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[07:19]	Teller|GM	The Keepers' HQ is a large, impressive building. Modern, solid, and slightly corporate in a way that makes Michael uncomfortable.
[07:19]	Teller|GM	His uneasiness is countered by the fact that this was the man that killed Thousand Hands. Maybe Reprise was right and he was a shady corporate dick...but he was a shady corporate dick who was looking out for The People. That had to count for something.
[07:19]	Teller|GM	Abby greets him at the door. She wears shorts and a t-shirt, and looks much the same as she did when he last saw her - with one major difference. Her legs. All of the same parts are still there - thigh, knee, calf, ankle, foot, toes - but they're now made from a sleek, off white metal. Each joint is bordered by a pair of thin black bands.
[07:19]	Teller|GM	"Hey Michael!" ||
[07:20]	Teller|GM	((Mishie's up for a few posts, then Anti will join the picture.))
[07:21]	Mishie|Michael	...
[07:26]	Mishie|Michael	Despite the fact that he had blown most of his Whirlwind money on getting his new apartment, Michael had managed to save enough money to buy some new clothes so he wasn't forced to rock up in just those red swimmers like he had originally planned.  Nothing too fancy, but being able to actually afford to buy luxuries like new clothes was a pretty awesome feeling.
[07:29]	Mishie|Michael	As he walked over to the Keeper's HQ, Michael waves back as he replies to Abby.
[07:30]	Mishie|Michael	"Sup nerdo, you trying out a new look or something?"
[07:30]	Mishie|Michael	||
[07:30]	Teller|GM	((Social, please.))
[07:30]	Mishie|Michael	$roll 1d6-1 Social
[07:30]	[ATM]	Mishie|Michael "Social" [5] -1 = 4
[07:32]	Teller|GM	She looks a little confused. Maybe she's not used to being called 'nerdo' as a term of endearment. She quickly recovers. "Yeah. Do you like them? I can do a ton of cool things with them." ||
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[07:42]	Mishie|Michael	"Well they look awesome as fuck, so that's a pretty good start, and I'm going to assume that they can do some crazy shit like your arms so that's another plus.  So that means that I have to give it a temp rating of 'Pretty goddam cool' for now, at least until I see what they actually do."
[07:42]	Mishie|Michael	||
[07:45]	Teller|GM	$roll 1d6+1 AA
[07:45]	[ATM]	Teller|GM "AA" [1] +1 = 2
[07:47]	Teller|GM	She grins, then leaps upwards. Sharp points emerge from fingers and toes to grip the wall. She nearly slips off and falls, but manages to get enough traction to dangle there precariously. With her hair hanging in her face the end result skews a bit more towards "horror movie" than "pretty goddamn cool", but it's still somewhat impressive.
[07:47]	Teller|GM	"Come on. Nate's in his office," she says. She tries to crawl along the wall, but falls off and lands on her back. "I...still need to practice."
[07:47]	Teller|GM	She resorts to walking as she leads him deeper into the HQ. The interior is just as nice as the outside, if not nicer. ||
[07:59]	Mishie|Michael	Michael just nods along and follows after her.  "Well I'm pretty sure that you've had those robolegs for less than a week, so it's pretty fair that you're not SpiderAbby yet.  Hell, I was planning on actually asking if you guys had a gym or something where I could do some practice of my own to try to figure things out."
[07:59]	Mishie|Michael	||
[08:04]	Teller|GM	"I think we have one of those," Abby says slowly. "I'm still getting used to everything here."
[08:04]	Teller|GM	"Anyway, you can definitely use it." She guides him over to an office, and pushes open the door without knocking. "In here." ||
[08:04]	Teller|GM	((A|Schuyler, you're up. Want to describe how Schuyler and his office look as well?))
[08:05]	A|Schuyler	...
[08:06]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler runs his fingers through his hair, stopping when he notices the door open.
[08:07]	A|Schuyler	There's still sweat on his brow, and he swears his hairline is receding.
[08:07]	A|Schuyler	He pauses his work, standing up from his seat. Before proffering his hand to the newcomer, he conscientiously wipes his palm on the leg of his pants.
[08:08]	A|Schuyler	((What's the state of the office renovations after being shot up?))
