*** Log file opened: 11/13/99 9:10:02 PM Arsenal [tabrock@cs4-3.ban.ptd.net] has joined #Rifts Prozac sets mode: +o Arsenal 're all DarkSide [darkside@cz-cblk-150-12-162.cyberzone.net] has joined #Rifts [DarkSide] It's DarkSide! Wai! KillJoy_ [KillJoy@ocw44tc5.gdinet.com] has joined #Rifts Ay! moo WhtStar2 [whtstar2@pop03-1-ras1-p5.barak.net.il] has joined #Rifts Ay, Ship Arsenal returns from Duke-ing... 'lo incoming Arsenal sets mode: +ooo DarkSide KillJoy_ WhtStar2 Duke-ing? WTF?!? Duke nukem Yeah... that's what I thought. ...sorry, my prejudices are showing again. ;) KillJoy_ idly tinkers around with his custom Q2 skin. Will [William@tnt1-97-182.cac.psu.edu] has joined #Rifts KillJoy_ sets mode: +o Will DarkSide: Got your ears on? katster [katster@wasteland.Reshall.Berkeley.EDU] has joined #Rifts Prozac sets mode: +o katster [katster] Still crazy after all these years... moooo. katster happies s'more in the big accomplishment of her weekend. :) Moo kats; and what's that? Shadur [shadur@catv6150.extern.kun.nl] has joined #Rifts [Shadur] Don't you hate lengthy info lines? WhtStar2 sets mode: +o Shadur Ay, Dwagon Shadur notes that 2.2.13 still has some bugs. Shadur is now known as Ch`Dith 'Sup Dwagon. 2.2.13 of what? kernel KillJoy_ is now known as Trent Ch`Dith BBIABs WhtStar2 is now known as Ru`ach Will: You already found it. :) Oh, that. Yeah, Congrats. general good mood, depsite the ugly day. :) Katya: moo? moo Shad. Ru`ach sighs in overallfeelinggoodness despite last night. You are now known as Reed Trent grins in gotsomeonetoworkformeness *chuckle* ...thus, why I'm on now. ;) ...now to give jihad.net in general a bit of a facelift and things will be groovy again... rbos [rbos@00-60-8c-ed-03-92.bconnected.net] has joined #Rifts rbos peers kats: I had the bomb of an idea for a Munch RCC. One that would be *such* fun to play. If we ever get that game off the ground, I would like to try playing Bantam, a PowerPuff Girl. Will: *aiee* Okay...I don't know when I'm gonna grab the time... Ch`Dith blinks at Will. ... *wince* I might as well go and make the Oozelfinch OCC... Ch`D: what? It'd be *fun*. Ru`ach changes topic to "controlfreak.sandwich.net/ashooc.html" sentient spacecraft okay, UL said he'd be late, Meeth's out again... Has Meeth just quit? Aris said she'd be late rbos: You can play that, it's one of our homebrew RCCs. :^) Will: no, he'll be in next week. ..no. :) well...we're not going anywhere without an esteemed GM. :) Trent still likes his UberMunch character, even if he will never use 'im. Trent: the Bloodthirster ? Reed: No, the Battleram. The Bloodthirster would be too hard to RP. ah I'm still trying to decide which character to play... prolly just gonna go with the Veritech pilot. Trent hmms, wonders if Zack is munchier than a Bloodthirster would be. Ru`ach points people at the topic. It's not there to be decorative, y'know. *checks* Nope. Nowhere near as munchy. Well, close, but... *blink* Dohyeah. Sorry, brain starting up still. katster admires the topic's decorative quality in this here channel. :) kat: *whap* :) Sowwwee. Couldn't resist. Trent tries it. Gets a file not found thingie. Ano. :) Mee too...maybe it was there to be decorative. *runs* Reed ponders that rifts-fic he has on the laptop... "Ash, I choose you." :) *BLINK* Ru`ach dohs! Ano? Ru`ach changes topic to "controlfreak.sandwich.net/ashocc.html" Ru`ach typoes too much for her own ood. :P er, good Ch`Dith charges Reed with Laguna Mallet Trent gets something much more intersting this time. Reed dodges the charging dwagon Ch`Dith Mallets Reed with a mallet out of solid chaos also have Malik, Deri, Snaga, and one other character (can't remember offhand) And here I thought we wouldn't see Malik again Bah, Malik is eternal. J-Rock [slider@ktc4-068.ktc.com] has joined #Rifts Will challenges Ch`Dith to a friednly spar with a mallet made of Pure Law. Trent sets mode: +o J-Rock Finally, J-Rock has COME BACK to GM! Ch`Dith aways to pred consumibles... BBIAF Ars: *pointattopic* s'what I was working on yesterday. Go. Look. Now. ;) Gut, gut. DarkSide wakes up. Moo? Will twirls the mallet jauntily and packs it away. 