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<Prozac> [Arsenal`] Run for the hills, the GM's had an alignment change.
Trent sets mode: +o Arsenal` 
<Arsenal`> Okay... this is getting ridiculous... :P
<Rick> oh no!!!
<Trent> Agreed.
<Arsenal`> is anyone else logging tonight?
Ch`Dith can't log, can dump the whole buffer to file once the session's done.
Trent is.
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<Vander> re
<Arsenal`> 're Vander...
<Trent> ..which is kinda odd... I never log anything.
Trent sets mode: +o Vander 
<Arsenal`> Trent: thanks.
Anya has a log running too.
<Trent> ...watch, now my connection starts dying every 5 minutes.  ;)
Ch`Dith eyes the MythII prologue  mpeg... daamnitscoll
<Arsenal`> now, let's see where everyone was at the end of last session...
<Arsenal`> Rick was cruising the streets on a hovercycle, right?
<Vander> Kasia and I were having a shouting match about Steve
<Arsenal`> Anya, Kasia, and Steve were in the diner..
<Arsenal`> ohyeah, Runt was there too..
<Arsenal`> Trent: where were you and Ru?  the APC?
Anya is rereading, trying to figure out what to do next.
<Rick> last I remember.
<Vander> Ars: Ru and Trent were in a magic shop
<Ch`Dith> Ru was panicking and ran back to the APC, locking herself in. Trent 
was outside her room in the APC. Ch'Dith was outside the APC
<Trent> Ru was in the APC... I was locked outside.
<Trent> ...what Ch`D said.
<Arsenal`> Van: you didn't pay attention near the end...
<Arsenal`> hrrm...
<Vander> Ars: Nah. I forgot about the running scared part
<Arsenal`> both of the major scenes involve one of the CaliKids...
<Trent> ...which leaves us where we were before.
<Arsenal`> Rick: FYI, Sergio was the one with the large amount of CDs... Rick 
had to leave his mandolin back at the base he can no longer where get into.
<Rick> how late are they gonna be?
Trent idly picks up a 2x4, smacks Vander in the head with it. No wait, I'll 
smack him someplace where it'll do damage. ;)
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<Arsenal`> Rick: no idea...
SteveM wanders back, plinks Vander in both arms and both legs with the PPKxx 
Gauss Rifle he found in the Frisco shop he was telling Trent about.
Vander ponders Trent and himself getting WP: Teammate %)
<Trent> Ooh, those are kinda fun.  Still prefer the Vindicator, tho.
<SteveM> yeah. %)
Rick cuts off Vander's Arms and legs with a chainsaw. "Hi. Torso boy."
<Anya> Steve: When were you out this way?
Arsenal` eyes Rick...
<Vander> Rick: I am not in albequerki!
<SteveM> Anya: This is F2 I'm talking about. You find the damndest things in 
Chinatown's shops.
<Arsenal`> Okay... while we're waiting for the CaliKids...
<Arsenal`> Rick, anywhere in particular you're cruising to?
<Anya> Steve: Heh. :)  Well if you ever get out here RL, lemme know.
Trent whoopses, realizes he has the wrong charsheet out.
<SteveM> kats: ok
<Rick> not really probably checking for a music store. :) but mostly just riding 
around town. I'm gonna stop in a diner.
<Arsenal`> okay...
Ch`Dith <OOCly> watches mythII be NEEEAT
SteveM OOCly goes to make garlic bread, you know wot to do...
<Arsenal`> in the diner, the waitress (who appears to be your age, maybe a year 
or two younger) asks, "Howdy, soldier.  Wet your whistle?"
<Rick> "Sure. I'll have a beer."
<Arsenal`> "Right. One beer it is.  Looking for something to eat, or maybe... 
take home?"
Vander plays XWingVsTIEFighter. /msg me when the kids get here
<Rick> "What's yer specialty?"
<Arsenal`> "Anything you want, sugah."
<Rick> "Well, new in town, so Surprise me."
<Arsenal`> "I'm not sure you can handle any of my 'surprises', solder-boy.  But 
then, you look like the nice strong silent type."
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<MacRae> moofnord.
<Rick> hey all
MacRae is now known as Vix
Trent sets mode: +oo Vix WhtStar2 
<Arsenal`> 'lo Max, Ship
<Anya> moo both!
<Arsenal`> s/Max/Mac/
<Trent> Ay ye 2.
WhtStar2 is now known as Ru`ach
<Ru`ach> Did I miss anything?
<Rick> someone wake up Vander.
<Arsenal`> Ru: just Rick being totally oblivious to the waitress hitting on him. 
%)
<Ru`ach> Oh. %)
<Anya> Ru: where's your counterpart in crime?
<Ru`ach> On her way. Pinning a poster to the ceiling. Will be on in a little.
<Vander> re
<Trent> re, runt.
<Arsenal`> Rick: the waitress just told you, "I'm not sure you can handle any of 
my 'surprises', solder-boy.  But then, you look like the nice strong silent 
type."
<Vander> Oi Ru
<Vix> heeee.
<Rick> No I'm not, You said she was younger then I was. Well I'm only 17.
<Arsenal`> I said she was your age, maybe a year or two younger.
<Vander> Rick: If anyone is to be oblivious to being hit on, it will be me! got 
it?
<Rick> "That I am. And *leans forward* don't knock it til you've tried it."
<Vix> <OOC> Heeeeeeeeeeeee! </guttermind>
Vix <OOC> falls out of his seat laughing.
<Arsenal`> The waitress gives you a saucy look, then turns and heads back to the 
bar.  "I'm off at three."
<Rick> "Three it is"
Rick oocly laughs at the mp3 playing. _Bad to the bone_
<Vander> <OOC> "No, Sam! Don't kill Torg! Stay good, Sam! Stay good!"
<Vander> :)
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<Arsenal`> well, while Rick's out entertaining himself, let's cut over to Ru and 
Trent...
<Arsenal`> 'lo Kas.
<Vander> Oi Kasia
<Rick> hey Kasia
<Trent> 'lo, Kas
<Vix> fnordkas
<Anya> .deop Ru`ach vix vander stevem anya trent rick ch'dith
<Anya> say argh. :)
Ch`Dith sets mode: -o Arsenal` 
Ch`Dith sets mode: -o Rick 
<Anya> argh...using the bot to avoid a mass deop.
Ch`Dith sets mode: -o Ru`ach 
Prozac has kicked Ch`Dith from #Rifts (Mass deop.  Go sit in a corner.)
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Ch`Dith kicks the bot for being a stupid bot.
Trent sets mode: +o Arsenal` 
Trent sets mode: -o Anya 
Prozac sets mode: +o Anya 
<SteveM> Kasia-chan!
Anya kicks the bot.
Trent sets mode: -oooo SteveM Trent Vander Vix 
Prozac has kicked Trent from #Rifts (Mass deop.  Go sit in a corner.)
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Arsenal` sets mode: -o Anya 
Prozac sets mode: +o Anya 
Anya sets mode: -o Anya 
<Arsenal`> well...
<Anya> damn bot.
Trent *PUNTS* Prozac
Arsenal` sets mode: +oooooo Anya Ch`Dith Kasia Rick Ru`ach SteveM 
Arsenal` sets mode: +ooo Trent Vander Vix 
<Ru`ach> Ars?
<Arsenal`> why not?
Anya shrugs.  Okay.
<Arsenal`> anyways... where were we?
<Kasia> Ars! You just undid ten minutes' hard work! ;)
SteveM helps.... and checks up on his garlic toast
<Arsenal`> Kas: deal. :)
<Anya> Trent and Ru.
<Trent> Ars: Getting kicked by the bot for deopping myself?
<Trent> ;)
Trent blinks a few times, starts to wake up. Wish my dad would leave so I could 
grab a Jolt or something, tho.
<Arsenal`> Okay... Kasia, Anya, Steve, and Vander are in the hotel restaurant; 
and Ru, Trent, and Ch`Dith are in/by the APC...
<Arsenal`> take it away.
<SteveM> (who starts first?)
<Vix> <OOC> Where did I end up, after four week's absence? ;)
<Trent> Vix: A scientologist?
<Arsenal`> Vix: sleeping off a drunken stupor in the APC, and seriously 
considering converting to scientology.
<SteveM> I think we should start with the Walker, Juicer, and Dwagon
Ch`Dith , right now, is waiting for the right time. IOW, for the Melter to be a-
snoozin'
<Vix> <OOC> Seriously considering, that is, if I don't consistently start 
showing up? ;)
<Ru`ach> Vix's in the APC?
Trent is waiting outside the APC... or the room that Ru's in, depending on which 
door she locked.
<Vander> *to Kasia* "Lemme explain to you about military men, kid! Steve thinks 
in terms of group survival. That means he ain't gonna consider his social life 
until everyone's safe. Somebody dies or gets hurt on his watch, he feels 
responsible. Your acting like a farking wombat in heat with termites up her 
shorts ain't helping!"
<Arsenal`> Ru: someone stashed him in one of the bunks 
<Ru`ach> Trent: Outside the APC.
<Ru`ach> Ars: Yipe! :)
Anya puts her head in her hands.  *sigh*
<Trent> Ru: Ah, thought so.
<Kasia> <OOC> ... aren't we starting with Trent and Ru?
Trent oocly chuckles at Vander.
<Vander> <OOC> Oops?
<Kasia> <OOC> ... and oops. Much oops. ;)
<Arsenal`> well, if you want to run both simultaneously, go to it.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Van: Now ain't ya glad I gave ya that MA 7? ;)
<Anya> <OOC> Oops...whoops...uhoh <--the three best words in English.
<Kasia> <OOC> Ars: Please, no!
<Vander> Ru: Yep :)
<Trent> . o O (Ch`Dith?)
<Ru`ach> Ars: start with them, will ya? I need to start recognizing text before 
I can play...
<Arsenal`> well, Vander started something...
<Arsenal`> Ru: okay...
Ch`Dith OOCly is standing right next to you.
Ch`Dith . o O (Yes?)
<Arsenal`> take it from Vander's line.
<Trent> Doh.  =O
<Vander> Ars: OK
<Trent> =P, even.
<Arsenal`> (which looks to be an instant QotN)
<Vander> Ars: %)
Kasia slowly stands up and glares forcefully at Vander. "Nobody. Asked. Your. 
Opinion. *RUNT!*"
Anya puts her head in her hands.  *sigh*
Kasia <OOC> is about to do something that will cost MUCH $$ in payback to the 
bar. O:)
Trent oocly watches personalities grind against each other.
<Vix> <OOC> *imagines Kasia pulling a Carrie*? Heee.
<Vander> *to Kasia* "I don't need to be asked! Your struttin' around like a 
wounded squirrel when the real hurt's been done to someone else, then you wanna 
dump on me pal? Girl, you opened a can o' whoopass on yerself that ain't closing 
'til you apologize to both!"
SteveM comes back, while Kasia and Vander are bickering, and gets about 2 feet 
away from Kasia, while holding up a hand to forestall Vander's tonguelashing. 
*to Kasia* "You... really mean that?"
Kasia suddenly smiles, incredibly calm. "A... can of whoop-ass, hmm? Good term."
Trent is suddenly very glad he's logging this.
Anya keeps her head in her hands.  Just when things looked to be going fairly 
well.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Van: *wince*
Kasia blinks out of her focus on Vander, turns to Steve. "Which part?"
Vander continues to glare at Kasia
<SteveM> "What you said before Vander started ranting about military men. You 
know, I can appreciate the sentiment, but not the name that went with it."
Kasia <OOC> was, BTW, about to blast Vander with a Teek accelleration attack. 
That would ... hurt.
