You have just entered room "citiesofthefuture."
PapatymisonN: (Holy-!)
PapatymisonN: (Brian, you're ALIVE!)
PapatymisonN: (*SUPERHUGSQUEEZE!*)
Arch mage144: OK, we're missing Nama, and this is a little later than I wanted to start, and Shaun is away, but when Shaun's away it's usually temporary.
Arch mage144: I'll give aforementiond absentees a little bit of time to show up, and if they don't we'll get started anyway.
Lithaladhwen: Okieday.
PapatymisonN: ... How long you willing to wait?
PapatymisonN: Cuz I kinda wanted to make a run for McDonalds...
PapatymisonN: Half an hour...
Arch mage144: I'm not going to set a bound on it. You probably have time for that.
PapatymisonN: Better go now, then.
Arch mage144: And Shini, I've got some numbers for you that you might need.
PapatymisonN: I'll be back!
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Hm?*
Arch mage144: Stats on Tareen's combat armor.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *!*
Arch mage144: The armor itself covers the entire body and has a protective faceplate; it provides PD 6 and DR 65.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Right! Writing it down for prosperity, but I have no idea what any of it means.*
Arch mage144: It includes the same kind of radar and sensors that mecha HUDs are equipped with, which means you have access to light amplification and other such goodies.
Arch mage144: You said you wanted it to have built-in weapons, right?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Yep.*
Arch mage144: Got a type preference? Lasers, plasma flamethrowers, stunners, microwave beams...and any built-in or carried melee-type weapons?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Hm.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Claw for melee, lasers, and a stunner.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *NUmber one stunner. What what?*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Also, what sort of armor is this? Bubblegum Crisis? Jr. League Gundam?*
Arch mage144: Closer to Bubblegum Crisis.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *:Nods:*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Figured!*
Arch mage144: It's pretty close-fitting.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Not like that's a problem for her, really.*
Arch mage144: Yeah. It isn't intended to be uncomfortable anyway. It's much more flexible than archaic armor.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *:Nods:*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *That makes me smile in the worst way. Because now I can reference the good ol' days.*
Lithaladhwen: She can yes.
Lithaladhwen: She's even older than... the oldest character around at current.
Lithaladhwen: And there's a pretty old one.
Arch mage144: OK, the claws she can use to make a slashing attack that deals 4d damage.
Lithaladhwen: Name of Helena.
Arch mage144: Does she have any physical fighting skills like brawling or karate? I can't remember.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Brawling*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Also, Neb would like to lurk, if we start before 9:15 or so.*
Arch mage144: OK, then. She can use her Brawling skill rank with those, then.
Lithaladhwen: Oh! Neb is awesome. She should come.
Lithaladhwen: You going to invite her or shall I?
Lithaladhwen: Ah. Did it.
NebbieQ has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: *is fast...like LIGHTNING*
Lithaladhwen: Hi Neb!
Arch mage144: OK, she has a built-in stun rifle.
NebbieQ: Hello!
NebbieQ: I am a lurker.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Heee*
Arch mage144: It has SS 12, Accuracy 10, rate of fire ~3.
Arch mage144: Anyone shot by that has to make a roll at HT-6 or fall unconscious.
Arch mage144: HT-3 if the target is more than 300 yards away.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *So long as she gets to shout "Pew pew!" I'm happy.*
Arch mage144: And she has a built-in blaster rifle.
Arch mage144: Damage is 4d+4, SS 14, Acc 13, rate of fire ~3, recoil -1.
Lithaladhwen: Shini: She shouts "Pew pew!" when she does this?
Arch mage144: I'm not going to worry about ammo requirements (more accurately, power requirements) because they're built in to the armor.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Probably.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *:Nod:*
Arch mage144: Just take those numbers down however you want and you'll know what to do with them when the time comes. The basic deal is pretty simple.
Arch mage144: If I tell you to roll vs. a specific skill, you roll 3d6. If your total roll is less than your skill, you succeed.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *:Nods: Likely gonna need reminders a couple of times, but simple enough.*
Arch mage144: The number of people in this RP that have actually RPed with the system, aside from me, is a total of two.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Which is half of us.*
NebbieQ: 1/3, actually.
Lithaladhwen: I've used it a grand total of once.
Arch mage144: Yeah, that.
Lithaladhwen: One session.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Five people all together, AM being the GM.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Two people other than him that have RPed with it before out of four makes half. :-(*
NebbieQ: I thought there was someone else that was still needed aside from Doug. Nevermind!
Arch mage144: Shaun's used it for two sessions, Kai's used it once.
Arch mage144: Doug is being late.
Arch mage144: I have no idea where he is, but I also didn't tell him "be here at this time" so it isn't his fault.
Arch mage144: I just kinda assumed he'd be online whenever.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *I never thought I'd see the day when I wanted Doug to be on. :-(*
Lithaladhwen: Twisted.
Lithaladhwen: Like Jafar's sexy sexy beard.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *..*
NebbieQ: I always thought that Jafar was a bit too....pointy to be associated with the word "sexy".
TheWaiChibiAngel: *He is rather sharp.*
Arch mage144: I wouldn't want to be impaled with that chin of his.
Lithaladhwen: Come on!
Lithaladhwen: He's tall.... dark... handsome, well-dressed....
Lithaladhwen: And his beard is sooo... twisted.
PapatymisonN: Oh, don't start. He's looking in your tiara, he ain't fooled...
Lithaladhwen: You should see the white board in our kitchen.
PapatymisonN: I should.
Lithaladhwen: Do you want to?
PapatymisonN: Sure!
Lithaladhwen: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40287249/
Lithaladhwen: I drew this when I got up this morning.
PapatymisonN: *kicked his ass in KH 1 AND 2*
PapatymisonN: Mothaf*cker. e_e
Arch mage144: He's not so hard in KH1.
Arch mage144: Not like, say, Maleficient.
PapatymisonN: Oh dear lord, Maleficent...
PapatymisonN: She's one tricky bitch...
Arch mage144: Mostly she's only bad once she goes dragon on you.
PapatymisonN: Aye.
PapatymisonN: But when she does...
PapatymisonN: Yee. Test of endurance...
TheWaiChibiAngel: *I HUNGER*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Neb, go get me some food. :-(*
Lithaladhwen: *laugh*
PapatymisonN: See, this is why I went on the Rotten Ronnie run.
PapatymisonN: Now I'm settled in, feeding, and ready to play.
NebbieQ: No. :-(
Arch mage144: Ew. McDonalds.
PapatymisonN: I agree.
PapatymisonN: But I had a coupon.
NebbieQ: Their 1 dollar chicken sandwiches aren't bad. And by not bad, I mean, "not one of their hellburgers"
PapatymisonN: I like the doublecheeseburgers, for some reason.
PapatymisonN: They're cheesily addictive.
Arch mage144: That's because eating high-fat food leads to dependency. :-(
Lithaladhwen: And cheese has mild opioid stuff in it.
Lithaladhwen: *stuffs down mac & cheese like a hypocrite*
PapatymisonN: Again, I agree.
PapatymisonN: I transfer my addiction from the food at Wendy's to McD's and DQ.
Arch mage144: Really? I've never heard that, but I'll buy it.
PapatymisonN: Bread, fried meat, and processed cheese. All the same stuff, but different piles.
Arch mage144: DQ's food has actually improved vastly lately
PapatymisonN: Agreed. Damn but I love those Grillburgers.
PapatymisonN: Whatever flavouring they put in there works wonderfully.
NebbieQ: Oh yes. Before I moved here, I'd almost always try to go to a DQ for a Grillburger if I needed something cheap and tasty before gaming with my old group.
Lithaladhwen: I used to steal food from our mess hall.
Lithaladhwen: Manicotti in my coat pocket.
Lithaladhwen: ^_^
PapatymisonN: I WOULD pay for my food from work, if they ASKED me to...
PapatymisonN: But, every day, I work, I'm done before we open, I take my food, and no one says ONCE, "Charles, don't forget to pay for your meal..."
Arch mage144: OK, this made me laugh my ass off:
PapatymisonN: Well, they do SPORADICALLY, but not often at all.
Arch mage144: As of 1997, the 100 DQ restaurants in Japan have stopped serving hamburgers due to competition from McDonalds.
Arch mage144: They switched to pitas.
T3chn0Namagomi has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: Nama!
PapatymisonN: ... if they have Chicken Caesar ones, I'll move TODAY.
PapatymisonN: HELLO!
Lithaladhwen: *attach*
PapatymisonN: *chains them both to Nama's computer desk*
PapatymisonN: ...
T3chn0Namagomi: *uses a solvent to deattach Kai from himself*
PapatymisonN: *takes a picture for posterity*
Lithaladhwen: Thanks Nama! ^_^
Lithaladhwen: Anyway, holyshit RP.
Arch mage144: OK, Shaun needs to show up now.
Arch mage144: I'm just confused as to why pitas.
PapatymisonN: ... cuz spanikopita was already taken by Arby's.
PapatymisonN: *also, wants to find that pornographic outtake from Family Guy*
T3chn0Namagomi: Also, damnitwhereisShaun
T3chn0Namagomi: Probably playing KoFMI2
PapatymisonN: Here we go.
PapatymisonN: ... go with Original Size.
Arch mage144: Ah yes, I've seen that episode.
PapatymisonN: But definitely NOT like that.
Arch mage144: Not exactly, no.
NebbieQ: Also, Shini will be right there. He's getting a quick round of SCIII in.
PapatymisonN: This is why I have my TV next to my computer.
Arch mage144: Seeing as how Shaun isn't here....
PapatymisonN: I've GMED while gaming...
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Right.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Wait, where'd Shaun go? :-(*
PapatymisonN: I do not know.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Well, going to get food, then. I really hope we can start tonight, as I don't think I'll have next saturday off.*
T3chn0Namagomi: I REALLY want to start tonight. I've been looking forward to this for more than a month
Lithaladhwen: Well, it would be nice
PapatymisonN: Agreed.
Lithaladhwen: You aren't the only one.
Arch mage144: Yeah, I'd like to get started too.
Lithaladhwen: Things have... been weird.
Arch mage144: God, I was worried I wouldn't be able to do so today.
Lithaladhwen: We had all decided you weren't going to do it.
Lithaladhwen: What with the "spending 12 hours deathly ill" thing.
Arch mage144: Yeah.
Lithaladhwen: I got Brian to eat!
Lithaladhwen: ^_^
PapatymisonN: Woo!
Lithaladhwen: I win the estrogen caretaker prize.
PapatymisonN: *Ashley wins an apron*
Lithaladhwen: Announcement from Brian in the kitchen:
Lithaladhwen: If Shaun isn't around by 9.5, we start without him.
PapatymisonN: Kay.
PapatymisonN: Also: Everyone find/download this flick and watch it.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right
T3chn0Namagomi: *thinks of ways to do combat that would look really kickass*
PapatymisonN: Ballet moves.
Lithaladhwen: Rumba.
PapatymisonN: Like River from Serenity.
Lithaladhwen: I'm in love with the rumba right now.
Lithaladhwen: Anyone who can fight that way deserves all the sex and money in the world.
Arch mage144: A coordinated rumba that is set to music that you have to memorize in order to defeat an enemy that splits in two.
Lithaladhwen: ....
Lithaladhwen: And the shippers go wild.
PapatymisonN: Shippers are crazy.
T3chn0Namagomi: Too bad that would involve melee physical damage that is worth a shit. XP
NebbieQ has left the room.
T3chn0Namagomi: TH/SW damage at ST in the hundreds range might be impressive compared to structures or small things, but, err...not compared to the HP and armor levels of other mecha.
PapatymisonN: Perhaps.
PapatymisonN: But it's a heck of a lot more satisfying.
T3chn0Namagomi: Much less Angels' cores. XP
Lithaladhwen: *eats Nama's mech-battery*
JasonAB17 has entered the room.
T3chn0Namagomi: Fuck. Took out the capacitator. Now I can't boost-dash or use energy weapons.
JasonAB17: (Just a lurker. Don't miond me.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Okay. *minds him instead*)
JasonAB17: (Alas, I am foiled!)
Arch mage144: We're not IC yet, so you don't need ().
Lithaladhwen: Hi Bes!
JasonAB17: Ah.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah. We're not IC yet
Arch mage144: Also, Shaun has ten minutes before we stat without him
Arch mage144: *start
JasonAB17: Thanks for the invite, Ash. :o
JasonAB17: Also, irony:
JasonAB17: With the exception of Chuck's thing, none of those other RPs I mentioned that would take place when this one did are a problem anymore.
Lithaladhwen: Wow.
JasonAB17: Still, I can learn some gurps watching you guys. :o
Arch mage144: OK, no Shaun. Roll call!!
Lithaladhwen: Presente.
T3chn0Namagomi: I think I'm this color.
Lithaladhwen: You are.
PapatymisonN: *default orc colour*
Lithaladhwen: In the tradition of not choosing annoying-as-hell fonts and colors, Nama and I win.
PapatymisonN: Or was it not bolded.
PapatymisonN: ?
Lithaladhwen: Not bolded.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yes, Kai and I win.
JasonAB17: Most people do these days. But yes, you do.
PapatymisonN: Right.
JasonAB17: Also, Chris seems to be idle.
Lithaladhwen: <Helena>
Lithaladhwen: (He'll get back eventually.)
Lithaladhwen: (He said he was going to do a thing.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Regrettably, I couldn't get a pic of the Scelestus online)
Lithaladhwen: (He claimed to be headed for food. No way to know how long that'll take.)
Arch mage144: (I'm not doing anything major until he shows up, so hopefully he won't be gone too long. I'll just set the scene.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (:O)
Arch mage144: ***MAC Igala D outpost, Cape Baron, 3092***
PapatymisonN: <Oxblood>
PapatymisonN: <Oxblood's Ride>
TheWaiChibiAngel: <Tareen, for whom visual aides are useless>
T3chn0Namagomi: <Zeiren, the bishounen half-demon perv>
Arch mage144: *MAC forces have been transferred from other outposts in response to sudden attacks by an unidentified enemy. Among the transferred students are Oxblood, Zeiren Aslan, Makura Kuragari, and Cecil Elmine.*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ah fuck. Acid reflux. Ow ow ow ow ow)
Lithaladhwen: (Yeep. *ships over some tums*)
Arch mage144: *Tareen, a sort of investigational mechanic, has also been restationed in the area.*
Arch mage144: *And Helena Mazuo, a...recent arrival...has also found herself "stationed" at MAC Igala D.*
Arch mage144: *All is quiet on the western front...for now. Helena has managed to locate her assigned quarters--it seems as though she has a somewhat unexpected roommate.*
Lithaladhwen: (Oh, cripes.)
Arch mage144: *The other cadets are busying themselves in this idle time until the alert calls everyone to action...*
Lithaladhwen: (It's the kraken, isn't it?)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (So long as it has epic music.)
Arch mage144: *Helena's roommate is a very bubbly long-haired brunette that simply will not shut up about...well...anything.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *and Zeiren is back at the arcade, the necessary modifications to Nanashii's body complete...as he stares at some girls on the GGU machine!*
Lithaladhwen: (Why is she rooming with ME?)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Could be worse.)
Arch mage144: Tara (aforementiond roommate): Eeeeee! What are you doing in my room!? How did you get in here?
TheWaiChibiAngel: (!)
Lithaladhwen: I was stationed here. This is the room to which I was assigned. I should have assumed I would not be alone.
TheWaiChibiAngel: (DOES SHE GO ON AND ON ABOUT A COMIC NOBODY CARES ABOUT, AND END UP BECOMING A MASSIVE PERVERT?!)
CGNakibe has entered the room.
Arch mage144: (ACTUALLY NO.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (HFS ITS SHAUN)
Lithaladhwen: (OMG Shaun!)
Arch mage144: (BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.)
Lithaladhwen: Is that a problem?
TheWaiChibiAngel: (!)
Arch mage144: (Good timing, we're just setting the scene.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (DOES SHE WRITE DOUJINSHI?)
CGNakibe: (Meh. Brian, you feeling better?)
Arch mage144: T: Oh...um...okay. *huffs* So you're my roommate? I figured they'd assign me one eventually...man, that sucks, I was getting used to having all this space to myself...
PapatymisonN: *Oxblood, on the other hand, is lubricating various parts of his machine*
Lithaladhwen: How unfortunate.
Arch mage144: T: Well, that's okay! Your side is that side, and this side is my side. *points*
Lithaladhwen: Fair.
Lithaladhwen: *lays her staff on whichever bed seems to be hers*
Lithaladhwen: Shouldn't I have a uniform or something?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *For her part, Tareen is...Somewhere.*
Arch mage144: T: Huh? How should I know, I'm not your commanding officer. So, what're your favorite television shows?
Lithaladhwen: IM: Because right now all I own is what I'm carrying.
Lithaladhwen: I... have no preference.
TheWaiChibiAngel: That's a biiiiiiiiig bolt. Huh.
Lithaladhwen: IM: My favorite... oh, right. He said something about those.
Lithaladhwen: I don't watch it much.
JasonAB17: (Tareen: Ah ha! You never knew I wasn't really industrial strength oil, did you?!)
T3chn0Namagomi: *watching, and talking to himself* Heh...I must say...*seems to be particularly focused in the drow on the pad to the right*
Arch mage144: T: What!? You mean you don't watch television? What do you do all day when things are so boring like this?
Lithaladhwen: (Hel: All I know about life I learned from... Reshtaha? What the fuck?)
CGNakibe: (Yeah, what the hell DOES Helena do with all that free time?)
TheWaiChibiAngel: Right. SO. That's lose, I think. That would cause the shaking..All I need to do is tighten it?
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...
TheWaiChibiAngel: Later.
Lithaladhwen: I... garden. Sometimes.
Arch mage144: T: Ew, gardening gets you all dirty. *blows what is likely nail polish on her fingernails* You're a strange girl. I don't suppose you have a boyfriend?
Lithaladhwen: ...I don't. No.
Lithaladhwen: IM: If gardening... then what about my other work with... best not to question it. Or mention it. Ever.
PapatymisonN: (Resh: ... you can cut this one's head off. I don't mind. Go ahead.)
Arch mage144: *meanwhile, Helena's closet slides open spontaneously, revealing a number of identical green and silver MAC Igala D uniforms.*
Lithaladhwen: *sigh of relief* IM: Oh. I have belongings.
Lithaladhwen: IM: How lovely.
JasonAB17: (Unfortunately, you're a Slytherin now too.)
Arch mage144: *out in the hangar, a very irritated-looking drow is motioning frustratedly at a group of mechanics that seem to be doing work on his mecha*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Makes her way OUT! ...Of the ankle joint of a mech.*
Arch mage144: Makura: Are you morons capable of performing even routine maintenance procedures without making this a huge production!?
T3chn0Namagomi: *waits for the end of the song, "Cringe in Agony" before doing anything--hell, that song must've been a custom addition to the machine.*
Lithaladhwen: (To be fair. Hel would LOVE the discovery channel.)
Arch mage144: T: Oh, that's too bad. I was hoping you did and that he had friends and that you could introduce me to them. Got a cell phone number?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *While returning to normal size* STOP YELLING IN THE HANGER!
Lithaladhwen: Sorry. I didn't bring much with me.
Arch mage144: T: I might want to call you to tell you when you can't be in the room or ask you questions about my homework.
Arch mage144: T: Awww...
Arch mage144: M: ......
Arch mage144: M: Who the hell?
Lithaladhwen: I will try to help if I can. I don't know how much assistance I can be, but I am available.
Lithaladhwen: *shrug*
PapatymisonN: *grumbles at the drow's actions* Big dumb asshole... can't wait till you die...
Lithaladhwen: *sits on her bed*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Females. Of the most tedious kind. Great.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Just super.
Arch mage144: T: *sighs heavily* Man, if I flunk advanced sensor physics again, my dad's going to cut off my allowance...
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Soon as she's proper size, she'll grab a pair of glasses off a nearby work table, placing them over her face and blinking a couple of times.*
Lithaladhwen: Well. Good luck with that. I'm sure you'll do fine.
Lithaladhwen: You ... wouldn't be here if you couldn't handle it.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Whatever the hell "it" is.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *She'll then wipe her hands on her mechanic uniform, and look around.* ...Yeah!
TheWaiChibiAngel: ..No yelling.
Arch mage144: T: *shrugs and picks up the remote to turn on the television display*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Whoever that was.
Arch mage144: T: *sound and images come from the display--mostly older teenage-looking figures running around in slow motion while some strangely sappy music plays*
Arch mage144: Television: "I DON'T WANNA WAIT..."
Lithaladhwen: (*cackles*)
Lithaladhwen: ...What are you watching?
PapatymisonN: (*shoots the TV*)
Lithaladhwen: IM: It's wretched.
Arch mage144: M: It was me. *looks at Tareen* Who are you?
CGNakibe: (Hey, it could've been Friends. XD)
PapatymisonN: (Both are equally horrid. One's just shorter.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: I am...
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Me. o_o
Arch mage144: T: You mean you haven't heard of it? It's my favorite show!
T3chn0Namagomi: *at the end, gets up, and addresses the drow...* I must say, a particularly impressive performance. *flashing the trademark bishounen grin at her*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ..*Small wave*
Arch mage144: M: ...classically uninformative.
Arch mage144: M: Name and rank.
Lithaladhwen: I... suppose I should watch it and learn more. In silence. So that I can really appreciate it. I can tell it must be good.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Tareen Nueva. Rank...
Arch mage144: Drow chick: *looks at Zeiren* Huh?
Lithaladhwen: *gags inwardly*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ....What was my rank?
TheWaiChibiAngel: Uh...Investigative mechanic!
TheWaiChibiAngel: I think.
PapatymisonN: *climbs down from his mech, and wipes his hands on a rag, waiting for Makura to make an ass of himself*
TheWaiChibiAngel: Let's go with that.
