[Date: Saturday, April 2nd. Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: U.S.S. Abercrombie, off the coast of Namibia.] (It was Tuesday April 5th last session.) (Dicesuke is also around now, if you want to use that bot instead.) ( well, internation date lines ) [Date: Wednesday, April 3rd. Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: U.S.S. Abercrombie, off the coast of Namibia.] [An unexpected stopover in Cape Town ended with an unexpected kidnapping. But you're all back on the boat now, having escaped the clutches of GilaCorp. For now, anyway. On the other hand, you're still somewhat worse for wear. Although their wounds have been attended to, Gordo and Shiho (and Alysha) are still recovering. And Sonia's still down an eye, not to mention her hearing.] [On the bright side, Dr. Who is on again. This episode even has a crossover with the new Torchwood, complete with Captain Jack Harkness! That is to say, some actor with a similar build and extensive CGI work to look like John Barrowman.] [That's what's on TV if you're in the common room, anyhow.]] [Ok start] (Well that's good, because, as previously mentioned, Nigel has a crush on the new companion.) * Dreol is actually watching the TV. He is also reading, because Nigel can't really stop researching, but he is definitely paying more attention to the TV than usual. (Hi Dre!) * Dreol is now known as Nigel * Nigel has now properly assumed his identity. (Well that's awkward, because the mini assumed Sonia wasn't down either of those things?) (There's a reason I took the equipment with me. >__>) [The CGI work of the future is pretty good. Anyone who might have seen old episodes from the early 2000s would have a hard time telling the difference between the real John Barrowman and the fake. Unfortunately, the voice tech could use some work: it sounds like John Barrowman with a bad cold.] ( Uh. >.> ) ( That is awkward <.< ) ( I need to see this mini ) (There's nothing helpful about it, I just assumed that I would be able to put the eye in the same way it came out.) (And that if I can't hack functional hearing up, then I'm not sure what power flux is for.) (Might not be at 100%, but enough so that I'm not mono-lipreading.) ( The eye, yes. I was going to do that this session, actually. But if it's already done, that's fine. As for the hearing, that's been fried, but if you want to use Power Flux to jury rig something, that's fine too, but you'll have to remember those points are allocated until you get it properly fixed. ) (Nod. Makes sense to me.) ( Aight ) * Nigel chuckles at an appropriately funny moment in Doctor Who. "This year's series is just brilliant." He looks back down at his book. * Gordo manages to sleep through the best TV this year. Go him and getting hurt. * Montana was walking by with a mug of (very sweet) tea in hand. He looks at Nigel, then Gordo briefly, then back at Nigel. "It's okay," he says, thus earning the ire of the British population. * Nigel looks up to Montana and rolls his eyes, then looks back at the TV. "I love the chemistry with the new companion." * Shiho walks in shortly after with a mug of ice cream. "Oh, this is where everyone is." * Shiho settles down carefully in a chair, obviously still in some pain. * Nigel looks up and smiles at Shiho and then looks back down at his book. How? She's in love with the Doctor. It's ALWAYS a girl and she's ALWAYS in love. * Montana sips his tea from where he's standing behind the couch, then says to the newcomer, "Afternoon, Shiho. How ya holdin' up?" (Except for Jack.) (It's true, although he does love EVERYBODY!) (But Montana hasn't watched back a hundred thousand episodes.) ( They say he does, but really he only ever seems to go for men. ) * Shiho flashes a grin at Montana. "Some robot lady stuck her hand in me. I feel like I should file a sexual harrassment complaint with someone." * Nigel raises his finger. "Nah... not ALWAYS. And this episode has Jack Harkness in it. There is bound to be some sexual tension there." He clears his throat and looks over at Shiho and smiles again. "Well... we'd know who to file it with. Also, how is Miss Johnson?" (Dunno. Hey Brett, how's Alysha doing?) ( Not bad. She has a few bruises but not complaining. Maybe because she sleeps next to someone who got eviscerated. ) She's seems to be okay. * Montana