<Vander> <OOC> Yes, it would
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Don't. You can't afford it. ;)
<Ru`ach> brb
<Vander> <ooc> And I still have Mr. Blamm-O in my back holster :)
<Trent> <ooc> TK-boot to the head!  *Sh-zoomp!*
Kasia takes a deep breath, sighs. "Being in love with you? Yes. Being incredibly 
hurt by you? YES. Now, if you don't mind..." she glares at Vander, "I'm going to 
leave before I Break something."
<SteveM> "Hold on, I'm not finished yet."
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Oooooh...
<Kasia> "No, you wouldn't be."
SteveM is OOCly playing Pet Traffic Cop, and will be fading in and out
<Rick> brb
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<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Someone cue the romantic overdrive guitars.
Vander glances at Steve, back at Kasia, grunt disgustedly, and stalks off
<SteveM> "You're right, but not for the reasons you're thinking about."
<Kasia> <OOC> More like the guitar part from I Gave My Love a Cherry... the 
Animal House version.
<Arsenal`> Kas: *chuckle*
<Ru`ach> <OOC> *chuckle*
Anya quietly stands up from the chair she was sitting in.  "I don't need to be 
here for this.  See you later.  Da svidanya."
<SteveM> "Sometimes I get so wrapped up in the latest cause that I lose sight of 
the people that I care about, or take them for granted."
<Vix> <OOC> So *that's* how you spell that. ;)
<Kasia> "Sayonara, Anya."
Kasia laughs shortly. "Noted."
Anya nods in acknowledgement, and walks back upstairs, to that balcony Steve was 
sitting on earlier.
<Kasia> <OOC> I'm going to grab some pie for a sec
Vander heads over to the APC
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<Vander> re Rick
<Arsenal`> 're Rick
<SteveM> *to Anya, voice like Kyle in an incredible hurry* "Bye Anya." *back to 
Kasia* "I remember what you said a few hours ago when we found Ru: 'Don't ever 
suppose anything with me, Steve Mitchell.' It was a warning on many levels, some 
of which I'm just now beginning to recognize."
<Rick> bak
Arsenal` sets mode: +o Rick 
Anya OOCly notes "It's the End of the World" queued itself again.
<Rick> <OOC> Other than that conversation with the waitress, have we started 
yet?
<Arsenal`> Rick: yes
<Rick> anya: Is that an mp3?
<Kasia> <OOC> back
<SteveM> <OOC> welcome back
<Vander> <OOC> Rick: I just blasted out Kasia with my low MA and got saved from 
getting TKly shoved through a wall by Steve
Kasia tenses suddenly
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Steve-O is making the first steps of removing his pedal 
extremities from his mouth
<Anya> <OOC> rick: yeah, but my ftp is down right now.
<Kasia> <OOC> Van: Not smashed into a wall - getting smashed into by everything 
in the room not nailed down. ;)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Katya: fork it over to dwagon.
<Vander> <OOC> Kasia: Ah
<Rick> I can Ftp anyway. Can you just send it to me?
<SteveM> "But I remember something else you said. 'All humanity's problems are 
just silly nonsensical details that can be worked out over ice cream.'"
Kasia blinks a couple times. Then she starts laughing.
SteveM joins in too...
Kasia starts laughing so hard she sits down in her recently vacated chair and 
knocks over her water.
<Kasia> "Oh, sh- Goddes, now I need to mop that up." For some reason, this sets 
her off again.
SteveM chuckles some more as he tries to control the spill...
<Arsenal`> Anya: you can hear their laughter.
<SteveM> "Oh-k... *chortle* what's so funny?" *said with a smile. God, is 
laughter contagious or what?*
<Kasia> <OOC> "You seem Harry? You say things like that and make it impossible 
for me to hate you! And I hate youm Harry... I hate you..." *snickercackle*
<Kasia> -m +,
<Kasia> "I... have no idea..."
<Ru`ach> <OOC> *chuckle*
<Vander> <OOC> Heehee! She even sounds like a wombat when she laughs :)
Kasia <OOCly> grumbles at her dad's keyboard... one of those logitech 'bent' 
boards... the M$ 'natural' type. :P
<Trent> Kas: Ewww.
<Anya> <OOC> rick: not now, remind me later.
<Arsenal`> Vander: As soon as you reach the door, you can hear their laughter
<Rick> <OOC> 'k
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> The M$-made, RSI-enhancing, "Natural" keyboards?
Vander glances back at the two, then heads back to the APC to cool down
<Arsenal`> Vix: if/when you wake up, you can hear Ru crying.
Anya smiles quietly and hopes that it's all for the best.
<Kasia> <OOC> Something like that.
<Arsenal`> Vander: you see the dwagon as you approach the APC.
<Vander> "Hey Ch'D. What's up?"
<Arsenal`> the dwagon and Trent, I might add...
Rick drinks his beer that has gone warm from sitting there. and goes to leave. 
"*to waitress* I'll pick you up at three."
<Vander> "Something wrong, Trent?"
<Arsenal`> Rick: she tells you, "I'll be waiting."
<SteveM> "Once upon a time, there was a war, but each side was thoroughly 
convinced they were right. Nobody even thought of negotiating. One leader was 
just drunk with power, the other a incredible bigot. I was in that war. And I 
swore that I would never take anything for granted like that ever. I didn't want 
to fall into that same trap that claimed the Robotech Masters, General Leonard, 
and most of the Coalition's leadership."
Ch`Dith looks up as he senses Vander's approach, nods in greeting, then lowers 
his head again, thinking.
Ru`ach mutters a few things in Hebrew between sobs
<Trent> "Yeah... something in that magic shop set off Ru.  She ran back here and 
locked herself in."  *sigh*
<Rick> <OOC> Ars: what time is it?
<SteveM> "If I ever take anything for granted like that again, by all means let 
me know."
<Arsenal`> Rick: midnight.
Kasia blinks. "Coalition?"
<Vander> *to Trent* "Oh, fark. She in there?" *indicates the APC*
Ru`ach <OOC> *PRODS* Vix.
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Trent nods.
Rick goes back to the APC to get ready.
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Trent sets mode: +o Ch 
Ch is now known as Ch`Dith
Ch`Dith OOCly *KICK* GNOME
<SteveM> *to Kasia as he sits across from her* "Ok, forget the Coalition for 
now. Maybe I'll tell you more about my views toward them later."
Kasia shrugs. "Okay."
<Arsenal`> Rick: you see Vander, Trent, and Ch`Dith there.
<Vander> *to Trent* "I think we're gonna need to get the poor kid some serious 
help."
Vix turns over, falls out of his bunk, and lands face down on the floor. "What 
in the flying frack?!"
<SteveM> *to Kasia* "And if I haven't told you lately, I...  I love you."
Ru`ach screams!
<Kasia> <OOC> Room: APC. Vander, Trent, and Ch'Dith are here.
Trent blinks. "You might say that."
<Rick> *to the group* "So what's happened since I left?"
Ch`Dith . o O (*to Vander alone* Plans are in motion. For now, wait.)
<Kasia> "You... really mean that?"
SteveM only nods and pulls Kasia close.
Vander hears the sceam, fairly busts the door in (or tries to) getting into the 
APC*
<Vander> "Ru! What's happening in here?!"
Anya pulls out her harmonica and starts playing as sad and mournful of a tune as 
one can play on it. (roll: 07)
Kasia attempts to get hugged, but seeing as we're sitting across a table from 
each other, only succeeds in getting her shirt wet and a barked shin.
Trent twitches at the scream, tries to kick the door in. Fairly badly hurts his 
food.
Rick sets his watch alarm to go off at 2:30.
<Trent> Foot, even.
Vix gets up off the floor, adjusts his cloak, and puts his mirrored sunglasses 
on.
SteveM excuses himself and gets up to sit next to Kasia.
<Vix> s/cloak/robe
Ru`ach backs up against the wall, gives off a shriek
<SteveM> "Let's try that again." :)
<Kasia> <OOC> ... This is called remembering where in a room you are. ;)
Kasia chuckles and leans into Steve's arms
<Vander> <OOC> Never a dull moment with this group :)
Trent twitches. "RU! Can you hear me in there?!?"
<Arsenal`> <OOC> I should hope not.
SteveM only holds Kasia close, never mind the soaked shirt.
<Vander> "Trent! Get in here!"
Vix hears the screaming, and looks around slowly. "Huzza?"
<Trent> "Vander, get the door open."
Vander tries to jimmy the door open
<Arsenal`> Van: roll for lockpicking
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Did I ever formally meet Vix?
<Trent> *muttered* "The one fucking time I left my gear inside..."
<Arsenal`> Ru: no.
<Arsenal`> you saw him with the group as they left Phaseworld, but that's about 
it.
<Vix> . o O ( Cold... loud... ears hurt. J. Joi. nt. Joint? Joint. Yeah. )
Ch`Dith . o O (Weaver. Calm yourself. You are safe.)
<Rick> <OOC> Ars: do I see them trying to pick the lock? 
<Ru`ach> . o O (Help! There's a stranger in here!)
<Arsenal`> Rick: yes.
<Vander> Ars: 45%
<Arsenal`> that works..
<Rick> *to Vander* "Did you even think to ask for the keys?" *shacking keychain*
<Arsenal`> the door opens.
Ch`Dith . o O (Vix is strange indeed, but no stranger. You'll have to ask the 
Seeker or the Dragon Heart how they met him, though.)
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Rick: *chuckle*
<Arsenal`> with no damage to the electronic lock, I might add.
Trent bursts in as the door's barely open. "Ru, you okay?"
<SteveM> Ch'0D: <OOC> You mean Singer, doncha?
<Vander> *to Rick* Dammit! Gimme those!" *grabs the keys
Vix gets a joint out of his pocket, and flicks a match, then sticks it in his 
mouth. "Hey, how's it going? Potatoes falling from the sky, or are you screaming 
because you like it?"
<Vander> *
<Ru`ach> . o O (H... Help?) Ch'D's words obviously didn't register ;)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Her too, yeah, but something tells me that's the last person she 
wants to talk to
<Rick> "OK. But I need them back."
Ch`Dith . o O (Listen to me. YOU ARE SAFE HERE.)
<Ch`Dith> (at around this point Trent bursts in)
<Arsenal`> <OOC> Steve: "Seeker" == Anya, IIRC.
Ru`ach screams s'more
<SteveM> ah
Vander shoves the keys into a pocket, making a mental note to make copies of 
them, which is prompty shoved onto the back burner
Trent finds Ru. "Ru, settle down. It's me, Trent. You're okay."
Rick checks his watch.
Anya puts the harmonica back in its pocket, and in a search for something to do, 
leaves the hotel walking for the outskirts of town.
<Arsenal`> Rick: only 5 minutes have passed, tops.
<Arsenal`> I'll let you know when it goes off.
SteveM gently kisses Kasia's forehead. "Now let's see about getting you some dry 
clothes."
Ru`ach trys (not so successfully) to slow down her breathing
<Rick> 'k
<Vix> *to Trent* "Siren-girl damn near made me deaf as a banting sheep in the 
springtime meadows of the shining colors, dammit."
<Vander> "Ru! Kid! Calm down! You're OK. Just... you're OK"
<Arsenal`> Rick: the thought hits you now... you left your pre-Rifts mandolin 
back at the Coalition base you were assigned to.
Trent *SCOWLS* at Vix. From the look of it, he's sizing Vix up for a coffin... 
or a few seperate ones.
Ch`Dith . o O (*To Vix, Rick  and Vander* They need to be left alone right now. 
)
<Vix> . o O ( Eh, I see. )
Vander grabs Vix by the robe and hauls him out of the APC
Vix waves to Trent. "Byeeeee."
<Trent> *to Ru* "It's okay... nobody's going to hurt you here."
<Vander> *to Trent* "See what you can do for her."
<Vix> + as he's dragged out
Kasia smirks at Steve. "If you'd have said something about getting me out of 
these wet ones, I would have suspected you of having an ulterior motive." Her 
voice reveals an ulterior motive of her own, however...
