Editing Session 183

[[Chancel_Amyra]]<br>
[[Amyra:Chapter_23|Chapter 23]]<br><br>
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[Angelo] HI Picciotti!<br>
[BethE] Hi Angelo!  *HUG*<br>
[Angelo] Hey were Verithe and Knock are?<br>
[BethE] Dunno.  Oo, I'm going to go get my homemade pudding...<br>
[Lazarus] Trying to decide what to put on tv: Blade Runner, Tron, BSG, or something else<br>
[Lazarus] Ooo, pudding!<br>
[Lazarus] Beth: did I tell you Sara and I made homemade relish the other day?<br>
[Angelo] @Beth: uhmmm good!<br>
[BethE] Homemade dark chocolate pudding.<br>
[BethE] I saw the thread about the weird looking relish, Laz.  :)<br>
[Angelo] relish?<br>
[Lazarus] It's not weird looking!  It's, rather, weird that you get relish from cucumber puree<br>
[Lazarus] Step 1 for chunky thing: turn into liquid??<br>
[Lazarus] But, it works!  somehow...<br>
[BethE] I've made zuccinni bread and cake and that takes finely grating the zuc.<br>
[Lazarus] Going to switch to laptop<br>
[Lazarus] (and BSG won, btw.  Season 1, "33")<br>
[Angelo] BSG= battle star galactica?<br>
[Lazarus] Yep!<br>
[Angelo] is in my to watch list<br>
[Angelo] after lost and Star treck TOS<br>
[Lazarus] So it should be, especially if it's not on your "watched" list:p<br>
[Angelo] lol Laz, is the watched list even<br>
[BethE] I think that the panel with the cat is what the Noble of GMs looks like.  http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/279/d/f/sverigedemokraterna_by_humon-d306ns0.jpg<br>
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[lazarus2] sigh.<br>
[Angelo] no one is a op...  O.o<br>
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[lazarus2] I tried clicking the link Beth sent, and it exited the IRC app.  Hence why I wanted to switch to laptop :p  No multitasking = bad if exit ...<br>
[BethE] Ah.  I'm sorry, Laz.  :(<br>
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[Angelo] well the panel is nice<br>
[Lazarus] once the iPad gets multitasking (OS 4.2 for iPad is in beta, to be released in November, which HAS multitasking, grr!), then things like IRC will be much more usable.<br>
[BethE] We do not have a cat for Eric to pet when he is GMing.  He sticks with just steepling his hands and saying "Interesting..."<br>
[Angelo] well there is room to enhancement then :-P<br>
[Lazarus] I have a cat to pet.  Though he doesn't stick around when I'm GMing.<br>
[Lazarus] (ftr: BSG looks fantastic in 1080p, even just on an upconverted DVD)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Oh, and this game will end sooner than it usually does, since I am a vaguely animate collection of muttering and zombification tonight.<br>
[Lazarus] so ... if it doesn't get started soon, it won't happen, is what you're saying?<br>
[Angelo] oh, when you, American folk change time?<br>
[Random_Nerd] No.  Just... law.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Law.  Laaaaaaaw.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Brains?<br>
[BethE] Yeah, but if Knock and V don't show up soon, we'd be down two and thus be out of game anyhow.<br>
[BethE] We change after Halloween, Angelo.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Well, we'll start soon even if sans Knock, I figure.<br>
[Lazarus] they keep changing when we change :p<br>
[Random_Nerd] Oh, which of these is the best sounding legal precedent? The Excelsior Underwear Rule, the Alleluia Cushion Rule, or the A1 King Sized Sandwich Rule?<br>
[Random_Nerd] All of those are real, by the way.<br>
[BethE] I like the sandwich.<br>
[Angelo] I like the 2nd one have a religious aura on it!<br>
[Lazarus] anything with Underwear has to be good<br>
[BethE] Eric has some good stories from his law school reading.  It makes up, some, for sucking his brain dry.<br>
[Angelo] browser restart. se ya in few secs.<br>
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[Angelo] Here I'm!<br>
[BethE] Welcome back!<br>
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[Random_Nerd] So, we're short Verithe and Knock.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Normally I'd cancel at this point, but we missed last week, so I'll wait a little longer to see if at least one shows up.<br>
[Angelo] I say skip this session!<br>
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[Angelo] doh!<br>
[Knockwood] Hi guys, sorry I'm late<br>
[Lazarus] hey kwd<br>
[Knockwood] hm?<br>
[Lazarus] we were just about to call the session :p<br>
[Angelo] Hi Knock! I just suggested to skip this one...<br>
[Knockwood] oh, V is missing...<br>
[Angelo] and 'till 2 sec ago you too<br>
[Random_Nerd] Okay.  Everyone ready to get going?<br>
[BethE] Hi Knock!<br>
=-= BethE is now known as Theresa<br>
[Lazarus] I actually wouldn't mind skipping this session anyway - this week's been (oddly) a bit killer for me (I say oddly 'cause you wouldn't expect it from the week I had, objectively, it's just ... one of those weeks)<br>
=-= Lazarus is now known as Brian<br>
=-= YOU are now known as Ftisk<br>
[Theresa] Well, it'll be a shorter one, anyhow, due to law-brain-sucking.<br>
[Ftisk] (brb)<br>
[Random_Nerd] So, at the end of last session, you'd gotten permission from Kudzu to open portals to alien and inimical realms in the mysterious basement of the Library.<br>
=-= Knockwood is now known as DanteE<br>
[Brian] right!<br>
[Brian] we were going to screw up again!<br>
[DanteE] (Uh, I was thinking open the portal someplace far away while observing the library basement)<br>
[Brian] (I know.  Brian figured, though, that it would be a great place for a lab!)<br>
[Theresa] (Is that like nuking it from orbit?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Brian specifically asked Kudzu about putting in a Summonings lab there.<br>
[DanteE] (How far away is it from downtown Kaerkoven?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (It's on the outskirts of town, so, say, fifteen minutes' drive, traffic permitting?)<br>
[Brian] (but it's in the Grove)<br>
[Brian] (which had some protections on it of some flavour or other)<br>
[Ftisk] (b)<br>
[Theresa] (Mine!  You'll corrupt my Maple and...okay, the acorn may already be too far gone...)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Is it /in/ the Grove, or /near/ it?)<br>
[DanteE] (I was thinking near)<br>
[DanteE] (Otherwise the party would have bumped into it)<br>
[Brian] (I thought it was in the grove?)<br>
[Brian] (We've been in the library before, Kwd, and we bumped into it close to our first time in the grove, is my recollection of events)<br>
[Theresa] (I thoguht it was nearbyish.  But not too.)<br>
[DanteE] I meant our big Noble shindig<br>
[Random_Nerd] (I hereby declare by fiat that it is /near/, but not /in/, the Grove.)<br>
[Brian] (very well!)<br>
[DanteE] (OK)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (So, are you there?)<br>
[Ftisk] (yep!)<br>
[Brian] yep!<br>
[Theresa] (I'm good with that.)<br>
[DanteE] (Guess so)<br>
[DanteE] So, first step is to look over the basement...<br>
[Brian] (in other news, new tv = resetting lip synch delay on picture vs sound.  Otherwise it really irritates me.  Went down from 120 ms to 10...)<br>
[Ftisk] Let's Ftisk do this!<br>
[Random_Nerd] Visually, the Basement looks pretty much like the upper part, except a little darker.<br>
[Random_Nerd] There's a maze of twisting tunnels, all alike.<br>
