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[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "hm, lots of saturday folks here"
[Crows-Nest] Davey says, "it's all about the tiltawhirl"
GM says, "so let's see"
[Crows-Nest] Chaz says, "Yeah, like perry."
[Crows-Nest] Aisleen says, "yeah. i think the sunday people are outnumbered again"
GM says, "last week's episode turned out to be mostly about bikes"
Gaston arrives, looking for booty.
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "Oh, why not."
GM says, "specifically, about the two bikes which Aisleen and Gerry ordered from the mysterious bike shop of evil"
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "Ha."
Aisleen says, "don't forget, one of which Davey wants for his own now"
Davey says, "well, that can wait"
Davey says, "my meeting of the minds with Illuthien will probably leave me in traction, and there's more important stuff to hand."
GM says, "oh, yes, and there were some vague thought about following up on Cecily's deceased anchor, along with tracking down the bike shop"
Davey says, "I'm kinda concerned that the bike shop knew who they were selling to"
Davey asks, "we still haven't found Rike, have we?"
[nobilis] Chaz says, "And Rike woke up, implicated Jack, and fell out of contact again."
[nobilis] GM says, "oh yes"
[nobilis] Chaz asks, "Has a week passed again?"
Chaz says, "No, the lead in Seattle dried up."
[nobilis] GM says (to Chaz), "ish, yeah"
Chaz says, "Though I did speak with Cecily and Armande."
Chaz says, "Remember that thread we found on the laurel we found in Greece?  Armande said it was from a fine shirt, smaller than Drake's size, used as aglove to pick up and deposit the laurel."
Chaz says, "The shirt implicated someone with nobilis or at least high discernment, but nothing specific."
Aisleen asks, "so someone is framing Drake?"
Chaz says, "Maybe."
Chaz says, "If so, the most likely candidate is Rike."
Davey looks in on his anchor, Phelps, to see if reading the Amanda book altered his evil little mind.
Chaz says, "Since whoever created that trapped tunnel did so with a Realm miracle, I think."
Chaz says, "Which implies either Drake, Rike, Fake Drake, or Fake Rike."
Aisleen asks, "were we still in the chancel at that point?"
Chaz says, "Which is about three too many suspects."
Chaz says (to Aisleen), "Yeah, we were."
GM says (to Davey), ""Oh .. uh, hi boss, I was just working on my sculpture""
Davey says, "maybe *we* should start kidnapping people"
Chaz says, "Hmm, Jack said he'd get back to me.  Maybe I'll check up on him."
Davey asks, "sculpture? hey, you got culture?"
[nobilis] Penny asks, "how many of the saturday group people are here to try and flag down Stella?"
Chaz . o O (to Jack) ( Hey there.  Did that thing you had to go do last week work out? )
[nobilis] Aisleen asks (of penny), "am i missing something?"
GM says, "(Annoyingly, Jack doesn't respond)"
[nobilis] Chaz says, "Is it important?  I might be able to get her to check in."
GM says (to Davey), ""Yeah, I'm calling it 'two beer cans on piece of plywood'. I think it really, uh, gets at the depths of the modern soul""
[nobilis] Chaz says, "(I haven't finished reading transcript from yesterday)"
[nobilis] Penny says, "well, Michel was wondering about those spheres"
GM says, ""That book you gave me said that the way to get ahead in your career was by being creative and exciting""
GM says, ""So I dyed my hair and built this sculpture""
Aisleen wonders if bikers even know how to read
Aisleen says (to davey), "not that you can't or anything. but you are different"
Chaz . o O (to Rike) ( You awake again? )
Davey says (to Phelps), "yeah, um, huh. Glad to see you're developing that, inner..thing. Carry on."
Chaz . o O (to Drake) ( Hello? )
GM says, "(No, no)"
Davey says (to Aisleen), "hey, I got layers. I wanted to see if the book would do magic on him. I think no."
GM says, ""You bet, boss -- I wasn't sure what color to dye it, so I tried a couple different ones on different parts of my head -- I'll let you know which is best""
[nobilis] Chaz says, "I assume that's 'no response', rather than "Rike . o O (No.)" ;-)"
Aisleen asks (of davey), "so he is not doing something out of character after reading?"
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "assuming i don't know what phelps told davey"
[nobilis] GM says (to Chaz), "right"
Davey says, "and Phelps ain't a biker. He's an evil little grease monkey, but he's got a useful instinct for observation"
[nobilis] Michel asks, "sorry, afk for a bit. okay if I step into chancel?"
Davey says (to Aisleen), "he's doin' what the book suggests, but it didn't actually make him any different, as far as I could see. Guess Amanda's not doing any magic world-domination stuff after all. Through the books, anyway."
Stella walks the plank to adventure. Arr!
Stella arrives, looking for booty.
[nobilis] Michel says, "and yeah, I'm kind of looking for Stella for some experiments with these spheres"
[nobilis] Davey says, "I figure I talked to him and related the conversation to whoever was listening here"
[nobilis] Stella asks, "You rang?"
Michel wanders into Ferarium
[nobilis] Michel says, "excellent"
(From Aisleen) A Clown offers Michel some balloon animals.
[nobilis] Stella asks, "Greetings!  I understand someone would like me to shed some light on something?"
Michel stubs out his cigarette on a balloon animal, and goes to greet Stella
[Crows-Nest] Chaz says, "(BTW, we never got a 'log on' from Perry.  Just checking to make sure it is indeed on.)"
[nobilis] GM says, "woo stella"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "yeah, I've got the log on"
[Crows-Nest] Chaz says, "Cool."
[Crows-Nest] Aisleen says, "Stellllllllllllllla!"
[Crows-Nest] Stella gives Aisleen a hug.
[Crows-Nest] Franklin tries to read yesterday's faster
Michel says (to Stella), "I'd like you to assist me with some experiments with these spheres, if you would."
Chaz, frustrated by a decided silence on the mental front, heads out to Sicily to check up on Cecily's anchor's death.
Stella asks (of Michel), "Certainly.  What did you have in mind?"
[nobilis] Chaz says, "(If I'm remembering correctly that it's Sicily)"
Stella examines the spheres.
GM says, "(They are, just to recap for everyone, one crystal half-sphere and one obsidian half-sphere, which resist being put together)"
[nobilis] GM says, "yeah"
Michel says, "While Raul and Penny were exploring our chancel recently, they discovered secret rooms, which may indicate that Vona, and possibly by implication Shagapir, could be using us as bait in a somewhat more extreme way than we originally thought"
Aisleen says (to chaz), "hey i will go with you."
[interludes] GM has removed Gaston from the channel.
[interludes] GM has removed Wilfred from the channel.
[interludes] GM has added Chaz to the channel.