nods. "Was probably more scared than anythin'." * Gordo shifts on the couch a few times trying to find a more comfortable position. * Nigel nods to Shiho. "There anything I can get you? As one of the two uninjured people here?" I can manage adequately, thank you. * Montana grins. "Helps that she's also the most badass person here." * Sonia walks her way into the room. She's stopped straightening her hair, and still has some dull grazes, but seems to be carrying herself well enough for someone who was in a rocket attack. * Shiho smiles. "My ranking goes down in relation to my injuries, but I'll be back up there soon enough." * Nigel shrugs. "Nah. Injuries make you more badass." He's generally right. Speaking of- * Montana looks at Sonia as she comes in. "Afternoon, darlin'." * Sonia nods her head slightly. "Guess it is." She glances around, then flops over one of the chairs. Loungey. * Gordo opens an eye. "If'n it's all the same ta you, I'd just as soon forget the robot rearranging my innards." [It's about at this time that Gordo and Shiho start feeling... itchy. Like, annoyingly itchy, almost but not quite burning, spreading from around their wounds.] * Gordo clutches his side. "Gaah, the hell?" What the- * Nigel closes his book and raises his eyebrow. "What's going on?" Feels like I was stiched up with poison oak. * Shiho immediately strips her shirt, wincing as her movements pull at the injury. She's wearing a sports bra underneath, and there are bandages wrapping around her mid-section that she starts pulling at to get a better look at the wound. * Montana blinks from the program, looking over. "Stitched up? Like... where you got injured?" [Shiho discoveres this weird rash around her wounds. It looks like a combination of pockmarks and yellow discoloration.] * Gordo starts to stand up. "Yeah, gonna have the docs look it ov... Fuck, she didn't poision us did she?" * Sonia sits up and looks over at them. She looks at them over her sunglasses, especially Shiho's rash. * Nigel gets up and pauses looking at Shiho. "Should we go get a doctor?" (... I've just totally lost where I was trying to go with Gordo's accent. Pretend it's still there.) * Shiho 's hand twitches like she wants to scratch at it. "It's weird that we both started feeling it at the same time. It didn't look like this before." Yeah, a doctor would be good. * Gordo nods and clenches his hands together. "Let's get." * Nigel nods and heads out of the woom to track down the ship's doctor. (room*) * Shiho presses the mug of ice cream against the discolored parts to maybe cool it down. [It's about then one of the crew members, a bearded fellow in a cap, walks into the room. "Arrr, ye scurvy lot. Yer boss is on deck, an' she's lookin'..." He pauses, noticing Shiho and Gordo, then finishes, "D'ar. Like that. Yeah. You get the doctor yet? Bloody hell. * Gordo catches himself trying to rub at his side with his elbow. Could somebody get the boss, please? ["D'ar. 'E be lookin' at one of ours first. Man got hit in that thar high-tide naval operations a few days back, an' suddenly 'e got a weird rash-like... rash. Ar."] * Sonia tchs, then says, "Gonna make a wild guess at nanites." Sounds about fuckin' right. I'll go get her. * Montana heads out to get Alysha, first at a walk and then at a jog for the deck. Tell me there's a bloody EMP on the bloody ship. ( Do I need multiple channels here? ) (Montana's just going to get Alysha.) (If you want to just have him return with her, that works!) (Similar with Nigel and the ship's doctor) ( Let's Get Nigel into #mc5-2 and Montana in #mc5-3 (and logger) ) ( I don't know if this will come to anything, but. ) Better safe than sorry * Sonia looks over at Gordo. "We got the disk they used on me." Bet it qualifies. * Gordo stops himself from scratching again. "Bloody hope so. I've no plans to be et alive." * Shiho scratches at it a little, then growls and sits on her hand instead. [In addition to the never ending itch, Shiho and Gordo start to feel a little sick. Ew.] And now I'm getting nauseous. * Gordo starts to get a bit pale. "Going to need a bucket m'self." * Sonia yells at the crewman, "Get a goddamn bucket." She runs off to get herself the EMP. ["D'ar!" He goes to find one.] * Gordo groans and sits back down. "Anybody know what the range on a nanite controller