Chuubo-1:6

<@Knockwood> BTW, I feel bad, I haven't been putting anything on the message board about the game

• BethE is now known as Lili
  
• Etheric is now known as Natalia
  
• Knockwood is now known as deMontreal
  

<@Random_Nerd> So, in Chuubo, where were we? One moment.
<@Verithe> Sleeping

• Verithe is now known as Mrs_Senko
  

<@Lili> Ah, yes, we got kicked out of the school because time passed in a weird way and Ogre-sensei was upset.
<@Lili> Shame, Senko.
<@Random_Nerd> Ah, you were stopping because Mrs. Rosewood was annoyed.

• Angelo is now known as Shounen
  

<@Natalia> Yeah, I think the Ogre Teacher came in to tell us it was 9 pm so keep it down, and then we said, "Club meeting adjourned."
<@Natalia> I think.
<@deMontreal> She probably hates it when her meal's interrupted by something other than her entree screaming.
<@Natalia> It was night class, right? She said that her things-that-go-bump-in-the-night students couldn't study with all the noise.
<@Random_Nerd> Yeah.
<@Random_Nerd> Mostly ghosts, a few vampires and weirder things.
<@Random_Nerd> So, two ways we could go with this.
<@Random_Nerd> First, you could exit through the school corridors, oddly cold, and occupied only by undead and inhuman students and the Hall Monitors.
<@Random_Nerd> And then do whatever your PCs would be doing.
<@Random_Nerd> Second, we can start at the end of classes the next day, when the SNURK meeting is scheduled.
<@Random_Nerd> Preferences?

• lazarus has joined #Nobilis
  

<@Lili> Hi Laz!
<@Natalia> I'm all for skipping forward.
<@Shounen> next day at snurc meeting
<@deMontreal> Hiya Laz
<@Natalia> Hey Laz
<@deMontreal> skip for me too
<lazarus> (meep, sorry. I'm here now. And I'm sick :( )
<@Shounen> hola me amigo LAz!
<@deMontreal> uhoh, what kind of sick?
<lazarus> (cough, wiped out, tired, possible fever ... so, cold.)
<@Mrs_Senko> (I hope you feel better soon, Laz! :( )
<lazarus> (so, I think I'm going to sit this one out, sadly. Have fun, though. Also, wsirc is apparently quite awesome)
<lazarus> (wsirc.com)
<@Lili> (Get better soon. Being sick sucks WD40.)
<@Random_Nerd> Okay, we'll start with the next day.
<@Mrs_Senko> If we start with us just leaving, Senko can write a letter to father...but I don't know what to write, so I'm inclined to go with skipping to the next meeting.
<@Random_Nerd> "Dear Princess Celest^H^H^H^H Headmaster..."
<@Lili> I'm good either way. What is this thing called 'sleep' that you mortals talk about?
<@deMontreal> I should bring something...
<@Lili> Ooo, I would like to see that...
<@Random_Nerd> Mrs. Senko, Twilight Sparkle? Same person.
<@Mrs_Senko> Hehe
<@deMontreal> Don't think so, Twilight makes sense
<@deMontreal> oh, almost forgot... what are everyone's Quests?
<@Lili> "Dear Headmaster Celestia: Today I learned that the Bleak Method does not work very well when deMontreal is being a complete pain in the tuckus. I also learned what a tuckus is."
<@Mrs_Senko> No, everyone just agrees with Twilight's logic.
<lazarus> (have a good game, and a good night/day)
<@Mrs_Senko> (Take care, Laz!)
<@deMontreal> good luck fighting it off Laz
<@Shounen> (take care LAz)
<@Lili> (Sleep well!)

• lazarus Quit (Client exited)
  

<@Mrs_Senko> Also, the only things I know about Twilight Sparkle, I have gleaned from fandom and Friendship is Witchcraft.
<@Random_Nerd> Okay. Senko, the next day, four documents have been left on your desk. The first two are authorizations, on "From the Desk of the Class President" stationary and signed by Principal Entropy, for the club to use the zeppelin and for access to the school's strategic reserve of zeppelin-grade coal.
<@Mrs_Senko> Excellent!
<@Random_Nerd> The second is a stick-figure cartoon with you, Mrs. Senko, scaring vampires with your loud zeppelin. It's unsigned, but looks like Zoe's work.
<@deMontreal> (muahhahahhah)
<@Random_Nerd> (err, the third.)
<@Lili> (The school has a reserve of such a thing?)
<@Natalia> (The school does now!)
<@Random_Nerd> And the fourth is a letter from Entropy recommending that the Town Aeronautics Bureau grant a license for travel into the Middle Air, for educational purposes.
<@Lili> (Should have checked for helium reserves too.)
<@Random_Nerd> (Those got used up by vampires who liked to talk in squeaky voices to confuse people. It was a fad for a while.)
<@Mrs_Senko> If anyone else sees it, Mrs. Senko will remark how childish Zoe is being, drawing cartoons. But she will take the cartoon home and treasure it always.
<@Mrs_Senko> Excellent!

• @deMontreal has brought a bunch of rather evil-looking parts.
  

<@Lili> (Aww, that's sweet.)
<@Mrs_Senko> Does the letter from Entropy still need to be delivered?
<@Random_Nerd> Yes.
<@Random_Nerd> And apparently you will still need to apply for a license.
<@Mrs_Senko> Right.

• @Shounen has an inflatable cushion
  

<@Random_Nerd> But you have his recommendation that you be granted one.
<@Lili> Lili comes in, making a fabulous entrance and in her 'working on stuff' clothes which have more pockets than deMontreal can shake a spider at.
<@Mrs_Senko> "Children, today we visit the municipal office!"
<@deMontreal> Considering I have spiders... don't tempt me. :)
<@Lili> (Shonen, you didn't miss much. You slept through it and deMontreal raided your dreams for spare parts for the zep.)
<@deMontreal> Yeah, the PTSD is like a bug bite, really

• @Lili looks disappointed. "But, I thought we were going to be building."
  

