[Day: Thursday, Nov. 6th, 2081. Time: 5:30 p.m.] [You've just gotten out of the holoroom, having done some training. Your Guardians are in a meeting for something or other probably not worth worrying about. Time to do... well, something, probably.] [Session Start!] ( Good grief. Totally clueless, here. ) * Luana is wearing a black T-shirt and black slacks, and she's pulling the ponytail holder out of her hair as she opens up her holocomputer. She types something in and frowns, glances nervously at her teammates, then looks back to her computer. * Hotaru walks out of the room carrying Ten, and wearing a long dark blue dress. With three people here today she didn't actualy get beaten up to the point of falling over today, a vast improvment. [Keiko fell asleep at the wheel.] (Stupid argument.) * Keiko is wearing... purple! Sweet. Purple is awesome. She looks a bit tired. She probably had to run or something. Ugh. She's still carrying that plush. Um, do you... are either of you doing anything? It's just, this put me a bit off-schedule, and I don't know what to do with myself. * Keiko glances to Luana and then shakes her head. "Not really. More lifting. Thinking. Psychic stuff." I do that. * Ten shrugs. "I am done for the day." * Luana sighs. "Oh. I guess I could... go study, or something..." She looks at them pleadingly. * Keiko smiles faintly. ~Loving the schedule?~ You do not seem very enthusiastic. ~Oh, I do love the schedule! I just don't love being off-schedule and not knowing what to do and it makes me a bit twitchy, I guess?~ Well, I already did some studying today. But without Dr Kener, here, I don't know what else to do. (*Kerner here) I hope that whatever it is that causes these eternal meetings is important. (Does Zarina have accessible video games?) * Keiko says, dryly, and a bit blase, "I'm sure it is." Beat, then, "Could do a lot of things. Meet people. Dodge marbles." ( She does! ) Hotaru has had enough dodging for today. * Keiko grins a bit more and says, "Well, Zarina has some video games. She's a big fan. They burn time." She glances to Hotaru. "And you wouldn't even have to dodge except with your fingers." * Luana perks up. "I love video games. Console or computer?" (Console assumption?) ( Yep ) * Keiko says, "Console." She brings up a hand and runs her fingers along her silver collar. And she won't mind us using it? (How much would she mind, on a scale from 1 to Kirby Eat My Head?) (Ooh, could we have a mechanical Kirby weapon made?) ( You asking me? >.> ) (It's your NPC) ( Mind what exactly? ) (Using her game consoles.) ( Oh. Ask her :P ) (I'm trying to assume I asked her before! Oy.) * Keiko starts to walk upstairs. "I'm sure she'd love someone else to play with besides me." She seems sorta amused sayingthat. * Hotaru follows after Keiko. * Luana follows as well, and pockets her compy. [You go upstairs!] * Keiko leads up to her room! And opens it. It's all Postered and Kirbied out... but none of that really seems to be Keiko's. Is there anyone there? ( If I say no, do I get a prize? ) (I dont have any prizes!) [For now... nobody's there!] * Keiko chuckles a bit and goes over to sit on her bed, gesturing at... whatever assemblage of consoles Zarina has. "Well, there's her stuff, but she can't turn invisible, I don't think... so she's not really here to ask." * Ten looks around the room. "It is... pink." (Being forced to move. 10 minutes.) * Disconnected * Attempting to rejoin channel #mc4 * Rejoined channel #mc4 * Topic is 'Registered' * Set by Brett on Sun Feb 25 22:02:59 * Mechalink is now known as Keiko * Luana fidgets. "Well, what else can we do, then?" * Keiko settles on her bed, letting the plush go in one hand as she rests on them, leaning back slightly. "Play 'em anyway?" She reaches out to see if she's anywhere with range to ask, mentally. [Nope!] I would object, but I am not her. * Luana thinks hesitantly, ~I can blame it on you if she gets annoyed, then?~ * Keiko replies, ~Sure. Why not? It is my fault. Go ahead.~ * Luana moves over to the console, turns it on, and puts in some random multiplayer game. "Who wants to play against me?" I will watch for now. [Luana selects.... Elevator Action 2080!] Keiko? (And the goal of the game is?) * Keiko nods a little and then floats herself a controller. "Well, if Ten and Hotaru don't feel like it, sure." She puts her plush on her lap and wraps her hands around the controller. A small chuckle escapes her lips. "Why the waiting, anyway?" Waiting? * Keiko nods to Tentaru. "Them. Waiting." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_Action) * Ten points at herself. "I do not know how to play, and if Hotaru ever knew, she does not any more." ( It's to sneak into the room behind the red door and steal top secret documents without getting caught by enemy agents. Only this version is a FPS.] ) * Luana presses start and begins playing! (It's alternating 2P, innit?) ( Not this version! ) (Aiee.) ( This one is four players! ) ( No! Eight players! ) * Keiko gestures at the screen and says, "Well, it's easy enough to figure out..." she leans forward a bit. "A lot like the simulations. Find the secret documents, huh, Hotaru?" Ha ha! Shared joke. Hmph, but this time I'm the one who can controll the opponents. ( It has versus and cooperative modes. ) Is 'versus' alright for you? * Keiko glances to Luana and says, after a moment, "I guess. Sure." Beat. "Yeah." * Luana selects versus, then. * Hotaru sits down on the edge of one of the bed and balances Ten's tray on her knees. [Woot! You guys could really do this part without me.] [It's standard FPS stuff but with elevators. In