[Random_Nerd] The walls are made of stone, terracotta, that sort of thing.<br>
[Ftisk] (and wind with odd sounds?)<br>
[DanteE] (I'll go pwn the grue)<br>
[Random_Nerd] And the occasional breeze from the surface blows through.<br>
[Random_Nerd] But unlike the Whispering Library above, the shape of the tunnels and the paths of the breezes does /not/ combine to make any meaningful sounds.<br>
[Random_Nerd] So, it seems rather a waste.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Yet, that's how it is.<br>
[Brian] (which makes it great for making a lab, yes?)<br>
[Theresa] (Well, that's good.  Just what we need, having someone whispering to us in someplace creepy...)<br>
[DanteE] "Let's see, what did Kudzu say when he created the place?"<br>
[Ftisk] "uhm, But if we expand the tunnels what will happen to Kudzu mind?"<br>
[DanteE] (and when exactly did the basement appear?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Around when Kudzu showed up again.)<br>
[DanteE] "That's what I wonder."<br>
[Brian] "Kudzu specifically said that he doesn't believe that the basement has any connection with his mind."<br>
[Theresa] "I'm not sure whether this is a direct change equals effect thing with his brain...I hope not."<br>
[Theresa] (The basement has probably always been there.)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (No it hasn't.)<br>
[Theresa] (Ah.  I am wrong then.  ^^ )<br>
[DanteE] "And yet it spontaneously expanded when Kudzu was 'remembering his dream', sort of...<br>
[Ftisk] "Nice an auto expanding lab!"<br>
[DanteE] "The same time there were known breaches... the attack on Jaris, the reappearance of Sakharoth."<br>
[Theresa] "If this is a representation of his memories, maybe he created the basement for that which he has lost."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Brian, you've found a large room that could make a decent lab, if you took the time to furnish it and so forth.<br>
[DanteE] "There is still something keeping people away... if we set up your lab nearby rather than here and watched this place when you do the actual connection we may get something."<br>
[Brian] "Well, the Boss said go ahead.  If it starts changing him, then, well, we'll stop.  Anyway, here's a great lab spot!"<br>
[Brian] "Roomy, spacious, all that jazz"<br>
[Ftisk] "Well, I trust Kudzu judgment (because he gave me DanteE) and you, his son not?"<br>
[DanteE] (Did we call Shadows yet?)<br>
[Theresa] "I think it's just our tendency to overthink things, Ftisk."<br>
[Ftisk] (yep we call Shadows last session asking him to came here)<br>
[Theresa] (Yes.  He said he'd be here in a 1/2 hour or so.)<br>
[Brian] (We did.  He said to set up the lab first.  I /think/ we said "come along and the lab will be set up when you get here.")<br>
[Ftisk] (ok, Ftisk can crate all the machinary needed ^_^ )<br>
[Brian] "So, do we get people to bring us the supplies ... ah, let me just make a call ..."<br>
[Brian] (Brian will phone up the Amyra Ikea and order a table, a desk, some chairs, all that kind of stuff)<br>
[DanteE] (Is he bringing the magic paper?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Theresa, your cellphone rings.  Why do you have cellphone reception underground in a possibly magical cavern thing?  Because you're a noble, dammit.<br>
[Theresa] (You're setting up your lab with Ikea?  You _want_ it to be evil from the start?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (...magic paper?)<br>
[Ftisk] (locak Ikea= Amykea?)<br>
* Theresa loves her cellphone.<br>
[Theresa] "Hello?"<br>
[DanteE] (The one used to communicate via Active Writing)<br>
[Brian] (setting up with Ikea because it's better to kill Ikea tables than nice ancient rosewood tables)<br>
[Ftisk] (is a survey?)<br>
[Brian] (though the latter are more thaumatologically active...)<br>
[Ftisk] (I mean the phone is someone asking for a survey?)<br>
[Theresa] (I thought any paper can be used for Active Writing.)<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "I just wanted to let you know that my fiancee will be moving into Amyra later today.  I believe you'd said you wanted to meet her?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Shadows doesn't know anything about Active Writing other than what you guys told him.)<br>
[Ftisk] (YEP!)<br>
[DanteE] (Yeah, but we left the paper we managed to communicate through with him)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Yeah, but you could just make another one.)<br>
* Theresa smiles.  "Oh!  How nice!  Yes, I would like to meet her, William.  What would be a good time for the two of you?  We're going to be opening portals to Outside once Shadows gets here in...about a half hour or so."<br>
[Theresa] (At this point, William thinks about asking his girl not to come for another couple of days...)<br>
[DanteE] "Odd timing on her part..."<br>
[Ftisk] (here is _always_ an odd timing)<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Just to be clear, you're doing that a long way away from central Kaerkoven, right?"<br>
[Brian] (from /central/ Kaerkoven?  Yep!)<br>
[Brian] (just so long as we don't have to /define/ "a long way")<br>
[Theresa] "You know where the Whispering Library is, correct?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Near the Grove?"<br>
[Theresa] "Indeed.  We're in the basement."<br>
[DanteE] (You –REDACTED-, got a contingency plan in case things go to hell?)<br>
[Theresa] (Yes.  Aspect 3.)<br>
[Brian] (contingency plan?)<br>
[Brian] (that's just not fun!)<br>
[Ftisk] (who need contingency plans!?!?!?!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] William pauses for a moment.<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Okay, fair enough.  See you in a couple hours?"<br>
[Brian] (... I hadn't thought of it, really.  So much different stuff can go wrong, it seems unnecessary to plan for it)<br>
[Theresa] (William took the Aides class on 'Count to ten before freaking out at what a Noble said', didn't he?)<br>
[Ftisk] (Ftisk _never_ will think of a c. plan!)<br>
[DanteE] (Brian, you may have just come up with a PC's Commandment there. :) )<br>
[Theresa] "Thank you, William.  Feel free to let me know where you would like to meet, whether public or private.  And feel free to stop by the Conservatory for flowers for when you greet her.  Oh and you might want to notify Lesson on the possibility of problems if something goes wrong with the portals."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "I'll tell him to have his guys ready in case there's trouble."<br>
[Theresa] "Thank you.  See you in a few hours and if we're running late with horrors, I'll let you know so that you and your fiancee won't be waiting on me."<br>
[DanteE] "Is Sam putting together a new Active Writing Communication Paper Pair?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "No.  He's helping choose the drapes.  Want me to tell him to do that instead?"<br>
[Theresa] (We have drapes?  Or drapes for the place the fiancee is staying at?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Well, William /doesn't/ have drapes.)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (That's why Sam's there.)<br>
[DanteE] "Ah, yes.  We'll be trying communication again in a few minutes.  Then again, he may have already been putting it together..."<br>
