Session 4
[17:01] <Yarrow> All right, who's ready?
[17:01] <Light02> I know the SNES original (well US version) had a very sped up high pitched verison, the PSX version slowed the laugh, simular to the Super Famicom version (yes I'm playing a traslated patch of the original VI hell of alot better than even the original SNES adaptation)
[17:01] <Dorin> I'm here
[17:01] <Pale_Wolf> I'm ready.
[17:01] <Light02> not I yet
[17:01] <Yarrow> How long will you be, Light?
[17:02] <Alathon> here
[17:02] <Light02> not a clue dinner is just about to be served here
[17:03] <Yarrow> Ok, we have three players. We can start if people want.
[17:04] <Dorin> I don't mind either way, oh Queen
[17:04] <Alathon> I'm donw
[17:04] <Yarrow> Anyone who wants to start now, just get into character.
[17:04] <Alathon> wierd, ataru's usually pretty good
[17:05] * Alathon is now known as Alaric
[17:05] * Pale_Wolf is now known as Valery
[17:05] * Dorin is now known as Koizumi
[17:06] <Alaric> (where are we picking up? Alaric was offscreen last session)
[17:06] <Yarrow> Ok, when we left off, Xui-Fei, Valery, and XF's admirer's were working on Metel.
[17:07] <Yarrow> Alaric had gone inside to decompress and Koizumi had gone inside to get warmed up and have a hot meal.
[17:08] <Yarrow> The rain weather has gone from pouring, to clear, to drizzling, pouring, drizzling, clear, drizzling.
[17:08] <Yarrow> A couple of hours (sound right, Pale?) have gone by and work on Metel will be done shortly.
[17:09] <Valery> (Probably, yeah)
[17:09] <Yarrow> Alaric and Koizumi can return to Metel, talk elsewhere, or do something else, if they like.
[17:10] <Yarrow> Koizumi has been given a room in Jake & Chance's suite and given clothing and other necessities.
[17:10] <Valery> (Would there be materials for a tent to put over the repair work? It strikes me that that'd be a good idea for more than one reason :P )
[17:10] <Valery> (And Val would've thought of it at some point, at least)
[17:10] <Yarrow> You manage to get one rigged up.
[17:10] <Koizumi> 9
[17:10] <Valery> (Yes, they can't see us from orbit now!)
[17:11] <Yarrow> Oh, someone bring in a dicebot, please. DCG?
[17:11] <Koizumi> ("Hey, Pilot your floor's all wet. I'm not mopping this up...")
[17:11] <Alaric> (from orbit: "oooh, refugee tent.. let's play 'pin the positron cannon on the helpless humans!'")
[17:11] <Yarrow> ("There's a suspicious looking tent on top of that building, sir." "Hmmm. Better hit it from orbit.")
[17:11] <DCG> eh
[17:11] <DCG> hang on
[17:12] <Valery> (Heh)
[17:12] <Koizumi> ("Damn those orbital satellites, back in my day when you threw up camo on the vehicle, nothing ABOVE the ground level could see it!")
[17:12] * McDice (~PyroRaven@c-76-16-37-215.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has joined #cte
[17:13] <Yarrow> roll 2d6 enemy attack test
[17:13] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6 enemy attack test --> [ 2d6=5 ]{5}
[17:13] * Valery rubs a bit of grease off her cheek. "When we have time I think we may need to repaint... the blizzard paint is pretty, but too visible..."
[17:14] <DCG> (if you consider that most the buildings around you and even rubble is made of crystal, being blue and white is sorts camo.)
[17:14] * Alaric shows up at the repair site cleaned up, his hair a sodden mass of silver.
[17:14] <Koizumi> (Deadpan "Yes, the paint scheme is lovely...I agree whole heartedly")
[17:14] <Yarrow> Where's Koizumi?
[17:15] * Valery waves as Alaric shows up. "Are you feeling better?"
[17:15] * Koizumi now wrapped in something warmer, and not chilled to the bone, stands by quietly. Listening to the work. "Now, the pressing question on my mind...who are you people?"
[17:15] <Yarrow> ("We're ... the A-team!")
[17:15] * Valery blinkblinks.
[17:16] <Valery> "Survivors?"
[17:16] <Alaric> "Actually, yes, a lot."
[17:16] * Alaric looks better, his tail waving lazily rather than hanging motionless behind him.
[17:16] * Koizumi gives her cane a swing. "I'm sorry, wrong way to phrase it. Let's try again. I'm Koizumi, who are you guys?"
[17:17] * Alaric turns to face Koizumi.
[17:17] <Alaric> "I'm Doctor Alaric."
[17:17] <Alaric> "I moonlight as Sailor Nietzsche."
[17:17] * Valery bows slightly from her perch on the helicopter. "Valery Shein... um... Sailor Sophia, I suppose."
[17:18] <Yarrow> "Jake." "Chance."
[17:19] <Alaric> ".. and you're Sailor Phobos, right?"
[17:19] <Yarrow> "I'm still Mai."
[17:19] * Alaric sounds out the word carefully.
[17:19] * Koizumi nods, not looking anywhere but straight ahead, eyes constantly closed. "Thank the kami...Ah, yeah...I guess...was there a senshi recruiting drive I'm not aware of sighing up for, or something?"
[17:19] <Alaric> (aw hell, that name WAS used, wasn't it?)
[17:19] <Alaric> (now I can't remember ;p )
[17:20] <Alaric> "I don't know.. I'd thought we were drafted, as it were, but children have been impacted as well."
[17:20] <Yarrow> It was.
[17:20] * Alaric hesitates, looking a little grim.
[17:20] <Yarrow> By the other one, if no one else.
[17:20] <Alaric> "Perhaps we have.. inherited.. our mantles."
[17:20] <Alaric> "Though how I, a youma, would come to possess this position is quite beyond me. Senshi were human, after all."
[17:20] * Valery winces. "We will need to find out at the palace..."
[17:20] * Koizumi shrugs. "I'd be dead otherwise."
[17:21] * Alaric bites his lip, and looks over at Valery.
[17:21] <Alaric> "How are the repairs going?"
[17:22] * Valery rubs the helicopter's skin. "It still looks a little messy, but she can handle anything we ask of her again."
[17:22] * Koizumi points in the direction of Alaric's voice, speaking softly. "And thank you, for earlier. I feel much better."
[17:23] * Alaric looks back to Koizumi, smiling a little.
[17:23] <Alaric> "Think nothing of it, I was glad to help.. you looked in a bad way back there."
[17:23] <Yarrow> It's pretty obvious that Koizumi has some way of seeing, even if she isn't using her eyes.
[17:23] <Alaric> (we're all too polite to broach the subject ;p )
[17:24] <Yarrow> Jake: "So, any sign of Keiko?"
[17:24] <Alaric> "I'm hesitant to ask, but.. how are things out there?"
[17:24] <Alaric> "We've.."
[17:24] * Alaric looks over at Jake.
[17:24] <Alaric> "No."
[17:25] * Valery winces.
[17:25] <Alaric> "..and I'm almost thankful for that. We need some sort of contingency plan for dealing with a clone of her."
[17:25] <Yarrow> Jake: "Maybe... Better for a Keiko to come back now than when we're all out."
[17:25] <Alaric> "I don't see how we'll be able to logic out the identify of a little kid."
[17:25] <Alaric> "Agreed."
[17:26] <DCG> (kill them all just to be sure)
[17:26] <Alaric> (stupid morals are such a pain in the ass)
[17:27] <Yarrow> Chance: "Things up here have been going well. Rain on and off, and repairs are just about done."
[17:27] * Valery holds up a hand. "Um... I seem to... I don't know, just know things as Sophia... should I give it a try?"
[17:27] * Koizumi simply listens quietly, staring off into space.
[17:28] * Alaric shrugs.
[17:28] <Alaric> "If you think it'll work.. just not for too long."
[17:29] <Alaric> "There seems to be some relationship between how long we remain Senshi, and how long it takes to.. recharge. Or whatever."
[17:29] * Alaric looks over at Koizumi.
[17:29] <Alaric> hopefully, "I don't suppose you have any insight into that?"
[17:29] * Alaric then cringes at the horrible pun he made.
[17:29] <Valery> "Ah... I meant for checking if it's another clone, actually... hm. I wonder if I could find her, though..."
[17:31] * Koizumi snickers at Alaric and shrugs. "I feel more tired and drained after I drop the transformation."
[17:33] <Yarrow> Chance: "We should have taken that clone's body."
[17:34] <Valery> (Didn't it dissolve?)
[17:34] <Valery> (/me remembers it dissolving for some reason)
[17:35] <Yarrow> I think you were more concerned with Metel than watching the body after you shot it.
[17:35] <Valery> (True indeed)
[17:36] <Alaric> "You're right."
[17:36] <Alaric> "..though at least I have a blood sample."
[17:36] * Koizumi shudders at the memory.
[17:36] <Alaric> "Who knows if there's any use we can put a single spot of blood to, though.."
[17:37] <Koizumi> "I just hope they can't make any more."
[17:37] * Alaric shakes his head a little, his ears twitching.
[17:38] <Alaric> "We should operate on the assumption that they have the capacity to make more, and the desire to."
[17:38] <Alaric> "... your clone was much more capable, combat wise, than all but the strongest droids we've faced."
[17:38] * Valery nods. "If they can make one, they can probably make more..."
[17:38] <Alaric> "Even with a three day lifespan, they could be used to attack us."
[17:38] * Koizumi shudders again, rubbing her arms. "It was almost a perfect duplicate"
[17:38] <Alaric> "Hmm.. there was something I'd meant to ask you about. Your.. mind reading?"
[17:38] <Alaric> "How does that work?
[17:39] <Light02> (back)
[17:39] * Light02 is now known as Xui-Fei
[17:39] <Alaric> (wb)
[17:39] <Valery> (Yo yo)
[17:39] * Koizumi shrugs. "I don't know really. It just started not long ago, I guess about the same time most of us noticed these weird powers...maybe. I can pick up thoughts if I concentrate."
[17:40] <Xui-Fei> (we still up topside working on Metal?)
[17:40] <Yarrow> Work is just about done. Alaric & Koi have rejoined you.
[17:40] * Xui-Fei looks up from his lifting nodding to Doc and Blind Swordwoman
[17:41] <Alaric> "What am I thinking of now?"
[17:41] <Koizumi> (am I to assume we're still in power-down mode?)
[17:41] <Yarrow> No, it's been hours.
[17:42] <Koizumi> (oh...-checks for those numbers for mind probing-)
[17:42] * Ataru is now known as Toast
[17:42] <Xui-Fei> "hey doc.....Koizumi was it?"
[17:42] <Toast> (Motherfucking hell)
[17:42] <Valery> (Yo Ataru, what happened?)
[17:42] <Toast> (sorry, my dad promised he'd drive me home)
[17:42] * Koizumi looks at Alaric, concentrating quietly.
[17:42] <Toast> (then he had his sister in law drop me off at the train station)
[17:43] <Yarrow> Roll it, Koi.
[17:43] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : it, Koi. --> error: malformed expression
[17:43] <Toast> (>_<)
[17:43] <Toast> (can someone PM me a summary)
[17:43] <Alaric> (it's two-ish hours later, we're all at Metel with repairs about finished, chatting)
[17:43] <Yarrow> It's only a couple of screens or so if you want to scroll back, Ataru.
[17:43] <Alaric> (Koizumi was inside warming up getting food etc, Alaric was chilling out with Dizzy)
[17:44] <Koizumi> roll 2d6+5
[17:44] <McDice> Koizumi rolled : 2d6+5 --> [ 2d6=11 ]{16}
[17:44] <Alaric> (do I need to make an opposed roll?)
[17:44] <Koizumi> (against whatever defenses Al has...although on that roll)
[17:44] <Koizumi> (opposed mind, if you're resisting, but if you arent, no need)
[17:45] <Toast> (anyone?)
[17:45] <Alaric> (I don't think he really knows how to resist or not resist.. so I'll assume some reflexive resistance)
[17:45] <Alaric> roll 2d6+4
[17:45] <McDice> Alaric rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=6 ]{10}
[17:45] <Valery> (Er... Toasty, Ala just told you :P )
[17:45] <Alaric> (does Alaric feel anything?)
[17:46] <Yarrow> Alaric feels nothing.
[17:46] <Alaric> "Er.. are you doing it?"
[17:47] * Koizumi frowns. "What's 'twelve' got to do with anything? Who is Keiko? And...naughty...Doctor...very naughty"
[17:47] <Alaric> "ahh.. that's enough."
[17:47] * Valery blinkblinks.
[17:47] * Xui-Fei blinks
[17:47] * Valery cocks her head.
[17:47] <Alaric> "Your discretion is appreciated."
[17:47] * Alaric says that part a bit firmly.
[17:48] * Koizumi nods and sighs. "We really have to be on guard if they can make more of those clones. You could fill a room with people...anywhere within a good distance."
