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  1. <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  2. 7:05 PM → Teruzi and Steve joined
  3. 7:09 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "...and that should be the last one." The measure voice intones from behind Tara before she hears the snapping sound of the tape measure rushing back into its holder. Antoinette, or Toni as she'd told Tara to call her, steps in front of her with a small smile on her face.
  4. 7:09 PM "Awesome! Now that we have all your measurements, all that we need to do is put in an order for the materials and key in the major design keys and Voyage's system will produce it for you. It's that easy." She says smiling, as she steps to the side to tap at the air, which produces some of those floating screens Voyage had been tooling with in their meeting.
  5. 7:09 PM The room is filled with all sorts of materials, some one would normally correlate with fashion and costume design. But there are tons of other materials as well that feel sort of out of place. Woods, metals, ores, and minerals, the works. It seems like there's a lot to go around. There seems to be some sort of organization to it, but to Tara's uninformed eyes it looks like a mess. Every material is labeled at least, and sectioned into bins with the
  6. 7:09 PM rest of it.
  7. 7:09 PM Perfection is in the corner with his arms crossed, leaning against the wall. He has an easy relaxed look on his face as he oversees the scene. Ever since she'd joined on, he'd been kind enough to be the one to show her around, give her her orientation of sorts. And he'd brought her here. Every member of the settlers got a state of the art costume apparently, and soon she'd have hers. Voyage leans forward a bit, gesturing at Tara slightly.
  8. 7:09 PM "Hey, you should show her that doodle book of yours. Don't be nervous, she'll like it." He says with a grin, Toni nods her agreement, still tooling stuff into the screen.
  9. 7:09 PM ||
  10. 7:12 PM The measured*
  11. 7:17 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara smiles. "Thanks Toni! What's this I'm hearing about a doodle book?" She rolls her shoulders back and forth, able to move now that she wasn't being measured. "Like...costume doodles? Because I feel like every cape goes through at least a ream of paper making theirs." She likes this crew, as much as they seemed to like her. Most of them seemed to, at least...
  12. 7:17 PM ||
  13. 7:21 PM (((scratch that last one)))
  14. 7:21 PM ...
  15. 7:23 PM ⇐ TheShadow quit (uid257097@stonehaven.irccloud.com) Quit: Connection closed for inactivity
  16. 7:29 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara smiles, very excited that she would get to bring her ideal costume to life. "Thanks Toni! Yeah, I, uh, have a few ideas that I used to make my old costume in this little notebook, uhm...here." She reaches down to her bag, throws the flap open, and fishes out the notebook to give to Toni. "It's mostly just visuals and places I could put bubbles to keep it, y'know, mobile. There's also some on-brand utility ideas I had like a
  17. 7:29 PM pullstring-inflatable raft backpack for rescue missions, paracord belt, that kind of thing. I'm /really/ curious to stress-test my power's ability to carry weight and I went off on a tangent about hot-air-ballooning, haha." Probably too weird of an idea to have brought up, Tara regrets it.
  18. 7:29 PM ||
  19. 7:37 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  20. 7:37 PM $roll 2h6+1 Toni Computers
  21. 7:37 PM → [ATM] joined (ATM@net-vum.2cu.138.174.IP)
  22. 7:37 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+1 Toni Computers
  23. 7:37 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Toni Computers" (3) [5] +1 = 6
  24. 7:46 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Toni smiles as she takes the proffered notebook, moving a strand of curly black hair out of he face. She bites on her lower lip as she considers Tara's word
  25. 7:46 PM "Hmm. All that technically /should/ be possible. I'm technically just a regular programmer. Not a Parahuman like you, and not even the best programmer. Bear with me I'm still learning the sytem a bit..." She takes a few seconds to type a couple more commands out. "...but Voyage described the system as near limitless..." She says as her eyes pore over the pages. She gestures to a small spherical platform in the middle of the room with a metal colum
  26. 7:46 PM about as tall as a person behind it and circular bands that open at the front at it middle and its top.
  27. 7:46 PM "Could you stand on that for me please?" She asks.
  28. 7:46 PM Perfection steps forward to look at the screens Toni is working on.
  29. 7:46 PM "Toni oversaw my costume design too, and as you can see its fabulous." He laughs.
  30. 7:46 PM "But seriously. Its one whole solid bodysuit, and pieced together like a puzzle at the same time. I can use my power to snap it into new shapes, and the visor can see the cracks my power makes too. Toni is a beast." He says with a smile.
  31. 7:46 PM "Oh stop." She says meekly batting her hand at him. She nods.
  32. 7:46 PM "I think I got it. All of the materials are pseudo materials generated by Voyage's tech so the trick is just finding the right combinations. Lets start with the basics though. I want you to step in there and envision the perfect bodysuit to go under everything else. Me and the Voyage net will do the rest!"
  33. 7:46 PM ||
  34. 7:47 PM ((Step in and tell the machine what you want. The bubbles and accesories are gonna be slapped on and tested after))
  35. 7:49 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Bodysuit, okay. No problem. At her core Tara knew that if she messed up and her brain forced her to think 'clown skeleton' or something, they could redo the whole process. But now nothing scared her more than the thought that an intrusive suggestion would make her look like hot garbage in the end. And probably not even hot.
  36. 7:49 PM 'Not clowns, nothing clownlike' She clears her mind.
  37. 7:54 PM She wants her bodysuit to look like a big sparkly piece of light-colored seafoam with dark swirled patterns that shimmer all the way up to her chest. Half-spirals and swirls, half-flames...in her mind, it was a way of remembering what had happened on the beach. The downward spiral, the fire in her dreams... it all tied together with her costume. She figured her friends would know what she meant...know that she would carry their history
  38. 7:54 PM with her everyday, if they saw her.
  39. 7:55 PM Clear plastic bubbles should dot the costume at the sides of the torso down to the hips. Not real bubbles, something hard and shiny, like perfectly rounded gemstones with a coloration like soap that catches the sun.
  40. 7:56 PM The picture is so clear in her head it hypnotizes her for a moment.
  41. 7:56 PM ||
  42. 7:57 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  43. 8:03 PM ⇐ Netrunner quit (uid205225@hathersage.irccloud.com) Quit: Connection closed for inactivity
  44. 8:07 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The platform lights up under her feet as she steps onto it, and the band close in front of her encasing her in a capsule like shape. The band light up and begin to spin even as she starts to visualize the costume in her mind, but its not enough to distract her as she focuses completely on the image.
  45. 8:07 PM "Okay, it's picking up and visualizing. Don't move please" Toni instructs as the bands begin spinning more rapidly. Outside the capsule she can see and hear certain materials being shifted and lifted out of their respective bins. Psuedofoam, silicron, and some others apparently. Not even a moment after things begin getting picket up she sees what looks like small specks of light or dust are materializing on her person, they spark and connect like a
  46. 8:07 PM pencil connecting the dots taking shape as they run up her body with a warm not unpleasant tingle that accompanies it. She's still for almost a moment until its drawn out. Then its finished, she has no mirror but she can look down and see it, and know its true to vision, perfect. She traces her body with her hand, skin tight, but not in an uncomfortable way. The bands whir to a stop and open up in the front.
  47. 8:07 PM "Okay, Perfection could you grab her a mirror?" Toni asks him, as she turns back to Tara. "Its not complete so don't run out in excitement or anything or it might collapse. Come." She says smiling as Perfection holds up a mirror for Tara to look at herself in from the front, take in how she looks. Its like seeing one of her drawings come to life, or almost. Its still missing a few pieces.
  48. 8:07 PM "We can start working on the more complicated stuff next. Anything specific you wanted to tackle? The body bubbles shouldn't be too hard..." Toni starts, as Tara takes herself in.
  49. 8:07 PM ||
  50. 8:12 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara poses, satisfied. Hot non-garbage! She looks almost like a wrapper for some kind of cinnamon candy. "Yeah, a few beads of plastic or something. Something that looks iridescent in the light to keep the soap bubble effect. Here, all the way up to here." She points at her outer thighs and traces lines up to the middle of her torso. "Hey, just out of curiosity, how weird can this machine get with materials and effects?"
  51. 8:12 PM ||
  52. 8:16 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Perfection whistles.
  53. 8:16 PM "Looking good PaL!" Perfection says, making a show of sizing her up and down.
  54. 8:16 PM "Step back in." Toni says with a smile, and Tara can see she's deeply satisfied that Tara likes the way it came out. She gets that focused look on her face again, biting her lip as she works and the platform scans the beads onto her effortlessly.
  55. 8:16 PM "Like I said the system is technically limitless. We can do anything we can figure out. I had an idea of incorporating some of the elements of airbag technology into your bubbles, with some properties of old foam, we could make some nifty force dampeners." She grins wildly at Tara from over one of the screens.
  56. 8:16 PM "That's just one example. The sky's the limit!" She says, she waits to see Tara smile back and her smile brightens all the more when she sees it before she goes back to working.
  57. 8:16 PM ||
  58. 8:19 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ...
  59. 8:20 PM Teruzi → Teruzi|GM
  60. 8:26 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara steps back in and thinks of the beads, excited. Different sizes going all the way up her sides. She had always wanted projections of her joint bubbles, something holographic and dynamic that could pop and reinflate as part of the effect. If she were a tinker, maybe. She keeps the thought in the back of her mind on a fanciful whim, even though airbags also sounded cool. Hell, it was all cool. First things first, bubble-gems.
  61. 8:26 PM ||
  62. 8:27 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The beads sparkle in the lights as they bubble into place like small pearls tracing the outline of her body, in the best way.
  63. 8:28 PM ((Social please, charm applies, sex appeal if you have it))
  64. 8:28 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1
  65. 8:28 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL [3] +1 = 4
  66. 8:31 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Tara strikes another pose, pivoting on her back foot to get a look at herself and her butt, and from the corner of her eye she can see Perfection's eyes are the one's glued to the screen but Toni's eyes linger on her, tracing the outline of the beads in a very recognizable way. She's checking her out, when she catches Tara's eyes her own dart back down to the screen.
  67. 8:31 PM "Those came out really good I think." She says, a little quietly, her smile small again.
  68. 8:31 PM "So yeah what did you think of my idea? Any thoughts, or ideas of your own? We can try to build on what I have." She says quickly, not allowing any reply to the other comment.
  69. 8:31 PM "This is always so cool to watch. The fact that you even know how to do something like this is fantastic." Perfection comments.