[interludes] GM has added Aisleen to the channel.
[nobilis] Chaz says, "Oh, and I'm invisible."
[nobilis] Michel asks (of GM), "and a glass one, right? or does that not count?"
Aisleen asks (of chaz), "is this the treasurehunter anchor?"
Chaz says (to Aisleen), "Ayup."
[nobilis] GM says, "and a glass one, yeah, although it does not seem to be as significant as the others"
[nobilis] Aisleen asks (of chaz), "how can i tell where you are?"
Michel says (to Stella), "We've discovered that these spheres don't go together at all when the light is out."
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "we need henderson to make us glasses that show us where invisible people are"
Michel says, "Therefore, there's a possibility they'll go together perfectly if saturated from every angle with light of a very extreme nature."
Michel says, "I can create a vacuum around them, to prevent any air getting in the way of the light; if you would be so good as to supply your strongest variety of radiance..."
[Crows-Nest] Davey says, "gets to the really spooky bits of yesterday's transcript"
[Crows-Nest] Davey says, "homiina homina"
[nobilis] Chaz says, "I think we can see through our own spells of this nature, but yeah, there's some other invisible chracter running around."
Stella says (to Michel), "That would be me.  Extreme natural light.  Let's put them on the ground, and you can try putting them together while I go through them."
Michel says, "we may want to do this somewhere safe and out of sight."
[nobilis] Aisleen says (to chaz), "let me ask henderson to make them for us, even though it won't do us any good for this"
Michel says, "for one thing, the variety of light we're going to need is probably going to blind anyone looking at it"
Aisleen says, "Henderson!"
GM says, ""Yes, m'lady?" says Henderson"
Stella says (to MIchel), "On second thought, let's try a creation first, then I'll try putting myself in if that doen'st work.. I don't want to get stuck in there."
Stella says, "And I'll make heatless light - no need to melt the things."
Chaz says (to Stella), "Hey, you could do it in outer space."
Michel says, "In addition, it'd be good if we could get someone to make them hover and come together without anything physically touching them. So nothing gets blocked."
Aisleen asks (of Henderson), "is it possible to create some kind of glasses, that once worn will show invisible things?"
Michel says (to Chaz), "a very good idea"
Aisleen asks (of henderson), "not necessarily see them clearly, but at least show outlines of an invisible person?"
Stella says, "Okay, any volunteers to carry them out there?  I can't."
GM says (to Aisleen), ""We could work something out, ma'am. It would be difficult to see the more powerful nobilis miracles but certainly ordinary magic spells could be partly seen through""
Aisleen says (to Henderson), "much thanks"
Chaz says, "Sure, I can do that.  Beam on up behind me."
Aisleen wanders over to the paint stand and whispers to the person there, and pockets a small bag
Michel says (to Chaz), "I'll go mantis and ride on your shoulder, if possible."
Chaz says, "Sure."
Chaz says, "Let's see..."
[nobilis] Michel asks, "immutable gives the ability to survive in vacuum, right?"
Stella asks, "Do we need anyone else?  Or does anyone else want to come watch?"
[nobilis] GM says, "yeah, I believe so"
Michel becomes a mantis, and scuttles onto Chaz's shoulder
Davey says, "I got nothin' much to do right now, but I'm not much for heights"
Aisleen says, "i can't figure out how i will go"
[nobilis] GM says, "(yes)"
Chaz pockets the spheres, heads to the exit with the highest elevation, flies up from there.
Chaz says (to Aisleen), "Make a wind pocket for yourself."
Stella waves, and beams away.
Davey idly wonders how far up the chancel extends
[Crows-Nest] Stella says, "I am a particle, and a wave."
[nobilis] Michel hums Prodigy
[nobilis] Aisleen asks, "sicily after this experiment, then?"
[nobilis] Chaz says, "Yeah."
GM says, "Chaz, Stella, and Michel head upwards"
GM says, "and upwards, and upwards"
Aisleen says, "i stay put with davey. i am not sure if Wind belongs in a vacuum"
Stella . o O ( Michel Okay, do your thing, and I'll super-saturate the spheres. )
GM says, "and eventually the atmosphere around them thins out and then fades away entirely"
Davey sets up a lawn chair
Michel says, "<It may be that these two are not intended to fit together, and that we need to get hold of the other crystal hemisphere. But in the vision I saw in the paintings, I saw light, a crystal sphere, and then darkness>"
Stella . o O (to Michel) ( Well, we'll soon see.  Here we go! )
Chaz sets himself in a geosynchronous orbit, holds the two spheres close to each other, lets to.
Michel becomes human, and floats around a bit
[nobilis] Chaz says, "Er, lets go."
Michel says, "<I pray we are in a secure orbit.>"
Stella creates a gradually intensifying light in and around the two spheres.
Aisleen asks (of Davey), "want some popcorn?"
Michel preserves total emptiness around the spheres to negate the chances or random space dust
Aisleen says (to Davey), "I see the popcorn guy coming"
[nobilis] Michel says, "er, of"
GM says, "the two half-spheres float in a perfect void, rare even in space"
GM says, "which gradually lightens"
Michel manipulates the emptiness from a distance to move the spheres together
Davey says, "sounds good"
Michel puts on safety-goggles
Stella, as an afterthough, creates an envelope of darkness to prevent the humans from wondering where the new star came from, and making strange predictions about who-knows-what.
Michel turns up the light-filters
GM says, "first it's as bright as starlight, then moonlight, then sunlight"
Chaz just watches.
GM says, "then Stella keeps going"
Davey says, "something about shadows keeps gnawing at me"
[nobilis] Jota says, "(Sorry about not being there, folks: we had sleet and snow and rain last night, and I'm shoveling. Between that and getting ready for the trip, I'm not likely to show up before the game's over. (Also, I'm typing this from backlog, so I won't see your responses at the moment.))"
GM says, "it's as bright as looking at a lightbulb directly"
Aisleen flags the popcorn boy and gets two bags of popcorn liberally salted and buttery
GM says, "(the goggles start being convenient at this point)"
Aisleen hands Davey a bag
Chaz's eyes dialate perfectly in sresponse.
Aisleen asks, "what about the shadows?"
GM says, "and then as bright as looking at the sun directly"
Davey says, "a shadow needs three things - a light, a thing, and a place to get cast"
GM says, "the crystal half-sphere seems to float perfectly untouched, near the black half-sphere but refusing to touch it"
Chaz . o O (to davey) ( Like the Pit of Despair! )
Davey says, "it's a simple duplicate"
GM says, "the black half-sphere, on the other hand, seems to be sucking in all the light around it"
GM says, "its surface distorts slightly"
Davey says, "and here we have duplicates, and light things, and dark things, and it's like my brain's trying to say something I can't hear yet."