[08:08]	Teller|GM	((Completed. Cleaned, patched, and stuff was temporarily stolen from other offices in the building to replace things with bullet holes in them.))
[08:10]	A|Schuyler	The office is well put-together, with the windows offering a view of Marimer, still in poor shape following the Wolves' attack on the Brotherhood.
[08:10]	A|Schuyler	It's sparsely decorated, with a hodgepodge of knickknacks on the desk, seemingly chosen without too much rhyme of reason.
[08:11]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler extends his hand, mentally steeling himself for the incoming conversation. He's been off his game, particularly with Coy's venom still lingering in his system. Gotta focus.
[08:11]	A|Schuyler	"Nathaniel Schuyler. Nice to finally meet you." ||
[08:11]	A|Schuyler	** rhyme or reason
[08:12]	Teller|GM	((You're up next, Mishie|Michael. Order will be me, Anti, Mishie, though I may interrupt with ... if necessary between posts.))
[08:15]	Mishie|Michael	$roll 1d6-1 Social
[08:15]	[ATM]	Mishie|Michael "Social" [5] -1 = 4
[08:15]	Teller|GM	((Social rolls, please, A|Schuyler and Mishie|Michael.))
[08:16]	A|Schuyler	$roll 1d6 Social
[08:16]	[ATM]	A|Schuyler "Social" [2]  = 2
[08:17]	Teller|GM	...
[08:18]	Teller|GM	Michael's only met Schuyler once before, and that was for a few seconds in the dark when his mind wasn't completely together. He doesn't have a baseline to compare him to.
[08:18]	Teller|GM	Objectively, however, the man looks like he's been having a rough couple of days. ||
[08:20]	Mishie|Michael	...
[08:21]	Mishie|Michael	The first thing that comes to mind when Michael sees Schuyler is 'Goddam that man needs a nap or something'.
[08:22]	Mishie|Michael	That and the thought that he should probably shake the guys hand instead of looking around the office like an idiot.
[08:26]	Mishie|Michael	And so not wanting to look like more of an idiot, Michael walks over to Schuyler to shake his hand, hoping deep down that he's making the right decision to do this, and that those bad vibes he got from the guy at the party were just from whatever he had taken.
[08:26]	Mishie|Michael	||
[08:26]	A|Schuyler	...
[08:27]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler tries to shake hands with a firm grip. He's trying to make a good impression, but somehow, he's at a loss for words.
[08:27]	A|Schuyler	"Ah, excuse me, but how would you prefer to be addressed?" ||
[08:29]	Teller|GM	...
[08:30]	Teller|GM	Abby moves behind Schuyler and stands with her hands behind her back, acting subordinate to him for the first time in...well, for the first time, period, actually.
[08:30]	Teller|GM	But that was their plan, wasn't it? Him as the puppet leader, with their hands on the strings. Abby had instructed him very firmly early that he "better not blow this", though the repercussions for doing so hadn't been specified. ||
[08:31]	Teller|GM	((*earlier))
[08:33]	Mishie|Michael	Michael just shrugs as he steps back, "Michael will do, seemed like a bit of a dick move for me to demand that you call me Horn Lord when I look like this.  That and it would be pretty fucking weird having you call me that and Abby calling me Michael when we're talking."
[08:34]	Mishie|Michael	||
[08:36]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler nods. "Abigail's spoken highly of you," he says, trying to give a reassuring smile.
[08:37]	A|Schuyler	"I've been interested to hear about your fight with Grindylow, amongst other things." ||
[08:42]	Teller|GM	||
[08:47]	Mishie|Michael	"Yeah that's pretty much the main reason why I'm here, from what I've heard this is probably the first time that people have actually managed to see him and not get die horribly, so I'm hoping that you can take the shit that we've figured out and get it to as many people as possible so they wont get blindsided.  I've got no idea what Abby told you about the fight but I think I was able to...
[08:47]	Mishie|Michael	...get some useful shit from it..."
[08:48]	Mishie|Michael	Michael ends up just trailing off awkwardly in the end, still not even sure how useful the information he got even was, or more importantly, if he should mention what's been happening after the fight.
[08:48]	Mishie|Michael	||
[08:49]	Teller|GM	...
