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  1. (5:00:55 PM) Rania: [You knock on the front door of the Spire. Wondering if you should send off a message too.]
  2. (5:02:52 PM) Ross: [Your proximity alert on your goggles rings. You stick your head out the 8th floor window, cup your hands, and holler.]
  3. (5:02:52 PM) Ross: ["Come on in! Come on up! First couple levels are /trashed/."]
  4. (5:03:16 PM) Rania: [You crane your head back and wave. "Alright, be right up!"]
  5. (5:03:37 PM) skywaterOwlet is now known as brujoGaian
  6. (5:03:54 PM) Rania: [You enter in and make your way up to him. Poking your head through doorways until you find the right one.]
  7. (5:04:40 PM) horribleSnuggles is now known as Muss
  8. (5:06:00 PM) Ross: [That'll be the clean, goo-free, hallways starting a few floors up, once it no longer appears to be the copy+paste of a medical ward. The dining floor has wood-paneled walls and carpet, and brass fittings. There are, in fact, sandwiches cut into little triangles with the crusts trimmed off, set on a table. "Hey. You get here okay?" ]
  9. (5:07:27 PM) Rania: ["Not bad when you can portal when ever you want to." You grin. "You a hug person, or no?"]
  10. (5:09:46 PM) entanglingPoise left the room.
  11. (5:14:33 PM) Ross: [In answer, you give her a hug]
  12. (5:15:04 PM) Rania: [You give a solid hug in return. "So what happened downstairs?"]
  13. (5:16:20 PM) Muss is now known as indigoInnocent
  14. (5:18:04 PM) Ross: [You spread your hands apart. "It's....a spire?" This should be obvious, shouldn't it? Your face and expression make this clear. ]
  15. (5:19:04 PM) Rania: [You shrug and grin. "Fair enough." You glance at the table and laugh. "You actually cut the crusts off, my gods."]
  16. (5:20:48 PM) Ross: [You flop a hand dismissively. "That's the easy part,really. Coffee or tea?" He's suited and waistcoated, to boot. Seems Ross took 'wear my suit' to heart.]
  17. (5:22:18 PM) Rania: ["What type of tea?" You take off your blazer and captcha it as you sit down. Eyeing the sandwiches.]
  18. (5:28:03 PM) Ross: ["Darjeeling, I think. The label was Beforan."
  19. (5:29:05 PM) Rania: ["Sure, why not." You take one of the sandwiches. "So this simply a social visit or there some greater purpose?"]
  20. (5:35:19 PM) Ross: ["Oh, I have sinister and far-reaching plans." You nibble one yourself (Jam and butter), and continue. "How've you been holding up?"]
  21. (5:37:28 PM) Rania: ["Sinister and far-reachin huh?" You laugh. "Things are pretty good. Things aren't as hectic as they were when you and Li were out, so I've got more time to enjoy myself. Good company, good food, good entertainment. Whats not to love?"]
  22. (5:40:55 PM) Ross: [You smile at that. It's good to speak with someone who's enjoying life. "If you've got those things..yeah, it's good. Abel's out now, though, for what it's worth. But he shouldn't 'coon for too long."]
  23. (5:43:16 PM) Rania: [You nod. "Hopefully hes back up before too long." You finish off the sandwich. "And hows life treatin you?"]
  24. (5:48:40 PM) Ross: [Your face falls. "It's...could be better. Has been worse." You pour yourself a cup of coffee, and add cream. "And it'll get better still."]
  25. (5:51:18 PM) Rania: ["Anythin you'd feel comfortable talkin with me about?" Your face is kind. "Or that I can help with? Rache and I are maybe thinkin about makin a proper firearm guide, but otherwise?" You shrug. "Not much else I've got that I need to do."]
  26. (5:51:33 PM) indigoInnocent is now known as hypodermicHarvester
  27. (5:58:28 PM) Ross: ["What do you think of the job that Scott 'n' Cyma do on the IRC?"]
  28. (5:59:16 PM) Rania: ["Like, the job itself, or how Scott n'Cyma do it?"]
  29. (6:02:52 PM) Ross: [You take a sip. "Both, why not?"]
