2020-09-11_02:44:28.25025 Finn> Kiara says, "No, not her... the, um, High Druid. I've done a favor or two for her in the past." She turns and looks nervously over her shoulder for a moment.
2020-09-11_02:46:24.47219 Finn> Otto says, "Well, I've never heard of her protecting a caravan but if she can magic away those damn insects, she's good in my book."
2020-09-11_02:46:53.66186 Finn> Kiara nods. "OK... I'll see what I can do." She goes off in a corner to mutter for a little bit.
2020-09-11_02:49:45.16998 Finn> A green and shining aura now covers the spice wagon which will repel any kind of giant insects, animals, or plants.
2020-09-11_02:50:18.10348 Finn> Okay, you are able to get rady for the trip and head out the next day unless anyone has anything special to do.
2020-09-11_02:53:34.07482 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2x2"
2020-09-11_02:53:34.29697 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2) 28 (1d20+4+4+2) 16 for Mike
2020-09-11_02:58:59.98978 Finn> Niamh laboriously traces something out, then heads off to a carpenter or woodworker.
2020-09-11_02:59:25.51286 Finn> There are tons of them you could hire in the city.
2020-09-11_03:01:03.87049 Finn> Niamh eventually returns bearing ten truly hideous looking carved wooden posts.
2020-09-11_03:01:17.24216 Finn> Luke says, "Damn, those are ugly."
2020-09-11_03:02:08.50576 Finn> Kiara asks, "More juju?"
2020-09-11_03:02:15.45313 Finn> Niamh keeps two of them and brings the other 8 to Otto. "These are totem markers used by the local orc tribes. These ones say 'Deadly Plague Here'."
2020-09-11_03:02:44.33015 Finn> Otto says, "Won't the orcs wonder why we're using Orcish totems?"
2020-09-11_03:03:10.63989 Finn> Otto says, "I suppose we could post them around the Caravan at night, though."
2020-09-11_03:04:02.96194 Finn> Niamh says, "Have the wagons display them and maybe we'll have fewer orc problems." She nods. "They may! Some of them may attack anyway. But they will be less eager, and fearful, and some of them will simply decide to let us by. It is hardly a safeguard of passage but it should help matters."
2020-09-11_03:04:22.82318 Finn> Okay!
2020-09-11_03:04:31.20815 Finn> You get a good night's sleep and then SHIP OUT
2020-09-11_03:05:06.19138 Finn> The caravan moves slowly along the Imperial road to Anvil; the mules can only pull so fast, so you travel about five to ten miles a day.
2020-09-11_03:05:17.19049 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d4"
2020-09-11_03:05:17.40772 Finn> Result is: (2d4) 4 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_03:05:54.11132 Finn> You enter the Bitterwood after the first day; it's gloomy and depressing and everything is grey and brown; you see few animals and they look depressed.
2020-09-11_03:06:30.25405 Finn> Several times, giant insects approach, then flee.
2020-09-11_03:07:17.80595 Finn> The good news is that the trees keep the heat down, though summer is headed towards its end, anyway.
2020-09-11_03:12:59.03164 Finn> One night, smoke floats through as you camp for bed; nothing attacks but you have strange dreams.
2020-09-11_03:12:59.24501 page> Akemi [to you]: You dream of burying yourself inside pieces of the shell of a Koru behemoth, then laughing at everything that tries to hurt you.
2020-09-11_03:13:49.03419 Finn> The smoke is gone in the morning; Luke awakens, rubbing his forehead. "I don't think you can actually ride the Stone Thief and guide it by tugging its ears," he mumbles.
2020-09-11_03:14:17.79887 Finn> Vendrik claims, once, in a half-woken voice, that he is.. INVINCIBLE.
2020-09-11_03:15:43.24456 Finn> Kiara says, "Tree dead. Bad. Tree shouldn't be dead."
2020-09-11_03:16:13.09720 Finn> Luke says to Vendrik, "WE could wrestle, see if you are invincible."
2020-09-11_03:16:22.80953 Ivan> Frito says, "Now I'm reminded of that one character from Goldeneye, Dan. ^^;;"
2020-09-11_03:16:59.37110 Finn> Vendrik says, "Ask again, when have found shell of Koru to wear."
2020-09-11_03:17:22.09530 Finn> Luke says, "Man, Koru-shell armor would be hella hard to make but probably kind of amazing."
2020-09-11_03:20:27.02974 Finn> The other good news: You reach the point where you want to break off from the Caravan without any further incident.
2020-09-11_03:20:40.02245 Finn> You all get paid 10 GP.
2020-09-11_03:20:52.24660 Finn> And then head into the woods, heading ideally for the Death Tree.
2020-09-11_03:21:47.67091 Finn> Someone will need to navigate through the woods so you don't just wander around.
2020-09-11_03:22:21.86994 Finn> This is DC 15 and you'll need to propose some way to find the Tree, since there isn't a clearly marked path, just vague adventurer reports
2020-09-11_03:23:08.58451 Ivan> Akio says, "Harrow is a city girl."
2020-09-11_03:23:11.95502 Ivan> Akio says, "Cities and tombs."
2020-09-11_03:23:53.10766 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Kiara is probably the most woodsy."
2020-09-11_03:24:08.73893 Finn> Niamh tries to recall if the flora around the tree shows signs of its corruption, and if so what.
2020-09-11_03:24:10.67183 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah, she does have a background pip in wood elf experience."
2020-09-11_03:24:28.38643 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I've got "big game hunter", which is probably better than nothing."
2020-09-11_03:24:42.94002 Finn> The whole Bitterwood is corrupted, though you could try to look for signs of death magic.
2020-09-11_03:24:45.90455 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "But only +1, and my Wis/Int aren't great."
2020-09-11_03:24:56.89909 Ivan> Tobias says, "Well, we are hunting the Tree, and a living dungeon is the biggest of game."
2020-09-11_03:25:14.93209 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Big Game Hunter does apply!"
2020-09-11_03:26:00.33425 Finn> Niamh tries looking for death magic with Harrow's aid, as Harrowhark knows her some death magic.
2020-09-11_03:26:00.54777 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Well, if no one else has anything better, I guess we're hunting, not scouting. Int or Wis, John?"
2020-09-11_03:27:02.26244 Finn> Harrowhark aids Niamh!
2020-09-11_03:27:08.55370 Finn> Kiara looks for signs where the normal forest activity is disturbed - animals not following normal activity patterns, for example.
2020-09-11_03:27:55.42858 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You can use either one, Dan"
2020-09-11_03:28:27.92432 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC That's Mystic Sage + Int with a +2 bonus from Harrowhark"
2020-09-11_03:28:38.41746 Finn> Vendrik looks around and starts looking for signs of the biggest damn game he's ever hunted, a whole dungeon. d20+4
2020-09-11_03:28:38.63240 Finn> Result is: (d20+4) 21
2020-09-11_03:28:39.77670 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC For Niamh"
2020-09-11_03:28:47.60738 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+1+2"
2020-09-11_03:28:47.82349 Finn> Result is: (1d20+1+2) 8 for Kiara
2020-09-11_03:28:55.91304 Finn> Vendrik finds the trail with EASE
2020-09-11_03:29:16.77405 Finn> Fortunately, the thing leaves a lot of damage behind as it moves.
2020-09-11_03:29:31.37795 Finn> Or else someone decided to cut a swathe through the woods.
2020-09-11_03:29:52.21760 Finn> Vendrik leads you in pursuit; from what you know, the dungeon isn't very fast, so with time, you will catch up
2020-09-11_03:30:09.89244 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2+2"
2020-09-11_03:30:10.10917 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2+2) 32, crit for Mike
2020-09-11_03:30:14.82597 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Gimme a second to hit the bathroom."
2020-09-11_03:30:17.73709 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Dang."
2020-09-11_03:30:31.34282 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Mike was saving up from earlier."
2020-09-11_03:30:36.69652 Finn> Niamh's magic backs this up and you go a chasin'
2020-09-11_03:30:51.98525 Ivan> Tobias says, "And of course, it wasn't needed."
2020-09-11_03:31:36.68833 Ivan> Frito says, "Hey, the magic evil detection could come in handy if we need to know what kinda crap it's putting out that we'll have to guard against."
2020-09-11_03:38:28.88391 Finn> You travel for about three days, growing closer and closer.
2020-09-11_03:39:14.82053 Finn> Then the ground shakes briefly and you hear rocks spray upwards and dirt; something has burst out of the ground up ahead. DC 20 to try and see what it is from here (Wisdom or Intellignece + appropriate background + level)
2020-09-11_03:39:46.39764 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+4"
2020-09-11_03:39:46.61432 Finn> Result is: (d20+4) 21 for Vendrik
2020-09-11_03:39:54.04680 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "VENDRIK IS KING OF THE FOREST."
2020-09-11_03:40:02.26339 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+6"
2020-09-11_03:40:02.49378 Finn> Result is: (1d20+6) 15 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_03:40:16.05455 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2"
2020-09-11_03:40:16.27552 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2) 15 for Mike
2020-09-11_03:40:17.60075 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+1+2"
2020-09-11_03:40:17.81754 Finn> Result is: (1d20+1+2) 21 for Kiara
2020-09-11_03:40:27.79505 page> Akemi [to you]: It's probably an orc pit; if you move quickly, you can try and destroy it before it spawns many orcs.
2020-09-11_03:41:16.58082 Finn> Vendrik bellows "ORC PIT!" and unslings his shield and charges in to try and wreck it.
2020-09-11_03:41:36.50149 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "a what?"
2020-09-11_03:41:37.75649 Ivan> Akio asks, "The fuck is an orc pit?"
2020-09-11_03:41:50.28072 Finn> Kiara says, "You got it!" She quickly moves in after him.
2020-09-11_03:42:02.65970 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Gauntlet monster generator."
2020-09-11_03:42:19.19032 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "It's gonna start spitting out orcs."
2020-09-11_03:43:01.95676 Ivan> Frito says, "But if we hit it quick, we may be able to get oit before it spawns too many."
2020-09-11_03:43:20.05579 Ivan> Akio says, "I see."
2020-09-11_03:43:21.48087 Finn> Luke shouts, "TIME FOR DEAD ORCS!" He follows Vendrik.
2020-09-11_03:43:52.56875 Finn> Harrowhark rushes in with the others, but keeps close to Niamh so if anything gets around Luke and Vendrik the squashy wizard won't go squash.
2020-09-11_03:44:14.69759 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Orcs may come from other orcs but may also be the result of dark winds transforming people or orc pits, which erupt orcs for a while, generally because too much magic gathered there"
2020-09-11_03:44:22.27444 Finn> Niamh heaves a sigh and rushes forward.
2020-09-11_03:45:21.90415 Ivan> Akio says, "This is some 40k shit."
2020-09-11_03:45:54.09615 Finn> You find the Orc pit; there are two big orcs with axes and ten armed only with their fists; one of the big orcs is trying to climb out of a large pit that glows purple and is limned with pitch black dirt.
2020-09-11_03:46:30.43135 Finn> Initiative!
2020-09-11_03:46:35.27762 Ivan> Frito asks, "What does it look like would be needed to destroy the pit?"
2020-09-11_03:46:41.10960 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+2x2"
2020-09-11_03:46:41.33123 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2) 14 (1d20+2) 21 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_03:46:46.11475 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+1"
2020-09-11_03:46:46.33933 Finn> Result is: (d20+1) 5 for Vendrik
2020-09-11_03:46:55.64122 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2"
2020-09-11_03:46:55.86494 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2) 16 for Kiara
2020-09-11_03:47:12.13341 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+2+2x2"
2020-09-11_03:47:12.35683 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+2) 15 (1d20+2+2) 16 for Mike
2020-09-11_03:47:37.09479 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Burn a daily or an Icon benefit to power a rite; it takes four rounds."
2020-09-11_03:48:06.31364 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+1"
2020-09-11_03:48:06.53142 Finn> Result is: (1d20+1) 3 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_03:48:40.91029 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC You there, Rod?"
2020-09-11_03:48:55.91876 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+6"
2020-09-11_03:48:56.14012 Finn> Result is: (1d20+6) 16 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_03:49:19.78172 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-11_03:49:19.99782 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 25, crit for Samantha
2020-09-11_03:49:34.85531 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "i always get good inits and junk on to-hit"
2020-09-11_03:49:54.46947 Finn> Okay, it's Samantha, then Harrowhark, then Kiara, then your foes, then the rest of the party.
2020-09-11_03:51:05.15264 Finn> Samantha tries to tumble strike Axe Orc
2020-09-11_03:51:23.11210 Finn> One big orc and ten unarmed are out of the pit; one big will climb out on their initiative tic; the unarmed orcs are mooks. The mooks are 17/15/12; the big orcs are 18/16/12
2020-09-11_03:51:36.66931 Finn> Roll to hit!
2020-09-11_03:51:37.79351 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-11_03:51:38.01477 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 12 for Samantha
2020-09-11_03:51:47.19249 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "yeah, like htat"
2020-09-11_03:51:58.08532 Finn> Now roll to disengage, d20+5
2020-09-11_03:52:16.16770 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-11_03:52:16.38834 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 19 for Samantha
2020-09-11_03:52:48.63651 Finn> Samantha scratches the Orc as she flips past him.
2020-09-11_03:53:04.38212 Finn> Harrowhark, then Kiara, then Orcs!
2020-09-11_03:53:43.30934 Finn> Harrowhark holds her actions until immediately after the orcs.
2020-09-11_03:54:06.57426 Finn> Kiara!
2020-09-11_03:54:09.02780 Ivan> Akio says, "wait, wait, hold on."
2020-09-11_03:54:12.98073 Finn> Kiara does her own tumbling attack on the Ax Orc!
2020-09-11_03:54:15.80286 Ivan> Frito says, "Holding."
2020-09-11_03:54:24.86263 Ivan> Akio asks, "John, the pit is going to spit out a big orc EVERY init tick, every round?"
2020-09-11_03:54:51.98000 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The pit is going to spawn either a big orc or a group of lesser orcs each round on their tick; this round, the one coming out of the pit comes out"
2020-09-11_03:54:56.71753 Ivan> Akio says, "Okay, in that case I think we need to decide right now who is going to start burning what power to close this thing."
2020-09-11_03:55:18.17823 Ivan> Akio says, "We can't just bash our way to victory and wasting a round could be the difference between an easy win and getting fucked up."
2020-09-11_03:55:24.51810 Ivan> Tobias says, "I could try throwing a Hold Portal on it."
2020-09-11_03:55:43.06809 Ivan> Frito says, "Yes. Kiara doesn't have any Icon benefits left; it's going to be either Niamh, Harrow, or if someone has an Icon benefit left that might apply."
2020-09-11_03:55:53.89281 Ivan> Akio says, "Mike, I hate to put this on you, but Niamh is probably the person who both has an appropriate power of some sort and we can spare for four rounds."
2020-09-11_03:56:05.02704 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke and Vendrik have icon benefits"
2020-09-11_03:56:14.58687 Ivan> Tobias says, "No problem."
2020-09-11_03:56:14.80318 Ivan> Akio says, "HRm."
2020-09-11_03:56:16.81147 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But you kind of need them to hold the defensive line."
2020-09-11_03:56:23.49257 Ivan> Akio says, "The problem is... yes, that."
2020-09-11_03:56:32.29084 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Niamh could use her daily which is unused."
2020-09-11_03:57:07.64688 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Would that wreck the pit?"
2020-09-11_03:57:29.71940 Ivan> Akio says, "Mike: you need to burn either an icon benefit OR a daily spell in a ritual which takes four rounds."
2020-09-11_03:57:36.52057 Ivan> Akio says, "And the pit will then be wrecked."
2020-09-11_03:57:37.69877 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You could use it to power a rite which would destroy the pit; this would take 4 rounds and then you would make a DC 15 Int + Mystic Sage + Level check."
2020-09-11_03:57:41.78340 Ivan> Tobias says, "Ahhhhh."
2020-09-11_03:58:05.00510 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeah, this is a job for me, I guess."
2020-09-11_03:59:00.40030 Ivan> Akio says, "I would do it, but that means a lot less healing."
2020-09-11_03:59:07.06342 Ivan> Frito says, "Right ho; we'll try to keep them off of you."
2020-09-11_03:59:25.77494 Ivan> Frito says, "And you may be needed if Mike can't make that final check."
2020-09-11_03:59:49.75738 Finn> Kiara makes the strike!
2020-09-11_04:00:08.44244 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Rogues may want to forego tumbling about and form up-ish on the line with the rest"
2020-09-11_04:00:10.40805 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Go for it, his AC is 18"
2020-09-11_04:00:18.43742 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "mkay"
2020-09-11_04:00:21.51476 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1"
2020-09-11_04:00:21.73146 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1) 14 for Kiara
2020-09-11_04:00:46.55972 Finn> Roll for your tumble, as you scratch him.
2020-09-11_04:01:17.11196 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
2020-09-11_04:01:17.33272 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5+1) 9 for Kiara
2020-09-11_04:01:40.25565 Finn> Unfortunately, he trips you and you fall at his feet.
2020-09-11_04:02:29.90665 Finn> He shouts, "WRETCHED ELF" and brings his axe down on her as the other big orc climbs out of the pit.
2020-09-11_04:02:43.77079 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+7"
2020-09-11_04:02:43.98696 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:03:09.31036 Finn> Kiara drops to 24 HP.
2020-09-11_04:03:59.67824 Finn> Five of the junior orcs rush Vendrik because he is biggest and tastiest.
2020-09-11_04:04:29.86116 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x5"
2020-09-11_04:04:30.07804 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 25 (d20+7) 16 (d20+7) 19 (d20+7) 11 (d20+7) 16 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:04:30.49491 Finn> Vendrik slams his blade on his shield as they come, grinning savagely.
2020-09-11_04:05:02.83879 Ivan> Akio says, "That's bullshit. Vendrik is all muscle and his diet is ass. He'd be tough and stringy, without a lot of natural flavor. They'd need to boil him for hours."
2020-09-11_04:05:08.99295 Ivan> Akio says, "NIAMH is the tastiest one here."
2020-09-11_04:05:22.94328 Finn> Vendrik takes two 5 point hits and drops to 34 HP.
2020-09-11_04:05:31.06639 Ivan> Tobias says, "Niamh is too skinny."
2020-09-11_04:05:41.95238 Ivan> Tobias says, "Not enough meat."
2020-09-11_04:05:51.49478 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Dude, Vendrik is not all muscle. Vendrik is huge, in every way. He's got very good tailors, but he's bulky in more ways than one. There's a reason his Dex is 8."
2020-09-11_04:06:02.73284 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Her headlights say otherwise!"
2020-09-11_04:06:11.16518 Finn> The other five target luke, thinking he must be tasty.
2020-09-11_04:06:17.72481 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x5"
2020-09-11_04:06:17.94744 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 26 (d20+7) 8 (d20+7) 23 (d20+7) 13 (d20+7) 21 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:06:30.49615 Ivan> Akio says, "Luke is also probably delicious, being a dragonborn."
2020-09-11_04:06:39.16060 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Tastes like chicken."
2020-09-11_04:06:50.20486 Finn> They chew on Luke three times, down to 21 HP.
2020-09-11_04:07:10.42756 Finn> THe climbing orc does nothing else this round. Next round, the junior orcs crit on a 19+
2020-09-11_04:07:40.84558 Finn> Time for Niamh, then Luke, then Vendrik
2020-09-11_04:08:02.60553 Finn> Harrowhark uses her action now.
2020-09-11_04:08:12.34683 Finn> Harrowhark swings at a mook orc.
2020-09-11_04:08:29.19232 Finn> Niamh calmly begins the Ritual of the Acid Geyser Pit.
2020-09-11_04:08:34.81101 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7"
2020-09-11_04:08:35.03134 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 20 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:08:43.72571 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC hit-tastic!"
2020-09-11_04:08:46.40818 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6+2"
2020-09-11_04:08:46.62484 Finn> Result is: (2d6+2) 6 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:09:06.55609 Finn> Harrowhark injures the mook but he doesn't die.
2020-09-11_04:09:14.86520 Finn> Harrowhark heals Kiara for 4.
2020-09-11_04:09:41.41194 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Do you want to use a Heal on someone?"
2020-09-11_04:09:42.40986 Finn> Harrowhark casts Heal on Luke.
2020-09-11_04:09:56.39350 Ivan> Akio says, "I really like Healing Strike."
2020-09-11_04:10:55.63493 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+6 1d20+6 2d6+6 1d20+7 2d10+7"
2020-09-11_04:10:55.85368 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 18 (2d6+6) 12 (1d20+6) 11 (1d20+7) 9 (2d10+6) 14 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:11:24.71764 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "for droo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SFpbl-IHHk&ab_channel=GugaFoods dry aging steaks in vegemite"
2020-09-11_04:11:52.71348 Finn> Luke heals 14 HP. Luke spits lightning at the mooks, then lashes out with his halbard. Sadly, neither attack hits, though they would have hit hard.
2020-09-11_04:12:11.08148 Finn> Vendrik!
2020-09-11_04:12:49.28330 Finn> Vendrik lashes out at the mooks. d20+7 2d10+5 "Get little baby ones down," he bellows at the rogues, Inspiring them for +1 to hit.
2020-09-11_04:12:49.49929 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 21 (2d10+5) 24
2020-09-11_04:13:03.72795 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Keeerrrrrunch."
2020-09-11_04:13:23.28859 Finn> Vendrik sends an orc head flying into the pit and injures another one.
2020-09-11_04:13:48.45814 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Wow. More than 12 each for mooks? Zesty."
2020-09-11_04:14:17.48373 Ivan> Akio says, "Considerably more."
2020-09-11_04:14:27.50891 Ivan> Akio says, "Remember, I hit one for six."
2020-09-11_04:15:05.18339 Finn> New round, Escalation Die of 1! Both rogues get +1 due to Vendrik as well. Samantha, then Harrowhark, then Kiara!
2020-09-11_04:16:33.00274 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-11_04:16:33.21603 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-11_04:16:43.03959 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Rod?"
2020-09-11_04:16:48.77606 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I kind of assumed there were just 2 packs of 5. If they're really more than 15 each, we're probably in a lot of trouble."
2020-09-11_04:16:50.60143 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-11_04:16:54.05982 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "we forming up yeah?"
2020-09-11_04:17:01.96172 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "There are two packs of five, yeah."
2020-09-11_04:17:11.66526 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "One pack on Luke and Harrow, one on Vendrik"
2020-09-11_04:17:20.77478 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-11_04:17:27.67322 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That would help defend Niamh, Rod."
2020-09-11_04:17:46.98966 Finn> Samantha lines up to defend Niamh and strikes at the nearest orc
2020-09-11_04:17:53.76633 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You can get sneak attack if you hit one of the mooks on Vendrik or Luke/Harrow"
2020-09-11_04:18:12.62580 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC AC is 18; are you hitting the ones on Vendrik or the ones on Luke and Harrow?"
2020-09-11_04:18:24.57338 Finn> Samantha says, "OOC vendrick"
2020-09-11_04:18:30.59229 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Okay!"
2020-09-11_04:18:32.22810 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+3"
2020-09-11_04:18:32.44442 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+3) 16 for Samantha
2020-09-11_04:18:46.00527 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 2d8+4"
2020-09-11_04:18:46.22131 Finn> Result is: (2d8+4) 13 for Samantha
2020-09-11_04:19:44.23739 Finn> Unfortunately, you narrowly missed (AC 18), so you just scratch a mook
2020-09-11_04:19:50.74295 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Wasn't it 17? I thought only the big ones were 18. (not that it matters, unless that also failed to include the +1 from Inspire)"
2020-09-11_04:19:59.15619 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "DOh, you are right"
2020-09-11_04:20:04.70168 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "They are only 17"
2020-09-11_04:20:19.18181 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But she added the +2 for the round and Inspire"
2020-09-11_04:20:44.46012 Finn> Harrowhark!
2020-09-11_04:20:53.30392 Finn> Harrowhark strikes out at another mook!
2020-09-11_04:21:08.36370 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+8"
2020-09-11_04:21:08.57963 Finn> Result is: (1d20+8) 26 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:21:14.82554 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6+2"
2020-09-11_04:21:15.04267 Finn> Result is: (2d6+2) 11 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:21:21.55313 Finn> Harrowhark heals Vendrik for 4.
2020-09-11_04:21:39.64183 Ivan> Akio says, "This whole 'fight on the line' thing might work out."
2020-09-11_04:21:42.89987 Finn> The mook topples over.
2020-09-11_04:21:55.04343 Finn> Kiara!
2020-09-11_04:22:55.46204 Ivan> Frito asks, "What's the practical difference between Evasive Strike and Tumbling? Evasive is an automatic disengage?"
2020-09-11_04:23:45.41915 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Evasive strike lets you automatically disengage if you hit"
2020-09-11_04:24:08.37810 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Tumbling Strike, the disengage is a roll"
2020-09-11_04:24:36.01432 Ivan> Frito asks, "OK. And Tumbling is also designed to move in, attack, disengage?"
2020-09-11_04:24:42.45003 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes."
2020-09-11_04:25:20.69009 Ivan> Frito says, "Right. Since I'm already engaged with Ax Orc and want to disengage, going with an Evasive Strike instead of Tumble."
2020-09-11_04:25:37.49674 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1+1"
2020-09-11_04:25:37.71389 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1+1) 13 for Kiara
2020-09-11_04:25:40.53714 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Okay! AC 18, but you have an extra +2"
2020-09-11_04:25:52.83441 Ivan> Frito says, "...or not. x.x"
2020-09-11_04:25:59.56081 Finn> Kiara scratches her foe for 2
2020-09-11_04:26:41.99598 Finn> Three, actually, due to her magical weapon.
2020-09-11_04:26:48.80876 Finn> Foe turn!
2020-09-11_04:27:12.22542 Finn> Three more junior orcs climb out.
2020-09-11_04:27:27.93791 Finn> Both big orcs attack Kiara.
2020-09-11_04:27:33.09118 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x2"
2020-09-11_04:27:33.30834 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 13 (d20+7) 17 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:27:51.47715 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ooh. I forgot magical damage can apply to tick damage. 3 per turn is starting to get pretty significant."
2020-09-11_04:28:14.17884 Finn> She is hit once for 8 damage, dropping to twenty.
2020-09-11_04:28:19.85101 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah, it only hit me just now"
2020-09-11_04:29:13.56248 Finn> Two mooks on Luke, two on Harrowhark.
2020-09-11_04:29:22.68213 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x4"
2020-09-11_04:29:22.90041 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 19 (d20+7) 12 (d20+7) 22 (d20+7) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:30:01.32377 Finn> Each is hit once; Luke drops to 30 and Harrow to 35
2020-09-11_04:30:18.61647 Finn> Two mooks on Vendrik, two on Samantha
2020-09-11_04:30:25.51955 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x4"
2020-09-11_04:30:25.73650 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 21 (d20+7) 26 (d20+7) 16 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:31:08.15827 Finn> Samantha is hit twice, drops to 22; Vendrik once and drops to 33.
2020-09-11_04:32:20.29895 Finn> Niamh, then Luke, then Vendrik!
2020-09-11_04:32:41.76275 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: I keep on keeping on."
2020-09-11_04:33:14.00043 Finn> Luke shouts the name of the Great Gold Wyrm and is covered in lightning; he strikes!
2020-09-11_04:33:51.50296 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+11 2d10+1d12+7"
2020-09-11_04:33:51.72180 Finn> Result is: (2d10+1d12+7) 20 (d20+11) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:34:23.90946 Finn> Luke injures but doesn't kill a mook (he does half damage on a miss with Smite Evil)
2020-09-11_04:34:27.75114 Finn> Vendrik swipes his sword back the other way, attempting to behind another Orc or two d20+8 2d10+5, again inspiring the Rogues for +1 to hit.
2020-09-11_04:34:27.97151 Finn> Result is: (d20+8) 15 (2d10+5) 21
2020-09-11_04:35:11.13496 Finn> Vendrik scrapes him for 3 but doesn't quite hit.
2020-09-11_04:35:13.50646 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Damn, I wish I could take my damage as to hit."
2020-09-11_04:35:40.30116 Finn> Escalation Die of 2, Samantha, then Harrow, then Kiara!
2020-09-11_04:35:57.87626 Finn> Rogues get an extra +1, so that's +3 for the round
2020-09-11_04:37:13.68082 Finn> Samantha swings at the nearest orc
2020-09-11_04:37:25.91777 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Go for it!"
2020-09-11_04:37:37.38372 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+3"
2020-09-11_04:37:37.60049 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+3) 20 for Samantha
2020-09-11_04:37:45.39099 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 2d8+4"
2020-09-11_04:37:45.61199 Finn> Result is: (2d8+4) 7 for Samantha
2020-09-11_04:37:54.73134 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC That's a hit! Don't forget to also roll sneak attack damage"
2020-09-11_04:38:21.43935 Finn> Samantha asks, "OOC what's that dice gain?"
2020-09-11_04:38:25.02891 Ivan> Akio asks, "I have lost track; who has the least HP?"
2020-09-11_04:38:30.30915 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC 1d6"
2020-09-11_04:38:39.39243 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d6"
2020-09-11_04:38:39.60887 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 1 for Samantha
2020-09-11_04:38:43.01916 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Kiara at 20"
2020-09-11_04:38:51.76868 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Then Sam at 22."
2020-09-11_04:39:21.55429 Finn> The mook dies, leaving only three facing her and Vendrik, though there are three others who haven't attacked anyone yet.
2020-09-11_04:39:53.39374 Finn> Harrowhark wacks another mook.
2020-09-11_04:40:00.93038 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+8"
2020-09-11_04:40:01.14885 Finn> Result is: (1d20+8) 28, crit for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:40:09.12203 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6+2"
2020-09-11_04:40:09.33990 Finn> Result is: (2d6+2) 11 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:40:11.65704 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Woot, double damage dice!"
2020-09-11_04:40:20.93743 Finn> Harrowhark heals Kiara for 4.
2020-09-11_04:40:26.70748 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Clerics!"
2020-09-11_04:40:31.93676 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Roll 2d6 more, you critted"
2020-09-11_04:40:39.03381 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6"
2020-09-11_04:40:39.24991 Finn> Result is: (2d6) 12 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:40:43.11420 Ivan> Akio says, "... wow."
2020-09-11_04:41:05.11589 Finn> Harrowhark kills off two moonks, though one only barely dies.
2020-09-11_04:41:25.73755 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Do you want to use a Heal on someone or save it?"
2020-09-11_04:41:48.76118 Ivan> Akio says, "I didn't even spec Harrow as a smashy smashy cleric. This is all with her built as pure heal. And no, I don't want to use it, John."
2020-09-11_04:41:58.69907 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Okay!"
2020-09-11_04:42:13.81680 Finn> Kiara! You have +3 to hit this round (Escalation + Vendrik)
2020-09-11_04:42:32.05829 Finn> Kiara does a tumble against original Ax Orc!
2020-09-11_04:42:47.21713 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+2+1"
2020-09-11_04:42:47.43347 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+2+1) 15 for Kiara
2020-09-11_04:43:12.23950 Finn> No success hitting because dice hate you but you do 3 damage. Roll the tumble
2020-09-11_04:43:22.08106 Ivan> Frito asks, "Do I roll once or twice to disengage against both orcs?"
2020-09-11_04:43:27.19112 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Once"
2020-09-11_04:43:29.92020 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
2020-09-11_04:43:30.13687 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5+1) 19 for Kiara
2020-09-11_04:43:38.66315 Finn> Kiara ESCAPES
2020-09-11_04:44:07.27951 Ivan> Tobias says, "Original Axe Orc uses only Original Axe Bodywash. Cool Glacier Axe Orc by contrast uses only Cool Glacier Axe Bodywash."
2020-09-11_04:44:35.30563 Finn> A big orc climbs out of the Pit.
2020-09-11_04:45:03.06964 Finn> The three mooks close in on Luke and Harrow; Two on Harrow, three on Luke (they join the two left there)
2020-09-11_04:45:10.36741 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x5"
2020-09-11_04:45:10.58439 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 22 (d20+7) 27, crit (d20+7) 24 (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:45:34.13207 Ivan> Akio says, "Ah geez."
2020-09-11_04:45:53.61481 Finn> Harrow is popped for 5 + 10, dropping to 20; Luke drops to 25
2020-09-11_04:46:14.68165 Finn> The big orcs attack Vendrik; the three mooks there attack Samantha
2020-09-11_04:46:23.25446 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x2 "
2020-09-11_04:46:23.47604 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 8 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:46:29.27048 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x3"
2020-09-11_04:46:29.48664 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 11 (d20+7) 16 (d20+7) 20 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:46:59.70183 Finn> Mostly they suck and Samantha gets punched, drops to 17.
2020-09-11_04:47:09.21364 Finn> Niamh!
2020-09-11_04:47:43.29431 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Original Axe Orc has been scratched four times."
2020-09-11_04:47:51.25272 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: This is round 3 of the ritual, yeah?"
2020-09-11_04:47:56.11262 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC yes!"
2020-09-11_04:48:07.28341 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Then I keep on keeping on."
2020-09-11_04:48:16.31023 Finn> Numo mocks the orcs with great vigor, though they barely notice.
2020-09-11_04:48:37.41476 Finn> Luke tries calling lightning AGAIN
2020-09-11_04:48:58.60545 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+12 2d10+1d12+7"
2020-09-11_04:48:58.82312 Finn> Result is: (2d10+1d12+7) 24 (1d20+12) 20 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:49:25.62042 Finn> Luke kills a Mook and mostly kills another one.,
2020-09-11_04:49:29.14029 Finn> Vendrik!
2020-09-11_04:49:58.26940 Finn> Vendrik flexibly keeps after the mooks d20+9 2d10+5, then orders Harrow and Samantha to Stand Firm for a recovery.
2020-09-11_04:49:58.48462 Finn> Result is: (d20+9) 20 (2d10+5) 19
2020-09-11_04:50:37.67687 Finn> Vendrik kills a mook and injures another one!
2020-09-11_04:50:46.65394 Finn> Vendrik uses Pull it Together on Kiara for recovery +2d4.
2020-09-11_04:51:01.65223 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d8+3"
2020-09-11_04:51:01.87343 Finn> Result is: (2d8+3) 9 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:51:34.17113 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Cannot complain about my damage rolls tonight."
2020-09-11_04:52:04.36808 Ivan> Frito asks, "Was that Harrow roll for Pull It Together or something else?"
2020-09-11_04:52:23.86046 Ivan> Akio says, "He gave me a recovery."
2020-09-11_04:52:26.50681 Ivan> Frito says, "...ach, never mind, got confused on the roll."
2020-09-11_04:52:38.38252 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+2d4"
2020-09-11_04:52:38.59944 Finn> Result is: (2d8+2d4) 11 for Kiara
2020-09-11_04:52:42.15865 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Harrow and Sam, got Stand firm, just plain recovery. Kiara gets PiT, for recovery with +2d4"
2020-09-11_04:52:47.49840 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "No con bonus?"
2020-09-11_04:52:50.88351 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Roll a recovery, Rod."
2020-09-11_04:53:05.07499 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah that should have been a +2."
2020-09-11_04:53:23.44099 Ivan> Frito says, "So 13 total."
2020-09-11_04:54:30.28205 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Rod?"
2020-09-11_04:54:51.79239 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d8+4"
2020-09-11_04:54:52.01384 Finn> Result is: (2d8+4) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_04:55:10.78511 Finn> Samantha heals 12 to 29 HP.
2020-09-11_04:55:28.95240 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "oops, sorry"
2020-09-11_04:55:34.89833 Finn> Escalation Die of 3; this will finish the ritual. Two big orcs on Vendrik; two mooks on him and Samantha. Four mooks on Harrow and Luke. A third big orc is unengaged and three mooks are climbing out of the pit. Samantha, then Harrow, then Kiara
2020-09-11_04:55:43.04176 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You have +3 to hit, Rod."
2020-09-11_04:55:45.53673 Finn> Samantha tries, again.
2020-09-11_04:56:06.38436 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You get +1d6 for sneak attack if you hit."
2020-09-11_04:56:07.90332 Finn> Samantha asks, "OOC and the escalation dice is at 3 as well?"
2020-09-11_04:56:17.49685 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC THe +3 is from the Escalation die."
2020-09-11_04:56:20.49662 Finn> Samantha says, "OOC oh"
2020-09-11_04:56:28.62311 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+3"
2020-09-11_04:56:28.83961 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+3) 10 for Samantha
2020-09-11_04:56:37.62398 Ivan> Sniper Ox grumbles
2020-09-11_04:56:41.98370 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Damnation, the dice hate you tonight"
2020-09-11_04:56:44.70340 Finn> Harrow!
2020-09-11_04:58:12.97191 Finn> Harrowhark wacks another mook!
2020-09-11_04:58:17.77947 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+9"
2020-09-11_04:58:17.99687 Finn> Result is: (1d20+9) 27 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:58:21.49497 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "FWIW, I am down to one stand firm left, plus two self heals from cloak and potion."
2020-09-11_04:58:58.72163 Finn> Harrowhark heals Samantha for four.
2020-09-11_04:59:05.51024 Finn> You hit, roll damage!
2020-09-11_04:59:05.77776 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6+2"
2020-09-11_04:59:05.99402 Finn> Result is: (2d6+2) 12 for Harrowhark
2020-09-11_04:59:21.11267 Finn> Harrowhark holds her heal.
2020-09-11_04:59:30.22634 Ivan> Akio says, "I haven't missed yet tonight."
2020-09-11_04:59:32.37505 Finn> Harrow kills a mook and injures another
2020-09-11_04:59:42.84412 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah, you stole the rogues' mojo."
2020-09-11_04:59:47.38307 Finn> Kiara!
2020-09-11_04:59:48.22933 Ivan> Frito asks, "Who's in the most trouble HP-wise at the moment?"
2020-09-11_05:00:06.99399 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "We should all be pretty topped reasonably up, after that last round of heals."
2020-09-11_05:00:35.72720 Ivan> Frito says, "Want to attack the mooks on the person most in trouble at the moment to try and take some of the pressure off. Which would probably be Vendrik, then, since he's got the two big orcs on him."
2020-09-11_05:00:48.46224 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke and Vendrik and Harrowhark are each down by 11 but are the three people who start with the most"
2020-09-11_05:00:54.92238 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yes. Killing those mooks is ideal."
2020-09-11_05:00:59.10427 Finn> Kiara takes a tumbling strike on the mooks attacking Vendrik!
2020-09-11_05:01:06.10991 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Harrow actually has more raw HP than Luke"
2020-09-11_05:01:32.16804 Ivan> Akio says, "My trickle healing really adds up over time."
2020-09-11_05:01:33.79137 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+3"
2020-09-11_05:01:34.00793 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+3) 18 for Kiara
2020-09-11_05:01:44.35476 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "God a hit at last."
2020-09-11_05:01:50.02400 Finn> Hit, don't forget sneak attack
2020-09-11_05:02:00.51135 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1+1d6"
2020-09-11_05:02:00.72761 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1+1d6) 19 for Kiara
2020-09-11_05:02:44.46122 Finn> Kiara kills a mook and another one is hurt!
2020-09-11_05:02:57.75727 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
2020-09-11_05:02:57.97867 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5+1) 23 for Kiara
2020-09-11_05:03:10.37500 Finn> Kiara escapes! Three mooks finish pit-climbing, though they are at the edge of it.
2020-09-11_05:03:29.53520 Finn> Two big orcs attack Vendrik; the third attacks Harrow
2020-09-11_05:03:41.73178 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x3"
2020-09-11_05:03:41.95400 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 23 (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 18 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_05:04:04.70778 Finn> Vendrik drops to 25 HP, taking 8
2020-09-11_05:04:18.16005 Finn> Three mooks attack Luke.
2020-09-11_05:04:25.74277 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x3"
2020-09-11_05:04:25.96448 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 18 (d20+7) 26 (d20+7) 20 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_05:04:39.83718 Finn> He is knocked down to 15
2020-09-11_05:04:53.83702 Finn> Two mooks on Vendrik, two on Samantha
2020-09-11_05:04:57.84217 Ivan> Akio says, "Looks like I'm gonna need to actually heal Luke."
2020-09-11_05:04:59.32436 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x4"
2020-09-11_05:04:59.54136 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 16 (d20+7) 21 (d20+7) 27, crit (d20+7) 8 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_05:05:18.76155 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Wait, how are there mooks left on us?"
2020-09-11_05:05:32.21695 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "There should be "mook", singular."
2020-09-11_05:05:46.92347 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I goofed and counted the ones who just came out, my apologies"
2020-09-11_05:05:54.39492 Finn> So it's all misses
2020-09-11_05:06:05.13697 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Whew."
2020-09-11_05:06:24.19053 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I thought I'd miscounted a batch or something."
2020-09-11_05:06:25.90733 Finn> Niamh, make your roll! DC 15
2020-09-11_05:07:07.82489 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Don't fuck this up, Mike!"
2020-09-11_05:07:22.11488 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "(no pressure)"
2020-09-11_05:08:34.20462 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Just to confirm, this is an int+sage+level roll?"
2020-09-11_05:08:39.61844 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes."
2020-09-11_05:08:45.62736 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Adding +3 for the Escalation die"
2020-09-11_05:09:05.80601 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Do I add in my wand bonus as well?"
2020-09-11_05:09:27.37465 Ivan> Akio says, "Should only need a three or better."
2020-09-11_05:09:39.04193 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Since you are burning a spell, yes."
2020-09-11_05:09:48.04221 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You would not with an icon benefit"
2020-09-11_05:09:59.61865 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2+3+1"
2020-09-11_05:09:59.83512 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2+3+1) 24 for Mike
2020-09-11_05:10:44.91921 Finn> Niamh calls forth the RITUAL OF THE ACID GEYSER up through the floor of the orc pit.
2020-09-11_05:11:47.10628 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Thomas Dolby now teaches at Johns Hopkins University"
2020-09-11_05:12:04.51341 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "BWAAAAAA....... THE STUDENT BODY IS NOW DEAF"
2020-09-11_05:12:20.05032 Finn> The pit crumbles into a pool of acid; the three orcs by the edge fall in and die in the acid.
2020-09-11_05:12:37.91549 Finn> The pit is now destroyed; also, you can knock people into it and hurt them. Well, you can try!
2020-09-11_05:13:19.56394 Ivan> Akio says, "Man, too bad my 5E character isn't around."
2020-09-11_05:13:32.42407 Ivan> Akio says, "You can't build a grapple monsters in 13th Age. I checked. :("
2020-09-11_05:13:36.43430 Finn> Luke swings angrily at his foes.
2020-09-11_05:13:50.99914 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+10 2d10+7"
2020-09-11_05:13:51.22037 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 19 (1d20+10) 18 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-11_05:14:10.81437 Finn> He kills a mook and nicks another one.
2020-09-11_05:14:18.95768 Finn> Vendrik!
2020-09-11_05:15:10.32547 Ivan> Akio says, "I do remember Mike being viscerally upset with the 5e grappling rules."
2020-09-11_05:15:18.19423 Ivan> Akio says, "I don't remember why, tho."
2020-09-11_05:15:28.96908 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "D&D has always struggled with grappling."
2020-09-11_05:15:41.77800 Finn> Vendrik now switches the the big orcs, leaving the last wounded mook to the rogues. d20+10 2d10+5+1d4
2020-09-11_05:15:41.99380 Finn> Result is: (d20+10) 17 (2d10+5+1d4) 19
2020-09-11_05:15:58.46700 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Damn. Should have stuck with the mook; that would have finished him. --"
2020-09-11_05:16:06.74937 Finn> You miss BY AN INCH.
2020-09-11_05:16:18.25232 Ivan> Akio says, "To be fair, in 5E you can build a dwarf who can do things like headlock two ogres, one under each arm."
2020-09-11_05:16:28.93211 Ivan> Akio says, "But like... this is D&D. It's all about ridiculous bullshit."
2020-09-11_05:16:58.93365 Finn> New round! Escalation Die of 4. Two big orcs on Vendrik, one on Luke. Two mooks on Luke and Harrow. One Mook on Vendrik and Samantha.
2020-09-11_05:17:24.38047 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Do we want to pause here for a week or go on? Y'all have the edge now but it is late."
2020-09-11_05:17:36.50572 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "That depends entirely upon what era of D&D you talk about. D&D through 1e and maybe even 2e? Hell no. 3.0 is when the rise of 'fantasy supers' starts to happen."
2020-09-11_05:17:40.78870 Ivan> Akio says, "I would prefer to stop as I have work in the morning."
2020-09-11_05:17:55.45494 Ivan> Tobias says, "We can stop here."
2020-09-11_05:18:04.04253 Ivan> Akio says, "1e and 2e have people who can summon meteors out of the sky by wiggling their fingers, Dan."
2020-09-11_05:18:09.45221 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "We'll finish this next time and you will reach the tree."
2020-09-11_05:18:17.10117 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah, but those are really high level"
2020-09-11_05:18:35.36456 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "REaching Level 17 in 1E or 2E took a long time."
2020-09-11_05:18:50.61643 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yes, at 17th level, which is years of play, and on a class that starts with a flat 1d4 hitpoints, maybe +1 if they were lucky on their con roll."
2020-09-11_05:18:52.19437 Ivan> Frito exclaims, "Sounds fine. Sleepytime!"
2020-09-11_05:18:53.80220 Ivan> Akio says, "1e and 2e have people who can hurl enormous room-clearing balls of fire by wiggling their fingers. :)"
2020-09-11_05:19:20.38026 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Good session. Mike finally got to Charm Person and y'all minimized your caravan trouble successfully"
2020-09-11_05:19:28.96127 Ivan> Akio says, "And more than one setting where raiding the dead is a service you can purchase for money."
2020-09-11_05:19:46.19986 Ivan> Tobias says, "Just gonna say that in 1E, a fighter at a certain point in his career is literally, officially referred to as a 'Superhero'."
2020-09-11_05:20:19.79684 Ivan> Tobias says, "As it is one of the level titles."
2020-09-11_05:20:41.52057 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh 1E."
2020-09-11_05:20:47.45313 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Oddly, yes, but below the level of "Lord"."
2020-09-11_05:22:06.71874 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That's a relic from Chainmail"
2020-09-11_05:22:09.34459 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "But regardless, until 3e, low level play until about level 8 or 10 was pretty perilous, and mostly not filled with ridiculous 'dwarf headlocks two ogres without magic' sorts of stunts that became a hallmark in post 3e play."
2020-09-11_05:22:14.56630 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Where you have Hero and Superhero"
2020-09-11_05:22:41.69382 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "BRB"
2020-09-11_05:22:45.90138 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-11_05:22:46.11454 Ivan> Wombat falls asleep.
2020-09-11_05:22:46.11459 DaR> Michelle falls asleep.
2020-09-11_05:22:46.11460 tfp> Spellvis falls asleep.
2020-09-11_05:22:46.11460 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-11_05:23:51.10961 Ivan> Akio says, "I've done tank twice and now main healer, and I've had a lot of fun each time, but in the next game we play I'm gonna play some sort of ridiculously broken controller type, if applicable to the system."
2020-09-11_05:24:19.54363 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "3e added a fair chunk of hp to low level characters. 3.5 added a lot more feat synergy available very early. 4e add another huge whack of hp, dialed back early synergy a little, but massively increased opening power levels due to the whole AEDL setup. 5th dialed back power, but kept the hitpoints."
2020-09-11_05:24:19.95399 Ivan> Akio says, "The sort of character that renders NPCs useless."
2020-09-11_05:25:31.25681 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-11_05:25:31.46988 Ivan> Wombat wakes up.
2020-09-11_05:25:31.46993 DaR> Michelle wakes up.
2020-09-11_05:25:31.46993 tfp> Spellvis wakes up.
2020-09-11_05:25:49.29629 Ivan> Akio says, "I think a big part of that was the bigger shift towards characters meant to be kept alive for a long time that started in the late 80s/early 90s and slowly grew, Dan."
2020-09-11_05:26:01.75768 Akemi has connected
2020-09-11_05:27:14.36003 Ivan> Akio says, "There's sort of a clear demarcation line between people who got into the hobby early when adventuring was basically super deadly, but your characters were mostly stat collections there to solve puzzles (sort of the fantasy equivalent of wargaming) and people who got into the hobby because they'd read something by MArgaret Weis or Ed Greenwood and wanted to tell the same long, ongong, complex narrative with their characters, which is hard if they die a lot."
2020-09-11_05:27:49.35763 Ivan> Akio says, "The latter strain was always there, but it wasn't until 3e that D&D specifically I think started to design specifically to accomodate it, by making things more forgiving."
2020-09-11_05:28:52.66388 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yes. A lot of that stemmed from ever growing complexity, though. Building an OD&D character takes literally about 5 minutes. Maybe 10 if you've never done it before and need to read the 3 class descriptions. Building a 1e character took longer. By late 2e, with all the Options books, it could easily take 20 minutes or more, even if you know mostly what you were doing. By late 3.5e, you couln't even read summaries of all the options available in 30 minutes."
2020-09-11_05:29:17.44605 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "No one wants a character to die when it's going to take hours, maybe even days, to properly gen up another one."
2020-09-11_05:30:49.65014 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "When Bob McFighterton the II dies in early B/X era D&D, Bob McFighterton the III can easily be in the next scene, chained to the wall by his orc captors."
2020-09-11_05:32:53.37581 Ivan> Akio says, "Dungeon Rule #72: If the guy is chained up in iron manacles with a rag stuffed in his mouth, let him go. If the guy is chained up in fuzzy cuffs with a latex ballgag, maybe just keep walking. Maybe don't ask questions."
2020-09-11_05:34:50.63751 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "As I've mentioned, I've been on a huge OSR kick recently. it's really interesting to see various people's deconstructions of what makes early D&D play different, and why. Sometimes from people who were involved, sometimes from people who came at it when 4e, 5e or even some non-D&D game like Decipher's LotR were their first intros to gaming."
2020-09-11_05:48:43.16938 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "If I ever meet Ron Edwards, I will have to throw a chair at his head for his bitching about my generation of D&D players."
2020-09-11_05:49:43.60930 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I came in in the second wave of D&D players, the ones who came in when B/X exploded through big stores and a shitload of kids got hold of it"
2020-09-11_05:51:03.29250 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "D&D suffered a lot from that, honestly. The early versions did a semi-crappy job about teaching you how to play and even more, how to GM. If you were lucky, you either inherently got it, or luckier still, you got taught by someone who had some direct exposure."
2020-09-11_05:51:44.71642 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Edwards massively overblew the importance of it, but it did very much change the complexion of the game over the next 20 years."
2020-09-11_05:53:48.33392 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Hell, just the difference of learning from the people who were primarily in the Arneson camp versus the Gygax camp are pretty telling."
2020-09-11_05:55:11.82257 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Arneson's games were a lot more freeform and roleplaying oriented, especially early on. Mechanics were very secondary to him, while EGG wanted very much to codify things in a more wargame-y sort of fashion."
2020-09-11_05:55:53.67833 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEah"
2020-09-11_05:56:27.82325 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Peak EGG was the speed/initiative weapon modifier tables in AD&D 1e."
2020-09-11_05:57:37.50558 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I don't know a single group that actually played with those."
2020-09-11_05:58:10.36438 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "No one played with every rule of 1E"
2020-09-11_05:58:20.04652 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You couldn't remember them all"
2020-09-11_05:59:05.33888 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah. But I know examples of people who played with most of them, and across several groups, near all of them. But none played with those weapon tables."
2020-09-11_06:11:23.62150 Finn> Mike has disconnected.
2020-09-11_06:11:23.83653 Mike has disconnected
2020-09-11_07:01:07.49741 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Dune is, in fact, going to be two movies"
2020-09-11_07:01:15.78629 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Which will let them cover more ground."
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2020-09-11_09:19:04.06508 Finn> Hotaru says, "This might interest some of you: http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-return-of-dragons-lair/"
2020-09-11_12:44:22.74567 Finn> David says, "Man"
2020-09-11_12:44:33.10382 Finn> David says, "Dragon Lair was great."
2020-09-11_14:35:40.01942 Finn> Samantha says, "christmas season has officially begun for filipinos"
2020-09-11_14:52:40.90006 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-11_14:52:41.15295 Ivan> Wombat falls asleep.
2020-09-11_14:52:41.15300 DaR> Michelle falls asleep.
2020-09-11_14:52:41.15301 tfp> Spellvis falls asleep.
2020-09-11_14:52:41.15302 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-11_15:37:17.31224 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-11_15:37:29.59720 Finn> David says, "Sean. There are 10 translations of Kaguya chapter 200"
2020-09-11_15:37:36.47157 Finn> David says, "That's, uh... a war going on now."
2020-09-11_15:37:47.65505 Chris has reconnected
2020-09-11_15:50:00.48701 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Droo, new FrogLeap. Decent. More towards the cover end, though the metal bridge breakdown is excellent."
2020-09-11_15:51:08.78334 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu fires it up
2020-09-11_15:51:45.63727 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu immediately blown back into the 80s
2020-09-11_15:52:45.46081 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-11_15:52:45.67390 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-11_16:12:45.91840 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "The cinematography is pretty impressive for one guy working out of his own studio."
2020-09-11_16:20:47.74912 Ivan> DaR From Another Place laughs his head off at today's SMBC.
2020-09-11_16:29:58.53720 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "no kidding"
2020-09-11_16:56:46.75617 Finn> Samantha says, "and as i skim through the current run of teen titans, it did what it always does, it gets too DARK and ANGSTY."
2020-09-11_17:26:06.02644 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-11_17:26:06.36335 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-11_17:58:25.42617 Finn> Samantha says, "irony:"
2020-09-11_17:58:43.54524 Finn> Samantha says, "trump, on tape: this thing is bad, very bad, but I'll undersell it."
2020-09-11_17:58:57.65313 Finn> Samantha exclaims, "trump supporter, at rally yesterday: this covid thing is fake news!"
2020-09-11_17:59:45.82122 Finn> Samantha says, "also bolstering my thought that not much would've changed had he been outed. his dumbass legion won't budge."
2020-09-11_18:16:38.82237 Finn> Samantha says, "now that i've got the TIE dagger, to scale, sitting next to the other TIEs, i see only one good point - it's got a smaller profile than your standard TIE, harder to hit"
2020-09-11_18:17:52.07631 Finn> Don Drooleone shoots rod
2020-09-11_18:21:07.90339 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "sup old dude"
2020-09-11_18:21:53.41213 Finn> Samantha says, "namuch"
2020-09-11_18:22:34.66480 Finn> Samantha says, "my trumper aunt in town wants to treat me and my mom to dinner at a resteraunt for mom's birthday.... except her birthday was last month, and i still don't feel safe going to a resteraunt."
2020-09-11_18:23:32.00509 Finn> Samantha says, "meanwhile, i shot to my crazy canadian aunt a news article noting COVID is well under control in canada, as compared to america, AND HERE'S HOW THEY DID IT"
2020-09-11_18:25:41.81599 Finn> Don Drooleone nods
2020-09-11_18:26:08.05780 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "orange county just hit the threshold to start reopening restaurants and such. i am going to wait a little while still"
2020-09-11_18:27:35.76576 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "things are definitely much better than it was back in july, anyway"
2020-09-11_18:28:20.14167 Finn> Samantha says, "things are.... getting better in texas."
2020-09-11_18:28:24.93471 Finn> Samantha says, "still bad, but getting better"
2020-09-11_18:29:08.58311 Finn> Samantha says, "the problem being i know how idiots down here think. now that the numbers are trending good everyone will act like it's all normal now and we'll be back in the shit in a month"
2020-09-11_18:29:17.83071 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "yeah"
2020-09-11_18:35:06.47153 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "we already kinda went through that here, so hopefully people maintain caution this time around"
2020-09-11_18:45:51.39628 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-11_18:45:51.60950 Ivan> Wombat wakes up.
2020-09-11_18:45:51.60955 DaR> Michelle wakes up.
2020-09-11_18:45:51.60956 tfp> Spellvis wakes up.
2020-09-11_18:46:21.45889 Akemi has connected
2020-09-11_18:47:56.72456 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-11_18:48:26.47678 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-11_19:22:00.63050 Finn> Samantha asks, "would you call a metrosexual bigfoot a Sass-squatch?"
2020-09-11_19:30:35.14038 Finn> David asks, "you're calling your cousin a sassquatch now?"
2020-09-11_19:49:28.27635 Finn> Samantha says, "I realize there's an untapped side to clone superboy they ought to explore"
2020-09-11_19:49:42.57202 Finn> Samantha says, "if he's half lex, he has the capacity to be massivley intelligent"
2020-09-11_20:26:05.72966 Finn> Hotaru returns from a rare work from office
2020-09-11_20:26:27.22467 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "oh noes, now you have teh ebola"
2020-09-11_20:26:47.32157 Finn> Vendrik says, "CORONA-CHAN LOVES YOU."
2020-09-11_20:26:56.74294 Finn> Samantha says, "omg we need that"
2020-09-11_20:27:01.81023 Finn> Hotaru says, "They are reopening the office on a limited basis on October 5, but I suspect l'il ol' public transit me will still be mostly working from home."
2020-09-11_20:28:31.07451 Finn> Hotaru says, "Oh good, John saw Ladygriffin's Dune summary."
2020-09-11_20:32:26.76167 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "'John Dune'"
2020-09-11_20:32:49.15288 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That would be if Keanu Reeves was Paul Atreides"
2020-09-11_20:32:52.89661 Finn> Hotaru asks, "John, did you see the Dragon's Lair link?"
2020-09-11_20:33:01.81719 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "No"
2020-09-11_20:33:28.45867 Finn> Hotaru says, ""This might interest some of you: http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-return-of-dragons-lair/""
2020-09-11_20:33:54.93310 Finn> Hotaru notes this may be the first time in our lifetimes David saw a link in backscroll and other did not.
2020-09-11_20:34:06.28923 Finn> Hotaru says, "2020 may be the worst year in history, but David has backscroll."
2020-09-11_20:35:19.44475 Finn> David says, "That would be because your link did not scroll"
2020-09-11_20:35:45.83574 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Dragon's Lair almost has enough charm to obscure the fact that it's basically unplayable."
2020-09-11_20:37:40.23788 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it seems to be a quicktime game without the prompts"
2020-09-11_20:38:40.31480 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's exactly what it was."
2020-09-11_20:39:10.07171 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The only way to beat it without a guide is sheer trial and error."
2020-09-11_20:39:17.29803 Finn> Harrowhark says, "For fifty cents a pop in mid-eighties money."
2020-09-11_20:40:19.01300 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Having a group of friends who could share info was the way to go"
2020-09-11_20:40:28.41425 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's how our gang beat it without bankruptcy"
2020-09-11_20:41:16.35340 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It had LOADS of charm, tho, and was like nothing anyone had ever seen in an arcade."
2020-09-11_20:41:33.48423 Finn> Harrowhark says, "A Dragon's Lair machine in attract mode actually increased the value of all machines around it."
2020-09-11_20:43:29.13138 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yep"
2020-09-11_20:59:23.91187 Finn> Samantha says, "late thing that occurs to me about the uzaki-chan hubub"
2020-09-11_21:00:38.25932 Finn> Samantha asks, "so the objection is that she's a college student but drawn to look underage except the big titties. this is the character that gets the masses to object to sexulaization of lolis? This one? THIS one? As opposed to the MOUNTAIN OF SEXUALIZED LOLIS BEFORE?"
2020-09-11_21:01:36.36009 Finn> Samantha says, "gtfo."
2020-09-11_21:08:25.06014 Finn> Hotaru blinks
2020-09-11_21:08:41.47764 Finn> Hotaru says, "Rod, the hubbub is not SJWs getting mad at Uzaki-chan."
2020-09-11_21:09:01.29200 Finn> Hotaru says, "It's about right-wing anime assholes getting angry an actress they hate was cast as her in the dub."
2020-09-11_21:09:50.66425 Finn> David says, "Wot... who's the actress"
2020-09-11_21:09:58.06814 Finn> Hotaru says, "Monica Rial."
2020-09-11_21:10:05.82148 Finn> Hotaru says, "These are all Vic stans."
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2020-09-11_21:12:21.70953 Finn> David says, "Oh, Mignona."
2020-09-11_21:12:31.53550 Finn> David says, "Er... Migo... whatever"
2020-09-11_21:13:22.96170 Finn> Vendrik says, "I believe what you're looking for is 'Fuckhead McGee'"
2020-09-11_21:13:40.96378 Finn> Hotaru says, "Now with a funko pop, yes"
2020-09-11_22:18:43.83058 Finn> Samantha says, "new lower decks, i think this show keeps getting better"
2020-09-11_22:28:58.07650 Finn> Samantha says, "hey merc, jinny hex is getting a special"
2020-09-11_22:29:21.12375 Finn> Samantha says, "'Jinny Hex stars- in her first solo adventureand she's ready and raring to go! Bursting out of the pages of Young Justice, this fan-favorite gal is heading back home to take care of some unfinished business! Hoping to take some time off from Multiverse conflict, Jinny reconnects with some old friends and family. But that all goes out the window when a new foe called Three-Eyed Jack transports her town back to the Old West. Now it's up to Jinny to face off with this super-powered gunslinger and save her town! But Jinny's about to learn that some threats are closer to her heart than expected.'"
2020-09-11_22:46:47.36156 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Hnnn."
2020-09-11_22:46:51.60459 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Maybe could be good."
2020-09-11_22:46:57.46740 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But like."
2020-09-11_22:47:08.67648 Finn> Samantha says, "this is so Rudy. https://www.thedailybeast.com/rudy-and-his-ukraine-ally-sprint-away-from-their-russian-agent-pal?ref=home"
2020-09-11_22:47:09.90485 Finn> Harrowhark says, "If I want an old west adventure there's a million perfectly good Jonah stories."
2020-09-11_22:52:34.96738 DaR> Peorth falls asleep.
2020-09-11_22:52:35.18056 Finn> Sana_Kurata falls asleep.
2020-09-11_22:52:35.18062 Thing> Thor falls asleep.
2020-09-11_23:01:03.57465 Finn> Samantha says, "i don't buy comics regularly anymore, but i'm sick of seeing Tbe Batman Who Laughs everywhere"
2020-09-11_23:01:18.27072 Finn> Samantha says, "they kinda jumped the shark on this idea"
2020-09-11_23:03:06.01822 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "The Batman who laughs?"
2020-09-11_23:03:18.85632 Finn> Chel says, "you haven't been overloaded with this. i envy you."
2020-09-11_23:03:29.06341 Finn> Chel says, "okay. here's the setup john"
2020-09-11_23:03:53.79631 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That fucker has been everywhere and I hate him so much."
2020-09-11_23:03:56.15897 Finn> Chel says, "there is a section of alternate reality called 'the dark multiverse' where everything horrible happens."
2020-09-11_23:04:09.22502 Finn> Chel says, "all the worst case 'what-if' stories happen here"
2020-09-11_23:04:39.03160 Finn> Chel says, "in one such reality, the joker managed to poison batman in his dying moments with a particuarly nasty mind-warping version of his toxin"
2020-09-11_23:04:50.78319 Finn> Chel says, "and it warped batman to become jokerized"
2020-09-11_23:05:04.44821 Finn> Chel says, "the intelligence of batman, the psychosis of joker"
2020-09-11_23:05:24.59002 Finn> Chel says, "this batman eventually learned how to reality hop"
2020-09-11_23:05:36.46253 Finn> Chel says, "and is now a cosmic level threat"
2020-09-11_23:05:58.60804 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I can see how that would get overused"
2020-09-11_23:06:04.22219 Finn> Chel says, "he has been MASSIVELY overused by dc comics after his first appearance was a smash hit"
2020-09-11_23:06:10.75237 Finn> Harrowhark says, "DC actually got really super meta with its latest multiverse incarnation."
2020-09-11_23:06:22.78237 Finn> Chel says, "at first it was one reality hop. just one. into ours. and a personal duel one on one with bruce"
2020-09-11_23:06:42.77643 Finn> Chel says, "but after seeing how the fans loved him suddenly the motherfucker is EEEEEEEEEEEEEVERYWHERE"
2020-09-11_23:06:58.48731 Finn> Chel says, "and as you can see, merc and I have had enough"
2020-09-11_23:07:18.35726 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The current thing they're doing is that the entire DC multiverse was created in order to generate chaos energy that constantly feeds into itself, is never-ending and self-referential and changes while also staying the same."
2020-09-11_23:08:09.07964 Finn> Harrowhark says, "All the various 'crises' are basically harvests, before the powers that be reset everything and let it grow again, ad infinitum."
2020-09-11_23:08:18.35880 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's pretty meta."
2020-09-11_23:09:00.60730 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It makes sense of the mess"
2020-09-11_23:11:05.44260 Finn> Harrowhark says, "DC needs to calm down a little bit on this bullshit."
2020-09-11_23:11:24.53253 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like... we had Crisis on Multiple Earths, which was a fun, self-contained story."
2020-09-11_23:11:38.92599 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "As the comics market slowly caves in on itself, they get ever more desperate to juice sales."
2020-09-11_23:12:02.96604 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So you get constant desperate events."
2020-09-11_23:12:05.52496 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Then we had the first modern 'event,' THE Crisis, Crisis on Infinite Earths, which was both creatively sound, and allowed them to rejigger their universe so it could be more creatively level."
2020-09-11_23:12:08.73261 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Most of which suck."
2020-09-11_23:12:31.78767 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Then we had Zero Hour. Zero Hour was basically cleanup work; it was designed to catch and prune what they'd missed in the Crisis."
2020-09-11_23:12:42.55203 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Then things were STABLE for almost fifteen years."
2020-09-11_23:13:26.52035 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And then Infinite Crises whapped us upside the head and it feels like its just been a mess ever since."
2020-09-11_23:14:02.72191 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Something I feel that other publishers understand that DC no longer does is that it takes time and effort to build a character."
2020-09-11_23:14:08.24730 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Sometimes a lot of it."
2020-09-11_23:14:24.87365 Finn> Chel asks, "oh?"
2020-09-11_23:14:34.05870 Finn> Chel asks, "what brought this observation on?"
2020-09-11_23:14:52.66195 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Just DCs behavior in general over the past five years or so."
2020-09-11_23:15:51.06903 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like... take Marvel. Marvel isn't afraid to cancel low-preforming books. But it also isn't afraid to take the characters from them and continue nurturing them, possibly cycling them through team books or trying to build their popularity again before giving them another shot or finding a format that works for them."
2020-09-11_23:15:57.07097 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Example: Gwenpool."
2020-09-11_23:17:28.20699 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Whether you like her or not, Marvel decided "okay, we want to try and cultivate her." So she had a few minis and specials. They seemed to go well. They gave her an ongoing. THAT didn't go so well. Then they gave her a few more minis and specials, and those did great! So they decided "okay, people like this character, but they are not at this time prepared to support a monthly. Let's tie her into the X-Men and we'll use her occasionally while continuing to develop her. We can make money off this while still building a bench.""
2020-09-11_23:17:47.90558 Finn> Harrowhark says, "DC, in contrast, seems like it decides if something isn't working right away, they dump it and move on."
2020-09-11_23:17:55.94797 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Without a plan."
2020-09-11_23:18:23.24213 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I think that comes down to having a bad editor in chief, because that's who makes that kind of decision"
2020-09-11_23:18:46.65729 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "As compared to the one in the nineties, who nurtured a new wave of legacy chars... who then got wiped out by the next editor in chief"
2020-09-11_23:18:52.32957 Finn> Harrowhark says, "DC's top leadership seems riddled with people who resent that comics aren't like they were in the 80s."
2020-09-11_23:20:04.25708 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Jenette Khan basically shepherded DC through 1989 to 2002"
2020-09-11_23:20:16.16055 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And then was followed by Bob Harras, who began burning all that down"
2020-09-11_23:20:17.41404 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Khan knew what she was doing."
2020-09-11_23:21:08.53658 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I can understand the desire to bring back legacy stuff you feel was doing perfectly well and is still viable, but the way DC did it just -oozed- "
2020-09-11_23:21:19.59326 DaR> Peorth wakes up.
2020-09-11_23:21:19.80645 Finn> Sana_Kurata wakes up.
2020-09-11_23:21:19.80649 Thing> Thor wakes up.
2020-09-11_23:21:21.00015 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Just -oozed- "we hate this stuff and want it to go away.""
2020-09-11_23:22:28.97376 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like, when they brought back the Green Lantern Corps, it wasn't because of a reasoned creative decision that it was time to go back to that style. It was "fuck you, we're going back to when Green Lantern meant Hal and John and sometimes Guy, and Kilowog and all the other supporting cast, and Kyle can be there too sometimes we -guess-.""
2020-09-11_23:23:22.66837 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'm still resentful they didn't stick with Hal as Spectre, because that Spectre run was REALLY GOOD."
2020-09-11_23:24:06.05883 Finn> Harrowhark says, "in fact now that I think about, the Spectre as a character has been considerably downgraded in importance in recent years."
2020-09-11_23:24:11.13152 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Phantom Stranger too."
2020-09-11_23:25:01.77527 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah"
2020-09-11_23:25:20.80350 Finn> David says, "That run was written by JM DeMatteis, which makes it really good."
2020-09-11_23:25:32.43101 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "DeMatteis is good at doing mystical stuff"
2020-09-11_23:25:49.50824 Finn> David says, "I liked DeMatteis's Dr Fate. "
2020-09-11_23:25:58.32696 Finn> Harrowhark says, "DC has a rich tradition of mystical weirdness that it seems like it doesn't want to do much with these days."
2020-09-11_23:26:02.47093 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Though his spiderman story with Kraven was amazing."
2020-09-11_23:26:21.20711 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Though it was also very much 'you're never going to reach this level with this character ever again'"
2020-09-11_23:26:21.66978 Finn> David says, "I've loved DeMatteis' Moonshadow."
2020-09-11_23:26:35.45806 Finn> David asks, "Well yeah, that's why Kraven had to die?"
2020-09-11_23:26:39.61472 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "DC has mostly bailed out on its supernatural people, yeah"
2020-09-11_23:27:04.30702 Finn> David says, "One good thing about Nu52 was that they tried things that normally wouldn't be given a shot"
2020-09-11_23:27:17.06082 Finn> David says, "Justice League Dark, I, Vampire, etc."
2020-09-11_23:27:34.23823 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "And then cancelled all of them!"
2020-09-11_23:28:04.58822 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I remember when DC eliminated the Vertigo imprint."
2020-09-11_23:28:19.01999 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which was jaw-dropping in its idiocy just from a marketing standpoint."
2020-09-11_23:28:25.81684 Finn> David says, "Vertigo was effectively dead when some higher-up killed all the royalties deal and basically said give us the rights ."
2020-09-11_23:28:44.01119 Finn> David says, "creators started taking their stuff elsewhere"
2020-09-11_23:29:11.23749 Finn> David says, "(Also I'm shaking my head at how Paul Levitz killed The Boys)"
2020-09-11_23:30:20.31487 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I still buy a lot of comics, but not very many from the big two."
2020-09-11_23:33:39.24429 Finn> Chel says, "it is very rare when you know exactly who sold your information"
2020-09-11_23:33:52.58786 Finn> Chel says, "in my case, i know it was my dentist"
2020-09-11_23:34:13.54712 Finn> David asks, "Eh?"
2020-09-11_23:34:17.82201 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "... wait what?"
2020-09-11_23:34:21.55129 Finn> Chel says, "because when i signed up, i was still being cared for by mom during the surgery, so she put her name on my paperwork"
2020-09-11_23:34:32.76894 Finn> Chel says, "she put my phone number, but her name"
2020-09-11_23:34:56.64685 Finn> Chel says, "lo and behold, shortly after i started getting spam text aimed at my mom"
2020-09-11_23:56:46.02323 Finn> Chel says, "fast and the furious 9, if this series hasn't jumped sharks yet, setting it in space will."
2020-09-12_00:18:26.27287 Finn> Vendrik says, "everything is better... IN SPAAAAAACE."
2020-09-12_00:20:39.11877 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Circling back to comments from last night, I just found this tidbit: '3.X Edition D&D had, by my count, 84 base classes with every official sourcebook included. There are, on top of that, 73 variants on these classes and then literally hundreds of prestige classes. I'm not kidding. According to Wikipedia's record, I counted at least 695 from published books alone.'"
2020-09-12_00:21:09.49458 Finn> Chel says, "as if trump's week wasn't awesome enough, this headline about taking funds away from the 9/11 first responder health care fund coming out TODAY was just chef's kiss perfect"
2020-09-12_00:22:27.13010 Finn> David says, "Rod, seen this? https://ifunny.co/picture/cannongerbil-yesterday-at-11-34-pm-chinese-trap-streamer-busted-Zl4hPDVl7"
2020-09-12_00:23:15.47255 Finn> David says, "It's ... not a trap."
2020-09-12_00:23:23.18176 Finn> David says, "It's a FAKE TRAP."
2020-09-12_00:27:57.70179 Finn> Chel says, "huh"
2020-09-12_00:28:50.95814 Finn> Chel says, "i mean, it'd be a happy ending to me to end the night with 'oh hey, you really DO have a pussy!'"
2020-09-12_00:29:39.40384 Finn> David stares at Rod. "From bro to... what?"
2020-09-12_00:54:54.26283 Finn> Mike has connected.
2020-09-12_00:55:25.07798 Mike has reconnected
2020-09-12_01:01:53.45910 Finn> Okay, space nerds, where you at?
2020-09-12_01:02:53.33646 Finn> Chel says, "moo"
2020-09-12_01:03:13.24281 Finn> Mike says, "Here."
2020-09-12_01:04:36.98329 Finn> Alaia says, "Ventura, ventura, space people."
2020-09-12_01:04:41.49723 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I live"
2020-09-12_01:05:07.58270 Finn> Hokay then!
2020-09-12_01:07:12.94090 Finn> Kanan, after much consideration, decides he wants to take Sabine out into the desert with the other members of Force Club for lightsaber training. He reluctantly includes Alaia and Ventress in this; Ventress has absolutely no interest in getting involved with the Darksaber but lets Alaia make up her own mind.
2020-09-12_01:07:52.44244 Finn> Chel happily tags along, knowing full well she could use improvement on this end as well.
2020-09-12_01:08:28.16457 Finn> Min goes, although before they head out she tries to pay Ketsu a visit.
2020-09-12_01:09:05.20634 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Force Club, for Women... and Men"
2020-09-12_01:09:34.69122 Ivan> Tobias says, "Kanan isn't just the president of Force Club, he's also a client."
2020-09-12_01:10:03.75897 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac will go watch them, in case they need someone to shoot them for practice.
2020-09-12_01:10:41.76396 Finn> Ketsu Onyo is having a drink with Fenn Rau. "Hey Camlann," she says, as Min strolls up. "Fenn and I are betting on when some of these pansies will work up the nerve to ask him to move his ship." You notice that Fenn Rau has almost deliberately parked his ship in the most inconvenient place possible, right in the middle of the best approach path.
2020-09-12_01:10:59.36866 Finn> Fenn Rau nods to Min.
2020-09-12_01:11:09.40232 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "hey, is Badgey voiced by Jack McBrayer?"
2020-09-12_01:11:16.75563 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "he sounds like Kenneth from 30 rock"
2020-09-12_01:11:32.47567 Finn> Min says, "I'll put 5 credits on it not being a person, but a droid that does it."
2020-09-12_01:11:35.45537 Ivan> Akio says, "He is."
2020-09-12_01:11:46.91599 Finn> Alaia is willing to go along with Force Club, unless something more interesting than people lightsabering for fun and profit comes up. Like a trip to the spider caves, since she still needs mask materials. Masks are serious business.
2020-09-12_01:12:07.38260 Finn> Kanan is in fact taking them training out by the spider caves.
2020-09-12_01:13:15.32459 Finn> Min says, "You gotten tired of Wren yet, Onyo?" She grins.
2020-09-12_01:14:23.80459 Finn> Chel hovers over the caravan of peoples with her inquisaber, as is her habit as of late.
2020-09-12_01:14:30.21982 Finn> Ketsu says, "I'll add you to my shadowfeed so you get up to the minute updates."
2020-09-12_01:14:55.37850 Finn> Ketsu says, "... sweet Canderous Ordo, that Jedhan is one crazy bitch."
2020-09-12_01:16:29.13843 Finn> Min says, "Yup." She chuckles. "Anyway. I was actually looking for some advice on Sabine. Either of you have any insight on how to get her to focus on something she's ambivalent about?"
2020-09-12_01:18:16.03161 Finn> Ketsu says promptly, "Make her unambivalent about it. Hatred works. So does revenge. And self-righteous indignatio."
2020-09-12_01:18:33.52114 Finn> Ketsu says, "Clan Wren is REALLY into self-righteous indignation."
2020-09-12_01:18:54.58626 Finn> Min says, "In, like, a kinky way?"
2020-09-12_01:19:17.40504 Finn> Min says, "I kid, I kid."
2020-09-12_01:20:21.88276 Finn> Ketsu says, "Real talk? Sabine still gives a shit about Mandalore. I left that behind a LONG time ago."
2020-09-12_01:20:36.60648 Finn> Min says, "Hmm."
2020-09-12_01:20:53.67404 Finn> Ketsu says, "This whole Darksaber thing feels like a great way to turn Sabine into another bitter old fighter, like her Mom or Bo-Katan."
2020-09-12_01:21:34.53586 Finn> Ketsu says, "But if you weren't pushing her into it eventually she'd have gone nuts just knowing the damn thing was on her ship."
2020-09-12_01:22:51.69432 Finn> Min says, "There's no acid on the soul like potential that was never used."
2020-09-12_01:23:45.97551 Finn> Min says, "Well, that's a starting point. Thanks."
2020-09-12_01:23:49.89442 Finn> Ketsu says, "Oh, GOD, High Republic era Chandrilan poetry."
2020-09-12_01:24:01.80771 Finn> Ketsu says, "I keep forgetting where you're from."
2020-09-12_01:24:28.21056 Finn> Min says mildly, "Yeah, but I notice you recognized it from a single line."
2020-09-12_01:25:04.68403 Finn> Ketsu says, "Could be I'm tongue-deep in someone who consumes classic Galactic art like candy."
2020-09-12_01:27:55.48318 Finn> Min says, "Mmmmm." She eyes Ketsu appreciatively. "Add me to that shadowfeed if that's the sort of gem it publishes." Then she laughs. "Be seeing you."
2020-09-12_01:28:30.55392 Finn> Alaia gathers her things for the trip - water, tools, gun, krykna snacks ... and joins Force Club.
2020-09-12_01:28:45.36918 Finn> Kanan has gathered up a big speeder filled with supplies. He tosses the keys to Manny.
2020-09-12_01:30:39.16947 Finn> Min, once ready, makes sure Chel has the training crystal and a novice hilt in addition to her other sabers.
2020-09-12_01:31:01.21968 Finn> Chel packs accordingly.
2020-09-12_01:31:25.17780 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac hops in the speeder and drives everyone to the location, humming a tune from Star Ranger (The Jedi fight theme)
2020-09-12_01:31:51.54800 Finn> Chel hums along with Manny, loudly.
2020-09-12_01:32:13.70490 Finn> Ezra says, "Oh, hey! That's a great idea."
2020-09-12_01:32:18.05681 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac grins as he drives to the cave.
2020-09-12_01:32:25.71597 Finn> Eza changes his commlinks ringtone to match that theme.
2020-09-12_01:32:44.60444 Finn> Sabine says, "I don't get why your magic cult couldn't train me back at the base."
2020-09-12_01:33:09.72128 Finn> Kanan says, "It's better out there. Fewer distractions. Keeps your mind focused."
2020-09-12_01:33:24.26632 Finn> Ezra says, "And it's safer." Smugly: "You'll do less damage."
2020-09-12_01:33:40.56977 Finn> Alaia says, "Fewer things we don't want accidentally cut in two around."
2020-09-12_01:33:44.26360 Finn> Chel asks, "don't what makes a cult a cult doing things in secret?"
2020-09-12_01:33:49.41718 Finn> Sabine says, "I'll damage your FACE."
2020-09-12_01:34:11.65976 Finn> Sabine says, "This is a secret terror base. That's pretty secret."
2020-09-12_01:34:17.24297 Finn> Alaia asks, "Can you control a drunk pilot wandering into your sword-swinging, Sabine?"
2020-09-12_01:34:49.73801 Finn> As you zip out into the desert, you notice a loose array of krykna surrounding you. Some of them wave their arms at your speeder in a way you haven't seen before. Almost friendly!
2020-09-12_01:34:59.72684 Finn> Sabine grumbles, but takes Alaia's point.
2020-09-12_01:35:07.35814 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "...... they do scotch eggs in brazil"
2020-09-12_01:35:13.91309 Finn> Alaia waves back!
2020-09-12_01:35:16.89488 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "except they just use ground beef."
2020-09-12_01:35:30.87088 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "what's a krykna"
2020-09-12_01:35:39.22870 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Atollon giant spider things."
2020-09-12_01:36:50.88774 Finn> Sabine says, "Also, you have a Spider Witch. That's pretty cult-like."
2020-09-12_01:37:52.36676 Finn> Min says, "Do you really want to be in the ideological company of my sister, Wren?"
2020-09-12_01:38:05.69568 Finn> Chel says, "rrrrowr."
2020-09-12_01:38:13.89256 Finn> Min says, "Down, Chel."
2020-09-12_01:38:43.03469 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Note to self, learn force lightning. :P"
2020-09-12_01:39:13.38235 Finn> Sabine says, "Ten creds says your sister thinks Death Watch was a cult."
2020-09-12_01:39:24.96491 Finn> Ezra says, "Wasn't it?" Sabine smacks him.
2020-09-12_01:39:27.12191 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, ""So why did you learn this darkest of dark side techniques?" "So I can shock Chel when she goes pervy again." "... legit.""
2020-09-12_01:39:28.68528 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Death Watch was a cult."
2020-09-12_01:39:57.45891 Finn> Min says, "Unless Death Watch had any particular spiritual beliefs, I suspect you'd lose that bet."
2020-09-12_01:40:16.73166 Ivan> Akio says, "Sadly, the Harm tree is AWFUL."
2020-09-12_01:41:11.48542 Ivan> Tobias says, "Heal/Harm is pretty good. It's the Force Lightning one, whose name escapes me, that is the worst in the game."
2020-09-12_01:41:12.74355 Finn> Sabine says, "The ISB has opinions about cultural movements that aren't COMPNOR approved." Pause. Grudgingly, "I suppose your sister wasn't typical ISB, from what you've said."
2020-09-12_01:41:25.70309 Ivan> Akio says, "Unleash! That's the one."
2020-09-12_01:41:52.29452 Finn> Sabine says to Manny, "We weren't a CULT. We're Mandalorian nationalists!"
2020-09-12_01:42:41.76038 Finn> Min says, "Someone forgot an 'ultra' in that sentence."
2020-09-12_01:42:44.37873 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Excessive nationalism is a cult."
2020-09-12_01:42:55.64796 Finn> Alaia says, "Mandalore uber alles probably does qualify as spiritual belief."
2020-09-12_01:43:29.37332 Finn> Sabine folds her arms. "This trip is gonna be GREAT," she mutters.
2020-09-12_01:43:42.81044 Finn> Chel says, "fabulous viewing, yes."
2020-09-12_01:43:50.78679 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Certainly if the Jedi are a cult, so is Death Watch."
2020-09-12_01:45:09.83548 Finn> Alaia pats Sabine's shoulder. "You'll get to vent your frustration on innocent rocks and the like. That's something, isn't it?"
2020-09-12_01:46:08.17101 Finn> You all arrive at the location Kanan has picked out, a little hollow in the desert hills near where Bendu can usually be found. He and Ezra set up thumpers; they make Sabine unload most of the speeder. More krykna than usual gather outside the thumper line.
2020-09-12_01:46:19.06054 Finn> Chel says, "innocent rocks? I expect she'll be made to spar with all of us."
2020-09-12_01:46:39.49284 Finn> Alaia wanders over to the krykna.
2020-09-12_01:46:53.43627 Finn> Chel stays a respectable distance from giant spider things.
2020-09-12_01:47:26.44984 Finn> Min asks Kanan, "So how is this gonna work?"
2020-09-12_01:47:36.82375 Finn> The krykna back away from Alaia a little bit. Not in a hostile way, but in the manner of a cat that is friendly but isn't sure it wants pats right this moment.
2020-09-12_01:48:15.46357 Finn> Sabine says, "Yeah, I thought there'd be more swordfighting involved."
2020-09-12_01:48:50.98197 Finn> Kanan says, "Min's right. We should get started." He tosses Sabine a wooden sword.
2020-09-12_01:48:54.48661 Finn> Alaia doesn't give pats, but makes sure there's nothing upsetting or worrying them at the moment. And might accidentally drop krykna snax.
2020-09-12_01:49:03.00585 Finn> Sabine says, "... what's this?" Kanan replies, "Training saber."
2020-09-12_01:49:16.45277 Finn> Chel says, ".... well if that's how you want'er to start, okay."
2020-09-12_01:49:23.63724 Finn> Min coughs.
2020-09-12_01:49:48.42586 Finn> Min says, "Kanan, you know, we brought a REAL training saber. If you think it necessary."
2020-09-12_01:50:01.03232 Finn> Kanan says, "Before we start with the real thing, I want to see her technique." Sabine flips the stick into the air, catches it. "I already KNOW how to fight with a stick."
2020-09-12_01:50:08.34824 Finn> Kanan says, "Do you have two?"
2020-09-12_01:50:23.63787 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "say, didn't we have two?"
2020-09-12_01:50:34.27862 Finn> Min blinks. "Sort of. Why two, though?"
2020-09-12_01:51:20.15842 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac finds a rock and sits down to watch.
2020-09-12_01:51:35.31120 Finn> Min says, "Only one that I'd be willing to actually have someone use."
2020-09-12_01:51:45.19175 Finn> Kanan says, "One for Sabine, one for... whoever else." He considers. "Hmm. Do you have a standard hilt for it to go in?"
2020-09-12_01:52:13.54908 Finn> Min says, "Yeah, I had Chel bring a training hilt and the crystal."
2020-09-12_01:52:13.82310 Finn> Chel tosses the practice lightsaber to Min.
2020-09-12_01:52:17.96875 Finn> Two of the krykna fight over krykna snax until an older female breaks them up.
2020-09-12_01:52:28.86601 Finn> Min tosses it to Kanan for inspection.
2020-09-12_01:52:33.65270 Finn> Sabine says, "C'mon, Kanan. I mean, a stick? Really?"
2020-09-12_01:53:05.18400 Finn> Kanan thinks, and then offers the training saber to Sabine. She tosses the stick aside, hitting Ezra, and takes it eagerly.
2020-09-12_01:53:13.63318 Finn> Chel trundles off to the side and ignites her J-hook lightsaber, tinkering between dooku-forms and defensive twirls experimentally.
2020-09-12_01:53:18.22736 Finn> Sabine ignites it with a snap-hiss.
2020-09-12_01:53:54.59229 Finn> Min and Chel notice her ignition control is AWFUL. If that were a real thing it would have maybe singed her hair or dazzled her vision.
2020-09-12_01:54:13.87567 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-12_01:54:14.08909 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-12_01:54:25.79915 Finn> Kanan doesn't bother with his own lightsaber, continuing to hold his wooden stick.
2020-09-12_01:54:38.10472 Finn> Alaia settles in to watch a bit - from a safe distance, and staying on the spider friends side of the thumper line.
2020-09-12_01:54:52.32801 Finn> Chel shuts her saber off and seems terribly keen to watch Sabine, not expecting her to be this awful at the start.
2020-09-12_01:54:56.88450 Finn> Min stands and watches.
2020-09-12_01:56:08.90303 Finn> One of the smaller krykna creeps close to Alaia. Not close enough for her touch him, but close.
2020-09-12_01:56:52.82972 Finn> Kanan assumes a Soresu ready position, posture straight, offhand clasped behind his back.
2020-09-12_01:56:59.34250 Finn> Alaia breaks off a bit of a krykna snack and offers it to the spider, much in the way of someone sharing popcorn.
2020-09-12_01:57:01.66781 Finn> Sabine rushes him.
2020-09-12_01:57:49.98058 Finn> Min, Chel, you see Sabine is using classical "regular" sword techniques, like the kind Ventress uses with her vibroblades. Effective, versatile, utterly useless against a Jedi.
2020-09-12_01:58:29.65132 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Against a Jedi, or against a lightsaber user?"
2020-09-12_01:59:14.88252 Finn> She slashes once, then stabs, overextending. Kanan doesn't even block or parry; he steps a little to the side and simply slams his fist into her center mass, augmented a little bit with the Force, and shoves her five feet back and onto her ass.
2020-09-12_01:59:18.45768 Finn> Min: Yes.
2020-09-12_02:00:00.29683 Finn> Kanan says, "That might work on a Stormtrooper, but NOT on me." Ezra laughs at Sabine's misfortune.
2020-09-12_02:00:18.57928 Finn> Min just watches without expression.
2020-09-12_02:00:29.33775 Finn> Alaia asks, "How good were you when you started out, Ezra?"
2020-09-12_02:01:00.59225 Finn> Alaia watches serenely, senses open.
2020-09-12_02:01:28.34436 Finn> Sabine snatches up the training saber and reignites it, slashing wildly at Kanan. She overextends again; Kanan knees her three times, drives her to the ground, and places the stick at her throat. "And that's your head," he says, a bit harshly.
2020-09-12_02:01:35.76519 Finn> Roll your Force dice, Alaia.
2020-09-12_02:01:56.25873 Finn> Chel says to Min, "To be fair, if she was using a regular blade......"
2020-09-12_02:02:02.14119 Finn> Chel, Min, you can tell that among her many other problems, Sabine thinks her lightsaber should have blade weight, and it doesn't.
2020-09-12_02:02:02.35433 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Alaia be balanced, mon."
2020-09-12_02:02:29.55674 Finn> Ezra says, "Pretty bad, but I hadn't bragged about how while the rest of us were wasting our time, I studied the blade."
2020-09-12_02:03:43.18019 Finn> Chel says, "Hm. If I recall an early session, I managed to disarm Ahsoka but dropped my own blade at the same time. Lucky shot, I figure."
2020-09-12_02:03:49.84941 Finn> Kanan says, "Every mistake is a limb lost. The blade is never at rest."
2020-09-12_02:04:08.79387 Finn> Sabine picks herself up. "Okay. Again,"
2020-09-12_02:04:22.45012 Finn> Kanan says, "No. You'd better practice with Ezra, Min, and Chel first."
2020-09-12_02:04:49.31309 Finn> Sabine says, "... -why-?"
2020-09-12_02:05:00.42553 Finn> Kanan says, "Min, I think Shii-Cho to start with."
2020-09-12_02:05:14.53685 Finn> Kanan says, "Walk her through the forms."
2020-09-12_02:05:33.75175 Finn> Min nods. "To start. I have some ideas for later, once she picks that up."
2020-09-12_02:05:54.32558 Finn> Chel says, "Hey Ezra, how long'd it take for you to work out that defensive stance thing? That was some real effective stuff."
2020-09-12_02:06:51.96076 Finn> Min says, "You ready, Sabine?"
2020-09-12_02:07:04.72365 Finn> Alaia hmms, watching Sabine.
2020-09-12_02:07:17.23877 Finn> Ezra says, "You kidding? That was like the third thing Kanan taught me after how to not 'saber my own face off and how to reflect blaster fire."
2020-09-12_02:07:35.48830 Finn> Sabine says, "Eh?"
2020-09-12_02:08:12.83923 Finn> Chel says, "..... reflect blaster fire. I should try that some time."
2020-09-12_02:08:21.97177 Finn> Ezra assumes a near-perfect Form I stance. "Ready position, Sabine! C'mon."
2020-09-12_02:09:28.83264 Finn> Min says, "One at a time, Ezra."
2020-09-12_02:10:18.04997 Finn> Sabine emulates Ezra. Ezra says, "Yes, good! THAT'S ready position." He waits for Min and Chel.
2020-09-12_02:11:35.99278 Finn> Chel says, "Oh, I'M in this too? Okay." She ignites her J-hook saber and assumes the position.
2020-09-12_02:13:40.47025 Finn> Min ignites her own saber. "When you turn it on, you want to hold it at an angle, like so. Keeps the blade away from you hair and keeps the flash of ignition from blinding you for a second. Both of those are an embarrassing way to lose a battle. After ignition, shift the blade smoothly to the ready position, like so." She demonstrates the handover twice. "Keeping track of the blade by feel rather than weight will be your biggest challenge at first."
2020-09-12_02:14:52.73752 Finn> Min says, "The lightsaber looks like a sword so its natural to expect it to act and feel like one, and when it doesn't it can't surprise and disorient you, especially if you're an expert with a physical blade."
2020-09-12_02:14:56.12920 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Diana Rigg is dead."
2020-09-12_02:15:01.36143 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "At the age of 86"
2020-09-12_02:15:16.08601 Finn> Sabine says, "FINALLY. Some actual guidance." She matches her stance to Min's rather than Ezra's, even though Ezra is closer to her size.
2020-09-12_02:17:16.69336 Finn> Ezra ignores this. "Great! Now we go one, two, three..." he backs up, demonstrating Shii-Cho's first basic moves; low parry, low parry, return to ready.
2020-09-12_02:17:31.37703 Finn> Min learned this in the Temple; Chel kinda... skipped over it.
2020-09-12_02:17:43.66829 Finn> Min glances at her stance. "Good." She makes a few corrections based on height. "Now we're going to convert to the first position. This can be a strike, a parry, or both depending on circumstance." She demonstrates it twice, slowly, then once quickly. "When you first do it, the blade is going to tug to the left because of that lack of weight. Be aware, and go by feel."
2020-09-12_02:18:05.09970 Finn> Chel, seeing this for the first time, tries to follow along carefully.
2020-09-12_02:19:28.63586 Finn> Min says, "It's going to chain into the second position, as Ezra's demonstrating."
2020-09-12_02:19:39.09508 Finn> Alaia eyes one of the krykna and shakes her head, mouthing a firm 'NO' at it, arms moving in a pattern that also suggests no, before offering it a snack as consolation prize.
2020-09-12_02:20:09.90801 Finn> Min says, "Go ahead and give it a try."
2020-09-12_02:20:13.68400 Finn> The krykna that was eyeing Manny backs off... for NOW.
2020-09-12_02:20:36.70249 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I am not very tasty."
2020-09-12_02:21:32.67937 Finn> Alaia says, "Actually, he's fascinated by your flight goggles."
2020-09-12_02:21:39.29156 Finn> Sabine manages to pick this up relatively quickly; pretty soon Min has herself, Sabine, Ezra, and Chel doing the first chain of moves from ready, to first, to second, to third, back to first, back to ready. It's a complete set of moves, the very first basic Shii-Cho kata. Preformed swiftly enough in an actual fight it's an effective counter-disarm, at least against those who don't know better.
2020-09-12_02:22:43.08340 Finn> Min gives corrections as she goes along, and also gives capsule explanations of why they're doing what they're doing, and what to look out for.
2020-09-12_02:23:43.43774 Finn> Occasionally Ezra and Min get into a slight argument; neither of them is wrong, per se, but Ezra wants to go through all the defensive forms before moving to the offensive ones, and Min wants to take the more classically balanced approach.
2020-09-12_02:24:40.96264 Finn> Chel finds that she's done a lot of these moves without really ever thinking about it, and when concentrates on them it actually makes it harder. Like when you start thinking real close about how you actually walk.
2020-09-12_02:25:37.98147 Finn> Min finally says, "Ezra, you have to take personality and circumstances into account. Wren is NOT a defensive fighter. She's aggressive in tactics and mindset. You arm her with pure defense and she's gonna lose because she won't have the tools needed to be herself in a fight."
2020-09-12_02:27:02.18055 Finn> Ezra says, "Hey, nobody is saying we're never gonna do the offensive forms! But Sabine can barely center herself in a STABLE stance without falling over. Extending into a strike leaves her off-balance."
2020-09-12_02:27:13.78615 Finn> Sabine tries to stab Ezra. She overextends; he trips her.
2020-09-12_02:27:17.99743 Finn> Ezra says, "See?"
2020-09-12_02:27:24.35190 Finn> Min says, "That's what practice is for."
2020-09-12_02:29:08.68729 Finn> Min says, "Let's try something. Sabine, I want you to perform the third sequence as fast as you can."
2020-09-12_02:30:02.71652 Finn> Sabine does so. She admittedly does it quite well, although you can see Ezra is right; she has a LOT of trouble keeping her balance.
2020-09-12_02:30:33.23119 Finn> Min says, as soon as she completes it, "Now face the other way! Again!"
2020-09-12_02:31:49.07850 Finn> Sabine does so. Ezra sidles up and asks quietly, "Where are you going with this?"
2020-09-12_02:35:35.20497 Finn> Min says, "Her balance needs work. So, rapid shifts of direction." She glances at Sabine. "Just to be clear, Sabine, that's a training saber. Hitting one of us with it will sting, but it's not dangerous unless you sodomize us with it or poke an eye out like with a stick."
2020-09-12_02:35:36.63828 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "'To Disneyland!'"
2020-09-12_02:36:26.21316 Finn> Min says, "These moves are designed to be used without hesitation. If you don't commit to the attack, don't make it at all."
2020-09-12_02:36:31.30689 Finn> Sabine says, "I find your insinuation demeaning to us both."
2020-09-12_02:36:44.24130 Finn> You spend a few days out here...
2020-09-12_02:37:04.95261 Finn> One of the spiders will allow Alaia to get near enough to it to touch it, but not for very long.
2020-09-12_02:37:42.94033 Finn> Chel spends much of the time keenly observing all the bits Min and Ahsoka never got around to teaching her.
2020-09-12_02:37:45.18089 Finn> Alaia is patient. Her pretties will get used to her eventually ...
2020-09-12_02:37:50.09511 Finn> Manny manages to amuse himself by identifying the various A-Wings flying to and from the base. Eventually he begins recognizing certain pilots by how they approach; there's this one guy who always comes in low and pulls up at the last second.
2020-09-12_02:38:12.88889 Finn> Sabine starts to gradually master the basic combat forms of Shii-Cho.
2020-09-12_02:38:50.81558 Finn> Min, Alaia, Chel, make Average Perception checks.
2020-09-12_02:38:55.18363 Finn> Min starts with a strategy of practice, positive reinforcement, and relentless calm correction of mistakes, always accompanied by an explanation of WHY it's wrong.
2020-09-12_02:39:48.36533 Ivan> Akio says, "Jesus, perception checks fuckin' hate you, Mike."
2020-09-12_02:40:07.82152 Finn> Alaia, one evening you 'happen' to be close enough to Kanan to overhear him on his commlink.
2020-09-12_02:40:11.09078 Ivan> Tobias says, "I mean, I have two green dice in it, this shouldn't surprise."
2020-09-12_02:41:44.45549 Finn> Kanan says, "Well, maybe I'm trying to do things differently this time." Pause. "No, the Force resides in all living things. But you have to be OPEN to it. Sabine is blocked. Her mind is conflicted. She's so expressive, and yet so... tightly wound. She's so... MANDALORIAN." Pause. "Patience, understanding."
2020-09-12_02:42:02.55175 Finn> Kanan says, "Love you too." He clicks the link closed.
2020-09-12_02:42:51.67937 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "maybe chel oughta offer sabine drugs."
2020-09-12_02:44:47.49524 Finn> Alaia says, "She's also an artist. Maybe try to reach that part of her in her training rather than the warrior?" She smiles a little. "It might help her to get into the right headspace."
2020-09-12_02:44:56.48743 Finn> Min also, during the intervals, asks Ezra to teach her to parry more efficiently.
2020-09-12_02:45:58.73227 Finn> Kanan starts visibly. "Alaia. I didn't sense you there." He sounds surprised.
2020-09-12_02:46:25.40187 Finn> Ezra is actually far more skilled at that than you are, Min, although you're pretty sure you have greater range and are a hair quicker.
2020-09-12_02:46:42.12515 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: That's why I asked him."
2020-09-12_02:46:43.23775 Finn> Alaia asks, "Distracted, perhaps, master Jedi, by your worries you are?"
2020-09-12_02:47:01.80562 Finn> Ezra's form-perfect parry's sometimes delay him from getting the 'saber around quick enough.
2020-09-12_02:47:28.14263 Finn> Kanan laughs. "How do witches fight? I've seen your Master, but she's... unusual."
2020-09-12_02:50:24.57482 Finn> Alaia says, "That depends on the witch and the situation. But it's rarely straightforward - fighting's as much mental as physical, and the Force opens up many options on both levels."
2020-09-12_02:51:03.61228 Finn> Chel asks, "it occurs to me to ask..... I'm gonna assume Sabine's gonna have to duel with an opposing Mandalorian with the blade. What weapon would her opposition most likely use?"
2020-09-12_02:51:05.93398 Finn> Kanan says, "Yeah."
2020-09-12_02:52:02.26282 Finn> Kanan says, "That's what I'm worried about."
2020-09-12_02:52:15.45410 Finn> Min says, "That depends. Most of em use paired blaster pistols and a jetpack."
2020-09-12_02:52:47.59921 Finn> Alaia asks, "Hmm?"
2020-09-12_02:52:58.08704 Finn> Chel says, "I'd assume Sabine would know the answer best....."
2020-09-12_02:53:58.05384 Finn> Kanan says to Alaia, "Sabine isn't a Jedi. I would know how to train her to be centered, to release her emotions into the Force. She'll never be able to fight like that, though."
2020-09-12_02:55:27.92435 Finn> Min says, "That's part of why I'm not so enthused by a defense-heavy training. That's great versus blasters... if you're Force-sensitive and can learn to reflect or parry shots. But you can't do that without sufficient Force-guided instincts. Human reaction time just isn't that fast. Even Rodians can't do it effectively."
2020-09-12_02:55:54.10591 Finn> Alaia says, "That's why I suggested involving the artist, not just the warrior. If she's as much of one as she appears ... well, an artist in the middle of their work is as close to that as I have seen in someone not able to touch the Force consciously. Granted, -how- to do that ..."
2020-09-12_02:57:36.79618 Finn> Ezra says, "Hey, we've taught her most of the basic offensive forms!"
2020-09-12_02:57:50.68729 Finn> Ezra says, "Watch, I bet tomorrow she can give me a real fight."
2020-09-12_02:58:28.58509 Finn> Min says, "She can, maybe. Will she? I'll be interested to see."
2020-09-12_02:59:03.81294 Finn> The next day...
2020-09-12_03:00:16.67547 Finn> Ezra and Sabine face off. Sabine is preforming awkwardly, but well! To an extent Ezra is "letting" her teahouse him, but she's executing one form into the next into the next into the next effectively.
2020-09-12_03:00:39.93036 Finn> Kanan watches. "Better," he says.
2020-09-12_03:01:56.13005 Finn> As they spar Fenn Rau rolls up on a speeder bike. "I've got your supplies," he calls out, ambling up to Kanan and the group.
2020-09-12_03:02:24.82611 Finn> Chel exclaims, "beer!"
2020-09-12_03:02:51.81656 Finn> Fenn Rau says, "Well. If you can call what comes out of your still that."
2020-09-12_03:03:00.56191 Finn> Alaia is once again watching from spider rock, inbetween refining her mask designs, now noticably based on the krykna, with her models right there.
2020-09-12_03:03:17.59561 Finn> Chel exclaims, "Beerish!"
2020-09-12_03:03:25.79052 Finn> Sabine, clearly trying to impress Fenn Rau, tries a leaping strike at Ezra and, once again, completely overcommits, ending up in the dirt with Ezra's saber at her throat.
2020-09-12_03:03:47.17610 Finn> Fenn Rau says, "You overcommitted."
2020-09-12_03:04:17.67221 Finn> Sabine says, "Oh, GOOD. Anyone ELSE got an opinion they want to share?" She throws down her training saber and stalks off when Kanan calls a break.
2020-09-12_03:05:52.78886 Finn> Kanan and Ezra start unloading supplies while Fenn Rau takes a small crate and goes to talk to Sabine.
2020-09-12_03:06:00.80616 Finn> Min hmmms, and goes over to Kanan. "A word?"
2020-09-12_03:06:30.02395 Finn> Kanan looks at Min with his helmeted, impassive gaze.
2020-09-12_03:06:50.41929 Finn> Chel sits down on a crate and nurses a beerish.
2020-09-12_03:07:20.21247 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Def Tones were a shitty band."
2020-09-12_03:07:27.44420 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's the opinion I'm going to share"
2020-09-12_03:07:43.36716 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Eighteen albums and maybe four song that don't induce vomiting"
2020-09-12_03:08:19.18205 Finn> Chel says, "okaaaaaaaaay."
2020-09-12_03:08:37.19320 Finn> Min says bluntly, "We're hitting a limit here. She's a good student in most respects; she's picking up what we're teaching and from what she's learned and displayed she OUGHT to be better than she is. The problem is that from what I can tell she has one kark of a block lodged up in her, and until she breaks it we're never going to get anywhere."
2020-09-12_03:08:41.95041 Finn> Chel passes Manny the thing that passes for beer, figuring he needs one.
2020-09-12_03:09:25.48916 Finn> Kanan says, "I don't disagree." Pause. "I have an idea." He sounds reluctant. "It's... the sort of thing Master Windu would do."
2020-09-12_03:09:57.57659 Finn> Min says, "Oh?" with a lack of enthusiasm.
2020-09-12_03:11:17.00394 Finn> Kanan says, "We push harder. We push her right up against her block and keep pushing until she smashes right through it to take the pressure off."
2020-09-12_03:11:36.89061 Finn> Kanan says, "It... works. It worked on plenty of younglings. It worked on Ezra once or twice."
2020-09-12_03:19:09.73954 Finn> Shiori q!
2020-09-12_03:19:29.70568 Ivan> Chris-hotep asks, "Is there mad pagings going on?"
2020-09-12_03:19:29.91906 Ivan> Akio says, "I assume Mike is typing something."
2020-09-12_03:20:15.57948 Finn> Chel asks, "hey Manny, got your blaster?"
2020-09-12_03:20:30.90106 Finn> While this conversation happens, Sabine saunters back up to the group. She has a pair of shiny new vambraces on.
2020-09-12_03:20:42.03305 Finn> Ezra says, jovially, "What have you got there?"
2020-09-12_03:20:53.12765 Finn> Sabine says, "More than you can handle!"
2020-09-12_03:21:10.52875 Finn> Ezra says, "Oh yeah? Maybe I won't go easy on you this time."
2020-09-12_03:21:35.96491 Finn> Kanan, from where he's talking to Min, calls out, "No. Not Ezra. Chel, you're up. Or Min."
2020-09-12_03:21:50.09879 Finn> Sabine and Ezra both say, in unison, "Oh, COME ON."
2020-09-12_03:22:06.16659 Finn> Chel ignites her J-saber and trundles on over. "Let's go!"
2020-09-12_03:22:16.75958 Ivan> Tobias says, "sorry, I had to afk"
2020-09-12_03:22:27.30529 Ivan> Frito patpats.
2020-09-12_03:22:38.35335 Ivan> Tobias says, "This fucking week"
2020-09-12_03:22:46.12719 Finn> Sabine suddenly looks unsure. "Uh... okay."
2020-09-12_03:22:50.31026 Finn> Chel says, "I'd normally use the inquisaber, but I don't think the opponents you will face will be using a double blade."
2020-09-12_03:23:03.71979 Finn> Chel, roll your lightsaber against two reds and two purples.
2020-09-12_03:23:31.57202 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "fizzzzz"
2020-09-12_03:23:57.17665 Finn> Chel and Sabine close, block block parry parry block. Sabine is... somehow better, but also somehow less comitted than when she spars with Ezra.
2020-09-12_03:24:12.86729 Finn> Chel, I need you to roll Athletics against two reds.
2020-09-12_03:24:56.50857 Finn> Chel says, "OOC boosting with Enhance"
2020-09-12_03:26:16.99373 Finn> Chel, Sabine holds up one of her vambraces and you're suddenly hit with an industrial-grade repulsor blasts.
2020-09-12_03:26:33.71661 Finn> Unfortunately for Sabine, it doesn't knock you over like she clearly wanted it to.
2020-09-12_03:26:45.16560 Finn> Chel says, "whoa! Nice."
2020-09-12_03:27:04.91659 Finn> Sabine closes and tries to hit you with her saber; she fails at this.
2020-09-12_03:27:07.64830 Finn> Chel says, "I assumed they were cortosis or something to help defend."
2020-09-12_03:27:25.93227 Finn> Sabine says, "Please. Beskar."
2020-09-12_03:27:46.84080 Finn> Chel says, "Oh. Right. Mandalorian."
2020-09-12_03:27:47.05396 Finn> Chel, you may now act. Do you just keep sparring or do you do something fancy?
2020-09-12_03:29:02.23314 Finn> Chel approaches Sabine for another attack. "Don't forget, I'm probably the weakest of the lot here."
2020-09-12_03:29:22.26520 Finn> Chel asks, "OOC same dice set?"
2020-09-12_03:29:35.28774 Finn> Same dice set.
2020-09-12_03:31:24.11831 Finn> Chel also fails to penetrate Sabine's defense.
2020-09-12_03:31:52.76358 Finn> Chel, make a Coordination check against two reds.
2020-09-12_03:32:47.96196 Finn> This time, Sabine fires an energized grappling cable out of her vambraces.
2020-09-12_03:32:58.58265 Finn> It wraps securely around Chel, pinning her arms to her sides.
2020-09-12_03:33:03.32875 Finn> Chel exclaims, "ack!"
2020-09-12_03:33:47.45070 Finn> Sabine hauls on the line. Chel, make an Athletics check against three reds.
2020-09-12_03:34:21.57973 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "game set match"
2020-09-12_03:35:38.31891 Finn> Sabine hauls Chel into the dirt and puts her training saber to Chel's neck. "And THAT'S a win," she says. She does help Chel get up and get untangled, though. "Sorry about that."
2020-09-12_03:36:48.43018 Finn> Chel says, "What? No apologies. That's what you're supposed to do."
2020-09-12_03:37:57.06375 Finn> Chel says, "also, learned someting new. You're into that sorta thing. Ssspicy."
2020-09-12_03:38:49.69087 Finn> Sabine says, "..."
2020-09-12_03:39:09.32285 Finn> Min says, "A win at what cost," amused.
2020-09-12_03:39:35.62523 Finn> Kanan, done talking with Min, marches up. "Hey! Is this a GAME for you?"
2020-09-12_03:39:53.04995 Finn> Sabine says, "No game, just outsmarting my opponent." Pause. "Care to take a shot?"
2020-09-12_03:40:13.65580 Finn> Under the cover of her banter Sabine takes a cheap shot at Kanan, lashing out with her grapple line. She entangles him.
2020-09-12_03:40:41.34283 Finn> Chel mutters to Ezra as she goes back to the sideline, "Woulda used my Force stuff, but, y'know, no point if she's just gonna fight other Mandos....."
2020-09-12_03:40:59.02900 Finn> They wrestle briefly... but then Kanan manages to get his lightsaber high enough to cut the line.
2020-09-12_03:41:17.34286 Finn> He grabs the loose end and yanks; Sabine goes sprawling. Kanan puts his saber to her throat.
2020-09-12_03:41:55.99345 Finn> Kanan says, "History lesson! The Jedi WON the war with Mandalore. These tricks will amount to SOMETHING. Maybe save you from time to time. But they won't keep you alive in the long run! Only training, and discipline! Will do that."
2020-09-12_03:42:39.44902 Finn> Sabine says, hotly, "The ONLY thing I'm learning is that Ezra must be REALLY gifted to learn as well as he has from a LOUSY teacher like YOU." She jerks her head at Min. "The fucking PADAWAN is a better MASTER, Master Jedi!"
2020-09-12_03:42:48.07427 Finn> She storms off into the spider wastes.
2020-09-12_03:43:23.92150 Finn> Chel frowns slightly. "Oh. This method."
2020-09-12_03:44:06.89282 Finn> Min says, "Mmm."
2020-09-12_03:44:55.78506 Finn> Chel says, "Reminds me of father."
2020-09-12_03:45:13.74877 Finn> Alaia just shakes her head.
2020-09-12_03:45:35.84593 Finn> Ezra looks like he's going to go after her. Kanan sort of... looks at Min and/or Alaia as well.
2020-09-12_03:45:39.18560 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It's like watching a sandworm crash into metal."
2020-09-12_03:45:49.57506 Finn> Chel says, "Well, that was awkward."
2020-09-12_03:46:20.71391 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "This is going to be rough because Sabine has 0% of the Jedi attitude"
2020-09-12_03:46:37.95259 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Leaving aside all past issues of Jedi vs. Mandalorian"
2020-09-12_03:46:46.92797 Finn> Chel says, "yep."
2020-09-12_03:48:47.06372 Finn> Ezra heads off into the wastes after Sabine.
2020-09-12_03:48:49.91701 Finn> Alaia sighs and gets up to follow Sabine, walking without rhythm. Stupid sandworms.
2020-09-12_03:49:47.54536 Finn> Chel figures that's a good crowd for her, sits back and lets them take care of it. "Hey Manny, while that cools down, set'em to stun and blast me. I wanna see how hard deflecting is."
2020-09-12_03:50:01.04318 Finn> Alaia, you and Ezra find Sabine sitting on an outcropping of rock, starring at the sunset. Ezra says, "Hey."
2020-09-12_03:50:15.81976 Finn> Sabine sighs. "Not now, Ezra. You either, witch-tits."
2020-09-12_03:50:47.96437 Ivan> Tobias says, "sorry, and to afk again"
2020-09-12_03:50:55.59663 Ivan> Tobias says, "fuck"
2020-09-12_03:51:29.01845 Ivan> Akio says, "You want in on this, Mike? Otherwise Kanan has stuff to talk to you about."
2020-09-12_03:51:49.72168 Finn> Alaia says, "I'll be one rock over once you feel like talking."
2020-09-12_03:52:07.68897 Finn> Ezra says, "Look, I just wanted to say I know what it's like. Believe me. Kanan isn't the easiest teacher to have, but... he means well."
2020-09-12_03:52:14.11114 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Was he giving min a 'go after her' look or a 'i want to talk' look?"
2020-09-12_03:52:17.44486 Finn> Sabine says, "Does he? Do ANY of them?"
2020-09-12_03:52:38.16213 Ivan> Akio says, "He wanted either Other Padawan or Witch-Tits to go, atleast."
2020-09-12_03:53:12.36168 Finn> Sabine says, "I know how to fight. I believe I can learn how to use that sword. I just won't want everything that comes with it."
2020-09-12_03:53:39.06693 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'll go, then, so that you don't have to manage two conversations."
2020-09-12_03:53:41.76386 Finn> Alaia asks, "Could you let someone else take it, and all it represents, knowing that they might fuck up Mandalore?"
2020-09-12_03:53:58.06348 Ivan> Akio says, "Feel free to just slot in."
2020-09-12_03:54:25.23479 Finn> Sabine says, "I'm a DISGRACE to Mandalore! A traitor!"
2020-09-12_03:55:08.25774 Finn> Min, from the shadow of a rock, says, "Are you? Why?"
2020-09-12_03:57:24.06960 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ugh. I have noticed the human eye's blindspot. And now I can't not notice it. Just like thinking about breathing."
2020-09-12_03:58:04.06211 Finn> Sabine says, "I did... I built..." She stops, struggling. "I don't want to talk about these things!"
2020-09-12_03:58:14.11431 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Heh"
2020-09-12_03:58:27.10429 Finn> Sabine says, "How can I lead my people? How can I go back there and face -them-?"
2020-09-12_03:59:04.70962 Finn> Min says, "You can't, at least until you're willing to face yourself."
2020-09-12_04:01:32.13046 Finn> Ezra says, "At least you HAVE parents to go back to."
2020-09-12_04:02:08.13987 Finn> Sabine laughs. "Jedi philosophy!" She says to Alaia, "I could use some witch backup in the face of that, you know."
2020-09-12_04:03:59.00193 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh dear sweet god. It's happened in real life now. https://twitter.com/SubMedina/status/1304525267650654216/photo/1"
2020-09-12_04:04:49.59876 Finn> Min says, "Whatever you did, you can't even bring yourself to talk about it. You've been fighting at half-power in every bout we've had because half of your focus is going into fighting yourself. You can call that 'Jedi philosophy,' but you're fighting with a lightsaber. Kh'veek, this isn't even unique to the Jedi." She sighs. "No matter what field you're in, if you go into something wavering, unsure, and conflicted you're likely to not do great. That's not mystic Force bullshit. That's just people."
2020-09-12_04:06:00.35442 Finn> Alaia says, "Hate to say it, but Min's right. You've got to deal with that eventually, and the longer you wait ..."
2020-09-12_04:06:21.93539 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
2020-09-12_04:06:22.14886 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
2020-09-12_04:06:22.40218 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
2020-09-12_04:06:22.40223 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
2020-09-12_04:08:03.12983 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Meh. Probably have to call it Any Moment Now. I've been dealing with a nasty migraine the past few days, and it's not over yet."
2020-09-12_04:08:16.57432 Finn> Sabine says, "You think I don't know how to COMITT?" She gets up in Min's face. "I committed everything to Mandalore! And then when I found out that was a fucking... a fucking LIE, the kind of lie the Empire tells you when you make something beautiful and they want to make it ugly, I committed everything to it AGAIN, and I turned around and MANDALORE WASN'T WITH ME."
2020-09-12_04:08:20.39509 Ivan> Akio says, "S'okay."
2020-09-12_04:09:17.52025 Finn> Min says, "And then what happened?"
2020-09-12_04:10:38.31054 Finn> Sabine says, shortly, "They broke us. And then I left. Was driven out."
2020-09-12_04:12:00.04259 Finn> Min says, "And do you still care what becomes of Mandalore?"
2020-09-12_04:12:55.42424 Finn> Min says, "Because if you don't, then you should call a halt to this and we can all go back to base."
2020-09-12_04:13:17.07565 Finn> Min says, "But if you do..."
2020-09-12_04:13:26.40116 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Manny will take the Darksaber if she rejects it, so he can be the Mannydelorian."
2020-09-12_04:14:05.64241 Finn> Sabine says, "I don't quit. I -never- quit!"
2020-09-12_04:16:44.82688 Ivan> Frito exclaims, "Manny must teach the boys to Boogie in Beskar!"
2020-09-12_04:19:33.55953 Finn> Min says, "It sounds like whatever it was you did back then, you fucked up, and people got hurt. Maybe it was your fault, maybe not, doesn't really matter. You left." She's silent for a while. "How can you face them? Well, you fucked up. Everyone does that. Some are lucky and it's only on small things. The reason you can't face em isn't the fuckup. It's that you left the mess, voluntarily or no. You have a chance here to fix things as much as they can be fixed. THAT'S how you can face them. By putting things right."
2020-09-12_04:20:31.71456 Finn> Alaia says, "And this time you've got an advantage. You've got friends who won't desert you. They -will- stand with you."
2020-09-12_04:21:54.65186 Finn> Ezra says, "Hey."
2020-09-12_04:22:25.47700 Finn> Ezra says, "We've got a lot on our plate fighting the Empire, Sabine. Maybe you don't need to fight yourself to. You're pretty stubborn, that usually turns out pretty bad."
2020-09-12_04:23:37.53060 Finn> Sabine says, "Why would they -follow- me, tho?"
2020-09-12_04:24:15.77039 Finn> Ezra says, "They followed Maul. You're a lot better than Maul."
2020-09-12_04:24:36.50500 Finn> Sabine looks like she can't tell if she should be touched or if she should kick Ezra real real hard.
2020-09-12_04:25:21.61220 Finn> Min says, "Look, that Rau is as hardass an old Mando armor-chert as I ever seen, and HE seems to think you're worth following for some reason."
2020-09-12_04:25:55.33287 Finn> Alaia says, "If you don't want to deal with being the Mandalore, choose someone you think is capable and make it stick with the authority you can get off that old sword."
2020-09-12_04:27:35.40037 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "We need Manny to blast I Shed The Blood Of Gar Saxon's Men now so Sabine can have a training montage."
2020-09-12_04:28:28.21736 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Ahahah"
2020-09-12_04:29:04.85815 Finn> Sabine takes a deep breath. "Okay," she mutters. "Okay."
2020-09-12_04:29:23.05858 Finn> Sabine says, "I can maybe stop being a bitch about this for a few rotations."
2020-09-12_04:31:34.43872 Finn> Ezra mutters something about how that's not what Ketsu says.
2020-09-12_04:34:52.55522 Finn> Min shrugs. "Just remember it's not about our delicate flower feelings. Kh'veek, I travel with Blue, it's a nonstop bitchorama. It's about how you feel about you."
2020-09-12_04:36:27.43268 Finn> You all head back to the camp.
2020-09-12_04:37:00.44051 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "'A Nonstop Bitchorama: The New Series By Ken Burns, coming soon to PBS'"
2020-09-12_04:37:02.37295 Ivan> Tobias says, "afk a sec"
2020-09-12_04:37:15.98856 Finn> Kanan is waiting there. He offers Sabine the Darksaber.
2020-09-12_04:37:28.19109 Finn> Sabine says, "... maybe I should practice some more first."
2020-09-12_04:37:37.31841 Finn> Kanan says, "Take it. It's -yours-."
2020-09-12_04:38:26.50591 Finn> Chel says, "ah, there's our girl."