[17:48] <Alaric> "Keiko is the child-senshi I mentioned earlier. By all appearances, she chased after us when we left her behind here, and is now missing."
[17:48] * Koizumi nods quietly to Alaric, filing that away for later.
[17:49] * Alaric looks over at Valery.
[17:49] <Alaric> "Valery, do you know if there's any way to connect the communicator in Metel to something here at HQ?"
[17:49] <Alaric> "If we're going to go out.. we'll need to stay in touch."
[17:50] <Xui-Fei> "well I can communicate with my computer" gesturing to the computer on his left wrist
[17:50] * Alaric blinks.
[17:50] * Valery purses her lips. "I haven't really had a chance to look into that, but if we can find a reciever somewhere it should be possible."
[17:50] * Alaric looks over at xui-Fei.
[17:51] * Koizumi sighs and sweeps back her hair. "And I'm fairly potent with that telekenesis stuff too...oh sweet kamisama to become more a burden than a help."
[17:51] <Alaric> "Oh.. that's even better, really!"
[17:51] * Valery nods.
[17:51] * Alaric then looks over at Koizumi, a little bothered, ears twitching.
[17:51] <Alaric> "A burden.. what do you mean?"
[17:51] <Alaric> "You haven't been a burden to us, if that's what you're implying.."
[17:52] * Koizumi shrugs. "Not directly, but so easily replicate so much power...it's disturbing"
[17:53] <Alaric> "Their larger droids are more dangerous, at least in combat, mounted with heavy weaponry.. it's the, well.. not knowing who's who, that bothers me the most."
[17:54] * Valery shivers, nodding.
[17:54] * Toast climbs up Valery's back, and onto his shoulder, a peice of Toast clutched in his mouth
[17:54] * Koizumi nods quietly. "As long as they can't easily scan minds, then I don't suppose it's that big an issue."
[17:54] * Alaric hesitates a little, then continues.
[17:54] <Yarrow> (Toast shows off his perverted exhibitionist tendencies.)
[17:54] <Alaric> "I don't think they can.. none of them have indicated they could. They were quite good at attackign us, though."
[17:54] <Toast> (err, toast, lower case)
[17:54] <Toast> (XD)
[17:55] <Yarrow> Jake: "Though Koi's clone might have been able to, since Koi can?"
[17:55] <Alaric> ".. if you don't mind me asking, you seem to have some trouble with your eyesight.. but don't have trouble getting around. How does that work?"
[17:55] <Valery> ('Her', at the moment :P )
[17:56] <Yarrow> (We all know Val's just never going to bother changing back to a man. ;) )
[17:56] <Valery> (Heh)
[17:56] <Alaric> (Doctor Alaric will just give her the pamphlets on gender identity)
[17:56] <Yarrow> (The queen always fixed little problems like that right up.)
[17:56] <Koizumi> "I'm completely blind, my eyes have never worked. But when all these other powers began manifesting, I've picked up a kind of...I guess ultra-sonic eyesight. I can see through hearing, if that makes any sense. Although, I can only map out solid surfaces, I can't see through them..." drops to a mutter. "I hate windows"
[17:56] <Alaric> (er, which way?)
[17:57] <Alaric> (the way the people wanted, or the way the queen figured they'd be best?)
[17:57] <Valery> (The way the queen figured best, of course ;) )
[17:57] <Yarrow> (A good talk with her always straightened people out. So to speak.)
[17:57] <Valery> (/me shivers)
[17:58] * Xui-Fei blinks
[17:58] <Alaric> (hmph.. a thousand years of whitebread humanity.. do we even still have adult stores?)
[17:58] <Yarrow> (Yes. She doesn't have a problem with sex, kinky sex, homosexuality, etc.)
[17:59] <Alaric> (okay, good)
[17:59] <Yarrow> (But if someone's having problems that makes them unhappy, she snaps her fingers and makes them happy.)
[17:59] <Xui-Fei> "not being able to see sucks," he says in agreement, "Sensei had the idea to blindfold me for 3 weeks to work on suitational awereness and blind fighting"
[17:59] <Koizumi> (Sky's influence rippled across even in this timeline)
[17:59] <Alaric> "See through hearing.. does that work in the rain?"
[17:59] <Xui-Fei> "I had more bruses from that 3 weeks then I ever had in my whole time with Sensei
[17:59] <Toast> (lol)
[18:00] * Valery clucks her tongue. "It should. It would look different, but it should work, I think."
[18:00] * Toast continues munching on his toast
[18:00] <Alaric> "All that white noise.."
[18:00] <Koizumi> "It muffles it, just like it dampens sounds. But I've hear thick rain makes even seeing difficult, so it's simply something that affects everyone."
[18:00] * Alaric nods.
[18:00] <Alaric> "As long as it isn't totally crippling.. we were planning to make our next move in the rain, for cover."
[18:00] * Alaric then looks a little abashed.
[18:01] <Alaric> "I'm assuming something, though, aren't I.."
[18:01] <Alaric> "Are you willing to help us fight?"
[18:01] <Alaric> quickly, "I understand that you just got this shoved on you, and you didn't have any say in it."
[18:01] * Valery smiles to herself.
[18:01] <Koizumi> "Not like I have anything better to do, and...I think a little retribution is in order"
[18:02] * Alaric twitches his ears.
[18:02] <Toast> "Yeeeesss, vengeance must be ours!"
[18:02] <Alaric> "You're not the only one..."
[18:02] <Alaric> "Just, please, don't make it your only priority."
[18:02] * Toast looks around... "Did I say that outloud?"
[18:02] * Alaric faces Toast.
[18:02] <Alaric> "Indeed you did."
[18:03] * Valery pats Toasty on the head. "Yes."
[18:03] <Alaric> "..I do not think any of us will think less of you, that your heart cries out for vengeance."
[18:03] <Yarrow> Mai: "I wonder if the bad guys are smart enough to send us two clones and have only one of them turn on us..."
[18:03] * Valery winces.
[18:03] <Yarrow> She doesn't seem particularly concerned and continues cleaning up.
[18:03] * Xui-Fei blinks again
[18:04] * Alaric is brought up short by that.
[18:04] * Alaric looks over at Valery.
[18:04] <Alaric> "If you could ask Sophia.. or however that works.. give it a shot."
[18:05] * Koizumi sighs and shakes her head at Mai's words. "Well, I suppose it's a risk you have to consider for yourselves. I can't really do much more to prove who I am."
[18:05] * Valery blinks, cocking her head. "Ask... what do you want me to ask...?"
[18:06] <Alaric> "Well, you'd mentioned knowing things in your Senshi form.."
[18:07] * Alaric hesitates, then continues.
[18:07] <Alaric> "How do you identify a real Senshi?"
[18:07] * Valery blinks. "I'm... not really sure... I was a little focused on other things before..."
[18:07] <Koizumi> "The Queen could do it...maybe? Or one of the other senshi?"
[18:08] * Koizumi shrugs.
[18:08] <Xui-Fei> "huh you mean there's some way to tell us apart from the rest of the people?"
[18:09] * Alaric shrugs.
[18:09] <Alaric> "It's a shot in the dark.. but, this can't be normal."
[18:09] <Koizumi> "Who knows? I'm not exactly a pro at this"
[18:09] * Alaric waves his hand at.. well.. Senshi-ness.
[18:09] * Valery purses her lips. "Why not...? The senshi appeared in the first place... why couldn't it happen again?"
[18:10] <Alaric> "I.. don't know."
[18:10] <Alaric> frustrated, "None of this makes any sense at all!"
[18:10] <Alaric> "We've been left with cryptic instructions, dots on a map with nearly meaningless labels.."
[18:11] <Alaric> "SOMEONE knew something was coming, and probably that we existed.. or would exist."
[18:11] * Alaric runs his right hand through his hair forcefully.
[18:11] * Valery nods. "Someone left that defence system for us to coordinate, and this building..."
[18:12] * Koizumi sighs and leans back on her cane quietly. "All we can do is move forward, then?"
[18:12] <Yarrow> Jake: "Metel can find senshi but couldn't tell the other Phobos was a fake, right?"
[18:13] * Valery nods. "That's the defensive system that's been transmitting to us... it can't seem to tell the difference, that other one was labelled as an ally as well..."
[18:13] <Yarrow> Jake: "Maybe the mysterious upgrade will help?"
[18:14] * Valery rubs her eyes. "I hope so..."
[18:14] <Toast> "Maybe it's a trap."
[18:14] <Toast> "Like the fake senshi was."
[18:14] <Yarrow> Chance: "Maybe. Or maybe the fake wasn't even looking for us."
[18:14] <Toast> "I say we level the building. If it's a trap it's foiled, if it really is an upgrade, it's out of their hands."
[18:15] <Xui-Fei> "hmm...so you saying the need for this would of come one day or another?
[18:15] * Koizumi remains quiet, not really able to interject anything into this.
[18:15] * Valery flicks Toast's head lightly. "You would."
[18:16] <Xui-Fei> "so your basically sayind someone knew this was comming but wasn't able to train the nessary personel...who in there right mind would stop so short"
[18:16] <Xui-Fei> (back at the palace the queen sneezes)
[18:16] <Alaric> "Good question.. and for that matter, should we trust such a person?"
[18:16] <Alaric> "Should we allow ourselves to be led around by the nose?"
[18:16] <Yarrow> Chance: "And where are the rea--regular senshi?"
[18:16] <Alaric> bleakly, "Dead or fled?"
[18:17] <Xui-Fei> "both possible," he says
[18:17] * Valery sighs. "That's why we need to get to the palace soon so we can find out..."
[18:17] <Alaric> "Hmm.. Xui-Fei, your
[18:17] * Koizumi sighs and nods. "If the palace is in bad shape, that's where they'd be...maybe"
[18:17] <Alaric> "Your Sensei.. if we found him, could we count on him to train normal people to fight at least half-decently?"
[18:18] <Xui-Fei> "yes it's possible"
[18:18] * Alaric mutters, "... train me too.."
[18:18] <Xui-Fei> "basic manuvers and stuff but yes, it'd take too long to train this number to me or even his skill"
[18:18] <Toast> (Toast needs ranks in Stoat-fu)
[18:18] <Alaric> "I don't think we've even really addressed the problem of having a hundred or more traumatized people with nothing much to do hanging around here."
[18:19] <Alaric> "Never mind defending them!"
[18:19] * Valery rubs her eyes. "We're lucky in some respects... at the very least whoever our benefactor is left us enough equipment to work with, plenty of weapons in the armoury, but..."
[18:19] <Koizumi> "Not enough information to get by with, or a secure enough bunker to hide in?"
[18:20] <Toast> "But no one knows how to use them."
[18:20] <Yarrow> Chance: "Well, on our own, we have no idea what to do or even where it's safe. At least our benefactor guided us to equipment and a base."
[18:20] <Xui-Fei> "yes and if we meet him or her they'll have my thanks at least"
[18:21] <Yarrow> Chance: "I'm just saying, we don't have much to go on if we *don't* follow the suggestions."
[18:21] * Valery nods. "Now... I'm not satisfied. Why didn't they do anything but give us equipment? They could have trained people, they have a base of production to have a whole army... These things do need answering, but we've been played straight with so far."
[18:21] * Xui-Fei nods, "agreed we probably need to investigate any lead we can find to at least geta grasp at what in the hell is going on"
[18:22] <Alaric> "We need to capture some of the enemy..."
[18:22] * Alaric looks over at Koizumi.
[18:22] <Yarrow> (There's one! :) )
[18:22] <Alaric> "If we do, are you willing to interrogate them?"
[18:22] * Koizumi nods. "If I can."
[18:22] <Alaric> (Alaric is totally no-selling Mai's suggestion at this point, he can only juggle so much int he way of headgames before shelving it all)
[18:23] <Valery> (Heheheheh)
[18:23] <Valery> (Well, you DO have two interrogators, at least... :P )
[18:24] <Alaric> "... our plan, earlier, was to cause a distraction near the map spot labelled 'upgrade' and investigate it."
[18:24] <Alaric> "Other issues we need to address are, what's going on at the palace, and where is Keiko?"
[18:24] <Toast> ("Who cares about the little window licker?")
[18:25] <Yarrow> (Awww, not going to really say it? :) )
[18:25] <Alaric> ("We need target practice.")
[18:25] <Toast> "Who cares about the little window licker?"
[18:25] * Alaric shoots Toast a reproving glance.
[18:25] * Valery blinks. "... Window licker?"
[18:25] * Toast grumbles about dumb brats with freakish strength
[18:25] <Alaric> "She may have been exceptionally vexing, Toast, but.."
[18:25] * Alaric trails off.
[18:25] <Toast> "What? She's probably strangling droids with her jump rope."
[18:25] * Alaric hesitates for a moment.
[18:25] <Alaric> "Okay, I'm glad she's gone too. There, happy?"
[18:25] * Koizumi keeps her face neutral while listening to the myrid conversation.