Aisleen asks, "which? the crystal or the black ones?"
Aisleen says, "(to GM)""
GM says, "(the black one)"
Michel concentrates, and manipulates the emptiness and connects the spheres together
GM says, "Stella's putting in all the radiance she's got at this point and it's brighter and brighter here"
Stella . o O ( I'm glad I'm not in it myself - I have no desire to get sucked into some black crystal prison. )
Chaz . o O ( 'Light dispells shadows and reveals truth.' )
Stella asks (of GM), "I divine the crystals - do I sense anything?"
GM says, "and then, briefly, it's as bright as the sun itself -- and she slumps back exhausted -- and when the brightness fades the two crystal halves snap together"
Davey chomps nervously
Michel says, "Oooooo"
Stella fades to a bare candle-power. (I'm elemental at this point - I can't survive in a vacume.)
Davey asks, "this the part where they all get sucked into another universe?"
Chaz says, "Well, well, well."
Michel tries to move towards the sphere, but ends up flailing about in vacuum
Aisleen says, "so we have a whole crystal now"
GM says, "the crystal sphere floats gently in the void, pulsing slightly"
Aisleen asks, "can we look in to it?"
Michel says (to Stella), "<Excellent work>"
[Crows-Nest] Stella asks, "What color is it?"
Chaz switches to mythic.
Davey asks, "and wassit do? Opens something?"
Chaz exclaims (at sphere), "Hi!"
Aisleen asks, "like a crystal ball, can it show images inside?"
Stella says (to Michel), "Thank you."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "(it's clear crystal, with a tiny wisp of darkness drifting aimlessly around inside it)"
Chaz peers at the darkness bit.
Aisleen asks (of Davey), "do your powers of making stuff extend to making a rocket to go pick it up and bring it back?"
GM says, ""I AM THE HEART," the sphere says. "THROUGH ME IS THE WAY""
Michel asks, "Now what happens if we take this and put it in absolute darkness?"
Michel says, "<hoo boy>"
Stella says, "Oooohhhhh."
Chaz asks (of sphere), "Which heart, exactly?"
Michel asks (of Stella), "feel like being refracted?"
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Stella says (to Michel), "Right now, I don't think I could come back together after being rainbowed.  Maybe in a bit."
Davey says, "no, I can't make anything that don't ride the highway"
Chaz . o O (to Aisleen) ( I'M RIGHT HERE. )
Aisleen says (to chaz), "sorry :)"
GM says, ""I AM THE HEART OF JUL-VEN-TI, PRISON OF GHIN-AJ""
Michel says, "<Whoa fuck>"
Aisleen sputters
Davey whispers, "whoa."
[nobilis] Stella asks, "I've been gone a bit - what does  that mean?"
Aisleen wishes someone was recording this
Michel says, "<Something tells me our imperators might appreciate this"
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "Ghin-aj is the bad guy"
[nobilis] Davey says, "we near the end of our tale"
Chaz . o O (to Shagapir) ( Uh, hi!  We recreated the heart of jul-ven-ti.  You might want to have a look. )
[nobilis] Stella says, "to quote Keanu, "Wow.""
Davey says, "<that is if we trust our imperators with this. Weren't we supposed to keep this guy down? Now we've made it possible to get him free!>"
Michel says (to Vona), "<The heart of jul-ven-ti has been rejoined. Er, what do we do now?>"
Michel says (to Davey), "<oh boy>"
GM says (to Chaz), "you feel a very slight warmth in your mind, and the faint words "Very nice work""
Chaz . o O (to shagapir) ( Good, I was worrying we had just messed up. )
GM says (to Michel), "and then you feel something move gently in your pocket"
Stella says, "Um, so we just made it possible to re-awaken the beast that brings about the end of time, or some such.  I'd call that a day's work."
Michel rummages in his pocket
[Crows-Nest] Franklin, finally caught up with yesterday and today, eeeaghs quietly
GM says (to Michel), "it's the note from yesterday -- which now reads, just, "Now keep going.""
Davey says, "<or maybe now we have the means to force him back out of Creation. Dunno.>"
Michel says, "Hmm."
Chaz asks (of michel), "What's that?"
Stella says (to Michel), ""Keep going?  With what?  Cryptic messages are so non-helpful."
Davey goes to the can so he won't embarrass himself on the plains of Jul-Ven-Ti
[Crows-Nest] Chaz exclaims, "HA!"
Michel says (to Chaz), "when we went into the secret home of Vona, we each discovered personally addressed notes"
Michel says, "this one, until a few seconds ago, was a warning to get out of the rooms within five minutes"
Aisleen says, "our imperator is supposed to be gossipy"
Chaz says, "Oh, pleasant."
Aisleen says, "he is quite reticent lately"
Michel asks, "By 'keep going'... more light, or absolute darkness?"
Michel asks, "Or something different entirely?"
Michel says (to Aisleen), "as is ours"
Chaz says, "We can try both, while we're here."
Michel says, "I get the impression they are absent for a definite reason"
Stella says (to Michel), "I'd think more light.  Give me a few minutes, and I'll see what I can do, unless someone has other ideas."
Davey says, "<so, come back to earth so we can join up! Do we wanna take the fight there?>"
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "man, now I want to be part of this action"
Chaz . o O (to davey) ( I dunno.  We want this out of sight as much as possible. )
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "Yeah."
Michel says, "<I would like to return to somewhere with an atmosphere relatively soon, if only because cigarettes don't work too well without oxygen>"
Aisleen . o O (to chaz) ( how about inside one of our mountains? )
Chaz . o O (to all) ( My best idea is that we try to use this heart as an auxilliary backup heart for Astara or Four Winds. )
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "(presumably somebody can call you over to their chancel)"
Davey says, "<weird idea.>"
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "it would be darkness and out of sight"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol asks (of Whizzard), "Anything I should clarify in the questionnaire?"
Michel says (to Chaz), "<er, but it contains Ghin-aj. Do we really want him to become a chancel heart?>"
Davey says, "<hey, it aint going anywhere, you could leave it in orbit.>"
Aisleen . o O (to ) ( wouldn't that risk the chance to ghin-aj escaping and getting in to that chancel? )
Michel says (to Octavo), "<get over here>"
Chaz . o O (to michel) ( The chancel contains Ghin, not the heart itself.  Or such was my impression. )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "No, I think it looks ok."
Chaz asks (of sphere), "So, what do we do with you?"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "And it's vague enough that you should be able to do something fun no matter what response you get."
