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<Prozac> [Arsenal`] He's not Crazy, he's downright NUTS!
<Arsenal`> ahoy!
You are now known as Reed_S
<Will> 'Lo Reed.
<Will> Bar's open, nothing's happening as yet.
Anya is back [Take cover!] [gone: 1h20m7s]
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UpLink is now known as Vander
<Vander> Oi!
<Reed_S> 'lo Runt
Will watches the rainy sky tint the further green hills progressive shades of 
grey until they blend with the falling water.
<Vander> Will: Cool, isn't it? :)
<Anya> moof
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<Vander> Oi Trent!
<Trent> 'lo, all
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<Reed_S> 'lo druggie
Aris_TGD is now known as Kasia
<Vander> Oi Kasia!
<Anya> moof.
<Reed_S> 'lo babe
<Trent> 'lo, Kasia
Vander *THWACKSMACK* Reed for stealing his line
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<Vix> Fnord.
<Vander> Oi Vix
<Reed_S> well, it's the only one on the team more insane than me...
<Reed_S> 'lo Vix
Kasia grabs Munester cheese and crackers to munch on. brb.
<Vix> Reed: Yes! It is! That's right!
Will looks up.  'Lo Kasia.  Muenster.  </annoying spellcheck>
Reed_S wonders if the vaunted GM is gonna be awake tonight.
<Anya> Who knows?
<Vander> Ars: You still need to get racenm out to the players
Trent doesn't, idly boogies to random mp3
<Trent> 's
<Trent> fscking enter key
<Will> Ask her to turn the volume way up and set an annoying sound for /msging.  
Then call her when she's disturbingly quiet.
Vix puts Mr. Crowley on continuous replay because its just so damn cool. %)
Reed_S hasta go AFK for a bit...
Shadur returns
You are now known as Reed_AFK
Shadur is now known as Ch`Dith
<Vander> Oi Dwagon
<Will> Late 'lo, dwagon.
<Anya> DWAGON!
Anya huggles the dwagon, missed him while he was gone.
Vander watches Ars send him a stale RST
<Ch`Dith> Feline/Student! *pounce*
<Ch`Dith> justasec, brb
Anya tosses a bunch of her Simon CDs in the player...not mp3 night.
Kasia returns
Will listens mellowly to Adiemus.
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<Vander> Oi Rick
<Vander> Meeth: WinAmp. Got it?
<Rick> yep
<Vander> Gimme
<Anya> wooohoo!
<Vander> whoooo!
<Will> HooHaa!
<Vander> Hoorah!
<Will> What are we cheering about?
<Vander> Will: Dunno. But it sure is fun :)
<Rick> Van: hold on. Let me find it
<Vander> Meeth: OK
Anya is not Obsessing[tm-Aris] over PS again.
Kasia grins. :)
<Will> Zibb?
<Kasia> Will: No, Paul Simon.
Vander ponders evilly. "Darth Pikachu?"
<Will> Thank Grimace.
<Anya> Will: it's aftereffects, went to a concert last night, it was pretty 
kewl. :)
Trent picks up a Gameboy, smites Vander repeatedly for even *THINKING* that.
<Will> Darth... Gore.  It sounds oddly appropriate.
<Vix> Will: He claims he invented the Force, I'd bet. ;)
Rick just realizes that he can't play Darth Utini tonight. "DAMN!!!!!"
<Vander> Vix: :)
<Will> He just sits there stiffly and lets the Force do all the work for him.  
Gorily.
<Anya> "And thank god for that." :)
<Vix> And then he opens up an "Open Force" website. %)
<Vander> Rick: So? I can't play Fred tonight. I enjoyed playing the evil dude
<Vix> And expects all the Jedi Masters to come and do his work for him. >%)
<Will> Vix: a *good* villain makes his enemies do exactly that.  It just takes 
planning.
<Vix> But Darth Gore's dumb, so he wouldn't succeed. ;P
<Vix> -P+)
Will ever-so-subtly stops with the politicking.
Anya takes the headphones off....
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<Maeryn> boo
<Trent> 'lo, Mae
<Rick> I just learned that my cousin's last name is Prozac.
<Vander> Oi GM
<Vix> .... %D
<Kasia> Ahh. MaeGM.
<Anya> moof.
<Anya> Where's the beef? *runsandhides!*
<Will> Night falls.  The horizon shrinks like an evaporating puddle, leaving 
behind droplets of light peppering the darkness.  The world outside my window 
becomes a circle of lamplight.  It's quiet.  Everything set?
<Will> Oops.
Anya plays "Not Dark Yet" for Will. :)
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<Vander> Oi Steve
<Trent> 'lo, Steve
<SteveM> oioi
<Ch`Dith> Greetings, Glorious Leader.
<Will> Maeryn: I'd like to get in tonight.  Me and a couple of the folks 
discussed an accidental rifting, whereupon I promptly get thrown into the cell 
with Vander, Vix, and Kasia.
Maeryn apologizes for slacking (cleaning her house) and not having last 
session's xp.. will owe ya'll two weeks next time
Kasia snickers. "Oh, my. ... Nobody can get into that position." "Sure they can. 
Let me show you." "Get off me!"
<Maeryn> Will.. great idea.. that's exactly what I was thinking.. 
<Ch`Dith> Save it for Steve, Melter.
<Maeryn> gotta go switch phone cords.. brb
Kasia sporks Ch'Dith... movie.
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<Ch`Dith> Suuuure it is.
<Kasia> Ever seen Clue?
<Ch`Dith> yep
<Rick> Kasia: yea
<Vix> I parsed that as: Ch'Dith: The Movie. ;)
<Kasia> See?
<Kasia> :)
<Kasia> Vix: ... Not quite. ;)
<Ch`Dith> Vix: Later. 
You are now known as Reed
<Trent> 're, lumpy
<Rick> WB Reed
<Vander> Ars: Why do you keep sending me stale RSTs
<Vander> ?
Ch`Dith checks his list of emotional blackmail ammo for later use on the 
Melter... >}%=>
<Reed> Van: hrrm?
<Vander> The last 3 RSTs you sent me were stale
<Reed> \vgap\game1\rsts\player8.rst
SteveM runs host
<Vander> Ars: They're still stale
Anya sits with a black book in front of her.  Watch out for me.
<Reed> 25KB file, dated today
<Reed> 9:22pm..
<Reed> check that filesize
<Rick> van: I can't seem to find the file. If I find it tonight I'll give it to 
you tomorrow.
<Vander> Rick: OK
<Ch`Dith> Rick: I hope you spent a productive two weeks checking out Rifts 
books?
Anya listens to "Still Crazy", happies s'more.
<Rick> Unfortunately I've rather busy this week
<Reed> JR: is the RST I sent you stale?
<Rick> +been
<Anya> Argh.
<Vander> Ars: Nope. palyer8.rst = 0kb
<Reed> Van: hrrm...
<Anya> hang on...display got screwed up, brb.
<Reed> that's not stale, it just didn't get to you.
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<Vander> Ars: DCC it at me
<Reed> incoming
Ch`Dith listens to Korn-Deab Bodies Everywhere cue on the mp3 player
SteveM: DCC SEND player2.trn (207.71.36.55)
<Trent> Heh.
<SteveM> Ars: INCOMING!!
<Ch`Dith> dead even. 
<Vander> Got it
<Reed> JR: that was quick
Ch`Dith does something to a typist that he was saving for the Runt
<SteveM> Ars: no stale trnage here
<Reed> 'k..
<Reed> must be how he's receiving the file, then
<Vander> Ars: That one's stale, too
<Reed> Van: then it's your client, because that turn just came off tonight's 
hostrun
<Vander> Hmm
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<Prozac> [Anya] Still crazy after all these years...
<Vander> How do I get a sign-on message on Prozac
<Vander> ?
<Ch`Dith>  /msg Prozac info blahdeeblahfoobar
<Vander> Ch'D: Thanx
<Rick> Vander: I just remembered Manny loaded it on my 'puter from his. EG. Not 
file.
<Rick> what happened to Mae
<Vander> Rick: Ah
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<Vix> Whee. Wrong button.
<Rick> Was I too late for the Hobbit stomping??
Anya hmms...the fingertwiddler's gonna be late, she said.
<Ch`Dith> 'bout an hour, yah.
<Anya> Otherwise, we're missing the GM and the cow...
<Rick> Fingertwiddler??
<Kasia> Rick: Ru
<Rick> oh
Ch`Dith boogies to You can do Magic
Anya tosses everything else in the usual places and admires her black book 
s'more before opening it.
Rick grooves to Ben Fold's Five's Army.
Vix watches Mr. Crowley cue itself twice in a row.......
<Vix> Uhm. I'm afraid, now.
<Rick> I had that happen
Reed does something about that lack of Duranium on everyone's homeworld... sets 
TUDR to 100
<Vix> Yeah, but did it play MR. CROWLEY twice in a row? :P
Rick pretends to conduct John Williams' _Duel of the Fates_
Will Davenport pulls out his flute and plays the theme to "Dance Over the 
Rainbow."
Anya is listening to CDs right now, not on random cue.
<Anya> Will...sofa?
<Will> Sofa?
Reed pops in AC/DC: _Who Made Who_
<Anya> Yeah, that's what a davenport is, isn't it? :)  sofa, couch, davenport... 
%)
<Will> Not that I knew.  I picked a new last name to depart from the "Lost in 
Space" bit.
<Reed> heh
<Reed> shoulda keep Robinson.
<Reed> s/keep/kept/
<Rick> Will: Or go with William.
<Reed> in fact, ya shoulda played Robinson for all it's worth. :)
<Will> I *did* like it.  It's just I didn't want a fanboy label... one that I 
got by mistake, anyway.
<Anya> Will: Okay.  It is. :)  And I liked Robinson better...whut ars said.
Rick crunches on aa 3D Dorito
Ch`Dith would maul whomever said "Danger Will Robinson!" first.
<Rick> -a
<Will> Ch'Dith would have already had to do that.
<Reed> Ch: that'd prolly be either Reed or Vander
<Rick> Danger Will Rodgers.
Ch`Dith clobbers both silly with each other to be on the safe side.
<Reed> Will: change yer charname to Roger Dodger
<Reed> or Roger Wilco
<Vander> Sam Smart?
<SteveM> Reed: *thwapthwapthwap*
Trent idly boogies to So What.
<Rick> Roger Wilcox
<Vander> -Sam +Max
Anya reads sm mail...hopes like anything War hasn't decided to go awol.
Ch`Dith delivers Max Hurting to Vander
<Rick> VAN ***THWAPTHWAPTHWAP***
<Ch`Dith> KatAnya: uhm?
<Reed> Ch: I thought the cow was supposed to be the resident sourpuss
<Ch`Dith> I'm falling in for him while he's absent beef.
Will ponders.  Some more.  Robinson, and let the chips fall where they may.
<Reed> s/falling/filling/
<Anya> Shad: War == OCF's mail machine.
<Rick> Will: "The foe"
<Ch`Dith> ahhh
<Anya> it goes AWOL, I gotta go fix it.  Game or no game.
<Trent> =P
<Reed> that sucks
<Vix> Eep.
<Kasia> Anya: :P
<Will> Rick: "Foe," what?
<Vander> Will: Foe Mentation? :)
<Rick> My vid card went AWOL Today. That's why I was so late.
<Reed> (well, at this rate, the Weaver will be here before the beef) :P
<Vander> Rick: Gah
<Trent> (or the GM for that matter)
<Rick> William "the Foe"= William defoe <sp>
Ch`Dith ponders the intro trailer to _Wild Wild West_, decides to make it his 
life's quest to make Will Smith suffer. BAdly.
<Trent> Ch`D: Can I help?
Will has not heard of William Defoe, or maybe has but couldn't even place his 
genre.
<Rick> reminds me. Must check out web page www.jarjarbinksmustdie.com
<Reed> so, you guys are judging the movie by it's trailer, and not viewing it.
<Ch`Dith> sure. the more the merrier
<Anya> Will: That's Daniel DeFoe, the author.
<Ch`Dith> Will: Robinson Crusoe
<Ch`Dith> Reed: Have you seen the trailer?
<Trent> Reed: No.  Actually, I intend to see it.
<Reed> ch: Nope, and I don't intend to.  I intend to judge the movie after 
viewing it, not before.
<Vander> Reed: If you've ever seen the original 60s TV show Wild Wild West, you 
wouldn't need to see the thing
<Rick> I think William Defoe was an actor.
<Ch`Dith> Reed: Let's just say that the wild west and a giant mecha spider 
chewing up villages don't really make for a good mix.
<Reed> Van: and I also never judge anything by comparing it to something else by 
the same name, take-off or not.
<Vander> Reed: It's a cheesy spoof at best
Anya grumbles.
<Will> Daniel DeFoe I know... I think Will Smith's a good actor and singer, but 
I won't be taking the name anytime soon... I note the web page for a visit... 
plan to see WWWest anyway, hmm, interesting acronym.  Okay, I think that brings 
me up to speed.
<Anya> ...why do all the F2F rifts games have to be in Concord!?!
SteveM meditates some more on the WWWest theme becoming a Spurs anthem... 
doesn't know whether to grin or cringe
<Reed> Anya:  :P
<Reed> anya: start one on campus
<Anya> I've pondered it.
<Reed> that reminds me... 
<Trent> Wha, XP?
<Reed> Vander, Meeth, you two know anyone willing to participate in a F2F Rifts 
game locally?
<Ch`Dith> Trent: Not his job anymore, remember?
<Trent> Ch`D: Actually....
<Reed> Trent: I'm in Kei's boat when it comes to last week's XP.