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[08:51]	Teller|GM	"You're going to - I mean, I think it would be a good idea to go on the radio and talk about him," Abby says to Schuyler. "We almost had him. I couldn't shoot him, but he doesn't like fire."
[08:51]	Teller|GM	She sounds far more excited about the fight than Michael's been feeling about it lately. ||
[08:53]	A|Schuyler	"Ooh, that's good info. Broadcast will definitely hear about this," Schuyler replies appreciatively.
[08:53]	A|Schuyler	"I'd be glad to hear what you have to say; every piece of information is valuable." ||
[09:00]	Mishie|Michael	Taking a moment to think back to the fight and the notes he had made after, and also to totally not think at all about any of the shit that had been happening to him after, Michael starts to talk.
[09:03]	Mishie|Michael	"Basically, the info I've got falls into two different types.  Shit I noticed or figured out about his power that I'm pretty fucking sure about after having seen it happen, and shit that I figured out about Grindylow itself.  He's not much stronger than a normal person is, but a fuckton tougher and faster.  He was running around as fast as I was transformed which is pretty goddam impressive,...
[09:03]	Mishie|Michael	...especially on sand, and trying to hit him felt like hitting a wall."
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[09:06]	Mishie|Michael	Pausing for a moment, Michael tries to figure out how to explain something that had been bugging him ever since the fight.  How to explain how /weird/ it was to fight Grindylow.
[09:10]	Mishie|Michael	"And uh, I /really/ don't recommend trying to fight him up close, I wouldn't really call his actions trained or anything like that, they seemed more like animal instincts or something like that, but he was really fucking good at being able to take a hit right or getting a grab on you.  Creepy as fuck.  Especially since when he does get a hold of me he like, fucking opened up sort of crazy...
[09:10]	Mishie|Michael	...chest mouth to eat and shit got /weird/ then.  Shit was fucking with my head and it was all sorts of not cool...  Oh, and that wasn't the only time he transformed, he kinda grew larger and thinner when I turned up to fight him so it could be some sort of adaptive shit going on."
[09:11]	Mishie|Michael	||
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[09:12]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler takes notes on his laptop as Michael speaks. "This is all very useful knowledge," he says.
[09:13]	A|Schuyler	"Seems like it's better to engage him at range, then -- perhaps with Abigail's upgraded weaponry," Schuyler muses.
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[09:14]	A|Schuyler	"He's clearly a problem that needs to be addressed -- if you plan on squaring up with him again, the Keepers' resources are at your disposal."
[09:14]	A|Schuyler	||
[09:14]	Mishie|Michael	...
[09:17]	Mishie|Michael	And with the mention of Abby's weapons, Michael realizes that he had actually forgotten to mention something, something that was actually pretty important.  "Yeah that reminds me, Abby's flamethrowers seemed to be a hell of a lot more effective than her guns or Dark Reprise's knives.  Hell, even when Reprise shot herself at it hurt it more than them.  I'm thinking that his scales gave him...
[09:17]	Mishie|Michael	...some sort of armor or something like that."
[09:17]	Mishie|Michael	||
[09:26]	Teller|GM	((No need to wait for me - I'll use ... when I want to post.))
[09:26]	A|Schuyler	...
[09:27]	A|Schuyler	"Definitely good to know," Schuyler replies.
[09:28]	A|Schuyler	"What's your game plan from here?" ||
[09:38]	Mishie|Michael	"Depends, you mean in general or just for Grindylow?"
[09:38]	Mishie|Michael	||
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[09:45]	A|Schuyler	"I'd be interested in hearing either," Schuyler says, shrugging slightly. "Depending on your goals, I'd be willing to provide the Keepers' resources and assistance." ||
[09:45]	Teller|GM	...
[09:49]	Teller|GM	Abby shifts slightly behind Schuyler. "Are you going to try to kill Grindylow? 'cuz I'll help with that."
[09:49]	Teller|GM	She looks like she's thinking, then looks up at Schuyler. Quietly, she says, "Maybe he wants to join us."
