Session #7 - Continued
[22:18] Caoilinn: (Not with police, but with one PC being aggressive while the others don't want to start a fight.)
[22:18] Tsukasa: "You just said it was your duty!"
[22:18] Tsukasa: "And how
[22:18] Alathon: ((oh, heh))
[22:18] Tsukasa: 's she supposed to recognize a foreign country's uniform?!"
[22:18] Amiko: "If she was an ally, she'd _ask_ first, Tsukusa."
[22:18] Sheena: "Amiko, face it, Your an idoit"
[22:18] * Caoilinn sighs.
[22:18] Alathon: Larson confers a bit with the people, most like other deputies by their clothes.
[22:18] Tsukasa: "They're jumpy. Seeing as she doesn't know who the fuck we are."
[22:18] Alathon: They're all armed with what look to be gunpowder pistols.
[22:19] Caoilinn: "I'd say I don't know any of you if we weren't all wearing the same thing..."
[22:19] Amiko: "I don't trust ANYONE here, not after their MAJOR ran off with gold."
[22:19] Tsukasa: "Look... Take a HALF second to say 'Let me call my boss and clear this up'."
[22:19] Amiko: "You just did."
[22:19] Tsukasa: "Instead of an international incident."
[22:20] * Sheena looks bored
[22:20] Amiko: "At this point, wihtout her identifying herself _first_? Would you trust her?"
[22:20] Sheena: (lol all the guards are watching us argue totaly not worring about them)
[22:20] Alathon: Man: "You're surrounded. Drop your wea-- whatever it is, now!"
[22:20] Sheena: "Oh shut up,"
[22:20] Caoilinn: "Uh, what whatever it is?"
[22:20] Amiko: "Not without our commander's approval. You know, the Lady Venus?"
[22:20] Alathon: Man: "That thing!"
[22:20] Amiko: "It's FRIGGING COMMUICATOR."
[22:20] Amiko: (add 'a')
[22:21] Alathon: The man, who has a similar uniform as Larson, points to the communicator.
[22:21] Tsukasa: "It's a comm device. Amiko, they think it's a goddamn bomb."
[22:21] Alathon: Man: "I don't care what it is, drop it!"
[22:21] Sheena: "this is rather funny, if they have a panik attack like this over a com i wonder what happens if we get serious"
[22:21] * Tsukasa sighs. "Ever consider THAT misunderstanding?"
[22:21] * Amiko slips it in her pocket.
[22:21] Amiko: "Can't. NOt my property."
[22:21] Alathon: The man roars, "What part of "drop it" do you not understand? Do you want to get shot, lady!"
[22:22] Caoilinn: "If we get serious? The Lady Venus demotes us further than you ever thought possible."
[22:22] Sheena: "Ya, we can't turn any CT gear over to them"
[22:22] Alathon: At this, the various deputies draw their pistols, some of them hesitantly.
[22:22] Tsukasa: "Look. Put it down and STOP PISSING OFF THE ALLIES WE'RE HERE TO MAKE."
[22:22] Amiko: "You do NOT understand, MY goverement would have MY ass if I did not keep possesion of it! It's NOT a frigging bomb, just a FRIGGING RADIO!"
[22:22] Caoilinn: "Excuse me. She's not going to drop it, but she'll keep it put away."
[22:22] Alathon: Total numbers are 13
[22:22] Alathon: four behind you, 9 in front. If you're curious
[22:22] Amiko: "IF it was a bomb, I'd not have it in my POCKET."
[22:23] Alathon: No discernable armor.
[22:23] * Tsukasa nudges Sanshi, and whispers into his ear.
[22:23] Amiko: "And if your DEPUTY didn't IDENTIFY herself first, we'd not be having this problem!"
[22:23] Amiko: (need a break, something's weird outside.)
[22:23] Caoilinn: "Um, we're part of the Crystal Tokyo delegation that got separated before coming to the city."
[22:23] Alathon: Larson: "The hell you say! I said my name loud and clear!"
[22:23] Sheena: "You know i find it funny there more worried about something in your pocket then the huge cat beat we are standing next to"
[22:23] Amiko: "No, you didn't, not on stopping it!"
[22:23] Tsukasa: "She called herself 'Deputy Larson'. What more do you want, a social service number and credit balance?"
[22:24] Amiko: "She didn't idenitfy herself WHEN I made the call."
[22:24] Amiko: "To Lady Venus."
[22:24] Alathon: ((she did so before that.))
[22:24] Tsukasa: "She did so PRIOR to you making the call."
[22:24] Sheena: (heh, screw up any more amiko?)
[22:24] Amiko: ((no, she didn't, not the way I saw it.))
[22:24] Amiko: (Nope. Blame lag, then)
[22:25] Alathon: Man: "Okay, listen. Just keep your hands off any weapons or anything.."
[22:25] Amiko: (and I _really_ need to check something outside, be right back)
[22:25] Alathon: ((Okay, pause until mage gets back.))
[22:25] Caoilinn: (Quick! Let's resolve this before he gets back! )
[22:25] Alathon: ((you wish))
[22:25] Sheena: (hah)
[22:25] * Tsukasa keeps her hands away from her weaponry. "I'm not entirely sure I'll even stop you from shooting her at this point. I disavow all connection to her behaviour."
[22:25] Sheena: "A strange lady comes up to us and the night and ask's us to follow her, then gets upset when we ask her name"
[22:26] Sheena: " What kinda reaction you expect from us hmm?"
[22:26] Caoilinn: (You know, normally I'd be strongly urging Amiko to calm down, but I'm *so* tired of playing that role in the Outbreak game... )
[22:26] Caoilinn: (With Phoenix, James, Raine...)
[22:26] Tsukasa: "She told us her name pretty quickly. Did we REALLY need to get this boiled up over a phone call?"
[22:26] Caoilinn: (What part of pause don't you get?)
[22:27] Sheena: "Im not the one who shit my pants and started blowing a wistle"
[22:27] Sheena: (whoops)
[22:27] Tsukasa: (Hmm... Well, it's a really complex thought...)
[22:27] Sheena: (didnt see that)
[22:27] Amiko: (AS I SAID TSUKASA, WHEN I TYPED IN THE CALL, SHE HAD NOT.)
[22:27] Tsukasa: (Heh, so you're gonna stay out of this and let the one who plays hothead in the other game be the one to calm things down here?)
[22:28] Amiko: (Which is explained by the dammed torrent here finally hitting 500kb/sec)
[22:28] Amiko: (so _I_ am lagging)
[22:28] Tsukasa: (Fair enough, that's lag. However, the rest of us got the message at that speed)
[22:28] Caoilinn: (Sure. I'm just tired of that role. )
[22:28] Caoilinn: (So, Al, do we have to pay the price for his lag?)
[22:28] Amiko: (Plus, given their techology, if they're afraid of a dammed item the size of the PDA< they're FRIGGING IDIOTS.)
[22:29] Amiko: (There _is_ no explosive til the 1950's level that could do ANY damage that small)
[22:29] Caoilinn: (Sorry, but there exists magic and special powers, so that doesn't hold.)
[22:30] Amiko: (They thought it was a weapon, ergo, they're thinking convental, disagree.)
[22:30] Caoilinn: (There are magical and ability-powered weapons)
[22:30] Amiko: (AND with it in my pocket, wtf? Only sudice bombers are that stupid!)
[22:30] Sheena: (heh, we did get warned that they are jumpy)
[22:30] Tsukasa: (Look, they don't have a CLUE what it is. That's why they're being paranoid, so they don't be dead)
[22:31] Amiko: (And with it in my pocket, they're still assuming it's a weapon? Disagree.)
