First Impressions [VP19]

Session Start: Mon Feb 11 15:05:20 2013
Session Ident: vanishingPoint
* Now pestering openSystem
[03:05] <@vanishingPoint> Hey there!
[03:06] <openSystem> Heya.
[03:06] <@vanishingPoint> [No freaking out, thats a good start.]
[03:07] <@vanishingPoint> I'm Emmara, looks like we're going to be coplayers. And judging by your lack of freaking out, you've done this song and dance before!
[03:08] <openSystem> Nice to meet you Emmara, the name's Bash. And yeah, just a few. This should be session eight.
[03:08] <@vanishingPoint> Ooooh a veteran! Excellent
[03:09] <openSystem> And you?
[03:09] <@vanishingPoint> I think its nineteen
[03:09] <@vanishingPoint> I may have misplaced one
[03:09] <openSystem> [Hot Damn.]
[03:09] <@vanishingPoint> Lets just go with "Enough", hmm? :D
[03:10] <openSystem> Heh, one is "Enough" for most people.
[03:10] <@vanishingPoint> Aha
[03:10] <@vanishingPoint> Also, I'm totally going to conscript you if we get a newbie
[03:10] <@vanishingPoint> Finally don't have to explain it all myself
[03:10] <openSystem> Second's the hardest, if memory serves.
[03:10] <@vanishingPoint> Yeah
[03:10] <openSystem> Oh god, I will do so willingly
[03:11] <@vanishingPoint> I like you already
[03:11] <@vanishingPoint> Got a third sessioner, Coraline already in the pre-session. I'm guessing she's getting Fate, but maybe Might or Flow.
[03:11] <@vanishingPoint> Just judging from the conversation I had with her
[03:12] <openSystem> That's... cloudedVeil, then?
[03:12] <@vanishingPoint> Yeah
[03:12] <@vanishingPoint> Stuck in some lumber town
[03:13] <openSystem> Not a terrible pre-session.
[03:13] <@vanishingPoint> Nah, its Earth, and nothing too unsimilar to what I had growing up
[03:13] <@vanishingPoint> Alternia is terribly
[03:13] <@vanishingPoint> terrible even
[03:14] <@vanishingPoint> 0/10 wouldn't recommend
[03:14] <openSystem> Well, that whole "being an alien on someone else's planet" thing
[03:14] <openSystem> kinda shitty
[03:14] <@vanishingPoint> Also 0/10
[03:14] <@vanishingPoint> Actually, no thats not always true
[03:15] <openSystem> I think the worst alternia experience I had was having those drone things come around
[03:15] <@vanishingPoint> Story for another time though
[03:15] <@vanishingPoint> Oh god
[03:15] <openSystem> and then that was the only thing I had to prototype
[03:15] <@vanishingPoint> It was my second time on Alternia, and the matesprit of the troll I replaced was trying to get me around
[03:15] <@vanishingPoint> and /I/ was trying to lay low
[03:16] <@vanishingPoint> Fucking drones man
[03:16] <openSystem> I had a troll in that session who hated my guts because of that
[03:16] <@vanishingPoint> Yeah, wouldn't blame him much for that
[03:17] <@vanishingPoint> Session meetings aren't going to be a problem I take it?
[03:17] <openSystem> 's long as we can get everyone else, shouldn't be.
[03:17] <@vanishingPoint> Coraline's already said she'll come, but doesn't really want visitors otherwise
[03:18] <@vanishingPoint> Not sure how many more we're waiting on
[03:18] <openSystem> Who knows?
[03:19] * @vanishingPoint shrugs
[03:19] <@vanishingPoint> They'll get here when they do
[03:19] <@vanishingPoint> So what was your first?
[03:19] <openSystem> Mage of Mind.
[03:19] <@vanishingPoint> Ooh, rough
[03:19] <openSystem> Went marginally well, for not having a clue what I was doing.