[Theresa] (Yeesh, they are almost married, aren't they?  ^^ )<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Gimme a moment..."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Oh.  Right.  They're in the binder.  I'll have someone send them over."<br>
[Ftisk] (can we ruin this marriage? can Ftisk ruin the marriage?.. uhm.. let's thing on a bit"<br>
[Theresa] "Oh don't worry, I'll move the binder to here."<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Yeah, you can do that free.)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Bamf!  Binder!<br>
* Theresa hands the binder to Dante.<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Anything else?"<br>
* DanteE looks over the magic pages...<br>
[Theresa] "No that I can think of at the moment.  Oh, Shadows will probably be arriving soonish but that probably won't bother you guys unless he gets lost or needs directions."<br>
[DanteE] (How will we know when Shadows gets to Amyra, BTW?<br>
[Ftisk] (We talk with S. previously)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (You'll call him when you're ready, he'll head over.)<br>
[Theresa] (So what all does Brian need that he doesn't have?)<br>
[DanteE] "Ftisk, how's Dollphaniel doing?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Currently sitting at a table and eating a cheeseburger.)<br>
[Ftisk] "Fine that I know. She never get to organize the 'catch you in my web' tournament but otherwise fine"<br>
[DanteE] "Well, we know Shadows is sober..."<br>
* Ftisk giggle<br>
[Random_Nerd] (So, cut ahead to when you've furnished the place and called Shadows?)<br>
[Ftisk] (yep please)<br>
[Brian] (sure)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Okay.  How do you plan to do the place up?)<br>
[DanteE] (Sure)<br>
[DanteE] (Well, we've got the Ikea thing going...<br>
[Ftisk] (a waltzing place with rotating shelfs and table?)<br>
[DanteE] (Maybe a (blather) motif with undertones of (blather) and some (decorator blather))<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Brian, it's your lab, how do you want it to look?)<br>
[Brian] (a table, a couple desks, some chairs, bookshelves ... like a "modern sorcerer's lab", if you will)<br>
[Brian] (almost like Harry Dresden's, if he were cleaner, and able to use electric lights)<br>
[Theresa] (Dribby candle screen savers?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Lots of rugs, then?)<br>
[Brian] (rugs are good!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Oh, so you're wiring the place for electricity while you're at it?)<br>
[DanteE] (Don't forget plenty of space for a circle, that's how we can contain anything that comes in)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (And a fire extinguisher.  A good one.)<br>
[Theresa] (OOo, good idea.)<br>
[Brian] (Miraculous wiring!  I think –REDACTED-)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Yeah.  You /can/ do it.  I'm just asking if you /want/ to.)<br>
[Brian] (yep!)<br>
[Brian] (think of all the additional things that can go wrong!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Okay.  Cut to Shadows arriving?)<br>
[DanteE] (Well, you can put a nuke right in the middle as a last resort)<br>
[Ftisk] (poll: the toughest robot you can remember is?)<br>
[Brian] (no need for a nuke, Dante)<br>
[Theresa] (Robot as in fictional or in the game?)<br>
[DanteE] (T-1000)<br>
[Ftisk] (As finctional. I want to change Ftisk into one)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Steve Prime, Optimus Prime's ex-convict older brother.)<br>
[Brian] (Optimus Prime died for your sins!)<br>
[Ftisk] (lol RN!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] You hear a put-put-put sound, as of a small engine.<br>
=-= YOU are now known as StevePrimtisk<br>
[Brian] (http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/e740411f-732b-47a9-a521-a4bf03b94fd7.jpg mow :()<br>
[StevePrimtisk] (oh =-O )<br>
[DanteE] (ack)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows comes down the tunnel, from the upper part of the Library, carrying a duffel bag over his nondescript shoulder.<br>
[Brian] "Hey Shadows."<br>
[Brian] (oh, right.  I forgot: test tubes, beakers, bunsen burners, and so on.  Just 'cause)<br>
* Theresa waves hi.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows sets down the bag on the floor.<br>
[Theresa] (Jacob's ladder.)<br>
[DanteE] "Hiya Shadows"<br>
* StevePrimtisk waves "Hi Shadows!"<br>
[Random_Nerd] S: "Brought some supplies, in case we need them."<br>
[Brian] (YES!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] He fishes around in the bag, and pulls out a metal wand with a small but jagged hook on the end, and a remote-control-like device with a clear hinged cover over a big red button.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows, to Brian: "These are for you."<br>
[StevePrimtisk] "What the button is for?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Sets off the bomb."<br>
* StevePrimtisk ohhhh<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "You know, just in case."<br>
[Brian] "Bombs are good things to have."<br>
[Brian] "But would they have much of an effect?"<br>
[Theresa] "You brought us a bomb?  You shouldn't have!"<br>
* StevePrimtisk salivating "bomb like nuke?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Might slow them down, or distract them."<br>
[DanteE] "We showed you this place before, right?"<br>
[Brian] "How big a boom?"<br>
[StevePrimtisk] "can I take it for a minute? Can I? CAN I?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Not a nuke.  Just some plastic explosive."<br>
[Brian] "Ftisk, you can /never/ have a bomb.  Not one of mine, anyway."<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Get your /own/ bomb.)<br>
* StevePrimtisk slow downs a lot<br>
* StevePrimtisk pout "You are mean!"<br>
[Brian] "Hey, it's /my/ lab!"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Oh, and shrapnel made of iron, silver, aluminum, tungsten, and petrified wood."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Because, hey, it /might/ work."<br>
* StevePrimtisk fly and hug the comfort blanket Dante is<br>
[Brian] "When you've got your own lab, you can have your own bomb.  And oh, that'll be useful."<br>
[Theresa] (Maybe we should advise Ftisk to look for a man in a suit that looks like a bat...they can have a bomb they like to get rid of.)<br>
[StevePrimtisk] (I don't get the hint T)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows reaches into the bag and pulls out a bomb.  It does, in fact, look like a cartoon bomb, only with an antenna instead of a fuse.<br>
[DanteE] "Mental note, find someplace far away from people for when Ftisk inevitably asks for a lab..."<br>
[Random_Nerd] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoUpF7rvfnk)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (From an old Batman movie.)<br>
[Theresa] (From the old '60's Batman movie)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (and the indirect source of the Missle Game.)<br>
[StevePrimtisk] ( /me like it a looot!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "So, what's the plan?"<br>
[DanteE] "Well, Ftisk here Anchored the Ophaniel doll you summoned.<br>
[StevePrimtisk] "yep!"<br>
[StevePrimtisk] "We like to send my anchor outside"<br>