is?" (Can I return with the EMP, Brett?) ( Sure! ) [Nigel arrives, with the ship's doctor! Also the other crewman returns long enough to hand Gordo a bucket.] * Nigel points to Shiho and then Gordo. "Those two are having the same reaction." * Sonia comes back with the EMP disk that they were using on her, held in a leather work glove. * Gordo takes the bucket. "Thanks." ["Alright, let me see," says the doctor, and moves to Shiho. He takes a quick look at her wounds, then looks at Gordo.] * Gordo tries to dig his fingers into the bucket as the dressing over his wound is moved. * Shiho is gripping onto her mug tightly. * Nigel looks worriedly at Shiho, but tries not to look like he is worried. He sighs. [The doctor nods to himself. "It's skin disease. But I'm not sure what kind. I don't even know how it could develop this fast, or why it would develop under these circumstances. Everyone who was injured recently seems to be suffering from it, and I have no idea what to do."] * Sonia looks over at Nigel and says, "Could be a zombie problem too. Dunno how any'a that works." * Shiho grimaces. Zombies. [The man raises an eyebrow at Sonia. "You people. There's no such thing as zombies, or magic, or whatever. You probably just caught some sort of African virus through your open wounds." He sighs. "Anyhow, rest easy for now. I've got some other people to tend to, but I'll see what I can do for you when I get back."] Can we at least get something for the bloody itching? * Nigel shakes his head to Sonia. "It's possible. Or some sort of airborn mutation that only effects the injured. I'll do some research." [And just like at a real hospital, he leaves! Whether you want him to or not."] [Then Montana walks in, carrying an annoyed looking Alysha.] * Nigel retrieves his laptop from his bag and begins to research diseases with these symptoms. Welcome to the party, boss. Usless git...Ooogh, my lunch isn't long for this world. * Sonia brings up the EMP and says, "Hold that bucket still, Gordo," before she tries to activate it against him. [Alysha grins, despite herself. "How's everyone?"] * Gordo gets as far as "What've you..." before whatever's about to happen happens. * Montana sets Alysha on the couch. "Where's the doctor?" * Shiho is taking deep, steady breaths. She looks a bit pale. * Nigel shakes his head to Montana. "He left. He said he'll see what he can do. Also, he doesn't believe in anything occult. So he's pretty bloody useless. I'm trying to figure out what it is." [Alysha grins. "If it helps, I saw a woman in the water just before it hit."] (Do I manage to activate the EMP?) * Nigel nods. "That does help." He changes his search criteria. * Montana blinks at Alysha. "Like, just swimmin' there?" ( Good question. Gimme an electronics roll! ) 2d6+10 Nigel rolls 2D6+10: 1 3 +10 = 14 2d6+6 Sonia rolls 2D6+6: 2 5 +6 = 13 [Sonia activates the EMP device! It doesn't seem to do anything, though. Unless Gordo has a pacemaker.] (Nope) Don't think that work- * Gordo twists away from Sonia and heaves into the bucket. * Sonia pulls it back, deactivating it. "See, test worked." 2d6+11 Nigel rolls 2D6+11: 1 4 +11 = 16 * Shiho stands up suddenly and hurries to the bucket to throw up into it too. * Shiho covers her nose and sits on the floor by Gordo's chair. "Ugh, I hate the smell of vomit." * Gordo coughs and holds it out to her. "Feel just as bad, and now I can taste it." * Nigel sighs and looks up at Shiho with concern. "I'm trying to find any information I can." * Nigel stops typing and then sighs. "Well bollocks!" * Sonia shakes her head and moves back. "Yeah?" * Nigel shakes his head. "Well... it looks like the source is most likely a creature called a Bisimbi Bi Masa. It's an African water nymph... But only the nymph that caused the disease can cure it." * Montana stares at Nigel for a moment. "You're fuckin' kidding." How is it that I went through all of my life without running into *any* shit like this, and all of a sudden it's everywhere. * Sonia groans. "Cause you ain't stupid enough to ride a fuckin' boat." * Nigel shakes his head. "Probably because you weren't looking." It's the same down here. Ugh. I ought to go back to South America. It say anything about what we did ta piss her off, or how ta find her? [Alysha grins. "But think of all the adventure you'd miss."] * Sonia