[Day: Friday, May 8th. Time: 11:00 p.m.] (I can't stop you, because I don't know what you're doing and you don't talk to me. Wow, 3 days?) (Agh, we never got a name from Terrorist #3!) (We never did.) (Why do we want to stop you?) [It's been three days since the fall of Freidrich Stolt and Thomas van Trier. I probably should have let you guys mini, but I didn't. Oh well. Most of you were confined to a hospital bead anyhow. Shaddup and get in character Rowyn.] (But we've got pretty good theories.) [Oops, that was Rose. Oh well.] (What'd I do?) ( Can always go back in time and mini ) [Make that Jesse get in character, then] ( ? ) (It's a character-go round, except everyone's in character!) (He thought your name was mine and was telling me to get in character.) (To Rose) [It's a warm day in May. Finally, no more winter. And finally, Luana, Rose and Keiko are able to get out of the medical bay. As for what the rest of you were doing, that's beyond me.] [Since everyone's in the med bay anyhow, that's as good a place as any to start.] [Start] (I was out picking dandilions and daphodils. What else would you think Heinrick was doing?) (Clearly I was jumping up and down on Luana's bed.) (Are we dressed, or do we have to get out of hospital clothes?) (Because I don't want to hospital gown it back to my room. Some people are creeps. >_> <_<) [Dr. Hans whistles the theme from Doctor Wut as he autopsies one of the terrorists from three days ago. And holy crap that was some lag. ] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. ( Hmmm... Suddenly I'm super laggy ) * Jamie is there! Dressed in one of the many Chinese silk dresses that Rose bought her and expectantly, well for her anyway, waiting for Rose's release by staring at a wall with only the tiniest glances at the door every time she hears somebody walk past. * Togo is sitting by Luana's bed with his braille scanner, having come in a few minutes ago to show her a list of ideas on how to proceed with her training. * Brett has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) (Whups!) (Yeah, that's laggy.) (Sure is.) * Brett has joined #MC4 * ChanServ sets mode: +o Brett ( That was a little strange ) (We didn't see anything after you said you were super laggy.) ( Evidently I still am ) ( Your lag is Super Effective! ) ( 40 seconds worth ) (/me pings Brett at 3 and 17 seconds) * Roseli appears from one of the rooms in the back, wearing... well, wearing normal clothes, no jacket, and a tank top, so her vine tattoo around one upper arm is showing. She has a few bandages over her other upper arm and shoulder, and it's clear there are some around her stomach, but she's looking a hell of a lot better than she has in about a week. * Luana is sitting up on her hospital bed and looking at the list. Her holocomputer is by her leg on the opposite side from Togo, and the screen is filled with computer code. * Brett2 has joined #MC4 ( Hm ) * Brett has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Brett2 is now known as Brett * ChanServ sets mode: +o Brett * Jamie 's eyes never leave Roseli as she walks into the room. * Keiko sighs as she sits on her bed, picking at her plush duck which is still caked with her own dried blood. She's in her jeans and black t-shirt, and it's clear she's got bandages on under the shirt, visible at her neck. She glances at Luana and Togo, and then runs her finger along her collar before floating herself off the bed. * Heinrick is looking over Keiko's charts to make sure there aren't any abnormalities. Head trauma. Festering wounds. Incubating mutant chest-alien babies. Stuff like that. ( And now it's working better. Woo. ) * Roseli smiles at her ward. "Jamie. How have you been holding up?" * Keiko is ignoring Heinrick looking at her charts. ( Keiko's charts indicate she's a wimp ) * Heinrick glances at Keiko trying to push herself off the bed. "Don't push yourself too fast. We have a brief breather for the moment here. You should take advantage of it." I... I've... I wasn't hurt. * Jamie finaly looks away from Rose at the end of that. (She's not doing bad for having an axe embedded in her shoulders a couple times!) (I'm surprised she isn't in broken collarbone casts.) (See, you should have stopped that sentence at the fourth word.