Elements of Humanity: The Beginning

Alivi: Corbette is there. He looks pretty damn irritated
[9:05pm] Tehpillowstar: She folds her bandana in half and ties it over her nose and mouth.
[9:05pm] Balthazaar: Mark stands around, looking around curiously
[9:06pm] Tehpillowstar: "Oh look, it's Corbette. That's new"
[9:06pm] Alivi: "How on earth is it new?"
[9:06pm] Alivi: He grumbles.
[9:06pm] lurkd: Elif gets all serious.
[9:07pm] lurkd: *ahem*
[9:07pm] Balthazaar: Mark stifles a laugh at Corbettes grumpiness
[9:07pm] Alivi: "We are getting strange readings….collecting things washing up….mostly pieces of stone..."
[9:07pm] PetraCore: "Corbette?"
[9:07pm] Tehpillowstar: "Haven't seen you in a while. Thought your responsibilities changed,"
[9:07pm] Gara: "So, no, nothing new."
[9:07pm] PetraCore: "How can stone wash up?"
[9:08pm] Alivi: "And I thought you learned to keep your mouth shut when I am debriefing you."
[9:08pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe sighs at Brigit. /Fresh meat/
[9:08pm] Alivi: "Pieces of brick."
[9:08pm] lurkd: Elif double checks her toolbelt real quick.
[9:09pm] lurkd is now known as lurkdrun.
[9:10pm] PetraCore: She flushes.
[9:10pm] Alivi: "So what are you waiting for. Go and do your thing bring the sub back."
[9:10pm] Tehpillowstar: "Pfft."
[9:10pm] Strife: Rick has been leaning in the corner the whole time! Such stealth.
[9:10pm] lurkdrun: Elif nods and scrambles into the sub.
[9:10pm] TheRaven: Taggart shows up. "Sorry I'm late."
[9:10pm] Alivi: Rick Agility
[9:10pm] Gara: "Good luck on that one." Loren gets in.
[9:10pm] Strife: 6df+4 agility
[9:10pm] Glacon: Strife: agility: 5 (6df+4=+, +, -, -, +, 0)
[9:10pm] Tehpillowstar: "Hey Taggart" Chloe grins.
[9:10pm] Alivi: Nothing happens....yet
[9:11pm] Balthazaar: Mark foloows people into the sub, trying not to laugh at Corbette
[9:11pm] Alivi: "Get the fuck in there Agent." Corbette is grumpy as fuck Taggart
[9:11pm] lurkdrun: Elif finds a seat and saves one for Loren next to her.
[9:11pm] Strife: Rick moves into the sub.
[9:11pm] Strife: "Big group today."
[9:11pm] Gara: Loren sits.
[9:11pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe climbs into the sub and straps herself in.
[9:11pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel makes sure he's the last one to clamber in and sits in the back row of seats
[9:11pm] TheRaven: Taggart hops in and takes a seat. "Good to see you too, Corbette."
[9:11pm] Tehpillowstar: "8 people isn't unusual"
[9:12pm] Tehpillowstar: ~Wow, a lot of newbies~
[9:12pm] lurkdrun: "I guess he's going to be more pissed if we trash the sub again?"
[9:12pm] Gara: "Who cares."
[9:12pm] lurkdrun: Elif tightens her straps.
[9:12pm] PetraCore: She climbs in and straps up.
[9:12pm] PetraCore: "It's hardly our fault when we lose it."
[9:12pm] PetraCore: "Sometimes we pop out of a fucking fountain."
[9:12pm] Strife: "I'm predicting that the sub lasts at least five minutes and that some wreckage returns to the site."
[9:13pm] PetraCore: "5 minutes? A bit generous, are you?"
[9:13pm] Tehpillowstar: "One day they'll just say 'Screw it' and send us in SCUBA diving"
[9:14pm] TheRaven: "Wouldn't be the first time."
[9:14pm] Balthazaar: Mark straps in. ~We're all living in a yellow submarine...~
[9:14pm] Gara: "They have."
[9:14pm] lurkdrun: "Chloe, don't say that."
[9:14pm] Gara: "It's happened." She shrugs.
[9:14pm] PetraCore: "That wouldn't be too bad."
[9:14pm] ShotgunFiend: ~Atleast I've actually /met/ everyone in here...~
[9:15pm] Tehpillowstar: "I've done it before, don't worry your pretty heads about it"
[9:15pm] Strife: "Aw, you think that I'm pretty, Chloe? I didn't think that you cared"
[9:15pm] Alivi: The sub begins to descend.
[9:16pm] Balthazaar: Mark laughs
[9:16pm] ShotgunFiend: "So, Elif. Still think this thing doesn't need underwater-capable weapons?"
[9:16pm] lurkdrun: "I'm willing to reconsider."
[9:16pm] lurkdrun: Elif looks out the port hole.
[9:17pm] Alivi: Elif….the water hasnt changed colors.
[9:17pm] lurkdrun: She looks at Loren.  "Back to back like always?"
[9:17pm] ShotgunFiend: He presses his head to his chest and attempts to catch some sleep, his Army training coming back to him.
[9:17pm] Gara: "Course."
[9:18pm] lurkdrun: Elif brofists Loren.
[9:18pm] PetraCore: "Can I stick by you, Loren?"
[9:18pm] Tehpillowstar: "Wake up Danny boy, this trip won't take long"
[9:18pm] Gara: "Of course."
[9:18pm] lurkdrun: "Oh hey Dan, how's the bruise?"
[9:18pm] lurkdrun: *snickers*
[9:18pm] Balthazaar: Mark looks around the sub. "I've never been in a submarine before." He sounds excited.
[9:19pm] ShotgunFiend: He opens an eye and looks at Chloe. "What else is there to look at in this sub. Sure ain't many pretty ladies to look at." To Elif. "I don't know, ask your hand."
[9:19pm] Alivi: The sub surfaces….
[9:19pm] Strife: "Okay, who all here has never gone on a dive?"
[9:19pm] lurkdrun: "Touche."
[9:19pm] Balthazaar: Mark raises his hand
[9:19pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe gives Daniel the middle finger. She also has a rifle.
[9:19pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel rasies his head. "Me."
[9:20pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel seemingly ignores  Chloe, but places a hand on his wrench.
[9:20pm] lurkdrun: "Chloe, just hit him in the chest, that's his weak spot."  She smirks.
[9:20pm] PetraCore: "I've been on two."
[9:20pm] TheRaven: "Try not to touch anything weird-looking, be careful, and don't get separated."
[9:21pm] Gara: "I'd be insulted under other circumstances."
[9:21pm] lurkdrun: "Right, Taggart."
[9:21pm] Strife: "Don't walk in front of people shooting."
[9:21pm] PetraCore: "And don't get seperated."
[9:21pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe eyes him casually. "Nah, if he compromises the group, I'll just shoot him"
[9:21pm] Balthazaar: "Fair enough."
[9:21pm] PetraCore: "Also, never hide in a concealed space. Something might grab you."
[9:21pm] lurkdrun: "Fair enough."
[9:21pm] ShotgunFiend: "A wonderful thought, coming from a supposed team member."
[9:21pm] PetraCore: "Trust me on this."
[9:21pm] Gara: "Don't turn off your fucking radio and run off."
[9:21pm] Gara: "Don't drill your team.'
[9:21pm] PetraCore: "Run in the direction the group is running."
[9:22pm] Gara: She glares at Chloe.
[9:22pm] lurkdrun: "Dan, play nice, kay?"  She looks at Loren.  "Oh don't hold that over my head... I had a radio."
[9:22pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe looks out the window.
[9:22pm] PetraCore: "If you get in trouble, scream, but try to articulate the trouble."
[9:22pm] Gara: "I was talking about June."
[9:22pm] Tehpillowstar: "We're there, someone check enviroment"
[9:22pm] TheRaven: "Oh, and it's usually a good idea to let Loren do the talking as much as possible."
[9:22pm] lurkdrun: "....Ah... nevermind."
[9:22pm] ShotgunFiend: "I'll play nice when everyone else starts following that rule." He closes his eyes again.
[9:22pm] Balthazaar: "Basically sounds like the rule of thumb is don't be an idiot."
[9:22pm] lurkdrun: *sigh*  "Dan Dan Dan..."
[9:23pm] Tehpillowstar: 6df+5 looking out the window
[9:23pm] Glacon: Tehpillowstar: looking out the window: 3 (6df+5=0, 0, -, -, +, -)
[9:23pm] Alivi:   You've surfaced.
