp: leniency
MilesMk1 (8:15:03 PM): I meant that in reference to the slimy things, but I suppose they weren't eldritch, so maybe it was not applicable...
Thematrian1 (8:15:06 PM): right, yes. At the end of last session, our noble heroes has just delivered a salutory lesson to a band of miscreants.
MilesMk1 (8:15:11 PM): Or gibbous.
MilesMk1 (8:15:20 PM): Or batrachian. Not even cyclopean.
umbrafer (8:15:38 PM): Maybe squamous?
MilesMk1 (8:15:42 PM): Mhmm.
MilesMk1 (8:15:52 PM): Protean.
circlmastr (8:16:00 PM): Protein?
umbrafer (8:16:13 PM): Survey the prisoners for signs of a stiff upper lip.
MilesMk1 (8:16:16 PM): Nah, protean. Cthulu 101.
MilesMk1 (8:16:33 PM): Actually, it occured to me that I'd like to quickly check the backpacks before we leave.
circlmastr (8:16:42 PM): (I'm 99% sure it's spelled Cthulhu)
Thematrian1 (8:16:42 PM): Wait, did you keep any? I thought you were kicking everyone out. Except their backpacks.
MilesMk1 (8:16:59 PM): Just to make sure they don't contain any fused radio-controlled explosives, or something.
MilesMk1 (8:17:13 PM): (Probably, but it's still protean. :))
Thematrian1 (8:17:15 PM): nothing of the sort
MilesMk1 (8:17:50 PM): (BTW, in case anyone who plays PC RPGs is interested, The Witcher Is Good.)
circlmastr (8:18:03 PM): (Duly noted)
Thematrian1 (8:18:06 PM): (And all in caps? I like the sound of that)
umbrafer (8:18:24 PM): We actually were just in the process of kicking the prisoners out when we last left off.
umbrafer (8:19:35 PM): We had some guns, some pipes, some small change
umbrafer (8:19:42 PM): A few knives
umbrafer (8:19:54 PM): One with "Elaine" etched on the hilt
Thematrian1 (8:20:01 PM): that was just their personal effects, not the backpacks
MilesMk1 (8:20:03 PM): (The only real downside for me are the annoyingly frequent somewhat long load-times, but the game's still a ton of fun. Good story, great atmosphere, tons of stuff to do.)
umbrafer (8:20:09 PM): Ah
MilesMk1 (8:20:55 PM): (Unless they really drop the ball further in, I think it's headed for my Top 5)
MilesMk1 (8:21:04 PM): (But I'll stop now.)
Thematrian1 (8:22:45 PM): Ok. Searching their bags you find mostly non-perishable foodstuffs and ammo. No bombs.
circlmastr (8:23:22 PM): (Nobody set us up the bomb :( )
umbrafer (8:23:28 PM): Any particular kind of non-perishable foodstuffs?
umbrafer (8:23:39 PM): (Someone did, actually, but we made our time)
Thematrian1 (8:23:55 PM): Mostly freeze-dried soy. Lots of peas, in particular. Probably very nutritious.
MilesMk1 (8:24:50 PM): So basically we found sacks full of money.
MilesMk1 (8:25:02 PM): Sort of. By BC standards.
umbrafer (8:25:13 PM): Money you can eat.
umbrafer (8:25:22 PM): Not really, the true currency of Bug City is Aztecola.
circlmastr (8:25:40 PM): After the apocalypse, bottlecaps will be cash.
MilesMk1 (8:26:13 PM): Aztecola - CO2 - me nearly blowing my hands off. Ah, free association.
MilesMk1 (8:28:03 PM): (Sorry if that didn't make sense, I was reminded of an experiment involving dry ice, water and a container that accidentally became closed. And I will stop derailing things now.)
Thematrian1 (8:29:14 PM): (aha)
Thematrian1 (8:29:32 PM): So, given what you've discovered, are you kicking the gangers out as planned?
MilesMk1 (8:29:39 PM): I believe so.
