Session 174

Chancel_Amyra
Chapter 21

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[Angelo] HI!
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[BethE] Evening, all! *HUGS*
[Angelo] Hi BETH!
[Verithe] Hello!
[lazarus] back
[BethE] For you, Angelo: http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/Scent-of-a-Slug-96224518?q=gallery%3Aursulav%2F3399241&qo=128
[Verithe] Also for Angelo: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/MarcandSiya/Ftisk00.jpg
[Angelo] nice, Beth!
[Verithe] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/MarcandSiya/Vulcan00.jpg
[Angelo] oh! the schetch you hintend before! ^_^
[Verithe] aaand http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/MarcandSiya/Chytosideron00.jpg
[Verithe] Ja
[lazarus] the birdy is Kite?
[Angelo] oh, the bird is sooo cute!
[Verithe] Yes

• Angelo completly like!
  

[BethE] Love the sketches!
[BethE] (And another snail picture: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs12/f/2006/333/9/7/Snail_Attack_by_ursulav.jpg )
[Verithe] I have also been saving this link because it reminds me of the Dionyl: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/strange-sculptures-made-of
[Random_Nerd] Yeah, that's reminiscent of Sam's default look.
[lazarus] that looks like an Excrucian attack
[BethE] Ooo, nice clothes...
[Verithe] Ursula V's work is fun.
[Angelo] why Excru laz?
[lazarus] it's just an affront to Good Taste ;) Using Sculptures as a conduit.
[Angelo] and nice snail pic Beth
[lazarus] RN: what's that whole The Man [...] thing about?
[Random_Nerd] You haven't seen those commercials?
[Random_Nerd] One moment.
[Verithe] Also, my wife and I had been discussing the concept of a doggy messiah and we realized that Mike Cook was the son of Dog(s).
[BethE] Oh dear...  :D
[Angelo] (not seen here)
[Random_Nerd] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE
[lazarus] I don't have tv :p
[Random_Nerd] And
[Random_Nerd] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLTIowBF0kE
[lazarus] well, I have a tv, just not cable stuff.
[lazarus] (watching Robotech on dvds, though...)
[lazarus] was there something about Dogs in the playtest document? Also, are we doing any retcon of recent divinatiions thanks to change in Auctoritas and Anchor-like Immunity?
[Random_Nerd] Eh. I don't think anything that was in-character is contradicted.
[Angelo] good
[lazarus] RN: Definitely more Aspect.
[Random_Nerd] The exact details of how you could tell that he had something miraculous going on are different, but you'd be able to draw the same conclusions from the same methods of checking.
[Random_Nerd] So I'm going to just let it stand.
[lazarus] ok
[lazarus] well, it was more "would there be any further information that was hidden by Immunity"
[lazarus] though, I guess, in the modern day and age, there's protection spells against that?
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• Verithe was distracted by a rainbow.
  

