[21:39] [Day: Tuesday. Time: 12:30 P.M.] [21:40] ( So nobody's woken up yet. ) [21:40] ( I have! ) [21:40] ( Are you there? ) [21:40] ( Mostly since I dozed off really early? Well, maybe I'm not there. ) [21:41] ( You're there. But you should sleep in. ) [21:41] [You're all at Chel's place. Byakko is in the kitchen stealing a Dr. Pepsi from the fridge. No, not really, but I'm not going to bother with a description because you all know what it looks like. And maybe you're awake, maybe not. Doesn't matter. And you're all there whether you left or not anyhow. Again, doesn't matter.] [21:41] ( Don't I have classes? ) [21:41] ( Who cares? ) [21:41] [Point is, it's 12:30 and you're there.] [21:41] ( You're skipping. ) [21:41] ( Classes? HA! ) [21:41] ( I do! ) [21:41] [Session Start] [21:42] * Mei-Yin cooks breakfast, humming happily and waking everybody up with the smell. [21:42] * Norii walks in with a backpack. [21:42] Heh. I thought you all would still be here. [21:42] Sit down, have a little breakfast. [21:42] * Chelsea keenly watches Mei-Yin, occasionally asking questions. [21:42] It'll be done in a little while. [21:42] Sure! [21:42] * Chelsea blinks at Norii. [21:42] * Sai lies on the couch, sleeping peacefully. He's curled up tightly, with a blanket wrapped around him. [21:42] *** Chamelaeon has joined #BESM [21:42] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Chamelaeon [21:44] Would you go wake the other up please, Norii? I'm afraid that for some reason, my cooking isn't waking them up. [21:44] ( Sai's sleeping peacefully. Someone dump a bucket of cold water on him. ) [21:45] Heh. But they look so happy. [21:45] They'll be less happy if they sleep through breakfast. [21:45] * Chelsea nods and goes back to watching Mei cook, yawning once or twice. [21:45] [A *thump* comes from the room Shigeru is in] [21:45] * Norii turns around. [21:45] HEY! WAKE UP! [21:46] * Chelsea frowns. "I'd better go check on him." [21:46] * Shigeru yells from inside the room, "No!" [21:46] * Mei-Yin giggles. [21:46] * Sai sits upright with a start. "Wah!" [21:46] * Chelsea snickers. [21:46] 'Morning, Sai. [21:46] ( Wow, we're Eoi-less. ) [21:46] ( Yeah. ) [21:47] ( Atom's on vacation. ) [21:47] (Who do we make fun of now? ;_;) [21:47] * Chelsea goes to Shig's room and knocks on the door. "Rise and shine, Shiggy." [21:47] [Oh yeah, Eoi is nowhere to be seen. Prolly at class.] [21:47] ( Shig, of course. ^_^ ) [21:47] * Sai blinks and looks around, then smiles. "Good morning, Chelsea." [21:47] * Shigeru curses, though it's muffled so Chelsea can't exactly hear what he's saying. He speaks up, though, "Since when did I ever shine?" [21:48] * Sai hops off the couch and stretches. [21:48] Ahhh...I can't remember the last time I've slept like that. [21:48] * Chelsea smirks. "Every day, Shig. Now wake up so you can eat breakfast. Mei's cooking. Besides, if I have to be awake, you do too." [21:49] Do not. [21:49] Do so. [21:49] Not. [21:49] So. [21:49] Not. [21:49] Breakfast is ready! [21:49] * Sai listens to Chelsea and Shigeru argue and grins. [21:49] ( GM's rule: Shig is shiny. No siddown and eat :P ) [21:49] * Mei-Yin flips the last of the pancakes onto a plate with one hand, the last omelet onto another plate with the other hand, turn the stove off a moment later, and transports the food to the table. [21:49] * Chelsea grins wide. "Don't make me come in there, young man." [21:50] * Shigeru rustles around for a bit, and finally opens the door. He looks tired (which is nothing new), and his hair's a mess (which is also nothing new). "I'm up, I'm up." [21:50] Good. ^_^ [21:50] [There's a knock on the door.] [21:50] * Chelsea nudges Shig down the hall and towards the living room. [21:50] Good morning, Shigeru. [21:50] Get the door... oh, Eoi isn't here. [21:51] * Shigeru yawns. "You get that." He's nudged, so heads to the living room. [21:51] * Norii freezes, about to eat the first bite of pancake. [21:51] * Chelsea goes to see who is at the door, rolling her shoulders on the way. [21:51] Morning Sai. [21:51] ...dang. We need Eoi. [21:51] It's Chelsea's house. She can get the door. [21:51] Yes. What are we without our belhop? [21:51] [As soon as Chelsea opens the door, Mei-Fang busts half-way into the room with a big grin. "Nihao!"] [21:52] * Norii quietly edges behind Chel. [21:52] *** SirKirbsalot is now known as Mei-Fang [21:52] ...oh. Nevermind. [21:52] * Shigeru flops onto the couch. "Hey, it's Mei. ... Or Lei." [21:52] * Norii sits back down and indulges in sweet pancakey goodness. [21:52] * Mei-Yin shudders and sits down to eat. Yum, omelets, bacon, and pancakes. [21:52] * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. "Good afternoon?" [21:52] Mei, I think. [21:52] * Sai turns around to see Mei-Fang. "Hi there." [21:53] * Mei-Fang holds out a bag to Chelsea. "Two curry chicken, one moo goo gai pan, one dim sum, and one pepper steak with onions. That'll be $24.33! (in yen)" [21:53] ... [21:53] Mmmphs ummph? [21:53] ... [21:53] * Norii swallows. [21:53] * Shigeru sweatdrops. [21:53] * Mei-Yin clenches her fist and snaps her chopsticks. [21:53] What's up? [21:53] * Chelsea turns to the assembled guests. "What dead man ordered chinese?" [21:53] ...wait, who ordered... [21:53] ...er...did we order food? [21:53] * Shigeru yawns. [21:53] I didn't do it. [21:54] * Mei-Fang shrugs. "The guy who called gave us this address." [21:54] Uh-huh. And he didn't give a name? [21:54] Are you sure... oh, dear. [21:54] Or, God forbid, a message? [21:55] Nope! [21:55] * Norii decides to eat pancake while she still has a chance. [21:55] Uh huh. [21:55] ...do mysterious people ALWAYS order chinese food for you guys? [21:55] No. Sometimes they show up when we go out for pizza. [21:55] * Mei-Yin grabs herself a new pair of chopsticks and continues eating. [21:56] * Sai laughs. [21:56] * Sai enters the kitchen. "Ooh, looks good." ^_^ [21:56] Well. Please come in and wait while I go get some money. [21:57] Alright. [21:57] Speaking of which, has anyone seen Kaira recently? [21:57] I don't believe so. [21:57] * Mei-Fang goes in, at Chelsea's invitation. [21:58] Mmm. Wonder how she's doing. Wonder how our other favorite Smorfy is, as well. [21:58] * Shigeru snickers and thinks to Chelsea, ~Better hurry. Mei-Fang's getting restless.~ [21:58] ( She craves watermelon. ) [21:58] * Shigeru stands and carefully makes his way to the kitchen. [21:58] ~Heh. Anything interesting in there?~ [21:58] * Mei-Fang stands patiently inside with a smile. [21:59] * Sai takes a plate. "Thanks, Mei-Yin." [21:59] ~If she's got some evil hidden agenda, she's not thinking about it. She wants her money so she can leave. Makes sense.~ [21:59] ~If this isn't an underhanded plot on someone's part, I'll be pleasantly astonished.