'S right. J-Rock is now known as JRdaGM DS: I put in the fuku. Thanks for the idea! eek %P ;) DarkSide ponders MDC fukus DS: I suspect the Senshi wear those. moo DS. Reed sets mode: +o rbos Trent stretches. JRdaGM gets email from Westwood, figures it's time he updated his T-Sun. "vow to make evil parish"... methinks that should be "perish" Reed: But maybe he's an evil minister? kats: well, for "Anime Super-Heroines"... :) hee Reed: "He who defeats evil is successful. He that turns evil into good reaps a double victory." "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." Reed: I can't spell. Deal. ;) katster loves that quote. :) rbos looks up.. satanists can't have parishes? Ars: So... you like? yes, I like Can I play one? DarkSide whimpers Will gets a sudden urge to redact the Sailor Scouts into the A.S.H. O.C.C. Seems pretty easy, which I expect is a good thing. Oh dear god. katster helps DS and hides. Trent raises an eyebrow at Will Will: It's mostly SS based, actually. ;) DarkSide ponders MGH O.C.C. DS: That would be a fun sesh! heh Kind of expected that, given the first three items. ^_^ Will: And the rest, if you look closely. Except the last one. That one's mine. ;) *nod* Are we ready, or do we need to wait on UL? DarkSide is now known as Death katster sighs. Death tapdances. UL said he'd be late... (working late, he said) Ru`ach trips Death! DS: Read Carpe Jugulum yet? So did Mac Death collapses. Aris is at a party. She'll be in ASAP Trent: Just bought it two days ago. :) katster winces. Must. Ignore. Pet. Peeve. DS: Ahh... have fun. Death is now known as DarkSide kats: pet peeve? Ru`ach holds kat back. It's okay.... it's okay... Will: run, dammit! No. I stand by my otakuness. DarkSide snickers. JR: Oh yeah, I prolly won't be in next week. My pursuit of Bear fandom takes me to Palo Alto. back and ready to roll DarkSide rummages around for the Otaku-Slayer. Will: Well, it irritates the hell out of me, but...i'll try to ignore my personal pet peeves... :P kat: By next week we would have hopefully moved to Friday night. But *why*? Seriously. We're moving to friday nights? Trent hands DS an Axe of Khorne. Will this work? ;) Will: Because they look like flies. DarkSide admires the Axe. Mmm, could, could. Flies look like this: ^o^ And Ken uses 'em, and Ken is the most annoying person around the OCF. :P Will: No, those look like bats. kat: *nod* We never start on time, we finish late, nd I can't afford to miss a'hlg every Sunday morning. ^_^ ~= >|-D ;) Ru: Well.... umm... DS; *shudder* katster sighs. DarkSide mallets himself for kats. a'hlg? Fridays don't work very well for me. kat: Not a good time? I can deal with saturdays... Algebra, I think. ah *nod* Silly Israelis, having the Sabbath on Saturday. :P :) ;) Will ...s at a CD of a Swedish band trying to capture the style of Mexican music, singing for an American audience. Will: Err... neat? Mariachi owns your soul! Or, it should, at least. I mean, c'mon...can't you guys give up 6000 years of religious tradition to join the modern world? ;) we starting? Well, no kats: technically it starts friday at sundown kat: Not if it means missing algebra. I'm bad enough at it already. :P Unless you want to wait for the others? Let's start Ru: Ahh...I was just saying...can't you guys adjust your weekends or something? ;) Hmm.... who's going to play the punching ba... Chadrick? ;) katster is teasing, of course. Where's dwagin-chan? Ch'D: on her way back from a party. We open with the crew that went to destroy the vamp making their way back to the base. You'd think I'd know this. And I've probably heard it before. But what's Japanese for "dragon"? Ru`ach is off bar-hopping with Chad. Of course, Trent doesn't know this... ;) Ryuu or Tatsu ryu Trent carries Steve up the stairs, hmms at the hovercycle. "Okay.... now what?" "Wait a few minutes. I think I'm starting to