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  3. Sep 19 16:39:13 * Bianca (Nowai@sorcery-kgh.967.139.75.IP) has left ("Leaving")
  4. Sep 19 16:39:16 <Dulcinea> Tada.
  5. Sep 19 16:39:35 <Spec> I should Jasper up
  6. Sep 19 16:40:16 * ningyou is now known as Reynard
  7. Sep 19 16:41:24 * Reynard does worryfretting boywitch stuff.
  8. Sep 19 16:41:46 <Spec> Ack; someone else is already Jasper
  9. Sep 19 16:41:51 * Charlotte is now known as Natalia
  10. Sep 19 16:42:08 * Spec is now known as Jasper_
  11. Sep 19 16:42:14 <Jasper_> tch.
  12. Sep 19 16:44:29 * Reynard scrutinises!
  13. Sep 19 16:45:20 * Dulcinea should be the one making Tch noises.
  14. Sep 19 16:45:24 * Reynard also wonders if she should switch her problem to Romanticism or something at the last minute :ohdear:
  15. Sep 19 16:46:11 <Jasper_> I have so many powers
  16. Sep 19 16:46:51 <Dulcinea> You think you've got a power problem, I'm using /wounded angel/ @.@
  17. Sep 19 16:47:15 <Natalia> Yeah, my character sheet is on google docs is eight pages long and I think I got off lucky
  18. Sep 19 16:47:25 <Natalia> -first is
  19. Sep 19 16:47:47 <Jasper_> Fortunately I can pretend I know nothing to start with and thus ease into it :V
  20. Sep 19 16:48:03 <Natalia> Reynard: Romanticism could be cool! It might be easier to express in immediate scenes than insomnia/nightmares, at least (Though that could also be cool if expressed)
  21. Sep 19 16:48:40 <Dulcinea> after gratiutous resizing and not putting msot of my powers on there in longform
  22. Sep 19 16:48:41 <Dulcinea> 6. :v
  23. Sep 19 16:49:14 * Reynard nod!
  24. Sep 19 16:50:52 * Reynard was mostly just thinking of expressing insomnia/nightmares by having him like....almost constantly jittery and fragileskittish and on edge >.>
  25. Sep 19 16:51:38 <Reynard> outside of like....moments where there are Good Reasons to talk about his horrible nightmares i guess
  26. Sep 19 16:51:43 * Natalia nods
  27. Sep 19 16:52:01 <Dulcinea> Well, they'll have something in common with Dulci
  28. Sep 19 16:52:14 <Dulcinea> Who also never sleeps because of shitty nightmares. Though their's are a bit more. >>
  29. Sep 19 16:52:25 <Jasper_> I think "Connect with someone" is going to be the most complex
  30. Sep 19 16:52:27 <Reynard> (which would probably go well with his sympathy/comfort bonus xp thing)
  31. Sep 19 16:52:56 <Reynard> idk the book talks about like
  32. Sep 19 16:53:13 <Jasper_> Oh, yes! What am I keeping an eye out for fo r each of you?
  33. Sep 19 16:53:24 <Reynard> drifting from capital-p Problem to problem, so i can probably uh
  34. Sep 19 16:53:25 <Natalia> Oh yeah, what are everyone's Xp emotions? For Natalia, it's sympathy/wincing
  35. Sep 19 16:53:32 <Reynard> see what works
  36. Sep 19 16:53:56 <Dulcinea> From Dulci?
  37. Sep 19 16:54:00 <Jasper_> Gratitude for Jasper
  38. Sep 19 16:54:16 <Dulcinea> Her SPEECHLESSNESS XP emotion, you know. Yelling, ranting, raving, making A GOD AM I Style speeches, and generally trying to get everyone to just stare and gape
  39. Sep 19 16:54:24 <Reynard> pity, empathy, or comfort for Reynard
  40. Sep 19 16:54:57 <Reynard> "It’s when people become aware of your struggles, of your personhood, and wish to toss you a little comfort in a cold and uncertain world. . . . In the form of an XP."
  41. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> Your bonus XP emotion is speechlessness.
  42. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> Like any good scientist, your role and your burden is to explain the world to
  43. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> all the people who just don’t get it. They are always wondering such things as “just
  44. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> how does that nightmare technology work?” or “how can it be that Leonardo de
  45. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> Montreal, who professes to loathe us with every fiber of his being, is once again
  46. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> helping out?” or “wait, why are there talking rats in Fortitude? How does that
  47. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> work?”
  48. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> It is up to you, with the unequalled beneficence of a de Montreal, to answer
  49. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> these questions in such a fashion as to leave them with little else to say. If they
  50. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> wish to demonstrate their speechlessness at the end of such an explanation or
  51. Sep 19 16:55:44 <Dulcinea> demonstration, they may award you an XP as follows:
  52. Sep 19 16:55:51 <Dulcinea> oh no that wasn't supposed to break into 40 messages
  53. Sep 19 16:57:04 <Reynard> DULCINEA DE MONTREAL is above such petty concerns as "paragraphs"
  54. Sep 19 16:57:06 <Jasper_> Hmm, how do I differentiate Reynard and Natalia?
  55. Sep 19 16:58:17 <Reynard> wincing sympathy seems less um
  56. Sep 19 16:58:26 <Jasper_> Aside from that I am done
  57. Sep 19 16:58:39 <RandBrittain> Done-ness is a useful thing!
  58. Sep 19 16:58:51 <RandBrittain> Okay, so! Did anybody have any questions they wanted to ask before we begin?
  59. Sep 19 16:58:52 <Natalia> I think with Reynard, you want to comfort her, with Natalia you just go "Oh, oh christ"
  60. Sep 19 16:58:53 <Reynard> idk i haven't read Natalia's section in the book but I assume it's more of a....
  61. Sep 19 16:59:05 <RandBrittain> One is moe and the other isn't.
  62. Sep 19 16:59:11 <Natalia> Yeah
  63. Sep 19 16:59:13 <Reynard> like uncomfortable slapsti--yeahthat
  64. Sep 19 16:59:30 <Jasper_> Who's moe?
  65. Sep 19 16:59:33 <Jasper_> And who isn't
  66. Sep 19 16:59:35 <Natalia> Reynard
  67. Sep 19 16:59:35 <Dulcinea> Reynard :v
  68. Sep 19 16:59:39 <Jasper_> Reynard is moe
  69. Sep 19 16:59:44 <Reynard> reynard-chan moe desu
  70. Sep 19 16:59:46 <Jasper_> And Natalia is black comedy
  71. Sep 19 17:00:32 <Natalia> Natalia is, like, desperate and miserable, but maybe not in a way where you want her to feel better, yeah, just in a way that makes you cringe.