MilesMk1 (8:30:11 PM): Unless someone objects.
umbrafer (8:30:11 PM): *Boot*
Thematrian1 (8:30:33 PM): *thud*
umbrafer (8:31:11 PM): Did we ever figure out what we were going to do with Cecil?
umbrafer (8:31:25 PM): Essie seemed to want him, possibly as a nutritious snack.
MilesMk1 (8:32:32 PM): There seems to be something weird about him, I'm for some more observation.
Thematrian1 (8:33:53 PM): Now what?
umbrafer (8:34:17 PM): So how do we go about getting closer to Cicada?
MilesMk1 (8:35:35 PM): Right, that.
MilesMk1 (8:35:47 PM): Our victims really didn't seem to know much, yes?
circlmastr (8:36:18 PM): Our victims suck. The smart people always seem to get away.
umbrafer (8:36:20 PM): Not really, no. They had a meet scheduled, but after the way things went down it's not a bad bet that C. would have skipped anyway.
umbrafer (8:36:46 PM): Eh, Mr. Bad Teeth's master seemed like smart people
umbrafer (8:39:46 PM): I guess the question is, do we bother camping the hideout area?
umbrafer (8:41:56 PM): Don't all make a decision at once ;)
circlmastr (8:42:18 PM): Well, Todd's opinion is, as ever, whatever gets the group out of here sooner.
umbrafer (8:42:41 PM): Well, it's sorta hard to see what the most direct path to that goal is
umbrafer (8:43:02 PM): Nailing Cicada prevents him from interfering with us later, for what it's worth
MilesMk1 (8:43:35 PM): We can scout the meet location, using drones.
circlmastr (8:43:39 PM): One has to wonder what the chances were of Cicada interfering with us before we started interfering with him.
MilesMk1 (8:43:49 PM): He's the one who went after us.
MilesMk1 (8:44:11 PM): I mean, we started interfering with him in, what, the first job? The second?
umbrafer (8:44:24 PM): They were probably pretty low. However, we started interfering with him during the fourth or fifth week of the game, roughly
circlmastr (8:44:43 PM): Well, I can't remember that far back.
MilesMk1 (8:44:47 PM): He's mad that we killed his friends AND his wife.
MilesMk1 (8:45:06 PM): Now, remember a certain woman in a sports car that Shojo shot in the back of the head?
umbrafer (8:45:13 PM): !!
umbrafer (8:45:17 PM): I hadn't made that particular connection
MilesMk1 (8:45:20 PM): I mean, I don't remember us killing anyone else on that job that could have been someone's wife.
umbrafer (8:45:21 PM): I was still thinking of the people in the van
MilesMk1 (8:45:27 PM): It could be someone else, but...
umbrafer (8:46:05 PM): That was a good job. We need to get free sportscars on all of our jobs.
Thematrian1 (8:46:07 PM): (intriguing)
Thematrian1 (8:46:20 PM): (There are dozens in the Core, I expect)
umbrafer (8:46:37 PM): (Yeah, but the bottom's dropped out of the market)
MilesMk1 (8:46:39 PM): (What, our twisted though processes? How far we are off the mark?)
umbrafer (8:46:55 PM): (You think he's going to tell us? 'Sides, it'd be no fun if he did.)
umbrafer (8:47:14 PM): (Just so long as he remembers so we can get the full story years on down the road.)
Thematrian1 (8:47:26 PM): (I remember. It's all written down)
MilesMk1 (8:47:46 PM): (I still want to see a transcript of the conversation between dispatch and those pseudo-KE guys we took down.)
umbrafer (8:48:21 PM): (Hah. Maybe Shoj can try to grab it while we hightail it to Denver)
Thematrian1 (8:48:22 PM): (Also written down. Probably not relevant anymore, I'll check)
MilesMk1 (8:48:56 PM): Anyway... I'm not sure that the risk/reward ratio on going after Cicada is good enough.
umbrafer (8:49:15 PM): Well, I imagine Essie's going to be pretty set on it
MilesMk1 (8:49:57 PM): We have no good leads, and even if we do spot them, all we're going to be in for is another tough fight, with an enemy sniper with a huge gun and Alex and her drones in bad shape.
circlmastr (8:50:08 PM): Well, since Todd doesn't have all this history with killing his wife and all, he still votes no. ;)
umbrafer (8:50:14 PM): Yeah, that's the rub right there.