~ [21:59] * Chelsea walks back to her room, and comes back with $24.33(in yen). "Here you are, Mei-Fang. Anything else while you're here?" [21:59] So who's this Kaira person? I don't remember hearing you guys mention her before... [21:59] ( Oh, who'd do a thing like that? :P ) [21:59] ~Suuuuure it isn't.~ [22:00] Miyu's sister. [22:00] * Shigeru finds an empty chair and has a seat. [22:00] * Mei-Fang counts the money. "Nope! That's all. Enjoy your meals!" [22:00] Very well. Good day. [22:00] And she... well, nevermind. [22:00] * Mei-Fang happily bounds out of the room. [22:00] *** Mei-Fang is now known as Kirby [22:00] * Chelsea goes to the kitchen and immediately puts the chinese food in one of the refridgerators. [22:01] She wasn't always a friend, anyway. [22:01] ( The Chinese food melts. Well, not really. ) [22:01] There's probably a hidden message in there or something, but I'd rather eat before looking for it. [22:01] * Sai takes a seat and starts eating. [22:01] * Shigeru blinks, then blinks again. "Aww, man. I thought that sounded familiar." [22:01] ...in the *food*? [22:02] * Chelsea gets some of the food Mei cooked onto a plate, gets a Dr. Pepsi, goes to the coffee table with the others, sitting on the floor. [22:02] Quentin ordered the food. [22:03] I'm sorry, I don't look for hidden meaning in my mu-gu-gai-pan or whatever. [22:03] * Mei-Yin jumps up and grabs a plate off the stove and puts it in front of Shigeru. There are big hearts drawn on the pancakes with syrup. "I don't see anything unusual about messages written on food." [22:03] Of course he did. [22:03] Yes, in the food. Oh, and by the way, Norii. How easy would it be to check the food for poison? Just in case. [22:03] Without totally destroying it? And spending a bunch of money? [22:04] ( If Chizuru did the cooking? Not too hard. :P ) [22:04] * Shigeru , of course, completely misses the hearts. He is hungry, though, and upon smelling food placed in front of him, he peeks through someone's eyes to find his chopsticks, and starts in. [22:04] * Sai swallows. "Why d'you think Quentin ordered it? Wasn't it that loonie scientist who did it last time?" [22:04] I can always get more chinese food, and I'm not short on cash. [22:04] Unless you want to go the animal-testing route. [22:04] But nevermind anyway. [22:04] * Norii blinks. [22:04] No, it was Quentin. [22:04] And Dilazar. [22:05] I remember Dilazar. [22:05] * Chelsea digs into the food Mei cooked. "Mmm. Good." [22:05] Yes... I remember her VERY well. [22:05] I didn't know you could eat pancakes with chopsticks. O_o [22:05] You can eat _anything_ with chopsticks. [22:05] Dilazar? I think I missed that one. I was talking about earlier. [22:05] * Mei-Yin demonstrates by rolling a pancake up with a long slice of omelete and a strip of bacon, picking it up, and eating heartily. [22:05] ( Even an apple? ) [22:06] ( Even an apple. ) [22:06] ( If you spike it, sure. ) [22:06] Dilazar was the time Quentin was trying to get our abilities to program into the S-types, remember? [22:06] Yeah. [22:06] When we went down into the sewer. [22:06] Oh, right. Her. [22:06] * Sai winces a bit. [22:06] It... felt good to kill her. [22:07] * Mei-Yin shudders a little. [22:07] * Shigeru munches on a piece of bacon. "And the order Mei-Fang just delivered was almost exactly the same as the she brought us before. Except for the dim sum." [22:07] (Sadly, I literally remembered that piece of information. Yay for useless trivia. ;P) [22:07] ( Heh. ) [22:07] ( *snicker* ) [22:08] * Chelsea frowns, but continues eating. [22:08] ...so you ran into her again later, then. [22:08] Yeah... on the way to Harlem. [22:08] * Chelsea nods. [22:08] Weren't you there? [22:08] Nope. [22:09] Was that right before we went to hell? I hadn't seen you guys for a while before then. [22:09] * Norii counts on her fingers. [22:09] Yeah, it was. [22:09] Okay, yeah, that's right. [22:09] I believe it was, yes. Mmph. Good pancakes, Mei. [22:10] Yeah, breakfast is very good. ^_^ [22:10] * Chelsea continues to feed. [22:10] Thanks! ^_^ [22:11] * Shigeru grins and keeps eating. [22:11] ( Blargh. Forgot to have everyone voiced and deopped ;_; ) [22:13] *** Chamelaeon sets mode: -o Chamelaeon [22:13] * Norii finishes her plate. [22:13] Ahhh. Not quite breakfast, but really good even for lunch. [22:13] *** Mei-Yin sets mode: +vvv Chelsea Mei-Yin Sai [22:13] *** Brett sets mode: -o Chelsea [22:14] *** Mei-Yin sets mode: +vvv Norii Kirby Shigeru [22:14] *** Mei-Yin sets mode: -ooo DemoGaming Mei-Yin Sai [22:14] ( Hum. That didn't work. I wish I could figure out mirc :P ) [22:14] ( Brett: You have to type one 'o' for every person you want opped/deopped. Same with 'v' ) [22:15] ( oh ) [22:15] * Mei-Yin finishes and starts cleaning up. [22:15] ( I just select multiples and rightclick. ) [22:16] * Sai finishes eating and sets aside his plate. "Thanks! That was really good." [22:16] It was. [22:16] * Chelsea nods, but is still eating since she started later than the others. [22:17] * Shigeru finishes his plate, since he was eating rather quickly. Good food. :9 [22:17] * Mei-Yin collects dishes as people finish and cleans them. [22:18] ( The dishes scream as they are submerged in hot water and scrubbed. ) [22:18] * Chelsea finishes. "Want me to get your plate for you, Shig?" [22:19] Sure. I think Mei's got it covered, though. [22:19] (Poor dishes. ;_;) [22:19] * Mei-Yin scrubs the dishes mercilessly. [22:19] ( They had it coming. ) [22:19] Heh. I just meant bringing it to the kitchen. [22:19] * Mei-Yin refrains from cackling evilly, though. [22:19] (She's so mean, though.) [22:20] Okay, so what is Quentin trying to get us to do with this chinese food, then? [22:20] * Chelsea does that, depositing the dishes easily within Mei's reach. "Thanks for washing." [22:20] No problem. ^_^ [22:20] ...does it talk when we squeeze it? [22:20] * Chelsea goes back to sit in her chair. "I certainly hope not." [22:20] * Shigeru frowns. "I don't know. Could just be him telling us that he knows where we are." [22:21] Maybe he wants us to track down the location it was ordered from. Didn't that happen before? [22:21] I mean, it *might* be a coincidence and just a messed up order, but... [22:21] That's not new news, though. [22:21] ( The Chinese food talks when you squeeze it? O.o ... Why on earth didn't I think of that? ;_; ) [22:21] ( Must be blood loss. :P ) [22:21] ( Because you're too preoccupied with kirby? ) [22:22] ( Because most food goes *splut* when you squeeze it? ) [22:22] Do we want to look at it? Or is it garbage disposal time? [22:23] ( Sai: So? :P ) [22:23] It's worth a look, I think. [22:23] *** blargh has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [22:23] * Shigeru keeps frowning. [22:23] * Chelsea shrugs. "Couldn't hurt." [22:23] Why not? [22:23] So. Who wants the honor of playing with their food? [22:24] Food is my domain. ^_^ [22:24] Heh. [22:24] *** Mandoric has joined #besm [22:24] * Chelsea smirks. "Alright." [22:24] * Mei-Yin finishes the dishes and goes to the fridge, pulling out the offending chinese food. [22:24] * Shigeru snickers in spite of himself. [22:25] * Mei-Yin sets the food down on the table and starts opening packages. [22:25] [The food does not leap out and attack Mei-Yin. With each meal is rice and a fortune cookie] [22:26] * Mei-Yin picks up the fortune cookies. [22:26] * Mei-Yin starts passing them out. [22:26] ...I hate fortune cookies. [22:26] I prefer them when they're personalized, but these just might be. [22:27] Guess that's the best way to send a message in food. [22:27] * Shigeru gets his cookie shoved into his hand, and hrms. [22:27] * Chelsea shrugs and accepts one, unwrapping it and cracking it open. [22:27] The personalized ones are worse, I would think. [22:27] * Sai accepts a cookie and cracks it. [22:28] * Chelsea looks at the message. [22:28] * Sai reads the little paper. [22:29] * Norii tosses hers with one hand like a golf ball. [22:29] [Chelsea's cookie reads: 100% real fortune cookie] [22:29] * Chelsea frowns and flips it over. [22:29] * Mei-Yin opens hers and reads the fortune, too. [22:30] [Sai's cookie reads: "Chelsea, my love! I have to break our date tonight, but feel free to go to the Asahara building anyhow. You might find it interesting. Oh, and enjoy the Chinese food! I even got enough for your friends. P.S. Like the Kirby? Good! I knew you would!] [22:30] ... [22:30] [Mei-Yin's cookie reads: "Generic, unpersonalized cookie"] [22:30] I think I have yours, Chelsea. Seems to be from your robed admirer. [22:30] * Mei-Yin scowls. [22:30] * Shigeru opens his cookie and pulls the fortune out. "Anyone want to read this for me?" [22:30] * Norii tosses hers to Sai. [22:31] Mine appears to be an endoresment by the fortune cookie society of... oh. [22:31] * Chelsea sighs. "Lemme see, please?" [22:31] Here. I don't trust my luck. [22:31] * Sai hands the paper to Chelsea. [22:31] * Sai shrugs. "Okay." [22:31] * Sai breaks the second cookie and reads the message. [22:31] * Chelsea takes it, reads it, shakes her head. "Oh, darn." [22:31] You know, I'm *really* starting to have suspicions about dear old RobedGuy. [22:32] * Shigeru waits as nobody take the fortune. "Really? What gives you that idea?" [22:32] [Sai's cookie reads: "What you are doing is wrong. Stick with your current spouse and stop seeing this secret love."] [22:32] ...well. We've never seen the guy's face, right? [22:32] * Mei-Yin walks over to Shigeru and reads his aloud. [22:33] * Sai snickers a little at this one. "Okay, unless one of you guys is secretly married, I don't think there's any personal message here." [22:33] I wish. [22:34] And he keeps showing up around Quentin's business, quite often sucking us into a situation to Q-man's advantage or hoped-for advantage. [22:34] Yup. [22:34] * Sai nods. [22:34] * Chelsea shrugs. [22:34] ...so might he be... Quentin? [22:34] Don't think so. [22:35] Maybe I'm just paranoid. [22:35] ( Damn. You figured it out ;_; ) [22:35] He could be, but I don't think he is. [22:35] That would be funny. [22:35] Anyway. Anyone know anything interesting about this place? [22:35] Now now, Norii, you're only paranoid if they're _not_ out to get you. [22:35] ( Like we haven't been beaten over the head with the idea for the last six months... ) [22:36] ( ^^ ) [22:36] * Shigeru shrugs and gets up. "I think I left my computer in the guest room." [22:36] Heh. [22:36] I'll get mine going, too. [22:36] * Chelsea nods. "Need a hand?" [22:37] * Sai looks at Chelsea. "Hmm. No, not familiar with the place." [22:37] * Shigeru snickers. "Yeah, I think I will." [22:37] * Chelsea nods. [22:37] * Shigeru makes his way over to the guest room and retrieves the computer. He only bumps into things a couple times. ^^ [22:37] * Mei-Yin goes into the living room and fires up her computer. [22:38] * Shigeru also gets his walking stick and uses *that* to keep himself from bumping into things on the way back to the living room. He sets his computer on the table and boots up. [22:39] * Sai heads over to the living room to watch. [22:39] Okay, Chel, mind being my eyes? [22:40] What are we looking for? [22:40] The Asahara building. [22:40] Sure thing, Shig. [22:41] * Chelsea gets up, goes over to Shig's side of the table, and looks over his shoulder. [22:41] * Mei-Yin goes digging in in the architectural records at the city records office. [22:41] I'm going after the blueprints. [22:41] * Sai watches from behind Mei-Yin. [22:42] * Shigeru nods and starts searching the name Asahara, looking for any particularly interesting news or rumors. [22:42] ...when did Mei become a hacker? [22:42] * Shigeru laughs. [22:42] We are all hackers. [22:43] We have always been here. [22:43] She probably always was, and we just kept forgetting. ^^ [22:44] Point. [22:44] * Shigeru grins. "And she's good, too." [22:44] Not as good as you. ^_^ [22:44] I dunno about that. [22:45] I have to split my attention between cooking and hacking, so I'm not as good. [22:45] Oh yeah? Well, I have to split my attention between feeling sorry for myself and hacking. So there. [22:45] * Shigeru keeps searching. [22:46] * Mei-Yin types furiously, digging through public records to find the blueprints and then cracks up. [22:46] * Chelsea smirks. [22:46] [The name comes up easily enough: Asahara is a small corporation with only three offices, two in Tokyo and one in Kyoto (the main one being in one of the ones in Tokyo). They manufacture small electric devices, like razors and hairdryers.] [22:46] I need a new hairdryer. [22:46] * Sai laughs. "I wish I could search for arcane information this easily." [22:46] You probably can. [22:46] * Norii shakes out her hair. [22:46] The internet has everything, you know. [22:47] * Shigeru nods. [22:47] ( +household, after small ) [22:47] You don't usually need to do anything tricky or illegal to get to it, either. [22:47] ( Any progress on getting blueprints? ) [22:47] Well, everything that anyone has bothered to upload. [22:47] Yeah, you just have to know where to look. [22:47] ( Remind me to set the sequel in 1988 :P ) [22:47] Huh. You look for what I want, and all you find is a bunch of garbage by satanists and wiccans. Frequently combined with porn. [22:48] I'd figure that wizardly types would _love_ to be able to carry their entire spell library in a PDA. [22:48] 2d6-6 [22:48] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (2d6-6) and gets 6, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "I can recommend some good Dice Cleanser, if you like." [22:48] ( ...no. ) [22:48] * Shigeru snickers. "A lot of it's filtering out garbage." [22:48] 2d6-6 [22:48] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (2d6-6) and gets 