[9:23pm] ShotgunFiend: He runs mental and physical checks, then opens his eyes.
[9:23pm] Gara: Loren checks the air!
[9:23pm] Alivi: The water is still the same blood red.
[9:23pm] Alivi: The air is safe
[9:23pm] Tehpillowstar: "Air is safe?"
[9:23pm] lurkdrun: Elif unstraps.
[9:24pm] Gara: "Yes."
[9:24pm] TheRaven: Taggart pulls on his gas mask and gets ready.
[9:24pm] ShotgunFiend: "We're not dead. What do you think?"
[9:24pm] Gara: "Taggart, point?"
[9:24pm] Tehpillowstar: "Alright guys. Taggart you take point?"
[9:24pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel unstraps and stands up
[9:24pm] Strife: "Ready."
[9:24pm] TheRaven: "On it." He pops the hatch and looks out.
[9:24pm] Tehpillowstar: uh redact last bit
[9:24pm] lurkdrun: "Yup, guns in the front and rear."
[9:24pm] Balthazaar: Mark unstraps and stands up
[9:24pm] Gara: "Chloe, rear?"
[9:24pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel moves towards the middle.
[9:24pm] Balthazaar: He gets his rifle at the ready.
[9:24pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe unstraps. "Wilco"
[9:25pm] Gara: Loren stacks into the middle.
[9:25pm] Tehpillowstar: She flicks the safety off and checks her ammo. "Rick, keep an eye on our flanks?"
[9:25pm] Alivi: Taggart you are on the shore of a villiage.
[9:25pm] PetraCore: She stands by Loren.
[9:25pm] PetraCore: Wrench at the ready.
[9:25pm] lurkdrun: Elif grabs her wrench in one hand and scrambles out.
[9:25pm] Balthazaar: Mark is in the middleish
[9:26pm] Strife: "Got it."
[9:26pm] Gara: Loren clears out of the sub, them helps the next one out.
[9:26pm] TheRaven: Anything obviously odd about it?
[9:26pm] PetraCore: She leaves!
[9:26pm] WalrusKing left the chat room. (Quit: rabota ne volk...)
[9:26pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel scrambles up out of the sub when he's next
[9:26pm] Strife: Rick takes a place in the middle of the group, keeping an eye on everything.
[9:27pm] Balthazaar: Mark follows out
[9:27pm] Alivi: Nothing stands out. Maybe pereption.
[9:27pm] Gara: 6df+4 maybe.
[9:27pm] Glacon: Gara: maybe.: 5 (6df+4=+, -, 0, -, +, +)
[9:27pm] lurkdrun: 6df+5 looking!
[9:27pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: looking!: 8 (6df+5=+, +, -, +, 0, +)
[9:27pm] TheRaven: 6df+7
[9:27pm] Glacon: TheRaven: 6 (6df+7=+, 0, 0, -, -, 0)
[9:27pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe waits until everyone leaves before following
[9:27pm] Tehpillowstar: 6df+5 freaking glacon
[9:27pm] Glacon: Tehpillowstar: freaking glacon: 6 (6df+5=+, -, -, 0, +, +)
[9:28pm] Strife: 6df+8 best eyes
[9:28pm] Glacon: Strife: best eyes: 12 (6df+8=+, 0, +, +, +, 0)
[9:28pm] Balthazaar: 6df+5 woo
[9:28pm] Glacon: Balthazaar: woo: 4 (6df+5=0, 0, 0, -, 0, 0)
[9:28pm] PetraCore: 6df+4 Eye spy
[9:28pm] Glacon: PetraCore: Eye spy: 5 (6df+4=0, +, +, -, +, -)
[9:29pm] ShotgunFiend: 6df+5 Might as well look
[9:29pm] Glacon: ShotgunFiend: Might as well look: 4 (6df+5=-, -, 0, +, -, +)
[9:29pm] Alivi: Rick….Elif….there are no signs of life. At all….no people at all. Everyone else it looks to be an asian looking village. The water of the river is red. There are houses, and dead trees and a large hill with a building at the top.
[9:31pm] Strife: "Abandoned."
[9:31pm] PetraCore: "Well, this looks lively."
[9:31pm] Gara: "Yay."
[9:31pm] TheRaven: "Alright, let's check it out."
[9:31pm] Tehpillowstar: "We should take samples of the water to test 'em"
[9:31pm] PetraCore: "Who wants to bet we need to go in that building?"
[9:31pm] Alivi: Everyone with prior war/combat experience
[9:31pm] Alivi: mdef
[9:31pm] Tehpillowstar: "I say we look inside a house first"
[9:31pm] Strife: "Yeah, most likely, but step carefully-
[9:31pm] Strife: "
[9:31pm] ShotgunFiend: 6df+4
[9:31pm] Glacon: ShotgunFiend: 4 (6df+4=+, -, -, 0, 0, +)
[9:31pm] Strife: 6df+6 mdef
[9:31pm] Glacon: Strife: mdef: 3 (6df+6=-, -, 0, -, -, +)
[9:32pm] TheRaven: 6df+6 oh god
[9:32pm] Glacon: TheRaven: oh god: 7 (6df+6=0, +, 0, 0, +, -)
[9:32pm] Balthazaar: "Ah, this place looks nice."
[9:32pm] Tehpillowstar: "Check to see what state their owners left them in"
[9:33pm] Tehpillowstar: "Can give us clues as to what happened"
[9:33pm] PetraCore: She points at a hut/house.
[9:33pm] ShotgunFiend: "What's that smell, though?"
[9:33pm] PetraCore: "Should we check that one first?"
[9:33pm] Strife: "... Yeah. See what's staining the ground here . . ."
[9:33pm] Gara: "Lets go do that."
[9:33pm] PetraCore: "...it /could/ be dye, if we're lucky."
[9:33pm] lurkdrun: "Yup."  Elif is glad she has no prior war experience.
[9:34pm] TheRaven: "Let's clear the houses first."
[9:34pm] Gara: Loren is civvie as fuck. "Taggart, lead on."
[9:34pm] Tehpillowstar: "Someone take a sample"
[9:34pm] Balthazaar: "Let's get rolling."
[9:34pm] Tehpillowstar: *of the water first
[9:34pm] lurkdrun: "Um... I might be able to tell."
[9:34pm] TheRaven: Taggart starts towards the nearest hut
[9:34pm] lurkdrun: 6df+3 science to identify this stuff
[9:35pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: science to identify this stuff: 2 (6df+3=+, 0, +, -, -, -)
[9:35pm] Strife: "Chloe, Loren, cover the group. Taggart and I can clear."
[9:35pm] Strife: Rick follows behind.
[9:35pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel moves in the formation, staying close to the middle.
[9:35pm] Gara: "I don't have a gun."
[9:35pm] Alivi: Elif. You arent sure. But…..it looks identical and seems identical to the water from the red pool.
[9:35pm] Gara: Loren can't cover shit.
[9:35pm] Tehpillowstar: "Wilco"
[9:35pm] Strife: "Yeah, but you know what's you're doing"
[9:35pm] lurkdrun: "This stuff looks like pool water... maybe low tide?"
[9:35pm] Balthazaar: Mark follows along
[9:35pm] Gara: "Fair enough."
[9:36pm] Gara: Loren goes to cover people with her goddamn knife.
[9:36pm] PetraCore: "God damn. I hope these poor people didn't get sucked in by the pool."
[9:37pm] lurkdrun: "Hmmm..."
[9:37pm] ShotgunFiend: "Seriously, what the hell is that smell?"
[9:37pm] TheRaven: "Don't smell anything."
[9:37pm] Strife: Rick taps Taggart on the shoulder, signalling that he's ready to move into the first house.
[9:37pm] Gara: "No smell."
[9:38pm] TheRaven: He opens the door, looking inside.
[9:38pm] ShotgunFiend: "It smells like fucking dead bodies out here."
[9:38pm] Gara: "No, it doesn't."
[9:38pm] Balthazaar: Mark shakes his head. "I don't smell anything..."
[9:38pm] ShotgunFiend: ".../Yes/ , it does."
[9:38pm] Strife: Rick follows, scanning rapidly and moving quickly through the fatal funnel.
[9:38pm] Gara: "..."
[9:38pm] Gara: "Yeah..., okay."
[9:38pm] PetraCore: "I can't smell it."
[9:38pm] lurkdrun: "...*sniff*... nope."
[9:39pm] Tehpillowstar: "Don't smell anything...might be the Pool fucking with you"
[9:39pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel sighs. "Alright." Daniel knows exactly that he smells.