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. * Roseli frowns a little. "No, but you were affected. What have you been doing while I was away?" ( Here we go again ) * Keiko replies quietly to Heinrick with a murmured, "Kioshi needs a bath. I need a waterfall." * Keiko glances at Luana with a weak smile, which slips away quickly before she starts floating herself out of the room. ( *Togo pulls a waterfall out of his coat* "Will this do?" "..." ) * Heinrick sighs. "Yes. I'd feel rather dirty as well after spending time in Eileen's head." ( Only 1:43 that time ) * Jamie looks back at Rose. "You left me training orders." * Keiko 's head snaps up as she just looks at Heinrick, a frown on her face as she snaps, "Be quiet, H--" and then immediately cuts herself off and floats faster out of the room. * Heinrick clears his throat sharply at Keiko. "Have you been dismissed by the doctor yet?" (One second ping to you here!) I know. How did it go, and did you do anything else? * Luana points to a few things on the list and murmurs something. * Keiko doesn't reply to Heinrick, because he was trying to be subtle, and she's trying to be gone. (s/gone/stupid) (She was dismissed!) (Brett said so.) * Togo nods, and pulls up pictures of a few different types of pistols, with specs, for Luana to peruse. * Jamie sounds uncertain. "I... think I've improved a little with the riffle?" (She's still being stupid. :P) * Roseli smiles. "Good job." She glances at Keiko being all floating out and angry, because that's kind of distracting. * Heinrick shakes his head slightly and puts his hand on his forehead. "Of all the stubborn--" He nods to the other guardians. "If you'll excuse me..." He goes after Keiko. ( #Keikoroom, Heinrick ) * Roseli nods to Heinrick, then looks at Jamie. "Are you hungry?" [Dr. Hans runs out of Doctor Wut song to hum, so he fluidly switches to the New Inspector Gadget theme.] * Luana hums along with the new music as she looks over pistol pictures. ( While I lag out again. ) * Togo leans back in his chair as Luana checks her options. "If you want to stick with pistols, that's fine, but I'd like to give you a few more options in terms of your firepower. You do want to stick with pistols, right?" * Jamie nods. Yes, definitely. ( 85 seconds ) * Roseli nods. "Good. I'm starving." [Dr. Pasch withdraws a bullet from the guy's head. "Hey Rose, I think this is one of yours."] * Roseli glances around, eyes Jamie for a long moment, then gets distracted by Pasch. "Hm?" She goes to get it. * Togo nods. "That's fine. We'll just have to track down some more specialized pistols to give you more diversity in your arsenal. Fortunately, I know a few gun people." [Dr. Hans waves a pair of tongs towards her, with a squashed bullet at the end. He grins. "I found it in his head. Matches your usual M.O."] Can I keep the Desert Eagle? * Roseli takes the bullet and checks it out, then glances at the guy. "Yeah. Don't usually get them back." * Jamie stays quiet. ["Yeah, well, you can't have this one, either." He snatches it back. "Need it for the evidence, you know." He winks.] (What would you do with it, anyway?) * Togo hrms. "I suppose. Used to carry it as an emergency backup in case I ran outta ammo for my other guns... but really, that's unlikely to happen anymore." * Roseli snorts, then says, almost jokingly, "Can always get you another one." [He laughs and goes back to work.] * Luana bites her lower lip. "I guess I don't really need it... You're the one getting me the new guns and not Blitzkrieg, right?" I'm gonna try both ways. There's some stuff I can get that Blitzkrieg can't, and vice versa. * Roseli doesn't laugh, but she also doesn't stop Hans. She rubs at her bracelet. * Togo knocks Luana on the forehead. "And don't worry about it. I was serious when I said I don't need the Desert Eagle anymore." [For a guy cutting up a body, he sure is cheery.] * Jamie waits, she's good at waiting. And she's got Rose back. * Luana smiles and rubs her forehead. "It's just... you're the one who gave it to me. I didn't just get it from the armory. So it's special." * Roseli heads back to Jamie. She studies her for a moment, then says, "I'm thinking of treating everyone on our team to an Italian place. I want you to ask people if they'd like to go. Why don't you start with Luana and Togo." * Heinrick walks back in and goes over to the good doctor. Because he's most curious about what's going on with the autopsy. * Jamie eye's widen and then she nods. (Hans figured out that Rose killed him.) All the more reason to keep it, if that's how you feel. *grins* Besides, I've got two other guns I can use one-handed, and enough ammo that I could never store away another clip and be fine for a few decades. * Roseli ushers Jamie off and stays back with Heinrick, watching her. [Hans has gutted the guy. Literally, he's in the process of weighing the guts as we speak. Or type. Or whatever] * Jamie then pings the medical computer to find out where her roommate's room is before heading out the door to go invite them. Any concerns, Doctor? ( I thought we were all in the same room? ) [Karin enters the room. "Hey guys! How are you feeling?"] ( Yah ) (Also, Hans is the most awesome doctor.) (Oh, whups!) * Luana grins back at him. "Great! Thank you! So, um, how many pistols do you think I could carry and still maintain normal