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umbrafer (9:08:00 PM): I am making the foodstuff. I'll be right with you.
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MilesMk1 (9:09:57 PM): Hey.
Thematrian1 (9:10:02 PM): greetz
umbrafer (9:10:10 PM): You saee an undercooked piece of penne rigate.
umbrafer (9:10:20 PM): Actions?
umbrafer (9:10:25 PM): See, even.
Thematrian1 (9:10:38 PM): eat penne
MilesMk1 (9:10:59 PM): Uh... Yeah, sure, I get those +2 dice vs. toxins, so why not.
umbrafer (9:11:17 PM): It has a bite to it, but perhaps a bit too much of one. It is a comparatively unsatisfying snack.
MilesMk1 (9:11:26 PM): Where am I eating this?
umbrafer (9:11:30 PM): Anyway, enough of what's going on in my kitchen.
MilesMk1 (9:11:42 PM): Ah.
umbrafer (9:11:46 PM): (I just got back from making a campus run and am cooking dinner)
umbrafer (9:14:26 PM): Done!
umbrafer (9:14:34 PM): Ok, where were we. Apologies for the delay, everyone.
Thematrian1 (9:14:45 PM): we had just gotten our bug on
Thematrian1 (9:14:55 PM): in a curious echo of the monday game ;-)
umbrafer (9:15:01 PM): In a very… heh, you stole my words :)
umbrafer (9:16:49 PM): Glitch had just exfiltrated.
MilesMk1 (9:19:18 PM): I check the reception, then go back to Hound's.
MilesMk1 (9:19:32 PM): Unless something develops.
Thematrian1 (9:20:04 PM): Now, our attack had two other prongs: Hound was going to get a meeting about Weird Magical Drek (TM), and I was going to try and Mata Hari one or two of the male contingent.
umbrafer (9:20:17 PM): The reception seems fine, though none of the bugs are picking up anything right now. How do you have them set? Continuous transmit, burst transmit, continual record, record on noise level?
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CirclMastr (9:23:38 PM): (Hey all)
MilesMk1 (9:24:17 PM): Hmm. What does the extensive security-related expertise of my character, vastly exceeding mine, suggest? ;)
MilesMk1 (9:25:03 PM): They don't seem very tech-savvy to me and bug sweeps are unlikely, so I don't see why we couldn't transmit in real-time, assuming the battery life is long enough.
umbrafer (9:25:16 PM): It's all tradeoffs, which you probably know as well as I ;) let me double-check canon battery life.
CirclMastr (9:25:46 PM): If canon battery life is anything like canon weights, it'll be either 100 years or 10 minutes.
umbrafer (9:26:18 PM): (Bad signs #326: you start looking for the bug rules in a LaTeX symbol reference chart, and it takes you several pages to realize what you're doing wrong)
CirclMastr (9:26:20 PM): Is Glitch still inside the place?
MilesMk1 (9:26:30 PM): My gut feeling is, set them to record and transmit in voice-activated mode.
umbrafer (9:26:34 PM): Nope, he'd just started to exfiltrate.
umbrafer (9:26:36 PM): Er
umbrafer (9:26:37 PM): Finished
MilesMk1 (9:26:38 PM): Glitch just climbed out a window.
umbrafer (9:26:40 PM): Finished exfiltrating
MilesMk1 (9:27:15 PM): Why, did you want me to leave behing mysterious graffitti? Steal Firelle's panties?
umbrafer (9:27:31 PM): "Up to six hours"
MilesMk1 (9:27:33 PM): Add laxative to the traditional elven fruit wine store?
Thematrian1 (9:27:55 PM): hey, I kinda like that last one
umbrafer (9:28:10 PM): The book, helpful as always, doesn't indicate if that's a power or memory limitation. I'll rule that it's both right now, and it'll get fixed when everything else to do with bugs does.
MilesMk1 (9:28:27 PM): Damn. Yeah, I definitely only set them to record and transmit when there's normal-volume conversation going on, then.
CirclMastr (9:29:53 PM): I still think some sort of retrans thing with the blimp should have been done to the bugs.
MilesMk1 (9:30:28 PM): No reason we can't do that. I know the frequency and the encryption (if any).
MilesMk1 (9:30:42 PM): I assume bugs would feature encryption by default, but...