MilesMk1 (8:50:23 PM): Still, like I said, we can scout out the meet, discretely.
umbrafer (8:50:37 PM): No! We must do it continuously! ;)
MilesMk1 (8:50:48 PM): Fine. Discreetly.
MilesMk1 (8:50:53 PM): :)
umbrafer (8:51:07 PM): Ok. Damn, why is my drone count so low?
Thematrian1 (8:51:15 PM): attrition
umbrafer (8:51:43 PM): Only partly true. The other part is that I just didn't buy enough drones.
umbrafer (8:52:24 PM): (Wishlist: enough Strato-9s to block out the sun.)
circlmastr (8:53:05 PM): (300 joke here)
Thematrian1 (8:53:08 PM): (Then we will 'run in the shade!)
circlmastr (8:53:13 PM): (Thank you)
Thematrian1 (8:53:21 PM): (Any time)
umbrafer (8:55:04 PM): Well, I hate to do it, but I'm going to find a discreet rooftop nook and park the LDSD there. Then back to the garage.
MilesMk1 (8:55:43 PM): Sounds good to me.
MilesMk1 (8:55:48 PM): So, what now?
MilesMk1 (8:56:26 PM): Do we investigate that room that fell out of the sky, go to see what was bombed, go talk to Zbyhnev to see what he can make of the stuff we found, start planning an escape...?
Thematrian1 (8:56:27 PM): the LDSD is parked. Are you trying to overwatch the Shack, or what?
umbrafer (8:57:13 PM): Roughly. The LDSD is mostly staying hidden, but the point is to be able to overwatch the Shack by resuming control
Thematrian1 (8:58:51 PM): understood. You drive your way back to the garage. It's evening, and the streets are starting to be more populated.
umbrafer (8:59:00 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (8:59:10 PM): Mostly it's small groups of men, moving furtively from doorway to doorway
Thematrian1 (8:59:14 PM): no bugs
umbrafer (8:59:23 PM): (Also, does anyone know any patron saints or guardian deities of the liver?)
umbrafer (8:59:34 PM): No Neils either?
Thematrian1 (8:59:49 PM): None
circlmastr (9:00:25 PM): (Saint Erasmus is the patron saint of liver and GI disease, IIRC)
umbrafer (9:03:20 PM): *Drive drive* I keep a watchful eye on the populations, but otherwise leave them alone.
umbrafer (9:03:33 PM): I wonder if Essie's getting hungry.
Thematrian1 (9:03:50 PM): If so, she doesn't bring it up
umbrafer (9:05:53 PM): Fair enough. Back to the garage and to rest, temporary though it may be.
Thematrian1 (9:06:39 PM): No one has attacked the garage in your absence. For a change.
circlmastr (9:06:54 PM): *dies of shock*
Thematrian1 (9:07:31 PM): the windows are all boarded up, and the damaged main door has been reinforced with concrete barriers (scavenged from God-knows-where)
Thematrian1 (9:08:35 PM): other than that, things are much as you left them
umbrafer (9:10:27 PM): *Puttputtputtputtputt*
Thematrian1 (9:11:06 PM): Sigrun, notably, is asleep; Jeremy greets you at the door.
MilesMk1 (9:11:32 PM): "Hey."
circlmastr (9:11:54 PM): "I'll have what she's having." *meaning sleep*
Thematrian1 (9:12:26 PM): "Welcome back. No disasters is almost a day."
umbrafer (9:13:08 PM): "New record."
Thematrian1 (9:13:40 PM): He ushers you in.
Thematrian1 (9:13:52 PM): "We've been setting up a guard schedule...patrols, sentries, things like that."
