An Espionage Agent Walks Into An Armoury...

23:03	ShockwaveLover	Supply buzzes with activity. Rick appears to have caught it in the middle of a delivery run.
23:03	Balthazaar	Mark stretches out his arms. "And how did you find the rec room to sleep in?"
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23:04	ShockwaveLover	People walk around holding clipboards, radiating a sense of purpose, and weaving with long years of practice between trolleys and carts piled with boxes, crates and packages.
23:04	ShotgunFiend	"Dunno... Must'a fallen back asleep last night." He yawns and pours coffee, downing it gratefully
23:05	Strifers26	He finds a box to carry and attempts to help without getting in the way!
23:05	ShockwaveLover	A hand grabs his shoulder, none to gently.
23:06	ShockwaveLover	"The hell do you think you're going with that?"
23:08	ShotgunFiend	"You seem to be doni' pretty good this mornin'."
23:08	ShotgunFiend	doin'*
23:09	Balthazaar	Mark smiles. "Good to be up early these days." He leans to one side, extending the opposite arm to the side he's leaning towards
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23:10	Strifers26	"At this point, I'm roughly walking where all the other boxes go. Somewhere specific it needs to go?"
23:10	Strifers26	Rick is unperturbed by the gruffness
23:11	ShotgunFiend	Dan looks at him quizzically. "What happen'to you? You seem t'be in a damn good mood."
23:12	Balthazaar	He overbalances, and falls on his face. "... Man, fuck this." He stands up again, looking mildly irritated.
23:12	ShotgunFiend	"Uhh... Maybe not..."
23:12	ShockwaveLover	"Back on the cart where you found it, shit for brains. These are going /out/." The voice sounds irritated, European and female. "
23:12	ShockwaveLover	-"
23:13	Balthazaar	"I was trying this thing that this cool girl back home showed me to try and stress less. Load of shit though, doesn't work." He chuckles
23:14	ShotgunFiend	"Hey, 'til you fell on yer face ya seemed to be doin' pretty well." He laughs as well
23:15	Strifers26	"Ah, sure thing." Rick does so
23:15	Balthazaar	"fake it 'till you make it, brother." He grins
23:15	ShockwaveLover	He's released, and given a none-too-subtle shove towards the front desk.
23:15	ShockwaveLover	Agility, Rick!
23:16	ShotgunFiend	Dan smiles and sits back down, sipping the god-nectar
23:16	Strifers26	6df+4 agility!
23:16	Glacon	Strifers26: agility!: 6 (6df+4=-, +, 0, +, +, 0)
23:17	ShockwaveLover	6df+6 Rollin rollin rollin, keep them doggies rollin
23:17	Glacon	ShockwaveLover: Rollin rollin rollin, keep them doggies rollin: 6 (6df+6=+, 0, 0, 0, 0, -)
23:17	Balthazaar	"You hear that there's been more of those hallucinations?" Mark sits down on a chair
23:18	ShotgunFiend	"... When?"
23:18	Balthazaar	"Real late last night. That new chick Carmen had one."
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23:19	ShotgunFiend	"Fuck's sake, are you shittin' me?" He looks pretty fuckin' pissed now, tiredness gone
23:20	ShotgunFiend	"Was it a hallucination or that sludge fuck?"
23:20	ShockwaveLover	A two-wheeled handcart, packed with cardboard boxes, grazes Rick's back as it zips past. The operator takes a second to give him the finger. ~Stupid bastards, no common sense...~
23:21	Tehpillowstar	Chloe is in the rec with a bowl in her lap, carving a bar of white soap.
23:21	Balthazaar	Mark shakes his head. "Yeah, this is getting pretty fucked. She thought her mum had shot her. Me and Elif ended up sleeping in her room so she wasn't alone."
23:21	ShockwaveLover	Rick is now standing directly behind an extremely large man in the queue ahead of the counter.
