Session Start: Sun Dec 31 01:04:31 2000 Session Ident: #Burned-Ice [01:04] * Now talking in #Burned-Ice [01:05] * Barbie has joined #Burned-Ice [01:05] * Timdeadlos_AFKish has joined #Burned-Ice [01:05] * Macavity sets mode: +o Timdeadlos_AFKish [01:05] * Macavity sets mode: +o Barbie [01:06] * Timdeadlos_AFKish is now known as Natch [01:06] still loading his char sheet though. [01:06] * Barbie is now known as Moonlight [01:07] * Macavity is now known as Mac-GM [01:07] * RustAngel has joined #burned-Ice [01:07] Woot:) [01:07] Heyas Tim [01:07] * RustAngel is now known as Valentine [01:08] * Kendoshi has joined #burned-ice [01:08] * Mac-GM sets mode: +o Valentine [01:08] * Mac-GM sets mode: +o Kendoshi [01:08] Okies, I need a quickie cig before we start, but I'm here and logging ;-) [01:08] looks like the old team all again [01:08] yep [01:09] * Kendoshi is now known as Crystiana [01:09] Count it on my old friends from Thegyre:) [01:09] I need to put it back on autojoin, I miss you guys. [01:09] * Natch hmphs and notes you not hanging around with us very often, but ok ;-) [01:09] Tim- It's now back on autojoin, so there:P [01:09] who is that tim [01:10] * Crystiana is half asleep so this should be interesting [01:10] brb [01:10] RA... you are on still a lot ;-) [01:10] Mind you, you're usually asleep or working, but still, we can find ya ;-) [01:11] #burned_plan is open [01:11] we need a channel to burn our non existant planes? [01:11] :) [01:12] lol [01:13] Natch- Not t' worry, I'm usually playing EQ, or with my girlfriend:P [01:14] Sleep? I need antidepressants for that [01:14] i could be asleep right now lol [01:14] Howard Shore - The Two TowersOST - Gollum's Song [01:15] Golum- So ugly he's adorable [01:15] Requim For a Dream - Theme [01:15] (LOTR Remix) [01:16] * Disconnected Session Close: Sun Dec 31 01:16:16 2000 Session Start: Sun Dec 31 01:17:27 2000 Session Ident: #Burned-Ice [01:17] * Now talking in #Burned-Ice [01:17] * Macav|ty: you're not channel operator [01:17] wb [01:19] back [01:19] to bad the sound on my ttt copy is bad [01:19] wb [01:19] youve been having trouble with your site barbie? [01:19] hrm? [01:20] * Mac-GM has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 360 seconds) [01:21] for some reason it wont load for me, and a few times I hav got horrible dl rates [01:21] its https: right [01:22] * Natch sets mode: +o Macav|ty [01:22] * Macav|ty is now known as Mac-GM [01:22] we need to hurry up i am falling asleep at the keyboard lol [01:23] im sorry mac I cant game [01:23] cant concintrate enough to play the char properly [01:23] * Crystiana is now known as Kensleep [01:24] And then there waz tree. [01:25] sorry all [01:25] im beat [01:25] * Kensleep has left #burned-ice [01:25] the thiest, the thiefts, the filthy little thies, where is it??? [01:27] heh [01:27] fweiw, I DO have written down the name of Natch & 'Light's regular Meet Club... [01:27] looking at characters... [01:32] * Valentine looks at Macavity looking at characters. [01:32] heh [01:33] * Natch ducks and hides and sowwies about his 10 page magnum opus... [01:33] alright, I think we're almost ready to go.. [01:33] everyone run out for pre-game cig breaks, etc... [01:33] * Valentine stares intently and dronelike at screen [01:34] Okies... brb then [01:37] Maelwys is joining us as well.. [01:38] * Maelwys has joined #Burned-Ice [01:38] roger [01:38] * Maelwys is now known as Minx [01:38] 'ey mael. [01:38] * Mac-GM sets mode: +o Minx [01:39] I see :-) [01:39] The plan chan is #burned_Plan, as usual [01:39] someone test the bot, btw? [01:40] 1d6 0 [01:40] Valentine rolls 1d6: 2 - T#=1 , 1 success. [01:40] cool. I figured it would still be set active here, but I wasn't positive [01:40] Computers are immortal.. [01:40] unless you hit them REALLY hard. [01:41] * Valentine remembers the aptiva... [01:41] I went office space on that thing. [01:41] alright... [01:41] Natch: you ready? [01:42] o_0.... [01:42] Pretty much :-) [01:45] ok, it appears that Kendoshi is out for the night... [01:45] Yep. [01:45] ah