Arch mage144: M: Investigative...I see.
T3chn0Namagomi: Again, I say you did quite well on this song. ^.^
Arch mage144: Television: "Oh, Brad, despite the fact that our parents will never consent to our relationship, I love you so much!"
Lithaladhwen: (Brad: Oh.....Janet.)
Arch mage144: TV: "Me too, Allison."
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Given, I couldn't see the arrows, but you LOOKED quite good while dancing to it
Lithaladhwen: (I insist that her name be Janet. Dammit.)
Arch mage144: TV: *vaguely sexual activities occur*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I see, too.
Lithaladhwen: *head tilt*
TheWaiChibiAngel: See? *points to her eyes*
Arch mage144: T: *sighs jealously*
PapatymisonN: (I'll be right back. Garbage. I wasn't doing anything anyways.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: That's my job. I see things.
Arch mage144: M: ......
Lithaladhwen: *begins distracting herself by trying to remember how she hybridized various plants to create blue roses*
CGNakibe: (I'll be joining in a moment, by the way. Gotta get my head together.)
Lithaladhwen: IM: Pansies and irises, and of course roses.
Arch mage144: M: What are you working on? We have to stay vigilant. There may be spies about.
Lithaladhwen: IM: But the mix was very precise, and I don't have my notes. I ...don't remember how.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Oh!
Lithaladhwen: (Who's he so suspicious of? *shifty eyes*)
TheWaiChibiAngel: I was just seeing why the guy who drives that thing said it was shaking a little!
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Jerks her thumb*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Of note, she's currently got short, sandy hair and a pale complexion. Nerrd.*
Arch mage144: M: Ah. The pilot complained of unwanted joint vibration. Did you determine the cause?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I think that anything I recorded has long since been lost, and subsequently decayed.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Some stuff in the ankle is loose. *Nod*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I... wish I could remember how. I was so proud of it, too.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Gonna go in and fix it once I get a snack. *Nod more*
Arch mage144: Drow chick: Oh, thanks. *looks at Zeiren* Of course I did.
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...So, there's spies around?
Arch mage144: M: ...maybe.
TheWaiChibiAngel: And how would you know unless you were a spy?
Arch mage144: M: We have yet to identify the enemy. As such, anyone could be the enemy.
Arch mage144: M: ......
JasonAB17: (Makura: Even.... Me! ... No wait, that's not right. o_o)
Arch mage144: M: I'm going to ignore that for the moment. Have you met that woman that showed up the other day? Helena, I believe.
Lithaladhwen: *sneezes*
TheWaiChibiAngel: Helena...Helena...
Arch mage144: M: Blue hair. Human appearance.
CGNakibe: (Hel: Dammit, who the hell's spreading rumors about me? eVe)
T3chn0Namagomi: So, what's your name, anyway? I think I may've seen you in a previous class, but...you know how those things go.
TheWaiChibiAngel: About yay tall?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *HOlds her hand in the 5'7 range, a little above her own head*
Arch mage144: Drow chick: My name is Y'thina. *quirks an eyebrow* I vaguely remember you from one of our weapons systems courses, I think.
Arch mage144: M: ...sure.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Average build?
TheWaiChibiAngel: Nope; havn't seen her.
Arch mage144: M: *smacks his forehead*
Arch mage144: *there is a sudden crackling of static that can be heard in all corners of the compound; for some reason, it's especially loud in the bathrooms, perhaps to prevent anyone from missing the imminent message*
Lithaladhwen: *continues musing about flowers to avoid, oddly enough, excessively-feminine entertainment*
T3chn0Namagomi: Ah...I think I remember. Wasn't it the one where Makura got kicked in the nuts in front of class for saying "gun" in earshot of that psycho instructor?
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'll tell her you were looking for her, though, if I see her.
PapatymisonN: *has since whipped out a Game Buddy Micro, playing a round of Mega Plumber XE9*
TheWaiChibiAngel: HEY, SHUT UP!
PapatymisonN: *and suddenly, his head pops up to listen to the message...* o.o Slobbu?
Arch mage144: Speaker: Active units, report to the conference auditorium for routine briefing. This is not a drill. I repeat. Report to the conference auditorium for routine briefing. This is not a drill.
Lithaladhwen: *listens, glad for a distraction from the I DONT WANNA WAIT*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Aw, I wanted a new drill.
Lithaladhwen: *waits to see what her new friend Tara does*
Arch mage144: Drow chick: I don't remember that. However, duty calls. *ears perk up*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Should I be in uniform for this? Or does it matter?
PapatymisonN: *pockets his device, and heads there on the double*
Arch mage144: M: Finally. Something to do.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Military service. *sigh*
TheWaiChibiAngel: It's not a drill, though. ._.
Lithaladhwen: (Is Tara in uniform?)
Arch mage144: T: *flicks off the TV* Aw, man! I don't even have time to program the recorder!
T3chn0Namagomi: Indeed! Talk to you later, I guess. *flashes a grin, and then heads to the auditorium*
Arch mage144: T: *yeah, she's in uniform; and she's on the way out the door*
Lithaladhwen: ....No time to change.
Lithaladhwen: *grabs her staff and follows Tara*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'll... say that I was washing things. If it's an emergency, they shouldn't give a damn.
Arch mage144: M: No, it isn't a drill. *looks at Tareen like she's crazy*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Too bad, too. Very pretty. ^.^
TheWaiChibiAngel: Yeah, I know. But I need one.
Arch mage144: M, IM: Is this woman mentally handicapped or something!?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *BEgins walking*
Arch mage144: M: Come on, we need to go. *goes as well*
Lithaladhwen: (Ha. Bet you wish you were hanging out with Suspicious McPotentialspy now!)
Lithaladhwen: (At least she's quiet.)
Arch mage144: *soon after, everyone is assembled in the hall...*
CGNakibe: *meanwhile, from somewhere in the dorms* Aww, man... >.< I was just about to get a good nap. >.<
Lithaladhwen: *looks for those people she knows are in her unit*
Arch mage144: *...except our poor, sleeping Serran*
PapatymisonN: (*someone's holding a flight helmet, and they're all watching a man who resembles a fish*)
CGNakibe: *Serran finally gets there. A tad late.*
CGNakibe: *yaaaaawn*
Lithaladhwen: *catches sight of Makura and heads over there*
CGNakibe: Hey guys.
Lithaladhwen: IM: He's unpleasant, but he'll know what's going on.
T3chn0Namagomi: Not enough sleep, eh?
T3chn0Namagomi: *to Serran*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Ah. And the others. Good.
CGNakibe: Was just about to take a nap, too. -.-
Lithaladhwen: IM: Zeiren will tell me things if need be. He doesn't pay attention.
PapatymisonN: *quiet, waiting for the superior officers to begin the briefing...*
Arch mage144: *The briefing auditorium is huge, intended to accomodate hundreds of cadets and soldiers. Delta unit's section is currently occupied by its various members, including Serran, Zeiren, Helena, Makura, Cecil, Oxblood, and Tareen.*
JasonAB17: (back to lurk in a while. Need to do something, and then kick my PC into life.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Has scince...Changed..Into whatever the popular peice of clothing appears to be.*
JasonAB17 has left the room.
T3chn0Namagomi: *That would be a uniform*
Lithaladhwen: (Is still in her ripped-up jeans and shirt, alas.)
Arch mage144: *Standing at the front of the room behind a large podium is a tall Baronian man in an incredibly well-decorated uniform.*
Arch mage144: *The back wall of the room has taken on the appearance of an enormous viewscreen that displays a large map of the surrounding geographical area.*
PapatymisonN: IM: I'm surprised I'm not squinting from the glare...
Arch mage144: Officer: CADETS! Stand at attention!
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Well, I was told by one of the commanders to be aware.
T3chn0Namagomi: *does so!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *If everyone else stands, she'll jerk up, too!*
CGNakibe: *stands!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm not a cadet! ...I think.
Arch mage144: *Tareen's philosophy of monkey see, monkey do seems to be working for her*
Lithaladhwen: *follows the communal leader*
PapatymisonN: *at attention!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: This is so confusing.
Arch mage144: M: *stands and salutes roughly*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'm...some form of cadet. Now.
Lithaladhwen: IM: How delightful. What I always wanted.
PapatymisonN: (Many dwarves gave their lives for this information, so let's put it to good use!)
Arch mage144: *the officer's voice booms into the microphone*
Arch mage144: (*stabs Charles*)
PapatymisonN: (*ded*)
Lithaladhwen: (*gives Charles a piece of cheese*)
Lithaladhwen: (*revival cheese!*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Too bad nobody cares about dwarves. *stabs Charles with the SZO Sword*)
Lithaladhwen: (I'm going to kill all the dwarves. And one clown.)
PapatymisonN: (*alaiv*)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (So that everyone wonders why you killed the clown?)
PapatymisonN: (Can that clown be a mime?)
Lithaladhwen: (Yes. Because.... No one cares about the dwarves.)
CGNakibe: (I see no reason to worry about any of this.)
Lithaladhwen: (It's always, "Why the clown?")
Arch mage144: O: Alright! Today, you are being organized for routine inspection. Following inspection, the outpost commander has some instructions for the lot of you!
Arch mage144: O: Those of you who are bored standing around on high alert will hopefully be pleased with the commander's instructions!
Lithaladhwen: IM: Inspection. Ominous. I don't like that. I'm not even in uniform. More lies! What a wonderful way to start my life.
Arch mage144: O: Those of you who are displeased can keep your mouths shut!
Lithaladhwen: *smirks*
CGNakibe: IM: Oh hell. That's right. It was gonna be today, wasn't it? -.-;;
Arch mage144: *an officer approaches delta unit's section and starts with Makura*
PapatymisonN: IM: Who cares about the glare? This CO has balls. ^_^
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Yeah, all those Baronians are rigid-ass bastards, aren't they?
Arch mage144: O: Your collar is crooked, soldier! And that shoulder insignia isn't regulation!
Arch mage144: M: ......
Lithaladhwen: *mutters to herself NOT for the first time:* Lord... what the hell am I doing here?
Arch mage144: O: *steps down to Helena* What the hell are you wearing?
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: I'm so confused...
Lithaladhwen: My apologies, sir. In my efforts to ensure my uniforms were in appropriate condition, I was ... *searches briefly for the word* laundering them. I was not in time to change.
Lithaladhwen: It won't happen again.
Arch mage144: O: Laundering them? *blinks* Er...
CGNakibe: <.< IM: She's in trouble.
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: That's a funny word. Laundering.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Hoooo boy.
Lithaladhwen: I was in the mess hall, and someone spilled food on my uniform.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Snort*
PapatymisonN: *waits to see what happens...*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...but they have spares in the closet
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Heehee.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: That's...standard regulation
Arch mage144: (Make an IQ-5 roll--defaulting on fast-talk.)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 1
Lithaladhwen: (9.)
CGNakibe: (ooooh. >.<)
Arch mage144: (9 < 10, so...)
CGNakibe: (o.o)
T3chn0Namagomi: (WIN)
CGNakibe: (Barely)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Win's a win)
Lithaladhwen: (By the powers of bullshit.)
Arch mage144: O: ...*nods* Alright, whatever. Just make sure you change out of those civilian clothes after the briefing.
Lithaladhwen: *nods emphatically*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I will.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I am not enjoying this foolishness.
CGNakibe: IM: Wow, that worked. Not too shabby.
Arch mage144: O: *steps down to Zeiren next* Everything seems to be in order...are you staring at that member of gamma unit?
T3chn0Namagomi: Why not? She's pretty, isn't she? *grinning*
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Heee. "Gamma".
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD)
Arch mage144: O: You'd better not get distracted by a woman during an operation!
CGNakibe: IM: *face + PALM*
Lithaladhwen: *restrains herself from smacking her own face*
PapatymisonN: *snickering inside...*
T3chn0Namagomi: Now, now. They're in Armors and A2s then.
Arch mage144: O: *next up, Oxblood* You look a little green around the gills, soldier!
CGNakibe: IM: He can't REALLY be THAT stupid, can he? >.>;;;
PapatymisonN: Sir! Don't see how it's funny, but I'll laugh anyways, sir!
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Hehehe. Launder. Gamma.
Arch mage144: O: *appears to be thinking about something*
Lithaladhwen: *smiles a little*
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Haha, pudding.
Arch mage144: O: Oh. Right. Orc. Carry on, then!
CGNakibe: IM: Good stuff.
PapatymisonN: IM: Sir! Are you fucking blind, sir?
Arch mage144: O: *next is Tareen*
Arch mage144: O: *cocks his head*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Trying very hard not to laugh*
Arch mage144: O: What's so funny, cadet?
TheWaiChibiAngel: ..."Pudding".
TheWaiChibiAngel: "Launder, Gamma"
Arch mage144: O: Oh, you like pudding?
TheWaiChibiAngel: It's a funny word.
PapatymisonN: *teeny snicker*
Arch mage144: O: ...okay...uh...
TheWaiChibiAngel: They're all funny words.
PapatymisonN: *barely a snort*
Lithaladhwen: IM: That woman is... handicapped.
Arch mage144: O: What the hell? Where are you from, soldier?
Besyanteo has entered the room.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Jerks a thumb over her shoulder* That way.
CGNakibe: IM: Oh, this one's BRIGHT. 9.9
CGNakibe: IM: Brain donor, I'm sure.
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...I think. Maybe it was that way.
Arch mage144: O: Recommending that you report for psychiatric evaluation at 0830 tomorrow morning, soldier! *quirks an eyebrow and looks really confused*
Arch mage144: *this guy is totally fucking getting it from delta unit*
TheWaiChibiAngel: Oh, I had one of those!
Arch mage144: O: *shakes his head* Uh, well. Very good then!
TheWaiChibiAngel: They said they didn't know what to think.
Arch mage144: O: ...carry on, soldier.
CGNakibe: *impassive sleepy face greeting you all*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Yeah...Ser's gonna get it.
Arch mage144: O: *slides down to Serran* You just wake up, soldier?
CGNakibe: Was about to go down for a nap, sir.
Arch mage144: O: Alertness is paramount on the battlefield!
Arch mage144: O: ...but we all have to sleep sometime, and this was an unscheduled conference, so I'll let it slide.
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Hehehee.
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: "Pudding."
PapatymisonN: IM: Wow. We are getting off easy.
CGNakibe: Yes sir.
Arch mage144: O: *looks at Cecil* Soldier! Are you this unit's medic?
Arch mage144: C: *nods furiously* Yes, sir! I am a highly trained and specialized combat medic, sir! I will do my very best to make sure that all of my allies come home in one piece!
CGNakibe: *shrugs* IM: That could've gone worse. Ah, well.
Lithaladhwen: ...
Lithaladhwen: IM: ENTHUSIASM. Gods. Amazing.
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Coming home in several pieces isn't so bad....
Arch mage144: O: *nods* Good enough for me. Your unit passes the inspection with the added note that Investigational Mechanic Tareen should consider a follow-up psych evaluation.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Un-freaking-believable.
CGNakibe: IM: Cecil needs to tone down the bright and smiling a tad. o.< He makes the rest of us look lazy.
CGNakibe: IM: Well, MORE lazy.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I can't believe I dodged that. What the hell is next?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...Okay. Cecil seems to enjoy this a bit TOO much. <.<
Lithaladhwen: IM: "Sorry. Everyone here must walk down the hallways backward and on their hands for six hours today. We do this every week! What's YOUR problem?"
T3chn0Namagomi: *returns to staring at the hot girl in Gamma unit*
Arch mage144: O: And make sure to pay attention to the commander's instructions! You lot may be seated. Don't forget to change into a regulation uniform after the meeting, Special Ops Magic Unit Helena!
Lithaladhwen: *salutes her assent*
T3chn0Namagomi: *sits down*
CGNakibe: *sits*
PapatymisonN: *sits*
Lithaladhwen: *sits*
Arch mage144: *the officer walks off and shakes his head*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Sits!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Snort* Gamma.
Lithaladhwen: *w* That poor man.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Hehee.
Arch mage144: *Cecil and Makura are seated, Makura muttering something about "racial bias" and "cultural significance"*
CGNakibe: *w* Did we just give that officer a headache? >.>
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* Maybe.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *w* I give lots of people headaches.
CGNakibe: *w* You COULD have stopped oogling that girl for more than 5 seconds. >.>
Arch mage144: C: *w* I have some medicine in my bag for that.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *w* Some guy fell asleep because of me, once! They said his brain started bleeding.
Arch mage144: C: *w* Oh, no! That's horrible!
Lithaladhwen: *w* Please do not make my brain bleed. I need that, last I checked.
Arch mage144: C: *w* How did you do that? o_O
T3chn0Namagomi: *w* But why do that? That wouldn't be as fun.
CGNakibe: *siiiigh* -.-;;;
Arch mage144: Commander: *takes the front podium* Cadets! Attention, please! You may remain seated for the briefing.
PapatymisonN: *eyes front!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *head snaps forward*
CGNakibe: *leans back and watches*
Arch mage144: Com: As you know, you have been stationed, and in some cases transferred, to this MAC facility because of the sudden attacks by unidentified enemy forces on the western front.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *w*I dunno, I just talked to him!
Arch mage144: Com: We are ever vigilant in this area because of the continued threat of attacks by drow forces.
Arch mage144: Com: Drow Expansionist Front units have, however, apparently drawn back from this particular region recently, and these sudden attacks are...baffling.
PapatymisonN: *coughs quietly, tossing a glance at Makura*
Lithaladhwen: *consciously does not stare at her blue teammate*
Arch mage144: Com: No one has managed to identify the source of the enemy mecha due to a lack of recognizable insignia or serial numbers, and our IFF (identify friend-or-foe) readers have not encountered this particular signature in the past.
CGNakibe: *just keeps watching the presentation. Its safer that way.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Slowly raises her hand*
Arch mage144: Com: Each unit will have a special task in the time to come. Your individual unit officers will provide you with more information, but today I would like to speak to you about the...
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries to remember what "style" the mecha were*
Arch mage144: Com: *points to Tareen* Yes, soldier? Do you have a question?
TheWaiChibiAngel: ..Yes..*Stands* Have you asked who they are?
Lithaladhwen: *facepalm*
Arch mage144: *Zeiren can't recall anything specific about the enemy mecha design at the moment*
CGNakibe: *Face? Meet palm*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Honest question, that.*
Lithaladhwen: (Palm: Hi face. Face: Palm! Old buddy!)
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...Sure she shouldn't be committed on the spot?
Arch mage144: Com: *staggers just a bit* An excellent question, albeit not quite what I would expect someone to ask.
Arch mage144: Com: No communication has taken place between our forces and the enemy mecha. They have simply appeared, destroyed our outposts without leaving prisoners, and vanished from sight.
T3chn0Namagomi: *hand also raises with a question*
CGNakibe: IM: Well. They actually HAVEN'T asked? o.o;
Arch mage144: Com: They have disregarded hailing attempts.
CGNakibe: IM: Ah, there we go then.
Arch mage144: Com: So far, they have made no demands and ignored requests for surrender.
Arch mage144: Com: *points to Zeiren*
Lithaladhwen: *tenses visibly*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I wonder if it's possible to communicate with them at all.
Arch mage144: Com: Yes, soldier?
Arch mage144: Com: I hadn't intended for this to be a "Q and A" session, but if you have questions about the mission status this is an appropriate time to ask.
PapatymisonN: *raises a hand as well*
T3chn0Namagomi: Obviously, these Armors have been encountered. Does the make and loadout actually resemble any Armors or A2s utilized by any of the current active factions?
T3chn0Namagomi: Assuming anyone has any information on such details
Arch mage144: Com: Survivors have reported some similarity to standard Drow Expansionist Front unit model Shadowstorm OPT-LBX9, but as its design specifications are closely related to the original magitek units...
Arch mage144: Com: ...this is not terribly useful information, because the design is not technically specific to any faction.
T3chn0Namagomi: *nods*
Arch mage144: Com: *acknowledges Oxblood*
PapatymisonN: Sir! What kind of weaponry are these enemy forces using?
Besyanteo: (Oxblood: |:-( Smash?)
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Based on the standard loadout of the Shadowstorm...
CGNakibe: IM: So an enemy using older mecha that are pretty much standard that won't take prisoners and won't answer hails.
Lithaladhwen: *swallows and bites her thumbnail, deep in thought*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't know. I need more information. And this is NOT the time or place to get what I need to know.
Arch mage144: Com: Typical weaponry is more or less standard for Shadowstorm models. They are equipped primarily with close-range blaster arrays intended to decimate targets with powerful barrages.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Heh. Just what the Mana Flux shield excels at.
Arch mage144: Com: The mechs are heavily armored, but their pilots seem to be ignoring their own safety during confrontations and instead trying to maximize weapon damage at close range, even using vibroclaws and aggressively boxing in our units.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: That's because there AREN'T pilots
Arch mage144: Com: They are equipped with long-range missiles, however, and should not be underestimated at greater distances.
CGNakibe: *raises hand*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Gah. Best to get in close
Arch mage144: Com: Soldier! *point*
CGNakibe: Are we even sure these things HAVE pilots? And are there any other common elements in target?
Arch mage144: Com, IM: Man, delta unit has a lot of questions today.
Lithaladhwen: *shakes head and mutters to herself some more* Of course they would ignore their own safety...
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Delta Unit is the required ragtag, ethnically correct squad!)
Arch mage144: Com: No common elements. Regarding the status of the pilots, it has been theorized that the mecha may indeed not be piloted by physical pilots. However, there is a complication with this theory.
Lithaladhwen: (Shini has the right of it.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (IM: There ARE no pilots. Duh.)
Arch mage144: Com: The sophistication of the mecha units does not seem to be sufficient to implicate advanced combat AI. They are technically outdated models.
