lorgs p2

[18:16:20] <lurkd> Elif looks.
[18:16:26] <Jekeled> The body's still there
[18:16:29] <Jekeled> It's also still dead
[18:16:42] <Roget> Is the axe still there?
[18:16:47] <Jekeled> Yse.
[18:16:49] <Jekeled> Yes*
[18:16:55] <lurkd> The murder weapon.  She examines it closer.  Any clues?
[18:17:00] <Jekeled> None.
[18:17:17] <Jekeled> It's just an axe. No nametags or anything on it.
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[18:17:21] <Roget> Perception for secret clue powers?
[18:17:38] <lurkd> She keys her radio.
[18:17:44] <Jekeled> No perception.
[18:18:00] <Jekeled> No secret clues.
[18:18:25] <Roget> "Alright, so to the other rooms, then? I think this one has been thoroughly inspected."
[18:18:52] <lurkd> "I wonder if there is a tool shed nearby."
[18:19:05] <Roget> "If it's anywhere, it'd be outside."
[18:22:14] <lurkd> "Let's go Ralphie."
[18:22:46] <Roget> "To which room? I think I heard one of them mention a billiard room."
[18:22:47] <lurkd> Elif follows the directions.
[18:22:50] <Echo> Jason maintains his position, keeping a watchful eye on the "detainees."
[18:22:58] <Roget> Ralph follows Elif
[18:23:12] <lurkd> "Conservatory.  Jason gave the directions over the radio.>>
[18:23:16] <lurkd> *"
[18:24:18] <Roget> "Ah, cool beans."
[18:25:27] <Jekeled> They both arrive at the conservatory and walk inside.
[18:25:56] <Jekeled> it's a glass walled and ceilinged place filled with quite a few plants and gardening impliments
[18:26:08] <lurkd> "Hmmmm."
[18:26:13] <Jekeled> And a large, glass cube in the center of the room holding a distressed person in a gardener's outfit.
[18:26:36] <Jekeled> He starts banging ont he side when he sees teh two enter.
[18:26:42] <Jekeled> It's muffled, but audible.
[18:27:34] <lurkd> Elif approaches and puts her hands up to calm him down.  "CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
[18:28:04] <Strife> <<On your toes. Weapons free.>>
[18:28:10] <Jekeled> The gardener nods.
[18:28:21] <Jekeled> On the cube, there is a keypad. Covering it is a yellow sticky note.
[18:28:25] <Strife> <<Make sure he doesn't asphyxiate, please.>>
[18:28:35] <lurkd> "TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED."  She looks at the note too.
[18:28:59] <Jekeled> The note says:
[18:28:59] <Roget> "Whaaaaaaaat the fuck"
[18:29:32] <Jekeled> "For how many positive two-digit integers is the ones digit greater than twice the tens digit?"
[18:29:34] <Jekeled>         a. 16
[18:29:35] <Jekeled>         b. 20
[18:29:36] <Jekeled>         c. 28
[18:29:38] <Jekeled>         d. 32
[18:29:55] <Roget> "what's it say?"
[18:29:56] <Jekeled> The keypad is a standard 0-9 job.
[18:30:43] <Jekeled> The gardener does an overexaggerated shrug.
[18:31:34] <lurkd> "It's a math riddle."
[18:31:54] <Roget> "Is the pool giving us math tests now?"
[18:34:03] <lurkd> 6df+7 ENG for hint.
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[18:34:15] <lurkd> 6df+7 ENG for hint.
[18:34:16] <Glacon> lurkd: ENG for hint.: 5 (6df+7=-, 0, +, -, 0, -)
[18:34:45] <Jekeled> Elif's synapses do a little jump. "32 seems too high."
[18:38:03] <lurkd> She types 16.
[18:38:10] <lurkd> *beep* *boop*
[18:38:13] <Jekeled> The keypad dings.
[18:38:29] <Jekeled> One wall of the box opens up.
[18:38:32] <Jekeled> The gardener walks out.
[18:38:39] <Jekeled> "Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you"
[18:38:45] <Roget> "Oh hey, good job."
[18:38:56] <lurkd> "Stop!"
[18:39:03] <lurkd> She draws a weapon.
[18:39:05] <Jekeled> "Sorry."
[18:39:13] <Jekeled> "I've been stuck in there all day."