MilesMk1 (9:31:19 PM): You know, in all of this, I forgot I'll have to come back for them once we're done.
MilesMk1 (9:31:52 PM): Or at least I'll want to.
umbrafer (9:31:54 PM): Not necessarily, though it eats into profits if you don't. Anyway, as long as the place doesn't burn down or blow up, it probably won't be too hard.
Thematrian1 (9:31:57 PM): well, you got in, and things will be in great disarray
MilesMk1 (9:35:17 PM): Ok, so what now?
MilesMk1 (9:35:46 PM): Oh, right Hound and magical drek, and Gem as Mata Hari.
Thematrian1 (9:35:50 PM): right
CirclMastr (9:36:12 PM): What about Hound and magical drek?
MilesMk1 (9:37:26 PM): You're supposed to try to get a meeting with them to "sell" them info about weird magical drek we saw.
CirclMastr (9:37:58 PM): Ah yeah
CirclMastr (9:38:05 PM): Did they advertise for that finally?
MilesMk1 (9:38:10 PM): IIRC they're actively searching for that kind of stuff. You're supposed to tell them basically what we really saw at the bridge with the details scratched off.
CirclMastr (9:38:46 PM): Okay. So, Hound makes contact with whatever contact info they publish with their query.
MilesMk1 (9:39:13 PM): Glitch monitors communication.
MilesMk1 (9:39:38 PM): Or rather, surveillance.
umbrafer (9:44:03 PM): umbrafer rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 1 5 1 5 2 5 6
umbrafer (9:44:06 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
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umbrafer (9:47:38 PM): Where was I.
umbrafer (9:47:47 PM): Anyway, they haven't put word out yet, but it hasn't been long.
umbrafer (9:47:53 PM): Everyone's in surveillance mode?
Thematrian1 (9:48:00 PM): aye
umbrafer (9:49:49 PM): Time passes. In the evening, there's some data from the bug in the conference room.
umbrafer (9:50:01 PM): Either F. and X. haven't been back to their rooms, or they've been quiet.
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umbrafer (9:50:42 PM): Anyone listening in, give me Intelligence.
Thematrian1 (9:50:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 2 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:50:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 5
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MilesMk1 (9:51:42 PM): Encephalon applies?
umbrafer (9:52:22 PM): It's to recognize voices; I'd think not, but if the description suggests it, go for it.
MilesMk1 (9:52:50 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 6 2 2 4
MilesMk1 (9:52:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:52:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
umbrafer (9:53:08 PM): Gem recognizes Erendahl's voice, for starters. The other two you can't place.
Thematrian1 (9:53:26 PM): "Erendahl, and two people we don't know"
umbrafer (9:53:31 PM): If Glitch has heard Erendahl before, he thinks he rcognizes him, otherwise nothing.
MilesMk1 (9:53:56 PM): Ok.
umbrafer (9:54:55 PM): "…uch to go on. Just a couple weird stories."
umbrafer (9:55:24 PM): E: "It's a start."
umbrafer (9:56:59 PM): V2: "There's nothing here. Some local spirit goes on a rampage, injured people die in the hospital, people disappear in the barrens. This kind of thing barely makes the news!"
umbrafer (9:57:23 PM): V2: "It's the fragging barrens!"
umbrafer (9:57:51 PM): E: "Enough. If Fierelle says there's nothing to it, there's nothing to it. Otherwise, we keep looking. The spirit?"
umbrafer (9:58:30 PM): V1: "Bunch of weird lights, couple of cars tossed around, some stray dogs killed."
umbrafer (9:59:22 PM): E: "Everett?"
umbrafer (9:59:32 PM): V1: "Yeah."
Thematrian1 (9:59:44 PM): Everett?
Thematrian1 (9:59:51 PM): Knowledge: Spirits:
Thematrian1 (9:59:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 1 5 6 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:59:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
umbrafer (10:00:03 PM): Northernmost Seattle district.