<Rick> *fingersnaps* "Dammit and I really needed to practice."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Like she'd *mind* that? *ducks*
<SteveM> *to Kasia* "Riiiiiight." He then asks for a to-go box for his order 
(which may or may not have already arrived).
Ru`ach <OOC> pauses Notes. Wrong timing. :)
<Vix> *to Vander* "So, how's the weather?"
<Vander> *muttering to himself* "Farking Melter getting...damn druids... why 
snad can't people...morons!"
<Arsenal`> StevE: it did while you were in the bathroom.
Vander kicks Vix in the shins (HARD), and smacks the joint out of his mouth. 
"Wake up ya skelt! What? You the only thing that matters to ya?"
Anya wanders through Worth, ignoring all the people and not knowing for sure 
where she's going.
SteveM hopes not too much spilled water got into it as he packs it.
Ru`ach sobs muchly.
Vix scratches the back of his head. "Love is a many-splendored thing, but when 
you get down to it, its only a few karets(sp?)."
Trent tries his best to comfort her
<Kasia> <OOC> karats. I think
<Arsenal`> Trent: roll a D20...
<SteveM> Kasia: <OOC> There ya go.
<Trent> Ars: Any bonuses?  
Rick *singing* looks through his closet for his dress uniform.
<Arsenal`> nope...
<Trent> 14 then.
<Arsenal`> okay...
<SteveM> Rick: You had the clothes on your back, dude. Not like you have a 
Coalition dress uni lying around, besides, wearing that in Worth will probably 
get you lynched.
<Arsenal`> that matches your MA, so Ru should be affected on some level by your 
presence, if not words.
<Rick> Steve: Good point.
<Arsenal`> Rick: and roll for singing.
<Ru`ach> Trent: where are you sitting/standing in relation to me?
<Trent> ....wow, I didn't make a complete mess out of it.
Vix makes a few strange signs in the air, chants quietly, and picks up the joint 
curtly.
<Trent> ...yet
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Rick: Go buy some clothes?
<Rick> ars: above or beloww %?
<Arsenal`> below
Vander kicks Vix in the shins again, then goes back into the APC, locking the 
door behind him
<Trent> Ru: Down on the floor by ye, prolly.
<Ru`ach> Rick: below
<Rick> 30%
<Ru`ach> Trent: okay. So you didn't make a mess of it. ;)
<SteveM> Ch'D: <OOC> He'd be best off changing into his least smeggy things, 
unless he can find an all-night clothier.
Ch`Dith . o O (*to Anya* One disaster averted, several more to go. How fares the 
Singer?)
<Arsenal`> well, to all who hear, Rick's singing in quite pleasant.
Trent chuckles... now if only I could roll dice IRL for stuff like that.
SteveM <OOCly> gets an image of Rick dressed like Alex Elder from Crimson, falls 
down laughing.
Anya looks up, standing on a street in the middle of Worth.  . o O (The Singer?  
You mean Kas?)
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
Ru`ach <OOC> eyes kat. Remembers. Cracks up. %)
<Anya> <OOC> Ru: Huh?
Ch`Dith . o O (She.)
Ru`ach 's sobbing stops, and she slowly drifts off.
<Kasia> <OOC> Ru: *snicker*
<Ch`Dith> +*something like a confirmation*
<Anya> . o O ( I don't know, last I knew, her and Steve were laughing, but over 
what, I couldn't tell you.)
Vander quietlty goes through the APC's mess, makes some hot tea and takes it 
into Trent and Ru
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Anya: When you were over - that "battle" between me and my 
brother.
Anya OOCly remembers, snickers.
Trent sighs, carries her to one of the bunks and tucks her in, staying by her 
side.
<Anya> <OOC> ru: aka fun with d20s? :)
<Arsenal`> Van: that "mess" would be a kitchenette, at best.
<Vander> Ars: OK
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Anya: yep. %)
<Anya> <OOC> "Hey, wait a second you two, we have to roll for inititave!"
<Arsenal`> <OOC> the best Rick has right now is the uniform he has on, which is 
sans-coalition markings.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Ch'D: You have precisely 1min before she wakes up screaming. Use 
it well if at all.
<Trent> . o O (Ch`Dith?)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Not quite yet... 
Ch`Dith . o O (I am here.)
Vix walks in a big circle outside the APC, chanting loudly and, occasionally, 
hopping like a bunny.
Vander leaves the tea for Trent and heads over to the hotel
Kasia IC is heading back to her room with Steve?
Ch`Dith . o O (Stay with her for now. Comfort her as she wakes up. Help her 
sleep.)
Anya continues walking who knows which way through the streets of Worth...
Vander goes to bed
<Arsenal`> Anya: you find that the only places open right now are the all night 
convenience stores, a few gas stations, and the bars.
<Trent> . o O (Yeah.  This... hell.  I think this scares me more than that giant 
vampire thing)
SteveM is going with Kasia, to go box in hand after he plunked down for the 
abortive dinner
Anya nods, isn't going anywhere in particular.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> FSCK!
Kasia heads in to her room to change
<Trent> Ru: Zuh?
<Kasia> <OOC> brb
Rick takes a shower.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Can't find the disk with RuStats on it. %P
Ch`Dith . o O (That battle we could fight with weapons and physical strength. 
This one, too, will require strength -- But not physical. For now, stay with 
her.)
<Kasia> <OOC> back
SteveM grabs a quarter of club sandwich out of the box and eats before stashing 
the rest in his room and waiting outside Kasia's.
Arsenal` would like to point out that the APC does not have all the comforts of 
home... it *is* a Coalition APC, remember?
Vix stops walking, and sits down next to the APC and draws intricate shapes in 
the dust with his finger, then dozes off in the middle of them.
Vander has dreams of schematics and theoretics for new weapons as he sleeps
<SteveM> <OOC> (And if you can follow that statement, you deserve a Milkbone.) 
%)
Kasia tosses on a robe and senses Steve waiting outside... cracks the door open. 
"Are you just gonna stand out there... or come in and help?"
<Arsenal`> Stve: then give me a milkbone.
<Arsenal`> :)
<Arsenal`> So, can we write Steve and Kasia out until she's asleep?
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Kasia finally deciding subtlety is for Other People ?
<Kasia> <OOC> Ch'Dith: YES. :)
SteveM goes inside, nearly choking on his sandwich as he spies Kasia in her 
state of (un?)dress
Trent sits up all night next to Ru's bunk... or until she wakes up, at least.
<Rick> <OOC> Ars: Well it at least has a bathroom. Right?
<Arsenal`> Rick: yes.  Not necessarily a shower, tho.  more likely just a toilet 
and a sink.
<Vix> <OOC> o/~ We.. are.. theotherpeople... WE are theotherpeople... you're the 
other pe-OPLE too.. o/~
Ru`ach will wake up screaming in a sec. :)
Kasia grins. "Shy? The big bold hero?"
Anya continues walking, finding herself at the city gates.
<SteveM> Ars: Mmmmaybe... you did ask for details. :)
<Ch`Dith> Ars: He could use the shower in his hotel room?
<Vix> <OOC> You could shove your head into the toilet and...
<Vix> <OOC> *duck* ;)
Kasia lets go the front of the robe and laces her arms around Steve's neck
<Rick> then I'll wash in the sink.
Ch`Dith OOCly plays a violin crescendo
<Arsenal`> Ch: he's at the APC, remember?
<Kasia> <OOC> Vix: *snicker*
<Ch`Dith> Ars: And that stops him from going to the hotel and showering there?
Ru`ach <OOC> Gives up on finding the disk. <IC> Wakes up screaming.
SteveM kisses Kasia deeply.... "Not shy. Just surprised. Didn't expect things to 
progress this quickly."
<Arsenal`> Ch: No... but then, this *is* Rick.
Anya stands at the city gate for the longest time, looking out upon the desert 
and pondering things.
SteveM OOCly would break out an mp3 of Duran Duran's "Save a Prayer", but not 
having one on hand, does not.
Kasia kisses back, unsurprisingly. "I... am not subtle."
<Rick> Well everyone at the apc Right I didn't think we had a hotel room.
Trent jerks upright. "Ru, Ru it's okay. Calm down, you're okay..."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Rick: You *were*  there when we arranged for hotel rooms, 
remember?
<Ru`ach> *SOB*
<Arsenal`> Anya: this section of Texas is more of a light plain than desert.
Vix OOCly starts blaring Blue Monday.
SteveM chivvies Kasia back across the threshold and closes the door. "Just so 
long as we understand each other."
Kasia locks the door... and cuts the narration there.
<Anya> Ars: Okay s/desert/light plane.  Either way, it's mostly deserted. %)
<Arsenal`> *nod*
<Rick> CH: actually no I don't. I think I was out riding around town at the 
time.
<Vander> Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... multi-adaptive firing thingie...zzzzzzzzz
<Arsenal`> Ch: he was, methinks.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Rick: That was later.
Trent sighs, holds Ru.
<Arsenal`> Anya: you notice that all seems quiet by the APC... just the dragon 
sleeping(?) on top of it.
Ru`ach screams. Jerks back.
<Kasia> <OOC> Susan woke and noticed two things. One, she had a headache the 
size of Centauri Prime. Two, her pillow was breathing. O;)
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<Vander> <OOC> Kasia: :)
<Ru`ach> Kas: <OOC> *WHAP!!!*
Anya smiles quietly, continues pondering things that have no names.
<Arsenal`> okay... 
<Arsenal`> Trent/Ru: anything more on your end?
Trent blinks, draws back. "Sorry, sorry." *sigh*
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Kas: +rather quickly. :)
<Anya> and things that do. %)
<Ch`Dith> Ars: Not sleeping. Waiting until Kas is off to dreamyland
<Kasia> <OOC> Ru: Oh, yeah. :)
<Arsenal`> okay, we're skipping ahead two hours in that case... (not time yet, 
Rick)
<Kasia> Ars: Only two hours? Give me some credit...
<Kasia> *RUNS*
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<Trent> Heh.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> *SNICKER* Poor steve.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Kas: *cackle*
<Arsenal`> okay... I'll be fair about this...
<Arsenal`> two hours later... Steve, Kasia, roll a D20...
<SteveM> <OOC> I don't think he sees it exactly the same way.
<Kasia> *snickercackle*
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> *snort* Right now all he's seeing is *stomps on that sentence*
Vander <OOC> grabs an object from the UGB[tm], pulls the pin, and hourks it at 
Kasia. "Thanx so much for the trip down to the gutter."
<Vix> <OOC> Heeeee!
<Kasia> Ars: 8
<Arsenal`> hopefully under your PE...
<Kasia> ... ooh, just cleared. :)
<Arsenal`> Kas: you got lucky... you're still going. %)
<Vix> <OOC> Ars: Does that cover stamina? ;)
<Arsenal`> Vix: PE = endurance.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> *snickercackle* >%D
<Vix> <OOC> I seeeeeeee. %D
Trent chuckles, thought Ars would do something like that.
<Arsenal`> Steve?
Ch`Dith OOCly pokes Steve. Try moving a hand away from Kasia long enough to roll 
that damn d20
Vander <OOC> takes a +3 Stick of Smiting to all you gutterminds
Ch`Dith <OOC> makes you eat it.
Kasia OOCly poked ChD... beat it. ;)
<Arsenal`> Van: You're enjoying this, and you know it. %)
<SteveM> Ars: 10... under PE
<Arsenal`> *headshake*...
Kasia shoves the Stick up... no, he'd enjoy that.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> *snickercackles'more* >%D
<Vix> <OOC> *giggle*
Trent takes the stick and shoves it up Vander's... nevermind.
<Arsenal`> okay, you two are still going two hours later...
<SteveM> Kas: <OOC> *LOL*
<Arsenal`> Ru/Trent: anything new on your end?
