Editing Session 167

[[Chancel_Amyra]]<br>
[[Amyra:Chapter_20|Chapter 20]]<br><br>
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{Angelo} Hi all!<br>
{Knockwood} Hiya Angelo<br>
{Knockwood} what's the word on Laz?<br>
{Angelo} Hi Knock<br>
{BethE} Just that he's going to be late tonight.<br>
{Angelo} RN, I had, like, 1000 question<br>
{Random_Nerd} Oh?<br>
{Angelo} on the tempering results<br>
{Random_Nerd} Well, bear in mind that Ftisk himself doesn't know a lot of how that works.<br>
{Knockwood} I had another question...<br>
{BethE} Hi Angelo!  *HUG*<br>
{Random_Nerd} Yes?<br>
{Angelo} @Beth: TripleHug!<br>
{Knockwood} First, it looked like the dragon's attack was a Create-Silver... and one of Luc's missing Nobles was Silver.  Any connection?<br>
{Verithe} Not that we're aware of, I'm sure. :)<br>
{Random_Nerd} "Hmm.  Interesting."<br>
{Angelo} well, Vulcan have Principled, Ftisk in this light is capable of having a *bond* toward the excrus?<br>
{Knockwood} or is that from the Reverse Suppository Hollyhock Kata?<br>
{BethE} (For you, Angelo http://musthavecute.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/amigurumi-snail.jpg?w=500&h=341 )<br>
{Random_Nerd} Hmm...<br>
{Angelo} (this is really cute Beth!!!!)<br>
{Verithe} That's so adorable!<br>
{Angelo} after all he is _half_ imperator half human<br>
{Random_Nerd} I would say that he can have a Bond to excrucian-related concepts, but can't betray Creation to them.<br>
{Angelo} so bond: Elvis, Ronchefort is acettable! ^^!!!<br>
{Random_Nerd} Well, Knock, I guess you have to ask yourself.  Am I the sort of GM who would throw in a reference to a really obscure fact from two years ago, and draw no attention to it, only to have it be key later on?<br>
{Angelo} @RN on the K question: _ABSOLUTELY_ yes!!!!!!<br>
{Knockwood} (Beth?)<br>
{Angelo} .. and Rn is evil!<br>
{Angelo} ... and have a waxed mustache?<br>
{BethE} (He is evil.  He keeps saying interesting.  He keeps steepling his hands.  Myself, I would say that I wouldn't be surprised if there's a connection.<br>
{Knockwood} you've got it wrong, tho.  The question I'm supposed to ask myself is 'Do I feel lucky?'  :)<br>
{BethE} He does not have a mustache.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Well, do yah?"<br>
{BethE} (He's also good at schooling his face when I look at him to see if I can tell if something is up.)<br>
=-= BethE is now known as Theresa<br>
{Angelo} ah, the warmain code is soooo weak<br>
=-= Knockwood is now known as DanteE<br>
{Random_Nerd} The trick, here, is to be the kind of GM where carefully implementing pointlessly complicated plots and acting mysterious about nothing at all are both perfectly in character.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Okay, let's see.  We've finished our previous storyline.<br>
{Angelo} *NEW ONE: Code of the Tempered exSnail*<br>
{Angelo} 1. From the old comes the new.<br>
{Angelo} 2. Never abandon your comrades or arms.<br>
{Angelo} 3. Never let casualties stop you from your cause.<br>
{Random_Nerd} I believe there was some discussion of a Kite-focused one.  Are you still interested in that, Verithe?<br>
{Angelo} + rearrange my bonds to have 3 bond to your noble    3 bond to excrus<br>
=-= Verithe is now known as Kite<br>
{Angelo} +restriction respectful: Warmains<br>
{Random_Nerd} Oh, that Principled thing reminds me of something.  Ftisk does /not/, currently, ping Kite's Excrucian-Sense.<br>
{Angelo} + :-D + XD<br>
{Kite} I'm interested in it. L)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Okay, let's see.<br>
{Kite} Kite is pleased by this.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kite has no Anchors, right?<br>
{Angelo} can be fooled by *blood* links?<br>
{Kite} No Anchors. Correct.<br>
{DanteE} We were considering getting an Aide for the Vulcans...<br>
{Angelo} also nick and preferred shape from Conrad<br>
=-= YOU are now known as Conrad<br>
{Random_Nerd} Yeah.  I have a plot idea lurking around that requires an anchor, but barring that, the Aides one seems best.<br>
{Kite} We are so the worst Star Trek Vulcans ever.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Can what be fooled by blood links, Angelo?<br>
{Conrad} the principled property. I'm relative to Kite then not excru?<br>
{Random_Nerd} That property tracks loyalties, not blood.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Note that Imperators and Nobles who serve the Excrucians also ping it.<br>
{Conrad} "ok, must watch my shoulder then"<br>
{Kite} Well, I was considering grabbing a fishperson as an Anchor, if you want an Anchor soon.<br>
{Random_Nerd} But also, that it doesn't ping Mimics or Deceivers when they aren't actively working against Creation.<br>
{Conrad} fair<br>
{DanteE} well, an Anchor is a Big thing...<br>
{Random_Nerd} Nah, the plot idea I had requires an anchor who's been around for a while.  So, shall we go with the Aide arc, and probably have the group go to Locus Vulcan at some point?<br>
{Theresa} You have to remember to walk it and take care of it.<br>
{Random_Nerd} That said, if you want to get an Anchor, feel free.<br>
{Conrad} ah, what was the gift that Conrad know that I can take as common? Silver spray, fly, change form, Sacrosanct/Durant?<br>
{Random_Nerd} Well, you can already fly and change form.  Let me check his character sheet, one moment.<br>
{Kite} Sounds good.<br>
{Conrad} ok, the list was of the ones he show during screen time<br>
{DanteE} (Hm.... the list might reveal something...)<br>
{Random_Nerd} He also had the Glorious Gift.  And sacrosanct, yes.<br>
{Conrad} well, Is a pity he have no neg or wind ... are the ones I like more... <br>
{Random_Nerd} Glorious already counts as Common, but Sacrosanct would, too, for Ftisk.<br>
{Conrad} Sacrosanct is useful! ^^<br>
{DanteE} (uhoh)<br>
{DanteE} (Yeah, but Sacrosanct usually comes with a toy surprise...)<br>
{Random_Nerd} This one didn't, as you saw.<br>
{Conrad} (what surprise?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} He was practically the only one who didn't have a built-in whammy like that, really.<br>
{DanteE} (the book has Nemesis and Curse of Dust as examples)<br>
{Conrad} uhm.. good! and will cost for Conrad? (I'm not near GWB)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sacrosanct, just the defensive part, normally costs 3 CPs.  The "Common" version would cost.<br>
{Random_Nerd} The silver attack would cost five CPs.<br>
{Conrad} oh I was remembering 7 or + :-)<br>
{Random_Nerd} That's Immortal.<br>
{Random_Nerd} If he'd had that, you would not have killed him.<br>
{Random_Nerd} What with him being invulnerable and so on.<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Oh, and Ken's magic poky stick doesn't work on Immortal.)<br>
{DanteE} either that or Sac + a curse<br>
{Random_Nerd} True.<br>
{Conrad} oh! ok!<br>
{Random_Nerd} Okay, anything else before we start?<br>
{DanteE} (How many spare points does everyone have?  I have 8.)<br>
{Conrad} btw If I had to take an attach.. probably will take the wind<br>
{Conrad} and just now I have 4 free CP<br>
{Random_Nerd} Winds of Hate may be taken by any Noble.  It's not an Excrucian-only Gift.<br>
{Conrad} really?<br>
{Conrad} is described under the warmain section of the gwb<br>
{DanteE} just as long as you don't also take the bean burrito focus<br>
{Theresa} (I have a lot of spare points, but that's because I haven't been spending on much except like the +1 Realm lately.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} A few Excrucian Gifts are Excrucian-only.  Negative Gift, Unmastered Pain, some of the Deceiver stuff.<br>
{DanteE} either way, watch where you point it<br>
{Random_Nerd} Most of them are gifts that any Noble could take, but most don't.<br>