[18:26] * Alaric lashes his tail back and forth.
[18:26] <Yarrow> Jake: "Chance and I were terrified someone would suggest she bunk with us."
[18:27] <Toast> "She almost killed me!"
[18:27] * Valery frowns. "She's... a handful, but she's still just a child..."
[18:27] <Koizumi> "Sounds like you were having a delightful time with her"
[18:27] <Alaric> "Yeah, well, if you had to bunk with her, I'd have to babysit her the rest of the time."
[18:27] * Alaric looks over at Toast.
[18:27] <Alaric> "and yeah, there's that too.."
[18:27] * Alaric takes a deep breath, and sighs.
[18:27] <Alaric> "None of which changes the fact that she's out there somewhere, possibly being cloned, and that we need to account for the possibly of a clone of her returning here."
[18:28] <Toast> "Can we kill it?"
[18:28] <Alaric> "And no matter how much she vexes us, 'shoot on sight' is not an option, if only because we cannot count on the people here winning a fight with her."
[18:29] * Alaric looks around hopefully.
[18:29] * Valery rubs her eyes. "If it's a clone we probably should kill it, but... ugh..."
[18:29] <Alaric> "Surely someone has a good idea as to how to deal with this?"
[18:29] <Alaric> "We're not going to sit around here forever, waiting.."
[18:29] <Yarrow> Jake says to Koi: "She was a kid. With super powers. Who wanted to 'help' us. Normal kids are bad enough."
[18:29] <Toast> "I can mine the hell outta the entrance."
[18:30] <Alaric> (oh god I want to say yes)
[18:30] * Koizumi bites her lip at the suggestion, but says nothing.
[18:30] <Alaric> "Our people might need to use the entrances and exits."
[18:30] <Valery> "We could try to have the people who take her back in bring her to a contained area, but... we can't bet that they can..."
[18:30] <Alaric> (I want to come back from a mission and see our HQ plastered with Keikobits)
[18:30] * Alaric closes his eyes and massages his forehead.
[18:31] <Alaric> "Okay, how about this, we leave Keiko instructions to meet us at some random spot away from here."
[18:31] <Yarrow> Chance: "If we're going for the upgrade, maybe we should go out and get back as quickly as possible. It might help us with the clone problem, and it might take a while to clone someone, anyway."
[18:32] * Alaric looks over at Chance.
[18:32] * Valery nods. "Okay... and then we check her there, if... one of her... shows up?"
[18:32] <Alaric> "Probably wishful thinking, but hey.. we can hope."
[18:32] * Alaric looks at Valery.
[18:32] <Alaric> "Exactly. At least if things turn ugly, it won't be here."
[18:32] <Alaric> "and unless her clone is here to massacre everyone, it'll probably go along with it."
[18:32] <Alaric> "And if it's really her, she'll go along with it.. maybe."
[18:32] * Valery coughs. "Um..."
[18:33] <Valery> "That's precisely why I don't want one of those clones getting in... Phobos was... very..."
[18:33] * Valery shivers.
[18:33] <Yarrow> Chance: "If you want really wishful thinking, maybe a clone of her wouldn't even know where this building is, unless they managed to get Keiko to talk."
[18:33] <Yarrow> Chance frowns as she says the last part. "... never mind."
[18:33] <Alaric> to Chance, "Yeah, no doubt they'll have great trouble getting an eight year old to.. yeah."
[18:34] * Alaric looks around.
[18:34] <Alaric> "Any better ideas?"
[18:34] <Koizumi> "Not a one"
[18:34] <Toast> "You guys don't like my ideas."
[18:34] <Yarrow> The NPCs shake their heads.
[18:34] * Valery purses her lips. "Your idea is a good one... as long as nobody opens the door to her, they at least have a chance."
[18:34] <Alaric> "if not, let's pick some open space.. a park or something, where it'd be hard to hide a hundred droids."
[18:35] * Alaric looks over at Toast.
[18:35] <Alaric> "Your idea has merit, Toast, but isn't feasible."
[18:35] <Xui-Fei> "well titan park would work...unless that lady is still there"
[18:35] <Alaric> "At least in part because if I become seperated from the group, I do not want the precedent to be "kill on sight""
[18:36] <Alaric> (presumably we can just pick some spot on a map)
[18:36] <Yarrow> Chance: "You're a wise man, Alaric."
[18:36] <Toast> "There's always my park."
[18:36] <Koizumi> "A solid voice of reason, at least"
[18:36] * Valery covers a slight chuckle.
[18:36] <Toast> "Of course, it's a giant smoking crater now..."
[18:36] <Alaric> "Badly out of my league is what I am.. but thank you, nonetheless."
[18:36] <Alaric> to toast, "That sounds ideal."
[18:37] <Alaric> "If we have to wreck it, nobody will miss it."
[18:37] * Alaric looks up -- what's the weather like just now?
[18:38] * Valery nods. "Now... hm. We need to find one of those glass droids and see whether they show up on Metel's scanners, or they could fill the park with them..."
[18:38] <Yarrow> It's currently drizzling. But you hear a rumble of thunder in the distance. At least, you're pretty sure it's thunder.
[18:38] <Koizumi> "I can detect some of them...but they can detect me in turn"
[18:38] <Alaric> (they just dropped an asteroid on the palace.. we have about 5 seconds before the shockwave hits)
[18:39] * Valery frowns, looking off that way.
[18:39] <Yarrow> Mai: "Oh? I was wondering why all the droids in the neighborhood suddenly started heading for our rooftop."
[18:39] <Valery> "Looks like it's about to start raining again..."
[18:39] <Koizumi> "Hey, how was I suppose to know...it was just one in particular. Lesson learned"
[18:39] * Koizumi taps her cane in irritation.
[18:39] <Toast> (wait, what?)
[18:40] <Yarrow> (A reference to Koi's solo.)
[18:40] * Alaric frowns.
[18:40] <Alaric> "Do you need your.. echosounding, in Senshi form?"
[18:40] * Valery purses her lips. "Yeah... maybe we should try avoiding that if we can, we're so outnumbered we really need to hide..."
[18:40] * Xui-Fei blinks contempating that
[18:41] <Koizumi> "It's my primary means of seeing."
[18:41] <Alaric> "... and it will attract droids."
[18:41] * Alaric ponders this.
[18:41] <Alaric> "What's your secondary mean? And do you need it as ASenshi?"
[18:42] <Koizumi> "Only a particular type. I suppose I could turn it off, if there's a need"
[18:43] * Koizumi sighs. "My hearing is my only other useful sense. And yes, I do to 'see' but I can fight without it. So long as I can hear the enemy"
[18:43] <Xui-Fei> "that might be usefull aginst the glass types"
[18:43] <Alaric> "I hate to ask this, but when we're sneaking around..."
[18:43] * Alaric trails off deliberately.
[18:44] <Koizumi> "If you want to hold my hand, sure."
[18:45] <Alaric> "Better than bringing down a horde of droids."
[18:45] <Alaric> (did you ever answer the senshi question, or did I miss it?)
[18:45] * Koizumi nods. "We'll so what we have to"
[18:45] <Koizumi> And yes, I do to 'see' but I can fight without it. So long as I can hear the enemy")
[18:46] <Alaric> "As long as you've got your Senshi form to fall back on, so you can get around if things turn ugly, we should be able to make this work."
[18:46] <Alaric> "Now.."
[18:46] * Alaric looks around the group.
[18:46] <Alaric> "Upgrade or Palace?"
[18:48] * Koizumi shrugs.
[18:49] <Toast> "I'm not sure I trust 'upgrade'"
[18:49] * Valery purses her lips. "In the end we should go to both..."
[18:50] <Koizumi> "Valery
[18:50] <Koizumi> grr)
[18:50] <Koizumi> "Valery's probably right"
[18:51] <Yarrow> Jake: "If we're doing both, I'd rather have an upgrade before going to the palace."
[18:51] <Xui-Fei> "agree, we don't know what to expect if we head to the palace as is"
[18:51] <Toast> "We don't know what to expect at upgrade either."
[18:52] <Alaric> ".. rationally, we must assume heavy opposition at the palace, if there is anyone left there to resist."
[18:52] <Alaric> "And we are not equipped to face armies of droids."
[18:52] <Valery> "We do to some extent, since we went by it just yesterday..."
[18:54] <Yarrow> Chance: "Whatever Val thinks is best, if you're asking me."
[18:54] <Yarrow> Mai assumes no one is asking her.
[18:54] <Alaric> "Okay, for lack of a better idea, and fearing heavy opposition at the palace, I say Upgrade."
[18:55] <Koizumi> "You are the pilot, after all, aren't you, Val?"
[18:55] <Alaric> "We don't seem to have been sold out yet by the radar thing, unless you count the clone."
[18:56] * Valery nods. "Yes... so far it's only seemed to make errors, so we should double-check, but we've been better off for following its advice so far..."
[18:56] <Yarrow> It starts to rain harder.
[18:57] <Toast> "Either way, the rain should make some decent cover."
[18:57] <Alaric> a little frustrated, "And we might as well do something, we aren't coming up with any genius solutions as it is."
[18:58] <Alaric> "I'll go find Dizzy and see how she feels about the 'lead Keiko off' plan."
[18:58] <Toast> "Hey, there's an idea."
[18:58] * Valery nods. "Better to get started on a bad plan than sit around waiting for a perfect one..."
[18:58] <Toast> "We could send Keiko to the palace and see what happens!"
[18:59] <Koizumi> "I agree with Valery, again..."
[18:59] <Alaric> "Toast, you are a bad influence."
[18:59] * Koizumi giggles some.
[18:59] <Yarrow> Jake nods and cheerfully says, "Yeah! Val's the master of bad plans!"
[18:59] * Toast pulls a cigarette out of stuff space "Oh yeaaah... Somebody light me."
[18:59] * Valery sweatdrops. "Did you have to put it that way...?"
[19:00] <Koizumi> (were there any potential to Mai's evil, this would be where I send a ball of fire right past the tip of the cig)
[19:00] <Yarrow> Jake: "Yep!"
[19:01] * Alaric heads off to get that done.
[19:02] <Alaric> (I want some action dammit! everyone tie up your loose ends, I crave combat!)
[19:02] <Yarrow> Jake takes a blowtorch to the end of Toast's cigarette. It lights, but unfortunately, about 1/3 of it intsantly turns into ash.
[19:02] <Koizumi> (good thing it wasn't a Cuban)
[19:03] * Valery coughs slightly. "I suppose being the master of bad plans is better than being the master of comedically-bad plans..."
[19:03] <Yarrow> Jake: "There ya go."
[19:03] * Toast puffs away
[19:03] <Toast> "Two out of three ain't bad."
[19:03] * Toast blows a few smoke rings
[19:03] <Yarrow> Jake: "So, how are we getting to the upgrade and what sort of distraction are we making?"
[19:04] * Valery glances at Toast. "Try not to blow up too much of the city."
[19:04] <Xui-Fei> "yeah we probably want it realtivly in tact to rebuild"
[19:06] * Koizumi sighs. "What information do we have?"
[19:06] <Valery> "Not much... we know the Nemesis droids are swarming over the area, but..."
[19:08] <Xui-Fei> "Nemesis?"
[19:08] <Valery> (We covered this already, that's what the radar said they were from...)
[19:08] <Xui-Fei> (ah yea but that still doesn't me I know where Nemesis is)
[19:09] <Xui-Fei> "makes them sound like they are from another planet, there controlers from what I saw are human"
[19:09] <Valery> "Why does it have to be another planet? Nemesis could just as easily be a country, if there were any livable land on the Earth..."
[19:10] * Koizumi bites her lip, but says nothing.
[19:10] <Yarrow> Mai: "Doesn't really matter now, does it? Either one can kill you just as easily."
[19:11] <Toast> "Aren't you already dead?"
[19:11] <Yarrow> Mai: "Yes, so I should know."
[19:11] <Valery> "Well... that's probably why she said 'you' instead of 'us'..."
[19:12] <Toast> "So... do you like, eat brains now or something?"
[19:13] <Yarrow> Mai shrugs. "I don't think so. I haven't felt hungry at all."
[19:13] * Xui-Fei blinks at that
[19:14] * Koizumi shakes her head.
[19:16] <DCG> (who's mai? think i was passed out for that session)
[19:16] <Yarrow> Mai: "Unless you're planning to go at night, shouldn't you be making final arrangements to get the upgrade?"
[19:18] <Yarrow> (She's a dead friend of Xui-Fei's.)
[19:18] <Xui-Fei> (who now is out looking for the prefect girl for him)
[19:18] <Toast> (does law-ohki annoy anyone else?)
[19:19] <Alaric> (a little)
[19:19] <Alaric> (what's he doing now?)
[19:19] <Xui-Fei> "we are probably at more of a disadvantage at night compared to those droids"
[19:19] <Toast> (oh nothing in particular)
[19:19] <Toast> (I was just curious)
[19:19] <Yarrow> (A bit, yes. But if you want to get to some action this session, you might want to focus on advancing the plot.)
