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321:34:44: <Goatwright> AND SO.
421:34:46: <Goatwright> HERE YOU ARE
521:34:49: <Goatwright> ON A SHIP.
621:34:50: <Goatwright> IN
721:34:51: <Goatwright> SPACE
821:35:29: <Benedict> Sounds gay.
921:36:59: <Goatwright> Your ship will be doing a thing when Viejo shows his ugly face
1021:40:58: <Benedict> So, how about that ship?
1121:41:01: <Benedict> What are the happenings?
1221:41:08: <viejo> So, how about that SPECIMEN?
1321:44:16: <Goatwright> WELL.
1421:44:20: <Goatwright> Now that we're all here.
1521:46:14: <Goatwright> The Marriott, after backtracking between systems, has now stopped in at a local space station. With the ship docked, the captain has given everybody the freedom of leaving the ship and getting anything they might need. No doubt the docking has more to do with the captain delivering the news of their encounter with the strange ship, but hey, shopping, right?
1621:46:40: <Rainglove> Billy puts in an order for that organizer for the captain
1721:46:41: <Rainglove> goddamn
1821:47:07: <Benedict> There are probably bullies on this station. No thanks.
1921:47:58: <Goatwright> The organizer is put in, Billy.
2021:48:04: <Goatwright> Calm your DAMN TENTPOLES.
2121:50:35: <Goatwright> SO YOU GUYS SHOULD PROBABLY, IDUNNO.
2221:50:37: <Goatwright> GET OFF THE SHIP.
2321:50:39: <Goatwright> GO LOOK AROUND.
2421:50:40: <Goatwright> INTERACT.
2521:51:56: <NachtRuine> Abe does so, eager to stretch his legs and get some new scenery. How's this space station looking?
2621:52:56: <Socratesi> Mishaal decides to take a look around, enjoy the sights. What sights even are there?
2721:53:03: <viejo> Apparently Dr. J is in absolutely no rush to examine the specimen...
2821:53:22: <Goatwright> Nigga I gave you shit a few days ago what more do you want to know about it
2921:53:22: <viejo> He slithers off the ship and, like those before him, wonders what is even there.
3021:53:36: <viejo> >a ninter with tubes shoved in him
3121:53:37: <Goatwright> Maybe if you didn't LEAVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER CUTTING IT OPEN
3221:53:38: <viejo> was that literally it
3321:53:55: <viejo> I probably went to bed you american fuck
3421:53:59: <Goatwright> Pretty standard for the ICA (T2), Abe. Looks to be in good, clean shape, and there's plenty of activity. People are busy mingling, shopping, that sort of thing. A few guards here and there.
3521:54:06: <Goatwright> (It was like 6PM for you)
3621:54:30: <viejo> (oh wait I remember now, you were with friends and replying every 15+ minutes so I assumed you were probably doing better things and left to also do better things)
3721:54:39: <Goatwright> (well that is correct)
3821:54:46: <viejo> (eat a fat cock you piece of shit)
3921:54:52: <Goatwright> (okay, movin' ON YOU CAN LOOK AT IT LATER I'LL BE HERE)
4021:54:53: <Rainglove> (Hey guys you don't have to type in parentheses in the OOC channel)
4121:56:21: <viejo> Dr. J uses his OGSA app to see if there any any cutie scientists working nearby.
4221:56:28: <NachtRuine> Abe has a look around at the shops. Maybe he can find some kinda trinket to bring back.
4321:56:30: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you'll have to look around a bit if you want to find anything especially interesting. Or perhaps you can ask somebody about a map?
4421:56:42: <Goatwright> Dr. J only gets gross women.
4521:57:23: <Socratesi> Mishaal guesses that's a no. He approaches someone who he assumes is some sort of guide. "Is there a map of this station I could purchase?"
4621:58:51: <viejo> Dr. J frowns at his phone before shoving it away and investigating shops. He wonders where Billy the squid has squidded off to.
4721:59:05: <Goatwright> The guidewoman smiles brightly, as is her job to do so. "No need, sir! We have maps posted all over the station. In fact, there's one riiiight over there." She points one out for him.
4821:59:14: <Rainglove> Billy squids onto the station. He looks about and enjoys the large blobs that are present. He stops near mr. doctor professor J for some reason.
4921:59:40: <Goatwright> Dr. J bumps into Abe. Wow, guy, maybe walk with your face somewhere OTHER than your phone. Loser.
5021:59:49: <Goatwright> They are now shopping together.
5122:00:26: <Socratesi> Mishaal spots the map. "Oh. Thank you." He wanders on over and inspects it. What does he see?
5222:01:11: <NachtRuine> Abe is bumped. "Hey, watch y - Oh, it's the doc. Fiddling with your phone again?"
5322:04:49: <viejo> "So, Billy, what does the inner consumer within you desire today?"
5422:05:11: <viejo> "Magazines? Trinkets? Backrubs? I'm not... offering any of those I'm just making small talk."
5522:05:14: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you see tons upon tons of SHOPS. All sorts of shops for all sorts of things. There are a few things that stand out to you in particular, such as a statue of some guy you're unfamiliar with that apparently did something or another. I mean, he has a statue, right?
5622:06:06: <Goatwright> There's note there's a rather large area dedicated to entertainment, but you're on the other end of the station. You assume, if you're gonna meet anybody, that's where you'd want to go.
5722:06:24: <Goatwright> And then there's the 'Industrial Yard' area, but that's not so much your thing.
5822:06:37: <Rainglove> "Perhaps I should ask for a backrub just to see what they do but I do wonder if somewhere they might have something that would let me tap wired communications systems"
5922:06:47: <Rainglove> "That does seem rather high-end for a place just for this"
6022:06:51: <Rainglove> *Such as
6122:06:56: <Socratesi> Mishaal plans his route. He'll head to the statue of whoever the fuck that guy is, do some window shopping, and then head to the entertainment area. What a day! He begins his journey.
6222:08:12: <NachtRuine> Abe didn't want to talk anyways. He's gotta look for a good trinket, like a bobblehead or something.
6322:09:52: <Goatwright> That doctor sure is a dick.
6422:09:58: <viejo> "Yeeeeah you might want to keep your expectations low, buy a cuddly toy of some old space hero or something."
6522:09:59: <Goatwright> It's okay, Abe, you can be alone if you want.
6622:10:16: <Goatwright> He does find himself what looks to be like a tourism shop.
6722:11:26: <NachtRuine> Who'd have thought a random space station would've had a tourism shop. He looks for a bobble, because bobbles are the best kind of trinket. Right in front of snow globes.
6822:12:25: <Goatwright> Probably suggests the sort of station you're at. Any specific sort of bobblehead he's looking for?
6922:12:47: <Socratesi> Mishaal arrives at this statue place. Who the hell is it?
7022:15:08: <NachtRuine> He's looking for something to remind him of home. Maybe some space station bobble or something?
7122:17:06: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you make your way through the crowd. You have the benefit of being one of the larger races here, so save for the occasional swoll crasarana you find your way quite fine, and the statue soon comes into view.
7222:18:04: <Goatwright> To your surprise it is not a race you recognize. Some sort of badger-faced looking thing, but it doesn't look overly hairy. It just looks UGLY. Uglier than non-aurians.
7322:18:19: <Goatwright> There's a plaque located in front of it.
7422:18:22: <viejo> "So Billy, what are your hobbies? Magazines? Trinket-collecting? Backrubs?"
7522:19:07: <Socratesi> Mishaal has no clue what a badger is, but this thing's face reminds him of one. He takes a look at the plaque. WHO IS THIS STRANGE MAN?
7622:19:32: <Goatwright> You as a player know what a badger is you dang anus.
7722:19:47: <Socratesi> :^]
7822:20:17: <Rainglove> "Well I have been trying to open up that bug we acquired from the ship but I have had no success with that so far"
7922:20:37: <Rainglove> "I run quite the hat business though that is more of a hobby then anything else"
8022:20:57: <viejo> Dr. J almost wants to pat Billy on the head as you would a dog, or a retarded person. He resists.
8122:21:12: <viejo> Or a retarded dog.
8222:21:25: <Goatwright> Abe, you don't find yourself any station-bobbles, as space stations generally don't have heads to bobble. You do, however, find some cartoon-themed bobbleheads. Remember that show, Cosmic Courts? Lots of bobbles from those.
8322:21:28: <Rainglove> he's very special
8422:21:42: <Goatwright> You notice there's only one King of All Cosmic Courts bobble left. Ooh, what a find!
8522:21:50: <viejo> "I have several medical tools at my disposal, but I doubt they'll be much use, unless you need my whole arm-that's-actually-a-sword."
8622:22:19: <viejo> "You run a... hat business? Splendid. What kind of hats are your favourites?" (perhaps a fedora you retarded fuck)
8722:23:28: <NachtRuine> Of course Abe remembers Cosmic Courts, he used to watch that show as a kid! He always wanted to be like the King. That didn't quite turn out as he hoped. Low grav stations aren't exactly the best for the old sport of basketball. That said, he has a look at the bobble. Is it particularly costly?
8822:23:35: <Goatwright> Mishaal, it says this ugly fug is part of a race in the Coalition, which is rather odd for an ICA station. Apparently the station you're in is famous for some now-standard features that others didn't have before it, and this guy's responsible. Huh, neat.
8922:24:19: <Rainglove> "I am quite a fan of the stetson though it is lesser known though I do find the fez rather amusing"
9022:25:00: <Goatwright> It is indeed a little costly, but of course it's a collector's item. Maybe one of your new friends can spot you a few bucks.
9122:25:46: <viejo> "Fascinating. Do you ever adorn your own head with these items of clothing? I think you should wear a fez on our next mission."
9222:26:49: <Socratesi> Mishaal nods to himself. Pretty okay guy. WELL, off to the shopping centre! He makes his way there. He starts to wonder what it is he could buy. Souvenirs? Guns? Hats? Who knows!
9322:26:52: <Rainglove> "I have been known to wear hats from time to time though finding something that actually stays in place is rather difficult do to my anatomy"
9422:27:00: <NachtRuine> Perhaps Mishaal would be able to spot him a few spacebux. Shouldn't be too hard to find the big guy. He leaves the shop in search of the chef.
9522:27:05: <Rainglove> billy squishes, as if to emphasize his point
9622:28:22: <Goatwright> Mishaal is there, being big and all.
9722:28:39: <Socratesi> Mishaal makes his way through the crowds, managing to spot Abe among them. He waves his mighty hand to get his attention. "Hello there, friend! Enjoying yourself?"
9822:28:39: <viejo> "Perhaps you can let me drug you and rejig your anatomy for the sake of hat-wearing?" Dr. J hums and eyes up Billy's skull more closely.
9922:29:06: <viejo> "Might even have to cut that cranium up a bit..." He says more to himself than to Billy.
10022:29:15: <Rainglove> "I think I have been changed quite enough to be honest though I do appreciate your offer"
10122:29:39: <Goatwright> Billy, your squid eyes see a familiar vague outline in a nearby shop.
10222:29:44: <viejo> "So what's a little more changing going to hurt!" He laughs somewhat manically then controls himself. "You were changed? How so?"
10322:29:45: <Goatwright> The vague outline of a /hat/.
10422:30:40: <NachtRuine> "It's a fine place, reminds me of home. Just heavier, I suppose." He jumps a bit to illustrate to no one in particular the gravity. "Are you looking for anything?"
10522:32:34: <Rainglove> Billy waves a tentacle at the giant floating hoverchair he's in, along with the suit and tubes keeping him alive. "Well Caeligo are native to a gas giant which is not a terribly common environment to encounter in normal glaxy life and so some changes had to be made to enable me to survive in this sort of lighter atmosphere"
10622:32:51: <Rainglove> "It does rub rather terribly which I dislike but it is better than the alternative"
10722:32:54: <Socratesi> "Nothing specific. I may buy souvenir- for the family, you know."
10822:32:58: <Rainglove> Billy heads towards THE HATS
10922:33:35: <viejo> "Oh Caeligo, of course, now I remember. After a while once you've cut up this!" He swipes with his mechanical hand one way, "and rejigged that!" he swipes it back, "you start to forget what it all looked like in the first place." He laughs.
11022:33:44: <Socratesi> "What brings /you/ to shopping area?"
11122:34:06: <viejo> "And then you reconsider the decisions you've made and cut them up again. Stick a laser-mounted cannon on their chest. Blam."
11222:35:09: <NachtRuine> "Ah, souvenirs as well. Hey, can you spot me a few credits? There's something I want to get and I'm a little short on cash."
11322:35:11: <Goatwright> Billy makes his way into what he assumes is a hat shop. There's all sorts of hats hanging on hooks along the wall. Gee, Billy, how can such a place exist?
11422:35:13: <Benedict> Man, this space station is gay, but its better than being on the ship with the smoking Nintir. Hey, is that an Industrial Yard? Bye, fags.
11522:35:49: <Socratesi> "Of course, my friend! Whatever you need! How much?"
11622:36:07: <NachtRuine> H-How much is said King Bobble?
11722:36:14: <Rainglove> "I'm afraid I prefer more digital means of warfare to large energy weapons though I am not too bad with slug weaponry if it comes down to it"
11822:36:22: <Rainglove> Billy is familiar with hat shops
11922:36:26: <Rainglove> Billy examines the hats on sale
12022:36:41: <Rainglove> He grabs one off a rack and rubs it excitedly
12122:36:52: <viejo> Dr. J follows, observing Billy's anatomy and tubes more closely. "Now that I think about it a chest-mounted laser cannon so rarely worked out. Too close to the heart for most species. Then again if you reposition the heart... No, wait, argh I don't want to be the next Hiemling..." He mutters to himself.
12222:36:53: <Goatwright> King Bobble is a ASSETS ROLL OF 2.
12322:37:06: <Goatwright> Much rare.
12422:37:09: <Goatwright> Very collectable.
12522:37:10: <Goatwright> Wow.
12622:37:51: <Goatwright> Billy notes that this hat is very soft, but also rather large.
12722:37:56: <NachtRuine> "About [amount that is reasonable for an assets roll of 2]. It's a collectible."
12822:38:15: <Goatwright> Billy, if ya got assets, roll it
12922:38:17: <Goatwright> or rather
13022:38:19: <Goatwright> alertness
13122:38:20: <Goatwright> whoops
13222:38:29: <Socratesi> Mishaal gives him that much I have no idea if i roll or not do we roll with it help GM
13322:38:30: <Rainglove> 4df-1 HMMM
13422:38:30: <BEIGE> Rainglove: HMMM: 0 (4df-1=0, 4-, 3+, 3+)
13522:38:33: <Rainglove> HMMMMMMMM
13622:38:55: <Benedict> Amazing.
13722:38:56: <Rainglove> Billy HMMMMMMs
13822:38:56: <Benedict> Just amazing.
13922:38:56: <viejo> "Hey Billy I mean, I was kidding about that earlier but, okay. You go have fun." Dr. J watches him.
14022:39:01: <Goatwright> Yep, Billy.
14122:39:05: <Goatwright> That's a hat.
14222:39:08: <Goatwright> Probably not for humans.
14322:39:18: <Goatwright> 'cause it's kinda big and all, but it's a hat.
14422:39:23: <viejo> "What have you got there?"
14522:39:29: <Benedict> It sounds like a Tuk hat.
14622:39:39: <Rainglove> "Well it seems to be a hat" Billy attempts to place it in the doctor's general head region
14722:39:54: <Goatwright> He can just use your roll when he goes to buy it, Mishaal. You are gud.
14822:40:48: <Goatwright> Seir finds himself in the Industrial Yard. He notes the various ships connected to the exterior of the space station, rotating along with it and bein' worked upon.
14922:41:05: <Socratesi> 4df-1 I AIN'T GOT ASSETS
15022:41:05: <BEIGE> Socratesi: I AIN'T GOT ASSETS: -2 (4df-1=4-, 0, 4-, 3+)
15122:41:10: <Socratesi> I AM SO POOR
15222:41:12: <Goatwright> He also notes that there's a section specifically for mechs, akin to a car dealership except GRITTIER and GROSS.
15322:41:14: <viejo> Dr. J adjusts the hat so that it balances properly on his head. "As a professional hat businesssquid person of space, what is your opinion on my headwear?"
15422:41:28: <viejo> Did Mishaal just LOSE money?
15522:41:35: <Goatwright> Well Abe, you figure that should be enough cash. Go ahead and get your bobblehead.
15622:42:07: <NachtRuine> "I really appreciate it, Mishaal, I'll pay you back when I have the chance for it." He attempts to hide his excitement. He mostly succeeds. With that he returns to the King of All Courts Bobble.
15722:43:10: <Socratesi> "No need, Is the least I could do!" Mishaal watches Abe leave before going back to his own business. Are there any SPECIFIC souvenir shops?
15822:43:15: <Socratesi> I probably can't actually buy anything
15922:43:23: <Benedict> A human is probably running this mech section. Gross. Humans are dumb.
16022:43:26: <Benedict> But mechs.
16122:43:28: <Benedict> Seir approaches.
16222:43:35: <Goatwright> A woman with her own child starts to exit the shop when she notices Doctor J and Billy. "Oh, that's so sweet! Is he yours?" She smiles at him, seemingly genuine.
16322:44:05: <Rainglove> "Well I am afraid it is overly large and I don't deal too much with non-human headwear but if you're going for more of a mysterious nobody can see my face look it might work though you would look very suspicious"
16422:44:34: <Goatwright> "Oh, he's so well-spoken! How adorable. You must be very proud."
16522:45:01: <viejo> Is she cute?
16622:45:10: <NachtRuine> Abe grabs the bobble and heads off to pay for it. He hopes he has enough.
16722:45:13: <viejo> How many pairs of tits does she have?
16822:45:26: <Goatwright> Unfortunately for our friend Abe, as soon as he heads back into the store, he notices somebody's already in the process of grabbing the bobble!
16922:45:38: <Goatwright> She is fairly cute, but she has a kid and all. Obligations, man.
17022:45:41: <Goatwright> Also she is human.
17122:46:23: <viejo> "I am proud of my colleague for doing a fine piece of work yesterday, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't speak to him in such a patronizing tone."
17222:46:35: <viejo> Dr. J says somewhat curtly but not harshly, still wearing the large hat.
17322:47:15: <Goatwright> "Oh, I'm sorry?" She looks rather confused. "Is.. is this not your child?"
17422:47:34: <Rainglove> Billy sighs and just goes back to browsing for hats
17522:47:38: <Goatwright> "I just figured... you're in a toy store, and all." And then it dawns upon Billy. That hat is a toy. He is in a toy store. It is not a hat.
17622:48:31: <viejo> "Do we even vaguely look like the same species? Apart from the tentacles." He wiggles his own head-tentacles for good measure. "My companion and I were assessing the appropriateness of such an object, deem it "toy" if you will, to be placed, as demonstrated by myself, on the head."
17722:48:41: <viejo> 4df+3 "Do I not look dashing?"
17822:48:41: <BEIGE> Viejo: "Do I not look dashing?": 4 (4df+3=0, 3+, 0, 0)
17922:48:54: <Rainglove> goddamn
18022:48:56: <viejo> Dr. J working the charm.
18122:49:19: <NachtRuine> Abe runs over to the bobble-snatcher and says, "Hey, hey, buddy, hey, look, I was here first, that bobble is mine."
18222:49:48: <Socratesi> Mishaal enters a god damn souvenir shop. Maybe he'll buy a snowglobe or a plushie. What the fuck do kids like these days?
18322:50:47: <Benedict> Kids like mechs.
18422:51:14: <Goatwright> Seir makes his way through the mech lane of the Industrial Yard. He sees a few base models lining the walls, most of which are Class-F or Class-N, which you figure is common for civilian work. There's many different company-sponsored shops selling their own brand of parts as well, and in the far back you see a military depot, presumably for those conscripted.
18522:51:42: <Goatwright> Mishaal enters into the same store as Doctor J and Billy. Doctor J has a plush on the top of his head and is looking sternly at a human with a baby.
18622:51:48: <Goatwright> Look at all them toys, Mishaal.
18722:52:10: <Rainglove> is it an adorable plush
18822:52:12: <viejo> Dr. J's eyes sparkle with the hopes and dreams of the gushingly wet human female eyeing him up in awe.
18922:52:32: <Socratesi> Mishaal wonders if tentacles make you batshit. But no matter, he must focus on the perfect gift for his children!
19022:52:35: <Goatwright> "Well, as lovely as it looks on you," she punctuates with a giggle, "I'm afraid I wouldn't put a doll on my own head. But I'm sorry for my ignorance - I'm used to seeing other ICA races, is all."
19122:52:39: <viejo> The only thing these lot need to buy is wellies, because Dr. J's about to make it rain. With pussy.
19222:52:40: <Goatwright> She does look rather sorry.
19322:53:49: <Goatwright> Abe is staring down a nintir who has his greedy hands all over that damn King bobble. His big milky white eyes blink at him, incredulously. "Uh, no. You weren't in the store."
19422:54:10: <Benedict> Parts. Parts sounds good. Need to fix up those mechs on the ship, but Seir is a poor boy from a poor family, and he doesn't need to get the loan sharks on him. Guess he's just browsing civilian model mechs.
19522:54:45: <NachtRuine> "Alright, look, I was out getting more money, but I had my eyes on it first.
19622:54:50: <viejo> "I'm afraid it was, somewhat of a ruse, as my dear companion mistook the item in question for a hat. I would not allow him to make such a foolish mistake on his own, so I joined him. And that is very understandable, my species is rather new to the ICA, after all. Do you come here often?"
19722:55:10: <viejo> Dr. J's eyes still shine with her hopes and dreams. Why, the child has the word "DADDY!" on the tip of his tongue.
19822:55:33: <Goatwright> Well, Seir, you are part of a CREW and all now. Maybe ask a crewmate, or idunno, your CAPTAIN.
19922:55:52: <Goatwright> "Too bad, human. It's mine." It blinks at him again, clutching it closer.
20022:56:10: <Rainglove> Billy is still absentmindedly feeling up whatever innocent doll he's claimed now.
20122:56:10: <Benedict> Seir isn't gonna suck dick for money. Especially not the Captain's dick.
20222:57:10: <Goatwright> Billy is seriously molesting that poor pony doll. Parents are giving him uncomfortable looks as he just floats there, fondling.
20322:57:24: <Goatwright> No Seir you damn retard holy shit were you raised in a BARN
20422:57:37: <Goatwright> Seir's internal monologue shouts at him as Mishaal looks for toys.
20522:58:02: <Rainglove> Billy puts it back. That is probably not a very good hat.
20622:58:09: <Goatwright> He finds a plethora of soft, cute dolls of various animals from around the alliance systems. One catches his eye, looking suspiciously like him.
20722:58:15: <Goatwright> There is a tag on it.
20822:58:24: <Benedict> Seir was raised with foster parents and he didn't ask them for money. Not going to ask someone else. Like some fucking LOSER.
20922:58:30: <Benedict> Who do you think Seir is, some human?
21022:58:35: <Socratesi> Mishaal spots such a toy. He inspects the tag.
21122:59:25: <NachtRuine> "Listen here you little - " Abe calms himself. No need to start a fight, not another one. "Alright, look, I need this... For my son. He's a huge fan of Cosmic Courts, and his birthday's coming up soon."
21222:59:55: <viejo> Is this an alien version of Jingle All The Way?
21323:00:08: <Benedict> PUT THE COOKIE DOWN
21423:00:10: <viejo> Is Abe actually Arnold Schwarzenegger?
21523:00:12: <Benedict> NOW
21623:01:21: <Benedict> Well, maybe Seir will just look at the parts he needs. Maybe they won't be so expensive and he won't feel bad getting an advance on that "Millions" the Captain was talking about when the stupid free will computer was discovered.
21723:01:47: <Goatwright> Any sorta brand-quality he's looking for specifically?
21823:03:34: <Goatwright> Mishaal, the tag says it is a 'PENGUIN'. It is some sort of cuddly Earth creature.
21923:04:11: <Benedict> He's just looking for something cheap and made by a Nintir company he knows. Seir can't afford quality.
22023:04:21: <Goatwright> The woman laughs at Doctor J and his SILLY JOKES. "Oh, no, I'm sorry. I'm married! But thank you. Always nice to feel wanted."
22123:04:32: <Goatwright> She flashes the RING at the good doctor.
22223:05:25: <Socratesi> Mishaal realizes this "PENGUIN" slightly resembles him, his entire race in fact. He is slightly troubled. Still, it's cute and he shall buy it.
22323:05:44: <Goatwright> Abe, the nintir looks unimpressed. "Too bad. This is a collector's item. /Collector's item/." He scoffs. "I bet you don't even know who dunked the Many-Armed Menace of Merraket-VIII."
22423:05:45: <Socratesi> He grabs the penguin and approaches the counter. WHERE'S THE DAMN CLERK?
22523:06:13: <viejo> The woman assumes way too much and the good doctor is somewhat glad to exit conversation.
22623:06:20: <Goatwright> Wow dang
22723:06:29: <Goatwright> #cold
22823:07:07: <viejo> He smiles at her as she leaves with her brat child, the says out of the corner of his mouth, "Sub-par anatomy, young Billy. The human female form is capable of better."
22923:07:41: <Rainglove> Billy pays for the hat that the doctor never took off, then scoots off after him
23023:07:51: <Goatwright> Seir sees a FlinCorp logo on one of the shops.
23123:08:22: <viejo> "At that age her fertility is not as optimum as it could be, either. Fertile, young Billy!"
23223:09:05: <Goatwright> THE CLERK IS UP FRONT MISHAAL YOU DAMN DIRTY BIRD-APE
23323:09:14: <Socratesi> SHIT.
23423:09:24: <Benedict> Seir is sold. FlinCorp is obviously the best when it comes to quality and price.
23523:09:42: <Socratesi> "Hello. I would like to buy this." He pushes the penguin forward and begins to retrieve his wallet.
23623:09:45: <Goatwright> And enslaving aurians, they're the best at that too. :^]
23723:09:55: <Rainglove> "I am afraid I will probably never have a use for this knowledge"
23823:10:05: <Socratesi> WATCHA SAY
23923:10:06: <Socratesi> I DIDN'T HEAR YA
24023:10:10: <NachtRuine> "You offend me! Everyone knows the Many-Armed Menace was dunked upon by Stellar Stella, Protector of the Courts of Eden! Do you even know who the Bellatrix Jammers are?"
24123:10:16: <Goatwright> NOTHING MISHAAL
24223:10:38: <Benedict> Who gives a shit about Aurians?
24323:10:40: <viejo> "That is quite alright, quite alr- Did you buy that toy?"
24423:10:45: <viejo> "I mean, with actual money?"
24523:10:56: <Rainglove> "I did"
24623:11:16: <viejo> "When we are back on the ship, are you going to wear it or can I?"
24723:11:18: <Goatwright> "Of course, here you go." The plush is bought. The irony is lost on the cashier.
24823:11:31: <Rainglove> "Well if you want to wear it I won't stop you"
24923:11:37: <Rainglove> "As I said it is rather large"
25023:12:06: <viejo> "Yes, large. Cosy. Comfortable. Cuddly."
25123:12:50: <viejo> "I believe Mishaal is also in the acting of purchasing a toy with real money. I wonder if he has found out our secret! The joys of large cuddly toys as hats. Who would have thought it?"
25223:12:55: <viejo> act*
25323:14:02: <Goatwright> "Duh!" He raises his voice, rising to the challenge. "They're the up-and-comers giving the Beteljeuse Boys a run for their money, introduced in episode 235 as part of the All-Star Rumbelthon arc! Do you even know what episode made them the most /famous/?"
25423:14:05: <Socratesi> Mishaal places the penguin into his bag, a bag that he conveniently had and was currently carrying. He exits the store and spots none other than DOCTAH J. "Doctor! You are buying toy as well?" He says this JOKINGLY.
25523:15:03: <viejo> "No, rather, Billy here has purchased a toy as well. Now all I'm waiting for is to return to the ship and see our good captain stroking one as well."
25623:16:09: <viejo> "I would like to request a few minutes of useage of your toy when we return to the ship. For scientific purposes. The toy will be returned in the condition it is received."
25723:17:04: <Goatwright> Seir makes his way into the FlinCorp shop. He sees a few nintir, some working and others looking at parts. Of course, all FlinCorp parts are stored on the display kiosks, so they're really just at those, but you know.
25823:17:13: <Socratesi> He gives the doctor a confused look. "Er...what sort of 'scientific' purposes?"
25923:18:06: <viejo> "Nothing too drastic, I won't convert your harmless and innocent toy into a weapon of destruction!" He laughs. "That's been done to death already."
26023:18:30: <NachtRuine> "It was episode 331, which /closed/ the Rumbelthon arc when the Spacetaku got not one, not two, but /seven/ three point throws over the Big Bad Galactix! How about the true identities of the Dunker Dandies? Not just the Free Throw season Dandies, but the /gorram/ /Shoop/ /Saga/ Dandies?!"
26123:19:17: <Benedict> Seir hands his head, keeps his eyes on his feet, and just moves through the crowd. Just hope no Nintir or other ICA recognizes him. He starts up his wrist-mounted computer, looking for his notes for what he needed to buy, and tries to grab the first empty kiosk. He can order parts from this thing, right?
26223:19:24: <Benedict> hangs*
26323:19:45: <viejo> Is Seir being shifty about ordering dragon dildos in vast quantities?
26423:20:11: <Benedict> He's not in the toy shop, he can't order dragon dildos.
26523:20:11: <Socratesi> "Are you looking for...diseases?" Mishaal is giving the doc the benefit of the doubt, surely he won't try to fuck his child's stuffed penguin.
26623:20:18: <Benedict> What are -you- doing in the toy shop, Doctor?
26723:20:42: <viejo> "Diseases? Why, no, of course not. I would hardly think a diseased-riddled toy shop would be allowed, let alone marketable!"
26823:20:51: <viejo> Scientist things.
26923:21:24: <Socratesi> "What /do/ you want with this, er..." He takes a peak at the tag. "penguin?"
27023:22:32: <viejo> "Oh, a penguin is it?" He laughs. "One Terran chap, crazy bastard, tried to transform those critters into war-machines via laser-mounted chest cannons! Of course it didn't work, too close to the heart, you see."
27123:24:11: <viejo> "I think I even have him added on my OGSA app, you know. Of course he's not very active on it, or at all, being in jail. It's always those with brilliant ideas who get punished." He sighs.
27223:24:43: <Goatwright> Of course, Seir. They make it right there, don't'cha KNOW. The future and all.
27323:25:20: <Goatwright> A representative walks up to him as he enters into the store. "Hello, sir! Do you have a membership card with us?"
27423:25:48: <viejo> Roll agility to not fumble the card and accidentally drop the ten dragon dildos Seir keeps on him at all times.
27523:26:11: <Socratesi> "Right." Mishaal ain't got time for this nerd shit. "Actually Doctor, I have question. You are scientist, no? Why does this 'penguin'-" He takes out the penguin plush and show sit. "look like my people?"
27623:26:37: <Goatwright> Evolutionary coincidence and similar environments, y'figure, o' DOCTOR.
27723:26:48: <Goatwright> (Figured I GIVE YA THAT ONE)
27823:26:57: <Socratesi> I ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS
27923:27:07: <Benedict> Seir puts a hand in a pocket when he remembers the only time he had a card here was when he worked in R&D, because it was a company card. "No. And I don't want one." And then Seir moves straight for the empty kiosk.
28023:27:40: <Goatwright> "Well, then I'm going to need you to fill out the form for transportation to your ship. Do you know how to do that?"
28123:27:43: <viejo> "Fate of the very /Gods/ themselves, dear Mishaal." Dr. J speaks to him almost gravely, then laughs. "Nah, mere coincidence I would bet, I'd have to slice and dice one of each up to determine any other connection. I mean, I can look into it if you can find any volunteers..."
28223:27:44: <Goatwright> He follows after Seir.
28323:27:52: <viejo> "Preferably willing, but, well, not necessarily."
28423:28:23: <viejo> "Now if you can /drug/ them into a state of seeming willingness, hm." He rambles off.
28523:29:11: <Benedict> If this nigga don't shut the fuck up. "Will transport them another way." Go away.
28623:29:46: <Socratesi> [Nervous laughter]. "Yes- coincidence! Thank you, er...doctor."
28723:31:07: <viejo> "Relax, Mishaal. I am merely kidding." He smiles in a good-natured manner before adding "but seriously do come to me if you find willing volunteers, I wonder myself sometimes."
28823:31:31: <Goatwright> The nintir throws his hands up in disbelief. "Holy shit, what do you think I am, /small time/? The Space Dandies are the alternate universe B-Boyz, created by the Mad Doctor Deuterium when he was trying to recreate the One True Crown! But do you know /why/ it was the B-Boyz that the false crown created?"
28923:31:36: <Goatwright> He gets real in your shit, Abe.
29023:34:12: <Socratesi> "Right, right. I will send them over!" No, he won't. "Well, was good fun talking! I will see you back on ship!" He goes to find Abe, at least he has his head on straight god damn weirdos.
29123:34:29: <Goatwright> "We don't allow parts to be transported manually anymore except with permission by stationmasters. Company policy." He's still THERE, Seir.
29223:34:39: <viejo> Dr. J wonders how heavy a dose he'd need to knock out Mishaal's lumbering hairy body.
29323:35:11: <Socratesi> Surely an elephant's dosage will put 'im down. Give it a go, eh?
29423:35:14: <viejo> Why, the little squidshit, he's squidded off somewhere most likely rubbing his squidbits and squidding all over the place!
29523:35:34: <viejo> Dr. J decides he needs a smoking pipe, or something to that extent, and goes off on a hunt for such an item.
29623:35:38: <Goatwright> He probably bought that pony doll he was squidding earlier.
29723:38:00: <Benedict> Is this how other races see the Nintir? Is this how other races see Seir? Is that little shit still there? "Is this how you spend your time in your skill-less job. Go be somewhere more important."
29823:39:09: <Goatwright> "Sir, your parts are going to be stuck here if you don't fill out a form for straight-to-ship delivery." He ignores the comment. He's probably used to it at this point.
29923:40:17: <Benedict> "Must be drop-out. Only explanation for you working here."
30023:40:51: <NachtRuine> Abe returns the getting in shit. "The B-Boyz are the only team who can pull off the galactically-dreaded Atom Smasher Inverse Dunk! Of /course/ the crown would make a clone of them! Here's a real question: What was the King of All Cosmic Courts' avatar in the lost episode, episode 412?"
30123:41:03: <Goatwright> He rolls his eyes, letting out a heavy huff. "Sir, I'm going to need to see some I.D."
30223:41:19: <Goatwright> The assistant digs out some sort of card scanner from his pocket.
30323:42:03: <Socratesi> Mishaal enters the same shop Abe is in. He seems to be in a hot debate over some damn show, fucking young'ns.
30423:42:46: <Benedict> "Of course. Give me one minute." Seir goes back to ignoring the assistant. Which part to get... both seemed similar enough, and were around the same price, but there had to be something in the details.
30523:43:01: <Goatwright> Meanwhile, Abe's nintir crosses his arms in a sort of 'nothin personnel... kid' pose. "Duh, it was his incorporeal form from the Gem of the Ball of Sick Dunks."
30623:43:34: <Goatwright> What a coincidence, Doctor J finds a nice smoking pipe in the tourist shop that Mishaal has wandered into, that contains Abe arguing with some sort of neckbeard.
30723:44:35: <viejo> 4df+2 how good is this pipe? What kind of wood is it made of?
30823:44:35: <BEIGE> Viejo: how good is this pipe? What kind of wood is it made of?: 3 (4df+2=3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
30923:45:55: <Goatwright> Pretty alright pipe. Some sort of hardwood, and it's got a little plaque on the front of it that says "PROUD TO BE ICA".
31023:46:24: <Benedict> ICA #1
31123:46:35: <NachtRuine> He snaps at the Nintir. "Hah! The Ball of Sick Dunks has never been seen in the Cosmic Courts canon, and while there is a gem, it's been missing ever since the Grand Buzzer rang in episode 444!" He grabs the bobble out from the Nintir's hands. "You /lose/, sir!"
31223:46:52: <Goatwright> The assistant goes off to phone a GUARD. Meanwhile, Seir shops. He is probably fairly aware of how to make sure the parts are sent to their ship.
31323:47:04: <viejo> Dr. J sneers at the plaque. What's the likelihood he can change it back on the ship?
31423:47:34: <Goatwright> Well he can probably just re-engrave it or something.
31523:47:44: <viejo> How much does it cost? Hmmmm
31623:47:50: <Goatwright> Not much.
31723:48:06: <viejo> "Can you nerds shut the holes from which you make noise? I'm trying to ponder over here."
31823:48:14: <Goatwright> Mishaal, your ears are rattled by the shrieks of a defeated nerd. No doubt Abe is very comfortable with this sound, and does not mind it.
31923:48:31: <Benedict> Probably. Just has to press a few buttons here and there, fill out some harmless information that doesn't require his name. Seir tries to shop quickly to get the parts quickly and sent to the ship. Under the Captain's name, of course. He should be willing to pay for any parts, right?
32023:48:53: <Goatwright> "Noooo! It's mine! It's miiiine!" He turns to the clerk, shouting. "Sir! Sir! He's /stealing from me/! Call the guards! CALL THE FUCKIN' GUAAAAAAAAARDS!"
32123:48:57: <viejo> Do I need to roll assets or is it very cheap?
32223:48:59: <Goatwright> Nah
32323:49:03: <Socratesi> So that's what nerds sound like. He doesn't enjoy it. "This has gone on long enough, no?"
32423:49:05: <Goatwright> You get it.
32523:49:43: <Goatwright> Probably, Seir. No problem, right?
32623:49:44: <viejo> Neato. He buys the pipe before slithering on over to the nerds. "Ah, Abe, I see you make up one of the two of this coupling of nerds. Why does the other nerd lament so much?"
32723:49:48: <Goatwright> You purchase those parts nice and GUD.
32823:50:03: <Benedict> No problem. Let's leave before the guard gets here, okay?
32923:50:12: <viejo> Dr. J begins using his pipe pre-preemptively, despite lacking anything to put in it yet.
33023:50:24: <viejo> >pre-preemptively
33123:50:24: <viejo> well okay
33223:50:29: <Goatwright> gg
33323:50:35: <viejo> it was auto correct I swears
33423:53:12: <NachtRuine> "Can't steal something you haven't bought yet, son."
33523:54:34: <viejo> Dr. J frowns. "Damn, I should've just stolen this!"
33623:54:39: <Goatwright> Regardless, he runs up to the clerk and complains. In the confusion, the clerk presses the EMERGENCY GUARD PANIC BUTTON.
33723:54:57: <Benedict> Woooooooooooooooooow.
33823:55:01: <Benedict> Thanks, Abe.
33923:55:03: <Goatwright> YOU GUYS BETTER MAKE OFF WITH WHAT'CHA GOT THEY'S COMIN'
34023:55:22: <viejo> QUICK. Is there anything of value worth nabbing?
34123:55:25: <viejo> Anything at all?
34223:55:29: <Goatwright> Dozens of snowglobes.
34323:55:31: <Goatwright> Dozens.
34423:55:33: <BEIGE> Viejo: PERC: 4 (4df+2=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
34523:55:34: <viejo> 4df+2 PERC
34623:55:36: <viejo> ayyy
34723:56:09: <Goatwright> There's a sick hat or two and some neato plastic earrings that you're sure the ladies would DIE for.
34823:56:10: <Benedict> Seir nabs nothing. He got what he wanted already, so he'll just run back to the ship.
34923:56:15: <Goatwright> And all those snowglobes.
35023:56:23: <Socratesi> Mishaal's a family man! He can't get in trouble with the cops! He gets the fuck and heads towards the ship.
35123:56:45: <Socratesi> gets the fuck out(
35223:56:46: <Socratesi> fug
35323:56:47: <viejo> Dr. J grabs the TWO hats and slithers away!
35423:57:03: <viejo> "Ah yes the hats my friends left dreadfully sorry time to leave!"
35523:57:07: <viejo> Sliiiiiither.
35623:57:37: <viejo> "Look what you've dragged us into, Abe. Theft!"
35723:57:54: <NachtRuine> Abe runs off, yelling, "GET DUNKED ON, KID" as he goes. Wait, he can't just leave. Not without paying. As he runs, he pulls out some amount of money and slams it on the counter as he runs out of the station and onto the ship with the bobble.
35823:58:44: <Goatwright> Unfortunately for your ship-dreams, they're routed by some guards wandering out in front of the dock. Uh oh, guys, maybe no getting on for now.
35923:59:05: <Goatwright> Lucky for you, you note that the Industrial Yard is right by you, clear and full of people. Surely they can't find you in there.
36023:59:53: <Socratesi> This is not how he wanted his god damn day to go. Mishaal takes a sharp turn towards the Industrial Yard, maybe he could hide in there!
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36500:00:28: <Benedict> Anything but the Industrial Yard. Uggggh. Maybe Seir can hide behind a crate or something.
36600:00:41: <NachtRuine> Yeah, into the crowd! Abe runs into the crowd.
36700:01:18: <Goatwright> Too late for Seir. His new crewmates run into him, just in time for him to overhear the assistant from earlier giving a description of what he looks like.
36800:01:26: <Goatwright> Now you're in on this, too, Seir!
36900:02:32: <Benedict> All Seir did was refuse to sign a form, this is bullshit. Where can Seir hide?
37000:02:59: <Goatwright> One'a you guys better roll ALERTNESS or somethin'.
37100:03:11: <NachtRuine> 43df+3 ALTERNESS?
37200:03:11: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: ALTERNESS?: 4 (43df+3=4-, 0, 3+, 0, 4-, 3+, 0, 0, 3+, 3+, 0, 3+, 3+, 4-, 0, 3+, 4-, 3+, 3+, 3+, 4-, 0, 4-, 0, 3+, 0, 3+, 0, 0, 4-, 0, 0, 4-, 4-, 3+, 4-, 0, 0, 0, 4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
37300:03:15: <NachtRuine> oh
37400:03:17: <NachtRuine> whooooops
37500:03:22: <Socratesi> 4df+1 FUCK
37600:03:22: <BEIGE> Socratesi: FUCK: 1 (4df+1=0, 4-, 3+, 0)
37700:03:34: <Goatwright> jesus nacht maybe give that another go
37800:03:39: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 da real roll
37900:03:39: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: da real roll: 1 (4df+3=0, 4-, 4-, 0)
38000:03:52: <NachtRuine> fug
38100:03:58: <Benedict> 4df+3
38200:03:58: <BEIGE> Benedict: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 0)
38300:04:03: <NachtRuine> can i roll stealth because i am good at that
38400:05:05: <Goatwright> No need! Seir spots for you guys a slightly ajar door. It's dark inside, so there's probably nobody inside, and surely they wouldn't think to look in there.
38500:05:43: <Benedict> Rather than tell the group this, Seir just heads for that slightly ajar door. The others can follow if they want, but Seir is saving his ass. Fuck everyone else.
38600:05:59: <Goatwright> Well, you guys should probably follow Seir then.
38700:06:40: <NachtRuine> Abe gon follow Seir. Looks like a good place.
38800:06:46: <Socratesi> Mishaal follows the dirty Nintir.
38900:07:43: <viejo> Dr. J follows Seir.
39000:07:52: <Benedict> Damn it, why is he stuck with these losers?
39100:07:59: <Goatwright> And into the strange and empty building they go.
39200:08:14: <viejo> "So, do you come here often?" Dr. J breaks the ice with Seir.
39300:09:31: <Benedict> Ignored.
39400:09:36: <Socratesi> "I fear the Captain will have some words for us..."
39500:10:29: <viejo> "Well, we're hardly naughty children about to be scolded by an adult. Ooo, hats!" His attention turns to the hats.
39600:10:33: <viejo> So what kind of hats did he nab?
39700:11:10: <NachtRuine> "If we are yelled at, I'll take the brunt of it. Was my fault, after all. Didn't expect that fucking nerd to start hollering and screaming."
39800:11:14: <Benedict> Seir wants to know where he is or where he's going.
39900:11:35: <Goatwright> Well, you should probably start by turning a light on. Maybe shutting that door.
40000:12:04: <Benedict> If only the retards in this group could do that instead of thinking about hats.
40100:12:12: <Goatwright> Abe, in all the confusion, you realize you've lost your dol- I mean, collectible bobblehead!
40200:12:29: <viejo> Limp-wristed queen.
40300:12:51: <Benedict> Seir closes the door and looks for a light.
40400:12:54: <viejo> Dr. J closes the door and puts the light on his iPhone 87 to investigate his hats.
40500:13:10: <viejo> We're in the future god damn it none of this searching for matches shit.
40600:13:47: <NachtRuine> "Wait, shit, where's the bobble!" He looks around. Maybe it's in here? Please?
40700:13:52: <Goatwright> The light switch does just fine. The lights come on, revealing you're inside somebody's home! As you flip the switch, you realize all the electronics on the house come on - from the television, to the light in the kitchen, and to the.. automatic chair on the staircase?
40800:14:44: <Goatwright> Doctor J grabbed him some pretty nice hats. They're big and cozy, although a bit boxy, with something like wool all along the edges. It would probably envelope his head nicely.
40900:15:05: <Goatwright> On the front of them reads "HONORARY STATION RAT!"
41000:15:24: <viejo> "Fabulous." He places one on top of his head. "Hat, anyone? Safekeeping for Billy."
41100:15:33: <Socratesi> Mishaal rubs his head. "This is not good."
41200:16:23: <Benedict> Seir flicks the switch off.
41300:16:39: <Goatwright> Everything shuts off in the house.
41400:16:57: <Goatwright> From upstairs, you can hear some rustling, and then a hoarse voice calls down: "WHO'S THERE?"
41500:17:35: <Benedict> Sounds like Seir's wife, only nicer.
41600:17:45: <viejo> "No one? Fine." He places the other hat on top of the first one, securely.
41700:18:03: <viejo> Meanwhile Billy squids around the ship unmonitored. Who knows what HELL he's causing there.
41800:18:10: <Goatwright> I said a hoarse voice, Seir, not a whore's voice.
41900:18:31: <Socratesi> Mishaal isn't sure if he should answer or not.
42000:18:38: <viejo> The GM casually burns a player.
42100:18:45: <Benedict> His whore of a wife also has a hoarse voice.
42200:18:49: <Benedict> Shit GM.
42300:18:50: <NachtRuine> "Fuck, the bobble's not here." He hears the voice and leaves, sneaking out in search of the bobble. He earned that bobble, he outplayed a nerd and paid some amount of money for it.
42400:19:05: <Goatwright> Shit player described his shit character's shit wife too shittily.
42500:19:17: <Benedict> Shit wife is shit and not important.
42600:19:24: <viejo> Stop shitgming and shitrping the two of you.
42700:19:31: <Goatwright> Stop shitOOCing
42800:20:02: <Goatwright> Before Abe can get them out, the lights flick back on, and the door suddenly locks itself.
42900:20:09: <Benedict> Oh no.
43000:21:16: <viejo> Is there a hat rack there?
43100:21:19: <viejo> Dr. J investigates.
43200:21:22: <viejo> 4df+2 perc
43300:21:22: <BEIGE> Viejo: perc: 5 (4df+2=3+, 0, 3+, 3+)
43400:21:37: <Goatwright> It is a very high-quality hat rack. Good money was paid for that.
43500:21:42: <Goatwright> The automatic chair slooowly slides up the staircase, and a frail-looking old man hobbles over and scoots on to it, sloooowly descending again. You figure it'd be quite adorable, if not for the shotgun he has aiming at you.
43600:22:13: <Benedict> Nice. Real nice, gang.
43700:22:16: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you recognize the race of the old man as similar to that of the statue you saw earlier, only this guy is hairier, and bushier, and maybe not as gross. Although it could be all that hair, but you're not sure.
43800:22:47: <Goatwright> ABE
43900:23:01: <viejo> Does Dr. J have time to nab a hat or seven?
44000:23:03: <Socratesi> Mishaal raises his hands. "We do not wish to harm you!"
44100:23:09: <viejo> Oh god he's going to be a real life TF2 character.
44200:23:19: <Goatwright> With your amazing STATION BOY aspect, recognize who this is.
44300:23:35: <viejo> "Well, I mean, I do somewhat want to harm him considering the shotgun pointed at us," Dr. J says under his breath.
44400:23:38: <Benedict> Seir might want to harm him. He is pointing a gun at him.
44500:25:30: <NachtRuine> Abe squints a bit at the man. "Is - Is that, oh shit, it is! You're R. T. fucking Gorrunum!"
44600:25:31: <Goatwright> "Of course I got a shotgun on you! You're in my damn /house!/
44700:25:55: <Benedict> "Who."
44800:26:18: <Goatwright> He doesn't seem overly interested in being recognized as he pushes himself out of his chair, poking the shotgun at them. "Have you come to rob me? Is that it? I still got some fight, dammit!"
44900:26:29: <Goatwright> Mishaal recalls this name being on the plaque of the statue from earlier
45000:27:13: <Socratesi> "Gorrunum...that statue was of you!"
45100:27:16: <viejo> Fuck off does the older-timer have good enough hearing to hear someone mutter something.
45200:27:48: <NachtRuine> "No, no, no! I would never! Look, we were being chased and we needed to duck out of sight. You gotta forgive us, man, we didn't mean to!"
45300:27:56: <viejo> "I mean I wouldn't mind robbing those ha- Oh right you can hear me. Nope, not here to rob, just here to hide from ro- Er, we're just here."
45400:28:58: <viejo> "Want a hat of forgiveness? I mean, I've got two after all. Actually... No, I take that back, I want these hats."
45500:29:44: <Goatwright> He grumbles, lowering his shotgun slightly. "Are you all retarded?"
45600:29:55: <Goatwright> This has what it's come to. This is how far you've all fallen.
45700:29:59: <Benedict> "I'm not. Not sure of the rest."
45800:30:06: <Goatwright> has been even
45900:31:15: <NachtRuine> "I do retarded things sometimes. 'skinda my job."
46000:31:23: <viejo> Dr. J is busy scrolling through OGSA updates on his phone.
46100:31:49: <Socratesi> "I assure you I'm not slow." Mishaal sighs, placing his hands back at his side.
46200:32:23: <Socratesi> "We were in a hurry and the door was open, so we slipped in! We, er, apologize for intruding."
46300:33:29: <Goatwright> He pauses to think about this, then lowers his shotgun altogether. "Did I really leave my door open again?"
46400:33:45: <Benedict> "Yes. You did."
46500:33:57: <NachtRuine> "It happens to the best of us."
46600:34:03: <Benedict> "No it doesn't."
46700:34:10: <viejo> Dr. J sniggers at Mishaal's almost sexual analogy of the situation.
46800:34:55: <Socratesi> dad gummit
46900:35:27: <Socratesi> "You did. You're lucky it was us that came in!" He chuckles, hoping to lighten the mood. It probably won't work.
47000:36:23: <Goatwright> Not with those assholes you keep, Mishaal.
47100:36:44: <viejo> "Well, personally I'd prefer a woman stumbling into my home. Not just one, several. Each to their own preferences though, I suppose."
47200:37:05: <Goatwright> He still looks mighty grumpy. Maybe you woke him up. "Why does somebody just slip into somebody's house in a hurry?"
47300:37:30: <Benedict> Seir will let Abe answer that.
47400:37:31: <Goatwright> The old badger-like man stumbles over to the window, peeking out of the blinds. "Runnin' from somebody?"
47500:37:41: <Socratesi> "We were...uhh..." 'Being chased by guards' probably isn't the best answer.
47600:38:06: <viejo> Being chased by their own hopes and dreams. No, get away! We want to be useless bums forever!
47700:38:17: <viejo> Tell me about his anatomy, goat.
47800:38:22: <viejo> Does Dr. J know the species?
47900:38:43: <NachtRuine> "We didn't even know it was a house, we were just caught in a real bad situation."
48000:39:33: <Goatwright> "Loan sharks?"
48100:40:01: <viejo> Way to insult his home you fuck.
48200:40:33: <Benedict> "Various people tried to make me sign up for credit cards with bad interest rates. I was scared and jumped in here. Not sure of about the others."
48300:40:44: <Benedict> Remove that of*
48400:40:49: <viejo> "We're dreadfully sorry for the inconvenience, in the heat of the moment it appears we have stumbled into the living residence of a someone, that someone being you. If you will excuse us we will leave. We haven't taken anything."
48500:41:04: <viejo> 4df+3 mebbe charm?
48600:41:04: <BEIGE> Viejo: mebbe charm?: 2 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 0, 4-)
48700:41:07: <viejo> mebbe not
48800:42:01: <Goatwright> Dr. J may know the species, depending on his experience with non-ICA races. He is a furocane, a Coalition member. They're rather squat little buggers, with thick legs and spindly arms, and a face only a mother could love.
48900:42:47: <Goatwright> 4df+2 Mebbe RESISTING THE CHARM?
49000:42:47: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Mebbe RESISTING THE CHARM?: 0 (4df+2=4-, 0, 4-, 0)
49100:42:53: <viejo> wow
49200:43:00: <viejo> Fucking succumb to my tentacled dick.
49300:43:00: <Goatwright> Nope. Your words have touched him, oh tentacled one.
49400:44:15: <Goatwright> He sighs, setting his shotgun down. "Alright, alright. I guess I won't shoot'cha. Guards'd be on my ass for it, anyway. 'No guns in the station', they tell me. Ha!" The old man grumbles on about 'back in his day' and 'his designs'.
49500:45:53: <viejo> "No guns in the station equals no fun, right?"
49600:47:23: <Goatwright> "It doesn't even make sense! I built the damn thing. I know a shotgun isn't going to pierce these walls. But noooo, they tell me, 'Reggie, you can hit something sensitive.' They tell me this about my own damn station! /My/ designs, I tell you!" He waves his small little hands around, hobbling over towards a big comfy chair.
49700:47:48: <Goatwright> 'Reggie', as he called himself, sinks down into the chair. "Well, go ahead, sit down, then. You're already here. Might as well keep me company."
49800:49:02: <Goatwright> Got yourselves stuck with an OLD DUDE now. Is that worse than getting caught by the guards?
49900:49:06: <NachtRuine> Abe quickly abides. "Well, if you want to know how we ended up here, I'm gonna have to tell you the whole story."
50000:49:16: <NachtRuine> an old dude who did some cool shit
50100:49:37: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs, why not. "Nice to meet you Reggie, I am Dr. Oisroirx Jeisswessel of Patagonia." He takes a seat.
50200:49:44: <Benedict> Old dude smells like ass and ointment.
50300:50:00: <Goatwright> Seir looks like ass that needs ointment.
50400:50:02: <Goatwright> Sit down, faggot.
50500:50:32: <Socratesi> Mishaal takes a seat, making sure the chair is strong enough. Because he's big and stuff. "And I am Mishaal."
50600:51:57: <NachtRuine> "Oh, and I'm Abraham Cole. I was born on a station, so I've heard all about you."
50700:52:33: <Benedict> Seir doesn't care about this old man. Maybe he'll be lucky and can leave soon.
50800:54:03: <Goatwright> He nods. "Nice to meet you boys. You get in trouble with the guards?" He gestures vaguely toward the window, letting out a solid huff. "I don't blame you for comin' in. Those assholes are always fucking with everybody. Everybody! They just got a power complex, that's what it is. These tin cans'll do that to ya."
50900:54:35: <Goatwright> Reggie's clawed finger points at Abe as he leaves. "I'm sure you get that from this one, too, haha!" He lets out a good ol' CHUCKLE at his own joke.
51000:55:11: <Goatwright> "Are you thirsty? I've got some wine in the fridge. You can all drink, right?"
51100:55:55: <Socratesi> "Ah, yes! What sort of wine is it?"
51200:55:56: <viejo> "What vintage?"
51300:56:19: <viejo> He gets out his new pipe and uses it. Dr. J figures this is the kind of question a respectable man would ask.
51400:59:05: <Goatwright> "Red wine! Got some apricot mixed into it. Kinda sweet for a red, but it's smooth and goes down well None of that 'oh it has a muddy flavor' shit." He acts as posh as he can in his mocking, taking on a very Doctor J tone. "No clue what vintage."
51500:59:32: <Goatwright> Oh, Seir, did you hear SWEET?
51601:00:15: <viejo> "Me neither, I was just making small talk. If it's alcoholic then send it my way."
51701:00:28: <Goatwright> "
51801:00:50: <Socratesi> "I would like some as well."
51901:01:24: <Goatwright> "Hey, my kinda doctor!" He laughs, helping himself up and hobbling into the kitchen and returning with the bottle and a few glasses. This guy doesn't even drink it from a bulb. What a character.
52001:01:28: <Benedict> Does it have sugar in it?
52101:02:02: <viejo> "What can I say, it's the best medicine!" He winks at the old rat "character."
52201:02:09: <Goatwright> Well, that's how wine is made, with the natural sugars in the grapes and shit.
52301:02:26: <Benedict> Then I guess Seir is asking for a glass.
52401:04:46: <Goatwright> Everybody's poured a glass, and he downs his own in seconds, pouring himself some more. "So, what are you boys doing on this floating scrapheap?"
52501:05:35: <NachtRuine> "Well, I was trying to buy a bobblehead and - oh shit the bobblehead!" He groans. "No doubt someone's returned it already."
52601:05:44: <Benedict> Seir has his sugar-y thing, he can safely ignore everyone else again.
52701:06:20: <Goatwright> "You came here to buy a bobblehead?" This sends him into a gruff fit of laughter.
52801:06:51: <Socratesi> Mishaal takes a sippy. "We all work together, we came on break. Bobblehead is another story."
52901:09:58: <Goatwright> "Right, of course! That makes more sense." He contains himself, downing more wine. "What do you do for work?"
53001:12:29: <viejo> "I was experimenting with the use of soft toys as hats, but my conclusion on the matter requires more research. I then stumbled into my colleague who was riling a nerd to the point of the alarm being sounded. I then ended up with a couple of hats mysteriously in my possession, and now I am here." Dr. J drinks his wine.
53101:13:44: <viejo> "Anyway, we are all new members of a ship called the Marriott, we all have a very particular set of skills."
53201:14:12: <Goatwright> "Skills that make you a nightmare for people like me, I would bet." He chuckles.
53301:16:04: <NachtRuine> "I wouldn't say that. My job before I joined the Marriot was orbital rescue. Went planetside and brought people back to a station."
53401:16:15: <viejo> "Skills such as accidentally entering people's homes, yes. A very specific set of skills..."
53501:16:16: <viejo> He laughs.
53601:16:51: <Socratesi> "I work as chef for the ship."
53701:17:47: <Goatwright> Reggie laughs, too, then nudges Abe. "Called it! Power complex, right there, rescuin' other people." He nudges Abe some more, indicating he's teasing, and then tops everybody off with some more wine.
53801:18:03: <Goatwright> "Chef, huh? Are you any good?"
53901:19:25: <Socratesi> "Ha! Of course!"
54001:19:43: <Socratesi> "They'll learn of my talents soon enough."
54101:20:10: <viejo> "Just as long as you don't do something stupid like serve squid to Billy."
54201:20:18: <viejo> He laughs.
54301:21:27: <Benedict> Seir will just enjoy his single glass of wine. Old man still smells like ass and ointment.
54401:23:37: <NachtRuine> "I wouldn't call it a power complex. I just like the rush, y'know? The thrill of it."
54501:23:40: <Socratesi> Mishaal laughs nervously. So much for that calamari.
54601:24:28: <Goatwright> "Prove it to me! See if you can whip anything up with what's in my fridge. Treat this old man to a nice meal." Reggie continues to laugh, like a non-stop bundle of fur, age, and giggles. "Y'owe it to me after breaking in, you know!"
54701:25:10: <Goatwright> He nudges Abe a few more times in response, snickering before turning to the good ol' doctor. "What're you a doctor of?"
54801:25:44: <Socratesi> "Sure! I'll get started." Mishaal hops up and opens the fridge. What does this old fuck have?
54901:26:03: <NachtRuine> He shrugs, then has a sip of wine. He wonders if the guards have given up.
55001:26:36: <Goatwright> Assloads of meat. All sorts of meat. He's got a sack of some root vegetables just sitting in there, and some milk, and then at least an entire drawer and a half full of alcohol.
55101:27:57: <Socratesi> Well, at least he'll be making something simple. He grabs the meat and vegetables. Maybe he'll make a STEW?
55201:28:30: <Socratesi> 4df+2 I AM GREATEST COOK IN HISTORY OF WORLD
55301:28:31: <BEIGE> Socratesi: I AM GREATEST COOK IN HISTORY OF WORLD: 5 (4df+2=3+, 3+, 3+, 0)
55401:28:38: <Rainglove> wow
55501:28:40: <Benedict> How about those guards, ey? They still around? Safe to leave, ey?
55601:28:43: <Goatwright> Dang that is some A++ stew.
55701:29:04: <Goatwright> Probably about the best thing he could have made with the things available.
55801:29:20: <Socratesi> Poifect.
55901:29:23: <Goatwright> How would you know, Seir? You're stuck in this old dude's house. Maybe you should ASK.
56001:29:37: <Benedict> Fuck that. Less the old man talks the better.
56101:29:46: <Socratesi> Mishaal pours some stew into a bowl and presents it to Reggie. "Your meal is served!"
56201:31:30: <NachtRuine> "So, Reggie, if I can call you Reggie, how'd you end up in this station? I'd have figured you'd have the money to go wherever."
56301:32:01: <viejo> "Biology, I specialise in anatomy, and anatomy enhancements are something of a hobby."
56401:32:47: <Rainglove> Billy awakens from his coma. Apparently very poor decisions were made in his absence. He just sort of floats along with it.
56501:33:39: <Goatwright> Reggie takes a feeble old man sip from the stew. You know, the kind gross old people make. The drawn out, slurp-y kind. "Damn, kid! This is pretty good!" He sips, downing spoonfuls. "Sign me up for the crew if this is what you're serving, /damn!/"
56601:34:01: <Socratesi> Oh god, those sips.
56701:34:44: <Socratesi> "Well, I'm glad you like it, friend!"
56801:34:49: <Goatwright> He turns his attention to Abe. "Y'know, it was my first. It has a special place in my heart. It's a cozy place, the people are nice enough, and I know it so well I could blow it up if I wanted." He laughs into his stew, slurping and slurping away.
56901:35:38: <Goatwright> "I noticed the arm!," he comments ol Jay's way. "Guess that makes sense, then. Where'd you study?"
57001:37:17: <viejo> "Well, I didn't exactly intend for my arm to be torn off by a vicious maw, however it didn't work out too badly in the end." He wiggles his mechanical fingers. "Also it turns into a sword so, that's fun."
57101:38:26: <viejo> "On New Patagonia, I doubt you've heard of the place specifically, unless bright colourful plants that look friendly but actually want to devour you are your thing."
57201:40:18: <Goatwright> "Can't say I have. They're OGSA-certified, at least, right?"
57301:41:37: <NachtRuine> "Hey Mishaal, let me have a bit of that stew."
57401:42:08: <Rainglove> Billy waves. "Food here as well please"
57501:42:29: <viejo> "But of course, what kind of scientist do you take me for?"
57601:42:39: <Socratesi> "Sure, sure." Mishaal pours Abe and Billy a bowl and hands it to 'em.
57701:42:44: <viejo> "Barring the toys-as-hats line of thought." He laughs.
57801:43:12: <viejo> "Hats, Billy. Here, I have two for you. I acquired them through unconventional means."
57901:43:15: <viejo> He hands the hats to Billy.
58001:43:23: <Rainglove> Billy examines the hats. And the stew.
58101:45:25: <Goatwright> "Got the app?" The old man fiddles into his nighty robes, pulling out a phone.
58201:45:43: <NachtRuine> Abe has a sip of the stew. It is presumably hella good. "Goddamn, that's some good stew."
58301:45:48: <Rainglove> He pops open a small be-tubed container on the back of his suit and dumps the stew into it, and quiet slurping noises start.
58401:46:21: <Rainglove> He places one of the hats atop himself as he slurps.
58501:47:15: <viejo> "Yes, yes, just search Dr. Oisroirx Jeisswessel, Biologist. I should be the fifth one down."
58601:48:23: <Goatwright> He scrolls through his phone, and within seconds Jay's got himself a friend request. It has a little star next to his name and everything, signifying he's the LEGIT Gorrunum. Fancy.
58701:48:59: <Goatwright> And then Seir's own phone gets a message. It's from the captain! 'What the hell is this order?'
58801:49:19: <Goatwright> This grabs the attention of ol' stinky, and he turns his attention to the nintir. "What about you? You're awfully quiet."
58901:50:53: <Benedict> Seir is surprised when he feels his phone vibrate. He could have sworn he got rid of his phone years ago when all his friends stopped talking to him. He gives a grumble of acknowledge to old ass-smell, typing a message to the Captain. Shit, these buttons are too small and his augmented fingers too big.
59001:51:11: <Benedict> "i am fox mecs."
59101:52:10: <viejo> What are his qualifications, goat?
59201:52:14: <Goatwright> 'Are you drunk?? :/'
59301:52:17: <viejo> Dr. J accepts and has a little snoop.
59401:53:01: <Benedict> "no. smakl butttons. big fingers."
59501:54:02: <Goatwright> Well Dr. J, the ol' coot's responsible for a lot of the design features that make space stations like the one you're on run efficiently. He's mastered keeping artificial gravity, designed safer and more efficient systems, and fixed a hefty issue with sanitation. He's got a few collaboration credits on ship designs, too. Looks like he knows his space stuff.
59601:54:46: <Goatwright> 'Well talk about it when your back' Reggie prods at Seir. "C'mon! You can't sneak your way into my house without making some conversation."
59701:55:13: <Benedict> Yes he fucking can, Reggie.
59801:55:44: <Goatwright> Not on his watch. He prods harder. "Don't think I won't kick ya out to the damn guards, boy!"
59901:56:23: <Benedict> Seir will do better. He'll finish his wine and just leave.
60001:57:56: <Goatwright> While everybody else is distracted with CONVERSATION and BEING AN ASSHOLE, Mishaal, Abe, and Billy notice an interesting news broadcast on the TV in the other room. Maybe they oughta go check it out.
60101:58:20: <NachtRuine> "You'll have to forgive him, Reggie. He's antisocial." Hrm? News? Abe goes to look at said news.
60201:58:26: <Socratesi> Mishaal goes to see this interesting news broadcast.
60301:59:01: <Rainglove> Billy decides he should go check it out, and that his terrible senses will not let him check it out unless he's six inches away
60402:00:04: <Goatwright> "Ah, bah!" He shakes his little walking stick at Seir. "I've seen those scuffs on his hands before. All mechanics are that way. Think they're hot shit and go walkin' about like it." He harumphs.
60502:00:21: <Goatwright> Maybe this agitates Seir's ENGINEERING PRODIGY views.
60602:00:24: <Goatwright> Who knows?
60702:00:44: <Benedict> Maybe if Seir didn't leave he would be agitated.
60802:01:06: <Goatwright> FINE WHATEVER.
60902:01:08: <Goatwright> TV VIEWERS.
61002:01:32: <viejo> Dr. J stares at Seir intently, slowly moving in closer and closer until he is an inch away.
61102:02:14: <Benedict> Mistah J there's a door separating you and Seir because he's gone, nigga. Unless you're stalking him when he's going back to the ship.
61202:02:34: <viejo> welp
61302:02:41: <Goatwright> There's a news report about something big having happened to the Tukweli-IV colony! Reports of a massive ship having crashed into the settlement, killing everybody, and some suspiciously familiar videos!
61402:02:47: <Goatwright> Wait, those are your videos!
61502:02:51: <Goatwright> Or rather, they are Doctor J's videos.
61602:03:02: <viejo> "Hey, can I have Seir's portion of stew?"
61702:03:05: <Goatwright> Looks like the Captain was busy while you were about, trying not to get arrested and shit.
61802:03:25: <Socratesi> "News is out, then." He turns to the Doctah. "Go ahead, there's plenty!"
61902:03:38: <Rainglove> have they, perhaps, identified the ship
62002:03:41: <Goatwright> Reggie spots the doctor with some more wine, too.
62102:04:09: <viejo> "Excellent, just like your stew. I look forward to more of your fine meals. Perhaps I can provide some..." He hushes his voice and leans closer to Mishaal "more exotic meats."
62202:04:37: <Goatwright> They do not mention, Billy. The pictures are reportedly 'too blurry to identify', but some other alliance representatives have already released statements claiming it isn't theirs.
62302:04:40: <viejo> He looks at Mishaal normally before frowning. "Not like that, that is quite frankly revolting. I meant I could spare the unnecessary meat from any of the bastards I dissect."
62402:04:52: <Goatwright> Or rather they mention but the answer is no
62502:04:55: <Goatwright> I am sleeps I apologize
62602:05:05: <Rainglove> I'll sleeps you fucker
62702:05:17: <Socratesi> "I uh...would rather not serve /people/, Doctor."
62802:05:23: <NachtRuine> "Well, can't wait until this develops further."
62902:05:34: <Rainglove> Billy HMMMMMMs loudly
63002:05:48: <Goatwright> Is it one long Microsoft Sam-esque hm?
63102:05:55: <viejo> "I don't always dissect people, far from it! We largely know what people are made out of, most kinds anyway, a little pointless to dissect them further unless you're just plain /sadistic./" He laughs.
63202:06:22: <Rainglove> yes
63302:06:27: <Goatwright> Well, Seir makes it back to the ship, I guess, assuming that's where he's going.
63402:06:40: <viejo> "Exotic creatures, I meant. Don't you ever just look at an animal and think to yourself that you want to eat said creature?"
63502:06:58: <Goatwright> "All the time!." Reggie chimes in.
63602:07:13: <viejo> "See this guy knows what's up!" He drinks more wine.
63702:07:22: <Benedict> Yes, he was.
63802:07:33: <Goatwright> "I like to think of myself as a meats connoisseur, if I do say so myself!" He drinks more wine as well, laughing.
63902:08:20: <Socratesi> "Of course, I have a farm!" He chuckles. "Anyways, Doctor, if you can spare your 'exotic' meats I'd be happy to cook something up for you!"
64002:09:10: <viejo> "Suit yourself, if you ever change your mind you know where to find me. In my lab. Dissecting."
64102:10:09: <Rainglove> Billy does his best not to resemble calamari, totally oblivious
64202:10:35: <Goatwright> Seir is there, then! He is immediately greeted by a not-too-pleased-looking Captain.
64302:12:38: <viejo> Billy does a semi-adequate job, instead resembling calamari with a hat.
64402:13:17: <Goatwright> Old man Gorrunum laughs a bit more, slowly settling himself down. "You boys are alright, bargin' in and snobby friend aside! But I think it might be time I start gettin' back to bed. Here, though.." He gets up and digs through a few drawers, procuring some business cards that he hands to everybody.
64502:13:18: <Rainglove> a solid 9.5/10 hat
64602:13:23: <Rainglove> the doctor has good taste
64702:13:39: <Goatwright> "If you're ever in the neighborhood, feel free to call! We can go get drinks together."
64802:14:36: <Socratesi> "Thank you for keeping us! It was very nice to have met you, Mr. Reggie."
64902:15:15: <Benedict> Nobody wants drinks with you, old man. Stop looking displeased, Captain.
65002:15:45: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, yeah, real nice."
65102:16:51: <Goatwright> Mayhalis does not stop looking displeased. "Couldn't you have at least called to let me know?"
65202:16:55: <viejo> "Works for me, if you ever see anything weird and freaky and somewhat science-y just message me on the OGSA-app."
65302:17:06: <viejo> WHAT IS MAYHALIS, HIS MOM?
65402:17:20: <Goatwright> YES.
65502:17:30: <viejo> "Been a pleasure, Reggie," He shakes his hand before leaving.
65602:17:31: <viejo> TO BED
65702:17:38: <Benedict> "I did not know that you snatched my phone to take my number, and I did not know you added yours to it."
65802:17:57: <Goatwright> "How else am I supposed to contact you in the field?"
65902:18:50: <Benedict> "By contacting any of the others who own a phone and regularly use it, like the doctor and his need to take pictures."
66002:19:23: <Benedict> "As it stands, however, you hired me to work on the mechs, but had no parts to get the mechs in working order. I cannot do my job without parts."
66102:19:38: <Socratesi> "Well, shall we head back to the ship?"
66202:20:28: <NachtRuine> "We probably ought to. I might have some explaining to do about the whole bobblehead fiasco."
66302:20:58: <Socratesi> "Let us move, then." Mishaal exits the house and heads on BACK TO THE SHIP!
66402:21:00: <Rainglove> "The captain will probably be overjoyed to have such a priceless figure aboard his ship"
66502:21:04: <Rainglove> Billy FOLLOWS
66602:21:12: <Goatwright> He glares down at the little turdtir as best as he can, but eventually groans and succumbs with his LOGIC. "Alright, you win that one. But I still want a heads up next time. Maybe we can't afford it next time, and then it comes out of your own pocket."
66702:21:56: <NachtRuine> Abe similarly follows.
66802:22:18: <Goatwright> They all show up to the ship. There's a nintir being yelled at by a big non-nintir.
66902:22:42: <Benedict> "So long as room and board is provided on the ship, feel free to cut my pay to set aside a fund for the mech parts. I'm not sure about you, since you hired me to fix mechs but had no parts, but I'd like to keep them in working order in case we ever need them."
67002:22:47: <Benedict> And then Seir fucks off to fix those mechs.
67102:23:14: <NachtRuine> "There's more than one mech?"
67202:23:47: <Socratesi> Mishaal realizes he doesn't most of the people here. Abe's nice. Billy's okay. Captain fucked up his house but he's pretty great. God damn, the pay is so worth it.
67302:23:58: <Socratesi> doesn't like* i did it AGAIN
67402:24:25: <Goatwright> "What? Oh, you're all back." He turns to Abe. "Yeah. Didn't you see 'em?"
67502:25:34: <NachtRuine> "No, I was otherwise occupied by my pre-launch mental check."
67602:26:51: <Rainglove> remember to breathe
67702:30:38: <NachtRuine> "How many are there?"
67803:04:56: <Goatwright> "About 5, 6 maybe? One of them's mine."
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68421:29:06: <Benedict> Seir digs around and is pretty sure he found whatever was beeping. What is this thing. Why is it in his hangar. Does it have a name on it?
68521:31:32: <Benedict> IS THERE A NAME ON THIS, VIEJO?
68621:32:10: <viejo> The box is probably shaking around a bit, did Seir OPEN THE BOX?
68721:32:13: <viejo> WHAT'S IN THE BOOOX
68821:32:23: <Benedict> HE DID OPEN THE BOX.
68921:32:29: <Benedict> BECAUSE IT WAS BEEPING.
69021:33:09: <Goatwright> A lemur assaults Seir's already gross face.
69121:33:16: <viejo> Then Seir is looking at an odd little primate-like creature with a very long snout and an even longer ribbed blue tongue. It has large bulging eyes on the side of its head and a little mask on (why does he wear the mask, Seir might ask...)
69221:33:27: <Goatwright> It is assaulting his face.
69321:33:38: <viejo> And, yes, it is in the process of assaulting Seir.
69421:33:45: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you catch a news report on TV! http://ircplay.wikidot.com/news-report:the-hoax-of-tukweli-iv
69521:34:08: <Benedict> If only Seir could express strong feelings about the matter one way or another. For now, he'll just hit the floor with this thing on his face, maybe yell a bit, hope his crew saves him.
69621:34:52: <Goatwright> For now, they're just sort of watching. Kay finally pipes up, "Do I shoot it?"
69721:35:08: <Goatwright> Dr. J's assistance scratches his head as he looks around at the boxes. "Should we be hearing it?"
69821:35:13: <Goatwright> "Why did you pack it in a box anyway?"
69921:36:12: <Benedict> Seir waves a hand. Don't shoot it while its attacking him or you might shoot -him- instead!
70021:36:31: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs. "Well the beeper has either malfunctioned or the box is not in this room. I clearly labelled it. And he has very sensitive eyesight, by nature they are nocturnal animals, any source of light will drive them into a frenzy. I just need to give him a weekly doseage of eyedrops to counteract it."
70121:37:26: <Benedict> Seir tries to pull the thing off of his face. What's he rolling?
70221:37:58: <Goatwright> Let's say Stamina.
70321:38:12: <Benedict> Yeah, fuck it, that would be a fail no matter what.
70421:38:20: <NachtRuine> try it anyways
70521:38:36: <NachtRuine> FLY INTO THE FACE OF FAILURE
70621:38:40: <Benedict> 4df-1 Time to fail fucking terribly
70721:38:40: <BEIGE> Benedict: Time to fail fucking terribly: -5 (4df-1=4-, 4-, 4-, 4-)
70821:38:43: <Benedict> SEE THIS?
70921:38:44: <viejo> jesus christ
71021:38:44: <NachtRuine> oshit
71121:38:47: <Benedict> THIS IS WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO ROLL
71221:38:50: <NachtRuine> not that hard
71321:38:54: <viejo> You just dun goofed against a puny lemur
71421:39:10: <viejo> Benny is hogging all the critfails.
71521:39:11: <Rainglove> does it consume his soul
71621:39:14: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is honestly speechless. The ship, the crash site entirely even, had disappeared with no trace of it being there. As the broadcast continues, the TV begins to flicker and soon all that's left is static. "What the hell is this?!" Mishaal leaps up onto his feet and leaves the room, trying to find the captain.
71721:39:17: <Hippocratesi> OOOH, CAPTAIN?
71821:39:46: <Goatwright> He's currently chilling out on his little wooden Captain's chair.
71921:41:00: <Hippocratesi> "Inda!" Mishaal nearly trips, this shit is too real. "Have you seen the news reports?"
72021:41:32: <Goatwright> Somehow Seir only manages to get it stuck on him - maybe from all that industrial glue he's been going through - and it frantically smacks him in the face, waving its little head around as it squeals.
72121:41:54: <Goatwright> He gets socked in the eye once or twice, and his two appointed partners giggle a bit before coming over to yank it off him.
72221:42:44: <Goatwright> "Well," Alan scratches the bridge of his nose. "We keep the boxes in the hangar, if you want to go check those."
72321:43:08: <viejo> Dr. J considers this for a while. "Yeah, might be best." He slithers on over to the hangar.
72421:43:29: <Benedict> With the thing off of him, Seir tries to start a video chat on Spike Spielgel chat.
72521:43:33: <viejo> He takes some of those special little lemur eyedrops with him, just in case any fool did open the clearly marked box...
72621:43:36: <Benedict> With the entire crew.
72721:43:41: <Benedict> Well, the PC members of it.
72821:43:46: <Goatwright> Inda looks up at Mishaal, looking concerned. "I haven't. What's wrong?"
72921:44:11: <Benedict> BEEP BEEP Nacht, Rainglove, Hippocratesi, Goatweight, Viejo. Seir is trying to video chat with you fags.
73021:44:29: <Goatwright> Once the lemur is yanked off him, some hair rips off the lemur and sticks to his face. It bites him on the nose before it's completely liberated from his face.
73121:45:01: <Goatwright> Dr. J walks in to a large crasarana with a trucker cap holding a now slightly hairless lemur by the scruff of its neck.
73221:46:04: <Benedict> Anyone that joins video chat can see Seir's now uglier face. Admire it. Admire the fact that you'll never be so ugly.
73321:46:12: <Hippocratesi> "The media's calling it a hoax! The BIg 5 all claim they have nothing to do with it! And not only that-" His communicator starts beeping, but he ignores it. "But the crash site has /vanished!/ Completely!"
73421:46:20: <Rainglove> Billy flails about, disturbed from his examination of the little bug robot thing, then lifts his LapToppinator 4000 and wonders what the little man wants.
73521:46:42: <NachtRuine> What is this sound? Abe looks at his communicator or whatever it is, having forgotten he had this. He answers the video chat because he expects something exciting. "What's going on?"
73621:47:27: <Benedict> Seir turns his computer to the little lemur so everyone can get a good look at it. "Who the hell does this belong to. Get it out of my hangar before I throw it out the airlock."
73721:48:00: <viejo> "You own the whole hangar, do you?" Dr. J slithers on over.
73821:48:19: <viejo> "Allow me," he says to the big goi, giving poor little lemurfriend his vital eyedrops.
73921:48:21: <Hippocratesi> "No ship, no impact."
74021:48:32: <Hippocratesi> "Something is wrong here, Inda."
74121:48:37: <Rainglove> Billy hangs up and decides he'll just go to the hangar. If only they were using superior human pagers instead of these sub-par devices.
74221:49:04: <NachtRuine> "Of course the biologist would have some kind of monkey." Interest fades, and he hangs up, continuing his walk around.
74321:49:18: <Benedict> "I work on the ship, I work on the mechs. To keep the ship running, most everywhere I need to go is connected to the hangar. The mechs sit in the hangar. I practically live here. The hangar is practically mine. Get it out, along with any of your other pets. As for the rest of you, come down to the hangar if you're missing anything. You might find a box."
74421:49:30: <Goatwright> Mayhalis just stares at Mishaal for a bit, seemingly in disbelief, before running his hands over his face. "Fuck."
74521:49:38: <Goatwright> "I guess that means we're not getting paid."
74621:49:45: <Benedict> And then Seir goes back to the mech, with hair from the lemur stuck to his face and claw marks everywhere. He'll go to the nurse after the mech is fixed.
74721:50:10: <viejo> Dr. J takes the now-calmer lemur out of the big goi's hands.
74821:50:27: <viejo> "Poor little Beubay, you're missing a patch of fur." He strokes the creature.
74921:50:33: <Hippocratesi> "Getting paid is the least of our worries now." Mishaal sighs and rubs the back of his head. "What do we do now?"
75021:50:46: <Goatwright> "What is that?," sir Big Guy For You asks.
75121:50:51: <Hippocratesi> remove that second now
75221:50:57: <Hippocratesi> redundant, you see
75321:50:58: <Goatwright> Kay, still snickering, heads over to keep helping Seir out.
75421:51:21: <Benedict> Should I roll to fix the knees or will the previous Mech Engineering roll suffice?
75521:51:29: <Benedict> I can't embarrass myself too poorly if I have to roll.
75621:51:37: <Goatwright> Seir, for today you get a once-free taggable aspect called "A Face Not Even A Mother Could Love".
75721:51:53: <Goatwright> Considering he's a huge asshole, anyway, it probably won't hurt him.
75821:52:03: <Benedict> That doesn't sound very useful.
75921:52:11: <Goatwright> :^]
76021:52:11: <Goatwright> It's taggable moreso by your enemies.
76121:52:19: <Goatwright> Or people you're schmoozing on.
76221:52:20: <Benedict> That doesn't sound useful for them.
76321:52:28: <NachtRuine> Abe passes by the captain's area and sees said captain and Mishaal talking. They seem distressed. He approaches, saying, "Something the matter, Cap'n? Mishaal?"
76421:52:34: <Benedict> >Seir
76521:52:37: <Benedict> >Schmoozing
76621:52:55: <Benedict> Anyway, am I rolling to fix the knees or nah?
76721:53:00: <Goatwright> Go ahead.
76821:53:09: <Benedict> Same bonus as before for the help or no?
76921:53:14: <viejo> "A ribbed-tongue lemur, they're quite rare you know, dreadfully long tongue. I've always wanted to cut her up and find out exactly how it fits inside but... I have a fond spot for this little critter."
77021:53:16: <Goatwright> Yep.
77121:53:31: <Benedict> 4df+6 Watch me get 4 minuses again
77221:53:31: <BEIGE> Benedict: Watch me get 4 minuses again: 3 (4df+6=4-, 4-, 4-, 0)
77321:53:38: <Benedict> So close.
77421:53:54: <Rainglove> Billy floats on in to the mech bay. He stops to admire seir's terrible luck, then goes on to look at the little lemur. "What is happening here?"
77521:54:11: <Goatwright> Well, considering you and your assistant know what they gotta do, you don't fail the roll.
77621:54:48: <Goatwright> You do, however, realize the rotor plates you bought are too small, meaning you'll have to cut a wider hole in them. Gonna take you longer than you'd have liked to get that knee done.
77721:55:42: <Goatwright> Mayhalis gives Mishaal a stern look, then turns to Abe.
77821:56:22: <Goatwright> "We're arriving at our next mission. Get everybody and the stuff together." Okay, three, two, one, let's jam.
77921:56:29: <Benedict> Just add onto the shit pile that is Seir's life, universe.
78021:57:09: <Hippocratesi> i can't put the next part in words
78121:57:22: <viejo> "Little Beubay here was making Seir's acquaintance. I wouldn't ask him about it just now however, that's the most I've heard him talk and I can tell you now it was not in a happy manner."
78221:57:23: <Hippocratesi> fug
78321:57:27: <Goatwright> BA NUH DUH NUHNUHNUH NUUUUUUUUUUUUUH
78421:57:31: <Hippocratesi> yes
78521:57:33: <Hippocratesi> yes that's it
78621:57:34: <viejo> -high pitched trumpet-
78721:57:43: <viejo> Or whatever the hell it is
78821:58:36: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal gives a silent nod and goes to get the others. "Let us move, Abe! No time to lose!"
78921:59:02: <Goatwright> "Mishaal!" He calls to him before he leaves.
79021:59:06: <viejo> Dr. J takes the little oxygen mask off the lemur. An extremely long blue tongue licks him in the face.
79121:59:30: <NachtRuine> "Of course, Mishaal." He give a nod to the Cap'n as he goes. He looks about for the other team members.
79221:59:31: <Goatwright> I bet Dr. J has had some fun with that and peanut butter before.
79321:59:37: <Rainglove> "That is quite the tongue"
79421:59:48: <Hippocratesi> "Yes, Captain?" He stops.
79522:00:05: <viejo> "Yes, quite. I don't think she'll lick strangers, but if you can acquire some peanut butter and apply it to your cranium..."
79622:00:20: <Goatwright> hoho
79722:00:21: <Goatwright> cranium
79822:01:02: <Goatwright> "Don't tell anybody about this. I don't want it distracting them when they're in the field. I'll break the news when you all get back."
79922:01:33: <NachtRuine> Abe walks across the mech bay and conveniently finds everyone bunched together. He goes up to the three and says, "Boys, we're on approach to our next mission. Get ready."
80022:01:54: <viejo> Dr. J takes a selfie of himself and Beubay on his iPhone 87 captioned 'Didn't have to resuscitate her this time!', posting it on the OGSA app.
80122:02:05: <Rainglove> Billy bounces. "Oh excellent do you know where we are going this time?"
80222:02:14: <Benedict> "I'm working." Seir says to hopefully chase the human away. Need to fix these knees.
80322:03:16: <NachtRuine> "Sorry Billy, I was just told to get you all prepared. Seir, this comes from the cap'n, so if you're not going, take it up with him."
80422:03:32: <Benedict> "Tell the Captain I'm working." Back to work for Seir.
80522:03:58: <Hippocratesi> "Very well, I will keep it to myself." Mishaal then leaves and meets up with the rest. He walks into the damn mech bay. "Good, you are all here! We must act quickly, we cannot keep Inda waiting."
80622:03:59: <Goatwright> Kay pulls out a cigarette as Freighter wanders back over. "Go ahead, boss. We got it from here."
80722:04:01: <Goatwright> Lllllight.
80822:05:14: <Benedict> "If the Captain needs me that badly, he will contact me by spacetime or get me himself." Seir is not in the mood for anything that isn't mechs.
80922:05:18: <Goatwright> Some sort of PA system kicks on. <<Ground team, please board the interface vehicle 'Mayflower'. We will be reaching the planet soon.>>
81022:05:31: <Benedict> Why today of all days.
81122:05:37: <viejo> "Well, I guess Beubay could always take his place..."
81222:05:48: <viejo> "Might prove a better combatant, at least."
81322:06:14: <NachtRuine> Abe makes a general 'not my problem' motion as he gets ready to board.
81422:06:57: <Benedict> Seir calms himself with the imagination of using Doctor J as a dummy for his mech's boxing training, calms himself via breathing through his nostrils, then boards the ship after grabbing his energy weapon.
81522:07:21: <Rainglove> Billy bounces once more, then boards el shippo. He double-checks the drop-pod system. Hopefully they actually land on target this time.
81622:07:41: <Goatwright> 4df+4 Will we have these knees done by the time Seir returns?
81722:07:41: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Will we have these knees done by the time Seir returns?: 4 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-)
81822:07:54: <Goatwright> Just about.
81922:07:59: <viejo> Dr. J chuckles. "No combat for you, little lady." He finds his assistant and leaves her with him (WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO RP THAT SHIT) and then heads to the Mayflower.
82022:08:16: <viejo> "How are you finding your new hats, Billy? I robb- er, acquired them especially for you."
82122:08:27: <Benedict> They better not expect praise or some shit when Seir gets back.
82222:08:28: <Benedict> Like children.
82322:08:42: <Goatwright> No wonder somebody framed Seir.
82422:08:43: <Goatwright> Jeez.
82522:08:52: <NachtRuine> Abe boards. He opens his mouth to go over tips for orbital dropping, but since the first drop went so well, he skips the monologue.
82622:09:14: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hops on board, his shit READY TO GO.
82722:09:25: <Benedict> Oh, Seir's sorry, do they want a fucking cookie for doing the job they get paychecks for.
82822:09:27: <Benedict> Fucking children.
82922:10:44: <viejo> 4df+4 rolling for Seir's saltiness
83022:10:44: <BEIGE> Viejo: rolling for Seir's saltiness: 3 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 0, 4-)
83122:11:00: <Rainglove> "Oh they are very nice thank you for the gift" Billy fiddles with the piloting panel as he waits to be told what they're doing.
83222:11:35: <Goatwright> Everybody gets on-board, and the ship is hooked to the launching mechanism. The first set of bay doors close behind them as the second set opens in front of them, and then they're suddenly launched into space.
83322:12:00: <Goatwright> Gravity sort of goes away as you make your trip through SPAAAAAACE
83422:12:37: <Benedict> Seir wishes he was back in the old days before he got framed.
83522:12:51: <Rainglove> Billy twiddles his tentacles.
83622:13:19: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is still quite troubled.
83722:13:33: <viejo> Dr. J fiddles on his phone.
83822:14:02: <NachtRuine> "Hey Mishaal, what was the cap'n talking with you about? Something serious?"
83922:15:26: <Goatwright> Another PA system kicks on inside Billy's ship. <<Alright, everybody. This here is Sterling-II, our first unexplored planet! Be sure to record anything you find - and PRIVATELY, this time, Doctor Jesterwickle - and stay warm. Should be about winter time, now.>>
84022:16:11: <Goatwright> Luckily for Mayhalis, Dr. J probably doesn't have reception out here, anyway.
84122:16:23: <Benedict> "The mention of it being winter would have been more useful before we got on this ship."
84222:16:45: <Hippocratesi> "I am not allowed to say. I'm sorry, Abe."
84322:17:12: <viejo> The iPhone 87 was built to be top-of-the-line. It receives signal even if inside a SUN. At least that's what the slogan says. Maybe he just imagined it.
84422:17:39: <Goatwright> Don't you worry, Seir. You should totally be fine on-planet. Totally.
84522:17:55: <Benedict> The iPhone is a piece of shit anyway. Seir knows, because he knows technology and stuff.
84622:18:06: <Benedict> He wish he knew he would have needed warmer gear, though.
84722:18:07: <viejo> "Confidential talks after a single mission?"
84822:18:13: <Benedict> Thanks, you piece of shit Captain.
84922:18:25: <Goatwright> The Mayflower makes its way into the atmosphere. Lucky for Billy, there's no autopilot this time around.
85022:18:34: <NachtRuine> "Damn, that bad, huh? Alright. Won't prod."
85122:18:45: <Goatwright> What there is is a bunch of flashing warnings about the weather conditions, but he gets to guess where they should be dropping down.
85222:19:15: <Goatwright> Seir, you notice some furs floating around in the corner of the ship. Those'll probably do.
85322:19:22: <Hippocratesi> "You will know soon enough. For now, it is best not to think about it."
85422:19:33: <Benedict> Ugh. Furs. Like some human.
85522:19:59: <viejo> "And that mysterious message certainly won't make us think about i-" Dr. J's attention is turned to a cutie replying on OGSA.
85622:20:01: <Benedict> "Saying that just makes it more likely someone will think about it." Dumb ass giant.
85722:20:04: <Rainglove> Billy looks around for a good landing spot. He remembers he is almost totally blind. He decides other people can probably decide this better than he can. He hops on dat PA. "Anybody want to assist in picking out a landing zone?"
85822:20:11: <viejo> "I knew she found my ribbed-tongue lemur cute."
85922:20:58: <Goatwright> Unfortunately, that's the last message Dr. J'll be getting here! Ain't no cell phone reception in an unexplored system, you POO.
86022:21:06: <Goatwright> Now you have to INTERACT WITH THE OTHER CHARACTERS.
86122:21:18: <Benedict> Or be like Seir and don't bother with anyone.
86222:21:19: <Rainglove> how horrifying
86322:21:22: <NachtRuine> "I gotcha, Billy." He unbuckles himself and heads up to the cockpit.
86422:22:03: <Rainglove> Billy points towards whatever surface scans he has. And the obviously visible planet outside the cockpit. "See anything promising here?"
86522:22:12: <viejo> Dr. J taps the button again. 'Message will not send.' He sighs. Probably for the best, too quick a response kills it with the cuties.
86622:22:16: <Rainglove> "Or anything unusual that bears investigation"
86722:22:26: <NachtRuine> Well? Do I?
86822:22:34: <viejo> "A bear investigation? What?"
86922:22:55: <viejo> "I mean, investigating bears or an investigation led by bears? I'm not sure which is more interesting."
87022:23:13: <Rainglove> "You will have to investigate Mishaal at some other point doctor we are trying to find a landing zone"
87122:23:18: <viejo> "Are there bears down here? Perhaps I can capture one for research."
87222:23:29: <viejo> "Land near the bears if you can, please."
87322:23:49: <Goatwright> With the heavy cloud presence, looking outside isn't much help. The surface scans, however, tell you that you'll soon be flying over a relatively flat area of land soon - the only flat area the scanners have picked up so far.
87422:24:54: <NachtRuine> He points out the flat area. "Clouds are making visual contact a no-go, but there's some flat land coming up. You're probably gonna want to land there."
87522:26:11: <Rainglove> Billy steers in the direction of the flatness. "Well then we will land there"
87622:26:40: <NachtRuine> Job's done, so Abe gets back into his seat.
87722:26:46: <viejo> "By the bears," Dr. J whispers.
87822:27:09: <NachtRuine> "What's with you guys and bears?"
87922:27:41: <Benedict> "Human. I need those furs." Seir points to the warm furs in the corner.
88022:27:47: <viejo> "Well I am an alien-focused biologist, not sure why the others are obsessed with them however."
88122:27:58: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal has no idea what a bear is nor how he resembles one. Oh well.
88222:28:47: <Rainglove> Billy checks to see if there's anything LIVING on the flat area before he goes and squashes it.
88322:28:49: <NachtRuine> "The name's Abe." He is in the process of not getting the furs.
88422:28:51: <Rainglove> or weird structures
88522:28:53: <Rainglove> whatever he can see
88622:29:07: <Goatwright> Not that you're being told by the scanners, Billy.
88722:29:12: <Goatwright> Better have everybody SADDLE UP.
88822:29:13: <Benedict> Seir checks to see if he added the name Abe before, and if not, he adds it.
88922:29:31: <viejo> Dr. J grabs a fur, can he identify the hide it was from?
89022:29:54: <Goatwright> He is completely sure they are false fur.
89122:30:22: <viejo> "False fur," he says somewhat sneering.
89222:30:26: <Goatwright> Do you think the captain is MADE of money?
89322:30:26: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal SADDLES UP.
89422:30:48: <Benedict> He did pay for all of Seir's parts.
89522:30:48: <viejo> "I should've known, what with that cheap chair-not-included deal."
89622:31:17: <Rainglove> "We will be landing soon and conditions are less than ideal you may want to strap in"
89722:31:20: <Benedict> Seir is safe with his furs.
89822:31:23: <Rainglove> And Billy ATTEMPTS THE LANDING
89922:31:25: <Rainglove> WILL HE STICK IT
90022:31:26: <Benedict> And his seat belt.
90122:31:43: <Goatwright> Are you not drop-podding?
90222:32:06: <Rainglove> you said no autopilot goddamnit
90322:32:27: <Goatwright> I meant it as in he is not specifically being given a set of coordinates that it would fly to.
90422:32:33: <Goatwright> He still got his AUTOPILOT as a function
90522:32:47: <Rainglove> "Strap into the pods that is"
90622:32:51: <Rainglove> "Not your seats that would be silly"
90722:33:21: <Benedict> Seir goes to get strapped into his pod. Seir gets breathing to keep himself calm.
90822:33:30: <NachtRuine> Abe grabs a fur as he heads into his pod.
90922:34:16: <Rainglove> Billy clicks on the autopilot. "If you could please land us accurately this time that would be very much appreciated." He heads towards podsville.
91022:34:42: <viejo> Dr. J furs up and gets in his pod.
91122:35:13: <Goatwright> Everybody gets into their pods, the red light starts flashing, and they are dropped from their ship to the ground below.
91222:35:45: <Goatwright> And you drop.
91322:35:46: <Goatwright> And drop.
91422:36:06: <Goatwright> At this point even those of you with limited experience with this sort of thing realize you've probably been falling for too long.
91522:36:18: <Benedict> Dropping sure is scary, Seir thinks to himself with a blank look on his face.
91622:36:21: <viejo> Dr. J listens to music on his iPhone87.
91722:36:41: <Hippocratesi> "We.../were/ dropped, no?"
91822:37:04: <Rainglove> Billy tries to connect to his ship again. "I will have to start doing this manually"
91922:37:13: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, something's going on. Were we dropped in a chasm?"
92022:37:30: <Benedict> Seir is not having fun today.
92122:37:55: <Goatwright> Everybody is finally lurched upward as your pod makes contact with the ground. Your pod doors slide open, and you step out into darkness.
92222:37:56: <viejo> Dr. J taps his tentacles in a rhythm.
92322:38:26: <Goatwright> The only illumination available are the lights fixed to the outside of your pods, and the white hole above you.
92422:39:04: <Benedict> Darkness. Chasm. Lovely. Today is stellar. Seir goes to activate the flashlight feature on his computer.
92522:39:09: <NachtRuine> "Well fucking shit." Abe turns a flashlight on and shines it around.
92622:39:30: <Benedict> Could today get any worse.
92722:39:35: <Goatwright> BAM.
92822:39:37: <Goatwright> It starts raining.
92922:39:38: <viejo> Does Dr. J have an app suitable for searching for bears on his iPhne87?
93022:39:47: <Rainglove> "aren't we uh
93122:39:49: <Rainglove> in a blizzard
93222:39:55: <Goatwright> It was a joke.
93322:40:04: <viejo> It's raining snow, god.
93422:40:08: <Goatwright> yeah rain come on
93522:40:16: <Benedict> Its hail.
93622:40:16: <Goatwright> haven't you had rainy snow before
93722:40:20: <Benedict> Enjoy the pellets.
93822:40:45: <NachtRuine> What's going on with this abyssal plane of existence?
93922:40:49: <Goatwright> Dr. J does not have a bear detector on his phone, no.
94022:41:08: <Rainglove> Billy hmmmms. "Well it appears as though I need to have my autopilot replaced entirely"
94122:41:29: <viejo> Dr. J curses.
94222:41:42: <Goatwright> That isn't what your plane is telling you, Billy. Your plane is telling you that you landed in exactly where you wanted: a big flat patch.
94322:41:47: <viejo> How far are the pods away from one another?
94422:41:54: <viejo> And what mission are they even on?
94522:42:03: <Benedict> "I will replace it for you or fix it as soon as we are back on the ship." Seir does not like this autopilot.
94622:42:04: <Goatwright> Well-clustered.
94722:42:06: <viejo> And why do kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?
94822:42:19: <Goatwright> They were told they're on a mission to find anything they can, Viejo, GOD.
94922:42:25: <Goatwright> STOP TEXTING AND START READING MY POSTS
95022:42:30: <viejo> "So, slight lapse on my behalf but, what exactly are we searching for down here?"
95122:42:38: <Rainglove> "Stuff"
95222:42:47: <viejo> "I hope the captain didn't say something dumb like 'search for anything.'"
95322:42:47: <Benedict> "Anything." Seir shines his computer flashlight around. Where's a good path out of here?
95422:42:58: <viejo> "Okay then, I'm searching for bears."
95522:43:10: <NachtRuine> "It's an uncharted planet. Probably wants us to see how terrible this place is."
95622:43:15: <viejo> "Or something resembling a bear at least, this could be a suitable habitat for such a creature."