Davey says, "<wait, I don't know if I understand. is a chancel hear just a thing that starts up a chancel, or is it the chancel boiled down small as can be?>"
Michel says (to Octavo), "<oh, and if someone could research Jul-Ven-Ti>"
Franklin says, "<What? Hanh? Say, I was just having the freakiest dream. You'd never believe it. We reassembled the heart of Ghin-Aj and all hell broke loose.>"
Stella says, "Let me flood the whole thing with light, and see what happens, then we can try pure darkness.  I think I'm back up to par."
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Ah, good."
Chaz . o O (to michel) ( Like the statue was the heart of Four Winds, but anything in Four Winds was just stuck there. )
Michel says (to Stella), "<okay, utter vacuum going back on>"
Wilfred says, "Detective"
[whiz-games] Whizzard asks, "Hmm. Are you familiar with Photoshop much?"
Stella says, "Here goes <light creation, part II>."
Franklin somehow uncharacteristically manages to arrive in a timely fashion.
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Not much, no."
Wilfred says, "(er, window)"
Michel says (to Octavo), "<that research would be really good right now>"
Gaston says (to Michel), "<I hear you.>"
GM says, "The area glows again with light, and then with darkness, but at the end the sphere continues to float, untouched, in the void"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Dang. I need to make a grid of squares for my Vampire board, and I don't want to do it by hand."
Gaston says (to Michel), "<What do you need to know?>"
Michel says (to gaston), "<Anything about Jul-Ven-Ti>"
Chaz . o O (to octavo) ( Hey, you guys still have the statue, right?  Can someone look up how to recharge the heart with the power of another heart? )
Gaston looks up Jul-Ven-Ti-ming.
Michel says, "<it may be a chancel>"
Stella says, "I'm beat.  But that sure looked cool."
Davey turns into a stupefyingly fast car, and onlt realizes it when he tries to adjust his mustache
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "I can set up the grid and make it snap to it, and all, I'm just wondering if Photoshop will actually draw one for me automagically."
Stella asks (of Davey), "Did your headlights twitch?"
[nobilis] Stella says, "sorry - that should have been a thought, not a say."
Michel says, "<so. we need to find what else we could do with this thing>"
Michel says, "<it described itself as a gateway, right? maybe raul could find a path inside>"
(From GM) Octavo research research
Chaz asks (of sphere), "Hey, didn't you hear me?  What do we do with you?"
[nobilis] Stella says, "Alrighty, I'm out of here, unless I'm needed for anything else."
[nobilis] GM exclaims, "thanks for making the, uh, stella appearance!"
[nobilis] GM says, "dammit. stellaR"
Franklin says, "<It seems like what happens is that if you steal a chancel heart, the chancel goes lost. Which is bad in the case of Astara and Four Winds, but good in the case of Jul-Ven-Ti.>"
[nobilis] Gaston says, "Heh."
Michel says (to Chaz), "<okay, I'd appreciate it if you could take us back to earth>"
[nobilis] Stella exclaims, "OWE!!"
Penny says, "<hmm>"
[nobilis] Michel says, "much appreciated"
[nobilis] Stella says, "Sure, that was fun.  See you guys around!  :-)"
Chaz asks, "How about we give this to Stella e sphere, and you beam on out to Alpha Centauri or some such?"
Stella beams away.
Franklin says, "<Although I've been gloomily suspecting all along that we're helpful pawns in the exact plan we've been trying to prevent, it seems like the last thing we want to do is let this heart return to the chancel it came from.>"
Penny says, "<I recognise Jul-Ven-Ti from the research we did in that inner library>"
Gaston says, "<Oh?>"
Chaz . o O (to Franklin) ( Right. )
Michel says, "<man, I'm glad Kori isn't here. One slight push and I'd never be seen again"
Gaston, on a hunch, starts rounding up some weaponry from the box marked DANGER - HEAVY.
Penny says, "<it is also known as the Lost Chancel"
Michel says, "<that said, she'd burn up on re-entry, but I don't care>"
Gaston says, "<*the* Lost Chancel?>"
Franklin says, "<Yes, right.>"
Michel says, "<mmm, threads>"
Franklin says, "<Vona told us this the last time she spoke to us.>"
Penny says, "<its heart was cut out at the climax of a battle with Ghin-aj, thus trapping him temporarily>"
Michel looks speculatively at the sun
Chaz gives the sphere to Stella for safekeeping for now, who beams on out to parts unknown.  "Keep in touch!"
Franklin says, "<Hm, she didn't tell us that.>"
Michel says, "<What happens if we chuck the sphere into that?>"
Franklin flips through his little notebook.
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Hmmm"
Chaz plucks Michel out of the, uh, nothing, skates on back home.
Penny says, "<the heart was split in two, each shielded to ward them from discovery or recombination"
Gaston says, "<Um.>"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "There might be something that allows you to use an arbitrary bitmap as a tiled texture"
Penny says, "<until the time was ready for 'the last phase to begin'.>"
Franklin says, "<Good thing we were here to find the parts all over the globe and stick them together.>"
Michel says, "<aww. I was really tempted to see what'd happen if we threw the sphere into the sun>"
Davey says, "<hey! this is perfect for flushing out the traitor.>"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "So, I have an 18" x 18" board with which to represent a titanic struggle for vampiric control of Chicago."
Franklin says (to Davey), "<How so?>"
Michel says (to Davey), "<traitor?>"
Davey says, "<we let it out that we have it and wait for them to get it from us.>"
Gaston says, "<Damn, and it would have worked if not for you kids and your lousy -- no, no.>"
Michel says, "<oh, fuck, don't tell me one of us is...>"
Franklin says, "<Swell.>"
Davey says, "<Drake, or Jack, or Rike, or the fake one.>"
Gaston says (to Michel), "<You'd be surprised?>"
Penny says, "<hmmm>"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "I've asked about a bigger board size, and I'm probably boned on this one."
Penny says, "<there were more notes from later on>"
Franklin says, "Hrm."
Michel says (to Gaston), "<Not surprised. Pissed off.>"
[nobilis] Gaston says, "Hey, we should probably all be using sunday-style thought bubbles here."
[nobilis] Chaz says, "Heh."
[nobilis] Gaston says, "But the angle brackets seem to have taken over."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "So it has to be a titanic struggle in extreme miniature."
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "it's hard to read it"
Gaston says (to Davey), "<Fake one?>"
[nobilis] Chaz says, "We both have different styles of thought."
[nobilis] Chaz says, "Like in Bester."
Franklin says, "So the reason we found the halves was because we kept going out to stop bad guys, and they each had bits of it stashed about."
Aisleen . o O (to gaston) ( we think there is some one else pretending to be Drake/Rike )
Franklin asks, "What's with the fake glass hemisphere?"