  72. Sep 19 17:00:49 <Natalia> (I mean, at least at first. I imagine once we get to arc two and her dad dies, she might have more immediate mundane problems)
  73. Sep 19 17:00:50 <Jasper_> So it's the difference, to pull an example out, of someone being tucked in bed being all cute and miserable because they have a cold, and someone stoically wandering around town despite looking like a zombie because there is grocery shopping to do and they have -standards-
  74. Sep 19 17:01:01 <Dulcinea> Reynard's is Thumbs up, isn't it?
  75. Sep 19 17:01:21 <Natalia> Ah, yeah, I think so. That sounds familiar.
  76. Sep 19 17:01:40 <Reynard> like, the way of expressing it?
  77. Sep 19 17:02:15 <Jasper_> Oh, is Reynard male?
  78. Sep 19 17:02:26 <Reynard> ish
  79. Sep 19 17:02:27 <Natalia> :iiam:
  80. Sep 19 17:02:44 <Jasper_> Ah
  81. Sep 19 17:03:00 <Jasper_> I'd been reading it as a girl's name, it'd only just clicked that's not the dream witch's normal name :p
  82. Sep 19 17:03:55 <Jasper_> Is there anyone else's emoji I need to ready?
  83. Sep 19 17:04:25 <Reynard> stop me if this is dumb i guess but my thought was reynard kind of got The Genders what with the whole 'piece of a scary powerful nearly-world-ending witchlady going in his eye' thing and is kind of
  84. Sep 19 17:04:29 <Dulcinea> Reynard, IIRC, is having /gender issues/ due to being Melanie before, who was female, and Reynard now, who is male, and then - that
  85. Sep 19 17:04:59 <Reynard> 'i'm not dead so i'm still myself but my sense of self is kind of wobbly' and experimenting with presentation a little and kind of settling into um
  86. Sep 19 17:05:02 <Reynard> boywitchiness.
  87. Sep 19 17:05:03 <Natalia> Emoji XP is a stunningly awful concept. I'm just picturing someone playing out a scene and someone else responding with a picture of an eggplant
  88. Sep 19 17:05:17 * RandBrittain is now known as HollyhockGod
  89. Sep 19 17:05:29 <Reynard> a row of smiling poop emojis
  90. Sep 19 17:05:38 <Jasper_> :V
  91. Sep 19 17:05:43 <Jasper_> that wasn't a reaction
  92. Sep 19 17:05:47 <Jasper_> that's the emoji
  93. Sep 19 17:05:47 <Reynard> also belatedly i think thumbs up is more for doofystuff
  94. Sep 19 17:06:01 <Dulcinea> Man. AAah. AAAH. I hope I remember how this all works
  95. Sep 19 17:06:06 <Natalia> I thought it was more like a cheering-them-up gesture
  96. Sep 19 17:06:10 <Reynard> mine's uh
  97. Sep 19 17:06:15 <Reynard> i'll copypaste real quick
  98. Sep 19 17:06:16 <Natalia> Hahah, yeah, I'm a little worried, but here we go!!
  99. Sep 19 17:06:51 <Jasper_> I've -never- played before soooo
  100. Sep 19 17:06:53 <Jasper_> Wish me luck :p
  101. Sep 19 17:07:18 <Dulcinea> Also looking at the art it looks like Reynard wears rad dresses, so. :v Rad
  102. Sep 19 17:07:27 <Dulcinea> I HGed two sessions and that's it. >>
  103. Sep 19 17:07:31 <HollyhockGod> So. It seems you're all alive!
  104. Sep 19 17:07:35 <Reynard> "They express this with a wistful sigh; saying 'Sigh' or Ahh;' saying, 'Tragic'; or an understated statement of togetherness." The desire to comfort the Dream-Witch should be sincere, but it doesn’t have to be terribly profound. You don’t have to feel like her life is tragic — you just have to feel like expressing, “We’re all in this together.” Or “I hear you.”"
  105. Sep 19 17:07:37 <HollyhockGod> In most cases that's normal.
  106. Sep 19 17:07:42 <Reynard> okayanywayssorry]
  107. Sep 19 17:08:05 <HollyhockGod> Some of you might have been metaphysically questionable recently, but right now you've all got lives.
  108. Sep 19 17:08:38 <HollyhockGod> So... who wants to be the first to get in their XP and tell me what they've been doing?
  109. Sep 19 17:09:40 <HollyhockGod> Just... the ordinary shape of your life, right now.
  110. Sep 19 17:09:53 <Jasper_> [I'm going to deferentially stand back so I can see how you guys type up stuff first so I'm not doin it rong]
  111. Sep 19 17:10:30 <Natalia> Natalia's been spending her time helping out at the bakery where her mother works. Like, maybe she started off working the register sometimes but her absolute lack of ability to connect to people made the owner gently suggest she works in the back, where she's sort of discovering an aptitude for baking.
  112. Sep 19 17:11:26 <HollyhockGod> Ah, so what's baking like?
  113. Sep 19 17:12:52 <Natalia> The thing that really appeals is the precision, I think. Like, there's a lot of measuring and following instructions and precise action and timing, so it's enough like my time spent training back home to be familiar, but still distant enough from the actual experience of it to not really bring up awful memories.
  114. Sep 19 17:13:27 <HollyhockGod> There's something very un-traumatic about a croissant.
  115. Sep 19 17:13:54 <Natalia> I'm just sort of taking time being lost in the procedures of baking, and maybe feeling a little bit of pride in my work. I assume there's a full time baker there, and we don't talk much, but sometimes when I really nail a tray of cookies or something, he nods at me and I don't really respond, but maybe I feel a little better about where I am right now.
  116. Sep 19 17:14:04 <HollyhockGod> This is a good opportunity to encounter somebody else, in spite of being back here to make sure that doesn't happen.
  117. Sep 19 17:14:05 <Natalia> Yeah, definitely.
  118. Sep 19 17:14:26 <HollyhockGod> Maybe somebody is delivering a fiendish-looking oven or picking up scones for orphans.
  119. Sep 19 17:14:55 <Natalia> Any takers on that?
  120. Sep 19 17:15:34 <Jasper_> Scones for orphans sounds like Jasper's kind of deal
  121. Sep 19 17:15:51 <Dulcinea> Well, /i've/ been preparing yet another of my magnificent devices: The abominable Outside Measuring Calipher! This is for the purpose of something that's been worrying me. As I have returned from the depths of the outside, from the Bleak Academy where I once learned, so too has the outside begun encroaching among the town. And as much as I search for answers, as much as I'm building devices and searching and looking for another
  122. Sep 19 17:15:51 <Dulcinea> answer, it seems as if there's only one answer: My return has brought the outside closer. So I must prepare, and find a way to hold off the strong dusts of the outside. What makes me know it was me? The Big Lake. The dusts have most often been sweeping out over the Big Lake, and I have had... dreams. Dreams of my death, returned to me. The death I had fled, there at Big Lake. It is said that the wicked drown in the lake- and I can't
  123. Sep 19 17:15:51 <Dulcinea> say I'm not a wicked person. And the lake, it has been /calling/ me. Why? I can only hope it's a conicidence, but I feel drawn there. Perhaps it's just because that's where the outside is starting to come in, but no. The outside is coming in because something wicked and bleak is here, and shall- Deserves to die there, perhaps. ... So I've spent perhaps an equal amount of time trying to avoid going to the lake and reluctantly
  124. Sep 19 17:15:51 <Dulcinea> investigating it, using my instruments to try to figure out where the outside's leaking in, and how to stop it. The rest of my time is spent in fortitude, trying to pretend nothing 's wrong, that I am just fine, and that I am not coming to my doom as I speak.
  125. Sep 19 17:15:55 <Dulcinea> ((Oh shit that was more than I thought)
  126. Sep 19 17:16:06 <Dulcinea> (Sorry >.<)
  127. Sep 19 17:16:21 <Jasper_> [I think you get a speechless for that already. Is that a thing you're allowed to do based on OOC stuff?]
  128. Sep 19 17:16:46 <HollyhockGod> Sure, the more the merrier.
  129. Sep 19 17:17:54 <HollyhockGod> So, Dulcinea is troubled by the Outside, and has built a set of calipers to measure it. That's not an XP action just by itself, though.
  130. Sep 19 17:18:14 <Dulcinea> (Since it was mostly about that, I'm going to put it towards The Outside Stirs.)
  131. Sep 19 17:18:19 <Dulcinea> (Mmn, true.)
  132. Sep 19 17:18:37 <Natalia> (As a rule of thumb thing, is emotion XP one per emotional event, or can multiple people go "Oh, that made me feel a thing" and give multiple XP for it?)
  133. Sep 19 17:18:55 <HollyhockGod> (Natalia got a reaction from the head baker, so that's Shared Action, although since that's not really much human contact she's probably going to get some Isolation.)