  70. 8:32 PM ||
  71. 8:35 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara turns away nonchalantly and grins for an instant, overly excited by the ego boost. She fixes her face and turns back, doing a twirl. "Uhm...I dunno I always thought it would be cool to have an animated projection as part of a costume. Hologram bubbles on my joints that pop and inflate. Eye-catching stuff that makes you focus on a cape, y'know? But...I don't know that always seemed too advanced."
  72. 8:35 PM ||
  73. 8:37 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+1 Perfection Scrutinize
  74. 8:37 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Perfection Scrutinize" (1) [5] +1 = 6
  75. 8:42 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Tara catches Toni checking her out again as she twirls, and Perfection catches their little moment of eye contact between them. A smirk appears on his face. He nudges Toni and she blinks, she goes back to typing on the screen furitively
  76. 8:42 PM "Oh... That should actually be really easy." Toni says, beaming because she can help make the idea a reality.
  77. 8:42 PM "The old Protectorate used to use tech like that regularly for flair and flash in their old costumes. If its a matter of flair vs functionality..." She types a couple more lines and then dramatically hits the enter key.
  78. 8:42 PM "We can embed some projectors into your shoulder pads and..." The bands on the machine whir to life again as small little black pins appear where her joints are, a moment later bubbles inflate into place, looking as iridescent and fragile as a real one.
  79. 8:42 PM "Voila! It won't have the functionality of an airbag, but darn if it doesn't look pretty." She says, chancing a compliment. Her gaze lingers on Tara curious to her reaction.
  80. 8:42 PM Perfection just leans back against the wall again, a knowing smile on his face.
  81. 8:42 PM ||
  82. 8:47 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara is practically jumping up and down and giggling internally. Not only did the projections come out amazingly, but she's still got it! Suck it Fallen, even the apocalypse can't stop us!
  83. 8:52 PM "It's only pretty because one of us is deftly operating a supercomputing tailor-bot. I can't take credit for visualizing." She pokes the animated holograms a few times to inspect the freaky effects. "What's the coolest thing this rig has made, by this room's standards?"
  84. 8:52 PM ||
  85. 8:52 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  86. 8:58 PM The platform whirs down as Tara steps off it, poking at the bubbles. They have feeling to them, like they're actually there, a moistness to them even that isn't there when she touches the tip of her finger again. They take the faintest bit of pressure before popping in a blink. As soon as she's done messing with them they inflate back into place.
  87. 8:58 PM Toni gives a small bashful smile.
  88. 8:58 PM "Oh its really nothing, you guys. Voyage designed all this stuff to be user friendly, and I'm still learning. My airbag idea probably wouldn't have looked at good on you anyway." She says as she steps up and swipes at a shoulder bubble grazing her shoulder lightly as it pops with the motion.
  89. 8:58 PM Perfection also walks over to inspect it more closely as Toni takes a seat on a small overturned crate, looking up at her.
  90. 8:58 PM "Oh man. It definitely has to be &%#*&'s costume. It was reaaaaaly hard to get something that would interface with their weirdness." The name coming out of Toni's mouth sounds like a literal television bleeping sound effect over it.
  91. 8:58 PM ||
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  93. 9:04 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "...uhm. Does that weirdness extend to their name? Because what?" Tara whirls her right arm around to watch the extent of the bubble's stretching. "Have I met them?"
  94. 9:04 PM ||
  95. 9:08 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Toni giggles, and Perfection lets out a chuckle.
  96. 9:08 PM "You might have seen them playing in one of the matches. Everything about them is weird like that. $^37." He says. And starts laughing a little harder. He points at Tara.
  97. 9:08 PM "Check this out. PaL you better give me my $^%& money or so help me." He says, shaking his fist at her with a fake angry expression on his face. A second later him and Toni start cracking up.
  98. 9:08 PM "Heehee, watch you try it." Tonis says.
  99. 9:08 PM ||
  100. 9:11 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara laughs. "Wait, so like if I say 'bleepy person'...?" She waits for a response. ||
  101. 9:14 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "%&$^%" Streams out of her mouth just like the others had, she doesn't even know how. Just having tried to say his name made it happen. The two begin cracking up again in earnest in response at Tara's expression as she says it.
  102. 9:14 PM ||
  103. 9:16 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Alright that's pretty cool. And the costume for...'bleep'...does something similar?" She pauses to laugh a bit before and after saying the name. "Nifty!"
  104. 9:16 PM |
  105. 9:16 PM ||*
  106. 9:23 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The laughter calms down as she nods and begins to explain.
  107. 9:23 PM "We gave them something flowing like a robe that channels the effect, that allowed them to kind of extend their censorship in a little blanket area around them. Its really messed up if you get caught in it." She says, a puzzled look crossing her face.
  108. 9:23 PM "I give more credit to #@*&$'s power for that than me though, your costume..." She stands up, and gestures at it. "It's up there." She smiles at Tara again. Perfection checks his wrist where the time apparently pops up in between one of the cracks.
  109. 9:23 PM "Oh, PaL, lets get going, you should finish packing we're heading out soon." He informs her. She notices Toni looks a bit disappointed as she nods and goes to start packing some stuff up.
  110. 9:23 PM "I already finalized it, so you're good to go. It really does look really good." She says again.
  111. 9:23 PM ||
  112. 9:25 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Thanks!" Don't say 'you too', don't say 'you too'. "I owe you one, seriously. This is the coolest costume I've ever seen, and /I/ get it!"
  113. 9:28 PM She grabs her bag off the floor and slings it over a shoulder, popping the bubble there twice. This might get too distracting.
  114. 9:28 PM ||
  115. 9:33 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold It even makes a 'popping' sound as it does so.
  116. 9:33 PM "You're welcome..." She says with a small smile. She opens her mouth like she wants to say more, but stops short instead opting to bite her lip again. She brushes another stray strand of curly hair out of her face again.
  117. 9:33 PM "Bye Toni thanks again. We'll see you." Perfection says with a wave. She waves back. He steps out quickly giving them a look before closing the door behind him for some reason, leaving them alone.
  118. 9:33 PM As Tara turns to follow, Toni raises a hand.
  119. 9:33 PM "Hey, uh. This might be a little forward of me, but I took the liberty of installing a link to your comms in your costume. Its on your wrist." She points at it.
  120. 9:33 PM "I could put my info in it, if you want. Since you're going overseas I mean. And... I could take you up on your favor, if you wanted that is." She asks stammering the words out, her hazel eyed gaze darting between the ground and Tara's like she's not sure where to leave them.
  121. 9:33 PM ||
  122. 9:40 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara's eyes go a little wide. This is a lot more forward than she was used to. Going by pattern, there should be about 5 weeks of looking at each other for a few moments and saying nothing. She relaxes her posture and puts her wrist out. "Of course, Toni." She smiles, and decides against chancing a wink. It would probably just come off weird.
  123. 9:40 PM ||
  124. 9:48 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social please))
  125. 9:49 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 Oh god don't come off weird
  126. 9:49 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Oh god don't come off weird" [2] +1 = 3
  127. 9:54 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  128. 9:57 PM The wink feels forced and unnatural, and Toni's eyes widen a bit at it as she falters for a moment but seeing the extended wrist she catches her bearing and approaches. She gingerly takes Tara's wrist, playfully popping a bubble at her shoulder again before typing it in 'Toni 💕'
  129. 9:57 PM "There ya go. Don't be a stranger." She offers Tara a last small smile before taking a step back.
  130. 9:57 PM ||
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  132. 10:04 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara's heart pounds in her chest. 'Mission accomplished, I guess.' There's a thought that complicates the whole process, the rest of the cluster, and kiss/kill...Tara puts it out of mind. She knows she can think past all that. "I won't be. I'll see you around, I guess. We can meet up once I get back from my first excursion." She paces backwards to start leaving, lingering just a moment before following Perfection.
  133. 10:04 PM ||
  134. 10:08 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Looking forward to it. Come back safe." She hears Toni's voice at her back. And then a muted "%\=* yes!" as the door closes behind her. Yeah she'd worry about the kiss/kill stuff later.
  135. 10:08 PM |||
  136. 10:08 PM ((Scene skip))
  137. 10:10 PM → Faustus joined (uid186758@stonehaven.irccloud.com)
  138. 10:24 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The ocean wind blows at her hair as the boat she and her companions are on skips across the waves. Just over the horizon she can see the shape of land coalescing in sight.
  139. 10:24 PM "Land ho!" She hears one of the unpowered workers yell in a joking tone. There aren't any other capes on the boat with her she'd be meeting them at the encampent. Along with the regiment leaders. She can feel the anticipation build as they get closer and closer. There are tents and small buildings just off the coast taking shape, and a small greeting party is assembling on the docks.
  140. 10:24 PM ||
  141. 10:27 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Wow...mainland. Tara calms herself. It's hard to avoid thinking about what it had been. It used to be home. Even if not her own, it was someone's home. And now, she supposes, she would have to work to make that so again. She makes her way to the bow of the ship and begins charging a bubble to take her ashore ahead of the rest of the crew. Being on the boat made her antsy.
  142. 10:27 PM ||
  143. 10:31 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  144. 10:32 PM ((Wits/Awareness please))
  145. 10:32 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6-1 Perennial Dump-stat
  146. 10:32 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Perennial Dump-stat" [3] -1 = 2
  147. 10:38 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Tara manifests her bubble, hers a slightly pinker and more lustrous shade than the ones at her joints on the costume. With a command it darts off the ship, into the ocean, scooping up and consuming galons of water to fuel its growth to its full size. It isn't long before its as big as she is. One of her crewmates rushes to the edge when she leaps off the side of the boat suddenly but she catches herself and soon she's flying over the ocean itself
  148. 10:38 PM zooming in over the waves towards the shore. Paat the encampment and docks she can see hotel buildings, and small convenience stores surrounded by still parked cars. A lot of it looks pristine, but there's sand kicked up all over the streets and there's no sign of life in what she can see of the city past the beach encampment. Eerie. She can barely make out the people who are there to greet her until she gets right up to the docks. She recognizes
  149. 10:38 PM one right away, Maho Shoujo. If she remembered right, she was supposed to be Builder's regiment, which normally didn't visit the mainland... She can see the woman glaring up at her as she slows down to touch down at the docks. The other two are a little harder to make out and recognize from this high up off the ground.