[9:39pm] Balthazaar: "Yeah, we haven't had enough of /that/ lately."
[9:41pm] Alivi: Do you enter the house?
[9:41pm] lurkdrun: "Guys, house?"
[9:41pm] Strife: Rick enters the house!
[9:41pm] Balthazaar: "Let's have a look."
[9:41pm] Gara: Loren enters.
[9:41pm] TheRaven: Taggart does too.
[9:41pm] Balthazaar: Mark enters
[9:41pm] lurkdrun: Elif turns on her headlamp and enters.
[9:42pm] Strife: "Or we can all wander in. That's cool too."
[9:42pm] Tehpillowstar: "Elif!"
[9:42pm] Alivi: The house is abandoned. However there are pictures of people. They look happy.
[9:42pm] Gara: Loren walks back out.
[9:42pm] Tehpillowstar: "Damnit get your ass back here"
[9:42pm] Alivi: There is a table with rotten food on it.
[9:42pm] lurkdrun: Elif jumps back.
[9:42pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel stands outside at the door, sidearm drawn.
[9:42pm] Balthazaar: "I've seen nicer houses before..."
[9:42pm] lurkdrun: "...yeah sorry."
[9:43pm] Strife: Rick examines the food. Does it look like anyone tried to take anything, or was everything just left without being disturbed?"
[9:43pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe keeps watch.
[9:43pm] Alivi: Looks like it was being served.
[9:43pm] TheRaven: Taggart looks for signs of the local technology level. Cook fires, TVs, whatever.
[9:43pm] Strife: "Do go cover the noncombats, Mark, if you would. This is a two person task."
[9:44pm] lurkdrun: Elif fumbles with her arm long pipe wrench.
[9:44pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel glances at Elif.
[9:44pm] Alivi: It looks…fairly modern. There is a radio. A stove.
[9:44pm] lurkdrun: "...Told ya."
[9:45pm] ShotgunFiend: "Told me what?"
[9:45pm] lurkdrun: "Mine's bigger."
[9:45pm] Gara: Loren smiles.
[9:45pm] ShotgunFiend: "Atleast I can hold mine."
[9:45pm] Alivi: They arent amazing. But they are useful youd assume. But the pictures look old. As if this isnt as new as you'd think.
[9:45pm] Balthazaar: He shrugs and goes back outside, he watches for trouble.
[9:46pm] TheRaven: "Looks about on par with our tech. Elif, you wanna have a look at this stuff?"
[9:46pm] ShotgunFiend: "Okay, seriously. No one else smells dead fucking bodies? Rotting corpses?"
[9:46pm] lurkdrun: "Yesh!"
[9:47pm] ShotgunFiend: "You're not just fucking with the new guy?"'
[9:47pm] Strife: Rick makes a quick search around before everyone crowds in.
[9:47pm] lurkdrun: Elif shuffles in.  "What is it?"
[9:47pm] Strife: "Yes God dammit. Everything here smells of blood. Get over it."
[9:47pm] Balthazaar: "No mate, air's clear."
[9:47pm] Gara: Loren goes with her.
[9:47pm] Gara: "No, it doesn't."
[9:48pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel stays at the door, peeking in. "See? Someone else smells it."
[9:48pm] lurkdrun: Elif sees the radio and fumbles with it.  "Hmmmm...."
[9:48pm] PetraCore: "Look, the pool is messing with you."
[9:48pm] Gara: She looks at Taggart. "Cognitohazard?"
[9:48pm] PetraCore: She picks up a photo.
[9:48pm] PetraCore: And examines it.
[9:48pm] Strife: "Probably."
[9:48pm] lurkdrun: 6df+4 investigate radio with electronics
[9:48pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: investigate radio with electronics: 4 (6df+4=+, -, 0, -, +, 0)
[9:48pm] Alivi: There is a photo of a young girl and her grandparents
[9:49pm] Alivi: lurkdrun: this radio is not new….its like old tech
[9:49pm] PetraCore: "Is this the future?"
[9:49pm] PetraCore: She exames the tech in the picture.
[9:49pm] lurkdrun: Elif tries to turn it on.  "Looks like post world war 2 tech if I was going to guess."
[9:50pm] lurkdrun: "Maybe even pre-war."
[9:51pm] Alivi: In the picture there is no tech
[9:51pm] Strife: "Makes sense to me."
[9:51pm] Alivi: perception
[9:51pm] Strife: 6df+8 perceptioning
[9:51pm] Glacon: Strife: perceptioning: 4 (6df+8=-, 0, -, -, 0, -)
[9:51pm] Gara: 6df+4 Loren hums.
[9:51pm] Glacon: Gara: Loren hums.: 4 (6df+4=-, +, -, 0, +, 0)
[9:51pm] TheRaven: 6df+7
[9:51pm] Glacon: TheRaven: 6 (6df+7=-, +, +, -, 0, -)
[9:51pm] PetraCore: 6df+4 EYE SPY MOTHERFUCKER
[9:52pm] Glacon: PetraCore: EYE SPY MOTHERFUCKER: 6 (6df+4=0, -, 0, +, +, +)
[9:52pm] Balthazaar: 6df+5 huh?
[9:52pm] Glacon: Balthazaar: huh?: 6 (6df+5=+, +, 0, -, -, +)
[9:52pm] ShotgunFiend: 6df+5 Daniel looks at things
[9:52pm] Glacon: ShotgunFiend: Daniel looks at things: 4 (6df+5=0, 0, 0, +, -, -)
[9:52pm] lurkdrun: 6df+5 looking
[9:52pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: looking: 3 (6df+5=+, 0, -, -, -, 0)
[9:52pm] lurkdrun: (did Elif turn the radio on though?)
[9:53pm] Alivi: She manages to. So far nothing
[9:54pm] Alivi: Tehpillowstar: roll?
[9:54pm] Tehpillowstar: 6df+5 roght perception
[9:54pm] Glacon: Tehpillowstar: roght perception: 6 (6df+5=+, -, +, -, +, 0)
[9:54pm] Alivi: Everyone you hear something
[9:54pm] Alivi: a rustling noise.
[9:54pm] lurkdrun: "Um..."
[9:54pm] Gara: "Nope."
[9:54pm] ShotgunFiend: "You guys hear /that/ , right?"
[9:54pm] Alivi: However Taggart, Chloe, and Mark you all realize it is the wind
[9:54pm] PetraCore: She turns to try to find it.
[9:54pm] PetraCore: "Yes."
[9:54pm] Strife: Rick drops to a crouch and scans rapidly
[9:54pm] TheRaven: "Just the wind."
[9:54pm] Alivi: brigit you too
[9:54pm] lurkdrun: Elif raises her wrench ready to swing.
[9:54pm] Tehpillowstar: "It's just the wind"
[9:55pm] lurkdrun: *whew*
[9:55pm] Gara: "Whell okay."
[9:55pm] lurkdrun: "Jumpy are we?"
[9:55pm] PetraCore: She opens a drawer.
[9:55pm] lurkdrun: "Guys, I don't think this has power?"
[9:55pm] ShotgunFiend: ~Fuck this~ Daniel puts his gun away in favor of his crowbar.
[9:55pm] lurkdrun: "Nothing..."
[9:56pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe looks at Daniel and raises an eyebrow.
[9:56pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel catches her glance. "...What?"
[9:56pm] Balthazaar: "huh, windy day. Inside a lake... Riiiiight."
[9:56pm] Alivi: Brigit there is chopsticks and napkins
[9:56pm] Gara: "We're in another world."
[9:57pm] PetraCore: She tries another drawer.
[9:58pm] lurkdrun: Elif looks for any other tech, lights, outlets, things of that nature.
[9:58pm] TheRaven: "Anyone find anything interesting?"
[9:58pm] lurkdrun: "Still looking."
[9:59pm] lurkdrun: "If anyone sees a fusebox, yell it out please."
[9:59pm] Alivi: There are notebooks
[9:59pm] Tehpillowstar: <<Status report, Poolboys?>>
[9:59pm] Gara: Loren goes and nabs a notebook.
[9:59pm] Gara: <<We aren't dead.>>
[9:59pm] PetraCore: <<The sub is gone.>>
[9:59pm] PetraCore: She grins.
[10:00pm] lurkdrun: "Dude...."
[10:00pm] PetraCore: <<Kidding.>>
[10:00pm] Gara: "Eh."
[10:00pm] Gara: "We don't recover subs."