  134. Sep 19 17:18:59 <HollyhockGod> One per event is probably enough.
  135. Sep 19 17:19:09 * HollyhockGod throws an XP into the pot for Natalia's Shared Action.
  136. Sep 19 17:19:19 <HollyhockGod> Jasper?
  137. Sep 19 17:19:50 <Dulcinea> (I could provide more for an XP action in a sec. I'll let Jasper and Reynard talk, first)
  138. Sep 19 17:20:30 <Jasper_> Well, Jasper crashed in Fortitude and recieved a nasty noggin-bump that went down pretty quick due to being immortal and all. She's semi-aimless at the moment; she's got an instinct to do nice stuff and tends to end up helping out with chores and things she wasn't intending to get involved in, but no real idea of an end-goal or why she's down here and how she's getting back up.
  139. Sep 19 17:20:44 <HollyhockGod> If you're having trouble thinking of something, it might help to bump into Natalia or Dulcinea and interact with them for a while.
  140. Sep 19 17:20:47 <Jasper_> She probably also feels a little uncomfortable at the shrine given it's directly related to conflicted parent feelings.
  141. Sep 19 17:21:27 <Dulcinea> ( a slice of life at Jade's shrine might make sense, I feel?)
  142. Sep 19 17:21:34 <Dulcinea> (For that exact reason)
  143. Sep 19 17:23:02 <Jasper_> (I'm good with that)
  144. Sep 19 17:23:29 <Dulcinea> (Actually, I can tie something into that, if you'd like...)
  145. Sep 19 17:24:54 <Natalia> (Maybe we can do a Jasper/Dulcinea scene and a Natalia/Reynard scene, then? Maybe Natalia is working on something that's set to go to the Archive or something?)
  146. Sep 19 17:25:13 <Reynard> okay!]
  147. Sep 19 17:26:08 * Reynard sort of had a dumb idea for Reynard's first scene and it'd work better with someone else actually there >.> s-so.]
  148. Sep 19 17:26:26 <Dulcinea> For now, I stand in town- near Jade's shrine. A reminder of my 'finest' moment. Feh. Everyone cared when the sun blinked out, when the outside swelled and ate and infected the town, when metaphor and wrongness pervaded, when there was no hope and no light- but no one cared after. No one searched for why the sun had restarted. No one cared about that 'hero's sacrifice! No one loved or even THANKED the one who'd sacrificed their time
  149. Sep 19 17:26:26 <Dulcinea> and effort and part of their very BODY to bring that place back! Feh. No one cared. And why should I care? The people of this town, they aren't worth anything. They aren't worth my time. Perhaps a few. ... I stop my movements, settling down at the shrine, and stare. Up at the statues, and wreathes, and offerings to the dead Jade. ... Why should I care. I don't need thanks. I just need to do the job I'm here for.
  150. Sep 19 17:26:42 <Dulcinea> I... I don't need anything. Nothing at all.
  151. Sep 19 17:26:44 <Natalia> (So how much attention are we paying to intention rules here? Which might be a dumb question since we're playing the game and they're part of the game, but.)
  152. Sep 19 17:27:28 <Dulcinea> (Does that work for Slice of Life?)
  153. Sep 19 17:30:03 <Dulcinea> (Or, ah, did I overdo it again...)
  154. Sep 19 17:30:38 <Jasper_> I'm stood, broom in hand, staring wistfully up at the trees, with the sunlight streaking through. Technically there's a sun -everywhere-, I guess, but for some reason it seems to be on my mind a lot at the shrine. Or, maybe it's more the accusing maternal statues in the background. Accusing..? That feels like a bit of a mean thing to think about one's mother. Gah, I need to take
  155. Sep 19 17:30:38 <Jasper_> another walk to clear my head again, or- Oh! Someone new!
  156. Sep 19 17:30:39 <Jasper_> "Hey there!"
  157. Sep 19 17:30:57 <Jasper_> (Sorry; was just trying to think of a reasonable internal monologue)
  158. Sep 19 17:31:05 <Dulcinea> (IT's okay.)
  159. Sep 19 17:31:51 <Dulcinea> !!! I whip my head around all too fast, as I turn from the bench I'm sitting on- oh dear. Unfortunately, I appear to have miscalculated. If I am not mistaken, I am currently fall- OW. Yes. Correct. "Ah... hello."
  160. Sep 19 17:34:09 <HollyhockGod> I think that works for Slice of Life.
  161. Sep 19 17:34:27 <HollyhockGod> We're using the Intention rules, yeah, although how much they matter in practice is something we'll see.
  162. Sep 19 17:35:19 * Natalia has quit (*.net *.split)
  163. Sep 19 17:35:19 * Zegon has quit (*.net *.split)
  164. Sep 19 17:35:19 * Reynard has quit (*.net *.split)
  165. Sep 19 17:35:19 * Jasper_ has quit (*.net *.split)
  166. Sep 19 17:35:46 <Dulcinea> Well then.
  167. Sep 19 17:36:00 * Jasper_ (Spec@sorcery-169epd.cable.virginm.net) has joined
  168. Sep 19 17:36:00 * Zegon (Zegon@sorcery-22grg7.il.comcast.net) has joined
  169. Sep 19 17:36:00 * Reynard (Caoilainn@sorcery-7npp9g.user.start.ca) has joined
  170. Sep 19 17:36:00 * Natalia (Charlotte@sorcery-iit.jg8.209.173.IP) has joined
  171. Sep 19 17:36:03 <HollyhockGod> The Bleak attacks!
  172. Sep 19 17:36:33 <Natalia> (I was just thinking that I might need to burn some will to be good at baking but then I realized that The Prodigy probably lets me be perfect in baking 1-2 times a scene with absolutely no effort)
  173. Sep 19 17:36:36 <Jasper_> An appropriate time for extra mouths *nod*
  174. Sep 19 17:37:23 <Jasper_> [So I can slip an XP in any of my three quests, to be clear?]
  175. Sep 19 17:37:30 <Dulcinea> Just act natural. It's normal for nightmare scientists to be on the floor. Yes.
  176. Sep 19 17:37:41 <Dulcinea> (Emotion XP goes into a group pot that's split after, otherwise yes. IIRC.)
  177. Sep 19 17:37:48 <Jasper_> [Ah, aight, ta]
  178. Sep 19 17:37:56 <Dulcinea> (And quest XP goes to.. quests.
  179. Sep 19 17:38:12 <Jasper_> ...I really hope she's not hurt or something... "...Are you okay? You're still on the floor."
  180. Sep 19 17:38:47 * HollyhockGod remembers to put an XP in the pot for Dulcinea's Slice of Life.
  181. Sep 19 17:38:49 <Dulcinea> "... I'm fine." ... She noticed. My gambit to stay on the ground, pretending that this was perfectly fine, seems to have failed. So I slowly stand up, brushing off dust from my lab coat and shirt. "Mnn. Yes."
  182. Sep 19 17:39:04 <Natalia> (What was your scene idea, Reynard? Maybe we could have Natalia out on a delivery and meet you there if you needed to be somewhere)
  183. Sep 19 17:39:37 <Natalia> (Oh, also, if this channel has an owner so we can give ops, keeping the XP pot in the channel topic might be useful)
  184. Sep 19 17:40:01 <Jasper_> "Aha! I'm glad! I was worried you'd fallen and injured your back or broken your leg. I hear that's really easy to do if you fall from high enough!"
  185. Sep 19 17:40:17 * Jasper_ pauses at this juncture, before briefly looking up at the sun, estimating the distance, and shrugging.
  186. Sep 19 17:41:05 <Dulcinea> "Don't worry. I specifically caluculate all heights from which I fall, specifically to prevent things such as 'injury' from happening." I cough into my elbow, to punctuate my point.