{Theresa} (Since they cost major points?)<br>
{Conrad} Last session Knock proposed a sun based gift for you T.<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Since they break the normal rules.)<br>
{Conrad} well Neg is 10points + level of gift affected! is a loooot<br>
{Random_Nerd} Yep.<br>
{Theresa} He did?  Sun based?<br>
{Conrad} yep.. T you don't read the logs? :-P<br>
{DanteE} Yeah, you might justify getting Sunlight as a power<br>
{DanteE} cuz, y'know, plants need it.<br>
{Conrad} he do after you log out<br>
{Theresa} Ahh, after I logged out.<br>
{Kite} We make the logs. Why should we read them. :P<br>
{DanteE} it could light a room, dazzle a foe, or fry a Shard<br>
{Theresa} Huh, I'll have to ponder that one!<br>
{Conrad} eh... there is a surprising amount of info that last lines on it (the log) give .... sometimes ;-P<br>
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{DanteE} Hiya Laz<br>
{Conrad} Hi Laz! *swirlingHug*<br>
{lazarus} (hey guys ... rehearsal went a _little_ longer than I was expecting, and a bit longer than I was hoping)<br>
{Kite} Have your secrets been removed, C?<br>
{Kite} Also, are you officially changing Ftisk's name to Conrad, now?<br>
{Conrad} Yes Kite<br>
{DanteE} Nice timing, Laz.  We just got a communiqué from Lord Entropy.  He wants a new number 'freem' between 6 and 7.<br>
{lazarus} new numbers are not an issue :p<br>
{lazarus} it's if he wants it to _mean_ something that we'll have problems ;)<br>
{Kite} *wants to know if we get a new finger to accommodate freem*<br>
{DanteE} yeah, but the symbol for it has to please him...<br>
{lazarus} is that better or worse than pleasing to the Ebon Dragon?<br>
{Conrad} who?<br>
{Random_Nerd} Okay, so, let's see.  Shall we start out in Locus Kudzu, and then start out the Aide-acquisition in-character?<br>
{Random_Nerd} Or do you guys think you'd rather go straight to Locus Vulcan and work from there?<br>
{Conrad} (ah, I love to see Sam/Will reaction to Conrad Eyes...)<br>
{DanteE} BTW, we don't want to force the Aide thing on you, Kite...<br>
{DanteE} if you can think of something better<br>
{Random_Nerd} Oh, yes.  That's true, I have other plots I can work with if you'd rather not.<br>
{Conrad} (Game Master _are_ resourcefulllll)<br>
{Kite} Kite was actually wanting an Aide, especially after the bartender incident.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Okay, cool.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Now, show of hands.  Who wants us to start in Amyra, who in Vulcan, and who's ambivalent?<br>
{Kite} He mostly wants one around so he can gaze into their oracle and see his face reflected back at him.<br>
* Conrad ambivalent<br>
{DanteE} and, of course, Dante would want help looking after... um, your interests.<br>
* Kite is ambivalent.<br>
{lazarus} I don't particularly care.  I'd like to get Brian back in the action.<br>
{DanteE} How about with the bus pulling up to the Tower?<br>
=-= lazarus is now known as Brian<br>
{Random_Nerd} That works.  We can do Vulcan later.<br>
{Random_Nerd} ______________START__________________<br>
{Conrad} @RN you have a link at Vulcan & The grotto?<br>
{Random_Nerd} (I believe so.)<br>
{Kite} (I forget, do we heal at the end of a story?)<br>
{DanteE} (We might still have the chalk-drawn doorway Kite came through)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Not automatically.)<br>
* Conrad drive toward the tower with mariachi serenade out louuuuuuud<br>
{Random_Nerd} So, hail the conquering heroes.  You've stopped an Excrucian attack, killed two of them, and gone home only mostly dead.  And one, at the most, was tainted by evil anti-life energy.<br>
{Kite} (I think we have to buy permanent inter-chancel gateways.)<br>
{Conrad} (correect! grin grin )<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Yeah.  But I've concluded that there's a pretty reasonable indirect one.)<br>
* Theresa tries not to whimper too much as she gets back on home turf.<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Amyra has gateways all over, so there's probably one that leads to somewhere near Vulcan.)<br>
{Kite} (Woo!)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (You can't go there directly, but you can get pretty close.)<br>
{DanteE} (OK, so who's meeting us?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Oh, and Theresa is now experiencing only normal "got sprayed by Winds of Hate" pain, not the supernatural quintessence of pain.<br>
{Conrad} (we came to spend each side of the gate one point (Divine ones? and the link will be permanently established.. but never done that)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam waves from his window.<br>
* Conrad weaves back.<br>
{Theresa} (Oh, yay.  I would dance for joy but I'm in pain still.)<br>
{Kite} "What's he waving at us?"<br>
{Theresa} "Don't start thinking about it.  That way leads to madness."<br>
{DanteE} "I think that's a hand-analogue..."<br>
{Conrad} (and let the buss drive without hands for a bit)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (A wrapping of red and blue cloth around one of his arms.)<br>
{DanteE} "How is everyone?"<br>
* Conrad park and open door<br>
{Theresa} (To us or to Sam?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam shouts: "Ut-way is up-ay with the Armain-ay ard-shay."<br>
{DanteE} (to us)<br>
{Kite} "Ah."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Anyone with Aspect 2 or better can hear William saying: "Sam, Warmains can figure out pig latin."<br>
{DanteE} "That's Ftisk.  He made a new friend!<br>
{Theresa} "I'm in slightly less pain.  Slightly, being a relative term."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Anyone with Aspect 3 or better can hear William sigh.<br>
{Brian} "How'd it go guys?"<br>
{Conrad} (but I [Angelo] not :-P)<br>
{DanteE} "We got beat on, but we went the distance.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Theresa and Kite look like they got run through a washing machine filled with razorwire.<br>
{Conrad} "Hi, I don’t came to eat your brains or kill your wifes"<br>
{Theresa} "Ftisk has some suvineers."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Ftisk looks like a one-eyed man in a blue-green suit, and with stars drifting in the eye that's there.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Dante looks normal.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson looks tired.<br>
{Theresa} (Are we going in?)<br>
{DanteE} "Anything happen here while we were gone?"<br>
{Brian} "Not that I noticed.  Not out of the ordinary, anyway"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "We've started to make progress on getting the little demon not to build shrines to you guys.  And he hasn't sacrificed any animals all day."<br>
{DanteE} "Sam, bring us a first aid kit?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Like, one of ours, or one of yours?"<br>
{Theresa} (He builds shrines to all of us?  Gosh.)<br>
{Kite} "I want a fish sacrifice..."<br>
{Conrad} "My Dollphaniel is ok?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "What kind of fish, and sacrificed how?"<br>
{DanteE} "Got one for stymphalian birds?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "I haven't seen her in hours.  And that worries me."<br>
{Theresa} (Salmon and with a nice dill sauce!)<br>
{Conrad} (good line T)<br>
{Kite} "Something quick, without to many spines and raw."<br>
{Conrad} "uhm... Will look after her"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Uh... I have a strict no-human-sacrifices policy, Dante."<br>
{DanteE} "First aid kit, not sacrifice."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Ah.  Um... I'll get a first aid kit and a welder's tools, then."<br>
{Conrad} "ohhh, too bad"<br>
* Kite drips.<br>