95722:43:16: <Rainglove> Billy hmmms again, then looks around. Any reason this might've shown up as a giant flat spot rather than the giant hole it is?
95822:43:46: <Rainglove> "I guess something was interfering with my sensors then because we did land exactly where we chose to"
95922:44:23: <Goatwright> They illuminate the surrounding cavern. You realize, at this point, that it's huge. Several paths fork from where you've landed, going to who knows where, but you don't see anything specifically leading upward.
96022:44:45: <NachtRuine> Does this cave look like a natural formation?
96122:44:56: <Benedict> Wonderful. Today is just -wonderful-.
96222:45:08: <Goatwright> Well, Billy, you figure the hole you landed in is technically fairly flat. Maybe your co-pilot just can't read the depth measurements.
96322:45:29: <viejo> "The most logical thing to do is split up." Dr. J holds a straight face before laughing. "Nah, that's perfect material for any amateur horror film."
96422:45:47: <Goatwright> Wanna roll SURVIVAL, Abe?
96522:45:52: <Benedict> Seir doesn't know what a horror film is. Probably something stupid.
96622:45:59: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: fuck yeah i do: 3 (4df+5=0, 4-, 4-, 0)
96722:45:59: <NachtRuine> 4df+5 fuck yeah i do
96822:46:00: <Goatwright> In this case, Mishaal would not be able to roll himself. Caves are not a common feature of farms.
96922:46:26: <Goatwright> It's probably natural.
97022:46:27: <viejo> says who?
97122:46:32: <viejo> What if he farms caves?
97222:46:38: <Goatwright> Then he would be a miner.
97322:46:39: <Goatwright> Not a farmer.
97422:46:45: <Benedict> What if you suck dicks.
97522:47:05: <NachtRuine> "Well, at least this place looks normal. For a cave."
97622:47:07: <viejo> What if it was your dick?~
97722:47:30: <Benedict> What if you go back to Billy's tentacle dick(s).
97822:47:42: <viejo> What if he won't take me back?
97922:48:01: <Goatwright> Your best bet at this point would probably be to pick a path and follow it. If you don't find anything, you can always take the pods back up on the Mayflower's next trip around.
98022:48:16: <Benedict> How many paths are there?
98122:48:43: <Goatwright> You count three.
98222:49:12: <NachtRuine> Abe picks a path completely at random. "No point in sitting around doing nothing. We have a discovery mission to do." He doesn't start walking down said path, but moves towards it.
98322:49:42: <Benedict> Seir will take the path the human picked. Not like Seir is the leader of this group.
98422:49:51: <Goatwright> FIRE SHOOTS OUT OF THE CHASM AS A DRAGON DEMANDS ITS RIGHTFUL RESPECT AS YOU ENTER ITS DOMAIN
98522:50:03: <viejo> "I'm not sure why I so blindly agreed to this 'discovery mission' without any briefing whatsoever and a request of 'anything.' I could be doing science right now."
98622:50:15: <Benedict> Is the dragon named Eelis?
98722:50:20: <Goatwright> No, but really, Abe doesn't see much of anything.
98822:50:33: <Goatwright> It isn't eating him, so there's that.
98922:51:01: <NachtRuine> He's shinin' that light around, making sure his eaten status maintains the status quo. "Oh come on, doc, isn't discovery part of science?"
99022:51:14: <BEIGE> Viejo: quick little alertness check: 1 (4df+2=4-, 0, 0, 0)
99122:51:14: <viejo> 4df+2 quick little alertness check
99222:51:41: <Goatwright> Doc doesn't see anything.
99322:52:10: <Benedict> 4df+3 Seir rolls -4 and doesn't see anything. Trust me. Oh yeah, Alertness.
99422:52:11: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir rolls -4 and doesn't see anything. Trust me. Oh yeah, Alertness.: 3 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
99522:52:28: <viejo> "Yes, but minor briefing of some nature might have been useful."
99622:52:37: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 i will alertness too
99722:52:37: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: i will alertness too: 5 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 3+)
99822:52:43: <viejo> "Besides I can't see any life forms down here, let alone any bears."
99922:53:55: <Goatwright> Compelling 'I Prefer Planetside' to have Abe head down the cavern without any regard for what he sees. You're on a planet, Abe! A new, dangerous planet! Enjoy it while you can, buddy, or they might have you pull out.
100022:55:05: <NachtRuine> Abe's survival skills are tingling. I deny the compel.
100122:55:47: <Goatwright> Lamerooni.
100222:57:05: <Goatwright> Seir, you see a few stalactites hanging from the ceiling, looming over you. Abe, you see what looks like could be movement around them, but you can't really tell. The roof is too high, and the movement isn't fast enough.
100322:57:15: <Goatwright> Still, there could be something up there. Might want to keep a watch as you progress.
100422:58:39: <Benedict> Neat. Stalactites. Not really, though.
100522:58:49: <NachtRuine> "There might be something on the ceiling. Can't confirm, but keep an eye on it just in case."
100622:58:59: <viejo> Dr. J has a little look up.
100722:59:23: <viejo> Is that... No, it can't be! A slight slither of plot?
100822:59:23: <Benedict> Watch Seir care as he continues to look ahead and follow the path.
100922:59:27: <viejo> Oh, no, it's not.
101023:00:02: <Goatwright> It's not.
101123:00:05: <Goatwright> There is no plot.
101223:00:07: <Goatwright> You have been rused.
101323:00:19: <Goatwright> Run over.
101423:00:28: <viejo> They all die down there alone. Captain hires a new crew.
101523:00:36: <viejo> Rinse and repeat. Reroll new characters. Same time next week.
101623:00:39: <Goatwright> Stalactites fall, everyone dies
101723:00:52: <Benedict> So, anything new while following the path?
101823:01:55: <Goatwright> As they travel down the path, you start noticing puddles of water on the ground.
101923:01:56: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal suddenly phases back into existence. He follows close behind.
102023:02:12: <Benedict> Water. Neat. Not really.
102123:02:25: <viejo> 4df+2 but is it REALLY water?
102223:02:25: <BEIGE> Viejo: but is it REALLY water?: 1 (4df+2=4-, 0, 0, 0)
102323:02:40: <Goatwright> It might be pudding.
102423:02:54: <viejo> Delicious.
102523:03:14: <Benedict> There's more pudding off the path, Mistuh J. Jump off.
102623:03:45: <Goatwright> The further you go, the more water you're stepping in, until you realize you're now going down into a room full of it.
102723:04:00: <Hippocratesi> "Underground lake, maybe?"
102823:04:20: <Goatwright> Alertness rolls all around!
102923:04:30: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 gatdam
103023:04:31: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: gatdam: 5 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 0, 0)
103123:04:38: <viejo> 4df+2 finally I will notice senpai
103223:04:38: <BEIGE> Viejo: finally I will notice senpai: 4 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 3+, 3+)
103323:04:45: <Benedict> 4df+3
103423:04:46: <BEIGE> Benedict: 4 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 4-, 0)
103523:05:50: <Goatwright> Well, you three notice that, up ahead, there's some sort of light source - white, like the hole from earlier.
103623:06:01: <Goatwright> Only Abe, however, notices the quiet sounds of splashing up ahead.
103723:06:12: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1
103823:06:12: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: 0 (4df+1=4-, 0, 0, 0)
103923:06:16: <Hippocratesi> fug
104023:06:17: <Benedict> "A way out up ahead. Maybe."
104123:06:26: <viejo> We're in a volcano, Mishaal.
104223:06:41: <NachtRuine> "Sh. Movement." Abe stops moving to better hear, and points in its general direction.
104323:07:49: <Goatwright> Once you all quiet down, you can all start to hear it.
104423:08:14: <Goatwright> It seems to stop periodically, between what sounds like something continuously going in and out of the water.
104523:08:29: <Hippocratesi> Can we guess how big it is from the splashes?
104623:08:36: <Goatwright> At least man-sized.
104723:09:29: <Goatwright> Do you APPROACH IT?
104823:09:50: <Hippocratesi> 2scared
104923:09:52: <Benedict> Only if its a mech.
105023:10:08: <NachtRuine> Abe approaches, quietly, stealthily. He readies that gun of his, just in case this shit's nasty.
105123:10:19: <Goatwright> You wanna roll dat Stealth?
105223:10:28: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 yeah i do
105323:10:29: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: yeah i do: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 0)
105423:10:37: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 1 (4df+2=3+, 4-, 4-, 0)
105523:10:37: <Goatwright> 4df+2
105623:10:45: <Hippocratesi> "Be careful, Abe." Mishaal readies his gun in case shit happens.
105723:11:27: <viejo> Dr. J looks at pictures on his phone.
105823:11:53: <Benedict> Seir clicks his heels and wishes to go home.
105923:12:47: <Goatwright> Abe does not seem to be spotted as he wades further into the water towards the light source. He enters from one cavern into a larger one, and notices the light source is in fact an opening, caused by some sort of long, cylindrical structure of metal that's smashed through the roof of the cave and into the cavern itself.
106023:13:05: <Goatwright> You notice a large breach in the side of the thing, roughly at water level.
106123:13:12: <Benedict> Something like a SPACE SHIP?
106223:13:17: <Hippocratesi> Or
106323:13:19: <Hippocratesi> a pod
106423:13:39: <viejo> We're on a planet not in space how can it be a space ship? Jesus christ benny think before you post god fucking damn it I'm tired of your shit
106523:14:07: <Goatwright> Abe's very limited knowledge wouldn't really let him know what it is, but it's long enough that it's still sticking out of the hole it created.
106623:14:18: <viejo> A colossal robot cock.
106723:14:49: <Goatwright> Soon he sees something emerge from the bottom of the lake - some sort of humanoid figure, draped in cloth robes, and carrying a large box on its shoulder.
106823:15:10: <Goatwright> It crawls up the structure effortlessly, seems to hand the box off to something outside, and then dives back into the water.
106923:17:05: <Rainglove> Billy looks to see if the fish mechanic has wifi down here
107023:17:06: <NachtRuine> Abe decides to head back to the crew. "I don't think the thing making the sound is from here. Light's coming from the surface, big metal rod of some kind. Thing's got clothes on, too. Carrying boxes and stuff."
107123:17:29: <Goatwright> There is no wifi.
107223:17:42: <Benedict> "What is the thing."
107323:18:05: <Benedict> "And do not just repeat big metal rod. What about other features."
107423:18:43: <Rainglove> obviously they are savages
107523:18:46: <NachtRuine> "Fuck if I know. There's a hole in it, might be where the water came from, but don't quote me on that. I'm more interested in the thing moving boxes. It might be non-hostile."
107623:19:35: <Benedict> Why would anyone be interested in a person where there is a space ship, a pod, or a mech nearby. Everyone that is not Seir is weird.
107723:20:00: <Goatwright> Compelling Doctor Jeisswessel's 'Animal Friend' aspect to have him swim on over and find out himself. It could be a new species, Doc!
107823:20:06: <Hippocratesi> "Did you get a good look at it?"
107923:20:42: <viejo> Fuck you GM.
108023:20:53: <Goatwright> GIMME THAT FATE POINT THEN.
108123:20:59: <Goatwright> AND KEEP DISCUSSING IT
108223:21:05: <viejo> Oh fine I'll go have a look.
108323:21:33: <viejo> "No way to find out without getting tentacles-deep in water and moseying on over."
108423:21:35: <viejo> Off he slithers.
108523:22:12: <Goatwright> He gets a nice ol' fate point as payment then.
108623:22:21: <NachtRuine> "Couldn't, not if I wanted to stay unnoticed. Someone else want to go t - well alright." Abe follows, just to make sure he's safe.
108723:22:22: <viejo> Yummy
108823:22:57: <viejo> "Perhaps it's a bear... a cave fish bear..." he says more to himself.
108923:23:17: <Goatwright> Doc sees for himself the strange humanoid figure crawling in and out of the water, hauling various boxers from the bottom of the lake to up above.
109023:23:45: <Benedict> Seir might as well go ahead just to look at the maybe-pod thing.
109123:24:50: <viejo> Well, what is it? GOD
109223:24:52: <Goatwright> Until he mutters, causing it to turn to stare at him mid-climb. Big, orb-like eyes stare out at you, with shrunken, blue-tinted features seeming to constantly twitch. It has a large crest running from a ridge on its nose to the back of its head, at which point it forks into two.
109323:25:16: <viejo> Is it a species he recognises?
109423:25:35: <Goatwright> It isn't! Must be a new species.
109523:25:36: <Goatwright> The huge orb-like eyes stare at you unblinkingly, and it lets out a few whooping sounds before scurrying up and out of the cave, its eyes never breaking contact, never blinking, until it disappears.
109623:26:03: <Goatwright> Seir swims in to get a nice look at that big old METAL ROD. Roll Engineering (Spess), Seir.
109723:26:04: <Benedict> Who cares about that, what about that black rod thing. Is it SPACE-Y?
109823:26:13: <NachtRuine> "Well so much for being covert."
109923:26:17: <Benedict> 4df+3 SPACE STUFF
110023:26:17: <BEIGE> Benedict: SPACE STUFF: 5 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 4-, 3+)
110123:26:26: <NachtRuine> He signals the others to come.
110223:27:03: <Rainglove> Billy floats hisself onward. He wonders when the WIFI will appear. He wonders if he can swim in that lake.
110323:27:23: <viejo> "So much for bears, there's a new species on the menu. Try not to kill it."
110423:27:26: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal walks on over to Abe.
110523:27:39: <Goatwright> Billy conveniently floats on over the lake. Science.
110623:27:43: <viejo> Dr. J goes has a little swim in the water, a little look-see.
110723:28:04: <NachtRuine> "Any idea what in hell that was, doc?"
110823:28:45: <Goatwright> Yes, Seir, it is very much SPACE-Y. This here is an emergency pod, deploying by large-scale ships to house, shelter, and sustain multiple people after a ship's been destroyed, and until help can arrive. It's a newer model, for sure.
110923:29:07: <Goatwright> You figure all the water you're swimming in probably is from the pod itself.
111023:29:08: <viejo> 4df+7 Tagging anatomy/creature expert or whatever it is. Is that creature related to anything he knows, or can he make any reasonable assumptions about it?
111123:29:09: <BEIGE> Viejo: Tagging anatomy/creature expert or whatever it is. Is that creature related to anything he knows, or can he make any reasonable assumptions about it?: 4 (4df+7=4-, 4-, 4-, 0)
111223:29:13: <viejo> fuuuuuggggg
111323:29:39: <Rainglove> well a 4 is still fuggen high
111423:30:33: <Goatwright> By the way it was moving, it's probably fairly adapted to climbing up slick structures, but its skin and outfitting certainly didn't suggest that it's aquatic, Doc. The twitching of its face could be something like shivering to help them conserve warmth.
111523:30:41: <Benedict> "Whatever the doctor scared off probably is from this planet. This is an emergency pod from what I have to presume is a now-destroyed ship. Or that thing the doctor scared off has killed the people in the pod."
111623:31:14: <Benedict> probably isn't*
111723:31:20: <Goatwright> Those eyes stay in your mind, though. There's something about them that seemed off.
111823:31:24: <NachtRuine> Abe looks about for one of those boxes, maybe he can find out what's inside and why the thing was so interested in it.
111923:32:05: <Goatwright> Abe, with the light flooding into the cavern, you can see a box or two lying at the bottom of the lake.
112023:32:27: <Rainglove> Billy waves at the scared fishman from the shore. "Hi!"
112123:32:47: <viejo> "By the way it was moving, it's probably fairly adapted to climbing up slick structures, but its skin and outfitting certainly didn't suggest that it's aquatic. The twitching of its face could be something like shivering to help them conserve warmth."
112223:32:49: <viejo> :^)
112323:33:08: <Rainglove> in the direction it disappeared to, that is
112423:33:17: <viejo> "On a more subjective level something about its eyes seemed off. I can't quite place it, however."
112523:33:38: <Goatwright> Billy, they scampered up out of the hole that the huge fuckin' pod crashed through.
112623:33:45: <Goatwright> There is no waving back, or any sort of response.
112723:34:23: <Hippocratesi> Is there any rolling involved in swimming?
112823:34:25: <Benedict> "Twitching of the face. So it isn't native. Probably from the pod itself." Seir then stops caring about the strange spider people because the pod is more interesting.
112923:34:54: <Goatwright> To just wade in general, or get a box?
113023:35:02: <NachtRuine> "Anything useful, doc? That's a lotta nothin'." He looks to the bottom of the water. "I'm going down into the water to grab a box. If I'm not back in a minute, something's wrong." He dives!
113123:35:05: <Hippocratesi> To get a box I 'spose
113223:35:12: <Goatwright> That would be STAMINA.
113323:35:15: <Hippocratesi> o
113423:35:19: <Hippocratesi> i have a lot of that
113523:35:22: <NachtRuine> 4df+2 i got this
113623:35:22: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: i got this: 1 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 0, 4-)
113723:35:28: <NachtRuine> i might not got this
113823:35:58: <Goatwright> The cold gets to Abe too quickly for him to make it all the way down. You might wanna find a way to dry off, Abe.
113923:36:04: <Goatwright> Cold and humans is generally bad.
114023:36:43: <NachtRuine> "Well never mind. It's damnably cold."
114123:37:02: <Rainglove> Billy examines the water. Can he, perhaps, swim in this more easily then the fleshy human? Considering both his squidlike nature and complete environmental insulation.
114223:37:22: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal approaches the shore. "Maybe I could." He leaves his shatgun and dives in, swimming towards one of the boxes.
114323:37:57: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 I AM A MAN OF PEERLESS MIGHT
114423:37:57: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: I AM A MAN OF PEERLESS MIGHT: 5 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
114523:38:11: <Rainglove> Billy decides that the bear got this
114623:38:24: <Goatwright> The bear does in fact got this. Mishaal hoists up not one, but TWO of those boxes.
114723:38:34: <Hippocratesi> I. AM. STRONK.
114823:39:34: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal drops the boxes on shore. "Here you go! Now we must open them."
114923:40:25: <Goatwright> If you'd like to get out of the cavern, by the way, you must CLIMB and all.
115023:40:35: <Goatwright> But for now you may look at the boxes.
115123:40:42: <viejo> 4df+3 muh stamina
115223:40:42: <BEIGE> Viejo: muh stamina: 5 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 3+, 4-)
115323:40:55: <NachtRuine> Wot is on the boxes?
115423:40:57: <Goatwright> Well, Doc gets himself a box, too.
115523:41:11: <viejo> WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOX
115623:41:13: <NachtRuine> Any markings or texts?
115723:41:17: <Rainglove> Billy EXAMINES the boxes.
115823:41:25: <Benedict> "I am not opening those boxes."
115923:41:55: <Goatwright> The boxes brandish the symbol of the Esurgan Empire on them.
116023:42:03: <Goatwright> Looks like you got the boxes of them damn bugs.
116123:42:08: <Rainglove> "You can't let one bad box experience put you off boxes forever they are so useful"
116223:42:30: <Benedict> "Esurgans." Flat and monotone. Yep.
116323:42:43: <viejo> Dr. J opens a box.
116423:42:47: <NachtRuine> "Let's see what they were so interested in, then."
116523:44:39: <Goatwright> Each box is full of various resources. Blankets, canned foods, first-aid kits. You know, the usual.
116623:44:55: <Rainglove> any HATS?
116723:44:55: <Goatwright> Oh, and not to mention the guns and knives buried under those supplies.
116823:45:03: <Goatwright> There are, in fact, snow-weather hats.
116923:45:11: <Rainglove> billy claims one
117023:45:18: <Hippocratesi> "Survival equipment."
117123:45:28: <NachtRuine> "Looks a little like my kit."
117223:45:44: <Benedict> Seir claims one, if Billy doesn't try killing him for it. Seir wants to keep his head warm.
117323:46:15: <NachtRuine> "Hey Doc, grab a picture of the boxes for the Cap'n."
117423:46:30: <Goatwright> Doctor J's box remains unopened. It has a slightly different symbol.
117523:46:37: <viejo> Dr. J snaps a couple of pictures of the various shit.
117623:46:48: <Benedict> What kind of symbol?
117723:46:56: <Benedict> Also, are these winter hats just Ushankas or something?
117823:46:59: <viejo> Dr. J puts the lid down on the first and takes a picture of that, then the second.
117923:47:06: <viejo> Then he opens the second.
118023:47:29: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal goes to open the Doctor's box. What be inside?
118123:51:14: <Goatwright> Billy and Seir, you two can roll at +2 (for your criminal aspects) to discern what it is.
118223:52:00: <Goatwright> Meanwhile, with the box open, everybody notices large bags of various vials and bottles full of pills and powders, and a few unmarked jars of sepia-toned liquid.
118323:52:05: <Goatwright> As in just roll 4df+2, you two
118423:52:16: <Benedict> 4df+2 Well, okay.
118523:52:16: <BEIGE> Benedict: Well, okay.: 3 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
118623:53:07: <Rainglove> 4df+2 I won't beat that
118723:53:08: <BEIGE> Rainglove: I won't beat that: 3 (4df+2=0, 3+, 0, 0)
118823:53:11: <Rainglove> well
118923:53:14: <Rainglove> I didn't beat it
119023:53:25: <Hippocratesi> "Doctor! This is your area, no?" Mishaal gestures to the vials and shit.
119123:53:41: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs. "Depends what they're to do with." He examines them.
119223:53:50: <Goatwright> Billy and Seir can confirm that no, it is not his area.
119323:53:58: <Goatwright> Unless he's a drug smuggler>
119423:54:11: <viejo> A smuggler of drugs, no, a drug user? Perhaps. :^)
119523:54:28: <viejo> "No, they don't mean anything to me."
119623:54:49: <Benedict> Drugs on a presumably Esurgan ship? Or was there another ship? Seir considers these questions, but don't need to make it obvious he knows anything about them drugs.
119723:54:58: <Benedict> Guess us two don't know the symbol, though?
119823:55:20: <Rainglove> do we get anything else besides knowing they're illegal drugs?
119923:55:35: <Goatwright> Yeah sorry my keyboard is fuggin up.
120023:55:40: <NachtRuine> "What is this stuff? Medicine?"
120123:55:54: <Hippocratesi> "Maybe drugs?"
120223:56:18: <Benedict> It's drugs.
120323:56:41: <Goatwright> Yes, you recognize the symbol as that of the Marzani Cartel, a cartel with a particularly heavy presence among the Alliance of Free Planets. For some reason or another, you both have had your brush ins with them.
120423:56:57: <Goatwright> To be in on an Esurgan ship, Seir, is quite unusual.
120523:57:30: <Benedict> The Marzani Cartel. Seir isn't sure if he has a contact with them. Frankly, he hopes he doesn't. Marzani are cheap assholes, last Seir remembers.
120623:57:38: <Rainglove> "Oh this is a Marzani shipment and these are rather illegal" Billy sounds more interested then bothered one way or the other. He snags one of the vials and examines it more closely.
120723:58:11: <NachtRuine> "What the hell's an illegal shipment doing on a place like this?"
120823:58:18: <Goatwright> A viscous substance sloshes around in the vial, a dark brownish-red.
120923:58:19: <Benedict> Well, if Billy is gonna go ahead, Seir can at least act surprised or questioning. "I thought they only operated within Free Planet territory."
121023:58:32: <Rainglove> "Well I would imagine it was dumped here by whoever dropped these other crates"
121123:59:09: <Rainglove> He sloshes it once more. Too bad he knows fucking nothing about these things.
121223:59:20: <Benedict> "Why would Esurgans have it, unless they supply the Marzani."
121323:59:29: <Goatwright> While everybody is busy focusing on the drugs, three loud splashes sound from behind you.
121423:59:39: <Benedict> Loooooovely. Seir looks behind him.
121523:59:48: <Hippocratesi> "It is possible they were-" Oh no. Splashes. Mishaal turns to look.
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1217actually this was just the jump between today and tomorrow that happens at midnight but it happened to make quite the cliffhanger didn't it
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122300:00:02: <NachtRuine> As does Abe.
122400:00:43: <Rainglove> Billy pockets the vial, hoping maybe they can figure out what it is once they get back on the ship. Then he turns around and waves at the splashes. "Hello again!"
122500:00:57: <Goatwright> One of the figures from earlier is hanging off the side of the pod, carrying what looks to be an energy pistol aimed at the five of you. Its huge, orb eyes stare at you, seeming to watch you closely.
122600:01:12: <NachtRuine> So much for non-hostile.
122700:01:23: <Goatwright> The water below it ripples as it ignores Billy's greeting.
122800:01:31: <Benedict> What pricks. Must be because Billy stole a hat.
122900:01:31: <Goatwright> It lets out a nasally hoot.
123000:01:50: <Rainglove> babelfish why have you failed me
123100:02:15: <Rainglove> Billy curses unknown languages and stops waving.
123200:02:28: <Goatwright> Roll Alertness, everyone!
123300:02:36: <Rainglove> 4df-1 AHAH
123400:02:37: <BEIGE> Rainglove: AHAH: 1 (4df-1=3+, 3+, 3+, 4-)
123500:02:40: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1
123600:02:40: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 yo what
123700:02:40: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: 2 (4df+1=0, 3+, 4-, 3+)
123800:02:40: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: yo what: 1 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 0, 0)
123900:04:26: <Benedict> 4df+3 Oh right, Alertness time.
124000:04:26: <BEIGE> Benedict: Oh right, Alertness time.: 5 (4df+3=3+, 0, 3+, 0)
124100:05:04: <viejo> 4df+2
124200:05:05: <BEIGE> Viejo: -1 (4df+2=0, 4-, 4-, 4-)
124300:05:08: <viejo> ruh roh
124400:05:18: <Goatwright> 4df+4
124500:05:18: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 4 (4df+4=0, 3+, 0, 4-)
124600:05:19: <Goatwright> 4df+4
124700:05:19: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 1 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 0, 4-)
124800:06:04: <Goatwright> One of the large-eyed creatures suddenly lunges out of the water, very obviously, seeming to almost flop onto the shore as it makes a dash for the box full of drugs.
124900:06:21: <Hippocratesi> I KNEW IT
125000:06:24: <Hippocratesi> THEY'RE JUNKIES
125100:06:26: <Goatwright> Only Seir sees the second figure rise up near-silently, grabbing for another box of food and supplies.
125200:07:00: <Benedict> "It's going for the box." Seir points out the second figure.
125300:07:48: <Rainglove> Billy ponders the floundering fishman. "I do not think that is how you do that"
125400:08:07: <Benedict> I guess I can attack first?
125500:08:47: <Goatwright> If he wants to, sure.
125600:09:13: <Benedict> Well, okay, don't want no box thief around here, so let's shoot for the second guy.
125700:09:15: <Goatwright> Does anybody else attack the, y'know, first one going for the drugs?
125800:09:35: <Benedict> 4df+2+2 I think I am doing this right. Also, 1 Pen.
125900:09:35: <BEIGE> Benedict: I think I am doing this right. Also, 1 Pen.: 2 (4df+2+2=0, 0, 4-, 4-)
126000:10:13: <Goatwright> 4df+4 I got good Agility, but no armor!
126100:10:13: <BEIGE> Goatwright: I got good Agility, but no armor!: 6 (4df+4=0, 3+, 3+, 0)
126200:10:46: <Goatwright> The creature rolls into the box, clutching onto it as it dodges the gunfire, and then slips back into the water.
126300:11:01: <Goatwright> The other creature, clearly having failed to procure the narcotics, jumps in after its friend.
126400:11:11: <viejo> 4df+4+2+1 no fug u get shanked
126500:11:12: <BEIGE> Viejo: no fug u get shanked: 8 (4df+4+2+1=3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
126600:11:38: <Benedict> Just tell Goat the pen, don't add it to your score, Viejo-chan.
126700:11:50: <viejo> It's not pen I was tagging sword master or whatever my aspect is.
126800:11:56: <viejo> The last value is harm
126900:11:59: <Benedict> Well, I did not know. I am sorry.
127000:12:50: <Goatwright> Yer at 3 fate points, then.
127100:13:04: <Goatwright> Which one were you cutting, the one that grabbed at the drugs?
127200:13:05: <viejo> How?
127300:13:13: <Goatwright> Oh wait, 4, you got one earlier.
127400:13:20: <viejo> How many do we start with a session? %?
127500:13:23: <viejo> 5?*
127600:13:25: <Goatwright> 5.
127700:13:42: <viejo> Have I tagged anything before now?
127800:13:48: <Goatwright> Yeah, you tagged anatomy expert
127900:13:51: <Rainglove> Billy, lacking any manner of combat skills, opts to grab the drugs and pull them away from the fishman. He feels moderately bad about this.
128000:13:52: <viejo> Ah yee
128100:14:01: <viejo> And yes, the one that grabbed at the drugs.
128200:14:04: <Benedict> Billy can sell the drugs later for hat money.
128300:14:05: <Benedict> It's okay.
128400:14:05: <Rainglove> you did accept a compel
128500:14:07: <Rainglove> which is +1
128600:14:11: <Goatwright> 4df+4 Well I am probably kill
128700:14:11: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Well I am probably kill: 4 (4df+4=4-, 0, 3+, 0)
128800:15:32: <Goatwright> Doc lands a huge cut along its side, causing it to bellow in pain as the water surrounding you suddenly takes on a dark red tint. It lags behind its friends as it makes its way towards the escape pod. Free-taggable aspect/compel "limping in pain".
128900:16:03: <viejo> Can I tag that for my agility to catch him?
129000:16:24: <Goatwright> The other one that grabbed the food box makes it to the pod, and a third that seemed to dive for a box makes it up as well, and the two climb up. The one hanging from the ship remains there.
129100:16:35: <Goatwright> Yeah, roll Agility twice. One to catch him, one to avoid gettin' shot
129200:16:55: <viejo> 4df+4 avoid getting shot
129300:16:56: <BEIGE> Viejo: avoid getting shot: 5 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
129400:17:05: <Benedict> Eyyyy.
129500:17:08: <viejo> 4df+4+2 catch that cunt
129600:17:08: <BEIGE> Viejo: catch that cunt: 6 (4df+4+2=4-, 3+, 4-, 3+)
129700:17:19: <Benedict> Eyyyyyyyy.
129800:17:20: <BEIGE> Goatwright: this is seriously his shot skill: -5 (4df-1=4-, 4-, 4-, 4-)
129900:17:20: <Goatwright> 4df-1 this is seriously his shot skill
130000:17:26: <Goatwright> fuck
130100:17:31: <Rainglove> did he just shoot his friend
130200:17:33: <viejo> HAHA
130300:17:36: <Rainglove> also >Twice
130400:17:36: <NachtRuine> did he just shoot himself
130500:18:35: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 Mishaal fires his shotgun at the hanging one with the energy gun. (I DUNNO IF THE GUN LIKE EXPLODED IN HIS HANDS OR NOT SO)
130600:18:35: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: Mishaal fires his shotgun at the hanging one with the energy gun. (I DUNNO IF THE GUN LIKE EXPLODED IN HIS HANDS OR NOT SO): 5 (4df+4=0, 0, 3+, 0)
130700:18:43: <Hippocratesi> also 1 pen
130800:19:24: <Goatwright> Yes. His finger seems to stumble with the trigger, and he pulls at it awkwardly, giving it a recoil it wouldn't normally have. He shoots his friend, and this seems to knock him out, causing him to sink into the water. Doc is able to catch up to him and stop him from reaching the bottom, at least.
130900:19:34: <BEIGE> Goatwright: stahp no dun shoot: 2 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 3+, 0)
131000:19:34: <Goatwright> 4df+3 stahp no dun shoot
131100:20:17: <Goatwright> The one with the energy gun is shot in the arm, causing it to howl in pain and drop the gun. It scampers up along with its friends, leaving the one inside the cavern with you.
131200:20:56: <viejo> Dr. J wants to drag that stunned guy back to the surface, do I need to roll?
131300:21:36: <Goatwright> Nah, he's surprisingly light and putting up little resistance, so you get him to shore fine.
131400:21:55: <Benedict> Seir wants to grab that abandoned energy weapon. How about it?
131500:22:09: <Goatwright> He isn't dead, but he's definitely not in good shape. He has heavy, bleeding burns on his sternum, and that cut you just cave him.
131600:22:21: <Goatwright> Seir, roll Stamina to dive in and get it, same as erryone else.
131700:22:34: <viejo> "Nothing like a brisk bout of combat to make things more interesting." Can he quickly tie the goi's wrists together above his head and his ankles together?
131800:22:39: <Benedict> FUCK THAT.
131900:22:47: <Benedict> I ain't rolling shit. Seir will just let the weapon go down below.
132000:23:14: <Goatwright> The creature's very unresponsive, so yes.
132100:23:31: <viejo> He does so, tying it up. He then attempts to tend to its wounds.
132200:23:47: <viejo> 4df+2
132300:23:47: <BEIGE> Viejo: 1 (4df+2=3+, 4-, 4-, 0)
132400:23:50: <viejo> welp
132500:23:52: <Benedict> "Big guy." Seir talks to Misha. "Can you get that weapon that is sinking. Want to see if its better than mine."
132600:24:36: <Goatwright> Well, you helped a little, at least.
132700:24:57: <Hippocratesi> "Very well." Mishaal goes to grab the wepon.
132800:25:01: <viejo> "Do any of you have any form of medical skills whatsoever? I can't seem to stop the bleeding as much as I'd like with what I have on hand.
132900:25:02: <viejo> "
133000:25:05: <Benedict> There are medical supplies in that crate. Couldn't the doctor use those supplies to get a roll bonus?
133100:25:23: <viejo> Maybe Seir could suggest that and be FRIENDLY.
133200:25:33: <Benedict> How about fuck you and your pet, Doctor.
133300:25:38: <Rainglove> Billy, completely lacking in medical skill, goes to check out that pod
133400:25:56: <Benedict> Hippo, you need to roll staminas to get the weapon.
133500:25:56: <viejo> Dr. J suddenly remembers the medical supplies. Can he reroll with a +2? :^)
133600:26:00: <Goatwright> Mishaal, roll that stamina.
133700:26:19: <Hippocratesi> oh
133800:26:27: <Hippocratesi> jesus LET ME ROLL IT GOD
133900:26:33: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 HERE
134000:26:33: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: HERE: 1 (4df+4=4-, 0, 4-, 4-)
134100:26:35: <Hippocratesi> oh
134200:26:41: <Benedict> Oh no.
134300:26:45: <viejo> hahah 'SEIR LITTLE SCRATCHED FACE BABY MAN SAVE ME#
134400:27:50: <Goatwright> Mishaal, the bloody water makes it too hard to find anything, and so you're forced to go back up.
134500:28:03: <Goatwright> Also yeah Doc shoar go ahead.
134600:28:14: <Goatwright> Or actually
134700:28:19: <Goatwright> Roll with a +1, not a +2
134800:28:30: <viejo> 4df+3 oy vey
134900:28:30: <BEIGE> Viejo: oy vey: 3 (4df+3=0, 4-, 0, 3+)
135000:28:44: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal swims back up through the blood and crawls onto shore. "I could not see it, small man. I am sorry."
135100:28:49: <viejo> Dr. J uses some of the medical supplies in hope of tending to the creature's wounds.
135200:29:08: <Benedict> "Oh well." Seir is as blank-faced as ever. He'll just examine/explore the pod.
135300:29:36: <Goatwright> Doc is able to bandage all the wounds and stop the creature from bleeding. Still, in these conditions, it's possible that he could succumb to infection eventually, but for now he probably won't die.
135400:30:12: <viejo> Dr. J wipes his forehead. "The creature will live for now, however we should return to more appropriate conditions in order to improve its chances."
135500:30:19: <Goatwright> Seir swims on over to the pod along with Billy. After some investigation, the two of you notice an open hatch on the other side of it, and a ladder leading up into it.
135600:30:28: <viejo> How many fate points am I on? 2?
135700:30:39: <Benedict> Seir is climbing in first. Fuck you, squid.
135800:30:43: <Goatwright> 4.
135900:30:53: <Goatwright> Or wiat
136000:30:54: <viejo> Pretty sure I'm on at least 3
136100:30:55: <Goatwright> wait*
136200:30:56: <Goatwright> 3, yeah
136300:31:02: <Goatwright> YOU GOTTA KEEP TRACK OF THIS FOR ME
136400:31:03: <viejo> at most*
136500:31:06: <Rainglove> Billy follows.
136600:31:06: <viejo> I'M SORRY
136700:31:15: <viejo> Can Dr. J attempt to get the energy gun?
136800:31:22: <Goatwright> Sure.
136900:31:28: <viejo> 4df+3 not wasting fate points on that little shit
137000:31:28: <BEIGE> Viejo: not wasting fate points on that little shit: 3 (4df+3=4-, 0, 3+, 0)
137100:31:36: <Goatwright> Eyyy he manages to get it.
137200:31:57: <viejo> Dr. J pops back up and throws the gun to Seir. Yes, I do want an agility roll or something like that for him to catch it.
137300:32:01: <viejo> "Here, it's all yours."
137400:32:14: <Goatwright> Seir is inside the pod now.
137500:32:23: <viejo> Aw
137600:32:23: <Goatwright> So you chuck at it at the side of the pod and it falls into the water again.
137700:32:26: <Goatwright> :^]
137800:32:30: <viejo> haha
137900:32:43: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal keeps on the lookout just in case any of those swimmin' thing shows up again.
138000:33:25: <Goatwright> Seir and Billy both manage to get up inside of the pod. It's in pretty good condition, considering everything. Though the water supply was breached, the shelter area was not.
138100:33:29: <viejo> 4df+3 BACK INTO THE WATER
138200:33:29: <BEIGE> Viejo: BACK INTO THE WATER: 3 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
138300:33:32: <Goatwright> Alllllertness, you two.
138400:33:36: <Goatwright> Eyyyy he gets it again.
138500:33:59: <Benedict> 4df+3 Alert and ready.
138600:33:59: <BEIGE> Benedict: Alert and ready.: 1 (4df+3=0, 4-, 0, 4-)
138700:34:03: <Benedict> I am not ready.
138800:34:06: <viejo> He keeps hold of it this time. He laughs when he resurfaces and straps it on his back.
138900:34:09: <Rainglove> 4df-1 a-am I ready
139000:34:10: <BEIGE> Rainglove: a-am I ready: -3 (4df-1=3+, 4-, 4-, 4-)
139100:34:13: <viejo> jesus
139200:34:19: <Benedict> At least it wasn't -5!
139300:34:25: <Rainglove> Billy
139400:34:32: <Rainglove> you need glasses
139500:34:37: <viejo> Can Dr. J return the drop-pod with the alium?
139600:34:44: <Goatwright> The lack of light is very difficult for Billy to cope with. He bumps into the wall.
139700:34:53: <Benedict> "You need glasses."
139800:34:57: <Rainglove> "I do"
139900:35:04: <Rainglove> Billy looks for some sort of CIRCUITRY
140000:35:15: <Rainglove> perhaps a COMMAND UNIT
140100:35:19: <Goatwright> Seir, similarly blind, trips over something.
140200:35:21: <Rainglove> maybe a BLACK BOX
140300:35:33: <Goatwright> He slams his face into the corner of a couch. It does not help his face.
140400:35:52: <Rainglove> Billy flips on his LAPTOP FLASHLIGHTOP and shines it around
140500:35:54: <Benedict> "Shit." Seir says in a monotone as his face slams into the corner of a couch. He's probably bleeding again, too. Damn it.
140600:36:03: <Rainglove> "Perhaps you also need glasses"
140700:36:07: <Goatwright> Billy reveals what Seir tripped over.
140800:36:11: <Goatwright> A corpse! How lovely.
140900:36:33: <Rainglove> is it a FISHMAN
141000:36:35: <viejo> Are the drop pods our way of returning and are there any better facilities on the Mayflower for the alium?
141100:36:56: <Benedict> "I don't like glasses." Oh look, a corpse. "Its a corpse." Neat.
141200:37:09: <Goatwright> Also yes, Dr. J, he can. However, they'd have to send it back down for him to go back up, and if some potentially hostile alien woke up on your only method back to the ship, it could go bad.
141300:37:18: <Goatwright> The main ship, that is.
141400:37:56: <Rainglove> "Surely the doctor will accommodate you if you want laser eye surgery"
141500:38:40: <Goatwright> It is not a fishman. Rather, it is an esurga! Those almost cockroach-grasshopper figures that lead the Esurgan Empire. Its outer shell is very much molted and grey, with peeling all along it.
141600:39:23: <Rainglove> Billy resists the urge to feel it, looking around for any clue about what happened to cause the crash.
141700:39:28: <Benedict> "I'll wait for better eye augmentations." Seir 'accidently' kicks the Esurgan corpse as he gets up. He reactivates his wrist-mounted computers flashlight. Any obvious signs of death?
141800:41:28: <Goatwright> Mishaal!
141900:41:59: <viejo> Dr. J goes back to the drop pod with the alium over his shoulder and goes back up to the ship.
142000:42:00: <viejo> Woooooosh
142100:42:38: <Hippocratesi> si senor
142200:42:39: <Goatwright> Compelling Freedom Fighter. Maybe you should climb up that huge escape pod like the big-eyed guys were and poke your head out of the cavern. See if you can find out where they've gone. You would have a better means of defending your partners if you could see where the enemy was.
142300:43:03: <Goatwright> Doctor J, after some minutes, launches up onto the ship on its next round over. He connects to it successfully.
142400:43:19: <Hippocratesi> Well, of course I go with it. Mishaal makes an attempt to climb up the pod and stick his head out.
142500:43:28: <Goatwright> Billy, you find a console center for the operation of the pod.
142600:43:33: <Goatwright> Seir, there is not.
142700:44:13: <Rainglove> Billy checks to see if everyone's out of the water. Wouldn't do anyone any good to power this thing on and zap someone.
142800:44:14: <Goatwright> Mishaal gets +1 Fate point, and manages to use his climbing skills to pop his head up out of the hole.
142900:44:21: <Hippocratesi> Wuz out there?
143000:44:25: <viejo> Dr. J sets the alium down somewhere nowhere near any kind of controls, make sure the bindings on its wrists and ankles are securely bound, and then binds those binds to something strong and sturdy on the ship.
143100:44:38: <Goatwright> Nothing, as far as you can tell. You might want to look a little closer, though, eh?
143200:44:42: <viejo> 4df+5 checking anatomy to make sure there aren't any hidden limbs or shit
143300:44:42: <BEIGE> Viejo: checking anatomy to make sure there aren't any hidden limbs or shit: 9 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 3+, 3+)
143400:44:48: <viejo> @^)
143500:44:52: <NachtRuine> damn son
143600:45:03: <Rainglove> what was its favorite color?
143700:45:12: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal lifts himself up a bit more. CAN I SEE ANYTHING NOW, HUH?
143800:45:13: <Goatwright> Blood orange.
143900:45:18: <Goatwright> ROLL ALERTNESS
144000:45:35: <viejo> Dr. J also checks to make sure it is breathing properly.
144100:45:46: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 OH GOD DON'T HIT ME NOT THE FACE
144200:45:47: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: OH GOD DON'T HIT ME NOT THE FACE: 3 (4df+1=0, 3+, 3+, 0)
144300:45:54: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 wot
144400:45:54: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: wot: 5 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 3+)
144500:45:57: <Goatwright> I believe that everybody is in fact out of the water, but you do have your trusty bear on the top of this thing.
144600:46:01: <Rainglove> Billy assumes everyone is out of the water and attempts to power up the pod.
144700:46:03: <Goatwright> I meant Mishaal, Abe, but sure
144800:46:10: <Goatwright> You can be up on the top of the pod too if you want.
144900:46:16: <NachtRuine> he would liek to be
145000:46:20: <viejo> give me an answer to my 9 god damn it
145100:46:39: <Goatwright> Goddamn viejo there are 5 of you doing 4 different things
145200:48:24: <Goatwright> Your alien, now that you have better lighting on him, does in fact reveal some very important details to you. Those huge eyes you saw? False. You notice four small little black marbles of eyes along the bridge of its nose that, you confirm, are in fact its real eyes. Its hands also show signs of padding similar to that of a gecko, giving you a good idea of
145300:48:33: <Goatwright> how it climbs around. No hidden limbs, though, aside from the eyes.
145400:48:57: <Goatwright> It also seems to have some trouble breathing, but after being shot in the sternum by a space laser, that's no surprise.
145500:49:13: <viejo> thanks doc
145600:49:21: <viejo> Is there anything he can do to ease said breathing?
145700:49:46: <Goatwright> You've done all you can, unfortunately.
145800:50:19: <Goatwright> Abe and Mishaal don't see any aliens, but they do both see a very clear trail of blood, showing where they would have gone.
145900:50:25: <Goatwright> If you wanted to follow, now you could.
146000:50:40: <Goatwright> Billy, the pod doesn't kick on. Looks like any power source it had before is now dead.
146100:50:45: <viejo> Dr. J zips back on down and returns to the others.
146200:50:50: <Hippocratesi> "Should we follow?"
146300:51:01: <viejo> Not before taking a few pictures of the alium.
146400:51:12: <Benedict> Seir looks around on the ship for things to take back for info. Like abandoned tablets and such.
146500:51:14: <Rainglove> Billy examines the console, looking for a hard drive or anything similar he can remove
146600:51:38: <Goatwright> Rrrroll Computers!
146700:51:45: <Goatwright> Both of you.
146800:52:17: <Benedict> 4df+4 I am good at computers, too, but watch me roll 4 minuses. Or 4 zeros.
146900:52:17: <BEIGE> Benedict: I am good at computers, too, but watch me roll 4 minuses. Or 4 zeros.: 7 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 3+)
147000:52:29: <NachtRuine> "Not sure. What'd be the point? We've already scared them off."
147100:52:44: <BEIGE> Rainglove: tagging overqualified: 3 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 4-, 4-)
147200:52:44: <Rainglove> 4df+5 tagging overqualified
147300:52:47: <Rainglove> hnnnngh
147400:52:57: <Rainglove> well, better then a 1
147500:53:00: <viejo> Go away Billy this is Seir's time to shine.
147600:53:10: <Rainglove> we're doing different things loser
147700:53:18: <viejo> GO AWAY BILLY
147800:53:21: <viejo> GO ROLL FOR HATS
147900:53:52: <Goatwright> Billy finds what looks like a copier, which would at least likely have a hard drive containing everything that was copied or printed from it. 'Eyy?
148000:54:15: <NachtRuine> documents are very important
148100:54:31: <Benedict> Unless they made 250 copies of their bare ass.
148200:54:33: <Rainglove> Billy picks up the copier and puts it on his hoverchair.
148300:54:38: <Rainglove> The whole thing.
148400:54:40: <Goatwright> The
148500:54:43: <Hippocratesi> "Hm. I suppose you are right."
148600:54:43: <Goatwright> the whole thing?
148700:54:51: <Rainglove> as much of it as he can
148800:55:01: <Goatwright> Billy's chair starts to turn over.
148900:55:07: <Goatwright> until he flops out of his chair
149000:55:13: <Goatwright> Copier and all.
149100:55:15: <viejo> ded
149200:55:25: <Goatwright> ded confirm
149300:55:27: <Goatwright> roll new goy
149400:56:09: <viejo> Dr. J goes up into the pod as well when he reaches it, is there anything he can do?
149500:56:38: <Goatwright> Seir finds the grand daddy of it all, though. Having some knowledge of this build of emergency pod, he finds a hidden lever under one of the console panels and a door pops open, revealing several drives, each one full. Looks like they've been here for a while.
149600:56:39: <Benedict> There's a dead Esurgan if you want to study him.
149700:56:44: <Goatwright> Yes, that.
149800:57:01: <BEIGE> Viejo: examining the body for anything interesting: 5 (4df+5=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
149900:57:01: <viejo> 4df+5 examining the body for anything interesting
150000:57:11: <Benedict> How heavy are these drives or are they like thumb drives?
150100:57:16: <NachtRuine> So how deep is the cave from the surface anyways?
150200:57:17: <Goatwright> Also Mishaal/Abe roll Alertness again :^)
150300:57:32: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 at this rate i might switch eva and alertness
150400:57:32: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: at this rate i might switch eva and alertness: 3 (4df+3=0, 3+, 0, 4-)
150500:57:36: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: wuh oh: 1 (4df+1=0, 3+, 4-, 0)
150600:57:36: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 wuh oh
150700:58:40: <Goatwright> It was the best way I could give the two of you a chance t- WHACK. The GM's lengthy excuse is cut short by Abe and Mishaal both getting smacked in the back of the head by the butt of, what Mishaal can best guess, is the butt of a rifle.
150800:59:00: <Goatwright> It doesn't hurt them in the long-run, but it smarts like a bitch and you get a pretty rough headache.
150900:59:01: <Rainglove> Billy HMMMMS from the floor
151000:59:07: <Rainglove> he decides he cannot take the entire copier
151100:59:21: <NachtRuine> goat would using survival have let me seen that coming?
151200:59:55: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal grunts. God damn that hurt. Whoever it is, he tries to talk to them, "We mean no trouble."
151300:59:57: <Benedict> So, about these drives? They small and light enough for Seir to take all of them?
151401:00:00: <Goatwright> Probably. Want to give yourself the +2 to your 3?
151501:00:10: <NachtRuine> I ACTIVATE EYE OF THE TIGERKUGA
151601:00:17: <NachtRuine> *tiger growl sound*
151701:00:23: <Hippocratesi> reow
151801:00:40: <Rainglove> Billy removes the copier from his chair and starts looking for whatever the important parts of a copier are
151901:00:55: <Rainglove> maybe they need to restock on toner on the ship or something
152001:00:55: <Goatwright> Abe manages to hear the snow crunch and ducks clean under the rifle, just quick enough to give him some time to react. RRRRRRREOW
152101:01:10: <Goatwright> Well you can just take a panel off a copier and unscrew the hard drive, you know.
152201:01:11: <Benedict> "I might have found our holiday bonus."
152301:01:14: <Goatwright> Or rather, Billy knows.
152401:01:36: <Goatwright> Seir, they're not thumb drives. More about a foot in length.
152501:01:50: <Benedict> How many are there and how heavy are they?
152601:01:54: <NachtRuine> "Contact!" Abe turns around and points his own gun at the rifle swinger.
152701:02:13: <Rainglove> Billy takes the hard drive, then floats over to seir. "Need help moving th-" He turns to look in the direction of Abe's shout.
152801:02:53: <Goatwright> Doc Jeisswessel, you notice that this corpse is in fact a corpse due to self-inflicted gunshot wound, to what you can identify is a major organ. Bug bodies are unusual.
152901:02:56: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal simply turns around with Abe, pointing his shotgun at the thing. Jesus, his head.
153001:03:12: <Goatwright> But you can tell this bloke was rather old when he died, and the corpse itself is, too.
153101:03:17: <viejo> So he most definitely killed himself?
153201:03:21: <Goatwright> Yes.
153301:03:26: <Goatwright> You can tell by angles and shit.
153401:03:29: <viejo> Dr. J sighs and heaves him over one shoulder.
153501:03:48: <viejo> Then troops on to wherever the others went, into the pod or whatnot.
153601:03:52: <viejo> Or further into it.
153701:03:56: <NachtRuine> who be this person assaultan us
153801:04:02: <Goatwright> Well, you're where everybody except two of them are.
153901:04:34: <Goatwright> Billy pokes his head out of the pod to see Abe and Mishaal at the top of it, aiming their guns at something you can't see. Abe and Mishaal, it is another one of those blue bug-eyed figures, staring down at you.
154001:04:47: <Goatwright> It doesn't move with both of your guns on it.
154101:05:02: <Benedict> Fuck it. Seir will take as many as he can carry and start heading for the others.
154201:05:05: <Goatwright> They're not too heavy, maybe about as much as a brick.
154301:05:18: <Goatwright> You'd say there's 7 of them.
154401:05:21: <Hippocratesi> "'Scared them off', eh?"
154501:05:53: <viejo> Dr. J follows the others.
154601:06:27: <Benedict> "Are you all done. I found something we can take back to the ship, so let's grab it and go back."
154701:06:47: <NachtRuine> "I've been wrong before and I will be in the future." Abe tries to look menacing against this bug-eyed freak.
154801:06:58: <Goatwright> As I said, Dr. J and Billy are right under the other two, and the top of the pod at this point is sort of full.
154901:07:28: <Goatwright> Said bug-eyed freak sort of just stands there, looking as if it isn't sure what to do.
155001:07:32: <Goatwright> Maybe he expected that to work.
155101:07:37: <viejo> "Found anything interesting, Billy?"
155201:07:45: <viejo> Dr. J says, the insectoid body still over one shoulder.
155301:07:49: <viejo> He's just so strong.~
155401:07:49: <Hippocratesi> "Can you...understand us?" He tries talking to it again.
155501:08:14: <Goatwright> It responds with a nasally squawk.
155601:09:34: <NachtRuine> "I don't know if that's a yes."
155701:09:56: <Hippocratesi> "I do not think it was."
155801:09:58: <Rainglove> "Just a copier but I think the nintir found something more interesting though I am unsure what it is as I asked him and he left"
155901:10:53: <Goatwright> It continues staring at you, before going in to smack Mishaal in the face with the butt of its rifle again.
156001:11:10: <viejo> "Very impolite. Now would you mind watching this dead body for me and making sure it doesn't run off anywhere?" He dumps the body on the floor before climbing up the ladder and having a peek at what's going on.
156101:11:36: <Goatwright> BAP.
156201:11:44: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 I'm shooting this primitive fuck
156301:11:45: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: I'm shooting this primitive fuck: 6 (4df+4=3+, 0, 0, 3+)
156401:11:50: <Hippocratesi> get dominated
156501:11:52: <Goatwright> 4df+3 pls no why
156601:11:52: <BEIGE> Goatwright: pls no why: 4 (4df+3=0, 0, 0, 3+)
156701:11:54: <Hippocratesi> god damn fish
156801:11:58: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: agreed i guess: 5 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 3+)
156901:11:58: <viejo> Don't you need to add damage hippo?
157001:11:58: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 agreed i guess
157101:12:00: <viejo> and shit
157201:12:03: <Rainglove> Billy stares at the corpse
157301:12:04: <Hippocratesi> >:U
157401:12:10: <Rainglove> He hmmmms
157501:12:13: <Hippocratesi> i have no idea, we didn't add damage before
157601:12:16: <Goatwright> The corpse stares back.
157701:12:16: <viejo> Dr. J pokes his head up as they begin to blam the alium.
157801:12:18: <NachtRuine> oh, +2 to that for harm, and penetration 2
157901:12:20: <Benedict> Seir wishes he knew what was more important than KNOWLEDGE.
158001:12:25: <Hippocratesi> a-also pen 1 i forgot to mentio
158101:12:26: <Goatwright> Hippo you add the +_ harm
158201:12:33: <Hippocratesi> oh
158301:12:51: <Hippocratesi> well
158401:12:54: <viejo> "Well now that really is quite rude." Dr. J comments as the alium is presumably completey and utterly blammed to pieces.
158501:12:54: <Hippocratesi> it's +1 harm
158601:13:21: <Goatwright> Well, it's not, but it's nearly dead. Already.
158701:14:08: <Goatwright> The blast from Mishaal's shotgun sends it reeling back, blood pooling into the snow from its abdomen. It squawks and bellows, clutching at its gut as it tries to limp away, Abe's shot hitting it in the back of its shoulder as it tries to flee.
158801:14:35: <Rainglove> Billy continues watching the corpse. He wonders what's happening upstairs. He turns to face the Nintir, still watching the corpse. "So /did/ you find anything interesting down here?"
158901:14:41: <viejo> Is it the same creature as the one Dr. J hauled earlier?
159001:14:44: <Goatwright> Free taggable "Shotty Shooting Arm" and "Distracted By Loose Guts"
159101:14:51: <Goatwright> Same kind, different one.
159201:14:58: <Rainglove> "All I found was a very heavy copier and the hard drive on it but I do not think that will be very useful"
159301:15:10: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs. "Eh, I already nabbed me one of those earlier."
159401:15:21: <viejo> He scuttles back down the ladder.
159501:15:44: <viejo> "Hush dear Billy! Your skills have proved most useful so far."
159601:16:00: <Rainglove> "Doctor it is a copier it is not very useful"
159701:16:07: <viejo> "Now, where did my dead body get to? Have you been keeping an eye on it?"
159801:16:10: <Goatwright> They watch it as it runs away from them, following in the same direction of the blood trail they noticed earlier.
159901:16:19: <Rainglove> Billy is still staring determinedly at the body.
160001:16:27: <Hippocratesi> "It did not give us many options." Mishaal watches it crawl.
160101:16:36: <viejo> "Good, good, I have faith in you, Billy. Just making sure."
160201:16:50: <NachtRuine> "Almost feel sorry for the poor bugger. Hey, looks like it's going the same way the others went. Maybe they have a base?"
160301:16:56: <viejo> He hauls the body back over his shoulder and turns to face something else. The dead alium's face is looking directly at Billy over Dr. J's back.
160401:16:58: <Benedict> "I found something very interesting, and I need everyone to help me take back what I found."
160501:17:23: <Rainglove> Billy continues staring.
160601:17:25: <Hippocratesi> "It is possible. It won't get there though."
160701:17:30: <Rainglove> Fucker won't win this one
160801:17:47: <Benedict> Squid, its a dead body.
160901:17:49: <Benedict> Stop.
161001:18:48: <NachtRuine> "Should we follow? Cap'n told us to find something. Looks like we found something."
161101:19:25: <Hippocratesi> "It would be wise to. Shall we go or bring the others?"
161201:19:26: <Benedict> Seir raises his voice to yell to Big Guy and Monkey. "Come down here and help me carry stuff back to the pods. Stuff that could make us rich." Seir knows how greedy humans can be. He expects Abe to come running down.
161301:19:34: <viejo> "There's some commotion above, perhaps we should find out how that's going."
161401:19:51: <viejo> Can Dr. J throw the insectoid body up through the hatch above with his mighty robot arm?
161501:21:17: <NachtRuine> Abe looks back down to Seir. "Not now, we might be onto something. All the bug-faces' blood goes in one direction. Probly a bunch of 'em that way."
161601:21:50: <Goatwright> Roll Stamina for it, Doctor J.
161701:21:51: <Goatwright> For giggles.
161801:22:01: <viejo> 4df+3 HRK
161901:22:01: <BEIGE> Viejo: HRK: 1 (4df+3=4-, 0, 0, 4-)
162001:22:04: <viejo> Hngh
162101:22:16: <Goatwright> It goes up a bit and then falls back down onto Billy's chair.
162201:22:16: <viejo> Does it land on Seir?
162301:22:20: <Goatwright> His chair doesn't topple over, though.
162401:22:27: <Rainglove> "Oh dear"
162501:22:31: <Rainglove> Billy stares
162601:22:40: <Rainglove> fucking body thinks it can get up in his shit
162701:22:44: <Rainglove> billy'll show it
162801:22:46: <viejo> "More comfort for my specimen. No but seriously I wanted to throw him up above rather than haul him." Dr. J sighs.
162901:22:51: <Benedict> "I found what I presume to be all the information about this Esurgan drop pod. That's more valuable than finding some spider and shooting it."
163001:23:11: <viejo> "Spiders? Where? How big? What colour?"
163101:23:27: <viejo> Dr. J is immediately interested and hauls the insectoid body up above and joins the other two.
163201:24:12: <Hippocratesi> "Doctor. We think these things have a base."
163301:24:28: <Hippocratesi> "They all head in the same direction." He points to the blood trail and the dying fishman.
163401:24:29: <Rainglove> Billy assists in carrying however many hard drives he can
163501:24:41: <Rainglove> apparently roughly the weight of a dead fish-thing's corpse worth of them
163601:24:54: <Benedict> There's 7 of them. Seir and Billy could probably carry all of them back to the pods.
163701:25:06: <Goatwright> They can.
163801:25:09: <viejo> "Well, they were after those mysterious crates which seems as good as anything to go on for 'anything.' Let's go. Want to lead the way, Abe? Being our tracker."
163901:25:32: <Goatwright> The non-fish-looking-fish-man eventually hobbles over a hill, and goes out of view.
164001:25:48: <Hippocratesi> oh right they don't look like fish
164101:25:51: <Hippocratesi> fug
164201:26:10: <Benedict> Well, Seir will do that, and Billy can join him. Because all the other fuckers care more about shooting shit instead of knowledge about an enemy faction. Losers.
164301:27:03: <Rainglove> Billy follows Seir. If he can, he hauls the crate of drugs back with them and secures that shit.
164401:27:26: <Benedict> Seir and Billy probably secure information worth millions.
164501:27:32: <viejo> Billy and Seir proceed to get high with the alium on the ship.
164601:27:33: <Rainglove> Breaking into the pharmaceutical field.
164701:27:51: <Goatwright> Breaking Billy.
164801:28:04: <Benedict> Seir will be a little prick and make sure that it is noted that it was he and Billy, not the rest, that secured this knowledge.
164901:28:12: <Benedict> Okay, back to the others, I guess.
165001:28:26: <Rainglove> Billy keeps a lookout for any alien critters on the way.
165101:28:28: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, sure." He goes up upon the surface and starts tracking.
165201:28:29: <Rainglove> Any little swimmy fags.
165301:28:36: <Rainglove> Any big bug fags.
165401:28:46: <Benedict> Big bugs for Seir.
165501:28:54: <BEIGE> Viejo: keeping an eye out for them aliums: 3 (4df+2=3+, 0, 0, 0)
165601:28:54: <viejo> 4df+2 keeping an eye out for them aliums
165701:29:00: <Goatwright> The two arrive back in the cavern to watch the other 3 climb up out of the hole.
165801:29:04: <Goatwright> Abe, roll survival
165901:29:12: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal follows Abe.
166001:29:17: <NachtRuine> 4df+5 naturally
166101:29:18: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: naturally: 3 (4df+5=4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
166201:30:24: <Goatwright> Wow you suck Abe
166301:30:27: <Goatwright> Everybody gets lost and dies
166401:30:37: <NachtRuine> alawys blaming it on abe
166501:30:45: <NachtRuine> he's not just a
166601:30:45: <Hippocratesi> Always Bet on Abe
166701:30:47: <NachtRuine> scabegoat
166801:31:11: <Goatwright> 10/10 scabegoat
166901:31:28: <NachtRuine> yep
167001:32:13: <Benedict> Oooh, let's follow the shitty spider or whatever things in the snow. We surely won't get lost. We surely won't lose the opportunity to make millions even though Seir is telling us we can make money. Seir has these thoughts run through his head as his hate for the group grows a little more.
167101:32:43: <Goatwright> You manage to follow the trail of blood and tracks through the snow, eventually spotting some sort of rough settlement ahead, surrounded by a rudimentary fence of branches, thorns, and sharpened pikes, likely to protect them from predators.
167201:32:46: <Goatwright> Or in this case, you guys.
167301:34:01: <Goatwright> There's also a large figure in the middle of the settlement, but what it is you can't tell.
167401:34:07: <Goatwright> You are 2far.
167501:34:13: <Hippocratesi> "Maybe this species was meant to be uplifted?"
167601:34:38: <NachtRuine> "Perhaps? How else could they have energy weaponry?"
167701:34:43: <viejo> "I wonder if there is anything we can offer them in some small attempt to be less hostile."
167801:34:58: <Rainglove> "Why would the esurgans be performing uplifts?"
167901:35:16: <Goatwright> Asking the good questions, you all.
168001:35:20: <Hippocratesi> "I do not know. There are many things we do not know."
168101:35:42: <NachtRuine> "Food or warm clothes comes to mind, doctor. Perhaps they were merely scavenging in the cave."
168201:35:51: <viejo> "Perhaps they make good shock troopers, it was a very similar occurrence with the great war on my home planet."
168301:36:15: <viejo> "My most renowned study focused around better enabling creatures to be geared for combat, would you believe it."
168401:36:18: <Rainglove> Billy hmmms. "Perhaps the contents of the crates were intended for them but that does not explain why the ship crashed"
168501:37:27: <NachtRuine> "We could grab the survival kit we found in the cave and use that as the gift."
168601:38:04: <Hippocratesi> "...I suppose we should have grabbed it."
168701:38:18: <viejo> "Well, they did want the boxes, didn't they? Should someone go back and grab one or two?"
168801:38:38: <viejo> "I say 'someone' because I'm already hauling this fellow."
168901:38:41: <Goatwright> You do also still have the drugs.
169001:38:47: <Goatwright> Which you nearly killed one of them for.
169101:38:52: <viejo> Goat this is no time for them to drug up god damn.
169201:39:10: <Goatwright> THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT, DAD
169301:40:30: <NachtRuine> "I can grab them." Abe presses a button on his suit and jump jets reveal themselves and begin to rev up.
169401:41:00: <viejo> "I really must acquire a smaller version of that for my pet ribbed-tongue lemur."
169501:41:07: <viejo> "For... science."
169601:41:25: <Hippocratesi> "Are you sure you can bring them all by yourself?"
169701:43:10: <Benedict> "We could just go back. By foot. And offer them all a box each, if we can find them."
169801:43:38: <NachtRuine> "That... Is probably smarter, yes."
169901:43:58: <Benedict> Of course it's smarter. Dumb fucking ape.
170001:44:06: <NachtRuine> Jump jets slow to a stop.
170101:44:11: <Goatwright> What's an ape?
170201:44:33: <Benedict> Idiots that Nintir got for their zoo from the humans.
170301:44:43: <NachtRuine> let's just say we all grab a crate and move on?
170401:44:46: <viejo> AND SO THEY ALL WENT BACK AND GOT CRATES AND NOW THEY HAVE CRATES
170501:44:48: <Goatwright> Please
170601:44:50: <Benedict> "Also, wouldn't these little... jump things reveal your position, and therefore our position."
170701:44:54: <NachtRuine> CRATES OBTAINED
170801:44:58: <Goatwright> Did they pick up the drugs crate?
170901:45:02: <Benedict> And so they all got a crate and returned to the village.
171001:45:07: <viejo> Look at us all trotting along with a drugs crate and other crates and these crates
171101:45:15: <Benedict> Crates galore.
171201:45:27: <Rainglove> faggots taking billy's drugs he'll fucking kill you if that shit goes missing
171301:45:34: <Goatwright> With the hat obsession and the crates, it's like we're really playing TF2!
171401:45:40: <Rainglove> Billy continues to float along like he does
171501:45:43: <viejo> ha ha ha CONTINUE THE DAMN RP
171601:45:49: <Goatwright> NO LAUGH WITH ME.
171701:45:59: <NachtRuine> HAH
171801:46:02: <NachtRuine> YES
171901:46:03: <NachtRuine> JOKES
172001:46:04: <NachtRuine> NEXT
172101:46:07: <viejo> hahahhahaha joty
172201:46:31: <Benedict> Seir does not laugh, the autistic fuck.
172301:46:33: <Goatwright> They arrive at the village, each of them holding a crate. They the two aliens they shot earlier, huddled over in a corner and being consoled by a few of the large-eyed aliens.
172401:46:49: <Benedict> Praise us as your gods, you inferior aliens.
172501:46:49: <Goatwright> They also notice the guards standing there at the front, staring with those big eyes, aiming energy rifles at you.
172601:46:56: <Goatwright> Speaking of which, hey Seir.
172701:47:04: <Benedict> What.
172801:47:05: <Goatwright> That big thing in the center of the town?
172901:47:08: <Goatwright> That there's a mech.
173001:47:14: <Benedict> Oh my.
173101:47:16: <Benedict> OH. MY.
173201:47:17: <NachtRuine> oshit
173301:47:33: <Rainglove> Billy hmmms. "Where do you think that came from?"
173401:47:44: <BEIGE> Benedict: But can he identify the mech? Well, it is probably an Esurgan mech, but whatever.: 5 (4df+5=0, 3+, 4-, 0)
173501:47:44: <Benedict> 4df+5 But can he identify the mech? Well, it is probably an Esurgan mech, but whatever.
173601:47:59: <viejo> Are they uplifts?
173701:48:35: <Goatwright> How would you be able to tell just from looking at 'em?
173801:48:43: <viejo> Keen eyesight.
173901:48:52: <viejo> Can I use animal friend with a charm roll?
174001:49:27: <Goatwright> Also, you are correct, Seir. It is an Esurgan mech, a Class-S.
174101:49:31: <Goatwright> Go for it, guy.
174201:49:47: <Benedict> Well, not yet. We need to be accepted by this village of faggots.
174301:49:50: <viejo> 4df+5 pls 2 b friendly
174401:49:51: <BEIGE> Viejo: pls 2 b friendly: 4 (4df+5=4-, 4-, 0, 3+)
174501:49:53: <viejo> fug
174601:50:37: <viejo> "If we could attempt to communicate in a more friendly manner that would be great." He tries to speak calmly to them as he offers a crate.
174701:50:42: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Well...: 5 (4df+2=3+, 3+, 3+, 0)
174801:50:42: <Goatwright> 4df+2 Well...
174901:50:45: <viejo> WELP
175001:50:50: <viejo> WE'RE GOING IN HOT BOYS
175101:50:59: <Goatwright> WOAH WOAH WAIT
175201:51:03: <Benedict> Class-S. Sleipnir. Scout Frame. The mech, the drop pod, it seems there was an attempt by the Esurgans to colonize this planet. That is what Seir presumes, at least.
175301:51:35: <viejo> I hope Abe has grenabes on him for this
175401:51:42: <Goatwright> One of them steps forward, prodding at Doctor J with the rifle, almost confused as to what it should be doing, before he opens the crate and looks down inside of it.
175501:52:21: <Goatwright> He seems to nod to himself and snatches it from his hand, turning back to his fellow guardsmen and giving some sort of garbled series of raspy sounds.
175601:52:57: <viejo> Dr. J could've sworn he failed the roll... but he watches and waits.
175701:53:01: <Goatwright> The creature looks back to Jeisswessel and tries to pull the crate out of his hands.
175801:53:09: <viejo> "Rest of you miiiiight want to offer the other crates now, slowly.
175901:53:38: <viejo> But Dr. J already offered his crate
176001:53:59: <Goatwright> He was just making sure it really was his to take.
176101:54:12: <Rainglove> Billy hands over THE DRUGS. Can I make a charm roll here?
176201:54:24: <Goatwright> Yes you can.
176301:54:29: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal carefully offers his crate.
176401:54:43: <Rainglove> 4df+3 time for more critfails
176501:54:44: <BEIGE> Rainglove: time for more critfails: 5 (4df+3=3+, 0, 3+, 0)
176601:54:46: <Hippocratesi> 4df-1 i do not have charm
176701:54:47: <Rainglove> AYY
176801:54:47: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: i do not have charm: -2 (4df-1=0, 0, 4-, 0)
176901:55:02: <NachtRuine> Abe similarly offers his crate.
177001:55:08: <Goatwright> 4df+2 Well, I'll reroll.
177101:55:08: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Well, I'll reroll.: -1 (4df+2=4-, 4-, 0, 4-)
177201:55:12: <Goatwright> >-1
177301:55:18: <NachtRuine> SPIN TIME
177401:55:18: <viejo> WE LOVE YOU
177501:55:20: <Rainglove> AYYYYYYYY
177601:55:24: <viejo> OH MY GOD THIS JELLYFISH SHARK THING
177701:55:26: <viejo> IS OUR GOD
177801:55:57: <viejo> also hippo does mishaal just kind of hold it steady and then full on shove the crate in the creature's face with that -2?
177901:56:14: <Goatwright> They seem to notice the symbol on the crate Billy offers over, as they ignore all the rest. Five or so of the bug-eyed creatures rush over to him, opening the box and snatching various vials and jars out of it before one takes the entire box.
178001:56:24: <Benedict> Seir will offer his crate when they fucking thank him for it.
178101:56:39: <Hippocratesi> he accidentally drops
178201:56:41: <Hippocratesi> it
178301:56:50: <Hippocratesi> everything's all over the ground
178401:56:51: <Hippocratesi> it's all ruiend
178501:57:23: <Goatwright> They don't seem terribly preoccupied with the rest of the boxes, all of them parading into their town with their drugload. Billy is encouraged into the town by one of the creatures.
178601:57:25: <Rainglove> Billy hmms. "I hope I am not enabling a terrible spiral of drug dependence and depression"
178701:58:05: <Goatwright> The rest of you are left there with your remaining crates, but the guards have gone on inside the walls.
178801:58:06: <Benedict> "You are."
178901:58:14: <Rainglove> Billy grabs at el doctore and attempts to bring him with him.
179001:58:19: <viejo> "Well they seem to like you at least, throw more drugs their way and to hell with any foresight."
179101:58:20: <Rainglove> XENOBIOLOGIST PLEASE
179201:58:31: <Goatwright> He is able to be dragged on in with 'em without them complaining.
179301:58:38: <viejo> Dr. J follows.
179401:58:51: <NachtRuine> wot of Abe? da hyomun?
179501:58:53: <Benedict> Seir attempts to follow along (to check out that mech) with the box still in hand.
179601:58:54: <viejo> "Drugs, dear Billy, drugs. They are clearly crazy for them."
179701:59:00: <Goatwright> They can all walk in, at this point.
179801:59:04: <NachtRuine> sweet
179901:59:13: <NachtRuine> How's the place look from the inside?
180002:00:32: <Goatwright> Fairly tribal in nature. Their buildings consist mostly of rough, adobe-like structures, with many animal skins being incorporated into their architecture, either as tents or rough lean-to's.
180102:00:55: <Benedict> So, do they worship this mech or something as a religious symbol or they just keeping it in the middle of town?
180202:01:34: <viejo> Dr. J takes several pictures.
180302:01:38: <viejo> For science.
180402:01:55: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal just follows em' in.
180502:02:18: <Rainglove> Billy tries to find out what's happening with the drugs.
180602:02:41: <Goatwright> Well, you take a guess. There's several adornments attached to the mech, such as what looks like cloth similar to that worn by the locals. The cockpit is open, with two different esurgan corpses sitting inside of it.
180702:03:17: <Goatwright> From your previous roll, you can tell the mech is in rough shape. Rust absolutely everywhere, and some heavy battering. The whole thing looks like it's being help up with supports, rather than supporting itself.
180802:03:20: <viejo> Just to make it clear, Dr. J would've left that corpse before he did the charming stuff or even got near.
180902:03:28: <Goatwright> Yeah I figured.
181002:03:39: <viejo> He just throws the corpse at them as an offering haha
181102:03:54: <viejo> Can Dr. J see the cause of death of the esurgans from here?
181202:04:05: <Goatwright> Billy, they take the drugs into the tent with the two your group shot later, and give them what seems like a hefty load of vials and bottles.
181302:04:20: <Benedict> Seir is gonna take a WILD guess here and presume that trying to climb the mech will get him murdered.
181402:04:21: <Goatwright> They then head on into one of the larger houses in the village with the crate, all of them letting out what seems like cheering.
181502:04:29: <Goatwright> You wanna ROLL, Dr. J?
181602:04:37: <viejo> Roll what?
181702:04:51: <NachtRuine> Abe's looking about to see how they're surviving and holding up in the cold. It didn't seem like there was much wildlife around.
181802:04:58: <Goatwright> I'll let you do Biology, since the focus is on anatomy/physiology.
181902:05:05: <viejo> 4df+5 ROLLS AHOY
182002:05:06: <BEIGE> Viejo: ROLLS AHOY: 5 (4df+5=0, 3+, 0, 4-)
182102:05:43: <Goatwright> You can roll for that, Abe. Mishaal can roll Farming!
182202:06:18: <NachtRuine> 4df+5 aaaaw yissssss
182302:06:19: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: aaaaw yissssss: 7 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 0, 0)
182402:06:21: <Goatwright> The corpses seem to have suffered some sort of blunt-force trauma, Doc. They're very battered up, and their faces look nearly caved in, but it doesn't seem to be from weapons.
182502:07:11: <viejo> "Billy, the esurgans here have been, bluntly, battered to death, but not by weapons. The one I found earlier shot himself, suicide, no doubt."
182602:07:45: <Benedict> Seir needs to do something with this mech. What can do from the ground floor to study this mech? As we know, Esurgans seem like they're just better technologically. Must mean their mechs are better, too.
182702:08:11: <Goatwright> Well Abe, you figure all these hides had to come from somewhere. In terms of their behavior, they seem to be reacting fine. Though their faces are twitching like the ones you saw earlier, their movements don't look very sluggish. Odds are, though, that all the supplies at the bottom of the chasm have probably been helping them subsist for some time.
182802:08:53: <Goatwright> Billy is shoved into the building along with the drugs, and he is presented to, what Billy can best guess, is some sort of authoritative figure. One of the creatures seems to talk to him, but he only stares deep into Billy's soul.
182902:08:56: <Goatwright> The staring contest commences.
183002:09:07: <Rainglove> "What would they have been battered by that isn't a we-" Billy stares
183102:09:13: <viejo> Dr. J joins Billy in the building.
183202:09:26: <Rainglove> Billy doesn't actually have eyes, does he?
183302:09:33: <Rainglove> can anyone tell if he's staring
183402:09:38: <Goatwright> He does, and they can!
183502:09:43: <Rainglove> oh
183602:09:45: <Rainglove> well then he stares
183702:09:56: <viejo> Dr. J takes a sly picture of the interior before putting his phone away.
183802:10:03: <Goatwright> Roll Charm thrice, o' Billy.
183902:10:19: <Rainglove> 4df+3 CRITFAIL 1
184002:10:20: <BEIGE> Rainglove: CRITFAIL 1: 1 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 4-, 3+)
184102:10:24: <Rainglove> 4df+3 CRITFAIL 2
184202:10:25: <BEIGE> Rainglove: CRITFAIL 2: 2 (4df+3=0, 0, 4-, 0)
184302:10:29: <Rainglove> 4df+3 AND 3
184402:10:29: <BEIGE> Rainglove: AND 3: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 0)
184502:10:36: <Goatwright> 4df+2
184602:10:36: <BEIGE> Goatwright: -1 (4df+2=4-, 4-, 0, 4-)
184702:10:38: <Goatwright> 4df+2
184802:10:38: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 2 (4df+2=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-)
184902:10:39: <Goatwright> 4df+2
185002:10:39: <BEIGE> Goatwright: -1 (4df+2=4-, 4-, 4-, 0)
185102:11:04: <viejo> so he won social combat basically
185202:11:13: <NachtRuine> "These bugeyes are holding up pretty well. The crates are probably responsible for keeping 'em as well as they are, but they seem well-adjusted. They might be from this planet after all."
185302:11:34: <Benedict> Seir must study this mech further. Maybe if he just climbs up a little.
185402:11:35: <Goatwright> It seems to stare deep into Billy's eyes, unyielding, before it suddenly lunges its arms forward and brings Billy forward into an embrace. The crowd in the building begin to cheer loudly and excitedly.
185502:11:49: <Goatwright> Seir suddenly hears a shout and a gun flies up at him!
185602:11:55: <viejo> Dr. J records the staring and subsequent hugging.
185702:12:07: <Rainglove> oh my god someone hugged billy
185802:12:11: <Rainglove> billy hugs the thing
185902:12:20: <Goatwright> He isn't shot at, but it's being aimed at him threateningly. Don't touch the thing.
186002:12:33: <viejo> "You're finally a man now Billy! Hoorah! No but seriously I have no idea what just happened, are you two soulmates or something?"
186102:12:50: <Rainglove> "I am unsure"
186202:13:42: <NachtRuine> "Guess they don't want you touching the mech, Seir. What a shame."
186302:13:53: <Goatwright> Billy is led outside by the figure, and soon the mob is heading towards the mech. The head guy is babbling on at Billy, motioning from him to the mech a few times.
186402:14:13: <Benedict> Seir gets it. He's not going to climb.
186502:14:21: <Goatwright> He also makes a few vague gestures to what you can only assume is the west, towards the sun, but you're not sure.
186602:14:25: <Rainglove> Billy has seen enough earth movies to know where this is going
186702:14:37: <Rainglove> Billy is pretty sure he's about to be beaten over the head with non-weapons
186802:14:45: <viejo> "Hey Billy, I'd be careful, actually Billy I don't feel so good about this."
186902:14:59: <viejo> "There is a good possibility you are to be some sort of sacrifice."
187002:14:59: <Benedict> Seir just wants to climb in the mech.
187102:15:09: <Hippocratesi> 4df+3 JUST SO YA, I FARM
187202:15:09: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: JUST SO YA, I FARM: 3 (4df+3=0, 3+, 4-, 0)
187302:15:14: <Hippocratesi> O
187402:15:25: <Goatwright> They place Billy in front of the mech and tap on his visor, then motion towards the mech.
187502:15:25: <Hippocratesi> *ya know
187602:15:26: <Hippocratesi> fug
187702:15:41: <Goatwright> They make grand gestures of 'UP', but aren't trying to put you into the thing.
187802:15:48: <Rainglove> Billy decides maybe now would be a good time to call in his ship. "I think now may be a good time to call in the ship unless you think I should just go for it"
187902:16:07: <Rainglove> "I mean I can just go up but I am a bit nervous"
188002:16:11: <Benedict> Why does he get to go in the mech. He doesn't even have a PHD in Mech Engineering. Seir is jelly.
188102:16:38: <Rainglove> Billy points at Seir, then up at the mech. If it's possible to do so in a questioning manner when all you have are tentacles, he does so
188202:16:43: <viejo> "I really couldn't call this one, I'm sorry Billy. If they start getting a bit crazy and sacrificial I'll re-arrange their anatomy, primarily by reducing their limb-count."
188302:16:48: <Goatwright> Mishaal sees that they have started some basic farming, and from what he can assume based off the budding, were all obtained from packets inside the emergency crates.
188402:17:17: <Rainglove> In the meantime he starts checking to see if the mech has any systems he can access remotely.
188502:17:27: <viejo> Dr. J is still recording.
188602:17:53: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is slightly impressed. If only he could teach them a few things.
188702:17:56: <Goatwright> They look at Seir inquisitively, after the motioning.
188802:18:21: <Goatwright> One of them tugs at his arm - a smaller one, with softer features - and then taps on it, before tapping on the leg of the mech.
188902:18:38: <Goatwright> This insight seems to surprise the leader figure, who himself taps on his augmented arm, and then taps the mech.
189002:18:54: <Benedict> Seir will need to wash this arm later.
189102:18:54: <Goatwright> They then stare at him, almost expectantly.
189202:19:10: <viejo> "Look one of you has to get in to find out if they want to crush you or not."
189302:19:20: <Goatwright> Maybe you can, Mishaal! There's a few that you notice seem to be trying to mend to the farm.
189402:19:30: <Rainglove> "Well doctor you are one of the most combat capable of us all"
189502:19:33: <NachtRuine> "I, uh, think they want you to go in now. Are you up for it?"
189602:19:43: <Benedict> Seir points at himself, then the mech, then to the west. Are they okay with that?
189702:19:54: <Goatwright> They burst into cheers.
189802:19:59: <viejo> "I'm a man with a missing arm good lord Billy don't be so insensitive as to suggest I should be the one."
189902:20:02: <viejo> He continues filming.
190002:20:03: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal approaches, hoping they won't stab him in the stab. He isn't quite sure how to go about this.
190102:20:09: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 Ch-charm?
190202:20:09: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: Ch-charm?: 0 (4df+1=0, 4-, 4-, 3+)
190302:20:11: <Benedict> Well, Seir is fine with maybe being a sacrifice. Seir starts to climb.
190402:20:17: <Goatwright> Nah nigga, just roll farming.
190502:20:24: <Hippocratesi> i also rolled that wrong
190602:20:29: <viejo> are you trying to charm the seeds into growing?
190702:20:31: <NachtRuine> Abe keeps watch for any sacrificial intentions.
190802:20:44: <Hippocratesi> 4df+3 LET ME TEACH YOU, MY PRIMITIVE FRIENDS
190902:20:44: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: LET ME TEACH YOU, MY PRIMITIVE FRIENDS: 6 (4df+3=0, 3+, 3+, 3+)
191002:20:54: <viejo> PRAISE THE SUN
191102:20:59: <Goatwright> Seir is helped into the mech, and he manages to climb into the seat next to the two corpses.
191202:21:05: <Hippocratesi> MUH GREEN THUMB
191302:21:18: <Benedict> They smell like failure. Seir goes to start this mech up.
191402:21:23: <viejo> "Also I seriously think you're about to be sacrificed Seir."
191502:21:32: <Goatwright> Well, it doesn't.
191602:21:46: <Rainglove> "Seir can you tell if the mech is powered?"
191702:21:52: <viejo> "They're tribal like in nature, for starters, and they seem to worship the sun."
191802:21:54: <Goatwright> Just like the pod from earlier, it doesn't seem to have a battery with any sort of energy.
191902:22:03: <Goatwright> Perhaps a roll of ENGINEERING might shine some insight.
192002:22:17: <Benedict> 4df+5 It just might provide some insight unless I fail.
192102:22:18: <BEIGE> Benedict: It just might provide some insight unless I fail.: 6 (4df+5=0, 0, 3+, 0)
192202:22:18: <viejo> "Or perhaps they want you to get the mech working and if you fail they're brutally beat you to death?"
192302:22:20: <NachtRuine> (dont forget to tag aspect son)
192402:22:51: <Benedict> And lets just tag Engineering prodigy just for fun. I got the fate chips or whatever for it.
192502:22:53: <Benedict> So make that an 8.
192602:23:18: <Goatwright> Mishaal gets right down to it. He's actually familiar with these plants, as they're similar to the rations that his people first had access to, and with the frosty environment it's like he's really at home. The few farming locals seem almost seem enthralled, as they watch him, and some try to follow his example of plowing, dropping, etc.
192702:24:21: <Goatwright> Alright, Seir. This thing is a big rusty pile of shit, and with a battery that's dead, there's no doubt that this thing has been here for a /really/ long time. The console isn't cracked, which means the computer inside could still be functional, if you managed to get it some power. But to power it, you'll need a power source. Billy's ship should do.
192802:24:45: <Goatwright> Those legs are definitely too weak to keep this thing going, if they needed to prop it up, but something strikes you.
192902:24:51: <Hippocratesi> "Yes! Very good!" Mishaal tries not to startle them with his happiness. These folks ain't too bad.
193002:25:09: <Goatwright> Those rotors you fixed in the shop earlier? You took them with you.
193102:25:46: <Benedict> "Squid. I need power from your ship to make this thing work."
193202:26:10: <Rainglove> "Well I will call the ship in then" Billy calls the ship in
193302:26:12: <viejo> Do these tribals have any animals?
193402:26:22: <Rainglove> if he can do so in a non SHOCK AND AWE sort of way he does so
193502:26:38: <Rainglove> also he has it approach from the west
193602:26:40: <Rainglove> just for giggles
193702:26:48: <Benedict> Seir starts to climb down the mech to work on the legs with those rotors he still had on him.
193802:26:48: <Goatwright> Not that you can tell, Doc, which you think is rather unfortunate. Looks like they haven't hit animal husbandry yet.
193902:27:13: <Hippocratesi> if only i could TEACH THEM
194002:27:17: <viejo> Dr. J expected animals. Alien animals. Undiscovered alien animals.
194102:27:17: <Hippocratesi> but we have no animals
194202:27:28: <NachtRuine> well it is winter, doc
194302:27:30: <Goatwright> You found undiscovered alien species.
194402:27:36: <viejo> HE NEEDS MORE
194502:27:49: <viejo> Also if there were animals he was going to knock one out as they left and leg it to a pod with it
194602:28:03: <Goatwright> The fact that the ship flies in from the west has the entire village screaming and shouting. They're feeling it. The hype is real.
194702:28:14: <Goatwright> With some work, Seir manages to fix up the legs. They should be able to hold everything.
194802:28:16: <Benedict> Calm down with your experiments, Mistuh Jay.
194902:28:36: <Benedict> Now, what does Seir need to do to get power from ship to the mech?
195002:28:49: <Rainglove> Billy goes to get the jumper cables of the future
195102:28:59: <Rainglove> they're like the jumper cables of today
195202:29:00: <Goatwright> Billy's got the idea.
195302:29:02: <Rainglove> but 500 feet long
195402:29:23: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal leaves the bug farmers to their work and meets the others at the mech. "What is happening here?"
195502:29:36: <Benedict> Well, let's connect these cables and power this beast.
195602:29:46: <NachtRuine> "Seems we're jump starting a mech for these guys."
195702:29:59: <viejo> "Or Seir's about to be sacrificed."
195802:30:02: <Rainglove> Billy somehow gets the end of the cables down to Seir. "I assume you know how those work"
195902:30:44: <Benedict> Of course he knows. Now make it happen, GM. Let's make it happen.
196002:32:23: <Goatwright> With a dramatic spark for flare, the mech suddenly revs itself to life. It slowly lumbers itself upward, and... suddenly begins to walk.
196102:32:38: <Goatwright> By itself, at that, towards the West.
196202:32:39: <Benedict> Wait wait, what. Seir didn't tell it to walk. Oh goddess, what.
196302:32:52: <Benedict> "I did not order this to happen."
196402:33:04: <Benedict> "Must have automated walking systems."
196502:33:22: <Goatwright> It marches through a few tents and the bramble fence, but they don't seem to mind, cheering as they watch it leave.
196602:33:25: <NachtRuine> "Probably. Any idea where it's walking to?"
196702:33:30: <Rainglove> Billy stops to pick up whoever wants to be picked up and then jets ahead to keep up with the mech
196802:33:41: <Benedict> "West."
196902:33:54: <Benedict> Don't forget our drop pods full of information and drugs, Billy.
197002:34:10: <Goatwright> Nah, we'll say he got 'em. NO PROBLEMO.
197102:34:13: <viejo> "It's probably automated to praise the sun, crazy tribals."
197202:34:31: <NachtRuine> "I somehow doubt the tribals programmed the mech."
197302:35:02: <Benedict> "Are the tribals following the mech. Is this some great migration." Seir asks questions to himself because he's in the mech. Alone.
197402:35:11: <Benedict> Well, the dead bodies keep him company.
197502:35:25: <Goatwright> They're not. They're watching and waving, as the mech continues on.
197602:35:33: <Benedict> "I'm going to guess you two didn't know how to make this work again. Thankfully I'm smarter than you."
197702:35:54: <NachtRuine> ded man tell no tales
197802:36:13: <Rainglove> Billy tries to figure out what the mech might be heading towards, seeing as he's in a plane. Anything obvious up ahead?
197902:36:21: <Rainglove> maybe that big "Flat spot" from earlier
198002:36:38: <Goatwright> Aha.
198102:37:12: <Benedict> Seir sings to himself to pass the time. "Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides. Yo ho, heave ho." Humans at least make good music.
198202:37:32: <Goatwright> As Billy flies about, his sensors pick up the same familiar flat spot, and the mech is indeed heading towards it.
198302:38:07: <Benedict> Seir uses the dead bodies as a foot rest.
198402:38:15: <Rainglove> "Seir I believe you are headed towards the chasm we fell down when dropping"
198502:38:37: <Benedict> "Did you save the drop pods. I don't want to drop the mech on them."
198602:38:46: <Benedict> "Also, I guess that means you should pick me up so I don't fall to my death."
198702:38:54: <Goatwright> They are not in the chasm, so they will be fine.
198802:39:07: <Goatwright> This is the hole you fell in at the beginning of the run. The huge one.
198902:39:30: <Rainglove> "Well yes but you are much smaller than my standard pickups and I do not know if I can but I can certainly try to lift you out"
199002:39:36: <Rainglove> "How is your jumping ability?"
199102:40:28: <Benedict> Seir remains quiet for a bit. "It might just be smarter for me to strap in and see if I can survive the mech. Or... wait..." Seir checks. Does this mech have some sort of emergency evac?
199202:40:41: <Goatwright> It does!
199302:40:47: <Benedict> Seir is using it.
199402:41:22: <Goatwright> The top of the mech flies open as Seir is suddenly strapped to the chair and ejected from the cockpit at high speeds, soaring over both the ship and the hole.
199502:41:34: <Benedict> "Weeeee."
199602:42:32: <Goatwright> He watches as the mech walks towards the hole, and soon drops into it. You can hear the thunderous roar of the tribals as it does so, and from up above, you can see it tumble and tumble until it hits the bottom.
199702:42:38: <NachtRuine> "A shame we couldn't reprogram it to stop walking. Could've taken it for ourselves."
199802:42:47: <Goatwright> The bottom, as you would be surprised, doesn't make the sort of sound you'd expect.
199902:43:24: <Benedict> "There goes new mech technology."
200002:43:27: <Goatwright> You hear a loud, metallic THUNK echo out from the hole, that reverberates for some time.
200102:44:18: <Benedict> Seir is confused about the sound. Then he says the first random idea he has. "Either the Esurgan ship the drop pod was a part of is down there, or that chasm is a mech graveyard."
200202:44:47: <Benedict> "Or, very small chance, there is something belong to the ones who are now gone."
200302:44:53: <Goatwright> As fuel leaks out from the mech and catches fire, spreading throughout the chasm, both you and those on-board the ship see that the bottom of the cavern isn't much of a cavern at all, now that it's so well-lit.
200402:45:20: <Benedict> The suspense is killing Seir.
200502:45:27: <Goatwright> It's dickbutt.
200602:47:05: <Goatwright> The bottom of the cavern does, in fact, look incredibly flat. It gives off some sort of metallic sheen, and you notice as the snow starts to melt that there are what look to be massive cables running along it.
200702:47:10: <Goatwright> Roll Archaeology, Seir.
200802:47:15: <Goatwright> I would tag.
200902:48:00: <Benedict> What would I tag? Engineering Prodigy? I'm not sure if that works here.
201002:48:47: <Goatwright> I will accept it.
201102:49:08: <Benedict> 4df+4 Well, okay. Tagging Engineering Prodigy. Show me that fail roll.
201202:49:09: <BEIGE> Benedict: Well, okay. Tagging Engineering Prodigy. Show me that fail roll.: 4 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 0, 0)
201302:49:21: <Goatwright> Good enough.
201402:49:23: <Goatwright> Guess what, boys?
201502:49:32: <Goatwright> You've found your first progenitor ruins.
201602:49:54: <NachtRuine> ohshit
201702:50:10: <Benedict> "We... We just hit the motherload." Seir, for the first time in awhile, feels emotions. On his face.
201802:50:26: <Benedict> "Can someone contact the captain. Tell him what we found."
201902:50:32: <Goatwright> His bludgeoned, hair-covered face.
202002:50:44: <Hippocratesi> "What have we found?"
202102:50:59: <NachtRuine> "We don't have a signal on this planet, why, what's happened?"
202202:51:11: <Benedict> "Progenitor ruins. Ruins from the aliens that came before all of us. Or at least before any of us reached the stars."
202302:51:26: <Rainglove> "Can you send me a picture or something to send up to the captain?"
202402:51:42: <Rainglove> "Actually you just compile whatever it is and I'll relay it from my ship"
202502:51:44: <NachtRuine> Abe chuckles. "Well fuck'n A. Someone save these co-ords."
202602:52:00: <Goatwright> Maybe it might be best to just go ahead and fly up to him to let him know.
202702:52:06: <Goatwright> You could catch Seir, probably
202802:52:13: <Benedict> "I am not sure if any of you know how important that is, but I'll explain it in a way that the human can know how important it is. This would be like if their Demi-God, Jesus, came back to life." Seir snaps a picture of the ruins (should be easy with all the fire and shit, right) to send to Billy.
202902:52:32: <Goatwright> Picture is sent.
203002:53:00: <NachtRuine> "Don't patronize me, lemur-magnet. I know how important this shit is."
203102:53:18: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal has no damn idea who Jesus is but he understands 'Demi-God'. "I see."
203202:53:20: <Rainglove> "Well Seir I can try to scoop you out of the air if you're comfortable with being as close to giant balls of fire as that requires"
203302:53:36: <Benedict> "So long as you don't burn my feathers."
203402:53:51: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to thread the needle
203502:54:07: <Goatwright> Needle is threaded.
203602:54:28: <NachtRuine> Abe gathers himself. "We forget anything important? We got the data?"
203702:54:56: <Benedict> Goat said we got the pods, which means we got the data, the drugs, and the Doctor's sex toy.
203802:54:59: <Benedict> We're fine.
203902:55:08: <Rainglove> "The ship retrieved the pods and I have you all I think is anyone not on board?"
204002:55:30: <NachtRuine> if anyone isn't on board, they are now
204102:55:56: <Benedict> Let's get back to an area where we can communicate with the main ship.
204202:56:02: <Rainglove> WOOSH
204302:56:04: <Rainglove> SPACE
204402:56:16: <Goatwright> WOOSH YA MAKE IT.
204502:56:20: <Benedict> Talk to us, Captain.
204602:56:34: <Rainglove> Does Billy still have that drug sample he pocketed when they first found the crates?
204702:56:34: <Goatwright> GIMME A MINUTE TO EAT OR PISS OR SOMETHING I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE HOURS STRAIGHT
204802:56:38: <Rainglove> NO FUCK YOU
204902:56:38: <Goatwright> Yes
205002:56:44: <Rainglove> oh okay have fun goat
205102:56:54: <Rainglove> I'm gonna go to sleep if this is the end of the run
205202:57:08: <Goatwright> It is. You can look at your samples of stuff tomorrow
205302:57:21: <Rainglove> Billy sends that off to el doctore
205402:57:27: <Rainglove> seeing as he knows fuckall about drugs
205502:57:39: <Rainglove> if he has questions about the cartel or something he can ask billy
205602:58:08: <Benedict> Seir makes sure he tells the Captain about 1) All the data taken from the Esurgan drop pod, 2) The progenitor ruins.
205702:59:04: <Goatwright> I will provide answers to these in like 5-10 minutes
205802:59:39: <Benedict> Ho'kay.
205903:08:13: <Goatwright> The captain phases into existence. He is down there in the hangar, waitin' on you guys.
206003:08:40: <NachtRuine> "Cap'n, we've got something big."
206103:08:52: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hops out of the ship. "He is right. We found many things!"
206203:09:03: <Benedict> Seir comes out with those data sticks from the Esurgan drop pod.
206303:09:35: <Benedict> "Billy and I found a lot of information that your higher-ups in the ICA will love to look through. It is from an Esurgan Drop Pod. Also, we found an progenitor ruin."
206403:09:47: <Benedict> "And tribals."
206503:10:29: <Benedict> Seir is just bringing out all 7 of the sticks one at a time. Get your people to take them, Captain.
206603:11:13: <NachtRuine> Let's just say Doc J produces the videos and pictures he took?
206703:11:45: <Goatwright> Sure.
206803:12:02: <Benedict> And don't forget the picture of the ruins.
206903:13:45: <Goatwright> "Oh, excellent!" He smiles as he thumbs through all the evidence. "This'll definitely soften the blow after they completely dismissed your discovery last week."
207003:14:08: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal sighs. So that's how he tells them, then?
207103:14:10: <Goatwright> Mayhalis completely dismisses having just said it off-hand, still looking through the photos. "Let's go check those hard drives out."
207203:14:24: <Goatwright> He walks over to the elevator.
207303:14:26: <NachtRuine> "Woah, woah, woah, slow your roll, Cap'n. They what now?"
207403:14:58: <Benedict> "He said they dismissed the AI discovery."
207503:15:32: <Benedict> Seir is more interested in the data instead of a missed paycheck. He's used to not getting paid for his work.
207603:15:47: <NachtRuine> "Why the hell would they do that? We had videos and pictures and shit!"
207703:16:37: <Hippocratesi> "The crashsite /and/ the ship disappeared, Abe. We have nothing to show."
207803:16:54: <Goatwright> "Said we faked 'em. Jackwestal posted them online and they went viral, which fanned the problem after, well, that." He motions to Mishaal.
207903:17:19: <Goatwright> Your captain doesn't seem to be trying to dwell on it, instead penning through these photos. "These are pretty good. What were the locals like?"
208003:17:38: <Benedict> "Drug addicts."
208103:18:21: <Goatwright> "Huh."
208203:18:26: <NachtRuine> "Well fucking hell." Abe sighs, and tries to move off the topic. "Locals were responsive to initial hostility, but warmed up after we presented a crate of drugs found in a chasm."
208303:18:42: <Goatwright> "Where'd the drugs come from?"
208403:19:02: <Benedict> "They are also fond of sending mechs down into a previously thought bottomless chasm."
208503:19:47: <Benedict> "Esurgan drop pod seemed to have it, though the drugs were from some Cartel that operates in Free Planet territory."
208603:20:15: <Benedict> "Less about the locals, more getting the data from the Esurgans."
208703:20:31: <Goatwright> "Hey, we're getting paid for info about locals."
208803:21:08: <Goatwright> "Which cartel? The uh, M-one?"
208903:21:09: <Benedict> "I think the ruins are worth more than the locals."