T3chn0Namagomi: (Oops. Ignore parentheses)
CGNakibe: *nods slowly*
Arch mage144: Com: We are still analyzing the situation, and that is why I have organized you here today.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Wouldn't it be easier to retrofit an older model with such systems?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I wonder how the hell I'm supposed to tell them anything?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I mean, it doesn't make a difference to them.
Lithaladhwen: IM: It wouldn't HELP them. I think.
Lithaladhwen: IM: And how do I say that I know?
Arch mage144: Com: Your missions are being custom-tailored to your units, but they all have one thing in common. The best thing we can do currently is acquire more information, and we're never going to get that holing up here and waiting.
Arch mage144: Com: We need to do some recon and learn more about the enemy. If we can figure out who they are and where they're coming from, we can do something about it.
Lithaladhwen: *shakes her head again and sighs*
Arch mage144: Com: And we need to figure out what kind of system they have in place if they've indeed found a way around using pilots.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Damn it. They really WILL think I'm a spy.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Recon? Hell.
Arch mage144: Com: DEF computer technology as far as we know it is behind CFIN's developments.
Arch mage144: Com: If this situation has changed, we need to know.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't know enough to say anything. I don't know what I'm allowed to do, what I'm supposed to know, how I'm supposed to help. Damn it.
Arch mage144: Com: Is that clear, cadets? If there are no further questions, you are dismissed. Report to your unit ready-rooms in one hour.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Raises her hand*
Arch mage144: Com: Yes?
PapatymisonN: ...
TheWaiChibiAngel: What's for lunch?
CGNakibe: *siiiighs*
PapatymisonN: IM: Oh brother.
PapatymisonN: *leaves*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Besyanteo: (....)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (You can't imagine how much fun I'm having :D)
Lithaladhwen: *stands and heads out, looking profoundly uncomfortable*
CGNakibe: *heads out, trying to duck just in case the CO suddenly learns how to breathe fire or something*
Lithaladhwen: *ends up leaving alongside Oxblood and Serran, YAY*
Arch mage144: Com: The cafeteria's hours are still the same, as far as I'm aware, and you have the option of many different types of cuisine! Today's special, if I remember correctly, is potato soup with chives!
T3chn0Namagomi: *ends up leaving, keeping his distance from Oxblood's smelly ass*
Besyanteo: (... Ha ha.)
CGNakibe: (OMG RACISM.)
Arch mage144: Com: And I only know that because I just had lunch myself. Dismissed!
Besyanteo: (Immune.)
PapatymisonN: *goes to find Cecil...*
Arch mage144: M: *standing outside the auditorium* Damnit.
T3chn0Namagomi: (Dude. That's like wanting to stay away from the seat behind the huge guy who bought ten chili dogs at a baseball game)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Heads out!*
Arch mage144: C: *is totally sitting on a leather-covered bench in the hallway next to an enormous potted fern*
T3chn0Namagomi: Well, you get to do something, right Makura?
PapatymisonN: *leans on the wall next to him* So. Recon.
Arch mage144: M: Yes. *nod* And so do you.
PapatymisonN: Probably a pretty easy mission...
Arch mage144: C: Yep...I hope so.
Lithaladhwen: *since Serran is a conversational sitting duck* Hey Serran.
CGNakibe: Hey Helena. How goes?
Arch mage144: C: *shakes his head* I don't know what we're supposed to investigate, though, because we haven't identified the enemy's point of origin.
TheWaiChibiAngel: ....
Lithaladhwen: Well..... *low voice* I have an idea I really don't feel comfortable submitting to the higherups just yet.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Hey! *To Helena!*
Arch mage144: C: What do you think they're going to have us do? The commander said that each unit had their own individual mission.
CGNakibe: Yeah, that takes some getting used to.
Lithaladhwen: *looks toward the voice* Oh, you. Yes?
TheWaiChibiAngel: He was looking for you earlier. *Points to Makura*
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, thank you. I bet.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I think he wants to ask you out or something. o_o
PapatymisonN: We'll just have to wait and see.
PapatymisonN: I just wanna get in my rig and get going.
Lithaladhwen: You... are likely incorrect.
Lithaladhwen: But thanks anyway.
CGNakibe: (Helena and Makura make a cute couple!)
TheWaiChibiAngel: Probably not. I know these things!
PapatymisonN: Tired of just sitting around on alert...
T3chn0Namagomi: Regardless, there's an hour, I intend to make good use of it. If you were to make the most of life, I suggest you do the same. ^^
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Nods*
Lithaladhwen: And, um. *returns to Serran*
Arch mage144: C: Our unit is kind of unusually-composed. In fact, as I recall, our last mage was transferred to Igala C a few weeks ago. Then Helena showed up as our replacement mage.
Lithaladhwen: It's not that the chain of command is an issue.
CGNakibe: So what is the issue?
Lithaladhwen: It's just that I have a hard time explaining the train of logic behind it. It involves a few hunches on my part.
PapatymisonN: We're... well-balanced.
PapatymisonN: We have everything we need.]
Lithaladhwen: IM: And information I shouldn't have. Oh well. Here goes.
Arch mage144: M: Do you really think a recon mission is going to be all that productive?
Arch mage144: C: Yeah, I guess we do.
PapatymisonN: And as to productivity...
T3chn0Namagomi: It may, it may not. I prefer not to burden myself with those details.
PapatymisonN: Would you prefer to wait till they attack?
Lithaladhwen: *continues walking with Serran so as to be less suspicious*
Lithaladhwen: *and less interesting to eavesdroppy people*
Arch mage144: M: No. That I have to agree is a waste of time. We have wasted more than enough time.
Arch mage144: M: ...still.
CGNakibe: *thinks* I see. I think. You much of a hunch-thinker?
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Do I still have to fix that guys mech?
Lithaladhwen: I speculate.
Lithaladhwen: And I don't like the ideas I'm coming up with right now.
Lithaladhwen: Least of all the one that seems most likely.
T3chn0Namagomi: *heads off for the time being...*
Arch mage144: M: I am going to head to the ready-room. I have nothing else to do at present, and it isn't as though waiting hasn't become commonplace here. *does*
CGNakibe: What seems most likely to you?
Arch mage144: C: We'll be okay, it's just kinda strange, you know? All of a sudden they've got a mission for us...*shrugs* I guess I'm just overly nervous.
CGNakibe: I mean, it seems kinda clear to me that there's probably no one in those mecha, if that's what you're thinking of.
Arch mage144: C: I'll see you at the ready-room, Oxblood.
Lithaladhwen: Well. I think I disagree with you. So.... Things we know. A list! One, the enemy isn't taking prisoners, and all of our known enemies do, for whatever reason.
Arch mage144: (Feel free to do whatever; when everyone's ready we'll move on to the RR.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *and Zeiren comes up next to Helena* Why, hello there! Don't mind the officers, they just have a thing about credibility
Lithaladhwen: Two: The enemy's technology isn't advanced enough to make up for not having a pilot. So our superiors say, yeah?
Arch mage144: (I predict you have conversation that are important to have.)
CGNakibe: So they say.
Lithaladhwen: Oh. Zeiren. Hi.
TheWaiChibiAngel: OH SNAP! o_o
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Runs off*
CGNakibe: I can understand that part. The hardware that's in those Shadowstorms would pretty much have to be taken out and replaced by newer stuff to handle the strain of AIs being in control of the thing.
Lithaladhwen: So... what does that leave? There has to be a pilot.
Lithaladhwen: Someone is controlling it.
T3chn0Namagomi: Could be remote
CGNakibe: Not necessarily.
Lithaladhwen: There's just nobody sitting in the machine.
CGNakibe: Exactly.
PapatymisonN: *heads for the hangar, prepping his machine*
T3chn0Namagomi: Cheap, expendable machines with no pilots in them to lose
Lithaladhwen: ...I... think they have pilots. I think that's where your soldiers have gone.
CGNakibe: .... come again?
T3chn0Namagomi: Makes sense.
Lithaladhwen: I could easily be so far beyond wrong, beyond reasoning and wrongness alike.
PapatymisonN: *loads in tools, a handgun or two, secures his beloved axe...*
CGNakibe: Wait wait wait.
T3chn0Namagomi: When the commander said something about the DEFs pulling out
CGNakibe: .... ZOMBIE pilots?
PapatymisonN: *secure, as if it goes flying, bye bye head*
Lithaladhwen: But I think your pilots are dead. And I think they're being used instead of pilots.
CGNakibe: That's...
Lithaladhwen: A zombie isn't intelligent, Serran. Not usually.
CGNakibe: would that WORK?
PapatymisonN: (And that's why I love MAC.)
Lithaladhwen: I don't know. They have astral entities in them now, commonly. Don't they?
Lithaladhwen: That's what you told me.
T3chn0Namagomi: The A2s do
PapatymisonN: (Where else do you have zombie mech pilots?)
CGNakibe: ... Yeah, but that's usually the Teks...
T3chn0Namagomi: Standard armors don't.
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Why didn't I think of that?!)
Lithaladhwen: But it's possible to put a living incorporeal into the machine.
CGNakibe: ....
Lithaladhwen: You bothered yet?
Arch mage144: (It is worth noting that the Shadowstorm is a tek model, as an FYI.)
CGNakibe: Okay, now that WOULD work.
CGNakibe: That's fucking scary.
Arch mage144: (Pilots would know this.)
Lithaladhwen: You have no idea.
CGNakibe: (Brain freeze!)
T3chn0Namagomi: Interesting...though the Shadowstorm IS an A2.
Lithaladhwen: I... can't... *shakes her head* I can't allow that.
T3chn0Namagomi: This makes it even more peculiar
Lithaladhwen: That is absolutely... I don't even know how to describe it to you right now. But it's inexcusable.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I invented a train of logic and never had to explain why it occurred to me. Whew.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Though explaining it to superiors will not be so easy.
T3chn0Namagomi: A2s...you typically think that you'd need a presence capable of linking up with the controlling entity
CGNakibe: But you already have that.
Lithaladhwen: Ghosts maintain sentience, quite frequently.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah...
Lithaladhwen: So you have that, and the astral life form... and you have everything you need.
Lithaladhwen: In theory.
T3chn0Namagomi: Ghost A2s...
CGNakibe: I mean, if you attack places where pilots are liable to gather, you already can be sure they're going to have the proper synchronizations...
PapatymisonN: *once ready after about 30 minutes, goes and... waits at the ready room, with lack of anything better to do...*
CGNakibe: Did I ever mention that I don't like this train of thought?
Lithaladhwen: IM: And there's so little I can do about this right now. It would be nice if I could just destroy the machines and send the entities to processing.
Lithaladhwen: You think I do, Serran?
CGNakibe: I mean REALLY don't like it? Because it raises more questions while it answers the easiest one.
T3chn0Namagomi: Anyway, off to do some other things! ^.^
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Will also show up in the ready room! Except her hair is much longer now, and tied back. She'll also have an armband that looks like it was made of a white mage's robes.*
PapatymisonN: Did you go to the shrink yet? *smirk*
TheWaiChibiAngel: What?
TheWaiChibiAngel: No, I already shrank today.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Like, eight times.
T3chn0Namagomi: *after chatting it up with other women, and getting a few things; primarily whatever issued personal weapons he has, Zeiren enters the RR*
TheWaiChibiAngel: It's totally old hat now. Part of the job. *Sage nod*
PapatymisonN: (*slightly alters Oxblood's outfit*)
Lithaladhwen: Look. Serran. I'll talk to you later. I think I can answer most of the questions youd might have.
Lithaladhwen: But I have to change.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Personal weapons and a basic survival kit*
PapatymisonN: ... o... kay....
Arch mage144: (OK, letting you play Tareen was totally not a mistake)
Lithaladhwen: (I think if she were like this in first gen, she wouldn't totally kill my will to live.)
Lithaladhwen: (Because this is some fun stuff.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *And is wearing his piloting suit!*
PapatymisonN: This whole... clueless thing. It means you're a demon in battle, right? Tearing apart enemy mecha, dodging missiles... that sort of thing?
TheWaiChibiAngel: (:D)
CGNakibe: Alright Helena.
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Much calmer now.)
Lithaladhwen: *heads off to change into appropriate attire*
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Not bouncing off the goddamn walls.)
CGNakibe: IM: *sighs* I suppose its time to go back to work now, I guess.
PapatymisonN: (Oh, and Oxy will be wearing that instead of the thing from before.)
Arch mage144: ('kay.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: Huh?
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm not a demon.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm a Tareen.
PapatymisonN: ... do you FIGHT like a demon?
Arch mage144: (I'm going to be describing some of the outfits and things to Ash later so that she can actually draw them.)
PapatymisonN: Because that's all I'm concerned with...
TheWaiChibiAngel: I 'm pretty sure I fight like a Tareen.
T3chn0Namagomi: *The piloting suit he's got is something to effectively maximize his uplink with the astral presence in his A2*
Lithaladhwen: *makes her way back to her room and changes*
Arch mage144: *Tara isn't in Helena's room, which is probably a good thing for her sanity*
Lithaladhwen: *On the way to the ready room, she checks what other people are doing to see what else she might need.*
PapatymisonN: ... that better mean very, very well...
Lithaladhwen: (Shit yes.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Kind of an aura-conductive setup of sorts*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...
CGNakibe: *heads to his room in order to grab a more comfortable piloting suit as well as a small holdout pistol.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: But I'm a mechanic.
Lithaladhwen: (Because Hel is hotter, and Tara would get all nasty. That's what women do.)
PapatymisonN: ... never mind...
PapatymisonN: (How odd, that Hel would be hot.)
CGNakibe: (Tara: HEY HELENA! *watching Dawson's Creek still*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (What WOULD Zeiren be issued, anyway, as far as weapons go?)
Arch mage144: *Most people seem to be simply going in uniform to their rooms, assuming that they're going to be issued whatever they need*
PapatymisonN: ... whatever.
Arch mage144: (You've not been issued anything yet. You will be.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ah.)
Lithaladhwen: (A healthy assumption.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Nevermind then)
Arch mage144: (No worries.)
CGNakibe: (Sorry!)
Lithaladhwen: *heads out with her trusty thing that she always carries*
Arch mage144: (Though if you have small personal affects you can have those.)
Arch mage144: (Such as Serran's holdout pistol.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Basic survival kit and survival knife for him*
T3chn0Namagomi: *After all, he knows...well, some sort of unarmed style, anyway*
Arch mage144: (CQC!?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (YAES!)
Lithaladhwen: (*Zeiren gets a call from Serran's informant* Girl: Zeiren! Try and remember some of the basics of CQC.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD)
CGNakibe: (hahaaha)
PapatymisonN: (Holy... zombie slayin'! Whee!)
PapatymisonN: So, are you a good MECHANIC, then?
KnightsofSquare has entered the room.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm the best!
TheWaiChibiAngel: I mean, I can fix things you didn't even know where in there.
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Was in there?
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...I CAN FIX STUFF.
Arch mage144: (Group at the RR yet?)
Lithaladhwen: *is in the READY ROOM*
T3chn0Namagomi: (I guess so)
PapatymisonN: Good.
CGNakibe: *Arrives in the RR*
PapatymisonN: Cuz I don't want to explode.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I exploded a couple of times.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Not cool.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Took me months to find all my pieces.
Arch mage144: *at the ready room, Makura and Cecil are seated--Cecil is fidgeting a bit*
PapatymisonN: That's why I don't want to do it...
T3chn0Namagomi: *seated, probably with not much in the way of girls to stare at*
Lithaladhwen: *That older broad is there.*
Arch mage144: *the ready room is basically a big locker room full of all sorts of equipment for pilots, mages, and engineers--there are benches down the center of it and a large display on the back wall*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Yay!*
Arch mage144: *in ye olde ready-room is commanding officer Giles, the direct CO for delta unit*
CGNakibe: *leans, since he's cooler than that. >:{ *
Lithaladhwen: (Oh, Giles.)
CGNakibe: *Stands, damn COs.*
PapatymisonN: *standing*
Arch mage144: Giles: Alright, people.
Arch mage144: G: You can sit down, chill out a minute.
T3chn0Namagomi: *stands*
CGNakibe: (Helena the Vampire Slayer?)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Or, sits back*
PapatymisonN: ... *reluctantly sits*
Lithaladhwen: (Buffay the Vampire Layer?)
Arch mage144: G: I mean, if you're more comfortable standing, uh, do that instead.
Arch mage144: G: Okay, roll call.
PapatymisonN: *as if he'll have to run off to blow something's head off at a moment's notice...*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Sit!*
PapatymisonN: (Ashley: That's an actual porn movie.)
T3chn0Namagomi: ("I'm a sad-ass demon slayer! Err, I meant a bad-ass demon layer!")
Lithaladhwen: (......)
Arch mage144: G: Pilots Serran Dien and Zeiren Aslan.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right!
TheWaiChibiAngel: (I've got an anime encyclopedia my mom gave me; Bondage Queen Kate is listed.)
CGNakibe: Yes sir!
T3chn0Namagomi: (AAAAGH!)
Arch mage144: G: Pilot Makura Kuragari and Investigational Engineer Tareen Nueva.
Lithaladhwen: (Charles: Prove it!)
PapatymisonN: (Dang. I forget Oxblood's last name, and I can't find the last RP...)
PapatymisonN: (Kay.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: Present!
Arch mage144: M: Present.
PapatymisonN: (That was fast.)
Lithaladhwen: (We have a Serran and a Zeiren. Attendence only will we chime when rosters read are put in rhyme.)
Arch mage144: G: Pilot Oxblood and Special Ops Mage Helena Mazuo.
Lithaladhwen: Present.
PapatymisonN: Here.
Arch mage144: G: Aaaaand...Emergency Field Medic Cecil Elmine.
Arch mage144: C: Here, sir!
T3chn0Namagomi: <_<;
Arch mage144: G: Alright. Everyone's here. First thing's first. Find the locker with your name on it and get your gear.
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks for his!*
Lithaladhwen: *looks*
CGNakibe: *eyes lockers carefully till he can spot his*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Given that his last name starts with "A", it should probably be furthest on the left, or somesuch*
OnlineHost: TheWaiChibiAngel rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 6 6
PapatymisonN: *heads over and finds his, opening it*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *THERE IS NOTHING THAT COMES TO HER MIND*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *She simply checks the lockers.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *open!*
Arch mage144: *Okay...*
CGNakibe: *finds his locker and opens*
Arch mage144: *Each locker contains appropriate equipment:*
Arch mage144: *If you're a pilot, you get the following*
Arch mage144: *1x Heavy Blaster Pistol, damage 4d+2 impaling, SS 14, Acc 13, Rof ~3, shots 12/C cell, recoil -1*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Woot! Beam Weapons Prof!)
Arch mage144: *Combat infantry dress armor; PD 4, DR 40 over entire body*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Not QUITE the rifle I'm used to using, but it'll work well regardless
Arch mage144: *Combat infantry helmet, PD 4, DR 18, includes comms unit and active sensor unit*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...so I'm supposed to wear this under my suit?
Arch mage144: (Over.)
PapatymisonN: *putting his on OVER his other stuff*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Hope this stuff doesn't interfere
T3chn0Namagomi: *suits up*
Arch mage144: *the infantry dress is made of light, flexible mesh; it reacts to sudden kinetic force by tightening its weave to create armoring*
CGNakibe: *puts his on as well* Hm.
Arch mage144: *there are some sturdy metal plates in the chest, but otherwise it's very breathable and shouldn't interfere with movement*
Arch mage144: Giles: *looks at Helena* You don't pilot a standard battlesuit, do you?
Lithaladhwen: I... do not, no, sir.
Arch mage144: *Tareen's locker contains the armor I gave you stats for earlier*
Lithaladhwen: (Hel: *is doomed to be the exception to everything ever*)
Arch mage144: *it's heavier and intended to protect a soldier who won't be using a mecha, but it's still very comfortable and includes a variety of built-in weapons*
CGNakibe: (Exception-making makes her SUSPICIOUS)
Lithaladhwen: (Yup.)
Arch mage144: *namely a blaster rifle, stunner, and vibroclaws--it also has boost-propulsion jet systems allowing Tareen to rocket around at high speed8
Arch mage144: *
CGNakibe: (Rocket Slime?)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (..)
Besyanteo: 9=D)
Besyanteo: (*
Arch mage144: Giles: *sighs* Figures. Alright, well, we'll just put you in mana-conducting infantry combat armor.
PapatymisonN: (*amused*)
Arch mage144: It's in your locker.
Lithaladhwen: *grabs things*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I think my name's on the wrong locker, because this isn't mine.
Arch mage144: *the armor is similar to Tareen's, although it's a bit stiffer; it includes a very rigid torso plating system and provides DR 6, PD 65 across the entire body*
Arch mage144: *including the helmet, which can be sealed to allow survival underwater or in oxygen-less environments; the suit has its own life-support module*
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Tareen have a helmet, too?)
Arch mage144: G: What?
Arch mage144: (Yeah)
TheWaiChibiAngel: This isn't mine. o_o;
Arch mage144: G: It isn't?
Arch mage144: G: That's your locker.
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Yeah, but this isn't my stuff.
CGNakibe: Its yours now. *shrugs*
Arch mage144: G: It's what you've been issued. What were you expecting?
TheWaiChibiAngel: ..Oh.
T3chn0Namagomi: Don't concern yourself too much with that. If it's in your locker, it's yours.
TheWaiChibiAngel: ....It looks small.
Arch mage144: G: *quirks an eyebrow* You don't look that big.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Equip > Helmet.* ...Do I put it on now?
PapatymisonN: Just take it, Tareen...
CGNakibe: *siiighs*
Lithaladhwen: (brb)
CGNakibe: IM: Are we ALL this insane?
Arch mage144: G: You don't have to put the helmet on now if you want.
TheWaiChibiAngel: But I have to put on the rest?
Lithaladhwen: (Back)
PapatymisonN: *didn't*
Arch mage144: G: You might want to. *looks at Tareen quizzically*
TheWaiChibiAngel: Oh. Okay.