23:22	Balthazaar	Mark nods to Chloe as he chats with Dan
23:22	Tehpillowstar	She nods back.
23:22	ShotgunFiend	Dan stands and runs his hand through his hair, knocking his cap back onto the chair.
23:23	ShockwaveLover	Hemmed in on all sides by people, packages or people holding packages, Rick can barely move. Orienting to look behind himself is a tremendous feat.
23:24	ShotgunFiend	"I'm going to the gym." And his picks up his cap and does so
23:24	Balthazaar	Mark takes note of Dan's now less than cheerful demeanor. "Hey, we'll get this sorted dude. Don't sweat it."
23:24	ShotgunFiend	Dan stops for a second to say "Yeah, sure." None too softly then leaves
23:25	Strifers26	Rick waits patiently, whistling moonlit sonata to himself
23:25	ShockwaveLover	A steady background chatter rises and falls. Snippets of conversations, half-heard, as their speakers rush by the end of the queue.
23:25	Tehpillowstar	Chloe keeps carving.
23:26	Tehpillowstar	d10 carving quality
23:26	Glacon	Tehpillowstar: carving quality: 4 (d10=4)
23:26	Tehpillowstar	It's not very good. She's pretty displeased with this one.
23:26	ShockwaveLover	"-ear about Samson? H-"
23:26	Tehpillowstar	She glances out the window.
23:27	ShockwaveLover	"-the fuck is that invoi-"
23:27	ShotgunFiend	Daniel enters the gym, takes his wrench out it's special holster and starts beating the hell out of a punching bag with it.
23:27	Balthazaar	Mark attempts to do the yoga/ tai chi thing again. He clearly doesn't know what he's doing.
23:27	ShockwaveLover	"-never eating curry aga-"
23:28	Balthazaar	d10 How relaxing is it?
23:28	Glacon	Balthazaar: How relaxing is it?: 5 (d10=5)
23:29	Strifers26	Rick listens in as best as he can.
23:30	ShockwaveLover	"-pid fucking wanker taking my stuf-"
23:31	Balthazaar	He seems to find a little relaxation out of it, but no more than a lie down or something
23:31	ShockwaveLover	The line shifts slightly. The Incredible Bulk shuffles forward a few steps.
23:32	ShockwaveLover	Perception, Rick.
23:33	Balthazaar	"Ah, bugger it." Mark gets fed up and sits down
23:33	Strifers26	6df+12 tagged perception
23:33	Glacon	Strifers26: tagged perception: 14 (6df+12=+, 0, 0, +, -, +)
23:34	ShockwaveLover	Rick, you can't help but stare, entranced and in awe, at the hypnotic motion of the fat man's buttocks, in such close proximity.
23:34	ShockwaveLover	You can't look away.
23:34	Balthazaar	"What're you making?" To Chloe
23:34	ShockwaveLover	Classical music plays in your head.
23:35	ShockwaveLover	Truly, this is a wonder of the ages.
23:35	ShockwaveLover	How, you wonder. How can they be moving like that? Where is gravity?
23:36	ShockwaveLover	Has gravity ceased to exist?
23:36	ShockwaveLover	Rick, you must test for gravity.
23:37	Tehpillowstar	"Uh...just carving to my fancy."
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23:37	Tehpillowstar	The resulting shape doesn't really look like much.
23:37	Balthazaar	"Fair enough." He looks at her sculpture. "Is it a penguin?"
23:37	Strifers26	"..."
23:38	ShotgunFiend	6df+6 Fuck this bag and it's family
23:38	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: Fuck this bag and it's family: 5 (6df+6=0, 0, +, 0, -, -)
23:38	Strifers26	Rick removes the possibility haunted rock from his pocket and tosses it up and down quickly.
23:39	ShockwaveLover	Agility to catch, Rick. -2 due to your state of mental distraction.
23:40	Strifers26	6df+2 almost agile?