<Rick> not at the moment
<Anya> Ch: You missed our little fun game last week. :)
<Trent> Oh, okay then.
<Vander> Reed: Not really
<Reed> hrrm...
<Ch`Dith> ahh
<Anya> who, if the chief bad guy hadn't decided to bail on us early, was getting 
quite fun. ;)
SteveM eyes his rediscovery of Chrono Trigger
<Vander> Anya: Sorry, but I was really fried 
<Rick> Reed: Maybe one other person.
<Ch`Dith> Did we get XP for the previous week?
<Reed> rick: who?
Trent idly grumbles, is going to be missing the next pair of sessions. =P
<Rick> Manny
<Vander> Rick: If you mean Manny, i wouldn't suggest it
<Reed> Rick: Thank you, no.
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<Prozac> [N`Mor] It's DarkSide!  Wai!
<Will> Beef!
<Rick> brb
N`Mor murders Prozac
<Trent> 'lo, Com
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<Reed> Manny is just too much of a wild cannon.
<Trent> -m +w
<Vander> Reed: Yah
<Reed> 'lo beef
Ch`Dith roars at the beef... the GM on 'er way?
<Vander> brb
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Some people just don't have any patience.)
<N`Mor> yeah. piece o' shit amiga was giving her trouble after I stole her 
phoneline ;)
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<Vander> re
<Reed> ah.
<Reed> 're Van
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<Maeryn> boo
<Reed> GM!
<Vander> re GM
<Will> Everyone, mostly Maeryn: Latest char sheet at 
http://members.xoom.com/lifemage/jihaddi/Will.txt - just downgraded H-H to 
basic, added Read Sensory Equipment.  Figured both were changes in character.
<Trent> 're, GM
<N`Mor> ircing with someone in the same room is odd. %)
<Reed> NM: that it is
<Vander> NM: Ars and I know what you mean :)
<N`Mor> hehe
<Ch`Dith> Kei: Ye give out XP for two weeks ago yet?
Trent idly ponders taking a laptop on vacation with him so he doesn't miss the 
next pair of sessions. =P
N`Mor shrugs, it's easier to plot now. %)
<Maeryn> Ch.. you must've missed it before.. I'm giving it out next week 
<N`Mor> err, >%)
Vander idly ponders buying a laptop
Anya shrugs.  I'm not here July 3rd, so...
<Reed> I may not be here next week either
<Ch`Dith> okie. Wasn't close to leveling anyways... not that we're in it for the 
XP. Naaah.
N`Mor mocks XP
<N`Mor> %)
<Maeryn> anyone else not going to be here 4th of July weekend?
<Reed> Mae: why not just cancel the session that weekend?
<Vix> Ohyeah. I won't be here for the next three saturdays. I'll be in upstate 
newyork, and without net.access.
<Trent> Me, tho I said it already.
Vander *THWACKS* N'Mor in the shin(?) with a monkey wrench
<Kasia> I'm not.
Ch`Dith is going to be here. Obviously.
<Vander> I'll likely be here
<Anya> My presence has been Requested at home that weekend.
<SteveM> "It's a tool, not an activity!" 
<Ch`Dith> KatAnya: eew
<Vander> Steve: You remembered :)
<N`Mor> Ow.
SteveM is home, thus hasn't been Requested.
<Maeryn> sounds like it's canceled.. too many people away
<Anya> Ch: Enh, to be honest...I need to get out of Berkeley for a little while.
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N`Mor shrugs, ponders an impromptu session for the folx here? %)
<Vander> re Rick
<N`Mor> +that'll be
<Reed> NM: it happened last week. :)
<Ch`Dith> Anyways, everybody ready? then let's get on the set and this show on 
the *ROAD*!
<Will> NM: third storyline?  Sans captive, the other isn't much good...
<Maeryn> anything interesting last week?
<Vander> Mae: I got to play the evil guy :)
<Anya> We kidnapped a CS soldier and are running for the border.
<Reed> CS soldier happened to be kats. :)
<Trent> kats: You're saying that like you weren't the one kidnapped.
<Rick> bak
<Vander> And I ordered her death :)
<Anya> I know...on purpose. ;)
<Vix> And I passed out. ;)
<Vander> You always pass out
<SteveM> And Fred accidentally shifted a Fott mercenary from a battle with 
Arachnids. %)
<Anya> And got a house that fell on you.
N`Mor isn't his characters, just their puppeteer. ;)
<Anya> Shut up, N'Mor, we're enjoying this. :)
<Reed> hrrm...
<Reed> one thing's missing...
Reed drops an anvil on Vander 's head
<Rick> What's this?
Vander hides
<Reed> that's better...
N`Mor decides to shun his MOOs tonight and pay more attention to the session ;)
Ch`Dith jams a neck plug into the Runt's skull, plugs him into a chair and 
starts loafing through discs....
Trent grins and pulls out what looks vaguely like a lightsaber handle. He 
presses the on switch and the blade forms...in the shape of a mallet.
SteveM stuffs Vander inside a non-electronic hockey game. As a "player". He then 
idly plays with the handle controlling the Runt while he talks to Kasia.
<Ch`Dith> "Hmm.... _Collected works of Stephen Ratliff, volume 1 through 150, 
parts 1-8_... Sounds good." *upload*
Anya does not torture the Hobbit.
<Trent> Eww...*shudder*
Will starts to defend the Hobbit, thinks better of it seeing the firepower 
against him.
Trent just whaps Vander a few times with the Light Mallet before tossing it 
away.
Vix stuffs a rotorooter into the Hobbit's mouth.
Rick takes Vander and plugs him into a light socket. "Instant light. Guarenteed 
to last as long as the body isn't crispy."
<Ch`Dith> " ... the entire series of _Card Captor Sakura_, all 84 seasons.
<Ch`Dith> :
<Maeryn> everyone here yet?
Vander 's system immediately rejects all things R'haatlyph
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: the Weaver said she was gonna be late.
<Reed> Ru's running late...
Ch`Dith uploads them again.
<Trent> 'cept for Ru.
<N`Mor> Bah, she's still kidnapped anyway.
Vander 's system immediately rejects all things R'haatlyph
Ch`Dith uploads them again.
Vander 's system immediately rejects all things R'haatlyph
<Maeryn> yeah.. we'll catch up to her later then
<Reed> but due to circumstances, we *could* start w/out 'em.
<SteveM> Ch'D: "The letterbox widescreen director's cut of The End Of 
Evangelion..."
<Will> (signoff) Vander: Excess flood.
<Will> ;^0
Ch`Dith prods the Melter... Wakeup
<Rick> what about our ex points
<Kasia> Huh?
<Trent> Rick, pay attention.  She doens't have 'em this week.
<Ch`Dith> SteveM: I've got the starting music to CCS on mp3... Let's just say 
listening to it makes teeth rot.
<Trent> Grr...
<N`Mor> she slacked off on EXP 'cuz I dragged her off to Worshington. Blame me. 
;)
<Maeryn> Rick.. for the third time.. I slacked off and have been cleaning my 
house.. you'll get them next week
SteveM @bitchslaps Rick... she'll get them to us next week!
Trent whips out a pair of 20mm GCS automatic pistols and uses them to blow a 
pair of basketball sized holes in his typoist.
<Vander> Trent: Rick wasn't here when we were told that
<SteveM> Ch'D: I've heard the them.
<Trent> Van: Not the first time.
<Rick> trent: You pay attention. I wasn't here when she said that.
<Maeryn> ok.. so.. Vander, Kasia, and Vix were kidnapped by the guards
<SteveM> theme, even... borrows Trent's UberShoulderCannon for use on his own 
typoist.
<Vix> yay!
<Maeryn> you 3 get to browse the logs?
<Vix> Not yet. :P
<Kasia> Yeah.
Trent scrolls up..sorry, my mistake.
<Vander> Mae: Yes. And you're going to pay most horrifically for having Vander 
removed from the only people keeping a lid on his low MA >:)
<Reed> *cackle*
<SteveM> Ch'D: P is an incredible CLAMP minion. ;)
Anya whees.
Rick woohoo's
<Maeryn> those through the window took out the last guard after the other went 
for reinforcements
<Ch`Dith> Vander: his captors are NOT going to be happy-happy for the coming 
future, are they?
<Vander> Ch'D: Monkey Wrench Kaokan Attack x100! :)
<Maeryn> then everyone left in the arena found a trap door and were led out by 
Leyla and are now resting/chatting amongst themselves
<Rick> Vander: Wrench to the head.
<Ch`Dith> correct.
<Kasia> Okay. So who are we following?
Vander kicks and screams and farts real loud as he gets carried away
<Maeryn> side note.. if the impromptu sessions when everyone isn't here are IC 
and fit (even temporally distorted) the story.. I'll pass out xp for them
<Reed> Kas: my guess is that you three are in separate jail cells near each 
other
<Reed> Mae: only Vix was IC for the impromptu session. :)
<Maeryn> the captivees wanna go first?
<Ch`Dith> We *were* following Layla until we got to somewhere where we could 
rest while she checked with "friends" on how Vander, Kas and Vix Vapirrub are 
doing
<Maeryn> Reed.. for future reference then
<Kasia> Err... I meant as in the RPing. Who's 'acting' right now?
<Trent> Ch`D: And the location of Ru, IIRC.
<Ch`Dith> *nod&
<Anya> Yeah.
Will queries GM... Have I accidentally'd in already or will we do that in a 
while?
<Maeryn> Will.. if it's all right with you... I was gonna have you be in the 
cells when the others are thrown in?
<Vander> Mae: Yes. We wanna go first
<Will> Okay.
Vix afks for 45 secs.
<Anya> 1...2...3...4...
<Maeryn> Will.. you can include how you got there in your background if you feel 
like it
<Rick> 5...6...7...8...9...
<Will> I figured something like this:
<Will> "So there I am, minding my own business, watching Mr. Smith do his wizard 
thing closing up the Rift.  He must've done something wrong, 'cause it got mad.  
The next thing I know, I'm in a big open place with a *lot* of bones and some 
very angry dudes in armor telling me I'm trespassing, dead meat, and other 
unpleasant appellations.  [Pause.]  You?"
<Vix> b!
<Anya> b-bang, you're dead.
<Maeryn> Will... that works
<Maeryn> ok.. here we go
<Kasia> <OOC> Perfect timing... movie just ended. :)
Reed notes the #wet_bar is open...
<Maeryn> Will is in a dungeonlike cell.. rodents scurry through now and then 
trying not to be dinner
Vander farts
<Will> <OOC> Umm... how long have I been here?
<Maeryn> Will.. couple weeks?
<Will> <OOC> Okay.  Their treatment of me?  That sort of thing.
<Maeryn> three guards appear out of nowhere.. each holding one of the captives
Will looks up.
<Kasia> "Grrr! Lemme go! I belong to an influential movement that will wipe your 
ass off the map!"
<Maeryn> the guards toss the three into Will's cell.. lock it and disappear
Vander activates his laser welder and burns holes in his guard's armour
Kasia lands in an ungainly heap
Vander yells obsenities after the guards and shuts down his torch
<Rick> brb
<Vix> "...I.. spilled my... herbs. Damn! Now I'm pissed off, as the buffalo is 
to the stream."
Rick is now known as Rickaway
Will looks at Vander.  "Holy shit, kid.  They left you with that welder?"
Kasia sits up, glares at Vix. "Shut up."
<Maeryn> Will.. you've mostly been treated like a caged animal.. fed now and 
then and looked over and commented upon as if you weren't able to comprehend 
it.. and left alone
<Vix> "Aggression is about as useful as a lockpick would be right now."
<Vander> *to Will* "Who the farking snad are you?"
Kasia shrugs. "Lockpick? Will a dagger do?"
<Vander> *to Kasia* "Fart on the dagger, babe!" /me turns his torch back on.
Vix grins pleasantly. "Yes."
<Will> *to Vander* "Same as you.  A captive.  But we may not be for much longer; 
will that thing cut the bars?"
Vix glares at Vander. "Away with your vacuum cleaner. Let me to the carpet 
washer attend."
Kasia takes out a throwing dagger, stares at it for a few moments, then hands it 
to Vix. "Here. Don't kill anyone by accident."
<Maeryn> Will.. if you've attempted to escape during your stay.. you may share 
with the others the futility of it.. there seems to be a magical barrier as well 
as the visible lock
<Vander> *to Will* "Do monkeys shove peanuts up their butts? Of course it will!"
<Will> <OOC> Damn right I've attempted escape.  <IC> Amusedly watches him try to 
cut the barrier.
<Vix> <OOC> Hold on... my charsheet's not on this comp... lemme go grab it...
Vix OOC afks.
<Reed> <OOC> "is the emperor's name 'Prozac'?"
<Reed> <OOC> :)
Vander stops trying to cut the bars, looks at floor. <OOC> What material'
<Vander> s it constructed of?
Kasia idly places her hands on the bars, tries to Read them to look for 
weaknesses.
<Will> *to Vander* I think it's magical.
Rickaway is now known as Rick
<Rick> BAK
<Maeryn> Reed.. not in Center :)
<Will> *to Vander* The lock, too.  Maybe.  I sure can't do anything with it, and 
I know locks.
<Vander> <OOC> Mae: What's the floor made of?
<Reed> Will: quote marks for dialogue?
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Will: use ""s when talking to someone... easier for all 
concerned
<Will> Notes again.
<Kasia> <OOC> Damn, WS2 has the book. How much for Object Read?
<Maeryn> Van.. it's like ground
<Anya> <OOC> 6'
<Vander> <OOC> Mae: Rock ground? Dirt ground? Coffee ground?