<Arsenal`> (I'm assuming Rick is still getting ready)
Ru`ach is asleep, I think...
<Kasia> Ars: I doubt it's as entertaining as over here... but it's less likely 
to get you shot. :)
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<Kasia> ... or arrested. :)
<Arsenal`> notince I'm not asking for details this time. %)
Trent is awake, still sitting up by Ru's bunk, pondering the reaction he got 
last time she woke up.
Vix OOC looks way up... Ars: Vix is also sleeping next to the APC, btw>
<Arsenal`> Vix: *nod*
<Vander> <OOC> Good thing I got you two a room
<Anya> Ars: in two hours, have I moved elsewhere, or still there?
SteveM <OOCly> looks for love themes, finds Sixpence None The Richer. Plays 
that.
<Arsenal`> Anya: your choice... where would you go?
Kasia OOC gets a flashback... "Just out of curiosity, what does a guy get for a 
2 1/2 hour massage?"
<Vix> <OOC> What about the porno version of Too Many Puppies?
Ru`ach is actually sleeping peacefully, for a change. Won't last, but it's there 
for now.
<Rick> bak
<Arsenal`> okay... hrrm...
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Alan Silvestri - Small Moves. Hmm. Appropriate title, that.
SteveM <OOCly> calls in an Arrow IV mission on Vix.
<Anya> Ars: Prolly back to the hotel, maybe sleeping a bit, maybe writing.
Arsenal` eyes Rick...
<Kasia> Ch: ... it's a line from the movie. ;)
<Arsenal`> Rick: your alarm goes off.
Trent adds an orbital bombardment mission to Steve's designator.
Ru`ach <OOC> cues Notes. :)
<Vix> <OOC> Ow.
Rick gets on the hoverbike and heads for the diner.
SteveM <OOCly> forgot to mention that the Arrow IVs have FASCAM warheads.
<Trent> Steve: Oooh fun!
<SteveM> <OOC> Yep, Thunder Arrow IVs! You saw it here first! :)
Trent actually saw it somewhere else before this, shrugs.
<Vix> <OOC> Fat-Ass Seeking Computer Aligned Missile?
<Trent> </fanboy>
<Rick> *opon ariving at the diner I take a seat at the counter.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> "o/~ Well isn't this the letter you wrote? o/~" "o/~ And what is 
it that we're meant to have wrote? o/~ ... *sigh* written." %)
Anya sleeps with the light on in her hotel room, and a well-battered copy of 
"Traversing Our Modern World" open to the page about Mexico, as if research had 
been going on... zzzzzz. :) 
<Arsenal`> Rick: you see the waitress come out of the back, dressed in a peasant 
blouse, flowing skirt, and boots.  She walks over to a man in a police uniform, 
and says, "Sorry, daddy, I have a date tonight."
Vander continues to dream of advanced weapons designs and their various 
applications
<Kasia> <OOC> Ars... ... ... :)
<SteveM> <OOC> "Your mission, should you choose to accept it...."
<Rick> *to Girl* "That's your Daddy?
<Vander> <OOC> Who's yo Daddy?!
<Arsenal`> The man takes a look around, sees Rick.  "A soldier?  I thought I 
taught you better than that."
Vix wakes up and wanders into town, eventually ending up in front of the diner 
through random chance and synchronicity.
Kasia <OOC> gets another drink/slice of pie/some entertainment
<SteveM> <OOC> "If you or any other member of your IM Team is captured (although 
why you'd need any other members for this mission is beyond me), the Commander 
will disavow any knowledge of your activities."
<SteveM> :)
Rick contemplates giving her Daddy an alias.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Aren't you being... ENTERTAINED... enough?
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> *nudge, nudge* ?
Vix walks inside the diner, and waves to absolutely nobody in particular. "I 
come... bearing... tunafiiiiiish!"
<Rick> <OOC> *wink,wink*
Vix OOCly notes that Vix is completely stoned out of his gourd. ;)
<Ru`ach> brb
Anya OOCly listens to mpg123 cue "What a Wonderful World"...hmmm.
<Rick> *to Vix* "boy does that line stink.
<Ch`Dith> Vix: Always a safe assumption.
<Rick> +"
<Arsenal`> The girl gives her father a look that could melt Emperor Prozac's 
heart.  "Don't worry, daddy.  I'll be a good girl."
<Arsenal`> She then turns right to Rick, and gives him a passionate kiss.
<Arsenal`> After breaking the kiss, she grabs Rick by the arm, and drags him 
outside.
<Arsenal`> "So, got someplace... private?"
<Vix> *to Rick* "Moogoogaipan to you too, sir. Might I interest you in some 
savings and loan *murder* cheap incandescent monkeys? Twentythree, perhaps?"
<Rick> *to Vic* "Ummmmm no." to waitresses. "Someone get this man some coffee."
<Ru`ach> b
<Vix> "I do not indulge in such profane and evil drugs!"
Rick gets dragged.
<Vix> *muttered* "...only interesting and good drugs.."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Rick: You *can* just ignore the crazy person. Especially when 
the cute waitress is kissing you like a fish out of water.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> And I don't suggest taking her to the APC. There *is* a dragon 
lying on top of it.
SteveM <OOCly> scours his tape collection, finds another cassette single on 
which the B side is a song called "Caught With Your Pants Down". Plays that.
<SteveM> %)
<Vix> <OOC> Whoo! Vix: Causing Horomonal Dysfunction since 1877!
<Rick> <OOC> How many rooms did we get in the hotel?
<Trent> <OOC> And a Juicer who has the potential to get rather pissed rather 
easily.
<Ch`Dith> One for each IIRC.
<Trent> ...meaning there's a few spare ones.
<Rick> "Well there is my hotel room."
<Rick> *shaking keychain*
<Arsenal`> "Okay, let's go there."
Vix eyes the policeman in the diner, and lifts his hat. "Evenin' officer. How 
goes the day?"
<Vix> +non-existant
<Rick> "ok." Leads her off to the hotel room*.
<Arsenal`> Rick: once there, she tells you, "By the way, my usual rates are five 
hundred for the night, but, since we're starting late, I'll only charge you 
three hundred."
<Trent> *cackle*
Ch`Dith snickers muchly.
<Rick> "Does you dad know you do this?"
<Arsenal`> "Not at all.  He thinks I make this kind of money as tips.  You gonna 
pay, or do I go tell Daddy you tried to rape me?"
<SteveM> <OOC> o/~ I need $50 to make you holler, I get PAID to do the Wild 
Thing... o/~ SAY WHAT?
<Rick> "Three hundred for the night? sounds good to me." *pays it*
<Arsenal`> Rick: by the way, your character sheet does not indicate that you 
have any cash on hand... if you did, it'd be only $2000, minus what you paid for 
the beer.
<Vix> <OOC> Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Rick's going to a prostitute? %)
<Arsenal`> okay... fast forwarding to morning...
<Rick> so I have what? About 1697 left?
<SteveM> Vix: <OOC> No, a private escort service. It's more PC. %)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Vix: Outmaneuvered and cornered
<Ch`Dith> Ars: Hold that.
<Arsenal`> okay... fast forwarding an hour...
<Kasia> Ars: ... do I have to roll again?
<Vix> <OOC> Yeah, and, to quote Vs. "When he found out she was a Ford model, he 
drove the Escort home." %)
<Arsenal`> by this time everyone but the dragon are asleep.
Rick lights a cigarette
<Kasia> <OOC> :( ;)
<Vix> ..or passed out, thankyouverymuch!
<Trent> Ars: And I.
<Arsenal`> Vix: isn't that your natural state?
<Ch`Dith> Once Kasia's off in dreamyland, Ch'Dith focuses.
<Arsenal`> :)
<Vix> Well... yeah, but.. stil.. ;)
<Rick> brb. 
Rick is now known as Rickaway
<Vix> <OOC> Is that like Piscataway?
<Arsenal`> okay, Ch`Dith... do your stuff..
Trent is still awake, still sitting by Ru's bunk, JSYK.
Ru`ach seems to be suffering from a bad dream, but isn't waking up.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Power beyond the known powers, deeper than the deepest mind. 
Between the 
<Ch`Dith> known worlds, vaporous as ether, I call upon the way to that which has 
no entrance... let the obstacles between what is and is not be shattered! 
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> 10pt STR
Vix is passed out next to the APC again.
Trent oocly looks strangely at Ch`D.
Ch`Dith walks into Kasia's dreams
<SteveM> Ch'D: Slayers.
<Kasia> <OOC> Ch: You sure you want to be there? O:)
<Ch`Dith> 10 points for the fellow fanperson.
<Ch`Dith> Kas: Not really, but it needs doing. 
<Kasia> *snicker*
<Arsenal`> Kas: what're you dreaming about.
<Arsenal`> ?
<Kasia> ... I can get arrested for reading my own writing. :(
<Kasia> O:)
Ch`Dith OOCly snickers.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Cue: Where Your Eyes Don't Go
<Arsenal`> Kas: or arrested for writing it... after all, you have to read it 
when you write it, right?
<Kasia> Okay, okay. Let's make it not illegal, here. Umm...
<SteveM> <OOC> Kasia Harnell: Dame PsychoSexy? %)
<Rickaway> bak
Rickaway is now known as Rick
<Kasia> An endless stretch of shoreline, and Kasia walking alone alongside the 
water.
<SteveM> <OOC> Ok, that was sedate enough.
Vix <OOC> ponders the phrase "Deus ex Macarena" %)
<Ch`Dith> A while further on the beach, a man stands in a dark trenchcoat. You 
can't see his face from here.
Kasia <OOC> kills Vix
<Ru`ach> <OOC> "And there's this guy..." "What does he look like?" "He's kind of 
faceless." "A faceless guy. Okay. And?" "And then he rips off my clothes." 
"And?" "That's it." %)
<Kasia> <OOC>... Ru, you die. >%)
<Ru`ach> <OOC> okay. %)
<Vix> <OOC> Or is Ch'D just going to flash her and run off?
Kasia walks up to the man cautiously
<SteveM> Vix: <OOC> Know your role and shut your mouth.
Trent OOCly kills Vix too.
<Ch`Dith> He turns around when you approach. You recognize the face as the one 
Ch'Dith normally uses when in human form.
<Vix> <OOC> Yahyah. :P
<Kasia> <OOC> "Sometimes I vary it a little." "Which part?" "What I'm wearing."
<Arsenal`> Okay... I think it's time for the minds to get *out* of the gutter... 
I know they've been there most of the night, but this is a serious scene.
<Vix> <OOC> *nod* Sorry. :P
<Kasia> <OOC> Ars: Gotcha,
<Rick> <OOC>Tonight the part of SteveM will be played by Rocky Miavia
<Arsenal`> <OOV> Rick, that's not appropriate right now..
<Ch`Dith> "I require your assistance."
<SteveM> <OOC> Ok, I deserved that.
<Kasia> "My assistance?"
<Rick> <OOC> Ars: he's done that to me before.
<Ch`Dith> "The wounds on the Weaver's psyche are beyond my capacity to heal. I 
know what to do, but I lack the skill to do it. "
<Arsenal`> Rick: I know.
<Ch`Dith> "You have that skill."
Kasia puts 2+2 together very rapidly. "You're asking me to poke into Ru's head 
and fix her up."
<Ch`Dith> "No."
<Ch`Dith> "What I am asking is to, as you put it, put Trent into her head."
<Kasia> "..."
<Ch`Dith> "What happened to her there - She needs to deal with the memory or it 
will scar her forever. "
<Kasia> "... look. I'm tired. I've just had... a very exhausting day. I can't do 
this right now. Can't I get some rest first?"
<Ch`Dith> A grave nod. "It does not need to be done now... but soon."
<Ch`Dith> "Do I have your assistance?"
Kasia eyerolls. "I still think you're overreacting. But if it'll get her to stop 
moaning, sure."