* Theresa hobbles out of the van and heads upstairs.  "I want to sit down for a while with nothing attacking me...as soon as I drop something off."<br>
{DanteE} "Come on, Kite, we can at least wrap your wounds..."<br>
{DanteE} (Maybe we should get Theresa a pile of fertilizer...)<br>
* Conrad contact to Gnomely "Hey honey, I'm back. we need to do speak after I finish here"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Gnomely: "Oh?"<br>
* Theresa will head to the Heart.<br>
{Kite} "They were wrapped, once. Then the silver eye beams made them not so wrapped."<br>
{DanteE} "Is that actual silver, by the way?"<br>
{Kite} (to Gnomely: "Daddy had a sex change....again.")<br>
* Conrad toG "Later, face to face, I'll explain. Don't worry. Ok, kisses, licks and all"<br>
{Random_Nerd} On the way to the Heart, you pass a clay statue of what looks like a flail snail fighting a knight.  It's moderately detailed, but pretty stylized.<br>
{Random_Nerd} (It is, in fact, actual silver.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Pure silver, in fact.)<br>
{Brian} (flail snail = win!)<br>
{DanteE} state: "Nice."<br>
{Theresa} "Huh.  Nice perspective!  The imp has a good eye for detail."  *calls*  "Hey Ftisk, you have a statue of honor up here."<br>
{Conrad} "Oh, nice statue!"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William, carrying various bundles: "The demon pointed out that technically, Dante had never told him not to make any idols of /Ftisk/."<br>
{Random_Nerd} W: "I think he's working on one of Kite, too."<br>
{Conrad} "But, please, I fell better Conrad as my name"<br>
* Theresa shuffles into the Heart.  "Hey boss, if you have a moment, I have something for you.  If you don't have a moment, I'll just say my piece and you can let me know later."<br>
{Brian} "I always loved the flail snail."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "O..kay.  Conrad."<br>
{DanteE} "William, I assume you Aides got First Aid training?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "For humans, at least."<br>
{Conrad} toW "Was my warmain name..."<br>
{DanteE} "Oh yes.  Ftisk Tempered the Warmain shard he killed."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "I request permission to add this fact to our records, Ft...Conrad."<br>
{Conrad} whisper to W: "And who win the driver seat fight?... "<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu's gear turns.   Little gears on the side engage with it.<br>
{Kite} "Don't worry, William. Just dodge the pointy feathers and human treatments should be fine."<br>
{DanteE} "I'll help you out..."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Theresa, the part of your mind that understands all languages reads the gear as saying: "Okay, what is it?"<br>
* DanteE helps William bandage Ftisk (while Theresa has her plot moment...)<br>
{Kite} "If it helps, you could turn around for a second."<br>
{Random_Nerd} It is not obvious to you what about its movements seems like language.<br>
{Conrad} (you mean Kite?)<br>
{DanteE} (oops, yeah, I mean Kite)<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Okay, I have bandages, and I have a blowtorch, a welder's mask, and some bronze bar stock."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "I don't know which ones are appropriate here."<br>
{Theresa} "We have just gotten back from a Warmain Shard hunt.  In the battle, this acorn *holds it up*  attacked two different Shards.  The first word it spoke to me was 'Freedom!'.  I thought you might want it.  For you, the whole devour thing.  If you don't want him, I can plant him near the tower or somewhere else in the Chancel.  He just kinda reminded me of you."<br>
{Kite} "Er..." <br>
* Kite shifts to human form.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu: "Near the Maple.  They'll make a good pair, I think."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Ah, that's much simpler."<br>
{Theresa} (...Kudzu has a sense of humor, doesn't he...  :P )<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Never ask that kind of question.  You might discover that you're one of his jokes.)<br>
{Kite} (So long as Oak doesn't eat Maple. D: )<br>
{Theresa} "Okay, boss.  I'll let you get back to whatever you were doing."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu: "Scheming."<br>
{Theresa} (Well, obviously, with the accent, this is a burr oak acorn.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (You're a bad person.)<br>
{Theresa} (I love you too, dear.)<br>
{Theresa} "Interesting."  *shuffles off*<br>
{DanteE} "Anyway, I was thinking... what do you think about getting an Aide for our Vulcan guests?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu: "Before you go..."<br>
{Theresa} "Yes, boss?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu: "Do you feel any sudden urge to betray your loyalties, engage in a life of hedonistic pleasure while ignoring your duties, that kind of thing?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu: "More than usual, I mean."<br>
* DanteE wraps Kite's wounds...<br>
{Conrad} (snort!)<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "I think it would probably be a good idea."<br>
{Kite} "The Vulcan guests were actually quite interested in an Aide as well."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Sam and I do what we can to help them, but our first loyalties are to you."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam comes down the stairs, holding a notebook and a pen.<br>
{Theresa} "At the moment, boss, I just want to rest and heal up.  One of the Shards did something to me...felt like molten wires all over my nerves.  No urge to betray, the only pleasure I want right now is to not be in pain and so forth."  *smile*  "No problems."<br>
{DanteE} (almost forgot...) "Davidson?  Any questions about what happened?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "Just one.  On a scale of one to ten, how normal was all of that for you?"<br>
{Theresa} (Uhh...blue?)<br>
{Kite} "Oh! Dante. Do you want to keep the Tesla ants here or shall I have them sent home?"<br>
{DanteE} "Well... we're new.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Kite, Dante.  Uh... Ftisk.  Do any of you have email accounts?"<br>
{Kite} "Email?"<br>
{Conrad} "Conrad"<br>
{DanteE} "There are some Nobles for whom that's a normal day, I think."<br>
{Conrad} "and I have one"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "By the way, we Dionyl totally invented email."<br>
{DanteE} to Sam: "You could use that Courage@KaerkovenU.edu account, I think..."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "You didn't.  You don't even have computers."<br>
{Theresa} (There's a Dionyl named Al Gore?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Computers, no.  Email, yes."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu: "If you do, tell me, okay?  Or if the others do."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam makes several careful notes on his pad of paper.  At one point, he pulls out a compass and a straightedge to draw a particular diagram.  Then he finishes.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Okay, check it in a bit."<br>
{DanteE} to Davidson: "I dare say that for most Nobles that it somewhat unusual, though.<br>
{DanteE} "Then again...<br>
{DanteE} "You remember the hoopla that happened around Y2K?<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "I guess?"<br>
{Conrad} "not each day you can se a noble tempering.... is dangerous as act"<br>
{Kite} "Perhaps highlighting the unusual bits would be helpful."<br>
{Theresa} "Sure, boss.  I think we're going to be helping out the Nobles from Chancel Vulcan for a bit, but I'll keep an eye on things."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "I figured out a way to send email with Active Writing."<br>