  150. 10:38 PM ||
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  152. 10:52 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Ugh, Maho again. Tara slowly descends onto the dock and looks for something to help with, avoiding locking eyes with Maho. There's a topic for a first date with Toni, why the fuck is this girl so...that. At least she's showing up in new clothes with fucking holographic bubbles. The thought provides her with a warm comfort, and she touches down, sending the bubble to hover overhead for the time being.
  153. 10:52 PM ||
  154. 10:54 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Presentation please, and then Know))
  155. 10:55 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 2h6+1 Behold my sickass threads
  156. 10:55 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Behold my sickass threads" [1] (1) +1 = 2
  157. 10:56 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6 I'm an ass both mentally and physically
  158. 10:56 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "I'm an ass both mentally and physically" [2] = 2
  159. 11:03 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold She takes the others in more closely as she lands. Maho is standing at the head of the group with someone dressed in regular milatary regiment uniform, and man with an unholy amount of belts strapped around his person and a pair of goggles trained on her. She can see some of the other capes she recognizes from the match hanging around the camp with the workers. The monkey person cape, and the one with the tattoos are lounging by a tent chatting,
  160. 11:03 PM there's a blotch of censored space nearby them. There are a few others in costume milling around but she doesn't recognize them. She's not paying attention when she lands, and she outright stumbles, almost falling. Maho suppresses a laugh at her expense with a hand over her mouth. The man in the goggles raises an eyebrow but approaches with an extended hand anyway.
  161. 11:03 PM "Pop and Lockdown?" He asks, his belts shake with the motion, and she can see he's sporting a number of trinkets both mundane and tech built.
  162. 11:03 PM "I'm Curious. About you too but that's my name. Its good to meet you." The other person in the military uniform a man with a clean shaven baby face, pale skin, clean shaved blonde hair, and piercing green eyes gestures at her. She belately realizes its sign language. Oh that's Sarge! She didn't catch what he said though.
  163. 11:03 PM ||
  164. 11:14 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Ugh, what was Maho's problem, making the end of the world rebuilding efforts feel like high school again. "Um, hi, Curious. It's nice to be here." She signs to Sarge. "Hello. What was that?" She speaks the rest. "Sorry, I didn't catch the first half of that." She sticks her hand out to shake Curious's while watching Sarge intently now.
  165. 11:14 PM ||
  166. 11:21 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  167. 11:29 PM Maho still has an amused look on her face, but the expression level out to a neutral one as she watches Tara interact with the other two but she thankfully doesn't try to badmouth or mess with her. Curious has a firm grip. He has wild wavy black hair, a beard just past stubble and a toothy smile. His skin is tanned and sun darkened and he's got a lot of hair peeking from her above his tanktop on his chest.
  168. 11:29 PM "I'm the leader of the Explorers Regiment here, you know Maho, she's recently switched over to things out here but was on the leadership track for the builder's regiment. That's Sarge." He nods at Sarge giving way, so Tara can see him sign again
  169. 11:29 PM 'Hi Pop. I saw you at the stadium. Your costume is nice.' Its more complicated than that but she gets the gist.
  170. 11:29 PM ||
  171. 11:36 PM A firm handshake*
  172. 11:40 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara signs 'Thank you!' She doesn't know enough to keep signing exclusively. "Toni does a great job, eh? It feels almost too cool, like its too pricey, right?" She spins around to show off the glitter and projections, letting the beads catch the light.
  173. 11:43 PM "I was thinking of staying in the Builders myself but I haven't been through enough to know how good this is at different things." She points up at her bubble. "Maybe it's an excavator, maybe it's a wrecking ball, y'know?"
  174. 11:43 PM ||
  175. 11:44 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Presentation again please costume bonuses apply if you have any))
  176. 11:44 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((i hadnt written up the new one but i feel like the bubbles would function as an icon, no?))
  177. 11:44 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Yeah I would say so))
  178. 11:45 PM ((If you're so inclined to go that direction))
  179. 11:45 PM ((It was the design intent to be eye catching after all))
  180. 11:46 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((what tier is it now? 4?))
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  182. 11:46 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Yeah 4))
  183. 11:47 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 2h6+1 not snake eyes pls
  184. 11:47 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "not snake eyes pls" (4) [6] +1 = 7
  185. 11:50 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  186. 11:54 PM The individual beads and the bubbles all glitter distinctively in the sun. The light rolls off her and her motion, and even her bubble above her serves to project something of a spotlight on her as she spins. Curious' toothy smile widens, and Sarge smiles as well. A thin closed mouthed smile. A lot of the workers in the camp look her way and she can see some of the capes getting up to approach. Behind her she can see the boat is finally starting to
  187. 11:54 PM dock. Maho's expression is sour now. Both at her comments and at her fabulousness. Jealousy, its clear as day. Her eyes might as well be as green as Sarge's.
  188. 11:54 PM "Toni's okay. I had to make some of my own tweaks afterwards. The wand and star pins..."
  189. 11:54 PM $roll 2h6+1 Maho Steal the Show
  190. 11:54 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Maho Steal the Show" (2) [4] +1 = 5
  191. 11:55 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold She glows and spins as well, and she does look good but people are still checking PaL out passing her by as she approaches.
  192. 11:55 PM "...all me." is drowned out by greetings as new capes introduce themselves and she falls to background. She's glaring at Tara.
  193. Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
  194. 12:00 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold She recognizes one of them. A man covered in brown soft looking fur with very human looking facial features aside from monkey's ears and a very wide mouth he has a long tail curling behind him, he's propped on a long wrapped metal staff like a walking stick.
  195. 12:00 AM "I'm Sun Wu. Its good to meet you."
  196. 12:00 AM Another cape. A woman in simple loose white shorts with a white tanktop, and white gloves with red finger tips she waves.
  197. 12:00 AM "Ping! I've heard about you. Pop and Lockdown. Searchers are the best." She smirks. With the wave of newcomers she almost misses Sarge's signing again.
  198. 12:00 AM '...very nice. Too flashy for me. I chose the regular uniform.'
  199. 12:00 AM Curious steps up raising his arms.
  200. 12:00 AM "Hey lets not crowd her all at once guys." He chuckles turning to her. "We'll do the introductions later. Wanna walk and talk?"
  201. 12:00 AM He's already starting to step away gesturing for Maho to oversee the docking.
  202. 12:00 AM ||
  203. 12:05 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((Gotta brb, one sec))
  204. 12:07 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((No worries))
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  206. 12:32 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Hopefully this tragedy will slow her roll before starting a beauty contest next time. "Cool moves!" She says, trying to actually sound genuine. She shakes the hands of everyone she can as they crowd by her. "Nice to meet you all!" She says to the rest in passing.
  207. 12:33 AM "Woo, a lot going on, lead the way, Curious."
  208. 12:33 AM ||
  209. 12:33 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social please))
  210. 12:33 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 No but choke, f'real
  211. 12:33 AM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "No but choke, f'real" [2] +1 = 3
  212. 12:36 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold She tries her best to sound genuine but she can't help it. It comes out the slightest bit smug, and even she can hear it in her voice. Maho just scowls and stalks off toward the docking point on the pier lowering the drawbridge with her wand. It makes an audible smack on the waves as it cracks down onto them with more force than necessary. Curious herds her away as the others say their farewells.
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  214. 12:43 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Okay so now that that's out of the way..." He chuckles.
  215. 12:43 AM He spreads his arms wide indicating the camp. It looks quickly thrown together made up of scavenged camping temps and canopies but couple with touches of modern Voyager tech it has the feeling the rest of the Settlers HQ did to it.
  216. 12:43 AM "Going back to what you were talking about, this is Ft. Insight. It used to be Panama City but now we use to it to set off on expeditions. New Settlers recruits do tenures in squads here to find their fit. So we'll do our best to find whether you've got a wrecking ball on your hands there or not. Did you have any in mind already or any questions?"
  217. 12:43 AM ||
  218. 12:48 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Does it ever get easier? Referring to things as 'used to be'?" Tara lets her shoulders slump. Used to be a whole city...
  219. 12:48 AM ||
  220. 12:48 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  221. 12:50 AM The toothy smile on his face dissipates at the question. Not the kind of question he had in mind it seems.
  222. 12:50 AM "It always sucks to think about for me. But I try to look at it like this is a new place, a new frontier. Like I'm looking at the people who used to be here everyday I go out, and I get to be the explorer pushing new boundaries I always wanted to be. Going to uncharted places. Its why I love being in the Explorer Regiment." He says earnestly.
  223. 12:50 AM \|
  224. 12:50 AM ||
  225. 12:56 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "I appreciate the positivity, honestly. I...I saw myself as a Builder. What are the others? I've heard of Explorers, Searchers, Builders, what am I missing? I like Sarge, he's real friendly. Sun Wu, too, I wouldn't mind working alongside either of them. "
  226. 12:56 AM ||
  227. 1:00 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold He nods.
  228. 1:00 AM "You have to keep a positive outlook or all this can get overwhelming." He advises her. He glances back over his shoulder at them.
  229. 1:00 AM "They're the city's military regiment. Our fighters. They're at the frontline of seeking out, and dealing with threats to Inspiration. There's is dangerous work sometimes. But they're good at what they do." He glances at the bubble. "They could use a wrecking ball. We're all about options and finding what works for you though. The builders do come out here from time to time, and hopefully in time we'll be able to expand off the island. When all
  230. 1:00 AM this is said and done if you don't like any of the others you can always opt back with them." He says.
  231. 1:00 AM ||
  232. 1:04 AM Their's*
  233. 1:06 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara breathes in deeply and sighs. She knew deep down what she wanted to do. "I think...I'd like to try out the military regiment. I'd like to get a handle on what my power can do and I know it has potential. What do you think?"
  234. 1:06 AM ||
  235. 1:09 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Curious puts his hand to his chin, and nods.
  236. 1:09 AM "I can see it. I can't say I won't be sad that we won't have you on my side right away, but you'll fit in fine. Sarge seems to like you, and you already know a bit of sign so that's a great start. I'm for it if its what you want, they're heading out on an expedition today though, so it'll mean you'll be hitting the ground running here. How's that sound?" He asks.
  237. 1:09 AM ||
  238. 1:14 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Perfect, to be honest. I didn't realize how much I wanted to explore the mainland until I got here. It's a big world, I want to keep order in it. Can't build in a lawless territory. " The decision soothed her, and she felt confidant.