<N`Mor> <ooc> The entire structure is designed to contain MDC creatures. I don't 
think you can escape. ;)
<Reed> Kas: 6
<Kasia> <OOC> Domo.
<Vix> <OOC> Back.
<Reed> NM: not by the usual routes. :)
<Maeryn> Kas.. you can sense the magic barrier
<Maeryn> Van.. all of the above
<N`Mor> Well, 'digging' falls into the usual ;)
<Kasia> <OOC> Do I get to know the MDC or an estimate of strength? Is it 
stronger than steel? A breadbox?
Vix stares at the lock, ignoring everyone's talk of a 'barrier', and stuffs the 
knife into it.
<Will> <OOC> During my captivity I would have been watching the guards closely.  
Of what species are they?  Is their abuse bigoted or neglectful?  Their visible 
accoutrements?  Anything else notable on short examination.
<Reed> NM: don't expect Vander or Kasia to just sit around waiting to be 
rescued.  It ain't their nature
Vander pulls out a set of screwdrivers, wrenches and other tools, and starts 
attempting to disassemble the cage
<Maeryn> Kas.. lemme check
Anya <OOCly> pulls out the Rifter and reads.
<Reed> Anya: #6?
<Vix> <OOC> GM: I assume I don't have any success with the lock, with or without 
roll, because of the barrier?
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<Reed> Ship!
WhtStar2 is now known as Ru`ach
<Trent> 'lo, Ru
<Vander> <OOC> Oi Ru
<Anya> <OOC> Moo fingertwiddler! :)
<SteveM> oi Ru-chan!
<Ru`ach> Gah! Took us forever to fix my dad's "fun with networks". :P
<Reed> Ru: *UGH*
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Ship/Weaver!
Anya looks up.  Reed: Yes.
<Will> <OOC> Oh yeah... and a more detailed description of the bars/cage/lock, 
too, please.  I know these are a lot of questions, gathering info's my modus 
operandi. :^)
<Reed> Anya: heheh... good article in that one.
<Maeryn> Vander.. I don't have yer charsheets in from of me.. you can roll the 
appropriate lock picking/mechanical skill
<Anya> Reed: I know...that's the article I'm reading. :)
<Maeryn> Will.. the guards aren't really neglectful.. they feed you
<Vander> Mae: Lockpicking = 55% +5
<Reed> so roll.
<SteveM> <OOC> "Just close your eyes and pretend it's octopus."
<Maeryn> they are different species.. usually apelike
<Vander> Rolled 5%
<Reed> Van: ya rolled a 5?
<Vander> Reed: Yes
Ru`ach , Somewhere Else, wakes up screaming. Sobs.
<Reed> (thye % isn't necessary for rolling percentile)
<Maeryn> Van.. you think you've picked the lock, but it doesn't budge
<Rick> hey Ru
<Maeryn> boo Ru
Vix eyes Vander. "Mind if I have a go at the lock?" He holds up the dagger, and 
eyes the lock hungrily.
Vander gets very upset, starts yelling even more obsenities, bangs a large 
socket wrench against the bars, gives up for the moment, sits down, and begins 
filling the area with madly puffed pipe smoke
Kasia looks around the ground for lookse rocks, etc.
<Kasia> Err, loose
<Maeryn> Will.. once a woman in skimpy rubber with a mechanical device covering 
her eyes and many weapons wandered over to your cell 
<Will> GM: Conversational?
<Maeryn> Kas.. there are many loose rocks around the cell.. it's quite large.. 
plenty of room to move around
<Maeryn> Will.. yes
<Kasia> "Vix?"
<Vix> "Eh?"
<Will> <OOC> "Didn't I see you on the cover art?"
<Will> <OOC> Just kidding.
<Kasia> "If that doesn't work, I'd like everyone to move away from the door. I'd 
like to try something.
Vix nods, and steps up to the door, and tries to pick the lock./
Vander <OOC> listens to the radio play Werewolf In London :)
<Maeryn> Will.. actully.. yes.. if you're character is familiar with the race
<Will> *to rubber-lady* "Good morning.  I think."
<Will> GM: Splugorthian slave?
<N`Mor> blind warrior chick.
<Reed> Elsewhere and a few hours later, I get bored and open the door to our 
waiting area.  "I'm heading back up to the arena, to have a look-see.  You guys 
are welcome to come with."
<Will> GM: I could roll an Anthropology skill.
<Maeryn> Will.. all the guards in the area are splugorth minions or allies of 
some sort
<Vander> *to Kasia* "Have a blast! That CENSORED thing shoulda opened the first 
time I tried it. There's magic at work here, or a really well hidden energy 
field generator."
<Ch`Dith> "I'm coming."
<Maeryn> Will.. it'd be a roll on galactic/alien lore
<SteveM> *to Reed* "Sounds like a good idea. Mae, you come too. I need your 
brains here.."
Anya looks up.  "I'm game."
Trent gets up, silently follows.
Vix stops, and doesn't even fully try and pick it. "Magic? Hell with that."
Ch`Dith unfulrs his wings and stands up.
<Kasia> "Okay. Move back.
N`Mor <ooc> clutches his head, hopes we're not gonna intersect scenes again. ;)
<Will> *to Van* "I couldn't do anything with it either."
Kasia <OOC> remembers to close quotes.
Reed heads back up to the arena, retracing the route from earlier.
Vix backs away from the door, and hands the dagger back to Kasia. "A fine tool, 
but it could use some mustard."
<Vander> *to Will* "And who are you?!"
Kasia takes her dagger back, watches everyone move away from the door, and 
gathers telekinetic power.
<Vix> *to Vander* "He's a cabbage."
Maeryn flits after Steve and the others
Kasia focuses a Telekinetic Acceleration Attack on the door.
<Will> *to Vander* "Same as you.  A captive."
<Kasia> (20 isp, 3d6+4 MD)
<Vander> *to Will* "Well that clears up a whole fartsmelling lot! Thanks for 
your life history!"
Reed rolls for Land Navigation(46%).  32.
<Kasia> 13+1 to strike
<Vix> *to Will* "No, he's not a cabbage."
<Kasia> 12+4 MD
<Reed> <OOC> I assume that led me back up to the arena no problem?
Vander continues to puff agitately on his pipe
Kasia watches as all the small bits of garbage in the cell fly at the door at 
missile speed
Will blinks.  *to Van* "It's as much as I know of yours."  [looks slightly hurt]  
"Jeez, I'm sorry.  I haven't been talking much in this cell."
<Trent> After a few minutes of following Reed, Trent speaks up.  "Do you 
actually know where you're going?"
Vander adjusts his position and farts in Will's direction
Vix eyes Will. "You don't happen to have any.. uhm.. herbs, would you?"
<Reed> "Yes.  While we were making our way down, I was memorizing the route back 
up."
<Reed> "Rule number one.  Follow the money."
Will ignores Vander.  *to Vix* "Drugs impair the body and cloud the mind.  
Although the small one apparently has a good supply.*
<Trent> "Good."  He goes silent again.
<Vix> *to Will* "Drugs open the mind.. if you're used to seeing clouds, one is 
not used to seeing the sky."
<Vander> <muttered> "Huh! Like a mook like you'd know anything about Longbottom 
Leaf."
<Reed> "Way I figure it, the cells your friends got dragged to have to be close 
to the arena."
<Maeryn> Reed leads his group back to the arena
<Vix> *to Vander* "Hey, is pipeweed hallucinagenic?"
Anya follows Trent and Reed and company.
N`Mor <ooc>ly shrieks.
Rick goes with them
<Will> *to van* "Longbottom Leaf.  First cultivated by Old Toby in the 
Southfarthin.  Goes for a fairly high price where it can be gotten."
Reed takes a peek through the trap door.  What do I see?
<Vander> *to Vix* "No. Now shut up! Yer givin' me a headache."
SteveM nods... "They teleported. They could be anywhere in the whole freakin' 
Blood Dome."
<Maeryn> Kas.. you affected the barrier, but can't see a visible change
<Vix> *to Vander* "Well, what use is it then, cancer boy? Fahzah!"
N`Mor can't concentrate with intersecting scenes, so will just idle.
Kasia frowns and does it again.
<Will> <OOC> Or should I make a roll to see if I know that?
Vander *blinkblink*s at Will. "Lemme guess. You're from Bree."
Vix scrounges around in his robe, and finally finds a joint deep in the scene. 
He lights it, and stuffs it in his mouth, smiling in triumph.
<Maeryn> Reed.. you see what you left behind.. the body of the thing you crawled 
out of
<Reed> nothing else?  anyone repairing the hole in the cell?
<Kasia> 14+1 to strike, 12+4 for damage.
<Reed> or any other large beasties?
<Will> *to Van* "Lazlo, born and raised.  But I know folks who've gotten 
around."  [blushes] My first trip out, I get stuck in here."
<Maeryn> Will.. if you know something from your past.. you don't have to roll.. 
what are wanting to know?
<Vix> *to Will* "Hey, stop changing colors, man. I didn't accidentally drop a 
few buttons of peyote, did I?"
Vix waves his hand in front of his face, and shrugs.
<Will> GM: I was just wanting to know if I'd know about Longbottom leaf to get 
good with the Hobbit.
<Maeryn> Reed.. if you mean the window.. it now looks like a window.. no hole
<Vander> *to Will* Humph! For someone born in a town of magic-users, you aren't 
very well trained, are you?" *gets up to help Kasia with the barrier*
<Reed> hrrm...
<Anya> "Dead end?"
<Reed> "They've fixed the hole we made."
<Maeryn> Will.. umm.. I'm not familiar with it
Ch`Dith does a Sense Evil... anyone behind it?
<Trent> "Figures."
<Kasia> <OOC> Uhh, look. Guys in the pit, you're making it harder for us to RP.
<Will> *to Van* "Nope.  I don't have the spark, they say."  [Gets up for the 
sake of form]  *to Kasia* "If there is anything I *can* do to help, however, I 
do want to get out of this cell as much as I presume you do."
<Maeryn> Ch.. the window? not immediately on the other side.. 
<Kasia> <OOC> And get information.
<Vander> *to Kasia* "Let's see if we can kill this thing." *pulls out his NG Ion 
Gun*
<Kasia> "Go for it, Van.
<Kasia> "
Vander aims at the spot Kasia has been hammering on, and fires
<Will> GM: I was kind of assuming they wouldn't leave me with y L-20 pulse 
rifle.  Did they?
Vix 's eyes glaze over partially, and he starts saying things in Dragonese at 
Will.
Vix stops, suddenly, and laughs. "And so I said, that's not my mother, that's a 
fineggle!"
N`Mor <ooc> makes a note not to eat any of Vix's green. Or maybe he should, that 
could be fun. %)
<N`Mor> +s
<Maeryn> Van.. the bars seem a bit more worn but don't open
<Reed> "Well, there's gotta be another exit in this passageway, hopefully on the 
other side of that glass."
Vander blasts the bars again
Kasia growls. "What about the other walls?"
<Maeryn> Will.. they didn't bother to take the gun
<Vander> *to Kasia* "Maybe."
Reed turns to Steve. "Your call, boss-man."
Ch`Dith looks at the window thoughtfully... "I do not sense anyone directly 
behind there now... But I do not trust it anyways.
<Ch`Dith> "
<N`Mor> <ooc> Hey, no offense, but could you arena freaks CLAM UP and wait yer 
turn? ;)
<Maeryn> Kas.. you and the others can hear sounds of other captives in nearby 
cells
<Maeryn> the walls are cave-like
Vix leans happily leans on his cane, and watches Vander try to blow things 
apart.
Will then whips it out.  *to all*  "Blasting to the sides would probably land us 
in another cell.  Up would be hard to get to.  Back or down would probably be 
best."
<Vix> ooc: eRM. s/cane/staff
<SteveM> *to Reed* "Best not to chance it. We know what happened the last time." 
*to Mae* "Any other way to get there that you know of?"
Kasia nods. "Back it is, then." She activates her Psi-Sword and turns to the 
back wall.
<Vander> *to Will* "Or we could blast our way from cell to cell until the guards 
get a clue and try to stop us."
<Maeryn> you guys in the arena suddenly hear distant blasts from one of the 
tunnels 
<Maeryn> *to Steve* "get where?"
<Rick> " Wait a minute. What was that?"
<Reed> "Sounds like a jailbreak."
<SteveM> "Reed, check that out."
<Reed> Can we determine the distance and/or direction?
<Rick> *to Reed* "You wanna check it out?"
<Maeryn> Reed.. not with accuracy.. but it's close enough for you to hear it
<Reed> general direction?
Will grins at the psi-sword.  "Now *that'* a useful thing to have."
Reed needs to know in which direction to run.
<SteveM> *to everyone else* "We're going to leapfrog this. For those of you who 
don't know that term, as soon as Reed waves us ahead, we're going to advance two 
at a time to a point just ahead of where the last guy went."
Kasia smiles and carves at the wall.
Trent nods
<Ch`Dith> "Understood. Trent? You're with me."
Vander stands ready with his weapon, after gathering his tools together. 
Continues to puff on his pipe
Vix blinks at Kasia, steps up the wall, and taps it with his staff. "No good. 
The world serpent is hiding in that crack there."
<Maeryn> Reed.. you can find the tunnel and go into it.. it's not a direct route
Vander kicks Vix in the shin
<Trent> "Got it, Ch`Dith."
<Reed> Okay...
Vix erghs, and baps Vander on the head with his staff.
Anya pokes her head out of the trapdoor.  "What's going on?"
<Will> *to Vix* "The what?  Oh, you're high."  [turns back to work 
dismissively.]
<Rick> *to SteveM* "Understood."
Kasia glares at Vix and takes her sword back for another cut. "Then he's about 
to get his tail slices off. Tough shit." She carves at the wall again.