<@Shounen> (yep I know, Shounen was more in the session that I believed :-O )
<@Mrs_Senko> "And we must do so quickly, because school hours and office hours are incompatible for teachers getting anything done efficiently."

• @Natalia perks up. That sounds like a less crazy way to get a better idea about Town.
  
• @Lili sighs. Silly red tape.
  

<@deMontreal> "Well, if they insist....
<@deMontreal> (I am so getting a pilot's license. :) )
<@Lili> "Would this place also have any notion on how a zepplin came to be in the School's attic?"
<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo: "I... don't think there's a Zeppelin Position Tracking department. But there should be."
<@Shounen> "I think that was made up on the attic"
<@deMontreal> "Well, if there is a 'Town Aeronautics Bureau'...
<@Mrs_Senko> "It is not outside of the realm of possibility that they would have a record of such a thing, Mrs. Cartaign."
<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo: "Well, they would have to. A lot of the people who come from outside come by plane, rather than boat."
<@Mrs_Senko> "But I wouldn't expect it."
<@Random_Nerd> (Natalia, you came by train. To an island. With no bridges. You still haven't figured that one out.)
<@deMontreal> "Fortunately I wrote down the hull numbers."
<@Natalia> "Is there an airport?"
<@Lili> at that tone of voice from Chuubo, Lili goes very very still.
<@Random_Nerd> (A small one. Less a commercial airport, and more a few landing strips for amateurs.)
<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo has a "I'm thinking about something that's maybe not a good idea" expression.
<@deMontreal> so, the usual?
<@Random_Nerd> This one looks almost like De Montreal's version of that expression.
<@Lili> (Lili agrees with deMontreal.)
<@Lili> (Oh, even worse.)

• @deMontreal looks at Chuubo...
  

<@Lili> (Hey, deMontreal, not only does he show you up with machines, he's stealing your expressions too!)
<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo: "I sure wish we'd find out that there is a department that keeps track of zeppelins. That would be nice."
<@deMontreal> "'Nice'? It means more red tape."
<@Random_Nerd> Lilli, clearly you have work to do, and need to do it within the Machine.

• @Lili does not do the Jeannie-head-bop. Nor the Samatha nose twitch.
  

<@Random_Nerd> (And you get a point of It Never Stops for having your life interrupted by the Boss's idle fancies.)

• @deMontreal is trying not to draw attention to his Greek fire cannon
  

<@Lili> "I..uh...need to go powder my gears. If you all will pardon me, I'll meet up with you at the office or if you're not there, I'll come back here!"
<@Mrs_Senko> "Mr. Chuubo. If you really want such a thing, don't wish for it. Just look it up like a sane human being."

• @Lili looks hurt.
  

<@Mrs_Senko> "Also, follow me to the town office."

• @Mrs_Senko proceeds to go.
  

<@Random_Nerd> Senko, two things are obvious. First, Chuubo is using his evil Wish Powers to distort the world. Second, if red tape makes it harder to do things in a bureaucracy, then some other color must be better. Possibly green? It is opposite red on the color wheel. Plus, green means "go" on traffic lights.
<@Mrs_Senko> (Definitely green)

• @Natalia looks straight at Lilimund, concerned, but not sure what she can say. Then she gets her things together to go.
  
• @Shounen run to Lili *Can I help you" *Sparkle*
  
• @Lili will head out to her Realm, her Dominion. She will do her best! Believe It!
  

<@Lili> *waves hands* "Oh, no, no, I just have to visit the lady mechanics room. I'll be..fine."
<@Mrs_Senko> If there is a hardware store on the way, Mrs. Senko will buy some green electrical tape to make things work faster.
<@deMontreal> "Well, if I need a precious license...
<@Random_Nerd> (Here, a brief montage of Lillmund building a new addition to the side of the Department of Works, aging the bricks and applying dirt and grime, and using electronic mind control to cause people to believe that they work there. It's unclear as to whether this is how the wishes always work, or just this one.)
<@Random_Nerd> There is one. They also have yellow, blue, and white tape. I wonder what those do?

• @Shounen look straight into Lili eyes "If I can ever help you please let me know..." *blink*
  

<@Lili> "I...will, Shounen. Thank you."
<@Shounen> (yay for the montage!)
<@Lili> (Will do the creating once Shounen is gone.)

• @Mrs_Senko buys the other tapes just in case.
  

<@Lili> (Lili will look around the building addition, doing the whole [ ] with her hands to check the angles. Hope Entropy wasn't going to feng shui it anytime.)
<@Random_Nerd> When the rest of you get to your destination, Lili is there, somewhat out of breath, standing by the Department of Aircraft Licensing and Tracking.
<@Random_Nerd> Senko, you're pretty sure that wasn't what the letter told you to see about earlier, but that's what it says now.

• @Lili waves, slightly wearily.
  

<@Mrs_Senko> "Huh..."
<@Random_Nerd> Clearly either you misrecalled, or someone has used time-contracting-reality-distorting powers to change it.

• @Mrs_Senko scratches her head.
  

<@Mrs_Senko> "Well, children. Here we are!"

• @Shounen wave
  
• @Mrs_Senko taps the building to make sure it's sturdy.
  

<@Random_Nerd> Sitting at the desk in front is a receptionist whose hair is somewhat mussed as if someone just carried them halfway across town and then hooked them up to a van de graaff generator briefly.
<@Random_Nerd> It's sturdy, and looks to have stood there for decades.