Thematrian1 (9:14:15 PM): "It's still a little unsettled, but I think we're the only major power left in a few miles."
MilesMk1 (9:14:50 PM): "Good... probably overdue, that. Is there anything they need us to do?"
Thematrian1 (9:17:19 PM): He shakes his head. "Not yet. We're going to need some kind of long-term food source, though, if things don't change in a few weeks."
Thematrian1 (9:17:34 PM): (lag?)
Thematrian1 (9:17:35 PM): (lag)
Thematrian1 (9:17:40 PM): (epic lag)
MilesMk1 (9:18:29 PM): "Right. Not sure what that can be, in the city, short of some large storehouse that hasn't been raided yet. Like a distribution center, or some such."
MilesMk1 (9:18:44 PM): "We did come across some food on our outing."
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umbrafer (9:20:12 PM): Where were we.
Thematrian1 (9:20:15 PM): "Might as well. We don't need it today, but if we keep letting people barter their way in..."
umbrafer (9:25:15 PM): What's our water supply like, anyway?
MilesMk1 (9:26:46 PM): So I guess we rest a bit and see whether the LDSD turns anything up?
Thematrian1 (9:26:50 PM): Tubs of the stuff. Plus cisterns on the roof.
umbrafer (9:26:58 PM): Good times.
umbrafer (9:27:21 PM): And yeah, that sounds like a plan. Or at least as much of one as we can hope to have right now
umbrafer (9:28:27 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
Thematrian1 (9:28:56 PM): you snooze
circlmastr (9:29:04 PM): Zzzzzz
umbrafer (9:29:50 PM): *Snrrrrrrrrrrx*
Thematrian1 (9:30:09 PM): Those of you with physical damage may recover some, depending on how long it's been
MilesMk1 (9:33:15 PM): I was unhurt.
umbrafer (9:34:35 PM): I'm still searching for ten days (total) of rest
Thematrian1 (9:35:02 PM): heh
MilesMk1 (9:36:08 PM): You know, I made it back from 9 boxes in about a day, I think. :)
Thematrian1 (9:36:22 PM): (?)
umbrafer (9:36:26 PM): (Punk ;) )
MilesMk1 (9:36:27 PM): Of course, 9 boxes is not D, but it's still amusing, sort of.
MilesMk1 (9:36:43 PM): That damn beetle got me to 9 boxes of damage.
umbrafer (9:36:54 PM): Oh right
MilesMk1 (9:36:54 PM): I managed to first-aid to M, then healed quickly.
umbrafer (9:36:56 PM): I remember that now
Thematrian1 (9:37:00 PM): ah, yes
umbrafer (9:37:02 PM): Yeah
umbrafer (9:37:10 PM): The gap between 9 and 10 boxes is big
Thematrian1 (9:37:10 PM): First Aid is some good.
MilesMk1 (9:39:11 PM): *does a general patrol of the premises*
Thematrian1 (9:39:47 PM): how wide a radius
MilesMk1 (9:41:25 PM): Indoors and the guard posts that were established.
Thematrian1 (9:42:52 PM): Ok. Indoors is a bit less crowded than you remember; the guard posts on the neighboring blocks make up the difference
MilesMk1 (9:43:30 PM): Are those KE guys we captured but then released still around?
MilesMk1 (9:43:54 PM): Not searching them out for any particular reason, just wondering.
circlmastr (9:44:04 PM): (dinner, brb)
Thematrian1 (9:44:06 PM): yes. You find them tending a generator.
Thematrian1 (9:44:28 PM): Apparently their expertise in guarding stuff was not requested.
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umbrafer (9:44:44 PM): Well, they did end up in the back of our van
MilesMk1 (9:46:30 PM): I wonder if they could be of use in coming up with an escape plan. Meh, I think we questioned them already about the blockade, right? And now their info is out of date.
umbrafer (9:46:51 PM): Yeah. I'm also concerned about where their loyalties lie.