<SteveM> "Mae, you're with me. Anything we need to know about the opposition, 
you let me know before the more implusive elements go nuts."
<Maeryn> Kas.. you knock some stones loose that fall to the ground
N`Mor is right on Anya's tail. That is, if she had one.
<Vix> *to Kasia* "Great. I hated that damned serpent."
Reed heads in the general direction of the noise, and gets to a corner.
Reed looks around... is it clear?
Anya climbs out of the hole, to let N'Mor through.
Kasia keeps this up for a good fifteen minutes until the blade flickers out. She 
steps back. "Go to it."
<Reed> Anya: um... I don't think we re-entered the arena... I just did a look-
see
Will aims, fires.
Vander *SMACK*s Vix in the shin with the butt of his Ion Gun
<Maeryn> "Steve.. if I sense any opposition, I'll let ya know."
<Vix> *to Will* "No, I'm not high. You're low."
N`Mor 's tree-trunk arms extend up and *heaves* his bulk outta the hole.
Ch`Dith <OOC> is in human form, btw. 
N`Mor didn't do that last action, then. ;)
SteveM looks for any tunnels coming out the arena.
<Rick> *To SteveM* "Who should I go with?"
<Maeryn> Reed.. you don't find any nasties in the tunnel
Vix ercks, and hops on one foot.
Reed waves the next team over
<Anya> <ooc> okay, was guessing, oops, sowwe.
<SteveM> *to Rick* "You're with Anya and N'Mor."
N`Mor becomes idly confused by intersecting thoughts again. Yay.
<Rick> "Gottya"
SteveM gets out and clambers over to Reed's position.
<Reed> "Nothing here, boss."
Kasia rests while the others work
<Will> 5+3(WP) +2 (sniper) to hit the wall.
<Kasia> brb
<Maeryn> Will.. more rocks come loose
SteveM moves slightly ahead, listening for laser blasts or footsteps.
Reed heads over to the next intersection, in the general direction of the 
blasts.
<Will> 5 MDC damage.
<N`Mor> <ooc> The wall dodges!
Vander <OOC> listens to the radio play End of the World As We Know It %)
<Trent> <ooc> The wall dodges.  18+3..hey, outta my head.
<Reed> Van: *heheh*
<Maeryn> Steve.. you and the others can hear any blasts the others make
<N`Mor> <ooc> No, I like it here. *sets up a cot*
Ch`Dith crouches low and stalks almost glidingly to a point a few meters ahead 
of Steve
<Rick> *to steve* "Should we move?"
<Vander> *to Will* "Lemme in there."
Ch`Dith crouches there.
Reed looks around... Anything yet?
<SteveM> Kei: which direction?
Trent idly imagines a safe falling on N`Mor's cot.
Will was about to try again, but stands aside.
<Maeryn> <ooc> N'Mor.. you realize I'm not following you there...
<Will> +for Van.
Trent follows Ch`D, almost as silently.
SteveM waves the big group over to Reed's spot. "Rick, you're now with Reed. 
Congratulations."
<Reed> "Stick with me, kid, I'll show ya the ropes." * big evil grin *
<Ch`Dith> "*whispered* Sounds like stone walls collapsing..."
<Rick> "gotya" *move ahead to catch up with Reed.*
Vander puts the muzzle of his Ion Gun at point blank range to the spot Will 
shoot at, and blasts in rapid succession at it.
<Maeryn> Steve.. the tunnel has no intersections.. the sounds seem to come 
through the tunnel
SteveM goes on ahead of Trent and Ch'Dith
Rick pulls his gun. (just in case)
<Vander> +emptying the e-clip
Anya takes up the rear position N'Mor and I seem to have acquired.
Kasia <OOC> cues Leftfield, "Open Up"
Trent tries to figure out where the blasts are coming from, more exactly.
Reed grabs Rick's arm, and half-carries, half-drags him with me the next time I 
move.
SteveM OOCly cues up that James Brown song he grabbed from keeb's FTP
N`Mor <ooc> parses that as Leifeld. *twitch*
<Reed> <OOC> N`M: i almost did the same... *RETCH&
<SteveM> *stage whispered* "Reed!" *waves him onward*
<Maeryn> yadda, yadda.. after a while of following the sounds.. and blasting the 
wall... 
Anya <OOCly> blinks, listens to Dylan sing "The Times They Are a'Changing" ... 
appropos.
<Reed> Mae: so I see some cracks on the wall?
Rick moves ahead. this not being dragged.
<Maeryn> the wall appears to be a few feet thick and finally you see the other 
side
Trent comes to a glowing spot in the wall. "Okay, we may want to stand away from 
here a bit."
<Kasia> "All right!"
Reed bangs a "SHAVE AND A HAIR CUT" on the wall.
Vander bangs back "TWO BITS" with a socket wrench
<Maeryn> the other group hears the blasts get louder.. feels the blasts.. and 
eventually sees a whole in the wall of the tunnel
SteveM takes an oblique position from the spot.
<Reed> "That's them!"
Anya stays back, making sure we have an exit.
Ch`Dith peers through the hole... . o O (Singer? Are you in there?)
Rick stands back from the wall.
<Reed> "Okay, Steve.  It's your call."
Reed pops a Twinkie into his mouth.
Will hears Reed, turns to Kasia.  "Let me guess.  Friends?"
Kasia 's head jerks up. . o O (Dragon? That you?)
Vix sighs, and eyes his now-depleted joint. He drops it on the floor and snuffs 
it with his foot.
<Maeryn> at this point the hole isn't large enough to fit through
Ch`Dith . o O (Correct.)
Kasia says (a little unfocusedly) "Yeah, friends."
<Ch`Dith> .oO(Who else is there?)
SteveM goes up to the wall... and knocks on it. "Kasia, izzat you?"
<Vander> *to Will* "Unless there's an other equal opportunity wise-ass out 
there, yeah."
<Kasia> . o O (Okay. Good. Uhh... Vander and Vix and this guy, Will.) "Steve?"
<Maeryn> Steve.. yer knocking on rocks
Will peers.  "We need to enlarge this hole."  *to all, loudly enough to be heard 
outside.*
<Ch`Dith> "They are there."
<Kasia> "We need some help opening this wall. Ch'Dith?"
<SteveM> "Yes... stand back, darlin', it's gonna get hot."
Ch`Dith . o O (Then we still seem to be missing the Weaver...)
Vander ducks and covers
<Kasia> "All right. Thanks, Steve. Everyone, back!"
Vix shouts at the wall. "Mr. Hambuuuurger! BLT! Aleister Crowley was an 
unconscious salamander!"
<Ch`Dith> "No problem." 
Will stands well back from the wall.
Kasia retreats
Reed checks his laser rifle, sets it to burst.
Ch`Dith throws some dwagon muscle into digging.
Vix steps backwards.
SteveM motions for Ch'Dith to come to the hole. "Make that hole bigger, son!"
<Rick> "Fire in the Hole!!!"
<Ch`Dith> *POUND* *WHAM* *CRUNCH*
Trent twitches slightly at the mention of Ru.
<Vix> <OOC> Woah. Steve's son's a hatchling? Freaky!
SteveM knows his laser's on burst...
<Reed> <OOC> Vix: Steve's the "old man" of the outfit, even if he is barely old 
enough to shave. :)
<Vix> <OOC> Bah. It had to be said. ;)
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: 8MD
<Vander> <OOC> I'm the oldest mortal member of the team :)
<Reed> We have immortal members?
<Vander> <OOC> Reed: Ch'Dith
Will turns around, wonders why guards are not descending upon us from the noise.
<Reed> <OOC> Dragons die of old age... they're just *extremely* old at the time.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> 6000 isn't forever.
<Maeryn> enh.. you can enjoy knocking at the wall for a while.. eventually the 
hole will get big enough
<Vix> <OOC> "Not drinking, not using drugs, and not having sex won't make your 
life longer. It just makes it seem that way." %)
<Rick> <OOC> Van: He's right you know.
Trent chuckles. All ye people are living forever compared to me. Well, maybe not 
Vander.
<Maeryn> Will.. just 'cos you haven't noticed them yet.. doesn't mean you won't
Ch`Dith throws another bodycheck at the wall, smashes through into the cell, 
rolls with the impact and is back on his feet right away.
Kasia dusts Ch'Dith off. "Thanks. Let's go!"
Anya continues watching the exit, making sure we've got a way out of here.
Ch`Dith does an IMMEDIATE evilsense check for partycrashers.
N`Mor waits idly some distance up the tunnel with Anya.
Will steps out.  "Mind if I stay with you guys?  Anywhere's better than the 
cell, and besides, if we encounter guards again, well, I couldn't handle them 
the first time by myself.  Y'all could be useful to me, and vice versa."
SteveM takes hold of both of Kasia's arms, just below the shoulders. "Didya see 
where they took Ru?"
<Maeryn> Ch.. none nearby
<Rick> <OOC> Trent: Live fast...die young... leave a good looking corpse.
<Reed> "Too easy."
Vander hacks and coughs as dust fills the air. "Nice to see you again, too, 
Ch'Dith."
<SteveM> *to Will* "Don't mind if you do."
Kasia shakes her head. "Ru wasn't with us. Never was."
<Trent> Rick: 2 outta 3 ain't bad.
Vander gets his little white Hobutt out of there
Vix pulls down his hood, revealing his excessively light-blonde hair, and takes 
out some aviator-style sunglasses, sliding them on carefully.
Kasia seems a little annoyed, for some reason.
<Ch`Dith> "For the moment we don't have to worry about guard. I doubt the happy 
state of affairs will last. May I suggest we leave the comparing of notes and 
introductions to some later and safer time?"
SteveM looks over the rest of the crew. "They left you with your weapons?  
Arrogant sumbitches.."
<Vix> *to SteveM* "Arrogance and stupidity are bedfellows, you know?"
Trent sighs, grumbles, and leads the way back through the tunnel.
<Vander> *to Steve* "Ru ain't with you guys?"
<Reed> "Steve, this was too easy."
Will holsters the rifle and pulls out his notebook.  "Day 15: 3 new captives.  
Halfling, junkie, mage.  Escaped.  Curious... they were not disarmed either.  
Our captors are hardly ignorant... arrogant sumbitches, as the clean-cut young 
man from the outside assistance puts it?"
<Maeryn> Vix.. there wasn't much light in the tunnel.. if those are normal 
glasses.. it's too dark to see now
<Reed> "We should check the new guy for a homing device or a bug."
<SteveM> *to Vander* "Nah."
<SteveM> *to Reed* "Good idea. You do it."
<Vix> <OOC> Mae: Darn, no Vix will have to sacrifice his coolness for not 
walking into things.
Ch`Dith , on the way out, aims a kick at the ceiling of the impromptu tunnel he 
dug, causing it to start collapsing. 
Ch`Dith then runs like a sumbitch.
Vander changes the E-Clip in his Ion Gun
Anya watches everybody approach, doesn't let down her guard until everybody's 
past.
Will looks up.  "I don't think they cared.  I still have my *own* recording 
devices, actually."
Vix grumbles, looks around, and takes off his sunglasses again.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> That's after everyone else is out, naturally.
SteveM looks over Kasia for any bugs or homing devices.
<Rick> brb
<Vix> <OOC> Eheheheheheheheheh. %)
<Vander> *to Trent*"Oi! You still got me reader/recorder?"
Rick is now known as Rickaway
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Suuuuure that's why you're doing it.
Kasia rubs her temples, feeling a headache coming on, quelches it.
<Vix> <OOC> I bet he does that with extreme care, eh? %)
Reed falls back to the new guy.  "What'd they feed you in there?"
<Maeryn> no homing devices are found
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Steve: Look harder. Uh-huhhuh. Uh-huhhuh. 
<Will> *to Reed* "Nutrient soups.  The most interesting, fascinating food I've 
ever eaten.  Not."
<Trent> <ooc> Van, did you ever give it to me?
Rickaway is now known as Rick
<Rick> bak
<Maeryn> Will.. that would be mostly various types of meats ;)
SteveM takes the rest of the group over to Anya's position.
<Vander> <OOC> Trent: When Steve and I went to Lone Star to give our report. i 
handed you my readcorder
<Will> GM: Oh.  Okay.  *to Reed* "Meat, mostly.  I tried to eat what I could 
identify, but some days I was just hungry."
<Reed> "Hrrm... not likely they'd put a bug in soup.  Too easily expelled from 
the body."
<Kasia> Will: <OOC> It tasted vaguely like ... chicken.
<Trent> Dohyeah.
Vix looks around slowly. "I am reminded of an intestine, which cheese and a 
coke."
Anya watches Steve approach, spies Kas, Vix, Vander and some new guy.  "No Ru?"
<Rick> *to Anya* "Did you read that letter I gave you yet?"
Ch`Dith shakes his head. "She was not there."
<Maeryn> anyone that cares to be.. is reminded of the dead things filling the 
arena at the mention of being fed meats
<SteveM> "Not yet."
Reed gives Will the obligatory up-against-the-wall-and-spread-em pat down for 
bugs.
<Anya> <OOC> we've had time? <IC> "Not yet...I'll get to it."
N`Mor eyes Will suspiciously.
<Trent> "Yeah I do.  It's back with my pack."
Will arches an eyebrow at Reed.  "An edible bug... intriguing.  It could easily 
have activated and burrowed out of my gastrointenstinal tract into the 
bloodstream or muscle.  But I haven't been feeling ulcerous, as I expect I would 
after that."
<Vander> *to Trent* "Roit."
<Maeryn> Will has no bugs planted on him
<Reed> okay...
Ru`ach , wherever it is she happens to be, sits and sobs. "Aima... ze co'ev... 