well, nm [01:45] <<<<>>>>> [01:49] It is yet another dark, rainy Seattle night. The week has been pretty good pollution wise, and the acid content of the rain is low enough for people to venture outside without full chem-wear. [01:51] The outside of the magic shop named 'Auryn Talismans' is poorly lit, and filled with enough books in the window to appear to be a bookshop at first glance. [01:53] * Valentine , grumbling as the water drenches down his formerly lit cigar, enters the shop, pack slung over his back, eyes always watching the shadows [01:53] Those just inside the front door are not disabused of the notion, as a winding corridor of ceiling height shelves are loaded with books...not all dealing the the magical arts. Many are 20th century fantasy and sci-fi titles like Mercades Lackey and Robert Jordan's: The Wheel of Time [01:55] A few twists and turns inside, the shop opens up to a vaulted 2-story ceiling with the balcony for the second story in the back, and shelves loaded with magical supplies and it's true nature as a talismongery is revealed. [01:55] * Valentine smirks at the fake authenticity lining the walls, looking quietly for the proprietor of this place, knuckles cracking noisily as he does so [01:56] The proprietor of the place is a short, wiry thin individual with long brown hair and a hawkish air to himself. [01:57] * Natch is standing and looking at some of the rarer original pronting, honest-to-spirits-PAPER books in their sealed packs with the disk versions attached so the packs needn't be opened to enjoy the work... [01:57] Auryn Hawke walks about his store barefoot, the bell adorned leather thongs about his ankles tinkling softly as he arranges items on the shelves as he talks quietly with the few customers there. [01:58] * Valentine rings the service bell nonchalantly [01:59] He gestures as he talks with a long-stemed pipe, smoke wreathing the air about him in patterns that aren't quite random. [01:59] * Mac-GM is now known as AurynHawke [01:59] * Moonlight is standing beside natch, head lowered [01:59] Oh, hello there. What can I do for you sir? [01:59] * Natch glances at the proprieter a few times without being terribly obvious about it... [02:00] "Hoi. I'm here to get scanned, so the Doc I just went to says." [02:00] "Scanned? What do you mean by scanned?" [02:01] "Well, he tells me you have to give me a look over to see if a magnetic cyberware scan would kill me." [02:01] * AurynHawke replaces an antique looking rapier on its wall hanger [02:01] "Hrm...I haven't had a request like that in a long time." [02:02] "Said he'd call ahead. *scritches his head*. His name was aaaahhhhh." [02:02] "Shit, forgot it already. Names are never important this late." [02:03] "Oh, Finn." [02:04] "The Finn?" [02:04] "Yah, Friend of a friend." [02:04] "I see...well, if you'll come through this curtain with me, I'll see what I can do for you." [02:05] ((Err... sorry so braindead, but... have Natch & Light met Val before? I think?)) [02:05] * AurynHawke leads the way through a set of curtains lined with beads that softly chink together as you walk through.. [02:05] * Valentine nods calmly, following. [02:05] ((yes, you've all run together)) [02:05] ((Yes, but V seems pretty single minded tonight, it's unlikely he noticed you)) [02:06] ((Either way, note Moonlight by Natch, assuming Val's hetero and male ;-) and that unubtrusvely, Natch is assensing Val's aura as he goes by)) [02:06] ((/me notes I could see him missing Natch, but Light is designed and scuplted to be HIGHLY noticable ;-)) [02:06] ((make a test to assense Val's aura)) [02:06] ((roll)) [02:07] rolls 8d6: 2·2·3·3·4·4·4·4 - Target number undetermined [02:07] ((bleagh)) [02:07] ((He likely gives the both of them a nod on the way to the back, though he doesn't stop to talk then)) [02:08] ((tn 4)) [02:10] ((Handy, that ;-) 4 succ then ;-)) [02:10] ((You recall what they look like, Val?)) [02:10] ((Who, you two? Likely)) [02:12] * Valentine takes a seat in the back wherever he finds one, if not, he stands with crossed arms [02:13] The back room has magical symbols carved everywhere in the floor. The floor is dominated by a large magical circle in the center. [02:14] "Guessing you want me to stand in the middle, chief?" [02:14] * AurynHawke lights some incense, and asks for Valentine to stand in one of the smaller circles on the circumference of the large circle. [02:14] * Valentine does so [02:15] "You can sit if you like, this shouldn't take very long." [02:15] * AurynHawke goes through the motions of spellcasting, chanting softly in Latin and another ancient tongue as he gestures and peers at Valentine from the center of his magic circle.. [02:16] * Valentine prefers to stand and wait. [02:21] * AurynHawke seems almost lit from within by a faint bluish light from an unseen light source. The air about him seems almost to crackle with electricity, and you can feel goosebumps on your arms. [02:21] * Valentine hopes this test doesn't include his own implosion [02:22] * AurynHawke finishes his spell, and with a sigh, the light and the almost electrical charge to the air seem to fade away. Your goosebumps remain however. [02:22] "That it?" [02:24] "It is done. I see nothing magical about you my boy. I am sorry to say, but your aura has been severly damaged by foreign implants. However, I don't sense any magnetic materials in those implants that would cause damage to you from a magnetic scan." [02:25] "Thanks. Kinda glad I'm not a mage, something else to worry about, you know? I'll head on back to Finn's then. How much?" [02:27] "You do not need to worry about paying me. Simply pass along my greeting to The Finn and tell him that I'm still waiting for him to pay me back." [02:28] * AurynHawke ushers Valentine back out to the main store. [02:28] * Valentine nods. "Thanks kindly then." [02:28] * Valentine goes over to Moonlight and Natch [02:28] * AurynHawke is now known as Macavity [02:28] "Odd seeing you two here. What's up?" [02:28] "Book collecting, maostly. Just resigned our lease, so I decided to celebrate a bit with more stuff for the place" [02:29] * Valentine nods [02:29] * Moonlight keeps standing still, head bowed [02:29] "I'm going to some cyberdock in Pullyap to find out what the fuck I'm capable of. You two are welcome to come along if ya want." [02:30] * Natch glances up and toward the outside... [02:32] "Yer choice chum, either way I'll call if I need you." [02:32] "No problemo. I can give you a lift..." [02:32] "Oh, sure, that'd be excellent." [02:34] * Natch puts the rare books he's been looking at carefully back on the shelves, and gestures for Light to precede them toward the door [02:35] * Moonlight heads towards the door [02:35] "It's strange, not knowing. Hope my curiosity doesn't bring about my downfall." [02:36] * Natch gives Light's ass a nice firm squeeze as she passes him ((Incidently triggering the enviroshield spell he has centered on her, so that the Seattle nastiness won't muss her up)) [02:36] "Not knowing?" [02:36] * Valentine shrugs [02:36] "I couldn't tell you my first name." [02:37] * Natch frowns slightly "Any ideas who did that to you?" [02:37] * Moonlight walks slowly before them [02:37] "Last thing I remember was waking up in this old abandoned house in Redmond." [02:38] * Valentine sits in the back whenever he gets to Natch's vehicle [02:38] ((Snicker)) [02:40] As the trio leaves the shop, Natch steps up tight behind Light, and abruptly, things somewhat blur, and abruptly, all three are moving UP. very very rapidly, before arching through the cloudy seattle night sky... [02:40] Outside, the rain has gotten worse not better, with sheets of foul weather traveling down the street from the tail of a storm heading down the coast [02:41] In spite of the weather, none of it... or the wind of their obvious speed... seems quite able to touch the three fliers [02:42] "Strange method of travel..Gonna look weird on Finn's cams." [02:43] ((Crud. Medication issue for my Dad... mael or Barb can explain, but I need to take 5, maybe 10 Min. Sorry. bbias)) [02:43] [ ok, cont with minx, i need to