  187. Sep 19 17:41:40 <Reynard> Reynard knitting and kind of drifting in and out cos sleepdeprived and OH THIS ISNT A CHRISTMAS SWEATER THIS IS A NIGHTMARISH VISION OF A PAST LIFE sweater WHAT HAPPENED, natalia coming across him, hijinks]
  188. Sep 19 17:41:54 <Jasper_> "Oh. Right!" I say, smiling blankly for a few seconds. "...Would you like to come into the shrine?"
  189. Sep 19 17:42:21 <Jasper_> Secretly, I'd kind of just like some company to stop me thinking about stuff and getting miserable and frustrated. That's not sunny. That's not sunny at all.
  190. Sep 19 17:43:04 <Reynard> in connection with the whole art shop and garden quest >.> assuming suspicious things can happen anywhere and not just in the art shop/cafe/garden/whatever]
  191. Sep 19 17:43:10 <Dulcinea> (Does everyone else know Jasper's her mom's daughter?)
  192. Sep 19 17:44:05 * Dulcinea blinks a few times. Mmn. Fleeing would probably be seen as 'rude' and cause problems later. So what should I do? Do I come in, and risk having to make small talk? ... Unfortunately, it seems that that's the case. So I nod once, and step into the shrine.
  193. Sep 19 17:45:05 <Dulcinea> "I suppose."
  194. Sep 19 17:45:08 * Jasper_ performs one of those happy claps. "Excellent! Would you like tea?"
  195. Sep 19 17:45:13 <Natalia> (Sounds good. Do we want to do that now and cross-play with Jasper and Dulcinea's scene?)
  196. Sep 19 17:45:23 <Dulcinea> (That would generally be how it goes, I think.)
  197. Sep 19 17:46:02 <Natalia> (I just wasn't sure if we were taking turns for clarity's sake or what)
  198. Sep 19 17:46:07 <Reynard> whichever sounds good!]
  199. Sep 19 17:46:36 <Reynard> idk if it'd make things Difficult or annoying for folk if um]
  200. Sep 19 17:46:58 <Dulcinea> "... Tea." Mmn. Tea is sometimes caffinated, and considering the amount of sleep I get... I can't sleep, so tea, coffee, and energy drinks have to do for my energy until I can no longer resist the urge to sleep at all, sometimes. Or else, I must depart far away from fortitude, and take a nice, long rest. And clean up the mess afterwards. "... Yes. Tea would suffice." I nod. It is a nod that conveys many things- acceptance, and yet,
  201. Sep 19 17:46:58 <Dulcinea> the sharp desire that I would rather be alone. Unfortunately, the layperson is only likely to be able to see one of these things, having not understood body language as well as the incomparable Dulcinea de Montreal.
  202. Sep 19 17:47:03 <Dulcinea> (IT's fine gosh)
  203. Sep 19 17:47:04 <Jasper_> [I don't mind. How much talking do I need to do the connections thing with Dulcinea though?]
  204. Sep 19 17:47:10 <Dulcinea> (The more RP the better)
  205. Sep 19 17:48:36 * Jasper_ lightly pats Dulcinea's shoulder. "Coming right up!" I say, cheerily, before heading through a door to busy myself. Dulcinea really -is- a funny fish; there's obviously something bothering them! It's not like I'd turn them down! Hmm, which teabag...
  206. Sep 19 17:48:51 * Natalia is walking down the street towards the archive, or wherever Reynard is, her hair blown dramatically by a wind off the lake, a basket loaded with pre-made and wrapped sandwiches held in front of her, a look far too intense for delivering food on her face. Finally, she arrives at the archive (or whatever) and knocks on the door, softly at first, but with increasing insistence and pace until she's rapidly pounding the
  207. Sep 19 17:48:51 * Natalia door, scowling with determination.
  208. Sep 19 17:52:21 <Dulcinea> Mmn. Jasper. A nice person, at least. Doesn't deserve someone like me. But at least they don't grate and whine and irk like some other people I could name. And they make nice tea. "Ah... tea." Tea isn't what I would normally drink, here... but it shall do.
  209. Sep 19 17:53:20 * Jasper_ returns with teatrays; a victory in anyone's eyes. "I don't know if you like sugar or milk, so I just got some of those little boxes with it in that you can pour." I say, sitting down adjacent to her.
  210. Sep 19 17:54:13 <Reynard> ACTION is nestled in a big fluffy chair in the foyer, skirts gathered around him like a mess of blankets, eyes half-lidded and laaaazily knitting *something.* (A sweater?) Well, he *was*. Until some *monster* jarred him right out of his little reverie. There's the sound of groggyfrantic apologies and heels on tile and soon enough, the great door flies open! "YeshellosorryI'mawakehowcanIhel--um," deeeeeeep breaths. "Um." He peers u
  211. Sep 19 17:55:16 <Reynard> "....how can I, um, howcanIhelpyou?" Yaaaa~wn. "I-I wasn't sleeping, honest! I, um....'sjust...."
  212. Sep 19 17:55:30 <Reynard> weh i hope i'm not overdoing this ;w; ]
  213. Sep 19 17:55:57 <Dulcinea> "Thank you." I take my cup of tea, and set it down next to me, before pouring... perhaps an unwise amount of sugar into the cup. Mmn. Sweet like sin. I take a sip, and find it... acceptible.
  214. Sep 19 17:56:02 <Natalia> (I think playing it up is a good idea! Have an emotion XP)
  215. Sep 19 17:57:00 <Natalia> (I'm having a big of trouble figuring out how to play up ridiculous tragedy in my current situation, but I'm sure that'll come soon. Though, maybe I could just push it.)
  216. Sep 19 17:57:15 <Jasper_> "Ooooh... That's a lot of sugar."
  217. Sep 19 17:58:01 <Reynard> perhaps your lack of BAKIN' BUDDIES is the real tragedy]
  218. Sep 19 17:58:27 <HollyhockGod> You could be stoic now, and keep your tragedy for when you're stalking the roofs at night.
  219. Sep 19 17:58:28 <Reynard> a cake baked alone is the saddest cake]
  220. Sep 19 17:58:44 <Reynard> desPOUNDent cake, if u will]
  221. Sep 19 17:59:43 * HollyhockGod groans.
  222. Sep 19 17:59:43 <Dulcinea> "Mmn. Yes. It is." Mmn... And that's another thing about Jasper. They claim to be the child of Jade Irinka, even to the point of taking the last name Irinka. Most people think that she's just getting really into worshipping Jade, but I? I wonder, really. Is that true? I would think taking the name of the person you worship to be sacrilige. No, I think she's the real deal. Though /what/ she is, is to be determined. I've tried not to
  223. Sep 19 17:59:43 <Dulcinea> mention anything about my... exploits with the sun. I'll let that come in time. "Mmn. Have you heard about the outside, lately?"
  224. Sep 19 17:59:58 * Natalia offers the basket she was holding. As she hands it over, it becomes clear that such was her dedication, her commitment to a safe sandwich delivery, that her grip on the wooden handle was cutting into her hand, a thin trickle of blood running down her wrist. In a low, flat voice, she announces. "Your order from Flour the Love of Bread has arrived."
  225. Sep 19 17:59:59 <Dulcinea> (are you sure you aren't playing Rinley? :v)
  226. Sep 19 18:00:18 * HollyhockGod groans again
  227. Sep 19 18:00:29 <Jasper_> "Do you mean outside, or Outside?"
  228. Sep 19 18:00:37 <Jasper_> "Because there's some lovely birds out today!"
  229. Sep 19 18:00:44 * Natalia quietly pulls a handkerchief from the pocket of her shorts and dabs at her hand before tying it around her palm.