4. [22:48] (Better!) [22:48] ( Better. Dammit, Dicey. ) [22:49] Eh. I found a halfway-useful Kabbalah manual once. Some of the rituals helped with my talents. [22:49] [Mei comes up with the blueprints easily enough. [22:49] ] [22:49] Got the blueprints. The public ones, anyway. [22:49] * Shigeru hrms and checks the names of people higher up in the Asahara corporation. [22:49] Great. [22:50] Once you're ready, I'll cover your tail while you try getting into their security system. [22:50] ( Dammit, you would do that, wouldn't you? ;_; ) [22:50] ( Hell yeah, we would. ) [22:50] (Yes. ^_^) [22:50] * Chelsea shrugs. "I prefer having that sort of thing in hardbck form, Norii." [22:50] ( Go Shiggy! ) [22:50] That's what printers are for, Chel. [22:50] Sure, still looking through public stuff right now. [22:50] * Norii waves her PDA in Chelsea's face. [22:50] Or should I nickname you "Treekiller"? [22:50] Portability is a nice thing too. [22:50] ( AFK while I get a drink and try to come up with some names. ) [22:51] ( We give Brett fits. ) [22:51] This is a hell of a lot smaller than the two thousand pages I have loaded. [22:51] (I didn't mean to do that. ^^;) [22:51] Oh yeah. And there's a lot of different rituals to summon Cthulhu around, too. [22:52] Shush. [22:52] I like Lovecraft's stuff, but not THAT much. ^^ [22:52] * Chelsea smirks and shakes her head. [22:52] To hell with the Necronomicon, I've got the Anarchist's Cookbook. Just as destructive with none of the sanity destruction. [22:53] Yeah, but if you follow those instructions, you'll only end up blowing up yourself. And that's no fun. [22:53] Nah, some of the less explosive ones are actually worth learning. [22:54] ( BRB ) [22:54] Heh. Well, lucky the real gods don't seem to destroy your sanity just by looking at you. [22:54] ( /me refrains from making a comment about Suzaku being flaming. ) [22:55] ( Feh. Only cheesey lame gods do that :P ) [22:55] ( My moves are lame!) [22:56] (Bah. Cthulhu kicks ass.) [22:56] ( "How Shoggoth Got It's Groove Back"? ) [22:56] ( Cthulhu is the inspiration for one of my favorite D&D races. ) [22:56] [The CEO is Kazuo Asahara. Other board members are Sachiko Kuroyama, Masaya Kinoshita, Utako Sakamoto] [22:57] ( Oh? ) [22:57] * Shigeru hums and makes a mental note to check those names later. "Okay, ready." [22:57] ( Anyone can make up a totally invincible god. ) [22:57] (Is that the Mind Flayers?) [22:57] ( Yep. ) [22:57] Let's rock. [22:57] ( Cthulhu is a lame flying-squid wannabe. ) [22:57] ( Ah. Yeah, I can see that. ^_^ ) [22:58] (But Lovecraft's gods AREN'T invincible.) [22:58] ( No, just lame :P ) [22:58] ( ...Cthulu is a Red Wings god? ) [22:58] (Sure, sure. Keep telling yourself that.) [22:59] * Shigeru nods and grins, going about hacking into Asahara. [22:59] * Mei-Yin follows along after Shigeru's probe, fending off traces and other nasties. [22:59] (Traces are bad. ;_;) [22:59] *** DemoGaming has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [22:59] ( Since we're hacking from Chelsea's house? Hell yeah. ) [23:01] 2d6-6 [23:01] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-6) and gets -2. [23:02] *** Sonny has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [23:05] [Shig hacks into the company's database. Things like financial statements, product secrets, employee info and such are listed, as well as a directory marked "head". [23:05] * Shigeru blinks. "Well, that's unusual." [23:06] * Shigeru takes a look at that directory. [23:06] Hmm? [23:06] * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. [23:06] Directory called "head". [23:06] [The directory is further protected, by the way.] [23:06] Kind of an odd name. [23:06] *** Demota has joined #BESM [23:06] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Demota [23:06] Yup. And it's got more security around it. [23:06] Hurry up and check it out. [23:07] 2d6+2 [23:07] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6+2) and gets 11. [23:07] 2d6-4 [23:07] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-4) and gets 3. [23:08] *** AlsoZereth has joined #besm [23:09] *** Zereth has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [23:09] 2d6+2 [23:09] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6+2) and gets 11. [23:09] ( ... ) [23:09] *** Demota is now known as DemoGaming [23:11] *** AlsoZereth has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [23:11] [The "head" directory is a bit more interestion. In addition to discussing marketing strategies, there's a few e-mails in a folder marked "important" that are encrypted. [23:11] ] [23:12] Now I think we're getting somewhere. [23:12] ...I have a bad feeling about this. [23:13] You have a bad feeling about everything. Not that it isn't justified. [23:13] Can you copy them so we can get out? [23:13] Sure, we can decode them offline. [23:13] * Shigeru starts copying the e-mails. [23:14] [The e-mails cannot be copied without the proper password.] [23:14] (Quick! Start the Uplink password generator!) [23:15] * Shigeru frowns. "Got a bad feeling about this, too. Let me check the other stuff before I get to this." [23:15] ( Ugh. Bruteforce. ) [23:15] * Mei-Yin grunts as she keeps typing. [23:15] * Shigeru backs out and takes a look at the financial statements. [23:17] [They go back a good number of years.] [23:17] * Shigeru looks at a few of the more recent ones. [23:18] [Most seems pretty normal, until Shig spies a few under "grants" from Hiro Minakawa.] [23:19] * Shigeru hmms. He checks records twenty-two to nineteen years ago. [23:20] * Chelsea hums to herself. [23:20] [The records start, in fact, twenty years ago. Seems mostly normal, otherwise.] [23:21] Well, that's interesting. [23:21] *** DamienRoc is on IRC [23:21] * Shigeru goes and checks the products. [23:22] * Chelsea watches them go. "You guys must teach me this some time." [23:22] [Products are just what it says. Their main feature seems to be that they all use "negative ions" that were a fad back in '02.] [23:22] [They all still use them, I mean] [23:23] Um. [23:23] Ah, but it takes years of training and practice. Keep your eyes on the screen, yeah? [23:23] [There's electric devices from bathroom products to popcorn makers, but they're all small household items.] [23:23] ...like, that ionic bullshit was. Bullshit, that is. I thought. [23:23] Maybe it's a retro thing. [23:24] Maybe. This looks like a front company for one Hiro Minakawa. And the records only go back twenty years. [23:24] * Shigeru does a quick check under employee info, scanning the heads for any eye-catching information. [23:24] What, it's all Project S, then? [23:24] *** Zereth has joined #besm [23:25] Oh, how nice. [23:25] * Chelsea chuckles, but keeps her eyes on the screen. [23:25] * Shigeru says, dryly, "Haven't you figured it out? I'm the center of the universe." [23:26] I'm so sick of that guy