  239. 1:14 AM ||
  240. 1:15 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  241. 1:18 AM "It really is a new world out there PaL. But its still home in a way. I think I get what you're saying. It feels like a place you want to protect." He flashes his teeth at her again. I'll go get your gear and packs together for you, let Sarge know you're heading out with them. He points to a group of people under a canopy in uniform.
  242. 1:18 AM "You can talk to them about finding your barracks, I'll meet you there. See you soon." He says, giving her a salute before turning away.
  243. 1:18 AM ((Should only be a couple more before we pause. Its prob late for you and all that))
  244. 1:18 AM ||
  245. 1:19 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((yeah i was just about to say we should pause))
  246. 1:19 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "I'l go get your... heading out with them"*
  247. 1:20 AM ((We can just pause there after your post actually. I'll do the other stuff next time))
  248. 1:20 AM ((No need to shoehorn it in now))
  249. 1:20 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((coo))
  250. 1:20 AM vander|PaL → vanderhuge
  251. 1:22 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ||PAUSE||
  252. 1:22 AM ColdGold|GM → ColdGold
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  260. Thursday, June 28th, 2018
  261. 12:07 AM → Steve joined ⇐ Teruzi, TheShadow, Mallmann and CaptNameless quit • FaustAndAbout → FaustAsleep
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  264. 9:16 PM ColdGold → ColdGold|GM
  265. 9:17 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  266. 9:18 PM ((Give me a quick reply to the last post if you don't mind, actually))
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  268. 9:24 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara salutes back, glad to have decided on military work. Builders were necessary but didn't /necessarily/ have to be capes. She wasn't a thinker, so search and exploration would be out of her purview, but the fighters? The frontlines? Powers mattered most there, and she could contribute a whole lot more there than anywhere else. For now, at least. She heads back to the others to announce her choice.
  269. 9:24 PM ||
  270. 9:26 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  271. 9:38 PM Its a decision she can feel contentment with at least, as she strolls back through the camp over to the main group. The boat is docked and the workers she'd ridden with have mostly streamed onto the dock by this point. Some of the ones she'd talked to on the boat give her waves as she approach. The assorted group of capes who'd come to greet her are still hanging around, and there are a few others. The tatted up cape from the field, and a section
  272. 9:38 PM of barred out space like a blurred out set of nipples on TV in the back of the group. Standing next to Ping is a cape in a bodysuit that's overlayed with strips of metal and reflective material, like a chainmail showing her her reflection. He has a knight's helmet with a reflective glint in its visor. Its kind of disorienting to look at, so she doesn't for too long. Sarge isn't around anymore though.
  273. 9:38 PM Ping, the cape with the red fingertips on their gloves approaches first with a grin on her face under her red domino mask.
  274. 9:38 PM "Sooo? Searchers?" Ping asks, nudging Tara on her arm.
  275. 9:38 PM "Come on Ping, way to be subtle." The cape in the armor next to her says.
  276. 9:38 PM Behind the group she can see Maho approaching, watching with narrowed eyes but not saying anything.
  277. 9:38 PM "I am kinda curious though." Sun Wu says, offering a hesitant grin. He has a couple of fangs over the top otherwise regular human teeth.
  278. 9:38 PM "Yeah spill the beans!" Ping says playfully, stepping back. The assembled group looks on in interest.
  279. 9:38 PM ||
  280. 9:43 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge She smiles. "Sorry to disappoint some of you, but I'm going to join the frontline fighters. I've thought really hard about it and I can't imagine being in a position to leave Inspiration with even the slightest deficit in defenses. Even if it slows down settling and exploration, it's better to do a slow, safe job than a fast, risky one."
  281. 9:43 PM ||
  282. 9:47 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold A round of cheers goes up from Sun Wu, the tatted cape, and the blotch of space behind the crowd, as well as some of the assorted people in the crowd. The rest clap politely, and Ping puts on a mock sad face, but pats her shoulder.
  283. 9:47 PM "Aww my heart's broken. Just kidding, I'm sure you'll do great and we're all still part of the same team after all." She says, turning the mock sad face into an actual smile. The knight next to her nods.
  284. 9:47 PM ((Social flat please))
  285. 9:47 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 I'm your PaL
  286. 9:47 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "I'm your PaL" [5] +1 = 6
  287. 9:49 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold In the back she can see Maho Shoujo's face take on a clear expression of relief. Why's that?
  288. 9:50 PM The rest of the camp seems overall happy with her decision though. The other capes with Sun Wu introduce themselves as well. Ink, and apparently saying their name didn't work even when the blurred out guy tried to say it themselves, but they seemed nice enough. They'd asked her to meet up with them before heading out, but all that was left was to head to her barracks and get prepared. They'd be heading out today.
  289. 9:50 PM ||
  290. 9:54 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara has a thought...she should try something out to make sure.
  291. 9:56 PM "Don't worry though, I'm planning on going out in each different regiment at least once, so I'll get to help all of you eventually. I'm so excited!" She looks for everyone's reactions, namely Shoujo's.
  292. 9:56 PM ||
  293. 9:57 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social again, scrutinize applies))
  294. 9:57 PM ((Easy DC though, lol))
  295. 9:58 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 Jealous, much?
  296. 9:58 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Jealous, much?" [3] +1 = 4
  297. 9:58 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  298. 10:00 PM Ping seems happy at that, and nods and sounds of agreement go up from the assembled crowd.
  299. 10:00 PM "Yeah I get that. Its sorta the point of this place after all. To see where you fit best." Ink says next to her, nodding.
  300. 10:00 PM "We're gonna win you over right away though so settle down Ping." Sun Wu says with a smirk.
  301. 10:00 PM "Hey!" She replies. Amidst the conversation and banter she pays attention to Maho. When she'd announced it her face had crossed into a frown, a disappointed expression. Now she was looking at the ground, her fist clenched. She definitely didn't like the sound of that.
  302. 10:00 PM ||
  303. 10:01 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge She was pissed at Tara when she first showed up having already started a construction, she left a high position in the Builders when Tara joined, she was jealous as hell when people were paying attention to her, and now she's relieved at not being followed to another branch...Maho Shoujo is afraid of being upstaged, it seems.
  304. 10:06 PM Would it be cruel to double down on that? Probably. Tara decides against it. She'd be the bigger person here, and she even regrets the patronizing comments she'd already made. If Maho tries any shit from here, though, there's no holding back.
  305. 10:08 PM "For now, though, I'm off to the barracks!" She performs a dramatic, goofy superhero pose and laughs at herself. "Lead the way, Sun."
  306. 10:08 PM ||
  307. 10:08 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "PaL?" Tara hears Maho Shoujo's voice chime in from the back of the crowd, people are moving out of her way as she makes her way to the front.
  308. 10:08 PM ||
  309. 10:08 PM ((Tried to interrupt before your last post for disrespect. Maho sucks))
  310. 10:09 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Oooh, Tara is just /daring/ her to try some shit. "Y-yeah, Maho?"
  311. 10:09 PM ||
  312. 10:10 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold She has a smile on her face, that looks genuine at first glance. But it can't be with her can it?
  313. 10:10 PM "I'm really happy for you, its a good choice for you. I think you'll fit in with the fighters well." She says.
  314. 10:10 PM ||
  315. 10:11 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((how old is she btw? genuine question))
  316. 10:12 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((She looks to be a few years younger than you, 18-20 years old))
  317. 10:12 PM ((More 19-21))
  318. 10:14 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Hmm...not aggro enough to be a for-sure dig, and Tara's too old for these teenage antics anyway. She splits the difference and reiterates what she just said. "Thanks! But again, I'm sure it'll be fun to bounce around based on need. Gonna keep it loosey-goosey, haha."
  319. 10:14 PM ||
  320. 10:15 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  321. 10:17 PM "Yeah I really hope you like it there. You didn't really seem like a good fit much for the builders anyway from what I've seen. And the other groups require a touch of finesse from time to time also." She still has that same bubbly smile on her face as she says it. Her hands are behind her back wand tilted upwards.
  322. 10:17 PM "That sounds good though. Builders always need a hammer from time to time."
  323. 10:18 PM $roll 1d6+1 Maho Social
  324. 10:18 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Maho Social" [6] +1 = 7
  325. 10:18 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold From the way she says it, you wouldn't guess she was insulting Tara. The rest of the people around just look confused.
  326. 10:18 PM ||
  327. 10:23 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Wow...that's...that's impossibly aggressive and just barely passive. Best just to treat that as awkwardly as it sounds and disengage. Be the mature one. "Oh...well, alright. Uh, see you around, I guess?"
  328. 10:24 PM ((im debating how easy it would be to successfully make her come off as acting like an asshole through reaction alone))
  329. 10:24 PM "So...Sun, those barracks...?" She looks to Sun Wu.
  330. 10:25 PM ||
  331. 10:25 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social please))
  332. 10:26 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 C'mon guys, she's acting like a literal child
  333. 10:26 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "C'mon guys, she's acting like a literal child" [5] +1 = 6
  334. 10:31 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Uh... Yeah sure. Sounds good. Later guys." He says as he starts to head off leading her away. Maho frowns at her response but doesn't push any harder just kind of walking off in a huff.
  335. 10:31 PM "What was that about?" She hears someone say as they head off. Well that's out of the way at least. Hopefully it would be the only speedbump in an otherwise smooth day.
  336. 10:31 PM ||
  337. 10:33 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Once out of earshot, Tara breaks the silence and asks Sun. "So...Does Maho have something going on I'm not aware of? Like, I have to agree with the question, what was that about?"
  338. 10:33 PM ||
  339. 10:47 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Everyone assembled just shrugs.
  340. 10:47 PM "She's always seemed nice enough to me." Sun Wu says, still sounding puzzled.
  341. 10:47 PM "Yeah she smiled at me just like that when she welcomed me. And bought me lunch during orientation." Ink says, scratching the shaved side of her head.
  342. 10:47 PM "She's kind of a bitch." The censored space next to them says out of nowhere.
  343. 10:47 PM ||
  344. 10:50 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara whips her head around to face Bleep, a little too fast, and raises her eyebrows. "Seems to be a wonky split, then. Oh well, I mean, as long as doesn't interfere with our contributions to the team, right?"
  345. 10:50 PM ||
  346. 10:53 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "You really think so dude?" Sun asks Bleep.