[22:31] Amiko: (and I have pretty DAMMED good reasons to disagree.)
[22:31] Alathon: Man: "I don't see how she could be 'strange', wearing a Deputy's star and all."
[22:31] Sheena: (whats the guys name from the from the other town?)
[22:31] Amiko: (plus, to be cold, her attuidte stunk. I know better than that. You _always_ ID yourself first _then_ ask)
[22:31] Caoilinn: "Well, we're from pretty far away, and so far we've been attacked by people called Harleyriders more than once."
[22:31] Tsukasa: "That isn't an emblem we're familiar with, unfortunately."
[22:31] Sheena: "And that means what to me? In case you havnt noticed we are not from around here"
[22:32] Alathon: Man's eyes narrows.
[22:32] Alathon: Man: "you don't say.."
[22:32] Amiko: "And given that at least one of your personnel ran off in an attack by them, with the milita's pay..."
[22:32] Amiko: "or a Milita officer, anyways."
[22:32] Alathon: Man: "Every deputy in the protectorate wears one."
[22:32] *** Sanshi has signed off IRC (Connection reset by peer).
[22:32] Tsukasa: "Amiko... Is this really the diplomatic way to go about things?"
[22:32] Amiko: "Since she didn't ID herself intinally, I was calling Lady Venus."
[22:33] Amiko: "Better than my intinal thought!"
[22:33] Tsukasa: "Fair enough. But is it strictly necessary to threaten her life instead of telling her what you're doing?"
[22:33] Caoilinn: "Like I said, we're *not* from here. We're with a delegation that is supposed to be here in the city."
[22:33] Sheena: (whast the name of the other town)
[22:33] *** Sanshi has joined #CrystalTokyo.
[22:33] * Caoilinn shrugs.
[22:34] Alathon: Man: "Okay.. okay.."
[22:34] Alathon: The man motions to the others, and they holster there guns.
[22:34] Caoilinn: "I can understand their reaction, since they figured everyone would automatically know they're police."
[22:34] Amiko: "I hurt, I'm tired of being shot at, I spent myself nearly dry healing citizens of their nation, and I really, really don't like being accosted by soemone who doesn't identify t hemselves and -say- why they want me to go anywhere!"
[22:35] Alathon: Man: "I'll be honest and say that sounds like a serious wide load to me, but..."
[22:35] Tsukasa: (Amiko... Give it up. You got lag.)
[22:35] Alathon: The man turns to face Amiko.
[22:35] Amiko: (Heh.)
[22:35] Tsukasa: (It doesn't change what the rest of us saw)
[22:35] Amiko: (And I'm trying for a in game reason)
[22:35] Caoilinn: (She's overtaxed herself. )
[22:35] Tsukasa: (Heh. Yeah...)
[22:35] Amiko: (I ironically didn't heal myself.)
[22:35] Sheena: "Really? Then i don't suporse you want to know about the burt out post we passed on the bridge, and the road being full of the idoits on bikes"
[22:35] Tsukasa: (So mentally fatigued that she's missing what people are saying?)
[22:36] Alathon: Man: "and I can't say I like your attitude one bit. But anyways.."
[22:36] Alathon: The man turns a bit, and says something quietly, pauses a bit facing back where he came from, before turning back.
[22:36] Amiko: (Wait one, I need an answer from Al on something.)
[22:37] Caoilinn: (Oh, god...she's going to attack him from behind. )
[22:37] Amiko: "If you're the police here, you got a problem you need to know about, I figure."
[22:37] Amiko: "A Major Keyes took all the milita's pay in Northup during an attack by Harlyriders yesterday."
[22:37] * Amiko rubs her head. "Clocked me a good one, too."
[22:37] Alathon: At this point, you can here horses coming out from the inner city.
[22:37] Alathon: The man pauses.
[22:38] Sheena: "This is hardly the place for this,"
[22:38] Alathon: The man looks over at one of his deputies.
[22:39] * Sheena looks over at Larson, "What did you want any way, you never answered that question before your panik attack"
[22:39] Alathon: Man: "Hey, Keyes? You think that's Aaron she's talkin' about?"
[22:41] Alathon: The man he was addressing glares Amiko, spits, and says something that doesn't translate.
[22:41] Alathon: After that, he says, "Hell, no!"
[22:42] Alathon: other keyes turns to face Amiko: "At least, she better not'of been."
[22:42] Sheena: "We hardly have reason to Lie to you gentalmen."
[22:42] Amiko: "Dunno what his given name is, just that he took off with the milita's chest. Nor do I care who he is."
[22:42] Tsukasa: "Oh joy... Maybe we should get some CREDIT before accusing their pillars of the community..."
[22:42] Alathon: Keyes: "That's a goddamned lie and you know it!"
[22:43] Alathon: Keyes moves to rush forward, but is grabbed by another two deputies.
[22:43] Alathon: Man: "Strong words.. strong words indeed."
[22:43] Amiko: "Prove it. I have NO reason to lie. I don't _care_ about who he is. I'm more annoyed about him running off in a battle."
[22:43] Alathon: the Man looks over his shoulder, before turning back, relief on hisf ace.
[22:43] Caoilinn: "The big guns about to arrive?"
[22:44] Alathon: Around the corner come eight men and women on horses, all of them wearing grey sleeveless uniforms.
[22:44] Sheena: "Well they must have something better then this lot, Thoes fools on bikes havent manged to over run this town it seems"
[22:44] * Tsukasa sighs and slowly pulls out her own comm device. "May I call our leader?"
[22:44] Amiko: "Oooh, cold, Sheena."
[22:44] * Caoilinn sighs and shakes her head.
[22:44] Sheena: " Im getting annoyed"
[22:45] Alathon: anyways, we need ot break for 15 minutes; mage has some RL shit he's gotta do
[22:45] Caoilinn: "Why do I get the feeling this is the last diplomatic mission we'll be included in?"
[22:45] Tsukasa: "Because you have learned wisdom."
[22:46] Caoilinn: (Ok... break time again)
[22:46] Amiko: (While I wait a few seconds for my water to run, wait a second, if we're wearing the same uniforms from yesterady, don't they notice the blood and damage on it?"
[22:46] Amiko: (I was shot, Tsukasa was.)
[22:46] Sheena: "I duno, im fealing very Diplomatic right about now"
[22:46] Tsukasa: "Yes, I suppose we're ALL getting in the mood for an aggressive negotiation style."
[22:46] Caoilinn: (And that should make them feel like we're *less* of a threat, Amiko?)
[22:47] Amiko: (Caoilinn perhaps it's just practial expereince, but we don't fit the profile of a standard Harlyrider, and why in fuck would we be walking?)
[22:48] Alathon: (have you considered that over the last thousand years there have probably been plenty of metas whow ere not harleyriders who made life suck for people anyway?)
[22:48] Caoilinn: (And Harleyriders are the only dangerous people they ever encounter in the entire city?)
[22:49] Amiko: (Alathon: They're still cops. She should have ID'ed herself _first_.)
[22:49] Caoilinn: (Frankly, I think real cops would be a lot less cooperative than these guys have been.)
[22:49] Sheena: (face it, amiko a ass hole and fucked things up)
[22:49] Tsukasa: (Of course, maybe we're just being corrupted by the way the cops acted in Outbreak )
[22:49] Alathon: (it's the risk of fighting metas that's stopping them, not unwillingness to shoot you. You could actually get that from a good discern motive roll if you wanted.))
[22:50] Tsukasa: (I still loved getting to shoot a cop and get away with it)
[22:50] Amiko: (Oh? You're going to have to tell me that one)
[22:50] Caoilinn: (Actually, she did--to everyone but you. But even if she didn't, she's still a cop and a failure to identify herself first doesn't mean you have free reign.)