[19:20] <Koizumi> (She's actually preparing how to turn Xui into supper, but we won't see that one for a little while)
[19:20] * Alaric will return to Metel in a minute or three.
[19:20] <Toast> (Toasts suggestions aren't going to be taken seriously, so I'm waiting on them)
[19:20] <Koizumi> "Mai probably has a point, we might just do better in acting, rather than continuing to talk it out"
[19:21] * Valery nods. "We don't know how well they can see, so... everyone get ready? Metel's good to go."
[19:21] <Xui-Fei> "been ready sense this morning"
[19:21] <Yarrow> Jake: "So, we land Metel somewhere not too far from upgrade but not close enough for them to hear us and then Unleash the Stoat?"
[19:22] * Valery nods. "Yes... I think we were planning on that after we picked up our 'allies'..."
[19:22] <Xui-Fei> "so lets go then"
[19:23] <Xui-Fei> (geeze were worse than a episode of Buffy we make to much with the Yak Yak)
[19:23] * Valery combs out her hair a bit, and then hops into Metel, waiting in the cockpit.
[19:24] <Yarrow> Everyone except Mai piles into Metel.
[19:24] * Koizumi follows all in, prepared to go.
[19:25] <Valery> (Er... can we presume we took down the tent from above it, first? ^^; )
[19:25] * Alaric leans out of the chopper and speaks to Mai.
[19:25] <Alaric> "Sorry we're in such a rush.. ask around for Dizzy, she can get you set up!"
[19:25] <Yarrow> Someone takes down the tent before that, however.
[19:26] <Alaric> "Please don't turn out to be an evil flesh eating zombie that kills everyone while we're away!"
[19:26] <Yarrow> Mai cocks her head at Alaric. "And what do I need?"
[19:26] <Yarrow> She shrugs.
[19:26] <Yarrow> Mai: "I'll try not to."
[19:26] <Alaric> "Thanks!"
[19:26] <Koizumi> ("If you get hungry, try not to eat anybody")
[19:26] * Alaric ducks back inside.
[19:27] <Yarrow> Val takes Metel through some extensive preflight checks before taking her up.
[19:27] * Xui-Fei mentally preps himself for another fight
[19:27] <Valery> (I figured the preflight was part of the repairs anyway ;) )
[19:28] <Yarrow> And shortly after that, you're up in the air.
[19:28] <Yarrow> How close to Upgrade are you taking Metel, Val?
[19:28] <Toast> (/me stoats the door gun, "Yeah, yeah, get some, get some.")
[19:28] <Koizumi> (then a skud impacts the tail rotor, we spin out of control, and everyone dieS)
[19:29] <Valery> (No closer than a couple blocks, I'd think?)
[19:29] <Yarrow> So... is a couple of blocks away your final answer?
[19:29] <Toast> (a couple of blocks is pretty close)
[19:30] <Toast> (I'd say further)
[19:30] <Yarrow> Or do you want to talk it over with the others?
[19:30] <Toast> "Don't take us in too close, even in the rain, we're rather noticable."
[19:31] <Alaric> (a couple of blocks is very, very close to a helicopter)
[19:31] <Valery> (This is true... hm)
[19:31] <Alaric> (more like a half a mile)
[19:31] <Valery> (Out of sight?)
[19:31] <Alaric> (or a kilometer)
[19:31] <Xui-Fei> (yeah)
[19:31] <Alaric> (we can cover that in 5-10 minutes)
[19:31] <Alaric> "I'm thinking more along the lines of a kilometer out."
[19:32] <Alaric> "We can cover that in around ten minutes, less if we hurry, and it will give Toast time to place explosives."
[19:32] <Yarrow> Jake: "How will Toast get there before the rest of you?"
[19:32] * Valery nods. "Right... don't mind if I lag behind, please."
[19:33] <Alaric> "He burrows really fast.. I think."
[19:33] <Valery> ("We could drop him from the chopper...")
[19:33] * Alaric looks over at Toast.
[19:33] <Toast> "I can assume human form and teleport."
[19:33] <Alaric> "You'd said something about that.. and there's that too."
[19:33] * Valery brings it down in an open-ish space about a kilometer out.
[19:33] <Alaric> "Speaking of which.. Toast, can you rig several buildings, each to go off around four or five minutes after the other?"
[19:33] <Yarrow> Jake: "Sounds good. We'll watch Metel."
[19:34] <Toast> (can I Yarrow?)
[19:34] <Alaric> "So it seems like there's someone actively doing something, someone for the droids to chase.."
[19:34] <Yarrow> Toast can make explosions, but these aren't small buildings in this area.
[19:34] <Toast> (...)
[19:34] * Valery nods. "Thanks, Jake..."
[19:35] <Yarrow> But he could certainly make explosions that seem to be going off in a path away from Upgrade.
[19:35] <Toast> (look, I discussed this plan with dcg a couple of weeks ago, plus i have that stockpile of explosives from my first session)
[19:35] <Toast> (If you want to come down on Toast's abilities, fine, but can it please wait until after this session?)
[19:36] <DCG> (some one beep ?)
[19:36] <Yarrow> Why are you discussing something that will be happening in-session with DCG when he's not the one GMing currently?
[19:36] <Toast> (weeks ago)
[19:36] <DCG> (like two weeks ago? he was saying how his powers useless, i explaned all the options that its capablie of doing)
[19:38] <Yarrow> If you want to blow all the explosives you got from your first session, you can blow one building or damage two and set them on fire.
[19:38] <Toast> (all the explosives?)
[19:39] <Yarrow> Bigger than grenades in jars and the like, yes.
[19:40] <Toast> (give me a minute to think about this)
[19:40] <Yarrow> No problem. We'll take a short break. People want 5 minutes or 10?
[19:41] <Valery> (Either works for me)
[19:41] <Koizumi> (maybe you don't have to bring buildings down, but a series of delayed, flashy explosions?)
[19:41] <Alaric> (10 is good, I need to use the toilet)
[19:41] <Yarrow> 10 minute break.
[19:41] <Valery> (Righto.)
[19:51] <Toast> (quick question, was my sheet in early enough, or do I have to use the old one?)
[19:52] <Yarrow> You can use the new one.
[19:53] <Toast> (ok, cool)
[19:53] <Valery> (Back, yo)
[19:53] <Toast> (How much ap is need to wreck a building again?)
[19:53] <Toast> (4 ranks?)
[19:54] <Valery> (Yup)
[19:54] <Valery> (Some Area, too, don't forget that.)
[19:54] <Alaric> (back)
[19:54] <Yarrow> That's for a small office building (6 floors). We're talking about mostly large office buildings with some medium ones here.
[19:54] <Valery> (You could probably also do Targeted: Static Structures if you really wanted to do demolition work.)
[19:57] <Alaric> (ooh, there's another house rule that probably din't get passed on: no 'targeted' early in the game)
[19:57] <Alaric> (since it leads to massive damage inflation)
[19:57] <Toast> (yep)
[19:58] <Alaric> (and we're only fighting one enemy type, mostly)
[19:58] <Toast> (fucking kill me now)
[19:58] <Toast> (christ)
[19:58] <Valery> (Ah yes, heheh.)
[20:01] <Koizumi> (Silly people)
[20:01] <Toast> (how much damage does a weapon need to do with 4 ranks of AP?)
[20:04] <Yarrow> For these buildings? Mm, over 50, unless he finds a smaller one, in which case, 40.
[20:04] <Toast> (fuck)
[20:04] <Toast> (that's impossible without targeted)
[20:04] <Yarrow> Or over 60 if he picks one of the larger ones.
[20:04] <Toast> (the most I can do, is what, 25?)
[20:04] <Yarrow> Well, multiple charges is a possibility.
[20:05] <Toast> (you said it wasn't)
[20:05] <Yarrow> I don't recall saying that.
[20:06] <Toast> (you didn't want me being able to fill a building with explosives, remember?)
[20:06] <Yarrow> In any case, I want your course of action within 5 minutes.
[20:06] <Toast> (So I can only create as many as I have cp for)
[20:07] <Alaric> (um.. why would that be the case?)
[20:07] <Alaric> (the cp cap is per item isn't it?)
[20:07] <Yarrow> Yes, but since you have to go by the benchmarks per each item, you can make more than one.
[20:07] <Yarrow> I'm going by a total cp cap for all items.
[20:08] <Toast> (wait, what?)
[20:08] <Toast> (can you explain that a bit?)
[20:08] <Yarrow> Explain which part?
[20:09] <Toast> (a total cp cap?)
[20:09] <Yarrow> With power flux, you can create items whose total cp cost doesn't exceed what power flux gives you.
[20:10] <Yarrow> Whether that be 1 item (subject to benchmarks), 2 weaker items, etc.
[20:10] <Toast> (right)
[20:10] <Toast> (so, yeah, I can't make multiple charges)
[20:10] <Toast> (as I'm limited to 20cp)
[20:11] <Toast> (unless I can find more defects to slap on)
[20:11] <Yarrow> You can, if their total cost doesn't exceed 20. I was just mentioning it if the benchmarks were stopping one charge from being powerful enough.
[20:11] <Toast> (yarrow, it does 25 damage at the cap)
[20:11] <Toast> (which is 10cp of weapon)
[20:11] <Toast> (that's not including cp cost for area, or ap)
[20:12] <Yarrow> Here's my suggestion. Use Power flux plus 1/2 your cache of explosives on two buildings to destroy both of them.
[20:12] <Toast> (there's no way I'll be able to make more than one)
[20:13] <Valery> (Er... Toast, they're Items. Half-cost.)
[20:14] <Toast> (you can take weapons as items?)
[20:14] <Valery> (... They're bombs.)
[20:15] <Yarrow> If items couldn't have the weapon attribute, you couldn't very well make bombs...
[20:15] <Toast> (sweet, this changes things)
[20:15] <DCG> ( two big buildings sounds like a hell of a destraction to me)
[20:16] <Toast> (hey! you just told me not to blow my entire explosives stash)
[20:16] <Toast> (quit flip flopping ;p)
[20:17] <Yarrow> Toast teleports away to set bombs.
[20:17] <Yarrow> The rest of you can act/roleplay/etc.
[20:18] * Alaric peers around for hostiles.
[20:18] * Valery stretches out, pulling a raincoat over herself, and waves goodbye to Jake and Chance before starting the walk.
[20:18] <Alaric> "Anyone see anything, hear anything.. smell anything out of place?"
[20:18] <Alaric> (Alaric is indeed wearing a raincoat ;p )
[20:18] <Toast> (Toast will have mentioned he will probably only be able to bring down one building)
[20:18] <Alaric> (K)
[20:19] * Valery shakes her head. "No... I don't think so..."
[20:19] <Valery> (Though, presume I'm making spot checks :P )
[20:19] <Yarrow> Nothing seems out of place for a ruined city.
[20:20] * Koizumi listens quietly, and takes a breath, concentrating on containing her strongest sense.
[20:21] <Alaric> quietly, "I suppose we'd best keep our voices down, and get a move on.."
[20:21] * Valery nods.
[20:22] <Alaric> "And stay close to the buildings we move by.. under awnings and such if they have any."
[20:22] <Alaric> "...we probably should have looked for a good approach, but we're on the clock now."
[20:22] * Alaric says the last bit with a little chagrin.
[20:22] <Valery> "Yeah... at least we know better for next time..."
[20:23] * Xui-Fei nods as he moves towards the mission front as quietly as possible
[20:23] * Koizumi just keeps her ears out and follows close on the heels of whoever she happens to be closest to.
[20:23] * Alaric follows Xui-Fei.
[20:24] <Alaric> (how heavy is the rain now?)
[20:24] <Yarrow> You stealthily work your way toward the Upgrade building.
[20:24] <Yarrow> The rain is pretty hard but not quite pouring right now.
[20:25] * Valery is probably breathing a little harder than ideal after a little while.
[20:26] <Alaric> quietly, "Xui-Fei, if you could, let HQ know that we've landed safely?"
[20:28] * Xui-Fei nods
[20:28] * Koizumi makes a soft grab for someone, whispering. "Something is nearby..."
[20:28] * Xui-Fei brings up his wirst computer about to say something when Koi alerts
[20:29] * Valery freezes, looking around, whispering back. "Where?"
[20:29] <Alaric> quietly, "Let's try to circle around it, if possible."
[20:29] * Koizumi points in the direction with her cane. "It's a good several yards, I don't think it knows about us. I don't hear any kind of pulse"
[20:30] * Xui-Fei nods following
[20:30] * Alaric will point to whatever the nearest off-route path would take us around where she's pointing
[20:30] * Alaric will tap Koizumi on the shoulder as he passes her.
[20:31] * Valery nods, and follows Alaric carefully.
[20:32] * Xui-Fei waits to after we are sure the coast is clear before sending the info to HQ
[20:32] * Koizumi makes her way along carefully with the others.