• @Lili rubs a fingerprint off of a front-window.
  
• @Lili also looks at Chuubo for approval even though he wouldn't probably even think that he was getting a wish granted.
  

<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo smiles at her in a way that is unclear as to whether he realized what has happened.

• @Mrs_Senko walks up to the desk.
  
• @Lili BEAMS!
  
• @Mrs_Senko places the note from Principal Entropy in front of her, adding a bit of green tape to it.
  

<@Lili> (I'm walkin' on sunshine, ye-aaaah...and I'm feeling good!)
<@Random_Nerd> "Hi! This is the department of Aircraft Licensing and Tracking! Which exists! I work here!"
<@Random_Nerd> She looks at the letter, glancing in confusion at the tape for a moment, and then notices Principal E's signature.
<@Random_Nerd> "Let me get right on that!"

• @Mrs_Senko eyes the woman suspiciously.
  

<@Random_Nerd> She goes to the back to get the forms.

• @Natalia wonders at the secretary's suspicious way of acting.
  

<@deMontreal> "Is it me, or is this town rather prone to existential crises?"
<@Random_Nerd> When she reaches the filing cabinet, she stops and looks at Lillimund for a moment.

• @Lili is giving the whole area another once-over, pondering stuff to fix and adust and argh, that pencil is Out of Place!
  

<@Natalia> "It's not just you."

• @Lili smiles at the secretary! She Can Do It!
  

<@Random_Nerd> She smiles back, and remembers which folder they keep that form in.
<@Random_Nerd> She then returns to the desk with Form 785-MA-Z, Authorization to Operate a Zeppelin in the Mesoaetheric Zone for Non-Commercial Purposes.
<@Random_Nerd> Clearly the green tape worked.
<@Mrs_Senko> Clearly
<@deMontreal> "While you're at it, a pilot's authorization, kudasai."
<@Random_Nerd> It requires two forms of ID, a brief description of your purposes, and of your zeppelin.
<@Random_Nerd> She smiles: "What kind?"

• @Mrs_Senko beams at Leonardo for his practical thinking.
  

<@deMontreal> "What do you have?"
<@Random_Nerd> Big smile: "Ultralight! Single-prop biplane! Dragon! Wyvern! Flying chariot pulled by magic cats!"
<@deMontreal> "Ah. Do you have 'zeppelin propelled by things beyond comprehension'?"

• @Mrs_Senko produces a teaching certificate and a [insert famous cartoon character here] Fanclub Membership card for her ID.
  

<@Random_Nerd> "Hydrogen, helium, heated air, or vacuum?"
<@deMontreal> "Variable-lift."
<@Random_Nerd> She looks confused for a moment, but then goes to look and see.
<@deMontreal> "Might as well keep our options open."

• @Mrs_Senko then scrawls in "Clean the sky" for purpose and "really old, but fixed and working zeppelin" for description.
  

<@Mrs_Senko> She also adds the color of the zeppelin...or as many colors that she can remember.
<@Random_Nerd> She pulls out a form for "Application for Pilot's License for Variable-Lift Refurbished Zeppelin." It's hand-written, and the handwriting looks familiar.
<@Random_Nerd> "Huh!"

• @deMontreal tries to ID the handwriting...
  

<@Random_Nerd> "Huh! Says here that all you need to do to prove your qualification to operate such a machine is answer a series of questions on engineering! All the other ones require, like, hundreds of logged hours with a teacher and so on."
<@Random_Nerd> Lillimund's. Somehow, this is Chuubo's fault.
<@Lili> (How would he know what Lili's handwriting looks like?)
<@deMontreal> "Hm."
<@Random_Nerd> (Lillimund, care to come up with any questions that are written on this genuine and not new and made-up form?)
<@Lili> (Air pirates attack. What do you throw overboard?)
<@Mrs_Senko> "I will also be needing one of those licenses."
<@deMontreal> "Anyway."
<@Random_Nerd> She pulls another one from the manilla folder.
<@Lili> (The sun is to your left and the School is to your right? What is the special of the day at Kakaru Hut?)

• @deMontreal quickly fills out the form, being careful to stick to 'mundane' rather than nightmare technology.
  

<@Lili> (right. not right? .. )
<@Lili> (Lili does nto mention Chuubo's awesomeness in the questions as deMontreal does not need to fail his exam.)
<@Random_Nerd> Senko, some of the questions seem almost deliberately intended to trip you up.
<@Random_Nerd> Clearly, the fault of reptoid communist wishers.
<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo: "So, do you keep track of the locations and origins of aircraft in Town here?"
<@deMontreal> "Here you are."
<@Lili> (And their sentient fabulosa machine-people!)
<@Random_Nerd> Clerk: "That is a thing that we do! And one that makes sense for us to do, because that is one of the things that we do!"
<@Mrs_Senko> Indeed! I'm a teacher! Teachers can't fail tests. That's absurd and impractical.
<@Random_Nerd> (Using any of your foul Practicality-themed powers?)
<@deMontreal> to Senko: "You'll forgive me if I don't help you... against the rules to tell you that's a rho rather than a goofy-looking p. Oops."
<@Mrs_Senko> "Mr. de Montreal. Rhos look like normal Ps, thank you very much."
<@deMontreal> "Of course. Air density and pressure are equivalent, after all."
<@Mrs_Senko> "Go...sit outside or something."

• @Mrs_Senko fixes the mistakes Leonardo pointed out.
  