[03:20] <@vanishingPoint> Still, Climbs not fun
[03:20] <@vanishingPoint> Muse of Life for me
[03:20] <openSystem> Yeah, I'll say
[03:20] <openSystem> Two of the damn things so far
[03:21] <@vanishingPoint> If you want "fun", try Waste of Mind
[03:21] <openSystem> Grace, actually.
[03:21] <@vanishingPoint> Oh, you've lived through a Cataclysm then?
[03:22] <@vanishingPoint> [Now you're actually impressed if thats the case.]
[03:23] <openSystem> Last session, actually. [You are not freaking out about the whole thing again nope nope]
[03:23] <@vanishingPoint> Oh, damn
[03:23] <openSystem> Ten bucks on Muse or Smith this session.
[03:24] <@vanishingPoint> Hah, you'd know better than I would, so I am not going to take that bet
[03:25] <@vanishingPoint> And if you want a hug or someone to talk to, just let me know. Shits better nipped in the bud
[03:25] <openSystem> True, true. I mean, dollars won't mean anything in the medium anyway, so...
[03:25] <openSystem> I'll keep that in Mind
[03:25] <@vanishingPoint> Hey
[03:26] <@vanishingPoint> You can always alchemize it and go swimming in money a la' Scrooge McDuck
[03:26] <openSystem> had a coins player who tried that once
[03:26] <@vanishingPoint> How'd that end up going?
[03:26] <openSystem> Apparently not as cool as Scrooge made it look.
[03:27] <@vanishingPoint> hah
[03:27] <@vanishingPoint> Also
[03:27] <@vanishingPoint> Any allergies?
[03:28] <openSystem> Not that I'm aware of.
[03:28] <@vanishingPoint> Awesome
[03:29] <@vanishingPoint> Might have to eat outta cans for the first bit, but I've got plants and enough soil and fertalizer so we can actually eat decently
[03:30] <@vanishingPoint> If you try and get away from it I will beat you up and make you sit there until you eat your veggies.
[03:31] <openSystem> I got a bit lucky. I've got like, a chicken coop and a decent garden in the back.
[03:31] <@vanishingPoint> Oooo
[03:31] <@vanishingPoint> Hopefully the chickens survive, constant eggs'll be nice
[03:31] <openSystem> So far my omelets are around 1/5 stars
[03:31] <@vanishingPoint> Hah
[03:32] <@vanishingPoint> Don't feel too bad, most peopel don't even bother trying
[03:32] <openSystem> Yeah, but when it's going to be your food source for god knows, it's important
[03:33] <@vanishingPoint> Most end up living off the Crystalanthememus
[03:33] <@vanishingPoint> Light has no nutrients though, and they wonder why they don't feel so good
[03:33] <openSystem> also it doesn't beat a well made meal.
[03:33] <@vanishingPoint> Course not
[03:35] <@vanishingPoint> You're human, I take it?
[03:35] <openSystem> More or less.
[03:35] <@vanishingPoint> Oh?
[03:36] <@vanishingPoint> Whats the "more or less" of it?
[03:36] <openSystem> As I found out in my second session, living in a laboratory and having biotech built into you isn't really normal for Earth.
[03:37] <@vanishingPoint> No way
[03:37] <@vanishingPoint> You're all Sci-fi!
[03:37] <openSystem> That's one way of putting it, I guess?
[03:37] <@vanishingPoint> Coooool
[03:37] <@vanishingPoint> Thats a first, even for me
[03:38] <openSystem> I'm pretty sure the AI that was supposed to be part of me was gonna be a combat-assistant or something, but I kind of broke it when I was a kid
[03:38] <@vanishingPoint> So what does your "Biotech" do?
[03:38] <openSystem> Turns out, teaching the kid with the AI in his head how to program means he reprograms it.
[03:39] <openSystem> As far as /do/...
[03:40] <openSystem> mostly it lets Beta monitor my vitals, control hormones, and interact with my brain
[03:40] <openSystem> also maybe something to do with altering my muscles, but to be honest neither Beta or I have any clue if that's a thing it does
[03:40] <@vanishingPoint> Beta is your...?
[03:40] <@vanishingPoint> AI?