  230. Sep 19 18:01:38 <Natalia> (And I'm gonna give Dulcinea speechlessness too, just to get into the habit of handing these out.)
  231. Sep 19 18:02:14 <Dulcinea> (I don't think I've really done anything de-speechifying lately :v)
  232. Sep 19 18:02:20 * Reynard gasp, eyes all wide! "H, h-hey! You're bleeding! Ishouldreally--...oh." He takes the basket with his free hand, juuuuuust a bit bewildered and worried. "...um....would you like some tea?"
  233. Sep 19 18:02:26 <Dulcinea> "Capitals, italics."
  234. Sep 19 18:02:27 <Dulcinea> "That one."
  235. Sep 19 18:03:00 * Reynard smallvoice. "....or disinfectant? F-for your hand? Or, um....oh, gosh...."
  236. Sep 19 18:03:44 <Natalia> (I felt like an elaborate internal monologue about the basic premise of another character was at least a bit on the way there)
  237. Sep 19 18:04:06 <Reynard> heehee]
  238. Sep 19 18:04:10 <Natalia> (I'm gonna say Natalia's taller than Reynard. That just feels right to me)
  239. Sep 19 18:04:18 <Jasper_> "Oh. Well, nothing especially recently..." I say, tilting my head back to scratch my chin. "I have wondered a little about it, lately, though. It's where my father... went. Is, I suppose."
  240. Sep 19 18:04:18 <Dulcinea> (I mean, if you want. :P)
  241. Sep 19 18:04:58 <Reynard> yeah! Reynard is tiiiiny.]
  242. Sep 19 18:05:22 <Dulcinea> "... Your father?" Mmn. Well. That's a question I should ask, before I tell her about my... Foibles. I suppose I should at least tell someone about all my work, but, her father? Her father's lost in the outside? Or is he one of the mad few that make it their home on purpose?
  243. Sep 19 18:05:23 * Natalia looks down at Reynard. "It is nothing." She looks away, clearly reflecting stoically on something, before looking back. "But, yes, disinfectant. And tea, if only for as long as it takes to disinfect."
  244. Sep 19 18:05:31 <Dulcinea> (Important question: What does Reynard wear)
  245. Sep 19 18:05:54 <Reynard> PAJAMAS]
  246. Sep 19 18:05:56 <Reynard> no]
  247. Sep 19 18:06:40 <Jasper_> "Oh, yes! You know; the Headmaster of the Bleak Academy?"
  248. Sep 19 18:08:50 <Dulcinea> ". . ."
  249. Sep 19 18:09:50 * Jasper_ blinks with doinks again. "...Are you okay?"
  250. Sep 19 18:10:07 <Dulcinea> No. Impossible. Impossible! This can't be, this isn't true- that's ludicrous! Sure, Jade was said to be- but no! No! It can't be, that man who naievely tried to kill me, and then settled for making me into a wicked, rotten thing- No! It's /impossible!/ "Ah." I say. ... I, I hope I/look/ as comfortable as I'm trying to, but I doubt it...
  251. Sep 19 18:11:15 * Jasper_ blinks, frowning. Oh no, I've uspet her. This isn't sunny at all! I reach over to rest my hand over hers, or on her shoulder, or... wherever's free and comforting. "Are you alright?"
  252. Sep 19 18:11:41 <Reynard> "A-ah, of course!" It just so happens that there's a little table and a number of similarly comfy chairs in the foyer, so Reynard yanks one over by the one he had been sitting in before, gesturing. "...um, i-if you don't mind waiting here, I'll, um...." The sweater gets unceremoniously tossed onto his chair, and then he's off, scurrying down some hall or another. [And it just so happens that, in the poor creature's rush to put the
  253. Sep 19 18:11:58 <Dulcinea> "YES!" I yell, staring directly at Jasper. "I AM PERFECTLY. FINE. YES." There. No dobut can be had! I , Dulcinea de Montreal, am /FINE./
  254. Sep 19 18:12:41 <HollyhockGod> It would probably be as well to wind this around to Shared Reactions somehow. We don't have to make too much progress on your friendship in Week 1.
  255. Sep 19 18:13:32 <Dulcinea> Someone born from him can only be tainted, can't they? They can only be foul, wrong- like me, I am wicked and wrong and- and surely, they must hide it, but they are too! No one could be PURE after this... No. I must. I must, I must /know./ A superior being like myself, we have /means/ to know such things!
  256. Sep 19 18:14:23 <Dulcinea> (Using SUPERIOR, a power from Glorious, the wound. Dulci wants to know if Jasper's being honest with them about being... nice, and kind, given their backstory- or if this is all some ploy from the Headmaster.)
  257. Sep 19 18:14:27 <Dulcinea> (I can CP the rules text, if you'd like)
  258. Sep 19 18:14:55 * Natalia lowers herself into the chair, and takes a deep breath as she puts pressure on her cut. It's a nice little room, and she leans back into the chair, closing her eyes, letting herself hum a little bit to a song she half-remembers, trying not to let the idleness nag at her.
  259. Sep 19 18:15:11 <Natalia> (And if this were in person, I'd hold up my At Peace sign.)
  260. Sep 19 18:15:28 <Dulcinea> (But after that's settled and Dulci knows- yep, they're not bein horrid- it'll probably go into Shared Reaction, yes.)
  261. Sep 19 18:16:01 <Jasper_> (I believe you! Jasper's serious about positive intentions here; she's probably pretty hard on herself about it but her worst feelings probably bottom out at confusion and frustration at the moment)
  262. Sep 19 18:16:35 <Jasper_> I put on my best frown. Fine, she says... But she doesn't -sound- or -look- very fine. She looks even more upset than she was before! "If you're not, that's okay!" I say, before smiling slightly, "Bad feelings are like wet books; if you leave them in they'll get crinkly and might get mouldy, but if you put them out in the sun it dries out quicker!"
  263. Sep 19 18:19:29 <Dulcinea> "I... I don't feel bad. I am fine, yes." ... She's not... she's not. She's not just some tool, thank goodness. She's... she's the real deal. Hrmph. What a fool, to try to show friendship to me. I am not a person who has 'friendships'. I do not take well to them. Hrmph. But fine. As it may be. I simply nod to Jasper, and sigh. I should at least tell her a bit. "If I am... honest, my work may have been causing me some stress lately."
  264. Sep 19 18:19:29 <Dulcinea> I can't tell her about why I was stressed- but perhaps I can tell her something else.
  265. Sep 19 18:20:03 <Natalia> (Reynard, just checking, your last post cut off at: [And it just so happens that, in the poor creature's rush to put the )
  266. Sep 19 18:20:16 <Reynard> oh, sorry D: ]
  267. Sep 19 18:20:22 <Natalia> (I'm guessing there was more to that, but I don't know if you realized it and waiting for a response from me)
  268. Sep 19 18:20:26 <Reynard> [And it just so happens that, in the poor creature's rush to put the tea on and fish out the first aid supplies, that the way he tossed the sweater aside, well....it is *festive*, huh? It's *like* a christmas sweater, except the colours are all wrong and the reindeer have eyes of stars and antlers of moonlight and santa's a sliiiiiiiightly unsettling witchlady and....ohdear.]
  269. Sep 19 18:20:52 <Jasper_> And my smile gets more natural and relaxed immediately! A little kindness fixes everything. "What's wrong with work?" I say taking a sip.
  270. Sep 19 18:21:06 <Reynard> i guess this is me putting up the Suspicious sign >.> ]
  271. Sep 19 18:21:51 * Natalia opens her eyes, and the song she was humming trails off as she looks at the sweater. "Oh. Ohh. Hm." She isn't quite sure what to make of that. This boy is perhaps stranger than he initially seemed.