already. [23:26] No, no, you're just the gavitational center we all revolve around. [23:26] * Chelsea snickers. [23:26] But such a cuuute gravity well... [23:26] * Shigeru rolls his eyes. [23:27] * Chelsea ruffles Shig's hair. But keeps her eyes on the screen. [23:27] [Shig sees employee names and addresses. None ring a bell. Not even that Tetsuo person] [23:27] Yes... very, very cute. [23:27] * Shigeru mutters. [23:28] * Shigeru stretches. "Okay, enough of a break. Here we go." [23:28] * Shigeru goes back to the "head" directory and sees about getting those e-mails downloaded. [23:28] 2d6 [23:28] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6) and gets 7. [23:30] * Shigeru blinks. [23:30] * Shigeru backs out of the directory and starts scanning the other ones frantically. [23:31] * Shigeru spots one and opens it. [23:31] * Chelsea frowns. "What's up, Shig?" [23:31] Just realized that I didn't look closely enough. [23:31] * Shigeru smiles slightly. "Which is stupid of me, but y'know." [23:32] [The folder contains a file on the company's history. It apparently split from the Dairoba corporation after they went bankrupt.] [23:32] There we go. [23:33] What'd you find? [23:33] Ah ha. [23:33] Asaharu split from the Dairoba corporation when they went 'bankrupt'. [23:33] (Asahara, even.) [23:34] What a lovely surprise. [23:34] Of course. [23:34] It all comes back to Dairoba. [23:34] So is it a remnant, a cash cow, or a front? [23:34] It always comes back to Dairoba. [23:35] * Shigeru shrugs. "Don't know. Hiro Minakawa's been feeing money into it over the past few years, though." [23:35] ( Of course it does. I have to link this to the original :P ) [23:35] ( And let me tell you, it's going to be hell to do it in the sequel :P ) [23:35] (The sequel can just link back to this one. :P) [23:35] ( You don't have to tie that to the original - you just have to connect it to this game. ) [23:36] ( I like to be thorough :P ) [23:36] *** SonnySleeping has joined #besm [23:36] (Oh, so you're going to link to both? ;P) [23:36] ( More than likely. :P ) [23:36] *** SonnySleeping is now known as Sonny [23:37] ( Decide on CP count yet? ) [23:37] * Shigeru skims for more juicy tidbits, doesn't find them, and goes about trying to get those e-mails now. ^^ For real this time. [23:37] ( Didn't I say 30? I thought I did at some point. ) [23:37] ( Yeah, you did. ) [23:37] ( You said you were thinking about 30. ) [23:38] ( I'm pretty sure it'll be 30. ) [23:38] *** AlsoZereth has joined #besm [23:38] *** Zereth has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) [23:38] ( Okay, I'll have a proposal in a couple of weeks. ) [23:38] ( Damn. I was hoping for oh... sixth or so. ) [23:38] ( sixty, even. ) [23:38] ( You don't even know what I'm doing with it yet :P ) [23:39] ( I was hoping for at least 35. ::nods sagely:: ) [23:39] ( But I know what I want! ) [23:40] ( ...and I know I could even fit in 25 without too much pain. Hmmmmm. ) [23:40] 2d6-4 [23:40] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-4) and gets 4. [23:40] 2d6-4 [23:40] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-4) and gets 5. [23:40] 2d6-4 [23:40] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-4) and gets 4. [23:42] [Shig downloads them all] [23:42] * Shigeru scoots out of there. [23:43] * Mei-Yin backs the hell out as soon as Shigeru is out, cleaning up both their tracks. [23:43] Did you _have_ to take so long? [23:43] Sorry! [23:43] * Mei-Yin leans over and hugs Shigeru once she disconnects. [23:43] * Shigeru blushes slightly. (Loudest thought, if you so choose, Mei.) [23:44] ~Silly Shigeru. Hey, that tickles!~ [23:44] * Mei-Yin giggles. [23:44] That tickles! [23:44] * Shigeru blinks. "What tickles?" [23:44] Whatever you did. [23:45] It made my head tickle. [23:45] It felt good. ^_^ [23:45] ...oh boy. [23:45] *** DemoGaming is now known as Demota [23:45] * Sai eyes Mei-Yin and Shigeru strangely. [23:45] * Chelsea frowns. [23:45] I didn't do anythi- oh. I read your mind, 'cause I wasn't ready for it... how'd you know? [23:45] Know what? [23:45] * Shigeru starts running a program to decipher the first e-mail. [23:46] You read my mind? [23:46] * Shigeru nods and thinks to Mei-Yin, ~Silly, Shigeru. Hey, that tickles!~ [23:46] Not on purpose, I mean. I just... do that sometimes when someone touches me and I don't block it. [23:46] * Mei-Yin giggles. [23:47] That tickled! [23:47] * Shigeru sweatdrops. "I never figured it would tickle. [23:47] ... [23:47] 2d6-7 [23:47] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-7) and gets 4. [23:47] * Mei-Yin looks thoughtful. [23:48] *** Kirby is now known as E-mail1 [23:48] (Gotta take care of dishes. Back in a bit.) [23:50] * E-mail1 reads: "From: 'QN' To: 'AsaharaBigGuy' Subject: Test failure. Date: (a few weeks ago) [23:50] *** Demota is now known as DemoGaming [23:50] * Chelsea reads, since she's Shig's eyes anyway. [23:52] * Sai walks over to see what Shigeru found. [23:52] (Back. ^^) [23:53] * Shigeru opens the mail. [23:54] * E-mail1 continues. "These clones are (bold) worthless (/bold) in actual combat. We were attacked on our way to the test site by a bunch of self- rightous nimrods. The clones couldn't do against them. The ship was lost, and Humphry and the soldiers were killed. You'd damn well better fix the problem, or Minakawa will have your head." [23:55] * Shigeru reads the e-mail aloud. [23:55] *blink* [23:55] * Chelsea chuckles. [23:55] * Shigeru starts decoding the second e-mail. "That's oddly satisfying." [23:56] Hm. We'll have to make him eat those words. ^_^ [23:56] * Mei-Yin is still lost in thought. [23:56] 2d6-7 [23:56] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-7) and gets 0. [23:56] Well, using S-types as soldiers is a stupid idea to begin with. [23:56] *** E-mail1 is now known as E-mail2 [23:57] Spies, or maybe cops, sure, but soldiers? [23:57] The clones weren't the soldiers, remember? [23:57] I mean, that's the really scary bit - who's out there reading your mind right now? [23:57] Soldiers were people like Mr. Shinnosuke Watanabe. [23:58] Sure, but the implication is that the clones were expected to fight. [23:58] * Shigeru grins in Norii's general direction. "I am." [23:58] Yes, ad we all love you for it. [23:58] * Mei-Yin furrows her brow. [23:59] Not exactly. There were expected to kill. There's a difference. [23:59] But it's the telepathic goon you *don't* know about that [23:59] ...that's troublesome. [23:59] * E-mail2 reads: "From: 'D-lizard01' To: AsaharaBigGuy Subject: confirmation: your plan Date: (after the last one) [23:59] Hey, looks like this one's from Dilly. [00:00] * Shigeru opens the mail, reading this one aloud as well. [00:00] They weren't expecting the S-types to have resistance of any sort, since the only Smorfy who can fight is Kaira, and they had already