[10:00pm] Balthazaar: He chuckles a little. "Man, this place is fucked."
[10:01pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe glares at the guys she's guarding. "I'm trying to talk to Rick and Taggart here"
[10:01pm] Gara: She opens the notebook.
[10:02pm] Tehpillowstar: <<Agents Caiaphas and Taggart, do you read me?>>
[10:02pm] Alivi: Its slightly waterdamaged. Its filled with Asian Symbols
[10:02pm] Gara: Loren is inside the house.
[10:02pm] TheRaven: <<Loud and clear.>>
[10:02pm] Strife: <<Yeah, we're here. They're still looking.>>
[10:02pm] Gara: "I can't read this."
[10:02pm] TheRaven: "What is it?"
[10:02pm] lurkdrun: Elif looks.
[10:03pm] Tehpillowstar: <<Report on your findings please>>
[10:03pm] lurkdrun: 6df+2 academics to at least know where in Asia these symbols are from
[10:03pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: academics to at least know where in Asia these symbols are from: 3 (6df+2=0, -, 0, 0, +, +)
[10:03pm] Gara: "It's in foreign."
[10:03pm] Gara: <<Notebook, contents in unknown language.>>
[10:03pm] Gara: 6df+4 Me oo maybe?
[10:03pm] Glacon: Gara: Me oo maybe?: 4 (6df+4=-, +, +, -, +, -)
[10:03pm] lurkdrun: <<Chloe?  We found a book, possibly Korean.>>
[10:04pm] lurkdrun: Elif shrugs.
[10:04pm] Alivi: Elif…you vaguely recognize it. Loren you too. But you aren't sure where you've seen it
[10:04pm] lurkdrun: "Worth a shot I guess..."
[10:04pm] Alivi: Elif. You hear static.
[10:04pm] Gara: <<I vaguely recognize it.>>
[10:04pm] Gara: She checks other notebooks.
[10:04pm] lurkdrun: <<Chloe?>>
[10:04pm] Tehpillowstar: <<Bring it over when you're finished and then I can take a look!>>
[10:04pm] Tehpillowstar: -!
[10:05pm] lurkdrun: "Ok, grab that."
[10:05pm] Alivi: All the others are water stained…..its red.
[10:05pm] lurkdrun: "Pool flooded this place."
[10:05pm] Gara: "Huh."
[10:06pm] Gara: How bad are the stains?
[10:06pm] lurkdrun: "Just a hunch."
[10:06pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel covers his nose with his shirt in an attempt to mask the smell.
[10:06pm] TheRaven: Hey, the large building nearby was on a hill, right?
[10:06pm] Alivi: Pretty bad. Everything is illegible.
[10:06pm] Strife: "Yeah, that's probably the right answer."
[10:07pm] Gara: She takes the most okay one.
[10:07pm] lurkdrun: Elif follows Loren.
[10:07pm] PetraCore: "Poor villiagers."
[10:07pm] TheRaven: Taggart checks for signs of a flood.
[10:07pm] Gara: She walks out.
[10:07pm] lurkdrun: Elif is out too.
[10:08pm] lurkdrun: "Well... maybe that book will be more telling than the house was."
[10:08pm] Alivi: Taggart. Perception
[10:08pm] TheRaven: 6df+7
[10:08pm] Glacon: TheRaven: 9 (6df+7=-, +, +, +, 0, 0)
[10:09pm] Alivi: There are no signs of a flood
[10:09pm] Alivi: Combat experienced people mdef
[10:10pm] ShotgunFiend: 6df+4 MDef
[10:10pm] Glacon: ShotgunFiend: MDef: 4 (6df+4=0, +, +, -, -, 0)
[10:10pm] Strife: 6df+6 mdef
[10:10pm] Glacon: Strife: mdef: 4 (6df+6=-, -, +, 0, 0, -)
[10:10pm] TheRaven: 6df+6 not again
[10:10pm] Glacon: TheRaven: not again: 8 (6df+6=-, -, +, +, +, +)
[10:10pm] Alivi: nothing this time happens
[10:11pm] lurkdrun: "What now guys?"
[10:11pm] TheRaven: Taggart steps out of the building and rejoins the group.
[10:11pm] ShotgunFiend: "Reform the formation."
[10:12pm] Tehpillowstar: "Hey, find anything else?"
[10:12pm] TheRaven: "Not sure. Don't see any signs of a flood, even though the notebooks were damaged."
[10:12pm] lurkdrun: "Yeah, Loren show her the notebook."
[10:12pm] Gara: Loren shows.
[10:12pm] Strife: "Yeah, might as well head to the house on the hill now."
[10:12pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe takes the book and examines its contents
[10:13pm] Strife: Rick reforms with the group
[10:13pm] Alivi: Chloe it isnt korean.
[10:13pm] Alivi: However it looks familiar. Academics or Perception
[10:13pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel steps towards the middle of the group
[10:13pm] Tehpillowstar: Can I tag?
[10:14pm] Balthazaar left the chat room. (Quit: adios muchachos)
[10:14pm] Alivi:  yup
[10:14pm] Tehpillowstar: 6df+8 tagging Korean spirit for academics
[10:14pm] Glacon: Tehpillowstar: tagging Korean spirit for academics: 8 (6df+8=-, 0, 0, -, +, +)
[10:15pm] Alivi: Its Japanese
[10:15pm] Tehpillowstar: "It's Japanese"
[10:15pm] Gara: "Oh that explains the familiarity."
[10:15pm] Gara: Loren takes it and puts it somewhere on her.
[10:16pm] PetraCore: She rejoins the group.
[10:16pm] Tehpillowstar: "Show it to Eriko when we get back"
[10:16pm] TheRaven: "Make sure we bring that back, Eriko ought to be able to read it."
[10:16pm] PetraCore: "Too bad Eriko isn't here."
[10:16pm] Gara: "Yup."
[10:17pm] TheRaven: "Okay, check more houses, or go for the building on the hill?"
[10:17pm] lurkdrun: "Let's move."
[10:17pm] lurkdrun: She smiles.
[10:17pm] Tehpillowstar: "So, more huts or big house?"
[10:17pm] lurkdrun: "We can do huts."
[10:17pm] lurkdrun: She shrugs.
[10:17pm] Gara: "I would say big house."
[10:17pm] ShotgunFiend: "The huts look pretty much the same. I say big house."
[10:18pm] TheRaven: "Might find more documents in the houses."
[10:18pm] lurkdrun: Elif looks indifferent.
[10:19pm] Tehpillowstar: "Rick? Daniel? Brigit? What do you think?"
[10:19pm] lurkdrun: "Should we take a vote or something..."
[10:19pm] lurkdrun: Elif waits to do something.
[10:19pm] Tehpillowstar: uh redact daniel
[10:19pm] Strife: "Big house, I suppose."
[10:20pm] PetraCore: "Big house."
[10:20pm] TheRaven: Taggart looks at the hilltop building through his scope, trying to see any signs of...stuff.
[10:21pm] Tehpillowstar: "Looks like we're going to the big house"
[10:21pm] Alivi: It doesn;t seem like a house. There is a a Toori at the top of the hill's stairs.
[10:22pm] Alivi: Right before the enterence of the building
[10:22pm] TheRaven: "Archway up there, fits with the Japanese thing, I guess."
[10:23pm] Gara: "Lets go..."
[10:23pm] PetraCore: "Is it some sort of shrine?"
[10:23pm] Tehpillowstar: "It's always Japanese or Chinese..."
[10:24pm] Roget is now known as Rogetsomesleep.
[10:24pm] PaulS_laptop joined the chat room.
[10:24pm] PetraCore: She starts taking the stairs.
[10:24pm] Tehpillowstar: She's muttering this under her breath.
[10:24pm] Strife: "Lets order up and be careful, okay?"
[10:24pm] TheRaven: Taggart takes point.
[10:24pm] Tehpillowstar: "Why can't we end up in Thailand for once?"
[10:24pm] lurkdrun: "Um... pre-war... Hirohito... "
[10:25pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel is already in his position towards the middle.
[10:25pm] PetraCore: "What's wrong with Japan?"
[10:25pm] lurkdrun: Elif tries to make connections.
[10:25pm] Strife: "Sucky cars."
[10:25pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe brings up the rear
[10:25pm] Alivi: They make it to the top.
[10:25pm] Alivi: It looks pretty abandoned.
[10:25pm] Alivi: It is made of wood.
[10:25pm] PetraCore: She looks out over the landscape.