2020-09-12_04:40:25.15074 Finn> Sabine takes the Darksaber and ignites it. She staggers a bit. "It's -heavy-," she says, surprised.
2020-09-12_04:41:30.79245 Ivan> Tobias says, "back"
2020-09-12_04:41:50.63466 Finn> Kanan says, "Energy constantly flows through the crystal. You're not fighting with a simple blade so much as you're directing a current of power. Your thoughts, your actions, they become energy. They flow through the crystal as well and become a part of the blade. It's so even for non-Jedi."
2020-09-12_04:42:02.62848 Finn> Kanan nods to Min to step into the ring with Sabine.
2020-09-12_04:42:42.06190 Finn> Min draws her own blade, and does.
2020-09-12_04:43:07.32963 Finn> Chel says, "Maybe thinking of it as a paintbrush might help? She is an artist."
2020-09-12_04:43:47.68438 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "Louis Vuitton makes a thousand dollar face mask. We live in zoolander times."
2020-09-12_04:43:50.29126 Finn> Kanan says, "Min, start with the first Ataru strike, the third variant."
2020-09-12_04:44:04.67449 Finn> Min does.
2020-09-12_04:44:42.11987 Finn> Right before Min strikes, Kanan says to Sabine, "Block high," which is the proper response. Sabine blocks; the Darksaber locks with Min's blade, energy crackling along both lengths.
2020-09-12_04:45:05.04722 Finn> Kanan says, "The blades will be drawn to each other. There's pull. Can you feel it, Sabine?"
2020-09-12_04:46:15.94428 Finn> Sabine nods.
2020-09-12_04:46:23.70356 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Derek Zoolander would hate having to wear a mask"
2020-09-12_04:46:25.40652 Finn> Kanan says, "good. Min? Press her."
2020-09-12_04:47:34.66270 Finn> Min says, "Right high!" Strike. "Right low!" Strike. "Right high!" Strike. "Left high!" Strike.
2020-09-12_04:48:10.29853 Finn> Sabine blocks every blow in sequence, with strong, flowing movements.
2020-09-12_04:48:33.32116 Finn> Sabine says, "... the blade feels lighter."
2020-09-12_04:49:53.01844 Ivan> Frito finishes watching Deadly Assassin on blu-ray. It's a pity about the effects, I think a lot of the folks here would enjoy it. The dialogue especially really crackles.
2020-09-12_04:49:57.14279 Finn> Min says, "Middle line!" Strike. "Left low!" Strike. "Left low!" Strike. "Right high!" Strike.
2020-09-12_04:50:36.10893 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-12_04:51:04.11143 Finn> Kanan watches, nodding.
2020-09-12_04:51:06.21393 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-12_04:51:18.05765 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "So Darryl Hall of Hall and Oates has (or maybe had) a show on MTV where he invites various older bands to his house, then they jam together."
2020-09-12_04:51:29.04896 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I watched the Cheap Trick episode"
2020-09-12_04:51:31.02997 Finn> He eventually holds up a hand to call a halt. "Better."
2020-09-12_04:51:44.95304 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Cheap Trick now looks like escapees from an old folks' home."
2020-09-12_04:51:56.18499 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But they still play well and their singer still sounds good"
2020-09-12_04:51:56.58049 Finn> Min takes a step back, putting up her sword.
2020-09-12_04:52:07.01748 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "looks like."
2020-09-12_04:52:10.69978 Ivan> Frito says, "Wow."
2020-09-12_04:52:30.09636 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Ironically, the one who looked like a middle aged accountant in the old days is the one who has changed the least"
2020-09-12_04:52:40.96318 Finn> Kanan says, "Tommorrow, we'll work in sequence. Min, then Ezra, then Me, then Chel, then back again. In-between Fenn Rau will train you with the vambraces."
2020-09-12_04:53:12.14716 Finn> Kanan says, "I wish we still had the Holocron. There was a lot of information on fighting Mandalorians with lightsabers in there."
2020-09-12_04:53:23.94642 Finn> Fenn Rau snorts.
2020-09-12_04:53:54.94465 Finn> Sabine nods.
2020-09-12_04:53:55.91093 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "They formed in what, 72? That means that most of them were probably born before 1955. They probably legitimately could be in an old folks home."
2020-09-12_04:54:06.28798 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "'Chel will be in charge of just surprising you as you do drill to see if you stab yourself'"
2020-09-12_04:54:12.21763 Finn> Chel says, "maybe she should incorporate a small shield for blasters."
2020-09-12_04:54:31.45992 Finn> Chel says, "unless the vambraces already have that...."
2020-09-12_04:54:34.69447 Finn> Sabine says, "Listen, Kanan..." she puts a hand behind her head. "I'm sorry."
2020-09-12_04:54:53.48837 Finn> Kanan says, "I know. I am too. I think we're both ready now." He pats her on the shoulder.
2020-09-12_04:55:06.82791 Finn> Min says, "Don't you still have the holocron, Kanan?"
2020-09-12_04:55:28.37684 Finn> Fenn Rau says, "The shield vambrace is considered the more generally useful, but I don't have any."
2020-09-12_04:55:47.24196 Finn> Fenn Rau says, "The dart vambrace has killed more than a few Jedi in its day, though."
2020-09-12_04:55:54.45437 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "They range in age from 67 to 72 now"
2020-09-12_04:55:59.83065 Finn> Kanan says, "It's completely ruined. You saw it."
2020-09-12_04:56:10.74284 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "One of them keeps changing when his date of birth was."
2020-09-12_04:56:15.48388 Finn> Min says, "Maybe for YOU."
2020-09-12_04:56:33.98709 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Min might be able to make it work"
2020-09-12_04:57:13.19757 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah, so all of them have reached retirement age, and a few of them legitimately could be living in an old-folks home."
2020-09-12_04:57:39.12510 Finn> Kanan says, "Oh, right. You're a master of mechu-deru."
2020-09-12_04:58:06.74353 Finn> Kanan says, "Maybe the only one, now."
2020-09-12_05:00:30.06242 Finn> Min says, "Hard to say."
2020-09-12_05:00:57.20852 Ivan> Tobias asks, "We gonna close this out?"
2020-09-12_05:01:00.25617 Finn> You spend another week or so out here. Sabine makes gradual progress.
2020-09-12_05:01:12.47509 Ivan> Akio says, "We're about to. I have one last thing for you specifically, back at the base."
2020-09-12_05:01:19.13774 Ivan> Akio says, "If you're up for it."
2020-09-12_05:01:24.49656 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Mechi-Deru sounds like a Japanese term for a particular kind of woman in a romance"
2020-09-12_05:01:37.36146 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeah, if it won't take long."
2020-09-12_05:01:55.45838 Finn> Eventually, the exigencies of duty and the war call you back to Chopper Base, where the Spectres begin planning for a trip to Mandalore.
2020-09-12_05:02:16.75458 Finn> Min, Hera summons you to the command room; there's a priority comm for you, from General Cracken.
2020-09-12_05:02:29.27436 Finn> Min heads to the comm room.
2020-09-12_05:04:27.72504 Finn> Cracken is there. He seems concerned to lay eyes on you. "Camlann," he says, and then repeats a series of numbers to you. It takes you a moment to remember that this is a recognition code; he gave you it way back when you first made contact with the Rebellion. It's one-time-use, not written down anywhere, meant to authenticate your identity specifically to him or to Ahsoka.
2020-09-12_05:04:41.53438 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-12_05:04:41.74756 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-12_05:04:43.65782 Finn> You remember the response, though it takes a second.
2020-09-12_05:05:12.44640 Finn> Min gives it, looking grave.
2020-09-12_05:05:52.57460 Ivan> Tobias says, "Oh oh, I think I see."
2020-09-12_05:06:01.37893 Finn> Cracken says, "... you're still on Atollon."
2020-09-12_05:06:22.88525 Finn> Min says, "...yes. Why?"
2020-09-12_05:06:25.29078 Finn> Cracken says, "And... NOT on Celanon."
2020-09-12_05:07:09.83736 Finn> Min says, "You told me not to move on that until your man gave the word."
2020-09-12_05:07:44.09168 Finn> Cracken says, "We got a report from Lieutenant Andor before he went dark. It was... well, you know what? Let me send the holo he took and managed to upload."
2020-09-12_05:09:32.39129 Finn> Min says, "Please."
2020-09-12_05:11:57.76584 Finn> It takes a minute to transmit. A quiet street, in the Old Quarter, one you remember well. They've fixed that crooked chunk of pavement by the corner, part of your mind notes. A hoverlimo has pulled up to the door, and Duha-Wik stands by it, scanning the street; a Barabel holds the door for Don Jirik to climb out. Ahead of him is Maradelle, looking as classy as ever, and the Pyke woman you know as Vyck Ti.
2020-09-12_05:12:13.12641 Finn> On his arm, in a man's broadcloth shirt loose at the collar, hard-wearing work pants, with a barely-concealed carbine slung across her back, is Min Camlann. Her head is turned to face the camera; a metal cybernetic eye replacement covers most of one side of her face, the eye glowing an ugly, neon shade of toxic green.
2020-09-12_05:12:25.91867 Finn> She has a funny little smile on her face. A nasty one.
2020-09-12_05:16:20.25128 Finn> Min looks at that. Her face hardens. "I know what this is," she says curtly. "It's a construct of the Dark Side. Not Inquisitorial. Something older and uglier. I'm going to make some preparations and then I'm heading to Celanon to deal with it."
2020-09-12_05:16:54.36432 Finn> Cracken sighs.
2020-09-12_05:18:08.94488 Finn> Cracken says, "You should watch yourself. Andor's report said he believes advance elements of the ISB and the Inquisition had made it as far as Celanon, but as of his last communique he believed Major Kren was in no immediate danger. He was going to try and make contact with her and, on her recommendation, with... 'you.'"
2020-09-12_05:19:00.34186 Finn> Min says, "That was a mistake. Do not engage this thing."
2020-09-12_05:19:57.25871 Finn> Cracken says, "Hopefully the Major waved him off."
2020-09-12_05:20:31.66517 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "'Do not engage Lu Bu'"
2020-09-12_05:20:54.29718 Finn> Min says, "I will contact you again when I'm ready to depart. I need to talk to some people."
2020-09-12_05:21:34.94474 Finn> Cracken nods.
2020-09-12_05:21:47.20877 Finn> Min cuts the connection.
2020-09-12_05:21:49.88750 Ivan> Akio says, "NOW we can cut."
2020-09-12_05:22:05.75114 Ivan> Akio says, "I wanted you to have a week or so to chew on that."
2020-09-12_05:22:12.37557 Ivan> Akio asks, "Also, are you doing okay?"
2020-09-12_05:22:18.91754 Ivan> Tobias says, "No."
2020-09-12_05:22:28.40026 Finn> Everyone gets XP!
2020-09-12_05:22:32.53315 Finn> 35 points of XP!
2020-09-12_05:24:34.31857 Ivan> Tobias says, "More stuff with Mom came up today and then sort of peaked in mid session."
2020-09-12_05:25:17.86530 Ivan> Akio says, "Yikes."
2020-09-12_05:26:35.84412 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Geez"
2020-09-12_05:26:40.94504 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Sorry, Mike."
2020-09-12_05:27:08.51047 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Hmm, I am probably going to raise Ranged-Light to 5 and buy OVerstocked Ammo, which would raise the Proton Torpedo shooter to 3 shots."
2020-09-12_05:28:19.35803 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It already carries three."
2020-09-12_05:28:26.39868 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You only have two shots in currently."
2020-09-12_05:28:58.70104 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That would raise it to four."
2020-09-12_05:29:09.74890 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I'm also contemplating buying more cool"
2020-09-12_05:29:25.99678 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "For the Initiative benefits."
2020-09-12_05:42:41.82949 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-12_05:42:42.04277 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-12_06:02:58.85272 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-12_06:03:28.74113 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-12_06:06:05.88797 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-12_06:06:06.10200 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-12_06:11:36.13518 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-12_06:12:06.77884 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-12_06:21:31.84978 Finn> Shiori says, "And thuds"
2020-09-12_06:21:32.98919 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-12_06:21:33.20243 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-09-12_06:23:09.08458 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-12_06:23:39.03290 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-12_06:31:24.55001 Finn> Mike has disconnected.
2020-09-12_06:31:24.76334 Mike has disconnected
2020-09-12_06:39:08.35134 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-12_06:39:08.56448 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-12_06:54:53.82539 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "CRAB... BATTLE."
2020-09-12_07:09:32.21640 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'("Titles that inadvertently turn out to be taken by metal bands" may be the only consistent thing in the history of this game's development.)"
2020-09-12_07:12:57.49224 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I made up a name for a demon one time. I then discovered there was a metal band with the same name"
2020-09-12_07:13:36.32419 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I once pronounced the words that would bring the doom of man. But it was already the name of a garage metal band."
2020-09-12_07:19:08.57071 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yep"
2020-09-12_07:20:31.47253 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'This giant, immortal squid-headed wizard seems like an OK dude.'"
2020-09-12_09:10:56.21811 ## Save Soon ##
2020-09-12_09:11:56.18592 ## Saving... ##
2020-09-12_09:11:56.43903 ## All done. ##
2020-09-12_11:20:31.00923 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-12_11:21:01.01683 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-12_11:36:30.52734 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-12_11:36:30.74052 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-12_16:21:53.77114 Thing> Ritsu says, "Saints are giving Alvin Kamara a five-year extension."
2020-09-12_16:25:19.02616 Thing> Thor says, "Huh good on them,that guy is their McCaffrey"
2020-09-12_16:28:21.61809 Finn> David says, "Huh. "
2020-09-12_16:28:34.50722 Finn> David says, "Rod. https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-spoilers-2021-stephanie-brown-and-cassandra-cain/"
2020-09-12_16:29:19.69763 Finn> David says, "They seem to be set to give Cassandra Cain Batgirl back."
2020-09-12_16:30:10.01915 Finn> Hotaru says, "I think Rod commented on that a day or so ago."
2020-09-12_16:30:58.99059 Finn> David says, "Ahhh... righto."
2020-09-12_16:31:47.51047 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-12_16:32:18.02976 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-12_16:32:53.72775 Thing> Ritsu says, "Rams and WR Cooper Kupp are finalizing a three-year extension."
2020-09-12_16:33:04.05630 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Remind me what an extension is?"
2020-09-12_16:33:13.69161 Thing> Ritsu says, "Washington doesn't do them, so I've forgotten."
2020-09-12_16:33:26.98299 Thing> Ritsu says, "We prefer to just be shit all the time and have everyone despise us."
2020-09-12_16:39:29.79219 Finn> Chel says, "i wondered if she was keeping her stupid orphan nick"
2020-09-12_16:39:54.17270 Finn> David says, "Nope, it's batgirl"
2020-09-12_16:40:09.66306 Finn> David says, "Seems to be confirmation anyway, but it's BC Rumors"
2020-09-12_16:43:30.75602 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Pats have no fans this week, right?"
2020-09-12_16:47:26.78232 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-12_16:47:26.99571 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-12_16:50:39.62883 Finn> Chel says, "in the Joker War Zone comic, cass is on the cover in her batgirl costume"
2020-09-12_16:50:49.68557 Finn> Chel says, "i was justwondering about the name she'd have"
2020-09-12_16:54:43.33292 Thing> Ritsu says, "'Banner scheduled to fly over Dodger Stadium to have direct message: ASTROS CHEATED'"
2020-09-12_16:55:10.89251 Thing> Benvolio asks, "... did they?"
2020-09-12_16:55:38.88399 Thing> Ritsu says, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros_sign_stealing_scandal"
2020-09-12_16:56:49.06694 Thing> Thor says, "It's not the usual 'signal stealing' that's relatively common."
2020-09-12_16:57:00.48750 Thing> Thor says, "It's the whole scheme they put in"
2020-09-12_16:58:41.41932 Finn> Hotaru says, "For those still not aware, tomorrow sees the release of the first volume of WATARU!!! The Hot-Blooded Fighting Teen & His Epic Adventures After Stopping a Truck with His Bare Hands!!."
2020-09-12_17:06:21.87766 Finn> Kiara gives Sean his calming soothing controlled substances.
2020-09-12_17:10:04.27464 Finn> Chel asks, "by stopping truck-kun does he save minky mono?"
2020-09-12_18:16:58.94546 Finn> Hotaru says, "Reading the 2nd Rascal Does Not Dream of novel, and I have to admit cite stressed out girl is not as good a heroine as Senjougahara bunny girl."
2020-09-12_18:17:08.48828 Finn> Hotaru says, "cite = cute"
2020-09-12_18:22:59.62123 Finn> Chel says, "I love the bunny girl series"
2020-09-12_18:23:22.45244 Finn> Chel says, "senjougahara will always be best girl"
2020-09-12_18:25:29.50029 Finn> Hotaru says, "She's more dere than the real Senjogahara."
2020-09-12_18:25:44.61750 Finn> Hotaru says, "Fewer death threats."
2020-09-12_18:46:58.87619 Finn> Shizumaru has connected.
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2020-09-12_19:02:37.88652 Finn> Shizumaru has disconnected.
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2020-09-12_19:25:14.20212 Finn> Harrowhark says, "So Futurama has title card gags, sort of like the Simpsons couch gags. 'This episode brought to you by Slurm.' 'The spice must flow... to incredibly savings!' Kind of things."
2020-09-12_19:25:27.12501 Finn> Harrowhark says, "One of them is 'All time travel to the year 2020 is strictly prohibited.'"
2020-09-12_19:36:33.43285 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh GOD."
2020-09-12_19:37:02.74194 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Someone put the music from Blade Runner 2049 to almost completely unaltered (they cleaned it up a little) drone footage of San Francisco from the 9th of this month."
2020-09-12_19:37:04.24488 Finn> Harrowhark says, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_m9TUP_t_Y"
2020-09-12_19:37:15.90404 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It is... deeply effed."
2020-09-12_20:13:46.53475 Finn> David says, "Huh. Mark Waid is coming back to DC Comics."
2020-09-12_20:14:06.02428 Finn> Chel asks, "which book?"
2020-09-12_20:14:14.60778 Finn> Chel says, "they've unfucked The Flash enough to bring him back"
2020-09-12_20:16:20.49396 Finn> David says, "Dunno, but I;m guessing Superman, since that' the one book he always wanted"
2020-09-12_20:18:57.38024 Finn> Chel says, "action comics is gonna be without a writer soon"
2020-09-12_20:19:17.38621 Finn> David says, "Well yeah, replacing Bendis with Waid is bound to catch attention"
2020-09-12_20:28:58.01663 Finn> Chel says, "aw noooooooooo"
2020-09-12_20:29:04.75596 Finn> Chel says, "He's writing Dark Nights Metal"
2020-09-12_20:29:49.59286 Finn> David says, "That's a short story thing. Probably easier with Didio and whassisface gone"
2020-09-12_20:29:56.51102 Finn> David says, "Harras. Both hated him"
2020-09-12_20:30:28.26281 Finn> David says, "Or t the least, had issues."
2020-09-12_20:30:41.21759 Finn> Chel says, "what i do remember is Waid wrote the definitive Wally West Flash era"
2020-09-12_20:31:53.10362 Finn> David says, "Yeah. I don't think, though, that you want him back on West."
2020-09-12_20:32:12.76791 Finn> David says, "Mostly because there's only so many beats you can take before you try new things. Hence giving him a family, etc"
2020-09-12_20:32:39.21735 Finn> David says, "Actually, if they let him work with Iris West II/ Jae..."
2020-09-12_20:32:57.22607 Finn> David says, "Frell, I forgot her brother's name"
2020-09-12_20:33:04.85037 Finn> Chel says, "Jai"
2020-09-12_20:33:09.44014 Finn> David says, "Jai."
2020-09-12_20:33:35.63337 Finn> David says, "I will say, though, I'd rather see waid write Superman."
2020-09-12_20:34:22.04184 Finn> David says, "Hell, maybe they'll resurrect Tom Peyer and bring in Mark Millar, and let the three of them write the SUperman they planned a while ago. I think MOrrison told what he wanted and I doubt Morrison will work with Millar ever again"
2020-09-12_20:35:09.75568 Finn> Chel says, "i was pleased to see Kon El brought in to action comics"
2020-09-12_20:35:27.38789 Finn> Chel says, "tho the fate of him and all of young justice is a huge question mark now"
2020-09-12_20:52:52.74782 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'A wild Taiga appears. It uses Wailing Hunger. It is Super Effective.'"
2020-09-12_21:06:55.96335 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "That could honestly be Toradora! or Fate."
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2020-09-12_21:13:11.31987 Finn> Hotaru says, "'GameStop is set to close 300 more stores this year.'"
2020-09-12_21:14:06.29730 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Unsurprising."
2020-09-12_21:23:55.94314 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "GameStop no longer serves much of a purpose"
2020-09-12_21:44:00.62616 Finn> Hotaru asks, "What is your finest Gamestop memory?"
2020-09-12_21:57:10.26110 Finn> Chel says, "so i been watching more WW2 documentaries on netflix and i learned a few new interesting tidbits on what happened to japan leading up to ww2 and how they became assholes"
2020-09-12_21:58:36.54624 Finn> Chel says, "and what surprised me the most was during the meeting of nations to end ww1, they actually were pitching for racial equality for asians and more access for their citizens to immigrate to america and europe. these seem like pretty good ideas. of course they got shot down."
2020-09-12_21:59:14.70292 Finn> Chel says, "I also didn't realize that the american great depression utterly wrecked japan, which was the tipping point that let the nationalist assholes seize power."
2020-09-12_22:02:38.43586 Finn> Mike says, "The great depression was pretty much a global thing."
2020-09-12_22:03:20.70875 Finn> Mike says, "It was also probably the major factor in the Nazis coming to power."
2020-09-12_22:03:38.68313 Finn> Chel says, "i always figured it was the overly harsh terms of the end of WW1 that did that"
2020-09-12_22:03:57.61056 Finn> Mike says, "When social systems fail, people turn to the extremes for answers."
2020-09-12_22:04:16.31741 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Fucking youtube. Watch one clip of "We're fucking doing it Live!", and I get political shit in my feed. Curating history time."
2020-09-12_22:04:46.94644 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "Dan, which Taiga was that?"
2020-09-12_22:04:59.01212 Finn> Mike says, "That helped shape things, Rod, but mostly it was the economic disaster from the depression."
2020-09-12_22:05:02.14463 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Fate. I haven't even thought about Toradora in like 10 years."
2020-09-12_22:06:14.82740 Finn> Chel says, "everyone appreciates the good vs evil that was ww2, but not enough people appreciate that ww1 was a horrifically exploded version of anchroman's 'that escalated quickly'"
2020-09-12_22:06:19.35007 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "And honestly, didn't like it that much even then."
2020-09-12_22:07:12.33252 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "ah, toradora, the era when Rie Kugiyama was given way too many roles"
2020-09-12_22:07:20.98575 Finn> Mike says, "It's like... if you'd had the depression without the war loss, you probably would have had a right-wing dictator, but with a different message than Hitler. If you'd had the war loss without the depression, Hitler wouldn't have come to power and you would have seen a rightward, conservative parliamentary Republic."
2020-09-12_22:07:36.70771 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "oh look, another tsundere midget. someone call rie"
2020-09-12_22:11:09.10685 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Don Blankenship?"
2020-09-12_22:11:52.32335 Finn> Hotaru says, "mispaste"
2020-09-12_22:12:12.38097 Finn> Chel says, "what's sad is, it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't."
2020-09-12_22:42:01.78672 Finn> Chel says, "oh merc, the wtf-ishness of the DC comics universe isn't quite done yet. Ted Kord is back, and he's a villian."
2020-09-12_22:45:09.27397 Finn> Hotaru says, "I thought that was Booster Gold's thing."
2020-09-12_22:47:39.94855 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Appearing on InfoWars, ex-Trump advisor Roger Stone said federal agents and GOP state officials should physically block voting and seize ballots & that Trump should nationalize police forces and order widespread arrests.'"
2020-09-12_23:09:19.23378 Finn> Chel says, "ironically enough, that is in theory the republican nightmare. a federal power trampling over indivisual rights. in theory."
2020-09-12_23:10:14.37420 Finn> David says, "It's ok if you're a republican fascist, but not a democratic fascist"
2020-09-12_23:49:57.28770 Finn> Chel says, "back later"
2020-09-12_23:50:00.49163 Finn> Rod has disconnected.
2020-09-12_23:50:00.74440 tfp> rodm falls asleep.
2020-09-12_23:50:00.74445 Ivan> camera falls asleep.
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2020-09-13_00:21:14.95527 Ivan> DaR From Another Place power bombs democracy.... FOR AMERICA.
2020-09-13_00:38:45.84205 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'We need sensible antimaterial gun control. Nearly everyday in the US, some kid pulls out a Bofors forty and guns down his fellow students Fockwulfs and it wont stop until we ban Assault Anti Air Guns.'"
2020-09-13_00:44:17.66854 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Antimaterial?"
2020-09-13_00:44:45.97906 Ivan> Akio says, "Hollllleee shit."
2020-09-13_00:45:36.70728 Ivan> Akio says, "Youtube just hit me with "ethnically Jewish people evangelize Jesus Christ as the messiah" ad that included the line "how can one people be so wrong for two thousand years?""
2020-09-13_00:46:02.06274 Ivan> Akio says, "One, I'm not Jewish. Two, what the FUCK."
2020-09-13_00:46:24.42548 Ivan> Akio says, "This is a fun new vector of anti-semitism and I'm not okay with it."
2020-09-13_00:46:27.94577 Finn> Rod has connected.
2020-09-13_00:46:28.15897 tfp> rodm wakes up.
2020-09-13_00:46:28.15902 Ivan> camera wakes up.
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2020-09-13_00:46:29.99067 Finn> Chel says, "moo"
2020-09-13_00:46:34.01221 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I have seen that too"
2020-09-13_00:46:57.94119 Rod has connected
2020-09-13_00:47:48.89968 Ivan> Akio says, "I don't think you're going to need much convincing that Jesus is the messiah, but you, also, are not jewish."
2020-09-13_00:48:02.04700 Finn> Chel says, "i see the next phase of the trump campaign is to hint Biden is taking performance enhancing drugs"
2020-09-13_00:48:15.96712 Finn> Chel says, "knowing how trump operates, i now wonder if trump is taking drugs"
2020-09-13_00:48:22.92085 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEah"
2020-09-13_00:48:28.21529 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'd be surprised if he weren't."
2020-09-13_00:50:20.43903 Finn> Chel says, "so we got XP last nite... so many routes to take"
2020-09-13_00:50:35.08462 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Space ale and space whores."
2020-09-13_00:51:05.59024 Finn> Chel says, "i got 95 in the bank. So many options"
2020-09-13_00:51:11.62224 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I am probably going to perfect Ranged-Light and take a talent which adds +1 to the Photon Torpedo launcher's ammo capacity"
2020-09-13_00:51:37.79427 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You should spend some'a that."
2020-09-13_01:03:46.36605 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-13_01:04:17.08054 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-13_01:08:19.53254 Finn> Chel says, "hey john"
2020-09-13_01:08:48.99921 Finn> Chel says, "how hard is it to be a history major? I'm beginning to think I missed my calling"
2020-09-13_01:09:38.40722 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Undergrad is easy. Postgrad MUCH less so. The problem is the job market."
2020-09-13_01:10:16.56191 Finn> Chel says, "i've had a long hard think. i like technology. but i've always liked history a lot. I think i made a wrong turn."
2020-09-13_01:11:08.72492 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Didn't you major in journalism? In the 90s?"
2020-09-13_01:11:15.14970 Finn> Chel says, "minor"
2020-09-13_01:13:49.50939 Finn> Chel double checks old issues of Flash
2020-09-13_01:14:17.16738 Finn> Chel says, "Yeah, THESE days black wally is distiguished by characters making sure to call him 'wallace' but when he was introduced, he was absolutely 'wally'"
2020-09-13_01:14:45.40729 Finn> Chel says, "because, i suppose, the current editorial board figured they'd never bring the original wally back"
2020-09-13_01:15:04.20815 Finn> David says, "the current isn't current anymore. They've been massfired last month"
2020-09-13_01:15:08.40987 Finn> David says, "Or two."
2020-09-13_01:15:13.14261 Finn> Chel says, "true"
2020-09-13_01:15:27.83292 Finn> David says, "New board coning in, which I presume is relayed to why Waid is on board now."
2020-09-13_01:15:35.86640 Finn> David says, "related."
2020-09-13_01:15:58.75411 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "History basically requires you to be good at - "
2020-09-13_01:16:00.90060 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Reading"
2020-09-13_01:16:03.15682 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Writing"
2020-09-13_01:16:15.35973 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Digging into sources to figure out the truth"
2020-09-13_01:16:38.51598 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Number three is the hardest part."
2020-09-13_01:17:14.61847 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The job market is the hardest part"
2020-09-13_01:17:32.66573 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Though a history major is also good for springboarding into various things like public policy or being a lawyer"
2020-09-13_01:18:04.06722 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It's hard for me to say how 'hard' something is when it's easy for me, though."
2020-09-13_01:18:37.65180 Finn> David asks, "Rod, you look into the Society for the History of Technology?"
2020-09-13_01:18:53.62378 Finn> Chel says, "no"
2020-09-13_01:19:07.04953 Finn> David asks, "Or something like that, play around with a membership and see where it goes?"
2020-09-13_01:19:27.90174 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I would suggest taking a community college history course and see if you like it or not."
2020-09-13_01:19:39.37704 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "As that's the cheap way to dip into it."
2020-09-13_01:19:42.54790 Finn> David says, "https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/march-2014/the-social-in-the-machine"
2020-09-13_01:20:24.65583 Finn> Chel says, "it depresses me greatly thatt ariel and her sister have very little interest in history"
2020-09-13_01:20:44.44768 Finn> David says, "John, question..."
2020-09-13_01:21:03.51651 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "In my experience, people get more of an interest in history as they age"
2020-09-13_01:21:07.30306 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Whassup, David?"
2020-09-13_01:21:13.77950 Finn> David asks, "What exactly would Rod need for a history course that would prepare him for a -career- rather than just learning history?"
2020-09-13_01:21:54.08341 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "For a career, you need to get a BA in history, which is like any college major."
2020-09-13_01:22:11.39862 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And really, you want at least a masters, so you don't have to work at a high school "
2020-09-13_01:22:21.44190 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I shall return; need to reboot."
2020-09-13_01:22:22.88382 Finn> David says, "Ah. Somehow I can't picture Rod as a teacher."
2020-09-13_01:22:47.82341 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Direct work in history usually involves teaching unless you work for a museum or use it to springboard to something else."
2020-09-13_01:22:53.61975 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-13_01:22:53.83300 Ivan> Wombat falls asleep.
2020-09-13_01:22:53.83305 DaR> Michelle falls asleep.
2020-09-13_01:22:53.83305 tfp> Spellvis falls asleep.
2020-09-13_01:22:53.83306 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-13_01:23:03.09987 Finn> Chel says, "working in a museum sounds heavenly."
2020-09-13_01:24:11.84010 Finn> Akemi has connected.
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2020-09-13_01:24:12.05331 DaR> Michelle wakes up.
2020-09-13_01:24:12.05332 tfp> Spellvis wakes up.
2020-09-13_01:24:41.39024 Akemi has connected
2020-09-13_01:26:53.58224 Finn> Chel says, "..... pic of chris evans' penis leaked"
2020-09-13_01:26:59.49694 Finn> Chel says, "accidentally. by chris evans."
2020-09-13_01:27:10.99296 Finn> Chel says, "good thing he's done with captain america"
2020-09-13_01:30:48.11924 Finn> Chel says, "so. complicating twist on the tale of my great great grandfather, the one who got killed by the muslims which set my great-uncle to burning down a town and escaping capture to kill all the guys who captured him"
2020-09-13_01:31:37.50977 Finn> Chel says, "great-x-grandad.... not srue if he volunteered or was drafted, but, he was the sherriff of the town under japanese authority while they occupied us."
2020-09-13_01:32:07.34222 Finn> Chel says, "so. might be a bit uncomfortable if he was a collaborator."
2020-09-13_01:32:42.35784 Finn> Chel says, "this is cleaned up a bit by the fact that granddad was a part of the resistence and survived the bataan death march."
2020-09-13_02:40:30.53803 Finn> Akemi has connected.
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2020-09-13_02:56:29.97179 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-13_03:30:21.02786 Finn> Shiori says, "thuds"
2020-09-13_03:30:42.72182 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-13_03:30:42.93501 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-09-13_06:31:18.01188 Finn> Akemi has connected.
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2020-09-13_06:47:26.22871 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-13_07:03:43.42426 DaR> Peorth falls asleep.
2020-09-13_07:03:43.63742 Finn> Sana_Kurata falls asleep.
2020-09-13_07:03:43.63747 Thing> Thor falls asleep.
2020-09-13_07:16:38.53127 DaR> Peorth wakes up.
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2020-09-13_08:07:16.98759 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-13_08:07:47.08149 Chris has reconnected
2020-09-13_08:13:42.42951 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Dang. You're giving me ideas here. Undead space-wizards traveling through the solar system, but the world is regularly raided by liches who are gathering more corpses, either for themselves or to sell to others. You still have accidents out in the void and need to reinforce your crew, after all, but Earth is the only livable planet at this time.'"
2020-09-13_08:15:28.06313 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'d: "However, these places are also constantly under assault by a low level rain of zombies from space. That's not a joke, undead beasts literally float around in the void and choose to fall towards points of light. [...] No matter how deeply you've written yourself into a corner, all your problems can be solved, or at least delayed, by an invasion of space zombies."'"
2020-09-13_08:22:44.83560 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
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2020-09-13_10:26:35.25879 Finn> Hotaru says, "On the opening Sunday of the NFL season, the only team allowed to host any fans today is the Jacksonville Jaguars."
2020-09-13_13:47:38.69316 Finn> David asks, "So, the Jax'll get their normal crowd?"
2020-09-13_13:50:14.46397 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yeah, I guess the NFL figured that was safe enough. :)"
2020-09-13_13:50:31.15314 Finn> David high-fives Sean. "You got the joke."
2020-09-13_14:49:34.35325 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "zing"
2020-09-13_16:37:19.51963 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-13_16:37:49.60082 Chris has reconnected
2020-09-13_16:52:47.31492 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-13_16:52:47.52814 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-13_16:53:41.21822 Finn> Hotaru says, "So I'm enjoying Wataru!!!, but I feel the style of the story reminds me of the guy who writes those Garfield fanfics."
2020-09-13_16:56:21.25711 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Do you mean the existentially terrible ones, the ones where it isn't clear Garfield actually exists, or the one where Garfield is an action hero who fucks up all the bitches?"
2020-09-13_16:56:43.37828 Finn> Hotaru says, "The last of those."
2020-09-13_16:59:40.09783 Thing> Thor says, "Ravens or Redskins"
2020-09-13_17:00:01.60315 Thing> Ritsu says, "Ravens, as I know you won't be able to resist telling me bad things."
2020-09-13_17:01:33.83301 Thing> Thor says, "Ravens bore me though"
2020-09-13_17:01:52.25023 Thing> Thor says, "It's the browns vs Ravens, or Eagles vs Redskins"
2020-09-13_17:07:17.06806 Thing> Thor says, "Browns intercepted on first drive. Blah. *zzzz"
2020-09-13_17:25:59.37295 Thing> Thor says, "I looked it up. 'Eagles At Football Team' is hilarious"
2020-09-13_17:26:21.03157 Thing> Ritsu shrugs
2020-09-13_17:26:46.80751 Thing> Ritsu says, "At least the team is admitting it's a rebuild year this time."
2020-09-13_17:27:50.21893 Thing> Thor says, "Better than Redskins"
2020-09-13_17:32:11.18146 Finn> Chel says, "back later."
2020-09-13_17:32:15.19833 Finn> Rod has disconnected.
2020-09-13_17:32:15.41160 tfp> rodm falls asleep.
2020-09-13_17:32:15.41163 Ivan> camera falls asleep.
2020-09-13_17:32:15.41164 camera-2 falls asleep.
2020-09-13_17:32:15.41165 Rod has disconnected
2020-09-13_17:37:11.65587 Thing> Thor says, "TD, Newton"
2020-09-13_18:26:44.22898 Finn> Rod has connected.
2020-09-13_18:26:44.44221 tfp> rodm wakes up.
2020-09-13_18:26:44.44226 Ivan> camera wakes up.
2020-09-13_18:26:44.44227 camera-2 wakes up.
2020-09-13_18:27:14.71846 Rod has connected
2020-09-13_18:28:43.16348 Thing> Thor flips to basketball because this is bleah
2020-09-13_18:29:27.02848 Ivan> Akio says, "I see you're all aboard the Owl House train, Sean."
2020-09-13_18:41:33.69063 Thing> Thor says, "TD, Newton"
2020-09-13_19:19:38.06040 Thing> Thor says, "..."
2020-09-13_19:19:42.07393 Thing> Thor says, "The Patriots ran an option."
2020-09-13_19:20:18.90580 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Is that allowed?"
2020-09-13_19:21:21.10657 Thing> Thor says, "I didn't even know New England had an option play in the playbook. It's not like Brady can run it"
2020-09-13_19:44:50.99783 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-13_19:44:56.44761 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-13_19:46:38.55940 Thing> Thor asks, "Rivera's the coach?"
2020-09-13_19:50:01.67344 Thing> Ritsu asks, "?"
2020-09-13_19:51:41.26436 Thing> Thor says, "Washington coach went for it, won, now leads 24-17. DAMN. "
2020-09-13_19:51:46.16600 Thing> Thor says, "Imma impresed"
2020-09-13_19:52:44.15203 Thing> Ritsu says, "And he's doing this while battling cancer."
2020-09-13_19:56:51.47940 Thing> Thor says, "Washington's DL is basically manhandling Philadelphia's OL. "
2020-09-13_20:03:36.66882 Thing> Ritsu says, "So, Chase Young."
2020-09-13_20:03:55.38491 Thing> Thor says, "Yep."
2020-09-13_20:04:52.02523 Thing> Thor says, "Congrats, Sean. Rivera seems to have turned things around massively"
2020-09-13_20:04:57.12810 Thing> Thor says, "That is an awesome defense."
2020-09-13_20:05:30.72442 Thing> Ritsu says, "The Eagles OL looks like when the defense picks the right play in Tecmo Bowl."
2020-09-13_20:05:54.28493 Thing> Ritsu says, "'Everybody scream at the person who told you not to be excited about Chase Young. Text that person and scream at them. Then remind them YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH PASS RUSHERS. Then remind them HE'S SPECIAL. Then remind them that DC has not had one of him in a long, long time.'"
2020-09-13_20:08:50.15465 Thing> Thor says, "He'll be expensive to build around but he was murdering the Eagles's OL"
2020-09-13_20:09:02.90143 Thing> Thor says, "You'd think Philadelphia would spend more money on his OL"
2020-09-13_20:12:30.39623 Finn> Hotaru says, "'really overthinking a game of fuck-marry-kill involving the father, the son and the holy ghost'"
2020-09-13_20:17:53.20474 Thing> Ritsu asks, "First W vs. Philly since... erm... 2017?"
2020-09-13_20:19:07.53140 Thing> Ritsu says, "Carson Wentz got whumped, thumped, and whammoed."
2020-09-13_20:19:41.83742 Thing> Ritsu says, "First home opener win since 2014."
2020-09-13_20:20:54.13982 Thing> Ritsu asks, "WTF, Jags beat Colts?"
2020-09-13_20:21:02.09879 Thing> Ritsu was not paying attention to otehr games
2020-09-13_20:27:16.97029 Thing> Ritsu says, "Bears over Lions, Seahawks over Falcons, Bills over Jets, Packers over Vikings, Pats over Dolphins, Raiders over Panthers, Jags over Colts, and Ravens over Browns. And aside from Bills/Jets and Ravens/Browns, they look like they were good games."
2020-09-13_20:28:50.68812 Thing> Blob says, "hahahaha https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/is20t6/highlight_the_eagles_coming_onto_the_field_to_the/"
2020-09-13_20:28:55.16979 Thing> Ritsu says, "Chargers decided to just give up and wear pants that already look like they pissed themselves."
2020-09-13_20:29:58.50832 Thing> Ritsu laughs at Drew's link.
2020-09-13_20:30:04.25045 Thing> Ritsu says, "OK, that was funny."
2020-09-13_20:30:09.90591 Thing> Blob says, "that was awesome"
2020-09-13_20:30:23.77618 Thing> Thor says, "Gardner Minshew went 19 for 20 wow"
2020-09-13_20:30:23.98949 Thing> Blob says, "the perfect kind of pettiness for a conference rival"
2020-09-13_20:30:50.19775 Thing> Thor says, "Hah."
2020-09-13_20:31:59.92240 Thing> Ritsu says, "Wow."
2020-09-13_20:32:03.51348 Thing> Ritsu says, "'Ron Rivera said that at halftime, he was getting an IV but Haskins stood up and gave a halftime speech to rally the team.'"
2020-09-13_20:33:23.82362 Thing> Ritsu says, "'Chase Young only had 1.5 sacks, two sack-fumbles (including the game-sealer), and a hit on an interception that didn't count because of a penalty in his debut. Slow start. Not that noticeable. Don't worry, he'll get better. '"
2020-09-13_20:34:34.23539 Thing> Thor says, "The QB-whisperer and the Third Overall Pick QB has a 0.0 rating"
2020-09-13_20:37:28.86624 Thing> Ritsu asks, "So how were the Pats? Good? Same ol' juggernaut?"
2020-09-13_20:40:37.43716 Thing> Ritsu says, "..."
2020-09-13_20:40:42.63237 Thing> Blob says, "three picks including one in the endzone to kill the dolphin's final drive"
2020-09-13_20:40:55.25621 Thing> Blob says, "and cam was cam"
2020-09-13_20:40:55.46947 Thing> Ritsu says, "Gase: the offensive ineptitude was "completely different" from last year."
2020-09-13_20:41:14.12705 Thing> Blob exclaims, "but still inept!"
2020-09-13_20:41:39.32247 Thing> Ritsu says, "The Jets are trying their hardest to be the new Browns."
2020-09-13_20:41:56.73553 Thing> Blob says, "yeah, but the browns are still very browns"
2020-09-13_20:43:28.60777 Thing> Ritsu says, "Kempski: https://www.phillyvoice.com/final-observations-eagles-washington-carson-wentz-dallas-goedert-jalen-reagor-week-1/"
2020-09-13_20:44:11.27045 Thing> Blob asks, "what's that guy trying to do, reel him in like a fish?"
2020-09-13_20:44:42.12894 Thing> Ritsu says, "Good thoughts on Wentz."
2020-09-13_20:45:09.80979 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's obviously kill the Father, Fuck the Son, Marry the Holy Ghost."
2020-09-13_20:45:29.55332 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Killing Jesus would be futile and killing the Holy Ghost isn't possible."
2020-09-13_20:45:36.48890 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Jesus is the only one you could fuck."
2020-09-13_20:45:48.54562 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And the Holy Ghost is part of every marriage anyway"
2020-09-13_20:46:03.90995 Finn> Hotaru applauds
2020-09-13_20:47:13.48674 Thing> Blob says, "and younghoe koo made another onside kick. he's gonna be a legend"
2020-09-13_20:47:19.94960 Thing> Ritsu says, "Oh, sorry, the other not-Kempski guy."
2020-09-13_20:50:19.08585 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It's like one of those logic puzzles"
2020-09-13_20:50:38.04086 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Where Sean always wears blue and David bites anyone who wears blue and must sit next to someone wearing purple"
2020-09-13_20:50:43.75959 Thing> Ritsu says, "Seeing a lot of "Washington didn't win, we lost" from Iggles fans, who keep insisting the Football Team sucks."
2020-09-13_20:51:51.59186 Thing> Ritsu says, "I actually forget who we play next week. (checks) Arizona."
2020-09-13_20:58:17.94213 Thing> Ritsu says, "'So, the plan is to give Cam 20 carries per week?'"
2020-09-13_21:01:34.58167 Thing> Ritsu says, "You know, technically Washington Football Team has never lost a game."
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2020-09-13_21:20:01.25991 Thing> Ritsu says, "Ryan Kerrigan, who just became the all-time Washington sack leader, got the game ball."
2020-09-13_21:22:05.26083 Thing> Ritsu says, "He then gave it back to Ron Rivera."
2020-09-13_21:27:55.21442 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This is why I like Lower Decks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCbnfK6WtLs"
2020-09-13_21:38:14.58607 Thing> Thor asks, "You got Brady on tv?"
2020-09-13_21:38:58.27820 Thing> Thor says, "Also, Eagles sucks if they lost to a suck team."
2020-09-13_21:39:59.61789 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Ahahah"
2020-09-13_21:40:39.97007 Thing> Ritsu says, "I got Brady, yeah."
2020-09-13_21:40:54.03083 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I love how enthusiastic Tendi is to make engine noises."
2020-09-13_21:41:28.15638 Thing> Ritsu says, "Hey, Merc, your local sports team is 1-0."
2020-09-13_21:45:00.72718 Thing> Ritsu says, "Josh Allen is becoming a real boy rather than Pinocchio."
2020-09-13_21:45:54.88082 Thing> Thor says, "Yeah, Intentional grounding on Brady"
2020-09-13_21:50:54.46333 Thing> Ritsu says, "Good day for guys named Josh in general, Josh Jaconbs also lit it up."
2020-09-13_21:55:47.04991 Thing> Ritsu says, "Huh. Every single Washington score started in Philly territory."
2020-09-13_21:58:16.57498 Thing> Ritsu says, "Christ."
2020-09-13_21:58:37.88350 Thing> Ritsu says, "The last time Washington beat Philly in a season opener, I was 13."
2020-09-13_21:59:41.53375 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I loved that the officer saw them and just assumed EVIL IS AFOOT"
2020-09-13_22:06:32.43133 Thing> Ritsu says, "Biggest comeback win for Washington since the "You Like That!" game."
2020-09-13_22:10:18.67776 Thing> Ritsu says, "Meanwhile, Trent Williams doin' OK: http://twitter.com/_Trapitalism/status/1305252317369790464"
2020-09-13_22:12:09.38867 Thing> Ritsu says, "Quote of the day, from the Lions home paper: Finally, 2020 is getting back to normal."
2020-09-13_22:17:25.85997 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The most populated volcanic area is around Mount Vesuvius"
2020-09-13_22:17:38.49904 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "3 million people are inside the potential eruption zone"
2020-09-13_22:21:46.79660 Thing> Ritsu says, "Drew/David: https://i.imgur.com/4zvKpnR.jpg"
2020-09-13_22:26:55.29126 Thing> Ritsu says, "Josh Rosen sitting alone in the stands makes me kinda sad."
2020-09-13_22:40:25.41367 Finn> Chel says, "would like to see them address the thornier bits of Tendi's race."
2020-09-13_22:43:10.51776 Finn> Chel says, "and it seems like with the regime change at DC comics, the plan for '5G' is dead"
2020-09-13_22:43:17.42389 Finn> Chel says, "Jim Lee made it official"
2020-09-13_22:46:13.84112 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "5G?"
2020-09-13_22:51:09.75690 Finn> Chel says, "it was a plan to..... AGAIN.... reboot the dc universe, except we'd be seeing the genration after bruce and clark"
2020-09-13_22:51:35.71647 Finn> Chel says, "and despite a ton of heirs already in place, the heirs of the DC universe are mostly new people"
2020-09-13_22:52:03.45140 Finn> Chel says, "lucias fox's kid is the new batman, jon kent is the new superman, bafflingly, captain cold jr is the new flash, etc etc etc"
2020-09-13_22:52:53.74647 Finn> Chel says, "the flash thing tremendously pisses me off. batman just as much. we have a line of succession already."
2020-09-13_22:53:22.77219 Finn> Chel says, "though at least lucius' kid makes more sense than john paul fucking valley"
2020-09-13_22:54:04.25217 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Captain Cold Jr. is the new Flash????"
2020-09-13_22:54:25.54096 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I'm glad they killed it, that sounds ludicrous"
2020-09-13_22:54:26.11927 Finn> Chel says, "I don't even know who captain cold jr is"
2020-09-13_22:54:51.01396 Finn> Chel says, "and also, you have now FIVE HEIRS at least in line to be the flash"
2020-09-13_22:54:55.50035 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Though Jon Kent makes reasonable sense"
2020-09-13_22:54:57.31047 Finn> Chel says, "how the hell you gonna skip ALL OF THEM"
2020-09-13_22:55:06.48678 Finn> Chel says, "yeah, I'm not gonna bitch about Jon Kent"
2020-09-13_22:55:06.82866 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh man, John Paul Valley."
2020-09-13_22:55:13.56033 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I haven't thought about him in forever."
2020-09-13_22:55:58.06141 Finn> Chel says, "I mean, let's go down the list. WALLY. BART. BLACK WALLLY. JAI. IRIS. CHINESE FLASH. Gonna skip all that shit. seriously."
2020-09-13_22:56:34.04742 Finn> Chel says, "Hell, you could throw in jesse quick"
2020-09-13_22:57:11.54638 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Do the Tornado Twins currently exist in continuity?"
2020-09-13_22:57:27.99926 Finn> Chel says, "they just made an appearance"
2020-09-13_22:57:40.63445 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Given they are Barry's literal children... or were"
2020-09-13_22:57:58.35157 Finn> Chel says, "they haven't been born yet, but they have been established as existing in the near future"
2020-09-13_22:58:14.98332 Finn> Chel says, "and were briefly mindwashed by zoom to attack barry"
2020-09-13_22:58:58.33682 Finn> Chel says, "John Paul Valley was tremendously insulting and so 90s"
2020-09-13_22:59:24.86578 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Tornado Twins have to exist in order for Bart to exist."
2020-09-13_22:59:43.11082 Finn> Harrowhark says, "However, their proper place is in the 30th century."
2020-09-13_22:59:43.60846 Finn> Chel says, "let's pull this new EXTREEEEEEEEEM guy out our asses and have him take the mantle and all the bat family be cool with it"
2020-09-13_22:59:59.64265 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The only good thing to come out of that storyline was Bane."
2020-09-13_23:00:06.69129 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Who is a quality Batman rogue."
2020-09-13_23:00:20.20054 Finn> Chel says, "he is, when they remember that he's supposed to be highly intelligent"
2020-09-13_23:06:10.84849 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Bane suffered the fate of a lot of villaisn who are most badass in thier first appearance, then gradually get chumped"
2020-09-13_23:08:22.51443 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This is one of the strengths of Flash's Rogues."
2020-09-13_23:08:35.20932 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The vast majority of them come pre-chumped."
2020-09-13_23:08:40.58433 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They're inherently ridiculous."
2020-09-13_23:09:10.81201 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Captain Cold is literally just an asshole with a cold gun. Flash has the -Rainbow Raider-."
2020-09-13_23:09:11.23368 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "This dude is clearly a warlock who will eat your soul: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Richard_Owen_1856.jpg"
2020-09-13_23:09:23.89311 Finn> Chel says, "that reminds me of the brief appearance the Riddler made in Central City"
2020-09-13_23:09:42.14026 Finn> Chel says, "which kinda went to demonstrate how serious Batman's foes can be"
2020-09-13_23:10:05.98117 Finn> Chel says, "he went on to overrun the city and it took flash and the rogues to drive him out"
2020-09-13_23:10:11.54783 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I remember that."
2020-09-13_23:10:22.19782 Finn> Chel says, "I apprecated the show of power from Riddler"
2020-09-13_23:10:27.36797 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Riddler is slightly too good at what he does to fit in with the Rogues."
2020-09-13_23:10:45.70212 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Very occasionally some of them remind you why they're dangerous."
2020-09-13_23:10:58.66938 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Mirror Master, for example, could be top tier if he wanted to be."
2020-09-13_23:11:56.85327 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That said Riddler is the closest Batman villain you have to someone who could fit in there."
2020-09-13_23:12:04.46305 Finn> Chel says, "hmmmmm. yep."
2020-09-13_23:12:11.23074 Finn> Harrowhark says, "MAYBE the Cluemaster."
2020-09-13_23:12:12.54251 Finn> Chel says, "wait. no. kite-man."
2020-09-13_23:12:16.30891 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Or Maxie Zeus."
2020-09-13_23:12:25.58474 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Maxie is absolutely Rogues materiel."
2020-09-13_23:12:31.66898 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh man, you're so right about Kite Man."
2020-09-13_23:12:58.21991 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I can't believe the Harley Quinn show made me care about Kite Man."
2020-09-13_23:13:04.43207 Finn> Chel says, "killer moth, maybe."
2020-09-13_23:13:41.58700 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Killer Moth is way too intense for them."
2020-09-13_23:13:50.30786 Finn> Harrowhark says, "He rips people in half and gnaws on them."
2020-09-13_23:13:57.40995 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Firely maybe."
2020-09-13_23:14:03.12027 Finn> Chel says, "i think they tossed the mutation bit out"
2020-09-13_23:14:08.69096 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But Firefly gets all up in Heat Wave's gimmick."
2020-09-13_23:14:17.67214 Finn> Chel says, "i'm thinking of when he was a dunce in a costume"
2020-09-13_23:14:41.35722 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Batman does have shitty and not well-remembered guys who could be Flash villains."
2020-09-13_23:14:44.20232 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Dynamiteer."
2020-09-13_23:14:48.14435 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Trigger Twins."
2020-09-13_23:16:02.65357 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Flash does have some serious enemies."
2020-09-13_23:16:11.73715 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Zoom. Abra Kadabra."
2020-09-13_23:16:17.18161 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Kadabra is a legitimate menace."
2020-09-13_23:17:12.07293 Finn> Chel says, "cluemaster would work fine with the rogues"
2020-09-13_23:17:54.91255 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Batman has a ludicrously large rogue's galary"
2020-09-13_23:18:02.46700 Finn> Chel says, "ah, yeah, confirmed. that 'hideous mutated monster' killer moth thing is long gone"
2020-09-13_23:18:07.72146 Finn> Chel says, "he's back to being a dude in a costume"
2020-09-13_23:18:23.35214 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Neron turned him into the mutant monster, right?"
2020-09-13_23:18:30.28133 Finn> Chel says, "for a while, yeah"
2020-09-13_23:18:32.64307 Finn> Chel says, "'In The New 52, a more serious, less garish Drury Walker/Killer Moth appears as an enemy of Green Arrow. [13] This version, preferring the title "Moth", utilizes a gas mask and a compression gun which he calls a "Stinger". Moth later appeared as a member of Richard Dragon's Longbow Hunters.[14]'"
2020-09-13_23:18:55.30035 Finn> Chel says, "'In DC Rebirth, Killer Moth is again Drury Walker, a low-level criminal sporting a purple outfit and helmet.[15] He first appeared in the "Zero Year" story arc in which he was defeated by both Batman and Green Arrow, teaming up for the first time'"
2020-09-13_23:19:00.37071 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I really liked Underworld Unleashed."
2020-09-13_23:19:05.21390 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It was a great event."
2020-09-13_23:19:05.42715 Finn> Chel says, "i hated it"
2020-09-13_23:19:13.95280 Finn> Chel says, "dumbass monsterication of people"
2020-09-13_23:19:19.05530 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Riddler works better as a Barry villian than a Wally villain, I would think"
2020-09-13_23:19:19.66718 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Self-contained, short run, interesting, shook things up without doing a full universe reboot."
2020-09-13_23:19:20.34592 Finn> Chel says, "gtfo"
2020-09-13_23:19:43.84803 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Police scientist Barry vs Riddler works better than 'average dude Wally"
2020-09-13_23:19:44.07463 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Good use of Captain Marvel."
2020-09-13_23:20:18.12640 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You know, oddly, it always seemed like Wally had a better handle on creative use of speed power than Barry did."
2020-09-13_23:20:28.96773 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Despite Barry being nominally smarter."
2020-09-13_23:20:29.18105 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Firefly is tied to Batgirl (Gordon)'s origin"
2020-09-13_23:20:36.08782 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And thus needs to stay in the Bat Gallery"
2020-09-13_23:20:55.33207 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I feel like villains should switch-hit more."
2020-09-13_23:21:05.28613 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Helps keep things lively."
2020-09-13_23:21:35.91216 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Marvel had an event where all the villains traded enemies"
2020-09-13_23:21:41.31170 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Which had some interesting stuff"
2020-09-13_23:21:54.55999 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Including Magneto trapping the REd Skull somewhere to die."
2020-09-13_23:22:11.20857 Finn> Harrowhark says, "DC I feel has comparatively more enemies whose motivations are venal rather than personal."
2020-09-13_23:22:33.93648 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like... Flash, in particular, is a good hero to borrow villains from because most of the Flash rogues are -crooks-."
2020-09-13_23:23:01.30315 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They don't have a weird specific vendetta or plans of world domination."
2020-09-13_23:23:41.00721 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "Acts of Vengeance!"
2020-09-13_23:24:07.71596 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Marvel has its fair share of crooks, I mean, one of their most important guys is the Kingpin, but many of MArvel's villains are ideologically driven or are tied to a specific person."
2020-09-13_23:24:27.39245 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Probably the most "versatile" Marvel rogues gallery are Spider-Man villains."
2020-09-13_23:24:38.47795 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Who can be used in many different contexts."
2020-09-13_23:24:58.99801 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "They're at a power level where almost anyone can plausibly fight them."
2020-09-13_23:25:28.86178 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Also, Spiderman basically knows EVERYONE in the Marvel universe"
2020-09-13_23:25:40.23110 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And can thus teamup with basically anyone"
2020-09-13_23:26:17.92348 Finn> Chel says, "it was a good story arc when the Joker tripped up Mr Myxlplasdklj"
2020-09-13_23:26:30.20782 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Mxyzptlk."
2020-09-13_23:26:57.02408 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Myxy is hard to use well."
2020-09-13_23:27:05.15006 Finn> Harrowhark says, "He's VERY Silver Age."
2020-09-13_23:27:28.18474 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The definitive version of him for me is Superman Adventures, the one voiced by Gilbert Gottfried."
2020-09-13_23:29:26.30909 Finn> Chel shudders
2020-09-13_23:29:28.08112 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Mxy is like Q; you can do a good story with him but it's not easy."
2020-09-13_23:29:40.86937 Finn> Chel says, "Now i'm remembering that vid of Gilbert reading 50 Shades of Grey"
2020-09-13_23:29:56.66315 Finn> Chel says, "and yes, he does it as harshly as possible"
2020-09-13_23:30:50.27205 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Sounds hilarious"
2020-09-13_23:31:15.13636 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Mxy is basically a living plot device."
2020-09-13_23:31:52.39676 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Mxyzptlk stories should always be plotted in REVERSE."
2020-09-13_23:32:24.29531 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You start with what clever thing the heroes do to make him say kltpzyxm."
2020-09-13_23:32:32.03714 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And then work backwards from there."
2020-09-13_23:35:48.72415 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-13_23:35:50.85122 Finn> Shiori says, "'lo"
2020-09-13_23:36:18.76356 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-13_23:42:04.98383 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Hey Phil."
2020-09-14_00:18:04.19947 Finn> David says, "Rod, Owen Mercer, aka Captain Boomerang Jr, is Impulse's half brother, and son of Melodi Thawne, Bart's mother."
2020-09-14_00:19:40.97715 Finn> David says, "Er... Meloni"
2020-09-14_00:24:38.76385 Finn> Chel says, "eeeeeeeeeh."
2020-09-14_00:47:05.50714 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Cao Cao is the true murderhobo that all player characters aspire to be. "
2020-09-14_00:47:45.61076 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Always remember that satan is a title equivalent to a prosecting lawyer. you can not only have multiple satans, players can easily become a satan. Still have to give up soul, law school demands it. "
2020-09-14_00:47:52.73382 Finn> David says, "Basically, if it makes you more annoyed, the descendant of Professor Zoom taking over the Flash would have been... interesting"
2020-09-14_00:48:30.03808 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
2020-09-14_00:48:35.61998 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Greek Mythology Realization: Atlas' job is to hold his grandfather's corpse above his head forever.'"
2020-09-14_00:49:19.28195 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Thesis: Neon Genesis Evangelion is the best example of cosmic horror because it's all about humans being dumb shits and meddling in affairs so far out of their reach that they'd have to break the fourth wall and read supplemental material to understand exactly how bad things are.'"
2020-09-14_00:50:18.39944 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Dejah Thoris should be very tall (.38G), possess a layer of insulating blubber (Mars = cold), and would have no bellybutton (oviparous)'"
2020-09-14_01:07:03.27396 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, ""You've run out of emotional intimacy for the day! It will take 48 hours to recharge. Or you can recharge it faster by purchasing gems from our store!""
2020-09-14_01:09:55.49657 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'The functional difference between a cult of the Great Old Ones and a corporation is ease of pronunciation. '"
2020-09-14_01:17:21.68934 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'ADDENDUM: While elf animation is among one of the most beautiful crafts in all of creation, they are absolute garbage piles in terms of plot and character. Straight up burning trashfire garbage pile because they've been recycling tropes from before humans developed agriculture.'"
2020-09-14_01:23:25.66549 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu asks, "bored, dan?"
2020-09-14_01:30:48.04805 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Hit a blog that was a goldmine of little quotable amusing bits."
2020-09-14_01:32:59.97731 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "He does these posts every so often which are what he calls his little mini-slushpiles. Just random thoughts that didn't deserve to (or couldn't) be expanded into a real blog posts. A sort treasure trove of Jack Handey sort of thoughts."
2020-09-14_01:33:25.37737 Finn> Chel says, "and so CNN interviews an old lady maskless at a trump rally and she says she's not wearing a mask because a) it's a violation of her first amendment rights and b) she knows, knows, SHE KNOWS that masks don't help"
2020-09-14_01:33:41.20461 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "i see"
2020-09-14_01:33:50.82259 Finn> Chel says, "i fucking hope that rally is a super spreader"
2020-09-14_01:34:06.09344 Finn> Chel says, "idiots."
2020-09-14_01:34:13.90582 Ivan> Akio says, "Sounds like the non-tumblr version of prokopetz."
2020-09-14_01:34:33.32929 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I hate where we're at so much."
2020-09-14_01:35:06.08611 Finn> Chel asks, "first.... how the fuck is it a first amendment thing????? and she knows? SHE KNOWS? bitch, how you know?"
2020-09-14_01:36:11.76773 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Republican base has gone full metal crazy"
2020-09-14_01:37:59.25347 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Another two damn months of this, at minimum."
2020-09-14_01:39:02.99620 Finn> Chel says, "two? maaaan, if we're blessed with a biden victory I expect the anti-maskers to go full on riot"
2020-09-14_01:39:33.12475 Finn> Chel says, "and the red states will, because we never learn, tumble backwards in our infection numbers"
2020-09-14_01:42:59.04106 Ivan> DaR From Another Place checks. "A little. A lot more one liner-y, but basically."
2020-09-14_01:45:13.00115 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Hmm. You might like Great Pretender just because it's set in the states and I know you're constantly amused by what the Japanese think 'Murica is like, Rod."
2020-09-14_01:45:27.63846 Finn> Chel says, "I've watched 3 eps so far"
2020-09-14_01:45:32.43852 Finn> Chel says, "I'll probably finish it"
2020-09-14_01:45:41.22583 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I just started it. I like the style."
2020-09-14_01:45:43.27402 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We're going to have to shoot a lot of right wing militias post election, I fear"
2020-09-14_01:45:50.76163 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It looks pretty good."
2020-09-14_01:46:31.34425 Finn> Chel says, "a lot of people misunderstand why I own guns. it's not because I'm gonna join the militia. it's because I expect the white people to riot."
2020-09-14_01:47:19.99329 Finn> Harrowhark says, "We do like to riot."
2020-09-14_01:47:53.24746 Finn> Chel says, "I mean, first it was brown people being attacked at random because trump's villification of them."
2020-09-14_01:48:17.79321 Finn> Chel says, "and then anyone that looked asian started getting attacked when the CHYYYYYNA VIRUS hit america"
2020-09-14_01:49:06.17668 Finn> Chel says, "I seen how the right wing's been acting. One of these days there's gonna be a full on hunt for the browns"
2020-09-14_01:49:42.36892 Finn> David says, "Because it's the only way they're able to hold power."
2020-09-14_01:52:23.04497 Ivan> Tobias says, "I will be on discord for a while if anyone's able to join me for a bit."
2020-09-14_02:34:27.39234 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected.
2020-09-14_02:34:27.60569 Thing> Benvolio falls asleep.
2020-09-14_02:34:27.60574 tfp> Caliban falls asleep.
2020-09-14_02:34:27.60575 Ivan> Akio falls asleep.
2020-09-14_02:34:27.60576 Mercutio has disconnected
2020-09-14_02:55:54.63941 Finn> Shiori says, "thuds"
2020-09-14_02:55:55.86109 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-14_02:55:56.07433 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-09-14_02:56:39.05950 Finn> Mercutio has connected.
2020-09-14_02:56:39.27264 Thing> Benvolio wakes up.
2020-09-14_02:56:39.27268 tfp> Caliban wakes up.
2020-09-14_02:56:39.27270 Ivan> Akio wakes up.
2020-09-14_02:57:08.94093 Mercutio has connected
2020-09-14_02:59:46.82553 Finn> Chel says, "something that has become quickly apparent to me"
2020-09-14_02:59:57.53006 Finn> Chel says, "frozen pizza cannot do proper thin crust"
2020-09-14_03:00:23.85977 Finn> Chel says, "i've sampled what was allegedly the best, still seemed a bit too thick"
2020-09-14_03:01:41.15953 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEah"
2020-09-14_03:03:00.36307 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Frozen pizza is in general garbo."
2020-09-14_03:03:10.70798 Finn> Harrowhark says, "One exception: french bread."
2020-09-14_03:03:17.86697 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Frozen french bread pizza be amazeballs."
2020-09-14_03:29:34.59741 Finn> Chel says, "i have had, well, considering it's down here, some pretty good NY thin crust."
2020-09-14_03:29:42.95403 Finn> Chel says, "so i have an idea of what it ought be"
2020-09-14_03:29:59.71261 Finn> Chel says, "the Russo's chain is down here."
2020-09-14_03:30:19.86471 Finn> Chel says, "and it seems to check some of the critical components of what NY pizza in theory ought be."
2020-09-14_03:30:33.51176 Finn> Chel says, "first, thin crust."
2020-09-14_03:30:36.24943 Finn> Chel says, "second, bendable"
2020-09-14_03:30:51.44920 Finn> Chel says, "third, despite being bendable, you get an audible crunch when you bite into it"
2020-09-14_03:31:25.43321 Finn> Chel says, "i've had plenty of pizza that hits one and two, but only russo's pulled off the third down here"
2020-09-14_03:35:17.68472 Finn> Harrowhark says, "So here's the filthy secret of NY pizza."
2020-09-14_03:35:37.98288 Finn> Harrowhark says, "If you spend a little time looking, you can get just as good in any mid-sized or better city in the country."
2020-09-14_03:35:46.49281 Finn> Harrowhark says, "(the thing about water and dough is bullshit.)"
2020-09-14_03:36:01.45940 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You have to go to effort sometimes to find it, but its there."
2020-09-14_03:37:59.02248 Finn> Chel says, "a lot of the 'NY style' down here is actually soggy crust"
2020-09-14_03:38:22.27235 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's about right."
2020-09-14_03:38:28.02251 Finn> Chel says, "the big national chains, when they do 'thin crust' oh, it's thin alright, but not that bendable"
2020-09-14_03:38:41.66314 Finn> Chel says, "and sometimes has a weird saltine cracker taste"
2020-09-14_03:38:58.35703 Finn> Chel says, "it's not bad. i'll eat it fine."
2020-09-14_03:39:32.76010 Finn> Harrowhark says, "New York style is not what people think of when they say 'thin crust.'"
2020-09-14_03:39:39.67516 Finn> Harrowhark says, "New Yorkers also don't refer to it that way."
2020-09-14_03:39:45.57541 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The crust happens -to be thin-."
2020-09-14_03:40:04.49633 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But it isn't thin crust. A proper thin crust SHOULD be rigid and sort of crackerlike."
2020-09-14_03:40:07.83211 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's intentional."
2020-09-14_03:40:15.93623 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I dislike it but its what thin crust is."
2020-09-14_03:49:21.30601 Finn> Chel says, "chicago pizza, on the other hand, manages to survive the frozen experience a bit better"
2020-09-14_03:49:58.52988 Finn> Chel says, "it's far from perfect, but the things i need from chicago pizza are much simpler. massive wall of cheese."
2020-09-14_03:50:02.50839 Finn> Chel says, "done."
2020-09-14_03:52:22.05302 Finn> Kiara says, "Eh. Proper Chicago-style also needs a crispy, almost butter-fried exterior layer to the crust; that's harder to do frozen."
2020-09-14_03:52:31.14081 Finn> Chel says, "it is."
2020-09-14_03:52:36.82196 Finn> Chel says, "but that's not what i'm here for"
2020-09-14_03:56:40.18384 Finn> Chel says, "ah. facepalm moment. two cops ambushed and shot in compton. protestors show up at the hospital they're at and shout dumb shit like i hope they die. not helping, guys."
2020-09-14_05:57:26.16643 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Bloomberg is going to spend a 100 million in Florida"
2020-09-14_05:57:35.25701 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Florida is going to get flooded with ads"
2020-09-14_06:01:42.60195 Finn> David says, "I thought he stopped spending."
2020-09-14_06:02:23.41189 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Well, he's announced this."
2020-09-14_06:02:43.38205 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Which makes sense as Florida gets all ballots counted on Election Day and without it, Trump has no hope of victory"
2020-09-14_06:02:51.61933 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And Trump only took it by 1.1% of the vote"
2020-09-14_06:33:29.95694 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
2020-09-14_06:33:32.63501 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'You lied so much that someone killed you. You kept lying, and now youre back in the world of the living, somehow. This cycle is rather morbidly fun, you find.'"
2020-09-14_08:42:48.95442 Thing> Ritsu says, "LOLboys."
2020-09-14_08:48:40.39561 Finn> Hotaru says, "'iphone users: good morni-- Apple: hey fuckface wanna know how much your ugly ass was staring at the screen last week? iphone users: no thank you Apple: 17 hours a day. and that's 30% less than last week. piece of shit.'"
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2020-09-14_10:33:48.73430 Finn> Hotaru says, "Merc is absolutely correct about thin crust. To me, normal thin crust is just 'pizza'. When it's CALLED thin crust here, I know it'll be brittle."
2020-09-14_13:51:11.24759 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-14_13:51:42.03708 Chris has reconnected
2020-09-14_14:06:38.79834 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-14_14:06:39.01152 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-14_14:19:32.40120 Finn> David says, "... there's an isekai called 'Filming Adult Videos in Another World'"
2020-09-14_15:45:45.57627 Thing> Ritsu says, "WFT avoided major injuries in their game; Eagles were hurtin' throughout; Cowboys lost two starters for the season."
2020-09-14_15:47:19.44148 Ivan> Akio says, "I see you've bowed to the inevitable and have just started reblogging adorable Owl House art, Sean."
2020-09-14_15:47:33.37876 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Indeed."
2020-09-14_15:48:03.86983 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Longer Tumblr staying power than Infinity train."
2020-09-14_15:48:17.74466 Ivan> Akio says, "It's a better show."
2020-09-14_15:48:34.63971 Thing> Thor says, "Now we just have to watch wh tahappens to the giants"
2020-09-14_15:49:17.89320 Thing> Ritsu says, "Steelers are good, but hey, I thought the Colts would steamroll too."
2020-09-14_15:49:19.66879 Ivan> Akio says, "Disney's been hitting it out of the park lately."
2020-09-14_15:49:45.07852 Ivan> Akio says, "I'd tell you to watch it if you still watched things! Once it's on D+ I'm pretty sure John will, this is his kind of thing. Maybe Rod to."
2020-09-14_15:50:12.90719 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I have HBO Max, so could watch things on that. If I wanted to. (And I have Netflix, of course.)"
2020-09-14_15:50:35.71701 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "Did you see the Kingdom Hearts/80s Discey crossover comic I reblogged?"
2020-09-14_15:50:41.09160 Ivan> Akio says, "Yes."
2020-09-14_15:50:42.25134 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Disney, even"
2020-09-14_15:50:44.18768 Ivan> Akio says, "Yes I did."
2020-09-14_15:50:58.85709 Thing> Thor says, "If Roethisberger looks old, man"
2020-09-14_15:51:00.90911 Ivan> Akio says, "It's weird to me that you have HBO Max."
2020-09-14_15:51:10.09290 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I keep forgetting how much of Japan is awash in Donald and Goofy since the 2000s."
2020-09-14_15:51:14.68520 Ivan> Akio says, "I guess you got it for the Looney Tunes tho."
2020-09-14_15:51:20.40446 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Ayup."
2020-09-14_15:51:42.47682 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Also has all the Astaire/Rogers and some good Hitchcocks, which makes me happy."
2020-09-14_15:52:24.83706 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "And it has Beverly Hills Chihuahua. And its sequels. Which I imagine Disney Plus does as well."
2020-09-14_15:54:43.87756 Finn> Hotaru says, "For UK watchers, thread up and down: http://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/1305511916614410240"
2020-09-14_15:54:56.25847 Finn> Hotaru says, "Trying to get around parliament altogether."
2020-09-14_15:56:30.01712 Finn> Hotaru says, "Oh, and I assume you all saw the news about Venus."
2020-09-14_16:15:24.44076 Finn> Chel says, "no"
2020-09-14_16:20:45.89153 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-14_16:21:15.41755 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-14_16:33:57.86496 Finn> Hotaru says, "'CONFIRMED: Phosphine has been discovered on Venus! "There is a chance we have detected some kind of living organisms in the clouds of Venus.""
2020-09-14_16:34:19.30892 Finn> Hotaru says, "'OK so the researchers just confirmed that they discovered phosphine in a region of Venus atmosphere - Hadley cells - that could be habitable.'"
2020-09-14_16:34:43.76065 Finn> Hotaru says, "And, in non-Venus news: BREAKING: The South Dakota Attorney General reported hitting a deer Saturday night but had actually hit and killed a man whose body wasnt discovered until the next morning, according to the Department of Public Safety. Story coming ASAP. Then will update with info from relatives"
2020-09-14_16:42:50.60702 Finn> Chel says, "i actually read about the possibility of floating life in alien worlds, waaaaaaaay back in middle school in some book that speculated how alien life would take shape"
2020-09-14_16:43:01.80555 Finn> Chel says, "tho they were guessing how life would form in a gas giant"
2020-09-14_16:43:46.00685 Finn> Don Drooleone explodes
2020-09-14_16:43:54.77425 Finn> Chel says, "how red is your sky"
2020-09-14_16:44:10.61194 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it's a bit smoggy, but looks almost normal otherwise"
2020-09-14_16:44:27.23001 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "sun is a nice normal yellow right now"
2020-09-14_16:44:44.98291 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "northern california has it a lot worse"
2020-09-14_16:46:38.68828 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "early last week, like over labor day weekend, that's when it was real bad here. ash falling from the sky, orange sun, etc"
2020-09-14_17:24:30.57957 Finn> Hotaru says, "I would scream about the day I am having at work, but sadly, I'd probably use the wrong encryption key and you wouldn't hear it."
2020-09-14_17:36:32.22235 Finn> Vendrik says, "Sean has no encryption key and must scream."
2020-09-14_17:50:43.00213 Finn> Chris has connected.
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2020-09-14_17:54:21.24910 Finn> Chris has connected.
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2020-09-14_17:58:47.21312 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-14_17:59:17.63271 Chris has reconnected
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2020-09-14_18:06:59.85420 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-14_18:09:48.54196 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-14_18:09:48.75510 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-14_18:12:41.74160 Finn> Chel says, "anti-maskers in indonesia forced to dig graves for COVID victims"
2020-09-14_18:15:07.58233 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-14_18:15:07.79539 Ivan> Arawn falls asleep.
2020-09-14_18:15:07.79544 Chris has disconnected
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2020-09-14_18:16:28.20742 Ivan> Arawn wakes up.
2020-09-14_18:16:57.56857 Chris has connected
2020-09-14_18:30:20.47843 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-14_18:30:20.69171 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-14_18:32:22.88603 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ahahahahahahaha: https://twitter.com/NWSSpokane/status/1303903532534214656"
2020-09-14_18:35:50.00106 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "hahaha"
2020-09-14_18:38:19.25729 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I am currently between Mirkwood and Isengard."
2020-09-14_18:47:32.51585 Finn> Chel puts in an order for a lot of vallejo paints
2020-09-14_18:52:32.70291 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-14_18:52:32.91618 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-14_20:41:06.25559 Finn> Chel says, "'When it came to casting for TNG, Gene Roddenberry had input but it was by no means his decision alone. In a roundtable discussion with The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick Stewart recalls how Gene Roddenberry did not want him cast as Picard, and seemed to disprove of him on set, saying "It was clear he couldn't understand why I was there." He went on to say that the situation made him "a little uncomfortable"; however, he does describe having lunch with Roddenberry once, which suggests the late TV legend had warmed up to the actor (at least marginally) after production began.'"
2020-09-14_20:41:35.29768 Finn> Chel says, "'"I had lunch with him only once, just the two of us and I said, 'So Gene, to help me: Where did the idea for the character spring from? Can you give me any connections that I could use and build on for this?' And he said, 'Oh yeah Ive got it here with me,' and he pulled out a beaten-up paperback copy of one of the Horatio Hornblower books, and said, 'Its all there.' So the character, it turns out, was based on Horatio Hornblower."'"
2020-09-14_21:05:58.18221 Finn> Vendrik says, "HAHAHAHA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEz0cDy1BcU"
2020-09-14_21:08:38.54894 Finn> Chel says, "huh. trump might lose arizona. i'm shocked."
2020-09-14_21:10:51.77849 Finn> David says, "I'm really not. Arizona has been trending blue, and him insulting the crap out of McCain didn't help one bit."
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2020-09-14_21:11:01.42733 Finn> Vendrik says, "This one is not as well done, and not as inherently funny, but their use of Sean Bean is absolutely amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9GF8X4G0cc"
2020-09-14_21:11:06.47876 Finn> Chel says, "i just always figured arizona deep red."
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2020-09-14_21:12:11.39895 Finn> David says, "It's been changing thanks to influx of hispanics and ex-California people."
2020-09-14_21:22:33.40774 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Gollum is definitely the Scatman"
2020-09-14_21:22:46.61721 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Arizona is slipping away from the Republicans, yeah"
2020-09-14_21:23:49.36217 Finn> David says, "Here's a summation from 2018: https://www.thedailybeast.com/dont-look-now-but-the-mountain-west-is-turning-blue"
2020-09-14_21:24:10.20634 Finn> David says, "And this more recently: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/08/27/arizona-is-on-the-verge-of-turning-fully-blue/"
2020-09-14_21:26:36.16376 Finn> David says, "And this about urban migration: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/american-migration-patterns-should-terrify-gop/598153/"
2020-09-14_21:44:07.71332 Thing> Ritsu says, "Sterling Partners sign agreement with Steve Cohen."
2020-09-14_21:45:38.00895 Finn> Chel attempts to read the Damian era Teen Titans. "Yeah, no, that kid's unbearable. I'm glad they wrote him out."
2020-09-14_22:03:46.16095 Finn> David says, "https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/09/14/bear-nudges-sleeping-man-massachusetts-oris-mss.cnn"
2020-09-14_22:03:53.29031 Thing> Thor asks, "Who?"
2020-09-14_22:03:58.08787 Thing> Ritsu says, "Mets."
2020-09-14_22:04:02.51920 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'You are an ambulatory skeleton and, additionally and separately, a motile heap of muscles, skin and hair. The bones are nearly indestructible, and the flesh is crushingly strong. Draping one over the other is not convincing.'"
2020-09-14_22:13:31.28112 Thing> Thor says, "I keep thinking of a Cohen associated with Trump"
2020-09-14_22:13:32.60494 Finn> Hotaru says, "A piece on what happened in Parliament today: https://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/09/14/shock-and-outrage-as-parliament-votes-to-put-government-abov"
2020-09-14_22:30:21.95385 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEah, that about sums it up"
2020-09-14_22:34:53.43461 Thing> Thor asks, "How much ya wanna put down on Gase being fired by November?"
2020-09-14_22:50:25.37886 Thing> Blob says, "you'd think it's a sure bet, but...you'd think he wouldn't be hired again to start with"
2020-09-14_22:53:35.23478 Finn> Vendrik says, "I see Lizzy is gonna have to get all up in some business here. Time for a little retro-monarchical restoration."
2020-09-14_22:57:05.81972 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "If she had Johnson exiled, she would do the country a favor"
2020-09-14_23:10:01.04299 Finn> Chel says, "I see the head of HHS must be in the first group on the wall when the revolution comes"
2020-09-14_23:10:40.97433 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEs."
2020-09-14_23:10:43.45620 Finn> Chel says, "they put in charge of HHS a man who thinks the HHS is full of deep state agents and wants trump voters to stockpile up on ammo for election day. oh fuck you."
2020-09-14_23:15:13.11903 Thing> Thor says, "well I would've expected Gase to be hired again eventually, just... not as head coach of a division rival, who's seen him botch it two years i a row immediately."
2020-09-14_23:27:38.59464 Finn> Chel says, "preview of Animaniacs 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZxU_YnduY4"
2020-09-14_23:31:57.26696 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "yessssss"
2020-09-14_23:32:05.45821 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "and it's on hulu, which i already have a sub to, so perfect"
2020-09-14_23:33:15.95126 Finn> David says, "Niiiiice."
2020-09-14_23:45:25.64322 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-14_23:45:56.01182 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-15_00:26:31.77314 Finn> Chel says, "what we clearly need now is an isekai where a truck driver goes around killing people in other worlds."
2020-09-15_00:26:42.94209 Finn> Chel says, "by minky-monoing them"
2020-09-15_00:28:52.87967 Finn> David says, "Minky Momoe lives forever in your heart, Rod."
2020-09-15_00:34:25.16763 Finn> Vendrik waits for the truck to drive through Rod's chest to get her agian.
2020-09-15_00:35:25.24248 Finn> Vendrik says, "The truck driver thing has been done in fanfic, at least. I think I vaguely recall there was a light novel that explored that, though the difference between that and fanfic blurs ever more."
2020-09-15_00:36:44.66648 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-15_00:36:44.87973 Ivan> Arawn falls asleep.
2020-09-15_00:36:44.87977 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-15_00:37:15.31363 Finn> David says, "https://www.webnovel.com/book/dxd%3A-isekai-driver's-multiverse-retirement_14710178606441405/early-retirement_45748971666208017"
2020-09-15_00:38:34.94637 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-15_00:38:35.15970 Ivan> Arawn wakes up.
2020-09-15_00:39:04.45134 Chris has connected
2020-09-15_01:33:28.23435 Finn> Chel says, "to prove 2020 is 2020, killer whales have decided it's time to start picking on humans"
2020-09-15_01:33:45.20278 Finn> Chel says, "https://www.insider.com/orcas-ramming-boats-in-portugal-spain-unusual-display-of-behavior-2020-9?fbclid=IwAR2cLo85EahXfdii9cDvAU6EovhYUfBGQbK4otZAeACsl42KTY7tkmJPM8A"
2020-09-15_01:34:04.09639 Finn> Chel says, "it's like they've realized who's responsible for polluting the oceans."
2020-09-15_01:35:16.41409 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Orcas ARE pretty smart."
2020-09-15_01:35:54.66556 Finn> Chel says, "the reports read like a 70s nature horror flick. THE ORCAS"
2020-09-15_01:39:12.45899 Finn> Chel says, "side note: the KFC fries are meh"
2020-09-15_01:39:22.24216 Finn> Chel says, "i was hoping to taste the 11 herbs and spices. nope."
2020-09-15_01:39:38.09117 Finn> Chel says, "they're just fries with a little bit of batter on them."
2020-09-15_01:39:47.71622 Finn> Chel says, "seasoning isn't anything to speak of"
2020-09-15_01:40:02.48268 Finn> Chel says, "i'd still take checkers fries"
2020-09-15_01:40:16.88379 Finn> Chel says, "or five guys"
2020-09-15_01:40:30.66679 Finn> Chel says, "or even mcdonalds, as long as they're fresh"
2020-09-15_01:41:30.28972 Finn> Harrowhark says, "A lot of places fries are just kind of... "you want fries? We got fries. They're okay!""
2020-09-15_01:41:45.75168 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That said, the proper side at KFC is always the mashed potatoes."
2020-09-15_01:42:16.40713 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Same at Popeyes."
2020-09-15_01:43:38.01785 Finn> David says, "Awesome, Discotek is bringing back Battle Atheletes Victory. This time without the cut stuff."
2020-09-15_01:43:50.52546 Finn> David says, "Er, WITH the stuff Pioneer cut."
2020-09-15_01:43:59.84325 Ivan> Akio says, "I call shenanigans on the new Squadrons trailers."
2020-09-15_01:44:35.78630 Ivan> Akio says, "A TIE squadron leader who cared that much about a single lagging member of his disposable squadron of flying metal bow ties made of tin foil would be court-martialed."
2020-09-15_01:47:50.15984 Finn> Chel says, "there was cut shit? please say it was yuri"
2020-09-15_01:48:11.05497 Finn> Chel says, "also, kfc needs to start offering popcorn chicken in nashville hot"
2020-09-15_01:48:24.81524 Finn> Don Drooleone shoots rod
2020-09-15_01:48:37.82227 Finn> David says, "not really yuri but there was some scene where Mylandah was hanging out with Lahri"
2020-09-15_01:48:59.65446 Finn> David says, "Post-series. Along with some other small scenes"
2020-09-15_01:49:05.53206 Finn> Chel says, "I have battle athletes on the archives, but i think it's the pioneer rip"
2020-09-15_01:49:08.52511 Finn> Harrowhark says, "KFCs nashvile hot can be real fuckin' inconsistent depending on how on the ball a particular franchise is."
2020-09-15_01:49:15.47585 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "Sometimes it's great!"
2020-09-15_01:49:36.02712 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Other times it is very clear they took some tenders, spritzed them with water, and dragged them through the spices."
2020-09-15_01:49:47.23639 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Or some equivalent to half-assing it."
2020-09-15_01:49:59.21746 Finn> Chel says, "nashville hot actually, the trick is a seasoned hot oiil"
2020-09-15_01:50:10.52052 Finn> Chel says, "and all they do is dump that oil on the chicken"
2020-09-15_01:50:20.58637 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'm aware. You get what I'm saying tho."
2020-09-15_01:50:36.25059 Finn> Chel says, "i have been to some KFCs where they undersplash that oil"
2020-09-15_01:50:40.45805 Finn> Chel says, "yeah"
2020-09-15_01:50:53.00904 Finn> Chel says, "i'm happiest when they DRENCH THAT SHIT"
2020-09-15_01:50:57.81866 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And you know why they do it, it's because they don't have any ready to go."
2020-09-15_01:51:04.42581 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But don't want to make you wait."
2020-09-15_01:51:27.90510 Finn> Chel says, "i wanna try mixing that oil on my own. i have a ballpark idea of the ingredients. chili oil. cayenne pepper. brown sugar. a few other things"
2020-09-15_01:51:35.32554 Finn> Harrowhark says, "An actual proper Nashville Hot Chicken place oepened up relatively near to me."
2020-09-15_01:51:37.86035 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Cheap too."
2020-09-15_01:51:52.13879 Finn> Chel says, "the trick is to put the oil on when the chicken is still blazing hot"
2020-09-15_01:52:06.80233 Finn> Chel says, "that way it gets appplied to the chicken and doesn't make it soggy"
2020-09-15_01:52:22.31184 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Fifteen bucks gets me THREE pieces of leg and thigh, a big thing of mashed potatoes with cheddar and spices, a biscuit, and a ton of pickle chips."
2020-09-15_01:52:24.16189 Ivan> Tobias says, "I will be on lotro and discord for a bit, if anyone wants."
2020-09-15_01:52:32.75463 Finn> Chel says, "er"
2020-09-15_01:52:38.77525 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "??"
2020-09-15_01:52:57.12224 Finn> Chel says, "the only place i've been happy to pay 15 for a three piece was that joint in new orlenas because IT WAS THE BEST FRIED CHICKEN EVER"
2020-09-15_01:53:08.71373 Finn> Chel says, "I hope these dudes are good"
2020-09-15_01:53:15.88991 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You misunderstand me, I think."
2020-09-15_01:53:28.00807 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Take a full leg, still attached to the full thigh."
2020-09-15_01:53:34.39896 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's one (1) of the pieces."
2020-09-15_01:53:38.08918 Finn> Chel asks, "oh, three chicken quarters?"
2020-09-15_01:53:40.98423 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Then they throw in two more."
2020-09-15_01:53:44.04010 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Yes."
2020-09-15_01:53:48.07250 Finn> Chel says, "well then. that's fine."
2020-09-15_01:54:07.43856 Finn> Alaia says, "Yeah, that's decent."
2020-09-15_01:56:12.61925 Finn> Chel says, "i've tried a few other 'gourmet' fried chicken. one comes close to being worth the extra, it's a joint called Ray's Chicken and Donuts down here. the pieces are yuge and it's a buttermilk marinade and batter."
2020-09-15_01:56:45.99512 Finn> Chel says, "otherwise, i'm actually content with fast food fried chicken."
2020-09-15_01:57:04.53227 Finn> Chel says, "KFC, popeyes, church's, nothing really wrong with them. it'll do."
2020-09-15_01:57:19.80846 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Is it me, or are Popeyes and Church's eerily similar?"
2020-09-15_01:57:25.92355 Finn> Chel says, "..... HELL no"
2020-09-15_01:57:40.50953 Finn> Chel says, "okay, this actually goes to the topic i was gonna go to next"
2020-09-15_01:57:52.18755 Finn> Chel says, "my cousin who moved to seattle told me someething i'm genuinely puzzled about"
2020-09-15_01:58:01.37947 Finn> Chel says, "he said all the fried chicken in seattle was ass."
2020-09-15_01:58:05.29944 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Church's is like a shittier version of Popeye's"
2020-09-15_01:58:18.84340 Finn> Chel says, "even though it's the same franchises"
2020-09-15_01:58:26.46825 Finn> Chel says, "now hold on there johno"
2020-09-15_01:58:54.43637 Finn> Chel says, "here's the diff between church's and popeyes, at least as far as i'm concerned"
2020-09-15_01:59:44.91614 Finn> Chel says, "popeyes, actually has more seasonings to it. it's more than just salt. and the spicy version is nice. however, church's is more juicy, BUT also basically just salt."
2020-09-15_02:02:19.11818 Finn> Chel says, "you should never get popeyes plain, it just feels wrong somehow. and you shouldn't get popeyes spicy, because the heat on their chicken is a bit too much blunt force heat."
2020-09-15_02:02:30.35765 Finn> Chel says, "er, shouldnt't get CHURCH'S spicy"
2020-09-15_02:03:16.57788 Finn> Harrowhark says, "All I know is the few times I've been in a Church's, it's felt like I'm in a Popeye's knockoff."
2020-09-15_02:03:46.82563 Finn> Chel says, "church's is .... just fried chicken. popeyes originates from new orleans and their flavor profile reflects this"
2020-09-15_02:03:53.90950 Finn> David says, "I kinda think Church's is lighter than Popeye's."
2020-09-15_02:04:53.09767 Finn> Chel says, "now, if you happen to have a Harts chicken, they're bigger and juicier than church's, but they're also just basically salt. not much to the flavor profile."
2020-09-15_02:05:16.32593 Finn> David says, "weird thing is, I liked the Church's better than Popeye's because it was basically flour and salt. Meaning most of the flavor had to come from the chicken."
2020-09-15_02:05:34.11564 Finn> Chel says, "david gets what i'm saying."
2020-09-15_02:05:58.05853 Finn> Chel says, "you'd like Hartz too then."
2020-09-15_02:06:23.92310 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Every Church's I've ever seen, everything was greasier"
2020-09-15_02:06:34.77836 Finn> Chel says, "now a new franchise starting to spread is Louisiana Fried Chicken. warning you now, huge disappointment."
2020-09-15_02:06:41.26589 Finn> David says, "Really? For me usually Popeye's was pretty greasy"
2020-09-15_02:06:52.48919 Finn> Chel says, "oh, no, church's is definitely greasier."
2020-09-15_02:07:02.17927 Finn> David says, "Huh. Ok."
2020-09-15_02:07:28.09563 Finn> David says, "I haven't had much Church's in a while, it's only been in one or two places usually a LONG drive away"
2020-09-15_02:08:54.46872 Finn> Chel says, "church's has a FANTASTIC new product"
2020-09-15_02:09:13.91945 Finn> Chel says, "they call it a chicken pot pie, but.... it's a chicken pie in apple pie form factor"
2020-09-15_02:09:36.10063 Finn> Chel says, "slim, hand-holdable, flaky crust, CHEAP, yummy."
2020-09-15_02:10:40.41791 Finn> David asks, "I'm ... apple pie form?"
2020-09-15_02:11:07.68532 Finn> Chel says, "check it out. https://www.chewboom.com/2020/01/02/churchs-introduces-new-handheld-chicken-pot-pie/"
2020-09-15_02:11:36.60707 Finn> Chel says, "I've had it several times. lllllllllllove it."
2020-09-15_02:12:03.21343 Finn> Chel says, "they were briefly on sale for a dollar"
2020-09-15_02:13:52.27877 Finn> Chel says, "i hope they keep it on the menu. church's has had a lot of concepts that quickly come and go"
2020-09-15_02:14:11.29833 Finn> David says, "Huh. Discotek is licensing Tobikage."
2020-09-15_02:15:56.16114 Finn> Chel says, "i need to give mcdonalds' spicy nuggets a shot some time"
2020-09-15_02:16:11.95099 Finn> Chel says, "I prefer wendys, but ever since they donated to trump, fuck'em."
2020-09-15_02:21:17.58758 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-15_02:21:47.89168 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-15_02:28:17.15356 Finn> David says, "Symphogear and Symphogear G licensed by Discotek"
2020-09-15_02:31:55.94652 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-15_02:32:26.09778 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-15_02:37:08.40942 Finn> Shiori says, "thud"
2020-09-15_02:37:09.64281 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-15_02:37:09.89596 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-09-15_03:37:55.99430 Finn> Chel says, "now and then i'd think I'd like to live in new orleans. there's historical architecture on sale for cheap, the food is incredible, the gambling is legal and there's a pretty strong faction of filipinos over there. then i remember at the moment they get ALL THE HURRICANES"
2020-09-15_03:51:12.64210 Finn> David asks, "Flooding is good for you?"
2020-09-15_03:52:03.88135 Finn> Chel says, "no, it's not."
2020-09-15_03:52:20.91595 Finn> Chel says, "houston actually gets plenty of flooding even without hurricanes. "
2020-09-15_03:52:35.28939 Finn> Chel says, "I just happened to pick a house that is high enough"
2020-09-15_03:56:30.94856 Finn> Chel says, "so. trump ad put out to support the troops"
2020-09-15_03:56:33.39576 Finn> Chel says, "but......"
2020-09-15_03:56:48.59341 Finn> Chel says, "on this image there's soldiers with rifles, and jets overhead"
2020-09-15_03:56:57.01102 Finn> Chel says, "the jets are russian MIGS"
2020-09-15_03:57:03.87709 Finn> Chel says, "and the soldiers are holding AKs"
2020-09-15_03:57:07.47445 Finn> Chel says, "https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/14/trump-ad-asks-people-to-support-the-troops-but-it-uses-a-picture-of-russian-jets-414883"
2020-09-15_03:57:20.33823 Finn> Chel says, "i mean, i have to wonder if we're being trolled"
2020-09-15_03:59:59.92921 Finn> David says, "They're... I feel like he's stupid as fuck "
2020-09-15_04:00:21.55958 Finn> Chel asks, "i mean, is he?"
2020-09-15_04:00:30.63908 Finn> Chel says, " turns out he actually knew how bad COVID was"
2020-09-15_04:00:40.38586 Finn> Chel asks, "So... like.... fuck is this?"
2020-09-15_04:05:06.28666 Finn> David says, "he lacks the sense to process it in an empathic way? I dunno."
2020-09-15_04:05:27.23833 Finn> Chel asks, "process that's a fucking MIG and an AK in a 'support the troops' poster?"
2020-09-15_04:05:49.95086 Finn> Chel says, "man, I hope the lincoln project leaps on this shit"
2020-09-15_04:07:03.33319 Finn> David says, "Mayb e he just outsources his ads to Russia :P"
2020-09-15_04:08:57.38201 Finn> Chel says, "oh hey. nice theory out there. The killer vigilante Clown Hunter is Damien Wayne."
2020-09-15_04:09:31.18468 Finn> David asks, "What, future Damien?"
2020-09-15_04:10:15.79140 Finn> Chel says, "tho yeah, clown hunter looks a bit too tall to be damien"
2020-09-15_04:10:36.31599 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "One of Damien's things is that he's tiny, right?"
2020-09-15_04:13:18.58032 Finn> Chel says, "he's still kinda short, yeah. they didn't age him up like jon"
2020-09-15_04:14:04.64442 Finn> Chel says, "though wait a sec.... clown hunter doesn't look that tall here.... https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xmpUt266jZWKHcLXs83QhF-970-80.jpg.webp"
2020-09-15_04:15:59.75733 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Clown Hunter sounds like a failed A&E pilot."
2020-09-15_04:25:53.24785 Finn> Chel says, "well. it's just a guy killing very joker henchman he can find"
2020-09-15_04:26:01.62379 Finn> Chel says, "that's it. that's his schtick."
2020-09-15_04:26:14.87150 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Shouldn't you just... kill the Joker?"
2020-09-15_04:26:28.06385 Finn> Chel says, "dude's a beginner."
2020-09-15_04:26:33.19536 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like that seems like the most efficient way of getting rid of Joker henchmen."
2020-09-15_04:26:34.07166 Finn> Chel says, "i'm sure he'd try if he could"
2020-09-15_04:26:57.26903 Finn> Chel says, "it's not like you could just go straight to the joker so easily"
2020-09-15_04:27:17.41516 Finn> David asks, "... so, like, why would Damien do that instead of heading straight to the Joker?"
2020-09-15_04:27:25.99661 Finn> Chel says, "yeah, it's probably not damien"
2020-09-15_04:27:26.89013 Finn> David says, "Seems like -he- could."
2020-09-15_08:40:02.72062 Finn> Hotaru says, "From what I hear, Animaniacs is only bringing back the Warners and Pinky and the Brain. Others, no."
2020-09-15_08:40:46.85760 Finn> Hotaru says, "In particular, due to a fight with her creator, no Slappy Squirrel definitely."
2020-09-15_08:41:13.74585 Finn> Hotaru says, "Now I will go watch the trailer."
2020-09-15_08:42:32.01811 Finn> Hotaru asks, "...yikes, no new animation for the trailer?"
2020-09-15_08:54:45.75768 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Viral video shows gender reveal flare hitting dad in the crotch'"
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2020-09-15_12:57:31.45211 Finn> David says, "..."
2020-09-15_12:57:47.59346 Finn> David says, "'Im on a stage, and its very far away, Trump told The Las Vegas Review-Journal on Monday, after thousands of his supporters the majority of them not wearing masks packed inside a manufacturing plant in a Las Vegas suburb on Sunday night, ignoring a state directive that limits indoor gatherings to fewer than 50 people.'"
2020-09-15_12:57:56.97181 Finn> David says, "It's not ALL ABOUT YOU, IDIOT."
2020-09-15_14:31:30.88655 Thing> Thor says, "Droo. Tom Brady drew a 28.3 tv ratings in the Tampa market."
2020-09-15_14:42:07.35592 Thing> Blob says, "i know, i saw that"
2020-09-15_15:52:26.63968 Thing> Ritsu says, "WFT 7-point underdogs. I mean, OK, Cardinals looked quite good."
2020-09-15_15:52:53.34665 Thing> Thor says, "I keep mentally translating that as WTF"
2020-09-15_15:54:31.41660 Thing> Ritsu exclaims, "Aptriots underdogs? Such a thing cannot be!"
2020-09-15_15:54:36.67317 Thing> Ritsu says, "Patriots"
2020-09-15_15:55:49.33113 Thing> Thor says, "Eh, it's Seattle."
2020-09-15_15:55:57.94692 Thing> Thor says, "NE didn't dare well at Seattle."
2020-09-15_16:06:55.63143 Thing> Ritsu exclaims, "You down with WFT? Yeah, you know me!"
2020-09-15_17:12:21.86939 Finn> Chel says, "new batman, and even harley quinn is giving Tim shit for temporarily going by 'Drake'"
2020-09-15_17:12:58.15391 Finn> Chel says, "'I think someone needs to go back to Arkham.' 'Nobody asked your opinion DUCKBOY.' 'Duckboy!?'"
2020-09-15_17:13:40.99558 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's always weird when Harley hangs out with the bat family."
2020-09-15_17:17:33.51761 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Harley is the crazy aunt of the Bat Family"
2020-09-15_17:20:34.12411 Finn> Chel says, "they called in orphan. she's still called orphan."
2020-09-15_17:26:56.28439 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Mandalorian S2 trailer."
2020-09-15_17:27:04.12923 Finn> Harrowhark says, "nothing earth-shattering but dang it looks good."
2020-09-15_18:24:45.99409 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Naruto is many things. A fighter. A musician. A former test subject. He had managed to keep those lives comfortably separate for the majority of his life. Sadly, things don't usually go the way we want them to, and that's especially true for one blond haired jazz musician seemingly making all the wrong decisions at all the right times.'"
2020-09-15_18:26:42.94757 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Nin-jazz."
2020-09-15_18:52:27.67321 Finn> Chel says, "oh, look, japan's new leader is yet another authoritarian."
2020-09-15_18:52:33.97210 Finn> Chel says, "great going 2020"
2020-09-15_18:53:01.02644 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Does he have to go touch the orb?"
2020-09-15_18:53:10.55822 Finn> Chel says, "figure he will"
2020-09-15_18:54:12.39245 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Man, remember when the orb picture was the craziest thing in the world? Remember those innocent times?"
2020-09-15_19:20:54.85864 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Kee-rist."
2020-09-15_19:21:06.20352 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Scientific American has endorsed Biden."
2020-09-15_19:21:19.40001 Finn> Chel says, "so it's come to that."
2020-09-15_19:21:24.22688 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's the first time they have ever endorsed a presidential candidate in 175 years."
2020-09-15_19:21:27.48559 Finn> Chel says, "a normally vanilla journal"
2020-09-15_19:21:43.02107 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Because they're... Scientific American, and they're usually not politically relevant."
2020-09-15_19:32:27.51928 Finn> David says, "Wtf is Gina Carano doing now to get in hot water."
2020-09-15_19:37:41.86545 Finn> David says, "Anti-trans, anti-mask. Good job."
2020-09-15_19:51:58.58677 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We do live in the Crazy Universe"
2020-09-15_19:56:36.48405 Finn> Hotaru listens to an animation podcast discuss the Donald Duck cartoons, and gets in to the hidden secret of said cartoons: they're mostly all really dull and not funny.
2020-09-15_20:00:11.45942 Finn> David says, "Honestly, I think Donald Duck works because of Carl Barks, not the cartoons."
2020-09-15_20:00:46.78747 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Donald's cartoons weren't even that popular at the time. Like Scrooge, he was primarily a comics character until the 90s."
2020-09-15_20:00:55.59359 Finn> Hotaru says, "Carl Barks co-wrote a lot of these."
2020-09-15_20:01:27.14189 Finn> Hotaru says, "The problem is Jack King, one of the worst directors in animation, who directed most of them."
2020-09-15_20:01:35.89223 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Really, a lot of the classic Disney shorts with classic charactera are not that great."
2020-09-15_20:01:38.20363 Finn> Hotaru says, "He was at Warners in the mid-30s, and his cartoons are bad there too."
2020-09-15_20:01:46.46727 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Goofy shorts have aged well."
2020-09-15_20:02:07.54140 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Indeed, I would say a lot of Goofy's old cartoona are the best of the bunch."
2020-09-15_20:02:08.32536 Finn> Hotaru says, "I think the 30s shorts are good for the most part, though you sort of have to remind yourself they aren't funny the way that other studios are funny."
2020-09-15_20:02:16.07972 Finn> Hotaru agrees there
2020-09-15_20:02:28.05934 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Especially the sports ones."
2020-09-15_20:03:25.85658 Finn> Hotaru says, "But Disney's pacing was always too slow because they wanted to show off they were the most expensive studio."
2020-09-15_20:03:33.59568 Finn> Hotaru says, "Goofy being an exception."
2020-09-15_20:03:41.12403 Finn> Hotaru says, "Most of the Donalds drag."
2020-09-15_20:04:00.61840 Finn> Hotaru says, "Even stuff like Der Feuhrer's Face is just "Donald's job sucks" with added Nazi."
2020-09-15_20:06:16.17249 Finn> Hotaru says, "Of course, the real problem was that after Snow White, Disney didn't give a shit about the shorts."
2020-09-15_20:06:30.73120 Finn> Hotaru says, "Walt, that is."
2020-09-15_20:07:16.93023 Finn> David says, "I admittedly wasn't a fan of those Goofy shorts"
2020-09-15_20:07:47.40543 Finn> Hotaru says, "They would have been better with Pinto Colvig, but he'd left Disney by then."
2020-09-15_20:08:43.80912 Finn> Hotaru says, "...or not. Maybe I'm misremembering."
2020-09-15_20:08:51.38592 Finn> Hotaru though those were mostly silent.
2020-09-15_20:09:13.36189 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Disney went through this weird long period where the only animation they cared about was their feature-length stuff. Rememember all the terrible, terrible live-action stuff they put out?"
2020-09-15_20:09:18.80279 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "And still do, really?"
2020-09-15_20:09:46.48197 Finn> Hotaru says, "Hey now, don't you dare attack Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills."
2020-09-15_20:10:26.39979 Finn> David says, "HERBIE GOES BANANAS"
2020-09-15_20:10:41.51903 Finn> Kiara says, "Some of it was actually pretty good for disposable entertainment. None of 'em were going to win an Oscar, but they were fun ways for a family to spend an hour and a half."
2020-09-15_20:10:58.19530 Finn> David asks, "What was the one with Kurt Russell?"
2020-09-15_20:11:05.36589 Finn> David asks, "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes?"
2020-09-15_20:11:33.44974 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yes."
2020-09-15_20:11:35.56975 Finn> David says, "Hayley Mills' Parent Trap was probably the best of the lot."
2020-09-15_20:12:01.39310 Finn> David asks, "Unless you count the one with Angela Lansbury. The, uh... bedknobs and broomsticks?"
2020-09-15_20:12:02.18344 Finn> Hotaru asks, "When did Disney's 80s TV renaissance start?"
2020-09-15_20:12:12.86274 Finn> David asks, "Gummi Bears was 1984, wasn't it?"
2020-09-15_20:12:25.61574 Finn> Kiara says, "He was also in The Strongest Man in the World, Now You See Him, Now you Don't."
2020-09-15_20:12:26.51314 Finn> Hotaru says, "...Gummi Bears is not what I meant."
2020-09-15_20:12:34.34952 Finn> David says, "Duck Tales came a bit after, 1986"
2020-09-15_20:12:44.82981 Finn> David says, "I think."
2020-09-15_20:13:07.83112 Finn> Hotaru says, "Ducktales is what I meant, yes."
2020-09-15_20:13:09.29809 Finn> David says, "I dunno, I just remember Gummi Bears as the first Disney TV thing that wasn't terrible."
2020-09-15_20:13:27.76095 Finn> Kiara says, "I have fond memories of that trilogy, along with Shaggy DA and That Darn Cat."
2020-09-15_20:13:36.90154 Finn> David says, "But Gummi Bears showed up as a Saturday morning then, then Duck Tales hitting weekdays"
2020-09-15_20:13:54.53082 Finn> David says, "I think they added Duck Tales -to- Gummi Bears being a daily thing for a while."
2020-09-15_20:14:28.51071 Finn> David says, "Then they added Rescue Rangers, then..."
2020-09-15_20:14:51.87710 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Kurt Russel did like a half dozen Disney movies when young"
2020-09-15_20:15:15.08852 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "When I was 9, I thought the Cat From Outer Space was the greatest possible thing"
2020-09-15_20:15:16.13610 Finn> David asks, "Was he in 'Escape to Witch Mountain'?"
2020-09-15_20:15:36.56810 Finn> David says, "Anyway Kurt Russell made those Disney movies kinda watchable"
2020-09-15_20:16:08.28778 Finn> Kiara says, "Don't think he was in Witch Mountain."
2020-09-15_20:16:11.61543 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "He did 10 Disney Movies"
2020-09-15_20:16:48.11141 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "12 including adult work"
2020-09-15_20:16:50.76923 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "https://disneymovieslist.com/list-of-kurt-russell-disney-movies/"
2020-09-15_20:19:30.82332 Finn> David says, "Huh. Kurt Russell met Goldie Hawn in 1968 at a Disney movie set. "
2020-09-15_20:26:55.86545 Finn> David says, "Apparently Disney's tv shows started with Gummi Bears nad The Wuzzles."
2020-09-15_20:27:45.08491 Finn> David says, "Duck Tales and Rescue Rangers started in 1989, with Gummi Bears and Talespin added to make a block in 1990 and forming the Disney Afternoon."
2020-09-15_20:29:40.48688 Finn> David says, "I need to get Disney+ and see Gargoyles and the rest of Gummi Bears"
2020-09-15_21:01:12.05492 Finn> Hotaru says, "I think one reason I don't like Disney shorts is that I never saw then as a kid."
2020-09-15_21:01:34.12932 Finn> Hotaru says, "WB, MGM, Lantz, sure. They were on every independent channel at any hour."
2020-09-15_21:01:44.32972 Finn> Hotaru says, "But I didn't have the Disney Channel as I was poor."
2020-09-15_21:01:49.84138 Finn> Hotaru says, "So never saw them."
2020-09-15_21:02:22.43737 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I saw some on Wonderful World of Disney"
2020-09-15_21:03:27.13803 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yeah, that's where I saw a few. And I got Mathemagic Land in school."
2020-09-15_21:03:34.75889 Finn> Hotaru says, "Along with Ben & Me."
2020-09-15_21:04:19.00575 Finn> Hotaru says, "Finished SAO book 20, which was pretty good. It's clear he wrote most of it recently, as opposed to when he was a webnovel teen."
2020-09-15_21:04:55.06585 Finn> Hotaru says, "Next up is Do You Love Your Mom? 6, which continues to have the mom and son not fuck. To its credit."
2020-09-15_21:06:55.30477 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Reki Kawahara is interesting to me because he clearly doesn't want to just write the same stuff over and over until they stop paying him, like a lot of thes webnovel guys do, but also doesn't QUITE have the talent to really break his mold."
2020-09-15_21:07:02.34170 Finn> Kiara says, "I remember seeing a number of them at school, yeah."
2020-09-15_21:07:12.81665 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Mandalorian, only replace Baby Yoda with Belial from Basket Case'."
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2020-09-15_21:11:52.86186 Ivan> Tobias says, "The Mando S2 trailer gives practically nothing away."
2020-09-15_21:12:03.17371 ## Saving... ##
2020-09-15_21:12:03.38689 ## All done. ##
2020-09-15_21:12:38.92889 Ivan> Tobias says, "The only thing I saw that might be significant was the woman in the hood."
2020-09-15_21:15:38.24484 Ivan> Akio says, "So it's much like the S1 trailer."
2020-09-15_21:15:43.79832 Ivan> Akio says, "Probably deliberately."
2020-09-15_21:16:30.29989 Ivan> Akio asks, "Although... Mike, am I crazy for thinking that opening shot is Yavin?"
2020-09-15_21:16:41.89162 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yup. S1, as we recall, never even had a GLIMPSE of Baby Yoda, which is the thing S1 revolved around."
2020-09-15_21:17:00.64930 Ivan> Tobias says, "It does not look like Yavin to me."
2020-09-15_21:17:25.66833 Ivan> Akio says, "The coloring of the gas giant isn't quite right but that of the planet is."
2020-09-15_21:17:49.61580 Ivan> Tobias says, "Or rather it somewhat does in layout, but I recall the main body of Yavin as being quite a bit redder."
2020-09-15_21:18:09.93092 Ivan> Akio says, "Yeah, that's what has me going "Yavin?" instead of "Yavin.""
2020-09-15_21:18:39.89077 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "But perhaps Mando will take Baby Yoda to the Massassi temples to meet his sempai, Exar-kun!"
2020-09-15_21:19:04.09128 Ivan> Tobias says, "I am wondering if the hooded woman is Sabine."
2020-09-15_21:19:40.98459 Ivan> Akio asks, "The implication would seem to be that they're some sort of Force lady?"
2020-09-15_21:19:49.82694 Ivan> Akio says, "Like, it happens when the voiceover is talking about Jedi."
2020-09-15_21:19:59.38637 Ivan> Akio says, "And they've got the traditional Force cloak on."
2020-09-15_21:20:30.22201 Finn> Hotaru says, "Trump raging about Twitter trends as 'pedo Trump' trends on Twitter."
2020-09-15_21:20:38.35327 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yes. But Sabine in this period is travelling with Ahsoka. And that's not really a 'force cloak' it's just... a cloak with a hood."
2020-09-15_21:21:06.86466 Ivan> Tobias says, "And the physical appearance loked right to me."
2020-09-15_21:22:14.62935 Ivan> Akio says, "Dunno."
2020-09-15_21:22:21.01219 Ivan> Akio says, "They're not giving us much to work with."
2020-09-15_21:22:26.88462 Ivan> Akio says, "Gideon isn't even in this."
2020-09-15_21:24:45.49893 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "He murders a Zabrak, that's always fun!"
2020-09-15_21:24:57.81765 Ivan> Akio says, "This is effective cinematography and everything looks really good."
2020-09-15_21:25:07.53759 Ivan> Akio says, "I like that we're going to some cities and whatnot."
2020-09-15_21:25:25.07689 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Yup. Did you see that boat, to?"
2020-09-15_21:29:16.25238 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "I did!"
2020-09-15_21:33:45.12568 Thing> Thor asks, "Sean, are you a Defector?"
2020-09-15_21:35:03.77995 Thing> Ritsu asks, "I should, but haven't yet. What's the cost?"
2020-09-15_21:36:34.89696 Thing> Ritsu chuckles. 'It's a mortal lock that Pats fans would be absolutely overjoyed if had Jarrett Stidham won the starting QB job and then went 7-9. But, much to their dismay, Belichick hopped onto eBay and found a Fair Condition Cam Newton listed at an unbelievable price.'
2020-09-15_21:36:59.31678 Thing> Ritsu says, "Also, wow: 'Whoa hey this guy is black! Bill Simmons gonna appeal this signing to the Supreme Court.'"
2020-09-15_21:37:27.19125 Thing> Thor asks, "Eh?"
2020-09-15_21:38:15.55751 Thing> Thor says, "Ah, WhyYour Team Sucks"
2020-09-15_21:38:37.57211 Thing> Ritsu says, "Yeah"
2020-09-15_21:40:06.89213 Thing> Thor says, "I'm not sure what the cost is actually, anyway."
2020-09-15_21:40:44.10918 Thing> Ritsu says, "Articles I read were free, but I want to know what subscribing will give me."
2020-09-15_21:40:54.93002 Thing> Ritsu says, "I already pay The Athletic."
2020-09-15_21:41:10.19649 Thing> Ritsu says, "Which is, admittedly, real news and not vicious snark."
2020-09-15_21:43:12.55386 Thing> Thor says, "Yeah, that's what I prefer"
2020-09-15_21:43:20.16087 Thing> Thor says, "But you seemed like a Defector-type."
2020-09-15_21:43:52.04427 Thing> Ritsu says, "Well, I am."
2020-09-15_21:44:18.18053 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Though honestly, Merc is even more so. I say in a not-David room."
2020-09-15_21:45:59.48915 Ivan> Akio says, "The thing is I don't care enough about sports. I like Drew Magary."
2020-09-15_21:55:58.44290 Thing> Thor says, "Odell Beckham and Allen Robinson apparently on trading block"
2020-09-15_21:56:17.35926 Thing> Thor says, "I could see Beckham in NE. Not so much Robinson."
2020-09-15_22:10:46.69440 Finn> Hotaru exclaims, "Disney delaying Black Widow? Who could have predicted this?!?!"
2020-09-15_22:11:26.50359 Finn> David says, "NOSTRADAMUS KNOWS"
2020-09-15_22:11:35.16530 Finn> David asks, "BTW, Sean, Discotek news, seen?"
2020-09-15_22:11:40.72640 Finn> Hotaru says, "Oh yes."
2020-09-15_22:12:14.13500 Finn> David says, "The "Upgrading A-Ko using Laserdiscs" was interesting"
2020-09-15_22:12:41.50329 Finn> David says, "And Battle Athletes, complete this time."
2020-09-15_23:40:09.82325 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-15_23:40:39.35542 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-15_23:47:26.71714 Finn> David says, "MAGA is trying to co-opt Baby Yoda as a symbol."
2020-09-15_23:49:03.08838 Finn> Shiori says, "... what."
2020-09-15_23:49:22.32527 Finn> Kiara says, "..."
2020-09-15_23:51:27.13940 Finn> David says, "Ah this is from January. But. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a30546250/maga-baby-yoda-trump-shirts-far-right-symbol/"
2020-09-16_01:16:32.20562 Ivan> DaR From Another Place is made in Newwww Yawwwwk Ciiiitah!
2020-09-16_01:18:33.61190 Ivan> Akio says, "Those commercials always weirded me out. Like... someone is gonna open a salsa processing plant in New York City? Even as a kid I knew that was bull."
2020-09-16_01:26:31.66879 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Even as a kid I recognized "company headquartered in NYC != salsa made in NYC"."
2020-09-16_01:30:23.33135 Ivan> Akio googles. "In fact, these days, Pace Foods is a Campbells subsidiary."
2020-09-16_01:30:33.11455 Ivan> Akio says, "Which means it is headqurtered in... Camden."
2020-09-16_01:30:53.12274 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "Worse than NYC!"
2020-09-16_01:34:09.14182 Ivan> Akio says, "I am probably gonna make salsa for this years Christmas gifts."
2020-09-16_01:34:32.58187 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "PICKLED SALSA!"
2020-09-16_01:35:05.07672 Ivan> Akio says, "I have discovered that... all my relatives are either middle-aged or old, and have disposable income. It's not that they don't like getting gifts, they do, but unless I buy them like... a car or something, it's hard to find something in stores they don't already have. BUT."
2020-09-16_01:35:23.81399 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS."
2020-09-16_01:35:24.17389 Ivan> Akio says, "Because of that they're really impressed by handmade stuff, because none of them are all that crafty themselves."
2020-09-16_01:35:37.85210 Ivan> Akio says, "Kids don't think that way; adults do, tho."
2020-09-16_01:35:51.11534 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Clearly you should get them underoos and legos."
2020-09-16_01:36:01.39551 Ivan> Akio says, "Basically this is me cynically manipulating my family to maintain goodwill."
2020-09-16_01:36:20.62903 Ivan> Akio says, "Largely because otherwise shopping is ugh."
2020-09-16_01:36:40.59501 Ivan> Akio says, "They're always so impressed. They're like "you MADE this jam?""
2020-09-16_01:36:50.69917 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Bards are sorta lame. Yet Noise Marines are awesome. This is perhaps unfair, but it is true.'"
2020-09-16_01:37:12.08555 Ivan> Akio says, "And I'm like "it was nothing" while internally I'm thinking "it really WAS nothing. It's sugar and apples.""
2020-09-16_01:37:35.36932 Ivan> Akio says, "That's because bards play madrigals, and noise marines have the equivalent of a Spinal Tap 11-setting amp strapped to their brains."
2020-09-16_01:38:46.51538 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I can't get away with that, sadly, since my Dad likes general cooking more than I do. I do bake slightly more than he does, though he has baked the christmas cookies every year for as long as I can remember, so I'm about equal with him on that front."
2020-09-16_01:39:35.47193 Ivan> Akio says, "My dad is a much much better cook than me, straight up... but he isn't into any kind of preserving."
2020-09-16_01:40:07.04541 Ivan> Akio says, "Also, like I said, these people are old. They are genuinely impressed that you took the time and energy to MAKE something."
2020-09-16_01:40:29.29659 Ivan> Akio says, "I think the reason is that they, like everone else, are tired ALL the time. Investing energy instead of spending money seems more valuable to them."
2020-09-16_01:40:54.36421 Ivan> Akio says, "Which is the opposite priority scale of, say, an eight year old, who has unlimited energy but no money."
2020-09-16_01:43:56.52055 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Random things I was vaguely aware of, but which having read a bit about recently kind of hammered home: D&D Clerics are not based on Crusaders. Or even historical people like the Bishop Odo or the similar. They're primarily based on... Peter Cushing's Van Helsing."
2020-09-16_01:44:26.01771 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "And they were a PvP counter to a PC who ran a vampire."
2020-09-16_01:45:27.12645 Ivan> Akio says, "I kinda feel worse for knowing that."
2020-09-16_01:46:15.34177 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That explains Turning Undead"
2020-09-16_01:47:19.74201 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah, though EGG's take on that was rather different than the original Arneson group version. The spell list was just kinda Sunday School miracles slapped on after the fact."
2020-09-16_01:50:01.93672 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "In some ways it's worse, but in others, it kinda makes me want to play a cleric who leans into the whole Van Helsing aspect."