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[18:39:16] <lurkd> "Just... hang on.  WHY were you in there?"
[18:39:25] <Jekeled> "I don't even know how; I just went to bed last night and woke up in here."
[18:39:32] <Jekeled> "And nobody's been in the conservatory all day, either."
[18:39:49] <lurkd> "Ralph, on my belt, there's bailing wire.  Wrap his hands up please."
[18:40:30] <Jekeled> "What? Why!"
[18:41:05] <Roget> "You got it, boss." Ralph gets the bailing wire and wraps up the hands tightly.
[18:41:07] <lurkd> "It's for our protection.  I got you out, do me the favor of complying.  There's been a murder."
[18:41:13] <Jekeled> "WHAT?!
[18:41:23] <Jekeled> "Who? Was it the butler? Did he finally bite the dust?"
[18:44:22] <lurkd> "Smith.  There's a bunch of guests downstairs.  Any clues would be helpful."
[18:45:18] <Jekeled> "I don't know anything. Like I said, I went to bed last night and woke up in here. There's been nobody in here all day."
[18:45:52] <lurkd> "Why would someone want Smith dead?"
[18:46:04] <Jekeled> "No idea. He's just my boss."
[18:46:04] <lurkd> She holsters her pistol.
[18:46:18] <lurkd> "Alright.  Follow us then."
[18:46:26] <Jekeled> He follows.
[18:46:40] <lurkd> She grabs his arm and tows him back to the library where everyone else is at.
[18:46:50] <Roget> Ralph follows Elif.
[18:47:00] <lurkd> Roll perc one last time before she leaves the room?
[18:47:09] <Jekeled> Yes.
[18:47:18] <lurkd> 6df+5 Looking one last time.
[18:47:18] <Glacon> lurkd: Looking one last time.: 3 (6df+5=+, -, -, 0, -, 0)
[18:47:41] <lurkd> "Ralph, you see anything before we leave?"
[18:47:47] <Jekeled> Elif doesn't spot anything out of place.
[18:49:03] <Roget> 6df+11 tagging explorer to be spotting a spot
[18:49:05] <Glacon> Roget: tagging explorer to be spotting a spot: 7 (6df+11=-, -, -, 0, -, 0)
[18:49:09] <Roget> :|
[18:49:18] <Jekeled> Ralph also doesn't see anything.
[18:49:35] <lurkd> Leaving.
[18:50:16] <Jekeled> They leave.
[18:50:55] <Strife> <<Status?>>
[18:51:32] * Jekeled is now known as jekelded
[19:02:16] * Aphex_ is now known as Aphex_DXHR
[19:02:39] * jekelded is now known as Jekeled
[19:07:09] <Strife> Rick makes to head for the nearest doorway
[19:07:46] <Jekeled> The nearest doorway is...
[19:08:35] <Jekeled> The billiard room.
[19:08:55] <Jekeled> Who enters the billiard room with Rick?
[19:11:15] <Jekeled> Just rick alone?
[19:11:41] <Strife> If no one else, then Rick would probably enter by his lonesome, rifle up and being quiet and sneaky.
[19:11:56] <Jekeled> Roll agility, Rick
[19:12:06] <Strife> 6df+4 agileish
[19:12:06] <Glacon> Strife: agileish: 2 (6df+4=-, 0, 0, 0, 0, -)
[19:12:37] <Jekeled> The billiard room is pretty stereotypical, as billiard rooms go. Until the billiard balls start spontaneously flying around, that is.
[19:12:51] <Jekeled> Rick isn't fast enough to avoid the run heading straight towards him. Roll pdf.
[19:13:00] <Strife> 6df+7 pdefy
[19:13:01] <Glacon> Strife: pdefy: 5 (6df+7=-, +, -, +, -, -)
[19:13:20] <Strife> "Really?"
[19:13:29] <Jekeled> It bounces off Rick's chest. It hurts, but doesn't do any real damage.
[19:13:41] <Strife> Rick backpedals rapidly.
[19:13:54] <Strife> <<Contact, poltergeist.>>
[19:13:54] <Jekeled> As suddenly as the balls started moving, they suddenly stop, falling to the ground.
[19:14:13] <Jekeled> They then start rolling around on the floor...forming a message:
[19:14:17] <lurkd> Elif comes in.  "Rick!"