[09:49]	Teller|GM	As an afterthought, she adds, "Oh...do we have a gym?" ||
[09:52]	A|Schuyler	"A Grindylow takedown would be impressive, and your flamethrowers did the most damage to him," Schuyler nods, then turns to face Michael. "Well, the Keepers are always hiring. And yeah, we've got training facilities. We haven't gotten much use out of it yet, so I'd be glad of your taking advantage of it." ||
[09:59]	Mishie|Michael	"Going to be honest, there's a reason why I didn't turn up as Horn Lord here today.  I know that you're supposed to be great at PR shit and all that, but I'm pretty sure that you'll have a hard time trying to explain the guy who literally stabbed somebody that was tied up in a basement in the head just walking in to have a chat."
[10:00]	A|Schuyler	...
[10:00]	A|Schuyler	"Dude," Schuyler interrupts, pointing out the window.
[10:00]	A|Schuyler	"You see Marimer?"
[10:00]	A|Schuyler	"You see how Big Bad and Galileo fucked it up?"
[10:01]	A|Schuyler	"The Wolves are public enemy number one. Any heat on you from that Swole thing, well, people have other shit to be worried about, yeah?"
[10:01]	A|Schuyler	"You killed a villain. They killed civilians."
[10:01]	A|Schuyler	||
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[10:07]	Mishie|Michael	...
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[10:13]	Mishie|Michael	Michael just pauses, he had been about to explain how he had been planning on taking things slow.  To focus on containing the Wolves before eventually expanding his patrols to North and South Florence so he could patrol nightly for Grindylow as well.  Hell, even his plans about fucking with the Wolves in Alameda to help reduce pressure on Zenith...
[10:24]	Mishie|Michael	But at the same time, he remembered his talk with Reprise, as short as it was, about the guy and how shady he had seemed.  Sure Schuyler seems like a nice guy now, and he had even had some pretty good shit to say on RFS about how he also wanted to keep the people of Sicol Bend safe.  But how much was the real Schuyler and how much was just PR bullshit?
[10:25]	Mishie|Michael	All Michael can do is just let out a long sigh as he rubs his temples, asking a single question.
[10:26]	Mishie|Michael	(simple*)
[10:26]	Mishie|Michael	"Okay look, just be fucking honest with me right now, no bullshit.  Why are you doing all this?  What made you want to get involved in this shit?"
[10:26]	Mishie|Michael	||
[10:31]	A|Schuyler	...
[10:33]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler pauses for a moment, but the words spring to mind more easily than the others.
[10:34]	A|Schuyler	"The chance to be a hero. None of the petty bullshit, the infighting, the chance to make a difference. To make this city safe, once and for all. Whatever it takes."
[10:35]	A|Schuyler	"I want to do good, leave a legacy." ||
[10:35]	Teller|GM	((Social roll, please.))
[10:35]	Teller|GM	((@Anti))
[10:35]	A|Schuyler	$roll 1d6 Social
[10:35]	[ATM]	A|Schuyler "Social" [6]  = 6
[10:36]	Teller|GM	...
[10:39]	Teller|GM	For the first time in a while, the words come out of Schuyler's mouth the way that they sounded in his head. No fumbling or stumbling, and arguably at a moment when he most needed to avoid it. There's something satisfying about that. ||
[10:41]	Mishie|Michael	...
[10:42]	Mishie|Michael	"That's good to hear and I respect the fuck out what you're saying, but just to be safe, you got anything you want to say about all that Abby?  You know this guy a hell of a lot better than I do since you've been working with him and all that."
[10:42]	Mishie|Michael	||
[10:42]	Teller|GM	...
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[10:46]	Teller|GM	Abby looks between Michael and Schuyler. The expression on her face is conflicted. "I...don't think he did anything you wouldn't have done." ||
[10:48]	Mishie|Michael	...
[10:48]	Mishie|Michael	Considering the stories he's told Abby, and the shit that he's done, Michael honestly isn't sure if what she said is supposed to be a good or a bad thing.  And from the looks of things, neither is she.
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[10:59]	Mishie|Michael	"That's fair.  Although I can't really give you a full answer or start signing papers right now, I've got some shit I need to handle with Whirlwind still, so if anything it might be a good idea for me to talk to Superstition for a bit as well.  But well, at the end of the day, it's pretty fucking clear that I can help a hell of a lot more people working with you than just going solo.  And...
[10:59]	Mishie|Michael	...that's good enough for me."