[DanteE] "So, we're going to give her a new communication paper and send her back...<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Well, it was his doll.  I just summoned an external spirit to inhabit it.  I think."<br>
[StevePrimtisk] "As Dante say"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "That day is still a little hazy."<br>
[DanteE] "So that Ftisk can see what it looks like out there and maybe do more communicating...<br>
[DanteE] "And also... this place may be hooked to Kudzu's brain.<br>
[StevePrimtisk] "Yep! Ins't _exciting_?"<br>
[DanteE] "So we may see something happen here while the conduit is active.<br>
[DanteE] "Plus, Brian can practice Summoning."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "I think... what happens if... aw, screw it.  Let's see what happens."<br>
[StevePrimtisk] "This is the right mindset S!"<br>
[Brian] "Spoken like a true Noble!"<br>
[DanteE] (PC rule #5 and Famous Last Words #73.)<br>
[Theresa] (Ftisk should probably get Dolly here.)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (True, that was the plan, wasn't it?)<br>
[StevePrimtisk] "So when we start?"<br>
=-= YOU are now known as Ftisk<br>
[DanteE] "Shadows, what do we need to keep the place safe?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "That's what the bomb is for."<br>
[Ftisk] "and the nearby groove will be affected by the bomb?"<br>
[Brian] "I suspect that there's some Imperator level protections on this place.  Though I have no idea about the specifics of such, if there are."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "If things go wrong, it might slow down whatever it is long enough that we can think of an idea."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Uh... are any of you vulnerable to bombs?"<br>
* Brian raises his hand<br>
* Ftisk raise hand<br>
[Brian] "I've never tested how much it would hurt, and I'd hope to avoid testing it."<br>
* Ftisk lie "But I always want to learn immateriality"<br>
[Theresa] "A little but I've also been hit by those Excrucian winds and thus I'll just compare it to that."<br>
[DanteE] (Do we all have our protections up?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "You might want to come up with some sort of alternative plan, then."<br>
[DanteE] "Are we ready for this?"<br>
* DanteE fires up his Auctoritas...<br>
[Brian] "as ready as we will be?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "So, what did you want me to summon?"<br>
[Ftisk] "Yep!<br>
[Ftisk] Doll: "ok"<br>
[Brian] "Um, we wanted to open a portal to send the doll outside."<br>
[DanteE] "Sort of an un-summoon.<br>
[DanteE] "Also, we'll try to communicate again..."<br>
* DanteE puts a communication-paper up on a handy easel<br>
[Brian] (and I'm not upping Auctoritas ... yet)<br>
[DanteE] "Ftisk, want to hook yourself up to a Thought-Recorder?"<br>
[Theresa] (...that's evil, Dante.)<br>
[Ftisk] "The one we have was done specifically for Gnomely"<br>
[DanteE] (We'll delete the Rule 34 pics of me later)<br>
[DanteE] (And we all want to know what's over there, ne?<br>
[Theresa] (But the recorder won't be able to keep up!)<br>
[Ftisk] (you can trust my memories?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "So, where's your doll?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Do you have her standing somewhere nearby?)<br>
[Brian] (whee, I'm nearly falling asleep!  :P)  (The Doll's in the room, IIRC?)<br>
[Ftisk] Doll: jump from a chair and go near Ftisk<br>
* Ftisk point to her "She is there"<br>
[Random_Nerd] (What shape does she currently have?)<br>
[DanteE] "We should probably put this paper inside her..."<br>
[Ftisk] F to D: "We put this paper in your storage container, when you are outside we can use the paper to communicate. Ok?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] (So she's in the Ophaniel Model shape?)<br>
* Ftisk take the paper and put in Dollp.  container<br>
[Ftisk] (yep she is in her base shape)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Dollphaniel: *grinds gears for a moment*<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "So, do you want me to just send her over, or try to keep a pathway open after she's gone?"<br>
[DanteE] "Both.  We've got 2 ways to communicate."<br>
[Ftisk] "We want the pathway open for Active Writing to work"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "The former will be a lot easier."<br>
[DanteE] "Can Brian help you out at all?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Okay, I'll go with the latter.  This may take a little while, since I'm off my home turf."<br>
[Ftisk] "for this reason we call you, Brian is too noob to handle this"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Hmm.  Give me a moment."<br>
* DanteE tries to determine where he can stick the paper so it doesn't get shredded...<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows pulls a small notebook from his vague-looking pocket, and writes some things down.<br>
[Random_Nerd] He hands the paper to Brian.<br>
* Brian will read the paper ...<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "There.  Words and gestures of permission to open a pathway, drawn from your own status as a ruler of this place.  And on the other side, words of the denial of that permission."<br>
[Brian] "Ah, neat."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "You don't have to /say/ them, although it may help.  But /think/ them, they will make a particular shape in your mind."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "And that shape will help pull apart a small gateway."<br>
[Ftisk] "Its like a ‘we can do the rave here?’ permission?"<br>
[DanteE] "So, if something comes through and tries to eat us, read side 2 fast?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "If something comes through that you weren't expecting, Brian reads side 2 and you try to think up something clever to do."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "And if it's an Excrucian, we trigger the bomb and run to a defensible location."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Ready?"<br>
* DanteE looks to the others...<br>
* Ftisk lc a anti aircraft turret just in case ( http://www.anti-aircraft.co.uk/polsten.jpg )<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows pulls out a wand of his own from the bag.  This one has a larger and more oddly shaped hook on the end.<br>
* Theresa takes a deep breath, then nods.<br>
[Random_Nerd] He polishes his crown, which still looks photoshopped.<br>
* Ftisk nod<br>
[Ftisk] dollp: nod too<br>
* DanteE takes position where he can see both the summoning and the rest of the basement...<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Brian, you start with the permission, and then I'll release the creature back to the Outside."<br>
* Brian will gesture emphatically while thinking the pattern of the words of the permission<br>
[DanteE] (Dollp has the paper, right?)<br>
[Ftisk] (yep)<br>
[Random_Nerd] The shadows in the room deepen, and then they all seem to turn at right angles, standing straight up from the floor instead of lying along it.<br>
[Theresa] (Atten-tion!)<br>
[Brian] (brb)<br>
[Ftisk] (cliffhanger?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows squints and carefully angles his hooked wand at Dollphaniel, and the shadows turn again, facing you edge-on, and making the whole room look oddly bright.<br>