[Random_Nerd] Eh. Nothing you didn't eventually find out about anyway.
[Knockwood] Hi guys
[BethE] (Ftisk's secretary: http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/Actuarial-Snail-39361598?qj=1&q=gallery%3Aursulav%2F3399241&qo=282 )
[Angelo] Hi Knock!
[BethE] Hi Knock!
[Random_Nerd] Oh, and in Nobilis 3rd terms, his whole weird dog thing would probably be expressed –REDACTED-
[BethE] (V - I can just see Kite in that second picture saying "Squee! Shiny!" ^^ )
[Angelo] nooo, Beth, that one is too goood! :-)
[Verithe] Hehe
[Knockwood] Ah, was wondering if you'd put together a V3 Kite... :)
[lazarus] "I'm on a horse!"
[Knockwood] BTW, wouldn't The Man Who Smells...' gift be x3 for crossing Domains?
[Random_Nerd] Nah.
[Random_Nerd] It can't do /anything/
[Random_Nerd] Just things that the specific person who's there wants.
[Knockwood] and you forgot the Bond to Alyssa Milano. :)
[Verithe] Kite still needs some work, but I think I have most of the important stuff. I might want to change up his Estate properties, if that's alright.
[Random_Nerd] It's a more abstract domain than most, but gifts tend to work that way anyway.
[lazarus] why –REDACTED-
[Random_Nerd] Why /isn't/ it?
[BethE] Yeah, I think Theresa's ready except –REDACTED-.
[lazarus] RN: perfectly wonderful answer, very Nobilis like.
[lazarus] especially HG-like.
[Knockwood] hm... I'm trying to remember what I wanted to do with –REDACTED-.
[Knockwood] ... maybe I could ask Q...
[Random_Nerd] ...from Star Trek or James Bond?
[lazarus] ooo, RN: can you stat up Q? Perhaps a combination of both?
[Knockwood] in Nob3? Both!
[Verithe] Also, just to be sure, do Kite's Blade Feathers work as –REDACTED-?
[Random_Nerd] Star Trek Q probably just has the creation-equivalent of Worldbreaker's Hand, and a few other assorted Gifts.
[Random_Nerd] James Bond Q just has a really really high Treasure rating.
[lazarus] nono, a combination of both Qs in one character! :p
[Random_Nerd] –REDACTED- How so?
[Verithe] –REDACTED-.
[Random_Nerd] But is the gift –REDACTED-?
[Random_Nerd] The two are separate miracles.
[Knockwood] wasn't it Aspect?
[Verithe] No shooting feathers. He might throw them, but shooting wouldn't be part of the gift.
[Verithe] It was Aspect before.
[Random_Nerd] I'd do it as Aspect.
[Random_Nerd] You could take that Persona gift, but it wouldn't do the same thing.
[Knockwood] does that mean the feathers on him are sharp?
[Verithe] Alright.
[Angelo] only if he wish so
[lazarus] I'll remind that –REDACTED-.
[Verithe] They are metal
[Random_Nerd] For that matter, does Kite have any Treasure?
[Verithe] I gave him Treasure 3
[Knockwood] (he should!)
[Random_Nerd] Then you should consider that –REDACTED-.
[Random_Nerd] –REDACTED-.
[Verithe] Oooh!
[Random_Nerd] I mean, –REDACTED-.
[lazarus] RN: I haven't really looked over the Anchor rules very closely, –REDACTED-
[Random_Nerd] Yes.
[Random_Nerd] –REDACTED-.
[Knockwood] Oh, I remember....
[Random_Nerd] Hmm?
[Knockwood] I –REDACTED-
[lazarus] it looked like you could also –REDACTED-.
[Random_Nerd] Sure. Just like –REDACTED-.
[Random_Nerd] But bear in mind, you can do exactly the same thing to non–REDACTED-.
[lazarus] I have a –REDACTED-
[Random_Nerd] So, then, you could –REDACTED-.
[lazarus] huh. Kite's got –REDACTED-?
[Random_Nerd] Yep.
[Verithe] I wanted to make it so that someone who knew what they were doing could do it, but it wouldn't just happen by accident. It would explain why it doesn't happen all the time.
[lazarus] is there a point to –REDACTED-
[Random_Nerd] Hmm. Well, –REDACTED-.
[Random_Nerd] But in /this/ game, it works the same.
[Knockwood] Only points left are –REDACTED-?
[Random_Nerd] Well, depends how you feel about –REDACTED-
[Random_Nerd] However if you run out of –REDACTED-
[lazarus] –REDACTED-
[Knockwood] Then again, IC I've got the vault o'stuff
[Random_Nerd] –REDACTED-.
[lazarus] where were we story-wise?
[Random_Nerd] You'd just resolved, at least to your own satisfaction, the whole Mike thing.
[Random_Nerd] Kite's Aide-acquisition had been left hanging while they pick a candidate.
[Angelo] Yep, we finished with the dog imp and his son
[Verithe] Son of Dogs
[lazarus] just about to talk to Ophaniel? I remember discovering Mike Cook under Lost Faith business. I don't remember resolving the Mike thing - that was probably the session I missed.
[Random_Nerd] Let's see... Ftisk had anchored Dollph...
[Knockwood] OOC we were considering creating a Command Center
[Angelo] yep
[Angelo] a joined miracle
[Random_Nerd] For the command center thing, you'd probably want to do a –REDACTED-.
[Verithe] I wanted Kite to set up a nest for his shiny things in one of the empty rooms. Maybe a bathroom, because he's a bird and doesn't care.
[Verithe] But I wanted to do that off-screen.
[Random_Nerd] Oh! And Kite got some paper clips.
[Verithe] Yay!
[BethE] He's welcome to a spare room.  :)
[Knockwood] Here's what I've been assuming for the layout of the tower:
[Knockwood] Lev 1: Lesson's office (he never uses), stowage of his box. L2: Opening to Horse's place. L3: Conference room, Dante's office (& Brian's?) L5: Clock/Realm Heart
[Knockwood] which would mean we have Level 4 to play with...
[Random_Nerd] Horse's place has been on Floor 1 for a fair while.
[Angelo] yep floor 1
[lazarus] Brian's is off the Conference room. At least, the one he uses.
[Random_Nerd] Let's see. The Imp's art room is on floor 2.
[Verithe] Maybe Kite will request a room in one of the other buildings on campus.
=-= BethE is now known as Theresa
[Knockwood] Well, it's a Wild Chancel, that kind of things tend to move... :)
=-= lazarus is now known as Brian
=-= Knockwood is now known as DanteE
=-= Verithe is now known as Kite
=-= YOU are now known as Ftisk
[DanteE] Then again, maybe the Tower has a Basement...
[Kite] May Kite claim the bathroom in the Philosophy department?
[Ftisk] ah, laz, from Ophaniel encounter on Ftisk is acting more like Ftisk
[Kite] Is Ftisk retaining the same coloration as Conrad?
[Ftisk] sometimes
[Ftisk] he is a changeform
[DanteE] well, last we saw the original Conrad he was a flayed dragon...
[Ftisk] but after the temperig the proper Conrad shape fell like one man with a business dress
[Ftisk] so the dragon one can be a combat shape of Conrad
[Random_Nerd] I mean, Ftisk is a shapeshifter who has partially taken the shape of someone who is, also, a shapeshifter.
[Kite] Which is amusing.
[Theresa] It sounds...shifty.
[DanteE] We should consolidate what we've got WRT clues, ideas, et cetera. Cuz, y'know, the structure of Creation has changed... :)
[Ftisk] WRT?
[Random_Nerd] With Regard To.
[DanteE] One day, Ftisk is going to screw up a shapeshift into a shapeshift and wind up 'stuck' as a doughnut
[DanteE] Hi Tpyo!
[Brian] Tpyo needs an official writeup
[Brian] or chibi
[Brian] or both
[Ftisk] well V3 Ftisk will not stay too much in a form he don't like
[Kite] How has Tpyo been envisioned?
[Random_Nerd] Probably a mythic spirit of typos.
[Ftisk] was not a fairy enNobled?
[Theresa] Definitely a chibi.
[Random_Nerd] Tpyo's not a Noble. Just a hard-working spirit.
[DanteE] Huh! "Appeals Court Strikes Down (FCC's) Indecency Rule"! HO-ly FUCK! :D
[Random_Nerd] The Miller's Test is still there, though.
[Random_Nerd] Err, Miller Test.
[DanteE] Tpyo's probably on par with Physics/spirit
[Brian] I could see Tpyo being pulled in a million directions at once. Never able to focus on any one thing for more than a split second.
[Kite] Well...how about visually. How have people envisioned her visually.
[Random_Nerd] Tiny line-drawing scuttling along a keyboard.
[DanteE] haven't really pictured her... except for the 'her' part. Seems to be agreement that she's female...
[Random_Nerd] So, at any rate.
[Brian] we invest Destiny in our Projects?
[Random_Nerd] The most obvious dangling plot thread here is Kite's assistant-recruitement plan.
[Theresa] Yep, female, kinda scuttling, with a keyboard.
[Brian] ./agree
[Random_Nerd] Let's hold off on Destiny until it's a little more clear how it works.
[Ftisk] ohhhh
[Ftisk] :-(
[Theresa] Possibly shiny due to the 'type type ty-oo, what was that? darn it!"
[Ftisk] I had already what Ftisk –REDACTED-
[Brian] easily distractible by shinies?
[Theresa] No, she makes us easily distracted.
[Brian] I thought that was the demons?
[Brian] or possibly boxes
[Kite] She's Kite's dealer or arch-nemesis?
[Theresa] We're not distracted by demons or boxes, we focus too hard on them.