  347. 10:53 PM "Yeah. She's fake as hell." He says vaguely.
  348. 10:53 PM Ink shrugs again.
  349. 10:53 PM "I agree with PaL as long as it doesn't mess with our business it should be whatever. And you're part of the team now if for a little. So let me know if you need me to beat her up for you or something." She says a smile on her face to show she's joking even though her voice is still somewhat level and monotone.
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  352. 10:58 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Oh, she likes this bleep fellow.
  353. 11:01 PM "Oh no, I know you're joking but please, I just want to make sure we all function well as a team. No sorority shenanigans or cliquishness, you know?" She gestures towards the barracks and looks up to Wu. "Shall we?"
  354. 11:01 PM ||
  355. 11:12 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold They all nod at her words. Maho wouldn't be low enough to take it farther than that anyway, would she?
  356. 11:12 PM "After you." Sun Wu says, sweeping his arms in front of him dramatically.
  357. 11:12 PM |||
  358. 11:12 PM ((Scene skip))
  359. 11:12 PM "Do you have visuals?" Tara hears from Ink's comms unit as she looks at the abandoned town from behind some binoculars. Its probably about a mile away. From where they're standing its a ghost town.
  360. 11:12 PM "Yeah. It's all quiet there. Just like reports said, no sign of movement or mass packing up though. Everyone is just gone..." Ink says, trailing off.
  361. 11:12 PM "And of course they sent us to this literal horror movie scenario." Bleep says from close by where he's blurring out some shrubbery.
  362. 11:12 PM "Ah come on man. Stop being so boring." Sun says. He's sitting at the edge of the roof of the overpass they're stationed on.
  363. 11:12 PM "Okay we're moving in. Cut through the forests along the outskirts and rendezvous with us in the middle. We'll ping you if we have any trouble." The voice comes back
  364. 11:12 PM "Roger that." Ink says.
  365. 11:12 PM They were working in tandem with the Searchers for this expedition. Maho had apparently joined up with them for her time on the mainland. It was almost a run of the mill scavenging run if not for the fact that there had been intel of a tribe of people living in the town they were looking at but now there was nobody around. People often got up and moved around with how volatile the mainland was but they were there for extra insurance. Tara wasn't
  366. 11:12 PM complaining it was an opportunity to see how things were. So far they looked like a set off an apocalypse movie. Cracked roads, still parked cars. Things were quiet though, and the signs of nature reasserting its place in the world was already starting to become clear.
  367. 11:12 PM ||
  368. 11:13 PM ((Sarge is with the main searchers unit right now, as are the regular troops))
  369. 11:13 PM ((You're coming around the side with your group to reinforce if things go sideways))
  370. 11:20 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara shudders. She wasn't sure how long she could stay on the mainland if it looked like this. She used to love watching those documentaries about how the world would slowly decay if people magically disappeared but never in her whole life did she think they just...could. Without saying a word, she follows the group into the woods and just absorbs what's happened. If she thinks of it enough or not at all, she could move past it, but
  371. 11:20 PM in-between is impossibly creepy.
  372. 11:20 PM ||
  373. 11:23 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  374. 11:28 PM With Tara receiving assistance from her bubble, Ink riding on a painted Bengal tiger brought to life, and Sun extending his staff to tap rocks and logs ahead while running and swapping place they all make quick time moving in a pack. Bleep is... Somehow keeping up, his blur moving just as fast behind them as they are with no indication to how he's doing so.
  375. 11:28 PM They're all so comfortable using their powers they're able to talk as trees whir by them at quick speeds though. Powers huh.
  376. 11:28 PM "I hope they have soda there. Some of the power grids are still working, might get some with bubbles." Sun Wu comments, as he lands after flipping over a fallen tree trunk.
  377. 11:28 PM "That's what you're worried about? We might see some action." Ink comments.
  378. 11:28 PM "I don't know. That's what they said last time a town went empty. They probably just left again. Living in a place like this probably sucks." He replies.
  379. 11:28 PM ||
  380. 11:33 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Don't say that, now we're jinxed. Better get ready for a big fight." She says, jokingly. She wasn't super-duper-stitious but she's still not one to tempt fate.
  381. 11:34 PM "That being said, I would both kill and die for an ice cold bubbly soda right now. If there's cream soda I have first dibs. What about y'all, what's your dibs-flavors?"
  382. 11:34 PM ||
  383. 11:46 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Vanilla coke." Bleep immediately chimes in from behind them.
  384. 11:46 PM "Nah grape soda. The cheap kind. The one the weirdos that dress like mimes where. Faygo? I think its called. That's the good stuff." Sun Wu says.
  385. 11:46 PM "Woah we got a hipster over here. Just get me a sprite." Ink says. Her tiger's movements are reminiscent of pages turning rapidly in a book or an in progress cartoon.
  386. 11:46 PM "On. Second thought. Root beer. But only if I can find a glass." Bleep says amending his statement.
  387. 11:46 PM ((Awareness please))
  388. 11:47 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6-1 I'm in SodaZone mentally
  389. 11:47 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "I'm in SodaZone mentally" [5] -1 = 4
  390. 11:49 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The banter and speed they're moving at almost distracts her, but she catches it in the corner of her eye. They're travelling along the side of a river and the water looks weird here. A darker blue than it should be. Almost purple.
  391. 11:49 PM ||
  392. 11:52 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Hold! I see something." She holds up her fist the way she's seen in movies and then points at the water. "What's the story there?"
  393. 11:52 PM ||
  394. 11:55 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Everyone slows to a stop, coming up and taking a closer look. They walk up to the shore, everyone seemingly wary. Ink crouches next to the bank sniffing the water. Sun Wu, paces up and down its shore.
  395. 11:55 PM "I don't see any dead animals or anything." He says, scratching his head. He walks back over to them and props himself on his staff, looking down at Ink.
  396. 11:55 PM "It has no smell or anything either." She comments.
  397. 11:56 PM "The purple water. I've heard reports, but its just hearsay from mainlanders"Bleep comments.
  398. 11:56 PM ((Awareness please))
  399. 11:57 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6-1 Can lightning strike twice?
  400. 11:57 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Can lightning strike twice?" [2] -1 = 1
  401. 11:58 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Aside from straight up drinking it there's not really any way to tell what's so special about the weird water, or why it's like this. It has to be coming from somewhere though.
  402. 11:58 PM ||
  403. 11:59 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "What's the hearsay?" PaL asks. "Usually you can glean something at the very least."
  404. 11:59 PM ||
  405. Friday, June 29th, 2018
  406. 12:01 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Nothing useful. They're apparently still drinking it. Or at least water near it. Doesn't do anything bad to them. It was marked as something to keep an eye out for in one of our recent handouts though."
  407. 12:01 AM "That's what I get for not reading those." Sun Wu says, scratching his head again.
  408. 12:02 AM "That means that some areas are more concentrated than others then. This looks pretty concentrated." ink says.
  409. 12:02 AM $roll 1d6 Ink Awareness
  410. 12:02 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Ink Awareness" [2] = 2
  411. 12:02 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+1 Bleep Awareness
  412. 12:02 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Bleep Awareness" (1) [2] +1 = 3
  413. 12:02 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6-1 Sun Wu Maybe?
  414. 12:02 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Sun Wu Maybe?" [1] -1 = 0
  415. 12:03 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold They all look around but there's nowhere nearby that looks any different. Maybe its further downstream. It might take a while to find it searching up and down the coast though.
  416. 12:03 AM ||
  417. 12:06 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "I'd radio it in. We do still have to provide support at the town, but this warrants a follow-up." Tara can't believe how cool she sounds. She's all tactical and shit!
  418. 12:06 AM ||
  419. 12:10 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The rest nod, getting ready to move out. They apparently take her call in stride, nobody arguing with it. Maybe she is as cool as she sounds.
  420. 12:10 AM They're back in motion quickly enough, zipping through the trees with the town in sight over the treeline. Even though the mystery of the water still remains, its not something they can't check out later. Not too bad so far.
  421. 12:10 AM ||
  422. 12:12 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge PaL tries a few different poses in her bubble. Fake-mid-running, parallel to the ground with fist forward, arms folded and legs together and rigid. "Hey which of these is coolest, you think?" Was she talking too much?
  423. 12:12 AM ||
  424. 12:12 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Lol roll me pres or acrobatics please))
  425. 12:12 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 2h6+1 trick question, all 3 look dope as fuck
  426. 12:12 AM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "trick question, all 3 look dope as fuck" (3) [4] +1 = 5
  427. 12:13 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  428. 12:14 AM "The last one is the lamest..." Bleep starts bluntly.
  429. 12:14 AM "...but it isn't bad. The other two are cool." He follows up.
  430. 12:16 AM "The second looks the most natural I think." Ink comments, tilting her head at her. She turns backwards saddle on her tiger's back but it still continues dodging obstacles without her guidance.
  431. 12:17 AM "The running one is stylish at least. Imagine someone doing that and then running up and socking you right in the jaw." He swings his fist. "Pow." Ink and Bleep both laugh a bit.
  432. 12:17 AM ||
  433. 12:20 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge She trusts Bleep's opinion a whole hell of a lot if he can see through Maho. "Alright, nice! Thanks!" She adopts the pose and floats on like a golden-age comic hero, scanning the woods for any more new shit the post apocalyptic Florida had.
  434. 12:20 AM ||
  435. 12:21 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Awareness please))
  436. 12:22 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6-1 Why do I bother
  437. 12:22 AM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Why do I bother" [3] -1 = 2
  438. 12:25 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold There's something weird about the animals. But what did she know about animals. She was a city girl for the most part so its not like she spent much time around them in the first place. Maybe she'd see more interesting things in the city. Just when the ride's about to become sort of monotonous they break the treeline and pass a convenience store marking the edge of town.
  439. 12:25 AM "Hey maybe there's soda in the-" Sun starts but a loud 'boom!' goes off in the town with a cloud of smoke following it. All their necks crane towards it. A moment later the comms come in.
  440. 12:25 AM "Hostiles encountered. City center. Quickly. Sending a ping your way." A second later a large red beam from the sky falls onto a point in the middle of the city like a waypoint.
  441. 12:25 AM ||
  442. 12:27 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Well shit, there's that jinx.
  443. 12:29 AM PaL flies to the town, keeping pace with her teammates and focusing in on the billowing smoke.