[Ftisk] dollp: grind gears sound<br>
[Random_Nerd] Dollphaniel contracts tightly, and then expands out again.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Then the note seems to vanish from her chest-cavity, and she drops several inches to the floor, like an inanimate piece of metal.<br>
* Ftisk dart to Dollp<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Okay, I'll hold this for a few minutes, and you do whatever you were going to do."<br>
[Theresa] (Makes sense.  He said that he just brought over the animating spirit.)<br>
[Ftisk] "What happen?"<br>
[DanteE] "Ftisk, what's Dollphaniel doing?"<br>
[Ftisk] "oh, wait, I check "<br>
[Brian] (b)<br>
* Ftisk concentrate and try to posses DollP<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Remember, Shadows didn't bring across a creature from Outside that happened to look like a very small Ophaniel.  He brought over a creature that inhabited Ftisk's existing inanimate miniature Ophaniel.)<br>
[DanteE] (Did we actually hook up the Thought Recorder?)<br>
[Ftisk] (nope)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Ftisk, you can't make contact.<br>
[Random_Nerd] However, something else happens.<br>
[Random_Nerd] The stars in Ftisk's robot eyes suddenly gleam brightly.<br>
[DanteE] (uhoh)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Ftisk, it occurs to you that someone seems to have stolen your sword and your horse.<br>
[Theresa] (Duck and Cover!)<br>
* Ftisk is upset!<br>
[DanteE] (Anything happening to the basement?)<br>
[Brian] (oh yeah...)<br>
[Random_Nerd] The shadows continue to stand on end.<br>
[Brian] "Oh yeah ... Ftisk tempered a scrunchie."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Also, you recall that your name is Conrad.  You're surrounded by enemies, and you're unarmed, but they don't seem to be ready to fight you.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "He /what/?"<br>
[Brian] "Yeah."<br>
[DanteE] "Yeah, we really shoulda mentioned that..."<br>
[Brian] "Should we be stopping this now?"<br>
[Theresa] "He defeated a Warmain and tempered him...Conrad, I think it was."<br>
* Ftisk lCreation a steel cage around all the enemies<br>
[DanteE] to Ftisk: "Conrad?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Dante, it occurs to you that you never /did/ get that crown.  You did everything to earn it, too.<br>
* DanteE blinks...<br>
* Ftisk ignore Dante<br>
* DanteE tries to remember exactly what the crown was for...<br>
[Random_Nerd] Brian, you find yourself wondering why you decided to live /here/, of all places.<br>
[Theresa] (What crown...oh, wait, didn't Dante try Diving a crown of Blades?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] The crown's a symbol of status, to show your achievement.<br>
[Brian] (I was born here!)<br>
[DanteE] What achievement?<br>
[Random_Nerd] You're not sure.<br>
* DanteE tries to 'remember'...<br>
[Theresa] (Maybe the here is...wait...what if these aren't _our_ thoughts?  What if they're Kudzu's?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Conrad, you've been compelled by your enemies to take on an alien shape.<br>
[Random_Nerd] It's uncomfortable.<br>
[DanteE] (Did Conrad actually put up those cages?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Yes.  So far, you haven't reacted to them.)<br>
[Brian] "Fascinating."<br>
[Theresa] (What if Kudzu had a crown on the other side?  Or was getting one by coming here?  And the 'why live here' is about the Chancel?)<br>
[Brian] (the easel say anything?)<br>
[Ftisk] first I use a lesser Creation of a 18wheel truck at full speed against Brian to gain cover then change back to dragon form<br>
[DanteE] (Ftisk, we're in a basement!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] The easel does not say anything.  There doesn't seem to be anyone on the other end using it.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Okay, I'm ending this."<br>
[DanteE] "Wait, Shadows...<br>
[Ftisk] (wtf if there is enough room I create it anyway)<br>
[Random_Nerd] He turns the wand again, and the shadows stand up from the ground.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Brian, Dante, Theresa, what do you do?<br>
* DanteE cuts through the cage<br>
[DanteE] "We're still in control."<br>
[Ftisk] "Where you put my sword? And my Horse?"<br>
[Theresa] "Umm..Conrad?  Warmain Conrad?  Do you know what tempering is?"<br>
* Brian revokes permission for the passageway<br>
[DanteE] "Don't recall seeing your horse, but I've got your sword."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Theresa, you realize that something went wrong.  The other people, the rich ones, took all your plants, and turned you into someone else.<br>
[DanteE] "Not with me, it's at home."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Brian, a high-speed truck smashes into your torso.<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Did Brian put up an Auctoritas?)<br>
[Ftisk] "Why you stole my sword?"<br>
[DanteE] (I think he did...)<br>
[Brian] (he never did)<br>
[Brian] (not this session, anyway)<br>
[DanteE] "I didn't.  Your brothers gave it to me...<br>
* Ftisk is angry!<br>
[DanteE] "After we defeated you."<br>
[Ftisk] "lies!"<br>
* Theresa mutters to herself..'rich ones...but I'm _me_.'<br>
* Ftisk jump at Dante throat<br>
[Random_Nerd] Brian, you lose one Divine health level.<br>
[DanteE] "Look down, Conrad."<br>
[Theresa] "It was a fair battle, Conrad!"<br>
* DanteE grabs Conrad in mid-flight<br>
[Random_Nerd] Ftisk, someone seems to have turned you into a dragon.<br>
[Brian] (I believe I have more Health Levels, though, so I'm still good!)<br>
* Theresa wonders if this is what Kudzu thinks at times.<br>
* Brian pretty much falls down at this point<br>
[DanteE] (Oops, what does my Dim Warding do?)<br>
[Ftisk] "I don't trust you! You surround me and try to confuse my thought!"<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Nothing visible.)<br>
[Ftisk] (@dimward: weeeeird!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] The stars in Ftisk's eyes stop gleaming so brightly.<br>
[DanteE] "You're inside Creation.<br>
[DanteE] "... care to tell me why?"<br>
* Ftisk try to spit acid on Dante<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "I bet there's some really clever way I could use shadows to stop this, but I've got nothing."<br>
[Theresa] "What's the last thing you remember?  Do you remember the bike dissolving?"<br>
* DanteE watches a nut bounce off him... :)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows grabs the bomb and hits Ftisk over the head with it.<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Aspect 3, Strike 2.)<br>
* Ftisk fell the ghost of a big migraine...<br>
[Random_Nerd] (You take a surface wound, Ftisk.)<br>
* Ftisk fell the real big migraine!<br>
[Theresa] "Stand down!"<br>
[Theresa] "Ftisk, Conrad, whomever you are!"<br>
[DanteE] "We'll handle the diplomacy, Shadows."<br>
[Ftisk] "Yey dude whaz hap?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Dante, your Auctoritas stopped Ftisk's acid.<br>
[DanteE] (Uhoh... Conrad had acid, Ftisk didn't)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Ftisk, you feel angry, but like yourself.<br>
[Ftisk] (wait! Ftisk never purchase the gift but Conrad have the gift?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Correct.)<br>