fact, different kinds of elevators.] (There's only one bed on the floor, it's Keiko's.) * Hotaru sits on Keiko's bed then. * Keiko plays like she's played at least once before... or maybe twice. At least she seems to know her way around playing. "I guess you play games a lot on your computer, then?" * Luana nods as she plays. Her playing is uncoordinated at first, but she quickly gets the hang of it. "Yes, I love them. Do you play much on the computer?" * Keiko shakes her head just slightly. "No... I don't really use computers... much." They can be most useful for all things. Definitely. Computers are the most wonderful invention ever. You flatter. * Keiko smiles a bit to herself and says, "I'm... just not there. I'll always be a fan of the mind. The body. Those... are amazing." She doesn't seem distracted by talking. One of the advantages of being a mental multitasker, maybe! She muttters to herself in Japanese a moment as she plays. * Luana glances at Ten momentarily to smile at her. I find the human body to be highly overraited and far too independant of the mind. * Keiko says, a bit sarcastically, "I am unsurprised." * Ten watches the game for a bit. "How difficult it must be to fight with only two points of view." (I dunno how you wanna resolve the game. Roll? Or should I just job to her? ^_~) (Roll is fine) (We solved this in MC3, gaming(video) roll vs average body/mind) (Body! Boo!) ( Sure, that works. ) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 6. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 2. (Yeah, she's a bit of a shark. >_> <_<) (Totaly screened at the end) * Keiko continues playing, and it takes a moment or two before she asks, "Only two points of view?" (Wah. ;_;) * Ten points at the display. "You have your own, and your opponents, and nothing else to guide you." * Keiko says with a wry smile on her face, "Ten, 2 is pretty good. Most people only get one. So... only?" She moves quickly and tags Luana's little spy guy from behind! Ow! * Luana blinks at the screen. "I lost. I... I need to practice more." She nods firmly and starts up a new game without actually asking if Keiko wants to play again. * Keiko smiles more to herself, with the victory, but doesn't protest as the smile slips away and the game starts. * Ten nods. "Within this building I am limited to the two incomplete sets of senses possesed by this doll and Hotaru, but outside of it, and within the simulations all cameras are my eyes, all microphons my ears, all touch senses my fingers. The list goes on of course." * Ten shakes her head. "My priest focused on extending my senses, but had a definate failing when it came to teaching me what to do with them." * Keiko glances away from the screen a moment, with slightly widened eyes, then she chuckles and murmurs, "So they limited you too. I can see why." I don't. Do they, um... not trust you with your abilities? It is one of the prices I must pay to recieve training. Oh, okay. * Keiko thinks, idly, at Luana, ~Luana... if every room in this place has only one camera and microphone, I'd be surprised.~ ~You think they want her seeing everything?~ * Keiko also looks back to the game. Doesn't want to lose! ~What... you think they spy on us!?~ * Keiko gives Luana a funny look. ~... yes?~ ~Why... they don't need to do that, that's... overkill, don't you think? We're monitored by our guardians most of the time anyway, right?~ * Keiko looks back to the TV and replies, 'softly', ~Luana...~ the thought trails off, then she says, ~Maybe they don't. I don't really know for sure.~ ~Well... anyway, I'm sure they have good reasons for doing so, if they do. To better take care of us, maybe.~ * Keiko replies, "Good reasons. Yeah.~ She bites her lip and continues playing. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. (Ooh, only made on the nose.) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-1) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 12. (Ow.) (Luana is made of lose and fail today! Thank goodness it's not an actual fight. >.>) (Heh.) * Keiko takes Luana down in a firefight this time! Sure. She nods a little and glances over to Tentaru. "You want to play, yet?" Please say yes. I think I'm getting too annoyed with this game to keep playing. * Ten looks at Keiko. "Would I have to use that controller?" (Ten, of course plays in god mode.) (Sadly.) * Keiko shrugs and says, "I dunno... if you can do weird things to the system, that doesn't seem very fair. Luana?" I'd rather not play anymore, so it's your call, I suppose. * Keiko nods and says, "Sure, why not? Go ahead." * Luana puts down the controller and moves to sit on Keiko's bed. * Ten nods. "Very well then, give me a moment to learn the funcitonality of the game." 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. * Keiko sits next to Luana on her bed! We love beds. She looks a bit embarassed and says, "I used to play games a lot more... years ago. They don't really change all that much." * Luana has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Ten picks a tall, thin, and female avatar. "Whenever you are ready." (I killed Luana!) (That was my job!) (What can I say, I'm a Kill Stealer.) * Luana has joined #MC4 * Ten picks a tall, thin, and female avatar. "Whenever you are ready." I'd love a chance to try and program something that could be played in the holoroom. * Keiko sits next to Luana on her bed! We love beds. "That'd probably be more complex." She then looks a bit embarassed and says, as she looks to the screen and also picks female, "I used to play games a lot more... years ago. They don't really change all that much." * Ten sounds