[10:26pm] TheRaven: "If this is empire-era Japan, it'll be...interesting."
[10:26pm] lurkdrun: 6df+3 science to identify wood?
[10:26pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: science to identify wood?: 5 (6df+3=0, +, -, +, +, 0)
[10:26pm] Alivi: Just regular wood. Nothing too special. Seems to be the same as the forest
[10:27pm] lurkdrun: "Hmmm... local materials.  Nothing too anomalous about that."
[10:27pm] Tehpillowstar: "Then let's keep going"
[10:28pm] lurkdrun: "Yup."
[10:28pm] TheRaven: Taggart continues forward.
[10:28pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniels face contorts with disgust. "Fucking hell..."
[10:28pm] ShotgunFiend: He moves forward, but the stench only gets worse.
[10:29pm] lurkdrun: "Oh cmon, wreck-it-ralph, it's not that bad..."
[10:29pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe looks around
[10:29pm] PetraCore: "You need noseplugs?"
[10:29pm] ShotgunFiend: "Really? It smells like the walls are coated in dead bodies!"
[10:29pm] lurkdrun: *sniff*  "My nose is broken then."
[10:30pm] Alivi: As you enter the temple/Shrine. There is a long wooden hallway.
[10:30pm] Tehpillowstar: "Pool mindfuckery. Don't let it get to you"
[10:30pm] Strife: Rick rolls his eyes. Copper tang isn't that bad.
[10:30pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel shakes his head in an attempt to rid the smell.
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[10:31pm] Gara: "Me too!'
[10:31pm] lurkdrun: "Dan... I got some earplugs that can double as nose plugs?"
[10:31pm] Alivi: At the end of the hallway is a small table, and some incense and some matches
[10:31pm] ShotgunFiend: "If it really is the pool, you think that'd work?"
[10:31pm] lurkdrun: She shrugs.
[10:32pm] lurkdrun: Elif looks down the hall.
[10:32pm] lurkdrun: "Huh..."
[10:32pm] ShotgunFiend: He takes the offered 'noseplugs' and inserts them into his nasal cavities. Does it help?
[10:32pm] Alivi: Yes
[10:32pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel sighs. "That's better... Thanks, Elif."
[10:32pm] Soulless left the chat room. (NickServ (GHOST command used by Soulless_))
[10:32pm] PetraCore: She just sticks with the group, observing.
[10:32pm] lurkdrun: "They are only slightly used."
[10:32pm] Gara: Loren goes to the incense.
[10:32pm] Soulless joined the chat room.
[10:32pm] Soulless was promoted to operator by ChanServ.
[10:33pm] Strife: "I'll keep dealing with it, I suppose."
[10:33pm] lurkdrun: Is the incense lit at all?
[10:33pm] Alivi: No.
[10:33pm] Gara: She lights a match, then then incense.
[10:33pm] lurkdrun: Elif watches.
[10:33pm] Alivi: The scent wafts up and around the poolboys.
[10:33pm] lurkdrun: "Uh oh... "
[10:33pm] Strife: What smell is it?
[10:34pm] Alivi: Japanese Incense Smell….like sandalwood, warm, comforting, and yet…somber
[10:34pm] lurkdrun: "Huh... nevermind."
[10:34pm] Gara: She looks for way out of the room
[10:34pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe watches. She doesn't particularly like the scent of incense.
[10:35pm] lurkdrun: *cough*
[10:35pm] TheRaven: Taggart smells nothing.
[10:35pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel can't smell it at all.
[10:35pm] PetraCore: "This is nice."
[10:35pm] Strife: "Sandalwood and blood. Pleasant."
[10:35pm] Alivi: There is a statue of a being. in front of the incense.
[10:36pm] Alivi: perception
[10:36pm] Alivi: everyone + 2 to perception
[10:36pm] Gara: 6df+10 Tagging Curiosity!
[10:36pm] Glacon: Gara: Tagging Curiosity!: 9 (6df+10=+, 0, -, -, -, +)
[10:36pm] lurkdrun: 6df+7 looks!
[10:36pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: looks!: 4 (6df+7=-, -, -, +, 0, -)
[10:36pm] Tehpillowstar: 6df+7 hmmm
[10:36pm] Glacon: Tehpillowstar: hmmm: 6 (6df+7=0, 0, -, 0, +, -)
[10:36pm] ShotgunFiend: 6df+7
[10:36pm] Glacon: ShotgunFiend: 10 (6df+7=0, 0, +, 0, +, +)
[10:36pm] Strife: 6df+10 percep
[10:36pm] Glacon: Strife: percep: 4 (6df+10=-, -, -, -, -, -)
[10:36pm] TheRaven: 6df+9 random +2? Sure
[10:36pm] Glacon: TheRaven: random +2? Sure: 6 (6df+9=-, 0, -, -, +, -)
[10:36pm] Strife: ...
[10:37pm] PetraCore: 6df+6
[10:37pm] Glacon: PetraCore: 1 (6df+6=-, -, -, -, 0, -)
[10:37pm] Alivi: Brigit you like this incense.
[10:37pm] PetraCore: "This is /really/ nice incense.
[10:37pm] PetraCore: "
[10:37pm] Gara: "It is nice."
[10:37pm] PetraCore: "We should take some back."
[10:38pm] Gara: "It's not that nice."
[10:38pm] Alivi: Loren, Chloe, Daniel, Taggart There is a door….of some sort….behind the statue.
[10:38pm] ShotgunFiend: "Guys. Look behind the statue."
[10:38pm] TheRaven: "Door."
[10:38pm] ShotgunFiend: "Looks like a door."
[10:39pm] lurkdrun: "Ah..."
[10:39pm] Tehpillowstar: "Let's go in"
[10:39pm] lurkdrun: Elif stands back to let the guns up front.
[10:39pm] Gara: Loren holds up.
[10:39pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel backs up slightly, too.
[10:39pm] TheRaven: Taggart opens it slowly.
[10:40pm] Alivi: It doesnt budge
[10:40pm] lurkdrun: 6df+2 maybe identify this statue?  possible deity or figure?
[10:40pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: maybe identify this statue?  possible deity or figure?: 1 (6df+2=+, 0, -, -, +, -)
[10:41pm] TheRaven: "It's jammed or something."
[10:41pm] lurkdrun: (that was academics BTW)
[10:41pm] lurkdrun: "Door stuck?"
[10:41pm] Strife: "So kick it?"
[10:42pm] ShotgunFiend: "I could try."
[10:42pm] Alivi: Nope you cant figure it out. Looks important tho
[10:42pm] lurkdrun: Elif starts rummaging through her tools and pulls out a tiny can of WD-40
[10:42pm] lurkdrun: "Guys, I got WD-40 with me."
[10:43pm] ShotgunFiend: Does the door have visible hinges?
[10:44pm] Alivi: no.
[10:44pm] lurkdrun: "Loren... you know what that statue is?"
[10:44pm] PetraCore: Can Brigit grab some incense?
[10:44pm] ShotgunFiend: "Can't see the hinges, so unless you just want to soak the thing with it..."
[10:44pm] Gara: 6df+4 Do I?
[10:44pm] Glacon: Gara: Do I?: 3 (6df+4=0, 0, -, 0, -, +)
[10:44pm] lurkdrun: Elif steps up.
[10:44pm] Alivi: She can
[10:45pm] lurkdrun: 6df+10 tagging to engineer this contraption called a door
[10:45pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: tagging to engineer this contraption called a door: 10 (6df+10=+, -, +, 0, 0, -)
[10:45pm] Alivi: Looks….like a buddha
[10:45pm] Alivi: OMG Elif. This door is sooo easy
[10:45pm] Gara: "It looks like a buddha."
[10:45pm] Alivi: You can tots engeineer this shit
[10:45pm] lurkdrun: Elif opens the door?
[10:46pm] Alivi: She does
[10:46pm] Alivi: Its a stone passageway.
[10:46pm] Alivi: Pretty dark
[10:46pm] lurkdrun: "Pffft, gotta be smarter than the door guys."
[10:46pm] TheRaven: Taggart takes point and flicks on his taclight.
[10:46pm] Gara: "You cheated."
[10:46pm] Strife: "Kicking it would've worked."
[10:46pm] Strife: Rick goes second, flashlight off for the moment.
[10:46pm] lurkdrun: Elif blows on her knuckles.  "I know stuff."
[10:46pm] lurkdrun: "I went to college."
[10:47pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel follows suit, in formation. "Seriously. I could've just kicked it."