[03:41] <openSystem> Oh, yeah, I guess that'd make more sense to say first. Yeah, Beta's the AI. He's got his own chumhandle, but he can't really connect to anything outside my head, so...
[03:41] <@vanishingPoint> Daaaang
[03:42] <openSystem> All in all, Beta probably keeps me alive more than I myself do, heh.
[03:42] <@vanishingPoint> Hey, if it keeps you alive for another day?
[03:44] <openSystem> Anything that keeps us going is a good thing.
[03:44] <@vanishingPoint> Pretty much
[03:44] <openSystem> Oh, what've we got to work with weaponry-wise?
[03:45] <@vanishingPoint> Got my trusty walking/poking stick. Some Lacrosse equipment and a variety of guns, swords and daggers for my Dualkind.
[03:45] <openSystem> Ah yes, the mighty poking stick.
[03:46] <@vanishingPoint> Also functions as a whacking stick, despite the specibus name
[03:47] <@vanishingPoint> You?
[03:47] <openSystem> Lesse, on my end we've got ourselves one (1) ~ATH Manual for bookKind, a shitton (~) of thermite dust for powderKind (Flow was kind to me), and a length of chain for chainKind.
[03:47] <@vanishingPoint> Not too shabby
[03:48] <openSystem> I try
[03:48] * openSystem bows
[03:50] <@vanishingPoint> So what do you do for fun when everythings taking a break from trying to kill you?
[03:51] <openSystem> Lesse, most of the time program things in ~ATH
[03:51] <openSystem> either that or garden
[03:52] <openSystem> I have at least learned how not to kill all my plants
[03:53] <@vanishingPoint> Good first step
[03:53] <@vanishingPoint> Can show you how to actually get decent stuff from them if you want!
[03:53] <openSystem> admittedly, trying to learn to garden while Flow was a poor choice.
[03:54] <@vanishingPoint> [Fuck it, veteran player who doesn't seem completely insane? Spending time with them seems like a good idea.]
[03:55] <@vanishingPoint> Probably not, no
[03:55] <openSystem> [Okay, okay, you're calm now. This person actually knows things, and talking to them is enjoyable.]
[03:55] <@vanishingPoint> Thank Skaia I've never had that
[03:56] <openSystem> Oh, Flow was a blast
[03:56] <@vanishingPoint> Sure, if you don't mind burning up everything
[03:56] <openSystem> Well, I had a lava based land anyway, so/
[03:57] <@vanishingPoint> Fun times
[03:57] <openSystem> Nobody wanted to quest with me :[
[03:58] <@vanishingPoint> /No/!? I can't imagine why!
[03:59] <openSystem> It's like it was /hot/ or something! (It didn't help that I was Maid. I think the total number of times I got slapped for the pun was around... Beta says 256.)
[04:00] <@vanishingPoint> Lava? Hot? Perish the thought
[04:00] <@vanishingPoint> Soon you'll say that water is wet, or ice cold
[04:01] <openSystem> It certainly would be strange, wouldn't it?
[04:01] <@vanishingPoint> Completely unreasonable
[04:03] <openSystem> A shame.
[04:04] <@vanishingPoint> Also, whats your favourite drink? The guy I replaced had a shit ton of money stashed away in a safe
[04:04] <@vanishingPoint> Already got everything that the fridge, freezer and my sylladex can hold. Might as well start grabbing stuff that doesn't need to go anywhere special
[04:05] <openSystem> Ooh, mead's usually what I go for. [Bash. Bash no.]
[04:05] <@vanishingPoint> Mead huh?
[04:06] <@vanishingPoint> Alright, sure I'll see what I can find
[04:06] <@vanishingPoint> Never actually had mead before
[04:07] <openSystem> It's pretty good, 's far as I'm concerned.
[04:09] <openSystem> ...y'know, I'm gonna ask before we get into session and I've assumed one way or the other, but what's your gender of choice? (Dumb ass male, reporting for duty)
[04:09] <@vanishingPoint> Female, thanks for asking.
[04:10] <@vanishingPoint> Nice to meet you dumb ass Sci-fi male!