Penny says, "<they asked 'is ghin-aj still contained? clearly its body must still be trapped, but --'>"
[whiz-games] Whizzard asks, "Any suggestions?"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Or lesser resolution.  Or both."
Penny says, "<and then the notes just detailed the cermonies and stuff to restore the heart, and calculations as to the time and place to do so>"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Reduce the number of unique locations, I mean."
Chaz . o O (to ) ( I'm not following this conversation at all. )
[Crows-Nest] Penny says, "WATCH ME PASTE INFODUMP"
Franklin says, "<Is this somehow the time and place? What a coicidence.>"
Aisleen . o O (to chaz) ( apparently they have more notes from vona. )
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "don't break mimesis!"
Gaston . o O ( ..Aisleen Penny and Raul mentioned something about a possible imposter at a high level. )
Penny says, "<the time and place being... downtown Seattle.  In three weeks.>"
Michel says, "<oh how convenient>"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol asks, "Or have the same square represent different locations.  Not sure if that's feasible.  Maybe a day/night dichotomy?"
Gaston . o O ( Hey, you didn't mention that before! )
Penny says, "<you didn't ask>"
Gaston . o O ( hrnmf )
Franklin says, "<Oh. So all we have to do is not bring it there in three weeks and nothing will happen.>"
Davey says (to Gaston), "<right, that's been one of our theories, that there's a Deceiver, mimicking Drake or someone else near him.>"
Chaz . o O (to penny) ( But who wants to do this restoration, and why? )
Franklin . o O ( Can we make a full fake one out of the half fake one? )
Gaston . o O (to ) ( Franklin: Yes, but that's like telling someone not to think about orange elephants. )
Penny says (to Chaz), "<these were Vona's notes<"
[Crows-Nest] Gaston asks, "Feh, how do you do directed thinks?"
[nobilis] Penny says, "s/</>"
[Crows-Nest] Chaz says, "think person=thought."
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "Aha."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Hmm/"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Maybe overlay/underlay the subway system to keep the Nos happy."
Franklin . o O (to Gaston) ( No, it's more like not eating dinner at home instead of going to a restaurant you know is going to blow up. )
Michel . o O ( whatever we do, you can bet your ass it'll be the wrong option )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "I think the big trick will be fitting most of the major landmarks and still keeping enough space to walk around on."
Franklin . o O (to Gaston) ( Er, eating. This has me rattled. )
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Mmm, right."
Chaz . o O (to penny) ( Hmm, do the numbers <insert numbers from note> mean anything in that context?  Is that the date in some format? )
Penny says (to Michel), "<also, don't forget what happens to people who make mistakes>"
[nobilis] Chaz asks, "Also, what *were* those lucky numbers?"
Franklin . o O ( Well, of course, we'll be lucky to hang onto it for three weeks straight. )
Gaston . o O (to ) ( It is sounding like Vona and Shagapir do actually know what they are doing. )
Gaston . o O (to ) ( Also, I can't imagine we'll survive long if they don't intend us to. )
GM says (to Chaz), "yes, actually -- excrucian dating system"
Franklin . o O ( Most likely scenario, we get beaten up and mugged, and we go to Seattle in three weeks because that's where the bad guys will be showing up with it. )
[Crows-Nest] Chaz says, "(think thought if no direct.  (no =))"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Maybe turn the landmarks into cards that are played onto/near the board when a vampire takes control of it."
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "Yeah, just realised."
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "That allows you to dynamically blow them up, too, which could be fun."
[Crows-Nest] Aisleen says, "i thought 'dating' was not caledar, but like match.com"
[Crows-Nest] Gaston exclaims, "Eagh!"
[Crows-Nest] Aisleen says, "i got confused there for a second"
[Crows-Nest] Michel says, "maybe I can set up Kori with an excrucian"
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[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "Blonde 1729389234-year-old excrucian seeks young-at-heart billion-year-old for love, laughs, and universal annihilation."
[Crows-Nest] Chaz exclaims, "Hee!"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Can't. I'm out of components too."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "I'll be lucky to get what I've put in so far."
[nobilis] GM says, "#belated 32, 15, 49, 6"
Chaz . o O (to franklin) ( Oh, crap, and stella can be summoned. )
Penny . o O (to chaz) ( and so can I, and so can Raul )
Penny . o O ( I already had problems with this before )
Gaston . o O ( Where is this sphere right now? In Feriarum? )
Chaz . o O (to franklin) ( Yeah, but we gave Stella the sphere. )
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Ah, ohh.  Hmmm."
Michel says, "I can't. And I am exceptionally good at disappearing off into nowhere and becoming unfindable"
Franklin . o O (to Chaz) ( Oh, we did? )
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "You could just stick to downtown, if you wanted.  Or make the board more abstract."
Michel says, "But if Stella can be summoned, we need her to give us the sphere back NOW."
Chaz . o O (to michel) ( Uh, yeah. )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Well, I'll probably have to stick to downtown, yeah."
Gaston . o O ( So summon her! )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Mostly focusing on the Loop."
Davey . o O ( wait, she has it? I thought she couldn't carry anything when she's light )
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "18"x18" at a 1.5"x1.5" grid gives you, what, 144 locations."
Chaz . o O (to stella) ( Er, can you stop by again?  I forgot you can be summoned, which makes you a bad candidate for carrying the sphere. )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "With just a bit of the lake on the right side of the board for some irregularity."
Franklin . o O ( Maybe we should make twelve decoy spheres and cause mass confusion. )
Gaston . o O (to Franklin) ( Good thought. )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "1"x1", actually."
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "I think she beamed away without taking it"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "That sounds like a lot of locations."
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "that was my reading at the time, despite Chaz suggesting she take it"
Michel . o O (to Franklin) ( and anyone with mythic vision will be able to tell the difference )
Gaston . o O ( Even one really convincing decoy would be useful, if we could make it in three weeks. )
GM says, "Stella arrives back again shortly."
[Crows-Nest] Chaz says, "We can do whatever."
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "The other option would be go in the other direction -- the board is just basically a map/aerial photo of downtown Chicago.  Don't put a grid on it."
GM says, ""Sorry, I didn't actually take it," she says. "It's still right over there.""
GM says, "then she beams away again."
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "hee hee"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "So it has 204 spaces as a grid."
Chaz says, "Oh, whoops."
[nobilis] Franklin asks, "what are the dimensions of the sphere?"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Mmm, I need movement rules and discrete areas of the board."
Michel . o O ( So do we have a volunteer for guarding it until we think of something better to do? )
Chaz says (to michel), "Looks like that'd be you."
[nobilis] GM says, "it's about six inches in diameter"
Penny . o O (to michel) ( I think you just volunteered )
Davey asks, "who's be good at making this sorta bauble?"