2020-09-16_01:51:51.79432 Ivan> Akio says, "I would have done that if Kelemvor was a thing in this setting."
2020-09-16_01:52:21.47202 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Kinda works with the Raven Queen too, honestly."
2020-09-16_01:53:07.00630 Ivan> Akio says, "Thing is, I know jack-all about the Raven Queen. I picked her because she was the god who from John's capsule description seemed to fit me best."
2020-09-16_01:53:14.94057 Ivan> Akio says, "I know a LOT about Kelemvor."
2020-09-16_01:53:33.11692 Ivan> Akio says, "I'm, uh. Sort of the right age, before he turned into a joke."
2020-09-16_01:54:18.29371 Ivan> Akio says, "Terrible drink ideas: Mike's Hard Past Couple of Months."
2020-09-16_01:55:20.60029 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Assuming he stole RQ from the 4e version, she's of a somewhat similar vein. Hates most undead (death is natural, undeath is not), depending on what version probably usurped the previous god of death."
2020-09-16_02:01:29.86008 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Kelemvor and RQ would both be perfectly adequate patrons for a Van Helsing style cleric. Pelor too, honestly."
2020-09-16_02:06:17.78035 Ivan> Akio says, "I don't like Pelor or Correlon and I can't tell you why."
2020-09-16_02:06:22.22055 Ivan> Akio says, "It's weird."
2020-09-16_02:07:45.29977 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Corellon is often an asshat in most versions. Pelor is just kinda generically there. Right next to Bahamut as a prime 'god of insufferably idiotic lawful stupid people'."
2020-09-16_02:08:09.01718 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Merc fears Pelor will give his pale skin cancer"
2020-09-16_02:08:13.52211 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "There's nothing interesting about him, his story, or his worshippers."
2020-09-16_02:08:22.45930 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Unlike, say, Kord."
2020-09-16_02:09:37.82640 Ivan> Akio says, "I actually love Bahamut."
2020-09-16_02:09:41.19386 Ivan> Akio says, "And Tiamat."
2020-09-16_02:10:19.35681 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Bahamut is slightly more interesting than Pelor, sometimes. Depends on how much they get into the whole Bahamut/Tiamat dualism."
2020-09-16_02:12:01.77324 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Which is the best part of them!"
2020-09-16_02:12:33.33391 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I like how in 4E, Zehir and Tiamat were feuding for control of the same island in the Astral Sea"
2020-09-16_02:12:58.05172 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I kind of imagine it as Zehir basically screwing with Tiamat so he can watch her flip out"
2020-09-16_02:13:23.26954 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Frankly, most of the various D&D pantheons in any of the major settings are kinda meh at best, and often very slapdash. They're kinda pagan-pantheism-lite."
2020-09-16_02:14:57.20858 Ivan> Akio says, "I like the Dwarf pantheon."
2020-09-16_02:16:25.24853 Ivan> Akio says, "Also, this might just be fourteen year old me talking, but I really liked Dragonlance's intepretation of Moradin."
2020-09-16_02:16:32.33574 Ivan> Akio says, "Where he's a fast-talking con man."
2020-09-16_02:17:21.95319 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The Demi-Human pantheons were created by Roger Moore"
2020-09-16_02:18:35.90848 Ivan> Akio says, "In fact, I actually really like and/or respect most of the Dragonlance gods. I don't, for example, particularly care for Fizban as a -character-. He's annoying. But I respect the attempt to make your 'good' god not just a thinly veiled Abrahamic equivalent."
2020-09-16_02:18:47.64464 Ivan> Akio says, "But instead have him wander the earth as a befuddled old man."
2020-09-16_02:18:52.73233 Ivan> Akio says, "That wasn't a bad idea."
2020-09-16_02:21:58.10506 Ivan> Akio says, "I also liked, although they didn't do much with it, the diea of "fake" gods."
2020-09-16_02:22:10.99981 Ivan> Akio says, "Like after the real ones turned their back on the world people made up their own."
2020-09-16_02:22:16.86757 Ivan> Akio says, "Because of course they would."
2020-09-16_02:23:46.13933 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I'd like to see more naturalistic setups. Where the gods are often syncretic, and different cultures have different names or different stories for the "same" god, and sometimes that name refers to an entirely different god when you move from this hex over the mountains to that hex."
2020-09-16_02:30:45.31576 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That's how Glorantha works"
2020-09-16_02:35:56.92176 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Glorantha is one of the very few settings with what I consider a truly well developed pantheon, yeah. My issues with Glorantha are more due to it's sort of haha-only-serious weirdness and just generally not caring for the aesthetic."
2020-09-16_02:36:26.57517 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It does have a weird mix of the goofy and the serious due to its origins"
2020-09-16_02:37:05.98891 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah, and how the wacky got canonicalized and then played straight thereafter."
2020-09-16_02:47:46.24155 Ivan> Tobias says, "Life may have just been discovered on Venus of all places."
2020-09-16_02:48:07.70560 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah. Although it's very very circumstantial."
2020-09-16_02:48:50.14980 Ivan> Frito says, "ArsTech has the best article I've seen on it so far: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/unexpected-chemical-found-in-venus-upper-atmosphere/"
2020-09-16_02:49:13.59879 Ivan> Akio says, "I for one welcome our new Venusian overlords."
2020-09-16_02:49:13.81188 Ivan> Tobias says, "True, but it's a circumstance where the current consensus is 'we can't really explain this in any other way given what we know'."
2020-09-16_02:50:12.89527 Ivan> Akio says, "Probably gonna shake loose some funding for examining the planet, tho."
2020-09-16_02:50:35.95131 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That would be pretty cool if there is life there"
2020-09-16_02:50:38.75998 Ivan> Tobias says, "There are other things besides life in the natural world that produce phosphine, but not THAT MUCH phosphine."
2020-09-16_02:50:44.47910 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But we'll need to send a mission"
2020-09-16_02:50:46.79755 Ivan> Akio asks, "Mars is virtually ringed with observations satellites, probes, rovers on the ground, etc. I think Venus has... a single Japanese probe looking at it?"
2020-09-16_02:50:57.03115 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah"
2020-09-16_02:51:02.31631 Ivan> Akio says, "To be fair, it's basically impossible to land on it."
2020-09-16_02:51:05.76714 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Venus tends to DESTROY anything you send"
2020-09-16_02:51:27.33809 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah. The best solution we've seen so far is hi-tech balloons."
2020-09-16_02:51:28.53801 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Though there's been some discussion of a station in the upper atmosphere"
2020-09-16_02:51:45.34771 Ivan> Akio says, "Difficult engineering problem."
2020-09-16_02:51:47.08530 Ivan> Tobias says, "It's an oven with a highly corrosive atmosphere that prevents easy ground observation from orbit."
2020-09-16_02:51:50.97470 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But we couold send something to scoop and analyze the atmosphere."
2020-09-16_02:52:11.18225 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I think the first soviet probe to land on Venus lasted something like 30 minutes"
2020-09-16_02:52:23.26530 Ivan> Akio says, "And the Soviets were HAPPY."
2020-09-16_02:52:30.00633 Ivan> Frito says, "With the right support, you could theoretically get something to float in the upper atmosphere, where the pressure and temperature is about Earth-level."
2020-09-16_02:52:30.21947 Ivan> Akio says, "They considered that an accomplishment."
2020-09-16_02:52:40.92892 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah. It was a heck of an accomplishment."
2020-09-16_02:53:20.59871 Ivan> Akio says, "In many ways Mercury is easier to examine."
2020-09-16_02:54:10.61293 Ivan> Frito says, "Even if the pic it sent back reminds me of one of the Antikythera mechanism. ^^;;"
2020-09-16_02:55:16.61787 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Personally, I'm pretty skeptical. I'm far more inclined to believe there's a precursor chain to phosphine that we simply don't know about because we don't live in a hellscape of ridiculous heat, pressure, and acid."
2020-09-16_02:56:48.42144 Ivan> Akio asks, "Worth checking out though, right?"
2020-09-16_02:56:51.02002 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Possibly something where the phosphine is a breakdown product of something created under those conditions that when carried into the upper atmosphere decays into phosphine and something else."
2020-09-16_02:57:01.92712 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Oh sure. If only for the novel chemistry."
2020-09-16_02:57:19.74010 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I'm just not all onboard the "I'm not saying it was aliens" train."
2020-09-16_02:58:55.77649 Ivan> Akio says, "To be honest, I find Venus being such a hellhole as an argument FOR organic life of some sort."
2020-09-16_02:59:33.07184 Ivan> Akio says, "Chemical soups are an ideal situation for that kind of thing. There's non-trivial evidence that a big part of the reason for the emergence of life on earth was the fact that back in the day this planet was a flaming hellscape."
2020-09-16_03:00:07.36947 Ivan> Akio says, "I mean. One of the most toxic, corrosive, and unstable chemicals in the known universe is what we -breathe-."
2020-09-16_03:01:14.31944 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "The big problem I have with any theory of Venusian life is that it would basically have to develop in the mid to upper atmosphere. And while certainly not impossible, the problem is that keeping enough organic material together long enough in that sort of environment for it to develop the right soup, and then for those to stick together enough to develop self-organizing properties.."
2020-09-16_03:01:42.46142 Ivan> Akio says, "Legit point."
2020-09-16_03:05:24.49379 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "There's plenty of energy, which is a plus. And a witches brew of ridiculous elemental ionic acids, and other components to choose from. But the surface is a horrible combination of pressure and heat for even remotely resembling known existing life processes. You need to get up high enough for organic liquids with semi-reasonable melting and boiling points; if not water, then at least alcohols or methane or something."
2020-09-16_03:17:55.77378 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "That said, Venus is a ultimately a better terraforming target than Mars, IMO. If you can break the runaway greenhouse effect, you've got a lot more atmosphere full of a lot of things life needs; plenty of carbon, oxygen and appropriate trace mineral elements. Basically you need to slam a giant-ass water-rich meteor into it to both supply the hydrogen needed for more water and to speed up its rotational period in order to kickstart its magnetosphere to provide some radiation shielding."
2020-09-16_03:21:07.02881 Ivan> Akio says, "Venus' gravity is more conducive to humans as well."
2020-09-16_03:22:12.83954 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yup."
2020-09-16_03:22:13.77286 Ivan> Akio says, "People don't know how tiny Mars is, comparatively speaking."
2020-09-16_03:24:01.47373 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Longer term, Mars is going to have a hell of a time maintaining a human-compatible atmosphere. It's just going to leak off slowly, but surely."
2020-09-16_03:24:57.22467 Ivan> Akio says, "You can get around that with the right biosphere. I mean, hell, even Earth is a shade too small; our own atmosphere slowly leaks off, it's just we replenish it so fast."
2020-09-16_03:25:48.32156 Ivan> Akio says, "Although being cynical, we're going to need to terraform the piece of shit we currently live on soon enough."
2020-09-16_03:52:17.47268 Finn> Shiori says, "Thud"
2020-09-16_03:52:18.62847 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-16_03:52:18.84159 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-09-16_03:57:49.45573 Finn> Chel says, "so."
2020-09-16_03:58:17.68147 Finn> Chel says, "on my youtube feed, there popped up a video exploring modern flat-earthism and debunking them and explaining why people want flat earth. seemed amusing enough"
2020-09-16_03:58:34.20774 Finn> Chel says, "but it's a deep dive into the psyche of flat earthers."
2020-09-16_03:58:53.10479 Finn> Chel says, "and they explore how the flat earth mentality is trending"
2020-09-16_03:59:12.63387 Finn> Chel says, "and it's trending towards believers moving to Qanon. and that's where this video starts to depress me horribly"
2020-09-16_03:59:40.44422 Finn> Chel says, "because i get to hear even more of the crazy shit Qanon belives in, and it's mind-boggling"
2020-09-16_04:00:08.05312 Finn> Chel says, "to the point where I really think I may have to shoot one in self defense one of these days"
2020-09-16_04:02:30.63236 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Every time I see Brian Williams, I feel disappointed he is not rapping"
2020-09-16_04:23:48.24641 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The truly crazy thing about QAnon is that it isn't even a conspiracy theory, not really. It's what is being called "conspiricism.""
2020-09-16_04:24:18.83687 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Old-school conspiracy theorists fixated on one thing; the moon landing being a hoax, JFK, etc. Often there wasn't crossover."
2020-09-16_04:24:38.79638 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But the QAnon mentality sort of... believes in anything if its presented in the right tribal language."
2020-09-16_04:24:53.32470 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's like the rosetta stone of conspiracy thinking."
2020-09-16_04:31:15.32029 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEah"
2020-09-16_05:02:49.61142 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Huh."
2020-09-16_05:03:02.65475 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Bond film "Quantum of Solace" doesn't have a Q sequence."
2020-09-16_05:03:08.95937 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Dang"
2020-09-16_05:03:16.54286 Finn> Harrowhark says, "(It's on netflix now and I just watched it.)"
2020-09-16_05:03:17.64682 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I guess he was sucked into the title :)"
2020-09-16_05:03:33.15932 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'm not sure any other Bond film doesn't have one."
2020-09-16_05:03:41.92636 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I think that was due to Q being run over in real life."
2020-09-16_05:05:05.52493 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Ah, there wasn't a Q sequence in Casino Royale either, apparently."
2020-09-16_05:07:14.88462 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Or Liv and Let Die"
2020-09-16_05:17:00.57225 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Geez, Craig is the longest-tenured Bond by a LOT."
2020-09-16_05:20:34.49657 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "How long has he been Bond and is that in # of movies or years or both?"
2020-09-16_05:21:37.87102 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Years."
2020-09-16_05:21:41.73332 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And fourteen years."
2020-09-16_05:21:57.41616 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Dang"
2020-09-16_05:22:02.40852 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Technically Connery has a longer tenure but I don't think we should count the time he came back."
2020-09-16_05:22:20.27547 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Especially since it was a remake."
2020-09-16_05:23:28.41448 Finn> Harrowhark says, "However, Moore and Connery will both have been in more Bond films."
2020-09-16_05:24:08.70794 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah."
2020-09-16_05:24:18.67539 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Moore would have done more but he felt he got too old for it."
2020-09-16_05:24:34.09170 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "When he realized he could be the father, maybe even the grandpa of his love interest"
2020-09-16_05:26:07.78556 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Craig is slightly younger than Moore was when Moore relinquished the role but he looks much better."
2020-09-16_05:27:31.48235 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEs."
2020-09-16_05:34:39.11938 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "El President immolated himself again on live TV tonight"
2020-09-16_05:34:55.47903 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "When faced with people who don't love him like he thinks everyone should."
2020-09-16_05:38:55.40282 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Debates gonna be a clown shown."
2020-09-16_05:38:59.25104 Finn> Harrowhark says, "If we even have any."
2020-09-16_05:39:09.08425 Finn> David asks, "What happened this particular night?"
2020-09-16_05:40:00.86127 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Trump faced questions from undecided voters"
2020-09-16_05:40:10.60412 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And could not answer them ithout being his usual clown self"
2020-09-16_05:40:22.98059 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "George Stephanopoulous dunked on him repeatedly"
2020-09-16_05:40:31.09243 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I think we will have debates."
2020-09-16_05:40:41.43653 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Because Trump's ego will drive him on"
2020-09-16_05:58:36.56384 Finn> David says, "How are there even undecided voters at this point."
2020-09-16_06:23:37.01272 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Some people are stupid"
2020-09-16_06:24:00.73284 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But not the right kind to blindly follow Trump"
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2020-09-16_19:14:20.24353 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh god DAMMIT. A guy on a blog I comment on has the screen name 'Heywood_j' and I only just now got it."
2020-09-16_19:29:56.27746 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "?"
2020-09-16_19:30:28.33116 Ivan> Akio says, "Actually now I feel better that you don't see it right away either."
2020-09-16_19:34:41.42667 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "The only thing I can think of is that Heywood Jefferies was a football player when I still vaguely cared about watching football."
2020-09-16_19:34:59.52699 Ivan> Akio says, ""Moe's Tavern, Moe speaking." "Yeah, I'm looking for a Mister Jablowme please? First name Heywood." "Sure, hang on. Heywood Jablowme! Guys, I'm looking for a Heywood Jablowme! Hey, you in the corner there, Heywood Jablowme?""
2020-09-16_19:35:58.07581 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ah, Simpsons. Sure."
2020-09-16_19:36:08.98351 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Don't think I actually saw that ep."
2020-09-16_19:36:53.07411 Ivan> Akio says, "Not even Simpsons; Simpsons listed it from much older 'ridiculous names and mocking/make fun of them' comedy bits. All of the calls to Moe's in the earlier seasons were tributes to that sort of thing."
2020-09-16_19:37:25.40968 Ivan> Akio says, "Heywood Jablowme is one of the cruder and lazier ones, though. I mean, it's no Seymour Butts. :)"
2020-09-16_20:46:19.36353 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Stupidity Incarnate. I am in awe of the stupidity: What if the first wave at Omaha Beach sprinted ashore with nothing but a sack of grenades for the pillboxes and left behind their extra clothes and gear. Would that have reduced American casualties on D-Day?"
2020-09-16_20:50:15.80342 Finn> Hotaru says, "Big Ten starting football games in October. They caved."
2020-09-16_20:50:38.04206 Finn> David asks, "So do all the college players pull out to go pro?"
2020-09-16_20:50:52.03674 Finn> Hotaru says, "Pac-12 likely following."
2020-09-16_20:50:53.67484 Finn> Vendrik says, "Well, I can kinda see the thrust of the question. Pillboxes were probably the single greatest threats to the disembarking soliders. Remove everything possible to disable the pillboxes very first thing. Nothing else a soldier carriers improves their odds against the pillboxes, so by sacrificing some of the first wave to demolish the pillboxes, you could (in theory) drastically decrease the casualties of those in the oncoming waves. Survivors of the first wave could then retreat and recover the gear necessary for protracted fighting."
2020-09-16_20:52:11.08831 Finn> Vendrik says, "If your goal is pure cold calculus of war, that's actually not an unreasonable question to ask."
2020-09-16_20:52:36.74905 Finn> Hotaru asks, "What if they had trollies?"
2020-09-16_20:53:45.13874 Finn> Vendrik exclaims, "No, Sean, the question is.. what if they had lolis?!"
2020-09-16_20:54:09.99622 Finn> David asks, "What would germans do with lolis?"
2020-09-16_20:54:16.32626 Finn> David pokes Brem.
2020-09-16_20:54:20.95518 Finn> Vendrik flat stares.
2020-09-16_20:54:51.96101 Finn> Hotaru sighs
2020-09-16_20:57:15.38639 Finn> Hotaru Spoilers for Re: Zero: Subaru dies.
2020-09-16_20:57:55.67898 Finn> Vendrik says, "Spoilers for RE: Zero. Subaru dies. Witch interferes. Subaru dies. Witch interferes. Something changes for no good reason. Subaru dies."
2020-09-16_20:58:39.42249 Finn> David asks, "Subaru gets wrecked by Truck-kun?"
2020-09-16_21:04:00.76493 Finn> Mike says, "Those actually are the tactics that the WW1 Sturmtruppen were developed to use late in the war. They were a doctrine of small units of lightly-equipped, fast troops with extra grenades and minimal 'sustain' gear. They would rush in ahead of an attack, quickly disable strong points, and then immediately the regular troops would attack the now weakened line and push forward, while the surviving sturmtruppen retired to the rear, job done."
2020-09-16_21:04:54.45457 Finn> Vendrik says, "Exactly."
2020-09-16_21:05:19.27487 Finn> Mike says, "Now, whether or not you could adapt that to have any use or relevance in a giant amphibious assault, I honestly have no idea."
2020-09-16_21:05:53.58285 Finn> Vendrik says, "Timing would be the biggest issue. Ensuring the pioneer platoons got ashore first, in the right places, with sufficient forces around them to follow up."
2020-09-16_21:06:42.14992 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Going in with just a sack of grenades is dumb."
2020-09-16_21:06:57.21836 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like it doesn't even make sense from a "cold calculus of war" sense."
2020-09-16_21:07:19.79062 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Non-grenade weapons were used extensively in the clearing of pillboxes."
2020-09-16_21:07:46.75689 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And you need radiomen to do things like be able to tell what pillboxes and where you'll be attacking."
2020-09-16_21:08:24.87453 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You need sappers to clear the beaches of obstacles and get through the barbed wire around said pillboxes, and to make it possible for a second wave to land."
2020-09-16_21:08:26.24206 Finn> Mike says, "I mean, I assume they'd have rifles, etc."
2020-09-16_21:08:36.97727 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's not what John posited."
2020-09-16_21:09:01.97480 Finn> Mike says, "Just not 'here is what you will need for the coming three months of fighting through France' kit."
2020-09-16_21:09:05.22267 Finn> Vendrik says, "I mean, sure, you're probably not pict-nude except for warpaint and your bag of grenades. But there's a difference between a pioneer platoon's gear and a bog standard rifleman. You take lots of extra grenades, probably SMGs over rifles, and absolutely nothing for sustained fighting (rations, extensive extra ammo, capming gear, etc)."
2020-09-16_21:09:13.48972 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which is specifically 'nothing but a sack of grenades.'"
2020-09-16_21:09:52.01789 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "DID the first wave go ashore with supplies for weeks in the field?"
2020-09-16_21:09:57.37007 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like I don't think that happened."
2020-09-16_21:10:22.60252 Finn> Mike says, "Well, the VERY first wave were engineers who disabled the beach obsticles iirc."
2020-09-16_21:10:54.45454 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I know that's not true. You had plenty of regular riflemen in the first wave."
2020-09-16_21:11:02.45658 Finn> Mike says, "But actually as far as I know the first wave was geared out just like all the others except for adding certain mission-specific gear."
2020-09-16_21:11:03.26766 Finn> Harrowhark says, "By which I mean "the first boats hitting the beach.""
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2020-09-16_21:12:02.93289 Finn> Mike says, "I'm talking about the first allied troops, not the first formal assault wave."
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2020-09-16_21:12:19.80378 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "... what's the difference here?"
2020-09-16_21:13:07.77891 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'm assuming first means "the literal first wave of people to hit the beaches." Are you using it to mean "anyone who the order of battle called on to go ashore in the first 24 hours?""
2020-09-16_21:13:34.75430 Finn> Vendrik says, "The way the question as John reported it is a a bit reducto ad absurdum, but the core idea of "what if the first wave was just fast/light pioneers with kit specifically for clearing just pillboxes and other strongpoints and no sustained fighting" is not that unreasonable to ask."
2020-09-16_21:14:36.03943 Finn> Mike says, "What Dan said."
2020-09-16_21:14:49.45828 Finn> Vendrik says, "As far as I know, there were sapper/engineering teams to clear things like mines and razorwire, but not pioneer teams meant for the pillboxes, just normal units of primarily riflemen."
2020-09-16_21:14:54.47989 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Yeah, but I assumed John was relaying it precisely BECAUSE it was asked in the manner in which it looks."
2020-09-16_21:15:05.38235 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It was asked in the manner i which it looks"
2020-09-16_21:15:21.15290 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Because John is an intelligent man and would not have relayed it to us here if it had been a nuanced question of serious military logistics."
2020-09-16_21:15:40.93452 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Like the Knights of the Dinner Table where one of them missed the game and the others sent their PC running naked through the dungeon"
2020-09-16_21:16:09.45808 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Ironically D-Day occured right as the US Army (among others) was JUST starting to develop that sort of "tip of the spear" doctrine."
2020-09-16_21:16:10.69632 Finn> Mike says, "Well, it looks and reads to me like it was just badly worded and is being taken too literally."
2020-09-16_21:16:19.82157 Finn> Mike says, "But ymmv."
2020-09-16_21:16:44.53117 Finn> Vendrik says, "I am admittedly intrigued by this idea of pict-grenadiers in nothing but their warpaint and a (preferably worn around the waist) bag of grenades."
2020-09-16_21:17:05.76898 Finn> Vendrik says, "Bonus points for limed hair and woad tattoos."
2020-09-16_21:18:33.50447 Finn> Vendrik says, "I'd even give them an exception for boots."
2020-09-16_21:20:13.29380 Finn> Vendrik jots this down in his wargaming notes file, right next to the literal dragon-ship vikings.
2020-09-16_21:22:53.78017 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "In other news, even Congress dragged Boris Johnson today."
2020-09-16_21:23:54.85781 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "House Foreign Affairs Committee calling on UK to honor Good Friday Agreement while negotiating Brexit. In a letter to Boris Johnson, they warned that Congress will not support a US-UK free trade agreement if Britain fails to uphold commitments with Northern Ireland."
2020-09-16_21:31:18.64562 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Collins down by 12 in Maine"
2020-09-16_21:32:12.07519 Finn> David says, "yeah, her moderate rep took a huge hit"
2020-09-16_21:32:17.87879 Finn> Hotaru says, "Collins pulls off win in Novemebr due to stunning JK Rowling endorsement."
2020-09-16_21:32:34.90614 Finn> David says, "I'm sure she's 'concerned' now."
2020-09-16_21:41:41.83212 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Rowling endorsing her would just scuttle her more now"
2020-09-16_21:41:59.66360 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I can't name another author orther than ORson Scott Card who has self-destructed more than she has"
2020-09-16_21:42:12.57392 Finn> Hotaru says, "Scott Adams."
2020-09-16_21:42:53.17352 Finn> Kiara says, "Yeah, Adams went further down the crazy train... I'm not sure which one suffered more public consequences, tho."
2020-09-16_21:43:12.55909 Finn> Chel says, "Harry Potter and the False Transvestite"
2020-09-16_21:49:36.96805 Finn> Hotaru says, "https://www.themarysue.com/um-no-that-wasnt-ahsoka-tano-in-the-mandalorians-season-2-trailer/"
2020-09-16_21:51:45.01728 Finn> David guesses the complaint is about Sasha Banks before clicking.
2020-09-16_21:51:54.09982 Finn> David says, "(I'd heard she was misidentified.)"
2020-09-16_21:52:09.15643 Finn> David says, "Ayep. "
2020-09-16_22:04:11.85597 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Saw a PETA ad that was like "sheep farmers have lambs born in the winter and that renders the lambs too weak to defend themselves from predators" and like... do lambs usually defend themselves from predators...' 'Their venom sacs don't develop until the summer months'"
2020-09-16_22:12:47.86592 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Thoughts on Jim Carrey as Joe Biden?"
2020-09-16_22:22:01.90484 Finn> Chel says, "eh"
2020-09-16_22:27:13.21140 Finn> Mike says, "'But more importantly, we know that it wasn't Ahsoka, in part because the segment in question was talking about the Jedi, and if we know one thing about her, it's that she does not identify herself as a Jedi. (And she also left the Jedi Order when she was still a Padawan.)'"
2020-09-16_22:27:25.90085 Finn> Chel says, "it was sabine"
2020-09-16_22:27:28.50195 Finn> Mike says, "I hope that was a joke. I really can't tell."
2020-09-16_22:27:40.94091 Finn> Mike says, "Sabine is my guess too."
2020-09-16_22:28:08.84497 Finn> Mike says, "Alternately, could be some completely new character."
2020-09-16_22:29:03.11009 Finn> Chel says, "a nerd channel noted there was in the comics a bounty hunter that posed as a jedi to capture runaway jedi"
2020-09-16_22:31:36.17319 Finn> Mike says, "Dangerous."
2020-09-16_22:32:25.67505 Finn> Mike says, "Also probably not real smart now with the Empire on the ropes."
2020-09-16_22:41:02.06851 Finn> Chel says, "and there it is"
2020-09-16_22:41:06.00251 Finn> Chel says, "Texas never learns"
2020-09-16_22:41:36.41897 Finn> Chel says, "looks like the reps and the governor are gonna push for more aggressive reopening"
2020-09-16_22:42:21.57416 Finn> Chel exclaims, "also, state rep james white on twitter: Message from Texans: As go Tx, goes the US, goes the entire world. The American West was won at the Alamo AND the defeat of COVID19 must begin in Texas. OPEN & UNLEASH THE LONE STAR STATE!!!"
2020-09-16_22:42:28.39478 Finn> Chel asks, "pop quiz, what's wrong with this sentance?"
2020-09-16_22:43:30.63198 Finn> Vendrik asks, "Beyond "everything"?"
2020-09-16_22:44:05.12698 Finn> Chel says, "well, yes, everything"
2020-09-16_22:44:14.75047 Finn> Chel says, "especially the bit about the alamo"
2020-09-16_22:47:21.67077 Finn> Vendrik says, "In fact, I have trouble finding a single phrase in that tweet that's actually correct."
2020-09-16_22:50:29.76375 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The defeat of COVID 19 does need Texas to clean up its act but yeah, that's.. pretty wrong"
2020-09-16_22:51:00.99445 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Especially since the Alamo... was a defeat for Texas"
2020-09-16_22:54:54.22017 Finn> Chel says, "considering how well texas has handled COVID, it's actually quite apt"
2020-09-16_22:58:18.92146 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "If the defenders of the Alamo had decided to resume normal life in the middle of the seige"
2020-09-16_23:13:45.13982 Finn> Vendrik says, "'The mexican's can't lock us up in here! We're americans! We have freedoms!'"
2020-09-16_23:14:11.02141 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Ahahah"
2020-09-16_23:14:20.05097 Finn> Vendrik exclaims, "We also have extra apostrophes!"
2020-09-16_23:19:53.17562 Thing> Thor says, "Finding out Andrew Yang is a wrestling fan is interesting."
2020-09-16_23:28:52.50464 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Posit: Midoriya Izuku was never quirkless. His quirk, ironically enough given how All Might addresses him, is [Shonen]. Rather than being flashy and visible like shooting fire or having an animal head... it makes him... the ideal shonen-manga protagonist. It's a subtle, literary quirk that operates on a huge scale, like ensuring he's bullied as a child to give him GUTS, and then using those GUTS to enhance his abilities when it seems like odds are against him. It even guides people like All Might to not choose another successor, like Mirio, but instead wait until Izuku comes along."
2020-09-16_23:31:49.25457 Finn> Hotaru has connected.
2020-09-16_23:32:20.19452 Hotaru has reconnected
2020-09-16_23:36:57.53004 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I mean."
2020-09-16_23:37:06.23846 Finn> Harrowhark says, "We know it wasn't Ahsoka because it looked nothing like her."
2020-09-16_23:37:14.89233 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Ahsoka has orange skin? Huge montrals?"
2020-09-16_23:37:31.01452 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It was the new actress lady who may be Sabine or may be a new lady."
2020-09-16_23:47:58.14360 Finn> Hotaru has disconnected.
2020-09-16_23:47:58.35633 Hotaru has disconnected
2020-09-17_01:04:06.06280 Finn> Chel says, "final fantasy 16 trailer..... that's one weirdly modest world they've created"
2020-09-17_01:05:03.50151 Finn> Chel says, "i am assuming there are other parts of the game that look more wonderous, but we're treated to a, at best, quaint medievel town"
2020-09-17_01:05:26.74020 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This is gonna be a weirdly slow fall for gaming."
2020-09-17_01:05:37.73600 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Also weird in general."
2020-09-17_01:05:45.58987 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like... supposedly, new consoles are coming out."
2020-09-17_01:05:50.23181 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Supposedly."
2020-09-17_01:06:05.15963 Finn> Harrowhark says, "There's no release dates and their biggest launch titles all got pushed to 2021."
2020-09-17_01:06:22.38710 Finn> Chel says, "more rumors the next splinter cell is on oculus rift. fuck you ubisoft."
2020-09-17_01:06:30.65332 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like... I'm not gonna buy a new XBox to play the new AC."
2020-09-17_01:06:36.91756 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's not gonna happen."
2020-09-17_01:07:25.01796 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And Sony got the guys who made Dishonored to make an PS5 exclusive for them... which got pushed."
2020-09-17_01:23:02.90847 Finn> David says, "Hurm. Wayforward is doing RWBY video game"
2020-09-17_01:46:58.62056 Finn> Chel says, "i am way behind on RWBY"
2020-09-17_01:59:31.94531 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-17_01:59:33.12510 Finn> Shiori says, "'lo"
2020-09-17_01:59:52.83447 Ivan> Tobias says, "Just a heads up, just in case:"
2020-09-17_02:00:02.17465 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-17_02:01:23.55553 Finn> Shiori says, "Photos of college park today, John, with social distancing and high-altitude smoke haze - https://www.facebook.com/MagneticTerp/media_set?set=a.1008363449683681&type=3"
2020-09-17_02:01:43.39121 Ivan> Tobias says, "Cox Cable is going to be doing work on a network section near my street early tomorrow morning and there's going to be an outage. It is SUPPOSED to be back up by 7:45 AM PST. Obviously that leaves plenty of time for me to make it to the game that evening."
2020-09-17_02:02:00.84615 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu slowly turns to look at sean
2020-09-17_02:02:06.34599 Ivan> Tobias says, "That said we all know how this shit can go."
2020-09-17_02:02:16.16002 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "See you next month."
2020-09-17_02:02:20.97915 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "see you--dammit"
2020-09-17_02:02:26.58340 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "hopefully it doesn't go Gaff on you"
2020-09-17_02:02:43.40196 Ivan> Tobias says, "So if it looks like I won't be making it, I will call John and let him know."
2020-09-17_02:02:48.69894 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Thanks for the headsup, Mike"
2020-09-17_02:03:47.17840 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Cool."
2020-09-17_02:04:50.96482 Finn> Chel says, "meatloaf covered celine dion. of course he did."
2020-09-17_02:05:23.31060 Ivan> Tobias says, "I find it enraging that the one time I actually want intense, bright sunlight and gusting wind, there are none of either for days."
2020-09-17_02:06:15.79195 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "What song?"
2020-09-17_02:06:33.78960 Finn> Chel says, "it's all coming back to me"
2020-09-17_02:06:55.92961 Ivan> Tobias says, "The sky has been this dirty dishwater color with weak, pale sun because of the fucking fires out west."
2020-09-17_02:07:17.02261 Ivan> Tobias says, "Depressing, and the air quality has been shit."
2020-09-17_02:09:12.05074 Ivan> Akio says, "It's weird that we live in a time when the west coast burning down in a calamity that honestly surpasses even the worst hurricanes is like... a page two story."
2020-09-17_02:10:29.10675 Ivan> Tobias says, "It has to compete with an actual hurricane, a deadly global plague, and the threatening deathrattle of American democracy."
2020-09-17_02:11:18.46111 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "He did that like 14 years ago"
2020-09-17_02:17:08.95739 Ivan> Akio asks, "You know what I'm not looking forward to?"
2020-09-17_02:17:15.37400 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "beer?"
2020-09-17_02:17:20.37330 Ivan> Akio says, "A million pretentious movies and mini-series about the plague year."
2020-09-17_02:25:48.01194 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Aargle"
2020-09-17_02:26:10.16323 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "When the flaming snow comes down, we'll all die and there will be no movies"
2020-09-17_02:26:29.65889 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "And Santa will show up, undead and ravenous"
2020-09-17_02:29:42.74131 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "firesnow. that sounds like something california would get"
2020-09-17_02:33:29.98673 Ivan> Tobias asks, "I mean, isn't that basically what ash is?"
2020-09-17_02:35:19.23243 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Dirty white, floats down from the sky in flakes, needs to be shoveled off your car?"
2020-09-17_02:36:31.39003 Ivan> Akio says, "There's a trick to in-home air filtration that's sort of awkward and time consuming but I'm told really does help a lot when the air is shitty, Mike."
2020-09-17_02:36:54.66025 Ivan> Akio says, "Which is to put a lot of containers of water with as much surface area as you can around."
2020-09-17_02:37:02.68474 Ivan> Akio says, "Apparently it sucks the particulate RIGHT out."
2020-09-17_02:37:30.37162 Ivan> Tobias says, "Huh."
2020-09-17_03:04:11.94966 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Today's nonsense word I like: vermise"
2020-09-17_04:06:53.28971 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The Super-massive blackhole at the center of our galaxy spins at 30% of the speed of light"
2020-09-17_04:12:02.00163 Finn> Shiori says, "thud"
2020-09-17_04:12:03.09444 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-17_04:12:03.30719 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-09-17_04:24:25.36106 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-17_04:24:25.57383 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-17_04:25:57.82640 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-17_04:26:27.31346 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-17_04:27:53.21356 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Yo momma so fat she spins at 30% of the speed of light!'"
2020-09-17_04:30:21.21693 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "When a star turns into a black hole, it's spin speeds up tremendously"
2020-09-17_04:30:33.59048 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "As its mass becomes more compact"
2020-09-17_04:33:40.27710 Ivan> DaR From Another Place turns John into a magnetar.
2020-09-17_04:43:53.63202 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'"The Erotic Poems of Plumtarch" (less erotic than expected)'"
2020-09-17_04:44:52.03009 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Is Plumtarch a hideous fusion of Greek Historian Plutarch with a Plum?"
2020-09-17_04:45:02.80624 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Into a Man-Fruit monstrosity?"
2020-09-17_04:45:05.37001 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "Possibly!"
2020-09-17_04:46:59.94883 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You know someone has written Man-Fruit monstrosity porn"
2020-09-17_04:52:57.11463 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Rule 34. If they hadn't prior to now, you just retroactively caused them to."
2020-09-17_04:53:33.48102 Ivan> Voice of John Biles has flashbacks to the day I stumbled on the 'celebrities in Cling Wrap' page.
2020-09-17_04:54:00.37799 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Oh, Pornhub... 'Monster Fruit Dildo Deep in ...'"
2020-09-17_04:55:31.97698 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Heh"
2020-09-17_08:41:59.24151 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli scrolls up. "Given Cox is not also repairing hurricane damage around the Las Vegas area, Mike should be fine."
2020-09-17_08:42:49.03434 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Though honestly, in 2020, I wouldn't count out Vegas hurricanes."
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2020-09-17_09:24:28.28577 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "What I'm afraid of is 2021 going '2020? Hah, amateur. Here, hold my beer.'"
2020-09-17_12:52:15.16970 Finn> Chel says, "'Barr calls coronavirus lockdowns the greatest intrusion on civil liberties since slavery' You big fat Karen"
2020-09-17_12:53:53.80955 Finn> Alaia says, "Trump's got his hand so far up Barr's ass that you can see it when Barr yawns."
2020-09-17_13:03:02.20961 Finn> Mike has disconnected.
2020-09-17_13:03:02.42238 Ivan> Tobias falls asleep.
2020-09-17_13:03:02.42243 tfp> Chloe falls asleep.
2020-09-17_13:03:02.42244 Thing> Rimmer falls asleep.
2020-09-17_13:03:02.42244 Mike has disconnected
2020-09-17_15:25:20.55024 Finn> Chel says, "i see barr is out to hit home runs today"
2020-09-17_15:25:51.52041 Finn> Chel says, "also says black lives matters doesn't care about black people, and the whole 'cops unfair to black people' thing is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay overblown"
2020-09-17_15:27:50.33573 Finn> Alaia says, "Yeah, Trump's got him by the tonsils."
2020-09-17_15:28:02.66726 Finn> Alaia asks, "Has he called BLM terrorists and traitors yet?"
2020-09-17_15:28:34.74134 Finn> Chel says, "he reportedly was on a conference call with other prosecuters and told them he wants protestors charged with sedition"
2020-09-17_15:28:59.27579 Finn> Alaia says, "Oh cool. Next step would be the camps."
2020-09-17_15:29:12.95311 Finn> Alaia exclaims, "They've gotten practice with the immigrants. Next, opposition parties!"
2020-09-17_17:41:48.92019 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected.
2020-09-17_17:41:49.13290 Thing> Benvolio falls asleep.
2020-09-17_17:41:49.13295 tfp> Caliban falls asleep.
2020-09-17_17:41:49.13296 Ivan> Akio falls asleep.
2020-09-17_17:41:49.13296 Mercutio has disconnected
2020-09-17_17:42:35.88330 Finn> Mercutio has connected.
2020-09-17_17:42:36.09601 Thing> Benvolio wakes up.
2020-09-17_17:42:36.09606 tfp> Caliban wakes up.
2020-09-17_17:42:36.09607 Ivan> Akio wakes up.
2020-09-17_17:43:05.37081 Mercutio has connected
2020-09-17_18:20:36.02638 Finn> Chel says, "mcdonalds spicy nuggets. disappointing."
2020-09-17_18:24:04.50091 Finn> David asks, "I tried that Travis Scott meal thing today, it's basically a big mac quarter pounder, isn't it?"
2020-09-17_18:25:24.36448 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They're SUPER disappointing."
2020-09-17_18:25:41.70653 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It feels like they were so scared people would find them overly spicy they forgot to... make them spicy."
2020-09-17_18:25:55.63234 Finn> Chel says, "meanwhile, found this at walmart and it is TASTY. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nissin-Cup-Noodles-Stir-Fry-Hot-Garlic-Chicken/527786955"
2020-09-17_18:26:04.48066 Finn> Chel says, "78 cents a cup"
2020-09-17_18:38:42.29115 Finn> Chel says, "it's a quarter pounder with bacon and bbq sauce"
2020-09-17_18:39:00.48735 Finn> Chel says, "the travis scott meal"
2020-09-17_18:39:19.13427 Finn> Chel says, "as far as spicy nugs go, wendys is great. but eff wendys."
2020-09-17_18:41:04.00261 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Did Wendy's kill your pets?"
2020-09-17_18:41:11.32766 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Also Wendy's is... how to put this."
2020-09-17_18:41:25.33891 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Wendy's has the best fast-food chicken of any fast-food place that isn't a chicken place."
2020-09-17_18:41:26.10865 Finn> Chel says, "they slung cash to trump"
2020-09-17_18:41:36.89559 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh. Yeah. I just assume all corps do."
2020-09-17_18:47:12.92291 Finn> Kiara says, "Who the heck is Travis Scott? o.O"
2020-09-17_18:47:41.69307 Finn> Chel says, "rapper"
2020-09-17_18:47:46.06064 Finn> Chel says, "houston ties"
2020-09-17_18:47:51.80117 Finn> Chel says, "very popular with the kids"
2020-09-17_18:48:37.92242 Finn> Kiara says, "Ah. I saw the name pop up for the first time at a McD's yesterday and was 'what the heck?!?', especially at first glance. ^^;; Travis is not a very common name, I always do a double-take when I see it."
2020-09-17_18:49:05.73599 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I associate Travis regionally with the south."
2020-09-17_18:51:08.37385 Finn> Kiara says, "Wendy's chicken... eh. I have had a bad association with it ever since getting a bad case of food poisoning."
2020-09-17_18:55:02.63620 Finn> Chel says, "i hear that a lot from you guys"
2020-09-17_18:55:10.91113 Finn> Chel says, "I don't like X place, food poisoning"
2020-09-17_18:55:15.97572 Finn> Chel says, "this room has rotten luck"
2020-09-17_18:57:52.12945 Finn> Vendrik says, "I think that's mostly Travis. I've had food poisoning once that I know of (Jack-in-the-Box, during a family vacation in SF in the mid 80s), and possibly one other time (Chinese place in the late 90s when I was in Pittsburgh). All the other times I thought it was food poisoning, in retrospect it was something else (gallstone attacks, prior to removal, and gluten intolerance)."
2020-09-17_18:59:12.71472 Finn> Kiara says, "I know John's had bad cases of food poisoning at Japanese restaurants."
2020-09-17_18:59:43.84912 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I have never had food poisoning."
2020-09-17_19:01:24.86164 Finn> Vendrik says, "Oh, and I did get a case of norovirus in the mid aughts, which I suspect was transmitted via food, but that's not really "food poisoning" per se."
2020-09-17_19:01:54.01850 Finn> Vendrik says, "And I'm also not sure, purely supposition it was via food."
2020-09-17_19:12:02.02029 Finn> David says, "I got food poisoning once from Popeye's. Hasn't stopped me from eating there other times"
2020-09-17_19:13:41.77263 Finn> Kiara says, "I admit there's another aspect; I've heard lots of horror stories from friends who worked at Wendy's, and their poor sanitation practices."
2020-09-17_19:13:53.21600 Finn> Vendrik says, "Welcome to fast food."
2020-09-17_19:14:02.88397 Finn> Vendrik says, "Or, really, restaurants in general."
2020-09-17_19:30:45.62864 Finn> Mike has connected.
2020-09-17_19:30:45.84136 Ivan> Tobias wakes up.
2020-09-17_19:30:45.84141 tfp> Chloe wakes up.
2020-09-17_19:30:45.84142 Thing> Rimmer wakes up.
2020-09-17_19:30:52.20659 Finn> Chel says, "sup mike"
2020-09-17_19:31:05.72662 Finn> Mike says, "Back online it seems."
2020-09-17_19:31:14.19293 Finn> Chel says, "you didn't get Gaffed"
2020-09-17_19:31:15.29455 Mike has connected
2020-09-17_19:31:27.89640 Finn> Vendrik poisons all of Mike's food.
2020-09-17_19:31:30.51858 Finn> Mike says, "Knock on wood."
2020-09-17_19:31:38.92327 Finn> Chel says, "i was marveling, in the morning, on Barr's politicking rampage"
2020-09-17_19:31:49.32658 Finn> Chel says, "assumme you've read about it already"
2020-09-17_19:31:57.07977 Finn> Mike says, "I have not."
2020-09-17_19:32:02.99180 Finn> Chel says, "oh, here's the highlights"
2020-09-17_19:32:26.29917 Finn> Chel says, "1) black lives matter doesn't care about black people. it's cheap political propoganda"
2020-09-17_19:32:42.99689 Finn> Chel says, "2) reports of police being unfair to black people WILDLY exaggerated"
2020-09-17_19:33:02.50194 Finn> Chel says, "3) told federal prosecutors to persecute protestors for sedition"
2020-09-17_19:33:24.07741 Finn> Mike says, "..."
2020-09-17_19:33:44.07166 Finn> Chel says, "4) and this is the cherry on top: quarantine lockdown is a gross abuse of power, and is the worst thing inflicted upon americans since SLAVERY"
2020-09-17_19:34:01.58810 Finn> Mike says, "Wowwwwwwwwwww."
2020-09-17_19:34:21.20250 Finn> Chel says, "he's just decided to let his partisan flag sail high today"
2020-09-17_19:34:43.75545 Finn> Chel says, "oh wait, he added another one"
2020-09-17_19:35:00.60380 Finn> Chel says, "yes, the justice department has been politicized under him, but in a good and necessary way"
2020-09-17_19:35:10.86649 Finn> Mike says, "..."
2020-09-17_19:35:21.02179 Finn> Chel says, "dude's on a streak"
2020-09-17_19:35:42.31910 Finn> Vendrik says, "I don't know what sort of prions have completely fucked up Trump's brain... but it's clear they're contagious and spreading."
2020-09-17_19:36:28.48939 Ivan> Tobias says, "o/~ THEY TRIED TO KILL HIM WITH AN ORC PIT / OLE! o/~"
2020-09-17_19:37:18.09453 Finn> Chel says, "i think this just goes to show, ask a republican about the greater good and they'll scream oppression"
2020-09-17_19:43:57.89464 Finn> David says, "I don't even know why he's screaming these things instead of pretending he's nopartisan"
2020-09-17_20:01:16.19510 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Jesus Christ, Austrailia. They've discovered venomous trees. Not just poisonous, no, but actual venom, like the sorts found in spiders and snakes, injected by hypodermic-style nettles."
2020-09-17_20:03:26.89893 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, ""Exploding trees? Beginners. Let me show you how you kill humans.""
2020-09-17_20:07:02.32744 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "..... wat?"
2020-09-17_20:08:38.60973 Ivan> Akio says, "This is revenge for the fires, isn't it."
2020-09-17_20:08:38.82250 Ivan> Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
2020-09-17_20:08:43.56792 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/asia/australia-venomous-stinging-trees-scn-scli-intl/index.html"
2020-09-17_20:09:18.01211 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "' It has stinging hairs which cover the whole plant and delivers a potent neurotoxin when touched, by the small bulb that is found on the tip of the stinging hairs being broken off and penetrating the skin to inject the toxin'"
2020-09-17_20:09:49.29636 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'The hairs cause an extremely painful stinging sensation that could last from several hours to 12 days, recurring to a lessening degree for several months or more whenever the area is touched, exposed to water, or subjected to temperature change. The injured area becomes covered with small, red spots joining together to form a red, swollen welt. The hairs are also believed to be released to the air when the plant is cut or cleared in large areas.'"
2020-09-17_20:21:42.17610 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Burn it all down."
2020-09-17_20:26:16.51801 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Every area has its nightmare flora."
2020-09-17_20:28:30.81550 Ivan> DaR From Another Place injects Sean with neurotoxins!
2020-09-17_20:28:50.13685 Ivan> Akio says, "Whoa, buy him dinner first, Dan."
2020-09-17_20:34:35.89130 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "ahhh, it's the gympie gympie tree"
2020-09-17_20:37:47.05485 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "the manchineel might be worse though. you can't even stand near it because its sap will waft through the air and start blistering your skin"
2020-09-17_20:38:17.41943 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whatever-you-do-do-not-eat-touch-or-even-inhale-the-air-around-the-manchineel-tree"
2020-09-17_21:01:59.04776 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "See, though, it's only poisonous and toxic, not actively venomous."
2020-09-17_21:02:51.50958 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "So it won't, like, pull up roots and chase you like Michael Myers."
2020-09-17_21:02:52.70821 Ivan> Akio says, "There's an argument to be made for both."
2020-09-17_21:03:15.19592 Ivan> Akio says, "Like, if the nettles make a thing venomous, sending the sap after you seems like it should also qualify."
2020-09-17_21:03:46.02143 Ivan> Akio says, "This might be an area where the usual taxonomy ("If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous; if it bites YOU and you die, it's venomous") doesn't help."
2020-09-17_21:04:41.98916 Finn> Hotaru says, "Nintendo officially kills the 3DS. All 3DS consoles are now primed to explode, killing their owners."
2020-09-17_21:05:05.67861 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "But is it kinky?"
2020-09-17_21:05:27.59851 Finn> David says, "Bury yours immediately."
2020-09-17_21:06:25.37069 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Nintendo managed to sort of completely fuse their mobile and console lines."
2020-09-17_21:06:45.16814 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like... if you own a switch, what d'you need a portable console for? You already own one."
2020-09-17_21:08:58.25978 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "It's the injecting or entering through inflicted wounds part that usually makes a toxin considered venomous. Gympie-gympie actively injects its toxin via the hypodermic-like nettles. Manchineel is just toxic in general and poisonous on contact/inhalation."
2020-09-17_21:10:09.00660 Finn> Hotaru says, "SNAFU finally makes its girl choice this week."
2020-09-17_21:10:15.45777 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Some species are both venomous and poisonous."
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2020-09-17_21:12:42.42105 Finn> Hotaru says, "Put in for my absentee ballot today, and also asked work to let me NOT go back to work next month. We'll see how that goes."
2020-09-17_21:14:18.24616 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Man, the Oculus Quest 2 is getting absolutely savaged in the press. Even without the whole 'facebook login or bust' bullshit, it's apparently worse than the quest 1 in almost every way that matters."
2020-09-17_21:14:41.73809 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "ArsTechnica just ripped it apart."
2020-09-17_21:15:36.03268 Ivan> Akio asks, "Facebook ruined something good, you say?"
2020-09-17_21:15:56.87945 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Inorite?"
2020-09-17_21:16:14.45048 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "I guess they're trying to do to VR what they did to functioning democracy!"
2020-09-17_21:18:05.80401 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Facebook keeps trying to recruit me. Unlike most of the recruiters, whom I at least send back a polite 'not interested now, I'll let you know if that changes' note, I don't even reply. Mostly because my response would be along those lines."
2020-09-17_21:22:43.89627 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Come work for the company whose invasive demolition of privacy, pervasive balkanization of social groups, and commoditization of attention for ad-driven profit have helped wreck modern society for the past 10 years? Sure! Sign me right up!'"
2020-09-17_21:23:05.95437 Finn> Chel says, "another ex white house official speaks up, puts out a video saying trump didn't care about the virus, thought maybe it was a good thing so that he wouldn't have to shake hands with disgusting people"
2020-09-17_21:23:50.31050 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'I not only won't use your product and go out of my way to disable it via every technical means I can, but recommend to all my peers and family to do the same. What day do I start?'"
2020-09-17_21:23:50.52328 Finn> Chel says, "more importantly, this one didn't hide behind anonymity"
2020-09-17_21:24:26.53532 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Who is it?"
2020-09-17_21:24:47.36015 Finn> Chel says, "'Olivia Troye, who was a homeland security adviser to Pence and his lead staffer on the White House's Coronavirus Task Force, charged in the two-minute video that Trump failed to protect the American public because he only cared about himself and getting reelected. Troye's criticism is particularly striking because of her role working on the coronavirus task force, which Pence leads.'"
2020-09-17_21:25:13.45628 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yep"
2020-09-17_21:25:21.62466 Finn> Chel says, "'"I don't like shaking hands with people. I don't have to shake hands with these disgusting people," Troye claimed Trump said at the meeting.'"
2020-09-17_21:26:17.88365 Finn> Chel says, "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/former-pence-aide-coronvirus-task-force-slams-trump/index.html"
2020-09-17_21:27:59.28818 Ivan> Akio says, "That Ars Technica review is not great."
2020-09-17_21:28:34.16254 Ivan> Akio says, "Sounds like a one-two punch of Facebook's ridiculous panopticon combined with the fact that they want to get it to a price point they really can't."
2020-09-17_21:28:53.60642 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "'I'm pretty sure my skills are a good fit for platforming and even promoting hatred, bigotry, ignorance, and malicious stupidity. I can't wait to get started!"
2020-09-17_21:33:15.12301 Ivan> Akio says, "Todays thought: I keep assuming the web and database developers where I work will have at least some notion of technical familiarity and the intellectual curiosity to seek out basic solutions to problems they encounter using their workstations on a daily basis."
2020-09-17_21:33:22.55484 Ivan> Akio says, "This assumption keeps biting me in the ass."
2020-09-17_21:35:37.94347 Ivan> Akio says, "Like... the people in non-technical jobs? They don't know this stuff and I don't expect them to. But a senior database engineer shouldn't be asking me how to set a default web browser in windows 10."
2020-09-17_21:35:44.42404 Ivan> Akio says, "That's a ten second google search."
2020-09-17_21:36:58.59525 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeesh."
2020-09-17_21:38:01.29283 Ivan> Frito asks, "Some of that is unavoidable to a degree; I wouldn't expect a DB engineer to be an expert in how Active Directory works, ferex. But basic machine troubleshooting?"
2020-09-17_21:38:25.67547 Ivan> Frito says, "Or I should say, be an expert in administrating AD."
2020-09-17_21:38:59.59498 Ivan> Akio says, "That's an extreme example, although it happened just today, but in general a lot of these guys at every job I've had have been COMPLETELY incurious about how their actual operating platform works."
2020-09-17_21:40:25.47305 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah. That's pretty ridiculous."
2020-09-17_21:40:35.19157 Ivan> Akio says, "I understand the rationale behind "we pay for tech support; why should I burn minutes out of my day?" but I also think that a network engineer who gets a message that his speakers aren't working because the driver is corrupt should... try re-installing the drivers."
2020-09-17_21:40:56.97705 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "My only comment on that? They've had curiosity about their own machines trained the fuck out of them. By literally decades of corporate locking down of local machines for security purposes to the point where they can't install or even configure anything. And when they do, they get told they were wrong, and new policies come down locking down things even more."
2020-09-17_21:41:16.71181 Ivan> Akio says, "That's a fair argument in a locked down environment."
2020-09-17_21:41:21.12609 Ivan> Frito says, "...that's a good point. I haven't worked at any place like that, thank Ghu."
2020-09-17_21:41:25.50386 Ivan> Akio says, "I -really- miss my last gig."
2020-09-17_21:41:30.33678 Ivan> Akio says, "Everyone had admin access."
2020-09-17_21:41:40.64892 Ivan> Akio says, "And could download and configure whatever they wanted."
2020-09-17_21:41:51.71697 Ivan> Akio says, "We had only one thing locked down: USB drives."
2020-09-17_21:41:56.51363 Ivan> Akio says, "And honestly, that's fair."
2020-09-17_21:42:05.96788 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "I haven't, in the past half decade or so. But even at Intelius, there was a lot of shit locked down. And at an Amazon or Microsoft?"
2020-09-17_21:42:25.24575 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah."
2020-09-17_21:42:35.30135 Ivan> Akio says, "My current gig dialed UAC all the way up and broke the knob."
2020-09-17_21:42:39.67243 Ivan> Akio says, "It's terribad."
2020-09-17_21:43:04.44966 Ivan> Frito says, "There's a reason I haven't tried hard to get a job at one of the big companies."
2020-09-17_21:43:09.64360 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "In order to configure this, please pick the 5 pictures that are a boat."
2020-09-17_21:43:15.75243 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "It's actually one of the reasons I left Flowroute. When they got bought? Yeah, suddenly there's all these IT policies about what can be on machines and how developers weren't going to be allowed Macbooks and had to get windows machines and they were going to be locked the fuck down."
2020-09-17_21:43:55.18434 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Our VP went to bat and got at least some of that walked back, but I could see that was probably just a holding action."
2020-09-17_21:43:59.25328 Ivan> Akio says, "The middle one is reasonable. Very few people NEED a macbook. "
2020-09-17_21:44:28.68590 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "When all your software is unix based, windows boxes are horrible development environments."
2020-09-17_21:45:02.03942 Ivan> Akio says, "My last gig you could get one, theoretically. There was only one guy who ever succeeded at it; the guy who did compliance testing for macs. Everyone else just wanted a mac because they liked macs."
2020-09-17_21:45:11.57340 Ivan> Akio says, "That's what VMs are for."
2020-09-17_21:45:15.49190 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Developers actually need it more than the people who usually are "allowed" to have them, usually middle managers and vps and the like."
2020-09-17_21:45:52.53483 Ivan> Frito says, "More fundamentally, especially if you're operating at a higher IT/development level, most people are more productive with a platform they enjoy using than a platform they dislike."
2020-09-17_21:46:10.86361 Ivan> Akio says, "My last gig the heavy-duty developers spent all their time logged into linux-flavored VMs."
2020-09-17_21:47:04.27212 Ivan> Akio asks, "That's nice, Travis. Would those people like to foot the bill for the additional man-hours and time spent setting up parralel support, purchasing, and troubleshooting paths for an entirely different platform simply to meet their aesthetic preference?"
2020-09-17_21:47:11.68791 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Flowroute, you did development locally, and then pushed to a pure cloud-based AWS environment. So if you do that, then you're talking about provisioning a local box, then provisioning a cloud instance for the developer and the net result is that developer is lacking all the local based tools for editing and debugging to boot."
2020-09-17_21:48:42.14738 Ivan> Akio says, "In that scenario, Dan, Macs are far more justifiable."
2020-09-17_21:48:45.74997 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Same is true at Nextcaller, really. I do all my work locally, then push to a CI system that directly deploys to our production type systems (and even more than Flowroute, we don't even have actual "instances", it's all AWS managed services)."
2020-09-17_21:48:49.74588 Ivan> Frito says, "The point is that when you're dealing with the higher-end people, you make that back with improved productivity and higher morale. I feel the same way about devs who want a linux box instead of a Windows box."
2020-09-17_21:50:13.94862 Ivan> Akio says, "When there's a couple thousand of you, just being a developer doesn't necessarily make you "higher end.""
2020-09-17_21:51:40.73947 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Man-power-wise, it's actually probably a wash. If you get 20% more productivity out of people able to work locally (which I can easily believe, if not more, when dealing with dev cycle times), and you're paying market rate for mid to senior developers, if you take that 20% saved across them, you can probably justify the budget for the appropriate support, ops, and security people. You probably need far less than 5:1 support ratio, and that's assuming your paying the same rate, which is usually not true."
2020-09-17_21:52:51.87477 Ivan> Akio says, "I will say that I have on occasion dealt with groups of devs who more or less do their own tech support, and congruent to what Dan says, those have usually been the ones with the freest hands."
2020-09-17_21:53:22.78507 Ivan> Akio says, "The guy I was talking about, the one guy who got his hands on a Mac? He, and his equivalents in every other office (they were all on the same team) never, EVER came to us for support."
2020-09-17_21:53:29.67863 Ivan> Akio says, "If their shit broke they fixed it."
2020-09-17_21:53:39.57349 Ivan> Akio says, "They had the right to engage infra but didn't exercise it."
2020-09-17_21:53:51.79933 Ivan> Frito says, "Yup. That's been my experience as well."
2020-09-17_21:54:00.75796 Ivan> Akio says, "I think I interacted with him in a professional capacity like three times."
2020-09-17_21:54:20.90463 Ivan> Akio says, "Two of those dealing with disabling and then re-enabling his access before and after a leave of absence."
2020-09-17_21:54:21.12555 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ditto. I pretty much only ever engaged our "ops" folks at NC and FR when it was something like 'hey, something is fucked with the wireless'."
2020-09-17_21:54:58.76192 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Or right at the start 'can you provision me an AWS account with admin privledges?' :)"
2020-09-17_21:55:04.51950 Ivan> Akio says, "And I bet you didn't do that until after you'd done stuff like bouncing your adapter and making sure you hadn't accidentally flipped the physical safety."
2020-09-17_21:55:27.48055 Ivan> Akio says, "And maybe even walked over to the nearest WAP and looked at the lights."
2020-09-17_21:55:54.99093 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'I can get signal here, here, and there, but not here. I'm pretty sure we need another WAP here to cover this area blocked by the metal sheet plating in the air conditioning returns.'"
2020-09-17_21:56:33.30705 Ivan> Akio says, "You were the kind of guy I both loved and hated supporting, Dan."
2020-09-17_21:57:01.13971 Ivan> Akio says, "Loved, because usually when they showed up it was something like "you have rights on this sysem, I don't, I need you to do X for me" where X would take ten seconds."
2020-09-17_21:57:29.97290 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Here, I slacked you the command, just cut and paste it and type your sudo password.'"
2020-09-17_21:57:35.22196 Ivan> Akio says, "Hated, because if it WASN'T that, it meant you had a legitimate, severity 1, 'something somewhere is on fire' problem and you've only come to infrastructure after exhausting all other levels."
2020-09-17_21:57:48.30697 Ivan> Akio says, "Which meant it would be the rest of my day."
2020-09-17_21:59:24.92643 Ivan> Akio says, "After doing this job for seven years... obviously, I only have a low-level view of things."
2020-09-17_22:00:17.25791 Ivan> Akio says, "But I've come to the firm conclusion that technical support, INFRASTRUCTURE support, is done all wrong as a culture in most enterprise environments, and above and beyond making life more pleasant for the people doing it, I think there are genuine cost and productivity savings to be realized by a more holistic approach."
2020-09-17_22:00:39.59058 Ivan> Akio says, "In particular, and I can't believe I'm saying this, there needs to be another layer of it most places."
2020-09-17_22:00:59.31275 Ivan> Akio says, "There's got to be a level of service provision in-between "frontline tech" and "full-fledged engineer.""
2020-09-17_22:01:45.07805 Ivan> Akio says, "Because inevitably the problems that take the most man-hours and cause the most pain for the company and for the users are the problems that fall between "reinstall windows, that fixes everything" and "our backend is fucked up.""
2020-09-17_22:02:00.71860 Ivan> Akio says, "In other words, things that we can't fix locally, but which the engineers consider beneath them."
2020-09-17_22:06:32.13432 Finn> Hotaru says, "Simpsons ref, for Merc. Sort of. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80N45oqtBKU"
2020-09-17_22:07:01.22177 Ivan> Akio says, "I keep thinking I should try and get an MBA and move into a position where I can change this sort of thing."
2020-09-17_22:08:16.65675 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This is the laziest attempt at a Simpsons reference, but I will listen to it anyway because it is classical gas and when classical gas comes on you listen to it."
2020-09-17_22:08:46.03444 Finn> Hotaru says, "My favorite part is the orchestra is all Mason Williams cutouts."
2020-09-17_22:13:22.80874 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Actually, at FR, there was another class of support problems I occasionally had. My understanding of networks is sufficient for a SoHo, but extends only very vaguely conceptually to things like heavy duty routers, intra-site VPNs, and other enterprise grade networking. I did on multiple occasions have to ask questions like 'why can't this box see that box, and how do I fix that'."
2020-09-17_22:14:31.54064 Ivan> Akio says, "See, we typically don't class those as "support" problems unless that box could, formerly, have seen that other box and suddenly stopped. Those would be classed as change requests or projects."
2020-09-17_22:14:39.77910 Ivan> Akio says, "Which had a different path."
2020-09-17_22:15:22.70451 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "At NC, 99% of my support requests are to Tim, our VP of Ops, in the form 'Tim, give me admin access to , or put the admin creds in our shared password vault, so I can fix these problems.' The only other support instance I've had was 'Cyrus (our SecOps/IT guy), this JumpHost daemon is a legitimized fucking botnet, if you demand I put it on my box, I can, but here's what I'm doing to lock down that box from the rest of my home network, and lock down that app from the rest of my machine and work data.'"
2020-09-17_22:19:59.36173 Ivan> Akio says, "That sort of support relationship is great... in a company small enough to manage it."
2020-09-17_22:20:10.53648 Ivan> Akio asks, "Nextcaller has what, fifty employees?"
2020-09-17_22:21:55.52902 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "20."
2020-09-17_22:22:19.07490 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Part of it is that literally everything is in AWS. And even in AWS, we don't have instances, we have managed services."
2020-09-17_22:23:13.13015 Ivan> Akio says, "It's different when you have literally thousands of people."
2020-09-17_22:24:02.53630 Ivan> Akio says, "That said... the tipping point, for me, is when the support processes you're putting together start to take on a life of their own and begin to take priority over the actual support."
2020-09-17_22:24:37.96838 Ivan> Akio says, "Like... where I'm at now, they want everything we do to be documented. This is reasonable! It creates a tech database and a historical record! I myself have used old, well-documented tickets to solve new problems."
2020-09-17_22:25:29.78230 Ivan> Akio says, "But what they also demand is for users to follow a very specific support path where they create tickets, and then we work on the tickets, and then they close the tickets. Theoretically, if someone messages me with "X is broken" my response is supposed to be "open a ticket.""
2020-09-17_22:25:34.16649 Ivan> Akio says, "And that's hogwash."
2020-09-17_22:26:00.04020 Ivan> Akio says, "The response should, if possible, be "let me take care of that for you. Don't worry about the paperwork, I got it.""
2020-09-17_22:29:43.94599 Finn> Hotaru says, "'shout out to Jonathan Chait, Andrew Sullivan, and all the other fearmongering hippie puncing racist shitheads who have spent the last years warning that the real danger of censorship is from the left.'"
2020-09-17_22:36:42.40695 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Beef Scented Knock-Out Candle'"
2020-09-17_22:54:30.96808 Finn> Chel says, "alrighty, gonna see how sous vide handles medium beef as opposed to my usual medium rare"
2020-09-17_23:09:55.10576 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Even when the effect is low, like a spell that has only a 2% chance to summon Valtherastices, or when it is distant, like he may only appear years later, the spell can still be empirically verified once your wizards start introducing double-blind experiments and large sample sizes. "Hmm, looks like .03 of the group that performed the ritual summoned Valtherastices after two decades, and only 0.01 of the control group did. That's a p-score we can feel confident in."'"
2020-09-17_23:21:33.60567 Finn> Chel says, "irregular at magic high school getting a season 2"
2020-09-17_23:21:36.44652 Finn> Chel says, "neat"
2020-09-17_23:24:51.37804 Finn> Don Drooleone shoots rod
2020-09-17_23:25:04.06349 Finn> Chel says, "how's yer sunny skies"
2020-09-17_23:25:39.88632 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "getting better"
2020-09-17_23:25:52.36659 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "still hitting 90s this week, will get back to mid 80s this weekend"
2020-09-17_23:56:53.13101 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Meh. What a wasted dya."
2020-09-17_23:57:31.79027 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Just enough meetings and calls to not get any real progress on anything important. And the final two hours of the work day on a social event for the company's 8th anniversary."
2020-09-17_23:57:42.73000 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Fun and all, but utterly unproductive."
2020-09-18_00:03:57.04568 Ivan> Akio says, "Hey, you got paid for doing jack all."
2020-09-18_00:05:37.32927 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "While true, that does not change the amount of work I have to do, nor the deadlines of when it needs to be done."
2020-09-18_00:11:53.40251 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Same reason I often don't end up using my vacation. I gain more stressby the time wasted not achieving deadlines than I relieve by supposedly not thinking about work."
2020-09-18_00:15:30.39479 Finn> Chel says, "ah, finally, an ep of SNAFU where we get the Hikigaya back who wins by igniting disaster"
2020-09-18_00:16:27.40106 Finn> Chel says, "and a cute scene of two people who absolutely positively cannot say 'I Love You' but convey it in the most unromantic way possible."
2020-09-18_00:19:33.01851 Finn> Chel says, "and the next episode, we get the Trap in the sauna."
2020-09-18_00:24:22.86464 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-18_00:24:52.23128 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-18_00:27:11.80652 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I may be a little bit late because dinner isn't quite ready yet."
2020-09-18_00:27:18.01476 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "But I will run tonight!"
2020-09-18_00:27:23.06244 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "Come hell or high water!"
2020-09-18_00:40:22.33468 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-18_00:40:22.54738 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-18_00:53:44.11357 Finn> Mike has connected.
2020-09-18_00:54:13.29796 Mike has reconnected
2020-09-18_01:01:57.05011 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "Playas sound off!"
2020-09-18_01:03:11.39660 Finn> Mike says, "Here."
2020-09-18_01:03:19.51979 Finn> Samantha says, "Moo"
2020-09-18_01:03:43.07394 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I are here."
2020-09-18_01:04:28.26129 Ivan> Tobias says, "Hmm. The Revandreth cinematic was easily the best of the teaser shorts."
2020-09-18_01:04:32.23272 Finn> Kiara says, "ZugZug."
2020-09-18_01:04:54.47446 Ivan> Akio says, "I should watch those."
2020-09-18_01:05:32.64800 Ivan> Tobias says, "Gonna be honest, except for the last one they're nothing to write home about."
2020-09-18_01:06:04.15637 Ivan> Tobias says, "And even the last one was more interesting than 'this is a compelling work in its own right'."
2020-09-18_01:07:17.67723 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Okay, I expect Dan will arise soon, so let's get started."
2020-09-18_01:07:25.72562 Ivan> Akio says, "I mean, they're never gonna top Daughter of the Sea."
2020-09-18_01:07:31.60507 Finn> Here Comes The Mouth: Episode 17 - 17 on the 17th
2020-09-18_01:07:34.03574 Ivan> Akio says, "That's not going to happen."
2020-09-18_01:08:12.35570 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Today being the 17th of September - the day the Constitution was signed, the birthday of San Francisco and the day of the Battle of Antietam, which happened on the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution"
2020-09-18_01:09:22.63506 Ivan> Tobias says, "I think this is actually the 18th session, though. At least, it's log 18 for me."
2020-09-18_01:10:13.50886 Ivan> Akio says, "This is only my 16th log."
2020-09-18_01:10:18.31887 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I hope I didn't miss a log"
2020-09-18_01:11:20.36947 Finn> New round! Escalation Die of 4. Two big orcs on Vendrik, one on Luke. Two mooks on Luke and Harrow. One Mook on Vendrik and Samantha. Samantha, then Harrow, then Kiara, then foes!
2020-09-18_01:12:11.19119 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Sorry, got tied up in dinner."
2020-09-18_01:12:11.66826 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "were we holding the line or am i forgetting where we're at?"
2020-09-18_01:12:21.31196 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "last i recall there were orcs"
2020-09-18_01:12:33.96512 Ivan> Akio says, "We got orcs needing murdering."
2020-09-18_01:12:51.80584 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "okay, so we still holding a wall or can i start tumble striking again?"
2020-09-18_01:12:59.42417 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Two big orcs are attacking Vendrik, one on Luke, two mook orcs on Luke and Harrowhark, one Mook on Vendrik and Samantha"
2020-09-18_01:13:01.78585 Ivan> Akio says, "The latter."
2020-09-18_01:13:15.14889 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "okay, tumble time"
2020-09-18_01:13:36.14979 Finn> Samantha tumble strikes at the mook on her
2020-09-18_01:13:43.86208 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+4"
2020-09-18_01:13:44.07888 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+4) 13 for Samantha
2020-09-18_01:13:51.22975 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "and there's the dice"
2020-09-18_01:14:34.40057 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Roll for the tumble, d20+5"
2020-09-18_01:14:42.87844 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-18_01:14:43.09418 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 15 for Samantha
2020-09-18_01:15:05.63953 Finn> Samantha scratches her foe for two, then leaps away! Harrow!Q
2020-09-18_01:15:39.75311 Ivan> Akio asks, "Who has the least HP?"
2020-09-18_01:16:06.42341 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke 15, Samantha 22, Harrow 25, Vendrik 25"
2020-09-18_01:17:20.16519 Finn> Harrowhark winds up Channel Life, aiming to heal Luke. 1-4 she clips a PC, 4 or better she hits an enemy.
2020-09-18_01:17:25.00336 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d12"
2020-09-18_01:17:25.21955 Finn> Result is: (1d12) 9 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_01:17:30.95474 Finn> Harrowhark makes her to-hit...
2020-09-18_01:17:41.33144 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7"
2020-09-18_01:17:41.55066 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 14 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_01:17:52.71286 Ivan> Akio says, "That's vs. MD so it hits almost certainly."
2020-09-18_01:18:08.49958 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It does"
2020-09-18_01:18:09.78425 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6+3"
2020-09-18_01:18:10.00441 Finn> Result is: (2d6+3) 6 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_01:18:25.61164 Finn> That hurts the mook on Vendrik
2020-09-18_01:18:31.01583 Ivan> Akio says, "Shit damage roll, but Luke heals with a recovery and bonus HP equal to twice my level."
2020-09-18_01:18:45.65117 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+10"
2020-09-18_01:18:45.86698 Finn> Result is: (2d10+10) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_01:19:17.57119 Finn> Shablam, Luke = Fully healed and Kiara is on deck!
2020-09-18_01:19:42.61189 Finn> Kiara tumbles at the mook on Samantha!
2020-09-18_01:20:16.49442 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+4+1"
2020-09-18_01:20:16.71130 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+4+1) 18 for Kiara
2020-09-18_01:21:44.97510 Finn> Hit!
2020-09-18_01:21:48.19792 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1d6+1"
2020-09-18_01:21:48.41493 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1d6+1) 15 for Kiara
2020-09-18_01:21:52.17412 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You get sneak attack."
2020-09-18_01:21:57.76128 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC which you did!"
2020-09-18_01:22:05.98614 Ivan> Akio says, "I realize at some point Luke changed from a battery to someone I need to actually protect."
2020-09-18_01:22:33.33649 Finn> Kiara kills the mook! Two remain on Samantha and Luke.
2020-09-18_01:22:44.22051 Finn> TWO REMAIN ON HARROW AND LUKE
2020-09-18_01:23:34.87806 Finn> Two big orcs on Vendrik, one on Luke
2020-09-18_01:23:45.38635 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x3"
2020-09-18_01:23:45.60715 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 24 (d20+7) 20 (d20+7) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_01:24:25.07967 Finn> Because their crit range is 16+ until they are staggered, Vendrik is critted AND hit. Luke is missed. So Vendrik takes 16 + 8 = 24
2020-09-18_01:24:34.35834 Finn> He has 1 HP left
2020-09-18_01:24:40.35882 Finn> Two mooks on Luke
2020-09-18_01:24:48.25615 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x2"
2020-09-18_01:24:48.47255 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 8 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_01:25:02.43061 Finn> They flail with EXTREME sadness
2020-09-18_01:25:06.26386 Ivan> Frito says, "Crap."
2020-09-18_01:25:20.64198 Finn> Niamh, then Luke, then Vendrik!
2020-09-18_01:26:16.72544 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Okay, how many foes remain?"
2020-09-18_01:26:41.75805 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC 3 big orcs, 2 mooks"
2020-09-18_01:27:00.68016 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: And two of the big orc are on Vendrik?"
2020-09-18_01:27:18.92693 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Yeah. one big orc on Luke, two mooks on Harrow and Luke"
2020-09-18_01:27:29.33803 Ivan> Akio says, "Jesus, Dan, you got jacked."
2020-09-18_01:27:45.75742 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC and Vendrik has 1 HP left"
2020-09-18_01:27:57.56357 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "A little, yeah. I've got my cloak, but I'll probably need a heal on Harrow's turn."
2020-09-18_01:29:31.76059 Ivan> Akio says, "I'm dry."
2020-09-18_01:29:33.23047 Finn> Niamh points her wand at the two orcs mauling Vendrik, and invokes The Prismatic Madness of Haruhi Suzumiya.
2020-09-18_01:29:48.59894 Ivan> Akio says, "Unless I pop some dailies."
2020-09-18_01:30:15.88367 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+4"
2020-09-18_01:30:16.10389 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+4) 16 for Mike
2020-09-18_01:30:27.20685 Ivan> Akio asks, "And given we have a dungeon coming up... you have healing pots, right?"
2020-09-18_01:30:39.06215 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I do."
2020-09-18_01:30:40.40347 Finn> The Orcs get hit!
2020-09-18_01:31:03.55908 Ivan> Akio says, "I will try and whack something to get you a trickle heal but you may want to take a turn and chug one."
2020-09-18_01:31:03.78052 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: I actually should have rolled that twice, once for each, my bad"
2020-09-18_01:31:20.27106 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+4"
2020-09-18_01:31:20.49133 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+4) 29 for Mike
2020-09-18_01:31:20.76558 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Yeah, roll for orc 2 and for damage"
2020-09-18_01:31:35.80653 Finn> Mike says, "roll 2d8+1x2"
2020-09-18_01:31:36.02206 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1) 13 (2d8+1) 6 for Mike
2020-09-18_01:32:15.73093 Finn> The Orcs begin doing a dance as if they had rehearsed it.
2020-09-18_01:32:52.97158 Finn> Luke points at the big orc on him. "Repent your sins before it is too late!"
2020-09-18_01:33:03.92272 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+11 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_01:33:04.13927 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 23 (d20+11) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_01:33:22.86635 Finn> His foe staggers under the impact of the blow.
2020-09-18_01:33:25.97010 Finn> Vendrik!
2020-09-18_01:34:06.32653 Finn> Vendrik switches to the big orcs, triggering his Cloak of Recovery 2d10+7, and then attempting to join the orc's dance by Pierce the more wounded one in the leg d20+12 2d10+5+1d4 (vs PD, not AC).
2020-09-18_01:34:06.55095 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7]],) 18 (2d10+5+1d4) 17
2020-09-18_01:34:23.61401 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Hunh."
2020-09-18_01:34:26.62461 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Didn't like that."
2020-09-18_01:34:32.65632 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+12"
2020-09-18_01:34:32.87191 Finn> Result is: (d20+12) 31 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_01:35:19.78482 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Completely average damage roll."
2020-09-18_01:35:43.18376 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Sadly, 1 short of a crit."
2020-09-18_01:36:00.10702 Finn> Vendrik kills a big orc.
2020-09-18_01:36:07.85950 Finn> And now has 18 HP.
2020-09-18_01:36:34.22586 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "19? 18 from 2d10+7 for healing, and 17 damage."
2020-09-18_01:37:06.90671 Finn> Escalation Die of 5. Big orc on Vendrik (unhurt). Big Orc on Luke (staggered) Two mooks on Harrow and Luke
2020-09-18_01:37:10.74685 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Right."
2020-09-18_01:37:17.30675 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That ended up confusing"
2020-09-18_01:37:46.13855 Finn> Samantha time!
2020-09-18_01:38:02.69373 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah, sorry. Apparently dicebot's parser doesn't like multiple separate inline blocks on the same line."
2020-09-18_01:38:15.16090 Finn> Samantha tumble-strikes at the orc on Luke
2020-09-18_01:38:24.13272 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I really need to get around to rewriting the new parser."
2020-09-18_01:38:29.66412 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+5"
2020-09-18_01:38:29.88016 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+5) 12 for Samantha
2020-09-18_01:38:32.68170 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "OH COME ON"
2020-09-18_01:38:39.88841 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-18_01:38:40.10382 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 8 for Samantha
2020-09-18_01:38:50.84951 Ivan> Sniper Ox throws the virtual dice at the wall
2020-09-18_01:40:22.27918 Finn> Samantha nicks the orc but it dances into her path, preventing escape
2020-09-18_01:40:32.46216 Finn> Harrow, then Kiara!
2020-09-18_01:40:35.85870 Ivan> Sniper Ox imagines an orc dancing to intercept
2020-09-18_01:41:26.04600 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "It's like a Michael Jackson video."
2020-09-18_01:41:29.04203 Ivan> Akio asks, "There's still mooks, yes?"
2020-09-18_01:41:39.13041 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "two mooks on your team, yeah."
2020-09-18_01:41:41.89875 Finn> Harrowhark whacks a mook.
2020-09-18_01:41:51.81468 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+10"
2020-09-18_01:41:52.03510 Finn> Result is: (1d20+10) 20 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_01:42:01.43432 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6"
2020-09-18_01:42:01.65476 Finn> Result is: (2d6) 11 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_01:42:08.16530 Finn> Harrowhark heals Vendrik for four.
2020-09-18_01:42:22.16757 Ivan> Akio says, "battle cleric keeps on battlin'."
2020-09-18_01:42:29.87778 Finn> The Mook orc drops dead.
2020-09-18_01:42:47.38373 Finn> Kiara!
2020-09-18_01:44:39.44302 Ivan> Frito asks, "Vendrik's still lowest on the HP totem pole, right?"
2020-09-18_01:44:44.61960 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEah"
2020-09-18_01:45:13.05125 Finn> Kiara tumbles at the big orc on Vendrik!
2020-09-18_01:45:14.17681 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I can now take anything the remaining orc at me can dish out."
2020-09-18_01:45:41.80656 Ivan> Frito asks, "Oh, OK... can I take that back to go after the one on Luke, then, since he's got more damage?"
2020-09-18_01:45:54.29102 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Okay, since you didn't roll yet"
2020-09-18_01:46:10.14247 Finn> Kiara goes after the big orc on Luke instead!
2020-09-18_01:46:17.05132 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+5+1"
2020-09-18_01:46:17.27288 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+5+1) 23 for Kiara
2020-09-18_01:46:35.34214 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1d6+1"
2020-09-18_01:46:35.56237 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1d6+1) 18 for Kiara
2020-09-18_01:46:58.12527 Finn> Kiara's attack precisely hits the orc's heart and he dissolves into slimy goo.
2020-09-18_01:47:30.53036 Finn> Because Orcs don't know fear, they fight on! Big orc on Vendrik, Mook on Harrow
2020-09-18_01:47:37.42663 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x2"
2020-09-18_01:47:37.64294 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 22 (d20+7) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_01:48:16.93019 Finn> Vendrik is hit for 8, dropping to 14 and Harrow for 5, dropping to 20
2020-09-18_01:48:38.68978 Finn> Niamh!
2020-09-18_01:48:42.74868 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "ORCISH SPACE MARINES."
2020-09-18_01:48:56.91683 Finn> And the Big ORc stops dancing.
2020-09-18_01:50:29.51714 Finn> Niamh points her wand at the big orc on Vendrik. "Rimururu's Strawberry Ice Cream Ruination," she intones.
2020-09-18_01:50:53.45716 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+5"
2020-09-18_01:50:53.67394 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+5) 20 for Mike
2020-09-18_01:51:09.48464 Finn> Mike says, "roll 3d6+1"
2020-09-18_01:51:09.70024 Finn> Result is: (3d6+1) 13 for Mike
2020-09-18_01:52:02.75462 Finn> He stumbles around, caught in the ice cream and now is staggered. (He crits only on a 20 now)
2020-09-18_01:52:13.70427 Finn> Then Luke attacks the last mook
2020-09-18_01:52:26.23123 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+12 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_01:52:26.44748 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 19 (1d20+12) 26 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_01:52:44.98323 Finn> The last of the mooks perishes.
2020-09-18_01:52:48.41798 Finn> Vendrik!
2020-09-18_01:53:07.41616 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "If he lives long enough, the orc will take ongoing cold damage on his turn."
2020-09-18_01:53:18.57575 Finn> Vendrik attempts to carve up the remaining big orc he's facing d20+12 2d10+5+1d4.
2020-09-18_01:53:18.79243 Finn> Result is: (d20+12) 18 (2d10+5+1d4) 17
2020-09-18_01:53:57.79976 Finn> He comes apart and collapses into a puddle of blue-black goo and stawberry ice cream.
2020-09-18_01:54:15.00799 Finn> Sadly, these bozos had no chance to get treasure before they died.
2020-09-18_01:54:38.93546 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC right now, Samantha is at 22, Harrow at 20, Vendrik at 14. Anyone want to burn recoveries?"
2020-09-18_01:55:06.79325 Finn> Harrowhark uses a recovery.
2020-09-18_01:55:11.72186 Finn> Vendrik does as well.
2020-09-18_01:55:12.51935 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d8+3"
2020-09-18_01:55:12.73501 Finn> Result is: (2d8+3) 15 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_01:55:23.51272 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll 2d10+3"
2020-09-18_01:55:23.72835 Finn> Result is: (2d10+3) 10 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_01:55:23.98050 Finn> Harrow is okay with 35.
2020-09-18_01:55:29.33687 Finn> Vendrik uses another.
2020-09-18_01:55:30.75301 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll 2d10+3"
2020-09-18_01:55:30.96853 Finn> Result is: (2d10+3) 13 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_01:55:38.06649 Finn> Kiara shakes the goo off her dagger, sheathes it, and grins wryly. "Well, that was a bit exciting."
2020-09-18_01:55:42.38908 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "37 is enough for now."
2020-09-18_01:56:43.74455 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Also, just as a reminder, Vendrik going down is not horrible. He's got Heroic Effort, which will automatically pop him back up the first time each fight, and generate a recovery."
2020-09-18_01:57:57.51711 Finn> The good news is that you have no more problems before you reach the Death Tree of Ming; it is some eight hundred feet tall, towering over even this forest, though somehow you couldn't see it until you got close; it has its roots stuck in a river and is drinking. It does not respond to your arrival. There are tree-houses in the branches, connected by ladders; you know there is a likely a chamber inside it with its 'heart' but where that is tends to vary by dungeon.
2020-09-18_01:59:02.80374 Finn> There are two ladders, to the first tree-houses, one on the north side, one on the south side.
2020-09-18_01:59:38.84233 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-18_01:59:56.45070 Finn> Kiara asks, "OOC Does it look like there's been any activity around the tree-houses?"
2020-09-18_02:00:02.27958 Finn> Harrowhark examines the dungeon critically.
2020-09-18_02:00:05.68886 Finn> Niamh studies it with interest. "Should we attempt to make camp before entering, or wait until we are inside? That irritation earlier consumed my strongest attack spell."
2020-09-18_02:00:08.79244 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-18_02:00:13.94834 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-18_02:00:17.98340 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-18_02:01:04.98889 Ivan> Akio says, "JKohn, give me the DC of a Dungeoneering check to find a safe spot to make camp this near the dungeon where we'll likely be unmolested."
2020-09-18_02:02:14.30952 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "This is not a very safe place, but you can try to find a hidey hole. Roll a DC 20 check."
2020-09-18_02:03:01.71705 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7"
2020-09-18_02:03:01.93244 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 16 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_02:03:07.28321 Ivan> Akio says, "Nerp."
2020-09-18_02:03:13.30538 Finn> Harrowhark finds a place she thinks is safe.
2020-09-18_02:03:20.60177 Finn> Kiara examines the tree dubiously. "On the whole, fun as it'd be to swing from tree-house to house, I'd like to rest up a little first."
2020-09-18_02:03:23.53735 Finn> You set up your camp and post watches, just to be sure.
2020-09-18_02:03:40.64264 Finn> But at 2 AM, the Murder Trees come for you.
2020-09-18_02:03:50.22583 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6x2"
2020-09-18_02:03:50.44174 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 5 (1d6) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:03:59.17115 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "That, alone, without context, is a great line. "
2020-09-18_02:05:13.65717 Finn> The good news is that Samantha and Niamh are awake on watch when the trees come and are able to wake everyone.
2020-09-18_02:05:29.04178 Finn> The bad news is that you won't get undisturbed rest tonight.
2020-09-18_02:05:41.20879 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Everyone roll Init"
2020-09-18_02:05:48.16862 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+3 1d20+1"
2020-09-18_02:05:48.39039 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3) 10 (1d20+1) 19 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:05:57.85730 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+1"
2020-09-18_02:05:58.07584 Finn> Result is: (d20+1) 19 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_02:06:06.81736 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+2"
2020-09-18_02:06:07.03272 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2) 13 for Samantha
2020-09-18_02:06:18.25352 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2"
2020-09-18_02:06:18.46929 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2) 11 for Kiara
2020-09-18_02:07:15.11229 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20x2"
2020-09-18_02:07:15.32778 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 2 (1d20) 8 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_02:07:26.28534 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+2+2x2"
2020-09-18_02:07:26.50125 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+2) 20 (1d20+2+2) 22 for Mike
2020-09-18_02:07:52.16908 Finn> Round 1. There are six murder trees, closing in from the south. Anyone who beats them at init can move and attack int he same round; so can they. Niamh, then Luke, then Vendrik, to start with!
2020-09-18_02:08:12.29708 Finn> Each murder tree is about 7 feet tall.
2020-09-18_02:08:26.82849 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Is it an actual tree?"
2020-09-18_02:08:46.17744 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Does it have legs, shambling roots, arms, branches, etc?"
2020-09-18_02:09:09.16726 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Also, mooks or not?"
2020-09-18_02:09:35.20307 Finn> They are not mooks and they basically shuffle around on their roots and grab with branches.
2020-09-18_02:11:17.29091 Finn> Niamh uses her movement to scamper back behind Vendrik and Luke, then raises her wand and fires Garbanzo Sepulveda's Ray of Frozen Flame over their heads at the branches of the lead murder-tree.
2020-09-18_02:11:48.86408 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1"
2020-09-18_02:11:49.07991 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1) 17 for Mike
2020-09-18_02:11:49.53954 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Defenses are 18/16/12"
2020-09-18_02:11:58.17313 Finn> Hit!
2020-09-18_02:11:59.38675 Finn> Mike says, "roll 3d6+1"
2020-09-18_02:11:59.60244 Finn> Result is: (3d6+1) 14 for Mike
2020-09-18_02:12:25.99774 Finn> The murder tree howls in rage as some of its branches burn.
2020-09-18_02:12:33.20468 Finn> And freeze at once.
2020-09-18_02:12:48.10830 Finn> Niamh calls out in a cold voice, "You will find only fire, axes, and sawdust here, wood-devils. Begone!"
2020-09-18_02:13:14.33291 Finn> Luke challenges that tree, spits lightning at it, then attacks with his halbard, expecting it will otherwise seek vengeance on Niamh.
2020-09-18_02:13:29.17908 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6 2d6+6 d20+7 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_02:13:29.39984 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 14 (2d6+6) 13 (d20+6) 14 (d20+7) 26 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:14:30.64228 Finn> That tree is now staggered, though his lightning misses it.
2020-09-18_02:14:54.18993 Finn> Vendrik, then Samantha, then Kiara, then the Murder Trees, then Harrow
2020-09-18_02:15:03.20467 Finn> Vendrik gets all up in the tree grill, going after the largest looking group. d20+7 2d10+4+1d4 He then inspires the rogues for +1 to hit.
2020-09-18_02:15:03.41988 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 20 (2d10+4+1d4) 18
2020-09-18_02:15:34.33940 Finn> Vendrik staggers the one he hit!
2020-09-18_02:15:56.20331 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "Samantha, then Kiara!"
2020-09-18_02:17:45.88096 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Rod?"
2020-09-18_02:17:51.11745 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "figuring out targets"
2020-09-18_02:18:05.81686 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Okay!"
2020-09-18_02:18:13.34248 Finn> Samantha takes tumbleaim at the staggered tree
2020-09-18_02:18:23.83772 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+1"
2020-09-18_02:18:24.05707 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+1) 15 for Samantha
2020-09-18_02:18:32.38171 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "is that a hit?"
2020-09-18_02:18:54.67262 Finn> Unfortunately, that misses by 3 points.
2020-09-18_02:19:01.63204 Finn> So you scratch him for 2
2020-09-18_02:19:10.43726 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3"
2020-09-18_02:19:10.65290 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3) 7 for Samantha
2020-09-18_02:19:23.21495 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "when did I stab the gypsy?"
2020-09-18_02:19:33.99105 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "or run over a black cat?"
2020-09-18_02:19:45.16124 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Tumble is d20+5, but a 9 also fails"
2020-09-18_02:19:55.92929 Finn> The tree prevents her escape.
2020-09-18_02:20:02.12867 Finn> Kiara!
2020-09-18_02:20:25.13447 Ivan> Tobias says, "Honestly your attack roll was fairly normal. A 9 on a d20."
2020-09-18_02:20:44.47113 Finn> Kiara tumbles at the tree Samantha's engaged with.
2020-09-18_02:20:54.58860 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1"
2020-09-18_02:20:54.80855 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1) 24 for Kiara
2020-09-18_02:21:03.53625 Finn> Hit, you get sneak!
2020-09-18_02:21:05.53811 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1d6+1"
2020-09-18_02:21:05.75354 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1d6+1) 14 for Kiara
2020-09-18_02:21:19.28012 Finn> Kiara kills the tree as she goes by.
2020-09-18_02:21:45.27375 Finn> This leaves a tree on Vendrik and four unengaged yet. Two more pile on Vendrik and one each on Luke and Samantha.
2020-09-18_02:22:11.48029 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x3"
2020-09-18_02:22:11.70450 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 17 (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 25 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:22:34.35141 Finn> Two miss and one pounds him down to 29, doing 8 points.
2020-09-18_02:22:40.74505 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x2"
2020-09-18_02:22:40.96235 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 20 (d20+7) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:23:02.67196 Finn> Luke and Samantha each get pounded for 8 points. Samantha is at 14, Luke at 28.
2020-09-18_02:23:23.77124 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "oh boy."
2020-09-18_02:23:39.92057 Finn> And now Harrow finishes out the first round.
2020-09-18_02:25:29.43185 Finn> Harrowhark moves forward to smack a tree.
2020-09-18_02:25:51.31674 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-18_02:25:51.53246 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 10 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_02:26:02.47077 Finn> Harrowhark fails at this, and instead simply heals Samantha.
2020-09-18_02:27:49.90059 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OC Roll a recovery, adding a +4 bonus, Rod"
2020-09-18_02:28:19.15621 Finn> Harrow does nick the tree for 2
2020-09-18_02:28:59.28159 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "what's a recovery roll again?"
2020-09-18_02:29:11.58631 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "2d6 or something?"
2020-09-18_02:29:23.32512 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "For you, it's 2d8+5+4"
2020-09-18_02:29:32.39945 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "the +4 is an extra bonus from Harrow"
2020-09-18_02:29:35.41820 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 2d8+5+4"
2020-09-18_02:29:35.63866 Finn> Result is: (2d8+5+4) 24 for Samantha
2020-09-18_02:30:10.64626 Finn> Samantha is healed so much, the extra healing spawns a raven which flies up onto a branch anc caws cheerfully.
2020-09-18_02:30:49.14706 Finn> New round! Escalation Die of 1. Samantha and Luke each have a murder tree, while Vendrik has three.
2020-09-18_02:31:18.47424 Finn> The murder tree Niamh angered is now dead
2020-09-18_02:31:27.90096 Finn> Niamh first, then Luke, then Vendrik
2020-09-18_02:31:57.56379 Finn> Niamh aims her wand at whichever murder-tree on Vendrik looks most injured and repeats her cast of Garbanzo Sepulveda's Ray of Frozen Flame.
2020-09-18_02:32:19.74575 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1"
2020-09-18_02:32:19.96264 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1) 9 for Mike
2020-09-18_02:32:30.06371 Ivan> Tobias says, "Nerp."
2020-09-18_02:32:50.03996 Ivan> Tobias says, "Reminder that the spell does damage = level on miss."
2020-09-18_02:33:16.82434 Finn> A branch is knocked off for 2 damage
2020-09-18_02:33:39.36923 Finn> Luke points at his foe. "YOU AND ME! OLD SCHOOL!"
2020-09-18_02:33:51.15450 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+8 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_02:33:51.37092 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 21 (1d20+8) 28, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:33:59.30476 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10"
2020-09-18_02:33:59.52052 Finn> Result is: (2d10) 11 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:34:23.70500 Finn> Luke's halbard goes all the way through; his foe is gravely injuried.
2020-09-18_02:34:40.51231 Finn> Vendrik, then Samantha, then Kiara!
2020-09-18_02:34:41.51276 Finn> Vendrik wails away at the next one in line, completely with out subtlety or finesse, like a woodsman with a hard on for murder tree. d20+9 2d10+4+1d4 He again inspires the rogues for +1 to hit.
2020-09-18_02:34:41.72761 Finn> Result is: (d20+9) 14 (2d10+4+1d4) 14
2020-09-18_02:35:12.80879 Finn> The Tree somehow moves like a ninja but Vendrik scores its bark for 2
2020-09-18_02:35:13.73881 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "not so much, this time. 2."
2020-09-18_02:35:40.13624 Finn> Samantha! You and Kiara have +1 from Vendrik, +1 for the round, so +2
2020-09-18_02:35:52.56790 Finn> A murder tree is in Samantha's face
2020-09-18_02:36:05.62226 Finn> Samantha tries, again, the tumblestrikey
2020-09-18_02:36:11.60614 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+2"
2020-09-18_02:36:11.82286 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+2) 9 for Samantha
2020-09-18_02:36:16.87791 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-18_02:36:17.09543 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 18 for Samantha
2020-09-18_02:36:31.98385 Finn> Samantha leaps out of range, kicking a branch free for 2 as she does.
2020-09-18_02:36:36.89549 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-18_02:36:37.10827 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-18_02:36:43.30694 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I think Rod killed a gypsy's black cat, with a ladder, by knocking it into a mirror."
2020-09-18_02:36:47.15129 Finn> Kiara time!
2020-09-18_02:37:09.34692 Ivan> Akio says, "In a haunted house."
2020-09-18_02:37:17.15944 Ivan> Akio says, "owned by a witch."
2020-09-18_02:37:19.19130 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "And it rolled across a crack in the sidewalk"
2020-09-18_02:37:20.94885 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-18_02:37:25.82678 Ivan> Akio says, "On the anniversary of the night we all betrayed hed."
2020-09-18_02:37:31.37645 Ivan> Akio says, "her, even."
2020-09-18_02:37:42.75076 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Kiara time!"
2020-09-18_02:37:50.85869 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-18_02:38:24.03923 Finn> Kiara does the acrobat-thing at the tree in Samantha's face.
2020-09-18_02:38:40.96887 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1+1"
2020-09-18_02:38:41.18512 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1+1) 26 for Kiara
2020-09-18_02:38:57.38892 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1d6+1"
2020-09-18_02:38:57.60450 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1d6+1) 10 for Kiara
2020-09-18_02:39:59.74529 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
2020-09-18_02:39:59.96081 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5+1) 15 for Kiara
2020-09-18_02:40:06.89035 Finn> Kiara injures it! Then she springs away.
2020-09-18_02:40:41.68529 Finn> Murder Tree time!
2020-09-18_02:40:55.04667 Finn> One comes at Luke, one at Harrow, three at Vendrik.
2020-09-18_02:41:01.52787 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x5"
2020-09-18_02:41:01.74516 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 13 (d20+7) 17 (d20+7) 14 (d20+7) 26 (d20+7) 27, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:41:32.18576 Finn> Vendrik is hit and critted, taking 24 total damage. He drops to 4 HP
2020-09-18_02:41:35.59407 Ivan> Akio says, "Vendy 'bout to get fucked up again."
2020-09-18_02:41:58.78211 Finn> It is time for the one we call Harrowhark, who now has the one that Kiara hit on her
2020-09-18_02:41:58.99480 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah, that be a problem."
2020-09-18_02:42:13.95559 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "John, I was at 29, should I not be at 5?"
2020-09-18_02:42:49.05675 Finn> Harrowhark takes another swing at a tree.
2020-09-18_02:42:52.98188 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, ""Yes, and you are even 5 on my record sheet, sorry
2020-09-18_02:42:55.25141 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+6"
2020-09-18_02:42:55.46703 Finn> Result is: (1d20+6) 9 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_02:43:04.62054 Finn> Harrowhark then heals Vendrik.
2020-09-18_02:43:08.01148 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "Phantom hitpoints!"
2020-09-18_02:43:19.23712 Finn> Several murdercones rain down as Harrow clips the three
2020-09-18_02:43:21.15949 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll 2d10+3+4"
2020-09-18_02:43:21.37841 Finn> Result is: (2d10+3+4) 26 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_02:43:31.17505 Ivan> Akio says, "Battle cleric not doing so hot."
2020-09-18_02:43:43.44584 Finn> Vendrik = 31 HP
2020-09-18_02:43:45.03118 Ivan> DaR From Another Place yo-yos back up 31...
2020-09-18_02:43:51.12463 Ivan> Frito says, "John got confused and thought they were Mike's hatpoints."
2020-09-18_02:43:55.26754 Finn> Escalation Die 2!
2020-09-18_02:44:23.50854 Finn> Tree on Luke is badly hurt, Tree on Harrow somewhat hurt, Vendrik has a staggered foe and two pristine
2020-09-18_02:44:35.48387 Finn> Time for Niamh, then Luke, then Vendrik.
2020-09-18_02:45:57.58748 Finn> Niamh fans her fingers at the three on Vendrik and aims her wand at their upper branch canopy. "Maniacal Hell-Color Inferno of Garbanzo Sepulveda," she pronounces. "Burn."
2020-09-18_02:46:17.00793 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+2+1x3"
2020-09-18_02:46:17.22887 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+2+1) 10 (1d20+4+2+2+1) 27 (1d20+4+2+2+1) 17 for Mike
2020-09-18_02:46:45.23188 Finn> Mike says, "roll 2d8+1x2"
2020-09-18_02:46:45.44792 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1) 6 (2d8+1) 6 for Mike
2020-09-18_02:47:02.81165 Ivan> Tobias says, "Bleah."
2020-09-18_02:47:05.24085 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Hold on a second"
2020-09-18_02:47:23.03452 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: ?"
2020-09-18_02:48:50.88059 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You rolled a 1 on one of your foes. That means you might hit Vendrik; roll again against his PD"
2020-09-18_02:49:06.17074 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC MD"
2020-09-18_02:49:19.44408 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "MD 13, PD 15."
2020-09-18_02:50:06.13931 Finn> The two trees you hit burn with Mind-Fire; they will suffer 5 ongoing psychis until they make a save.
2020-09-18_02:50:08.33835 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Same roll?"
2020-09-18_02:50:14.08965 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OC Yes"
2020-09-18_02:50:30.07848 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Also, this spell can't target friendlies."
2020-09-18_02:50:33.75319 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "If he rolls another one, does it loop back to the murder trees? :)"
2020-09-18_02:50:46.24930 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Good point."
2020-09-18_02:50:53.89716 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC That's good luck for Vendrik, then."
2020-09-18_02:51:00.82474 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You just do no miss damage on the first one"
2020-09-18_02:51:09.61857 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Fair enough."
2020-09-18_02:51:22.97505 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC 1s always do no miss damage."
2020-09-18_02:51:35.22448 Finn> Luke pounds on his foe.
2020-09-18_02:51:48.83829 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+9 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_02:51:49.05482 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 23 (d20+9) 14 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:51:59.61379 Finn> But he misses, unfortunately
2020-09-18_02:52:10.24503 Finn> Vendrik, then Samantha, then Kiara!
2020-09-18_02:52:11.86184 Finn> Vendrik continues hacking. d20+10 2d10+4+1d4 But no inspiration this time, he's too busy taking care of his... wood.
2020-09-18_02:52:12.07711 Finn> Result is: (d20+10) 17 (2d10+4+1d4) 19
2020-09-18_02:53:08.92632 Finn> Vendrik knocks a branch off for 3 damage
2020-09-18_02:53:17.12530 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Miss by 1"
2020-09-18_02:53:26.02255 Finn> Samantha!
2020-09-18_02:53:42.13298 Finn> Samantha tries again
2020-09-18_02:53:55.07988 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+2"
2020-09-18_02:53:55.30032 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+2) 9 for Samantha
2020-09-18_02:54:01.36873 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-18_02:54:01.58402 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 17 for Samantha
2020-09-18_02:54:06.48686 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, " give up."
2020-09-18_02:54:07.64010 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Wow."
2020-09-18_02:54:10.76012 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I just give up"
2020-09-18_02:54:15.97057 Ivan> Frito says, "Ayah."
2020-09-18_02:54:28.09150 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I know it's completely random, but it's kinda eerie at this point."
2020-09-18_02:54:42.77044 Ivan> Frito says, "The gypsy in the machine."
2020-09-18_02:54:53.50024 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "How many < than 3 rolls he's had. And always on to hit."
2020-09-18_02:54:55.46790 Finn> Samantha nicks her foe for 2 and escapes! Kiara!
2020-09-18_02:55:40.00905 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Clearly Rod needs to play GURPS, where roll under is good."
2020-09-18_02:55:40.52248 Finn> Kiara dances up to the worst-hurt one on Vendrik, and slashes at it with her dagger as she tucks into a roll. "Tag! You're IT!"
2020-09-18_02:56:04.66489 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+2"
2020-09-18_02:56:04.88655 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+2) 29, crit for Kiara
2020-09-18_02:56:46.87471 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Double your damage dice, including Sneak"
2020-09-18_02:57:05.21075 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1d6+1x2"
2020-09-18_02:57:05.42635 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1d6+1) 13 (2d8+1d6+1) 13 for Kiara
2020-09-18_02:57:52.55504 Finn> If you've ever played Street Fighter and seen Chun-Li do her tumbling attack... imagine her doing it through a tree; it shatters into bits as Kiara goes right through it.
2020-09-18_02:57:56.97782 Ivan> Frito says, "...did Kiara steal Rod's mojo, or something? o.O"
2020-09-18_02:58:10.48532 Finn> Tree on Luke, Tree on Harrow, two on Vendrik.
2020-09-18_02:58:21.27829 Finn> The two on Vendrik take 5 psychic damage each
2020-09-18_02:58:35.13292 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x4"
2020-09-18_02:58:35.34948 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 20 (d20+7) 25 (d20+7) 17 (d20+7) 9 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:59:15.44450 Finn> Luke is hit, drops to 20, Vendirk is hit, drops to 27, both take 8 damage. Vendrik blocks both his foes cunningly.
2020-09-18_02:59:22.08425 Finn> Harrowhark!
2020-09-18_02:59:36.13291 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC oh! roll d20x2"
2020-09-18_02:59:43.17983 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20x2"
2020-09-18_02:59:43.39602 Finn> Result is: (d20) 12 (d20) 13 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_02:59:49.49976 Finn> Both trees stop burning
2020-09-18_02:59:53.73835 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I think that middle "Vendirk" was actually a Harrowhark."
2020-09-18_03:00:03.99961 Ivan> Frito says, "I was going to say."
2020-09-18_03:00:08.89232 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It is Harrowhark"
2020-09-18_03:00:11.98811 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Ah, it's me!"
2020-09-18_03:00:12.36374 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Sorry!"
2020-09-18_03:00:20.93981 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But it really isHarrow's turn now"
2020-09-18_03:00:23.86638 Finn> Harrowhark tries to beat up a tree again.
2020-09-18_03:00:29.27235 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7"
2020-09-18_03:00:29.49295 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 13 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:00:39.12184 Finn> Harrowhark fails, and this time has no more heals to give.
2020-09-18_03:00:44.47238 Finn> The murdercone goes flying
2020-09-18_03:00:49.67385 Finn> Two points
2020-09-18_03:01:05.32533 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "Harrow keeps suspiciously missing the trees. Maybe she's not really a necro-cleric, but a... secret druid!"
2020-09-18_03:01:18.69819 Finn> Escalation Die is 3. Tree on Luke, Tree on Harrow, two on Vendrik! Niamh time!
2020-09-18_03:01:43.24014 Finn> Numo begins slapping his ass at the trees, though this doesn't do anything and they probably don't notice, but he is HELPING
2020-09-18_03:02:26.47627 Finn> Niamh aims for the most damaged tree on Vendrik and once again uses Garbanzo Sepulveda's Ray of Frozen Flame.
2020-09-18_03:02:46.64033 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+3"
2020-09-18_03:02:46.86162 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+3) 24 for Mike
2020-09-18_03:02:56.20036 Finn> Mike says, "roll 3d6+1"
2020-09-18_03:02:56.42091 Finn> Result is: (3d6+1) 16 for Mike
2020-09-18_03:02:58.16945 Finn> HIT!
2020-09-18_03:03:07.43198 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeaaaaah baby."
2020-09-18_03:03:15.96927 Finn> The tree loses a lot of its branches and bark; it is staggered!
2020-09-18_03:03:59.07465 Finn> Luke shouts something incoherent about elms and flails.
2020-09-18_03:04:07.22360 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+10 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_03:04:07.44210 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 21 (d20+10) 30, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_03:04:19.32155 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_03:04:19.53733 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_03:04:42.50875 Finn> Luke carves the murder tree into a nice chair with one mighty blow.
2020-09-18_03:04:48.91467 Finn> Vendrik!
2020-09-18_03:04:49.99993 Finn> Vendrik steps down the line like a logging champion d20+10 2d10+4+1d4 and orders Luke and Harrow to both Stand Firm for a Recovery.
2020-09-18_03:04:50.21484 Finn> Result is: (d20+10) 17 (2d10+4+1d4) 8
2020-09-18_03:05:14.36706 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_03:05:14.58289 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 25 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_03:05:49.39856 Finn> Vendrik misses the tree, taking off a branch for 3, but he inspires Luke a lot
2020-09-18_03:06:13.23802 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Merc, you can roll a recovery"
2020-09-18_03:06:38.72941 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d8+3"
2020-09-18_03:06:38.94602 Finn> Result is: (2d8+3) 12 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:07:14.38092 Finn> Samantha, you're next, then Kiara! There's a tree on Harrow, two on Vendrik (one is gravely injured)
2020-09-18_03:07:45.05627 Finn> Samantha tumbles at the gravely injured one
2020-09-18_03:07:56.71783 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d29+3+2+3"
2020-09-18_03:07:56.93488 Finn> Result is: (1d29+3+2+3) 33 for Samantha
2020-09-18_03:08:01.54934 Ivan> Sniper Ox cries
2020-09-18_03:08:23.99998 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Try again with the right die. ^^;;"
2020-09-18_03:08:25.83778 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "can we just subtract 9 and call it a day?"
2020-09-18_03:08:38.67780 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+3"
2020-09-18_03:08:38.89516 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+3) 18 for Samantha
2020-09-18_03:08:49.42295 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC you hit! Add Sneak attack!"
2020-09-18_03:09:02.66157 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 2d8+4"
2020-09-18_03:09:02.87978 Finn> Result is: (2d8+4) 14 for Samantha
2020-09-18_03:09:13.90313 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "what's sneak again?"
2020-09-18_03:09:19.28400 Finn> That murder tree dies!
2020-09-18_03:09:28.18768 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "1d6 but it died from your bse damage"
2020-09-18_03:09:42.11717 Finn> Kiara! Two trees remain, the one on Harrow is staggered
2020-09-18_03:10:39.55356 Finn> Kiara gives the tree on Harrow a shark-like grin. "You woke me up. Now it's my turn." She dances up to it and slashes again with her dagger.
2020-09-18_03:10:51.02476 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+3"
2020-09-18_03:10:51.24530 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+3) 14 for Kiara
2020-09-18_03:11:00.64966 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
2020-09-18_03:11:00.87002 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5+1) 25 for Kiara
2020-09-18_03:11:19.47635 Ivan> Frito asks, "Now why couldn't I have gotten that roll for the hit?"
2020-09-18_03:11:31.17984 Finn> Kiara escapes the three.
2020-09-18_03:11:48.54735 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20"
2020-09-18_03:11:48.76987 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 1 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_03:11:59.07449 Finn> The mudertrees stupidly decide to fight on.
2020-09-18_03:12:06.94267 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x2"
2020-09-18_03:12:07.16510 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 27, crit (d20+7) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_03:12:23.60276 Finn> They critical Harrowhark for 16 and hit Vendrik for 8.
2020-09-18_03:12:42.93852 Finn> This puts both PCs at 23
2020-09-18_03:12:46.56327 Finn> Harrowhark!
2020-09-18_03:13:05.77956 Finn> Harrowhark takes another swing.
2020-09-18_03:13:10.36061 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+6"
2020-09-18_03:13:10.57712 Finn> Result is: (1d20+6) 7 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:13:19.49993 Ivan> Akio says, "Wow."
2020-09-18_03:13:52.68762 Ivan> DaR From Another Place grumbles as he notices the majority of the pleather on his gaming headphones is peeling off. "I suppose I did get 4 years out of them, but there's nothing wrong with them electronically."
2020-09-18_03:13:57.97038 Finn> Harrow doesn't even do miss damage
2020-09-18_03:14:19.28205 Finn> New round! Escalation Die of 4!
2020-09-18_03:14:38.99274 Finn> Trees on Harrow and Vendrik; the one on Harrow is staggered, the other is hurt.
2020-09-18_03:14:49.22508 Finn> Niamh, then Luke, then Vendrik!
2020-09-18_03:14:51.47398 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I am astonished Fox News continues to let Andrew Napolitano continue to be a contributor considering he dared say several times Trump and/or his associates have gone too far"
2020-09-18_03:15:07.98464 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Do you want Luke to lay on hands on you on your turn, Dan?"
2020-09-18_03:15:55.48599 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "If he's bored. 23 hp is enough to survive even a crit from a tree, so I'm not fussed. I'll try for a Pull it Together on Harrow."
2020-09-18_03:17:08.32741 Finn> Niamh points her wand at the one on Harrow, and invokes Maniacal Hell-Color Inferno of Garbanzo Sepulveda.
2020-09-18_03:17:26.39356 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+4"
2020-09-18_03:17:26.61109 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+4) 20 for Mike
2020-09-18_03:17:32.72816 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OC hit!"
2020-09-18_03:17:39.16819 Finn> Mike says, "roll 2d8+1"
2020-09-18_03:17:39.38352 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1) 15 for Mike
2020-09-18_03:17:52.19942 Ivan> Tobias says, "Zesty."
2020-09-18_03:18:03.87053 Finn> Mind-Fire consumes Harrow's foe; it runs around, rattling, until it keels over and dies.
2020-09-18_03:18:16.75922 Finn> Luke then strikes at Vendrik's foe.
2020-09-18_03:18:23.93981 Finn> Niamh nods cordially to Harrow.
2020-09-18_03:18:29.18333 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+11 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_03:18:29.40709 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 17 (1d20+11) 18 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_03:18:45.31899 Finn> It is hurt but fails to die.
2020-09-18_03:18:48.37402 Finn> Vendrik keeps hacking at the tree, a bit more flexibly this time d20+11 2d10+4+1d4.
2020-09-18_03:18:48.59153 Finn> Result is: (d20+11) 21 (2d10+4+1d4) 14
2020-09-18_03:18:48.84363 Finn> Vendrik!
2020-09-18_03:19:03.95850 Finn> Vendrik chops it in half
2020-09-18_03:19:05.27540 Ivan> DaR From Another Place sighs.
2020-09-18_03:19:16.74515 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "A hit, but didn't trigger Pull it Together for the bonus healing."
2020-09-18_03:19:42.20718 Finn> The good news is that they had eaten people with treasure and you each get 15 GP, a ring worth 20 GP and 300 SP out of their remainds.
2020-09-18_03:20:37.03855 Finn> There is also a scroll case, sealed with the symbol of Pelor.
2020-09-18_03:21:01.32628 Finn> Harrowhark leaves the scroll for the Paladin.
2020-09-18_03:21:33.67057 Finn> Luke takes it and opens it; it's instructions to some priest named Herman to take some troops and go kill zombies in this area.
2020-09-18_03:21:46.18156 Finn> It looks like Herman probably ended up with death by murder-tree.
2020-09-18_03:21:59.48069 Finn> Kiara says, "Ow. Sucked to be Herman, I guess."
2020-09-18_03:22:04.55022 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "PEOPLE DIE WHEN THEY'RE MURDERED."
2020-09-18_03:22:24.63788 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Harrow, Vendrik, either of you going to burn a recovery?"
2020-09-18_03:22:48.99119 Finn> Harrowhark uses a recovery.
2020-09-18_03:22:49.20385 Finn> Vendrik burns recovery 2d10+3
2020-09-18_03:22:49.41866 Finn> Result is: (2d10+3) 13
2020-09-18_03:22:54.13024 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d8+3"
2020-09-18_03:22:54.34592 Finn> Result is: (2d8+3) 10 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:23:00.67414 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Good enough."
2020-09-18_03:23:05.83091 Ivan> Akio says, "Same."
2020-09-18_03:24:13.23113 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Currently sitting at 36hp and 4 recoveries."
2020-09-18_03:25:22.03467 Ivan> Akio says, "Well, we're about to full heal."
2020-09-18_03:26:04.87858 Finn> Niamh says, "I am beginning to suspect that this campsite may not be entirely safe."
2020-09-18_03:26:12.09141 Finn> In the morning, you all feel somewhat zonked. You
2020-09-18_03:26:38.33227 Finn> This is like sleeping in a haunted house; you need uninter4rupted sleep if you want a full recovery.
2020-09-18_03:26:59.04628 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You can try and find a rest site again; DC 20"
2020-09-18_03:27:05.25346 Ivan> Akio sighs.
2020-09-18_03:27:27.40263 Ivan> Akio asks, "Are you going to force us to take the rest site even if we blow the roll, John?"
2020-09-18_03:27:40.83532 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes, because you don't know you fucked up."
2020-09-18_03:27:51.70652 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Until it becomes apparent you did."
2020-09-18_03:27:53.81052 Ivan> Akio says, "Then I reccomend we don't risk it."
2020-09-18_03:28:01.79585 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "If you want someone else to use an appropriate skill, you can."
2020-09-18_03:28:22.04998 Ivan> Akio asks, "Can anyone assemble a roll that gives us a better than 50% chance?"
2020-09-18_03:28:22.29264 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But the bitterwood is a dangerous place"
2020-09-18_03:29:13.66627 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke only has +6 for his best roll."
2020-09-18_03:29:28.75217 Ivan> Tobias says, "Not me. I might be able to get +10 at best."
2020-09-18_03:30:21.33348 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Assuming I'm using Big Game hunter or Military Logistics, no. Mercenary Captain + Wis gets me all the way up to +8, but I suspect that's not really the most relevant for this scenario."
2020-09-18_03:30:32.42387 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You do have three icon benefits"
2020-09-18_03:31:00.54334 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke could invoke the Three or the Great Gold Wyrm or Vendrik could call on the Crusader."
2020-09-18_03:31:36.69421 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Finding an old crusader marching camp isn't unreasonable."
2020-09-18_03:31:39.09527 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "GGW is a 5, Three is a 6"
2020-09-18_03:31:44.21541 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah."
2020-09-18_03:31:52.08940 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "You want to do that, Dan?"
2020-09-18_03:32:20.63855 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Sure. Seems like a good use, rather than faffing about and continually getting interrupted."
2020-09-18_03:33:18.42319 Finn> After some faffing about, Vendrik finds a clearing ringed by black trees which he knows have demons bound into them; he gives the password and you camp here safely, while the bound demons ensure nothing breaks in.
2020-09-18_03:35:23.10161 Finn> You all have disturbing dreams, but you awaken refreshed and ready to face the day, though you feel the vague urge to go smite some demons. But not the guard ones.
2020-09-18_03:35:45.69380 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Death Trees count."
2020-09-18_03:35:50.26135 Finn> Niamh seems a bit disturbed by the site.
2020-09-18_03:36:40.16890 Finn> Kiara asks, "Hey, if I want freaky dreams, I'll hit up with the good stuff the night before. You OK, Nimmy?"
2020-09-18_03:36:50.58649 Ivan> Akio asks, "Can those of us without icon benefits roll for new ones without forcing those who still have them to discard them?"
2020-09-18_03:37:09.63574 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "No."
2020-09-18_03:37:16.55000 Ivan> Akio sighs.
2020-09-18_03:37:17.07000 Finn> Niamh says, "Yes, simply bothered by the familiarity of this place."
2020-09-18_03:37:39.64389 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But Luke will just discard his so everyone can roll."
2020-09-18_03:37:54.91146 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Everyone roll your icons"
2020-09-18_03:37:58.13154 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 3d6"
2020-09-18_03:37:58.35201 Finn> Result is: (3d6) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_03:38:05.30067 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6x3"
2020-09-18_03:38:05.51660 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 2 (1d6) 6 (1d6) 4 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_03:38:16.53125 Ivan> Akio asks, "Er, doesn't a PC have a Three icon? Shouldn't we ask them?"