Lithaladhwen: *inspects her new belongings briefly before staring at Tareen like the crazy that she is*
Arch mage144: C: I know I'd appreciate it if you wore your armor, Tareen. It makes my job much easier. *smiles sheepishly*
CGNakibe: (Tarren: *glares at Cecil* Shut the hell up and make me a sammich. e.e)
PapatymisonN: So, Officer Giles, when do we roll out?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *And things are likely going to get a whole lot weirder!*
Arch mage144: G: After you're dressed and we've talked about your mission.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I havn't gotten to do this in a long time.
CGNakibe: *leans once more*
PapatymisonN: *ready to go, save for that helmet in his hands...*
Arch mage144: G: Gotten to do what, exactly?
Arch mage144: (BRB)
T3chn0Namagomi: *is pretty much fully suited up*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I have no idea what to do with all this damned hair.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Tareen's clothes seem to lose definition, and begin shifting to a weird Well...Suit? Sans cape.* Huh? Oh, wear my suit. *Begins putting said armor on.* This is gonna be awesome!
Lithaladhwen: *for once looks behind her and seems to notice how absurdly long it is*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Of note, her hair has also shortened. :O*
TheWaiChibiAngel: Bam, just like the good ol' days!
Lithaladhwen: .....
PapatymisonN: *extends to Zea a rubber band, perched on his finger*
PapatymisonN: *while looking oddly at Tareen* o.o
PapatymisonN: ...
PapatymisonN: I won't ask.
Lithaladhwen: It's fine. Thank you. As long as I keep it braided, I think I can just put the whole damned mess under my armor.
Lithaladhwen: *pulls her hair around in front of her to keep a watchful eye on it all*
Lithaladhwen: IM: When did it get so long? I thought I just got a haircut!
Lithaladhwen: IM: I mean, it was right after that astralist came through.
Lithaladhwen: *blinks*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Odd. I thought her hair was longer
Lithaladhwen: IM: Oh. That was... That's right. I think that was several years ago.
PapatymisonN: (Come to Crazy Oxblood's One Minute Haircuts! One swipe of the axe, and you're done!*)
Arch mage144: G: Now I see why they call you "Investigational Mechanic." I think.
Lithaladhwen: (Hey, you never know. She may just take scissors to it herself some day.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Continues to get dressed* ...What?
PapatymisonN: (*Your head is not covered under our warranty.)
Arch mage144: G: Okay, listen up. You're all more or less familiar with standard equipment, but as part of procedure I have to go over everything because the majority of you are cadets.
PapatymisonN: *takes the band back, repressing the urge to put it in Makura's eye*
Arch mage144: I'm not sure how many of you have seen active duty before.
Arch mage144: Pilots, your armor is standard-issue combat infantry dress. It is reasonably well-protective, but you are not as heavily armored as a mage. This is because you are generally expected to be inside a much larger suit of armor.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Everything. Please go over even the most elementary things for my technologically-challenged benefit.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Indeed. This is better for indoors.
Arch mage144: *Giles laughs a little* However, there are times when you will have to do work on foot, and as a result, you are indeed equipped to handle it. But your armor will not save you from truly heavy fire.
T3chn0Namagomi: *snickers* Yeah. Basically, you're saying not to try to take out Armors and A2s with this thing.
CGNakibe: And don't get shot at.
Arch mage144: These suits are designed for infiltration units, not marine-style stand-offs with miniguns.
CGNakibe: Good advice.
Arch mage144: Likewise, you have a heavy blaster pistol that is designed to be a worthy sidearm if you are forced to eject in enemy territory.
Arch mage144: If you are infiltrating an enemy outpost on foot for whatever reason, you are required to procure additional weapons on-site for this mission.
Lithaladhwen: (OMG NAKED SNAKE)
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: As common sense would dictate
T3chn0Namagomi: (OMG NAKED RAIDEN)
Arch mage144: Now, this goes standard for all of you.
PapatymisonN: (I like naked spies.)(
TheWaiChibiAngel: (*Hits Doug in the EYE*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (*Guard Impacts*)
Lithaladhwen: (Zeiren: *does roundoffs without the use of his hands*)
Arch mage144: Your helmets and suits are equipped with both communication arrays and sensors.
TheWaiChibiAngel: (*Throw*)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (*Dances on your back*)
Besyanteo: (<_<)
T3chn0Namagomi: (*Guard Impacts the throw*)
Besyanteo: (*casts Comet 2 on the OOC*)
Besyanteo: (No seriously, stoppit. :-( )
PapatymisonN: (Isn't Comet 2 just Meteor?)
Lithaladhwen: (*dies with a Terminator-esque thumbsup to Bes*)
Arch mage144: You can communicate with one another using encrypted tight-beam short-burst radio pulses, but you can never be one-hundred percent sure that the enemy isn't listening in.
T3chn0Namagomi: Emergency only, gotcha.
Arch mage144: Also, your enemy may find a way to jam your communications, so don't rely too heavily on them. Stay together if at all possible.
PapatymisonN: IM: ... we're going to need codenames...
Arch mage144: Your sensors have two modes of operation, passive and active.
Arch mage144: If you're in passive mode, you'll only pick up very close or very strong signatures.
Arch mage144: If you send out an active pulse, you can detect friendly and enemy mecha and other units at a longer range, but there's an obvious drawback.
T3chn0Namagomi: It's active. Thus, it can be detected.
Arch mage144: You're absolutely right. Using the active mode will give away your position; the pulse you send out is incredibly obvious.
CGNakibe: And thus you can be found.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right...
Arch mage144: You can find the enemy, but they can find you. So use it only when you think it's necessary.
Arch mage144: Now, Tareen, Helena, and Cecil...
Arch mage144: Your armor is intended for on-foot usage even in a battlefield dominated by mecha that are several times your size.
Arch mage144: As a result, you have a wider variety of features, including built-in life support.
KnightsofSquare: (If you are attacked, you may perform a maneuver called a "barrel roll" to deflect enemy fire)
TheWaiChibiAngel: It's also comfy, yet functional!
Arch mage144: Your armor is heavier, but it will not interfere with spellcasting. And that's correct. It should be comfortable and easy to move around in.
Arch mage144: Cecil and Tareen, you are equipped with boost-jets that will allow rapid movement or limited flight.
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Tareen: Friggin' swwweeeeeeeeee...~)
Arch mage144: If you're having trouble seeing, you can switch to light amplification mode, which is basically like using night-vision goggles. You can also switch to wireframe mode, which renders nearby objects as geometric surfaces.
Arch mage144: This allows you to see through things such as smoke; they won't be rendered by your HUD.
Lithaladhwen: ...*slowly nods*
Arch mage144: Do you have any questions?
T3chn0Namagomi: (Dude. Like the Mechwarrior cartoon!)
Lithaladhwen: IM: Yeah. What the shit did any of that mean?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I guess it's intuitive enough that I'll figure it out. Supposedly.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I have to wear this all the time?
Arch mage144: (As an out of character note, I'm using a "fuzzy" method regarding exactly what your sensors can and can't do, among other things.)
Arch mage144: (If you want to try something, do something, or technobabble a solution to a problem, you can tell me what you want to do and I'll probably let you make a roll to do it.)
Arch mage144: If you would prefer not to get shot and killed.
Arch mage144: Obviously, you don't have to wear it if you aren't on a mission.
T3chn0Namagomi has left the room.
Lithaladhwen: (...Oh. I want to [insert Treknobabble here] so that we can [more of the same] during the battle.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: Oh!
Arch mage144: (Ohnoes Nama)
TheWaiChibiAngel: Can I have it repainted?
T3chn0Namagomi has entered the room.
Arch mage144: *blinks* Sure.
Lithaladhwen: (Hey Nama.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Goddamn AIM)
Besyanteo: (HA)
CGNakibe: (You have returned!)
CGNakibe: (... now go away. >:{ )
Besyanteo: (Chris: Long Bow Rocket Slime?)
T3chn0Namagomi has left the room.
CGNakibe: (....)
Arch mage144: (Whoops)
AngryMechaFan has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: (Way to go Shaun.)
Lithaladhwen: (Hey Nama. Again.)
AngryMechaFan: (Fucking asshole AIM)
CGNakibe: (;_;-)
Arch mage144: (I am going to note something else that is worthy)
CGNakibe: (But I didn't DO anything.)
Lithaladhwen: (CGNakibe: (You have returned!)CGNakibe: (... now go away. >:{ ) )
Arch mage144: (First off, I'm going to take things as slowly as I need to regarding systematic stuff, because this is a first for like half the group.)
CGNakibe: (v.v;; )
Arch mage144: (Secondly, I don't actually have all of your sheets; you don't need to jump to send them to me, I'll do some bookkeeping on that later, but the short of it is pretty simple.)
Arch mage144: (If I ask you to do something, the roll will always be 3d6 to attempt to do whatever it is. That's GURPS.)
Arch mage144: (So keep track of your own stuff. If you roll less than your stat or skill, you succeed and should say so. Otherwise, say you fail.)
Arch mage144: Alright, people. Now that we're done going over your equipment...
Arch mage144: (Oh, and ask me if you need clarification of anything.)
Arch mage144: ...let's talk mission specifics. *coughs*
CGNakibe: *perks up* Hm? o.o
AngryMechaFan: *Likewise*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Pulls off her helmet, holding it under her arm.*
Arch mage144: *looks around at the group* Okay. Delta unit's mission is a little different from some of the other units, from what I understand.
KnightsofSquare: (Your mission, should you choose to accept it...)
Arch mage144: We don't know where the enemy is coming from, so we're going to dispatch you to the outpost that was most recently attacked. *the viewscreen flicks on, displaying the Baronian cape*
Arch mage144: There's been a pattern to enemy attacks that has us somewhat suspicious.
AngryMechaFan: Hm?
Arch mage144: We would expect that the enemy's attacks would be primarily coming from the far west, but they're coming from the east and moving west.
Arch mage144: It's entirely possible that the source of the attacks is based right here in Igala.
CGNakibe: *nods* Lovely.
AngryMechaFan: Unusual indeed.
Arch mage144: So you're going to go...here. *points to a flashing dot*
Arch mage144: (*gets a map*)
CGNakibe: Unusual? Try highly suspicious.
Arch mage144: ( http://www.mysidia.org/rpgww/index.php?title=Image:Map_pdryd ia_2igala6.png )
PapatymisonN: (We really need to draw some lines for MAC Igala.)
Arch mage144: (In that southern crook of the Titan Mountains.)
Arch mage144: (The geography hasn't changed much, so I'm not gonna worry about that right now.)
Arch mage144: That outpost was almost totally obliterated just two weeks ago.
Arch mage144: No survivors.
Lithaladhwen: How many were there?
TheWaiChibiAngel: No survivors?
Arch mage144: The outpost was only crewed by about three hundred people.
Lithaladhwen: Still. That many.
TheWaiChibiAngel: How many of them are still there?
Lithaladhwen: *glances to Serran*
AngryMechaFan: <_< No survivors means there's nobody.
Lithaladhwen: IM: That's a lot of pilots for the enemy, whoever it is.
Arch mage144: They only had about thirty pilots. The enemy attack had to be at least two dozen mecha units or so.
Arch mage144: If we outnumbered them by even a slim margin, it apparently did us no good.
Arch mage144: And as Zeiren said. Nobody's there. It's a ruin.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Huh.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Well, that's okay!
Lithaladhwen: IM: Maybe there'll be someone left I can talk to.
Lithaladhwen: IM: They couldn't have gotten everyone, could they?
Arch mage144: You're being sent out there to investigate the remnants of the battle site. We haven't actually done that yet.
Arch mage144: Aside from the preliminaries, of course.
CGNakibe: Of course.
AngryMechaFan: Right.
CGNakibe: Still leaves potential for clues, at least.
Arch mage144: You're going to do a more thorough examination.
Arch mage144: *nod*
AngryMechaFan: What should we be looking for, if anything?
Lithaladhwen: Remnants, if not survivors.
Lithaladhwen: There has to be something left behind.
Arch mage144: *shrugs* Clues. If you can find any survivors, we'll be thankful, but I'm not optimistic.
CGNakibe: Possibly some equipment from a mech or two of theirs.
Arch mage144: Wreckage of enemy mecha might be informative, as well.
Arch mage144: I don't believe our boys went down without a fight.
AngryMechaFan: That last deal only depends on how intact the wreckage is
AngryMechaFan: If they overloaded the powercores, I doubt there's much left at all
Arch mage144: Anything you can find out is better than where we're at.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't know how much help I can be until we get there so I can ask.
Arch mage144: And as I understand it, this is Helena's specialty.
Arch mage144: High command told me that she was recruited specifically for her battlefield analysis.
CGNakibe: IM: Fascinating.
AngryMechaFan: IM: Interesting
Lithaladhwen: *nods*
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Hehee. Pudding.
Lithaladhwen: I'm pretty sure I know what I'm supposed to do.
CGNakibe: IM: <.< And for once, not an eyeblink from her.
Arch mage144: That's not to say that the rest of you won't have your own roles to play, but apparently she can get some information with her divination magic.
CGNakibe: IM: Gonna have to check on that too.
Arch mage144: If you're attacked, it likely won't be pretty. Stay vigilant.
AngryMechaFan: Right.
CGNakibe: I have every intention of avoiding that at this point, sir.
Arch mage144: M: So this is basically the high command's version of bodyguard work? We're supposed to defend her while she plays magic sleuth? *narrows his eyes*
AngryMechaFan: *shrugs* Oii, oii, let her do her job.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Can we play Hungry Hungry Chocobos?
CGNakibe: No. Maybe later.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Drat!
AngryMechaFan: If something comes by, I'll kick its ass for you.
Lithaladhwen: Enough, Makura. If you don't like it, go back to your simulation machine.
Arch mage144: G: Not exactly, Makura. Like I said, the situation is a mystery right now, and I have no idea what you're going to encounter out there. She's your information expert. Every unit needs one.
Arch mage144: G: Just like every unit needs pilots and an engineer and a medic.
CGNakibe: Don't worry, Makura. We'll make sure the enemy doesn't mess up your hair.
Lithaladhwen: (She blows up fewer things. But she knows some stuff that's good!)
AngryMechaFan: *snrrk*
Arch mage144: M: This isn't a vanity crisis, you bastard.
Arch mage144: C: Can you all please calm down?
AngryMechaFan: No. Just an ego crisis. ^^
TheWaiChibiAngel: When are we leaving?
AngryMechaFan: *stands attention*
Arch mage144: G: Now.
CGNakibe: Soon, I hope.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Oh, okay.
PapatymisonN: Good.
PapatymisonN: *gets up*
AngryMechaFan: Right. I take it we're getting standard transportation to the theatre of operations?
Lithaladhwen: *nods and pulls her braid down underneath all that armor and crap to keep it out of her way*
Lithaladhwen: (Hehehehehe. You said theatre.)
Arch mage144: G: Your armors have been loaded into a low-altitude dropship. The infantry crew will be deployed via reduced-gravity drop procedures.
AngryMechaFan: *nods*
Arch mage144: G: In case you've forgotten *looks at Tareen and Helena* that means you just jump out, like you were parachuting. But you don't have a parachute.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Neat!
Arch mage144: G: The dropship creates a low-gravity field so that you can float to the ground at a safe velocity.
Arch mage144: G: Alright, get out of here. Go to hangar 13 and you can deploy. *salutes*
Lithaladhwen: *salutes in return*
AngryMechaFan: *salutes*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Places her helmet at her feet, and looks up at the ceiling* Did you hear that, mom? THey have a job for me. Are you proud?
PapatymisonN: *salutes* See you later, sir.
PapatymisonN: *heads out*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...What? No, I don't know how much they're paying me. ..Hey! This armor doesn't make me look fat!
AngryMechaFan: *and then leaves for Hangar 013*
Arch mage144: M and C: *head out with the others*
CGNakibe: (Lucky 13, eh?)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Sighs* No, I don't have a boyfriend...Yes, I paid my bills! I have a job! I'm at it right now!
Lithaladhwen: *follows the others*
CGNakibe: *walks towards hangar 6*
Lithaladhwen: So I get to talk to ghosts, though Lord only knows if I'll find them.
Lithaladhwen: I hope so.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Why does this always happen when I try and have a pleasant conversation with you!? Put Dad on! What do you mean, he's not there!?
PapatymisonN: *has taken out a pen and is scribbling an Orkish skull emblem on the side*
Lithaladhwen: Better than....the alternative fate for those soldiers.
CGNakibe: (*snickers at Tareen's pain*)
Arch mage144: M: Serran, I was under the impression that you could recognize printed numbers.
Arch mage144: C, IM: Oh, dear. I'm not trained in psychodynamic therapies...
CGNakibe: Well yes, a basic education does include the ability to read and write these days...
PapatymisonN: Cecil!
Arch mage144: C, IM: I hope she doesn't have a breakdown or something. She's talking to herself.
CGNakibe: Didn't your tutor tell you?
PapatymisonN: *walking backwards to call to the little fella*
Arch mage144: C: Huh?
PapatymisonN: You look like you're going to puke. ... stop it. ^_^
TheWaiChibiAngel: He's playing Go Fish!? YOU CAN'T INTERUPT HIM TO SPEAK WITH HIS OWN DAUGHTER!? Yes, I know I'm adopted, and you two aren't married, but you're still my parents!
PapatymisonN: *scribble scribble scribble*
Arch mage144: M: *sniffs at Serran and heads to hangar 13*
AngryMechaFan: IM: This should be quite interesting. As long as Stinky the Showerless stays away from me.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Look, I gotta go! No, really, I've got stuff to do!
Arch mage144: C: Oh, er...I'm fine, really. I'm just nervous.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'll call you back later, I promise! ..Okay. Okay! Alright, bye!
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Dashes after the others*
AngryMechaFan: Ah yes. Now I get to probably fight with Nanashii. Again.
CGNakibe: *heads towards hangar 13 now*
CGNakibe: (Totally not the RPer randomly blanking out. No, really.)
Arch mage144: *Hangar 13 seems strangely deserted...in the center is a very large dropship, big enough to carry as many as half-a-dozen mecha units*
Arch mage144: *most of the other units stored here must be scrambled somewhere*
PapatymisonN: *puts on his helmet, and checks his firearm, to ensure it won't explode or run out of power or something*
Arch mage144: *the dropship's rear ramp is deployed, and a couple pilots are waving furiously at the incoming soldiers*
PapatymisonN: *heading over*
AngryMechaFan: That's the dropship alright.
Arch mage144: *Oxblood's pistol seems to be in pretty good shape*
PapatymisonN: *approves, and holsters it*
AngryMechaFan: *enters the passenger area of the dropship*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Also heads in* Sorry, I was talking to my mom before we left.
Arch mage144: *he's got extra ammunition in belt compartments, so if he runs out, he's got spares*
Arch mage144: C: Your mom?
Lithaladhwen: *follows Cecil, the only sane infantry person here*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Nod*
CGNakibe: *checks his blaster, just in case*
Arch mage144: C: Where is she?
Lithaladhwen: *because she sure as hell isn't following Tareen*
TheWaiChibiAngel: She died, like, fifteen hundred years ago.
Lithaladhwen: *looks to Tareen* How long ago?
TheWaiChibiAngel: About fifteen hundred years ago. Give or take. o_o
Arch mage144: *the dropship has benches along the sides for soldiers to sit on during flight*
Lithaladhwen: Hm. Well. I'll give you one thing.
Arch mage144: C: Oh...I'm sorry.
Lithaladhwen: I think you're older than I am.
Lithaladhwen: *heads in*
PapatymisonN: *straps too, I hope*
Arch mage144: C: Wait. Fifteen hundred?
TheWaiChibiAngel: Yep.
AngryMechaFan: IM: ...Much older, yeah.
Arch mage144: *and yes, there're harnesses to strap in*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm real old. *Nod*
Arch mage144: C: Older than me, too.
Arch mage144: C: *blink* How old?
TheWaiChibiAngel: Older than your parents parents parents parents parents parents. ...Parents.
CGNakibe: *straps in*
CGNakibe: Good to know.
PapatymisonN: *whee!*
AngryMechaFan: *sits down, straps in*
Arch mage144: C: o_O *looks confused* Uh, alright.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Ticks off her fingers*
CGNakibe: IM: Can she really be THAT old? o.O;;
AngryMechaFan: *if necessary, moves AWAY from Oxblood*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Carry the two...
Arch mage144: *the mecha are loaded into the rear compartment; the passenger compartment is in the middle, on the other side of a bulkhead; and the cockpit is naturally in the front*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm about twenty-nine hundred.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Sage nod*
Lithaladhwen: Yes.
Arch mage144: C: *blinks* You're serious?
Lithaladhwen: Older than I am.
Lithaladhwen: By a good margin.
CGNakibe: IM: she's serious? O.o
TheWaiChibiAngel: Yep.
Arch mage144: *the rear ramp folds up, and the hangar bay opens up to the outside world*
AngryMechaFan: IM: ...Okay. I feel YOUNG now. That's for sure.
Lithaladhwen: That's...unexpected. Everyone here is ...so young.
Arch mage144: *the sound of repulsorlifts fills the cabin briefly; it's a sudden roar that calms quickly into a throbbing hum, and the dropship lifts off the ground*
TheWaiChibiAngel: You're only as old as you feel. *Sage nod*
Lithaladhwen: I suppose.
Arch mage144: C: Er. Well. What species are you? I hate to ask, it always seems rude, but as your resident physician, I need to know if you have an unusual physiology.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Looks to Cecil* I. Don't. Know. o_o
TheWaiChibiAngel: We never really figured that out.
Besyanteo: (Shada: *pokes in* >__> ... Minty! *leaves!*)
TheWaiChibiAngel: But this isn't my real shape. *Sage nod*
Arch mage144: C: You don't? Oh. Well...