23:40	Glacon	Strifers26: almost agile?: 3 (6df+2=+, -, +, 0, +, -)
23:40	ShockwaveLover	Up and down. Up and down...time seems to stretch forever as you run those words through your head. You know they will never truly capture what you saw. But they're about the best you've got.
23:40	ShockwaveLover	The world, shut out for what seems like an eternity, comes crashing back.
23:40	ShockwaveLover	Rather literally.
23:41	ShockwaveLover	A moment of silence envelops your immediate area as the possibly-haunted-rock thuds to the ground.
23:41	Tehpillowstar	Chloe looks at the soap and sighs. She puts it aside.
23:42	Balthazaar	Mark makes a face that says 'I just fucked up, didn't I?'
23:42	Tehpillowstar	She takes out a fresh bar from her bowl, dusts it off of the soap-shavings with her knife, then begins scraping off the logo.
23:42	ShockwaveLover	Rick.
23:42	ShockwaveLover	Rock.
23:42	ShockwaveLover	Guess where the rock is, Rick?
23:43	Strifers26	In his hand? Hopefully-maybe?
23:43	Balthazaar	Mark watches her carve the soap, a little fascinated.
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23:44	Proto_Lost	Simon enters the rec room, looking worn out...who's in here?
23:44	Tehpillowstar	They are small, well practices movements of the knife.
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23:44	Balthazaar	Mark and Chloe are both in rec
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23:45	Proto_Lost	"Hello kids, what're we up to?"
23:45	ShotgunFiend	6df+6 "Fuck this hellhole!"
23:45	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: "Fuck this hellhole!": 7 (6df+6=0, 0, 0, 0, 0, +)
23:45	ShotgunFiend	Dan slams his wrenches head into the side of the bag
23:45	ShockwaveLover	That thud didn't sound quite...right, did it Rick?
23:45	Balthazaar	"Hey man." Mark waves to Simons left, he's quite fascinated by the soap carving. ~It's like watching bread get made...~
23:46	Tehpillowstar	It's strange, odd, how the hand of a remorseless killer, an instrument of destruction, could use the same tool of death, as a tool of creativity, to carve something beautiful.
23:46	ShockwaveLover	Not quite hard enough to be the ground, wouldn't you say?
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23:46	ShockwaveLover	Something rather more...yielding.
23:47	Proto_Lost	"I see Chloee's got her handicraft class going on." He says, oblivious to the strange occurrence currently happening to Rick and a man's large behind.
23:47	Balthazaar	Mark nods. "Yeah..."
23:47	ShockwaveLover	Rick, there's an extremely large man, attempting to turn around in front of you.
23:47	Strifers26	Rick pauses. ~well, it's probably not actually haunted. haunted . . . No reason to track Dio down ~
23:48	Strifers26	6df+7 sneak?
23:48	Glacon	Strifers26: sneak?: 8 (6df+7=0, -, +, +, +, -)
23:48	ShockwaveLover	He has a possibly-haunted-rock wedged in the cavernous gap where his trousers attempt to fill his crack.
23:49	Tehpillowstar	Chloe pauses. Deep down, in her strange, Poolboy-esque innate ability rarely used, she has the slight intuition that something strange yet humorous is going on.
23:49	ShockwaveLover	It is at once the most hilarious, and most terrifying thing you have ever seen.
23:49	Proto_Lost	"Right, what're you making with the soap?"
23:49	Tehpillowstar	She shrugs it off.
23:49	Strifers26	Rick looks in a different direction.
23:49	ShockwaveLover	You feel like a dinghy, as the supertanker steams toward you.
23:50	Strifers26	6df+7 better stealth?
23:50	Glacon	Strifers26: better stealth?: 9 (6df+7=0, 0, +, 0, +, 0)
23:50	ShockwaveLover	There's nowhere to hide, Rick.
23:50	Tehpillowstar	"Not sure yet."
23:50	Strifers26	6df+8 perception where is there to hide?