2020-09-18_03:38:31.13186 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke had it"
2020-09-18_03:38:36.63812 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d6x3"
2020-09-18_03:38:36.85615 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 5 (1d6) 6 (1d6) 1 for Kiara
2020-09-18_03:38:39.98074 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "All PCs were out"
2020-09-18_03:38:49.99397 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d6x3"
2020-09-18_03:38:50.21285 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 2 (1d6) 6 (1d6) 5 for Mike
2020-09-18_03:38:55.82366 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6"
2020-09-18_03:38:56.04401 Finn> Result is: (2d6) 5 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:39:02.06776 Finn> Vendrik says, "Crusader d6x2"
2020-09-18_03:39:02.28283 Finn> Result is: (d6) 1 (d6) 2 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_03:39:03.79362 Finn> Harrowhark sighs.
2020-09-18_03:39:08.23915 Finn> Vendrik says, "Diabolist d6x2"
2020-09-18_03:39:08.45368 Finn> Result is: (d6) 1 (d6) 6 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_03:39:11.18383 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d6x2"
2020-09-18_03:39:11.39943 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 6 (1d6) 4 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:39:12.82796 Finn> Vendrik says, "Diabolist d6"
2020-09-18_03:39:13.04252 Finn> Result is: (d6) 4 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_03:39:17.72482 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d6"
2020-09-18_03:39:17.94067 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 4 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:39:27.21884 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Dang, I stuck the Lich King icon roll again!"
2020-09-18_03:39:30.09196 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ignore the first, only 1 Diabolist die."
2020-09-18_03:39:52.07625 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d6x3"
2020-09-18_03:39:52.29793 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 6 (1d6) 5 (1d6) 6 for Samantha
2020-09-18_03:39:54.83795 Ivan> Frito says, "Well, Kiara actually managed to avoid a Druid benefit this time. ^^;;"
2020-09-18_03:40:00.98163 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "huh. home runs."
2020-09-18_03:40:03.55407 Ivan> Akio says, "holy hell, Rod."
2020-09-18_03:40:05.20282 Ivan> Frito says, "But dang, Sammy hit the jackpot."
2020-09-18_03:40:26.75832 Ivan> Akio asks, "John, I would like to make a dungeoneering roll for the possibility of encountering undead in this dungeon. Can you give me a DC?"
2020-09-18_03:41:04.85750 Ivan> Akio says, "I ask this because I'm trying to decide if I want to rack Turn Undead or not."
2020-09-18_03:41:18.41046 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "DC 15"
2020-09-18_03:41:47.09446 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+9"
2020-09-18_03:41:47.31484 Finn> Result is: (1d20+9) 24 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:42:30.50616 page> Akemi [to you]: I'm confused... did you get any icon successes?
2020-09-18_03:42:49.78017 Finn> The letter, plus your general sense of this area, makes you think there will be undead.
2020-09-18_03:44:04.03323 page> DaR [to Akemi]: No. 1 and 2 for Crusader. I accidentally rolled 2 dice for Diabolist, and the roll of a single came up 4.
2020-09-18_03:45:17.54096 Ivan> Tobias says, "We did pretty good for icon rolls this time."
2020-09-18_03:45:19.41064 page> Akemi [to you]: Okay!
2020-09-18_03:45:26.79338 Finn> Harrowhark preps Turn Undead.
2020-09-18_03:45:39.98644 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "I can preform more vile necromancy!"
2020-09-18_03:46:08.78783 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "And also cast spells involving undead!"
2020-09-18_03:46:27.36219 Finn> The good news is that while the tree moved during your sleep, you are able to catch up to it by lunch time without any serious trouble.
2020-09-18_03:46:31.15040 Ivan> Akio says, "Although burning an Icon benefit for that is a bit of a mixed blessing."
2020-09-18_03:46:37.53967 Ivan> Akio says, "It worked great vs. the jobolds."
2020-09-18_03:46:43.29790 Ivan> Akio says, "On the boat it was a bust."
2020-09-18_03:47:10.63878 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "Hm."
2020-09-18_03:47:23.35990 Finn> You have to run after the tree, but it doesn't flee you; in fact, it stops moving once you get within about 100 yards; you can climb a northern or a southern ladder; both lead to treehouses; every treehouse is painted black and looks like goth kids exploded their minds all over the outsides.
2020-09-18_03:47:24.39224 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "'Turn Undecided'. a spell for an election cycle."
2020-09-18_03:47:47.71809 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ha."
2020-09-18_03:48:10.04154 Finn> Harrowhark examines the tree and attempts to determine which treehouse will let them proceed further in, to find the heart. Gimme a DC.
2020-09-18_03:48:16.13599 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "only works on creatures of Intelligence 6 or lower"
2020-09-18_03:48:23.53084 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "HA"
2020-09-18_03:48:34.50655 Finn> DC 20
2020-09-18_03:49:22.17947 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+9"
2020-09-18_03:49:22.40021 Finn> Result is: (1d20+9) 24 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_03:49:25.88642 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Zing!"
2020-09-18_03:49:42.27012 Finn> The south one seems the way to go, you think.
2020-09-18_03:49:57.22020 Finn> Harrowhark points to the south treehouse. "This way," she says confidently.
2020-09-18_03:51:43.90271 Finn> Kiara says, "Just so long as it doesn't have a 'No Gurlz Allowed' sign on it!"
2020-09-18_03:51:56.62101 Finn> You climb the ladder; the three house contains a table, some chairs, some shelves with rotted furs for sleeping. Ladders go up to the west and east side of the three. Someone has written on the wall 'This is the Death Dungeon of Ming. Turn back, you stupid wood elves, before you die'
2020-09-18_03:52:11.84462 Finn> No sign of any sort of danger.
2020-09-18_03:52:55.09177 Finn> Kiara shakes her head. "Sheesh. Lara would never let her flet go like this." She pauses. "Unless she were on a really long bender."
2020-09-18_03:53:01.46847 Ivan> Tobias says, "afk real quick; need to get some water."
2020-09-18_03:53:31.52606 Finn> Samantha says, "Well. Good thing I'm not an elf."
2020-09-18_03:54:28.17651 Finn> Vendrik flexes. "No elf either."
2020-09-18_03:54:54.55352 Finn> Kiara laughs. "Nope. They definitely wouldn't let you in the clubhouse."
2020-09-18_03:55:21.04726 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I'm pretty sure you could stick like 4 elves together in a trenchcoat and they'd be smaller than Vendrik."
2020-09-18_03:56:10.05245 Ivan> Tobias says, "Back."
2020-09-18_03:58:39.76647 Finn> Niamh studies the place for any sort of portal or secret way.
2020-09-18_03:59:40.14653 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Roll Magical Sage, DC 15"
2020-09-18_04:00:04.64167 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2"
2020-09-18_04:00:04.85832 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2) 14 for Mike
2020-09-18_04:00:15.83046 Ivan> Tobias sighs.
2020-09-18_04:00:18.32970 Finn> You find no sign of anything hidden at all.
2020-09-18_04:00:32.19099 Finn> Just a messy room, a threatening note and two ladders through the roof
2020-09-18_04:00:42.03368 Finn> Harrowhark tries to orientate herself.
2020-09-18_04:00:51.72792 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+9"
2020-09-18_04:00:51.94862 Finn> Result is: (1d20+9) 14 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_04:01:01.10223 Finn> Harrow is uncertin which way is better
2020-09-18_04:01:13.91612 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Dicebot is taunting you from inside the Death Tree."
2020-09-18_04:01:14.71716 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You can go 'west' or 'east'"
2020-09-18_04:01:44.65883 Finn> Harrowhark pulls out a gold piece. "Vendrik, call it in the air," she says briskly, and flips it.
2020-09-18_04:02:21.90085 Finn> Vendrik exclaims, "Emperor!"
2020-09-18_04:02:27.92537 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d2"
2020-09-18_04:02:28.14104 Finn> Result is: (1d2) 1 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_04:02:38.63786 Finn> It comes up Emperor instead of Axis
2020-09-18_04:02:45.92959 Finn> Harrowhark catches it and looks at it. "Emperor," she says. "We go west."
2020-09-18_04:03:24.12757 Finn> Kiara shrugs. "That's cool, gets us started."
2020-09-18_04:03:33.87093 Finn> As you climb up the ladder, around the outside of the tree, the Death Tree starts to move. Everyone needs to make a DC 10 Dex or Strength check; anything relating to climbing, acrobatices, etc, can be added as a background.
2020-09-18_04:03:53.09098 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20"
2020-09-18_04:03:53.30720 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 5 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_04:03:58.30789 Ivan> Akio says, "Nerp."
2020-09-18_04:04:05.28522 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+7"
2020-09-18_04:04:05.50183 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 10 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_04:04:15.62213 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+1"
2020-09-18_04:04:15.84178 Finn> Result is: (1d20+1) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:04:17.74450 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+2"
2020-09-18_04:04:17.96012 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+2) 17 for Kiara
2020-09-18_04:04:22.40529 Finn> Luke nimbly holds on.
2020-09-18_04:04:25.46530 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "You should have at least +2, assuming you've got 10 in both dex and str."
2020-09-18_04:04:52.63761 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah, harrow gets a 7"
2020-09-18_04:05:01.65837 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3"
2020-09-18_04:05:01.87115 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You always add your level to these rolls"
2020-09-18_04:05:02.12368 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3) 22 for Samantha
2020-09-18_04:05:12.67427 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+2+2"
2020-09-18_04:05:12.89088 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+2) 20 for Mike
2020-09-18_04:05:19.64680 Finn> Numo clings to Niamh as she clings.
2020-09-18_04:05:24.77311 Finn> Only Harrow takes a fall
2020-09-18_04:06:00.74121 Finn> Harrow bangs into the roof of the first treehouse; she then manages to climb after everyone, but she drops to 35 HP
2020-09-18_04:06:15.03636 Finn> Harrowhark grumbles.
2020-09-18_04:07:15.79698 Finn> The next treehouse is like the first, but add 3 Elven zombies and 15 human, arranged in a giant orgy they now abandon to attack you; the human zombies have coins pressed into their flesh, Drow Silver coins.
2020-09-18_04:07:49.31289 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ugh. Zombie wang."
2020-09-18_04:07:49.74334 Finn> Niamh says, repulsed, "That is DISGUSTING!"
2020-09-18_04:07:55.58586 Finn> Kiara makes a face. "Sordith would have better taste than that."
2020-09-18_04:08:00.96374 Finn> The walls say 'Wood Elves come running for the taste of human'
2020-09-18_04:08:23.05929 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Initiative!"
2020-09-18_04:08:26.90570 Finn> Harrowhark sighs. "Grave lust," she mutters.
2020-09-18_04:08:32.53064 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20x2"
2020-09-18_04:08:32.75124 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 3 (1d20) 16 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_04:08:34.59545 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2"
2020-09-18_04:08:34.81475 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2) 14 for Kiara
2020-09-18_04:08:43.48325 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+1"
2020-09-18_04:08:43.69894 Finn> Result is: (d20+1) 21, crit for Vendrik
2020-09-18_04:08:45.01588 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+2+2x2"
2020-09-18_04:08:45.23171 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+2) 13 (1d20+2+2) 6 for Mike
2020-09-18_04:08:45.48344 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+1 1d20+2"
2020-09-18_04:08:45.69996 Finn> Result is: (1d20+1) 12 (1d20+2) 3 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:09:13.49893 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+2"
2020-09-18_04:09:13.71461 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2) 14 for Samantha
2020-09-18_04:10:01.41434 Finn> Round 1! Vendrik, then Harrow, then Samantha!
2020-09-18_04:11:18.72642 Finn> Vendrik whips out his sword and just smashes into the biggest ball of the human (presumably mook) zombies like a bowling ball. d20+7 2d10+4 He does the usual inspiring of rogues as well!
2020-09-18_04:11:18.94134 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 21 (2d10+4) 10
2020-09-18_04:11:53.86564 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7"
2020-09-18_04:11:54.08163 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:12:26.48122 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 4d10"
2020-09-18_04:12:26.69848 Finn> Result is: (4d10) 35 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:13:27.14842 Finn> Harrowhark holds her action until after the zombies all go and presumably people need healing.
2020-09-18_04:13:38.51489 Finn> The zombie comes apart, dumping 35 SP around Vendrik; the coins awaken some ancient hunger in Vendrik; he now has 3 ongoing psychic damage and until he saves, he can't move away from the coins unless he collects them. The good news is that he can save immediately against it.
2020-09-18_04:13:53.98776 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20"
2020-09-18_04:13:54.20343 Finn> Result is: (d20) 13 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_04:14:15.34371 Finn> Vendrik throws it off.
2020-09-18_04:14:41.78271 Finn> Harrow holds her action and now it's time for Samantha! (Then Kiara)
2020-09-18_04:15:54.75944 Finn> Samantha tumbletargets the target Vendrick just hit
2020-09-18_04:16:10.81506 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2"
2020-09-18_04:16:11.03051 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2) 9 for Samantha
2020-09-18_04:16:19.68615 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-18_04:16:19.90566 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 11 for Samantha
2020-09-18_04:16:29.42644 Ivan> Sniper Ox throws his hands in the air
2020-09-18_04:16:34.13443 Finn> She scratches a human zombie, then escapes.
2020-09-18_04:16:44.38159 Finn> Kiara, then Niamh, then Luke, then foes!
2020-09-18_04:16:57.75903 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Appropriately, the Zombies got the worst possible init they could get"
2020-09-18_04:16:58.40121 Finn> Kiara dances after the zombie Sammy just hit.
2020-09-18_04:17:09.94530 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1"
2020-09-18_04:17:10.16586 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1) 16 for Kiara
2020-09-18_04:17:36.01448 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Oh yes, the humans are 17/12/16; the Elves are 15/13/9 but are not mooks"
2020-09-18_04:17:46.10956 Finn> Kiara nicks that one for 3
2020-09-18_04:17:48.66688 Ivan> Frito says, "Thank you, I was just about to ask. ^^;;"
2020-09-18_04:17:53.56590 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
2020-09-18_04:17:53.78174 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5+1) 20 for Kiara
2020-09-18_04:18:00.30144 Finn> Then she escapes
2020-09-18_04:18:08.56563 Finn> Niamh!
2020-09-18_04:18:47.53578 Finn> Numo runs over, suctions up the 35 SP wich fell, eating them, then runs back to Niamh and vomits them back up into her money pouch.
2020-09-18_04:19:20.99116 Finn> With only a little extra saliva
2020-09-18_04:20:05.93740 Finn> Niamh aims at the most injured human zombie and casts Kelias the White's Ray-Invocation of the Great Ice-Bear with her wand.
2020-09-18_04:20:22.56850 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1"
2020-09-18_04:20:22.78599 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1) 18 for Mike
2020-09-18_04:20:27.66007 Finn> HIT!
2020-09-18_04:20:28.91011 Finn> Kiara calls out to Numo, "Hey, save me one of those, would you? I wanna take it and rub it in Sordith's face next time I see her." She mutters, "Thinks she's so depraved, does she?"
2020-09-18_04:20:32.40455 Finn> Mike says, "roll 3d6+1"
2020-09-18_04:20:32.62035 Finn> Result is: (3d6+1) 9 for Mike
2020-09-18_04:20:43.36415 Finn> Numo fishes out a SP and spits it to Kiara
2020-09-18_04:21:08.68623 Finn> Kiara grabs it out of the air and flashes a grin at Numo.
2020-09-18_04:21:50.28384 Finn> Thirty nine silver coins rain down as a bear of ice crashes through the zombies, slaying two.
2020-09-18_04:21:59.20434 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7"
2020-09-18_04:21:59.42526 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 27, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:22:21.59542 Finn> But the gold-lust now taints Niamh's brain; make a save to see if you throw it off at the end of your turn
2020-09-18_04:22:41.87686 Ivan> Tobias asks, "What would the roll for that be?"
2020-09-18_04:22:53.48277 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "normal save, so roll d20, get an 11+"
2020-09-18_04:22:54.85889 Ivan> Akio says, "Saves are always an unmodified d20."
2020-09-18_04:23:11.08366 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "A few powers do give a bonus to a save"
2020-09-18_04:23:15.28204 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20"
2020-09-18_04:23:15.50220 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 8 for Mike
2020-09-18_04:23:46.41658 Ivan> Tobias says, "le sigh."
2020-09-18_04:23:59.25876 Finn> You are taking 3 ongong psychic damage until you save and you will be compelled to run to the silver next round if you can.
2020-09-18_04:24:32.63049 Finn> Luke spits lightning at the zombies, then engages an Elf zombie.
2020-09-18_04:24:41.15222 Finn> Luke shouts at it, "YOU AND ME NOW!"
2020-09-18_04:24:58.33689 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6 2d6+6 d20+7 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_04:24:58.55695 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 17 (2d6+6) 12 (d20+6) 25 (d20+7) 27, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:25:55.50404 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 4d10 2d10+7"
2020-09-18_04:25:55.72552 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 18 (4d10) 18 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:26:17.91991 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7"
2020-09-18_04:26:18.13770 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 27, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:26:30.25559 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20"
2020-09-18_04:26:30.47343 Finn> Result is: (d20) 16 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:26:52.53587 Finn> Luke kills a zombie and hurts another and then staggers one of the Elf Zombies.
2020-09-18_04:27:11.77649 Finn> 18 more SP rain down, but he throws off the gold-lust
2020-09-18_04:27:34.76092 Finn> All three Elf zombies attack Luke.
2020-09-18_04:27:52.78582 Ivan> Tobias says, "Silver. Silver-lust."
2020-09-18_04:28:05.66117 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x3"
2020-09-18_04:28:05.88192 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 26 (d20+7) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:28:17.31140 Ivan> Tobias says, "These guys are too cheap for gold-lust to work."
2020-09-18_04:28:20.81178 Finn> Roll 1d6
2020-09-18_04:28:25.53699 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6"
2020-09-18_04:28:25.75465 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:28:32.25393 Ivan> Frito exclaims, "Hand of WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN!"
2020-09-18_04:28:57.65722 Finn> Luke takes 8 and the Zombie who bit him takes 2
2020-09-18_04:29:24.48853 Finn> Five zombies attack Vendrik.
2020-09-18_04:29:48.04721 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x5"
2020-09-18_04:29:48.26386 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 22 (d20+7) 8 (d20+7) 24 (d20+7) 21 (d20+7) 27, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:29:59.32917 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Because of course."
2020-09-18_04:30:19.17627 Finn> Veendrik is hit 3 times for 3 and once for 6, taking 15 total and dropping to 29
2020-09-18_04:30:21.43196 Ivan> Akio says, "I should have racked shielding strike."
2020-09-18_04:30:36.99033 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh, that's not so bad."
2020-09-18_04:30:53.17697 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "40% odds to hit, and 4 out of 5 do. :P"
2020-09-18_04:31:01.30911 Finn> Five of them attack Harrowhark
2020-09-18_04:31:09.04038 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x5"
2020-09-18_04:31:09.26125 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 19 (d20+7) 11 (d20+7) 26 (d20+7) 16 (d20+7) 9 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:31:33.03836 Finn> Struck twice for 3, she drops to 29 "HP.
2020-09-18_04:31:55.13265 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d3"
2020-09-18_04:31:55.34862 Finn> Result is: (1d3) 3 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:32:05.90083 Finn> Three of them rush at Niamh
2020-09-18_04:32:14.22733 Ivan> Akio says, "These guys are soft but there's a LOT of them."
2020-09-18_04:32:15.82017 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+7x3"
2020-09-18_04:32:16.03936 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 11 (1d20+7) 14 (1d20+7) 19 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:32:29.18746 Ivan> Akio says, "Wait, hold on."
2020-09-18_04:32:35.92405 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Yar?"
2020-09-18_04:32:40.03367 Ivan> Akio asks, "They get past Luke AND Vendrik AND me?"
2020-09-18_04:33:17.22833 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes, you blocked 5, Vendrik blocked 5, Luke held the three non-mooks but that left a few to spill past you"
2020-09-18_04:33:38.82572 Ivan> Akio says, "sigh."
2020-09-18_04:33:44.10119 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "There's a lot of these dudes"
2020-09-18_04:33:56.46719 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Mike, how much is Numo's counter-attack?"
2020-09-18_04:34:15.42716 Ivan> Akio says, "Properly arrayed that shouldn't matter, especially as we enter a space."
2020-09-18_04:34:16.13573 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Niamh loses 3 HP"
2020-09-18_04:34:39.43766 Finn> Mike says, "2d4"
2020-09-18_04:34:49.49888 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Since the Rogues both did the 'attack and get out of the way' thing."
2020-09-18_04:35:00.92299 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d4"
2020-09-18_04:35:01.14366 Finn> Result is: (2d4) 5 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:35:25.55761 Finn> Numo kills a zombie.
2020-09-18_04:35:32.10099 Finn> And ignores its mind control
2020-09-18_04:35:39.16582 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 4d10"
2020-09-18_04:35:39.38634 Finn> Result is: (4d10) 26 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:36:13.73358 Finn> 26 SP fall down
2020-09-18_04:36:19.38077 Finn> Harrowhark!
2020-09-18_04:36:46.32906 Ivan> Tobias says, "A chance at a save would be great if you can get me one, Merc."
2020-09-18_04:38:01.73204 Ivan> Akio says, "I'd rather not burn a low-efficiency heal, Mike; nobody really NEEDS healing right at the moment and that's how I'd generate a save."
2020-09-18_04:38:11.25994 Ivan> Akio says, "Given how tight healing usually is..."
2020-09-18_04:38:36.04183 Finn> Harrowhark smacks a mook zombie.
2020-09-18_04:38:46.07651 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+6"
2020-09-18_04:38:46.29706 Finn> Result is: (1d20+6) 22 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_04:38:52.37270 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6"
2020-09-18_04:38:52.58795 Finn> Result is: (2d6) 3 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_04:39:11.96044 Finn> Harrowhark heals Vendrik for four.
2020-09-18_04:39:35.26746 Finn> The zombie is injured some.
2020-09-18_04:40:10.94679 Finn> New round! Escalation Die of 1 . Vendrik, then Harrow, then Samantha
2020-09-18_04:41:10.40747 Finn> Vendrik carves his way back towards Niamh, trying to close up the lines. He Pierces the nearest mook d20+9 2d10+4 as he shoulders through.
2020-09-18_04:41:10.62012 Ivan> Akio says, "John, question."
2020-09-18_04:41:10.87255 Finn> Result is: (2d10+4) 15 (d20+9) 18
2020-09-18_04:41:30.48089 Ivan> Akio asks, "Does saving once confer immunity to this trick, or will the ongoing damage and compulsion be re-applied every time someone pops a zombie?"
2020-09-18_04:41:56.18713 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "They have to roll to hit"
2020-09-18_04:42:04.15375 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "But they can put it on you each time."
2020-09-18_04:42:41.72188 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I will note that Niamh is going to run into the middle of them and take a bunch of oppos if she doesn't get a save before her turn"
2020-09-18_04:43:26.08132 Ivan> Frito asks, "Can Kiara or someone else body-check her to keep her from running, while attacking the zombies on her?"
2020-09-18_04:43:43.24068 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Vendrik, you need to make a DC 15 check or you will protect Niamh... but abandon the five on you to do whatever."
2020-09-18_04:44:18.38544 Finn> Vendrik kills a zombie and NEARLY kills another one.
2020-09-18_04:44:24.02483 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7"
2020-09-18_04:44:24.24098 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 16 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:44:32.16065 Finn> And suffers the Silver-Lust
2020-09-18_04:44:55.54283 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+8 for repositioning"
2020-09-18_04:44:55.76391 Finn> Result is: (d20+8) 21 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_04:45:00.31454 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20 to save"
2020-09-18_04:45:00.53032 Finn> Result is: saved! (18) for Vendrik
2020-09-18_04:45:17.12834 Finn> Vendrik herds his surviving 4 over, throws off the silver lust and now has the attention of eight zombies, who encircle him.
2020-09-18_04:45:25.99233 Finn> Actually of 7
2020-09-18_04:45:36.05453 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "By my count there should be 9 total mooks left?"
2020-09-18_04:45:42.91965 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You could try to tackle her"
2020-09-18_04:46:08.40028 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Hmm, I think I made an error somewhere. Yeah, so eight of them ar eone you and one by Harrow."
2020-09-18_04:46:08.82833 Ivan> Akio asks, "What's Luke at?"
2020-09-18_04:46:22.45858 Ivan> Akio says, "HP wise."
2020-09-18_04:46:25.68743 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke is at 28"
2020-09-18_04:46:43.82645 Ivan> Tobias says, "Actually, John, I have a question."
2020-09-18_04:46:44.58480 Ivan> Akio asks, "nine mooks and three zombies left?"
2020-09-18_04:46:50.15120 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah."
2020-09-18_04:46:53.89553 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Fire, Mike"
2020-09-18_04:47:41.84578 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Vendrik has killed 2. One died to Numo counter. Niamh killed 2. Luke killed 1. So 7 down, 8 left."
2020-09-18_04:48:06.85721 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Numo only injured the one he bit"
2020-09-18_04:48:08.58897 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Does the curse compel me to MOVE to the current location of the coins, or does it simply compel me to OBTAIN the coins into my physical possession?"
2020-09-18_04:48:17.98250 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You have to move to the coins."
2020-09-18_04:48:36.65610 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Numo kills a zombie. "
2020-09-18_04:48:54.66361 Ivan> Akio says, "I need a resolution to how many things are alive before I can go."
2020-09-18_04:48:59.86015 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeah, you stated it died."
2020-09-18_04:49:10.23197 Ivan> Frito says, "Yup."
2020-09-18_04:49:10.74400 Ivan> Tobias says, "It dropped loot."
2020-09-18_04:49:11.89212 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I'm sorry, I mispoke, it has 3 HP left"
2020-09-18_04:49:21.35563 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Hmm, okay, I'll let it die"
2020-09-18_04:49:37.99559 Ivan> Akio winces.
2020-09-18_04:49:53.27555 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, ""OOC Who were you trying to heal, Merc?
2020-09-18_04:49:55.38144 Ivan> Akio says, "John, I'm healing Luke, but Channel Life just clipped a PC, your call which."
2020-09-18_04:50:05.17957 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Kiara"
2020-09-18_04:50:11.49948 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+6"
2020-09-18_04:50:11.71570 Finn> Result is: (1d20+6) 26, crit for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_04:50:27.71505 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Nice job, Merc, though, hey, Luke does get healed!"
2020-09-18_04:50:35.22751 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+9"
2020-09-18_04:50:35.44379 Finn> Result is: (2d10+9) 19 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:50:54.20395 Finn> Harrowhark accidentally sucks life out of Kiara for Luke to heal on... but she nominates Harrow to save!
2020-09-18_04:50:57.19579 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Double damage dice!"
2020-09-18_04:51:01.83750 Ivan> Akio says, "No."
2020-09-18_04:51:04.89912 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC I assume you mean Niamh"
2020-09-18_04:51:05.62504 Ivan> Akio says, "Ally damage is flat."
2020-09-18_04:51:12.24771 Finn> Harrowhark says, "OOC: Yes. >.<;"
2020-09-18_04:51:18.94168 Ivan> Akio says, "Kiara takes a flat five, period."
2020-09-18_04:51:23.70497 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20"
2020-09-18_04:51:23.92030 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 10 for Mike
2020-09-18_04:51:29.35997 Ivan> Akio sighs.
2020-09-18_04:51:39.09287 Ivan> Akio says, "I tried, Mike."
2020-09-18_04:51:52.15132 Ivan> Tobias says, "It's cool, I have a cunning plan."
2020-09-18_04:51:57.90640 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It's a crit, so she takes 10"
2020-09-18_04:52:11.46596 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That's ow crits work with flat damage."
2020-09-18_04:52:19.20843 Ivan> Akio says, "Yeeeeesh."
2020-09-18_04:52:41.86661 Finn> Samantha, then Kiara!
2020-09-18_04:52:42.16779 Ivan> Akio says, "... ahahahahaha."
2020-09-18_04:52:46.09900 Finn> Kiara sways. "Woahhhha. Harrow, you're gonna owe me one for that!"
2020-09-18_04:52:48.96782 Ivan> Akio says, "Something just occured to me."
2020-09-18_04:52:59.62406 Finn> Harrowhark says, crossly, mostly to herself, "It gets away from me."
2020-09-18_04:53:10.76778 Ivan> Akio says, "Channel Life is a very useful and very thematic spell."
2020-09-18_04:53:17.69847 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "let's see, who's left...."
2020-09-18_04:53:21.01239 Ivan> Akio says, "It's also a Chaos Mage spell that's hiding in Necromancer."
2020-09-18_04:53:25.25097 Ivan> Akio says, "It straight up is."
2020-09-18_04:53:41.22587 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "john, who's left to kill?"
2020-09-18_04:54:04.66573 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "A swarm of zombies around Vendrik, one lone zombie, three Elf Zombies on Luke"
2020-09-18_04:54:22.58615 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "which one's most wounded?"
2020-09-18_04:54:26.26479 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Mmm. Somewhat, yeah. The big difference is that while the targeting is random, it is asymmetrical both in damage and actual targeting (given the PCs are usually outnumbered)."
2020-09-18_04:54:51.04059 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "One of the ones on Luke is staggered (under half HP)"
2020-09-18_04:55:04.24053 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Mooks, once you kill them, the damag espils over to other mooks."
2020-09-18_04:55:18.20348 Finn> Samantha tumbles at the staggered Elf Zombie
2020-09-18_04:55:27.83193 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "And the healing is targeted and always full value. So there's a chaos element, but it's not completely random, and the spell never does anything else unknown, undesired, or unasked for."
2020-09-18_04:55:29.14646 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "escalation dice?"
2020-09-18_04:55:40.44901 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "+1"
2020-09-18_04:55:43.37687 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+2+1"
2020-09-18_04:55:43.59268 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+2+1) 17 for Samantha
2020-09-18_04:55:58.91183 Finn> Hit! You add your +1d6 sneak attack!
2020-09-18_04:55:59.92374 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 2d8+4"
2020-09-18_04:56:00.13932 Finn> Result is: (2d8+4) 12 for Samantha
2020-09-18_04:56:03.18972 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d6"
2020-09-18_04:56:03.40525 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 3 for Samantha
2020-09-18_04:56:09.84329 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+5"
2020-09-18_04:56:10.05862 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 22 for Samantha
2020-09-18_04:56:23.47654 Ivan> Akio says, "True."
2020-09-18_04:56:23.84790 Finn> It doesn't die, but you knock it down to very, very hurt and escape.
2020-09-18_04:56:35.62652 Finn> Kiara!
2020-09-18_04:56:56.27765 Finn> Kiara takes a dance at the horde o' zombies around Vendrik.
2020-09-18_04:57:09.49729 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1"
2020-09-18_04:57:09.71353 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1) 25 for Kiara
2020-09-18_04:57:16.36714 Finn> HIT
2020-09-18_04:57:18.30899 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Wow, that was a 100% perfectly average sequence of rolls form Rod. Exactly average to hit. Exactly average damage on both regular and sneak attack dice. And a bit above average on the disengage."
2020-09-18_04:57:18.76731 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1d6+1"
2020-09-18_04:57:18.98324 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1d6+1) 10 for Kiara
2020-09-18_04:57:21.34523 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You get sneak"
2020-09-18_04:57:36.71744 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "and now, back to sucking"
2020-09-18_04:57:38.70200 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
2020-09-18_04:57:38.92319 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5+1) 22 for Kiara
2020-09-18_04:57:47.85511 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 4d10 d20+7"
2020-09-18_04:57:48.07425 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 22 (4d10) 24 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:58:10.03035 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 4d10"
2020-09-18_04:58:10.24690 Finn> Result is: (4d10) 20 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_04:58:27.15796 Finn> 44 SP hit the ground as two zombies die. 44 SP hit the ground
2020-09-18_04:58:52.12534 Finn> Kiara, make a save!
2020-09-18_04:59:00.71935 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20"
2020-09-18_04:59:00.93777 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 18 for Kiara
2020-09-18_04:59:07.38204 Finn> You thrwo it off.
2020-09-18_04:59:11.32895 Finn> Niamh!
2020-09-18_04:59:24.67834 Finn> Kiara thumbs her nose at the zombies.
2020-09-18_05:00:25.67693 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: So if I read right, the fight has moved forward, and the zombies are now between me and the location where the coins fell, which is behind the front line, yes?"
2020-09-18_05:01:49.00412 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Basically, there's one zombie over by the coins and the other zombies are between you and the coins but you could go around them."
2020-09-18_05:01:58.33719 Ivan> Frito asks, "Thinking of teleporting?"
2020-09-18_05:02:10.10377 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yes."
2020-09-18_05:02:24.22785 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You could teleport past them, yes."
2020-09-18_05:02:38.43540 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Then kill the one threatening "YOUR SILVER
2020-09-18_05:03:10.54994 Ivan> Tobias says, "The LOGICAL thing would be to just use Mage Hand to BRING THE COINS TO ME but apparently I have to move."
2020-09-18_05:03:30.61920 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, ""You = not thinking clearly in your SILVER LUST
2020-09-18_05:03:48.73678 Ivan> Tobias says, "At least its the right sort of lust now."
2020-09-18_05:04:14.84527 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Niamh clearly needs to cross her arms under her chest to entice the silver to COME TO HER."
2020-09-18_05:04:17.68004 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Can I attack then move, or do I have to move first?"
2020-09-18_05:04:19.58731 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Anyway, it is NIAMH TIME"
2020-09-18_05:04:25.81053 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You could attack first, yes"
2020-09-18_05:05:43.42140 Finn> Niamh attempts to hit the zombie by the coins with Frozen Stare of the Dancing Yug-Sage Nygothya, then teleports to the coins.
2020-09-18_05:06:04.36762 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1"
2020-09-18_05:06:04.58806 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1) 25 for Mike
2020-09-18_05:06:11.51356 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Roll damage"
2020-09-18_05:06:13.32586 Finn> Mike says, "roll 3d6+1"
2020-09-18_05:06:13.54598 Finn> Result is: (3d6+1) 10 for Mike
2020-09-18_05:06:41.00277 Finn> The zombie contorts and dances.
2020-09-18_05:06:46.69114 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 4d10"
2020-09-18_05:06:46.90939 Finn> Result is: (4d10) 27 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:06:54.46537 Finn> 27 more silver spill out as it dies.
2020-09-18_05:07:00.16909 Finn> Save agains tthe Silver Lust
2020-09-18_05:07:10.09134 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20"
2020-09-18_05:07:10.31318 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 18 for Mike
2020-09-18_05:07:20.35134 Ivan> Tobias exclaims, "Finally!"
2020-09-18_05:07:20.71231 Finn> "You now throw it off.
2020-09-18_05:07:34.49004 Finn> Luke tries to finish off a foe
2020-09-18_05:07:43.10602 Finn> Niamh scoops it and the other silver up anyway, because, well, silver.
2020-09-18_05:07:46.32867 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+7 1d20+8"
2020-09-18_05:07:46.54580 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 17 (1d20+8) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:08:00.68848 Finn> He nicks his foe.
2020-09-18_05:08:08.58472 Finn> Three Elf Zombies on Luke
2020-09-18_05:08:13.79288 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x3"
2020-09-18_05:08:14.01649 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 9 (d20+7) 13 (d20+7) 14 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:08:19.56051 Finn> NO LUCK
2020-09-18_05:08:29.41641 Finn> Seven on Vendrik
2020-09-18_05:08:36.77590 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x7"
2020-09-18_05:08:37.00177 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 23 (d20+7) 12 (d20+7) 22 (d20+7) 27, crit (d20+7) 8 (d20+7) 19 (d20+7) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:08:59.44728 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "15 by my count?"
2020-09-18_05:09:10.11130 Finn> He is hit 3 times for 3 and once as a crit for 6. Total of 15, dropping him to 18 HP
2020-09-18_05:09:31.41557 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Do we want to cut and continue next time or go on?"
2020-09-18_05:09:40.23942 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC it is midnight at the oasis"
2020-09-18_05:09:57.02536 Ivan> Akio says, "I do have work in the morning."
2020-09-18_05:10:06.49709 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I can probably handle one more round, but will defer to those on EST or needing oxygen."
2020-09-18_05:10:15.10512 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'm fine whatevers."
2020-09-18_05:10:39.79375 Ivan> Frito says, "Same as Dan, can do one more round and probably should call then."
2020-09-18_05:10:40.35330 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'm in bed on the laptop, so I'm already on oxygen. :D"
2020-09-18_05:10:46.77935 Ivan> Frito snorts.
2020-09-18_05:12:59.14924 Finn> Vendrik! Give some pain!
2020-09-18_05:13:16.50442 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC WAIT"
2020-09-18_05:13:24.11800 Ivan> Akio says, "I can keep going."
2020-09-18_05:13:29.88105 Ivan> Akio says, "Nothing happens on Friday anyway."
2020-09-18_05:13:38.73365 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Never mind!"
2020-09-18_05:13:43.61362 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Bring the pain, Vendrik"
2020-09-18_05:13:47.83039 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "We go one more round."
2020-09-18_05:13:57.82182 Finn> Vendrik carves up more mook zombies! d20+9 2d10+4
2020-09-18_05:13:58.03942 Finn> Result is: (2d10+4) 22 (d20+9) 21
2020-09-18_05:14:00.79727 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You will likely kill most of the survivors this round, save the Elf zombies"
2020-09-18_05:14:13.28975 Finn> Vendrik also triggers his cloak for recovery! 2d10+7
2020-09-18_05:14:13.50414 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 13
2020-09-18_05:14:26.88466 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 8d10"
2020-09-18_05:14:27.10088 Finn> Result is: (8d10) 46 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:14:32.02877 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+7"
2020-09-18_05:14:32.24474 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 17 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:14:48.29258 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC make a save against Silver lust as 46 SP fall and two zombies die"
2020-09-18_05:14:49.69089 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20"
2020-09-18_05:14:49.90775 Finn> Result is: (d20) 16 for Vendrik
2020-09-18_05:15:06.88416 Finn> "You throw off the curse
2020-09-18_05:15:16.20404 Finn> Harrowhark, then Sam and Kiara!
2020-09-18_05:15:48.49186 Ivan> Akio asks, "Who has the least HP?"
2020-09-18_05:16:02.63592 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Kiara at 22"
2020-09-18_05:16:08.13199 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Thanks to you!"
2020-09-18_05:16:17.23598 Finn> Harrowhark smacks a zombie.
2020-09-18_05:16:27.20995 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7"
2020-09-18_05:16:27.42587 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 10 for Harrowhark
2020-09-18_05:16:40.41827 Finn> Harrowhark then heals Kiara and grants the save to Niamh.
2020-09-18_05:16:58.87463 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh wait, she threw it off."
2020-09-18_05:17:06.66546 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8"
2020-09-18_05:17:06.88182 Finn> Result is: (2d8) 5 for Kiara
2020-09-18_05:17:07.13463 Finn> Harrowhark grants the save to whoever most needs it!
2020-09-18_05:18:55.17870 Finn> Two zombies die, and ...
2020-09-18_05:18:59.17033 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+7"
2020-09-18_05:18:59.38621 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 14 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:19:11.59406 Finn> Harrow laughs off the curse.
2020-09-18_05:19:29.48970 Finn> Three zombies and three elf zombies remain
2020-09-18_05:19:52.64338 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Kiara, you add your Con bonus + level bonus + 4 to heals from Harrow"
2020-09-18_05:20:29.83512 Finn> It is time for Samantha!
2020-09-18_05:20:39.12734 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Level bonus? I thought just +con?"
2020-09-18_05:20:41.57177 Finn> Three zombies on Vendrik, three Elf zombies on Luke
2020-09-18_05:20:58.11375 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Good question to check later, Dan"
2020-09-18_05:21:49.61675 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You're right, it's just con bonus, not level"
2020-09-18_05:21:56.84964 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Level sets the number of dice"
2020-09-18_05:22:05.64998 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Y"ou there, Rod?
2020-09-18_05:22:41.12344 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Rod's probably zonked. I'll do Samantha"
2020-09-18_05:22:48.69945 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'(1d x level) + Con mod' is how it reads in the book, but I will admit 13th age is somewhat poorly organized and that could well be included in the generic 'you always add level to things' text, the same way WEAPON damage means a number of dice equal to level."
2020-09-18_05:23:12.52091 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+8 2d8+6"
2020-09-18_05:23:12.73738 Finn> Result is: (2d8+6) 17 (d20+8) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:23:33.67277 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+5"
2020-09-18_05:23:33.88875 Finn> Result is: (d20+5) 25, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:23:40.28014 Finn> She nicks and escapes
2020-09-18_05:23:53.48010 Finn> Kiara!
2020-09-18_05:24:05.94634 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "(which is not anywhere near the text in each class about such things, nor in the weapon section, but hidden away as small paragraph in the intro to the general class chapter."
2020-09-18_05:24:10.46203 Finn> Kiara goes after the last remaining zombie mooks, dancing in and out.
2020-09-18_05:24:35.93170 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+2"
2020-09-18_05:24:36.15242 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+2) 20 for Kiara
2020-09-18_05:24:43.83501 Finn> Hit with Sneak!
2020-09-18_05:24:47.13146 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1d6+1"
2020-09-18_05:24:47.35178 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1d6+1) 15 for Kiara
2020-09-18_05:25:02.00133 Finn> Two zombies die, leaving one lone survivor!
2020-09-18_05:25:15.41766 Finn> Niamh!
2020-09-18_05:25:28.93747 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Three Elf-Zombies on Luke, one regular left"
2020-09-18_05:28:03.32580 Finn> Niamh aims her wand at the backs of the elf-zombies and invokes Dag's Particolored Daggers.
2020-09-18_05:28:27.49513 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+2x3"
2020-09-18_05:28:27.71128 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+2) 18 (1d20+4+2+1+2) 28 (1d20+4+2+1+2) 22 for Mike
2020-09-18_05:28:44.40666 Finn> Mike says, "roll 2d8+1x3"
2020-09-18_05:28:44.62454 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1) 8 (2d8+1) 11 (2d8+1) 10 for Mike
2020-09-18_05:30:31.60361 Finn> One Elf-zombie dies. The other two now suppurate strange energies from the daggers stuck in their backs, which are pumbping radiance into them.
2020-09-18_05:30:53.94759 Finn> Luke calls down lightning and shouts something about the storm and ATTACKS
2020-09-18_05:31:13.96376 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+13 2d10+1d12+7"
2020-09-18_05:31:14.18013 Finn> Result is: (2d10+1d12+7) 34 (d20+13) 33, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:31:28.48275 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Holy shit, he crit on Smite Evil"
2020-09-18_05:31:38.36420 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+1d12+7"
2020-09-18_05:31:38.58070 Finn> Result is: (2d10+1d12+7) 34 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:31:56.75388 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Zombie is kablort."
2020-09-18_05:31:58.81118 Finn> Lightning flows into one of thee two Elf-Zombies; it EXPLODES
2020-09-18_05:32:06.81066 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "He couldn't have done that at the START of the fight? That's like seventy damage!"
2020-09-18_05:32:23.27690 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah. Would have wiped out almost all the mooks."
2020-09-18_05:32:25.76285 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "He waited because he ahs only four smite evils a 'day'"
2020-09-18_05:33:36.49083 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x2"
2020-09-18_05:33:36.70734 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 23 (d20+7) 25 for Manny Mo'Jac
2020-09-18_05:33:55.48250 Finn> Luke is hit for 5 damage and Vendrik for 3
2020-09-18_05:34:19.02710 Finn> You're so close to winning, your foes drop dead to make things simpler.
2020-09-18_05:34:53.69123 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Given we have another whole round before they can attack, it's pretty safe to assume they die."
2020-09-18_05:35:11.50621 Finn> Evryone collects a 100 SP for themselves and a 10 GP Moonstone.
2020-09-18_05:35:48.73220 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC And we cut here."
2020-09-18_05:37:48.46333 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Mostly went pretty well. A couple of really gonzo crits, but nothing too fucked up."
2020-09-18_05:38:12.96183 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "A bit combat heavy, but not unexpected, I suppose, given we're assaulting a living dungeon."
2020-09-18_05:40:17.03705 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEs."
2020-09-18_05:43:57.01963 Finn> Mike has disconnected.
2020-09-18_05:43:57.23239 Mike has disconnected
2020-09-18_05:45:37.63191 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Vendrik continues to be a reasonably effective damage sponge. Definitely going to have to consider cleaving blow as my next technique. It's basically 1.5 or 2x damage vs mooks."
2020-09-18_05:46:08.89043 Ivan> Akio says, "I really need another spell slot."
2020-09-18_05:46:46.02510 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "And Nasty Brute as my next feat. That'd make my tick damage 7 with a +1 weapon at level 3."
2020-09-18_05:46:51.17542 Ivan> Akio says, "Level 3 is gonna be a big level for me. Most of us really."
2020-09-18_05:46:53.82700 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You'll get it at third level"
2020-09-18_05:47:21.41003 Ivan> Akio says, "Of course, it'll also bring up the question of which spells I rack at third level."
2020-09-18_05:47:38.46030 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "3d10+5"
2020-09-18_05:47:38.67529 Ivan> Result is: (3d10+5) 14 for DaR From Another Place
2020-09-18_05:47:39.81802 Ivan> Akio says, "And which have to keep being shitty little first level."
2020-09-18_05:47:53.08480 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "14 to one mook, 7 to another, and if the first one goes down, 7 more."
2020-09-18_05:48:25.18887 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "And that's a pretty shitty damage roll."
2020-09-18_05:51:31.43265 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Hey, Mike, did you check out the Firefly rules yet?"
2020-09-18_05:51:57.61652 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I keep considering Challenging Shout, but every instance where stuff got past Vendrik into the backlines, they either had some sort of phasing that would negate the bonus, or there were just too many and a singel challenge wouldn't help."
2020-09-18_05:52:30.31193 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEah"
2020-09-18_05:52:52.52260 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Dune Funko Figures: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eh4hp_xXcAI0thg?format=jpg&name=medium"
2020-09-18_05:56:46.03920 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Organ the Barbarian has taken a stand against cities. Not of any particular people or sort, but as a general principle. Organ considers them to be a yoke around the necks of the poor, one which must be ripped off. But he's not mad, he knows that the universe has an almost unlimited supply of civilisation and so only hopes to encourage social change through example and threat; by ravaging and despoiling to such an extraordinary degree that people reconsider the order of things and address his issues. His recruiters are a common site in town squares and village greens handing out literature to disgruntled unwashed masses.'"
2020-09-18_08:17:06.25324 Thing> Ritsu says, "Browns won a game. The Baker Mayfield Era is upon us."
2020-09-18_08:23:40.72433 Thing> Ritsu says, "'Two things are true at once."
2020-09-18_08:23:53.82246 Thing> Ritsu says, "Two things are true at once. Baker Mayfield is playing a fantastic game, and deserves the praise. The Bengals defense is absolutely rancid, and any decent QB should destroy them. Also, bonus point: The Chargers barely scored against this defense. Not ideal.'"
2020-09-18_08:27:42.02196 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yui from SNAFU looking at the harem ends for Strike the Blood and Devil Is a Part-Timer and going "Why wasn't that meeeeeeeeeeee?""
2020-09-18_08:29:07.06946 Finn> Hotaru says, "Merc: https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-enchanting-magica-de-spell/"
2020-09-18_09:11:08.14080 ## Save Soon ##
2020-09-18_09:12:08.14135 ## Saving... ##
2020-09-18_09:12:08.35410 ## All done. ##
2020-09-18_11:01:08.52473 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Make no mistake, not only am I party rocking but I'm also in the house tonight."
2020-09-18_11:15:20.64725 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "'(CNN)A pastor in Idaho who called himself a "no-masker" during a service and repeatedly questioned the veracity of coronavirus case reporting is in the ICU after contracting Covid-19.'"
2020-09-18_11:15:27.50818 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/us/idaho-pastor-covid-masks-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2Shkxi2HfEl-3fEFFeUauOT0UMDM-6X96_hCNEAlSSA0DhDazOoB6B6_c"
2020-09-18_12:46:31.25937 Thing> Thor says, "HAR HAR HAR"
2020-09-18_12:46:39.28537 Thing> Thor says, "I don't even remember who the Chargers QB is"
2020-09-18_12:46:55.53436 Thing> Thor says, "Probably some rehashed dude like, uh... Tyrod Taylor or something"
2020-09-18_12:55:03.81587 Thing> Thor asks, "Oh it IS Tyrod Taylor?"
2020-09-18_14:29:42.12550 Finn> David says, "Republicans accuse Biden of cheating by preparing for town hall."
2020-09-18_14:31:50.76805 Finn> Alaia says, "Yeah, how dare he."
2020-09-18_14:32:30.63563 Finn> David says, "Because he's a doddering old fool, how can he do that without cheating, apparently."
2020-09-18_15:08:26.83972 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "new frog leap. kind of a slow boil, but that's the nature of the original. good once it finally takes off"
2020-09-18_15:08:37.72154 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "frog leap?"
2020-09-18_15:08:53.76609 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "frog leap studios. metal covers of a whole lot of songs. dan and i are big fans"
2020-09-18_15:09:07.95803 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "this is his latest release, ten minutes old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ_28Iy_UmI"
2020-09-18_15:09:31.40354 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "oh yeah, that guy"
2020-09-18_15:21:07.83809 Finn> Samantha says, "'Australia's 7-Hour 'Flight to Nowhere' Sells Out Instantly As People Lose Their Damn Minds Hoping to Feel Normal Again in the Midst of a Pandemic That's Infected 30 Million and Killed Almost 1 Million Globally But Will We Ever Feel Normal Again and What Even Qualifies As Normal Anymore'"
2020-09-18_15:21:17.66073 Finn> Samantha says, "https://gizmodo.com/australias-7-hour-flight-to-nowhere-sells-out-instantly-1845101789"
2020-09-18_15:44:19.01422 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Another in the closer to a straight cover category, but well done."
2020-09-18_15:45:01.01254 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "The original did have a really growly sort of pop-metal aesthetic to it, though."
2020-09-18_16:01:00.83970 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu nods
2020-09-18_16:08:55.37241 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected.
2020-09-18_16:08:55.58515 Thing> Benvolio falls asleep.
2020-09-18_16:08:55.58519 tfp> Caliban falls asleep.
2020-09-18_16:08:55.58520 Ivan> Akio falls asleep.
2020-09-18_16:08:55.58521 Mercutio has disconnected
2020-09-18_16:09:41.12064 Finn> Mercutio has connected.
2020-09-18_16:09:41.33340 Thing> Benvolio wakes up.
2020-09-18_16:09:41.33345 tfp> Caliban wakes up.
2020-09-18_16:09:41.33346 Ivan> Akio wakes up.
2020-09-18_16:10:11.21349 Mercutio has connected
2020-09-18_16:52:59.43751 Finn> Hotaru says, "Drat, I thought we had defeated Merc. And yet."
2020-09-18_16:53:28.91465 Finn> Hotaru blogs more Luzamity to distract him while the teams close in
2020-09-18_16:53:43.75731 Finn> Samantha says, "and random-ass gaff is back"
2020-09-18_16:54:36.60451 Finn> Kiara says, "Teh Sean is teh Sean."
2020-09-18_16:55:24.06040 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Lumity, Sean."
2020-09-18_16:55:31.80462 Finn> Harrowhark says, "'Luzamity?' What even is that."
2020-09-18_16:55:41.35441 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Also I see you've added Amphibia memes you don't understand."
2020-09-18_16:56:45.62649 Finn> Alaia says, "Lumity? Sounds like a ship."
2020-09-18_16:57:00.17438 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It is."
2020-09-18_16:58:11.71798 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Disney has a show called The Owl House, which is sort of like Little Witch Academia if it were set in a demon realm and written by like half the team involved in Gravity Falls and had adorable witches in love."
2020-09-18_16:58:20.07816 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's been blowing up huge recently."
2020-09-18_17:15:48.23456 Finn> Hotaru says, "I don't know what Amphibia is, but that made me laugh"
2020-09-18_18:31:48.46992 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Also, yes, you can get "man-man-BLANK-man." That just means you worship L. Ron Hubbard or some shit.'"
2020-09-18_18:35:10.96729 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "..."
2020-09-18_18:55:19.32116 Finn> Samantha says, "Lower Decks - still good"
2020-09-18_18:56:01.11733 Finn> Harrowhark says, "If anything it's getting better."
2020-09-18_18:57:01.51453 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I really liked the Badgey c-plot from last week."
2020-09-18_18:57:06.63570 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Good use of Jack McBrayer."
2020-09-18_18:57:29.17910 Finn> Samantha says, "this week's ep is the most serious one in tone"
2020-09-18_18:58:59.34812 Ivan> DaR From Another Place is messing with a quick random cult-god generator: with outputs like 'Fasur Urrakel, Shining Man, Destroyer Of Dragons' and 'Jun-wo-lo-no, Oozing Minotaur Devourer Of Sex'
2020-09-18_18:59:14.75709 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "That this can also make L. Ron Hubbard amuses me."
2020-09-18_18:59:57.47285 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Howchuchu'ze, Maneating Hawk Demon Of Madness"
2020-09-18_19:03:07.17662 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Okay, I'll have to use that one."
2020-09-18_19:03:17.22088 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Maneating hawk demon of madness. Metal."
2020-09-18_19:23:43.46662 Ivan> Akio asks, "Will you get it airbrushed onto the side of your van?"
2020-09-18_19:36:51.77885 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "And on the other side, three wolves, howling at the moon."
2020-09-18_19:37:11.71734 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "What about the bears?"
2020-09-18_19:38:27.09567 Finn> Hotaru says, "Seven Seas licenses A Tale of the Secret Saint."
2020-09-18_19:38:41.86432 Finn> Samantha asks, "and that is?"
2020-09-18_19:38:56.97006 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Fia always dreamed of becoming a knight. Born into a family of knights, shes the least talented among them, but she still clutches to her hope and trains with everything she has. When the day comes for her to slay a small demon and prove her worth, she ends up face to face with a dragon instead! A deadly injury makes her life flash before her eyes - and she suddenly remembers her former life, when she was a powerful Saint in a bygone era who defeated the Demon King. That life ended in pain because of who she was, making her fear ever becoming a Saint again. Now that the magic from her previous life has been rekindled, she may become a more powerful knight than she ever dreamed... if only she can survive long enough!'"
2020-09-18_19:39:31.12835 Finn> Hotaru says, "It's odd seeing 'memories of a former life' that isn't "modern-day Japanese person'.
2020-09-18_19:39:55.51527 Finn> Samantha asks, "do we have a fic yet where kirk gets isekaid into anime?"
2020-09-18_19:40:37.90513 Finn> Alaia says, "It's called Urusei Yatsura."
2020-09-18_19:54:52.12870 Finn> Hotaru says, "Please enjoy Diane Duane confirming Sarek's canonical large cock."
2020-09-18_20:01:41.20115 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'It is of utmost importance to the Company that Deities be dissuaded from openly flexing their divine muscles as they did in the past. These days, if Jesus of Nazareth were wandering around, healing people and preaching about the kingdom of Heaven, the Pharisees would have just called the Company and had the Nazarene dragged into a windowless van."
2020-09-18_20:45:03.66260 Finn> David asks, "'There is nothing little about my husband', Sean?"
2020-09-18_20:45:53.29616 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yes."
2020-09-18_20:50:25.13424 Finn> David says, "Diane Duane had an interesting time with Kirk confronting vulcan racism.'"
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2020-09-18_21:22:38.59095 Finn> Hotaru says, "A deal to lower drug prices was reportedly derailed by the White House's insistence that drug makers mail out $100 cash cards to seniors before the election."
2020-09-18_21:31:14.15371 Finn> Hotaru says, "Merc: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/84241947"
2020-09-18_21:33:40.96937 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I saw this when you reblogged it."
2020-09-18_21:33:47.21468 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The FGO tag is puzzling."
2020-09-18_21:33:50.11359 Finn> Hotaru says, "...that's right."
2020-09-18_21:33:56.43328 Finn> Hotaru says, "Sorry, it's been a long week."
2020-09-18_21:34:05.00163 Finn> Hotaru says, "Work is going... badly."
2020-09-18_21:34:14.21594 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "?"
2020-09-18_21:34:15.83349 Finn> Hotaru says, "The FGO tag is to get more hits."
2020-09-18_21:34:22.90165 Finn> Harrowhark says, "ah. Of course it is."
2020-09-18_21:34:28.60242 Thing> Blob says, "someone commented that Trevor Lawrence looks like he belongs on Easter Island, and...they're right https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2020/09/15/in-case-you-were-curious-trevor-lawrence-expects-2020-will-be-his-last-year-of-college-football/"
2020-09-18_21:34:49.12984 Finn> Hotaru says, "We tested our new system, but I think we rushed it a lot. This week we went live. By the end of the week, only half the claims that should have loaded into it have done so."
2020-09-18_21:35:01.72134 Finn> Hotaru says, "So things are not going well."
2020-09-18_21:35:14.99365 Finn> Hotaru says, "On the bright side, I was not asked to work over the weekend, so there is that."
2020-09-18_21:35:15.82653 Finn> Don Drooleone exclaims, "f' it, we're doing it live!!"
2020-09-18_21:35:38.05352 Finn> Samantha stares at backscroll
2020-09-18_21:35:59.54981 Finn> Samantha asks, "So we probably had, like, vulcans muttering about humans and their small penises?"
2020-09-18_21:36:07.99242 Finn> Hotaru says, "Oh, Merc, did you see this? https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-enchanting-magica-de-spell/"
2020-09-18_21:36:20.05984 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I did. Good article."
2020-09-18_21:36:20.65195 Finn> David says, "Sean was referring to Diane Duane's 'Spock's World'."
2020-09-18_21:37:25.89529 Finn> David says, "Also, thanks for the link to magica. I have not."
2020-09-18_21:37:36.80087 Finn> Hotaru says, "Cover for the new Haruhi novel: https://twitter.com/RanobeSugoi/status/1306870872007831552"
2020-09-18_21:37:53.70806 Thing> Thor says, "Dear zot, Trevor Lawrence DOES look like a Moai head"
2020-09-18_21:37:57.32702 Finn> Samantha says, "i guess henry cavill's popularity helped spurn this: cavill has a 3 movie deal to play superman"
2020-09-18_21:39:08.34786 Finn> David says, "Yep. Apparently one is vs Black Adam or Shazam"
2020-09-18_21:40:37.93126 Finn> David says, "OH hey. We Can't Study chapter out."
2020-09-18_21:41:35.52959 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yeah, Jump is early due to the holiday."
2020-09-18_21:41:44.37902 Finn> Kiara says, "Still remember Many Faces of Magica de Spell fondly."
2020-09-18_21:44:05.02393 Finn> David asks, "Wot holiday?"
2020-09-18_21:44:42.56363 Finn> Hotaru says, "Rescpect for the Aged Day, I think."
2020-09-18_21:47:22.61626 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Endeavor was the proverbial dog chasing a car. Once he caught the car and realized the car was in fact a hemorrhaging skeleton man, he had a mini existential crisis and started being introspective for the first time.'"
2020-09-18_21:49:32.47960 Finn> Hotaru says, "John - and others, but especially John: new Apocrypals T-shirt. https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/14133573-neon-genesis-good-news"
2020-09-18_21:50:15.89476 Finn> Hotaru says, "Because we all need a T-shirt with an Eva holding Christ. With art, as always, by Erica Henderson."
2020-09-18_23:00:26.10730 Finn> David says, "Sean, this Senpai arc for We Never Learn has been excellent"
2020-09-18_23:20:37.76160 Finn> Samantha says, "there was a youtube video of peter cullen trying to voice megatron and frank welker trying to voice optimus prime.... and it did not go well"
2020-09-18_23:21:41.43278 Finn> Chel says, "test."
2020-09-18_23:21:43.64014 Finn> Chel says, "better"
2020-09-18_23:22:42.76093 Finn> Don Drooleone shoots rod
2020-09-18_23:23:23.80356 Finn> Chel says, "i have learned ariel is still too lazy to make her own dinner and insists on waiting for her mom to come home from work to make dinner"
2020-09-18_23:23:46.65987 Finn> Chel says, "this is going to get her bart-choked someday"
2020-09-18_23:23:48.04789 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "she is the kind of person who will starve with a full pantry, i see"
2020-09-18_23:25:20.40344 Finn> Chel says, "i am greatly disappointed"
2020-09-18_23:25:46.15524 Finn> Chel says, "and this is exactly why I told her mother she can't handle having a dog"
2020-09-18_23:26:05.28609 Finn> Kiara says, "Sigh."
2020-09-18_23:26:08.74503 Finn> Don Drooleone nods
2020-09-18_23:26:14.61051 Finn> Chel says, "i don't like pets, but if you're going to get one, fucking do it right"
2020-09-18_23:27:56.04308 Finn> Chel says, "hn. Trump urged the education system to use patriotic education. Dude, that's the shit we've all gotten"
2020-09-18_23:28:11.20418 Finn> Chel says, "the prettied up edit of american history"
2020-09-18_23:34:58.41556 Ivan> Frito says, "...FUCK. RIP Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to NPR news alert."
2020-09-18_23:35:54.69639 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "...... oh siht"
2020-09-18_23:36:10.75378 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "they're gonna railroad a new judge in"
2020-09-18_23:36:36.23310 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "yep, confirmed."
2020-09-18_23:42:27.44892 Finn> David says, "Ugh, Ginsburg has died"
2020-09-18_23:42:44.27912 Finn> David says, "And now, clearly, there's a huge battle about to happen for Supreme Court justice appointment"
2020-09-18_23:42:44.49189 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Fuck"
2020-09-18_23:42:54.16916 Finn> Alaia says, "'Patriotic education'. We had that, back in the 30s and 40s."
2020-09-18_23:43:56.72074 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it's what effing china has today"
2020-09-19_00:56:46.39310 Finn> Mike has connected.
2020-09-19_00:57:16.49270 Mike has reconnected
2020-09-19_01:00:24.96623 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Aght, space fighters, who is ready to fight? In SPACE?"
2020-09-19_01:00:49.36362 Finn> Chel says, "moo"
2020-09-19_01:01:28.31359 Finn> Alaia says, "Yurble"
2020-09-19_01:02:09.48291 Finn> Chel says, "Harley Quinn Season 3 confirmed"
2020-09-19_01:02:40.51535 Finn> Gimme them sweet, sweet Destiny rolls as you come in!
2020-09-19_01:02:52.29710 Finn> Mike says, "Here."
2020-09-19_01:03:40.16326 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "I see Mike's walking on the dark side again."
2020-09-19_01:05:49.49534 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC I LIVE"
2020-09-19_01:06:12.23489 Finn> Hit me with a Destiny roll, Manfred!
2020-09-19_01:06:47.31102 Finn> There is no Manfred, only ZUUL
2020-09-19_01:08:38.48819 Finn> Okay, y'all. You're here, on Atollon! The Spectres are preparing for a trip to Mandalore, which none of them seem all that enthusiastic about and which in fact Commander Sato and most of the pilots regard as something of a fool's errand. What are YOU doing?
2020-09-19_01:09:26.76385 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac is busy putting together a 'Mandalore on Fire' mix he will never show Sabine.
2020-09-19_01:09:47.56549 Finn> Chel watches
2020-09-19_01:09:49.35547 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC but which constitutes his prophecy of what is to come."
2020-09-19_01:10:01.16077 Finn> Min steps away from the comm table, and turns curtly to Hera. "Thank you for summoning me."
2020-09-19_01:10:16.79513 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac studies a sound file of ancient origin - 'Fade out on a burning Milwaukee' and adds it to the mix.
2020-09-19_01:11:03.42894 Finn> Hera says to Min, "... are you all right?" And then, not waiting for an answer: "What's wrong?"
2020-09-19_01:11:21.65043 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Are they in the same place as Chel and I?"
2020-09-19_01:12:08.66262 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Milwaukee is the Basic aproximation of the wookie city name of Mrwrowrrrke."
2020-09-19_01:12:35.26260 Finn> They can be if you want them to be!
2020-09-19_01:12:54.97226 Finn> Alaia is off doing witchy things, which is likely not anywhere near the comm center.
2020-09-19_01:13:16.56752 Finn> Min, in a spasm of actual fury, opens her mouth to snarl something back, taking a step forward in a threatening manner. Then she seems to full-body relax with a effort of will and is just amiable Min. "Just mistakes from the past catching up," she says ruefully. "Mine and other people's. We're going to have to go put it right."
2020-09-19_01:13:59.14486 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Ahahah"
2020-09-19_01:14:08.28072 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Did something happen to your sister?"
2020-09-19_01:14:11.78208 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Or your parents?"
2020-09-19_01:14:36.18400 Finn> Min glances over. "I didn't hear you come in, Manny."
2020-09-19_01:14:51.61667 Finn> Min says, "No. It's Celanon."
2020-09-19_01:14:51.86187 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I can be as silent as Chel, without needing the force."
2020-09-19_01:15:03.44840 Finn> Chel says, "I'm rubbing off on him"
2020-09-19_01:15:23.93617 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Eventually, I will have to learn to use a lightaber so we can pretend to be twins"
2020-09-19_01:15:31.18485 Finn> Min says, "That's two. Do you know where Nera and Blue are?"
2020-09-19_01:15:58.21582 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Blue is probably bitching at someone and I have no idea where Alaia is."
2020-09-19_01:16:23.26843 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-19_01:16:23.48121 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-19_01:16:40.67051 Finn> Min says, "We should probably take this to the Raven. I'll comm them."
2020-09-19_01:17:16.82345 Finn> Alaia is on the Raven, so does not require comming.
2020-09-19_01:17:28.93314 Finn> Blue shows up without prompting.
2020-09-19_01:18:02.84312 Finn> Min gives Hera a nod of faint apology, and heads for the Raven. She gives Blue and Alaia a less than enthused look when she gets there.
2020-09-19_01:18:57.97981 Finn> Min says, "This was taken on Celanon a day or so ago." She calls up the holo of the people exiting the limo.
2020-09-19_01:19:25.89577 Finn> Alaia hms at the holo.
2020-09-19_01:19:37.70470 Finn> The virulent green in the cybereye of Camlann winks merrily at you all.
2020-09-19_01:19:51.70258 Finn> Blue says, "Hmmm."
2020-09-19_01:20:04.88573 Finn> Min says, "Now where have I seen that shade before? Oh, I know. In that fucking crystal."
2020-09-19_01:20:38.51198 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That bodes ill."
2020-09-19_01:20:56.04802 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Either the Crow's Eye is cosplaying as you or it's made a funky force construct."
2020-09-19_01:21:53.58164 Finn> Min says, "It looks to me like the Cow's Anus has co-opted the curse I seem to have left on Sloan and given it flesh with the Nardithi crystal it somehow got."
2020-09-19_01:22:27.52467 Finn> Alaia asks, "A curse, hm? Can you tell us more about it?"
2020-09-19_01:22:27.87304 Finn> Blue says, "Doable."
2020-09-19_01:22:31.45519 Finn> Chel says, "huh. That's new."
2020-09-19_01:23:08.93092 Finn> Min says, "Weren't you both there when Blue's creepy little friend explained it to me?"
2020-09-19_01:23:43.70625 Finn> Blue says, "Mnayomi isn't creepy."
2020-09-19_01:24:08.66981 Finn> Min says, "Basically, from what they said, when I stopped the blaster bolt, I also hit Sloan with a sort of... psychic echo of me to torment him."
2020-09-19_01:24:55.70617 Finn> Blue tssks.
2020-09-19_01:25:13.40092 Finn> Min says, "Keep in mind I wasn't actually TRYING to do either. It was pure instinct."
2020-09-19_01:25:30.67331 Finn> Blue says, "It's a very CLINICAL way of describing what happened."
2020-09-19_01:26:07.64887 Finn> Min says, "You don't want me using non-clinical language right now."
2020-09-19_01:27:58.31897 Finn> Min says, "I warned you at the time bribing that thing with a source of corrupt power would come back to haunt us, and now it has set up housekeeping in my SKIN in the middle of MY HOME and MY PAST."
2020-09-19_01:28:44.00871 Finn> Min takes a deep breath. "But that's done with. What's important is dealing with this thing before it can do too much damage."
2020-09-19_01:30:03.55931 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Well, we've dealt with force funk before."
2020-09-19_01:30:19.39157 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Is the Crow's Eye likely to be watchinr or will it have fucked us and moved on?"
2020-09-19_01:30:21.27935 Finn> Chel asks, "So, what'll it take to stop it, you think?"
2020-09-19_01:30:25.87936 Finn> Alaia asks, "In the hook you left for it, yes. But that's the past. How do we deal with it?"
2020-09-19_01:30:36.47453 Finn> Blue says to Manny, "It can't."
2020-09-19_01:30:45.37422 Finn> Blue says, "That's part of the compact."
2020-09-19_01:30:58.28810 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Good."
2020-09-19_01:31:06.10921 Finn> Blue says, "The Crow's Eye may not move on you directly or attempt to harm or interfere you directly."
2020-09-19_01:31:40.33053 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Well, I expect it can be shot or cut in half if it can actually interact with people, though probably you will have to have a mind battle with it because that's how this kind of thing works."
2020-09-19_01:31:42.24547 Ivan> Chris-hotep hms. Pretty sure I also specified indirectly. But, no log to check here.
2020-09-19_01:31:48.99507 Finn> Min says, "With all due respect, Blue, that says NOTHING about what it can do if WE try to move on IT."
2020-09-19_01:32:21.79410 Finn> Blue says, "It'll need to retreat, except in certain circumstances." Blue goes and fixes herself a bowl of Sherbet. "I think I know what this is."
2020-09-19_01:32:36.66374 Finn> Blue says, "This? Is the Crow's Eye trying to give you a gift."
2020-09-19_01:33:19.45706 Finn> Min says, "You're going to have to explain that one."
2020-09-19_01:33:21.47847 Finn> Alaia says, "A gift wrapped in a poisoned package. Which, admittedly, would be completely its style."
2020-09-19_01:33:39.28245 Finn> Blue says, "What happens if you don't get involved, Min?"
2020-09-19_01:33:44.32340 Finn> Blue says, "Humor me."
2020-09-19_01:34:34.76087 Finn> Min says, "Kh'veek knows. Most likely it gets a lot of people killed and then the ISB and Inquisitors move in and kill what's left."
2020-09-19_01:35:17.97548 Finn> Blue says, "So what you're saying is, those who wronged you... who drove you in fear and terror from your home, who sided with your lover against you... will die."
2020-09-19_01:35:33.11057 Finn> Blue says, "And then when this thing finishes its run, it will take more of your enemies with it."
2020-09-19_01:35:43.60435 Finn> Blue daintily eats a bite of Sherbet.
2020-09-19_01:36:47.77976 Finn> Chel says, "heck of a curse."
2020-09-19_01:36:58.87146 Finn> Min says, "...noooooo, the only one still alive who really qualifies there is Sloan himself. The few people from the old days still around had nothing to do with my being driven off, and have been quite friendly to me on the very few occasions we've met since then."
2020-09-19_01:37:25.58470 Finn> Min says, "And one of the people likely to die actually HELPED me escape."
2020-09-19_01:37:56.99354 Finn> Blue says, "True." She shrugs one shoulder.
2020-09-19_01:38:01.35873 Finn> Min says, "So it's a great theory but it doesn't really mesh with the details."
2020-09-19_01:38:21.22046 Finn> Blue says, "I can tell you that this thing hasn't bent things far enough for the Force to feel it violated its compact."
2020-09-19_01:38:45.37104 Finn> Blue says, "Then again, the Force's standards aren't really ours, are they?"
2020-09-19_01:38:52.14892 Finn> Alaia says, "Of course, if it takes its knowledge from your curse ... you know, when you felt betrayed, possibly by the whole organisation that your boy represented ..."
2020-09-19_01:39:26.60683 Finn> Min says, "Whatever the damn thing's motives..." She sighs. "How do I get rid of it? Can I just... I don't know, put a saber through it now that it's got a physical form?"
2020-09-19_01:40:03.93123 Finn> Blue says, "Almost certainly."
2020-09-19_01:40:12.80451 Finn> Min says, "I know my own mind, Alaia. I never felt like the organization as a whole betrayed me. Just certain people."
2020-09-19_01:40:23.62210 Finn> Blue says, "That might not get right of all of it, though."
2020-09-19_01:40:43.77863 Finn> Min says, "Will it get rid of the physical manifestation?"
2020-09-19_01:41:01.14578 Finn> Blue says, "Destroying the shard? Yes."
2020-09-19_01:41:02.17466 Finn> Alaia says, "Let's hope so. I expect part of the solution will be a wacky trip through allegorical phantom scenarios, because almost every major Force Fuckery problem so far has."
2020-09-19_01:42:01.57052 Finn> Min sighs. "This isn't going to be easy."
2020-09-19_01:42:25.27679 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Do you think the Shard is still there or did this thing just get charged up by it?"
2020-09-19_01:42:41.30990 Finn> Blue says, "At least a piece of it is."
2020-09-19_01:42:56.87912 Finn> Blue says, "There's a chunk of it right in the eye, on the holo."
2020-09-19_01:43:18.68170 Finn> Min says, "Sloan's got a fair number of people and I suspect things are complicated on the planet right now."
2020-09-19_01:43:20.20877 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We can probably expect the Crow's Eye will somehow power up URghbleah to come after us with another chunk."
2020-09-19_01:44:41.25567 Finn> Min says, "I'm going to make this slightly harder with my next request."
2020-09-19_01:45:29.03043 Finn> Min says, "The Trando, here, and the Devaronian woman here. Don't kill them. Use stun if we need to engage either."
2020-09-19_01:45:49.24906 Finn> Blue says, "Ugggghhh."
2020-09-19_01:45:55.07919 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Okay."
2020-09-19_01:46:08.80509 Finn> Blue says, "Can we kill the Barabel? Those things are nasty."
2020-09-19_01:46:12.86288 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "If we kill too many people, we'd be making trouble with the syndicate, anyway"
2020-09-19_01:46:29.43316 Finn> Min says, "Any of the others are fair game."
2020-09-19_01:48:32.91854 Finn> Min says, "Can any of you witchy folk think of anything we go do or gather that would help us deal with this thing?"
2020-09-19_01:49:44.97491 Finn> Min says, "Or Chel, I know it's a long shot, but any Jedhan wisdom?"
2020-09-19_01:50:20.86127 Finn> Blue says, "The Nardithi shard is of Dathomir, but I suspect in this case all it's doing is lending our old strength to this attenuated version of you, Min."
2020-09-19_01:50:41.86173 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Can I make a Lore check? I'm sure it'll be high but worth trying!"
2020-09-19_01:50:44.55963 Finn> Blue says, "I could exorcise it given time, but ultimately that being is tied to you."
2020-09-19_01:50:57.84902 Finn> She says brightly, "You could die! That'd cut it free VERY effectively."
2020-09-19_01:51:29.54335 Ivan> Akio says, "Hmm. Mike a five-purple Lore check, Manny."
2020-09-19_01:51:36.40516 Finn> Alaia asks, "Would killing this Sloan guy take care of the curse thing?"
2020-09-19_01:51:47.35328 Finn> Chel thinks
2020-09-19_01:52:11.94038 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Utter failure!"
2020-09-19_01:52:14.06439 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "So, what would the dice roll be for chel to remember her jedha lore?"
2020-09-19_01:52:28.94385 Finn> Blue says, "It would almost certainly try to return to Min and re-integrate. Given Min's current state, it would fail. It would be like trying to throw a rubber ball clean through a wall."
2020-09-19_01:52:31.32393 Finn> Chel thinks..... this could take a while......
2020-09-19_01:52:49.86406 Ivan> Tobias says, "Manny remembers only the terrible pepsodent jingles of the lower depths."
2020-09-19_01:52:53.20247 Finn> Alaia asks, "What would it try then? Go boom? Find another host?"
2020-09-19_01:52:56.34671 Finn> Blue says, "She cast this part of herself out a while back.
2020-09-19_01:53:14.44233 Finn> Blue says, "The part of it that's immortal would sublimate back into the cosmic Force."
2020-09-19_01:53:24.95034 Finn> Blue says, "The part of it that isn't would die."
2020-09-19_01:53:26.71740 Finn> Min says, "I didn't cast it out, exactly."
2020-09-19_01:53:33.62625 Finn> Blue says, "Just like what happens to us all."
2020-09-19_01:53:42.17640 Finn> Chel, make a five-purple Lore check.
2020-09-19_01:53:47.33902 Finn> Min says, "The opposite. I accepted it as what it is."
2020-09-19_01:54:05.17884 Finn> Min says, "And then just stopped doing what it said."
2020-09-19_01:54:53.70621 Finn> Min says, "But it's always going to be part of me, and I'm fine with that now."
2020-09-19_01:55:10.04047 Finn> Chel's brain seems to have frozen in sand-swirled flashbacks.
2020-09-19_01:59:30.26939 Finn> Chel does not have any Jedhand wisdom for y'all, if that wasn't clear.
2020-09-19_01:59:38.03810 Finn> Besides "always check your robe for scorpions."
2020-09-19_01:59:41.94896 Finn> Min says, "Well, I guess I'd better contact Cracken back and tell him we're on our way to Celanon, get him to set up an info packet or a contact or something." She sighs. "Damn it, I had a dinner date with Lieutenant Renzo tonight. Do you know how pissy Dugs get when you stand them up?"
2020-09-19_02:00:19.00288 Finn> Blue says, "Your xenophilia is both terrifying and intriguing, Min."
2020-09-19_02:00:20.13599 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "He'll have to live with it."
2020-09-19_02:00:43.61628 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "You would need special medical aid to produce children, anyway"
2020-09-19_02:01:16.14827 Finn> Min says, "...what? I'm pretty sure YOU'RE not a Togruta."
2020-09-19_02:01:51.77010 Finn> Blue says firmly, "Togrutas are people-shaped."
2020-09-19_02:02:26.43281 Finn> Min says, "That's some High Human Culture bullshit right there."
2020-09-19_02:02:55.99431 Finn> Alaia says, "I'd be happy to not learn more about your dating adventures."
2020-09-19_02:04:09.96652 Finn> Blue says, "Bold words from a woman who let a Harch stick it in her."
2020-09-19_02:04:20.59331 Finn> Min says, "Hey. I've admittedly had my less than noble moments, but I have never put anything in any part of me that was as vile as Alton Kastle."
2020-09-19_02:04:36.19756 Finn> Alaia says, "Neither have I."
2020-09-19_02:04:36.81715 Finn> Blue cackles.
2020-09-19_02:05:39.81992 Finn> Min says, "And it wasn't like that! It was a STINGER."
2020-09-19_02:05:48.23653 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I think we can argue who has had more impure, futile sex later"
2020-09-19_02:05:50.75823 Finn> Min says, "Sort of thing."
2020-09-19_02:06:21.29974 Finn> Blue says, "Technically they're ovipositers."
2020-09-19_02:06:44.16335 Finn> Min says, "They're PAINFUL is what they are."
2020-09-19_02:07:20.38601 Finn> Alaia asks, "Aaanyway. Cracky, info packet and or contact, make our leisurely way towards Celanon? Might as well see about picking up your mother while we're making a mess of the planet, if she's there?"
2020-09-19_02:07:32.85693 Finn> Blue says, "The Breeding Webs of the Harch are painful. Wow." She sounds the final word elaborately, making a sarcastic popping noise.
2020-09-19_02:08:16.18489 Finn> Blue says, "There's a sister on Celanon, in Celicity."
2020-09-19_02:08:18.79724 Finn> Min says, "If she's alive and free, yeah."
2020-09-19_02:08:39.08311 Finn> Blue says, "Contacting her in advance would be... time-consuming, however."
2020-09-19_02:09:03.43000 Finn> Min gives Cracken a call.
2020-09-19_02:09:16.56676 Finn> Alaia says, "Mm. I vaguely remember that Celanon was one of the options in my initial witch contact anventures."
2020-09-19_02:10:06.84800 Finn> Blue says, "We keep people on Celanon, Ord Cestus, Lorrd, even as far as Agamar and Mandalore."
2020-09-19_02:10:24.66474 Finn> Cracken responds.
2020-09-19_02:11:53.71383 Finn> Min says, "We're getting ready to lift ship for Celanon. Any word from Andor, and can you give us a current intel report on the place and perhaps a contact to get us set up with the local Fulcrum?"
2020-09-19_02:12:54.30189 Finn> Cracken says, "Well, your contact WAS going to be Lieutenant Andor."
2020-09-19_02:13:17.03626 Finn> Cracken says, "I can authenticate you to Fulcrum-Celanon." He gives you verbal codes.
2020-09-19_02:13:45.79577 Finn> Alaia says, "I'd laugh if Fulcrum-C turns out to be Min's sexy friend."
2020-09-19_02:14:09.60134 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "And that should have been in here, but meh. Alaia would be equally amused."
2020-09-19_02:14:52.39061 Finn> Min says, "She isn't. Unless you like them rigid, abrupt, and bitchy."
2020-09-19_02:15:03.48619 Finn> Chel asks, "we talking about her sister again?"
2020-09-19_02:15:11.51636 Finn> Min says, "No."
2020-09-19_02:15:23.60932 Finn> Cracken says, "Things are tense on Celanon."
2020-09-19_02:15:38.85076 Finn> Min says, "Go on?"
2020-09-19_02:16:10.66127 Finn> Cracken says, "The Moff and the planetary legislature passed a kind of restrictive covenant law. It doesn't... dispossess the Nalroni, per se."
2020-09-19_02:16:38.16509 Finn> Cracken says, "It's just in most the major cities now, in large parts of them, Nalroni are not permitted to sell or bequeath property to non-humans."
2020-09-19_02:17:09.81751 Finn> Min grunts. "That's been on the horizon for a while now."
2020-09-19_02:17:11.75687 Finn> Cracken says, "The Nalroni are a smart and peaceable people but they'll only take so much of that kind of thing."
2020-09-19_02:17:26.02224 Finn> Cracken says, "There's increased security presence. That's our fault, I'm afraid."
2020-09-19_02:17:49.84656 Finn> Min says, "Local troops or Stormtroopers?"
2020-09-19_02:17:52.50860 Finn> Cracken says, "We've been recruiting and operating heavily in the Northern Rim and the Empire is concerned about the old Separatist strongholds here flaring open."
2020-09-19_02:18:06.49289 Finn> Cracken says, "Neither so far. The Navy."
2020-09-19_02:19:01.40543 Finn> Cracken says, "The Fringe has been tense, but stable. Nobody REALLY wants to disrupt the runs down to Ord Mantell or the Corporate Sector."
2020-09-19_02:19:02.28712 Finn> Min asks, "You heard anything about the Gotra setting sights on the planet?"
2020-09-19_02:19:16.01480 Finn> Cracken says, "No, but..." He purses his lips.
2020-09-19_02:19:27.70625 Finn> Cracken says, "We have terrible intel on the Gotra and the Crymorah."
2020-09-19_02:19:48.37076 Finn> Cracken says, "The other syndicates recognize opportunity or at least problems in a revolution starting."
2020-09-19_02:20:03.85659 Finn> Cracken says, "The droids? We're just two different gangs of meatsacks fighting it out to them."
2020-09-19_02:21:08.86364 Finn> Min says, "I get the feeling they've been lurking in the background of events for a while now."
2020-09-19_02:21:43.02672 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "over the last few days, i've gotten a horribly racist view of mask wearing"
2020-09-19_02:21:53.52098 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "white people don't want to wear them"
2020-09-19_02:21:53.89388 Finn> Min says, "It was a droid assault wave that did for Don Margrann."
2020-09-19_02:22:08.73098 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "black people do, but usually wear them incorrectly"
2020-09-19_02:22:24.00389 Finn> Cracken says, "I know. And then they just faded away."
2020-09-19_02:22:29.36655 Finn> Min says, "Yeah."
2020-09-19_02:22:37.14624 Finn> Cracken says, "I suspect that... I did some digging."
2020-09-19_02:22:54.84664 Finn> Min says, "Go on?"
2020-09-19_02:22:55.34295 Finn> Cracken says, "There were a number of suspiciously 'fake' syndicates like that operating at the time."
2020-09-19_02:22:58.42474 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "i kept on seeing examples of these things when i went on grocery runs."
2020-09-19_02:23:23.33728 Finn> Cracken says, "I suspect that was the start of Officer Lem's attempts to co-opt parts of the Fringe for the Empire."
2020-09-19_02:23:50.83496 Finn> Cracken says, "Like the Blue Suns, who pushed out Alaia's old boss."
2020-09-19_02:24:27.53288 Finn> Min grunts. "I'd wondered as much. Do you think he bought a hit from the Gotra?"
2020-09-19_02:25:31.90731 Finn> Cracken says, "I think that he and the Gotra built a 'new' syndicate that could push out your Family, and then present themselves to the Pykes as their new subsidiary in Celanon."
2020-09-19_02:25:51.25528 Finn> Cracken says, "And then when Sloan mounted an effective defense one or both parties decided not to push it."
2020-09-19_02:26:04.28013 Finn> Cracken says, "They might even have been working WITH the Pykes already."
2020-09-19_02:26:21.71809 Finn> Min says, "Of course, that also raises the question of whether or now Sloan now has ties to Lem, doesn't it? Or whether Lem just decided the effort was a failure and cut his losses."
2020-09-19_02:26:37.72384 Finn> Cracken says, "Welcome to the wonderful world of intelligence, Min."
2020-09-19_02:28:29.31313 Finn> Min asks, "Do you think it's worth investiagting a current gotra connection before we move in, or is time more valuable?"
2020-09-19_02:29:52.23307 Finn> Cracken shrugs eloquently. "I really don't know." He clearly doesn't like saying that.
2020-09-19_02:30:14.71926 Finn> Cracken says, "I would prefer you move to reinforce Lieutenant Andor as soon as possible; he's one of my best."
2020-09-19_02:30:36.45329 Finn> Cracken says, "But I don't want to tell the Senators we lost half our Jedi on a half-cocked operation."
2020-09-19_02:33:40.06848 Finn> Min says, "Right. Well, I'll talk to you later, General. Hopefully."
2020-09-19_02:34:21.21184 Finn> Cracken nods and lets you go.
2020-09-19_02:35:15.34681 Finn> Min cuts the call if Cracken has nothing else, then turns to the others. "So. Directly there, or stop to see if we can get gotra information? The droids may not even be involved."
2020-09-19_02:35:46.67078 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I am inclined to head there because the gotra, whatever they are doing, aren't really our problem."
2020-09-19_02:36:05.94232 Finn> Chel says, "whatever beatmaster says"
2020-09-19_02:36:08.25513 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Unless they're likely to suddnely send a million droids to kill everyone while we're doing our thing."
2020-09-19_02:36:37.87502 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Also, hopefully, Andor, who is on the scene, will know something."
2020-09-19_02:37:58.05870 Finn> Min says, cheerfully, "Suddenly sending a million droids to kill everyone is, in fact, what happened the LAST time the gotra came to Celanon."
2020-09-19_02:38:06.47508 Finn> Alaia asks, "The only one who has something approaching a source on the Gotra is you, Min. Do you think you can get your droid friend to spill the bits without us having to do a cycle of favors before we can get them?"
2020-09-19_02:38:54.00854 Finn> Min says, "My friend was always willing to take hard currency in payment."
2020-09-19_02:39:09.40956 Finn> Alaia says, "Ah, the thing we don't actually have."
2020-09-19_02:39:18.36513 Finn> Min says, "...are you broke?"
2020-09-19_02:39:59.29739 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "How much hard currency are we talking?"
2020-09-19_02:40:40.24217 Finn> the GM would like to interject here.
2020-09-19_02:40:47.15324 Finn> Min says, "I have no idea."
2020-09-19_02:40:57.61628 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Interject, please."
2020-09-19_02:40:58.70502 Finn> Min blew a Destiny Point on this contact, in the same way Alaia did with Sweetie back in the day.
2020-09-19_02:41:13.52175 Finn> He may charge a fee, but it'll be one easily covered by available resources.
2020-09-19_02:41:53.71016 Finn> Min says, "I can sweet-talk him to something reasonable. Or Alaia can."
2020-09-19_02:41:54.02341 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "And we really need to resolve the quantum resource issue some time soon."
2020-09-19_02:42:03.65982 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-19_02:42:20.79656 Ivan> Akio says, "Yes."
2020-09-19_02:42:33.45752 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-19_02:42:42.19092 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "I glitched; did someone answer Manny's question?"
2020-09-19_02:43:13.95853 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeah, the answer is 'easily coverable by available resources'"
2020-09-19_02:44:33.14822 Finn> Min says, "Actually... they're both in the Northern Rim. How much time would we lose by a detour?
2020-09-19_02:44:33.36104 Finn> Mike says, "..."
2020-09-19_02:44:42.19207 Ivan> Tobias says, "fingerslip"
2020-09-19_02:44:53.98171 Finn> Alaia looks to Manny.
2020-09-19_02:48:58.65002 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "About two to three days"
2020-09-19_02:49:10.30756 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Not a really long trip"
2020-09-19_02:49:51.80161 Finn> Min says, "A lot can happen in two to three days."
2020-09-19_02:50:44.34146 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I'm cool either way."
2020-09-19_02:51:04.90052 Finn> Min stews.
2020-09-19_02:51:40.22624 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Wait..."
2020-09-19_02:51:56.45001 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Given you left, and now there's another you... is everyone likely mind-fuzzed to accept this or what?"
2020-09-19_02:52:08.67488 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "They're likely to be wondering what the fuck happened, right?"
2020-09-19_02:52:35.26210 Ivan> Chris-hotep asks, "Is that 2-3 days total, or the extra for the droid side trip?"
2020-09-19_02:52:44.63610 Ivan> Akio says, "The latter."
2020-09-19_02:52:55.88312 Finn> Min says, "I don't know, Manny. Maybe they think it's me. Maybe they've been 'mind-fuzzed' to think I've never left. Maybe something else."
2020-09-19_02:53:29.59986 Finn> Min says, "I just don't know enough about this thing or what it can do."
2020-09-19_02:55:06.29101 Finn> Min says, "We also have another problem."
2020-09-19_02:55:13.36175 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I'm just thinking if we can get to someone you are still on good terms with and clear their mind, we can probably find out more"
2020-09-19_02:55:27.24416 Finn> Min says, "The Raven."
2020-09-19_02:56:00.96090 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "As in, it being recognized, or as in, keeping it safe while we run amuck?"
2020-09-19_02:56:35.74267 Finn> Blue says, "I can fit all of you in the Prohibited Lady but it won't be pleasant."
2020-09-19_02:56:44.60766 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-19_02:56:44.82045 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-19_02:57:01.36469 Finn> Blue says, "And there'll be no room for your dogsbody or girl droid."
2020-09-19_02:57:09.25873 Finn> Chel says, "i call dibs behind Blue."
2020-09-19_02:58:17.29935 Finn> Min says, "The Family was part of the Pykes; we had a lot of planetside business interests but our main line was the smuggling that went through the port of Celanon. The Family has eyes ALL OVER anywhere shit is being moved on or off world. And I'm almost certain that they know we fly the Raven. If we take her, we're gonna have to have a convincing disguise for her. She's a YT and there's a million of em, but we can't use our real ID."
2020-09-19_02:59:14.89477 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We could hide the Raven somewhere and make the last jump in the Prohibited Lady, or we could get a fake transponder."
2020-09-19_03:01:01.99643 Finn> Min says, "It's practically next door to Dathomir."
2020-09-19_03:01:55.00118 Finn> Blue says, "Or Dantooine."
2020-09-19_03:02:15.99906 Finn> Min says, "True."
2020-09-19_03:02:32.62837 Finn> Alaia says, "Dantooine might be a better switchover. We've spent quite a bit of time at Dathomir recently."
2020-09-19_03:02:41.59847 Finn> The rules regarding transponder and engine alteration may be consulted on Page 75 of Fly Casual.
2020-09-19_03:03:18.32011 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: If an engine isn't actually running it can't be ID'd, right?"
2020-09-19_03:03:25.29548 Finn> Correct.
2020-09-19_03:03:38.22025 Finn> Addendum: it can if you can gain physical access to it.
2020-09-19_03:03:53.36512 Finn> Like, actually walk up to it INSIDE the ship and plug into its maintenance ports and whatnot.
2020-09-19_03:04:13.01430 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Based on how Merc has described this, I think really we don't need to worry about engine unless someone gets suspcious of us."
2020-09-19_03:05:27.15899 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: What we need to worry about is making sure nobody at the port sends Sloan a memo says, "Hey boss, that ship on your watch list just landed in Bay 38 according to local ATC.""
2020-09-19_03:05:52.19779 Finn> To give you guys a rundown on this:
2020-09-19_03:06:31.55493 Finn> By now, your transponder codes and engine signatures have likely been forward to all major trade hubs and Imperial authorities in the civilized galaxy.
2020-09-19_03:07:06.49271 Ivan> Chris-hotep exclaims, "Oh, right, we're also nefarious pirates now!"
2020-09-19_03:07:09.68397 Finn> However, actually comparing engine signatures is time-consuming work; it happens, but usually only when law enforcement already suspects something, and many ports are notorious in their laxness.
2020-09-19_03:07:31.41506 Finn> Your BOSS datapad is now totally useless, but if you get boarded you have bigger problems.
2020-09-19_03:07:37.28067 Finn> This leaves your transponder.
2020-09-19_03:07:44.29829 Finn> THAT'S a legitimate problem.
2020-09-19_03:08:07.18963 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Do they even HAVE our current engine sig?"
2020-09-19_03:08:56.25748 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Chel could hack our transponder; she would have to steal a signature from Boss (not hard) and then impose it on the ship (a 4 purple task)"
2020-09-19_03:08:59.62328 Finn> You don't know what Gedda or Morden might know. Irene can confirm she didn't hand it over and if Imperial Intelligence had it, they didn't share with the ISB.
2020-09-19_03:09:38.53460 Finn> Basically, if the authorities on Celanon simply wave you to a landing pad, you're fine. For many, even most, ships that is what happens.
2020-09-19_03:10:02.69693 Finn> If they decide to check your transponder and you haven't altered it convincingly...
2020-09-19_03:10:03.58449 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "well, if merc says we can, let's do it"
2020-09-19_03:10:11.57018 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "We need to steal the Falcon's Transponder code :)"
2020-09-19_03:10:35.94154 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Can Chel make a 4-purple roll?"
2020-09-19_03:11:37.04035 Ivan> Voice of John Biles looks at Rod, the only person who know that.
2020-09-19_03:11:59.48124 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "if this counts towards codebreaker, chel can knock down one dot of difficulty"
2020-09-19_03:12:09.29009 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "and do a reroll"
2020-09-19_03:12:22.03976 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It also requires a mechanics check but I have three yellows and the difficulty for the Mech check is 3 purp"
2020-09-19_03:12:52.94720 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "so it'll be a two-try three purple roll vs 3 yellows and a green"
2020-09-19_03:13:12.18254 Ivan> Tobias says, "I like those odds."
2020-09-19_03:13:24.81530 Ivan> Akio says, "Codebreaker does not count towards this; it'd be Bypass Security."
2020-09-19_03:13:45.53845 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "hn."
2020-09-19_03:14:13.96310 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "i'm game if you guys are"
2020-09-19_03:14:24.21709 Ivan> Tobias says, "Well, let's try it, and then see."
2020-09-19_03:14:52.02598 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "shall i roll'em merc?"
2020-09-19_03:14:58.52480 Finn> Thankfully, you guys are able to get some fake transponder codes from the Rebels.
2020-09-19_03:15:42.07236 Finn> Manny, make a HArd Mechanics check. Add two blue dice from your tools and a third because R3 assists you.
2020-09-19_03:15:44.91748 Finn> Actually.
2020-09-19_03:15:51.72616 Finn> UPGRADE it once due to R3 assisting you.
2020-09-19_03:15:58.28355 Finn> She's an Astromech, this is how she does.
2020-09-19_03:19:29.01100 Ivan> Akio asks, "John?"
2020-09-19_03:19:52.72844 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Sorry, trouble here. Making the roll"
2020-09-19_03:20:32.38582 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
2020-09-19_03:20:40.30576 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC 6 Advantage and a failure"
2020-09-19_03:20:50.22662 Finn> You rolled wrong.
2020-09-19_03:20:57.92843 Finn> Please roll a single yellow.
2020-09-19_03:21:09.32089 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Okay!"
2020-09-19_03:21:26.11527 Finn> You gain access to the transponder system.
2020-09-19_03:21:36.07309 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "Now I end up with 7 Advantage, which I use to give Chel 3 Bonus dice!"
2020-09-19_03:21:50.27544 Finn> Chel, roll slicing against four purples. You may take six total blues as a boost.
2020-09-19_03:23:00.70412 Finn> Min considers while Manny works. "How about this. When we get close to the Northern Rim, I'll comm my contact and... subtly ask if there's anything relevant they could sell us. If it's yes, we can divert. If it's no, we can continue to Celanon."
2020-09-19_03:23:19.58286 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "u-u-u-ULTRA COMBO"
2020-09-19_03:23:34.35616 Ivan> Tobias says, "Dang."
2020-09-19_03:23:36.90346 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Sounds reasonable"
2020-09-19_03:23:51.02877 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Chel is Goddess of Transponders"
2020-09-19_03:23:59.88783 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "She could make us look like the Death Star with that"
2020-09-19_03:24:03.09945 Finn> Chel successfully alters the transponder of your ship to match that of a totally different ship of your choice.
2020-09-19_03:24:35.63116 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "No one will ever crack that code"
2020-09-19_03:24:35.91501 Finn> Do you wish to try and mess with the engine signature as well?
2020-09-19_03:25:24.51921 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "do we need to?"
2020-09-19_03:25:37.84141 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That's a 4 dice mechanics check and I think I am more likely to blow it than succeed with my three yellows"
2020-09-19_03:25:45.48116 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Or at least, the risk is ther"
2020-09-19_03:26:41.08641 Ivan> Tobias says, "I advise against it."
2020-09-19_03:27:01.61514 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "let's not then"
2020-09-19_03:27:25.15742 Ivan> Tobias says, "As long as the transponder stands up the engine signature shouldn't matter."
2020-09-19_03:27:28.42231 Finn> Okay! What next?
2020-09-19_03:28:08.92028 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "There's way too many of our model for them to check everyone's engine"
2020-09-19_03:29:01.33146 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Just to be clear, visually our ship isn't distinct enough to be recognized by sight by someone who doesn't know her well?"
2020-09-19_03:29:25.61211 Finn> Yes.
2020-09-19_03:29:31.49682 Finn> It's a battered YT-1300.
2020-09-19_03:29:37.70196 Finn> There's quite literally millions.
2020-09-19_03:29:49.92956 Finn> Or, well, maybe not that many, but a lot.
2020-09-19_03:30:29.99227 Finn> Min says, "Okay. Let's raise ship and get going. Manny, any time you can cut off our journey would be golden."
2020-09-19_03:31:12.04726 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac does his best to find a short route.
2020-09-19_03:31:25.73020 Finn> Manny, start with an Easy Astrogation check.
2020-09-19_03:31:35.18098 Finn> Actually, I'll make this simple.
2020-09-19_03:31:46.45014 Ivan> Chris-hotep asks, "Things like our cloak aren't easily noticed just by looking?"
2020-09-19_03:32:01.47644 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC WOO!"
2020-09-19_03:32:07.99241 Finn> Start rolling Astrogation checks, increasing the difficutly by one each time, until you either blow one or succeed on a five-dice one.
2020-09-19_03:32:16.14320 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Nope!"
2020-09-19_03:32:36.72154 Ivan> Akio says, "You'd need to scan your ship pretty close to even pick up the cloak, that's aprt of the point."
2020-09-19_03:32:54.92070 Ivan> Akio says, "Your weapons and such will be picked up, but lots of ships have upgraded weapons."
2020-09-19_03:33:18.63196 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "No, I mean when someone looks at it in port."
2020-09-19_03:33:26.38149 Ivan> Akio says, "Same."
2020-09-19_03:33:30.61646 Ivan> Akio says, "Same answer."
2020-09-19_03:33:32.33363 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Good."
2020-09-19_03:33:33.94717 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC I use the advantage for a bonus die for myself and I use the Triumph to find something useful at the end point of our first jump."
2020-09-19_03:33:53.33913 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC left behind from sme past person trying the same thing as us."
2020-09-19_03:34:06.77424 Finn> I will lump together all your stuff when you finish your sequence of rolls.
2020-09-19_03:34:16.28495 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Okay!"
2020-09-19_03:34:43.00679 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC That's TWO Triumphs saved now"
2020-09-19_03:35:05.99787 Finn> You rolled wrong.
2020-09-19_03:35:06.21069 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-19_03:35:06.21076 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-19_03:35:22.00181 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC 3 Triumphs!"
2020-09-19_03:35:25.22850 Finn> Keep going.
2020-09-19_03:35:34.25756 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Hmm, you can eliminate a strain with an advantage point, right?"
2020-09-19_03:35:40.15577 Ivan> Akio says, "Yes."
2020-09-19_03:36:09.00146 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I use the points from rolls 2 and 3 to eliminate 2 strain"
2020-09-19_03:36:30.35101 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "You don't HAVE any strain at the moment but... up!"
2020-09-19_03:36:32.67252 Ivan> Akio says, "Okay."
2020-09-19_03:36:39.42664 Finn> Okay!
2020-09-19_03:36:46.81542 Finn> Manny hauls ass across space.
2020-09-19_03:36:56.18028 Ivan> Chris-hotep asks, "R3 not helping with the astro?"
2020-09-19_03:37:40.14674 Finn> He finds a new hyperspace bypass leading into the Atollon system, in fact, unknown to even the Rebels; it would let you get very close to the planet without needing to navigate the asteroid field, quite useful.
2020-09-19_03:37:55.89853 Ivan> Akio says, "Manny neglected to consult here and R3 is currently up to some of her own... projects."
2020-09-19_03:38:03.88005 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Woot!"
2020-09-19_03:38:30.22614 Finn> Manny ALSO discovers a fast new hyperspace bypass leading deep into the Gordian Reach, all the way to Yavin. Do you share this intel with General Dodonna when you stop to refuel?
2020-09-19_03:38:40.64007 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Yes"
2020-09-19_03:39:29.33923 Finn> However, this is where your luck gives out. Manny manages to pilot you with great speed out of the reach and all the way to the Celanon spur without difficulty but also without managing to shave enormous amounts of speed.
2020-09-19_03:39:52.87516 Finn> What do you do now, as you approach the Celanon system?
2020-09-19_03:40:36.31447 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Hold up, does that mean our plan is now impractical?"
2020-09-19_03:40:55.28010 Finn> Eh?
2020-09-19_03:41:26.17265 Finn> Mike says, "'Min considers while Manny works. "How about this. When we get close to the Northern Rim, I'll comm my contact and... subtly ask if there's anything relevant they could sell us. If it's yes, we can divert. If it's no, we can continue to Celanon."'"
2020-09-19_03:41:54.96842 Finn> I don't see how that makes anything impractical. You're just now approaching the Northern RIm, from the southeast.
2020-09-19_03:42:06.08418 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Ah, I misunderstood."
2020-09-19_03:42:06.43608 Finn> The reason I stopped is because if you want to execute, now is the time.
2020-09-19_03:42:38.28385 Finn> Min gets out some comm codes she hasn't used in a while and uses them.
2020-09-19_03:42:59.90806 Finn> Working... working...
2020-09-19_03:43:37.11534 Finn> A chipper synthetic voice picks up. "Robot Hell! How may we degrade you, meatsacks?"
2020-09-19_03:44:59.34487 Finn> Min says, "Yeah, I want to speak to CUM-B4U. Business, not pleasure."
2020-09-19_03:46:45.43947 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-19_03:46:46.99990 Finn> "One moment please!" You're on hold briefly, and then connected to what at first glance is an ENORMOUS tall, shirtless, male human wearing a tuxedo collar, spiked cuffs, and nothing else above his waist. He gleams under a slight coat of oil. It's only if you look closely something seems... off. Inhuman. Around the eyes and face, you think. They don't move right.
2020-09-19_03:47:16.14470 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-19_03:47:25.68452 Finn> CUM-B4U says, "Min. It's been awhile." Pause. "Hear there's a price on your head."
2020-09-19_03:48:24.33501 Finn> Min says, "B4U. You got rid of the old battle droid chassis." She shrugs. "Could be."
2020-09-19_03:50:43.52386 Finn> B4U says, "No, no, never!" In something that might make it difficult to sleep tonight, his entire torso splits open at the chest and rotates away; the gleaming chassis of a Super Battle Droid winks at you for a bit before it seals back up gooily.
2020-09-19_03:50:54.62294 Finn> B4U says, "Makes me more versatile, a better earner."
2020-09-19_03:51:07.38518 Finn> B4U says, "You have business?"
2020-09-19_03:51:15.05791 Finn> Min says, "This call secure? Internally as well as external?"
2020-09-19_03:52:05.37407 Finn> B4U says, " I'm using full encryption; as secure as I can make it in a club full of droids. If you're looking for true security we'd need to meet in person."
2020-09-19_03:54:13.16232 Finn> Min says, "I'm looking for information on current events in the Northern Rim, of the sort your... connections might give you knowledge of. If there's anything you have in that respect that's worth a fee, then maybe we should meet. Otherwise, it was nice seeing you and maybe we'll talk again sometime."
2020-09-19_03:55:33.44643 Finn> B4U considers. "Terrorists have moved in," he says. "Trouble might be coming between organics. Lots of us are relocating away from the major planes of contention. There's talk of picking sides, but not a lot of it."
2020-09-19_03:56:14.90055 Finn> R3 rolls up next to Min, and starts beeping and booping at B4U in extremely rapid-fire binary; the kind where half the conversation is in a register too high for human hearing.
2020-09-19_03:56:42.95732 Finn> Min says, "Ah, this is my friend, R3."
2020-09-19_03:56:57.27940 Finn> This continues for about a minute, and then B4U transfers a file.
2020-09-19_03:57:23.77808 Finn> R3 boops to Min, in more normal primary, to transfer B4U a thousand credits.
2020-09-19_03:57:33.13425 Finn> Min does.
2020-09-19_03:57:34.07213 Finn> In more normal BINARY.
2020-09-19_03:57:40.10242 Finn> Alaia looks at R3.
2020-09-19_03:58:04.61977 Finn> B4U says, "Glad to see you've got a competent handler, Min, finally. Try not to get Bounty Hunted."
2020-09-19_03:58:57.27508 Finn> Min says, "Have fun with the other girls, B4U. Don't give them bad backs."
2020-09-19_03:59:16.10088 Finn> B4U nods, and cuts the call.
2020-09-19_03:59:33.47453 Finn> R3 beeps to Min and Alaia that you were taking too long and pussyfooting around with him; a Seppie SBD is still a Seppie SBD, even with an organic fetish. She made a simple direct request; negotiated a price; and secured valuable intel.
2020-09-19_04:00:01.97670 Finn> Min says, "What'd you get?"
2020-09-19_04:00:12.37290 Finn> R3 boops, the Gotra were definitely involved somehow in Margrann's death, Min, and there was some kind of Imperial connection. The other free droids don't much like that but nobody, but NOBODY, says no to Corpse Witch.
2020-09-19_04:00:27.86330 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "i did not know syfy channel did a children of dune series"
2020-09-19_04:00:52.33796 Finn> Alaia hms.
2020-09-19_04:00:57.46447 Finn> Min says, "Anything current, though?"
2020-09-19_04:01:46.42765 Finn> At this moment, the Gotra is largely concentrating on keeping their position intact and running below the radar. However! When it comes to Celanon specifically, R3 got the location of a deactivated cadre of B1s that were put into storage when they pulled out. The warehouse would double as a safe house; not a comfortable one for organics, maybe, tho, but with spaceport access.
2020-09-19_04:02:01.16835 Finn> You'd be stealing from the Gotra, tho.
2020-09-19_04:02:54.74139 Finn> Min says, "Let's keep that one in mind for if we find ourselves needing a place to hole up."
2020-09-19_04:02:55.60539 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-19_04:03:09.16987 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Aargh, I crashed right after Min asked about the intel"
2020-09-19_04:03:26.18758 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-19_04:04:01.33814 Finn> R3 boops apologetically that maybe this information wasn't worth a grand, but B4U has to look good in front of the other free droids. She'd have held you up for the same amount and probably given you a deliberately bad address, in his place, but she thinks he wouldn't fuck her over like that.
2020-09-19_04:04:01.55085 Finn> Min says, "On to Celanon then!"
2020-09-19_04:04:23.07502 Ivan> Akio says, "R3 boops, the Gotra were definitely involved somehow in Margrann's death, Min, and there was some kind of Imperial connection. The other free droids don't much like that but nobody, but NOBODY, says no to Corpse Witch."
2020-09-19_04:04:39.32621 Ivan> Akio says, "At this moment, the Gotra is largely concentrating on keeping their position intact and running below the radar. However! When it comes to Celanon specifically, R3 got the location of a deactivated cadre of B1s that were put into storage when they pulled out. The warehouse would double as a safe house; not a comfortable one for organics, maybe, tho, but with spaceport access."
2020-09-19_04:05:48.50322 Finn> Min nods amiably to her. "It's fine."
2020-09-19_04:06:28.25455 Finn> The Raven and the Prohibited Lady proceed to Celanon; Blue goes in first, about half an hour ahead of you, so you have backup if things turn bad.
2020-09-19_04:06:34.30482 Finn> Alaia pats R3's dome comfortingly. "Thanks for cutting through the BS for us."
2020-09-19_04:06:56.32033 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac pilots the ship to Celanon. "What city do we want to hit?"
2020-09-19_04:07:56.50195 Finn> R3 purrs happily.
2020-09-19_04:09:48.87505 Finn> Chel tries a bit of foresee to figure out the answer to that
2020-09-19_04:10:21.89111 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "shall i roll merc"
2020-09-19_04:10:31.34481 Ivan> Akio says, "One sec, paging."
2020-09-19_04:12:43.75055 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh, wait, you don't need to roll, Rod. You're heading for the capital, Celanon City, Celicity as it is known."
2020-09-19_04:12:51.04334 Ivan> Akio says, "Min could tell you that."
2020-09-19_04:12:57.30530 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeah."
2020-09-19_04:13:25.72971 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "right"
2020-09-19_04:13:42.85928 Finn> You come out of hyperspace in the Celanon system!
2020-09-19_04:14:20.91104 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac heads for Celicity.
2020-09-19_04:14:32.03503 Finn> Celanon is an ancient and important trade world; if it were just on the Hydian way, it would be prosperous, but this is where the Celanon spur, which runs all the way to Ord Mantell, cuts off the major hyperlane and heads north and west.
2020-09-19_04:14:33.09628 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Celicity will be premiering on the CW this fall"
2020-09-19_04:16:07.09861 Finn> There's an Imperial presence in the system, an old Victory and a couple of Nebulon-Bs, a small flotilla of Arquitens. But the vast majority of the traffic here is civilian, hundreds of small freighters coming and going.
2020-09-19_04:16:17.46884 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-19_04:16:17.68158 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-19_04:17:14.60500 Finn> Manny pilots you down to Celicity, and ancient city built around a unique piece of geographic terrain; a ridgeline with a split in it that contains an enormous highland loch with an island in it. The water is somehow pumped up through underground pressure.
2020-09-19_04:17:38.21791 Finn> The rest of the city spills down around this, falling "down" away from the lake.
2020-09-19_04:18:23.52216 Finn> It's raining. It rains a LOT in Celicity. Thankfully the water is fresh and clean, usually; Celanon isn't an industrial hellworld.
2020-09-19_04:18:35.45101 Finn> Do you want to dock next to Blue, or aways away?
2020-09-19_04:18:47.67221 Finn> Min says, quietly, "See the cathedrals clustered around the lake? Those are Nalroni."
2020-09-19_04:19:05.59756 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: A bit away."
2020-09-19_04:19:28.16971 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Not opposite side of the port, but not next ship over either."
2020-09-19_04:20:00.07863 Finn> The cathedrals are old architecture; only some of them are in good repair.
2020-09-19_04:20:15.09086 Finn> There's a LOT of new Imperial era construction here.
2020-09-19_04:20:23.05935 Finn> Manny sets you down.
2020-09-19_04:20:39.18425 Finn> Alaia, make an Average Cool check.
2020-09-19_04:20:50.54437 Finn> Min buttons a long, loose coat over her armor, and throws a hooded cloak over that.
2020-09-19_04:22:38.23627 Finn> Alaia, you encounter some trouble with one of the portmaster's deputies, who is making all sorts of noises about your ships torpedo launcher and demanding to see permits, weapons exemptions, licensing, this that and the other thing. You have a lot of those from Doc, and they're supposed to withstand scrutiny... but you sense what this guy is REALLY looking for is a bribe.
2020-09-19_04:24:56.30715 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "tempted to influence him into really having a jones for sherbert"
2020-09-19_04:25:06.03483 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Same"
2020-09-19_04:25:45.90289 Ivan> Tobias says, "Let's just bribe the man."
2020-09-19_04:25:56.33452 Finn> Alaia invites him to a bowl of crunchy credits sherbet.
2020-09-19_04:26:22.77489 Finn> How much "flavor" does thus sherbet have?
2020-09-19_04:26:57.51940 Finn> Alaia decorates it with 500 credits.
2020-09-19_04:28:16.44090 Finn> He congratulates you on your EXCELLENT taste in desserts, stamps all your papers, and hopes you have luck finding work and filling your holds here on Celanon. He recommends a pub that Min knows the Family uses to try and make contact with freelancers, and continues on his rounds.
2020-09-19_04:28:46.89573 Finn> A couple minutes after that Blue wanders up, her coal-black hair draped over one side of her face in a waterfall, obscuring one eye.
2020-09-19_04:29:33.00293 Finn> Min says, "Black this time? Makes you look pale."
2020-09-19_04:29:47.83735 Finn> Alaia says, "Looks good, though."
2020-09-19_04:30:08.17936 Finn> Min says, "It does work with the rain, yeah."
2020-09-19_04:30:09.33458 Finn> Blue says, "This is a pale city."
2020-09-19_04:30:25.63756 Finn> Min says, "Deep."
2020-09-19_04:31:02.97105 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Okay, where to next, Min?"
2020-09-19_04:31:20.33376 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "Ventress, sounding Hard Boiled"
2020-09-19_04:31:40.40732 Finn> Min says, "We should probably make contact with Celanon-Fulcrum."
2020-09-19_04:32:34.03327 Finn> Min says, "Depending on what they tell us, we make an approach on Mrs. Kren. And hope she's still there."
2020-09-19_04:32:36.53995 Ivan> Chris-hotep asks, "What was the contact protocol for C-F?"
2020-09-19_04:32:40.68671 Finn> You have identification codes, and a comm channel. Theoretically in the latter case; according to Cracken Celanon-Fulcrum doesn't like being contacted except on her own terms.
2020-09-19_04:32:55.28583 Finn> Or in person.
2020-09-19_04:33:02.67395 Finn> They don't trust comms.
2020-09-19_04:33:26.98593 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "I wouldn't either in Gotra territory."
2020-09-19_04:33:56.72605 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Did they detail a way to get an in-person meeting?"
2020-09-19_04:35:54.78350 Finn> Usually Cracken would send a courier at pre-arranged times, or she'd send one to him. (Or one of his cutouts. Celanon-Fulcrum doesn't know the name "General Cracken.") If there was a specific operation they were coordinating on there'd be a meeting. In an emergency, or in the case of an unscheduled need to meet, there is a way to get a quick meeting.
2020-09-19_04:36:00.80048 Finn> But, uh, Min won't like it.
2020-09-19_04:36:19.46291 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Go on?"
2020-09-19_04:36:35.43839 Finn> You have to walk right into police HQ, pick up one of the public comm lines, and request a nonexistent officers extension. That will trip a flag in the system alerting her.
2020-09-19_04:37:04.41568 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That seems like a rather risky contact method"
2020-09-19_04:37:14.88794 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Then what?"
2020-09-19_04:37:23.50313 Ivan> Akio says, "Celanon-Fulcrum is chief of Celanon City Police."
2020-09-19_04:37:45.40688 Finn> Then you meet at the pre-arranged location, down near one of the canals, the following midnight.
2020-09-19_04:38:04.58380 Finn> In a place easy to ambush anyone standing in it, Min knows.
2020-09-19_04:38:41.29639 Finn> Min says, "Way I see it we have two options here."
2020-09-19_04:39:43.71596 Finn> Min says, "One, we send in Chel and she dials the number, then leaves. Chel ain't wanted on Celanon and if she does her usual routine nobody will even notice her."
2020-09-19_04:41:39.49691 Finn> Min says, "Two, Blue sets up a meeting with her using her IPKC which is still totally above suspicion to talk about a bounty, and when she shows we drop the recognition codes."
2020-09-19_04:42:40.56308 Finn> Alaia asks, "How often does the CoP talk to random bounty hunters instead of officers detailed to that duty?"
2020-09-19_04:42:41.36465 Finn> Chel says, "i'm game."
2020-09-19_04:43:24.49415 Finn> Blue says, "Chiefs of Police don't come to YOU unless you're standing over a body in front of a burning bar. But I can definitely get in to see HER. These local cops always make time for someone with an Imp credential if they show up in-person, they just don't have to like it."
2020-09-19_04:43:52.22399 Finn> Min says, "Yeah."
2020-09-19_04:43:59.32626 Finn> Alaia nods. "Might be the safer way."
2020-09-19_04:44:28.39329 Finn> Blue says, "What d'you want me to tell her?"
2020-09-19_04:44:33.60593 Finn> Alaia says, "And doesn't risk blowing the usual contact method for Mistah C's people."
2020-09-19_04:45:54.28573 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "This game needs more Captain Caveman."
2020-09-19_04:47:17.47449 Finn> Min says, "Go in. Flash the recognition codes quietly. Tell her you have a bounty on your ship with possible jurisdiction issues, and could she come by and help sort out who you should be handing them over to, her or sector-level authorities."
2020-09-19_04:47:44.27823 Finn> Min says, "Think that should give enough cover?"
2020-09-19_04:49:41.03979 Finn> Blue says, "Should do."
2020-09-19_04:50:13.05826 Finn> Min asks, "Do you think it would be wiser to have her meet us elsewhere, other than the ship?"
2020-09-19_04:50:20.47307 Finn> Blue considers.
2020-09-19_04:50:38.73085 Finn> Blue says, "How likely is she to pull her sidearm and call for backup the second she sees your face?"
2020-09-19_04:51:08.84413 Finn> Min says, "Depends on if she mistakes me for my double."
2020-09-19_04:51:33.58349 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac imagines putting a bag over Min's head.
2020-09-19_04:52:30.14797 Finn> Blue says, "Ship is best for a quick getaway, but she'll have the port watched, and in turn that means the Family will have her port watchers watched. You know how it works here."
2020-09-19_04:52:43.43587 Finn> Min says, "Yeah."
2020-09-19_04:52:50.53187 Finn> Alaia says, "When in doubt, assume the worst possible outcome, and plan for that."
2020-09-19_04:55:23.86950 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I incline to say away from the ship because other places than the port will be less watched."
2020-09-19_04:56:37.21455 Finn> Blue says, "Min? Any good places?"
2020-09-19_04:57:41.88635 Finn> Min says, "Hmm. There's a Nalroni cathedral on a bit of a spur of the ridge, somewhat away from the others. There's a number of paths that go up to it, and the sightlines are bad on all of them. It's open and there's a number of places you can go in it and not be easily heard, and importantly comms won't work in the structure for some reason. And not many people go there, or even know about it. Kh'veek, I only know because one year when I was 15 I visited all of the cathedrals."
2020-09-19_04:58:42.05217 Finn> Blue nods. "Get set up," she says. "I'll make the arrangements."
2020-09-19_04:59:10.92184 Finn> I think we'll cut here for the night and get into the meat of Celanon next week.
2020-09-19_04:59:48.22384 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Well, that took a lot of thrashing about but we finally got moving."
2020-09-19_05:01:55.40898 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Some days are like that."
2020-09-19_05:01:55.62172 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Some of the threashing was necessary."
2020-09-19_05:02:09.95345 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like figuring out the stuff with the Raven, that was super important."
2020-09-19_05:02:16.12032 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah"
2020-09-19_05:03:42.16523 Finn> Mike says, "Yeah, if we'd just landed the Raven there under its own transponder..."
2020-09-19_05:03:52.53842 Finn> Mike says, "Would not have been pretty."
2020-09-19_05:04:26.91955 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I would encourage all of you to read this before next time: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nwiBis5tAvHnOFWg7Wd7QUW7VTFlE6fGurDBvRs_vao/edit"
2020-09-19_05:04:35.30082 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The story of Min's misspent youth."
2020-09-19_05:06:02.94401 Finn> Shiori says, "I remember that, it's awesome."
2020-09-19_05:07:20.19159 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's maybe the best thing Mike's ever written."
2020-09-19_05:07:25.69444 Finn> Harrowhark says, "No offense to your other work, Mike."
2020-09-19_05:07:55.28406 Finn> Mike says, "No, I agree."
2020-09-19_05:11:04.64111 Finn> Harrowhark says, "A Pair of Brown Eyes comes close but it drags in the middle in a way that Fault Line Blues doesn't."
2020-09-19_05:27:41.43527 Ivan> Akio asks, "Did someone just get on discord for like three seconds?"
2020-09-19_05:28:29.28929 Ivan> Tobias says, "Not me."