• Brian pictures a chibi-RN getting frustrated at us players
  

[Ftisk] right T
[Random_Nerd] Great, now I'm imagining Chibi-me drinking tea with Footnote Girl while you guys do your thing.
[DanteE] That's ridiculous. When have we ever agreed on what 'our thing' is?
[Brian] laugh point to the GM
[Random_Nerd] If you agreed, then it would at that moment cease being your thing.
[Random_Nerd] I'm pretty sure that'd be a flower rite, actually.
[Ftisk] ouch a flower rite just for let us agreeing?
[Ftisk] is not like we don't agree
[Random_Nerd] Demonboxers Never Agree [3]
[Random_Nerd] Not when you're demonboxing.
[Theresa] It's more that we can't make a decision.
[Random_Nerd] You don't precisely disagree either.
[Ftisk] we have different view on agreements
[Brian] shall we get going with Kite's new appointee?
[Ftisk] YAY!
[Brian] (also known as babysitter?)
[Ftisk] (naaah, is the other way around)
[Kite] I had this lying around. Will this work as a non-chibi Tpyo? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/MarcandSiya/Pixie00.jpg
[DanteE] will there be any IC acknowledgement of the new ruleset? :)
[Random_Nerd] Nah.
[Random_Nerd] You guys may figure out how to do new tricks with your powers... but you do that all the time /anyway/.
[DanteE] Kite: Sure. Just imagine her firing off a Chaos Beam the size of a missile launch.
[Ftisk] so, we start?
[Kite] I'm ready.
[Random_Nerd] Yeah, I'm ready.
[DanteE] let's, like, do it
[Brian] *nodnod*
[Random_Nerd] __________START____________
[DanteE] so, that orc camp is TOAST!

• Ftisk dance around!
  
• Brian will be in his office, I suppose
  

[DanteE] "So, how do you think Mike will do?"

• DanteE checks out his vault...
  

[Random_Nerd] William walks into the conference room with a folder full of papers.
[DanteE] (He got the new rules? Kewl.)

• Kite plays with a pair of scissors and some aluminum foil.
  

[Random_Nerd] William: "There's currently a candidate for the Aide that Dominus Kite wished to hire."

• Ftisk try to make popcorn clips that look like metal
  
• Theresa is basking in some sunshine through a window in whatever room we are in. B)
  
• Kite looks up. "Yes?"
  

[Random_Nerd] William: "You /were/ looking for someone moderately eccentric, correct?"
[DanteE] "Well, we were looking for somebody who can _handle_ moderately eccentric."
[Random_Nerd] William: "All of the Aides can handle moderately eccentric."
[Ftisk] "noo, he is looking for a perfect english butler"
[Random_Nerd] W: "That's actually the primary job skill."
[Brian] "Alfred Pennyworth would find himself over his head here..."
[Kite] "If by moderately eccentric, you mean able to deal with Dementia Animus and is fairly interesting..."
[Ftisk] "And Marry Poppins?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "Interesting. Perhaps that's the word I was looking for."

• Kite crinkles the aluminum foil for emphasis.
  

[Kite] "Then, yes."
[DanteE] "Ah yes. Can your candidate help mundanes who are suffering from Dementia Animus?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "To the extent that a skilled but mundane person can, yes."
[DanteE] "Speaking of which, how's that bartender doing?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "Let me see..."
[Random_Nerd] William looks clearly flustered.
[DanteE] (That's unusual)
[Random_Nerd] William: "Oh, yes. No more prophecies. By the last report, he's moved pretty close to seeing solely the prosaic."
[Theresa] (Poor William. Having to deal with all of us + wedding.)
[Random_Nerd] William: "Still /hearing/ mythic spirits, but not /seeing/ them."
[Kite] "Well, at least he won't get bored."
[Theresa] "Are you taking good care of yourself, William?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "I need to go deal with something, actually. Just a moment."

• Ftisk change in a sign "Laid back Will"
  

[Random_Nerd] As he walks away, he drops a piece of paper from his folder, and seems to deliberately not look at it.

• Kite glances at the paper.
  
• Ftisk jump on the paper!
  

[Random_Nerd] It's handwritten, but in a really untidy way, as if the person writing it wasn't looking at it when they wrote it.
[Ftisk] (Actual writing perhaps?)
[DanteE] (you mean automatic writing?)
[Random_Nerd] "I was revising my records of the Nobles that you've met, and spent some time thinking about the Power of, you know, the one you're not supposed to mention. But then the thought I was having about him turned into the real one, and I think he's watching me. -William"
[Ftisk] (the estate excruciated and then returned)
[Theresa] "Aww crap."
[DanteE] "The one who communicated via our table?"
[Brian] "Does that mean what I think it means?"
[Random_Nerd] (It's a piece of paper. William is not in the room.)
[Ftisk] ""ohhh shit!"
[DanteE] "Don't panic..."

• Kite blinks.
  

[Ftisk] "We need to ask Sam if Will is acting strangely"
[Ftisk] "They near live as symbioths, he _must_ know"
[DanteE] "There is a way to purge those thoughts from your mind... if you've been to Disneyland. Wouldn't recommend it, though."
[Ftisk] "well, I can clean his memories... but we must act that way?"
[Ftisk] (Memories fall under Data)
[Kite] "Poor guy. It was almost his mating season, right?"
[DanteE] "Better not, Ftisk. Remember, they have a no-miracles-without-consent rule."
[Ftisk] "uhff, rules, rules... who want rules?"
[DanteE] "Where is Sam, anyway?"
[Random_Nerd] (Oh, and –REDACTED-.)
[Theresa] "The rules are important to them. It protects them and shows that you respect a contract."
[Ftisk] (tied in some closet? by madWill?)
[Theresa] (Where's the Imp?  :) Or Dolly.)
[Random_Nerd] When last you heard, Sam was in the building, in his office.
[Ftisk] (Dolly somewhere in the city? She is in girl form.. can go where she want)
[Random_Nerd] (She's your anchor, you tell me where she is.)
[DanteE] (Hell, we should do a census, figure out where everybody is...)\
[Ftisk] (DollP is in the city .. somewhere)
[Ftisk] (maybe with some gang... if Lesson leaved someone )
[DanteE] "Sam, you there?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam looks up from his desk, his scarves all drooping rather than floating in a self-generated breeze.
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Yes?"
[Theresa] (Crud, is it spreading?)
[DanteE] "Were you helping William out with the new Aide?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "No. He's been handling that. I've just been working on the syllabus for the grad student group."
[Ftisk] (we can enact a containment cleaning... like zapp all infected memories?)
[DanteE] (Did William leave his files behind?)
[Random_Nerd] (Just the one sheet, and he seemed to be trying to drop it without being able to actually see himself do so.)
[Ftisk] (poor Will)
[Brian] "Have you been helping William revise the Nobles records?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "...was I supposed to be?"
[DanteE] "No, not this time.
[Ftisk] (what time is?)
[DanteE] "William's somewhere trying desperately not to think of Mr. Table-Talker."
[Theresa] "No, Will's acting weird and we think he might be being used as a surveillance by a Noble/Imperator we arn't to name."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "He's been acting a bit weird today. Is it the whole wedding thing, or something?"
[Kite] (Sam's-not-supposed-to-be-helping-William time)
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Oh, the Power of P...uh, you know who?"
[DanteE] "Right."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Okay, something feels really weird in my mind now."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Quick! Distract me!"
[DanteE] (Actually, if he's being used for surveillance, can we see it via Sight or Mythic?)
[Kite] "PLATIPUS LIGHTBULB!"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Where?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam looks around.
[DanteE] "Think of a purple elephant, Sam."
[Ftisk] "think of me mating"
[Kite] "There." *points in two directions*
[Brian] "Never think of a purple elephant"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Okay, I think I'm good."
[DanteE] (We want to _keep_ him, Ftisk... :) "

• Ftisk change into a purple elephant
  

[Kite] "Except on Tuesday-Mondays."
[Theresa] "So, wheen's the wedding?
[Ftisk] (lol DanteE)

• DanteE checks Sam out via Sight & Mythic
  

[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Wedding. Uh, they're trying to get a date worked out at the cathedral. I think William was pulling some favors with John to speed it up..."
[Random_Nerd] To the Sight, Sam looks like he was just the target of a greater miracle.
[DanteE] "Uhoh.
[Random_Nerd] Mythically, little Sams are chasing around a wispy little thing, and swinging mallets shaped like purple elephants at it.
[DanteE] (What are the new rules for Witchhunt Rite?)
[Brian] "That's quite strange ... ... um, Sam, do you - or William - want me to go talk to the cathedral?"
[Random_Nerd] (It's –REDACTED-.)
[DanteE] quietly, to the others: "Somebody just zapped Sam with something big..."
[Brian] "that's not good ..."

• Ftisk fly to Sam Desk
  

[Random_Nerd] Sam: "I think William wants to handle that himself. He /likes/ using subtle political connections to arrange things."
[Brian] "Good to know, Sam."
[Brian] "Sometimes subtle is more fun. Or so I'm told."
[DanteE] "Makes sense... uh Sam? Hold still for a second."
[Theresa] "It does sound like something William would prefer to do in intricate ways."
[Ftisk] "well, there are peoples that like more blunt actions..."
[DanteE] (OK, new rules time. –REDACTED-?)
[Random_Nerd] (Quite possibly.)
[Random_Nerd] (What are you trying to do?)
[DanteE] (I'm going to try a WitchHunt Rite to figure out who zapped Sam and with what)
[Random_Nerd] (The Power of Patterns.)
[DanteE] "Aw, crap. Tableguy saw you."
[Random_Nerd] (And he's doing a trick that makes it so that he can inhabit the thoughts that people are having about him.)
[Kite] "Don't remind him!"
[Random_Nerd] (Because he decided that he wasn't being paranoid /enough/, earlier.)
[Theresa] (He wasn't being paranoid _enough_? Isn't there a finite amount of paranoid in existance?)
[Brian] (more, of his Estate, I suppose)
[DanteE] "You need to do something random yet consuming..."
[DanteE] (I got it, he can set up a D&D game! :D )
[Kite] "That's what the purple elephants were for."
[Ftisk] (and smack some orcs)
[DanteE] "Say, have you seen an actual elephant... like Ftisk here, only different color?"

• Ftisk adjust the color to a polka pink
  

[Random_Nerd] (Okay, let me stat it out. -REDACTED-)
[DanteE] (Only problem is, polka dots are a _pattern_ of dots...)
=-= YOU are now known as pinkPolkaElephant
[Random_Nerd] (And so, -REDACTED-.)
[Brian] (that's a really annoying Gift)
[pinkPolkaElephant] (too late)
[Random_Nerd] (He's a really annoying Noble.)
[Theresa] (Thank you, dear. Is there a Noble of Paranoid or is Patterns it by default?)
[DanteE] (Annoying enough for us to devote game time to helping him out?)
[Random_Nerd] (Oh, and there is an obvious solution.)
[DanteE] (Sure, look at the psychedelic elephant!)
[Kite] "Could we just write a letter with a request to cease and desist and an offer to discuss a resolution?"
[Random_Nerd] (Well, I mean more... okay, so, somebody's doing a miracle affecting a thing that's in the same room as you. You don't want them to do this.)
[DanteE] "How likely is that to work?"
[DanteE] (D'oh....)
[Brian] (I remember reading about –REDACTED-)
[DanteE] "Sam, let's see if I can't ward him off..."

• DanteE fires up an Auc around Sam.
  

[Theresa] (Yeah, put Aucto over him.)
[WARNING] Extra parameters ``with a jetpack ignored.
=-= YOU are now known as flyingMonkey
=-= YOU are now known as flyingMonkey_with_a_jetpack
[Random_Nerd] (Speaking of which, -REDACTED-)
[Brian] (no, it was something about –REDACTED-)

• flyingMonkey_with_a_jetpack shout "BANANA!" all around!
  

[Random_Nerd] (What's Dante's Persona?)

• Kite balances one of Sam's books on flying monkey Ftisk's head.
  

[DanteE] (2)
[Random_Nerd] (Dante, you feel that your Auctoritas doesn't /quite/ cut it.)
[flyingMonkey_with_a_jetpack] "Why? I'm distracting... beside split! split! banana split!"
[DanteE] (Hm. Can I –REDACTED-)
=-= YOU are now known as banana_split
[Brian] (Brian will raise his Auctoritas, up to a full 5 points, invoking –REDACTED-)
[DanteE] (Or I can let Brian do it)
[Random_Nerd] Brian's auctoritas ripples across the room. Sam suddenly looks relieved.
[DanteE] "Hope he doesn't take that personally. Let's find William..."
[WARNING] Extra parameters ``a bananaSplit_Shell ignored.
[Brian] (I'll take –REDACTED-)
=-= YOU are now known as snail_in
[Kite] "Keep up the good work, Sam!"
=-= YOU are now known as snail_in_bananaSplit_Shell
[Random_Nerd] (To find William?)
[snail_in_bananaSplit_Shell] "Brian you are better that gostbuster!"
[Brian] (nono, for the Auctoritas. –REDACTED-)
[Random_Nerd] (Oh, to –REDACTED-.)

• DanteE checks William's office...
  

[Random_Nerd] Sam follows closely behind Brian, trying to stand very close to him.

• snail_in_bananaSplit_Shell follow dripping chocolate and banana ice cream around
  

[Random_Nerd] William is sitting at his desk, staring intently at his computer monitor, while reading through various and sundry lolcats.

• Kite steals a pen from Sam's office.
  

[snail_in_bananaSplit_Shell] "look at me!"
[Theresa] "I recommend the Scottish folds."
[DanteE] "I was thinking Munchkin Kittens...."
[DanteE] (Brian, want to do it again?)
[Random_Nerd] (His Auct is still up.)
[Brian] (unfortunately for William, I –REDACT-, I think Auc 5 is sufficient)
[Random_Nerd] (He just has to stand near William.)
[Random_Nerd] (It is.)
=-= YOU are now known as lukeSkyWalker_moonwolking
[Random_Nerd] William: "Okay, did you just come up with a way to fix what was just happening?"
[Brian] "Yes. You need to stay near me."
[Brian] "I'm fairly sure we can mention his name for the time being, as well."
[Random_Nerd] William: "That was just /messed up/. I mean, I've seen some crazy stuff before, but a Noble was actually inside my mind."
[lukeSkyWalker_moonwolking] "Do you want a bis??"
[lukeSkyWalker_moonwolking] "I mean ... I can anchor you"
=-= YOU are now known as Ftisk
[Random_Nerd] William: "...let me think about it."
[Ftisk] "... if you want"
[DanteE] "We need to figure out some sort of protocol to prevent that from happening..."
[Random_Nerd] William: "Actually, I think that would be against the rules. Conflict of interest."
[Ftisk] "thin foil on the heads?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "I can't be your anchor, and work for Amyra, at the same time."
[Theresa] "On one hand, it's incredibly rude, on the other, if we can't handle it, we're not very good at Nobility."
[Random_Nerd] William: "But thank you for the offer. It means a lot."
[Ftisk] "Uhm, well, rules are uhm.., born to be bent?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "Not by /me/, though."
[DanteE] "just saying 'don't think of table-talker' probably won't work..."
[Ftisk] "oh, ... you'll be a really interesting anchor!"
[Brian] (that's probably one of the definitions of –REDACT-)
[Brian] "I think we should talk to him about it ..."
[DanteE] "Anyway... you were telling us about a new Aide candidate."
[Kite] "I agree."
[Random_Nerd] William: "Oh, yes. Sorry I was off my game there for a bit."
[DanteE] to Brian: "Well, he thinks we're interesting. Happens a lot."
[Ftisk] "Keep thing interesting!"

• Ftisk smile to Dante
  

[Random_Nerd] William: "We found an interesting person that might work well for Kite. Sort of... dual citizenship on Earth and Dionyl.
[Theresa] "We could have Shadows make something to keep Patterns busy."
[Kite] "Really?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "He's, ah, one-quarter human. Is that a problem?"
[Kite] "I don't see why it would be."
[Ftisk] "and the other 3/4?"
[Kite] ("Potato")
[Random_Nerd] William: "Dionyl."
[Ftisk] "How is possible?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "Sam explained how that worked, but I didn't really get it."
[Theresa] "Oh, was Triad involved?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "You've met The Triad, right?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Well, his Estate was."
[Brian] "I think we did."
[Kite] "Triad?"
[Ftisk] "a card game?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Dionyl don't reproduce with sex, as such. I mean, there's a thing that we do that's a lot like it, but it's not where baby Dionyl come from."
[Theresa] "Yes, he visited with Blue Shock and Conceptual Tint when we threw the party."
[Kite] "Blue Shock? Conceptual Tint?"
[DanteE] to William: "Can he hack visiting and maybe living in Chancel Vulcan?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Instead, there's this thing, where if there's two things that are around each other a lot, and they match up in certain complicated ways, a third one that's sort of like both of the two eventually shows up."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Not just with people, you understand. Things in general."
[Theresa] "Three Dionyl Nobles. Concepts that aren't seen on Earth. The Triad would...well, he could take an apple and a peach and you'd have something that combined aspects of each of those together into one fruit."
[Brian] "That was a delicious fruit."
[Kite] "Hmm."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "And, well, in most of the ways that matter, humans and dionyl are pretty similar."
[DanteE] (Figures you say that when I've got a TV show on in the background that just talked about the Air Sex Competition... :) )
[Theresa] "Conceptual Tint was the way that concepts have colors. Like anger is red."
[Theresa] (Air Sex Comp...no, I don't need to know...)
[Brian] (RN, by the way, have you sent any of your Dionyl concepts to Jenna? It's too awesome to not be canon)
[DanteE] (It's kinda like Air Guitar... :D )
[Random_Nerd] (No, I don't think I have.)
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Anyway, it's weird, but only because not many humans hang out on Dionyl."
[Theresa] (I demand a Dionyl in a sombrero?)
[Theresa] "If you ever find a nice human to settle down with, Sam, we'll throw you a wedding too."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "No offense, but you guys are /made of meat/."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that."
[Brian] "And maybe your wedding and Will's wedding can have a nice baby wedding of its own"
[Brian] (their*)
[Ftisk] "Amusing Brian"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Wedding! That reminds me. Remember King Bastard-Pants, that you guys bought from Hell?"
[DanteE] "(aHEM!) Anyway, William, tell us more about the Aide candidate?"
[Theresa] "The one who was getting a girlfriend and his own kids?"
[DanteE] to Sam: "Him and the grad student?"
[Random_Nerd] William: "Let's see. He's spent time both on Earth and on Dionyl. City-raised, there."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Getting married. Looking for a big church wedding. I think he has the impression that a civil one just wouldn't count."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "And he wants to have kids, but he wants them to be legitimate."
[Theresa] "Well, from his time, a civil one wouldn't. How big is he talking?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "The sort of big you can get when there are at least two dozen statues of you scattered around town."
[Ftisk] "like cathedral?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Yeah. And the media. And I think he's invited lots of people."
[DanteE] (I thought he got 'purged' after he died...)
[Kite] "He has two dozen statues of himself?"
[Ftisk] "So we need to crash at this wedding!!!"
[Brian] "oi. Could be distracting."

• Theresa rubs her forehead. "I thought he was wanting to keep a low profile."
  

