[04:18] <Agata> Also, Wraithstrike, we cannot do a New Years' episode with one of us missing. That would be morally unacceptable.
[04:18] <Agata> I do not play computer games.
[04:18] <Wraithstrike> True enough.
[04:19] <Sergei> Ahhh
[04:19] <Sergei> I don't play many computer games.
[04:19] <Agata> In any case, are we still in the meeting, in-game?
[04:19] <Sergei> WoW, various old school D&D computer games, and some indie games. Oh, and Sim City. :p
[04:20] <Wraithstrike> No, the meeting's over.
[04:20] <Agata> Well, so much for "gather everyone."
[04:20] <Sergei> And what happened at the meeting?
[04:20] <Sergei> Since game kind of died halfway into the meeting.
[04:21] <Agata> We met a middle-aged magical "girl" in a mid-life crisis, I interrupted your mysterious past mini-monologue, and I gave my idealistic mini-monologue.
[04:21] <Agata> That was what we did in the 1.5 hours we had played.
[04:21] <Wraithstrike> After everyone became aware of the others' goals, the new one, Lidya left in silence.
[04:21] <Agata> She is sworn to carry our burdens.
[04:22] <Wraithstrike> everybody into the IC room.
[04:22] <Sergei> I thought the meeting was for more than just intros. :p
[04:23] <Wraithstrike> It would have been, but there were only two of you there.
[04:23] <Agata> Also, my character has stated her intent to hand out equipment to everyone.
[04:23] <Wraithstrike> So let's carry on in the party, but first an interlude.
[04:27] <Agata> I see.
[04:29] <Agata> 3>As she grabs his lapel
[04:29] <Agata> Cut off there.
[04:29] <Wraithstrike> not cut off. I put in a new bit after it.
[04:29] <Agata> I see.
[04:34] <Sergei> Where the devil is everyone?
[04:34] <Wraithstrike> I don't know.
[04:35] <Agata> Strictly speaking, we are missing only BLloyd, who plays Sasha.
[04:42] <Agata> <Wraithstrike> And what is Nina doing? Is she attending this party at Crimson's Lair?
[04:43] <Agata> Sergei will soon be receiving a weekend job as a housemaid.
[04:44] <Sergei> ...no
[04:44] <Sergei> :p
[04:44] <Nina> Goddamit, sorry, I have to go for a short while
[04:44] <Nina> be back in 10 minutes
[04:44] <Agata> I see.
[04:45] <Sergei> No problem.
[04:47] <Agata> Delivery boy, so that Sergei can parkour his way through Moscow.
[04:50] <Agata> I wonder if there will ever be a Nocnamora that can only be defeated by the copious application of copious amounts of freshly-blown glass.
[04:51] <Wraithstrike> Imagine what happens to a Noc if it falls into a glass kiln?
[04:52] <Sergei> The same thing as everything else?
[04:52] <Sergei> Ohhh...
[04:52] <Sergei> "Oh %^&*, RUN!!!!"
[04:53] <Wraithstrike> Nah, that's probably how Fangires are made.
[04:53] <Sergei> lol
[04:54] <Sergei> Remember, Nocs and fire are bad... No lighting the Noc on fire unless we are well away from anything."
[04:55] <Wraithstrike> right.
[04:55] <Sergei> Nocs are made from explosive materials.
[04:56] <Agata> What about the school issue, now?
[05:16] <Sergei> :p
[05:16] <Sergei> My character is still 11 or 12. :p
[05:17] <Sergei> Really? I wouldn't think there would be.
[05:18] <Agata> I meant bringing it up.
[05:18] <Sergei> No, the heart rate thing.
[05:18] <Wraithstrike> when you're exercising, your heart rate elevates, but goes back down as the exercises change. When you're in danger and don't have time to think, it speeds up, plateauing at a higher level.
[05:19] <Sergei> Yeah, but depending on the type of exercise it can even out at a high level. Like a long run or bike riding.
[05:19] <Sergei> But whatever, the game doesn't need to become uberfactual. :p
[05:20] <Sergei> This isn't GURPS. :p
[05:20] <Agata> We should calculate Sergei's Basic Lift.
[05:21] <Wraithstrike> Often times though, the plateau level for actual danger is about 15-20 bpm higher than for almost any kind of exercise, save for the Tour De France.
[05:21] <Sergei> Hmm, maybe I should train for the Tour. :p
[05:21] <Agata> GURPS assumes that a human with completely average strength can carry around literally 200 pounds, moving at 80% base speed.
[05:21] <Agata> This is not an exaggeration, and this is GURPS 4e.
[05:23] <Sergei> My ST must've ran it more factual than. And we used 3rd.
[05:24] <Sergei> LOL
[05:24] <Sergei> I just looked at the chart. I need to raise my Might by one.
[05:24] <Sergei> I could then use a child as a thrown weapon.
[05:25] <Agata> Actually, I think you already can, since your Inhuman Strength gives you +3 for lifting, breaking, throwing, and so on.
[05:25] <Agata> But then, would you really be able to throw such soft children?
[05:27] <Sergei> Then I need two more Might to be able to lift a motorcycle.
[05:27] <Wraithstrike> Sergei sees someone try to rob an exotic pet shop. He reaches into the nearest fish tank, pulling out a pirahna. He waits for the robber to be a hundred yards downrange before throwing the fish right between the fleeing felons shoulder blades.
[05:27] <Sergei> :p
[05:28] <Agata> Unfortunately, thrown weapons fall under Weaponry.
[05:28] <Wraithstrike> anything closer than a hundred yards, and that fish is coming out the other side, and you've just committed piscine homicide.