23:50	Glacon	Strifers26: perception where is there to hide?: 8 (6df+8=-, +, -, 0, +, 0)
23:50	ShockwaveLover	Try as you might to become one with the crate of mint scented somethings you're currently squashed up against.
23:51	Strifers26	~Shit.~
23:52	ShockwaveLover	You're reminded of the last time you smelt that sharp, artificial scent, that time that you-
23:52	ShockwaveLover	But no. You vowed never to speak of that again.
23:52	ShockwaveLover	PDef, Rick.
23:52	Balthazaar	Mark looks at Simon. "How you going mate?"
23:53	Proto_Lost	"Like I need a drink, but what's fucking new?"
23:53	Strifers26	6df+5 pdef. Be nice if he had the plates in. . .
23:53	Glacon	Strifers26: pdef. Be nice if he had the plates in. . .: 5 (6df+5=+, -, -, -, +, +)
23:54	Balthazaar	Mark nods. "I know the feeling."
23:54	ShockwaveLover	Pressure.
23:54	ShockwaveLover	Pushing down on me.
23:54	ShockwaveLover	Pressing down on you.
23:54	ShockwaveLover	No man ask for.
23:55	Balthazaar	"Bloody hell, I want a smoke."
23:55	ShockwaveLover	There's a noise, a horrible, chaotic noise.
23:55	ShockwaveLover	And then...
23:55	ShockwaveLover	Blackness.
23:55	Strifers26	Rick perseveres. He *will* get his coat.
23:55	Proto_Lost	"You say you quit that shit, you fucking stick to it."
23:57	Balthazaar	Mark looks a bit annoyed. Probably the first time many people on site haveseen that expression on his face. "I said I would, didn't I?"
23:58	ShockwaveLover	Rick.
23:58	ShockwaveLover	Rick!
23:58	ShockwaveLover	Voices. Movement.
23:59	ShotgunFiend	Dan backs away from the back, it's riddled with massive dents on all sides
23:59	ShotgunFiend	He sighs and holsters his wrench, backing up to the door and back to the rec
23:59	ShockwaveLover	You feel things shift, around and on you.
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00:00	Strifers26	Rick tries to get his bearings, stay in line, make it to the counter and new coat.
00:00	ShockwaveLover	You're in a line, Rick.
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00:00	ShockwaveLover	However, it appears to be flat on your back.
00:01	ShockwaveLover	"-playin' silly buggers! Is nae a cuntin' playgroun!"
00:01	Strifers26	~wait . . . What?~
00:02	ShockwaveLover	The blackness that was blocking your vision is jerked roughly away, allowing bright light to stab into your unfocussed retinas.
00:03	ShockwaveLover	As it does, feeling begins to return to your body.
00:03	ShockwaveLover	"Anyone know who this numpty is?"
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00:03	ShockwaveLover	Feeling brings with it pain.
00:03	ShockwaveLover	You fee like you just got hit by a bus.
00:03	ShotgunFiend	Daniel enters the rec looking drained now, instead of angry
00:04	Proto_Lost	Simon's in there. "I know kid, I'm just saying."
00:04	Strifers26	"Ow."
00:04	Strifers26	Rick attempts to get to his feet.
00:04	ShockwaveLover	"Ah, ye decided t'join us, did ye? Mighty kind o'ye. Mighty kind."
00:04	ShotgunFiend	He walks over and gets more coffee.
00:05	Strifers26	"Well, you know, I do try."
00:05	Strifers26	"Kindness is important and all that"
00:05	Balthazaar	Mar kstill looks annoyed, but the expression turns to remorse. "Fuck, sorry about that Si."
00:05	ShockwaveLover	"-on't know what he was doing. Threw a rock at me, then decided to try and run through your boxes..."
00:06	ShockwaveLover	The incandescent figure of Lachlan McKinnon, site QM, stares you.
00:06	ShockwaveLover	*stares at you
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00:07	ShockwaveLover	"Min' tellin' me jus' wha' on god's green earth ye think yer playin' at?"