taken care of her. [00:00] Sure, but... [00:01] Eh. Maybe it makes sense to them. [00:01] * Chelsea smirks. [00:01] Or maybe they've been sniffing amnesia goo. Who knows? [00:02] * Chelsea snickers. [00:03] * Sai grins. [00:04] AHA! [00:04] I think I've got it! [00:05] Wha? [00:05] Well, please share. [00:05] * Sai blinks at Mei-Yin. [00:05] Try to read me again, Shigeru! [00:05] * Mei-Yin closes her eyes. [00:05] * Shigeru shrugs and does so. [00:05] *** DamienRoc is on IRC [00:06] * Mei-Yin 's mind is walled off by a globe of garbage data and random bits. [00:06] You're there. I can feel it. [00:06] * Shigeru blinks. "Yeah, and you're not letting me in." [00:07] It worked? [00:07] That's a neat trick. [00:07] * Shigeru grins. "Yup." [00:07] * E-mail2 continues. "Greetings, Kazuo. I am a recently completed Nakatomi creation working for Quentin. Codename: Dilazar. Mr. Minakawa agrees with your plan to download the fighting abilities of this self-termed "Mystery Club" for use in the S-types. I shall be the one to execute the plan. [00:07] * Mei-Yin smiles. [00:07] Hey, that's pretty cool. [00:08] Oh, here we go. [00:08] * Shigeru starts reading the e-mail aloud. [00:08] Can anyone learn it, or just formerly-possessed recovering-from- anonymity-curse reporters? [00:08] Anyone can, I think... but it takes a lot of effort to learn. [00:08] * Chelsea reads. [00:08] * Mei-Yin frowns. [00:08] * Shigeru thinks to them as he does so, ~I think it's because of that trip Mei took to the bazaar back when she was cursed.~ [00:09] * E-mail2 reads further: Furthermore, Mr. Nagawa discovered at the Diaroba lab that the prototype was with this "Mystery Club". We shall endeavor to gain the missing data from him in the same manner as the Mystery Club's fighting abilities. The formula has already been adjusted for this purpose." [00:10] (Nightchikins.) [00:10] (Night.) [00:10] ( Night. ) [00:10] ( Night. ) [00:10] (Night Cham.) [00:10] ( Night Cham ) [00:10] * Shigeru finishes and starts decoding the third e-mail. [00:10] ...well, that's not quite anything we didn't know. [00:10] *** Chamelaeon has quit IRC (Quit: Cookie go plop. ) [00:10] 2d6-7 [00:10] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-7) and gets -2. [00:10] * Chelsea shrugs. [00:10] I didn't know Dilazar was created for that specific purpose. [00:11] Except that they were looking for our, uh, techniques, not just Shiggy's. [00:11] *** E-mail2 is now known as E-mail [00:11] *** E-mail is now known as E-mail3 [00:11] Hrm... [00:12] I don't quite understand what they mean by the missing data, though. They talking about the soul destroying again? [00:12] Probably. [00:12] * E-mail3 begins: "From: 'QN' To: 'AsaharaBigGuy' Subject: I'm in charge Date: (after you got back from Hell)" [00:12] Probably. [00:12] At least, yes. [00:12] *snerk* [00:12] * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. [00:13] * Shigeru opens the third mail, reading this one aloud, too. [00:14] What this formula is, though... [00:15] * E-mail3 reads: "It was a big mistake to parlay with demons. Minakawa is dead by their hands, along with Ayane Ueda. Fortunately, I managed to escape with Keiji Ueda. As requested by Minakawa before he died, I am in charge from now on." [00:15] ( It continues ) [00:15] Oh, that's interesting. [00:15] They don't think Ayane made it. [00:16] Good. [00:16] I wonder if she's contacted them since... [00:16] Hm. [00:16] Mom's not stupid. I don't think she would have. Still... [00:16] * Shigeru scrolls down for the rest. [00:16] He doesn't know... huh. [00:18] * E-mail3 continues: "As you know, the attempt to get the missing data from the prototype S failed via downloading through use. We must get this data directly. Your clearance is not high enough to know what this data is, but you must understand that it is imperative if we wish to uphold Minakawa's vision of a crimeless world." [00:18] * E-mail3 ends there [00:18] *** E-mail3 is now known as Kirby [00:19] ( Erm... Actually. ) [00:19] [There's an attachment] [00:19] * Sai snorts. "Right, this is aaaaaaall about law enforcement." [00:20] Uh huh. [00:20] You never know, though. [00:20] * Shigeru checks what kind of file this attachment is. [00:21] [The attachment is labelled "Shig-prime" and is in Acrobat Reader] [00:21] ( Er... ) [00:21] Bleah. [00:21] [The attachment is labelled "S-prime" and is in Acrobat Reader] [00:21] ( There :P ) [00:21] Adobe must die. [00:21] * Shigeru opens it. [00:22] Quentin first. You can kill Adobe later. [00:23] I'm not sure you understand. It's messed up my Office three times now. [00:23] *** Retrieving #besm info... [00:23] Every time they release a new version, it breaks something different. [00:24] [The file has a picture of Shig, but his hair is completely black. And it's actually combed. Also, he's more muscular and doesn't wear glasses.] [00:24] [There's also words] [00:24] *** Kirby is now known as Attachment [00:24] * Shigeru blinks. "The hell?" he mutters. He takes a look at the words. [00:24] * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. "Hmmm. Not bad." [00:25] I like glasses, though. [00:25] * Shigeru blushes. "Give me a break." [00:25] No. [00:25] * Sai frowns. "What is this, some sort of Super Shigeru?" [00:25] * Chelsea smirks and ruffles Shig's hair. "Nah. Don' wanna." [00:25] And yes, it probably is. Which... hm. [00:26] He's not bad, but he's not that good, either. [00:26] * Mei-Yin ruffles Shigeru's hair. [00:26] And he doesn't have such messy hair. [00:27] ^_^ [00:27] * Shigeru has his hair ruffled more. "The hair isn't entirely my fault, y'know." [00:27] The words read: "S' is the next generation S-type. He has all of the functions of the originals, and his combat abilities have been perfected. His physical attributes have also been enhanced to super-human levels. [00:27] (Yes, but can he shoot flames?) [00:27] ( Waaaaaaaah! ;_; No more superhuman clones! Stop the hurting! ) [00:30] * Attachment continues: "He has training in most levels of combat, but is especially proficient with the rapier, naginata and pistol. He also has several "internal" modes of attack and defense. He's also highly intelligent (note: there should be no problems with loyalty, but this should be watched anyhow, just to be cautious). [00:30] I like the hair! [00:30] ^_^ [00:30] *** Attachment is now known as Kirby [00:30] Um. [00:30] His hair or mine? An- oh, shit. [00:30] This is about where Eoi would say "This bodes. Poorly." [00:30] ... Yes? [00:30] Yes. [00:31] Your hair, silly. [00:31] * Shigeru blushes slightly. "Well, there we have it." [00:32] Looks like Asahara is our resident S-type factory and research center. [00:32] Wonderful. [00:32] Great. [00:32] I need to get real good, real fast. [00:32] * Mei-Yin growls softly. [00:33] Yes, you do. So much for me getting a nap today. [00:33] And