  444. 12:29 AM ||
  445. 12:32 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Athletics please))
  446. 12:42 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 Dancing queen
  447. 12:42 AM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Dancing queen" [6] +1 = 7
  448. 12:47 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Wits please also))
  449. 12:48 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6-1 Vision peasant, tho
  450. 12:48 AM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Vision peasant, tho" [6] -1 = 5
  451. 12:49 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((You can take a +1 when flying from now on))
  452. 12:49 AM ...
  453. 12:50 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((niiiice))
  454. 12:51 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((To both Wits and when at full bubble size Ath also))
  455. 12:52 AM ⇐ Teruzi quit (uid43982@ealing.irccloud.com) Quit: sleepy
  456. 12:53 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Her friends make quick time behind her, but they can't fly. Surprisingly as she takes off over the top of the buildings Bleep is the one matching her pace the most closely, but she soon leaves him behind. The plume of smoke still remains making it hard to see but it soon clears as she makes it to the scene giving her a clear overhead view of what's going on.
  457. 12:57 AM A group of soldiers are in an alleyway, crossbows leveled at a huge creature who only the front side of is peeking from the side of a destroyed building wall all the up to its fourth story. It has a head like a snake, with two horns like a rams, made of ivory white like teeth. They sparkle with electricity. It roars, an ear piercing screech before it steps fully out of the building stretching to a full four stories in height. It has purple rough
  458. 12:57 AM bumpy skin, and beady black eyes. Its built kind of like a giant pterodactyl with a long torso, and a sweeping tail that arcs the same way its horns do. The soldiers at the front with melee weapons draw them but Sarge at the back signs and a command is shouted to the troops by someone next to them.
  459. 12:57 AM "Hold!"
  460. 1:01 AM Next to them the cape in the mirror armor, who was named Rubber for some reason, steps forward to the very front and holds their hands up. A moment later a tilted reflective surface like a mirror appears as the creature charges out of the side of the building unfurling its large wings. It steps onto the mirror surface and its foot bounces back sending it stumbling. That's when Sarge signs.
  461. 1:01 AM "Fire!"
  462. 1:01 AM $roll 3h6+2 Collective Boosted Aim
  463. 1:01 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Collective Boosted Aim" [6] (1) (1) +2 = 8
  464. 1:01 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6+4 Beast Hide
  465. 1:01 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Beast Hide" [5] +4 = 9
  466. 1:01 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $lesser pierce
  467. 1:01 AM <[ATM]> ATM [Torso] [Any 1] Pricked: No special effect. Lesser wound fades after one round.
  468. 1:04 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The volley of arrows leave a shallow bed of spines sticking from its hide, but the creature just roars as it stumbles back a few steps further. Down for now, but not out. In the street next to them, where the red waypoint is still shining down. Ping and Maho are in the middle of a swarm of small green rat like creatures the size of small dogs. Maho is tossing them away with wand beams violently, and ping is shining down small lights and tapping
  469. 1:04 AM them making them glow. Everytime she does one of the soldiers mows one of the animals down with precision or she takes one out herself.
  470. 1:04 AM This is still a mess though, what happened? Even from overhead there are definitely no capes in sight.
  471. 1:04 AM ||
  472. 1:06 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((this is in a city with high enough buildings to have alleys, yeah? any particularly higher than the dino-thing?))
  473. 1:07 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((The tallest buildings are around 4-5 stories. So one or two fit that description yeah))
  474. 1:07 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((am i in a position to drop a chunk of building on it by absorbing the walls?))
  475. 1:08 AM ((without hitting friends and maho))
  476. 1:08 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Maho and the other squad should be free, you'd have to aim properly but there's enough space between the monster and the squad in the alley if you don't botch it))
  477. 1:12 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge The dino-snake is the big problem. PaL's options are limited: attack the beast head-on and take the risk, find something big to do that can do some real damage, or stress-test her powers and see if her tremors can lock it down for more shots.
  478. 1:13 AM Fuck it, Sarge is a squad-thinker, PaL hopes he can guide the team out of harm's way. She flies to the best building she can find to drop and begins to erode the supports.
  479. 1:15 AM Not too low, can't let it cover so much ground there are bystanders. Not too high, can't waste the shot with a weak drop. She errs on the side of caution and aims a bit higher than she wanted. Worst case scenario, it only hurts a little and buys them time.
  480. 1:15 AM ||
  481. 1:16 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Dex please, for precise cutting and dropping))
  482. 1:17 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6-1 oh god it's dex
  483. 1:17 AM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "oh god it's dex" [3] -1 = 2
  484. 1:18 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6-1 Dino, debuffed Wits
  485. 1:18 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Dino, debuffed Wits" [4] -1 = 3
  486. 1:18 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 3h6+2 Sarge Command
  487. 1:19 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Sarge Command" (2) [4] (3) +2 = 6
  488. 1:19 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((5 from shouted proxy))
  489. 1:26 AM The monster regains its footing right as Tara drops onto her feet on the undestroyed rooftop over the monster's head on the other side of the alley. As soon as her soles make contact her bubble peels off of her with a wobble before it reestablishes full size. There's no time to hesitate so without any more waiting she slaps the bubble into the rooftop. It flattens on contact but as it starts to overtake the surface the insides of the bubble eat
  490. 1:26 AM away at it carving a hole right through it. She feels the bubble as a part of her and keeps it sweeping donwards and then when its deep enough she rips forward, pulling the foundations out from under the chunk of building. Its a large boulder like chunk that is ripped free, but the cut is uneven and it slides forward with a lurching screech before toppling on the edge. The moment of hang time is enough for the monster to take note of the noise and
  491. 1:26 AM leap back as rocks come tumbling down, some over when the troops are too.
  492. 1:26 AM "Back!" A voice from next to Sarge calls, and the hangtime and quick command time benefits them to as they're able to leap out of the way.
  493. 1:26 AM $lesser bash
  494. 1:26 AM <[ATM]> ATM [Torso] [Any 1] Smashed: Knocked to the ground. This lesser wound goes away at start of next turn.
  495. 1:27 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold One of the troops is knocked to the ground by a stray rock though, right in the path of the falling rocks, and the charging monster.
  496. 1:27 AM "Three. Forward!" The same voice calls, and Rubber moves.
  497. 1:27 AM $roll 1d6+1 Rubber Reflectses
  498. 1:27 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Rubber Reflectses" [3] +1 = 4
  499. 1:27 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6+2 Monster Blitz
  500. 1:27 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Monster Blitz" [1] +2 = 3
  501. 1:27 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $moderate bash
  502. 1:27 AM <[ATM]> ATM [Arm] [Part] Sent Flying: Thrown to one side and KNOCKED DOWN, STAGGERED on the ensuing turn.
  503. 1:29 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold He puts another tilted platform in the way of the falling rocks, sending them reflecting back at an angle into the monster slapping it into the building she's standing on heavily, and giving the rest of the troops including the fallen one time to escape. The building she's on rumbles though. It's going down.
  504. 1:29 AM ((Wits please))
  505. 1:29 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((bubble awareness?))
  506. 1:29 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((You're high enough up))
  507. 1:29 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6 Eagle vision
  508. 1:29 AM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Eagle vision" [6] = 6
  509. 1:32 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold She sees the rest of her teamates thankfully arrive on the scene right on time. Ink, her tiger, and several other painted animals including a fox and a hawk tear into the rodents with the troops, helping them route towards a storefront. Bleep literally rides through a group of the small beasts between them in the store front, his wave of censored space sweeping through them. They're all slapped away, making space. Sun is making a beeline towards
  510. 1:32 AM the frontline to fight the big monster with them.
  511. 1:36 AM "King, use shockwave!" They hear a young male voice call out. On a nearby rooftop is a young child, no older than 13 or 14 with a backwards baseball cap on. He has some other kids standing next to him, a weird slouched kid with a bowl cut and glasses, and a girl in a hoodie with long braided black hair hanging out of it She has something like a small floating bipedal blue cat next to her. Its about the size of a kid with its eyes trained on Tara.
  512. 1:36 AM The kid with the glasses has one of the green rat things next to him and he's whispering to it. It splits into several more copies of itself which scramble down thee building side to join the swarm streaming into the streets. After the kid commands the animal, they all turn to book it, climbing down a fire escape. Below them the monster is starting to crackle with electricity with Sun still charging at it. The crackling is intensifying...
  513. 1:37 AM ||
  514. 1:37 AM ((We can pause after your post))
  515. 1:37 AM ((Or pause there if you're tired))
  516. 1:39 AM Faustus|Tiamat → Faustus
  517. 1:43 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "HOSTILES!"Tara screams to the squads, pointing at the group. She couldn't let this continue. She would take this into her own hands. "YOU!" She addresses the enemy group, flying toward them. "Call off your minions before someone gets hurt!" She could end this now if she convinced them to stop.
  518. 1:45 AM She was prepared to demolish the young monster trainer's pet, if they kept this up.
  519. 1:45 AM ||
  520. 1:46 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ||PAUSE||
  521. 1:46 AM ColdGold|GM → ColdGold
  522. 1:46 AM → Steve joined ⇐ Mallmann and CaptNameless quit ↔ Nonagon nipped out • vander|PaL → vanderhuge, Faustus → FaustAsleep
  523. 6:05 AM ⇐ You disconnected: Connection closed for inactivity
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  525. Saturday, June 30th, 2018
  526. 12:53 AM → Steve joined ⇐ Mallmann and CaptNameless quit ↔ Teruzi popped in • Faustus → FaustAsleep
  527. 4:17 AM ⇐ You disconnected: Connection closed for inactivity
  528. 11:14 AM → ColdGold and Sidezero joined • FaustAsleep → FaustAndAbout • Channel mode: +nt
  529. 1:31 PM ⇐ You disconnected: Connection closed for inactivity
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  531. Sunday, July 1st, 2018
  532. 1:20 AM → Steve joined ⇐ Netrunner quit
  533. 2:17 AM ⇐ You disconnected: Connection closed for inactivity
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  535. 1:01 PM → Netrunner joined • Sidezero → Side|GM, FaustAsleep → FaustAndAbout
  536. 2:39 PM ⇐ You disconnected: Connection closed for inactivity
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  538. 10:11 PM ColdGold → ColdGold|GM
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  540. 10:12 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Okay Ath, and then social twice. Command and Threaten))
  541. 10:12 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((bubble bonus on ath?))