mobility?" * Jamie retcons to the other side of theroom! (All hanses are awesome doctors.) ( Poor Dr. Siebert. Gets no respect. ) * Roseli smiles a little at Karin's entrance. "Better than dead, so better than three days ago." * Jamie stops near the foot of Luana's bed and fidgets for a moment. I only wish we would stop needing to run interference for the Society and actually take the higher ground. [She chuckles. "Hey now, let's not forget that only one of us got crucified."] * Roseli raises an eyebrow. Wasn't there for that. Too busy disarming the virus bomb. [Meanwhile, Hans says to Heinrick, "Pretty good! This guy had a Frankfurter for lunch. Wanna see?"] * Heinrick smirks at Hans. "Well, far be it for us to interrupt a strong German tradition of eating habits. Although it is rather unhealthy if it is a regular thing." * Luana looks over at Jamie and turns her computer off. "Hi. Did you... need something?" [Karin nods. "Glad you did. I hear that virus is nasty." She pauses. "Um, Rose? Could I talk to you out in the hall?"] * Roseli hesitates, then nods. "Sure." She looks to Heinrick. "Keep an eye on Jamie for me, and let her know I'm in the hall if she asks." She heads out with Karin. * Jamie looks up at Luana. "I... ah. Roseli wants to know if you would go to an Italian place with her." She then turns to Heinrick and adds. "Uh, everybody." * Heinrick nods to Roseli for a moment and keeps an eye on Jamie. * Jamie totaly hears that. * Luana says weakly, "Off... off base?" * Togo is interrupted from his detailed mental calculations of the armament carrying capacity of an unladen teenager by Jamie saying something, which is a notable occasion. I.. I... uh... is there one on base? No, I, um... I guess not... ( Rose, into #Hall ) (Also, I'm totaly getting confused by who's talking to who. I think Jamie said that last bit to Togo. x_x) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. We do need to spend time off base from time to time. These four walls can be a safety net or a prison. (Waith that's minus -4 because of HA. Totaly absolutly made) S'fine by me. * Luana looks up at Heinrick with widened, panicked eyes. "The last time I went off base when it wasn't a mission, the restaraunt exploded and Keiko nearly got kidnapped." * Heinrick shakes his head slightly. "I can assure you I have been off base with Keiko since and there have been only one attempts at kidnapping thus far." (It's a good record!) (Clearly we are past due) (If Jamie and Luana arrange the kidnapping though, we can defy fate.) * Luana murmurs, "I had to pull her out of a moving van." She looks up at Togo, eyes still wide. "I don't like leaving the base during downtime." If you don't want to go, you don't have to. But I think getting out of here to relax a bit might not be a bad thing... and I'll be there with a full coat if things get ugly. * Heinrick turns back to the doctor. "Is there anything I can do to assist?" * Jamie heasitantly adds. "Rose will be there." (Rose being there makes you instantly safe!) (ish.) * Luana 's fear of the outside wars with her ridiculously complete trust in Togo. Finally, she nods slightly. "I... I'll go." Plus, I know fully twenty-three different ways to kill a man with a lasagna. (She shoots baddies in the HEAD for you!) * Luana perks up. "Really!?" ( Five of them only work if it's stale.) * Heinrick doesn't look up but adds. "How about when you include the pan?" ... well, no. Five, tops. But pretend I can if it makes you feel more comfortable. * Jamie nods. "Ah, thank you." * Togo looks back at Heinrick. "Eight, then." * Luana grins and giggles, looking much happier. (How many different variaties of poisioning are you including here... and WHY AM I SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT THIS?!) [Hans shakes his head. "Nah, I'm good."] 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-3) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 8. * Heinrick nods and keeps half an eye on Jamie, but is fascinated with the autopsy. One of the keys to surviving in this job long-term and not getting to the point where you walk around all grim and depressing is to get away from it from time to time and relax. * Heinrick shakes his head. "Now now, Togo. I *enjoy* being all grim and depressing." * Jamie 's eyes widen for a moment. * Togo smirks. "Do I need to call Grim Badasses Anonymous and stage an intervention?" * Luana tells Heinrick solemnly, "Jamie and I can hack into your computer and decorate your desktop image with daisies." * Heinrick smiles back. "I thought that was only if you admitted you have a problem." He puts his hand to his forehead and chuckles. "Seriously. What sort of image are we setting for the young wards here?" * Jamie blinks at the mention of her name. "We... we can?" Oh really. But I've always felt that carnations were the best. A terrible one. I can feel our moral authority slipping away by the moment. * Heinrick lets out a faint half-hearted smirk. "Tell that to Keiko." * Luana nods firmly at Jamie. "We can. We probably shouldn't, though." 