{DanteE} "Increase the odds that something might actually happen and multiply the severity by, oh, a zillion."<br>
{Conrad} (T: do why you don't say that Ftisk is conrad now?)<br>
{Theresa} (Sure.)<br>
{DanteE} "In the celestial calendar, it's the year 4999."<br>
{DanteE} "And something bad has happened every time the digits flip."<br>
{Theresa} "Oh and by the way, boss, Dante got a sword off of one of the Warmain Shards and Ftisk from Chancel Vulcan...tempered a different Warmain Shard.  Ftisk now goes by the name Conrad now."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "Like, how bad?"<br>
{Conrad} "bad... is a big word..."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu: "Wait, what?"<br>
{DanteE} "Let's see... the Fall, for one.  The start of the Valde Bellum, for another.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Kudzu: "That /worked/?  That trick never works!"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "Fall as in autumn, as in Decline And Of The Roman Empire?"<br>
{Brian} (what is Tempering exactly?)<br>
{Theresa} (Our Imperator is a moose?)<br>
{Brian} "Fall as in Satan."<br>
{DanteE} "Fall as in the Angel of Light becoming the Prince of Darkness."<br>
{Random_Nerd} (You know how Warmains and their shards tend to look like Nobles that they've killed?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (That.)<br>
{Brian} (oh, but backwards?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "Ah.  So, /bad/."<br>
{Theresa} "He's in the tower at the moment, if you want a look at him.  He's got the eye thing going."<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Ftisk killed a Warmain-shard and did the Tempering miracle.)<br>
{Brian} "Yeah.  Um.  Well, I don't think there was so much Turmoil on Earth, really"<br>
{DanteE} "How's that feel, Kite?"<br>
{Conrad} "and outside _can_ have had their reason to start the war..."<br>
{Kite} "Snug, but it's keeping the organs in place."<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Kite, you're still hurt, but you feel like you cam move around without the wound reopening, at least.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davison: "I think I have a report to go and make."<br>
{Theresa} "We're also lucky.  The two Shards that survived the fight took Ftisk doing the tempering as a sign of respect and we were able to get a month-worth of nonactivity from them."<br>
{DanteE} "Davidson?  Hold off on that last part in your report, though.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "The whole Satan part?"<br>
{DanteE} "Having the generals panic would be a bad thing."<br>
{DanteE} "About the Big Deadline coming."<br>
* Conrad reach Davidson<br>
* Conrad cut open a finger<br>
{DanteE} (uhoh)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson backs up against a wall.<br>
{Brian} "..."<br>
{Brian} (Realm Ghost of a JRPG speech bubble for Brian)<br>
* Conrad forcibly aspect put some drops of blood into Davidson mouth<br>
{Theresa} (We can't get into a habit of Anchoring our liasons!)<br>
{Conrad} "shhh, is a test"<br>
{Kite} "..."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson enters the "I will not move, and maybe the predator can't see me" pose.<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Okay, Ftiskrad, do you love or hate Davidson?)<br>
{DanteE} to Kite: "Yeah.  We should talk about getting an Aide..."<br>
{Conrad} (so RN... I don’t love him , don't hate him, Nobles can anchor only with these 2 feelings bur schards no... so?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (That is correct.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Anchoring does not, here, take place.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (So, for these purpose, you count as a Noble, and not as a Shard.)<br>
{Conrad} (ok, was what I want to know ^^)<br>
{Conrad} "So ... thank you Davidson"<br>
{Kite} "Yes. An Aide would be good. Also, I'd like a book with blank pages, if possible."<br>
{Conrad} (you can create a book factory!)<br>
{Kite} (I could!)<br>
{DanteE} "Davidson, you all right?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson switches to the "Crap, do I need to get tested for Magic Space Hepatitis now" pose.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "Uh..."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "I think I need to go and make my report now.  Sir."<br>
{Conrad} (I like the Davidson pose)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam goes up the stairs, and comes back with a notebook.<br>
{DanteE} "Good idea.  Oh... you would do us a favor if you, ah, elided over Conrad's actions."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "I think I need to go now."<br>
{Random_Nerd} He turns and starts to slowly walk away.<br>
{Brian} JRPG message box ghost: "good job, scared the attaché"<br>
* Kite sighs.<br>
{DanteE} "Don't lose that medal, it's Important."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "Okay, sir."<br>
{Theresa} "Okay, boss.  I'll go see what's happening with everyone else and get the acorn planted."  *bow and then shuffle out*<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "So, about that Aide.  I think we might be able to fast-track this."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Because of, ah, our great respect for all of you."<br>
{DanteE} "Should get someone experienced, I think."<br>
{DanteE} "In fact, it's a shame Luc is busy..."<br>
{Theresa} (William has a Gift for snark, huh?)<br>
* Conrad search for the imp<br>
{Kite} "Sounds good, William. Where shall we begin?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Let's see.  Okay, first, do you have any special preferences?  Unusual skills, species, hair color, anything like that?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} The imp is relatively easily located, because it's muttering to itself.<br>
{DanteE} (heat resistant)<br>
{Random_Nerd} It's in an office-type room on the second floor.  All furniture has been removed, and the walls, ceiling, and floor covered in plastic sheets.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Bits of clay are splattered everywhere.<br>
* Conrad "Great work Imp. I like the snail statue"<br>
{Kite} "It would be particularly helpful if we had someone familiar with treating and preventing Dementia Animus on staff."<br>
{Random_Nerd} At the center of the room is a statue of Kite, if Kite were covered in spikes and hooks, and had an extra pair of wings.<br>
{Kite} "And relatively Ftis...er /Conrad/-proof."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Hmm."<br>
{Brian} "no one is conradproof"<br>
* Theresa shuffles to everyone else.  "Hey all.  What's up?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "The only Aide I can think of who qualifies there is out on assignment."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Some of you have met him, actually.  Works for Ja Phon."<br>
{DanteE} "Well, Conrad tried to Anchor Davidson...<br>
{Brian} "Kite's getting an Aide.  He requested one who can be shape shifted..."<br>
{Kite} "I'd also like someone who doesn't clash with my collection..."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Which collection?"<br>
{Kite} "Oh, and the Grotto is fairly warm, so someone who doesn't mind heat."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William takes notes on a small pad of paper.<br>
{DanteE} "and now we're talking about getting Kite and Conrad an Aide."<br>
{Theresa} "The Aide who worked for Ja Phon was very nice.  A bit frazzled, but that's understandable."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "They wouldn't let me leave a sacrifice."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "Not even a really little one."<br>