209003:22:17: <Benedict> "I believe it started with M. Don't recall the name."
209103:22:19: <NachtRuine> "On another note, the locals were in the process of learning agriculture, and were capable of using animal resources to survive the winter. Mishaal here showed them a thing or two to help them along with farm-keeping."
209203:22:56: <Hippocratesi> "Ah, yes! Hopefully it turns out well."
209303:23:40: <Goatwright> "Oh, good, making good connections with the locals! I'm proud of you, Mishaal."
209403:24:11: <Goatwright> "If you're returning to the surface, should we perhaps not keep the one on-board?" The elevator hits its floor, and the group walk on into the command deck.
209503:24:30: <Goatwright> "I doubt they'd be very happy with keeping one for experiments."
209603:24:47: <Hippocratesi> "That is the Doctor's area, so I cannot say."
209703:25:01: <Benedict> "Just offer a box of drugs and they will be okay. Can we get the data off of these things now?"
209803:26:20: <Benedict> Wow, did Seir actually display enough emotions to make it sounds like he was asking a question.
209903:26:21: <Goatwright> "You've come a long way from moping around, Seir." He takes the seven brick-like drives and hands them to those working at the command computers.
210003:26:31: <Benedict> Nah, you're just hearing things because Benny forgot the monotone.
210103:26:36: <Goatwright> They start pulling up the information.
210203:27:13: <Benedict> "The Esurgans are more advanced than us, technologically. I would like to close the gap is all. I am a mech engineer, after all."
210303:27:42: <Goatwright> "I'm /more/ than aware of the position the Esurgans are in, thank you."
210403:29:39: <Benedict> "Are you. I would think your interest in the locals instead of the Esurgan data and the ruins in the chasm meant you didn't know."
210503:30:49: <Goatwright> "I'm somewhat concerned about the bill you fronted me without any sort of preparation, so at the moment I'm more interesting what we were hired to go do than an espionage job that's a little out of a research vessel's grasp."
210603:31:15: <Goatwright> He AHEMS, bringing an end to that.
210703:31:25: <Benedict> "Oh yes, I am sure the ICA higher-ups will not pay a credit for this Esurgan data."
210803:31:31: <Benedict> Seir brings it to an end now.
210903:31:59: <NachtRuine> Abe rolls his eyes at this incessant bickering. What's the data look like?
211003:32:45: <Goatwright> The display screen switches from an active feed outside the ship to various recordings found on the files you found. The first one is one of the esurgas, popping some pills that looked somewhat familiar. He looks to be in a different vessel than the pod you saw.
211103:34:31: <Goatwright> "Cool. Okay, captain's log. Day one. So we were, uh, hired by those Cartel guys. They wanted to try expanding into Empire space. Said there's lots of unhappy folks around these parts, and man, they ain't kiddin'." He takes a few more of the pills, giggling to himself. "Man, if these are what they're paying us in, I'll eat my own shit if they ask me to."
211203:35:08: <NachtRuine> "Druggies," Abe says dismissively
211303:35:24: <Benedict> "I thought they would have spoken more like pompous, regal nobles."
211403:35:43: <Goatwright> "Never met an esurga?"
211503:35:51: <Benedict> "Something for the news at least: Great Esurgan Empire full of drug addicts. Video proof next."
211603:36:05: <Benedict> "And no."
211703:36:56: <Goatwright> "Their leaders are like that, but their normal citizens are as rowdy as it gets. When all your body tells you to do is eat, kill, and fuck, you tend to be kind of screwed up."
211803:37:19: <Goatwright> "They're nasty fuckers, I'll tell you that much." He frowns, watching the feed.
211903:38:08: <Goatwright> They go through a few more days of his log, describing their routine schedule, certain deals they've made, that sort of thing, until the next feed entails the esurga in the pod room.
212003:38:13: <Benedict> Seir adjusts the hat he stole from the Esurgan supply box. It is comfy.
212103:39:48: <Goatwright> "Day, uh... fuck." He rubs his head a bit. He's looking a bit battered up. "Ship was shot down, and only three of us made it to the escape pod. I think it was pirates.. but it just happened so fast. I uh, I'm having some trouble seeing.. and I haven't heard the other two, yet, but, uh..." The video ends there.
212203:40:16: <Benedict> Was that just one data brick or all of them?
212303:40:40: <Goatwright> They're still going.
212403:41:07: <Benedict> Okay. "I think the doctor might have taken the body of the Esurgan found in the drop pod."
212503:41:38: <Goatwright> In fact, a lot of the data bricks, as they keep transitioning on, entail just this single esurga talking to himself and recording his thoughts. At some point, they start fast-forwarding through all the videos, there's so many. Days pass by. Weeks. Months. Years, maybe.
212603:42:14: <Benedict> Man, Seir was hoping for tech data. How useless.
212703:42:23: <NachtRuine> "Jesus. This guy was alone for this long?"
212803:42:37: <Goatwright> Occasionally he mentions how the mechs should have dropped, but he's refused to gone out. He's stayed cooped up in the bunk for as long as he had, and you realize that, throughout all of the videos, you never see or hear mention of the other two corpses you saw.
212903:42:56: <Benedict> "Not so bad. Plenty of people can survive alone."
213003:43:10: <Goatwright> At some point he did go outside, but he recounts being 'attacked' by a 'large figure', but it was too dark to see. He says it damaged the water supply, and now he's going to run out.
213103:43:34: <Goatwright> Eventually the video logs come to an end with him shooting himself, high and in tears, as Doctor J had predicted.
213203:43:57: <Goatwright> The captain just shakes his head a bit. "Animals. Did you find anything useful on those things?"
213303:44:18: <Benedict> Did Seir just wast time watching someone's Live Journal. "What thing."
213403:44:39: <Goatwright> He meant the computer ladies, Seir, GEEZ
213503:45:03: <Goatwright> The woman you saw on the first day looks back at Mayhalis. "Most of it is just these videos. There's a few other files, but we're going to have to comb through them. We found something that looks like some information about the cartel, at least."
213603:45:23: <NachtRuine> "What a way to go. Alone, high, and desperate." He seems bummed by watching someone commit suicide, but that might just be the dust.
213703:45:29: <Goatwright> Mayhalis gives a big shrug, looking at Seir. "Well, there's your grand technology boost."
213803:46:01: <Benedict> "Still found a progenitor ruin which is more valuable than a bunch of drug addicts that wanted to watch a mech explode."
213903:46:32: <NachtRuine> "Will we be examining those ruins in further detail, Cap'n?"
214003:46:45: <Goatwright> "How are those mechs coming?"
214103:48:11: <Benedict> "One of them should be working now. The others I would have fixed before you sent us on the mission."
214203:50:06: <NachtRuine> "Who are the mechs for, anyways?"
214303:50:27: <Benedict> "I presume us or some other ground team on this ship."
214403:51:51: <Goatwright> "They are, in fact, for you. We've special-ordered a few AI suites for those of you who can't pilot worth a damn."
214503:52:14: <Goatwright> "But there's no going into progenitor ruins without a mech. They've got a nasty habit of fighting back. But hey! You've got Mishaal."
214603:54:16: <NachtRuine> "Wonderful. I've done a little training in mech piloting, but those were just repair mechs. Hopefully these mechs pilot like those."
214703:54:42: <NachtRuine> "Otherwise I will need many AI suites."
214803:55:27: <Benedict> "The only mechs I used were industrial mechs. And mechs for mech boxing."
214903:56:40: <NachtRuine> "Mech boxing? That's a thing?"
215003:57:20: <Benedict> "It is a legal thing in certain areas."
215103:58:18: <NachtRuine> "Huh. Okay."
215203:58:26: <Goatwright> "Very fun sport. I've never been very good, myself."
215304:00:58: <NachtRuine> "Right, well..." Abe stretches a bit. "I've had enough excitement for now. I'll be off now, Cap'n, Seir." With that, he heads off.
215404:01:21: <Goatwright> HUZZAH.
215504:01:26: <Goatwright> Just the two losers now.
215604:01:47: <Benedict> Fuck that. Seir is leaving.
215704:03:38: <Goatwright> O-okay.
2158rip goat
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2160 2015-02-09
2161
216201:09:38: <Goatwright> viego pls
216301:23:46: <NachtRuine> "Oh, uh, rather, Gorrunum. R.T. Gorrunum. He lives on the last station we docked at."
216401:24:07: <Goatwright> Inda shrugs.
216501:25:59: <Hippocratesi> "He is famous, has his own statue!"
216601:27:03: <NachtRuine> "I'll ask." Abe pulls out his comm and sends a message, [Hey Reggie, we found a cat onboard named Maisey. She yours?]
216701:27:26: <Hippocratesi> I forgot that we could just contact him whenever we wanted
216801:28:48: <NachtRuine> how else are we supposed to keep in touch with him?
216901:29:36: <Rainglove> Billy floats into the captain's special wooden chair place.
217001:29:43: <Hippocratesi> i-i thought we'd just go back to the station or something ;___;
217101:30:00: <Benedict> Seir thinks mechs are better than people.
217201:30:22: <NachtRuine> Billy, you see a cat in Abe's arms.
217301:30:40: <Rainglove> "Oh hello kitty"
217401:33:00: <NachtRuine> Abe looks over to Billy. "Billy, have you seen this cat before? We're trying to figure out where it came from."
217501:33:40: <Rainglove> well, HAS billy seen this cat before?
217601:34:23: <Goatwright> Abe doesn't get a response! Might take a bit. SPACE and all.
217701:34:24: <Benedict> Seir should buy something for the nurse that fixed up his face as a thank you. Was some human nurse, right? Maybe chocolates. Bitches love chocolates. Or maybe just a thank you card.
217801:34:29: <Goatwright> Billy has not seen the cat before.
217901:34:41: <Goatwright> It meows at him and hops out of Abe's arms and up into his chair.
218001:34:58: <Rainglove> "I'm afraid I have not seen thWell hello again kitty how are you"
218101:35:04: <Goatwright> Meow.
218201:35:57: <Rainglove> Billy pats it.
218301:36:19: <Goatwright> She purrs, bunting his gross, squid form.
218401:36:19: <NachtRuine> "Seems to take a liking to you, at least."
218501:38:16: <Rainglove> "Aww it is cute"
218601:41:55: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, people keep it as pets. We're trying to find its owner, but if Reggie says it isn't his, I have no clue whose she could be."
218701:42:52: <Goatwright> "Well, Billy, you can have it if you want." Mayhalis nods. "Tag say its name is 'Maisey'"
218801:43:22: <Rainglove> "I am not terribly familiar with the needs of such forms of life but I could learn I guess"
218901:43:28: <Benedict> I compel Billy to wear the cat as a hat then put a hat over the cat.
219001:43:30: <Benedict> Cat in the hat.
219101:44:12: <NachtRuine> taht cat is very large, keep note.
219201:44:21: <Benedict> Cat. In the. Hat.
219301:44:25: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to place the cat on his head.
219401:45:47: <Goatwright> The cat sprawls out on his head.
219501:46:01: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to place a large, fluffy hat on top of the cat
219601:46:35: <Goatwright> It allows this, and purrs.
219701:47:08: <Rainglove> Billy enjoys his new vibrating hat
219801:47:09: <NachtRuine> "Billy, don't wear it as - uh, never mind." He sighs. "She seems fine with it, either way."
219901:47:21: <Rainglove> "This is a very comfortable hat"
220001:48:16: <Goatwright> Purrrr, purrrr.
220101:48:29: <Goatwright> "There you go. You should have the money to feed it."
220201:49:24: <Benedict> Cat in the hat. Guess Rain gets to have one of my fate chips on Friday's session
220301:49:57: <Rainglove> "Is their food very expensive?" The cat's vibrating sends waves down Billy's squishy upper half.
220401:51:41: <Goatwright> That means you'd lose one, Benny
220501:51:55: <Goatwright> "Nah, it's fairly cheap."
220601:52:01: <Rainglove> I don't want your JEW CHIPS
220701:52:24: <NachtRuine> "Well, I mean, if it belongs to Reggie, we oughta return her to him. But otherwise, we can keep it."
220801:52:43: <Rainglove> "Well I guess we will find out"
220901:52:52: <Rainglove> Billy starts shopping online for bulk shipments of cat food
221001:53:28: <Benedict> I know it does, Goat.
221101:56:21: <Goatwright> The cat continues to purr. Inda goes back to eating his sandwich.
221201:57:51: <NachtRuine> "Well, I'll let you know what the response is once I get it, Cap'n, Billy."
221301:59:05: <Rainglove> "Excellent thank you" Billy resumes vibrating.
221402:00:40: <NachtRuine> With that, he about faces and goes off elsewhere.
221502:01:00: <Rainglove> farewell human nerd
221602:01:20: <NachtRuine> hey you dont know im a nerd
221702:01:21: <NachtRuine> yet
221802:04:40: <Rainglove> "Do any of you have any thoughts on the nature of our discovery?"
221902:14:07: <Benedict> Obviously this discovery was very exciting.
222002:30:48: <Benedict> Seir already had his excitement for the discovery. Now he just focuses on making the mechs ready for the future exploration of the ruins. He wishes he knew what people wanted on their mechs to make it stand out to them.
222102:30:50: <Benedict> But that means asking them.
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2224 2015-02-10
2225
222600:39:40: <Rainglove> Billy wanders into the hangar to get a look at those impressive mechanical marvels he saw the other day.
222700:40:41: <Hippocratesi> He realizes he's all alone
222800:41:07: <Rainglove> Billy hmmms and floats up to one of the mechs. He hugs it.
222900:45:05: <Rainglove> Billy rubs the mech in a fairly indecent manner. He feels the mech. He begins to learn the mech,
223000:45:24: <Rainglove> Billy decides he prefers his ship.
223100:45:26: <Hippocratesi> Hug the mech
223200:45:27: <Rainglove> But this mech is quite nice.
223300:45:30: <Rainglove> Very firm.
223400:45:30: <Hippocratesi> envelope that mech
223500:46:00: <Rainglove> The cold steel gives him a glimpse into the iron heart of the war machine.
223600:46:02: <Rainglove> He is awed.
223700:46:10: <Rainglove> Billy stops hugging the mech and goes off to find that damn cat.
223800:47:02: <Benedict> Doctor J left it in the kitchen with some food.
223900:47:06: <Benedict> After knocking it out to scan it.
224000:47:49: <Rainglove> Billy places the cat back on top of his head and pats it.
224100:48:02: <Rainglove> He wonders why it isn't vibrating this time but decides it'll start again soon enough.
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2244 2015-02-20
2245
224621:41:25: <NachtRuine> ABE EXISTS
224721:41:39: <Goatwright> Abe experiences a sudden lack of electronics
224821:41:53: <Goatwright> Where is his phone and such?
224921:43:07: <NachtRuine> Huh. Where are those things? Did the cat steal them again?
225021:43:19: <Goatwright> Maybe the cat never returned them.
225121:43:25: <Goatwright> What if the cat... WAS your electronics?
225221:43:32: <Goatwright> Have you ever seen them in the same place since?
225321:43:40: <viejo> Run over guys.
225421:44:17: <NachtRuine> Huh. Guess not. Abe goes a-searching for his electronics
225521:45:43: <viejo> Dr. J sends off his assistant Alan to fetch Billy to his lab.
225621:46:50: <Goatwright> Abe stumbles upon Maisey lounging on top of a box in one of the hallways.
225721:47:06: <Rainglove> goddamnit Alan Billy is in the middle of doing nothing how dare you interrupt him
225821:47:08: <Goatwright> Assistant Alan goes and fetches the Billy! Where is poor Billy at?
225921:47:20: <NachtRuine> Abe inspects Maisey. Does she have his phone again?
226021:47:22: <Rainglove> Billy follows PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT TO THE DOCTOR alan
226121:47:56: <Goatwright> Maisey vibrates. This is separate from her purring.
226221:48:13: <Goatwright> Alan delivers Billy to the Doc.
226321:48:21: <viejo> "Ah, yes, do you need something, Billy?"
226421:48:45: <NachtRuine> Ah, she does have it. "Maisey, stop taking my phone. I need that for phone reasons."
226521:49:03: <Rainglove> "Well your assistant came and got me and now I am here"
226621:49:03: <Goatwright> Purr purr.
226721:49:08: <Rainglove> Billy is, indeed, here
226821:49:20: <NachtRuine> Abe looks under Maisey. Is she sitting on his phone?
226921:49:28: <viejo> "Just a jape friend, just a jape. You can go now Alan, thank you."
227021:49:49: <Goatwright> Yes. Maisey meows in frustration, batting at Abe's hand. That's her phone!
227121:49:55: <Rainglove> Billy wonders when the captain started hiring japists
227221:50:00: <Goatwright> "No problem." Alan goes to find a shotgun.
227321:50:07: <NachtRuine> jesus
227421:50:59: <NachtRuine> "No Maisey, this is mine. I'll find you a toy on the next station, alright?" Regardless of her answer, Abe is going to try and take his phone back.
227521:51:01: <viejo> As soon as the door is closed, Dr. J presses a button on the side of the wall-mounted TV and several diagrams come up, seemingly of an augmented penguin with, most noticeably, a laser cannon fixed on its chest.
227621:51:07: <viejo> "Penguins, Billy. /Penguins./"
227721:51:19: <Rainglove> "That does seem dangerous"
227821:51:25: <viejo> "Have you heard of them before?"
227921:51:28: <Goatwright> Maisey rolls around on her back, batting at Abe's hand and trying to keep the phone.
228021:51:33: <Rainglove> "I am familiar with most earth creatures"
228121:52:08: <NachtRuine> "Maisey, don't make me pick you up. I'll do it, I will."
228221:52:55: <viejo> "Ah, excellent! This will be somewhat easier to explain. Penguins, they are relatively harmless, yes? They are of a moderate sea-moving-capability and pathetically slow on land, their beaks are not very dangerous, they have no opposable thumbs so they cannot grasp a conventional weapon!"
228321:53:04: <Goatwright> Meowwww.
228421:53:15: <viejo> "All in all a most unassuming animal of little importance!"
228521:53:18: <NachtRuine> Abe continues trying to take his phone back.
228621:53:27: <Rainglove> "Their existence does seem rather miserable"
228721:53:38: <Goatwright> She sits on top of Abe's hand.
228821:54:11: <viejo> "And yet, dear Billy, and /yet/! They have a Hiemling Factor of /nine point two/. I do not expect you have heard of such a factor, however?"
228921:54:22: <NachtRuine> "Maisey, please."
229021:54:30: <Rainglove> "I am unfamiliar"
229121:54:49: <Goatwright> Maisey does not let up.
229221:55:16: <viejo> "It is a measure of how well-suited a creature is for combat-focused augmentation purposes. Hiemling, a genius albeit a little mad, invented such a factor and he himself denoted the penguins as factoring in at 9.2, out of 10, of course."
229321:55:34: <Rainglove> "What about them makes them such threatening engines of war?"
229421:55:55: <Rainglove> Billy thinks the penguin looks rather pleasantly soft under all that cannon
229521:55:57: <viejo> "Ah ha! Yes! Quite! I have absolutely no idea."
229621:56:13: <Rainglove> he files that away for when he starts his future plushie manufactory
229721:56:27: <Rainglove> "Did Hiemling not explain his scale?"
229821:56:35: <Rainglove> "Also is there anything that scored a ten?"
229921:56:37: <NachtRuine> Abe shuffles his hand underneath her, grabbing for his phone.
230021:57:01: <Goatwright> Maisey hisses, scratching at his hands before jumping off the box and trotting away.
230121:57:33: <viejo> "Ah yes of course there are set guidelines for measurement, but I do not have his particular notes deducing just how the hell penguins factor in at 9.2 You see, poor Hiemling decided to test out his little inventions by assaulting a military base with them. Absolutely mental but, well, it was a real-life practice."
230221:57:53: <viejo> "He's in a maximum security prison as we speak. Poor, poor Hiemling."
230321:57:56: <NachtRuine> "I told you I needed this." Now with no obstacle in place, Abe gets his phone.
230421:58:22: <Rainglove> "A prison with no penguins I would hope"
230521:58:54: <viejo> "There are creatures that score high, of course, no 10s, but these other creatures are normally, for starters, incredibly dangerous, hard to capture, manage, and more! They can sometimes be rare! Or protected by certain wildlife charities! Nightmares"
230621:59:05: <viejo> "But penguins! Ah! They are in /ample/ supply!"
230721:59:10: <NachtRuine> He heard the vibration, so he can only assume there's some notification.
230821:59:36: <viejo> "Well, unless someone modified a penguin's intelligence to the extent it could commit a crime and be deemed worthy of conscious thought of said crime and in turn punished for it... Hmmm"
230922:00:05: <Rainglove> "Well I am a talking squid"
231022:00:16: <Goatwright> There is indeed a notification. It is from the captain.
231122:00:42: <Goatwright> 'Get everybody together, it's show-time.'
231222:01:04: <viejo> "True enough, true enough. Not all creatures' intelligence can be manipulated as easily, however."
231322:01:32: <viejo> "I wanted to show you part of my work is all, or at least, give you a taste for it and one of my hobbies."
231422:01:33: <NachtRuine> Abe makes a disgruntled sound, as the cat indirectly lead to the delay. Abe can only assume he'll find at least one person in the lab, so he heads there.
231522:01:59: <viejo> Oh you'll always find at least one person there, Abe. They may not be conscious or necessarily in one piece, however. :^)
231622:03:21: <NachtRuine> At the lab! "We've got a mission, boys. Get ready." He repeats this for wherever Mishaal is (probably kitchen).
231722:04:01: <viejo> Dr. J quickly turns the screen off. "Ah, I see. Well then, less talk of that nature." He goes on to the command deck.
231822:04:35: <Rainglove> Billy heads towards the deck, newly enlightened on the malleable nature of the living creatures of the cosmos
231922:04:47: <Rainglove> SOCIAL LINK STRENGTHENED
232022:05:45: <Goatwright> There is ol' Captain Mayhalis, sitting in his chair. He has recently procured a leg-rest.
232122:05:53: <Rainglove> amazing
232222:06:41: <NachtRuine> Abe stands at attention. Another force of habit.
232322:07:21: <Rainglove> Billy does not, but this is due to the force of gravity, not habit
232422:08:01: <Goatwright> "Right, please look up at the screen." He points, and there is a nice little planet on the display.
232522:08:30: <Goatwright> It has a bunch of data scrolling in boxes on the side of it. Your typical sci-fi stuff.
232622:09:09: <NachtRuine> How's it look? Green, red, yellow, black?
232722:09:51: <Goatwright> Very Earth-like. Green with blue oceans, although the oceans don't seem very big.
232822:10:46: <Goatwright> "This here's your first planet with its own unique name! This is Savage's Refuge. Pretty name, ain't it?"
232922:11:31: <NachtRuine> "Looks kinda like Earth."
233022:11:42: <Rainglove> "Are there many savages?"
233122:14:07: <Goatwright> "Well, sorta, Billy. This used to be a penal colony. They'd send scientists down who still had some use in them, but could be monitored closely so they wouldn't go shoving lasers into things."
233222:14:39: <viejo> Dr. J cackles.
233322:15:23: <Goatwright> "Now it's one of the only non-affiliated research facilities in the galaxy, but the people there are, well.." He shrugs a bit. "Old habits die hard. It boasts more criminals-in-hiding than full-fledged researchers, so it sits in kind of a funny spot."
233422:15:57: <Rainglove> "What do they have that we need then?"
233522:16:10: <viejo> "Any potentially dangerous plans to shove lasers into creatures?"
233622:16:26: <viejo> "That we might perhaps detain them and acquire said material."
233722:17:58: <Goatwright> "Our interests lie more in the local wildlife than the people themselves. They've been sending out periodical reports of from sightings to full-fledged attacks by something big."
233822:18:41: <NachtRuine> "So we're big game hunters?"
233922:18:43: <Rainglove> "How big?"
234022:19:22: <viejo> "How strong are our tranquilizers and do we have a cage of at least a 10 by 10 metre size we could fit within the hangar?"
234122:20:11: <Goatwright> "At least the size of a mech - but I can't authorize the use of one down there. Too many sticky fingers."
234222:21:44: <Goatwright> "If you can find a way to knock it out, we'll find a way for you to take it with you, Doc. But for now, just focus on doing what you can with it."
234322:22:20: <NachtRuine> "If it's as big as a mech, you'll need more tranqs than I think we can handle."
234422:23:23: <Rainglove> "Perhaps we could simply bring three very large ones as backups"
234522:23:34: <Rainglove> "Or a very large net"
234622:24:16: <Goatwright> "Any other questions?" He tries to swivel in his chair, but instead sits up to look at them.
234722:24:38: <Goatwright> So much for dramatics. He should consider replacing this chair with a swivel one.
234822:25:43: <viejo> Dr. J wonders if he has strong enough tranquilizers or drugs in his lab. DOES HE?
234922:25:49: <NachtRuine> "Did the locals give any details about the wildlife?"
235022:26:54: <Goatwright> "The wildlife's generally pretty well-understood, so it's kind of surprising to see something this big for them. From their experience, they're usually more around a few feet tall, and not thirty or so."
235122:27:20: <Goatwright> Possibly, DOCTAH JAY, but you have no idea how swoll this thing definitely is. Maybe the guys down on yer planet will have something.
235222:28:11: <viejo> "Let's set off and nab this beastie then."
235322:28:21: <NachtRuine> "Do you expect the locals to cause a problem for us?"
235422:28:32: <Goatwright> "Hopefully not. Just watch your pockets."
235522:28:43: <Rainglove> Billy just sets off for the ship and lets the nerds talk about plans.
235622:28:47: <viejo> "Oooo I wonder if it's a Krumscheon! I hope so."
235722:29:01: <viejo> "I've never had a chance to properly analyse their HF..."
235822:29:14: <NachtRuine> "
235922:29:37: <NachtRuine> Abe sets off as well, he's got everything he needs to know.
236022:30:24: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal prepares himself. He's hunted things before.
236122:30:57: <Goatwright> Billy's ship starts up nice and easy. She purrs like a kitten.
236222:31:07: <Goatwright> Oh wait, that's just Maisey sitting on the control panel.
236322:31:11: <Rainglove> Billy pats his ship.
236422:31:16: <Rainglove> And accidentally pats the cat.
236522:31:36: <NachtRuine> "We're not bringing Maisey, are we?"
236622:31:52: <viejo> Dr. J makes sure to get whatever stun-gun he has and all dem stronk tranqs.
236722:31:57: <Rainglove> "Well if she wants to come she can come but I am not leaving her in my ship alone who knows what buttons she might press"
236822:32:22: <Goatwright> She purrpurrpurrs.
236922:32:24: <NachtRuine> "Place sounds dangerous, that's all."
237022:32:52: <viejo> Dr. J takes a picture of his equipment and posts it to OGSA. 'Hunting for a large monster, call me Monster Hunter J.'
237122:32:55: <Rainglove> Billy pats the purrpurrpurrcat. "Well of course it is all dangerous do you think we should bring her onto the planet with us or should we leave her on the captain's ship?"
237222:32:55: <viejo> :^)
237322:33:19: <Goatwright> Dr. J gets a like from Reggie and he asks if it's a Kut-ku.
237422:33:38: <NachtRuine> "I say leave her on the ship."
237522:33:58: <viejo> Dr. J hasn't heard of a Kut-ku, he presumes Reggie is old and senile and mistaking a real-life creature for some fantasy, imaginary animal. What a dork.
237622:34:02: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to remove the kitty.
237722:34:10: <Rainglove> Using his patented kitty remover skills
237822:34:14: <Goatwright> Reggie is so alone. :[
237922:34:23: <viejo> Roll domestic-pet skill.
238022:34:29: <Goatwright> Maisey is properly removed. He trots off the ship.
238122:34:31: <Rainglove> 4df-1
238222:34:32: <BEIGE> Rainglove: 0 (4df-1=3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
238322:34:47: <NachtRuine> "Alright, let's go."
238422:35:00: <viejo> Billy doesn't act. He just floats there, watching it, wishing he were squid enough to take action on the unwanted furry passenger.
238522:35:04: <Rainglove> Billy pats the kitty and then returns to his ship. He feels that he did a slightly sub-par job removing the cat, but he is not a vet and does not think much more could be expected of him in this situation.
238622:35:20: <Rainglove> He stares at it as he raises the ramp.
238722:35:29: <Rainglove> Makes sure it stays where it is.
238822:35:35: <Rainglove> He don't want no cat fur on his console.
238922:36:34: <Rainglove> AND WE'RE OOFF
239022:36:36: <viejo> Dr. J is on-board.
239122:36:39: <Goatwright> Wooosh.
239222:36:42: <Rainglove> woosh space
239322:37:04: <Goatwright> Billy gets a sudden notification on his ship as they depart from the Marriott.
239422:37:22: <Rainglove> DIRECTIONS?
239522:37:47: <Rainglove> Billy pulls up SpaceMapQuest
239622:38:01: <Goatwright> It is actually from Inda! Secondary to the directions, which are also included.
239722:38:27: <Goatwright> <You should probably start broadcasting your identity as soon as you get within receiving range so they don't consider shooting you down.>
239822:39:08: <viejo> You can totally compel me to use Respected Scientist to do that so I can gain another fate point. :^)
239922:39:12: <Rainglove> Well. "Apparently the natives have guns and like to use them on random ships entering their atmosphere."
240022:39:26: <Rainglove> Billy makes sure the appropriate beacon is activated and JOURNEYS ONWARD
240122:39:32: <NachtRuine> "They're criminals, what do you expect?"
240222:39:45: <Rainglove> INTO 20XXXX A SPACE ODYSSEY
240322:39:53: <viejo> "Criminal scientists not bound by petty regulation and law," Dr. J cackles.
240422:40:13: <Rainglove> "Well shooting a ship out of orbit seems rather useless the ammo is expensive and everything will burn up in the atmosphere at least I think"
240522:40:37: <Rainglove> "But we will see"
240622:40:39: <viejo> "Yes Billy, but you fail to realise the potential they are testing out a new weapon... a chest-mounted laser, perhaps?"
240722:41:07: <Rainglove> "Doctor have you considered having a laser mounted to your own chest?"
240822:41:27: <Goatwright> The ship flies on into the atmosphere, and is directed to what looks like a city, all of which seems to be building after building, with hallways connecting each structure.
240922:41:45: <viejo> "Eh." He shrugs non-nonchalantly.
241022:42:05: <Goatwright> They get a single last message from the Captain. <Sorry I keep forgetting stuff, but bring some EVA suits. The atmosphere isn't great.>
241122:42:10: <viejo> Back in his lab lie several diagrams of himself that say otherwise, however...
241222:42:38: <Rainglove> DO we have EVA suits?
241322:42:42: <Rainglove> I mean billy does obviously
241422:42:45: <Goatwright> Well Billy is always in one
241522:42:45: <Rainglove> because he lives in one
241622:42:46: <Goatwright> But yes
241722:42:49: <viejo> Nope, time to get depressurized and die.
241822:42:49: <Goatwright> Yes you do.
241922:42:53: <Rainglove> darn
242022:42:57: <NachtRuine> Luckily, Abe already wears an EVA suit, so now we have an extra spare.
242122:42:58: <viejo> Dr. J suits up.
242222:43:12: <viejo> This EVA suit doesn't fit over his professional poncho. :(
242322:43:59: <Goatwright> Soon they start flying on over their destination.
242422:44:14: <Rainglove> Billy enjoys space trucking.
242522:44:29: <Rainglove> "So how is everyone's day going so far are you enjoying the space?"
242622:44:43: <Goatwright> Billy gets the notification that he's free to land.
242722:44:47: <Goatwright> He is directed to a landing pad.
242822:45:50: <Rainglove> billy hasn't landed in an actual facility in
242922:45:51: <Rainglove> gosh
243022:45:53: <Rainglove> days
243122:46:04: <Rainglove> He goes and lands in the appropriate area
243222:46:06: <viejo> "Yes? Yes."
243322:46:26: <Rainglove> "Well they are letting us land before they potentially blow us up"
243422:46:33: <Rainglove> "So that is rather courteous"
243522:46:34: <viejo> "That's polite at least."
243622:46:45: <Goatwright> They're not TOTAL savages.
243722:46:53: <Goatwright> They didn't name it No-Hope's-Point or anything.
243822:47:40: <Goatwright> The ship settles down fine, and some people walk up to the ramp, waiting for them to exit the ship.
243922:48:41: <Goatwright> You can, uh, exit and everything.
244022:49:00: <NachtRuine> Abe exits, looking about at the landscape.
244122:49:19: <Rainglove> Billy floats out on his throne. He surveys the land that is now his.
244222:49:56: <BEIGE> Viejo: WHAT DOES ME SEE: 2 (4df+2=4-, 0, 3+, 0)
244322:49:56: <viejo> 4df+2 WHAT DOES ME SEE
244423:06:17: <Goatwright> WELL.
244523:07:08: <Goatwright> You see some dudes walking towards you. There they are. A domed ceiling closes above you, the sound of some gas expelling fills the room, and the men take off their helmets.
244623:07:42: <Goatwright> You are instantly struck by the fact that you aren't home in Kansas anymore. None of these guys are ICA races.
244723:07:49: <Rainglove> Billy admires the pressurization.
244823:08:17: <NachtRuine> ojeez
244923:08:33: <NachtRuine> Abe keeps his helmet on.
245023:08:50: <Rainglove> Billy remains inside his pressure suit, for everyone's sake
245123:11:04: <NachtRuine> "You called for help?"
245223:11:39: <viejo> But what races ARE they?
245323:11:54: <viejo> What's their anatomy like? Do the females of the race possess curves or rolls of fat?
245423:11:59: <Goatwright> WELL VIEJO
245523:12:05: <Rainglove> they're all 400 pound feminists
245623:12:23: <viejo> if there's one thing Dr. J can't stand more than a feminist
245723:12:26: <viejo> it's a feminist alien
245823:13:09: <Goatwright> One of them is an Esurga, another looks like the dog-creature Abe saw working in the kitchen with Mishaal, with a large sloping forehead, sunken eyes, well-defined cheekbones and jowl-y lips
245923:14:14: <Goatwright> The third is somewhat bird-like, with a large, thick beak curving downward slightly, though much of its narrow, greasy-looking face is featherless, and its eyes seem to almost bulge out at you.
246023:14:50: <viejo> Do any of them have tits?
246123:14:54: <Goatwright> No.
246223:14:58: <viejo> Shit anatomy.
246323:15:00: <Goatwright> They're scientists. What are you, crazy?
246423:15:45: <Goatwright> The esurga approaches you, extending a hand your way. "Welcome to Savage's Refuge. Yes, that we did. Glad somebody had the balls to come down and lend a hand."
246523:17:15: <NachtRuine> Abe shakes the extended hand. No point in not being cordial. "Could ya give us the details on this beast?"
246623:17:20: <Rainglove> Billy considers his anatomy. He decides he must have come down for different reasons than everyone else, though he gains a new respect for his companions managing to keep their cool despite being forced by their genitals into dangerous environments.
246723:18:16: <Goatwright> Doc, you realize something weird about them while trying to scope them out for tits.
246823:18:32: <Goatwright> The name-tags they have clipped to their chests... they don't have OGSA certification!
246923:18:42: <viejo> Oh, my! Dr. J might just faint.
247023:19:41: <viejo> He bets they don't even play the hit app, OGSAville.
247123:20:02: <Goatwright> "Of course. Come on in." The group head through a pair of doors, exiting the big old hangar room as they disrobe from their EVA suits.
247223:20:21: <Goatwright> "What have you been told so far?" The bug-man clicks at them. Esurga are so gross.
247323:20:35: <viejo> "There are some outlaw scientists down here as well as general criminals."
247423:20:56: <Rainglove> Billy follows in his EVA suit
247523:22:04: <Goatwright> The dog-looking man snickers, then pipes up, "OGSA?"
247623:23:04: <viejo> "As a matter of fact, yes. And, please, I do not disagree with the nature of outlaw science. Some of the greatest findings have been by illegal means."
247723:23:41: <viejo> Dr. J's eyes turn misty as he thinks of Hiemlingsan and his mutant penguins.
247823:24:37: <viejo> 4df+3 this is a charm roll to see how well that comes off
247923:24:38: <BEIGE> Viejo: this is a charm roll to see how well that comes off: 1 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
248023:24:40: <viejo> welp
248123:25:17: <BEIGE> Goatwright: >mfw: 3 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 3+, 0)
248223:25:17: <Goatwright> 4df+2 >mfw
248323:26:12: <Goatwright> The don't seem impressed, and the two others go and snicker while the Esurga brushes them off. "Might be a good idea not to wave the badge around is all. Some people here have some pretty bad experience with OGSA, as I'm sure you can imagine."
248423:27:02: <viejo> "Yes, I can imagine. They provide some resources, materials, and connections otherwise inaccessible. I do wonder, have you heard of my research on Zombatels? Perhaps that would shed some light on the nature of my work."
248523:27:11: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging Renowned Study because they can eat a dick: 3 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 4-, 4-)
248623:27:11: <viejo> 4df+5 tagging Renowned Study because they can eat a dick
248723:27:21: <viejo> ogey no more rolls today
248823:29:32: <Goatwright> The Esurga just.. pats him on the back as he leads them into a nice, sanitary-looking room, ditching his companions. "Right. Well, the beast we've been encountering is something we haven't seen here before. We've considered the possibility that it was an independent's creation, but it doesn't show any signs of your typical science-fair project."
248923:29:59: <Goatwright> [translator's note: 'science-fair project' is a colloquialism for a science's big breakthrough project]
249023:30:03: <Goatwright> scientist's even
249123:30:54: <NachtRuine> "Are you thinking it needs to be taken down or are we looking more at taking it out?"
249223:32:38: <Goatwright> "We're scientists, after all, so stopping it without killing it is the ideal. The problem is that we're not well-staffed enough to send out some sort of party to go looking for it, and as I'm sure you can imagine, there's not a lot of people I'd trust to send out after it."
249323:33:39: <viejo> "Yes, preferable detainment and subsequent extraction would be preferable to flat-out killing it."
249423:33:49: <viejo> "A live subject is so much more interesting to work with>"
249523:36:08: <NachtRuine> "Keeping it alive is much harder than killing it, so we have to act accordingly.
249623:36:57: <Goatwright> "Oh, that reminds me. I'm Director Koreff - four charges of murder, six charges of embezzlement, twenty-seven charges of falsification of government documents, and eight charges of crimes outlined by the Fair Treatment Law. I'm in charge of overseeing the colony. Your names?"
249723:38:04: <viejo> "Dr. Oisroirx Jeisswessel, no crimes associated to my name, only those undiscovered associated to my soul." He cackles.
249823:38:10: <viejo> "So who did you murder and why?"
249923:38:43: <NachtRuine> Well at least he's mostly a white-collar criminal. "Abe. Clean record."
250023:38:47: <viejo> Dr. J stole those two hats once, remember? The fiend.
250123:38:49: <Rainglove> "Well I am Billy and I haven't been officially charged with anything."
250223:41:10: <Goatwright> "My designated mating partner, two government employees, both of which were Department of Regulation, and my former assistant. Aggravation and the suppression of my crimes, respectfully." He says it all so nonchalantly, but he's probably been through it dozens of times now.
250323:42:04: <viejo> "And the violations of the Fair Treatment Law? What sentients were you meddling with and why?"
250423:43:51: <Goatwright> "I was working on legalized uplifts, those done by CAST, to see if I could increase their utility and sell the information back to CAST to see if I could get the Fair Treatment Laws amended and make a fair bit of money, but as you can see, that didn't work out so well." He lets out a slightly disheartened chuckle, taking them through another set of doors.
250523:44:28: <Goatwright> They find themselves in a significantly dingier looking hallway, branching off into three separate directions.
250623:45:51: <NachtRuine> "Back to the issue at hand, do you have anything that would make subduing it easier?"
250723:47:32: <viejo> "The struggle of a scientist with ideas is real." Dr. J seems to sigh as well.
250823:50:05: <Goatwright> "Part of the issue's been finding the creature in the first place. It has a nasty habit of being able to disappear a moment after it strikes, so tracking it has been a nightmare. We can't even tell you where it is right now, and, well..." He shifts uncomfortably as they walk, and stops before the splitting hallways.
250923:51:39: <Goatwright> "We here at Savage's Refuge have a trust-based mentality, and many people here don't take well to newcomers for reasons I'm sure you can understand. So I was hoping perhaps you could do something for me while we work on tracking that creature for you."
251023:52:14: <NachtRuine> "Depends on the something."
251123:52:23: <viejo> "How does it disappear, any idea? That would help greatly. Is it merely extremely fast, or can it burrow? Fly? Camoflauge? None of the aforementioned? Or ALL of the aforementioned?"
251223:54:56: <Goatwright> "We assume some sort of camouflage is what's at work. As soon as it strikes, it slips back into the brush and," he snaps, "just like that, it's gone."
251323:56:58: <Goatwright> He then turns on back to Abe. "We've got something of a loose bolt somewhere in the colony, and we'd like some help containing him."
251423:57:04: <Goatwright> "Shouldn't be to hard, with your capabilities."
251523:57:07: <Goatwright> too*
251623:57:56: <NachtRuine> "Whatcha mean by loose bolt?"
251723:58:27: <Rainglove> "Well it seems as though one of their machines is broken but I think they may be confusing you for Seir"
251823:59:00: <Rainglove> "You see machines are held together by bolts and when one comes loose the machine ceases function at least that is how I understand it"
251923:59:09: <Rainglove> Billy nods sagely.
252023:59:40: <Goatwright> Koreff laughs, patting the squid on the head. "It was an expression, caeligo. We have a scientist who's lost a hing- erm, has gone a bit mad."
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2523 2015-02-21
2524
252500:00:02: <Rainglove> "Oh"
252600:01:01: <NachtRuine> "So you want him brought here or something?"
252700:01:30: <Goatwright> "This is where you get some personal freedom. What you end up doing with him is up to you. We just need him removed."
252800:01:42: <Goatwright> "He's been causing more trouble than we can handle, and now he's off and hiding."
252900:03:30: <NachtRuine> "You're in luck, as I'm trained to track and find people. This shouldn't be a problem."
253000:04:10: <Rainglove> "Might you allow me to access your network?"
253100:04:43: <Goatwright> He seems a bit hesitant, but nods. "If you must."
253200:05:41: <Rainglove> "Eeeeeeeexcellent." Billy pulls out his Computational Assistant Device. He goes to work finding this loser's SpaceBook account.
253300:05:43: <viejo> "What kind of trouble has he, or she, been causing?"
253400:06:09: <viejo> "Or Xe."
253500:07:48: <Goatwright> Billy realizes he doesn't even have a name!
253600:08:05: <viejo> Of course Billy has a name, it's Billy.
253700:08:06: <viejo> :^)
253800:08:22: <Goatwright> Pls
253900:08:40: <Rainglove> Billy stops. He wonders if he's suffered brain damage.
254000:08:46: <Rainglove> "Does this scientist have a name?"
254100:09:11: <Rainglove> He wouldn't be surprised if that head pat had damaged his gelatinous brain-mass somehow
254200:09:36: <Goatwright> "Well, he's killed a few men, stolen a few documents, hijacked a mech.." He tries to recall all the exact details. "Oh, he also caused a massive fire in our botanical wing, which was /dreadful/, I'm sure you can imagine."
254300:09:51: <Goatwright> Koreff even talks like he used to be OGSA. Poor goy, he's not so bad.
254400:12:02: <Goatwright> "Ah, of course." He turns to look at Billy. "Jorga Tortell. He's a finnar - like the beaked fellow you saw with me earlier."
254500:12:35: <NachtRuine> "We'll try to bring him back here. If it so happens that he dies, oh well."
254600:12:50: <Rainglove> Billy starts a-lookin'. "Thank you very much"
254700:14:06: <Goatwright> Billy does find an account, but it hasn't been accessed for quite some time. Still, now he's got a face.
254800:14:20: <viejo> Is he/she cute?
254900:16:06: <Goatwright> Not overly. The picture, as far as you can tell, is a cropped one of him in a staff group photo. It's quite high-quality, but that doesn't do much for his bald face, wrinkly grey-ish skin, with a crack running up the side of his beak and a rather droopy brow line.
255000:16:20: <viejo> Is he OGSA?
255100:16:51: <Goatwright> He was, but considering his crimes and all, obviously he isn't anymore.
255200:16:55: <Goatwright> Otherwise he wouldn't be here.
255300:17:23: <Rainglove> Billy flashes the picture around. "Well we know what he looks like"
255400:18:52: <Goatwright> "Good luck, my friends. Watch your pockets." Director Koreff scuttles on out.
255500:19:46: <Goatwright> You find yourselves at a crossroads with three halls to go down, each with a labeled door.
255600:26:07: <Goatwright> Do you
255700:26:08: <Goatwright> READ the doors
255800:26:09: <Goatwright> do you anything
255900:26:12: <Goatwright> should I even bother
256000:26:46: <Rainglove> well
256100:26:56: <Rainglove> Billy reads the doors, since he's the only one reliably here
256200:28:06: <Goatwright> Billy, the signs, now crudely painted over after no doubt pointing to prisoner's sells and lunchrooms, read 'TO BARWAY', 'TO COMMONS', and 'TO HOUSING'.
256300:28:16: <Rainglove> Well.
256400:28:27: <Rainglove> Billy HMMMMMs loudly.
256500:28:52: <Goatwright> Either way he can probably find somebody to hassle about Tortell.
256600:30:44: <Rainglove> Billy heads for the commons. A lone squid, off on an adventure.
256700:31:33: <Goatwright> At least his pockets are all in his chair.
256800:33:06: <NachtRuine> Abe has been constantly checking his pockets since he got here. Luckily most of the pockets on his suit are on his front.
256900:33:14: <Goatwright> Billy hovers on out into the commons. He sees a very rust-covered, garbage-filled area before him, full of various aliens chatting, walking, or sitting about. Smoke hangs in the area from what look to be various markets - probably some set up by those who came to cater to the freed scientists after the fact, rather than by the scientists themselves.
257000:33:45: <viejo> Does Dr. J spot anyone he used to know?
257100:33:47: <viejo> 4df+2
257200:33:47: <BEIGE> Viejo: 2 (4df+2=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-)
257300:33:50: <Goatwright> The occasional mech marches through the crowd, and a few scientists carry various sorts of boxes, briefcases, or cages with unusual critters.
257400:34:06: <Goatwright> Dr. J does not. There's just so many people, it'd be hard to see anyone specific in this crowd.
257500:34:13: <NachtRuine> Abe joins Billy on the search.
257600:34:33: <viejo> As does Dr. J!
257700:35:29: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: Who looks like a snitch who knows what's going on?: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 3+, 4-)
257800:35:29: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 Who looks like a snitch who knows what's going on?
257900:35:50: <Rainglove> Billy observes quietly. He hmmms at the vaporized cancer floating through the air.
258000:36:11: <Benedict> Cunts. Did Seir sleep-walk with the crew again? Damn it, he would have never agreed to this.
258100:37:49: <Goatwright> Well Abe, the only people who don't look too busy to notice you are the shop workers, who are nearly begging for your attention.
258200:39:17: <viejo> Anything particularly good on sale?
258300:39:19: <Benedict> "Need to talk to nurse about sleep-walk..." Seir grumbles to himself. He hates wherever he is because he is Seir.
258400:39:30: <NachtRuine> Abe knows better than to be caught in a shop. Not after what happened last time.
258500:39:31: <Goatwright> Thanks Seir.
258600:39:57: <Benedict> What shops are there?
258700:41:01: <Goatwright> Lots and lots of food of various sorts, the occasional shady-looking joint that's selling something but not saying what, a few 'exotic petstores', at least a single mech garage, and of course shops for buying research tools.
258800:41:49: <Benedict> Hello, mech shop. Bye, team.
258900:44:17: <Goatwright> Well, Seir joins the run only to ditch the team who is trying to do anything.
259000:44:22: <NachtRuine> Abe looks over to the Doc and Billy. "Perhaps we should ask one of these shady joints if they know anything."
259100:44:23: <Goatwright> He ends up at the mech garage.
259200:46:03: <Benedict> Seir never liked his team anyway. He likes them as much as he likes his wife. Speaking of wife, Seir looks for something cheap to buy so he can gloat about having money to his wife.
259300:46:12: <Rainglove> "That is an astoundingly good idea human"
259400:46:22: <Rainglove> Billy floats off to the seediest looking group of people he can find
259500:46:31: <SunlightDandy> Dr. J goes into an exotic pet store for a little look.
259600:47:13: <Goatwright> Well Seir, you're in a mech shop.
259700:47:19: <Goatwright> Are you looking for a dash bobblehead?
259800:47:55: <NachtRuine> Abe shouldn't leave Billy alone. No telling what he'll get into. "Billy, let
259900:48:02: <NachtRuine> ''s try to stay together."
260000:48:18: <SunlightDandy> He wants to marry you, Billy.
260100:48:43: <Goatwright> Billy and Abe slink over to an untitled shop. There is no sign, nor windows, only a door that lets you inside. It is very different from the open-frame, bazaar-kinda style everybody else is rocking.
260200:49:26: <Benedict> Seir is looking for... something. What kind of bobbleheads do they got anyway? Might as well.
260300:49:55: <Goatwright> They're all mostly off-brand. Nothing very interesting.
260400:50:14: <Goatwright> Anything specifically related to the alliances seems to remain unstocked, leaving options bare.
260500:50:23: <Rainglove> "But it was your idea to ask th-" Billy sighs electronically and heads after them.
260600:50:23: <Benedict> Gross.
260700:50:28: <Goatwright> No Nik or Flik for you.
260800:50:34: <Benedict> GROSS.
260900:51:31: <NachtRuine> "Yes, I know. We'll go to the shady place after the Doc's done with whatever he's doing."
261000:52:18: <Goatwright> Doc wanders into a pet shop. He sees all sorts of creatures in cages and crates, ranging from all over the galaxy.
261100:53:05: <viejo> Any miniature Krumscheons? Anything INTERESTING?
261200:53:27: <NachtRuine> Abe and presumably Billy are right behind the Doc.
261300:53:28: <Goatwright> One thing he notices is that each pet, along with its general stats such as gender, life expectancy, common and scientific names, also has an HF rating.
261400:53:37: <Benedict> Seir wonders if hiss Institution "friend" contacted the Lord-Councilor yet. Need to get money so the Captain shuts up. Oh hey, this bobblehead looks like that Wallstar thing.
261500:53:39: <Benedict> How ugly.
261600:54:02: <Goatwright> It is very clearly off-brand.
261700:54:58: <Goatwright> Doc, you see all sorts of HF ratings all over the shop, from zeroes to eights. No miniature Krumscheons for him, though.
261800:56:03: <viejo> Dr. J's eyes narrow. HF ratings are somewhat rare things and not exactly a common interest. "So, shopkeep, tell me about these HF ratings. What are they?"
261900:57:36: <Goatwright> "What do you mean, 'what are they'?" The shopkeep rolls his eyes. "What are you, a chemist?"
262000:57:53: <Goatwright> Seir feels somebody breathing down the back of his neck.
262100:58:30: <Goatwright> None of these have anything to do with them finding their guy.
262200:59:17: <viejo> "So very judgemental for a man running a shady cornershop. If I run the HFs of these creatures on the URoS are they going to come up correctly, as they're stated here?"
262300:59:22: <viejo> He watches with SCRUTINY.
262400:59:46: <Benedict> Seir doesn't even know they're looking for a guy. Seir slowly turns his head to look at the strange man breathing down his neck.
262501:00:52: <Rainglove> Billy eyes the nerdshit. He doesn't know what these things are or what the doctor is freaking out about. He snoops around for something that'll take them closer to their guy on the network. Maybe some surveillance cameras, maybe some suspicious data going out from somewhere remote.
262601:01:41: <NachtRuine> Abe does not know how to nerd, at least this type of nerd. He's just waiting for the Doc to finish nerding so they can get a lead.
262701:03:47: <Goatwright> Seir sees a nintir eyeing him suspiciously. "You're that nintir, right?"
262801:04:24: <Benedict> "No. You might be that Nintir." What a stupid question. Obviously Seir knows what he means, but come on.
262901:04:46: <Goatwright> The shopkeep SNEERS at the ugly lil' squidman of a Doctor. "Of course! What do you take me for, anyway? Everybody here's a top-of-the-line scientist. I can't pull that sorta shit here."
263001:05:21: <Goatwright> The nintir scrolls through his phone, then shows Seir a picture of Seir. "Look."
263101:05:41: <viejo> "I take you for a shady cornershop salesman." He replies tartly.
263201:06:00: <viejo> Dr. J moseys around the various animals and runs their HFs against the URoS.
263301:06:13: <Benedict> Oh boooooy. "I never liked that picture."
263401:06:26: <Goatwright> Billy does in fact find access to various security cameras around the site.
263501:06:49: <Goatwright> Quite a few of them seem to simply be sitting there, unused for who knows how long, and they watch over locations where nothing's happening.
263601:07:13: <Goatwright> The nintir eyes Seir inquisitively. "I heard you'd got off. What are you doing here?"
263701:08:16: <Goatwright> Doc, the numbers, for the most part, return the same thing. There's a few creatures - mostly the ones with the higher numbers - that you don't even get a return for, so you're not sure if the numbers are valid or not.
263801:08:24: <Rainglove> Billy pans through the available cameras. Boooooooring.
263901:08:53: <viejo> Dr. J checks to see if the species are registered on the URoS or if they're all new species.
264001:09:23: <Benedict> "Not selling knock-off bobbleheads." Well, at least he isn't calling him a criminal. That's a good start. "Looking for someone. Think it was..." Seir knew he was looking for someone, but he was asleep... yet a name is in his head. "Jorga Tortell?"
264101:10:00: <Goatwright> "Oh. The finnar?"
264201:10:21: <Benedict> "Yes."
264301:10:32: <Goatwright> Billy continues panning through camera feeds, until suddenly he is forced to make a communications check!
264401:10:55: <Rainglove> 4df+7 tagging off the grid
264501:10:56: <BEIGE> Rainglove: tagging off the grid: 8 (4df+7=0, 0, 3+, 0)
264601:11:14: <Goatwright> There's a few of them that you do find on the URoS, under different names and with some slightly fudged HF ratings - generally by a decimal, or by a one - but there's a few that just aren't on there.
264701:12:02: <viejo> Dr. J mentions this to the shopkeep. "Seems like there are some creatures here that aren't even listed on the URoS, does that mean they are entirely new species that no one's bothered to record?"
264801:13:32: <Goatwright> "That's right, guy. We get all sorts of exotic imports. Not everybody wants to mess with the URoS. Lots of people trying to fly low of official groups, y'know?"
264901:13:42: <Goatwright> "That's what Savage's Refuge is all about, baby."
265001:14:39: <viejo> "'Let's not use this extremely handy tool that would immensely help the work we do!' Very clever."
265101:15:25: <viejo> "I'm surprised there are so many unregistered new species here. Regardless." Dr. J takes pictures of all the unregistered animals and makes initial notes on what he can see on each.
265201:15:59: <Goatwright> Billy finds that, for a moment, his connection to the cameras are being interrupted. He momentarily gets some fuzzy feed, but he manages to clear it up, only to find one of the camera feeds telling him somethin' fishy is going on.
265301:16:34: <Rainglove> Well someone doesn't want him looking at things
265401:16:51: <Rainglove> Billy looks at the fishy thing
265501:16:52: <Rainglove> or perhaps
265601:16:53: <Rainglove> birdy thig
265701:16:55: <Rainglove> thing
265801:16:57: <Goatwright> "Hey, not everybody likes flyin' clean on the OGSA record. We ain't all sissies." The shopkeep /scoffs/ again, then sits back. "You buyin' anything or not?"
265901:17:25: <Goatwright> Seir, your nintir thinks for a second.
266001:18:12: <Goatwright> "Well, he's been sorta off-the-grid lately. If he's anywhere, he'd probably be in one of the damaged wings. That's where all the worst-of-the-worst like to lie low, but there's a lot of 'em, and they're usually pretty strict on who they let in."
266101:19:05: <Goatwright> Billy does get a feed of the bird-like Tortell, fiddling with the camera, trying to unplug a cord he had placed in. His hands shake and he struggles with it, but eventually he gets it loose.
266201:19:18: <viejo> "Yes, if you are part of OGSA you are automatically a sissy, what wise knowledge I have learnt off a pet-peddler. You have a nice collection here, but it's a shame that you don't quite have an 8.5, like the Zombatels I did my research on. Oh, don't worry if you haven't heard of them, I wouldn't expect you to."
266301:19:21: <Goatwright> The cord flies back into the back of his head and he scampers off.
266401:19:43: <viejo> 4df+2 how's MEESTAH J'S assets lookin'
266501:19:43: <BEIGE> Viejo: how's MEESTAH J'S assets lookin': 3 (4df+2=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
266601:19:49: <NachtRuine> "Billy, something wrong?"
266701:20:18: <Goatwright> The shopkeep rooooooollls his eyes, fanning himself. "Nobody caaares. Buy something or get out."
266801:20:24: <Rainglove> "Well it seems as though mister Tortell has some sort of cybernetic port in his skull that allows him to plug into cameras and that he was trying to keep me from finding him but he is not as good as I am"
266901:20:27: <Rainglove> He sounds only mildly smug
267001:20:35: <Goatwright> Well, Meestah Jay, you're supposed to roll after you decide to buy something.
267101:20:36: <viejo> Dr. J laughs. "Just as I thought. Look them up sometime."
267201:20:42: <viejo> Well too bad.
267301:20:44: <NachtRuine> "Well, where is he?"
267401:20:47: <Goatwright> But you can probably buy something or another.
267501:20:54: <viejo> Just one critter?
267601:21:07: <Goatwright> Or several cheap critters.
267701:21:08: <Rainglove> "Well I don't know exactly where he is but I did get a look at his surroundings"
267801:21:14: <Rainglove> he describes said surroundings
267901:21:16: <Benedict> Seir looks at the Wallstar knock-off again. He thinks back to what the human bitch told him. Maybe he does need some goodwill among the ship crew. "You can't think of any specific wing." Seir 'asks', tapping a message on his computer to Billy. "I require a small loan to purchase something."
268001:21:40: <Rainglove> "He was trying to plug something from his skull into a surveillance camera but he ran away"
268101:21:47: <Goatwright> Said surroundings looked very burned out, Billy.
268201:21:49: <viejo> Well, essentially he would want something with decent HF that isn't a common creature as they are presumably heavily researched on as they're more readily available. Equally, he could just buy a new species animal and record it.
268301:22:16: <Rainglove> Billy taps back to Seir. "What are you buying? :OOO"
268401:22:26: <Benedict> He then sends a message to his wife. "I have money. You don't. Ha ha."
268501:22:32: <Benedict> Message to Billy. "A thing."
268601:23:04: <Rainglove> "What thing?"
268701:23:15: <Benedict> "A thing."
268801:23:29: <Goatwright> He could buy himself an uncommon HF 4, the last one in there, but it does seem to be recorded before. Just not very researched.
268901:23:37: <Rainglove> "What thing?"
269001:23:44: <Benedict> "A thing."
269101:24:06: <viejo> >HF 4
269201:24:09: <Rainglove> Billy starts setting up a program to automatically respond with that answer any time he receives that specific message. "What thing?"
269301:24:12: <viejo> laughingJ.jph
269401:24:30: <Benedict> Seir continuously types the same message.
269501:24:33: <Benedict> "A thing."
269601:24:36: <Goatwright> 4 unmodded, faggotron.
269701:24:44: <Goatwright> For your on-the-fly lore-ing
269801:25:18: <Rainglove> "Well I don't want you to hit your data cap. Buy me one too :)"
269901:25:23: <Rainglove> Billy transfers FUNDS
270001:25:33: <Goatwright> Billy is such a sweetie.
270101:25:41: <Goatwright> Billy gets a +1 sweetie rating.
270201:25:45: <viejo> Anything higher than that? Any EIGHTS I do believe were mentioned? :^]
270301:25:50: <Goatwright> He can cash it in later for 1 (one) hug.
270401:25:57: <Rainglove> from seir?
270501:25:58: <Goatwright> He cannot afford an eight.
270601:26:20: <Rainglove> Billy deploys that program on his computer and moves on with his life
270701:26:25: <Benedict> Uggggggh. Seir picks up the Not-Wallstar bobblehead and... something human-ish. Maybe one of those "Cowboy" ones, if this shop has one. Like a Jasper Stone or Man With No Name bobblehead.
270801:26:36: <viejo> What's the highest he CAN afford then?
270901:26:52: <Goatwright> A well-studied 5 or an uncommon 4
271001:27:43: <Goatwright> Seir, you see a squid with a cowboy hat and eight guns, titled 'Blasto'.
271101:27:49: <Goatwright> The hat is the bobble.
271201:27:56: <Benedict> That'll do.
271301:27:57: <viejo> "Your collection is good, but your prices are far too high. Should you lower them you could expect me back in future for more. I have much research to conduct regarding HF potential, read about my Zombatels sometime, they are most interesting."
271401:28:02: <viejo> 4df+5 tagging well known study
271501:28:02: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging well known study: 3 (4df+5=4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
271601:28:06: <viejo> every time
271701:28:17: <Goatwright> What are you even rolling for?
271801:28:21: <viejo> Charm
271901:28:23: <viejo> :^)
272001:28:23: <Goatwright> To do what?
272101:28:24: <Benedict> Seir decides to purchase those two with Billy's money. He then asks the Nintir again. "You don't know the specific wing."
272201:28:31: <viejo> Lower the expensive-as-fug prices
272301:29:57: <Goatwright> The shopkeep does not seem to care any more. "Listen, you're not getting unresearched, high-powered creatures for chump change. If you can't afford my prices, then get out."
272401:30:03: <Goatwright> He starts flipping through a magazine.
272501:30:23: <NachtRuine> "Doc, c'mon we need to find our guy before he slips out." Abe begins to get impatient.
272601:30:26: <Goatwright> "What am I, his buddy?" The nintir shrugs at Seir.
272701:30:26: <Rainglove> Billy sends out a picture of the current feed from that security camera to everyone else on the team.
272801:30:44: <Rainglove> along with a "This is where our guy was a few minutes ago"
272901:31:43: <Benedict> "You look like a Nintir that knows everything. Also, I am purchasing these." I guess Rain rolls his assets so Seir can buy two bobbleheads?
273001:31:55: <Goatwright> "I don't work here."
273101:32:09: <viejo> "Ah, Abe! You are still here, forgive me, I haven't had the chance to experiment for quite some time. Let us be off and away from this slob."
273201:32:10: <Goatwright> Wow Seir, way to be a racist.
273301:32:12: <Goatwright> To your OWN people.
273401:32:17: <viejo> Dr. J leaves and looks for the others.
273501:32:43: <NachtRuine> "No prob, doc, just keep your eyes on the goal." Abe follows the doc.
273601:33:10: <Benedict> "My mistake. Where is the clerk."
273701:33:51: <NachtRuine> "If I had to guess, I'd say Seir's somewhere in a mech shop. Guy's in love with the damn things."
273801:34:05: <Rainglove> 4df+4 assets for bobbles
273901:34:05: <BEIGE> Rainglove: assets for bobbles: 7 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 0, 3+)
274001:34:08: <Rainglove> of course
274101:34:13: <Goatwright> Well
274201:34:15: <Goatwright> They are
274301:34:18: <Goatwright> obviously purchased
274401:34:34: <Goatwright> The nintir points to the clerk desk.
274501:34:56: <Benedict> Seir purchases his shitty gifts and sends the money leftover back to Billy. "Will repay after Captain pays us."
274601:35:03: <viejo> "Yes, quite." Dr. J heads to the mech shop.
274701:35:32: <Rainglove> "Thanks dude, enjoy your new thing ;)"
274801:36:19: <Goatwright> They end up at the mech shop. Seir is there, being short and miserable as always.
274901:36:39: <Benedict> If he was happy, he would be dead.
275001:37:21: <viejo> "Like a ghoul except half the height! Hello Seir."
275101:38:20: <NachtRuine> "We've got a vague idea as to where our guy is, so we're gonna look around for what Billy saw."
275201:39:56: <Benedict> "He's in one of the damaged wings." Seir says this to Abe, ignoring the doctah. He also throws the Wallstar-except-not-really-but-close-enough bobblehead at Abe.
275301:40:50: <Goatwright> It's close enough for Abe to recognize, at least.
275401:41:29: <viejo> "Excellent, let's go Abe. You stay here and fiddle with bobbleheads, don't worry yourself."
275501:41:36: <viejo> Dr. J slithers off.
275601:41:53: <Benedict> Seir follows along because he has to.
275701:42:36: <Rainglove> Billy JOINS THEM
275801:42:56: <Goatwright> They head off to places!
275901:42:56: <NachtRuine> Abe looks at it with a cocked head. "Huh." He hears the doc after a second or two of his talking and catches up to them. He looks to Seir, asking, "You got this in that mech shop?"
276001:43:54: <Benedict> Seir gives Billy the Blasto bobblehead. Look, the hat bobbles. "Yes."
276101:44:20: <Rainglove> "That is adorable thank you very much"
276201:44:24: <Rainglove> Billy tucks it away
276301:45:28: <Goatwright> They continue on through the commons, eventually hitting a door that leads them into another split hallway.
276401:46:03: <Benedict> Open up, door.
276501:46:09: <NachtRuine> How uncharacteristically nice. Abe isn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth. Not from team members, at least. "Well, thanks for the bobble."
276601:46:23: <Goatwright> You can open the door yourself.
276701:46:26: <Goatwright> It opens, assuming you do.
276801:46:27: <Rainglove> Billy pokes the door.
276901:46:37: <Rainglove> the sack of jello will brave the unknown
277001:46:42: <Goatwright> Now you are in your newly split hallway, as mentioned earlier.
277101:46:51: <Rainglove> ah, well
277201:46:56: <Rainglove> "Left or right?"
277301:46:57: <Benedict> Seir has goodwill among some of the crew. Now he can go back to hating everything.
277401:47:08: <Benedict> Take that, you bitch trying to blackmail Seir.
277501:47:20: <Benedict> Seir heads right because why not.
277601:47:41: <Rainglove> "We could flip a coin as is customary among cultures with physical currrrrror we could head right that also works"
277701:47:59: <NachtRuine> "Looks like we're going right." He follows Seir.
277801:48:54: <Goatwright> They find themselves in the BARWAY. It is a long stretch of various tavern-like areas, occasionally branching down long pathways into shadier looking locations, such as what you assume are drug dens and prostitution districts.
277901:49:03: <Goatwright> Sometimes a doctor needs a good fucking and a good pill to pop.
278001:49:31: <Goatwright> But you manage to walk along the main street, full of jolly rebel-rousers, alcohol aplenty, and TVs everywhere.
278101:49:48: <Benedict> What's on TV?
278201:50:02: <viejo> Monster Mech Mash-Up, probably.
278301:50:10: <NachtRuine> It is about that time, after all.
278401:50:36: <Goatwright> It is in fact Monster Mech Mash-Up, mostly.
278501:51:02: <Goatwright> There's a few basketball games from around the galaxy, and people cheering on their respective teams, but a lot of them are tuned to good ol' mech wrastlin'.
278601:51:25: <Benedict> Uggggh. The mechs in mech wrestling are so.... UGGGGGGGH.
278701:51:31: <Benedict> No beauty or grace to their movements.
278801:51:32: <Benedict> So stiff.
278901:52:28: <viejo> Dr. J groans. "Not again." He sighs.
279001:52:50: <NachtRuine> "I'm telling ya, doc, record your damn shows."
279101:54:12: <viejo> "I know, I only have myself to blame. And it's Firebeard's first fight tonight as well."
279201:54:26: <Benedict> Seir sends a message to the Captain via Spacechat. If he can. "Doctor is complaining. Try to record the dumb mech fighting show for him."
279301:54:33: <Benedict> There. More goodwill.
279401:54:34: <Rainglove> "A beard of fire sounds more dangerous to you than to the guy you are fighting"
279501:54:46: <Goatwright> 'But it's like half-way over!'
279601:55:21: <Benedict> "Just record what you can." God, Captain. Quit being a bitch.
279701:55:21: <viejo> "It's quite interesting actually, the vent for the weapon system expels fire which, for display purposes, was routed through the mech's chin and jaw to act as a beard of sorts."
279801:55:47: <Benedict> "That is a waste of engineering." Seir continues on. Gotta find that guy, right.
279901:55:49: <Goatwright> Crushinator sends a wicked rocket-powered right hook into Metal Mouth's weak hip. Metal Mouth spills over onto the ground, and Crushinator goes in for his signature move, THE CRUSHIIIIIIIIIING.
280001:56:12: <Goatwright> People at the bars cheer. Some beer flies through the air.
280101:56:25: <Rainglove> "Well that does sound somewhat terrifying though dangerous"
280201:56:36: <viejo> "The Crushinator, urgh. What an incredibly dull name. A 5 year old could come up with a better name."
280301:56:51: <Rainglove> "Perhaps I should reroute my ship's exhaust through its face and we could smoke out our enemies or something like that"
280401:57:03: <Goatwright> Beer flies all over Doc's EVA suit.
280501:57:04: <Goatwright> >:[
280601:57:51: <viejo> Dr. J runs a finger along his suit before sucking it clean. "Hm, tastes like miniature Krumscheon milk."
280701:58:31: <Goatwright> Seir wanders through the lane of bars. What is he looking for? Where is he continuing on to?
280802:00:25: <Benedict> Somewhere that is not so loud, doesn't have shitty mech wrestling on TV, and somewhere he can ask for info on Tortell.
280902:00:41: <Goatwright> Haha.
281002:00:43: <Goatwright> Good luck with that
281102:01:13: <viejo> Any cute Ukreltian women about?
281202:01:17: <Benedict> Ugggggh. Mech wrestling is so awful.
281302:01:36: <viejo> Mech FIGHTING. They don't have bloody leotards on.
281402:02:10: <NachtRuine> Abe will do well enough with just the third part of that.
281502:02:18: <Goatwright> Metal Mouth goes for the patented bite, his jaws double-extending, and he goes in to rip off Crushinator's arm.
281602:02:21: <NachtRuine> (where he can get info on him)
281702:02:29: <Goatwright> Sparks fly everywhere, the crowd goes wild, beer flies everywhere.
281802:03:06: <Benedict> Seir should have went left.
281902:03:29: <Goatwright> Well, there's probably sober-enough people here you could ask.
282002:03:34: <Goatwright> If you weren't all being such huge pussies.
282102:03:40: <viejo> UKRELTIAN WOMEN GOAT
282202:03:45: <Goatwright> THERE ARE NONE.
282302:03:48: <viejo> D:
282402:04:25: <NachtRuine> The bartender might know something. He heads to the bar!
282502:04:48: <Benedict> Seir just continues to be a bitch. This is why he deals with mechs, not people.
282602:04:59: <viejo> Dr. J makes small talk with Billy.
282702:05:02: <viejo> "So, do you come here often?"
282802:05:08: <Rainglove> "never actually"
282902:05:17: <viejo> "Really? Me neither. We have a lot in common."
283002:05:20: <Goatwright> Abe notices the bar stool is particularly comfy. Good shit. A bartender schmoozes on up to him, cleaning a glass. "What'cha drinking?"
283102:05:59: <Rainglove> "indeed. we even both have multiple limbs. perhaps we should engage in a friendship."
283202:06:13: <Goatwright> >full sentences
283302:06:16: <Goatwright> what is wrong with Billy
283402:06:18: <Rainglove> fuck
283502:06:39: <NachtRuine> Abe looks at his teammates faffing about and sighs."You got whiskey?"
283602:06:54: <Rainglove> billy explodes
283702:06:56: <Rainglove> spontenously
283802:07:05: <viejo> Friendship???
283902:07:09: <Goatwright> ???
284002:07:17: <viejo> "Why, I thought we were already in one! I'm insulted!" He cackles.
284102:07:24: <Goatwright> "Sure do. Straight
284202:07:26: <Goatwright> ?"*
284302:07:36: <viejo> Dr. J explodes
284402:07:38: <viejo> subtly
284502:08:51: <NachtRuine> "Yeah."
284602:09:40: <Goatwright> Abe gets him some whiskey.
284702:10:24: <Benedict> Seir looks around for someone sober. Might as well get to work.
284802:10:45: <NachtRuine> Aw yiss. Abe has a sip of it. Feels good. "Hey barkeep, I'm trying to find someone named Tortell. Know anything about him?"
284902:11:44: <Goatwright> "The finnar?"
285002:11:55: <Goatwright> Seir sees a few sober people. Abe, Billy, the Doc...
285102:11:59: <Goatwright> :^
285202:12:06: <Rainglove> Billy lies on the floor and jiggles about. He attempts to return to his chair.
285302:12:08: <Benedict> Someone sober that he doesn't hate yet.
285402:12:10: <Rainglove> That was horrible.
285502:12:21: <Goatwright> Also there are some bartenders, and some people just watching the games.
285602:12:36: <viejo> 4df+4 Dr. J attempts to keep pace with Billy's crazy moves
285702:12:36: <BEIGE> Viejo: Dr. J attempts to keep pace with Billy's crazy moves: 5 (4df+4=0, 3+, 0, 0)
285802:12:40: <NachtRuine> Well Abe less than the others. Not much less, but less indeed. "Yeah, any idea where he usually is?"
285902:13:12: <Benedict> Guess Seir will leave the work to someone else. He decides to write a post on his private MyJournal.
286002:14:17: <Goatwright> "Nah. Guy's been off-the-grid for a few months, ever since he blew up the botanical wing and all." He polishes his glasses. "Why? Somebody finally tryin' to stop him?"
286102:15:16: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, me."
286202:15:49: <Goatwright> "Well, good luck, buddy. Maybe you should start by talkin' to his old friends. When he still had friends, anyway."
286302:16:26: <NachtRuine> "Anyone in here who fits that bill?"
286402:17:01: <Benedict> Dear MyJournal. I am still stuck with the same crew I told you about weeks ago. After the Captain's second-in-command insulted me, I decided to spread goodwill by buying bobbleheads for two of them. That'll shut the bitch up. Still no leads on who framed me. Don't expect to find any ever. It has been years.
286502:17:04: <Benedict> Mood: Meh.
286602:17:16: <Benedict> Music: I don't got Youtube on here, so I can't look anything up.
286702:17:25: <Goatwright> Seir gets no likes.
286802:17:27: <Goatwright> As usual.
286902:18:03: <Goatwright> He gets a comment about erectile dysfunction treatment and its LOW LOW LOW prices.
287002:18:45: <Goatwright> "You'll want to head down Sleeper's Lane." He leans over the bar and points to one of the side-halls. "Druggies. Ask for a Manuel."
287102:19:51: <Rainglove> Billy heaves himself back up into his chair through some combination of willpower and something that vaguely resembles bizarre dance moves. "Well that does sound like a lovely place to visit"
287202:20:33: <Benedict> Seir looks at his MyJournal settings and sets it back to private. He needs no one reading the 100+ pages of journal entries spanning from his University days to today.
287302:21:00: <NachtRuine> "Alright. Thanks for the tip. And the whiskey." Abe downs the rest of the drink and pays for it. He looks to Billy. "We got a lead. Let's get moving."
287402:21:38: <Rainglove> Billy gets moving.
287502:24:17: <Goatsmith> They head through the bar lane, watching as Firebeard takes to the arena in a sudden upset, bitch slapping the remains of Crushinator and Metal Mouth, and eventually reach the apparent Sleeper's Lane
287602:25:14: <Benedict> Oh, right, Seir follows after making sure his MyJournal is private forever.
287702:25:30: <NachtRuine> Abe looks around for someone who looks vaguely conscious.
287802:26:07: <Rainglove> Billy looks around for anyone who looks like they have head-wire-ports.
287902:26:16: <Rainglove> Those interest him.
288002:26:32: <Goatsmith> The lane branches off into several siderooms, full of gross looking men snuggled up to loose women. Most looo awake, but not overly coherent.
288102:26:45: <Rainglove> ah, capitalism
288202:26:52: <Rainglove> Billy sighs proudly
288302:27:26: <Benedict> Seir bets most of those men and women are Nintir. Disgusting.
288402:28:41: <NachtRuine> Abe is glad he didn't get raised on a station like this. Not that there weren't stations like this, just that he wasn't raised on one.
288502:30:04: <Goatsmith> Most of them are not, as this is no ICA facility.
288602:30:40: <NachtRuine> He figures he'll have a better chance getting a straight answer from a lady, so he approaches one who isn't otherwise preoccupied.
288702:31:20: <Goatsmith> Abe sees one pop out of a room, adjusting her coat.
288802:31:51: <Goatsmith> She is a hyoomie, one with soft eyes and long lashes, but thin lips and droopy tits.
288902:33:09: <NachtRuine> "Hey, ever heard of a Manuel around here?"
289002:34:21: <Goatsmith> She turns to him, pouting slightly. "Hm? Oh, yeah. Why?"
289102:34:57: <NachtRuine> "Any idea where he is?"
289202:35:42: <Goatsmith> "Why?," she repeats.
289302:36:31: <Benedict> "This game again."
289402:36:51: <NachtRuine> "I gotta ask some questions about a friend of his. Where is he?"
289502:38:50: <Goatsmith> She continues to pout. "I'm going to need more than that."
289602:39:56: <Benedict> "Just give her money and lets be on our way."
289702:40:00: <viejo> Just give her the ol' lickeroo.
289802:40:15: <NachtRuine> doc you're the charmer, why is Abe talking?
289902:40:44: <BEIGE> Viejo: "Please help us out, we're short on time and we'd be ever so thankful." He gives her a misty-eyed look: 6 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 0, 3+)
290002:40:44: <viejo> 4df+3 "Please help us out, we're short on time and we'd be ever so thankful." He gives her a misty-eyed look
290102:40:56: <Rainglove> o bb
290202:41:05: <Rainglove> Billy feels his heart-equivalent-organ melt
290302:41:06: <viejo> Time to get muh dug sugged ;DDD
290402:41:15: <Goatsmith> 4df+3 it is my job to resist misty-eyed looks
290502:41:15: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: it is my job to resist misty-eyed looks: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 0)
290602:41:30: <NachtRuine> the mist is too much
290702:41:33: <Goatsmith> But she can't shake this one, hnngh.
290802:42:03: <Goatsmith> She softens a bit. "Alright. Third room down," she points. "On the left."
290902:42:30: <viejo> "Thanks, that's a great help. Maybe I can buy you a drink later." And with that he slithers off.
291002:43:09: <Benedict> How can anyone flirt with someone outside of their own race. Disgusting.
291102:43:17: <Benedict> Seir follows Doc.
291202:43:39: <NachtRuine> Abe follows. "Way to go, doc."
291302:43:42: <Goatsmith> Seir can't even flirt within his own race, who is he to judge?
291402:43:46: <Rainglove> Billy floats off after the doctor, attempting to stop his heart from fluttering
291502:44:16: <Benedict> Seir could if he wanted to.
291602:44:39: <Goatsmith> Sure he could, buddy.
291702:45:38: <Goatsmith> They head into a room full of a few men muttering and smiling among a pile of pillows and women.
291802:45:50: <viejo> "Well, she was a whore."
291902:46:07: <viejo> He coughs. "Greetings gentlemen, ladies."
292002:46:32: <Goatsmith> "Shut uuuup," groans one of them.
292102:47:05: <Benedict> Seir totally could. His wife is just 2ugly for him to flirt with.
292202:47:31: <NachtRuine> you could flirt with not your wife. or try to.
292302:47:42: <viejo> Seir should try flirting with them.
292402:47:46: <viejo> Just like Doctor J did!
292502:47:56: <viejo> If Doc J can do it, why, Seir surely can! All he has to do is believe!
292602:47:58: <Benedict> They don't look Nintir to him.
292702:48:03: <Rainglove> Billy waves happily at the crowd of limbs, then continues on behind the doctor.
292802:48:14: <viejo> "We're looking for Manuel, is he here?"
292902:49:51: <Goatsmith> One of them raises his hand. It is a nintir. "Has my check come in yet?"
293002:51:05: <viejo> "Quite possibly! Maybe! Why don't you come out here and discuss it with us?"
293102:51:43: <Benedict> Is this Nintir... living off the government? The fucking leech!
293202:51:51: <Goatsmith> He grumbles, shading his eyes as he gets up and waddles unevenly through the crowd and out into the hall.
293302:52:02: <viejo> Is there an alleyway nearby?
293402:52:30: <Goatsmith> Not where they are right now, no.
293502:52:38: <viejo> welp
293602:53:17: <Rainglove> Billy stares at manuel.
293702:53:30: <Rainglove> It worked with the other race, maybe it'll work here.
293802:53:45: <Benedict> "Give us information on Tortell."
293902:53:58: <Goatsmith> Manuel shifts uncomfortably at the staring. "Is this a shakedown?"
294002:54:25: <Benedict> "Doesn't look like one. Just tell us where Tortell is."
294102:54:43: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to crack his tentacles in a menacing manner, but ends up just sort of rubbing them together.
294202:54:52: <NachtRuine> billy pls
294302:55:00: <Goatsmith> "Idunno, man, it's been months. Have you checked where he last was?"
294402:56:02: <viejo> 4df+3 "Just tell us where his usual spots are, any places you might have and hide out in if you were wanted. Don't play dumb with us."
294502:56:03: <BEIGE> Viejo: "Just tell us where his usual spots are, any places you might have and hide out in if you were wanted. Don't play dumb with us.": 6 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 3+, 0)
294602:56:15: <Rainglove> Billy's heart melts once more
294702:56:21: <Rainglove> oh doctor, you are so rugged
294802:56:30: <Benedict> Seir's heart is 2dead to melt.
294902:56:32: <Goatsmith> He wasn't exactly playing dumb before, he's just high.
295002:56:44: <viejo> Shut up GM and give us the info.
295102:56:45: <Goatsmith> You also HAVEN'T checked where he last was.
295202:56:46: <viejo> :^)
295302:56:50: <Rainglove> Billy pats the doctor's shoulder and whispers. "Very menacing excellent job"
295402:56:58: <Benedict> This is why Seir did those commercials against drugs for the government in the past.
295502:57:02: <Goatsmith> Which was on fire, which is what Billy saw on the camera.
295602:57:03: <viejo> Dr. J shudders.
295702:57:10: <Rainglove> o-oh
295802:57:16: <Rainglove> Biily's molten heart shatters
295902:57:20: <Rainglove> it's ogre
296002:57:26: <Goatsmith> "Check the botanical wing, dudes."
296102:57:52: <NachtRuine> Abe whispers to Doc, "Why did we not check there in the first place?"
296202:57:53: <Benedict> "Where."
296302:58:07: <Goatsmith> "The wing for botany. Are you retarded?"
296402:58:18: <viejo> Dr. J shudders again. All this whispering in his ear.
296502:58:40: <Rainglove> "We require directions"
296602:58:59: <Rainglove> "The botany wing is large"
296702:59:08: <Rainglove> Billy hopes it is actually large
296802:59:38: <viejo> "You may not be retarded, (but I'm doubtful), but with a little bit of improvised surgery I'm sure I could make some adjustments. Just tell us where it is and don't be a smartass about it."
296903:01:14: <Goatsmith> "I'm high and I figured this out quicker than you guys did. I hope Koreff-" he burps "-isn't keeping you on permanently. Got a map?"
297003:02:47: <viejo> "You know your way around the place you live in better than complete strangers? Amazing." Dr. J gets up whatever map app on his phone for the little cunt to show where it is.
297103:04:23: <Goatsmith> He draws them a path, then slinks off back into his druggy room.
297203:05:24: <NachtRuine> "Right, well, let's get a move on."
297303:05:24: <Rainglove> "Well we do have our map"
297403:05:30: <Rainglove> Billy gets his hustle on
297503:05:47: <viejo> Dr. J slithers to the destination.
297603:05:49: <NachtRuine> Abe lets the doc lead since the doc has the app on his phone.
297703:06:33: <Benedict> Seir leaves as fast as possible. Winners don't do drugs. Did his ads not reach the ears of his fellow Nintirs?
297803:06:37: <Goatsmith> Through some meandering about, you eventually hit a door labeled 'BOTANICAL RING'.
297903:07:00: <Rainglove> Billy opens this door.
298003:07:12: <Rainglove> Personal assault weapon prepped.
298103:08:07: <Goatsmith> The room is dark. Any windows that used to be in here are now boarded up.
298203:08:56: <Benedict> Seir activates computer flashlight.
298303:09:54: <Rainglove> "POLICE" yells billy.
298403:09:58: <Rainglove> He bobs and weaves.
298503:10:27: <NachtRuine> "Billy what the hell are you doing? You don't shout police in a goddamn criminal colony." Abe turns his flashlight on as well.
298603:10:36: <Goatsmith> A rigged speaker system lets out a "GO AWAY!"
298703:10:41: <Benedict> "No.'
298803:10:43: <Rainglove> "Well what would you call what we are doing?"
298903:10:57: <Rainglove> Billy continues his evasive maneuvers
299003:11:18: <viejo> "Personally I would make the cry of an unknown animal, to throw off my target."
299103:11:22: <NachtRuine> "Not that, if anything."
299203:11:23: <Goatsmith> Your lights reveal a heavily burned out room, full of broken pots, tables, bodies. You know, general fire damage.
299303:11:50: <Benedict> Probably a meth fire.
299403:11:52: <Rainglove> Billy ceases his bobbing and weaving. "Well he must be here somewhere maybe" he goes off to find that speaker
299503:12:08: <NachtRuine> Abe follows the squishy Hollywood Cop.
299603:12:09: <Goatsmith> You can see the wires and speakers running along the wall.
299703:12:14: <Rainglove> "And we are absolutely the police right now"
299803:12:24: <Rainglove> "We are The Law"
299903:12:33: <Rainglove> Billy examines it.
300003:12:36: <Rainglove> He examines the wires
300103:12:41: <NachtRuine> "Even if we are, don't go shouting it."
300203:12:41: <Benedict> Shut the fuck up, Billy.
300303:12:48: <Rainglove> "But it is fun"
300403:13:31: <Benedict> "No it isn't."
300503:13:33: <Goatsmith> It is well set-up, even for a juryrig job. The speaker buzzes at you to "GET AWAY FROM THAT!"
300603:13:44: <Benedict> "Keep touching it, Billy."
300703:13:44: <Rainglove> "But you have not tried it yet how do you know how fun it is?"
300803:14:03: <Rainglove> "Just yell police at the speaker you will feel much better"
300903:14:12: <Goatsmith> Seir doesn't know what fun is.
301003:14:25: <NachtRuine> "Jus - Just don't shout it anymore. You might get us shot."
301103:14:46: <Benedict> Fun is working on a mech so that it performs 2% better in battle.
301203:15:02: <Rainglove> "That does sound less fun but perhaps it will confuse them after all they have no interacted with the police in some time and it will give us a needed edge"
301303:15:10: <viejo> "Hey I think it's kind of fun."
301403:15:23: <Rainglove> Billy pokes the speakers again and starts following the wires.
301503:15:26: <Rainglove> He has played this game.
301603:15:33: <NachtRuine> "Doc please don't." Abe ventures forward into the dark labs.
301703:15:52: <Benedict> Seir advances.
301803:16:39: <Rainglove> "It occurs to me that I am the most likely of all of us to be reduced to a small blue smear in the event of gunfire are you sure you want me in front?"
301903:16:49: <Rainglove> he continues following the wires of course
302003:17:00: <Benedict> "You need to be in front to shout Police. Otherwise they cannot hear you."
302103:17:10: <Rainglove> "Oh that is true."
302203:17:16: <Rainglove> Billy bounces happily and continues
302303:17:35: <NachtRuine> Abe feels like the only one taking this seriously.
302403:17:45: <Rainglove> remember to breathe, Abe
302503:17:57: <Benedict> Just think of Wallstar, Abe.
302603:18:33: <Rainglove> "I wonder why the fire systems in this area failed so abysmally"
302703:18:53: <Benedict> "Deactivated, maybe."
302803:18:54: <Goatsmith> The wires take him to a corner in the room, leading down into a hallway.
302903:19:31: <Rainglove> "Well whoever this person is they certainly like to carry around very long spools of wire"
303003:19:39: <Rainglove> "An odd habit for an arsonist"
303103:19:41: <NachtRuine> "With how this guy works with wires, probably his doing."
303203:20:17: <Rainglove> "It is probably so he can yell whatever the opposite of police is at his victims before he explodes them perhaps ARSONIST or something similar"
303303:20:30: <viejo> "I can't say I've known enough arsonists to tell what their hobbies would or wouldn't be generally."
303403:20:38: <viejo> "Except of course, you know, burning things."
303503:20:55: <NachtRuine> "Billy, you've surely seen enough detective shows to know that's not how it works."
303603:21:12: <Rainglove> "Well what else would he be doing with speaker wire besides transmitting his voice?"
303703:21:19: <Benedict> What the hell is a detective show.
303803:21:30: <Goatsmith> Those of you heading down into the hallway, roll AGILITY
303903:21:38: <NachtRuine> 4df+2 ECH
304003:21:39: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: ECH: 2 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 0, 0)
304103:21:45: <Rainglove> 4df+2 BLUE SMEAR
304203:21:45: <BEIGE> Viejo: here I cum: 3 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 0, 3+)
304303:21:45: <BEIGE> Rainglove: BLUE SMEAR: 3 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
304403:21:45: <viejo> 4df+4 here I cum
304503:21:54: <BEIGE> Benedict: Ech. Time to die.: 2 (4df+1=0, 4-, 3+, 3+)
304603:21:54: <Benedict> 4df+1 Ech. Time to die.
304703:22:07: <Goatsmith> Everybody is kill
304803:22:13: <Goatsmith> Roll up new PCs
304903:22:23: <NachtRuine> damn
305003:22:34: <Benedict> I'm gonna make a Nintir named Sear.
305103:22:34: <Goatsmith> 4df+4 No I jape you're mostly fine probably
305203:22:34: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: No I jape you're mostly fine probably: 1 (4df+4=0, 4-, 4-, 4-)
305303:22:41: <Rainglove> are we
305403:22:43: <NachtRuine> well
305503:22:46: <Benedict> Noice.
305603:23:55: <Goatsmith> A poorly set up trap deploys - a suspended mech fist with a rocket elbow flies out from down the hall at you. Unfortunately, being very un-aerodynamic, it spins out of control and smashes into one of the walls.
305703:24:32: <Goatsmith> You see the finnar at the end of the hall, tugging at the few feathers left on his head as he watches his invention fail.
305803:25:09: <NachtRuine> "Well. Keep an eye out for - oh there he is." Abe points his gun at him. "Tortell! Make it easy for yourself!"
305903:25:09: <Rainglove> "Well that was interesting but I think that it is time for one of you to go in frPOLICE FREEZE EVILDOER"
306003:25:16: <Benedict> 4df+5 Seir watches it fly so he could figure out how the Finnar could have probably stabilized the fist.
306103:25:16: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir watches it fly so he could figure out how the Finnar could have probably stabilized the fist.: 4 (4df+5=3+, 0, 4-, 4-)
306203:25:56: <Goatsmith> Well some fins woulda done it fine, as well as reducing some of the weight on it, maybe changing the shape.
306303:26:39: <Benedict> "That was poorly realized. You needed fins, and the arm was far too heavy. You were gonna fail no matter what with such a poor shape choice."
306403:26:43: <Benedict> "I am honestly insulted."
306503:26:49: <Goatsmith> The shouts of POLICE cause Tortell to panic. You can hear him mutter about the 'feds' and 'not going back there' as he fumbles around for something on him.
306603:26:52: <viejo> "I hope you're better at surrendering than you are at making traps. Get on the ground or I'm going to come over there and not-so-politely re-arrange your anatomy."
306703:27:10: <Goatsmith> He procures a gun!
306803:27:28: <Benedict> "Like, really. I've made better mech traps myself, and I wasn't even intending on making them."
306903:27:39: <Goatsmith> And rather than aim it at you, he aims it at himself, firmly planting it against his temple. OBOY.
307003:27:40: <Benedict> "Could you possibly be any more bad."
307103:28:03: <NachtRuine> "Tortell, it doesn't have to be this way!"
307203:28:08: <Rainglove> "Well that is not how you use that"
307303:28:31: <viejo> 4df+3 "Put the gun down and let's go for coffee."
307403:28:32: <BEIGE> Viejo: "Put the gun down and let's go for coffee.": 6 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 3+, 0)
307503:28:49: <Rainglove> doc
307603:28:50: <Rainglove> pls
307703:29:16: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: Tagging 'Delusional Madman': 5 (4df+6=3+, 4-, 0, 4-)
307803:29:16: <Goatsmith> 4df+6 Tagging 'Delusional Madman'
307903:29:16: <viejo> Is Billy's heart melting once more, when he thought it could take no more?
308003:29:22: <Goatsmith> Fug
308103:29:24: <viejo> And failing.
308203:29:25: <Benedict> "Like, why this specific design choice. Were you just in a rush. Did you make this in five minutes. Even a child could have done better." Seir ignores the living person about to end their life for the poor mech arm.
308303:29:37: <NachtRuine> "Seir, shut up. Judge him silently."
308403:29:56: <Rainglove> Billy's heart is as butter before the knife of the doctor's steely gaze and iron jaw
308503:30:06: <Rainglove> those chiseled tentacles
308603:30:10: <viejo> Dr. J is in full Blue Steel mode.
308703:30:21: <Benedict> Seir continues to complain about the trap. Out loud.
308803:30:33: <viejo> Dr. J backhands Seir with his robotic hand.
308903:30:40: <Rainglove> "Seir perhaps you should try screaming it might let you get all of it out faster"
309003:30:43: <Goatsmith> The doctor's not-terribly-strong argument at least gets him to falter.
309103:31:06: <NachtRuine> "Billy stop making this worse."
309203:31:08: <Benedict> Seir stops now, but he is not happy. Well, he's never happy, but even more unhappy.
309303:31:20: <viejo> "Look Tortell, people have died already, don't go killing more, even if that includes yourself. We don't know the whole story so why don't you tell us what happened? Without weapons in our hands."
309403:31:44: <Rainglove> "I will try"
309503:31:52: <NachtRuine> "Thank you."
309603:32:10: <Rainglove> "But to be fair I believe the giant arm swinging at us did far more to deteriorate the situation than my words"
309703:33:00: <Goatsmith> "I can't go back there," he mumbles, clutching at his head. "I can't go back to that prison. Don't make me go back. Let me go home."
309803:34:46: <viejo> "Tell you what Tortell, you put the gun down and tell us the story, and if it turns out you'll actually go back to that prison I'll shoot you myself. How's that?"
309903:34:49: <Goatsmith> The poor old crazy tumbles over, curling up and dropping the gun.
310003:34:59: <BEIGE> Viejo: LIKE LIGHTNING: 2 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 4-, 3+)
310103:34:59: <viejo> 4df+4 LIKE LIGHTNING
310203:35:02: <Rainglove> "Oh do not do that the floor is hard"
310303:35:05: <viejo> Like very slow, sluggish lightning.
310403:35:31: <viejo> Thank god Tortell is curling up like a BITCH and can't see Dr. J's mediocre slithering speed.
310503:35:32: <Goatsmith> Well the guy isn't doing anything so you get on over there.
310603:35:50: <viejo> "Billy do you want to read him his rights?"
310703:36:25: <Rainglove> "Well I am unfamiliar with rights in this colony and all I really know is the right to remain silent but I guess you do have that"
310803:36:51: <Rainglove> "Would you like a pillow or something you do look terribly uncomfortable"
310903:36:56: <viejo> "That'll do Billy, that'll do."
311003:37:11: <Goatsmith> "A pillow would be nice, yes."
311103:37:20: <viejo> With presumably SOME means of restraint, Dr. J ties Tortell's wrists together behind his back.
311203:37:29: <viejo> And then his ankles together.
311303:37:32: <Rainglove> Billy looks around for a pillow or a length of cloth or something
311403:37:37: <Rainglove> assuming they haven't all caught on fire
311503:37:41: <Goatsmith> He finds some curtains.
311603:37:56: <Goatsmith> Tortell is all tied up.
311703:38:01: <viejo> "Wrap him up in it, make us a Tortelli burito and let's go."
311803:38:11: <Rainglove> Billy fetches the curtains and burritos the maniac
311903:38:25: <Rainglove> "Are you comfortable in there?"
312003:38:26: <NachtRuine> Abe puts away his gun. He is immensely happy to not have had to use it.
312103:38:37: <Rainglove> he pats the bird-man's head as he wraps him up
312203:38:46: <viejo> Does Dr. J have tranqs to knock him out?
312303:39:05: <NachtRuine> We did come here expecting to hunt a not!dinosaur, so I'd say so.
312403:39:17: <viejo> Dr. J injects Tortell with some.
312503:39:29: <viejo> "Hush Tortell, only dreams now." While Billy strokes his head.
312603:39:48: <Rainglove> this isn't weird at all
312703:39:54: <Goatsmith> One perp caught!
312803:40:02: <viejo> Our baby Tortelli burito manybabychild~
312903:40:16: <viejo> Dr. J picks him up with his robot arm and ungracefully slings him over his shoulder.
313003:40:19: <Rainglove> Billy decides to let someone with hands handle the tortellito burrito
313103:40:28: <NachtRuine> "And here I thought this couldn't get weirder. Let's get him out of here."
313203:40:35: <Benedict> Quest complete. "Think you wrapped him up too much."
313303:41:00: <viejo> "You come across some tricky sorts sometimes, probably not this sorry sap, but still. Some wriggly eels."
313403:41:04: <Goatsmith> Well he seems very relaxed
313503:41:36: <Benedict> "I meant: You wrapped him up like a mother would with her child."
313603:42:03: <Rainglove> "Well you wouldn't want him to be too uncomfortable"
313703:42:11: <viejo> "Seir, please, jealousy is very unnecessary at a time like this."
313803:42:18: <NachtRuine> "I'd rather him be wrapped too tightly than too loosely. Even with the tranqs in his system."
313903:42:20: <viejo> Dr. J slithers on back to the leader goyim.
314003:43:31: <Goatsmith> They find him watching mech fights. Even leader-goys gotta relax. He takes a drink of stout and turns to look at them. "Excellent job. Is there any reason he's tied up?"
314103:43:41: <Benedict> "I never wanted children, so I'm not jealous of you and your... manbaby at all. Have fun with him." Right, back to the main goy. Ugh, mech fights again.
314203:43:46: <Goatsmith> "You've swaddled him like a child."
314303:44:07: <Benedict> "The doctor always wanted to have children."
314403:44:25: <NachtRuine> "It was a method of subduing him. Nearly put a bullet in his skull when we cornered him, but the doc kept him from that."
314503:44:28: <Rainglove> "We did not want him to be too uncomfortable wherever you put him"
314603:45:38: <viejo> "It's true, now's my chance to live out my dream. Don't ruin this for me." He strokes Tortell's head briefly before cackling and dumping him on the table.
314703:46:18: <viejo> "So that's that, what'll happen to him? He seemed like he'd rather be dead than go back to prison, enough so as to put the barrel to his own head."
314803:46:47: <Goatsmith> The esurga snaps, and a crasarana throws the swaddled birdman over his shoulder. "Good work. We'll help you however we can, once we get another sighting. For now, feel free to enjoy our facilities."
314903:47:14: <viejo> "Did you see Firebeard's debut, by the way?"
315003:47:25: <Goatsmith> "There's no prison for him to go to. Poor Jorga's been trapped in the past, I'm afraid."
315103:48:21: <Goatsmith> "I'm afraid we'll have to find somewhere safe to put him, and leave it at that." He then raises his glass. "I did! Oh, what a thriller. He's going to be big."
315203:48:59: <Benedict> Seir wonders if there is a music store on this terrible place.
315303:49:17: <viejo> "Yes, good, excellent, I've been following his progress for some time, good to add a bit of fun to the mix."
315403:49:44: <viejo> "There's a pet shopkeep around these parts who sells animals I'd be interesting in purchasing, do you know him?"
315503:49:50: <viejo> interested*
315603:51:05: <Goatsmith> "Salesmen here are separate contractors, usually. Why?"
315703:51:12: <NachtRuine> "I'll let you two discuss your show. If you all need me, I'll be by the bar." Abe steps out, sending an update to the cap'n. "Leader had us gain the group's trust by capturing an insane scientist. We're waiting for the beast to show up, it's apparently a sneaky bastard."
315803:52:11: <Goatsmith> 'Feel free to return if you need to.' Eyyy
315903:52:23: <viejo> "Looking to see if anyone can pull some strings if I'm perfectly honest, my budget isn't exactly what it used to be and at the most I can afford a common HF 5 which isn't exactly a winner winner chicken dinner."