Aimalle..."
Trent has a few OOC guesses.
<Reed> "I saw this one movie growing up.  The '
Reed drops an anvil on his typoist
Anya drops to the rear of the group as soon as they get past.
<Kasia> "Okay. Where did you guys come from? Is there any place we can get to 
that's reasonably safe?"
<Maeryn> Ch.. you in human form still?
<Reed> "I saw this one movie growing up.  The 'bug' was actually a radioactive 
chemical they could trace."
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: *nod*
<Ch`Dith> Tunnels way, WAY to small for dwagons.
<Maeryn> Ch.. 'k.. you may note that if you have to be in dragon form.. it'd be 
cramped in the tunnel
<Reed> "Yo, boss-man! Where we going?"
<Vander> *to Reed* "Don't even think about that. He'd be showing some kinda rad 
poisoning or something."
<SteveM> *to Kasia* "Down under that big thing in the arena... we cleared it 
out."
Trent leads the way back to Leyla's place, still silently.
<Ru`ach> . o O (Can someone hear this? Help? Please?) *sob*
Kasia follows
<Will> *to Reed*  "Technetium, boron isotope, or more exotic or a-natural 
element.  They wouldn't rad poison unless in doses so high they'd be chemically 
poisonous."  [he shrugs]  "It's possible."
<SteveM> *to Reed* "I guess we follow their lead for the moment."
Vander sticks with the group, staying close to Steve
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Mae: do I hear?
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: Noted. 
<Reed> "Iodine was the one used in the movie."
Ch`Dith has at least five full hours before changing back goes from "optional" 
to "mandatory"
Anya keeps watch on the tail, quietly pondering as well.
Rick runs ahead of the group to check for big nasties.
<SteveM> "What about barium?"
<Maeryn> you all head back to the arena to use the trap door and find a 
welcoming party
<Reed> descriptions?
Kasia pulls her energy pistol while we're walking...
<Rick> hostiles?
<Vander> "Aw, crap! We gotta go through this AGAIN?!"
Trent was leading the way.
<Maeryn> Ch.. what's the range on yer telepathy?
Ch`Dith has evilsense on continuous.
<SteveM> Kei: we are moving cautiously...
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: lemme check if it's even specified.
Anya is in the rear, watching our backs.
Trent quickdraws his particle pistol, doesn't shoot. Yet.
Vix stares at the back of Steve's head. "Infinity.... wind... whee..."
SteveM had his rifle slung over his hip.
<Maeryn> Reed.. you see what's on the cover of the main book
<Maeryn> Ch. you sense evil
<Ru`ach> . o O (Help? Someone? Mishehu? Hazilu?)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Oh. HELL.
<Reed> the big guy and the three blind women.
N`Mor <ooc>ly eeps. Slaver?
Rick pulls his blaster and leaves it at the ready possition.
Anya <oocly> eeps.
SteveM goes white. "And me without the Plow," he mutters.
Trent motions for everyone to freeze in the tunnel.
<Maeryn> there's five blind women here
<Anya> <ooc> just like n'mor.
SteveM is frozen
<Vander> "What the fark is that thing?!"
Kasia looks around Trent, eeps siletly. . o O (Maybe it'll go away.)
<Maeryn> one of the women is on the ground
Vix gets out his sidearm iddly, and checks the chamber.
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: 30-odd meters, according to this.
<Reed> Mae: check.
<Trent> <ooc> Since I was leading, and can be unnoticed quite well.
Vander checks his Ion Gun, Laser rifle, and Shotgun
Anya looks up, lets out a string of Russian curses.
<Maeryn> Ch.. you are startled by a sudden plea from Ru.. but that's all
Reed switches to his Zweihander.
<Maeryn> Ch.. you get nothing else after
Ch`Dith blinks, stops for a second, blinks again, tries to focus where that call 
came from
<Reed> <whispered> "What is it, dragon?"
Trent holsters the pistol, silently unslings his UberRifle. . o O (Ch`Dith, what 
is this thing?)
<Ch`Dith> "The weaver... I heard her."
Ch`Dith . o O (Trouble. Great trouble.)
<Reed> Trent: I think Kei stated that there was just the five women.
Trent twitches.
<Maeryn> do you all hang back cautiously or anyone rush towards the thing you've 
sighted?
Will whispers to Trent: "Splugorthian slave barge, I think."
N`Mor <ooc>ly asked. Slaver is there too. ;)
<Reed> NM: ah.
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: Just the five women or also the spluggy?
<SteveM> *to Ch'D* "Where is she?"
<Vander> *to Will* "A what?"
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: Did I get *any* kind of directional sense from that call?
<Maeryn> Reed.. no.. the slaver and five women.. four are on the barge.. one on 
the ground.... at a glance.. that's all you see
<Reed> "Spluggie slaver party."
<Trent> Cautiously.
Kasia echoes Vander
<Maeryn> Ch.. nope
<Reed> Mae: I thought we were still in the tunnels underneath the arena.
<Will> *to Van*  "A demon with slaves and Techno-Wizardy.  Bad."
<SteveM> *muttered* "So that's what those things are."
<Trent> I have some modicum of sense.
N`Mor whispers, "That sounds bad. It is bad, isn't it?"
<Maeryn> Ch.. it's out of range.. was just a strong sense of her fear
<Reed> I only peeked out, I didn't throw open the door and go barging out.
<Vander> "Fartarola. Friggin' TechWiz weapons? I hate my life."
<Ch`Dith> "*still whispered* Impossible to tell... Out of my range and too 
sudden..."
<Maeryn> Reed.. you exited the tunnels underneath and found a tunnel leading off 
the arena to get to the others
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: Not even enough to teleport to?
<N`Mor> Reed: She was just asking. You guys have a tendancy to do stuff like 
that ;)
Kasia frowns. "TechWiz? Isn't that what..." She pulls out the TW Starfire 
pistol, "... this is?"
<Maeryn> Ch.. too far to teleport.. assuming you could find her that way anyway
<Vander> <OOC> Is this going to turn into another 3 hour fight scene?
<Maeryn> the barge is between the tunnel's exit to the arena and the trap door
<Rick> *to Ch`dith* "Try to contact her. Maybe you can reach her."
Trent looks for a way to get to the trap door without being seen.
<Will> *to Kas* "Splugorthians use a different type of techno-wizardry we aren't 
able to understand yet."
<Maeryn> Van.. depends how you all react.. I doubt it though
<SteveM> *whispered to Mae* "Please tell me they'll go away if we leave them 
alone."
Kasia frowns. "Oh."
<Will> <OOC> Copyright 1st Rifts Resource Book, direct quote.
Ch`Dith narrows his eyes, concentrates.... "Negative. Too far out of range."
Ch`Dith hesitates, wonders if he should mention this where Trent can hear and go 
berserk.
<Maeryn> Trent.. from your vantage point.. there doesn't appear to be a way 
around.. but you notice they are involved in a disagreement of sorts
<Rick> <OOC> Meaning we're about to get our a$$e$ kicked.
<Trent> . o O (I'm going to try something.)
<Maeryn> *to Steve* "umm...."
Trent slings his rifle and sneaks over closer to the trap door, using bodies for 
cover.
<Reed> Wait a second...
<Rick> Mae: What are they argueing about?
<Trent> Prowl roll passed, BTW.
<Ch`Dith> GM: Who's arguing with who and apparently about what?
Maeryn flits about, trying to see what's going on
<Ru`ach> . o O (Help? Hazilu?)
<Maeryn> Rick.. what languages you know?
<Reed> first off, I was under the assumption that I simply peeked out of the 
trap door, I never opened it fully.
<SteveM> *whispered harshly* "Everybody pull back! Back down the tunnel!" *sees 
Trent moving, still whispered* "Goddammit!  Just be ready to provide covering 
fire to Trent."
<Reed> which is what I intended to do.
<Rick> mae: Trade four.
Will unholsters rifle.
<Maeryn> Trent.. you hide behind a few bodies between the tunnel and the door
<Maeryn> Reed.. you wanna retcon finding the tunnel to the others and stay under 
the arena?
<Reed> second, I thought the tunnel we were in before branched off the tunnels 
underneath the arena, without going through the arena.
<Kasia> Trent: Prowl roll? ;)
<Trent> Kasia: Did that.
<Trent> <ooc> Geez, this is going to get reminiscent of the session last week.
Kasia glances up... ahh.
<Maeryn> Trent.. the haven't noticed you yet.. you can see from your new vantage 
point.. the woman on the ground is clearly distressed
Ch`Dith shadowforms and slowly drifts along the floor through the naturally 
existing shadows to somewhere in a crossfire position from Trent, behind cover 
but still in shadow form.
<N`Mor> Reed: First, if you hadn't noticed, everyone but Trent /is/ still in the 
tunnels. ;)
<Maeryn> Rick.. you don't know the language they're speaking
<Reed> N`M: If I remember correctly, we never entered the arena.  we branched 
off the in the tunnels under the arena.
<Maeryn> Ch.. you need a prowl roll?
Rick slowly moves towards where Trent is hiding.
<Maeryn> Reed.. like I said.. you may retcon back to before rescuing the others 
and still be under the arena if you're that disturbed
Ch`Dith doesn't have Prowl ... but unless that arena's lit with industrial 
SuperBowl lighting there's so much shadows around to make that moot.
<Reed> Mae: it's not a retcon if it never happened in the first place, which I 
clearly remember it not happening.
<Maeryn> I was under the impression you entered the arena and followed the 
sounds of blasts
<Reed> How many times to I have to say this.   I NEVER ENTERED THE ARENA.  
<Anya> Mae: He said we hadn't, because I misread the situation and tried 
entering.  GOt yelled at, and that didn't happen.
<Reed> I followed the blasts through the tunnels under the arena.
<Maeryn> Ch.. yer successful in getting where you want
SteveM OOCly confuzzles.
<N`Mor> Bah. That's what you dinks gets for intersecting scenes
<Maeryn> alright... let's go back then...
<Kasia> N'M: I happen to agree....
<Maeryn> if you stayed under the arena.. you didn't run into the others
<Rick> mae: Go back?
<Kasia> Mae: What 'others?'
<Vander> <OOC> Kasia: Us
<Maeryn> others = Kasia, Vander, Vix, and Will
<Kasia> Mae: The Spluggies, or us?
<Ch`Dith> If we heard the blasts, we probably went that way. If that meant out 
into the arena and through another tunnel so be it.
<Reed> I wish that would have been made clear when we started following the 
blasts.
<Kasia> We
<Kasia> Grr.
<Kasia> We're getting bogged down in technicalities.
<Reed> yeah...
<Maeryn> Reed.. you've been having a nice time peeking through the trap door for 
a couple hours and eventually saw the barge approaching
<Maeryn> better?
<Trent> Kasia: Agreed.
SteveM prefers to rescue his friends, thankyew very much.
<Reed> Mae: no.
Ch`Dith echoes Steve's sentiments
Kasia prefers to be rescued. :P
<Will> <OOC> I get it this way.  The tunnels leading to where the prisoners were 
being held branched off from the arena on that level.  Had you stayed under the 
arena level, you would not have gotten to us.  My $.02 for anyone's use.
<Reed> look, general consensus... did we go through the arena to rescue our 
friends, or not.
<Vix> <OOC> Me too. 
<Maeryn> Kasia.. either way.. your group has come to the end of the tunnel and 
sees the barge in the arena
Vander <OOCly> ponders being annoying about now
<Rick> I though we did
N`Mor <ooc> scrolls up.. 'bout the time the confusion started was when Kasia 
first bitch about it becoming hard to RP. ;)
<N`Mor> +ed
Ch`Dith thinks we would if we heard the blasts.
Kasia bahs @ N'Mor. :P
SteveM seconds Ch'D's sentiment. There. We're even. :)
<N`Mor> Kas: well, you were right. %)
Anya thirds it.
N`Mor doesn't care, either way we've spotted the welcoming committee. ;)
<Rick> same here
<Rick> hello?
<Ru`ach> . o O (Tasukete!)
<Vander> Rick: Things stalled
<SteveM> Rick: shhh. Mae's Cerebral HD light is whirring.
<Reed> Kei: as GM, you have the final say.  was the route to rescue our friends 
through the arena, or under it.
<Reed> ?
N`Mor warned ya about splitting the GM's attention, but noooo.
<Maeryn> Reed.. the route to your friends was through the arena.. whether you 
followed it and found them is for you all to decide
<Maeryn> in the meantime.. we'll switch to Ru
<Reed> Okay, I followed it. no problem.
<N`Mor> Mae: get outta my head.
<Maeryn> N'Mor.. not a chance ;)
<Maeryn> Ru.. you ready?
<Reed> just making sure we all have an idea of where we are.
<Ru`ach> Mae: yep.
N`Mor has no idea where we all are, but that's common. ;)
<Maeryn> Ru.. you're in a small room.. it's comfortable but far from luxurious
<Ru`ach> Mae: That I know. That's where I was last time,
<Ru`ach> .
<Maeryn> there's a bed, a closet with some clothes in your size
<Maeryn> a table with food and drink
Rick is a little confused are we starting over from before we found the others 
or not?
<Maeryn> a shelf with books
<N`Mor> not
<Maeryn> Rick.. we're switching to Ru
<Rick> I mean after that.
<Maeryn> Ru was never with ya'll to begin with.. you can fight it out amongst 
yourselves and let me know when it's your turn again.. just don't do it here
<Trent> Rick: No, we aren't.
<Rick> oh so we're just playing on.
<Reed> anyways, Kei, if you said we went through the arena, so be it.  In the 
future, tho, please make that a little more plain that we did?