  30. (6:05:39 PM) Mnem left the room (quit: Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
  31. (6:05:58 PM) Rania: [You pause considering. "Well, the job itself is...hmm." You think about it some more. "Probably pretty thankless. Doesn't make it any less important though. Theres a lot of people that need help." A grin. "Whether thats from their own stupidity or not."]
  32. (6:07:04 PM) Rania: ["As for the job Scott and Cyma do, well, from what I was told they're takin a small break. 'Overworked and underpaid' I think got worked in there somewhere. Which is kinda funny when theres no pay as far as I'm aware."]
  33. (6:07:09 PM) brujoGaian left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
  34. (6:09:17 PM) Ross: [Ross grins broadly. "You get paid in dubious social prestige and the right to boss people around."]
  35. (6:12:00 PM) Rania: [A small chuckle. "Keep in mind, my perception is kinda coloured by what I get from them. They're tired and don't have the time to do it properly. Combined with the lack of support they're gettin?" A shrug. "Can't blame them for wantin to take a break."]
  36. (6:13:55 PM) Ross: ["Skaia knows I have."]
  37. (6:14:23 PM) Ross: [You play with the cup in your hands. "We're looking to take on new mods, actually."]
  38. (6:14:49 PM) Rania: ["That so?" You sip your tea, unsurprised.]
  39. (6:18:29 PM) Ross: ["Uh-huh. Know anybody you think'd be a good fit?"]
  40. (6:19:59 PM) Rania: [That gets a laugh out of you. "We really gonna do this song and dance Ross? We've spoken, what? Maybe a dozen times. I didn't realize you valued my opinions that highly."]
  41. (6:21:14 PM) Ross: [You snort. "Fine, spoil my fun. I confess, yeah, we don't know eachother that well. But your name came up, from folks who do."]
  42. (6:22:25 PM) Rania: ["And?" You say with a grin over the rim of your mug.]
  43. (6:26:13 PM) Ross: ["Well. You're grinning like you want the job. Convince me you'd do a good job."]
  44. (6:26:37 PM) Ross: [You smirk. "You're already dressed for the interview."]
  45. (6:29:34 PM) Rania: ["Hah. Fair enough." You take out a small book and mark something down in it before continuing. "Well, I've got a large session count, can't say exactly how many, but its up there. I've got five hundred and fifty years of second hand experience on top of that, and I'm not likely to cause trouble of the sort that gets people hurt."]
  46. (6:31:17 PM) Rania: [You swirl the last of the tea in your mug around. "Whats the point if you can't have a little fun?" You grin.]
  47. (6:34:32 PM) Ross: [You nod at the notebook. "Are you going to have the time for this?" There's a slight, ironic, emphasis on the word.]
  48. (6:35:56 PM) Rania: [You smile this time, not grin. "Yeah. And the book isn't a schedule. Its my book of spoilers. What I can and can't talk about."]
  49. (6:40:28 PM) Ross: ["I know, I know. Still, it's more than most of us get past our Time rolls. If I'd known what I was going to do past that door...." You look down into your mug again. "Well. Anyhow."]
  50. (6:41:29 PM) Ross: [Your head pulls back up. "How are you going to deal with troublemakers? With arguments, ethical debates turned nasty, the like?"]
  51. (6:45:52 PM) Rania: ["Depends on the sort of trouble they're makin. If its ignorance, I'll try and teach them. If its a, uh, heated debate, get people to take a time away to cool down. Have them come back and get both sides of the story." You finish off the tea and place the mug down. "The memo has a pretty good sense of what is acceptable or not, even if it ain't written down yet. Just have to hold to that."]
  52. (6:51:10 PM) Ross: ["It'll be written soon," you assure her. "PKs? Azure? The corrupted?"]
  53. (6:53:49 PM) Rania: ["If they're someone whos killin for no good reason, then they ain't got a place on the memo. That sort of falls under the whole 'community sense of whats right and wrong'. As for corrupted, if they're still able to be brought back through talkin them down, then thats what I'll do. If not? Try and get their coplayers' handles out of them if I don't know who they're sessionin with. Beyond that,
  54. (6:53:49 PM) Rania: theres not a whole lot of good that keepin them on the memo'll do."]