316003:52:45: <Benedict> Seir decides to search for a music store.
316103:55:22: <NachtRuine> Abe considers this. 'Probably for the best. Might wake up with an empty wallet, or worse.' He sends a message out to the rest telling them to do their stuff, then return to the ship when everyone's ready. That said, Abe will relax alone in the bar. No more alcohol, considering his tight budget.
316203:55:53: <Goatsmith> Poor financially-poor Abe
316303:56:37: <Benedict> Seir remembers his own thing, sending a message to the Captain. "Did anyone from the Nintir government send a message for me about the obelisk."
316403:56:48: <Goatsmith> Seir finds himself in the commons again. He can probably find a music store.
316503:57:59: <Benedict> Music store, get ready for Seir.
316603:58:32: <Goatsmith> Seir gets a returned message. 'Yeah, they're hoping for pictures and a way for the thing to be shipped out'
316703:58:55: <Goatsmith> He finds himself a music store.
316803:59:52: <Benedict> Seir heads for the human jazz section, sending another message. "You can send them pictures. If we plan to stop at a station soon, tell them to meet us there and I'll have my mech move it for them."
316904:00:44: <Goatsmith> He sees all dat humie jazz.
317004:01:20: <Goatsmith> From swing to electronic, mellow jazz to symphonic.
317104:01:42: <Benedict> Hello, swing and electronic and electronic swing.
317204:02:58: <Goatsmith> Yes.
317304:04:01: <Benedict> Let's borrow more money, Seir! Message to Billy: "I need money for music."
317404:06:23: <Rainglove> "Sure thing, what sort are you buying?"
317504:07:18: <Benedict> "Swing and Electro Swing. Human. Most of my usual Nintir bands have released terrible albums lately."
317604:10:01: <Benedict> Seir takes his SPACE cds to the counter. What is the target number, Goat?
317704:10:51: <Rainglove> 4df+4 BILLY'S LOAN SHARKS WILL FIND YOU, LITTLE NINTIR
317804:10:52: <BEIGE> Rainglove: BILLY'S LOAN SHARKS WILL FIND YOU, LITTLE NINTIR: 4 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 4-, 3+)
317904:11:03: <Goatsmith> There ya go.
318004:11:09: <Benedict> They aren't gonna look far, since we're on the same ship.
318104:11:15: <Goatsmith> Target number was merely a 1
318204:11:39: <Benedict> Seir sends the leftover money back to Billy and takes his CDs back to the ship. Message to Abe. "I'm done."
318304:11:51: <Rainglove> Billy counts his shekels
318404:13:34: <Benedict> Seir converts music to .flac format because computers or something. He makes a collection on his wrist-computer so he has something to play while he works.
3185
3186--------------------------------------------------
3187
3188 2015-02-27
3189
319022:00:11: <NachtRuine> Abe grows impatient of waiting around for this beasty beast. It's been almost a week (or however long we've been here, i don't know the real time::game time ratio) since they've gotten here, and no beast.
319122:00:44: <Goatwright> Abe should chill out.
319222:00:50: <NachtRuine> noh
319322:00:54: <Goatwright> He should go get a drink with his buds Billy and Doc.
319422:01:03: <Goatwright> I would suggest Seir but nobody is Seir's friend
319522:01:24: <NachtRuine> Billy can't drink, can he? Is he old enough? Can his jelly body process alcohol?
319622:02:23: <NachtRuine> That said, alcohol does relax Abe a bit. Might as well get another glass of dat dere whiskey.
319722:03:09: <Benedict> Alcohol needs more sugar for Seir. Speaking of sugar, Seir stuffs his fat face with sweets after hiding his phone again.
319822:03:48: <NachtRuine> What's even the name of the bar that Abe's tended to return to, anyways?
319922:05:56: <Goatwright> Witch's Tit
320022:06:31: <Benedict> We talking like hag witch or Dragon's Crown sorceress 'witch'?
320122:06:42: <NachtRuine> What an unsavory name. But the alcohol is fine enough, and the bartender's helped him out before.
320222:09:29: <Benedict> Misha is here. Time to hunt beasts.
320322:10:00: <Goatwright> It's MishAAL you anus
320422:10:08: <Goatwright> Learn your CO-CHARACTERS
320522:10:31: <NachtRuine> more than one person calls Mishaal misha and it worries me
320622:11:02: <Benedict> Mishaal is our Heavy.
320722:11:07: <Benedict> And Heavy is named Misha.
320822:11:08: <Benedict> It werks.
320922:11:13: <NachtRuine> Abe enters the Witch's Tit and gets his usual clean whiskey.
321022:12:40: <Rainglove> Billy does not wish to become pickled
321122:12:49: <Rainglove> But he journeys to the realm of alcohol
321222:12:53: <Rainglove> as is social custom
321322:13:03: <Benedict> Seir just waits for the mission to start.
321422:13:41: <Goatwright> The same bartender is there. The BARWAY is a bit empty today, oddly enough.
321522:14:09: <NachtRuine> Abe sees the Billy enter the realm of booze. "Billy, what're you doing here? Planning on having a drink?"
321622:14:53: <viejo> 4df+3 "Hi, come here often?" Dr. J hits up the hottest chick in the bar to see if his charm's still on.
321722:14:53: <BEIGE> Viejo: "Hi, come here often?" Dr. J hits up the hottest chick in the bar to see if his charm's still on.: 3 (4df+3=0, 0, 3+, 4-)
321822:15:01: <viejo> The doctor is!... average
321922:15:57: <Goatwright> 1d20
322022:15:57: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 13 (1d20=13)
322122:16:01: <Goatwright> And so is she.
322222:16:15: <Benedict> Nice d20.
322322:16:24: <viejo> 1d20 Tits
322422:16:24: <BEIGE> Viejo: Tits: 4 (1d20=4)
322522:16:26: <viejo> 1d20 Ass
322622:16:26: <BEIGE> Viejo: Ass: 18 (1d20=18)
322722:16:29: <Goatwright> It was intentional, I was rolling for attractiveness
322822:16:30: <viejo> ASS GAME STRONG
322922:16:41: <viejo> AN ASS TO RIVAL EELIS'
323022:16:43: <Goatwright> She otherwise tries to ignore the doctor, though.
323122:16:57: <Goatwright> But can her ass rival [insert investigator name here]?
323222:17:04: <Rainglove> "Oh no I do not think I am capable of processing beverages like these I am only here for the entertainment"
323322:17:07: <viejo> Roll for investigator ass.
323422:17:20: <Goatwright> But she already has an ass reference
323522:17:27: <viejo> 1d20 Armundas' ass
323622:17:27: <BEIGE> Viejo: Armundas' ass: 2 (1d20=2)
323722:17:29: <viejo> :(
323822:18:26: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, I wasn't sure if you could. Figured I'd ask anyways." Abe watches the doctor fail to pick up a bar lass. He finds it funny.
323922:20:18: <viejo> "Hi, come here often?" he tries the line on Billy.
324022:20:22: <viejo> 4df+3
324122:20:22: <BEIGE> Viejo: 5 (4df+3=0, 3+, 3+, 0)
324222:20:52: <Rainglove> The doctor already has billy's heart
324322:21:03: <Rainglove> his 3 5's last week got that
324422:21:31: <viejo> 3 6s Rain, 3 6s.
324522:21:47: <NachtRuine> Abe chuckles. "You that down on your luck, Doc?"
324622:21:50: <viejo> Dr. J hums to himself as Billy stares in awe.
324722:21:59: <Rainglove> "Actually not terribly often though I have been here a few times in the last week since there are people here"
324822:22:14: <Rainglove> Billy battles the urge to rub the doctor's face
324922:22:25: <Goatwright> Those chillin' out in the bar hear a fair thunk and a sudden decompression of steam. Nobody in the bar seems to pay it any mind, drinking away and watching basketball games.
325022:22:26: <viejo> "What? Oh, no, merely testing. It seems my sweetened words worked well our last encounter with trouble so I was trying to employ them here."
325122:23:18: <NachtRuine> "They did. Congrats on that job, by the way. It seems your words of honey only work on madmen."
325222:23:40: <Goatwright> Eventually, everybody gets a handy-dandy alert from El Capiton. <Hey, that Koreff guy says your monster's finally shown back up. First research atrium. Should be close to those bars. You guys have the maps, right?>
325322:23:45: <Rainglove> billy's not c-crazy
325422:24:01: <viejo> "I'm sure Billy will be swaying from side to side from my charm only moment then!"
325522:24:21: <viejo> any*
325622:25:04: <NachtRuine> Abe eyes the alert. "Well, look who's shown themselves." Abe down the whiskey. "I'll go find Mishaal."
325722:25:47: <Rainglove> "Well doctor I am afraid there are monsters to hunt and I do not have time to sway but perhaps later"
325822:25:59: <Rainglove> Billy accesses THE MAP
325922:26:04: <Rainglove> IT'S THE MAP IT'S THE MAP
326022:26:09: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal was about to enter the bar when he got the alert. He starts to head on the research-y place. Perhaps he bumps into Abe just as he's walkin' out.
326122:26:12: <Goatwright> THE MAP, THE MAP, THE MAP!
326222:26:27: <Goatwright> It is roughly adjacent to where you are now, after going down a few shady alleys you probably won't be mugged in.
326322:26:38: <NachtRuine> So he does. "Ah, Mishaal. You got the gun?"
326422:26:57: <Benedict> Seir checks his messages. Oh boy. Time to not get paid again.
326522:27:23: <Benedict> Seir heads down to those bars. Thank you, map.
326622:27:39: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal conveniently has the gun. "I do. Ready to hunt our beast?" He's QUITE EXCITED.
326722:28:00: <Benedict> Seir is not excited.
326822:28:03: <Benedict> Seir is never excited.
326922:28:06: <Benedict> What a killjoy.
327022:28:12: <NachtRuine> "We're all here it seems, let's not waste time. To the research lab."
327122:28:33: <Rainglove> Billy JOURNEYS ONWARD
327222:28:36: <Hippocratesi> W-well I 'spose everyone heads to the lab
327322:28:39: <Rainglove> AWAAAAAAAAAAY
327422:29:12: <Benedict> Woooosh.
327522:29:26: <viejo> "I wonder how sturdy its chest is..."
327622:29:27: <Goatwright> Everybody reaches the atrium. The atrium, as it is now, is a giant metal door, with a sign above it reading 'DECOMPRESSION IN-PROGRESS'.
327722:29:40: <Goatwright> All that lovely breathable air is escaping the room, and thus has been sealed off automatically.
327822:29:42: <Rainglove> that sounds good
327922:29:55: <Rainglove> like a thing that should be happening
328022:30:58: <Goatwright> You all did pack your pressure suits, right?
328122:31:03: <Socrates> oh shit
328222:31:14: <NachtRuine> Abe always wears his pressure suit
328322:31:28: <Benedict> O-of course he did.
328422:31:29: <Benedict> Yeah.
328522:31:30: <Benedict> Sure.
328622:31:54: <Socrates> Mishaal is READY in his PRESSURE SUIT that he CLEARLY BOUGHT AT SOME POINT OF COURSE.
328722:32:07: <Goatwright> Nah you all got one from free on the run you were not there for.
328822:32:47: <Goatwright> Assuming everybody puts their suit on, the door is free to open. You see a flashing red light over a button, with a sign next to it that warns that it will automatically close once you've passed through.
328922:32:57: <Rainglove> Billy pokes the button
329022:33:07: <Benedict> Billy kills us all.
329122:33:07: <Benedict> The end.
329222:33:10: <Benedict> Roll new characters.
329322:33:47: <Rainglove> Billy stands amid the corpses of his friends
329422:33:54: <Rainglove> drugs are bad
329522:34:05: <NachtRuine> m'kay?
329622:34:34: <Goatwright> The door opens. You all rush through, and it slams behind you.
329722:34:46: <Benedict> Fun. "Fun."
329822:35:03: <Rainglove> "I think so and I am glad you think so to"
329922:35:06: <Rainglove> too*
330022:35:26: <Goatwright> You are now in the atrium - which is, as you'd expect, an atrium. A large glass skylight opens above you, with various samples of plants set in glass cases and a few animals in netted or fenced research exhibits that are now dead.
330122:35:30: <Socrates> "This is it, my friends! Aaah, it is like days of hunting great beasts on homeplanet! It is good feeling."
330222:36:05: <NachtRuine> "Let's just make sure we're still the hunters at the end of this."
330322:36:07: <Goatwright> Faint music plays in the background. It's Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now", coming from further down the large room, where a massive hole in the wall is present.
330422:36:44: <Benedict> "Oh, I think I know that song."
330522:36:56: <Goatwright> You suspect this music isn't very mood-friendly.
330622:37:11: <Benedict> It's very mood friendly.
330722:37:15: <Socrates> Mishaal does not suspect such a thing.
330822:37:21: <NachtRuine> "This is such an old song." Abe moves forward to look at the massive hole.
330922:37:33: <Benedict> Let us move.
331022:37:55: <Socrates> Mishaal goes to investigate the animal corpses. Anything immediately strange other than them being dead?
331122:37:59: <viejo> Dr. J has a spring to his slithery step.
331222:38:53: <Goatwright> There is blacking along the edges of the hole. By the hole, a human, one apparently Asian and dressed somewhat limp-wristedly, lies dead.
331322:39:00: <Goatwright> A radio playing the music lies beside him.
331422:39:19: <viejo> 4df+2 But is he REALLY dead?
331522:39:20: <BEIGE> Viejo: But is he REALLY dead?: 4 (4df+2=3+, 3+, 0, 0)
331622:39:24: <viejo> Medicine
331722:39:30: <NachtRuine> "We got a dead man here. Looks like he did get stopped after all."
331822:39:32: <Socrates> i think it's awful rude to call asians animals
331922:39:35: <Rainglove> Billy examines the dead human. "Perhaps if he had been wearing a proper hat he would still be alive"
332022:39:35: <Goatwright> Mishaal, the animals still here aren't visibly injured, but you figure there might be less than there were before.
332122:40:08: <Goatwright> He is very dead, Doc. If not for the claw marks slicing through his chest, the toxic fumes of a foreign atmosphere would have killed him by now.
332222:40:17: <Socrates> so wait, they're feeding it?
332322:40:28: <Goatwright> Nigga, who knows?
332422:40:31: <viejo> Dr. J squats down for a moment by the body. After a while
332522:40:34: <viejo> "He's dead."
332622:40:39: <Benedict> Billy, give the dead man one of your hats.
332722:40:45: <NachtRuine> Abe turns down the radio. "Well no shit?"
332822:40:56: <Rainglove> dead men need no hats
332922:41:07: <Benedict> "Song was getting to the good part." Seir mumbles to himself.
333022:41:08: <viejo> "I'm the resident doctor. You never know."
333122:41:47: <Goatwright> The radio quietly hums 'I'm a rocket ship on my Marrrs...."
333222:42:12: <viejo> "I'm afraid he would have had to have had several hats covering his body in an air-tight manner to help him to survive, and for those hats to be made of a strong enough material to prevent those claws."
333322:42:14: <Socrates> Mishaal notes these things. "Our friend has taken a few of the animals here."
333422:42:40: <Rainglove> "The hat may have helped in other ways perhaps he just needed some self confidence or it may have inspired him to run slightly faster"
333522:42:42: <viejo> "It is my professional opinion that this man had no such hat-covering device, I'm sorry Billy."
333622:42:53: <NachtRuine> "Classics stations." Abe has a look about for any unobvious signs of the beast.
333722:42:57: <Benedict> "Can we stop talking about hats."
333822:43:12: <viejo> "Someone get that guy a hat so he can have more self-confidence..."
333922:43:14: <Socrates> Mishaal suddenly thinks of something. "All of you, check for footprints. It may lead us to it."
334022:43:28: <Socrates> "Or to where it lives."
334122:43:42: <Benedict> Does Seir look like some sort of... footprint checker to you, Misha? Goddess, fine. Seir looks about.
334222:44:04: <viejo> Dr. J checks the man's pockets for anything interesting.
334322:44:04: <Socrates> would that be an
334422:44:12: <Socrates> alertness roll or survival?
334522:44:36: <Goatwright> Well, you would have to venture out into the spookyness of the wilderness, outside of the hole, to be able to find any tracks.
334622:44:39: <Goatwright> But it would be Survival.
334722:45:11: <Rainglove> "Seir do you need a hat?"
334822:45:15: <NachtRuine> 4df+5 MASTER TRACKER
334922:45:15: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: MASTER TRACKER: 3 (4df+5=4-, 0, 0, 4-)
335022:45:19: <Socrates> o
335122:45:49: <Benedict> "I don't like hats."
335222:46:37: <Socrates> Mishaal wanders out into the spooky wilds.
335322:46:50: <Goatwright> Well, considering the size of the beast, there are tracks outside, though you don't really see where they lead off to except back out into the brush, Abe.
335422:46:56: <viejo> "The response of someone with low self-esteem, get that mangoblin a hat!"
335522:47:09: <Goatwright> Doc, anything particular you're looking for in his pockets?
335622:47:09: <Benedict> "What's a mangoblin."
335722:47:38: <NachtRuine> (Mishaal pls to roll survival)
335822:47:42: <Rainglove> "Perhaps you have simply not met the right hat yet"
335922:48:02: <viejo> Dragon dildos goat. No, just searching his pockets for ANYTHING of interest.
336022:48:33: <NachtRuine> "I see some tracks, but nothing substantial."
336122:48:38: <Goatwright> He's got on him a cellphone, an ID badge, and a small bottle of pills.
336222:48:46: <viejo> Dr. J takes them all.
336322:49:00: <Goatwright> Mishaal could roll Survival in this case, using his farming knowledge.
336422:49:04: <Socrates> i can't roll it here i don't thi- oh
336522:49:13: <viejo> Does he have any kind of password-protection on his phone?
336622:49:15: <Goatwright> I let you check for tracks last time.
336722:49:23: <BEIGE> Socrates: LET A REAL MAN CHECK FOR TRACKS: 5 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
336822:49:23: <Rainglove> Billy floats out to admire the outdoors.
336922:49:23: <Socrates> 4df+3 LET A REAL MAN CHECK FOR TRACKS
337022:49:27: <Socrates> WOOBOOY
337122:49:29: <Goatwright> He does, Doc. It's 20XXXX.
337222:49:35: <Goatwright> And there's thieves errywhere.
337322:49:48: <Goatwright> Billy, there's probably something inside you can interact with to give you any clues.
337422:50:13: <Socrates> i-inside?
337522:50:13: <Goatwright> If anybody wanted to, you know, look around more in-depth.
337622:50:41: <Benedict> "Hats mess up my feathers." Seir looks around the room for anything. Computer or something.
337722:51:02: <Rainglove> Billy admires the woods. Then he checks out the giant goddamn hole.
337822:51:16: <Rainglove> Anything interesting about this hole besides, y'know, how it's not supposed to be there?
337922:51:24: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you have much experience with dealing with massive beasts stalking your livestock, and so you can spot the tracks with ease. Unlike Abe, you see that the tracks coming from the bush actually seem to only be coming FROM it, and to the wall. At that point, they seemed to vanish.
338022:51:51: <Goatwright> Well the hole was mentioned as having black marks along the edges of it. A closer look could reveal what it is.
338122:52:11: <Rainglove> Billy examines those black marks. He hmmmmms.
338222:52:13: <viejo> Dr. J is too busy trying random numbers into the phone to get past the password.
338322:52:20: <viejo> 4df LUCK ROLL
338422:52:20: <BEIGE> Viejo: LUCK ROLL: -1 (4df=0, 0, 0, 4-)
338522:52:28: <viejo> Phone explodes.
338622:52:31: <Goatwright> Seir does see a few computers, as well as a camera in the corner.
338722:52:38: <Goatwright> The phone is locked for an hour.
338822:52:42: <NachtRuine> "Doc, quit fooling around the the phones of the dead. You already have one."
338922:52:48: <Socrates> "These prints," Mishaal steps closer. "They come /from/ the bush to the wall." He makes a path in the air with his finger. "And stop there."
339022:52:50: <Rainglove> Billy, expert hacker, sits twenty feet away from the doctor, admiring the wall.
339122:52:54: <Benedict> Hellllllo, camera. One of those computers must be connected to the camera, then. Seir looks for the right one.
339222:52:58: <Goatwright> Billy, roll Repair.
339322:52:58: <Socrates> "As if it walked through it."
339422:53:08: <Goatwright> For the wall.
339522:53:14: <viejo> "But I could check his research and messages." He sighs before flinging the phone away.
339622:53:27: <Goatwright> The phone is cast aside. RIP.
339722:53:34: <Rainglove> 4df+2
339822:53:34: <BEIGE> Rainglove: 1 (4df+2=3+, 4-, 4-, 0)
339922:53:34: <viejo> What do the pills say on them?
340022:53:45: <NachtRuine> "This is where it came in, then? Where did it come out from, then? Did it come out, even?"
340122:53:51: <Rainglove> Billy goes and retrieves the phone, goddamn disrespectful doctor
340222:53:54: <Rainglove> shit might have PICTURES
340322:53:59: <Goatwright> 'EASY BREEZY', Doc.
340422:54:21: <viejo> "Billy, my good squid, have you ever desired for a job known as 'guinea pig'?"
340522:54:31: <Goatwright> Billy, these black marks are damage. You are very observant. It feels damaged to your tentacles, and your eyes says it is black. Yes.
340622:54:34: <Socrates> "I'm...not sure."
340722:54:44: <Goatwright> Seir, roll Computers.
340822:55:20: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir can into computers, right?: 3 (4df+4=4-, 0, 0, 0)
340922:55:20: <Benedict> 4df+4 Seir can into computers, right?
341022:55:44: <Goatwright> You eventually find what computer has access to the camera, and you pull up the feed.
341122:55:48: <NachtRuine> Abe heads back in. He is concern for the invisi-beast, and where the hell it went off to.
341222:56:09: <Socrates> Mishaal follows. This monster's a sneaky fucker.
341322:56:13: <Goatwright> Looking for anything in particular, boys?
341422:56:14: <Benedict> "Camera feed." Seir mentions to the rest of the group, then starts to watch.
341522:56:25: <NachtRuine> Abe has a look at the feed.
341622:56:36: <Rainglove> "Well doctor one could argue that my early existence was as a guinea pig and I did not overly enjoy that also this wall appears to have been damaged"
341722:56:53: <Rainglove> Billy inspects the damage, hmmmming to himself, and tucks the phone away. "Yes definitely damaged"
341822:57:05: <Socrates> "Well that'd be useful." Mishaal watches the feed as he thinks about them tracks. Maybe it can fly?
341922:58:11: <viejo> "But Billy, dear, dear Billy! Scientists /need/ guinea pigs! Why, if science were a chariot then it is the guinea pigs tethered to the front that pull that science into actual research! The scientist, why, he sits on the chariot, carefully whipping the guinea pigs. Firmly, not too hard. Firm."
342022:58:39: <viejo> "Guinea pig chariot..." he trails off in thought.
342122:58:45: <Rainglove> "Well I believe I have served my time in the hamster wheel of science and I would like to not be in it any longer"
342222:59:04: <Goatwright> The feed reveals the limp-wristed human and his boombox, performing some sort of research with music and the animals that are now dead. He hums to himself, until the wall gets a sudden and massive dent. Another two dents show up before the wall suddenly seems to dissolve, and a hulking beast - you're not quite sure if it's bipedal - bursts through the wall.
342322:59:05: <viejo> He shakes his head. "No, no, guinea pigs not nearly strong enough, far too stupid and disorganised to be trusted, too."
342422:59:25: <Benedict> Neat.
342522:59:33: <viejo> He snaps back to Billy. "And then what? The wheel stops turning? The hamster has decided to become a businessman? No!"
342622:59:42: <Goatwright> It slices the human, lets out some sort of roar, and a black fog suddenly fills up the room. Once the fog disappears, the creature is gone, the animals are all dead, and a few of them are missing.
342723:00:18: <Rainglove> "Oh I am not saying no more science I am just saying that I am done participating and you should probably find another guinea pig" Billy turns to look at the roaring speakers.
342823:00:20: <Goatwright> The camera feed is very fuzzy, and makes it hard to pick out what the creature is considering how briefly it appears. Still, you figure it's a dark color, and it seemed to move unnaturally.
342923:00:31: <Benedict> Seir learns nothing. He doesn't really care for animals, though. Organics ain't nothing compared to mechanics.
343023:00:44: <viejo> Dr. J "bah!"s before turning away and walking around the complex in search of a suitable guinea pig.
343123:01:02: <Benedict> Well, can't Seir freeze the feed when the creature appears, and before it farts out its gas?
343223:01:30: <Goatwright> Yes, but it won't make it any less fuzzy, and it'll probably be a bit blurry.
343323:01:40: <NachtRuine> "Doc, put the pills off until after we handle the beast?"
343423:01:42: <Goatwright> Still, you can pause it.
343523:01:59: <Benedict> Good enough. "Go ahead and study it, if you want." Seir then goes to do something else.
343623:02:06: <Benedict> Maybe study that wall that Billy studied.
343723:02:08: <Socrates> Mishaal sighs and rubs his head. "I cannot say I've dealt with something like /this./"
343823:02:16: <Goatwright> Go ahead and roll Repair, Seir.
343923:02:23: <Benedict> 4df+4
344023:02:23: <BEIGE> Benedict: 5 (4df+4=0, 0, 3+, 0)
344123:02:27: <viejo> "Hm, what? Oh, I'm sure it'll come to us. Large predator, lots of new prey stumbling into its new little playground, picking us off one by one as we divide from the group in search of guinea pigs."
344223:03:02: <Goatwright> This is definitely corrosion at work, oh Seir.
344323:03:10: <NachtRuine> "Can't do science if you're dead." Abe has a stare at the frame of the beast. Any way to tell what the deal with the fog is?
344423:03:47: <Goatwright> It's coming from the creature, as best as you can tell.
344523:03:53: <viejo> 4df+2 perc. guinea pigs? or other creatures?
344623:03:53: <BEIGE> Viejo: perc. guinea pigs? or other creatures?: 1 (4df+2=0, 0, 4-, 0)
344723:03:53: <Benedict> Corrosion. Pfft. "Corrosion. Pfft." Seir comments so everyone can hear what he learned.
344823:03:54: <Goatwright> Probably its mouth.
344923:04:06: <Goatwright> You're in a locked down room full of dead things, Doc.
345023:04:10: <Benedict> "Probably spits acid or something."
345123:04:14: <Goatwright> No Perception check will tell you otherwise.
345223:04:24: <viejo> There's a sneaky guinea pig around here somewhere, he knows it!
345323:04:32: <viejo> 4df+5 Biology. He investigates the dead animals.
345423:04:32: <BEIGE> Viejo: Biology. He investigates the dead animals.: 6 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 4-, 0)
345523:05:02: <NachtRuine> "That's what I'm thinking. But that doesn't help us find the damned thing. Unless it left a trail of acid somewhere."
345623:05:58: <Socrates> "Maybe going into the wilderness is our best bet. We are sure to find it eventually."
345723:06:06: <Socrates> "Or it finds us."
345823:06:27: <Goatwright> They are Perakkan Firebellies, a bald, avian-like creature, with wings looking like those of a bat. They have a pain-inducing spit, and are known to use this to disable larger prey before going at them with their beaks.
345923:06:44: <Rainglove> "Perhaps we could bombard the entire forest from orbit"
346023:06:59: <Goatwright> A mid-tier HF rating, depending on how cooperative you can get one to be, but they're very feisty and very sensitive to environmental change. They must be handled delicately.
346123:07:18: <NachtRuine> "As much as I'd hope the first one would happen, it'll probably be the second one. Wilderness sounds like our best bet."
346223:07:30: <viejo> Dr. J relays this to the group.
346323:07:39: <Goatwright> They're also very dead, having suffocated and all.
346423:08:29: <Socrates> "No use standing around here then. Time to move."
346523:08:42: <NachtRuine> Abe heads back out into the wild, there's not much left to learn here.
346623:09:10: <Benedict> Gross. The wilds.
346723:09:15: <Benedict> Seir is a city boy, damn it.
346823:09:40: <Rainglove> Billy joins the safari.
346923:09:47: <Socrates> Mishaal heads on after. Huntin' time.
347023:10:44: <Goatwright> Right into a dangerous environment - Abe's favorite.
347123:11:12: <Goatwright> They head through the brush, finding it particularly thick. Perhaps strangely so.
347223:11:42: <Socrates> S-should I roll SURVIVAL?
347323:11:44: <NachtRuine> Abe gets flashbacks of Sheol-1. Good times, they were.
347423:11:50: <Rainglove> Billy feels the plants as they pass. Lovely greenery.
347523:11:59: <Goatwright> Billy is pricked by a thorn.
347623:12:05: <Goatwright> For what, Mishaal?
347723:12:07: <Rainglove> Ow.
347823:12:19: <Benedict> Seir wants to return to the comforts of civilization. Nature sucks.
347923:12:57: <Socrates> I dunno
348023:13:08: <Socrates> to find out why the bush is so thick
348123:13:16: <Goatwright> Well, sure.
348223:13:30: <Rainglove> Billy rubs at where he got poked. "These bushes are not very nice"
348323:14:07: <Socrates> 4df+3 o-okay
348423:14:07: <BEIGE> Socrates: o-okay: 4 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
348523:14:15: <Goatwright> Well Mishaal.
348623:14:19: <NachtRuine> 4df+5 waaait i can survival tooooo
348723:14:20: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: waaait i can survival tooooo: 5 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 0, 0)
348823:14:25: <Goatwright> Well Abe.
348923:14:39: <Goatwright> Something the size of a mech would not leave the brush so thick.
349023:15:04: <Goatwright> As you both know from your experiences with walking through grass and bushes and shit, your body tends to break everything unapologetically.
349123:15:50: <Socrates> "With how large this beast is, everything seems undisturbed."
349223:16:02: <NachtRuine> "I'm starting to think this thing ain't much of a walker."
349323:16:15: <Socrates> "So it /does/ fly."
349423:16:30: <Socrates> "That may explain why its track vanished."
349523:17:18: <Socrates> tracks even
349623:17:36: <NachtRuine> "Keep your eyes on the sky, then, in case we're right."
349723:17:36: <Rainglove> "Well it will be very hard to do anything to a flying creature from down here"
349823:18:05: <Socrates> "We will bring it down to our level, Billy. Do not worry." Mishaal watches the skies.
349923:18:38: <NachtRuine> "We have guns, including this giant thing." Abe lightly pats the giant tranq gun on Mishaal's back.
350023:19:06: <Rainglove> Billy pats the tranq gun.
350123:19:26: <Goatwright> Something rattles in the brush further up ahead.
350223:19:35: <Benedict> SPOOKY.
350323:19:52: <Rainglove> Billy looks at the bush with his little quid eyes.
350423:19:53: <Rainglove> HMM.
350523:20:13: <Goatwright> Roll ALERTNESS.
350623:20:28: <viejo> 4df+2
350723:20:28: <BEIGE> Viejo: 1 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
350823:20:34: <viejo> still no guinea pigs
350923:20:39: <Benedict> 4df+3
351023:20:39: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 (4df+3=4-, 0, 4-, 0)
351123:20:42: <Socrates> 4df+1 WOOP WOOP
351223:20:42: <BEIGE> Socrates: WOOP WOOP: 0 (4df+1=0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
351323:20:47: <Goatwright> Wow
351423:20:51: <Goatwright> Off to a good start today
351523:20:51: <Rainglove> 4df-1 IS GOOD DAY
351623:20:52: <BEIGE> Rainglove: IS GOOD DAY: -1 (4df-1=0, 3+, 0, 4-)
351723:21:02: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 WOTIC
351823:21:02: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: WOTIC: 3 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 4-)
351923:21:08: <Socrates> we're just gonna get pounced
352023:21:08: <Socrates> well maybe not
352123:21:20: <Benedict> I give a fate point to Nacht so he can get a 5.
352223:21:31: <Goatwright> What are you compelling?
352323:21:44: <Benedict> I compel Abe to be sexy.
352423:21:59: <Goatwright> No compel 4 u
352523:22:12: <NachtRuine> Would Eye of the Tigerkuga improve anything
352623:22:22: <Goatwright> Probably. You are in the wilderness.
352723:22:28: <NachtRuine> ACTIVATE
352823:22:45: <Goatwright> Daily reminder you can spend fate points to reroll or declare shit based off your apex skill
352923:23:50: <Goatwright> NOBODY SEES ANYTHING. Nobody except Abe. Abe sees something run through the brush - something he can't quite /discern/, but he knows is there. It lets out a faint hoot, which you catch, and then disappears.
353023:23:57: <Goatwright> You note it was particularly smaller than a mech.
353123:23:59: <Goatwright> Smaller than you.
353223:25:04: <NachtRuine> "Something in the brush. This thing's much smaller than a mech. Hell, smaller than me."
353323:25:13: <Benedict> Smaller than Seir?
353423:25:48: <Socrates> "Just regular wildlife then."
353523:26:48: <Goatwright> Smaller than Seir.
353623:26:54: <Rainglove> "Was it cute?"
353723:27:00: <Socrates> "Shall we move on?"
353823:27:23: <NachtRuine> "Yeah. No idea what it was." Abe keeps moving.
353923:27:42: <Benedict> Oh boy.
354023:28:59: <viejo> "Perhaps the chariot just needs to be smaller, or do the guinea pigs just need to be bigger?"
354123:29:01: <Goatwright> You continue through the brush. At this point, you lose sight of the facility as the brush continues to remain thick around you. Trees twist and spiral towards the sky, blotting out the sun.
354223:29:16: <Goatwright> Another rustling of leaves by you, this time closer to you.
354323:29:36: <Goatwright> Whispers of 'respeeeeect' come from the trees.
354423:29:38: <Goatwright> Except not really.
354523:29:55: <Benedict> Seir shakes a bit, reminded of his wife for a second.
354623:30:00: <viejo> Mishaal gets the feeling his cock's being checked out by a lusty bitch.
354723:30:39: <Socrates> 4df+1 OH GOSH ANOTHER OWL
354823:30:39: <BEIGE> Socrates: OH GOSH ANOTHER OWL: 1 (4df+1=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
354923:31:48: <Goatwright> Shortly after, you realize it's getting darker than just trees blocking the sun.
355023:32:25: <Benedict> Seir, for whatever reason, looks up. Just in case.
355123:32:48: <Goatwright> Seir sees the leaves and foliage are moving slightly, as though there were a breeze.
355223:33:01: <Goatwright> And they're slowly starting to be eaten away, as if by nothing.
355323:33:13: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to whistle through his speakers.
355423:33:26: <Benedict> "Look up."
355523:33:37: <NachtRuine> "Hrm?" Abe looks upwards.
355623:34:07: <Socrates> Mishaal can't see shit, man it's dar- he looks up. "...I think we've become the hunted."
355723:34:07: <viejo> "Do you have something stuck in your mouth, Billy? What is that noise?"
355823:34:59: <viejo> "It sounds like someone forcibly squeezing a fart out of a weasel! Make it stop!"
355923:35:15: <Goatwright> Soon you can't look up - it's too dark. You can barely see one another, at this point.
356023:35:25: <Goatwright> Not only that, but cracks are appearing along your visors.
356123:35:26: <Rainglove> "Well it is a way that some things capable of normal speech pass the time I believe" Billy stops and looks up. Then he turns on his phone light.
356223:35:37: <NachtRuine> Flaashliiight.
356323:36:02: <Goatwright> The flashlight only makes it worse, reflecting off what is very clearly now some sort of fog.
356423:36:26: <NachtRuine> Well never mind then.
356523:36:53: <Socrates> Mishaal's gettin' uneasy. "The fog. That's the black fog."
356623:36:57: <Goatwright> You can hear the crackling of material being eaten off your suits as your visors begin to chip further.
356723:37:07: <Goatwright> Your suits are being corroded, same as the wall.
356823:37:38: <Benedict> Time to die.
356923:37:45: <viejo> "Now I'll never find out if I needed to make the chariot smaller or the guinea pigs bigger." He sighs.
357023:37:47: <Goatwright> This will kill you if you continue standing around in it, considering the violently poisonous atmosphere.
357123:37:57: <NachtRuine> Well fuck that then. "Well I have no intention of staying in this." Abe gets out of the fog.
357223:37:59: <Benedict> Let's run out of the fog.
357323:38:16: <Rainglove> Billy moves in an awayward direction.
357423:38:24: <Socrates> "We need to move. Now." Mishaal moves his ass. Bears have surprising speed, you see.
357523:38:34: <Goatwright> Roll RESOLVE, everybody freaking out over the fog.
357623:38:46: <NachtRuine> 4df+4 cool cats
357723:38:47: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: cool cats: 2 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 4-, 4-)
357823:38:47: <viejo> 4df+2 RESOLVE
357923:38:47: <BEIGE> Viejo: RESOLVE: -1 (4df+2=4-, 0, 4-, 4-)
358023:38:52: <Socrates> 4df+1 I'M FREAKIN' OUT
358123:38:52: <BEIGE> Socrates: I'M FREAKIN' OUT: 0 (4df+1=0, 4-, 0, 0)
358223:38:54: <viejo> Well Dr. J is out of there.
358323:38:59: <viejo> He just turns around and leaves.
358423:39:14: <Goatwright> Dr. J dies of spoopiness
358523:39:21: <Goatwright> roll a new character
358623:39:29: <Rainglove> 4df+2 Cool whats?
358723:39:30: <BEIGE> Rainglove: Cool whats?: 2 (4df+2=4-, 0, 0, 3+)
358823:39:48: <viejo> "I didn't come all this way to discover the ultimate question stopping the true realisation of guinea pigs chariots to die out here, my research unfulfilled."
358923:41:08: <Benedict> 4df+1
359023:41:09: <BEIGE> Benedict: 3 (4df+1=4-, 3+, 3+, 3+)
359123:41:16: <viejo> Will of the goblin gods!
359223:42:24: <Goatwright> Everybody disperses in a sudden panic! They find themselves separated once they're finally out of the cloud, with Mishaal and Doc by a particularly large tree, Abe and Billy running sporadically in separate directions, and Seir, who manages to see Abe and Billy before they get too lost.
359323:43:26: <Goatwright> You all hear a low grumble come from within the now large cloud of black fog, and a sound like steam accompanies a sudden expansion of the cloud as it starts growing rapidly from the bottom up.
359423:43:26: <Benedict> "Will you two idiots stop running around." Seir gets the attention of Abe and Billy.
359523:43:37: <viejo> Dr. J is just nopes back to the base.
359623:43:49: <Goatwright> Mishaal walks as Dr. J nopes away.
359723:43:53: <Goatwright> watches, even
359823:44:18: <Socrates> Mishaal catches his breath and takes a look around. "We've been separated!" He turns to see Doc getting the fuck out. "DOC, STICK TOGETHER! ARE YOU MAD?"
359923:44:45: <NachtRuine> Abe's attention is caught. "Fuck, we're split! We need to find the others!"
360023:45:13: <Rainglove> Billy stops running away, at least.
360123:45:42: <Rainglove> He pokes at his observer parts. His vision was bad enough before the cracks, and now he has to deal with this shit? Great.
360223:46:01: <viejo> Can Dr. J use some pheromones of his to attract the monster?
360323:46:05: <Goatwright> Mishaal's sudden very loud shouting at his partner catches the attention of something. He hears growling slowly heading towards him.
360423:46:24: <Goatwright> He can certainly try. That would be an aspect for Charm.
360523:46:49: <viejo> 4df+5 ding dong pheromones on Mishaal to attract the beast
360623:46:50: <BEIGE> Viejo: ding dong pheromones on Mishaal to attract the beast: 6 (4df+5=3+, 0, 0, 0)
360723:47:00: <Socrates> Mishaal immediately regrets yelling like an asshole. He tries to hide behind the tree, as if it'll help.
360823:47:00: <NachtRuine> Abe starts a search grid, looking for his teammates.
360923:47:02: <viejo> "Stop your worrying, these pheromones will deter the beast."
361023:47:21: <viejo> My precious guinea pig, he says mentally.
361123:48:04: <Goatwright> The fog stops advancing in all directions, slowly receding for Abe, Billy, and Seir as it suddenly consumes Mishaal again, zooming out from in front of him toward the direction of the doctor.
361223:48:18: <viejo> "While absent-mindedly on my phone as per usual it seems I failed to notice the complete and utter obvious, that being that we have quite clearly walked into the beast's territory and that this idea was stupid in the first place."
361323:48:41: <Goatwright> Doc can see what now appears to be a quadrupedal, black-furred beast of some sort charging at him from within the fog - and it's coming /fast/.
361423:48:47: <Benedict> Seir looks for where the beast actually is. So he can point it out for Misha and his gun.
361523:49:22: <viejo> 4df+6 tagging anatomy expert to predict its movement and charge, agility
361623:49:22: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging anatomy expert to predict its movement and charge, agility: 5 (4df+6=0, 4-, 0, 0)
361723:49:24: <NachtRuine> Abe sees the recession. "It's moving, it's probably found Mishaal and the Doc. Let's follow it."
361823:49:29: <Goatwright> Its speed, though fluid, still presents a strange jerkiness to it as it charges ahead. Mishaal's visor gets a sudden long crack in his visor as the fog re-consumes him.
361923:49:48: <Benedict> "I'm going nowhere near that fog."
362023:50:04: <Socrates> Mishaal freaks the fuck out again and tries to escape the fog.
362123:50:07: <Goatwright> Compelling INTO THE DANGER ZONE for Abe to run into the fog - it's the closest way to them, Abe, and it's /daring/.
362223:50:16: <NachtRuine> FUCKING DO IT
362323:50:20: <Goatwright> You've seen corrosive fogs plenty of time!
362423:50:30: <viejo> "It seems I've made a new friend!"
362523:50:36: <Rainglove> Billy tags along. He ponders his squishiness.
362623:50:47: <viejo> Dr. J ponders how squishy he'll be once he gets squashed.
362723:50:49: <Goatwright> Eyyy Abe gets a fate point and a bonus to Agility. You can charge on in there, guy.
362823:51:05: <Goatwright> 4df+4 The beast charges for Doc, meanwhile!
362923:51:05: <BEIGE> Goatwright: The beast charges for Doc, meanwhile!: 4 (4df+4=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
363023:51:15: <viejo> Too bad, Dr. J too slick.
363123:51:15: <Benedict> Ayyyy.
363223:51:32: <Benedict> Seir keeps a safe distance from the beast and the fog, trying to peer around for where the beast actually is.
363323:51:44: <viejo> 4df+6 tagging accomplished swordsman to stab the fucker as it runs past
363423:51:44: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging accomplished swordsman to stab the fucker as it runs past: 5 (4df+6=0, 3+, 4-, 4-)
363523:52:02: <viejo> slap a +1 on that if harm is involved in that roll
363623:52:04: <Goatwright> I'm pretty sure you're outpacing it
363723:52:11: <viejo> It was to dodge.
363823:52:16: <Goatwright> o
363923:52:24: <viejo> >flat out running away from a huge beast
364023:52:25: <viejo> >ever
364123:52:33: <NachtRuine> Abe is rushing in! If he can't find his comrades, he'll find that beast!
364223:52:53: <Socrates> Mishaal sure can't find anything.
364323:52:57: <Goatwright> Well, Doc puts his tentacle legs to use - he's well familiar with tree-heavy environments. He flings himself between a few branches and the monster charges through.
364423:53:07: <Goatwright> 4df+4 dun stab me
364523:53:07: <BEIGE> Goatwright: dun stab me: 7 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 3+)
364623:53:32: <Goatwright> Unfortunately, it seems to suddenly roll and disappear in the fog as his blade comes down, and Doc is now suddenly consumed by the corrosive fog again.
364723:53:39: <Benedict> Seir wonders if he can send a message to the Captain. He tries. "Corrosive fog. Teammates are being dumb. Could you fire down at it from space."
364823:53:47: <viejo> "Bah Krumscheon."
364923:53:51: <Goatwright> Abe, roll AGILITY to get in there quick and find yer buds.
365023:54:32: <Goatwright> You get your +2
365123:54:49: <Rainglove> Billy preps his goddamn GUN and stays where he is, watching people run around. He has no desire to draw that thing's attention.
365223:55:01: <Socrates> a-am i still in the fog? :^[
365323:55:02: <NachtRuine> 4df+4 gotta go fats
365423:55:02: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: gotta go fats: 4 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
365523:55:21: <Benedict> Yes, you are fat, Abe.
365623:55:38: <Goatwright> Seir and Billy, as you watch from outside the cloud, you see the mass of fog slam into the atrium, filling your escape room up.
365723:55:58: <Goatwright> Abe manages to find and pull Mishaal and the Doc out of the fog before either of them are killed by it, so that's cool.
365823:56:14: <Benedict> "Fan-fucking-tastic."
365923:56:40: <NachtRuine> "Anyone have a visual on that thing?"
366023:56:47: <Rainglove> "Lots of fog"
366123:56:52: <Socrates> Mishaal hugs the shit out of Abe. "Once again you have saved my life! You are amazing!"
366223:56:57: <Goatwright> His friends are safe, but Abe's visor is flashing that there's some DANGER going on with his suit. It's gone through some of his suit now.
366323:57:10: <Goatwright> His air is now leaking away.
366423:57:22: <Benedict> Could Seir do a quick-repair on Abe's suit?
366523:57:25: <Socrates> squeezing him probably did not help
366623:57:27: <Socrates> OOPS
366723:57:31: <Goatwright> That would be EVA.
366823:57:34: <NachtRuine> "Shit, shit, shit." Abe does what he can on his suit
366923:57:50: <NachtRuine> 4df+4 EVA
367023:57:50: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: EVA: 2 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 0, 0)
367123:57:54: <Benedict> 4df+3 Seir tries to help Abe a bit.
367223:57:54: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir tries to help Abe a bit.: 3 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 4-, 3+)
367323:57:58: <viejo> "Four legs, black fur, pretty agile to avoid my blade." His sword transforms back into an arm.
367423:58:00: <NachtRuine> 4df+4 fate point to reroll
367523:58:01: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: fate point to reroll: 4 (4df+4=4-, 0, 0, 3+)
367623:58:05: <Goatwright> 4df+3
367723:58:06: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 2 (4df+3=0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
367823:58:24: <Goatwright> I will let you keep your point, as Seir succeeded. You are free of dying, for now.
367923:58:28: <NachtRuine> mkay
368023:59:06: <Goatwright> As Seir helps Abe patch his suit a little, the trail of fog clears up outside and stays within the facility. Black smoke billows from out of the hole like a dragon's den.
368123:59:08: <Benedict> "Careless human." Seir grumbles as he uses some Fix-It-Up paste to help the cracks in the visor. Should be enough for now.
368223:59:24: <Goatwright> It must have kicked the radio, as now you hear, rather loudly, the sensual tones of Freddy Mercury.
368323:59:37: <Socrates> Mishaal readies the big ass gun, loading that motherfucker up. "Time to strike back!"
368423:59:47: <Goatwright> "I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLEEEEEEEEEE I WANT TO RIDE MY.."
368523:59:48: <NachtRuine> "Let's see if it can avoid a gun. Set up the gun, and stand firm."
3686
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3688
3689 2015-02-28
3690
369100:00:23: <Benedict> Seir did all he can for Abe. The rest is up to his god. Or gods.
369200:00:27: <Socrates> Mishaal does so. "Tell me when." He's READY TO FIRE.
369300:00:56: <Goatwright> They hear growling from within the facility, and then the crunching of metal.
369400:01:12: <Goatwright> The fog quickly recedes into the room, as it did before, and the creature is gone.
369500:01:26: <Benedict> It vanished?
369600:01:29: <Socrates> "...it vanished."
369700:01:46: <Benedict> "Lovely. Why are we hunting this thing again."
369800:02:04: <Goatwright> There is now a lovely black layer of corrosion all over the atrium.
369900:02:26: <NachtRuine> "Approach slowly, either it's in there, or it's trying to trick us."
370000:02:45: <Rainglove> "Well we do have smaller guns we could attempt to shoot with and see if we can hit something"
370100:02:49: <viejo> "Anyway, this has been fun but very dumb." Dr. J uses his glorious 6 from earlier to mark a tree with the attracting pheromones. "I've marked this tree with certain pheromones that should, or might, attract it, feel free to hang around."
370200:03:02: <Rainglove> "Unless you would like to walk in after it for some reason"
370300:03:30: <NachtRuine> "Think it can smell your smells from here?"
370400:03:37: <Goatwright> The fog within soon disappears through the now-broken atrium ceiling, and you see the door you'd come in through earlier has a nice neat smokey hole in it.
370500:03:52: <Goatwright> The one that lead you from the Barway, no less.
370600:04:03: <viejo> "It'd be silly of me to say for definite, as I didn't have time to spy any nostrils on it or gain any information on how good its senses are, but possibly."
370700:04:19: <Socrates> "Oooooh..." Mishaal stares at the gaping hole.
370800:04:25: <Socrates> "We may want to get in there."
370900:04:30: <Goatwright> Faint crackling from corroding speakers along the walls is overshadowed by Freddy belting it.
371000:04:51: <NachtRuine> "It didn't disappear. It just went inside." Abe legs it back inside.
371100:04:59: <Benedict> That hole is probably very bad. "Right. Rest of you hunt it, I need to fix that hole."
371200:05:02: <Rainglove> "Well presumably the incredibly well armed citizens of this disturbingly violent colony will now be able to help us"
371300:05:22: <viejo> "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Dr. J cackles.
371400:05:23: <Benedict> Seir -can- fix that hole, right? He did repair toasters before.
371500:05:29: <Goatwright> Well.
371600:05:32: <Goatwright> It's very large.
371700:05:42: <Goatwright> He'd have to find something to patch it with.
371800:05:42: <Benedict> Fix-It-Up paste will fix it.
371900:05:46: <Socrates> Mishaal bolts into the station place. "We must save all we can! It can't be hard to find in here!"
372000:06:11: <BEIGE> Benedict: There should be something in the room, or somethings, that would be effective, right? (This is Awareness): 2 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 0, 4-)
372100:06:11: <Benedict> 4df+3 There should be something in the room, or somethings, that would be effective, right? (This is Awareness)
372200:06:22: <viejo> "Well now the residents will get to claim the beast as a prize, how upsetting." Dr. J slithers back to the bar, maybe he can get a drink.
372300:06:39: <Goatwright> Not that he can tell. His big milky eyes tell him nothing - it all looks the same, now that it's covered in black.
372400:07:37: <Benedict> "Come on, come on. Has to be something...." Seir is gonna keep looking. He's Seir, damn it. He can do anything. His high school principal told him so.
372500:07:46: <Goatwright> Unfortunately for Dr. J, the bars are very worse-for-wear. With the air suddenly exploding from out of the hole their creature made, everybody is scattering. You can hear the faint chokes of people down alleys, and a few people, masks clamped over their face, run through emergency doors and lock them down.
372600:08:09: <Goatwright> There are faint traces of smoke everywhere, but nothing as concentrated as it was outside.
372700:08:13: <NachtRuine> (benny try a fate point reroll or a tag)
372800:08:28: <Benedict> 4df+3 Spending a fate point to reroll (I WAS ABOUT TO DO THAT, NACHT, GOD)
372900:08:28: <viejo> Dr. J rummages for alcohol.
373000:08:29: <BEIGE> Benedict: Spending a fate point to reroll (I WAS ABOUT TO DO THAT, NACHT, GOD): 3 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 0, 0)
373100:08:43: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to access that security system from the other day to see if he can find ye olde beaste on the cameras
373200:08:52: <Goatwright> Your fate point is in vain.
373300:09:15: <Benedict> Seir has jury-rigged other stuff before. Maybe a fate point spent there to make that 3 a 5 :)
373400:09:27: <Goatwright> Tagging what?
373500:09:34: <Benedict> Jury Riggin'
373600:10:05: <Goatwright> Shoar. Seir, you see a loose panels on the wall that would be covering wiring, but you figure Mishaal's brawn could pry it loose.
373700:10:06: <viejo> Dr. J tries to see if those pills have any more info on them other than EASY BREEZY
373800:10:12: <Goatwright> Billy gains access, but sees nothing.
373900:10:32: <Goatwright> Simply the occasional person gagging to death in the Barway, and the various whisps of smoke lingering inside.
374000:10:35: <Benedict> "Misha!" Seir expresses the rare emotions for once. "Rip those off for me!" Seir points out the panels.
374100:10:51: <Rainglove> "Well things certainly seem to be going terribly."
374200:11:08: <viejo> Is there alcohol? Is there anymore info on the pills?
374300:11:24: <Socrates> Who gives a damn about the fucking panels little goblin fuck- "Coming!" Mishaal goes and rips off the panels with his great bear stranth.
374400:11:38: <Goatwright> Dr. J, the pills are, what you would best guess, very narcotic and non-prescription. The bottle they're in isn't even sealed. There is no other information.
374500:11:43: <Socrates> so uh
374600:11:50: <Goatwright> Of course there's alcohol, they're in a road full of nothing but bars.
374700:11:52: <NachtRuine> Abe is still patrolling for the beast.
374800:11:53: <Socrates> is the monster just hangin' in there
374900:12:07: <Goatwright> Roll STAMINA, Mishaal.
375000:12:08: <Benedict> Seir gonna take them panels and repair this fuggin' door. Thanks, Misha.
375100:12:11: <Benedict> Or wait.
375200:12:14: <viejo> How many pills and how strong are they?
375300:12:16: <Benedict> Yeah, roll that shit, Misha.
375400:12:27: <Goatwright> There's about seven. How would he know how strong they are?
375500:12:28: <Socrates> 4df+4 JEEZUS
375600:12:28: <BEIGE> Socrates: JEEZUS: 3 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
375700:12:30: <viejo> Does Dr. J reckon the pills would dissolve in alcohol?
375800:12:30: <Goatwright> He doesn't even know what they do.
375900:12:35: <viejo> He's a DOCTOR for crying out loud.
376000:12:42: <viejo> Also you would hope the container might say the doseage.
376100:12:53: <Goatwright> He's a doctor, Jim, not a chemist.
376200:12:57: <Goatwright> It does not.
376300:13:03: <Goatwright> It's drugs, if you didn't catch this by now.
376400:13:22: <viejo> Dr. J decides to pour the pills into a bottle of alcohol. A bottle of something strong.
376500:13:38: <Goatwright> Mishaal rips off that panel with his BIG MUSCLES.
376600:13:50: <Benedict> Seir is ready to FIX THIS DOOR.
376700:13:55: <Goatwright> Seir can repair this hole, but they'll all want to go through before he does.
376800:14:06: <Benedict> Well, duh.
376900:14:12: <Goatwright> The automatic door function probably isn't going to work anymore, once he welds a huge sheet of metal to it.
377000:14:20: <Benedict> "Move it, move it. Through the hole. Gotta repair it."
377100:14:24: <Socrates> Mishaal runs the fuck back inside and joins Abe in finding the elusive as fuck monster.
377200:14:45: <NachtRuine> You'd think it'd be easy to find it.
377300:14:49: <Benedict> And then presuming everyone is already inside, Seir is ready to WELD DIS DOAH
377400:15:01: <Goatwright> The DOAH is welded.
377500:15:10: <Goatwright> The monster is nonvisible, and people are dying of suffocation.
377600:15:14: <Goatwright> The pills begin to bubble in the alcohol.
377700:15:48: <viejo> He shakes it around a bit. Nice. He goes off to the pet shop.
377800:15:49: <Socrates> "COME OUT, MONSTER! YOU ARE ON OUR TURF NOW!"
377900:16:15: <Benedict> Well, at least one problem is resolved. Seir breaths a sigh of relief, smacking his head against the sheet of metal. "The other station was a lot less... exciting." Well, time to save the station.
378000:16:27: <Goatwright> The pet shop is in an entirely different section of the facility.
378100:16:38: <viejo> Good thing Dr. J is quick.
378200:16:42: <viejo> Slither-zoom!
378300:17:08: <viejo> In fact, if there are drug shops on the way then he'll stop in one of those.
378400:18:25: <Goatwright> Well you were just in a room full of drug addicts that were dying, but you slither out through the emergency-locked rooms and into the Commons. At this point, you can hear the alerts going off through the facility. <WARNING. UNKNOWN ENTITY LOOSE WITHIN COMPOUND. HIGHLY DANGEROUS. PLEASE EVACUATE TO DESIGNATED SAFETY ROOMS.>
378500:18:37: <Goatwright> And, Doc, as you might expect, people are closing shop.
378600:18:45: <viejo> "Highly dangerous? Eh." he mumbles.
378700:18:50: <viejo> Too bad, he'll break through the door.
378800:18:50: <Goatwright> Everybody in the Barway, you notice the smoke has started to clear up.
378900:19:01: <Benedict> At least the door is fixed.
379000:19:20: <NachtRuine> "It's gone elsewhere, let's move."
379100:19:42: <Socrates> "Right." Mishaal reluctantly follows wherever the smoke is going
379200:19:49: <Goatwright> Well, that's the thing.
379300:19:53: <Goatwright> You don't know where it's gone.
379400:20:17: <NachtRuine> Well we wander about until we find said smoke.
379500:20:27: <viejo> Is the petshop closed? Give me the deets.
379600:20:29: <Benedict> Where's the security office again?
379700:21:03: <Rainglove> Billy follows along with the group, Maybe he can help open some doors.
379800:21:09: <Goatwright> The petshop is indeed closed. Metal shutters are down over the windows and door.
379900:21:32: <Goatwright> That is also the thing, Abe. You don't find said smoke. As far as you all can tell, it's poofed.
380000:21:35: <viejo> Too bad, Dr. J pulls out his energy gun and fires at the door.
380100:21:57: <Goatwright> The security office, as your map tells you, Seir, is kinda far.
380200:22:25: <Socrates> "This is not going well at all, Abe."
380300:22:37: <viejo> Does the energy pistol do anything?
380400:22:46: <Benedict> Ehhhh. Well, maybe Seir could hack into the camera network and look for that beast from his own computer?
380500:22:57: <Goatwright> Sure. It fires through the lock.
380600:23:26: <viejo> Dr. J punches the door in with his mechanical arm. He slithers on in. "Nasty plebeian, are you in?" He calls out.
380700:23:29: <NachtRuine> "I know, I know." Abe appears pensive as he tries to think something up. "Anyone got any ideas?"
380800:24:04: <Socrates> "It couldn't have gotten out of the gate, so it's still in here. Somewhere."
380900:24:05: <Rainglove> "Well we could leave"
381000:24:09: <Goatwright> He is not. Neither are most of the animals.
381100:24:24: <viejo> Keyword being most. What's left that looks nice and plump and juicy.
381200:25:40: <Goatwright> He sees basic house pets. There's a particularly fat cat, looking scared and somewhat dopey.
381300:25:54: <Goatwright> Seir, Billy, your CAMERAS tell you some STUFF.
381400:26:14: <viejo> He considers it. "But it resembles a miniature Krumscheon so much." He sighs. Nothing else fitting at all?
381500:26:19: <viejo> And nothing bigger than a cat?
381600:26:25: <Benedict> What do they TELL us?
381700:27:01: <Goatwright> The cat is your most fitting.
381800:27:27: <Goatwright> Your cameras are picking up small trails of black smoke.
381900:27:35: <Goatwright> From many rooms.
382000:27:42: <viejo> "In the life after this you can repay the favour, I am sorry, noble pseudo miniature Krumscheon." He grabs the cat in his mechanical arm and begins to force-feed it the brew.
382100:28:53: <Rainglove> Billy admires the cameras. "I am glad we live in a time with such high quality video feeds available in such diverse locations"
382200:29:02: <Goatwright> You get traces of smoke in the commons, several labs, and several areas among the living quarters.
382300:29:04: <Rainglove> like that one that points into a dingy, empty, smokey room
382400:29:11: <Rainglove> and the other one that points into a dingy, less empty, smokey room
382500:30:02: <Goatwright> The cat struggles, but Doc manages to forcefeed it the alcohol.
382600:30:07: <Benedict> "If this thing kills me, I am going to be greatly disappointed. Also, there's smoke everywhere."
382700:30:23: <Socrates> "Anything, you two?"
382800:30:32: <viejo> When it's all gone, he strokes the cat briefly. Does he have any eat-me type pheromones?
382900:30:56: <Goatwright> Probably.
383000:31:07: <Benedict> "Commons. Labs. Living quarters. Won't be surprised if it is trying to get into the safety areas the voice mention."
383100:31:09: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging pheromones to mark the cat: 9 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 3+, 3+)
383200:31:09: <viejo> 4df+5 tagging pheromones to mark the cat
383300:31:11: <viejo> :^)
383400:31:17: <Goatwright> Fug.
383500:31:19: <Rainglove> "Well there is lots of smoke all over the place which is really quite nice to look at aside from the whole killing people thing but other than that I am afraid we have not got much we can do against this thing that is unharmed by our weapons and not stopped by walls"
383600:31:23: <viejo> Dr. J in da house
383700:31:55: <viejo> He tries to contact the others. "How far have you gotten in tracking the beast? Where are you now?"
383800:32:20: <NachtRuine> Abe is pacing around, forcing himself to come up with something. "We've got nothing. It could be anywhere."
383900:32:35: <Goatwright> Hey Doc.
384000:32:45: <Goatwright> Roll AGILITAYYYYY
384100:32:46: <viejo> "I have drugged and marked bait."
384200:32:49: <viejo> 4df+4
384300:32:49: <BEIGE> Viejo: 5 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
384400:32:55: <Benedict> "May I just say that I think this entire hunt is a waste and that I hate it."
384500:32:55: <viejo> Get away from my jimmies.
384600:32:58: <Goatwright> 4df+3
384700:32:58: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 1 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 0, 0)
384800:33:29: <Goatwright> Seir and Billy notice something black and smokey dart from out of the corner in the commons and into a pet shop.
384900:33:33: <viejo> "I SAY, these pheromones are potent! The beast is here, by the pet shop!"
385000:33:43: <Rainglove> "Oh well we have found it it is in a pet shop"
385100:33:56: <Goatwright> Something charges into the room and slams into the cages, missing the bait completely as it slides on its feet mid-charge.
385200:33:58: <viejo> "Somewhat fitting, don't you think?"
385300:34:00: <NachtRuine> "Mishaal, pet shop, let's move!" Abe sprints off towards the shopping area.
385400:34:19: <Socrates> Mishaal nods and charges for the shoppan place.
385500:34:53: <viejo> Dr. J plonks the cat on the ground before legging it out.
385600:35:21: <viejo> In fact, no, he stops mid-put-down and picks it back up, running off outside.
385700:35:27: <viejo> He plonks it down somewhere outside off to the side.
385800:35:33: <Goatwright> They go through a few halls and eventually hit the Commons.
385900:35:33: <viejo> Don't want that beast stepping on it.
386000:36:09: <Goatwright> Doc tosses the cat out into the middle of the room, and the creature - about the size of a panther - charges and mauls the creature, which soon becomes overwhelmed by smoke.
386100:36:10: <Benedict> Seir hmms to himself. He wonders why that beast seems so interested in chasing the doctor.
386200:36:25: <viejo> It's only panther sized? damn
386300:36:42: <Socrates> it may change size, i think it was bigger before
386400:36:58: <Rainglove> Billy sloooooowly floats after the action heroes.
386500:37:32: <Socrates> Mishaal prepares the gun again. Ain't no monster getting away this time.
386600:37:54: <viejo> Does the bait seem to have worked? Slowed it down at all?
386700:37:57: <NachtRuine> Abe readies his gun just in case the big one doesn't take.
386800:38:14: <Goatwright> The smoke stays concentrated on the bait, and you hear the haunting meows of the cat and the growling of whatever is eating it.
386900:38:19: <Goatwright> Billy gets flashbacks of Maisey.
387000:38:46: <Rainglove> Poor kitty.
387100:38:51: <Benedict> Seir wants today to end. He hates whatever type of animal this creature is.
387200:38:55: <Rainglove> Billy prepares to shoot the thing.
387300:39:07: <NachtRuine> "Fire when you can, Mishaal."
387400:39:20: <viejo> "I would prefer to capture the beast alive."
387500:39:29: <Goatwright> Mishaal is carrying a giant tranq gun.
387600:39:39: <Benedict> "Kill it."
387700:39:41: <Goatwright> He is also free to fire.
387800:39:43: <viejo> Oh good, that saves Dr. J having to tackle it and choke it out.
387900:40:07: <Socrates> Mishaal fires.
388000:40:12: <viejo> "It's more useful alive than you are, maybe I should've used you as bait. Poor pseudo miniature Krumscheon."
388100:40:13: <Goatwright> Rrrrollll nigga
388200:40:29: <Socrates> 4df+4 i-i assume slug thrower
388300:40:29: <BEIGE> Socrates: i-i assume slug thrower: 4 (4df+4=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
388400:40:43: <Benedict> "You're right. It could be useful for permanently silencing you."
388500:41:17: <Goatwright> 4df
388600:41:17: <BEIGE> Goatwright: -1 (4df=0, 0, 0, 4-)
388700:41:20: <viejo> "Too bad it failed the first time. Maybe you would like to try your capabilities in single combat?"
388800:41:32: <Goatwright> +1 to that, but you hit something, and you hear a yelp.
388900:41:48: <viejo> "Or are you still sore from that backhand the other day to make you shut up and stop a man from killing himself?"
389000:42:12: <Goatwright> A particularly smaller ball of smoke flees from the cat, leaving behind what look almost like smokey rats.
389100:42:25: <Rainglove> "Very professional everyone." Billy fires after the ball of smoke.
389200:42:27: <Goatwright> Two lie around the cat, and three flop out from the smoke mid-run.
389300:43:07: <Socrates> "What the hell is it?" Mishaal reloads da big gun.
389400:43:09: <Benedict> "I am not sore from the backhand. I probably needed it. You're just an annoyance. Out of everyone in this crew, I like you the least."
389500:43:27: <Goatwright> They are large eared, about possum-sized, and have particularly wide, pearly eyes with hunched backs and some sort of wiggling masses covering odd parts of their torso.
389600:43:52: <viejo> "You'll need another one in a minute. I'll take the latter part as a compliment."
389700:44:06: <Goatwright> As you argue, the big ball of smoke disappears.
389800:44:08: <Goatwright> gg
389900:44:09: <Rainglove> 4df+5 BANGBANGBANG SMOKEBALL has 2 pen
390000:44:09: <BEIGE> Rainglove: BANGBANGBANG SMOKEBALL has 2 pen: 2 (4df+5=4-, 0, 4-, 4-)
390100:44:11: <Rainglove> welp
390200:44:15: <Goatwright> 4df
390300:44:15: <BEIGE> Goatwright: -1 (4df=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
390400:44:18: <Goatwright> fuggin
390500:44:21: <viejo> Professional shootan.
390600:44:21: <Rainglove> AW NIGGA
390700:44:22: <Goatwright> 4df+3 proper roll
390800:44:22: <BEIGE> Goatwright: proper roll: 5 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 0, 0)
390900:44:32: <Rainglove> o-okay
391000:44:38: <Benedict> That's cheatin' nigga, just add the +3 to your previous roll.
391100:44:45: <Goatwright> It still wins
391200:45:12: <Rainglove> it actually wins if the thing has any armor at all
391300:45:12: <viejo> "Shit." Dr. J lunges with his sword at the shit.
391400:45:15: <Goatwright> And it still seems to disappear among the crowded room of boxes, clutter, and stores.
391500:45:15: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 Abe fires as well!
391600:45:15: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: Abe fires as well!: 2 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 3+, 0)
391700:45:16: <Rainglove> b-but is k
391800:45:18: <Benedict> 4df+4 1 Pen. Time to lose.
391900:45:18: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 Pen. Time to lose.: 1 (4df+4=4-, 0, 4-, 4-)
392000:45:22: <Benedict> Yep.
392100:45:25: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 rerooooollll
392200:45:25: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: rerooooollll: 4 (4df+3=0, 3+, 0, 0)
392300:45:41: <Goatwright> What's yer pen, Abe?
392400:45:49: <NachtRuine> 2 pen
392500:45:58: <NachtRuine> i also forgot about the 2 harm
392600:46:13: <Socrates> so are we shooting the rats or
392700:46:19: <Goatwright> It lets out a yelp, then, being the only one able to shoot it, but it still disappears.
392800:46:22: <Goatwright> The smoke is gone.
392900:46:23: <viejo> Chase the smoke rats.
393000:46:32: <Goatwright> Rat-possum creatures are on the ground drugged.
393100:46:44: <Rainglove> Billy sets off after the tiny ball of smoke. Perhaps he can become its friend.
393200:46:47: <viejo> Chase the smoke thing.
393300:46:51: <viejo> 4df+4 sanic?
393400:46:51: <BEIGE> Viejo: sanic?: 2 (4df+4=0, 0, 4-, 4-)
393500:46:56: <viejo> sanic. :(
393600:46:57: <NachtRuine> "Doc, you got animal containers?"
393700:47:08: <viejo> "No but there are empty cages in the pet shop!"
393800:47:10: <viejo> He charges off.
393900:47:10: <Goatwright> The two by the cat are skewered together by the tranq dart. The others are uncontrollably twitching and foaming.
394000:47:44: <Benedict> Seir goes back to paying attention to cameras. Maybe they can find it again.
394100:47:46: <NachtRuine> Abe runs into the pet shop to get some cages fit for rats, and shovels the rats that he can into the cage.
394200:48:16: <Socrates> Mishaal chases wherever the hell the big smoke thing went.
394300:48:29: <Goatwright> They are shoveled without much problem - except for the fact that they're still mildly smoking.
394400:49:19: <Goatwright> Mishaal, roll PERCEPTION
394500:49:43: <NachtRuine> He double cages them. That should last until we hand them off to the leaders. Abe heads off where the group went.
394600:50:25: <BEIGE> Socrates: HNNNGH: 2 (4df+1=3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
394700:50:25: <Socrates> 4df+1 HNNNGH
394800:51:06: <Goatwright> 4df+4
394900:51:06: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 4 (4df+4=0, 4-, 0, 3+)
395000:51:13: <Goatwright> Yep. Ids gone. Better check them cameras.
395100:51:23: <Benedict> Seir has been checking them cameras.
395200:51:35: <viejo> Have they caught up with it yet?
395300:51:37: <viejo> Did it not slow down at all?
395400:51:41: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 late alertness
395500:51:41: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: late alertness: 3 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 0, 0)
395600:51:51: <NachtRuine> nop
395700:52:14: <Goatwright> No, you get these rats.
395800:52:19: <Socrates> "Seir, where is it?"
395900:52:20: <Goatwright> It is gone, as I've said a few times.
396000:52:25: <Goatwright> Look at the rats you fucking BIOLOGIST
396100:52:41: <Benedict> "Hold on, I'm looking."
396200:52:46: <viejo> Thanks for nothing drugs.
396300:52:53: <viejo> 4df+5 Dr. J investigates the rat.s
396400:52:53: <BEIGE> Viejo: Dr. J investigates the rat.s: 3 (4df+5=4-, 4-, 0, 0)
396500:52:58: <viejo> no science today
396600:53:04: <Benedict> 4df+3 What do you want from me, Goat? DO YOU WANT THIS AWARENESS?
396700:53:04: <BEIGE> Benedict: What do you want from me, Goat? DO YOU WANT THIS AWARENESS?: 2 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 0, 4-)
396800:53:08: <Benedict> Of course not.
396900:53:13: <Rainglove> 4df-1 Billy is alert.
397000:53:13: <BEIGE> Rainglove: Billy is alert.: 1 (4df-1=0, 3+, 0, 3+)
397100:53:15: <viejo> Biology lessons are cancelled for the day.
397200:53:16: <Benedict> No one would want that awareness.
397300:53:17: <Rainglove> ayy
397400:53:17: <Benedict> It is bad.
397500:53:21: <Goatwright> They are smokin' from their mouths, and their fur seems very sticky.
397600:53:26: <NachtRuine> The rats are handed off to the doctor. "Put two cages on them just in case they melt through the first one."
397700:53:43: <viejo> So information you could gather by not being literally retarded?
397800:53:54: <viejo> IT IS MY CONCLUSION THAT THESE RATS ARE
397900:53:55: <viejo> STICKY
398000:54:31: <Goatwright> The animals are not, from what you can tell, familiar at all, and the fact that the big mass is smoking and they are breathing smoke forms an obvious connection.
398100:54:55: <Goatwright> They also appear very drugged, considering their twitching and foaming.
398200:55:09: <viejo> So, still nothing that isn't obvious
398300:55:29: <Goatwright> Billy and Seir still see smoking in various areas, but nothing as big as their panther-sized mass.
398400:55:59: <Goatwright> Well not everybody has encyclopedic knowledge of the list of known species, Doc.
398500:56:04: <Goatwright> Clearly you are aware this is a new species.
398600:56:05: <Benedict> "Doctor could probably attract the thing again."
398700:56:21: <viejo> "Step up, step up, bait number two>"
398800:57:02: <viejo> "The last batch of pheromones was particularly potent, we'd have to go off hunting for more pills or something to that extent, and it might possess intelligence not to fall for it again."
398900:57:15: <viejo> "We would also need another suitable bait-creature."
399000:57:56: <Socrates> "Hopefully it will fall for the same trick twice."
399100:58:57: <Benedict> "Won't one of those rats work for bait."
399200:59:02: <Goatwright> Mishaal gets a message!
399301:00:09: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs. "Even if it did, one rat would not be enough I imagine, so we would have to tie them together. They're not a known species so I am not sure of their biology."
399401:00:13: <Socrates> Mishaal checks his messager!
399501:00:18: <Goatwright> It's from your old buddy you talked to, Director Koreff. <I was under the impression you'd have this under control.>
399601:00:48: <Benedict> Ha!
399701:00:56: <Benedict> Director is funny guy.
399801:01:41: <Socrates> Mishaal sighs. <We weren't prepared for, well, this. Sorry, Director. We /will/ get the beast for you though.>
399901:02:26: <viejo> "Anything interesting?" he asks the big guy for you.
400001:02:31: <Goatwright> <It appears more like beasts at this point.>
400101:04:16: <Goatwright> The director sends the team various photographs of claw marks and dead people throughout the facility, some of which are suffering from burns.
400201:04:36: <Socrates> <Well, yes. I assure you everything's under control...kinda.>
400301:04:49: <Socrates> <Oh.>
400401:05:14: <Benedict> "I wonder if this station has self-defense mechanisms that could help us. Like turrets."
400501:05:23: <viejo> "So are these pictures supposed to mean anything? I'm more bothered by the cruel demise of the pseudo miniature Krumscheon at my hands more than anything. Dead convicts? The horror."
400601:05:47: <Socrates> "We need to find whatever the hell this is as quickly as we can. People are dying. Is there /nothing/ on the cameras, Seir?"
400701:07:28: <Goatwright> Not on the cameras you've got access to, Billy and Seir.
400801:07:42: <Goatwright> Though you still see smoke, those in the rooms you're observing are still alive and well.
400901:07:54: <Benedict> "Nope. Don't have access to all the cameras." How about some HACKING to get access to the rest?
401001:07:54: <Rainglove> Billy continues hanging out
401101:08:29: <Rainglove> Billy hacked them last week, as far as I know he has access to all of them
401201:08:40: <Goatwright> You do indeed.
401301:09:24: <Goatwright> It might be worth just seeing what you can find in other rooms, or looking for those drugs you'd mentioned wanting to try again.
401401:10:21: <Goatwright> Perhaps rooms your cameras don't cover.
401501:11:14: <Socrates> "What are the rooms not accessible?"
401601:11:18: <NachtRuine> Do we know which rooms aren't covered?
401701:11:50: <Goatwright> Yes, with a bit of deduction and the titles on your camera feeds, Billy and Seir can figure out what rooms aren't covered.
401801:13:04: <Goatwright> Billy and Seir, you note that Labs 5-7, high-level confidential labs, the fourth research atrium, and the barway aren't covered by cameras.
401901:13:13: <Goatwright> You just came from the barway, so checking there probably isn't a good idea.
402001:13:34: <Goatwright> Also Billy, compelling 'Self-Made Squid' to attempt to try one of those fashionable big-eared possums on as a hat.
402101:14:43: <viejo> Dr. J picks up one of the rats, presuming they're not dangerous-to-the-touch, and sits down somewhere conveniently outside. He swings the rat around by its tail.
402201:14:45: <Socrates> Mishaal assumes the two fuckers with the cameras tell him the rooms and so he sets off to find them. He approaches Lab 5 first.
402301:15:00: <Rainglove> Resisting the compel you big faggot.
402401:15:03: <NachtRuine> Abe follows Mishaal.
402501:15:10: <Rainglove> Billy relays room numbers and locations
402601:15:39: <Goatwright> BILLY IT WOULD HAVE HELPED WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME
402701:16:02: <Goatwright> Doc spins the possum-rat around by its tail. It continues to smoke.
402801:16:41: <Goatwright> Abe and Mishaal head to Lab 5. As they would have suspected, it is locked down, being confidential and all.
402901:16:56: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to hack-o the door-o
403001:17:06: <Goatwright> Gopher it. Communications.
403101:17:15: <Rainglove> 4df+5 OPEN SESAME
403201:17:15: <BEIGE> Rainglove: OPEN SESAME: 3 (4df+5=0, 4-, 4-, 0)
403301:17:19: <Rainglove> CLOSED SESAME
403401:17:32: <Goatwright> Do you wanna go for a REROLL? Perhaps with a TAG?
403501:17:34: <Socrates> "If it were in here, would there not be a hole?"
403601:17:35: <viejo> Sesame? What's that? Like a sesame bun?
403701:17:40: <Rainglove> fuck it we can just blow it up
403801:18:02: <Rainglove> "Well the door does not want to open but we know we can get around it and that will probably be faster than me doing anything here"
403901:18:43: <Goatwright> There are also other rooms to find out.
404001:19:01: <Socrates> "Did you say there was another research artrium? It may have gone there."
404101:19:07: <Socrates> Mishaal GOES.
404201:20:09: <Goatwright> Mishaal makes it to the ATRIUM. With his excellent deduction skills, the door opens, and a huge billow of fog flies out from the door.
404301:20:20: <Benedict> Oh boy.
404401:20:32: <Socrates> Mishaal guffaws, despite the fog. "FOUND YOU!"
404501:22:13: <viejo> Dr. J hurls the rat up straight into the air and draws his gun, shooting at it mid-air.
404601:22:14: <viejo> 4df+2
404701:22:14: <BEIGE> Viejo: 3 (4df+2=0, 3+, 3+, 4-)
404801:22:29: <Goatwright> Well you are very behind but okay.
404901:22:35: <Goatwright> The rat is shot, and it explodes.
405001:22:41: <viejo> Dr. J is still outside the petshop.
405101:22:56: <viejo> How big and bad an explosion are we talking?
405201:23:10: <Goatwright> I mean into chunks. It explodes into gore, as you'd expect from shooting a rat.
405301:23:37: <viejo> Dr. J sighs before cackling, then fetches another rat to spin about.
405401:23:38: <Goatwright> Mishaal gets a response of a mighty bellow from inside, but it doesn't come out after him.
405501:23:38: <Socrates> Mishaal loads the gun and bravely goes into the fog since no one else wants to do anything. "COME FOR ME. I AM HERE!"
405601:23:45: <Socrates> such timing
405701:24:18: <Socrates> "Not so eager now? I'll find you myself."
405801:24:32: <Goatwright> Mishaal bravely strides on through the smoke. His visor begins to crack and chip - he won't survive in here for long - but he might be able to get it out if he thinks on his feet.
405901:25:12: <NachtRuine> Abe stays outside the fog, ready to pull him out again, just in case.
406001:25:45: <Goatwright> Got any ideas, Mishaal?
406101:25:59: <Socrates> Mishaal didn't quite think up a plan for this. He was hoping it would've attacked him. "Hmmm."
406201:26:38: <Socrates> 4df+4 He decides to fire into the fog, hoping to hit something.
406301:26:38: <BEIGE> Socrates: He decides to fire into the fog, hoping to hit something.: 5 (4df+4=0, 3+, 3+, 4-)
406401:27:05: <viejo> He's very accurate in hitting nothing.
406501:27:08: <Goatwright> 4df+3+2 Tagging zone-aspect "Can't See Shit Captain"
406601:27:08: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Tagging zone-aspect "Can't See Shit Captain": 6 (4df+3+2=3+, 3+, 4-, 0)
406701:27:21: <Socrates> well good lord
406801:27:48: <Goatwright> Mishaal misses, but he seems to stir it, causing it to hiss and bellow at him as something suddenly comes up and swipes at him.
406901:28:00: <Goatwright> 4df+4 MISHAAL WATCH OUT
407001:28:01: <BEIGE> Goatwright: MISHAAL WATCH OUT: 4 (4df+4=0, 3+, 4-, 0)
407101:28:07: <Socrates> 4df+1 CAN I DODGE IT WITH MY LARGE BODY?
407201:28:07: <BEIGE> Socrates: CAN I DODGE IT WITH MY LARGE BODY?: -1 (4df+1=4-, 4-, 3+, 4-)
407301:28:10: <Socrates> NO I CANNOT
407401:28:14: <viejo> You dodge into the hit.
407501:28:18: <Goatwright> What's your ARMOR, or did you never buy any?
407601:28:25: <NachtRuine> mishaal reroll taht shit
407701:28:26: <Socrates> i never bought any
407801:28:31: <Goatwright> well fug
407901:28:35: <Socrates> i will use a fate point to reroll
408001:28:37: <Goatwright> It's brawling, if you want to tag anything
408101:28:45: <Goatwright> What the creature is rolling
408201:28:57: <BEIGE> Socrates: J-JUST ONCE MORE: 1 (4df+1=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
408301:28:57: <Socrates> 4df+1 J-JUST ONCE MORE
408401:29:06: <Socrates> well
408501:29:17: <Benedict> Man, it would be great if that room had like a ventilation system so that the room could be cleared of the fog. At least for a time.
408601:29:36: <Goatwright> You'd have to go in and find out instead of literally sitting there staring into fog, Seir.
408701:29:37: <viejo> or shit is that FIVE damage?
408801:29:59: <Goatwright> Y'know anybody else doing anything would probably be great right now.
408901:30:09: <viejo> Dr. J decides to spin
409001:30:10: <viejo> TWO rats
409101:30:20: <Socrates> Mishaal is hit by the swipin'.
409201:30:22: <NachtRuine> Abe's jumping in, he's hearing trouble.
409301:30:25: <Socrates> Is the monster in front of him?
409401:30:28: <Benedict> Yeah, you're right.
409501:30:33: <Benedict> And fuck going into that fog again.
409601:30:35: <Socrates> Is it in his sights?
409701:30:36: <Goatwright> Mishaal is hit indeed, taking 3 damage.
409801:30:44: <Goatwright> He can take a CONSEQUENCE, if he wants.
409901:30:50: <Goatwright> Also yes, at this point it is within his sights.
410001:30:51: <Socrates> IS IT
410101:31:00: <Socrates> I see
410201:31:09: <Goatwright> Abe makes his way into the fog! He braves on in.
410301:31:31: <Socrates> Mishaal drops the gun and tags Kuotagh.
410401:31:34: <Benedict> 4df+3 Seir uses EVA to fix up his suit a bit. Because fuck going in there and possibly getting screwed.
410501:31:34: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir uses EVA to fix up his suit a bit. Because fuck going in there and possibly getting screwed.: -1 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 4-, 4-)
410601:31:38: <Benedict> Well, okay.
410701:31:45: <Benedict> This is like the 5th time I've gotten 4 minuses.
410801:31:53: <Benedict> I think I'll just sit this fight out.
410901:31:57: <Goatwright> His suit remains the same.
411001:32:31: <Socrates> 4df+7 "YOU HAVE MADE A BIG MISTAKE!"
411101:32:31: <BEIGE> Socrates: "YOU HAVE MADE A BIG MISTAKE!": 7 (4df+7=3+, 4-, 0, 0)
411201:32:46: <Goatwright> 4df+3 fug
411301:32:46: <BEIGE> Goatwright: fug: 1 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 4-, 4-)
411401:32:51: <Socrates> hahahahaha
411501:32:53: <Socrates> HA HA HA HA
411601:32:56: <NachtRuine> is that a double spin
411701:32:57: <viejo> OGRE
411801:33:10: <Benedict> Break its neck, Misha.
411901:33:16: <viejo> Choke it out.
412001:34:20: <Goatwright> The creature howls in pain as Mishaal's claws slash through it, but Mishaal notes that its hide seems particularly tough for your average beast. Still, he does damage, and it seems to slink away. You hear the splatter of blood on the floor. (Consequence: Messy Escape)
412101:34:43: <Goatwright> At this point, however, your suit is reaching near-critical failure. If you don't get out now, it's gonna eat through your shit.
412201:34:58: <Socrates> Can I grab it?
412301:35:17: <Goatwright> You can certainly try. It'll be a Stamina check.
412401:35:26: <NachtRuine> Abe sees the dropped gun and picks it up, as well as he can. "Mishaal, your suit can't take it! Get out!"
412501:36:04: <viejo> Meanwhile, on a more important note
412601:36:11: <viejo> Dr. J is spinning all of the rats
412701:36:33: <Socrates> 4df+6 tagging 'Man of the Earth' to grab the munster and m-maybe attempt to drag it out?
412801:36:33: <BEIGE> Socrates: tagging 'Man of the Earth' to grab the munster and m-maybe attempt to drag it out?: 3 (4df+6=4-, 0, 4-, 4-)
412901:36:39: <Socrates> dayum
413001:37:16: <viejo> Man of Earth? More like Man of Mirth
413101:37:24: <Goatwright> Gonna give you the free-tag on the consequence, but be sure to consciously do that next time. Consequences are free stackable aspects!
413201:37:36: <Goatwright> 4df+4 BUT I TOO HAVE HIGH STAMINA, HA-HA
413301:37:36: <BEIGE> Goatwright: BUT I TOO HAVE HIGH STAMINA, HA-HA: 1 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 4-, 0)
413401:37:37: <Socrates> o rite
413501:37:39: <Goatwright> Well.
413601:37:42: <Goatwright> It's not high enough.
413701:37:46: <NachtRuine> spin baby spin
413801:38:11: <Socrates> "YOU COME WITH ME. NO RUNNING."
413901:38:14: <Goatwright> Mishaal jumps onto the back of the creature, pinning it to the ground. It struggles, trying to resist, but Mishaal manages to put its full weight on it and keep it pinned.
414001:38:27: <Benedict> Seir plays some music for himself. Technology sure is nice.
414101:38:45: <viejo> As the not-earth spins around and traverses around the not-sun, the rats spin around on Dr. J's hands.
414201:38:45: <Goatwright> At this point, however, he is now taking damage by the smoke. Roll STAMINA again, bud.
414301:38:57: <Socrates> 4df+4 nigga that fog ain't shit
414401:38:57: <BEIGE> Socrates: nigga that fog ain't shit: 7 (4df+4=0, 3+, 3+, 3+)
414501:39:13: <Goatwright> Mishaal's thick flab of muscle lets him ignore the smoke for now.
414601:39:15: <Socrates> who do you think you're messing with here, GM?
414701:39:22: <NachtRuine> Abe goes over to the tackled creature and goes for the point blank tranq.
414801:39:46: <NachtRuine> can i tag the fact that the monster is pinned?
414901:40:02: <Goatwright> I'll give you a free +1 for it.
415001:40:06: <BEIGE> Socrates: Mishaal goes for a punch to the head. (Can i still tag that consequence?): 6 (4df+5=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
415101:40:07: <Socrates> 4df+5 Mishaal goes for a punch to the head. (Can i still tag that consequence?)
415201:40:16: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: let's shoooooot it too: 2 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 3+, 4-)
415301:40:17: <NachtRuine> 4df+4 let's shoooooot it too
415401:40:25: <NachtRuine> 4df+4 reroll that pls
415501:40:25: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: reroll that pls: 2 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 3+, 4-)
415601:40:27: <Socrates> noice
415701:40:28: <NachtRuine> fucking
415801:40:35: <NachtRuine> the same roll
415901:40:45: <Socrates> water the odds
416001:40:52: <NachtRuine> 1/81
416101:40:53: <Goatwright> Do you even have any more fate points by now?
416201:40:59: <NachtRuine> i have one left
416301:41:06: <Socrates> i-i think i've used two
416401:41:09: <NachtRuine> no, two, because of the compel
416501:41:16: <Goatwright> You can tag the consequence again for a fate point
416601:41:28: <Socrates> well
416701:41:31: <Socrates> i tag the consequence
416801:41:34: <Goatwright> There ya go.
416901:41:42: <Socrates> wuzzat give me
417001:42:16: <Goatwright> Mishaal's hand comes down on the head of the creature.. and he realizes it's gone THROUGH. The mass he was on is now starting to sag and give, as Abe presumably fires dart after dart into the creature.
417101:42:46: <Goatwright> The mass stops moving, but something seems to have changed about it. You feel movement under you, Mishaal, but it's like the movement of many things.
417201:42:57: <Goatwright> Meanwhile, both of your suits are very damaged. Staying in here any longer will not do you any good.
417301:43:11: <Benedict> God damn it. This thing is really just made up of a bunch of rats.
417401:43:23: <viejo> Outside, Dr. J is juggling rats.
417501:43:44: <NachtRuine> "Mishaal, your suit is fucked by now, get out of the fog!" Abe takes advantage of his own advice.
417601:44:05: <Socrates> Mishaal is a bit perturbed. He would move but he can't just let the little things get away again. He isn't sure what to do.
417701:44:47: <Socrates> "I said I would hunt this thing and I /will./"
417801:44:57: <Benedict> "You two will die if you continue to stay in there." Seir shouts into the room.
417901:47:14: <NachtRuine> Abe groans and runs back over to Mishaal, holding onto his suit and tugging. He's not strong enough to actually pull Mishaal, but he tries. "Goddammit Mishaal, I didn't save you just to have you be corroded!"
418001:47:49: <Benedict> I compel Family Man so Misha remembers his wife and kid(s) so he gets out of that fog.
418101:47:50: <Goatwright> Mishaal tugs with him a big pile of the rat things.
418201:47:52: <Benedict> Move your ass, Misha.
418301:48:08: <Socrates> "I'll live. These things are not going anywhere as long as I am here."
418401:49:06: <viejo> Take him down, Abe.
418501:49:18: <viejo> Take him down to China town.
418601:49:25: <Benedict> Accept or deny my compel, damn it.
418701:49:36: <Socrates> nigga players can't compel
418801:49:38: <Socrates> or can they
418901:49:41: <Rainglove> they can
419001:50:00: <Goatwright> They can
419101:50:02: <Rainglove> it's actually mentioned a lot in the combat section of the SRD, which I thought was weird, but it's there
419201:50:47: <Goatwright> Are you gonna ACCEPT IT, Mishaal?
419301:50:58: <Socrates> I must deny it, for the greater good.
419401:51:05: <Goatwright> Well.
419501:51:12: <viejo> gg Mishaal dies.
419601:51:35: <Goatwright> You stay in the smoke, then. Eventually, some scientists show up in their own suits and run into the room, finding a way to vent out the smoke.
419701:51:58: <Socrates> I win.
419801:51:59: <Socrates> My win.
419901:52:03: <viejo> Has his skin peeled off yet?
420001:52:10: <Socrates> Where's my medal?
420101:52:14: <Socrates> I'm gonna need a statue too.
420201:52:15: <viejo> I was going to compel him with Big Guy to go after the beast.
420301:52:51: <NachtRuine> Upon the ventilation of the smoke, Abe stops tugging, and has a breather. Goddamn, is Mishaal hefty.
420401:53:31: <Socrates> Mishaal breathes a sigh of relief. "All is well."
420501:53:37: <Goatwright> Director Koreff shows up personally, ready to extend his congratulations. "Have you found the beast?"
420601:54:01: <viejo> wasn't he condemning us for getting everyone killed
420701:54:04: <Benedict> "Beasts."
420801:54:16: <Socrates> "It...they...are under me."
420901:55:32: <Goatwright> He and a few of the scientists kneel down by Mishaal to investigate the rats, picking up a few lumps of together that still manage to move as though one creature.
421001:56:03: <Socrates> "Erm, can I move now?"
421101:56:35: <Goatwright> "Of course, of course." A call is sent out, and soon numerous people are on the case, scooping up rats. "This is certainly unexpected."
421201:56:49: <Goatwright> Somebody offers Mishaal a hand.
421301:57:01: <Benedict> Seir sends a message to the captain. "The beast was plural. Bunch of rats."
421401:57:05: <Benedict> "Nature is stupid."
421501:57:53: <Socrates> Mishaal takes their hand and lifts himself up. "At least that is over." He wipes his brow.
421601:58:29: <NachtRuine> Once Mishaal is off, Abe takes him off to the side to fix his suit as much as he can before they return to the Mariott. As he tries to fix up the suit, Abe says, "You can't be doing shit like that, you know."
421701:58:36: <NachtRuine> 4df+4 EVAyyy
421801:58:36: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: EVAyyy: 4 (4df+4=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
421901:58:49: <Goatwright> Ayyyy ids awright mang.
422001:58:53: <Goatwright> Good patching.
422101:59:16: <NachtRuine> 4df+4 also rollan for abe's own suit because wow
422201:59:16: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: also rollan for abe's own suit because wow: 4 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 4-, 4-)
422301:59:23: <Goatwright> Ayyy x2
422401:59:32: <Socrates> "What? I am fine. There was no doubt in my mind." Mishaal smiles. "Thank you for the fix!"
422502:00:00: <Goatwright> Koreff inspects a few of the rats himself before turning to look at the group. "I suppose you still got the job done. I will be sending your payment through to your captain."
422602:00:27: <Benedict> Oh hey, maybe Seir will finally get paid. That might be nice. He heads back to the ship.
422702:01:32: <NachtRuine> Abe heaves the rifle on a nearby table. "Someone mind returning this to the hunting store for me?"
422802:02:01: <Goatwright> Somebody goes ahead and takes it. Good job returnin' it, Abe.
422902:02:06: <Socrates> Mishaal heads on back to the ship. It was good day to be giant man.
423002:02:10: <viejo> Dr. J shoves the rats back in cages, then goes about hiding them and getting them back on ship.
423102:02:56: <NachtRuine> Does anyone else need a patchjob for their suits?
423202:03:47: <Benedict> Seir don't want your human hands on his suit.
423302:04:19: <NachtRuine> Abe ain't looking to touch your suit either, you can fix yo own damn suit.
423402:04:56: <Benedict> Ship time, oh boy. Ship is best.
423502:04:59: <Benedict> Nature is shit.
423602:08:51: <NachtRuine> Well, if no one needs fixin's, Abe heads back to the ship as well.
423702:12:58: <Benedict> Seir will just fix his shit on the ship.
423802:13:03: <Benedict> Away from the potential failing rolls.
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424403:05:28: <Benedict> AND SO THEY ARE ON THE SHIP. Probably around.
424503:05:35: <Benedict> Abe obviously waiting for his lady to contact him.
424603:05:53: <NachtRuine> Hanging upside down once again.
424703:05:54: <Benedict> Seir obviously doing nothing.
424803:06:00: <Benedict> God damn it, Abe. Stop that.
424903:06:05: <NachtRuine> Never.
425003:06:06: <Benedict> "That will kill your brain."
425103:06:32: <NachtRuine> "I do this specificially to prevent that in a serious situation."
425203:07:38: <Benedict> "I don't understand."
425303:08:26: <Benedict> So, how about the captain, GOATSMITH. Or Billy, RAINGLOVE.
425403:08:37: <Benedict> Come down to non-descript location on the ship and soft RP.
425503:09:24: <Rainglove> Billy floats by, distracted from everything that just happened that I don't know about by his future computer
425603:09:27: <Rainglove> he waves
425703:09:37: <Rainglove> "How are you both today?"
425803:10:38: <Benedict> "Payday soon. That is good. So I am good."
425903:12:42: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, I'm doing pretty good as well." Back to Seir. "I can train myself to remain conscious for longer periods of time while upside down. Not much longer, but even a second makes a difference."
426003:13:34: <Benedict> "When does that become useful. In zero-g."
426103:14:34: <Rainglove> Billy wonders what it's like to have blood that can rush to your head. Or what it's like to have a head. "How is that going so far?"
426203:17:44: <NachtRuine> "Well, if you're spinning around uncontrollably. Or if you're hung up on a tree planetside." Abe slowly rights himself. "I don't really keep track, all I know is that I've been able to do it longer than I used to be able to."
426303:18:22: <Benedict> "Well, that is good, I suppose."
426403:19:14: <NachtRuine> "So, uh, Seir, why do you refer to my potential meeting up with the clerk as mating?"
426503:19:50: <Goatsmith> While Mishaal is working, he gets a MEME from Inda, followed by an "lol!" Old fashioned bonding.
426603:20:09: <Benedict> "I presume that is what you are going to do with her if your rendezvous is successful."
426703:20:56: <Hippocratesi> >Inda is a memer
426803:20:57: <Hippocratesi> unfriended
426903:20:57: <NachtRuine> Abe ponders. "How does that sort of thing work with Nintirs?"
427003:21:25: <Benedict> "Be more specific."
427103:21:48: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hasn't got time for this meme shit, he has THINGS to cook.
427203:22:13: <Benedict> Of course Inda is a memester.
427303:22:18: <Benedict> He probably goes on Redchanit.
427403:22:23: <NachtRuine> "Hrm... The selection of a mate?" He says this slowly as he figures out how to say it in his head.
427503:24:23: <Benedict> "Typically done during a love festival held three times a year." Seir grabs a few napkins, then starts to lick his hand until a gel-like substance appears, rubbing it into his hair-feathers to style them. "In the past, it worked like other animals. Males made themselves look impressive, typically by styling their hair, they found a woman or a few, mated."
427603:24:51: <Benedict> "Now, typically, while the hair styling is still done, it is usually about financial security. So the richer or more charming Nintirs have more mates."
427703:25:07: <Benedict> "And if you don't have a mate by 30, you are assigned to whomever is leftover by their 30s."
427803:25:14: <Goatsmith> Nah, Inda browses iFunny and posts the images on Spacebook
427903:25:25: <Benedict> Seir then starts to clean his hand. Gel substance is gross.
428003:28:55: <NachtRuine> Abe's brow furrows. "Assigned? Jeez. That's, uh, not how humans do it at all. It's a whole lot less formal. You kind of just meet people. Sometimes you meet them as friends and over time you become more than friends, when you start dating. Sometimes you skip that and just date."
428103:30:56: <NachtRuine> "Dating is kind of like being friends, but with more romance, and the possibility of mating. Sometimes people skip dating altogether and just do the act, but humans rarely want children from that. Usually when people decide that they probably will mate, they marry each other. Usually they do, sometimes they don't."
428203:31:57: <NachtRuine> "Humans decide who to date or marry or mate with based on a lot of factors too. Money, looks, personality, that sort of thing."
428303:32:45: <Benedict> ...Marriage? Date? Just do the- Oh well, Seir knows about that. His wife 'cheats' on him frequently after all. "You lost me back at 'start dating'."
428403:33:22: <Rainglove> Billy is fascinated by tales of these archaic courtship rituals.
428503:34:28: <NachtRuine> "Well, humans don't just mate. We stopped doing that a long, long time ago. We want to get the best mate. Kinda like your festival, but done all the time, and less festive. You date to figure out if the person you're interested in is a good mate."
428603:36:20: <Benedict> Best mate? Jeez, it's like you're trying to fall in love or something. "Sounds like a waste when you could focus your time on other things instead of 'I hope I find a mate eventually'. And not wanting children... well, I will correctly presume that our governments are different in regards to those laws."
428703:39:13: <NachtRuine> "Well, we're not spending all of our time looking for someone. Look at me, for example. I wouldn't have asked for her time if you hadn't pushed me towards it. Not that I'm complaining, it's just that I'd rather focus on the job."
428803:39:58: <Benedict> "Well, you're supposed to have kids. Eventually."
428903:41:23: <Benedict> How do squids even have kids. Maybe Seir should ask. Or would that be strange.
429003:41:28: <Benedict> That's probably strange.
429103:41:32: <Benedict> It's really strange.
429203:41:34: <NachtRuine> "Not really, at least, that's not how some humans see it. Of course, for every person that doesn't want children, there's 3 who want one, or even more."
429303:42:47: <Benedict> Maybe Seir should- Wait what. "...Doesn't want kids. So I was right. Our two races are very different in regards to that." People are allowed to not have kids. Sounds fucking great.
429403:43:04: <Benedict> "Billy, what of you. How does... mating work with squids."