[DanteE] "Uhoh..."<br>
[Ftisk] (O.o squared!)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Ftisk's acid doesn't seem to have been as /strong/ as Conrad's, as his /would/ have penetrated the Auct.)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (But you did, in fact, spit acid.)<br>
[DanteE] (Wait.  We killed Conrad.(<br>
[Ftisk] (No Ftisk tempered with him)<br>
[Theresa] (Yep.  But as a Shard, he's like Nobles.  He's a part of a big Excrucian.)<br>
[Ftisk] "hey Dante you have acid signs... Did we do something dirty? [3 [3"<br>
[Random_Nerd] The shadows lie back down on the ground.<br>
[Ftisk] "also you at least declared to me?"<br>
* DanteE drops Ftisk...<br>
[Brian] (Tempering causes his "essence" to blend with Ftisk's ... and I guess the passage opened up that side of the mix?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Okay, would anyone like to tell me what the hell happened there?"<br>
[Brian] "Um."<br>
[Brian] "Ftisk turned into the scrunchie he Tempered?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Because THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN."<br>
[DanteE] (Yeah, but that means there's part of Conrad still extant on the other side.)<br>
[Ftisk] "Dante declared his love to me, we do some weird sex, was so good I don't remember nothing"<br>
[Brian] "Also, I had thoughts not-mine.  Odd."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Oh, good.  I always hoped you crazy kids would work it out."<br>
[DanteE] "So did I.  Something about a crown."<br>
[Brian] "Shadows, do you know any other Wildlord Familia?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Not really well.  Why?"<br>
[DanteE] Any changes to the basement?<br>
[Brian] "Because this is a neat experiment that bears repeating"<br>
* Ftisk caress Dante pectorals<br>
[Random_Nerd] Yes.  There are a bunch of broken cages, and the rugs on the floor seem partially melted by hot silvery acid.<br>
[Theresa] "I think..we have more data for the investigations.  Apparently, if you temper a Warmain and then reconnect it to Outside...the Warmian personality emerges.  Ticked."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Oh, and Dollphaniel is still inanimate.<br>
[DanteE] I mean the rest of the basement<br>
[Theresa] "We shouldn't let our Dionyl friend Caesar do portals."<br>
[DanteE] to Theresa: "Which may mean killing a Shard doesn't 'take'."<br>
[Ftisk] (Ftisk is lost trying to remember the supposed sex with Dante to notice DollP missing)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Other than the damage caused by the brief fight, the basement seems unchanged.<br>
[DanteE] "_Huge_ tactical problem..."<br>
* DanteE gets William on the horn...<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "What I don't get is... okay, so /all/ of you were having alien memories and the like?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "But I didn't get anything out of the ordinary."<br>
[DanteE] "William, anything odder than usual happen in about the past minute?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "And I have a stronger connection to Out There than /anyone/ here."<br>
[Brian] "Um, our Imperator was from Outside."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Oh, thank God.  You guys have got to help me out here."<br>
* Ftisk raise a manipulator "I tempered with a shard _I_'m more connected that you!"<br>
[Brian] "We are part of our Imperator, in one point of view."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Tell me that you want to meet me and Lisa, now."<br>
[DanteE] "Not quite Shadows.  We're parts of a being _from_ out there."<br>
[DanteE] "What happened, William?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Both of William's sentences are very quiet, so that if Dante didn't have Aspect, he couldn't hear them.)<br>
[Theresa] (I think he's...in wedding planning hell...)<br>
[Random_Nerd] William, normally loud: "No, things are going fine over here."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William, quietly: "Please."<br>
[Theresa] (Or else Sam and Lisa are...either fighting or bonding incredibly or else Lisa is freaked out by Sam.)<br>
[Ftisk] (RED HERRING: run to Will!)<br>
* Ftisk in heaven continue caressing Dante<br>
[DanteE] "Ah... William!  We should be meeting your fiancee, just to be polite.<br>
* Ftisk drool a lot (motor oil of course!)<br>
[DanteE] "Say, right in front of the Tower?"<br>
* Theresa looks at Shadows.  "Do you want something to drink?  Strong?"<br>
[Theresa] "And Dolly's still over there.  How long can she stay?"<br>
[Brian] (http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/08/how-star-trek-artists-imagined-the-ipad-23-years-ago.ars cool article)<br>
[Brian] "Um.  Tower time?  Shadows, want to stick around for a bit?"<br>
[Brian] "One of our Aides is getting married, and his wife-to-be is in town"<br>
* Ftisk not discretely tap Dante's hot ass<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "She's from over there in the first place.  I can call her back.  But I'm doing it the slow, safe way."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William, out loud: "Okay, boss.  We'll come over and see you there in ten minutes."<br>
[DanteE] "10 Minutes?  Certainly..."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "See you then."<br>
[DanteE] "Will do..."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William hangs up.<br>
[DanteE] to the others: "William sounded a little odd."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Okay, so am I getting the critter back?"<br>
[Ftisk] "Oh my Dollphaniel, I can’t contact her outside..."<br>
[DanteE] "Yeah. (If nothing else it'll get Ftisk off my leg...)<br>
[Brian] "Um.  Eventually, anyway... do that, tag along with us, or go home, as you will..."<br>
* Ftisk try again to contact her<br>
[Random_Nerd] The attempt to contact has no result, this time.<br>
[Theresa] "I hope William's fiancee isn't a bridezilla.  He deserves better than that."<br>
[Ftisk] "Bridezilla? Is a different species that human?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Arguably."<br>
[Ftisk] "And is dangerous to others?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "And themselves."<br>
[DanteE] "Well, let's try to get her back.  Are you sure you can get the same spirit?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Sure."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "That's not tricky."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Not like this freaky experimental stuff you guys have me do."<br>
[Ftisk] "Let's do it then! You need my help in something?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Okay.  I'll do that.  Give me... like, forty minutes."<br>
[Ftisk] "No pro!"<br>
[Brian] "Experimental stuff is fun!"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "And after I'm done... shall we say we're even for the whole Summer Glau thing?"<br>
[Ftisk] "Yep Brian!"<br>
[Brian] "Just look at the fun we had!" *waves his hand toward the melted cage, and Mac truck*<br>
[Theresa] "That would be acceptable to me, Shadows.  And dinner is on us?  Amyran cusine at its best!"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "That works for me.  I'll give you a call when the critter's back."<br>