[22:50] Sheena: (its not like we where going to go with her any way)
[22:51] Sheena: ( we can't turn over our weapons, or gear)
[22:51] Amiko: (Quick question, we all fit 'japanese' or near japanese norms, don't we, the PC's?)
[22:51] Caoilinn: (And, somehow, I don't think they have really strong rules of conduct for cops there. )
[22:51] Caoilinn: (I sure don't.)
[22:51] Amiko: (Caoilinn: Heh.)
[22:51] Tsukasa: (Purely Japanese, just red-haired for some strange reason)
[22:51] Amiko: (Hurm.)
[22:51] Sheena: ( and we sure as hell can't surender to anything they want)
[22:51] Amiko: (Tsukasa: Well, Amiko's about 3/4ths.)
[22:51] Tsukasa: (But we CAN meet 'em halfway, work on negotiating, try to minimize the probability of... this)
[22:52] Sheena: (sheena does, expect for her ferrent holding rack and red hair)
[22:53] Caoilinn: (There's a lot of room to not surrender w/o threatening to fry the police. )
[22:53] Tsukasa: (Yeah... That was IMPRESSIVE)
[22:53] Tsukasa: (I don't recall seeing a salvageable situation go debacle that quickly before)
[22:54] Sheena: (well look at is this way, when we start blowing up the town venus is sure to find us)
[22:54] Sheena: (and its not our falt al hasnt had her freaking call yet)
[22:54] Tsukasa: (... That is perhaps less of a silver lining than I might like)
[22:54] Caoilinn: (Not me. If you guys start doing that, I'm running away and saying we got separated before getting to the city.)
[22:54] Amiko: (LOL)
[22:55] Sheena: (we are well within range for real time com, and that means something happened)
[22:55] Tsukasa: (Her goal IS to establish the alliance, not protect her escorts. Bets she'd shoot US instead?)
[22:55] Tsukasa: (Yeah... no destroying the city for Tsukasa either, I'm afraid...)
[22:55] Sheena: (Did you forget the first couple sessions? Thats not her goal)
[22:55] Amiko: (Acutally, I found anouther flaw. Venus if she's as competent as the Manga made her out to be, would have MADE sure that the police knew her people, espically when she's got four trying to get BACK.)
[22:56] Amiko: (and Al's seeming to use that view of her... now gone for a bit)
[22:56] Sheena: (for all we know she is in troble, he last message was rather sparse and mostly a warning)
[22:56] Tsukasa: (To acquire information, and look into establishing the alliance - but the alliance is the end, strategic goal)
[22:57] Caoilinn: (Here's the big thing. Just because someone else doesn't do things properly, it doesn't excuse *your* actions.)
[22:57] Sheena: (venus is not interested in the alliance, She is here to check the place out, and after that ship sinking to find out who attacked us.)
[22:57] Sheena: (or do you not remember what she told us after she ported back with suplises)
[22:57] Tsukasa: (For the short term, yes)
[22:57] Alathon: Mage, when you get back.. you have to realize that you're assuming a huge number of things that just aren't as you think they are. Youc an't assume that these deputies will behave like 20th century cops, or even like 19th century deputies, and you really can't assume anything about the state of Venus' diplomatic mission to Carson that you haven't been told
[22:58] Alathon: And you haven't been told a god damned thing since you parted except that "things" are going bad.
[22:58] Tsukasa: (But checking the place out, the possibility of assisting them... that's all to the long term goal of establishing overseas allies)
[22:59] Caoilinn: (And, in any case, there's a *world* of difference between Sailor Venus ending negotiations with a foreign power and her bonehead honor guard starting a major incident.)
[22:59] Alathon: Stop assuming that things are being done right, or competently, or as you'd expect them to be done in a 1st or even 3rd world 21st century nation, and you'll be a LOT closer to figuring out what's going on
[22:59] Alathon: Hell.. consider this fact: There was no escort, or messenger, waiting for you.
[23:00] Caoilinn: (I'm going on a more Wild West theme, myself)
[23:00] Alathon: Or if there was, you missed 'em, or they missed you
[23:00] Tsukasa: (And things are very bloody farked-up, considering the trashed outpost we just came past)
[23:00] Tsukasa: (Even if they NORMALLY run right...)
[23:00] Caoilinn: (Probably where our escort was. )
[23:01] Caoilinn: (I mean, we 'could hardly miss it'.)
[23:01] Sheena: (only thing i find wierd is that we are in range for the coms to work,)
[23:01] Amiko: Alathon (wait one) Look. I'm not going from _their_ POV. I'm going from how _VENUS_ should act
[23:01] Alathon: you're making huge, incorrect assumptions about how venus should act
[23:01] Caoilinn: (Because ... you know her so well?)
[23:01] Alathon: hell
[23:02] Alathon: you have from day one, when you got up in her face over the discrepancy between what you thought "honor guard" duty would be, and what she thought was blatantly obvious to you
[23:02] Amiko: (Then, we have major problems. I've DONE a lot of the duties, or worked closely with people who have.)
[23:03] Sheena: (in other words mage, stop freaking guessing things and wanting them to go your way)
[23:03] Alathon: and.. you assume everything will be the same as it has been for y ou, a thousand years later, in a fictional post-apocalyptic universe with vastly changed cultures
[23:03] Sheena: (thats not how your char would have been trained any way)
[23:04] Sheena: (this is out first mission away, and with venus, your as lost as the rest of us)
[23:05] Caoilinn: (*Stays out of this argument for the most part, too. )
[23:05] Sheena: (and we just spent an hour doing nothing can we move the hell on?)
[23:09] Alathon: ((well, we've only been doing nothing for 20 minutes, actually ;p))
[23:10] Caoilinn: (Time flies when you're having fun.)
[23:10] Sheena: (are we all here?)
[23:10] Sheena: (we got cops to annoy)
[23:10] Caoilinn: (This is the converse)
[23:12] Alathon: (I think we're waiting for mage to get back)
[23:13] Tsukasa: (Yep. Know I'm here)
[23:15] Caoilinn: (I'm imagining Phoenix, Raine, and Amiko on a diplomatic mission in a semi-friendly/semi-hostile area...)
[23:15] Alathon: (Hey, don't leave out Homestar!)
[23:15] Alathon: (SHe could throw hammers at things at the drop of a hat with the best of 'em!))
[23:15] Tsukasa: (Or James. And DEFINITELY don't leave Sammy out)
[23:16] Caoilinn: (She's not a hothead primed to start an unnecessary fight, is she?)
[23:16] Alathon: (not usually))
[23:16] Tsukasa: (Or Aeon's low-Wis-fire-a-rocket-launcher-in-a-crowded-bar self...)
[23:16] Alathon: (haha, that was classic)
[23:16] Caoilinn: (That was the worst bluff in history. )
[23:16] Tsukasa: ("Cyanide, on the rocks. Shaken, not stirred.")
[23:17] Caoilinn: (Well, no, not the worst. If he threatened to do it without actually having the launcher, that would have been the worst. )
[23:19] Tsukasa: (I'm still impressed that Griselda Fist does more damage to the dragon than the rocket launcher did...)
[23:20] Amiko: (... Oookay)
[23:20] Amiko: (back)
[23:20] Alathon: Alright
[23:21] Alathon: One of the guys on a horse moves forward; the rest stay back behind the deputies. He has a short word with the man who has been speaking to you.
[23:22] Alathon: The man who has been speaking to you steps back into ranks with the deputies. At this point, none of them have their weapons drawn, though they're all visibly tense.
[23:22] Alathon: Some of them with hands on their guns.