<@Random_Nerd> (For one MP, you can know the proper and practical approach to taking this test.)
<@deMontreal> (Who says they were mistakes? >:> )
<@Mrs_Senko> (spends MP)
<@Mrs_Senko> (I did!)
<@Random_Nerd> Okay! Now, tell us what the proper and practical approach is!
<@Random_Nerd> And so it will be.
<@deMontreal> (Isn't the proper approach an hour-long slog in a room of identical desks being fish-eyed by a proctor?)
<@Random_Nerd> (No, that is the proper way for them to have set up the test. Not the proper way for Senko to take it and succeed!)
<@deMontreal> (Presumably so that people can handle PRESSURE, which is important.)
<@Mrs_Senko> The proper and practical approach is to read the directions first. Then, read each question. Then, answer each question, skipping a couple and coming back to them later to make it look like you are thinking about those ones a little extra. Then, review each answer and change a few.
<@Random_Nerd> Obviously, the correct approach to taking a test is to focus on test-taking, rather than subject-matter, expertise.
<@Mrs_Senko> Of course!
<@Random_Nerd> And so, since Senko carries it out in the proper and practical fashion, she succeeds.
<@Random_Nerd> The clerk takes the applications, and then pulls the answer key from the file.
<@Random_Nerd> Clerk: "Just a moment..."
<@Random_Nerd> She then pulls out two pieces of cardstock and fills them out, handing them to Senko and Leonardo.
<@Random_Nerd> Senko's has a gold star on it.
<@Random_Nerd> "You are now licensed... zepplinnauts."
<@Mrs_Senko> This is, actually, her answer to unexpected tests. Expected test taking includes hours of grueling study before-hand.

• @deMontreal wonders what he missed...
  
• @Mrs_Senko nods at her gold star.
  
• @Lili beams at the clerk. So wonderful!
  

<@Random_Nerd> "And, Chuubo, the records on the positions of aircraft are down the hall, first door on the right."
<@Random_Nerd> (And I'm going to call this a slice-of-life scene.)
<@deMontreal> (Oh, did we look up the zeppelin's hull numbers?)
<@Random_Nerd> (I thought you said that you had.)
<@Random_Nerd> (Oh, in the file.)
<@deMontreal> "While we're at it...
<@deMontreal> "Here are the hull numbers of the zeppelin we found. Is it on file?"
<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo walks to the next room, and by the time any of you gets there, he's looking in the file for Zeppelins, Weird, Stored In Attics.
<@Lili> (As opposed to Zeps, Standard, Stored in Attics.)
<@Random_Nerd> (That's the next file.)
<@Random_Nerd> (By the way, you know that you guys can start scenes too.)
<@deMontreal> (That implies there's a section Zeppelins, Perfectly Normal.)
<@Random_Nerd> (Have you looked at Rand's guide to them?)
<@Random_Nerd> (As well as Zeppelins, Imperfectly Normal, and Zeppelins, Normalacy Impossible To Determine Due To Incompleness Theorem.)
<@Lili> Is Kite's zep in there?)
<@deMontreal> (You mean Ftisk's?)
<@Mrs_Senko> (Kite's Batzeppelin?)
<@Lili> (Indeed!)
<@Shounen> (Was made by Kite and Ftisk)
<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo: "Says here that it came from "Russia #47", and that it was found in Town after a severe storm. The engine was no longer airworthy and the gas envelope was badly torn, so it was deemed unrepariable by the crew. Much of the structure was used by the surviving crew to build shelters until they could arrange lodging, and the remainder was stored in the History of Outside museum, and later transferred to School."
<@deMontreal> "Russia 47?"
<@Lili> (Infinite Crisis! Chuubo punched the universe!)
<@deMontreal> "The crew wasn't trying, I'd say
<@Mrs_Senko> "That would come after Russia 46, Mr. de Montreal."
<@Random_Nerd> Natalia, on reflection, you're pretty sure that you've seen parts of the zeppelin integrated into the frameworks of buildings in Fortitude.
<@Random_Nerd> And the list of the crew... some of those names look familiar.
<@Random_Nerd> Dmitri Demidov, the co-pilot... you're pretty sure he lives down the road from your father and mother.
<@deMontreal> (We could start a find-stuff-out scene)
<@Mrs_Senko> "We now have everything we need to proceed to the Sky."
<@Lili> (I'd be okay with that. Let's visit Natalia's family! ^^ )
<@Random_Nerd> (If we're going to... Etheric, do you have any thoughts on what they're like?)
<@Random_Nerd> (Etheric?)
<@deMontreal> (oops)
<@Random_Nerd> (Okay! So maybe we meet Natalia's family later!)
<@Lili> (Alrighty. So, back to the school?)
<@Random_Nerd> Outside, something goes smash.
<@Natalia> (Sorry, I'm just too drowsy tonight..)
<@Mrs_Senko> "What was that?"
<@Random_Nerd> Clerk: "Oh, is it that time again?"

• @deMontreal goes out to check
  

<@Natalia> (As I'm sure you've noticed, I haven't been very attentive recently. A lot of it has to do with the time of night, I think.)

• @Shounen raise head from inflated pillow "What?"
  