  55. (6:54:54 PM) Ross: ["Say, someone in the community has ties; thinks that person has a place here. Says they're not beyond redemption. What then?"]
  56. (6:57:42 PM) Rania: ["The Heries question, huh?" Or maybe the Skye question. Not unexpected, but still, you consider for a while before answering. "That where I'd defer to you. They grey areas are your judgement calls. I wouldn't be able to ban someone permanently off the memo as a mod anyways."]
  57. (6:59:36 PM) Rania: ((The grey*))
  58. (7:00:10 PM) Ross: [You nod at that. "I'm very leery of permanent bans in some cases. Not after what happened with Ederic."]
  59. (7:01:35 PM) Rania: ["Its a matter of policy, not performance." You run a hand through your hair. You're still hungry so you grab another sandwich. Giving a small chuckle at the lack of crusts.]
  60. (7:12:56 PM) Ross: ["Mm." You not, and pour yourself another cup. "What's so funny about the sandwiches, really?"]
  61. (7:13:39 PM) Rania: ["Well. Never saw the point in takin' off the crusts, and you actually goin and doin it."]
  62. (7:15:46 PM) Ross: ["It's about presentation. Makes it fancy."]
  63. (7:17:31 PM) Rania: [You shake your head. "If ya say so." You finish the sandwich and lean back in your chair, content.]
  64. (7:17:46 PM) Ross: ["You want th'job?"]
  65. (7:17:59 PM) Rania: ["You offerin it?"]
  66. (7:20:57 PM) Ross: [Nod. "Sure am."]
  67. (7:22:31 PM) Rania: [You smile. "We both know that I really don't have a choice in whether I say yes or not. But my answer would be the same, even if I did." You extend your hand across the table. "Glad to be part of the team."]
  68. (7:24:20 PM) Ross: [You shake, sure and firm. "Hope I'll be glad to have you."]
  69. (7:25:16 PM) Rania: ["Not regrettin it already I hope." You laugh.]
  70. (7:27:51 PM) Ross: ["I'll find out in a few months, I figure."]
  71. (7:29:54 PM) Ross: [You tap at the gauntlet you left on the (covered in a white tablecloth) table, and a holoscreen and hard light keyboard appear. "What's your native?"]
  72. (7:30:29 PM) Rania: ["Suppose ya will, and Thief of Space."]
  73. (7:30:55 PM) Rania: ["It was a long time ago though." Your smile is almost wistful.]
  74. (7:34:38 PM) Ross: ["Thief, huh?" You tilt your head. "Sure has been."]
  75. (7:35:40 PM) Rania: ["And I don't even look a day over five hundred."]
  76. (7:38:14 PM) Ross: [You snort. "Time spent dead doesn't count."]
  77. (7:38:59 PM) Ross: [You tap away. "pyresRebirth, set permissions to....there. That should kick in next you log in."]
  78. (7:39:08 PM) Ross: ["You 'n Noah both."]
  79. (7:40:49 PM) Rania: [Another nod. "Alright. You need anythin from me in session, just let me know. You sounded like you needed a break too."]
  80. (7:43:22 PM) Ross: [You shake your head. "Bond of Heart. An interpersonal hot mess is my karma. I'll muddle through."]
  81. (7:46:37 PM) Rania: ["Alright. The offer is always there though." You stand up and stretch. "Well, its been a pleasure Ross."]
  82. (7:49:09 PM) Ross: [You nod, sandwich in your mouth. "Mm. Shr thng."]
  83. (7:50:43 PM) Rania: [That gets you another chuckle. You open your arms in offer of another hug. "I'll have to get you over for dinner some day."]
  84. (7:54:49 PM) Ross: [You stand up and hug, sure and warm like his handshake. Did you expect Ross to be a hugger? "I'd like that. Want to do a Taco Night for the session?"]
  85. (7:55:57 PM) Rania: ["Sure. That'd certainly be an interesting night if everyone showed up." You break the hug and smile at him. "I'll send you a message in a week or so for something a bit smaller first."]
  86. (8:00:58 PM) Ross: [You nod. "Sure thing. Take care. Rania."
  87. (8:01:43 PM) Rania: ["You too Ross." There's a flash of neon green, and you're gone.]
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