00:07	Balthazaar	"Shouldn't have lost my temper like that..."
00:08	Strifey	". . . What?"
00:08	ShockwaveLover	The QM gestures around him.
00:08	ShockwaveLover	Rick, a scene of devastation greets your eyes. Boxes and crates are spilled rudely everywhere, in several cases along with their contents.
00:08	Strifey	Rick catalogues contents.
00:08	ShockwaveLover	You appear to have risen from a bed of lime green hockey pucks.
00:08	Proto_Lost	"Yeah, don't worry. I understand."
00:09	Strifey	"..."
00:09	ShockwaveLover	Several large and heavy looking packages have been tossed to the side, seemingly in a hurry.
00:09	Strifey	"What kind of jinky ass, barely run supply depot *is* this?!"
00:09	ShockwaveLover	The fat man with the hypnotic rear end stares at you with barely masked confusion.
00:09	Balthazaar	Mark looks as though he feels very guilty, which he does.
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00:10	Strifey	"Are you professionals or kids on their first internship at home Depot?"
00:10	ShockwaveLover	"Wha' kind'a- /wha'/ /kind'a/-"
00:11	ShockwaveLover	The QM's face turns an amazing variety of colours in the lead up to Danger Red.
00:12	Strifey	"My attempt to get the requisitions required for Espionage operations was a failure last night, because apparently no one was around"
00:12	ShockwaveLover	A hand is stuck out rigidly behind him. "Gi'me tha' rock."
00:12	Strifey	"And now it's a scene of absolute chaos."
00:12	Strifey	"I mean, the fuck?"
00:14	ShockwaveLover	Fat man drops the rock into the claw-like hand like it's scalding.
00:14	ShockwaveLover	"Ah'm givin' ye til th' coun' o'three."
00:15	ShockwaveLover	"T'get th' /fuck/ outta mah store."
00:16	Strifey	"And I'll be kind enough to give you until the count of three five four to get me my supplies so that I CAN DO MY FUCKING JOB PROTECTING THIS HALF ASSED SUPPLY SECTION"
00:16	Strifey	Rick has a surprising shouting voice when he chooses to.
00:17	Strifey	Every bit of his fiber breathes pissed off political officer
00:17	Strifey	A soviet era commissar in a leather jacket, demanding excellence from the masses
00:18	ShockwaveLover	Sadly, the commissar has a urinal cake peeking out of his top pocket, which lessens the effect somewhat.
00:18	ShockwaveLover	As does the corker bruise on the left side of his face.
00:19	ShockwaveLover	"One."
00:19	Strifey	Rick notices the cake, removes it, and spikes it against the ground. Hard.
00:20	ShockwaveLover	"Two."
00:21	ShockwaveLover	McKinnon's knuckles are white around the rock.
00:21	ShockwaveLover	Status as haunted currently pending investigation.
00:21	Tehpillowstar	A white silver falls off of the sharp blade glazed with waxy soap.
00:22	Strifey	"You are obviously an incompetent fop who imagines himself a prince of his own fiefdom. Here's a fun fact for you, supply. Your job is supply things, not acting like you're the fucking tip of the spear"
00:22	Strifey	6df+8 perception manuever to pdef.
00:22	Glacon	Strifey: perception manuever to pdef.: 9 (6df+8=0, -, +, 0, +, 0)
00:22	ShockwaveLover	"Three."
00:23	ShockwaveLover	Sadly Rick, your decision to prepare comes too late. McKinnon isn't waiting a turn.
00:23	ShockwaveLover	6df+10 Tagging Volcanic Temper
00:23	Glacon	ShockwaveLover: Tagging Volcanic Temper: 13 (6df+10=0, +, +, +, -, +)
00:24	ShockwaveLover	Little known fact about QM McKinnon - he used to be a bowler in the Prvoincial Forces cricket team.
00:24	ShockwaveLover	The rock comes hurtling at Rick's centre like a bullet, going straight for mid-wicket.