[23:22] Amiko: (OOC, does ANY of us NEED a gun to shoot people?)
[23:23] Tsukasa: (Yes)
[23:23] Amiko: (Heh, I think you're the only one...)
[23:23] Caoilinn: (But for most of us, our mouths are more than sufficient)
[23:23] Tsukasa: (Oh sure, make me feel left out...)
[23:23] Amiko: (You've got the walking tank, Tsukasa, I wouldn't feel too bad...)
[23:24] Caoilinn: (I would so love to be left out at this moment)
[23:24] Tsukasa: (This is true)
[23:24] Tsukasa: (I've already disavowed any and all connection to Amiko )
[23:24] Caoilinn: (Like I said, I would've said I didn't know any of you if we weren't all wearing the same uniform. )
[23:24] Sheena: (i dont even need darkheart to start blasting)
[23:24] Sheena: (great team spirt there cao!)
[23:25] Amiko: (We see who gets healing spells when they need them, Sheena.)
[23:25] Alathon: Man on horse: "My name is Jeffrey Cole, Captain in the Crimson Guard of Nevada. Identify yourselves to me."
[23:25] Caoilinn: (So says the reason *why* we'll be needing them. :p)
[23:25] Tsukasa: (Watch Amiko get pwned and have Tsukasa heal her last )
[23:25] Sheena: (eh, Cao you answer that)
[23:25] Amiko: "Lt. Amiko Moate, Crystal Tokyo Marines."
[23:26] Tsukasa: "Tsukasa Kuno. Crystal Tokyo Marines, escort to Lady Venus."
[23:26] Alathon: He looks to each of you for an answer.
[23:26] Sheena: (Where not marines any more...)
[23:26] Tsukasa: (We're just on loan!)
[23:26] Amiko: (YOU aren't, Amiko _is_.)
[23:26] Tsukasa: (Aren't we?)
[23:26] Amiko: (What, you think her pips are for show?)
[23:26] Alathon: (Not unless you've chosen to enlist without telling me ;p ))
[23:26] Sheena: (in case you didnt notice your not once we got transfered)
[23:26] Caoilinn: "Caoilinn O'Loinsigh, part of the Crystal Tokyo delegation to Carson City."
[23:27] Caoilinn: (Way to sound like a unified team here. )
[23:27] Tsukasa: (Then edit out my 'crystal tokyo marines' declaration and leave it as 'escort to lady venus')
[23:27] Amiko: (No, I didn't lose my commsion, Sheena, I ASKED Alathon about this, I'm still under orders, as _I_ understood it, from asking Alathon)
[23:27] Caoilinn: (But Amiko--did you ask Alathon about it?)
[23:27] Sheena: "Sheena, All so part of the Crystal Tokyo delegation"
[23:28] Alathon: (my anwer was to tsukasa, amiko is actually a member of the CT marines, and was before going to school)
[23:28] Amiko: ("From Asking Alathon")
[23:28] Alathon: The captain massages his forehead.
[23:29] Alathon: Captain: "Sheriff Townsend claims that you threatened his deputies. Is this the case?"
[23:29] * Tsukasa points to Amiko. "I disavow once more all connection to her."
[23:30] Alathon: The captain raises an eyebrow at that, but says nothing, waiting for further response.
[23:30] * Sheena elbows Tsukasa and wispers "Shut up, not in front of others damn it"
[23:30] Amiko: "After she came up to us, and failed to identify herself, and all _I_ was doing was calling my superior. She threatened US."
[23:30] * Tsukasa gapes at Amiko.
[23:30] Sheena: "It's just a misunderstandering"
[23:31] Alathon: Larson bristles as this, then glances in the Captain's direction and holds her peace.
[23:31] Sheena: "Considering we are very tired from a battle last night, and walking all day it got out of hand quickly"
[23:31] Caoilinn: "I certainly didn't. It's possible one of my companions said something that *could* be interpreted as a threat, even if it wasn't explicitly meant as one."
[23:31] Amiko: "That's true. I am tired, fried, and still annoyed at someone hitting me in the back of the head, as they ran from a battle."
[23:32] Amiko: (stupid log, was responding to Sheena)
[23:32] Amiko: (LAG)
[23:33] Alathon: The captain pauses, and converses in lowered voices with Larson and Townsend.
[23:36] Alathon: Captain: "Correct me if I'm wrong, but the statement in question was, 'not before you die', after Deputy Larson stated that the Crimson Guard were currently stationed in Carson."
[23:36] Amiko: "Which is a threat as well, Captian."
[23:36] Alathon: Captain, mildly: "That rather strikes me as threatening."
[23:36] Amiko: "She threatened us as well."
[23:36] Tsukasa: "That WAS stated, however it was in the heat of the moment."
[23:37] Amiko: "That would be if you vistied Crystal Toyko, and I said the Marines were there."
[23:37] Alathon: The captain glances over at Larson, who is furious but keeping her mouth shut.
[23:37] Tsukasa: "Amiko, please shut up. You have yourself stated you're not feeling very diplomatic, so let us do the talking."
[23:37] Alathon: The Captain shakes his head.
[23:37] Sheena: "Yes amiko, do shut up."
[23:38] Alathon: Captain: "I'm not familiar with Crystal Tokyo. In which direction is it?"
[23:38] Tsukasa: "Very far west."
[23:38] Amiko: (Y'know, I'm not even sure we _do_ know the distance, do we?)
[23:38] Caoilinn: "Actually, I believe the comment was about the Crimson Guard being in town and doing us, or her, for ashes."
[23:38] Sheena: (not a clue, just that its past 1000 miles and under a million) heh
[23:38] Tsukasa: ("How big is the ocean to the west? That distance.")
[23:39] Alathon: Larson: "Like hell I did!"
[23:39] Tsukasa: (Yeah, there was a threat prior to that)
[23:39] Amiko: (*laughs* I know offhand the distance between Tokyo and SF, in plane km is nearly 9000)
[23:39] Alathon: Larson: "I didn't say nothing except that they're in town."
[23:39] Caoilinn: "Whcih I think was more a warning than a threat, but it was taken as a threat."
[23:39] Alathon: Larson looks up at the captain for approval.
[23:40] Sheena: "I belive the line was, "the Crimson's are in town and they'll do you for ashes...""
[23:40] Sheena: "But thats just me,"
[23:40] Alathon: Larson: "I said no such thing!"
[23:40] Caoilinn: (We have scrollback and we're not afraid to use it!)
[23:40] Tsukasa: "... Wasn't this a DIPLOMATIC mission?"
[23:40] Sheena: (heh)
[23:40] Alathon: (oh, you're right, she did. she's lying.))
[23:40] Amiko: (Which I was trying to do...)
[23:41] Alathon: The Captain is massaging his forehead even harder at this.
[23:41] Alathon: He eventually looks up and addresses the party.
[23:41] Amiko: ("Oh, dipomacy, shooting them first?")
[23:41] Caoilinn: (Enough already!)
[23:41] Alathon: Captain: "Carson City is a city with laws, and we don't appreciate people starting trouble. Especially in times like these."
[23:42] Sheena: "We saw what thoes hog idoits can do, I would be jumpy to"
[23:42] Tsukasa: "Look, we apologize. It was a misunderstanding that exploded fast."
[23:42] Alathon: The captain's eyes flicker over to Sheena, and he pauses before continuing.
[23:42] Tsukasa: "We had no intention to cause trouble. Amiko was stressed, and acted thoughtlessly."
[23:43] Alathon: Captain: "Perhaps this was all just a misunderstanding, but we don't stand by letting foreigners come in and harass our lawmen. I'll escort you to the South, and you'll be free to go."