429503:44:55: <Rainglove> "Oh it doesn't actually that's all very heavily regulated by CAST and I tend to just steer clear of it most of us are born in tubes and move on from there"
429603:46:44: <Rainglove> "Y'see we're uplifts and are entirely dependent on CAST to provide things like this suit" He pats the thing that keeps him from exploding all over the ship, "And the actual uplifting process plays a fairly large role in our development and if you don't go through that you're basically a pretty dumb squid"
429703:47:15: <Benedict> He says that like he isn't a pretty dumb squid now.
429803:47:59: <NachtRuine> "Born in tubes?"
429903:48:09: <Benedict> "Well, I guess that would remove some obligation. Nintir are required to have 2 to 4 children per female mate. Child's Law."
430003:48:53: <Rainglove> "It's an almost entirely artificial process and I can't say I've looked into it too much honestly it involves a lot of paperwork and waivers and you'll probably be dead by the time the end result actually rolls around"
430103:50:21: <NachtRuine> "2 to 4? Jeez. I remember a while ago, some places were actually putting into law a policy where you could only have one child. Maximum."
430203:53:30: <Benedict> "One child only would be horribly inefficient. When Generation A died, Generation B wouldn't have enough workers to fill in their positions. You would effectively be cutting yourself in half every generation."
430303:56:02: <NachtRuine> "Well, that was the hope. Humans are quite good at mating, and it's an enjoyable action for us. We overpopulated our home planet long before we left our solar system, and that was one of the things some people enforced to help fix it."
430403:57:25: <Benedict> "One child is still a waste unless you had plans to make two or three person jobs into one person jobs. If you wanted to keep your population stable, two children should have been the max. One boy and one girl per family."
430503:58:48: <NachtRuine> "Well we wanted the population to go down." Abe stops, as he figures this might be something neither of them would be able to really understand.
430603:59:03: <Benedict> Abe is correct.
430704:02:22: <Benedict> "...Are you a clone, Billy."
430804:02:41: <NachtRuine> "Oh man, I've always wanted to know a clone!"
430904:04:08: <Benedict> "If you were born in a tube, then you must have been grown from some squid's DNA, right."
431004:06:06: <Rainglove> "Well I might be but I really don't know so maybe?"
431104:06:57: <NachtRuine> Abe seems mildly interested. "Well, a maybe clone is closer to a yes clone than a no clone is! Sweeeet!"
431204:08:03: <Benedict> "I am not sure how this is sweet. Did you get a message from the girl yet."
431304:08:41: <NachtRuine> "Clones are cool. And nah, haven't yet."
431404:09:12: <Rainglove> "Well I am glad you think that I might be cool" Billy quietly has a moment of existential crisis.
431504:10:20: <Benedict> What if every squid is you, Billy. What if you're all clones of each other, Billy.
431604:10:29: <Rainglove> oh god
431704:10:44: <NachtRuine> billy why are other squids different from you if you started out the same
431804:10:50: <NachtRuine> why are you different billy
431904:10:56: <Benedict> "How are they cool. It's just a copy. If I made a copy of a text document and sent that to you, would you say it is cool. The text document would be a clone."
432004:11:00: <NachtRuine> why are you, you?
432104:11:39: <Benedict> Billy, what if your best squid friend is you. What if your first squid crush is you. What if your squid superior is you.
432204:11:43: <Benedict> What if you aren't you, Billy.
432304:12:08: <Rainglove> Billy cries inside. "It is an interesting idea at least although I am not really familiar with the science behind it"
432404:13:16: <NachtRuine> "Well, that's just a text document. It's easy to clone that. But I'm pretty sure it's really hard to clone a being. Besides, just think about having two of you! You'd never have to argue over which bands you like!"
432504:13:50: <Benedict> "Would be annoying."
432604:14:58: <NachtRuine> "Well, if you think that, what does that say about the kind of person you are?"
432704:15:36: <Benedict> "Always having someone agree with you is annoying. No one likes a kiss ass."
432804:17:12: <NachtRuine> "It's not being a kiss ass if it's true. Besides, your clone is like you having a different experience! You wouldn't have to know what it's like to do something when your clone did it instead."
432904:20:22: <Benedict> "Which would lead to arguments over who should do it, unless you intend to control the clone like a slave."
433004:21:05: <NachtRuine> "I mean, I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't have it done, either. Wait." Abe confused himself.
433104:21:48: <Benedict> "You sound like you might already be a clone."
433204:22:26: <NachtRuine> "Oh, I doubt it. My station array isn't equipped for that sort of thing."
433304:22:43: <NachtRuine> "Hell, we're barely equipped to do our proper job at the moment."
433404:23:10: <Benedict> "Sounds like a few jobs I had."
433504:28:29: <NachtRuine> "That's why I have to send money to my station. I couldn't stay there and help because I'm not an engineer, so they sent me out."
433604:30:06: <Benedict> "...Why not just have you go get an engineering degree. Or do you not have free education."
433704:31:59: <NachtRuine> "It's free on my station, I'm just not cut out for it. I barely passed general education. Besides, it's boring."
433804:32:24: <Benedict> Seir is insulted. "No it isn't."
433904:33:49: <NachtRuine> "It is to me. I can't stay still, I'm a wanderer at heart."
434004:35:37: <Benedict> "So you go into engineering that would let you wander. Designing and setting up colony pods for use on unexplored or hostile unique planets. Or using your engineering knowledge to make something to make exploring easier."
434104:37:00: <NachtRuine> "Well it's a bit late for a career speech, especially since I'm, what, 31?"
434204:37:31: <Benedict> "Never too late. The old tend to go back to school to learn something new."
434304:38:44: <NachtRuine> "Well I'm happy where I am. I'm in a dangerous job, full of intrigue and mystery! I've never felt as alive as I have on this job!"
434404:39:28: <Benedict> Seir doesn't understand Abe. "I prefer jobs where I don't risk my life going onto hostile planets, or chasing after strange AI that wants to kill us all."
434504:42:39: <NachtRuine> "Let's put it this way: I'd rather die on a remote planet, slashed up, shot or poisoned, than die by old age. I want my fire to burn as brightly as it can before it goes out."
434604:43:22: <Benedict> "So... half as long, twice as bright."
434704:44:27: <NachtRuine> "Yep."
434804:45:14: <Benedict> "You need something to live for."
434904:49:04: <NachtRuine> "I'm helping. I'm helping keep people alive, I'm helping with finding artifacts and ruins. That said, I appreciate the fact that the way I've found to help people is exciting as well."
435004:50:47: <NachtRuine> "What about you?"
435104:51:37: <Benedict> "That's not really something. Your reasons are just 'I'm help-" Seir stops himself, swallowing bile building in his throat. What he lives for. "One very specific thing."
435204:52:31: <NachtRuine> Abe looks at Seir expectantly.
435304:53:06: <Benedict> "The reason is why I'm here, but I'm not going to share the reason."
435404:55:42: <NachtRuine> "Fair enough. Well..." Abe gets off from where he was hanging with a flip, nearly falling face-first as he does. "Thanks for the conversation. See ya around."
435504:55:57: <Benedict> "Don't kill yourself."
435604:57:14: <NachtRuine> "What? Oh, well, I risk it on a weekly basis, and I haven't died yet. Let's keep the streak going."
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4361
436221:38:37: <Benedict> MEANWHILE
436321:38:38: <Benedict> IN SPACE
436421:39:45: <Rainglove> Sure is spacey
436521:51:36: <Goatwright> As everybody goes about their business, the ship still traveling through space, the Captain's voice sounds over the intercomms. <Can our ground team head to the command room?>
436621:52:59: <Rainglove> Billy floats on down. Maybe the captain wants them to see his newly upgraded command chair?
436721:53:08: <Hippocratesi> The captain's dumbass voice awakens Mishaal from his nap. He hoists himself up and heads over to the command room.
436821:53:26: <Benedict> Seir works on fixing up Abe's fucked-up mech once more, or at least he tries. Of course the Captain has to ruin it. "Kay. Freighter. Consider yourselves on break." Seir nods to his two workers, heading for the Command Room.
436921:54:37: <viejo> Dr. J looks away from his experiment for a brief moment as the captain's voice sounds over the intercom. He looks back to find the guinea pig chariot has crashed into a wall and is now on fire. He huffs.
437021:55:51: <Goatwright> The guinea pig squeals in agony as he burns to death. Alan grabs the nearest fire extinguisher and douses the flames.
437121:55:56: <Goatwright> The life of an assistant is a hard one.
437221:56:44: <Goatwright> Meanwhile, Billy, Seir, and Mishaal find their way in the command room. The captain spins around in an office chair, now in the spot that his wooden throne used to previously occupy. You can tell it used to have wheels.
437321:57:21: <Rainglove> Billy claps. It does not sound like normal clapping.
437421:57:35: <Hippocratesi> "Putting your money to good use?" Mishaal gestures to the wheel-less office chair.
437521:58:08: <Benedict> "Does it come with vibration settings."
437621:58:09: <Goatwright> "Sorry to interrupt you guys before we got to our destination, but we've had a chang- oh, I'm glad you noticed!" He gestures grandly to the chair. "I needed something a little more dramatic and comfortable. It leans back and everything." He demonstrates.
437721:58:23: <Goatwright> "No, but it's nice soft leather. Want to try it?"
437821:59:23: <Benedict> "Maybe later. What did you call us for."
437922:01:53: <Goatwright> "Right, right." He spins back around to look at the screen. "We received the distress beacon of a ship about halfway from our destination point, shortly before we entered into warp. I've been working on changing the trajectory and speed of our exit so we can try to stop by it, see if we can lend a hand."
438022:02:47: <Goatwright> "I figured since we got our most recent payday, we could afford to be a little more charitable. Think you're up for it?"
438122:03:36: <viejo> "I specified flame-retardant guinea pigs! Why that cheap scandalous..." Dr. J grrrrs.
438222:04:00: <viejo> He makes his way to the command room as he should.
438322:04:13: <Benedict> "Is this pay from that station, or pay for the obelisk." He then lets the others decide if they should help this lone ship.
438422:04:55: <viejo> "If you're wondering what that smell of burning guinea pig is, it's me."
438522:04:57: <Hippocratesi> "Are there any other details?"
438622:05:25: <viejo> "Could you use guinea pigs in some kind of stew, Mishaal?"
438722:06:00: <Benedict> What the hell is a guinea pig.
438822:06:15: <Goatwright> "Both! The pay from the Savage's Refuge was just enough to pay for ship and mech maintenance, and your obelisk earned you your pay. But we can handle your pay later." He nods to Doc, and re-informs him of what he told everybody else.
438922:06:50: <Hippocratesi> "I do not know what that is, Doctor. Is it edible?"
439022:06:50: <viejo> "Well okay, but I don't see how that's relevant to my guinea pigs?" He pauses. "Oh right it's not, sorry. So a broken down ship you say?"
439122:07:21: <Goatwright> He turns his chair to Mishaal for dramaticism. "The details are fuzzy. All we know at this time is that they've been stopped for about two days, and their beacon suggests there's some hull damage."
439222:07:33: <Goatwright> "Once we get out of warp around it, we'll have a better idea."
439322:07:35: <viejo> "I would imagine so, they're quite sturdy and furry little creatures. They don't seem to like being on fire, apparently."
439422:07:43: <Benedict> "Hull damage sounds simple enough. I can fix it."
439522:08:51: <Rainglove> "Was it space pirates I hope it was space pirates"
439622:09:27: <Goatwright> "No clue. Gonna have to fly over there and find out for yourself, Billy."
439722:09:34: <Goatwright> "If you're all willing to go."
439822:09:41: <Hippocratesi> "Well, let's not waste any time."
439922:09:50: <Benedict> "Yeah, sure, why not."
440022:09:52: <Rainglove> "Oh of course I am willing this sounds like it should be fun"
440122:12:43: <Goatwright> The ship exits warp and begins slowly arching left towards a ship you're rapidly accelerating towards. As the ship banks further, the ship gravity deviates somewhat, causing everybody to begin to tend towards the right.
440222:13:37: <Benedict> Seir wishes he had a comfy chair.
440322:14:01: <Goatwright> People clack away at their consoles, analyzing the ship. You notice it doesn't look particularly in-half, which is nice, and somebody shouts "It's a transport vessel. Civilian. Probably personnel-based."
440422:14:31: <Hippocratesi> "Civilian. We must help them- quickly."
440522:15:12: <Goatwright> Inda sticks his foot out to try to prevent his chair from falling over. "There's probably quite a ton of hungry mouths on board, Mishaal. Sounds like your kind of job."
440622:15:19: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs. "Are they in any immediate danger? Hardly looks too bad to me."
440722:16:30: <Rainglove> billy wonders if they have good wi-fi on board. He checks.
440822:16:35: <Benedict> "Should we get our suits."
440922:16:40: <Hippocratesi> "I will gather my things." Mishaal gathers his things.
441022:17:13: <Goatwright> Billy are you checking if the broken down ship has good wi-fi?
441122:17:26: <Rainglove> yes
441222:18:01: <Goatwright> You do not get any wi-fi signal from said ship.
441322:18:19: <Benedict> The horror.
441422:18:47: <Goatwright> "You should probably get your suits, just in case. There's no telling if they've completely lost air and died on there."
441522:18:51: <Rainglove> "Oh they do need help they have no wireless signal they must be suffering terribly"
441622:20:08: <Goatwright> "You're taking Billy's ship over. Go ahead and deploy whenever you're ready."
441722:21:14: <Benedict> "Okay." Time to party. Seir gets his suit and goes down to the mech bay. "Kay. Freighter. Break ends in ten minutes, continue fixing the human's mech." Get down here, Billy.
441822:21:22: <viejo> "Do I have time for a quick guinea pig kebab?"
441922:21:27: <Rainglove> Billy activates shipo modo.
442022:22:19: <Goatwright> "Probably not. They'll leave you here if you don't hurry." Inda then spins about on his chair.
442122:22:28: <Goatwright> Kay and Freighter shoot Seir a thumbs up as they board Billy's ship.
442222:22:38: <viejo> Dr. J weighs up his options.
442322:22:40: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal's things are gathered and he heads on down the MECH BAY.
442422:22:48: <Hippocratesi> oh and goes on the ship
442522:22:59: <viejo> He goes back to the lab first and tells Alan not to discard of the guinea pigs, and then proceeds on to the ship.
442622:24:03: <Goatwright> Once everybody's on the ship and suited up in their EVA suits, the Mayflower is hooked to the launch mechanism and catapulted into space.
442722:24:46: <Rainglove> It's just rude at this point.
442822:24:50: <Rainglove> Billy flies towards the THING
442922:25:07: <Benedict> Weeeeee.
443022:25:08: <Benedict> So fun.
443122:25:11: <Benedict> Right, guys.
443222:25:27: <Goatwright> I-I'm tryin'
443322:25:59: <Benedict> I was talking about the ship, not you.
443422:26:00: <Benedict> Fag.
443522:26:10: <Goatwright> The ship GOES towards the THING. As they zoom close, they can see the giant insignia of the ICA.
443622:26:27: <Goatwright> Anybody with any ship-related skills, lemme know what they are and roll.
443722:26:35: <Goatwright> It's for the ship you are flying towards.
443822:27:09: <Rainglove> 4df+3 Gunnery, to maybe figure out what blew the thing up?
443922:27:09: <BEIGE> Rainglove: Gunnery, to maybe figure out what blew the thing up?: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 0)
444022:27:21: <viejo> 4df+3 charm the ship with a Blue Steel gaze
444122:27:21: <BEIGE> Viejo: charm the ship with a Blue Steel gaze: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 3+, 4-)
444222:27:34: <viejo> You, Billy. You blew it up.
444322:27:36: <Benedict> 4df+3 I guess Engineering (Space) counts.
444422:27:37: <BEIGE> Benedict: I guess Engineering (Space) counts.: 4 (4df+3=0, 3+, 0, 0)
444522:27:45: <Benedict> Everyone getting 4s.
444622:27:47: <viejo> >all these similar results
444722:28:47: <viejo> I think Billy should get a reduction on his roll due to being too distracted by Dr. J's look.
444822:28:56: <viejo> OR a boost because he's so determined to prove his worth to senpai.
444922:29:08: <Rainglove> ~~~
445022:30:38: <Goatwright> Seir and Billy, you both notice a series of puncture marks along the broad side of the ship, clustered in a single area. Seir can tell that they likely punctured through the vessel's passenger quarters - which, generally for the sake of passenger comfort, is reinforced. Billy can tell that, with the clustering and size of the shots, they were probably...
445122:31:13: <Goatwright> ..large projectiles. Not on the level of traditional light gunnery, but something the size of torpedoes. However, you don't see any burns along the puncture marks.
445222:32:04: <Rainglove> Billy directs the party's attention towards the holes. "Something very large blew that up but I am not sure what it does not seem like conventional light weapons"
445322:32:20: <Benedict> "That's the passenger quarters. Typically reinforced. I doubt the passengers are still alive."
445422:32:32: <Hippocratesi> "Let us hope they are."
445522:33:15: <Rainglove> Billy looks for a place he can park hisself
445622:33:37: <Goatwright> Well, there's the holes.
445722:33:43: <viejo> "I wish I were back on the ship eating a guinea pig kebab and conducting science of a weird nature."
445822:34:30: <Rainglove> Billy wishes he'd brought a space flamethrower on his ship. He heads for the holes.
445922:35:41: <Goatwright> The ship flies through the holes, and manages to safely park itself in what used to be a few people's bedroom quarters.
446022:36:22: <Goatwright> Outside the ship, your screen displays what looks to be an emergency hatch you can enter through.
446122:36:35: <Benedict> Seir thinks of stealing a few space pillows. He'll make his own chair somehow.
446222:36:41: <Rainglove> Billy checks out the room he's parked in.
446322:36:43: <Rainglove> Dead people?
446422:36:51: <Rainglove> Have the bodies hit the floor?
446522:36:55: <Hippocratesi> "Is it safe to exit?"
446622:37:27: <Rainglove> "Well that depends on your definition of safe but we are as close as we are going to get to an entry hatch into the ship"
446722:37:56: <Goatwright> You do not see the bodies that hit the floor. Odds are by now they would have flown out of the hole. RIP
446822:38:29: <Benedict> Are there pillows or nice chairs in the room?
446922:39:03: <BEIGE> Rainglove: assets roll to determine how affluent the people living here were: 5 (4df+4=0, 3+, 3+, 4-)
447022:39:03: <Rainglove> 4df+4 assets roll to determine how affluent the people living here were
447122:39:17: <Goatwright> Alertness to find any, Seir.
447222:39:39: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal 'hmms'. "Shall we look for survivors?"
447322:40:02: <Benedict> 4df+3 Time to find some chairs.
447422:40:02: <BEIGE> Benedict: Time to find some chairs.: 1 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 3+, 4-)
447522:40:08: <Benedict> Thanks Kojima.
447622:40:21: <Rainglove> "I thought we might go see the local sights first and then go looking for survivors but if you want to just jump right into that then certainly"
447722:41:16: <Goatwright> Billy, the room suggests these people were certainly of a high pay-grade. The room features the remains of various luxuries only a few can afford regularly, though you wouldn't think they were people of particular notability. Still, between the ritzy sheets, large television screens, and ample room, you know they weren't suffering.
447822:41:29: <Goatwright> Seir sees a nice lampshade.
447922:41:58: <Benedict> Seir is pretty sure he cannot sit on a lampshade. Looks like his engineering crew aren't getting chairs today.
448022:42:46: <Goatwright> Now may be a good time to go ahead and exit the ship, yes.
448122:42:54: <Rainglove> anything is a chair if you're brave enough
448222:43:23: <Benedict> Is that why Billy has so many dragon dildos.
448322:43:32: <Benedict> Seir exits the ship.
448422:43:47: <Rainglove> Billy continues to admire the upholstry.
448522:44:06: <Rainglove> He will go behind the people who are not made of glass
448622:44:21: <Goatwright> Seir floats out of the ship and into the darkness of space and ruined housing.
448722:44:23: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hops on out of the ship and heads towards the hatch to open it. If it'll open.
448822:44:54: <Goatwright> Mishaal, too, floats out into space. It is surprisingly lacking in gravity, but the room's so nice you'd hardly notice!
448922:45:15: <Goatwright> The hatch doesn't seem to want to open without a bit of a fight. Roll Stamina!
449022:45:40: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 HNNNNNNNNNNGH
449122:45:41: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: HNNNNNNNNNNGH: 6 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 4-, 3+)
449222:46:12: <Goatwright> Mishaal rips the hatch off its hinges.
449322:46:30: <Goatwright> They were probably damaged in the sudden destruction of the room. No problem, surely.
449422:46:51: <Rainglove> "I do not think that is supposed to open like that"
449522:46:59: <Rainglove> Billy enters SPESS
449622:47:18: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal reassures himself that this was NOT a bad thing. "Ah, don't worry! It is fine!" It probably isn't. He steps through the door-less hole.
449722:47:55: <Rainglove> He admires the vast emptiness and takes a moment to consider his insignificance against the grand scale of the universe, suddenly forced upon him by the massive yawning void above him.
449822:48:00: <Rainglove> He shrugs it off and moves into the ship
449922:48:02: <Benedict> Mishaal has probably killed a few people now. Good job. Seir enters.
450022:48:47: <Goatwright> He floats through the door. The hallway he enters through, lights intact, still seems to be devoid of air and people. Luckily for him, he did not kill everybody.
450122:49:02: <Goatwright> Unluckily for everybody else on board, there has been no air in this hallway.
450222:49:37: <Benedict> It's fiiiiiine.
450322:50:00: <Rainglove> "This is fine"
450422:50:02: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal breathes a sigh of relief. He decides to float to the right first, for right is always the right direction.
450522:50:38: <Rainglove> Billy hovers onward, towards knowledge and glory.
450622:51:48: <Goatwright> Mishaal floats down to the end of the hall, which happens to contain the open door of an elevator.
450722:52:35: <Benedict> Elevators are never good. "Why is this elevator door open."
450822:52:36: <Hippocratesi> Would uh
450922:52:42: <Hippocratesi> oh it's open
451022:52:55: <Hippocratesi> i misread
451122:52:57: <Rainglove> "I would assume because it is broken"
451222:53:04: <Hippocratesi> "Shall we float up?"
451322:53:05: <Goatwright> There's a few doors along the path to the hall as well, each one locked closed. If you wanted to get through them, you probably could find a way.
451422:53:18: <Rainglove> well we do have guns
451522:54:15: <Benedict> Seir decides to test his luck and simply knocks on a door.
451622:54:48: <Hippocratesi> "I don't think anyone is home, Seir."
451722:55:14: <Rainglove> well we're in a vacuum
451822:55:19: <Rainglove> knocking ain't gonna make no noise
451922:55:23: <Goatwright> A pleasant 'ding-dong' chime fills the hallway, followed by an automated voice: "Sorry, sir, but we don't seem to be taking visitors right now. Please try again later!"
452022:55:31: <Rainglove> or it is
452122:55:46: <Goatwright> Oh right I forgot how to science briefly
452222:55:55: <Benedict> Too late.
452322:55:55: <Goatwright> that totally comes in from your comms
452422:55:56: <Goatwright> h-haha
452522:56:09: <Benedict> Jeez, how rude. "I'm out of ideas."
452622:56:36: <Hippocratesi> "Perhaps I can pull this one off as well." Mishaal floats on over to the door.
452722:56:41: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: AND HE PULLS: 3 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
452822:56:41: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 AND HE PULLS
452922:56:43: <Rainglove> Billy peeks into the elevator shaft.
453022:56:49: <Hippocratesi> that's a sturdy door
453122:56:54: <Rainglove> He winces at mishaal's awful door-yanking posture.
453222:57:45: <Goatwright> Billy, the elevator shaft goes further up and further down. You see the elevator itself stuck about two floors above you.
453322:58:17: <Goatwright> Since ships tend to follow the same design principles, this would probably take you anywhere on the ship.
453422:59:05: <Rainglove> Billy looks at the elevator. He hmmmms. He floats up to it and checks out the brakes. "Seir what do you know about elevators?"
453523:00:15: Hippocratesi coughs
453623:01:00: <Benedict> "They go up and they go down."
453723:01:00: <Goatwright> The brakes seem to have it locked in place from what your novice eyes of limited elevator knowledge can tell you, but you have no idea of the condition of the cable.
453823:03:44: <Goatwright> Do you perhaps want to try going up or down the shaft?
453923:03:57: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal decides to head up the shaft.
454023:05:41: <Goatwright> Mishaal manages to float and pull his way up the shift to the first floor above them. He finds himself in what looks to be a massive dining room - one impractically large for a space vessel in general.
454123:06:22: <Hippocratesi> "Hmm...a restaurant?"
454223:06:42: <Benedict> Well, looks like Seir is following. The chairs in here are probably too fancy for Seir and his engineering crew.
454323:06:44: <Goatwright> A lavish crystal chandelier drifts about on its chain, and food remains on the tables, some chairs pulled out and others flopped over.
454423:07:44: <Benedict> Seir sends a status update to the Captain. <Cannot find survivors. Ship seemed to be some sort of first-class type for rich people. Most are probably dead, but have not found any bodies yet.>
454523:07:52: <viejo> Dr. J heads to the food, what's on the menu?
454623:07:58: <viejo> Is it still eatable?
454723:08:05: <Hippocratesi> "I suppose they were in the middle of a feast."
454823:08:40: <Rainglove> Billy examines the chandelier, then looks around at the rest of the room. Anything interesting in here?
454923:08:53: <Hippocratesi> "I'll head on up further." He heads on up further. What's on floor #something?
455023:10:31: <Benedict> Well, the Elevator is probably blocking the next floor, ain't it?
455123:10:34: <Goatwright> The food is still edible, as vacuums do not carry germs and mold and shit.
455223:10:54: <Goatwright> The next floor above you is in fact blocked by the elevator.
455323:11:12: <viejo> Is there air in the room?
455423:11:14: <Rainglove> we could just shoot the brakes out and push it up
455523:11:18: <Goatwright> There is not air in the room.
455623:11:18: <Rainglove> it's not like it'll fall
455723:11:24: <Goatwright> There hasn't been air in any of the rooms.
455823:11:30: <viejo> Dr. J sighs.
455923:11:33: <viejo> He's just hungry.
456023:11:42: <viejo> Is shit floating about then?
456123:11:57: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hmms and goes back to the dining room place.
456223:12:39: <Goatwright> A few things, but the chairs, tables, and table dressings are not.
456323:12:43: <Benedict> Is there some panel near the elevator Seir can mess with so he can move the elevator down and out of the way?
456423:13:24: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal heads into the kitchen, assuming there is one.
456523:13:41: <Goatwright> There doesn't seem to be, Seir. You'd probably have to get into the elevator itself for something like that.
456623:14:11: <Benedict> Uggggggggggggh. Well, maybe there'll be STAIRS or something. How primitive.
456723:14:35: <viejo> Dr. J decides to start slinging a few items of food off towards Billy.
456823:14:38: <Rainglove> maybe we could just bust the bottom off the elevator
456923:14:41: <Rainglove> Billy evades them
457023:14:43: <Goatwright> Mishaal makes his way into the kitchen, where everything is floating. Pots and pans, droplets of what used to be broth and wine, that sort of thing.
457123:14:51: <Goatwright> Billy maybe you should suggest these things verbally
457223:14:58: <Goatwright> Your beautiful mind deserves to share these ideas.
457323:14:59: <Rainglove> nobody else is talking
457423:15:26: <Benedict> Is there a map floating around or could Seir pull one up on his computer?
457523:16:13: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal tries to look for something INTERESTIN' in here.
457623:16:28: <Goatwright> Roll Alertness, Mishaal.
457723:16:38: <viejo> Dr. J just floats on wherever someone else isn't going.
457823:16:58: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 GUH
457923:16:58: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: GUH: 1 (4df+1=4-, 3+, 4-, 3+)
458023:17:00: <Goatwright> Seir, roll Engineering
458123:17:02: <Goatwright> (Space), that is
458223:17:06: <Goatwright> to see if you have the blueprints of this specific ship
458323:17:14: <Rainglove> Billy goes and attempts to fiddle a hole into the bottom of the elevator somehow.
458423:17:18: <Benedict> 4df+3 Space is nice.
458523:17:18: <BEIGE> Benedict: Space is nice.: 3 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 4-, 3+)
458623:17:20: <Rainglove> Maybe there's already a handy dandy access port or something
458723:18:12: <Goatwright> Mishaal does not see anything especially out of the ordinary, except for the fact that there's a massive lack of personnel on this personnel-based civilian ship, and tons of food that's just gone to waste.
458823:18:20: <Goatwright> He's pretty sure they didn't salt the broth, too. What a travesty.
458923:20:26: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal cannot bear this disgusting practice. He exits the kitchen and meets with the others. "People were here very recently but there are no bodies. They could not have been sucked out."
459023:20:56: <Goatwright> Billy, you notice there's some wiring along the bottom of the elevator.
459123:21:07: <Rainglove> "Perhaps they are in the soup also does someone want to come and help me with this elevator?"
459223:21:18: <Rainglove> just normal elevator wiring?
459323:21:35: <Hippocratesi> "You want to move it?" Mishaal floats on over to the squid.
459423:22:07: <Rainglove> "Well it is blocking the way up and although I do not know which way we want to go it is something I can get out of the way while seir looks for a map."
459523:22:13: <Goatwright> Wiring that's probably responsible for stuff like the brakes or its power source, you know.
459623:23:10: <Goatwright> Seir, you do find you have the map for this ship. You've worked on one before, actually - a Viking, named for its great voyages it makes. Usually for tourist-y reasons, or just generally to get people to and from star systems.
459723:23:29: <Hippocratesi> S-So do i roll stamina or
459823:23:47: <Rainglove> Billy snipsnips said wires.
459923:23:56: <Benedict> "I got a map." Seir says in the most unenthusiastic voice he can manage.
460023:24:15: <Rainglove> "Neat is there anything on the ship we should be heading for?"
460123:25:24: <Benedict> Seir looks for the important areas in the ship. Command rooms, stairways, safety rooms incase the ship gets fucked. Those things. "Yeah, this is some human-designed ship they call a Viking. I guess someone named Viking was the first human in space or something."
460223:25:33: <Goatwright> Billy successfully snips the wires. The elevator creaks slightly as the brakes release and it slowly starts sliding down towards you, now free of its hold.
460323:26:30: <Goatwright> It's less falling and more freely sliding about, so it won't kill you or anything.
460423:27:30: <Hippocratesi> "Very nice, Billy!"
460523:27:34: <Goatwright> Seir, the command rooms are up on the top floor. They're about four floors above you. Safety rooms are located a floor below the one you were just on, right under the housing quarters.
460623:27:47: <Rainglove> "Seir do you have any tools on you that might be able to cut through the bottom of the elevator or perhaps doctor I know you have a sword?"
460723:28:00: <Goatwright> Though this ship is very bad at following the conventions of not wasting space, they still decided to forgo staircases.
460823:28:38: <Rainglove> "Also thank you mishaal I pride myself on my elevator break releasing prowess it is one of the reasons I was hired for this position"
460923:28:51: <Goatwright> Mishaal could try to push the elevator upwards, but he'd have a bit of trouble.
461023:29:16: <Benedict> "I got one of those..." Seir's brain goes blank as he forgets the name of a tool. "It, uh... it hits up metal and if you make shapes, you make a hole of that shape."
461123:29:34: <Benedict> "Also, Command room is 4 floors above us. If anyone is alive, they are two floors below us in the safety rooms."
461223:29:39: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 TROUBLE YOU SAY?
461323:29:39: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: TROUBLE YOU SAY?: 4 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 4-, 4-)
461423:29:41: <Hippocratesi> trouble
461523:30:51: <Goatwright> Mishaal gives it a hefty shove, and at least manages to push it up one extra floor up.
461623:31:18: <Benedict> Seir floats over to the crew to try and make that hole with one of his engineering tools.
461723:32:10: <Goatwright> No roll needed. Seir cuts a hole through the elevator floor, which is still now one floor above where it was.
461823:32:20: <Goatwright> A few loose papers and a suitcase slowly floats out of the hole.
461923:32:28: <viejo> Dr. J is floating around on his OGSA app.
462023:32:35: <Benedict> Anything in that suitcase? LIKE MONEY?
462123:32:47: <viejo> Maybe he doesn't have reception. Maybe he's staring at QTs.
462223:32:50: <Rainglove> Billy looks for some way through the top of the elevator. No reason to stop on this floor, as far as he knows.
462323:33:16: <Benedict> "Anyway, where are we heading first. Command Room or Safety Room. Also, there's probably a hatch on the elevator so you can get above it."
462423:33:31: <Hippocratesi> "It is like these people vanished into thin air." Mishaal floats up through the hole.
462523:33:32: <Goatwright> There is in fact a hatch.
462623:33:41: <viejo> How much is that chandelier worth?
462723:33:44: <Hippocratesi> "Maybe we could find a room with cameras?"
462823:33:50: <Goatwright> Roll Assets.
462923:33:52: <Hippocratesi> "It could give us answers."
463023:33:53: <Goatwright> Find out.
463123:33:53: <viejo> 4df+2
463223:33:53: <BEIGE> Viejo: 2 (4df+2=4-, 0, 3+, 0)
463323:33:55: <Benedict> Seir decides to open this hatch for Billy. Where is the security room, Goat.
463423:34:00: <Goatwright> Probably a lot?
463523:34:17: <viejo> Dr. J cuts it down with his sword and then hauls it back to the ship.
463623:34:46: <Goatwright> Doc's plan is halted by his inability to fit a huge chandelier through a tiny elevator shaft.
463723:35:05: <viejo> Are there any jewels or anything of the like on the chandelier? Anything fancy?
463823:35:35: <Rainglove> certainly not the plot
463923:35:42: <viejo> Wait there's a plot?
464023:35:44: <viejo> :^)
464123:35:46: <Goatwright> Seir, the security room is a room below the command floor.
464223:36:15: <Goatwright> The chandelier's fixtures appears to be made of gold, but the decoration on it is mostly glass.
464323:36:57: <Benedict> "3 floors up." Seir decides to float on up 3 floors to get to the security room.
464423:37:31: <viejo> Is there anywhere else to go that isn't this elevator?
464523:37:31: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal floats three floors up as well. Time to ADVANCE.
464623:37:40: <Goatwright> Well Doc.
464723:37:46: <Goatwright> Elevators lead to locations, generally.
464823:37:50: <Goatwright> Your party is also going to a location.
464923:37:53: <Goatwright> You know.
465023:37:54: <Rainglove> Billy journeys FORWARD
465123:38:07: <Goatwright> Maybe you could ask the guy with the map.
465223:39:20: <Goatwright> As the three of them float pass rooms, they think they spot something briefly as they float pass an opening. Roll Alertness!
465323:39:45: <Benedict> 4df+3 I will quickly roll this though. Now to go get dinner.
465423:39:45: <BEIGE> Benedict: I will quickly roll this though. Now to go get dinner.: 6 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 3+, 0)
465523:39:53: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 I AIN'T GETTIN' SPOOKED BY NO TYRANID
465623:39:53: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: I AIN'T GETTIN' SPOOKED BY NO TYRANID: 1 (4df+1=0, 3+, 0, 4-)
465723:39:57: <Hippocratesi> I'M GETTIN' SPOOKED
465823:40:35: <Rainglove> 4df-1 hmmmm
465923:40:35: <BEIGE> Rainglove: hmmmm: -1 (4df-1=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-)
466023:40:38: <Rainglove> HMMMM
466123:41:04: <viejo> Dr. J tries to cut a hole in the ceiling above him with his mighty sword-arm.
466223:42:15: <Goatwright> Mishaal is so taken back by not seeing anything he poops himself right then and there. Billy lives blissfully in his humming. Seir, perhaps due to his general apathy for everything they do, has his wandering eyes cross over what looks to be a humanoid figure peaking out at them from a room in the hall that quickly slips back into the room.
466323:42:46: <Goatwright> He figures it was about five feet, hairless, fairly upright, and spindly. Not much of a threat, but interesting nonetheless. Since Benedict's gone off, Seir relays this to Mishaal and Billy
466423:43:32: <Hippocratesi> "Hmm. A human?"
466523:43:33: <Goatwright> Doc, the ceiling is thick metal, as you are in a spaceship designed to not be cut through. Is there a reason you're cutting through the ceiling and not taking the elevator shaft to the floor above you instead?
466623:43:59: <viejo> Dr. J is curious as to the cutting-potential of his blade as he recalls cutting through steel a while back.
466723:44:13: <viejo> He's just testing it out really.
466823:44:41: <Goatwright> Generally things designed to not be blown out of space by space-guns are thick.
466923:45:18: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal decides to go investigate this strange hairless creature.
467023:45:32: <Hippocratesi> But WHICH ROOM?
467123:45:41: <viejo> Presumably Dr. J's sword thunks off the ceiling. He shrugs. He follows the others up the elevator shaft.
467223:45:45: <viejo> Floatfloatfloat.
467323:46:36: <Goatwright> Seir mentioned the humanoid slipped through the closest room to the elevator. A sign above it lets you know it's the GYM.
467423:47:19: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal assumes the spindly fucker must be trying to get fit! He enters the gym in search of this brave individual.
467523:47:31: <Rainglove> Billy floats around in the zero G. He follows mishaal on his quest for gains.
467623:47:44: <viejo> Dr. J follows.
467723:48:32: <viejo> Perhaps in zero gravity Dr. J can bench an impressive weight and get a picture, look stronk for the girls.
467823:49:01: <Rainglove> >Not grills
467923:49:11: <Rainglove> >Forsaking george foreman
468023:49:18: <Goatwright> You're surprised to find this room is actually full of bodies. Most of them don't really look like they were here getting gains, nor in any outfits suggesting they would be working out. Unless these people work out in their business suits. Which is possible, who knows what rich people do?
468123:49:30: <Rainglove> billy does
468223:49:45: <viejo> "Huh, I've never come across a cult who were so dedicated to weightlifting they killed themselves through the effort."
468323:49:46: <Goatwright> Do rich people work out in their business suits, Billy?
468423:50:07: <Rainglove> the business cult of fortuna 500 does
468523:50:24: <Rainglove> they never take them off, so dedicated are they to their cause
468623:50:35: <viejo> Dr. J goes and searches their pockets.
468723:50:40: <Hippocratesi> "I am not sure of this but I do not think people exercise in suits."
468823:50:52: <viejo> "Hush now noble weightlifter, your valuables are no longer useful to you."
468923:51:04: <viejo> "What else would they exercise in?"
469023:51:31: <Hippocratesi> "Something...loose-fitting?" Mishaal searches the room.
469123:51:35: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: W-WHAT DO I SEE: 0 (4df+1=0, 0, 0, 4-)
469223:51:35: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 W-WHAT DO I SEE
469323:51:35: <Goatwright> Many of their pockets are full of nice phones, wallets featuring their e-wallet cards, that sort of thing.
469423:51:37: <Hippocratesi> NOTHING
469523:51:50: <Goatwright> You see bodies floating around and weight equipment stuck to the floor.
469623:51:59: <viejo> Will Dr. J be able to get value from any of this? Any significant value?
469723:52:01: <Goatwright> Nothing is hairless and moving around. Maybe Seir was fucking with you.
469823:52:06: <viejo> Also are any of them scientists/OGSA members?
469923:52:24: <Rainglove> >Room full of humans
470023:52:27: <Rainglove> >Nothing hairless
470123:52:35: <Goatwright> They're not ALL humans.
470223:52:44: <viejo> The only thing that's hairless here is goat's chest. :^)
470323:52:45: <Goatwright> Some are nintir, some are crasarana, even a few UKRELTIANS, GASP.
470423:52:48: <Goatwright> They are all dead.
470523:52:59: <Rainglove> Billy looks around for CLUES, gang.
470623:53:07: <Goatwright> You can always sell people's phones and try to use their e-wallets illegally, but there's the risk of getting caught, which would not be good.
470723:53:09: <Hippocratesi> i don't know these gosh dang races cause NOTHING'S ON THE FRONT PAGE
470823:53:15: <viejo> Dr. J doesn't seem too bothered by his dead people.
470923:53:25: <Goatwright> There are also a few OGSA scientists among them, maybe working nice and cushy jobs.
471023:53:42: <viejo> 4df+2 perception, is there anyone there he knows?
471123:53:42: <BEIGE> Viejo: perception, is there anyone there he knows?: 2 (4df+2=0, 3+, 0, 4-)
471223:53:47: <Goatwright> University professors, government-fundies, that sort of thing.
471323:53:54: <Rainglove> WE GOTTA FIIIIIIIND A PAWPRIIIIIINT, THAT'S THE FIRST CLUE
471423:54:03: <Hippocratesi> "No creatures here- alive, anyway."
471523:56:15: <Goatwright> Since none of the bodies are going anywhere, you do find somebody, Doc. You see Jamashi-Hor, a crasarana you once worked with. You recall he was very interested in blending religious studies with physics, and he was part of that religion who like to wear massive backpacks to carry their sins or whatever.
471623:56:36: <Goatwright> You note very specifically, however, that he does not have anything strapped to his back.
471723:57:18: <viejo> Dr. J "OOO"s verbally.
471823:57:32: <Hippocratesi> "Shall we head to the security roo-...What have you found?"
471923:57:40: <Rainglove> "ooo?"
472023:57:46: <viejo> "Never liked him anyway." He searches for his phone so that he can transmit data across them.
472123:58:36: <viejo> "Yes Billy, ooo, did you not hear me the first time?"
472223:59:38: <Goatwright> As you shove your hand into his pocket, you are suddenly met with resistance as the once-dead body of Jamashi-Hor pushes away from you.
4723
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4725
4726 2015-03-07
4727
472800:01:56: <Goatwright> His unmoving face seems to look around at the group, floating about in the zero-g before attempting to flee through the room. His movements are somewhat awkward, jerky, and unnatural, and upon closer inspection, he looks very unusual for a crasarana.
472900:02:20: <viejo> Dr. J gives chase.
473000:02:22: <viejo> 4df+4
473100:02:22: <BEIGE> Viejo: 5 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
473200:02:26: <Goatwright> Nope.
473300:02:29: <Benedict> Freaky. Seir only thinks this as his face is a passive wall of stone.
473400:02:33: <viejo> He's quicker?
473500:02:33: <Goatwright> You're in ZERO-G, Doc. You roll ZERO-G now.
473600:02:37: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal runs after this freakish mutant.
473700:02:43: <Hippocratesi> Z-ZERO-G?
473800:02:44: <Hippocratesi> OH MAN
473900:02:58: <viejo> I would imagine Dr. J can use some kind of objects along the way to pull himself closer.
474000:03:09: <viejo> "I don't care if you're not-quite-dead, I want your research!"
474100:03:51: <viejo> "Not to further any of my own causes but so I can present it to everyone so we can all point and laugh, laugh I say!"
474200:03:55: <Goatwright> That would be a skill-replace stunt. 'tis zero-g, my friend. You can always tag something.
474300:04:01: <Goatwright> Or you can shoot it
474400:04:19: <viejo> Dr. J thinks about shooting him and then sighs and puts his gun away.
474500:04:22: <Hippocratesi> how would bullets work in zero-g
474600:04:31: <Goatwright> Doc has a laser gun
474700:04:37: <Hippocratesi> well yea but i'm just wondering
474800:04:39: <Benedict> Seir sets lasers to "just make it stop moving for a bit so the doctor can grab it" mode. AKA stun mode. Fire.
474900:04:42: <Goatwright> you'd use a laser
475000:04:45: <Benedict> 4df+2 Hit that freaky thing.
475100:04:45: <BEIGE> Benedict: Hit that freaky thing.: 1 (4df+2=0, 0, 4-, 0)
475200:04:51: <Rainglove> the bullet stays where it is, and you go rocketing backwards
475300:05:12: <Benedict> Wait, I forgot how to gun. 2 harm, 1 pen.
475400:05:13: <Benedict> So that's a 3.
475500:05:18: <viejo> "Among the scientist community, there used to be a motto of sorts that when you died all of your studies and work was made open to all, or at least to who found you dead. This just led to murdering for information, however."
475600:05:29: <Goatwright> 4df+1 WHOOOOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOP no armor
475700:05:29: <BEIGE> Goatwright: WHOOOOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOP no armor: 5 (4df+1=3+, 3+, 3+, 3+)
475800:05:32: <Goatwright> well
475900:05:44: <Benedict> Cheating shit.
476000:05:59: <viejo> Dr. J goes back to check all the other dead goyims to make sure they're actually dead.
476100:06:02: <viejo> 4df+5
476200:06:02: <BEIGE> Viejo: 5 (4df+5=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
476300:06:13: <Hippocratesi> "Why did you not shoot it, Doctor?!"
476400:06:32: <Rainglove> 4df+3 Billy attempts a shootbanging?
476500:06:32: <BEIGE> Rainglove: Billy attempts a shootbanging?: 3 (4df+3=0, 0, 3+, 4-)
476600:06:34: <Rainglove> aw
476700:07:06: <viejo> "It might look bad for me, shooting another OGSA member, even if he appears to be somewhat dead. Besides, what's he going to do? Flail his limbs at us?" He laughs.
476800:07:15: <Goatwright> The strange not-man makes an incredible escape of dexterity and skill, slipping out into the hall where it makes its escape. For now, at least.
476900:07:39: <Benedict> "What a strange walk. Almost crab-like."
477000:07:47: <Goatwright> Doc, the other bodies are in fact dead. Asphyxiation, what a terrible thing.
477100:07:48: <Rainglove> Billy pursues the creature.
477200:07:55: <Rainglove> "POLICE."
477300:08:07: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal sighs. God, he misses Abe. "Let's get to the security room."
477400:08:15: <Rainglove> He knows it can't hear him, but it's the principle of the thing.
477500:08:20: <Goatwright> You notice each body, however, has needle pricks along its body in various locations.
477600:08:33: <Benedict> Needles, eh?
477700:08:38: <viejo> "No Billy no! The dead don't obey the law you fool!"
477800:08:41: <viejo> Dr. J goes after Billy.
477900:08:42: <Benedict> Seir doesn't care. He floats out of the gym and looks for the security room.
478000:08:58: <Goatwright> Billy pursues the creature, which attempts to slip into the elevator shaft. It flaps and crawls and does various zero-g maneuvers gracefully, making its way downward.
478100:09:26: <Goatwright> Seir heads to the elevator shaft for different reasons, to go another floor up and find the security room.
478200:09:36: <Goatwright> His map tells him it should be at the end of the hall.
478300:09:38: <Rainglove> Good thing there's an elevator in the way, right?
478400:09:43: <Rainglove> Billy continues his pursuit.
478500:09:45: <Rainglove> He will conquer.
478600:10:12: <Hippocratesi> "Billy can handle himself. We must press on." Mishaal follows Seir.
478700:10:17: <viejo> Dr. J continues his pursuit of Billy.
478800:10:34: <Rainglove> "HALT CRIMINAL SCUM."
478900:10:58: <viejo> "He'll tell you fabrications about supposed links between physics and religion! Don't let him rot your brain!"
479000:11:11: <Benedict> Woooosh. Security room.
479100:11:29: <viejo> "The only thing religion is linked to is the trashcan! The trashcan Billy! It belongs in the trashcan! Science is all you need!"
479200:11:32: <Goatwright> Billy and Doc follow after the monster man, splitting up the PARTY. The creature, whose face begins to distort as flaps of skin peel off its face and change in color, pulls out a laser pistol from under its fancy suit and fires at Billy.
479300:11:50: <Goatwright> If ya got ENERGY WEAPONS, roll it. If ya wanna BIOLOGY it, Doc, go ahead.
479400:11:58: <viejo> 4df+5 BIOLOGY
479500:11:58: <BEIGE> Viejo: BIOLOGY: 4 (4df+5=4-, 4-, 0, 3+)
479600:12:01: <viejo> biology :(
479700:12:06: <Goatwright> Seir and Mishaal, meanwhile, make it to the security room, where the door is locked.
479800:12:18: <Benedict> You can spend a fate point to reroll (so long as you tag an aspect), Viejo-sama.
479900:12:29: <Benedict> Is there a panel next to the door?
480000:12:34: <Goatwright> No need to reroll.
480100:12:37: <viejo> 4df+4 (2 harm 1 pen)
480200:12:37: <BEIGE> Viejo: (2 harm 1 pen): 3 (4df+4=0, 3+, 4-, 4-)
480300:12:54: <viejo> PEWPEWPEW
480400:13:00: <Rainglove> no energy weapons. Am I unable to gun?
480500:13:43: <viejo> "Okay to hell with the OGSA rules, he's got a GUN."
480600:14:06: <Goatwright> The energy weapons was for identifying its gun, not shooting, Doc. Although you can still shoot it with that roll.
480700:14:19: <viejo> Dr. J does so.
480800:14:31: <Rainglove> 4df+5 I forgot to add harm last time, +2 from that
480900:14:32: <BEIGE> Rainglove: I forgot to add harm last time, +2 from that: 3 (4df+5=4-, 4-, 4-, 3+)
481000:14:35: <Goatwright> Oh dear Doc, you know what this man as, as you see flaps of skin tuck away from a breathing mask. It is an ugraan, one of the four races of the Empire, adept at changing their form and infiltrating areas of interest. If it's here, that means the empire was here.
481100:14:36: <viejo> wow billy
481200:14:37: <Rainglove> the rolls
481300:14:56: <Goatwright> Also yes Billy, no energy weapons means you have to roll zero-g to shoot, unless your gun is specifically low-recoil
481400:15:15: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 Mishaal tries to pull the damn door off.
481500:15:15: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: Mishaal tries to pull the damn door off.: 4 (4df+4=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
481600:15:38: <Goatwright> Seir, there is in fact a panel next to the door. Mishaal, you should have worked on your gains, as the door stays put. It is a high security door, after all.
481700:15:39: <viejo> "But... but... I wanted his research! DRAT. It's an ugraan, Billy. They're employed by the Empire for their shape-shifting abilities, they make adept spies and infiltrators."
481800:15:54: <Goatwright> 4df+1 well I probably won't crit again, maybe you'll shoot me
481900:15:54: <BEIGE> Goatwright: well I probably won't crit again, maybe you'll shoot me: 1 (4df+1=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
482000:15:59: <Rainglove> "Truly a most villainous creature."
482100:16:01: <Benedict> Seir tries to use the panel to open the door.
482200:16:08: <viejo> Billy and Dr. J blast the motherfucker.
482300:16:15: <BEIGE> Rainglove: this's my microG, add 2 if harm still applies: 1 (4df+1=4-, 3+, 0, 0)
482400:16:15: <Rainglove> 4df+1 this's my microG, add 2 if harm still applies
482500:16:35: <viejo> "Shoot from the hip, Billy! Don't believe what they say about taking time to aim! Just use your instinct!"
482600:17:12: <Rainglove> "Doctor you should probably use the breath you are expending yelling at me to go and stab the thing but if you want to just stay there while I die then that is fine"
482700:17:15: <Goatwright> It does indeed. The creature is still shot, as Billy goes tumbling a bit in his chair. Teal blood floats from its suit as it seems to writhe in pain, and it drops its pistol, trying its best to slip back out somewhere.
482800:17:22: <Goatwright> 4df+1 ESCAPE PLAN
482900:17:22: <BEIGE> Goatwright: ESCAPE PLAN: 2 (4df+1=3+, 0, 0, 0)
483000:17:30: <viejo> "I can't catch up to him in this zero G!"
483100:17:46: <Rainglove> "You would probably have an easier time if you were breathing instead of yelling"
483200:17:48: <viejo> 4df+4 Dr. J attempts to catch up
483300:17:48: <BEIGE> Viejo: Dr. J attempts to catch up: 3 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 0, 4-)
483400:17:51: <Goatwright> Seir, roll Computers.
483500:17:58: <Rainglove> 4df+1 microG to follow
483600:17:59: <BEIGE> Rainglove: microG to follow: 0 (4df+1=4-, 3+, 0, 4-)
483700:18:01: <Rainglove> welp
483800:18:05: <Rainglove> Billy putters slowly onward
483900:18:40: <Benedict> 4df+4 Computering.
484000:18:40: <BEIGE> Benedict: Computering.: 1 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 4-, 0)
484100:18:44: <Benedict> Wooooow.
484200:18:47: <Benedict> Thanks Kojima.
484300:20:52: <Benedict> "Think you can try the door again, Big Guy."
484400:21:13: <viejo> Dr. J does some sort of acrobatics after the fucker.
484500:21:21: <Hippocratesi> "Very well."
484600:21:22: <Goatwright> Anyway Doc matches the ugraan's pace and chases after him as he slips out into the housing hallway.
484700:21:31: <Rainglove> Billy follows.
484800:21:32: <Rainglove> Slowly.
484900:21:38: <Goatwright> It continues trying to get away from him, really not feeling this HEAT.
485000:21:48: <viejo> 4df+4 if I can fire on stun, then I will do. Again, 2 harm 1 pen are part of that score
485100:21:48: <BEIGE> Viejo: if I can fire on stun, then I will do. Again, 2 harm 1 pen are part of that score: 2 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 4-, 4-)
485200:21:50: <Rainglove> He admires the upholstry as his chair sloooooooooowly proceeds.
485300:21:50: <viejo> welp
485400:21:57: <Hippocratesi> 4df+6 (I dunno if Man of the Earth would apply here but I'm TAGGING IT ANYWAY)
485500:21:57: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: (I dunno if Man of the Earth would apply here but I'm TAGGING IT ANYWAY): 6 (4df+6=4-, 3+, 0, 0)
485600:21:58: <Goatwright> 4df+1 whelp x2
485700:21:58: <BEIGE> Goatwright: whelp x2: -2 (4df+1=0, 4-, 4-, 4-)
485800:22:02: <viejo> wow
485900:22:02: <Goatwright> well
486000:23:12: <Goatwright> I guess he's taking his one consequence now. Your laser hits him square in the back, causing him to stumble and stunning him slightly. He lethargically makes his way for the way you all got through, which currently contains Billy's ship. (Free taggable aspect: Slow-Motion)
486100:23:34: <Goatwright> Mishaal gives the door a few hard hits with his shoulder before slamming through the door, taking it with him as he crashes to the floor.
486200:23:44: <viejo> Dr. J continues the pursuit.
486300:23:48: <viejo> 4df+4 WOOSH
486400:23:48: <BEIGE> Viejo: WOOSH: 3 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
486500:24:07: <Goatwright> UP TO THREE YOU BUM.
486600:24:14: <viejo> 4df+3 WOOSH
486700:24:14: <BEIGE> Viejo: WOOSH: -1 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 4-, 4-)
486800:24:17: <viejo> no woosh
486900:24:19: <Goatwright> Nah you have a 2
487000:24:25: <Goatwright> 4df+1 W-WOOSH?
487100:24:25: <BEIGE> Goatwright: W-WOOSH?: 1 (4df+1=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
487200:24:31: <Hippocratesi> "We are in!" Mishaal floats on up to his feet. Where be the cameras?
487300:24:50: <Goatwright> No woosh. Doc closes the gap, catching up to the potential crook.
487400:24:54: <Rainglove> Billy continues his puttering advance. "Doctor I know I told you to save your breath but I did not think we would be this far apart how goes the chase?"
487500:25:23: <viejo> "He's going for the touchdown! It's just like high school all over again! I may be a nerd but I work out, you know! I'll get him this time."
487600:25:42: <viejo> A tear streaks down his face as he goes to tackle the bastard.
487700:26:16: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you manage to look up and see all the camera feeds across the ship. There's Doc fighting with some weird, pale alien-man with moving flaps on his face. There's Billy, just entering the hallway. There's the bodies floating in the gym, and the chandelier that's now on the floor in the dining room.
487800:26:18: <Benedict> Seir goes to play with the cameras. Maybe watch some recordings.
487900:26:47: <Rainglove> Billy waves at the camera as he putters determinedly onward.
488000:26:56: <Goatwright> You notice a few feeds aren't currently functioning, such as the hangar feed and the command feed. There's a few other locations with bodies piled up in specific rooms, with no real explanation, and the emergency room appears to be empty.
488100:27:10: <Goatwright> You also notice something particularly off in some of the feeds. Roll ALERTNESS, you two.
488200:27:39: <Benedict> 4df+3 Once more into alertness.
488300:27:39: <BEIGE> Benedict: Once more into alertness.: 4 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 3+, 0)
488400:27:55: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal goes up behind Seir and watches the screens.
488500:27:58: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 OH SORRY
488600:27:58: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: OH SORRY: 1 (4df+1=0, 0, 4-, 3+)
488700:28:00: <Hippocratesi> GOD
488800:28:06: <Goatwright> Doc tackles the bastard in slow-motion, grabbing hold of him. As he does, the ugraan pulls something else out from his coat pocket. It's a knife! Roll AGILITY at full this time, Doc.
488900:28:15: <BEIGE> Viejo: 3 (4df+4=0, 3+, 4-, 4-)
489000:28:15: <viejo> 4df+4
489100:28:17: <viejo> woosh?
489200:28:45: <Goatwright> 4df+2 HE'S GONNA TRY TO PUNCTURE YA SUIT, WATCH OUT.
489300:28:46: <BEIGE> Goatwright: HE'S GONNA TRY TO PUNCTURE YA SUIT, WATCH OUT.: 4 (4df+2=3+, 3+, 0, 0)
489400:28:55: <Rainglove> aw nigga
489500:28:57: <Rainglove> u ded
489600:28:57: <viejo> OH NOSES I'VE BEEN MOSES SUPPOSES
489700:29:35: <Goatwright> CLIFFHANGER as Seir sees and points out what Mishaal cannot. There are cameras in some of the halls and rooms, specifically in the rooms full of bodies, that he has no feeds for.
489800:29:55: <viejo> 4df+5 tagging cybernetic arm to wrap his cybernetic arm around the ugraan's front and choke him out like a bitch
489900:29:55: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging cybernetic arm to wrap his cybernetic arm around the ugraan's front and choke him out like a bitch: 5 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 4-, 4-)
490000:30:20: <Goatwright> Cameras with mysterious small red lights on them, curiously looking about the room. The one in the gym stares at their own camera, almost like it's looking at them through the feed.
490100:30:46: <Hippocratesi> "Cameras...red lights..."
490200:30:48: <Benedict> "Strange, ain't it."
490300:30:52: <Hippocratesi> "This is familiar to me, Seir."
490400:31:01: <Goatwright> 4df+3 I GOT AGILITY TOO AT THIS RANGE, NIGGA
490500:31:02: <BEIGE> Goatwright: I GOT AGILITY TOO AT THIS RANGE, NIGGA: 2 (4df+3=0, 0, 0, 4-)
490600:31:07: <Hippocratesi> "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
490700:31:24: <Goatwright> But it's no good, as Doc pulls him into a sleeper hold and chokes him out. Presumably into unconsciousness, it's up to you.
490800:31:42: <Benedict> "Probably not. Wait." Seir takes a moment. "Probably yes."
490900:31:46: <viejo> Just into unconsciousness. He drags the fucker back with him to the ship.
491000:32:42: <Rainglove> Billy continues puttering
491100:32:43: <viejo> Is there any way he can hold on to wherever he was punctured, or hold the ugraan's body to him close enough at the entry point to do anything?
491200:32:43: <Rainglove> slowly
491300:33:03: <Rainglove> ONE DAY, SQUIDLY
491400:33:03: <Hippocratesi> "I believe we have some old friends here."
491500:33:05: <Benedict> Seir sends a new status update to Captain. <Dead everywhere. Piled up into rooms. Odd cameras with red lights looking at us through the cameras. I will presume you know what I am hinting at.>
491600:33:21: <viejo> "The little pansy had a knife, a KNIFE. Never use knives, Billy, they're notoriously a coward's weapon."
491700:33:32: <Rainglove> "Don't you use a sword?"
491800:33:32: <Benedict> Seir then tries to contact Billy and Doctor. "Knock knock."
491900:33:39: <Goatwright> If you can justify tagging anything that'd help you out, I'll let you roll something for EVA to mitigate some of the damage.
492000:33:42: <Benedict> Contact them via video chat, of course.
492100:33:46: <Goatwright> But talking is probably not viable now
492200:33:48: <Goatwright> as you're losing air
492300:33:52: <viejo> "Yes Billy, a sword. If you draw a comparison between the two I will choke you out as well."
492400:33:54: <Goatwright> and are prepped for damage taking
492500:34:10: <viejo> OOPS
492600:34:27: <viejo> Would any of his hand-tools be suitable for quick repair/something makedo?
492700:34:32: <viejo> Some sort of paste?
492800:34:34: <Goatwright> Probably.
492900:34:37: <Hippocratesi> "What do you suppose we do? Our last encounter nearly lead to our deaths."
493000:34:40: <viejo> What would I even roll?
493100:34:45: <Rainglove> Billy squeals at seir's sudden alert. It is a terrifying noise. "Er sorry seir things are a bit tense down here the doctor seems to be sucking on vacuum while threatening to kill me but how are you doing?"
493200:34:47: <Goatwright> You have nothing in EVA, right?
493300:34:50: <viejo> Nothing at all.
493400:34:54: <Goatwright> So +1
493500:34:54: <Rainglove> Billy putters
493600:34:56: <Rainglove> determinedly
493700:35:10: <viejo> oh I have a missing level 1 slot
493800:35:11: <Goatwright> if you're tagging your hand aspect
493900:35:12: <viejo> I could make that
494000:35:12: <viejo> EVA
494100:35:14: <viejo> :^)
494200:35:15: <Benedict> "Knock kno- I'll be down there to help the doctor in a second. Knock knock." Seir starts to float out of the security room. "Also. Where specifically are you two."
494300:35:18: <Goatwright> Gopher it
494400:35:24: <viejo> is that +3 then?
494500:35:27: <Goatwright> Yes
494600:35:29: <Rainglove> "By the ship"
494700:35:32: <viejo> 4df+3 GODS FAVOUR ME
494800:35:32: <BEIGE> Viejo: GODS FAVOUR ME: 4 (4df+3=0, 3+, 3+, 4-)
494900:35:39: <Benedict> Ayyyyyyyy.
495000:36:09: <Goatwright> Well you wouldn't have died anyway, but now you only take 1 hit to composure and health from being stabbed. Gimme your FATE point and stick EVA in as your fuggin level 1 slot
495100:36:14: <Goatwright> and fill the rest out you goddamn faggot goddommot
495200:36:20: <Benedict> "Okay. Since you ignore my knock knock joke, I wish for you two to return to the gym soon."
495300:36:54: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal floats on after Seir.
495400:37:01: <Rainglove> "Well that is going to have to wait a moment since this damned chair is apparently the slowest method of maneuvering through space ever invented but we will get there eventually"
495500:37:13: <viejo> "We're a bit busy to spot you, Seir. Besides, I didn't see any weights light enough for you to lift, even in zero gravity."
495600:37:15: <viejo> :^)
495700:37:43: <Goatwright> Billy reaches Doc, who reaches Billy's ship.
495800:38:12: <Benedict> "Doctor, I am usually not in the mood for your jokes. Right now, I am more so not in the mood. Our AI friend is here."
495900:38:24: <viejo> Dr. J ties up the ugraan, making sure to have him restricted by the wrists and ankles and splayed out so that he can't do shit.
496000:38:41: <viejo> "Yes, and I am not in the mood for your demands after my suit was punctured and required on-the-go fixing."
496100:39:10: <Rainglove> Billy putters off to the gym while the assholes argue.
496200:39:19: <viejo> Dr. J ties up the guy.
496300:39:25: <Rainglove> He doesn't want to watch the doctor sodomize yet another random alien.
496400:39:33: <viejo> Is there anything else Dr. J can do to make him extra uncomfortable?
496500:39:39: <Hippocratesi> "We don't have time for you boys to argue! We need to figure out a plan."
496600:39:44: <Benedict> "You seemed to have handled it well. I was going to return to fix it for you, but you should be fine." Seir then ends the call.
496700:39:44: <Rainglove> you could fuck him
496800:40:04: <Goatwright> Well he's uncomfortable
496900:40:08: <Goatwright> and shot
497000:40:16: <Benedict> "I don't plan to attack it, Big Guy. I just want to prove that it does exist."
497100:40:16: <viejo> "By the way, while we're all conscious and this bastard isn't, the password is 'Timmy, Timmy, why is the sky turning purple?'"
497200:40:17: <Goatwright> as it is
497300:40:41: <viejo> "Billy and I have captured an ugraan, an Empire spy."
497400:40:46: <Rainglove> TO THE GYM
497500:40:52: <Goatwright> Billy returns to the GYM.
497600:40:58: <Rainglove> Billy looks at the gym.
497700:41:02: <viejo> "It can shapeshift and could possibly take the form of one of us, it's tied up back in Billy's ship, so don't let it damn loose."
497800:41:04: <Rainglove> "What am I looking for?"
497900:41:07: <Goatwright> It's a gym full of bodies.
498000:41:10: <Goatwright> Spoopy.
498100:41:18: <viejo> 4df+2 Dr. J tends to the wounds of the guy.
498200:41:18: <BEIGE> Viejo: Dr. J tends to the wounds of the guy.: 3 (4df+2=0, 0, 0, 3+)
498300:41:20: <Rainglove> Billy considers the ramifications of tying up a thing that can suddenly not have limbs
498400:41:46: <Goatwright> As Dr. J is aware, they cannot lose their limbs.
498500:41:47: <viejo> He will tend to his own wounds if he can as well.
498600:42:02: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal remembers the news reports. "Right. Good idea."
498700:42:02: <Benedict> "The AI has cameras in the gym. Maybe they have wires. Maybe we can refind the AI."
498800:42:07: <Rainglove> "Doctor if it shapeshifts can't it just leave as soon as it wakes up?"
498900:42:16: <Rainglove> "By say becoming very small"
499000:42:32: <viejo> Dr. J ponders. "You know Billy, that is an excellent question, you're the star pupil of today."
499100:42:34: <Rainglove> Billy looks at the cameras.
499200:42:37: <viejo> Well, CAN they?
499300:43:01: <Rainglove> ah, cameras
499400:43:07: <Rainglove> billy has grown to hate them
499500:43:27: <Goatwright> They can't. Their bones are somewhat segmented in certain areas, usually enhanced with augmentations to improve that ability, but it only allows changing some height and limb length, not full blown shapeshiftery. They're more about color changing and changing facial features.
499600:43:48: <Goatwright> Sort of like octopi, but not overly.
499700:43:50: <viejo> Dr. J makes sure the ties are in the right segmented areas as well then.
499800:43:57: <Benedict> Seir floats on over to where the AI camera was in the gym.
499900:44:03: <viejo> He ties him as damn well best he can based on his anatomy. THERE WE GO.
500000:44:07: <Goatwright> Seir makes his way to point out the camera.
500100:44:17: <viejo> He also drugs him hard.
500200:44:40: <Rainglove> Billy floats on over to a dead person and pushes its face into funny positions while he waits for seir.
500300:44:45: <Goatwright> Is he going to sodomize him, too?
500400:44:57: <Benedict> "Right here, Billy."
500500:45:03: <Rainglove> Billy goes right there
500600:45:13: <viejo> If he can do something else to make him more uncomfortable when he wakes he will.
500700:45:16: <Goatwright> It is a very familiar camera. It looks down at them as they look up at it.
500800:45:17: <Rainglove> Billy HMMMMMMMMMMMs.
500900:45:22: <viejo> He'd leave something up his asshole but it might just pleasure him.
501000:45:26: <Goatwright> It seems wise to their shenanigans, as if it'd done this before.
501100:45:28: <Rainglove> Billy waves at it.
501200:45:29: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is in the room too of course ahahahaha.
501300:45:34: <Goatwright> It doesn't wave back.
501400:45:40: <Rainglove> Rude.
501500:45:43: <Benedict> "I don't think it has hands, Billy."
501600:45:45: <viejo> Billy takes a hit to his Self-Esteem track.
501700:45:52: <Goatwright> Billy loses 1 to composure
501800:45:53: <viejo> Dr. J floats back to the gym.
501900:45:53: <Rainglove> "It could nod or something I know it has seen me"
502000:45:55: <Hippocratesi> "I will keep watch."
502100:46:06: <Goatwright> He is uncomposed by the lack of a returned wave
502200:46:19: <Benedict> "Well, you could also check it for wires to see if they lead up or down."
502300:46:34: <viejo> "Billy, cameras don't have hands!"
502400:46:38: <viejo> "Nor do they have SOULS."
502500:46:45: <Rainglove> Billy sighs. He pulls the camera off the wall and looks behind it.
502600:47:30: <Goatwright> Unfortunately for Billy, the camera shies away as he comes towards it.
502700:47:38: <Rainglove> Billy pursues the camera.
502800:47:56: <viejo> Is there anywhere else Dr. J can investigate?
502900:48:28: <Goatwright> It suddenly starts passing through the paneled ceiling, breaking through the panels and knocking some down as it attempts to evade Billy.
503000:48:39: <Hippocratesi> Oh right, we haven't been to those other rooms
503100:49:06: <Goatwright> You see the exposed wires of lighting and general maintenance above the gym. Some bodies get in the way with the added room. Damn, these bodies get EVERYWHERE.
503200:49:11: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to follow the thing.
503300:49:35: <Benedict> "I need to learn that these cameras move." Looks like we're going up. "Maybe the Command Room." Seir decides to take the elevator shaft up.
503400:49:36: <Rainglove> Also yes these people need to get better at organizing their bodies
503500:49:38: <Goatwright> Doc should ask what the others found about the rest of the ship while he was off being an action hero, see if Seir or Mishaal got any leads.
503600:49:58: <viejo> "SO, what's been going on?"
503700:50:04: <viejo> "I see Billy is chasing his new friend."
503800:50:15: <viejo> "Also where's Abe?"
503900:50:33: <Benedict> "Probably exhausted after spending time with some human woman."
504000:50:36: <Rainglove> "Probably fell out of an airlock"
504100:50:47: <Benedict> "Also, Misha and I believe the AI is on the ship."
504200:50:58: <viejo> "He had sex while falling out of an airlock? He really is a daredevil."
504300:51:02: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal follows Seir up da shaft. "Or was on the ship."
504400:51:11: <viejo> "Even if his body is now broken into pieces, his legend will live on. Rest in peace."
504500:51:24: <viejo> "'The' AI?"
504600:51:45: <Goatwright> The camera continues playing games with Billy, evading his grabs.
504700:51:52: <viejo> So playful.
504800:51:52: <Goatwright> It remembers what happened last time.
504900:51:58: <Benedict> "The one that you took video and pictures of when we were investigating the missing colony."
505000:52:02: <viejo> D-d-don't touch my w-wires, senpai!
505100:52:11: <Goatwright> L-l-lewd!
505200:52:41: <Goatwright> Billy bumps into bodies that stop his pursuit as the camera tries to get away.
505300:52:48: <Goatwright> I-I don't like this game, senpai!
505400:52:54: <Rainglove> Billy continues in his quest.
505500:52:57: <Rainglove> He will have that camera.
505600:53:09: <Benedict> Billy, just stop.
505700:53:15: <Hippocratesi> no
505800:53:16: <Benedict> Seir heads up to the Command Room floor. Woooosh.
505900:53:17: <Hippocratesi> he must ge tit
506000:53:19: <Rainglove> He cannot
506100:53:41: <Goatwright> Gonna roll somethin' to get it, Billy?
506200:54:17: <Rainglove> well if I can roll agility, that
506300:54:32: <Goatwright> Seir and presumably Doc and Mishaal make their way to the top floor of the vessel, the command floor. They realize this is the only floor with a closed door.
506400:54:35: <Goatwright> Sure, gopher it.
506500:55:06: <viejo> Can Dr. J cut through THIS door with his sword?
506600:55:10: <Hippocratesi> "Hm. I'm not sure if strength alone will open this one."
506700:55:44: <Benedict> "You can try." Seir looks for an alternate way to open the door. Hopefully Doctor or Misha open it first.
506800:56:17: <viejo> 4df+3 blue steel this steel door
506900:56:17: <BEIGE> Viejo: blue steel this steel door: 3 (4df+3=0, 4-, 3+, 0)
507000:56:26: <Rainglove> 4df+4 Tagging military squid. Physical training don't fail me now.
507100:56:26: <BEIGE> Rainglove: Tagging military squid. Physical training don't fail me now.: 4 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
507200:56:34: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH
507300:56:34: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH: 5 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
507400:57:04: <Goatwright> With Doc jarring the door a bit, Mishaal manages to pry it open and hold it for the other two to slip inside.
507500:57:11: <viejo> That was actually a charm roll.
507600:57:12: <viejo> But okay.
507700:57:18: <Goatwright> Though whether they want to or not is up to them, as they're confronted with a VERY familiar hall.
507800:57:26: <Goatwright> A hall of a thousand cameras.
507900:57:30: <viejo> Dr. J grandmother's hall?!
508000:57:32: <viejo> oh
508100:57:35: <Goatwright> And they all don't want to play tag, senpai.
508200:57:42: <Benedict> Seir takes a picture so it lasts longer.
508300:57:46: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is triggered. Oh the horror.
508400:58:04: <viejo> "Time to get your best smiles and photogenic looks on."
508500:58:27: <Goatwright> Billy, meanwhile, manages to grab hold of the camera by literally leaping out of his chair and grabbing onto it in a signature caeligo squidhug.
508600:58:42: <Rainglove> Billy embraces the camera. "I got it!"
508700:58:48: <Goatwright> The camera seems to panic, flailing about and trying to retreat into the wiring of the ceiling.
508800:58:54: <Goatwright> 4df+1 I'm a camera I'm not overly strong
508900:58:54: <BEIGE> Goatwright: I'm a camera I'm not overly strong: 2 (4df+1=0, 4-, 3+, 3+)
509000:59:06: <Goatwright> Versus your agility score, you stay on.
509100:59:08: <Hippocratesi> "Shall we move forward?"
509200:59:30: <viejo> "In the words of a wise man;.. maybe?"
509300:59:44: <viejo> "By 'wise man' I mean me, I'm saying maybe."
509401:00:50: <Goatwright> Billy do you.. do anything with the flailing camera?
509501:01:02: <Rainglove> Well, he hugs it for a bit.
509601:01:06: <Rainglove> It was a lot of work to get this far.
509701:01:11: <Goatwright> What a cutie.
509801:01:15: <Rainglove> Then he tries to pull it off the wall, as was his original intent.
509901:01:19: <Benedict> "Doesn't seem smart to risk it if only you and me can enter, Doctor."
510001:01:43: <Goatwright> Mishaal can get in, too.
510101:01:48: <Goatwright> He just has to hold it open for you two.
510201:02:06: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal swooces right in. "I am here."
510301:02:25: <Goatwright> Billy, what'cha gonna roll to pull it off?
510401:02:49: <viejo> "Billy I know you have some odd quirks but if you would mind stop chasing that camera and come with us that would be much appreciated."
510501:02:53: <Rainglove> well stamina's been our basis for strength rolls so far
510601:03:11: <Rainglove> 4df+4 tagging military squid one more time.
510701:03:11: <BEIGE> Rainglove: tagging military squid one more time.: 3 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 0, 3+)
510801:03:38: <Rainglove> "I don't know how none of you are interested in a camera that is supposed to be bolted to a wall that is just sliding around the wall and are just acting like it isn't suspicious at all"
510901:04:25: <Goatwright> Does Billy really have two stamina?
511001:04:28: <Hippocratesi> "We have bigger problems at the moment, BIlly."
511101:04:28: <Rainglove> yeah
511201:04:32: <viejo> I was surprised at that as well
511301:04:33: <Goatwright> What a swoll squid
511401:04:37: <Benedict> "Because I was more interested in finding the AI." Seir goes into the spooky camera hall.
511501:04:50: <viejo> Dr. J goes back to where Billy is.
511601:04:59: <viejo> Can he cut it off the wall without damaging it?
511701:05:10: <Goatwright> Billy already succeeded in pulling it apart.
511801:05:28: <Goatwright> The camera stays attached to him as he drifts about the room.
511901:05:32: <viejo> Oh right. "Billy, bring your camera with you, let us go onwards."
512001:05:34: <Rainglove> Billy waves.
512101:05:56: <Rainglove> He attempts to return to his chair.
512201:06:08: <Goatwright> After some work he manages to return to it.
512301:06:26: <Goatwright> Seir enters the spoopy hall. All the cameras focus on him.
512401:06:27: <Hippocratesi> "I suppose he is waiting for us."
512501:06:35: <Rainglove> He looks at the camera as he goes, and heads after everyone else, but first he takes a look at the wall he pulled the camera off of.
512601:06:38: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal MARCHES ON.
512701:06:57: <Benedict> "Hello again, AI." Seir talks to the cameras.
512801:08:17: <viejo> Dr. J goes into the hallway.
512901:08:22: <Goatwright> The wall is torn apart by a fixture tearing through it.
513001:08:33: <Benedict> Well, hello.
513101:08:42: <Goatwright> Billy's wall, that is.
513201:08:47: <viejo> Actually, can Dr. J use a dead body from the gym as a literal meat shield?
513301:08:48: <Rainglove> Billy goes to look at that because fuck you faggots and your faggot ass hallway.
513401:08:55: <Goatwright> Sure.
513501:08:59: <viejo> Dr. J does so.
513601:09:10: <viejo> He picks the fattest fuck there.
513701:09:10: <Benedict> Seir heads down the hallway. Yeah, watch him, cameras. Watch him do the thing.
513801:09:24: <Goatwright> Billy stays in the gym, I guess. Everybody else goes into the hallway of cameras, and Doc goes along with his body.
513901:09:45: <viejo> "Do any of you have any explosives?"
514001:09:47: <Rainglove> well if it's not an interesting fixture billy just goes
514101:09:55: <Rainglove> but if it's actually something that matters then he stays and takes a look
514201:10:10: <Goatwright> It would probably give some insight into the cameras and shit.
514301:10:23: <Goatwright> It's ub do u
514401:10:25: <Rainglove> can I come back to it later and we go on with the run for now?
514501:10:55: <Goatwright> Yes.
514601:10:57: <Benedict> "I know a little bit about explosives. I could perhaps set something up if necessary."
514701:11:01: <Goatwright> You are now all in the hall.
514801:11:22: <Goatwright> There are spoopy cameras staring at you. Quite a few of them are interested in Billy and the camera he's holding.
514901:11:34: <Rainglove> Billy hugs his camera-kun and waves at the cameras that are watching him.
515001:12:02: <viejo> "We could rig this fatman with explosives."
515101:12:18: <Rainglove> "I would rather not be blown into the void of space if at all possible"
515201:12:39: <Benedict> "No promises."
515301:12:45: <Goatwright> As they go down the hall, they find themselves in a massive command room, full of rows upon rows of consoles for operating the ship. This is the kind of ship Billy was trained to serve on.
515401:13:18: <Rainglove> Billy perks up at the consoles and heads over to whichever one is most important.
515501:13:39: <viejo> "What's the AI to think when we take a random dead body with us? That it's something special? We grab his intrigue by his mechanical balls and pull him into the mystery wrapped in an enigma, just who is this obese man? And then, bam!"
515601:14:05: <Hippocratesi> "He's certainly heard your plan now."
515701:14:06: <Benedict> "If an AI had balls, they would be digital, not mechanical."
515801:14:07: <Rainglove> "Doctor have you ever considered that you may just be insane?"
515901:14:08: <Goatwright> You all better hope these cameras aren't fit with microphones.
516001:14:18: <viejo> "But, dear Mishaal, that was all part of my plan as well." Dr. J cackles.
516101:14:18: <Rainglove> good thing we're in a
516201:14:19: <Rainglove> vacuum
516301:14:25: <Goatwright> maybe they're
516401:14:29: <Goatwright> picking up your comm feeds
516501:14:32: <Rainglove> gosp
516601:14:33: <Goatwright> y-yeah
516701:14:36: <Benedict> It's Level 3 tech. Don't gotta explain shit.
516801:14:51: <Benedict> Or maybe Level 4. Who knows what this AI is at.
516901:15:00: <Rainglove> 8999
517001:15:02: <Goatwright> Level 4 is basically technology magic
517101:15:05: <Goatwright> But anway
517201:15:15: <viejo> "Billy, please, I'm conducting science here, your question will have to wait."
517301:15:38: <Hippocratesi> "At least we are not being poked by needles." Mishaal shudders a bit.
517401:15:47: <Goatwright> Billy makes his way to the center stage surrounded by the consoles, fit with a nice rolly chair like the captain's and an expansive panel of controls for the ship. This would be the captain's console. You note you've never seen Mayhalis at one of these.
517501:16:09: <viejo> 4df+2 perception
517601:16:09: <BEIGE> Viejo: perception: -1 (4df+2=0, 4-, 4-, 4-)
517701:16:20: <Goatwright> There's a crude metal bear slams through the console, keeping a lever pinned in place, and a few buttons are smashed.
517801:16:24: <Goatwright> slammed*
517901:16:29: <viejo> wow this fatman is amazing! Dr. J can't take his eyes off his lack of gains.
518001:16:31: <Rainglove> >Metal bears
518101:16:33: <Rainglove> jesus
518201:16:47: <Benedict> This AI is going all out.
518301:16:53: <viejo> Is he riding the metal bear?
518401:17:04: <Benedict> Seir decides to explore the console himself. Maybe he can learn or repair something.
518501:17:14: <Goatwright> metal bar even
518601:17:15: <Goatwright> fug
518701:17:39: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal approaches the metal bar. Perhaps he could move it with his stranth.
518801:18:12: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 perhaps he could move it with this stranth he said
518901:18:13: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: perhaps he could move it with this stranth he said: 6 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
519001:18:21: <Hippocratesi> his evne
519101:18:58: <Rainglove> "I do not think I can do anything with this while there is a metal bar in it althooo..." He trails off as Atlas!Mishaal appears.
519201:19:03: <Goatwright> Mishaal manages to pull the metal bar out, but receives a shock from the console. He gets a -1 to his next physical action.
519301:19:23: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal did not take electricity into account. Silly him.
519401:19:35: <Benedict> Well, does this console need repairs after that?
519501:19:41: <Rainglove> Can billy interact with this thing at all?
519601:19:49: <Goatwright> Yes it does. That would be Computers, Seir.
519701:19:56: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal tries to use that there lever that was stuck.
519801:20:02: <Benedict> You sure it wouldn't just be Repair?
519901:20:05: <Goatwright> Yes
520001:20:08: <Goatwright> It's a computer
520101:20:13: <BEIGE> Viejo: medicine, can Dr. J revive this fat man?: 2 (4df+2=3+, 3+, 4-, 4-)
520201:20:13: <viejo> 4df+2 medicine, can Dr. J revive this fat man?
520301:20:20: <Benedict> 4df+4 Well okay, it don't matter anyway, got them both at 4.
520401:20:20: <BEIGE> Benedict: Well okay, it don't matter anyway, got them both at 4.: 7 (4df+4=0, 3+, 3+, 3+)
520501:20:22: <Goatwright> No, he has been dead for two days
520601:20:26: <viejo> I just wanted to roll. :(
520701:20:58: <Rainglove> >Future CPR has not yet reached the point where you can resuscitate a 2 day old corpse with two fingers
520801:36:10: <Goatwright> AHEHEHEHEHEHEM ANYWAY
520901:36:44: <Goatwright> Seir expertly manages to patch up the console and connect the wires, retaining its function and preventing any future shocks.
521001:37:21: <Goatwright> Mishaal pushes the lever that was previously stuck in place forwards, and suddenly they find a vast hole opening up in front of them in space.
521101:37:33: <Goatwright> They enter into warp, and are now zooming forward through space.
521201:37:37: <Goatwright> Way to fuckin' go, Mishaal.
521301:37:45: <Benedict> "There we go-." Wooooow.
521401:37:52: <Rainglove> "Oh dear"
521501:38:00: <Rainglove> Billy looks for a console he can actually read.
521601:38:04: <Hippocratesi> "Oh."
521701:38:11: <Rainglove> something that might tell them about the shi
521801:38:13: <Rainglove> ship
521901:38:15: <Benedict> "Misha. Never touch anything again."
522001:38:19: <Rainglove> where they're going, what's going on, all that
522101:38:25: <viejo> "Not even yourself."
522201:38:42: <Rainglove> He also shields camera-kun's ears from the doctor's lewd comments
522301:38:46: <Benedict> Seir doesn't understand what the Doctor means. Seir also studies the console to learn things.
522401:38:53: <Hippocratesi> "Oh boy..." Mishaal rubs the back of his head.
522501:39:26: <Goatwright> Seir, since Billy is looking for stuff, you know one of these buttons activates the display screen of the command room.
522601:39:34: <Goatwright> All the cameras from the hall are staring up at you very intently.
522701:39:50: <Benedict> Okay. Display screen. Activate it. I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
522801:41:05: <Goatwright> Everybody explodes.
522901:41:08: <Goatwright> Roll new characters.
523001:41:33: <Benedict> I'm going to make a Nintir Engineer named Ries.
523101:41:52: <Hippocratesi> time for another Aurian
523201:42:07: <Rainglove> I'll roll a dwarf.
523301:43:20: <Goatwright> The display screen pops up, displaying all the relevant information. Mishaal has pushes the warp drive lever and sent them hurdling through space towards a predestined point - the planet of Aegis, within the zone of human occupation. This may have been the previous path set for the ship before everybody died.
523401:43:53: <Rainglove> so in terms of POLITICS
523501:43:57: <Rainglove> how much shit are they in
523601:44:16: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal has fucked up.
523701:44:22: <Goatwright> Well, everybody being dead on a ship is probably pretty scary.
523801:44:27: <Goatwright> And not good for you.
523901:44:32: <Rainglove> we'll say billy did it
524001:44:32: <Goatwright> You will be the first people they blame.
524101:44:35: <Rainglove> singlehandedly
524201:44:41: <Rainglove> he used camera-kun
524301:44:53: <Goatwright> Billy being involved at all would be very bad for ICA-CAST relations.
524401:45:15: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to turn off the power.
524501:45:47: <Benedict> Can, uh, Seir set cords for the ship to go back the way it came?
524601:45:49: <Goatwright> Is he completely shutting off the ship, or pulling the same lever again?
524701:46:06: <Rainglove> Well seeing as this is the sort of ship he was trained on
524801:46:12: <Rainglove> might he know what pulling the lever will do?
524901:46:19: <Goatwright> Well it did what's happening right now.
525001:46:22: <Goatwright> it put you in warp drive
525101:46:25: <Goatwright> Presumably it would pull you out
525201:46:49: <Rainglove> "Should we perhaps pull the lever again?"
525301:46:54: <Benedict> "Do it."
525401:46:57: <Hippocratesi> "I am not touching it."
525501:47:10: <Rainglove> Billy rubs camera-kun for luck and pulls the lever again.
525601:48:16: <Goatwright> Camera-kun seems to instill some luck into him, as they exit warp and stop far enough to have a planet in sight, but as Billy knows it, far out enough that they shouldn't be able to pick them up. Especially with the wi-fi not working.
525701:48:45: <Rainglove> "Well that was fun"
525801:49:00: <Goatwright> They are suddenly flooded with messages from the captain, asking where the fuck they've gone and if they're dead or not.
525901:49:21: <Rainglove> Billy takes a selfie with everyone else, including camera-kun, and sends it back
526001:49:35: <Benedict> "Billy, you get us back to where we were. Misha, you stop touching things." Seir answers the messages. <Misha pulled something and put us into warp. Trying to return now.>
526101:49:53: <Goatwright> <Please don't. I'm coming to get you. What are your coordinates?>
526201:50:04: <Rainglove> "Well I don't really know how to fly ships like this but I can certainly try"
526301:51:01: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is not tech type. Shouldn't have pulled the lever. ;_;
526401:51:04: <Benedict> "Wait. Don't. Captain said not to." Presuming the cords are on the display, Seir sends them to the captain.
526501:51:34: <Rainglove> "Awww"
526601:51:38: <Goatwright> They are, and soon, the Marriott warps in next to yours.
526701:51:58: <Goatwright> <Are you done in there?>
526801:52:47: <Rainglove> <Can we keep the ship ;)?>
526901:53:08: <Goatwright> <We're going to have to return the ship, Billy.>
527001:53:11: <Benedict> <I see no reason why we aren't. Billy has a camera that we could probably study. Maybe learn of the AI.>
527101:53:45: <Rainglove> Billy imagines the fat stacks the captain is flushing down the drain.
527201:53:47: <Rainglove> He is sad.
527301:54:18: <Goatwright> They're not THIEVES.
527401:54:35: <Rainglove> "Well we still don't know how any of this happened so I don't know that I would say we're done"
527501:55:58: <Hippocratesi> "What happened here was the AI's doing. It is most likely not here anymore though."
527601:56:53: <Goatwright> As they've noticed, there's no signs that there's anything else remaining on this ship except automated cameras, a spy, and bodies.
527701:57:10: <Goatwright> Though they haven't gone everywhere on the ship, but the captain will have to tether to it in order to transport it.
527801:57:23: <Goatwright> It's just a matter of whether you trust it enough to transport it yourself.
527901:57:55: <Hippocratesi> W-well
528001:57:56: <Hippocratesi> do we?
528101:58:25: <Goatwright> Perhaps that is a thing you'll have to discuss with your crew.
528201:58:29: <Goatwright> FIRST CREW VOTE.
528301:58:36: <Goatwright> But for now, the ship probably isn't going anywhere.
528401:59:05: <Goatwright> Somebody made it a point to not allow the ship to go anywhere for two days, but you sort of ruined that.
528501:59:07: <Goatwright> MISHAAL.
528601:59:40: <Rainglove> "I suppose we can come back to it later unless the AI comes and makes it run away"
528701:59:44: <Benedict> Well.
528801:59:50: <Benedict> Seir just wants to go back on the ship for now.
528901:59:53: <Rainglove> Billy plops down at a communications terminal and starts checking that ship's data track
529002:00:42: <Hippocratesi> "I, er...suppose we could come back."
529102:00:53: <Goatwright> Roll Communications o' Billy
529202:01:15: <Rainglove> 4df+7 tagging overqualified
529302:01:15: <BEIGE> Rainglove: tagging overqualified: 9 (4df+7=3+, 0, 0, 3+)
529402:01:39: <Goatwright> Well
529502:03:24: <Goatwright> Billy knows absolutely everything there is to know about this ship's communications situation. Its data track is at zero, but there's no evidence to suggest it was an outside attack. No hint of outside malicious software, EMP attacks, or anything of the sort. You can recognize this as an inside job.
529602:04:32: <Goatwright> Something onboard was able to manually go about wreaking havoc on this system. Additionally, you recognize the reason for the lack of outside communications. There's some sort of jammer on the ship, similar to what you witnessed the last time you encountered the AI, though you're unsure as to why your phones still manage to function with its presence.
529702:05:03: <Goatwright> The warp may have done something to disrupt the jammer, as warps tend to come with issues with communications.
529802:05:56: <Goatwright> I-I legitimately don't have any more than that, I'm not sure what else you want to know
529902:06:26: <Benedict> Is the ship kawaii?
530002:06:47: <Rainglove> does it make camera-kun's lens go doki doki?
530102:06:51: <Hippocratesi> Is the ship ripe for procreation?
530202:07:50: <Goatwright> pls
530302:08:13: <Goatwright> S-so do you go back to Billy's ship for now?
530402:08:34: <Hippocratesi> well, the vote says yes
530502:08:35: <Hippocratesi> so we are
530602:08:36: <Rainglove> what do you mean
530702:08:39: <Rainglove> we ARE on billy's ship
530802:08:40: <Rainglove> :^)
530902:08:52: <Hippocratesi> >Billy betrays us
531002:08:56: <Hippocratesi> >takes the ship for himself
531102:08:58: <Hippocratesi> >we never see him again
531202:09:31: <Benedict> I guess we're going back to Billy's ship, then going back to the Moses Supposes.
531302:10:01: <Goatwright> NEW QUEST ITEM GAINED: Giant Ship
531402:10:11: <Goatwright> To be explored on whatever day people decide to explore it some more.
531502:10:31: <Goatwright> Billy has also gained a new item to research that he will never look at when I ask him if he wants to.
531602:10:34: <Goatwright> Just like the spider
531702:10:44: <Rainglove> exactly
531802:10:53: <Rainglove> But camera-kun is special to him
531902:10:59: <Rainglove> he hugged it and it didn't leave him
532002:11:05: <Rainglove> not like everyone e-else
532102:11:12: <Hippocratesi> will camera-kun be our mascot now
532202:11:35: <Rainglove> well viejo made a picture of it
532302:11:38: <Rainglove> so it has to be
532402:11:46: <Hippocratesi> i thought he just found that on google
532502:25:27: <Benedict> Oh hey, Captain. Look at the picture Seir took of the camera hallway. Ain't it neat?
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5329 2015-03-13
533020:30:52: <Goatwright> "I've heard it's pretty up in the air about who's gonna win. Both get big marks if they're the victor, but Firebeard's on a roll, I don't think they're gonna stop that cash cow."
533120:33:52: <Benedict> MMMU is a terrible show.
533220:33:57: <viejo> "Maybe a third combatant will enter and cause an upset on both sides? I wouldn't put it past them."
533320:34:07: <viejo> "Want a beer or three?"
533420:34:19: <Goatwright> He shrugs. "Fuck it, sure."
533520:35:21: <viejo> Dr. J hands Mayhalis a Non-Euclidean Uxorious Dopplebock.
533620:35:39: <Rainglove> that sounds illegal
533720:35:51: <viejo> Billy crashes into the room shouting POLICE
533820:36:04: <Rainglove> that is perfectly legal
533920:36:14: <Goatwright> Mayhalis smacks Billy with his stun baton in surprise.
534020:36:16: <Goatwright> :^]
534120:37:53: <Benedict> Seir spends his time doing better things than watching purposely terrible mechs fight each other. Like browsing an online store for things to buy in the future.
534220:37:59: <viejo> Dr. J laughs before a "Oh poor Billy, I'm not sure whether I'm more surprised at your stealth or at the captain's reflexes."
534320:38:23: <viejo> Can you buy friends in the future? Seir should find out.
534420:38:23: <Goatwright> What's Seir lookin' at?
534520:38:32: <Goatwright> Yes you can.
534620:38:37: <Rainglove> Billy flops about on the floor
534720:39:13: <Benedict> You can, yes, but Seir just wants to look for a few things for his engineering crew. Chairs, a table, cooler. Those things.
534820:39:26: <viejo> Dr. J goes over and picks up Billy, placing him in another seat in the room. "Come, dear Billy, watch large mechanical men pound each other. I mean, violently. I mean, hm..."
534920:39:44: <viejo> He ponders. ANYWAY, can caeligos drink beer?
535020:40:14: <Goatwright> They would probably not do well with the alcohol content, no.
535120:40:27: <Rainglove> >Not wanting pickled squid
535220:40:36: <Rainglove> Billy continues to be partially unconscious
535320:41:04: <Goatwright> Mayhalis just sort of.. keeps Billy propped up, patting him reassuring as he rejoins the cast on the couch. "He'll be okay. It just takes a few minutes."
535420:41:34: <Goatwright> "Did they saw who's fighting after the feature event, or are they finishing with it?"
535520:41:35: <Rainglove> Billy tries not to look at the casting couch good lord get a room
535620:41:47: <viejo> Dr. J hums thoughtfully. Would a bottle of Cranky Squid Lambic suit him better? Dr. J heard they were specifically catered for races such as Billy's.
535720:44:29: <Goatwright> It would probably not actually be alcohol, but it's not out of the question something like that would exist to stimulate them.
535820:44:40: <viejo> "Well apparently it's the only somewhat overly long name of Advanced Phantom Titan: Dire Crusader, which has been, you might say, not exactly up to standard as of late. His sword keeps malfunctioning, would you believe it. He's up against Blue Red Blue who hasn't had a flying career either. I don't understand the whole 'mechanical hobo' vibe but apparently
535920:44:46: <viejo> - he's popular with the fan.s"
536020:45:24: <viejo> After searching around in his crate-o'-tricks, Dr. J pours some Cranky Squid Lambic into Billy's mouth-hole. "Got this just for you, dear Billy. I thought there might be a problem with the usual stuff."
536120:45:29: <Goatwright> Mayhalis scoffs. "The names these people give their mechs."
536220:47:07: <viejo> "I know, you just can't win." Dr. J begins pouring a second bottle of CSL into Billy's mouth-hole.
536320:47:30: <viejo> "Mechs, Billy. Mechs. Watch them fight and feel your internal conflicts rise to the surface of your very being in a palpable fury."
536420:47:47: <viejo> He pats Billy on the squid.
536520:48:12: <Rainglove> Billy continues to exist as a pattable object
536620:48:38: <Goatwright> Billy continues receiving pats.
536720:48:48: <Goatwright> "Where's the rest of the group at?"
536820:50:25: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs. "Beats me, I haven't seen Abe for quite a while. I imagine Mishaal is cooking and Seir is fiddling with his mechs."
536920:51:49: <Goatwright> "Do you not.. bond, or anything?"
537020:53:08: <viejo> Dr. J laughs. "No, no, it would seem not. Billy here, however, what a marvelous young squid he is."
537120:53:48: <viejo> "I use the word 'squid' in an affectionate manner rather than a condescending or mocking one, to make it clear."
537220:54:30: <Goatwright> "Have you, uh, considered bonding with them?" Mayhalis shrugs a bit.
537320:54:41: <Goatwright> "I imagine it'd help with missions."
537420:54:50: <Goatwright> Billy at this point is no longer a vegetable.
537520:55:10: <viejo> "Well I am dreadfully busy with my scientific investigations for the most part."
537620:55:13: <viejo> How is MMMU progressing?
537720:55:40: <viejo> "Perhaps a team-building exercise is in order?" he laughs.
537820:56:27: <Rainglove> Billy sits there, wondering what was put in his mouth while he was out
537920:56:32: <Rainglove> he decides it would be better not to ask
538020:56:39: <Rainglove> he remains silent, yet vigilant
538120:56:45: <Rainglove> always on the alert for evil
538220:59:13: <Goatwright> He looks at his beer, thinking. "Y'know, maybe that's not such a bad idea."
538321:00:03: <Goatwright> MMMU is progressing decently. As expected for a hyped fight on both sides, both competitors are currently fairly even. Firebeard's yet to engage any of his firebeard-y attacks, and Backbreaker has yet to go for his obvious signature move, the headlock.
538421:02:52: <viejo> "I had that specially delivered, you know. One of my friends is a beer-specialist, I kid you not. Science and producing the most beeriest beer. What a job. He just tests it by getting drunk with his friends." He laughs.
538521:04:07: <viejo> >Backbreaker has yet to go for his obvious signature move, the headlock.
538621:04:14: <viejo> okay goat you got me pretty good there
538721:04:36: <Goatwright> :^]
538821:04:46: <Goatwright> Did ya have a good giggle
538921:06:02: <viejo> yes goat
539021:06:05: <viejo> a hearty chuckle
539121:10:59: <Goatwright> The loud speakers crackle loudly across the ship, followed by a Miss Chelsea's slightly concerned-sounding request: <Captain and ground team, please report to the command room.>
539221:11:56: <Benedict> Damn it, Chelsea. Seir was looking at nice chairs. He bookmarks the page he was on, heading for the Command Room.
539321:12:38: <viejo> Dr. J continues to drink his premium space beer and watch not-so-premium mechs duke it out.
539421:13:13: <Goatwright> The captain gets up, nudging Doc with his foot. "That's you, too, nerd. C'mon."
539521:13:53: <Benedict> Rainglove and Hippocratesi, please.
539621:13:57: <viejo> Dr. J 'uuuurrrrrrggggghhhhhh's before setting the video to record. He's still got a beer in one hand and his phone in the other, getting a live stream on it.
539721:14:24: <viejo> "I'm going to be moderately upset if Firebeard doesn't roast this rusty pile of nuts and bolts soon."
539821:14:27: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal heads to the command room.
539921:14:42: <Rainglove> Billy flops out of whatever chair he was put in and into his rightful place, then squids off to the command room
540021:15:38: <Goatwright> Capn. Mayhalis brings his beer along, too, and stands with the group as he looks over at his team of PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER-CLACKERS. "What's wrong?"
540121:16:18: <Rainglove> Billy assesses the quality of the computer clacking
540221:16:36: <viejo> "How did you find the not-beer-but-somewhat-like-beer-for-non-alcoholics, Billy?"
540321:16:43: <viejo> He says in a somewhat hushed voice.
540421:16:58: <Goatwright> They are in fact properly clacking, Billy, and toppin' out at speeds pretty fit for them. He can clack faster, but he also basically has robots in his hands.
540521:17:15: <Rainglove> "Oh that's what that taste is thank goodness it is very okay but please do not stuff me with fluids while I am unconscious"
540621:17:28: <Goatwright> :^]
540721:17:43: <viejo> "Oh you were unconscious? I thought you were just being quiet. I will make you aware next time."