[10:59]	Mishie|Michael	||
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[11:02]	A|Schuyler	"Glad to hear it, Michael," he says, proffering another handshake. "It's reaffirming to have you say that."
[11:03]	A|Schuyler	** hear
[11:03]	A|Schuyler	"I wanted the Keepers to be an organization that could help capes work together, accomplishing more than they could solo."
[11:03]	A|Schuyler	"I'm glad we're on the same page," he says, smiling slightly. ||
[11:05]	Mishie|Michael	Michael shakes Schuyler's hand and smiles back at him, glad to have found an ally in his cause.
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[11:08]	Mishie|Michael	"Well if we actually want to be on the same page, it's probably a good idea for us to start talking about what our plans are and putting together our information about things.  No use keeping each other in the dark about important shit."
[11:09]	Mishie|Michael	||
[11:10]	A|Schuyler	"You got it. I have a couple of big plans for this week – I can give you a quick run-down."
[11:11]	A|Schuyler	"Fundraising is coming up this week, we're hoping to touch on the Thousand Hands takedown and the Wolves' attack."
[11:12]	A|Schuyler	"Have it be a partial charity thing, with funds going towards helping repair Marimer or otherwise provide relief."
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[11:13]	A|Schuyler	"I've got to speak with the PRT about my capes Pas de Deux, find some time to tell Broadcast about Grindylow – and the fundraiser, I suppose..."
[11:14]	A|Schuyler	"Rally our forces, start doing regular patrols, put pressure on the Wolves from as many directions as possible." ||
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[11:28]	Mishie|Michael	...
[11:34]	Mishie|Michael	"Well, as fun as that fundraiser sounds, proooobably not the best idea to have somebody like me there.  On the other hand, I'm more than happy to help out with pressuring the Wolves, especially if I could have somebody help me out on patrols.  Any chance you have a map or something of the city to help explain shit?"
[11:34]	Mishie|Michael	||
[11:34]	A|Schuyler	((Would it be reasonable for Schuyler to have a map of the city delineated into territories?))
[11:35]	Teller|GM	((Hm. Out of date, but yes.))
[11:35]	Teller|GM	...
[11:38]	Teller|GM	"I can help you out with patrols," Abby offers. This is despite how disinterested she had been in the activity yesterday, and uncertain about being a hero at all. ||
[11:38]	A|Schuyler	...
[11:39]	A|Schuyler	"The two of you have worked together before," Schuyler says. "That sounds like a solid plan."
[11:39]	A|Schuyler	He pulls out a map of the city.
[11:40]	A|Schuyler	"A little outdated, mind you, but here." ||
[11:42]	Mishie|Michael	"Well, you may have to crash at my place a few nights depending on how long shit takes Abby, so if you're cool with that and either doing a shitton of walking or riding on my back again I'm happy for you to join me."
[11:45]	Mishie|Michael	Michael walks over to the map and grabs a nearby pen so that he can start to outline the information that he has.
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[11:50]	Mishie|Michael	"When I was down in Olney, these were the locations that I ran into the Wolves, nobody important, just their thugs though.  This info is probably a bit out of date but it could be useful.  Right now though I'm living in a small apartment in Stockley and I'm running a pretty regular patrol route between there and Alameda, and so far I've only run into a few thugs in Alameda.  I'm fast enough...
[11:50]	Mishie|Michael	...that I could cover more ground if I needed to but I didn't want to stretch myself thin."
[11:50]	Mishie|Michael	||
[11:51]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler nods, looking at Abigail.
[11:51]	A|Schuyler	"If you're alright with it – a duo patrol is much safer than a solo."
[11:53]	A|Schuyler	"I'm hoping to find more people to bring on board, to rectify the whole 'stretching thin' bit."
[11:55]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler scrutinizes the patrol route more closely. "Gives you an opportunity to pressure the Wolves and search for Grindylow, hm?" ||
[11:55]	Teller|GM	((Knowledge roll, please, A|Schuyler.))
[11:55]	A|Schuyler	$roll 1d6+2 Knowledge
[11:55]	[ATM]	A|Schuyler "Knowledge" [5] +2 = 7
[11:56]	Teller|GM	((Oh, Street Smarts applies. You can roll another die, see if that gets bumped up to 8.))