AngryMechaFan: *Cecil would know that Zeiren probably doesn't take normal drug treatment too well*
Arch mage144: C: Oh, so you're a non-humanoid, amorphous type.
CGNakibe: Amorphous?
Lithaladhwen: They teach you types?
Arch mage144: (Need to get a power adaptor, BRB)
AngryMechaFan: Amorphous, huh?
TheWaiChibiAngel: That mean I'm naturally a puddle?
PapatymisonN: (She's a Venom-type digimo- I mean... MAC mech pilot...)
CGNakibe: (That's Virus type. >:{{{ )
Besyanteo: (Tareen: Ditto? o.o)
Lithaladhwen: (Aye.)
PapatymisonN: (So I haven't watched Digimon in a while. Sue me.)
Lithaladhwen: (It's 3092 now, apparently. Yeep.)
CGNakibe: (*sues, wins all the change in Cha's pockets*)
Arch mage144: C: It means that, sure. You don't have a preset shape, but you can change at will, right?
TheWaiChibiAngel: Yep!
Arch mage144: C: Of course they teach us types. I have to be prepared to administer medical treatment to non-human species.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I dunno how you all can go with just one shape all the time. Isn't it boring?
PapatymisonN: Lucky me...
Arch mage144: C: It's tough, but most species are close enough that you can use the same techniques. You just have to get used to some minor differences in anatomy.
Lithaladhwen: Uh. *pokes her own shoulder* Pretty sure I'm human. You tell me if you see anything weird.
AngryMechaFan: I kind of like my body the way it is.
Besyanteo: (Illithid: e e ... Yes, my jaw hurts. Come have a look.)
PapatymisonN: (For example, the orc has five, gigantic penii. Not to mention myriad testicles...)
Besyanteo: (Cecil: ... *faints*)
Arch mage144: C: The bad news is that it's difficult to administer traditional medical treatment to amorphous types. But they seem to be pretty resiliant as a general trend, so...
CGNakibe: Well, its not like we get much choice, you know.
Besyanteo: (Chuck: Go die plzkthx)
Arch mage144: (The orc is not a hentai rape monster)
Lithaladhwen: (I'm with Bes.)
AngryMechaFan: (Thirding Bes here.)
CGNakibe: (I agree with Bes as well. Fire is the proper solution.)
PapatymisonN: (Of course not. That would mean they EXTEND.)
Besyanteo: (DIE IN A FIRE?)
AngryMechaFan: (No. Fire is not good enough.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Kill!)
CGNakibe: We're kinda sorta born in one shape.
AngryMechaFan: (We need...death by Zankantou)
Arch mage144: M: Being in one shape is good for your sanity.
Lithaladhwen: IM: So that's her problem.
Arch mage144: *the dropship rockets through the air toward the destination site...the inertia problems are pretty minimal, and it's no worse than riding in an airplane*
TheWaiChibiAngel: It's boring, though.
Arch mage144: *in fact, it's probably easier on you, thanks to mechanisms designed to reduce turbulance*
PapatymisonN: *looks around briefly for rations*
AngryMechaFan: Eh.
Arch mage144: *there is no inflight meal*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I tried to stick to one shape, once? I almost went nuts.
PapatymisonN: *... not even peanuts?*
CGNakibe: ... I could use some peanuts right now.
Arch mage144: *Oxblood finds a pack of peanuts under his seat*
AngryMechaFan: *simply reads a book he brought along the way*
PapatymisonN: I was thinking the... hey!
PapatymisonN: *grab!*
Arch mage144: M: Do you ever think about anything but food?
PapatymisonN: Your mother springs to mind from time to time.
AngryMechaFan: Well, he IS an orc.
Besyanteo: (Oxblood: >_> ... Your skinless miserable carcas mounted on me wall.)
AngryMechaFan: Too bad he doesn't think about taking a shower more often, though.
Arch mage144: M: What about my mother, you filthy beast!?
Lithaladhwen: *sighs*
AngryMechaFan: ...*sweatdrop*
PapatymisonN: Oh nothing. She wasn't worth mentioning, really... *grin*
CGNakibe: Can you please take out your ego issues sometime after OTHER people have their crack at killing us first?
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...What? I don't get it.
Lithaladhwen: ...What Serran said.
CGNakibe: BOTH of you. e.e
Arch mage144: M: *grits his teeth*
TheWaiChibiAngel: NO MORE TALKING! THE TIME FOR WORDS IS OVER! >_<
Arch mage144: C: Yeah, save it for the enemy, guys!
PapatymisonN: *grins triumphantly*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ....I'm bored with the quiet. Someone say something.
Arch mage144: *a dropship crewmembers comes back into the cabin*
CGNakibe: (Poor crewmember)
PapatymisonN: *munches peanuts*
AngryMechaFan: I still think he needs a shower. I'm going to my Armor now to hope to get the smell out of my brain. *unstraps, walking toward the "hangar"*
Arch mage144: Crew: Hey. Everybody up and in position. We'll be at the drop point in less than five minutes.
AngryMechaFan: *Err, Armor bay
PapatymisonN: *unstraps*
PapatymisonN: Time for the fun part....
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Places her helmet on*
Besyanteo: (And now the orc follows you. =D)
Arch mage144: Crew: Pilots, into your armors. Everybody else, stand at the rear doors and wait for the jump signal.
Lithaladhwen: *goes to The Rear Doors*
CGNakibe: *unbuckles, puts on helmet, and heads towards the Pan*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm "everybody else", right? Right?
PapatymisonN: *heads for the armor bay, and heads for his baby*
Arch mage144: *Makura stands and heads to the Mephisto*
Arch mage144: Crew: Yes, you are.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Oh.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Back that way!*
Arch mage144: Crew IM: You are so everybody else.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Man, this armor is sweeeet!
AngryMechaFan: *heads for the Scelestus, and enters through the rear hatch of the Armor*
Arch mage144: *the rear doors have convenient "foot marks" that seem to be indicating where you ought to stand*
PapatymisonN: *climbs the beast, and enters the cockpit*
Arch mage144: *Cecil stands at the doors between Helena and Tareen*
PapatymisonN: *loads up the music files he has loaded onto his computer...*
Arch mage144: *Makura slides into the cockpit of the Mephisto, muttering as the armor's various systems spring to life*
PapatymisonN: *I'll bet you can all hear the Orcish death metal thrashing*
Arch mage144: M: Initiating pre-mission protocol, time to drop point is plus three minutes fourty-six seconds.
CGNakibe: Sensor arrays, check. Boosters, check. Dispensers, check.
AngryMechaFan: (Valth invented rock first. And does it better. XP)
Arch mage144: M: Testing communications array. All units, confirm communication status.
PapatymisonN: *tapping on his console as he does a systems check*
TheWaiChibiAngel: (I dunno. Barius is logically the first to harness electricity.)
Lithaladhwen: (Nekonia took it and made it CRAZY though.)
CGNakibe: Unit designation "Pan" here. Lemme get my music on.
TheWaiChibiAngel: (You know Vani sits at the spire with a guitar and just WAILS.)
PapatymisonN: (And the Orcs made it LOUD. ^_^)
Arch mage144: *a holographic video image of Makura appears in each group member's cockpit on the side of the HUD*
TheWaiChibiAngel: AHH!
AngryMechaFan: (Valth does it best, though. They have all of the bishounen rockstars!)
TheWaiChibiAngel: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?
Lithaladhwen: (Oh, man! Can we see each other like Power Rangers in our Zords?)
Arch mage144: (Yes.)
AngryMechaFan: (Naah. It's like those windows in Nadesico.)
CGNakibe: *yaaawns*
PapatymisonN: (*Gwa'AAG raids Valth, hanging their "rockstars"*)
AngryMechaFan: (That sometimes appear right through you)
Arch mage144: (When someone speaks, you can transmit holographic video into the HUD. Think Evangelion.)
PapatymisonN: Ugh. What do you want? e_e
Arch mage144: M: What do you mean, what am I doing here!? It's a comms systems check!
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Tareen: Heehee, jelly.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...What?
PapatymisonN: ... fine.
PapatymisonN: Do we need callsigns?
CGNakibe: *... starts playing Videogame music?*
Arch mage144: *the image of Makura facepalms*
PapatymisonN: If we do, we should pick them now.
AngryMechaFan: Weapon systems, check. Primary and secondary motive systems, check, Mana Flux, check.
Arch mage144: M: I don't think we need to worry about it.
AngryMechaFan: Sensors, check.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Dibs on longbow!
TheWaiChibiAngel: Longbow! LONGBOW!
PapatymisonN: I think Makura's should be Nancy. ^_^
TheWaiChibiAngel: ..I like Nancy.
Arch mage144: M: All systems operational. Excepting Oxblood's brain.
Lithaladhwen: Longbow? If you find one, you can have it.
AngryMechaFan: *His screen pops up* Communications systems, check.
Lithaladhwen: I certainly won't steal your joy like that.
Lithaladhwen: You take it.
Arch mage144: *loudspeaker in the back* Drop point achieved. Mecha units, prepare for release.
AngryMechaFan: All systems check. Beginning Attunement procedure.
Arch mage144: *a light by the rear doors switches from red to green and the doors open*
CGNakibe: Comm: *sighs* Lets make this quick.
PapatymisonN: Cecil, you can be Doc...
Arch mage144: Drop procedure initiate. Spread your wings and fly.
PapatymisonN: And Zeiren can be Sneezy. ^_^
AngryMechaFan: Cyberplane dive, initiated.
Lithaladhwen: (Hey!)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Ah shit. Colonel Zero is our mission commander.)
Arch mage144: *Cecil proceeds to leap out of the back*
AngryMechaFan: Comm: And stinky here can shut the hell up.
Lithaladhwen: (In one more year, Hel's age will be a palindrome!)
PapatymisonN: (I preferred her... Uh...)
TheWaiChibiAngel: OH CRAP!
PapatymisonN: (*does the math*)
TheWaiChibiAngel: HE FELL OUT! *Points*
Arch mage144: *the floor hatch opens below the mecha units, and they drop through*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ..They fell out, too!
PapatymisonN: (433 years ago.)
Lithaladhwen: (Hee.)
CGNakibe: Pan deployed.
Lithaladhwen: (Win.)
AngryMechaFan: Scelestus deploying. Finalizing Attunement.
Arch mage144: Investigational Mechanic Tareen and Special Ops Mage Helena, please disembark!
PapatymisonN: Heheh... ^_^ I wish I was riding a rocket...
Lithaladhwen: *She "disembarks"*
TheWaiChibiAngel: ..EVERYONE"S FALLING OUT!
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Promptly stumbles, and falls out.*
Arch mage144: *Makura kicks on the Mephisto's boosters to reduce the shock of impact as he falls toward the ground--the dropship's altitude is several thousand feet, after all*
AngryMechaFan: *Uhh...cyberplane attunement stuff inserted here!*
PapatymisonN: *fires his jumpjets before landing, to soften the blow...*
Arch mage144: *those jumping from the rear start to accelerate rapidly due to gravity, then suddenly find their descent slowed*
AngryMechaFan: *The primary and secondary boosters in the Scelestus also kick in to reduce landing shock*
Arch mage144: *it's like falling through water rather than air*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Probably falling head first. :-(*
Arch mage144: *chances are that Tareen will have plenty of time to reorient herself before she hits the ground*
Arch mage144: *unless of course a pseudo-concussion is her idea of a good time*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm faaallliinnnggg veeerrryyyy sloooowwwlllyyyyy...
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Works to do just that.*
Arch mage144: *Comms unit* Delta unit, deployed. Send a long-range transmission back to base when you're ready for extraction. Your time here is indefinite.
Lithaladhwen: *smiles under her helmet*
Lithaladhwen: IM: A feeling I missed.
PapatymisonN: *comm's back* Yes, sir. Wish us luck.
AngryMechaFan: Nanashii: Right. Where's the target? I wanted to sleep.
Arch mage144: Best of luck to you.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'd forgotten how it felt to be so... tied down to the ground. This is better.
CGNakibe: Put your thinking caps on, folks.
AngryMechaFan: Zeiren: ...no targets yet, actually.
Arch mage144: *it doesn't take long for the group to reach the ground...and...hold for description of the place*
Arch mage144: *At one point, this was a pretty typical outpost; a large, warehouse-like hangar with associated barracks, reinforced bunkers and a surrounding perimeter "fence" laser grid*
Arch mage144: *now, however, there is only the ruins of the once-hangar building, and the bunkers have been torn asunder*
Arch mage144: *the laser grid network, normally created by poles that serve as its focal points, is no longer even remotely functioning*
CGNakibe: (BRB)
Arch mage144: *smack in the center of the wreckage is an enormous satellite dish and comms antenna*
Arch mage144: *there are mecha remnants scattered about, though it's hard to tell what's what at this point; it's quite possible that there was a manacore compromise based on the shockwave pattern in a portion of the debris*
Arch mage144: *that's pretty much it*
CGNakibe: ....
AngryMechaFan: C:Hmm...someone got nailed in the core
Lithaladhwen: *takes a deep breath*
CGNakibe: C: Yeah, looks like.
Arch mage144: M, C: *walks over a low pile of wreckage* This is a mess.
AngryMechaFan: N: WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN INVESTIGATIVE MISSION?! You WOKE ME UP to fucking LOOK AT STUFF?!
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Wow.
Besyanteo: (... Dude.)
AngryMechaFan: Z: ...We're acting as escort, you know.
Arch mage144: C, C: So, uh...I guess they weren't kidding when they said there weren't really likely to be any survivors.
CGNakibe: *Pan gets closer to some of the larger pieces of scrap* Hmm...
PapatymisonN: *comms Zea* How you doing down there?
Arch mage144: M, C: Stick to close range comms so we can stay in contact with the people on the ground.
Lithaladhwen: C: Well, I can only think of one way for me to find anything out here, and it may take a moment. Um. Give me a second. You guys do whatever.
AngryMechaFan: N: So WHY THE HELL did you--AAAAAGH!
CGNakibe: C: Affirmative.
Besyanteo: (I like Nanashi more than I really should.)
AngryMechaFan: N: SCREW YOU!
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: What?
AngryMechaFan: Z: ...
AngryMechaFan: C: Right. Switching to passive sensors
AngryMechaFan: (Pissiest mecha ever)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 5 1
Lithaladhwen: (Success.)
Arch mage144: M, C: Indeed. Avoid active sensor usage; if the enemy is still around in any form we have no need to draw their attention.
Lithaladhwen: *Attempts to sense any lingering spirits in the area, hoping to be able to make contact with one.*
AngryMechaFan: (I take it this is standard daylight conditions?)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Begins wandering, looking at scrap.*
Arch mage144: (It's roughly noon, partly cloudy, visibility is good.)
PapatymisonN: *is in passive mode alright*
AngryMechaFan: C: Already on it. Switching to DLTV Passive light sensor mode.
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Huh..
Arch mage144: *Helena detects the presence of spirits in the area; there are definitely unsent souls wandering this wreckage, confused and lost*
CGNakibe: Any observations team?
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Something blew up!
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: A lot!
PapatymisonN: (Dance, Helena, Dance.... I'll go play blitzball. ^_^)
CGNakibe: C: Noticed that.
AngryMechaFan: *looks for something left of, preferably, an enemy Armor*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: In my professional oppinion, I think one of the...things...Got...Blown up.
Arch mage144: M, C: Nothing specific yet. Brilliant observation, Tareen.
Lithaladhwen: C: They're here. I'm going to take a moment and see if I can't get hold of some informants.
Arch mage144: (Make a WIT roll for perception, Nama)
Arch mage144: (+1 for your sensor array)
OnlineHost: AngryMechaFan rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 2 6
Arch mage144: M, C: Informants?
Lithaladhwen: *Casts a spell to attract the attention of nearby spirits.*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 6 1
AngryMechaFan: (13...that would be equal. Pass or fail?)
Arch mage144: (Pass.)
Lithaladhwen: (Success.)
AngryMechaFan: (Pass, then)
Arch mage144: *Okay, so!*
Lithaladhwen: C: There are spirits here, Makura.
Arch mage144: *Zeiren spots the remains of an enemy mecha--or at least, it looks like an enemy mecha--and it's mostly intact!*
Lithaladhwen: IM: And hopefully I've gotten enough of them to notice me that someone will know something.
Arch mage144: *meanwhile, Helena begins to draw in mana to cast her spell...*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Anything neat in the scrap!?*
AngryMechaFan: C: Enemy remnants found. Moving in to inspect
Lithaladhwen: C: If you have any questions.... let me ask them.
Arch mage144: *and she suddenly feels that she's gotten the attention of a lot of vague presences*
Lithaladhwen: *Total long casting time of justice*
AngryMechaFan: *approaches what looks like a downed enemy*
Arch mage144: *Tareen finds something shiny poking out of a pile of rubble! If she wants to dig it up,s he can do so*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Begins doing just that!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: You know what I think?
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Space lasers.
Arch mage144: *the enemy wreckage is painted matte black; using zoom magnification Zeiren can inspect it for closer details*
AngryMechaFan: *Does so!*
CGNakibe: C: Anyone got any recommendations against active sensors?
Arch mage144: *he's more or less looking at the cockpit of a mecha; it's got one leg, and one very mangled arm*
PapatymisonN: *keeping a sensor out for incoming bogeys*
AngryMechaFan: C: Yes. Against it for now.
Lithaladhwen: (She has like... a +10- +16 reaction modifier from ghosts right now. Yay!)
Arch mage144: *Tareen manages to dig up a very shiny mythril pocketwatch that has somehow survived the collapse of a building*
AngryMechaFan: Interesting...
AngryMechaFan: *switches to passive thermograph to check*
AngryMechaFan: *JUST to make sure it won't suddenly spring up or anything*
Arch mage144: *the thermograph's not showing much of interest; the mech is flat out disabled, and any connection to an astral symbiote has been severed*
Arch mage144: *there's no pilot, no residual life signs, and no energy or heat signatures that aren't accounted for by the ambient temperature*
AngryMechaFan: *switches back to DLTV* Disabled enemy remnants found
AngryMechaFan: (Err, who tried to IM me?)
Arch mage144: *meanwhile, the presences around Helena seem to be drawing closer to her...*
Lithaladhwen: (Me.)
CGNakibe: Activating passive sensors. *turns on passive scans*
Arch mage144: M, C: Spirits? You mean you can communicate with the dead?
AngryMechaFan: C: Useful, I say.
Arch mage144: M, C: Useful, yes. I see why they sent you here.
PapatymisonN: ...
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: ..A watch.
Arch mage144: C, C: Indeed...
PapatymisonN: *getting antsy*
Arch mage144: *it's ticking!*
Lithaladhwen: C: You catch on quickly. Any questions you have, tell me while I have their attention.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *PLaces it in a safe place*
Lithaladhwen: (But who MADE the watch?)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Is it still working?*
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Er, misread)
Besyanteo: (He said it's ticking. :o)
Arch mage144: *Tareen can put it in one of her armor's numerous storage compartments; it's still ticking and it seems to show the right time*
AngryMechaFan: C: Ask them how the Ghost Armors arrived.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: I found a watch. It's still working.
Arch mage144: *this is something like finding a working pocketwatch on the site of an atom bomb blast about half a mile from ground zero*
Arch mage144: C, C: Oooh, what kind?
CGNakibe: C: Did they manage to notice anything strange about those armors?
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Pocket watch. It still works.
Lithaladhwen: (Do we have visual confirmation of the ghosts, Brian?)
Arch mage144: C, C: Hey, that's kinda neat. I mean, you know.
Arch mage144: *Helena can see ghosts at this point, vague, silvery, indistinct shapes that are all around her*
PapatymisonN: (Do they read on sensors?)
Arch mage144: *a fairly large number of the outpost's inhabitants have not decided to move on*
Arch mage144: (No.)
AngryMechaFan: (Sensors don't cover the astral)
Arch mage144: *at this stage, the ghosts are still more or less incorporeal and only visible to someone who's specifically looking for them astrally*
Arch mage144: *Helena may be able to correct that, however*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: If it didn't work, we could tell what time they came...Probably.
Lithaladhwen: C: I'm going to try and get someone to manifest more solidly, as inappropriate as the term is.
Arch mage144: (FYI if you're doing something and it seems like I'm not paying attention, I am, I'm just trying to juggle everyone doing something different)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (It's cool.)
Lithaladhwen: *Picks one of the ghosts closer to her, that seems to be more... "interested" and casts a spell!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: IM: Come on! You're supposed to be a mechanic, right? Figure something out!
AngryMechaFan: *approaches the busted-ass enemy Armor*
AngryMechaFan: IM: Well, here's a sample, that's for sure.
CGNakibe: C: Find anything, Zeiren?
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 4 2
AngryMechaFan: C: Oh yes. A fine specimen, indeed
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 2
Lithaladhwen: (Hrm. Okieday.)
CGNakibe: C: Yes, but a specimen of what?
Arch mage144: *a ghost suddenly becomes...well...solid*
Arch mage144: *it's a young man in a mechanic's uniform*
Lithaladhwen: *sighs* IM: This is such a pain when anyone else needs to talk to them.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Finds another pile, sifts*
AngryMechaFan: C: It's a busted-up A2. Black. Enemy, I think.
PapatymisonN: *to all* How's it coming down there?
AngryMechaFan: I'm taking this back to base--its cockpit is intact, so...
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Waait!
CGNakibe: C: Excellent.
Arch mage144: *Tareen digs up...what looks like a file cabinet*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Let me look at it. It might just be one you havn't seen before!
Arch mage144: *or at the very least, part of it is poking out of the rubble now*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Yeah, screw that.*
Lithaladhwen: *to the ghost* What's your name, soldier?