Thematrian1 (10:00:06 PM): (if that helps)
Thematrian1 (10:00:06 PM): oh
Thematrian1 (10:00:10 PM): never mind, then
umbrafer (10:00:58 PM): (Borders Snohomish and Salish-Sidhe, lots of docks and a shipyard)
umbrafer (10:01:44 PM): E: "Run it by Fierelle. If she doesn't say no, send some people up to check it out."
umbrafer (10:02:09 PM): E: "The barrens?"
umbrafer (10:03:17 PM): V2: "Some elves disappeared. It's the edge of fragging Puyallup, that's Spikes territory."
umbrafer (10:04:36 PM): V1: "One of 'em's a magic researcher, another guy's some old professor. Nothing important abou the rest."
umbrafer (10:05:22 PM): E: "Spikes turf is no good. We leave that one."
umbrafer (10:05:44 PM): E: "Hospital?"
umbrafer (10:06:45 PM): V1: "Some magically-active people have been dying off. Docs say they're healing, then they're worm food."
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umbrafer (10:09:01 PM): There we go.
umbrafer (10:09:08 PM): V1: "It's from that whole mess with the derailing, so it's not like there aren't injuries to go around."
umbrafer (10:09:29 PM): E: "That's at Seattle General?"
umbrafer (10:09:33 PM): V2: "Yeah."
umbrafer (10:10:53 PM): E: "Run it by Fierelle, then send some people. Tell them to do it quietly."
Thematrian1 (10:11:25 PM): (What do you think of that as a point of contact? Casually overhear them, offer information?)
umbrafer (10:11:51 PM): E: "And keep your eyes on the trid feeds. The way Fierelle's talking, we should be seeing something big by now."
MilesMk1 (10:12:47 PM): (At the hospital?)
Thematrian1 (10:13:07 PM): (Yeah)
MilesMk1 (10:13:22 PM): (Could work, but if they're there to ask around quietly... can Hound pull that off convincingly?)
MilesMk1 (10:13:39 PM): (No offense, but most riggers aren't social animals.)
MilesMk1 (10:13:56 PM): (It's worth a try, but I wouldn't force it.)
Thematrian1 (10:15:09 PM): (Yeah, yeah. You feel up to it, Hound?)
umbrafer (10:16:12 PM): (Hound feels dinneriffic)
Thematrian1 (10:16:45 PM): (Right, that)
MilesMk1 (10:18:09 PM): (Or maybe... Instead of trying to approach them, he could make it so that they approach him.)
Thematrian1 (10:19:01 PM): (Be overheard telling someone about that crazy thing he saw while hiking? I like it)
MilesMk1 (10:19:35 PM): (He could hang around the hospital, being obnoxious and insisting he needs to speak to the survivors because he wants to know if anyone else saw the same weird shit he did when hiking... right.)
umbrafer (10:22:55 PM): Any other actions while you're waiting?
MilesMk1 (10:23:07 PM): Hmm.
MilesMk1 (10:23:36 PM): Scan the news for law-enforcement acitvity? We never did leave to avoid the bad stuff that was supposed to be coming down, did we.
Thematrian1 (10:24:02 PM): whoops. Well, the bad stuff may well be this Wolf drek.
MilesMk1 (10:24:23 PM): True.
MilesMk1 (10:25:07 PM): Hmm. I guess I have a magically-active sick person on my hands, too... But my doc would have let me know if she died. Still... I can't believe I didn't connect the dots.
MilesMk1 (10:25:31 PM): Gem should take a look at her, I think. See if anything weird is up. She's connected to the whole thing, after all.
Thematrian1 (10:25:40 PM): woah, yeah. I missed it too. And, yeah, I will.
umbrafer (10:26:27 PM): Heading right over there?
MilesMk1 (10:26:59 PM): I'll come with.
Thematrian1 (10:27:04 PM): yes. Hound gets to babysit.
umbrafer (10:29:18 PM): *Vrm vrm*
CirclMastr (10:29:24 PM): (I return)
umbrafer (10:30:31 PM): You're babysitting. (Other people, if you want you can split time and both talk to Hound and go visit your sick person, provided you don't think you're going to do anything that would make order matter)
CirclMastr (10:30:59 PM): Hound babysits Maya, trying to coax her into sharing time between nature shows and mecha shows.
umbrafer (10:31:34 PM): She appears to not mind this arrangement, though at times it's not totally clear whether or not she's awake.
CirclMastr (10:31:55 PM): If she appears not awake for an extended period of time, Hound takes her to bed.