[DanteE] "OK.  Meanwhile, I'll go meet William's fiancee... and check to make sure nothing ate the tower..."<br>
* Ftisk is thorn betwen Dante and stay to wait DollP<br>
* Theresa will head with Dante for the Tower.<br>
* Ftisk wait for DollP win :-(<br>
* Ftisk kiss goodbye to Dante<br>
* Brian will head to the tower<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows takes a dramatic pose, and then starts vaguely waving his wand left and right.<br>
[Random_Nerd] (Cut to the tower?)<br>
[DanteE] (Sure)<br>
[Ftisk] (yep)<br>
[Brian] (k!)<br>
[Theresa] (Sure)<br>
[Random_Nerd] William is standing there, in slacks and a nice shirt but without the usual jacket.  Standing next to him is a tall skinny woman.  She's actually about an inch and a half taller than William.  Her hair is a reddish-brown, but not the bright red of William's, and she has a skinny, rawboned sort of look.<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Thanks for the save.  You would not have believed who dropped by to 'chat'."<br>
[Ftisk] (King John?)<br>
[Theresa] "Allen?  Gnomely?"<br>
[Theresa] "Lesson?"<br>
[Brian] "Kudzu?"<br>
[DanteE] "...Kudzu?"<br>
[Theresa] "And we had a guest too.  Ftisk's Warmain visited for a moment."<br>
[DanteE] (jinx)<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Remember how I told you that Aaron the Second was getting married?"<br>
[DanteE] "Oh, him?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] W: "Well, he and his girlfriend decided to stop by.  I don't even know how they knew Lisa was coming over here today."<br>
[Ftisk] (spy network?)<br>
* Theresa blinks.<br>
[Brian] "erm?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Well, I tried to act friendly and play host, but seriously, I cannot stand that guy."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "It's not even the corrupt damned gang boss thing, he's just so /smug/."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "And this is coming from /me/."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa snorts at that.<br>
[DanteE] quietly, to William: "What does she know about your job, by the way?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "The broad details.  She came here through the Borderland, and so forth.  But she hasn't had the training, so please don't do anything... flashy... around her."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa: "You must be... Dante?"<br>
[DanteE] "I am indeed.  Hello."<br>
[Random_Nerd] She shakes your hand.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa: "He's mentioned you... all of you, quite a few times."<br>
[Random_Nerd] She looks around.<br>
[Theresa] (*waits for it*)<br>
[Random_Nerd] She glances at Theresa's fingers.<br>
* Theresa waves with a grin.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa: "Theresa?  Brian?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa: "And I heard there was a bird and a snail."<br>
[Ftisk] (the snail wait the doll)<br>
[Theresa] "Pleased to meet you!  And as part of my price for the lack of fingers, they were paid as a price for some knowledge from Jan Ben Jan."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "I didn't make them up.  Really."<br>
* Brian nods "Nice to meet you.  And there snail is away, and isn't presently a snail, and the bird is ... I don't know where.  He's flighty.  Pun not intended."<br>
[DanteE] "They're in the library at the moment.<br>
[Theresa] "The bird is currently working with his own Aide, like William."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa: "And he's the one who's like Mimir, from the myth?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] She smiles at the mention of the library.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa: "The palace one?"<br>
[Theresa] "Yes, like Mimir.  Knowledge must be paid for and if you give a part of yourself, you're not going to treat the knowlege lightly."<br>
[DanteE] "No, the other one. (to William) Some interesting things happened..."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "Chinese curse interesting?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] William, to Lisa: "No, not the one I told you about.  The one they mean is... it's complicated, I'll explain later."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Ftisk, Shadows is continuing to go through what seem like a series of carefully rehearsed words and motions.<br>
* Theresa smiles at Lisa.  "You'll have to let me know what kind of flowers you'd like for the wedding."<br>
[DanteE] "It's a Noble thing, really.  If you tried to understand without training chances are smoke would come out of your ears."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William, to Theresa: "Lisa's a librarian.  I've arranged with John for her to help him catalogue some of the older books in the palace library."<br>
* Ftisk wait and idly create a press and print legal size paper with "Ftisk and Dante engaged! + a picture of Ftisk that caress Dante's pectorals"<br>
[DanteE] "Ah, good idea.  Just stay away from the ones bound in skin."<br>
* Theresa 's smile gets even bigger.  "Oh, that is _wonderful_!  Most of the palace library has seen so much disuse over the years."  *thinks about what if Aaron decides to write a book*<br>
[DanteE] "... actually I was kidding, but if you do spot one would you let us know?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "They don't have a necronomicon."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "But they /do/ have some records of some of the Crusades that don't, as far as I know, exist anywhere else in the world."<br>
[Brian] "good."<br>
[Random_Nerd] William: "That's way /more/ interesting, at least to me."<br>
[Brian] "I'm never quite sure if the Necronomicon actually exists."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Dollphaniel begins to expand and contract.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa: "Well, there's like six fake ones out there."<br>
* Ftisk stare to the body ostensibly<br>
[Ftisk] intensely even<br>
[Random_Nerd] Lisa: "Pretty boring, really."<br>
[Theresa] "If it does, a Noble probably has it."<br>
[DanteE] (Should we have a welcome dinner later?)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Dollphaniel begins to expan and contract much quicker, and make a sound like a cat that's about to throw up.<br>
[Ftisk] (Yess! Ftisk will love the dinner!)<br>
[Theresa] (She can come with us out with Shadows.)<br>
* Ftisk float a lot near the changing dollp<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows finishes his chant, and makes a sharp slashing gesture with his hooked rod.<br>
[Theresa] (I don't like that sound.)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Dollphaniel makes a sound like metal grinding, and vomits up two things.<br>
* Ftisk poke DollP "Are you ok?"<br>
[Random_Nerd] One is the Active Writing paper that had vanished earlier.<br>
* Ftisk look at the things<br>
[Random_Nerd] On it is scrawled, in some greenish fluid, "I believe I am being returned to the place in which my mind is filled with hunger and cruelty.  Whoever is there, know you that that is not my true nature."<br>
[Random_Nerd] The other is a photo of what looks like Dante in a frilly pink dress.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Shadows: "Dammit, I am /not/ drunk."<br>