540821:18:23: <Benedict> Taste. Fluids. Unconscious. Stop doing dirty things on the ship.
540921:18:25: <viejo> "I got that beer specially for you, you know."
541021:18:27: <Rainglove> "I was poked with a thing that makes people unconscious"
541121:18:38: <Rainglove> "Well that was suspiciously polite of you thank you"
541221:18:57: <viejo> Dr. J laughs. "Oh he actually stunned you? I have to admit I didn't quite catch it, I thought he came out with a surprise karate chop."
541321:19:10: <Benedict> Seir yawns while waiting for Chelsea or whomever to say what is up.
541421:19:15: <Goatwright> The screen focuses in on a small fleet of similarly-sized ships currently in a slow orbit around the planet they're approaching now.
541521:19:21: <viejo> "Well I was somewhat testing it out for my friend as well, but you seem to be okay after it."
541621:21:07: <viejo> Dr. J makes a note on his phone. 'No oozing from the eyes or urge to eat ice cream or ice-cream like substances.'
541721:21:09: <Goatwright> Mayhalis sets his beer down, peering closer at the screen. "What are they doing out here? This isn't even incorporated space." Miss Chelsea clacks away. "They requested a live transmission about five minutes ago, and since then I've been slowing down. There's been no evidence of weapon charge-up, but that doesn't mean we're not locked on."
541821:21:56: <Benedict> What an excellent start to the day.
541921:22:31: <Goatwright> "Who are they with?" "No clue. No identifiers on the ships." "Pirates?" "Hopefully not."
542021:23:02: <Goatwright> Mayhalis turns to Seir. "You worked with ships before, right?"
542121:24:57: <Benedict> "Ships and stations."
542221:26:13: <Goatwright> "Can you identify the manufacturers?"
542321:27:22: <Benedict> 4df+3 I don't know, Captain. Let's find out. Seir tries to do what he was asked to do.
542421:27:22: <BEIGE> Benedict: I don't know, Captain. Let's find out. Seir tries to do what he was asked to do.: 4 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 0, 4-)
542521:28:50: <Goatwright> Badabing, Seir's got'cha. These are definitely Orghulan ships, one of the more advanced races of the Coalition.
542621:29:33: <Goatwright> One is definitely designed for kiting, a definite warship, whereas the other three appear personnel-driven, like their own ship.
542721:30:11: <Benedict> "Orghulan ships. Coalition." He points out the warship. "Kiting. Others are personnel-driven."
542821:32:02: <Goatwright> Mayhalis visibly SWEATS. "A combat-based ship out here isn't a good sign. Alright, Chelsea, put them on."
542921:33:53: <viejo> "Orghulan? What's that?"
543021:34:03: <Rainglove> orangutans you doof
543121:34:08: <Benedict> "An advanced Coalition race."
543221:34:10: <viejo> IN SPACE?
543321:34:15: <viejo> Dr. J chugs some beer.
543421:35:09: <Goatwright> "Real ugly looking things. They look kind of like swollen balloo-" "Captain!" In a very Star Trek-style transmission, you get a figure up on the screen. A very bulbous-headed, blue-grey colored creature, looking somewhat portly and generally inoffensive, with scales running along ridges of its face. "Identify yourself."
543521:36:14: <viejo> Dr. J wishes he had just stayed to watch mech fights. He chugs more beer.
543621:36:17: <Benedict> That thing must be uglier than Seir.
543721:37:10: <SpectatorRuine> That is a very difficult thing to say, benny.
543821:37:32: <Goatwright> Mayhalis clears his throat, hiding his beer behind his back. "Inda Mayhalis, captain of military-contracted civilian vessel 'Marriott', ICA. ID 4201-5693-61B." The swollen balloon-reptile looks down for a second, then looks back up. "Can you repeat your ship name, Captain?"
543921:38:47: <Goatwright> "We were the 'Supposin' Moses'," Chelsea chimes in, loud enough for the creature to hear. It looks down off-screen again, then nods. "And you're... a military-contracted burlesque troop?"
544021:40:02: <Goatwright> Mayhalis clears his throat again, very curtly. "No, this is a repurposed vessel. We're an independently contracted research and exploration crew."
544121:42:29: <Goatwright> "I apologize, Captain. Our records do not appear to be up-to-date. And your goal here?" "We're hoping to explore a bit of the planet's surface. This was a previously ICA claim, and there were records made of its fauna, but they're outdated." "Do keep in mind this is no longer an ICA claim, Captain." "Does that not give us a right to search it?"
544221:43:01: <Benedict> "Supposin' Moses...?" Seir asks himself lowly.
544321:43:55: <Goatwright> The captain of the other ships seems to look uncomfortable. "No, that's not at all the concern. We are simply making sure the ICA respects their territorial stakes." "And you represent the UPC?" The other captain doesn't private an answer, simply replying "You may proceed" and ending the transmission.
544421:45:06: <viejo> "Oh politics. Wake me up when it's over."
544521:45:09: <viejo> "Is it over?"
544621:47:11: <Goatwright> "Well, as long as they don't shoot us out of the sky while you're down there, I guess so." He raises his beer as the ship closes in to the planet. "Alright, everyone. This planet's known as 'Kordim-II', or 'The Singing Sands'. Fairly famous explorer once charted this system for the ICA, but that's old news, now. Still, I've been told there might be...
544721:48:13: <Goatwright> ...new worth finding on the surface. It's a very dry environment and has been suffering from desertification for some time, but with enough vegetation along its coastlines, it should still support enough air for you to go down without your suits."
544821:48:33: <Rainglove> Billy prepares for the beach episode
544921:49:05: <Hippocratesi> "How hot is it?"
545021:50:14: <viejo> "Captain, a quick question... Why do we do this again? What do our findings go towards?"
545121:50:45: <viejo> "I mean I generally pump out lab reports on this that and the other that goes on but I don't actually get what use it becomes. Is it sent to the ICA oooorrrr?"
545221:51:34: <Goatwright> "Temperatures reach up to about 120/49C at the peak of day, so fairly." Mayhalis seems rather caught off by this line of questioning by the Doc, and scratches his head. "Did I never go over this with you guys before?"
545321:52:02: <Goatwright> Miss Chelsea throws in a very bitter "Probably not" and he seems to accept this with a shrug. "Well, alright. Let me break it down for you."
545421:53:37: <Goatwright> "We get access to military-level equipment for our cooperation with the ICA government. If we find anything interesting - any new planet, any new and useful animal, or any race at a level that we can find useful, we report it back to the ICA, and we're paid for our findings."
545521:54:06: <Goatwright> "The option exists that we could always sell the information to other groups, if we were ever able to find a way to bid it out, but that comes with some risks, as I'm sure you can imagine."
545621:54:47: <Goatwright> "New technology is also up there on the high pay grade, but that's a lot less likely."
545721:55:34: <viejo> "Well that was informative. One of us... Probably should have asked sooner. Thanks captain."
545821:55:51: <viejo> "By the way we should watch MMMU properly sometime, I swear a mission always comes up when it's on..."
545921:56:41: <Goatwright> He raises his beer to that. "Any other questions, or are you ready to get your asses down there?"
546021:57:02: <Rainglove> Billy considers his assless existence
546121:57:04: <viejo> Dr. J checks his phone to see... What's this?! The match after Firebeard and Backbreaker is... ONE AND THE SAME MATCH? Advanced Phantom Titan: Dire Crusader and Blue Red Blue are teaming up on the two previous combatants as they fought! The crowd is going wild!
546221:57:20: <Benedict> "Are we looking for anything specific."
546321:57:25: <viejo> Dr. J turns his phone off and looks fairly pained.
546421:58:37: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal ain't got any questions. He goes to retrieve his gear. I still haven't bought the power armor and I'm very upset.
546521:59:00: <Goatwright> "Ah, yeah. Check up on what the locals are up to, and see if there's any particular fauna that stand out to you. Also, if you see any armored goons with guns, consider just going the other way."
546621:59:15: <Goatwright> "And if you could check up on us after a while and make sure we aren't blown out of the sky, that'd be swell."
546722:00:24: <Benedict> "Will do. Anything else we should know."
546822:00:36: <viejo> "You have me on MSN so we can message to and fro in case either group gets blown to smithereens." He laughs.
546922:01:05: <viejo> "In the case we BOTH get blown up, well, we can discuss our short-comings and poor life decisions in the afterlife."
547022:02:24: <Goatwright> He shakes his head. "That should be it. Good luck, everyone."
547122:02:42: <Goatwright> "I'll have cold beer and recorded MMMU for when you get back."
547222:02:44: <Benedict> Seir leaves to get his suit and boards Billy's ship.
547322:03:31: <viejo> "I turned my phone off before I could see more but, well, I think you'll like what happened next on MMMU." Dr. J goes off to get prepared and whatnot.
547422:05:11: <Rainglove> Billy puffs off towards the bikinis and pina coladas
547522:06:15: <Goatwright> As everybody boards the Mayflower, they see Kay and Freighter setting something up inside it.
547622:07:07: <Rainglove> Billy approaches. "What are you doing to my ship?"
547722:08:16: <Goatwright> "Oh, we're just adding a giant cage."
547822:08:38: <Goatwright> There is in fact a giant metal cage in the middle of Billy's ship, connected to a crank and some cordage.
547922:09:06: <Benedict> "Was this the Captain's orders."
548022:09:46: <viejo> "Is this giant cage for use in capturing beasties?"
548122:09:52: <Hippocratesi> "Are we hunting again?"
548222:10:03: <Goatwright> "Well, uh." Kay shrugs. Freighter just blurts out a solid "Nah. Thought it'd be cool."
548322:10:05: <Rainglove> Billy is visibly perturbed. "That will come off won't it?"
548422:10:17: <Goatwright> "You had that big monster that one time, maybe you could get another."
548522:10:44: <Goatwright> Kay is quick to reassure Billy, while Freighter continues not caring. "Yeah yeah, don't worry, man. It's just a simple detachment. Maybe you'll like it, y'know?"
548622:11:01: <Hippocratesi> "If it is anything like the last, no prison will hold it."
548722:11:24: <viejo> "I heard your giant furry ass held it pretty well..."
548822:12:19: <Hippocratesi> "I heard you were shooting rats in the air, Doctor. At least I did something useful."
548922:12:41: <Rainglove> "Well I prefer being able to fly well over whatever we use this for but if you want it then I'll let it stay until it looks like it's going to get me killed but mmmmm..." Billy floats off, mmmm'ing to himself
549022:13:21: <Rainglove> ENGINES ON PLANE GO
549122:13:44: <Benedict> "Please don't add anything to Billy's ship unless he or the Captain request it." And with that, Seir STRAPS IN.
549222:14:01: <Goatwright> The two groan a bit and step off the ship.
549322:14:47: <viejo> "Really? That is fascinating. I didn't see anyone about. I wonder who informed you."
549422:14:54: <Goatwright> Once everybody's strapped in, they're catapulted out of the Marriott as usual in the beautiful zero-gravity of space.
549522:15:11: <Rainglove> Billy admires all the other ships and meanders planetward
549622:17:09: <Benedict> Gods damn Coalition being near this planet. Don't trust 'em.
549722:18:03: <Goatwright> They tower over Billy's lone Mayflower, and he keeps a few notifications of acknowledgement and weapon checks on both side before he enters the atmosphere.
549822:18:22: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal will resist the urge to fly out into space and rip their ships in two.
549922:18:41: <Rainglove> Billy sends a winky face to whatever the closest ship is
550022:19:48: <Goatwright> Billy gets a very nice lack of clouds as they fly over a sandy desert, cruising through the air.
550122:20:25: <Benedict> Hope there ain't no airships or sandstorms on this planet.
550222:20:38: <Goatwright> He notices some feedback from the ship suggesting some pretty notable turbulence. Nothing that'll mess with his flying, but it might be a little bumpy. Seems to be a fairly windy planet.
550322:21:39: <Hippocratesi> "Anything interesting, Billy?"
550422:22:04: <Goatwright> Billy's flying eventually sends them above what looks to be a set of stones stacked together to form the walls and streets of a town, but it seems more abandoned than they were led to believe.
550522:24:15: <Rainglove> "Nothing really just a bit windy also what I guess are the ruins of whatever used to be here?"
550622:24:26: <Rainglove> Billy sets down near the town
550722:25:22: <Goatwright> The ship blows up a good bit of sand as they begin to land. A few of the stones are knocked over.
550822:25:59: <Benedict> Nice town.
550922:26:53: <viejo> Do they need their SUITS on?
551022:26:56: <viejo> Or a turban?
551122:27:00: <viejo> Or a turban over their suits?
551222:27:43: <Goatwright> Billy's ship reports that the weather outside is a cool 97F/36C.
551322:28:25: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal doesn't feel like dealing with these hot ass temperatures. Oh well. He likes getting paid more.
551422:28:26: <Goatwright> His ship also confirms that the planet still has breathable air, though it may seem a bit thin. Overexertion could be an issue.
551522:29:10: <Benedict> Good thing Seir has his suit.
551622:29:30: <Rainglove> This reminds billy of the mythical human desert of arizona, filled with savages and those without the sense to move somewhere else
551722:30:46: <Goatwright> They usually just move to the desert on the west coast.
551822:30:55: <Benedict> It kinda reminds Seir of the deserts surrounding the Progenitor ruins that were found on his homeplanet. He was allowed to visit it once thanks to school and his minor.
551922:30:56: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hops off the ship and into the desert air. What a sunny day. "I wonder what brings the Coalition here..."
552022:31:23: <viejo> It reminds Dr. J of... Nope, he's drawing a blank.
552122:31:24: <Goatwright> Probably not the tourist sites.
552222:31:34: <viejo> He gets in his EVA suit anyway.
552322:31:56: <viejo> First he finishes his beer, obviously.
552422:31:59: <Benedict> "Probably the same thing as usual. Acting like galactic police and stop people from expanding."
552522:32:08: <Goatwright> As Mishaal steps into the sand, he gets a very loud, belching-like sound from his footstep.
552622:32:19: <viejo> "Excuse you."
552722:33:14: <Hippocratesi> "That...wasn't me." Mishaal lifts his foot and wonders what the fuck he stepped on.
552822:33:37: <Rainglove> "SHAI-HULUD" Yells Billy, who dives back into the ship
552922:34:28: <Goatwright> As Mishaal lifts his foot, sand easily flows everywhere, creating a low rumbling, humming sound.
553022:34:37: <Goatwright> He notes this sand is, in fact, very loose.
553122:35:05: <Benedict> How loose are we talking? Like "Seir's Wife" loose?
553222:35:07: <Goatwright> It is much more high pitched than the farting noise of his foot going in.
553322:35:26: <Goatwright> Seir's wife on a good day loose. Free-flowing, almost, though they still hit a layer of harder sand as their feet go down.
553422:35:28: <Hippocratesi> "Something is under us. The sand here is very loose."
553522:35:53: <viejo> Is it as loose as Dr. J's morals?
553622:36:21: <Goatwright> Looser than sentient experimentees.
553722:36:24: <viejo> "I don't see Shai-Hulud anywhere! Besides, who is Sha-Hulud?"
553822:37:14: <Rainglove> "Giant sandworms of human myth and now is a time to be getting back on the ship I think"
553922:38:16: <viejo> Dr. J scoffs. "Please." He does a running jump into the sand.
554022:38:52: <Goatwright> As he slides through the sand, it lets out a very low hum, followed by an increase in pitch as the sand flows around him until it comes to a stop.
554122:38:54: <Hippocratesi> "Giant sandworms? What are those?"
554222:39:16: <viejo> "Actually wait I think sandworms are fairly common. Hum."
554322:39:20: <Rainglove> "A worm which lives in sand"
554422:40:19: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal sighs. "Thank you, Billy."
554522:40:25: <viejo> Dr. J looks up the planet on his phone and goes to the Universal Record of Species. Does anything come up?
554622:41:18: <Goatwright> There are not any records of giant sandworms on Kordim-II.
554722:41:40: <Goatwright> There are a very categorized races, most of which don't have any sort of rating beyond a few details and observations of their existence.
554822:42:10: <Hippocratesi> "Should I shoot it?"
554922:42:59: <viejo> "There's not much at all on creatures on this planet according to the Universal Record of Species. I guess we'll just have to find out for ourselves. You know what other word starts with a B, Billy? Bait. Bait, Billy."
555022:44:14: <Rainglove> Billy remains floating within his safe place.
555122:44:25: <Goatwright> He bumps into the cage.
555222:44:37: <Rainglove> "You are the agile one doctor I merely float and we have seen how slow that is"
555322:46:33: <Benedict> "I'm sure we'll be fine if we enter that town."
555422:46:36: <Goatwright> Do you progress ONWARD?
555522:47:00: <viejo> "I didn't say /you/ had to be the bait, dear Billy! I just implied it!"
555622:47:29: <viejo> "A scientist acting as a guinea pig, what rot. Oh well." Dr. J adventures onwards.
555722:48:02: <Benedict> Seir will advance. Towards the town, I guess.
555822:49:02: <Goatwright> With each step Doc and Seir make, the sand burps and hums around their feet, spilling out in puddles with every footprint.
555922:49:04: <viejo> "Perhaps we should all walk aparts from each other."
556022:49:25: <Goatwright> Oddly enough, the sand is SO loose that you can't leave a footprint at all, the sand quickly flowing back into the hole as you manage to free your foot.
556122:49:31: <viejo> "If I die you will have to carry on my research in my name, Billy."
556222:50:07: <Benedict> Seir stops in his tracks, kicking away sand to observe.
556322:50:36: <Goatwright> His kick sends it singing, causing high tones as it falls into clumps
556422:51:20: <Benedict> Seir bends down, scooping up sand in his hand.
556522:51:32: <Rainglove> "Certainly doctor but for now I am going to stay here while you people with legs do your thing"
556622:51:50: <viejo> 4df+4 stealthy slithering
556722:51:50: <BEIGE> Viejo: stealthy slithering: 7 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 3+, 0)
556822:53:24: <viejo> Sometimes I slither
556922:53:25: <viejo> Sometimes I slide
557022:55:09: <Goatwright> Seir's scooping action emits the sound as well.
557122:56:14: <Benedict> Is there anything IN the sand he picked up?
557222:56:28: <Goatwright> The doctor's careful movements, if slow and precarious, only emit a slight hum, though it's still there. All dat surface area.
557322:56:33: <Goatwright> There is not. It is merely sand
557422:57:23: <Goatwright> No humming bugs or little machines. Just sand and a village.
557522:57:36: <Benedict> Well, okay. Seir continues on his way to the village.
557622:58:31: <Goatwright> Seir hums his way onto the barely-cobbled road of the former town, and that puts a stop to that.
557722:59:36: <Goatwright> With Billy's lack of getting eaten, now might be a good time to hover on into the town as well.
557823:01:35: <Goatwright> Anywhozits. Seir, the town that lies before you seems to have been abandoned for some time. Sand covers nearly every last inch of the stone, and what used to be roofs are now caved into their former walls.
557923:01:54: <Goatwright> There doesn't appear to be any sign as to why it's abandoned, but a closer inspection into the town may provide clues.
558023:02:34: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal goes to the investigate the town by going further inside.
558123:02:40: <Benedict> How primitive is this village?
558223:02:50: <viejo> Dr. J observes.
558323:02:56: <viejo> 4df+2 ELVEN EYES?
558423:02:56: <BEIGE> Viejo: ELVEN EYES?: 1 (4df+2=0, 3+, 4-, 4-)
558523:03:09: <viejo> Dr. J can see... SAND.
558623:04:13: <Rainglove> Billy hovers. VRMMMM
558723:04:49: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 what do i see
558823:04:49: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: what do i see: 2 (4df+1=0, 0, 3+, 0)
558923:05:22: <Goatwright> They have masonry down pat, Seir, so you'd guess they're far more advanced than the big-eyed buggers your friends shot up a few planets ago. Still, it's hard to tell exactly how advanced that is with all that's laid out in front of you.
559023:05:54: <Goatwright> Mishaal finds himself at an intersection of cobbled roads, with a somewhat-standing building still ahead.
559123:06:22: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal goes into the somewhat-standing building. What be inside the possible standing doors?
559223:06:25: <Goatwright> Dr. J does indeed see sand. Sand and rock. Like everybody else, he sees buildings in various levels of destitution, but all of them seem soundly abandoned.
559323:07:54: <Benedict> Seir decides to keep the captain updated, as promised. "Abandoned village. Sand seems to sing. Don't know why."
559423:08:23: <Goatwright> Mishaal passes through the doorway with a bit of crouching, and sees what used to be a multi-bedroom complex. It stands one story, but features what looks to be recognizable features, like counters and closets.
559523:09:28: <Goatwright> Seir gets a <Don't worry about the sand.>
559623:10:06: <Rainglove> Billy watches for more sandworms from the SKY
559723:10:10: <Rainglove> he probably won't see them
559823:10:12: <Benedict> <Not worrying. More focused on the village. Any ICA records on a sentient race that lived here.>
559923:10:13: <Rainglove> but it's the thought that counts
560023:10:18: <viejo> Dr. J investigates a building at random.
560123:10:23: <Benedict> Keep being you, Billy.
560223:10:28: <viejo> Is Billy in his ship still?
560323:10:38: <Rainglove> he didn't want to get wormed
560423:10:41: <Rainglove> also the cage is there
560523:11:02: <viejo> "Billy... my god... there are people here who aren't abiding by the law! Come quick!"
560623:11:06: <Goatwright> <I did mention locals. They were sorta hut-types.>
560723:11:26: <Rainglove> "Doctor there are no people"
560823:11:36: <viejo> "Aw."
560923:11:50: <viejo> "I wanted my squidea pig."
561023:11:51: <Goatwright> Dr. J stubs his toe on something.
561123:11:59: <Goatwright> Or his uh
561223:12:00: <Goatwright> tentacle
561323:12:00: <viejo> >Dr. J
561423:12:01: <viejo> >toes
561523:12:06: <Goatwright> his tentacle is stubbed
561623:12:13: <viejo> What an odd sensation.
561723:12:15: <viejo> -3 to health track
561823:12:23: <Goatwright> -5 to health track no saves
561923:12:26: <Goatwright> roll new tentacle-less character
562023:12:34: <Rainglove> >Saves
562123:12:45: <Goatwright> savesequences
562223:13:00: <Goatwright> Anyway Dr. J your tentacle hits something buried in some sand in said building at random.
562323:13:21: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal starts goin' through the closets.
562423:13:25: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 PLS
562523:13:25: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: PLS: -1 (4df+1=4-, 0, 0, 4-)
562623:13:43: <Benedict> <Your hut-types advanced to actual masonry.>
562723:14:07: <viejo> An item perhaps?! Dr. J stoops down to investigate.
562823:14:31: <Goatwright> Mishaal finds a few worn objects, like brooms and rags. They certainly weren't dumb, whatever they were.
562923:14:46: <Goatwright> They also probably didn't like sand in their houses. Poor people. If only they saw them now. :[
563023:15:39: <Goatwright> Dr. J. leans down to find something rusty sticking out of the sand, about the size of a brick.
563123:16:15: <Goatwright> <It's been a few years. Advancing to masonry is to be expected, but it's good to mark that down for reference. Any sign of them?>
563223:16:36: <Benedict> <None that I found. Ask the others, they're exploring.>
563323:16:41: <Hippocratesi> "Have any of you found anything that could tell us where these people have gone?" I assume there's a radio.
563423:16:48: <Goatwright> There is indeed.
563523:16:51: <viejo> WELL? WHAT IS IT? A brick?
563623:17:04: <Goatwright> Pick it up out of the sand ya DIP.
563723:17:14: <viejo> Dr. J prods it with a tentacle leg.
563823:17:24: <Goatwright> His leg explodes, -5, roll new character
563923:17:28: <Goatwright> It was a landmine
564023:17:29: <Goatwright> ha ha
564123:18:09: <Goatwright> In all actuality, as his leg pushes it out of the sand, it lets out a sort of jingling sound. It almost looks like a can, with some print on the top of it.
564223:18:14: <viejo> Suddenly, a muscular robotic tigerman appears from a portal.
564323:18:27: <viejo> Dr. J picks it up.
564423:18:47: <viejo> "By a mini Krumscheon's pale green udders! JunK!"
564523:20:00: <Goatwright> He can't read what it says, but it has pictures of fish and what looks to be a 60's retro-style rocket. http://www.scribbleoneverything.com/images/uploads/WallDecals/chillins/retro_rocket_2.jpg
564623:20:17: <Rainglove> the infamous rockettuna
564723:20:34: <Goatwright> Billy's ship will soon be rocketed down by rockettuna.
564823:20:59: <Benedict> "What's a krumscheon." Seir asks, walking up to Mistuh Jay to peer at the toy.
564923:21:58: <viejo> "Like a giant cat with udders. They're rather adorable, well, the miniature versions at least."
565023:22:19: <viejo> "Billy are you sure you haven't been down here before? I've found a children's toy."
565123:22:29: <viejo> Dr. J is feeling sassy after Billy PUSSIED OUT
565223:23:08: <Rainglove> Billy groans.
565323:23:27: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal assumes they've found nothing. He wishes Abe were here. He walks out of the standing building and takes a look around the perimeter of the town.
565423:23:31: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: GUH: 2 (4df+1=0, 3+, 4-, 3+)
565523:23:31: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 GUH
565623:24:10: <Rainglove> He sets down and floats into town
565723:24:12: <Benedict> "Hold that toy out for me, doctor." Seir sends a message to the Captain. <They seem to have toys. Of rockets.>
565823:24:21: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs and does so.
565923:24:30: <Rainglove> he attempts to walk without rhythm in order to avoid attracting the worm
566023:24:32: <Rainglove> but he has no feet
566123:24:38: <Benedict> Seir then takes a picture of the rocket and sends that to the captain. "Thank you."
566223:25:06: <Goatwright> It's a can with a picture of a rocket on it
566323:25:10: <Goatwright> and fish
566423:25:18: <viejo> INVALUABLE TREASURE
566523:25:25: <viejo> This is what the Coalition is looking for.
566623:25:36: <viejo> wait I shouldn't give you ideas
566723:25:36: <Benedict> Well.
566823:25:46: <Benedict> He tells the captain about cannery.
566923:25:54: <Goatwright> It's also still closed.
567023:25:57: <Rainglove> Billy looks at the can.
567123:25:59: <Rainglove> He hmmmms.
567223:26:15: <Benedict> <A little advanced for people like this, don't you think.>
567323:26:44: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you see dunes upon dunes out in the distance. The town is rather small for such nice masonry, and it doesn't appear to be anywhere in particular. There's no nearby river or trees as far as you can tell.
567423:27:21: <Goatwright> <It is fairly weird. I don't recognize what that alphabet is. I'll get back to you on it.>
567523:28:21: <Hippocratesi> "How did these people live for so long without natural resources?" Mishaal 'hmmms' after saying this. "No water, no vegetation."
567623:28:29: <Hippocratesi> "No animals."
567723:28:34: <Benedict> "Good find. Maybe there is a more advanced town out here."
567823:28:45: <viejo> "Ha! Look at you, crawling back like a bird on its belly. I knew you couldn't resist a children's toy!"
567923:28:48: <Benedict> "Or a box full of this stuff."
568023:29:01: <Goatwright> Maybe more boxes of drugs.
568123:29:20: <Benedict> "It's not a toy, doctor. It's canned food."
568223:30:56: <Goatwright> No expiration date on it, though.
568323:31:01: <Goatwright> Not as far as you can tell, anyway.
568423:31:59: <Rainglove> "I do not think birds can crawl doctor they don't really have the appendages for it"
568523:32:38: <Goatwright> As everybody inspects the cans and Mishaal ponders the mysteries of the world...
568623:32:44: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Roll Alertness: 4 (4df+3=0, 3+, 3+, 4-)
568723:32:44: <Goatwright> 4df+3 Roll Alertness
568823:32:52: <Rainglove> 4df-1 TIME TO SHINE
568923:32:52: <BEIGE> Rainglove: TIME TO SHINE: -1 (4df-1=3+, 4-, 0, 0)
569023:33:02: <Goatwright> Billy simply sees the can.
569123:33:07: <Goatwright> One can to rule them all.
569223:33:10: <Goatwright> His precious.
569323:33:43: <Rainglove> Billy cannot
569423:33:48: <Rainglove> he is faithful only to camera-kun
569523:33:52: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1
569623:33:52: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: 0 (4df+1=3+, 4-, 4-, 0)
569723:34:30: <viejo> Dr. J slithers off elsewhere.
569823:34:37: <viejo> He investigates another house.
569923:34:40: <BEIGE> Viejo: ELVEN EYES: 3 (4df+2=3+, 0, 0, 0)
570023:34:40: <viejo> 4df+2 ELVEN EYES
570123:35:10: <Goatwright> Viejo you were told to roll Alertness by the way
570223:35:16: <Goatwright> go ahead and roll it separately, DC of 4
570323:36:57: <Goatwright> Also Benedict you roll too pls
570423:37:24: <Benedict> 4df+3 Sorry
570523:37:24: <BEIGE> Benedict: Sorry: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
570623:39:03: <Goatwright> Seir hears the quiet, bit distinct, sound of humming from somewhere outside the town.
570723:39:53: <Benedict> Seir wishes he had ears so that they would twitch. "Sound. Outside of town. Someone else might be near."
570823:40:10: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal prepares himself, loading up his shatgun.
570923:41:44: <Goatwright> With Seir's expert hearing, you manage to peak out of the buildings just in time to see a few cloaked figures climbing out of a hole in the sand and running to hide behind a standing wall.
571023:43:24: <Benedict> Do they wear red cloaks?
571123:43:46: <Goatwright> They don't. They appear a soft beige, and heavily furred, though like that of a camel.
571223:43:55: <Benedict> Gross.
571323:45:12: <Rainglove> Billy stares at the can
571423:45:39: <Goatwright> The can does not stare back. It is a can.
571523:45:44: <Benedict> Do you want to wear it as a hat, Billy?
571623:45:47: <Rainglove> no
571723:45:52: <Rainglove> he just likes the way it looks
571823:46:03: <Benedict> "I see people."
571923:46:10: <Rainglove> Billy stops looking at the can
572023:47:21: <Hippocratesi> "Where are they?"
572123:47:22: <Goatwright> Something soars from above the wall they're hiding behind and plinks above you on the roof of the building you're in.
572223:47:35: <Goatwright> Whatever it is, it appears to be attached to some rope.
572323:48:35: <Goatwright> A head pops out from around the corner and peers at you, as if watching your reaction.
572423:48:58: <Benedict> What, exactly, is the thing?
572523:49:02: <Rainglove> "Hi!" calls Billy.
572623:49:36: <Benedict> "Well, Billy is saying hi to them, so that should give you a hint." Seir peers at what is attached to the rope.
572723:50:04: <Goatwright> It appears to be some sort of grappling hook, snagged to a brick of the roofing.
572823:50:19: <viejo> Thank god Dr. J is in another hut.
572923:50:31: <viejo> He peeps out of his hut.
573023:51:09: <Goatwright> Billy's greeting causes it to hide again, and you can hear murmuring from behind the wall. Seir, you're not exactly sure what it is you're looking at, as their faces lie hidden by their cloaks. What you can tell is that their postures seem very strange for humanoids. They're very hunched, and their arms seem very long for their bodies.
573123:51:57: <Benedict> Disgusting. "Is this your village." Seir shouts out to them. "Is this your can of presumably fish items."
573223:53:32: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal stays where he is, in order to avoid spooking these hunched aliums.
573323:53:46: <Rainglove> Billy floats towards the wall with his can. He holds it around the corner.
573423:54:26: <Goatwright> They shout something at you, and your translator actually picks up a few fragments of it, a relic of its coding. "We are potato! But you are what?" A relic indeed, it seems.
573523:55:13: <Goatwright> A hand snatches the can from out of Billy's tentacle-hand and he can hear some jibberjabber, before one of them peeks around the corner to get a solid look.
573623:55:31: <Rainglove> Billy, being within arm's reach, goes for the hug.
573723:55:32: <viejo> Dr. J just decides to walk on out.
573823:55:48: <Benedict> Seir loosens the grappling hook for them, then approaches slowly. "I am Nintir. You are what."
573923:56:15: <Rainglove> not the full-body squid latching hug, but its more gentlre two-tentacled variant
574023:56:35: <viejo> 4df+3 "I'm potato." charm
574123:56:35: <BEIGE> Viejo: "I'm potato." charm: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
574223:56:57: <Goatwright> The creature pauses, but allows the squid to hug it for a second or two before pushing it off.
574323:57:13: <Rainglove> Billy is satisfied with his diplomacy skills.
574423:57:29: <Goatwright> Now that your implants have picked up the language, your suits spit out a similar muttering and silly set of sounds back at them. An automatic translation.
574523:58:10: <Goatwright> Another head looks out from around the corner and growls at the doctor. "You no potato. Fish."
574623:58:21: <Goatwright> The other one also points at Billy and mutters "Fish."
574723:58:48: <Benedict> "Actually, he's a squid."
574823:59:48: <Rainglove> "Actually I am a Caeligo"
5749
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5751
5752 2015-03-14
5753
575400:00:21: <Goatwright> "Fish."
575500:00:26: <Benedict> "Yeah, okay."
575600:00:44: <Rainglove> "Fish works I guess how are you today?"
575700:01:55: <Goatwright> They both look at each member of the party and nod, mutter "Fish" a few times, and then crawl out from behind the wall and lower their hoods. They are revealed to be very pale-looking beasts, with slits for noses, almost beaked-looking muzzles, like those of a tortoise, and thick lower jaws. Skin hangs loosely from their neck to their chests, and the top of
575800:02:10: <Goatwright> their heads reflect a very sickly-wet sheen that seems to cover their skin.
575900:02:48: <Goatwright> One of the self-appointed 'potatoes' accepts the hook from Seir, while the other responds to Billy. "Potatoes good. Found fish. Fish come, potatoes good making. Yes?"
576000:05:04: <viejo> "Potato good."
576100:05:08: <viejo> "Fish good."
576200:05:14: <viejo> "Potato and fish good."
576300:05:27: <Rainglove> "Yes?"
576400:05:30: <Rainglove> Billy yes's.
576500:05:52: <viejo> "Yes."
576600:06:09: <Benedict> "Uh, sure."
576700:06:47: <Goatwright> Their yeses are met with some excitement, as the creatures grab hold of them and pull them off towards the hole they emerged from, muttering about "Fish" and a few strange phrases that your translators don't seem to pick up, one of which is "birdmove".
576800:07:50: <Rainglove> "Oh this is an eerily familiar situation what do you think the odds are of them having a giant mech somewhere?"
576900:07:55: <viejo> "We're probably about to be fed to some sandworm, Billy."
577000:08:11: <viejo> "They probably think we're fish food."
577100:08:46: <Rainglove> "But you feed worms to fish not fish to worms do you think we're going to be put in an interspecies eat-off or something?"
577200:09:47: <Goatwright> They dig up some of the humming sand and reveal a massive orb with a wheel hidden in the sand. When one of them tugs on the wheel and opens up the orb, it's revealed to be some sort of subterranean hatch, and one heading into darkness.
577300:10:02: <viejo> "No Billy don't be absurd! This isn't a TV show! But if it was I would damn well watch it!"
577400:10:06: <Goatwright> Like the can, it's a fairly rusty metal, but it's definitely metal that it's made of.
577500:10:42: <viejo> "You feed anything to sandworms, Billy! Anything! Your flesh, your pets, your very hopes and dreams!"
577600:10:49: <viejo> "They will gobble it up."
577700:10:54: <Rainglove> "More buried mechs?" Billy ignores the doctor's ranting
577800:11:54: <Goatwright> "Fish, no. Max no be. Birdmove. Make ready."
577900:11:58: <Benedict> Seir turns on his flash light for the darkness.
578000:12:18: <Rainglove> Billy prepares for birdmove.
578100:12:34: <viejo> 4df readiness for birdmove
578200:12:34: <BEIGE> Viejo: readiness for birdmove: 1 (4df=4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
578300:12:44: <Rainglove> pretty ready
578400:12:46: <Goatwright> He's not redy for birdfreddy
578500:13:28: <viejo> Who is?!
578600:14:25: <Goatwright> They are led down the metal shaft and eventually brought to a scarcely lit cavern, full of numerous potato-creatures, each one dressed distinctly and eclectically. Houses stand made of combinations of roughly beaten metal and stone, and the entire cavern has a scent of smoke and food. Almost like pork.
578700:15:09: <Benedict> Seir tries to send a message to the Captain. <Found people. They seem to live underground. I smell pork. Lot of things made out of metal.>
578800:15:54: <Goatwright> Live beasts dwell with the creatures, though many appear like hunched bipeds, with diminutive front arms that a few occasionally lean down to support themselves with. Feline-poultry mixes of sorts are held in crates and carried down roads, and people generally seem to mingle.
578900:16:10: <viejo> Any new species?
579000:16:12: <Goatwright> There's a definite evidence of a culture here, but they all keep calling themselves potatoes and there are no potatoes in sight.
579100:16:27: <Goatwright> So who knows how far that goes.
579200:16:29: <Benedict> "Shitty translator."
579300:17:52: <Goatwright> There are indeed a few new species. Many of the smaller creatures appear to be new, as the camel-like creatures that a few wear the hides of seem to have been with them for some time - but, from what the Records tell you, in a more feral form.
579400:18:12: <viejo> Dr. J takes lots of pictures and makes lots of notes.
579500:19:21: <Goatwright> You see a few pipes leading up through the sand and rock, much of which you imagine must pass through the town - it is unusual that you didn't seem to see any of these, but this may have been the intention. You also see similar iconography as the can you found earlier drawn along certain walls and fixtures, and a few new images, though the rocket and fish are
579600:19:24: <Goatwright> much more predominant.
579700:19:34: <Goatwright> The scribbling of them seems almost directionless, though, like the meaning was lost.
579800:20:50: <Goatwright> Your two new potato friends help you find some stable ground, and they pat you on all on the back and shoot you a thumbs up, followed by a wink. "We are make noise. Tell noise. Be birdfly soon. Fish see potatoes. Be potato pride. Yes?"
579900:22:27: <Benedict> "Sure, okay."
580000:23:36: <Rainglove> "Sounds fun"
580100:24:16: <Goatwright> The fish are left to be potato pride, apparently. Their friends rush through the streets to parts unknown, leaving you to find your own way around 'town'.
580200:24:35: <Benedict> "I am going to presume that your race visited these people in the past, Billy. I am also going to presume, and hope, that birdfly means a mech, not something else."
580300:24:47: <Goatwright> The occasional potato-creature turns to look at you with some sort of awe, but none of them ever stop. A few others give you a thumbs up and a wink.
580400:27:29: <Rainglove> "I am guessing it is a mech but I would not be surprised if it was some sort of local fauna instead"
580500:27:49: <Benedict> "Maybe its a giant sandworm."
580600:27:50: <Rainglove> "Perhaps the worms are like caterpillars or moths or something"
5807
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5809
5810 2015-03-20
5811
581218:19:39: <NachtRuine> Abe gon' wander around in this underground area. See what kind of clues he can get about how they got the tech.
581318:23:58: <Goatwright> He sees the 'streets' are currently filled with these self-appointed potatoes. Some carry along unusual creatures, some seem to carry the tools of their trade, and some simply appear to enjoy the stroll and company of one another.
581418:24:59: <Goatwright> The buildings appear primarily crafted out of stone. Some seem to be stones from above ground - worn, weathered, sun-baked - while other walls appear made simply out of chiseling the stone that makes up the cavern.
581518:25:22: <Goatwright> The symbol of the rocket surrounded by fish stares at you.
581618:27:59: <NachtRuine> Guess they really like fishes. Would there be a merchant area, or somewhere else that looks like information could be gotten from it?
581718:29:10: <Goatwright> There does appear to be a trading center, though as you'd expect, it's very crowded, very loud, and very smelly.
581818:29:59: <Benedict> Smells like the Irish.
581918:30:38: <NachtRuine> fukn irish. Well let's check out the trading center.
582018:30:49: <Goatwright> Shut up BENEDICT go DO YOUR WORK
582118:31:39: <Goatwright> Abe joins the crowd of creatures, only for them to stare at him as he walks through. The ones that seem younger don't pay him much heed, but the older, saggier bunch seem very captivated by him. Occasionally, one touches him, before he can move on.
582218:33:55: <Goatwright> Once he squeezes into the shuffle of people in the market, however, they don't seem to pay much attention to him other than a sidelong glance.
582318:36:30: <NachtRuine> Abe only somewhat minds the poking and the squeezing. He looks around for the nearest shop and enters as he can.
582418:37:16: <Goatwright> Abe finds himself in what appears to be a cobbler.
582518:38:52: <NachtRuine> Well, shoes. Not something Abe needs, but he was never here to buy anything. He scans the shop, looking for its shopkeep.
582618:42:36: <Goatwright> He sees him in the back, working on cobbling some shoes.
582718:45:38: <NachtRuine> "Excuse me, can I ask you some questions?"
582818:47:01: <Goatwright> Abe hears the weird translation of his question come from his suit. The creature looks up at him and blurts out a "What?"
582918:48:24: <NachtRuine> "What's the deal with all these rocket and fishes pictures around the place?"
583018:50:49: <Goatwright> He looks up at Abe, squinting at him. "You fish, you know? No?"
583118:51:52: <NachtRuine> "Fish?" Abe doesn't think his suit looks particularly fish-like.
583218:53:04: <Goatwright> "Fish." It nods.
583318:53:13: <Goatwright> "Make the airmove."
583418:53:23: <Goatwright> "Then we potatoes."
583518:53:37: <Benedict> More potatoes than the Irish have.
583618:53:47: <NachtRuine> "What is the airmove?"
583718:57:11: <Goatwright> "No, no, airmove." You realize that, when you said it, the translation sounded different from the actual, verbal component your cobbler friend is offering.
583818:59:45: <NachtRuine> Abe is confused by this. Is his translator broken? "Airmove?"
583919:02:31: <Goatwright> "Airmove."
584019:02:35: <Goatwright> The same dissonance.
584119:03:31: <NachtRuine> "What is that?"
584219:06:55: <Goatwright> He moves his hand through the air, similar to the iconic 'air dolphin'
584319:09:41: <NachtRuine> Abe tries to word things carefully. "What does that do?"
584419:12:05: <Goatwright> "Go up."
584519:12:12: <Goatwright> "Airmove."
584619:12:18: <Goatwright> God Abe, you're so STUPID.
584719:12:24: <Goatwright> The cobbler appears to be getting somewhat irritated.
584819:14:23: <Benedict> So, how about that can?
584919:14:25: <NachtRuine> Abe thinks for a moment, then comes into realization. At least, he thinks he gets what the airmove is. "Do the fish make it happen?"
585019:14:33: <Goatwright> What about the can?
585119:15:05: <Benedict> Does Abe have it or is it still with the main group? If Seir has it, Seir is gonna open that shit up. Might as well find out what's in the god damn thing.
585219:15:22: <Goatwright> The cobbler shakes his head, grumbling slightly. "You, fish, /do/ airmove."
585319:16:19: <NachtRuine> Abe never grabbed no stinkin' can. "Why?"
585419:17:37: <Goatwright> Seir has the can! Nobody else was overly interested in it. Within the can is a viscous, almost gelatinous liquid, and suspended within are creatures that do /appear/ to be fish, but with some liberties. They look very flat and almost bald, with a fleshy appearance more than scaly. They also don't appear to have any discernible faces.
585519:17:51: <Goatwright> The cobbler shrugs.
585619:18:05: <Benedict> Sniff that gel, Seir. Sniff it.
585719:18:32: <Goatwright> It smells acutely bitter, with a hint of something like gasoline.
585819:19:35: <Benedict> "Part of me wants to think this is food, since it has fishes in it. But it smells awful." Seir talks to himself since no one else is interested. Taste that gel, Seir. Dab some on your robot finger and taste it.
585919:21:18: <Benedict> These potatoes need more sugary sweets in their random cans.
586019:21:30: <NachtRuine> "Well, thank you for your time." With that, Abe takes his leave.
586119:24:27: <Goatwright> Roll Resolve not to hurl, Seir
586219:24:54: <Benedict> 4df+1
586319:24:54: <BEIGE> Benedict: 2 (4df+1=3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
586419:25:09: <Benedict> U-UH j-just shrug it off, Seir. Fate point, go.
586519:27:01: <Goatwright> Do you
586619:27:09: <Goatwright> really want to waste a fate point on this?
586719:27:33: <Benedict> I never spend all of them anyway, so sure. Puking is gross.
586819:27:42: <Goatwright> What are you using the point for?
586919:27:47: <Benedict> +2
587019:27:59: <Goatwright> What aspect, homo?
587119:28:04: <Goatwright> You have to tag a proper aspect for a +2
587219:28:10: <Goatwright> You don't just get one for any roll
587319:28:19: <Benedict> I did tag an aspect.
587419:28:25: <Benedict> >j-just shrug it off
587519:28:51: <Goatwright> I don't think terrible flavors are really similar enough to terrible life situations
587619:29:01: <Benedict> They are basically the same thing.
587719:29:21: <Goatwright> Nah
587819:29:26: <Benedict> Fuck it, whatever. Time to hurl, Seir.
587919:30:08: <Goatwright> Seir instantly throws up the liquid. Ids gros, but he's okay.
588019:31:10: <Benedict> That's nasty. Seir can't even THINK right now because he's spitting up the rest of the vomit in his mouth and ewww he can taste his vomit and it makes him want to puke again and oh goddess why.
588119:31:35: <Benedict> "This is not good. It must have expired." A brilliant observation from Seir.
588219:32:08: <Benedict> Where's the expiration date on this can? Seir must know.
588319:33:01: <NachtRuine> Abe serendipitously comes across Seir. "What's the can for?" Abe has yet to make a connection between the vomit and Seir.
588419:33:25: <Goatwright> There isn't one that Seir can tell. The lettering is all so weird.
588519:35:57: <Benedict> Who the fuck doesn't add expiration dates to their cans? How pure capitalist do you have to be? "We found it outside before we came in here. I was curious if it was any good. If this was food, which I have to presume it is since it has something like fishes inside of it, then it has long expired."
588619:36:09: <Benedict> "I know this because I tried it and I puked."
588719:37:20: <NachtRuine> "Why would you try it? It looks horrendous."
588819:37:37: <Benedict> "Curiosity."
588919:37:49: <Benedict> "Would you like to try some. Maybe it tastes better to humans."
589019:38:27: <NachtRuine> Abe looks inside the can and gives it a sniff.
589119:38:45: <Goatwright> He gets the same terrible smell.
589219:39:34: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, nah, I ain't trying that."
589319:40:27: <Benedict> Seir dumps the can's contents out near the puke, because he is curious about the fishes inside. "Suit yourself. Also, I think this can might be the reason they call us fishes."
589419:40:42: <NachtRuine> "How do you figure?"
589519:42:11: <Benedict> "Well, there is a fish on this can next to a rocket. Maybe they think anyone that comes from a ship is a fish."
589619:42:28: <Benedict> "Fishes use their ships to travel the stars, potatoes stay on the ground."
589719:43:24: <NachtRuine> "I was talking to a shopkeep, and they kept talking about the airmove and fish and potatoes and it was generally confusing."
589819:43:45: <Benedict> "That's a result of our translators."
589919:44:30: <NachtRuine> "I had a feeling it might've been off."
590019:45:23: <Benedict> "I'm still not sure what they want us to do, specifically. Unless they are hiding a ship around here and want us to 'airmove' it."
590119:48:16: <NachtRuine> "I did think airmoving had to do with some rocket or ship thing."
590219:51:31: <Benedict> "So I suppose we look for a ship. But first..." Seir decides to study some of the more metal-buildings around the area. He is curious about their strange jump in technology.
590319:53:55: <Goatwright> Anything in particular he's looking for, regarding them?
590419:54:39: <Benedict> Figuring out the metal used, maybe guessing at how it was made.
590519:57:36: <Goatwright> Wanna finally give Repair a use?
590619:58:23: <Benedict> 4df+4 Boy, do I!
590719:58:23: <BEIGE> Benedict: Boy, do I!: 4 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 0, 0)
590820:03:26: <Goatwright> Eyyy your eyes are pretty okay today.
590920:06:49: <Goatwright> The metal, as well as you can tell, is some sort of iron-based alloy. Not the fancy kind of alloy, but the very basic, 'I-melt-iron-with-aluminum' sort.
591020:07:24: <Goatwright> You see the tell signs of hammering and exposure to heat for bending, and much of it is used more for supports of larger buildings than something used freely. Mostly the ones composed of large stone slabs, or particularly heavy stones in general.
591120:08:55: <Goatwright> Anything else you wanted to know?
591220:09:25: <Benedict> Do they fold the metal a billion times so that it can cut through a tank?
591320:09:37: <Goatwright> No
591420:09:44: <Benedict> Inferior race.
591520:10:29: <Benedict> "Didn't see anything like a mining town up top. Maybe they got mines somewhere down here. Or they got the metal from a benefactor."
591620:14:12: <Benedict> Where is a god damn Potato when you need to ask a question to one?
591720:14:51: <NachtRuine> "You could always try the market. That's where I went."
591820:15:24: <Benedict> "They might try poking and prodding me. I don't like that."
591920:15:53: <NachtRuine> "They only poked me a few times. It's not terrible."
592020:18:09: <Benedict> "I don't like being touched."
592120:19:00: <NachtRuine> "Then I guess you'll neeever knooow."
592220:21:39: <Benedict> "Yep."
592320:47:04: <Goatwright> Come on, Seir.
592420:47:10: <Goatwright> Their skin probably doesn't feel that gross.
592520:48:17: <Goatwright> Also now Mishaal is there.
592620:48:20: <Goatwright> Maybe Billy too.
592720:51:05: <Benedict> They are gross.
592820:51:16: <Rainglove> Billy squelches grossly.
592920:51:32: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal arrives.
593020:51:44: <NachtRuine> "Oh hello Billy, Mishaal. Didn't see you there. What's your take on this place?"
593120:51:56: <Hippocratesi> "It is hot."
593220:52:59: <NachtRuine> "I meant more like about their tech and stuff like that. Also all this rocketfish stuff."
593320:54:25: <Hippocratesi> "It is peculiar. There is nothing but sand here and yet they lived well."
593420:55:56: <Rainglove> Billy hmms. He offers no further comment.
593520:57:09: <Goatwright> Suddenly Doc looks up from his phone.
593620:57:13: <Goatwright> Everybody is here.
593720:57:46: <Goatwright> Potatoes continue circling around in the road, doing things potatoes do, until the two particular potatoes from earlier emerge from the crowd and run up to you.
593820:57:53: <viejo> Dr. J sniffs. Is SCIENCE afoot?
593920:57:56: <Goatwright> "Fish come, yes?"
594020:58:19: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal wonders why he's being called a fish. "You want food?"
594120:58:20: <viejo> "It is my personal and professional opinion that this is weird."
594220:58:45: <Benedict> "Sure. Fish... come." Seir will follow.
594321:00:42: <Goatwright> The two nod, and they urge the crowd to part as you're lead through the winding roads into a tunnel through one of the walls.
594421:00:47: <Rainglove> Billy is used to being called things he isn't. He follows.
594521:01:20: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal sighs and follows the potatoes.
594621:04:58: <Goatwright> You end up in a large room, occupied by a few old potatoes seated at a long table. They look down upon you inquisitively, and one speaks up, a bit more comprehensible than the others. "You are the fish?"
594721:05:19: <Benedict> "Sure."
594821:05:28: <NachtRuine> "I guess so."
594921:05:33: <Hippocratesi> "Yes."
595021:05:48: <Rainglove> Billy wonders if these potatoes turn into alcoholic beverages once they age sufficiently. He remains silent.
595121:07:14: <Goatwright> "And you come from the airlights?" He points up, for emphasis.
595221:08:07: <Benedict> "Yes."
595321:08:17: <NachtRuine> "Yyyyyes, yeah, we do."
595421:10:43: <Goatwright> They chatter among one another, glancing at you from time to time before the head one speaks again. "We are.. unsure, of your fish."
595521:11:03: <Benedict> "Unsure of our fish. What do you mean."
595621:13:30: <DrViejo> Dr. J jumps with a start. "Abe! Since when were you here?!"
595721:13:33: <Goatwright> "You are not the fish we know to be fish."
595821:13:50: <Goatwright> "Your fish is... not fish." The others grumble and agree, repeating "not fish".
595921:14:08: <Benedict> "If I may, what fish do you remember."
596021:14:37: <NachtRuine> "I've been here. Just haven't had anything to say."
596121:14:56: <viejo> "Really? I could've sworn... Nevermind. Maybe I really am crazy..."
596221:15:14: <viejo> "What if I identify as fish?" he asks captain potato.
596321:15:36: <Benedict> Oh jeez, when did the good doctor get a tumblr.
596421:15:48: <Goatwright> "What does... identify as fish?"
596521:16:06: <Hippocratesi> "What do you mean by 'fish'?"
596621:17:09: <Benedict> "Who were the fishes you remember."
596721:20:15: <Goatwright> "Taller," one comments, and the lead one nods. "No faces. Strange fishes, hard black."
596821:20:37: <viejo> "What did they come here for?"
596921:21:15: <viejo> and where did they go? where did you come from... strange fish joe
597021:22:20: <Benedict> Tall, no face, stranger, black. Seir has nothing. "Did they have a symbol on them."
597121:22:21: <Hippocratesi> Taller. Black. No faces. Sounds familiar. "They may be talking about monoliths."
597221:22:52: <Benedict> "Monoliths." Seir doesn't know what Misha is talking about.
597321:23:56: <Goatwright> "From the airlights. Far above the ground."
597421:24:09: <Goatwright> He does not seem to understand Seir's question, though.
597521:24:20: <Benedict> Useless potatoes.
597621:24:22: <Hippocratesi> "From the ruins, Seir."
597721:24:58: <viejo> Goat what's it like down here? I can't even remember
597821:25:24: <Benedict> "That's not a person. Why would a monolith from a ruin from a dead race appear here and give them a technology boost between the last time the ICA visited this race."
597921:25:45: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal shrugs.
598021:26:14: <Goatwright> Very Renaissance-like, or as well as you can manage underground. Lots of use of stone, some use of metal ruts, overall kinda grubby as they have no plumbing or anything.
598121:28:31: <Benedict> Seir repeats himself. "Did the fishes have any symbol or writing on them."
598221:28:31: <viejo> "Where did the fish go?"
598321:28:55: <Goatwright> "Home."
598421:30:02: <viejo> Dr. J sighs. "If only I could chop apart his head and meddle with his brain to boost it beyond that of an average 5 year old's... Damn moral constrictions!" He shakes his fist.
598521:30:57: <NachtRuine> "Fish or not fish, we come from the airlights."
598621:31:14: <Goatwright> The leader tries to think of Seir's question, moving his hand as if to catch the answer. "Writing... ?" He consults with his potato-bros, until he turns back and nods. "They brought the.." at this point, your translator fails you as he says some sort of untranslated word. It sounds, to the best of your understanding ability, like 'spay-con-deed'.
598721:32:10: <Benedict> Shitty translators.
598821:32:12: <Hippocratesi> "What is 'spay-con-deed'? Show us?"
598921:32:30: <Goatwright> He points behind you.
599021:33:28: <viejo> Dr. J looks.
599121:33:30: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal turns around. What does he see?
599221:33:41: <viejo> inb4 potato king stabs us in the back
599321:33:42: <Goatwright> The symbol from your can. The spaceship surrounded by swirling fish.
599421:33:47: <Goatwright> inafter ur rong
599521:34:42: <viejo> "I should've brought Beubay with me... She would've been more capable of communicating with them."
599621:34:49: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hmms.
599721:36:16: <Goatwright> The old dudes talk for a moment, and then one from the far left - a particularly old looking one - stands. "We will test fish." The others seem to agree, and the head one peeeers down at you. "Will the fish accept?"
599821:36:43: <Hippocratesi> "Test? What sort of test?"
599921:37:28: <viejo> "Solve the riddle of the 2 plus 2! Is it 3? Is it 5? Maybe even... 4!" Dr. J groans.
600021:39:37: <Goatwright> "Fish survived the sands best. You, too, survive, and be declared fish. Then you shall airmove, and return home to the airlights, too."
600121:40:03: <Benedict> "We can already airmove. We have a ship."
600221:40:21: <Hippocratesi> "Uh, alright. I accept."
600321:40:32: <NachtRuine> "Survive the sands? Can't be that hard."
600421:40:57: <viejo> "Did they not describe the movement through the sands, as we did to get here, as airmove?"
600521:42:06: <viejo> "If so, if we survive their grand potato test of potato-ness, we are allowed back to the surface? Are we being held hostage by potatoes?"
600621:45:14: <Goatwright> The potato king shakes his head at Seir. Listen here you ugly little not-fish shit. "Fish told us to help others airmove, when other fish arrive. If you are not fish, then airmove you don't need."
600721:46:00: <Rainglove> "Well I guess that settles that time to go" Billy turns to go.
600821:48:13: <Goatwright> Billy is free to go. Meanwhile, since Mishaal and Abe accepted like MEN, the lead creature steps down at goes to them. He is much taller than the other potatoes - maybe it's an age thing. "You must survive the sands with nothing but your body, if you test."
600921:48:40: <Benedict> "Well, I might as well accept so I can learn what is going on."
601021:49:30: <Hippocratesi> "Very well then."
601121:49:58: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal leaves his uh, weapons.
601221:50:15: <viejo> Dr. J sighs. "The ladies will never believe me when I say it was I who endured the mighty potato test... Let's just get this over with."
601321:50:53: <Goatwright> http://pre12.deviantart.net/c2c2/th/pre/f/2015/065/1/a/pomf__3_by_farmerfren-d8klu1x.jpg
601421:51:00: <Goatwright> oh fug
601521:51:18: <Hippocratesi> >Hepussi
601621:52:14: <NachtRuine> Abe feels uncomfortable with having to take off his suit. But if it's part of the challenge, he reluctantly does so. He hands it off to someone staying back. "Keep it safe."
601721:52:33: <Goatwright> A few other potatoes emerge to tug at Mishaal's big ol' suits, too. They do not seem overly concerned with Seir and Doc's fake arms, though.
601821:52:46: <Rainglove> Billy shakes off visions of ancient human mythology engaging in frivolous activities with humans. He can't really survive anything with nothing but his body, so he takes the suit. "Do trty not to die"
601921:52:48: <Goatwright> Abe's suit is collected graciously and stored somewhere safe.
602021:52:55: <Hippocratesi> "Okay, okay!" Mishaal removes his suit. God damn potatoes.
602121:52:56: <Benedict> Fake arms are better than real arms.
602221:53:37: <Goatwright> One of them looks at Billy curiously. "You born of this, fish?"
602321:53:57: <viejo> Dr. J suddenly laughs. "Just imagine if this is how they make their living and get their tech. They tell people to go on a "quest" to "prove themselves" and really just nab their stuff and leave them for dead in the dessert."
602421:53:58: <Goatwright> He gestures vaguely at his whole suit/chair combo. As something not obviously humanoid, they seem very confused by him.
602521:54:16: <viejo> desert*
602621:54:18: <Rainglove> Billy stares at the potato thing. It worked last time, maybe it'll work this time.
602721:54:52: <viejo> "There will be no end to the potato-giblets if you steal my equipment," he says to the potato CUNTS.
602821:55:07: <NachtRuine> "Doc, you have no idea how pissed I'd be. This suit is incredibly expensive."
602921:55:30: <Goatwright> The potato seems concerned, and turns to the Doctor. "Is fish okay?" He points to Billy. "Fish understand, no?"
603021:56:04: <viejo> "Fish need chair to live."
603121:56:14: <viejo> He rolls his eyes while he says the words in a monotone voice.
603221:57:37: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal rolls his shoulders. "When do we start?"
603321:58:36: <Goatwright> He mutters to another, and they seem to agree that this is in fact very fish-like, and leave Billy to his own - aside from the liberation of guns, as with everybody.
603421:58:53: <Rainglove> o-oh
603522:00:02: <Goatwright> The head creature nods, content with all of this. "You must survive to day again. Sands grow cold, but fish did not care. You too must not care."
603622:00:29: <Goatwright> He nods again to you all as you're forced to depart, and lead through the city back to the tube that leads above ground.
603722:00:45: <viejo> "So who do we eat first?"
603822:00:55: <viejo> "Mishaal your chances aren't looking too hopeful."
603922:02:08: <Hippocratesi> "I will rip off each of your tentacles, one by one. And we will eat them."
604022:02:14: <NachtRuine> Abe feels naked without his suit. Smaller. Less powerful. He wants his suit back.
604122:03:23: <Goatwright> Before you can all climb up the ladder, one pulls Abe aside. "Town away from sun, can reach before cold."
604222:03:59: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal climbs up on and out into the fresh DESERT AIR.
604322:04:16: <viejo> "Very aggressive, are all of your species like that? A few IQ less and I might be able to wing it on the Fair Treatment Law..."
604422:04:51: <Benedict> This is a dumb test. Seir wants everyone to know this test is dumb. It's dumb.
604522:05:13: <viejo> At first mocking but then he actually seems to consider it. "Robust anatomy, a chest size potentially capable of mounting a large laser cannon. Hm."
604622:05:40: <Goatwright> Mishaal, it is very hot.
604722:05:50: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is very hot.
604822:05:58: <NachtRuine> "Do we walk with the big light on our back or in our face?"
604922:06:21: <Goatwright> "Back." It nods excitedly, patting him on the arm. He understands!
605022:06:24: <viejo> "We only have to survive according to the test. Do we have any bearings in relation to the houses we came across earlier?"
605122:07:00: <viejo> "We could use those as shelter, but otherwise I don't see the point in wasting energy to go walk about."
605222:07:11: <NachtRuine> Abe smiles at the mutual understanding. "Thank you for the help." With that he heads into the desert.
605322:07:31: <Rainglove> Billy floats about. He tries not to get eaten by worms.
605422:08:04: <viejo> "Besides, if there /is/ any kind of sand-travelling beastie we only make more noise and ruckus by moving."
605522:08:08: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal sure ain't made for this sorta climate. "I have endured worse." He attempts to reassure himself.
605622:08:40: <Goatwright> Your nearby Doctor friend could probably cut some of that hair with his sword, Mishaal.
605722:08:48: <viejo> I was thinking that goat. :^]
605822:08:52: <Benedict> "Houses would be nice. Can relax there, can try to do something on phone or computer to entertain ourselves."
605922:09:04: <NachtRuine> "A little potato told me where a town is. We can get there before the night comes."
606022:09:21: <viejo> "I don't think we /have/ our phones on us."
606122:09:34: <Hippocratesi> "Well, that is helpful! Lead the way, friend."
606222:09:37: <Goatwright> Not everybody has their computer built into their arm and shit, Seir.
606322:09:39: <Goatwright> You damn nerd.
606422:09:58: <viejo> "Abe this is no time for hallucinating about advice-vegetables. Oh, right. How far is it and did he/she/it seem like an honest young/old/average potato?"
606522:10:54: <NachtRuine> "No idea about the distance, other than the fact that we'll get there. I don't think they'd lie to us. Anyways." He turns to have the sun behind him. "We move in this direction."
606622:11:18: <Benedict> Seir is just plain smart. "I'll be nice and let you watch your dumb mech show on my computer, doctor."
606722:11:21: <viejo> "I bet it's setting us up as bait the rotten sod."
606822:11:54: <Hippocratesi> "No point standing here forever. Let's move."
606922:12:06: <Goatwright> Whatever you do, you do notice that the sun will be setting in a few hours.
607022:12:17: <viejo> "I would indeed like to watch my dumb mech show, thank you Seir. I can offer you a Mishaal-fur blanket in return, providing the big man allows me to do the logical thing and shave him."
607122:12:57: <Benedict> "Offer appreciated, but declined. Let us move to town."
607222:12:59: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, we're burning daylight. Let's move." Abe begins walking.
607322:13:09: <viejo> Dr. J is also walking.
607422:13:11: <viejo> Or slithering.
607522:13:14: <Hippocratesi> "You are not shaving me, Doctor. The heat is a mere inconvenience." Mishaal follows.
607622:13:39: <Goatwright> Mishaal could have gotten a mo-auk!
607722:13:44: <viejo> "And the night cold might freeze us, we may have to..." He sighs. "Huddle for warmth."
607822:13:51: <viejo> 10/10 best gm
607922:13:54: <Goatwright> thank you
608022:13:57: <Hippocratesi> ohohooh
608122:14:12: <viejo> "Would you like to engage in jolly cuddling when the night is cold, dear Billy?"
608222:14:55: <NachtRuine> "You all are warm-blooded, right?"
608322:14:57: <Benedict> "I would not provide much warmth. I am small and a good portion of my body is metal and plastic."
608422:15:07: <Goatwright> You begin ascending a dune, heading away from the sun. Each step makes a familiar hum, the sand singing as you move through it.
608522:15:22: <Goatwright> It does not make for being very sneaky.
608622:15:29: <Goatwright> Hopefully there's no sandworms.
608722:15:35: <Benedict> Stop singing, sand.
608822:15:44: <viejo> "Yes, of course. Damn it. We should've taken that potato with us and eaten him."
608922:16:24: <Hippocratesi> "This musical sand is interesting. I have seen nothing like it."
609022:16:47: <NachtRuine> "It's a nice soundtrack for our trek."
609122:17:19: <Goatwright> If you like a cacophony of not!farts, sure, it's nice.
609222:17:35: <Hippocratesi> well fuck you GM
609322:17:37: <NachtRuine> Abe is not a mature person.
609422:17:41: <Hippocratesi> I HATE YOUR FLAVOR
609522:17:46: <Hippocratesi> HOW BOUT THAT
609622:17:47: <Goatwright> o-oh
609722:17:48: <Goatwright> :[
609822:17:53: <Goatwright> w-well o-okay
609922:18:40: <Benedict> Of course Abe is mature. He reached the point in his life where his mom no longer has to take care of him.
610022:18:50: <Goatwright> You move through the sand. Billy, armed with his chair, has a considerably easier time than everybody else as you hit thick patches of loose sand. The sun has begun to set, and as far as you can tell, there isn't any town for miles.
610122:18:53: <viejo> That's more than any of us can say. :(
610222:19:13: <viejo> "I knew he was a little potato liar."
610322:19:25: <NachtRuine> Abe still watches children's cartoons.
610422:19:27: <Goatwright> You do, however, see the occasional animal showing up now.
610522:19:44: <viejo> 4df+5 animus?
610622:19:45: <BEIGE> Viejo: animus?: 5 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 0, 0)
610722:20:03: <Benedict> Biologically mature.
610822:20:36: <Hippocratesi> "We must be close to something. There are beasts here."
610922:20:45: <Goatwright> The occasional skittering through the sand, the plodding along of a rare and seemingly two-legged alpaca creature, the often-times silent movement of something under the sand that too quickly goes away.
611022:21:14: <NachtRuine> "So why did we decide to do the test again?"
611122:21:21: <Goatwright> With the earth cooling off below you, sightings seem to grow, but you notice each creature is particularly adept at preventing the sand from farting loudly and announcing their onslaught for miles.
611222:21:27: <Goatwright> Nature is bretty neat.
611322:21:43: <Benedict> "Because we're all morons." Seir tries to find a streaming service for that dumb mech show on his computer.
611422:22:07: <Hippocratesi> "I assumed they'd be willing to tell us more should we past the test."
611522:22:50: <Rainglove> "No they probably just wanted to watch a bunch of aliens stumble around in the desert perhaps this is their form of entertainment"
611622:23:16: <Rainglove> "Or they expect us to begin murdering each other in order to survive this relatively survivable situation"
611722:23:33: <Goatwright> Once the sun sets completely, however, you notice the animals disappearing again.
611822:23:40: <Goatwright> Not just because of the darkness.
611922:25:09: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal now feels a bit more comfortable. Ah, the sweet cold.
612022:25:12: <NachtRuine> "I assure you all I will not resort to murder."
612122:26:02: <NachtRuine> "That said, I might cut some flesh off if it gets to that point."
612222:26:25: <Goatwright> Something beeps, and Billy's chair is suddenly stopped by a metal pole launching out of the sand and blocking his path.
612322:26:40: <Rainglove> Billy decides he should stop.
612422:26:46: <Rainglove> "Well this is a problem"
612522:26:56: <Rainglove> He pokes the pole.
612622:27:14: <Goatwright> A green light starts blinking on the top of it.
612722:27:28: <Hippocratesi> "What could this be?"
612822:27:30: <NachtRuine> "What's that?"
612922:27:44: <Benedict> Seir decides to not ask about it and just study it.
613022:28:24: <Goatwright> Seir is a man of action.
613122:28:49: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to go around the pole
613222:29:06: <Goatwright> It is, evidently, some sort of technological item, Seir. What it's doing here, and why it's just interrupted Billy's leisurely stroll, you do not know.
613322:29:31: <Goatwright> Billy freely moves around it. After a while, it gives off a low "boop".
613422:29:36: <Goatwright> Roll Alertness, errybody.
613522:29:40: <Hippocratesi> ruh roh
613622:29:47: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 time to die
613722:29:47: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: time to die: 0 (4df+1=4-, 0, 4-, 3+)
613822:29:52: <Benedict> 4df+3
613922:29:52: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 (4df+3=4-, 0, 4-, 0)
614022:29:55: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 wut
614122:29:55: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: wut: 2 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
614222:29:55: <Benedict> Oh no.
614322:30:02: <viejo> "Nothing can go wrong."
614422:30:04: <viejo> 4df+2
614522:30:04: <BEIGE> Viejo: 4 (4df+2=0, 3+, 3+, 0)
614622:30:24: <viejo> Dr. J is suddenly very aware of his internal emptiness and loneliness.
614722:31:04: <Goatwright> Doc can, very faintly, hear another similar boop from up and behind a nearby sand dune.
614822:31:38: <viejo> "I get the feeling we should stop moving and causing these sand farts."
614922:31:49: <Rainglove> 4df-1 hrk
615022:31:49: <BEIGE> Rainglove: hrk: -2 (4df-1=0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
615122:31:51: <Rainglove> hrrrrk
615222:32:34: <viejo> "I mean, we haven't found a town despite the potato assuring us there'd be one here, every other animal seems to move in a manner so as to not omit sound from the sand, and we've been plodding about causing all this noise. Not to mention their "test" which I'm guessing is act bait for some nasty beastie that we can slay for them."
615322:32:39: <Benedict> Billy can see that Abe has nice hair.
615422:32:41: <viejo> "Or maybe we're a sacrifice to their beast-god."
615522:33:14: <Goatwright> Billy's tentacles suddenly fall into Abe's hair.
615622:33:21: <Goatwright> He can feel there is some sort of product in it.
615722:33:30: <viejo> Because he's worth it.
615822:33:30: <Goatwright> He is so consumed by the sensation of hair product, he notices nothing else.
615922:33:34: <Rainglove> "Oh terribly sorry about that awful windy out here you know"
616022:33:40: <Rainglove> Billy recovers his spaghetticles
616122:33:52: <viejo> Is Billy from the spaghetto?
616222:34:04: <NachtRuine> "...Yeah, sure." Abe is minorly creeped out.
616322:34:06: <Goatwright> Billy is a descendant of the great FSM.
616422:34:08: <Hippocratesi> "It /is/ strange."
616522:34:14: <Hippocratesi> "What do we do then?"
616622:34:23: <viejo> "Stop here. Stop moving."
616722:34:41: <Goatwright> Boop.
616822:34:41: <viejo> "Preferably stand reasonably far apart without being too far to see each other."
616922:34:46: <viejo> "Try not to make too much noise."
617022:34:58: <Goatwright> The metal pole continues slowly blinking the green light on and off.
617122:35:00: <viejo> "Something tells me it's already too late, however. I can keep faint noises in the distance."
617222:35:13: <viejo> "Does anyone know what this pole is or does?"
617322:35:33: <viejo> hear*
617422:35:36: <Benedict> Seir continues to study it.
617522:35:38: <Rainglove> "Well it is a pole and it blinks green and it seems like a bit of a safety risk having it shoot out of the ground like that"
617622:35:53: <NachtRuine> "Well, can't hurt to spread out a little." Abe slowly separates a bit from the group.
617722:37:02: <Goatwright> Seir, you can roll Archaeology or Computers, depending on what information you're more interested in.
617822:37:20: <Goatwright> You could roll both, I guess, but they'll give you different inof.
617922:37:22: <Goatwright> info*
618022:37:47: <Goatwright> Billy can also roll Computers, if he is interested in the pole.
618122:38:27: <Rainglove> 4df+3 time for KNOWLEDGE
618222:38:27: <BEIGE> Rainglove: time for KNOWLEDGE: 2 (4df+3=4-, 0, 0, 0)
618322:38:30: <Rainglove> or not
618422:39:59: <Goatwright> Ey, you get some sort of knowledge. Billy, there's no apparent access panel along the sides of it, or anything indicating a power source, but you know it's certainly got to be powered by something, and you don't know how deep the pole goes. Whatever it is, it certainly couldn't have been put here by those potatoes, and it'd have to get power from somewhere.
618522:40:27: <Goatwright> Whether that power source is hidden within it or buried below the sand is not clear, but you could always get somebody to break it in half and find out.
618622:40:51: <Rainglove> "It is my professional opinion that we should break this in half to learn more about it"
618722:41:15: <Hippocratesi> "Break it? Are you sure?"
618822:41:26: <Rainglove> "Absolutely not but we should do it anyway"
618922:41:36: <Benedict> Sorry about that.
619022:41:55: <Benedict> 4df+4 Let's do the computer thing first.
619122:41:55: <BEIGE> Benedict: Let's do the computer thing first.: 5 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 4-)
619222:42:10: <Goatwright> Doc, you continue hearing the periodic boop from over the dune every time this pole boops.
619322:42:32: <Goatwright> It sounds like it's at the same distance as it was before, so at least it isn't getting closer or anything.
619422:42:50: <Benedict> 4df+2 Now let's try the archeology thing.
619522:42:50: <BEIGE> Benedict: Now let's try the archeology thing.: 0 (4df+2=4-, 0, 0, 4-)
619622:42:53: <Benedict> Woooooow.
619722:42:57: <Benedict> Thanks Kojima.
619822:43:31: <NachtRuine> reroll dat
619922:44:13: <Goatwright> Seir, you don't get any indicator of what's really going on inside this thing, but you get a pretty good idea of what it could be. If it's glowing and booping like this, it has to have some sort of programming that would cause each to go off on a timer. Definitely set here for a reason, then - it had to be made with deliberation. It reminds you somewhat of...
620022:45:21: <viejo> "When noise is emitted from this pole, there's another noise similar to it emitted some distance away. I'm not sure what to make of it."
620122:46:01: <Goatwright> ...the transmitters along the outside of ships, actually, but it doesn't seem to have the same integral strength of one. It gonged slightly when Billy slammed into it, which means it's probably not very thick and can be assumed to be mostly empty space. You're also not sure why there's no apparent access panel, but if the wear and tear on this thing has...
620222:46:10: <viejo> "Are there a series of poles erected here for some purpose?"
620322:46:19: <Goatwright> ...anything to tell you, it's probably because it's meant to have stayed here for a long time.
620422:46:30: <Hippocratesi> "Maybe they're guides?"
620522:47:06: <Goatwright> Boop.
620622:47:14: <viejo> Dr. J shrugs. "Shall I cut it in half and see what happens?"
620722:47:39: <Hippocratesi> "It may not be wise."
620822:47:46: <Goatwright> It could EXPLODE.
620922:47:48: <Goatwright> Who knows?
621022:47:56: <NachtRuine> "What's the worst that could happen?"
621122:48:07: <Goatwright> Rocks rise, everyone falls?
621222:48:32: <NachtRuine> cast repentence to become a paladin again
621322:48:46: <Goatwright> u cheeky git
621422:49:06: <Goatwright> Also your archaeology roll tells you nothing, except that it sorta looks familiar for a different reason, but you can't quite place your finger on it.
621522:50:05: <Benedict> "Kinda familiar looking for some reason. A bit more advanced than these potatoes could ever make. Sort of like the transmitters on the outside of ships. Only soft of. Also been here for awhile."
621622:50:17: <Goatwright> Well broken down.
621722:51:00: <Hippocratesi> "The work of these faceless things, perhaps?"
621822:51:37: <Goatwright> So, do you cut it in twain, Doc?
621922:52:08: <Goatwright> Apparently not.
622022:54:27: <Benedict> "Maybe there's an old spaceship buried under the sands, though these transmitters don't have the integral strength of a regular ship transmitter."
622122:55:07: <NachtRuine> "Might just be an old ship?" Abe's not got a clue about these things.
622222:55:15: <NachtRuine> "A really really old one?"
622322:55:35: <Benedict> "Eh, maybe."
622422:56:50: <Hippocratesi> "Perhaps we should follow the poles, they may lead us to something."
622522:58:50: <Goatwright> Boop.
622622:58:55: <Goatwright> (Distant boop).
622722:59:08: <viejo> "It's better than nothing, I'll lead the way seeing as I'm the only one who can hear the distant beeping."
622822:59:10: <viejo> Dr. J sets off.
622922:59:35: <NachtRuine> "Works for me. Remember to spread out a little." Abe follows off to the side.
623022:59:37: <Goatwright> A harsh, cold wind blows across the landscape, lifting up some sand as you march onward. You can feel the temperature continue to drop.
623122:59:58: <Benedict> "Is this wise. It is getting cold."
623223:00:18: <NachtRuine> "Would you rather lie down here?"
623323:00:21: <Benedict> Seir is still following regardless.
623423:00:38: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal follows the Doctor. "It is better to move than to sit still and freeze."
623523:01:48: <Rainglove> Billy floats after. He is internally sad that they will not be destroying the pole.
623623:02:08: <Goatwright> If only he could somehow express these feelings outwardly.
623723:02:13: <Goatwright> With some sort of.. face flap.
623823:02:15: <Goatwright> Huh.
623923:02:23: <Goatwright> What a world that would be.
624023:02:24: <viejo> "At least we're keeping warm by moving. If we stop we should at least huddle for warmth."
624123:03:36: <Goatwright> The sand burps and hums from your dune-climbing. Once you reach the top, you see the distant glowing pole. Further ahead of it, a sea of distant fading and appearing green lights covers the sands.
624223:03:52: <Goatwright> The one closest to you boops, and you can hear a few others boop.
624323:04:09: <NachtRuine> "Perhaps this is what the potato was talking about?"
624423:04:50: <Hippocratesi> "Possibly."
624523:05:10: <Hippocratesi> "Only one way to find out, though. Let's keep moving."
624623:06:30: <Goatwright> 4df-1
624723:06:30: <BEIGE> Goatwright: -2 (4df-1=0, 3+, 4-, 4-)
624823:07:40: <Goatwright> You take a step forward, and a mini avalanche of sand falls down the other side of the dune. It hums loudly, and once it's hit the bottom, you continue hearing humming.
624923:08:06: <Goatwright> At this point, you realize it's no longer from your footstep, but rather from a large object rising up from out of the sand, further ahead of you.
625023:08:17: <Benedict> Neat.
625123:09:29: <Hippocratesi> "...What is that?"
625223:10:30: <Rainglove> "It appears to be a large object of some sort"
625323:10:50: <Goatwright> From a distance, it appears to be a smaller version of the orb-like mechs from the progenitor ruins.
625423:11:31: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is slightly frightened, mainly due to them being naked and mechless.
625523:11:52: <Hippocratesi> "We should probably avoid it."
625623:12:59: <Goatwright> It rolls between poles, seeming to examine each one.
625723:13:13: <Goatwright> What exactly it's doing while examining isn't... very clear. It sort of just pokes and kicks them.
625823:14:01: <Rainglove> Billy waves to it. "Hello!"
625923:14:26: <Hippocratesi> Billy has killed us all.
626023:14:49: <Benedict> "Is the AI here or is there a progenitor ruin below us."
626123:15:18: <Hippocratesi> "Maybe both?"
626223:16:01: <NachtRuine> "My money's on the second one. We'd know if the AI was here. Those potatoes would probably be dead."
626323:16:20: <Goatwright> It looks up at Billy.
626423:16:37: <Goatwright> And you'll never guess what it does next, Viejo.
626523:16:38: <Goatwright> :^]
626623:17:23: <Goatwright> It waves back at him, repeats a sort of muffled "Hello!" and looks back down at the pole, kicking it some more.
626723:17:51: <Rainglove> Billy would be smiling if he had a dace. "Maybe it will be our friend"
626823:17:54: <Rainglove> A face
626923:18:11: <Goatwright> He can smile through COLOR.
627023:18:12: <Hippocratesi> "Uh...maybe." Mishaal decides to approach it.
627123:19:09: <NachtRuine> "Hello?"
627223:19:16: <Goatwright> Once Mishaal gets too close to a pole, the mech rolls over to him, sprawling back out and gently pushing him away. "No no no don't touch it."
627323:19:40: <Benedict> "Why not."
627423:19:46: <Goatwright> Your translators pick up the language fluidly, but what exactly it is speaking, you all don't seem to have familiarity with.
627523:19:56: <Hippocratesi> "Fine, fine." Mishaal backs up a bit.
627623:20:04: <Goatwright> "I'm supposed to not let you touch it."
627723:20:25: <Benedict> Wait, why is the translator picking this up. "Is that right. Who ordered you to do that."
627823:21:07: <NachtRuine> "Are you our friend?" Worth a shot.
627923:21:54: <Goatwright> "Oh, my mom, I guess?" It places its hand to its giant orb body, touching something obscured by the darkness, and then waddles over towards Abe excitedly.
628023:21:58: <Goatwright> It picks him up. "Sure!"
628123:22:01: <viejo> At First Dr. J Thought It Was An Enemy. And Then It Did This.
628223:22:18: <viejo> "I want to die."
628323:22:53: <Hippocratesi> "Your...mom?"
628423:22:57: <Hippocratesi> "Who is your mother?"
628523:23:11: <NachtRuine> "Oh jeez." Abe has a moment of panic, but then realizes he is not going to die. "W-what's your name?"
628623:23:54: <Goatwright> "My mom." It waves its arms at Mishaal, in a sort of '/duh/'. Abe is flinged around a bit by the process, and it sets him down once he starts speaking.
628723:24:04: <Goatwright> "My name? Is that like my identification code?"
628823:24:08: <Benedict> "And who is your mom."
628923:24:25: <Goatwright> "She is my mom."
629023:24:30: <Hippocratesi> "What is her name?"
629123:24:43: <Goatwright> "Her name? Is that like her identification code?"
629223:24:55: <Goatwright> It appears somewhat repetitive, this mech thing.
629323:25:05: <Hippocratesi> "Yes, a bit like that."
629423:25:41: <Goatwright> It prattles on, in a sort of automated tone, a long series of numbers.
629523:25:49: <Goatwright> A very long series of number.
629623:26:08: <Goatwright> It then looks down at Mishaal. "Do you know her?"
629723:27:12: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal blinks. "I do not. Could my friends and I meet her?"
629823:27:18: <viejo> 4df+3 charm "What is your purpose?"
629923:27:18: <BEIGE> Viejo: charm "What is your purpose?": 3 (4df+3=0, 0, 3+, 4-)
630023:28:28: <Goatwright> "I sure wish I could meet her. She's not here." It lilts forward slightly, then springs back up at Doc's questioning. "Oh! I'm supposed to watch things."
630123:28:47: <Goatwright> "And stop you from touching these." It points at the pole.
630223:29:03: <viejo> "What are you watching and why?"
630323:29:52: <Goatwright> "They call themselves potatoes, I think?"
630423:30:00: <Goatwright> "Idunno why. They're not potatoes. Potatoes come in cans."
630523:30:24: <Benedict> "Actually, potatoes come from the ground."
630623:30:28: <Hippocratesi> "Have others come through here?"
630723:30:30: <Benedict> "Do you have a picture of your mom."
630823:30:40: <Goatwright> "No! Potatoes come from cans!" It seems adamant about this.
630923:30:44: <viejo> "Why are you watching the potatoes?"
631023:30:45: <NachtRuine> "We've met these potatoes. They sent us out here in the first place."
631123:32:06: <Benedict> Potatoes don't come from cans, you little shit.
631223:32:22: <Goatwright> You are the little shit in this case, Seir.
631323:32:26: <Rainglove> you've never had yams?
631423:32:40: <Goatwright> "Nope. No pictures." It lilts again, then thinks about Mishaal's question. "What sort of others?"
631523:32:54: <Hippocratesi> "Like us. Travelers."
631623:33:37: <Goatwright> "Nope. The potatoes don't show up at night. They're afraid. But that's okay, I can watch them from here!"
631723:34:02: <Goatwright> "Why did they send you here, though?" It leans down towards Abe, as well as a massive orb can.
631823:34:16: <Goatwright> Its little legs do what they can.
631923:34:40: <NachtRuine> "They wanted us to do some sort of test. We're not all too sure, to be honest. Why are the potatoes scared of the night?"
632023:34:53: <Benedict> "Something something fishes. Something something ride the air. It is all very confusing since I cannot understand them."
632123:35:44: <Goatwright> It literally beeps with excitement, prompting all of the poles to beep shortly after. "Oh, I'm a fish! Well, sort of. Did they send you to get me? Maybe they're not scared anymore. Exciting!"
632223:36:10: <Goatwright> "Well, there's others like me, too, but they're different."
632323:36:18: <Hippocratesi> "Different...how?"
632423:36:19: <NachtRuine> "How are they different?"
632523:37:14: <Goatwright> "They don't talk. They just shoot stuff."
632623:37:31: <Goatwright> "Did you want to meet them?," it asks, cheerfully.
632723:37:38: <Benedict> "Well, you're special. Bet it was thanks to your mom."
632823:38:18: <NachtRuine> "Uuh, thanks, but we'd rather not get shot. How did you get to be special?"
632923:38:55: <Goatwright> "There was an error in my programming!"
633023:39:15: <Hippocratesi> "If you've never met your mother, how do you know her?"
633123:40:29: <Benedict> 4df+5 Seir wants to study roll-bot. He wants to learn about this Progenitor technology.
633223:40:30: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir wants to study roll-bot. He wants to learn about this Progenitor technology.: 8 (4df+5=0, 3+, 3+, 3+)
633323:42:33: <Goatwright> Well, Seir, assuming you can light up its 'face' with your wrist-computer, you are suddenly struck with the realization that this isn't, at all, a progenitor mech. Though it appears very much like one superficially, there's a few key differences - it appears built of various alloys, many of which continue to stand against the wear and tear of moving through
633423:43:43: <Goatwright> the desert sands. A large 'face' of sorts - a facsimile of one, with basic features that occasionally move as it speaks, is also present. Small motors move lips into smiles and into frowns, and eyes close and shut periodically.
633523:44:09: <Benedict> Damn it. Who dared ruins Seir's good day by making a bot that is similar enough to a progenitor-bot.
633623:44:28: <NachtRuine> "You should come with us to see the potatoes. Maybe they'll be happy to see you!"
633723:44:51: <viejo> Dr. J looks somewhat upset about the creepy robot-face.
633823:45:02: <viejo> "A face even a mother couldn't love..."
633923:45:22: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is slightly creeped out.
634023:45:24: <Goatwright> Newer technology appears to be at work. This definitely isn't a recreation by a level of technology available to any of the Big Five. It's something beyond, to be sure. You also notice, in the back, a fogged up glass segment. Several wires and boxes run from this segment into various portions, including the arms and the legs.
634123:45:29: <viejo> "Well Abe, considering the rest of its kindred "fire at everything in sight," I doubt the potatoes would be ecstatic."
634223:45:50: <Goatwright> "I was programmed with knowledge of my mom!"
634323:46:00: <viejo> "So, what are they searching for here? That is the question."
634423:46:04: <Hippocratesi> "Do you know what she looks like?"
634523:46:32: <NachtRuine> "Maybe we could bring it back to the ship with us?"
634623:46:34: <Benedict> "He's not a progenitor mech at all."
634723:46:42: <viejo> "We're also mostly weaponless thanks to those race of morons."
634823:47:26: <viejo> "Machine, do you have a weapon and, if yes, when are you authorised to use it?"
634923:48:14: <Goatwright> Flaps rise up from above its arms, and two guns emerge, humming with a crackle of energy.
635023:48:24: <Goatwright> "Sure!"
635123:49:26: <Goatwright> "Why? Do you want me to shoot you?" Its 'face' suddenly expands its eyes wider.
635223:49:43: <Benedict> "Please don't shoot anyone in this group."
635323:49:43: <Hippocratesi> "No, no! You can, uh, put those away."
635423:50:15: <Benedict> This mech does match the description the potatoes gave of the "fish" they met or no?
635523:50:28: <Goatwright> Well it's tall, but it has a face.
635623:50:45: <NachtRuine> "Also don't shoot any of the potatoes. Unless they're trying to hurt you or something."
635723:51:26: <Benedict> Damn.
635823:51:40: <viejo> "This robot is far too suggestible and prone to violence at the tip of a hat."
635923:51:51: <viejo> m'robot
636023:52:40: <viejo> "Maybe you should 'investigate' its electronics, Seir?"
636123:52:45: <Hippocratesi> "It is not quite violent."
636223:53:07: <Benedict> "It is fine for now. You said you were watching the potatoes earlier. Why is that."
636323:53:36: <viejo> "Prone to violence based upon its previous ecstasy when it believed we wanted it to shoot us."
636423:53:53: <Goatwright> "I was programmed to!"
636523:54:06: <viejo> Dr. J goes off a bit away and lies down on the sand.
636623:54:21: <Goatwright> It has, at this point, gotten rather cold, Doc.
636723:54:38: <Goatwright> You guys should probably find somewhere to hide from the cold.
636823:54:49: <Benedict> "Do you know a warm place we can stay for the night."
636923:55:03: <NachtRuine> "If so, can you lead us there?"
637023:55:24: <viejo> "Presumably it has to guard these posts." Dr. J says from the ground.
637123:56:16: <Goatwright> "Oh, yeah, sure!" It rolls up, and suddenly starts lunging for you.
637223:56:27: <Goatwright> It starts with Abe, specifically.
637323:57:27: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal isn't quite sure what's happening.
637423:57:56: <Goatwright> Assuming people aren't too afraid of a giant robot coming for you, it rolls everybody up, lightly pressing them against its body and enveloping them with its arms.
637523:58:33: <viejo> Dr. J doesn't care anymore and lets the robot do whatever.
637623:59:10: <Benedict> Ew, gross, Seir is forced to touch other people due to robot hug.
637723:59:23: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hates everything that's happening right now.
637823:59:26: <viejo> Seir's face is pressed against Mishaal's hairy asscheek.
637923:59:31: <Goatwright> Soon you can feel it to roll, shortly after the spinning around you are spit out into a small, cramped room of stone bricks.
638023:59:56: <Hippocratesi> "Well," Mishaal looks around. "I suppose this will do."
638123:59:59: <Goatwright> The bricks are warm, and you notice a door leading out of the room.
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638700:00:24: <NachtRuine> "I feel dizzy, but at least we got a ride." Abe's inner optimist is really shining today.
638800:01:31: <NachtRuine> "Where is this place?"
638900:02:00: <Goatwright> "It used to be a potato town!"
639000:02:20: <Hippocratesi> "So he didn't lie to us."
639100:02:39: <NachtRuine> "What happened to the potatoes who used to be here?"
639200:02:43: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal goes to see what's through the door.
639300:04:37: <Goatwright> "Some of them died! So they left."
639400:05:18: <Goatwright> Mishaal can see, very faintly, the hollow, stone remains of a former town. It's much smaller than the one they just arrived from, and used significantly less amounts of metal.
639500:05:47: <NachtRuine> "How did they die?"
639600:07:58: <Goatwright> Its guns flip out of its little flaps again.
639700:08:05: <Goatwright> They then promptly go back in.
639800:08:20: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hmms and steps back into the cramped room. "Your brothers killed them?"
639900:08:31: <Hippocratesi> "Or you?"
640000:09:20: <Goatwright> "I don't want to answer that!"
640100:09:57: <viejo> Is it cosy enough in here to lie down and sleep?
640200:10:28: <NachtRuine> "Well, I guess that answers the question of whether or not to bring it to the potatoes."
640300:10:53: <Goatwright> If you can sleep on stone, you can certainly sleep down here.
640400:11:06: <viejo> Dr. J lies down.
640500:11:44: <Hippocratesi> "And why they're afraid of him."
640600:12:45: <NachtRuine> "Machine, do you know how the potatoes got here or where they came from? Have they always been here?"
640700:14:28: <Goatwright> "They were natives! Then they were given tools, and have rapidly evolved technologically!"
640800:14:40: <Benedict> "Given tools. Who gave them tools."
640900:14:51: <Goatwright> "We did!"
641000:15:23: <Hippocratesi> "Who is 'we'?"
641100:15:28: <Benedict> "You and your mechs, specifically, or the people that made you."
641200:16:15: <Goatwright> "What's the difference?"
641300:16:31: <Benedict> "One of them is you, the other one is your mom."
641400:18:39: <Goatwright> "But we're the same! Maybe not literally, but as you are to your race! We're kin, you could say."
641500:18:51: <Goatwright> "So /we/ did!"
641600:19:08: <Goatwright> It briefly rolls out of the room, rummaging for something, and then returns with one of the cans.
641700:19:11: <Goatwright> It gives it to Seir.
641800:20:20: <Benedict> The same can as before? With the awful shit inside of it? "What exactly is in these cans. What do the cans even say. Why does the stuff in the cans taste so awful."
641900:20:59: <Hippocratesi> "So you brought them food?"
642000:21:01: <Goatwright> A different can, but one of the same kind.
642100:21:25: <Goatwright> "It's a brand! Space CANdy! It's a pun!"
642200:21:54: <viejo> Dr. J groans from the ground.
642300:21:56: <NachtRuine> "Oh boy, the machine knows puns."
642400:22:28: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal does not appreciate these puns.
642500:22:37: <Goatwright> "Food wasn't all they were brought, but these cans contained fish preserved in long-lasting nutrient baths that we believe to have helped the potatoes balance their diets, which in turn is believed to have resulted in a higher rate of mental development!"
642600:23:02: <viejo> "Not enough mental development."
642700:23:03: <Benedict> "Keep... rolling those puns out. Also, what's in these cans tastes awful."
642800:23:09: <viejo> "Either go the whole hog or leave them dumb."
642900:23:25: <viejo> "Well, not /dumb/, that's what they are currently, but non-sentient."
643000:23:40: <viejo> "Then I could've nabbed a few and augmented the shit out of them."
643100:24:00: <viejo> "Wire some bombs inside them and send them forth. Boom. How's that for potato."
643200:24:19: <viejo> Dr. J has his eyes closed while talking.
643300:24:28: <Goatwright> "Uplifting is a very gradual process, to be researched and performed as a separated third-party! Interference from said third-party will only result in corruption and conflict from within the upliftees! It subjects them to outside influences that would otherwise interrupt a naturally developing group psyche and cultural identity!"
643400:25:44: <Benedict> "You sound like you've done this before."
643500:25:59: <Goatwright> "However - and I've been thinking about it - we sort of did the same thing to them by subjecting them to branding! They now worship the branding and its iconography through some sort of deification, which is exactly what you're supposed to prevent! Part of me wonders if this was an intentional error, but I cannot find out for myself!"
643600:26:31: <NachtRuine> "Why not?"
643700:26:49: <Goatwright> Its face looks at Seir with a cocked eyebrow. "Not me, but it's a knowledge we all share! Similarly programmed educations ensure we all look at things from an even ground!"
643800:27:19: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal just sits on the ground. He has no idea what is happening. "How long have you been here?"
643900:27:19: <Goatwright> "Oh, because there's no way for me to contact home!"
644000:27:24: <Benedict> "What other races have you and your brothers uplifted."
644100:28:56: <Goatwright> "A hundred and thirty-four solar cycles! Last visit by outside influences was a hundred and twenty-eight! Before three days ago, that is, but I assume that was your party!"
644200:29:34: <Benedict> "We've only been here for... less than a day, I believe."
644300:29:42: <Goatwright> "Oh! How peculiar!"
644400:30:00: <NachtRuine> "Who were the people who came before us?"
644500:31:46: <Goatwright> "I don't know, but they had similar interest in the potatoes! However, they did not appear to engage directly with them, and entered through the atmosphere via vessel-based drop pods!"
644600:32:07: <Goatwright> "My assumption is the potatoes assumed these were related to our own presence, and simply attempted to avoid contact!"
644700:32:40: <Benedict> "Presumably Coalition members."
644800:33:42: <Goatwright> It then gets back to Seir's last question. "We've gone through ninety-seven uplift processes, each one of varying success!"
644900:34:17: <viejo> "Probably no "fish" among that previous party. That's all the first few potatoes were interested in. 'Oooh fish' this, 'fishy fish' that. Stupid little bastards."
645000:34:22: <Benedict> Gods damn that is a lot of uplifts. "Would you happen to know the names of most of those uplifts."
645100:35:39: <Goatwright> "We have summarily compiled uplift projects through star systems, and not through common names! Why?"
645200:36:24: <Benedict> "Just curious is all. Could I know the star systems at least."
645300:38:22: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal wonders when the hell the sun's gonna come up.
645400:40:48: <Goatwright> The mech lists off, in rapid succession, 97 different star systems. You don't pick up any in particular, and you note that the current system you're in now isn't listed.
645500:41:15: <Goatwright> Maybe if you got your friend to shut up, Mishaal, you could all get a little sleep.
645600:42:25: <Hippocratesi> "We thank you for your hospitality but I think we all wish to rest now."
645700:43:05: <Goatwright> "Oh, okay! I won't be active come sunrise, so don't be surprise if I appear disabled!"
645800:43:20: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, I'm kinda beat after wandering for hours in a desert."
645900:44:42: <Benedict> "Good night, roll-bot."
646000:46:27: <Goatwright> After a very lengthy amount of time of learning about things, and with you hopefully feeling educated and curious, you manage to get some sleep and awake with what you presume to be the next morning.
646100:46:39: <Goatwright> You notice that your robot friend is no longer inside the room with you
646200:47:21: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal awakens on the cold, hard ass floor. He misses his bed.
646300:48:09: <Hippocratesi> He walks outside, I suppose.
646400:48:28: <Hippocratesi> And starts to head on back to where the potatoes are.
646500:49:42: <Goatwright> Mishaal rejoins the world of humming sand. The poles from the night before have vanished, and there are no giant robots coming to kill him.
646600:49:49: <Goatwright> It is also very hot again.
646700:50:37: <NachtRuine> Abe is slow to wake up. He grumbles to a start as he does. "Fucking hard floors do nothing for my back."
646800:51:13: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal still wonders what the hell the poles are for. He forgets if they even asked.
646900:52:22: <NachtRuine> "Mishaal, that robot still around?"
647000:53:38: <Hippocratesi> "No, he's gone."
647100:56:16: <NachtRuine> "Damn. Well, let's wake everyone up and head back. I think we'll need to head back with the sun on our back again. It was on our back when we got here, but that was during the evening."
647200:56:52: <Hippocratesi> "Smart thinking." Mishaal wakes everyone else up and they head back.
6473
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6475
6476 2015-04-0400:05:21: <NachtRuine> "I should grab my - no, wait, knife's still on me. I should be ready."
647700:06:34: <viejo> Fucking spoilers.
647800:06:53: <Benedict> I bet he likes backrubs.
647900:07:02: <viejo> Dr. J enters the room. "Good morning, I hope your confinement hasn't been too rough."
648000:07:17: <viejo> "We like to take extra precautions upon the Moses Supposes."
648100:09:18: <Goatwright> "The what?"
648200:10:48: <NachtRuine> Abe follows behind the Doc. "You deaf or something? You're on the Moses Supposes."
648300:11:52: <viejo> "Yes, quite, however what we're curious about is what you were doing on that other ship we found you on."
648400:13:13: <Goatwright> "I was just hanging around."
648500:13:20: <Goatwright> You can see no hint of snark on his face.
648600:13:30: <Goatwright> But the snark is there.
648700:17:17: <NachtRuine> "Looks like we have a comedian. I like jokes too. Here's one, who's stuck in a cage until he tells us what we want to know? You. Quit the shit and start talking."
648800:18:32: <Goatwright> "You also have no right to be holding me in this cage. What do you think will happen when I'm released? A wiping of the slate?" His face remains stoic.
648900:19:38: <viejo> "You did run away without a word and then proceed to attack me and almost inflict serious harm considering the conditions. I think we're being rather generous."