get some feeling back in my arm." Ch`Dith walks up the stairs with Kasia over one shoulder, muttering something about remembering to use Mind Block next time when facing a skilled psi "That's something, at leat. Oh no, look out! Pigeons!" *grin* Ru-chan: Oh, do I gave plans for you two... Ru`ach watches it 2.5hrs before she has to leave. This is the downside of Saturday night. JR: *gulp*? wait and see JR: Errrk? katster is now known as Anya okay, I think my head's with the picture. Vander could still move, right? Ch: yes Yep. only Steve and Kasia were frozen. the others kinda didn't make it downstairs. *to Trent* "The way my luck's been going since we got back, birdshit on my armor won't be noticed." Will is interestedly poking about for Stuff[tm]: vampiric artifacts, useful items, "living" setup, that sort of thing. brb Anya looks around one last time, shakes her head to clear it again, watches Will quietly. Will: Talk to Ars, he'd know more about that. Trent grunts. "You and me both." Consider it just gaining general knowledge, then. "Well, throw him in the jeep, and tow his cycle back." "Speaking of which, where is Ru, anyway? I thought she wanted to come along." About this time, the hypnotic command wears off. Trent sets Steve down by his hovercycle and leans against a building. "That's always an option, Reed." Ch`Dith places KasStatue next to SteveStatue and manages not to mention anything about "statuesque beauty" Let alone anything about a "statue of limitations." %) b Will wanders back over the the other Scholar. *to Anya, quietly* "Feel any different?" *to Steve* "I think I saw her and the drunk guy heading out about the time the whole mess started." "Ru? You know, somehow, I'm not sure I want to know where she is right now." Trent twitches at Reed's remark. "Not really. Head hurts, things seem to be swimming, but..." Ch`Dith raises a The People's Eyebrow at Trents twitch, remains silent Vander of course, probably *is* making such comments. %) "Good, because I don't think you'd like having your sleeping space watered down to mud." *to Kasia* "You think we should?" *to Steve* "If you're talking about the baka, no. Let her learn the hard way." Anya looks around one more time. "Will...I know what you're up to, but do you mind if we leave?" Trent does his best to tune out Steve and Kasia, walks back into the building. "Radio when we're leaving." "No problem. That's what everyone seems to be doing, anyway." Steve stands up. "Trent, there's no point in searching the bars and making a scene. We'd better get back to base." He hops on the Hovercyc and fires it up. ..and Trent slams the door behind him so hard it falls off? Trent sighs. "Yes sir. Can't make a scene sir. Right." Anya walks towards the stairs, slowly, waiting to make sure Will leaves. Ru`ach , at that moment, out of hearing range, is leading a chorus of drunks in an incredibly out of tune version of Show Me the Way to Go Home. Will is. Just making sure. :) Kasia hops on, taking her usual place behind Steve. Trent puts his fist through one of the brick walls of the building, fires up his bike, and rides back to the base. ok, we're all riding back to the base now... Ch`Dith teleports home Well, except for Ru and Chad. Reed heads back as well... Natch Trent gooses the throttle, engages in tests to see how fast his bike will go. Or, to put it another way, tries to vent agression. UpLink [uplink@pm3std3-39.uplink.net] has joined #Rifts Yo UL. ay, Runt! UpLink is now known as Vander Runt! 