<@Random_Nerd> Clerk: "It's probably a giant monster smashing unoccupied buildings of non-specific function."
<@Natalia> (Since it seems unlikely that I'm going to be able to constructively participate tonight, I'll just leave early. Sorry to disappoint.)
<@Lili> "But this place has a function! Specific, even!"
<@Random_Nerd> Outside, a bluish-grey six-legged werewolf is smashing its way through Town, somehow managing to step on only condemned buildings and similarly useless things.
<@Random_Nerd> (Will you be interested in pursuing the plotline next session, or should we just drop it?0

• @Natalia Quit
  

<@deMontreal> (How big?)
<@Random_Nerd> Big enough to step on a one-story building, and have the building be the one that feels it.
<@Random_Nerd> Up top, clinging to its giant head by the tufts of its ears, is something small and humanoid-looking.
<@Lili> "Is he authorized by Town?"
<@Random_Nerd> Clerk: "Hardly. It's just that, due to the Code Novae, they only seem to manage to crush buildings or people who at least kinda have it coming."
<@Random_Nerd> Clerk: "You know, like ogres eating people."
<@deMontreal> "Who's that on top?"
<@Random_Nerd> She looks nervous for a moment, looks at Senko, and then seems satisfied that she's not the Ogre one.
<@Random_Nerd> Clerk: "Dunno."
<@deMontreal> (I keep thinking 'fly up and check'... :p )
<@Lili> "What's the Code Novae?" (or is that something that someone would know if they're from Town?)
<@Shounen> (Is the code monster abide on evil island)
<@Shounen> (or was evil word? anyway the floating island that Entropy II own)
<@Random_Nerd> Clerk: "Don't worry, as long as you don't at least partially deserve to be stepped on by a giant monster, you'll be fine."

• @Shounen yawn and resume nap
  

<@Mrs_Senko> "HEY! YOU UP THERE! GET A JOB!"

• @deMontreal looks at his fellow players...
  

<@Random_Nerd> (And Senko gets an Outsider point and a bonus XP!)
<@Lili> "I don't think I would deserve to get stepped on...where's Chuubo?"
<@Lili> (Yeah, I boggle.)
<@deMontreal> "Who judges 'deserving to be stepped on'?
<@Random_Nerd> Chuubo's off reading the Zeppelins, Indeterminately Weird, Disassembled And Buried In Hidden Places All Over Town file.
<@Lili> (Ah, good, they'd have to step on the building to get him.)
<@Random_Nerd> Tiny Humanoid Figure: "Hi, Mrs. Senko! Uh, I mean, hi, tiny human figure who I don't know, maybe you're a teacher or sonething!"
<@Random_Nerd> The tiny figure pulls out a mask from a pocket, and puts it on.
<@Shounen> (Is the class president?)
<@Mrs_Senko> "Hi."
<@Mrs_Senko> Because that is the practical response to such a greeting.
<@Random_Nerd> (No. It's a girl's voice.)
<@Lili> (I think it's Entropy.)
<@Lili> (Oooor, Student Council.)
<@Random_Nerd> Tiny Figure: "Anyway, I got turned around, do you know which way School is?"
<@Lili> "Are you going to try and smash the School?"
<@Mrs_Senko> (No...it's one of the other excrucians.)
<@deMontreal> "... it's that way."
<@Mrs_Senko> (And if I remember right, Mrs. Senko has a tendency to ignore her antics.)
<@Random_Nerd> Tiny Figure: "Yes! Down with schools, wishing, and Cs in Geometry!"
<@Lili> (The Deceiver?)
<@Mrs_Senko> (Yeah, her.)
<@Mrs_Senko> (I think...)
<@Random_Nerd> (Yeah.)
<@Lili> "I think that John Wicked, Class President, will have something to say about that!"
<@Random_Nerd> Tiny Figure: "Ha! The fool! None can stand before the perfect Utopian assault! This is the final reckoning hour!"
<@Lili> "How many times have you tried this?"
<@Mrs_Senko> "Please don't smash the teacher's lounge or the zeppelin!"
<@deMontreal> "OK, now I'm torn between stopping them and getting our new zeppelin out of there before they destroy it."
<@Random_Nerd> It is suddenly obvious that this plan, of smashing the School with a giant werewolf, is sensible, logical, and sane.
<@Mrs_Senko> "Let's get to the zeppelin."
<@Lili> (But..but...down with wishing!)
<@Random_Nerd> Figure In A Mask: "Past events are irrelevant! Only the now is real!"
<@Lili> "Right now, you look very silly."
<@Shounen> (cool the ideologue)
<@Random_Nerd> The werewolf-hulk-monster continues on its way towards the School.
<@Mrs_Senko> (Mrs. Senko would be beaming at Lili for that comment, if it were not for the current situation.)
<@Lili> "Even though her plan seems able to work, I would like to see John Wicked kick her off of the School Grounds or get her into Detention."
<@Random_Nerd> Figure: "There are people who have to worry about whether they look silly or not. This class of people is coterminous with the set of people who do not control giant city-crushing monsters."
<@deMontreal> calmly: "That reminds me, we should have a hangar for the thing. Perhaps at my place?"
<@Mrs_Senko> "If you have the facilities, Mr. de Montreal, that would be practical."
<@Random_Nerd> The werewolf turns a corner, and as it tries to set its foot down, suddenly stops.
<@deMontreal> "I believe I can find room for the Deus Ex Machina."
<@Random_Nerd> Then it goes back a step, as something pushes it.
<@Lili> "Even if you control a city-crushing monster, you can look silly. In the rubble, the rats will snerk and whisper about how you look like a flea on a dog. The people crushed beneath beams will moan about how they could not be killed by someone who looked important."
<@deMontreal> "Oh yes, would you be so kind as to get us a bottle of champagne to break over its bow?"
<@Mrs_Senko> "Anyway, we should let this nice person and her dog be while we go clean the Sky."
<@Random_Nerd> The werewolf stumbles back further as something human-shaped holds it by one tree-sized toe and shoves.
<@Lili> "Senko is older than me. I don't want to get carded, so she will have to buy the alcohol."
<@Random_Nerd> Human Shape At Ground Level: "Miss Apocynum! In spite of the fact that these actions of yours are sensible, logical, and sane, the school rulebook states that it is forbidden for any student to try to destroy School with a giant monster!"
<@Mrs_Senko> "Alcohol is not allowed on school grounds. I will get sparkling juice instead."
<@Lili> (Is it John Wicked?)
<@Random_Nerd> (No.)
<@deMontreal> (Entropy?)
<@Lili> (But the zep will not be on school grounds, it will be at deMontreal's place.)
<@Random_Nerd> Jasmine Apocynum: "But Mrs. Rosewood! This plan is sensible, logical, and sane! I checked!"
<@Shounen> ( /me nod nod )

• @Lili whispers to deMontreal. "What page is that rule on?"
  