{Kite} "Odds and ends. I'm keeping the latest additions in one of the office cupboards for now. Would you like to see?"<br>
{Conrad} "oh what a shame, what kind of sacrifice?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "Whatever's closest to hand?  I think I saw a squirrel out the window..."<br>
{Conrad} "bah, why not a rabid dog? Is usefull to society and bigger"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "But the big red-headed one said no."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "A sick animal?  That would be a gesture of great disrespect!"<br>
{DanteE} "Imp, we don't do sacrifices here."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "I'd like to see..."<br>
{Conrad} (uhm... miss traslation from my side here!)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (What part?)<br>
{Conrad} (a dog without home that live from what found)<br>
{DanteE} (stray)<br>
{Conrad} (and attack men)<br>
{Kite} (I think a rabid dog sacrifice would be hilarious)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Ah.  A rabid dog is not just feral, but also sick.)<br>
{DanteE} (yeah, that's rabid)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (I believe the phrase you're looking for is "stray dog.")<br>
{Conrad} (ah, no, not the sick version, yep Rn you are right a stray dog is the correct one)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "Shall I get you a stray dog?"<br>
{Conrad} "shall _I_ get you one for the sacrifice?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "That'd be cheating."<br>
{Conrad} "is a worthwhile cause.." wink<br>
{DanteE} "Again, _we don't do sacrifices here._<br>
{Conrad} (Dante, when you entered the room with me and Imp?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Well, he's on the same floor, and he has enough Aspect to hear the conversation.)<br>
{Conrad} (ok!)<br>
{DanteE} (oops, I thought you were in the room with me, Kite & William)<br>
{Brian} (that's me!)<br>
* Conrad sight to Dante general direction<br>
{Conrad} "see love him is such a burden"<br>
{Kite} "..."<br>
{Kite} "Whoever it is REALLY needs to be Conrad-proof."<br>
{Conrad} "Well, I leave imp, bye"<br>
{DanteE} (L-word, Conrad!)<br>
{Kite} (Especially in front of the Imp! D: )<br>
{Conrad} (yes I know!!!)<br>
{DanteE} to Kite: "He's going to wind up mounted on Entropy's wall."<br>
{Conrad} (is imp a lord e. angent?)<br>
* Theresa sits into a chair and just kind of melds there.<br>
{Conrad} (elemental?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} ("Hmm.  Interesting.")<br>
{Conrad} (rule 0 rule 0. la la la!)<br>
{Theresa} (You know what, yeah, elemental.  Limp Theresa-vines.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (It's not like you got sold the Imp by a noble of mysterious and vaguely sinister motives or anything...)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Certainly not one that worships Entropy.)<br>
{Kite} "I hope Vulcan considers some changes in the design, should he need a replacement."<br>
{Conrad} (yep, more snail, less crazy)<br>
{DanteE} to Theresa: "Want a Miracle-Gro Margarita?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Okay, let's see.  Fireproof.  Noble-proof.  Shiny.  Good at dealing with Dementia Animus."<br>
{Theresa} "Maybe a bucket.  Easy on the nitrophosphorus.  Don't want to burn."<br>
{Kite} "Yes."<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "What about attitude?  Rebellious, professional, friendly, worshipful?"<br>
* Conrad retun to the other Nobles meeting<br>
{DanteE} (Where's Sam?)<br>
{Conrad} "I like rebellious! I like to whip them in place..."<br>
{Kite} "Does worshipful mean 'always underfoot'?"<br>
{Conrad} "but who'll be rebellious?"<br>
{Kite} "..."<br>
{Kite} "Not rebellious."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam's out in the hall, with William and Kite.<br>
{Theresa} "We're talking about what kind of Aides you and Kite would like, Conrad."<br>
{DanteE} "Oh, reminds me.  How's the bartender?"<br>
{Conrad} "ok ,rebellious than"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "He's been able to have short conversations with his family, and seem sane during them."<br>
{Conrad} (lol @kite)<br>
{Kite} (:P)<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "So, making progress."<br>
{DanteE} "Sam, grab a bucket of loam and a stiff fertilizer for Theresa, would you?"<br>
* Conrad point to Sam "resourceful these aides"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "We've told them that he is experiencing an illness of an unusual nature, but that he's being treated and is expected to make a full recovery."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam goes downstairs.<br>
* Theresa feels guilty now.<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Will you wish to audition applicants yourself, or should we pick someone we think will fit your needs?"<br>
* DanteE examines the silver he got hit with...<br>
{Random_Nerd} What in particular about it are you looking for?<br>
{Kite} "Maybe pick a top two and they can have a dance-off?"<br>
{DanteE} (the part that says "PLOT POINT -}" :) )<br>
{Random_Nerd} William scribbles.<br>
{Conrad} (See T. you like someone that worship you. That bring fertilizer to you...)<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Is that figurative, or literal, sir?"<br>
{Brian} "Never can tell with those two"<br>
{DanteE} "Hey Brian... have a look at this.<br>
* Kite thinks about it.<br>
{Brian} "Hm?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} The silver appears to be pure, at least jewelry-grade.  It doesn't show even very faint signs of oxidation, even to Dante's Aspect-sight.<br>
{Kite} "I'll decide when the time comes."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Other than that, it doesn't seem particularly noteworthy.<br>
{DanteE} "The Warmain shard that Ftisk tempered tagged Kite and me with what looks like silver."<br>
{Brian} "What do you want me to look at?"<br>
{Theresa} (Theresa feels guilty.  She is in pain and people are having to take care of her.  She doesn't want to be a bother.)<br>
{Theresa} (If it's not oxidizing, it could be Preserved.)<br>
{DanteE} (you got hurt pounding on an enemy of creation.  We'll cut you some slack. :) )<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam returns with a bucket and a bottle.<br>
{Conrad} (rigth T on the preserver, ditto Dante on the T guilty situation)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Loam!  Fertilizer!"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Do I mix them, or what?"<br>
{DanteE} "Just set 'em down, Sam."<br>
{Theresa} "Could you please mix them, Sam, and I'll take care of the rest."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Brian, Dante's holding about half a pound of silver.<br>
{DanteE} (would a Witchhunt rite tell us anything about the silver that we don't already know?)<br>
{Brian} (the query is not what object he wants me to look at, but rather what property he wants me to look at)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (No.  It was created with a miracle that was recent enough and powerful enough that you can tell just by looking at it with the Sight.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (And you already know who made it, and with what kind of miracle, and for what purpose.)<br>
{DanteE} "Well, a miracle of Silver sounds a bit familiar...<br>
{DanteE} "Sam, we got tagged with Silver.  What can you tell us about that?<br>
{Kite} (*has a miracle of feathers*)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Oh, and Ftiskonrad, you feel an itching sensation of unrightness.  The idea of the Imp making a sacrifice to you just feels icky and unpleasant for some reason.<br>