grap some ffod stuff from the store, 10 myself ] [02:44] * Valentine approaches Finn's shop as the other two wait outside, buzzing in [02:47] 6d6 0 [02:48] 7d6 0 [02:48] 7d6 1 [02:48] ((hrm...dicebot dead)) [02:49] ((yeah. Tim had to log. He should ping out in a minute or two)) [02:49] * Natch has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 360 seconds) [02:51] [ re ] [02:52] ((wb)) [02:52] [ /me loves having a supermsrket in the ground floor :) ] [02:53] ((heh)) [03:03] * Natch has joined #Burned-Ice [03:03] ((wb)) [03:04] Thunderstorm here, might get cut off [03:04] ((VERY sorry, Mom had to look up some medication interaction info for Dad, he was having some abrupt problems :-/)) [03:04] ((so ka)) [03:05] "How far out do their motion sensors go? Everything else is covered..." [03:05] "Eh?" [03:06] (([02:38] "Strange method of travel..Gonna look weird on Finn's cams.")) [03:06] 'Light remains oddly motionless during the flight as Natch hauls her along, but from his angle, Val can't really see her face [03:06] "Probably not out here, but ya never know. This guy is big on paranoia." [03:07] * Moonlight keeps utterly silent the whole time [03:08] "Well, guide us when we get closer, I'll set down just outside of the public view..." [03:09] * Valentine nods [03:09] * Valentine does so, putting himself just down the block from Finn's shop [03:10] * Natch reluctantly slides away from behind Light as she begins to move again [03:11] 8d6 3 [03:11] Minx rolls 8d6: 1·2·2·3·4·5·5·5 - T#=3 , 5 successes. [03:12] * Natch holds the improved broad spectrum invisibility for a bit, dropping it at a convenient point before the Finn's place (According to Val's directions, of course)) [03:13] "Not sure whether or not you guys should tag along..I'll buzz you if I need you, so ka?" [03:13] 7d6 4 [03:13] Macavity rolls 7d6: 1·2·2·2·3·5·5 - T#=4 , 2 successes. [03:13] 6d6 4 [03:13] Macavity rolls 6d6: 2·3·3·4·5·5 - T#=4 , 3 successes. [03:14] 2d6 4 [03:14] Macavity rolls 2d6: 1·4 - T#=4 , 1 success. [03:14] * Natch looks around for an out of the way niche to settle into for a bit, with a little room to "stretch" [03:14] 6d6 3 [03:14] Minx rolls 6d6: 2·2·3·3·5·5 - T#=3 , 4 successes. [03:15] * Valentine walks to Finn's shop, walking past the gate and the watchful eye of the camera, buzzing the buzzer [03:17] 7d6 6 [03:17] Macavity rolls 7d6: 1·2·3·4·4·4·5 - T#=6 , No successes. [03:18] 6d6 6 [03:18] Macavity rolls 6d6: 1·2·2·4·5·5 - T#=6 , No successes. [03:19] "Shit Finn, I was here an hour ago, not like I'm a different guy. Open up already." [03:19] 6d6 6 [03:19] Minx rolls 6d6: 1·2·4·4·5·5 - T#=6 , No successes. [03:19] 6d6 6 [03:19] Minx rolls 6d6: 3·3·4·4·5·5 - T#=6 , No successes. [03:21] Finn: "Ah, you're back. come in, come in." [03:21] 6d6 6 [03:21] Minx rolls 6d6: 1·2·3·4·4·11 - T#=6 , 1 success. [03:21] 5d6 6 [03:21] Minx rolls 5d6: 1·2·4·4·5 - T#=6 , No successes. [03:21] The door buzzes open to admit, Valentine, Natch, & Moonlight [03:22] * Valentine enters the shop, walking past the metal detectors without incident [03:22] ((?)) [03:22] ((Mac- natch and moonlight found an alley to shag in somewhere)) [03:22] ((Natch & Light faded back didn't they?)) [03:22] ((whoops, sorry)) [03:22] (ROFL)) [03:22] ((Hey now, you just assumed that...)) [03:22] "V, I hope your trip was successful." [03:23] "I'm clean it seems. No magic, no magnetics." [03:24] "Alright, just wanted to be sure before I put you in the MRI. Take off anything metalic that you're carrying and just lie down on this table here." [03:24] * Valentine does so, remembering to squeeze out the clips from his arms [03:25] "Kind of strange to have cyberguns and no metal, doc." [03:25] Finn indicates a metal table that extends from the front of a florescent lit tube large enough to accomodate a person laying atop the table. [03:25] 7d6 6 [03:25] Macavity rolls 7d6: 3·3·4·4·4·5·5 - T#=6 , No successes. [03:25] ((can you reseed the dicebot Natch?)) [03:26] * Valentine shrugs, taking off most of his sleeping tiger clothing, a large tattoo of a phoenix