Franklin . o O ( I'll take it. )
Gaston . o O (to Michel) ( We can booby-trap you to explode if anyone tries to steal it. )
Chaz says (to Davey), "Anyone sufficiently strong in Realm."
Michel . o O (to Chaz) ( yeah, but I was wondering whether anybody else wanted it )
[whiz-games] Miseri says, "does chicago have a subway system? Maybe just come up with cards representing the areas around each subway stop, with a note as to which station comes next in each direction."
Davey says, "hmm, here we got Tyoka and Allison"
Michel . o O ( How about me and Franklin head to one of my wilderness strongholds on Earth? )
Davey asks, "but could we take ti decoy outta the chancel?"
Aisleen says, "I don't trust Allison not to play with it"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Vampires avoid the subway, according to the Chicago by Night book."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "The Nosferatu know the sewers though."
Aisleen imagines Allison playing kickball with the sphere
Michel . o O ( Because I'm not too secure with the idea of keeping them in a chancel )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Though I'm loathe to fiddle with that."
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "You could make the areas amorphous-ish, more like a Risk or an Axis-and-Allies board than a grid, some some areas are bigger, some smaller, some have lots of adjacent cells, some have fewer fronts."
[whiz-games] Miseri says, "Or each district, rather."
Penny . o O (to aisleen) ( she couldn't trigger it like that, anyway )
Aisleen still thinks sticking it inside a mountain the safest
Gaston . o O ( If we can make sufficiently convincing decoys, the people guarding them needn't know which is which. )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "And again, I'm out of cards."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "The board must be static."
[whiz-games] Miseri asks, "But does it have to be in one piece?"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Well, I guess I don't mean amorphous.  I mean non-rectilinear."
Michel . o O (to aisleen) ( Yeah, but how many times have you been *sure* you left something under a mountain, and then you check under it and it's not there any more? )
Franklin . o O ( Hmm, there isn't a Shagapir equivalent to the secret Vona library room, is there? )
Michel . o O (to Franklin) ( seems possible )
Penny . o O (to franklin) ( if there is, I don't think they've been allowed to find it )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "mis: I don't want a tiled game for this. Vampire players will be expecting something classier looking."
Michel . o O (to franklin) ( although our layout is more condusive to hidden rooms than theirs )
Penny says (to franklin), "and remember, we've been forbidden to go back to the one in our chancel"
Michel . o O ( I suppose they've got the maze, though )
Davey . o O ( he's soul-twisted. We'd never find it if he didn't want us to )
Aisleen . o O (to chaz) ( do you still want to track the anchor? )
Franklin says, "Maybe they have some sort of dusty old ride no one ever goes on."
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "You just need product placements.  "From my base at the Gap, I attack your Elysium at McDonald's and subvert Starbuck's.""
[whiz-games] inky says, "hee hee"
Gaston . o O (to Franklin) ( A ghost train with real skeletons? )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "I think I'm going to focus on the area of Chicago to the east of the 80W and between North St. and Roosevelt Rd."
Michel says (to Franklin), "<you mean, like we have Kori?>"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "That gets most of downtown's big sites."
[Crows-Nest] Penny says (to michel), "ow"
Davey asks, "when will you crazy kids settle down?"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Soldier Field on the south end, Sears Tower towards the west end, John Hancock Center up north."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "yow"
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "I'd laugh but Emily will hurt me later"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Hmm. I wonder if I need permission to depict Chicago in a boardgame."
Davey says, "we got three weeks. Hmm."
[whiz-games] inky asks, "from who?"
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "I'd mention Kori's temptress act in the last session but Emily will hurt me later."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "I dunno. Just a legal thought."
[Crows-Nest] Chaz says, "(sorry, was afk)"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "I can't imagine so."
[whiz-games] inky says, "i doubt it, yeah"
[nobilis] Davey asks, "so, if one of us gets badly hurt, can we heal fast using AMPs?"
[whiz-games] inky says, "obviously if you lift any pictures from some other source that's a different story"
Aisleen asks, "Henderson can easily create more spheres from the glass half that we have, can't he?"
[whiz-games] Whizzard asks, "Like, can I put the Montgomery Wards building on the map?"
[nobilis] GM says, "yes"
Chaz says (to aisleen), "We should really use Nobilis miracles on them, not earth magic."
Franklin says, "I bet we have all sorts of crazy adventures between now and then. How are your chancel defenses doing? Hm, or ours, for that matter."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Assuming I have an artist do an original painting of it."
Davey says, "well, one of the carnies can prbably do a little glass-blowing. It'll take the mages to finagle a mythic impostor voice"
Franklin says (to Gaston), "<Tell the monks to look into some decoy-making of our own.>"
Michel . o O (to Franklin) ( So, do you fancy a three-week holiday? )
Franklin . o O (to Michel) ( Why not? )
Gaston . o O ( Hmm, we could also make a fake Michel and Franklin while we're at it. )
Michel . o O ( Offer open to all, by the way )
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "I wouldn't get worried unless you turn it into a crack house or something."
Gaston . o O (to Michel) ( We musn't be too conspicuous. )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Just checking. This is a lot of work to do only to have to scrap it and do a board for "The City" instead."
Aisleen . o O (to michel) ( i pass )
[nobilis] Davey says, "whoa, I didn't realize being Durant was so boss"
Gaston gets some monks to start making a fake sphere, and a couple of androids.
[nobilis] Davey says, "heck, let's ride into danger"
Gaston asks (of monk), "Hey, did I tell you to make it look like Penny?"
[nobilis] GM says, "hee hee"
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "heh, androids"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Let's see..."
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "now we're talking"
[nobilis] Michel asks, "where are we by now, by the way?"
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "Getting the golf swing right will be the tricky part."
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "i thought we were still in our chancel"
[nobilis] Gaston says, "I'm in Octavo."
[Crows-Nest] Davey says, "says Mr. I Prefer To Use An Abacus"
[nobilis] Michel says, "yeah, but I'm not sure if me and Chaz are still doing Mir impressions"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Now, if I include a small strip of Lake Michigan on the east side for an interesting look, how many squares will that eat..."
[whiz-games] Whizzard makes some scratches on a piece of paper.
[nobilis] GM says, "I think everyone is probably back in Octavo with the sphere if you're making plans for hideouts and stuff"
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says (to Davey), "I guess we could make Franklin's droid out of 1950-era technology, if he doesn't mind looking like the robot from Metropolis."
Michel says (to Franklin), "very well, follow me"
Franklin follows Michel.
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "you could hire somebody to walk around in a refrigerator box spray-painted silver"
Michel loads up on three week's food and a spectacular number of weapons
Gaston . o O (to Michel) ( Could you get an invisibility spell from Feriarum's mages? )
Franklin brings a book to read.