{Kite} (No wait...that's aspect...nevermind.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Uh... silver.  There's a Noble of Silver.  Never met him.  Did he do it?"<br>
* Conrad hash a bit this thought<br>
{DanteE} "Doubt it.  But I seem to recall there's a connection between your Big Boss and Silver."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "I think so."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Not the current one, though."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Well, we have a reason to go to HQ anyway, we could go to the Hall of Statutes, and you could see what he looked like."<br>
{DanteE} "How much of what we do are you sharing with the rest of the Aides?"<br>
{DanteE} "... any chance he was a Dragon sometimes?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Hmm.  I don't know."<br>
* Conrad aspect run to imp<br>
{Brian} "Dante, what part of the silver did you want me to look at?  Count the protons?  Mass?  What?"<br>
{Theresa} "The Hall sounds interesting."  *hauls bucket over to a pool of sunshine, steps into it and goes elemental*<br>
{DanteE} "Just conversation, I guess."<br>
{Conrad} "Imp. Don't do sacrifices in my name!"<br>
{Random_Nerd} (If you do, you can tell that it's pure 105 AG, which is normally a radioisotope of silver, but this sample seems to be stable.)<br>
{Kite} (Poor Imp... :P )<br>
{DanteE} "Sam, any record of a Noble doing a Tempering?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "Awwww!"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Imp: "What about the bird?"<br>
{Brian} (...) JRPG bubble ghost: "! ! !!!!!!!!!"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Uh..."<br>
{Conrad} "Yes the bird yes. But not me... my warmain pieces rebel against it"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam touches his headsphere.<br>
{Brian} "that ... hm.  That isotope of silver is ... well, it should be radioactive, but it's not."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Not in our records.  In fact, 'Can a Noble successfully Temper himself' is in the Unanswered Questions list."<br>
{Conrad} (I say YES!)<br>
{DanteE} "Hm.   We may have answered it for you."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Yeah."<br>
{Kite} "It seems to have been a success."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Let's see... there was at least some anecdotal evidence that it didn't work."<br>
{Theresa} (They may need to be a bit more clear on what a success means, though.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "But that's hard to come by.  Nobles don't usually tell everyone when they fail at something."<br>
{Brian} "well, I suppose that any miraculously created silver could be made silver or radioactive, though I would've expected that making a radioactive isotope nonradioactive would be a more powerful miracle ..." (I'm remembering that Change } Creation, correct?)<br>
{Theresa} "Don’t work that way?"<br>
{DanteE} "radioactive?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} (A Preservation could do it.)<br>
{Brian} (that's Brian thinking out loud, possibly missing the obvious ;))<br>
{Brian} (also, me missing the obvious)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Well, that wasn't necessarily obvious.)<br>
{Conrad} (right, was not obvious)<br>
{Brian} "Preservation of Electrons or Neutrons or whatever might stabilize it, though..." (does that look like what happened?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (And, in fact, this silver /did/ have a Lesser Change subsumed into the miracle.  But it didn't /have/ to.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (That's how it looks, yeah.)<br>
{Brian} (... yes, I know this is likely something completely irrelevant, but hey, Brian likes it)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (The silver looks, to a Realm div, like normal 105 Ag silver, but that's kept from decaying by a miracle.)<br>
{Brian} "Hm.  So it's been Preserved stable, not Changed to be stable"<br>
{DanteE} "Sam?  How would a Warmain Shard get the ability to do Miracles of Silver?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} (On a side note, Brian could do this, with a Preservation of Numbers.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Hmm.  We don't really know why they can do the things they can do.  They don't have Estates, or at least hardly ever."<br>
{Brian} (*nods* good to remember.  If ever we're facing a nuke... :D)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "That's actually an unanswered question, 'Why can Excrucians do miracles based on Estates of Creation.'"<br>
{Conrad} (naaah, a nuke is covered by only fire rite)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Well, being hurt by one is.)<br>
{DanteE} (doesn't cover the rest of the country, tho!)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (But Brian might still want to not have the city that he's in blow up.)<br>
{Conrad} (the rest of the country is a _detail_)<br>
{Kite} "Is there a ranking of 'Strangest Gifts' on file?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Not... formally.  We try to keep our 'Cool Stuff' files out of the Oracle.  But I bet a lot of the Aides have personal files on that kind of thing."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "I could ask around."<br>
{DanteE} (Where's Conrad now?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "It'd be a lot weirder than just making some silver, though."<br>
{Kite} "It would be fun to hear some stories, sometime."<br>
{Conrad} (in between imp room and here?)<br>
{Brian} "Perhaps it's akin to our Realm miracles?"<br>
{Theresa} (I bet their Cool Stuff file is a lot like Tv Tropes.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "I heard once of a Strategist who could turn anything into butterflies.  Rocks, light, emotions, moral principles.  Anything."<br>
{Brian} ("Now you've done it...")<br>
{DanteE} "Did he get that from the Power of Butterflies?"<br>
{Kite} "That sounds pretty...if damaging."<br>
{Brian} "I'm going to turn the concept of green into a butterfly?"<br>
{DanteE} "We've dealt with 'faked' miracles before... the one in Aniseed swiped power from Freezing."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "There isn't a Power of Butterflies.  Or if there is, I've never heard of him."<br>
{DanteE} "Though, if Shards could perform Realm miracles in Creation we'd be in a lot more trouble."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "A few can.  If they stole a Focus, at least."<br>
{DanteE} "Hey, Conrad?"<br>
{Conrad} "yes?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Okay, Kite, I've informed the Aides of your requirements, and they're going through the applicant pool now."<br>
{DanteE} "Do you have any idea where 'you' got this attack from?"<br>
* Conrad return to the room with the others<br>
{Kite} "Excellent."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Ftiskonrad, the silver thing just seems to make sense to you.  It seems obvious, somehow.<br>
* Kite anticipates shininess.<br>
{Conrad} "uhm.... nope, sorry"<br>
{Conrad} "is how it must be "<br>
{Brian} "Oh, that body made it?  Can I see?"<br>
{DanteE} "What do you mean?"<br>
* Conrad try to spit silver in a corner a few times<br>
{Random_Nerd} (If you've devoted character points to the Gift, you can do it.  If not, you can't.)<br>
{Conrad} (no, no cp spend on the gift .. but Conrad don't know this :-) )<br>
{Random_Nerd} (But if not, it feels really weird for it to not work.  Like if you reached over to scratch your nose, and realized that your arm was missing.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Oh, one other thing.  When you do it, it feels like you're trying to transmute your thoughts into silver, and then throw them at the corner.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (But they won't change properly.)<br>