Thematrian1 (10:32:32 PM): (Basically, Hound, we want you to visit the hospital and be overheard by their pathfinders talking about Weird Magical Drek)
Thematrian1 (10:32:59 PM): Meanwhile, once I get a look at our poor vegi-woman, I'll assense her: (brb, bathroom)
Thematrian1 (10:33:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 2 5 1 1
CirclMastr (10:33:07 PM): (I thought Hound was babysitting)
MilesMk1 (10:33:40 PM): (Yes, but there's a lot of hours in the day. You only babysit when we go off to look at our very own sick magically active person.)
CirclMastr (10:33:47 PM): Oh
MilesMk1 (10:33:53 PM): (Or rather, you only need to babysit then.)
CirclMastr (10:34:01 PM): Well then, Hound goes to the hospital.
MilesMk1 (10:35:03 PM): We were thinking that maybe you can be overheard insisting that you must talk to the crash survivors to find out if they saw the same WMD you saw, but feel free to use your initiative if inspiration strikes.
MilesMk1 (10:35:57 PM): The most important thing will probably be not to stretch credibility too much, since I don't expect Hound has too many points in social skills, right?
CirclMastr (10:36:05 PM): I was toying with the idea of having Hound try to flirt with Fierelle if she's there, but I can't see how that could lead to the proper topic, so I'll see what else I come up with.
CirclMastr (10:36:22 PM): Negotiations 5 is, IIRC, the extent of his social skills
CirclMastr (10:36:28 PM): So, hey, Fast Talk
Thematrian1 (10:37:10 PM): Some good
CirclMastr (10:37:14 PM): Or Con
CirclMastr (10:37:55 PM): So, Hound goes inside to the receptionist. "Excuse me, do you have any patients from the derailment here?"
Thematrian1 (10:38:11 PM): (well, we'd have to wait until they send their team)
Thematrian1 (10:38:17 PM): (but, basically, yeah)
CirclMastr (10:38:21 PM): ...
CirclMastr (10:38:27 PM): Make up your minds on what you want me to do
umbrafer (10:38:35 PM): She could end up fireballing you
Thematrian1 (10:38:42 PM): sounds hot
CirclMastr (10:38:42 PM): The receptionist?
MilesMk1 (10:38:54 PM): You might need to spend some time at the hospital, is all.
CirclMastr (10:39:10 PM): (Now I'm trying to think of what fireballing could be in terms of somehow related to snowballing)
Thematrian1 (10:39:23 PM): (Do not define that)
MilesMk1 (10:39:23 PM): We need them to see you, so you may have to hang around for a bit. Eugh. Thanks for that image.
umbrafer (10:39:43 PM): (I second the do not define)
CirclMastr (10:39:50 PM): (THe fact that you don't know what it is already shows your neophyte status)
CirclMastr (10:39:54 PM): *The
umbrafer (10:40:05 PM): (Paleophyte)
Thematrian1 (10:40:11 PM): (and you know what? I'm comfortable with that)
CirclMastr (10:40:46 PM): Okay, so Hound hangs around the hospital, making queries and repeating the keyword 'derailment'.
umbrafer (10:41:57 PM): (Man, I knew that pesto seemed like it went further than usual)
CirclMastr (10:42:41 PM): (Eh?)
umbrafer (10:42:42 PM): (Turns out I left about a third of the penne in the colander somehow)
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umbrafer (10:43:04 PM): (Aw man.)
umbrafer (10:43:07 PM): Anyway.
umbrafer (10:43:21 PM): Glitch and Gem have reached the vegi-woman and there has been Assensing.
umbrafer (10:43:44 PM): She's in rough shape still, but there's consciousness-resembling activity there.
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Thematrian1 (10:48:04 PM): "I mean, that does happen."
Thematrian1 (10:48:09 PM): "We saw it happen that one time."
Thematrian1 (10:48:15 PM): "But it's not happening here, as far as I can tell."
MilesMk1 (10:49:14 PM): "Good. I guess. If I'm paying for this, I'd rather she made it through and told us what the hell is going on, or something."
Thematrian1 (10:49:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 4 5 1
Thematrian1 (10:49:57 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 1
MilesMk1 (10:49:59 PM): "If somethig is killing off the derailment survivors, maybe, like anyone else, it needs to be able to find them, and the hospital is the obvious place."