'lo squirt Reed sets mode: +o Vander Oi! Ay, Runt ok, roll me a motorcycle check, Trent? moo Vand. Scarey Thought: Frank Sinatra doing cover versions of Manson *shiver* Ch`Dith OOCly maims the Runt Vandy: We're riding back to base. Reed drops an anvil on Vander 's head ya needed that. 58%... passed. Don't worry about that, UL, The Voice has been stilled for months now. o/~ We're all stars in the.. in that crazy dope shooow o/~ Anya lets Will drive home, not trusting herself at the moment. Will Respects Her Quiet[tm]. Vander pulls the Hog up next to Steve. "Oi, boss! So why didn't we just go trash that bugger when we first caught wind of it?" Trent outpaces the rest of the group, keeps his radio off. Ok, Trent, you engage in what fighter pilots call "chasing demons", that is, venting aggression by way of pushing the performance envelope of your bike. Ru`ach breaks into an odd combo of the California Drinking Song and some Hebew song meant for hangovers. And a bit of Sloop John B. in there, too. ;) Reed attempts to catch up to Trent... JR: Yeah, bingo. ;) *to Vander* "Because we didn't know where it was. That and it pays to let your enemies make enough rope to hang themselves with." Ru: I'm trying to picture that... Anya: Don't. ;) *fails* :P *to Steve* "Roit." *kicks the Hog into top gear and takes off after Trent and Reed * Reed: roll Motorcycle to hang on? Ru I think you broke my head. Steve attempts to keep up with the throng. Anya: Sowwy. %P 27... passed. JR: Roll for the Hog's 110 degree wheelie? Will doesn't, falls somewhat behind driving at a slower pace. Vander: If you wish Ru`ach can attempt to write it out, sing it, record it, and upload... Anya finally speaks. "It's really over." Will nods. Do it! Do it! Okay, my cycle does 180... 1 Passed roll how fast is the tarantula? Vander pops that 110 degree wheelie and jets off after Trent* 200 JRdaGM plays his sole Jimmy Buffett mp3 in honor of the CaliKids's characters... "Why Don't We Get Drunk". Okay... I fail to keep up with him, although I do manage to keep him in sight the entire trip. Anya lapses back into silence. Ars: We never did assign a top speed to the Hog. What do you figger a 1600cc blocked do? 190? Trent winces at JR's choice of music. Van: about 120, I'd say... Steve does keep up with Trent, and even starts gaining on him in the turns. Vander eats Reed's exhaust. "*caffcaff* Gonna hafta jigger you block some, baby." *referring to the Hog* JR: Yeesh.... that thing's fast. Wait... duh, hovercycle. Why not? It has a top end of 210 "Hmmmmmmm, should I?" Vander hits the Hog's nitros* "YAH! I shouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuld!" roll me a motorcycle to hang on, Vander? Trent OOCly winces. 11 Passed roll *to Anya* "I'll bet you Aengaela's first lesson they have a party started by the time we arrive back." Vander goes from 120 to 190 in .5 seconds %) Vander: Yee. Haw. ;) Will OOCly calculates g's for Vander real quick. vander.insane.short.guy :) +alt. Uh... 23? Anya smiles. "Who knows?" Bites back dark thought. Reed figures Trent would be in the base by now, with Reed pulling in a minute later. 2.4... scaling factor. Sorry. Trent sees an advancing hovercycle in his mirrors. Does his best to ignore it. Vander listens to the WNSC103.7, heres the new ad he signed for What might I have to check to catch bite-back? Steve may be motoring, but he'll respect Trent's boundaries, so to speak. Trent actually parks in a sane fashion at the base, goes up to the barracks- looking building. "Who are you? What do you want? If these are questions keeping you up at night then call 1-900-SHADOWMIN. Our team of highly trained psychologists can help you get your life back on track. All it will cost is your soul. That number again is..." *kills the radio* Will: As for bite-back, the windshield soaks it. *muttered* "Gonna hafta pull that ad." Uh... are we talking about the same thing? I was referring to Anya's quick conversational filter. Will, we're not. sorry. Ru`ach continues singing. Strikes a high note. Badly. Shatter(5 per)s 4 or 5 glasses for effect. JRdaGM decides to circle the parade ground before pulling in. That is, Steve does. Will misses it, then. Ru: Two of which actually have beer in them. Fortunately for you, they're too drunk to care. JR: *whew* ;) Reed parks, then wanders over to Trent. "I know that look. I've seen it several times back in Newtown, but I've never managed to figure out what to do about it." Vander pulls the Hog into the motorpool and kills the