[04:12] <openSystem> No, I just had someone go a whole session referring to me as female because they just assumed everyone else in the session was.a girl after talking to everyone but me.
[04:12] <@vanishingPoint> Hah
[04:13] <openSystem> Admittedly, wearing robes did not help
[04:13] <openSystem> The robes were so cool tho
[04:13] <@vanishingPoint> Sci-fi wizard!
[04:13] <@vanishingPoint> Lets keep mashing these genres together
[04:13] <@vanishingPoint> (Or is it a Sci-fi priest)
[04:14] <openSystem> (Well, I was priest that session, so...?)
[04:14] <openSystem> I'll go with "yes"
[04:15] <@vanishingPoint> Awesome
[04:15] <@vanishingPoint> You better not be pulling my leg about this stuff
[04:15] <openSystem> Nah, just wait, I've got this crystally stuff on the side of my head that I can-
[04:15] <openSystem> wait I have a camera
[04:16] <@vanishingPoint> Selfie time, huh?
[04:16] <openSystem> (you'd never know I have an AI in my brain)
[04:16] <@vanishingPoint> (Only as smart as the user, right?)
[04:18] * openSystem sends vanishingPoint file "CrystalClear.png" ((A simple picture of Bash, same goofy smile and blond hair as always, complete with a hexagonally-tiled crystal structure going down the right side of his face. or left, since fucking webcams flip the image sometimes))
[04:18] * @vanishingPoint accepts the file
[04:18] <@vanishingPoint> Pretty cool there Sci-fi
[04:19] <openSystem> Not even in the session yet, already have a nickname.
[04:20] <openSystem> Truly a glorious day.
[04:22] * @vanishingPoint sends openSystem the file "Emmara.png" ((Waist up picture of Emmara standing away from the desk where presumably the computer's stationed. She has bright red hair in a pony tail and pale green eyes. She's apparently middling in height with a stocky build. The arm she's waving at the computer with is stained brown along with her hand and part of her face.))
[04:22] * openSystem accepts the file
[04:23] <openSystem> Lookin' good
[04:23] <@vanishingPoint> Thanks!
[04:23] <@vanishingPoint> And Sci-fi is an awesome nickname, don't know what you're complaining about. :D
[04:23] <openSystem> Beep boop I am a robot, please enter parseable data
[04:25] <@vanishingPoint> aha
[04:25] <openSystem> it's cool, tho
[04:25] <@vanishingPoint> Okay, good. Wasn't about to stop.
[04:26] <openSystem> I mean, to be fair, "Bash" is sort of a nickname too
[04:26] <@vanishingPoint> Oh?
[04:27] <openSystem> The lab workers had a bad sense of humor. Of course, this means that so do I!
[04:27] <@vanishingPoint> Pff
[04:27] <@vanishingPoint> No such thing as a bad sense of humour
[04:27] <openSystem> Well, I suppose you've got a point there.
[04:28] <@vanishingPoint> Plus, can you imagine going through the Game completely serious?
[04:28] <@vanishingPoint> You wouldn't last more than a session or two
[04:28] <openSystem> Oh god no
[04:28] <openSystem> That's how coplayers get killed
[04:29] <@vanishingPoint> Yeah
[04:29] <@vanishingPoint> So session meeting as soon as we've all got access to the second gate
[04:31] <@vanishingPoint> Gonna find out if anyone lacks one :D
[04:31] <openSystem> Whoever's place is the nicest?
[04:31] <@vanishingPoint> Works for me
[04:31] <@vanishingPoint> Oh shit my rides here
[04:31] <openSystem> Oh, take care then
[04:31] <@vanishingPoint> Got a ride down to Niagra. Going to explore the old power plant.
[04:31] <openSystem> See ya 'round, Emmara.
[04:32] <@vanishingPoint> You too Sci-fi.
[04:32] <openSystem> [You scrunch your face. You will need to come up with a nickname in return.]
[04:32] * @vanishingPoint has ceased pestering openSystem
Session Close: Mon Feb 11 16:32:40 2013