[10:47pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe flicks on her own taclight and brings up the rear
[10:47pm] Gara: "Yeah but this was quieter."
[10:47pm] Gara: Loren goes around, one flare out and flashlught on.
[10:47pm] PetraCore: She takes some.
[10:47pm] lurkdrun: Elif cranes her neck above the group, headlamp still on.
[10:48pm] lurkdrun: 6df+3 abusing science skill to identify the stone
[10:48pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: abusing science skill to identify the stone: 5 (6df+3=+, 0, 0, 0, +, 0)
[10:49pm] Alivi: nothing too special. Seems like natural stuff not anamoulous. However down the passageway it seems to open up.
[10:49pm] Gara: Is she taking some of the incense?
[10:49pm] Alivi: Perception
[10:49pm] Gara: 6df+4
[10:49pm] Glacon: Gara: 3 (6df+4=-, +, 0, 0, -, 0)
[10:49pm] lurkdrun: "Stone is normal."
[10:49pm] Alivi: And ya Shes taking incense i think
[10:49pm] lurkdrun: 6df+5 looking
[10:49pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: looking: 6 (6df+5=+, +, 0, -, -, +)
[10:49pm] ShotgunFiend: 6df+5 Perceive the unknown
[10:49pm] Glacon: ShotgunFiend: Perceive the unknown: 8 (6df+5=+, +, +, 0, 0, 0)
[10:49pm] Strife: 6df+12 tagged
[10:49pm] Glacon: Strife: tagged: 13 (6df+12=-, 0, +, -, +, +)
[10:49pm] TheRaven: 6df+7
[10:49pm] Glacon: TheRaven: 8 (6df+7=0, -, -, +, +, +)
[10:50pm] Alivi: Elif, Daniel, Rick, Taggart. You notice torch of sorts.
[10:50pm] ShotgunFiend: "Looks like there's some light down there... Maybe a torch?"
[10:51pm] lurkdrun: "Hello?"  Elif calls out.
[10:51pm] Alivi: "Hello….hello…helllo..."
[10:51pm] lurkdrun: "Ah... an english speaker."
[10:51pm] PetraCore: "OR an echo."
[10:51pm] lurkdrun: Elif grabs Loren and moves her up.
[10:51pm] Alivi: You can hear rushed whispers sounds
[10:51pm] ShotgunFiend: "I'm /pretty sure/ it was just an echo."
[10:52pm] PetraCore: "ECHO!"
[10:52pm] ShotgunFiend: ".... Never mind."
[10:52pm] Alivi: "Echooo, Echo echo echo."
[10:52pm] Gara: Loren is going on up.
[10:52pm] lurkdrun: "Ah... nevermind."
[10:52pm] PetraCore: "Tahdaaaah."
[10:52pm] Alivi: "aaaaaah."
[10:52pm] lurkdrun: "...Sorry Loren."
[10:52pm] Gara: "It's cool."
[10:52pm] lurkdrun: "You are best at talking."
[10:52pm] TheRaven: "Try not to shoot in here if possible, the acoustics will be hell."
[10:53pm] Tehpillowstar: "Come on slouchers" keeps the group moving towards THE LIGHT
[10:53pm] lurkdrun: Elif walks, scanning back and forth with her light.
[10:53pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel continues moving forward
[10:53pm] TheRaven: Taggart is walking.
[10:53pm] Echo joined the chat room.
[10:54pm] Alivi: As you walk, you soon reach a rather large room. There are two torches on either side, burning a greyish flame. There are small plates of liquid that connect to a trough
[10:54pm] Gara: "Huh."
[10:55pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel looks at the torches. "That doesn't look normal."
[10:55pm] lurkdrun: 6df+3 science!  identify that liquid please!
[10:55pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: science!  identify that liquid please!: 3 (6df+3=+, -, 0, 0, -, +)
[10:55pm] Alivi: Seems like a very flammable thing
[10:55pm] Alivi: Oil of some sort.
[10:55pm] lurkdrun: "Guys that's oil... flammable."
[10:55pm] Gara: "Huh."
[10:55pm] TheRaven: "Let's not light it, then."
[10:55pm] Gara: "That's noted."
[10:56pm] ShotgunFiend: "Think it'd light the room up or burn the room down?"
[10:56pm] Gara: She has a flare out.
[10:56pm] lurkdrun: Elif looks at her flint spark igniter.
[10:56pm] Gara: "Room's stone."
[10:56pm] Alivi: You hear the sound….of water.
[10:56pm] Alivi: trickling ever so slowly. You cannot see it though. it is all too dark.
[10:56pm] lurkdrun: "Eh."  She shrugs.
[10:56pm] ShotgunFiend: "Burn /us/ down."
[10:56pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe looks around for anything interesting.
[10:56pm] Alivi: you cant see much Chloe.
[10:57pm] Tehpillowstar: she shines her flashlight around
[10:57pm] Alivi: There seems to be pictures on the walls. Some glinting, it is a bit hard to tell.
[10:57pm] ShotgunFiend: "Haven't you guys seen these things before in movies? You light them up and the oil burns, lighting the room."
[10:57pm] Strife: Rick flicks his light on as well, doing his own examinations.
[10:58pm] Strife: "Possibly, but let's hold up for a bit."
[10:58pm] TheRaven: "I'd rather not light things on fire unless we have to. We don't do well with fire."
[10:58pm] lurkdrun: "Um... yeah that's a good point."
[10:58pm] lurkdrun: Elif holds her igniter in hand.
[10:58pm] Gara: "No fire is bad."
[10:58pm] Strifey joined the chat room.
[10:58pm] lurkdrun: *pout*
[10:58pm] PetraCore: "No fire, or no, fire?"
[10:59pm] lurkdrun: "I vote arson!"
[10:59pm] Gara: "No fire."
[10:59pm] ShotgunFiend: "Actually, fire can be pretty good. Combustion engines for example."
[10:59pm] Gara: "No fire, fire bad."
[10:59pm] PetraCore: "Guys."
[10:59pm] lurkdrun: "Just kidding, fire.
[10:59pm] PetraCore: "I have a flashlight."
[10:59pm] PetraCore: She takes it from her bag.
[10:59pm] Strifey: "Or burning to death. Fire bad until proven otherwise"
[10:59pm] Tehpillowstar: "So do I"
[10:59pm] PetraCore: "So..."
[10:59pm] PetraCore: She flicks it on and points it into the room.
[11:00pm] Alivi: Its so hard to see everything with just that...
[11:00pm] ShotgunFiend: "How about this. Everyone back into the tunnel, and someone tosses a flare into the oil. It burns down the room, we run. It doesnt, we stay.
[11:00pm] Alivi: you can tell there is something there.
[11:00pm] ShotgunFiend: "*
[11:00pm] lurkdrun: Elif scans with her head lamp but stays near the oil bowls.
[11:00pm] PetraCore: "Or we can wade in with the flashlight."
[11:00pm] TheRaven: "In a space this small we'd need oxygen tanks to survive."
[11:00pm] Gara: "Yeah, fire isn't going to work out here."
[11:00pm] ShotgunFiend: "This room is huge. Your little flashlights are doing too much."
[11:00pm] PetraCore: "I like my idea best."
[11:00pm] Alivi: it seems pretty big…and the venilation seems well.
[11:00pm] PetraCore: "But fine."
[11:01pm] PetraCore: She starts going back.
[11:01pm] lurkdrun: "Where are you going?"
[11:01pm] Gara: "Well, actually."
[11:01pm] lurkdrun: Elif waits.
[11:01pm] Tehpillowstar: "Ugh," Chloe takes a torch and walks to the pool of oil. "Shall I?"
[11:01pm] Gara: She lights her flare. "Everyone back up, I'm going to drop this in, ventiliation will be fine."
[11:02pm] TheRaven: Taggart retreats.
[11:02pm] Tehpillowstar: uh redac
[11:02pm] lurkdrun: Elif moves back.
[11:02pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe backs up
[11:02pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel only takes a couple steps back, mostly confident.
[11:02pm] Gara: "Further, Dan."
[11:02pm] ShotgunFiend: "If she burns, I'm dragging her out."
[11:02pm] ShotgunFiend: "I'm staying here."
[11:03pm] Gara: ~She? I'm lighting it..>~
[11:03pm] lurkdrun: "Guy, it'll be fine."
[11:03pm] Gara: She shrugs.
[11:03pm] Gara: She tosses it in and backs way off.
[11:03pm] ShotgunFiend: :I adjust the sentence so it makes sense.