<Vander> Rick: Yes
<Trent> Well, in a bit.  It's Ru's turn, now.
<Maeryn> Ru.. you can't accurately judge how long you slept, but other than worn 
out from the ordeal you feel well rested
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Yay.
<Maeryn> Reed.. I thought it was clear 
<Reed> Mae: it wasn't to me.
Reed hopes his client isn't deciding to drop lines all of a sudden.
<Anya> <OOC> wasn't to me either, but it's over now.
<Reed> (of course, I was *ahem* distracted at times, but I do read the scroll)
N`Mor just doesn't care. Nothing more to see here, move along, move along. And 
shaddup, it's Ru's turn ;P
<Maeryn> "you all in the arena suddenly hear distant blasts from one of the 
tunnels"
<Maeryn> if you weren't in the arena.. that would have been the time to argue
Ru`ach <OOC> twiddles her thumbs.
<Maeryn> now it's Ru's turn
<Kasia> <OOC> Yo! Stop arguing. Stop trying to clear it up! DEAL! It's Ru's 
turn.
<Maeryn> Ru.. you're in the room.. do you do anything or keep screaming?
<Ru`ach> keep screaming. :)
<Ru`ach> I just woke up from a VeryBad[tm] nightmare. I must. :)
<Maeryn> Ru.. you eventually wear out your voice 
Ru`ach keeps sobbing, rather quietly.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> For understatemented values of VeryBad
<Maeryn> after a considerable amount of time Seryna enters the room and sits in 
the chair watching you
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Ch'D: I'm not gonna describe it. You guys'll be charged with 
corrupting minors. :)
Maeryn will check on the correct spelling of her name later as it's not in front 
of me now
<Ru`ach> "Ma at roza mimeni?!"
<Trent> <ooc> Corrupting minors is like shooting fish in a barrel full of fish.  
With a shotgun.
<Ru`ach> "Kutabacchimae! Monshi shiro!" *sob*
<Maeryn> Ru.. she appears to be petit, childlike, and radiates an aura of 
innocence
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Corrupt away. Doesn't seem were more corruptible than you 
already were thanks to Aris... and ye can't charge a minor with corrupting 
minors now can ye?
<Ru`ach> Mae: Ru isn't looking at auras right now. Not in the right state of 
mind to care.
<Maeryn> Ru.. you don't have to be looking at her aura to feel it
<N`Mor> <ooc> I think it was more figurative. :)
<Ru`ach> Mae: read as: her frame of mind at the moment does not premit caring 
about how her aura feels.
<Reed> (OOC> Ch: they're in California... who knows how that law is written. :)
<Maeryn> Ru.. I don't understand Japanese or Hebrew, but Seryna does... please 
type in English and we'll assume it's one of the others.. or translate
Kasia <OOC> snickers
<Ru`ach> Mae: ya shore ya want this?
<Maeryn> Ru.. fire away
<Anya> <OOC> Yeah, yeah, I have to watch my mouth around the two of 'em, 
though...*grumble*
<Ru`ach> Mae: first is "What do you want?!" >%)
Kasia <OOC> breaks down laughing %)
N`Mor <ooc> sobs. ;)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> The Melter channels Morden! 
<Kasia> <OOC> Chiddy, I'm the Melter. ;)
<Ru`ach> second is "Fuck you! Die in agony!" after she didn't answer.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> d'oh.
<Kasia> <OOC> ... and I *always* do that. :)
Trent chuckles.
<Maeryn> Ru.. I apologize for the delay in her answering as I didn't understand 
the question
Maeryn switches
Maeryn is now known as Seryna
<Kasia> <OOC> Mae: I don't think she expected you to understand...
<Seryna> Kas.. I know
Seryna observes Ru curiously
<Ru`ach> "Lechi mipo! Ta'azvi oti!" (go away! Leave me alone!)
<Seryna> "you wish for me to leave?"
<Ru`ach> *sniff* "You noticed, huh?"
<Seryna> "I'll be happy to go if it's what you wish. Would you like me to get 
you anything before I go?"
<Ru`ach> "No." *burries her face in her hands and sobs*
Seryna stands and puts a comforting hand on Ru's shoulder, radiating warmth 
Ru`ach pushes the hand away.
<Seryna> the warmth has a drowsying affect like being in the sun for an extended 
period of time
Seryna smiles sadly at Ru and leaves
<Ru`ach> Is there a lock on the door (from the inside)?
<Seryna> nope
<Seryna> you can get out if you want
<Ru`ach> I wanted to lock the door, but ohwell.
<Seryna> ah.. if you want you can
Ru`ach grabs her stuff (and a few books) and leaves.
<Seryna> you exit the room and find yourself in a hallway with many doors
Ru`ach walks straight.
<Ru`ach> . o O (I want out, dammit!)
<Seryna> into the wall?
<Seryna> the hall extends left and right from your door
<Ru`ach> *grumble* right.
<Seryna> there is a door every few feet on either sall
<Seryna> wall
Ru`ach goes left.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
<Reed> *chuckle*
<Vix> <OOC> You notice an updraft. *sniff sniff* You can smell the wumpus? ;)
<Seryna> you pass several doors and find a door at the end of the hall
Ru`ach <OOC> watches her dad be taking a computer apart right next to her. 
Grumbles.
<SteveM> <OOC> You may be eaten by a grue.
Ru`ach turns around and walks the other way.
<Vix> <OOC> Quick, say "xyzzy"
Ru`ach casts Sense Evil while walking.
<Seryna> eventually you find Seryna walking towards you.. "feeling better?"
<Seryna> you sense no evil here.. if you can.. you sense an overwelming peace 
and calm instead
Ru`ach , not noticing who it is, kicks whoever that is in the head.
<Vander> <OOC> Boot To The Head :)
<Ru`ach> <OOC> yep. :)
Seryna turns and walks away
<Ru`ach> 19 to strike.
<Kasia> <OOC> After getting Booted?
<N`Mor> s/walks/stumbles/?
<Ru`ach> Err... ?
<Seryna> Kas.. yep
Ru`ach (still not knowing who that is) leghooks 'er.
<Ru`ach> 17 to strike.
<Reed> Kei: did Seryna even feel it?
<Seryna> damage?
<Vander> <OOC> Catfight! %D
<Vix> <OOC> yeahyeahyeah!
<Ru`ach> for which? leghook or boottothehead?
<Seryna> Reed.. of course she did.. she just turned away instead of fighting 
back
<Seryna> Ru.. both
<Reed> just making sure.
<Trent> leghook is just tripping
<Vander> <OOC> NM: Vault Dweller. Good Rifts OCC, or no?
<Reed> I think anyone'd be too stunned after taking a btth to simply "walk away"
<Ru`ach> Mae: for boot- 10SDC (Karate kick). For leghook 18 if you wanna dodge.
<N`Mor> Van: No<tm> ;)
<Seryna> Reed.. she rescued Ru from a situation.. she's familiar with how people 
in that situation react and is prepared for it
<Seryna> Reed.. you want her life history or you wanna observe?
<Reed> just observe...
<Seryna> Reed.. thanks.. it makes the RP easier
Ru`ach <OOC> sits. And waits. And waits. And waits.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> And sobs?
<Seryna> Ru.. you kicked her in the head.. she felt it and didn't react 
<Ru`ach> And then I tripped her. Or are you gonna dodge it?
<Vander> <OOC> "Karate kick the damn rabbit!"
<Seryna> Ru.. you see a bright light in front of you.. so bright it's difficult 
to look at.. it has a humanoid shape
<Reed> <OOC> Van: the quote is "Ninja-kick", not "karate kick"
<Vander> <OOC> Reed: Oh yeah.
<Will> <OOC> And the Vorlon saith, "Who are you?"
<Vander> <OOC> BTW You left your multi-driver here again
<Reed> <OOC> Van: I know.
Ru`ach blinks. Kicks Ser while she's down. Falls to her knees and wipes tearfull 
eyes. . o O (There's nothing to fear but fear itself. There's nothing to fear 
but fear itself. There's--ah, hell! I'm sure whoever said that died soon after!) 
*sob*
<Vander> <OOC> QotN! :)
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Hope so! :)
<Vix> <OOC> Heee! %)
<Trent> <ooc> Seconded.
<Reed> yes... QotN
<Seryna> you no longer see Seryna.. only the light
<Anya> <ooc> thirdeded!
<Trent> <ooc> Walk towards the light...
<Vix> <OOC> Fourtheded!
<Trent> ;)
<Seryna> it appears to reach out to you
<Anya> <OOC> Resist!  Stay with the Dark Side! %)
Ru`ach casts Invisibility: Simple.
<Reed> *chuckle*
<Ru`ach> . o O (Maybe if it can't see me...)
<Will> <OOC>  "Hey now!  Old Tom's not all that blind yet!"
<Vander> <OOC> Walking towards the light, you end up in the men's locker room. 
Wow, can't football players turn red. :)
<Reed> *chuckle*
<Vander> ]<OOC> Will: You a Tolkien Fanbot, too? :)
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Van: No[tm]. :)
<Vix> <OOC> Tom Bombadil was just a fat guy with a hat! Come ON! :)
<Vander> <OOC> He wsn't a fat guy
<Will> <OCC> Van: Just finished reading the Trilogy a few weeks ago, it's still 
fresh in my head.
<Vander> <OOC> Will: Ah
<Vix> <OOC> He's the forest guy, no? 
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> No, that's Santa. Tom Bombadil was the singing weedsmoker
<Reed> <OOC> Wait a minute.... UL doesn't have hormones... yet he came up with 
that...
<Vander> <OOC> Vix: No. That was Fangorn
<Will> <OOC> Vix: He is More[tm] than a guy.
<Vix> <OOC> Ohyeah.
<Seryna> Ru.. you appear to be invisible.. the light is still reaching out in 
your direction.. you stay there?
<Reed> <OOC> 2503rd Sign of the Coming Apocalypse. >:]
Will OOCly suggests the Tolkein discussion be moved to the bar?
Trent helps Will.
Ru`ach walks backwards. Almost trips over Seryna. Keeps walking back.
Vander <OOC> ceases Tolkientalking
<Seryna> Ru.. you don't trip over Seryna.. she's not behind you
<SteveM> <OOC> Sign 615 of the Impending Apocalypse: The Spurs making it to the 
NBA Finals. :)
Ru`ach yells "Hottoko! Saro!" at the light.
<Seryna> behind you is the hallway full of doors that ends with a door
<Seryna> translation?
<Ru`ach> Go away! Leave me alone.
<Reed> <OOC> Steve: sign 616 being the Spurs *winning* the Finals?
<SteveM> Reed: <OOC> Yupyup... and that's becoming a certainty!
Ru`ach trips (fear does that. You trip on air.) Falls to the ground. Takes a 
second to wipe teary eyes, and starts nudging back.
<Seryna> the light doesn't leave.. doesn't advance
<Vander> <OOC> Fireball! Fireball!
Ru`ach stops. "Who are you? What are you? Ma vemi atem?!"
<Ru`ach> *sniffle*
<Seryna> the light speaks with a calm and gentle voice. "I am a friend."
<Vander> <OOC> She from the local $cientology forum! Kill it!
<Seryna> the light observes Ru patiently
Ru`ach Ignite Fires inside the light. A BIG fire.
<Seryna> Ru.. damage for the fire?
<Seryna> if it requires a strike.. yer at -5
<Ru`ach> Hold. Lemme grab book.
<Anya> 2D6 SDC per melee
<Seryna> it has no effect
Ru`ach throws an Energy Net around it.
<Ru`ach> s/it/the light/
Vander <OOC> ponder the spell 'Monty Python'. Or would that be a Ritual? %)
<Reed> Van: Ritual
Ru`ach <OOC> WHAPS Van.
<Seryna> Ru.. that spell in the main book?
<Ru`ach> Mae: Magic Net. Yeah. Main book.
SteveM gets Divine Inspiration and cranks "Zero Signal" by Fear Factory
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> BRB
<Ru`ach> Mae?
<Seryna> the light is in the net.. you do anything before it gets out?
<Ru`ach> er... no.
<Ru`ach> Is it out, then?
<Seryna> yep
Ru`ach shudders and blinks hard. . o O (What the hell do I have left to live 
for?) Then, in desperation, jumps into The Light.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> b
<Seryna> Ru.. you jump towards the light.. after a period of time unknown you 
wake up back in the room with Seryna sitting in a chair watching you curiously
Ru`ach gets up. With more anger than frustration grabs the WhipOfPain[tm] and 
whips the gal.
<Ru`ach> Strike: 17.
Ru`ach pumped in the 20 PPE, btw.
<Seryna> damage?
<Ru`ach> 7SDC plus Agony.
<N`Mor> ow
Ru`ach runs out, picks a random door in the hall, and starts on the lock.
<Ru`ach> Roll under 40...
<Ru`ach> 23 >%)
<Seryna> you open the door?
<Ru`ach> yep.
<Seryna> you go in?
<Vix> <OOC> Hail Eris!
<Ru`ach> can I see what's inside?
<SteveM> <OOC> All hail Discordia!
<Seryna> sure.. looks just like the room you left
<Ru`ach> No, I don't.
SteveM OOCly switches the song to "Road Movie To Berlin", if he had the mp3.
Ru`ach tries the next door.
<Vix> <OOC> I wish I had my TMBG CD still around somewhere. :P
<Seryna> there's no lock
<Ru`ach> I open it.
<Ru`ach> I see?
<Seryna> looks the same
<Ru`ach> <OOC> *eyeroll*
<Ru`ach> Lemme guess. Next door, too.
<Vander> <OOC> Set the place on fire
<Vix> <OOC> It's all an Illuminati trap! Mwahahahah!