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-1) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 9. * Jamie sound releaved and wary at the same time. "R-right." * Luana tilts her head at Heinrick. "Daisies stand for innocence and purity. Carnations are for love, I think." Do they now? I was not aware. * Togo falls silent for a moment. "I like cacti." * Jamie stays silent, but gives the door to the hallway a worried stare. I could be wrong. Keiko's much better with flowers than I am. * Heinrick nods slightly and looks around the equipment. "I'll have to trust you on that one..." * Keiko 's voice pops into Luana's head long distance as she thinks at her, ~Daisies? Really?~ ~They are innocence, right?~ ~Mmm? Yeah. To some people. Also secrets.~ ~Well, it would probably give Jamie a heart attack to hack into a guardian's computer anyway.~ * Togo turns to Jamie. "Tell Rose we'll be there. And thanks for asking us." [Heidi Weber appears! Look it up if you don't know who that is. "Excuse me... Dr. Engels?"] * Heinrick turns to Heidi for a moment. "Yes?" * Jamie swallows and nods without taking her eyes off the door. "Y-you're welcome." (You know, the cactus thing is hilarious.) (It's a good thing Keiko didn't hear that.) (He's totally getting one next Christmas.) (And innocence and/or love representing Heinrick isn't?) (Not as hilarious.) (True.) (Japanese flower language puts Cactus as lust.) (Ha!) [Heidi says, "Control sent me to find you. She wants you to meet her in her office."] ( "and wear something sexy." ) * Heinrick nods slowly. "Very well." He glances at Togo. "Could you make sure that Jamie is alright until Roseli gets back?" * Roseli walks in, almost on cue! * Heinrick turns back to Roseli. "Ah. Nevermind." He nods his head. "If you'll excuse me..." He heads for Control's office then. * Jamie sees Rose return! And is flooded with both releaf and terror. * Keiko replies mentally, ~Probably.~ Short pause. ~White roses are innocence for me.~ ~Roses aren't love?~ * Togo watches Rose enter, Heinrick leave, and Jamie continue to exist. *under his breath* "Good job, me." * Roseli blinks at the look her ward is giving her. "Jamie?" she asks, concerned. ( I AM ROSE. I AM NOT OF LOVE. ) ~Red are. Red always are. White is innocence... devotion. Love in a way, right?~ (I'm Rose. :D) ~Right, but I'm definitely not devoted to your guardian.~ ~... I hope not.~ ( Heinrick, into #Office ) * Jamie 's breath catches and then she visably gets controll over herself. "The they'll go." * Roseli ahs. You heard. ( Well, yeah. She was in the channel. ) * Jamie shivers and nods slightly. You'll be okay. I'll protect you, and Karin will be there. But you need to face Cyra eventually. There are times when you'll work with her. ( And times when you'll need to have a climatic battle with her. ) (Yes, in which case being afraid of her is not helpful!) (The climax is me running away in terror while everybody laughs again!) * Jamie nods again but doesn't look at all reassured. * Roseli reaches over and gives Jamie a kind-of-hug. Aw. "Come on. I'll go with you so you can ask Keiko." She leads her ward out of the medbay. * Jamie huddles in the safty of Rose's arm. [Oh, Heidi left some time ago, by the way.] [Just so you know.] (We're off to find the Keiko! The wonderful Keiko of Oz!) ( Juuuuuuuuuust a sec ) * Togo turns back to Luana once the others cleared out. "So yeah. I think you can carry at least four pistols without being too burdened. More if we get you the right belt." Sounds good. (Luana needs deringers on sleavesprings) (ooooh) (SWEET.) ( Ok, Rose and Jamie, into #Keiko ) (Er? Not #keikoroom?) The key, of course, is remembering which gun is which. We'll be practicing that. With sheep. Sir, if I end up developing a phobia to sheep, it is not my fault. (I've joined both) (But there is no Brett in #keiko) (I'm thinking he meant #keikoroom.) A healthy fear of sheep is a useful thing in this line of work, Luana. ...Can you cite real-life examples? ( were-sheep. Very dangerous. Very fluffy.) (Jason and the Argonauts? How do you think he got the Golden Fleece?) * Togo just grins and sits back down. "Well, I know this guy from Transylvania..." * Heinrick sends out a message on the intercoms. "Ms. Tavares. Ms. Oswald. Could I kindly see you in Briefing room #2? Thank you." * Luana leans back, smiling. "I love story time." Same line of work as me. We've worked together a buncha times. My girl's a clone of his girl. He's a golem. Neat. (Luana just accepts that.) It comes in handy. He makes excellent cover. ( Well, you