<@deMontreal> (Yes, but at the moment it's in the school!)
<@Random_Nerd> Zoe Rosewood: "Even so! There are rules!"
<@deMontreal> to Lili: "I'd look under 'Miscellaneous'."
<@Random_Nerd> She gives the werewolf one final shove, and it stumbles back and falls down, sitting on an abandoned factory.

• @Lili cheers Zoe for the fabulous show!
  

<@Lili> "I suspect that the Misc. section of the school rulebook is the largest section."

• @Mrs_Senko slips into the closest grocery/convenience store to buy sparkling juice.
  

<@deMontreal> "Good point. Miscellaneous-G."
<@Random_Nerd> (And as for how she could do that, Ogres are Stronger Than. Stronger than what? Yes.)
<@Mrs_Senko> (Yay!)
<@Random_Nerd> Senko, you know that there is a specific rule giving a punishment for attempting to destroy School with a giant monster.
<@Lili> (Ooo! Make her scrub the flagstones!)
<@Random_Nerd> The school rulebook is immensely long, held in place in the principal's office with chains and bands of iron, and possibly written in human blood.
<@Lili> (How similar is it to the book that Entropy writes in his blood?)
<@Random_Nerd> (Very similar.)
<@Random_Nerd> Zoe: "You have detention every day for a week, Miss Apocynum! And today, within the hour, MEET ME IN THE HALL OUTSIDE THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE!"
<@Random_Nerd> Jasmine: "Aww... I really thought it was going to work this time."

• @Mrs_Senko recites the rule as worded in the rulebook for the benefit of her companions.
  

<@Random_Nerd> Leonardo, you note that "monsters" as defined here must be at least partly organic in nature.

• @Lili cheers and applaudes the spectacle!
  

<@deMontreal> (Thank you for scheming for me, RN. :) )
<@Random_Nerd> (I'm going to call that a Reaction scene, but a Quick one. Three destiny into the pool.)
<@Random_Nerd> (So, where are you off too next?)
<@Lili> (The school?)
<@Random_Nerd> As the werewolf lies on the ground, it fades out, leaving only a sleepy-looking junior in a school uniform.
<@deMontreal> (Christening the Deus Ex Machina and getting it out of the School before someone succeeds in destroying it?)
<@Mrs_Senko> (The zeppelin...after buying the sparkling juice)
<@Random_Nerd> (Are you looking for juice that is carbonated, or that glitters and gleams with light?)
<@Mrs_Senko> (Juice that is carbonated...though if she finds some that glitters and gleams with light, she will have it delivered to Father.)
<@Random_Nerd> (You find the former, but not the latter. Although you have a hunch that there might be some in that one weird vending machine in the shopping district.)
<@Lili> (It's right next to that really good noodle shop. *shifty* Lili spends a bunch of time in that district.)

• @Mrs_Senko , armed with sparkling juice, proceeds to lead everyone back the the zeppelin.
  

<@Random_Nerd> Back at school, the Deus Ex Machina sits in the attic, looking important.
<@Mrs_Senko> (Hehe)

• @deMontreal looks for a place to put a turret
  

<@Lili> (Did we make all of the repairs before?)
<@Random_Nerd> (Of course! There was a montage!)
<@Mrs_Senko> "Now, to get it out of the attic...."
<@Random_Nerd> (You don't have the armor plating, mind. Or the gas to fill it.)

• @Mrs_Senko puts her ear against the wall and taps, listening for hidden Large Doors.
  

<@Random_Nerd> (But gas chamber, engine, and controls are in working order.)
<@Random_Nerd> Are you using any special Senko-fu, or just ordinary listening?
<@Lili> (I didn't think we could see the far end of the room.)
<@deMontreal> "If the envelope is strong enough, we may be able to use a vacuum, like that clerk mentioned.
<@Mrs_Senko> (I...hrmmm...how much MP do I have left....*checks*)

• @deMontreal pulls out something nightmarish.
  

<@Lili> "Heated air might be easier...for you. What is that?"
<@deMontreal> "This is straight from one of those dreams where everything you love is snatched away."
<@deMontreal> "A few strategically placed gaskets and it's an automatic air evacuator."
<@Random_Nerd> (If you'd be using the hidden doors thing as a way to teach methods of architecture, you can use Impromptu Props...)
<@Lili> (How would vacuum work for a zep?)
<@Mrs_Senko> (I'll go with that, then.)
<@Random_Nerd> (Well, you know how hydrogen is lighter than air? Vacuum is also lighter than air.)
<@deMontreal> "I'll set my spiderbot to strengthen the bag structure to handle several atmospheres negative pressure and we're good to go."
<@Mrs_Senko> "Children! Did you know that some buildings have hidden doors? You can check for them like this!"
<@Random_Nerd> (Because there's a pretty big Obstacle involved in finding hidden doors that are not, in fact, there, you'll have to spend four Will. But I think you're topped off.)

• @Lili will lean up against a wall and cause a hidden door to open?
  

<@Random_Nerd> Senko, what proper method of finding hidden doors do you demonstrate? Tapping on walls, or something else?