taking up the whole of his well-toned back. He seems unaware of it, though [03:26] ((Nooo! It's perfectly valid...I win the bike! ;) )) [03:27] 7d6 6 [03:27] Macavity rolls 7d6: 1·1·3·4·4·5·5 - T#=6 , No successes. [03:29] 4d6 6 [03:29] Minx rolls 4d6: 1·2·5·5 - T#=6 , No successes. [03:29] 9d6 4 [03:29] Macavity rolls 9d6: 1·1·1·2·2·2·3·4·8 - T#=4 , 2 successes. [03:31] Finn runs Valentine through the machine once he lies down upon the table, the table retracts into the cylinder, and a deep hum emenates from the machine as it scans V's body magnetically. [03:32] * Valentine sits patiently in the tube [03:33] After several minutes, the table slides back out. The Finn sits at a computer terminal poring over the results of the scan. [03:33] * Valentine gets up, putting his clothes back on and rejoining Finn [03:34] 5d6 0 [03:34] Minx rolls 5d6: 2·2·4·5·5 - T#=1 , 5 successes. [03:36] "So what's up with me?" [03:40] "To be honest...I'm not sure." [03:41] "Here, come take a look at this." [03:41] * Valentine peeks over his shoulder [03:42] * Macavity : The Finn turns the monitor so Valentine can see better. On the screen is a display of Valentine's body the bones completely black, and the clear outlines of his implanted guns in black and white on the blue/red background of his body. - [03:42] * Added *!*tbradley@cloaked.raex.com to ignore list - [03:42] * Removed *!*tbradley@cloaked.raex.com from ignore list - [03:42] * Macavity sets mode: +o Natch [03:43] "Okay, so.." [03:43] "This is an MRI image of your body. The denser an object is, the darker it appears. Identifiable cyberware is outlined in white. See, here are fairly standard, if customized, cyber-implant guns. [03:44] * Valentine nods. "We've picked up on those already." [03:45] "So I'm taking it nothing else?" [03:46] "These structures here and here" The Finn indicates red & yellow organs "Are bioware implants. You can see the muscle augmentation and synaptic accelerators laced through your muscles and nervous system." [03:46] * Valentine nods, eyeing his MRI scan [03:47] "But I have no idea why your bones show as completely black. Standard bone lacing looks like a web, kind of like the yellow lacing of vat-grown bioware muscle augmentation strands." [03:47] "Maybe it's not bone lacing then doc, maybe my bones themselves are new [03:50] "No, they look like normal bones. These growth lines here, and here, are unique to every individual. They just wouldn't appear on something machined. These look like they've been grown somehow. But they're not bioware." [03:51] ((Wolvie!!!!)) [03:51] "And furthermore, it's not metal. It must be some kind of carbon-based compound, but it's as dense as lead or titanium to the MRI." [03:51] ((Adamantium! ;-)) [03:51] Finn: "I don't know what it could be." [03:51] "Dunno then chief. Mebbe ceramic?" [03:52] "No, I don't think so. Besides, you can't 'grow' ceramic. It has to be fabricated, molded, baked." [03:53] "Eh..Well I ain't no scientist, but I'm thinking that's some weird shit..maybe.." [03:53] ((BRB)) [03:53] "There's only on person I can think of who might be able to help you figure out what it is." [03:54] "Who might that be?" [03:56] "He's a trid pirate down in Los Angelos. His name is Philip Chang, and what most people don't know is that he used to be one of the best cyberneticists in the world before he dissappeared into the shadows. He goes by the name 'PNG-104' (pronounced 'Ping-One-Oh-Four) these days." [03:57] "CalFree..this should be an interesting trip." [03:57] "Tell me how to find him, or at least where, and there's Five kay in it for ya." [03:58] "Macavity referred you to me, I would go and see him if you're thinking of going down there. I believe he knows Philip somehow. He could get you in to see him." [03:58] ((MAc, I gotta hit the sack. Now's a good stopping point for me I'd imagine.)) [03:58] "Alright, thanks Finn." [03:58] ((sounds good to me)) [03:59] * Valentine gives him a 5¥ credstick and heads out. [03:59] ((Night folks)) [03:59] <<<>>>> Session Close: Sun Dec 31 03:59:29 2000