[23:44] Alathon: (Correction: South Gate)
[23:44] Tsukasa: "Sir... I'm afraid that's not really an option for us. We were ordered to come here by the leader of our envoy, and meet her."
[23:44] Alathon: The Captain shakes his head.
[23:44] Alathon: Captain: "Lady, I'm not asking."
[23:45] * Tsukasa points to the PDA in her hand. "May I contact her?"
[23:45] Alathon: Captain, started: "Put that thing away!"
[23:45] * Tsukasa blinks and does so.
[23:45] Caoilinn: "Excuse me, captain. I can understand your position, but we are part of a delegation that's in this city, and other than rejoining them, we have no other reason to be here."
[23:45] Tsukasa: "I apologize. It's a communication device."
[23:45] Tsukasa: "Not a weapon."
[23:45] Alathon: Captain: "...right."
[23:46] Sheena: "What is with you people? Thoes harrlyfgreaks have huge honking guns not little pices of plastic"
[23:46] Caoilinn: "And, really, no place else to go."
[23:46] Tsukasa: "If you prefer, we'd be amenable to standing here under your guns until Lady Venus can be contacted."
[23:46] Alathon: The Captain's expression darkens a bit at this point.
[23:47] Alathon: Captain: "Now, look. I don't want to deal with trouble at this hour, and sure as hell don't want to drag up a judge at this hour. Get going, and get going fast, while you have the option."
[23:47] Caoilinn: "All right. But could you enquire about our delegation once we're outside the city?"
[23:48] Alathon: Captain: "I'll do that. But I'd advise you to keep moving."
[23:48] * Tsukasa sighs. "I never thought it possible to FAIL a 'come here' mission."
[23:48] Alathon: Captain: "Well?"
[23:48] Sheena: "Well it wouldn't be right to start a fight, so i guess we can camp out tonight"
[23:48] Caoilinn: "Very well. We'll be outside the city, by the south gate."
[23:49] Alathon: As he says this, he backs his horse up.. another rider moves up to join him.. the other three riders seperate a bit into pairs.
[23:49] Tsukasa: "Certainly. We'll get out of your hair."
[23:49] * Tsukasa puts on a fake-smile.
[23:49] Alathon: Captain: "Good, good.."
[23:49] Alathon: Captain: "Townsend, let them pass."
[23:49] Caoilinn: "If your government has no position, could you at least let the rest of our delegation know where we are."
[23:49] Caoilinn: "Thank you."
[23:50] * Caoilinn heads for the south gate.
[23:50] * Sheena snorts and follows
[23:50] Alathon: The sheriffs are quick to get outta the way. Real quick.
[23:50] * Tsukasa mutters to herself and turns Sanshi.
[23:50] * Sheena it was a lady like snort
[23:50] * Amiko follows
[23:51] Alathon: If you don't say anything further, none of the Crimson Guards will; they'll escort you to the South Gate of Carson City, which will take almost three hours.
[23:51] Caoilinn: (Are there any inns outside the city?)
[23:51] Alathon: The gate isn't really a gate per se, but rather what appears to be a decaying decorative archway.
[23:52] * Amiko studies the arch. blinks.
[23:52] Sheena: (three hours? Thats going to cost the fuckers tommaro)
[23:53] Alathon: Captain: "Listen up. Hell if I know if you're what you claim, or more wilders coming in out of hte countryside to avoid the heat. Either way, we don's stand by this sort of trouble. Come tomorrow morning, There'll be drawings of the lot of you circulating, so if you know what's good for you you'll head south and not look back."
[23:54] * Caoilinn sighs.
[23:54] Tsukasa: "... Sorry for the trouble."
[23:54] Caoilinn: "Captain, is there any chance you could wait on passing those out until you check about the delegation, at least?"
[23:54] Alathon: The captain pauses.
[23:55] Alathon: Captain: "I'll do that."
[23:55] * Caoilinn nods.
[23:55] Caoilinn: "Thank you."
[23:55] Tsukasa: "Thank you for the consideration, sir."
[23:55] Tsukasa: "And I'll apologize again that it was necessary."
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[23:56] Amiko: "Sorry."
[23:56] Alathon: The Captain pauses a moment, then nods, before turning his horses and heading back north. He has a worth with two of the riders, and they walk their horses over to the gate and dismount, tying them to spikes in the gate.
[23:57] Alathon: Other than these two, the rest follow him north.
[23:57] * Tsukasa smiles to herself and leans over to Amiko.
[23:57] Tsukasa: roll 1d20+7
[23:57] Ala-bot: Tsukasa rolled 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{16}
[23:57] * Tsukasa pulls back and smacks her one.
[23:58] * Amiko then puts her pistol to Tsukasa's head.
[23:58] Amiko: "Do that again, and I WILL shoot."
[23:58] Sheena: "Your a life saver Caoilinn, Not ours, but still"
[23:58] Tsukasa: "'Come here'. How do you FAIL a mission like that, you fool?!"
[23:58] * Tsukasa ignores the gun.
[23:58] Sheena: "Amiko, your outof line and have been for a while, I mean really, what the hell?"
[23:58] Amiko: "MABYE BECAUSE I'VE HAD A FUCKING HEADACHE FROM A TRATIOR SINCE LAST NIGHT."
[23:58] Tsukasa: "I don't care how stressed you are, you just about caused an INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT!"
[23:59] Amiko: "I don't trust people after I wake up in blinding pain from being hit in the back of the head from a ALLY!"
[23:59] Caoilinn: "If the two of you are quite finished putting on a show for our friends..."
[23:59] Tsukasa: "We are in THEIR territory! A SLIGHT bit of consideration is worth a try!"
[00:00] Sheena: "Thats a poor excuse and you know it. You have had the hole day to recover"
[00:00] Amiko: "That's why _I_ was trying to contact Venus."
[00:00] Sheena: "But yes, these people are far to jumpy"
[00:00] Tsukasa: "And what, you didn't think to explain it?"
[00:00] Amiko: (You don't, Not really.)
[00:00] * Caoilinn finds herself massaging her forehead now, too.
[00:00] Amiko: (from PAINFUL expereince, it takes nearly 3-4 days to recover from a hit to the back of the head.)
[00:00] Tsukasa: "You didn't think that MAYBE she thought you were calling in some kind of attack?"
[00:00] Amiko: "How/!"
[00:01] Sheena: (Your a magical fucking healer, Stop bring RL into this god damn it)
[00:01] Caoilinn: (Do there seem to be any inns on this side of the gate?)
[00:01] Tsukasa: "You didn't think a half-second to explain yourself would have suited better than just standing up and threatening her life?"
[00:01] Amiko: "She threatened US first."
[00:01] Tsukasa: "She told you to put it away. You told her you'd burn her down."
[00:02] Tsukasa: "I didn't bring that up in her defence, because it just damages our OWN point."
[00:02] Amiko: "Whatever. Even though -she- threatened us first."
[00:02] Alathon: There are buildings with lights on, but they're few and far between -- most of the buildings have lights off.
[00:02] Amiko: "And DID not identify herself at all, until after I went for my commucator!"
[00:02] Amiko: "and didn't say Deputy of what, or anything."
[00:02] Alathon: There's no clean cut divider, but somewhere before you passed the gate, the buildings became increasingly run down.
[00:02] Tsukasa: "Your perceptions are delayed, Amiko! Accomodate for it!"
[00:02] Sheena: "It hardly maters now,"
[00:02] * Caoilinn walks over and speaks calmly.
[00:02] Sheena: (leave the lag out of it, shesh)
[00:03] Tsukasa: (Hey, the lag is her excuse, I had to figure out SOME way of explaining it)
[00:03] Caoilinn: "My mother never cared who started it. I really don't either."