[11:56]	A|Schuyler	$roll 1d6+2 Street Smarts
[11:57]	[ATM]	A|Schuyler "Street Smarts" [6] +2 = 8
[11:57]	A|Schuyler	((What do you know!))
[11:57]	Teller|GM	((Ha, nice.))
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[12:19]	Teller|GM	As Schuyler examines the outdated map in front of him, the information he's learned since waking up runs through this head. New reports, talks with Superstition...the map on the page practically rearranges itself in front of his eyes; the clarity is so intense he half suspects he's hallucinating.
[12:19]	Teller|GM	He can  see how things will play out. The Wolves, street level dealers and car choppers, have natural boundaries in Sicol. They might be able to take some of the Brotherhood's old territory (especially given how much the Brotherhood had been trying to expand west and south), but they're not going to be able to get a foothold in the upperclass side of town.
[12:19]	Teller|GM	More police presence, alarmed cars, and a class of citizens who wouldn't be buying what they're selling.
[12:19]	Teller|GM	They can push deeper into the Tong's former territory, almost up to the docks if they want. They'll need more numbers, though, if they don't want to stretch themselves too thin. They're down two capes....
[12:19]	Teller|GM	Capes. The Wolves may be the only big player left in town, but they won't be the only ones in the game. With the Tigers and the Brotherhood decapitated on the same weekend, ever two-bit cape and their mother would be showing up to claim their piece of the unclaimed territory.
[12:19]	Teller|GM	They'd put pressure on the heroes and the Wolves both - fresh, dumb villains bent on making a name for themselves could be even more trouble than the Wolves, depending on how things went. Slither and Furor (if he was alive) might rally the remains of their respective gangs and manage to keep a tentative grip on things, keep the two-bit villains in
[12:19]	Teller|GM	check...but he doesn't know either of them very well, and they were lone capes. It's hard to tell if they'd be capable of it.
[12:19]	Teller|GM	The mantra he had used with Rinaldi comes to mind. /Control/. Someone, hero or villain, needed to definitively lock down the unclaimed territory. And soon, or it was liable to become a chaotic battleground.
[12:19]	Teller|GM	Even counting on the PRT and Zenith to hold up the slack on their end, patrolling two territories, or even four, wasn't going to be enough. Staring at the map in front of him, he's not actually sure what /would/ be enough. ||
[12:20]	A|Schuyler	...
[12:21]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler continues gesturing at the map, taking a second pen and circling certain points as his thoughts crystallize in his mind.
[12:22]	A|Schuyler	"The Wolves can only press so far in Sicol Bend. It's a question of manpower, as well as the fact that certain portions of town are more ill-suited to for them to ply their trade."
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[12:24]	A|Schuyler	"The unclaimed territories are basically going to devolve into chaos as everyone starts fighting over it, newcomers and out-of-towners alike."
[12:24]	A|Schuyler	"Patrols will help, but it's a stopgap measure for the time being. The territory needs to be claimed, locked down..."
[12:24]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler pinches the bridge of his nose.
[12:25]	A|Schuyler	"... and we'll need more capes, or more help, to make sure that things don't get worse from here."
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[12:25]	A|Schuyler	He mentally increases the priority of finding Furor, as well as seeing if Hoagie or Gungnir would be willing to work with him for the time being.
[12:27]	A|Schuyler	"The Wolves will be partially tied up, as they'll be contesting territory with the new parties, but the villains outnumber the heroes here."
[12:29]	A|Schuyler	"It's possible that Whirlwind could make a move, here, claiming further territory for themselves. They're not as bad as the Wolves... and it beats civilians having to deal with ongoing turf wars in front of their homes." ||
[12:30]	Teller|GM	Abby looks like she's, as a best case scenario, lost. ||
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[12:33]	Mishie|Michael	...
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[12:40]	Mishie|Michael	"Yeah, the way I see it, the Tigers are done in this city, you guys got Thousand Hands, somebody else got Thrice, and Coy and that new guy have probably been Deep Sixed by now.  It's just that that opens up a fuckton of empty turf for whatever fuckhead thinks they've big enough to take it.  I can keep Stockley on lockdown easy, but I can only handle another one or two areas, although if I...