649000:20:40: <viejo> "Personally I'd like us to talk this out without any unnecessary action, I can't say my companion here feels so inclined and I'm not sure I'm so inclined to stop him should he be annoyed too much. Just tell us what you were doing there and this can be easy."
649100:20:42: <BEIGE> Viejo: charm: 7 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 3+, 3+)
649200:20:43: <viejo> 4df+3 charm
649300:21:14: <Rainglove> fug
649400:22:05: <viejo> (¬‿¬)
649500:25:05: <Goatwright> The ugraan seems to consider this. The flaps on his face flick briefly, as if he's emoting, and he looks from Doc to Abe. "I suppose you're not wrong."
649600:25:51: <Goatwright> "Your friend is not a very viable threat, however. This technique isn't going to pay off, if you're expecting fearful coercion."
649700:27:47: <viejo> Dr. J hums to himself, then goes off to the other side of the lab. He returns with a cage full of the weird-rats.
649800:28:11: <viejo> "Abe, do you recall what happened to that cat we used as bait?"
649900:32:11: <NachtRuine> Abe lets down the bad cop facade. It didn't really suit him anyways. "It got eaten, didn't it?"
650000:32:39: <Goatwright> Spoopy. The ugraan looks at them.
650100:34:04: <viejo> "Yes, yes I believe you're right. Our new friend here seems to think you can't cause much damage or induce any fear, what if I just leave this cage full of them in your hands?"
650200:34:30: <viejo> "I've been a bit bad about feeding them, they've been rather hungry."
650300:37:30: <Goatwright> Go ahead and roll Intimidation, with the rats as a taggable scene aspect
650400:37:38: <NachtRuine> "Oh, that wouldn't be good at all. Especially since they shed some kinda acid. Nearly burnt through Mishaal's armor."
650500:37:47: <Goatwright> Meaning it can stack with any applicable character aspects you have
650600:38:15: <viejo> I have no intimidate and no aspects so no point for me.
650700:38:32: <viejo> no relatable*
650800:40:23: <NachtRuine> 4df-1+2+2 rats with +2 and aspect rash and brash +2. "C'mon, gimme those rats! Let's have some fun!"
650900:40:23: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: rats with +2 and aspect rash and brash +2. "C'mon, gimme those rats! Let's have some fun!": 2 (4df-1+2+2=3+, 4-, 4-, 0)
651000:41:51: <viejo> 4df-1+2+2 using animal friend and the taggable "I'm not expert on animals, but I think they're most likely to go for the eyes first. Ah, wait, I /am/ an animal expert and they would /definitely/ go for the eyes first."
651100:41:51: <BEIGE> Viejo: using animal friend and the taggable "I'm not expert on animals, but I think they're most likely to go for the eyes first. Ah, wait, I /am/ an animal expert and they would /definitely/ go for the eyes first.": 4 (4df-1+2+2=0, 0, 3+, 0)
651200:42:00: <viejo> no*
651300:42:47: <Goatwright> 4df+2 fuggy duggy
651400:42:47: <BEIGE> Goatwright: fuggy duggy: 1 (4df+2=4-, 0, 0, 0)
651500:43:30: <Goatwright> His skin complexion changes to a darker tone, his cheeks growing flush as his eyes stare at the rats.
651600:44:57: <Goatwright> "This is cruel and unusual," he mumbles, before looking back up at Doctah JAY. "I'll answer what I know and what I can. In return, I want to be released and unreported."
651700:45:08: <Goatwright> "And with my eyes." He peers back down at the rats.
651800:46:02: <viejo> "Wonderful!" Dr. J clasps his hands together in glee. "Where to begin." He hums. "Let's start with a nice and easy one: who do you work for?"
651900:47:00: <NachtRuine> Abe backs off. He doesn't leave, but kinda just sticks around in the corner.
652000:50:44: <Goatwright> "The Empire. Where else will you find an ugraan but under the crown."
652100:51:05: <viejo> "What were you tasked with doing on board that ship?"
652200:53:53: <Goatwright> "The same as you, I imagine."
652300:54:50: <viejo> Dr. J shakes the rat cage and presumably the rats squeal in agitation. "No smart answers. Tell me."
652400:58:57: <Goatwright> "We had reason to believe something of interest was on the vessel."
652500:59:28: <viejo> "What led you to think that?"
652601:06:48: <Goatwright> "Past experiences."
652701:07:13: <Goatwright> "A familiar vessel."
652801:08:01: <NachtRuine> "Where'd you see it before?"
652901:11:08: <Goatwright> "It had passed through our territory and was heralded by one of our stations."
653001:13:29: <viejo> "Why do you attack us?"
653101:13:30: <viejo> did*
653201:14:02: <Goatwright> "A spy isn't good without getting away."
653301:21:33: <Benedict> Seduce the spy.
653401:22:33: <NachtRuine> "What were you looking for that was so important?"
653501:22:39: <Goatwright> "We also didn't find what we were looking for, and as I'm sure you can imagine, getting caught on a foreign vessel full of an entirely dead population would not look good for me."
653601:23:35: <viejo> "Do your people know what happened to you or where you are now?"
653701:23:43: <Goatwright> "Or the Empire." He looks to Abe. "Property of ours."
653801:24:27: <Goatwright> Back to Doc! "I'm sure they've realized I haven't gotten back to my superiors."
653901:26:01: <viejo> "Any more questions you want to ask Abe, or shall we 'let him go'?"
654001:31:17: <NachtRuine> "Hrm." Abe gives it a moment of thought. "What does not finding whatever you were looking for mean for you or the Empire?"
654101:32:57: <Goatwright> "Bad things, for all of us."
654201:34:03: <NachtRuine> Concern. "What d'ya mean?" Abe has a sneaking suspicion he knows.
654301:47:15: <Goatwright> "That's as much as I can say."
654401:50:29: <viejo> "I think we're done here."
654501:50:43: <NachtRuine> "I see..." Abe looks over to the Doc. "Agreed."
654601:50:52: <viejo> "Well this has been fun." Dr. J goes over to the command console to start pouring knock-out gas into the chamber.
654701:52:18: <NachtRuine> Abe follows Doc. "At least he was co-operative after the rats came out."
654801:53:48: <viejo> hrk
654901:55:18: <viejo> KNOCK OUT GAS GOAT
655001:55:19: <viejo> KNOCK OUT GAS
655101:55:34: <Goatwright> w-what
655201:55:44: <viejo> Viejo	"I think we're done here." 01:49	NachtRuine	"I see..." Abe looks over to the Doc. "Agreed." 01:49	Viejo	"Well this has been fun." Dr. J goes over to the command console to start pouring knock-out gas into the chamber. 01:50	NachtRuine	Abe follows Doc. "At least he was co-operative after the rats came out."
655301:56:14: <Goatwright> Oh, well then, he is rapidly knocked out. Fug.
655401:56:37: <viejo> Dr. J turns off any recordings before putting the rats in the cage with his unconscious body.
655501:57:01: <viejo> "Two birds one stone..." Dr. J mutters under his breath. "Nasty business but logical. Sorry friend."
655601:57:15: <viejo> He does this once good Abe has left the room of course.
655701:57:44: <viejo> Obviously he drains the knock out gas from the chamber before placing the rats in there.
655801:58:06: <Goatwright> Fug
655901:58:11: <Goatwright> No smug comments from me.
656002:00:38: <Goatwright> The rats, after a while, set upon him. It'll take a while for him to die, but they'll see to it.
656102:01:08: <viejo> Do they go for the eyes first?
656202:01:44: <Goatwright> They go for the loose flaps of skin on his face, first, actually. One crawls into his agape mouth.
656302:01:50: <Benedict> How EVIL
656402:02:32: <viejo> "Ha, guess I was wrong. I almost want to wake him up and tell him." He chuckles before leaving the lab making sure to lock the door properly behind him.
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6567
6568 2015-04-17
6569
657020:19:17: <Benedict> Fuck you, coalition.
657120:20:39: <NachtRuine> i don't presume there's any possible way we get there first?
657220:21:42: <Rainglove> >expecting the captain to competently fly his ship
657320:21:56: <Goatwright> By the time you guys are done canoodling with the local potatoes and get back to your ship, despite their urging you to stay here and wait to get picked up, they're already well into WARP and ahead of you.
657420:22:01: <Goatwright> However! There's hope for you guys.
657520:22:26: <Benedict> There is no hope.
657620:22:36: <Benedict> We lost out on another PAYDAY, fellas.
657720:23:43: <Goatwright> You see, the ESURGANS, everybody's favorite warmongering empire, claim they've already known of the race of cyborgs, and have for some time. There's been nothing official as of yet to support this, as the story continues to develop, but it may shine some doubt as to who's really responsible for the discovery (especially if/when you announce the discovery too)
657820:24:48: <viejo> Meanwhile Dr. J downs his third bottle of Non-Euclidean Uxorious Dopplebock and watches MMMU. He burps loudly.
657920:24:52: <viejo> "Fuckin' bots man."
658020:24:54: <Goatwright> Whether or not it's a reactionary lie on the scale of N. Korea's "we can totally nuke you too, Obama", there's a lot of PROBLEMS with the Esurgans having said this. It implies that, as a government, they are hiding information from scientific alliances and factions that exist with Esurgan memberships.
658120:25:05: <Goatwright> Things are now a little TENSE.
658220:25:35: <NachtRuine> we are officially at DEFCON 4
658320:25:44: <Benedict> Seir shares the story of the weird bot thing on potatoland with Kay and Freighter.
658420:25:46: <viejo> He messages Alan lazily. "How's the anal probing of the specimen going?"
658520:26:43: <Goatwright> Dr. J gets back a series of ??????????????
658620:26:47: <Rainglove> Billy sits in his ship, comparing two sets of fuzzy dice and wondering which better conveys his piloting skills
658720:27:11: <NachtRuine> Abe's probably off hanging around somewhere again.
658820:27:13: <Benedict> The pink set, Billy.
658920:27:17: <Benedict> The pink set.
659020:27:28: <Goatwright> Kay and Freighter nod a bit, listening intently to da big bawss. Kay decides to speak up first. "So, uh, did you get a look at how it works?"
659120:27:41: <Goatwright> Abe's probably textin' his qt3.14 crush
659220:27:49: <Benedict> Did Seir do that?
659320:28:29: <Goatwright> Not that I recall.
659420:28:31: <Rainglove> Billy hangs up the pink set and tosses the other pair into a nearby locker as a backup in case the pinks go missing.
659520:28:34: <NachtRuine> He can be doing both.
659620:28:48: <Benedict> Seir just answers with a shrug. "Not a clue how it works."
659720:29:21: <viejo> "Okay good, I thought you might have taken that request seriously for a second there. What are we, monsters?"
659820:29:37: <viejo> Dr. J laughs to himself as he wonders if he can convince Alan to undergo an anal probe "for science."
659920:30:07: <Goatwright> "Damn. Maybe you should have just, y'know..." Freighter does Kay the benefit of providing a visual example in the form of ripping up a crumpled ball of paper.
660020:30:22: <Goatwright> Don't bully the poor interns, Doc
660120:31:07: <Benedict> "Maybe. It would have probably killed me first."
660220:31:36: <Benedict> So what's the ADVENTURE today, Captain Failed Political Career?
660320:34:27: <Rainglove> we're probing the good doctor's anus
660420:35:02: <viejo> You're being shrunk to tiny sizes to investigate Dr. J's asshole and discover the true meaning of Christmas.
660520:36:29: <Goatwright> The true meaning of Christmas was discovered in 2158.
660620:37:53: <Benedict> Christmas? Bah, humbug.
660720:38:44: <NachtRuine> Christmas is still a thing?
660820:39:02: <Rainglove> it's not officially called X-mas
660920:39:04: <Rainglove> now
661020:39:18: <Benedict> Nintir-mas.
661120:39:25: <Rainglove> in english, at least
661220:40:22: <Goatwright> Xlaquimbomas
661320:41:02: <Goatwright> Anyway
661420:41:56: <Goatwright> Everybody is interrupted from their various means of relaxation by a beckoning Captain Failed Political Career over the intercomms, insisting you have more WORK to do. Oh boy
661520:42:29: <Rainglove> Billy taps the dice on his way out, then floats off to learn at the feet of the master
661620:42:51: <NachtRuine> Abe leaps off from his perch. More work is more potential to not get paid.
661720:43:53: <Benedict> Oh boy, more work. "Fix up Abe's mech some more. Make sure the next time his mech is shot, it doesn't completely ruin the thing. And fix up the paint, I guess. It doesn't look like that child's cartoon thing." And with that, Seir goes to the Command Room or whatever.
661820:45:19: <Goatwright> Kay and Freighter shrug a bit and decide they'll totally get on that eventually.
661920:45:52: <Goatwright> Mayhalis greets everybody with a sort of apathetic expression, his chin resting in his hand. "You guys ready for yet /another/ bogus job?"
662020:46:16: <Benedict> Kay and Freighter, you lazy shits.
662120:46:23: <viejo> Dr. J sighs and decides to check out his OGSA app instead.
662220:46:41: <viejo> He really wishes that not!QT would stop messaging him. Where are the cute scientist girls at?
662320:46:42: <NachtRuine> "Always ready."
662420:46:57: <Benedict> "Always ready for a bogus job. I look forward to them. Every day I wake up and hope for one because that's the only way I get my jollies anymore."
662520:48:17: <Goatwright> "Did you ever get jollies before?"
662620:48:48: <NachtRuine> It's like people have lost their motivation to do their job.
662720:49:08: <Goatwright> Almost as if it's been weeks
662820:49:59: <Benedict> "No."
662920:50:38: <Goatwright> He decides to sit up a bit and direct everyone's attention to the planet on the screen. It's a rather lush looking planet, with a large amount of ocean. Fairly Earth-like, though it it appears relatively small on the scale of habitable planets. "So this one's Renegahn-V. For the most part, it's a pretty innocuous sort of planet."
663020:52:03: <Benedict> "Is it inhabited by anyone."
663120:52:17: <Goatwright> "Some large wildlife, but nothing a few well-placed shots can't fixed." The screen zooms in on a specific continent, hovering over the northeast coast. "We received a report that this area shooould have some unexplored ruins in it. I was told the source might not be anything reliable, but I figure maybe you can still find something fun to take home."
663220:53:39: <NachtRuine> "This a mech mission or foot mission?"
663320:55:27: <Goatwright> "Up to you guys, really, but I'd suggest going on-foot first. You don't want to waste the gas on something that's just a little above-ground obelisk, right?"
663420:56:19: <Benedict> "Can always have the mechs dropped in if it needs to become a mech mission."
663520:56:37: <NachtRuine> "Works for me."
663620:57:08: <Goatwright> "Any other questions?"
663720:57:47: <Rainglove> "Nope!" Billy leaves
663820:57:49: <viejo> "Nope." Dr. J goes off to get ready.
663920:58:01: <Benedict> "Any new developments with the Coalition and Esurgans."
664020:58:31: <viejo> "So Billy why don't you and I hit a bar after this shoddy mission and talk up some lady squids?"
664120:59:06: <viejo> "Haven't you ever wanted to meet a nice squid lady to rub your tentacles all over? Perhaps make her your own? Not slavery, of course, but marriage. Which is basically the same thing."
664220:59:27: <Rainglove> "Doctor I am going to go and fly a ship now."
664320:59:33: <Rainglove> Billy proceeds to do so.
664420:59:35: <Goatwright> He groans. "They're still arguing about who discovered what first. At this point I don't even know if we should send an official report in. Would it reflect badly upon us? Would it escalate things?" He rubs his hand forehead.
664520:59:50: <Goatwright> Billy goes to fly a ship now, at arrives at said shit.
664621:00:00: <viejo> wow rude
664721:00:24: <Rainglove> wow
664821:00:26: <Rainglove> rude
664921:00:28: <viejo> "Young naive Billy, I can see past your flimsy veil! You're insecure, I get it."
665021:00:34: <viejo> He's talking to himself now.
665121:00:42: <Benedict> "I think we should. I'm sure the doctor recorded the bot that we talked to. Or at least send in the report but tell the ICA to not say anything. Let the Coalition and Esurgans kill each other."
665221:00:48: <Benedict> With that, Seir goes to get ready and board the ship.
665321:01:51: <Goatwright> The Mayflower is boarded. Kay and Freighter give them a lazy wave goodbye as the ship wwwwwWWWWOOOOOOSHES off into space and down towards the planet.
665421:02:20: <Rainglove> woosh
665521:02:27: <Benedict> Wooooooosh.
665621:02:36: <Benedict> Work on that fucking mech, Kay and Freighter.
665721:02:43: <Goatwright> Since you're flying this crazy thing, Billy, I'm gonna need you to roll a Communications check.
665821:02:52: <Rainglove> 4df+5 ooooh goooooood
665921:02:53: <BEIGE> Rainglove: ooooh goooooood: 3 (4df+5=4-, 4-, 0, 0)
666021:02:56: <Rainglove> gooooood
666121:03:10: <viejo> "Female squids, Billy." Dr. J says to him.
666221:03:11: <Rainglove> still better than the average bearsquid
666321:03:14: <viejo> Surely that won't distract him.
666421:03:32: <Rainglove> Billy is too busy thinking about bearsquids to hear him
666521:05:22: <Goatwright> Billy's ship tells him that there's a feeew waves passing on through the ionosphere as they break through some clouds. For the most part, he and the ship cannot distinguish between if it's some sort of natural, electromagnetic phenomenon, or if something is being broadcasted.
666621:05:44: <Goatwright> His ship prompts him as to whether or not he wants it converted to glorious sound.
666721:06:44: <viejo> Dr. J is playing the MMMU game on his phone. It appears he lost to Blue Red Blue as Firebeard. "Poppycock!"
666821:07:04: <Rainglove> as long as it won't blow his speakers out, sure
666921:07:06: <Rainglove> yay audio
667021:09:16: <Goatwright> It's an irregular series of alternating highs and lows! It's severely garbled, and if it were words, it'd be absolutely indiscernible.
667121:09:40: <Benedict> Stop watching Spanish TV, Billy.
667221:10:14: <Goatwright> Still, Billy, you can't help but think it kiiiiiind of sounds like tampered audio. But perhaps that's for another time!
667321:10:24: <NachtRuine> das racis
667421:10:27: <Rainglove> Indeed. billy decides to get on with the run.
667521:10:31: <Rainglove> TO THE SURFACE
667621:10:33: <Rainglove> AWAAAAAY
667721:10:42: <Goatwright> The ground is now in sight below you, and your ship nav lets you know you've reached your destinatiooooooon.
667821:10:45: <Goatwright> Adventuuuuuuuure.
667921:12:03: <Rainglove> LANDING TIME
668021:12:04: <Rainglove> boop
668121:12:16: <Benedict> Time to steal more old shit and sell it to the Nintir government.
668221:14:01: <Goatwright> Your ship lands in a small clearing, surrounded by heavy brush and trees, so thick you can barely see what's inside. Any time you traverse through an area of forest this run, you have the option of tagging the setting aspect, "Low Visibility".
668321:14:24: <viejo> Dr. J yawns and goes off into the forest.
668421:14:26: <NachtRuine> How's dat atmosphere?
668521:14:33: <viejo> Perhaps there will be female squids in there.
668621:14:51: <Goatwright> The atmosphere is nonexistent, and Doc explodes. SOS is over. rip
668721:15:03: <Goatwright> Nah, it's pretty breathable. No suits needed this time around.
668821:15:22: <Benedict> Seir claims this planet for the Nintir.
668921:15:36: <Rainglove> Billy decides to leave his suit behind.
669021:15:46: <Rainglove> He journeys onward, a free squid.
669121:15:53: <NachtRuine> Abe's helmet opens up. He will not be going anywhere without his suit.
669221:16:00: <viejo> 4df+2 ALERTNESS AWAY
669321:16:00: <BEIGE> Viejo: ALERTNESS AWAY: 2 (4df+2=3+, 4-, 4-, 3+)
669421:16:49: <Goatwright> What are you even rolling to find, you butt?
669521:17:05: <Benedict> His virginity.
669621:17:34: <viejo> We don't all play palacucks benny.
669721:18:14: <viejo> Anything of interest. Any path or sign to the ruins.
669821:19:18: <NachtRuine> Any wildlife around here?
669921:20:11: <Goatwright> You don't see anything of the sort. Though you seem to have hit the general area, there's nothing really suggesting there's any ruins anywhere. Just thick, thick groups of branches that take you out of visibility from one another with what feels like just a few feet.
670021:20:27: <Goatwright> Roll Survival, Abe!
670121:20:46: <NachtRuine> 4df+5 oh god how do i roll
670221:20:46: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: oh god how do i roll: 7 (4df+5=0, 3+, 3+, 0)
670321:21:40: <Goatwright> Fug
670421:23:21: <Goatwright> Well it's very evident that there's no animals nearby for any of you. There's nothing moving in the brush, no birds tweeting in the background, and from what Abe can see, there's no signs of anything passing through here, either. Old footprints here and there, but OLD ones - days and days. No twigs at a level you'd expect to see movement are disturbed.
670521:23:44: <Goatwright> It's all very still for something that seems like it should be full of life. And, well..
670621:23:52: <Goatwright> 4df+3
670721:23:52: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 3 (4df+3=0, 4-, 3+, 0)
670821:24:29: <Rainglove> Billy stares at the trees.
670921:25:35: <Goatwright> You get a sense that a lot of this seems... suspicious. There's too much brush on the ground for this few amount of footsteps, and though none of these branches are snapped like you'd expect from a big bumbling monster, they do seem to have a few leaves shaken off.
671021:25:40: <viejo> Dr. J also enjoys staring at trees.
671121:27:05: <Rainglove> Billy stares harder.
671221:27:07: <NachtRuine> "No animals. That's weird. None of this adds up, nothing's been here for days. Gotta bad feeling about this."
671321:27:15: <Rainglove> The trees probably ate the animals.
671421:27:28: <Benedict> Or the trees are the animals.
671521:27:47: <viejo> Maybe that's just what the trees WANT us to believe?!
671621:28:08: <Goatwright> It's a treespiracy.
671721:28:39: <NachtRuine> Abe breaks his personal record for time spent on a mission before pulling out his gun.
671821:29:36: <viejo> 4df+5 biology
671921:29:36: <BEIGE> Viejo: biology: 6 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
672021:29:39: <viejo> tell me about the trees
672121:31:46: <Goatwright> They're normal trees for an area and climate like this. Tropical-like in nature, retaining their green year-run and experiencing very little cold on average. Much unlike Britbonglandia. Large amounts of canopy to try to one-up sunlight from other nearby competing trees. Jungle stuff.
672221:32:29: <Goatwright> Having pointed out the weirdness of the situation, everyone's able to realize how quiet it really is. There hardly even seems to be a breeze - everything's so still, their breathing even stands out.
672321:32:58: <viejo> "The trees are perfectly normal."
672421:33:03: <viejo> "Why, almost, /too/ normal."
672521:33:46: <Goatwright> IT'S ALL A SIMULATION
672621:33:50: <Goatwright> DUN NUH NUH NUH NUH
672721:33:51: <NachtRuine> NOT AGAIN
672821:33:57: <Goatwright> IT'S HAPPENING NACHT
672921:34:03: <NachtRuine> FUCK
673021:34:12: <Benedict> 4df+3 Seir looks about the area. Everything is too... SUSPICIOUS.
673121:34:13: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir looks about the area. Everything is too... SUSPICIOUS.: 4 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 0, 4-)
673221:35:39: <viejo> Dr. J just decides to continue forward.
673321:35:47: <viejo> If there are branches in the way he cuts them apart with his sword.
673421:35:52: <Goatwright> Seir can see a glitch in the Matrix. It's almost as if it's a flash of sunlight off the scope of a rifle, from the direction they were just walking from!
673521:35:59: <viejo> 4df+3 how heroic does he look while doing this
673621:36:00: <BEIGE> Viejo: how heroic does he look while doing this: 1 (4df+3=0, 4-, 4-, 0)
673721:36:06: <Goatwright> Oh that might actually be what it is, Seir.
673821:36:36: <viejo> sweaty and grunting in a bad way, way to ruin it Dr. J
673921:37:26: <Benedict> Seir wonders if he keeps quiet, the sniper will shoot Doctor Jay for him. The chances of that are unlikely. "I would suggest ducking behind a tree." Seir does just that.
674021:38:08: <NachtRuine> Abe quickly obliges. "Why, why?"
674121:38:30: <Goatwright> Well considering Doctor Jay is in fact the most obvious target right now, the first shot does in fact go for him, as a swarm of boot steps come in from behind. Hey Doc, roll to not get shot motherfucker.
674221:39:05: <Benedict> What a nice sniper.
674321:40:11: <Rainglove> Billy pops off behind a tree. Oh dear.
674421:40:24: <viejo> 4df+4 WOOSH
674521:40:24: <BEIGE> Viejo: WOOSH: 6 (4df+4=0, 0, 3+, 3+)
674621:40:38: <Goatwright> 4df+3 PEWPEW
674721:40:38: <BEIGE> Goatwright: PEWPEW: 2 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 0, 4-)
674821:41:07: <Goatwright> A laser bolt hits a branch right above his head.
674921:41:40: <viejo> "You had the drop on me and you /missed/? Here I come!" Dr. J dashes towards the motherfucker, sword-arm at the ready to cut a bitch in two.
675021:42:01: <Benedict> "Why is the doctor charging at a man who is probably far from him."
675121:42:10: <Benedict> "He's just going to get shot again."
675221:42:43: <Benedict> Don't miss this time, sniper-chan.
675321:43:05: <viejo> Dr. J has Dutch courage within him.
675421:43:13: <Benedict> What's a Dutch?
675521:43:15: <viejo> also because he's not a PUSSY BITCH
675621:43:23: <viejo> Some kind of shrew? I don't fucking know
675721:43:26: <Goatwright> He is in fact far away, as that is traditionally the idea with getting shot at. Additionally, three others file in at his sides, similarly holding laser rifles. Anybody able to see them can see that they're Esurgans, those nasty bug-eyed motherfuckers, taking shots at you and wearin' some solid armor. They came prepared.
675821:43:37: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is there, also being shot at.
675921:43:38: <Goatwright> If you want to get over there before gettin' shot, that's an AGILITY ROLL
676021:43:45: <viejo> I just rolled one god damn
676121:43:50: <Benedict> "Why is it always Esurgans."
676221:43:55: <Goatwright> it was to dodge you poop
676321:44:02: <viejo> 4df+4 fuck this
676421:44:02: <BEIGE> Viejo: fuck this: 6 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
676521:44:04: <NachtRuine> (tag low visibility protip)
676621:44:14: <Hippocratesi> "They will be squashed like the bugs they are!"
676721:44:14: <viejo> Thank you Beige.
676821:44:49: <NachtRuine> (dont forget the free tags against being shot lads)
676921:45:09: <Goatwright> Tagging the area isn't free, it's just stackable with character aspects
677021:45:16: <NachtRuine> oh
677121:45:19: <Goatwright> which are normally non-stackable
677221:45:21: <NachtRuine> its been a while
677321:45:29: <NachtRuine> :^]
677421:45:32: <Goatwright> A SOLID POSSIBLE +4
677521:45:53: <Goatwright> Also Doc manages to close most of the gap, but with still enough time to get another shot at him.
677621:46:00: <BEIGE> Goatwright: pewpew we are army men: 4 (4df+3=0, 0, 3+, 0)
677721:46:00: <Goatwright> 4df+3 pewpew we are army men
677821:46:34: <Goatwright> And it, too, misses, going awry burning some bark above poor Billy's head.
677921:47:07: <Goatwright> What'cha gonna do, Doc? Take on ALL OF THEM?
678021:47:28: <NachtRuine> Abe moves up, not as far as Doc, but enough to get them in his effective range.
678121:47:36: <viejo> Please Goat, don't be silly. I'm not going to take them all on
678221:47:38: <viejo> I'm going to KILL THEM ALL
678321:47:46: <Benedict> Seir pops from behind a tree to fire his pulse laser at one of the three Esurgans that randomly appeared. Because once they kill Doc, they'll try to kill him!
678421:47:54: <Rainglove> Billy flails about randomly
678521:48:08: <viejo> 4df+6 tagging accomplished swordsman, presumably Dr. J does something incredibly cool like leaping from the bushes
678621:48:08: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging accomplished swordsman, presumably Dr. J does something incredibly cool like leaping from the bushes: 6 (4df+6=4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
678721:48:19: <Benedict> 4df+4 1 Pen. Going for composure attacks.
678821:48:45: <Rainglove> He decides he may as well follow after the doctor, but he attempts to do so in a somewhat more tactical manner than a straight charge, seeing as he moves about as fast as a dead turtle.
678921:49:15: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 Pen. Going for composure attacks.: 5 (4df+4=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
679021:49:33: <viejo> They'd never see a slow frontal charge coming! do it
679121:49:35: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal stands proud and fires his shatgun at one of the Esurgans. Or all three, really, whoever his bullets happen to hit.
679221:49:41: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 GUH
679321:49:41: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: GUH: 5 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
679421:49:53: <Goatwright> 4df+4 Being armored, they got DECENT SAVES
679521:49:54: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Being armored, they got DECENT SAVES: 4 (4df+4=0, 3+, 4-, 0)
679621:50:00: <Goatwright> 4df+4
679721:50:00: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 3 (4df+4=0, 4-, 4-, 3+)
679821:50:04: <Goatwright> 4df+4
679921:50:04: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 3 (4df+4=4-, 0, 3+, 4-)
680021:50:08: <Goatwright> BUT NOT DECENT ENOUGH.
680121:51:59: <Goatwright> Doc manages to swing himself up and onto one of the esurgans, clinging with his leg tentacles and taking a few swipes at him with his sword before the bugman is able to get him off. Seir manages to shoot dangerously close to one of the newly arrived soldiers, causing him to fall back away from Doc, where he attempts to disappear. Mishaal's shotgun also does
680221:52:21: <Goatwright> a nice job of sending one flying back, before he goes scrambling for his rifle to retaliate.
680321:52:44: <Hippocratesi> "WATCH HIM SQUIRM, HAHAHAHA!"
680421:53:07: <NachtRuine> 4df+3+2 pen 2 let's try a rifle shott?
680521:53:07: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: pen 2 let's try a rifle shott?: 5 (4df+3+2=3+, 3+, 4-, 4-)
680621:53:21: <Goatwright> you don't add penetration on yer roll nahkt
680721:53:30: <NachtRuine> i have harm 2
680821:53:37: <Goatwright> oh yes well that'll do it
680921:53:44: <Goatwright> it has indeed been a while
681021:54:06: <Goatwright> Are you firing at any of the other three that were shot at, or going for the fourth un-shot one?
681121:54:16: <NachtRuine> the fourth unshot on
681221:54:32: <Goatwright> 4df+2 fuggin penetration
681321:54:32: <BEIGE> Goatwright: fuggin penetration: 0 (4df+2=4-, 4-, 3+, 4-)
681421:55:19: <viejo> 4df+6 tagging robot arm, rolling to punch his throat and crush it
681521:55:20: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging robot arm, rolling to punch his throat and crush it: 7 (4df+6=3+, 0, 0, 0)
681621:55:31: <Goatwright> You just rolled to hit you poop
681721:55:41: <Goatwright> your enemies have not shot you back
681821:55:53: <NachtRuine> i was slow because of weird dc
681921:56:02: <viejo> I figured it was our turn again but ogey
682021:56:23: <Goatwright> AHEM. Abe also gets a shot off, severely wounding one of the esurgans, who falls back with a limp. He is notably less capable of escaping than the other one.
682121:56:25: <viejo> oh am I meant to add harm and shit on to my sword roll?
682221:56:52: <viejo> hue if yes slap a +1 on to it
682321:56:53: <Benedict> You add harm to your attacks, and tell Goat if you got any pen.
682421:57:13: <Goatwright> as long as said attack is with the weapon
682521:58:04: <Goatwright> With only two esurgan still standing to fight, their troops clearly too poorly trained to stick to formation, the two decide to concentrate their fire on the current biggest threat, which would be Doc.
682621:58:22: <Goatwright> 4df+3 First PEW
682721:58:22: <BEIGE> Goatwright: First PEW: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
682821:58:53: <Goatwright> 4df+5 Second PEW, this time featuring guest artist Harm
682921:58:53: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Second PEW, this time featuring guest artist Harm: 5 (4df+5=0, 0, 0, 0)
683021:59:14: <Goatwright> Roll yer dodgerinos before you go punching throats
683121:59:20: <viejo> time to die
683221:59:48: <viejo> I'm not sure I'd agree they'd BOTH go for him but OKAY
683321:59:58: <viejo> 4df+4
683421:59:58: <BEIGE> Viejo: 2 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 4-, 3+)
683522:00:02: <viejo> haha
683622:00:15: <Goatwright> Do you have any armor?
683722:00:19: <viejo> I doubt it
683822:00:32: <Goatwright> and/or do you want to maybe tag something that will increase your roll like say that handy environmental aspect I mentioned
683922:00:34: <NachtRuine> rerolls?
684022:00:35: <Benedict> Could you tag poor visibility to increase that 2 to a 4?
684122:00:48: <viejo> does it matter? he's still hit
684222:00:55: <Goatwright> Except once and not twice
684322:00:57: <Benedict> But the hit is diminished.
684422:00:59: <Goatwright> and hit less
684522:01:00: <viejo> he'd still die
684622:01:06: <Goatwright> you aren't going to die from one hit you boob
684722:01:08: <Goatwright> you don't have 1 HP
684822:01:19: <viejo> okay tagging the visibility then
684922:01:57: <NachtRuine> 1 HP HERO
685022:03:07: <Goatwright> (Also consequences are there no make sure you don't die) The first shot goes wide, dropping a branch in front of the rampaging Mishaal, but the other manages to graze the good doc's arm, burning through his clothes and leaving a nice painful mark. -1 to health and -1 to composure for FIRST HITS
685122:03:31: <viejo> which arm? :^)
685222:03:36: <Goatwright> The one that hurts
685322:03:38: <Goatwright> if it is shot
685422:03:56: <Benedict> 4df+4 1 Pen. Seir is gonna fire once more. Attacking HP instead of composure this time. Attack whomever the Doc doesn't attack.
685522:03:56: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 Pen. Seir is gonna fire once more. Attacking HP instead of composure this time. Attack whomever the Doc doesn't attack.: 5 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 4-)
685622:04:35: <Goatwright> also your super +7 is still there so you can still throat-punch and all
685722:04:58: <viejo> I'll use that to attempt to crush the esurgan's gun-hand if I can.
685822:05:30: <Hippocratesi> "Not quite, my friend!" Mishaal aims at the moth alien and FIRES.
685922:05:34: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: OH BOY: 3 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 3+, 0)
686022:05:34: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 OH BOY
686122:05:37: <Hippocratesi> OH NO
686222:05:44: <NachtRuine> 4df+3+2 (PEN 2) attacking composure on the one that shot wide. we oughta have one alive so we can ask questions.
686322:05:44: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: (PEN 2) attacking composure on the one that shot wide. we oughta have one alive so we can ask questions.: 7 (4df+3+2=0, 3+, 3+, 0)
686422:05:46: <Benedict> Don't forget the Pen, Hippo.
686522:06:23: <Goatwright> 4df+4 fuggy
686622:06:23: <BEIGE> Goatwright: fuggy: 5 (4df+4=0, 0, 0, 3+)
686722:06:29: <Goatwright> 4df+4 wuggy
686822:06:29: <BEIGE> Goatwright: wuggy: 3 (4df+4=0, 3+, 4-, 4-)
686922:07:07: <Benedict> T-the second roll is for my attack, y-yes? S-since Viejo attacked first.
687022:07:14: <viejo> o-oh
687122:07:21: <Goatwright> well
687222:07:28: <Hippocratesi> i honestly don't know the pen
687322:07:30: <Goatwright> Either way one of them is super dead
687422:07:37: <Goatwright> Look at the chart in the OOC, it's in the topic
687522:07:41: <Benedict> What gun you using, Hippo?
687622:07:47: <viejo> d-do you want the k-kill bennysenpai?
687722:07:57: <Benedict> Y-you take it, V-viejo-sama
687822:08:02: <Hippocratesi> a shotgun
687922:08:04: <Hippocratesi> o
688022:08:04: <viejo> s-shall we r-roll for it?
688122:08:06: <Goatwright> Well you generally choose what happens when you shoot people
688222:08:17: <Goatwright> So either you kill them both or one lives or whatever but between you and nahkt
688322:08:23: <Benedict> 1 Pen for an automatic shotgun.
688422:09:24: <viejo> 1d20 roll to see who gets a kill, highest wins
688522:09:24: <BEIGE> Viejo: roll to see who gets a kill, highest wins: 19 (1d20=19)
688622:09:28: <viejo> :^)
688722:09:38: <viejo> you can't biejo the viejo
688822:10:30: <Goatwright> We'll say Doc breaks one of their arms and is finished off by a shot, while Abe is able to shoot one through the thigh, dropping him to the floor in pain.
688922:11:26: <NachtRuine> "That the last one?"
689022:11:49: <viejo> "I really shouldn't test alcohol for science before potentially dangerous missions."
689122:12:05: <viejo> 4df+2 medicine on himself
689222:12:05: <BEIGE> Viejo: medicine on himself: 4 (4df+2=3+, 0, 3+, 0)
689322:12:52: <Goatwright> You are fine
689422:13:11: <Hippocratesi> "I almost broke a sweat." Mishaal chuckles heartily and sensibly.
689522:13:29: <NachtRuine> Abe approaches the esurga on the floor, swiveling around to make sure that's the end.
689622:13:55: <Goatwright> The other two are gone, possibly to get backup or whatever it is soldiers do.
689722:14:25: <viejo> Is the esurgan conscious?
689822:14:27: <viejo> The captured one.
689922:14:42: <Goatwright> He is.
690022:15:34: <Goatwright> He attempts to limp away, but it's clear he's not getting anywhere.
690122:17:06: <Benedict> "If you intend to kill or capture him, do it quick. We still have a job to do."
690222:17:31: <NachtRuine> "I'm personally starting to think that job was bullshit." Abe gets out a bandage from his E-Kit and hands it to the soldier. No point in having them pass out from trauma during questioning.
690322:17:40: <viejo> "First the latter then the former."
690422:18:32: <viejo> "Hey friend, on a scale of 'I want to live' to 'I'm going to be unhelpful and get shot right here and right now,' are you going to tell us what we want to know or not?"
690522:19:07: <Goatwright> "Can I ask the courtesy of doing the deed myself?"
690622:19:43: <Goatwright> This seems a very smarm-laden reply, as he takes the health kit and tries tying off his leg.
690722:20:03: <viejo> Dr. J presses his thumb into the bullet-wound. "Sorry, I believe you were saying something?"
690822:20:39: <Rainglove> "I would be very surprised if we had yet another job that was not what it was supposed to be who would ever expect that"
690922:21:49: <Goatwright> -1 GM Self-esteem. The esurgan cringes, but feebly attempts to kick at the Doc. "Do your worst. We're soldiers. We're /trained/ for this."
691022:21:58: <Goatwright> "If I don't die here, I die when I get back."
691122:22:25: <Hippocratesi> "Then you'll have no issues telling us what we need to know."
691222:22:38: <Rainglove> "Well that seems like a cheerful way of looking at things"
691322:22:56: <Goatwright> "We're not all so lucky to be government-funded pet projects."
691422:22:59: <Benedict> "They're Esurgans. I'm pretty sure their entire culture, of lack of one, I should say, is like that."
691522:23:06: <viejo> "You don't necessarily have to go back and die or die here, we all have choices to make. Like whether or not I want to feed you to my pet rats when we get back or not."
691622:23:06: <Rainglove> Billy pats the Esurgan on whatever its closest appendage is. "So how has your day been so far anything exciting happen I think we may have gotten off on the wrong foot."
691722:23:24: <Rainglove> Billy ignores his lack of feet.
691822:23:59: <viejo> 4df+3 "Tell us your side of the story and maybe there doesn't have to be a grisly outcome." CHARM. engage the blue steel face
691922:23:59: <BEIGE> Viejo: "Tell us your side of the story and maybe there doesn't have to be a grisly outcome." CHARM. engage the blue steel face: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
692022:24:35: <Goatwright> 4df+4 Tagging Truly Alien. Not the blue steel face!
692122:24:36: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Tagging Truly Alien. Not the blue steel face!: 5 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
692222:25:10: <viejo> fine bitch alien we gon' kill you
692322:25:42: <Goatwright> The esurgan seems to consider it, but ultimately doesn't budge, deciding to sit here like this, probably doomed to bleed out anyway. "I would leave attempt to leave. You let two go."
692422:26:29: <Goatwright> Meanwhile, Billy, your ship has been kind enough to send you a few emails on how it's doing right now.
692522:26:36: <Rainglove> oh good
692622:26:40: <Rainglove> how you doin' ship?
692722:27:29: <viejo> "So let's get this straight: you go back and get killed, you don't tell us what we want to know and you get killed, or you /do/ tell us and you might live? Are you really stupid enough not to take a chance that you might live?"
692822:27:40: <Goatwright> Well some guys are crawling around and it and touching its buttons and it thinks maybe that isn't a good thing so it thought it should let you know.
692922:27:46: <Benedict> Seir decides to send messages to the Captain. "Who gave you this planet information. There was an Esurgan trap waiting for us. Is there even a ruin on this planet."
693022:27:48: <Goatwright> in it even
693122:28:07: <Rainglove> Wow, that's bad. Billy vents the atmosphere.
693222:29:45: <Rainglove> "There is something on my ship and this is not okay."
693322:30:09: <Hippocratesi> "...Something?"
693422:30:21: <Rainglove> "Well I would assume esurgans but I am not sure"
693522:30:33: <Goatwright> "Are you really so willing to kill a man simply because he refuses to tell you what you want to know?" Disregarding the compromising position, the esurgan crawls over to the currently deceased comrade of his, digging through his pockets and pulling out something resembling a cigarette. He pulls out a lighter from his comrade's corpse, too, and lights up with
693622:30:37: <Goatwright> a niiiiice drag.
693722:31:01: <Benedict> "Just kill the walking maggot and lets go check on the ship."
693822:31:11: <Goatwright> "And they say esurga are the monsters of the galaxy." He chuckles to himself, leaning on his buddy's body.
693922:31:28: <Rainglove> "I don't know anyone who has said that but okay"
694022:31:46: <viejo> "Hm, no, you're right actually. Normally I just leave the man in unfavorable circumstances and somehow, magically, when I get back he's dead!"
694122:31:50: <Rainglove> Billy calls his ship back down, wondering if he's going to have to live a life on the surface of this planet.
694222:32:19: <Hippocratesi> "Do you want me to rip off one his limbs?"
694322:32:23: <NachtRuine> "Let's just head back to the ship and report. I highly doubt that job was anything but bogus."
694422:32:24: <Rainglove> "That really is very racist and you should probably not associate with people who talk like that they are bad influences"
694522:32:28: <Hippocratesi> one of* fug
694622:32:32: <viejo> Dr. J hums. "Yeah, or crush them. I'm fine with either."
694722:32:50: <Goatwright> The ship's atmosphere is vented and the internal sensors let Billy know that it is emptying out of heated forms. Soon after, it starts receiving damage from the outside, in a concentrated point.
694822:33:20: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal giggles with glee. He takes the esurgan
694922:33:22: <Hippocratesi> fug
695022:33:25: <Rainglove> "Oh now they're shooting it that really is just very rude.
695122:33:27: <Rainglove> "
695222:34:00: <Benedict> "Esurgans, Billy."
695322:34:07: <Rainglove> "It is still rude"
695422:34:12: <Benedict> "Esurgans."
695522:34:17: <Goatwright> Ol' Mayflower responds to the beckoning and says it is off to find a clear area to land. It flies overhead, briefly enough to be seen, and you can see a few bodies strapped to the outside of it, with another ship tailing behind.
695622:34:33: <Benedict> "Oh, lovely."
695722:34:59: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: Mishaal giggles with glee. He takes the esurgan's arms and attempts to rip them off. BRAWLING HERE WE GO: 6 (4df+5=4-, 3+, 0, 3+)
695822:34:59: <Hippocratesi> 4df+5 Mishaal giggles with glee. He takes the esurgan's arms and attempts to rip them off. BRAWLING HERE WE GO
695922:35:10: <Rainglove> Billy pokes the bugman Mishaal is hanging on to. "I am billing you if they scratch it"
696022:35:13: <Rainglove> he sets off after his ship
696122:36:14: <Goatwright> I would say that is suitable enough for arm ripping, after a few hard tugs. The esurgan, of course, screams in agony the entire time, as you might expect somebody to do as their arms are torn off.
696222:36:38: <viejo> Dr. J wipes a bead of sweat off his forehead. Even by his standards he's a bit visibly unsettled.
696322:37:00: <NachtRuine> "Jesus, Mishaal!" Abe is pretty shaken.
696422:37:34: <Benedict> Seir thinks about mechs as a coping mechanism for what he had to see and hear.
696522:37:36: <Hippocratesi> "...What? He made his choice." Mishaal drops the arms on the ground.
696622:37:58: <Goatwright> He is also dropped.
696722:38:03: <Rainglove> you've taken away his ability to light up cigarettes
696822:38:08: <Rainglove> this is the true evil
696922:38:08: <viejo> So is the bugman dead?
697022:38:19: <Goatwright> Well, having your arms ripped off does not immediately kill you, no
697122:38:31: <viejo> "So do you want to tell us now?"
697222:38:38: <viejo> Dr. J says a bit weakly.
697322:38:53: <Goatwright> He's also busy screaming in pain, because you just ripped his arms off. This is a very bad interrogation maneuver.
697422:38:59: <Goatwright> Way to drop the ball, guys.
697522:39:12: <Hippocratesi> "Maybe both arms was too much."
697622:39:13: <Rainglove> "I'm sorry to break up your blood orgy but our only way off-planet is being attacked and I would like to not be stranded here forever also it was very expensive"
697722:39:18: <viejo> Dr. J gets out his gun and shoots him in the head.
697822:40:59: <Goatwright> You shoot him, but he doesn't die. He gurgles and twitches, slowly dying in agony and a slow, slow braindeath. Wow, guys, just... wow.
697922:41:05: <Goatwright> (This is a joke. he dies)
698022:41:23: <viejo> "I thought he might reconsider with the threat of having his limbs pulled off but, good god..."
698122:41:35: <viejo> "Nasty way to go."
698222:41:43: <NachtRuine> "Fucking Christ." Abe, having diverted his eyes, looks back. He shakes his head.
698322:42:05: <Benedict> Seir continues to think of mechs as a coping mechanism as he goes along to get to the ship to save it.
698422:42:34: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal 'hmm's and goes off to rescue Billy's ship.
698522:43:22: <Goatwright> Since you've been busy committing war crimes, a hole has slowly began getting fired through Billy's ship. The ship warns this will eliminate the deterrent of an atmosphere-less cabin, and overall does not seem to like getting shot.
698622:43:29: <Rainglove> "And of course we've gone and murdered one of them and they're not going to be happy about that so now we're going to have to shoot at my ship to get them off of it and I am so excited"
698722:43:36: <Benedict> It's not a crime if no one knows about it!
698822:43:49: <Benedict> (Misha got taped by a secret Esurgan, didn't he?)
698922:44:09: <Hippocratesi> >crime
699022:44:19: <Hippocratesi> he wasn't a civilian
699122:44:37: <Goatwright> Torture is still a war crime
699222:45:06: <viejo> Where are they shooting from?
699322:46:07: <Goatwright> From outside the ship?
699422:46:15: <Goatwright> The ship you're trying to head back to?
699522:46:27: <NachtRuine> Abe is continuing to monitor the area.
699622:46:34: <viejo> Dr. J goes off to wherever the attackers are.
699722:48:14: <Goatwright> You can hear the ship landing in the distance, followed by the landing of the one tailing it. The familiar high-pitched buzz of energy weapons continues to sound as they attempt to burrow a neat hole into the ship.
699822:48:49: <Rainglove> "Do you think we can steal their ship?"
699922:48:54: <Goatwright> Running towards them, you may want to consider the possibility of being notably outnumbered. Do you want to charge out, or try something a bit more tactical?
700022:48:54: <viejo> Dr. J MSNs Mayhallis. "They've got a ship attacking ours and it's taking heavy fire, now might be a time to mech drop in and tear it a new asshole."
700122:48:55: <Rainglove> "I think we can steal their ship."
700222:49:06: <Rainglove> Billy sets about attempting to hack their ship.
700322:49:08: <Rainglove> And the planet.
700422:49:10: <viejo> Jee goat that sure wasn't a leading question
700522:49:11: <Rainglove> But mostly their ship.
700622:51:03: <Goatwright> well viejo I didn't want you to die outright
700722:51:34: <Benedict> Seir hacks the galaxy and deletes the Esurgan file.
700822:51:42: <Goatwright> fug
700922:51:55: <Goatwright> Also go ahead, Billy. Roll for the thing.
701022:52:10: <viejo> Dr. J decides to hide somewhere appropriate. "So it seems we might be heavily outnumbered, now what? Call the mechs down? I MSN'd Mayhallis and told him of our situation."
701122:52:37: <Rainglove> 4df+5 I believe
701222:52:37: <BEIGE> Rainglove: I believe: 7 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
701322:52:42: <Rainglove> BELIEEEEVE
701422:52:55: <NachtRuine> Abe takes similar action. "We might have to if we want our ship back in one piece."
701522:53:08: <Hippocratesi> "Mechs sounds like a good plan."
701622:53:11: <Benedict> Seir knows what time it is.
701722:53:16: <Rainglove> "I'm attempting to gain control of their ship."
701822:53:29: <viejo> ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL
701922:53:42: <Rainglove> vrrrrrrrr
702022:53:48: <Goatwright> 4df+3 Fug noh muh shippyship
702122:53:48: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Fug noh muh shippyship: 2 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 3+, 0)
702222:54:01: <NachtRuine> gottem
702322:54:05: <Benedict> Large Waakaki, it's performance.
702422:54:32: <viejo> maybe Dr. J can use his +2 in medicine to revive the bugman...
702522:54:36: <Goatwright> Billy manages to get into the automated sections of the ship's controls, which happen to be...
702622:54:55: <BEIGE> Goatwright: 3 (1d4=3)
702722:54:55: <Goatwright> 1d4
702822:55:00: <Rainglove> t-t-t-turrets?
702922:55:06: <viejo> The toilet system.
703022:55:11: <Rainglove> oh finally
703122:55:18: <viejo> You can splash a large amount of water into their assholes now
703222:55:22: <viejo> completely throw them off balance
703322:55:29: <Rainglove> the best type of victory
703422:55:32: <Goatwright> Turrets and forward thrusters, but no lateral movement.
703522:55:35: <Rainglove> they'll never figure it out
703622:55:35: <viejo> when they all go inside that one toilet to investigate we'll lock them in
703722:55:43: <Rainglove> which way is forward?
703822:55:50: <Goatwright> Towards your ship
703922:55:50: <Rainglove> towards his ship, away from his ship?
704022:55:53: <Rainglove> well
704122:56:25: <Rainglove> "I have control of the turrets and forward thrusters but nothing else unfortunately"
704222:56:43: <Goatwright> Somebody seems to call from inside the enemy ship, as a few guys are turning to climb in and look inside.
704322:56:55: <Rainglove> "I can tell my ship to take off and just send them off on their way though"
704422:57:22: <NachtRuine> "Try it, see if it'll work."
704522:57:34: <Rainglove> Billy politely asks his ship to lift off the ground just a bit
704622:57:43: <Goatwright> Two new esurgans climb out of their ship, seemingly better armed than the last few soldiers you fought, and they scan the area. One of them talks into a headset.
704722:58:19: <Goatwright> Billy's ship complies, and it begins to ascend! The esurgans at this point begin scrambling, some of them firing at its lateral thrusters.
704822:58:44: <viejo> "We should use that other esurgan's arms to wave at them and pretend we're one of them." Dr. J sniggers at the thought and he sighs. "Now I feel bad about him all over again."
704922:58:53: <Rainglove> Billy sends their ship off into the distance
705022:58:57: <Goatwright> He was a father :[
705122:58:58: <Rainglove> he enables the turrets just for funsies
705222:59:12: <Rainglove> if they have a "Shoot everything that gets near us" mode, he puts that on as well
705323:00:02: <Goatwright> The ship scrapes across the dirt, slamming into trees until it starts gaining a little airtime, just enough to start skipping across the ground and barrel through the rainforest.
705423:00:38: <Goatwright> Two esurgan are shot by its turrets as it tears past, and the rest go off in a desperate bid to gain control of it.
705523:00:49: <Hippocratesi> "Quite the show."
705623:00:52: <viejo> Are there any bugmandem left on the ground?
705723:01:35: <Goatwright> One of the larger, better-armed esurgan stay behind, ordering another two weaker ones to stay and keep firing at the thrusters of Billy's ship.
705823:01:58: <Goatwright> Billy's ship assures him they won't be able to get it down any time soon but it is not feeling this abuse.
705923:02:09: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to land his ship on them.
706023:02:48: <viejo> 4df+6 tagging the visiblity to stealthily move towards them
706123:02:48: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging the visiblity to stealthily move towards them: 10 (4df+6=3+, 3+, 3+, 3+)
706223:02:52: <Rainglove> jesus
706323:03:00: <viejo> "Come on let's gut these bastards."
706423:03:02: <Rainglove> you were adopted by the forest
706523:03:07: <Rainglove> doctor J was born in it
706623:03:08: <Rainglove> molded by it
706723:03:08: <Benedict> Doctor Jay completely disappears from reality. Roll a new character.
706823:03:10: <Goatwright> Since when do you have 4 in sneak?
706923:03:13: <Rainglove> he didn't see the city until he was a man
707023:03:21: <viejo> agility, is sneak even a THING?
707123:03:28: <Goatwright> yes
707223:03:30: <Rainglove> yes
707323:03:32: <viejo> pft whaaaaaaaaaaat
707423:03:33: <Hippocratesi> no
707523:03:36: <Goatwright> and nobody has it
707623:03:37: <viejo> since when
707723:03:43: <Goatwright> since the beginning of the game
707823:03:48: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: GUESS WHAT I HAVE STEALTH: 5 (4df+3=0, 3+, 3+, 0)
707923:03:48: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 GUESS WHAT I HAVE STEALTH
708023:03:52: <Goatwright> AW SHIT
708123:03:53: <viejo> HERE WE GO
708223:03:58: <Goatwright> nacht are you tagging the thing?
708323:04:03: <NachtRuine> ohrite
708423:04:04: <NachtRuine> yes
708523:04:07: <Goatwright> okay
708623:04:28: <Goatwright> 4df+3 Unfortunately I majored in things other than vision tests
708723:04:28: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Unfortunately I majored in things other than vision tests: 1 (4df+3=4-, 0, 0, 4-)
708823:04:31: <viejo> can I swap in sneak for gunthrowers pls
708923:04:48: <Goatwright> Where did my nose go? Huh. Wait, do I have a nose? Do bugs have noses? The guard seems to ponder this.
709023:05:09: <Goatwright> Since slug thrower is a level 1 skill yes you can but you must wait til AFTER ZHE RUN
709123:05:21: <viejo> muh 10
709223:05:35: <Rainglove> nice job wasting a crit faggot
709323:05:46: <Benedict> How Can We Have Noses If Smells Ain't Reall
709423:06:03: <Goatwright> You can roll it as an unskilled roll and just take off 5
709523:06:08: <Goatwright> it's still enough to beat his perception roll
709623:06:14: <Goatwright> which is a 1
709723:06:52: <NachtRuine> Abe's gonna be aiming right at the big one. Cut the head off and the others will scatter. Not firing yet, but he's ready to.
709823:07:10: <Goatwright> Do note that they're far enough in the clearing to take some distance before you get to them, so unless you're shooting, you proooobably can't run out and get to one of them before getting shot
709923:07:17: <Goatwright> or shot at, considering their aim
710023:07:40: <Rainglove> Billy continues attempting to land his ship on them.
710123:07:41: <viejo> I'll do it unskilled then
710223:07:45: <Rainglove> It'll work eventually.
710323:07:48: <Goatwright> Also Billy's ship plops to the ground. Being smart enough to not shoot at thrusters of a ship right below it, considering their aim was to make it fall in the first place, they are not crushed.
710423:08:17: <Goatwright> They take the opportunity to try to board it, though, now that it's back on the ground.
710523:08:45: <NachtRuine> Abe fires as they try to board it.
710623:08:59: <NachtRuine> 4df+3+2 PEN 2 PEW PEW
710723:08:59: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: PEN 2 PEW PEW: 4 (4df+3+2=4-, 4-, 3+, 0)
710823:09:01: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 Pen. Seir fires at the first goy that tries to enter the ship. Targeting HP.: 3 (4df+4=4-, 0, 0, 0)
710923:09:01: <Benedict> 4df+4 1 Pen. Seir fires at the first goy that tries to enter the ship. Targeting HP.
711023:09:17: <viejo> Dr. J continues to stealth around, preferably to the side, if there's any forest closer to them without going through the clearing.
711123:09:49: <Goatwright> The forest encompasses an area around the opening, but nothing close enough for an Assassin's Creed-style kill.
711223:10:11: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 with 1 pen. Mishaal shoots at whoever's trying to get into their ship.
711323:10:11: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: with 1 pen. Mishaal shoots at whoever's trying to get into their ship.: 4 (4df+4=0, 4-, 3+, 0)
711423:10:41: <Goatwright> 1d20+4 Also fug I guess you're all shooting at this one guy in particular, he's about to have a bad day
711523:10:41: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Also fug I guess you're all shooting at this one guy in particular, he's about to have a bad day: 18 (1d20+4=14)
711623:10:44: <Goatwright> oh whoops that is
711723:10:47: <Goatwright> the wrong system
711823:10:50: <NachtRuine> i was scared
711923:10:56: <Goatwright> 4df+4 so was I
712023:10:56: <BEIGE> Goatwright: so was I: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, 0, 0)
712123:11:53: <Goatwright> They all get shots off on the guy, though to varying levels of effectiveness. The esurgan crumples to his knees, clutching his chest, while the other peon and the big hulking motherfucker turn around. Y'all been SPOTTED now.
712223:12:02: <Goatwright> And guess what
712323:12:08: <viejo> b-but muh stealth
712423:12:29: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal beats his chest at the hulking motherfucker.
712523:12:33: <Benedict> I'm going to guess that they're homosexuals.
712623:12:34: <Hippocratesi> Come on over.
712723:12:35: <Goatwright> Everybody who shot, not you, Doc
712823:12:49: <Benedict> "Please stop acting like that, Big Guy."
712923:13:00: <viejo> am I in a position that they can't see me if I sneak up and teleport behind them?
713023:13:10: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to shut the door to his ship.
713123:13:12: <Rainglove> pls.
713223:13:33: <Goatwright> It shuts. You catch the hand on the one everybody just shot, really ruining the poor guy's day. And his hand.
713323:13:47: <Rainglove> good thing he was dead anyway
713423:13:53: <viejo> More dismemberment. Now Billy is a war criminal as well.
713523:13:55: <Goatwright> Nah he's still alive
713623:14:15: <Rainglove> goddamn future guns are ineffective as shit
713723:14:19: <Goatwright> dwi nerd
713823:14:57: <Rainglove> so are they stuck inside or outside?
713923:15:05: <Goatwright> He's outside of the ship still.
714023:15:42: <Benedict> "Go away or we will close the door on his hand a second time."
714123:15:45: <Hippocratesi> wait are we inside or outside
714223:15:49: <Benedict> Outside.
714323:15:54: <Hippocratesi> inside, got it
714423:15:59: <Benedict> No, inside.
714523:16:00: <Goatwright> Meanwhile, the big one takes Mishaal's threat with a slight nod, and then, dropping his gun, decides to head on over there. As he does so, a thick plate armor begins to form over his body, mechanisms whirring as gauntlets seem to sprout up on his hands from his former uniform.
714623:16:03: <Hippocratesi> outside?
714723:16:08: <Goatwright> It's a BOSS
714823:16:09: <Benedict> Yeah, inside.
714923:16:14: <Goatwright> And he WANTS AN HONORABRU MELEE FIGHT
715023:16:26: <Benedict> What is "honor"?
715123:16:29: <NachtRuine> Wait what about the peon?
715223:16:44: <Goatwright> The other peons do not want honor. They're shooting at the rest of you.
715323:16:54: <BEIGE> Goatwright: fug u nacht, pen 1: 5 (4df+4=0, 3+, 0, 0)
715423:16:54: <Goatwright> 4df+4 fug u nacht, pen 1
715523:17:05: <BEIGE> Goatwright: fug u benny, pen 1: 1 (4df+4=4-, 0, 4-, 4-)
715623:17:05: <Goatwright> 4df+4 fug u benny, pen 1
715723:17:12: <Goatwright> well his hand is broken so okay
715823:17:38: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal guffaws and drops his gun. "Now THIS is what I LIKE!" He goes to meet the big fucker halfway.
715923:17:58: <Goatwright> At this point, Doc, you could either ruin Mishaal's big fun fight or go kill the other guys who are distracted with gun pewing.
716023:18:06: <NachtRuine> 4df+3+1 dodge rolls through the trees
716123:18:06: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: dodge rolls through the trees: 3 (4df+3+1=3+, 4-, 4-, 0)
716223:18:55: <viejo> Dr. J decides to run into the melee, preferably behind the big guy.
716323:19:11: <viejo> Oh actually Hippo do you want the big man to yourself?
716423:19:27: <Hippocratesi> shore
716523:19:31: <viejo> Oh I'll go slay the other guys I didn't read up
716623:19:47: <Goatwright> Abe attempts to jump into some brush, but a stray beam catches him on the shoulder and hits him. -2 to HP and Composure, unless you want some o' dem consequences
716723:19:50: <Goatwright> IIRC you can only take one at a time
716823:19:56: <Goatwright> >I didn't read up
716923:19:58: <Goatwright> viejo pls
717023:20:10: <viejo> 4df+4 NEED FOR SPEED
717123:20:10: <BEIGE> Viejo: NEED FOR SPEED: 4 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 4-, 3+)
717223:21:55: <Benedict> 4df+2 Tagging that forest thing so I don't die.
717323:21:55: <BEIGE> Benedict: Tagging that forest thing so I don't die.: 2 (4df+2=0, 3+, 4-, 0)
717423:22:19: <Hippocratesi> 4df+7 May I uh, tag Kuotagh? Sure I can. I-I sure I hope I hit him.
717523:22:19: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: May I uh, tag Kuotagh? Sure I can. I-I sure I hope I hit him.: 8 (4df+7=3+, 0, 0, 0)
717623:22:23: <Hippocratesi> bah god
717723:22:39: <Goatwright> Seir survives, but probably just because the other guy's arm is kill.
717823:22:51: <NachtRuine> It might not have caused any major damage, but that was a good enough shot to cause him to start Bleeding. (minor, -1 HP)
717923:23:04: <Goatwright> Also you make it over, Doc
718023:23:16: <Benedict> 4df+4 1 Pen. Seir returns fire on the guy that attacked Abe, simply because the other guy has a shitty arm and won't be much of a threat soon anyway.
718123:23:16: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 Pen. Seir returns fire on the guy that attacked Abe, simply because the other guy has a shitty arm and won't be much of a threat soon anyway.: 6 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
718223:23:22: <BEIGE> Viejo: stab a fucker in the back: 4 (4df+5=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
718323:23:22: <viejo> 4df+5 stab a fucker in the back
718423:24:45: <Goatwright> 4df+4+3 What you didn't know going into this, Mishaal, is that BOSSES GET GUD TECH
718523:24:45: <BEIGE> Goatwright: What you didn't know going into this, Mishaal, is that BOSSES GET GUD TECH: 6 (4df+4+3=0, 4-, 0, 0)
718623:24:58: <Hippocratesi> don't look gud to me
718723:25:02: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: Abe focuses fire on the one Seir's firing upon PEN2: 4 (4df+3+2=4-, 0, 4-, 3+)
718823:25:02: <NachtRuine> 4df+3+2 Abe focuses fire on the one Seir's firing upon PEN2
718923:25:21: <Goatwright> Which one are you attacking, Viejo?
719023:25:43: <viejo> who is there to attack?
719123:25:55: <Goatwright> The gimpy one with the arm and the one both Seir and Abe are shooting
719223:26:04: <viejo> the gimpy one :^)
719323:26:11: <Hippocratesi> d-did i hit or?
719423:26:18: <Goatwright> yes faggot hang on >:V
719523:26:27: <Goatwright> you are all hitting things
719623:26:35: <Goatwright> 4df+4 gimpy goy
719723:26:35: <BEIGE> Goatwright: gimpy goy: 4 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 0, 0)
719823:26:41: <Goatwright> 4df+4 non-gimpy goy
719923:26:41: <BEIGE> Goatwright: non-gimpy goy: 1 (4df+4=0, 4-, 4-, 4-)
720023:27:02: <viejo> I thought I sneaked up on him
720123:28:23: <Goatwright> I don't think that sets you up for auto-hits, though, that'd be fairly unbalanced. But I'll give you a bonus in your favor, which is enough to at least hit him.
720223:28:51: <Benedict> Jeez, non-gimpy goy.
720323:28:52: <Benedict> Step it up.
720423:29:33: <Goatwright> And considering he's already about kill, you knock him out/kill him/whatever. Non-gimpy esurgan takes too much damage to really survive that, so he too ends up hitting the ground.
720523:29:59: <Benedict> The non-gimpy goy should get murdered.
720623:30:28: <NachtRuine> reasonable.
720723:30:30: <Goatwright> Leaving us to Boss Nigga, who just got some swipes from Mishaal, causing blood to run in his eyes. (Moderate Consequence, Free Tag Aspect: Where Am I Hitting?)
720823:30:32: <viejo> Dr. J knocks him out with his robot elbow.
720923:31:05: <Goatwright> 4df+5+2 Pen 1 LITTLE DO YOU KNOW, I HIT AS HARD AS I TAKE HITS HYURGHHHH
721023:31:06: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Pen 1 LITTLE DO YOU KNOW, I HIT AS HARD AS I TAKE HITS HYURGHHHH: 7 (4df+5+2=0, 0, 4-, 3+)
721123:31:18: <Hippocratesi> GOLLY THAT HURTS
721223:31:23: <Hippocratesi> what do i roll again fuck
721323:32:24: <Goatwright> Considering there probably aren't a lot of other things you can roll to counter it, either Agility orrrrr we'll say Stamina at the cost of a guaranteed -1 to ya health, for taking the hit like a boss but stealing yourself against it
721423:32:33: <Goatwright> steeling even
721523:32:57: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 i will steel myself
721623:32:57: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: i will steel myself: 3 (4df+4=0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
721723:33:01: <Hippocratesi> oh dear
721823:33:08: <NachtRuine> rerolls????
721923:33:09: <Goatwright> you might want to consider aspects
722023:33:10: <Goatwright> or help
722123:33:12: <viejo> oh dear
722223:33:19: <viejo> can Dr. J run over there in time for a stabby?
722323:33:42: <Benedict> 4df+4 1 Pen. Seir does not believe in honor and goes shooting for Boss Nigga's eyes.
722423:33:42: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 Pen. Seir does not believe in honor and goes shooting for Boss Nigga's eyes.: 4 (4df+4=0, 3+, 4-, 0)
722523:33:49: <Hippocratesi> c-Could I rero- well i got help
722623:34:06: <viejo> take a consequence hippo
722723:34:13: <Goatwright> you can add an aspect on for +2 to your roll or free-tag his consequence for less damage
722823:34:16: <Goatwright> keep in mind you also get consequences
722923:34:22: <Goatwright> to mitigate damage
723023:34:40: <Hippocratesi> i-i suppose i'll add that +2
723123:35:44: <Goatwright> Aight, free-tag it is. Mishaal gets a solid fist of steel right in the face, pushing him back a bit, but he takes it with some impressive stride. -3 to HP and -3 to Composure. Consequences might be a GOOD IDEA, but that is up to you.
723223:35:53: <Goatwright> also yes you can now roll to hit the guy
723323:36:05: <Goatwright> I would suggest aspects
723423:36:35: <Hippocratesi> "Oh...huh. That hurt."
723523:37:05: <Goatwright> "We can bulk up, too." He gives you a BUGGY SNEER.
723623:37:36: <viejo> Can Dr. J get there in time to stab him in the back?
723723:37:38: <Hippocratesi> 4df+7 I SHAN'T BREAK
723823:37:38: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: I SHAN'T BREAK: 6 (4df+7=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
723923:37:43: <Hippocratesi> oh god i'm gonna break
724023:38:01: <Goatwright> You can try to hit him but you're no longer sneaking
724123:38:27: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging accomplished swordsman "Sorry to interrupt.": 3 (4df+6=4-, 4-, 4-, 0)
724223:38:27: <viejo> 4df+6 tagging accomplished swordsman "Sorry to interrupt."
724323:38:29: <viejo> haha
724423:38:36: <Goatwright> Also Hippo is that another aspect?
724523:38:54: <Rainglove> what baddies are still up, aside from Bane?
724623:39:05: <Hippocratesi> that is an aspect
724723:39:07: <Benedict> Just Bane.
724823:39:08: <Goatwright> Just Bane, everybody else died fairly quickly and the other ship is still tearing through the jungle
724923:39:28: <Benedict> Does our friendly Bane-bug weak a mask that can disable him?
725023:39:28: <viejo> can you spent a fate point to reroll something?
725123:39:33: <Benedict> wear*
725223:39:36: <Goatwright> That's your last fate point, isn't it?
725323:39:39: <Rainglove> Billy makes for his ship.
725423:39:39: <viejo> Yee
725523:39:49: <viejo> you should compel Dr. J to make a bane-related joke for another one
725623:40:02: <Goatwright> noh ids naht guud enaugh
725723:40:09: <Goatwright> I will give you compels later though, don't worry
725823:40:09: <Hippocratesi> i've used 3, so
725923:40:11: <Hippocratesi> probably
726023:40:14: <Rainglove> >Later
726123:40:15: <Rainglove> hahaha
726223:40:25: <viejo> I'm sorry Mishaal I tried ;-;
726323:40:27: <Goatwright> it's only 6:30 you bum
726423:40:35: <Hippocratesi> i won't die hahahahhaa
726523:40:37: <Goatwright> Also Nacht are you shooting too?
726623:40:37: <Hippocratesi> hahaha ;_;
726723:40:46: <viejo> are you going to roll agility goat
726823:40:51: <viejo> y-you never know
726923:40:51: <Goatwright> I'm waiting for everybody to hit
727023:40:56: <Benedict> God damn it, I was trying to just click over to the OOC channel.
727123:41:08: <Rainglove> Does Billy get Bane'd on the way to his ship?
727223:41:12: <viejo> 1d100 how big a guy is he?
727323:41:12: <BEIGE> Viejo: how big a guy is he?: 38 (1d100=38)
727423:41:32: <Benedict> He's not that big.
727523:41:36: <viejo> for you
727623:41:45: <Benedict> 1d100 How big of a guy is he for Seir?
727723:41:45: <BEIGE> Benedict: How big of a guy is he for Seir?: 16 (1d100=16)
727823:43:05: <Goatwright> 4df+4+3 But yeah sure I'll roll Agility for now while I wait for Nacht to roll
727923:43:05: <BEIGE> Goatwright: But yeah sure I'll roll Agility for now while I wait for Nacht to roll: 9 (4df+4+3=0, 3+, 3+, 0)
728023:43:10: <Goatwright> wow c'mon
728123:43:18: <viejo> OH NO
728223:43:26: <Rainglove> THE SHIP
728323:43:29: <Goatwright> Also no Billy, you safely make it to the ship
728423:43:37: <Hippocratesi> THE BEAR
728523:43:39: <Hippocratesi> WILL BREAK
728623:43:46: <viejo> Goat pls have him lift him up
728723:43:50: <viejo> take that as a consequence
728823:43:55: <viejo> but he can only do the attack the next turn
728923:44:14: <NachtRuine> 4df+3+2 pen 2 Honor is dead after all.
729023:44:14: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: pen 2 Honor is dead after all.: 4 (4df+3+2=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
729123:44:34: <Benedict> Honor is a concept developed by losers.
729223:45:25: <Goatwright> Everybody's FEEBLE BULLETS AND PUNY HITS give Bug!Bane a hearty laugh. "Is this truly all you have to offer? Embarrassing!"
729323:45:39: <Rainglove> Billy racks up his cannons. "Mishaal you may want to disengage I am not going to fire while you are locked up right next to him."
729423:45:53: <Goatwright> Doc is here, too!
729523:46:11: <viejo> I don't think Mishaal can outrun Bane-bug
729623:46:29: <Goatwright> Well y'know what buddy
729723:46:49: <Rainglove> well billy's guns are snipers
729823:46:55: <Rainglove> he doesn't have to get very far from him
729923:47:42: <Goatwright> Compelling Accomplished Swordsman on Dr. Jeisswessel to have his FEELINGS HURT for Bane insulting his combat prowess.
730023:47:55: <Goatwright> Feel free to take that as a means of distracting Bug Brains for the sake of mishaal's lifepoints
730123:48:12: <viejo> hmmmm
730223:48:13: <viejo> hmmmmmmmmmmm
730323:48:24: <Rainglove> you can't resist with no points loser
730423:48:25: <Goatwright> Distracting does make you a target, though. IS IT WORTH IT?
730523:48:26: <viejo> Compelled
730623:48:49: <Hippocratesi> To back off would be cowardice, but unfortunately for Mishaal it doesn't seem like he has much of a choice.
730723:48:58: <viejo> "You're a pretty big guy, but size isn't everything. Face me in combat instead, unless you're a coward."
730823:49:15: <viejo> herewego.jpg
730923:50:12: <Goatwright> 4df+4+2 Tagging "Big Guy 4 U"; he attempts to pick Jeisswessel up and TOSS HIM AWAY. Ids a Stamina roll, versus your Agility
731023:50:12: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Tagging "Big Guy 4 U"; he attempts to pick Jeisswessel up and TOSS HIM AWAY. Ids a Stamina roll, versus your Agility: 8 (4df+4+2=3+, 0, 0, 3+)
731123:50:22: <Goatwright> jesus beige what are you doing these modifiers should be negatives
731223:50:23: <Rainglove> can I uh
731323:50:26: <Rainglove> f-fire?
731423:50:32: <Goatwright> Well Doc is here right now
731523:50:36: <Rainglove> well goddamnit doc
731623:50:55: <Rainglove> Billy facetentacles
731723:51:04: <viejo> I want to use my stamina against it
731823:51:18: <Goatwright> I will allow it
731923:51:20: <viejo> well jee sorry for trying to save the bearbird's furry and or feathered ass
732023:51:28: <viejo> 4df+5 tagging robot arm HERE WE GO
732123:51:28: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging robot arm HERE WE GO: 6 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 0, 3+)
732223:51:31: <Goatwright> also other people still have guns
732323:52:14: <Benedict> 4df+3 Seir uses ALERTNESS to look for any weaknesses on bug man and bug man's armor to exploit.
732423:52:14: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir uses ALERTNESS to look for any weaknesses on bug man and bug man's armor to exploit.: 5 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
732523:52:37: <Goatwright> Jeisswessel puts up a bit of his fight with a few well-charged hits with his arm, but he's soon overpowered, picked up, and TOSSED THE FUCK AWAY, back into the brush, where his pride is hurt. -1 Composure :^]
732623:52:37: <Rainglove> I bet it's vulnerable to man-sized slugs
732723:52:47: <NachtRuine> 4df+3+2 pen 2 Even more pewpew!
732823:52:47: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: pen 2 Even more pewpew!: 5 (4df+3+2=0, 0, 0, 0)
732923:52:54: <Goatwright> okay rain now is a time to be the firing
733023:53:09: <Rainglove> 4df+5+2 2 pen, tagging she may not look like much
733123:53:09: <BEIGE> Rainglove: 2 pen, tagging she may not look like much: 10 (4df+5+2=0, 3+, 3+, 3+)
733223:53:12: <Rainglove> :^)
733323:53:13: <viejo> UH OH
733423:53:15: <viejo> c-can we
733523:53:17: <viejo> question h-him
733623:53:18: <viejo> l-later
733723:53:23: <NachtRuine> pft no
733823:53:30: <viejo> "s-so m-mister bane b-bug how did you g-get so b-big?"!
733923:53:38: <Goatwright> 4df+4+3 armor, CAN I TAKE IT? HRKKKKKKKKKKKKK
734023:53:38: <BEIGE> Goatwright: armor, CAN I TAKE IT? HRKKKKKKKKKKKKK: 8 (4df+4+3=4-, 0, 3+, 3+)
734123:53:59: <Benedict> N-no studying today, Seir-sama.
734223:55:35: <Goatwright> Considering the size difference and the penetration, Birry-kun's gun tears through the armor. The proverbial spess mahreen attempts to put his gauntlets up in front of him as a defense, but round after round dents and crushes the armor.
734323:56:36: <Goatwright> His armor actually manages to stand up, but round after round pushes him into the ground and drains his suit's battery, and soon, he's stuck immobilized in this big steel PRISON.
734423:57:03: <Rainglove> "Mishaal I think we have found you a new suit of armor"
734523:57:18: <Rainglove> Billy exits the ship and goes to take a look at the thing
734623:57:20: <Benedict> "Is he dead. I will be disappointed if he is not dead."
734723:57:31: <NachtRuine> "Nah that thing's all busted up. But maybe we can reverse-engineer it."
734823:57:38: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal looks quite defeated. SHAMED.
734923:57:50: <Hippocratesi> Saved by a bunch of nerds
735023:57:59: <viejo> Dr. J dusts himself down. "When I got up today all I wanted to do was to trick Alan into anal probing my specimen while I watched MMMU and got horrendously drunk."
735123:58:40: <Rainglove> Billy LOOKS
735223:58:40: <Benedict> "I probably could. Might make Misha a big too tough. I mean, the walking maggot needed this armor to stand toe-to-toe with Misha."
735323:58:42: <Rainglove> at the THING
735423:58:49: <Goatwright> Which THING
735523:58:55: <Rainglove> which THING do you think loser
735623:58:56: <Rainglove> the SUIT
735723:58:57: <NachtRuine> "Can't say I share the desire. So let's actually ask questions instead of immediately ripping limbs?"
735823:59:18: <Goatwright> The suit is battered up very badly. It would not be an easy fix, and nobody on the ship is quite equipped for working on this sorta thing.
735923:59:28: <Goatwright> Plus there's this gross thing wiggling around inside of that. Ew, what is that?
736023:59:46: <Goatwright> Oh, it's the Esurgan. He appears to want out.
736123:59:59: <Rainglove> Billy knocks on the outside. "Are you okay in there?"
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736700:00:02: <NachtRuine> "Oh, I didn't actually expect him to be alive."
736800:00:09: <NachtRuine> "Color me surprised."
736900:00:35: <Goatwright> He lets out a loud chuckle. "Well, there's dents pressing into my lungs and I think you broke my legs, but otherwise, fine!"
737000:00:54: <Rainglove> "Well they are hard-shelled creatures and he was inside of a giant suit of armor though I am more than a little surprised he didn't just instantly explode into bug-colored goop also I am glad to hear that you are okay how has your day been?"
737100:01:43: <viejo> Dr. J drags the gimpy esurgan over. "Now we have two. Maybe we can interrogate them both and one of them will spill the beans? Third time lucky?"
737200:02:16: <NachtRuine> "Well, do we have to interrogate you lot?"
737300:02:24: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal finally approaches. "Let us hope they're willing to speak."
737400:02:41: <Goatwright> "My day's been fairly exciting! Thank you, little caeligo. Quite a fight, if a little cheap. I wasn't sure I was going to survive that!"
737500:02:51: <Goatwright> He would pat Billy but he cannot do so.
737600:03:33: <NachtRuine> Abe crouches down with the esurga. "Well, at least you're cordial. Mind if we ask some questions?"
737700:03:34: <viejo> 4df+3 "I'm sorry to attack you from behind like that, terribly dishonourable, now why don't you tell us what you're here for and we can get you out of the armour that's slowly crushing you?" CHARM
737800:03:34: <BEIGE> Viejo: "I'm sorry to attack you from behind like that, terribly dishonourable, now why don't you tell us what you're here for and we can get you out of the armour that's slowly crushing you?" CHARM: 2 (4df+3=3+, 0, 4-, 4-)
737900:03:36: <viejo> UH OH
738000:04:05: <Rainglove> "You are very bad at being friendly doctor"
738100:04:50: <viejo> "I thought I had a pretty good track record actually, didn't I stop a guy from shooting himself from asking if he'd want to go get coffee?"
738200:05:00: <Goatwright> The gimpy esurgan remains passed out, while Bane continues to remain cheery even in his predicament.
738300:05:40: <Rainglove> "I am fairly certain that is at least partially because he was insane"
738400:05:53: <Goatwright> He doesn't seem impressed by the offer, though, and makes it clear with a HMPH. "How can I trust you won't simply kill me even if I do tell you anything? You've proven your 'dishonorableness' already, after all."
738500:06:30: <Rainglove> "Though my bear friend is quite the fighter I do not think fighting him while wearing a walking tank was a very fair fight"
738600:06:35: <viejo> "You are wearing a giant armoured suit to greatly enhance your fighting skills, I wouldn't exactly say that's the most honourable thing against a comparatively unarmed man." He gestures to Mishaal.
738700:06:57: <Benedict> "Honor is a dumb concept."
738800:08:14: <Goatwright> "Neither is shooting out from the bushes! See, we've all made mistakes today." He squirms a bit, trying to alleviate the pressure. "Besides, your friend seemed very eager to trade blows. I assumed he knew what he was going against."
738900:08:55: <viejo> Dr. J clicks his fingers. "Let's set the slate clean then! We'll get you out of that suit and you can fight our rather large and brawny friend! Would that be more honourable?"
739000:09:01: <Hippocratesi> "It was...a good fight."
739100:09:09: <NachtRuine> "Seir, think you could fix up his armor enough to relieve the pressure?"
739200:09:36: <Benedict> "Possibly. I might need incentive. Like answers to whatever questions you want to ask him."
739300:10:13: <Goatwright> "I'm not quite sure he's in a position to fight now, is he?"
739400:10:50: <viejo> "I'm sure we could patch him up to be in optimal fighting condition, or just beat you until you're as wounded as he is. Make things fair and honourable."
739500:11:25: <Benedict> Seir takes a seat next to Bain and studies that armor. He could probably fix this up, right? With whatever skill he would use to fix up armored suits, right?
739600:12:01: <Goatwright> "I'd say my broken legs might make us somewhat even." He struggles in the armor again, then sighs. "I suppose we'll call it a draw for now. Now, what, you plan to interrogate me?"
739700:12:21: <Goatwright> Seir, roll you some REPAIRS. At this point it's simple metalworking, versus fixing it for function.
739800:12:29: <Hippocratesi> "What do you know of this planet?"
739900:12:37: <viejo> "Can you tighten the suit anymore Seir?"
740000:13:02: <Benedict> 4df+4 Excuse me, bug man. Seir has never worked on this armor before. He might KILL you. :^)
740100:13:02: <BEIGE> Benedict: Excuse me, bug man. Seir has never worked on this armor before. He might KILL you. :^): 4 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-)
740200:13:22: <Goatwright> He could reasonably dent it further or work out those dents a bit. Or just cut them out, you know.
740300:14:14: <Benedict> Seir decides that if he can, he will let the bug man survive. Seir's arms twist, turn, disassemble and reassemble as he uses various tools to fix up the armor to let bug man survive and leave the armor. After the questions stop, of course.
740400:15:18: <Goatwright> But for now they are still questioning, and bug man looks down at Jeisswessel very disapprovingly before answering ol' Mishaal's question. "What specifically are you looking for?"
740500:15:37: <Hippocratesi> "Ruins, perhaps?"
740600:16:16: <Goatwright> "None."
740700:16:38: <Benedict> "Are you breathing better now." Seir asks as he continues to fix up the armor.
740800:17:24: <Goatwright> "I am, thank you. I'll have to ask you not move the legs, if you don't mind." He wiggles a bit more and seems to lean back in his armor.
740900:18:04: <NachtRuine> "Why was there an ambush set up for us?"
741000:18:13: <Benedict> "M'kay." Seir follows the request.
741100:18:31: <Goatwright> "Oh, it's not just for you."
741200:19:23: <Hippocratesi> "Who else, then?"
741300:19:29: <Rainglove> the batman
741400:19:46: <Goatwright> "You're probably the third group we've seen today, actually. The others didn't put up as much of a fight, but I suppose they were more... science-prone than you lot."
741500:21:09: <Goatwright> "Amazing how quickly we can get ships in and out of the system, hm? That's Esurgan prowess for you."
741600:21:18: <Goatwright> He beams. What a patriot.
741700:21:24: <Benedict> "I wonder which race you took that technology from."
741800:21:49: <Hippocratesi> "Who were these other two groups?"
741900:23:53: <Goatwright> "Other paid explorers, like yourselves."
742000:24:29: <NachtRuine> "Do you lead this operation?"
742100:25:32: <Goatwright> "I don't."
742200:26:01: <Benedict> "Why were you leading people here."
742300:26:47: <Goatwright> "Something I'm less willing to answer."
742400:28:15: <Benedict> "I can easily rework this suit to hurt you."
742500:28:19: <Hippocratesi> "Were you looking for a specific sort of people?"
742600:30:55: <Goatwright> "Something like that." The esurgan manages to poke his head out of the suit, just enough to look down at Seir. "Do what you must. I'm a soldier first, you know. You don't earn these suits by spilling your guts out every time you're held hostage."
742700:31:28: <Goatwright> He gives them a slight grin. "Besides, I think you might be more concerned about returning to your ship before the clean-up crew arrives."
742800:32:13: <NachtRuine> "Is this operation sanctioned by your government?"
742900:32:18: <Benedict> "I'm more concerned about finding out why you're targeting anyone going for Progenitor Ruins."
743000:33:08: <Goatwright> "You wouldn't happen to be part of a fleet, would you?"
743100:33:46: <Hippocratesi> "A fleet? No."
743200:35:01: <Goatwright> He nods. "The best information I can tell you, then, would be to get your crew out of here."
743300:35:27: <Rainglove> "Well then it is time to leave would you like to join us on our journey to the stars?"
743400:35:29: <Benedict> Seir sighs, doing last minute work to make sure the bugman is comfy until the clean-up crew arrives.
743500:35:39: <viejo> "Maybe he's just buying time until others arrive, shall we put him out of his misery already?"
743600:35:48: <Hippocratesi> "Let him live."
743700:36:05: <viejo> "For what purpose? Also Mishaal I'm pretty damn sure you ripped a man's arms off earlier."
743800:36:40: <NachtRuine> "I think we've killed enough for today. Let's just go."
743900:36:40: <Hippocratesi> "I didn't kill him, though."
744000:36:53: <viejo> Dr. J frowns heavily at Mishaal.
744100:37:11: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal grins, the best he can with a beak anyway.
744200:37:54: <Goatwright> He bellows loudly at Billy's request, finally loosing his arm to stick it out of an opening in his suit to pat poor Billy. "I'm sure your superiors wouldn't be too fond of that, little caeligo."
744300:38:15: <Benedict> "You already had me work his suit so that he doesn't die. I personally would consider it a waste of my efforts if you just killed him now."
744400:38:29: <viejo> "I actually requested we tightened it."
744500:38:42: <Goatwright> "And believe what you all must, but at least consider the fact that there were no ships when you arrived to this planet. Where do you think they went?"
744600:38:52: <Goatwright> He answers his own rhetorical question with an emphatic shrug.
744700:39:32: <Benedict> Seir grumbles to himself, heading for Billy's shot-up ship. "Let's just go." He then sends a message to the Captain. ~Tell anyone planning to come to this planet to just not do that. It's an Esurgan trap.~
744800:41:07: <Rainglove> listen here you little shit it's a good ship where's yours motherfucker come at me I'm ripped
744900:41:28: <Rainglove> Billy boards his ship and does a careful scan for anything that might try to blow them out of the sky.
745000:41:38: <Benedict> You're just a squid, Billy. You're not tough.
745100:41:53: <NachtRuine> Abe nods and follows Seir. "Farewell, soldier."
745200:42:12: <Goatwright> There's nothing on the radar at the moment. Looks like you really fucked up that ship, Billy. They're still not back.
745300:42:47: <viejo> "It seems what charisma you have is enough to stay my companions from killing you, fine. Let's just leave already."
745400:42:53: <Benedict> Ha. Stupid Esurgans.
745500:42:53: <Rainglove> ripped
745600:43:06: <Hippocratesi> "May we meet in battle again." Mishaal heads for the ship.
745700:43:09: <Rainglove> now's your chance mishaal
745800:43:10: <Rainglove> propose
745900:43:14: <viejo> "I still think it's illogical and a mistake."
746000:43:50: <Rainglove> Billy sets off into SPACE. He remembers that piece of static from earlier. He sets about tinkering with it as they travel.
746100:44:29: <Goatwright> This causes the soldier to laugh a bit. "If only that sort of charisma worked on the women!" He gives them a solid smile and a salute. "I'm sure we'll meet again."
746200:44:31: <Goatwright> And then they are OFF.
746300:44:44: <Goatwright> You can go ahead and COMMUNICATIONS on that static.
746400:45:28: <viejo> "I wish prisoners would just answer straightly and buy into hope of freedom. And I agree that honour is a dumb concept, but it's useful for manipulating people, so not entirely dumb in a sense."
746500:45:34: <Rainglove> 4df+5 pls
746600:45:34: <BEIGE> Rainglove: pls: 6 (4df+5=0, 3+, 4-, 3+)
746700:45:38: <Rainglove> yiss
746800:46:53: <Goatwright> Through a few clever rounds of juryrigging on your receivers, you're able to pick up a few faint calls on through the static. A lot of it appears to be communications on moving units around on the ground. One voice is consistently upset and keeps cutting in and out, even more than the rest of the transmission.
746900:47:12: <NachtRuine> "I wish I could believe that everyone followed honor. It's a rare day when you find someone who does."
747000:47:21: <Goatwright> A particular message stands out to you, entailing a possible warp-in on the planet.
747100:48:56: <Rainglove> "Well it seems like there's a fairly large-scale military operation taking place on this planet but I do have to wonder why"
747200:49:01: <viejo> "Outcomes matter, not the means at which you arrive at it. Who cares if you fought with honour, survival is prime."
747300:49:53: <Hippocratesi> "The ends do not always justify the means."
747400:50:43: <NachtRuine> "Someone should get Mayhalis on the horn and tell him to get started on getting out of here."
747500:51:15: <Benedict> Seir sends the message. ~We should leave as soon as we're back on ships. Esurgan clean-up crew will arrive.~
747600:51:59: <Goatwright> Soon your ship docks and you're good to go. Kay and Freighter are, unfortunately, not working on the mech. They're looking fairly relaxed.
747700:52:21: <Goatwright> Once you dock, your messaging devices are suddenly bombarded with messages from at least a few hours ago, entailing a very stressed out captain.
747800:52:32: <Benedict> Well, that explains it.
747900:53:13: <viejo> "Please explain the rationale behind ripping a man's arms off and the outcome you expected from it."
748000:54:00: <Hippocratesi> "The mad doctor lecturing me on going too far? Funny."
748100:54:15: <Goatwright> Kay puts a cigarette out on Abe's mech as they get off the Mayflower. "Hey. Find anything neat?"
748200:54:37: <viejo> "A side comment and nothing more, you aren't answering the point at hand."
748300:54:52: <NachtRuine> Abe checks his messages as he heads off to report back.
748400:54:53: <Rainglove> "I shot a man with those guns and he lived so that was interesting" Billy points
748500:54:59: <Rainglove> *at the guns
748600:55:03: <Benedict> Seir is also checking his messages.
748700:55:17: <Hippocratesi> "I wanted to. I felt like it. That is my answer."
748800:55:20: <Hippocratesi> "You did not argue against it."
748900:55:29: <viejo> "Yes Billy, somehow that worked out immaculately and you weren't forced to kill a man. Your morality is intact, so pure."
749000:55:33: <Goatwright> "Looks like your ship took a few hits, too, Billy. What were you doing down there?" Kay wanders over to the ship to inspect the few shots it took.
749100:56:03: <viejo> "I did not realise you were going to do it so quickly, normally you give them time to spill the beans. 'You wanted to do it,' fantastic."
749200:56:04: <Rainglove> "Getting shot"
749300:56:22: <Goatwright> Meanwhile, Seir and Abe scroll through their messages to get various reports of strange message notifications and hails from unknown sources and is generally worried about your lack of responses.
749400:56:31: <Rainglove> "Well I sort of expected him to die but the fact that he did not doesn't hurt me"
749500:56:41: <Hippocratesi> "Give them time? Doctor, he was not going to talk no matter what we did."
749600:57:18: <NachtRuine> Abe hastens his return to the Captain.
749700:57:21: <viejo> "Apply the pressure of imminent bodily threat. If we're going to kill someone for the sake of killing them at least make it quick."
749800:57:23: <Benedict> Seir sends a new message to the captain. ~We're okay.~
749900:57:59: <viejo> We're okay Mayhallissenpai~
750000:58:26: <Goatwright> Kay and Freighter ignore the conversation as they go about fixing Billy's ship as best as they can. Hey, the ship's a PRIORITY.
750100:58:56: <Hippocratesi> "You are the last man I'd expect to get flustered over morals."
750200:58:58: <Benedict> It is priority. Good job. You would get a bonus except you did not work on the mech as ordered. You lose the bonus.
750300:59:17: <Goatwright> :[ -Kay & Freight
750400:59:56: <Goatwright> Abe finds his way to the command room, where Mayhalis is brooding over his tablet. "There you are! Nobody's dead, right?"
750501:00:09: <Benedict> Do it.
750601:00:09: <Benedict> Tell him Seir died, Abe.
750701:00:22: <Rainglove> the ship went down
750801:00:25: <Rainglove> you jetpacked back
750901:00:40: <NachtRuine> "No one other than a few Esurga, sir. We'll want to leave this area very quickly, though."
751001:03:55: <viejo> "I do things for a reason is the difference, if I were to claim I was a saint I think we would all get a good laugh out of that, but to rip a man's arms off because you felt like it? It is no better than a beast who does as instinct dictates with no process for thought."
751101:04:23: <Goatwright> "Yeah I got the messages. Starting engines up now." There's a few distinct sources of clacking from around the room, and soon the ship is warpin' on away, just in time for another ship to barely miss a battlecruiser warping in.
751201:04:35: <Goatwright> just in time for you to miss said battlecruiser
751301:04:38: <Goatwright> I am very tired today
751401:04:43: <Rainglove> well wake up
751501:04:54: <Goatwright> brush your teeth put on a little makeup
751601:04:56: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal chuckles. "Very well, Doctor." He mozies on off to the kitchen.
751701:05:22: <viejo> Dr. J seems concerned.
751801:05:27: <viejo> "And people say I'm mad."
751901:05:32: <Goatwright> Well Dr. J fed a guy to rats.
752001:05:35: <Goatwright> So he's pretty mad.
752101:06:06: <viejo> True, but it was illogical to let him live and the rats needed feeding (which I fit in to make it a bit nasty)
752201:06:28: <Goatwright> It's also probably worth noting that it was encouraged by Dr. J at the time for Mishaal to do something to said soldier, Mishaal merely took it too far
752301:06:32: <Goatwright> AIN'T NOBODY GOOD HERE
752401:06:44: <viejo> he could've killed him beforehand though but it might have been either messy or if it was an injection have an effect on the rats eating him
752501:07:01: <Hippocratesi> THE REALITIES OF WAR
752601:07:05: <viejo> That's why I think Dr. J would be a bit extra horrified because it just schabened
752701:07:58: <NachtRuine> "Long story short, the operation is an Esurgan trap for people looking for ruins. They ambushed us, but we took little to no casualties. One was wearing powered armor, which caused them to be immobilized. We asked them questions, and we left. You'll have the full report later."
752801:08:23: <NachtRuine> Abe now just remembered that his shoulder was shot. He should probably get that checked.
752901:08:40: <viejo> Dr. J also gets his injury tended to in the medbay.
753001:08:47: <viejo> 4df+4 to operate on himself
753101:08:47: <BEIGE> Viejo: to operate on himself: 5 (4df+4=0, 0, 0, 3+)
753201:08:53: <Goatwright> His lungs spill open
753301:08:57: <Goatwright> (Nah he's good)
753401:09:15: <Benedict> 20:04	Goatwright	AIN'T NOBODY GOOD HERE
753501:09:18: <Benedict> Seir is LAWFUL GOOD
753601:09:31: <Goatwright> Seir is Neutral as fuck
753701:09:36: <viejo> he patches up Abe as well if he ACCEPTS
753801:09:53: <Benedict> Lawful Good as fuck.
753901:10:01: <Goatwright> Mayhalis scratches his head, thinking. "Well, I guess we'll have to get rid of that contact. Still, why bother with a trap like that?"
754001:11:09: <NachtRuine> "We didn't get an answer for that, unfortunately. My guess, for what it's worth, they're trying to peel information from surveyors."
754101:11:24: <NachtRuine> Abe is presently with the cap'n, but he'll let Doc work on him after he's done.
754201:13:57: <Benedict> Seir suffered no damage during the fight, and so immediately starts fixing up Billy's ship instead.
7543
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7545
7546 2015-04-24
7547
754800:39:25: <Goatwright> Mayhalis shakes his head. "Even the nintir drove it better than you."
754900:39:28: <viejo> >get flux capacitors to add weight to the mech's legs
755000:39:34: <viejo> I'm so god damn amused right now
755100:39:57: <Hippocratesi> "Do not worry about them. They are with me, they'll cause no trouble." Mishaal glances at the others. "So, what brought you all the way out here?"
755200:40:34: <Benedict> I did it for you, Viejo.
755300:40:54: <NachtRuine> "That's not surprising, considering I've no formal training with piloting the damn things. Besides, mechs are Seir's life."
755400:40:55: <viejo> 10/10
755500:41:21: <Benedict> "Designing and fixing mechs. Not driving them."
755600:42:56: <Goatwright> "Excuuuuuuuses." Inda SCOFFS. "Alright, well, let's see if you guys have anything for the legs. My drift module's kind of outdated, anyway." The finnar continues cautiously eyeing the crew, and a few people go around the back before wheeling out a huge ass crate.
755700:43:33: <Goatwright> The crate is dropped in front of them, and Mayhalis motions for Freighter and Seir to go ahead and look at it. Freighter slooowly steps forward to look in the box.
755800:44:27: <Benedict> Seir gonna look in that box. What's good, nigga?
755900:45:24: <Goatwright> The aurian shrugs. "Same thing that has you working with your crew, I'd imagine. The work is good, and fights are common enough to give my position some permanence."
756000:45:56: <Goatwright> Roll dat gud Mech Engineering, Seir.
756100:46:05: <NachtRuine> This isn't fishy at all, Abe thinks as he stands about.
756200:46:13: <Benedict> 4df+5 Seir is made for mechs.
756300:46:13: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir is made for mechs.: 5 (4df+5=0, 0, 0, 0)
756400:46:16: <Benedict> Wooooooow.
756500:46:20: <Benedict> Thanks Kojima.
756600:48:39: <Goatwright> A 5 is still GOOD, nigga. The box is full mostly of parts for the leg hydraulics system, all in pretty good condition and weighted in the right areas that it might improve the efficiency of weight distribution and movement. Among things that actually stand out are some components for drifting modules, as Mayhalis was whining about, including...
756700:49:20: <Benedict> Goddess, Mayhalis needs to learn to stop being a BITCH.
756800:49:54: <Goatwright> ...a separate processor built around managing leg systems for racing mechs and some flap systems rigged with what looks to be some fairly high-quality automation sensors.
756900:50:10: <Hippocratesi> "The difference is you're probably, you know...getting paid." Mishaal sighs.
757000:50:47: <Benedict> Seir takes out that processor and just looks at it. Stares at it. Studies that bitch.
757100:50:53: <Goatwright> Uh oh. That's not a good look, Mishaal. "What do you mean?"
757200:51:27: <Goatwright> It's Esurgan tech, so even as a bit of an oddball, it's a higher tech level than you regularly have access to. Who know esurgans made things that could lead to FUN?
757300:51:30: <Goatwright> knew even
757400:53:05: <Benedict> Esurgans? Fun? Impossible. Seir is gonna take it.
757500:53:54: <Hippocratesi> "Just some issues with work, I don't think I'm legally allowed to talk about it. Sorry for bringing it up."