Thematrian1 (10:50:23 PM): ::nod::
Thematrian1 (10:50:35 PM): "I wouldn't bet too much on what this lady will tell us, though."
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Thematrian1 (10:52:12 PM): "But here's the good news:
Thematrian1 (10:52:15 PM): sigh
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Thematrian1 (10:52:37 PM): "But here's the good news: it looks like she's about ready to wake up."
MilesMk1 (10:52:53 PM): "About ready... meaning any minute, or any day?"
Thematrian1 (10:52:56 PM): "As for how much she's got left..." shrug
Thematrian1 (10:52:59 PM): "Any day."
MilesMk1 (10:53:14 PM): "Ah, well. Still, that's good news."
umbrafer (10:54:30 PM): Hound is wandering around yelling about derailments?
MilesMk1 (10:54:32 PM): "...I hope she doesn't end up a cripple damage beyond repair, cursing us for not letting her die. Or something else that'll make me wish I didn't give in to these stupid charitable impulses."
MilesMk1 (10:54:38 PM): damaged
Thematrian1 (10:55:11 PM): "If she's that damaged, she probably won't understand what's happened."
MilesMk1 (10:55:18 PM): Yelling about derailments in a way that will not get him thrown out, I guess. ;) Right?
umbrafer (10:56:10 PM): One would hope :)
CirclMastr (10:56:11 PM): Yelling is an overstatement
umbrafer (10:56:57 PM): Give me an Etiquette roll.
MilesMk1 (10:56:58 PM): "Oh, man... What if she needs long-term care? Maybe I can leave her at Hound's, and Maya can feed her soy puree..."
Thematrian1 (10:58:10 PM): ::laugh:: "Maya knows her, I'm sure."
MilesMk1 (10:59:10 PM): "Yeah, but was she Maya's protector? Or jailer? Could have been both, I guess."
MilesMk1 (11:00:02 PM): "Could you leave one of your spirit thingies here to watch over her and let you know if any magical weirdness happens? Or does it not work that way?"
umbrafer (11:00:11 PM): (That request earlier was to Hound)
Thematrian1 (11:00:24 PM): "I can, but it'll only last until the next sunrise, or sunset."
CirclMastr (11:00:24 PM): Defaulting to Negotiations, I suppose
CirclMastr (11:00:33 PM): circlmastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 3 6 6 6
CirclMastr (11:00:37 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 2 2
Thematrian1 (11:00:38 PM): "Remember how she acted after the train crash? She begged us to protect Maya."
CirclMastr (11:00:38 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (11:00:44 PM): (Go Hound go!)
CirclMastr (11:00:50 PM): 17, 8, 8, 5
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umbrafer (11:07:39 PM): Knowledge spreads around, and your presence goes unquestioned. Though no one's really clear who you are, the idea that you're connected to the derailment seeps into the local consciousness.
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umbrafer (11:08:15 PM): A few hours later, an Elf comes up to you. Perception.
CirclMastr (11:09:44 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 6 6 6
CirclMastr (11:09:47 PM): circlmastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 1 2 4
CirclMastr (11:09:48 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
CirclMastr (11:09:50 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
CirclMastr (11:10:00 PM): 23, 10, 8, 7, 5
umbrafer (11:10:11 PM): Hound is on a roll today.
umbrafer (11:10:16 PM): You see a few things.
CirclMastr (11:10:16 PM): \m/
CirclMastr (11:10:23 PM): Hopefully none of them dangerous
umbrafer (11:10:34 PM): One is that his ears are pros… what /is/ that waving its hands?
umbrafer (11:10:38 PM): Ahem.
umbrafer (11:10:45 PM): Ears are prosthetic.
umbrafer (11:10:53 PM): He was directed to you by a nurse.
CirclMastr (11:11:00 PM): What waving what's hands?
umbrafer (11:11:13 PM): The m. What is the m supposed to be?