  542. 10:12 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Yep!))
  543. 10:13 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+2 Beauty and Grace
  544. 10:13 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Beauty and Grace" [4] +2 = 6
  545. 10:13 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 Shoot these children
  546. 10:13 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Shoot these children" [2] +1 = 3
  547. 10:13 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 Darned rascals
  548. 10:13 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Darned rascals" [2] +1 = 3
  549. 10:14 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6+2 Sun Ath
  550. 10:14 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Sun Ath" [2] +2 = 4
  551. 10:15 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2h6+1 Squad Ath
  552. 10:15 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Squad Ath" [5] (5) +1 = 6
  553. 10:15 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6 Sarge Ath
  554. 10:15 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Sarge Ath" [6] = 6
  555. 10:15 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6 King Shockwave
  556. 10:15 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "King Shockwave" [3] = 3
  557. 10:24 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Beneath Tara the large snake dragon is stuck beneath large chunks of rubble, struggling beneath their weight as it tries to stand but its still sparking with electricity at its owners command. Sun turns tail and sprints away, slowed by the rubble, but still making good time as he hope up and over. Sarge is signing furiously, already running in a funny way, where he's leaned backwards, occasionally lowering a signing hand to pull up baggy pants. The
  558. 10:24 PM troops follow suit quickly and all of them clear it as a loud 'wumph' goes off and a wave of rolling eletricity runs through the streets missing them all by just feet. Seeing them safe she's free to fly off, zipping at breakneck speeds through the air. They hear her call and crane their necks to follow but they can't see over the rooftops as she flies. The last she sees of them is Sarge signing at a small group, and them breaking away.
  559. 10:24 PM She's over the group of kids in seconds.
  560. 10:24 PM The kid in the glasses with the bowl cut widens his eyes behind cracked lenses as he sees her bear down on him. His green rat thing, kind of a pig like creature with whiskers and slick fur, hisses at her.
  561. 10:24 PM "Oh god. We're boned." He shreiks.
  562. 10:24 PM "No we're not. Keep moving!" The kid in the baseball cap commands. The scared kid wastes no time scrambling down a fire escape, his creature on his back. The kid with the baseball bat glares at her.
  563. 10:24 PM "You'll never take us! We won't go so easilly like the rest." He says, before he taps the girl on her shoulder. He turns and leaps towards the fire escape the girl casts unsure eyes up at Tara but then grits her teeth.
  564. 10:24 PM "Meow, use barricade!" She commands, and a transparent pink wall appears in her way about as wide as the roof is tall, and about a story high.. They turn to all escape down the same fire escape with the afforded cover.
  565. 10:25 PM ||
  566. 10:26 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Who on earth(s) are the rest?
  567. 10:29 PM "Enough! Stop hurting my team and explain yourselves!"
  568. 10:31 PM PaL directs her bubble down into the barrier to try and break it. Or maybe she'll just bounce off and look like a turd. Either way, it gets her closer to them.
  569. 10:32 PM ||
  570. 10:32 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((You can use your Brawn stat to aim the bubble for this since im a generous game master))
  571. 10:33 PM ((Unless you -1'd that too))
  572. 10:33 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((danke, i didnt))
  573. 10:33 PM $roll 1d6 PaL uses Bubble
  574. 10:33 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "PaL uses Bubble" [6] = 6
  575. 10:35 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  576. 10:50 PM The bubble is a part of Tara, and she's heated. These kids are hurting her friends for no reason, and the bubble lightly thrums with her pulse as she lifts her arms in the air, and then slaps them downwards. The bubble slips off of her and cracks into the forcefield, shattering it into small pieces like glass that disintegrate as they fall. Gravity reasseers itself without the bubble, and then she's falling without it to hold her up plummeting
  577. 10:50 PM towards the kids going down the ladder. The bubble falls next to her. As she falls he eyes meet the girl's eyes they go wide in surprise. The floating humanoid shaped blue cat next to her cranes its neck at her its eyes dilating.
  578. 10:50 PM ||
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  580. 11:01 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge PaL places her bubble back around herself as fast as she can to arrest her fall. In the back of her mind, she switches on her tremor-power to slow their escape. No need to exert herself yet, though.
  581. 11:01 PM ||
  582. 11:11 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Wits please))
  583. 11:11 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6-1 Oh fuck
  584. 11:11 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Oh fuck" [5] -1 = 4
  585. 11:13 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 2l6-1 Glasses Ath
  586. 11:13 PM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Glasses Ath" [4] (6) -1 = 3
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  588. 11:17 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold She half falls into her bubble, half gets absorbed into it as it catches her and her momentum is arrested as she comes to a stop floating paralell above them. As she commands the bubble to let out the wave of energy she feels herself thinking of Taz. This was her version of her power. She feels a vibration deep in her core and it moves throughout her whole being before exploding down at the kids. The wave shakes them and even if the other two could
  589. 11:17 PM move the one below them , the kid with the glasses is held in place as he struggles against a force to get down.
  590. 11:17 PM "Jaz do something!" The kid with the cap screams. He sounds desperate.
  591. 11:17 PM She opens her mouth to command her monster but then they all hear the word "Freeze!" below them.
  592. 11:18 PM Underneath them the small contingient of Sarge's squad is there, they have the kids surrounded. The girl shuts her mouth grimly and the boy in the glasses starts crying. They have them cornored and surrounded.
  593. 11:18 PM ||
  594. 11:26 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Do nothing! You have nowhere to go, you're outclassed, outnumbered, and outmaneuvered. Call off your minions!" As a gesture of kindness and defusal, PaL deactivates Taz's power.
  595. 11:27 PM "I'll turn it right back on if you try anything, so cool it."
  596. 11:27 PM ||
  597. 11:34 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Social please))
  598. 11:34 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 shape up, lads
  599. 11:34 PM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "shape up, lads" [5] +1 = 6
  600. 11:35 PM FaustAndAbout → Faustus
  601. 11:41 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  602. Monday, July 2nd, 2018
  603. 12:00 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Sorry Vander, dosing off back))
  604. 12:02 AM The thrum literally vibrates their skin, and adds weight to her words which are clearly true. The soldiers below all have arrows trained on the kids. After long moments the kids nods and the monsters next to them turn into beams of light that fly back into the kid's bodies
  605. 12:03 AM "We're going to climb down. Don't hurt us." The lead kid says, sounding sour as they begin climbing down. As soon as they do, they're pushed to the ground and restrained. Tara can hear the rest of the assembled military regiment making their way over through the other streets.
  606. 12:03 AM ||
  607. 12:04 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge PaL floats down to her group. "How are we looking elsewhere?" She addresses the group at large, taking stock of who is around and in charge.
  608. 12:04 AM ||
  609. 12:18 AM vander|PaL → vanderhuge
  610. 12:19 AM ColdGold|GM → ColdGold
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  614. 5:47 PM ColdGold → ColdGold|GM
  615. 5:47 PM vanderhuge → vander|PaL
  616. 5:48 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  617. 5:55 PM With the kids restrained Tara is free to glide up and over to the main group, who are unimpeded by a giant snake dragon now. The rest weren't dealing with a mob of pig rats now. The capes were going into buildings to further check things out, but Sarge and his troops approach as she dropps down. A woman next to him, a strongly built mid height woman with neck length wavy brunette hair addresses her for Sarge at his right hand. She's been introduced
  618. 5:55 PM as Laura.
  619. 5:55 PM "All of the threats disappeared all at once so I'm assuming whatever you did took care of them. The rest of the troops are checking for more threats or clues." She says.
  620. 5:55 PM "What was that. Are they capes?" She asks. Sarge is walking up to every member signing to them asking if they're okay and checking on them.
  621. 5:55 PM ||
  622. 6:01 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "They're in charge of all the stuff we were fighting. Glasses kid with the rats, hat boy with the dragon, and the girl, Jaz, with some sort of cat that makes walls. They mentioned others who were...taken or otherwise 'went easily' in their words. I'd get them to safety and try to learn more." PaL is...proud. She didn't do all the work, she supposed, but she helped in a big way.
  623. 6:01 PM ||
  624. 6:19 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  625. 6:33 PM Laura nods at her explanation.
  626. 6:33 PM "Understood. We'll let the troops know." She says. Sarge walks over and Laura fills him in in quick sign Tara can't quite follow before he looks up at her.
  627. 6:33 PM "Come. Let's talk to them." He says, starting to walk away before he stops and turns around giving her a smile.
  628. 6:33 PM "Good job." He adds.
  629. 6:33 PM ||
  630. 6:33 PM ((Got picked up by a friend but I'm still around))
  631. 6:38 PM CaptNameless → CaptN|Lunch
  632. 6:46 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Th-thanks! I'm really sorry about the guy who almost got hurt because of the building drop." She's a little surprised by Sarge talking. Did his power only work while silent or...oh well. She's more wracked with guilt. "I tried my best to keep things safe but...I'm still learning."
  633. 6:46 PM ||
  634. 6:53 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  635. 7:04 PM He shakes his head left to right, and waggles his finger at her before signing "Not your fault"
  636. 7:12 PM He points at the fallen building, and she gets the same sense she'd gotten from his signs during drills.
  637. 7:12 PM "In danger." He points back to her.
  638. 7:12 PM "Be calm" He commands in sign, and she feels a calm wash over her. He points his finger to his temple. "Think"
  639. 7:16 PM "You'll be okay." Laura says next to him. "We all start off new." She says nodding to her as she gestures for Tara to follow Sarge. They had some kids to confront.
  640. 7:16 PM ||
  641. 7:24 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge She follows the rest of them, adjusting her posture to be more assertive. No, understanding? Maybe it would be better to just stay by the sidelines. PaL relaxes her stance and watches the children she has hopefully talked out of violence for the foreseeable future. ||
  642. 7:33 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  643. 7:54 PM As they turn the corner into the alley she can see the kids are all sitting next to a wall, completely restrained. The girl is looking down at the ground, and the boy in the glasses is still crying. When the boy with hat sees her coming with Sarge his head snaps and he glares at her.
  644. 8:19 PM Sarge leads them up to the kids and then just stares at the lead kid for long moments before looking up at Tara.
  645. 8:19 PM "Can't talk because of power. Ask questions." He tells her in sign.
  646. 8:19 PM ||
  647. 8:27 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge PaL is caught off-guard for a moment, and she takes a second to think of a good starter question. "Okay, um, let's start with your names. Cape or otherwise. I'm, uh, I go by Pal."