757600:55:52: <Goatwright> The Aurian hmmms, stepping away from Mishaal to have a talk with the finnar dealing you your stolen parts.
757700:56:06: <Hippocratesi> oh shit he dun fucked up
757800:56:22: <Goatwright> Mayhalis mouths to Mishaal 'what the fuck did you say?'
757900:56:38: <viejo> Dr. J stifles a laugh.
758000:56:41: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal does an exaggerated shrug and mouths 'I don't know!'
758100:56:50: <NachtRuine> Abe perks up, upon seeing something happening.
758200:59:33: <Goatwright> The finnar returns to the group, the aurian in tow. It is much more obvious at this point that they are armed. "Can you afford to pay for this all?" "Yeah, of course, why wouldn't I?" The aurian cocks his head towards Mishaal. "Just somethin' your friend said."
758300:59:36: <Goatwright> No race loyalty, clearly.
758401:00:17: <Hippocratesi> "No no no! You misunderstand!"
758501:00:22: <viejo> 4df+3 "It was of little importance, let's carry on this transaction politely."
758601:00:23: <BEIGE> Viejo: "It was of little importance, let's carry on this transaction politely.": 0 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 4-, 0)
758701:00:25: <viejo> oh
758801:00:26: <viejo> oh dear
758901:01:20: <NachtRuine> You should reroll dat
759001:01:25: <Goatwright> In Doctor J's gestures of comfort, he accidentally ends up deploying his arm blade.
759101:01:27: <Goatwright> :^]
759201:01:33: <Benedict> "The captain is capable of paying for it. Believe me." Seir walks over to Mayhalis to hand him the stuff Seir intends on buying, including the neat Esurgan thing.
759301:02:59: <Rainglove> Billy exits his coma.
759401:03:10: <Goatwright> Everybody's guns instantly go flying up, and Mayhalis throws his hands up. "Woah woah, hey!" At this point, even Freighter's got a handgun out, pointing it at the aurian.
759501:03:37: <Rainglove> Billy's spaghetti sails into the sky. He flails in place.
759601:03:45: <NachtRuine> Abe regrets not bringing his gun. He too raises his hands.
759701:04:04: <Goatwright> "Captain, you said everything would be fine." "It is fine! It was just an accident. It was an accident, right, Doc?"
759801:04:21: <viejo> What was an accident?
759901:04:41: <Goatwright> oh you disconnected before you saw it
760001:05:19: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal groans and buries his face in his hands. He fucked up again.
760101:06:20: <NachtRuine> "Woah, woah, woah, I thought we were cool!"
760201:06:27: <viejo> "Must be malfunctioning, please, use reason. Why would I transform my cybernetic arm into its sword version in these circumstances when you clearly have guns?"
760301:08:00: <viejo> "I haven't even made any advancements towards you which is what you would expect one to do with a close combat weapon if they intended to use it."
760401:08:12: <Goatwright> The finnar points his gun at Abe. "I thought you were cool, too!" "We are cool!," Mayhalis assures them. "Just put the guns down, we'll put our stuff down, and we can get this transaction back in motion."
760501:09:34: <Goatwright> The aurian whispers something to the finnar while looking at Doc, possibly suggesting he might have a point. The scrawny bird man waves his gun around. "Shortstop, bring the stuff back over here." He motions towards Seir.
760601:12:16: <Benedict> Seir grumbles. He wants to ignore the man for the nickname. He really does. Still. he brings the stuff over. Prick.
760701:12:38: <viejo> Dr. J transforms his sword back into the arm. "I'll keep my distance, don't worry."
760801:14:56: <Goatwright> The aurian slowly picks up the shit from Seir and stuffs it back into the box. The two talk about, the rest of their little smuggling posse still keeping their guns close, until the finnar speaks again. "Now give us your money." Mayhalis smiles a bit. "Hey, so we have a deal, then?" "No, asshole, this is a 'we pulled our gun' tax."
760901:15:31: <Hippocratesi> "'Pulled our gun' tax?"
761001:16:43: <Benedict> "They're keeping the stuff and taking everything. Tax."
761101:16:51: <Goatwright> Man, shouldn't have dealt with criminals. Freighter puts his gun away and keeps his hands at his pockets, while Mayhalis tries to bumble through some tension-breaking. It is not his strength.
761201:17:34: <viejo> 4df+3 "This is going to get pointlessly ugly really soon because you're in over your heads. A fair trade is mutually beneficial and everyone walks away." CHARM
761301:17:34: <BEIGE> Viejo: "This is going to get pointlessly ugly really soon because you're in over your heads. A fair trade is mutually beneficial and everyone walks away." CHARM: 1 (4df+3=4-, 0, 4-, 0)
761401:17:35: <Benedict> Hmm. Seir wonders if he has any criminal connections around this station that would assist a former associate.
761501:17:42: <viejo> can I spend fate points to reroll
761601:17:57: <Goatwright> "C'mon, it's all good! We're all here, armed, but like, who isn't armed nowadays? That just shows we're normal, like you! Willing to pull our gun at a moment's notice. That's what makes us so great. Our alliances aren't even that different, right? Red-blooded, throwing guns everywhere. C'mon, guys. Guns are cool. We're cool. Right?"
761701:18:32: <Goatwright> Yes you can, Doc
761801:18:33: <Benedict> Oh my gods, Captain, shut up.
761901:18:34: <Goatwright> 4df-1 Right, senpai?
762001:18:34: <BEIGE> Goatwright: Right, senpai?: 0 (4df-1=0, 0, 0, 3+)
762101:18:39: <viejo> 4df+3 pls
762201:18:39: <BEIGE> Viejo: pls: 2 (4df+3=3+, 4-, 0, 4-)
762301:18:48: <viejo> okay fuck it let's kill these motherfuckers
762401:18:50: <Goatwright> Well it could have gone worse
762501:18:51: <Benedict> Goat, what about Seir's criminal connections?
762601:20:07: <Goatwright> We'll go with allowing you to tag your criminal connections and rolling Profession (Engineering), in the hopes that you've possibly worked with somebody in this crew beforehand.
762701:20:23: <Goatwright> So tagging would give you a bonus to said roll
762801:20:45: <Benedict> 4df+5 Profession (Engineering) and a +2 for the aspect. It's go time.
762901:20:45: <BEIGE> Benedict: Profession (Engineering) and a +2 for the aspect. It's go time.: 7 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 4-, 3+)
763001:20:54: <Rainglove> ayy
763101:21:02: <Hippocratesi> well i was gonna intimidate
763201:21:03: <Hippocratesi> but that works
763301:23:16: <Goatwright> Seir manages to spot somebody in the back, disregarding the commotion. It is a female crasaranan, one smaller-framed for even the females of her race, and she is reading a MMMU magazine. He recalls having worked with her before in a separate cartel on mechs for smuggling things across planetside borders.
763401:23:50: <Benedict> What is her name?
763501:25:05: <Goatwright> Daisy.
763601:25:13: <viejo> >reading a MMMU magazine during all this commotion
763701:25:23: <Goatwright> All mech engineers are autists, Doc.
763801:25:25: <Goatwright> Don't you know?
763901:25:34: <Benedict> Really? Okay. Seir ignores the assholes with the guns and waves to the crasaranan in the back. "Hey Daisy. Your mother doing all right."
764001:26:09: <viejo> Dr. J frowns at Seir before looking at the woman supposedly called Daisy. He lets out a quiet "oooo" at the MMMU magazine.
764101:26:36: <Goatwright> It's the latest issue, Doc. Firebeard isn't on the cover. HAS THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH LOST ITS THRONE?
764201:27:31: <viejo> Aren't magazines a bit outdated in the scary future this is set in? 2016 :^)
764301:28:02: <NachtRuine> It's an e-Reader. Duh.
764401:28:03: <Benedict> She is an old-fashioned, but classy woman. *tips space fedora*
764501:28:23: <Goatwright> This so-called Daisy looks up from her magazine with a hum, before popping right out of her chair. "Hey! Wait wait wait, I know that shortstop!" She rolls up her magazine and swats at the finnar. "What are you doing? You can't just shake down everybody who walks in. What are we, animals?"
764601:29:06: <Rainglove> s-some of us are
764701:29:14: <Benedict> Shut up, squid.
764801:29:42: <Goatwright> Freighter grumbles something under his breath about criminals, which meets with a few nasty gazes before the woman bounds on over to Seir and squats down to look at him. "What are you doing here, Seir? You were headin' home last we spoke."
764901:30:52: <Benedict> "Got married, not by choice, but you know how my people are. Didn't like it. Left. Now I work on mechs for Captain Mayhalis back there." He juts a robo-thumb to the captain. "You might have heard of him. He's supposed to be famous."
765001:31:24: <Benedict> "You didn't answer my question. Or has your mother finally passed on."
765101:31:41: <viejo> Dr. J frowns a bit. Not sure it was good telling the criminals we're doing a shady transaction with that we're with someone supposedly famous.
765201:33:41: <Goatwright> "Wait a minute, aren't you a /general/ or something?" The aurian perks up at the name. Mayhalis throws his hands up defensively. "It has been a looooooong and slippery slope since those days." "He's a fucking fed!" Guns fly up again before the so-called Daisy swats at the arms some more, yelling about the pros of LISTENING before SHOOTING.
765301:34:17: <Benedict> Seir remembers that Daisy was one of his few criminal friends because of moments like this. What a nice lady.
765401:35:09: <NachtRuine> Abe flinches at the raised guns yet again. This was not a thing he wanted to do.
765501:35:42: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal just sighs.
765601:36:23: <Rainglove> Billy flails
765701:36:29: <Benedict> "Anyway, I'm just trying to buy a few things for the mechs I work on now, and your boss there seems like he would rather rob us than do a transaction. Don't suppose you could talk some sense to him. Maybe score us a discount since we're pals."
765801:38:26: <Goatwright> "Oh, yeah." She frowns. "Momma passed a few years ago." Freighter decides to handle the talking from here and pushes Mayhalis out of the way. He shoves an eWallet card into the finnar's hands and grabs the trolley with the parts, wheeling it out. Freighter whispers something to Mayhalis on the way out, and he perks on up. "Alright, guys! Let's get going."
765901:38:41: <Goatwright> "Seir, you can talk to your lady friend later. Get her number. Catch up over food. That sorta thing. Let's gooooo."
766001:38:54: <Rainglove> Billy flails back to the ship
766101:39:07: <Rainglove> he looks like a squid version of the Scream
766201:39:10: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal trudges on out.
766301:39:11: <NachtRuine> Abe quickly returns to the rodeo seat of Mayhalis' mech.
766401:39:20: <viejo> When they're out of ear-shot... "So should we go gear up and kill those guys?"
766501:39:34: <Goatwright> "Nah," Freighter grumbles. "I just called the cops."
766601:39:36: <viejo> "Also Mayhalis can you fucking inform us of your dodgy little plans in future?"
766701:39:44: <Benedict> "Well, I would chat, but the captain wants these parts added quick. My email address is the same as before. We should catch up sometime. Farewell." And with that Seir leaves.
766801:40:35: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, wait no. No murder please. But it'd be nice to know your plans ahead of time. I'm not comfortable getting involved in maybe illegal stuff."
766901:40:51: <Benedict> Seir sighs. He hopes he still has Daisy's address to send her a message. ~We might have been followed. You and your friends should run to avoid the cops. Or just you. Your latest crew is full of idiots.~
767001:40:54: <viejo> "Ha, 'maybe illegal.' Hmmm."
767101:41:31: <Goatwright> "It was all going fiiiiiiiine until people starting talking." Mayhalis grumbles and the mech trudges off, carrying the big box of parts.
767201:41:37: <Goatwright> started*
767301:42:21: <Benedict> "Daisy might still be single, captain. Just to note."
767401:42:59: <Hippocratesi> "I did not know he was an asshole." Mishaal hmphs.
767501:43:16: <NachtRuine> "Classic Seir. Always playing the matchmaker." He chuckles.
767601:44:32: <Goatwright> "I think I'm a bit old for that spring chicken, but thanks." They make their getaway as quickly as they can. Seir gets a quick ~I know :/~ before even more commotion can be heard from back the way they came, but luckily they make it back to the crowd before anybody can catch up with them.
767701:45:18: <Benedict> ~Please tell me you escaped.~
767801:45:32: <Goatwright> "Alright! Well, that went over fine, anyway! Nobody died, we got what we came for, it's fiiiiiiine." The mech cruises along, rolling past gawking bystanders. "So, while we're out, am I dropping anybody off?"
767901:45:46: <Benedict> "Oh well. At least we got those parts. One of them is some Esurgan thing, so it'll be nice to give one of the mechs a T3 boost."
768001:46:17: <NachtRuine> "I'd like to make my payment to my station, if possible."
768101:46:54: <Hippocratesi> "And I wish to send money to my family."
768201:48:02: <Benedict> "I have nothing to do. Also, change your definition of fine. We're walked away with no injury because of Daisy."
768301:49:45: <Goatwright> Mayhalis dismisses it with a wave of his hand. "C'mon, it was exciting. I guess I lost a contact, though." The mech takes the street down to the largest building in the station, and Mayhalis lets Abe and Mishaal off. "Alright, kids, be home in time for dinner."
768401:50:18: <NachtRuine> Abe gives a salute to Mayhalis, and goes off on his way.
768501:50:27: <Hippocratesi> "Right, right." Mishaal goes to do the stuff.
768601:50:43: <Benedict> "I'm sure you'll find another one." He then sends a private message to the captain. ~I can find better contacts than you. You know my record.~
768701:51:33: <Goatwright> He replies with a ~We'll talk about it later~ and continues on. "Doc, Billy? Anywhere you want to go?"
768801:55:29: <Goatwright> Billy is apparently still a flailing apparition of a painting and so the remaining group return to the ship. Freighter does not seem particularly pleased.
768901:55:39: <Goatwright> Meanwhile Abe and Mishaal enter into the world of bureaucracy.
769001:55:48: <Rainglove> Billy flailed back to the ship loser
769101:56:10: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal stands in line. Assuming there's a line.
769201:56:20: <NachtRuine> Abe's been here before. This is nothing new.
769301:56:30: <Goatwright> Abe will have to show Misha the ROPES.
769401:57:10: <NachtRuine> "Do you know how this stuff works? Moving money and all that?"
769501:57:54: <Benedict> Freighter, learn to be happy.
769601:57:56: <Hippocratesi> "To be honest, I don't."
769701:58:42: <Benedict> "The Esurgan processor manages leg systems for racing mechs. Should probably add it to Abe's mech, since he's supposed to be fast, I guess."
769801:59:05: <NachtRuine> "I've done this before, it's not too hard if you know exactly where it needs to go."
769901:59:24: <Goatwright> "As long as you at least let me test it."
770001:59:30: <Hippocratesi> "Er, define 'exactly'."
770102:00:08: <Benedict> "As you wish, Captain. Maybe you can enter your mech into a race. Win some money for the crew."
770202:00:16: <NachtRuine> "Like a person or a house. Preferably both."
770302:00:39: <Hippocratesi> "Ah, well, that should be easy!"
770402:01:32: <NachtRuine> "It's just a lot of reading and writing. Wasn't as bad as when Seir ordered mech parts. It was a stack probably thiiiis big." He uses his hands to signal the size of the paper stack.
770502:03:42: <Benedict> Let's add this processor to the captain's mech as soon as possible.
770602:05:26: <Goatwright> It is a pretty big stack, even for Mishaal.
770702:05:42: <Hippocratesi> "That's...oof." Mishaal rubs the back of his head.
770802:05:53: <Goatwright> Abe and Mishaal eventually reach the front of the line!
770902:06:30: <Goatwright> Seir is also left in the hangar with Kay and an annoyed Freighter. Kay wanders on over, smoking up a storm. "What'cha got there, boss?"
771002:07:18: <Benedict> Seir wasn't ordering mech parts, he was doing papers to send an obelisk back to his people.
771102:07:19: <Benedict> GOD.
771202:07:21: <NachtRuine> "I'd like a money transfer form to a station."
771302:07:29: <NachtRuine> WHAT THE FUCK EVER
771402:07:34: <NachtRuine> STACK WAS LARGE
771502:08:07: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal heads on over to a free place thing. "Money transfer, please. To my wife."
771602:08:24: <Benedict> "Some illegal equipment, including a T3 processor used for racing mechs made by the Esurgans." Seir looks around to see if the captain is gone for the moment, and if he is, turns his head to Freighter. "Please, feel free to complain openly. Kay and I will not mention anything you say if you want to keep it secret."
771702:12:35: <Goatwright> Mishaal and Abe are both given the forms they need to fill out and are sent to an area to do so.
771802:13:21: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal starts to fill that shit up. Fuck paperwork, god damn.
771902:13:36: <NachtRuine> Abe heads off to said area. As Mishaal passes, he says, "If you need help, lemme know." He starts on his own paperwork.
772002:14:26: <Goatwright> Freighter crosses his arms. "That was stupid. Nevermind the fact that he was dealing with people he hardly even knows, but he didn't even know what he was doing. We nearly got shot." "Jeez, what? Shot?" "On m'goddamn off day."
772102:14:41: <Hippocratesi> "I'm sure it'll be fine!" Mishaal is slightly unsure if it'll be fine.
772202:15:36: <Goatwright> The form asks Mishaal about account numbers and system names and personal information like employment and marriage status and tax exemptions.
772302:16:53: <Benedict> "Well, that can be the captain for you. Just lucky that Daisy was there."
772402:18:22: <Hippocratesi> "Auth's balls, what do these things even mean! Abe, you must help me, friend!" Mishaal's beggin'.
772502:20:29: <Goatwright> "Who was that girl, boss?"
772602:21:07: <NachtRuine> Abe leaves his form half-filled before heading over to Mishaal. He does take it with him, though, because y'know. "Whatcha need help with?"
772702:21:43: <Hippocratesi> "Well...everything. I do not know of these account numbers and system names and...tax exemptions?"
772802:23:08: <Benedict> "Someone I worked with in other endeavors. If one of us was having a hard time finding work, the other made sure a job was found. Good lady, you would probably like her."
772902:23:19: <NachtRuine> "System name is the system of the place you're sending it. Tax exemptions handle..." Abe prattles on about what they mean.
773002:23:53: <Hippocratesi> "That all sounds...simple enough, I suppose. Thank you, friend!" Mishaal does the things.
773102:25:10: <Goatwright> "Sorry, boss, I swing the other way." He shrugs a bit, helping Kay pull the parts out of the crate. "So, do I still get that day off tomorrow?" "Oh, bullshit." Kay frowns. "If he's getting another day off, I want one, too."
773202:25:37: <Goatwright> There is a box under tax exemption asking Mishaal if he is an uplift
773302:26:05: <Hippocratesi> WUZZAT SPOSED TO MEAN
773402:26:07: <NachtRuine> "Yeah, paperwork's only half as scary as it looks."
773502:26:08: <Hippocratesi> WILL MY TRANSFER BE REJECTED
773602:26:21: <Benedict> "Freighter deserves another day off after what happened today. But if you can guess what number I'm thinking of between 1 and 10, you can have another day off, Kay."
773702:27:03: <Hippocratesi> "And about as boring as it looks." Mishaal checks the box. He is indeed an uplift. Kinda. Probably. "All done, I think."
773802:27:05: <Goatwright> Why not ask the lady at the register, Mishaal?
773902:27:11: <Hippocratesi> TOO LATE
774002:27:15: <Hippocratesi> THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE
774102:27:19: <Benedict> Because Misha doesn't need another lady.
774202:27:49: <Goatwright> "Uhhh." Kay thinks. He tries to take his boss's autism into consideration and disregards 7. "Four?"
774302:28:22: <Benedict> "Correct. You get the day off tomorrow." Seir didn't actually think of a number. He was just gonna give him the day off no matter what he guessed.
774402:29:08: <Goatwright> "Hey, rad!" He gives Freighter a fistbump. "So, can we fuck off now, then? Do you need anything?"
774502:29:47: <Benedict> "You two are supposed to have the day off today. Go enjoy it." Yes, go. While Seir is learning to like you two, he wants to work alone. Enjoy the mechs. Not sexually enjoy them, though.
774602:30:06: <NachtRuine> It'll be a bit before Abe finishes his form, given all the time he spent helping Mishaal with his paperwork.
774702:30:26: <Goatwright> Big Boss has some pretty hot servos, Seir.
774802:30:32: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal takes the paperwork up to the nice lady at the counter. "Before I turn this in, I have a question. What difference does it make if I am an uplift or not?"
774902:31:52: <Benedict> No, Big Boss. Stupid sexy Big Boss. Alone, Seir goes to the captain's mech to add that processor. He wonders how FAST the captain's mech will be with this.
775002:32:17: <Goatwright> The lady stamps it. "It's a wide practice to offer tax breaks and discounts on transactions to encourage uplifts to use the banking system. eWallet card, please." She holds her hand out, chewing some bubblegum.
775102:32:53: <Hippocratesi> "Ah." Mishaal hands her his eWallet card that he totally had the whole time yes indeed.
775202:33:21: <Goatwright> It's more a matter of how fast can the body stand going before it starts falling apart, Seir. That processor has no programmed limit for watching hull performance.
775302:33:39: <Goatwright> His card is swiped and she hands him the card back. "Thank you, sir."
775402:33:44: <Benedict> This rape train has no breaks.
775502:34:13: <Benedict> But Seir will run some tests on his computer first. Don't need the processor destroying the mech.
775602:34:51: <NachtRuine> Abe returns to the counter, eWallet card ready to be given.
775702:35:22: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal gives an acknowledging nod, takes his card, and stands at the entrance to wait for Abe.
775802:36:38: <Goatwright> Abe is similarly run through the same process and returned his card.
775902:37:26: <NachtRuine> Abe heads back to Mishaal. "Not that hard, once you know what it means."
776002:37:44: <Goatwright> Roll some COMPUTAHS Seir
776102:37:55: <Hippocratesi> "Indeed. Shall we head back?"
776202:38:04: <NachtRuine> "Yep."
776302:38:38: <Benedict> 4df+4
776402:38:38: <BEIGE> Benedict: 2 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 0, 0)
776502:38:42: <Benedict> Wooooow.
776602:38:52: <Hippocratesi> They head back!
776702:38:54: <NachtRuine> Abe would look around for more Cosmic Courts paraphernalia, but especially since he just gave money to his station, he'd probably not be able to afford it.
776802:43:07: <Goatsmith> They return to the ship! They see Seir, being a nerd.
776902:43:18: <NachtRuine> Nothing new, then.
777002:43:53: <Goatsmith> Seir, the processor's tech level's already giving you hell. Your computer crashes almost within minutes.
777102:45:07: <Benedict> "Fuck!" Seir expresses more emotions than he has since ever, starting to reboot his computer.
777202:45:24: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal goes to continue his god damn nap Mayhalis rudely interrupted.
777302:45:59: <NachtRuine> "Problems, Seir?"
777402:46:11: <Goatsmith> wow you coulda said no shitlord
777502:46:41: <Hippocratesi> well maybe fuck you
777602:47:23: <Benedict> "Problems. Gods damn processor crashed my computer."
777702:48:31: <NachtRuine> "Did it? Is it because it's Esurgan or something?"
777802:49:37: <Benedict> "Because it's higher tech than anything the ICA has, yes."
777902:49:38: <Goatsmith> A cat follows after Mishaal
778002:49:38: <Goatsmith> Also Seir's computer restarts. It didn't corrupt anything, at least.
778102:50:09: <Benedict> "Well, thank the goddess nothing was corrupted." Seir decides to test his luck again. Maybe he should ask Billy for help.
778202:50:56: <NachtRuine> "Well, best of luck with that." Abe can't computers, so he's absolutely no help.
778302:51:19: <Hippocratesi> "No, Maisey! Shoo! I am tired."
778402:52:12: <Goatsmith> Maisey meows at Misha.
778502:52:28: <Goatsmith> Surely Billy is around, Seir
778602:52:49: <Benedict> Seir needs to try once more. Out of pride.
778702:53:20: <Goatsmith> You must roll again
778802:53:37: <BEIGE> Benedict: Don't fail me now, computer.: 7 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 0, 3+)
778902:53:37: <Benedict> 4df+4 Don't fail me now, computer.
779002:53:42: <NachtRuine> gottem
779102:55:41: <Goatsmith> Seir rigs up a few things, and he's able to keep everything running. For the most part. The processor continues to push the computer amalgamate to its limit, seemingly DESIGNED to do so.
779202:56:09: <Benedict> Seir is going to make this processor his bitch. Suck it down.
779302:56:25: <Goatsmith> Still, he gets some pretty good data when things aren't freezing.
779402:56:58: <Benedict> Do tell.
779502:58:39: <Goatsmith> He gains insight into how the Empire goes about designing their hardware, and gets a first-hand encounter with how it interacts with ICA technoloy.
779602:58:47: <Hippocratesi> "What, what is it? Are you hungry?"
779702:59:04: <Goatsmith> It might make things a bit easier when trying to install it, and in the event he ever gets his hands on some more.
779802:59:12: <Goatsmith> Maisey rubs against his leg.
779902:59:48: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hates this god damn cat. "Is that a yes or what?"
780003:00:39: <Goatsmith> Meow.
780103:00:42: <Benedict> Yeeeeees. Seir likes this. Seir makes sure to save an extra document of notes on how Esurgan and ICA tech interact, just in case of the future, then sends a copy of that document to Chelsea for safe-keeping. He continues to study the processor, and tries to figure out a god limit so that the SPEED doesn't destroy the Captain's Mech.
780203:00:42: <Goatsmith> Purr.
780303:01:08: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal sighs and goes to the kitchen to get some DAMN FOOD.
780403:01:13: <Benedict> ~Chelsea. Learning how Esurgan and ICA tech interact. This is a document explaining how it works. Keep it safe for me, just in case this processor crashes my computer again.~
780503:02:54: <Goatsmith> The best he could do is get it to shut off after a set amount of time, but he'd have to find additional sensors to actually get it to stop based off damage reports.
780603:03:23: <Goatsmith> Seir gets a ~Will do.~
780703:04:34: <Benedict> Didn't he get sensors in his box of goodies? Seir checks the crate. Could have sworn there were sensors. There better be some flux capacitors in here.
780803:08:26: <Goatsmith> There are no time machine parts in there. There were flap systems for drifting and sensors for those, but they'd only give you a boost to speed, not monitor your hull integrity.
780903:09:18: <Benedict> "Fuck!" Once again, Seir has an outburst of emotion. He will not be the bitch of this processor. There has to be something around here or something he can do to protect the precious mechs.
781003:10:26: <Goatsmith> If only he had mechs to scrap
781103:11:06: <Goatsmith> Maisey joins Mishaal in the kitchen
781203:11:26: <Benedict> No mech is scrap. All mechs are love.
781303:11:49: <Goatsmith> She meows at him and hops up onto a counter.
781403:15:27: <Goatsmith> Unfortunately NOT Seir. Gonna have to be a PROJECT.
781503:18:32: <Benedict> Well, at least he learned something today. And knowing is half the battle. He sends another message to the captain. ~Having fun with the processor will have to wait. Need more sensors or else the processor would make you go so fast the mech is destroyed.~
781603:18:51: <Benedict> Might as well add the new weight distribution parts to the mechs, though.
781703:19:06: <Benedict> He turns on the radio to add some noise the quiet Engineering Bay.
781821:42:01: <Benedict> MEANWHILE, ON THE MOSES SUPPOSES.
781921:43:01: <viejo> I DON'T SUPPOSE ANYONE'S SEEN A DUMB DWARF'S NOSE?
782021:43:02: <viejo> HA HA HA
782121:43:44: <Goatwright> HO HO HO
782221:44:23: <Benedict> Actually, yes. There is one floating outside of Doctor Jay's window.
782321:45:16: <viejo> As a dwarf's nose floats past his window... Dr. J watches MMMU on the widescreen in the living room.
782421:46:11: <NachtRuine> Abe wanders into said living room and notices the television. "So what's the big deal with MMMU anyways? Isn't all of it staged?"
782521:46:29: <viejo> "INNNNNNNTRODUCING APEXOID!"
782621:46:32: <Rainglove> Billy sits in a corner, gently stroking camera-kun.
782721:46:37: <viejo> "Shhhhhh they're introducing a new competitor."
782821:46:54: <viejo> A robust mech walks on stage.
782921:46:58: <Goatwright> As a camera, camera-kun cannot resist
783021:47:02: <viejo> "Oh, well, I was expecting a bit mo-"
783121:47:12: <viejo> The robot's chest suddenly transforms into a massive laser cannon.
783221:47:19: <viejo> Dr. J sits forward suddenly, gripping the arm of the sofa.
783321:47:32: <viejo> "LASER MOUNTED CHEST CANON?!?!?!"
783421:47:37: <NachtRuine> Abe does not understand the hype. Though that is cool.
783521:48:05: <Benedict> Seir feels as though he should try to bond with the crew by watching that shitty mech fighting show, but he's been up all night studying that processor some more.
783621:48:26: <Benedict> Lot of candy wrappers and empty soda cans surrounding him.
783721:48:31: <Benedict> Last night was a good night.
783821:48:51: <NachtRuine> "Is that legal?"
783921:49:05: <viejo> "No of course it's not staged! Could you stage something like this?!" Dr. J turns around wildly. He has a beer clutched in one hand.
784021:49:27: <viejo> "Rules were made to be broken!"
784121:50:36: <NachtRuine> "Then why bother making rules?"
784221:50:50: <Rainglove> to break them abe
784321:50:52: <Rainglove> please pay attention
784421:51:39: <Goatwright> Seir, maybe you could learn more about that processor if you hooked it up to something even more powerful.
784521:51:44: <Goatwright> Maybe something like... Billy's ship?
784621:51:46: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is reading a book in his room. Or he was reading it before dozing off.
784721:52:58: <Rainglove> motherfucker don't you do it
784821:54:55: <Benedict> Seir sends a message to Billy first. No need to be rude. ~I have a T3 Esurgan processor that I'm trying to learn about. May I hook it up your ship, and perhaps learn a thing or two.~
784921:55:48: <Goatwright> Mayhalis wanders on into the rec room as well, his own beer in his hand. He plops down on the couch next to Doc. "Is Apexoid on yet?"
785021:56:22: <Rainglove> ~What are the odds of it blowing something up?~
785121:57:22: <Benedict> ~I will not lie, it did crash my computer the first time I tested it.~
785221:57:53: <Goatwright> The only reason it's not crashing it now is because he's got like several computers working on it simultaneously
785321:58:12: <viejo> At that moment Apexoid lets out a huge burst of pure laser from its chest cannon. Dr. J squeals in delight.
785421:58:55: <Rainglove> ~Sounds pretty scary ._. I mean you could try it sure, I'll go back everything up now.~
785521:58:56: <Benedict> This must have been what it felt like when the Nintir first sent a rocket to one of their moons with primitive space technology.
785621:59:01: <Rainglove> Billy goes off to create backups
785721:59:10: <Goatwright> "Ahhh, sweet." Mayhalis takes a sip of his beer. "See, we need to stick one of /those/ one somebody's mech."
785821:59:15: <NachtRuine> The hype is not felt by Abe.
785921:59:31: <Benedict> ~If you are worried, you do not have to give me permission. If you will still let me use your ship, then thank you.~
786021:59:43: <viejo> "My mech. /Mine./"
786121:59:44: <Rainglove> ~Well why my ship specifically?~
786221:59:59: <Benedict> ~Your ship is powerful.~
786322:00:03: <Goatwright> "You can't even /pilot/ your mech right! No way, it's going on mine."
786422:00:11: <viejo> "In fact I need to re-configure my entire mech into... into... Wait a second. Oh my god... Why don't /we/ make a MMMU-compatible mech?!"
786522:00:15: <Goatwright> Billy and Seir end up in the same location.
786622:00:47: <NachtRuine> "What good would that do us other than to stroke yourself over MMMU?"
786722:01:19: <Rainglove> Billy plops down in his cockpit and starts downloading his ship's everything onto his computron 4000.
786822:01:51: <Rainglove> "We do have some fairly powerful communications hardware on the marriot would that not also serve your purposes?"
786922:01:56: <Goatwright> "Well, competitors are paid. A lot of them are usually independent entries, not ones from the company. They just run with them if the crowd feels it." Mayhalis leans forward in his seat, watching the showdown.
787022:02:18: <viejo> "What or who else will stroke me otherwise? Will you stroke me Abe? Is that what you're trying to say? We're not even the same species, let alone different sexes, get out of here!"
787122:02:37: <Benedict> "I doubt the Captain would give me permission. Also, using the ship is risky. Your ship is just as powerful, and comes with less risk."
787222:02:39: <Goatwright> "But considering your reaction to the last time I tried to get mech parts, I really doubt we'd get very far, Doc."
787322:03:07: <viejo> "My reaction was down to you not telling us of your shady intentions, just let us know what's going down next time."
787422:03:15: <viejo> "Also you crumble way too easily under pressure."
787522:03:27: <Rainglove> "Well okay then but please try not to blow things up I would be very sad to be shipless you know."
787622:03:40: <Rainglove> Billy unplugs his computron and moves over to the corner of the cabin.
787722:03:54: <Goatwright> Mayhalis looks OFFENDED, setting his beer down on the floor. "Not when it counts! Sorry I'm not interested in shooting random assholes over some fucking parts in a box."
787822:04:15: <Goatwright> "Don't forget who saved your asses on your very first day."
787922:04:41: <NachtRuine> "Funny, Doc." Abe's heard that kind of thing way too many times before.
788022:05:13: <viejo> Dr. J gives Mayhalis a 'really bro' unimpressed look. "If you hadn't you'd be getting through teams of new people at an extremely fast rate considering the murky conditions under which we work."
788122:06:23: <Benedict> Seir finishes a can of root beer, taking the processor to Billy's ship. Let's plug this shit up and learn knowledge, nigga.
788222:06:27: <Goatwright> "Hey, it was in the job description."
788322:07:26: <NachtRuine> "I probably wouldn't have taken the job if it wasn't."
788422:08:37: <Goatwright> Alright, Seir, roll COMPUTAHS
788522:09:04: <BEIGE> Benedict: Time to watch Billy's ship explode.: 4 (4df+4=0, 3+, 0, 4-)
788622:09:05: <Benedict> 4df+4 Time to watch Billy's ship explode.
788722:09:28: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to hold in the faliling.
788822:09:34: <Rainglove> Camera stroking intensifies.
788922:09:40: <viejo> "Yes, quite, it is interesting, but still, the pay is hardly befitting for the danger and unknown we're plopped into." Dr. J laughs. "Don't sweat I'm not after a payrise, I'm just saying. Now stop being a princess and let's drink and watch robots beat the snot out of each other."
789022:09:46: <viejo> Dr. J chugs some beer.
789122:11:39: <Goatwright> The ship is, for the most part, capable of handling the rapid input of information from the processor. Despite being designed for mechs, some of the commands end up inputting into the Mayflower, causing it to suddenly lurch up and shift around in the air a bit.
789222:12:06: <Rainglove> well
789322:12:08: <Rainglove> it IS a mech
789422:13:30: <Goatwright> Luckily for Billy it doesn't end up speeding into a wall or anything, as commands start scrolling quickly on the display screen. The ship ends up adjusting itself back into a still position, before it starts slowly moving down, up, left, right, and so on.
789522:13:45: <Goatwright> It's almost as though the processor is attempting to learn about the capabilities of the ol' ship.
789622:14:27: <Benedict> Seir isn't sure if he should stop the processor or not. Knowledge and all...
789722:14:29: <Rainglove> Billy sees if he can get access to some DIAGNOSTICS
789822:14:34: <NachtRuine> "So have we got any jobs, Cap'n?"
789922:15:27: <Goatwright> Billy's ship does in fact give him some o' dem DIAGNOSTICS. It's telling him that the ship is for the most part able to respond fine, but at the rate that the processor is putting in commands, his system is going to start overheating fairly quickly.
790022:16:07: <Goatwright> "Oh, that's right!" Mayhalis picks up his beer, reclining on the couch. "Yeah. I ended up thinking about what you guys said about taking some extra jobs, so I got something that I figured might pay well enough. We should be getting there shortly."
790122:17:18: <Rainglove> "We should probably do some upgrades before continuing with this the ship is starting to overheat and that is going to be a pain to fix if something fries"
790222:18:02: <Goatwright> "It's basically just guard duty for a crasaranan industry yard. The planet's a real nice place, I've been there before. Kinda dusty, but the people are really accommodating. I'm thinking it's probably just some local thieves, but work is work, and they're offering enough to make it worth our while."
790322:18:07: <Goatwright> "And I figured we're in the area, y'know?"
790422:18:19: <viejo> Dr. J's eyes narrow.
790522:18:27: <viejo> "Will we be able to watch MMMU before we arrive?"
790622:18:44: <Benedict> Seir tries to learn just a little bit more before he stops the processor from overheating Billy's ship.
790722:18:49: <Goatwright> The computer starts to slow down, the commands seeming to stick for longer periods of time. The ship starts slowly tilting to the side.
790822:18:58: <NachtRuine> "Guard duty? Alright."
790922:19:21: <Benedict> Alright, Seir is stopping the processor now.
791022:19:47: <Goatwright> "Well, we'll be within deployment distance in ten minutes or so. I'm sure they've got a TV down there that you can watch, Doc."
791122:20:43: <Rainglove> "Well that was fun did you learn anything interesting?" Billy butts back into the pilot chair and starts making sure nothing broke without waiting for a response.
791222:20:50: <viejo> Dr. J sighs. "All I want to do is watch MMMU and conduct questionable scientific experiments..."
791322:21:12: <Goatwright> "You just said you wanted to get paid, too."
791422:21:15: <Goatwright> Siiiiiip.
791522:21:16: <Benedict> Well, did Seir learn anything?
791622:21:24: <NachtRuine> "He's gotcha there."
791722:21:33: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal finally awakens and stumbles out of bed. He's getting too old for this shit.
791822:21:49: <viejo> "Actually I was only commenting, out here I mostly escape scientific protocols."
791922:22:08: <Hippocratesi> He was awoken by the unusual sensation that something was finally actually happening.
792022:22:24: <viejo> 1d20 Dr. J's winning smile
792122:22:24: <BEIGE> Viejo: Dr. J's winning smile: 5 (1d20=5)
792222:22:41: <NachtRuine> That is not a winning smile.
792322:22:49: <Goatwright> "Let me rephrase that, then. /I/ want to get paid, and I need to get paid to pay for the streaming service. No guard duty, no money for MMMU."
792422:23:04: <viejo> Dr. J's upper lip is curled somewhat oddly and the corner of his mouth twitches.
792522:23:14: <Goatwright> Mayhalis cringes. "Please stop that."
792622:23:16: <Benedict> Seir does have his computer if Doctor Jay wants to watch stupid mech shows.
792722:23:39: <viejo> "Oh, right, I forgot who I was talking to." Siiiiiiiiip.
792822:23:44: <Goatwright> Also, Seir did learn anything. The processor was TESTING things. This is generally something that processors do not do.
792922:23:51: <NachtRuine> Abe has his eyes glued to the screen, not in anticipation, but rather in attempt of understanding.
793022:24:14: <viejo> "I'm sure nothing will go wrong on this mission." Dr. J maintains eyes contact with Mayhalis as he drinks more.
793122:24:36: <NachtRuine> "You ever heard of Murphy's Law, Doc?"
793222:25:12: <viejo> "Murphy? Sounds like a dumb name for someone of the law."
793322:25:27: <Goatwright> "As long as you don't do something stupid, I'm sure it'll be fine." He redirects his attention to the screen. "Now go get Mishaal and everyone else. We should be getting there right about now."
793422:25:49: <Goatwright> He sips his beer. Mmm, cold beer and mech shoes.
793522:25:54: <Goatwright> shows even
793622:25:56: <viejo> >mech shoes
793722:26:10: <NachtRuine> "It says 'anything that can go wrong will.'" Abe heads off to the garage. He's bound to find at least Seir there.
793822:26:24: <Hippocratesi> The bearman conveniently wanders into the lounging place. "Getting where?"
793922:26:45: <Goatwright> "Your next job. Guard duty. Crasaranans. Don't shoot them, shoot the thing they want you to shoot."
794022:27:40: <Hippocratesi> "Guard duty? Mmph, better than nothing."
794122:28:25: <NachtRuine> He enters the garage and notes Billy and Seir there. "Hey, we got a job. Guard duty at some industry yard. Get ready."
794222:28:31: <Benedict> "Well, Billy, as you saw, the processor seemed to be testing your ship. That was strange."
794322:30:27: <viejo> "Are you coming Mayhalis?"
794422:30:40: <viejo> "If things go wrong maybe you can provide a stuttering distraction." Dr. J grins.
794522:30:43: <Benedict> The processor will have to be studied further later on. Seir goes to finish his snacks and drinks to make up for his lack of sleep, then gets his GEAR.
794622:31:25: <Goatwright> "Nah, I got.." He vaguely waves his hand around. "ship stuff to do. Ship guard. Captain things. Chelsea's on her period. Gotta fill in. Yeah." He reclines.
794722:31:57: <viejo> "You're going to watch MMMU, aren't you? Don't lie to me."
794822:32:12: <Rainglove> "Yes that was very strange also why guard duty?
794922:32:13: <Rainglove> "
795022:32:28: <Goatwright> "Totally."
795122:32:32: <Goatwright> He sips his beer.
795222:32:36: <viejo> "FUCK."
795322:32:44: <viejo> Dr. J downs his beer and slithers off.
795422:33:36: <NachtRuine> "It's a side job we're taking until we get more info about ruins, I guess. EIther way, get ready." Abe goes off to get ready.
795522:35:08: <Goatwright> The processor is presumably removed from the Mayflower and every gets ready and boards the ship.
795622:35:13: <Benedict> Seir sends a message to the captain. ~The processor is strange. I tested it on Billy's ship to learn more, and it was like the processor was trying to learn about Billy's ship. My sleep-depraved paranoia is telling me that the processor was sending info back to the Esurgans.~ He checks his email and phone for other messages as he gets ready.
795722:35:24: <Benedict> The processor was already removed. GOD.
795822:35:39: <Benedict> And then Seir realizes he doesn't care about the messsages and boards the Mayflower. Woooosh.
795922:35:54: <Goatwright> Freighter and Kay reconnect the ship to the launcher and give everybody a thumbs up as the ship is slowly dragged along the trolley, into the separating room of the hangar, and wooooooshed.
796022:36:45: <Rainglove> woooosh
796122:36:56: <Rainglove> Billy hands the ship off the GM controlled auto-pilot so we can get there faster
796222:38:12: <Goatwright> Billy's ship still seems a bit laggy to his commands but it autopilots its way to the location. Since you're not in some sketchy forest or something, the ship decides to just land on the outskirts of the town.
796322:39:21: <Rainglove> Billy frowns internally. He squishes externally. He does his best to vent whatever leftover heat there may be before exiting.
796422:39:28: <Goatwright> You noticed much of the planet appears to be arid, with a few locations of vegetation, but a lot of it seems sparse and isolated. The air is also thick and hard to see through, with the ship telling you it's a combination of pollutants and dirt.
796522:39:48: <viejo> <I guess safety is more important than I initially realised, thanks for that talk.> Dr. J messages Reggie. Internally he LOLs.
796622:40:41: <Goatwright> Stepping outside, you are hit with the stench of something like burning tires.
796722:41:47: <Hippocratesi> "What the hell are they doing here?"
796822:42:02: <Goatwright> The town itself is rather large, full of huge industrial buildings, smoke stacks, and bustling with moving trucks and industrial mechs. You can tell the workers live here, too, with the massive yard formed by the factory being surrounded by small little huts.
796922:42:52: <Goatwright> A crasaranan soon runs up to you, large and in charge as they tend to be. He's got some sort of cloth wrapped around his face and a pair of goggles on, presumably to protect from the outside conditions. "Oh good, you guys here for the guard duty?"
797022:43:05: <viejo> "The stench - it reminds me of a miniature krumscheon's feces!"
797122:43:19: <Hippocratesi> "That is us, yes."
797222:43:32: <NachtRuine> "Yeah. What's happened to make you need it?"
797322:44:32: <viejo> A noseless Garret would be optimum for these conditions.
797422:44:43: <Goatwright> "Hey, hey, introductions first." He extends a gloved hand to each of them. "The name's Saul. You all are?"
797522:45:26: <Benedict> "Seir." This planet is disgusting. Its like this Crasaranan doesn't know environmentalism.
797622:46:12: <Hippocratesi> "I am Mishaal."
797722:46:17: <NachtRuine> "Abe." He shakes the hand. Abe doesn't mind the smell. Mainly because he can't smell it. :^]
797822:46:18: <Rainglove> "Billy pleasure to meet you how are you today?" Billy seizes one of the thing's available extremities and shakes.
797922:46:43: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal also shakes his hand because I barely read that post.
798022:47:55: <viejo> "Dr. Oisroirx Jeisswessel." He shakes his hand.
798122:48:52: <Goatwright> Shake shake. "Right. Nice meetin' y'all. So, we've been havin' some uh, real weird sorta commotion outside of the plant. Started off kinda rare, but now we get it just about every night." He motions for them to follow, heading on into the factory town.
798222:49:35: <Hippocratesi> MIshaal follows. "What kind of commotion? Machinery? Animals?"
798322:50:00: <Benedict> Seir is still disgusted.
798422:50:44: <viejo> "Augmented beasts?"
798522:52:57: <Goatwright> "Well, that's the thing. Nobody's really certain." Trucks and forklifts pass them by, veering widely as they fly past. Not a lot of safety protocol around here, it seems. "Been gettin' things fallin' from the sky, people been reportin' seein' figures out in the wastes... we got about, hrm, three persons missin' as well, and that started shortly after the
798622:53:20: <Goatwright> sightings." He scratches his neck, wading around holes of slug and big piles of scrap.
798722:53:42: <Goatwright> holes of sludge fug
798822:53:56: <viejo> Holes full of slugs?????
798922:54:06: <Hippocratesi> "Figures and missing persons? That is...alarming. How long have these things been happening?"
799022:54:12: <NachtRuine> "Huh. That explains the need for guards."
799122:56:16: <Goatwright> "Been about a month, I'd say?" Saul waves at a few workers as they walk, before turning back to address the crew. "I've seen some'a the stuff fall from the sky, but I can't say I've had a run in with anythin' walkin' yet."
799222:57:29: <Rainglove> Billy hmmmmmmmms and enjoys the power of flight.
799322:58:35: <Goatwright> Soon they reach the other end of town and stop at what seems to be a recently erected shack, facing a massive field of flat dirt. With the smog as bad as it is, it's pretty hard to get a good look at anything from where you're at. "We set this here shack up for anybody takin' the job, in case y'get cold or tired. Any questions? Anythin' I can do to help?"
799423:01:36: <Rainglove> "Nope bye" Billy goes off to take a look at the inside of the shack.
799523:02:45: <Benedict> "Please bring snacks and sugary drinks if you have them." And then Seir goes inside the shack.
799623:02:48: <Hippocratesi> "We will take it from here. Thank you, Saul." Mishaal heads on into the shack.
799723:03:05: <NachtRuine> Abe looks at the shack. How shack of a shack is this shack?
799823:03:59: <Goatwright> Fairly shacky. It's put together roughly with wood and metal sheets, though still appears to be insulated. It has a large window facing out to the field, two sets of bunk beds, a table, mini-fridge, hotplate, and a tiny TV.
799923:05:04: <Goatwright> "If you got any questions, just ask around town. Some'a the guys have seen more than I have, so they might be able to give you more info." Saul gives Seir a nod, and goes off to fetch whatever sugary bullshit he has.
800023:05:07: <Hippocratesi> "Well, it's something."
800123:05:33: <Rainglove> Billy claims a top bunk by flopping onto it.
800223:05:37: <NachtRuine> "It is. We should probably set up positions or something."
800323:06:58: <Hippocratesi> "Right. How are we doing this then?"
800423:08:11: <viejo> Dr. J turns on the TV and tries to find if MMMU is on any of the channels.
800523:08:29: <Goatwright> The wind blows outside, rattling the window lightly and causing some nice swirls in the stagnant dust of a view.
800623:08:38: <viejo> "Assuming position."
800723:09:24: <Goatwright> The TV flips on, initially to a news station, indicating that night should be coming soon and that the nights are to be coooold and gusty. Then Doc flips on through, and finds himself some coverage of MMMU, though it's spotty.
800823:09:34: <Goatwright> It cuts in and out every once and a while, and the overall image and sound quality isn't great.
800923:10:02: <NachtRuine> "Well there's five of us. Have four of us on guard and one on break. Check in with each other every so often. Have someone go on break maybe every hour?"
801023:10:24: <viejo> "Savages." Dr. J says seethingly.
801123:10:46: <viejo> "Can anyone do anything about this connection? Seir? Billy?"
801223:11:20: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to boost the connection.
801323:11:26: <Hippocratesi> "Sounds good to me." Mishaal makes sure his shatgun is loaded.
801423:12:01: <Rainglove> "I am mostly blind it would probably not be a good idea to have me on guard alone"
801523:12:37: <NachtRuine> Abe's needlegun is ready. "Right, right, forgot about that. Then let's have two to a group."
801623:12:48: <Goatwright> Billy adjusts some antennas on the top of the TV. It gets a bit better, but not by much.
801723:13:11: <Rainglove> Billy bounces happily. "I did it."
801823:13:15: <Rainglove> He returns to his bunk
801923:13:18: <Hippocratesi> "Who goes with who?"
802023:13:28: <viejo> Dr. J almost complains but stops. "Yes, thank you."
802123:13:31: <Benedict> Seir decides to look at the TV as well.
802223:14:51: <Goatwright> Seir ends up bending an antenna too far and worsens the connection.
802323:15:46: <NachtRuine> "Well since we just started, no one should be on break. We'll decide who gets the break after an hour. Let's have Doc, Billy, and Mishaal in one group. Seir, you'll be with me."
802423:15:46: <viejo> 1d20 can Dr. J hide how pissed off he is
802523:15:47: <BEIGE> Viejo: can Dr. J hide how pissed off he is: 12 (1d20=12)
802623:15:52: <Rainglove> should've left it to the professionals
802723:16:19: <Benedict> Seir can probably repair them antennas.
802823:16:44: <Goatwright> Probably.
802923:16:55: <viejo> Dr. J sighs. "Mayhalis is up there drinking, watching MMMU, and probably going to get an income whether we live or not. He's living the dream. Let's go."
803023:17:08: <viejo> 4df+2 ALERTU
803123:17:08: <BEIGE> Viejo: ALERTU: 3 (4df+2=0, 3+, 3+, 4-)
803223:17:40: <Hippocratesi> "Yes, let's." Mishaal heads out and goes to his position.
803323:17:56: <Benedict> 4df+4 Let's fix the antenna. Doctor Jay can just use Seir's computer if it gets too bad.
803423:17:57: <BEIGE> Benedict: Let's fix the antenna. Doctor Jay can just use Seir's computer if it gets too bad.: 4 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-)
803523:18:03: <Benedict> Thanks Kojima.
803623:18:27: <Goatwright> The antenna is corrected and the TV functions somewhat decently. Now let's stop fuckin' with the TV and HEAD OUTSIDE
803723:18:46: <viejo> Dr. J doesn't even notice. When he gets back he'll presume Billy fixed it. :^)
803823:19:52: <Rainglove> Billy takes his eyeless self outside.
803923:19:59: <Goatwright> Doc, you see DUST. LOTS OF IT. And within that DUST, you can see what look to be two craters in the ground, each one a couple dozen meters apart.
804023:19:59: <Rainglove> He SQUINTS
804123:20:02: <Rainglove> He HMMMMMs
804223:20:13: <Rainglove> "It is very dusty outside"
804323:20:16: <Goatwright> Meanwhile, Seir and Abe go off to form their own super cool group, I guess.
804423:20:29: <NachtRuine> 4df+3 how alert
804523:20:29: <Benedict> Seir shrugs. Good enough. MMMU is a shitty show anyway. He's with Abe it seems. Disgusting. Humans are gross.
804623:20:30: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: how alert: 3 (4df+3=4-, 0, 3+, 0)
804723:20:48: <Benedict> 4df+3 Seir is also alert.
804823:20:48: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir is also alert.: 6 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 0, 3+)
804923:21:28: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: guh: 1 (4df+1=3+, 4-, 4-, 3+)
805023:21:28: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 guh
805123:21:40: <Rainglove> 4df+0 Eyes of a HAWK
805223:21:41: <BEIGE> Rainglove: Eyes of a HAWK: 1 (4df+0=0, 3+, 3+, 4-)
805323:21:51: <Rainglove> er, subtract one, since that's untrained
805423:22:13: <Goatwright> Seir's autistic eyes are used to staring at things for the finest of details, and soon it pays off, as a break in the gale shows what looks to be a cylindrical object standing up out of the ground at an angle, far off from the rest of the craters.
805523:22:32: <Goatwright> Doc's group continues to see the craters. Do you wanna go look at 'em?
805623:22:38: <Goatwright> Maybe INVESTIGATE?
805723:22:42: <viejo> "Stick together and near to the hut. We don't want any of this wandering-off and getting separated."
805823:22:49: <viejo> "That's just tempting fate."
805923:22:55: <viejo> :^)
806023:23:05: <viejo> compel me faggot
806123:23:05: <Rainglove> Billy wanders off to look at the craters
806223:23:14: <viejo> BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLY
806323:23:15: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal follows Billy.
806423:23:31: <viejo> Dr. J stays where he is. Fuck you guys too.
806523:23:45: <viejo> He goes back into the hut to watch MMMU.
806623:23:46: <Benedict> Seir points out the cylindrical object for Abe, going to investigate it.
806723:23:49: <Goatwright> >implying I'm going to just give you fate points to do things that involve progressing the plot at all
806823:23:51: <Rainglove> what's the matter doctor
806923:23:54: <Rainglove> feeling a little
807023:23:56: <Rainglove> squiddish
807123:23:58: <Rainglove> ?
807223:24:10: <Rainglove> squittish
807323:24:11: <Rainglove> fug
807423:24:23: <viejo> all that shitposting
807523:24:40: <NachtRuine> "[Seir's found some cylinder. We're checking it out.]" Abe goes with Seir.
807623:26:23: <Goatwright> Billy and Mishaal end up at a crater, while Abe and Seir go to investigate the cylinder. Jeisswessel continues to lack an aspect that would compel him to go look at craters.
807723:26:53: <Rainglove> Billy examines the rock.
807823:26:54: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal looks over the edge of the crater, maybe there's something inside.
807923:26:55: <viejo> "Hey Billy fixed it again. Phew."
808023:27:22: <viejo> He isn't speaking into his comms.
808123:28:38: <Goatwright> Billy and Mishaal, you note this crater as being maybe ten feet or so across and three feet deep. It's nearly a perfect circle. Inside, Mishaal, you see gravel, finer than that surrounding the hole itself.
808223:28:43: <Benedict> Let's investigate this fucking cylinder.
808323:29:02: <Goatwright> Roll ALERTNESS if you wanna investigate carefully within the crater, or anything else you might think is relevant.
808423:29:31: <Rainglove> 4df-1 I got this
808523:29:32: <BEIGE> Rainglove: I got this: -1 (4df-1=4-, 3+, 0, 0)
808623:29:53: <viejo> More importantly what's happening on MMMU?
808723:29:55: <viejo> :^)
808823:30:21: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 jesus christ
808923:30:21: <Goatwright> Abe and Seir, you come across a massive metal cylinder, roughly ten feet tall and particularly thick. A large door is attached to the cylinder, left open, and revealing an empty inside.
809023:30:22: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: jesus christ: 2 (4df+1=3+, 3+, 0, 4-)
809123:30:43: <Goatwright> As Abe is particularly familiar with this sort of thing, he's fairly confident this appears to be some sort of drop pod.
809223:30:44: <Rainglove> vieblow pls go
809323:31:02: <Goatwright> A strong gust hits the shack, causing it to shake, and the antenna falls over. The connection cuts out.
809423:31:55: <NachtRuine> "Something did an orbital drop in this. It's about the same size as our pods, too."
809523:32:36: <Goatwright> Mishaal doesn't see any gold or nothin' in them there hole, but he sees what seems to be scorch marks along the gravel on the inside. Getting even closer to inspect it, his foot lands in something thick and sticky.
809623:32:46: <Benedict> "Oh. Are all drop pods similar in design or could you tell if this belonged to a certain race or Alliance."
809723:32:56: <viejo> Dr. J sighs. "It's almost like there's some higher entity purposefully keeping me from watching my show."
809823:33:05: <viejo> If this were a TV then Dr. J would turn to face the camera and look right at it.
809923:33:09: <viejo> TV show*
810023:34:05: <Goatwright> Billy, you hover the hole, blowing some dust up into the air. A few particles of dust and debris are sent up into the air, some of which seem to sparkle in the sun rays that manage to break through the dust.
810123:34:20: <NachtRuine> Are there any markings that might indicate the source of the pod?
810223:35:00: <Goatwright> There are not. It seems fairly standard, although the inside of it is more bare than your average pod. There isn't even a chair.
810323:35:19: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal involuntarily 'euugh's as he tries to see what the fuck he just stepped in.
810423:35:38: <viejo> Dr. J takes a chair and plants it outside. He sits down on it, keeping an eye out for would-be buggers.
810523:35:53: <NachtRuine> "I can't tell. Not even a chair? Either it's been gutted or whatever dropped is strong enough to withstand a terminal impact."
810623:36:15: <Rainglove> Billy points at the sparklies. "We have sparklies."
810723:36:19: <Rainglove> He attempts to grab a sparkly.
810823:36:21: <NachtRuine> "Seir, think someone tampered with it?"
810923:36:56: <Goatwright> Billy grabs a sparkly. It's some sort of metallic fragment that was embedded into the crater.
811023:37:05: <Benedict> "Perhaps." Seir decides to study the inside of the pod. Maybe LEARN something.
811123:37:26: <Rainglove> Billy holds out the sparkly to mishaal. "I wonder how these would have gotten here?"
811223:37:48: <Goatwright> Mishaal, whatever you stepped in, it's black and smells like tar.
811323:38:15: <Hippocratesi> It must be tar.
811423:38:28: <Goatwright> It's probably not a bad guess.
811523:38:32: <Goatwright> ho ho
811623:39:02: <Goatwright> Seir checks out the inside of the pod. There's no emergency light on, and the display panel on the inside indicates there's no signal to a return ship.
811723:39:10: <Goatwright> Doc, roll Alertness.
811823:39:17: <Hippocratesi> "[There's scorch marks here. And what I /think/ is tar." Mishaal tries to wipe it off his boot.
811923:39:18: <viejo> Dr. J puts some earplugs in and listens to music on his phone, Puns and Proses.
812023:39:23: <Hippocratesi> oops *]
812123:39:39: <Benedict> "No emergency light. No signal to a return ship. Like it was dropped here and abandoned."
812223:39:55: <Goatwright> Doc you can still roll Alertness
812323:40:00: <viejo> but I already did
812423:40:05: <Goatwright> Another one you boob.
812523:40:10: <viejo> always with the rolls
812623:40:13: <viejo> 4df+2
812723:40:13: <Goatwright> One perception roll does not perceive everything
812823:40:13: <BEIGE> Viejo: 2 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
812923:40:49: <NachtRuine> "Or whatever was dropped had no intention of coming back."
813023:41:33: <Goatwright> 4df-1
813123:41:34: <BEIGE> Goatwright: -3 (4df-1=4-, 0, 4-, 0)
813223:41:59: <Hippocratesi> someone lost their nose
813323:42:28: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal takes a look around the field.
813423:42:38: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: ANYTHING ELSE PECULIAR? LIKE A MURDERER?: -1 (4df+1=4-, 4-, 0, 0)
813523:42:38: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 ANYTHING ELSE PECULIAR? LIKE A MURDERER?
813623:42:47: <viejo> YOU are the murderer, Mishaal!
813723:42:50: <viejo> Or maybe it's Billy...
813823:42:54: <Goatwright> Something very loudly plods into the back of the shack, causing it to shake violently.
813923:43:15: <Rainglove> heeeeeeeere's billy!
814023:43:22: <viejo> Dr. J goes to investigate.
814123:43:28: <viejo> 4df+1 STEALTHU SLITHERU
814223:43:29: <BEIGE> Viejo: STEALTHU SLITHERU: 1 (4df+1=4-, 0, 0, 3+)
814323:43:32: <Goatwright> Mishaal notices the sun's setting, and that it is dusty, and shiny things are shining in the dust in your face.
814423:44:29: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal wonders what these shiny things are. Too bad he's not a scientist.
814523:44:36: <Goatwright> Seir, Abe, whatever came with the pod doesn't seem to have left anything in it, either. Aside from its shape, you couldn't even tell anything was supposed to be in it in the first place, it's so empty.
814623:44:56: <Goatwright> The scanner on the inside just beeps absently, looking helplessly for a ship that doesn't appear to be there.
814723:45:14: <Goatwright> 4df+3 It can hear better than it sneaks
814823:45:15: <BEIGE> Goatwright: It can hear better than it sneaks: 3 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 4-, 3+)
814923:45:31: <NachtRuine> "Let's move on, there's nothing here, as far as I can tell."
815023:45:34: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal huffs. Guard duty. He wonders how the Stormbringers do it.
815123:46:10: <Benedict> Seir shrugs, and follows Abe.
815223:46:25: <Rainglove> Billy grabs a few more shinies and heads back towards the shack. Clearly there's nothing out here right now.
815323:47:07: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal soon realizes he is out here alone. God damnit.
815423:47:11: <Goatwright> Doc ends up knocking a stone over into the dust, causing the back to rattle again before something - a metal ball, apparently, up to your hips in size - rolls out from behind the hut and attempts to zoom off into the field.
815523:48:04: <BEIGE> Viejo: HERE COMES HERR DOKTOR: 6 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 0)
815623:48:04: <viejo> 4df+4 HERE COMES HERR DOKTOR
815723:48:06: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 DO MY EYES SEES IT GOIN'?
815823:48:07: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: DO MY EYES SEES IT GOIN'?: 0 (4df+1=0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
815923:48:15: <Hippocratesi> they don't
816023:48:28: <Benedict> A metal ball, eh?
816123:48:47: <Goatwright> You do, at least, see Doc running off after something, Mishaal. As does the rest of the squad.
816223:49:07: <NachtRuine> "[Check in, what's new?]"
816323:49:09: <Goatwright> 4df+4 ZZZOOOOOOOOOOM
816423:49:10: <BEIGE> Goatwright: ZZZOOOOOOOOOOM: 3 (4df+4=0, 3+, 4-, 4-)
816523:49:16: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal moves his mighty bulk as fast as he can after the Doc. "[What's happening, Doctor?]"
816623:49:16: <viejo> HYUK
816723:49:22: <Benedict> "[What the hell are you chasing.]"
816823:49:47: <viejo> "[Could these comms be any more cluttered?!]"
816923:49:56: <Benedict> "[Yes.]"
817023:50:15: <viejo> 4df+5 tagging robot arm, to leap and wrestle that metal ball to the ground
817123:50:16: <BEIGE> Viejo: tagging robot arm, to leap and wrestle that metal ball to the ground: 4 (4df+5=4-, 0, 3+, 4-)
817223:50:23: <Goatwright> The sphere erratically swerves about in the sand, attempting to avoid Doc with zigzags over sheer speed. It suddenly stops and attempts to roll back past him, as if in a bid to fake him out, but apparently fails to account for his speed, as he's able to quickly catch up from the failed maneuver.
817323:50:31: <Goatwright> 4df+4 fug
817423:50:32: <BEIGE> Goatwright: fug: 4 (4df+4=0, 4-, 3+, 0)
817523:50:53: <viejo> The rest probably hear Dr. J hrking over the comms
817623:51:54: <NachtRuine> "[That's not informative, Doc. Do we need to come by?]"
817723:52:13: <Goatwright> Though he's able to catch up, Doc lunges for the ball, allowing it to roll away from him. It kicks up a bit of gritty dirt in his face in its Sanic-esque escape.
817823:52:17: <viejo> "[Some metallic sphere around the shack. In pursuit.]"
817923:52:24: <Benedict> "Let's go by anyway." Seir runs as fast as his robo-legs can carry him. Mostly out of interest of what Doctor Jay is chasing instead of making sure the doctor is okay.
818023:52:48: <Benedict> "[Wait. Metallic sphere. Like... the one we saw on the potato and fish planet.]"
818123:52:48: <viejo> Dr. J keeps chasing.
818223:53:21: <NachtRuine> Abe concurs and follows.
818323:53:46: <Rainglove> Billy floats delicately onward
818423:53:54: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal ain't got a good feeling about this. He jogs along.
818523:54:12: <Goatwright> Everybody catches up just in time to watch Doctor J chase after the orb. Doc's still able to take advantage of its poor maneuvering choices, giving him another chance at wrestling it to a stop.
818623:54:23: <viejo> 4df+5 AGAIN HRK
818723:54:24: <BEIGE> Viejo: AGAIN HRK: 5 (4df+5=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
818823:54:38: <BEIGE> Goatwright: ZOOM ZOOM: 3 (4df+4=0, 0, 4-, 0)
818923:54:38: <Goatwright> 4df+4 ZOOM ZOOM
819023:55:13: <Goatwright> Two tags but'cha caught it. Doc wrenches his arm around the ball and brings it to a stop, his leg tentacles fastening it into position for that added leverage.
819123:55:40: <Goatwright> It whirrs as its wheel-like mechanism spins under it, but all it does is kick up sand.
819223:55:59: <Hippocratesi> "Perhaps our cyborgs have found their way here as well?" Mishaal approaches.
819323:56:49: <viejo> "[If one of you wants to get over here and disable this machine's method of movement that would be wonderful.]"
819423:57:49: <Goatwright> Everyone is able to walk over to the orb and its accompanying squidman. The roughly three-foot tall orb kicks up dust angrily.
819523:57:52: <Goatwright> Or what you assume could be anger.
819623:58:36: <Benedict> Would disabling the movements of this potential cyborg go against intergalatic treaties? Who knows! Let's find out! Seir goes to see about doing what the doctor asked.
819723:58:55: <Rainglove> Billy stares at the orb.
819823:59:02: <Goatwright> Giving it a solid hit would probably get it to stop.
819923:59:09: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal gives it a solid hit.
820023:59:10: <viejo> NO HIPPO
820123:59:15: <Hippocratesi> IT'S TOO LATE
820223:59:20: <Rainglove> just rip its legs off
820323:59:29: <viejo> Rip its arm off
820423:59:32: <Goatwright> Roll for hit strength
820523:59:35: <viejo> OH WAIT IT'S THE DOCTOR'S NO MISHAAL NO
820623:59:56: <Goatwright> Dual robo-arm-swords
8207
8208-------------------------------
8209 2015-04-25
8210
821100:00:22: <viejo> Presumably Mishaal can do a measured-blow rather than HOOOOF
821200:00:50: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: HIT STRENGTH?: 6 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
821300:00:50: <Hippocratesi> 4df+5 HIT STRENGTH?
821400:00:55: <viejo> no it's dead
821500:02:19: <Goatwright> Nah, it's fine. The wheel is punched hard, and disabled.
821600:02:48: <Goatwright> Doc gets a good oof to the gut from the blow, but he's fiiiiiine.
821700:03:09: <Hippocratesi> "Sorry if I hurt you, Doctor."
821800:03:34: <viejo> "No harm done, I'm just glad you didn't pulp the bot with your ogre fist."
821900:03:52: <viejo> "So who fancies opening this up and seeing what technomagicmumbojumbo is going on?"
822000:03:56: <Goatwright> Woulda been ogre if he had
822100:04:03: <viejo> "That may not be the technical term for the process."
822200:04:28: <Benedict> "Or rip its arms off." Seir knocks his robo-knuckles against the sphere. "Are you one of those cyborgs we met before."
822300:04:52: <Goatwright> If it can respond, it does not.
822400:05:38: <NachtRuine> "I don't know anything about technobabble, and we're still on a job, so I'm going back to my patrol. Keep me posted."
822500:06:34: <Goatwright> If you want to try opening it up without brute force, roll Repair
822600:06:57: <viejo> maybe they can reprogram it to act as a giant eight-ball
822700:07:02: <Benedict> 4df+4 Don't need Misha ripping off arms again.
822800:07:03: <BEIGE> Benedict: Don't need Misha ripping off arms again.: 5 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 3+, 0)
822900:09:36: <Goatwright> Seir manages to locate a few joints and knock them in just the right areas to cause the thing to sprawl open. Though on the outside it may appear similar to your big mech friend, this thing looks much different. The metal ball sprawls out into the form of a humanoid, a little over six feet tall.
823000:10:00: <Goatwright> It's almost a hodgepodge of mechanical parts from different robots, with different colors and logos located along its body, ranging from different companies to different alliances.
823100:10:08: <Benedict> Neat.
823200:10:34: <Hippocratesi> "Well that's strange."
823300:10:37: <Goatwright> Very similar to your past experiences with rollypolly robots, however, is a gun that flies up from its shoulder. Doc, roll Agility to get up on off it.
823400:10:46: <Goatwright> Or else y'gonna get SHOT
823500:10:48: <viejo> 4df+4 WHIZZ
823600:10:49: <BEIGE> Viejo: WHIZZ: 2 (4df+4=4-, 0, 0, 4-)
823700:10:51: <viejo> no whizz
823800:10:57: <Goatwright> 4df+3 WHIZZ
823900:10:58: <BEIGE> Goatwright: WHIZZ: 5 (4df+3=0, 3+, 0, 3+)
824000:11:06: <viejo> 4df+4 I'll spend a fate point to reroll
824100:11:06: <BEIGE> Viejo: I'll spend a fate point to reroll: 7 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 3+)
824200:12:08: <Goatwright> Doc comes dangerously close to having a slug in his face as he quickly untangles himself and lurches away from the bot. It attempts to stand, but whatever Mishaal hit, it seems to have damaged its ability to maneuver very well even while walking.
824300:12:41: <Goatwright> Meanwhile Abe is off and exploring the wastes some more. Looking for anything specific, oh Abraham Cole, Leader of Humans?
824400:12:57: <viejo> can I chop its gun in half? :^)
824500:13:11: <Hippocratesi> "Can you speak, machine?"
824600:13:18: <Rainglove> enter blade mode doc
824700:14:06: <NachtRuine> Troublemakers, mostly. He's not going too far away from the group since he's alone.
824800:14:17: <Goatwright> You can certainly attempt to, but there's no telling what'll happen if you do.
824900:14:33: <viejo> Well it IS going to shoot us if we don't disable the gun, right?
825000:14:48: <Goatwright> Yes.
825100:15:06: <viejo> 4df+3 rolling to see how cute and animu Dr. J looks as he performs his slice
825200:15:06: <BEIGE> Viejo: rolling to see how cute and animu Dr. J looks as he performs his slice: 5 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 3+, 3+)
825300:15:13: <viejo> 4df+5 SWORDU
825400:15:14: <BEIGE> Viejo: SWORDU: 6 (4df+5=4-, 0, 3+, 3+)
825500:16:27: <Goatwright> Doc closes his eyes as tears fly in the wind, telling the robot it's nothing personnel, kid as he swipes at it
825600:16:42: <Goatwright> 4df+2+2 the +2 being from ARMOR
825700:16:42: <BEIGE> Goatwright: the +2 being from ARMOR: 5 (4df+2+2=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
825800:18:04: <Goatwright> The gun is sliced off its shoulder, causing its shoulder to sputter and spark. Something from it bangs, and it starts feebly wobbling around, going nowhere but around in circles.
825900:18:42: <Rainglove> Billy applauds
826000:18:57: <Rainglove> it sounds like wet noodles being slapped together
826100:19:03: <Goatwright> Lewd.
826200:19:15: <Goatwright> It eventually falls backward onto its robot ass, where it stays there.
826300:19:44: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal scratches his head a bit. "What do we do with it?"
826400:20:04: <Benedict> Study it, of course. Seir studies the humanoid-robot-thing.
826500:20:59: <Goatwright> Go ahead and use dat APEX skill of yours, Seir. Go ahead and roll that mech engineering.
826600:22:29: <Benedict> 4df+7 Let us tag engineering prodigy just for the hell of it.
826700:22:30: <BEIGE> Benedict: Let us tag engineering prodigy just for the hell of it.: 4 (4df+7=0, 4-, 4-, 4-)
826800:22:34: <Benedict> WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.
826900:22:36: <viejo> o-oh
827000:22:39: <Benedict> THANKS KOJIMA.
827100:25:03: <Goatwright> The unusual nature of the robot throws Seir off quite a bit, but he's still able to tell that a lot of this robot's design and features function similarly to those of mechs, simply in a scaled down form. It's impressive how seamlessly each part has been integrated together, considering how well your own Esurgan-ICA tech interaction is going.
827200:25:05: <viejo> http://i.gyazo.com/c5548586f9f410b510f2926e2ca36e59.png
827300:25:07: <viejo> Dr. J's face when
827400:25:07: <Goatwright> Also, night finally comes as the sun sets below the horizon. The temperature starts dropping quickly, with gusty breezes filling the air with noise.
827500:26:23: <Benedict> Similar. So someone might have been trying to make a copy shortly after their discovery, perhaps? Seir wonders about this in silence.
827600:26:34: <Goatwright> The robot seems to ignore your poking and prodding as it just sits about in the dirt, running its hands through it. Jeez, Doc, what'd you hit?
827700:27:59: <Goatwright> Off in the distance of the night, you hear a faint rumble as a bright light goes from the ground and up into the sky, soon fading into the dust again. Seir and Abe can confirm it's coming from the location of the drop pod they found.
827800:29:06: <viejo> "Can you gain any information from this robot or fix it?"
827900:29:57: <Benedict> Well, ain't that something. "Its similar to the mechs we met on potato-fish planet. Scaled down. Lot of mix-and-match of parts, but well put together. Very integrated. And if I fix it, it might run away again."
828000:30:18: <Benedict> "Misha, go with Abe to the drop pod that the two of us visited earlier."
828100:30:21: <viejo> "Can I always cut off its legs."
828200:30:38: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal nods and heads on over to the drop pod place.
828300:30:49: <Goatwright> Billy's personal ship-managing gear alerts him to a sudden ping from a ship-based wireless connection appearing in the area, roughly above the center of the field.
828400:31:29: <Goatwright> Misha and Abe reach the drop pod location, only to be greeted by a crater similar to the one Mishaal investigated earlier. Thankfully this time there is not a bunch of tar around the around.
828500:31:30: <Rainglove> Billy examines said alert
828600:31:49: <Rainglove> He hmmms
828700:32:10: <Rainglove> "Seems like another ship has shown up near us"
828800:32:23: <Goatwright> Also Seir I meant mechs in general, not the mech you met.
828900:32:33: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal investigates the crater further.
829000:32:37: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 HUFF
829100:32:37: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: HUFF: 3 (4df+1=0, 0, 3+, 3+)
829200:32:51: <Benedict> Ooooh. Well, he meant mechs in general, then.
829300:32:52: <Benedict> Yes.
829400:33:44: <Goatwright> Billy's scanner picks up a broadcast from the ship, as two new lights appear in the dust, crashing down in the earth in a fiery roar before they impact the ground.
829500:34:03: <Benedict> Lovely.
829600:34:05: <viejo> "So are you going to attempt some repairs or get information from this robot?"
829700:34:17: <Goatwright> Mishaal, you still see smoke rising from the crater, with the scorch marks still hot to the touch. Any lights on your armor causes the dust around you to glint and sparkle.
829800:34:24: <Hippocratesi> are these lights going up or down
829900:34:41: <Goatwright> crashing down
830000:34:43: <Goatwright> impact the ground
830100:34:57: <Rainglove> Wuzza broadcast say?
830200:35:00: <Benedict> 4df+4 Seir attempts some repairs to make the doctor shut up.
830300:35:01: <BEIGE> Benedict: Seir attempts some repairs to make the doctor shut up.: 3 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
830400:35:07: <Goatwright> The broadcast is encrypted.
830500:36:07: <Goatwright> Seir can at least get the shoulder to stop sparking, but it doesn't attempt to get up or interact with anything. You'd need to bring it back to somewhere with the proper tools to determine what's happenin' in its noggin.
830600:36:11: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal hmms and wanders down into the crater.
830700:36:29: <Rainglove> Can he
830800:36:31: <Rainglove> decrypt it?
830900:36:39: <Goatwright> Rolllll Communications to find out!
831000:36:44: <Benedict> "I don't have the tools to properly fix it. Maybe we can bring it back on the ship."
831100:36:53: <Rainglove> 4df+5 HMMMM
831200:36:53: <BEIGE> Rainglove: HMMMM: 4 (4df+5=0, 4-, 0, 0)
831300:37:06: <Goatwright> 4df+4 HMMMMMM
831400:37:06: <BEIGE> Goatwright: HMMMMMM: 4 (4df+4=0, 4-, 3+, 0)
831500:37:16: <viejo> "Hm, I see. Will any of its processing or information be impact if I lop off its legs?"
831600:37:23: <viejo> impacted*
831700:38:27: <Benedict> "Perhaps. I'm willing to risk it if you want to cut off its legs so badly."
831800:38:40: <Goatwright> Billy manages to get bits and pieces of the encryption, but it seems to change encryption methods once he finally digs in deep. He picks up a few lines of binary while he's decrypting, at least.
831900:38:55: <viejo> "You were worried about it running away."
832000:39:00: <viejo> Jee Seir sure is a little bitch today
832100:39:31: <Benedict> "I'm saying you can cut off its legs if you want. It probably won't affect much."
832200:39:56: <viejo> Dr. J picks up the robot and hoists it over his shoulder.
832300:40:14: <Benedict> Anyway. How about them lights?
832400:40:20: <Goatsmith> It clings to him a bit as if to balance itself.
832500:40:56: <viejo> Only dreams now, bot-chan.~
832600:41:28: <Goatsmith> They have crashed to the earth, and are within walking distance.
832700:42:32: <Benedict> Seir will look at one such light by getting closer.
832800:42:53: <Rainglove> Billy hails the ship. He attaches a generic friendly hello with lots of smiley faces interspersed.
832900:44:11: <Goatsmith> Billy gets a returned notification, this time in non-binary.
833000:44:18: <Goatsmith> It is an ETA for landing.
833100:44:48: <Rainglove> well what is the ETA
833200:45:01: <NachtRuine> NOW
833300:45:01: <Rainglove> five days?
833400:45:05: <Rainglove> thirty seconds?
833500:45:21: <Rainglove> is it actually a time traveling ship that landed ten minutes ago?
833600:45:24: <Goatsmith> As Seir gets closer, he comes across a glow accompanied by a familiar looking cylindrical silhouette
833700:46:27: <Benedict> 4df+3 Alertness. What else do his autistic eyes see?
833800:46:28: <BEIGE> Benedict: Alertness. What else do his autistic eyes see?: 3 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
833900:46:36: <Goatsmith> It's about a minute. A pair of coordinates are sent to you shortly after the ETA.
834000:46:40: <viejo> Dr. J is just trudging along to wherever is important.
834100:47:03: <Goatsmith> Is he just carrying the robot along with them?
834200:47:23: <viejo> Yes.
834300:47:25: <NachtRuine> "Well if they're telling us when they're landing, they can't be all that bad."
834400:47:32: <viejo> He gives it a reassuring pat every so often.
834500:48:20: <viejo> "Murphy's Law, remember?"
834600:48:29: <viejo> Dr. J has a shit eating grin plastered all over his face.
834700:48:51: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal meets with the others, whatever the hell they're doing.
834800:49:36: <Goatsmith> Seir sees three figures emerge from the silhouette, each one about the size of your robot pal. Doc presumably meets up with him.
834900:50:33: <Rainglove> Billy sends all of this off and then heads off to wherever they're landing.
835000:50:33: <Goatsmith> A light emerges above Billy and Abe.
835100:50:37: <Rainglove> May as well be punctua- oh
835200:51:15: <NachtRuine> "Keep talking sh - " Light. "Huh?"
835300:51:48: <Rainglove> Billy prepares for the alien abduction
835400:51:54: <Goatsmith> It is very similar to your previous balls of fire.
835500:51:57: <Benedict> "Three more bots."
835600:52:01: <Goatsmith> And it is zooming towards you.
835700:52:14: <Rainglove> Billy squids in an awayward direction
835800:52:38: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal is reacting.
835900:54:07: <NachtRuine> Abe would like to not be in this fireball's path. Very much so.
836000:54:35: <Benedict> Oh Gods. What even is happening.
836100:55:55: <Goatsmith> Billy and Abe run out of the way just in time for the pod to crash down next to them.
836200:56:20: <Benedict> Meanwhile, the Captain continues to watch MMMU in peace.
836300:56:21: <Goatsmith> Also Mishaal
836400:56:50: <Goatsmith> Yes, the Captain watches bots fight while you fight bots. Livin' the dream.
836500:56:51: <Rainglove> Billy watches the pod. He silently critiques the pilot's landing skills.
836600:59:43: <Hippocratesi> "Of course this turns into more than 'guard duty'."
836701:00:13: <NachtRuine> "Would we have it any other way?"
836801:00:27: <Hippocratesi> "Perhaps just once."
836901:01:36: <Benedict> Oh, hello, rest of the group. Seir is sticking by you.
837001:02:39: <Goatsmith> Seir returns to the group and its own pod of fun and not-death.
837101:03:14: <Goatsmith> Its crater smokes, and it emits a light hum as bright lights flick on on the exterior.
837201:04:15: <viejo> 4df+2 WHAT DO YOUR SQUID EYES SEE
837301:04:16: <BEIGE> Viejo: WHAT DO YOUR SQUID EYES SEE: 3 (4df+2=0, 3+, 0, 0)
837401:04:21: <Goatsmith> Nothing emerges, however.
837501:04:25: <Rainglove> Billy isn't sure how to deal with the revelation that aliens are real
837601:04:41: <Hippocratesi> Mishaal wonders when this ship is coming.
837701:05:38: <Benedict> Billy, you are the aliens.
837801:05:50: <Rainglove> but then who was pod?
837901:07:07: <Benedict> You.
838001:07:32: <Rainglove> o-oh
838101:07:52: <viejo> they're crashing this guard patrol
838201:08:58: <NachtRuine> m-maybe with survivors?
838301:09:07: <Rainglove> no
838401:09:30: <viejo> roll survival
838501:11:09: <Goatsmith> The pod continues to steam at you, before the doors fly open, three similar-looking bots emerging from within.
838601:11:33: <Goatsmith> And they greet you with guns already waiting. BILLY, ABE, MISHAAL, ROLL TO DODGE
838701:11:58: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1 WHERE'S THIS FUCKING SHIP
838801:11:58: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: WHERE'S THIS FUCKING SHIP: 3 (4df+1=3+, 3+, 4-, 3+)
838901:12:09: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: GUESS WE'RE NOT FRIENDS: 2 (4df+2=0, 3+, 4-, 0)
839001:12:09: <NachtRuine> 4df+2 GUESS WE'RE NOT FRIENDS
839101:12:39: <Rainglove> 4df+2 O-OH
839201:12:40: <BEIGE> Rainglove: O-OH: 2 (4df+2=4-, 3+, 0, 0)
839301:12:49: <Rainglove> we're really good at dodging
839401:13:04: <Goatsmith> Clearly
839501:13:17: <Goatsmith> 4df+3 mish
839601:13:17: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: mish: 3 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 4-, 3+)
839701:13:22: <Goatsmith> 4df+3 abe
839801:13:22: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: abe: 5 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 3+)
839901:13:24: <Benedict> Why these bots so rude.
840001:13:28: <Goatsmith> 4df+3 birry
840101:13:28: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: birry: 2 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 4-, 0)
840201:13:40: <Rainglove> :^)
840301:13:47: <viejo> >Abe has the highest survival skill
840401:13:51: <viejo> >only one not to survive
840501:14:01: <viejo> hyuk
840601:14:23: <Goatsmith> Mishaal and Billy are on their toes just enough to flutter away from the gunfire, but as Abe attempts to jump away, he catches a bullet in the leg.
840701:14:44: <Goatsmith> 3 to HEALTH and COMPOSURE, DO YOU WANNA CONSEQUENCE?
840801:14:57: <Goatsmith> Or TWO YOU HAVE ARMOR I GUESS
840901:16:08: <Hippocratesi> "Should we fight? I'm sure there's more where these came from!"
841001:16:08: <Goatsmith> YOU CAN DO THE THINGS
841101:17:01: <Rainglove> 4df+5 2 pen, activating daka
841201:17:02: <BEIGE> Rainglove: 2 pen, activating daka: 5 (4df+5=0, 0, 3+, 4-)
841301:17:27: <NachtRuine> "Not friendly, not friendly!" That bullet went clean through, but it's enough to make Abe walk with a limp. (-1 hp loss)
841401:18:34: <NachtRuine> 4df+3+2 (pen2) Abe scrambles to cover and returns fire.
841501:18:35: <BEIGE> NachtRuine: (pen2) Abe scrambles to cover and returns fire.: 6 (4df+3+2=4-, 0, 3+, 3+)
841601:18:51: <Goatsmith> 4df+3 Gettin dakka'd
841701:18:51: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: Gettin dakka'd: 3 (4df+3=3+, 0, 0, 4-)
841801:18:59: <Goatsmith> 4df+3 Also the dakka
841901:19:00: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: Also the dakka: 2 (4df+3=0, 0, 4-, 0)
842001:20:06: <Hippocratesi> 4df+4 i shoot robot
842101:20:07: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: i shoot robot: 7 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 0, 3+)
842201:20:21: <BEIGE> Benedict: 1 Pen. Let's just fire because why not.: 5 (4df+4=3+, 0, 4-, 3+)
842301:20:21: <Benedict> 4df+4 1 Pen. Let's just fire because why not.
842401:20:22: <Goatsmith> Billy shoots the leftmost bot, causing it to bend at a funny angle but continue to advance. Abe's bot crumples to the ground. DAMN PENETRATION.
842501:21:37: <Goatsmith> Mishaal/Seir, any specific bots you're shooting? 1 and 3 are left
842601:21:44: <Hippocratesi> 3
842701:21:56: <Benedict> How damaged are 1 and 3?
842801:22:21: <Benedict> Actually, just fire at 1.
842901:22:28: <Benedict> Misha will no doubt kill 3.
843001:24:02: <Goatsmith> Seir hits the first bot, just enough to keel it over, too.
843101:24:20: <Goatsmith> Mishaal, do you have Penetration?
843201:24:51: <Benedict> He does, and it is 1.
843301:25:30: <Goatsmith> 4df+3+1 aight
843401:25:30: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: aight: 4 (4df+3+1=4-, 3+, 4-, 3+)
843501:25:50: <Goatsmith> Mishaal blasts the last remaining bot back, but it stands tall and ready to dakka.
843601:26:01: <Goatsmith> Did Doc come around to the group too?
843701:27:01: <viejo> he can't really offer anything
843801:27:33: <viejo> 4df+4 potshot with his pistol (okay he can), harm 2, pen 1
843901:27:35: <BEIGE> Viejo: potshot with his pistol (okay he can), harm 2, pen 1: 4 (4df+4=4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
844001:28:11: <viejo> pew pew firing from the hip
844101:29:10: <Goatsmith> His pews unfortunately miss. Sad pew indeed. :[
844201:29:19: <Goatsmith> Mishaal, roll agaaaain
844301:29:24: <Goatsmith> Your agility
844401:29:27: <Hippocratesi> 4df+1
844501:29:28: <BEIGE> Hippocratesi: 1 (4df+1=3+, 0, 0, 4-)
844601:29:49: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: fug: 5 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 0, 0)
844701:29:49: <Goatsmith> 4df+3 fug
844801:29:52: <Benedict> FUG
844901:29:56: <viejo> UH OH
845001:30:03: <Benedict> TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES.
845101:30:11: <Goatsmith> Wanna take a consequence for that?
845201:30:22: <Hippocratesi> sure
845301:32:29: <Benedict> 4df+4 Pew pew some more at that standing bot. 1 Pen.
845401:32:30: <BEIGE> Benedict: Pew pew some more at that standing bot. 1 Pen.: 7 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 3+)
845501:33:31: <Goatsmith> What level of consequence, Hippuh?
845601:33:50: <Hippocratesi> oh uh
845701:33:50: <Goatsmith> Minor takes off 1 damage, moderate takes 2, major takes 4
845801:33:57: <Hippocratesi> -2
845901:34:04: <BEIGE> Goatsmith: also oh no gettin pewed: 2 (4df+3=4-, 0, 4-, 3+)
846001:34:04: <Goatsmith> 4df+3 also oh no gettin pewed
846101:34:09: <Goatsmith> Fug
846201:34:29: <Goatsmith> Seir gets a lucky shot to its head, knocking it clean off.
846301:34:45: <Benedict> Energy weapons best weapons.
846401:34:55: <Goatsmith> ROBOTS ARE KILL. Also, Mishaal takes 2 to Health and Composure
846501:35:41: <NachtRuine> "It's always the limbs with me. Not that I'm complaining. I'd take a laser in the shoulder over in the chest any day." Abe works on wrapping up his leg wound.
846601:35:57: <viejo> 4df+2 HEALU
846701:35:57: <BEIGE> Viejo: HEALU: -1 (4df+2=4-, 4-, 0, 4-)
846801:36:08: <viejo> Dr. J presses his thumb hard into Abe's bullet wound.
846901:36:30: <viejo> laser wound whatever
847001:36:57: <NachtRuine> it was a bullet.
847101:37:05: <Benedict> The absolute worst doctor.
847201:37:08: <viejo> clearly I am too tired
847301:37:36: <Benedict> Seir considers buying himself some new power armor. Or something power armor-ish. Like a cargo handler.
847401:38:13: <Goatsmith> The pod lets out long beeps from the interior as the robots twitch and spark, half-strewn out of it.
847501:38:18: <NachtRuine> Abe groans with pain as Doc fucks it up. "Thank you Doc, but I can handle this myself." His voice sounds strained for some reason.
847601:38:33: <Goatsmith> Wonder why? Must be a human thing.
847701:38:36: <Goatsmith> Weirdos.
847801:38:40: <Rainglove> billy floats into the pod
847901:38:42: <Rainglove> time to LEARN
848001:42:20: <Goatwright> The panel on the interior of the pod is counting down from 200.
848101:42:31: <Goatwright> Otherwise, like the last drop pod, the interior is empty. Except with the dead robutts.
848201:43:08: <viejo> "Time to leave."
848301:43:10: <viejo> 4df+4 speedu
848401:43:11: <BEIGE> Viejo: speedu: 7 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 3+)
848501:43:41: <Rainglove> Billy looks around for any controls.
848601:44:00: <NachtRuine> how quick is the countdown
848701:44:27: <Goatwright> They appear to be seconds.
848801:44:33: <Rainglove> these are esurgan hours, roughly equivalent to 1/4 of an earth second
848901:44:38: <Rainglove> duh
849001:44:48: <Goatwright> Billy, the panel itself appears to be the controls. It's touchscreen.
849101:44:58: <Rainglove> Billy attempts to access them
849201:45:13: <Rainglove> He's gonna bail when the timer hits 60 if he hasn't made significant progress
849301:45:16: <Rainglove> also he calls his ship down
849401:45:25: <Benedict> But we still got a job to do!
849501:45:34: <NachtRuine> "Billy, what're you doing?" Abe gets up with another strained groan.
849601:46:11: <Goatwright> Billy's ship tells him it's on its way. The panel appears to allow you access.
849701:46:51: <Rainglove> "Well if it's a really big explosion we'll have to fly away anyway and so we might as well see what this is before then"
849801:47:18: <Rainglove> He attempts to download a copy of everything on the pod onto his laptop
849901:47:27: <Hippocratesi> "Explosion? It's a bomb?"
850001:47:56: <Rainglove> "Well I don't really know what happens in 200 seconds but I would assume so"
850101:48:31: <Rainglove> "I am of course making an assumption but I do not know what else it would be counting down to unless maybe it is going to dispense some cookies which would be nice but that would be odd"
850201:48:40: <NachtRuine> "Are you trying to deactivate it or what?"
850301:49:25: <Rainglove> "I want to know why it is here and then I will try to deactivate it I suppose but I see no harm in letting it do whatever it is going to do if we are gone"
850401:49:37: <Goatwright> Once Billy plugs anything in, he is blocked out. Now y'gotta Communications.
850501:50:55: <Rainglove> 4df+5 hnnngh
850601:50:56: <BEIGE> Rainglove: hnnngh: 3 (4df+5=4-, 0, 0, 4-)
850701:50:59: <Rainglove> hnnnnnnnnngh
850801:51:20: <Benedict> Use a fate point to reroll, niggga.
850901:51:32: <Rainglove> well I can just use fate points to declare facts about communications
851001:51:34: <Rainglove> it's an apex
851101:52:09: <Goatwright> I assume that's for things like "maybe I can punch the door open" or "maybe this is hackable", not "I autosucceed at hacking"
851201:52:31: <viejo> Dr. J is far, far away.
851301:52:44: <Goatwright> Also yes, by now Dr. J is by the shack again, with his robot buddy.
851401:52:55: <viejo> No he's gone further.
851501:53:00: <viejo> He's just leaving.
851601:53:13: <viejo> Full on GTFO
851701:53:19: <Benedict> He's going to sex the robot.
851801:53:23: <Goatwright> Is he leaving the town, too?
851901:53:33: <viejo> Well with a 7 he's running at inhumane speeds.
852001:53:35: <viejo> Sanic speeds.
852101:53:37: <viejo> He's just running.
852201:55:15: <Rainglove> welp, burning 2 fate points then
852301:55:22: <Rainglove> 4df+9 tagging overqualified
852401:55:23: <BEIGE> Rainglove: tagging overqualified: 8 (4df+9=3+, 0, 4-, 4-)
852501:55:25: <NachtRuine> Abe can't leave Billy behind, but he looks around just to make sure no more robots are coming.
852601:57:48: <Rainglove> Billy just keeps doing his thing
852701:59:06: <Goatwright> Well, aspects are +2, so you get a 6, which is still pretty good. You manage to get in just enough to suck all the information out of the pod, leaving you only seconds to bolt on outta the pod.
852801:59:55: <Benedict> Run, Billy! Run!
852902:00:10: <Rainglove> durr
853002:00:16: <Rainglove> Billy floats for his ship
853102:00:46: <NachtRuine> Abe follows right next to him.
853202:01:47: <Goatwright> Billy and errybody else scrambles onto the ship, just as the pod... shoots back off into the atmosphere, rather than exploding.
853302:02:32: <NachtRuine> "All that information, and you couldn't tell it wasn't going to explode?"
853402:02:38: <Benedict> How anticlimactic.
853502:02:46: <Rainglove> "I didn't really have time to look over it"
853602:03:04: <Goatwright> The other two pods soon shoot off after it, though there's no telling if any bots remain.
853702:03:33: <NachtRuine> "Fair enough, fair enough. Should we tell the Crasaranans about what just happened?"
853802:03:39: <Benedict> "Well. Maybe we should fly back to Saul and tell him what is what."
853902:04:13: <Rainglove> "That might be a good idea"
854002:04:18: <Rainglove> Billy sets the ship to TRAVEL
854102:04:23: <Rainglove> he also checks out all the shit he just got
854202:06:40: <Goatwright> Considering it's just a drop pod, there wasn't a ton of information to gather from it. It tells you the number of times it's been deployed, the last time it was inspected by a licensed inspector, lists a ship ID for returning the pod in the event it's lost, and lists its brand.
854302:07:05: <Rainglove> Billy looks up the ship ID
854402:07:21: <Rainglove> He also shows it around, just in case anyone might know about it
854502:09:09: <Goatwright> He looks up the ship ID on shipfax.com and is shown a small personal luxury cruiser, sold under the company of Vespa, which is a CAST brand. It tells you all the specs, including its top speeds, mileage, and number of drop pods, which it lists as one.
854602:09:49: <Benedict> CAST! Always fucking CAST!
854702:10:51: <NachtRuine> "I think the industry yard will be very interested to know CAST is sending robots their way."
854802:11:18: <Rainglove> Might this ship stand out to billy in any way?
854902:11:21: <Goatwright> It should be noted that there were three drop pods, and not one, while Billy only had one ship present on his scanner.
855002:11:42: <Benedict> Will Billy BETRAY CAST or will he WITHHOLD info?
855102:11:42: <Goatwright> Your drop pod is also telling you it's not of Vespa brand.
855202:13:23: <Goatwright> The ship is really only good for about two people, Billy, and one is the most comfortable. Probably too small for what you just went up against.
855302:14:09: <Benedict> How STRANGE
855402:14:11: <Goatwright> Also yes, since you were right outside of town, you can go back in and talk to them whenever.
855502:14:42: <Benedict> Seir goes in to talk to them. "Hi. You were being invaded by drop pods full of humanoid mechs. We shot some of them up."
855602:15:36: <Goatwright> Saul seems reasonably surprised. He removes a hat to wipe his forehead before putting it back on. "Well, jeez. That doesn't sound good. What do you mean some of 'em?"
855702:15:51: <Rainglove> Billy relays the weirdness to the others
855802:16:07: <Goatwright> Anything else on the pod you wanna look at?
855902:16:49: <Rainglove> well the brand of the pod I guess?
856002:16:54: <Benedict> "Three came out of a pod. We shot up all three. Might be more. Cannot tell."
856102:17:22: <Goatwright> This appears to be the most recent update to the information on the pod, having happened about a month ago.
856202:17:30: <Goatwright> It is listed simply as ' :] '
856302:18:11: <Goatwright> Saul furrows his brow. "Well, you're gonna wait and see if there are more, right? That's what we're payin' ya for."
856402:18:17: <Rainglove> Billy humms.
856502:18:26: <Rainglove> Was the pod new?
856602:18:50: <Benedict> Seir doesn't answer. Hopefully someone like Abe takes over discussion.
856702:18:58: <Goatwright> It appears to be as new as the Vespa listed under the ID information.
856802:19:20: <NachtRuine> "We just figured it was something you'd want to know immediately."
856902:19:48: <Goatwright> He crosses his arms, but nods. "Alright. Any idea where they're comin' from?"
857002:20:32: <Rainglove> "They are being drop-podded in but we are not sure where from"
857102:21:01: <Goatwright> "That means there's gotta be a ship droppin' them down, right? Did you see it?"
857202:22:00: <Rainglove> "We saw a ship but it is too small to have dropped all of them"
857302:22:31: <Goatwright> He furrows his brow even further. "I don't understand."
857402:22:46: <Rainglove> "There were three pods and the ship we saw is only fitted for one"
857502:23:50: <Goatwright> "How does that work?"
857602:23:53: <NachtRuine> "Probably means more than one ship's dropping them. Any idea why someone'd drop robots on an industry yard?"
857702:24:04: <Goatwright> He shakes his head. "Nope."
857802:26:13: <Goatwright> "Wish I could help ya, but it really doesn't make much sense. Ain't nothin' here of interest."
857902:27:10: <Benedict> "Nothing at all. Might be ruins around here you don't know about."
858002:27:36: <Goatwright> "What, like them precursor ones?"
858102:28:19: <Benedict> "Perhaps. Only reason I can think of."
858202:30:08: <Goatwright> He shrugs. "They sure woulda picked a hell of a planet to stick 'em on, but maybe. Might be somethin' to bring up to the planet representative."
858302:30:18: <Goatwright> Saul shrugs again. "Anythin' else, boys?"
858402:31:33: <NachtRuine> "That's all from me, at least."
858502:31:55: <Rainglove> Billy is just browsing the ship information on his computer, seeing if anything pops out at him
858602:32:36: <Goatwright> Well then I'll take that as a sign to wrap things up. You wait out the night, no further bots show up. You get paid for your work, Saul tips his hat to you, you have a retarded robot stuck on board with you, and you return home.
858702:33:00: <Rainglove> Billy sails away into the night
858802:33:59: <Goatwright> Hooray.
858902:35:06: <Benedict> So now we get an additional +1 to our assets roll?
859002:35:17: <Goatwright> yes
859102:35:41: <Benedict> Well, Seir is gonna test his luck to buy new armor. Cargo Handler: Tech 2, Cost 3.
859202:35:53: <Benedict> 4df+3 Time to roll 4 minuses.
859302:35:53: <BEIGE> Benedict: Time to roll 4 minuses.: 3 (4df+3=4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
859402:36:15: <Benedict> Oh boy, new armor.
859502:36:45: <Goatwright> Was that all your bonuses?
859602:37:41: <Benedict> Yep.
859702:37:44: <Benedict> Seir is poor again.
859802:44:07: <Benedict> Seir hopes he stops at a station soon to pick up his new armor. Until then, studying time.
8599
8600Thus ended SOS.