[20:33] <Yarrow> You carefully take another path and avoid the droid.
[20:33] <Alaric> (the Noid Droid?)
[20:33] <Toast> (lol)
[20:33] * Valery tries to get a view of it as she moves, but focuses on staying out of sight and quiet.
[20:33] * Alaric keeps going, watching carefully for anything out of the ordinary.. like rain pouring off something that isn't visible, say.
[20:35] * Xui-Fei brings up his wrist computer, "uh.." he says softly, "this is Xui-fei to HQ reporting we have landed and moving to target, out"
[20:35] * Koizumi just keeps listening hard, frowning at the mixed blessing of the rain.
[20:38] * Alaric keeps going until we reach the target, or observe someone/something moving or out of the ordinary
[20:39] <Alaric> quietly, "Once we're in sight, we take cover and wait."
[20:39] * Valery does the same, keeping quiet unless she sees something, other than the heavy breathing.
[20:39] * Valery nods.
[20:39] <Yarrow> roll 1d100
[20:39] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=74 ]{74}
[20:39] <Yarrow> Just what is your target, btw?
[20:39] <Valery> (Here's hoping that's a good thing)
[20:40] <Alaric> (the building marked 'Upgrade', that was swarming with droids previously)
[20:40] <Valery> (I presume we're going to wait a bit outside of that until the distraction goes off)
[20:40] <Yarrow> Well, I know you're not going right up to the door before the explosions... so where are you going to be waiting?
[20:40] <Alaric> (in an alleyway, or in an ornate/deep doorway)
[20:41] <Yarrow> Ok, you make your way to an alley across the street from Upgrade and wait.
[20:41] <Alaric> (some place that puts us out of line-of-sight from the target, so if there's defenders, and they start looking around when shit goes down, we aren't seen)
[20:41] * Valery leans back against the wall as they arrive, and focuses on getting her breath back.
[20:42] * Xui-Fei crouchs down waiting for the moment to rush in
[20:42] <Toast> roll 2d6+8
[20:42] <McDice> Toast rolled : 2d6+8 --> [ 2d6=2 ]{10}
[20:42] * Koizumi takes quiet shelter, leaning on her cane. "This really sucks..."
[20:42] <Toast> (fuck)
[20:42] <Toast> (I fucking hate my life)
[20:42] <Toast> roll 2d6+8
[20:42] <McDice> Toast rolled : 2d6+8 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{13}
[20:42] <Toast> roll 2d6+8
[20:42] <McDice> Toast rolled : 2d6+8 --> [ 2d6=8 ]{16}
[20:42] <Yarrow> Wait.
[20:45] * Toast is now known as Ataru
[20:45] <Alaric> (?)
[20:45] <Ataru> (dead)
[20:45] <Ataru> (like, dead dead)
[20:45] <Yarrow> There's a bright flash and the ground shakes.
[20:45] <Ataru> (you do get your distraction though)
[20:45] <Valery> (Oh dear)
[20:45] <Alaric> (ouch)
[20:46] <DCG> (it isnt like d20 critfails)
[20:46] <Valery> (/me pats Ataru.)
[20:46] * Valery sees the flash, and comes off the wall, waiting for the droids' reaction.
[20:46] <Yarrow> A critfail on rigging up a timer for a bomb kinda has only 1 obvious result...
[20:46] <Alaric> quietly, "wait.. thirty seconds"
[20:47] * Valery nods.
[20:47] * Alaric counts silently, his lips moving.
[20:47] * Xui-Fei nods
[20:47] <Yarrow> There's a loud rumbling and you see a large building on the other side of Upgrade shudder and gracefully collapse.
[20:48] <Yarrow> Droids rush in that direction.
[20:49] <Alaric> quietly, "That's our cue."
[20:49] * Xui-Fei gets up
[20:49] * Valery waits a few more seconds for more to leave, and then slips out towards Upgrade.
[20:49] <Alaric> quietly, "I really hope they *all* went."
[20:50] * Alaric follows Valery.
[20:50] * Koizumi stays close behind, hand on Alaric's shoulder.
[20:50] <Yarrow> You rush toward the building, trying to stay low and quiet.
[20:50] <Xui-Fei> "if they didn't they won't last long to warn the others," he says quitely
[20:50] <Alaric> (and against the buildings to our side)
[20:52] <Yarrow> Nerves are strained as you cross the street to reach the building, but there's no indication you've been noticed.
[20:52] <Ataru> (don't get too down guys, Toast will be back in 12 in game hours)
[20:52] <Valery> (Whoo!)
[20:52] <Valery> (And, our characters would get down, but they don't know he's gone yet :P )
[20:53] <Yarrow> There's a set of glass doors to the lobby to the left with a couple of zerkers standing outside facing away from the group, and to the right is what looks like a closed emergency door.
[20:54] * Valery tsks and moves up to the emergency door, looking for the controls.
[20:54] <Yarrow> There's no handle or control panel on the outside.
[20:54] * Alaric looks arounds -- is the power out?
[20:55] <Alaric> (i.e. is there anything to make an alarm go off?)
[20:55] * Valery frowns, looking back and whispering to Koizumi. "Didn't you say you were telekinetic...?"
[20:55] <Yarrow> There are lights coming from some of Upgrade's windows.
[20:56] * Xui-Fei checks to see if he can access anything of this buildings functions
[20:56] <Koizumi> "Yes, I am."
[20:56] <Yarrow> Xui-Fei taps away at his ESC. The emergency door shows up on it as being locked.
[20:57] <Yarrow> You might be able to access building-wide functions, but you might want to wait until you're inside first.
[20:57] <Yarrow> Before poking around.
[20:58] <Yarrow> The last time you tried that without being in a secure place was in the subway tunnel...
[20:58] <Valery> "Do you think you could give this door a push from inside?"
[20:58] * Xui-Fei looks at the group and says softly, "I think I can access the building but I think we better get inside before I toy with it"
[20:58] <Koizumi> "Would that still set off the alarm?"
[20:59] <Yarrow> That's just for building-wide functions, though. Giving commands to the emergency door should be a snap.
[20:59] * Valery clicks her tongue, frowning. "True... but it's either that or fight through two of those huge ones, if Xui-Fei doesn't think it's possible to open the door with that console..."
[21:00] * Koizumi shrugs. "If you want me to give it a try, it shouldn't be too hard."
[21:01] <Alaric> quietly, "As far as I'm concerned, go for it.."
[21:01] <Valery> (I'm waiting for Xui to say he can open the door, like Yarrow just clarified :P )
[21:01] <Alaric> quietly, "I could probably kick it off it's hinges..."
[21:01] <Yarrow> (So am I...)
[21:01] <Alaric> quietly, "but not quietly."
[21:02] * Koizumi begins feeling along the door with a frown. "Problem is...I don't know if I can have that much accurate control or not...I could probably rip it off it's hinges...What if I lifted someone up to a window or something on a higher floor? If we can't get this open?"
[21:02] * Xui-Fei blinks looking again, "ok I got it," he says unlocking the doors
[21:02] * Koizumi nods. "Good, problem solved."
[21:03] * Valery smiles. "Excellent, thanks Xui."
[21:03] <Yarrow> Xui-Fei unlocks the emergency door in front of you (choosing NO to the query about setting off the alarm) and has it open.
[21:03] <Alaric> quietly, "Lead the way.."
[21:03] * Valery lets Xui, he of the map and the meat shield, lead the way.
[21:03] * Xui-Fei nods
[21:03] * Xui-Fei enters first
[21:05] <Yarrow> You're in the bottom of a stairwell. There's a door that leads to the ground floor of the building, and the stairs go up.
[21:06] * Xui-Fei slowly proceeds up the stairs waiting at the closed door for the others
[21:06] * Koizumi follows in with the others, keeping her hand on someone's back while following close.
[21:06] <Valery> "What does the map say...? Basement, top floor, or somewhere else?"
[21:06] <Valery> (Retcon that, I know where now :P )
[21:06] * Valery heads up the stairs.
[21:07] <Yarrow> Valery boldly takes the lead.
[21:07] <Koizumi> (-Heading upstairs- "It's in sub-basement two. So we'd better get up to the tenth.")
[21:08] <Ataru> (I definitly need ranks in divine relationship)
[21:08] <Ataru> (the 2s like me)
[21:08] <Yarrow> You reach the 2nd floor. There's another door. Keep going up?
[21:08] <Yarrow> (DR is definitely a great investment for someone who likes playing with explosives.)
[21:09] * Alaric takes Koizumi's hand for good measure, leading her (assuming she allows it).
[21:09] * Xui-Fei opens the door
[21:09] * Valery listens at the door to make sure nothing's there and liable to come out into our backs, and then continues up.
[21:09] <Yarrow> I assume Xui-Fei refrains from opening the door into Valery's head...
[21:10] <Yarrow> Do you open the door when Valery starts going up the next flight of stairs, Xui-Fei?
[21:10] * Koizumi smiles in thanks and follows Alarix.
[21:11] * Valery whispers. "It's in one of the top floors."
[21:11] * Xui-Fei nods following up
[21:12] <Xui-Fei> (didn't open followed Val
[21:13] <Yarrow> You go up another flight of stairs and are faced with the same choice.
[21:13] <Yarrow> Keep going up?
[21:13] <Valery> "I couldn't tell exactly which floor it was, but I know it's one of the top ones... start searching on the twentieth?"
[21:14] * Valery does the same, listening for anyone liable to come out, then continuing up.
[21:14] * Xui-Fei checks the map "that was the ground floor" he says quietly, "this is..."
[21:15] <Yarrow> By the time you get to the top of the next flight, Valery is getting sick of stairs, so at least there's a slight bright side when the stairs stop here.
[21:15] <Yarrow> A door leads into the main portion of the building.
[21:15] * Valery sweatdrops. "... I guess we're going to have to try the elevators anyway... probably..." She heaves for breath. "... for the best..."
[21:16] <Xui-Fei> "possibly"
[21:16] * Koizumi nods, wiping her forehead.
[21:16] <Valery> "... as long as the droids don't hear them..."
[21:16] * Valery slips behind Xui again since he has the map.
[21:17] <Alaric> quietly, "...ding."
[21:17] <Alaric> quietly, "but if there's no other way.."
[21:17] <Xui-Fei> "stamina training you all need it" he says quietly not effected by the work out
[21:18] <Alaric> (what sort of building does this appear to be on the inside... business? offices? housing?)
[21:18] * Valery nods, wiping sweat off her brow. "Twenty flights of stairs..."
[21:18] <Alaric> (like..s tyle of architecture wise)
[21:18] <Yarrow> All you've seen is a stairwell. You can't tell.
[21:20] <Yarrow> Does someone want to listen at the door and maybe open it?
[21:20] <Yarrow> Or were you waiting for Val to catch her breath?
[21:20] <Valery> (/me was planning to go behind Xui since he has the map :P )
[21:21] * Koizumi focuses on listenign at the door.
[21:21] * Alaric will take a turn listening as well, careful not to scrunch his ears.
[21:21] <Alaric> (ear, rather)
[21:22] <Yarrow> Koizumi hears a group of people walking down what sounds like a hall, towards the door.
[21:22] <Yarrow> Their gait sounds strange though, so they're probably not human.
[21:22] * Koizumi frowns. "Something is coming...a cluster...not one of us..."
[21:23] <Alaric> quietly, "Down a flight, and we ambush them away from the door!"
[21:23] <Alaric> quietly, "two flights, hopefully it will have closed."
[21:23] <Ataru> (until you drink from the loving cup at least)
[21:23] * Alaric quickly heads down the stairs.
[21:23] <Ataru> (/me wonders if anyone will get it...)
[21:23] * Yarrow rolls some dice only to have her cat attack them.
[21:24] * Valery blinks, and follows Alaric.
[21:24] <Yarrow> Unless someone says otherwise, you all quietly follow the good doctor down a couple of flights of stairs.
[21:24] * Valery whispers as she follows. "Shouldn't... we... catch them in the choke point...?"
[21:25] <Alaric> (er, it's a stairwell, the entire thing is a choke point)
[21:25] <Alaric> quietly, "Entire damned stairwell is a choke point!"
[21:25] <Valery> "That's true..."
[21:25] <Alaric> quietly, "Hopefully they're just patrolling and don't open the door.. but if they do come down the stairs, we're not gonna bea ble to hide from them."
[21:25] <Xui-Fei> "we could do that but do you honestly think we can fight an entire building worth at once"
[21:26] <Yarrow> You get into position two flights down and wait.
[21:26] * Valery nods.
[21:26] <Yarrow> And wait. A minute has gone by and nothing has happened.
[21:26] * Xui-Fei sighs calming himself
[21:26] * Valery listens carefully.
[21:27] * Koizumi keeps an ear trained upward, listening carefully.
[21:27] <Yarrow> Another minute passes without incident.
[21:28] * Alaric sighs in relief.