[00:03] Caoilinn: "Obviously, people are stressed and we're all tired."
[00:03] Tsukasa: "Yes, it doesn't. Because we just got ourselves kicked out of the very city we were ordered to come to."
[00:03] Alathon: The buildings to the south are visibly so, even in the dim moon and starlight.
[00:03] Tsukasa: "Thank Caoilinn for being able to salvage SOMETHING out of this."
[00:03] Caoilinn: "So, let's stop shouting in the middle of the night and find a place to rest."
[00:04] Amiko: "and what the _fuck_ are wilders?"
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[00:04] * Amiko rubs the back of her head again, muttering under her breath
[00:04] Caoilinn: "Wait here a moment."
[00:04] Tsukasa: "Exactly. You know nothing about their situation, and you presume to dictate whether they're acting correctly?"
[00:04] * Caoilinn approaches the guards at the gate in a slow and nonthreatening manner.
[00:05] Sheena: "Annoying, im hardly in the mood to deal with scared wanabe cops. And what was that deal with being all shadey and going 'Come with me" oy.."
[00:05] * Caoilinn doesn't get *too* close.
[00:05] Amiko: "Indeed. That's what worried ME."
[00:05] Caoilinn: "Excuse me. Would you happen to know if there's an inn around here?"
[00:06] Alathon: One of them looks up.
[00:06] Alathon: She's thirty-some years old by the look of it (in this continents age, not CT ages).
[00:06] Alathon: Woman: "Ma'am?"
[00:07] Amiko: (30 would be what? 21 normal human equ?)
[00:07] Alathon: Woman: "South of the gate? There are places.. head, say, half a mile on and you'll find a festhall or three."
[00:07] Alathon: She pauses.
[00:08] Amiko: (ARGH! STUPID DOG, BRB)
[00:08] Alathon: Woman: "You might sleep better under the stars, if you can handle yourselves. Only have to deal with nature's whims there."
[00:08] * Caoilinn gives a short nod.
[00:08] Sheena: (its not like we can leave)
[00:08] Caoilinn: "Thank you."
[00:09] * Caoilinn looks around to see where nature is around here.
[00:09] Alathon: Nature's a good way south or east.
[00:09] * Caoilinn goes back to the others.
[00:11] Caoilinn: "Ok. There are some feasthalls about half a mile from here, but the woman who mentioned them implied we'll have a safer and more restful night camping out, where all we have to worry about is nature."
[00:11] Caoilinn: "All things considered... I'd agree."
[00:11] Sheena: "It's best we don't go far any way, Some one should have called us by now. SOmething has to be up"
[00:11] Alathon: The buildings do appear increasingly.. poorly maintained.. the further south you go.
[00:11] * Caoilinn tries to banish the mental image of a burning feasthall collapsing in on itself.
[00:12] * Amiko pulls out her comm and squints at the screen. "Dammit, can't read this."
[00:12] Caoilinn: "Let's go find some nature and bed down."
[00:12] * Amiko hands it to Sheena "Can you?"
[00:12] * Caoilinn jerks her head to the east.
[00:12] Sheena: (im asuming with our tech level they are at lest back oight)
[00:12] Sheena: "Ya let me have a look"
[00:13] Sheena: (well anything on our coms?)
[00:13] Alathon: There's one message, from Damien.
[00:13] * Tsukasa sighs and sits back in the saddle.
[00:13] Alathon: "Bad timing. Busy. Location/situation?"
[00:13] Alathon: it's timestamped about three hours ago.
[00:13] Alathon: It's text, not voice.
[00:14] * Sheena texts back explaning how the rushed here, There incounter with the law and that they are on standby just out side the south gate.
[00:15] * Caoilinn peers over her shoulder.
[00:15] * Sheena is doing a lot of typeing "Damn i hate text messaging"
[00:15] Alathon: You have the ability to leave him a voice message f you want.
[00:15] Alathon: Or try to call him, for that matter.
[00:15] Sheena: if they texted us its text back
[00:16] * Caoilinn tries to call him.
[00:16] * Sheena finshs her message and sends it along
[00:16] Caoilinn: ("Oh, hi, Caoilinn--wait a second, I have an incoming text message.")
[00:16] Sheena: (heh)
[00:16] Alathon: That's actually pretty much what happens.
[00:17] Alathon: Caoilinn's call gets a response.
[00:17] Sheena: (woot)
[00:17] Alathon: It's loud enough you can all hear it, as it's pretty damned quiet.
[00:17] Alathon: Damien: "What's.. you've gotta be... never mind."
[00:17] Sheena: we are all so walking awya at this time so our guards can't hear us
[00:18] Alathon: They're both intently watching you as you handle the device, something seems a bit off about their stance -- their arms are further from their bodies than is normally comfortable.
[00:18] Alathon: However, they won't follow you if you head south.
[00:18] * Caoilinn heads away while using the device.
[00:19] Alathon: Damien: "Okay. So, the short version is, you got in a dustup with their cops and have been edjected from Carson City, correct?"
[00:19] Sheena: "Good way to put it"
[00:19] Caoilinn: "Yeah. I think we managed to repair some of the damage with their captian..."
[00:20] Caoilinn: "He's willing to check about the delegation before handing out the wanted posters tomorrow morning."
[00:20] * Caoilinn pictures Damien wincing at that.
[00:20] Alathon: Damien: "Check with who? Never mind.. god, what a clusterfuck."
[00:20] Caoilinn: "Someone in his government who should know, I hope."
[00:20] * Tsukasa has to agree about Caoilinn's gift for summarizing the situation.
[00:20] Alathon: Damien: "You know what? Fuck it. This is tomorrow's problem, and I'm so fobbing it off to Venus in the morning. Find some place to camp out and stay out of trouble is my advice."
[00:21] Sheena: "Well venus message had i running here at top speed, We had no idea whats going on"
[00:21] Caoilinn: "That's what we were planning."
[00:21] Alathon: Damien: "What's going on is a clusterfuck. Across the board, apparently."
[00:21] Tsukasa: (Not JUST us? Heh. Oh, and is it just Cao talking to him, or are we all in on it?)
[00:21] Amiko: "Yeah. The milita major in ... Northup whacked me across the back of the head and made off with the milita's pay during that attack there."
[00:21] Caoilinn: (We can all hear)
[00:22] Amiko: "Appears that he's got family in those cops."
[00:22] Alathon: ((for purposes of conversation it's speakerphone)
[00:22] Tsukasa: "Amiko. Deep breaths. Let go of your rage, or it will consume you."
[00:22] Alathon: Damien: "Everybody probably has family, this isn't a terribly populous country."
[00:22] Amiko: "It's not the rage. it's the pain!"
[00:22] Amiko: "I hate headaches!"
[00:22] Caoilinn: "All right. Is there anything we need to know now, or should we get back to you tomorrow?"
[00:22] Sheena: "Oy, quite down"
[00:23] Alathon: Damien: "Okay.. gimme a sec to put this together in my head."
[00:23] Tsukasa: (Oh... that... can't be good)
[00:23] Amiko: (y'know, I'm trying to figure out how many packs of pain pills a standard kit carries, and all I keep remembering is _I_ brought my own 1000 count bottles with me...)
[00:23] Amiko: (reminds me, need to get a new one)
[00:24] Tsukasa: (Perilously close to the Dark Side, Amiko is. ^_^ )
[00:24] Amiko: (nah. need someone who knows how to heal a head injury..)