{Conrad} "Its... like me and you... is really weird that we have had not sex 'till now, is something we can have had for granted but... then no sex.. ehm.. no silver"<br>
{DanteE} "How old are you, Conrad?"<br>
{Conrad} (RN? Conrad was xx old?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (You don't know.)<br>
{Conrad} "don't know and 3"<br>
{Random_Nerd} (You don't really have any of his memories, but you do have a few of his habits, if the distinction makes sense.)<br>
{Conrad} (yep make sense)<br>
{DanteE} "Then again, that might not help...<br>
{DanteE} "When we were parlaying they seemed to indicate they could recreate the guys we killed."<br>
{Theresa} "Or at least they could come back.  Makes sense.  We could die but our Estates go on."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "That, we know they can do.  At least, sometimes."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "And before you ask, we don't know how that works, either."<br>
{DanteE} "Same 'person', or different person doing similar things?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Dunno.  Answers to the same name, sometimes.  Looks the same, often.  Does similar things, nearly always."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "But 'same person'... that's philosophy stuff.  Above my pay grade."<br>
{Theresa} (*pats Sam on the head.  Gives him an Aide treat*)<br>
{DanteE} "Hm... <br>
{DanteE} "If they could make Shards at will, why haven't we been zerg-rushed?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Theresa, what's a small object that you might have misplaced some time in the last month.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Hmm.  Getting them in is difficult, I know.  That's most of what the Imperators do these days, keep the borders."<br>
{Theresa} (A small pair of scissors.  Let me guess...)<br>
{Brian} (I find my energy winding down ... anyone else?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "There's a school of thought that there's an uncountably infinite number of Them, but only finite numbers can get in, and small finite numbers at that."<br>
{Conrad} (you as laz? me too you as Brian then is a nettle rite)<br>
{Brian} (as laz)<br>
{Brian} (player-energy)<br>
{DanteE} "Maybe I'm just trying too hard to make sense out of things.<br>
{DanteE} "It's just that last time we heard about Silver it was connection with Luc."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Theresa, the pair of scissors that you misplaced appears on the floor, with a note tied to them.<br>
* Theresa snakes a vine down to pick up the scissors.  Reads the note.<br>
{Random_Nerd} It says, in latin, "I just wanted to tell you, Walter's a bit upset.  He says he feels like there's something he needs to be doing, but he can't remember what it is.  Do you know what it might be?  -Ophaniel."<br>
{Conrad} (Walter is the chase right?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (The sheepdog.)<br>
{Kite} (Walter is the dog given to Ophaniel as a gift.)<br>
{Conrad} (ok, tnk)<br>
{Theresa} "Huh.  A note from the Lady of the Moon.  Seems Walter the sheepdog is feeling like he's forgotten to do something."<br>
{Theresa} (Uh...I have a thought that might be relevant.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Hmm?)<br>
{DanteE} "He's got sheep to herd...<br>
{Theresa} (Well, Kudzu asked "Do you feel any sudden urge to betray your loyalties, engage in a life of hedonistic pleasure while ignoring your duties, that kind of thing"  Would this fit?)<br>
{Kite} "Isn't she the embodiment of Forgotten Things?"<br>
{DanteE} "Lost things"<br>
{Kite} (Ah. Retro rewrite.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Well, Walter isn't living a life of hedonistic pleasure.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Heh.  Be funny if he was.  A sheepdog lounging by the side of a pool, drinking martinis with she-sheepdogs in bikinis?)<br>
{DanteE} (it's the opposite of that... he's trying to remember his duty.)<br>
{Kite} "Oh, well I guess that's different."<br>
{DanteE} "William, where'd you get the dog?"<br>
{Random_Nerd} William stretches for a moment, and removes his finger from the ear-sphere.<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Sorry, what was that?"<br>
{DanteE} "The dog we gave to Ophaniel, where'd you get him?"<br>
{Kite} (After checking the Who's Who....we've got a lot of Walters. :P )<br>
{Random_Nerd} William: "Ah.  Champion sheep herder, three years running.  Farm on the outskirts of Kaerkoven.  Owners traded him for a commendation from Parliament and us having a zoning dispute settled in their favor."<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Oh?  How many?)<br>
{Kite} (Three plus two Walts.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Heh.  Odd.  I guess my brain uses that name a bit too often when I have to randomly think of a name.)<br>
* DanteE does a quick RDiv of the Sheep herder and the farm<br>
{Brian} (:D  I'm intending to print out the Deck O' Names at some point if I ever run a game again...)<br>
{Random_Nerd} The farm's doing well.  They've managed to spin the commendation into increased business selling wool to tailors who cater to those with social ambitions.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Both of Walter's former owners are in good health, as well.<br>
{DanteE} How about the shepherd himself?<br>
{DanteE} ... the sheep?<br>
{Random_Nerd} For sheep, they're doing pretty well.<br>
{Random_Nerd} One of them has indigestion from overeating.<br>
{DanteE} "Walter's old farm, owner, and sheep are fine...<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Yeah, we should stop soon.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (My brain is melty, too.)<br>
{DanteE} "aside from the one who overate."<br>
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Weird."<br>
{DanteE} (I should get Div of Wild Goose Chase, Auto when appropriate)<br>
{DanteE} (... or Div of Relevance...)<br>
{Brian} (:D)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Okay, I'll throw you a bone.  You are not missing anything that you have enough information to guess at at this time.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (This is more something that's going on in the setting, but isn't directly relevant to you right now.)<br>
{DanteE} (Elvis is coming back?!? :D )<br>
{Brian} (I'm totally missing what we're trying to guess at.  I _think_ we're interested in figuring out the metaphysics of excrucians?)<br>
{Conrad} (was elvis one of the 2 shards names?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (No.)<br>
{Conrad} (Roncheford and ... ?Elvis?)<br>
{DanteE} (Is Walter's thing related to the Shards we just fought?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Elias.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (...technically, it might be very tentatively linked.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (But for practical purposes, no.)<br>
{Conrad} (doh! Elias not Elvis :-( my poor brain is cross wiring )<br>
{DanteE} (Is Walter concerned because he should be protecting us, and we got hurt?)<br>
{Random_Nerd} (Nope.  He doesn't even know about that, and he feels more responsible for the lunar sheep than he does for you.)<br>
{Random_Nerd} _____________STOP__________<br>
=-= Brian is now known as lazarus<br>
* lazarus melts.<br>
{lazarus} been a bit of a long day<br>
=-= YOU are now known as Angelo<br>
* Angelo melts tooooooooooooooooooo<br>
{DanteE} The answer is going to be ridiculously obvious in a few sessions, I think<br>