[Random_Nerd] Dollphaniel makes a cooing noise at him, and then begins to hover.<br>
* Ftisk aspect take the photo<br>
[Random_Nerd] ______________________STOP_______________________________<br>
[DanteE] a-heh.<br>
=-= Brian is now known as lazarus<br>
=-= DanteE is now known as Knockwood<br>
=-= YOU are now known as Angelo<br>
[Theresa] (Huh.  I like the writing.  The dress...I could do without.)<br>
=-= Theresa is now known as BethE<br>
* Angelo like all the summoning section!<br>
[Knockwood] ... was it Dollphaniel that wrote that?<br>
[Random_Nerd] You don't know!<br>
[Angelo] BUT! I was at a big loss on what do to hurt the others<br>
[Random_Nerd] Oh, and for the project this was working on, this count as a Failure.<br>
[lazarus] that was a nice cliffhanger.<br>
[Random_Nerd] You didn't accomplish what you meant to, but you learned some things in the process.<br>
[lazarus] I think it was Dante's project?<br>
[Angelo] oh, ok<br>
[Angelo] and mine too<br>
[Random_Nerd] Also, for the purpose of Brian's "Learn High Summoning" project, this counts as a Success.<br>
[Angelo] Also, Ftisk don't remember the moments Conrad take over, right?<br>
[Random_Nerd] He /does/ remember them.<br>
[Angelo] oh, so the supposed sex with dante is a oax.<br>
[Knockwood] Does it?  We did learn a little bit...<br>
[Angelo] then please retcon the press machine<br>
[lazarus] oh right, I have that too.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Retconned.<br>
[Angelo] thank you<br>
[Knockwood] (THANK YOU.)<br>
[Angelo] Knock, I was expecting a reaction from Dante.<br>
[Knockwood] So, this is a Failure in 'Help Ftisk with his explorations' on mine?<br>
[Random_Nerd] Correct.  Because you didn't get done what you'd wanted to there.<br>
[Angelo] and on my gain a ootw estate too<br>
[Knockwood] Angelo: Dante has pride in not reacting, remember<br>
[Random_Nerd] But it's a Success for Brian, because he put together a lab and assisted in a complicated procedure of high summoning.<br>
[Angelo] oh, But Ftisk thinks that this is a green light to their relation<br>
[Random_Nerd] Oh, and all of you get four MPs.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Your choice of which meter.<br>
[Angelo] 4 mp that can go higher that our max?<br>
[Random_Nerd] No, just restore ones you've already spent.<br>
[Knockwood] I think I've only spent points on firing up my Auc<br>
[lazarus] I think I might be back to full, but I might be wrong about that.<br>
[lazarus] now, the question is, do I want to go to McDonald's or not?  Waste money, but get substance in return?<br>
[Random_Nerd] So, any thoughts on this episode?<br>
[Random_Nerd] McDonalds?<br>
[Random_Nerd] Bleh.<br>
[Random_Nerd] When I get food, I want it to /taste/ like something.<br>
[lazarus] I have coupons, and it's walking distance and open.<br>
[lazarus] (and it does taste like something, provided you don't have a bun!  Of course, it tastes like /pepper/, but it's pretty surprisingly pleasant)<br>
[Knockwood] Well, if you walk farther you have more of a selection, and you get exercise. :)<br>
[Angelo] Thought<br>
[BethE] Well all, my brain has slithered out onto my keyboard.  Time to gather it up and go to bed.  *HUGS*  Good game!  :)<br>
[Angelo] the tempering effect were super sweet but the DollP paper is really interesting<br>
[Angelo] Night Beth<br>
[lazarus] kwd: the problem is the "not open" after midnight thing :p<br>
[lazarus] night Beth!<br>
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[Knockwood] g'night Beth<br>
[Knockwood] damn, missed<br>
[Knockwood] OK, the question is what did we learn from this....<br>
[lazarus] that we're a fucked up familia?<br>
[Knockwood] we _knew_ that<br>
[Angelo] side question: the out of the wall effect are nob3 related. Aka can I post this slice as appetizer on the actual play 3ad?<br>
[Knockwood] ANd sorry I was so late... the boss was prepping for a week-long business trip and wanted to give me my tasks<br>
[Knockwood] And did it screw with Kudzu?<br>
[Random_Nerd] You can post this stuff.  There's no explanation of mechanics, just implementation.<br>
[Random_Nerd] (I don't see that as very related to learning High Summoning.)<br>
[Random_Nerd] (At most, it's a weird side effect that you found out about.)<br>
[Knockwood] Well, is does tell us something about the Wall.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Yeah, so it was a Failure for /that/ project.<br>
[Angelo] yep: the wall mud personalities too (other than memories)<br>
[lazarus] Could I put that curiosity as a thing under the "Learn About Outside" part?<br>
[Random_Nerd] Hmm.  –REDACTED-?<br>
[Random_Nerd] Hmm.<br>
[lazarus] I'm not fully sure how to set that one up.  It's definitely a thing that fits in there somewhere, but I don't know how to set that part of it up :p<br>
[Random_Nerd] Okay, let's see...<br>
[Knockwood] Hm... now, what exactly was the link between opening up a conduit and Conrad reemerging?  Is it that part of Conrad is out there, or is it just because there's a conduit to Outside?<br>
[lazarus] I feel that Learn About Outside shouldn't have any of those directly, so "Learn properties of Outside"?<br>
[Angelo] And a faillure to gain a out of the wall estate for Ftisk.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Yes.<br>
[Random_Nerd] Well, you don't know that, Knock.<br>
[Random_Nerd] But sometimes, knowing what the right questions to ask are can be almost as valuable as knowing what the answers are.<br>
[Knockwood] So what _is_ the meaning of life?  :)<br>
[Random_Nerd] 43.5<br>
[Knockwood] Inflation?<br>
[Random_Nerd] 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe /and/ everything.<br>
[lazarus] ah, yes.<br>
[lazarus] I found a new mind map site: CrowdMap.  Its app is cheaper than MindMeister, and currently the web interface allows for all features, unlimited maps (and syncs to the iPad for those of us with one)<br>
[Random_Nerd] Ooh, shiny.<br>
[Angelo] and there is an import option?<br>
[lazarus] I don't know, however, if it's a worthwhile app for the iPad ... and until I use them, I can't know, which means that ... grr!<br>
[lazarus] um, Angelo, I'll take a look.<br>
[Angelo] laz. If I have a work IPad and a personal one and I purchase an app... the app is on the personal one only right?<br>
[lazarus] currently only has import from their own format.<br>
[lazarus] the app is on the ones where you've registered your iTunes Store account, as I understand it (i.e. you can have 2 iPads connected to the same account, and have the same apps on both)<br>
[Knockwood] laz: where is CrowdMap?<br>
[lazarus] crowdmap.barkingminds.com<br>
[lazarus] the web interface seems quite useful - and I like that each branch has its own colour<br>
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[Angelo] (next week you change time in america?)<br>
[Knockwood] Angelo: no, that's in November now, I think<br>
[Random_Nerd] Anyway, I need to go sleep.<br>
[Random_Nerd] I have to get up in seven and a half hours.<br>
[Knockwood] g'night RN<br>
[Angelo] night RN<br>
[Angelo] I need to go too<br>
[Angelo] and no time for sleep to me!<br>
[lazarus] later guys!<br>
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[Random_Nerd] Good session, guys.<br>
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[[Amyra:Chapter_23|Chapter 23]]