  648. 8:27 PM ||
  649. 8:30 PM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  650. 8:32 PM The kid glares for long moments, before he finally looks down and answers nodding to his friends that its okay.
  651. 8:32 PM "I'm Joey. No cape name."
  652. 8:32 PM "Ashlynn."
  653. 8:32 PM "B-b brooke." The kid in the glasses babbles.
  654. 8:32 PM "Look we just want to leave. You clearly aren't who we thought you were, we won't hurt anyone. Just let us go!" Joey demands, cutting in.
  655. 8:33 PM ||
  656. 8:38 PM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Woah, woah, slow down. I believe you, but I also think there's a lot we don't know here. All I want is to find out what caused this, and maybe a few other things. See, it's my first time on the mainland since, well...It's been a while. I have a lot to find out. For starters, can you tell me who you /did/ think we were?" PaL looks back at Sarge for affirmation. She'd never done any questioning like this before.
  657. 8:38 PM ||
  658. 8:57 PM ↔ Nonagon nipped out • CaptN|Lunch → CaptNameless
  659. 10:07 PM ⇐ Steve quit • Side|GM → Sidezero
  660. 11:03 PM ⇐ You disconnected: Connection closed for inactivity
  661. Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
  662. 1:55 AM → ColdGold and Steve joined ⇐ CaptNameless quit • Faustus → FaustAsleep • Channel mode: +nt
  663. 6:45 AM ⇐ You disconnected: Connection closed for inactivity
  664. 9:37 AM → ColdGold joined • Channel mode: +nt
  665. 9:40 AM ColdGold → ColdGold|GM
  666. 9:40 AM vanderhuge → vander|PaL
  667. 9:40 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  668. 9:47 AM Sarge nods his head, and gives her a thumbs up. Good so far apparently.
  669. 9:47 AM "We thought you were those weird charity people again, but you're just other weird people." Joey explains.
  670. 9:47 AM "Why are you even here?" The girl, Ashlynn cuts in. She has a completely straight face.
  671. 9:47 AM "We never saw outsiders a lot, and when we did they always wanted something. What do you want? Scavenge, shelter? You can have all that and still leave us alone. We're just kids." She says bitterly. She leans her arm on Brook who's still sniffling and wiping away tears. It seems to comfort him some.
  672. 9:47 AM ||
  673. 9:52 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Hey, no worries. I'm sure we can let you be on your way as soon as we find out what's been going on. See, we're from an island called Inspiration, people are rebuilding there. All of us are a group called the Settlers, and its our job to build new houses and explore places. All we're doing right now is exploring. Now, can you tell me more about these charity people? Who are they?" PaL felt a little frustrated that this conversation was
  674. 9:52 AM as calm and nonthreatening as it could be and they were still treating her like she was throwing them in jail.
  675. 9:52 AM ||
  676. 9:53 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  677. 9:53 AM ((Social please, charm applies))
  678. 9:54 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge $roll 1d6+1 Calm down, you babies
  679. 9:54 AM <[ATM]> ATM vander|PaL "Calm down, you babies" [2] +1 = 3
  680. 9:57 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Brook finally finishes his crying and hearing the comments about Inspiration he widens his eyes.
  681. 9:57 AM "An Island...? Are there a lot of people there?" He chances, seeming very curious. Joey holds his hand out on his friend's shoulder, stopping him and signaling he'll do the talking. They seem distrustful of people they don't know in general. Living in an apocalypse would probably do that to people though.
  682. 9:59 AM "We don't know who they are..." Joey starts, sounding frustrated.
  683. 9:59 AM "These weird people just showed up and offered the village leader food for the town." He explains.
  684. 10:01 AM "They were with capes and had a marching group with them, like you guys. They left for a few days and came back. The leader walked in to talk with our cheif and when he left she was packing everything and telling everyone they had to leave with the people." The girl is starting to tear up now.
  685. 10:01 AM "Nobody would listen. They all just acted like they had to leave and they did." Joey finishes.
  686. 10:02 AM "They wouldn't even stay for us." Brook adds, somberly.
  687. 10:02 AM Ashlynn*
  688. 10:02 AM ||
  689. 10:03 AM The leader walked in to talk to the cheif, there was a feast with the adults, and when he left she was packing...*
  690. 10:04 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge PaL turns to face Sarge. "Offering food and using coercive powers to bolster their numbers...you thinking Fallen or something else?" Before she forgets to mention it, she turns to face the kids again. "Sidenote, do you know anything about the purple water?"
  691. 10:04 AM ||
  692. 10:05 AM → Sidezero joined (uid245947@stonehaven.irccloud.com)
  693. 10:05 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  694. 10:07 AM Sarge shrugs. And signs "Maybe. Need more knowledge." No wait the word he used was info, but she was catching the gist at least. He does give her a nod though he makes a gesture like he's rolling dice.
  695. 10:07 AM "I'd bet on it though." He signs.
  696. 10:08 AM $roll 1d6 Joey Know
  697. 10:08 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Joey Know" [2] = 2
  698. 10:08 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold $roll 1d6+1 Ashlynn Know
  699. 10:08 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold|GM "Ashlynn Know" [3] +1 = 4
  700. 10:09 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Huh?" Joey asks, scratching his forehead. He has no idea what she's talking about.
  701. 10:09 AM "The purple water in the forest? What about it?" Ashlynn asks.
  702. 10:10 AM ||
  703. 10:14 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Well, is there anything strange about it? I noticed that animals around it were acting strange but I couldn't quite place how or why. Just...off, y'know? If we settle the area we need to know that it will be safe to drink the water." There were a few other thoughts swirling through PaL's head but one of the most prevalent at the moment was this group of kids from a single area with similar problems having similar powers. She recognized a
  704. 10:14 AM pattern here, maybe.
  705. 10:14 AM ||
  706. 10:17 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  707. 10:21 AM "There are dead bugs in it. Big purple roach things. There 's a spot where there's a whole bunch of them. The purple is the worst there but it spreads." Ashlynn explains.
  708. 10:21 AM "The animals still drink it , and they seem okay. I wouldn't though, its purple watsr." She makes a face before finishing. "I also don't know what you mean by them being weird." She shrugs.
  709. 10:21 AM "Can we at least take the hand ties off if we're going to have to answer 20 more questions, my wrists are sweaty and its uncomfortable." Joey bitches.
  710. 10:21 AM ||
  711. 10:21 AM water*
  712. 10:23 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((Wait, the boat Taz sank was fallen, right?))
  713. 10:24 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Which boat are we talking about right now?))
  714. 10:24 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((The one that got hit by the Taz tsunami?))
  715. 10:24 AM ((Am I misremembering it?))
  716. 10:25 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ((Yeah she started the wave and dwarfed the island with it, but stopped it short before it could hit anything))
  717. 10:25 AM ((To show off))
  718. 10:27 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Sure, sure." She looks at Sarge again. She was the newbie here but they were just kids and she waits for his approval to undo their bonds. "Uh, stop me if this gets too personal but...you all got your powers around the same time, no?"
  719. 10:27 AM ||
  720. 10:31 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold Sarge nods, and moves to undo the bindings himself, allowing Tara to keep talking while he does so.
  721. 10:31 AM "Yeah. All on the same day." Brook says. Joey smacks Brook's arm.
  722. 10:31 AM "You're gonna confuse her dude. We're not capes though. The village chief was..." Joey turns his scowl away from Tara and towards the ground.
  723. 10:31 AM "They're our spirit animals. She used us to make them. They're starting to disappear now." Ashlynn says. That seems to deeply bother her.
  724. 10:31 AM ||
  725. 10:33 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Unexpected...
  726. 10:36 AM "Alright, last question, then I'm going to see about getting you to safety. To Inspiration, if you want. Do you have any idea where these charity people are now? We can go there and try to get everyone back for you."
  727. 10:36 AM ||
  728. 10:38 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold The three share a look at the going to Inspiration comment, but none immediately speak up on it.
  729. 10:38 AM "We don't know where they went or where the people came from" Brook says.
  730. 10:38 AM "But they left to the East, away from the coast. That's all we know." Joey says.
  731. 10:39 AM Sarge walks over to Tara's side again, finishing with their restraints. He has a troubled look on his face.
  732. 10:39 AM ||
  733. 10:42 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge "Thank you three so much for your help. Brook, Joey, Ashlynn, I promise that I will do my absolute best to see your families out of danger, okay?" Tara signs aside to Sarge, concerned. "What's wrong?"
  734. 10:42 AM ||
  735. 10:45 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold "Yeah." Joey says shortly, but he seems mostly relieved to be done answering questions. Ashlynn just nods but Brook walks up to her.
  736. 10:45 AM "If you promise... Then you have to keep it." His voice cracks as he says it, and he sniffles again. Next to her she catches Sarge's reply in sign.
  737. 10:45 AM "Not the first people to disappear. Worrying." His frown deepens.
  738. 10:45 AM ||
  739. 10:54 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge Tara opens her arms a little to allow Brook space for a hug. "I told you I'd do my best and I will. You have my word on that." She grits her teeth and forces down a watering of her eyes. She had leads, but to pursue them she'd need to make a stop back on Inspiration. The prospect of talking to the Fallen made her grit her teeth even more, sending a groaning noise up her jaw and directly into her ears.
  740. 10:54 AM ||
  741. 10:55 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ...
  742. 10:59 AM The kid hesitates seeing her offer a hug, but after a moment he breaks and takes it and the human contact is enough to make him start breaking down sobbing again in her arms. Ashlynn walks up and hugs him also from the side, and Joey walks up casting Tara an eye before laying a begrudging hand on Brook's shoulder. In the corner of her eye she can see the troops all lined up nearby, taking stock. Her teammates are watching her and when she looks
  743. 10:59 AM over she can see Sun giving her a thumbs up, and Ink giving her a small smile. She'd actually played a part with them. Not even Maho casting her a sour look in the background can change that while a scared child cries in her arms. She was going to get whoever did this to them, even if it meant talking to the Fallen to do it.
  744. 10:59 AM ||
  745. 11:00 AM ((Unless you have more you wanted to say we can end after your post))
  746. 11:01 AM <vander|PaL> vanderhuge ((That feels like a solid place to end it, i had nothing else))
  747. 11:01 AM <ColdGold|GM> ColdGold ||||
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