[11:04pm] Strife: Rick watches!
[11:04pm] Alivi:   It lights up perfectly fine. The entire room is pretty big. There are huge murals of figures and Japanese writing all around them.
[11:04pm] lurkdrun: "Ooooooooh."
[11:04pm] ShotgunFiend: "Told you." He scoffs at them.
[11:05pm] lurkdrun: Elif takes some pictures with her PDA.
[11:05pm] Tehpillowstar: "Can never be too careful"
[11:05pm] lurkdrun: "Might want to get pictures of this, guys."  *click*
[11:05pm] ShotgunFiend: "Yeah, and /sometimes/ the new guy can be right."
[11:05pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe takes pictures for the AAR
[11:05pm] Alivi: At the center. There is a pool of red water. Above it set in the stone wall. Are 8 spherical gems aligned in a circle. There is a gap in the direct center.
[11:05pm] lurkdrun: Elif takes a picture of Loren.  *click*
[11:05pm] TheRaven: "Looks like the pool."
[11:06pm] Gara: "Yup."
[11:06pm] lurkdrun: 6df+3 science! identify gems!
[11:06pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: science! identify gems!: 1 (6df+3=0, -, -, +, 0, -)
[11:06pm] Tehpillowstar: "Wonder what this place was for"
[11:06pm] PetraCore: "Dimension hopping, maybe."
[11:06pm] Strifey: "Who wants to pocket the gems?"
[11:07pm] Alivi: You've never seen anything like this…Elif they are so amazing looking.
[11:07pm] Tehpillowstar: "Probably a bad idea"
[11:07pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel pats his pockets, theyre full and he has no backpack. "Can't."
[11:07pm] Alivi: perception
[11:07pm] lurkdrun: "They are pretty... can't tell what mineral those gems are though."
[11:07pm] ShotgunFiend: 6df+5 percep
[11:07pm] Glacon: ShotgunFiend: percep: 6 (6df+5=+, -, 0, +, 0, 0)
[11:07pm] lurkdrun: 6df+5 looking!
[11:07pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: looking!: 7 (6df+5=0, 0, +, +, +, -)
[11:07pm] Strifey: 6df+12 tagged perception
[11:07pm] Glacon: Strifey: tagged perception: 12 (6df+12=-, -, +, +, 0, 0)
[11:08pm] Gara: 6df+8 Tag tag tag
[11:08pm] Glacon: Gara: Tag tag tag: 8 (6df+8=0, +, -, +, -, 0)
[11:08pm] Tehpillowstar: 6df+5 gog
[11:08pm] Glacon: Tehpillowstar: gog: 6 (6df+5=-, 0, +, +, 0, 0)
[11:08pm] PetraCore: 1d10+4
[11:08pm] Glacon: PetraCore: 6 (1d10+4=2)
[11:08pm] TheRaven: 6df+7
[11:08pm] Glacon: TheRaven: 7 (6df+7=-, +, +, -, 0, 0)
[11:08pm] PetraCore: "I could, but what if this /is/ a Pool and they keep it contained?"
[11:09pm] PetraCore: "...of course, that'd mean we could contain ours..."
[11:09pm] Alivi: Rick….there is a box….in the corner.
[11:09pm] Strife: Rick searches the box!
[11:09pm] Strife: "Ha, hidden treasure."
[11:09pm] Alivi: Inside is a pearlescant stone. It is the exact size as the center hole in the gem arrangement
[11:09pm] lurkdrun: "Whoa, easy there."
[11:10pm] lurkdrun: "Rick aren't you supposed to be the trap master or something?"
[11:10pm] Gara: Loren peaks.
[11:10pm] Gara: peeks?
[11:11pm] Strife: "Don't worry, I'm not going to pocket it juuuuust yet."
[11:11pm] Strife: "Probably needs to go in the middle hole, though."
[11:11pm] Strife: Rick examines the stone closely
[11:11pm] Tehpillowstar:  "Then what are we waiting for?"
[11:11pm] Gara: "Yeah, probably." She goes to look at the middle hole.
[11:11pm] Alivi: It has such a pretty sheen.
[11:12pm] lurkdrun: "Okaaaay, Rick, as long as you know what you are doing..."
[11:12pm] lurkdrun: Elif waits for a trap to spring.
[11:12pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel walks a couple steps towards the center of the room to get a better view, then stops again
[11:13pm] lurkdrun: Elif takes a photo of the gem arrangement.  *click*
[11:13pm] Tehpillowstar: *click* *click* More photis
[11:14pm] Alivi: Elif….the gems look so pretty. Each has its own color. From the top a firey red….a deep green,  a blue that seems to shift, a grey, one that is yellow with blue lines, a light pale blue/lavender, a dark black one, and a bright one that seems to glow like a star. Each of them seem to glow actually.
[11:14pm] lurkdrun: "...a group photo would be nice..."  She mumbles queitly.
[11:14pm] Strife: "Good idea, group photo team, then everyone except me can back up when I move this thing."
[11:14pm] lurkdrun: Elif observes the gems closely.
[11:15pm] Tehpillowstar: "Do we have to?"
[11:15pm] PetraCore: "Why not?"
[11:15pm] lurkdrun: "Ooop!  I didn't think anyone heard me... I was just talking to myself."
[11:15pm] PetraCore: She sits under the cluster.
[11:15pm] PetraCore: "Haha, now you gotta take it!"
[11:15pm] PetraCore: "USe me as a size ref."
[11:15pm] lurkdrun: "Well sure."
[11:15pm] lurkdrun: Elif backs up with her PDA.
[11:15pm] ShotgunFiend left the chat room. (Connection reset by peer)
[11:16pm] PetraCore: She gestures and grins.
[11:16pm] ShotgunFiend joined the chat room.
[11:16pm] lurkdrun: "Throw up some gang signs while you're at it."
[11:16pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe looks at Elif and Brigit and sighs.
[11:16pm] Alivi: Elif….are you sure about that?
[11:17pm] Alivi: Gang Signs? In a shrine? A sacred place?
[11:17pm] lurkdrun: *welp*
[11:17pm] Strife: "Poolboyz represent, yo."
[11:17pm] Gara: "God."
[11:17pm] lurkdrun: Elif just takes the picture.  *click*
[11:17pm] Strife: Rick laughs.
[11:17pm] Alivi: The picture is taken.
[11:18pm] Strife: "Anyway, everyone back up in case this thing is a trap, eh?"
[11:18pm] lurkdrun: Elif backs away.
[11:18pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel decides to actually back up this time
[11:18pm] lurkdrun: She whispers to Loren.  "...too silly?"
[11:19pm] Gara: Loren nods and backs.
[11:19pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe backs up, and stands next to Taggart
[11:19pm] Tehpillowstar: She glances at glhim
[11:19pm] PetraCore: She heads back to the group.
[11:19pm] TheRaven: Taggart waits for the inevitable explosion.
[11:19pm] Tehpillowstar: *him
[11:19pm] lurkdrun: Elif gets more serious.
[11:19pm] lurkdrun: *ahem*
[11:20pm] Strife: Rick grabs the pretty, pearlescant stone carefully.
[11:20pm] Strife: "Hey, anyone ever read Deltora Quest?"
[11:21pm] Alivi: He picks it up.
[11:21pm] Gara: "No."
[11:21pm] lurkdrun: "Just be careful."
[11:22pm] Strife: "Well, spoiler alert, but there's a bunch of gemstones like this, and the order that they were supposed to go in was really important"
[11:22pm] Strife: He sets it in the center hole.
[11:22pm] lurkdrun: Elif winces.
[11:22pm] Gara: "Huh, okay."
[11:23pm] lurkdrun: "We got a picture for future reference."
[11:24pm] Tehpillowstar: "Unless there's some kind of EMP that wipes out our equipment"
[11:24pm] Alivi: Nothing seems to happen
[11:24pm] Strife: "..."
[11:24pm] Strife: "Nothing?"
[11:24pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel lets out his held breath.
[11:24pm] Alivi: A crack appears.
[11:24pm] ShotgunFiend: "Oh... uhm..'
[11:24pm] Alivi: It expands to each of the 8 stones. and *snap*
[11:24pm] TheRaven: "..."
[11:25pm] Alivi: *crack*
[11:25pm] Alivi: *crumble*
[11:25pm] Alivi: Each of them fall into the red water.
[11:25pm] ShotgunFiend: "... Run?"
[11:25pm] lurkdrun: "Um... UM..."