engine Steve sighs. "I wonder how we're going to work the sleeping arrangements." Kasia perks at this. Bug the Runt :) Trent walks back out of the barracks a few minutes later and hauls the other empty CNG tank out of the APC, dragging it over to the firing range. Vander heads over to the mess for a cold one Trent stops by the motorpool for a sec. "You know what you forgot, Vander? A punching bag." *to Trent* "That's an idea." Trent drags tank by the firing range. Braces it against a tree and kicks it. Steve hears this and says, "Two punching bags then. One for showroom- floor people, and the other for Juicers, Crazies, and the like." Dwagons will just have to punch buildings Vander gets a drink and a seat near Ru Ch: Consider it urban renewal. Vander: Errrp? You're nowhere near Ru! Van: She's in town, IIRC. She is? I thought she stayed at the base Van: no, she and Chad went bar-hopping Ah Anya looks out over the desert land, not sure what to say anymore. Vander gets a seat near the keg one of your people says, "Hail the conquering heroes?" (to Vander, FYI) Ch`Dith OOCly wonders if Chad's unethical enough to take advantage of Ru's state of complete drunkenness I guess we'll have to ask Aris. We're waiting on Aris to show up. Ch`Dith is sitting on a rooftop, in dragon form, being pretty much silent *to hired goon* "Heh. You might say that." Reed looks at the buildings, shrugging as Trent ignores him. Wanders over to Steve. Trent rains blows on the thick metal tank, making its surface start to resemble a golf ball. "So, what are the sleeping arrangements, boss?" "That's something I want to hash out at the staff meeting." Vander pulls out his readcorder and works on schematics for new equipment to blow off steam Sorry Reed, lost it in the scroll. Will and Anya finally drive up to the base and park. No problem... given Trent's mental state, it made good RP, IMO Anya hops out, looks around the base. "About the only thing we can do about Trent right now is to wait until he wears himself out. That and make sure that lush gets a good ass- chewing." Well... okay, yeah. Still, I should have mentioned something about ignoring ye. ;) Trent continues his amatuer metal work, puts his fist through the side of the tank. Anya walks to the center of the base, frowning, not saying much. JRdaGM walks over to the door of the bar and fingers some of the pink frosting. "Fuck." Trent tries to pull his hand out through the hole, finds it rather stuck. *to hired flunky* "Two things. One, Chad and Ru don't get no more suds. Two, Not even if they kill you for some." Vander goes back to his schems "Gotcha. Next time they come here, I'll tell them. They left just after you did." Trent slowly pries his right hand out of the metal. Makes a mental note to fill the next tank with sand or something. Reed notices Anya. *to himself* "We kill the vamp that was controlling Anya. Trent and Ru are on the outs. Anya's lost in thought. And I need more Twinkies. Not a good start." Vander goes looking for Steve or Trent Trent walks over to the mess hall. Anya stands in the middle of parade grounds, looking up at the blue sky. Will counts to himself: "Ru's hitting the town, Chad's hitting on Ru, Trent's hitting a tank, Anya's hitting a funk, and I'm going to calm down by hitting the books." Will goes to his room and pulls out the Aerolon history. *LOL* *to nearest person* "I'm heading into Worth for more Twinkies, be back in an hour." "Ok, I'll let the boss know." Reed heads out... You are now known as Aengaela Anya continues staring at the blue sky. *to Trent* "Hey, I was coming to talk to ya." *to Vander* "That metal-headed guy was going into town to get some more Twinkies." Trent walks into the mess hall. "Yeah?" *to Flunky* "Roit." Vander heads back into the mess with Trent* "Anything ya wanna get off yer chest?" Will rolls on Literacy, passes fine with 14. Steve, wanders into his office, collapses into the chair, and eyes the papers on his desk for a few seconds. "Fuck this," he