Chaz says (to people), "When your monks are finished with those fake spheres, take 'em to Ferarium and we'll have Alison do some final touches on 'em."
Michel says (to Franklin), "I have the complete Ezra Pound stashed there, if you need reading material"
Michel says (to Gaston), "excellent idea"
Franklin says, "All righty."
Chaz says (to Aisleen), "OK, let's act like things are normal, and look into that Sicilian hit."
[nobilis] Gaston says, "Hmm, maybe I could use a domain miracle to make the Michel-bot and Franklin-bot look realistic."
Michel says (to Ferarium), "Look after Therese while I am gone, and make sure she continues her sharpshooting lessons"
[nobilis] Gaston says, "(I'm sure these won't play a very important role, I'm just highly amused at the idea.)"
Aisleen . o O (to henderson) ( any chance the glasses are ready? )
[Crows-Nest] (from Franklin) GM says, "ok, skipping ahead three weeks... you're all dead and Ghin-Aj is overlord of the universe"
Aisleen . o O (to henderston) ( or do these things take time? )
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "hee hee"
Michel heads out of the chancel
GM says, ""Sorry, m'lady, still experimenting a bit -- we should have them for you in a few days""
Aisleen . o O (to henderson) ( okay )
Michel took the sphere with him, obviously
Aisleen asks (of chaz), "can i hitch a ride on you if i make myself small enough?"
Chaz exclaims (at Aisleen), "Sure!"
GM says, "(and Franklin heads off too, I guess)"
[nobilis] Gaston asks, "Lesser creation of reflection?"
[nobilis] GM says, "yeah"
Franklin says, "(vroom)"
Davey putters around, not knowing much what to do
[nobilis] Gaston says, "I can't even remember my stats. I can burn a point if need be."
GM says, "ok, so what are other people doing? Chaz and Aisleen are going to Sicily -- anyone else? or there's the bike shop to follow up on"
Penny makes sure the monks include a smoking sub-routine for Michel
[nobilis] GM says, "it looks like you have domain 3, so 1 DMP, yeah"
Davey adds to his vest embroidery, being a Duke now and all
[nobilis] Chaz asks, "Oh, you upped your stat?"
Aisleen shifts in to a small button and attaches herself to Chaz's shirt
Michel realises, just as he leaves the chancel, that he has only one day's worth of cigarettes on his person, and only one week's stashed in his hideout
Davey says, "well, what don't we know about the bike shop? They knew who we are and they can summon demons"
[Crows-Nest] Davey says, "yeah"
Michel says, "<primal scream>"
Gaston adds a 'voom' sound-effect to the Franklin-bot and a little gadget to eject a sheet of paper into his hand faster than the eye can see.
[nobilis] Davey says, "yeah"
[interludes2] GM has removed Gaston from the channel.
[interludes2] GM has added Michel to the channel.
[interludes2] GM has added Franklin to the channel.
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "(yay)"
Chaz . o O (to michecl) ( What? )
[nobilis] Davey says, "now I can make cars for free"
[nobilis] Chaz says, "Excellent."
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Well."
[nobilis] Aisleen asks, "my birthday is coming up. Can I have a thunderbird?"
[interludes2] Michel says, "nicely chosen channel name. this will make your life easy"
[interludes2] GM says, "How are you guys going to get there? This chancel doesn't really have any exits outside major cities"
[interludes] GM says, "Meanwhile, you guys head to Sicily"
[interludes2] Michel says, "oh, fuck, just realised"
[interludes] GM asks, "what do you want to do?"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "We could charter some sort of air travel."
[interludes2] Michel says, "it takes roughly three weeks to get to this hideout"
[interludes] Chaz says, "I start with the leads that Cecily sent me."
[interludes2] GM says, "hee hee"
[interludes] Aisleen says, "I would like some pizza, but maybe we should go to where he was staying first"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Hm, that would be a problem."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Ok, using that model there, that would give 76 squares of water."
[interludes2] Franklin says, "But they'd never find us on some random spot in between Ferarium and your hideout, at least."
[interludes2] Michel says, "so if we could fly it would be helpful"
[interludes] GM says (to Aisleen), "it's probably not going to have tomato sauce, you realize"
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of chaz), "what did Cecily suggest?"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "204 - 76 = 128 squares of land."
[interludes] Aisleen says (to GM), "never mind then."
[interludes2] Michel says (to Franklin), "yeah, but if we get attacked this place has massive strategic advantages"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Well, I have money and access to private planes and so forth."
[interludes] Chaz says, "I don't remember ;-)"
[interludes2] Michel says, "they won't be able to land"
[interludes] Chaz says, "I think I asked if she could send stuff over."
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Although a bomb on a plane would be bad."
[interludes2] Michel says, "maybe we could get Chaz to fly us over"
[interludes2] GM says, "You could probably take a plane partway there and then a burro the rest of the way"
[interludes] Chaz says, "(afk a sec for Ellric)"
[interludes2] GM says, "since franklin on a burro would be funny"
Penny finds a recording of Franklin saying 'hrmm.  hoom.' and adds that to the bot
[interludes2] Franklin says, "I was thinking that, but maybe he means it's 3 weeks on a burro from the nearest airstrip."
[interludes2] Michel says, "which would take ten minutes and make our lives easier"
[nobilis] Davey says, "with wind-blue detailing, darlin'"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Or you could use a different map project to squish the E-W axis and stretch out the N-S axis."
[Crows-Nest] Franklin asks, "Since when am I an Ent?"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Or have little 'zoom-in' boxes for certain areas on the empty lake, if there's enough room for that."
[interludes2] Franklin says, "It would, yes."
[Crows-Nest] Penny says, "it sounds like a Franklin noise"
[Crows-Nest] Franklin says, "(it does, yes)"
Michel . o O (to Chaz) ( okay, we could do with a hand here )
Gaston says (to monk), "Hmm, we could do with five more hands here."
GM says, "Marcus comes hurrying up with a selection of right and left hands"
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of GM), "what would be the stuff chaz got?"
Michel wanders back into Ferarium with Franklin at his back
[Crows-Nest] Aisleen says, "hee hee"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Hmm. Let me think if there's some kind of rules or track or something I'd want on the board."
Penny says (to Marcus), "yes, extra arms for michel.  retractable ones."
Michel says (to Chaz), "hey, could you fly us somewhere? just realised how prohibitively far into the wilderness my hideouts are"
Franklin asks, "Halloo? Anyone here?"
Michel . o O (to Gaston) ( I only have four, maximum )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Hmm, this is also currently a 16x18 map, so I have a 2" strip along one edge for tracks."