2020-09-19_05:54:16.71529 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I blame Ghost Rider"
2020-09-19_05:59:26.89728 Finn> Shiori says, "Thuds"
2020-09-19_05:59:28.06693 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-19_05:59:28.27966 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-09-19_06:12:33.51796 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Droo, John, and probably Merc will like the stuff this guy has done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bn-G_739hM There's also a pretty good cover of Hey Ho (Lumineers), Fast Car, an interesting take on Let it Go, and an original fan tribute song to the Black Panther movie."
2020-09-19_06:26:32.13021 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I know him from doing a song with the Piano Guys"
2020-09-19_06:36:28.10836 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So in Warhammer RPG First Edition - there are no character types which get pants as gear."
2020-09-19_06:40:58.43013 Finn> Vendrik says, "I mean, I guess that makes sense. They'd all be wearing belted tunics, or hose. Nobody is likely to start as a knight or anything that rides a horse, and trouser style pants don't really develop as common non-noble wear until into the 19th century."
2020-09-19_06:44:49.14294 Finn> Vendrik says, "Oddly, you'd be more likely to find them outside the Empire than inside. The cultures they blatantly ripped off for other areas, like the Norsca, are far more likely to wear actual pants then breech-style leggings."
2020-09-19_06:47:20.49503 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Heh"
2020-09-19_06:49:55.68005 Finn> Mike has disconnected.
2020-09-19_06:49:55.89296 Mike has disconnected
2020-09-19_06:52:39.90299 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Sometimes youtube autoplay wandering leads very very weird places: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKZTdkvr4qo"
2020-09-19_07:30:36.60101 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'That song never gets old.... like Bruce Wayne's parents.'"
2020-09-19_07:56:44.58323 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That may be the most brilliant Thunderstruck cover ever"
2020-09-19_08:09:10.11756 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "It's probably the most unusual one I've ever seen, at least."
2020-09-19_08:12:41.91259 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "(I have to qualify that with probably, because I've seen some shit on youtube. Even in the category of 'weird thunderstruck covers'. Because, you know, the guy in full darth vader helmet and cape, on a unicycle, in a kilt, playing shit on actual flaming bagpipes."
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2020-09-19_09:23:47.12014 Finn> Hotaru sighs
2020-09-19_09:27:02.56453 Finn> Hotaru says, "Slept fine at first, good dreams. Woke up to use the bathroom, checked tablet, saw the news. Rest of the night? Nightmares."
2020-09-19_14:12:10.52380 Finn> David says, "Mitch McConnell is the boogeyman"
2020-09-19_16:22:32.72859 Finn> Chel says, "i cannot bear to watch the news anymore"
2020-09-19_16:22:45.92059 Finn> Chel says, "just keeping it on fluff like HGTV or espn"
2020-09-19_16:34:35.12614 Finn> Chel puts up the christmas tree, because Filipino
2020-09-19_16:34:44.74625 Finn> Hotaru says, "Sword Art Online: Progressive getting an anime."
2020-09-19_16:34:56.36632 Finn> Chel asks, "spinoff?"
2020-09-19_16:35:07.06229 Finn> Chel says, "please tell me it doesn't have kirito"
2020-09-19_16:35:30.69793 Finn> Hotaru says, "More like a rewrite. It's Aincrad from the beginning, only it stays there and advances slowly."
2020-09-19_16:35:42.03991 Finn> Chel says, "nnngh"
2020-09-19_16:35:50.61729 Finn> Hotaru says, "It does have Kirito, but it's better written, and there's not a rape threat in every volume like the original."
2020-09-19_16:36:03.61642 Finn> Chel says, "well. i'll give it a try"
2020-09-19_16:36:07.66739 Finn> Alaia will still stick with pink rabbit.
2020-09-19_16:36:15.28231 Finn> Hotaru says, "Argo, from the anime? She was only in Progressive. The original anime used a bit of Progressive 1 (which had just come out) in it."
2020-09-19_16:36:52.16081 Finn> Hotaru says, "Which is why Argo vanishes from the original anime - she wasn't in the books. (Emphasis on was - watch this space if they do SAO Season 4.)"
2020-09-19_16:38:36.86505 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-19_16:38:37.07787 Ivan> Wombat falls asleep.
2020-09-19_16:38:37.07792 DaR> Michelle falls asleep.
2020-09-19_16:38:37.07793 tfp> Spellvis falls asleep.
2020-09-19_16:38:37.07793 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-19_16:38:50.97722 Finn> Hotaru says, "Basically, I'm hyped for the anime because a) Argo and lots of Argo; b) a better written Asuna; and c) ...well, no, Kirito is still himself. You can't really change that. It also has Kizmel, who's been in various game spinoffs."
2020-09-19_16:44:47.67691 Finn> Chel says, "i don't remember argo"
2020-09-19_16:46:29.77442 Finn> Chel says, "nng"
2020-09-19_16:46:34.55004 Finn> Chel says, "Splinter Cell VR confirmed"
2020-09-19_16:46:47.25293 Finn> Chel says, "now I gotta figure out what VR platform I can afford"
2020-09-19_16:47:04.01197 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Mike can help you out."
2020-09-19_16:52:54.51312 Finn> Hotaru says, "Argo was the girl with whiskers on her face who helped Kirito and Asuna at the start of the first anime. She was an info broker."
2020-09-19_17:04:02.11241 Finn> Chel says, "having used crunchyroll extensively recently, i gotta say, they pick real annoying music to accompany their commercials for anime"
2020-09-19_17:04:21.35456 Finn> Chel says, "they try to elevate every anime with a shitty hanz zimmer immitation"
2020-09-19_17:04:31.55476 Finn> Chel says, "i do not need re:zero with a hanz zimmer track"
2020-09-19_18:01:33.45263 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Crunchyroll is widely regarded as a trash streaming service."
2020-09-19_18:01:54.31030 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Shitty interface, terrible player, buggy, crash-prone apps, cringey marketing and promot stuff."
2020-09-19_18:01:57.28983 Finn> Chel says, "alright, gave that chuck roast overnight to settle, sliced it thin while it was cold, just ate a little of it cold and wow, it's like deli meat"
2020-09-19_18:02:14.84233 Finn> Chel says, "mesquite smoked deli beef"
2020-09-19_18:02:15.36484 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It just kinda has a captive audience 'cause it has all the animes that aren't netflix eclusives."
2020-09-19_18:02:31.14707 Finn> Chel says, "there are only two things i'll fault crunchyroll for"
2020-09-19_18:02:33.24690 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You intrigue me, Rod."
2020-09-19_18:02:55.11476 Finn> Chel says, "1 - SO MANY COMMERCIAL BREAKS. you can trim it by ONE and i'll be happy"
2020-09-19_18:03:11.11043 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Or you could pay for it."
2020-09-19_18:03:13.08423 Finn> Chel says, "2 - they need a filter to show which shows have an english dub. you have to find those yourself"
2020-09-19_18:03:29.05783 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I've considered buying a deli slver."
2020-09-19_18:03:47.90911 Finn> Chel says, "oh, the meat? I took a cheap-ass pot roast, thick cut, sous vided it 142 degrees 20 hours"
2020-09-19_18:03:58.25921 Finn> Chel says, "in the bag i put liquid smoke and dale's seasoning"
2020-09-19_18:04:12.75576 Finn> Chel says, "I let it cool before slicing so that i could cut it easier"
2020-09-19_18:04:15.09196 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Sounds like you got sammich meat for days."
2020-09-19_18:04:36.29073 Finn> Chel says, "I actually wasn't aiming for sandwich meat. but it could totally serve as sandwich meat"
2020-09-19_18:04:49.86750 Finn> Chel says, "the texture has that deli meat texture"
2020-09-19_18:05:22.15434 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You know, when I was a kid, I was indifferent to sandwiches, and I disliked bread by itself."
2020-09-19_18:05:32.73173 Finn> Chel says, "I also sous vided corned beef brisket. there's a funny taste to it. and the texture is a bit more solid than i'm used to from my corned beef."
2020-09-19_18:05:48.31961 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It turns out that's because pre-sliced mass produced wonderbread style bread is basically eating stale-tasting air."
2020-09-19_18:06:03.22721 Finn> Chel asks, "what, you're saying the way to go is whole loaf?"
2020-09-19_18:06:48.74840 Finn> Alaia says, "Wonderbread is not bread, it's an insult to the gods. Which probably explains all the attempts to drown your country, blow it away, shake it apart ..."
2020-09-19_18:06:52.30743 Finn> Harrowhark says, "No. Well... yes, because it goes stale slower, although some kinds of bread you do want sliced beforehand just because it's easier to handle. I'm saying actual GOOD bread, like even just one step up, changed the game entirely."
2020-09-19_18:08:02.65273 Finn> Chel says, "i'm not a big bread person. i can count on one hand the amount of times i ate a sandwich and thought, this bread makes ALL the difference"
2020-09-19_18:08:11.91673 Finn> Chel says, "bread is just a platform for me"
2020-09-19_18:08:16.77382 Finn> Chel says, "all i ask is that it doesn't suck"
2020-09-19_18:08:43.32661 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Bread makes a big difference to me."
2020-09-19_18:09:24.80725 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like... in terms of every other ingredient quality, there's no difference between a Subway, a Jimmy Johns, or a Potbelly. But always go Potbelly or JJ if you have a choice, because they have really much better bread."
2020-09-19_18:09:30.52624 Finn> Chel says, "you're like my gay cousin then. huge bread person. he feels personally insulted when i critique a sandwich"
2020-09-19_18:10:04.10285 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "The bread is the foundation on which the sandwich is built! It's the most important part!"
2020-09-19_18:10:25.74141 Finn> Chel says, "it's the stuff between the bread, for me"
2020-09-19_18:10:45.91002 Finn> Chel says, "if the bread is incredible, that's a bonus"
2020-09-19_18:11:08.87432 Finn> Harrowhark says, "with good bread you can have a good sandwich that's literally just a slice of cheese."
2020-09-19_18:11:55.23869 Finn> Chel says, "duno if you have them up there, but there's a chain called jason's deli"
2020-09-19_18:11:59.56711 Finn> Chel says, "that's my usual go-to"
2020-09-19_18:12:21.23738 Finn> Harrowhark says, "We do not."
2020-09-19_18:12:25.06290 Finn> Chel says, "i usually make a blasphemy sandwich there. pastrami and swiss in a wrap"
2020-09-19_18:12:38.28575 Finn> Chel says, "toasted."
2020-09-19_18:12:40.84311 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That sounds weird."
2020-09-19_18:12:50.71075 Finn> Chel says, "it cuts down on the carbs by using wrap instead of bread"
2020-09-19_18:12:51.25173 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like the texture would be all odd."
2020-09-19_18:13:15.87901 Finn> Chel says, "eh, it's just a vehicle for the pastrami and cheese."
2020-09-19_18:13:26.23965 Finn> Chel says, "also, when toasted the edges of the wrap get crunchy"
2020-09-19_18:14:17.06657 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You are the target audience for those failure bowls KFC was selling for awhile."
2020-09-19_18:14:30.23979 Finn> Chel says, "they still sell them. i still eat them"
2020-09-19_18:14:44.31979 Finn> Chel says, "especially now that they come in nashville hot"
2020-09-19_19:10:47.48720 Finn> Hotaru says, "The only consolation prize from this horrible era is that there's going to be five Oscar bait movies that make Trump look like the treacherous piece of shit that he is and one insane heroic one funded by a Christian website where he's played by Kevin Sorbo."
2020-09-19_19:22:44.71417 Finn> Chel says, "one of these days i'll go back to taco bell to see what's new and if the stuff i used to rely on for budget meals still is okay"
2020-09-19_19:47:38.19587 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-19_19:47:38.40862 Ivan> Wombat wakes up.
2020-09-19_19:47:38.40867 DaR> Michelle wakes up.
2020-09-19_19:47:38.40867 tfp> Spellvis wakes up.
2020-09-19_19:48:09.11660 Akemi has connected
2020-09-19_20:06:34.99005 Finn> Chel says, "cavill to superman deal hasn't been confirmed by cavill or mainstream media yet"
2020-09-19_20:08:47.67804 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Hey, Rod?"
2020-09-19_20:09:09.17804 Finn> Hotaru says, "This is a novel rather than a manga, but I think I may have a property that meets your standards of yuri. http://okazu.yuricon.com/2020/09/17/im-in-love-with-the-villainess-light-novel-volume-1/"
2020-09-19_20:09:23.01632 Finn> Hotaru says, "Due out digitally on Wednesday, print in November."
2020-09-19_20:10:10.56085 Finn> Hotaru says, "3 volumes, the 2nd volume has a kiss on the cover, the 3rd has them with magical yuri babies."
2020-09-19_20:14:08.76703 Finn> Chel says, "hmmm"
2020-09-19_20:15:15.68411 Finn> Chel says, "yeah. that's my lane"
2020-09-19_20:15:50.42932 Finn> Hotaru says, "Cover for Vol. 2, due out in print in february: http://www.yuricon.com/product/im-in-love-with-the-villainess-light-novel-vol-2/"
2020-09-19_20:16:44.30908 Finn> Hotaru says, "And 3 (which you could technically buy now, but it's in Japanese): https://www.amazon.com/Watasinoosiwaakuyakureijo-GLNovels-Japanese-inori-ebook/dp/B08GFH5GLX/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&qid=1600546573&refinements=p_27%3Ainori&s=digital-text&sr=1-2&text=inori"
2020-09-19_20:16:57.84616 Finn> Chel says, "yeah, looking at 1 and 2 on amazon now. 14 bux. hn."
2020-09-19_20:17:14.69531 Finn> Hotaru says, "I appreciate they did not go the fanart route of 'our kids are identical to us but with swapped hairstyles'."
2020-09-19_20:20:26.54145 Finn> Hotaru says, "I see John saw that "god he's dumb" Goku clip going around."
2020-09-19_20:24:33.60753 Finn> Hotaru says, "'How did we end up with Potsie Vader as Commander in Chief'"
2020-09-19_20:27:12.45533 Ivan> Tobias says, "This is actually a sort of awkward moment to enter VR in."
2020-09-19_20:27:30.17997 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "and this is part of why I'm irritated"
2020-09-19_20:27:36.90595 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I really don't want splinter cell in VR"
2020-09-19_20:29:00.27437 Finn> Hotaru says, "Collins and Murkowski. So tired of those two names."
2020-09-19_20:29:19.58224 Ivan> Tobias says, "Oculus is in the process of imploding due to Facebook's greed/evil, but the Quest already left it's mark as the way of the future, and other companies are bringing their riffs on it to fruition. I basically would hold off until it becomes clear which of the not-Quests is the superior model."
2020-09-19_20:29:20.13015 Finn> David says, "I expect her to vote yes because she's a liar."
2020-09-19_20:29:30.02014 Finn> David says, "Collins, that is"
2020-09-19_20:32:50.21760 Finn> Mike says, "I don't mind Murkowski quite as much given how red Alaska leans and the fact that it was probably a choice between her or another GOP figure."
2020-09-19_20:33:24.65243 Finn> Mike says, "Co0llins otoh is squatting in a seat that could have a perfectly good Democrat in it."
2020-09-19_20:35:52.55775 Finn> Mike says, "Murkowski has also actually bucked her party a few times on votes (not as much as she likes to tell moderates), unlike Collins, whose 'moderation' is all hand-wringing and zero actual votes."
2020-09-19_20:49:53.73895 Finn> Hotaru says, "UK polls: Which of the following do you think will make the best Prime Minister? Keir Starmer 35% Boris Johnson 30% Don't know 31%"
2020-09-19_20:50:03.39479 Finn> Hotaru says, "'The Prime Minister is third in a two-horse race'"
2020-09-19_20:50:07.91199 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Murkowski has said she won't vote to confirm."
2020-09-19_20:50:13.54458 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And probably will hold to that"
2020-09-19_20:51:01.10212 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Collins, I suspect it will come down to her voting no if she thinks it will win her re-election, yes otherwise"
2020-09-19_20:51:12.11854 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We need 3 Republicans to defect"
2020-09-19_20:54:31.19694 Finn> David asks, "Romney?"
2020-09-19_21:03:04.37925 Finn> Mike says, "I doubt Romney will defect, because Romney is perfectly fine with a highly conservative supreme court."
2020-09-19_21:03:39.15519 Finn> Mike says, "But it depends who is nominated."
2020-09-19_21:04:42.12451 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This is shortsighted on the Republicans part."
2020-09-19_21:04:47.81845 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah, depends on if Trump goes full crazytown"
2020-09-19_21:05:07.48732 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I have said for years that the Democratic votes to pack the Supreme Court don't exist."
2020-09-19_21:05:19.71024 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This? This is maybe the only thing in the world that could MAKE them exist."
2020-09-19_21:05:26.25340 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "If Trump nominats someone like Gorsuch, then he's more likely to get away with it."
2020-09-19_21:05:35.42457 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "i actually realize merc i have no bread on hand for that beef"
2020-09-19_21:05:44.54129 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But I think Trump will find the most batshit person he can and ram it through"
2020-09-19_21:05:54.88838 Finn> Harrowhark says, "If they cram through someone at this eleventh hour, a year from now the supreme court will have eleven members."
2020-09-19_21:06:29.30930 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Thirteen. That's needed to ensure a Republican minority."
2020-09-19_21:07:17.52722 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I don't know we can get the votes for thirteen."
2020-09-19_21:07:52.62065 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Going to 11 just leaves the Republicans in control."
2020-09-19_21:08:05.54799 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It doesn't really accomplish much."
2020-09-19_21:08:15.32035 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I don't disagree."
2020-09-19_21:08:22.85371 Finn> Mike says, "No, Merc is right."
2020-09-19_21:08:25.24156 Finn> David says, "Collins says winner should nominate next justice"
2020-09-19_21:08:41.30966 Finn> David says, "I fully expect her to go back on her word I admit."
2020-09-19_21:08:44.31912 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I hope Collins holds to that."
2020-09-19_21:08:51.21951 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But I don't trust her to keep to it."
2020-09-19_21:08:54.89778 Finn> Mike says, "The Democrats will balk at taking court control via packing."
2020-09-19_21:08:59.64306 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "If she holds, we only need one more."
2020-09-19_21:09:02.64508 Finn> David says, "Yeah."
2020-09-19_21:09:07.00024 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "can't make a beef sandwich without some melted cheese either"
2020-09-19_21:09:18.25721 Finn> Mike says, "What they WON'T balk at is giving Roberts the swing vote via packing."
2020-09-19_21:09:51.30683 Finn> Mike says, "And restoring the current status quo."
2020-09-19_21:10:06.86309 Finn> Harrowhark says, "More precisely, Mike: if we take the Senate at all it'll be by the narrowest of margins."
2020-09-19_21:10:21.80694 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which means we'll be beholden to the most milquetoast Senators in the caucus."
2020-09-19_21:10:44.31963 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The caucus is much better than it once was, and it's going to be MAD AS HELL that we got cheated out of two court seats by an illegitimate president."
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2020-09-19_21:11:52.62000 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like, they're not going to let an illegitimate court full of illegitimate justices (the only Republican justice currently on it who wasn't nominated by an illegitimate president is Thomas) tell them "Nope! You don't get to govern, and we're gonna undo the back half of the 20th century to.""
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2020-09-19_21:12:15.43017 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They MIGHT accept that if Republicans had won fair and square elections and installed a majority, but they won't from this court and these crazies."
2020-09-19_21:12:16.89832 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But."
2020-09-19_21:12:31.23584 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The most moderate members of the caucus are going to balk at going for full control."
2020-09-19_21:12:47.20640 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They'll want to be fair, even-handed, do 'the right thing.'"
2020-09-19_21:12:59.16153 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which means undoing Trump's picks but not gonig whole hog."
2020-09-19_21:19:10.08279 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Susan Collins declared the winner of the November election should pick the next Supreme Court justice but forgot to say what year.'"
2020-09-19_21:19:23.28197 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's two."
2020-09-19_21:19:39.98756 Finn> Hotaru says, "Oh yes, Merc."
2020-09-19_21:19:44.38100 Finn> Hotaru says, "I am not the only one."
2020-09-19_21:19:48.00520 Finn> Hotaru says, "There are others."
2020-09-19_21:20:06.03000 Finn> Hotaru says, "See: this thread: https://twitter.com/Nicole_Cliffe/status/1307416488999936002"
2020-09-19_21:21:43.55945 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You must feel a LOt better."
2020-09-19_21:21:49.30712 Finn> Hotaru says, "I seriously do."
2020-09-19_21:29:37.95386 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So Trump now praised Robert E. Lee in a speech "
2020-09-19_21:31:27.00997 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That used to be normal."
2020-09-19_21:31:40.35076 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I often feel like Trump resents that it is no longer the 70s."
2020-09-19_21:33:53.33836 Finn> Hotaru says, "The 1870s."
2020-09-19_21:35:47.09617 Finn> David says, "Trump really is basically the president of the Confederate States of America "
2020-09-19_21:35:55.68919 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yes"
2020-09-19_21:46:41.62558 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "come to think of it, we haven't had a strong yuri anime in a while"
2020-09-19_21:50:30.82327 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Otherside Picnic coming soon, though that's more horror than yuri."
2020-09-19_21:51:27.50310 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Adachi and Shimamura is yuri, but I suspect might be too boring."
2020-09-19_21:51:32.89229 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "yeah, that's what i need. horror with my clambang"
2020-09-19_21:51:55.08313 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "that said, i'll probably watch it"
2020-09-19_21:56:59.90990 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Trump says the SCOTUS pick will "most likely" be a woman. He says: "I think the choice will be next week."'"
2020-09-19_21:57:23.75281 Finn> Chel says, "it'll be Judge Jeanne from fox news"
2020-09-19_22:04:29.50899 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I am going to have to skip LOTRO tonight because I have a ton of stuff I need to grade."
2020-09-19_22:04:42.46788 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "As I have a five-class-load instead of 3 this semester."
2020-09-19_22:07:02.28141 Ivan> Frito says, "Ah, fun."
2020-09-19_22:14:20.88803 Finn> Hotaru exclaims, "Final SAO Underworld out. Kirito... in... SPAAAAAACCCCEEEE!!!"
2020-09-19_22:20:52.53852 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'In a world where women now dominate the government, the creation and use of weapons is strictly forbidden. However, by no means has conflict been brought to an end; instead of weapons, war is waged through words. With the power of the "Hypnosis Mic," lyrics can affect one's opponent in various ways and cause real damage. Those in the divisions outside the women-only Chuou Ward thus use it for fierce rap battles as their weapon in the constant clash for territory.'"
2020-09-19_22:21:28.45989 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Ah, yeah, I've seen that one."
2020-09-19_22:22:06.07581 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Because that one doesn't have all kinds of markers that are going to get it called "problematic"."
2020-09-19_22:22:23.68822 Ivan> Akio says, "So, in fact, the creation of use and weapons IS legal."
2020-09-19_22:22:37.39808 Ivan> Akio says, "As people walk around with weapons they use to hurt people with all the time."
2020-09-19_22:24:39.48449 Ivan> Akio says, "If you keep reblogging all this Owl House content you might actually need to watch it, Sean."
2020-09-19_22:33:17.19946 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "gaff doens't watch shit, he reads the manga"
2020-09-19_22:33:28.44798 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I know. I mostly reblogged that because the U-haul thing made me think of Erica. Who told me that joke. And how old it is."
2020-09-19_22:33:51.89041 Ivan> Akio says, "Also because most of the art is cute as hell."
2020-09-19_22:34:16.01533 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Luz is a cutie patootie."
2020-09-19_22:37:55.65808 Ivan> Akio says, "It's an enjoyable show. Premiere is rough."
2020-09-19_22:38:05.75556 Ivan> Akio says, "Everything after that is pretty great. "
2020-09-19_22:38:28.48632 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Hunh. Fall's initial viewing list is surprisingly long, given I was sort of expecting another light season thanks to plague. 25 shows. A lot of those will probably get culled after the first season."
2020-09-19_22:38:39.03525 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Err, first ep."
2020-09-19_22:38:41.62618 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "But still."
2020-09-19_22:38:55.08923 Ivan> Akio says, "It feels a lot like someone wanted to create a much more polished, confident Harry Potter thing for Gen Z kids."
2020-09-19_22:38:59.27944 Ivan> Akio says, "And succeeded."
2020-09-19_22:42:04.64139 Ivan> Akio says, "Disney is currently trying to pretend they'll get at least ONE of their MCU shows out before the end of the year."
2020-09-19_22:42:41.39606 Ivan> Akio says, "And Dan, my understanding is the animation industry has basically completely bounced back from the plague. Japan and South Korea, where most of that work is done, is open for business."
2020-09-19_22:42:49.91889 Ivan> Akio says, "Have been for months."
2020-09-19_22:46:07.62758 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "' Zuckerberg is just an ill fitting skin shut around a howling void. '"
2020-09-19_22:47:45.05684 Ivan> Akio says, "I dare you put that in a reply to one of your facebook recruiting emails, Dan."
2020-09-19_22:52:16.71126 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Today's discovery - the Plantagenets were the rightful heirs to the Carolignian Empire if said empire had used the same succession system as England"
2020-09-19_22:57:45.91062 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I am not exactly a seething socialist in disguise, but even I have problems with his latest comments warning about dire consequences for people doing remote work who move to area with lower CoL and don't report it so that Facebook can correspondingly decrease their compensation."
2020-09-19_22:59:30.89485 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh geez, that's one of corporate americas scummiest moves."
2020-09-19_22:59:38.02407 Ivan> Akio says, "My last employer was like that."
2020-09-19_23:00:38.97403 Ivan> Akio says, "That said... how would you go about moving and not reporting it? Among other things, your tax information would be wrong."
2020-09-19_23:01:07.04626 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Wow, that's amazing bullshit"
2020-09-19_23:01:13.71101 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Postal box with mail forwarding?"
2020-09-19_23:01:16.25400 Ivan> Akio says, "You could just not tell them, but they'd catch on when the IRS goes "this person is not reporting they live at the address you put on their W2.""
2020-09-19_23:01:34.53912 Ivan> Akio says, "Hmm, possible."
2020-09-19_23:02:05.69949 Ivan> Akio says, "I'm not sure zuckerberg could inflict "dire" consequences unless that's a condition of their contracts, either. He could fire people, but he can fire people for any reason."
2020-09-19_23:02:14.93922 Ivan> Akio says, "He can fire people because he doesn't like their hair."
2020-09-19_23:02:20.93313 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Also, some businesses let you print out a W-2 instead of them mailing it to you"
2020-09-19_23:02:35.86654 Ivan> Akio says, "No no, John, you misapprehend."
2020-09-19_23:02:36.77059 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Firing and possible suing for breach of employment contracts, I suppose."
2020-09-19_23:02:48.34954 Ivan> Akio says, "Businesses ALSO report the information on your W2 to the IRS."
2020-09-19_23:02:52.79587 Ivan> Akio says, "It's not just for you."
2020-09-19_23:03:27.65110 Ivan> Akio says, "One of the big flags that can trip an audit is filing with an address that isn't the same as what the current employer gave them."
2020-09-19_23:03:34.31144 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Okay."
2020-09-19_23:03:54.18829 Ivan> Akio says, "Most people don't know this, but... needing to file taxes, for the vast bulk of Americans, is bullshit."
2020-09-19_23:04:22.25667 Ivan> Akio says, "Your employer has already sent over everything the IRS needs to know, and the rest of what they need can be gotten in a very brief and efficient records search."
2020-09-19_23:04:28.16074 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "That said, firing is bad enough, and FB is big enough and has long enough reach that they do all sorts of punative shit. Cancel your personal FB account would be social death sentence for a lot of people. Putting your name on whatever industry blacklists that surely don't actually exist and HR/hiring managers assuredly don't have access to."
2020-09-19_23:05:14.82948 Ivan> Akio says, "It's such a PETTY thing to get worked up over on his part."
2020-09-19_23:05:38.45801 Ivan> Akio asks, "He's one of the richest and most powerful men in the world and THIS is what has his blood up?"
2020-09-19_23:06:27.31757 Ivan> Akio says, "Like... the proper response should be "Facebook could build a McDuck style moneybin if it wanted to. The policy it should have should be 'if you move to an area with higher CoL we'll bump your pay, but not the reverse.'""
2020-09-19_23:06:43.12603 Ivan> Akio says, "And not reporting an address change should be treated as a record-keeping error."
2020-09-19_23:06:49.42331 Ivan> Akio says, "Not grounds for dismissial."
2020-09-19_23:09:01.72437 Finn> Chel says, "oh. i didn't know they futzed batgirl's origin again so that she's jim's biological kid, not adopted"
2020-09-19_23:09:12.22792 Finn> Chel says, "thanks Barry Allen"
2020-09-19_23:10:10.51734 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah. Honestly, it would be smart of corporate america in general to structure compensation as a relatively consistent baseline salary across the whole country and then a separate "cost of living premium compensation", which varied depending on location. Pick some podunk averageville away from urban centers, call that the baseline, and then give X thousand dollars modified by the CoL of employee location and podunk averageville. Then it's transparent and no one can really complain about getting paid more or less for their work because of where they live."
2020-09-19_23:10:27.65608 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's not a huge change"
2020-09-19_23:10:39.04815 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Honestly, I think the adoption thing was also a retcon"
2020-09-19_23:10:47.35144 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I didn't know Barbara WASN'T his kid for ages and ages to begin with."
2020-09-19_23:10:50.29236 Finn> Chel says, "dc continuity is, as always, a shotgun"
2020-09-19_23:11:26.52844 Ivan> Akio says, "Well, I mean, they could."
2020-09-19_23:11:35.97382 Ivan> Akio says, "And might be right to do so depending on what the premiums are."
2020-09-19_23:12:14.85313 Ivan> Akio says, "Your idea isn't a bad one but it has one fundamental flaw: it treats employees as both people and as a resource, rather than an annoying red number on a balance sheet."
2020-09-19_23:12:38.27467 Finn> David asks, "I thought she -was- his biological daughter -and- adopted daughter, for some reason. Somtehing about having an affair with her mother, getting her pregnant, then marrying her after she split up with her hubby?"
2020-09-19_23:13:07.25831 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Oh, I didn't say they would. It would be smart and ethical. I'm sure a thousand corporate accounts just woke from their Saturday naps in a cold sweat with no idea why."
2020-09-19_23:13:13.85096 Finn> Harrowhark says, "... no, dude."
2020-09-19_23:13:15.88434 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Eww."
2020-09-19_23:13:19.75373 Finn> Harrowhark says, "She was his NIECE."
2020-09-19_23:13:49.73243 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The daughter of his sister."
2020-09-19_23:14:26.13163 Finn> Chel says, "that was it for a long stretch, yes"
2020-09-19_23:14:38.52757 Finn> David says, "Ahhh. Damn, I remember her being his daughter."
2020-09-19_23:14:56.46129 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Gordon's thing for a long time was this:"
2020-09-19_23:14:57.41217 Finn> Chel says, "for, like, a good 30 years that was the setup"
2020-09-19_23:15:15.87181 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Married to Barbara Gordon (no relation to Babs, just a coincidence.) They have a son, James Jr."
2020-09-19_23:15:25.11912 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Barbara (the niece) comes to live them."
2020-09-19_23:15:45.68923 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Eventually Jim and Barbara (the wife) split up. She takes James Jr. with him. I beleive they go back to Chicago."
2020-09-19_23:15:51.84896 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Jim marries Sarah Essen."
2020-09-19_23:16:06.25460 Finn> Chel says, "Jim did that waaaaaay later in life"
2020-09-19_23:16:13.66313 Finn> Chel says, "right before the no mans land arc"
2020-09-19_23:51:50.82266 Finn> Chel says, "star of orphan black reportedly signed to do She-Hulk"
2020-09-19_23:53:06.81632 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "She has the chops for it"
2020-09-19_23:54:05.93636 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Dark Side of the Moon cover in the Dune Trailer was arranged by Hans Zimmer himself"
2020-09-19_23:54:14.04835 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And the director crafted the trailer"
2020-09-19_23:54:17.91170 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "This is both unusual"
2020-09-20_00:02:24.83929 Finn> Vendrik exclaims, "Final Bwaaaaaa!"
2020-09-20_00:22:57.55686 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-20_00:23:27.41421 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-20_00:39:02.46035 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-20_00:39:02.67307 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-20_01:31:18.15178 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-20_01:31:49.17972 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-20_01:31:52.34997 Finn> Shiori says, "'lo"
2020-09-20_01:33:04.45210 Finn> Chel says, "yo phil"
2020-09-20_01:34:11.41231 Finn> Chel says, "got the earthrise skorponok and sky lynx. and that's it. they're done. they won't make better versions of those characters than this."
2020-09-20_01:35:03.03749 Finn> Shiori says, "i've got them, just haven't opened them. My figure of snapdragon came in today too, again, not yet opened."
2020-09-20_01:35:25.77407 Finn> Chel says, "you'll love them"
2020-09-20_01:36:28.20605 Finn> Chel says, "the only minor nit i have is i wish scorponok was as tall as metroplex. he's the shortest of the humanoid titans. not by too much, tho."
2020-09-20_01:43:51.95253 Finn> Shiori says, "I have yet to open a lot of my more recently purchased transformers, sadly. I procrastinate on it. :( "
2020-09-20_01:45:33.57094 Finn> Shiori says, "(And because of it, a lot of my combiner-wars purchases have ended up in storage because they were taking up space.)"
2020-09-20_01:53:49.82353 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "forward: NO DEATHS IN ISRAEL FROM COVID HERE IS THE SECRET MIX LEMON JUICE AND BICARBONATE"
2020-09-20_01:53:52.67898 Ivan> Sniper Ox facepalms
2020-09-20_01:53:57.44160 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "dammit, people"
2020-09-20_01:54:19.56655 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "am I the only one who gets dumb shit from elderly relatives? is it just me?"
2020-09-20_01:58:22.13598 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "My elderly relatives are dead"
2020-09-20_01:58:41.63163 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Except for Aunt Jane, who isn't stupid"
2020-09-20_01:59:06.75077 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "And Mom's siblings, who are alive but couldn't find me online if their life depended on it"
2020-09-20_01:59:36.11128 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I have to note Israel is LITERALLY in a COVID lockdown"
2020-09-20_02:04:01.39424 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "yeah, that message was dumb from the getgo"
2020-09-20_02:07:42.84349 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "ah. funny. in israel the religious factions feel like they're being unfairly blamed for the virus not being controlled."
2020-09-20_02:11:25.73288 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Have they been violating lockdown rules?"
2020-09-20_02:11:52.59030 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "netenyahu has made a ton of exemptions for religious things"
2020-09-20_02:23:27.81066 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Then yeah, they probably contributed"
2020-09-20_02:59:14.09232 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "If you define one-hit-wonder as only one top 40 song, then the Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix are one-hit wonders"
2020-09-20_03:32:19.05941 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I still don't get Grateful Dead"
2020-09-20_03:32:26.65401 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I don't like any of their songs."
2020-09-20_03:34:48.06561 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "You just haven't done enough drugs yet."
2020-09-20_03:41:47.55323 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The Dead are pretty much music to get high by"
2020-09-20_03:54:25.73278 Ivan> Frito says, "There are a couple of Dead songs I like, but that's about it."
2020-09-20_07:00:17.98628 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-20_07:00:18.19901 Aerianne has disconnected
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2020-09-20_09:15:53.32204 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Truckin' is the hit, I assume."
2020-09-20_09:25:46.06949 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The top Grateful Dead song is Touch of Grey"
2020-09-20_09:25:52.95164 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Which broke the Top 40"
2020-09-20_09:26:11.48234 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Oh right, duh."
2020-09-20_09:26:13.39978 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "And was the biggest, most popular Dead song"
2020-09-20_09:26:26.88636 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Trucking made the top 100 but not the top 40"
2020-09-20_09:26:46.18602 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Given I have about 250 more Grateful Dead CDs than the rest of you, I should really feel bad I missed that, but 80s-90s Dead sort of wafts by me."
2020-09-20_09:30:04.16046 Finn> Hotaru is reminded once again how Goku somehow became the shittiest dad ever
2020-09-20_09:31:06.50168 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Vegeta is 100 X the husband Goku is and 100 X the father"
2020-09-20_09:46:37.20282 Finn> Hotaru says, "So, I see all these "god, I fucking hate Kirito" fans."
2020-09-20_09:46:50.07200 Finn> Hotaru says, "And I ask them \how they'd write an SAO protagonist."
2020-09-20_09:46:57.81155 Finn> Hotaru says, "And it's always fucking Batman."
2020-09-20_09:47:16.96704 Finn> Hotaru says, "I mean, not literally, but Batman-esque. grim, brooding, intelligent, loner."
2020-09-20_09:47:26.71949 Finn> Hotaru says, "And ... first of all, half of that IS Kirito."
2020-09-20_09:49:04.62760 Finn> Alaia says, "The grim and brooding part? :P"
2020-09-20_09:50:46.71808 Finn> Hotaru says, "Kirito isn't grim, aside from when Sachi dies, but he does brood, and he's a loner till he re-meets Asuna."
2020-09-20_12:35:24.35972 Finn> Chel says, "one slice man"
2020-09-20_12:35:31.09428 Finn> Chel says, "there."
2020-09-20_12:35:33.21987 Finn> Chel says, "you're welcome"
2020-09-20_13:29:07.31347 Finn> Hotaru says, "At least they got to the Alice ships herself to Kazuto in a box joke. That was my favorite part of the final volume."
2020-09-20_14:06:10.73946 Finn> Hotaru has disconnected.
2020-09-20_14:06:10.95222 DaR> Kaolinite falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:06:10.95227 tfp> Bernice falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:06:10.95228 tfp> Pucherol falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:06:10.95228 Thing> Eudial falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:06:10.95229 Ivan> Cyprine falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:06:10.95230 Fitz falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:06:10.95230 Hotaru has disconnected
2020-09-20_14:13:05.86409 Finn> Hotaru has connected.
2020-09-20_14:13:06.07697 DaR> Kaolinite wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:13:06.07701 tfp> Bernice wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:13:06.07702 tfp> Pucherol wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:13:06.07703 Thing> Eudial wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:13:06.07703 Ivan> Cyprine wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:13:06.07704 Fitz wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:13:35.77401 Hotaru has connected
2020-09-20_14:20:18.33781 Finn> Hotaru has disconnected.
2020-09-20_14:20:18.55074 DaR> Kaolinite falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:20:18.55078 tfp> Bernice falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:20:18.55079 tfp> Pucherol falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:20:18.55080 Thing> Eudial falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:20:18.55081 Ivan> Cyprine falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:20:18.55081 Fitz falls asleep.
2020-09-20_14:20:18.55082 Hotaru has disconnected
2020-09-20_14:56:36.10003 Finn> Hotaru has connected.
2020-09-20_14:56:36.31275 DaR> Kaolinite wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:56:36.31280 tfp> Bernice wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:56:36.31280 tfp> Pucherol wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:56:36.31281 Thing> Eudial wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:56:36.31282 Ivan> Cyprine wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:56:36.31282 Fitz wakes up.
2020-09-20_14:56:39.23028 Finn> Hotaru says, "GRAH."
2020-09-20_14:56:47.50600 Finn> Hotaru says, "Fucking hour-long Windows Updates."
2020-09-20_14:57:05.86666 Hotaru has connected
2020-09-20_15:14:45.48838 Thing> Ritsu says, "The Cowboys have nine players on IR after one week. No other team has more than five. Four of those on IR are starters, five if you count Sean Lee since he would be starting for Leighton Vander Esch. And those figures don't include Tyron Smith and his uncertain status."
2020-09-20_15:24:40.18825 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Silver Surfer has a magnetic taint and he's always getting pens and paper clips stuck to it.'"
2020-09-20_17:05:44.13671 Thing> Ritsu says, "1:05 PM and already FIRE GASE."
2020-09-20_17:26:08.06339 Thing> Ritsu says, "...Nick Bosa getting carted off the field in New York."
2020-09-20_17:35:23.35063 Thing> Ritsu says, "Drew Lock out for the rest of the game."
2020-09-20_17:35:54.93362 Thing> Thor says, "Wow."
2020-09-20_17:36:00.95688 Thing> Thor says, "that's a lot of shit fast"
2020-09-20_17:36:16.64545 Thing> Thor asks, "What happened to Lock? "
2020-09-20_17:36:23.49330 Thing> Ritsu says, "Shoulder injury."
2020-09-20_17:36:26.12465 Thing> Thor asks, "Wait, isn't the QB Jump Ball Joe now?"
2020-09-20_17:36:31.67477 Thing> Ritsu says, "The three NFC East teams playing right now are all trailing, by a combined score of 38-3."
2020-09-20_17:36:40.67423 Thing> Ritsu says, "No, Driskel."
2020-09-20_17:36:43.92526 Thing> Thor says, "I see Philly."
2020-09-20_17:37:01.17431 Thing> Thor says, "Brady seems fine"
2020-09-20_17:38:04.46236 Thing> Thor says, "Where are the other two NFC East.. not seeing score yet. goes fire up browser instead of looking at the CBS line"
2020-09-20_17:41:46.76178 Thing> Ritsu says, "...Saquon being helped off the field. Looked bad."
2020-09-20_17:42:09.85151 Thing> Ritsu says, "Can't put weight on right leg."
2020-09-20_17:44:19.90899 Thing> Ritsu says, "WOW. 'CBS truck lost power, per source.'"
2020-09-20_17:47:53.42832 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Did the Cowboys party for 96 straight hours in international waters or something midweek?"
2020-09-20_17:51:16.58983 Thing> Thor says, "Weird."
2020-09-20_17:54:01.22287 Thing> Ritsu says, "Lock out the rest of the game."
2020-09-20_17:54:09.73061 Thing> Ritsu says, "Oh, said that."
2020-09-20_17:55:28.35841 Thing> Thor says, "Diggs td"
2020-09-20_18:42:25.54677 Thing> Ritsu says, "Jimmy G injured."
2020-09-20_18:56:38.80096 Finn> Rod has connected.
2020-09-20_18:57:08.37416 Rod has reconnected
2020-09-20_19:36:23.27693 Thing> Thor says, "Who ISN'T hurt today"
2020-09-20_19:40:35.01912 Thing> Thor says, "Cowboys are the drizzling craps today"
2020-09-20_19:47:48.85461 Thing> Thor says, "Jets gave up a 55 yard run on 3rd and 31, seriously?>"
2020-09-20_20:15:55.78179 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "A boggling student error: The amount of land used that had comparison with the Chesapeake and New England colonies. New Englands goal was to deliberately distinct all land of the Chesapeake. The biggest intention of the Chesapeake was to fill up Rhode Island, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, New Haven, and Connecticut. "
2020-09-20_20:16:07.36516 Thing> Ritsu says, "Bosa ACL tear"
2020-09-20_20:16:52.40540 Thing> Thor says, "I get a kick out of the tv channel guide saying 'Washington Football Team At Arizona Cardinals'"
2020-09-20_20:19:54.16472 Thing> Thor says, "I see why Nick Caserio decided to not join the Texans"
2020-09-20_20:20:03.12433 Thing> Thor says, "That dumbass braintrust of theirs."
2020-09-20_20:23:09.02843 Thing> Ritsu says, "WFT gonna get creamed, but hey."
2020-09-20_20:26:21.55083 Thing> Thor says, "Eh, I dunno."
2020-09-20_20:29:05.29920 Thing> Ritsu says, "Justin Herbert starting for the Chargers."
2020-09-20_20:29:40.40276 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Can the Cowboys pull this off?"
2020-09-20_20:31:34.26492 Thing> Thor says, "If they can pull that off I'd be surprised byt that'd be another insanely shitty comeback"
2020-09-20_20:31:39.74529 Thing> Thor asks, "Wait, is Quinn still the coach?"
2020-09-20_20:32:39.72846 Thing> Thor asks, "Cowboys have the ball?"
2020-09-20_20:34:02.60872 Thing> Ritsu says, "Cowboys can indeed pull it off."
2020-09-20_20:34:14.82344 Ivan> DaR From Another Place reminds everyone that this hat of d02 know no limit.
2020-09-20_20:34:41.22020 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "No no? No no no no? No, no no no? There's no limit?"
2020-09-20_20:35:17.53310 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I don't get it"
2020-09-20_20:36:51.72397 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM5W7Xn7FiA"
2020-09-20_20:39:38.41787 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Falcons fans must... are there stll Falcon fans?"
2020-09-20_20:39:55.04285 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "My hat of d02 is a legendary online gaff"
2020-09-20_20:40:20.52310 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "In which someone tried to say that 'My hate of D20 knows no limit' and turned it into 'My hat of d02 knows no limit'"
2020-09-20_20:40:48.25176 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "This led to endless jokes, including multiple 'd02' systems (IE, using coinflips)"
2020-09-20_20:41:09.46408 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "From the relatively early days of RPG.net, before it became it's own echo chamber."
2020-09-20_20:42:31.52903 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Are there still Washington fans?"
2020-09-20_20:42:43.11323 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Among other things, that led to the Man What project."
2020-09-20_20:42:43.60905 Thing> Ritsu finds something to do other than pay attention to football
2020-09-20_20:45:31.27122 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Also, it wasn't so much a gaff or mistype, except in the sense that the entire post that was the title of was almost completely incoherent drunk/high/idiot rambling."
2020-09-20_20:46:17.43949 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Also, as it came up on my 'next up': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am3j_jIsxzg"
2020-09-20_20:46:24.22306 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli exclaims, "The 12 minute version!"
2020-09-20_20:46:28.72247 Thing> Thor says, "Not allowed to answer."
2020-09-20_20:48:57.79685 Thing> Thor says, "Wow. Dallas won 40-39"
2020-09-20_20:49:27.82116 Thing> Thor says, "If Quinn isn't fired by tomorrow..."
2020-09-20_20:49:44.25529 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Worst Falcons choke in nearly... a week?"
2020-09-20_21:00:29.48212 Ivan> Tobias says, "You people are philistines, the Grateful Dead are awesome."
2020-09-20_21:01:06.99344 Ivan> Tobias says, "Well... let me qualify that."
2020-09-20_21:01:34.43643 Ivan> Tobias says, "They do have a lot of songs that I suspect only someone getting high would love."
2020-09-20_21:01:45.49708 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I am pretty indifferent to the GD. I like their "popular" stuff. Touch of Grey, Trucking, etc. I have no connection to the stoner drug culture that surrounds them, nor the songs that cater to that."
2020-09-20_21:02:03.13070 Ivan> Tobias says, "But they've got a LOT of really classic, good songs as well."
2020-09-20_21:02:22.90804 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I would not have pegged you for a deadhead"
2020-09-20_21:03:21.63199 Ivan> Tobias says, "Touch of Grey, Trucking, Uncle John's Band, Mexicali Blues, Ripple, Dire Wolf... pretty much the entire American Beauty album..."
2020-09-20_21:03:48.41485 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "My general view of them comes down to "wouldn't change the channel, wouldn't seek it out"."
2020-09-20_21:04:00.98118 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Since I tend (in non-COVID times) to listen to music as I read my books on the bus, I listen to a lot of Dead, as they're perfect for "I want music I like, but also the ability to tune it out if I'm gripped by my book"."
2020-09-20_21:04:24.41027 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'm not a Deadhead in that I have, like, zero interest in the culture around the band."
2020-09-20_21:04:36.34470 Ivan> Tobias says, "I just like the music."
2020-09-20_21:05:01.39717 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "The drug thing is uninteresting to me except inasmuch as it made them bad in the mid-80s and mid-90s."
2020-09-20_21:05:10.78073 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Jerry particularly."
2020-09-20_21:05:14.69086 Ivan> Tobias says, "But I don't particularly care about the band members, or stoners, or their live concerts, or etc."
2020-09-20_21:05:33.24583 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "As with most bands, I tend to prefer live to studio."
2020-09-20_21:05:45.25562 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'm the opposite."
2020-09-20_21:05:48.20466 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Dick's Picks 4 is my desert island Dead."
2020-09-20_21:06:07.40424 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "With Dark/Star/The Other One/Lovelight being 90 minutes long."
2020-09-20_21:06:20.70894 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "removes a /"
2020-09-20_21:06:25.51741 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli cries
2020-09-20_21:06:25.73023 Ivan> Tobias says, "There are exceptions, but I almost always prefer studio recordings to live."
2020-09-20_21:06:35.02067 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Dan is the same, I think."
2020-09-20_21:07:25.59527 Ivan> Akio says, "I have never understood people who prefer live albums."
2020-09-20_21:07:35.29483 Ivan> Akio says, "I understand preferring SEEING music live."
2020-09-20_21:07:35.86285 Ivan> Tobias says, "Generally in a studio recording, everyone is paying attention, sober and not high on anything, not fucking around or thinking about how they're going to bang that cute groupie when the set is done."
2020-09-20_21:07:47.55249 Ivan> Akio says, "But most live albums are demonstrably inferior."
2020-09-20_21:08:03.11757 Ivan> Tobias says, "There are exceptions, Merc."
2020-09-20_21:08:13.30094 Ivan> Akio says, "More than that, Mike, the acoustics and recording quality are usually much much better."
2020-09-20_21:08:35.96946 Ivan> Akio says, "A lot of live albums you can literally hear sounds bouncing around the space they're in and coming back onto the recording."
2020-09-20_21:08:39.24039 Ivan> Akio says, "Sure, of course."
2020-09-20_21:08:55.80401 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Some live albums are in my "most amazing albums ever" list, including The Who Live at the Isle of Wight and the reissue of The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads."
2020-09-20_21:09:02.63613 Ivan> Tobias says, "Like, probably the most dramatic I can think of is the Dropkick Murphy's live on St Patrick's Day album, which is noticeably superior to any of their studio work."
2020-09-20_21:09:18.02762 Ivan> Akio says, "Crucially, though, that album is recorded REALLY well."
2020-09-20_21:09:40.75454 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I am definitely a studio sort of person. I'm a bit more balanced; sometimes the live aspect can produce pretty awesome music. But I like having a recording that's super crisp, properly mixed, well balanced, etc."
2020-09-20_21:09:45.62987 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeah, and the crowd becomes both instrument and performer, elevating the material."
2020-09-20_21:09:56.14155 Ivan> Akio says, "I have listened to libe albums that I swear to go were recorded by a guy in the audience with a tape deck."
2020-09-20_21:10:25.22085 Ivan> Tobias says, "That sort of elevation of material is really, really rare though."
2020-09-20_21:10:35.32176 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "One place where the live is MUCH better than the studio is Neil Young's Landing on Water, one of his worst albums, which he recorded without a bass. The tour promoting it was him with Crazy Horse, and the LoW songs actually sound good."
2020-09-20_21:10:38.61741 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "If you can get that on live, then I'm happy. If it, like Merc says, sounds like someone recorded it with an interview recorder, then hard pass."
2020-09-20_21:11:08.97296 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli has listened to every available Zappa live recording, so is familiar with the shittiest live recordings, yes.
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2020-09-20_21:11:24.45054 Ivan> Akio says, "A proper live album is actually really hard to make."
2020-09-20_21:11:26.93131 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Including ones where they're clearly in the parking lot outside."
2020-09-20_21:11:41.38759 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I'm generally not even happy if they're plugged into the mixing board level. I want proper post production, too."
2020-09-20_21:11:47.41515 Ivan> Akio says, "You essentially have to haul an entire studio setup WITH you to the venue, AND it requires a different skillset than a studio recording."
2020-09-20_21:12:01.45224 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "And it was harder back in the day."
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2020-09-20_21:12:16.90587 Ivan> Akio says, "You can't just be plugging into the mixing board, as Dan says. You need other sound mics, and you need to do proper post."
2020-09-20_21:12:19.97108 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Which is why there's no good Beatles live album."
2020-09-20_21:12:54.74984 Ivan> Akio says, "You need a producer going "wash out the audience sound here, you can actually hear the crowd getting antsy, but increase it here, where they're singing call and response.""
2020-09-20_21:13:11.48152 Ivan> Akio says, "One of the most brilliant bits of audience noise mixing is on Great Big Sea's live album."
2020-09-20_21:13:23.11816 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli adds the Stones' Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! to the great live albums.
2020-09-20_21:13:29.92806 Ivan> Akio asks, "Where their frontman started hyping up what song they're going to play next, right?"
2020-09-20_21:13:52.27839 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "And a guy in the audience gets overexcited and calls it out... only he calls out the wrong song, like a second before they start playing!"
2020-09-20_21:14:12.37386 Ivan> Akio says, "They actually subtly increase the gain on that one SPECIFIC guy, so we can hear him clearly, because it's hilarious."
2020-09-20_21:14:45.73930 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I have a terrific Zappa concert tape, well recorded, that sadly 45 minutes in has him say "if there is one more thing thrown on stage, this concert is over", adn clearly one more thing appears, as he says "house lights!" and the band leaves."
2020-09-20_21:15:08.18745 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "It's a sshame, he was playing a great Black Page #2 solo."
2020-09-20_21:16:49.10137 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "My favorite live performance story - "
2020-09-20_21:17:15.86948 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "John Lennon had a TV show briefly. He invited his childhood hero Chuck Berry to perform with him."
2020-09-20_21:17:29.71413 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I think one of my favorite live recordings as actually from one of Anthrax's live albums, doing I'm the Man, in Dallas. They're clowning around with the audience at first, get a couple of really awesome call-responses going, there's a fuckup during the song that they make into even more comic gold, and then at the end they do a bit about accidental cursing when recording for a live album, and basically get the entire audience to yell "FUCK" in unison."
2020-09-20_21:17:31.39686 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "This made Yoko have one of her bitch fits and she fucked up the first song."
2020-09-20_21:17:51.23666 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "So some tech cut her mike, so her effort to fuck up Johnny B Goode couldn't be heard"
2020-09-20_21:18:15.63825 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The best live performances for me are the ones where the singers interact with the audience."
2020-09-20_21:19:48.85298 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Sadly, the full Zappa with John and Yoko concert has not been released, but the highlights on one of his albums are something to hear, if not entertaining."
2020-09-20_21:19:52.06083 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I also saw a video where the audience at a Greenday consert just started singing Bohemian Rhapsody while waiting for the consert to start"
2020-09-20_21:20:01.79906 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "He called the final 7 minutes "A Small Eternity with Yoko Ono"."
2020-09-20_21:20:40.15554 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I can only imagine that Zappa wanted to turn Yoko into paste if he tried to collaborate with them."
2020-09-20_21:26:33.80110 Finn> Hotaru says, "New Bakarina manga chapter, but the translation is so bad I recommend holding off."
2020-09-20_21:26:52.82448 Finn> Hotaru says, "translating Alan as Aran is a special kind of speedscan."
2020-09-20_21:27:01.61257 Finn> Chel says, "herrro"
2020-09-20_21:27:18.63250 Finn> Hotaru says, "Especially as it's "Mary and Alan"."
2020-09-20_21:27:36.45425 Finn> Chel says, "mary and aran. rolls off the tongue"
2020-09-20_21:30:05.01493 Finn> Chel says, "back in a bit"
2020-09-20_21:30:10.06896 Finn> Rod has disconnected.
2020-09-20_21:30:10.28161 Rod has disconnected
2020-09-20_21:30:44.60436 Finn> Hotaru says, "Oh yes, Merc, Do You Love Your Mom (and her Two-Hit, Multi-Target Attacks)? has ended in Japan at 11 volumes."
2020-09-20_21:33:11.72929 Finn> Hotaru says, "Don't know how it ends, though I am assured it does not go full incest."
2020-09-20_21:39:38.39883 Ivan> Frito says, "I've noticed with the KC Irish Fest in particular, the live concerts usually have an energy and spirit that just isn't matched by the bands' studio work; I've almost always been at least slightly disappointed with albums I've picked up from groups playing live."
2020-09-20_21:41:06.32783 Ivan> Frito says, "The Elders' live album does come close, but is still not quite as good as being there. OTOH, Gaelic Storm in the last few years has had their sound system set so loud that it drowns out the music. x.x"
2020-09-20_21:54:50.65488 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Can I borrow someone on the voice on discord to set up my new headset?"
2020-09-20_21:59:13.22113 Thing> Thor says, "Interesting job, Herbert."
2020-09-20_22:13:03.04267 Thing> Thor says, "49ers unhappy about MetLife turf."
2020-09-20_22:22:04.67619 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I['m on, Dan"
2020-09-20_22:22:15.23272 Finn> Rod has disconnected.
2020-09-20_22:22:15.44563 tfp> rodm falls asleep.
2020-09-20_22:22:15.44566 Ivan> camera falls asleep.
2020-09-20_22:22:15.44567 camera-2 falls asleep.
2020-09-20_22:22:15.44568 Rod has disconnected
2020-09-20_22:22:17.76350 Finn> Rod has connected.
2020-09-20_22:22:17.97648 tfp> rodm wakes up.
2020-09-20_22:22:17.97653 Ivan> camera wakes up.
2020-09-20_22:22:17.97654 camera-2 wakes up.
2020-09-20_22:22:23.41178 Finn> Chel says, "back"
2020-09-20_22:22:47.47263 Rod has connected
2020-09-20_22:42:13.49947 Finn> David says, "Hey Sean. https://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?35258-Patlabor-translation-in-progress"
2020-09-20_22:44:09.21962 Thing> Thor asks, "... wtf, game delayed in 8th inning in Sox/Yankees because someone managed to sneak onto the monster from outside?"
2020-09-20_22:59:12.53559 Finn> David says, "Damn, Sean, I forgot today was spy x family"
2020-09-20_23:12:03.16175 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Merc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__MY0zqgb8w recent event war thunder did. 400 people in the air at once, doing a mini-re-enactment of the battle of britain."
2020-09-20_23:16:27.93398 Thing> Thor says, "Shit."
2020-09-20_23:16:42.34766 Thing> Thor says, "James White's out of tonight's game because his dad was killed in a car accident and his mom is in critical condition"
2020-09-20_23:32:10.56525 Ivan> DaR From Another Place finishes watching that vid. "Fucking epic."
2020-09-20_23:32:17.58334 Thing> Blob says, "gah"
2020-09-21_00:16:19.89163 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-21_00:16:49.35943 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-21_00:26:24.97419 Thing> Thor says, "That was quick"
2020-09-21_01:42:59.43470 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Huh."
2020-09-21_01:43:09.52523 Finn> Harrowhark says, "WandaVision might actually happen this year."
2020-09-21_03:06:39.33459 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Season 1 of the Wheel of Time premieres next year, 8 episodes covering Eye of the World. They got six of 8 done before Corona got int he way so they'rehoping to finish it off before next year"
2020-09-21_03:06:52.49793 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Mainly filmed in the Czech Republic"
2020-09-21_03:10:41.50163 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh god."
2020-09-21_03:10:45.40893 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This is going to be DIRE."
2020-09-21_03:11:04.14088 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Remember how we spent years deeply, deeply immersed in those novels?"
2020-09-21_03:11:36.86830 Finn> Chel says, "never read it"
2020-09-21_03:13:03.62118 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yes, I inveseted huge energy in it."
2020-09-21_03:13:09.35614 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I don't think it"
2020-09-21_03:13:31.50841 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I don't think it's going to be dire, though I think they will struggle with the later books, which are a mess."
2020-09-21_03:14:34.40227 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Assuming it gets there."
2020-09-21_03:14:55.67648 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Part of the issue is its going to need immense adaptions, since Wheel of Time had literally hundreds of pages of channeling nonsense."
2020-09-21_03:15:11.81065 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which were plot-relevant."
2020-09-21_03:15:32.35614 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yes."
2020-09-21_03:15:42.79594 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "They're going to have to do quite a bit of trimming."
2020-09-21_03:15:59.61368 Finn> Harrowhark says, "One, special effects are expensive; even Game of Thrones didn't really have the money for them."
2020-09-21_03:16:08.43576 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I am curious about that."
2020-09-21_03:16:26.18487 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Two, it's hard to render a lot of them! A lot of them were literally characters sensing abstract flows of power and responding with the same."
2020-09-21_03:17:09.79133 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "A fair amount of channeling was invisible to casual view; you just saw the results."
2020-09-21_03:17:33.75435 Finn> Harrowhark says, "eye of the world might actually be the most filmable because at that point channeling for most characters is just Moiraine waving her hands and death and/or healing comes out."
2020-09-21_03:18:04.18340 Finn> Alaia exclaims, "So you'll get dramatic music, characters looking like they're trying to lay an egg, and then, boom, things happen!"
2020-09-21_03:18:15.89636 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Right, or it was stuff like 'Character sense use of the one power, responds with a death zone on the location, moves, enemy responds with a death zone on top of where they just where, repeat.'"
2020-09-21_03:18:21.82137 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which was tense stuff on the page."
2020-09-21_03:18:30.41644 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But wouldn't necessarily make sense on film."
2020-09-21_03:18:40.31759 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And that's like. ALL the showdowns in the latter books."
2020-09-21_03:19:20.10622 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEah."
2020-09-21_03:20:31.19189 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The novels are also uneven."
2020-09-21_03:20:41.06635 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It took three books for the series to hit its stride."
2020-09-21_03:20:47.34479 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Then you had four REALLY REALLY good books."
2020-09-21_03:20:57.65240 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Shadow Rising through Crown of Swords is the best part of the series."
2020-09-21_03:21:02.61736 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Then it implodes."
2020-09-21_03:21:28.92285 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Book two is also annoying in the context of the series as a whole."
2020-09-21_03:21:39.57994 Finn> Harrowhark says, "As it features a MAcguffin that is -never plot relevant again-."
2020-09-21_03:22:00.44764 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Horn of Valere is a master class in what not to do with an item of power."
2020-09-21_03:22:28.16647 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Horn ot introduced because he didn't realize he'd get to write infinite books"
2020-09-21_03:22:44.59932 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Otherwise, I suspect it would have shown up much later"
2020-09-21_03:23:16.64900 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The problem is the damn thing is nearly an autowin button."
2020-09-21_03:23:26.74086 Finn> Harrowhark says, "So he had to keep Mat away from it for two decades."
2020-09-21_03:24:29.02914 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The giant sa'angreal superweapons weren't a great idea either but they were MUCH better handled."
2020-09-21_03:25:11.05512 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "By that point, he had a much better handle on how much space he was going to have."
2020-09-21_03:25:31.96542 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "They're going to need to beat the late middle books with a stick to get the cruft out."
2020-09-21_03:25:55.37370 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Also, having recently re-read Dune, guy had some BALLS ripping off the Fremen as closely as he did."
2020-09-21_03:26:01.57671 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I know great writers steal, but WOW."
2020-09-21_03:26:06.77352 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Heh."
2020-09-21_03:26:08.26957 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They even talk like the Fremen."
2020-09-21_03:26:22.95727 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Fremen largely rip off a North African culture."
2020-09-21_03:26:39.68482 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But yes."
2020-09-21_03:28:38.23086 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Aiel were not a great idea."
2020-09-21_03:28:56.06789 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Though to the credit of the Aiel, they don't kill 60 billion people."
2020-09-21_03:29:02.34101 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Neither was Rand's ridiculous harem, which also didn't really go anywhere relevant to either plot or characterization."
2020-09-21_03:29:24.24293 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Especially since he ditches them all in the end."
2020-09-21_03:29:37.27500 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "In a scene which no longer works AT ALL with what went before it."
2020-09-21_03:29:53.55050 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "You can see how Jordan wrote it first, then the story evolved away frm it making ANY sense"
2020-09-21_03:30:05.00279 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The most interesting part of that is the flash-forward into a possible future they do where the different bloodlines that trace their descent back to Rand are at each others throat."
2020-09-21_03:30:22.93110 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which of course doesn't, and can't, be expanded on."
2020-09-21_03:30:31.20546 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "When Aviendha is tryign to figure out how to guarantee the future of the Aiel, right?"
2020-09-21_03:30:37.21217 Finn> Harrowhark says, "right."
2020-09-21_03:30:49.88977 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "They're all going to regret not killing the Seanchan."
2020-09-21_03:30:50.54788 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The one where she sees their slow extermination as a people at the hands of the Seanchan."
2020-09-21_03:30:58.11193 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "That's another thing!"
2020-09-21_03:31:30.48238 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The entire Mat/Daughter of the Nine Moons thing ends up a disaster, given how much of a shithead she is."
2020-09-21_03:31:30.69518 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Aviendha has that terrifying vision of the future... then they team up with the Seanchan... then Mat hooks up with Tuon... and like, curtain drops?"
2020-09-21_03:31:46.94720 Finn> Don Drooleone stares in utter confusion for a moment
2020-09-21_03:31:50.49177 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Beslan selling out was also ridiculous."
2020-09-21_03:32:10.50899 Thing> Thor says, "So fuckign close"
2020-09-21_03:32:17.87912 Thing> Blob says, "ah well"
2020-09-21_03:32:24.81599 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "The Seanchan are also used as a weird, like... convenient dumping ground for inconvenient female villains?"
2020-09-21_03:32:35.56824 Thing> Thor says, "If they had spread out for a pass, Cam woulda have had room to run"
2020-09-21_03:32:37.88588 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like that's how Elaida AND Moghedien's plotlines both end."
2020-09-21_03:32:40.23395 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I have to wonder what Jordan was thinking, or if Sanderson just bungled the Mat/Tuon thing."
2020-09-21_03:32:43.86196 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Collar closes around their neck, click."
2020-09-21_03:33:00.22737 Thing> Thor says, "We were missing White, but you know, 397 yards passing is an encouraging sign"
2020-09-21_03:33:08.87774 Thing> Blob says, "yep"
2020-09-21_03:33:20.64015 Thing> Blob says, "cam looks healthy"
2020-09-21_03:33:33.58062 Thing> Thor says, "And they can build off this, since they basically had no preseason"
2020-09-21_03:33:45.87295 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That, I fear, gets into Jordan's personal issues"
2020-09-21_03:33:50.13872 Thing> Thor says, "these games vs Seattle always seems to come down to the last play"
2020-09-21_03:33:50.35144 Thing> Blob says, "yeah"
2020-09-21_03:33:50.56409 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Indeed, Moghedien's endgame is doubly bad because it indicates that the Seanchan have no intention of moderating themselves; you have sul'dam literally prowling around the wreckage of the Last Battle -looking for more slaves-."
2020-09-21_03:34:43.18536 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And the one figure who could make them reform just scampers off into the sunset (Rand)"
2020-09-21_03:34:58.66305 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Yup."
2020-09-21_03:35:37.23380 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Admittedly, Cadsuane, Elayne, and Nynaeve are not idiots and are probably already planning the next war, but."
2020-09-21_03:35:43.59918 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah."
2020-09-21_03:35:58.52805 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Because I can't imagine the tower putting up with Seanchan chaining channelers for long"
2020-09-21_03:36:12.93357 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The annoying part is that this is easily resolvable."
2020-09-21_03:36:39.37218 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They already did a thing where Tuon can't go home because, due to Forsaken shenanigans, her mom is dead and the entire empire is imploding behind her."
2020-09-21_03:36:58.74123 Finn> Harrowhark says, "So you do a thing where in order to secure her new kingdom, she has to compromise on the worst parts of Seanchan culture."
2020-09-21_03:37:08.54617 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's EASY. It almost writes itself."
2020-09-21_03:37:53.89941 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Especially since they spent like three books setting up the Altarans as these proud guerrila fighters."
2020-09-21_03:38:25.92682 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Beslan gives multiple speechs about how "we might fight each other, but if someone invades us we make the country too hot to hold them" and "ask the Amadicians about 'the Altaran Noon.'""
2020-09-21_03:38:35.34100 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That felt like it was leading up to something."
2020-09-21_03:38:49.12000 Thing> Blob says, "so many injuries today, it's kinda scary"
2020-09-21_03:40:15.63035 Thing> Thor says, "Yeah."
2020-09-21_03:40:35.99179 Thing> Thor says, "I'm betting on poor field maintenance with too many people out"
2020-09-21_03:40:36.64852 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah"
2020-09-21_03:40:44.89138 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I can't believe I remember all this."
2020-09-21_03:40:58.30588 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "I expect the TV show will probably go that route. OR so I hope!"
2020-09-21_03:41:04.59537 Thing> Blob says, "but there was like almost nothing week 1"
2020-09-21_03:41:07.15892 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "A lot of the mystery resolution was... you remember how one of the big things was Verin, right?"
2020-09-21_03:41:14.42343 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like we spent YEARS arguing about Verin."
2020-09-21_03:41:17.95306 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEs."
2020-09-21_03:41:27.43316 Thing> Thor says, "They had a whole... well, offseason to work ont he field, instead of a week."
2020-09-21_03:41:31.35098 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Then it suddenly came out and she died"
2020-09-21_03:41:38.65576 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And the way they resolved that was... Verin shows up and does like a five-page exposition dump explaining precisely what the solution was."
2020-09-21_03:41:51.23804 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Making very sure to address every obscure loophole and codicil pointed out by fans."
2020-09-21_03:42:32.37175 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Including the oh-so-clever 'If I drink poison that's going to kill me in an hour, I can trick my way around the Darkfriend oath of silence!'"
2020-09-21_03:43:22.12180 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Moiraine and Thom's weird tacked-on love affair."
2020-09-21_03:46:14.93335 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I think Moriane and Thom could be good"
2020-09-21_03:46:23.44953 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But it barely got any screen time in the books"
2020-09-21_03:46:54.64152 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Jordan had a real tendency to decide 'these two people are in love now.'"
2020-09-21_03:47:10.97175 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I am pretty sure that Jordan changed who killed Asmodean because people figured it out"
2020-09-21_03:47:55.66074 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I don't even remember who that was it was such a irrelevency by then."
2020-09-21_03:48:26.61159 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It was also an inelegant way of removing one of his most interesting characters from the board."
2020-09-21_03:51:23.22822 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It would have been fine if the mystery hadn't dragged out for six books."
2020-09-21_03:51:53.28032 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Part of the problem is it was only a mystery -to us-."
2020-09-21_03:51:59.99092 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "say It was Graendal"
2020-09-21_03:52:00.37167 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Rand thinks Asmodean just ran off."
2020-09-21_03:52:18.59587 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Most of the Forsaken think Rand had him taken care of."
2020-09-21_03:52:50.14103 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The only people who CARE are the readers, who have nothing on the page to engage them."
2020-09-21_03:53:14.48479 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Was it? That seems unlike her."
2020-09-21_03:53:25.91145 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Graendel's whole deal is that she doesn't just kill people."
2020-09-21_03:53:26.91226 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Asmodean actually dies twice; balefire raises him the first time."
2020-09-21_03:53:29.96176 Finn> Harrowhark says, "She subverts them."
2020-09-21_03:53:46.98461 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Well, yes, but that was only the case for like six hours."
2020-09-21_03:54:38.16791 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Basically, I expect it's one of those things where Jordan changed his mind because people figured it out"
2020-09-21_03:55:14.88519 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Never run the Armageddon 2000 maneuver."
2020-09-21_03:55:59.59837 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Hmm, if I'm making Eye of the World, I don't throw Rand against two disposable no-name Forsaken at the end."
2020-09-21_03:56:09.22783 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I toss in a couple who are gonna be recurring."
2020-09-21_03:56:38.54225 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It's also clear Taim was originally supposed to be Demandred"
2020-09-21_03:56:58.11940 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Well, one of them came back later in a female body which did figure into some plot stuff"
2020-09-21_03:58:53.15604 Finn> Harrowhark says, "In a TV context... I think I'd fold Aginor, Balthamel, and Be'lal all into any two of the above, and have them present as antagonists all the way up to the Stone of Tear, laying the groundwork for "these are the Forsaken, they are in league, you don't know where they are and there's a bunch of them.""
2020-09-21_03:59:12.93084 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Then you dial out one each for Rand and Moiraine to kill at the Stone."
2020-09-21_03:59:34.82777 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Then if the series keeps going you introduce the next pack."
2020-09-21_03:59:41.60315 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Using Lanfear as the bridging device."
2020-09-21_04:01:59.56088 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "One reality of TV is that minimizing the number of foresaken at a time saves money"
2020-09-21_04:02:14.40051 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So you don't have to keep someone around for 8 seasons, showing up once a season"
2020-09-21_04:03:32.58029 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Here's the S1 Cast: https://dragonmount.com/tv/s1/cast/"
2020-09-21_04:04:11.93028 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And you gotta simplify Ishmael."
2020-09-21_04:04:14.86794 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You just gotta."
2020-09-21_04:04:30.13378 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Even people who were deeply immersed i the books were confused by his entire deal."
2020-09-21_04:04:50.97613 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "Oh man, dragonmount.com!"
2020-09-21_04:05:16.72655 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Given Ishmael was pretty crazy, his ranting added to the confusion"
2020-09-21_04:06:08.48233 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It was also annoying they didn't deliver on one of the things they established about Ishmael in literally the opening of book one."
2020-09-21_04:06:19.30281 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which is that he isn't entirely 'caught' like the others are."
2020-09-21_04:06:38.14888 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The expanded materiel and some of the in-universe stuff alludes to that but they don't go much of anywhere with it."
2020-09-21_04:07:23.63417 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It seemed like Jordan had the idea of Ishmael as this sort of Right Hand of Doom guy, the mad prophet who enjoys the favor of Fantasy Satan and has been running the show from the background for three thousand years as his number one boy."
2020-09-21_04:07:50.12363 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But then when it came time to actually wRITE, he found that straightforward guys like Demandred and Sammael were a million times easier for him to churn out words about."
2020-09-21_04:08:45.99421 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "Which is weird, because Padan Fain was ALSO batfuck and he was an effective POV character!"
2020-09-21_04:09:25.71646 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEah."
2020-09-21_04:09:42.47189 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Fain was... batfuck at a lower level"
2020-09-21_04:09:50.42903 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "He was like Reinfeld."
2020-09-21_04:09:58.92459 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Rather than Evil Moses"
2020-09-21_04:10:21.52820 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Ishmael had the occasional great scene."
2020-09-21_04:10:38.49973 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I've always assumed Ishmael played a role in the two big collapses of the third Age."
2020-09-21_04:10:49.73158 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And was helping push everything towards collapse"
2020-09-21_04:11:36.83036 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Remember when he first showed up as Moridin, letting Graendal know there's a new boss?"
2020-09-21_04:11:43.10711 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That was a great, effective use of him."
2020-09-21_04:11:48.72331 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh yes, that's fairly clear."
2020-09-21_04:12:08.01938 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Ishmael was only "shallowly" caught and every thousand years popped his head up and had another go."
2020-09-21_04:13:45.82864 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah."
2020-09-21_04:13:58.99638 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The ideal person to tie that to would've been Mat."
2020-09-21_04:14:29.67440 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Who has the memories to tie together a three thousand year old mystery and go "wait a fucking minute, I was fighting -the same asshole-.""
2020-09-21_04:16:12.10547 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's a great idea."
2020-09-21_04:16:21.01647 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It would also surprise Ishmael."
2020-09-21_04:16:42.20450 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Merc, you see that WT video I recommended?"
2020-09-21_04:16:55.24171 Ivan> Akio says, "Not yet. I'll have a gander."
2020-09-21_04:17:05.33193 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Right?"
2020-09-21_04:18:05.81290 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Doesn't really show off any of the bits I care about, mechanically, though I do very much like OddBawZ as a streamer in general and his videos are also good. It's just a really neat community run event and a very nicely edited video about it."
2020-09-21_04:18:09.48698 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like Rand closes in on him and he's all "but how" and it turns out that it's because Mat stitched together memories from like, five different dudes during the Trolloc Wars and six different dudes during the age of Hawkwing and came up with "Ishmael.""
2020-09-21_04:18:30.92048 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It would also have given a chance to do more with his memories than just 'font of military knowledge.'"
2020-09-21_04:19:36.62142 Finn> Harrowhark says, "There was an oddball theory I rather liked that never even came up in the books."
2020-09-21_04:20:40.13797 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Which was using Berelain as a way to try and subvert the Seanchan."
2020-09-21_04:21:02.55331 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "They even use a mod during the event to give their voices that old-timey radio sound."
2020-09-21_04:22:03.41698 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Go on?"
2020-09-21_04:22:46.95318 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Well, the Seanchan base their entire claim to Randland and indeed their entire internal hierarchy as an aristocracy based on Hawkwing."
2020-09-21_04:22:58.78030 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And their descent thereof."
2020-09-21_04:23:33.95933 Finn> Harrowhark says, "A cool thing to do would have been to establish Berelain as having a more proximate connection to Hawkwing, via that of a connection to a child older than Luthair."
2020-09-21_04:23:51.33839 Finn> Harrowhark says, "As the Firsts of Mayeve ALSO claim their own authority based on descent from Hawkwing."
2020-09-21_04:24:02.22811 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That could be used as a prybar against the Seanchan."
2020-09-21_04:26:17.69997 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's a cool idea"
2020-09-21_04:28:05.26636 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "A q and A with the showrunner: https://dragonmount.com/news/tv-show/adams-wheel-of-television-showrunner-qa-summary-r1106/"
2020-09-21_04:28:33.84886 Finn> Harrowhark says, "In may ways Wheel of Time was really just training me for A Song of Ice and Fire. :)"
2020-09-21_04:29:23.80585 Finn> Shiori says, "And thud"
2020-09-21_04:29:25.15199 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
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2020-09-21_04:31:01.79611 Finn> Vendrik says, "I was an oddball, in that I didn't like either of those."
2020-09-21_04:31:37.36123 Finn> Vendrik says, "I managed to make it through 3 books of WoT before giving up. SoFaI I barely made it through the first book."
2020-09-21_04:32:11.51199 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I would never recommend Wheel of time to you."
2020-09-21_04:32:22.80954 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I am legitimately surprised you didn't like Game of Thrones."
2020-09-21_04:33:16.71696 Finn> Vendrik says, "I read WoT as they were being released. The first one left me wondering why something so derivative was getting such buzz. The next two tried to break away, but in doing so, simply proved Jordan had no fucking clue what he was doing."
2020-09-21_04:34:05.03913 Finn> Vendrik says, "Ultimately, my big problem with GoT was that there were exactly no likeable characters in it. It was a bunch of completely miserable assholes and bastards competing to make each other even more miserable."
2020-09-21_04:36:17.06732 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I ultimately couldn't tell you why Wheel of Time captured all our imaginations."
2020-09-21_04:36:34.49726 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Jordan is only marginally above, say, Margaret Weis or Ed Greenwood as a writer."
2020-09-21_04:37:22.96955 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Also Game of Thrones has plenty of likable charaters! Eddard, Arya, Sansa, Catelyn, Tyrion..."
2020-09-21_04:37:30.18533 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Samwell."
2020-09-21_04:41:33.98883 Finn> Vendrik asks, "The Starks are less vile and miserable than most of the rest of the cast, but only really in comparison. I didn't find them particularly likeable, in the first book. Tyrion is not likeable. Maybe amusing, but only because he's a bitter little maggot who's well aware of that fact. Played against some actually likeable (or even better, some blandly too-nice types) he'd be a breath of fresh air. Against the rest of the cast? "
2020-09-21_04:42:28.62214 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You have an odd way of approaching the book."
2020-09-21_04:43:55.97711 Finn> Vendrik says, "A friend was super into the series and hyped it up a lot. I struggled through the first book, found nobody in it that I particularly empathized or sympathized with, didn't find the plot particularly compelling. So I stopped."
2020-09-21_04:45:05.38943 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Was the friend me? Am I the friend? :)"
2020-09-21_04:45:19.13706 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I expect Martin will keep delaying so long he dies before he finishs"
2020-09-21_04:45:40.68082 Finn> Vendrik says, "No. Loki (Jeremy at the time, later Rachel) Blackman."
2020-09-21_05:09:31.13941 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "An era ends, Longcat is dead"
2020-09-21_05:12:03.02399 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Sad."
2020-09-21_05:17:06.98436 Finn> Harrowhark says, "So this is something I didn't know about the DC Animated Universe."
2020-09-21_05:17:20.16460 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Apparently Barbara cheated on Dick... with -Bruce-."
2020-09-21_05:17:24.08320 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Who knocked her up."
2020-09-21_05:17:48.79152 Finn> Harrowhark says, "So apparently that ridiculous bullshit in the Killing Joke movie wasn't just them being nuts, they actually got it from somewhere."
2020-09-21_05:27:34.76976 Finn> David asks, "Wsan't that bit from the Batman Beyond Universe comic?"
2020-09-21_05:29:57.31480 Finn> David asks, "Actually,Batman Beyond Unlimited?"
2020-09-21_05:30:16.13372 Finn> Vendrik says, "I blame Hawkman. Which version? ALL OF THEM."
2020-09-21_05:33:45.44376 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That is the dumbest thing in the DC Animated Universe"
2020-09-21_05:34:08.61542 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Also, you should always blame Hawkman"
2020-09-21_05:34:34.27419 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "The DCAU is pretty great about blaming Hawkmen!"
2020-09-21_05:35:09.11065 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "DC should simply say 'All continuity errors are Hawkman's fault, forever, blame him, not us"
2020-09-21_05:35:51.17442 Finn> Vendrik says, "Hawkman is the alpha and the omega of continuity."
2020-09-21_05:44:52.21074 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Okay, so. In Egypt, they have found a new site with more than 25 previously undiscovered, incredibly well-preserved sarcophagi."
2020-09-21_05:45:18.93776 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And I just can't help but think "you fools. You idiots. It's 2020. Fucking put them back.""
2020-09-21_05:48:27.09996 Finn> Alaia says, "Given how the year's been going, those probably belong to the court of Nyarlathotep."
2020-09-21_06:04:41.49935 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah, this is probably going to unleash ancient evil"
2020-09-21_06:04:49.75496 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We might not actually notice the unleashing, though"
2020-09-21_06:07:57.88212 Finn> Alaia says, ""Oh, more plague. And a rain of blood in Egypt. Damn climate change.""
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2020-09-21_08:36:45.75278 Ivan> DaR From Another Place scours the Shire. Then gives it a good rinse down and puts it in the dish rack.
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2020-09-21_15:45:03.05058 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "Ha!"
2020-09-21_15:47:32.55920 Finn> Hotaru says, "Happy Earth Wind and Fire day, everyone."
2020-09-21_15:50:12.38319 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "So Merc, I am reading a HP fanfic (So Harry is a Dragon, and That's Okay), where one of the main things about this version of Harry (other than being a dragon) is that he's a huge sci-fi/fantasy nerd, and the author has him reading all the classing late 80s and early 90s genre defining fictions, and being a giant dragon-nerd, he likes things with dragons and he also spends a lot of time pontificating on the books and giving backhanded author reviews based on Harry's reactions. And today he released a chapter where the timeline finally allows Harry to read A Game of Thrones. And his opinion was nearly word for word similar to mine; 'It was one of those books which had lots of characters and showed all their different points of view, and it was also a book where Harry didn't think many of the people were very pleasant characters at all. It wasn't that it was intentionally really terrible, or anything... instead, it was more like the author had had a history book about medieval history while he was writi"
2020-09-21_15:50:27.45247 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "...it, and had made the people in the b"
2020-09-21_15:50:34.10113 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "ook about as horrible as actual historical people.'"
2020-09-21_15:51:29.00872 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'That being said, he still didn't like a lot of the characters very much. The Starks were much more likeable, and so was Daenerys (though Harry had to admit that he might be biased because of the 'dragon' motif) and Harry wondered how it would all end. It certainly didn't feel like there was enough of the book left to resolve everything, so it would probably mean waiting for a sequel.'"
2020-09-21_15:51:47.91147 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Harry Potter and the Dragons of Rationality."
2020-09-21_15:56:04.36789 Ivan> Akio says, "I really don't understand a lot of that."
2020-09-21_15:57:02.37185 Ivan> Akio says, "Like... Eddard Stark spends the entire book essentially trying very hard to do right by his family and friends and be a good husband and a good father and a good friend, and while outwardly to other people in the setting he's a bit chilly, his entire inner voice is that of a deeply empathetic, caring person."
2020-09-21_15:57:09.47648 Ivan> Akio says, "That's -all he does-."
2020-09-21_15:58:12.55422 Ivan> Akio says, "Jon Snow is almost literally a traditional fantasy protagonist with all that entails, i.e the sort of character people have been falling in love with for decades."
2020-09-21_15:58:46.84189 Finn> Hotaru says, "'US Department of Justice designates NYC as an anarchist jurisdiction'"
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2020-09-21_16:00:54.70010 Thing> Benvolio falls asleep.
2020-09-21_16:00:54.70015 tfp> Caliban falls asleep.
2020-09-21_16:00:54.70016 Ivan> Akio falls asleep.
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2020-09-21_16:01:05.70919 Thing> Benvolio wakes up.
2020-09-21_16:01:05.70924 tfp> Caliban wakes up.
2020-09-21_16:01:05.70925 Ivan> Akio wakes up.
2020-09-21_16:01:35.67265 Mercutio has connected
2020-09-21_16:02:02.19918 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Jon Snow killed Merc. Killed him ded. Bastard."
2020-09-21_16:02:29.34781 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "It's been almost 20 years since I last tried to read it and failed, so I can't exactly quote specific instances, just memories of my impressions at the time."
2020-09-21_16:04:57.50165 Ivan> Akio says, "It's also interesting to me when I see people mention how heavily historical ASoIaF is, ebcause its actual historicity is actually somewhat weak. It just SEEMS more realistic because Martin isn't, like, David Eddings."
2020-09-21_16:05:13.93360 Ivan> Akio says, "And because he's deliberately taking apart the genre in order to rebuild it."
2020-09-21_16:05:58.05924 Ivan> Akio says, "I'm curious, dud Harry read Eddings? It's almost hard to remember now but if you were a fantasy nerd in the 90s, you... read a LOT of Eddings."
2020-09-21_16:06:05.68954 Ivan> Akio says, "He was huge for ages."
2020-09-21_16:07:45.98213 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I think it gets mentioned because it's pretty clear that it started life as War of the Roses with Dragons. It obviously moved away from that, but the initial set up is very War of the Roses. Unlike most fantasy at the time, where the world was either explictly not really Earth, or a generic mishmash of features ranging from high aniquity through to the mid-to-end of the Rennaissance."
2020-09-21_16:08:07.03229 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah, the Belgariad novels get mentioned a few times."
2020-09-21_16:08:23.08917 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "As that was the Eddings stuff being churned out at that point."
2020-09-21_16:08:31.75671 Ivan> Akio says, "To be honest, in many ways ASoIaF hasn't moved that far away from War of the Roses but with dragons and ice monsters."
2020-09-21_16:09:04.00004 Ivan> Akio says, "It helps that the actual Wars of the Roses were so fucking ridiculous."
2020-09-21_16:09:10.32505 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Well, I shouldn't say moved away so much as 'expanded beyond', once they started adding in more of the Essos stuff."
2020-09-21_16:09:31.37852 Ivan> Akio says, "Like... if they didn't exist for real, and you tried to write them as a historical fantasy, people would be like "this is absurd. This one guy changes sides four times!""
2020-09-21_16:10:16.83512 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "The whole thing is still ultimately a pastiche of Europe at the time, with a very heavy focus on the Britain equivalent, including the backstory of displacing the original peoples and their attempts to strike back and all that."
2020-09-21_16:10:29.46874 Ivan> Akio says, ""Wait, the king keeps going into a catatonic state allowing his rivals to seize power again and again? How CONVENIENT.""
2020-09-21_16:11:21.04699 Ivan> Akio says, "Hmm, Harry's the same age as I am, so there'd have been a lot of Dragonlance."
2020-09-21_16:11:27.28053 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yup."
2020-09-21_16:11:35.34305 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "And Earthsea."
2020-09-21_16:11:50.10366 Ivan> Akio says, "That was the era when you could walk into a Waldens and there'd almost literally be a floor to ceiling shelf of nothing but Dragonlance."
2020-09-21_16:11:50.31632 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "And pretty much everything else we both read in that period."
2020-09-21_16:12:20.86502 Ivan> Akio says, "That was also when Star Wars novels were getting off the ground."
2020-09-21_16:12:57.64056 Ivan> Akio says, "Ha ha, if it's '96 then Harry is probably annoyed being at Hogwarts means he's missing out on the hottest show in sci-fi at the time... Babylon 5."
2020-09-21_16:13:29.18017 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Harry's big thing in the fic is books in general."
2020-09-21_16:14:16.86050 Ivan> Akio says, "I have noticed that many people really wish Harry were more like Hermione."
2020-09-21_16:17:23.03463 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "It's a bit of a weird fic in general really. Hard to pin down exactly what it is. Part nostalgia trip, part world building (there's a significant fraction of the subplots devoted to the inclusion of other non-human beings being at Hogwarts, after Harry (who is/turned himself into a dragon as a child) shows up. Sphinxes and wargs and goblins and all start coming). Chunks of the classic plots happen, but almost in the background, and Harry being a vaguely oblivious dragon-nerd ends up ignoring a lot of them, instead of either brooding or getting wound up and then involved."
2020-09-21_16:18:10.75392 Ivan> Akio says, "That is pretty weird."
2020-09-21_16:18:59.41141 Finn> Chel says, "millionaire detective gets better if you tough out the first 3 eps."
2020-09-21_16:21:33.75058 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "There's a lot of pontificating directly and indirectly about the wizarding world (and how little sense it makes at times because Rowling is... not Martin or Tolkein)."
2020-09-21_16:23:30.59458 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "It's a little Bofuri in a way. No attempts to be edgy or dramatic. Just the weird every day adventures of dragon-nerd Harry and all the people he drags along with him."
2020-09-21_18:13:24.18146 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-21_18:13:55.15334 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-21_18:26:35.98477 Finn> Chel says, "microsoft buys zenimax/bethesda"
2020-09-21_18:27:06.87577 Finn> Chel says, "i guess this means every other version of elder scrolls will be awesome and bug free"
2020-09-21_18:29:27.22929 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-21_18:29:27.44240 Ivan> Wombat falls asleep.
2020-09-21_18:29:27.44245 DaR> Michelle falls asleep.
2020-09-21_18:29:27.44247 tfp> Spellvis falls asleep.
2020-09-21_18:29:27.44248 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-21_18:31:07.84566 Finn> Chel scratches his head at Gunnerkrigg.
2020-09-21_18:31:40.85201 Finn> Chel says, "I wonder if this will lead up to Crisis on Infinite Annies."
2020-09-21_18:51:39.80519 Doing set.
2020-09-21_19:32:37.25678 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-21_19:32:37.46951 Ivan> Wombat wakes up.
2020-09-21_19:32:37.46956 DaR> Michelle wakes up.
2020-09-21_19:32:37.46957 tfp> Spellvis wakes up.
2020-09-21_19:33:07.60083 Akemi has connected
2020-09-21_20:06:01.13329 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Elemental Plate of Meat'. Source of power for the Meat Mage."
2020-09-21_20:07:48.71945 Finn> Chel samples new Fantastic Four. "Y'know, there's no reason for Alicia to be blind. Not in the marvel universe."
2020-09-21_20:08:13.65866 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Same reason Oracle was paralyzed."
2020-09-21_20:10:49.19231 Finn> Chel says, "yeah, but they undid that"
2020-09-21_20:11:02.61749 Finn> Chel says, "it's canon now that she's got a spinal implant that helps her not be paralyzed"
2020-09-21_20:58:30.91876 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear: Bofuri, except instead of being a vaguely clueless out of the box thinker who doesn't want to get hurt, she's a genius neet daytrader who likes bears a little too much."
2020-09-21_20:59:23.65893 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Probably watchable, but risks being a bit boring by being too much a clone."
2020-09-21_21:03:06.30014 Ivan> Akio asks, "... now, I don't speak japanese, but isn't that just Bear Bear Bear Bear?"
2020-09-21_21:03:31.66844 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yes, yes it is."
2020-09-21_21:03:53.41273 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Though I think the actual kanji that make up the title don't necessarily translate to bear."
2020-09-21_21:04:03.71993 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Just pronounced that way."
2020-09-21_21:04:27.21786 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Said girl wears a bear costume. With bear puppets on her hands. And summons bears to fight. Even her attack spells are shaped like bears."
2020-09-21_21:04:49.14620 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "this reminds me of a porn i randomly downloaded a decade ago"
2020-09-21_21:05:39.26509 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "where a girl pretending to be half her age gets fucked by a guy in a bear costume. he never takes the costume off. his dingus just sticks out of a hole in the costume. and he stays in character with bear grunts."
2020-09-21_21:06:50.09523 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Also, the author's name translates to I'm A Bear."
2020-09-21_21:07:02.92017 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "The novvls are cute fluff."
2020-09-21_21:09:03.53425 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Dammit. Now I want to do another version of the show, with alligators or hyenas or something. And then, at the end, the two shows have to have a deathmatch."
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2020-09-21_21:12:39.33226 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I hear the series gets yuri laer, but give the lead's only options right now are both 10 years old, I'm happy it's not there yet."
2020-09-21_21:13:19.86495 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "As of the first ep, she's the only real person we've met."
2020-09-21_21:14:55.51707 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "Did it keep the fact that she literally pai her parents to abandon her?"
2020-09-21_21:15:02.46074 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "paid"
2020-09-21_21:15:27.10610 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Yes. And that her Grandfather basically was going to try and blackmail her into going to school."
2020-09-21_21:15:53.74070 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Each volume has one tonally weird moment. That was Vol. 1."
2020-09-21_21:16:21.15719 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Later volumes have far more "oh, he was secretly kidnapping and raping young women" than you'd expect in a series about a girl in a bear onesie."
2020-09-21_21:21:45.24293 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "The title, Merc, is Kuma (Bear in hiragana) Kuma (bear in Katakana) Kuma (Bear in Kanji) Bear (Bear in English."
2020-09-21_21:22:12.01273 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Fortunately, the novels do not have all that many bear puns, unlike, say, Dendrogram."
2020-09-21_21:23:28.94537 Finn> Hotaru says, "Also, I see Microsoft bought Bethesda. Possibly so their employees can go to Walter Reed."
2020-09-21_21:31:44.82246 Ivan> Frito says, "Just lots and lots and lots of bear references. ^^;;"
2020-09-21_21:32:03.81047 Ivan> Frito says, "It is pretty fun fluff through the first three volumes."
2020-09-21_21:37:58.23875 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Ted Cruz for Supreme Court?"
2020-09-21_21:47:29.50979 Finn> Kiara says, "Well, from his perspective,it'd get him out of Texas before he loses... :p"
2020-09-21_21:57:00.05571 Finn> Hotaru says, "'In a stunning declaration of authority, Alex Azar, the health secretary, barred the nations health agencies, including the FDA, from signing any new rules regarding the nations foods, medicines, medical devices and other products, including vaccines '"
2020-09-21_22:00:33.85372 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) has a new ad out where she brags that she's more conservative than Atilla the Hun"
2020-09-21_22:01:59.98016 Finn> Hotaru says, "And vows to kill reporters."
2020-09-21_22:06:01.46582 Finn> Hotaru says, "It is a bit early for frost advisories, IMO."
2020-09-21_22:06:06.73226 Finn> Hotaru says, "And yet here we are."
2020-09-21_23:26:51.58160 Finn> David says, "What the hell is Azar doing"
2020-09-21_23:32:55.27275 Ivan> DaR From Another Place hopes that come Thursday they don't have to fight the dread... BUTTER ELEMENTAL.
2020-09-21_23:42:49.92977 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-21_23:43:19.16306 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-21_23:54:36.18999 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Wow. Saturday we're supposed to have an honest to god thunderstorm that lasts most of the day."
2020-09-22_00:02:12.80583 Finn> Chel says, "reading current run of x-men. it's a huge departure from the status quo, but i gotta say i'm intrigued"
2020-09-22_00:02:29.61831 Finn> Chel says, "and i gotta wonder how long it will last"
2020-09-22_00:06:50.75603 Finn> David says, "Wondering how they handle mutant clones."
2020-09-22_00:26:34.76117 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "What's up with the X-men?"
2020-09-22_00:28:31.30596 Finn> Shiori says, "From my understanding browsing the comics racks, somehow Professor Xavier's back to life, wearing a portable cerebros helmet in the shape of an 'X' on the front, and has, with Krakoa the mutant island (seriously, the island is a mutant) has established a free mutant enclave country."
2020-09-22_00:29:20.85987 Finn> Shiori says, "Any mutants welcomed, and somehow thanks to combined assistance from mutants on both sides of the morality aisle, gained the ability to ressurect dead mutants with memories intact."
2020-09-22_00:30:45.28462 Finn> David says, "I feel like the ultimate hubris / climax comes when someone decides they need to resurrect Proteus."
2020-09-22_00:31:56.98547 Finn> David says, "Or rather, when he goes back to his nature."
2020-09-22_00:32:41.54974 Finn> Shiori says, "The island also apparently suppresses any mutant's harmful effects of their powers on others; Rogue is happy with this (as learned in Excalibur, where she and Gambit currently are), save for the whole "Make More Mutants" undercurrent that's been happening and while she's happy being married to Remy, the whole 'I'm not sure about having kids in this environment NEVER MIND what my powers could do to the whole process' issue has put her off the idea of having kids for the long term (thankfully, gambit's accepting of that)."
2020-09-22_00:33:51.22156 Finn> Chel says, "the big change is how xavier, and, well, most of the mutants, interact with the rest of the world. there's a tension there on xavier's end towadrs humans that wasn't there before. not in this way."
2020-09-22_00:34:13.16956 Finn> Shiori says, "But Apocolypse (who is one of the founders of this utopia, and is supposedly turning a new leaf) has already used the ressurection system once as a runaround, having Rogue absorb his powers fatally so she could use them in a long-term scheme of his, yet being ressurected and being scolded by Xavier to not do that again."
2020-09-22_00:34:35.10925 Finn> Chel says, "the way the x-men/fantastic four crossover was written illustrated this change very well"
2020-09-22_00:35:17.68527 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The FF sort of went nuts without a good reason."
2020-09-22_00:35:30.35091 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That said, you don't send 'fuckin Magneto as a diplomat."
2020-09-22_00:35:37.14274 Finn> Chel says, "they were kinda being condescending about taking franklin away"
2020-09-22_00:35:47.53868 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Dude basically tried to recruit Franklin into a cult in front of Sue."
2020-09-22_00:36:25.49844 Finn> David says, "Yeah, I'd have sent Kitty Pryde instead."
2020-09-22_00:36:31.83297 Finn> Shiori says, "As a prototype to the 'bad ideas' fairy, hey, 'Black Tom' Cassidy's been reincarnated as a king-pro-tem (I think). Of -what-, I'm not sure, but."
2020-09-22_00:36:36.66519 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "Kate would have been perfect!"
2020-09-22_00:36:37.78681 Finn> David says, "If only because she and Franklin had the closest connection"
2020-09-22_00:36:53.08306 Finn> David says, "Unless you count Rachel, but that's a step too far."
2020-09-22_00:37:17.59850 Finn> Shiori says, "She's last been seen running the X-Mansion, core X-Men, and the school - at least from what I saw following Rogue & Gambit and Mr. & Mrs. X."
2020-09-22_00:37:30.93038 Finn> Chel says, "oh, there's the gap in logic on book 1"
2020-09-22_00:37:38.33332 Finn> David says, "She's also the best person to send for Franklin, really."
2020-09-22_00:37:41.76354 Finn> Shiori says, "There's supposedly some further upsets coming Kitty's way, but I'm not sure of the specifics."
2020-09-22_00:37:45.32454 Finn> Chel says, "they TOLD kate to get there first to smooth things over"
2020-09-22_00:38:01.53348 Finn> Chel says, "and yet, they did not wait for kate to smooth things over"
2020-09-22_00:38:50.30271 Finn> Chel says, "also in marvel, they brought rikki barnes back, which I am thrilled at. I loved the character."
2020-09-22_00:39:06.34105 Finn> David asks, "Is she running around as Bucky or Nomad now?"
2020-09-22_00:39:50.57657 Finn> Chel says, "furthermore, she went lesbian and is dating Julie Powers now"
2020-09-22_00:40:01.83130 Finn> Chel says, "she's stuck wit Nomad"
2020-09-22_00:40:02.14795 Finn> David says, "Ah."
2020-09-22_00:40:21.69475 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's a step up from Kate's cavalcade of Peters."
2020-09-22_00:40:33.56273 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Colossus was okay I guess."
2020-09-22_00:40:33.95366 Finn> David asks, "So, sad little man time?"
2020-09-22_00:40:52.63808 Finn> Chel says, "nono, rikki ... actually, kate also went lesbian."
2020-09-22_00:40:57.58386 Finn> David says, "Peter Rasputin, Peter Parker, Peter Quill, Peter Wisdom..."
2020-09-22_00:41:29.63726 Finn> David asks, "Who's next, Paste Pot Pete?"
2020-09-22_00:41:39.07249 Finn> David says, "Tell me SOMEONE made that joke at Kitty."
2020-09-22_00:41:42.20465 Finn> Chel says, "there are hints she's got some sexual tension with rachel"
2020-09-22_00:41:50.82116 Finn> Chel says, "and illyana"
2020-09-22_00:42:02.35878 Finn> David says, "Oh, that's beend one since Excalibur... ok Illyana is a slightly different development"
2020-09-22_00:42:33.77309 Finn> Chel says, "rikki, far as i know hadn't had a romantic track record"
2020-09-22_00:42:42.73918 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh, Rod, they finally killed the Venture Brothers."
2020-09-22_00:42:56.12200 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "it's been comatose for the last four years, so hey"
2020-09-22_00:43:09.03840 Finn> David asks, "I swear, wasn't Rikki Barnes in some avengers kids title a decade ago?"
2020-09-22_00:43:14.67001 Finn> David asks, "Avengers Academy?"
2020-09-22_00:43:25.38564 Finn> Chel says, "rikki barnes' history is a shotgun blast across the marvel universe"
2020-09-22_00:44:05.68853 Finn> Chel says, "at this point it's established she has in fact legit died 3 times, and somehow when she got reincarnated it was with all her memories intact."
2020-09-22_00:44:19.36278 Finn> Chel says, "apparently franklin richards is responsible for this."
2020-09-22_00:44:43.87271 Finn> Chel says, "as he spent time birthing a multiverse and he kept on putting her in them."
2020-09-22_00:44:55.14263 Finn> David says, "I vaguely remember Franklin Richard being involved with Onslaught and the Heroes Reborn saga"
2020-09-22_00:45:05.33707 Finn> Chel says, "and of course she somehow found her way back to 616"
2020-09-22_00:45:12.74145 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Franklin was basically God for awhile."
2020-09-22_00:45:29.33005 Finn> Chel says, "franklin's entered his asshole tween phase"
2020-09-22_00:45:30.78320 Finn> David asks, "Didn't they call older Franklin "Psi-Lord"?"
2020-09-22_00:45:38.04549 Finn> David says, "Or something like that."
2020-09-22_00:45:46.20229 Finn> Chel says, "his sister on the other hand continues to be hillarious"
2020-09-22_00:46:53.71223 Finn> Chel says, "i appreciate that in the current run they let johnny storm be horribly embarrased by his dating history"
2020-09-22_00:48:24.53783 Finn> Harrowhark says, "There's something I've come to realize recently."
2020-09-22_00:48:42.47674 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Ultimate Reed Richards, the crazed supervillain? He's... not that far away from regular Reed."
2020-09-22_00:49:59.03226 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-22_00:49:59.96037 Finn> Mercutio has connected.
2020-09-22_00:50:28.83633 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-22_00:50:29.93776 Mercutio has reconnected
2020-09-22_00:50:58.15030 Ivan> Akio says, "I'm not sure how Lower Decks made Rutherford screaming at the ship to "give him the juice!" work, but it did."
2020-09-22_00:52:53.05865 Ivan> DaR From Another Place dives out of the sun, shooting machine guns at Merc, screaming about angels 10.
2020-09-22_00:53:05.73482 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "i need to watch more lower decks"
2020-09-22_00:53:57.16462 Ivan> Akio says, "This is the best Star Trek has been in a long-ass time."
2020-09-22_00:54:26.92199 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "' Identify is great. It's simple, it gives players just enough information to freak them out but not enough to help, and it encourages your wizards lick dangerous things. What's not to love?'"
2020-09-22_00:54:50.04266 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu shoves a cat headfirst into dan's mouth to lick
2020-09-22_00:54:55.44348 Ivan> Akio says, "Wizards don't need encouragement to like dangerous things."
2020-09-22_00:56:37.66840 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "The blog that came from calls wizards as a class, 'A conduit for making poor decisions'."
2020-09-22_00:56:47.78421 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "He's not wrong."
2020-09-22_00:58:34.96334 Ivan> Akio says, "Gnomish Archmage."
2020-09-22_01:03:40.86008 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "For John. A class just for him: http://unlawfulgames.blogspot.com/2020/04/glog-class-very-normal-potato.html"
2020-09-22_01:03:52.70707 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Gnomes, the personification of Bad Idea, Let's Try It."
2020-09-22_01:05:30.17258 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-22_01:05:30.38530 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-22_01:06:02.94087 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-22_01:06:03.15372 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-22_01:06:45.43720 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected.
2020-09-22_01:06:45.65005 Mercutio has disconnected
2020-09-22_01:17:04.31165 Finn> Chris has connected.
2020-09-22_01:17:08.17807 Finn> Rod has connected.
2020-09-22_01:17:08.66875 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-22_01:17:13.68805 Finn> Hotaru has connected.
2020-09-22_01:17:26.48530 Finn> Shizumaru has connected.
2020-09-22_01:17:34.23334 Chris has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:17:38.33848 Rod has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:17:38.55128 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:17:43.26004 Hotaru has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:17:56.94787 Shizumaru has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:18:00.38941 Finn> Mercutio has connected.
2020-09-22_01:18:27.14944 Finn> David says, "Christ, No More Mutants struck or something :p"
2020-09-22_01:18:30.28312 Mercutio has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:18:33.73632 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "MR POTATOHEAD"
2020-09-22_01:26:37.14668 Finn> Rod has connected.
2020-09-22_01:26:43.20759 Finn> Chel says, "so, one of those nights"
2020-09-22_01:27:35.06121 Rod has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:27:35.23553 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected.
2020-09-22_01:27:35.23557 Mercutio has disconnected
2020-09-22_01:28:07.87355 Finn> Mercutio has connected.
2020-09-22_01:28:14.39717 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-22_01:28:37.89204 Mercutio has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:28:40.25142 Finn> Chel says, "test"
2020-09-22_01:28:42.47571 Finn> Chel says, "right"
2020-09-22_01:28:44.57834 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-22_01:29:58.53045 Finn> David asks, "No More Mutant Talk?"
2020-09-22_01:30:27.49514 Finn> Chel says, "i was gonna say, oh, look, Runaways got several more volumes after I thougth it ended"
2020-09-22_01:40:28.96273 2020/09/22 01:40:28 socat[26354] E read(5, 0x55883b440020, 8192): Operation timed out
2020-09-22_01:40:29.03375 socat exited with status 1, sleeping before exit.
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2020-09-22_01:43:06.89909 2020/09/22 01:43:06 socat[12109] E connect(5, AF=2 107.191.57.121:6991, 16): Operation timed out
2020-09-22_01:43:06.89940 socat exited with status 1, sleeping before exit.