sighs and looks to Nigel. "I mean, we have a boat, but tracking her down's gonna be a pisser." * Nigel nods. "She's probably still following us, actually. Not sure what she wants." Time to ask, then. Aye. * Nigel nods. Ugh. * Gordo gets unsteadily back to his feet. * Shiho works her way back up to standing. It takes a moment. * Montana stands, then. "You remember where you were when you saw her?" he asks Alysha. ["On deck," she says. "I was watching the water and thought I saw something."] Can you point it out to us? * Sonia rolls her eyes and heads to the deck. As if she had to ask. * Nigel watches Shiho for a moment to make sure she stands up okay. Once she is up, he heads out. * Gordo heads for the deck, making use of the handrails. * Montana heads on up with the others, maybe with or without Alysha depending! [Alysha nods and staggers to her feet. "Ugh." She follows the others up. It's a nice sunny day with calm waters. The crew is gone, having taken peoples to the infirmary then returning to the boring tasks of keeping the ship running.] [Alysha leads you to the railing on the port side of the ship. "It was right around here."] ( Gimme sight rolls ) (Sonics?) ( Sure ) 2d6+5 Gordo rolls 2D6+5: 1 1 +5 = 7 2d6+7 Shiho rolls 2D6+7: 6 5 +7 = 18 (Man, I'm so sick I can't even find the water!) 2d6+7 Nigel rolls 2D6+7: 2 4 +7 = 13 (Don' 2d6+7 Sonia rolls 2D6+7: 1 2 +7 = 10 [Gordo takes one look at the ocean and vomits over the side of the ship.] 2d6+6 Montana rolls 2D6+6: 6 1 +6 = 13 * Shiho points to something in the water roughly twenty feet away from the ship. [Sure enough, there is something not far away. It's hard to make out under the water, but it looks brown.] * Montana runs over to by Shiho, peering in that direction. "Hey!" he calls. [Montana, gimme a seduction roll! :D] [In actuality though, the thing doesn't respond.] (Hm, throwing something at it may just antagonize the thing. D:) * Sonia peers out. Can I see it? (...Shiho has a level in seduction. Maybe the nymph likes ladies.) [Sonia can see it, now that it's been pointed out. So can everyone! Except Gordo.] * Sonia squints and says, "I could probably sail by and give it a hello, if we had to." * Gordo would look, but he's rather distracted being nausious. [Alysha grimaces, rubbing her stomach. "Well, someone get its attention."] How? * Sonia sighs and tilts her head a moment, sensing for a life preserver to throw. [Sonia finds one!] Urghg. * Sonia goes and grabs it, walks back to the side, and just wings it past the nymph. As it's sailing through the air, she yells, "Pay attention, dammit!" [As the life preserver nears the water, a naked black woman with blue hair leaps out of the water like a dolphin, grabbing in. She rests on it, crossing her arms over the top, and calls something back, in a sexy-sounding voice. Too bad it's in a language you can't understand.] [Apparently, Alysha does, though, and calls something back. They exchange words for a bit.] * Sonia reels her in a bit, snarking idly, "How did the cyborg manage to fish herself out a beauty, eh?" [Then Alysha turns back to you. "Okay, so she did this to get our attention. I guess it worked."] ... what, she couldn't have just shown up and flashed you? She has it, now get her to stop. Thinkin' you'dve at least noticed, girl. ["Apparently not," Alysha says, then exchanges more words with the girl in the water.] ["Um.... she's lonely. She says she'll..." The woman calls something out, and Alysha blushes. "Um. She says she'll take it away for sex. And a bran muffin."] Well, that's easy. Do they have a bran muffin 'round here? There are no bloody words. * Montana snickers. Hey Nigel, you know if they come with any *other* diseases? [Alysha shrugs. "Maybe in the kitchen? I don't know."] * Nigel shakes his head. "I'm not aware..." ....Seriously? Are you sure that translation's correct? * Sonia sighs. "We're on a ship full of sailors. I'm sure one of 'em knows how it works." [Alysha nods. "Pretty sure. Unless she means a croissant."] * Nigel nods. "Sex and a bran muffin seems like a request we can manage to fill." (AND NIGEL WOULD KNOW) * Gordo mutters something about needing the cure first. * Sonia looks over at Montana. "You round up the volunteer, I'll find a damn muffin." * Sonia heads off down the stairs. [Alysha grins at Shiho. "This