CirclMastr (11:11:34 PM): \m/ = the horns. Fist up, index and pinky finger up
umbrafer (11:11:37 PM): There's another guy with pointy ears who is probably more subtle as backup if you don't know what to look for, but you spot him easily.
umbrafer (11:11:40 PM): Oh, I see
umbrafer (11:12:03 PM): I was interpreting it as a variant on \o/
CirclMastr (11:12:09 PM): Ah
umbrafer (11:13:03 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 4 2 4 5 1 6 2 5 2 4 3 6 2 4
umbrafer (11:13:09 PM): Unknown "//" command.
umbrafer (11:13:17 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 4
umbrafer (11:13:44 PM): EG: "I hear you know something about that crash last week."
CirclMastr (11:16:14 PM): *in a tone somewhere between enthused and tired after hours of no progress* "Yeah man, it was crazy, I'm trying to find someone here who can back me up or I'll just sound nuts, y'know?"
umbrafer (11:17:17 PM): (Someone invite Matt?)
umbrafer (11:17:19 PM): (Roll Fast Talk)
CirclMastr (11:17:25 PM): circlmastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 6 4 4 5
CirclMastr (11:17:27 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
CirclMastr (11:17:39 PM): 9, 5x2, 4x2, and I actually have the skill!
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MilesMk1 (11:18:04 PM): Stupid cable modem. I think it's dying.
umbrafer (11:18:06 PM): EG: "Back you up?"
MilesMk1 (11:18:38 PM): What got said after "I hear you know something about the derailment?"
MilesMk1 (11:18:43 PM): Or something like that.
CirclMastr (11:18:54 PM): "Yeah, I mean, if I go to the press or anything with it, I'd just get laughed at and hung up on."
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umbrafer (11:20:19 PM): EG: "It was that weird?"
CirclMastr (11:22:22 PM): (God damn 'message too long' errors...)
CirclMastr (11:23:12 PM): "Yeah, it was definitely some kinda magical stuff. I mean, I don't know much about magic, but it doesn't take a professor to deduce that big glowing portals are magic."
CirclMastr (11:23:31 PM): (And, assume any mistakes in the retelling are the player's in not remembering, and that Hound says the right thing.)
umbrafer (11:23:56 PM): (Including the big glowing portal?)
CirclMastr (11:24:11 PM): (Wasn't there something like that?)
Thematrian1 (11:24:20 PM): (So far, so good. Now we need them to meet with us, so we can kill them)
umbrafer (11:25:20 PM): (I don't think so, and my notes don't say anything about that sort of thing. Anyone else remember anything like that?)
MilesMk1 (11:25:40 PM): (There was a weird tree thing, wasn't there?)
umbrafer (11:25:57 PM): (Oh! I think that may be how you're remembering the area where apparently normal people could see auras for a bit.)
Thematrian1 (11:26:02 PM): (There was the astral overlay, where everything glowed because you were seeing things in AstralVision)
umbrafer (11:26:11 PM): (It was big, and there was glowy stuff there. Yeah.)
CirclMastr (11:26:12 PM): (Yeah, okay, that then.)
Thematrian1 (11:26:23 PM): (Gem described it as "maybe a portal between our world and the metaplanes, even though that doesn't make any sense")
CirclMastr (11:26:32 PM): (See, portal. I'm not insane.)
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You are now in chat room “sotsw20071206.”
umbrafer (11:28:13 PM): (Hate.)
MilesMk1 (11:28:16 PM): (Oh.)
CirclMastr (11:28:18 PM): (Maybe they were ravens)
umbrafer (11:28:36 PM): (Unusually big corvids, anyway)
CirclMastr (11:28:40 PM): (But one was distinctly described and had distinct dialect, and the crow thing the party talked to was almost exactly the same.)
MilesMk1 (11:28:46 PM): (I remember birds in connection to the opening of the side door - something using a rock to break snails?)
CirclMastr (11:29:04 PM): (Yeah, that bit was in there too)
umbrafer (11:29:09 PM): (Wait, how did we get to The Hobbit?)
MilesMk1 (11:29:11 PM): (Clearly, I need to read the Hobbit again, I forgot all about those.)
MilesMk1 (11:29:26 PM): (Dave said he remembered the crow from the Hobbit at the crash site.)
umbrafer (11:29:39 PM): ("Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the last light of the setting sun on Durin's day will shine upon the keyhole")
umbrafer (11:30:16 PM): (Anyway.)
umbrafer (11:30:50 PM): Elfy Guy seems taken aback by this revelation, so much so that he breaks the pretense that he's alone and actually looks over at his backup. He turns back to you.