[11:25pm] Tehpillowstar: "Shit shit shit"
[11:25pm] Gara: "Look at what you did."
[11:25pm] Gara: "Look at what you did, Rick."
[11:25pm] Alivi: The red one, The blue one, the green one, the black and bright ones, the blue lavender one, the grey one, and the yellow one.
[11:25pm] Gara: "Ruiner."
[11:25pm] Alivi: THen….the last one.
[11:25pm] Strife: "Fuck, grab the damn things!"
[11:26pm] TheRaven: "$10 says we gotta put those back together."
[11:26pm] Alivi: Agility to grab.
[11:26pm] lurkdrun: "Don't touch them!
[11:26pm] Strife: Rick's closest, so he makes for a quick doggie paddle toward them
[11:26pm] Strife: 6df+4 too late to change his mind
[11:26pm] Glacon: Strife: too late to change his mind: 6 (6df+4=0, -, +, 0, +, +)
[11:26pm] Alivi: And say which one you are going to catch
[11:26pm] ShotgunFiend: 'Do /not/ put your hands in the fuckin water."
[11:26pm] Tehpillowstar: "Wait--no!"
[11:26pm] Alivi: Do you go into the water?
[11:26pm] Strife: Grey
[11:26pm] Strife: He does
[11:26pm] Alivi: Rick it flits from your grip. And BAM a flash of grey rushes around and rick vanishes.
[11:27pm] Gara: "..."
[11:27pm] Gara: "I hate it when that happens."
[11:27pm] ShotgunFiend: "....Rick!"
[11:27pm] lurkdrun: "Fuck!"
[11:27pm] TheRaven: "Not this shit again..."
[11:27pm] ShotgunFiend: "What the hell was that?!"
[11:27pm] Tehpillowstar: "Grab the grey stone!"
[11:27pm] Gara: "Eh, he's /probably/ okay."
[11:27pm] TheRaven: "Guys, I'm pretty sure that puddle leads home."
[11:27pm] Alivi: The last one…..falls.
[11:28pm] lurkdrun: *sigh*
[11:28pm] Alivi: And it goes still.
[11:28pm] lurkdrun: Elif makes sure her gear is on tight.
[11:28pm] Gara: "Huh."
[11:28pm] Gara: "Well."
[11:28pm] ShotgunFiend: ".... Seriously. What the *Hell* just happened?"
[11:28pm] Gara: "Lets see what happens."
[11:28pm] lurkdrun: "Shit... Rick..."
[11:28pm] Gara: Loren walks on over.
[11:28pm] TheRaven: "I'll go first."
[11:28pm] Gara: "Okay."
[11:28pm] lurkdrun: Elif watches.
[11:29pm] Tehpillowstar: "...Wait, Taggart"
[11:29pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel like awestricken, but doesn't say anything else.
[11:29pm] TheRaven: "Yeah?"
[11:29pm] ShotgunFiend: looks*
[11:29pm] Gara: "Oh he'll be fine, Chloe."
[11:29pm] lurkdrun: "Always the confident one..."
[11:29pm] lurkdrun: She glances at Loren.
[11:30pm] Gara: "That's me..."
[11:30pm] lurkdrun: "Soooo... all of us are getting out asses chewed out by Corbette when we show up without the sub again... yes?"
[11:30pm] Alivi: Does anyone go into the water
[11:31pm] Gara: "Oh fuck that."
[11:31pm] ShotgunFiend: He laughs dryly
[11:31pm] lurkdrun: "...I don't like ass chewings..."
[11:32pm] Tehpillowstar: "Oh fuck it, be careful Taggart"
[11:32pm] Gara: "Noted." Loren hops into the pool.
[11:32pm] lurkdrun: "Guys we need to decide something... fuck knows what happened to-  LOREN!"
[11:32pm] lurkdrun: Elif dives after her.
[11:32pm] Alivi: You splash into the pool.
[11:32pm] Alivi: And stand there
[11:32pm] Alivi: Elif….do you dive? If so....pdef
[11:32pm] lurkdrun: 6df+5
[11:32pm] Glacon: lurkdrun: 5 (6df+5=-, -, +, +, +, -)
[11:33pm] Gara: She grins. "Well, this didn't work."
[11:33pm] TheRaven: Taggart dives in. "You know I will be."
[11:33pm] Alivi: Taggart
[11:33pm] Alivi: pdef
[11:33pm] TheRaven: 6df+7 woot
[11:33pm] Glacon: TheRaven: woot: 8 (6df+7=0, +, 0, 0, +, -)
[11:34pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel looks at Chloe.
[11:34pm] Alivi: Elif….a shooting pain goes up your hands into your arms as they hit solid stone.
[11:34pm] Alivi: Taggart. You stand there
[11:34pm] Alivi: Wet.
[11:34pm] lurkdrun: Elif jolts up.  "AAAAHH... LOREN!"  She's angry.
[11:34pm] Gara: "Elif, fuck, are you okay?"
[11:35pm] TheRaven: "...well that was embarrassing." He looks for the stone shards.
[11:35pm] lurkdrun: She holds her hands and arms.  "SSSSsssssss... ow."
[11:35pm] Gara: "You okay?"
[11:35pm] Alivi: they arent there Taggart.
[11:35pm] Alivi: nor is Rick.
[11:35pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe looks at Daniel. "Taggart, find a gem"
[11:35pm] lurkdrun: "Yeah yeah... just dove into a solid stone pool... I'm fine."
[11:35pm] Gara: "Fun."
[11:35pm] Gara: "How'd that go?"
[11:35pm] TheRaven: "Not seeing any...wanna try the sub?"
[11:36pm] Gara: "Are we really going to backtrack there?"
[11:36pm] Gara: "Okay."
[11:36pm] lurkdrun: "Well funny thing is I was diving after my girlfriend into a shallow pool.. so not so well."
[11:36pm] ShotgunFiend: "Diving obviously doesn't work, so... Yeah."
[11:36pm] TheRaven: "Maybe sweep the remaining houses on the way."
[11:36pm] Gara: "Yeah, I see that didn't work out to you."
[11:36pm] Gara: For*
[11:36pm] lurkdrun: Elif GLARES at Loren.
[11:36pm] Tehpillowstar: "See any stones left?"
[11:36pm] lurkdrun: Elif puts her hands at the bottom to look for stones.
[11:36pm] Gara: She grins. "Alrighty, lets get the fuck out of here.'
[11:37pm] Alivi: Elif…they hurt….they are so sore...
[11:37pm] Alivi: probably bruised at least
[11:37pm] Gara: Loren looks for any more stones.
[11:37pm] lurkdrun: "Sssssss... that smarts..."
[11:37pm] Tehpillowstar: Chloe jumps in feet first to help search.
[11:37pm] Alivi: Its empty the water sloshes out.
[11:37pm] Alivi: ….Nothing is left.
[11:37pm] Gara: "Huh."
[11:37pm] lurkdrun: "Damn!"
[11:37pm] Gara: "Okay."
[11:37pm] Gara: Loren gets out of the pool.
[11:38pm] lurkdrun: Elif does to, looking at her bruised arms.
[11:38pm] ShotgunFiend: "I for one vote for getting back to the sub, ASAP."
[11:38pm] Gara: "Me too."
[11:38pm] lurkdrun: "Seconded."
[11:39pm] Tehpillowstar: "Fuck. Rick's MIA." To Daniel "Agreed" she helps Taggart out of the water
[11:39pm] ShotgunFiend: "Taggart on point, Chloe bring up the rear?"
[11:39pm] Tehpillowstar: "Good enough for me"
[11:39pm] Gara: "I'm atleast 90% sure he isn't dead."
[11:39pm] TheRaven: He does precisely that.
[11:40pm] ShotgunFiend: Daniel stands in the middle of the new formation.
[11:40pm] Alivi: Sooooooooooo ya;ll backtrack and get to the sub
[11:40pm] lurkdrun: *sigh*  "Well this had a shitty ending."  She grumbles.
[11:40pm] Gara: "Yup."
[11:41pm] lurkdrun: Elif looks back at the huts.
[11:41pm] Tehpillowstar: "I wonder how the abort mechanism of the sub works"
[11:41pm] ShotgunFiend: "Great first time out of the site." He says sarcastically.
[11:42pm] lurkdrun: Elif scrambles into the sub and flops into a seat with a wet thud.
[11:42pm] Alivi: Annnnd the sub goes home
[11:42pm] Alivi: bam
[11:42pm] lurkdrun: "We going or what?"
[11:42pm] Alivi: #farrecon