Gaston . o O (to Michel) ( Doh, of course. )
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "So I'd just need like rules reminders in the water or something."
[nobilis] Aisleen says (to michel), "chaz isn't in chancel at the moment. Please leave a message at the sound of the beep. BEEP!"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Or maybe a key to the mao."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "map"
[interludes] Chaz says, "OK, back."
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol asks, "Are you keeping a Masquerade track somewhere?"
[interludes] GM says, "Cecily sent over a copy of the police report (saying he was ambushed and his car was shot repeatedly and at close range) and her own notes (saying that he'd arranged to meet somebody who had a lead)"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Right. I should probably make that a separate track all its own."
Franklin says, "Hmm. Penny can fly. I don't know how well or how far she can fly while holding onto me, though."
[interludes2] GM says, "(penny also flies, I guess, or Franklin could make an enormous paper airplane)"
[interludes] Chaz says, "Let's start with the site of the shooting."
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Hooray."
[interludes2] GM says, "or aisleen could create wind"
[interludes] Aisleen asks, "do the notes give a name?"
Michel heads back to Octavo
Penny says, "mm, dunno.  michel in insect form is no problem"
[whiz-games] Whizzard asks, "Ok, maybe a blood/influence/cards track on one side, and the Masquerade on the other?"
[interludes] Chaz checks his notes.
Franklin follows.
Michel . o O (to penny) ( Could you fly us somewhere? )
Gaston . o O (to Michel) ( Exactly how big an Ezra Pound library do you have in your shack? )
[interludes] GM says, "No, she says the note (and the map, apparently) were removed from the car before her agents got there"
Michel says (to Gaston), "The complete."
Davey . o O ( more than you can shake a bundle of fasces at )
Penny asks (of michel), "hmm, possibly.  Franklin weighs how much?"
[interludes] Aisleen asks, "is the car still at the scene or has it been moved?"
Franklin says, "Hrrm, cough."
Gaston . o O (to Michel) ( There may be an exit there from Octavo, then. All you need to do is climb out of your bookcase, then burn all the books, and voila! safe and secure. )
Franklin sucks in his stomach.
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Sounds good."
Michel says (to gaston), "I don't think it'd count as a library, per se."
[interludes] GM says, "It's been moved -- this is a month or two ago, you recall"
Penny tries lifting Franklin.
Franklin says, "Whoopf!"
[Crows-Nest] Penny says, "please note I did not say 'picking up'"
Davey says, "I'd help but I think my daomain and Michel's are mutually antaginizing"
Franklin says, "Tickles."
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of chaz), "so scene, then the car?"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "rowr"
[interludes] Chaz says, "Sure."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "I'm also thinking of distorting the coast a bit like you said."
[Crows-Nest] GM says (to Penny), "you can lift him, but you'll probably need to burn an aspect point to fly with him"
[Crows-Nest] Penny says, "hmm, okay, I guess"
[interludes] Aisleen reads the address on the police report and navigates chaz there
Michel becomes a mantis, and settles himself on a shoulder
[Crows-Nest] Gaston says, "We could make some jetpacks, but the monks are kind of busy."
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Although it really depends on whether or not I have enough space to cover the city relatively well already."
Penny says (to Michel), "yes, stay on the shoulder."
Franklin grabs a stack of special extra-sharp throwing-weapon index cards.
Michel says (to Penny), "<the closeness of these pearls is making my eyes bleed>"
Penny flies a little clumsily out of the chancel, dragging Franklin underneath her.
Franklin tries not to fuss.
Penny says (to Michel), "<well, you're not going in any pockets>"
[interludes] GM says, "It's a lonely section of road between Realmonte and Siculiana"
[interludes] Aisleen asks, "any skidmarks, and traces of the ambush still left?"
[nobilis] GM says, "(man, this is a crazy image)"
[Crows-Nest] Franklin asks, "who's carrying the sphere? me?"
Michel says (to Penny), "<I was thinking more of entangling myself in your hair and writhing about, thus making you shriek>"
Chaz asks (of scrub), "Hey, did you see someone get shot in a car here?  About a month or two ago?"
[interludes] Chaz says, "(except on channel)"
[nobilis] Emily asks, "geez, is the whole Saturday session playing today?"
[nobilis] Chaz says, "(Sigh, channel)"
Penny says (to michel), "yes, but then I'd drop franklin and he'd cut you down with a nasty paper cut"
[nobilis] Franklin says, "make that here"
[nobilis] Michel says, "quite a few of us"
[nobilis] Franklin says (to emily), "I feel like we've usurped the session"
[nobilis] Gaston says (to Emily), "We got tempted in by the coolness of the plot revelations."
[interludes] GM says (to Aisleen), "your nobilis eyes (and Chaz's even sharper ones) pick up faint tracks still on the side of the road"
[nobilis] Franklin says, "(he said, guiltily)"
[nobilis] Gaston says, "I'm trying to retreat into comic relief, hence android-making."
[nobilis] Aisleen says (to emily), "it feels like it, yes"
[interludes] GM says, ""Oh, yeah," says the scrub. "Kerpow! Bam! Don't see much like that on the road normally!""
Kori has connected.
[nobilis] Michel says (to Kori), "you will also be pleased to hear that you won't see me for three weeks"
[nobilis] Penny says, "just to add to the 'WE'RE TAKING OVER-ness'"
[nobilis] Aisleen asks (of frank), "'feel like'?"
[interludes] Chaz asks, "Do you remember what the shooters looked like?"
[nobilis] Franklin MORE GUILT
[interludes] Aisleen looks around for bushes or buildings for people to hide in
[interludes] GM says, ""I remember what their *foot* looked like""
[interludes] GM says, ""One guy was standing on me the whole time!""
Penny flies along, trying not to drop Franklin on anything sharp
[interludes2] Franklin says, "So, somehow we get there, I guess."
[interludes] GM says, ""He had his motorcycle parked behind his bushes there""
[interludes2] GM has added Penny to the channel.
[interludes] Aisleen perks up. motorcycle?
[interludes2] GM says, "You fly out of the chancel and across part of south america, eventually ending up at Michel's hidey-hole high in the andes"
[nobilis] Gaston asks (of Franklin), "You'd rather Tyoka was flying you?"
[interludes] Aisleen wanders over to the bushes and looks
[interludes2] Penny gently drops franklin on some soft-looking weeds
[interludes2] Michel says, "so, we have"
[interludes2] Michel | A small, unknown (except possibly to a few particuarly stubborn Indians) and long-abandoned Inca military outpost near the Bolivian border, perched on a knife-edge ridge.
[interludes] GM says, ""Yeah, the three of 'em all had motorcycles -- the two other guys were on the other side of the road""
[nobilis] