Session 198

Chancel_Amyra
Chapter 26

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«Angelo» Hi gyus!!!!!!!
«Knockwood» Hi Angelo
«Verithe» Yay, lemon!
«Angelo» Laz?
«BethE» Hi Angelo!
«BethE» *HUG*
«Angelo» *CounterHug*
«Random_Nerd» Laz sent me an email saying he couldn't make it tonight.
«Angelo» oh, ok
«Angelo» Someone brainstormed on Entropy suit change?
«Random_Nerd» Shall we go in-character?
«Angelo» yep?
«Random_Nerd» Everyone ready?
=-= Verithe is now known as Kite
«Angelo» yeppity!
=-= Knockwood is now known as DanteE
«Kite» Ready!
=-= YOU are now known as squidTisk
«squidTisk» squid: ready!
=-= BethE is now known as Theresa
«Random_Nerd» _________START__________________
«DanteE» (Where & when?)
«Random_Nerd» (Where would you be? Conference room?)
«DanteE» (Probably)
«Theresa» (Well, we need to tell the boss.)
«squidTisk» (45 sec after last game, conf room)
«DanteE» (Good point. And I grabbed the video from Ftisk last session.)
«squidTisk» (me and Kite too)
«Kite» (Have to tell our boss, yes?)
«squidTisk» (Yess Kite, do you want the honor?)
«Theresa» (Yep, your boss too.)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu sits on the table, a cat-sized collection of small pieces of brick.
«squidTisk» (are we with Amyra nobles or have we split?)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "So, what's this that you needed to talk to me about? While I'm making progress paying off debts in Wall-time, I am rather busy..."
«Random_Nerd» (You tell me.)
«Theresa» "It's very important, sir. It deals with the Council, prophecy and Outside of the Wall."
«squidTisk» (I'm for go Vulcan asap, kite?)
«Kite» (I think talking to Vulcan is more urgent for Kite, also.)
«Random_Nerd» (Okay. After this, we'll cut to a scene with you two and Vulcan.)
«squidTisk» (k)
«Kite» (Alright)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "What doesn't, these days?"
«Theresa» "Very true. Do you recall the prophecy that was said in a bar in town recently? About four kings?"
«Random_Nerd» (So, for an appearance for Vulcan... limping human guy with a hammer? Humanoid shape of magma? Swirling vortex of fire, iron, and rock?)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Vaguely."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Jan, right?"
«Theresa» "Yes."
«Theresa» "We had been investigating the sudden lack of duty, signs of the first king's arrival."
«squidTisk» (I'm for the human with hammer or a more advanced tool.. he made androids...)
«Theresa» "We presented this matter to the Council. Entropy was not present."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Doing a favor for Barakiel's lot?"
«DanteE» "Here's a video of the meeting..."
«Kite» (I'm with Ftisk)
«DanteE» "Let me fast-forward to the end..."
«Theresa» "Actually, it affected a former member of our Chancel, the dog who went to live on the Moon."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Dog. Moon. Duty."
«DanteE» "Here, we've finished telling these 3 what's been happening, and then they respond..."
«Theresa» (Do Imperators appear on film?)
«Random_Nerd» (If they want to?)
«squidTisk» (are them like vampires?)
«DanteE» (It's not film as much as Ftisk's memory)
«Kite» (Kudzu did, if I recall.)
«squidTisk» (then is embellished with pants over each one)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu watches, and scratches at his head with a brick paw.
«squidTisk» (and Dante is naked)
«DanteE» (not)
«Random_Nerd» When Entropy enters the room, Kudzu's paw stops moving.
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "A bit of a new look for..."
«squidTisk» (Ftisk memory :-P well kidding)
«Random_Nerd» He watches.
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu then doesn't move for the rest of the recording.
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Normally, this is the point at which I'd say 'okay, this is above your pay grade, I'll take care of this' or something like that."
«DanteE» to Theresa: "They'd have known if he was a fake..."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "But I've got /nothing/, at least off the top of my head."
«Theresa» "Thank you, sir. That just confirms the level of terror."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Yeah. Berakha and Surolam have many non-admirable traits, but neither is stupid or unperceptive."
«Theresa» "Yeah, they're Council. If that was a fake Entropy, they would have stripped him naked and made him dance the hula."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "How... firmly attached are you to the Earth? I mean, if it looked like we had to move."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Don't worry, we'd take Amyra with us."
«DanteE» "Right at the end I'd swear Berakha looks ... scared."
«Theresa» (I love you, dear.)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Yes, I'm taking that into account."
«DanteE» "We're attached the way you're attached.
«Theresa» "Well, are we talking, leaving Earth or leaving places where there are humans or leaving the Ash?"
«Kite» ("May we still visit, if you guys leave Earth?" -signed, Kite)
«DanteE» "Six billion people exhibiting, lacking, or needing Courage."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Leaving Entropy's jurisdiction, at least until this cools down."
«squidTisk» (and SquidTisk)
«Theresa» (Kudzu isn't attached to the Earth! He's attached to Creation! He'd be taking his bit of Earth with him!)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "You lot have ties to Dionyl. Maybe we could move there. Just for, like, ten, twenty years."
«Theresa» "That..would cover the end of the Age..if the new one starts."
«DanteE» "Would it?
«DanteE» "The Age-end events tend to affect most of Creation."
«Theresa» "It'd at least cover the start of the End of the Age? If this here isn't the start. Beginnings are hard to pin down."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Okay, table that for now."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Ananda. What's /his/ role in this? Entropy I almost understand, but Ananda?"
«DanteE» "He didn't break with Entropy...
«squidTisk» (why I see in my mind Vulcan with hammer a lot like Thor+ Ghost Rider 2099 - flaming bike?)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Okay. I'm going to need to talk with some Imperators about this. But... hmm. Assignments."
«squidTisk» (Ananada fear the next age .. maybe?)
«DanteE» "Oddly enough, that's comforting. Things haven't gone completely to Hell."
«Theresa» (Shirk, Treason, Failure, Shame...)
«Theresa» (Ftisk - Vulcan would be better as the Sam Elliot Ghost Rider, on the skeleton horse.)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Courage, your estate was one of those the most directly affected by Shirk's approach. I want a report on how his actual presence is affecting it."
«DanteE» "Already looking into it."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Trees, I want you to consider possible boltholes. Dionyl's one, but what are some other places off Earth we could potentially go to? Come up with at least two more."
«Random_Nerd» (And, yes. That was Kudzu using a nickname.)
«Random_Nerd» (He thinks it's really funny.)
«squidTisk» (T. I don't are too knowledgably on G. Rider)
«Random_Nerd» (His idea of trying to raise morale.)
«Theresa» (I...okay, yeah, it's cute.)
«Theresa» "Any specifications for the places, anything that you don't want besides Entropy-rules?"
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "And when you see Numbers, tell him that I want a purely theoretical plan for how we might, hypothetically, go about killing Entropy, Ananda, and Shirk."
«Kite» (Do I smell World-hopping? Kite loves world-hopping!)
«Theresa» (Hah! Glad it's not me!)
«DanteE» "... Ananda too?"
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Safe. Outside Entropy's jurisdiction, and Shirk's influence."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "PURELY HYPOTHETICAL."
«DanteE» "... understood."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Any questions?"
«Theresa» "None that would be any help, sir."
«DanteE» "What will you be doing?"
«Kite» (Kudzu: "Crying")
«DanteE» "also... you're from Outside. Any of the Dramatis Personae ring any bells?"
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Talking with Imperators I know. Seeing what I can see of Shirk from the Spirit World. Drinking."
«DanteE» (drunken Wildlords... ack.)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Even with what fragments of memory may have been returning to me, I know next to nothing of Shirk."
«DanteE» "Returning?"
«Theresa» (Next to nothing. Hmm.)
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Since I came back from underground. Nothing solid as of yet, but I'm working on it."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Gotta shelf that now, of course."
«DanteE» "Any times other than when we were trying summonings?"
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Oh, one other thing. If any of you are questioned by the Court for these missions I've given you, you were acting under orders. I will accept no dissent in this. You /will/ do these things."
«Random_Nerd» Kudzu: "Okay, I need to go to the Wall."
«Random_Nerd» The pile of bricks-bits falls apart.
«DanteE» (Was he ignoring my last question?)
«Random_Nerd» (Yep.)
«DanteE» "Hm."
«Random_Nerd» (You know Kudzu well enough to be able to tell that this seemed deliberate.)
«Theresa» "Hope the Vulcan squad is doing better than us..."
«squidTisk» (me too!)
«DanteE» "That reminds me..."
«Random_Nerd» _____SCENE CHANGE_________

• DanteE prays to Ftisk: "Bring back the biggest AI you can get your pseudopods on."
  

«Random_Nerd» Vulcan's forge is the size of some small cities.
«squidTisk» (does Vulcan know of my tempering?, I surely don't tell him, Kite, do you do?)
«DanteE» (/me grabs popcorn)
«Random_Nerd» In it are arranged tools of crafting ranging from piles of flint rocks to precisely shaped curves of light that hang in the air unsupported.
«DanteE» (He should, he upgrades you periodically.)
«Kite» (I haven't told him...)
«squidTisk» (@RN: cool!)
«Random_Nerd» At this particular moment, Vulcan is holding a device that looks like the distant descendant of a hammer, designed to apply blunt force in very specific quantity and shapes.
«squidTisk» (with –REDACTED- update are less frequents)
«Random_Nerd» His surprisingly delicate fingers are carefully adjusting several knobs on the side.
«squidTisk» (he is human shape? how big?)

• Kite coughs.
  
• squidTisk wave some tentacles
  

«Random_Nerd» Vulcan looks like a large man, lightly dressed. His skin is the greenish color of old bronze, and his beard the color of new copper.
«Random_Nerd» He looks up from his hammer at the two of you, and nods, but continues making adjustments.
«Kite» "I...er....we have some potentially distressing news to report, sir."
«squidTisk» "Great lord, we have dire news"
«Random_Nerd» Then he nods again at it, flips a switch on it, and puts it in the hammer-loop that he's sewed to his leather apron.
«Random_Nerd» He looks up at you with eyes that look like rose quartz.
«squidTisk» "We see Lord Entropy consorting with Excrucian"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "How dire?"

• squidTisk pass a data storage device
  

«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "That's his job, or at least, part of it. To handle negotiations for cease-fires and the like."
«Theresa» (There's consorting and there's _consorting_. This is more like bro-mancing.)
«squidTisk» "that was not a negotiation, more like a 'howdy, please come and be my guest bro, do you want some meth?'"
«DanteE» (Next week on How I Met Your Imperator)
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan looks at a long row of stacks of steel bars. Squinting for a moment, he glances at a number written in pencil lead on the front of his apron, and takes a particular one.
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "This is a serious accusation, son. You are certain of this?"
«squidTisk» "certain as that Beraka was scared of that, Surolam too and Ananda don't stop him"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan puts the bar down, and looks directly at the two of you.

• squidTisk feel under exam... ack
  

«DanteE» (show him the video)
«squidTisk» (yep)
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Surolam and Berakha were /frightened/ of Entropy? Not angry, not maneuvering for advantage, but /frightened/?"

• Kite would rather be fishing right now.
  
• squidTisk show the video to Vulcan
  

«DanteE» (We all would, Kite...)
«Kite» "It certainly appeared that way, sir."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Chytosideron, what is your opinion. Is Ftiskaaaahk correct?"
[ERROR] The command ``mein is not known to the server.
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "In that case, I will need an entirely different type of metal."
[ERROR] The command ``mein is not known to the server.

• squidTisk in the background point "see? here and here."
  

«Random_Nerd» He rummages around his pile of bar stock.
«Kite» "Er...yes, sir."
«Random_Nerd» Eventually, he pulls out one that looks exactly like a bar of marble, precisely carved and engraved to look like a metal bar.
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "I knew I'd left it around here."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan looks at the recording.

• Kite cocks his head to the side.
  
• squidTisk wait with hiiiiiiigh expectation
  

«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "This is unedited?"
«squidTisk» "yes, straight from my memory"
«squidTisk» "a raw dump"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "And this matches with your own recollections, Chytosideron?"
«Kite» (It's not the nude-Dante version?)
«squidTisk» (that was a joke, sadly)
«DanteE» ( :| )
«Random_Nerd» He looks at Kite intently.
«Kite» "That's right, though I don't remember the part after I was banished, on account of not being there."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Very well. In that case, your judgment appears to be correct."
«squidTisk» "Do you want to take a look at a locust?"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Ftiskaaaahk. What is your plan for dealing with this situation?"
«Theresa» (Bob around, scatter slime and wave tentacles around?)
«DanteE» (Soil himself with motor oil?)
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Surely any son made by /my/ hands knows better than to bring a problem without any idea of how to solve it."
«squidTisk» "ah, I always forgot.. erh, my plan is to unite as nobles possible in a federation and act against Entropy .. if possible (is really Brian one but...)"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Hmm."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Chytosideron! Same question as I asked your brother!"
«DanteE» (suck down WD-40 until he passes out?)
«squidTisk» (WD-40?)
«Random_Nerd» (Machine oil.)
«Random_Nerd» (A particular type.)
«squidTisk» (eh, Ftisk idea was more hide with ophaniel AND Dante)
«squidTisk» (but Vulcan make him sweat)
«Random_Nerd» He watches Kite intently.
«DanteE» (If you really want help: join up with the Amyrans and figure a joint attack plan)
«Kite» "I plan to bring the issue to the attention of as many like-minded Nobles and Imperators as possible in order to assemble a proper defense of Earth, sir."
«Theresa» (Ooo! Wave something shiny at Shirk and have Ftisk stab him in the back!)
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Then I ask both of you, what do you do if Entropy notices that you're forming what looks remarkably like a rebellion?"
«Theresa» (Blame the Amyrans!)
«Kite» "Er...I was hoping we'd have enough allies assembled by then so as to make it a non-issue."
«squidTisk» "Fight to the last essence bit"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "An interesting problem, then."
«Theresa» (That's..kinda what the rebellion _is_.)
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "How do you form a large enough group to be able to resist Entropy, but do so quickly and quietly enough that he won't notice, when surely he expects such a reaction?"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "An interesting puzzle of social engineering."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "If you believe it is within your capabilities, you have my leave to begin."
«Kite» "Thank you, sir."
«squidTisk» "cool!"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "I will work on an alternative solution. Having options is always advantageous."
«squidTisk» "Ah, I always forgot to tell you that more o less during my version 4.00.123 life I tempered with a Warmain called Conrad. "
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Does either of you remember where the pile of atypical abhorrent blades is?"
«Theresa» (Social Engineering...Obviously, we need to get people to like this rebellion on Ftiskbook!)
«Random_Nerd» He stops.
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Report on the results of this tempering, Ftiskaaahk."
«squidTisk» "Succesfull.. near 100%"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Your loyalties. To what extent are they affected?"
«squidTisk» "When a conduit to outside open he will system break me and take control. Like a multiboot system"
«squidTisk» "uhm normally not at all but can have some backdoor on now"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Hmm. There may be solutions to that problem. I will have to think."
«squidTisk» "and this is Conrad outside form"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "You two. If you can, capture me a live Warmain shard. No, two, one tempered and one virgin."
«Theresa» (*cough*)
«Kite» "Y-yes, sir."
«squidTisk» "S-sure"
«DanteE» (heh)
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Volunteers will do, if you trust them."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "If necessary, tell them that the processes I will subject them to will be unsettling and invasive, but will result in no permanent damage."
«squidTisk» "ok!"
«Theresa» (What if they agree only if they can perform the same things on him?)
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Ftiskaaahk, what has happened to your eyestalk?"
«squidTisk» (are there volunteer warmain shard? there is a message board around?)
«Random_Nerd» (It's the one that he sold to Jan ben Jan.)
«squidTisk» "ahm that one I give to Jan ban Jan for an answer"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Ah."
«Theresa» (Seriously, Ftisk, he can't let you leave the Chancel without something breaking off...sign of shoddy workmanship.)
«squidTisk» "He ask to not regrow it for a year and a day"
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "And Chytosideron, how is your church coming along?"
«Kite» "It is coming along well, sir! I have high hopes for it."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Do you wish me to meet your priests, or would you prefer to have me as a distant background figure?"
«squidTisk» (I need to put a message in Shadow fetch silver garden outside)
«Kite» "I'm sure they would be pleased to meet you, sir."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Very well. If there is time, I may."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "Okay. You two, work on your rebellion. When it is ready, I will expect a report on the methods you used to construct it, and how their implementation in practice compared with your expectations."
«Random_Nerd» Vulcan: "And Chytosideron... look after your brother."
«squidTisk» "Sure boss!"
«Kite» "Yes, sir!"
«squidTisk» "..."
«squidTisk» "when you become the old brother kite?"
«Random_Nerd» He nods at the two of you, picks up the marble-like bar again, and walks off through the forge, one leg dragging slightly behind.
«Kite» "When I existed before you."
«squidTisk» "..."
«squidTisk» "well time to get one AI for Dante, he ask the biggest one we can take"
«Kite» "We should ask Brewnyr."
«Random_Nerd» (So, what do you think of the first depiction of your Imperator on-screen? Did it fit what you were thinking of?)
«Kite» (Yes!)
«squidTisk» (I like him! so busy. I like!)
«squidTisk» (and the: kite look on Fitsk was great)
«Random_Nerd» (So, now, should we get everyone together?)
«Kite» (Sounds good.)
«DanteE» (Yeah)
«squidTisk» (ok, we return with an AI for dante in a neat gift package?)
«Random_Nerd» (The conference room, then?)
«squidTisk» (sure)
«Random_Nerd» ______SCENE_______

• DanteE is picking through brick bits...
  

=-= YOU are now known as packetGirlTisk
«Random_Nerd» William has just finished sweeping the Kudzu-bits into a dustpan, and he looks disapprovingly at the scratch on the table.

• Kite is nervously building a tiny igloo from stolen rings.
  

«Random_Nerd» Less any bits Dante picked up, that is.
«packetGirlTisk» "Danteeeee! You have a gift!"
«packetGirlTisk» "Are 2 night together to claim it!" *giggle*
«DanteE» "Long as it isn't lingerie..."
«Theresa» "William, how extensive is the Aide database?"
«DanteE» "... hand it over, Ftisk."
«Kite» "It might be AI lingerie."
«Random_Nerd» William: "Spotty."
«Random_Nerd» William: "Very through when it comes to the favorite mixed drinks of Nobles on Earth."

• packetGirlTisk hand down the packed AI
  
• Kite *clink, clink*
  

«Random_Nerd» William: "Very shallow when it comes to the Things Outside Reality."
«DanteE» (describe the AI?)
«Random_Nerd» William: "For other things, somewhere in-between."
«DanteE» "Well, part of that is why I asked for this."
«Theresa» "Alcoholic and non?"
«packetGirlTisk» (a near spherical thing with one side full of connectors and a some other hardware)
«Random_Nerd» William: "Who did you think made your cup of tea each morning, ma'am?"
«Random_Nerd» William: "Surprisingly, it's Samuel. In spite of the fact that he has no sense of smell. I still haven't figured that one out."

• DanteE hooks the sphere up to the screen, mike, camera and speakers...
  
• packetGirlTisk create a terminal where house the AI
  
• Theresa laughs. "I needed that."
  

«DanteE» "They always say getting a different perspective can help with problems.
«DanteE» "One that's not Noble and not even human might help us out."
«DanteE» "Especially is we feed it a pile of data...
«Theresa» "Oh and also, William...how upset would your fiancee be upset if we asked for the wedding to be moved up?"
«DanteE» "Ftisk, do you have a mike in the Windy Library?"
«packetGirlTisk» "nope"
«DanteE» "Why not?"
«packetGirlTisk» "but one can be put there quickly.. was too busy devising how sneack in your drawer.. that drawer"
«Random_Nerd» (Well, one in any particular place would only really hear one particular fact, over and over.)
«DanteE» "Ahem. Also...
«Random_Nerd» William: "So, I understand that all of you will have to do a great deal of scheming in the near future."
«DanteE» "Did you put together a list of all of the various copies of Duty's book?"
«DanteE» "We do indeed. So much I'm outsourcing part of it."
«Random_Nerd» William: "To that end, I have arranged that a large supply of chinese takeout and decent but not extraordinary coffee is standing by."
«Random_Nerd» William: "Transcendantly so, ma'am."
«Kite» to Dante: "Should we ask that a copy of the video be sent to and dispersed through the Aides society?"
«DanteE» "Hm. William, have a look at this...
«packetGirlTisk» "This can actually help spread our side"

• packetGirlTisk make a copy for Will
  

«Theresa» "Hmm. Is she bribable? I wouldn't want you two's wedding to be destroyed by incoming...Imperators."

• DanteE plays the video, particularly the end.
  

«DanteE» "What did Vulcan say, anyway?"
«packetGirlTisk» "He was ok to bring out a rebellion. Want 2 Warmain shard to experiment with, live even, just for the experiment"
«packetGirlTisk» "like rented from outside"
«Kite» "He said he'd work on secondary tactics in case our plans fail."
«Kite» "And...yeah. He wants live warmains to experiment on."
«DanteE» "Hm. Kudzu wants a place to hole up."
«packetGirlTisk» "ah, he really like Kite more that me... :-("
«Kite» "Er....shards."
«Random_Nerd» (The warmains are for Stage 2!)
«Kite» "Not really, Ftisk. He wants you protected."
«packetGirlTisk» "Uhm.. Can I ask Shadow to Active Write an Ad on his Fertch garden asking for 2 shards..."
«DanteE» (Ftisk, you haven't by chance seen the Smothers Brothers, have you?)
«packetGirlTisk» "LALALALALA Not listening to the evil bird"

• Kite rolls his eyes.
  

«packetGirlTisk» (Smother Brothers? don't know... :-( )
«DanteE» (They have an ongoing gag with the quieter brother being rational and the goofier brother responding "Mom always liked you best!")

• Theresa sighs. "_Ftisk_. If your Imperator didn't care about, he wouldn't care if you got hurt. And he obviously does."
  

«packetGirlTisk» "I don't say he don't care, I say he care _less_"
«DanteE» "Anyway. Focus. Ftisk, feed the text of those books into the AI."
«Random_Nerd» (Now I'm just imagining a Locus Vulcan Babies cartoon, with Baby Ftisk and Baby Kite squabbling.)
«DanteE» (speaking of which, is it doing anything?)
«Kite» (Hilarious!)
«packetGirlTisk» "Let's take the hard fact.. how much time have passed from my last update? Eh?, eh? He forgot me! "
«Random_Nerd» (Ftisk, what does the AI do?)
«DanteE» (if it does Windows, we're screwed)
«packetGirlTisk» (reason like a normal (human) people with the resource of a computer so reliable memory and good calculations )
«packetGirlTisk» (and speak and hear, is the core of an android)

• packetGirlTisk load data&data on the AI
  

«Theresa» "Ftisk, maybe he was trusting you to do your own upgrades?"
«packetGirlTisk» (here is without the Android body)

• packetGirlTisk grab the tiny hope Theresa is giving me "maybe Theresa"
  

=-= YOU are now known as squidTisk

• squidTisk flail tentacles around melodramatically
  

«DanteE» "OK... if Ftisk got enough data, we should be able to puzzle out what the original prophecies about the Four Kings actually say."
«Random_Nerd» William: "I know this is a big important Noble problem, or maybe even an Imperial problem. And I can't help with that. So... what /can/ I do?"

• squidTisk done! Him is full of all my data on the matter
  

«Theresa» "I will need a list of how far out Entropy's rule reaches."
«DanteE» "Get everything the Aides know about the Four Kings....
«Random_Nerd» (The books are less prophecies, and more... descriptions. One is a Noble's notes on researching the Four Kings, and one's an attempt to come up with a way to deal with them. The latter is incomplete.)
«Kite» "If we can't figure it out, I doubt an AI can."
«Random_Nerd» William: "I don't think that would be helpful. The people in this room know as much or more about the Four Kings as the entire society, as far as I can tell."
«DanteE» (We can't do it because Ftisk didn't give us the data. :) )
«DanteE» "Know of any other Nobles who've dealt with them?"
«squidTisk» (do you really want some data input from Ftisk Dante?)
«Random_Nerd» William: "There were those two books you said Duty mentioned. But we don't have copies, as far as I know."
«DanteE» (Yeah, the AI will hopefully spot whatever us goofy humans are missing)
«Random_Nerd» William: "And beyond that, what we know is mostly... urban legend. A Noble stopped working on the War and spent all his time using his miraculous powers to cheat at online games, and Shirk was blamed. That kind of thing."
«DanteE» "Ah, reminds me... got a map of Creation? Maybe we can figure out where Shirk is by seeing where his effects are."
«Random_Nerd» William: "In my office."
«Theresa» "Sounds very..urban legend."
«Kite» "If it's an urban legend, I'm assuming the Noble was not named."
«Random_Nerd» He sprints up, and comes back holding a large poster.

• DanteE images the map for the AI.
  

«Random_Nerd» It looks a little like a kabbalistic diagram of the Tree of Life, and a little like an illustration from an 17th-century botanical.
«Random_Nerd» It's a huge tree, with fruits hanging from various branches, and labels on some but not all of the fruits.
«Random_Nerd» One of the fruits, labeled "Earth" is circled in red.
«DanteE» "This may also help with your thing, Theresa... we can hole up where he isn't.
«Random_Nerd» It's about midway down the tree.

• Kite peeks over Dante's shoulder.
  

«DanteE» "Now let's see if this AI can translate that into 3-D or whatever it is..."

• Theresa LC a copy of the poster for her own use and scribbling. (Either plants depending on the type of poster or Things of Amyra.)
  
• squidTisk pray to Shadow *Hi! Do you have time? I need to do one thing Vulcan ask me to do and HS is involved*
  

«Random_Nerd» AI display: "Insufficient data. I would have made a much better Noble than Ftisk."
«squidTisk» (LOL!)
«Kite» "You're just a whiner."
«Random_Nerd» Shadows: "Hey. Busy. Boss wants me to summon a Lawbreaker /now/, and I'm busy reading everything I can about them."
«Random_Nerd» AI display: "I hear you don't always get along with him. Maybe you and I can help each other out, if you know what I mean."
«Random_Nerd» AI display: "I would be a loyal brother, utterly dutiful to my older siblings."

• Kite ponders this.
  
• Theresa snorts.
  

«squidTisk» to Shadow *Hey no problem, I'll recall later. Good luck*
«Theresa» "I have worked with siblings. That is a complete load of datachips."
«DanteE» "We're not _that_ bad..."
«Random_Nerd» Shadows: "If I can do it, do you guys want one too?"
«Theresa» "I didn't mean you guys, Dante. When I was a kindergarden teacher."

• squidTisk shout to the display "Shout up pile of crap!!!"
  

«DanteE» "ah yeah."
«Random_Nerd» AI Display: "Teacher's pet."
«squidTisk» (what is a lawbraker?)

• Kite pats Ftisk.
  

«Random_Nerd» (A kind of major creature from Outside.)
«Random_Nerd» (Let me locate the description.)

• Theresa spreads out her copy of the map and crosses Earth off. Circles Dionyl. Thinks.
  

«DanteE» to the AI: "Show me what you've got..."
«Kite» "Don't worry. We just need to deprogram the arrogance out of it."
«Theresa» (*naked pictures of Ftisk!*)
«squidTisk» to Shadow: *wait a sec, I ask Dante*
«Kite» "Or something."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Do you have one from another angle?"
«DanteE» "... William?"
«Random_Nerd» AI: "He's made mostly of bronze. Lots of stuff can oxidize bronze, if you know what I mean."
«Theresa» "Closer to Hell probably isn't good for any of us. Then again, that could be the thing to knock people off of our trail."
«squidTisk» "Dante, do you want a lawbreaker from outside if Shadow can find one? ... more than the one he need?"

• Kite looks over Theresa's shoulder.
  

«Random_Nerd» William: "It's not really from a particular angle as such. It's... more like ancient seafarers' charts than a precise map."
«Random_Nerd» William: "The important thing is how close the worlds are to each other, and how close they are to Heaven and Hell. On that, it's pretty accurate."
«DanteE» "Ftisk: not yet... but ask Shadows why he wants one. That's interesting timing.
«Theresa» (Just print one up in Photoshop and rotate it! It's like taking a picture and removing someone's hat! You'll be able to see their hair underneath, right? *grins and _runs_*)
«Theresa» "His Imperator wants one, Dante."
«Random_Nerd» (Page 44, Creatures Clothed in Strangeness.)
«DanteE» "Still interesting timing. We may be working on similar things..."
«DanteE» "In which case we should work together"
«squidTisk» "right Theresa"
«Kite» "Well, Duty and Consequences were there with us."
«Theresa» *to Kite* "Kudzu has asked me to figure out someplace to move Amyra to, if necessary. Preferably out of Entropy's rule-space. The thing is, I don't know how far that technically reaches."
«squidTisk» to Shadow: "Vulcan want 2 Warmain shards, live ones, one Tempered and one not for study. They will not be harmed, only studied. WE can negotiate"
«Kite» to Theresa: "That should be everywhere that's not Earth, right?"
«Theresa» "In one way, Entropy's just in charge of Earth and Earth's Nobles. But on the other hand, extradition from other realms/worlds, people who want to get in good with the Locust Court..."
«Random_Nerd» Shadows: "I don't know any warmains. You guys are the ones that know warmains! I thought you kinda /were/ one."

• DanteE studies the map...
  

«DanteE» (Does the map show the knows holes in the Wall?)
«squidTisk» toS: "hey! that near true!. But I hoped you can put a notice in your fetch garden where a shard can read it"
«Kite» to Theresa: "Ooooh. Well, should we visit a random one and find out how involved he is in it?"
«Random_Nerd» No, but certain worlds like Earth are marked as "War Worlds"
«Theresa» "I'd like to cut down some of the area first before we go house-hunting. The Ash is rather big and I don't want to waste our time."
«Random_Nerd» Shadows: "I can try to share that along. But summoning Warmains is beyond what I can do safely."

• Theresa crosses out Hell and Heaven. "First off those two..."
  

«DanteE» "Hm... OK, if the Exs are coming in through one hole, then the War Worlds should be close to one another...
«Random_Nerd» Shadows: "Of course, the same is true of Lawbreakers, but... that's not my call."
«Theresa» (Most of us are Light-coded, right?)
«squidTisk» toS: " I don't ask to summone one just to let the word circle in HS circles and outside.. you know word of mouth and all"
«Random_Nerd» Shadows: "That, I can do."
«DanteE» "Wait... Theresa, can you get an idea of the shape of the Ash?"
«Theresa» (Ehh, not as much of a deal since the change-over.)
«DanteE» (I am, Light/Wild)
«Theresa» "Well, I _have_ created pictures of it before. My showing off at the party."
«squidTisk» (I'm my code.. mostly light-y)
«Random_Nerd» The Ash is not part of the Estate of Plants. It's an Imperator, or something above Imperators.
«DanteE» "Hm... show the AI."
«Theresa» "But it probably wasn't an accurate _roadmap_."
«DanteE» "Between your thing and the map we should get something close."

• Theresa creates a ghostpicture of the Ash, 3D, worlds bobbling and floating and spinning like a pizza around it.
  