[00:24] * Sheena digs around inher pack for a moment and pulls out a bottle of colored water. "Hey orange, didn't know i had that"
[00:24] Alathon: Damien: "The only thing that's not screwed up is, basically, what's going on out here. We crashed a Harleyrider party tonight, and as far as we can tell got most of the key figures. Venus is still out chasing down the last of them.. the rest of us have dug in for the evening."
[00:25] Sheena: ( I was sooo temped to pull out water with the cops around just to see the reaction)
[00:25] Amiko: "Meant to ask, where did you get the flavor packets...."
[00:25] Caoilinn: "Ok. We managed to defend Northup and all the refugees there from a Harleyrider attack last night."
[00:25] Alathon: Damien: "From what we've gathered, they never made incursions like this before because they never massed in numbers greater than several dozen.. never had --"
[00:25] Caoilinn: "So, if anyone ever gets around to tallying things up, we have that in our favor."
[00:25] Alathon: Damien: "Good, very good. Now, please, lemme finish."
[00:26] Alathon: Damien: "Anyways.. never mind that. We can talk about the Harleyriders later. The Nevadans..."
[00:26] Alathon: Damien's sigh can be heard even for those at a distance.
[00:26] Amiko: (y'know, I'm the sorceress, and I keep forgetting I CAN repair my own uniform and clean it. Gah.)
[00:27] Alathon: Damien: "They've got a fight of their own going on, probably because of the pressure the Harleyriders have put on 'em. The Senate is supposed to rule everything, but the Senator's we've dealt with have been.. less than competent."
[00:28] Amiko: "Damien, one question, while I remember it. What's a wilder? Captian of those Crimsons said something about that."
[00:28] Alathon: Damien: "From whta we've gathered, the Crimson Guard usually gets things done, them and their General.. some guy named Trebek. Which makes the Senate nervous as hell, because a couple decades back he helped oust.."
[00:28] Alathon: Damien: "....WHAT."
[00:28] Caoilinn: "He asked us to let him finish."
[00:29] Alathon: Damien: "Metas. Who. Have. Powers. That. Are. Not. One. Of. The. Hereditary. Lines."
[00:29] Sheena: "Reason for that drama in your line sir?"
[00:29] Caoilinn: "Immense annoyance."
[00:29] Alathon: Damien just continues.
[00:29] Caoilinn: "Now be quiet."
[00:30] * Sheena is quiet
[00:30] Alathon: Damien: "Anyways.. the Crimson Guard is the real force in this place.. lots of metas who can, amusingly enough, throw fireballs. Lots with telekinetic powers as well. "
[00:31] * Amiko blinks... joy...
[00:32] Alathon: Damien: "Them and the Senate apparently don't get along terribly well. It doesn't surprise me to hear that you got in a tiff with them, because the local Crimsons out here didn't know a god damned thing."
[00:32] Amiko: "Damien? We didn't. They were about as good as can be."
[00:32] Amiko: "Was someone in blue with stars."
[00:33] Sheena: (thats them silly)
[00:33] Amiko: (No, the Crismons were in _Grey_)
[00:33] Alathon: Damien: "..............right. Local police. Deputies.. whatever. "
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[00:33] Caoilinn: "Let him finish."
[00:33] Amiko: (I doublechecked)
[00:33] * Caoilinn is starting to sound a bit annoyed.
[00:33] Tsukasa: (Bow before my disconnection power!)
[00:33] Sheena: (is Caoilinn going to have to choke a bitch?)
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[00:33] Amiko: (Why does Sanshi disconnect and you don't?)
[00:34] Tsukasa: (Because we're SPECIAL)
[00:34] Caoilinn: ("I find your lack of faith disturbing.")
[00:34] Alathon: Damien: "Anyways, there's supposedly some sort of ugly history with the Crimson Guard that keeps them from running things themselves.. not terribly popular with the locals as far as we can tell."
[00:34] Alathon: Damien: "Anyways.. just, I dunno, sit tight and try not to precipitate an international incident."
[00:35] Tsukasa: "We won't do it again, at least."
[00:35] Alathon: Damien: "This place may be a clusterfuck, but at least it's a clusterfuck full of people who's three favorite words aren't "kill", "rape", and "steal".
[00:35] Caoilinn: "Right."
[00:35] Alathon: Damien sighs.
[00:35] Amiko: (waitasecond... Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we assume that Venus' in Carson City?)
[00:35] Alathon: Damien: "Whatever.. good enough.. I don't care, I need to sleep."
[00:35] Amiko: "Will try. Mabye I shouldn't have healed all of them instead of myself."
[00:36] Caoilinn: "Ok. We'll try to get some rest and refrain from doing any more damage, too."
[00:36] Caoilinn: "Good night."
[00:36] Alathon: Damien: "g*yawn*ight."
[00:36] * Caoilinn disconnects.
[00:37] Caoilinn: "All right. Let's go find a place to camp and get some rest."
[00:37] Tsukasa: "Right..."
[00:37] Sheena: "Ya, i guess its a good thing we didnt blow up the police, If venus is out helping them"
[00:37] Alathon: It'll take a couple hours to get out to the boonies, or you can go with one of the extremely run down feasthalls.
[00:37] Caoilinn: "It's a good thing in any case."
[00:37] * Caoilinn heads to the boonies.
[00:37] * Tsukasa is starting to get her OWN headache.
[00:38] Amiko: "Not... sure. Think the Crismon would be the Marine equivants, acutally, Sheena."
[00:38] Sheena: "God damn it Amiko, Not ever thing has to do with the damn marines. They could be nothing like them. We have no idea how they are"
[00:38] Caoilinn: "No more arguing for the night."
[00:38] Tsukasa: "I think they're actually an expanded version of our own 'metahuman' branch OF their Marines equivalent."
[00:38] Amiko: "I _said_ I think"
[00:39] * Amiko shrugs, wincing slighlty. "Sounds quite logical..."
[00:39] Sheena: "All we know is they like fireballs and paniky little bitch cops call them fast to cover there own asses"
[00:39] Amiko: "well... we know a possibility of who blew our ship up..."
[00:40] Sheena: "Im sooo sugesting that these things get locators in them when we submit our reports"
[00:40] Sheena: "Just walking into the city with the idea of 'Finding venus' was anot a good plan"
[00:40] * Tsukasa sighs. "I'm sure we all had the possibility roaming in our heads, but did it really need to be said?"
[00:41] Caoilinn: "I think we should walk quietly the rest of the way, so we can hear if anyone's following us."
[00:41] * Tsukasa silences herself, to that end.
[00:43] Alathon: Does Caoilinn still have her armor up?
[00:43] Caoilinn: (Yes)
[00:43] Alathon: You'll see a fair number of seedy types, but none that are willing to throw down against someone with obvious meta powers.
[00:43] Alathon: You'll reach farmland around 2am.
[00:43] Caoilinn: (She basically forgot about it on the way to the city and after that, it didn't seem like a good idea to drop it.)
[00:44] * Caoilinn looks around for a decent place to camp that won't piss anyone off.
[00:44] Caoilinn: ("My prize cabbages!")
[00:44] Alathon: There are fields which to your eye look like they've been allowed to lie fallow.
[00:45] * Caoilinn leads the group there to set up camp.
[00:45] Alathon: You'll be able to do so.
[00:45] Alathon: And, if you should get a random encounter, it'll be next game, because it's getting rather late.
[00:45] Alathon: End here.
[00:45] Caoilinn: "Tsukasa, could you check Amiko's injuries, please."
[00:46] *** Caoilinn is now known as Yarrow.
[00:46] * Yarrow exhales deeply.
[00:46] *** Ala-bot has signed off IRC (QUIT: ).
[00:46] *** Amiko is now known as MageOhki.
[00:46] MageOhki: gah... 1 am?