[Random_Nerd] (Amyra loves to keep old art.)
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "I think he's also going for a 'I'm back, I'm alive, and I've Learned The Error Of My Ways.)
[Random_Nerd] (He isn't remembered fondly, but he is remembered.)
[Theresa] "The Error of Being Dead?"
[Random_Nerd] (And he was an /effective/ king, just not a /pleasant/ one.)
[Random_Nerd] (And, you know, the Everyone Who Had A Statute Made Of Him Was Probably Some Kind Of Sumbitch Rule.)
[DanteE] "Well, if you think about it, doing anything outside of marriage means he goes back you-know-where"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Is that how it works?"
[Brian] "Sometimes"
[Kite] "Why?
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "I don't /think/ he's actively trying to present himself as an alternate claimant to the throne. But I do think he's trying to present himself as... hmm. As someone who /would/ be, except he's such a swell guy that he doesn't want to make trouble for people."
[Brian] "It would be amusing to go chat up his girl."
[Kite] "That sounds like some sort of devious."
[Ftisk] "This is completely understandable!"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Smarter than you'd think. I was kinda expecting some sort of, uh, I can't think of a nice word."
[DanteE] "Actually... you're right, except swap 'necessary' for 'amusing'. And I should do it./"
[Brian] "Why you?"
[Theresa] "Sam, would ass-habardashery work?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "...a place where asshats are made?"
[DanteE] "You remember the degree I got before all this happened?"
[Ftisk] "habardashery? Theresa?"
[Theresa] "Indeed."
[Brian] "Or perhaps go up to him and whisper in his ear 'think about Patterns' ..."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "I know this one..."
[Theresa] "Habardashery. An old word for a place where hats were made."
[Ftisk] "ohhhh"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Something that works completely different here on Earth..."
[Theresa] (And please dont' tell me that Dionyl have literal ass-hats.)
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "But not biological..."
[Random_Nerd] (Of course they don't.)
[Kite] (Wasn't it also handkerchiefs and such? I thought just hats was a millinery.)
[Random_Nerd] (Those things are so out of style nobody's worn them in years.)
[Random_Nerd] (I thought milliners made other stuff too.)
[Theresa] (You're probably right, Kite, but I had heard the term before with the creation of asshats. And people who are acting like asses.)
[Kite] (Ah)
[Random_Nerd] William mouths a word at Sam.
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Psychology!"
[Theresa] "Maybe we should bring John along to see about the big wedding. After all, such a big media event would be better with John, yes?"
[Random_Nerd] William shrugs at Dante.
[DanteE] "Correct."

• Brian mutters "cheater"
  
• Ftisk thumb up to Will
  

[Ftisk] (wait, manipulator up in this case)
[Theresa] (And it's why the doctor from Dionyl was snooty at the Amyra doctor.)
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Is it okay to say that he makes me a bit nervous? The other ones just seem sad. Even the other leader hasn't been making too much trouble after the demon... after Lesson went and whispered something to her. But he makes me nervous."
[DanteE] "It's the study of human behavior. I should definitely check out both his ex-highness and the future bride."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "I know that a devious human isn't too scary on your end, but he still is for me."
[Random_Nerd] (Mind if we stop soon?)
[Ftisk] (no problem at all)
[Brian] (sure)
[Theresa] "Any devious human can be the cog that can bring about great change."
[DanteE] (OK.)
[Theresa] (braaaaai....what was I saying?)
[Ftisk] "like the monarchy crumbling and from the ash came a republic?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "We're agreed that if it looks like he's going to get Ennobled by /anyone/, we bomb the site from orbit, right?"
[Brian] (zom-bees)
[Brian] "He being ex-king?"
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Speaking of which, I love that movie. I was so disappointed when I found out you guys didn't actually have those big mover construction suit things."
[Random_Nerd] Sam: "Yeah."
[Brian] "I'm sure we can have Ftisk create you a power loader if you want"
[Kite] "Would he survive going through the Wall?"
[Theresa] "We can work on the suits, Sam."
[Ftisk] "Sure!"
[Random_Nerd] _________STOP________________