<Ch`Dith> "Thank you." 
<Kasia> "What do you need me to do? Just plug Trent in and step back?"
Ch`Dith turns halfway and points at the sea behind Kas.
Kasia looks out past Ch'Dith's arm
<Ch`Dith> An image starts forming from the water and the clouds. You couldn't 
describe it if you tried for a thousand years, but the meaning and the concept 
is clear. 
Arsenal` <OOC> pops in Van Halen II
Vix <OOC> puts in the first CD of Right Here, Right Now.
<Arsenal`> Vix: Bah... this is vintage Van Halen... second album ever, 1979
Kasia shrugs. "Doesn't look to complicated. But I want you to understand 
something... I am *not* staying in that dorobo's head."
<Rick> <OOC> Ars: ou812 is better.
Ch`Dith nods. "I can handle that part. Just be ready to break the link, should I 
call for it."
<Vix> <OOC> Ars: Bah, I don't like whatsisname. Damn. I can't believe I just 
forgot his name! The guy who left (*ahem* I use left loosely) VH.
Kasia shrugs. "Sure. But this better not cost me any more sleep."
<SteveM> Vix: <OOC> David Lee Roth?  Sammy Hagar?
<Arsenal`> Vix: just left, or left in '85?
<Vix> <OOC> Roth. Yeah.
<Rick> Vic: You mean Roth.
Kasia half-closes her eyes and Boots Ch'Dith out of her dream
Ch`Dith nods, makes a stately bow and turns around, walking away and fading out 
of Kasia's dreamworld.
<Arsenal`> both of you, roll to save vs. psionics.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> ... and lets Steve in? *runs* >%)
<Kasia> 13
<Ch`Dith> 13
<Ch`Dith> Jinx.
<Vix> <OOC> Mysterious.
<Kasia> Heh.
<SteveM> <OOC> Quite. Kasia is a lock on that save, but the dwagon... lemme 
check
<Arsenal`> okay... Kas takes no damage...
<Arsenal`> I think Ch`Dith will wake with a headache.
<Arsenal`> I think he needed a 15
<Anya> <OOC> No, the odds are 1 in 400 of it happening, not too off...
<Ch`Dith> Ch'Dith wasn't really asleep.
<Arsenal`> still, he'll get a headache from it.
<SteveM> Ars: Is Ch'Dith doing this with a spell? If not, then i think he needs 
a 12 or better
<Arsenal`> Steve: I think it's part of his telepathic powers.
<Arsenal`> at least, that's how I'm treating it.
Ch`Dith 's eyes snap open, and he winces slightly.
<Ch`Dith> *nod*
<Arsenal`> Okay... *now* we can skip ahead to morning...
Kasia listens to SOS - appropriate. :)
<Rick> *To Hooker* "Ok I think your dad's probably woundering where you are" 
*wants to take her home.
<Rick> +*
<Arsenal`> Rick: your "date" is already gone by the time you wake up, with all 
of your money.
<Trent> *cackle*
<Rick> oh well
<Anya> "Minor and Major psionic individuals must roll a 12 of higher to save." 
(pg 113-114)  Dragons are either major or minor psionists. 100-101.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Cue: Enigma's _Beyond the Invisible_
Ch`Dith is a major psi.
<SteveM> *ROFL*
<SteveM> <Insert your favorite Adam Sandler line here.>
<Arsenal`> well, the boot from the head would still hurt... that's what the 
headache is.
Kasia wakes slowly, figures out exactly where she is, and grins.
<Ch`Dith> *nod*
Trent never actually went to sleep, is actually kinda showing it.
Kasia decides that dragon-scaling can wait until after breakfast.
Ru`ach is tossing and turning - that nightmare's starting to get really bad.
Anya wakes up in bed, looks at the book open on the bed aside her.  "Mexico?  
Why in the hell was I looking up Mexico?"
SteveM , on the other hand, is oh so dead to the world right now. Happy, but 
sound asleep.
Kasia ponders that the position she's in right now would result in Steve waking 
up with several appendages still asleep, sits up.
Trent notices Ru sleeping... not well, checks his watch. Seeing it be morning, 
more or less, he tries to wake her up.
Vix rolls over on his face, and gets a clump of dirt up his nose. He sneezes 
loudly, and wakes himself up from the noise.
SteveM begis to stir somewhat..
Anya notes there's nothing written in her journal about why she'd be looking up 
Mexico.  Puzzles as she tosses all her books into her bag and readies for the 
day.
Ch`Dith looks down at the druggie. "I trust you slept well?"
<SteveM> err, begins. *typistchainsaws*
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<Vix> :nods to Ch'Dith, for once completely not-stoned or otherwise in an 
altered state. "As the child sleeps. And you?"
<Vix> D'oh.
<Vix> -:+/me
Kasia <OOC> listens to Another Town, Another Train cue. ... ... Talent!
<Trent> Ch`D: Which druggie?
Vix <OOC> beats some sense into himself with a ball-peen hammer.
<Ch`Dith> The one on the ground.
<Trent> Ahh, okay.
<Arsenal`> Trent: he and Vix are outside... you are inside
<Kasia> The one that slept. ;)
<Ch`Dith> "I rarely sleep."
Trent OOCly shakes his head. Yeeesh... need another Coke, I do.
Anya leaves her room, slinging her bag over her shoulder, turns in the key, and 
starts walking back to the APC, puzzling over Mexico.
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Kasia stands, stretches, and decides that a shower would probably be a REALLY 
good idea.
<Vix> "Neither do many of your kind, I presume?"
Ru`ach sets mode: +o Rick 
<Arsenal`> 're Rick
<SteveM> (about what time is it now?)
<Rick> <OOC>damn 'puter
<Arsenal`> Steve: 8am
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<UpLink> re
Trent sets mode: +o UpLink 
<Rick> hey ul
<Arsenal`> 're UL...
<UpLink> What'd I miss?
Kasia gets a shower.
<Arsenal`> 'tis morning in Worth
<Rick> <OOC> What'd I miss?
<UpLink> 'k
<Arsenal`> ~8am
UpLink awakens, gets showered, heads down to the APC to check on Ru and Trent
SteveM blinks, starts looking for the clock, finds himself not in his room. Then 
hears a shower running.
<Arsenal`> Rick: notalotta
<Arsenal`> UL: *ahem* nick?
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Kas: With or without Steve? 
UpLink is now known as vander
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> *snicker*
vander is now known as Vander
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> *ducksandruns*
<Kasia> <OOC> ... his choice. ;)
SteveM looks down and finds certain articles of clothing that aren't his. Gets 
an idea.
<Vix> <OOC> o/~ Wine is fine, but whiskey's quicker, suicide is slow with liquor 
o/~
Anya OOCly hears "Here Comes the Sun" queue on mpg123...this is weird...
<Arsenal`> <OOC> "Gods you two were noisy last night.  And me, such an 
impressionable little kid."
<Kasia> "o/~ Oooh, honey honey / How you thrill me, ahh / Honey honey... o/~" 
Rick takes his shower, heads to the APC. Grubling about the ho'.
<SteveM> Ch'D: Patience, dear dragon
<Arsenal`> 15 pt ref.
<Rick> +b
<SteveM> Ars: Dick Tracy?
<Kasia> "o/~ Honey, honey / Nearly kill me / Ahh, honey honey... o/~"
<Arsenal`> Steve: nope
<Vander> Ars: That kid you played Mouth i Goonies?
<Vander> +n
<Arsenal`> Van: nope
<Vander> -you +who
Kasia <OOC> listens to the CD go from Honey, Honey to So Long... %)
SteveM hums "Fly Me to the Moon" as he stumbles out of bed.. then finds the 
bathroom door unlocked. Goes in.
<Arsenal`> okay, I think we can skip the showers...
<Ru`ach> Heh
<Kasia> Ars: ... prolly a good idea. ;)
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Aww. Just when it's getting to the fun parts.... 
Vander looks in on Trent and Ru
Vix suddenly switches tongues, and begins speaking in Dragon to Ch'Dith. "I'm 
afraid I am not too knowledgeable of dragons. Are you older for one, or of the 
younger persuasion?"
Trent glances over at Vander.
<Rick> <OOC> Who was it??
Anya wanders along the road, starts singing idly.  o/~ For the times they are 
a'changing... o/~ 
Ch`Dith smiles enigmatically. "What do you think?" 
<Arsenal`> Steve: did you give a time/place fot the team to meet?
<Arsenal`> <OOC> Terra, from _Team Titans_
<Vander> *to Trent, quietly* "Think she can handle a public place? I was 
thinking about breakfast."
<Anya> (roll of 5 if anyone cares :)
<Rick> Never heard of it.
Vix raises an eyebrow. "You seem wise enough that a mortal would need several 
lifetimes to be as such."
<Arsenal`> <OOC> I can't think of the issue offhand.
Trent tries some more to wake Ru. "We'll see."
Ch`Dith doesn't comment, suddenly hops off his perch on the APC to the ground.
Ch`Dith lands on his human form's feet, having changed in midair.
Anya walks out of the main gate, stops to look over the scenery.
<Rick> <OOC> Ars: You said the Ho' took all the money I had with me?
<Arsenal`> Rick: *nod*
<Trent> "Ru... wake up, Ru."
<Arsenal`> fortunately, Steve had paid for the rooms.
<Vander> <OOC> Rick: Ha! Ha!
Vix stands and folds his arms in front of him. "I will presume you have your own 
reasons for following along with this party, and from the few of your kind I've 
talked to, I will assume asking you what they are will do me no good but to get 
a cryptic response. So I will not ask."
<SteveM> Ars: Didn't get the chance
<Rick> <OOC> I was only carrying $500 on me.
<Vander> Ars: no. I paid for the rooms
Ru`ach wakes up slowly. Manages to not be startled by Trent and Van.
<Arsenal`> okay, vander was.
Vix adds, as an after thought, "..despite my extreme curiosity."
SteveM eases open the shower curtain... "Room for one more?"
Trent smiles. "Feeling any better?"
<Arsenal`> ru: it's just trent... vander was in his room, IIRC
Kasia <OOC> bats Steve's hand... Ars' orders, we're skipping the explicits. ;P
<Vander> Ars: I went down to the APC
<Arsenal`> ah.. 'k
<Trent> Ars: Vander wandered down here.
Ch`Dith smiles, and you suddenly have *NO* problem seeing the dragon behind the 
human face. "Humans have a saying... 'Curiosity killed the cat' ?" 
<SteveM> <OOC> Shoot
<Vander> <OOC> Ch'D: Satisfaction brought it back.
Ch`Dith then adjusts his trenchcoat and waits for Trent, Van and Ru.
<SteveM> :P
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Not from inside a dragon's stomach.
Ru`ach sits up, a rather blank look on her face. Nods. Stands up.
<Kasia> o/~ My my! / At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender / Woah, yeah! / And I 
have met my destiny in quite a simialar way... o/~
<Vander> Ch'D: But the cat came back the very next day. The cat came back 'cause 
it wouldn't stay away.
Vix just smiles, stating, "I am not a cat." He then looks back at the APC, 
apparently awaiting for the others.
Trent helps her up. "C'mon, lets go get some food in you."
<Vix> -for
Anya approaches the APC, sees Ch'Dith and Vix.  "horosho ootro."
<Arsenal`> Vix: keep it there... it fits the character. %)
Vander heads out of the APC, "Good morning."s Ch'D
Ru`ach nods again. Walks out with Trent while humming a strange tune.
<Vix> <OOC> Heh. ;)
Rick walks up to the APC. "OH what a night."
Ch`Dith nods his head. "Good morning." .oO(I asked the Singer. She will assist.)
Kasia gets dressed... "Stevem do you think they'll charge extra for the water 
usage?"
SteveM gets done, looks out the window over to the APC
<Kasia> -m+,
Vix nods his head to Anya. "Salve."