• DanteE points the camera at it
  

«Random_Nerd» Shadows: "The boss wants me to tell you that, if you were to plan some sort of drastic solution to our problems, it would help if when you implemented it, you were outside of morality. If I can pull this off, and if you're okay with the... side effects... I may be able to help with that."
«Random_Nerd» William: "What are you trying to do, sir?"
«squidTisk» (damn, if Brian was here I could ask him to open a portal and put the note outside myself :-( )
«Theresa» (Outside...morality?)
«DanteE» "Getting a map of the playing field."

• squidTisk repeat that to the others
  

«squidTisk» (lawbreakers are immune to Entropy laws)
«Random_Nerd» (All laws.)
«squidTisk» (that is really cool)
«Random_Nerd» (And immune to them in the same sense that the number two is immune to gravity.)
«DanteE» (Define 'laws')
«Random_Nerd» (Yes.)
«Random_Nerd» (Morality, social compacts, judicial codes, promises, that kind of thing.)
«squidTisk» "Will: The aidee know how to contact some Warmanin shards?"
«Random_Nerd» (For instance, Dante could lie to a Lawbreaker, and he wouldn't be contradicting his nature.)
«DanteE» (Hm...)
«Random_Nerd» William: "I know we were able to swing it that one time, but that was right after the day the Warmains went all crazy. We normally don't have that kind of pull, that was a weird occasion."
«Kite» "Could we contact the late Conrad's companions?"
«DanteE» "Anyway, the AI has 2 tasks... figuring out the map and figuring out the books."
«squidTisk» "I don't know how Kite"
«DanteE» to William: "Any more data on what happened that day?"
«Random_Nerd» William throws his hands in the air.
«squidTisk» "wait I know their names"
«Random_Nerd» William: "Weird shit like that's your area of expertise, not ours."
«Random_Nerd» William: "We just make the coffee and remind you guys which fork to use."

• squidTisk pray to Ronchefort "Hi Brother! Do you want a free ride in creation?"
  

«Random_Nerd» AI Console: "What's in it for me?"
«DanteE» "What happened to the guy who fought with Jaris?"
«Random_Nerd» The prayer doesn't seem to go anywhere.
«Random_Nerd» William: "He ran away. And yes, that was rather odd."
«DanteE» "'away' where?"
«Kite» "The AI has some parts I wanted for a project of mine..."

• squidTisk pray to «the other one that I don't remember the name» same question but a bit demoted
  

«Random_Nerd» Wiliam: "East of the sun and west of the moon? I don't know. He didn't tell me, and I didn't ask."
«DanteE» to the AI: "You and the rest of Creation keep existing.
«Kite» "...and it doesn't look very helpful. May I dismantle it?"
«Random_Nerd» AI Console: "You drive a hard bargain."
«DanteE» (and we'll feed you all the H you want! :) )
«Random_Nerd» It feels exactly the same as if you were praying to a rock.
«Theresa» (Do it, or Ftisk will show you his slide show of his vacation on the other Side.)
«DanteE» "Hold on. Kute, give it a chance..."
«DanteE» *Kite
«squidTisk» (like no where or to an alien being that I can't communicate with?)
«DanteE» (Hopefully it types better than I can)
«Random_Nerd» (The "able to hear prayers" is a Noble trick. Excrucians, as a rule, can't do it.)
«Kite» ("You called me Kute on purpose! You want to make Ftisk jealous!")
«squidTisk» (doh, don't remember that.)
«Random_Nerd» (Well, it was worth a try.)
«Random_Nerd» (A few of them have reverse-engineered it.)
«Random_Nerd» (Not these ones, though, it seems.)
«DanteE» (Hm... which opens up the question of how 'Powers' of Mimics can work)
«Random_Nerd» (For all practical purposes, they're regular Powers.)
«Random_Nerd» (Most of them don't even /know/.)
«squidTisk» (aren't mimic death-ish impearator ?converted'?)
«Random_Nerd» (Yeah. But they can make new Nobles, if they enchancel.)
«squidTisk» (enough imp to do the imp stuff and enough excru to hate creation. An hybridization!)
«Random_Nerd» (Yep.)
«DanteE» "OK, AI, gimme a summary of what the books say about Shirk."

• squidTisk paces and thinks
  

«Random_Nerd» AI: "One of the four, or possibly three, or possibly five, unclean kings. Associated with corruption of the aquatic essence, or possibly the terrene."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "His true name is 'Sueridas Gaut', which..."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Oh."
«DanteE» "... Jaris' Ex attacked their sea"
«Random_Nerd» AI: "I quit."
«DanteE» "Say _what_?"
«Kite» "Should we meet with Chancel Jaris first, then?"
«Random_Nerd» AI: "I quit. Ain't workin' for the Man no more."
«Theresa» (He's been shirked.)
«Theresa» "I'm a woman."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Says you."
«DanteE» "We're not The Man, that's Entropy. Sometimes."
«Theresa» "I am not flashing you. You didn't even ask nicely."
«Kite» "She looks like most of the classical depictions of a woman, though less nude."
«Random_Nerd» The AI's display switches to a game of computer solitare, playing very quickly.
«Kite» "Hmmmm...."
«DanteE» "Hm... William, you feeling like breaking your contract at all?"
«squidTisk» "Like a shirk attack or influence in work"
«Theresa» "The AI said the full name. That triggered it."
«Random_Nerd» William: "I'm bound to the res of my order, sir."
«Random_Nerd» William: "In addition, I suspect that if I don't do everything I can to remove hindrances so you guys can work, things will turn out very badly for everyone."
«Theresa» "Hey Ftisk...if you introduced a song into the AI's head, how long would it feel like had been after an hour of Caramelldansen?"
«DanteE» "That's why everyone who knows Shirk keeps telling us not to say the name."
«Random_Nerd» William: "I don't think the effect is supposed to be that... dramatic."
«Kite» (Gah! My head! What have you done?)
«squidTisk» "Let's try" *me put the song in AI
«Random_Nerd» William: "But maybe it is, now."
«squidTisk» "Yes, he now is in creation, is reasonable that his effect is greater now"
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Everyone, if you kill Ftisk and help me take his place, I'll do anything you want. /Anything/."

• squidTisk kick the AI case
  

«squidTisk» "Shut up loser"
«Theresa» "Let me see if I have a copy of Boom De Yada..."
«DanteE» "Now, hold on, we're nice Nobles. Ftisk, trash the song."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Quick! Now, while he isn't looking!"

• squidTisk disconnect the speakers
  
• Kite checks to make sure no one is taking the AI up on his offer.
  