[12:40]	Mishie|Michael	...wanted to be able to cover 3 entire zones with Abby, she'll probably have to ride on my back and I'll have to run /fast/ to do it all, so I might miss some shit.  Either keep on pushing into Alameda to fuck with the Wolves, or I move back to the Tiger's old turf some more to keep it safe instead.
[12:40]	Mishie|Michael	The Bears old turf on the other hand though…  From what I’ve heard, Shakesphere has been caught by the PRT, but who knows how long that will last before they fuck it up again.  No idea about the other three through which is pretty fucking scary since who the fuck knows what Allele is cooking up.  So trying to patrol those areas would be all sorts of fun, especially with the PRT goosestepping...
[12:40]	Mishie|Michael	...there way around the nicer parts of the city to the east.  You've got a better idea of what resources you've got and how much you can actually patrol, but at the very least you can take care of Franklin and Aveston, fuck, you might even be able to link up with me if you can push west enough.
[12:40]	Mishie|Michael	It's just that that leaves the Wolves as probably the strongest faction left with four capes and all their thugs, especially since they’ll have fucking tinkertech guns.  Hopefully Zenith will keep them busy but who fucking knows what they've got planned.
[12:40]	Mishie|Michael
[12:40]	Mishie|Michael	Thing is though, that just leaves Grindylow doing whatever the fuck it does when it isn’t murdering people since if we're busy protecting the rest of the city then we wont be able to do the late night beach patrols to find him."
[12:40]	Mishie|Michael	Michael pauses for a second after what's probably one of the longest and most serious speeches that he's even given, thinking carefully about what he's going to say next.
[12:41]	Mishie|Michael	"I'm not really a huge fan of trying to get Whirlwind involved in this, they've got a good thing going on and they just want to have fun.  Ruining that would just be a shitty thing to do y'know?"
[12:41]	Mishie|Michael	||
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[12:42]	Teller|GM	...
[12:44]	Teller|GM	((Social roll, please, Mishie|Michael.))
[12:44]	Mishie|Michael	$roll 1d6-1 Social
[12:44]	[ATM]	Mishie|Michael "Social" [5] -1 = 4
[12:46]	Teller|GM	Abby's face changes slightly when he mentions Coy and the new guy being Deep-Sixed, though he's not sure why. Maybe Deep-Six frightened her or something. ||
[12:47]	A|Schuyler	...
[12:47]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler looks impressed.
[12:47]	A|Schuyler	"You've clearly thought this out, Michael."
[12:51]	A|Schuyler	"I don't want to saddle you with more than you can handle -- Stockley's a no-brainer, since you live there."
[12:51]	A|Schuyler	"The thought about claiming territory in both directions seems worth consideration..."
[12:52]	A|Schuyler	"I can attempt to expand the Keepers' influence, having regular patrols with an emphasis on pushing south towards Irving and Lincoln."
[12:54]	A|Schuyler	"Franklin and Aveston work as well -- it raises the possibility of working in tandem with Zenith."
[12:54]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler scratches his head, weighing the pros and cons of which direction he's better off exerting control in.
[12:55]	A|Schuyler	"But if you're patrolling with Abigail, it does seem a waste not to devote some of your efforts in hunting down Grindylow, as her flamethrowers seemed to be particularly effective against him."
[12:56]	A|Schuyler	"Irving has the benefits of pressuring the Wolves from multiple directions, so I'm favoring that option for the time being."
[12:56]	A|Schuyler	"Stockley, Alameda, and your patrol of the beach at your discretion?" he proposes. ||
[13:00]	Teller|GM	...
[13:00]	Teller|GM	((Social roll, please, Mishie|Michael and A|Schuyler.))
[13:01]	A|Schuyler	$roll 1d6 Social
[13:01]	[ATM]	A|Schuyler "Social" [5]  = 5
[13:01]	Mishie|Michael	$roll 1d6-1 Social
[13:01]	[ATM]	Mishie|Michael "Social" [3] -1 = 2
[13:02]	Teller|GM	Schuyler notices that Abby is getting frustrated at not understanding the conversation, and is struggling to keep quiet. Pretending not to be in charge is hard for her.