• @deMontreal test-fires the engines
  

<@Mrs_Senko> Tapping on the walls, listening, moving to a new area and listening for a noise that sounds more hollow than a normal hollow part of a wall...continuing until the door is found.
<@Random_Nerd> And it works! You find an unusually hollow-sounding part, and sure enough, next to that there's a hidden lever to open the secret door!
<@Random_Nerd> There's a faint humming sound for a moment as the very fabric of reality contorts itself into a shape that fits Senko's practicality, and then the door opens, with a large part of the side of the school folding up like a gull-wing door.

• @Lili raises an eyebrow admiringly.
  

<@Random_Nerd> Now, purists might argue that the part of the exterior of the school that has opened out, and the location of the attic based on the interior plan of the school, don't quite match up. The height is all wrong, and it's not even the right side of the school.
<@Random_Nerd> But... that's a detail.
<@Random_Nerd> And Senko has the Ignore Details skill.
<@Mrs_Senko> "Is the engine working properly, Mr. de Montreal?"
<@Random_Nerd> (And I'm going to call that a quick Exploration scene, which gives up 15 Destiny, and an XP. Lilli got the last one, so Senko gets this one.)
<@Mrs_Senko> (Ooh!)
<@deMontreal> "I dare say it's working improperly."
<@deMontreal> "Let's see if we can hold a vacuum..."
<@Random_Nerd> (Well, the replacement parts for the gas envelope were taken from the bedsheets that strangle you in nightmares, right? Those things are pretty sturdy.)

• @deMontreal waits as his spiderbot gets the hell out of the envelope...
  

<@deMontreal> (Ayep. And other various cant-get-through-this-even-though-you-MUST parts.)
<@Random_Nerd> The spiderbot gets clear, clings to the outer framework, and salutes with one claw.

• @deMontreal fires up the evacuator.
  
• @Lili salutes the spiderbot!
  

<@deMontreal> "If you hear a screaming sound, just ignore it. I do."
<@Random_Nerd> The air pump howls like the screams of the damned, but of the damned on a better-than-usual day. Free Ice Cream Day in Hell, say.
<@Lili> (But the ice cream is melted.)

• @Lili tries to ignore the screams but is having trouble.
  

<@Random_Nerd> (Well, it is Hell.)
<@Random_Nerd> Shortly, the airship begins to bob, and then slowly rises a few inches into the air.
<@Mrs_Senko> (Melted, but still a sweet treat.)
<@Mrs_Senko> "Ready? Time to board?"
<@Lili> "But can it hold a pilot or two, deMontreal?"

• @Shounen applaude
  

<@deMontreal> "After one little bit of business...
<@Random_Nerd> The controls were designed for two pilots, an engineer or twenty, and a crew to operate the gun.

• @deMontreal grabs the bottle Senko bought.
  

<@Mrs_Senko> "You are hardly the closest to royalty in this attic, Mr. de Montreal."
<@deMontreal> "By the powers given to me by purely random chance and a vague sense of importance, I hereby christen this ship the Deus Ex Machina."
<@Mrs_Senko> "Or...any of that sort of thing. We should get the class president."
<@Random_Nerd> (What's Leo's XP-emotion?)
<@deMontreal> "Didn't you call me a royal pain once?"
<@Lili> (Curse you, deMontreal?)
<@deMontreal> ( O_O )
<@Mrs_Senko> "That means you are a pain to royals."
<@deMontreal> "Close enough."
<@Mrs_Senko> "Fine."
<@deMontreal> >Ksssssht!<
<@Random_Nerd> (Hmm... Eh, close enough. Bonus XP for Leo.)
<@Mrs_Senko> "But if our zeppelin is doomed, it is your fault."
<@deMontreal> (Kewl, I think I've got 2 un-allocated)
<@Random_Nerd> Newly named, the Deus Ex Machina bobs on its moorings, ready for its first post-repair flight.

STOP

• @deMontreal gets behind the conn.
  

<@Lili> Bravo!

• Shounen is now known as Angelo
  
• Lili is now known as BethE
  

<@deMontreal> Slowly getting used to how this game works.
<@Angelo> Wow great deMontreal :-)

• deMontreal is now known as Knockwood
  

<@Random_Nerd> Have you guys read through Rand's stuff on Issues, Scenes, and the like?

• Mrs_Senko is now known as Verithe
  

<@Random_Nerd> They're quite helpful.
<@Knockwood> Been meaning to.
<@Verithe> I need to.
<@BethE> I liked the werewolf bit. A taste of the 'hero of another story' thing.
<@Verithe> I forgot about them.
<@Knockwood> Then again my meaning-to-read list is approaching small library size.
<@Random_Nerd> At least try to.
<@Random_Nerd> We need to give these systems a good kicking if this is to be a useful playtest.
<@Knockwood> (And actually, I had another ship with that name...
<@Knockwood> (in a MST of a bad MLP fanfic I'm participating in.)
<@Random_Nerd> So, any further thoughts on Chuubo?
<@BethE> He's very quiet.
<@Random_Nerd> The game, I mean.
<@BethE> Ah.