• Ftisk lc A beta suit
  

=-= Brian is now known as lazarus
=-= DanteE is now known as Knockwood
[Ftisk] (scrap the suit)
=-= Kite is now known as Verithe
=-= YOU are now known as Angelo
[Random_Nerd] ____________STOP, AGAIN, AFTER THE SUIT____________
=-= Theresa is now known as BethE
[BethE] You know about the suit... *ducks* ^^
[Random_Nerd] So, was the Patterns thing too out there?
[lazarus] that just makes me want to drop a nuke on his head.
[lazarus] Every time he invokes that Gift.
[Angelo] me too!
[BethE] It helps with getting to know the new rules.
[Verithe] I don't think so. It also helped us get acquainted with the new rules.
[Verithe] Ja.
[Knockwood] Well, it does make sense, actually. If William spends time checking our contacts he might think of Him by accident..
[Random_Nerd] Just be glad he –REDACTED-.
[Random_Nerd] That would be /scary/.
[lazarus] meep. That's –REDACTED-?
[Knockwood] ... do you have V3 writeups for everyone we've met?
[Random_Nerd] No.
[Verithe] That would be tedious.
[Angelo] but are them tough to do for you?
[Random_Nerd] Some of them I have a pretty decent idea of.
[Angelo] I mean if/when you need one is a matter of seconds or hours?
[Random_Nerd] Like, Domain was always a bad fit for Martyrs, so Martyrs 3.0 probably has Persona instead.
[Knockwood] makes sense
[Random_Nerd] Stuff like that.
[Random_Nerd] But I don't have the new version fully statted.
[Angelo] ah, a reorganization then
[Random_Nerd] Still, most of them won't change much.
[lazarus] did you have them statted out for 2?
[Random_Nerd] Some of 'em.
[BethE] Hmm, now I'm wondering if I can have Theresa start a relationship with The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.
[Random_Nerd] Like, Shadows' Family.
[Random_Nerd] Martyrs.
[Random_Nerd] The Giant.
[Random_Nerd] Folks like that.
[Random_Nerd] Recurring characters.
[Angelo] The Giant is recurring?
[Random_Nerd] Eh, he's shown up a few times.
[Knockwood] and we can party with the Power of Spectacle
[Random_Nerd] And he was easy.
[Angelo] ah, we must go to shadow and launch DollP on the outer side of the wall
[Random_Nerd] Just a couple Gifts and a superior attribute.
[Random_Nerd] Oh, Dollphaniel's statted up. Jeeves, too.
[Knockwood] ah yeah... anyone else think the next few sessions should be tying up loose ends?
[Random_Nerd] Had to be, to make sure I was doing the summoning rules right.
[Angelo] ohhh, sweet
[Random_Nerd] But they don't need full Noble sheets.
[Angelo] on Dollp, if you ask I can have done a proposal
[Random_Nerd] Oh?
[Angelo] so Gnolmely have his stats too?
[lazarus] I should mention I'm not here the first week of August. 2 weeks from now, I think?
[Verithe] I won't be here for the first two weeks of August.
[BethE] We may not be here on Aug 12th.
[Random_Nerd] I don't have stats for Gnomely.
[Random_Nerd] Probably should, really.
[Angelo] oh well
[Random_Nerd] But not yet.
[Angelo] -REDACTED-?
[Knockwood] Off topic: whew, that's a relief...
[Knockwood] YOu guys know I'm in Nevada, right?
[Angelo] what was a relief?
[Random_Nerd] Hmm?
[Angelo] no, why?
[lazarus] what's in Nevada?
[Verithe] ?
[Knockwood] Which means that senate race you may have heard about affects me personally.
[Knockwood] Majority Leader Harry Reid vs. Tea Party Nutjob Angle.
[lazarus] ah
[Random_Nerd] Oh, that.
[Knockwood] just now is the first time I've heard about a poll that puts Reid ahead.
[Random_Nerd] Good.
[BethE] Oh, yes, I've heard about your nutjob. My sympathies to your plight.
[Random_Nerd] That woman scares me. She's like Palin, minus the charm, humanity, and sanity.
[Verithe] Huh
[Angelo] oh
[Knockwood] yeah, it was weeks of "How the hell is she WINNING?
[BethE] Well, all, I need to get to bed. Good game! *HUGS*
[Knockwood] good night Beth
[lazarus] later guys
[Knockwood] you too laz
[--| lazarus has left #Nobilis
[Random_Nerd] Anyway, g'night, all.
[Angelo] night sll!
[Knockwood] you guys in other countries heard anything about the Tea Party?
[Angelo] all even
[Knockwood] g'night RN
|[-- BethE has left irc2.magicstar.net (Disintegrated: All shall love me and despair?)
[Angelo] none
[Knockwood] good... well, morning, Angelo
[Angelo] what/who are the tea party?
[Verithe] The Tea Party appeared shortly before I left the States.
[Knockwood] Angelo: extreme right wing offshoot of the Republican party.
[Knockwood] basically appeared as part of opposition to the Health Care Bill.
[Angelo] ohhh, bad extremist are always bad
[Knockwood] it's a small yet vocal group
[Knockwood] probably racist
[Angelo] oh
[Knockwood] against several government programs and groups...
[Angelo] this is reaaly not a surprise
[Angelo] upper class?
[Verithe] Mostly
[Verithe] Upper middle.
[Knockwood] strongly correlated with the 'Birther' movement--you know, the guys who claim Obama wasn't born in the US and therefore shouldn't be president.
[Knockwood] skews older, as well
[Angelo] oh, I heard something related, mostly here
[Angelo] (well, here in Italy there is a law that say that the Replublic Presinden must be born Italian...)
[Knockwood] some of the government orgs they're opposed to:
[Knockwood] the Department of Energy, who licenses and inspects power plants
[Knockwood] the Environmental Protection Agency, who stop polluters and enforce environmental laws.
[Knockwood] ... let's see, what else...
[Angelo] all department that can be burdensome to abide to their regulaments
[Knockwood] They want us out of the UN, a wall along the Mexico border, complete abolition of abortion rights...
[Verithe] They're basically against anything that costs money other than war and paranoia?
[Knockwood] oh yeah, they also want to eliminate the Federal Department of Education
[Angelo] ah, nice peoples. :-(
[Knockwood] Verithe: they generally support the tax cuts for the rich, though
[Angelo] usually these are peoples that can pay for these services and that see no need to fund the lower with their taxes. We have load and load of them.
[Verithe] That's because they feel the rich earned their excess of money and, therefore, deserve it more than those who have less.
[Knockwood] Ayep, they want to 'personalize' (privatize) Social Security
[Angelo] Bullshit. to put it mildly
[Knockwood] yeah, they're big on Social Darwinism while decrying teaching actual Darwinism
[Angelo] well, guys, I need to go.
[Verithe] Take care, Angelo.
[Angelo] bye!
[--| YOU (Angelo) have left #Nobilis


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