<Seryna> before you can open the next door Seryna appears in the hall
<Ru`ach> "How do you get out of here?!"
<Vix> <OOC> You spend the next forty years wandering the halls, opening each 
door at a time, endless hallways, leading to infinity... no escape.. over the 
years, you don't even notice your sanity slipppppppiiinnngg aaawwwaaayyy... ;)
<Seryna> "Where would you like to go?"
<Vix> <OOC> ..today. ;)
<Ru`ach> "I don't know. I want out of here."
<Vander> <OOC> Burn a hole in the wall!
Ru`ach does so.
<Ru`ach> ;)
<Reed> there any chance we can get back to the arena anytime soon?
<Reed> like, sometime this session?
<Vander> <OOC> Less talk! More explosions!
<Seryna> Ru.. you burn a hole in the wall and can see a room like yours on the 
other side
<Vix> <OOC> Bah. Deal with it. ;)
<Seryna> Reed.. I'll think about it
<Ru`ach> <OOC> *forheadsmack*
<Seryna> "The door at the end of the hall."
<Seryna> "Are you ready to leave here?"
Ru`ach tries that door. And sees what?
<Vix> <OOC> Another hallway! %)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> The obvious thing to say is in this case "Where does that door 
lead?"
<Seryna> the door opens to an alley
Ru`ach goes out.
<Trent> <ooc> a room like yours on the other side!
<Reed> <OOC> a winding staircase, heading down into a pitch-black pit,
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Ch'D: like I trust her enough to ask...
<SteveM> <OOC> Yay, Spawn's Alley!
<Vander> <OOC> Welcome to Paranor, Druids Keep."
<Will> <OOC> Allen Funt, with a camera.  "Smile, you're" *FLAME*
<Ru`ach> Sense Evil?
<Kasia> <OOC> Welcome to Phloston's PARADISE!
<Vander> <OOC> Kasia: Shouldn't that be Phewl's Paradise?
<N`Mor> <ooc> Aieeee
N`Mor <ooc>ly cowers. Ruby Rod is scary.
<Seryna> the alley appears unfriendly.. heaps of debris are all about.. there 
are vagrants in the area.. some drunk.. some punks and unfriendly sorts lurking 
about
<Ru`ach> <OOC> N'M: he's cool!
<N`Mor> <ooc> Hey, it /is/ Spawn's alley ;)
<Seryna> you don't sense evil
<Kasia> <OOC> Ru: He's GREEN. :)
<N`Mor> <ooc> Oh. Except for that part.
Ru`ach shudders. Goes on.
<Vander> <OOC> Stepping out into the alley, you come face to face with... FRED! 
The evil Elf smiles at you wickedly.
<Anya> <OOC> Hi Fred!
Ru`ach <OOC> knocks Fred unconscious. Keeps going.
<Ru`ach> :)
<Reed> *chuckle*
<Vander> <OOC> Ru: :)
<Trent> Heh.
<Seryna> the creatures in the area start to notice you.. one or two look you 
over, seeming to size up their potential enjoyment
Ru`ach gulps. Keeps walking.
<Reed> <OOC> A giant Ogre leans down and grunts in your face, "Hiya, cutie."
<SteveM> <OOC> Reed: "It's Leroy!"
Ru`ach Invisibilityises.
<Anya> <OOC> Hi Leroy! :)
<Reed> <OOC> Gronk, not Leroy
<Anya> <OOC> Fine.  Hi Gronk! :)
<Seryna> a group of rough looking creatures approach you
<Seryna> they shrug at each other and keep walking
<Anya> <OOC> One of them opens his coat.  "Ya wanna buy a Rolex?"
<Ru`ach> Ummm... Lemme rephease. * Ru casts Invisibility: Simple.
<Seryna> you wander through the alley to a dead end
<Ru`ach> . o O (Dragon? Can you hear? Anyone? Help!)
Ch`Dith looks at the GM
<Seryna> Ch.. nope
<Seryna> the alley did not lead miles closer to the arena
<Seryna> Ru.. how many PPE you have left now?
<Ru`ach> A lot.
<Reed> <OOC> "Can you be more vague?" "Maybe."
<N`Mor> bwahaha.
<Vander> <OOC> "No, man! Eat the grass! EAT the grass!"
N`Mor remembers that. %)
<Seryna> when the invisibility wears off.. Seryna approaches.. "it's not safe 
out here for long. You may return to rest if you wish."
Ru`ach walks back inside. Finds Ser. Charges up that whip. Whips her as many 
times as possible until the enchantment wears off.
<Ru`ach> -walks back inside
<N`Mor> <ooc> Someone needs to find her Happy Place.
<Ru`ach> 4 melees... that's 12 times.
Vander farts very loudly, alerting the Sluggies to our presence
<Seryna> you recharged the agony again?
<Vander> "Oooooh! Shouldn'ta had those beans!
<Vander> "
<Ru`ach> Yes.
<Seryna> Seryna appears to be in pain
<Seryna> when it wears off she disappears and you're alone in the hallway again
<Ru`ach> Damage: 6 + 6 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 8 + 7 + 9 + 10 + 6 + 5 + 6 SDC, btw.
Anya <OOCly> watches words scroll by, twiddles her thumbs.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Whee.
Reed hits the Runt.  "Stop that.  Yuu want them to know we're here?"
<Ru`ach> Hallway or alley?
<Will> 87 SDC Ouch.
<Seryna> Ru.. you said you walked back inside
<Vander> Gotta scram folx. Later
<Seryna> if you'd rather be in the alley..
<Ru`ach> *eyeroll* I'm still outside. I scratched that.
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Some people just don't have any patience.)
<Seryna> then you're alone in the alley with bad sorts and debris all around you
Ru`ach walks inside. Closes the door. Sits down in the hallway. Meditates.
<Seryna> okay.. Ru is meditating in the hallway.. where are the rest of you?
<Reed> we're still waiting outside the arena
<Kasia> Ditto.
<Anya> Yep.
<Vix> Dittotski.
<Ch`Dith> hoping nobody heard that fart?
Trent is hiding behind a pile 'o bodies, near the altercation.
<SteveM> I'm waiting outside the arena, wanting to pull the rest of the team 
back into the tunnel.
N`Mor declares the fart OOC (for the most part) ;)
Will has is rifle out, is still back in the tunnel with the group.
<SteveM> But also torn between that and my duty to Trent
Ch`Dith is being a shadow in crossfire position from Trent.
<Seryna> Ch.. how close to the barge did you get?
Trent tries to hear what they're saying.
Anya is in the tunnel with the group.
<Ch`Dith> Not Close.
<Trent> . o O (This shouldn't get to shooting.)  *to self* I hope.
Reed checks his weapons, switches to the laser rifle, gets an idea.
Trent tries to figure out how distracted the Spluggie is.
Ch`Dith . o O (Preferably not. Keep silent after this, though - it might hear.)
<SteveM> *whispered* "Nobody fire. Wait them out."
<Reed> . o O (Hey, lady, you can broadcast to everyone, right?)
Vix gets out his automatic pistol, checks the chamber again, and wishes he had 
some of the Colonel's special blend of herbs and spices.
Trent creeps forwards some more, closer to the trap door. (still behind cover)
Kasia glances at Reed. . o O (I'm running low on power.)
<Reed> . o O (Ok...)
<Trent> 19%...prowl passed.
Anya leans against the tunnel wall.
<Seryna> Trent.. you don't understand everything.. but you manage to make out 
bits and pieces.. the woman on the ground seems to want to leave the others and 
they don't like it
<Reed> . o O (You, dragon, you able to broadcast to everyone?)
<Trent> ...don't like it as in pointing weapons?
Ch`Dith . o O (*mental equiv of "Shhh!"* That form of broadcast is too easily 
overheard.)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> A slave trying to resign?
<Seryna> after much yelling and whatnot.. the start pointing weapons
Reed scribbles a note and passes it to Steve.
Seryna is now known as Maeryn
<SteveM> Kei: At who?
SteveM reads the note
Trent creeps slooowly towards the trap door, trying *VERY* hard to not be seen.
<Maeryn> the slaver is distracted, but not blind.. also angry
<Trent> Prowl roll 41%...passed.
<Reed> it reads "I heard a rumor that dragons are respected by the Spluggies.  
Maybe CheDith can find your missing person without drawing too much undue 
attention?"
<Maeryn> Steve.. the slaver points a weapon at the woman on the ground.. seems 
to be ordering the other women to do likewise
<Will> <OOC say, IC think> I'm uncertain how much control Splugorthians exert 
over slaves.  But weapon-pointing indicates some loss of control.
SteveM nods. *whispered* "Worth a shot, though we need to get outta here first."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Reed: I thought it was more along the lines of hate and fear?
Ch`Dith <OOCly> is a whimpin' 3-year-old hatchling anyways.
<Reed> <OOC> Ch: it's a rumor he heard... not necessarily true..
<Reed> <OOC> and explain the dragon city on Atlantis?
Trent creeps down the trap door, unnoticed in the confusion.
<Maeryn> Trent.. roll another prowl
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> When 500 uberold dragons decide to set up shop somewhere, are 
you going to say "No" ?
<SteveM> *sees the impending standoff* "Oh hell. Weapons tight."
<Trent> 30%...whew.
<Trent> passed.
<Reed> <OOC> Still, dragons are still relatively common...
<Reed> "Whew... he's in."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> uncommon  you mean?
<Reed> <OOC> No, I mean common.... at least on Atlantis
<SteveM> "One down, nine to go."
<Anya> <OOC> Reed: Spluggie Minions have little dragons as pets.
Trent ponders being an even bigger distraction.
<Maeryn> the women continue hollering.. the slaver waves his weapon around
Reed looks around for an exit other than the trap door.
Ch`Dith OOCly ponders the fact that he _is_ a "little" dragon.
Reed also clicks his laser rifle to full auto.
Anya continues leaning against the tunnel wall.
<Trent> . o O (Get the rest of 'em over here; they're distracted.)
<SteveM> *to Ch'Dith* "Can you figure out what the heck's going on with these 
people?"
<Anya> <OOC> Hang on, they're not actually dragons...I'd have to look up the 
cite.
Reed starts towards the trap door...
N`Mor couldn't conceivably sneak over there.
Ch`Dith . o O (*tightbeam to Steve* Trent says they're distracted. Come on.)
<Reed> 16 out of 50... good.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Steve: I'm a cloud of shadows a couple meters out.
<Reed> (on Prowl)
Trent , now in the trap door, unslings his UberRifle. Just in case.
<Maeryn> the slaver swings a tentacle at the woman and she dodges, getting a bit 
closer to the trap door 
Anya doesn't have prowl.  But...if they're distracted...
SteveM follows Reed...
Kasia shrugs, attempts to Prowl
Reed drops down
<Trent> Anya: 2 words. Covering fire.
Anya runs for it, helps in attempting to Prowl.
N`Mor <ooc> has no Prowl. %)
<Kasia> ... problem. I don't have that skill.
<SteveM> 42, needed 72. :)
Ru`ach <OOC> doesn't, either. :)
N`Mor is too big and loud to be sneaky anyway.
<Anya> Kas: <OOC> You and me both...but I can run!
<SteveM> <OOC> Who else has Prowl?
Will OOCly notes that Ru'ach, however, is being throughly successful at not 
being noticed by anyone in this Spluggie slaver party.
Vix <OOC> is prolly too stoned to be sneaky. ;)
<Will> <OOC> Me.  But not real well.
SteveM waves Kasia and Anya over to him.
Kasia shrugs, takes a glance at teh Slaver, and runs.
Reed looks at Trent.  "You have a grenade on you?"
<SteveM> *radioed* "N'Mor, bring Vander with you."
Anya drops down where Steve is, and gets a ways into the tunnel.
<Trent> "No.  Just this think, my pistols, and my bat."
<Maeryn> the barge gets closer to the door, following the woman on the ground
N`Mor chews his cud, looking pensive.
Vix looks around quickly, blinks, and uhhhs.
<Reed> "Anyone have any grenades?"
<SteveM> *radioed* "Rest of you, go now!"
Ch`Dith ponders something insanely stupid and unadvisable... Which might just 
work. Or get him killed. Or work and get him killed.
<Maeryn> they're prolly 10-15 feet from the door.. the tunnel is roughly 40 feet
Trent help Ch`D. In those exact terms.
N`Mor is probably thinking the same thing.
Ch`Dith gets a better idea first.
<Anya> "Nope."
Trent oocly wonders how durable slavers are.
<Reed> Trent: very
<Anya> <OOC> Mucho MDC.
N`Mor wonders whether he can chuck the shrimp into the hole. %)
<Maeryn> Ch.. you've sensed evil by now
Ch`Dith commands the shadows across the room to move and twist as if creatures 
are moving around there.
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: No Shit.
<Trent> Anya: hundreds Mucho, or thousands Mucho.
Anya <OOCly> pulls out the knife Ru sent through the wall.
Reed eyes his knives.  "I can always get a new one..."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Innate shadow dragon ability.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Did that get here? Sorry!
<Maeryn> the women perk up.. don't look towards the shadows.. if you've gotten 
close and are paying attention they appear to be listening 
Reed throws a knife into the far corner of the room, away from the tunnel and 
the Slaver.... hopes it makes enough noise to get their attention.
Reed drops back down the trap door.
<Anya> Trent: <OOC> Hmmm 120 for their armour, and I've got conflicting reports 
on themselves.
<Maeryn> the slaver looks around the arena
Ch`Dith animates shadows in the general area of the sound.
<Maeryn> who's still in the tunnel?
Ch`Dith makes them move out of sight.
N`Mor is.