=-= Kite is now known as Verithe<br>
=-= DanteE is now known as Knockwood<br>
{lazarus} it tends to be<br>
=-= YOU are now known as liquidAngelo<br>
{Random_Nerd} This is more me laying groundwork for something.<br>
=-= Theresa is now known as BethE<br>
{BethE} You like to lay groundwork.<br>
=-= YOU are now known as AngelInAGlass<br>
{Knockwood} Could I actually get Div of Wild Goose Chase?<br>
{lazarus} groundwork is necessary :D<br>
{lazarus} I like groundwork<br>
{lazarus} groundwork and Plot.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} *water sound* yes, hel ike, but we love to reap his ground work's fruits<br>
{Random_Nerd} Hmm.  I'm going to go with no.<br>
{Knockwood} groundwork is what you build a solid foundation of WTF? on<br>
{Random_Nerd} Well, yes.<br>
{Random_Nerd} If you build your WTF on the dirt, it'll fall down.<br>
{Random_Nerd} And then you'll just have a W and a TF lying on the ground.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Much less impressive.<br>
{lazarus} TF on its own is sometimes good enough, though.<br>
{lazarus} like the famous leaning tf<br>
{Knockwood} should see me at TF2, I suck<br>
{AngelInAGlass} tf2?<br>
{lazarus} team fortress 2<br>
{Knockwood} multiplayer shooter with a cartoony-yet-bloody look<br>
{Random_Nerd} Heh.  Good game.<br>
{Random_Nerd} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Fortress_2<br>
{AngelInAGlass} oh, I don't know the game...<br>
{Knockwood} Hm...<br>
{Knockwood} maybe we should build a Command Center so we can keep track of what's happening in (and to) the world.<br>
{lazarus} that sounds like a plan.  It can sort of be tied into the same concept Brian had for the collider.<br>
{Knockwood} Oh!<br>
{lazarus} oh?<br>
{Knockwood} It can have an AI, to catch whatever we miss!<br>
{lazarus} do we have the points for that?<br>
{AngelInAGlass} V, I like Kite, each session more.<br>
{Verithe} Yes?<br>
{AngelInAGlass} yep<br>
{Knockwood} we have char points coming out our ears...<br>
{Knockwood} *character<br>
{Knockwood} It can be Tpyo's character<br>
{Verithe} I'm glad he's enjoyable. :)<br>
{lazarus} I think I was planning on raising Brian's HS stat, or possibly one of the others.  I'm also considering getting a new Gift, though I'm not sure what.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} He start a bit in the low profile but is nice how you play it.<br>
{Knockwood} How many loose char points does everyone have?<br>
{BethE} Well, all, I need to get to bed.  My brain decided to walk off and pout at me a while ago.<br>
{lazarus} not exactly sure - I had a tally somewhere, I think?<br>
{BethE} Good game!  *HUG*<br>
{lazarus} nigh Beth.<br>
{Knockwood} on the Wiki?<br>
{AngelInAGlass} Vulcan’s count?<br>
{Knockwood} g'night Beth<br>
{AngelInAGlass} bye {Beth<br>
{lazarus} um.  I think?<br>
{Verithe} Bye, Beth!<br>
{lazarus} or Google’s thing?  or Google docs?<br>
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{lazarus} somewhere.<br>
{lazarus} I think I'm going to sign out now, though, and think about things.<br>
{Random_Nerd} Anyway, g'night, guys.  Good session.<br>
{lazarus} during the week I mean.<br>
{lazarus} g'night.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} night RN<br>
{Verithe} I currently have all of my CP used up.<br>
{Verithe} 'Night RN<br>
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{Knockwood} ... Theresa has 14?!?<br>
{Knockwood} g'night RN<br>
{AngelInAGlass} 14?  Is crazy!<br>
{AngelInAGlass} is half a new noble!<br>
{Knockwood} going by the char stats on the wiki<br>
{Verithe} The quick chart is roughly the same, though decorated with question marks.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} eh, I was not sure when write the number then<br>
{Knockwood} where is that?<br>
{Verithe} https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtC3luGT-QW2cE5ZN3JyOS1EVjEzeHgzUlFVOWZJTEE&hl=it<br>
{AngelInAGlass} &hl=it is only for the language....<br>
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{AngelInAGlass} btw Laz , is 0 correct as your current free cp total?<br>
{Verithe} Laz left.<br>
{Verithe} 0 is my correct total, though.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} oh. too watery to notice (brick!)<br>
{Knockwood} let's see, I've got 40 points total...<br>
{Verithe} You'll break the glass! D:<br>
{AngelInAGlass} lol<br>
{Knockwood} Theresa is 35+Noble-spotter gift<br>
{Knockwood} Ah.   She's got 14 total points, not including bumping up 3 stats.  <br>
{Knockwood} OK, so Theresa & Laz & I are 40-point characters<br>
{AngelInAGlass} 10 more and you double you starting 25 <br>
{Knockwood} Don't know the cost of her spotter gift, but she has 5-X points free, not 14<br>
{Knockwood} Huh.  Ftisk, I think you've caught up to us.  You've got 41.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} ohhhhh!<br>
{AngelInAGlass}  :-/ I feel bad<br>
{Knockwood} Kite has 35<br>
{AngelInAGlass} to not have noticed by myself<br>
{Verithe} I should in maybe four stories?<br>
{Knockwood} Oh, Ftisk, I've got 8 CP free<br>
{Verithe} Or five.<br>
{Verithe} Five makes more sense.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} and these are counted?<br>
{Verithe} What do you mean?<br>
{AngelInAGlass} nevermind<br>
{AngelInAGlass} corrected the spreadsheet.<br>
{Knockwood} whoops, wait, that puts me at 48...<br>
{AngelInAGlass} too much water n my brain<br>
{AngelInAGlass} so 7 to catch for me and kite<br>
{Knockwood} which means the original 14 points for Theresa may be right<br>
{AngelInAGlass} erh so 7 for me, 12 for kite<br>
{Knockwood} hm.  Well, I think we had ... 4 double point chapters... which means 48.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} giggle, too simple to have next 4 as double point<br>
{Verithe} Ow! Ow! Numb foot! Numb foot! Why does numb hurt so much?<br>
{Knockwood} well, Theresa and I have been in from the beginning...<br>
{AngelInAGlass} yep, and you never skip a session<br>
{Knockwood} Verithe: that's feeling coming back and warning you you shouldn't have had it numb in the first place. :)<br>
{AngelInAGlass} how old is this game... 4-5 years?<br>
{Verithe} I would gladly choose for my foot to never be numb. We just don't have any chairs.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} eh? no chairs ?____?<br>
{AngelInAGlass}  O___O<br>
{Knockwood} hm... 5 years next month<br>
{AngelInAGlass} wee need a ghost birth day cake next week then!<br>
{Verithe} Japan. We sit on the floor a lot. Most people have a chair or two, especially in the new houses. Not us.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} oh, true, Japan... but, isn't the floor cold?<br>
{Verithe} We have space heaters and heated tables. Also, tatami floors and floor cushions.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} tatami?<br>
{Knockwood} maybe you need lumbar support<br>
{Verithe} thatched reed mats<br>
{AngelInAGlass} heated tables is a smart idea!<br>
{AngelInAGlass} oh tatami = parquet<br>
{Verithe} We do get chair-like cushions with strong backs. Just no legs.<br>
{Knockwood} well, less furniture means it's less messy after a giant robot piloted by a 14 year old with issues barges through the place<br>
{Verithe} The heated tables are awesome in the winter. :)<br>
{Verithe} Yeah.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} ditto<br>
{Verithe} Haven't figured out which 14 year old it is, yet.<br>
{AngelInAGlass} è___é kill him!<br>
{Knockwood} well, see you guys next week<br>
{Verithe} Take care, KW!<br>
{AngelInAGlass} night Knock<br>
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{AngelInAGlass} well -I go too. take care Verithe!<br>
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