of course, S' will also have one of those amulets. Great. [00:33] Maybe it will. [00:33] He can't use any special abilities while wearing one, can he? [00:33] They didn't interfere with Suzaku's powers. [00:33] Suzaku isn't human. [00:34] * Shigeru nods. [00:34] True, but it's possible. [00:34] ...bleah. [00:34] Either way, it probably doesn't matter. [00:34] Geez. I need to get a gun or something. [00:35] ...so do we do what the, uh, note suggests and hit the building? [00:35] * Shigeru frowns and taps at the coffee table. "If this version's going to be more powerful than me, he won't need to worry about people invading his mind. And if he's got Eoi, Chelsea, and Norii's abilities, along with physical modifications..." He shrugs. [00:35] Sounds like a bad idea, honestly. [00:35] * Shigeru nods. [00:35] It said tonight, right? [00:35] Yah. [00:36] He can't use all three of their abilities at once. Unless he's got extra arms. [00:36] ( Bah. I'm at least giving you guys time to plan :P ) [00:36] You're giving us time to freak out. [00:36] ( ) [00:37] No, it just gives him more options. [00:37] But having the amulet would still keep me from blasting him, so it'd be a decent precaution if they're expecting us. [00:37] I've got a very, very short time to get much, much better. [00:38] Go ahead and start stretching, Mei. [00:38] I'll meet you on the roof? [00:39] Yes. I'll be there as soon as Shig doesn't need my eyes anymore. [00:39] Go ahead, Chel. [00:39] Or... Sai, you wanna be eyes for a bit? [00:39] * Mei-Yin stands up, grabs her katana, and heads for the roof. [00:39] Sure, I can do that. [00:40] Thanks. [00:40] * Chelsea gets up, gets her training rapier from her room, and heads up the roof after Mei. [00:41] * Shigeru gets up and slumps on the couch. [00:41] * Sai looks at the ceiling. [00:41] * Norii wonders why she got into this. [00:42] * Shigeru catches that. "Why *did* you get into this, Norii?" [00:42] ...what? [00:42] Oh. Heh. [00:43] * Shigeru smiles slightly. [00:43] * Sai blinks. "Er...huh?" [00:43] Well, it never comes up, but I astral project in my sleep... and I stumbled into MC as a sort of resource for researching it. [00:44] ...and I ended up going out on the excursions a few times, and that led to buying this thing. [00:44] * Norii waves her pistol. [00:44] Mmm. That pistol? [00:45] Yeah. And Nakamura was cute, so I hung around... [00:46] * Shigeru snickers. "That's a better reason than I've got." [00:46] Just sort of fell into the whole thing, I guess. Didn't go looking for trouble, wasn't smart enough to leave when I saw bad shit happen. [00:46] Heh. Well, it looks like once you're in, you're in for life. [00:46] ( Unlike Lieu. Lieu figured it out quick ) [00:47] (Run, Lieu, run.) [00:48] If I had any clue what this would lead to... I never would have gotten involved. [00:48] ( Then you wouldn't be a PC. :P ) [00:49] Figured. You never did strike me as a save-the-world type. [00:49] Look at me - I'm a gun-toting magical exterminator who's slowly drifting into the corp and governmental black ops world. [00:50] When I think about it, it seriously freaks me out. [00:50] * Norii gets a mild case of the shakes. [00:50] Oh, it freaks *you* out. [00:52] ...which isn't to say that your problems don't dwarf mine, but still. Once upon a time, all I was was a slightly loony pre-med student. [00:53] I suppose I'm still that, though. [00:53] * Shigeru snickers. "It's cool. And yeah, you are." [00:54] * Sai smiles slightly. [00:55] * Shigeru yawns. "Anyway. To go or not to go." [00:55] And I just threw myself into the whole thing. Was just a normal music geek in high school, then I had to take it upon myself to learn magic. And look what happened. [00:55] I... [00:55] Oh, well, if we're going to talk about that... [00:55] Well, given the source, the information is undoubtedly both reliable and a trap. [00:56] * Sai nods. [00:56] I was born this way. And my 'net friend Chelsea dragged me into Mystery Club kicking and screaming. [00:56] Yup. [00:56] How many of these can we stick our heads into without losing them? [00:57] ( 52 ) [00:57] Can we afford not to go see? [00:57] ( You'd better finish quick :P ) [00:57] Who knows. But we need to stop them from making that S-prime model. [00:57] Hmm... [00:57] * Norii sits back. [00:57] I have a headache. [00:57] Unless they've already made it. [00:58] That was a photo, not an artist's rendering. [00:58] It's out there, somewhere. [00:59] Joy. [00:59] Okay, so we need to stop them from making more. [00:59] Eh. It's one of it and six of us. [00:59] Yeah. More would be bad. [01:00] *** DemoGaming is now known as DemoSleep [01:00] Uhuh. [01:02] ( Mayhaps I should sliptime? ) [01:02] Maybe you should end session? [01:02] ( ) [01:02] ( nope ) [01:02] ( How far were you going to take this tonight? ) [01:02] ( further than this :P ) [01:03] * Shigeru sighs. "So... maybe we should go." He frowns. [01:03] Hmm. I should call Saki and let her know about this -thing-. [01:03] * Norii shrugs. [01:04] She always has her own agenda. [01:04] This is kinda a thing that Interpol should know about, I'd say. [01:04] * Shigeru considers. [01:04] Heck, maybe she even knows something. [01:04] I hope Quentin's wrong. [01:04] * Sai heads to the phone. [01:04] How so? [01:05] That he said that the new S-type shouldn't have any problems with loyalty. I hope he's wrong. [01:06] Mm. Well, you have to admit that the enemy's record of accurately judging the merits and strengths of the S-types has been flimsy at best. [01:06] * Sai looks back over his shoulder. "What if it does have those problems, and it has it's own agenda? I'd say that wouldn't be that good, either. [01:06] * Sai picks up the phone and dials Saki's number. [01:06] * Norii nods. [01:07] [There's no answer.] [01:07] Aw, man. [01:07] * Shigeru shrugs and comments, "I'm an S-type. Try not to forget that." [01:07] * Sai hangs up. [01:07] But are you, really? [01:07] Maybe. You were raised as a human, though. [01:08] Are you a part of their plan, other than source material? [01:08] I was their original plan, apparently. [01:08] Then they decided to go for a new one. And yeah, I was... as far as that goes. [01:09] * Shigeru shrugs again and gets to his feet. "It's not like my parents ever cared, and now I know why. Are we going or not?" [01:09] ...augh. [01:10] * Norii shakes her head. "Ask Eoi. I'm just overthinking it." [01:10] I'd say we need to. But...just charging into the trap can't be good this time. [01:11] Eoi isn't here to ask. [01:11] * Shigeru frowns and concentrates. [01:11] * Shigeru thinks to Mei-Yin and Chelsea, ~Guys, do you want to go to the Asahara building today, or not?~ [01:12] ~Of course I want to go. What time is it?~ [01:13] ~Beats me, but we're having a bit of indecision down here.~ [01:13] ~Yes.