MilesMk1 (9:47:16 PM): (And man, I fade quickly, lately. I think I'll sign off at 10:00 - sorry, but I'm beat. Too tired to play the Witcher, even...)
umbrafer (9:47:16 PM): I think Alex has moved past the point where she wants to kill them slowly and painfully, but I'm not sure leaving them behind is a bad idea.
Thematrian1 (9:48:17 PM): (10:00 is good for me. I actually have that autodisconnect ruby script set up for 10:30)
MilesMk1 (9:48:45 PM): (Also, I have a biology GRE coming up on the 3rd, and I still have a busy few days of review ahead of me, I'll try to make it on Thursday, but it will depend on how much progress I make.)
MilesMk1 (9:49:03 PM): (That I wasted a few precious hours test-driving The Witcher over the weekend doesn't help.:))
umbrafer (9:49:09 PM): (Got it, good luck.)
umbrafer (9:49:26 PM): (Hah, I know the feeling. I burned basically all of Saturday playing through The Darkness)
MilesMk1 (9:49:57 PM): (The Darkness? What's that?)
MilesMk1 (9:50:47 PM): (You got a PS3?)
Thematrian1 (9:51:02 PM): (It's for 360)
umbrafer (9:51:23 PM): (I do have a PS3)
MilesMk1 (9:51:25 PM): (Yeah, but he doesn't buy MS consoles, and Gamespot lists it for the PS3 too.)
Thematrian1 (9:51:39 PM): (Ah, nicely inferred)
MilesMk1 (9:53:09 PM): (I actually don't have a 360 yet, but I pretty much resigned myself to getting one for Mass Effect.)
umbrafer (9:53:16 PM): (Had it for a while now, though it's only just starting to leave Glorified PS2 status)
MilesMk1 (9:53:32 PM): (Yeah, there's fuck-all for all the new consoles, really.)
umbrafer (9:53:33 PM): (Of course, my PS2 was a Glorified PS1 for about three years after I got it)
MilesMk1 (9:53:49 PM): (It's one of the reasons I don't buy consoles at launch.)
Thematrian1 (9:54:05 PM): (Hey, at least he can do awesome protein folding)
MilesMk1 (9:54:20 PM): (All the best stuff doesn't start coming out until 1.5-2 years after. Protein folding?)
MilesMk1 (9:54:31 PM): (I mean, I know what it is, but how does it relate?)
Thematrian1 (9:54:36 PM): (Folding@Home has a PS3 implementation)
MilesMk1 (9:54:44 PM): (Oh, that.)
MilesMk1 (9:55:04 PM): (Right, I should have known, one of my coworkers has that running.)
Thematrian1 (9:55:05 PM): (Seems that after 3 months on the system, PS3 owners represented more than half of all proteins ever folded by it, ever)
Thematrian1 (9:55:10 PM): (supercomputers rock)
MilesMk1 (9:55:54 PM): (Interesting... How does that work, it folds whenever you're not playing but the console's on?)
umbrafer (9:56:12 PM): (You can set it to fold, I'm not sure under what conditions)
Thematrian1 (9:56:13 PM): (Yeah)
umbrafer (9:56:26 PM): (I haven't been doing anything with it, because up until recently it has been hot here)
umbrafer (9:56:37 PM): (But now that any waste heat will be going to good use, I might start)
MilesMk1 (9:58:35 PM): (Ah, well. It's time to go. See you guys later.)
umbrafer (9:58:44 PM): *Waves* Sleep well
Thematrian1 (9:58:49 PM): (Good luck)
MilesMk1 (9:59:02 PM): (BTW, did I mention before that I was taking the GREs? Because I was pretty vague back then and also missed a few sessions.)
MilesMk1 (9:59:10 PM): (The general GREs, I mean.)
umbrafer (9:59:27 PM): (Ah, I don't think you did. At least, tonight is the first time I remember them being mentioned)
MilesMk1 (9:59:30 PM): (Back then being the end of August.)
MilesMk1 (9:59:58 PM): (Ah. Well, those are behind me anyway.)
MilesMk1 (10:00:27 PM): (Goodnight.)
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