[05:28] <Sergei> Yeah, that stinks.
[05:28] <Sergei> lol
[05:34] <Sergei> what would brass knuckles be? Non-specialized brass knuckles.
[05:34] <Agata> This is one of those things that can wind up only as:
[05:34] <Agata> Near the end of the campaign, that is...
[05:34] <Agata> "So, what was your tattoo's design anyway?"
[05:34] <Agata> "It was..."
[05:35] <Agata> 0,1L O S T
[05:35] <Sergei> :p
[05:35] <Agata> Agata is actually giving Sergei sap gloves as part of her gifts.
[05:35] <Sergei> At least it wasn't like The Sopranos where it literally faded to black.
[05:36] <Agata> The material will be water-absorbent, such that holy water can be squirted all over it.
[05:36] <Agata> <Agata> Now, Wraithstrike, bear with me now. This is going to sound like something that a ten-year-old boy would sketch in his back row seat in math class, with the phrase "ultimate weapon" going through his mind numerous times.
[05:36] <Agata> <Agata> Picture a pair of sap gloves.
[05:36] <Agata> <Agata> Now, stitch onto them, in as professional manner as possible, ShamWow cloth.
[05:36] <Agata> <Agata> In addition, there are tubes connecting it to a plastic reservoir of holy water secured to the back of the forearm, as though it were a hidden blade. The mechanism to drench the glove in holy water is voice-activated.
[05:36] <Agata> <Agata> Did I just design a weapon with as much sensibility as a JRPG character's exotic weapon?
[05:36] <Agata> <Wraithstrike> We're not playing playing Ezio Auditore, Vampire Slayer.
[05:37] <Sergei> Yeah, I heard about that.
[05:38] <Sergei> I suggested finding Nina a lesbian schoolgirl with a video camera so we could turn this into Card Captor Sakura. :p
[05:38] <Sergei> Not exactly, but :p
[05:39] <Agata> I have the camera but not the homosexuality.
[05:40] <Sergei> Oh, and the ability to design clothing.
[05:41] <Wraithstrike> How does Agata respond to seeeing Sergei's washboard abs?
[05:42] <Agata> Unimpressed.
[05:43] <Sergei> Oh, my pride it is hurt... :p
[05:48] <Agata> Nina is ever the one left out ;_;
[05:49] <Sergei> Nine is using my definition of 10 minutes.
[05:51] <Agata> Could we please fast-forward after Sergei gets a line in?
[05:52] <Wraithstrike> ok.
[05:56] <Wraithstrike> So, who wants to be the one who stumbles into the plot?
[05:57] <Agata> Fast forwarding memory to a more recent one.
[05:57] <Agata> I believe Nina could use more screen time, so...
[05:57] <Wraithstrike> Well, when Nina shows up again...
[05:57] <Sergei> I vote for Nina as well since she can not protest. :p
[05:58] <Sergei> But, since I'd rather game then play a waiting game...
[05:58] <Sergei> I gues I'll stumble into it.
[05:58] <Sergei> *guess
[05:58] <Agata> Oh, I just realized that I do not have my dicebot with me on this laptop...
[05:59] <Agata> Nina's player, Alderanos, has a dicebot.
[05:59] <Agata> But...
[06:01] <Agata> Say.
[06:01] <Agata> Is there still room for me to offer myself as the one to stumble into things?
[06:01] <Agata> I am the character with access to a grand information network.
[06:01] <Agata> I suppose not.
[06:04] <Agata> This is surely a sign that Sergei could use a keyblade.
[06:05] <Sergei> ...
[06:05] <Sergei> No
[06:05] <Sergei> Bad
[06:06] <Sergei> I'd prefer to be Axel instead of Sora, Riku, Mickey, or Roxas.
[06:06] <Agata> Or Kairi.
[06:06] <Sergei> Oh yeah... I don't KH much. :p
[06:06] <Agata> Neither do I.
[06:07] <Sergei> I swear, for something so important there sure are  alot of them. Even if one is Sora, kind of sort of.
[06:15] <Sergei> See where it is going, like flying away somewhere?
[06:17] <Wraithstrike> yes, it seems to be floating off into the sky.
[06:24] <Wraithstrike> let me see how to bring a diceroller in here.
[06:26] <Agata> We could freeform until Nina returns.
[06:26] <Agata> Or just assume a roll of +0 for all rolls.
[06:27] <Wraithstrike> we could use the roller on fudgery
[06:28] <Wraithstrike> http://www.rpglibrary.org/software/securedice/index.php or this one
[06:30] <Wraithstrike> Sergei, roll what you need to track it.
[06:30] <Agata> This might be awkward.
[06:31] <Agata> Also... I think we should take a break and at least wait for Nina.
[06:31] <Wraithstrike> let's do that.
[06:31] <Sergei> Ok
[06:31] <Agata> As I had mentioned, the holidays are chaotic.
[06:35] <Sergei> I don't like that die roller.
[06:35] <Sergei> I had it roll 40 sets of FATE dice and it only rolled one +3.
[06:36] <Sergei> No +4, and it rolled 3 -3
[06:52] <Agata> Nina...
[07:08] <Wraithstrike> Why are there tumbleweeds in a russian winter?
[07:11] <Agata> Continue onwards with only two players, or call it off and blame the holidays.
[07:11] <Agata> We require an executive decision.
[07:13] <Wraithstrike> Call it off and blame the holidays.
[07:14] <Agata> I see.
[07:14] <Agata> I will remain here on the off-chance that Alderanos returns.
[07:20] <Agata> It is alright, doggy dog Dogii.