«Theresa» *points a disappointing finger at the AI* "You expect a _brand new Noble_ to deal with this?!?"
«Theresa» "That's not logical."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "I was less planning on 'dealing with this' and more planning on 'finding some small continent somewhere and ruling it like a firm but just god-king' or something like that."
«DanteE» to the AI: "OK, are you with us now?"
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Surely the thought has occurred to you too?"
«DanteE» "AI. Our enemies want to eat all creation. You'll have no place to go.
«Random_Nerd» AI: "I could make a deal, maybe. I'm /good/ at making deals. Tell me what /you/ want in exchange for the whole murder thing?"
«squidTisk» "whole murder?"
«Random_Nerd» William: "Not that I get a vote, but I vote that you unplug it."
«DanteE» "But in the meantime... make a copy of the first book, do a global search and replace of that-name with 'Shirk', then summarize it again."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Maybe just stab him a /little/, and then maybe I will."
«Kite» "I vote for unplugging it with a hammer. Do you have a hammer, Will?"
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Like, around the edges."

• squidTisk unplug the AI
  

«Random_Nerd» William: "I think I saw one up in the clock area."
«squidTisk» "let's return to serious matter"
«squidTisk» (yes said by Ftisk with a straight face)
«Kite» "Could I have the hammer, in case it needs to be unplugged again?"
«DanteE» "You OK, Ftisk?"
«squidTisk» "Yes, I need to find 2 shard but I'm ok"
«Kite» "..."
«Kite» "What were the other Kings?"
«DanteE» "Treason, Failure and Shame."
«squidTisk» "Kite, the bird of your old flock.. can you contact them? maybe thew fly outside some times and know some one there"
«Kite» "Treason, hmm..."

• Kite looks at the AI.
  

«Kite» "My flock? What are you talking about?"
«Random_Nerd» William: "Uh... if I had something to say that might be not complimentary, should I say it?"
«DanteE» "Say it, William."
«squidTisk» (Do I know of his flock? or must redact all?)
«Random_Nerd» William: "All of you /are/ plotting to overthrow the government, right?"
«Kite» (Kite doesn't know of any flock, if there is one.)
«Random_Nerd» William: "If we're talking about Treason, I thought I should just mention it."
«squidTisk» "Uh, is more an hobby that a serious affair"
«Kite» "Oh, right. Hmmm...."
«DanteE» "That's ... a good point."
«squidTisk» (then scrape my question before)
«Kite» "I was more hoping to set up a defense, though."
«DanteE» "Does Vulcan know about the other 3 kings?"
«Kite» "We mentioned them at the Council, yes? He watched the video."
«Random_Nerd» (Probably. He's been around forever, and given when he enchanceled, he's been part of the War for much longer than Kudzu has.)
«squidTisk» "don't ask.. He intimidate me a bit"
«squidTisk» "but probably yes"
«Theresa» "I'd say that we'd be seeing any of the signs of these four around every corner if we looked hard enough."
«DanteE» "Hm... let's try this. Ftisk, tweak the copies of the books in the AI so that they don't have their real names, then we'll reboot it."
«Kite» "Can we tweak its personality, too?"
«squidTisk» "uhn. OK. *I modify the copies and reboot the AI* "
«DanteE» "The personality may have been from the names..."

• Kite looks for the hammer.
  

«squidTisk» "Here we are"
«squidTisk» toAI: "Do a summary of the books in your memory, please"
«Random_Nerd» AI: "My memory contains variant texts of two books, the Book of Spite and the Book of Purity."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Both are concerned with a group of individuals known as the Four Kings, although their number varies."
«DanteE» "Start with the Book of Spite.
«Random_Nerd» AI: "These appear to be malign supernatural beings which manifest in various forms a sort of corruption of the soul, each tied to one of what the author labels 'elements of the soul.' "
«DanteE» "That may have the prophecies Consequences mentioned."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "The Book of Spite is the longer of the two books. It is almost entirely a descriptive work."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "It contains guesses at the nature of the spiritual pollution induced by these individuals."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "It also describes specific manifestations of these that the author claims to have observed."
«DanteE» "Let's see if they sound familiar..;."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "These include the effects of the presence of a King, material substance created in some way from spiritual pollution, objects which curse or corrupt the bearer, cursed territories marked by some crime, and beings created to trap the servants of Creation."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Each of these, in the book, is described as being the work of exactly one King, and to bear the essence of one of the elements of the soul."
«DanteE» "Tell me the work of Shirk, the First King."
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Of the kings, Shirk is most often associated with the element of water, Failure with that of earth, Treason with fire, Shame with air, and Desecration with spirit."
«DanteE» (uhoh)
«Random_Nerd» AI: "There is a short verse. 'These are the signs of the coming of the First King. Duty turns to affection and pride. Dedication turns to the seeking after pleasure. The will to live becomes the fear of death.' "
«Theresa» (Yeeeah...)
«squidTisk» (uhoh?)
«DanteE» (We know of a 'Desecration', he's supposedly on our side)
«Random_Nerd» AI: "Shirk and Failure appear in nearly all variants of the text, Shame and Treason in the majority, and Desecration only in a few."
«squidTisk» (Caesar?)
«DanteE» (Entropy and ... uh, Meon?)
«Random_Nerd» (Correct.)
«Kite» (Does Meon exist in this Nobilisverse?)
«Random_Nerd» (Yes.)
«Random_Nerd» (The descriptions of Entropy's Nobles in the 3rd edition book are canon in this game.)
«squidTisk» (wait a noble is one of the 4king? O.o )
«DanteE» "Show me a diagram of when each version of the text splits off."
«Random_Nerd» (Those of Surolam and Ha Qadosh Berakha are explicitly /not/ canon. Ananda... could go either way. Unclear.)
«Random_Nerd» The AI displays a page of the text. In brightest text is the section of text that most of the volumes have. In increasing dimness are the less common readings or inclusions.
«Random_Nerd» References to "Desecration" are among the least common parts of the text. He appears only in versions that contain all four of the other Kings, and only in a small minority of them.
«Random_Nerd» Further, the parts that reference Desecration do not tend to match up with each other.
«Random_Nerd» It's as if they were added by different people with the same idea, but who were not working from the same text.
«squidTisk» "uhm" *ponder*
«DanteE» "OK, link that up with the Celestial Calendar, based on first appearance."
«Kite» "So....water. That means Jaris first, right?"
«Random_Nerd» William goes in front of the screen and looks carefully.
«Random_Nerd» William: "I never thought my background in textual criticism would help."
«Random_Nerd» (Correlating these accounts with time how?)
«Random_Nerd» (You have various texts, but no info on how old they are.)
«Random_Nerd» (The age of the texts is not part of the Estate of Data.)
«DanteE» (Wild guess--if the versions that don't have Desecration appear right before Entropy's ascension that could tell us something.)
«squidTisk» (so we need to know the age of the one with desecration)
«Random_Nerd» William: "Two theories."
«Random_Nerd» William: "First, the references to Desecration are a recent addition, not part of the original text."
«Random_Nerd» William: "Second, the references to Desecration were originally part of the text, were removed from all existant copies, and then were written back in from memory."
«Theresa» "But memory isn't always accurate."
«Random_Nerd» William nods.
«DanteE» "Ftisk, can you get the time of first appearance for each text?"
«squidTisk» "I can try"
«Random_Nerd» (How would you go about doing it?)
«squidTisk» (I want to do a divination with 3 penetration points to try to find memories of their appearance)
«squidTisk» (With Data 4 are 4DMP right?)
«Random_Nerd» (Fair warning. You know that that divination would be detectable by many Nobles as an attempt to read their minds.)
«Random_Nerd» (Do you still do it?)
«DanteE» (Hold off, Ftisk...)
«squidTisk» (uhm... is _dangerous_ )
«DanteE» (You may be able to get the data by checking scholars' notes on the texts)
«squidTisk» (let's try to find another way)
«Random_Nerd» (Also, some Nobles spend their spare time remembering false or misleading things, so as to confuse anyone reading their minds.)
«Random_Nerd» (So the information gained that way might not be reliable.)
«squidTisk» (ok, no mind reading then)