[19:14:27] <Strife> What ball hit him?
[19:14:45] <lurkd> She hustles over to Rick.
[19:14:49] <Jekeled> The 2 ball.
[19:14:50] <lurkd> "You alright?"
[19:15:00] <Jekeled> "An eccentric rotary engine that uses a modified Reuleaux triangle in place of pistons is:"
[19:15:01] <Jekeled>         a. a Wankel engine
[19:15:02] <Jekeled>         b. a diesel engine
[19:15:04] <Jekeled>         c. an Atkinson-cycle type engine
[19:15:06] <Jekeled>         d. a Miller-cycle type engine
[19:15:17] <Strife> "Yeah, just be careful if they move again . . ."
[19:15:26] <Strife> " . . ."
[19:15:32] <Strife> "Elif, do you know?"
[19:15:43] <lurkd> "Wankel."
[19:16:00] <Strife> Rick scans the room for traps, or a method to answer the question.
[19:16:15] <Echo> <<Say again your last, over?>>
[19:16:27] <Jekeled> Rick and Elif's vision goes black. They can feel the room, but they cannot see it.
[19:16:39] <lurkd> <<Blackout.>>
[19:16:56] <Jekeled> Instead, they see a fly-on-the wall perspective of the room. In it, they see Kendal practicing trick shots by himself in the room.
[19:17:14] <lurkd> "...."
[19:17:17] <Jekeled> The clock, which is prominently placed in this projection, reads 7:30.
[19:17:24] <Strife> Rick notes as many details as he can about the room, especially the clock.
[19:17:34] <Jekeled> Time speeds up, until the clock reaches 7:45, at which point Kendal rushes from the room.
[19:17:36] <Jekeled> The projection ends.
[19:18:46] <Strife> Rick finds the clock and examines it.
[19:18:55] <lurkd> "That was helpful."
[19:19:20] <Strife> "So it was."
[19:19:43] <Jekeled> Now, roll perception.
[19:20:24] <Strife> 6df+12 best eyes tagged for grasping at straws
[19:20:24] <Glacon> Strife: best eyes tagged for grasping at straws: 13 (6df+12=+, +, 0, 0, 0, -)
[19:21:04] <Jekeled> He sees that the pool table is being supported by a piece of paper wedged under one of the legs.
[19:21:17] <Strife> He checks the table for booby traps.
[19:21:21] <Jekeled> There are none.
[19:21:46] <Strife> He pulls out some string and fishing line and hooks the paper, to pull it out from underneath the table at a safe distance.
[19:22:06] <Jekeled> The table wobbles a bit, and the paper is dragged over.
[19:22:20] <Jekeled> It says: "WATER! WATER! WATER!"
[19:23:32] <Strife> He shows it to Elif.
[19:23:45] <Strife> "You carrying a water bottle?"
[19:26:09] <lurkd> "I'm not."
[19:26:28] <lurkd> Elif looks for a flower vase!
[19:26:38] <Jekeled> There are no sources of water in the room.
[19:27:12] <lurkd> "Shit.  Where's the bathroom?"
[19:27:25] <Strife> "Either need to dump this paper in water or check the pool."
[19:27:32] <Strife> "Shall we venture out and find it?"
[19:27:55] <lurkd> "Yes please."
[19:30:58] <Jekeled> Do they venture out and try to find it?
[19:31:18] <lurkd> Yes.
[19:31:29] <Jekeled> They find no pool.
[19:31:36] <Jekeled> They also, strangely, find no bathrooms.
[19:31:45] <lurkd> Elif looks in the next room then.
[19:32:31] <Jekeled> The next room is the ballroom.
[19:33:53] <Jekeled> The ballroom is typical
[19:33:55] <Jekeled> Marble floors
[19:33:57] <Jekeled> Glossy shine
[19:34:00] <Jekeled> Piano in one corner
[19:34:12] <Jekeled> And, in the center of the room...a laptop.
[19:34:52] <Jekeled> On the screen is a password entry thing and this: "The technically brilliant Romantic pianist and composer best known for his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is _____:"
[19:34:54] <Jekeled>         a. Fredrick Chopin
[19:34:55] <lurkd> "Yay! Tech."  She goes over to it.