CGNakibe: (I assume that the ghost shows up on sensors now? >:P)
AngryMechaFan: *And, rather than walk or run, jumps over to the busted mecha*
Lithaladhwen: (I'll assume other people can hear her, as she didn't turn off the nice little com.)
CGNakibe: (Even better)
Arch mage144: Ghost: *blinks* Hey, you can see me!
Lithaladhwen: (You can hear her and you can see him.)
Arch mage144: G: Am...I'm dead, aren't I?
Lithaladhwen: Of course I can see you.
PapatymisonN: *heads to a strategic point to keep a visual and scanner lookout*
AngryMechaFan: C: Very interesting...
CGNakibe: C: Somehow I figure I'd have that reaction too.
Lithaladhwen: And yes. Yes, you are. I need your help before you go. Can you help me?
Arch mage144: *also, Tareen totally heads over to the enemy mecha wreckage*
TheWaiChibiAngel: Huh..
Arch mage144: G: Okay. I'll try. My name is Mark. I'm an engineer.
Lithaladhwen: Okay, Mark.
Arch mage144: (Make an engineering roll, Shini)
OnlineHost: TheWaiChibiAngel rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 5 5
Lithaladhwen: We need to know what happened here. I need to ask you some questions.
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Moment. 12, out of..)
PapatymisonN: *cuts off his music and just watches*
PapatymisonN: IM: Come on, you bastards... come and try something, I dare you...
TheWaiChibiAngel: (10 :-( )
Lithaladhwen: The enemy machines. How did they get here? Did you see?
Arch mage144: (OK, give me a sec Shini.)
CGNakibe: (Failure. >:\)
Arch mage144: G: Yeah. They came over the mountains, it was really sudden. We barely had time to organize our defenses. As soon as we had visual confirmation that we were being attacked, everything went to hell.
Lithaladhwen: (Can the others hear his answers?)
Arch mage144: G: They jammed our communications with the strongest ECM I've ever seen. In fact, I'm absolutely positive that ECM that strong would've cut off their communications, too.
Arch mage144: (Yeah. She can relay them through her comm.)
Lithaladhwen: *is totally relaying stuff*
Arch mage144: G: They worked together, but it was like they didn't have to talk about it, as though they'd planned everything in advance.
CGNakibe: C: Damn. You were right Helena.
Arch mage144: G: Their reactions were almost super-humanly quick...
Lithaladhwen: Mark, listen. I think that there are soldiers like you in those machines.
Lithaladhwen: Does that make sense based on what you've seen?
AngryMechaFan: C: And with no need to communicate, they can keep the jammers up...
Lithaladhwen: Did anything unusual happen to the other soldiers who died? I'm worried that something unnatural may have happened.
Lithaladhwen: That they may have been taken. Can you tell me anything?
Arch mage144: G: No, everyone who died has either...well, hung around here or "moved on."
Arch mage144: G: They didn't do anything to us after we died, and they didn't take any prisoners.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: I havn't seen one like that before..
AngryMechaFan: C: ...Hm. I'm saying remote control is likely.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C:..I don't think.
AngryMechaFan: C: Hm?
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: I'll look at it later.
Arch mage144: *Tareen inspects the enemy mecha*
Lithaladhwen: Okay. Well, unfortunately, as much as I want to help you pass on, I can't do it right now. Right after this conversation, it would be best if you did. I promise you it's better than staying here.
CGNakibe: C: Remote control that'd get through their own ECMs?
AngryMechaFan: C: That's assuming the brass lets you.
Lithaladhwen: C: Guys. Questions.
Lithaladhwen: C: Quickly.
Arch mage144: *It's not a model she's seen before, exactly, but it bears some similarities to what is basically a very standard stock model*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: It's like the normal, plain ones, though...
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: It's my job to look at this stuff!
Arch mage144: *it isn't a terribly advanced mech in terms of design or whatever; it's almost like it was just part of some generic mass-production line*
Arch mage144: M, C: I have no specific questions.
Arch mage144: C, C: Are there any survivors?
Lithaladhwen: Mark, did anyone survive?
Arch mage144: G: ...no.
Arch mage144: *another engineering roll, Shini*
Arch mage144: (Er, mechanic)
AngryMechaFan: C: Hmm...
Lithaladhwen: C: Guys. If you have any questions, I'd like to hear them before I tell these poor guys to continue on. Because I will be encouraging that.
CGNakibe: C: How many of them were there?
PapatymisonN: C: I heard everything I need to know...
Lithaladhwen: How many were there, Mark?
OnlineHost: TheWaiChibiAngel rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 6
TheWaiChibiAngel: (11)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Of 10.)
Arch mage144: M: Maybe twenty or so.
Arch mage144: (I'll give you a bonus this time because she's got the imaginative quirk and it'd help in this scenario rather than hurt.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (:D)
Arch mage144: *Basically, from what Tareen knows about computer systems integrated into mecha, and having been present for the conversation earlier about possible AI usage...*
Lithaladhwen: Are there any soldiers from the enemy side drifting around here that you know of, Mark?
Arch mage144: *she doesn't see any unusual equipment that would potentially support an AI, and she can pretty much rule out Zeiren's remote-control hypothesis because there're no transmitters of any sort that could handle that complicated info*
CGNakibe: C: Thanks Helena. That's defintely a better question.
Arch mage144: G: No, actually.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Okay, shut up a minute!
Arch mage144: G: I thought that was odd, but none of them seem to have stuck around. Maybe they all moved on?
AngryMechaFan: C: Which way did they move on?
Arch mage144: M, C: What is it, Tareen? *grumbling*
CGNakibe: C: Or weren't here in the first place.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *IF she can, she'll climb onto the mech for added emphasis.*
Arch mage144: *she can*
Lithaladhwen: It's possible, Mark. We're going to look for bodies, but I'm still not sure they were even here. Not really.
CGNakibe: (Tareen: Pay Attention to ME! >O<)
Arch mage144: *oh, durh, Tareen doesn't see the body of a pilot in the mech*
Arch mage144: *in fact, there's no evidence there ever was a body*
Arch mage144: *no bloodstains or anything to suggest that the pilot died in the mech--the cockpit doesn't even have space for a humanoid pilot*
PapatymisonN: *hasn't said much*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Okay! These aren't that unusual from what we use now. There's no way a stupid remote could be used, because it would require a big anntena right- Here! *Stomps*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Keep him talking, keep him focused for now.
Arch mage144: *the Mephisto seems to nod at Tareen*
AngryMechaFan: *looking over, the Scelestus also seems to nod*
AngryMechaFan: C: Right then.
CGNakibe: C: So what?
Arch mage144: G: Yeah...I don't know about bodies, I really didn't look...I've just been waiting and trying to figure out what's going on.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: AI won't work either, because there's no extra equipment for it, either. No more than usual...
CGNakibe: C: ... Hmmm...
TheWaiChibiAngel: *How does the cockpit look? As in, completely clean? Just a little mangled? Torn up?*
CGNakibe: (SPACE ALIEN!)
Arch mage144: *it's only been somewhat damaged; the front panel has been impacted and crumpled somewhat*
Lithaladhwen: That's okay, Mark. Someone will come. If I'm here, then they know you're here.
Arch mage144: Ghost: Okay. *nods*
AngryMechaFan: C: Hmm...Now I'm thinking about the possibility of a "remote" aura linkup of sorts. If this was an A2...
PapatymisonN: C: So, there's no way it could be piloted, no way it could be remote controlled...?
Lithaladhwen: Someone will come for you, and no matter what it's better to go with a reaper than to stay. You will hate being stuck here.
Arch mage144: Ghost: *nods again*
Lithaladhwen: You'll hate it more than anything else.
PapatymisonN: C: How else you gonna control a giant mech? Use your brain?
Arch mage144: M, C: If no one could pilot it or control it remotely, how did it move?
AngryMechaFan: C: Not remote controlled normally. It could be a remote auracore link--if such a thing can be done
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: FURTHERMORE:
Lithaladhwen: I've seen what you're headed for, and you don't need to worry about it. Just be patient, and hold on until they can get to you.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: It doesn't look like anyone was in it. But there's no computers or anything where he would go.
AngryMechaFan: C:I'm not sure how one can attune with an A2 from outside, but...
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Meaning he bailed, or, space lasers. From space.
Arch mage144: M, C: The space lasers theory. Brilliant.
CGNakibe: C: Wait.
AngryMechaFan: C: Bailed?
Arch mage144: Ghost: I'm sorry I can't be more helpful...
Arch mage144: *Tareen notes that this model isn't equipped with an ejection seat*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: But wait, there's more!
Lithaladhwen: You've been very helpful. You need to take care of yourself, though.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: No ejection seat...
Lithaladhwen: I'd hate to worry about you drifting around here.
PapatymisonN: C: ... can someone control a Tek rig remotely? Without antennae?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Begin trying to pry the cockpit open.*
AngryMechaFan: C: That rules out bailing.
CGNakibe: C: So we're back to your Space Lasers.
Arch mage144: Ghost: I don't really want to stay here either.
PapatymisonN: C: Just... using their brain?
AngryMechaFan: C: Attunement involves more than just some crazyass psychic shit, stinky.
PapatymisonN: C: To, uh... connect with the consciousness?
Arch mage144: *Tareen's strength is enhanced pretty significantly with her armor, and she's also got vibrating claws, so she rips the cockpit open*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Woah! That was neat.
Lithaladhwen: Get as many of the others to go with you as you can. Trust me. You'll be fine.
AngryMechaFan: C: That's what I've been getting at since the a--Hey! I'd like the sample to be INTACT, damnit!
Arch mage144: M, C: Someone was going to open it sooner or later.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Are you the one that knows how these things work?
CGNakibe: ... Hm.
PapatymisonN: C: Well, can you think of some OTHER way they can do this?
CGNakibe: Not much space in there, is there?
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: No? Then be quiet.
CGNakibe: C: So what IS in there?
Lithaladhwen: IM: The backlog with hauntings always forces a delay. Still... I wish there were a quicker way to deal with them. I need to tell Re--- *sighs*
Arch mage144: *okay, here's where the mech's been modified from what's typical*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Nothing.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I can't. Whatever.
Arch mage144: *there are no hand controls*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Let him deal with his damned beaurocracy by himself if he wants.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't have to offer solutions to him.
Arch mage144: *they haven't been replaced by anything, exactly...*
CGNakibe: *the Pan shuffles closer to the mecha* C: I wanna see this for myself...
Lithaladhwen: C: So, guys. Anything you need to know before we let Mark and his friends go?
AngryMechaFan: *can Zeiren see this through the 15x zoom?*
Arch mage144: *but it seems as though the mecha's astral symbiote linkage unit has been reinforced with additional armoring*
Arch mage144: (Sure, why not)
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Aha!
AngryMechaFan: C: Weird...this thing wasn't meant to have a human pilot to begin with
CGNakibe: C: More space lasers?
Arch mage144: M, C: Why the hell do they even have a cockpit, then?
AngryMechaFan: C: At least not on the inside
CGNakibe: C: Wait...
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: There's no hand controls.
CGNakibe: C: That's DEFINITELY not a normal cockpit.
Arch mage144: M, C: Maybe they just decided the easiest thing to do was to revamp existing models instead of producing new ones.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Someone took them out, probably to support space laser technology.
Arch mage144: M, C: Goddamnit. Your space laser hypotheses are getting us nowhere, but the rest of the information is good.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: What? It's a valid theory.
AngryMechaFan: C: Or...hmm... Best guess sounds like potential remote attunement...though...
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Space has a terrible secret.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Mom told me before she died. She was from space, you know.
Lithaladhwen: (*squeals loudly*)
CGNakibe: *Examines the cockpit himself, if only to see what he can*
Lithaladhwen: (Brian can verify. I did.)
CGNakibe: (Space has a terrible power! :D!)
Besyanteo: (*Shoves bread down Tareen's throat and pushes her down the stairs.*)
Lithaladhwen: (Helena: All humans must go down the stairs.)
AngryMechaFan: C: Another guess would be that somehow, they rigged it to be run only by the symbiote...
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Quick, find me some stairs. I can protect you, but I need stairs.
Arch mage144: C, C: Hey! That's...that's a really good idea, Zeiren!
CGNakibe: C: Some fancy rigging.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: I was about to say that...
Arch mage144: C, C: I don't know how you'd do that, but wouldn't it be theoretically possible? Astral symbiotes are basically semi-sentient.
PapatymisonN: C: See, at least NOW you're doing more than whining that there's no way something can be possible.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Hey, someone bring this one. The one I'm in.
CGNakibe: C: So why stop at semi?
AngryMechaFan: C: That would be hard, but possible--I'm not sure how they'd be controllable, though.
Arch mage144: (Wait, bring what?)
Arch mage144: M, C: I, likewise, have no idea.
CGNakibe: C: Our ghostly friend said they had inhuman reflexes.
AngryMechaFan: C: They had no human delay in reaction to begin with.
CGNakibe: C: Exactly.
Arch mage144: M, C: I have inhuman reflexes. *smirking* But I think he meant something a little different.
Arch mage144: M, C: Yes. There was no delay between thought and action.
PapatymisonN: C: Well, if they can make them sentient... can they brainwash them, too?
CGNakibe: C: Why not?
Arch mage144: M, C: At this point, I have a better question.
Arch mage144: M, C: Who are they?
AngryMechaFan: C: Well, they came from the mountains...
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: I keep telling you...
PapatymisonN: C: Could still be drow...
CGNakibe: C: Exactly squat there, Zeiren.
CGNakibe: C: What do they WANT?
CGNakibe: C: I've got zip so far.
CGNakibe: C: ... although.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Marrow.
Arch mage144: M, C: They take no prisoners and destroy everything...marrow?
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: They come for your tasty human marrow.
CGNakibe: C: This makes an excellent test run, you know.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: That's what space lasers feed off of.
CGNakibe: C: *GROOOAN*
Besyanteo: (...)
CGNakibe: C: Could you just quit it with your space lasers for a minute?
Arch mage144: C, C: Um, Tareen, I'm not sure I follow. What are you talking about? Marrow-eating space lasers? I've never heard of anything like that!
Besyanteo: (I feel oddly violated. And yet,)
Besyanteo: (Uber. o.o)
CGNakibe: C: Someone's obviously using us for test dummies, I'd say.
AngryMechaFan: C: ...Indeed. Given the *ignoring Tareen* results here...
PapatymisonN: C: Just ignore her. She's... off.
Arch mage144: C, C: What kind of creatures feed specifically on human marrow? And...do they build mecha? *sounds incredibly confused*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Off? I'm the only one here that knows what I'm talking about!
Arch mage144: M, C: I don't know about that.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: You can't handle the truth! It took me hundreds of years! That's the problem.
AngryMechaFan: C: This looks like a pretty successful test here.
CGNakibe: C: We're not sure if YOU know what you're talking about here.
CGNakibe: C: But again, with the test theory. Why here? Why NOW?
AngryMechaFan: C: Unless it was recently developed...
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Because they're ready.
CGNakibe: C: Did they just complete this technology, or have they been working on it a while?
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: And because we're further away from big stuff.
PapatymisonN: C: This doesn't seem like something you whip up overnight...
CGNakibe: C: .... an excellent point.
AngryMechaFan: C: Field testing tends to be the final phase.
CGNakibe: C: Again, though. Why here?
Arch mage144: M, C: So this is a test of a new technology by an unidentified faction.
Arch mage144: M, C: This is the most remote MAC Igala command center.
AngryMechaFan: C: ...and thus the one that would be "missed" the least, so to say.
Arch mage144: M, C: If you're just testing a new model, attacking A or B would be suicide.
PapatymisonN: C: Looks like you might be off the hook, Nancy...
Arch mage144: M, C: Are you implying that I have some connection to these people!?
AngryMechaFan: C: Can you quit it with the stupid callsigns?
Arch mage144: C, C: Yeah, we didn't agree to codenames like that, especially not Nancy...
PapatymisonN: C: Oh, calm down everyone. I'm just... lightening the mood...
AngryMechaFan: C: It's not really lightening the mood any
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: I still have Longbow, right?
Lithaladhwen: C: Yes, Tareen.
Arch mage144: M, C: Lighten your overly dense skull instead.
CGNakibe: C: Sure, Tareen. Why not?
PapatymisonN: C: Sure thing, Nancy. ^_^
Lithaladhwen: C: Everyone, be adults, please?
Arch mage144: C, C: I'm so confused...what does Longbow have to do with anything?
Lithaladhwen: C: We can speculate at home where it's somewhat safer.
AngryMechaFan: Private link to Makura: ...His idiocy is irritating me a bit.
Lithaladhwen: C: While we're still here, what else can we investigate?
Arch mage144: M, C: Whatever. Okay, so we have a mostly intact mecha sample.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: I'd like to look at it, but not here.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: I can't do my crazy stuff here because I have to wear my suit.
CGNakibe: C: I'd... prefer it not be intact. >.>
Arch mage144: M, C: Helena, you're on the ground. See if you can look through the wreckage for the comm center's black box.
PapatymisonN: C: Wait, what's the make?
Lithaladhwen: C: Or, I could ask where it is.
AngryMechaFan: C: It's dead, Serran.
Lithaladhwen: Mark. Can you help me find something?
Arch mage144: M, C: Shadowstorm OPT-LBX9, it looks like.
Arch mage144: G: Uh, sure, what is it?
CGNakibe: C: Yeah, that's what they say in those zombie movies.
Lithaladhwen: I'm looking for what my ally called your comm center's black box.
Arch mage144: M, C: And before you throw a smart comment at me, Oxblood, I know it's a typical drow model.
AngryMechaFan: *lifts the mecha corpse!*
Lithaladhwen: (RACIAL MECH)
Arch mage144: G: Oh, yeah, the sensor black box!
AngryMechaFan: (BLARGARGARGARGARG)
Lithaladhwen: (YOUR MOTHER SUCKS COCKS IN HELL)
Arch mage144: G: I can get it for you if you want...
Lithaladhwen: I don't think you... can. But show me.
AngryMechaFan: C: ...and now I get why it's just this rather...old model.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Hm!
Lithaladhwen: *hods out her hand and is totally willing to be guided*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Contact always makes them happy. He's been helpful.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Hey, someone help me rip this thing up a little. Tear the limbs off and everything, but keep the big peices together.
AngryMechaFan: C: Uhh, why?
CGNakibe: C: If you're going to test a new system, might as well make the base parts as cheap as possible.
Arch mage144: G: *floats across the wreckage*
PapatymisonN: *bends down with the Jarga*
AngryMechaFan: It's only half an Armor anyway.
Lithaladhwen: *hurries after him and grabs his hand, letting him lead the way*
Arch mage144: M, C: Why exactly do you want to dismantle the wreckage further?
PapatymisonN: I can give it a shot.
AngryMechaFan: *has already lifted it up*
CGNakibe: C: Call it paranoia.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: It's easier for me to look at anyway.
Arch mage144: (Yeah, you guys can carry it if you want to, but a retrieval unit can also get it, so you don't have to carry it)
Lithaladhwen: (Keen.)
AngryMechaFan: (Right)
Arch mage144: G: *stops over a pile and points down* I think it's down there.
Arch mage144: G: It's...um, it's a black box about the size of your head.
Arch mage144: M, C: You really want us to dismantle it?
Arch mage144: *the Mephisto reaches back and pulls a long, metal pole off its back, and the end of the pole rapidly ignites into a long bardiche-like blade*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Just a little. Like I said, take the arms off.
Lithaladhwen: C: Guys, the black box is down in here. Can someone in a giant machine please clear off some of the rubble?
CGNakibe: I'll do that.
Arch mage144: Mephisto: *slices the arm off with a quick stroke of his plasma polearm*
Arch mage144: *The Pan has no trouble digging through the wreckage*
Lithaladhwen: (And you... help your necromancer carry out her garbage.)
Arch mage144: *It's a lot stronger than Zea is, after all*
Arch mage144: *Zea spots the black box in the rubble*
CGNakibe: *Move, shove, push, toss*
PapatymisonN: (Yes, milady.)
AngryMechaFan: C: Right...
Arch mage144: M, C: Alright, the arm has been removed.
Lithaladhwen: Thanks, Mark! That was really really helpful.
AngryMechaFan: C: So...anything else that you think needs to be done?
Lithaladhwen: You saved us a lot of digging.
Arch mage144: M, C: As soon as Helena gets that box, I vote we call for retrieval and get the hell out of here. We have what we came for--information.
AngryMechaFan: C: Indeed.
Lithaladhwen: *totally goes for the box, assuming it's something she can get herself*
AngryMechaFan: N: You've GOT to be fucking shitting me.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Don't forget that cockpit. I wanna see that now!
Arch mage144: M, C: As much as I would like to destroy a few enemy units, if they're able to mass produce pilotless mecha, there's no sense in waiting around for them to attack us.
PapatymisonN: C: You finally make sense.
CGNakibe: C: Yeah, lets get out of here.
AngryMechaFan: N: I can't believe it. Of ALL of my myriad abilities, I get called in to LOOK AT SHIT!
AngryMechaFan: Z: ...Uuugh....
Lithaladhwen: *uses the power of arms and hands to get the black box out and then sets it at her feet*
Arch mage144: M, C: The Mephisto is somewhat displeased that our function today was to dig holes and cut scrap metal. *chuckles*
Lithaladhwen: Mark, you've been a big help. Take care of yourself, all right?
PapatymisonN: C: I'll make the call.
Arch mage144: G: Okay, I promise I will. Thank you, too.
Arch mage144: G: This death thing is new to me.
PapatymisonN: *flips the necessary switches to signal for retrieval*
AngryMechaFan: C: Yeah...please, call in a recovery team. Nanashii's REALLY pissy. I'd say she was particularly pissy today, were it not for the fact that she's ALWAYS like this.
Arch mage144: *homing beacon projected!*
Lithaladhwen: *smiles under her crazy helmet thing* You'll be okay.