00:25	ShockwaveLover	PDef, Rick. -1, as your box escapades have left you worse for wear.
00:26	Balthazaar	Mark is still watching the soap carving, fascinated
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00:28	Balthazaar	"When did you learn to do that?"
00:30	Tehpillowstar	"It's a hobby I picked up when I was a kid."
00:31	Balthazaar	Mark nods. "Oh yeah? Cool."
00:31	Proto_Lost	"...used to whittle once, between operations...helps soothe nerves some."
00:31	Tehpillowstar	She begins carving.
00:32	Balthazaar	Mar klooks at Simon. "Yeah? Why'd you stop?"
00:33	Tehpillowstar	Carefully manipulating the ivory soap as the blade slides against its surface, with tiny, wrinkly silvers flutter into the plastic bowl balanced on her lap.
00:37	Balthazaar	He looks curious.
00:37	Proto_Lost	"...Didn't have the time."
00:38	Balthazaar	"Fair enough."
00:38	Proto_Lost	"And when you've been pulling triggers for as long as I have, they don't get good for much of anything."
00:39	Balthazaar	Mark nods and looks a little sad.
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00:43	Strife	6df+4 pdef requiring perfect success
00:43	Glacon	Strife: pdef requiring perfect success: 5 (6df+4=0, +, -, +, -, +)
00:44	Tehpillowstar	The bar of soap is beginning to look like a cat sitting on a stump.
00:44	Balthazaar	Mark looks at the soap cat. "Man, I wish I was able to do stuff like that."
00:45	ShockwaveLover	The QM brings new meaning to phrase 'kidney stone'.
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00:46	ShockwaveLover	Rick, you feel for a moment like you've been shot.
00:46	ShockwaveLover	There's a sickening crack.
00:47	ShockwaveLover	You fold up like a cheap deck chair.
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00:48	Strife	Rick works to keep possession of the rock. It is technically Hank's, after all.
00:48	ShockwaveLover	Oh, it's very, very close to you Rick.
00:48	ShockwaveLover	In fact, you might need medical aid to stop it being so close.
00:48	ShockwaveLover	There is such a thing as too much affection.
00:50	ShockwaveLover	Yep, that is definitely more than one rib gone.
00:50	ShockwaveLover	3 damage to Rick.
00:50	ShockwaveLover	For the second time today, the world goes black.
00:51	ShockwaveLover	The Qm stands stock still for a moment, as the Armoury forgets to breathe.
00:51	ShockwaveLover	"Hell slap it intae ye."
00:51	Strife	He works hard on keeping conscious and regaining his feet. Needs to keep his bearing.
00:51	ShockwaveLover	No good Rick. The sweet call of unconciousness is your body's response to the pit of pain your chest has become, and the lack of oxygen.
00:52	ShockwaveLover	He turns on his heel, as the room erupts into action.
00:54	ShockwaveLover	Within short order, medics have arrived. Rick is stabilised on the scene, and rushed on a stretcher to a waiting lift, and down to the second sub-level where Medical resides.
00:55	Balthazaar	Mark grabs himself a can of coke.
00:55	Balthazaar	From the vending machine
00:55	ShockwaveLover	When he awakes, he will find his current orders from the Armoury piled neatly beside his bed.
00:56	ShockwaveLover	Which is a good thing, as it is unlikely he will be welcomed back in a hurry.
00:57	ShockwaveLover	The QM, meanwhile, will, a few hours later, recieve a call setting an appointment with the Operations Manager.
00:58	ShockwaveLover	Eventually, the chaos in supply subsides. Deliveries are made all over the site, carrying much needed stock to labs, common areas, offices and bathrooms.
00:59	ShockwaveLover	Several people idly wonder why their urinal cakes are scuffed and cracked.
00:59	ShockwaveLover	But it's hardly a pressing issue.
01:00	ShockwaveLover	Life, in all its myriad forms, carries on.