  272. Sep 19 18:22:16 * Reynard eventually scurries right back into the foyer, bottle of disinfectant and a bit of gauze and bandages bundled in her arms! [And promptly pales a little as he realises he left *that* on display.] "A-ah!" (Cue awkward laugh.) "So, I, um, I'lljust, um..." He practically throws himself into the chair beside her, trying his best to cover *that* up, and sets the supplies are on the table.
  273. Sep 19 18:23:18 * Reynard starts to tend to her wound if allowed, fussing and wiping and bandaging and such! "The tea won't be ready for a few minutes, so, aah..." Fret, fret, deep in thought for a moment. "...so, um, if you want to stay a little longer....I-I mean, I'd like you to stay a bit! For, um. I-important bakery reasons. I mean, sandwich reasons! I mean, I-I have an order of, um....what do people usually order at sandwich shops?"
  274. Sep 19 18:23:34 <Dulcinea> "Mmn. Not work, but Work. It goes back to what I was saying earlier. Have you noticed... near the lake, especially, the outside has come in? The dusts of the outside whipping in, the foolish sailors calling it an omen- no , it may foretell sometning, but Omens are simply superstition! No, my /work/ is to find the reason for that, to drag the fragments of TRUTH out into the open, to seal and reinforce the town! Truly, the lake CALLS
  275. Sep 19 18:23:34 <Dulcinea> to me, for I am the ONLY one capable of fixing such a thing! For it is true, no other man or woman has even saw foot to attempt! No! For I, the Incomparable, Wonderful DULCINEA DE MONTREAL am the only one capable of fixing this! I am the one destined to save this place, ONCE AGAIN! I, Me, I!" ... "And this is a bit stressful. It's hard work, you know." I cough, and make a little 'ahem' noise.
  276. Sep 19 18:24:15 <Jasper_> [Okay, definitely speechless there]
  277. Sep 19 18:24:27 * Jasper_ is speechless as Dulcinea rants.
  278. Sep 19 18:25:49 <Natalia> Natalia hold out her hand, creating a scene that somewhat echoes the mouse pulling the thorn from the lion's paw. She lets Reynard speak, and then responds after a short, cold pause. "Sandwiches?"
  279. Sep 19 18:27:01 <Natalia> (And I'm going to hold up my Touched sign now. I think Reynard dressing Natalia's stupid pointless cut is a good trigger for that)
  280. Sep 19 18:27:02 <Jasper_> But after a few seconds there's another smile and headtilt. "Well, looking after the Big Lake is important; it was where I landed, and I know a lot of friends there! I'm sure they'd all be grateful for your work. Plus, it must be nice having a really clear idea of what you're striving for..." I say, glancing off to the side a little wistfully, before looking back, "But... At the
  281. Sep 19 18:27:02 <Jasper_> same time, it's unfortunate it's stressful. Would it be possible to help if you had more assistance."
  282. Sep 19 18:27:02 <Dulcinea> "Mmn. FOr the moment, I have found very little, and considering the due emotional distress of going out to the lake, this irks. I cannot simply stand by, however. I... I need to do this."
  283. Sep 19 18:27:23 <Dulcinea> "... Perhaps. A bit of help could be... possible, yes."
  284. Sep 19 18:28:07 <Reynard> i-is sandwiches very possibly like genuinely being a foreign concept to reynard too dumb :ohdear: ]
  285. Sep 19 18:28:27 <Jasper_> "Hmm... What kind of investigation are you doing?"
  286. Sep 19 18:29:22 <Natalia> (Hmm. I mean, he probably has Miramie's memories from when she tried to kill the world, or at least her good ones? Unless she cast off so much of herself that Reynard is just genuinely a 100% naive person now)
  287. Sep 19 18:29:35 <Dulcinea> "Now. Mmn." I look up at the statue of Jade, and shiver. Why her? If anything, removing my heart should have staved off my death. But no. All that I have seen, in my dreams- that which calls me to die. Jade Irinka. ... And here I am, willingly going along with her daughter, like a fool. But... perhaps it is nessecary. "Scientific. Currently, I'm collecting data in an effort to find the breach in the walls of Town and the
  288. Sep 19 18:29:35 <Dulcinea> Outside. The lake, being that it connects to many places, is naturally a place where these walls are weaker. But I have to find the exact spot on the lake where the breaches are, and... I am not good with water."
  289. Sep 19 18:30:33 <Dulcinea> "If.. you would like to help me with the third or fourth most important endeavor I have taken on.. I would not object."
  290. Sep 19 18:30:38 <Jasper_> "Ah! Well, I'm probably not much help with science, but I know a lot of sailors down by big lake!"
  291. Sep 19 18:30:40 <Dulcinea> "As an assistant only, you understand."
  292. Sep 19 18:30:52 <Dulcinea> "... That would help, yes. Though I have been tempted to construct a boat..."
  293. Sep 19 18:30:53 * Jasper_ smiles. "Sure. I'm always happy to help."
  294. Sep 19 18:31:16 <Dulcinea> Scientists don't smile. Wicked people don't smile. I don't have the happiness that clouds the hearts of lesser men. But still. If I did, this is where I would. Just for a moment.
  295. Sep 19 18:31:20 <Dulcinea> (Shared Reaction?)
  296. Sep 19 18:31:30 <Jasper_> (I'm good for that!)
  297. Sep 19 18:31:37 * Reynard nods excitedly! "Y, yeah! Sandwiches! Lots of sandwiches! But, um....but, we can talk about that later! Teatime isn't for worrying about work! So...." [Fret, fret. Cue a bunch of fumbling and flailing and Not Being Good At This and eventually working up to--] "...so how's, um, life?"
  298. Sep 19 18:31:39 * HollyhockGod hands out 2 XP for a mutual Shared Reactions.
  299. Sep 19 18:31:54 <Dulcinea> (And now we faaaade out for a bit, I believe.)
  300. Sep 19 18:32:01 <Dulcinea> (Since that scene's mostly settled anyways.)
  301. Sep 19 18:32:21 * Jasper_ collects the cups. "Well; for now, I need to do the washing up... I assume you've got stuff to do..?"
  302. Sep 19 18:32:32 >nickserv< help group
  303. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- Syntax: group [target] [password]
  304. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ-
  305. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- This command makes your nickname join the target nickname's
  306. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- group. password is the password of the target nickname.
  307. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ-
  308. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- Joining a group will allow you to share your configuration,
  309. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- memos, and channel privileges with all the nicknames in the
  310. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- group, and much more!
  311. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ-
  312. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- A group exists as long as it is useful. This means that even
  313. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- if a nick of the group is dropped, you won't lose the
  314. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- shared things described above, as long as there is at
  315. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- least one nick remaining in the group.
  316. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ-
  317. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- You may be able to use this command even if you have not registered
  318. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- your nick yet. If your nick is already registered, you'll
  319. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- need to identify yourself before using this command.
  320. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ-
  321. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- It is recommended to use this command with a non-registered
  322. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- nick because it will be registered automatically when
  323. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- using this command. You may use it with a registered nick (to
  324. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- change your group) only if your network administrators allowed
  325. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- it.
  326. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ-
  327. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- You can only be in one group at a time. Group merging is
  328. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- not possible.