Lithaladhwen: *picks up her battery*
Arch mage144: M, C: Wait a minute, your mecha's a female?
Lithaladhwen: Say hi to everyone from Hel.
CGNakibe: C: See, this is why I'm glad I'm not a Tek.
AngryMechaFan: C: Nanashii identifies herself as such
Arch mage144: M, C: No wonder it has an attitude.
AngryMechaFan: N: Did that shithead just call me a GUY?!
AngryMechaFan: N: WHAT THE FUCKING HELL MISTAKES MY PERFECTION FOR SOME JACKASS MALE?!
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: ..Why would a boy drive a girl robot?
Arch mage144: M, C: Now we just wait for recovery.
PapatymisonN: C: Don't everyone let their guards down yet...
AngryMechaFan: C: ...It's not like I knew.
CGNakibe: C: Because he wants to get bitched at 24/7
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Has a seat on the enemy mech's shoulder.*
AngryMechaFan: C:..You HAD to piss it off, Makura?
Arch mage144: C, C: Stay alert, people! The recovery beacon's a giveaway for our position if there are enemy units close by...
CGNakibe: C: No worries Cecil.
Arch mage144: M, C: Not my problem if you have an ill-tempered armor.
PapatymisonN: C: Sure there are!
CGNakibe: IM: They don't do any good anyway.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Think they'll let me keep some of this?
AngryMechaFan: C: ...incidentally, if there are enemies, it'll be a good way for her to vent, I guess.
Arch mage144: *radar blip!*
AngryMechaFan: ...Did somebody go on active sensors just now?
AngryMechaFan: *activates thermal scan*
Lithaladhwen: C: ...Not I.
PapatymisonN: C: Uh oh...
CGNakibe: What the?
Arch mage144: M, C: That's not our recovery ship...someone sent out a sensor ping approximately half a mile northeast.
PapatymisonN: C: We got company...
AngryMechaFan: C: YOU RETARD!
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: That's bad, right?
CGNakibe: C: Feel like being shot at today?
AngryMechaFan: C: Yeah, let's put stinky at point. He went active.
AngryMechaFan: C: Without informing anyone
Arch mage144: M, C: Stay calm, damnit.
PapatymisonN: C: ... I SIGNALED FOR RECOVERY, ASSHOLE.
PapatymisonN: C: Like we were SUPPOSED TO?
Arch mage144: C, C: Yeah, relax, he was just activating the recovery beacon! He can't avoid it.
CGNakibe: C: Everyone get ready.
AngryMechaFan: C: Riiight. Regardless...this should be interesting.
Lithaladhwen: C: It was my impression that's what a beacon did. Attracted things.
Arch mage144: *Comms indicate a hailing attempt!*
AngryMechaFan: *opens*
CGNakibe: *opens a channel*
PapatymisonN: *hailing frequencies open, captain*
Lithaladhwen: *does what everyone else is doing, as usual*
Arch mage144: *unidentified female voice*
CGNakibe: *Can't you people be different for once?*
Lithaladhwen: (Jack? Jack! JAAACKK!)
Arch mage144: FV: Hey, boys. What are you doing down there?
PapatymisonN: C: Some recon. You?
AngryMechaFan: C: And what business is it of yours?
AngryMechaFan: C: I request you identify yourself.
Arch mage144: FV: I was answering a distress call.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: We're looking.
CGNakibe: C: I assume you aren't going door to door selling us merchandise.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: At things.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: And I'm not a boy. Neither is she.
CGNakibe: C: Distress call?
KnightsofSquare: (lookin' at a thing in a bag)
AngryMechaFan: C: It wasn't a distress call.
Arch mage144: FV: My name is Elsa. Elsa Kuragari. I thought I picked up a distress call from this position. I have no visual confirmation of your presence.
Arch mage144: FV: And I assume you have yet to confirm mine.
Arch mage144: M: .......
AngryMechaFan: C: Affirmative.
CGNakibe: Elsa. Kuragari?
PapatymisonN: C: ... Kuragari, eh?
Arch mage144: (Yes, his ellipsis is practically audible.)
Arch mage144: (You can totally see him on holo going "......" complete with speech bubble)
Lithaladhwen: Mark, did you send a distress call?
TheWaiChibiAngel: (I took it as background noise, implying she was sending something.)
Lithaladhwen: Before everything went wrong. Do you know?
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Er, he.)
CGNakibe: Private Comm: Makura?
CGNakibe: PC: Is there something we should know?
AngryMechaFan: C: Requesting to initiate visual link, if possible?
Arch mage144: Private M: What? I have siblings.
Arch mage144: FV: Request granted.
AngryMechaFan: *Initiate!*
CGNakibe: PC: Siblings with Mecha. That are apparently watching you? >.>
Arch mage144: *a visual representation of the mech comes up on everyone's HUD--it's a similar design to Makura's*
CGNakibe: ...
Arch mage144: *The Mephisto is basically a big, dark red version of dragoon armor*
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Hey, that's like yours!
CGNakibe: C: What the hell, Makura? -.-;;
Arch mage144: *Elsa's is a vaguely blue model with many design similarities*
Arch mage144: PC: I have a sister. I have no idea what she's doing here.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: It's even got the things. See?
Arch mage144: G: No, I didn't...
AngryMechaFan: C: ...Similar design to one of ours, it seems.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: *Probably not private!* ..Sister?
AngryMechaFan: C: Huh?
Arch mage144: Elsa: Sister? Oh, Makura, is that you down there?
Arch mage144: Makura: ...yes, Elsa.
PapatymisonN: C: He's been a very good boy, if you were wondering...
PapatymisonN: C: Barely any racial slurs today.
CGNakibe: C: *snickers*
Lithaladhwen: C: Please focus, for the gods' sake. Come on.
Arch mage144: Makura: Shut your hole, you leather-skinned brute.
Lithaladhwen: C: I don't think any distress call came from this base. Key word being "think."
CGNakibe: C: Anyway, we were busy waiting for our rides.
PapatymisonN: C: Oh, darn. We'll have to add one to the list.
AngryMechaFan: C: What he said.
Lithaladhwen: C: At least, Mark didn't have anything to do with one.
CGNakibe: C: We should probably get back to that.
Arch mage144: Elsa: Oh, so you're on official business and not just joyriding?
AngryMechaFan: C: That would be correct
Arch mage144: Elsa: Well, I wouldn't want to interfere with my little brother's official business. *slightly patronizing tone*
AngryMechaFan: C: Sadly, Nanashii doesn't like being used for simple joyriding. *snrrk*
CGNakibe: C: So what are you doing out Joyriding today, miss Kuragari?
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: ..Little brother?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I find her unpleasant.
PapatymisonN: C: *chuckling*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I mind her more than I mind Makura, and suddenly pity him. Just a little.
Arch mage144: Elsa: No big deal. If you're saying there was no distress call and it's just you guys running around on business, I'll just have to go back to my outpost and tell them I found nothing of interest.
Arch mage144: Makura: *nodding* Yes. We are presently waiting on recovery.
AngryMechaFan: C: Outpost? Who do you work for, anyway?
Arch mage144: Elsa: I see.
CGNakibe: C: Be on the lookout for our "friendly" Unidentified mecha.
Arch mage144: Elsa: I work for the Igalan government, just like you.
CGNakibe: C: Well, not so friendly. But other than that. Eh. *shrugs*
AngryMechaFan: C: I see.
PapatymisonN: IM: Drow spy. But since she's making Blue Boy squirm, I like her.
Lithaladhwen: (Unidentified haunted mecha.)
Arch mage144: Elsa: You don't believe me?
AngryMechaFan: C: No, I do.
Arch mage144: Makura: She happens to be telling the truth. All of my siblings are MAC pilots.
CGNakibe: PC: I like your sister, Makura. I'd like her a little further away. >.>
CGNakibe: (*more)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Says nothing. Just sits on that mech.*
AngryMechaFan: PC: Dude, Mak. You didn't tell me you had a sister. Is she hot? o.o
Arch mage144: Makura: Excepting my youngest brother Kagero. He's a...she's my sister, you idiot!
PapatymisonN: (Soooooo... yes?)
Lithaladhwen: *sighs*
Arch mage144: Elsa: *giggling into the radio*
CGNakibe: Private Comm to Helena: And just think. Makura might be the most outgoing in the family.
Arch mage144: Elsa: Makura, what are you and your friends talking about?
AngryMechaFan: C: ...Err, nothing, nothing! ^^;
Arch mage144: Makura: I don't believe you have theh security clearance required to know that information.
PapatymisonN: C: Your probable hotness, I think...
Arch mage144: *the
AngryMechaFan: *seems to have that "nothing, nothing" look on his face*
CGNakibe: C: How much longer till the Recovery ship is due?
AngryMechaFan: C:...
Arch mage144: Elsa: Oh, dear!
Lithaladhwen: PC: And it looks like he's my favorite so far. More respectful.
CGNakibe: PC: That's... not a good sign.
AngryMechaFan: PC: Makura, I think we both need to kick smelly's ass at some point
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Pulls off her helmet* And they all say I'm crazy.
Arch mage144: *sound of thrusters indicate that the dropship is overhead; and dear God does it ever have a huge radar ping, because it's not stealth equipped*
PapatymisonN: IM: Wow... I didn't realize I hated Makura more than I hated drow. That's actually... probably a good thing.
Lithaladhwen: C: Thank the gods. Let's go.
Arch mage144: Elsa: Hey, I think that's your recovery dropship. Run along, now!
Arch mage144: Elsa: And Makura, father needs to speak to you. In person.
Arch mage144: Makura: ......
AngryMechaFan: C: Heh. Maybe I'll see you later. *grins*
Arch mage144: Elsa: He'll get in touch with you soon, I promise.
AngryMechaFan: *and heads toward the dropship*
Arch mage144: *visual link with Elsa breaks*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Notices the ship, and plops her helmet back on.*
CGNakibe: C: Well that was... interesting.
Arch mage144: M: Hm.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: ...What happened? I took my helmet off.
Arch mage144: M: Whatever. Recovery sequence, initiate.
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: All I heard was rgagrarghargrhahgable.
Arch mage144: M: Family reunion.
PapatymisonN: C: She dating anybody, Makura? Seems nice...
CGNakibe: C: Lets go home, people.
Arch mage144: M: Not important right now.
AngryMechaFan: N: ...you've got to be FUCKING KIDDING ME. THAT'S IT?! MY TALENTS ARE BEING USED FOR NOTHING AT ALL?!
Arch mage144: M: Your mother, Oxblood.
Lithaladhwen: C: Thank you Makura. Oddly enough that was more or less what I was thinking.
PapatymisonN: C: Is a lovely woman. I don't know what your point is. RECOVERY SEQUENCE ENGAGED.
Arch mage144: *antigrav fields kick in and the group finds their mech being lifted into the sky for retrieval*
AngryMechaFan: Z: Please, be quiet, Nanashii...v.v
TheWaiChibiAngel: C: Stop talking about people's moms!
AngryMechaFan: N: I swear, when the hell do I get to DO something once in a while?!
Arch mage144: *within a few short minutes, the crew has settled the mecha back into their holding bays up in the dropship--they've also retrieved the mecha wreckage*
Lithaladhwen: *gives Mark a quick goodbye hug and leaves!*
CGNakibe: C: Is that your mecha yelling, Zeiren?
Arch mage144: *and Helena's got that black box*
Lithaladhwen: *totally does...and it's as heavy as a car battery, little bitch that it is!*
AngryMechaFan: (Err, I don't think the mecha's voice would be audible to everyone else)
Arch mage144: *Makura gets out of the Mephisto and looks like he's fuming as he sits down in the passenger compartment*
AngryMechaFan: (It's only talking because Zeiren's attuned, so...)
CGNakibe: (Ah, point. Scratch that then. Ah, well.)
Lithaladhwen: (Yeah. She's too modest to yell where people can hear her.)
AngryMechaFan: (Not to mention, she's not capable of doing so)
Arch mage144: *A crewmember takes the box from Helena*
AngryMechaFan: *getting out of the A2*
CGNakibe: *hops out of Pan*
Arch mage144: Crew: Thanks, this should be useful. We're going to submit it to analysis right away and see if it recorded any interesting sensor data.
PapatymisonN: *climbs down*
Lithaladhwen: Awesome. You do that.
Lithaladhwen: *sits in relevant seating-places*
Arch mage144: Crew: And we'll take this wreckage back to the engineering bay and see if we can figure out anything we haven't already. This is the best and most intact specimen we've seen yet!
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Also sits, helmet off to the side again.* That went well. o_o
CGNakibe: *gets back into the crew-section and sits*
TheWaiChibiAngel: Hey, you let me take a look!
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'm better at it!
Arch mage144: C: Yeah, we didn't even have to fight anybody or do anything dangerous and we got good information!
TheWaiChibiAngel: You can't get into the crazy, hard to reach spots.
Arch mage144: Crew: Uh, sure, you're welcome to help with the analysis, Investigational Engineer Tareen.
AngryMechaFan: *sits* Heh. Good information indeed.
TheWaiChibiAngel: AND HELP I SHALL!
AngryMechaFan: I didn't imagine Makura had a hot sister. ^.^
CGNakibe: Any mission you can walk away from....
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Jumps up*
Arch mage144: M: Go back to hell, Zeiren.
CGNakibe: ... I don't think you want to try to date her, Zeiren.
PapatymisonN: Yeah, I know. She was cute for a drow...
Lithaladhwen: Real hell, or euphemism "where demons come from" hell, Makura?
CGNakibe: Might be hazardous to your health.
Arch mage144: M: "Real hell?" *looks curious*
CGNakibe: I hear the real thing is nice this time of year. >:P
Lithaladhwen: You didn't know there was one? Where did you think the term came from?
AngryMechaFan: See, I'm only half. So would I go halfway to hell or somesuch?
Arch mage144: C: I, er, I don't think Makura really wants to talk about his family right now.
PapatymisonN: (Resh: Well, I didn't actually NAME it, but yeah...)
Lithaladhwen: You're not from hell, Zeiren. If you were, you'd still be there.
Arch mage144: M: ...I was relatively unfamiliar with it.
Arch mage144: M: I have spent precisely none of my time there.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, well. Just hope it stays that way.
PapatymisonN: It won't.
Lithaladhwen: You might be surprised, Oxblood.
CGNakibe: (Zeiren vs Succubus)
PapatymisonN: If I was, I'd really really be.
AngryMechaFan: (Zeiren dies from nasal bleeding!)
Arch mage144: M: I'm sure it's preferable to spending time in an orc settlement. Hell has probably developed a sense of culture by this millenium.
Arch mage144: M: I assume it's existed long enough.
Lithaladhwen: *sighs*
Lithaladhwen: Who knows. You're still young.
Lithaladhwen: Could go either way. *thumbs up*
PapatymisonN: If YOU were in an orc settlement, you'd be in hell just as quick.
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...
TheWaiChibiAngel: You're all crazy!
TheWaiChibiAngel: All of you!
Arch mage144: M: I may not be as old as our resident nutcase *jerks a thumb at Tareen*...but I wouldn't say I'm young.
Lithaladhwen: I would.
Arch mage144: M: ......
TheWaiChibiAngel: Now, I'm going to go look at that thing.
Lithaladhwen: I'm not as old as she is, either. Admittedly.
TheWaiChibiAngel: STOP BEING CRAZY.
PapatymisonN: (And we HAVE cities, BITCH. We're the ... uh... ... ... Mexico of Gaera, to be honest...)
Arch mage144: C: Okay, Tareen.
Arch mage144: C: Be careful and don't hurt yourself reaching into an engine or something. o_o
Lithaladhwen: (Orcs climb over the Shumans to get into Doma?)
TheWaiChibiAngel: The worst that happens is my arm gets cut off.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Shrugs*
AngryMechaFan: ^^ Still. Never knew Makura had a hot sister. *lies down on a row of seats*
PapatymisonN: (Well, they TRIED the slingshot...)
Arch mage144: C: No, no, don't let that happen either! Amorphous type or not!
CGNakibe: *sighs*
Arch mage144: M: You bastard, I do not have a hot sister.
TheWaiChibiAngel: What? It's no big deal.
TheWaiChibiAngel: It happens all the time.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Walks*
PapatymisonN: I'll let her know you think she's ugly.
Arch mage144: (He's lying; sorta. Elsa is a pretty attractive drow chick.)
CGNakibe: Dangerous territory.
AngryMechaFan: I doubt it.
AngryMechaFan: Makura's got a hot sister~!
PapatymisonN: Oh, the ammunition this is...
Arch mage144: M: She's not your type, Zeiren.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Calls back* MAKURA DOES NOT HAVE A HOT SISTER! Shut up or I'll turn this mission right around!
Arch mage144: C: ...authoritative.
CGNakibe: *snickers*
Arch mage144: M: What do you mean, authoritative? She's an engineer, not our CO!
CGNakibe: One big happy... something or other.
Arch mage144: C: ...yeah, but are you going to disagree with her?
Arch mage144: M: ...no.
CGNakibe: Are you crazy enough to piss off your..
AngryMechaFan: Howso? I'm more her type than stinky over there is.
CGNakibe: Yeah, I thought not.
Arch mage144: M: Just because she's more likely to be interested in you than in a rotting sack of orcflesh does not mean she's going to be intersted in you.
Arch mage144: M: You miss the point.
PapatymisonN: ... you REALLY need to quit referring to me at ALL. e_e
AngryMechaFan: After all, I wouldn't be lying if I said I was quite attractive, no?
Arch mage144: M: In any case, my sister is not the purpose of this mission.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *When she gets there, first order of business is basic looking over the good guys, to make sure nothing got messed up, really. After that, she's gonna be all over that enemy like black beans on toast.*
Arch mage144: M: You might be.
AngryMechaFan: *Bishy!*
CGNakibe: *eyeroll*
Arch mage144: M: *is bishy too, but man*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *IS not bishy.*
PapatymisonN: *is hunky, for a guy with tusks*
AngryMechaFan: Besides. She's not the objective. Not a primary objective, anyway. Maybe secondary objective. Or maybe a perk.
CGNakibe: *Is rather plain by comparison. Who needs to be bishy?*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Is, instead, slime. ~<(:-)*
Arch mage144: (So Tareen's totally looking over the mecha wreckage now I take it?)
CGNakibe: (~lelelele)
TheWaiChibiAngel: (Yep.)
Lithaladhwen: *is good enough for ghosts*
Arch mage144: M: Not even a tertiary objective.
Arch mage144: M: Though I am curious what she was doing there.
PapatymisonN: *and everyone else*
CGNakibe: You and me both.
Lithaladhwen: As am I. I did not realize there would be others in the area.
AngryMechaFan: You sure? I'd say she's gotta at least be tertiary.
CGNakibe: Handy timing.
Arch mage144: M: Incredibly.
Lithaladhwen: It seems like we would have been told.
CGNakibe: I don't like incredibly handy timing.
Arch mage144: M: It may be a coincidence.
Arch mage144: M: I have no idea where she is currently stationed.
Arch mage144: M: I should find out.
Lithaladhwen: *exaggerated shrug*
CGNakibe: Eh. I could do that if you want. *shrugs*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'm no one to criticize for suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
Arch mage144: M: Are you going to call that girl of yours?
CGNakibe: Maybe. Maybe not. ^^
Arch mage144: *Tareen's pretty much got everything she's going to get from investigating the mecha at this point*
CGNakibe: ... Hmm. I think Chelsea is in the middle of exams now anyway. -.-
Arch mage144: *if she feels like doing the goo thing and squirming around inside it...*
Lithaladhwen: (Which I bet you money she does.)
Arch mage144: *she'll discover that it's constructed pretty much like any other mecha she's seen*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Not so much goo, yet. She's gonna try and find a good crack and minimize herself, looking for anything of interest- Including identification on the parts.*
Arch mage144: *however, there is of course that symbiote core; the symbiote itself has been severed, but the core design is unusual*
Arch mage144: *there are no serial numbers on anything, which is incredibly weird*
Lithaladhwen: (Something about a serial number that got burned...)
Arch mage144: *this is mostly weird because it would mean that they were either made without serials or someone removed them*
Lithaladhwen: (But you see, we're not supposed to tell anyone...what nobody knows.)
CGNakibe: (DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES)
Arch mage144: *and no major weapons manufacturer makes parts without serials*
CGNakibe: (Mark: That's... not entirely true.)
Lithaladhwen: (Heh.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Removing them would likely cause marks and such; can she see any of that?*
Arch mage144: *indeed!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: HM!
TheWaiChibiAngel: HOW VERY...
TheWaiChibiAngel: Interesting.
Arch mage144: *it looks as though the serials were buffed off--so that means that these are stock parts, but they've been defaced*
AngryMechaFan: *now laying down and reading a book*
PapatymisonN: *playing his Gamebuddy. Mega Plumber XE9 again*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Well, she'll extract herself, and head back to the front.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *RUbbing her chin all the while!*
Arch mage144: C: Oooh, you've got the latest game in the series, Oxblood!
TheWaiChibiAngel: *If instructed, she'll put her armor back on. If not, well, she won't have it.*
Arch mage144: M: *sulking*
Arch mage144: (No, she won't be instructed to do that.)
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Well then!*
PapatymisonN: Yeah... it's really good.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *She pulls those glasses out of her..chest..And places them on.*
Arch mage144: *Makura and Cecil have removed their helmets, after all*
PapatymisonN: You can supercharge the energy plungers now...
Lithaladhwen: IM: I wonder why I feel bad for Makura. I don't... remember any siblings.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Ahem.
PapatymisonN: *has his under his foot*
Arch mage144: C: Oh...er...now that was interesting. *in reference to Tareen's apparent use of her own body as storage*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't think the same thing could have happened to me. I... would remember, wouldn't I?
Arch mage144: M: What is it now, Tareen?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Sage nod*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Maybe not. I don't remember a lot of things.