~ [01:14] ~After the sun goes down, we'll go. I will be training Mei-Yin until then.~ [01:14] ( Now shall I sliptime? ) [01:15] (Sure.) [01:15] (I guess.) [01:15] ( Are we going to pick Eoi before we get there? **;;; ) [01:15] ( Nope ) [01:15] ( Jesus ) [01:15] [Time: 8:00 P.M.] [01:16] * Mei-Yin comes in at sundown, covered in sweat, clothes sticking to her translucently. [01:16] ( No, make it transparently h.h ) [01:16] * Shigeru , of course, doesn't notice. Yay for being blind. ;P [01:16] ( -_- Damn you, Shiggy. ) [01:17] (Bwahaha! ^_^_v) [01:17] (Sai would notice, though.) [01:17] * Sai blinks at Mei-Yin, then looks away. "Er..." [01:18] * Chelsea comes in, also covered in sweat, her white tank-top clinging to her impressive figure. "Alright. Might want to take a shower, Mei. I have clothes you can borrow, too." [01:18] * Shigeru is slumped, half asleep, on the couch. [01:18] * Norii sits, calm and cool, studying her Microbial text. [01:18] ( Bah. Chelsea didn't even do anything :P ) [01:18] ( She didn't have to. Mei sucks. ) [01:19] Where's the bath? [01:19] ( She was in the sun on an asphalt roof for six to eight hours. She's been sweating. :P ) [01:19] The guest bath is in the hallway in the middle. ::points:: [01:19] * Mei-Yin heads for the bath. [01:19] ( ...and hopefully Mei was able to do *something* by the end of that. ) [01:20] ( Because you trained for 1 day? :P ) [01:20] ( I doubt it. *shrug* ) [01:20] ( Yes? :P ) [01:22] [Mei showers. Yay. Time: 8:40] [01:23] * Mei-Yin comes out dressed in some of Chel's clothes. She doesn't fill them out very well. [01:23] * Chelsea showers too! [01:23] * Norii doesn't need to. [01:23] [Fine, Chel showers. Time: 9:30] [01:23] * Sai is relieved once the two of them shower and change. [01:23] * Shigeru snoozes. z.z [01:25] ( Suit yerself, but the session's not ending until you go there :P ) [01:25] * Chelsea comes out wearing her own clothes. "Alright. Everyone ready?" [01:25] I need some way to carry this thing. [01:25] * Mei-Yin gestures to her katana. [01:26] * Sai shrugs. "Ready as I can get. Though I'd prefer to have a plan of attack." [01:26] ...are we sure we don't want to find Eoi? [01:26] * Norii sighs. [01:26] I'm amazed he hasn't shown up yet. [01:26] * Shigeru blinks awake and yawns. [01:26] Of course we want to find Eoi. I'm surprised we haven't heard from hi, [01:26] Maybe something came up. [01:26] Ah, well. Yet's get this over with. [01:27] Yes, let's. [01:27] * Mei-Yin scowls for a minute. [01:27] If you don't notice me, don't worry about it. [01:27] ...if you do that, will we even remember you? [01:27] Assume you're nearby? Alright. [01:28] * Mei-Yin goes all stealthy-like, in hopes that people won't notice her, or that she's carrying a bare katana around Tokyo. [01:28] * Shigeru stretches. "Whenever you're ready. And I get it, Mei." [01:28] Have anything to wrap the sword in at least, Chelsea? [01:28] * Chelsea checks her rapier from hell, rolls her shoulders, and runs a hand through her hair. She seems satisfied. [01:28] That looks kinda awkward for her. [01:29] She always managed before... [01:29] Sorry, stupid thought. [01:30] * Chelsea frowns. "I have canvas, and that's about it. I don't think it'd hold that katana well, however." [01:30] Oh. Ah well. [01:31] Ah. Hold on. [01:31] * Chelsea walks back to one of the back rooms, and returns with an empty scabbard for a katana. "See if this fits, Mei." [01:32] * Mei-Yin takes the saya from Chelsea and tries fitting it to her blade. [01:32] [It's serviceable.] [01:32] There. Now it'll be all warm and cozy. [01:33] * Chelsea heads for the door. [01:33] * Mei-Yin heads out, still in stealth mode. [01:34] * Chelsea holds the door open for everyone, being a good host and all. [01:34] * Mei-Yin lurks in the shadows where others do not walk. MWAHAHAHAHA! [01:34] * Shigeru starts heading out, nearly trips down the stairs, and takes things a little more carefully after that. @_@; [01:34] * Sai walks out the door. [01:35] * Norii walks in the light so she doesn't get run over. [01:35] ( Mei trips over a bum and some trashcans :P ) [01:35] [Time: 10:00 P.M.] [01:35] * Chelsea follows out the doors after that, making sure to lock them behind her. [01:35] ( *Mei looks down. "Hey, I just tripped over the GM!" ) [01:35] (*snerk*) [01:35] (Heh.) [01:35] ( Yep. Sucks for you, huh? ) [01:35] ( Yeah, it does, you bum! :P ) [01:36] ( "Ollie the magic bums!" ) [01:36] ( Ollie ollie oxen free? ) [01:38] [The Asahara building looks like most other office buildings; nifty logo over the front doors, identical to any other office building above. A robed figure stands in front of the doorway.] [01:38] *** Kirby is now known as RobedGuy [01:38] ...came along for the ride for a change?\ [01:38] * Chelsea raises an eyebrow, but doesn't say anything. [01:39] * Shigeru folds his hands behind his back and concentrates. [01:39] * Sai blinks. [01:39] Hello, Robey. How are you? [01:40] * Mei-Yin moves forward slowly, on a rather roundabout path, to get behind Robey. [01:40] * RobedGuy speaks in a femenine voice most deffinately different from RobedGuy's. "I'm doing just fine." [01:40] ... [01:40] * Sai blinks and comes to a stop. [01:41] RobedGirl, I presume? [01:41] Ah. Well, that's good. [01:41] * Shigeru frowns. ~Don't sense a thing from her.~ [01:41] * RobedGuy pulls off the hood, revealing an attractive woman. "You should be more careful. Messages sent in fortune cookies are easily caught." [01:41] *** RobedGuy is now known as Woman [01:41] No, really? [01:42] 2d6 [01:42] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6) and gets 7. [01:42] * Sai frowns as he peers at her. [01:42] And who are you, then? [01:42] * Shigeru stares ahead, looking through Sai's eyes. [01:43] Mmm-hmm. [01:43] * Woman smiles. "You won't live long enough for it to matter." [01:43] Uhuh. [01:44] Of course. [01:44] * Chelsea chuckles at that. [01:44] * Woman waves a hand. The earth wails as the ground is ripped up around MC, forming a sphere over them. [01:44] That's new. [01:44] * Shigeru murmurs under his breath, "Dilazar's dead. Treasa woul... what the hell?" [01:44] It gets even better. [01:44] ...aw damn. [01:44] Earth! Fuck! [01:44] So, you're here to try to... entomb us in earth. Nice. [01:44] Nagawa's been looking forward to this. Good night. [01:45] * Chelsea goes ahad and draws her sword and casting dagger. [01:45] * Mei-Yin eases her katana out of its saya. [01:45] * Shigeru 's eyes flicker. ~It's Genbu. We're screwed.~ [01:45] * Norii draws and tries to fire. [01:45] * Sai raises his hands and aims at the side of the sphere. "SOUL BURST!" [01:45] ~Funny. She doesn't look like a giant turtle making fuck with water snake." [01:45] [Since the sphere is in total darkness, you don't see what happens, but whatever does, it hurts a lot, and everything goes black.] [01:45] [Session End]