  329. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ-
  330. Sep 19 18:32:32 -NickServ- Note: all the nicknames of a group have the same password.
  331. Sep 19 18:32:35 <Jasper_> (Yeah, I think Jasper's going to finish cleaning and stuff)
  332. Sep 19 18:32:39 >nickserv< group Neopie cefalu
  333. Sep 19 18:32:39 -NickServ- You are now in the group of Neopie.
  334. Sep 19 18:32:39 * NickServ sets mode +r on Dulcinea
  335. Sep 19 18:32:46 >nickserv< identify ****
  336. Sep 19 18:32:46 -NickServ- You are already identified.
  337. Sep 19 18:32:51 >chanserv< register
  338. Sep 19 18:32:51 -ChanServ- Syntax: REGISTER channel [description]
  339. Sep 19 18:32:51 -ChanServ- /msg ChanServ HELP REGISTER for more information.
  340. Sep 19 18:33:03 >chanserv< register #thenetbreedsdreams Chuubogame
  341. Sep 19 18:33:03 -ChanServ- You must be a channel operator to register the channel.
  342. Sep 19 18:33:19 <Dulcinea> "Mmn. Yes. I'll meet you out there later today?"
  343. Sep 19 18:33:44 * Jasper_ stands back up with a pleasant beam. "Sure thing!"
  344. Sep 19 18:34:06 <Jasper_> [Is it also kosher to use the Connecting power after that chat?]
  345. Sep 19 18:35:26 <Natalia> Natalia looks away. "Life is... I came to this town not very long ago, and I still do not understand it. It seems like a good place. It is not as cold here as I am used to. I work in the bakery at day, and at night, I try to murder a snake." Her speech is slow, but precise.
  346. Sep 19 18:35:39 <HollyhockGod> I don't see why not!
  347. Sep 19 18:37:18 <Jasper_> [In which case I'll bind to exploring the lake with something like sailing or swimming for a superior skill?]
  348. Sep 19 18:37:39 <Dulcinea> (Sure. Don't forget some sort of physical change to fit with that/Leo)
  349. Sep 19 18:37:43 <HollyhockGod> That seems reasonable.
  350. Sep 19 18:38:34 <Jasper_> (Willing to take advice on the change, can't think of anything good for sailing. Gills for swimming maybe?)
  351. Sep 19 18:39:28 <Reynard> "O...h. Um." Fidget, fidget. The witch doesn't make eye contact. [Luckily, saved by the bell. Or in this case, a kettle-whistle.] "Oh!" In a flash of motion and a flurry of fabric, Reynard is off, eventually coming back with a tray! It's old and ornate and almost looks like a *part* of this place, and there's an arrangement of two teacups and saucers of milk and cream and sugar and....if nothing else, Reynard is serious about tea.
  352. Sep 19 18:40:03 <Dulcinea> (The same way Dulci wears elaborate scientific protective goggles in her hair, maybe diving goggles?)
  353. Sep 19 18:40:04 <Jasper_> (Everyone who isn't a monster is serious about tea)
  354. Sep 19 18:40:11 <Jasper_> (That works!)
  355. Sep 19 18:40:19 <Dulcinea> (Since, yanno, normal health level change)
  356. Sep 19 18:40:28 <Jasper_> (Yeah, probably not a huge feature)
  357. Sep 19 18:41:10 <HollyhockGod> Okay, so let's work this around to Shared Reactions, too.
  358. Sep 19 18:41:22 <HollyhockGod> Possibly involving you being mutually suspicious or something, since you're our two suspicious characters.
  359. Sep 19 18:41:52 <Natalia> (That sounds good)
  360. Sep 19 18:41:56 * Reynard sets the tray down on the [I say little, but it's somehow spacious enough to accommodate both the tray and the first aid supplies!] table, gesturing. "Here, um.....the only tea we had is this weird stuff Dr. Hayashi always buys." There's a sullen little mumble. "It tastes like library boo--...not that there's anything wrong with tea tasting like library books! I-I mean, um, it's not so bad, once you get used to it..."
  361. Sep 19 18:41:58 <Reynard> okay!]
  362. Sep 19 18:43:08 <Reynard> I-I mean. Maybe that snake's just misunderstood!]
  363. Sep 19 18:43:18 * Natalia pours herself a cup of tea and takes a long sip. She mumbles, "Hmmmm." as she looks away, looking at Reynard out of the corner of her eye. What strange tea. What a strange person.
  364. Sep 19 18:46:44 <Natalia> (So, I feel like I've reached a point where I'm sort of confident that Natalia's personal soundtrack is Elliot Smith during the day, and maybe something like the Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei openings at night. Like, going from sullen and reflective to heavy and frantic)
  365. Sep 19 18:46:44 <Reynard> ACTION scoops sugar into his tea, siiiiiiip. [Aaaaah. Now he's awake again!] Awake, and....andmaybealittleintimidated. Something about Natalia was....she didn't strike Reynard as being the average purveyor of sandwiches and such! There was something...not quite menacing, but something that made him wonder and worry and wait, what if that snake was a Good Snake or just a bit misunderstood or otherwise? Oh gosh, it's a little worryi
  366. Sep 19 18:47:00 <Reynard> did that cut off ;w; ]
  367. Sep 19 18:47:13 <Reynard> and, ooh? ]
  368. Sep 19 18:47:18 <HollyhockGod> Just after "worryi"
  369. Sep 19 18:47:32 <Reynard> Oh gosh, it's a little worrying, a little questionable that she'd say it so casually and expect him to be all oh-okay-that's-what-you-DO-with-snakes and.....
  370. Sep 19 18:49:40 <Natalia> (And it sounds like a good time to wrap it with a shared reaction, maybe)
  371. Sep 19 18:49:51 <Reynard> Yep.]
  372. Sep 19 18:51:56 <Dulcinea> (Oh! I was talking about Dulci's work at the lake earlier- that's a chapter option for their quest, can I grab XP for that?)
  373. Sep 19 18:52:09 <Natalia> (And just to contextualize that soundtrack thing, in case people don't have my exact musical range, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psLhTyj1sAY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBocOfKYraY )
  374. Sep 19 18:53:17 <Jasper_> (Hm; would you say that offering a hand with Dulc's thing was worth the 'ting XP from Light of Hope?)
  375. Sep 19 18:53:53 <Dulcinea> (Yep.)
  376. Sep 19 18:54:15 <HollyhockGod> Dulcinea: Sure.
  377. Sep 19 18:54:33 <HollyhockGod> How can we work this scene around to a Shared Reactions, then?
  378. Sep 19 18:54:33 <Jasper_> Aww yis, ting XP
  379. Sep 19 18:54:40 <Dulcinea> (... And reluctantly allowing others to get involved with it, come to think. Is the 1/chapter 1/chapter/option or 1/chapter total on all of those?)
  380. Sep 19 18:55:00 <Jasper_> (Actually where do bonus XP go as well?)
  381. Sep 19 18:55:00 <Reynard> eek, just a sec ]
  382. Sep 19 18:55:51 <HollyhockGod> 1/chapter, for simplicity's sake.
  383. Sep 19 18:55:53 <Dulcinea> (XP from XP emotions: Whatever you want. XP from quests: That quest. XP from XP emotions, when that pool's divied out, wherever.)
  384. Sep 19 18:55:55 <Dulcinea> (Alright.)
  385. Sep 19 18:55:55 <Natalia> (Hmm. Maybe Natalia could ask about the sweater that Reynard was working on, and that way they could each have had a little time to go "This is the horrible thing that is part of my brain right now")
  386. Sep 19 18:57:14 <Dulcinea> (Since everyone's about used up their per chapter XP, we can probably say Jasper and Dulci didn't get much of anywhere getting data/sailing out on the lake- oh, and they could go up to the Archive for research material , to maybe meet up with the others, next week?)
  387. Sep 19 18:57:20 * Natalia looks back. "That sweater you were working on. I don't dislike it. It's a curious thing." She leaves the question unsaid, but definitely implies by her pointed glance at Reynard
  388. Sep 19 18:58:28 <Reynard> sorry, someone was at the front door ;w; ]
  389. Sep 19 18:58:51 <HollyhockGod> Dulcinea: I think it's reasonable to assume that we'll follow up on that as part of the second round of XP actions.