PapatymisonN: (She's like Pom Pom...)
TheWaiChibiAngel: I went inside and found some things. *Sage nod more*
Arch mage144: M: You want to elaborate on that?
TheWaiChibiAngel: I looked at all the little parts.
Arch mage144: C: Wait, inside? You mean, inside the mecha?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Nod*
TheWaiChibiAngel: I can do that. I'm awesome that way.
Arch mage144: M: Yeah, and what did you find?
TheWaiChibiAngel: That's why I'm the mechanic!
TheWaiChibiAngel: Anyway, you know the numbers that tell me where the parts came from?
Arch mage144: C: *nods* Amorphous types have very interesting abilities...
CGNakibe: Anything interesting in there?
TheWaiChibiAngel: Someone messed 'em all up.
Arch mage144: M: Is that so.
CGNakibe: Yeah. the Serial numbers.
CGNakibe: Hmm.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Yep!
TheWaiChibiAngel: SO.
Arch mage144: M: So someone is intentionally trying to hide where the parts came from.
CGNakibe: Black market parts?
TheWaiChibiAngel: I'ma take one of the arms apart and see if they missed one...
Lithaladhwen: IM: Her tendency to oversimplify things is actually making this somewhat helpful for me. I am...not familiar with these things.
TheWaiChibiAngel: ...Hey, Helena? Can you gimme a snack?
Arch mage144: M: Good idea, actually. *blinks*
PapatymisonN: I think they can reclaim at least a partial from a buffed serial...
PapatymisonN: Try that too...
Lithaladhwen: Clarify.
TheWaiChibiAngel: You've got the magics, right?
Lithaladhwen: ...
CGNakibe: I could probably help run some of those numbers if need be.
Lithaladhwen: What of it?
Arch mage144: C: I have a granola bar in my pouch.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Hit me.
Arch mage144: C: Wait. Magic?
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Nods*
CGNakibe: Eh?
Arch mage144: C: Hey, hey! I can't let you do that!
TheWaiChibiAngel: It'll be fine!
Arch mage144: C: What do you mean it'll be fine!?
CGNakibe: What are you talking about?
Besyanteo: (XD)
Lithaladhwen: Um. I don't... what do you want me to do?
TheWaiChibiAngel: Besides, I'm starving. I didn't eat and I've been changing size all day.
TheWaiChibiAngel: Hit me with some sort of magic of some sort or something.
Arch mage144: C: There is nothing fine about casting spells at each other!
PapatymisonN: .... hmmm...
CGNakibe: You... eat spells?
Lithaladhwen: *casts "continual light" on Tareen*
AngryMechaFan: Hmm. So they buffed them off. Given that no upstanding corporation would either not have serials, or give false serials, I guess that's the only option.
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Arch mage144: *Tareen begins to glow dimly*
CGNakibe: (12?)
Lithaladhwen: *smirks*
Arch mage144: *however, her magic absorption power kicks in*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Smiles* Thanks. Better!
Arch mage144: *the glow fades rapidly as she absorbs the arcane energy into her body*
CGNakibe: .... well, that's... interesting. o.o
Arch mage144: C: ...huh?
Lithaladhwen: Sure.
PapatymisonN: Cool...
Lithaladhwen: I'll give you a more interesting one next time.
AngryMechaFan: The hell?
Arch mage144: M: *just quirks an eyebrow*
Lithaladhwen: IM: If she can absorb it, what about spells with an instantaneous effect?
TheWaiChibiAngel: Tastes like cream. ANYWAY.
TheWaiChibiAngel: I have STUFF!
Arch mage144: C: I don't really know a whole lot about magic. I can't cast it, after all. But I know that's not normal. o_O
TheWaiChibiAngel: To take apart.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Death vision is next.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I want to see what she does.
Lithaladhwen: *private smile*
TheWaiChibiAngel: If I find anything, I'll bring it up.
Arch mage144: M: Okay, you get on that. Dismantle the arm and search for a serial.
Arch mage144: M: If we can get even a partial we can narrow down the possibilities.
CGNakibe: They're liable to have missed PART of something.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *nods* I hope so!
Arch mage144: M: Exactly. No one's perfect.
Arch mage144: M: Except me. *smirk*
PapatymisonN: ...
PapatymisonN: *gamebuddy!*
Lithaladhwen: Yes. I'm glad we're all on the same page, Makura.
AngryMechaFan: Naah. See, you're not perfect because you're not attractive.
CGNakibe: *w to Helena* How about his brothers? What might THEY be like?
AngryMechaFan: *continues reading* Anyway, I guess it's assumed that nontransport limbs would be the first things to go in a fight.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Heads back to start dismantling, the Tareen way. Which is to say, work at several places at once.*
Lithaladhwen: *w* I... cannot speculate.
CGNakibe: *w to Helena* Or family reunions? How could they STAND that much arrogance in one place?
Lithaladhwen: *w* I wouldn't know unless they started killing each other.
Arch mage144: M: Part of me is glad you aren't attracted to me, Zeiren.
Arch mage144: M: Almost all parts, in fact. Just some more than others.
Lithaladhwen: *smiles, amused*
AngryMechaFan: Yeah, see. I prefer girls.
Arch mage144: *and thus Tareen starts to do the breakdown thing!*
Arch mage144: M: Good for you.
Arch mage144: *the dropship reaches its destination back at MAC Igala D's engineering bay, hangar 13...*
TheWaiChibiAngel: STOP!
TheWaiChibiAngel: Hammer time. *Works*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Probably with a hammer.*
AngryMechaFan: (...WTF.)
Arch mage144: *Tareen begins the rigorous disassembly and investigation of the mech...*
Arch mage144: *...and the rest of the group disembarks to catch some post-mission R&R*
CGNakibe: (Can't touch this!)
Arch mage144: (At this point, I'm going to say that's the end of session 1.)
CGNakibe: Finally.
Lithaladhwen: (Whoo!)
CGNakibe: (Woo!)
Arch mage144: (The results of Tareen's dissection will come next session, as I rule that it takes some time for a thorough investigation.)
AngryMechaFan: (Some guy says "It's hammer time!" You make funny jokes at his expense.)
Lithaladhwen: *goes back to her room and vows not to kill her roommate*
AngryMechaFan: (You gain 3 chutzpah!)
PapatymisonN: *goes back to his room, gets on the internet*
AngryMechaFan: *goes to...the pool?! Perv.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Working, likely losing track of time.*
Arch mage144: *Makura returns to his room to figure out what the hell he's going to do about his family...*
Lithaladhwen: (Not let Zeiren near them?)
Arch mage144: *Cecil heads to the library to do some reading on amorphs...*
Arch mage144: *and luckily for Helena, Tara is apparently still out on assignment*
Lithaladhwen: *sigh of relief*
PapatymisonN: (... thazzit?)
AngryMechaFan: (And just keep Zeiren away from his sister)
Arch mage144: *hopefully within a bit of time Tareen can get the info she needs and the analysis of the black box will produce something useful...*
Arch mage144: *and...fin!*
Arch mage144: </RP>
Lithaladhwen: Whoo!
PapatymisonN: That was good business.
AngryMechaFan: Indeed.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *That was fun.*
Besyanteo: Even fun to watch!
CGNakibe: Tareen needs to stop being amusing before she makes my sides hurt. >:{
PapatymisonN: I doubt that greatly.
CGNakibe: Bes needs to do less watching and bring Sigov in. >:{{{{
Besyanteo: For that,
Besyanteo: Sigov needs a sheet.
Lithaladhwen: Tareen rocks so much harder in MAC.
Besyanteo: If you'd care to help a first timer on that, then gladly.
PapatymisonN: There are remedies to such a situation.
Lithaladhwen: I approve wholeheartedly.
Arch mage144: I expected some slight disappointment from people that there wasn't any combat, but at the same time, it didn't feel necessary.
CGNakibe: I could do this, yes.
PapatymisonN: I agree.
Besyanteo: And, of course, with Brain's blessing for entering the RP.
Arch mage144: Also, Tareen is hilarious this time.
Arch mage144: I predict she will continue to be hilarious.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Combat was unnessessary for this one.*
AngryMechaFan: Heh. Nanashii is Nanashii, so...yeah.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *And: Glad to be of service :D*
CGNakibe: SPACE LASERS
Besyanteo: The terrible secret of space lasers. =D
TheWaiChibiAngel: *As I told Ashley, the "Are you proud, Mom?" tirade was planned at least a week ago.*
AngryMechaFan: In a way, she did all the bitching. XD
Lithaladhwen: And she's already shrunk several times today.
Lithaladhwen: She doesn't need a shrink right now.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *That, too.*
CGNakibe: Obviously not.
Lithaladhwen: That was my favorite.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Tareen is equal parts thinking of something to do and finding a way to make it happen, and kneejerk reactions.*
Arch mage144: Tareen is going to drive Makura up the wall, but he's going to be pretty quiet about it until he snaps.
Besyanteo: Heh.
Arch mage144: Cecil is just confused and wishing he'd studied more psychology.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, do let's make Makura snap.
CGNakibe: Makura's being driven up the wall whether he likes it or not.
AngryMechaFan: Heh. And as for Zeiren...XD
PapatymisonN: PLEASE!
PapatymisonN: Oxblood would REVEL in that.
CGNakibe: Also: obviously our RP "Family" is quite dysfunctional. >:{
Besyanteo: So, I would understand if you wanted to keep the number of people down, but I need to ask: May I join with the orc, and see how long it takes for Oxblood to decide that causing him bodily harm > mission priorities?
AngryMechaFan: Heh.
PapatymisonN: I keep telling ya, he won't KILL him...
PapatymisonN: Just... bust him up good. <.<
Lithaladhwen: Shaun: It's Hel's fault.
Lithaladhwen: She's a weirdness magnet.
Besyanteo: Oh, I know. :o
CGNakibe: Literally?
AngryMechaFan: Seeing as he seems unphased by everything else...go for it!
Lithaladhwen: Shaun: Yes.
Besyanteo: Still, if I can get that to happen on mission, it'd be hillarious.
CGNakibe: Victoly~!
Arch mage144: Body count right now is pretty high, but I'm not going to have two NPCs on every session, and there are some other things. Priam has also expressed interest, so I might be able to find a way to work you in at some point.
Lithaladhwen: Shaun: It's right up there with Sense of duty: All humanity. (All mortals must go down the stairs.)
AngryMechaFan: Heh.
Besyanteo: The trick would be stayying in character at the same time, since Siggy won' WANT to provoke him especially.
CGNakibe: Awesome stuff.
Lithaladhwen: Shaun: Yeah. Her sheet is fucked.
Besyanteo: And Ok then!
Lithaladhwen: Also.
Lithaladhwen: Delta Unit is totally the Island of Misfit Toys... and their mecha.
Arch mage144: And yes, the various comments earlier: Delta unit is definitely a misfit outfit.
AngryMechaFan: Indeed.
PapatymisonN: No shit...
Lithaladhwen: That makes us the best. Like SG-1.
PapatymisonN: Half of them hate each other, and half of them are crazy....
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Of note!*
Lithaladhwen: I call stoic alien-type!
Arch mage144: I have a bunch of stuff planned, so this could hypothetically run for quite a few sessions.
PapatymisonN: Too late.
CGNakibe: Hey.
CGNakibe: I'M the Stoic Alien type. >:{
AngryMechaFan: You've got the outsider, the guy nobody likes, the hopeless perv, the trickster, the arrogant guy...
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Tareen wants her armor repainted in the style of the Awesome Girl costume. Neon green and yellow, baby.*
Besyanteo: Heh
Lithaladhwen: Wait, who's the trickster?
AngryMechaFan: ...The total crazyass.
CGNakibe: Wait.
PapatymisonN: All we need is an arrogant teacher to lock us all in the academy on Saturday.
CGNakibe: I've got Trickster on my sheet. >:P
Lithaladhwen: !
Lithaladhwen: Keen.
Arch mage144: She can get that done.
Lithaladhwen: Does that make Hel the outsider?
AngryMechaFan: Yep
Lithaladhwen: Hee.
Arch mage144: I'm going to give Ashley some more details regarding the appearance of things so she can draw uniforms or whatever.
Arch mage144: Because she said she wanted to.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Also, should we ever get caught, Tareen's going to be a lot of fun. :D*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *"Hey, I broke out again." "How are you DOING THAT?" "..I dunno."*
Besyanteo: XD
CGNakibe: (Awesome stuff)
AngryMechaFan: Zei's the hopeless perv, Makura's the arrogant guy, nobody seems to like Oxblood, and Tareen is downright insane
Lithaladhwen: Heh.
Besyanteo: No, what will be awesome is when she stops thinking about it completely,
Besyanteo: and starts bringing people food and drinks and such.
Besyanteo: Asking the guards teh open the doors for her, so she can move stuff inside. =D
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Until someone points out that, in theory, she could turn herself into a key and get them all out.*
CGNakibe: In the middle of the enemy camp.
CGNakibe: Tareen: "Hey, you guys want anything to eat? I'll be right back."
PapatymisonN: *just wondering if Oxblood will end up blubbering...*
Arch mage144: Also, at some point between now and next session I'm going to compile a GM control sheet, so I'll probably harass people for stuff about their characters that I don't already have.
Lithaladhwen: Hel would ask for a juicebox.
Lithaladhwen: Juice is good.
Arch mage144: Also, you all get two character points.
CGNakibe: YAY!
Arch mage144: However, I'm going to note something worthwhile.
CGNakibe: *huggles character points*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Tareen: Man, I gotta pee.*
AngryMechaFan: Yay. A whole 2 CP. That I'm going to save up.
Arch mage144: I'm going to play with the "just a flesh wound" rule.
Besyanteo: Tareen: *loses an arm* ... 6.6 *pokes it*
Arch mage144: At any time when you have taken lethal damage, you can spend one spare character point; if you do, you automatically survive.
AngryMechaFan: For skills. And if the plot ever calls for it, a "rebuild-upgrade"
AngryMechaFan: I see.
Arch mage144: So you may want to save a couple character points for that purpose.
AngryMechaFan: Right.
AngryMechaFan: Extra lives, in a way
Arch mage144: Basically.
AngryMechaFan: Lessee...means I should probably wait for 22 points and a proper plot point to upgrade.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *That puts me at 3!*
Lithaladhwen: ...
Lithaladhwen: 22?
AngryMechaFan: 20 for the actual upgrade, 2 so I have extra lives remaining
Arch mage144: That's, like, a lot.
Arch mage144: Especially when average points per session = 3
AngryMechaFan: Seeing as advantages cost 2x as much after creation
Arch mage144: Advantages don't, just stat increases.
AngryMechaFan: I swore advantages cost twice the normal amount
Arch mage144: Nein.
AngryMechaFan: Hm. 12 points, then.
Lithaladhwen: More reasonable.
AngryMechaFan: And a proper plot point, of course
AngryMechaFan: Can't have a major upgrade without something happening first, no?
Arch mage144: Right
Arch mage144: The fact that I spent most of today sleeping means that I am more or less not tired.
Arch mage144: Despite it being almost 3.
CGNakibe: I WAN U 2 HAEV WNGS LIK WING 0 CSTUM
AngryMechaFan: Though that's more following mecha anime conventions, where the mecha tends to somehow gets trashed before being rebuilt better and stronger.
CGNakibe: What does not kill you....
AngryMechaFan: Exactly.
CGNakibe: Strike me down, and I shall become a thousand times more powerful!
Lithaladhwen: ...yup.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Actually, I was wrong!*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *I had six points left before.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Meaning, I think I'm going to actually bump up that Mechanical knowledge some, so she's higher than average and whatnot.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *if I can, of course.*
Arch mage144: Sure, you can do that.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Okay.*
Arch mage144: I was actually going to ask you about it, because she should probably be at least a 12 if she's a decent mechanic.
AngryMechaFan: Eh. Zeiren didn't do too much. Lots of theorizing, and talking about how Makura's sister was hot, but not anything worth skillpoint increase
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Yeah, I just bumped it up to 12.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Though that's weird...Gimme a second.*
Arch mage144: Especially since you got two points.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *..Yeah, that should be right, bump it up to 12 with 1 point remaning? That's what GURU says, at least*
PapatymisonN: NIght kids.
PapatymisonN has left the room.
Besyanteo has left the room.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Anyhow, I applaud AM on this, and it will be another thing to look forward weekly!*
Arch mage144: Heh. Cool.
Lithaladhwen: Same here.
CGNakibe: Fish don't gots good metal to listen to.
Arch mage144: I'll hopefully have more entertaining things for us to do next week, then.
AngryMechaFan: Likewise. And workload should lighten up past October 09
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Thing is, fridays are gonna work better for me, I Think. I can try and BS a reason to have saturdays off instead, though.*
AngryMechaFan: As one of my classes is a half-semester
Lithaladhwen: We will totally attempt to figure out a time to have this every week.
Lithaladhwen: This is too groovy to let go.
AngryMechaFan: Besides. How else am I going to practice not being a wimp?
AngryMechaFan: XP
Lithaladhwen: Heh.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Don't make me turn this mission around. :-(*
Arch mage144: My work schedule varies a little, but if we all post to the thread we can stay coordinated.
AngryMechaFan: Also, the burger place at my school sucks.
AngryMechaFan: The burgers are pink on the inside. :-(
Arch mage144: That's generally not a good thing.
CGNakibe: Healthy? I don't think so.
AngryMechaFan: Indeed
AngryMechaFan: I took a look, and was all "EW."
AngryMechaFan: So, yeah. Not going there anymore
CGNakibe: So. Brian.
CGNakibe: When's Makura going to manifest the power to talk to fish?
Arch mage144: He's not Aquaman. So presumably never.
CGNakibe: But he's Makura.
CGNakibe: He'd MAKE it work.
CGNakibe: ...right?
AngryMechaFan: Which is good. Because Superman gave Jimmy Olsen water instead of Aquaman.
AngryMechaFan: Shows how utterly USELESS Aquaman is. XP
CGNakibe: Its really kinda funny.
CGNakibe: Aqua-LAD has better powers.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *I keep reading it as Mukraka.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Because it's funny.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Mukraka being the race of lobstermen in World of Warcraft.*
CGNakibe: Well, he does spend lots of time being crabby around everyone... *shrugs*
AngryMechaFan: And...heh. Note to self. Try to figure out speed/range penalties so I can figure out what to do when I snapshot
Arch mage144: Also, Giles' notes about infiltration weren't for nothing.
Arch mage144: I guarantee you guys will have to do some "on foot" stuff at some point.
CGNakibe: Serran calls the Rifle.
AngryMechaFan: Dude, I get the beam rifle.
CGNakibe: Too late.
CGNakibe: Already called it. >:D
AngryMechaFan: *Shaun mysteriously gets pwned via means of Zankantou*
Arch mage144: Procure on site, man. =P
CGNakibe: *takes 5000 damage*
CGNakibe: DOBAAAAAANN....
CGNakibe: IMPACT~!
AngryMechaFan: Ah HELL.
AngryMechaFan: *gets utterly whomped*
CGNakibe: *WHAM*
AngryMechaFan: *takes something like 13000 damage.*
AngryMechaFan: ...Screw it, might as well break out Ideon at this rate.
AngryMechaFan: Ideon being the only mecha I know that would have a gun rated in FP rather than actual dice of damage
Lithaladhwen: Okay. So. Who wants to go underwear shopping?
Lithaladhwen: Hel doesn't own anything other than what she was issued. Unlike a normal cadet, she couldn't bring anything with her to the academy.
CGNakibe: Serran: IM: 5. 4. 3. 2....
AngryMechaFan: Zeiren: I'll go!
Lithaladhwen: This means she needs to, like...go underwear shopping and crap. But that's not the truly terrifying part.
Lithaladhwen: As Shini astutely observed, the only other females around are her roommate...and Tareen.
CGNakibe: Serran: IM: NO ONE saw that coming. -.-;;
Lithaladhwen: Shini's brilliant suggestion: CIRP sometime.
Lithaladhwen: For great purchasing and shenanigans.
Lithaladhwen: Who's with us?
AngryMechaFan: Depends. After Wednesday would be best
AngryMechaFan: Stupid history test. :-(
Lithaladhwen: It would have to be weekendy for me.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *I dunno my schedual for this week, really.*
CGNakibe: This works for me.
AngryMechaFan: Weekend-y works. Though...eh. Sundays aren't the best
AngryMechaFan: I've got to write up another paper for my Japanese Popular Culture class.
Lithaladhwen: Friday and Saturday are groovy for me.
Lithaladhwen: So. We all go underwear shopping for the crazy ghost-talking woman.
Lithaladhwen: I am excited!
Lithaladhwen: There will be much fun and panties!
CGNakibe: Shopping for SUSPICIOUS underwear.
AngryMechaFan: Panties indeed
Lithaladhwen: That's it. I want my postrank to be Suspicious Panties. Because that is APPARENTLY what Helena has.
Lithaladhwen: I think I may have to do that.
CGNakibe: We;;. sje
CGNakibe: Well, she's surrounded with suspicion at this point.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *You crazy humans and your need for clothes.*
CGNakibe: Why AREN'T her clothes suspicious too?
Lithaladhwen: They were.
Lithaladhwen: She's in uniform now, but they were all weird before.
Lithaladhwen: I can only imagine what would have happened if something were wrong with her underwear.
Lithaladhwen: People would flip out and kill her or something.
CGNakibe: Don't worry.
CGNakibe: Zeiren is on the case!
Lithaladhwen: I'm sure.
Lithaladhwen: He'll study each pair. Make sure they look right on her.
Lithaladhwen: Careful careful scrutiny.
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Ask Tareen to help him double check.*
TheWaiChibiAngel: *Man. Suicide Girl AND twin fetish all exposed at once.*
Lithaladhwen: ....Yeep.
Lithaladhwen: His head would explode.
CGNakibe has left the room.
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