[00:46] Alathon: interesting session, really picked up at the end
[00:47] Yarrow: Man, you guys are harder to deal with than what Alathon's throwing at us.
[00:47] * Tsukasa leans over and does so. Any pain caused by the examination is PURELY a result of the position and relative skill, not intent. Naturally.
[00:47] MageOhki: Tsukasa: Consdiering that she likey has a mild concussion, well... I doubt you'd do anything she'd notice.
[00:47] *** Tsukasa is now known as Pale_Wolf.
[00:48] MageOhki: I swear... I rather get shot than knocked out.
[00:48] Pale_Wolf: True. But let that be a lesson not to screw with your medic!
[00:48] MageOhki: Pale_Wolf: Amiko's also a medic.
[00:48] MageOhki: Oh, you'd love this one Pale.
[00:48] Pale_Wolf: Oh?
[00:48] MageOhki: Okay.
[00:48] MageOhki: Quick setup.
[00:48] MageOhki: late 92.
[00:48] MageOhki: I blew a landing in a jump, right?
[00:49] MageOhki: hit my noggin, enough so I was out for a decent period of time.
[00:49] MageOhki: couldn't even _think_ for about three days.
[00:49] Pale_Wolf: Owie.
[00:49] MageOhki: 3 months later, was in Somilia.
[00:49] MageOhki: Got shot.
[00:49] MageOhki: My response to the Medic as he asked me why didn't I call for help.
[00:50] MageOhki: "Stung, but... didn't really notice it."
[00:50] Sheena: mage you bring far to much RL into this, All tho i was about ready to start blowing up coppers myself.
[00:50] MageOhki: Trust me. I MUCH rather be shot.
[00:50] MageOhki: Sheena: Well, it was a cover for the lag.
[00:50] Pale_Wolf: Heh.
[00:50] Pale_Wolf: Delayed perception and all, ya know?
[00:50] Sheena: I saywe let cao do the talking from now on
[00:50] MageOhki: Well, yeah, a concussion does that.
[00:50] Sheena: that way if they piss her off we can blow them up
[00:51] Sheena: and feal good about it
[00:51] MageOhki: What's ironic, is Amiko does have the dipomacy skill. Which I didn't realize.
[00:51] Pale_Wolf: Yeah... I mean, I didn't think it was POSSIBLE to fail a 'come here' mission like that...
[00:51] Pale_Wolf: She just doesn't have the personality for it
[00:51] MageOhki: Pale_Wolf: Except we didn't GO to the right place. Ooops.
[00:51] MageOhki: Pale_Wolf: No, she's a healer and fireballer. Very foucsed.
[00:51] Pale_Wolf: Well, we came to where she told us.
[00:52] Yarrow: Sure we did. We went to where she's presumedly based. We're not expected to chase after her when she's doing something.
[00:52] Alathon: "Get to Carson as soon as possible" was the exact directive
[00:52] MageOhki: Pale_Wolf: Y'know, I think Alathon's seeing if we understand the concept of a mission so furbar'ed it'd find use as the case defintion of FUBAR.
[00:52] Sheena: And we did that
[00:52] * Sheena waves as passed out ferret
[00:52] Sheena: see
[00:52] MageOhki: Sheena: Can't wait for 5th level spells.
[00:52] MageOhki: Scry _and_ Teleport!
[00:52] MageOhki: (at 1100 miles, too!)
[00:52] Yarrow: Yeah. We'll be able to do so much more damage that way...
[00:52] Pale_Wolf: Yeah... We REALLY did FUBAR that one...
[00:53] MageOhki: Yarrow: *laughs*
[00:53] Pale_Wolf: So much more damage to ourselves?
[00:53] Sheena: Fomr now on yarrow picks out who we can kill
[00:53] MageOhki: Pale_Wolf: This mission was FUBAR from the beginning, it's just Amiko made it worse.
[00:53] Sheena: that should solve a lot of problems
[00:53] Pale_Wolf: Heh.
[00:53] *** Sheena is now known as DCG.
[00:53] Pale_Wolf: Which means it wasn't JUST FUBARed.
[00:53] MageOhki: Pale_Wolf: Acutally, given DnD spells? Amiko's going to be lagging til 9th level spells in damage.
[00:53] Pale_Wolf: It was FUBFUBARed.
[00:53] MageOhki: I'm kinda tempted to switch spell paths, but doubt Alathon would allow it, now.
[00:54] Pale_Wolf: ... You know, that acronym sounded REALLY lame.
[00:54] DCG: after spending 2 hours working out your healing last friday
[00:54] DCG: ya i think so mage
[00:54] MageOhki: DCG: Heh. Eh. I got most of the reaaaaaaaally useful spells from the Clerical group, anyways.
[00:55] MageOhki: Conjuration is their big one. Diviation most are shared, Abjuration, well... there's a few nice ones.
[00:56] MageOhki: Though, given BESM D20, about 2/3rds of the NORMAL spell load I use is wasted.
[00:56] DCG: Now we get to camp in the woods thill Some one in charge figers out what the hell we should do
[00:56] MageOhki: espically this level. Combat spells? Uh...
[00:56] MageOhki: Alarm, Endure elements for you all.
[00:56] MageOhki: No big.
[00:57] MageOhki: won't have a travel hut for 4 more levels. *blah*
[00:57] Yarrow: Now we get to rest, calm down, and try to collect ourselves.
[00:58] DCG: what kinda xp does a INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT get us any way?
[00:58] Alathon: what Id on't get is how you could ever threaten someone in this situation. Even if they're being asses.. because it's a lose lose propposition.. you piss them off, or they ignore you and you don't follow through and lose respect, or do follow throw and kill a local cop
[00:58] Yarrow: Negative.
[00:58] Alathon: and make no mistake, Larson was being an ass
[00:58] Alathon: and was waaaaaay out of line with the "do you for ashes" comment.
[00:59] Alathon: heh
[00:59] Alathon: actually, you do get exp
[00:59] Alathon: I'm adding it up now
[00:59] DCG: i hope so
[00:59] DCG: caus if we only get xp for killing shit thoes cops could have been dead men
[01:00] MageOhki: ...
[01:00] MageOhki: *laughs*
[01:00] Alathon: heh, a quote from the SRD on exp for failure: "Characters can learn something even when they fail — what not to do. "
[01:00] Yarrow: I think for future missions I'll need a reversible uniform so I can pretend not to be associated with you guys when necessary.
[01:00] DCG: "We not attacking the city, we are just gring levels on the guards"
[01:00] Alathon: and yes, you DO get exp for solving conflicts nonviolently
[01:01] Alathon: in some cases, allowing a situation to turn violent would be a failure, period
[01:01] DCG: Sheena found the guards and there guns very amusing.
[01:01] DCG: Then again the group is mostly bullit proffe
[01:01] Alathon: You would have cleaned the cops out.
[01:02] Pale_Wolf: Yarrow, I think Tsukasa will invest in one of those two.
[01:02] Alathon: The eight Crimson Guard you probably could have beaten, but there'd be fatalities -- they're used to fighting metas, and don't stop attacking a target until it's ash.
[01:03] DCG: I can safly say if any one on the team bought it Sheena woudl start nuking every thing around her.
[01:03] Alathon: that'd be a poor strategy, given that whatever killed her would probably be in one spot ;p
[01:04] DCG: for now it is
[01:04] DCG: in a few levels not so much
[01:04] Yarrow: Are you *sure* you guys are from CT, btw?
[01:04] DCG: heh
[01:04] Yarrow: You seem awfully violent for it...
[01:05] DCG: To hostal out siders.
[01:05] Alathon: 1160 exp for this session