Trent sees the small crowd clustered around the APC, declines to comment.
<Kasia> *keyboardnukage*
<Trent> Ch`D: To who was that?
<Ch`Dith> Trent: Anya
<Trent> Ah, okee.
<SteveM> *to Kasia* "They better not. I'm more worried about the wear on the 
bedsprings, myself."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> I'll recruit you later.
<Vander> *to Trent* "So where we wanna hit?"
<Rick> *to group* "Good morning."
Trent sighs, looking almost like a normal person would after staying up all 
night. "How about you pick a place and lead the way, okay?"
<Vander> *to Rick* What happened to you? You look like frell."
<Anya> to ch'dith . o O ( Great...one less worry.)  to vix: "I don't think we've 
really met."
Kasia giggles. "Should we find the rest? They might be worried. I mean, I was 
planning on doing something nasty to you."
Anya smiles at Rick.  "Morning."
<Kasia> "Er... in a different sense than... you know."
<Anya> <OOC> You mean... %)
<Vix> *to Anya* "Indeed, we have not. I am known as Vix. And you?"
Vander leads the group to a small cafe
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> IN-NUEN-DO
<Ch`Dith> +!-typist
<Rick> "Well I had a 'Date' last night. Turned out to be a ho' and when I woke 
up she took my money."
<Vander> <OOC> Ch'D: NIN-TEN-DO
<Anya> "Anya.  Shall we eat?"
<SteveM> "Yeah. Good thing Vander offered himself up as an alternate target. 
Still, I'm glad you decided to kiss me instead of kill me."
Ch`Dith raises a Belonging to Some- Nah. done that- eyebrow at Rick
SteveM takes the towel with him, wearing it kilt style as he heads to his room 
for a change of clothes.
Kasia grins. "It was a coin toss at one point. Thanks for convincing me 
otherwise."
Trent follows Vander, gets a table and orders breakfast for himself and Ru.
<Vix> "Charmed. Food would, I believe, do this whole group some sort of good. 
With the exception of the wise one."
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Modesty, steve? At this point it's rather moot.
<SteveM> "Hey, it's what I'm good at."
Kasia drieshairappliesmakeupdouchesetcetc
Vander gets the group a corner table and orders coffee and cinnimon rolls while 
we decide on breakfast preferrences
<Rick> "Doesn't matter. She only got part of my money and *eyebrow raise* it was 
worth it."
Anya follows Vander, hopes Vix is following. 
Ru`ach keeps humming a piece of the tune over and over. Still has that blank 
look in her eyes.
Ch`Dith follows.
Vix follows Anya, pulling his hood down in the process.
<Arsenal`> everyone but Steve and Kasia are in the cafe, right?
<Vander> *to Ch'D* . o O (What's that tune Ru's hummin'? I can't place it.)
<Ch`Dith> correct-o.
<Kasia> Ars: What cafe?
Trent OOCly screams, gets the Tenser said the Tensor song stuck in his head!
SteveM does all the rest of his morning routine, and stuffs the sandwich in the 
minifridge. I'll eat it later.
<Arsenal`> Kas: where they're eating breakfast.
Ch`Dith . o O (I do not recognise it.)
<Rick> ARs: We were standing around the APC last I remember.
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Trent: *ow*
<Ch`Dith> rick: pay slightly more attention. 
<Arsenal`> Rick: you didn't see the part where Vander led the group to a cafe 
for breakfast.
<Rick> ok. :<OOC> Is the HO there?
<Vander> *to Ch'D* . o O (See if the others have heard it before. It's creepin' 
me out.)
Trent looks more closely at Ru after ordering the food. "Ru... what's wrong?"
<Kasia> Ars: I was wondering if Steve and I could find it.
<Arsenal`> Rick: different cafe.
<Rick> oh
<Vix> *to Anya* "So, for why do you frequent this group?"
Ch`Dith . o O (*to Anya* Do you recognize the song she sings?)
<Arsenal`> Kas: if you concentrate, yeah.
Ru`ach looks down at the table silently. Then goes back to humming that tune.
Rick enters the Cafe and sits down with the group.
Vander gets Ru's tune stuck in his head, fights the urge to join her humming
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Kas: dwagons are not hard to sense.
<Kasia> <OOC> okay.
Vix OOCly, on an impulse, puts on Monkinabox.
<Arsenal`> Rick: you see a police officer sitting at the counter... you 
recognize him from last night.
Trent mentally ohshits... o O (Mebbe some food will do her good. *desperately 
grasping at straws*)
<Anya> to Ch'D: . o O (No, unfortunately...)  To Vix: "What an interesting way 
of phrasing...but I ran into them at Fort Reid and have just kinda stuck around.  
I don't know why."
SteveM gets done, relocks the door, and knocks on Kasia's door.
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> unless I really bother to mask my aura - which I rarely do - I 
stick out like a sore thumb to anyone with any kind of second sight.
Rick contimplates tell him his daughter's a ho' Decides not to.
Kasia opens the door. "Where now?"
<Arsenal`> a few waitresses bring the food over
Vander pulls out his reader/recorder, starts translating the notes in Ru's 
humming into mathematics
<Rick> "Waitress can I have some coffee?"
<Vix> *to Anya* "Interesting. Are you a wanderer, usually?"
<Arsenal`> Rick: the coffee's already served.
<Rick> I wasn't here during the ordering.
Trent pours himself a cup of coffee, starts eating, somewhat.
<Arsenal`> I'm sure they factored you in when they ordered... they ordered a 
pot, IIRC.
<Rick> 'k
<SteveM> "To answer a question I'd assumed you'd be the first to ask. 'What's 
for breakfast?'"
<Anya> *to Vix* "I suppose you could say that...at least since I ran away." 
Vander hands the reader/recorder to Anya with the equations upnext to the notes. 
"Anything you can figure out of this?"
Anya takes the reader from Vander and looks at it.  "Hmmm..."
Kasia chuckles. "Well, I could cook... but there's the hotel restaraunt 
downstairs. Or we could look for the others."
Trent disinterestedly pushes his food around on his plate.
Rick dicides to small talk with the Cop/Dad from last night.
<SteveM> "Let's look for the others."
<Kasia> "Okay. Ch'Dith is That Way." *points*
<Anya> "That's some ugly calculus, that's true.  But as for the music..."  
*shrugs*
Vix nods silently, and then removes a bag of white powder from his robe and 
pours some of it into his coffee.
<Arsenal`> "I hear you and Sally had a good time last night."
<Vander> . o O (Too bad we don't have an other magic user floatin' around. He'd 
probly know exactly what that song is."
<SteveM> "Then let's go. And why concentrate on the dragon?"
<Rick> "Yeah we did. I have a question for you."
<Kasia> "'cause he's easy to find. Come on."
<Arsenal`> "Go ahead."
<Vix> *to Anya* "One who runs, merely moves. One who runs away, flees, and 
always from something. You flee from something in your past?"
<Rick> "How's the crime rate around here?"
<SteveM> "ok."
<Vander> <OOC> Warning: Now entering Pointless Question Zone
<Vix> <OOC> Heh.
Anya hands back Vander's display to him, looks at Vix.  "Well...it all seems 
like such a long time ago...I was raised in Lone Star."
<Rick> <OOC> Vander: I'm getting to a point.
Kasia starts walking, manages to find the cafe.
Vander absent mindedly eats breakfast while trying to figure out this song
Trent looks up at Ru from his mostly untouched plate.
<Arsenal`> "Fairly low.  A few gangs, prostitution, nothing to serious.  After 
King Macklin legalized a lot of the illicit stuff, the crime rate dropped."
Ru`ach is stabbing at her food.
<Kasia> *snicker*
SteveM enters looking like a certain proverbial cat. <cue "You Shook Me All 
Night Long" now.>
<Vix> <OOC> "For instance, officer, how many PROSTITUTES do you arrest a month? 
It's a pity, so many innocent GIRLS who become prostitutes. Even the DAUGHTERS 
of POLICEMAN."
<Vander> <OOC> Ars: But of course. If it ain't illegal, it ain't crime :)
<Arsenal`> Van: *nod*
<Rick> "Really...All that stuffs legal?"
Kasia walks at Steve's side, looking just as happy. And smug.
Anya plays with a salt shaker, thinking back to where she found her book open 
to...
<Ch`Dith> Kasia may note that Ch'Dith is wearing the exact same 
clothes/trenchcoat as in her dream.
<Vix> *to Anya* "Lone Star... it sounds familiar to me. Perhaps I passed by 
there once."
<Arsenal`> "Some of it is.  Why do you ask?  Sally told me you two didn't run 
into any trouble at all."
Trent glances at Steve and Kasia as they walk in, decides not to comment.
Kasia sits down at the table and points at Ch'Dith. "If I wasn't feeling so 
good, I'd descale you. For now, though, what's for breakfast?"
Vander turns the tune and equations inside-out, up-side down, and rearranges the 
note in funny little curly queues that would make Wierd Al have a heart attack
<SteveM> *to Ch'Dith* "Something I should know about?"
<Rick> "No we didn't. But I saw allot of people out late last night just 
standing around on the corners.
<Rick> +"
Ru`ach is still humming it. And stabbing at her food.
Anya smiles.  "Heh, Lone Star...the capital city of the Coalition State of the 
same name.  And perhaps.  They're not too fond of oddballs, though..."
<Ch`Dith> "A good morning to you as well. As to breakfast, I believe these 
things are called 'cinnamon buns' and 'coffee' , although I still cannot fathom 
why people seem to enjoy the latter
<Kasia> "Mmmm. Coffee, perfect."
<Ch`Dith> +."
Kasia pours herself a cup and downs it.
<Arsenal`> "So long as they keep their noses clean, and stay away from stuff 
like Boing-go and Crash, they don't get hassled."
Anya grabs a cinnamon bun, starts tearing it to pieces.
Trent sets down his fork, resists the urge to start bending it around. "Ru...?"
<Arsenal`> "Sometimes, they make good anonymous witnesses."
Vander gives Kasia a dark glance, then resumes pondering the imponderable
Ru`ach stops humming and looks up at Trent.
SteveM takes a couple cinnamon buns. Also asks for a pitcher of orange juice. 
Kasia grins widely at Vander. "Good morning, runt."
Ch`Dith looks at the Weaver, decides to risk a light probe and see what's on her  
surface thoughts.
<Vix> *to Anya* "Oddity is a virtue not often appreciated by the establishment."
<Arsenal`> Steve: the OJ arrives shortly.
<Vix> <OOC> ...in a white bronco!
<Vix> <OOC> *duck*
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<Trent> "Ermm... what's that you're humming?  Just curious..."
Arsenal` drops an anvil on Vix 's head
Vander <OOC> beats Vix to a bloody pulp
Anya nods. *to Vix* "Especially the Coalition establishment."
<Rick> "Well I must say I had allot of fun last night. your daughters a great 
girl. And a really good waitress." *walks away.*
<SteveM> *to Vander as he pours a glass of OJ* "Cease fire, little buddy. Peace 
talks have already begun."
<Rick> Ch`dith well I always end up getting my coffe like my exgirlfriends end 
up... Bitter.
Vander grunts an acknowledgement
<Rick> +""
<Arsenal`> The cop turns to Rick.  "Feel free to ask her out again."
<Rick> "I will"
Vix hrmms. "The Coalition. Sounds unpleasant."
Kasia is already ignoring Van.
Anya returns to turning the innocent cinnamon bun into little pieces.
<Vander> <OOC> Guess we know where that cop's retirement pension's coming from
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<SteveM> Vander: *chuckle*
<Rick> <OOC>Vander:HAHA
Ru`ach doesn't answer. Goes back to stabbing her food. Repeats the phrase again, 
this time, muttering the lyrics. Anyone who tried, picked up: o/~ Under the 
spreading chestnut tree / I sold you and you sold me o/~ Ru stabs her food in 
silence for a while, then keeps humming.