Thematrian1 (11:31:22 PM): Hey Hound, do you have a camera I could look at this guy through?
umbrafer (11:31:32 PM): EG: "Um. I… I think we know someone who'd like to talk to you. We'll pay you for your time, do you have a number we can reach you at?"
CirclMastr (11:31:59 PM): Uh... spider would work, if you had access to it.
Thematrian1 (11:32:17 PM): Ugh. Why does everyone not have cameras where their eyes should be?
MilesMk1 (11:32:51 PM): Not enough essence.
MilesMk1 (11:33:14 PM): I stuffed mine full of things for better killing of things.
CirclMastr (11:33:38 PM): "Sure, uh..." Hound pats himself for something to write on and with, going to the desk to get it if he must, and gives his cell/PocSec number and a first name.
MilesMk1 (11:33:38 PM): Gah. And that beautifully crafted sentence is proof that I need to go sleep now.
CirclMastr (11:33:51 PM): Aww
Thematrian1 (11:34:18 PM): I liked it.
MilesMk1 (11:34:40 PM): You guys can go on. I had plenty of face time last session, now Glitch is doing a lot of waiting.
MilesMk1 (11:34:59 PM): I really do need to go, I'm tired as hell. See you guys Monday.
umbrafer (11:35:03 PM): I liked it too. But I need to sleep soon myself.
Thematrian1 (11:35:04 PM): Monday!
MilesMk1 (11:35:22 PM): Night.
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Thematrian1 (11:37:04 PM): Glitch can babysit for once.
CirclMastr (11:37:59 PM): At this rate Maya will grow up to be a conjuring mecha-loving gunslinger.
Thematrian1 (11:38:38 PM): Nothing wrong with that.
umbrafer (11:39:14 PM): Except for the problem of Essence
Thematrian1 (11:39:31 PM): I managed; so can she
umbrafer (11:40:39 PM): EG takes Hound's number, awkwardly passes him a credstick, and thanks him for his time. He then leaves.
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You are now in chat room “sotsw20071206.”
umbrafer (11:44:34 PM): Where were we.
Thematrian1 (11:44:46 PM): Hound got paid.
CirclMastr (11:44:51 PM): (8:41:18 PM) CirclMastr: Ooh, bonus advance money. Hound hangs around for another hour to give credence to his story, then heads out.
umbrafer (11:44:54 PM): Indeed.
umbrafer (11:45:04 PM): *Hang around hang around hang around*
CirclMastr (11:45:34 PM): Oh, are there any attractive (female, natch) doctors there?
CirclMastr (11:45:56 PM): (As the player takes the opportunity to try to expand his contacts, since his last attempt got killed.)
umbrafer (11:45:58 PM): The credstick contains ¥100.
umbrafer (11:46:28 PM): There probably are, somewhere. None of them have passed through in the immediate past.
CirclMastr (11:46:49 PM): Damn. Once again I must wonder if you conspire to keep me with few contacts.
umbrafer (11:49:32 PM): Anyway, last actions?
CirclMastr (11:50:01 PM): Hound heads home and reports his success?
umbrafer (11:50:06 PM): I'm no longer working at Ventures as of yesterday, meaning I get about eight hours of my week back, so I should be in better shape for next week's game.
Thematrian1 (11:50:08 PM): I listen to the bugs for sweet, sweet fallout from Hounds actions.
Thematrian1 (11:50:13 PM): excellent
umbrafer (11:50:13 PM): *Vroom vroom vroom*
umbrafer (11:50:19 PM): Sweet, sweet fallout.
CirclMastr (11:54:16 PM): So, anything more tonight?
umbrafer (11:54:34 PM): If you have final short actions.
umbrafer (11:54:41 PM): Otherwise, mass is over, go in peace.
Thematrian1 (11:54:44 PM): all I have is listening
umbrafer (11:54:58 PM): There is stuff to listen to, but it's next week.
Thematrian1 (11:55:07 PM): yeah, yeah
Thematrian1 (11:55:15 PM): ok, see you both on Monday
CirclMastr (11:55:24 PM): Hey, I'm the minister here, I should get to say mass is over.
umbrafer (11:56:35 PM): Monday!
CirclMastr (11:56:38 PM): Well, see you all Monday.
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