ought to be good."] (I am executing muffinquest.) (The muffin is a lie!) ( We can probably FF to a ending here if you guys want. ) (Assuming we can find a sailor and nobody in the group wants to volunteer?) ( Or if you'd rather follow Sonia in her quest for a muffin and see what exactly Montana says to some guy to get him to bang a sexy fish lady, we can do that too. ) (I'm good with ending. And Gordo would volunteer, but he can't even stand right now) (That's perfect!) (Just tell Alysha that.) (Save Montana a search.) ( If he said something, Alysha would probably be able to convince her to remove it :P ) (Yeah, exactly.) (Yeah, I need time to think of, uh, seriously fish lady!) (It's true. XD) (Just volunteer, Gordo! (Payment up front!) Ugh, I'd volunteer, just ta get this over with, but I cannae stand let alone... (Ending is fine. I'm feeling kind of like laying down) (That's a bonus.) [Alysha raises an eyebrow, then grins. "I'll let her know." She looks pointedly at Montana. "Though I really wanted to hear what Montana was going to say to a crewman."] I don't need to watch this. I'm going to go downstairs to drink the rest of my melted ice cream. * Sonia yells back, with only slight sarcasm, "She's got tits, wanna screw?" * Montana jerks his thumb at Sonia. "She's about covered it." (Sonia: a high estimation of sailors.) (And men.) (And male sailors.) [Sonia's off muffin-hunting [Alysha calls back to the woman, gesturing at Gordo. And then Gordo feels better! Like not just the rash is gone, but even his wound is gone too. At the same time, Alysha doubles over, grimacing. "Agh."] * Shiho was heading back down, but hears Alysha grunt and hurries back to the railing. "Boss?" * Montana takes a step closer, but Shiho's there. * Gordo suddenly stands back up. "I'm alive again!" * Nigel blinks and looks down at Alysha. "What happened?" [She grabs the railing with one hand to steady herself. "She intensified it on me, to make sure I wasn't lying." She glances at Gordo. "Make her happy, will you? This hurts."] Shall do my best, ma'am. * Gordo actually looks over the railing now to see exactly what he's agreed to. Hey, Gordo? Aye? If you're not one hundred percent on board with this, I'm sure someone on the ship is willing. I just, don't- I want to make sure you're not feeling pressured to have sex with someone if you don't actually want to. Because that's not our job. [Gordo sees a particularly sexy, naked black woman, leering at him hungrily. Her hair's dreadlocks is a shimmering blue. It's hard to tell from this distance, but she seems about 6 feet tall.] (Props on the dreads.) (She have legs or a tail?) [Alysha nods. "Yeah... I'm not gonna make you do it, Gordo. We've got a ship of horny sailors here. Someone would.] ( Nope ) (She... probably has one of the two?) (That was an either or question. Does she have a fish bottom or a human bottom?) (She sort of fades into nothing past the torso) (Maybe a psudopod then?) (Ah maybe) ( Oop ) ( She seems to be pretty human-looking ) ( Blue hair aside ) I volunteered, she healed m;gut wound, and if I catch a magical STD, I've hope that Nigel'll work out a cure. So, gimmie the muffin, and let's get this over with. * Nigel nods. "Got ya covered... probably. You should be fine. I'm uh... no offense, mate, but I don't want to watch this. So I'm going to go catch the rest of Doctor Who." * Shiho nods. "Okay boss, let's get you downstairs." (Have I succeeded in the muffin quest?) [Alysha nods. "Yeah... I'm not so eager to watch this either. Nothing personal, Gordo."] * Gordo snorts. (Yeah, but now Bard songs are broken) [After a long quest, Sonia is handed a muffin by what passes for the chef, which she holds over her head with a big grin like acquiring an item in Legend of Zelda.] (In the future I'm going to blame this ending on the cats driving me mad.) (I GOT THE THING) [* You got a bran muffin! Equip it and press X to give to a fish lady.] (Because I am seriously going to murder Bur.) * Sonia heads back up and looks between Gordo and Montana, raises an eyebrow, then gives the muffin to Gordo. (I assume Nigel is out for the rest of the session, so I am going to lay down) ( But don't you want to know how Doctor Who ends? ) * Gordo takes the muffin to the nymph so he can do things off screen and end the session! [The session ends!]