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The user assumes all responsibility for 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86304 damages resulting from the use of these features, including, but not limited 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86305 to, frustration, disgust, system abends, disk head-crashes, general 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86305 malfeasance, floods, fires, shark attack, nerve gas, locust infestation, 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86327 cyclones, hurricanes, tsunamis, local electromagnetic disruptions, hydraulic 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86334 brake system failure, invasion, hashing collisions, normal wear and tear 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86335 of friction surfaces, comic radiation, inadvertent destruction of sensitive 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86344 electronic components, windstorms, the Riders of Nazgul, infuriated chickens, 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86345 malfunctioning mechanical or electrical sexual devices, premature activation 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86345 of the distant early warning system, peasant uprisings,halitosis, artillery 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86346 bombardment, explosions, cave-ins, Invid Invasion, a horde of rabid chihuahuas, 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86347 Elvis impersonators, crossdressing rhinos, an annoyed Kun-chan, the collected 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86347 works of Jack Ji, overdoses of ex-lax, Kasumi the Axe Murderess, and/or frogs 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86348 falling from the sky. 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86349 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86349 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86350 Mon Dec 27 19:27 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86374 'The Sailor Senshi: Phenomenal Cosmic Powers... Itty Bitty Mini-Skirts' 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86375 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86376 Sun Jul 14 21:20 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86387 The Skuld Electronics Group 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86388 Using mysterious technologies to build the future 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86390 If there are any isues with the MUCK, I can be reached at 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86390 dskuld@gmail.com or dskuld@serveanime.com or dpair@netro.com.au 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86391 Skuld 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86392 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86406 THE MUCK HAS MOVED AND YOU ARE ON THE NEW SERVER : Skuld 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86407 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86418 If you have your connect details as muck.modernnoise.com, it will make the 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86419 move easier for everyone. (I am in the process of getting the DNS for 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86419 muck.modernnoise.com updated) 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86420 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86421 Please let everyone you know who uses the muck know as well 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86421 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86422 TORG Gaming HQ(#5843RLJ) 2020-09-22_01:49:22.86435 This room contains lots of comfy chairs, a snackbar, and a huge table. 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03589 [Exits: APG, TAMD. ] 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03590 Contents: Centipede, camera-2, T128 Drama, and Fitz. 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03590 ## You last connected from 216.243.54.88 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03591 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help) 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03592 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help) 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03592 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help) 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03593 Players online who you are watching for: 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03593 Akemi Chris Hotaru Rod 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03594 The_Prof 2020-09-22_01:49:23.03595 Done. 2020-09-22_01:49:23.68467 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help) 2020-09-22_01:49:24.04364 Dicebot starting up. 2020-09-22_01:49:24.21821 Dicebot in 5e mode. 2020-09-22_01:49:25.33914 Finn> Mercutio has connected. 2020-09-22_01:49:25.51381 Thing> Benvolio wakes up. 2020-09-22_01:49:25.51385 tfp> Caliban wakes up. 2020-09-22_01:49:25.51386 Ivan> Akio wakes up. 2020-09-22_01:49:27.95844 Finn> Chris has disconnected. 2020-09-22_01:49:37.53081 Rod has connected 2020-09-22_01:49:38.02565 Finn> Hotaru has connected. 2020-09-22_01:49:41.10844 Akemi has connected 2020-09-22_01:49:46.62736 Finn> Shizumaru has connected. 2020-09-22_01:49:46.80211 Ivan> Setsuna wakes up. 2020-09-22_01:49:46.80216 tfp> Ceitidh wakes up. 2020-09-22_01:49:46.80217 DaR> Zankuro wakes up. 2020-09-22_01:49:46.80217 Thing> Blob wakes up. 2020-09-22_01:49:46.80218 Centipede wakes up. 2020-09-22_01:49:55.54222 Mercutio has connected 2020-09-22_01:49:59.19049 Finn> Hotaru has disconnected. 2020-09-22_01:50:02.24761 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "bleh" 2020-09-22_01:50:16.46236 Shizumaru has connected 2020-09-22_01:56:49.07025 Finn> Chel says, "that kinda night, yeah" 2020-09-22_01:56:58.23206 Finn> Don Drooleone shoots rod 2020-09-22_02:00:32.17524 Player Name On For Idle Doing... 2020-09-22_02:00:32.34994 Micah_Hakubi 00:09 5m On casual brunch terms with Ganondorf. 2020-09-22_02:00:32.34999 Shizumaru 00:10 3m I welcome occasional DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35000 Hotaru 00:10 3m ...what if the Snyder Cut is also bad? 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35001 Mercutio 00:11 1s Young, dumb, and orbiting a sun. 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35001 DaR 00:11 0s But at 2 AM the Murder Trees come for you 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35002 Chris 00:11 4m What Would Dodos Do? 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35002 Akemi 00:11 5s Water is Antifa 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35003 Rod 00:11 3m Exar-Kyun 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35004 The_Prof 00:11 55s Off to see the wizard... 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35004 Sie_Kensou 00:11 41s OOOOOOH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH 2020-09-22_02:00:32.35005 10 players are connected. (Max was 25) 2020-09-22_02:01:26.25350 Finn> Chel says, "i am glad to see the Runaways kept their 'just a bunch of kids trying to get by' aesthetic" 2020-09-22_02:05:52.54179 Finn> David says, "Muck go blorf, yes." 2020-09-22_02:24:18.20891 Finn> Mike has connected. 2020-09-22_02:24:18.38356 Ivan> Tobias wakes up. 2020-09-22_02:24:18.38361 tfp> Chloe wakes up. 2020-09-22_02:24:18.38362 Thing> Rimmer wakes up. 2020-09-22_02:24:48.40618 Mike has connected 2020-09-22_02:25:05.93289 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "............i want it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GfuKF4uENc" 2020-09-22_02:37:19.38971 Finn> Alaia says, "..." 2020-09-22_02:39:42.52556 Finn> The_Prof has connected. 2020-09-22_02:40:13.08342 The_Prof has reconnected 2020-09-22_02:40:30.48832 Finn> The_Prof has connected. 2020-09-22_02:40:41.23179 Finn> Kiara says, "Nargle." 2020-09-22_02:40:54.80559 Finn> Kiara says, "Well, that's a closer COVID brush than I'd like. x.x" 2020-09-22_02:41:00.91199 The_Prof has reconnected 2020-09-22_02:41:37.43583 Finn> Kiara says, "Niece got sent home from college yesterday because one of the kids on her golf team tested positive." 2020-09-22_02:49:41.89305 Finn> David says, "Oog." 2020-09-22_02:56:33.24428 Finn> Kiara says, "Yeah. So two weeks at home." 2020-09-22_03:05:20.24793 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Sending her to college in the first place was idiotic." 2020-09-22_03:08:04.27340 Finn> Don Drooleone hits brem with a beefchetta 2020-09-22_03:12:43.90787 Finn> Alaia says, "That beefchetta, some good beer, and it's a party." 2020-09-22_03:12:57.16945 Finn> David says, "Beefchetta looks awesome." 2020-09-22_03:13:08.15380 Finn> David says, "You should serve that up at your daughter's wedding." 2020-09-22_03:17:36.07309 Finn> Chel cries 2020-09-22_03:18:20.82642 Finn> David says, "Hey Rod, you could do this at your niece's wedding." 2020-09-22_05:34:12.02299 Name OnTime Idle Name OnTime Idle Name Ontime Idle 2020-09-22_05:34:12.19779 The_Prof 02:53 4s Hotaru 03:44 45s Akemi 03:45 22s 2020-09-22_05:34:12.19784 The_Prof 02:54 58s Mercutio 03:44 14s Rod 03:45 2h 2020-09-22_05:34:12.19785 Mike 03:09 27s DaR 03:44 0s The_Prof 03:44 34s 2020-09-22_05:34:12.19785 Micah_Hakubi 03:43 9m Chris 03:45 7m Sie_Kensou 03:45 26s 2020-09-22_05:34:12.19786 Shizumaru 03:44 2h 2020-09-22_05:34:12.19787 13 players are connected. 2020-09-22_08:27:11.10187 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Hrm, MUCK down or just me last night?" 2020-09-22_08:43:54.26645 Finn> Rod has disconnected. 2020-09-22_08:43:54.48042 tfp> rodm falls asleep. 2020-09-22_08:43:54.48047 Ivan> camera falls asleep. 2020-09-22_08:43:54.48048 camera-2 falls asleep. 2020-09-22_08:43:54.48049 Rod has disconnected 2020-09-22_08:44:26.21072 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "One day I will read a 'the hero's party decides they all hate the protagonist and throw them out' light novel that is not 'but in reality it's just this one asshole guy'. But that day is not today." 2020-09-22_08:48:46.34041 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Asshole: "Everyone hates you. You should leave." Hero: (does not verify any of this, leaves) Party: "Hey, where's the heart and soul of our party?"" 2020-09-22_08:48:58.94686 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "This is like 8 different light novels so far in 2020 alone." 2020-09-22_09:11:16.09636 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-22_09:12:16.10158 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-22_09:12:16.27628 ## All done. ## 2020-09-22_09:18:35.28830 Finn> Rod has connected. 2020-09-22_09:18:35.46303 tfp> rodm wakes up. 2020-09-22_09:18:35.46308 Ivan> camera wakes up. 2020-09-22_09:18:35.46309 camera-2 wakes up. 2020-09-22_09:19:05.44765 Rod has connected 2020-09-22_10:45:07.84871 Finn> Rod has disconnected. 2020-09-22_10:45:08.02336 tfp> rodm falls asleep. 2020-09-22_10:45:08.02341 Ivan> camera falls asleep. 2020-09-22_10:45:08.02342 camera-2 falls asleep. 2020-09-22_10:45:08.02343 Rod has disconnected 2020-09-22_10:53:47.03667 Finn> Rod has connected. 2020-09-22_10:53:47.21132 tfp> rodm wakes up. 2020-09-22_10:53:47.21137 Ivan> camera wakes up. 2020-09-22_10:53:47.21138 camera-2 wakes up. 2020-09-22_10:54:16.94953 Rod has connected 2020-09-22_13:29:56.57091 Finn> David says, "MUCK was down last night, Sean" 2020-09-22_13:30:00.11556 Finn> David says, "On and off." 2020-09-22_13:38:14.49458 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected. 2020-09-22_13:38:14.66926 The_Prof has disconnected 2020-09-22_13:38:53.34194 Finn> The_Prof has connected. 2020-09-22_13:39:23.62982 The_Prof has reconnected 2020-09-22_14:06:09.13457 Finn> Chel says, "houston flooding has begun" 2020-09-22_14:25:18.88802 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "(again)" 2020-09-22_14:27:38.71324 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "actually, sean, i've seen several where it is the entire party, or the entire party minus one person, who wants to kick out the protag" 2020-09-22_14:32:16.55956 Finn> Chel says, "I cannot help but feel god of high school has jumped the shark" 2020-09-22_14:32:28.54666 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it got ridiculous, yes" 2020-09-22_14:32:41.15449 Finn> Chel says, "the transition to godlike summon martial arts was jarring and ridiculous" 2020-09-22_14:32:47.30819 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "yep" 2020-09-22_14:33:46.59905 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "i'm fine with that kind of battles, but what it started out as, and what it's become in less than a season...i'll probably stick with it, but it's definitely not what we were expecting anymore" 2020-09-22_14:36:50.79534 Finn> Chel says, "the thing is.... well, yeah, it's kinda like final fantasy now. it's not how well you know your martial art, it's if you got bahamut in your summons" 2020-09-22_14:41:39.77716 Finn> Chel says, "this season i've dropped.... gibiate for just becoming too stupid, lapis relights for being nothing but cute girls in cute voices doing boring cute things" 2020-09-22_14:42:18.97605 Finn> Chel says, "i'm too invested in god of high school's characters to drop now, but they're not making it easy." 2020-09-22_14:42:39.41906 Finn> Chel says, "also, dammit, that red nose art style really bothers me" 2020-09-22_14:43:01.66563 Finn> David says, "I had similar issues with noses in Escaflowne" 2020-09-22_14:43:04.27253 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "yeah, i'm sticking with it because of the characters. we'll see if that carries the show still" 2020-09-22_14:43:55.91276 Finn> Chel says, "escaflowne had... pointy noses." 2020-09-22_14:44:08.46541 Finn> Chel says, "but nothing extraordinary" 2020-09-22_15:40:32.31828 Finn> David says, " https://getpocket.com/explore/item/we-tried-7-ways-to-hard-boil-eggs-and-found-a-clear-winner" 2020-09-22_15:40:38.13653 Finn> David says, "What's YOUR method of boiling an egg" 2020-09-22_16:04:19.62464 Finn> Hotaru says, "I see Mitt Romney has failed us all." 2020-09-22_16:14:42.14492 Finn> Chel asks, "I mean, did you really expect anything out of him?" 2020-09-22_16:14:59.27540 Finn> Chel says, "and sous vide is a perfect way to do soft boiled egg" 2020-09-22_16:21:10.07728 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "aw man, a hawk of some kind just snatched another bird right out of my front yard outside my window" 2020-09-22_16:21:23.24812 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "didn't get it on camera sadly" 2020-09-22_16:23:07.71051 Finn> Chel says, "and thus droo found his spirit animal" 2020-09-22_16:28:07.34924 Finn> Hotaru says, "Can't say spirit animal anymore, call it Hogwarts Hou--wait, never mind." 2020-09-22_16:28:35.44487 Finn> Kiara says, "My one hope with Romney is that he's pulling a McCain-style F-U; allowing the vote so he can do a big showy job of voting it down." 2020-09-22_16:45:28.58359 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-22_16:45:58.49593 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-22_17:01:33.58964 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-22_17:01:33.76426 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-22_17:28:18.32602 Thing> Thor says, "Droo" 2020-09-22_17:28:32.19087 Thing> Thor says, ""In the fine tunes of my contract, since we're talking contracts, if I hit certain incentives I will be able to dress all the coaches including Bill Belichick. So that's something I'm looking forward to," he chuckled. (Cam Newton)" 2020-09-22_17:28:57.06901 Thing> Thor says, "Please let that be literal." 2020-09-22_17:29:43.98769 Thing> Blob says, "hahaha" 2020-09-22_17:30:25.31670 Thing> Thor says, "Belichick dressed up like a big yellow pikachu with a hat would be a sight to behold" 2020-09-22_17:34:04.38815 Thing> Thor says, "I'm fascinated by the talk about Cam adjusting his mechanics to make him more accurate as a passer. He seems to be quite happy and taking to it well." 2020-09-22_19:28:36.51678 Finn> Chel says, "wandavision apparently is going to be the MCU's House of M" 2020-09-22_19:28:43.15052 Finn> Chel says, "I'm scratching my head." 2020-09-22_19:29:03.86425 Finn> Chel asks, "there's... no mutants in the MCU. or maybe that's because the MCU is a post-'no more mutants' world?" 2020-09-22_19:31:31.36523 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Could be like a reverse House of M." 2020-09-22_19:31:42.41778 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Disney has got to be real eager to get the mutants in." 2020-09-22_19:32:01.04260 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'd feel bad for the Inhumans if they weren't terribad." 2020-09-22_20:18:35.51787 Finn> Chel says, "Agnes Harkness confirmed for Wandavision" 2020-09-22_20:39:16.18446 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "'I mean, seriously. Is there any genre not improved by adding a brain in a jar?" 2020-09-22_20:40:32.91757 Ivan> Akio says, "No." 2020-09-22_20:47:29.98671 Ivan> Frito asks, "*Whose* brain?" 2020-09-22_20:55:14.45268 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Rutherford B. Hayes'." 2020-09-22_20:57:15.79453 Ivan> Frito says, "Eh. Probably wouldn't get more than 5 watts out of it. Need something stronger." 2020-09-22_21:06:22.52438 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Bloomberg is paying off the fines Florida is using as an excuse to block ex-convicts from voting" 2020-09-22_21:06:32.55735 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "(At least for 32,000 people)" 2020-09-22_21:06:56.52881 Finn> Kiara says, "That's pretty cool." 2020-09-22_21:07:16.81602 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah" 2020-09-22_21:09:58.46983 Finn> David says, "Won't republicans complain he's bribing them to vote? :P" 2020-09-22_21:10:28.16747 Finn> Hotaru says, "I mean, republicans are already having their minions block voting areas." 2020-09-22_21:11:07.26132 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "What an amazingly oddly specific thing. A Kickstarter campaign, for sculpts of undead lego astronauts." 2020-09-22_21:11:17.11261 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-22_21:12:17.15615 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-22_21:12:17.33086 ## All done. ## 2020-09-22_21:12:51.88775 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, " https://www.sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=12071#i/2020/big/spaceman_3_01.jpg" 2020-09-22_21:14:12.60302 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game cartridge to be a great mother for a family of her own--only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?!'" 2020-09-22_21:14:33.02137 Finn> Vendrik says, "Bowchikachicka...." 2020-09-22_21:14:56.51379 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That does actually sound like an h game." 2020-09-22_21:14:59.55090 Finn> Hotaru says, "This is an Ema Toyama title, so unlikely." 2020-09-22_21:15:23.62755 Finn> Vendrik says, "Well, then we'll need to know the macro economic policies of the demon king." 2020-09-22_21:16:57.27309 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Yunoki has not only found himself in bed with a woman he doesn't know, but she insists they're already a couple?! The woman, Kotoka Hatsushima, is a charming, 23-year-old writer...who has one heck of a back fetish, and Yunoki fit the bill! And when she tells Yunoki that it was her hair that sealed the deal for him, he realizes the truth--she knows about his hair fetish, AND she's absolutely right! He's mortified, but Kotoka sees reason--if they float each others' boats and already know about each other's predilections...why not start a relationship? And Yunoki can't argue with that...thus the back/hair (not to be confused with back hair!) hijinks ensue!'" 2020-09-22_21:18:29.87949 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Ikuma Saeki finally married his childhood friend and the girl of his dreams, Sumika. But while years of pining came easily to him, physical closeness does not...and he's having trouble navigating the intimacy that comes with marriage. Sumika, too, is having trouble bridging the gap between friend and lover...what is this innocent couple to do but navigate it together, awkwardness and all! A new rom-com from the author of Ao-chan Can't Study!'" 2020-09-22_21:23:42.55462 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Heh" 2020-09-22_21:50:45.49644 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected. 2020-09-22_21:50:45.67112 Thing> Benvolio falls asleep. 2020-09-22_21:50:45.67117 tfp> Caliban falls asleep. 2020-09-22_21:50:45.67118 Ivan> Akio falls asleep. 2020-09-22_21:50:45.67118 Mercutio has disconnected 2020-09-22_21:50:54.02067 Finn> Shizumaru has disconnected. 2020-09-22_21:50:54.19531 Ivan> Setsuna falls asleep. 2020-09-22_21:50:54.19535 tfp> Ceitidh falls asleep. 2020-09-22_21:50:54.19536 DaR> Zankuro falls asleep. 2020-09-22_21:50:54.19536 Thing> Blob falls asleep. 2020-09-22_21:50:54.19537 Centipede falls asleep. 2020-09-22_21:50:54.19537 Shizumaru has disconnected 2020-09-22_21:51:11.17599 Finn> Hotaru exclaims, "Oh no, the Mormons killed Merc and Drew!" 2020-09-22_21:51:26.34113 Finn> Shizumaru has connected. 2020-09-22_21:51:26.51576 Ivan> Setsuna wakes up. 2020-09-22_21:51:26.51581 tfp> Ceitidh wakes up. 2020-09-22_21:51:26.51581 DaR> Zankuro wakes up. 2020-09-22_21:51:26.51582 Thing> Blob wakes up. 2020-09-22_21:51:26.51583 Centipede wakes up. 2020-09-22_21:51:31.20989 Finn> Mercutio has connected. 2020-09-22_21:51:31.38450 Thing> Benvolio wakes up. 2020-09-22_21:51:31.38455 tfp> Caliban wakes up. 2020-09-22_21:51:31.38455 Ivan> Akio wakes up. 2020-09-22_21:51:56.75921 Shizumaru has connected 2020-09-22_21:52:01.74752 Mercutio has connected 2020-09-22_22:09:52.01462 Finn> Chel says, "so apparently barbara and jason have sexual tension? when the fuck did this start? And this feels skeevy, like she's the default date option of all robins" 2020-09-22_22:10:48.24914 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Jason and Dick are the only two I could see her with witout it feeling freaky" 2020-09-22_22:11:07.73424 Finn> Chel says, "here's the ting" 2020-09-22_22:11:14.01492 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But I think Dick and Starfire are a thing in the current timeline" 2020-09-22_22:11:19.23125 Finn> Chel asks, "what's the age ranges we're looking at?" 2020-09-22_22:11:32.36045 Finn> Chel says, "THAT'S THE OTHER THING" 2020-09-22_22:11:43.12715 Finn> Chel says, "Jason and Starfire were a thing in this timeline" 2020-09-22_22:11:56.94228 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "My understanding is that Dick, Jason, Babs, and Starfire are all roughly the same age" 2020-09-22_22:12:13.38465 Finn> Chel says, "jason has to be a fair amount younger" 2020-09-22_22:12:16.42998 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "No, wait, Jason hs to be a fair amount younger than Dick" 2020-09-22_22:12:24.93648 Finn> Chel says, "he was the new robin while dick was off to college" 2020-09-22_22:12:27.83858 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But at this point, I think Jason's into his twenties" 2020-09-22_22:13:12.56834 Finn> Chel says, "it feels insulting to the character of barbara to have her attracted to Jason. it feels lazy" 2020-09-22_22:13:33.58371 Finn> Chel says, "she's had plenty of other love interests throught the years. jason shouldn't be in there." 2020-09-22_22:14:10.51699 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah." 2020-09-22_22:14:30.48516 Finn> Chel says, "the new 52 mangled things spectacularly" 2020-09-22_22:14:46.49680 Finn> Chel says, "when did jason and roy harper become best buds? fuck if I know" 2020-09-22_22:15:04.00037 Finn> Chel says, "not that it matters now, roy's still dead thanks to that dumbass heroes in crisis book" 2020-09-22_22:15:50.98933 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Weren't they in the "Outsiders together? 2020-09-22_22:15:53.57667 Finn> Chel says, "and starfire, wow, that was an incredible misfire. i appreciate the logic behind it, but it didn't work at all. basically, her being promiscuous to demonstrate feminine power." 2020-09-22_22:15:57.30849 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "One version of them?" 2020-09-22_22:16:10.91414 Finn> Chel says, "starfire, roy and jason were the outsiders for a bit" 2020-09-22_22:16:24.57972 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I think that's where Roy/Jason friendship comes from" 2020-09-22_22:16:32.88207 Finn> Chel says, "it was eventually replaced with a better concept: jason, artemis and bizarro" 2020-09-22_22:16:45.13780 Finn> Chel says, "when that book started they were already acting like they were longtime bros" 2020-09-22_22:17:50.13042 Finn> Chel says, "after doomsday clock i was looking forward to them unclusterfucking what flashpoint had done, but it's still a spaghetti strewn mess" 2020-09-22_22:18:48.78760 Finn> Chel says, "i like the characters of DC better but i gotta hand it to marvel, they avoided continuity headaches by just kinda whistling past the graveyard as much as they could" 2020-09-22_22:19:06.58761 Finn> Chel says, "and it's made for a less confusing universe" 2020-09-22_22:19:12.09874 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "DC has done way too many apocalyptic events" 2020-09-22_22:19:43.58730 Finn> Chel says, "after the sales from Crisis on Infinite, i think they kinda learned events sell." 2020-09-22_22:20:00.31510 Finn> Chel says, "problem is it's always a temporary fix" 2020-09-22_22:20:16.50596 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEah" 2020-09-22_22:20:36.28181 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Part of it is that most of the time, they don't seem to really plan out the aftermath" 2020-09-22_22:21:05.00977 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And then they discover they've somehow made the Legion impossible or now Hawkman is also Black Canary or something" 2020-09-22_22:21:07.30854 Finn> Chel says, "last i knew of jason todd.... before new 52 mangled things hopelessly..... he was mostly a loner, he didn't know any of dick's crowd, didn't interact with babs much. he did have a connection with talia." 2020-09-22_22:21:51.53181 Finn> Chel says, "and i liked the idea of him violently taking control of gotham's underworld and trying to set down rules to mitigate damage" 2020-09-22_22:22:09.07600 Finn> Chel says, "sell drugs, but not to kids, etc" 2020-09-22_22:23:33.04027 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Jason has suffered a lot of character flail over the years" 2020-09-22_22:25:16.35813 Finn> Chel says, "i lost track of what they're doing with starfire now. hopefully she's not a horny dominatrix anymore" 2020-09-22_22:27:51.54974 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "To be honest, my favorite version of her is the animated version" 2020-09-22_22:31:16.45734 Finn> Chel says, "it was charming" 2020-09-22_22:32:02.43559 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The animated show generally got pretty well to the core of the characters without the builtup cruft" 2020-09-22_22:43:57.78252 Finn> David says, "Supergirl ending with season 6 (20 episodes)" 2020-09-23_00:27:33.23992 Ivan> Tobias says, "For anyone interested, I will be on Discord for a while." 2020-09-23_00:43:28.20113 Finn> Chel says, ".......... oh. Nozomi Entertainment, who bought the Right Stuff licenses, put all their anime on youtube." 2020-09-23_00:43:47.54468 Finn> Chel says, "this means Utena, Captain Tyler, etc" 2020-09-23_00:44:29.73694 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Yerp." 2020-09-23_00:44:29.91170 Finn> Chel says, "Dirty Pair, His & Her Circumstances, etc. man, strong catalogue." 2020-09-23_00:45:56.18582 Finn> Chel looks over their catalogue. "man, I have so many of these digisubbed from back then." 2020-09-23_00:46:14.47516 Finn> Chel says, "Ah, and Onegai Teacher, when Onegai InsertGimmickHere was a thing" 2020-09-23_00:46:44.66666 Finn> Chel says, "Onegai Twins - random chance incest. Thanks Japan." 2020-09-23_01:07:26.94343 Finn> Aerianne has connected. 2020-09-23_01:07:56.13618 Aerianne has connected 2020-09-23_01:38:30.73299 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-23_01:39:00.57066 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-23_01:54:34.64985 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-23_01:54:34.82470 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-23_01:59:48.15814 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected. 2020-09-23_01:59:48.33278 The_Prof has disconnected 2020-09-23_02:17:13.68348 Finn> The_Prof has connected. 2020-09-23_02:17:43.96532 The_Prof has reconnected 2020-09-23_02:25:58.67773 Finn> Chel begins a tyler dub binge 2020-09-23_02:29:56.53182 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh hey." 2020-09-23_02:30:02.56336 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Ducktales is back." 2020-09-23_02:32:45.60965 Finn> Chel says, "..... huh. belongs to no franchise. someone just decided to do a macross-ish jet outta the eurofighter typhoon. https://www.japanworld.it/gb/preordini/14442-tfc-toys-transformers-craft-series-cs-01-lumitent.html" 2020-09-23_03:08:09.46256 Finn> Shiori says, "Thud" 2020-09-23_03:08:10.58034 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected. 2020-09-23_03:08:10.79442 Aerianne has disconnected 2020-09-23_03:12:15.97310 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Well, interesting experiment. Impossible Burgers are... "okay". They smell a bit odd, especially uncooked. Taste is not quite beef, but it's close-ish, enough that as a burger with some salt and pepper before cooking and cheese afterwards, I didn't mind eating the two I cooked. Texture is decent, crusts up a bit more than real beef, even in my wimpy little foreman grill." 2020-09-23_03:13:11.96842 Ivan> Akio says, "We're gettin' closer on this fake meat stuff." 2020-09-23_03:13:38.59130 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "That said, not good enough to want to eat them just for the sake of eating them, and as I have no objections to eating actual beef, I'm definitely not willing to pay a premium. But if I were over at someone's place who was vegan, I wouldn't object to being served one." 2020-09-23_03:13:59.19126 Ivan> Akio asks, "Are they full vegan, or just vegetarian?" 2020-09-23_03:14:59.84843 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "They're vegan. Recall the BK controversy over calling them that, when cooked on the same grill as actual beef." 2020-09-23_03:15:55.30596 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh yeah, I remember that and what bullshit it was now." 2020-09-23_03:16:33.11046 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "That said, regardless of vegan or vegetarian, they're not exactly significantly healthier than beef. Ton of plant based oils in them." 2020-09-23_03:17:09.39296 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Also both halal and kosher." 2020-09-23_03:17:26.98087 Ivan> Akio says, "My interest in them is not for health reasons but for if and how much their production chain is more economically and environmental sound than regular beef, and what that might mean for future beef substitutes." 2020-09-23_03:17:35.04131 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Ditto." 2020-09-23_03:17:41.47736 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Which is why I tried them." 2020-09-23_03:18:29.31659 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "If cows died tomorrow, I would eat this in memorial and to mostly satisfy the urge, but I would definitely know the differencce." 2020-09-23_03:23:24.95410 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "They're definitely a huge step up from say, a Bocca burger or anything of that ilk. Those were vile and disgusting. And smelled horrible and stunk an entire apartment up for hours after cooking. And actively stripped the teflon off a non-stick skillet." 2020-09-23_03:25:03.29150 Ivan> Akio says, "You know, people talk about flying cars and moon colonies and whatnot, but the sci-fi shit I want, if we can't have straight up matter replication, is magical food chemistry." 2020-09-23_03:25:33.50008 Ivan> Akio says, "That was a big staple of mid-century sci-fi, being able to use chemicals to create completely indistinguishable meat, chicken, what have you." 2020-09-23_03:25:37.70416 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "FOOD PILLS!" 2020-09-23_03:26:07.04687 Ivan> Akio says, "Food pills are a different thing." 2020-09-23_03:26:45.96107 Ivan> Akio says, "Those actually have a uniquely weird genesis mostly coming out of postwar British sci-fi, during an era where eating food in the UK could be a genuine chore, something you did to not die." 2020-09-23_03:27:05.75313 Ivan> Akio says, "A combination of ongoing shortages and the traditional British approach or lack thereof to food preparation." 2020-09-23_03:27:17.86234 Ivan> Akio says, "Being able to -not have to eat- was considered a huge escape." 2020-09-23_03:31:47.79949 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "And worries about psychic children in the same era" 2020-09-23_03:33:47.81140 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "freakin british food" 2020-09-23_03:34:06.06704 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "that completely makes sense" 2020-09-23_03:35:09.72371 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I first saw the idea of food pills in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" 2020-09-23_03:35:29.54383 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Hartnell Doc had a food pill machine." 2020-09-23_03:35:34.44325 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Also" 2020-09-23_03:47:15.34726 Ivan> Frito gives John a chewing-gum meal. 2020-09-23_04:03:05.52958 Finn> Chel says, "captain tyler dub - considering how old this anime is, not too bad a dub job." 2020-09-23_04:03:15.76127 Finn> Chel says, "a few awkward voice jobs here and there" 2020-09-23_04:03:24.32117 Finn> Chel says, "the anime itself still holds up" 2020-09-23_04:05:15.49761 Finn> Chel says, "CDC says no trick or treating. trump to tweet AMERICA MUST TRICK OR TREAT in three..... two..... one....." 2020-09-23_04:17:10.53519 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Definitely" 2020-09-23_04:47:53.90815 Ivan> Frito says, "Well, there's 31 DVDs ripped." 2020-09-23_04:49:14.78352 Ivan> Frito says, "Found a box of PBS Mystery series; mostly Poirot, though there's some Jeremy Brett Sherlock on there as well. 51 discs in total. Mom's a big mystery fan, so picked up the whole box for her." 2020-09-23_04:50:14.92348 Ivan> Frito says, "But since she groused a bit about having the room to store them, I offered to rip the entire set and put them on a flash drive for her, so she couldwatch 'em without having to deal with the physical discs." 2020-09-23_04:59:20.34107 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "https://chaser.com.au/world/canada-launches-ground-invasion-to-save-america-from-themselves/" 2020-09-23_07:57:21.77513 Finn> Hotaru says, "Canada is not necessarily the promised land either." 2020-09-23_08:08:38.74515 Finn> Hotaru says, "Word I had never seen before today: Sauronfuckers." 2020-09-23_08:20:44.02168 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "'the weird adage of "i don't care who you vote for, but please vote" has always been idiotic. if you're going to vote for Trump, stay home. better yet, get in a car accident on the way to the polls'" 2020-09-23_09:11:18.18242 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-23_09:12:18.09929 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-23_09:12:18.31398 ## All done. ## 2020-09-23_10:51:15.13418 Finn> Hotaru says, "'driving my amazon delivery pod in neo houston, still need twelve creds to pay it off. a spon vid for the 100 gecs whopper plays on my tesla neuralink, triggering the illegal adblocker i installed in my eyes. i go blind and slam into a wall instantly killing me. then i'm reborn as'" 2020-09-23_12:56:38.24374 Finn> David asks, "Sean?" 2020-09-23_15:56:25.41156 Finn> Hotaru asks, "?" 2020-09-23_15:56:54.64329 Ivan> Akio says, "Sean, I watched the Fate/Grand Order movie, as it was on Netflix." 2020-09-23_15:57:24.12282 Ivan> Akio says, "I can't believe they got the budget for a lavishly animated feature-length thing that is basically just a prelude to a gatcha game and COMPLETELY impenetrable to anyone else." 2020-09-23_15:58:07.93877 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Did it have Olga getting thrown into a black hole? That's all I remember about the prelude." 2020-09-23_15:58:12.76042 Ivan> Akio says, "Yes." 2020-09-23_15:58:26.18649 Ivan> Akio says, "Also, Cu Chullain... wins fights." 2020-09-23_15:58:27.17796 Thing> Ritsu says, "The Chargers' team doctor accidentally punctured his own quarterback Tyrod Taylor's lung just before kickoff Sunday while trying to administer a pain-killing injection to the quarterback's cracked ribs, league and team sources told ESPN." 2020-09-23_15:58:35.28835 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "Yeah, weird, huh?" 2020-09-23_15:58:44.09165 Ivan> Akio says, "He wins like three of them in a row! He kills Archer straight up and basically dominated Sabers." 2020-09-23_15:58:47.73572 Thing> Blob says, "i'm sorry, what" 2020-09-23_15:58:57.34136 Ivan> Akio says, "It turns out that if you don't summon him as a Lancer he's actually awesome." 2020-09-23_15:59:02.94486 Thing> Ritsu says, "Exactly." 2020-09-23_15:59:21.37608 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I mean, Lancer is awesome too, he just has E-ranked luck." 2020-09-23_15:59:40.47460 Ivan> Akio says, "I actually really liked Caster Cu." 2020-09-23_15:59:51.47888 Ivan> Akio says, "His costume is great, his fighting style is really cool and fun." 2020-09-23_16:01:04.30273 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I do wish they'd do a Fate game adaptation where you play as Ritsuka. They alluded to her in Fate/Extra anime, but for the most part, it's boring old het." 2020-09-23_16:01:26.42659 Ivan> Akio says, "Lancer Medusa was mneh. Archer was... Archer." 2020-09-23_16:01:40.96258 Ivan> Akio says, "... Ritsuka is a dude." 2020-09-23_16:02:08.16177 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Whatever her female name is. I can't recall it." 2020-09-23_16:02:20.08957 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "You choose M or F when you start." 2020-09-23_16:02:30.72397 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh, I see." 2020-09-23_16:03:15.89281 Ivan> Akio says, "This actually sort of makes me interested enough to watch the proper F/GO anime, maybe." 2020-09-23_16:03:26.03579 Ivan> Akio says, "Although I'm sure it'll be disappointing." 2020-09-23_16:03:35.98273 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "No doubt. :)" 2020-09-23_16:05:03.89621 Ivan> Akio says, "Mash is clearly the franchises answer to "Do we have a Rei Ayanami type? Shit, we don't. Better fix that."" 2020-09-23_16:05:30.63420 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Mash is sort of a cross between Ayanami and Rem from Re: Zero." 2020-09-23_16:05:46.60898 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "At least in fanfics/doujins." 2020-09-23_16:06:05.65800 Ivan> Akio says, "I am a fan of people with ridiculous shields usually." 2020-09-23_16:06:55.49270 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "I forgot, did you read Fate/Harem Antics, or did the premise turn you away?" 2020-09-23_16:07:00.21783 Ivan> Akio says, "For a nominal protagonist she didn't fight much. Cu did all the heavy lifting." 2020-09-23_16:07:03.99222 Ivan> Akio says, "I did not, no." 2020-09-23_16:07:22.77130 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "It's sort of big stupid fun, and also has Mash as Galahad." 2020-09-23_16:08:52.01369 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "It also has Francis Drake being as Francis Drake as she possibly can." 2020-09-23_16:10:15.73618 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I should find the fanfics with RWBY as servants. There must be some." 2020-09-23_16:11:10.03737 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Given there's one with fucking Tanya von Degurechaff as a heroic spirit, anything is possible." 2020-09-23_16:14:18.97894 Ivan> Akio says, "You'd think someone would have done a FSN/Red or Die cross." 2020-09-23_16:14:26.69706 Ivan> Akio says, "given the similar premises." 2020-09-23_16:14:50.06264 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "ROD has a tiny fandom." 2020-09-23_16:15:08.00560 Ivan> Akio says, "It was big back in the day tho." 2020-09-23_16:15:18.31828 Ivan> Akio says, "At about the same time as Fate got big, in fact." 2020-09-23_16:59:56.05575 Thing> Thor asks, "WH... what?" 2020-09-23_17:00:10.56530 Thing> Thor says, "Wow. They're opening themselves up for a lawsuit " 2020-09-23_17:35:01.36527 Finn> Hotaru says, "'If I just started calling Harvard 'UMass Cambridge', no one could stop me.'" 2020-09-23_17:53:35.20650 Finn> David says, "Hey, Droo... I think he just challenged you." 2020-09-23_17:53:52.14081 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected. 2020-09-23_17:53:52.31573 Thing> Benvolio falls asleep. 2020-09-23_17:53:52.31578 tfp> Caliban falls asleep. 2020-09-23_17:53:52.31579 Ivan> Akio falls asleep. 2020-09-23_17:53:52.31580 Mercutio has disconnected 2020-09-23_17:55:20.61976 Finn> Mercutio has connected. 2020-09-23_17:55:20.79460 Thing> Benvolio wakes up. 2020-09-23_17:55:20.79464 tfp> Caliban wakes up. 2020-09-23_17:55:20.79465 Ivan> Akio wakes up. 2020-09-23_17:55:50.85354 Mercutio has connected 2020-09-23_18:49:42.87128 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Random weird thought. A century or two ago, heirloom trade tools were a thing. These days, passing your computer that you learned on down to your kids is at best a brief retro game curiosity and in general kind of insulting." 2020-09-23_18:52:43.24958 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "'The new turf at MetLife Stadium is also a suspect in this weeks injury mystery, with 49ers players referring to it after Sundays game as 'sticky' and 'trash.' Subtle defects in a playing surface can have a major impact on elite athletes performing at peak capacity and effort, which explains why the Jets werent affected.'" 2020-09-23_18:53:00.61533 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "that was the New York Times." 2020-09-23_18:56:45.22384 Finn> David says, "Oh, DING." 2020-09-23_19:29:09.28063 Finn> Chel says, "I am discovering i never did watch the Tyler OAVs" 2020-09-23_19:29:33.21286 Finn> Chel says, "and the shift in art and tone is a touch weird, like how the Patlabor movies were different than the tv series" 2020-09-23_19:31:07.26755 Finn> Chel says, "........ and theere it is. the first nextgen console to give me a reason to care." 2020-09-23_19:31:23.73209 Finn> Chel says, "PS5 exclusive Metal Gear Solid remake. not remaster. remake" 2020-09-23_19:31:38.61317 Finn> Chel says, "they're giving it the final fantasy 7 treatment" 2020-09-23_19:40:05.42412 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Launch title?" 2020-09-23_19:40:22.84866 Finn> Chel says, "nope" 2020-09-23_19:40:26.42563 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh man, I wonder how they're gonna do the Psycho Mantis fight." 2020-09-23_19:40:39.56152 Finn> Chel says, ".... the controller thing. huh." 2020-09-23_19:41:01.92209 Finn> Chel says, "they might have to cut that. it's too obnoxious with modern controllers" 2020-09-23_19:41:25.97600 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Well, I mean, I wouldn't expect them to use the controllers again." 2020-09-23_19:41:38.30606 Finn> Chel says, "there is one huge thing i want out of a mgs remake. i want a free camera, dammit" 2020-09-23_19:41:47.18397 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I would assume that." 2020-09-23_19:41:57.42578 Finn> Chel says, "i always felt the limited cameras made it hard to be stealthy" 2020-09-23_19:42:04.92623 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Reseident Evil remakes both have free cameras." 2020-09-23_19:42:50.79873 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It turns out that all Capcom has to do to make an outstanding game is remake one they made a quarter century ago." 2020-09-23_19:43:09.17830 Finn> Chel says, "meanwhile, ubisoft, WHERE IS MY SPLINTER CELL" 2020-09-23_19:43:22.39121 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "It's in your head! In the virtumal realities!" 2020-09-23_19:43:50.34667 Finn> Chel says, "if konami and sony wanted to tap into something tho, they should've remade the original Metal Gear. Not MGS, Metal Gera" 2020-09-23_19:43:52.22622 Finn> Chel says, "gear" 2020-09-23_19:44:15.08002 Finn> Chel says, "because, i guarantee you, a TON of modern gamers have never even seen it" 2020-09-23_19:44:20.09499 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Remaking the original Metal Gear would basically be making a completely new game." 2020-09-23_19:44:34.61560 Finn> Chel says, "you take the plot and script, put it on a whole new game" 2020-09-23_19:44:54.37288 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Remember how the english name of Big Boss was 'Colonel Vermin CaTaffy?'" 2020-09-23_19:45:03.47218 Finn> Chel says, "no, i do not. O.o" 2020-09-23_19:45:41.40945 Finn> Chel says, "konami still owns the fox engine, which is incredible. if they repurposed it for the MGS remake, it'll be fine." 2020-09-23_19:45:42.62015 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Oh, wait, no, it was..." 2020-09-23_19:46:30.01141 Finn> Harrowhark says, "In the English manual and on the cartridge box, it refers to the guy you're trying to take out as 'Vermon CaTaffy.' In the game, you ultimately find out he's just a front for Big Boss." 2020-09-23_19:46:42.14628 Finn> Harrowhark says, "In the japanese he doesn't exist at all; it was purely for the English release." 2020-09-23_19:46:46.47605 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I, uh." 2020-09-23_19:46:56.85082 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I own the shitty "Worlds of Power" book based on the game." 2020-09-23_19:47:16.24901 Finn> Chel says, "haaaaaa" 2020-09-23_19:48:31.55909 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's really going to be a lame new console launch." 2020-09-23_19:48:36.25558 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Everything got pushed back." 2020-09-23_19:48:45.08098 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "I was gonna buy an Xbox but like... why?" 2020-09-23_19:48:48.45467 Finn> David says, "DC fans: https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/9/23/21452683/john-cena-hbo-max-series-peacemaker-suicide-squad" 2020-09-23_19:48:53.99508 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "To play Valhalla at slightly better fidelity?" 2020-09-23_19:48:55.37752 Finn> Chel says, "i feel minimal urgency" 2020-09-23_19:49:13.59675 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'm still shocked they pushed Halo." 2020-09-23_19:49:26.06299 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like... they delayed a system-seller launch title. That NEVER happens. Ever." 2020-09-23_19:49:31.78555 Finn> Chel says, "i guess peacemaker survives the movie" 2020-09-23_19:49:37.23274 Finn> David says, "Not necessarily" 2020-09-23_19:49:39.65377 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They released Halo 2 -without an ending- in order to avoid doing that." 2020-09-23_19:49:42.80148 Finn> David says, "It says 'prequel'" 2020-09-23_20:06:33.99609 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Our president is claiming Protestors are using Bumblebee Tuna to attack people" 2020-09-23_20:14:06.27233 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Today's weird coincidence:" 2020-09-23_20:14:18.93573 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Number of inches in a mile: Roughly 63,0000" 2020-09-23_20:14:37.40834 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Number of astronomical units in a light year: Roughly 63,000" 2020-09-23_20:14:52.06413 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "(An Astronomical Unit is the Sun - Earth distance)" 2020-09-23_20:15:31.40541 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Roughly is doing a lot of work in both those sentences." 2020-09-23_20:18:53.89242 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The precise number of inches is 63,360" 2020-09-23_20:19:18.20377 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So 63,000 is within half a percent of the precise number" 2020-09-23_20:19:47.43818 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "A Light year is 63241.1 AUs" 2020-09-23_20:19:55.01183 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's even closer an approximation" 2020-09-23_20:20:14.05948 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I would say roughly isn't doing all that much work" 2020-09-23_20:23:09.07518 Finn> Chel says, "'Metal Gear Solid movie director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has revealed he wants to bring back David Hayter to voice Snake in an animated Metal Gear Solid series.'" 2020-09-23_20:23:42.53340 Finn> Chris has connected. 2020-09-23_20:24:12.56411 Chris has reconnected 2020-09-23_20:35:01.48924 Finn> Chel says, "it's..... not bad, but maybe a little too complicated. https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-high-republic-lightsaber-excalibur/" 2020-09-23_20:36:48.48493 Finn> Chel says, "'This farm is the latest venture of Clarkson who begun filming a new show called I Bought The Farm to illustrate what is needed to be a farmer over a year of farming. Alongside this, hes also started the Diddly Squat Farm Shop, which he has promised sells guaranteed non-organic food grown on his farm.'" 2020-09-23_20:40:12.05582 Finn> Chris has disconnected. 2020-09-23_20:40:12.23049 Chris has disconnected 2020-09-23_20:42:21.13303 Finn> Chel says, "holy. shit. 'The Tesla Model S Plaid will do 0-60mph in under two seconds'" 2020-09-23_20:42:41.99886 Finn> Chel says, "porches don't do that. ferraris don't do that. lambos don't do that." 2020-09-23_20:44:12.43292 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavid?" 2020-09-23_20:44:16.43161 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I just wonder how much money they blew on a high-preformance boondoggle when what we actually need is electric cars -regular people can afford-." 2020-09-23_20:44:20.97353 Finn> David asks, "Seaaaaaan?" 2020-09-23_20:44:35.03643 Finn> Hotaru points to your "Sean?" from this morning. 2020-09-23_20:45:16.76958 Finn> Chel says, "yeah, that model of tesla will run around $130" 2020-09-23_20:45:17.48981 Finn> David says, "Uh. Oh,. Kaguya." 2020-09-23_20:45:40.11001 Finn> Chel asks, "doesn't the baseline tesla run $30k?" 2020-09-23_20:45:53.43008 Finn> Chel says, "that, in theory, is what passes for regular people budget these days" 2020-09-23_20:47:03.41094 Finn> David says, "I don't know that I like Tsubame's solution but ok" 2020-09-23_20:48:08.90202 Finn> Hotaru says, "I see Tsubame is desperately searching for buses to throw herself under." 2020-09-23_20:48:54.99112 Finn> David says, "I think she doens't LOVE him, so she's gonna pet the puppy and make sure thepuppy's in a good spot before she goes." 2020-09-23_20:58:00.41310 Finn> Hotaru says, "She and Iino are competing to see who is most screwed up." 2020-09-23_21:02:08.69296 Finn> David says, "No, no, Iino is most screwed up" 2020-09-23_21:02:36.24542 Finn> David says, "Tsubame is pretty much a nice girl who doesn't really want to hurt people's feelings, at least based on what we've seen so far." 2020-09-23_21:02:45.83733 Finn> David says, "Iino sleeps on a giant teddy alone at home." 2020-09-23_21:03:11.45758 Finn> David says, "I'm pretty sure sleeping on a giant teddy and listening to idols tell her she's awesome makes her more qualified to be screwed up." 2020-09-23_21:11:19.09211 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-23_21:12:19.13082 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-23_21:12:19.34551 ## All done. ## 2020-09-23_21:22:18.32958 Finn> Hotaru says, "GOP is now claiming Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) made it too easy to vote." 2020-09-23_21:26:59.29106 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, " Did he change something?" 2020-09-23_21:27:09.78184 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I wasn't even aware he'd made it any easier" 2020-09-23_21:27:43.12557 Finn> David asks, "He accepted mail-in ballots?" 2020-09-23_21:28:17.46491 Finn> Hotaru says, "He increased early voting by a week because of COVID." 2020-09-23_21:28:29.24497 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Oh, good" 2020-09-23_21:28:46.10177 Finn> David says, "... you'd almost think republicans were anti-democracy." 2020-09-23_21:28:49.54885 Finn> Chel says, "FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUD" 2020-09-23_21:28:58.02454 Finn> Hotaru says, "Republicans are suing him." 2020-09-23_21:32:00.34924 Finn> David says, "Because they don't want more voters. Of course." 2020-09-23_22:03:35.63607 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson, opponent of mandatory masks, tests positive for COVID-19.'" 2020-09-23_22:04:06.51675 Finn> Chel says, "good for him" 2020-09-23_22:39:52.90309 Finn> Chel says, "how we know tyler was old sci-fi: they still use payphones and corded phones" 2020-09-23_22:40:33.73614 Finn> Chel says, "kait turns 16 next month. god I'm old" 2020-09-23_22:41:47.80099 Finn> Chel says, "upon reviewing the captain tyler tv series..... you only stop wanting to punch him in the face after five eps." 2020-09-23_22:53:29.76915 Finn> Don Drooleone shoots rod 2020-09-23_22:53:43.15666 Finn> Chel says, "one day you will know this feeling, droo" 2020-09-23_22:54:23.61835 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it's a constant thing" 2020-09-23_22:54:36.82619 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "'wait, she's walking now' 'wait, he's in kindergarten now'" 2020-09-23_22:55:19.74078 Finn> Chel says, "proving my girls are late bloomers, NOW they're starting to bicker and occasionally wrestle." 2020-09-23_22:55:31.55358 Finn> Don Drooleone asks, "only now?" 2020-09-23_22:55:32.74250 Finn> Chel says, "this should've happened five years ago" 2020-09-23_22:55:50.75038 Finn> Chel says, "sis laments the wrestling, views it as unladylike" 2020-09-23_22:56:08.93865 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "my youngest is constantly trying to take down her older siblings" 2020-09-23_22:56:25.12258 Finn> Chel asks, "hillarious, isn't it?" 2020-09-23_22:56:33.85256 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "she's a tiny bully" 2020-09-23_22:56:53.39010 Finn> Chel says, "when you have 3 kids, the youngest is going to have a complex about proving themselves." 2020-09-23_22:57:08.14367 Finn> Chel says, "one of my cousins, the youngest, actually, has this issue" 2020-09-23_22:57:36.78459 Finn> Chel says, "it didn't help, of course, that when we were kids we kinda treated him like the runt of the litter" 2020-09-23_23:58:52.83009 Finn> Aerianne has connected. 2020-09-23_23:58:53.88804 Finn> Shiori says, "'lo" 2020-09-23_23:59:22.98536 Aerianne has connected 2020-09-24_00:05:39.79260 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Hey Phil." 2020-09-24_00:16:50.64840 Finn> Chel says, "Tyler OAV 5, tremendous waste of time" 2020-09-24_00:27:38.65568 Finn> Chel says, "oh right stuff had marimite too? man." 2020-09-24_00:33:40.05515 Finn> David asks, "Is that Maria-sama?" 2020-09-24_00:34:33.07518 Finn> Chel says, "yep" 2020-09-24_00:34:55.29234 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "What is Tyler OAV 5 about?" 2020-09-24_00:39:18.25557 Finn> Chel says, "it's christmas. some asshole child drops off an alarm clock in a gift box at military HQ and tells tyler it's a cake, please deliver this to lt. someofficer i don't recall. they think it's a bomb. tyler doesn't stick around to deal with it. kid runs into him on the street, wants to know why he isn't berating him or chasing him and then drags tyler into his personal issue problems i couldn't give two shits about for the rest of the episode while tyler makes commander star wait four hours for the christmas date they were supposed to have." 2020-09-24_00:39:47.26646 Finn> Chel says, "the other OAVs had decent plots." 2020-09-24_01:22:28.25831 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's pretty stupid" 2020-09-24_02:51:47.60587 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Tonight: my third pandemic haircut." 2020-09-24_02:52:04.52001 Finn> Chel claps. "Omedeto!" 2020-09-24_02:53:20.03761 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I feel better afterwards but its so annoying to do." 2020-09-24_03:05:09.28947 Finn> Kiara says, "I've done two so far, it's been OK. Hopefully can hold off on another one for at least another month." 2020-09-24_03:19:46.76177 Finn> Shiori says, "Thud" 2020-09-24_03:20:02.79809 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected. 2020-09-24_03:20:02.97271 Aerianne has disconnected 2020-09-24_03:48:18.97802 Finn> Chel says, "there are many odd set piece decisions on captain tyler. one desk shares a CRT with two futuristic transparent glass pane monitors." 2020-09-24_08:26:25.72136 Finn> Hotaru says, "I basically watched Tylor for the relationship between him and Yuriko. The rest was gravy." 2020-09-24_08:34:39.95734 Finn> Chel says, "the relationship was mostly her being infuriated with her. that didn't soften up till waaaaay down the line, it seems to me" 2020-09-24_08:35:14.32278 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yeah, it's basically anger and frustration till the snuggle on the chair." 2020-09-24_08:35:32.79376 Finn> Hotaru says, "And the bit where he tells the Admiral he loves her." 2020-09-24_09:05:48.31891 Finn> Chel says, "ha. they have paper spilling out of a computer. old sci fi is hillarious" 2020-09-24_09:06:20.80387 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Didn't Nabiki in Ranma use an abacus?" 2020-09-24_09:06:38.89999 Finn> Chel says, "yeah, but somehow that's less unusual" 2020-09-24_09:06:49.63533 Finn> Chel says, "the asians loves the abacus" 2020-09-24_09:08:05.43861 Finn> Chel googles 2020-09-24_09:08:13.99711 Finn> Chel says, "yep, in asia the abacus is still used today" 2020-09-24_09:11:20.10391 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-24_09:12:20.12901 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-24_09:12:20.30356 ## All done. ## 2020-09-24_09:16:16.39815 Finn> Chel says, "huh. the oav actually mentions pearl harbor. only the 2nd anime i've seen mention it. and they actually call it a sneak attack. there's a faction in japan, not sure how big, that insists the US was notified first. nice not to see hypernationalism in anime." 2020-09-24_09:17:28.24149 Finn> Hotaru asks, "What was that manga.. was it an anime too?... where a modern Japanese submarine crew ends up back in World War II?" 2020-09-24_09:18:09.85760 Finn> Chel says, "i know an anime that did that with a japanese destroyer, which went on to stop the allies and help japan turn asia into a utopia." 2020-09-24_09:18:42.00235 Finn> Hotaru says, "That might be what I'm thinking of." 2020-09-24_09:19:09.23330 Finn> Chel says, "i downloaded the first ep, smelled something wrong, googled the synopsis for the manga and knew right there, I'm out." 2020-09-24_09:19:25.64337 Finn> Hotaru says, "Zipang, that was it." 2020-09-24_09:20:15.57717 Finn> Chel says, "thankfully, such hypernationalistic revisionism doesn't rear its head in anime as much as underage sexy girls." 2020-09-24_10:03:44.25276 Finn> David asks, "Was Zipang by the guy who did Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President?" 2020-09-24_10:04:35.83456 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yes." 2020-09-24_10:21:40.68093 Finn> Chel says, "or are lolis." 2020-09-24_10:21:44.91427 Finn> Chel says, "misroom " 2020-09-24_10:25:12.66131 Finn> Chel says, "yeah, the latter OAVs of Tylor are where it gets good. political intrigue of a similar tone to patlabor. and we get hints that lean towards tyler is actually a little clever" 2020-09-24_11:03:36.48450 Finn> Chel says, "inuyasha seqel. apparently they're going the boruto route. https://bleedingcool.com/tv/inuyasha-sequel-yashahime-princess-half-demon-unveiled-by-viz-media/" 2020-09-24_11:05:27.62082 Finn> David asks, "Except, presumably, not written by Takahashi?" 2020-09-24_11:05:38.31242 Finn> Chel shrugs 2020-09-24_13:00:46.37068 Finn> Kiara says, "Erg nrgl blarg." 2020-09-24_14:17:54.54876 Finn> Chel says, "mel gibson is making a passion of the christ sequel" 2020-09-24_14:18:04.26327 Finn> Chel says, "i don't even know where to begin" 2020-09-24_14:18:23.72959 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "..." 2020-09-24_14:19:59.63302 Finn> David says, "..." 2020-09-24_14:20:33.64919 Finn> David says, "Uh..." 2020-09-24_14:22:10.07956 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "oh, rod. uncle roger reviews gordon ramsay's fried rice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrUfwpaNNIM&t=2s" 2020-09-24_14:22:31.14815 Finn> Chel says, "Actor Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in 2004s The Passion of the Christ, said writer/director Mel Gibson has written a forthcoming sequel. Mel Gibson just sent me the third picture, the third draft. Its coming, he told Breitbart. Its called The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection. Its going to be the biggest film in world history.'" 2020-09-24_14:22:56.26996 Finn> David asks, "Is it gonna set off a feud with Ramsay?" 2020-09-24_14:23:22.73811 Finn> Chel says, "i deeply mistrust any white cook with asian food, especially after seeing what they did to filipino adobo" 2020-09-24_14:23:42.73654 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "he actually nails it." 2020-09-24_14:23:55.70891 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "uncle roger bestows the title of uncle on gordon" 2020-09-24_14:24:01.38013 Finn> Chel says, "haaa" 2020-09-24_14:24:03.55867 Finn> David says, "Ha" 2020-09-24_14:24:09.05766 Finn> Chel says, "i actually haven't cooked my own fried rice yet." 2020-09-24_14:24:19.61148 Finn> Chel says, "and now that i'm diabetic, it's in my best interest not to." 2020-09-24_14:24:39.71980 Finn> David says, "Beh." 2020-09-24_14:25:16.90330 Finn> David dumps https://www.tarladalal.com/Chinese-Fried-Rice-Diabetic-Friendly-Recipe-3467r on Rod. 2020-09-24_14:25:49.88232 Finn> David says, "There MUST be fried rice for diabetics out there" 2020-09-24_14:27:53.21892 Finn> David says, "This sounds pretty reasonable, actually. https://www.everydaydiabeticrecipes.com/Potatoes-Rice/The-Best-Ever-Brown-Fried-Rice-7446" 2020-09-24_14:34:12.67893 Finn> Chel says, "actually, if i was gonna go fried rice, turns out basmati is healthier than brown for diabetics" 2020-09-24_14:35:43.81513 Finn> Kiara says, "Goes better with Mediterranean food than Asian, though." 2020-09-24_14:39:23.96401 Finn> David says, "According to this, it works. https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/45224/can-i-use-basmati-rice-for-fried-rice" 2020-09-24_14:50:05.68903 Finn> David says, "Though, apparently, they're defining asian as 'indian' too ha" 2020-09-24_14:53:01.15600 Finn> Chel says, "i am guessing you missed that conversation" 2020-09-24_14:53:15.98018 Finn> Chel says, "i have observed in recent years indians are insisting on being called asian" 2020-09-24_14:53:31.11541 Finn> Chel says, "and, technically, i suppose they are. tho i have never thought of them as such" 2020-09-24_14:54:06.21922 Finn> David says, "Well yeah it kinda makes sense." 2020-09-24_14:54:08.32731 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "south asian, yes" 2020-09-24_14:54:27.00899 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "also, in the uk, they use asian for indians there, have done so for quite a while" 2020-09-24_14:54:31.30813 Finn> Chel says, "i always thought of india and pakinstan as just.... indians." 2020-09-24_14:55:00.60523 Finn> Chel says, "but yeah, the modern 'correct' thought on the matter is india is lumped in with asia" 2020-09-24_14:55:13.21968 Finn> David says, "Southeast asian I've heard of more often if you don't want to include India" 2020-09-24_14:55:55.50539 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "asian by itself, i tend to think east asian. japan, korea, taiwan, china" 2020-09-24_14:56:20.82900 Finn> Chel says, "traditional definition of SE asia: 'Southeast Asia is composed of eleven countries of impressive diversity in religion, culture and history: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.'" 2020-09-24_14:56:23.38401 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "then there's SE asia, then india/pakistan" 2020-09-24_14:56:31.44082 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "yep" 2020-09-24_14:56:58.35019 Finn> Chel says, "SE asia shares one thing with india, a darker tan" 2020-09-24_14:57:25.19954 Finn> David asks, "Mongolia is what, center asia?" 2020-09-24_14:57:33.21201 Finn> Chel says, "india has the more european eyes and incredible shagginess" 2020-09-24_14:57:49.24639 Finn> Chel says, "i think that's right, david" 2020-09-24_14:57:52.39823 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "mongolia is more central asia, yeah" 2020-09-24_14:58:18.51981 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "central is mongolia, tibet, xinjiang, and the northern -stans" 2020-09-24_14:59:14.35229 Finn> Chel says, "stans. i find it funny that thanks to extremists we now use the -stan suffix to mean fanatical" 2020-09-24_14:59:52.17116 Finn> David says, "Pakistan. Feh." 2020-09-24_15:00:43.38370 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "pakistan's part of south asia" 2020-09-24_15:01:24.25922 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "uzbekistan, kyrgysstan, turkmenistan, kazakhstan" 2020-09-24_15:01:32.79150 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "kyrgyzstan, rather" 2020-09-24_15:50:58.98056 Finn> Hotaru stares at the Mel Gibson thing. 2020-09-24_15:51:41.12775 Finn> Hotaru says, "I can't imagine that as anything but an action movie where Jesus comes back with an 8-pack adn shredded and punches Jews for 100 minutes. Because Mel Gibson is a loathsome human being." 2020-09-24_15:57:34.96080 Finn> Kiara says, "That's our Mel. :p" 2020-09-24_17:20:54.64465 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "What is Gibson doing?" 2020-09-24_17:21:54.89464 Finn> Chel says, ""Actor Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in 2004s The Passion of the Christ, said writer/director Mel Gibson has written a forthcoming sequel. Mel Gibson just sent me the third picture, the third draft. Its coming, he told Breitbart. Its called The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection. Its going to be the biggest film in world history.' 2020-09-24_17:24:39.85860 Finn> David asks, "How -is- the end of that story supposed to go?" 2020-09-24_17:47:59.26014 Finn> Vendrik says, "Christ 2: Now He Knows Kung-FU." 2020-09-24_18:55:32.52555 Thing> Thor says, "Misdemeanor against Kraft dropped." 2020-09-24_19:43:51.04198 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But it won't have any torture." 2020-09-24_19:44:02.54129 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So it can't be a real Gibson project" 2020-09-24_20:48:17.48667 Finn> Hotaru says, "Amazon has announced a new security camera that is a drome that will literally fly around your house." 2020-09-24_20:49:06.74230 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That doesn't sound weird and creepy at all." 2020-09-24_21:04:39.06349 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "surely this is a prank, right? right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_sandwich" 2020-09-24_21:05:09.78195 Finn> Vendrik looks at the place of orign. "Checks out." 2020-09-24_21:05:21.48442 Finn> Don Drooleone exclaims, "freakin british cooking!!!" 2020-09-24_21:05:34.60535 Finn> Hotaru says, "I was about to say, British? Yup." 2020-09-24_21:08:36.25443 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "that's why gordon ramsay is always cooking like he's about to miss a flight, he has to hustle to make up for his ancestors' culinary abominations" 2020-09-24_21:11:21.12941 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-24_21:11:37.55576 Finn> Hotaru says, "Gotta say, guys. Donald Trump? Not a fan." 2020-09-24_21:12:21.13336 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-24_21:12:21.30803 ## All done. ## 2020-09-24_21:12:35.63989 Finn> David says, "Yes, because he's talking about ignoring elections if he loses." 2020-09-24_21:15:40.75511 Finn> Hotaru says, "Halfway through I'm in Love with the Villainess, which actually has a discussion of whether the heroine is a lesbian, and she says yes. And the word 'lesbian' is actually used." 2020-09-24_21:17:06.43233 Finn> Chel says, "whaaaaaaaaaaat" 2020-09-24_21:17:37.71348 Finn> Kiara says, "I think you caught his attention. ^^;;" 2020-09-24_21:17:37.94105 Finn> Hotaru says, "I told you about this already, Rod." 2020-09-24_21:18:13.68128 Finn> Chel says, "i do not recal" 2020-09-24_21:18:25.60367 Finn> Hotaru says, "http://www.amazon.com/Love-Villainess-Light-Novel-Vol-ebook/dp/B088P9G8KR/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1600982292&refinements=p_27%3AInori&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Inori" 2020-09-24_21:18:39.25131 Finn> Hotaru says, "Digital now, book in November. It's a novel, not a manga." 2020-09-24_21:19:33.35906 Finn> Kiara says, "There's also Lily Blooms in Another World, which is a similar theme, but by the author of Sexiled." 2020-09-24_21:19:41.32902 Finn> Chel says, ".... sexiled." 2020-09-24_21:20:08.38658 Finn> Chel says, "sounds like a 30 rock Jenna Maroni movie" 2020-09-24_21:20:38.65108 Finn> Hotaru says, "It's not." 2020-09-24_21:20:40.80258 Finn> Kiara says, "We talked about that one here when the first volume was released, several months ago." 2020-09-24_21:22:29.52855 Finn> Kiara says, "It's got a fairly typical light novel 'revenge plot' story, but gender-flipped; woman gets kicked out of a party run by her childhood 'friend' who wants to make room for his new girlfriend, with all kinds of sexist excuses. She blows her top, accidentally releases a 200-year-old master sorceress who was sealed away, and they proceed to kick butt." 2020-09-24_21:23:09.19349 Finn> Hotaru says, "It's two volumes, both out in print." 2020-09-24_21:23:18.70328 Finn> Hotaru says, "And digital as well." 2020-09-24_21:24:33.17231 Finn> Kiara says, "Some yuri hints but nothing explicit in that one. Lily Blooms in Another World, it's all straight text; no subtext." 2020-09-24_21:25:44.55392 Finn> Hotaru says, "Sexiled is less interested in the yuri than in tearing off sexism's balls and stomping on them." 2020-09-24_21:28:13.17720 Thing> Thor says, "'Kraft gets off on charges of solicitations'" 2020-09-24_21:30:37.24183 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "oh, cool. watching a new gordon ramsay cooking video. he has a flour mix for his fried chicken that is essentially exactly the same as a mix i came up with myself a few months ago for pan fried fish" 2020-09-24_21:30:56.42177 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "flour, salt, pepper, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, a touch of cayenne" 2020-09-24_21:31:35.01920 Finn> David says, "Sounds great." 2020-09-24_21:31:59.39030 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "i did use a little cumin the first time around, but that didn't really fit the flavor profile right, so i omitted it after the first time" 2020-09-24_21:32:59.47632 Finn> David says, "Sometimes I toss in white/black pepper mix in place of black for a bit of difference." 2020-09-24_21:36:51.61697 Thing> Thor asks, "... Sean, have you seen the name of the current Chargers backup QB?" 2020-09-24_21:38:15.12775 Thing> Ritsu says, "I tried to remember it, but it didn't stick." 2020-09-24_21:38:22.68281 Finn> Chel says, "i don't understand cumin" 2020-09-24_21:38:29.59299 Finn> Hotaru COUGHS 2020-09-24_21:38:35.03322 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "That's what SHE said!" 2020-09-24_21:39:17.20922 Thing> Thor says, "ha ha ha." 2020-09-24_21:40:10.97576 Finn> Chel says, "Barbara Gordon returns to being Oracle in Batman 100" 2020-09-24_21:40:36.34839 Finn> Chel says, "I guess this explains why we get wosername back in her batgirl suit" 2020-09-24_21:40:39.71959 Finn> David says, "So the implant fails, and Cassandra Cain and/or Stephanie Brown get involved." 2020-09-24_21:41:44.25163 Finn> Chel says, "actually, she's driven to quit because in the latest batgirl her brother killed himself" 2020-09-24_21:41:57.80622 Finn> Chel says, "and gordon thinks it's batgirl who killed him" 2020-09-24_21:42:31.14041 Finn> David asks, "... hasn't Gordon been blaming Batgirl for a number of things since James Gordon came into the picture?" 2020-09-24_21:42:41.81054 Finn> Chel says, "well i guess this is the climax of that" 2020-09-24_21:43:03.71903 Finn> Chel says, "i can only guess they'll move cain to batgirl, because her title as orphan is lame and fans like spoiler as spoiler." 2020-09-24_21:43:29.92033 Finn> David says, "I dunno, I liked Steph as Batgirl." 2020-09-24_21:43:34.20986 Finn> David says, "She was quippy." 2020-09-24_21:44:03.18760 Finn> David says, "The Bryan Q. Miller Batgirl run was pretty awesome." 2020-09-24_21:44:54.23506 Finn> Chel says, "it was alright" 2020-09-24_21:45:12.09344 Finn> Chel says, "cassandra cain right now tho is rudderless and needs some cleanup" 2020-09-24_21:45:40.13159 Finn> David says, "Ok" 2020-09-24_21:46:16.11460 Finn> David says, "Honestly, I'd like to see Batgirls, featuring Oracle, Cassandra, Stephanie, Harper Row, and Bette Kane." 2020-09-24_21:46:41.23533 Finn> David says, "Maybe not Harper Row, if she was never Batgirl, but... she seemed like a candidate." 2020-09-24_21:47:03.94304 Finn> Chel asks, "does bette kane still exist?" 2020-09-24_21:47:11.23110 Finn> David says, "As Flamebird / Hawkfire" 2020-09-24_21:47:34.44053 Finn> David says, "https://comicvine.gamespot.com/hawkfire/4005-3577/" 2020-09-24_21:48:37.43979 Finn> David says, "Actually, I'd like to see Kane and Grayson as Flamebird and Nightwing for an actual title, too." 2020-09-24_21:49:08.36551 Finn> David says, "If only so they can finally get around to contrasting against the Kryptonian Flamebird and Nightwing." 2020-09-24_21:52:36.44592 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "oh geez" 2020-09-24_21:53:09.80679 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "i was just reminded of a chat channel that i hang out at. some girl was raving about lamb korma and without thinking" 2020-09-24_21:53:13.54128 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "'It's creamy cuminy deliciousness'" 2020-09-24_21:53:23.39705 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it's now a pinned post in the channel" 2020-09-24_21:53:28.42666 Finn> David LAUGHS. 2020-09-24_21:53:45.53048 Finn> Chel says, "remind me what that is" 2020-09-24_21:53:57.72193 Finn> David asks, "remind you what?" 2020-09-24_21:54:34.64495 Finn> Chel says, "lamb korma" 2020-09-24_21:55:29.07221 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korma" 2020-09-24_21:55:58.16833 Finn> David says, "I was gonna say it was kinda like mediterranean yogurt curry " 2020-09-24_21:56:08.41591 Finn> David says, "Not sure if that's a good summation of it or not" 2020-09-24_21:56:35.02559 Finn> Chel says, "i don't get why that's funny" 2020-09-24_21:57:22.71194 Finn> David says, "I'm the deaf one and even I can figure that one out" 2020-09-24_21:58:39.43883 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "just look at the word 'cumin' rod" 2020-09-24_21:59:08.38167 Finn> Chel says, "well, if you pronounce cumin as 'kyuu-min', it doesn't really work" 2020-09-24_21:59:53.87058 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "dammit, you probably don't find farts funny anymore, old man" 2020-09-24_22:00:10.49355 Finn> David says, "You're that old humorless fart in the room, are you." 2020-09-24_22:06:21.77035 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "guh, it's going to be hot again next week" 2020-09-24_22:06:49.09008 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "probably going to have to bust into the makeolli stash" 2020-09-24_22:07:12.08490 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "makgeolli, rather" 2020-09-24_22:07:45.66914 Finn> Mike says, "So on the topic of 'the US was warned first', to chime in late here..." 2020-09-24_22:08:07.81796 Finn> Mike says, "The Japanese actually intended to sort of have it both ways." 2020-09-24_22:08:38.59768 Finn> Chel says, "I think i've heard this one" 2020-09-24_22:08:48.02489 Finn> Chel says, "that they had a message sent but it didn't make it. " 2020-09-24_22:09:04.64982 Finn> Chel says, "but the timing was such that if it did make it, it still gave japan a large surprise window" 2020-09-24_22:09:21.55920 Finn> Kiara says, "Yeah, IIRC it was timed to arrive just before the bombs started falling." 2020-09-24_22:09:21.81169 Finn> Mike says, "The idea was that the Japanese ambassador in Washington would deliver a declaration of war like 10 minutes before the attack, which in the 1940s wasn't enough time to actually put forces on alert." 2020-09-24_22:09:37.92203 Finn> Mike says, "But they got the timing wrong." 2020-09-24_22:09:39.46518 Finn> Chel asks, "10 minutes????" 2020-09-24_22:09:58.59563 Finn> Chel says, "i'd still take that as a underhanded move." 2020-09-24_22:10:12.37908 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "yeah" 2020-09-24_22:10:17.25206 Finn> Kiara says, "No question." 2020-09-24_22:10:18.80305 Finn> Chel asks, "a day, maybe?" 2020-09-24_22:10:18.97735 Finn> Mike says, "And he wound up delivering it well after the attack was over, to an absolutely enraged secretary of state." 2020-09-24_22:10:21.24997 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "letter but not the spirit, yadda" 2020-09-24_22:10:32.19381 Finn> Chel says, "at the shortest, a day." 2020-09-24_22:10:43.68479 Finn> Chel says, "10 minutes and you're full of shit" 2020-09-24_22:11:18.32414 Finn> Mike says, "Oh, no question, but like Droo says it was supposed to meet the letter if not the spirit." 2020-09-24_22:11:38.77312 Finn> Mike says, "They wanted it both ways." 2020-09-24_22:12:25.01997 Finn> Don Drooleone exclaims, "as it happens, they missed the letter too. whoops!" 2020-09-24_22:12:57.28277 Finn> Chel says, "it is an irony that the guy who planned pearl harbor actually didn't want to do it." 2020-09-24_22:14:08.13064 Finn> Mike says, "Honestly as Japanese misdeeds in WW2 go, Pearl Harbor is pretty mild stuff." 2020-09-24_22:14:24.46069 Finn> Hotaru says, "BTW, the ambassador who delivered that letter, after the war, managed JVC." 2020-09-24_22:14:27.23606 Finn> Chel says, "oh, yeah. the japanese saved their worst stuff for asia" 2020-09-24_22:14:51.18925 Finn> Chel says, "which is why to this day most of asia looks at them funny" 2020-09-24_22:17:16.05534 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Today's random historical fact for you -" 2020-09-24_22:17:44.78514 Finn> Chel says, "i do feel some sympathy for how the japanese got there. in a short span of years, outsiders demanded they open their doors, they rushed in a panic to modernize, they did everything they could to earn international respect, and they learned the worst behaviour from the colonial powers that drove them to change in the first place" 2020-09-24_22:17:57.53508 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So after the Boston Massacre, John Adams defended the British soldiers from murder charges; all but 2 were acquitted and two were convicted of manslaughter" 2020-09-24_22:18:19.21495 Finn> Chel says, "huh." 2020-09-24_22:19:21.61545 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Many years later, by pure chance, Adams, who was ambassador to Britain, ran into the commanding officer of said troops on the streets of london. Preston now lived in Ireland, but had come to London on business." 2020-09-24_22:19:43.95026 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So they said hello, just a sudden crossing of lives that normally would have never met again" 2020-09-24_22:20:11.74238 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Japan pretty much was in a 'I LEARNED IT FROM YOU' scenario" 2020-09-24_22:21:01.91845 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I believe the timing went wrong with the Japanese letter because of delays in translating a message from code to readable text" 2020-09-24_22:21:26.57645 Finn> David asks, "Just hello, that's all?" 2020-09-24_22:22:00.18928 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Just a brief conversation, yeah." 2020-09-24_22:22:07.00903 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I'[m sure it was awkward, given the war" 2020-09-24_22:23:19.57330 Finn> Hotaru says, "I just remember Jefferson in Europe buying books every day, amnd more books, and houses to hold the books, and ships to take the books home, and the ships were made of books." 2020-09-24_22:23:35.98027 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And importing a moose to France" 2020-09-24_22:32:40.74085 Finn> Chel says, "well shit. they might've just killed off connor kent" 2020-09-24_22:32:52.49034 Finn> Harrowhark exclaims, "He just got back!" 2020-09-24_22:33:53.26159 Finn> Chel says, "latest Action Comics, Bendis, an altworld parasite that had managed to kill his world's heroes ambushed the superfamily and left connor's body smoking and lifeless on the ground" 2020-09-24_22:34:08.91691 Finn> Chel says, "we'll see if he's really dead. i'm gonna be mad if he is" 2020-09-24_22:34:22.74933 Finn> Harrowhark says, "There is one thing that irks me a bit about Connor." 2020-09-24_22:34:42.18780 Finn> Harrowhark says, "He live in Gemworld for like five, six years with that lady, pretending to be her husband, raising her kid as his own." 2020-09-24_22:35:00.03544 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And then it's like "Sorry babe, sorry junior, my old friends are here to take me home, peace out."" 2020-09-24_22:35:19.61565 Finn> Chel says, "i begin to see why people don't like bendis" 2020-09-24_22:35:35.70318 Finn> Chel says, "put him in the wrong comic and stupid shit breaks loose" 2020-09-24_22:36:53.54113 Finn> Chel checks previews...... 2020-09-24_22:37:21.98321 Finn> Chel says, "unless they're hiding his death, they have connor alive two issues later and on the cover of the comic" 2020-09-24_22:38:29.98394 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "What's that you say? A comic fucked with us re: characters dying?" 2020-09-24_22:39:40.30119 Finn> David says, "Uh huh." 2020-09-24_23:00:19.97581 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-24_23:00:50.18265 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-24_23:16:21.65572 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-24_23:16:21.82996 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-24_23:25:39.48513 Ivan> Tobias says, "I see it's time for Stellaris: Orbital Lichyards." 2020-09-24_23:28:06.21906 Ivan> Akio says, "ORBITAL LICHYARDS" 2020-09-24_23:28:19.62600 Ivan> Akio says, "One of these civics, sadly, we can already tell blows." 2020-09-24_23:51:31.18663 Ivan> Tobias says, "Great looking ship designs though." 2020-09-25_00:12:04.98413 Finn> Chel says, "so i am reading Grant Morrison's The Green Lantern, and it's very obvious he is literally trying to write new Silver Age comics" 2020-09-25_00:35:43.37425 Finn> David asks, "Hasn't he been doing that for the last... 20, 30 years?" 2020-09-25_00:37:50.27289 Finn> Mike has connected. 2020-09-25_00:38:20.93136 Mike has reconnected 2020-09-25_00:59:25.49267 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "Players sound off!" 2020-09-25_00:59:46.22283 Finn> Samantha says, "moo" 2020-09-25_00:59:56.51458 Finn> Kiara says, "Ribbit." 2020-09-25_01:00:42.51840 Finn> Mike says, "Here, just need a sec to start logging." 2020-09-25_01:01:24.35438 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Merc are here." 2020-09-25_01:02:57.43448 Finn> Vendrik says, "i live." 2020-09-25_01:05:14.05478 Finn> Episode 18: The Death-Tree of Ming 2020-09-25_01:05:40.82000 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "oh dang" 2020-09-25_01:06:01.42619 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "disney is making some of the galaxy's edge merch available online https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-galaxys-edge-shopdisney" 2020-09-25_01:06:11.33892 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "this includes lightsabers" 2020-09-25_01:06:22.18832 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "and they're gonna hold a fan vote on which lightsaber should be made next" 2020-09-25_01:07:14.96874 Ivan> Frito asks, "Oh dear. Have you decided what part of your soul you're going to hock?" 2020-09-25_01:07:17.71498 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "also, if you look at thte link.... there's ezra's, there's kanan's, there's kal's official lightsaber, and.... who the hell is lord corvax?" 2020-09-25_01:07:33.07622 Finn> Like the previous treehouse, you have two choices to climb up - this time, you can go to the north or south face of the tree. 2020-09-25_01:07:48.88296 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "Hm. they got anakin's 1.0 saber from attack of the clones, and qui gon's too." 2020-09-25_01:08:00.99842 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "i am assuming this is the lineup for fans to vote on" 2020-09-25_01:08:24.82856 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "i'd have to go kanan here." 2020-09-25_01:08:42.40290 Ivan> Frito says, "I rather like Qui-Gon's." 2020-09-25_01:08:55.48568 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "that'd be my 2nd pick, yeah" 2020-09-25_01:09:21.72340 Finn> Harrowhark peels of a strip of bark, ruminates on it for a second, then bleeds on it for a moment and very carefully licks it. 2020-09-25_01:11:00.17739 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7" 2020-09-25_01:11:00.35425 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 20 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_01:11:20.79328 Finn> Harrowhark declares, "We go south." 2020-09-25_01:11:45.04834 Ivan> Akio asks, "Question for the group: does anyone have any pitons or anything like that?" 2020-09-25_01:11:50.72860 Finn> Kiara shrugs. "I'm cool." 2020-09-25_01:11:54.31687 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "what's a piton" 2020-09-25_01:12:11.11298 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Pitons are short spikes used for climbing" 2020-09-25_01:12:15.71965 Ivan> Akio says, "The last time we left a treehouse the dungeon shifted while we were climbing." 2020-09-25_01:12:22.10726 Ivan> Frito says, "Kiara's got a 'Quality' climbing/roofrunning gear set." 2020-09-25_01:12:22.36758 Ivan> Akio says, "And people almost fell off." 2020-09-25_01:12:22.75815 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I think i have climbing spikes in my kit..." 2020-09-25_01:12:29.50525 Ivan> Akio says, "I have plenty of rope." 2020-09-25_01:12:33.72511 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "or at least, a climbing kit" 2020-09-25_01:12:45.06642 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Vendrik would need harpoons." 2020-09-25_01:12:52.75714 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah, Kiara's got a good length of spider-silk rope." 2020-09-25_01:13:06.10635 Ivan> Akio says, "I have a ton of elven rope, we're good there." 2020-09-25_01:13:29.76655 Ivan> Akio says, "But we need something for at least Vendrik and Luke, the two heavy strong people, to secure themselves to the tree with." 2020-09-25_01:14:01.83009 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "google spreadsheets is being slow for me" 2020-09-25_01:14:14.05347 Ivan> Akio asks, "John, will Sam's climbing spikes suffice?" 2020-09-25_01:14:44.25608 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Their job is to secure climbing, so yes." 2020-09-25_01:15:06.08724 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "There's some risk given Vendrik's bulk but it's the best you have." 2020-09-25_01:15:26.84176 Ivan> Frito asks, "Would the gear in Kiara's kit be any better, since hers is a 'Quality' set?" 2020-09-25_01:16:08.04463 Ivan> Akio asks, "second question; these ladders/bridges between treehouses. I assume we can only go single file?" 2020-09-25_01:16:12.28874 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "eeeeh, i do not have a climbing kit" 2020-09-25_01:16:18.00799 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I just have a grappling hook" 2020-09-25_01:16:33.62671 Ivan> Tobias says, "I don't have anything of that nature." 2020-09-25_01:16:40.26579 Ivan> Akio asks, "Okay. will Kiara's do?" 2020-09-25_01:19:30.10026 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It's good enough to try. If you use the climbing kit, you can either go very slow (and I check for wandering monsters) or you can go faster and everyone gets +5 if you have to make a roll. There's a one in six chance something wanders by into the room where you're going as you come in." 2020-09-25_01:20:45.73008 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "IF you go very slow, though, you're guaranteed no falls" 2020-09-25_01:21:14.85444 Ivan> Akio asks, "I would like to propose we go very slow and take our chances with the wandering monsters. thoughts?" 2020-09-25_01:22:22.36928 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "probably wise, given this is d02 and our hat now no limit. Given Rod's luck streak in this game, he'd probably fall to his death." 2020-09-25_01:22:34.84996 Ivan> Tobias says, "I don't have a problem with this plan." 2020-09-25_01:22:55.99692 Ivan> Akio says, "Second proposal: marching order." 2020-09-25_01:23:00.71520 Ivan> Frito says, "I'm fine with it." 2020-09-25_01:23:26.77825 Ivan> Akio says, "I propose Luke/Vendrik/Kiara/Sam/Niamh/Harrowhark." 2020-09-25_01:23:51.06540 Ivan> Akio says, "Two main tanks up front, the tanky cleric as rearguard." 2020-09-25_01:24:29.70387 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Mmm. Tank at either end, Harrow second?" 2020-09-25_01:25:24.92182 Ivan> Akio says, "That's not bad, but my logic is that encountering a fight head-on is much more likely than enemies coming up behind us." 2020-09-25_01:25:37.35931 Ivan> Frito says, "My one concern if we're climbing is if we want the big heavy guys likely to rip the entire group off the wall to be at the top." 2020-09-25_01:25:59.28098 Ivan> Akio says, "And therefore the upside of the two frontline fighters being up front is bigger than the downside of only Harrow in back." 2020-09-25_01:26:08.13435 Ivan> Akio says, "John has said we don't need to roll, Travis." 2020-09-25_01:26:41.71370 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "If you go super-slow, you don't need to roll" 2020-09-25_01:26:45.93241 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Okay, I guess I'm fine with that logic." 2020-09-25_01:26:55.04894 Ivan> Frito says, "OK, then, makes sense." 2020-09-25_01:27:40.04840 Finn> Okay, you head up the ladder, very slowly; as you go, you watch some murder trees kill and eat some orcs. 2020-09-25_01:28:20.96948 Finn> As you all start to enter a room, the tree stops moving for no clear reason. 2020-09-25_01:28:25.46064 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6" 2020-09-25_01:28:25.63767 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_01:28:36.48088 Finn> This treehouse is free of dead bodies. 2020-09-25_01:29:15.58824 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Man, I signed up for decaying zombie orgies. Where's the orgies? Oh... wait. No. The other one." 2020-09-25_01:29:19.81430 Finn> Samantha says, "pleasant." 2020-09-25_01:29:35.88693 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Samantha, Kiara, roll DC 15 Int + an appropriate background + level to see if you spot traps in time." 2020-09-25_01:29:55.52560 Ivan> Akio asks, "Can the Wizard roll?" 2020-09-25_01:30:12.25482 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The wizard can't see anything until after the lead people walk into things." 2020-09-25_01:30:19.37026 Ivan> Akio says, "Ah." 2020-09-25_01:30:32.32127 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeah, I'm almost in the back." 2020-09-25_01:30:42.78154 Ivan> Tobias says, "Second to last." 2020-09-25_01:30:51.96821 Ivan> Akio says, "Sadly, this is the "no perfect marching order" problem." 2020-09-25_01:31:29.05460 Ivan> Tobias says, "Truthfully next to the rogues and Harrow my trapspotting is sort of shit." 2020-09-25_01:31:33.54257 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+2+3+2" 2020-09-25_01:31:33.72448 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+3+2) 11 for Samantha 2020-09-25_01:31:37.37551 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5" 2020-09-25_01:31:37.55846 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5) 24 for Kiara 2020-09-25_01:31:50.11122 Ivan> Tobias says, "I have an Int bonus but no real skill one." 2020-09-25_01:31:50.72696 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "oh. lord corvax is from the vader immortal VR game." 2020-09-25_01:32:00.04681 Finn> Kiara spots the hidden pressure plates in the floor in time. 2020-09-25_01:32:04.54270 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "doesn't matter. that lightsaber looks dumb." 2020-09-25_01:32:33.98919 Finn> There are shelves on two walls with huge celestial models with various plants, meteors and stars, used to predict the movement of the stars and planets 2020-09-25_01:32:40.08907 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "kal's default lightsaber looks like it had an explosive fart at the hilt." 2020-09-25_01:32:44.76830 Ivan> Akio says, "You know, I'm gonna admit, I really like Cal's long-emitter one." 2020-09-25_01:32:59.63705 Finn> Each of the ceiling trapdoors out of here have an odd rune on them, both have different runes. 2020-09-25_01:33:10.19359 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "the ezra bridger option they're offering to make is his 2.0 saber, not the one with the blaster" 2020-09-25_01:33:12.02163 Ivan> Akio says, "I think it looks cool and industrial, like he tore some beam emitter out of a wall or something." 2020-09-25_01:33:25.96478 Ivan> Akio says, "... so the lamest possible version of Ezra's saber." 2020-09-25_01:33:29.39229 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "yes." 2020-09-25_01:33:38.92786 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "all the options pictured here. https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/star-wars-galaxys-edge-lightsaber-fan-vote/" 2020-09-25_01:33:39.29631 Finn> Kiara says, "You're on deck, oh intrepid dungeon explorer." She bows to Niamh. 2020-09-25_01:33:51.79743 Finn> To disarm the trap requires a Dex + Background + Level check to shut it off. People can just avoid the pressure plates but it would be safer if they were shut down 2020-09-25_01:34:05.82589 Finn> Niamh arms, and studies the runes with interest. 2020-09-25_01:34:10.42068 Ivan> Akio says, "Niamh, Mike." 2020-09-25_01:34:22.62111 Ivan> Akio says, "Niamh up, even, although you clearly know." 2020-09-25_01:34:44.24585 Ivan> Tobias says, "That's why I just said something." 2020-09-25_01:34:45.30415 Ivan> Frito asks, "Want me to go ahead and try a disable on the traps?" 2020-09-25_01:34:46.91999 Finn> Samantha tries her hand at disarming one.... 2020-09-25_01:34:57.73731 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I was gonna, but if you want to" 2020-09-25_01:35:13.22968 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2x2" 2020-09-25_01:35:13.41240 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2) 15 (1d20+4+4+2) 23 for Mike 2020-09-25_01:35:31.32225 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Go for it, Rod" 2020-09-25_01:35:42.95378 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+4+2" 2020-09-25_01:35:43.13614 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+4+2) 22 for Samantha 2020-09-25_01:35:46.12988 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Mike is actually studying the ceiling runes" 2020-09-25_01:35:54.17344 Finn> Samantha disarms the traps. 2020-09-25_01:39:15.43073 Ivan> Akio says, "I wouldn't mind a sequel to Cal Kestis' House of a Thousand Ponchos." 2020-09-25_01:39:33.42723 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Bitches and Ponchos." 2020-09-25_01:39:39.97151 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I will laugh if they sell fucking ponchos" 2020-09-25_01:40:00.54194 Ivan> Akio says, "Well, I mean." 2020-09-25_01:40:17.94043 Ivan> Akio says, "Disney World always has ponchos of varying quality for sale due to weather reasons." 2020-09-25_01:40:19.51279 Finn> Niamh says, "Very interesting. These are astronomical runes. That one there denotes the Death World, domain of Ner-ll, and the other is the forest moon of Arboria, a sphere in the Overworld infested... I mean, inhabited by wood elves." She carefully leaves an empty sound where the 'u' in 'Nerull' ought to have been. 2020-09-25_01:40:23.09301 Ivan> Akio says, "So theoretically..." 2020-09-25_01:42:10.23482 Finn> Harrowhark says, "So the two domains propelling the tree forward." 2020-09-25_01:43:49.88253 Finn> Kiara says, "Wood elves ain't so bad, if you know how to get 'em drunk." She hms. "I say we give them a shot, unless you two have a good 'in' with the death stuff." 2020-09-25_01:44:09.74926 Finn> Samantha says, "not really." 2020-09-25_01:44:39.50615 Ivan> Akio says, "This could be one of those sneaky reverse traps." 2020-09-25_01:44:56.39467 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "you mean a guy pretending to be a girl pretending to be a guy?" 2020-09-25_01:45:29.65690 Ivan> Akio says, "'Let's take the non-death door!' and the death door only has, like, ordinary zombies to fight, and non-death door is filled with insane tentacle-dicked raping vine plants controlled by like, the elven equivalent of Poison Ivy." 2020-09-25_01:46:09.34884 Ivan> DaR From Another Place mixes Rod and Merc's suggestions, because he's read that doujin. 2020-09-25_01:47:13.40920 Ivan> Frito asks, "Kiara has a pip of Wood Elf background, so would theoretically have some help there; do Harrow and/or Niamh have anything that would be useful for the death stuff in general, besides just turn undead?" 2020-09-25_01:47:30.33484 Finn> Niamh shrugs. "I feel prepared to handle both elves and undead." 2020-09-25_01:47:43.41280 Finn> Harrowhark attempts to orienteer again. 2020-09-25_01:47:48.16301 Finn> Luke says, "Wood elves do seem safer." 2020-09-25_01:47:49.73349 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7" 2020-09-25_01:47:49.91632 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 8 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_01:47:56.67532 Finn> Harrowhark fails to orienteer. 2020-09-25_01:48:10.38233 Ivan> Tobias says, "Actually I am armed for both, as I have an EQ AND a LK icon power on tap." 2020-09-25_01:48:12.82652 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I concur with Niamh." 2020-09-25_01:49:19.77880 Finn> Vendrik slaps his shield. "No difference is made to me." 2020-09-25_01:49:53.35191 Ivan> Akio says, "So we proceed to elftown in the same manner and marching order as before." 2020-09-25_01:51:22.29729 Finn> Vendrik climbs up, tries to open the trapdoor and... it doesn't open. 2020-09-25_01:51:30.57720 Finn> It just rattles gently. 2020-09-25_01:51:56.47019 Ivan> Akio asks, "You gonna take that shit, Dan?" 2020-09-25_01:52:05.36789 Ivan> Akio says, "You been CHALLENGED." 2020-09-25_01:52:22.30196 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "What sort of material is this? Just wood?" 2020-09-25_01:52:45.19276 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Wood." 2020-09-25_01:53:24.04279 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Pretty thick, or the sort you could just punch through if you're 400 plus pounds of plate covered juggernaut?" 2020-09-25_01:53:26.61127 Finn> Niamh says, "I can try a spell, or one of you can use your brutish strength." 2020-09-25_01:54:05.39756 Finn> Niamh says, "Alternately one of our roguish sorts could see if their skills can open it." 2020-09-25_01:54:54.37961 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "travis, i'll let ya take this one" 2020-09-25_01:54:56.40313 Finn> Harrowhark wordlessly offers her crowbar. 2020-09-25_01:55:10.58803 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You can try to break the door open; this requires a DC 15 Strength check; or you could spend some time smashing it with your sword. There is no obvious mechanism to disarm here, though there are two celestial models on shelves by the north and east walls." 2020-09-25_01:55:14.48339 Ivan> Akio says, "Always bring a crowbar to the dungeon." 2020-09-25_01:55:37.43484 Ivan> Akio says, "Wait, hold on." 2020-09-25_01:55:53.37759 Ivan> Akio asks, "These models. Are the two trap doors oriented towards them in any way?" 2020-09-25_01:56:04.65479 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "There's one near each trap door." 2020-09-25_01:56:10.55561 Ivan> Frito says, "Ding." 2020-09-25_01:56:11.69583 Ivan> Akio says, "Okay." 2020-09-25_01:56:33.63631 Ivan> Akio says, "Mike, I think you're up again." 2020-09-25_01:56:34.61403 Finn> Vendrik points at the rune. "Runes here, you say celestial ones? And models of celestial things?" He makes a shooing gesture. "Do wizard things." 2020-09-25_01:57:40.10179 Finn> The models can only be manipulated into plausible celestial states but there's a goatload of such states 2020-09-25_01:57:57.52147 Finn> Niamh examines these, trying to figure out the correct state. 2020-09-25_01:58:03.12549 Finn> You can see both planets, plus the other major ones observable in the sky, various moons, comets, etc. 2020-09-25_01:58:29.46148 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Make a DC 20 Mystic Sate + Int + Level check." 2020-09-25_01:58:39.08572 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2x2" 2020-09-25_01:58:39.26730 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2) 16 (1d20+4+4+2) 29 for Mike 2020-09-25_01:58:49.46360 Finn> Harrowhark suggests, "I know little of astrology; is there a particular 'ascending' state in which the relevant planet is considered significant?" 2020-09-25_01:59:22.46072 Finn> Niamh fiddles with them, then works Arboria into the ascendent on both models, where it is the 'highest' planet. The trapdoor now makes mechanical noises and opens up. 2020-09-25_02:00:22.53795 Finn> Kiara pumps a fist. "Hah! That's our Nimmy!" 2020-09-25_02:00:30.18276 Finn> Vendrik nods. "Good. Punching spell wood less pleasant than first thinking." 2020-09-25_02:00:48.33993 Finn> Luke says, "Best not to risk any curses or zaps." 2020-09-25_02:02:03.91579 Finn> You get halfway op the ladder, moving slowly and then... the tree bends over. 2020-09-25_02:02:16.11629 Finn> It looks like the tree is digging a hole. 2020-09-25_02:02:46.05911 Finn> You're basically stuck until it drops a huge pinecone into the hole and buries it, then straightens up. 2020-09-25_02:03:31.95033 Finn> Then, you are nearly to the next trapdoor but you can faintly hear muffled voices, engaged in some kind of weird chant. Niamh, roll Pilrimage Traveller + Int + Level, DC 15 2020-09-25_02:05:21.00616 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2x2" 2020-09-25_02:05:21.18446 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2) 21 (1d20+4+4+2) 20 for Mike 2020-09-25_02:11:52.01020 Finn> Niamh says, nervously, "That is not actually chanting. That is the buzzing of the wings of demon-tainted Hellwasps. Very dangerous." Her hand goes unconsiously to one of the tiny burn pocks on her back. 2020-09-25_02:12:58.39905 Finn> Kiara says, "Um... yeah." 2020-09-25_02:12:59.31722 Finn> Luke says, "Demon insects. Well, demons need to die, so we should get rid of them." 2020-09-25_02:13:24.60604 Finn> Vendrik frowns. "Demons usually means cultists." 2020-09-25_02:13:35.38059 Finn> Vendrik says, "Not coming from nowhere." 2020-09-25_02:14:06.08199 Finn> Harrowhark says, "We are in a living dungeon, Vendrik." 2020-09-25_02:14:13.77408 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+2+1" 2020-09-25_02:14:13.95115 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+1) 15 for Kiara 2020-09-25_02:14:21.70775 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Creating demons out of nothing is quite literally three-quarters of what they do." 2020-09-25_02:16:46.85909 Finn> Kiara hms. "Do you have any holy incense, Harrow?" 2020-09-25_02:17:42.61143 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Is that in character knowledge? Demons are pretty specific in 13th age. Abominations? Outsiders? Sure. But not demons, I would think." 2020-09-25_02:18:07.27795 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I do." 2020-09-25_02:18:46.16561 Ivan> Akio says, "My understanding of the setting is that living dungeons can create almost any and all types of monsters and even people." 2020-09-25_02:18:57.69455 Ivan> Akio says, "And that this is a well-known fact of their ecology." 2020-09-25_02:19:01.88623 Ivan> Akio asks, "Am I wrong here?" 2020-09-25_02:19:10.93273 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Living Dungeons can make all sorts of things; some try to bel plausible and some don't" 2020-09-25_02:19:24.60696 Finn> Kiara says, "Normal wasps don't like smoke. For demon wasps, maybe holy smoke would have an extra-strong effect?" She pauses. "Though I dunno if that would hurt them, or just make 'em mad." 2020-09-25_02:19:33.68733 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Some of them are better at it than others" 2020-09-25_02:20:04.27676 Ivan> Akio says, "And Harrow is specifically an expert in them." 2020-09-25_02:20:05.63477 Finn> Niamh says, "Trust me, is is difficult to make Hellwasps MADDER." 2020-09-25_02:20:20.37112 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Monsters, sure. But they would just be natural or mutants or abberations or dire versions or whatever. Given demons actually have cosmological weight, I wouldn't think a LD could make them, any more than it could make angels or gods." 2020-09-25_02:20:36.69964 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It would depend on the nature of the dungeon." 2020-09-25_02:20:39.90938 Ivan> Akio says, "I would assume an LD can make angels." 2020-09-25_02:20:41.09586 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "At least, not without being some form of hell god itself, yeah." 2020-09-25_02:20:45.25172 Ivan> Akio says, "I would absolutely assume that." 2020-09-25_02:21:22.58901 Finn> You can improvize some... not exactly bombs, but basically burning incense lumps you could toss into the room ahead of yourselves if you wish. 2020-09-25_02:21:28.44504 Ivan> Akio says, "As well as both Demons and Devils." 2020-09-25_02:21:32.86087 Ivan> Tobias says, "See, I'd be with Dan here and would assume it could not. It could maybe make knockoffs that were hard to tell apart from the real thing." 2020-09-25_02:21:53.30791 Finn> Harrowhark feels this is a good idea; at worst, it would give us time to form up in battle array. 2020-09-25_02:22:19.78943 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I will note that Insect Monsters were one of the things the caravan was watching out for in this neck of the Bitterwood." 2020-09-25_02:22:21.64993 Ivan> Tobias says, "And I would certainly assume it could SUMMON demons." 2020-09-25_02:23:11.60500 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Sure. Insect monsters. But if they're actual demons, even summoned ones, then that implies some sort of summoner (even if it's the dungeon itself). That makes the dungeon a cultist of some sort." 2020-09-25_02:23:33.14919 Ivan> Tobias says, "Anyway, though, as I understand it Hellwasps are not actual demons per se, but monsterous demon-tainted insects." 2020-09-25_02:23:36.49777 Finn> You make the bombs. "You throw them in; this buys you enough time to get in, form up and be ready instead of having to shuffle in a few at a time. Vendrik, roll me a Dex-based attack on PD 16 2020-09-25_02:23:54.16937 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes." 2020-09-25_02:24:06.64184 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+1" 2020-09-25_02:24:06.81910 Finn> Result is: (d20+1) 12 for Vendrik 2020-09-25_02:24:26.43461 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Vendrik don't do Dex. :)" 2020-09-25_02:26:04.66551 Finn> When the smoke clears, you're in yet another treehouse with sleeping benches on the walls, but this treehouse is clogged with wasp material; you will likely have to chop it all way to find a way up from here once you fight the creatures. Weirdly, there are a pair of purple gloves half-embedded in the wasp material; they glow faintly in the dimly lit room. There are six Hellwasps (18/16/12), and they now go on the offensive, now that the smoke has cleared. 2020-09-25_02:26:29.49697 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "URGE TO STICK HANDS IN GLOVES RISING." 2020-09-25_02:26:30.43187 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Success would have let you daze 1d3+1 of them." 2020-09-25_02:26:42.12138 Finn> Initiative! 2020-09-25_02:26:52.54195 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+1" 2020-09-25_02:26:52.72464 Finn> Result is: (d20+1) 13 for Vendrik 2020-09-25_02:27:05.84756 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+1 d20+8" 2020-09-25_02:27:06.02535 Finn> Result is: (d20+1) 21, crit (d20+8) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_02:27:14.74365 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+2+4" 2020-09-25_02:27:14.92044 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+4) 12 for Kiara 2020-09-25_02:27:38.54725 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20x2" 2020-09-25_02:27:38.72501 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 8 (1d20) 17 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_02:27:43.15349 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+2+2x2" 2020-09-25_02:27:43.33598 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+2) 24, crit (1d20+2+2) 14 for Mike 2020-09-25_02:27:53.60465 Ivan> Akio asks, "John, are the gloves GLOWING purple or just COLORED purple?" 2020-09-25_02:27:53.77882 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke criticalled initiative. I see Niamh did too" 2020-09-25_02:28:21.82249 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "They are purple and glow purple" 2020-09-25_02:28:28.83355 Ivan> Akio asks, "Purple is the color of Necromancy. May I make a roll using my background to determine what they are and/or what they're doing?" 2020-09-25_02:28:29.02046 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+2" 2020-09-25_02:28:29.19745 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2) 4 for Samantha 2020-09-25_02:29:47.66546 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "These are not actually necromantic and I didn't know you considered purple the color of necromancy. As I think of it as the color of 'Force' attacks. " 2020-09-25_02:29:58.15011 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "If they were necromantic, I would let you roll" 2020-09-25_02:30:52.37865 Ivan> Frito says, "I can imagine them calling out to Rod in Mark Hammil's voice. 'You look like you've got a great sense of humor... put me on...'" 2020-09-25_02:30:58.78097 Finn> Niamh, then Luke, then Harrowhark 2020-09-25_02:31:06.28776 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Ahaha" 2020-09-25_02:32:28.47142 Ivan> Akio says, "Actually John, I got that idea from Niamh." 2020-09-25_02:32:41.21279 Ivan> Akio says, "'Niamh then eats the soup. After a few bites, she says, "I have a magical marking. It glows when exposed to power. The blue glow is because of Santa Cora. If we were in a center of necromantic power it would be purple. Or in the presence of the high druid in their grove, green. And so on. It is uncomfortable but not dangerous."'" 2020-09-25_02:32:48.73141 Finn> Niamh nervously points her wand at a wasp and invokes Frozen Stare of the Dancing Yug-Sage Nygothya. 2020-09-25_02:32:52.79074 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yes." 2020-09-25_02:32:55.79446 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Ahh, I had forgotten that. My apologies." 2020-09-25_02:33:05.59864 Ivan> Akio says, "Combined with the fact that I've been using purple for my necromantic attacks all game, I thought it was an actual thing." 2020-09-25_02:33:16.21008 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The gloves are now green." 2020-09-25_02:33:22.86622 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That will simplify things." 2020-09-25_02:33:47.10528 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1" 2020-09-25_02:33:47.28914 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1) 17 for Mike 2020-09-25_02:34:01.61699 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Actually, not green. BLACK" 2020-09-25_02:34:11.39583 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Since this isn't a druid item either" 2020-09-25_02:34:14.47351 Ivan> Akio says, "BLACK LIKE YOUR SOUL" 2020-09-25_02:34:21.04358 Finn> Mike says, "roll 3d6+1" 2020-09-25_02:34:21.22074 Finn> Result is: (3d6+1) 11 for Mike 2020-09-25_02:34:30.53112 Ivan> Akio says, "Nice damage roll, Mike." 2020-09-25_02:34:46.32121 Finn> Ice glitters on the creature's wings; this angers but also injures it. 2020-09-25_02:35:08.30435 Finn> Luke spits lightning at the same wasp. 2020-09-25_02:35:15.54796 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "If we get them angry enough, they'll all have a stroke and die!" 2020-09-25_02:35:23.16061 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6 2d6+6" 2020-09-25_02:35:23.33818 Finn> Result is: (2d6+6) 13 (d20+6) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_02:35:50.20358 Finn> The wasp twitches and buzzes angrily; it is now grievously injured. Luke then takes a swipe at it. 2020-09-25_02:36:39.41637 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7 2d10+7" 2020-09-25_02:36:39.59432 Finn> Result is: (2d10+7) 15 (d20+7) 21 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_02:37:06.68102 Finn> That hellwasp dies and he now points at the next one. "YOU AND ME, NOW!" Paladin Challenge 2020-09-25_02:37:31.11156 Finn> Harrowhark, then the wasps! 2020-09-25_02:38:54.33901 Ivan> Sniper Ox imagines harrowhark battling stuffy white people 2020-09-25_02:39:21.91067 Finn> Harrowhark holds her action until after the wasps. 2020-09-25_02:39:29.01472 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Hahah" 2020-09-25_02:39:40.01480 Finn> One wasp on Luke, two on Harrow, two for Vendrik! 2020-09-25_02:39:56.51858 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6x5" 2020-09-25_02:39:56.70242 Finn> Result is: (d20+6) 17 (d20+6) 12 (d20+6) 22 (d20+6) 17 (d20+6) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_02:41:45.12400 Ivan> Akio says, "I got whacked, I think." 2020-09-25_02:42:00.68586 Ivan> Akio says, "I am of course the LEAST useful person to get whacked." 2020-09-25_02:42:58.79633 Finn> Luke, Harrowhark, and Vendrik are each hit for 5, putting Harrow at 24, Vendrik at 25, and Luke at 31. Harrow takes 5 acid damage also and now has 5 ongoing acid damage. (Due to an even hit). This attack attacks PD. 2020-09-25_02:43:07.76374 Finn> So Harrow is at 19 2020-09-25_02:43:55.13184 Finn> Vendrik, then Kiara, then Samantha is last since the init dice smote her. 2020-09-25_02:44:17.71173 Ivan> Frito asks, "Harrow held her action?" 2020-09-25_02:44:24.77370 Finn> Aerianne has connected. 2020-09-25_02:44:28.58709 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Oh yes! Harrow, you can go now if you wish" 2020-09-25_02:44:54.99074 Aerianne has connected 2020-09-25_02:45:00.06137 Finn> Harrowhark takes a swing at a wasp. 2020-09-25_02:45:12.36395 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7" 2020-09-25_02:45:12.54260 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 27, crit for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_02:45:25.55119 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 4d6+2" 2020-09-25_02:45:25.72801 Finn> Result is: (4d6+2) 8 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_02:45:36.75520 Ivan> Akio asks, "... seriously?" 2020-09-25_02:45:49.09160 Finn> Harrowhark heals Vendrik for four points of damage. 2020-09-25_02:45:53.82487 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20" 2020-09-25_02:45:54.00206 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 3 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_02:45:59.04368 Finn> Harrowhark does not save. 2020-09-25_02:46:16.97338 Finn> Vendrik inspires the Rogues, then lays into the first wasp on him. [[d20+7 2d10+5+1d4]] 2020-09-25_02:46:17.14982 Finn> Result is: (d20+7) 8 (2d10+5+1d4) 18 2020-09-25_02:46:18.36375 Ivan> Akio says, "I could use a recovery your action, Dan." 2020-09-25_02:46:28.38885 Ivan> Akio says, "If not no big deal." 2020-09-25_02:46:42.28368 Finn> Vendrik orders Luke and Harrow to Stand Firm. 2020-09-25_02:47:02.09164 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d8+3" 2020-09-25_02:47:02.27390 Finn> Result is: (2d8+3) 7 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_02:47:17.98538 Finn> Harrow now drops to 14 HP. But then rises to 21 from the healing. 2020-09-25_02:48:12.07606 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+6" 2020-09-25_02:48:12.25760 Finn> Result is: (2d10+6) 21 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_02:48:25.97946 Finn> Luke is at full 2020-09-25_02:48:45.36954 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "the new uber eats commercial is weird. it has patrick stewart and mark hammill acting like menacing gangsters talking about what they're gonna eat for dinner while holding melee weapons and standing in an abandoned warehouse" 2020-09-25_02:48:48.96304 Finn> Okay, Kiara time! 2020-09-25_02:48:51.31515 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes" 2020-09-25_02:48:53.35407 Ivan> o/~ Hark the Harrow, Hellwasps Sing... o/~ 2020-09-25_02:48:56.39522 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It makes little sense" 2020-09-25_02:49:01.74696 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Even they note this by the end" 2020-09-25_02:49:14.66741 Finn> Kiara dances after one of the wasps on Harrow. 2020-09-25_02:49:20.27534 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "also, patrick stewart wants a star trek/star wars crossover." 2020-09-25_02:49:33.43757 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1" 2020-09-25_02:49:33.62154 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1) 10 for Kiara 2020-09-25_02:49:41.59458 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20" 2020-09-25_02:49:41.77595 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 6 for Kiara 2020-09-25_02:49:44.05042 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I 100% vote for a Picard and Luke kick everyone's ass movie" 2020-09-25_02:50:29.38411 Finn> Kiara scratches the wasp for 3 but can't escape it 2020-09-25_02:50:38.87412 Finn> Samantha! 2020-09-25_02:50:50.01838 Ivan> Akio says, "Except we can't have nice things with Luke, because Midichlorian Johnson decided we didn't deserve them." 2020-09-25_02:51:31.90277 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "We will just resurrect him FOR NO REASON" 2020-09-25_02:51:47.03107 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "They can go kick Borg ass." 2020-09-25_02:52:27.47206 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "this is doable. just have picard discover an ancient AI holocron of luke" 2020-09-25_02:52:41.90194 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "together they act old irritable and wise" 2020-09-25_02:52:47.09531 Ivan> Frito says, "They have to be called in by the Guardians of the Galaxy, which would bring comic rules into play and then we can revive Luke." 2020-09-25_02:53:06.44414 Ivan> Akio says, "Rod, it be your turn." 2020-09-25_02:53:24.04880 Finn> Samantha tumbles after the same wasp 2020-09-25_02:53:43.33441 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That cloning society from that terrible second season episode can resurrect Palpatine, he takes control of the Borg, then Wolf, Luke, and Picard kill Borg for two hours" 2020-09-25_02:53:45.48871 Finn> Samantha says, "roll1 d20+2+4+2" 2020-09-25_02:53:55.03257 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+2+4+2" 2020-09-25_02:53:55.20956 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2+4+2) 13 for Samantha 2020-09-25_02:54:03.45327 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Roll your tumble" 2020-09-25_02:54:05.10505 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+2" 2020-09-25_02:54:05.28715 Finn> Result is: (1d20+2) 5 for Samantha 2020-09-25_02:54:16.92784 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "oh my god, it's still happening" 2020-09-25_02:54:29.41909 Ivan> Frito says, "...boy, this wasp is gonna have a lot of targets to choose from." 2020-09-25_02:54:38.36310 Ivan> Tobias says, "I WARNED YOU ABOUT STAIRS DAWG" 2020-09-25_02:54:40.57287 Finn> Samantha scratches the wasp but collides with Kiara when she tries to escape 2020-09-25_02:55:04.03777 Finn> New round, Escalation Die of 1. Niamh, then Luke, then Harrow. 2020-09-25_02:55:18.05282 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Will you want to hold until after them again, Merc?" 2020-09-25_02:55:27.37641 Ivan> Akio says, "No." 2020-09-25_02:55:40.46956 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Okay!~" 2020-09-25_02:55:43.72384 Ivan> Akio says, "The reason I hold until after enemies most of the time is because we're usually at full or close to it." 2020-09-25_02:55:54.65315 Ivan> Voice of John Biles nods 2020-09-25_02:55:55.04358 Ivan> Akio says, "So I hold off so I can efficiently heal." 2020-09-25_02:56:47.83044 Finn> Niamh aims for the wasp currently being paladin-challenged by Luke and tosses Frozen Stare of the Dancing Yug-Sage Nygothya at it, apparently banking on that keeping it from going after her. 2020-09-25_02:57:08.46545 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1" 2020-09-25_02:57:08.64285 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1) 11 for Mike 2020-09-25_02:57:26.72451 Ivan> Tobias says, "Nerp. 2 miss damage." 2020-09-25_02:58:10.91556 Finn> She clips a wing. Luke aims at the multiply-injured wasp 2020-09-25_02:58:18.24559 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+8 2d10+8" 2020-09-25_02:58:18.42488 Finn> Result is: (2d10+8) 18 (d20+8) 28, crit for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_02:58:27.10783 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+8" 2020-09-25_02:58:27.29004 Finn> Result is: (2d10+8) 18 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_02:58:42.49172 Finn> The wasp is *annihilated*. 2020-09-25_02:58:52.93898 Finn> It breaks into dozens of bits. 2020-09-25_02:59:38.38826 Finn> This leaves no wasps on Luke, two on Harrow and two on Vendrik. Luke now lays on hands on Harrow. Roll a recovery; he burns one of his own for her 2020-09-25_02:59:49.31903 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d8+3" 2020-09-25_02:59:49.49628 Finn> Result is: (2d8+3) 6 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_02:59:58.19535 Ivan> Akio says, "Good god." 2020-09-25_03:00:24.11384 Finn> Harrow heals 6, then immediately tkes 5 acid damage as her turn starts. So she is at 22. Harrow, then foes! 2020-09-25_03:00:34.21810 Finn> Harrowhark smacks at a wasp. 2020-09-25_03:00:36.94705 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Luke did his best but the dice betrayed you" 2020-09-25_03:00:40.90748 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+8" 2020-09-25_03:00:41.08450 Finn> Result is: (1d20+8) 24 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_03:00:49.32900 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6+2" 2020-09-25_03:00:49.50699 Finn> Result is: (2d6+2) 11 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_03:00:58.38031 Finn> Harrowhark heals Vendrik for another four. 2020-09-25_03:01:02.42020 Finn> Harrowhark then heals herself. 2020-09-25_03:01:09.90539 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 2d8+3" 2020-09-25_03:01:10.08232 Finn> Result is: (2d8+3) 15 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_03:01:19.45893 Finn> Harrowhark tries to save... 2020-09-25_03:01:27.40276 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20" 2020-09-25_03:01:27.58095 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 8 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_03:01:33.82889 Finn> Harrowhark uses her end-of-turn save... 2020-09-25_03:01:38.97829 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20" 2020-09-25_03:01:39.16048 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 16 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_03:01:42.59598 Finn> Harrowhark saves! 2020-09-25_03:01:46.08133 Finn> Harrow is at 37 and Vendrik at 31. And the acid ends. 2020-09-25_03:01:54.33131 Ivan> Frito says, "Your healbot is jealous of anyone else trying to heal you. ^^;;" 2020-09-25_03:01:56.90035 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "I should be at 33?" 2020-09-25_03:02:18.52060 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I'll take your word for it." 2020-09-25_03:02:37.54478 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6x4" 2020-09-25_03:02:37.72234 Finn> Result is: (d20+6) 23 (d20+6) 19 (d20+6) 15 (d20+6) 8 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_03:02:38.35266 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "You said I went to 25 from the wasp, then I've received 2 Harrow 4 points heals." 2020-09-25_03:02:50.61632 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Right!" 2020-09-25_03:03:29.27519 Finn> Kiara and Harrowhark both get hit for 5 but do not suffer any acid. The wasps fail to pierce Vendrik's toughness. 2020-09-25_03:03:56.59927 Finn> Kiara 27, Harrow 32 2020-09-25_03:04:13.42464 Finn> Kiara, then Vendrik, then Samantha! 2020-09-25_03:04:30.97027 Finn> Kiara does another dance at her opponent. 2020-09-25_03:04:41.36380 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1" 2020-09-25_03:04:41.54159 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1) 22 for Kiara 2020-09-25_03:04:55.83052 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1" 2020-09-25_03:04:56.00750 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1) 9 for Kiara 2020-09-25_03:05:29.77337 Ivan> Frito asks, "Does this one count as still engaged with either Harrow or Sam, so that I'd get sneak?" 2020-09-25_03:05:32.89506 Finn> The hellwasp is staggered. 2020-09-25_03:05:38.34288 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes" 2020-09-25_03:05:45.33925 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d6" 2020-09-25_03:05:45.51642 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 6 for Kiara 2020-09-25_03:05:57.09469 Finn> Vendrik! 2020-09-25_03:06:14.57905 Finn> Vendrik smashes down on the wasp gain. [[d20+8 2d10+5+d4]] 2020-09-25_03:06:14.75567 Finn> Result is: (d20+8) 28, crit (2d10+5+d4) 23 2020-09-25_03:06:24.75313 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll 2d10" 2020-09-25_03:06:24.93030 Finn> Result is: (2d10) 10 for Vendrik 2020-09-25_03:07:17.63776 Finn> Vendrik sends the Hellwasp to Hell. 2020-09-25_03:07:32.00623 Finn> Samantha! 2020-09-25_03:07:42.31077 Finn> Samantha tumbles at the nearest hellwasp 2020-09-25_03:08:02.74327 Finn> Samantha says, "Roll 1d20+3+4+2+1" 2020-09-25_03:08:13.31779 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+4+2+1" 2020-09-25_03:08:13.49948 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+4+2+1) 29 for Samantha 2020-09-25_03:08:22.47180 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 2d8+4" 2020-09-25_03:08:22.65465 Finn> Result is: (2d8+4) 18 for Samantha 2020-09-25_03:08:24.26923 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Woo! Roll with sneak attack added" 2020-09-25_03:08:29.81445 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d6" 2020-09-25_03:08:29.99781 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 4 for Samantha 2020-09-25_03:08:40.01442 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3" 2020-09-25_03:08:40.19809 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3) 14 for Samantha 2020-09-25_03:08:45.20463 Finn> Samantha kills it and escapes 2020-09-25_03:08:53.77341 Finn> One wasp each remain on Harrow and Vendrik. 2020-09-25_03:09:11.84476 Finn> New round, Escalation 2, Niamh time! 2020-09-25_03:09:54.50381 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Are Niamh and Harrow close enough together to catch both wasps with Color spray?" 2020-09-25_03:10:38.81167 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Er, Vendrik and Harrow even" 2020-09-25_03:10:45.74034 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Yes." 2020-09-25_03:11:48.10336 Finn> Niamh sweeps her wand in an arc at the wasps and unleashes the Monochromatic Onslaught of Wang Chung the Singular on them. 2020-09-25_03:12:11.31250 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+2+1x2" 2020-09-25_03:12:11.49049 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+2+1) 18 (1d20+4+2+2+1) 26 for Mike 2020-09-25_03:12:23.15339 Finn> Mike says, "roll 2d8+1x2" 2020-09-25_03:12:23.33033 Finn> Result is: (2d8+1) 13 (2d8+1) 10 for Mike 2020-09-25_03:13:00.27199 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC you hit one of them since this is MD." 2020-09-25_03:13:53.62145 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Uh... MD is 12." 2020-09-25_03:14:10.20648 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: And low roll was 18" 2020-09-25_03:14:25.78227 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: ?" 2020-09-25_03:14:30.50590 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OC Dammit, I misidentified the damage roll" 2020-09-25_03:14:35.51014 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC as the hit rolls" 2020-09-25_03:15:06.60579 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Ah! understandable, they were pretty high for damage." 2020-09-25_03:16:07.05687 Finn> For a moment, the wasps are surrounded by colorful sihouettes who admonish the entire party and your foes 'Everyone Wang Chung tonight'. This damages the brain of the victim wasps as they try to fulfill a command it does not understand. The wasps will act randomly on their turn if they live that long. 2020-09-25_03:17:36.44816 Finn> Luke now helps out Harrow and challenges her foe. 2020-09-25_03:17:48.84804 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+9 2d10+9" 2020-09-25_03:17:49.02787 Finn> Result is: (2d10+9) 27 (1d20+9) 14 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_03:18:22.14363 Finn> One of the wasps dies, its wings commanding Niamh to return to her Dance Hall Days, but there is no force behind it. 2020-09-25_03:18:30.49487 Finn> Harrow! 2020-09-25_03:18:40.61180 Finn> Harrowhark smacks the last remaining wasp! 2020-09-25_03:18:47.77178 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+9" 2020-09-25_03:18:47.95331 Finn> Result is: (1d20+9) 10 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_03:18:53.31442 Finn> Harrowhark fails at this. 2020-09-25_03:18:58.50873 Ivan> Akio asks, "Anyone under thirty?" 2020-09-25_03:20:29.94256 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Kiara is under 30 but she's only down 5" 2020-09-25_03:21:09.32326 Ivan> Frito says, "Yeah, she's probably OK for the moment, unless you've got to toss around a heal. :)" 2020-09-25_03:21:16.64232 Finn> Harrowhark doesn't burn a healing spell, then. 2020-09-25_03:21:27.70184 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, " The last wasp vs. Vendrik, FIGHT! roll d20+6" 2020-09-25_03:21:34.53355 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6" 2020-09-25_03:21:34.71234 Finn> Result is: (d20+6) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_03:21:39.71733 Finn> FAIL 2020-09-25_03:21:44.54889 Finn> Kiara! 2020-09-25_03:23:49.56868 Finn> Kiara dances, dances, DANCES at the last wasp! 2020-09-25_03:23:58.60256 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+2" 2020-09-25_03:23:58.78466 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+2) 11 for Kiara 2020-09-25_03:24:05.03162 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20" 2020-09-25_03:24:05.21306 Finn> Result is: (1d20) 5 for Kiara 2020-09-25_03:24:17.58768 Ivan> Frito says, "Le sigh." 2020-09-25_03:24:17.76187 Ivan> Tobias says, "afk; getting water." 2020-09-25_03:24:20.22842 Finn> The wasp refuses to dance OR let Kiara find a new partner but it does take 3 damage 2020-09-25_03:24:32.09180 Finn> All Vendrik, All the Time! 2020-09-25_03:25:08.55123 Finn> Vendrik turns and attempts to Pierce right through the center of the last wasp. "roll d20+10 2d10+5+1d4 (vs PD)" 2020-09-25_03:25:08.73742 Finn> Result is: (d20+10) 19 (2d10+5+1d4) 12 2020-09-25_03:26:47.99992 Ivan> Tobias says, "back" 2020-09-25_03:26:57.75517 Finn> it buzzes around, leaking ichor and nearly dead. 2020-09-25_03:27:02.53893 Finn> Samantha! 