[19:34:55] <Jekeled>         b. Franz Liszt
[19:34:57] <Jekeled>         c. Percy Grainger
[19:34:58] <Jekeled>         d. Marc Andre Hamelin
[19:35:35] <lurkd> She types 'Franz Liszt'
[19:36:04] <Jekeled> The computer makes a little "bing!'
[19:36:23] <Jekeled> It begins to play a video:
[19:36:40] <Jekeled> The video shows Bixby in the ballroom, playing the piano. It sounds like shit.
[19:37:03] <Jekeled> The timestamp shows 7:30.
[19:37:04] <lurkd> She chuckles.
[19:37:59] <lurkd> How longs does this go for?
[19:38:15] <Jekeled> The length is 14:45
[19:39:01] <Roget> Ralph was there the whole time.
[19:39:47] <Jekeled> Does Elif do anything else with the laptop and vidoe?
[19:39:50] <Jekeled> video*?
[19:40:06] <Strife> "See if there's anything else on there?"
[19:40:12] <Strife> Rick is looking for another note.
[19:40:21] <Jekeled> Everyone roll perception.
[19:40:24] <lurkd> She looks.
[19:40:27] <lurkd> 6df+5
[19:40:27] <Glacon> lurkd: 6 (6df+5=+, -, 0, 0, 0, +)
[19:40:30] <Strife> Or possibly a haunted chandelier.
[19:40:32] <Roget> 6df+7 I see U see
[19:40:33] <Strife> 6df+8
[19:40:33] <Glacon> Roget: I see U see: 10 (6df+7=+, -, +, +, 0, +)
[19:40:33] <Glacon> Strife: 8 (6df+8=0, 0, -, 0, 0, +)
[19:40:58] <Jekeled> Everyone looks up, suddenly. In the chandelier is a square shadow.
[19:41:03] <Jekeled> It probably isn't haunted, though.
[19:41:19] <Roget> Ralph takes a few steps away from the chandelier
[19:42:11] <Strife> Rick steps out from underneath the chandelier.
[19:42:27] <lurkd> Elif steps away and looks.
[19:42:32] <Jekeled> The chandelier remains hanging
[19:43:15] <Jekeled> Nothing changes
[19:43:23] <Roget> "What is that mysterious cubical object?"
[19:45:20] <lurkd> Elif looks for a lowering mechanism.
[19:45:31] <lurkd> Crank, anything...
[19:45:48] <Jekeled> There's no cranks or lowering mechanisms. There is furniture all around the room
[19:46:37] <Strife> Rick starts pushing a chair over
[19:46:50] <Roget> ~I'm gonna live on a mountain of chairs...~ Ralph helps Rick move furniture over
[19:47:42] <lurkd> "We could... shoot it down?"
[19:48:49] <Jekeled> Will they use chair pile or will they shoot it?
[19:49:12] <Echo> <<Hey, y'all, we got a gentleman down here needs to use the facilities. Alice goin' off leaves her alone with a suspect, or maybe someone else we ain't ran into, an' me goin' off leaves her alone with a half dozen plus a potential second party.>>
[19:51:13] <Strife> "Fuckit, I'll climb."
[19:51:22] <Strife> Rick climbs up to get the square shadow.
[19:51:30] <Jekeled> He gets the square shadow.
[19:51:35] <Roget> "I'll catch you if you fall..." Ralph positions himself below Rick
[19:51:39] <Jekeled> It's another folded up piece of paper:
[19:51:47] <Jekeled> The message is: "THEY TOOK MY BLOOD!"
[19:52:06] <Strife> He removes himself from underneath the chandelier and shows the note around.
[19:52:26] <Roget> "..."
[19:52:29] <Roget> "wut"
[19:52:48] <Strife> "Let's head back to the prisoners and reorganize."
[19:53:31] <Jekeled> They all head back to the library?
[19:53:42] <Strife> Sure
[19:53:52] <lurkd> "Um, really?"
[19:54:09] <Jekeled> They all are back at the library (in redpool.)
[20:05:26] <Roget> Ralph descends into the cellar to check on the corpse guys booty
[20:05:40] <Jekeled> It's still dead.
[20:06:29] <Jekeled> Does ralph check i t out?
[20:06:46] <Roget> [20:06:36] <Roget> Ralph checks for the presence of a booty