[13:02]	Teller|GM	Probably doubly so when it feels like the situation is out of her control. ||
[13:02]	Teller|GM	((*Abigail))
[13:06]	Mishie|Michael	"Like I said, if Abby is cool with spending that much time with me on patrol, I'm down for it.  But I was thinking that maybe instead of us handling the beach, we could have somebody else dedicated to just that area.  If shit goes down then I'm fast enough to get Abby there so she can save the day again."
[13:06]	Mishie|Michael	||
[13:06]	A|Schuyler	Schuyler turns to Abigail, looking at her.
[13:07]	A|Schuyler	"It's up to you," he says, addressing her deferentially. ||
[13:08]	Teller|GM	...
[13:11]	Teller|GM	"Why should we even patrol?" Abby asks, after a moment of thinking. She pounds one metal fist into the other with a clang. "It's boring, and we'd just be waiting around for people to do things. We should attack!"
[13:11]	Teller|GM	"The Wolves, Grindylow, and anyone else that needs it. There are enough of us that they won't know what hit them!" ||
[13:11]	Mishie|Michael	...
[13:20]	Mishie|Michael	"Patrolling actually isn't that bad, and to be honest I kinda think it would be pretty nice to have somebody to chat with when I'm out running.  Normally I just take the time to think about shit and make dumb plans.  And lets be fucking real here, if you're saying that you guys know where to go right now to fuck people up then I'm totally down to do that instead of just patrolling."
[13:20]	Mishie|Michael	Michael pauses for a moment to think about what he knows about Abby, and what he could say to try to win her over.  And then it comes to him.
[13:24]	Mishie|Michael	"And I don't know who has been telling you all this shitty stuff about patrolling, and I don't know how Schuyler normally does shit.  But when I do shit I'm running around the city looking like a badass, beating up any of their thugs that I find, and basically just cockslapping the Wolves in the face and telling them that they can't do shit to stop me."
[13:24]	Mishie|Michael	||
[13:24]	A|Schuyler	...
[13:24]	Teller|GM	((Social roll, please, Mishie|Michael.))
[13:26]	Mishie|Michael	$roll 1d6-1 Social
[13:26]	[ATM]	Mishie|Michael "Social" [2] -1 = 1
[13:26]	A|Schuyler	((Should I hold off and wait to post?))
[13:26]	Teller|GM	Abby sort of nods, but Schuyler can tell that she's still pretty uninterested. ||
[13:27]	Teller|GM	((You can go ahead now.))
[13:27]	Teller|GM	((*Abigail))
[13:29]	A|Schuyler	"Patrol is the family-friendly way of putting things, I suppose. In essence, it's looking for trouble," Schuyler adds. "You don't know exactly where, say, Culverin is, but if you patrol in her territory, draw attention, then you're bound to draw her attention in short order."
[13:29]	A|Schuyler	"That's where the aforementioned ass-whoopin' comes in." ||
[13:29]	Teller|GM	...
[13:30]	A|Schuyler	(** replace first instance of draw attention with make yourself known)
[13:31]	Teller|GM	She still seems unimpressed. "How come...some people...made such a big deal about you killing Thousand Hands, then? Shouldn't people be getting their asses killed all the time?" ||
[13:34]	Mishie|Michael	...
[13:36]	Mishie|Michael	Michael just shrugs "Because people like to pretend that the PRT aren't incompetent.  If you guys hadn't killed Thousand Hands or if I hadn't killed Swole, odds either either their gangs break em out and then people die, or Deep Six decides to walk in and do whatever the fuck he wants and people die.  People don't like to admit the fact that sometime you just need to end somebody."
[13:36]	Mishie|Michael	||
[13:41]	A|Schuyler	"The chaos that's bound to happen on the docks as people fight over the Tigers' old territory is another price for killing Thousand Hands."
[13:42]	A|Schuyler	"Even so, these things must be done. The grave is the only permanent solution, and there are still people yet deserving of it." ||
[13:43]	Teller|GM	((Social roll, please, the pair of you.))
[13:43]	Mishie|Michael	$roll 1d6-1 Social
[13:43]	[ATM]	Mishie|Michael "Social" [5] -1 = 4
[13:43]	A|Schuyler	$roll 1d6 Social
[13:43]	[ATM]	A|Schuyler "Social" [1]  = 1
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