<Arsenal`> Daddy doesn't know his sweet Sally is a hooker. %)
Vix OOCly realizes he's had monkinabox.mp3 playing endlessly for 45 minutes. %)
<Anya> *to Vix* "They're not all bad people, but..."
<Trent> . o O (Uh.. Ch`Dith?)
<Vander> "1984!!!"
Ch`Dith raises a puzzled eyebrow.
Kasia stops ignoring Vander. "What?"
<Anya> <OOC> Ru: *shudder* that quote gives me the creeps.
<Kasia> <OOC> Anya: Me, too.
<Vander> "Ru, when did you last read or see the flick 1984?"
Ch`Dith . o O (I hear words, but not their meaning.)
Rick leave the diner. <OOC> Ars: Can I find the cop's car?
<Anya> <OOC> Calling the ASUC sysadmin Comrade Ogilvy is one thing...that's 
another...
<SteveM> *to Kasia* "It's Orwell."
Ru`ach replies not to Vander.
<Kasia> "Or well about what?"
<Arsenal`> Rick: nope... he walks the beat
<Rick> oh ok
Vander chants the next line of the song.
Anya looks up from her cinammon bun.  "Orwell?  *shudder*"
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> which is?
<Vander> <OOC> Can't remember it off-hand
Kasia glances around. "Am I missing something?"
<Rick> me heads back into the diner. and sits back down
Vix nods in agreement with Anya. "Absolutes are not. Everything has exceptions."
<Trent> . o O (It's not the words that I'm concerned about so much as the... 
well what's going on behind the words and the tune.)
<Anya> *to Vix* "Even the absolute you made?"  Smiles.
Ru`ach puts down the fork. Sits in silence.
<Vander> *to Trent* "In the book, the song was a code used by the State to 
identify traitors to Big Brither
<Vander> ."
<SteveM> *to Kasia* "Orwell. An author. 1984 was a book about a dark future 
ruled by a dictator, in a constant state of warfare which in practice was an 
excuse to work the citizenry to death. Kinda like a frontier Coalition State."
<Vander> -i +o
Ch`Dith . o O (Probing deeper than this is ... not wise. Could be hazardous to 
both the prober and the target.)
Vix grins lopsidedly. "Mu."
Rick grabs a cinnamin role. starts spreading butter on it.
<Arsenal`> just out of curio, is anyone paging throw the local newspaper this 
morning?
Kasia blinks a few time at both explainations. "Oh. So? We're *all* traitors to 
the Coalition. What's new?"
Anya overhears Steve.  "a frontier Coaliton State?  How about the reality?"
<Vander> Ars: Yah
<Trent> *mental sigh*  . o O (We have to do *SOMETHING*)
<Rick> not here
<SteveM> *to Anya* "That would be opening a kettle of fish I'd really not rather 
open at this time. Too nice a day as it is."
Rick notices his RL back really hurts. *ow!*
SteveM looks at the front page of the paper that Vander's looking through.
<Kasia> Rick: <OOC> If you keep doing that, you'll go blind.
Ch`Dith . o O (And we will.)
<Kasia> <OOC> ... though I really shouldn't comment... *duckrun*
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> I thought we'd called a moratorium on gutterminds for now?
Vander hands Steve the paper
<Kasia> <OOC> Ch: Last one. I promise.
Rick <OOCLY> hurls a brick at Kasia for the last comments.
Anya nods, goes back to diseccting her cinammon roll.  "And here comes a candle 
to light you to bed/ And here comes a chopper to chop off your head!"  Smiles 
oddly.
<Kasia> <OOC> And I apologize. ;)
<Arsenal`> Van: a classified spots your eye.  "FOR SALE OR RENT. 20 acre lot, 
perfect for the starting mercenary company. Contract Realty. 555-5555."
<Vander> *to Trent* "What other petty dictatorships are there besides the 
Coalition?"
<Ch`Dith> Ars: That's low. 
<Ch`Dith> +<OOC>
<SteveM> <OOC> Ars: Now we're entering the realm of Too Good To Be True.
<Arsenal`> (sorry about the phone number)
<Trent> *to Vander* "Oh, there's a few.  Quite a few."
<Arsenal`> but, these things *are* advertised...
<Vander> <OOC> At least it wasn't 554-5454
<Vander> :)
Ru`ach <OOC> calls it. Watches it be null? >%)
Vix peers at Anya. "What?"
<Arsenal`> Steve: if it's too good to be true, it usually isn't true.
<Rick> <OOC> And if you believe that one I've got some choice property in 
Florida for you.
Trent starts playing with his fork, bending the tines, occasionally beaking some 
off and cutting himself. He notices what he's doing, and sets down the fork 
sheepishly.
<Arsenal`> remember, you're outside Coalition territory.
<SteveM> Ars: I know that.
Anya smiles at Vix.  "Oh nothing...nothing at all.  Just oranges and lemons." %)
<Rick> <OOC> It coulda been worse. It coulda been 867-5309
<SteveM> Ars: but who'd actually advertise a lot saying it was perfect for a 
merc outfit?
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Rick: Sorry, I'm full. I've got some nice beachside motels on 
sale for you....
Ru`ach , still silent, gets up and leaves.
Vander excuses himself, and heads for the nearest magic shop he can find
<Arsenal`> Steve: *shrug*  mercenary outfits are not illegal.
<Rick> <OOC> Ars: is there a gun store anywhere in the town?
Trent gets up and follows, rather fervently hoping that he didn't screw up 
again.
<Vander> <Rick: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Stay pure! Stay pure!
<Vix> *to Anya* "Overall, it smells vaguely of onions."
Ch`Dith . o O (*to Melter* Time on this of the essence.  The longer we wait, the 
harder it will be.)
<Vix> <OOC> Agggh!
<Rick> Vander: I just wanted a second pistol.
<Anya> *to Vix* "And liverwurst."
<Arsenal`> Rick: In the essense of good RP, I will not answer that one...
Kasia turns to glare at Ch'Dith. "Keep that up and I *will* descale you."
SteveM sits... absently nibbling on his second bun and wonders what the hell is 
going on
Trent OOCly checks his watch, swears. Have to go, I do. =P
<Arsenal`> there are other ways of getting the weaponry you think you need.
<Kasia> <OOC> Ta, Trent.
Vix nods. "And liverwurst. Fnord."
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Tata, Trent!
Vander finds grabs the proprietor of the first magic shop he comes across and 
acosts him with questions
<Vander> Later Trent
<Arsenal`> Cya, Trent...
Ch`Dith meets Kasia's glare evenly. 
<Rick> TNW Trent
<SteveM> nites Trent
Anya idly throws one of the dissected pieces of cinnamon roll at Vix.
<Arsenal`> looks like that part will be left for next session..
<Ch`Dith> cya, Trent
<SteveM> "Ch'Dith, there's something going on. Mind letting me in on it?"
Vix just lets the roll bounce off his face, then flicks the crumbs off his 
clothes. "I am accosted by pastries, it seems."
SteveM pointedly ignores Vix.
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see the airshow!  The wonderful airshow of Osh! o/~  (Oshkosh actually, but that 
doesn't fit.))
Ch`Dith 's eyes flick to Steve. "As it happens... Yes."  .oO(Not here. Not now.)
Anya smiles.  "Better report it to the cops.  They'll want to hunt that donut 
down..."
<SteveM> . o O (Tell me in about 30 minutes, ok?)
<Arsenal`> Van: the owner of the store is an old man with a flowing grey beard.  
He is wearing grey robes, and a crooked, pointed hat.  He reminds you of the 
ancient drawings you've seen in the Hobbiton Museus of Gandalf. 
<Vander> Gonna scram folx
<Arsenal`> *d'oh*
<Arsenal`> cya, UL
<Vander> Never mind
<SteveM> nites UL
<Vix> <OOC> Hey, Ars, is the cop still in here? %)
<Vix> <OOC> j/k. ;)
Vander does a double-take on "Gandalf"
<Arsenal`> Vix: yes.
<Vix> <OOC> Oooh.. in that case.... ;)
<Rick> nite UL
<Vander> Not leaving yet
<Arsenal`> UL: sticking around, or not?
<Anya> <OOC> Oh no. %)
Vix nods to Anya, stands, and walks over to the policeman. "Excuse me, sir?"
<Vander> Ars: Yes
<Arsenal`> Vander: "Gandalf" asks you, "Can I help you, little one?"
<Vander> *to "Gandalf"* "I have some questions i need answered."
<Arsenal`> Vix: the cop takes one look at you, and asks, "Yes?"
Anya snickers back at the table, didn't think he'd actually do it...
<Arsenal`> Van: "If they are concerning magic, you've come to the right place."
Rick leaves quickly
Ch`Dith absently scratches an arm.
SteveM eyes Vix. "That boy ain't right."
<Vander> Good. How much do you know about Blood Druids and their farking 
rituals?
<Vander> "
Kasia starts humming 'Lovers Live A Little Longer' under her breath
SteveM OOCly chuckles at the song title
Ch`Dith eyes Vix, adds 2+2, mutters, "How fast can we, theoretically, get out of 
here?"
<Vix> "Sir, I have just been... assailed by a pastry. A doughey treat 
richocheted off my head, nearly.. nearly killing me, I would say. This...." he 
slams the bottom of his staff on the floor.. "THIS is an outrage."
Ch`Dith absently scrathes his other arm.
<Kasia> "o/~ Lovers live a little longer, baby / You and me, we got a chance to 
live twice / Lovers live a little longer, ain't that nice? o/~"
Anya sits at the table and giggles.
Rick heads for the APC, just in case of a police officer wanting to "talk".
Ch`Dith listens in on what Vix is ranting about, exhales.
<Kasia> "o/~ I don't care if they're watchin', 'cause listen / We got a reason 
for each time we're kissin'... o/~"
<Arsenal`> Van: "I know a few things.  Anything in specific, other than the fact 
that their ritual sacrifices rarely live."
<SteveM> . o O (If I remember the book correctly, that song was also playing 
right at the end, at the point where they turn Our Hero back onto the street, 
just to show the rest that He's Been Broken, Nobody Can Beat The System, yadda 
yadda yadda, before they kill him. The fact that Ru's humming it, that suggests 
something. Like her being suicidal.)
Ch`Dith . o O (I know.)
<Arsenal`> Vix: the cop looks at you, and reaches for his cuffs.
<Anya> <OOC> Steve: it's also the name of the cafe where the condemned hang 
out...
<Ru`ach> <OOC> Steve: Good boy. Have a cookie.
<Vander> *to "Gandalf"* "Yeah. The ritual sacrifice lived through this one. A 
good friend of mine. Now she seem pretty screwed up in the head and keeps 
humming a song over and over."
<Arsenal`> "What song?"
Vix eyes the policeman's hands, and says cooly, "No, wait, you don't understand. 
You mistake me for being insane, yes?"
<Ch`Dith> Steve: That was *REALLY* curt, btw.
Vander hums the song for "Gandalf"
Kasia catches that thought. . o O (Well, I'm sure Trent can take care of her for 
a while.)
Ch`Dith . o O (*to Trent* Do not leave her out of your sight.)
<Arsenal`> "'Assaulted by a pastry'? Sir, you are delusional."
<SteveM> . o O (And you intend to do something about that. Trouble is, you 
seemed to catch Kasia at a bad time.)
Ch`Dith mutters, "Let's hope so."
<Arsenal`> <Trent> . o O (I hear that.)
Anya continues to giggle.
Ch`Dith . o O (I will incinerate that army when it attacks.)
SteveM starts to get up, kisses Kasia softly before he heads to the cop and Vix.
<Vix> "No, no, no. I'm not delusional. I was sitting at my table, and a small 
piece of sugar-coated bread impacted with my personage."