[21:28] <Alaric> quietly, "Okay.. how's this sound.. we wait until the come really close, then turn away, and once they've been going away for a few seconds, we hit 'em from behind?"
[21:28] <Yarrow> It seems the people Koizumi heard aren't coming into the stairwell.
[21:28] <Valery> (Er... didn't we NOT hear them coming down?)
[21:28] <Alaric> (yeah)
[21:29] <Alaric> (everyone at this point knows they're not in the stairwell)
[21:29] <Alaric> (alaric is implying: close to the door)
[21:29] * Valery blinks. "Um... we're on a clear floor right now, why not just go to the elevator on the second or third floor instead?"
[21:29] * Koizumi shrugs,
[21:30] <Xui-Fei> "possibly" he says softly
[21:30] <Alaric> "...okay."
[21:30] <Alaric> quietly, "That actually makes more sense."
[21:31] <Yarrow> By the way, were you expecting Toast to join up with the rest of you somehow, return to Metel, or what?
[21:31] <Alaric> quietly, "wait by the door, if nobody comes by in a few minutes, go up?"
[21:31] <Alaric> (we never planned)
[21:31] <Alaric> (we had absolutely no idea how we'd get together)
[21:31] * Xui-Fei nods taking the leading slowly heading up the stairs to the door
[21:31] <Valery> (I presume we were expecting Toasty to return to Metel)
[21:32] * Valery nods.
[21:32] <Yarrow> You head to the door and listen.
[21:33] <Yarrow> How long are you planning to listen for?
[21:33] <Alaric> quietly, "think a couple minutes is long enough?"
[21:33] <Valery> "Yeah... we shouldn't take too long, the distraction will only work for so long..."
[21:35] * Alaric will listen for a couple minutes, then crack the door slowly if nobody hascome by.
[21:35] <Yarrow> After a couple of minutes, Alaric opens the door to see a carpeted hallway. It looks like it'd be appropriate for an office building.
[21:36] <Yarrow> It extends ahead and also to the right.
[21:36] * Valery glances back at Xui. "So... does your map say which way to the elevator?"
[21:38] <Yarrow> Xui-Fei starts tapping away at his ESC and in a little while points straight ahead.
[21:38] * Valery nods, and starts forward, cautiously.
[21:38] <Alaric> quietly, "quick but quiet."
[21:39] * Alaric moves forward.
[21:39] * Xui-Fei looks up seeing val move a head continues his silent movement
[21:39] <Yarrow> (Yes, I'll make a PC take an obvious action or answer a question if the player is idle too long.)
[21:39] <Valery> (/me nodnods)
[21:39] <Xui-Fei> (gomen)
[21:39] * Koizumi follows with quierly.
[21:40] * Xui-Fei keeps an eye out for any patrols if any are around
[21:41] <Yarrow> You pass some open doorways on either side. They seem to be to conference rooms.
[21:41] * Valery glances into the doorways as they pass, but focuses on moving quietly.
[21:42] <Alaric> (hmm.. raid the conference rooms for hidden loot?)
[21:42] <Alaric> (if this were final fantasy, it'd work)
[21:42] <Koizumi> (:P)
[21:42] <Xui-Fei> (that it would)
[21:42] <Alaric> quietly, "You know.. I can't help but think.. t here must be something really obvious about this place for droids to be guarding it."
[21:42] <Yarrow> (You got A Potted Plant! *item acquisition music plays*)
[21:43] * Valery nods. "Yeah... hm. Xui... does your console say anything about what people did here?"
[21:43] * Alaric keeps going, glancing into the rooms looking for anything of immediately obvious worth.
[21:43] * Xui-Fei looks in his ESC for any discription of this buildings function
[21:43] <Yarrow> You pass a restroom, a small kitchen, some little offices...
[21:44] <Xui-Fei> (least if there's any data what the building was built for, office, research or anthing?)
[21:44] <Yarrow> Xui-Fei looks down at his ESC as he walks and checks for any info on the building. After a moment, he discovers it's designated as Development.
[21:44] * Valery keeps her eye out, very tense.
[21:45] * Xui-Fei blinks, "Development?" he questions softly
[21:45] * Valery cocks her head. "Wonder what that means..."
[21:45] * Koizumi remains blank in expression.
[21:46] <Xui-Fei> "no clue," he says softly, "though we may find out"
[21:46] <Yarrow> You reach an intersection and see the elevators about 15 meters to the left.
[21:46] * Alaric gulps quietly.
[21:46] * Valery smiles, and looks around carefully before heading to the elevator.
[21:46] * Xui-Fei points to the left, "elevator's there" he annouces queetly
[21:47] * Alaric heads forward, lacking any better ideas.
[21:49] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4
[21:49] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=10 ]{14}
[21:50] <Xui-Fei> (oh boy)
[21:50] <DCG> (nooo xui!)
[21:50] <Koizumi> (And....)
[21:50] <Yarrow> There's a confused blur of motion as Alaric reaches the elevators and suddenly a bloodstained transparent blade is protruding from his chest.
[21:50] <Yarrow> 36 dam
[21:50] <Valery> (Well... at least it wasn't Xui, for once.)
[21:50] <DCG> (wait, isnt that breaking cannon? :P )
[21:50] * Valery gasps, and moves to the side, trying to get a view of the glass droid and bringing up her rifle.
[21:51] <Koizumi> "What happened?!"
[21:51] <Alaric> "...hgghkgl.."
[21:51] <Yarrow> Val: Mind roll, please.
[21:51] <Valery> roll 2d6+5
[21:51] <McDice> Valery rolled : 2d6+5 --> [ 2d6=6 ]{11}
[21:51] * Xui-Fei blinks expecting the blade to be sticking out him but isn't
[21:52] <Yarrow> Yeah. Fire that thing in here and you may as well send up a flare and have a 3 piece band start playing at max volume, as well.
[21:52] * Valery grits her teeth, lowering the gun. "Xui!"
[21:52] <Yarrow> The glass droid yanks the blade from Alaric.
[21:52] * Xui-Fei nods
[21:52] <Yarrow> Init.
[21:52] <Xui-Fei> roll 2d6+4
[21:52] <McDice> Xui-Fei rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{11}
[21:52] <Valery> roll 2d6+4
[21:52] <McDice> Valery rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{9}
[21:53] <Alaric> roll 2d6+10 init
[21:53] <McDice> Alaric rolled : 2d6+10 init --> [ 2d6=11 ]{21}
[21:53] * Xui-Fei takes a very lucid stance
[21:53] <Koizumi> roll 2d6+3
[21:53] <McDice> Koizumi rolled : 2d6+3 --> [ 2d6=9 ]{12}
[21:53] <Koizumi> (shouldn't you always be lucid? unless drunk anyway)
[21:54] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4
[21:54] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=8 ]{12}
[21:54] <Yarrow> Yes, I don't think that's the word you want...
[21:54] <Yarrow> Alaric is up first.
[21:54] <Xui-Fei> (sorry I ment fluid stance)
[21:54] * Alaric backs the fuck away, getting behind Xui and the rest, and tries to drain the *&#$ing bastard that just gutted him!
[21:55] <Koizumi> (You were so shocked and relieved, you wet yourself!)
[21:55] <Yarrow> Alaric: roll the attack
[21:55] <Xui-Fei> (geeze)
[21:55] <Koizumi> (I know, I'm horrible)
[21:55] <Alaric> roll 2d6+4 drain, undetectable
[21:55] <McDice> Alaric rolled : 2d6+4 drain, undetectable --> [ 2d6=6 ]{10}
[21:56] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4
[21:56] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=9 ]{13}
[21:56] <Yarrow> Since that's at -3, you hit.
[21:58] <Yarrow> Whether it has any effect is unclear.
[21:58] <Yarrow> Koizumi is up.
[21:58] <Alaric> pained, unbelieving, "..s'not.. ??"
[21:59] <Koizumi> "Damnit...I can't tell where it is..."
[21:59] <Yarrow> The droid lunges after Alaric.
[21:59] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4
[21:59] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{9}
[21:59] <Alaric> roll 2d6+4 dodge
[21:59] <McDice> Alaric rolled : 2d6+4 dodge --> [ 2d6=12 ]{16}
[22:00] <Valery> (Nice dodge, that)
[22:00] * Alaric REALLY wants to get outta the way.
[22:00] <Valery> "You can't hear it?"
[22:00] <Yarrow> Who dances out of the way. Literally. Was that a pirouette?
[22:01] <Koizumi> (hmm, penelties on taking a shot?)
[22:01] <Yarrow> Any action, Koizumi?
[22:01] <Xui-Fei> (what shot?)
[22:01] <Yarrow> You'll be lucky not to hit a party member.
[22:01] <Koizumi> (You'll see :P)
[22:01] <Koizumi> (Or not)
[22:01] <Koizumi> (hold action)
[22:02] <Yarrow> Xui-Fei's up.
[22:02] * Xui-Fei slams the glass with a rapid punching attack
[22:02] <Xui-Fei> roll 2d6+8 Amuriken
[22:02] <McDice> Xui-Fei rolled : 2d6+8 Amuriken --> [ 2d6=3 ]{11}
[22:02] <Valery> (Owwwww.)
[22:02] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4-1
[22:02] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4-1 --> [ 2d6=4 ]{7}
[22:03] <Valery> (Double-owwwwww.)
[22:03] <Xui-Fei> (smacks twice I think 28 a pop so 56 (if my count is right))
[22:03] <Valery> (Isn't that one hit? Ah well.)
[22:04] <Yarrow> Your fist solidly slams into it twice. Cracks spiderweb its body and it collapses.
[22:04] <Xui-Fei> "god those things are anoying" he says quietly
[22:04] <Xui-Fei> (and Alaric knows how Xui feels)
[22:04] * Valery frowns, keeping an eye on it and moving towards it. "How are you, Alaric...?"
[22:04] <Valery> (Hey, at least Alaric got stabbed in the front :P )
[22:05] <Xui-Fei> (dude he got back stabbed)
[22:05] <Valery> (Er... no, I think it was hiding in the elevator, so he got front-stabbed :P )
[22:05] <Yarrow> (Backstabbed from the front, actually)
[22:05] <Xui-Fei> (ah)
[22:05] <Yarrow> It was hiding motionless in front of the elevator.
[22:05] * Alaric staggers back and falls on his ass heavily, panting, specks of blood on his lips.
[22:05] <Valery> (Gotcha)
[22:06] * Alaric clenches his eyes shut, a couple tears leaking out.
[22:06] <Xui-Fei> "lets get in there before a patrol finds this one" he says pressing the up button
[22:06] * Valery will keep watching the droid to make sure it's stopped moving.
[22:06] <Koizumi> "Do you have anything to treat that with?"
[22:07] <Alaric> "hgh... just.. moment.."
[22:07] * Alaric holds his breath.
[22:07] <Valery> (This is a GOOD time to have regen. :P )
[22:07] <Alaric> (it'll take around 30 seconds)
[22:07] * Alaric stands up about a minute later, obviously shakey.
[22:07] <Alaric> (40/40 hp, 34/40 ep)
[22:07] * Valery ducks down. "Just a second..." She lays a hand on the cracked droid. How warm does it feel? Colder than the air, warmer than the air, the same temperature...?
[22:08] * Alaric will walks over to the droid, kneel by it, and attempt to tear off its sword-arm at the elbow.
[22:08] <Yarrow> Before that minute passes, Val notices the spiderweb of cracks on the droid starting to fade.
[22:08] * Valery gasps. "It's healing!"
[22:08] <Alaric> (nm)
[22:09] <Alaric> "chrushits head or something!"
[22:09] * Valery raises her rifle, and slams the stock into the droid's head with a growl.
[22:09] <Valery> (Roll attack, or just assume it's a coup de grace?)
[22:10] <Yarrow> You manage to smash the droid before it starts moving again.
[22:10] <Valery> (Any info on how it feels, btw? Trying to find out if Metel's infrared will pick 'em up :P )
[22:11] * Valery pants for breath, and smashes its head a few more times until it shatters completely.
[22:11] <Yarrow> It feels the same temperature as the air.
[22:11] <Valery> (Gotcha)
[22:12] * Valery tsks. "Was too much to hope for... should've known it had a low enough SHC..."
[22:12] * Koizumi let's out a breath.
[22:12] * Xui-Fei lets out a relieved breath but still feels sorry for Alaric
[22:12] * Valery looks back at Alaric. "You've healed yourself? How are you...?"
[22:13] <Koizumi> "Now, someone want to explain what just went on? I heard a lot of grunting, and some smashing..."
[22:13] <Yarrow> (Afk a minute to get a drink.)
[22:13] <Valery> "Um... one of those invisible glass droids."
[22:14] <Xui-Fei> "honorless creations if there ever was any" he says
[22:14] <Xui-Fei> "there stock in trade is ambushes"
[22:14] <Koizumi> "I wonder if that's the type that I get such a strong echo off of."