• @Angelo like this game
  

<@Random_Nerd> (The werewolf was pretty much because I needed to change gears from the Natalia thing, so I invoked the Chandler Rule.)
<@Angelo> chandler from Friends?
<@Random_Nerd> Raymond Chandler.
<@Knockwood> You'd think it'd be limiting since there's a specific list of characters, but it's extensive enough that that's usually a non-issue.
<@Random_Nerd> Wrote the Phillip Marlowe books.
<@BethE> When action slows down, have two guys with a werewolf come in the window.
<@Angelo> ahhh
<@Angelo> !
<@Random_Nerd> Had a storytelling rule that's something like "If it seems like nothing's happening in the story, have two guys come in the door with guns."
<@Verithe> I...actually had a suggestion last night as I was going to bed, but I forgot it. D:
<@Angelo> (wise rule
<@Knockwood> the RPG version involves ninja.
<@Random_Nerd> Hmm.
<@Random_Nerd> I notice that you guys don't tend to use your characters' abilities unless I prompt you.
<@Random_Nerd> Is there a reason for that?
<@Knockwood> You could argue the strangeness of the place is a character as well...
<@Knockwood> though that depends on the game
<@Angelo> too many abilities .. can't remember them all
<@BethE> I actually forget about my nonSteampunk powers, except for being graceful no matter what.
<@Random_Nerd> Yeah, Town's a pretty weird place.
<@Knockwood> Wasn't really a call for heartless or friendless this time around, except for razzing Senko
<@Verithe> I can't remember all of the abilities either and navigating the playtest materials while playing is difficult. I imagine when proper tables and such are introduced, it won't be much of a problem.
<@Angelo> well I take a real nap, bye guys!
<@Verithe> Even so, any sort of simplified versions for a cheat-sheet would be helpful.
<@Verithe> Take care, Angelo!
<@Knockwood> cya Angelo
<@BethE> Night, all! I need sleep too.  :) *HUGS*
<@Verithe> Take care, Beth!
<@Knockwood> g'night Beth
<@Knockwood> I'm with Verithe, tho, could use a cheat sheet.
<@Random_Nerd> Don't the character sheets have them?
<@Random_Nerd> Hmm.
<@Random_Nerd> Lists the powers, but not the effects.
<@Random_Nerd> Okay, that goes on the list of suggestions.

• @BethE Quit (Disintegrated: All shall love me and despair?)
  

<@Random_Nerd> One-sentence blurbs of what each one does, on those sheets.
<@Verithe> Sounds good.
<@Knockwood> In my case, I kinda have a VPP in the form of 'Nightmare Tech'
<@Verithe> In the meantime, I might try writing out index cards of Mrs. Senko's powers so I won't have such a problem navigating them.
<@Verithe> VPP?
<@Knockwood> as long as I can justify it as coming from a nightmare I can do ANYTHING muahhahhahhah
<@Verithe> I think all of the characters have something like that.
<@Knockwood> Verithe: from Hero/Champions, a Variable Power Pool.
<@Verithe> Ah
<@Knockwood> Lets you do anything within a certain limitation.
<@Knockwood> You could argue that certain combinations of characters could be ... problematic.
<@Knockwood> Then again, maybe that's why Billy Sovereign is gone.
<@Verithe> I wonder what an all-adult characters campaign would be like. Principal Entropy, the teachers and Lillimund.
<@Verithe> I think....if I ever become a teacher, I'd want to play in that campaign.
<@Knockwood> Ah... also, most of my powers require darkness, and it's afternoon
<@Verithe> We're in an attic.
<@Verithe> Not that all of our time is spent there. You're right.
<@Knockwood> hmm
<@Verithe> Do random shadows work? I need to re-read Leonardo's stuff.
<@Knockwood> I think I need to be in darkness for either 5 minutes or 2 hours
<@Knockwood> The latter is just a bit problematic in a game...
<@Verithe> Yes...
<@Verithe> At least one like ours.
<@Verithe> If it were, say, a Midnight Club that checks out local urban legends or something....but that's not our game.
<@Knockwood> that would require adults
<@Knockwood> ... it's starting to sound like LdM doesn't fit...
<@Verithe> Or kids who sneak out at night.
<@Verithe> As kids are wont to do.
<@Knockwood> good point
<@Verithe> But the requirement is a bit troublesome.
<@Knockwood> But still... LdM is a heartless, friendless bastard. Literally.
<@Knockwood> Making him work is tricky-but-doable
<@Verithe> Yes.
<@Knockwood> What about Senko? :)
<@Verithe> She's also tricky-but-doable. The being a teacher thing is hard, because it puts her in a position where she should be in control.
<@Verithe> But her being in control, I feel, unbalances the group.
<@Knockwood> yeah, that automatic I'm-in-charge thing is always a problem
<@Knockwood> big problem with Star Trek games, for one
<@Verithe> I can imagine!
<@Verithe> But when nobody is following her instruction, she feels a bit helpless.
<@Verithe> Leonardo and Senko were under the list of more challenging characters to play, right?

• @Verithe checks.
  

<@Verithe> Leonardo, anyway, is under "Advanced Characters"
<@Knockwood> makes sense, he might be annoying in certain groups
<@Knockwood> RN, you getting all this down? :)
<@Verithe> Mrs. Senko is only under "Unfinished Characters" in the playtest document and I don't think it is mentioned how challenging she is supposed to be in the supplemental material.
<@Knockwood> Well, there's always the chance that she'll be less challenging somehow
<@Verithe> Yes.
<@Verithe> But, given as the other Excrucian characters are all Advanced, I'm assuming she'd go with them.
<@Knockwood> You think LdM is a mimic?
<@Verithe> He is pictured in the Excrucian splash page in the 3E book.
<@Verithe> The one with the red wings.
<@Knockwood> what page?
<@Knockwood> found it
<@Verithe> 27-.....yeah, that one.
<@Verithe> He's named here: http://butifuldeath.deviantart.com/gallery/29637662#/d3etmet
<@Knockwood> wondered about that
<@Knockwood> y'know, that's what the game really needs ... illustrations
Session Time: Fri Feb 24 00:00:00 2012
<@Verithe> I do look forward to seeing the illustrations!
<@Knockwood> wonder if how we play these guys will wind up in the final game :)
<@Verithe> That would be exciting!
<@Knockwood> well, see you next week
<@Verithe> Take care!

• @Knockwood Quit
  
• @Verithe Quit
  
• @Angelo has left #Nobilis
  

Session Close: Fri Feb 24 08:10:36 2012