work for a fairy. ) (The clone thing's a little weirder.) ( Are you a golem? [/2 pts] ) I didn't know you have a girlfriend. Will I get to meet her seomtime? Does she live nearby? I haven't noticed you leaving base that often. ( afk ) Prolly not. She's in the business too, and she's always traveling the world doing her thing. Even when I was back in England we'd only see each other intermittently. Is she strong? I guess you wouldn't have a picture, huh? * Togo chuckles. "No picture, no. And strong? ... well, not especially, at least physically. Nothing superhuman, at least. Tough as nails, though. Stealthy type." * Luana grins happily at him. "I hope I can meet her sometime. Anyway, back to Transylvania!" Right, Transylvania. So my friend is from there. Hotspot of supernatural activity. More monsters than you can throw a stick at. Dracula likes to resurrect there. (Throws some great parties on the weekends.) (Rises from the dead, parties hard, dies. If only we could be so lucky.) (Does he throw a great Monster Mash?) So I'm talking to my golem friend after a mission. He's a Transylvanian, he's been alive and in this line of work longer than I have. So I ask him what's the scariest thing he's ever fought. Now, mind you, this is a guy who's fought Dracula. *The* Dracula. Not some moron vampire in a poofy shirt who's read too much Ann Rice. The real deal. (anne) ( Really? My bad. ) ( Back ) ( Her boobs are super human though.) I've seen him tear into demons with his bare hands and laugh while doing it. But when he told me this... I'd never heard that kinda fear in his voice. All he said was two words. * Togo adopts a Lazar accent. "Vere-sheep." * Luana , who has been entranced by the story until now, cracks up. "No way!" ( Togo neglects to mention his girlfriend can summon superhuge monsters from another dimension. ) ( A gentleman doesn't tell. =P ) * Togo looks back at Luana, stone faced. "Completely serious. And so was he." * Luana hugs her stomach and laughs. ( The were-marshmellows are more dangerous, though. ) ( If they don't eat you, they'll rot your teeth. ) ( Truly. ) I'd program some into the simulator, but I don't think you'd ever sleep again. * Luana 's laughter has faded down into giggles. * Togo leans back and grins. "So yeah. Were-sheep bad." I will do my best to avoid them in the future! * Togo nods sagely. "Perhaps the most important lesson I can ever teach you." ( Something should probably happen at this point, but you guys are taking forever to go to lunch ) (We are so ready for lunch. We're waiting for other people to tell us to go, I think.) ( Oh, were we going now? ) ( Or nowish? ) ( Not at this rate :X ) (Keikoroom is going to need a while or a good interuption) You wanna go get cleaned up or anything before we go get lunch? Oh. I guess I should go put on the armored clothing and reload the Glock... * Luana gets up and beams at Togo. "I'll be in my room!" She heads out. Don't let me forget to give you my extra clips for the Desert Eagle at some point. Okay! * Togo pauses for a moment, then starts removing clips for his Desert Eagle from his coat and stacking them on the floor in front of him. "One... two... three..." * Togo looks at the slowly growing stack in front of him as he continues to remove clips. "... Luana's gonna need more pockets." (And a bigger coat?) (As opposed to a boat?) (Which is not a coat?) ( A Togocoat would work as well. ) ( I actually have a count of how many clips Togo has for each of his guns that use clips. ) ( How many? ) ( I figure, in addition to replacing clips he's used, he adds a new clip for each gun every two weeks or so. ) ( For the last twenty years. ) ( So I figure in the neighborhood of 510 or so. ) (CLANG CLANG CLANG GOES THE TROLLEY) (You guys here? ;P) ( I am ) (Here~) * Roseli appears, as if by magic! "Pavla, Karin, and Cyra are coming, too," she informs them. Gonna be a big party. Might want to get ready. (Luana is in her room, actually. Togo is in the only one there!) (Then I'm informing Togo and he can inform Luana!) ( I might be calling it soon. I'm really tired x.z ) * Togo looks around a small pyramid of DEagle clips chin-high from where he's sitting. "I just hafta put these away. Be there in a minute." ( Should I call it here? ) ( Unless Rose wants to react, sure ) * Roseli nods. "Let Luana know. See you in the garage." And she leaves, walking like a normal person. (Okay!) (Probably better than starting something new.) ( Awww. She doesn't leave walking like she was in a congo line? ) (I mean we got two other things to follow up.) [WHERE AS it's 12:40 p.m., and WHERE AS I'm really tired, and WHERE as this a relatively good place to stop, NOW FORWITH, I, Brett, the GM of Mystery Club 4, the game which you are all playing, do henceforth declare this session to be at an end.]