[22:15] <Alaric> "ugh.. I'm almost ready to say turn your echolocation on, and damn the results, as long as we can SEE our enemies."
[22:15] <Alaric> outraged, "that HURT!"
[22:15] * Valery shrugs. "Well... it's not like honor's a big issue, we were just planning on ambushing anything we saw..."
[22:15] <Koizumi> "I'm not sure if it's the type or not...I just know there is a type which can mutually detect each other."
[22:17] <Yarrow> (Back)
[22:17] <Alaric> (does the droid shatter/dissolve, or can I try to rip its arm off)
[22:17] <Valery> (Is the droid really shattered this time? And does it seem to be un-shattering at all?)
[22:18] <Yarrow> The droid does not seem to be recovering from being shattered.
[22:18] * Xui-Fei looks at Alaric, "how do you think I felt after being stabbed in the back 4 times in a row"
[22:19] * Valery glances at Alaric. "Let's get into the elevator and discuss it on the way up, we still have a limited amount of distraction time..."
[22:19] * Xui-Fei nods getting into the elevator
[22:19] <Yarrow> Its arms are pretty much intact, but you can't rip glass arms off. You could probably ssmash them by the shoulders, though, if yo ureally want.
[22:19] <Alaric> (I just want a melee weapon)
[22:19] * Alaric procedes to get himself a droid arm + sword, liberally coated in his own blood.
[22:20] <Alaric> (Superstrength 1, so oughta be able to manage it)
[22:20] * Alaric gets in the damned elevator, careful not to poke anyone with his droid arm.
[22:20] <Yarrow> Better be careful with the back, too.
[22:20] <Xui-Fei> (ha ha)
[22:21] * Valery blinks at that weapon. "You know... there's an idea in there..."
[22:21] <Alaric> "If you want the other one, I'll get it for you"
[22:21] <Yarrow> You summon the elevator and get inside.
[22:21] <Alaric> (hey, it's a pretty nasty weapon, might as well make use of it)
[22:21] * Koizumi follows the sound of footsteps to the lift and follows in.
[22:22] <Valery> "I probably would have trouble holding it, even..."
[22:22] * Alaric hefts it.
[22:22] <Alaric> "It is somewhat on the heavy side."
[22:22] * Valery gets into the lift, and checks the buttons. How many floors are there?
[22:22] <Yarrow> There are buttons for 30 floors.
[22:23] <Yarrow> Sorry, make that 203
[22:23] <Yarrow> ...
[22:23] <Yarrow> 20
[22:23] <Valery> (... Was worried for a second there...)
[22:23] <Alaric> quietly, "Do we know which one is the right one?"
[22:23] * Valery frowns, and glances at Xui. "I think the nineteenth floor is where we should start searching, unless your console can tell where it is...?"
[22:23] <Alaric> quietly, "If so press it.."
[22:24] <Koizumi> ("Did they add a bunch of floors suddenly, or something? Or is this the Twilight Zone Vator?")
[22:24] <Valery> "It's somewhere on the upper floors, but I'm not sure which one."
[22:24] * Xui-Fei looks for the place they are suposed to go seeing which floor it's on
[22:24] <Valery> (I don't THINK it's the top floor, since that would've been really obvious on the diagram I saw, right?)
[22:25] <Yarrow> Your goal itself is not shown on the ESC. You've been able to get the plans of the floors you've been on, however.
[22:25] * Valery purses her lips. "Wait... there are more than twenty floors..."
[22:26] * Valery moans, leaning her head against the elevator wall. "It doesn't go all the way up, does it...?"
[22:26] <Xui-Fei> "so we may have more than one elevator shaft?"
[22:27] <Valery> "Or stairs from somewhere else... what do the plans say?"
[22:27] <Yarrow> The elevator doors slide closed, though the elevator doesn't go anywhere.
[22:28] <Xui-Fei> "I can bring up the floors we've been on but not anything up past this floor"
[22:28] <Alaric> maybe.. 2nd from the top?
[22:29] <Alaric> quietly, "Perhaps.. 2nd floor from teh top, to scope it out?"
[22:29] <Yarrow> Xui-Fei start checking his ESC. He quickly manages to access the plans for the 20th floor and finds another elevator going up.
[22:29] <Yarrow> (I didn't say you couldn't access higher floors. You just hadn't tried to yet.)
[22:29] * Xui-Fei blinks, "ok there is a second elevator shaft on the 20th floor going up"
[22:29] <Xui-Fei> (ah wasn't sure)
[22:30] * Valery sighs, and hits the button for the twentieth floor. "Someone built this place to be really hard to assault..."
[22:30] * Xui-Fei hits the button for 20
[22:30] <Yarrow> Valery and Xui-Fei press the button. Their fingers caress for a brief moment.
[22:30] * Xui-Fei blinks
[22:30] * Valery blinks, and looks at Xui. "... Sorry."
[22:30] <Yarrow> Valery narrowly escapes death due to the fact that Jake, Chance, and Mai aren't present.
[22:31] <Xui-Fei> "uh it's ok"
[22:31] * Koizumi remains oblivious.
[22:31] <Xui-Fei> (though Jake and Chance feel they should pound someone)
[22:31] <Valery> (Heheheh)
[22:31] <DCG> (sounds like a normal building to me, all the ofice buildings in chicago are much the same, some times with 4 of 5 defernt banks of elevators)
[22:31] * Valery blinks, feeling a sudden chill.
[22:32] <Yarrow> The elevator swiftly climbs its shaft, and soon enough the doors slide open with a happy ding.
[22:32] * Valery winces at the 'ding' and quickly looks out, hoping nothing heard that.
[22:32] <Alaric> (Blam blam BLAM!)
[22:33] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4
[22:33] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{9}
[22:33] <Valery> (Should I roll a dodge?)
[22:33] <Valery> (Or did I just get frontstabbed?)
[22:33] <Yarrow> Valery takes a glass blade to the head. Fortunately, it only does 24 damage.
[22:34] * Alaric cusses.
[22:34] <Alaric> (init?)
[22:34] * Xui-Fei eyes widen as slams into the glass droid full on
[22:34] * Valery shrieks, clutching at her cheek. "Aaagh!"
[22:34] <Yarrow> (Really, no precautions whatsoever when you know those things are lurking about?)
[22:34] <Yarrow> Init.
[22:34] <Alaric> roll 2d6+10 init
[22:34] <McDice> Alaric rolled : 2d6+10 init --> [ 2d6=6 ]{16}
[22:34] <Xui-Fei> roll 2d6+4
[22:34] <McDice> Xui-Fei rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=8 ]{12}
[22:34] <Valery> roll 2d6+4
[22:34] <McDice> Valery rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=10 ]{14}
[22:34] <Valery> (Consider me edumacated :P )
[22:35] <Koizumi> roll 2d6+3
[22:35] <McDice> Koizumi rolled : 2d6+3 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{8}
[22:35] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4
[22:35] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=4 ]{8}
[22:35] <Yarrow> Alaric's up.
[22:35] <Valery> (... What is with Koi always moving at the exact same time as these things?)
[22:35] <Koizumi> (I wonder that often myself...)
[22:35] <Yarrow> (She really is another clone. ;) )
[22:35] * Alaric takes a swing at the glass thing with his improvised sword.
[22:36] <Alaric> roll 2d6+4
[22:36] <McDice> Alaric rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{9}
[22:36] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4
[22:36] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=6 ]{10}
[22:36] <Alaric> (nuts ;p )
[22:36] <Yarrow> The droid sways to the side just far enough to evade the blow.
[22:36] * Valery growls, and brings up her rifle, slamming the buttstock into the droid's head. "That HURT!"
[22:36] <Valery> roll 2d6+4
[22:37] <McDice> Valery rolled : 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{11}
[22:37] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4-1
[22:37] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4-1 --> [ 2d6=11 ]{14}
[22:37] <Valery> (Or not.)
[22:37] <Yarrow> The droid smiles and whispers, "Good..."
[22:37] <Yarrow> Slayer of glass droids Xui-Fei is up.
[22:39] * Yarrow prepares to make Xui-Fei's roll for him.
[22:39] <Xui-Fei> again another rapid series of punches
[22:39] <Xui-Fei> roll 2d6+8 Amuriken
[22:39] <McDice> Xui-Fei rolled : 2d6+8 Amuriken --> [ 2d6=10 ]{18}
[22:39] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+4-3
[22:39] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+4-3 --> [ 2d6=4 ]{5}
[22:40] <Xui-Fei> (3 times?)
[22:40] <Yarrow> And the hall is sprayed with little chunks of glass as the droid flies apart.
[22:40] * Xui-Fei stands there fist out strech
[22:40] <Koizumi> "Apart from Valery being in pain, I take it that ended well?"
[22:41] <Alaric> "Damn.. Valery, let me get a look at that."
[22:41] * Alaric will examine Valery's wound briefly, then Heal it (24 points worth).
[22:41] * Valery winces, forcing her hand away from her cheek.
[22:41] <Valery> (Yeah, I was down to 11 hp there :P )
[22:41] <Xui-Fei> "word of advice," he says, "next time we do this I jump out and smack the glass droid"
[22:41] <Alaric> "Be careful.. your body won't stand the strain much more accelerated healing beyond that.."
[22:41] <Alaric> "Agreed."
[22:41] * Alaric heartily agrees with Xui-Fei's suggestion.
[22:42] * Valery sighs happily as it seals up. "Yeah... next time we just blow up the area in front of all the elevators..."
[22:42] <Koizumi> "Sounds like a safer plan"
[22:43] <Yarrow> The elevator doors start to slide closed.
[22:43] * Valery rubs the area where the wound on her cheek was, hits the 'open' button, and waits to step out behind Xui.
[22:44] * Xui-Fei steps out eye out for any attacks before checking where the next elavator is
[22:44] * Alaric is a little nervous at this point..
[22:44] * Valery comes out after Xui, and will follow him to the next elevator carefully. "Thank you, Alaric..."
[22:44] <Yarrow> The way to the next elevator requires you to go down a few hallways. The first step is to head right.
[22:45] * Xui-Fei points in the right direction and proceeds slowly
[22:45] <Yarrow> You walk down the first hall, keeping your ears and eyes (except Koi's) open.
[22:46] * Valery follows, still rubbing her itching cheek.
[22:46] * Koizumi remains close.
[22:47] <Yarrow> You follow it as it turns left, and start passing doorways. To the right is a room with desks and workstations.
[22:47] * Valery glances into the room.
[22:48] <Yarrow> Past that is a room on the left with computer terminals ... and a man seems to be partially under one, working on it.
[22:48] * Xui-Fei blinks
[22:48] * Xui-Fei checks his scanner if that is human or not
[22:48] <Yarrow> There are tools spread out around him.
[22:49] <Yarrow> He registers as a person but has no ID.
[22:49] * Alaric hesitates a bit.
[22:49] <Xui-Fei> "says he's human," he says softly
[22:49] * Valery blinks, and whispers to Koizumi. "Um... there's someone to the left, could you check...?"
[22:49] * Alaric brightens.
[22:50] <Alaric> quietly, "Good call, Valery."
[22:50] * Koizumi concentrates quietly, expanding out to feel for minds outside those of the group, and centering on that one in particular.
[22:50] <Yarrow> Koi: roll for it.
[22:50] <Koizumi> roll 2d6+5
[22:50] <McDice> Koizumi rolled : 2d6+5 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{10}
[22:51] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+6
[22:51] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+6 --> [ 2d6=8 ]{14}
[22:51] <Yarrow> The attempt fails.
[22:52] <Koizumi> "I can't make contact, I'm sorry. Still to new at this"
[22:52] <Alaric> quietly, "watch his initial reaction to the dead droid parts."
[22:52] * Xui-Fei nods, "it's ok Koizumi"
[22:52] <Yarrow> The man says, without looking up, "Just put it on the counter over there. I'll eat it later."
[22:52] * Alaric walks into the room.
[22:52] <Alaric> "Er, pardon me."
[22:53] * Xui-Fei blinks hearing the mans response
[22:53] <Alaric> "Could we have a word?"
[22:53] <Yarrow> His words clash with Alaric's greeting.
[22:53] * Valery blinks. "Um..."
[22:54] <Yarrow> He reaches down and swaps his current tool for another one. He says distractedly, "Sorry, I'm really busy. It's like a three armed epileptic spider monkey designed this system."
[22:54] <Valery> "Uh... why haven't you run...?"
[22:54] <DCG> (ami: Hey!)
[22:54] <Xui-Fei> "what exactly are you doing"
[22:55] <Xui-Fei> "and for that matter who are you, your ID is not showing on this" patting his ESC
[22:55] <Yarrow> Man, a bit annoyed, "Look, I've run every diagnostic program I've got!"
[22:55] * Xui-Fei smacks the man, "get a grip man"
[22:55] <Yarrow> The man finally pulls his head out from under the console.
[22:56] <Valery> "Er... no... I meant why haven't you run for safety...?"