2020-09-25_03:27:16.28186 Finn> Samantha goes after the nearly dead one 2020-09-25_03:27:47.77552 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+4+2+2" 2020-09-25_03:27:47.95433 Finn> Result is: (1d20+3+4+2+2) 28 for Samantha 2020-09-25_03:27:59.84786 Finn> Samantha says, "roll 2d8+6" 2020-09-25_03:28:00.02481 Finn> Result is: (2d8+6) 14 for Samantha 2020-09-25_03:28:37.16167 Finn> Samantha kills it deader than disco. 2020-09-25_03:28:47.66537 Finn> Silence settles onto the room as the wasps lie dead on the floor 2020-09-25_03:29:17.56987 Finn> The gloves still glow and you'll need to hack away the wasp's nest to actually get at any of the exists 2020-09-25_03:29:18.29568 Finn> Kiara whee-ooo's. "Hokay. Well, we made it through that one OK... see why you don't like 'em, Nimmy." 2020-09-25_03:30:15.20280 Finn> Harrowhark carefully takes and preserves some of the wasp paper, for possible use in making mystic scrolls or spellbooks later. 2020-09-25_03:31:19.96161 Finn> Niamh avoids any part of the wasps or their nest. 2020-09-25_03:31:58.84638 Finn> Vendrik examines the gloves without touching them, checking to see if they're also all demon-y. 2020-09-25_03:32:30.17912 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Niamh, what do you make of the gloves?" 2020-09-25_03:32:45.87128 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Roll Int + background + Level, DC 15, Vendrik" 2020-09-25_03:33:59.87922 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Make a DC 20 Mystic Sage = Int + Level, Niamh" 2020-09-25_03:34:23.35055 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d20+2" 2020-09-25_03:34:23.52802 Finn> Result is: (d20+2) 7 for Vendrik 2020-09-25_03:34:43.88683 Finn> Vendrik finds himself uncertain. 2020-09-25_03:34:53.01636 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "In retrospect, given my backstory, I probably should have put some points in a relevant background." 2020-09-25_03:35:02.76492 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "For anti-demon stuff." 2020-09-25_03:35:22.62624 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Hmm, actually, Roll your Crusader dice; if you get a 5 or 6, you'll learn something." 2020-09-25_03:36:11.59989 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2" 2020-09-25_03:36:11.78208 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2) 30, crit for Mike 2020-09-25_03:36:17.56367 Finn> Vendrik says, "roll d6x2" 2020-09-25_03:36:17.74061 Finn> Result is: (d6) 1 (d6) 5 for Vendrik 2020-09-25_03:36:30.04598 Ivan> Tobias says, ""I used to own these gloves actually."" 2020-09-25_03:36:48.74111 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6" 2020-09-25_03:36:48.91812 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 4 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_03:37:09.03732 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "hitman 3 is going to have a VR option. that's tempting. the stages in hitman are gorgeous. it'd double easily as a relaxing view." 2020-09-25_03:37:43.82143 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "tho stealth in a first person view is going to be a real pain in the ass." 2020-09-25_03:38:20.20037 Ivan> Tobias says, "There's at least two decent VR stealthers right now." 2020-09-25_03:38:34.67123 Ivan> Tobias says, "Kind of... unorthodox though." 2020-09-25_03:38:36.06190 page> Akemi [to you]: You have a horrible flashback to fighting a demon at a hell-hole. It ripped a friend of yours in half and would have killed you but a Crusader, wearing gloves like these, laid into the demon with an axe; his gloves glowed as he strukc the demon and black energy sliced its flesh. However, this memory is so painful you take 4 psychic damage, dropping to 24 HP 2020-09-25_03:38:44.70010 page> Akemi [to you]: 25 HP 2020-09-25_03:39:11.68874 page> DaR [to Akemi]: I keep taking phantom damage.. too, since I was at 33 we determined, and haven't been hit since. :) 2020-09-25_03:39:21.14117 Ivan> Tobias says, "Espire 1 basically has you operate a sort of... murder drone." 2020-09-25_03:40:02.63519 page> Akemi [to you]: AAARGH, you're at 29, then, sorry! 2020-09-25_03:40:10.48879 Ivan> Tobias says, "And the other, I'm blanking on the name, is the weirdest yet oddly very successful in how it works." 2020-09-25_03:40:42.81991 page> Akemi [to you]: You're quite certain these are anti-demon gloves of some kind 2020-09-25_03:40:58.73631 Ivan> Tobias says, "It is a stealth infiltrate-kill game, splinter cell esque, except... you're in a kayak." 2020-09-25_03:41:35.28171 Finn> Vendrik stares at the gloves for a while, then staggers back a bit, wincing. "Not demony," he says distantly. "Crusader holy type maybe." 2020-09-25_03:42:07.25575 Ivan> Tobias says, "All the levels/etc are in wetlands, fog, heavy grass, and you're paddling a kayak silently with a sniper rifle." 2020-09-25_03:42:11.89791 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Ahahaha" 2020-09-25_03:42:38.11737 Ivan> Tobias asks, "That crit get me anything, John?" 2020-09-25_03:43:05.55332 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Sorry, I got distracted talking to Dan." 2020-09-25_03:46:33.60698 Finn> Luke says, "Well, if there ARE cultists and demons, that will help." 2020-09-25_03:46:55.60764 Finn> Niamh peers at the gloves, then seems to brighten. "Oh, I know these. Your standard crusade-issue Gloves of Demon-Fighting, which help the wearer... well, fight demons. They can also increase your hatred of demons if you let them. I believe one of the mage-knights of the Counts of Ironboke devised them." 2020-09-25_03:47:54.42727 Finn> Niamh says, "Ideal for you, I should think, Sir Vendrik." 2020-09-25_03:47:57.32892 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d10" 2020-09-25_03:47:57.50632 Finn> Result is: (1d10) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_03:48:01.86742 Finn> Kiara asks, "Sweet! They tune you into some kinda holy power, or something?" 2020-09-25_03:48:19.91257 Finn> Vendrik shows absolutely no interest in even looking in the direction of the gloves. 2020-09-25_03:49:38.33405 Finn> Harrowhark begins methodically clearing out the wasp paper. 2020-09-25_03:50:45.05288 Finn> You successfully hack away the wasp paper, revealing two trapdoors and... a side door which proves to open onto a level walkway acround the side of the tree. 2020-09-25_03:50:54.50126 Finn> Does anyone take the gloves? 2020-09-25_03:51:39.15172 Finn> Kiara says, "There a problem with those gloves, Vennie?" She looks at him a little sadly. 2020-09-25_03:53:10.74196 Finn> Vendrik says, "Not needing any more hating on demons. Not caring much for crusade-issue equipment. Take if you want." 2020-09-25_03:53:20.66779 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Vendrik is right." 2020-09-25_03:54:04.73252 Ivan> Frito says, "It seems a waste to leave 'em; Kiara's already got two items, so I'd say someone with less has more claim to them, but I'll take them if no one else wants them." 2020-09-25_03:54:16.24631 Finn> Harrowhark takes them. 2020-09-25_03:54:32.47834 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I will see about having them de-consecrated at some point." 2020-09-25_03:57:06.79776 Finn> Harrowhark packs them in her pack. 2020-09-25_03:57:38.12146 Finn> Okay, which way do you go? Two ways up and west or east and one around to the east. 2020-09-25_03:57:50.80424 Finn> Harrowhark attempts to orienteer. 2020-09-25_03:57:56.88370 Finn> Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+7" 2020-09-25_03:57:57.06613 Finn> Result is: (1d20+7) 14 for Harrowhark 2020-09-25_03:58:02.43516 Finn> Harrowhark fails at this. 2020-09-25_03:58:29.23959 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "All things being equal I feel we should keep climbing?" 2020-09-25_03:58:43.87339 Finn> Niamh shrugs. "Very well." 2020-09-25_03:58:48.59501 Finn> Up and east or up and west? 2020-09-25_04:00:21.91178 Ivan> Akio says, "I vote east for no specific reason at all." 2020-09-25_04:01:35.89553 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "No preference." 2020-09-25_04:01:57.14213 Ivan> Frito says, "None here." 2020-09-25_04:02:47.82999 Finn> Then east it is! 2020-09-25_04:03:04.95918 Finn> You climb up as the tree is now beating up oether trees to clear a path for itself. 2020-09-25_04:03:36.27790 Finn> As Vendrik starts to open the trap door into the next treehouse, he is hit by the intense smells of various spices, alcohol, and yeast. 2020-09-25_04:04:24.81787 Finn> Vendrik exclaims, "Found kitchen!" 2020-09-25_04:04:34.32634 Finn> Vendrik says, "Or maybe brewery1" 2020-09-25_04:05:04.08495 Finn> When Vendrik opens the trapdoor, he can see this is a brewery. 2020-09-25_04:06:02.59500 Finn> Kiara loosk to see what kind of broer the are! 2020-09-25_04:06:02.76922 Finn> Vendrik pushes in, somewhat wary for traps, but also eager to see if there's drinkables. 2020-09-25_04:07:07.53206 Finn> But long neglected, it's a mess with some strange blue foamy liquid in the brewing cauldron, various broken glassware and strange stains and the ceiling trapdoor (only one) is covered with green and yellow yeasty growths. However, there is a shelf with twenty sealed bottles of ale and a door to a walk way around the tree instead of up. There are also four sealed bottles of a clear yellow fluid. 2020-09-25_04:07:54.65828 Finn> Niamh examines the place to see if she can identify what sort of structure or people this place was derived from. 2020-09-25_04:09:08.27536 Finn> There's also an elevator in one corner; if the tree wasn't moving, it could be used to lower things to the ground and haul them up. 2020-09-25_04:10:05.94666 Finn> This is a wood elf brewery, though the wood elves don't normally make whatever the stuff in the cauldron has turned into. Roll Pilgrimage Traveler + Int + Level, DC 15 2020-09-25_04:10:29.54086 Finn> Kiara asks, "OOC How about Wood Elf background?" 2020-09-25_04:11:01.57672 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC "You can use that too! 2020-09-25_04:11:22.88620 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+1+2" 2020-09-25_04:11:23.06349 Finn> Result is: (1d20+1+2) 17 for Kiara 2020-09-25_04:12:03.10640 Finn> Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+4+2x2" 2020-09-25_04:12:03.28406 Finn> Result is: (1d20+4+4+2) 28 (1d20+4+4+2) 27 for Mike 2020-09-25_04:13:04.79830 Finn> Kiara looks at Nianm. "Hey, you remamber when we explored the Lost Wood Clearing of Eee Thang?" 2020-09-25_04:13:27.76219 Finn> Niamh says, "I have been trying to forget." 2020-09-25_04:13:47.71329 Finn> Kiara asks, "Doesn't this look like the setup we found there?" 2020-09-25_04:13:56.44063 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "fading" 2020-09-25_04:14:13.33575 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Okay, I'll take over Samantha, Rod, if you need to crash." 2020-09-25_04:15:33.99430 Finn> Niamh says, "That yeast growth on the ceiling will release poisonous spores if not removed. This is best done with acid, since fire will just cause it to belch a huge cloud of spores upon all of us. The blue bottles on the shelf are healing draughts. The others are rather inferior wood elf ale." 2020-09-25_04:15:59.09183 Finn> Kiara says, "Yup. Dunno what the stuff in the cualdron is, though." 2020-09-25_04:16:51.66831 Finn> Niamh says, "That I cannot say, other than that it is nothing wood elves are accustomed to make." 2020-09-25_04:17:17.45405 Finn> Harrowhark edges away from the yeast growth. 2020-09-25_04:17:39.65817 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Would lightning be sufficient?" 2020-09-25_04:17:48.78578 Finn> Luke snags the four healing draughts. 2020-09-25_04:18:08.16764 Finn> Luke says, "I can try zapping it." 2020-09-25_04:18:29.62285 Finn> Kiara looks at the ale. "Wunener if this stuff has fermented enough to turn vinegary? That's kinda acid-like." 2020-09-25_04:18:32.52841 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Yes, that is where I was going." 2020-09-25_04:18:58.29677 Finn> Niamh frowns. 2020-09-25_04:18:58.47096 Finn> Harrowhark says, "You're thinking of wine, Kiara." Pause. "I think." 2020-09-25_04:19:29.38400 Finn> Niamh says, "Lightning could do it... if it was ENOUGH lightning, which I am not sure you can muster." 2020-09-25_04:19:39.91716 Finn> Kiara asks, "Yeah, I had four bottles go bad on me like that." SHe makes a face. "But ale's alcohol too, right?" 2020-09-25_04:20:11.37318 Finn> Vendrik says, "Ale makes malt vinegar. Not very strong." 2020-09-25_04:20:33.80723 Finn> Luke says, "I could call on the blessing of the Great Gold Wyrm to strengthen it. If it is dangerous, it should be evil enough." 2020-09-25_04:21:49.14526 Ivan> Tobias says, "Oh, wait." 2020-09-25_04:22:02.60430 Ivan> Akio asks, "Your acid spell is your daily, isn't it, Mike?" 2020-09-25_04:22:08.99936 Ivan> Tobias asks, "We rested after the orc pit, yeah?" 2020-09-25_04:22:16.45068 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes." 2020-09-25_04:22:17.20516 Ivan> Akio says, "I thought of it too but I don't think we want to waste it on this." 2020-09-25_04:22:20.60828 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It is recharged" 2020-09-25_04:24:10.42913 Ivan> Tobias says, "Hmmm." 2020-09-25_04:24:12.20662 Finn> Kiara asks, "If we so use lightoign, maybe have enerygone else back off before you fire, in case it does set off the sporeas?" 2020-09-25_04:24:32.57797 Ivan> Tobias asks, "How about cold, John? Freezing the spores?" 2020-09-25_04:25:25.44082 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You could use that too." 2020-09-25_04:26:41.10412 Ivan> DaR From Another Place orders an artillery strike of Agent Orange. 2020-09-25_04:26:50.33124 Finn> Niamh suggests, "Why don't we have Luke use his lightning, and if any patch is left I will immediately hit it with a cold ray so that it cannot erupt?" 2020-09-25_04:27:12.63143 Finn> Luke says, "Sounds good to me!" 2020-09-25_04:27:55.34365 Finn> Luke prays loudly and lightning comes down, suffusing him, then he SPITS. 2020-09-25_04:28:13.33029 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+10 2d6+1d12+6" 2020-09-25_04:28:13.50861 Finn> Result is: (d20+10) 24 (2d6+1d12+6) 20 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_04:28:46.38321 Finn> Lightning corruscates through the yeasty mass, blowing it into chunks; some fall into the cauldron. 2020-09-25_04:28:55.25562 Finn> You can now press upwards. 2020-09-25_04:29:28.08406 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Niamh, you should probably freeze over the cauldron." 2020-09-25_04:29:44.48327 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That should render whatever might be... breeding... in there inert." 2020-09-25_04:29:57.11785 Finn> Niamh does this, unless she thinks its a bad idea. 2020-09-25_04:30:32.35990 Finn> Niamh says, "Someone should collect those healing draughts as well." 2020-09-25_04:30:49.80092 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Luke took most of them." 2020-09-25_04:30:52.08694 Finn> Niamh freezes the cauldron, just to be sure. The Tree is continuing to kick other trees' ass; you think you are about to reach the very top of the tree; the treehouse above you doesn't look wood elven style; it looks *High* Elven style and you can see vaguely it has a glass dome on top. Further, there are very obvious wards on the trap door and a sign which says 'HIGH ELF CLUB ONLY, THOSE WHO DON'T BEND OVER NEED NOT APPLY' 2020-09-25_04:31:08.43068 Finn> Luke grabbed 'am. 2020-09-25_04:31:25.47977 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This writing is crude for High Elves." 2020-09-25_04:32:07.77428 Finn> Kiara examines it. 2020-09-25_04:32:15.77405 Finn> Luke says, "Well, drow built this place, so that's probably why." 2020-09-25_04:34:43.52058 Finn> Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+2" 2020-09-25_04:34:43.69837 Finn> Result is: (1d20+5+2) 26 for Kiara 2020-09-25_04:35:41.64858 Finn> Vendrik pauses to take a quick breather before moving on. [[2d10+3]] 2020-09-25_04:35:41.82508 Finn> Result is: (2d10+3) 10 2020-09-25_04:35:55.27544 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Good enough." 2020-09-25_04:36:03.70183 Finn> Righto! 2020-09-25_04:36:36.17096 Finn> Kiara doesn't just identify the High Elvel wards, she guides Vendrik to be her hands in removing them. 2020-09-25_04:36:56.55832 Finn> It's now safe to proceed. 2020-09-25_04:39:37.51789 Finn> You pop the trapdoor and inside, you see a typical high elven observatory; the sun blazes down through the glass ceiling, so you can't actually see anything but the sky; four telescopes point upwards, north, south, east, and west. In the center of the room is a trapdoor marked with four more High Elf runes. Most astronomical ones, you think. 2020-09-25_04:40:02.93010 Finn> There is no more 'up' but there's another trapdoor, closed but not warded... on this side, anyway, which probably goes down to a lower level room. 2020-09-25_04:40:24.98553 Finn> The trapdoor witht he four high elf runes has no handle to open it. 2020-09-25_04:40:51.34597 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Hmm." 2020-09-25_04:41:24.47964 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'm just guessing, but I imagine we have to wait until nightfall, and then point each telescope at the astronomical site the corresponding rune on the trapdoor points to." 2020-09-25_04:41:32.41640 Finn> Harrowhark says, "And then it will open." 2020-09-25_04:42:24.61868 Ivan> Frito says, "Starting yp hit a wall here." 2020-09-25_04:42:40.55918 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "We'lls top at mightn" 2020-09-25_04:42:43.96998 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "MIDNIGHT" 2020-09-25_04:42:53.29113 Finn> Luke nods. 2020-09-25_04:42:55.77825 Finn> Niamh says, "This seems likely." 2020-09-25_04:43:01.11922 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Going to follow Harrow's plan?" 2020-09-25_04:43:20.94085 Finn> Kiara says, "Same wat the one did a coup;e of floors back." 2020-09-25_04:43:22.65208 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Yup." 2020-09-25_04:45:04.24723 Finn> You wait for nightfall. 2020-09-25_04:45:13.04611 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6x3" 2020-09-25_04:45:13.22340 Finn> Result is: (1d6) 6 (1d6) 3 (1d6) 4 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_04:45:30.82327 Finn> Your luck is good and then the sun finally goes down and you align the telescopes. 2020-09-25_04:45:42.76645 Ivan> Akio says, "You know, I haven't been in a traditional puzzle-solving dungeon in forever." 2020-09-25_04:45:57.78894 Finn> Instead of a ladder, you now descend a steep spiral staircase, single-file. 2020-09-25_04:46:30.34887 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+9" 2020-09-25_04:46:30.52638 Finn> Result is: (1d20+9) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_04:47:09.54188 Finn> Right as Vendrik is about to take another step, twenty or thirty feet down, Samantha says, "Better stop, Vendrik, there's a trapped step." 2020-09-25_04:48:07.69970 Finn> Vendrik pauses, foot in the air. He shuffles awkwardly off to the side to let the rogues do their thing. 2020-09-25_04:48:14.94809 Finn> Samantha slips up 2020-09-25_04:48:20.06821 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+9" 2020-09-25_04:48:20.24523 Finn> Result is: (1d20+9) 20 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_04:48:31.39568 Finn> She disarms the trap, then glides back to her place. 2020-09-25_04:49:15.16250 Finn> Vendrik presses forward then. 2020-09-25_04:49:22.57685 Finn> The descent ends at a door. You can hear faint demonic mumbling through the door again. 2020-09-25_04:49:45.49935 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+9" 2020-09-25_04:49:45.67638 Finn> Result is: (1d20+9) 23 for Manny Mo'Jac 2020-09-25_04:50:01.73898 Finn> Samantha says, "I think the door is safe but it sounds like demons. Or more wasps." 2020-09-25_04:52:05.33788 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I am uninclined to open the door right now, given we're down Rod, and several of the rest of us are probably running on fumes." 2020-09-25_04:52:20.65624 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "We can stop here." 2020-09-25_04:52:22.16531 Ivan> Akio says, "Door is for next week." 2020-09-25_04:52:28.61190 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Door-Sama will wait" 2020-09-25_04:52:28.78621 Ivan> Akio says, "We're probably at the heart room." 2020-09-25_04:52:36.78918 Ivan> Akio says, "Or close to it." 2020-09-25_04:53:16.87979 Ivan> Frito says, "Thump-thurmp. Thump-thurm." 2020-09-25_04:53:29.25062 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Okay, next time, you find out what waits... BEYOND THE DOOR" 2020-09-25_04:54:21.21005 Ivan> Tobias says, "And tomorrow, barring disaster, Scenic Celanon on 5 Credits A Day." 2020-09-25_04:54:34.44339 Ivan> Akio says, "Yesssssss." 2020-09-25_04:56:03.46975 Ivan> Tobias says, "Surely safe and fun." 2020-09-25_04:57:01.00185 Ivan> Akio says, "And not crawling with three years worth of every enemy you ever made." 2020-09-25_04:58:11.48764 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Of course not." 2020-09-25_04:58:40.89489 Ivan> Tobias says, "Hopefully they'll get in each other's way." 2020-09-25_04:58:55.66824 Finn> Shiori says, "DOOOOOR" 2020-09-25_04:59:47.58982 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "Door-sama!" 2020-09-25_04:59:50.75154 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, ""What we're seeing here is the afternmath of about a dozen plans to kill us colliding head-on." "This is ... impressive. Horribly wrong, but impressive."" 2020-09-25_05:01:53.85241 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Manny will have to apply a lot of laser therapy, I expect" 2020-09-25_05:04:45.24626 Ivan> Tobias says, "The Legend of Two-Gun Manny is itching for a new chapter." 2020-09-25_05:05:48.94128 Ivan> Akio says, ""Min, before you can engage Dark Min, the rear door blows open and an Inquisitor with a full Purge Trooper squad steps through." "Well, that's pretty bad, but..." "I didn't finish. They finish doing that just as Adrame's Tactical Drop Bear Droids kick in the skylights and rappell down. They seem to be being controlled by Aloysius Fink and his bodyguards, who have shiny new Reliquary badged." "Anything else?" "Yes, the Blue Harvest makes an emergency high-altitude drop-in from above the city and parks itself immediately over your heads."" 2020-09-25_05:07:37.66715 Ivan> Akio says, ""We escape into the sewers!" "You run headlong into Maul, who for some reason has spider legs again." "COME ON."" 2020-09-25_05:07:49.62590 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, ""Okay, that's bad." "Not done yet. A sullustan mole machine bursts out of the ground, releasing Urghbleah and a swarm of Manny's female relatives. They chant something about 'wedding time'."" 2020-09-25_05:09:42.06783 Ivan> Tobias says, "I can't see the Blue Harvest in that clusterfuck." 2020-09-25_05:11:36.81023 Ivan> Tobias says, "We're on good terms with Vandi and while we've had our differences with her Dad, he seems to have figured out that every time he or his crew tries to hard-oppose us they come out of it with a bloody nose, and that it's better to just live and let live." 2020-09-25_05:12:10.14882 Ivan> Akio says, "This is true." 2020-09-25_05:12:59.32584 Ivan> Akio says, "Sadly, you killed Jerserra, so her vengeance will go forever unfulfilled." 2020-09-25_05:13:54.98000 Ivan> Tobias says, "Like, last time things went well for him because the con he was running DIDN'T screw us over, so we had no real compelling reason to stop it, and even helped a little." 2020-09-25_05:14:56.16229 Ivan> Tobias says, "'Sadly' you say." 2020-09-25_05:15:02.15275 Ivan> Akio says, "Vandal is typically a very confident man and while he might or might not attempt to scam you again in the future, he's old enough and knows enough about the Force to not want to mess with you all directly ever again." 2020-09-25_05:15:31.52286 Ivan> Akio says, "MAYBE if he had Hondo's help, but Hondo's a bit old to be messing with Jedi." 2020-09-25_05:16:20.45421 Ivan> Akio says, "Jerserra would have made a good recurring antagonist as Maul trained her up, but you guys executed well and she never really had a chance." 2020-09-25_05:16:29.54105 Ivan> Tobias says, "Jerserra was sort of the Boba Fett of this campaign." 2020-09-25_05:16:52.47894 Ivan> Akio says, "That could mean a lot of things." 2020-09-25_05:18:01.73089 Ivan> Tobias says, "Really cool. Iconic stylish helmet. Formidable and capable. Abruptly went out like a bitch in a melee to free Rebel heroes." 2020-09-25_05:18:46.19241 Ivan> Tobias says, "And never actually did anything that good on screen." 2020-09-25_05:18:47.40647 Ivan> Akio says, "Those are true facts." 2020-09-25_05:19:27.50061 Ivan> Akio says, "To be honest, I got more mileage out of her than I intended anyway." 2020-09-25_05:19:52.84221 Ivan> Akio says, "Ghosts of Dathomir was intended as a character-intensive adventure for Chel, Min, and Alaia." 2020-09-25_05:20:03.17778 Ivan> Akio says, "Jerserra was largely a vehicle for that." 2020-09-25_05:20:41.26589 Ivan> Akio says, "Getting to use her afterwards was simply convenient." 2020-09-25_05:22:40.00181 Ivan> Tobias says, "There is a certain amount of angst this week in the HoI4 playerbase." 2020-09-25_05:23:04.40600 Ivan> Akio asks, "?" 2020-09-25_05:23:14.48124 Ivan> Tobias says, "There's a new country pack coming and people have... mixed opinions." 2020-09-25_05:23:45.01818 Ivan> Tobias says, "For one thing, it's purely a country pack; no new mechanics." 2020-09-25_05:24:00.45287 Ivan> Tobias says, "A lot of people don't like that." 2020-09-25_05:25:01.81300 Ivan> Tobias says, "For another, the countries... they make a certain amount of sense, but a lot of people are going, 'Who asked for THIS?' Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria." 2020-09-25_05:26:12.13194 Ivan> Akio says, "That does make a ton of sense, actually, as all three countries are... they're minor powers, but I watch a fair number of HoI replays and autoplays and suchly and all three tend to be important at one time or another in more games than not." 2020-09-25_05:26:25.92817 Ivan> Akio says, "Maybe not so much Turkey, but definitely Greece and Bulgaria." 2020-09-25_05:26:43.09004 Ivan> Tobias says, "Turkey is the second-most played non-tree'd minor power in the game." 2020-09-25_05:26:55.10546 Ivan> Akio says, "I didn't actually know that." 2020-09-25_05:27:07.62611 Ivan> Akio says, "In that case they make perfect sense." 2020-09-25_05:27:25.83228 Ivan> Tobias says, "The most played, apparently, is Brazil." 2020-09-25_05:27:34.64247 Ivan> Akio asks, "... why?" 2020-09-25_05:27:48.70715 Ivan> Akio asks, "I mean... why?" 2020-09-25_05:27:55.92483 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Terry Gilliam fans" 2020-09-25_05:28:52.46799 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'm guessing because Brazil has a lot of breathing space in South America, and a lot of room to develop a regional empire or hegemony, or ally with Allies or Axis for a piece of the pie." 2020-09-25_05:29:30.92603 Ivan> Akio says, "That's true, although the non-tree'd powers are so... generic." 2020-09-25_05:29:41.78032 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yes." 2020-09-25_05:29:44.59868 Ivan> Akio says, "The generic tree isn't ineffective but its extremely bleh." 2020-09-25_05:30:12.36993 Ivan> Tobias says, "You have to remember though that there aren't a ton of really interesting non-tree'd nations left." 2020-09-25_05:31:17.47585 Ivan> Akio says, "Yeah, HOI4, much like EU, is really entering late-stage Paradox Christmas Tree mode." 2020-09-25_05:31:51.34835 Ivan> Tobias says, "HOI4's a lot younger though." 2020-09-25_05:33:19.41007 Ivan> Tobias says, "Meanwhile people are still in shock that Paradox, with CK3, has produced... a complete, fully-baked, playable game at launch." 2020-09-25_05:33:29.21018 Ivan> Akio asks, "Right?" 2020-09-25_05:33:40.21685 Ivan> Akio says, "I mean... it definitely needs some work." 2020-09-25_05:33:49.04184 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Oh, did I tell you what happened in the Ireland game?" 2020-09-25_05:34:08.69346 Ivan> Tobias says, "So Brian dropped dead early, at 50." 2020-09-25_05:34:11.02578 Ivan> Akio says, "No! I thought due to the fact that your life was a never-ending pile of neuroses you hadn't returned to King Brian yet." 2020-09-25_05:34:19.90527 Ivan> Akio says, "You were hoping he'd do something like that." 2020-09-25_05:34:34.47031 Ivan> Chris-hotep blames Mike for his downloading the game. 2020-09-25_05:34:44.03805 Ivan> Tobias says, "His son Easan took the ducal title." 2020-09-25_05:35:16.70748 Ivan> Tobias says, "Easan is a good steward AND he is as slippery as a bag of eels." 2020-09-25_05:35:33.83535 Ivan> Tobias says, "He also has the military ability of a rock." 2020-09-25_05:35:52.82234 Ivan> Akio says, "You were gonna do that anyway, Brem. Don't lie to us. :)" 2020-09-25_05:36:08.09566 Ivan> Akio says, "With those stats you don't NEED military ability, you can recruit a good Marshal." 2020-09-25_05:36:15.53327 Ivan> Akio says, "Or simply murder your enemies." 2020-09-25_05:36:29.45020 Ivan> Tobias says, "This was problematic due to the coming crusade and the fact that his road to retaking the throne was going to involve some war." 2020-09-25_05:36:47.73360 Ivan> Tobias says, "So I solved it in an elegant way." 2020-09-25_05:37:40.14096 Ivan> Akio asks, "Kidnapping the pope?" 2020-09-25_05:39:27.75546 Ivan> Tobias says, "The Duchess of Leinster, Sulcar Custenin, was appointed marshal by King Brian during his reign, because she has a Martial skill of 26 and about 4 different specialty traits like 'Siege Engineer' and 'Tough Campaigner'." 2020-09-25_05:39:47.64715 Ivan> Tobias says, "She is basically an unstoppable juggernaut." 2020-09-25_05:40:03.19541 Ivan> Tobias says, "Her husband was old." 2020-09-25_05:40:35.88830 Ivan> Tobias says, "Easan quietly had him murdered, then seduced her, then married her." 2020-09-25_05:40:57.28213 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Royal MILF hunter." 2020-09-25_05:40:58.92051 Ivan> Akio says, "-Nice-." 2020-09-25_05:41:29.92676 Ivan> Akio asks, "wait, hold on, isn't this the bitch who betrayed Brian?" 2020-09-25_05:41:31.48268 Ivan> Tobias says, "So now my wife is the Marshal, and I have her talents AND her troops on my side." 2020-09-25_05:41:36.03377 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yes." 2020-09-25_05:44:07.29819 Ivan> Akio asks, "I take it the plan is to make a few more strategic alliances, maybe bump off your usurping uncle, and then press your claim by force?" 2020-09-25_05:44:22.43411 Ivan> Tobias says, "Also I have three French countesses stashed in my prison that I'm trying to find a use for." 2020-09-25_05:44:41.07813 Ivan> Akio asks, "... how'd that happen?" 2020-09-25_05:44:41.75133 Ivan> Tobias exclaims, "Pretty much!" 2020-09-25_05:44:55.12973 Ivan> Akio says, "Also, I've seen that porno." 2020-09-25_05:46:25.05181 Ivan> Tobias says, "I had an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor which brought me briefly into a war with France, my part of which consisted of landing on the coast, taking Bayeux after a brief siege, then sailing home with the loot and captives before the French army could come up." 2020-09-25_05:46:53.11948 Ivan> Akio says, "Well, I mean." 2020-09-25_05:47:02.74425 Ivan> Akio says, "You can always trade prisoners for coin." 2020-09-25_05:47:12.69545 Ivan> Akio says, "And if you're an Intrigue guy you should always need coin." 2020-09-25_05:47:19.32632 Ivan> Tobias says, "Actually, you can't always." 2020-09-25_05:47:52.63352 Ivan> Tobias says, "You can only do it if there's someone with money willing to ransom them from you. Which often there isn't." 2020-09-25_05:48:28.30919 Ivan> Tobias says, "You can always ransom them for a hook on them, though." 2020-09-25_05:49:24.85389 Ivan> Tobias says, "Also daaaaaaang these bishops." 2020-09-25_05:50:01.35898 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "??" 2020-09-25_05:50:57.94609 Ivan> Tobias says, "Like every year I get a notice informing me that Catholicism has lost 10 fervor because Archbishop-Elector so-and-so got caught banging twin 14-year-old prostitute nuns at a midnight orgy." 2020-09-25_05:52:01.28124 Ivan> Tobias says, "And you know what that means... HERESY TIME." 2020-09-25_05:52:36.64005 Ivan> Chris-hotep exclaims, "Time to make your own religion!" 2020-09-25_05:52:49.29604 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "With hookers! And blackjack!" 2020-09-25_05:53:58.07613 Ivan> Tobias says, "The low countries have seen an eruption of the SCOURGE OF LOLLARDY." 2020-09-25_05:55:35.36935 Ivan> Akio says, "You know from the replays I've seen that seems to be a big thing with the normal start." 2020-09-25_05:55:46.44560 Ivan> Tobias says, "I really do like how they've done religion." 2020-09-25_05:55:46.71080 Ivan> Akio says, "It isn't always the same one, you get Lollards, Cathars, etc." 2020-09-25_05:55:58.05951 Ivan> Akio says, "But the low countries seem to be a popular heresy starting point." 2020-09-25_05:56:30.78121 Ivan> Tobias says, "There are are some really WEIRD heresies that can pop up." 2020-09-25_05:56:56.85941 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Like what?" 2020-09-25_05:57:27.93554 Ivan> Tobias says, "There's the Adamites, who don't believe in things like wearing clothing." 2020-09-25_05:58:20.90796 Finn> Shiori says, "And thud" 2020-09-25_05:58:39.04833 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected. 2020-09-25_05:58:39.22259 Aerianne has disconnected 2020-09-25_06:00:22.92118 Ivan> Tobias says, "There's the Paulicians, who deny the divinity of Christ and think Paul of Tarsus had the true form of Christianity." 2020-09-25_06:01:37.53122 Ivan> Tobias says, "Waldensianism, which is basically Poverty Is Next To Godliness." 2020-09-25_06:03:20.76376 Ivan> Tobias says, "And of course who could forget Messalianism, which is 'Find Christ via sex, lots of sex, constantly'." 2020-09-25_06:06:50.73943 Ivan> Tobias says, "The Christian faiths are sort of interesting in that the big, established ones all have a trait called 'Ecumenism', which makes them treat other faiths who also have Ecumenism as just erring rather than hostile." 2020-09-25_06:09:18.39709 Ivan> Tobias says, "So, for example, the Catholics, Coptics, Orthodox, Apostolics, etc are all fairly civil to each other... but much, much less civil to the Nestorians or the various heresy sects." 2020-09-25_06:10:33.29574 Ivan> Tobias says, "The Muslim faiths have something similar, but theirs is divided down the Sunni/Shia split." 2020-09-25_06:12:20.69862 Ivan> Tobias says, "You can also sometimes see dead faiths from the past pop up as heresies." 2020-09-25_06:13:01.38592 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "DONATISTS" 2020-09-25_06:48:05.22219 Finn> Mike has disconnected. 2020-09-25_06:48:05.39639 Mike has disconnected 2020-09-25_08:55:10.23335 Finn> Hotaru says, "For interested parties: https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/dragons-lair-the-movies-that-never-were/" 2020-09-25_09:11:22.09899 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-25_09:12:22.19488 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-25_09:12:22.36900 ## All done. ## 2020-09-25_12:00:58.56882 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-25_12:01:29.13058 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-25_12:17:01.46609 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-25_12:17:01.64041 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-25_16:23:11.69768 Finn> Samantha says, "because it's 2020, higurashi is back." 2020-09-25_16:24:37.26065 Finn> Kiara says, "Yaaay." 2020-09-25_16:42:21.34218 Finn> Samantha says, "now here's a title i'll avoid like the plague: Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle Rhyme Anima" 2020-09-25_17:02:54.25311 Finn> Samantha says, "so, to follow up on the tide pods challange, now tiktok brings you the benadryl challange" 2020-09-25_17:03:14.66561 Finn> Samantha says, "that's all you need to know to know it's going to get someone killed" 2020-09-25_18:19:01.54380 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "sheesh" 2020-09-25_18:44:23.21726 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected. 2020-09-25_18:44:23.43105 The_Prof has disconnected 2020-09-25_18:57:34.33794 Finn> Samantha says, "peter grill, oddly enough it only really gets interesting at the end." 2020-09-25_18:57:43.73514 Finn> Samantha says, "most of its run, as skeevy as you'd expect" 2020-09-25_18:58:42.06179 Finn> Samantha says, "at the very very very very end, they turn a few ideas on its head, by introducing goblins that rape men, and at the very end, what looks like a female Gutz from berzerk who calls Peter her older brother." 2020-09-25_18:59:18.79801 Finn> Samantha says, "these are ideas worth pursuing. but the series is over." 2020-09-25_19:07:46.08458 Finn> Samantha says, "SNAFU ends well enough. and with an actual decision and confession." 2020-09-25_19:08:09.14095 Finn> Samantha says, "a Komachi spinoff would be fine. but the original story's come to a good stopping point." 2020-09-25_19:13:57.74153 Finn> Samantha says, "new lower decks, a TON of star trek easter eggs and callbacks" 2020-09-25_19:18:31.25557 Finn> Samantha says, "kid gets suspended from virtual classroom because he had a BB gun in the background. come on ow." 2020-09-25_19:30:49.98118 Finn> Don Drooleone asks, "where are you snagging lower decks eps at?" 2020-09-25_19:31:30.19373 Finn> The_Prof has connected. 2020-09-25_19:31:48.83853 Finn> Samantha says, "ettv" 2020-09-25_19:32:00.21187 The_Prof has reconnected 2020-09-25_19:32:07.23902 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "ah" 2020-09-25_19:32:18.39162 Finn> Samantha says, "merc pointed me to a URL that's not blocked by comcast" 2020-09-25_19:35:04.36896 Finn> Samantha says, "this week's lower decks, also VERY trek" 2020-09-25_19:36:23.71298 Finn> Samantha says, "railgun finale was good enough. i always welcome more misaka clone appearances." 2020-09-25_19:39:52.27364 Finn> Hotaru says, "Uzaki-chan gets a second season." 2020-09-25_19:39:58.76321 Finn> Samantha says, "that show was okay" 2020-09-25_19:40:13.18732 Finn> Samantha says, "the only thing skeevy was uzaki's character design" 2020-09-25_19:54:43.43118 Finn> Hotaru says, "So Right Stuf licensed Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei about 2 years ago and there's been nothing at all about it." 2020-09-25_19:55:02.51160 Finn> Hotaru says, "They just said that the Japanaes studio has LOST ALL THE ORIGINAL SCRIPTS." 2020-09-25_19:55:23.71195 Finn> David says, "Huh" 2020-09-25_19:55:24.82548 Finn> Hotaru says, "So they are having to translate something as insanely pun-filled and complex as that anime... by ear." 2020-09-25_19:55:39.71101 Finn> Hotaru says, "It's taking a while." 2020-09-25_20:02:56.78209 Finn> Harrowhark says, "My understanding of the translation industry for both anime and manga is that the really good translators, people who can read or listen to the language like a native... can make much much bigger money elsewhere as salaried professionals. Which leaves you with people who KIND OF speak and read the language." 2020-09-25_20:11:36.34950 Finn> Samantha says, ""yikes 2020-09-25_20:22:12.58227 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "wow, that sucks" 2020-09-25_21:07:48.27356 Finn> Hotaru says, "There's a Bakarina VN coming out next year. That said, Japan gonna Japan." 2020-09-25_21:08:03.21340 Finn> Hotaru says, "All the guys get romance routes, and they add a new guy. No routes for any of the girls." 2020-09-25_21:08:10.94895 Finn> Hotaru says, "It is aggressively het." 2020-09-25_21:08:27.15618 Finn> Hotaru says, "It almost says "fuck you, lesbians" but not quite." 2020-09-25_21:09:02.60363 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's weird, given everything else" 2020-09-25_21:09:35.71763 Finn> Samantha asks, "UN?" 2020-09-25_21:09:51.93979 Finn> Hotaru says, "Visual Novel." 2020-09-25_21:10:00.63592 Finn> Hotaru says, "You know, an otome game." 2020-09-25_21:10:06.52821 Finn> Hotaru says, "Like the one Bakarina is in." 2020-09-25_21:10:10.85167 Finn> Hotaru says, "Sort of." 2020-09-25_21:11:23.08644 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-25_21:12:23.14320 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-25_21:12:23.31728 ## All done. ## 2020-09-25_21:13:55.25633 Finn> Samantha says, "the one part of captain tyler that doesn't age well: him bringing an AI woman to orgasm" 2020-09-25_21:22:21.46556 Finn> Harrowhark says, "This is the neatest thing I learned today:" 2020-09-25_21:22:58.22632 Finn> Harrowhark says, "When the banknotes for the Euro were designed, they used non-existent bridges in styles common to most of Europe for the pictures on them, to avoid having to choose between countries." 2020-09-25_21:23:25.48268 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed them ALL for the Netherlands by building them all across a single canal." 2020-09-25_21:23:27.05786 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Did the countries build bridges to match the note?" 2020-09-25_21:23:31.65724 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yup." 2020-09-25_21:23:49.64629 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "hahaha" 2020-09-25_21:25:09.94665 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Meghan Markle reportedly has serious ambitions to run for president'" 2020-09-25_21:25:24.97725 Finn> Hotaru says, "Mad respect for King George III's long game." 2020-09-25_21:25:35.21762 Finn> Mike says, "'Serious'." 2020-09-25_21:25:50.14354 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I mean." 2020-09-25_21:25:57.64584 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Trump got elected, Mike." 2020-09-25_21:26:02.76294 Finn> Hotaru says, "The source is the New York Post, so... take it as the bullshit it likely is." 2020-09-25_21:26:05.51050 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The Presidency really CAN be held by anyone now." 2020-09-25_21:27:39.77301 Finn> Mike asks, "Does anyone know if Adobe has imploded Flash or something?" 2020-09-25_21:29:01.96719 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it's going to be effectively discontinued at the end of this year" 2020-09-25_21:29:53.42138 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it will stop working in chrome by december of this year, and apparently microsoft is going to do the same with edge" 2020-09-25_21:30:37.32650 Finn> Mike says, "Both of my parents have versions of mahjong they play in it, and both have abruptly ceased working." 2020-09-25_21:30:59.44370 Finn> Mike says, "And I'm at a loss to tell why." 2020-09-25_21:31:27.56531 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "https://www.zdnet.com/article/safari-14-removes-flash-gets-support-for-breach-alerts-http3-and-webp/" 2020-09-25_21:36:50.04894 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Flash be going away." 2020-09-25_21:57:20.72405 Finn> Hotaru says, "Angry Oregairu fans saying they will buy the final volume in English just to burn it." 2020-09-25_21:57:39.34380 Finn> Hotaru says, "Haven't seen that since Bleach's ending." 2020-09-25_21:59:03.51608 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Man, you know, Bleach and Naruto at least shambled to some sort of ending. One Piece? Keeps on keepin' on." 2020-09-25_21:59:38.53229 Finn> Hotaru says, "One Piece has no romance, so the fandom is smaller but more sensible." 2020-09-25_21:59:50.02890 Finn> Hotaru exclaims, "Vol. 94 came out in English last month!" 2020-09-25_22:00:41.66201 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "One Piece, according to its creator, is only half-done" 2020-09-25_22:00:50.98795 Finn> Hotaru says, "No, that was a while back." 2020-09-25_22:01:03.40371 Finn> Harrowhark says, "still tho." 2020-09-25_22:01:12.24367 Finn> Hotaru says, "He's saying it should start the final arc after this current one, though that final arc will take years." 2020-09-25_22:03:11.53169 Finn> Hotaru says, "The current longest series in Jump that are still running and are not "the author is disabled and posts a chapter when he can" like Hunter x Hunter: One Piece (1997), My Hero Academia (2014), Black Clover (2015), We Never Learn (2017), and Dr. Stone (2017)." 2020-09-25_22:03:28.10878 Finn> Hotaru says, "Everything else in the magazine is less than 3 years old." 2020-09-25_22:04:15.08056 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Sean, I offer this to you for no better reason than that it's amusing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alSMeoBDZao" 2020-09-25_22:06:16.93975 Finn> Hotaru says, "That is amusing. Nice cameo too." 2020-09-25_22:06:32.01315 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That is of course the One Punch Man theme." 2020-09-25_22:06:43.67553 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Although it does sound like Fate fight music." 2020-09-25_22:11:39.02606 Finn> Hotaru laughs. "John/Merc: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26651101" 2020-09-25_22:13:56.13930 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That croissant rant already made this worth clicking on." 2020-09-25_22:15:50.47607 Finn> Hotaru says, "The author is known for crack fics and hating Geordo/Jeord." 2020-09-25_22:16:28.73381 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "How can anyone hate Gerald?" 2020-09-25_22:16:41.13492 Finn> Harrowhark says, "He's the most cinnamon roll-y of the boys." 2020-09-25_22:20:16.73058 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-25_22:20:20.60125 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "He's the least cinnamon roll-y" 2020-09-25_22:20:30.98427 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Gerald is the traditional Shoujo lead." 2020-09-25_22:20:46.42370 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-25_22:22:06.10689 Finn> Hotaru says, "No, that's Geordo. Merc means Gerald. It would have been Gerard, but he walked the Pattern at the center of Sorcier's castle." 2020-09-25_22:24:13.64455 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The version of Nine Princes in Amber starring Katarina would end with her hugging Chaos into submission" 2020-09-25_22:32:52.28283 Finn> Kiara says, "And the Logrus becoming her pet puppy. :)" 2020-09-25_22:33:08.70140 Finn> Hotaru says, "I mean, that's basically canon. :)" 2020-09-25_22:33:16.10377 Finn> Hotaru says, "We will see it in S2." 2020-09-25_22:35:57.59687 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "New Season of Log Horizon in January" 2020-09-25_22:36:01.02860 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I am excited" 2020-09-25_22:36:15.77334 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "oh sweet" 2020-09-25_22:36:16.27756 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-25_22:36:16.45174 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-25_22:38:41.72638 Finn> Hotaru asks, "I assume they will have to finally relase V 12 in Japan?" 2020-09-25_22:38:54.15519 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I would assume." 2020-09-25_22:38:54.32939 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Rather than announcing it then pulling it for a THIRD time?" 2020-09-25_22:40:14.03165 Finn> Samantha says, "NIER automata on sale for $19. on the one hand, i hear it is an awesome game. on the other hand, already know that all the endings to the game are monsterously depressing, and i'm not really in the mood for that" 2020-09-25_22:40:49.26168 Finn> Hotaru says, "I like to imagine Shakespeare, at home, quoting his own lines in everyday life. Like, he's eating and his cat gets mad and hisses at him and he says "Do you bite your thumb at me, sir?"" 2020-09-25_22:41:17.04985 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Nier Automata is great." 2020-09-25_22:42:58.63308 Finn> Hotaru says, "I assume Log Horizon S3 will mix up the two books like it did with 6-8. So we don't get 6 episodes of just Kanami and Krusty before we get back to our main cast." 2020-09-25_22:45:32.87745 Finn> Samantha says, "oh there we go. Greedfall on sale 75% off. i'm in on that" 2020-09-25_22:51:13.58277 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Sen. Booker on Justice Ginsburg replacement: "I think Democrats are gonna continue to appeal to the sense of honor that when someone gives their word, as Lindsey Graham did, that they can't just break it."'" 2020-09-25_22:55:57.11588 Finn> Samantha says, "log horizon, another loli-prone anime" 2020-09-25_22:56:02.21098 Finn> Alaia laughs in Republican 2020-09-25_22:56:35.77986 Finn> Samantha says, "sweet blue flowers - aged well. shinobuden - much worse than i remember." 2020-09-25_22:59:06.98979 Finn> David snorts. "If he breaks it then anything they say in the future, disregard." 2020-09-25_22:59:12.28453 Finn> David says, "They won't care though" 2020-09-25_23:01:34.31835 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Sweet Blue Flowers?" 2020-09-25_23:09:05.80998 Finn> Samantha says, "aoi hana i believe wsa the original name" 2020-09-25_23:09:10.48237 Finn> Samantha says, "yuri romance" 2020-09-25_23:17:02.48480 Finn> David says, "Sad little man." 2020-09-26_00:39:19.21893 Finn> Samantha says, "for a moment i thought Q sounded a bit off in lower decks." 2020-09-26_00:39:27.29470 Finn> Aerianne has connected. 2020-09-26_00:39:36.99715 Finn> Samantha says, "gotta remember it's been years since de lancie did Q" 2020-09-26_00:39:58.10332 Aerianne has connected 2020-09-26_00:40:02.98917 Finn> Samantha says, "I did like how mariner was like 'nope! got no time for Q bullshit!'" 2020-09-26_00:42:02.43573 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I liked Rutherford's "mission."" 2020-09-26_00:42:17.98134 Finn> Harrowhark says, "'Oh no! GORN WEDDING.'" 2020-09-26_00:42:53.04283 Finn> Harrowhark says, "People think deLancie was playing him more like Discord." 2020-09-26_00:43:09.89368 Finn> Samantha asks, "what, the video chat program?" 2020-09-26_00:44:07.73063 Finn> Harrowhark says, "No, his character from My Little Pony." 2020-09-26_00:47:53.53216 Finn> Samantha says, "never watched" 2020-09-26_00:48:48.00291 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I also really liked Boimler's speech at the trial." 2020-09-26_00:57:36.73446 Finn> Samantha says, "i'm on mariner's side. when you say 'send a message', that's a warning shot" 2020-09-26_00:58:39.30274 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Right?" 2020-09-26_00:58:49.92200 Finn> Harrowhark says, "'You said send a message, that means phasers!'" 2020-09-26_00:59:15.16885 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Mariner's mom doesn't know her real well." 2020-09-26_00:59:28.28853 Finn> Samantha says, "mariner's mom is a bit lacking, really" 2020-09-26_01:01:08.38409 Finn> Chel says, "she's failed as a captain several times" 2020-09-26_01:01:39.69690 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "Okay, where my space peeps who aren't Rod at?" 2020-09-26_01:03:07.35008 Finn> Chel says, "because life day is a thing in star wars, here's a holiday trooper action figure that's really going to be for sale. https://starwarsblog.starwars.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/star-wars-hasbro-black-series-range-trooper-holiday-01-box-j983u.jpg" 2020-09-26_01:03:14.28709 Finn> Mike has connected. 2020-09-26_01:03:44.83198 Mike has reconnected 2020-09-26_01:04:02.02672 Finn> Chel says, "if that was the santa trooper, i suppose this is the elf trooper. https://starwarsblog.starwars.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/star-wars-hasbro-black-series-sith-trooper-holiday-01-box-h982t4.jpg" 2020-09-26_01:04:03.45076 Ivan> Akio says, "Well, of course the Empire would be part of the War on Christmas." 2020-09-26_01:04:21.50644 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Manny is on deck" 2020-09-26_01:05:27.07484 Finn> Chel says, "and there's the announcement i was waiting for: ahsoka's clone wars saber is going into mass production" 2020-09-26_01:05:55.25744 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's three of four. We'll give Count Bremula a bit." 2020-09-26_01:06:15.07754 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected. 2020-09-26_01:06:15.25174 The_Prof has disconnected 2020-09-26_01:06:38.56916 Finn> Alaia exclaims, "Blood for the blood spiders!" 2020-09-26_01:06:53.86652 Finn> Chel says, "tho as an FX elite saber, which means it will cost around $300" 2020-09-26_01:07:03.77895 Finn> Chel says, "tho it will have many bells and whistles" 2020-09-26_01:08:01.44064 Finn> That's all of you! 2020-09-26_01:08:19.74816 Finn> I will not require a Destiny roll this session unless you all want it. 2020-09-26_01:09:31.60085 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "I'm good with keeping all the lights." 2020-09-26_01:09:59.00129 Finn> Blue heads off to make contact with Fulcrum-Celanon. The rest of you hang around the spaceport, presumably? 2020-09-26_01:10:26.09153 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "we're at the the rebel hideout right now, yeah?" 2020-09-26_01:10:35.58638 Ivan> Akio says, "No, not even close." 2020-09-26_01:10:43.13683 Ivan> Akio says, "You're on Celanon, Min's old homwworld." 2020-09-26_01:10:43.63625 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "the hell are we again?" 2020-09-26_01:10:47.93952 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "oh" 2020-09-26_01:11:12.42915 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac looks for any interesting music stores in the spaceport while we wait. 2020-09-26_01:11:40.80439 Finn> Chel asks, "Hey Min, any place interesting we ought visit around here?" 2020-09-26_01:12:07.20025 Finn> Min says, "Well, I guess it depends what you call interesting." 2020-09-26_01:12:40.53395 Finn> Chel says, "games, scenery, booze and voyerism." 2020-09-26_01:13:36.44941 Finn> Sadly, Manny, Celanon is too developed a world for there to be anything REALLY interesting in the spaceport. The music stores are all full of Core Drive, the Superconducting Supercolliders, lots of mainstream mass-produced Core Pop. The closest they get to anything is Rancid the Hutt. 2020-09-26_01:14:00.53483 Finn> Min says, "Tourist stuff, the Governor's Palace and the old Moatoan cathedrals. We're having the meeting in one of those last, so you'll see one up close. I could tell you a bunch of places for booze and voyeurism but they're all either owned by the Family or heavily patronized by em." 2020-09-26_01:14:01.75933 Finn> And only his censored-for-humans albums without the genuine Kowalkian Monkey Lizard backup singers. 2020-09-26_01:15:13.48475 Finn> The spaceport is the same as a million other spaceports you've ever been to. This one is cleaner and better organized, you think. 2020-09-26_01:15:22.09608 Finn> Chel says, "Hnnnn." 2020-09-26_01:15:43.55632 Finn> Alaia says, "It's probably better to lay low until we get updated on the local situation." 2020-09-26_01:16:01.21688 Finn> Chel says, "righto" 2020-09-26_01:17:32.88671 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac sighs sadly at the music available. "This world is being starved of good music. It's sad." 2020-09-26_01:18:05.64239 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It's no wonder there are huge crime syndicates here; too much listening to the Superconducting Supercolliders would drive anyone to theft and murder." 2020-09-26_01:18:48.89750 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I guess we could get something to eat fresher than what we usually can make on the ship." 2020-09-26_01:18:54.13670 Finn> Min says, "Syndicate. Just the one. And the Family doesn't really go in for theft and murder." 2020-09-26_01:19:27.06632 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Spice and brothels?" 2020-09-26_01:20:53.87817 Finn> Min says, "Soft crime for local earnings and underworld control. Vice and the like. The big money, though, is managing the smuggling that flows through the Celanon hub." 2020-09-26_01:22:45.14970 Finn> Min then frowns. "Which makes this..." she waves her hand at the cockpit window, "...odd and a bit worrying." 2020-09-26_01:23:14.52108 Finn> R3 boops and beeps that this place probably had a lot going on than even the Family probably knew about, since it's situated between Dathomir and Mandalore and the Corporate Sector with a straight run to the Core and to Ord Mantell. 2020-09-26_01:23:53.85911 Finn> Min says, "I used to have as good a feel for this port as anyone, and right now... everything feels buttoned down." 2020-09-26_01:24:37.04416 Finn> Chel looks around 2020-09-26_01:24:41.82827 Finn> Chel asks, "think it's.... a trap?" 2020-09-26_01:25:23.29701 Finn> Alaia looks up from the delicate carving work she's doing. "Our one-eyed friend's a calamity in a can. Smart criminals can sense trouble brewing." 2020-09-26_01:25:44.72599 Finn> Min says, "There's not nearly the sort of under-the-table business going on out there that there was when I left. Barely any. It's creepy. I can't tell if the Empire's cracked down or if the Pykes are just rerouting shipping." 2020-09-26_01:26:14.88969 Finn> Min says, "Fulcrum can probably tell us more." 2020-09-26_01:26:28.11808 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "There may be some Imperial thing going on." 2020-09-26_01:26:28.48604 Finn> After some hours of watching ships set down and lift off, Blue returns. 2020-09-26_01:26:34.61219 Finn> Blue says, "What a BITCH." 2020-09-26_01:27:00.49273 Finn> Min says, "High praise." 2020-09-26_01:27:08.41432 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Is she insisting on meeting at the bottom of a steel drum in a sea of oil?" 2020-09-26_01:27:13.08553 Finn> Blue says, "... sure." 2020-09-26_01:27:56.97276 Finn> Blue says, "No, the meeting is arranged. Top Cop is jumpier than a mynock that just bit into your central power hub." 2020-09-26_01:28:32.36130 Finn> Min says, "Not without reason." 2020-09-26_01:28:32.53551 Finn> Blue says, "First she doesn't believe my bona fides, plays dumb. Then she starts demanding all sorts of answers from me, makes a few threats before we talk like... civilized women." 2020-09-26_01:29:27.19673 Finn> Min says, "With drawn weapons, you mean?" 2020-09-26_01:29:27.37108 Finn> Chel asks, "so did you give'er the lightning?" 2020-09-26_01:30:25.88832 Finn> Blue says, "No, I'll give her that much." 2020-09-26_01:30:27.23441 Finn> Alaia says, "Paranoid little me wouldn't be surprised if she's under the kind of pressure that comes with the unkind attention of the imperial eye." 2020-09-26_01:31:05.06373 Finn> Blue says, "She did the thing cops love to do with us IPKC holders." 2020-09-26_01:31:15.71443 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Shake you down for a bribe?" 2020-09-26_01:31:40.05743 Finn> Blue says, "'I could have you held on all sorts of reasons, I could make you wait for a month while I verify you with Coruscant, you think you can come onto MY turn,' you know how it goes." 2020-09-26_01:31:55.91894 Finn> Min says, "Oh yes." 2020-09-26_01:32:14.87215 Finn> Min says, "I won't miss THAT part of an IPKC." 2020-09-26_01:32:19.41396 Finn> Blue says, "Not sure she believe Command sent me." 2020-09-26_01:33:09.08175 Finn> Min says, "That's unfortunate, because my presence is likely to stretch her belief even further." 2020-09-26_01:33:12.65298 Finn> Blue says, "You all need to keep your heads down, by the way, because you are LIT UP on the local bounty boards." 2020-09-26_01:33:24.29226 Finn> Blue says, "Except her," she nods to Min. 2020-09-26_01:33:27.01720 Finn> Chel says, "shit." 2020-09-26_01:33:39.96059 Finn> Chel says, "I knew I shoulda worn a helmet when we did jobs." 2020-09-26_01:34:06.98103 Finn> Alaia says, "Her on the board would make things difficult for old green eye." 2020-09-26_01:34:44.19139 Finn> Min says, "I think the only person beside you who's left the ship is Manny, and thankfully most species have a bit of trouble telling Sullustans apart." 2020-09-26_01:34:54.30591 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I'll put on the green suit I never wear." 2020-09-26_01:38:37.57473 Finn> Blue goes and rents a nondescript speeder with a roof and a window tint just this side of illegal. 2020-09-26_01:39:48.76506 Finn> Min says, "I guess we wait on the ship til night, then, and go to the meeting." 2020-09-26_01:40:33.42872 Finn> Alaia readies her spider nun outfit, mark one, with mask and veil to cover her lekku for the evening's excursion. 2020-09-26_01:40:40.31145 Finn> Min says, "Make sure you all tell her not to freak out before I take off the hood." 2020-09-26_01:40:46.38227 Finn> Dory and R3 spent a lot of time hogging the comm array. 2020-09-26_01:40:53.14206 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac does his best to look less obviously like himself. 2020-09-26_01:41:07.28537 Finn> Chel puts on her dark brown hooded poncho. 2020-09-26_01:41:09.36326 Finn> Blue says, "You look like one of those ultraconservative clan matriarchs, Nera." 2020-09-26_01:41:27.81339 Finn> Blue says, "You know, 'if the boys see the tips of your lekku you are RUINED for MARRIAGE.'" 2020-09-26_01:41:34.89572 Finn> Min says, "All we need is for her to panic and try to put a blaster bolt in me while comming for backup." 2020-09-26_01:42:11.22714 Finn> Alaia snickers. "I'll also be wearing lekku liners, so no free shows." 2020-09-26_01:43:39.16302 Ivan> Chris-hotep reminds himself that no, they are not headpants. 2020-09-26_01:43:53.77671 Ivan> Akio says, "Whatever you need to think, man." 2020-09-26_01:44:30.10586 Finn> A light drizzle starts. The sun goes down. R3 and Dory get into a brief, quiet argument, and then Dory plugs into one of her dataports. Blue brings the speeder 'round. 2020-09-26_01:45:35.59725 Finn> Alaia gives R3 a questioning look, before putting on mask and veil, and applying some light make-up on what little skin's still visible. 2020-09-26_01:46:53.59864 Finn> Blue says, "You look like a Miriala- oh." 2020-09-26_01:47:02.66730 Finn> Blue says, "Clever." She nods approvingly. 2020-09-26_01:48:12.25223 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac is wearing a hideous lime-green version of his usual clothing, which makes it easy to see why he normally doesn't wear it. 2020-09-26_01:48:16.84914 Finn> Min says, "You look like you wandered away from your Remab Convent-Brothel." She's dressed in her 'tall fat jawa' robe over her armor. 2020-09-26_01:48:33.53196 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Uncle Kema will be pleased I got some use from this." 2020-09-26_01:48:57.32811 Finn> Alaia says, "That's the idea, Min." 2020-09-26_01:49:11.62790 Finn> I assume you all depart? 2020-09-26_01:49:26.13958 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac drives us to the target location. 2020-09-26_01:50:20.88069 Finn> Min says, "I don't actually know much about the Moatoan faith. Hardly any outsiders do. Everyone knows about the cathedrals, though. Empire shut em down after the war. The bigger ones have a caretaker priest." 2020-09-26_01:51:58.02220 Finn> Min says, "I know the Nalroni had or have a Force tradition of their own, but they refuse to discuss it. If you press the matter they just say it was primitive superstition that died out centuries ago as they became a civilized species." Her tone makes it clear she thinks that's less than truthful. 2020-09-26_01:52:14.63626 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "not to be mistaken for the Moe-tan church, which worshipped lolis" 2020-09-26_01:52:24.86968 Finn> Blue says, "The smarter species kept their mouths shut about that." 2020-09-26_01:52:47.34042 Finn> Blue says, "The Jedi had a real habit of bulldozing their way in and turning everything into an extension of themselves." 2020-09-26_01:53:15.01995 Finn> Blue says, "If the Sith didn't try that first." 2020-09-26_01:54:36.98157 Finn> Min says dryly, "Blue, I've seen you literally take control of a man's mind from orbit via witchcraft. I'm not sure the Dathomiri have room to talk about turning people into an extension of themselves." 2020-09-26_01:55:11.16101 Finn> Blue says, "Yeah, well, we don't pretend to be much else than what we are, do we?" 2020-09-26_01:55:33.29886 Finn> Min just looks at Blue. Then looks at Alaia. 2020-09-26_01:55:49.28947 Finn> Alaia looks back. Probably. 2020-09-26_01:55:58.60539 Finn> Min says, "Yeah, you two are the most transparent people I ever met, that's right. 2020-09-26_01:56:27.41961 Finn> Chel says, "because Force." 2020-09-26_01:56:36.60021 Finn> Celicity is a nice, modern city. Indeed, almost gleamingly modern; there's a lot of new construction, in shiny new Imperial durasteel in the new styles. You roll by one of those COMPNOR community centers, places where people can go to join up and work out and have sing-alongs and get free counseling and learn how to inform on their neighbors, that wasn't there seven years ago. 2020-09-26_01:57:03.77689 Finn> There are some of those propaganda billboards floating in the sky, too. 2020-09-26_01:57:31.78058 Finn> Min says, "This is the port side. The other side of the ridge, there's a lot less durasteel and a lot more wood and stone." 2020-09-26_01:57:43.02875 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "ya know, i'd love to have chel rock a guavian death helmet but painted grey. unfortunatley, i don't think the guavians exist yet." 2020-09-26_01:57:55.46680 Finn> Indeed, as Min says, as you climb the ridgeline, the construction changes; it gets older, but more organic. 2020-09-26_01:58:27.24573 Finn> Min should make an Average Streetwise check with a boost die. Everyone else should make a Hard one. 2020-09-26_01:59:11.02976 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Guavians?" 2020-09-26_01:59:38.91022 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "remember the guys in red that were chasing after han solo in the force awakens?" 2020-09-26_01:59:43.28662 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Wow, the purple dice don't like us." 2020-09-26_01:59:43.46082 Ivan> Akio says, "The Guavian Death Gang was in Force Awakens." 2020-09-26_01:59:55.45514 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "I like their helmets." 2020-09-26_02:00:04.26054 Finn> Manny? 2020-09-26_02:00:18.38801 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Manny is MADE OF FAIL" 2020-09-26_02:00:20.35693 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "according to the very few sources i can find online, they don't exist until after yavin" 2020-09-26_02:00:39.41305 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "What a shitty series of rolls." 2020-09-26_02:00:52.12277 Finn> You roll on up to one of the old Cathedrals, looming in the dark, out of the rain. Min directs Manny a safe spot to park the speeder where it'll be out of the way and not likely nicked. 2020-09-26_02:01:38.00772 Finn> You all can't help but notice that this place is huge, echoey, with a broken-down lichyard filled with cover. Nearly impossible to secure every single entrance and exit, or to stop someone from getting out of it. Not without a TON of men. 2020-09-26_02:02:55.49271 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Good for when you want to esure it's not a trap" 2020-09-26_02:03:13.73687 Finn> How do you all want to play this? 2020-09-26_02:03:20.96542 Finn> Min says, "There's a few alcoves inside where the echoes are minimal." 2020-09-26_02:04:04.39302 Finn> Chel says, "pretty place." 2020-09-26_02:04:26.01333 Finn> Mike asks, "OOC: Maybe leave one of Chel's remotes to watch for something like, say, a huge dragnet of mobsters converging?" 2020-09-26_02:04:47.56849 Finn> That can be done, although at night, in the Celanon rain? Hard to see much of anything. 2020-09-26_02:05:08.25021 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: I don't need their faces, just early warning that an army is coming." 2020-09-26_02:05:33.19781 Finn> It can be done, yes. 2020-09-26_02:05:53.55163 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac checks the sky for anything flying around. 2020-09-26_02:06:20.28511 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: Otherwise, unless anyone has any suggestions, I think the smart move is just to slip inside and wait openly for our friend to show up." 2020-09-26_02:06:22.92068 Finn> Make a Hard Vigilance check with two blacks, Manny. 2020-09-26_02:08:45.54086 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Slip inside as stealthily as possible, in case someone unfriendly is expecting us. Other than that, yeah. Can't really secure the place." 2020-09-26_02:09:02.82194 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Holy shit, 2 successes, though also 3 threat!" 2020-09-26_02:11:28.86028 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Also, I now have this mental image of our merry group as a band." 2020-09-26_02:12:11.77739 Ivan> Akio says, "'Good evening Celanon! We are... RAVEN'S TEETH!'" 2020-09-26_02:13:54.58944 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Manny on drums, Chel on bass, Min on guitar, Alaia on vocals." 2020-09-26_02:14:27.37104 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "There's a police gunship up in the fogbank." 2020-09-26_02:14:30.62971 Ivan> Akio says, "Manny is second guitar." 2020-09-26_02:14:35.89123 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Probably there as insurance." 2020-09-26_02:14:36.84981 Ivan> Akio says, "Because R3 is the drum machine." 2020-09-26_02:14:56.10783 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Don't wave at it, Chel." 2020-09-26_02:15:15.58664 Ivan> Akio LAUGHS AND LAUGHS. 2020-09-26_02:15:19.16861 Finn> Chel puts her hand down. 2020-09-26_02:15:30.83507 Finn> Min says, "Hm, well." She shrugs. 2020-09-26_02:15:32.38582 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Manny knew" 2020-09-26_02:15:44.24979 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Probably there as insurance in case this is a trap" 2020-09-26_02:16:05.40897 Finn> Min says, "Most likely." 2020-09-26_02:16:26.26391 Finn> You all proceed inside. The nave is... quiet. Peaceful. There's an abstract sort of carving up behind the altar that's nice to look at. Soothing. Somehow, it isn't clammy and damp in here, although there's the slow drip-drip-drip of water somewhere nearby. 2020-09-26_02:17:10.93689 Finn> Someone ha pulled up a bunch of the paving stones around the carving behind the altar and scraggly little flowers are growing in the cracks and thin dirt there. 2020-09-26_02:17:29.07907 Finn> Blue vanishes into the shadows almost as soon as you're inside. 2020-09-26_02:17:36.03670 Finn> Min looks around at the fox-faced statues of Nalroni saints and looks distant for a second, lost in memory. 2020-09-26_02:19:07.96252 Finn> Chel decides Blue had the right idea and follows suit 2020-09-26_02:19:29.76277 Finn> Everyone make a Hard Vigilance check with three blacks unless you have talents or powers which remove the blacks. 2020-09-26_02:21:09.67097 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Fail, though my luck was good enough it's just one fail" 2020-09-26_02:21:54.77754 Ivan> Tobias says, "Well that's one of those 'how do I interpret this' rolls." 2020-09-26_02:21:56.90626 Finn> How d'you want to spend that Triumph, Min? 2020-09-26_02:22:38.45111 Finn> Mike says, "OOC: It is not really possible for me to say, Merc, since you've given us no real information on what that check was even for." 2020-09-26_02:23:10.81482 Finn> Hmm, okay... 2020-09-26_02:24:53.00481 Finn> Quite suddenly, from the second level balcony surrounding the nave, a harsh spotlight lances down; the kind that's kept underslung from a blaster rifle, you think. It pinions Min and Chel specifically; they're silhoutted against a fallen chunk of rubble, easy targets. A harsh female voice calls out, "No sudden movements." 2020-09-26_02:25:25.11090 Finn> Min complies. 2020-09-26_02:26:06.98962 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "trump offers 'Platinum Deal' for african americans" 2020-09-26_02:26:22.33084 Ivan> Tobias asks, "wtf?" 2020-09-26_02:26:31.06798 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "??" 2020-09-26_02:26:52.94105 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "which includes nationalizing juneteenth, making lynching a federal crime, and 'rebuilding urban areas'" 2020-09-26_02:26:58.41870 Finn> The light sweeps back and forth; it seems to have a hard time settling on Alaia. "Where's the one who came by earlier?" the voice demands. "Your handler. The Bounty Hunter." 2020-09-26_02:26:59.30864 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac waits quietly. 2020-09-26_02:27:07.70799 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "We all know Trump won't do any of that." 2020-09-26_02:27:23.20598 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "and also, a crackdown on the KKK and Antifa. because we all know Antifa is hand in hand with the KKK" 2020-09-26_02:27:35.87311 Finn> There's a sharp, mocking laugh from Blue, and then suddenly the light goes out. 2020-09-26_02:27:40.82326 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Yeah, not gonna happen." 2020-09-26_02:27:54.77652 Ivan> Akio says, "Also the KKK, itself, barely exists anymore." 2020-09-26_02:28:08.95783 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "actually, the KKK has a large presence in texas" 2020-09-26_02:28:12.75681 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Would someone who isn't me like to answer her?" 2020-09-26_02:28:20.74997 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "it leads the nation in KKK membership" 2020-09-26_02:29:00.15905 Ivan> Tobias says, "As I can't really talk until someone tells her 'hey, don't panic when this person reveals themselves, this isn't a trap'." 2020-09-26_02:29:20.50484 Finn> About a minute later, a hard-faced woman wearing a police tactical combat rig, clutching a blaster rifle like a security blanket, appears down one of the side staircases. Blue follows behind her, looking smug. 2020-09-26_02:30:05.29504 Finn> Blue says, "Ladies, allow me to introduce CCPD Chief Gracia Chrobbtuit, Fulcrum-Celanon." 2020-09-26_02:30:34.84621 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, shortly, "I don't know how you can be so good and so BAD at tradecraft at the same time." 2020-09-26_02:31:02.17255 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Hello, hello." 2020-09-26_02:31:09.61183 Finn> Min gives a hooded nod. 2020-09-26_02:31:52.22504 Finn> Alaia slips out of her alcove, examining the woman. 2020-09-26_02:31:59.97433 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "You said there were four of'em, Blue." 2020-09-26_02:32:14.54451 Finn> Chel pops up behind Blue. "Hello." 2020-09-26_02:32:50.34749 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "I count the Mirialan, the Sullustan, the wannabe Mandalorian, and-" She jerks, nearly drops her rifle, spinning around into a crouch and settling into a firing stance. 2020-09-26_02:33:21.75334 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Son of a BITCH." 2020-09-26_02:34:06.11453 Ivan> Tobias says, "One of these days someone's going to shoot." 2020-09-26_02:34:18.16001 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "I look forward to it." 2020-09-26_02:34:37.00737 Finn> Min gives an impatient gesture to her companions. 2020-09-26_02:34:46.23338 Finn> Chel rolls her eyes and trundles to Min. 2020-09-26_02:35:50.12062 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "So that's the lot of you. What the shit does command want? You'd better be here to start lifting people." 2020-09-26_02:36:07.94977 Finn> Alaia says, "Please do not be alarmed. This is simply her way. And speaking of alarm, my wannabe Mandalorian associate will be removing her helmet now. Please do not shoot, this is not a trap." 2020-09-26_02:36:21.08046 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "... that sounds like trap talk." 2020-09-26_02:37:15.05751 Finn> Min pulls back her hood and pops her helmet. "Hello, Gracia. Been quite a few years. You look well." 2020-09-26_02:38:18.98233 Finn> Min says, "To answer your question, we're here to do something about my clone." 2020-09-26_02:38:38.29320 Finn> Min says, "Or whatever the fuck is on Sloan's arm." 2020-09-26_02:38:54.50121 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit drops her blaster rifle... as a distraction, while she goes for the holdout sidearm concealed up her sleeve. Or that'd be the idea, if it didn't make a 'click' noise when she pulls the trigger; Blue smiles, and holds up a power cell. 2020-09-26_02:39:20.44335 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit is about to go for her emergency comm when Min speaks, and then she pauses, eyeing you warily. 2020-09-26_02:39:35.63361 Finn> Alaia just sighs at the reaction. 2020-09-26_02:40:18.71600 Finn> Min says, "I'm getting the impression my double isn't great at making friends." 2020-09-26_02:40:27.07396 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit slowly approaches Min, sidling up with her body bladed away, so she can bolt if she needs to. 2020-09-26_02:40:40.92495 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac watches her quietly. 2020-09-26_02:40:48.06574 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Cybereyes can be covered with synthflesh real easy, Camlann." 2020-09-26_02:41:28.03380 Finn> Mike says, "Min says, "I wouldn't say EASY. I spend a day on the table recovering."" 2020-09-26_02:42:08.65143 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-26_02:42:08.82553 Ivan> Wombat falls asleep. 2020-09-26_02:42:08.82558 DaR> Michelle falls asleep. 2020-09-26_02:42:08.82559 tfp> Spellvis falls asleep. 2020-09-26_02:42:08.82560 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-26_02:42:09.73588 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit approaches Min. Shines a light on her. Frowns. 2020-09-26_02:42:43.13485 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "I'm gonna reach for my comm now. No free-fire order." 2020-09-26_02:44:20.77416 Finn> Min says, amiably, "Go ahead." 2020-09-26_02:44:21.91154 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says into her commlink, "This is the Chief. Evening eyes-on check." 2020-09-26_02:45:02.46802 Finn> A bunch of gibberish is her reply; a series of nonsensical phrases, "The bald Senator uses Rogain," "Ithorians got long necks," sort of thing. 2020-09-26_02:45:07.72175 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "Huh. there's a trivia bit. Dolly Pardon once lost a Dolly Pardon lookalike contest" 2020-09-26_02:45:10.67529 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-26_02:45:10.84959 Ivan> Wombat wakes up. 2020-09-26_02:45:10.84964 DaR> Michelle wakes up. 2020-09-26_02:45:10.84965 tfp> Spellvis wakes up. 2020-09-26_02:45:15.80355 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Shiiiiit." 2020-09-26_02:45:19.30218 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "What I miss?" 2020-09-26_02:45:25.11152 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "What the -fuck-." 2020-09-26_02:45:40.38261 Akemi has connected 2020-09-26_02:45:46.70829 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Min Camlann is buttoned up nice in the Don's townhouse." 2020-09-26_02:46:02.58239 Finn> Chel says, "neat trick." 2020-09-26_02:46:33.83954 Finn> Min says, "Nope. That THING is. Camlann may not be my real name but I intend to maintain ownership." 2020-09-26_02:46:41.84048 Finn> Alaia says, "That's because that thing isn't Min Camlann. This one is. Command alerted us to its presence here." 2020-09-26_02:47:28.67216 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Oh command did, did they? YOU'RE a Rebel. Min Camlann, the Separatist philosopher-baker." 2020-09-26_02:48:01.49436 Finn> Min says, "Philosopher-baker?" 2020-09-26_02:48:10.59474 Finn> Min says, "I like that." 2020-09-26_02:48:22.44862 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit pauses, and then sweeps her light over Alaia, squinting. "You're not Mirialan," she says. "You're a Twi'lek." Pause, mental math is done. "Kh'veek." 2020-09-26_02:48:29.77622 Ivan> Frito says, "You could always convince her by flicking on the lightsaber... :)" 2020-09-26_02:48:32.24999 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "You're fucking... Raven Cell." 2020-09-26_02:48:37.89011 Ivan> Sniper Ox o/ She's a Smoker, she's a toker, she's a midnight joker o/2020-09-26_02:48:51.86121 Finn> Alaia bows slightly. "In the flesh." 2020-09-26_02:48:53.39113 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "You're -Asset TSJ-." 2020-09-26_02:49:02.80771 Finn> Min says, "I see why they made you chief," with only faint sarcasm. 2020-09-26_02:49:10.48485 Finn> Chel asks, "what's a TSJ?" 2020-09-26_02:49:12.15551 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "That's us." 2020-09-26_02:49:24.57649 Finn> Alaia says, "Min is." 2020-09-26_02:49:45.70314 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "They made me Chief because I was the only one not in Kesserl or Accresker after the Sector Ranger boys got done with Galyarn and his cronies." 2020-09-26_02:49:54.27574 Finn> Chel says, "Deepthink Baker is a better codename than TSJ" 2020-09-26_02:50:26.73148 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Aaargh, bathroom, BBS" 2020-09-26_02:50:30.76963 Finn> Min says, "Poor old Galyarn. So amiably corrupt." 2020-09-26_02:50:53.80559 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Yeah, that got worse after you left." 2020-09-26_02:51:06.13334 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "He started taking COMPNOR money." 2020-09-26_02:51:20.82788 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Bet you know how THAT bargain goes." 2020-09-26_02:51:37.70101 Finn> Min says, "Yeah." Her voice is grim. "Yeah, I do." 2020-09-26_02:52:10.60426 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Not that I'm much better. Had to join myself." She grimaces. "Condition of promotion. 'Setting a good example.'" 2020-09-26_02:52:43.78116 Finn> Min says, "We need to know what the situation is here. Particularly around the Family. And 'Min Camlann'. When she popped up, what she's been doing." 2020-09-26_02:52:47.93798 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "The fuck are you HERE? I get the feeling it isn't to get my people out." 2020-09-26_02:53:10.32885 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit laughs. "Oh you want to know the SITUATION, do you?" 2020-09-26_02:53:33.91729 Finn> Min says, "Yes. I like to know what the fuck I'm doing before I act." 2020-09-26_02:53:54.49835 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "The situation is that we're fucked." 2020-09-26_02:54:54.66428 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "About a month, month and a half ago, all the big Imperial security agencies start sniffing around here. So do a couple of the big syndicates. I figure it's about that big, fat bounty you got put on your head." 2020-09-26_02:55:16.95068 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Figured you'd shot a Moff for a Vigo or something, got sloppy, they pulled your IPKC." 2020-09-26_02:55:32.46398 Finn> Min says, "Heh. Nothing so minor." 2020-09-26_02:56:18.70364 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Then they send the Andor kid to me, I figure they've decided to reel in Kren. I point him at her and wish him luck; one less Seppie putting eyes on my city." 2020-09-26_02:58:14.93589 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Then YOU show up. I mean, one day one of my boys walks in and says, 'Chief, you won't believe this,' and I tell him that's a real short list, and he shows me a goddamn holo of Min fuckin' Camlann right on the Don's arm, drinking caf in a fancy cafe surrounded by his goons like it ain't no thing." 2020-09-26_02:59:06.49801 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Next day, she comes to see me. 'Hello, Gracia,' she says. 'Been quite a few years. You look well.'" 2020-09-26_02:59:22.76887 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit eyes Min up and down again. 2020-09-26_02:59:28.93993 Finn> Min grits her teeth. 2020-09-26_02:59:52.91711 Finn> Min says, "What did she say," flatly. 2020-09-26_03:00:04.45984 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "And I tell her she's got balls, with the size of her bounty. She says, 'What bounty?' and I check the boards and it's GONE." 2020-09-26_03:00:21.30462 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "I check the out-sector ones later and it's still there, but not locally anymore." 2020-09-26_03:00:58.41604 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "And then she tells me not to worry, she's just here to help the Family do its civic duty, like Margrann used to." 2020-09-26_03:01:09.43825 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Back" 2020-09-26_03:01:17.69674 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "After that I don't talk with her much. You know who I -do- talk to a lot?" 2020-09-26_03:01:53.79771 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "A ton of Intelligence and ISB enforcers, is who. Suddenly we got hot tips about rebel activity and subversion EVERYWHERE." 2020-09-26_03:02:07.02356 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "They can't process the warrants fast enough." 2020-09-26_03:02:24.78972 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "And the Family, they're the APPLE of the Empire's eye." 2020-09-26_03:02:42.06950 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Surprised they don't salute the Don." 2020-09-26_03:02:49.92340 Finn> Min says, "That so." 2020-09-26_03:03:11.27427 Finn> Alaia asks, "Any particular ISB and or Intel agents that stand out on planet?" 2020-09-26_03:03:13.85429 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Governor Turgid is over the MOON, he had Sloan and his Pyke whore and Camlann to dinner in the Palace." 2020-09-26_03:04:11.70866 Finn> Min raises an eyebrow. 2020-09-26_03:04:51.32510 Finn> Chief Chrobtuit says, "I've been dealing with their goons. They've got sources and a dragnet over the whole city. I've tried to get in touch with the higher-ups. Turgid says that's above my pay grade." 2020-09-26_03:05:06.03553 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "You just made planetfall, yeah?" 2020-09-26_03:05:17.16728 Finn> Min says, "Any names, at least? And yeah." 2020-09-26_03:05:32.52224 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "You see that Vic in orbit? With its Nebulons all floating next to it?" 2020-09-26_03:05:40.45741 Finn> Min nods. 2020-09-26_03:05:56.15299 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "It's not a Vic. I mean. It is." 2020-09-26_03:06:26.72042 Finn> Alaia asks, "Intel ship?" 2020-09-26_03:07:18.68206 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Upgraded engines and sensors, weapons, comm array, there's some kind of SERIOUS gravitic anomaly with its power core. That's some kind of black-ops Imperial special, that is." She pauses. 2020-09-26_03:07:31.49933 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "And one of the Nebulons is... special too." 2020-09-26_03:07:44.15672 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Special how?" 2020-09-26_03:07:45.37482 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Even the Vic takes orders from it." 2020-09-26_03:08:21.44678 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "It sent a shuttle down once. I'd never seen a Death Trooper before. Well. It sent a shuttle down once -that I know about-." 2020-09-26_03:09:03.94870 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "I haven't got names of anyone important. I know a few of their boltholes, a couple of their officers aren't that careful." She thinks. 2020-09-26_03:09:09.39148 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Hmm, could be Inquistors" 2020-09-26_03:09:26.62862 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "One of them said their boss is good at... synergizing?" 2020-09-26_03:09:54.74273 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Fuck you, Inquisitors are a fable they use to scare people with." 2020-09-26_03:10:01.66862 Finn> Min says, "Vassen Lem." 2020-09-26_03:10:16.15565 Ivan> Sniper Ox tries to stop the song from barging in his head 2020-09-26_03:10:16.39431 Finn> Min says, "He's here." 2020-09-26_03:10:19.90314 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Inquistors are quite real." 2020-09-26_03:10:28.79596 Finn> Alaia says, "Looks like we're dealing with a biggest hits here. And no, Inquisitors are quite real." 2020-09-26_03:10:30.47197 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I've shot several." 2020-09-26_03:10:39.64671 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Vassem Lem makes sense too" 2020-09-26_03:10:52.68401 Finn> Alaia asks, "Think it's our old inquisitorial friends here?" 2020-09-26_03:11:03.26053 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "We can't even use comms anymore, not for anything that isn't routine. I'm pretty sure they're listening to everything." 2020-09-26_03:11:18.06775 Finn> Min says, "I wouldn't be surprised if Mister Morden is at this party too." 2020-09-26_03:11:24.14582 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "We can beat that with encryption but that's its own kind of suspicious." 2020-09-26_03:11:25.86543 Finn> Alaia nods. 2020-09-26_03:11:54.32108 Finn> Alaia asks, "While we're at it, any suspicious freelance talent getting in recently?" 2020-09-26_03:12:20.57122 Finn> Min says, "If the other Camlann has the Family in bed with the Empire, then this whole thing is a trap. They're just waiting for us to move on her." 2020-09-26_03:12:34.70901 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "The freelancers have been keeping well away. All the rats are keeping their noses clean." 2020-09-26_03:12:57.44759 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Sloan's been quasi-Imperial for years." 2020-09-26_03:13:14.56795 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Killed one of our most reliable last year." 2020-09-26_03:13:37.52820 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "He's got this signature move, where he sets a blaster to low power and burns it right through your skull." 2020-09-26_03:13:47.85145 Finn> Min says, "Yeah. I know." 2020-09-26_03:13:57.76716 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Never took him for this much of a tool, though." 2020-09-26_03:14:21.31158 Finn> Min says, "Let's just say he might not be entirely in his right mind." 2020-09-26_03:14:33.99056 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit looks dubious. 2020-09-26_03:15:13.84869 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "The fuck is the deal with his new piece? IS she a clone? That's crazy. And illegal. And crazy illegal. Why would anyone want to clone YOU?" 2020-09-26_03:15:26.93365 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "That's seven figures, minimum." 2020-09-26_03:16:10.22917 Finn> Min says, "She's not a clone of the Kamino type. More of the... ancient Gree lostech past-the-rim sithspace type." 2020-09-26_03:16:33.85185 Finn> Min says, "Fucking ELDRITCH shit." 2020-09-26_03:17:37.57235 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We have made some substantial enemies along the road we have walked." 2020-09-26_03:17:59.23458 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Yeah, the grapevine is all 'The Separatist Jedi killed a Rakatan that infiltrated at Rebel Command' and 'The Separatist Jedi's milkshake brings witches to the yard' and such." 2020-09-26_03:18:09.87412 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit clearly doesn't believe a word of it. 2020-09-26_03:18:25.19428 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "More like her muffins." 2020-09-26_03:18:42.31331 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "... more plausible." 2020-09-26_03:18:47.09145 Finn> Min says, "There was no Rakatan at Rebel Command, but my milkshake DOES bring all the witches to the yard," amused. 2020-09-26_03:18:54.52165 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Min is an amazing baker." 2020-09-26_03:19:09.88731 Finn> Alaia says, "Lies. We have sherbet, not milkshakes." 2020-09-26_03:19:25.43413 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit looks Alaia up and down. "The Nera Syndicate?" she asks. 2020-09-26_03:19:50.77161 Finn> Alaia says, "We've been busy." 2020-09-26_03:20:21.25635 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit whistles. "They talk about you like you're Hera Syndulla's evil bitch sister." 2020-09-26_03:21:05.50309 Finn> Min says, "They're not much alike." 2020-09-26_03:21:38.76304 Finn> Alaia says, "I'm not evil. Or her sister." 2020-09-26_03:21:40.64552 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit eyes Chel. "Hmm." 2020-09-26_03:21:52.28386 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Captain Hera is an impressive woman." 2020-09-26_03:21:57.81818 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "There was something about you..." she considers. 2020-09-26_03:22:05.35579 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But she's more like me than she is like Alaia." 2020-09-26_03:22:15.90531 Finn> Chel asks, "who, me?" 2020-09-26_03:22:20.58013 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "I think they want you alive. You especially. There's a note on your Bounty." 2020-09-26_03:22:43.03441 Finn> Min says, "DEFINITELY Morden and Gedda." 2020-09-26_03:22:45.73746 Finn> Chel says, "...... oh. Gedda." She makes a sour face. 2020-09-26_03:23:13.13653 Finn> Alaia nods to Manny's. "I'm mostly like me." She nods to Min. "-All- of our old friends. Want to bet your crazy ex-girlfriend's around too?" 2020-09-26_03:23:33.97492 Finn> Min says, "Is Kren still in place, or has she been swept up by someone or other? And do you know what happened to Andor?" 2020-09-26_03:24:16.89934 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Kren's still in place. I think she stashed Andor somewhere safe. Neither has made contact and that's how I like it." 2020-09-26_03:24:21.75759 Finn> Min says, "Yeah, about that, Alaia, Gracia here can tell you that Celanon isn't exactly the most HEALTHY locale for Ardrame." 2020-09-26_03:24:53.79447 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Even the other Seppies don't like her, yeah." 2020-09-26_03:25:01.97249 Finn> Min says, "On account of all those cops she murdered and how she tried to destroy the city and shot up half the Family." 2020-09-26_03:25:28.29610 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Woman had a rare talent for making enemies." 2020-09-26_03:25:43.79043 Finn> Min says, "Most of the local players would just as soon kill her as look at her." 2020-09-26_03:25:58.48161 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Well, for once we can all agree on something." 2020-09-26_03:26:07.43039 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I've had enough of that lunatic for three lifetimes." 2020-09-26_03:26:14.35966 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Listen, if you guys can cut the head off this snake and then light with the Imperials after you, I'm not going to say no, but if you're really here repping for command... then my official recommendation as Fulcrum-Celanon is that the Rebellion here on Celanon is done." 2020-09-26_03:26:33.37919 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "I can preserve myself and the core of my cell, if I'm very lucky and I go absolutely dark." 2020-09-26_03:27:04.79861 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "A year, eighteen months, the Imps will lose interest and I can figure out something to do with the Family, we'll rebuild." 2020-09-26_03:27:30.59635 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We have no choice but to deal with the fake." 2020-09-26_03:27:40.04051 Finn> Min says, "I'm not leaving here til something is gone about 'Camlann'. But I would absolutely encourage you to go dark for a while until we're done and the dust has settled." 2020-09-26_03:28:09.55015 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "That kind of already happened. I destroyed my transceiver." 2020-09-26_03:29:05.56610 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "I know I've never been one of Commands best little girls, but it looks like I had a good reason for that, huh?" 2020-09-26_03:30:29.15518 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We will handle this, though it will help if we can find Andor. " 2020-09-26_03:30:53.62254 Finn> Min says, "Look, Gracia... I know being involved with this shit at all is against your nature. I can make a pretty good guess why you are. I was there that day too, when everything became real obvious. Just protect what you can and look out for your people. You can't do any good in an ISB gulag." 2020-09-26_03:32:10.76973 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit grimaces. "I had to do something," she says shortly. "I took an -oath-. That meant something. It was why I was always at you and your piece of shit friends throats." 2020-09-26_03:32:53.66392 Finn> Min says, "Yeah, I know. I didn't exactly LIKE you, but you were a clean cop and I always respected that." 2020-09-26_03:33:12.26117 Finn> Alaia says, "I hate to say this, but when you leave this meeting, assume you've been made." 2020-09-26_03:33:40.24006 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "I'm not leaving the planet unless I know that for sure." 2020-09-26_03:33:50.11974 Finn> Min says, "You know something we don't, Nera, or just being cautious?" 2020-09-26_03:34:02.59397 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Do what you have to do, Chief." 2020-09-26_03:34:07.99045 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "There are folks here I promised to protect, folks I promised to protect in the name of your Rebellion." 2020-09-26_03:34:39.40186 Finn> Alaia says, "Paranoia. Fuelled by our big I friends upstairs, who can occasionally see things far too well." 2020-09-26_03:35:19.56445 Finn> Min says, "Speaking of which, you mentioned some of your people have been taken. Do you know where they're being held?" 2020-09-26_03:35:44.21039 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit hesitates. 2020-09-26_03:35:48.46488 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "If they're expecting us, Gedda nad or Morden will probably do force sensings for us every now and then. Force-peeping on our meeting's entirely possible." 2020-09-26_03:36:04.05095 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Some of'em are in lockup waiting for formal charges." 2020-09-26_03:37:36.60157 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Others..." she scribbles down an address. "I think this is the ISB black site." Min recognizes the neighborhood if not the address; quiet, unassuming, upscale residential district. The sort where hoverlimos and even the occasional shuttle aren't out of place. Elegant stonework, lots of high hedges and greenery for privacy. 2020-09-26_03:40:36.37774 Finn> Min says, "Maybe something can be done about that." 2020-09-26_03:41:21.31810 Finn> Min says, "Okay. Unless you have anything else you can tell us or warn us about, best to go before someone catches on." 2020-09-26_03:41:37.44350 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit thinks. 2020-09-26_03:41:58.16397 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Your... counterpart... has a liking for disruptors I don't recall you having." 2020-09-26_03:42:14.33093 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Tricked out carbine, a sidearm too." 2020-09-26_03:42:38.41590 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "And that cybereye of hers almost certainly does some see-through-walls shit." 2020-09-26_03:42:51.64317 Finn> Alaia grimaces. "Disruptors. Hate those." 2020-09-26_03:43:05.14191 Finn> Min says, "Figures. Any sort of blade? Lightsaber? Phase knife?" 2020-09-26_03:44:14.56934 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Nothing that I saw." 2020-09-26_03:45:59.84512 Finn> Min says, "Close quarters it is, then." 2020-09-26_03:46:46.76327 Finn> Min says, "We won't be in touch again unless it's an emergency. And hopefully not even then." 2020-09-26_03:46:52.08252 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "X-Ray vision will make this harder." 2020-09-26_03:46:57.50923 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "But not impossible." 2020-09-26_03:47:35.90218 Finn> Min says, "Good luck." 2020-09-26_03:47:44.47083 Finn> Alaia says, "Stay safe. Good luck." 2020-09-26_03:47:59.35620 Finn> Chief Chrobbtuit says, "Yeah, you too." She pauses, and says, "May the Force be with you." 2020-09-26_03:48:43.35063 Finn> Min says, "And also with you." 2020-09-26_03:49:57.73167 Finn> Min and her merry band prepare to exfiltrate to the car! 2020-09-26_03:50:07.23660 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Catholic senses pinging" 2020-09-26_03:50:10.93699 Finn> Chrobbtuit vanishes into the rain. 2020-09-26_03:50:19.49822 Finn> You successfully exfil to the car. 2020-09-26_03:50:21.14109 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac keeps an eye out as he heads for the car to make sure of no surprises 2020-09-26_03:50:41.27253 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac heads back to the ship with everyone unless we have a different destinatio 2020-09-26_03:50:44.05660 Finn> Alaia follows quietly, like a nun in the rain. 2020-09-26_03:51:30.71563 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "On one hand, I'd like to go force-y in the cathedral, on the other, given our dice luck so far the place will amplify whatever I do and attract all the Sith in the system." 2020-09-26_03:52:04.92864 Finn> Chel says, "shotgun" 2020-09-26_03:52:19.94715 Finn> Blue says, "Well, that was a thing." 2020-09-26_03:53:04.95058 Finn> Min says, "Starting to wish I'd bought me that sniper rifle." 2020-09-26_03:53:31.53439 Finn> Alaia says, "Unless it can shoot down that Victory, or the Inquisi-Nebulon ..." 2020-09-26_03:53:33.42295 Finn> Min says, "Taking the bitch out is going to be tricky." 2020-09-26_03:54:05.81230 Finn> Blue says, "We could just get your Mom and Andor and get the kh'veek out." 2020-09-26_03:54:24.48300 Finn> Min says, "Yeah, there's a few problems with that." 2020-09-26_03:55:04.30578 Ivan> Sniper Ox asks, "so is alt.min currently a prisoner or a guest on the planet?" 2020-09-26_03:55:15.71156 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "guest" 2020-09-26_03:56:26.87883 Finn> Min says, "One, they're almost certainly under heavy watch. 'Min' knows me. She knows I'd try to retrieve Kren. Two, KREN may think 'Min' is me. Three, she may not have warned away Andor from contacting 'me', and Andor may now be in an ISB holding cell. 2020-09-26_03:57:00.48293 Finn> Min says, "And four, I'm not leaving this bitch here." 2020-09-26_03:57:17.02226 Ivan> Chris-hotep asks, "Was it Andor who sent the 'WTF is this?' recording?" 2020-09-26_03:57:22.68265 Ivan> Akio says, "Yes." 2020-09-26_03:57:28.51544 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "We've got to clean up the loose end" 2020-09-26_03:57:32.57179 Ivan> Akio says, "Right before he went dark." 2020-09-26_03:57:34.19765 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Okay, we can probably assume he's not trusting her, then." 2020-09-26_03:58:09.33586 Finn> Alaia says, "While at the same time out-maneuvering Lem and our Inquisifriends." 2020-09-26_03:58:24.02512 Finn> Alaia says, "What a fun vacation this is." 2020-09-26_03:59:06.82662 Ivan> Chris-hotep asks, "Are we still in the car, or did we get back to the Raven already?" 2020-09-26_03:59:24.01667 Finn> You arrive back at the Raven without incident if you wish. 2020-09-26_03:59:39.94117 Finn> Dory and R3 are still pouring over your comm array and scanners. 2020-09-26_03:59:44.30886 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Fake Min may well get force warnings too." 2020-09-26_04:00:09.15261 Finn> Alaia asks, "Dory, R3, what are you doing?" 2020-09-26_04:00:59.71391 Finn> Min asks Blue, "Do you think my double has an active command of the Force in the same way as you or I?" 2020-09-26_04:01:14.39619 Finn> Chel says, "Oh man, that'd be a pain in the ass." 2020-09-26_04:01:21.06820 Finn> Dory says, "There's some odd transmissions bein' slung around this city 'an planet, there is." 2020-09-26_04:01:29.02886 Finn> R3 boops in agreement. 2020-09-26_04:01:32.08775 Finn> Alaia divests herself of her nunnery as soon as she is in the ship. "Define odd?" 2020-09-26_04:01:43.03911 Finn> Dory says, "Figure we ought t'know more." 2020-09-26_04:02:34.13805 Finn> R3 boops, lot of heavy, heavy encryption. It's masquerading as commercial corporate traffic, hidden in InterGalactic Banking Clan transmissions, but she knows Imperial Intelligence and military when she sees it. 2020-09-26_04:02:52.04764 Finn> Dory says, "'An at least one'a those clunkers in orbit ain't no clunker." 2020-09-26_04:03:01.78246 Finn> Blue says to Min, "Mmmm." 2020-09-26_04:03:24.44167 Finn> Blue says, "Probably not in the same way as you or I, precisely, but... she'll definitely be able to use the Force." 2020-09-26_04:04:24.87607 Finn> Alaia says, "Victory's a heavy mod black ops ship. Possibly under the command of our old friend Lem. We've got heavy imperial presence on the planet. If you can find patterns, sources, or ways to decrypt, go for it." 2020-09-26_04:05:10.88889 Finn> Min says, "Chel can probably help you there." 2020-09-26_04:05:41.10574 Finn> Dory says, "Yes'm. I also think we maybe ain't use comms without our own heavy encrypt, not unless we keep conversations real generic-like." 2020-09-26_04:05:58.38389 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "She probably will have power related to the rock." 2020-09-26_04:06:17.35334 Finn> Min says, "We do have one potential weapon." 2020-09-26_04:06:48.23253 Finn> Min holds up the datafile R3 got from B4U. 2020-09-26_04:07:57.51540 Finn> Min says, "We have the documentation of the Gotra assassinating the then-head of the Family and killing a lot of its membership in a war on behalf of Vassen Lem." 2020-09-26_04:09:57.22157 Finn> Min says, "I don't know much about how the new membership thinks, but the old line people were not exactly what you'd call fans of the Empire." 2020-09-26_04:10:19.48903 Finn> Min says, "Then again, neither was Jirik." 2020-09-26_04:10:23.09231 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "If we can get some of the Family to help, it would make things easier" 2020-09-26_04:10:47.73237 Finn> Min says, "That's gonna be a hard sell." 2020-09-26_04:11:54.14740 Finn> Alaia says, "Help's probably not going to happen. Best we can hope for is probably them staying out of the way." 2020-09-26_04:12:11.96428 Finn> Min says, "It might be easiest to simply leak the information to them without it being obvious where it came from." 2020-09-26_04:12:32.10157 Finn> Blue says, "Might want to see what the rest of the underworld here thinks." 2020-09-26_04:13:07.29966 Finn> Alaia asks, "Blue, you said there's a sister on Celanon. Does she have any info sources that might be useful?" 2020-09-26_04:13:16.70452 Finn> Blue says, "The Pyke's didn't have a MONOPOLY here, right, Camlann? That's rare. Usually the other syndicates have a small presence. I know that we maintain a sideline." 2020-09-26_04:16:19.14525 Finn> Blue says, "She runs a little jewelers shop, like on Ord Cestus." 2020-09-26_04:18:05.03664 Finn> Min says, "We had pretty close to a monopoly on spice moving. Less so on some other areas. All of the big outfits had, I guess you could call em consulates. We had a low-intensity war with Norker Marcos when they tried to import a bunch of fancy whores and move in on our high-end vice trade. And yeah, I know the place. So did the Family." 2020-09-26_04:18:44.90910 Finn> Min says, "The word was to stay the fuck away from it and go immediately to the top if any trouble came from it." 2020-09-26_04:18:57.22681 Finn> Blue says, "It wouldn't have." 2020-09-26_04:19:14.83141 Finn> Blue says, "Anne doesn't cause trouble. She ENDS it." 2020-09-26_04:19:29.39675 Finn> Blue says, "We tend to deal with a... select clientele." 2020-09-26_04:20:04.29158 Finn> Min says, "Yeah, I never heard of us ever having anything to do with it, positive or negative. Everyone just knew to leave it be." 2020-09-26_04:21:01.06031 Finn> Min says, "If you could contact her and get her take on things, would be useful." 2020-09-26_04:21:17.20472 Finn> Blue says, "Hrrm." 2020-09-26_04:21:36.79380 Finn> Blue says, "Annebel and I aren't on great terms." 2020-09-26_04:21:50.23612 Finn> Blue says, "We're still sisters, though." 2020-09-26_04:22:56.35937 Finn> Min says, "Whatever you think best." 2020-09-26_04:23:01.26164 Finn> Alaia says, "The imperial presence can't be making her happy either." 2020-09-26_04:23:51.75428 Finn> Min says, "I hate to put this much legwork on you, but we obviously can't be walking the streets right now unless we have to." 2020-09-26_04:23:55.31900 Finn> Blue vanishes for much of the rest of the night. 2020-09-26_04:24:28.51301 Finn> She returns with the dawn. "Shop's being watched," she says. "That's fucking... it says something by itself." 2020-09-26_04:24:37.71240 Finn> Alaia says, "Mm." 2020-09-26_04:25:17.55764 Finn> Blue says, "Annebel says there's a dark pall over the planet and that throwing the bones or even making blood tea has been, quote 'as useless as tits on a bull rancor' for the past two months. She was personally offended." 2020-09-26_04:25:40.52461 Finn> Blue says, "The other crime families... there's some interesting shit going on." 2020-09-26_04:26:23.79850 Finn> Blue says, "The Besadii almost seem like they're in it with the Pykes. Word is there might even be an alliance. The other Hutts aint happy about that." 2020-09-26_04:26:34.40358 Finn> Blue says, "Every other syndicate is mad as hell." 2020-09-26_04:26:55.17348 Finn> Blue says, "Some of'em because they didn't think of selling out to the Empire first; they didn't know Empire was buying." 2020-09-26_04:27:24.81029 Finn> Blue says, "Others object to this kind of cozying up on principle. Bad for business, in the long run. And nobody really LIKES or trusts the Imps." 2020-09-26_04:27:49.75687 Finn> Blue says, "Black Sun especially is fit to spit fire, but your old boss did a real good job of keeping them off Celanon, Min." 2020-09-26_04:28:03.42542 Finn> Blue says, "Can't blame him. Vicious fuckers." 2020-09-26_04:31:18.88346 Finn> Min says, "The more I hear about this, the more like a trap it sounds." 2020-09-26_04:31:27.09736 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yes." 2020-09-26_04:31:43.65104 Finn> Alaia says, "That was pretty obvious, yes." 2020-09-26_04:32:00.65266 Finn> Min says, "All our enemies, circling round a lure, waiting and watching." 2020-09-26_04:32:02.84729 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Unfortunately, we probably can't get the ISB and Inquistors to fight each other." 2020-09-26_04:32:10.68010 Finn> Alaia says, "Or rather, a trap within a trap within a trap, because Lem's unfortunately not stupid." 2020-09-26_04:32:31.24365 Finn> Alaia says, "And he knows us well enough." 2020-09-26_04:35:52.19643 Finn> Min says, "The question then becomes how to turn this on them." 2020-09-26_04:36:28.21666 Finn> Alaia says, "Indeed." 2020-09-26_04:36:35.21895 Finn> Min pauses, and takes a second to laugh. 2020-09-26_04:36:39.36459 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Well, if you could impersonate evil Min enough to make it look liek she's done a hit on another syndicate..." 2020-09-26_04:36:50.22090 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "So that one of the other ones goes after these guys..." 2020-09-26_04:37:05.93494 Finn> Alaia looks at Min. 2020-09-26_04:37:29.95636 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Or if we can find Lem and put him in a happy box and then somehow disrupt the ISB operation from the inside..." 2020-09-26_04:37:32.89557 Finn> Blue says, "I can make that happen." She seems disturbingly eager, she looks Min up and down and bites her lip briefly. "I can give Min a very, very evil makeover." 2020-09-26_04:37:34.13614 Finn> Min says, "Oh, if only I were an evil, crazy bitch. I'd just steal Ardrame's old plan and level the city." 2020-09-26_04:38:03.25996 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Why did she want to level the city? Just because she lives in Crazytown?" 2020-09-26_04:38:38.58716 Finn> Min says, "She wanted to assassinate SecGov D'Asta, who was visiting." 2020-09-26_04:39:15.15027 Finn> Min says, "And she decided that rather than defeat the heavy security around the palace, it was easier to just destroy the entire city." 2020-09-26_04:40:00.38840 Finn> Alaia says, "I'd already considered and discarded the nuke the city option, since you are not, in fact, an evil, crazy bitch." 2020-09-26_04:40:21.54343 Finn> Min says, "But apparently Blue can make me one!" 2020-09-26_04:41:34.23392 Finn> Blue says, "Yes." 2020-09-26_04:42:00.63394 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Aargh, BRB" 2020-09-26_04:42:44.70487 Finn> Min says, "That's probably going to be necessary. At the right time. Our friends have to expect that I'd try passing myself off as her." 2020-09-26_04:44:24.49947 Finn> Alaia says, "Make you look like an evil, crazy bitch. Not make you an evil, crazy bitch who'd drop a starship onto the city." 2020-09-26_04:45:59.22684 Finn> Min says, "If 'Min' does something blatantly treasonous and provoking like, say, gunning down a Moff or butchering stormtrooper patrols or blasting DJ Dooku, the very first thing the people in charge are going to say is, 'confirm that was in fact our girl and not the target'. And then when they confirm their girl was elsewhere at the time, they'll know we're here." 2020-09-26_04:47:07.41209 Finn> Min says, "Unless..." 2020-09-26_04:47:19.14610 Finn> Min frowns. 2020-09-26_04:47:44.85726 Finn> Min says, "I suppose it is POSSIBLE that they may not know 'Min' isn't me." 2020-09-26_04:48:02.35014 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I suppose Blue's trick she used on the caster wouldn't work on fake Min." 2020-09-26_04:48:12.58382 Finn> Min says, "And that they just think I've gone full dark side and collaborator." 2020-09-26_04:48:15.12607 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "To make HER go shoot someone or do other crazy stuff." 2020-09-26_04:48:36.57514 Finn> Blue says, "No." 2020-09-26_04:48:45.07760 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I didn't think so." 2020-09-26_04:48:48.79892 Finn> Min says, "I doubt it. That sort of thing generally works best on the weak-minded." 2020-09-26_04:49:15.25883 Finn> Blue says, "The last time we tried to kill someone strong in the Force that way, they sent General Grievous to kill us all." 2020-09-26_04:49:31.42187 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "If she's high on Evil Crystal Power, is there some way to make the Crystal do something whacky?" 2020-09-26_04:49:42.10391 Finn> Blue says, "And I doubt Min will open herself to the dark side enough for us to use her as a conduit." 2020-09-26_04:50:34.85587 Finn> Min says, "That depends on what you mean by that." 2020-09-26_04:52:32.52639 Finn> Min says, "The internal part of my dark side and I have come to terms and are a whole now." 2020-09-26_04:52:59.44144 Finn> Blue smiles, her eyes glittering brightly. "I mean opening yourself as a conduit to this horror you've midwifed and turning your rage and terror and what she's become into a weapon to strike it down." 2020-09-26_04:53:24.14808 Finn> Min says, "Ah. Yeah, no." 2020-09-26_04:53:28.34000 Finn> Blue says, "It might work. We almost got Dooku that way." 2020-09-26_04:54:47.66168 Finn> Min says, "What about re-integration?" 2020-09-26_04:54:51.42909 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Is there anything we can do to screw wi8th the crystal powering it?" 2020-09-26_04:55:09.24942 Finn> Alaia says, "Not without getting hands on it, Manny." 2020-09-26_04:55:41.67883 Finn> Blue says, "Mmmm." 2020-09-26_04:56:04.67905 Finn> Blue says, "Re-integration is possible." 2020-09-26_04:56:21.94715 Finn> Blue says, "You'd need to do something about the primary anchor, though." 2020-09-26_04:56:44.13762 Finn> Min says, "Actually... I had a thought there, Alaia. That thing's a part of the Nardithi crystal. Could we use the principle of affinity to influence it through another shard of the crystal? Maybe even forcefully purify it?" 2020-09-26_04:57:59.63544 Finn> Blue says, "You could influence it." 2020-09-26_04:58:26.90809 Finn> Blue says, "We'd need to get her into a controlled ritual to exorcise her." 2020-09-26_05:00:55.41828 Finn> Min says, "Tricky." 2020-09-26_05:01:00.00148 Finn> Alaia asks, "The problem there is, we don't actually -have- another shard to influence it through. We'd need to somehow bop off to Dathomir, convince one of the covens to let us borrow theirs, and get back. Unless you just happen to have one, Blue?" 2020-09-26_05:01:28.79108 Finn> Blue says, "No." 2020-09-26_05:01:57.60575 Finn> Min sighs. 2020-09-26_05:03:02.86739 Finn> Min says, "What exactly would this disguise process consist of?" 2020-09-26_05:03:21.90149 Finn> Alaia says, "If it weren't a generally bad idea and there's always a price to pay, I'd almost be tempted to consult the M-word." 2020-09-26_05:04:58.16220 Finn> Blue says, "Mother likely has resources in this regard." She sounds EXTREMELY reluctant. 2020-09-26_05:05:23.11708 Finn> Alaia nods, looking like she's bitten into something sour. 2020-09-26_05:09:08.54997 Ivan> Akio says, "We're all slowing down and this is the usual quitting time." 2020-09-26_05:09:16.06072 Ivan> Akio says, "I suspect you'll all want to consider options." 2020-09-26_05:11:43.91354 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Yup. I brain slow now." 2020-09-26_05:12:22.11390 Ivan> Tobias says, "Its an uglier situation than I had thought." 2020-09-26_05:14:58.47899 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEah, this is really ugly" 2020-09-26_05:15:05.11280 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "And could go horribly wrong" 2020-09-26_05:15:45.03792 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "All we need is Urghbleah to have our whole Rogues' Gallery here" 2020-09-26_05:17:41.63534 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "He's going to show up with Morden, chained and held by half a dozen purge troopers, only to be released so he can murder us." 2020-09-26_05:23:47.51534 Ivan> Tobias says, "It might be worth trying to take out the Vic or more likely that one special Nebulon." 2020-09-26_05:25:03.69699 Ivan> Tobias says, "They might not be expecting that. They'll figure we'll be on the PLANET focusing on 'Min', not up targeting their fleet." 2020-09-26_05:25:16.02546 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Is the Nebulon in the range we can blow up?" 2020-09-26_05:25:31.92719 Ivan> Tobias says, "By ourselves, ship to ship? No." 2020-09-26_05:25:55.77846 Ivan> Tobias says, "I mean... in theory, but I wouldn't want to try." 2020-09-26_05:26:17.21460 Ivan> Tobias says, "And certainly not with all their escorts." 2020-09-26_05:26:19.19116 Ivan> Akio says, "You really, REALLY don't want to try to take on a Nebulon-B and all its escorts by yourselves." 2020-09-26_05:26:34.61562 Ivan> Akio says, "Not unless you have the chance to set up some outrageous gluebox." 2020-09-26_05:27:08.80517 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'm thinking more along the lines of some sort of bombing or collision scheme." 2020-09-26_05:38:32.23773 Ivan> Tobias says, "Putting Chel to work breaking some of those codes sounds like a good start." 2020-09-26_05:38:51.84332 Ivan> Tobias says, "She can use the haul we got off that intel trawler to help." 2020-09-26_05:46:49.62645 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Yeah. If we manage to get into imperial communications, we can get a better idea of what they're up to, besides rebel catching. And if we have an opportunity to sneak onto one of the ships ... be it by getting imperial shuttle codes or hitching a ride on a prisoner transport ..." 2020-09-26_05:49:02.81092 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "On the other hand, sneaky ship stuff is kinda our trademark, so they might expect us to do it." 2020-09-26_05:56:12.26250 Ivan> Frito says, "Besides, if they know it's you, they'll be watching for Chel specifically." 2020-09-26_05:57:58.85751 Ivan> Tobias says, "They can't, really, Travis." 2020-09-26_05:58:23.49624 Ivan> Tobias says, "Breaking codes is a passive, not an active activity." 2020-09-26_05:58:24.13463 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, ""YEah. 2020-09-26_05:58:49.87035 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "This isn't 80s Cyberpunk :)" 2020-09-26_06:00:14.92827 Ivan> Frito says, "True, if it's just breaking codes being transmitted across broadcast channels. I was taking that as actually tapping into secure lines." 2020-09-26_06:01:40.37897 Ivan> Tobias says, "You also have to operate under a rule of... this is something that's hard to balance. You have to assume that your foes are not idiots and will think of obvious things. But you ALSO have to assume that your foes are not all-seeing demigods with an unlimited amount of entirely competent minions who act in unison." 2020-09-26_06:02:26.00419 Ivan> Tobias says, "Either of those two assumptions will screw you." 2020-09-26_06:04:16.34199 Ivan> Tobias says, "Vassen Lem and Morden are both intelligent and dangerous and they know a decent bit about us, but they're just two people and they have to act through a literal army of not-entirely-bright fascists who are operating under a galaxy-spanning bureaucracy and fleet structure." 2020-09-26_06:05:26.47520 Ivan> Tobias says, "There is only a limited amount they can do about the inherent flaws and vulnerabilities in that structure even knowing it's the sort of thing we'd take avantage of." 2020-09-26_06:06:01.35248 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "True." 2020-09-26_06:07:57.98838 Ivan> Frito says, "Also true. All I'm saying is that if they are specifically out here to trap you, they're going to be watching out for your usual tricks unless they are idiots. And both Lem and Gedda have quite a lot of info on how you operate." 2020-09-26_06:08:49.70205 Ivan> Tobias says, "I mean, 'our usual tricks' can be so broad as to be useless." 2020-09-26_06:09:34.53455 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "We've been sneaky. We've done smash and grab. We've impersonated imperial officers. So yeah, our bag of tricks is pretty big." 2020-09-26_06:10:59.40667 Ivan> Tobias says, "I personally think they're focusing, quite sensibly, on-planet, and operating under the theory that eventually we're going to have to deal with 'Min', so wait and watch everything around 'Min' and when they spot us moving in, drop the heavy end of the hammer. It's a sound, logical plan that doesn't have many flaws in it." 2020-09-26_06:11:44.86366 Ivan> Tobias says, "What they may not be expecting is for us to IGNORE 'Min' and instead go after THEM." 2020-09-26_06:13:02.29442 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "They might possibly consider it less likely, but far from impossible." 2020-09-26_06:13:50.10141 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEah" 2020-09-26_06:14:17.24698 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "But the problem is those ships are -big-. We're talking thousands of people normal crew." 2020-09-26_06:15:14.91609 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "They might have dedicated, skilled specialists and officers, but those are still a tiny part of those thousands. The overwhelming majority is just your basic navy grunt." 2020-09-26_06:17:21.34622 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "You can of course keep up a watch for unusual computer activity and whatever, but how many computer problems will the Victory IT department deal in a day, from some engineer filling his computer's memory with lekku fever copies to some officer forgetting his passcodes and triggering an intruder alarm after drinking too much the evening before." 2020-09-26_06:19:41.24530 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "The Nebulon, if it's an Inquisition ship, might be the tougher target. It's got at least one, and probably more Force sensitives on board, who might be able to sense our presence. With Blue, we're four Force types in one spot." 2020-09-26_06:27:05.08355 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected. 2020-09-26_06:27:05.25783 Aerianne has disconnected 2020-09-26_06:42:09.50073 Finn> Mike has disconnected. 2020-09-26_06:42:09.67491 Mike has disconnected 2020-09-26_07:00:30.98482 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-26_07:00:31.15904 Ivan> Wombat falls asleep. 2020-09-26_07:00:31.15910 DaR> Michelle falls asleep. 2020-09-26_07:00:31.15912 tfp> Spellvis falls asleep. 2020-09-26_07:00:31.15912 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-26_07:01:24.12650 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-26_07:01:24.30067 Ivan> Wombat wakes up. 2020-09-26_07:01:24.30073 DaR> Michelle wakes up. 2020-09-26_07:01:24.30074 tfp> Spellvis wakes up. 2020-09-26_07:01:54.85551 Akemi has connected 2020-09-26_09:11:24.14832 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-26_09:12:24.12745 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-26_09:12:24.34093 ## All done. ## 2020-09-26_09:25:19.34498 Finn> Hotaru says, "Rent-a-Girlfriend getting a Season 2." 2020-09-26_11:58:53.23551 Finn> Hotaru says, "Rod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3tVDKuORi8&feature=youtu.be" 2020-09-26_15:32:59.87376 Finn> Chel asks, "i don't know if this falls under oh nice black representation or so why's a black guy gotta be a crook?" 2020-09-26_15:41:10.16772 Finn> Chel says, "so it seems cain is retaking the batgirl role. https://bleedingcool.com/comics/new-look-cassandra-cain-stephanie-brown-revealed-spoilers/" 2020-09-26_15:41:31.02075 Finn> Chel says, "also, the DC editorial board thought stephanie was toxic." 2020-09-26_15:41:39.90179 Finn> Chel says, "when the new 52 was being rolled out" 2020-09-26_15:41:47.86233 Finn> Chel says, "which is why they sidelined her for so long" 2020-09-26_15:42:02.27762 Finn> Chel says, "what was toxic was shitty writing." 2020-09-26_15:45:00.93504 Finn> Hotaru says, "Stupid of the day: https://twitter.com/BadMedicalTakes/status/1309856751810822152" 2020-09-26_15:45:17.25580 Finn> David says, "Looking forward to that Batgirls thing" 2020-09-26_15:49:44.47241 Finn> Alaia says, "Gaff? That's so far beyond stupid that there are no words for it in any of the languages I know." 2020-09-26_15:52:15.91357 Finn> Hotaru asks, "Right?" 2020-09-26_15:52:36.67671 Finn> Hotaru says, "From the same account: https://twitter.com/BadMedicalTakes/status/1308844331030245377" 2020-09-26_15:54:32.58079 Finn> David says, "THE STUPID IT HURTS" 2020-09-26_16:26:18.61433 Finn> Hotaru asks, "I feel the casual anime watcher who will be looking at Adachi and Shimamura is just not going to be prepared for Yashiro. At ALL. In fact, maybe she'll just be cut?" 2020-09-26_16:27:23.49557 Finn> Hotaru says, "No, she is in the trailer. Christ." 2020-09-26_16:27:24.03395 Finn> Chel asks, "????" 2020-09-26_16:28:10.15135 Finn> Hotaru says, "So Rod, here's the first trailer. See if you can spot the one thing that doesn't look like a yuri high school drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_3o1BOB5dA" 2020-09-26_16:29:07.89843 Finn> Hotaru says, "The 2nd trailer has more of her, and throws it in your face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXScq-Mhoew" 2020-09-26_16:30:24.55815 Finn> Chel says, "i didn't spot the thing" 2020-09-26_16:30:36.19991 Finn> Hotaru says, "The little girl in the spacesuit." 2020-09-26_16:31:23.95042 Finn> Hotaru says, "She's from Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, another series by the author that got an anime a while back. She's in this as well, and is there to be fucking strange." 2020-09-26_16:32:05.93558 Finn> Chel says, "i remember denpa onna. i don't remember the space suit girl." 2020-09-26_16:32:11.78164 Finn> Chel says, "but it's been a while" 2020-09-26_16:32:33.32743 Finn> Hotaru says, "Bright blue hair, says she's an alien." 2020-09-26_16:32:57.40862 Finn> Hotaru asks, "I guess in the anime it's white hair?" 2020-09-26_16:33:03.70362 Finn> Hotaru never saw Denpa Onna 2020-09-26_16:38:53.73562 Finn> Chel says, "this one? https://denpaonna.fandom.com/wiki/Erio_T%C5%8Dwa" 2020-09-26_16:39:56.86994 Finn> Hotaru says, "This one: https://denpaonna.fandom.com/wiki/Yashiro_Hoshimiya" 2020-09-26_17:42:09.95505 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "WOW. Pac 'n Roll! https://twitter.com/BLUESOLVALOU/status/1309472735173599232" 2020-09-26_17:59:12.39421 Finn> Chel says, "well. this is a mixed blessing" 2020-09-26_18:00:01.39052 Finn> Chel says, "on the one hand, my galaxy S8 Active phone has been heating up lately, and today the back cover is partially coming off. that's either because the adhesive failed or, more likely, the battery is swelling which indicates imminent failure." 2020-09-26_18:00:57.87426 Finn> Chel says, "i have been paying for insurance, so i filed a claim. they no longer carry my current phone, so my replacement phone is a galaxy S9. upgrade, yay" 2020-09-26_18:01:05.14518 Finn> Chel says, "the deductable is $200. boo." 2020-09-26_18:03:43.38148 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's a ridiculous deductable on any kind of product replacement plan, Rod." 2020-09-26_18:04:00.85099 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's what you see on car insurance, not for a phone." 2020-09-26_18:04:01.06320 Finn> Chel says, "well. the price for a new S9 phone is $700" 2020-09-26_18:04:12.77948 Finn> Chel says, "so, it's better than nothing" 2020-09-26_18:04:45.55565 Finn> Chel says, "i think this might fall under the 12 month warranty of my old phone, cos i had it replaced last year for a cracked screen." 2020-09-26_18:04:54.95500 Finn> Chel says, "if it does, my deductable might go down to 125" 2020-09-26_18:05:48.43046 Finn> Chel says, "feeling the back of my phone, that is definitely battery swelling." 2020-09-26_18:06:07.21241 Finn> Chel says, "means I oughtn't play games on the phone for too long till i get the replacement" 2020-09-26_18:07:10.83064 Finn> Chel says, "this would be a much more simple issue on a different phone, because the S8 is a sealed device. it isn't meant to be opened by the customer. otherwise i'd just buy a new battery and be done with it" 2020-09-26_18:22:01.81700 Finn> David asks, "Can't you just take it in to the shop?" 2020-09-26_18:34:47.14635 Finn> Chel says, "i could, but then i don't get an upgrade to an S9" 2020-09-26_18:34:54.24348 Finn> Chel says, "and i'd rather like the upgrade" 2020-09-26_19:13:13.92366 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-26_19:13:44.06527 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-26_19:29:18.90949 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-26_19:29:19.12199 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-26_19:43:48.36521 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-26_19:44:19.12236 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-26_19:45:47.38099 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-26_19:46:18.21782 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-26_19:49:37.30641 Finn> David says, "Man, I want some pig candy now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycbb_qrFS-0" 2020-09-26_20:00:15.93347 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-26_20:00:16.14586 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-26_20:02:07.54876 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-26_20:02:07.76108 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-26_20:02:41.96583 Finn> Chel says, "i had forgotten captain picard was in Dune" 2020-09-26_20:07:49.06936 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "He was also in Excalibur" 2020-09-26_20:08:12.97175 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Dune has a really solid cast except, of course, for the guy playing Paul." 2020-09-26_20:08:19.37603 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Because, you know, Paul's not important." 2020-09-26_20:08:24.08898 Finn> Chel says, "i liked the guy playing paul" 2020-09-26_20:10:40.38799 Finn> David asks, "Kyle Maclachan? What did you not like about him?" 2020-09-26_20:13:24.06580 Finn> Harrowhark asks, "He's not a good actor? He was way too old?" 2020-09-26_20:13:40.76604 Finn> Harrowhark says, "At the very least he was wrong for the part." 2020-09-26_20:14:10.45681 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Timothee Chalamet is way too old to, but at least he still LOOKS like a little baby." 2020-09-26_20:14:56.93875 Finn> Hotaru says, "He was very good in Blue Velvet." 2020-09-26_20:16:27.34340 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Isaac is actually the right age to play Leto." 2020-09-26_20:44:22.56803 Finn> Chel says, "i still boggle that this commercial hasn't made it to tv stateside. it's so awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2apYrKvgLw" 2020-09-26_20:45:47.03352 Finn> Chel says, "as long as they keep it comical, i would be all for a live action wacky racers like we see in the commercial." 2020-09-26_20:48:53.87460 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "that's pretty good" 2020-09-26_20:51:35.85235 Finn> David says, "Rod, seen this? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/26/houston-area-water-may-tainted-brain-eating-microbe/3548023001/" 2020-09-26_20:51:45.06117 Finn> Chel says, "yeah" 2020-09-26_20:52:12.48543 Finn> Chel says, "mercifully, not me" 2020-09-26_20:52:56.93364 Finn> Chel says, "those are areas well south of houston" 2020-09-26_20:53:01.63943 Finn> Chel says, "more towards galveston" 2020-09-26_20:53:33.86345 Finn> David says, "As long as they don't spread." 2020-09-26_21:07:46.70053 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Multiple crack dreams last night" 2020-09-26_21:07:53.61880 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "'If you enjoyed buying this tiny garbage can, perhaps you would be interested in these other tiny garbage cans Amazon sells!'" 2020-09-26_21:08:14.80496 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "In the first one, it was made obligatory to buy and eat ham and I was hunted through the streets for refusing to do so." 2020-09-26_21:08:24.01045 Finn> Hotaru says, "It's official. Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to be the 115th justice on the Supreme Court." 2020-09-26_21:08:47.66065 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "In the second one, Manny somehow forced Evil.Min into a danceoff nd all the gangers had to dance too and it was basically this huge dance scene." 2020-09-26_21:09:32.67795 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "In the third one, Sean somehow hijacked the nuclear football and demanded he be given all the earth's nutmeg or he would nuke everyone" 2020-09-26_21:11:25.14605 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-26_21:12:18.29642 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I wonder how many minutes it will take for someone to make Conehead art of her" 2020-09-26_21:12:25.14420 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-26_21:12:25.35652 ## All done. ## 2020-09-26_21:12:26.29745 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli asks, "How odd. Perhaps I wanted eggnog?" 2020-09-26_21:13:39.16572 Finn> Alaia asks, "Why conehead art?" 2020-09-26_21:13:55.90887 Finn> Alaia is not up to date on your judicial nutcases. 2020-09-26_21:14:07.94487 Finn> Hotaru says, "Coney, I assume." 2020-09-26_21:19:47.81458 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "https://dysonlogos.blog/2020/09/25/eyeswind-dale-rime-of-the-frostmaiden/" 2020-09-26_21:28:13.62614 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Because her middle name is Coney" 2020-09-26_21:28:26.65725 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "And depicting her as a Yithian would be too obscure" 2020-09-26_21:29:36.06478 Finn> Hotaru says, "The United States reported 55,054 new coronavirus cases on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University data." 2020-09-26_21:30:26.30288 Finn> Alaia asks, "You're winning, guys. You're winning so hard. Are you tired of winning yet?" 2020-09-26_21:32:53.99204 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Trump should not be allowed to name Ruth Bader Ginsberg's successor on the Supreme Court, not because it is unfair or hypocritical for the Republicans to break 2016's precedent, but because no Republican should ever be allowed to appoint any judge to any court ever again.'" 2020-09-26_21:34:10.98263 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Amen" 2020-09-26_21:38:02.60027 Finn> Hotaru says, "Lindsay Graham has scheduled committee votes next week on 5 more Trump judicial picks. Includes Kathryn Mizelle, who was rated Not Qualified, is only 8 years out of law school, and has not tried a case since her admission to the bar." 2020-09-26_21:41:26.44857 Finn> Hotaru says, "Disney Sued By Evel Knievel's Son Over Duke Caboom Character In Toy Story 4" 2020-09-26_21:57:49.80139 Finn> David says, "Um." 2020-09-26_22:32:18.93057 Finn> Chel says, "oh. Burn the Witch is the new effort from the guy who made Bleach" 2020-09-26_22:32:35.16353 Finn> Chel says, "early bleach was good. let's see how this goes" 2020-09-26_23:04:20.18547 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-26_23:04:20.39775 Ivan> Wombat falls asleep. 2020-09-26_23:04:20.39780 DaR> Michelle falls asleep. 2020-09-26_23:04:20.39781 tfp> Spellvis falls asleep. 2020-09-26_23:04:20.39781 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-26_23:06:28.49564 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-26_23:06:28.70798 Ivan> Wombat wakes up. 2020-09-26_23:06:28.70803 DaR> Michelle wakes up. 2020-09-26_23:06:28.70804 tfp> Spellvis wakes up. 2020-09-26_23:06:58.29491 Akemi has connected 2020-09-26_23:30:32.37357 Finn> Rod has connected. 2020-09-26_23:31:03.02093 Rod has reconnected 2020-09-27_00:59:11.21618 Finn> Chel asks, "hey mike, you there?" 2020-09-27_00:59:46.30168 Finn> Mike asks, "?" 2020-09-27_00:59:56.31597 Finn> Mike asks, "What's up?" 2020-09-27_01:00:02.63254 Finn> Chel says, "is this one of the stealth VR games you were talking about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKIVzqkkFcQ&ab_channel=Nathie" 2020-09-27_01:00:34.58128 Finn> Mike says, "Yes, that's one." 2020-09-27_01:04:00.27992 Finn> Mike says, "in lotro window for a while" 2020-09-27_01:26:52.54631 Finn> Aerianne has connected. 2020-09-27_01:27:22.40104 Aerianne has connected 2020-09-27_02:31:17.77394 Finn> Shiori says, "this is goregeous - https://mymodernmet.com/black-panther-photos-shaaz-jung/" 2020-09-27_03:03:01.14496 Finn> Chel asks, "outta curiosity, how many of you guys bothered to watch the code geass movies?" 2020-09-27_03:04:58.74399 Finn> David asks, "Not yet. Is Code Geass any good, btw?" 2020-09-27_03:05:26.98709 Finn> Chel says, "i liked them" 2020-09-27_03:05:55.91454 Finn> Chel says, "the movies, tho, at first seemingly a recap of the tv series, do change a few things. certain characters do different things, some don't get killed" 2020-09-27_03:07:29.19283 Finn> David says, "Ahh" 2020-09-27_03:09:16.09032 Finn> Chel says, "well i'll be. they introduced new budget fx sabers to the nationwide disney stores that offer removable blades." 2020-09-27_03:09:26.99446 Finn> Chel says, "$33, not bad" 2020-09-27_03:09:47.41738 Finn> David asks, "So I can watch the movies without the show?" 2020-09-27_03:09:56.45076 Finn> Chel says, "you can." 2020-09-27_03:10:20.13012 Finn> Chel says, "it's a bit compacted, cramming 26 episodes into two movies, but you can" 2020-09-27_03:18:12.05750 Finn> Chel says, "hm. well, really, 3 movies." 2020-09-27_03:36:51.81624 Finn> David says, "I have the Movie Triogy and the Re;Surrection" 2020-09-27_04:25:01.74333 Thing> Thor says, "One of the Falcons tested COVID-positive." 2020-09-27_05:46:21.28655 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "top comment on the finale of misfit of demon king academy: 'this is so stupid and I loved every god damn second of it'" 2020-09-27_06:01:02.24527 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-27_06:01:32.80131 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-27_06:06:24.34677 Finn> Shiori says, "Thid" 2020-09-27_06:06:26.69736 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected. 2020-09-27_06:06:26.90959 Aerianne has disconnected 2020-09-27_06:17:05.85379 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-27_06:17:06.06617 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-27_06:32:03.85162 Finn> Vendrik says, "Yeah, that pretty much describes that series to a T." 2020-09-27_09:11:26.80184 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-27_09:12:26.80301 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-27_09:12:27.05562 ## All done. ## 2020-09-27_10:23:37.83798 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "Merc: https://twitter.com/NamyGaga1/status/1308936473555742721" 2020-09-27_15:30:07.97820 Finn> Hotaru says, "Gotta say, for the first time I may be watching more shows on Funimation this Fall than on CR. Funi got a LOT." 2020-09-27_15:31:27.33456 Finn> Hotaru says, "CR has Tonikawa, but Funi has Adachi and Shimamura, Higurashi, Our Last Crusade which I may check out, By the Grace of the Gods (which I hope is not as boring as its source)..." 2020-09-27_15:31:41.26776 Finn> Hotaru says, "Admittedly, CR may announce some of those as well soon." 2020-09-27_16:09:31.47482 Finn> Hotaru says, "I've noticed an odd trend with We Never Learn's multiple endings." 2020-09-27_16:09:44.31909 Finn> Hotaru says, "Each one is designed to make the previous one look complete shit." 2020-09-27_16:10:00.41442 Finn> Hotaru says, "This worries me, as I hate te idea of him getting with the teacher." 2020-09-27_16:12:46.78120 Finn> Hotaru says, "First there was the "wait, what?" of the first ending, before it was revealed there would be 5. Then there was the "don't focus on the winning girl at all" 2nd ending. Then there's the 3rd "I am Nisekoi fanfiction" ending." 2020-09-27_16:13:00.37683 Finn> Hotaru says, "Now we've got the disaster movie "I must save the life of the man I love WITH THESE HANDS" ending." 2020-09-27_16:17:52.57576 Finn> David says, "Oh nice." 2020-09-27_16:18:43.63770 Finn> David says, "The first two endings are crap for We Never Learn, but 3 was pretty satisfactory. 4 is excellent." 2020-09-27_16:18:54.69564 Finn> David says, "If 5 turns out to be the best, wtf. I doubt it though." 2020-09-27_16:30:12.63979 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "they have definitely been getting progressively better" 2020-09-27_16:47:50.14604 Finn> Shizumaru has connected. 2020-09-27_16:48:20.58525 Shizumaru has reconnected 2020-09-27_17:03:25.24629 Finn> Shizumaru has disconnected. 2020-09-27_17:03:25.45868 Shizumaru has disconnected 2020-09-27_17:17:02.77839 Finn> Rod has disconnected. 2020-09-27_17:17:02.99085 Rod has disconnected 2020-09-27_17:51:12.08089 Thing> Ritsu says, "God fucking dammit." 2020-09-27_17:51:43.79827 Thing> Ritsu says, "'Chase Young ruled out with a groin injury.'" 2020-09-27_18:02:01.38652 Thing> Thor says, "Ew." 2020-09-27_18:03:27.00370 Finn> David says, "Thinking about it, I wonder if the order of the We never Learn endings had to do with how well done he felt the endings were, in which case, well, you might be right." 2020-09-27_18:15:09.45263 Thing> Thor says, "I see today's Patriots is 'Run the ball everytime'" 2020-09-27_18:15:30.17033 Thing> Thor says, "Causing play action passes to really be effective" 2020-09-27_18:22:02.00461 Thing> Thor says, "Bills curbstomping the Rams." 2020-09-27_18:27:08.09436 Thing> Ritsu says, "Turns out Washington still sucks balls, to no one's surprise." 2020-09-27_18:29:04.06293 Thing> Thor says, "Haskins kept staring down his receivers. Makes it too easy." 2020-09-27_18:32:01.03146 Thing> Ritsu says, "Wow, George King retiring." 2020-09-27_18:32:13.87861 Thing> Ritsu says, "NY Post Yankees beat writer since 1996." 2020-09-27_18:38:28.86969 Thing> Thor says, "Pfffsh." 2020-09-27_18:58:35.85567 Thing> Thor says, "I feel bad for Baker Mayfield, cuz Cleveland looks shitty." 2020-09-27_19:00:04.48396 Thing> Ritsu says, "Montez Sweat has decided to be Chase Young today." 2020-09-27_19:01:15.10332 Thing> Thor asks, "Yep. I know the name. Second round rookie?" 2020-09-27_19:01:47.62524 Thing> Ritsu says, "He was our 2nd 1st rounder last year, we traded up to get him." 2020-09-27_19:01:59.68037 Thing> Thor says, "Ah. ok." 2020-09-27_19:09:23.46896 Finn> Hotaru says, "Coco and Haato are suspended from streaming for 3 weeks because they acknowledged Taiwan as an independent country, resulting in Chinese video site bilibili banning them. Hololive has issued an official apology to the Chinese." 2020-09-27_19:09:49.40444 Finn> Hotaru says, "Haato and Coco didn't say/do anything explicitly pro-Taiwan, they just went over Youtube's analytics for their viewership/superchats, which displayed Taiwan separately from China in the list." 2020-09-27_19:10:14.37997 Finn> David says, "Um." 2020-09-27_19:10:20.66061 Finn> David says, "Egh." 2020-09-27_19:14:37.41867 Finn> Alaia says, "And as a result, everyon's losing their shit." 2020-09-27_19:24:59.80652 Finn> Rod has disconnected. 2020-09-27_19:25:00.01893 tfp> rodm falls asleep. 2020-09-27_19:25:00.01898 Ivan> camera falls asleep. 2020-09-27_19:25:00.01898 camera-2 falls asleep. 2020-09-27_19:25:00.01899 Rod has disconnected 2020-09-27_19:25:01.74022 Finn> Rod has connected. 2020-09-27_19:25:01.95264 tfp> rodm wakes up. 2020-09-27_19:25:01.95268 Ivan> camera wakes up. 2020-09-27_19:25:01.95270 camera-2 wakes up. 2020-09-27_19:25:31.30211 Rod has connected 2020-09-27_19:27:43.34177 Thing> Thor says, "Frick's sakes, Haskins, you stupid meatheat." 2020-09-27_19:27:51.56453 Thing> Thor says, "Meathead." 2020-09-27_19:28:27.78909 Thing> Thor says, "If you're not getting any of the game, the simplest reason for why Haskins is giving up so many interceptions is becaue he KEEPS STARING AT HIS PRIMARY READ." 2020-09-27_19:43:56.46762 Thing> Thor says, "Holy shit" 2020-09-27_19:44:02.02630 Thing> Thor says, "Bills were leading 28-3" 2020-09-27_19:44:06.47178 Thing> Thor says, "Now it's 31-28, Rams" 2020-09-27_19:45:40.69366 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "eff china" 2020-09-27_19:46:45.23003 Thing> Thor exclaims, "28-3!" 2020-09-27_19:48:20.17873 Thing> Thor says, "Man, Rex Burkhead is the RB de jour of the day" 2020-09-27_19:53:54.65442 Thing> Ritsu says, "The NFC East is not very good." 2020-09-27_19:54:34.10794 Thing> Thor says, "32-28, Rams. Wow." 2020-09-27_19:55:01.37799 Thing> Thor says, "How did the Rams make that big of a comeback." 2020-09-27_20:01:25.34978 Thing> Thor says, "4th down Bills, 25 seconds, in the red zone. Damn." 2020-09-27_20:02:05.93570 Thing> Thor says, "Flag , pass interference, wow" 2020-09-27_20:02:54.83878 Thing> Thor says, "TD, Buffalo." 2020-09-27_20:04:15.20586 Thing> Ritsu says, "'The Eagles should seriously just make 2 guys run the same pattern, one guy a few yards deeper than the other, so when Wentz overthrows the intended target, he can still complete passes.'" 2020-09-27_20:05:38.24789 Thing> Thor says, "Ha." 2020-09-27_20:06:31.23098 Thing> Ritsu asks, "Are the Falcons gonna choke AGAIN?" 2020-09-27_20:07:07.56251 Thing> Thor says, "Dunno. Buffalo almost did but pulled it out" 2020-09-27_20:07:20.73372 Thing> Thor asks, "Is Quinn STILL the coach in Atlanta?" 2020-09-27_20:07:38.48422 Thing> Thor asks, "Wait, Cincinnati is leading the Eagles?" 2020-09-27_20:09:55.06963 Thing> Thor says, "And yeah, Chicago's got a shot here." 2020-09-27_20:10:02.59417 Thing> Thor says, "Oh, cuz Foles took over as QB" 2020-09-27_20:12:43.88033 Thing> Ritsu says, "Eagles tied it." 2020-09-27_20:13:26.04140 Thing> Thor says, "BOOOOOOOOO" 2020-09-27_20:19:12.51385 Thing> Thor says, "TD, Chicago." 2020-09-27_20:19:20.40726 Thing> Thor says, "So yes, the Falcons are indeed choking again" 2020-09-27_20:26:06.16855 Thing> Thor points and laughs at Falcons. Sheesh. 2020-09-27_21:11:00.50738 Finn> Chel says, "rewatched SNAFU from the start. Season 3 is decidedly more dour than 1 and 2" 2020-09-27_21:11:27.13737 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-27_21:12:05.42305 Thing> Ritsu says, "Eagles/Bengals ends in a tie." 2020-09-27_21:12:12.47147 Thing> Ritsu says, "The NFC East is bad." 2020-09-27_21:12:27.17695 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-27_21:12:27.38938 ## All done. ## 2020-09-27_21:12:32.15845 Finn> Hotaru says, "Which is amusing given that SHAFU runs on dour." 2020-09-27_21:15:10.00922 Finn> Chel says, "was that a typo or a joke i didn't get" 2020-09-27_21:16:18.96516 Finn> Hotaru says, "The latter, I guess? If find SNAFU to be dour from start to end." 2020-09-27_21:16:23.97226 Finn> Hotaru says, "If = I" 2020-09-27_21:16:32.32710 Finn> Chel says, "you typed SHAFU not SNAFU" 2020-09-27_21:16:40.08834 Finn> Chel says, "i wasn't certain what was going on" 2020-09-27_21:16:49.07655 Finn> Hotaru says, "Oh, that was a typo" 2020-09-27_21:17:05.89673 Finn> Chel says, "SNAFU does have a dour streak, but it works best in balance" 2020-09-27_21:17:15.45592 Finn> Chel says, "season 3 lost that balance. tho i did appreciate the finale" 2020-09-27_21:19:02.85639 Finn> Chel says, "season 2 was already slowly losing the humor, tho" 2020-09-27_21:19:12.89003 Finn> Chel says, "it was a downward trendline from season 1" 2020-09-27_21:21:29.07573 Finn> Hotaru says, "I'm looking forward to Bottom Tier Tomozaki-kun anime, which is sort of a kinder, gentler SNAFU." 2020-09-27_21:22:33.44345 Finn> Chel says, "they totally missed a totsuka moment in the sauna" 2020-09-27_21:28:08.88365 Thing> Ritsu says, "'The Eagles and Bengals played to a 23-23 tie, and I hope to whoever your religious figure of choice is that you didn't spend four hours on that slop.'" 2020-09-27_21:29:11.83192 Ivan> Akio says, "Sean, that LWA/TOH art is choice." 2020-09-27_21:29:23.32471 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I knew you'd like it." 2020-09-27_21:29:37.45334 Finn> Chel asks, "how does interview with monster girls have a dub in portuguese and russian but not english?" 2020-09-27_21:30:03.16399 Finn> Hotaru says, "So pissed off with that series right now." 2020-09-27_21:30:11.37362 Finn> Chel asks, "what, monster girls?" 2020-09-27_21:30:22.17852 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "The two series are very very similar!" 2020-09-27_21:30:31.49499 Ivan> Akio says, "TOH just doesn't have, you know, anime problems." 2020-09-27_21:30:32.92395 Finn> Hotaru says, "Vol. 8, he FINALLY asks the other teacher on a date. They prepare for it... then we get 3 chapters of the girls hanging at the Dullahan's place and wtching fireworks." 2020-09-27_21:30:40.45151 Finn> Hotaru exclaims, "The series puts out a volume a year!" 2020-09-27_21:30:48.05157 Finn> Hotaru exclaims, "LET THE SUCCUBUS FUCK!" 2020-09-27_21:30:50.99876 Finn> Chel says, "that's.... slow" 2020-09-27_21:33:31.91090 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac laughs and laughs 2020-09-27_21:34:22.85906 Thing> Ritsu says, "On the bright side, the Washington football team is unlikely to literally get murdered like the Falcons are." 2020-09-27_21:37:19.53095 Thing> Ritsu says, "'The Atlanta Falcons had a 99.3% win probability with 6:24 left in the game before the Chicago Bears stormed back under Nick Foles. The last time the Falcons blew a 99%+ win probability in the 4th quarter was all the way back to last week against the Cowboys.'" 2020-09-27_21:39:10.24253 Finn> Chel says, "i did like that anime so. the succubus being shy was adorable" 2020-09-27_21:41:17.45211 Finn> Chel says, "the vampire and her sister remind me a little of ariel and kait." 2020-09-27_21:44:07.21967 Finn> Hotaru says, "New York Times leaks Trump tax details. TLDR: he's a tax evader but he's still losing money like crazy and has debts close to a billion bucks coming due shortly--he's just about broke." 2020-09-27_21:48:06.45846 Ivan> Akio says, "You actually should watch Owl House, Sean. This is 100% your kind of show. It's total Droo bait as well." 2020-09-27_21:51:11.33015 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I don't actually know where to torrent shit anymore if it's not nyaa." 2020-09-27_21:51:18.85800 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "It's been too long." 2020-09-27_21:51:55.12268 Ivan> Akio says, "You could wait until November, spend seven bucks for a month of Disney+, and watch it and the Muppets." 2020-09-27_21:52:59.45952 Ivan> Huitzilopochtli says, "I could." 2020-09-27_21:53:51.47386 Finn> Chel says, "also on interview with monster girls, it subtly points out how government services in japan would likely handle it. and it makes me think demis in the USA are probably SOL" 2020-09-27_21:55:14.30964 Finn> Hotaru says, "Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won. He paid just $750 in 2017, his first year in office. And he paid no income taxes in 10 of the previous 15 years." 2020-09-27_22:16:47.52625 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Mike: http://www.makehumancommunity.org/ I know you like messing with things like these." 2020-09-27_22:26:40.08071 Ivan> Tobias says, "I've actually done a great deal with that program. I used it to make the very earliest Min renders." 2020-09-27_22:46:23.88550 Finn> David says, "no wonder." 2020-09-27_23:29:38.85417 Finn> Aerianne has connected. 2020-09-27_23:30:08.55802 Aerianne has connected 2020-09-28_00:23:56.74964 Finn> The_Prof has connected. 2020-09-28_00:23:56.96189 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected. 2020-09-28_01:58:22.69215 Finn> Shiori says, "thud" 2020-09-28_01:58:24.00981 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected. 2020-09-28_01:58:24.26207 Aerianne has disconnected 2020-09-28_02:06:35.59945 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected. 2020-09-28_02:06:35.81175 The_Prof has disconnected 2020-09-28_02:21:19.12680 Ivan> Akio says, "Wow. Trump's former campaign manager, the "Death Star" guy, barricaded himslef in his home with guns and threatened to harm himself and others." 2020-09-28_02:21:26.58500 Ivan> Akio says, "This of course happened... in Florida." 2020-09-28_02:26:45.23519 Finn> The_Prof has connected. 2020-09-28_02:27:15.50179 The_Prof has reconnected 2020-09-28_02:28:24.85181 Ivan> Chris-hotep says, "Florida Man, Florida Man ..." 2020-09-28_09:11:28.17553 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-28_09:12:28.21009 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-28_09:12:28.48051 ## All done. ## 2020-09-28_12:13:07.43491 Finn> Chel says, "i have decided to give the current sword art series a try. because while i hate kirito, i really like asuna." 2020-09-28_12:13:28.79795 Finn> Chel says, "and there's...... so much bad writing. so many plot holes." 2020-09-28_12:13:42.72680 Finn> Chel says, "it hurts so much" 2020-09-28_12:22:43.87422 Finn> Chel says, "and the first thing they do to introduce kritio's sister is to get her tentacle raped. well done, author. well done." 2020-09-28_12:52:25.07014 Finn> Chel says, "and now i get to the part where the author reckons the americans and the chinese would team up against japan today. i think someone's stuck in ww2 mythology." 2020-09-28_13:16:04.33583 Finn> Alaia asks, "What did you expect?" 2020-09-28_13:53:03.88779 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "they got the americans in under the guise of a new mmo beta test. they lured the korean and chinese players in to fight the japanese" 2020-09-28_13:57:06.89574 Finn> Chel says, "had to do a lot of skipping ahead to trim the bullshit. and now i'm caught up. Tryhard OS lives on." 2020-09-28_14:15:41.33047 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "yeah, that's not going away" 2020-09-28_15:08:45.12760 Thing> Thor says, "Best explanation I've seen for Belichick: "Belichick has issues with drafting players and putting them in places to succeed, but he turns NFL retreads into good players. This is probably because he has tape of what players can do against NFL competition."" 2020-09-28_15:44:44.49063 Thing> Benvolio says, "The explanation for Belichick is simple." 2020-09-28_15:45:08.82314 Thing> Benvolio says, "He builds his strategies around what his players can actually do well, not what he'd LIKE them to be able to do well." 2020-09-28_15:45:24.30710 Finn> Hotaru says, "'8 People Arrested on Suspicion of Selling Fake Demon Slayer Figures in Japan'" 2020-09-28_15:45:53.63810 Thing> Benvolio says, "I'm a very casual football fan, but it seems to me like a solid majority of NFL coaches have a system they like, and if the round peg of a player doesn't fit in the square hole of their system, well, sucks to be the player." 2020-09-28_15:46:08.60990 Thing> Benvolio says, "See: Seattle's dogged refusal to use Russell Wilson properly." 2020-09-28_15:47:35.70619 Finn> Hotaru says, "I see Karen has seen The Owl House. https://www.themarysue.com/owl-house-detractors-homophobia/" 2020-09-28_15:49:28.92427 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They have." 2020-09-28_15:49:31.94627 Thing> Ritsu says, "Washington still in first place in the NFL's Comedy Division." 2020-09-28_15:49:50.44371 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Owl House is largely getting away with what it is because it's a relentlessly earnest show. " 2020-09-28_15:51:51.93849 Thing> Ritsu says, "That said, have to agree with the oddsmakers, who have the Ravens by 13.5 over Washington next week." 2020-09-28_16:23:08.83833 Thing> Blob says, "well, as the saying goes, they are finally letting russell cook this season" 2020-09-28_16:23:46.84499 Thing> Benvolio says, "Yeah, I know." 2020-09-28_16:24:48.19380 Thing> Benvolio says, "A friend put it thus: "I was convinced I was slightly overpaying for Wilson in my fantasy draft out of hometown love and nostalgia. If we'd know they were actually going to use him, he'd have gone for like 3x the amount I bid."" 2020-09-28_16:24:59.46260 Thing> Blob says, "haha" 2020-09-28_16:25:52.97375 Thing> Blob says, "this has definitely been the start of an mvp potential season for him" 2020-09-28_16:26:36.31213 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "For the Stellaris players and John: https://rememberdismove.blogspot.com/2020/09/planets.html" 2020-09-28_16:29:14.15425 Thing> Blob says, "also, yes, it is certainly an NFC Least year this time around" 2020-09-28_16:29:18.76897 Ivan> Akio says, "Every planet here is 100% a Stellaris planet." 2020-09-28_16:30:05.45397 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I pretty much figured you'd say that." 2020-09-28_17:08:01.41742 Finn> The_Prof has connected. 2020-09-28_17:08:15.33336 Finn> Kiara says, "Wrbl." 2020-09-28_17:08:32.01646 The_Prof has reconnected 2020-09-28_17:08:58.84778 Finn> Hotaru says, "I somehow missed that Vic falsified the Funko Pop story." 2020-09-28_17:09:07.12857 Finn> Hotaru says, "He got a fake one made and pretended." 2020-09-28_17:18:09.92778 Finn> Kiara says, "...ah-hah. Ah ha ha hah." 2020-09-28_17:18:20.01262 Finn> Kiara says, "Somehow, that fails to surprise me." 2020-09-28_17:55:52.59793 Finn> Chel says, "i fail to have enthusiasm for the trump tax story, because in the end, it won't change anything." 2020-09-28_18:19:02.45710 Finn> David says, "Wow." 2020-09-28_18:22:06.44050 Thing> Thor says, "Yeah, the reason I mentioned Belichick's draft picks is because NFL people generally dog him for not doing so well with his middle round picks, but the explanation seems simple: it's hard to project how well college players could do against NFL competition until they actually play NFL competition. (Hell, almost all the NFL teams don't hit on a high enough rate either; what Belichick does better than others is -actually- understand the sunk cost fallacy and let them go rather than let them continue to stink." 2020-09-28_18:22:41.13388 Thing> Thor says, "He seems to operate on a 'Better to let them go a year too early than a year too late'" 2020-09-28_18:24:24.08226 Thing> Thor says, "Also, man, Russell Wilson's career is similar to Brady's... they unleashed the hounds in their 30s." 2020-09-28_18:24:34.67076 Thing> Thor says, "Give Wilson his weapon and let him go." 2020-09-28_18:26:04.78233 Thing> Thor says, "Who -is- Seattle's new OC? I know the old one ended up in Detroit." 2020-09-28_18:27:05.28078 Thing> Thor asks, "Brian Schottenheimer. Really?" 2020-09-28_18:29:16.86549 Finn> David says, "This sounds like an euphemism. https://twitter.com/DickKingSmith/status/1310611940868325381 'Studies have shown that listening to the sound of beavers enthusiastically munching on white cabbage can temporarily reduce stress levels by up to 17%.'" 2020-09-28_19:24:14.50245 Finn> Vendrik says, "That's... oddly specific. Do you get the same percentage if it's red cabbage? What about rabbits munching? So many dependent variables." 2020-09-28_19:24:49.74319 Finn> Vendrik asks, "Does this hold true for misophones, who hate the sound of other people eating?" 2020-09-28_20:01:46.95025 Finn> Chel says, "a marvel villian that's actually aged well to modern times - mojo" 2020-09-28_20:26:15.52226 Thing> Thor says, "Over-under on which week Adam Gase gets fired? I'm going with week 7." 2020-09-28_20:30:14.16508 Finn> Hotaru says, "Dropping the Full Metal Panic novels, which have just become miserable." 2020-09-28_20:30:21.55935 Finn> Kiara says, "Ouch. ;_;" 2020-09-28_20:30:25.42115 Finn> Hotaru says, "The anime I remember was fun. This is anti-fun." 2020-09-28_20:31:24.27956 Finn> Kiara says, "I never got around to watching The Second Raid anime season, which I hear went in a similar direction." 2020-09-28_20:31:36.16142 Finn> David says, "I only picked up that collector edition of the novel" 2020-09-28_20:38:51.65200 Finn> Hotaru says, "New LN license, World Teacher." 2020-09-28_20:39:30.98880 Finn> Hotaru says, "'A man who was once called the world strongest agent ended up becoming a teacher after his retirement to train the new generation of agents. After many years of training his disciples, he is killed at the age of 60 by the ploy of a secret organization and was reincarnated in another world with all his past memories. Though he was surprised by the magic and the strange species of that world, he adapted very fast to his condition as a newborn and took advantage of it. He acquired special magic and gained a massive amount of strength thanks to his tight discipline in order to reach his goal: resume his career as a teacher which he left halfway through in his previous life. This is the story of a man who based on the memories and the experiences of his previous life, became a teacher who travels through the world with his new students.'" 2020-09-28_20:42:47.58909 Thing> Ritsu says, "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK." 2020-09-28_20:43:03.03204 Thing> Ritsu says, "Ioannidis out for the year." 2020-09-28_20:43:12.17272 Thing> Ritsu says, "1-15, here we come." 2020-09-28_20:52:58.83654 Thing> Blob asks, "what's the injury? acl, achilles?" 2020-09-28_20:57:30.46872 Thing> Ritsu says, "Pec," 2020-09-28_20:59:28.81266 Thing> Blob says, "ah" 2020-09-28_20:59:43.81246 Thing> Blob says, "dang, bad enough to take him out for the season" 2020-09-28_21:04:56.90990 Finn> Mike says, "It amuses me that 'reincarnated in another world' is now such a staple genre that they no longer feel any pressing need to explain the reincarnation." 2020-09-28_21:07:54.91289 Finn> Hotaru says, "I just read a 'I'm the heroine in an otome game' novel where there was no explanation or even backstory. She suddently finds herself in a classroom as the heroine, and the story just moves from there." 2020-09-28_21:08:21.31652 Finn> Hotaru says, "No one wants to go through the whole "I worked a drab office job, I got hit by a truck, I met God" shit anymore." 2020-09-28_21:11:29.22249 ## Save Soon ## 2020-09-28_21:11:42.95360 Thing> Thor says, "Torn biceps. Ew." 2020-09-28_21:12:29.22196 ## Saving... ## 2020-09-28_21:12:29.43431 ## All done. ## 2020-09-28_21:12:53.63840 Thing> Ritsu says, "We need to sign a DT now. Off the streets or practice squad. We only have 3." 2020-09-28_21:13:52.28678 Thing> Thor asks, "Check the stockpile DTs the Ravens have maybe?" 2020-09-28_21:14:48.24290 Finn> Mike says, "I guess they figure 'it's a blatant plot device, you've heard it many times before, why don't we just skip it and get on to what you came for?'." 2020-09-28_21:15:30.43081 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah" 2020-09-28_21:15:46.27980 Finn> Hotaru says, "Yup." 2020-09-28_21:20:25.11350 Finn> Hotaru says, "Well, there are some older series that did that as well." 2020-09-28_21:20:49.61698 Finn> Hotaru says, "Subaru in re: Zero just shows up BAM." 2020-09-28_21:20:51.36743 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "the one thing with the otome game scenario is that it's 50/50 whether or not the protag is the the heroine or the villainess" 2020-09-28_21:21:20.13954 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "or actually maybe 60/40 villainess to heroine split these days" 2020-09-28_21:21:30.35988 Thing> Thor says, "TIL: Adam Gase's agent is the same as Sam Darnold's. Which explains a fair bit." 2020-09-28_21:22:59.68867 Finn> Hotaru says, "The one I'm almost done with now has 1 heroine from a fantasy world (princess) who ends up in modern day Japan, and ANOTHER girl who is reincarnated in an otome game, which it turns out this happens to be, much to the first heroine's surprise." 2020-09-28_21:23:34.84020 Finn> Hotaru says, "The otome girl falls for one of the guys, but the princes heroine ends up falling for another girl... who is really a boy in disguise." 2020-09-28_21:23:43.69482 Finn> Hotaru says, "It's complicated, but quiet entertaining." 2020-09-28_21:23:51.91246 Finn> Hotaru says, "quite" 2020-09-28_21:24:09.58656 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "that's a little more original" 2020-09-28_21:44:00.92686 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Yo, this donkey is a wizard and has been drunk for like, seven days. Also there's treasure.' 'I mean, who doesn't want drunk wizard donkeys in their game?' No one, that's who." 2020-09-28_21:46:53.06185 Finn> Hotaru says, "I found a Chinese place that has something I will get that is NOT fried chicken wings." 2020-09-28_21:51:18.93196 Finn> Hotaru says, " Golden Finger and Teriyaki Beef." 2020-09-28_21:52:20.11685 Finn> Vendrik exclaims, "Sean can have chicken tendies in any cuisine!" 2020-09-28_21:53:54.12576 Finn> Hotaru says, "Sssh, don't ruin it." 2020-09-28_21:55:17.42817 Finn> Vendrik says, "I always used General Tso's as my benchmark, until I stopped being able to eat breaded foods :(. That said, I also know that's not really an authentic dish in any Chinese cuisine." 2020-09-28_21:56:02.66816 Finn> Kiara says, "Beef with Snow Peas was always my benchmark 'Chinese' dish." 2020-09-28_21:56:23.44119 Finn> Hotaru says, "'Bakemonogatari author NisiOisin's latest novel, titled Delivery Room, has an unusual premise: Five pregnant women are invited to a mysterious battle royale-like situation with the prize of a healthy childbirth on the line.'" 2020-09-28_21:56:35.32725 Finn> Hotaru says, "Pregnant Battle Royale." 2020-09-28_21:56:55.57750 Finn> Vendrik says, "Ugh. That's just tasteless." 2020-09-28_21:57:07.84199 Finn> Vendrik says, "Not even in an "Oh Japan" way." 2020-09-28_21:59:58.36528 Finn> Don Drooleone... 2020-09-28_22:00:36.22234 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "my benchmark is 'did one of my older relatives recommend this place'" 2020-09-28_22:01:33.30921 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "and if not, then regardless of whether it's on the menu or not, do they do three cup squid" 2020-09-28_22:11:20.13742 Finn> Chel says, "there ought be a series where a guy runs around saving people from truck-kun" 2020-09-28_22:13:41.78644 Finn> Chel says, "i am finally resuming chiyo-chan's daily road. i forgot she's a splinter cell fan. it makes me feel better." 2020-09-28_22:20:06.82170 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "You could do a one-shot of some guy who keeps trying to throw himself in front of trucks to be reincarnated and they always miss and his ever more over the top efforts to get hit" 2020-09-28_22:50:17.62101 Finn> Mike says, "You could do a manga about the people who's jobs it is to drive the special trucks that hit chosen people to send them to be reincarnated in another world." 2020-09-28_22:51:26.10675 Finn> Vendrik says, "That sounds like it could be a fun one shot RPG scenario." 2020-09-28_22:54:52.91141 Finn> Chel says, "Men In Trucks" 2020-09-28_22:55:07.51196 Finn> Mike says, ""Who do we have today, Chiyo-kun?" "Nakamura Rika, age 19, a failing student, who is slated to be sent on to be a warrior princess in a fantasy world who must quest with a band of misfits to unlock the power of love." "That sounds great! She's in for some amazing adventures!" "You bet! She'll be crossing the intersection in front to the Heiko Building at exactly 3:42 PM." "We have just enough time to pick up lunch and still make it into position. Thai okay, Chiyo-san?" "I love Thai, Mura-kun!"" 2020-09-28_23:04:04.85770 Finn> Kiara says, "The Loaderman has done it again." 2020-09-28_23:11:28.12203 Finn> Chel says, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KU7EmdyB8 Lupin III cgi movie. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh, I dunno." 2020-09-28_23:12:19.37775 Finn> Chel says, "it looks like Lupin III, as done by Pixar" 2020-09-28_23:12:25.35418 Finn> Chel says, "and I'm not sure I like that" 2020-09-28_23:14:02.00646 Finn> Kiara says, "Either that, or Lupin done as Final Fantasy." 2020-09-28_23:14:34.05933 Finn> Chel says, "if you mean the cutesy phase of final fantasy they went through a decade plus back" 2020-09-28_23:14:59.69936 Finn> Chel says, "this is definitely a movie aimed at kids" 2020-09-28_23:15:30.03791 Finn> Kiara says, "Yeah... though I won't ding it on that ground alone, I loved Castle of Cagliostro." 2020-09-28_23:16:12.16184 Finn> Chel says, "it looks like this movie could crossover with scooby doo cgi effortlessly" 2020-09-28_23:22:53.10484 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Lupin/Scooby could be hilarious if done well" 2020-09-28_23:24:29.00585 Thing> Ritsu says, "Jay Johnstone has died from COVID-19." 2020-09-28_23:24:38.97361 Thing> Ritsu says, "Loved reading his books when I was young." 2020-09-28_23:31:56.09072 Thing> Thor says, "Never read his books" 2020-09-28_23:32:04.41702 Thing> Thor says, "Boo." 2020-09-28_23:39:28.90671 Finn> David asks, "Sean out of curiousity, ever read any Cordwainer Smith stories?" 2020-09-29_00:33:12.48724 Finn> Aerianne has connected. 2020-09-29_00:33:13.63155 Finn> Shiori says, "'lo" 2020-09-29_00:33:42.44190 Aerianne has connected 2020-09-29_00:35:54.72516 Finn> Kiara says, "Hey, Phil." 2020-09-29_00:43:01.16021 Finn> Shiori says, "Huh, from a decade ago - https://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/" 2020-09-29_02:19:43.49590 Finn> Harrowhark says, "'Every once in a while I think about how we essentially had funny TikToks when I was growing up but if you wanted anyone else to see them you had to mail a VHS tape to Bob Saget.'" 2020-09-29_02:25:20.85460 Finn> Mike has connected. 2020-09-29_02:25:30.33858 Ivan> Tobias says, "Hey." 2020-09-29_02:25:43.68705 Ivan> Akio says, "Hey hey." 2020-09-29_02:25:47.53626 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "sup" 2020-09-29_02:25:50.63975 Mike has reconnected 2020-09-29_02:26:24.03066 Ivan> Tobias asks, "So Rod, you gonna spend any of them 90 banked points?" 2020-09-29_02:26:34.13667 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "i'm waffling" 2020-09-29_02:26:58.30336 Ivan> Tobias asks, "What're the options?" 2020-09-29_02:28:35.63574 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "tune up some hacking, get some skills to be more survivable in lightsabering, boost stealh a bit, strengthen jedi mind tricks" 2020-09-29_02:33:55.63413 Ivan> Tobias says, "An easy pickup for hacking would be to grab the 5-point Bypass Security." 2020-09-29_02:37:17.04081 Ivan> Tobias says, "There's a block of 4 talents in Shadow that would all be super helpful, but they total exactly 90 points and the only one of them you'd need to take is not super useful to you right now." 2020-09-29_02:38:30.33910 Ivan> Tobias says, "Now You See Me is a great talent but you need a decent Deception roll to use it." 2020-09-29_02:40:33.40226 Ivan> Tobias says, "But then off that, Master of Shadows and Dodge greatly enhance your stealth and lightsaber defense respectively, and that Dedication could be used to either amp up your Force abilities (by putting it into Willpower) or your hacking (by putting it into Intellect)." 2020-09-29_02:45:39.54823 Ivan> Tobias says, "Hey Merc, I was rereading Fault Line Blues last night and noticed something that greatly amused me." 2020-09-29_02:47:26.20998 Ivan> Akio asks, "?" 2020-09-29_02:48:17.75043 Ivan> Tobias asks, "So you remember Lt. Greff? The bent police lieutenant?" 2020-09-29_02:48:51.84227 Ivan> Tobias says, "Apparently his full name is 'Karr Greff'." 2020-09-29_02:49:38.88264 Ivan> Tobias says, "I wonder if disgraceful policeman Karr Greff is related to disgraced magistrate Greef Karga. :D" 2020-09-29_02:50:41.62346 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "There are only so many Star Wars sounding syllables, damn it!" 2020-09-29_02:50:54.52555 Ivan> Akio says, "I do remember Lieutenant Greff because he went out like a boss." 2020-09-29_02:51:27.93392 Ivan> Tobias says, "If I hadn't killed him off, my canon would be that Greef Karga IS Lt. Greff several years down the road." 2020-09-29_03:01:15.47609 Ivan> Tobias says, "Trying to come up with a plan for next friday and keep hitting the 'not enough info' wall." 2020-09-29_03:01:44.70428 Ivan> Tobias says, "I think the first thing we're gonna want to do is turn Chel loose on codebreaking." 2020-09-29_03:02:14.89859 Ivan> Tobias says, "If we can read the Imperial traffic that'll make things a lot easier." 2020-09-29_03:03:52.45590 Ivan> Tobias says, "After that, I guess a lot depends on if we want to move straight on Darkmin, or if we want to let her sit for now and instead pre-emptively target Morden or Vassen Lem while they still aren't aware of our presence." 2020-09-29_03:05:43.69229 Ivan> Akio says, "Target for MUDERS." 2020-09-29_03:07:00.24203 Ivan> Tobias says, "I thought about it and realized there is, in fact, a good way to scoop up Maradelle. But doing so would alert everyone involved that SOMETHING was going on, whereas a lower-echelon soldier vanishing could mean any number of things and might not even be reported to the Imperials unless there was evidence of something suspicious." 2020-09-29_03:07:12.29211 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected. 2020-09-29_03:07:12.50431 Aerianne has disconnected 2020-09-29_03:10:09.87930 Ivan> Akio asks, "Go on?" 2020-09-29_03:14:49.74192 Ivan> Tobias says, "Maradelle doesn't do call girl work any more, at least from what she said at our last meeting, but by the time of Fault Line Blues she HAD naturally transitioned into a supervisory and auditory role of such vice operations, which was a good fit for her since as a former worker herself she had an intimate knowledge of how they ran and what the dodges and workplace was like. As part of leadership she's probably still doing that... Jirik very likely has her overseeing all the high-end vice in the city. Which means that non-violent issues or disruption at one sight... accounting errors, some similiar problem... will probably bring her out to the building to settle matters, with a minimum of guards and no expectation of trouble since she'll being doing routine business on Family property." 2020-09-29_03:16:01.04234 Ivan> Tobias says, "We wait til she shows, then take her." 2020-09-29_03:16:31.86420 Ivan> Akio says, "The Family are actually regularly out and about." 2020-09-29_03:16:37.75734 Ivan> Tobias says, "Stun weapons at high volume, grab, gtfo." 2020-09-29_03:17:08.67042 Ivan> Akio says, "Gracia didn't tell you this directly, but I'll say that you know that the Family is not, currently, in a Go To The Mattresses state of wartime readiness." 2020-09-29_03:17:47.78672 Ivan> Tobias says, "The Family as a whole may not be, but I'm thinking more of the named characters." 2020-09-29_03:19:48.71385 Ivan> Tobias says, "We could do a drive-by attack on Montressor's! :D" 2020-09-29_03:20:40.13926 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "For the nostalgia!" 2020-09-29_03:20:59.96674 Ivan> Akio says, "That gang in Fault Line Blues was a real pack of idiots." 2020-09-29_03:21:14.41515 Ivan> Akio says, "Wait, no, not Fault Line Blues." 2020-09-29_03:21:23.20912 Ivan> Akio says, "The other one." 2020-09-29_03:27:48.90357 Ivan> Tobias says, "We could send Chel to have a look at Kren's place and see how closely it's being watched, but unfortunately Chel isn't that great at spotting things." 2020-09-29_03:29:19.57691 Ivan> Akio says, "She is not." 2020-09-29_03:32:10.94383 Ivan> Tobias says, "Huh, interesting. Chel and Min both have 18 pips worth of skills." 2020-09-29_03:33:42.89139 Ivan> Akio says, "Manny is the skill monkey." 2020-09-29_03:33:49.51486 Ivan> Akio says, "Followed by Alaia, then you two." 2020-09-29_03:33:59.68090 Ivan> Akio says, "This is usual; Force characters have huge point sinks." 2020-09-29_03:34:12.23508 Ivan> Akio says, "Non-force characters tend to stuff a lot more into the skills." 2020-09-29_03:39:32.19705 Ivan> Akio says, "Been watching a lot of Among Us streams. Thinking about maybe springing for the game for the group." 2020-09-29_03:40:58.77147 Ivan> Tobias says, "I am unfamiliar with this." 2020-09-29_03:44:24.24799 Ivan> Akio says, "It's a sci-fi themed social deduction game set on a spaceship where tiny cute little spacemen try and preform their space tasks. Except for the one or two who are doing space murders." 2020-09-29_03:47:21.06883 Ivan> Tobias says, "So it's a version of Mafia." 2020-09-29_03:48:12.66663 Ivan> Akio says, "Or any one of a number of other ones, yes. It's interesting both because it has a gun and charming aesthetic, tight, simple mechanics, and how it leverages the online play space." 2020-09-29_03:49:35.67236 Ivan> Akio says, "Like, there are two ways to win it: find the imposters, and jettison them into space, or accomplish all the tasks to get your spaceship into working order. Anyone who sees a corpse can report the body and call for a vote, which means if you slit someones throat in front of witnesses you're probably fucked. Offline, this wouldn't work at all; what would happen is everyone would just move in a pack to everyones task list, in order, the ship would get fixed." 2020-09-29_03:50:24.35247 Ivan> Akio says, "But because its online... you can't communicate with others when you're running around doing tasks. Dead people can't communicate with you, although they can talk to each other. You may only speak with each other during the voting rounds, which are strictly time-limited." 2020-09-29_03:51:48.04817 Ivan> Akio says, "And it has the usual asymmetric gameplay stuff; the imposters can shut off the lights, lock doors, etc." 2020-09-29_03:52:02.18195 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Manny has 31 pips worth of skills" 2020-09-29_03:53:15.03543 Ivan> Akio says, "So you can do stuff like "I just saw that guy go into a room to do a task on the opposite side of the ship of the reactor. I trigger a reactor meltdown. All crewmen will converge on the reactor to fix it, because if they don't they lose. So I'll slit this guys throat, hop into a vent, pop up near the reactor, and join the huge crowd, and then it will take them FOREVER to find the body."" 2020-09-29_03:53:55.81950 Ivan> Akio says, "Conversely, the crew can be like "that asshole was just hanging out in electrical for like two minutes CLEARLY not doing any tasks, just waiting for someone to enter alone. That's suspicious as fuck."" 2020-09-29_03:57:03.98997 Ivan> Tobias says, "Manny is SKILL-LORD." 2020-09-29_03:57:29.12477 Ivan> Tobias says, "Not to be confused with Star-Lord." 2020-09-29_03:57:30.34530 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Up that to 32 skill points" 2020-09-29_03:57:39.72091 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I just took Ranged Light to 5" 2020-09-29_03:57:42.62852 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Because it'" 2020-09-29_03:57:49.19061 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Is going to be shooty time" 2020-09-29_03:57:54.84078 Ivan> Akio says, "Because the Legend of Two-Gun Manny demands it." 2020-09-29_03:58:22.06661 Ivan> Tobias says, "You literally then have exactly as many skill points as Min and Chel combined." 2020-09-29_03:58:41.46883 Ivan> Akio says, "Uh, no." 2020-09-29_03:59:01.60918 Ivan> Tobias says, "Ah, wait, we have 18, not 16." 2020-09-29_03:59:07.40022 Ivan> Tobias says, "My bad." 2020-09-29_03:59:19.07715 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I could buy a pip of cool but I think I am going to save some XP" 2020-09-29_03:59:42.55401 Ivan> Tobias says, "I originally counted us at 16 because of Discipline." 2020-09-29_04:04:55.19394 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I think we need to hit Vassem Lem." 2020-09-29_04:05:10.14578 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Because he commands more resources here than Morden/Gedda." 2020-09-29_04:05:29.71547 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Also, we have to force him to bow down to the Vassem Lem Puppet" 2020-09-29_04:05:57.70926 Ivan> Tobias says, "I think more accurately, Morden/Gedda command their resources THROUGH Lem." 2020-09-29_04:06:13.07441 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Yes." 2020-09-29_04:06:36.37083 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'm pretty sure they're on that one Nebulon-B, and Lem's on the Vic." 2020-09-29_04:07:59.92464 Ivan> Tobias says, "It is REALLY tempting to find a way onto one of the ships and just... jump either Lem or Morden in their office." 2020-09-29_04:08:43.63005 Ivan> Tobias says, "Just butcher them by surprise and then evac, maybe with a few explosive charges left as a parting gift." 2020-09-29_04:09:44.31462 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "If we did that, ideally, we'd want to have every monitor on the ship show the Vassem Lem puppet show, then the ship explodes as we walk away in unison" 2020-09-29_04:10:08.35141 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "If we're ging to flat out kill someone, Lem's a better target because he's just a dude" 2020-09-29_04:10:30.69853 Ivan> Tobias says, "The problem is that those ships will be swarming with Imperials and it's hard for us to pull off the sort of shit that they do in the movies and Rebels, where they casually make their way through an alerted star destroyer." 2020-09-29_04:11:06.43298 Ivan> Tobias says, "Lem's going to have Cemi at his side and she'll be loaded for bear." 2020-09-29_04:11:17.53964 Ivan> Tobias says, "At the very least." 2020-09-29_04:11:52.65640 Ivan> Tobias says, "We know he's got at least one Death Trooper. The Empire uses them as guards for VIPs and command figures." 2020-09-29_04:12:20.07759 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "H"ow big is the ship he's likely in? 2020-09-29_04:12:55.36818 Ivan> Tobias says, "It's a Victory Class Star Destroyer. Not nearly as big as an Imperial but still pretty big." 2020-09-29_04:13:12.11982 Ivan> Tobias says, "Bigger than a Venator." 2020-09-29_04:18:43.67764 Finn> Mercutio has connected. 2020-09-29_04:19:14.14803 Mercutio has reconnected 2020-09-29_04:21:21.91404 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "AHH" 2020-09-29_04:21:33.17658 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEah, that's kind of too big for us to easily break into" 2020-09-29_04:21:44.63849 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected. 2020-09-29_04:21:44.85079 Mercutio has disconnected 2020-09-29_04:21:50.61661 Ivan> Akio asks, "what is now?" 2020-09-29_04:22:44.18590 Ivan> Tobias says, "A Victory." 2020-09-29_04:24:33.85346 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh! The Vic is actually so big that makes getting onboard it easier than it might otherwise be." 2020-09-29_04:24:48.21218 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeah." 2020-09-29_04:25:12.32636 Ivan> Tobias says, "It's not so much the getting on part that worries me, it's the once we are on part." 2020-09-29_04:27:15.81499 Ivan> Tobias says, "There's no way Manny and Alaia can pass as Imperials and Min is, as the saying goes, a little short for a stormtrooper. That means we'd have to sneak our way there." 2020-09-29_04:27:54.08191 Ivan> Akio says, "Manny can pass as an Imperial if its one of the kinds that keep their helmets on." 2020-09-29_04:28:03.22563 Ivan> Akio says, "Stormtrooper or TIE pilot." 2020-09-29_04:28:07.19459 Ivan> Akio says, "Alaia has problems." 2020-09-29_04:29:19.13405 Ivan> Tobias says, "Although..." 2020-09-29_04:30:15.50564 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "'I'm a Lekkutrooper, move along, move along'" 2020-09-29_04:31:25.94962 Ivan> Akio says, "The person in your group who can most easily infiltrate any large Imperial compound is R3." 2020-09-29_04:31:26.93128 Ivan> Tobias says, "...if Lem DOES have Cemi still around, Alaia could just put on nondescript Imperial-type ballistics clothing and mirrored shades, walk like she owns the place, and tell anyone who asks that she reports to Agent Lem. And they'll probably just go, "Oh yeah, it's one of his pet gun twi'leks."." 2020-09-29_04:31:51.73453 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Aw, you remembered about Cemi!" 2020-09-29_04:31:58.62974 Ivan> Akio says, "It'd be a bold move." 2020-09-29_04:32:26.44403 Ivan> Akio says, "A power move, even." 2020-09-29_04:38:22.87855 Ivan> Tobias says, "What would really be bold is to send in R3 and have her set up some sort of sabotage on the power core or some such." 2020-09-29_04:38:39.54806 Ivan> Tobias says, "That would be... risky though." 2020-09-29_04:39:40.49824 Ivan> Akio says, "She'd need help." 2020-09-29_04:39:48.82706 Ivan> Akio says, "Actually, let me rephrase that." 2020-09-29_04:40:11.16484 Ivan> Akio says, "She'd need help and she'd refuse to do it alone unless circumstances are considerably more dire than they are now." 2020-09-29_04:40:43.05367 Ivan> Akio says, "R3 isn't into suicide missions." 2020-09-29_04:40:53.06591 Ivan> Akio says, "Like, Lem would need to have Alaia prisoner or something." 2020-09-29_04:40:55.31477 Ivan> Tobias says, "Understandable." 2020-09-29_04:43:31.17524 Ivan> Akio says, "R3 would be willing to INFILTRATE on your behalf by herself, tho." 2020-09-29_04:45:44.35694 Ivan> Tobias says, "Infiltration is sort of useless unless you do something with it." 2020-09-29_04:46:13.05224 Ivan> Akio says, "Sure. I'm just saying." 2020-09-29_04:47:21.11901 Ivan> Tobias says, "Of course, let's say we succeed and kill Lem." 2020-09-29_04:48:41.77284 Ivan> Tobias says, "Well, that's one problem solved, but Morden and Gedda are still just a ship away, still will likely have operational control over Lem's number two, and will now be VERY aware of our presence." 2020-09-29_04:49:36.20825 Ivan> Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Crashing their ships into each other!" 2020-09-29_04:49:45.13838 Ivan> Tobias says, "Or... hmm." 2020-09-29_04:50:33.53179 Ivan> Tobias says, "No, never mind, the way most ship gunnery works in Star Wars I don't know that that's practical." 2020-09-29_04:50:47.92614 Ivan> Akio asks, "What's this now?" 2020-09-29_04:51:33.87153 Ivan> Tobias says, "What would be pretty badass is if we could slice the Vic's targeting systems to acquire and aim for the Neb-B when the weapons are fired." 2020-09-29_04:52:27.16479 Ivan> Tobias says, "So that Morden and Gedda's ship could get a star destroyer's volley at close range and without any warning." 2020-09-29_04:52:37.86757 Ivan> Akio says, "It is... the base difficulty to hit the Nebulon-B with any of the Vic's weapons is Hard." 2020-09-29_04:52:46.47537 Ivan> Akio says, "Before other modifiers come into play." 2020-09-29_04:52:54.63847 Ivan> Tobias asks, "...seriously?" 2020-09-29_04:53:55.00996 Ivan> Akio says, "The Vic is Silhouette 8. The Nebulon-B is Silhouette 6." 2020-09-29_04:54:14.94516 Ivan> Akio says, "Firing down two is hard." 2020-09-29_04:54:27.17733 Ivan> Akio says, "Conversely, the Nebulon-B only has an Easy roll to hit the Vic." 2020-09-29_04:54:31.67015 Ivan> Tobias says, "That seems... really weird, but okay." 2020-09-29_04:56:05.91962 Ivan> Akio says, "That said, the Vic is so much more heavily armed it isn't even funny." 2020-09-29_04:56:15.51639 Ivan> Tobias says, "I get smaller faster ships should be harder to hit, but the Vic is a upper-middle capship and the Neb-B is a lower-middle capship. The Vic ought to be a logical predator of them." 2020-09-29_04:58:11.17340 Ivan> Akio says, "Well, consider that the Vic has over twice the hull trauma threshold, 50% more armor, and has the firepower of roughly four or five Nebulon-Bs before you even consider the fighter wing." 2020-09-29_05:00:06.61795 Ivan> Akio says, "The Nebulon-B is only going to win that fight if its fighters get very, very lucky, or if it can get around the Vic. (Vic's can't shoot backwards; they have nothing that fires into their own rear arc.)" 2020-09-29_05:01:36.07197 Ivan> Akio says, "Seizing control of its weapons long enough to make them fire into the Nebulon is potentially doable, but you'd probably only get one or two salvos from a few of the weapons emplacements." 2020-09-29_05:01:50.76769 Ivan> Akio says, "Before the local gun crews physically locked down the weapons." 2020-09-29_05:04:59.10986 Ivan> Akio says, "Speaking with some of the advice the NPC companions you have would give you, Blue would advise you to be goal-oriented, and if you're striking at the Imperials pre-emptively (an idea she likes and approves of) your goal shouldn't necessarily be to destroy your enemies. You didn't come to Celanon to fight Vassen Lem and Inquisitor Morden. You came here to deal with Dark Min and extract your mom. Striking at Lem or Morden pre-emptively should be in aid of that." 2020-09-29_05:05:27.55625 Ivan> Akio says, "Which means what you want isn't necessarily a surgical strike, it's maximum chaos and disruption to the entire Imperial operation." 2020-09-29_05:05:58.38342 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Like stealing Lem's comm codes and ordering his agents to hit the Family" 2020-09-29_05:06:15.98526 Ivan> Tobias says, "That only works to our advantage if it prevents them from usefully interfering on Celanon." 2020-09-29_05:06:41.97549 Ivan> Akio says, "Yes, that was implied." 2020-09-29_05:07:46.87123 Ivan> Tobias says, "And we have another limiting factor. We can't do anything that's going to likely provoke a strike with high civilian casualties or a general pogrom. Well, we COULD, but Min won't go along with it." 2020-09-29_05:08:34.85643 Ivan> Akio says, "You have one advantage there, sort of." 2020-09-29_05:08:48.24064 Ivan> Akio says, "Which is that that sort of thing isn't Lem and Morden's style." 2020-09-29_05:09:22.49459 Ivan> Akio says, "Which isn't to say they won't do it." 2020-09-29_05:10:39.04039 Ivan> Tobias says, "See if this was reversed and I was DarkMin, I'd just steal Ardrame's old plan." 2020-09-29_05:12:20.39564 Ivan> Akio says, "Another problem, of course, if that you're less than sure of her goals and thus her plan." 2020-09-29_05:12:34.82793 Ivan> Akio says, "Although that's discernible through deduction based on prior interaction." 2020-09-29_05:12:43.04993 Ivan> Tobias says, "That reminds me. If planetside gets too hot and we need somewhere to hole up, we can relocate into orbit and dock at that bolthole in the old platform they refurbished for her. I bet its still there." 2020-09-29_05:13:04.17836 Ivan> Akio says, "And through intelligence gathering." 2020-09-29_05:13:18.81744 Ivan> Tobias says, "That assumes she HAS a plan." 2020-09-29_05:13:38.78200 Ivan> Tobias says, "Beyond what she's doing right now." 2020-09-29_05:14:46.21396 Ivan> Tobias says, "We really don't HAVE prior interaction with this entity." 2020-09-29_05:15:41.69062 Ivan> Tobias says, "With Dark Min, sure, but it's unclear to me how much of this solid being is her, and how much is what the Crow's Eye has molded to suit its own ends." 2020-09-29_05:16:49.90087 Ivan> Akio asks, "Yes, it IS, isn't it?" 2020-09-29_05:16:50.90609 Ivan> Tobias says, "The fact that she's working with the Empire seems out of character to say the least." 2020-09-29_05:18:36.75586 Finn> Chel stares at God of High School. "I see this is the ep where they decided to pull everything out their ass." 2020-09-29_05:19:05.60557 Finn> Chel says, "Hey, you know what'd be cool? No, don't say it, just throw it in the ep. We'll be fine." 2020-09-29_05:19:47.90117 Finn> Chel says, "Explosions are cool! Liu Bu is cool! Nine tail fox? Yeah, Naruto made that cool! Let's go with it! Monkey king? ALWAYS cool!" 2020-09-29_05:20:58.21473 Finn> Chel exclaims, "we forget anything? Dragons! Dragons are cool!" 2020-09-29_05:21:06.75672 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Heh" 2020-09-29_05:21:58.27829 Finn> Chel says, "this wasn't jumping the shark, this was embracing it." 2020-09-29_05:36:24.74049 Finn> Chel says, "also, rewatched code geass..... suzaku is still an idiot." 2020-09-29_05:38:06.32823 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Yes." 2020-09-29_05:38:11.64379 Finn> Harrowhark says, "He's clever at times." 2020-09-29_05:38:26.95207 Finn> Chel says, "'I'll change britian!' dude. I mean. dude." 2020-09-29_05:38:34.17106 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's also difficult to watch season one and not think "traitorous collaborationist."" 2020-09-29_05:39:03.11270 Finn> Chel says, "I get the THEORY of his statement, but it's very clear he has utterly failed in his mission." 2020-09-29_05:40:05.27820 Finn> Chel says, "it was akin to staring at a t-rex and saying 'i bet i can make it eat salad'" 2020-09-29_05:43:38.67432 Ivan> Tobias says, "Hm." 2020-09-29_05:43:52.65714 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "YEah" 2020-09-29_05:44:18.36625 Ivan> Tobias says, "It strikes me we could try a dangerous, dangerous ploy and try to actually suborn Vassen Lem." 2020-09-29_05:44:22.93716 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "With the glowing eye, I now am imagining Evil Min as Min-Lelouch" 2020-09-29_05:44:53.27964 Ivan> Tobias says, "As we have very potent blackmail on him." 2020-09-29_05:45:03.13923 Ivan> Akio says, "You've intrigued me." 2020-09-29_05:45:23.12692 Ivan> Tobias says, "We know about his filthy, filthy twi'lek genes." 2020-09-29_05:46:02.49319 Ivan> Tobias says, "Imagine what common knowledge of that would do for him." 2020-09-29_05:46:29.05961 Ivan> Tobias says, "On the heels of his interview promoting synergy." 2020-09-29_05:46:31.05853 Ivan> Sniper Ox says, "if anyone can go lelouch it'd be Alaia" 2020-09-29_05:47:12.36167 Ivan> Tobias says, "Of course Lem is a dangerous motherfucker and not easily blackmailed." 2020-09-29_05:47:45.13542 Ivan> Tobias says, "But even THAT might turn to our advantage... if he thinks the one blackmailing him is DarkMin." 2020-09-29_05:47:48.79459 Finn> Chel says, "hrm. apparently they planned to do more Code Geass anime without Lelouch. This has yet to materialize." 2020-09-29_05:48:56.05367 Ivan> Tobias says, "If she calls him up and basically extorts him into altering the deal... well... we could potentially set up all KINDS of trouble between the current partners." 2020-09-29_05:49:03.47212 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "He is like a Boss" 2020-09-29_05:49:39.67666 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Though in the SW Universe the phrase 'Like a Boss' evokes a computer system" 2020-09-29_05:53:07.72921 Ivan> Akio says, "Yeah, the Imperial service isn't super friendly to hybrids." 2020-09-29_05:56:20.16151 Ivan> Tobias says, "o/~ Freighter registry! / LIKE A BOSS! / Engine numbers! / LIKE A BOSS! / Hyperlanes! / LIKE A BOSS! / System surveys! / LIKE A BOSS! / Outer Rim jobs! / LIKE A BOSS! / Sucking black holes! / LIKE A BOSS! / Fuck a Mirialan! / LIKE A BOSS! / Forget the double entendre! / LIKE A BOSS! / Go to Hutt space! / LIKE A BOSS! / Piss off Jabba! / LIKE A BOSS! / Smuggle spice! / LIKE A BOSS! / Snort it all! / LIKE A BOSS! / Puke on Jabba! / LIKE A BOSS! / Date Gardulla! / LIKE A BOSS! / Lead a coup! / LIKE A BOSS! / Go into exile! / LIKE A BOSS! / Fly into the sun! / LIKE A BOSS! / Now we're dead! / LIKE A BOSS! o/~" 2020-09-29_06:07:53.63708 Finn> Chel says, "well." 2020-09-29_06:08:21.44436 Finn> Chel says, "i got my replacement phone. i followed the automated process to activate my new phone. it deactiaved my old phone and did NOT activate my new phone." 2020-09-29_06:10:33.64321 Finn> Mike says, "You'd better call and... oh. Oh dear." 2020-09-29_06:10:44.87209 Finn> Chel says, "ah. there we go. the universal tech fix. i had to reboot the phone -.-;" 2020-09-29_06:11:07.70180 Finn> David asks, "So now it works?" 2020-09-29_06:11:16.33755 Finn> Chel says, "seems to, yeah" 2020-09-29_06:11:34.87213 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Hmm, Merc, is the Vic a Vic I or II?" 2020-09-29_06:13:02.88489 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "It could be a Commodore Vic 20" 2020-09-29_06:15:38.54663 Finn> Chel says, "i was about to be very upset because in order to livechat to get help i had to create a new account, in order to do that i needed to enter a verification code TEXTED TO MY PHONE" 2020-09-29_06:16:20.68188 Finn> Chel says, "wow, my games play NICE on this new phone. crazy framerate compared to the old one" 2020-09-29_06:18:04.89545 Finn> David says, "So which games are you running wild on now" 2020-09-29_06:18:18.71446 Finn> Chel says, "on the phone? currently only kof all star" 2020-09-29_06:19:04.86078 Finn> Chel says, "I was gonna try that weird 20 anime crossover turn based RPG crossing void, but as they explained the intricate nature of the system my eyes glazed over" 2020-09-29_06:20:08.06643 Finn> Chel says, "i mean, look at all the anime that cross into it. https://durarara.fandom.com/wiki/Dengeki_Bunko:_Crossing_Void" 2020-09-29_06:20:34.21090 Finn> Chel says, "if nothing else i'd like to beat the hell out of the cast of oreimo" 2020-09-29_06:20:59.08223 Finn> Chel says, "and kirito. would totally love to beat up kirito." 2020-09-29_06:22:02.34748 Finn> David asks, "Wait, there's a mobile version of Dengeki bunko characters game?" 2020-09-29_06:22:18.93977 Finn> Chel says, "if nothing else, it looks pretty. give it a try, if you want." 2020-09-29_06:22:19.19218 Finn> David says, "Damn. I remember the Dengeki Bunko fighting game with, uh... Nisekoi and such" 2020-09-29_06:22:35.10710 Finn> Chel says, "it's free." 2020-09-29_06:23:10.82123 Finn> David says, "Sorry, not NIsekoi. Who was it I was trying to remember. Shana was one. 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Be Anakin!' 'Oh, that was such a Jar-Jar move.'" 2020-09-29_16:27:41.53938 Rod has reconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.53876 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.53881 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75139 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75144 Mercutio has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75144 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75145 Mercutio has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75146 Finn> Hotaru has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75146 Hotaru has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75147 Finn> Rod has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75147 Rod has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75148 Finn> Chris has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75148 Ivan> Arawn falls asleep. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75149 Chris has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75150 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75150 Finn> Mercutio has connected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75151 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75151 Mercutio has reconnected 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75152 Finn> Chris has connected. 2020-09-29_16:37:40.75153 Ivan> Arawn wakes up. 2020-09-29_16:37:50.68307 Chris has connected 2020-09-29_16:44:40.37852 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.37858 Mercutio has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59090 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59095 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59095 Finn> Akemi has connected. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59096 Finn> Rod has connected. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59097 Finn> Mercutio has connected. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59099 Akemi has reconnected 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59100 Finn> Hotaru has connected. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59100 Rod has reconnected 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59101 Mercutio has reconnected 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59102 Finn> Shizumaru has connected. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59102 Ivan> Setsuna wakes up. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59103 tfp> Ceitidh wakes up. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59103 DaR> Zankuro wakes up. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59104 Thing> Blob wakes up. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59105 Centipede wakes up. 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59105 Hotaru has reconnected 2020-09-29_16:44:40.59106 Shizumaru has connected 2020-09-29_16:56:34.10721 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:56:34.31946 Mercutio has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:56:34.61928 Finn> Rod has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:56:34.83156 Rod has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:56:56.63525 Finn> Akemi has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:56:56.84754 Akemi has disconnected 2020-09-29_16:57:09.94703 Finn> Hotaru has disconnected. 2020-09-29_16:57:10.15932 Hotaru has disconnected 2020-09-29_17:35:17.39508 2020/09/29 17:35:17 socat[12145] E read(5, 0x56502b0f6020, 8192): Operation timed out 2020-09-29_17:35:17.39565 socat exited with status 1, sleeping before exit. 2020-09-29_17:35:47.39886 ./run: line 1: kill: (12144) - No such process 2020-09-29_17:37:55.34690 2020/09/29 17:37:55 socat[12654] E connect(5, AF=2 107.191.57.121:6991, 16): Operation timed out 2020-09-29_17:37:55.34739 socat exited with status 1, sleeping before exit. 2020-09-29_17:38:25.34998 ./run: line 1: kill: (12653) - No such process 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78723 ##### Welcome to 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78749 ###### # # 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78751 /# / / ## ### ### 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78752 / / / #### / ## # # 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78752 / / /##/ ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78753 ## ## / ## /### ## ### #### /### ### ### 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78754 ## ## / / ### / ## ### ### / / ### / ### ### 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78754 ## ####/ / ###/ ## ### ###/ / ###/ ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78755 ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78755 ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78756 # ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78757 / ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78757 /##/ ### ## /# ## /# / ## /# ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78758 / ##### ### / ####/ ## ######/ ######/ ####/ ## ### / ### / 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78759 / ### ##/ ### ## ##### ##### ### ## ##/ ##/ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78760 # _______ _ _ _______ _ _ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78761 ##To Connect 'connect <playername> <password>'| | | | | | |____/ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78761 or 'connect guest guest' for guest | | | |_____| |_____ | \_ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78762 To apply for a character, login as guest, and look at the form online 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78762 DB has been rolled back to 27th December 2012 due to HDD failure 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78896 If you need to contect me, I can be reached at dskuld@serveanime.com 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78897 ##### Welcome to 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78897 ###### # # 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78898 /# / / ## ### ### 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78899 / / / #### / ## # # 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78915 / / /##/ ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78918 ## ## / ## /### ## ### #### /### ### ### 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78919 ## ## / / ### / ## ### ### / / ### / ### ### 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78919 ## ####/ / ###/ ## ### ###/ / ###/ ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78920 ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78921 ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78921 # ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78922 / ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78925 /##/ ### ## /# ## /# / ## /# ## ## 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78926 / ##### ### / ####/ ## ######/ ######/ ####/ ## ### / ### / 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78927 / ### ##/ ### ## ##### ##### ### ## ##/ ##/ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78928 # _______ _ _ _______ _ _ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78928 ##To Connect 'connect <playername> <password>'| | | | | | |____/ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78929 or 'connect guest guest' for guest | | | |_____| |_____ | \_ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78930 To apply for a character, login as guest, and look at the form online 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78930 DB has been rolled back to 27th December 2012 due to HDD failure 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78933 If you need to contect me, I can be reached at dskuld@serveanime.com 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78934 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78934 THE MUCK WILL BE MOVING SOON, DETAILS TO FOLLOW : Skuld 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78935 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78936 __ __ _ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78936 \ \ / /__| | ___ ___ _ __ ___ ___ 2020-09-29_17:38:25.78937 \ \ /\ / / _ \ |/ __/ _ \| '_ _ \ / _
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2020-09-29_17:38:25.78942
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78942 Currently running TinyMUCK 2.2fb5.55Skuld1
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78943
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78944 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78944
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78945 NOTE: No warranties, either express or implied, are hereby given. The MUCK
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78954 is supplied as is, without guarantee. The user assumes all responsibility for
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78955 damages resulting from the use of these features, including, but not limited
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78956 to, frustration, disgust, system abends, disk head-crashes, general
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78957 malfeasance, floods, fires, shark attack, nerve gas, locust infestation,
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78957 cyclones, hurricanes, tsunamis, local electromagnetic disruptions, hydraulic
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78958 brake system failure, invasion, hashing collisions, normal wear and tear
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78958 of friction surfaces, comic radiation, inadvertent destruction of sensitive
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78959 electronic components, windstorms, the Riders of Nazgul, infuriated chickens,
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78960 malfunctioning mechanical or electrical sexual devices, premature activation
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78972 of the distant early warning system, peasant uprisings,halitosis, artillery
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78972 bombardment, explosions, cave-ins, Invid Invasion, a horde of rabid chihuahuas,
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78973 Elvis impersonators, crossdressing rhinos, an annoyed Kun-chan, the collected
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78974 works of Jack Ji, overdoses of ex-lax, Kasumi the Axe Murderess, and/or frogs
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78975 falling from the sky.
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2020-09-29_17:38:25.78986 Mon Dec 27 19:27
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78987 'The Sailor Senshi: Phenomenal Cosmic Powers... Itty Bitty Mini-Skirts'
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2020-09-29_17:38:25.78988 Sun Jul 14 21:20
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78989 The Skuld Electronics Group
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78989 Using mysterious technologies to build the future
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_17:38:25.78990 If there are any isues with the MUCK, I can be reached at
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79000 dskuld@gmail.com or dskuld@serveanime.com or dpair@netro.com.au
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79000 Skuld
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79001 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79002 THE MUCK HAS MOVED AND YOU ARE ON THE NEW SERVER : Skuld
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79003
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79004 If you have your connect details as muck.modernnoise.com, it will make the
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79004 move easier for everyone. (I am in the process of getting the DNS for
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79005 muck.modernnoise.com updated)
2020-09-29_17:38:25.79014
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99961 Please let everyone you know who uses the muck know as well
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99962 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99963 TORG Gaming HQ(#5843RLJ)
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99963 This room contains lots of comfy chairs, a snackbar, and a huge table.
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99964 [Exits: APG, TAMD. ]
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99965 Contents: Centipede, camera-2, T128 Drama, and Fitz.
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99965 ## You last connected from 216.243.54.88
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99966 Players online who you are watching for:
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99967 Akemi Chris Hotaru Mercutio
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99970 Rod Shizumaru The_Prof
2020-09-29_17:38:25.99971 Done.
2020-09-29_17:38:26.57306 Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
2020-09-29_17:38:27.01232 Dicebot starting up.
2020-09-29_17:38:27.22472 Dicebot in 5e mode.
2020-09-29_17:38:28.01199 Dicebot starting up.
2020-09-29_17:38:28.22432 Dicebot in 5e mode.
2020-09-29_17:53:06.10916 Finn> Shizumaru has disconnected.
2020-09-29_17:53:06.32160 Ivan> Setsuna falls asleep.
2020-09-29_17:53:06.32165 tfp> Ceitidh falls asleep.
2020-09-29_17:53:06.32166 DaR> Zankuro falls asleep.
2020-09-29_17:53:06.32167 Thing> Blob falls asleep.
2020-09-29_17:53:06.32167 Centipede falls asleep.
2020-09-29_17:53:06.32168 Shizumaru has disconnected
2020-09-29_17:53:10.20282 Processes dequeued: 0.
2020-09-29_17:53:34.26698 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-29_17:53:34.47941 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-29_17:53:41.43478 Finn> Hotaru has disconnected.
2020-09-29_17:53:41.64722 Hotaru has disconnected
2020-09-29_17:54:04.98696 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-29_17:54:05.19931 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-29_17:54:35.70710 Finn> The_Prof has disconnected.
2020-09-29_17:54:35.91942 The_Prof has disconnected
2020-09-29_17:54:38.26690 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected.
2020-09-29_17:54:38.47928 Mercutio has disconnected
2020-09-29_17:54:42.87495 Finn> Rod has disconnected.
2020-09-29_17:54:43.08730 Rod has disconnected
2020-09-29_17:55:03.97594 Finn> Kiara says, "Da muck go Boing Boing Boing."
2020-09-29_18:13:49.27112 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'I used to be a fan of this guy. Now I'm a whole air conditioner.'"
2020-09-29_18:47:39.41601 Finn> David says, "John can stop using it as a trampoline thanks."
2020-09-29_19:12:44.43510 2020/09/29 19:12:44 socat[12668] E read(5, 0x556e385c7020, 8192): Operation timed out
2020-09-29_19:12:44.43529 socat exited with status 1, sleeping before exit.
2020-09-29_19:13:14.44194 ./run: line 1: kill: (12666) - No such process
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2020-09-29_19:14:18.04474 # _______ _ _ _______ _ _
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04475 ##To Connect 'connect '| | | | | | |/
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04476 or 'connect guest guest' for guest | | | || | | _
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04476 To apply for a character, login as guest, and look at the form online
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04477 DB has been rolled back to 27th December 2012 due to HDD failure
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04590 If you need to contect me, I can be reached at dskuld@serveanime.com
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04591 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04591 THE MUCK WILL BE MOVING SOON, DETAILS TO FOLLOW : Skuld
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2020-09-29_19:14:18.04593 \ \ / /__| | ___ ___ _ __ ___ ___
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04594 \ \ /\ / / _ \ |/ _/ _ | ' ` _ \ / _
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04594 \ V V / __/ | (| () | | | | | | /
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04595 _/_/ _||__/|| || |_|___|
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04621
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04622 Currently running TinyMUCK 2.2fb5.55Skuld1
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04623
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04624 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04624
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04625 NOTE: No warranties, either express or implied, are hereby given. The MUCK
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04625 is supplied as is, without guarantee. The user assumes all responsibility for
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04642 damages resulting from the use of these features, including, but not limited
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04643 to, frustration, disgust, system abends, disk head-crashes, general
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04644 malfeasance, floods, fires, shark attack, nerve gas, locust infestation,
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04645 cyclones, hurricanes, tsunamis, local electromagnetic disruptions, hydraulic
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04646 brake system failure, invasion, hashing collisions, normal wear and tear
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04646 of friction surfaces, comic radiation, inadvertent destruction of sensitive
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04664 electronic components, windstorms, the Riders of Nazgul, infuriated chickens,
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04665 malfunctioning mechanical or electrical sexual devices, premature activation
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04666 of the distant early warning system, peasant uprisings,halitosis, artillery
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04667 bombardment, explosions, cave-ins, Invid Invasion, a horde of rabid chihuahuas,
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04667 Elvis impersonators, crossdressing rhinos, an annoyed Kun-chan, the collected
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04668 works of Jack Ji, overdoses of ex-lax, Kasumi the Axe Murderess, and/or frogs
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04686 falling from the sky.
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04688
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2020-09-29_19:14:18.04689 Mon Dec 27 19:27
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04690 'The Sailor Senshi: Phenomenal Cosmic Powers... Itty Bitty Mini-Skirts'
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04690 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04706 Sun Jul 14 21:20
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04709 The Skuld Electronics Group
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04710 Using mysterious technologies to build the future
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04711 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04711 If there are any isues with the MUCK, I can be reached at
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04712 dskuld@gmail.com or dskuld@serveanime.com or dpair@netro.com.au
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04713 Skuld
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04713 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04732 THE MUCK HAS MOVED AND YOU ARE ON THE NEW SERVER : Skuld
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04733
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04734 If you have your connect details as muck.modernnoise.com, it will make the
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04734 move easier for everyone. (I am in the process of getting the DNS for
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04735 muck.modernnoise.com updated)
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04736
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04736 Please let everyone you know who uses the muck know as well
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04750 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04757 TORG Gaming HQ(#5843RLJ)
2020-09-29_19:14:18.04759 This room contains lots of comfy chairs, a snackbar, and a huge table.
2020-09-29_19:14:18.25695 [Exits: APG, TAMD. ]
2020-09-29_19:14:18.25696 Contents: Centipede, camera-2, T128 Drama, and Fitz.
2020-09-29_19:14:18.25696 ## You last connected from 216.243.54.88
2020-09-29_19:14:18.25697 Players online who you are watching for:
2020-09-29_19:14:18.25697 Akemi Chris Hotaru Mercutio
2020-09-29_19:14:18.25698 Rod The_Prof
2020-09-29_19:14:18.25699 Done.
2020-09-29_19:14:19.26440 Dicebot starting up.
2020-09-29_19:14:19.47684 Dicebot in 5e mode.
2020-09-29_19:14:20.71889 Finn> Hotaru has connected.
2020-09-29_19:14:36.94493 Rod has reconnected
2020-09-29_19:14:41.04939 Chris has reconnected
2020-09-29_19:14:50.35987 Hotaru has reconnected
2020-09-29_19:14:56.74713 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-29_19:15:00.91229 Finn> Mercutio has connected.
2020-09-29_19:15:26.57516 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-29_19:15:30.67603 Mercutio has reconnected
2020-09-29_19:15:44.83251 Finn> Kiara says, "Net routing fun FTW. x.x"
2020-09-29_19:16:13.02836 Finn> David says, "If by FTW you mean fuck the world..."
2020-09-29_19:20:24.54779 Finn> Chel says, "gonna be one of those days"
2020-09-29_19:29:46.04583 Processes dequeued: 0.
2020-09-29_19:30:08.57985 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-29_19:30:08.79220 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-29_19:30:14.20527 Finn> Hotaru has disconnected.
2020-09-29_19:30:14.41773 Hotaru has disconnected
2020-09-29_19:30:34.68536 Finn> Chris has disconnected.
2020-09-29_19:30:34.89768 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-29_19:30:44.41307 Finn> Rod has disconnected.
2020-09-29_19:30:44.62562 Rod has disconnected
2020-09-29_19:30:52.09339 Finn> Mercutio has disconnected.
2020-09-29_19:30:52.30573 Mercutio has disconnected
2020-09-29_19:57:04.58683 Finn> Chel says, "and i see they're shipping babs +jason again in the comics."
2020-09-29_20:03:03.99825 Finn> David says, "Meh."
2020-09-29_20:03:12.02516 Finn> David says, "better than Tim/Babs."
2020-09-29_20:30:41.03620 Finn> Chel says, "if this keeps up she'll have a shota complex for damian"
2020-09-29_20:44:07.72087 Finn> David asks, "Isn't Damian covered by Carrie and Stephanie anyway?"
2020-09-29_20:45:46.53105 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Being attracted to Damian is a sign you need to go see a psychiatrist"
2020-09-29_20:50:48.62479 Finn> Chel says, "steph is mercifully and firmly anchored to tim at this point. carrie disappeared"
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2020-09-29_21:12:37.88886 Finn> Chel says, "actually, tim and steph would make a good book duo. he's usually too serious and she's very quippy."
2020-09-29_21:32:38.92040 Finn> Mike has connected.
2020-09-29_21:32:39.13283 Ivan> Tobias wakes up.
2020-09-29_21:32:39.13287 tfp> Chloe wakes up.
2020-09-29_21:32:39.13288 Thing> Rimmer wakes up.
2020-09-29_21:33:08.52293 Mike has connected
2020-09-29_21:33:35.36179 Finn> Hotaru says, "Mike missed the MUCK going up and down and up and down."
2020-09-29_21:46:08.63465 Finn> Hotaru says, "'The engagement ring that Sailor Moon's Mamoru gifted to Usagi first went on sale in 2018, and now it's getting a limited-time release through Bandai Fashion Collection's online store. It will be available in two varieties: platinum and silver. The prices have been slightly adjusted for the second run. The platinum version of the ring now costs 165,000 yen (approximately US$1,563) instead of 162,000 yen (US$1,534), and the silver version costs 28,600 yen (US$270) instead of 28,080 yen (about US$266). The center stone is made of synthetic corundum. In the platinum ring, the side stones are diamonds, and in the silver ring, the side stones are white topaz. The inside of the ring band has a "Mamoru to Usagi" (Mamoru and Usagi) engraving, and the inside of the lid of the ring's heart-shaped box has the text "Let's get married, Usa.""
2020-09-29_22:25:32.60674 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac shakes Hotaru to see what falls out
2020-09-29_22:37:24.45175 Finn> David says, "Hungh. Defund Batman."
2020-09-29_22:37:26.44816 Finn> David says, "https://bleedingcool.com/comics/defund-batman-how-bruce-wayne-changes-in-2021-thanks-to-lucius-fox/"
2020-09-29_22:41:35.76410 Ivan> Tobias says, "So, today's ridiculous history:"
2020-09-29_22:42:59.32163 Ivan> Tobias says, "In 1940 there was an Australian military training accident in which two aircraft collided and became locked together. The pilot of one of the craft, in a brilliant feat of flying, managed to successfully land both planes intact."
2020-09-29_22:44:05.32989 Ivan> Tobias says, "He was a pilot trainee, but was promoted, and shipped to fly combat missions over Palermo in Europe, where he won a number of medals."
2020-09-29_22:45:09.59926 Ivan> Tobias says, "Finally, having survived the bombing war in Europe, he was posted back to Australia in 1944 to be a flight instructor."
2020-09-29_22:45:56.83837 Ivan> Tobias says, "Within a month or two of arriving home, while riding his bicycle he was struck by a bus and killed."
2020-09-29_22:46:30.50047 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "Clearly it was that hero's time to reincarnate and save the people of another world!"
2020-09-29_22:46:49.14011 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Right?"
2020-09-29_22:48:39.78248 Ivan> DaR From Another Place exclaims, "I'm sure he ended up in a fantasy world where a portal had previously deposited a fully working "iron dragon", so he can take on the Dragon-Demon Overlord, shooting down Fokker-Demons!"
2020-09-29_22:49:44.86137 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Dude, given Patton died in a car wreck, maybe he is leading armies in a fantays world now"
2020-09-29_22:50:37.27684 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The ship that accidentally shot a torpedo at the president was wrecked later in the war by a Kamikazee which missed, hit the water, and created a wave that flipped it"
2020-09-29_23:29:14.96181 Finn> Chel says, "on defunding batman:"
2020-09-29_23:29:47.29065 Finn> Chel says, "on the one hand, spending money to make the average citizen more supported would definitely ease the crime rate in general and make gotham a less horrible place"
2020-09-29_23:29:57.94749 Finn> Chel says, "on the other hand, the arkhamites won't give a shit"
2020-09-29_23:30:44.87351 Finn> Chel says, "i'm sure bane will think that's cute."
2020-09-29_23:41:15.91798 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Arkhamites are problems Batman can solve by punching, though"
2020-09-30_00:01:27.48735 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-09-30_00:01:57.33884 Aerianne has connected
2020-09-30_00:02:41.25268 Finn> Shiori says, "'o"
2020-09-30_00:13:42.83150 Finn> Chel blinks at news story. 'AG never asked grand jury to consider homicide charges'. Oh, that's not gonna sit well.
2020-09-30_00:13:56.80760 Finn> Chel says, "this is the breonna taylor thing"
2020-09-30_00:25:03.64518 Finn> Chel reads Joker War Zone. "And there we go. Cassie is Batgirl again. Spoiler just adopts the bat symbol on her chest"
2020-09-30_00:34:41.25175 Finn> David asks, "And why did the AG not?"
2020-09-30_00:46:37.72068 Finn> Chel says, "no explanation"
2020-09-30_00:57:40.44541 Finn> Shizumaru has connected.
2020-09-30_00:57:40.65834 Ivan> Setsuna wakes up.
2020-09-30_00:57:40.65839 tfp> Ceitidh wakes up.
2020-09-30_00:57:40.65840 DaR> Zankuro wakes up.
2020-09-30_00:57:40.65840 Thing> Blob wakes up.
2020-09-30_00:57:40.65841 Centipede wakes up.
2020-09-30_00:58:10.56344 Shizumaru has connected
2020-09-30_01:27:47.27781 Finn> Shiori says, "As an aside - Hero Forge 2.0 (now with COLOR) is now live - https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D8636384/"
2020-09-30_01:28:01.61074 Finn> Chel says, "ugh. caught a glimpse of the debate. did not want to. trump existing is depressing."
2020-09-30_01:28:22.94943 Finn> Chel asks, "hero forge?"
2020-09-30_01:28:51.78090 Finn> Chel says, "ah, i see, 3d printing service"
2020-09-30_01:31:39.99532 Finn> Shiori says, "Also Shiori - https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D8636519/ , and Corrine - https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D8636564/"
2020-09-30_01:33:18.05072 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Corrine one is a pretty incredible Corrine"
2020-09-30_01:33:31.37875 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Shiori one looks like a guy"
2020-09-30_01:37:30.27613 Finn> Shiori says, "Hm. The face needs tweaking, I think."
2020-09-30_01:38:36.79973 Finn> Shiori says, "Softness is cranked all the way up; there's not many face options technically, they have to double for both male and female."
2020-09-30_01:38:49.36881 Finn> Mike says, "It's a great Corrine, but Shiori's face and build are all wrong for her."
2020-09-30_01:38:53.03954 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yeah"
2020-09-30_01:41:43.45628 Finn> Shiori says, "Also, due to the rendering/printing, clothes do tend to be padded."
2020-09-30_01:43:23.73059 Finn> Kiara says, "Yeah, face doesn't look quite right, but otherwise a great Corrine."
2020-09-30_01:44:40.51262 Finn> Shiori says, "Corrine's is Heroic Features, max softness; Shiori's is Noble Features, max softness."
2020-09-30_01:45:38.58789 Finn> Shiori says, "Pose->Face is for adjusting expressions, but it doesn't warp features more."
2020-09-30_01:46:26.98185 Finn> Shiori says, "Aeri's face is heroic features as well."
2020-09-30_01:47:09.00906 Finn> Shiori says, "Arisa's face is "delicate Features"."
2020-09-30_01:47:27.00166 Finn> Shiori says, "https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D8636464/"
2020-09-30_01:51:44.93461 Finn> Shiori says, "Shiori WITHOUT CLOTHES - https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D8636519/"
2020-09-30_01:56:36.50646 Finn> Shiori says, "Does 'Delicate Features' work better for Shiori, in your opinion? https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D8636519/"
2020-09-30_02:17:36.06949 Ivan> Akio asks, "Hey Mike?"
2020-09-30_02:22:59.07989 Ivan> Tobias asks, "?"
2020-09-30_02:23:19.18181 Ivan> Akio says, "You asked me a thing last night about the Victory after I went to sleep."
2020-09-30_02:24:19.82405 Ivan> Tobias says, "Oh... I think I asked if it was a Victory I or II model."
2020-09-30_02:25:55.41946 Ivan> Akio says, "It's not a Victory-II, but it also isn't a standard Victory-I either. It's definitely had some kind of weird service life extension package and a bunch of mods, and it scans slightly funny; some kind of weird gravitic anomaly."
2020-09-30_02:26:11.22630 Ivan> Akio asks, "Why did you want to know?"
2020-09-30_02:26:39.82153 Ivan> Tobias says, "I wanted to know if it had the concussion missile tubes of the Vic-I."
2020-09-30_02:30:35.53978 Ivan> Akio says, "If it has any remaining they're not obvious; it appears as part of the retrofit most of them were stripped for heavier guns and possibly a really, REALLY beefy set of sensors."
2020-09-30_02:31:19.11087 Finn> Shiori arghs, having overwritten his shiori original colors, and has to redo them :P
2020-09-30_02:37:34.50604 Finn> Shiori says, "Slightly revised shiori, then - https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D10033264/"
2020-09-30_02:39:59.56046 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The Jacket looks better"
2020-09-30_02:40:11.32724 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I suspect this is just a case where this system can only go so far on some things"
2020-09-30_02:40:58.55428 Finn> Shiori says, "Well, didn't change the jacket at all, just recolored it from the base that I'd set up."
2020-09-30_02:42:04.67902 Finn> Shiori says, "Changed the face, and the guitar colors better."
2020-09-30_02:43:57.13888 Finn> Mike has connected.
2020-09-30_02:44:12.23691 Ivan> Tobias says, "That's unfortunate."
2020-09-30_02:44:24.57833 Ivan> Akio asks, "?"
2020-09-30_02:44:28.06296 Mike has reconnected
2020-09-30_02:44:46.72011 Ivan> Tobias says, "Missiles would have been ideal for a friendly fire incident."
2020-09-30_02:45:18.96055 Ivan> Akio says, "Well, I mean, they'll barely scratch the paint of another capital ship."
2020-09-30_02:45:49.22946 Ivan> Tobias says, "Well, I have two very, very rough potential plans, each of which needs more info and numerous holes filled in."
2020-09-30_02:48:12.16049 Ivan> Tobias says, "Plan A would be the direct approach. We find when DarkMin and possibly others will be out somewhere, and we jump them. Right before we pull the trigger, we activate some sort of distraction plan to cause chaos in the Imperial ranks, and try to take her and vanish before they can rally and descend on us."
2020-09-30_02:51:58.57861 Ivan> Tobias says, "Plan B is a little more complicated. We leak news to the lower ranks of the Family about who was behind the attack that killed Margrann. Then we have Min masquerade as DarkMin and give Lem a comm, tell him that Vyck Ti and four other key people are not happy and are agitating to turn on the Empire, and that they need taking care of. Blackmail him if need be. Then tell the Family Lem is behind the killings. Layer as needed until the cooperation and trust between the two is nonexistent. Then, Plan A."
2020-09-30_02:52:39.87417 Ivan> Akio says, "Neither seems obviously unworkable to you at this juncture."
2020-09-30_02:53:36.54596 Ivan> Tobias says, "B however is dependent on assumptions and unknown facts which could easily render it unworkable."
2020-09-30_02:54:01.81861 Ivan> Tobias says, "We need more information."
2020-09-30_02:55:57.89183 Ivan> Tobias says, "Chel codebreaking is the first and most logical step, since that's totally passive and costs us nothing. After that I suspect the next step may be to scoop up a Family member who won't be quickly missed."
2020-09-30_02:56:16.24405 Ivan> Tobias says, "And have Alaia squeeze them like a grape."
2020-09-30_03:02:19.01126 Ivan> Akio says, "Christ, apparently the debate was even more of a shitshow than people thought it would be."
2020-09-30_03:03:25.32861 Ivan> Tobias asks, "What have you been hearing?"
2020-09-30_03:03:37.16544 Finn> Shiori says, "And thud"
2020-09-30_03:03:39.02112 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-09-30_03:03:39.23344 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-09-30_03:03:57.70366 Ivan> Akio says, "The low point: when asked to condemn white supremacists, Trump not only refused to do so, but said his message to the Proud Boys was "stand by.""
2020-09-30_03:04:38.38105 Ivan> Tobias says, "Last I saw, the general opinion seemed to be 'This wasn't likely to change any minds one way or another'."
2020-09-30_03:04:56.26300 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I wonder if reasonable people can get a refugee visa somewhere sane."
2020-09-30_03:05:31.04711 Ivan> Akio says, "Most countries won't consider Americans to be refugees for obvious reasons."
2020-09-30_03:06:57.71715 Ivan> Akio says, "The major Canadian border crossings, during both these last four years and the Bush years, would... not ROUTINELY, but regularly, have to turn back people trying to enter Canada claiming asylum."
2020-09-30_03:10:28.08700 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The Debate was a shitshow because they can't turn off the President's mike when it's not his turn, and well, Trump"
2020-09-30_03:10:40.73495 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Who interrupted everything all the time and lied constantly"
2020-09-30_03:13:40.86749 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "You mean... business as usual."
2020-09-30_03:18:00.69563 Finn> Chel says, "and from the brief clips i see, the debate was as much a clusterfuck of nonsense as i feared they'd be. Pelosi was right. This is pointless."
2020-09-30_03:21:32.42063 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-30_03:21:52.37817 Finn> The_Prof has connected.
2020-09-30_03:22:22.63613 The_Prof has reconnected
2020-09-30_03:29:12.77167 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It was a disaster, yes."
2020-09-30_03:29:25.56371 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "YEs"
2020-09-30_03:29:53.35998 Finn> Chel says, "my main issue is, we have a president who is a volume shooter in lies. and when you have that, you cannot have a good faith debate"
2020-09-30_03:30:12.95961 Finn> Chel says, "this is doubly problematic because a lot of the voters won't bother to fact check"
2020-09-30_03:30:40.27989 Finn> Chel says, "add in trump's proclivity to drag opponents into the mud with him verbally"
2020-09-30_03:30:58.35491 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "'CNN commentator Van Jones said, They say this was a circus. Circus workers reached out to my team. They say, actually, we take offense.'"
2020-09-30_03:31:16.56856 Finn> Chel says, "you need a moderator with an iron fist, and a bipartisan fact check table"
2020-09-30_03:31:41.47884 Finn> Chel says, "we won't get those."
2020-09-30_03:34:45.16781 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Trump would never agree to it"
2020-09-30_03:34:46.34584 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Honeslty, all Biden has to do is... nothing."
2020-09-30_03:34:55.82542 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Like, if the debates change nothing, that's a big win."
2020-09-30_03:35:02.80026 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Yep"
2020-09-30_03:35:21.08890 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'm starting to get a bit more cautiously optimistic."
2020-09-30_03:35:38.55223 Finn> Harrowhark says, "The race is starting to tighten... in Biden's favor. OHIO is looking in reach."
2020-09-30_03:35:45.59279 Finn> Harrowhark says, "If Ohio is even close, Trump is cooked."
2020-09-30_03:35:53.85755 Finn> Kiara says, "One hopes."
2020-09-30_03:36:00.12026 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Hell, we have a decent chance of taking a Senate seat in Georgia of all places."
2020-09-30_03:36:30.40598 Ivan> Frito says, "Just got off the phone with sis... niece passed her third post-exposure COVID test, and is officially released from quarantine."
2020-09-30_03:36:56.74291 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Time to resume licking doorknobs!"
2020-09-30_03:37:40.59560 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "I expect Trump won't take Texas but there are 1.5 million new voters and Beto only lost by 200,000"
2020-09-30_03:38:51.55074 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Sadly, Cornyn is beating the shit out of Heger."
2020-09-30_03:45:49.91494 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Hegar is basically a nobody is the problem."
2020-09-30_03:46:12.04905 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The only way right now to have a shot at those senate seats is to relentlessly campaign like Beto did"
2020-09-30_03:46:40.16878 Finn> Mike has disconnected.
2020-09-30_03:46:40.38111 Mike has disconnected
2020-09-30_03:55:27.00715 Finn> Mike has connected.
2020-09-30_03:55:56.33314 Mike has reconnected
2020-09-30_04:15:28.40560 Finn> Akemi has connected.
2020-09-30_04:15:58.78735 Akemi has reconnected
2020-09-30_04:31:34.46112 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
2020-09-30_04:31:34.67335 Akemi has disconnected
2020-09-30_04:42:56.20162 Ivan> Akio says, "The Proud Boys have already had logos with Trump's words on them drawn up; the vectors are online. Physical apparel probably by the end of the weak."
2020-09-30_04:45:03.66075 Ivan> Tobias says, "His very own Freikorp."
2020-09-30_04:46:56.54861 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "The United Farmworkers on the Debate: Lets be thankful for the workers who bring us tequila after this debate."
2020-09-30_04:47:46.31764 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Dory is human, right? Or is he something else I blanked out?"
2020-09-30_04:48:04.89917 Ivan> Tobias says, "Dory's human."
2020-09-30_04:48:23.60420 Ivan> Tobias says, "Cockney, but human."
2020-09-30_04:49:23.15716 Ivan> Akio says, "Dory is human, yes."
2020-09-30_04:50:04.29014 Ivan> Akio says, "I had to make Dory up on the spot and the name shows a little bit."
2020-09-30_04:50:14.06854 Ivan> Akio says, "He began life as freakin' color."
2020-09-30_04:50:30.97854 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "At times, my brain replaces him with Dobby"
2020-09-30_05:00:40.09084 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Thing I did not know"
2020-09-30_05:00:55.49055 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "American Samoa is the only island territory whose inhabitants are not auto-citizens"
2020-09-30_05:01:06.71480 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Everyone else is, including several I thought otherwise."
2020-09-30_05:06:19.88858 Ivan> DaR From Another Place asks, "Anyone here a fan of the blues, especially more Muddy Waters style swamp/delta blues?"
2020-09-30_05:08:06.31104 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "You can get a degree in the Mississippi Blues at Ole Miss"
2020-09-30_05:08:16.87042 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "I like some blues. What's up, Dan?"
2020-09-30_05:08:38.97733 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I found this guy on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzH2vVrSpjwHNM0U3jJM0lQ"
2020-09-30_05:09:06.61330 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "He can... play a mean guitar. Or really, anything with at least one string and vaguely in the shape he can get his arms around."
2020-09-30_05:09:19.49018 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "License plates... cigar boxes, shovels, boat oars."
2020-09-30_05:09:59.93489 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Mostly plays non-vocal modern blues and rock blues. Crazy good."
2020-09-30_05:10:59.47534 Ivan> Akio says, "Hmm. I need to get my eyes checked. My vision has been getting better and it's making my glasses uncomfortable to wear."
2020-09-30_05:11:20.50032 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Dang, he's doing Ace of Spades on a shovel"
2020-09-30_05:11:29.35681 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Me too, Merc"
2020-09-30_05:11:46.62361 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "I have astigmatism but my near-sidedness has been gradually going away"
2020-09-30_05:11:58.81631 Ivan> Akio says, "With me its my farsightedness."
2020-09-30_05:12:39.59968 Ivan> Akio says, "Or, according to my optometrist, it's not so much "going away" as it is that as I age, my eyes are technically weaking in a way that... counteracts the specific way they were fucked up."
2020-09-30_05:12:39.81199 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Does he make his own guitars, Dan?"
2020-09-30_05:12:55.85221 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "That's probably the case for me too."
2020-09-30_05:12:58.01340 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I think so, though a lot of the ones he plays are gifts and what not."
2020-09-30_05:18:23.01739 Finn> Mike has disconnected.
2020-09-30_05:18:23.22978 Mike has disconnected
2020-09-30_05:36:06.53866 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Dang, there were 70,000 nuclear weapons in 1986"
2020-09-30_05:43:59.78861 Thing> Utena has connected.
2020-09-30_05:44:30.06208 Utena has connected
2020-09-30_08:57:49.08533 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "'Double Neck, Croc-Skin, Wine-Barrel-Wood, Baritone Hybrid Guitar"
2020-09-30_08:58:36.63879 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Justin Johnson has ascended to demigod of guitars, I think."
2020-09-30_08:59:26.44203 Finn> Hotaru says, "For interested parties, there is a Hamefura phone game on StoryMe. Japanese voices, translated into English. VN-style."
2020-09-30_09:01:14.13947 Finn> Hotaru says, "Also, unlike the just announces VN, it does have routes for the girls."
2020-09-30_09:01:19.30711 Finn> Hotaru says, "announced"
2020-09-30_09:04:22.75361 Finn> Hotaru says, "OK, not Japanese voices, but at least not IN Japanese."
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2020-09-30_09:14:26.45384 tfp> rodm falls asleep.
2020-09-30_09:14:26.45389 Ivan> camera falls asleep.
2020-09-30_09:14:26.45390 camera-2 falls asleep.
2020-09-30_09:14:26.45390 Rod has disconnected
2020-09-30_09:19:44.94537 Finn> Rod has connected.
2020-09-30_09:19:45.15785 tfp> rodm wakes up.
2020-09-30_09:19:45.15789 Ivan> camera wakes up.
2020-09-30_09:19:45.15790 camera-2 wakes up.
2020-09-30_09:20:14.42224 Rod has connected
2020-09-30_10:45:09.00773 Finn> Hotaru says, "I want to apologize to shitshows, which do not deserve to have their names slandered by association with whatever happened last night."
2020-09-30_12:30:29.63294 Finn> Chel says, "i see fox news is mostly silent about the proud boys shit"
2020-09-30_14:14:55.02723 Finn> Chris has connected.
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2020-09-30_14:31:21.61757 Chris has disconnected
2020-09-30_14:45:27.55320 Finn> David says, "https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fox-host-blasts-trump-for-not-disavowing-white-supremacists-says-he-ruined-biggest-layup-in-history-of-debates"
2020-09-30_14:45:46.57118 Finn> Chel says, "so they CAN stop sucking his dick"
2020-09-30_14:47:17.31046 Finn> Chel says, "tho of course they would spend as little time on it as possible"
2020-09-30_14:48:02.84117 Finn> David says, "Considering Trump spent a lot of time twitter-bashing Wallace, I'm not sure if Fox News is doing him any favors."
2020-09-30_14:49:22.66337 Finn> Chel says, "fox will put up with trump blasting one of their own"
2020-09-30_14:53:35.77876 Finn> David says, "Nevermind. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fox-news-tries-to-coach-trump-on-how-to-not-crash-and-burn-at-next-debate"
2020-09-30_16:18:55.88345 Finn> Hotaru says, "Wow."
2020-09-30_16:19:04.55037 Finn> Hotaru says, "'The great thing about Mmmbop is that it never ends. Just like God's love.'"
2020-09-30_16:32:39.52683 Finn> Vendrik says, "This is how the universe ends. With a final... mmmmmmmbop."
2020-09-30_16:43:57.41420 Finn> David asks, "What the fuck is Mmmbop?"
2020-09-30_16:50:51.07102 Finn> Vendrik says, "A horrible boyband song from the shameful 90s. Hansen? Hanson? However it's spelled."
2020-09-30_16:52:00.70722 Finn> Vendrik says, "When they started letting literal children (as opposed to metaphorical and emotional ones) be pop stars. They were brothers ranging from like 10 to 16."
2020-09-30_17:37:39.92873 Finn> Kiara points out Michael Jackson in the Jackson 5 days. He was, what, 6 years old when he started performing with the Jackson 5 in 1964?
2020-09-30_17:57:48.16518 Finn> Vendrik asks, "Yes, but Michael Jackson was a once in a generation or possibly lifetime talent. The Hanson brothers... were not. Nor was Kriss Kross. Or ABC. Also, the Jacksons were a local thing for at least a few years. It was like what, 70-ish when they actual hit the bigtime?"
2020-09-30_18:00:02.97602 Finn> Kiara says, "68-69, IIRC."
2020-09-30_18:02:14.02638 Finn> Vendrik says, "So he's 10-11, then, same a the youngest Hanson, but Tito is the eldest, right, and he's going to be like 20 at that point."
2020-09-30_18:24:44.61748 Finn> Akemi has connected.
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2020-09-30_19:29:38.50886 Finn> Chel says, "something that throws me off.... https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/mandalorian-season-2-leak-ahsoka-lightsaber-hasbro that's clearly rosario dawson, but that's also the lightsaber ahsoka had when she was still a youngling, not the one she has when she's older"
2020-09-30_19:36:27.67191 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Marketing, Rod."
2020-09-30_19:36:52.88706 Finn> Chel says, "at least we get a peek at what rosario's gonna look like"
2020-09-30_19:36:53.09950 Finn> Harrowhark says, "They're slapping her image on it because that'll be the most recent version of Ahsoka on the air, and thus, the most immediately recognizable."
2020-09-30_19:38:39.14919 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Dawson was always, physically, perfect for the part."
2020-09-30_19:38:45.58937 Finn> Harrowhark says, "She has the right face."
2020-09-30_19:39:23.45549 Finn> Chel says, "she looks plenty good enough"
2020-09-30_19:40:32.32550 Finn> Harrowhark says, "What I'm curious is if she'll be speaking lines, or if we'll get an Eckstein overdub."
2020-09-30_19:41:03.04095 Finn> Chel says, "i wasn't even entertaining the notion eckstein woudl dub"
2020-09-30_19:41:16.67282 Finn> Chel says, "i expect rosario to do the whole role"
2020-09-30_19:42:06.89727 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Could go either way. I suspect it depended on how well Dawson delivered the lines. She has the right pitch and cadence."
2020-09-30_19:42:25.85055 Finn> Chel says, "she'll be fine, i suspect"
2020-09-30_19:42:27.52029 Finn> Harrowhark says, "But they might dub. Kind of like how there's no question of them using Ray Park to speak Maul's lines, ever."
2020-09-30_19:42:40.38432 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It'll always be Witwer."
2020-09-30_19:42:56.54464 Finn> Chel says, "yeah, but ray park might be on the outs after that dick pick shit."
2020-09-30_19:58:46.61203 Finn> Akemi has connected.
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2020-09-30_20:16:07.74256 Finn> Akemi has disconnected.
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2020-09-30_20:24:09.94963 Finn> Chel says, "there is a youtube review for the revan saber. and it is indeed a pain in the ass to hold"
2020-09-30_20:47:47.75189 Finn> Hotaru asks, "If you had siblings, did you steal from them and what was your biggest heist?"
2020-09-30_20:50:13.29994 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I'm the eldest child. you don't steal stuff from your younger siblings; they steal things from YOU."
2020-09-30_20:59:29.71997 Finn> Hotaru says, "Rod/Dan/Drew: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2020-09-30/our-most-anticipated-anime-of-fall-2020/.164493"
2020-09-30_21:00:32.06878 Finn> Hotaru says, "I actually have quite a few series I want to watch this fall."
2020-09-30_21:02:27.02279 Finn> David says, "My younger sibling has my Quantum Leap set. :P"
2020-09-30_21:02:49.38778 Finn> Hotaru says, "Higurashi and Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle are must watches. I will give Adachi and ZZZZZZZzzzzzz a try. Maybe Wandering Witch will be less "Kino Lite" in anime form. Moriarty the Patriot is intriguing."
2020-09-30_21:03:46.37081 Finn> David says, "Oh, Moriarty the Patriot is gonna be really good if it adapts the manga well"
2020-09-30_21:04:22.52933 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I see Bell is back."
2020-09-30_21:04:26.50743 Thing> Thor says, "I have zero sympathy for the titans' scheduling problems."
2020-09-30_21:04:43.14942 Thing> Ritsu says, "I feel bad for the Steelers."
2020-09-30_21:05:01.80368 Finn> Hotaru says, "Danmachi S3 is adapting some of the best books in the series, so should be fine."
2020-09-30_21:05:16.09125 Finn> Hotaru says, "Budget depending."
2020-09-30_21:05:20.53092 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "i'm looking forward to that one"
2020-09-30_21:05:45.73453 Thing> Thor asks, "Yeah. the Steelers pretty much don't want to get their bye week on week 4 so they may try and force a Monday Night game instead?"
2020-09-30_21:05:58.32737 Thing> Thor says, "So what if the Titans had zero practices? They fucked up not the Steelers."
2020-09-30_21:06:40.80868 Thing> Thor says, "While I'm at it, the Raiders players who didn't follow quarantine should be suspended 2 games (the quarantine period) too."
2020-09-30_21:11:11.74815 Finn> Hotaru says, "Kaguya-sama 202 is pure 100% sentiment, almost."
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2020-09-30_21:13:59.39612 Finn> Hotaru says, "Merc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWEgD1PVFNg&feature=youtu.be"
2020-09-30_21:15:47.30017 Finn> Chel says, "marathon watching SNAFU makes it all more tolerable and logical. the navel gazing moroseness of the 3rd season fits into a larger narrative."
2020-09-30_21:17:37.94043 Finn> Hotaru says, "I would like to note that not only is the D-Frag manga still running, but most of the cast is now living in Kazuma's house."
2020-09-30_21:18:55.49771 Finn> Hotaru says, "I suspect the D-Frag anime is only remembered for Takao zipping her jacket over her boobs."
2020-09-30_21:21:17.54840 Finn> David says, "I have not read a damn thing from D-Frag. Maybe I should look"
2020-09-30_21:22:50.44346 Finn> Hotaru says, "It is very very dumb, but I like it."
2020-09-30_21:23:08.04124 Finn> Hotaru says, "As with a lot of Japanes ecomedy, be prepared for a lot of tsukkomi shouting."
2020-09-30_21:23:37.46941 Finn> David says, "I still cannot get into Gintama."
2020-09-30_21:24:43.84013 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I tried to watch DanMachi."
2020-09-30_21:24:54.99442 Finn> Harrowhark says, "I got like five episodes in and didn't understand what all the fuss was about."
2020-09-30_21:25:27.21710 Finn> Hotaru says, "Like a lot of those kind of series, it starts kinda 'eh' and gets better."
2020-09-30_21:25:59.34510 Finn> Harrowhark says, "Bell seemed kinda dumb, and Hestia couldn't have been more cookie-cutter if they tried."
2020-09-30_21:26:25.93760 Finn> Chel says, "gintama is a quirky one."
2020-09-30_21:26:35.97032 Finn> Chel says, "i love it, but will admit it's not for everyone"
2020-09-30_21:27:14.43255 Finn> Chel says, "it is a parody of, given enough time, everything, but it takes a lot after battle anime like ruroni kenshin"
2020-09-30_21:27:46.68320 Finn> Hotaru says, "And also has a lot of serious stuff."
2020-09-30_21:28:34.05663 Finn> Chel says, "it takes itself less serioiusly the longer the series goes on"
2020-09-30_21:28:36.06556 Finn> Hotaru says, "Hestia's role has decreased with each book, to the point where she's barely in the last two or so."
2020-09-30_21:28:56.36401 Finn> Hotaru says, "(We are discussing two things at the same time! Fear us!)"
2020-09-30_21:29:22.34764 Finn> Chel says, "hestia, they tried to make sexy but she doesn't do a thing for me"
2020-09-30_21:32:10.05488 Finn> Harrowhark says, "That's because Hestia looks like a nine year old with tits."
2020-09-30_21:32:39.14264 Finn> Harrowhark says, "It's weird and gross."
2020-09-30_21:35:00.35723 Finn> Chel says, "bingo"
2020-09-30_21:35:27.32992 Finn> Hotaru says, "This is why I stick to the novels."
2020-09-30_21:35:38.82457 Finn> Hotaru says, "Where I don't have to picture her looking that that as much."
2020-09-30_21:35:47.73355 Finn> Chel says, "i will never understand japan's loli fetish"
2020-09-30_21:36:13.46308 Finn> David says, "Trump claims he doesn't know who the Proud Boys are."
2020-09-30_21:36:29.67695 Finn> Chel says, "that's hillarious"
2020-09-30_21:41:55.62436 Finn> Hotaru says, "He's ben briefed multiple times and refuses to agree they're a threat."
2020-09-30_21:50:01.67878 Finn> Chel says, "i may have to consider buying the SNAFU light novels."
2020-09-30_21:51:34.68677 Finn> Don Drooleone shoots rod
2020-09-30_21:52:01.48031 Finn> Hotaru says, "First, read I'm in Love with the Villainess."
2020-09-30_22:09:23.83668 Finn> Hotaru says, "In the final re: Zero till 2021, Subaru realizes that people might actually like him."
2020-09-30_22:09:57.53492 Finn> Hotaru says, "He realizes this, of course, by getting punched."
2020-09-30_22:14:56.85222 Finn> Don Drooleone says, "it's like being befriended by nanoha, except less lasery"
2020-09-30_22:44:13.63734 Finn> David says, "TIL: Clone High was cancelled, not because of low ratings, but because of Gandhi."
2020-09-30_22:44:28.54442 Finn> David says, "And proposed solutions involved 'Make him a clone of Gary Coleman instead'."
2020-09-30_22:46:11.36727 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac asks, "Why because of Ghandi?"
2020-09-30_22:46:25.96055 Finn> David says, "https://www.cbr.com/why-clone-high-canceled-first-time/"
2020-09-30_22:46:49.91343 Finn> David says, "India disliked the portrayal "
2020-10-01_01:24:19.02641 Finn> David asks, "Anyone remember the D&D cartoon?"
2020-10-01_01:24:28.39307 Finn> David says, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNHTnY6HQg"
2020-10-01_01:24:42.40042 Finn> David says, "fan-made production of the 'final' episode script that wasn't filmed"
2020-10-01_02:13:06.49439 Finn> Aerianne has connected.
2020-10-01_02:13:37.19149 Aerianne has connected
2020-10-01_02:23:19.88854 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Today's surprise - "
2020-10-01_02:23:36.16410 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "The key to the Bastille is now located... at Mount Vernon."
2020-10-01_02:23:49.69227 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "Lafayette took it and gave it to Washington as a gift in 1790"
2020-10-01_02:29:08.90114 Finn> Kiara says, "...wow."
2020-10-01_02:30:35.06456 Finn> Manny Mo'Jac says, "It hangs up on the wall in a glass case"
2020-10-01_02:31:17.36790 Finn> David says, "Wow."
2020-10-01_03:16:59.87387 Finn> Mike has connected.
2020-10-01_03:17:29.96413 Mike has reconnected
2020-10-01_03:17:41.35197 Ivan> Tobias says, "Yeargh."
2020-10-01_03:18:18.19697 Ivan> Akio says, "YEARGH"
2020-10-01_03:18:43.25236 Ivan> Akio asks, "So Mike, has King... Eamon? Eadon?... reclaimed his birthright yet?"
2020-10-01_03:19:18.93510 Ivan> Tobias says, "Actually that campaign hit an abrupt end."
2020-10-01_03:19:29.50491 Ivan> Tobias says, "Danes invade, everyone dies."
2020-10-01_03:19:52.05190 Ivan> Akio says, "Ahh, yep, yep, that can happen."
2020-10-01_03:20:17.96072 Ivan> Akio asks, "Did literally your entire line die without a chance to swear fealty to your new Danish overlords?"
2020-10-01_03:20:38.55594 Ivan> Akio asks, "Or did they dispossess you?"
2020-10-01_03:20:52.10014 Ivan> Voice of John Biles asks, "Is your birthday on the 12th, Mike?"
2020-10-01_03:21:29.61654 Ivan> Akio says, "... I'm pretty sure Mike was born in July."
2020-10-01_03:21:35.28788 Ivan> Tobias says, "Dispossess. And no, my birthday is not only not on the 12th, but it isn't even this month."
2020-10-01_03:21:45.06795 Ivan> Voice of John Biles says, "Hmm, I must be thinking of someone else and now I wonder who"
2020-10-01_03:21:48.99002 Ivan> Tobias says, "It's July 15th."
2020-10-01_03:21:55.23161 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh thank god."
2020-10-01_03:22:00.65500 Ivan> Akio says, "I thought I might be nuts."
2020-10-01_03:22:05.19350 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "The Ides of July!"
2020-10-01_03:22:16.49486 Ivan> Akio says, ".... ahahahaha."
2020-10-01_03:22:51.52620 Ivan> Akio says, "Your Irish bloodline was dispossed by the rulers of Britain."
2020-10-01_03:23:01.79793 Ivan> Akio exclaims, "Who says Crusader Kings isn't historically accurate!"
2020-10-01_03:24:17.84375 Ivan> Akio says, "CKIII could use some polishing, tho. There's some... odd... things in there."
2020-10-01_03:24:36.97171 Ivan> Akio says, "Like... the Byzantine Empire, if it reconquers the west, can reform the Roman Empire as an option."
2020-10-01_03:25:03.56912 Ivan> Tobias says, ""Who are the men in that cell?" "They? They were once fine sailors, but are now poor lost drunken men who don't know where they are and no longer care." "I see. And in this cell?" "These are poor lost drunken men who don't know where they are, but DO care." "And here?" "These are men who know where they are, and care, but don't drink!" "rattles bars Wait! I don't know where I am!" "You don't? Does that bother you?" "Not really." "GUARDS! Move this man to Cell One, and get him a drink!""
2020-10-01_03:25:19.81852 Ivan> Akio says, "But if you do that... your succession type will change to -confederate partition-."
2020-10-01_03:26:33.23550 Ivan> Tobias laughs.
2020-10-01_03:28:39.40695 Ivan> Akio says, "Because technically you'll lack the required innovations for much better."
2020-10-01_03:30:09.17828 Ivan> Akio says, "There's a lot of powers you can play that have "hacks" if you will; laws and suchly that they really shouldn't have access to because the game is trying to model how they actually were. This apparentlt causes a LOT of weird problems when polities start re-shaping and re-forming and suchly; sometimes you get hit in the face with a downgrade."
2020-10-01_03:48:58.14410 Ivan> Tobias says, "'Trump's defenders say his record with the Supreme Court is more progressive than people give him credit for. They note that Amy Coney Barrett has expressed views that are remarkably similar to Sharia Law, which should hearten Muslims, and that Neil Gorsuch is the first Chupacabra to be appointed to the high court after years of discrimination.'"
2020-10-01_03:50:21.06016 Ivan> Akio says, "EL CHUPACABRA"
2020-10-01_03:52:59.64582 Ivan> Tobias says, "That's or plan to deal with Dark Min right there. El Chupacabra."
2020-10-01_04:00:47.46944 Ivan> Tobias asks, "Hmm, Dan, you around?"
2020-10-01_04:00:57.12133 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Vaguely."
2020-10-01_04:01:33.05703 Ivan> Tobias says, "This is a question sort of to you, but also to anyone who might be able to answer it."
2020-10-01_04:03:31.66311 Ivan> Tobias says, "I'm looking for food that hits the following qualifiers: 1. Low skill to make/prepare. 2. Not very hot or spicy. 3. No uncooked or raw fruit or vegetables. 4. No beans of any kind. 5. No dairy of any kind. 6. A minimum of red meat, although small amounts are fine."
2020-10-01_04:03:52.88142 Finn> Shiori Thud
2020-10-01_04:04:01.54128 Finn> Aerianne has disconnected.
2020-10-01_04:04:01.75376 Aerianne has disconnected
2020-10-01_04:04:03.33984 Ivan> Tobias says, "Oh, and 7. Low acidity."
2020-10-01_04:05:06.49656 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Sounds like some sort of chicken and pasta dish to me. No dairy kills a lot of stuff I'd otherwise recommend."
2020-10-01_04:05:07.08098 Ivan> Akio asks, "Does chicken not hit all those?"
2020-10-01_04:05:59.84955 Ivan> Akio says, "Pasta sauce tends to be pretty acidic, Dan."
2020-10-01_04:06:04.76048 Ivan> Akio says, "Or... dairy-based."
2020-10-01_04:06:28.85692 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Exactly. I'd have said straight up pasta, but that's usually either white sauce (dairy) or red sauce (acidic)."
2020-10-01_04:06:54.26486 Ivan> Tobias says, "Chicken works, although it can hit 1."
2020-10-01_04:07:27.53190 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "A pan fried chicken, with a sprinkling of something like Ms. Dash and a light dash of lemon juice is pretty low skill."
2020-10-01_04:07:31.64894 Ivan> Akio says, "It CAN hit one, but... I literally actually just got done making chicken for dinner. And when I say literally I mean "it is in front of me right now.""
2020-10-01_04:07:44.86183 Ivan> Akio says, "What Dan said. Literally the only lower skills dish is boiling ramen."
2020-10-01_04:09:10.67683 Ivan> Akio says, "There's also soup."
2020-10-01_04:09:39.44416 Ivan> Tobias says, "A lot of soup tends to be tomato-stock."
2020-10-01_04:09:40.53060 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Good soup from scratch is a bit more effort, but yeah, a chicken and rice or chicken noodle soup isn't too much effort."
2020-10-01_04:09:42.28328 Ivan> Akio says, "I am capable of making soup from scratch but I do not. Any of the Progresso soups are really good; it's Campbell's prices for WAY above Campbell's quality."
2020-10-01_04:10:58.80283 Ivan> Akio says, "I was about to suggest sandwiches but those tend to involve either dairy, or raw vegetables."
2020-10-01_04:11:25.47677 Ivan> Akio says, "Like I suppose you COULD eat a sandwich that's just bread and a meat, but..."
2020-10-01_04:11:57.28104 Ivan> Akio says, "Any kind of stir-fry will also hit your requirements."
2020-10-01_04:12:20.14639 Ivan> Akio says, "And allow you to get vegetables in there."
2020-10-01_04:12:21.08305 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Stir fry isn't too skill intensive, though it's not trivial to do right."
2020-10-01_04:12:59.37874 Ivan> Akio says, "It's also not hard to roast up vegetables in general."
2020-10-01_04:13:33.10278 Ivan> Akio says, "You stick'em in a pan, hit them in the oven for however long the recipe recommends, hit them with some lemon juice, tends to be delicious if you like the veggie in question."
2020-10-01_04:14:03.96684 Ivan> Akio says, "I, for example, love broccoli. It's the only vegetable I love, really. In the oven for a bit, some lemon juice, delicious. I'll even eat it boiled."
2020-10-01_04:14:17.06209 Ivan> Akio says, "Why "no raw vegetables?" That's an odd requirement."
2020-10-01_04:14:32.33374 Ivan> Akio says, "Raw vegetables are some of the healthiest things in the world."
2020-10-01_04:15:39.50524 Ivan> Frito says, "Probably because the digestion would have trouble with the fiber unless it's broken down some by cooking."
2020-10-01_04:16:11.81003 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Healthy, but a lot of people also just don't like them. I'm like vegetables cooked, but hate any sort of cooked fruit, for instance."
2020-10-01_04:16:29.05121 Ivan> Akio asks, "... you don't like pie?"
2020-10-01_04:16:51.49621 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "Hate it. I will happily eat raw apple pie filling all day, but once cooked? No thanks."
2020-10-01_04:17:13.41842 Ivan> Akio says, "Man, you HEAR about heretics, but you never expect to meet one."
2020-10-01_04:17:49.51385 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "dude, dan is all heretic, all the time"
2020-10-01_04:18:01.37094 Ivan> Akio says, "Oh, and most store-bought rolls are perfectly delicious."
2020-10-01_04:18:04.57607 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "although i guess this precludes him likeing pineapple on pizza"
2020-10-01_04:18:09.30551 Ivan> Shiraishi Minoru Desu says, "liking"
2020-10-01_04:18:20.24137 Ivan> Akio says, "Like, you get a tube of Pillsbury crescent rolls, cook according to the instructions, they're great."
2020-10-01_04:18:35.50501 Ivan> Akio says, "Even sans butter."
2020-10-01_04:18:46.55276 Ivan> Akio says, "Just don't let them cool, they turn into bricks."
2020-10-01_04:19:31.66391 Ivan> DaR From Another Place says, "I hate pineapple in general, as has been well established, but yes, especially dislike it cooked on pizza."
2020-10-01_04:19:33.54916 Ivan> Frito says, "Something that might work, depending on the particular mix used - Knorr's Pasta Sides line. Take a packet of that, mix it with a can of cooked chicken and some frozen veggies, maybe an additional packet of dried chicken soup mix."
2020-10-01_04:20:09.36640 Ivan> Akio asks, "Mike, what's the specific context here?"
2020-10-01_04:20:13.14246 Ivan> Frito says, "Don't think most of the Pasta Sides flavors have any dairy, they're usually pretty mild, takes almost no cooking skill."