  390. Sep 19 18:59:16 <Dulcinea> (Alright.)
  391. Sep 19 18:59:30 <Natalia> (Also, this might just be a 'this is how I picture it' thing rather than a 'this is an actual thing' thing, but I have a strong inclination to say that if this was an anime, Natalia's adventures on the far rooftops would have strong elements of stylistic weirdness to them. Like, say, witches' barriers from Madoka Magica, where the medium changes a little in addition to just design style)
  392. Sep 19 18:59:55 <Dulcinea> (That's more of a tehcno thing, but I gotcha.)
  393. Sep 19 19:00:05 <Jasper_> (It does sound cool
  394. Sep 19 19:00:08 * Reynard kind of startles and *yelps*. "O-oh! Eheh. Um. That. Um. Idon'tknowanythingaboutimeanitwasjustoneofthosepatternsfrom--" And then he trails off! "From, y'know, um...."
  395. Sep 19 19:00:12 <Dulcinea> (Or you could probably just handle it as a Ritual)
  396. Sep 19 19:01:59 <HollyhockGod> Or just a very odd Slice of Life, since the actual adventuring isn't the focus in a Pastoral game.
  397. Sep 19 19:02:15 <Natalia> I've never seen a pattern like that. It fascinates me, I think.
  398. Sep 19 19:02:29 <Natalia> (Yeah. I figure it'd either be weird slices of life, or be in trouble actions.)
  399. Sep 19 19:04:19 <Reynard> "W...well, it's, um, it's a Christmas sweater! A totally normal, um....yeah! Y, /Yeah./" It's less a declaration than a meek little request to take him at his word.
  400. Sep 19 19:04:53 * Natalia nods slowly, maybe knowingly, maybe just feigning that she knows something. "Yes. A normal Christmas sweater."
  401. Sep 19 19:06:25 <Reynard> Wrap it up here, or? ]
  402. Sep 19 19:06:45 <HollyhockGod> Let's call that Shared Reactions, then.
  403. Sep 19 19:07:09 <HollyhockGod> That's a full round of XP Actions, which unfortunately is all I have time for tonight, but I think it gives us the shape of things.
  404. Sep 19 19:07:32 <HollyhockGod> Hopefully on a night when I can give a full three hours we'll be able to get through two rounds, and thus a full chapter, or even more, once we get used to it.
  405. Sep 19 19:08:39 <Natalia> Cool, that sounds good.
  406. Sep 19 19:08:42 <Reynard> Thanks for running this!
  407. Sep 19 19:08:47 <Natalia> Yeah, definitely
  408. Sep 19 19:08:55 <Reynard> a-also sorry i hope i didn't overdo stuff or kind of meander ;w;
  409. Sep 19 19:09:00 <Dulcinea> Ah, alright.
  410. Sep 19 19:09:13 <Jasper_> It was definitely fun!
  411. Sep 19 19:09:16 <Dulcinea> Anyways, let's split the pot, then?
  412. Sep 19 19:09:24 <Jasper_> Though I might need help with quest XP and arcs and stuff going forward
  413. Sep 19 19:09:49 <HollyhockGod> Yeah, the pot splits evenly so everybody gets 1 XP to apply as they like.
  414. Sep 19 19:10:04 <Jasper_> Ahhh
  415. Sep 19 19:10:19 <HollyhockGod> It's normal for things to go slowly at first. Once everybody develops relationships with everybody else it will be easier.
  416. Sep 19 19:10:39 <HollyhockGod> I mean, you kind of picked the four most socially-awkward and introverted characters, so it's normal.
  417. Sep 19 19:10:48 <Jasper_> Huh, really?
  418. Sep 19 19:10:54 <HollyhockGod> But we'll whip you into a Pastoral Adventure Squad yet!
  419. Sep 19 19:11:06 <Jasper_> I'd have thought Jasper would've been more socially outgoing, given she's got a remit to glue herself onto any problem that presents itself
  420. Sep 19 19:11:06 <HollyhockGod> Well, Jasper's not introverted, but she is currently pretty awkward.
  421. Sep 19 19:11:29 <Dulcinea> I would have played Chuubo if I realized no one else was going to. :P
  422. Sep 19 19:11:39 <Jasper_> I think we were expecting more people
  423. Sep 19 19:11:55 <Dulcinea> Quest status: 4/40 in Outside, 0/25 hidden library, 1/15 Natural Scientist
  424. Sep 19 19:11:58 <Dulcinea> Well, our Rinley was mia :v
  425. Sep 19 19:12:07 <Dulcinea> And also was a more depressing Rinley than normal too
  426. Sep 19 19:12:13 <Natalia> Yeah
  427. Sep 19 19:12:19 <HollyhockGod> Yeah, everybody please post your quest statuses to the thread just for convenience.
  428. Sep 19 19:14:57 <Jasper_> I think I got two XP overall but I'm debating where to put my other one
  429. Sep 19 19:15:12 <Jasper_> I should probably put it in sunny since that's the only thing I did this time
  430. Sep 19 19:15:42 <Natalia> I ended up putting mine in Thaw Your Heart just because I can foresee getting 35 XP one at a time being absolutely brutal
  431. Sep 19 19:15:50 <Dulcinea> Well, Dulci was probably super /grateful/ for Jasper's help, even if they'd never admit it
  432. Sep 19 19:15:53 <Dulcinea> So take an emotion XP for that :v
  433. Sep 19 19:16:01 <Jasper_> Mmm
  434. Sep 19 19:16:09 <Jasper_> Maybe the same with my mystic arc
  435. Sep 19 19:16:12 <Natalia> So putting genre/emotion XP in there is probably the intended thing
  436. Sep 19 19:16:21 <Jasper_> Yeah I'll probably put mine there
  437. Sep 19 19:16:27 <HollyhockGod> We can alter quest XP requirements if our pace is brutally slow.
  438. Sep 19 19:16:39 <Reynard> does Thaw Your Heart not have any of the um
  439. Sep 19 19:16:46 <Reynard> 'do x, get 5xp' things?
  440. Sep 19 19:16:50 <HollyhockGod> The proper length for IRC or PbP campaigns wasn't really playtested because it would take years.
  441. Sep 19 19:19:00 <Dulcinea> Well, IRC should /theoretically/ be somewhat like live games
  442. Sep 19 19:19:06 <Dulcinea> It'll pick up as we get used to it, I think.
  443. Sep 19 19:19:45 <Natalia> Reynard: Nope, it's just one at a time
  444. Sep 19 19:19:58 <HollyhockGod> It's faster than PbP but there are different social constraints. Especially since you can't tell if someone else is going to step up to a prompt if you don't.
  445. Sep 19 19:20:36 <Dulcinea> clearly, we should make this a skype game :v
  446. Sep 19 19:20:38 <Dulcinea> But fair enough
  447. Sep 19 19:20:48 <Jasper_> Yeah, the latter is big
  448. Sep 19 19:21:02 <Dulcinea> (I was joking, with my family situation no fucking way I'm going to be doing MAD SCIENCE RANTS. I'd annoy someone. >>)
  449. Sep 19 19:21:11 <Reynard> ohno?
  450. Sep 19 19:21:17 <Dulcinea> ANd yeah, true
  451. Sep 19 19:21:23 <Dulcinea> Nothing big I just have like a million people in my house :v
  452. Sep 19 19:24:43 * Reynard is gonna post her thing in a little bit if it's okay x: kinda feeling wugh and need to lie down
  453. Sep 19 19:24:57 <Natalia> Alright! Feel better
  454. Sep 19 19:25:57 <Jasper_> Yeah, take it easy
  455. Sep 19 19:28:12 <HollyhockGod> Sure, sure.
  456. Sep 19 19:32:13 * HollyhockGod is now known as RandBrittain
  457. Sep 19 19:36:37 * Natalia is now known as Charlotte
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