[22:56] <Yarrow> (His line about diagnostic programs was in response to Val's question. He misunderstood it. :) )
[22:56] <Valery> (Heh, yeah, I just got that :P )
[22:57] <Yarrow> He looks around and blinks at the lot of you looking a bit confused. "Safety?"
[22:57] <Xui-Fei> "didn't you notice the damn invaison of droids around the whole entier city"
[22:57] * Koizumi keeps her ears focused.
[22:58] <Yarrow> Finally his gaze settles on Valery and he gets a look of recoginition before asking, "You--what's your specialty?"
[22:58] * Valery blinkblinks. "Um... mechanical engineering, though I have some other skills..."
[22:58] <Yarrow> He brushes off Xui-Fei's question. "No, I'm not involved in the invasion. These computers are my concern."
[22:58] <Alaric> "..."
[22:59] <Yarrow> "Finally, some help! Here, check out that panel over there and see if you can map the circuits."
[22:59] * Valery blinks and walks towards the panel. "What's wrong...? And how'd you stay unhurt...?"
[23:00] * Xui-Fei face palms muttering something along the lines 'I won't kill this man no matter how anoying he is' repeatedly
[23:01] <Yarrow> He cocks his head at Valery. "By ... following proper safety procedures?"
[23:02] <Yarrow> "Look, just tell me when you're done. With two of us working on this, we'll be into these systems in no time."
[23:02] <Xui-Fei> "you call cowering under a desk while droids patrole this building proper safety procedures"
[23:02] <Xui-Fei> "then answer this, what's so imporant about these systems"
[23:03] * Valery blinks. "Well... if there's a shelter in here, I guess it'd work... what are you trying to do?"
[23:03] * Valery lets her gun hang on the strap, and takes a look at the panel.
[23:04] <Yarrow> He stares at Xui-Fei for a long moment as though he simply can't understand what he's talking about, then speaks slowly as if to someone with a low mind stat, "I'm trying to get into these systems so we can find out what was being worked on here and get into the upper floors."
[23:04] * Xui-Fei sees if he can access the systems here with his ESC
[23:05] <Alaric> quietly, "How did you know to come here?"
[23:05] <Yarrow> The ESC is not designed to access these systems.
[23:05] * Valery purses her lips, and whispers to Xui.
[23:05] * Koizumi remains silent, listening.
[23:05] <Yarrow> "I just go where I'm ordered, pal."
[23:06] <Yarrow> "Now, excuse me, but I really have to get back to work."
[23:06] * Valery blinks. "Ordered? By who?"
[23:06] * Xui-Fei blinks at that, looking at Valery, "I'll check out the elevator and clear out the stealth droid protecting it"
[23:07] <Yarrow> He goes back under the console and picks up a tool. "Captain Mica. If you really need something to do, just go to the third floor and ask him for an assignment."
[23:07] <Valery> "Captain... who?"
[23:08] <Valery> (OOC, I'm freaking at this point, but IC, Val has no clue... :P )
[23:08] <Xui-Fei> "considering besides the only other people here is us"
[23:08] <Xui-Fei> ^You)
[23:08] <Xui-Fei> "in this whole building
[23:08] <Yarrow> "Look, I really can't talk now."
[23:09] * Xui-Fei whispers to Val
[23:09] * Valery is taking a look at the panel.
[23:09] <Xui-Fei> (mica?)
[23:09] * Valery whispers back.
[23:10] * Xui-Fei nods and heads out to check the elevator
[23:10] <Xui-Fei> (silently)
[23:10] <Koizumi> (I'm gonna need to crash soon)
[23:10] <Yarrow> The man gets out from under the console and start tapping at some keys. He isn't really paying attention to anyone else in the room.
[23:10] <Yarrow> Ok. Are people up for 20 more minutes?
[23:10] <Valery> (Easily)
[23:11] <Xui-Fei> (yeah)
[23:11] <Valery> (What am I seeing on the panel? And what's it look like the guy's doing, Yarrow?)
[23:11] <Koizumi> ok)
[23:11] <Xui-Fei> (and if your gonna run me seperate or here let me know)
[23:11] <Xui-Fei> (cause I'm heading for the elevator checking it)
[23:11] <Alaric> (20 more is fine)
[23:11] <Yarrow> It's a computer system you're not familiar with, Val.
[23:12] * Alaric stays with val for the present.
[23:12] <Valery> (What does it look like he's trying to do? Hack the security, or what?)
[23:12] <Yarrow> Which elevator are you heading to, Xui-Fei?
[23:12] <Valery> (The one that should lead us up)
[23:13] <Yarrow> You can't really tell without seeing what he's doing, Val, but it sounds like he could be. He did mention he's trying to get into the system.
[23:14] * Valery purses her lips. "Have you tried getting in normally? The systems have been fairly receptive to us, most of the time..."
[23:14] <Yarrow> Xui-Fei heads out of the room.
[23:15] <Yarrow> "Enh? If you know the passwords, I'd love to hear them."
[23:15] * Valery cocks her head. "Passwords? They seem to be set to work on our IDs and handprints..."
[23:15] <Yarrow> "Not these."
[23:16] <Valery> "I see... give me a second, I need to check something outside."
[23:17] * Valery slips out of the room, and transforms.
[23:17] <Yarrow> What's your transformation sequence involve?
[23:18] <Valery> (Bluish lights mostly, not incredibly bright or loud)
[23:18] <Valery> roll 2d6+7
[23:18] <McDice> Valery rolled : 2d6+7 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{14}
Session Close: Mon May 25 23:18:36 2009
Session Start: Mon May 25 23:18:36 2009
Session Ident: #cte
[23:18] * Disconnected
[23:19] * Attempting to rejoin channel #cte
[23:19] * Rejoined channel #cte
[23:19] * Topic is 'Next session will not end early'
[23:19] * Set by Yarrow on Fri May 22 18:06:11
[23:19] * Alaric (~alathon@c-24-16-50-237.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) Quit (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Alathon|work)))
[23:19] * Alathon|work is now known as Alaric
[23:19] <Valery> (Gah, welcome back)
[23:19] <Alaric> (sorry about that)
[23:19] <Alaric> (miss anything important?)
[23:20] <Valery> (Not all that much)
[23:20] <Valery> (Last line?)
[23:20] * Valery is now known as Sophia
[23:21] <Alaric> (valery rolled : 2d6+7
[23:23] * Alaric waits with Koizumi, lacking any idea what Xui-Fei and Valery have decided to do.
[23:23] <Sophia> roll 2d6+7-3
[23:23] <McDice> Sophia rolled : 2d6+7-3 --> [ 2d6=9 ]{13}
[23:23] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+6
[23:23] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+6 --> [ 2d6=10 ]{16}
[23:23] <Sophia> (Dammit)
[23:23] * Koizumi sighs quiety and remains mostly silent.
[23:24] <Yarrow> "Enh? What the hell was that?"
[23:25] <Alaric> "What, where?"
[23:25] * Alaric massages his forehead.
[23:26] <Sophia> roll 2d6+7-3
[23:26] <McDice> Sophia rolled : 2d6+7-3 --> [ 2d6=6 ]{10}
[23:26] <Yarrow> "It sounded like someone was talking in my--there it is again!"
[23:26] <Yarrow> roll 2d6+6
[23:26] <McDice> Yarrow rolled : 2d6+6 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{13}
[23:26] <Alaric> "If you don't mind me asking. wiat, what?"
[23:26] <Alaric> "Are you serious?"
[23:26] <Alaric> "Who does it sound like?"
[23:26] <Sophia> (Lucky bastard...)
[23:26] <Alaric> "That usually isn't.. well."
[23:26] * Alaric cuts off.
[23:26] <Yarrow> He gets up and rubs his temples. "I need a break."
[23:26] * Koizumi arches a brow.
[23:27] <Yarrow> He looks around and notices Val's absence. "Oh, for the love of--! The first time I get someone to help and he runs off after five minutes!"
[23:27] <Alaric> "Do you need a hand with anything nontechnical?"
[23:28] <Yarrow> "No... Look, if that guy ... or was that a woman? Oh, not like it matters... comes back, tell him to get back to that circuitry. I'll be back later."
[23:28] <Yarrow> He heads for the door.
[23:30] <Alaric> "I'll do that."
[23:30] * Alaric shrugs.
[23:30] <Alaric> "I suppose I'm not going to do much good here myself."
[23:30] <Yarrow> The man walks out and heads for the down elevator.
[23:31] <Yarrow> Mm. I guess it's been 20 minutes. We may as well end here, since Koizumi needs to call it a night.
[23:32] <Alaric> (alright)
[23:32] <Alaric> (he never reacted to the bloody droid arm, did he ;p )
[23:32] <Koizumi> Hopefully I can get a longer nap next week; people wouldn't stop invading my room to use the bleedin computer today =.=)
[23:33] <Sophia> (Dude, you think that guy noticed it? :P )
[23:33] <Yarrow> He's pretty singleminded. :)
[23:33] <Xui-Fei> (lock the door and hope they don't have blasters)
[23:33] <Koizumi> He wouldn't have noticed it if you poked him in the ribs)
[23:34] * Alaric is now known as Alathon
[23:34] * Sophia is now known as Pale_Wolf
[23:35] <Pale_Wolf> Now... how to give our PCs the 'big honkin clue' that we all have OOCly...
[23:35] * Koizumi is now known as Dorin
[23:35] * Xui-Fei is now known as Light02
[23:35] * Dorin (~dorin_rah@dpc6745120147.direcpc.com) Quit (Quit: )
[23:36] <Yarrow> I wonder if I should give a brief teaser for the start of next session.
[23:36] <Ataru> I hope Toast gets back next session
[23:37] <Pale_Wolf> Yeah... so do I.
[23:37] <Yarrow> I hope so too, but it's possible he won't. The group's getting into an action-heavy section.
[23:37] <Ataru> figures
[23:37] <DCG> Heh
[23:37] <DCG> what a was to go tho
[23:37] <Ataru> I have really shitty luck with those dice
[23:37] <Alathon> (who in CT would hold the role of captain?)
[23:37] <DCG> what does an "Oh shi-" face look like on a shoat?
[23:37] * Pale_Wolf pats Ataru.
[23:37] <Ataru> he was human at the time
[23:37] <Yarrow> Well, it'd be a pretty big letdown if there wasn't much action in the Upgrade building.
[23:38] <Ataru> and that's what he'll blame
[23:38] <Pale_Wolf> And Ala, here's an even bigger question.
[23:38] <Ataru> stupid giant human paws
[23:38] <DCG> hah!
[23:38] <Pale_Wolf> Who, in CT, would have THIS name?
[23:38] <Pale_Wolf> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mica
[23:38] <Alathon> I don't have to look it up, I know what mica is ;p
[23:38] <Alathon> but that isn't something Alaric would know
[23:38] <DCG> oy
[23:38] <Ataru> Perhaps Mica is a last name
[23:38] <Alathon> alaric *would* know if nobody in CT holds military rank ;p
[23:38] <DCG> i was banging my head on the desk for that hole time
[23:38] <Ataru> first name, For
[23:38] <Pale_Wolf> Heheheh. Yeah, and the party doesn't know about their name theme yet :P
[23:38] <DCG> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXGhvoekY44
[23:38] <Light02> oh fuck
[23:39] <Light02> ....he's a fucking droid
[23:39] <Pale_Wolf> Of course not.
[23:39] <Ataru> no
[23:39] <Pale_Wolf> He's a fucking Beth.
[23:39] <Ataru> I think he's being mindcontrolled
[23:39] <Ataru> yeah
[23:39] <Pale_Wolf> So now I'm trying to figure out how to act ICly, while still not screwing us over too intensely :P
[23:39] <Light02> ah
[23:39] <Light02> well Xui got starttled badly....I found some vending machines
[23:40] <Ataru> so, what will be the in charachter reactions to Toast's untimely death? :P
[23:40] <DCG> consdering just how easy everything has worked or opened for the party so far, even top level shit, that some one who's suposed to do that job wouldnt need to hack and jimmy his way in.
[23:40] <Ataru> and his eventual ressurection
[23:40] <Ataru> the second coming of Toast
[23:40] <Light02> and in true Hitchikers fashion they were trying to be thankfull for a potenial customers
[23:40] <Pale_Wolf> Well... why broadcast, you'll see it sooner or later anyway :P
[23:40] <Pale_Wolf> And yeah, DC, that's the thing I latched onto to twig Val's suspicion :P
[23:40] <Alathon> but yeah, is someone holding military rank a dead giveaway they'r enot from CT?
[23:41] * Yarrow changes topic to '2 cp for session'
[23:41] <Pale_Wolf> Well... it might be, except Val's fairly convinced CT has SOME variety of military, considering her helicopter.
[23:41] <Ataru> no extra CP for Toast's valiant sacrafice ;p
[23:42] <Yarrow> One bonus cp to dear, departed Toast, who died from a critfail, doing what he loved most.