Ch`Dith is not.
<Maeryn> the slaver looks towards the shadows
<Will> GM: I'm in tunnel.
<Anya> Mae: Vander as well.
<N`Mor> who thinks I can jumpshot Vander?
<N`Mor> %)
Kasia runs over, jumps into the trapdoor
<Kasia> N'M: Me!
<Reed> <OOC> mememememe!
<Reed> :)
<Maeryn> one of the women on the barge appears to look at the dragon
Ch`Dith is mostly behind something. JSYK
<Maeryn> another of the women appears to look towards the trap door
<Trent> <ooc> Ohh shit.
<SteveM> Kei: And what of the prodigal daughter?
Vix erks, and is extremely still, and breathes shallowly to be more quiet.
<Maeryn> Steve.. the one on the ground? she's surveying the area with her senses
<SteveM> Kei: They're not at loggerheads anymore?
<Ch`Dith> Kei: How many separate spots of evil did I sense? 
Ch`Dith . o O (*TIGHT and almost inaudible to Steve* When everyone's inside, run 
immediately. I will follow.)
<Maeryn> Steve.. they're argument is definately not over, but they're not as 
distracted
Trent waits for firing to start.
N`Mor considers his options, probably a really stupid one.
<Maeryn> Ch.. one
<SteveM> *whispered into the radio* "Everybody still in the tunnel, don't go 
just yet."
<Ch`Dith> Just Spluggy? Not the other ladies?
<N`Mor> they're slaves.
<N`Mor> That doesn't make them evil. ;)
SteveM OOCly sees the words "Spluggy Freelance", turns himself in for a rigorous 
brainscrub.
<Maeryn> the barge heads in the dragon's direction
<Maeryn> the woman on the ground inches closer to the door
Ch`Dith . o O (*again to Steve* go. NOW.)
<SteveM> *whispered into the radio* "Standby... NOW!"
Ch`Dith holds position until everyone's inside the trapdoor.
Will breaks for the door.
<Ch`Dith> ... or until the situation changes to warrant it.
Kasia is already in the trapdoor. Goes to sleep.
Vix bolts breakeths, and makes a fancy flying dive at the door.
<Maeryn> the barge advances on the dragon with tentacles flailing 
<Trent> cya, Kasia
<Vix> OOC: -breakeths
N`Mor curses in an incomprehensible (to most) tongue, and bolts for the door.
<Ru`ach> bye, Kas!
<Reed> Cya, Kas
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again, and making those dreams real / Taking the wheel! o/~ - David Campbell)
Ch`Dith is not material right now, even if them tentacles are in reach.
<Maeryn> the woman on the ground reaches the door
<SteveM> N'Mor is taking Vander with him, I take it?
<Reed> <OOC> where's Vander?
<Trent> <ooc> Ahh, the joys of being a dragon.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> That makes everyone, right?
N`Mor has the midget in a headlock.
<Reed> *chuckle*
<Maeryn> the barge senses the woman and turns towards her
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> shut yer trap, trent. And your mouth too.
<Anya> <OOC> <Vander> Oi, N'Mor!  Yer choking me!
N`Mor yoiks, and ducks behind a random dead thing.
Ch`Dith drifts obviously toward the tunnel. NOT the trapdoor.
Will doesn't know if he made it?
<Reed> <OOC> TOSS THE RUNT!
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> the runt'll scream.
<Trent> <OOC> I'm open!
<Maeryn> Will.. did you run and jump through the trap door?
SteveM rummages into his deadthing he's behind, using small movements, to get 
himself a nice weighty bone for throwing.
<Vix> <OOC> Quick, diversionary tactic! Fling the runt away from you, and run! 
;)
<Will> GM: If I wasn't lethally stopped from doing so.
<Reed> <OOC> Wait... scratch that... USE THE RUNT AS A BOWLING BALL!
<Maeryn> Will.. then you made it
<Ch`Dith> Did the pixie make it?
<Maeryn> the woman heads for the door and attempts to go through
<Trent> The...trap door?
<Maeryn> the barge approaches the door.. prolly 10 feet or so
<Maeryn> Trent.. yep
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> who's still out? Cow-boy, chica and runty?
Reed shakes his head, reaches up, grabs the woman, and pulls her in.
<Anya> *gulp* *string of Russian curses*
<SteveM> *radioed* "She's possibly a rogue. Keep a hand on your guns, boys and 
girls."
Ch`Dith . o O (*to steve again* Go.)
Maeryn flies through the arena and hovers over the door
<Reed> "Why I do this is completely beyond my comprehension."
SteveM waits until Bevo is through.
Ch`Dith . o O (*to the cow* Do nothing until the way is clear, then run.)
<Will> Steve: Heeheehee... <OOC>
<Maeryn> the woman shrinks to the side of the tunnel uncertainly, trying to get 
a sense of her surroundings
Ch`Dith rematerializes at the tunnel entrance. Fires a focused blast of flame at 
the barge.
<SteveM> Will: <OOC> "I've been using that nick for him for months."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Nice knowing ye all.
<Trent> <ooc> FSCK.
<Maeryn> the barge turns towards the dragon, still creeping towards the door
<Will> *to woman* The tunnel is about ten feet square, it heads off to your 
right a great distance without obstructions.  We won't harm you if you do 
likewise."
<SteveM> *radioed* "N'Mor, move your ass!"
<Will> [insert better measurements if those were visibly wrong]
Reed grumbles under his breath... "Another useless life form."
<Maeryn> the woman speaks to Will "I have no reason to harm you." you understand 
it barely
<Ch`Dith> woohoo! nat. 20!
Ch`Dith OOCly does the "Good Juju" dance. }8=>
N`Mor stares the runt in the face. "*whispered* Do not scream." He peeks briefly 
up from behind the corpse and flings him toward the trapdoor.
<N`Mor> <ooc> %)
<Vix> <OOC> Yeah! Mojo! Juju! Feel the flow! %)
Maeryn woman appears to look in Reed's direction
<Ch`Dith> 9*2 MD to anything unprotected in a straight line between the dwagon 
and the barge.
Ch`Dith beats his wings once, leaps to the air.
<Trent> Hmm...is it possible for me to duck out and start shooting?
N`Mor takes the opportunity to charge after the sailing runt, hoping he gets to 
the door before the barge does.
<Reed> Trent: anything is possible, I think.
<Maeryn> the barge stops heading for the door and goes after the dragon
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> If steve takes the hint, this is where the entire group runs 
like hell.
<Maeryn> Trent.. if you want
Ch`Dith lets fly another blast.
<SteveM> *radioed* "N'Mor, move your ass now, goddamn you!"
<Ch`Dith> 15
<Trent> Everyone in, 'cept Ch`D?
<Ch`Dith> 14 MDC if that's a hit
Reed pokes his head out the door, sees the runt coming towards him, grabs the 
runt, and pulls him in.
N`Mor slides through the trapdoor just as that's radioed, landing loudly.
Vix grins at N'Mor as he lands. "Nice jump, bovine."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Trent: if yer going to shoot at anything let me know when you 
start opening the trap door
SteveM gets up and heads for the trapdoor, radioing "Ch'Dith, COME ON!"
Ch`Dith . o O (*to steve again* GO!)
Anya goes a bit further down the tunnel.
<Trent> . o O (I'm going to give you some covering fire so you can get in here.)
Reed pulls the Runt behind him...
<SteveM> *radioed* "And leave you behind? Work your way over!"
Ch`Dith . o O (*to trent, angry* NEGATIVE. GET GOING!)
Ch`Dith . o O (*to steve* I can teleport. You do the math.)
<Maeryn> the barge advances towards the dragon, swinging tentacles
Ch`Dith stays way out of reach.
<Maeryn> the women on the barge start firing at the dragon
Ch`Dith dodgesn't.
SteveM dives in the trapdoor. *radioed* "We'll leave the light on for you."
Trent first turns to the rest of the people. "Steve, GO. Now. I'll follow with 
Ch`D if I can."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Trent, you bloody buffoon!
<Maeryn> Ch.. how far are you from the door and are you heading there?
<SteveM> "No way, Trent. We all go or none of us go!"
Anya looks back.  "C'mon Trent.  We need to find Ru...the dragon will make it!"
Vix ehms. "I'll go... if.. you guys don't go, actually..." He grins stupidly.
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: Up in the air near the ceiling, and as far from the door as I 
can get. Not heading there.
Trent winces, comes along. *quietly* "That was low, Anya."
<Maeryn> Ch.. you realize you're faster than the barge and it can't fit through 
the door?
<Anya> "Sorry..."
<SteveM> "The rest of you go on ahead. I'll watch for the dragon and then bolt."
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: Correct on both counts. I have no intention of going through 
the door.
<Will> Mae: I think he's trying to keep it from noticing us.
Reed takes point, heads back to the "safehouse"
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> And a gold star to Anya for spotting the obvious!
<Maeryn> ok
Will takes the woman by the wrist if she allows it.  "This way."
SteveM closes the trapdoor slightly, leaving himself enough room to peek out of.
<Maeryn> the women on the barge fire at the dragon
N`Mor stomps after the rest of the crew.
Ch`Dith dodgesn't, teleports when everyone's out.
<Maeryn> the woman allows Will to lead her
Trent ICly probably doesn't know that dragons can teleport.
Vix sprints like a bat out of a cave that's on fire, and is filled with toxic 
fumes and stuff. He follows whoever's in front of him.
Anya follows in that direction...watching for nastys and hoping she's right.
<Ch`Dith> teleports back to the safehouse.
SteveM moves down to rejoin the rest of the crew when Ch'Dith piffles.
<Maeryn> a couple of the shots hit the dragon for 20 mdc total
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Trent: you've seen me do it on several occasions
Ch`Dith rolls for teleport... juju don't leave me now...
<Trent> Ch`D: Only once, I think, and I was occupied.
<Maeryn> you all go go back to where Leyla took you?
<Ch`Dith> woo! 12 out of 34%!
<Reed> cool
<SteveM> Kei: That's an affirmative
Trent brings up the rear, rifle still out.
<Will> GM: Since I don't know that place, I'm following them.
Ch`Dith roars defiance at the shots, then vanishes with the roar still echoing 
in the arena.
Reed walks into the the "safehouse", sees Ch`Dith there.  "How'd you beat us, 
dragon?"
SteveM joins Trent and pushes on ahead.
<Maeryn> ok.. you all make it back.. with the impression that you may now be 
hunted and should be cautious in the near future
Ch`Dith is lying in his favorite spot in the safehouse, keeping a wing away from 
a few nasty-but-already-vanishing scorches.
Trent follows everyone else into the "safehouse", blinks at Ch`D. 
"What..the..hell?"
<SteveM> *to Reed* "I'm not exactly sure how it works, but I'll settle for 
calling it 'going tweedle'."
<Will> *to Steve* "More like going Cheshire.* [grin]
<SteveM> <OOC> (10 pt reference.)
<Ch`Dith> 5 minutes and the injuries are history.
Anya pokes her head in the doorway to the sleeping room.  Smiles at seeing 
Ch'Dith there. :)
<Ch`Dith> SteveM: Alice?
<Vix> *to Reed* "He went from A to B without passing through all points therein. 
Work it out."
<SteveM> Ch'D: no, that's Will's and it's only worth 2 points.
<Ch`Dith> Star Trek?
<SteveM> This is going tweedle.
<Reed> "Teleportation.  That works.  I knew a farmer that could do it."
<Maeryn> Leyla has returned and is preparing a meal
SteveM OOCly foreheadsmax. It's a Paranoia reference. Look in the mutant powers 
under teleportation.
Trent looks at the time. Ohshits.
Ch`Dith has no Paranoia books.
<Trent> Damn, gotta be at work in 8 hours.  =P
<Reed> it's nearly 3am here... I say we call it a night. 
Anya pulls her harmonica out of her pocket, and plays.
<SteveM> "Another glorious day in the corps. Every meal a banquet, every 
paycheck a fortune..." %)
<SteveM> Ch'D: Bug Cal or DW for the reference.
<Ch`Dith> gotcha
Trent [KillJoy@kronos-1-40.mdm.mkt.execpc.com] has quit IRC (Damn the necessity 
of money.  =P)
<Maeryn> we can call it a night.. if anyone wants to hang out and chatter while 
the others eat and rest that's fine
<SteveM> (and yes, that was said ICly).
<Reed> Steve: old ATAC ref.
<SteveM> Reed: Close enough.
Ch`Dith remembers something, prods Rick...
<Ch`Dith> *** Ping reply from Rick: 1.0 second(s)
<Ch`Dith> SteveM: Aliens.
Ch`Dith wonders if Meeth sleepeth
SteveM tells Trent to give Vander his palmpilot-dealie back.
<SteveM> Ch'D: Ding! Five points for you!
<Reed> might want to wait'll UL's here to do that...
<Maeryn> I'll attempt to have xp sometime tomorrow.. but by next session for 
tonight and the last one
<Reed> Ch: prolly
<Reed> Mae: cool...
<SteveM> Just getting the drop on that in case I forget next week.
<Maeryn> anyone care to share a log of last week or were ya'll just messing 
around totally unrelated?
<SteveM> Kei: It's on the Rifts site.
<Anya> Mae: dagwood.sandwich.net/rifts/logs :)
<Ch`Dith> Maeryn: There's a log on the Rifts logs site.
<Reed> Mae: log's up on the usual site. 
Ch`Dith snoozeth now... g'mornin.
<Reed> Cya, dwagon.
<SteveM> nites Shad
Reed snoozeth now, too..
<Maeryn> 'mornin dragon
<Will> night.
N`Mor goes away
*** Log file closed: 6/20/99 2:55:07 AM