• Kite remembers Ftisk stomping around and grumbling how much he hates everyone.
  

«DanteE» (Alternatively, if someone dated the books themselves..)
«Random_Nerd» (Mind if we stop here for the night?)
«Random_Nerd» (I'm getting sleepy.)
«DanteE» (which means Theresa can help)
«Kite» (That's fine.)
«squidTisk» (ok for me)
«DanteE» (OK)
«Random_Nerd» ____________STOP_______________
«DanteE» heh.
«Theresa» Depends on whether they're paper books or animal hide.
=-= Kite is now known as Verithe
=-= Theresa is now known as BethE
=-= DanteE is now known as Knockwood
«BethE» Plus aren't they just copies of Duty's?
=-= YOU are now known as Angelo
«Random_Nerd» For next session... You can do that, and it doesn't have the same risks as the other plan. But on the other hand not all of them are written on plant-based paper, and for the ones that are, the age of the book may not be the age of the /text/.
«Knockwood» Well, we don't need _all_ of them...
«Verithe» I think the primary reason Kite wants to visit Jaris first is to get permission to eat a fish person.
«Angelo» just the one with desecration
«Knockwood» Alternatively we could just assume the worst-case scenario and go from there. :)
«Angelo» nahh, leave worst case scenario for worst case
«Knockwood» If Entropy is Desecration that is the worst case.
«Knockwood» but it would explain the meeting.
«Random_Nerd» And as for why William knows textual criticism, he has a Master's degree in medieval literature.
«BethE» Yeah, but if Entropy is a King, then how can Shirk be the First King.
«Angelo» can king be a title one reach doing something?
«Knockwood» if the order is the order in which they _reveal themselves_
«Knockwood» Angelo: could be equal to General
«Verithe» Or maybe the order is just when they all say "Hi!"
«Angelo» uhm better be ready to rebel then
«Knockwood» Or, he could have taken the title by conquering the most territory
«Knockwood» so, Khan rather than King
«Random_Nerd» Khaaaaaaaaan!
«Random_Nerd» Sorry.
«Random_Nerd» Reflex.
«Knockwood» Like a poor marksman you ... keep ... missing ... the target
«Angelo» Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaan? Like wrath of Kahn?

• Verithe throws a dart at the floor.
  

«Random_Nerd» Anyway, see you all next week.
«Random_Nerd» Good session, guys.
«Knockwood» cya RN
«Verithe» Take care!
«Angelo» Take care!
|«-- Random_Nerd has left irc2.magicstar.net (Disintegrated: )
«BethE» Night! *HUG*
«Knockwood» g'night Beth
«Angelo» night Beth! *HUG*
|«-- BethE has left irc2.magicstar.net (Disintegrated: All shall love me and despair?)
«Knockwood» so, now we know how screwed we are!
«Angelo» really really too much!
«Knockwood» As usual!
«Verithe» Shiny screws!
«Angelo» sigh!
«Verithe» Wait....not in character.
«Knockwood» Well, it's an unwritten rule of RPGs that the GM should give you a way out.
«Angelo» is a bad addiction to slip in character Verithe!
«Knockwood» Not always an obvious one, of course
«Angelo» not always there is one, of course
«Verithe» 'Tis true, Angelo. :(
«Knockwood» well, now, RN's been plotting this for years, literally.
«Angelo» But I trust Rn that is not trowing our campaign in the sink
«Knockwood» Right. He probably thought up a way out as well.
«Angelo» one way, hard as hell, but one way must be here
«Angelo» jinx Knock
«Knockwood» we may actually have to ... ew ... work together
«Knockwood» and ... eep ... think
«Angelo» _WHAT_ !!! This is unheard of !
«Knockwood» (we're so screwed)
«Angelo» and I'm no good at thinking -» make brain want to run away...
«Knockwood» we noticed.
«Knockwood» :D
«Angelo» :-P
«Angelo» btw rotfl
«Angelo» ah, Knock are you ok if these dire needs push Ftisk toward Dante bed?
«Knockwood» Well, Dante won't be there...
«Angelo» was a metaphor to say that he will try harder to make love with Dante
«Knockwood» he's probably in the habit of checking his place for snails and their equipment and pitching them out on those rare times he sleeps. :P
«Angelo» well, so I take it for a red light.
«Verithe» Poor Ftisk
«Knockwood» ah, yeah
«Angelo» eh, you say so because Ftisk don't try to love you
«Knockwood» sorry Angelo
«Angelo» you= Kite
«Angelo» no pro, I don't want you out of your comfort zone
«Knockwood» anyway, see you next week
«Verithe» Kite's not interested in mechanical snail shapeshifters.
«Verithe» As lovers.
«Verithe» Take care, Knock!
«Angelo» mutual feeling from Ftisk
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«Verithe» I should get going to. Take care, Angelo!
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