mutters, and wanders back toward the mess hall. *quietly* "Chad and I are going to be having a talk when he gets back." I assume that Aengaela would have been taught *something* by now? We'd have started, I daresay. Basic Math, with applications in Read Sensory Equipment, would probably be a good first set. *mathches Trent's quiet* "You sure you wanna do that? The problem here's Ru. Chad just got in the way when he shouldn't've." Well, we haven't exactly been home that long. On the APC ride, maybe. Ch'Dith had been meaning to start teaching her H2H: Airborne once we got to the base Aengie is over at the firing range, where some L. R. Flunky is showing her how to shoot an energy rifle. That is, before Will shows up and drags her somewhere else. I was thinking that one of the scholars would have started teaching her American Literacy... GM: Um, I'm in my room reading. JR: 'k. Aengie: skip the part with Will in it. Oh, she doesn't have Lit: Am? Yeah, that's a high priority. That, then. And I'm staring at the sky, just kinda pondering. she'd have been assigned a C-18 and C-10 by now, right? "I said a talk, not a maiming. Although, you never know..." *slight grin* Yes. *to Trent* "Good thing I know ya better, or I'd be worried." STAY GOOD, TRENT! STAY GOOD! But shooting's an important skill for her eventual occupation, as well. I wouldn't bother her at that until she'd been at it for a good while. Anya sighs, walks over to the mess hall. Steve wanders into the mess. "Wild Turkey, straight up." Aengaela rolls under IQ for figuring out the rifle... or attempts to, at least... IQ: 15, rolled a 17. :P Vander The gun explodes in her hands. You're supposed to put the bullets in facing the other way! Van: C-10 light laser rifle... Ch`Dith finally shakes himself out of introspection. hops off the roof and pads over to the firing range "Like I said before, it's kind of unfair to beat him to a bloody pulp without warning him first. Although, depending on what they're doing now..." How do you roll against a character stat, anyway? 3d6? "The E-Clip's not supposed to go in that way, miss." d20 Will: I was using 1D20 *to Trent* "Better make sure Steve ain't around if ya do decide ta trash him." "Oh." *sheepish grin* "This is still all too new to me." Then a stat of 21 is an automatic pass without penalties, except for a Nat 20 miss? JR: "Miss.. miss, the clip goes in that end. This end you shoot with." "I do have sense, you know." Will: Well, we do something else for those cases. "Haven't been around here long, have you?" Vander looks sideways at Trent* "You do? I thought Crazies had the sense." "Good. Filling out the paperwork if you did kill him's a pain in the butt." Anya pokes her head in the mess hall. "Oh! Hi, Steve." "Just got in this morning. I've been with the group for, how you say, a week." "I'll do it, if it comes to that." "Is missing in action less paperwork?" Aengaela takes out the E-clip, studies it. JRdaGM tosses off his whiskey shot, tries not to wince. "Vander. Trent. I'll want to see you later tonight. Staff meeting on where the ladies are gonna flop." "Are they all like this?" (Steve did that) We figured. "Most of them are." Anya frowns, debates whether she wants to come in or not. *to Steve* "Talking about paperwork. I need yer sigs on few forms concerning the ownership of the base. Right now, it's in my name as sole owner. I wanna get that changed to a dual or triple ownership." "Ah." *puts it back in rifle, correctly this time." "How many shots do I have?" "Then we'll table that at the staff meeting." Trent walks over to the bar (we do have a bar, right?) Trent: Nope "That one will give you 30." Damn. Trent: Just a keg. ;) More like a kitchen counter that's being used for a bar. Just a set of kegs at one end of the kitchen area's counter That works. Trent walks over to the kegs. Pulls out a pitches and fills it up. Laser targetting system on the C-10, or was that malfunction- prone system removed? That doesn't mean a bar can't be added later ;)