<Arsenal`> Van: "Hrrm... I've never heard that tune before."
Kasia listens to Kisses of Fire cue right then... O:)
<Vander> *to "Gandalf"* "It's a song from the book '1984' by George Orwell.'
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> (Dragons rarely have to cross bridges)
<Arsenal`> Vix: "And what do you want me to do? Arrest the pastry?  Why don't 
you leave me along and eat it."
Vix hrmms. "An excellent idea. Thank you for your assistance, kind sir."
<SteveM> *to John Q. Law* "Ignore him, sir. He loves those mind-altering drugs."
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
Vix walks back over and sits down near Anya. "No help at all. Law enforcement.. 
pah."
Vix OOCly afks.
Anya giggles.  "That's the law for you."
SteveM sits back down... "You run a red light and they're all over your ass," he 
says with a smile.
Anya calms down...was thinking about something rather important and now can't 
remember it.  The smile fades to a frown.
<Vix> <OOC> Back.
<Arsenal`> Van: "I see.  I am not familiar with the song, nor the book.  
Personally, I'd look this up in the library, if they even carry contraband like 
that."
Ch`Dith . o O (*to Anya* Something bothers you?)
Vix looks at Anya quizically. "Something amiss?"
<Arsenal`> "Personally, I think the ritual may have driven your friend slightly 
insane."
<Anya> "I was thinking about something important, and now I can't remember it.  
Weird."
<Vander> *to "Gandalf"* "Is there anyone around here that might know more about 
this?"
<Ch`Dith> "How urgent was it?"
<Rick> brb getting drink
Vix opens his mouth, hears Ch'Dith ask the question he was about to ask, and 
closes his mouth again.
<Arsenal`> Van: "About the book, I would say the town library.  The insanity, 
ask a Crazy."
<Kasia> <OOC> ... and Reed's gone. Awww. ;)
<Anya> "It seemed important at the time...but...oh well, couldn't have been all 
that important."
<Vander> *to "Gandalf"* Thanks for the help. One last question, tho?"
<Arsenal`> "Go right ahead, my little friend."
<Vander> "What is your name?"
<Rick> bak
<Vix> *to Anya* "History, rivers, and dendrites have a habit of repeating 
themselves. It will surface again."
<Arsenal`> "The name's Faldrang.  Why do you ask?"
Anya shudders at the thought of history repeating itself.
<Kasia> Ars: <OOC> *snicker*
<Vander> *blinkblink* "You fartsmelling piece of frell! Why didn't ye tell this 
Took your name's Mithrandir! What? Forget what a Hobbit looks like? Senile old 
fool!"
Vix tilts his head to one side. *to Anya* "You are troubled, yet again?"
<Rick> I ga2go guys. C-YA next week.
<Vander> Later Meeth
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<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Kas pings #Rifts. xmms cues Temptress by Trail of Tears at the 
same moment. Um.
<Arsenal`> "I have no idea what you are babbling about, my little friend.  I am 
Faldrang, a simple alchemist."
<SteveM> I got Four letters for you: Q O T N.
<Arsenal`> Steve: either that one, or his Rant at the start of the session.
<Vander> <OOC> Faldrang was the name the Dwarfs gave Gandalf :)
<Vander> "Roit. Sure. I hope a Morgul sticks a whoopie cushion on your saddle
<Vander> ."
Vander leaves the shop
<Arsenal`> UL: but, if this *was* gandalf, wouldn't he be wearing white, and not 
grey?
<Vix> <OOC> ...uhm. Isn't his name Gandalf the Grey? ;)
<Vander> Ars: Depends on the political/economic situation of Valinor at this 
time :)
Arsenal` looks at Vander's last line... *that* is the QotN. %)
<Vix> <OOC> I thought it was Sarumon who was white. ;)
<Kasia> %)
Anya looks at Vix.  "I don't want to relive some of the hell I've lived through.  
I've had too many bad things happen to me, too many stupid things that conspired 
to make my life miserable, and now you're sitting here prodding me.  So stay out 
of my personal business, and I'll stay out of yours."  Gets up from the table 
and storms out of the diner.
<SteveM> Vix: <OOC> It was.
<Arsenal`> Vix: at the end of th trilogy, Saruman was out, and Gandalf had been 
promoted.
<Vix> <OOC> Ahhhhh.
<Vander> Vix: <OOC> Saruman got dethroned
Ch`Dith looks after Anya
<Ch`Dith> <OOC> Destaffed.
<Vix> <OOC> Yes, I know. Ents tore his tower into little bitty pieces. ;)
Kasia watches Anya. "Huh..."
<Arsenal`> <OOC> Killed.
Vix blinks, and frowns.
<Vander> Ars: Killed by his servant, Grima Wormtongue
<SteveM> "Great. I had too much joy in my angst system anyway."
<Kasia> "Yeah. It's like it's unnatural to be this happy."
<Vix> . o ( Wise one, if you are listening, I believe painful memories of hers 
surfaced, of the past. )
<Kasia> "... we could always go back to the hotel..."
<Arsenal`> Van: still dead, either way.
Ch`Dith . o O (Do you really think so? )
<SteveM> *to Kasia* "Maybe later."
Ch`Dith scratches himself again, still not even noticing himself.
<Vander> <OOC> heehee. I just insulted a Maiar :)
<Vix> . o O ( More to the point, I believe I am to blame. )
Kasia suddenly frowns at the dragon. "Itching?"
<Arsenal`> Van: oh, are *you* in trouble. %)
<Vander> Gotta scram now
Ch`Dith stops. "Hmmm?"
<Vander> Later
<Arsenal`> Cya
<Arsenal`> in fact, why don't we call it a wrap, eh?
<SteveM> nites UL
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Kasia makes a vague motion. "You were acting like you had an itch."
<Kasia> Okay.
SteveM cues "Everything Falls Apart" to end this
Ch`Dith starts scratching his other arm again, still not paying attention to 
them.
Anya runs a ways, just to clear a head, finds somewhere in solitude to sit and 
think.
<Ch`Dith> "What do you mean? *scratch*"
<Kasia> "Your arms."
<Arsenal`> Steve: How would you title this session?
<SteveM> *to Ch'D* "Nerves, I take it."
<Kasia> ... yeah, we'd better stop before we get to another plot point. ;)
Ch`Dith stops, looks at his arms. 
<SteveM> Ars: "Connections"
<Arsenal`> how... appropriate. %)
<Kasia> %)
Kasia is now known as Aris_TGD
<Anya> ..."it's all for the best, in the best of all possible worlds." ;)
Anya is now known as katster
Vix is now known as MacRae
SteveM is now known as J-Rock
Aris_TGD snickers... I was bad. %)
Ch`Dith is now known as Shadur
Ru`ach is now known as WhtStar2
<J-Rock> Ars: speaking of which, I see you completely disregarded the title of 
last week's ep as "in The Best Of All Possible Worlds."
<WhtStar2> Aris: Yes, you were.
<Aris_TGD> O:)
<Arsenal`> Oh, I didn't even remember that title...
<Shadur> Aris: And you made not one, but two innocent impressionable minors read 
it. Falwell will have your HEAD! 
<J-Rock> Ok.... the QotN in Last Kei Session was Ru about fear itself
<Shadur> }8=P
<J-Rock> Ars: 2:5 was "Whatever Happened To Ru-chan?" and 2:6 was "In The Best 
Of All Possible Worlds".
<Arsenal`> JR: WS and who else?
MacRae is about as impressionable as a piece of steel. ;)
<J-Rock> Ars: It was a thought... "Nothing to fear but fear itself... I'm sure 
that whoeveer said that died shortly thereafter!" *badly paraphrased*
katster does note that the scholar can be quite tempermental, and I think she 
just proved it. :)
<Aris_TGD> kat: Cool. :)
Arsenal` uploads the correct titles..
Aris_TGD thinks that Kasia is over her jealousy by now...
MacRae hrmms, and decides he likes Vix better when he's not completely stoned 
out of his gourd. ;)
<katster> Mac: Actually, that was fun.
<WhtStar2> Aris: she better be. Otherwise, what *will* it take? >%)
<MacRae> kats: Yes... he wasn't stoned out of his gourd near the end. As opposed 
to how he usually is, I mean. ;)
<Aris_TGD> WS2: "You'll have to move back to New Jersey 'cause you've fucked 
everyone in New York, and I don't see it turning Helen into a faint memory for 
you!"
<katster> Mac: I liked that when Anya suggested Vix should talk to the cop, and 
he did. %)
<Aris_TGD> 10 points for anyone but WS2. ;)
<WhtStar2> Aris: Bah. %P >:)
<Arsenal`> okay... thoughts...
<MacRae> kats: I wasn't going to, but I decided it was my moral obligation to do 
something out of line. ;)
<Arsenal`> how did Meeth do tonight as Rick?
<Aris_TGD> Ars: ... didn't I have a peice of the QotN for ep 6?
<Arsenal`> Aris: ep 1:6 or 2:6?
<WhtStar2> Ars: Worthy of 100pts for RP.
<katster> Meeth...wasn't too horribly bad...
<Shadur> o/~ Have to admit, he's getting better / he's getting better all the 
time. o/~
<Aris_TGD> Ars: 1:6. The armor one.
<Arsenal`> ah... I thought you did, too...
<Aris_TGD> Yeah... "I knew this guy had no taste, but NEON PLAID?"
Arsenal` eyes JR... I had two QotNs that week.. 
<J-Rock> Ars: oh?
<J-Rock> ok
Arsenal` uploads the corrected version.
Aris_TGD and WS2 need to sign off.
WhtStar2 and Aris do, indeed.
<Arsenal`> "Connections" or "When the Minds Hit the Gutter"
<Arsenal`> Cya, Kids.
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gravity." --Victor Hugo)
J-Rock DCCs Ars the corrected QotN log
<J-Rock> nites Aris, Ship
<Arsenal`> JR: I already correctd it.
<Aris_TGD> Ta!
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human, to loaf is Parisian." - Victor Hugo)
<J-Rock> Ars: ok
Shadur ponders a quick 2-hour nap or a lengthy hot bath
<Arsenal`> dwagon-nap?
J-Rock doesn't, ponders several cold showers instead
<Arsenal`> JR: after this session, I can believe that.
<MacRae> Okay, I'm hitting the proverbial hay. 'Nite all.
<Arsenal`> cya, Mac
<J-Rock> nites KS
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<J-Rock> <Kasia> "I... am not subtle."
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<J-Rock> <SteveM> "As long as we understand each other."
J-Rock ponders bugging P for a mp3 of "Girls and Boys" by Blur
<Arsenal`> I can see this episode being censored if it ever goes live/animated.
<J-Rock> o/~ Always should be someone you really love... o/~
<Shadur> Ars: 
<Shadur> Argh.
<Shadur> Ars: That, and the actors and us drawn and quartered.
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<J-Rock> Ars: This ep would probably be aired only on Cinemax during the 
watershed hours, when it earns the nick Skinemax.
<Arsenal`> *chuckle*
<J-Rock> Or Thursday nights on HBO when they delve into softcore
<Arsenal`> HBO would air the series during those hours
<J-Rock> Ars: Case in point: Todd McFarlane's Spawn.
<Arsenal`> point
<J-Rock> Although I could've named this ep "The Day The Universe Changed" (25 pt 
reference for anybody but Mal-3, who only gets 15)
Shadur goeth.... I can dump this buffer to file, get the log starting from just 
after I blasted out
<Shadur> hope someone else has a full one.
<J-Rock> Shad: What was the bit about I will incinerate that army?
<Arsenal`> no problems on the log...
<Arsenal`> although I hesitate to see the size of the master log now
<Shadur> JR: Dragons rarely cross bridges, so the normal saying wouldn't make 
sense to Ch'Dith. This version.... does.
<Shadur> }8=>
<Arsenal`> well, g'nite
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