thoughtful. "I... have never thought about that aspect. It sounds like something I should be able to do, but I do not know anything more about it than you know how how to grow fingernails." Do you want to try and create a game together, then? It could be fun. * Keiko picks another female avatar herself, and game on! "Mutual love of computer stuff. It sounds like something, at least." I will ask Ms Tavares to find time for us to work on it, it is an extension of my powers, team practice, and like something she'd suggest anyway. She suggests a lot of stuff, doesn't she? * Ten nods. "She rarely gives direct orders, but that may just be speach pattern." * Ten does fairly poorly at the game, even worse that Luana did. * Keiko smiles a bit to herself, then, "Heinrick's not quite like that." She didn't suddenly learn how to suck, sadly for Ten. Dr Kerner just gives me a schedule, and I follow it. It makes everything simple. Ms Tavares is... vauge. * Keiko continues playing. Poor Ten. "Heinrick has a plan, but no schedule." She frowns a little. "Which is good." * Ten continues to get stomped on. "Why do you say that?" 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. (That the gaming roll?) (Or you about to cheat me?) (That's Ten thinking about cheating, and yeah, you should be able to pick it up nice and clear.) (She knows how now) (Yeah.) * Keiko 's entire posture tenses up a bit before she replies, "Let's... I think Dr. Kerner'd drive me nuts." A moment, then she looks at Ten a moment and chuckles to herself, continuing to play for... well, until the ceiling drops on her head. Yes, that pesonality grates on me now. * Ten seems to be taking less damage than she should for a life, but it's still not enough to make up for her aim sucking. Well, it's good that neither of you are working under him then, I guess. * Ten looks at Keiko and asks out of the blue. "What is 'fun' about this for you?" ( Eyy... I need to sleep x.x ) ( You guys can keep going if you like though ) * Keiko just keeps playing. A half-smirk has crept on her face. "Depends on my mood, Ten. At least it doesn't tire me out." ( G'night O: ) (Good night) * Keiko also thinks at Luana, ~I know you enjoy him. That's good. Yanno?~ * Brett has quit IRC (Quit: z.z) ~Yeah.~ * Ten shakes her head. "I get no enjoyment over getting this avatar killed over and over again, and while there is a moment of satisfaction for..." 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets -2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I love the smell of a crit in the morning." (Oh dear.) (Now that's some heavy cheating.) (I think I just got owned.) [Keiko's character falls over dead and Ten gets a point.] That. It fades quickly and is just as pointless. * Keiko blinks, and then puts the controller down. "Well, it's not quite as much fun when you _cheat_." I mean, unless you enjoy cheating. Then it could be fun. * Ten nods. "I win. That should be all that matters, but it isn't, is it?" * Keiko leans back on her hands. "If that's how you feel, sure. You can enjoy it because it's safe. You don't hurt anyone, and nobody hurts you, but you still get to kill stuff." * Keiko glances to Luana. "Why do you enjoy it... when you're not losing, anyway?" Playing is just... fun. Although usually I play in MMORPGs, so I'm more into killing large things and getting rare items and so on. * Keiko looks confused, then says, slowly, uncertainly, "You... play MMORPGs? Those are the big internet games?" * Ten blinks at Luana. "I do not know what that term means." Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. They're games where lots of people customize an avatar and then play in a large virtual world. I have more trouble than most people because I only play by myself instead of joining up with others and forming groups, but they're still a lot of fun. * Keiko looks at her a moment longer, and then she laughs a little to herself and puts a hand to her head. After a moment she stands up and says, "Be back in a second..." she heads towards the bathroom. Ah. I can let you borrow some of my games, if you like. Maybe that is why I don't enjoy the game. It is too close to my reality. Only instead of a human playing an avatar, I am an avatar playing a human. Oh, I've got a copy of the newest Sims too, if you like. That's where you sort of play god to tiny little humans by telling them what to do and how to live their life, and you generally try to make them as successful as possible. * Keiko runs the water in the bathroom a moment, not closing the door. She's not in there more than 15, 30 seconds, before stepping out and heading back to the bed. She grabs her pillow and sits back, leaning up against the wall with her head against it. * Ten shakes her head. "Why play god? I am one... I suppose I could pretend to be one with actual power thought." I don't know, it's amusing? I play when I'm bored, sometimes. * Keiko mms a moment, then chuckles. "Maybe it'd be more fun than the shooter." She continues chucking to herself a little, then sighs. ~Are you okay?~ * Keiko thinks back, ~Just.. headaches. They happen when I keep pushing. And if there's one thing I'm doing, every day... it's pushing.~ * Hotaru shifts positions and sets Ten down at her feet. * Keiko gestures out and adds, "Who doesn't wanna be god sometime, huh?" I have not wanted to be a god at times, if that's what your asking. * Luana stands up and stretches. "I think I'm going to take a nap until dinnertime comes around or Dr Kerner comes for me. I'll see you later." She smiles briefly and leaves the room. (Bedtime, g'night) Farewell. (I think we call it here.)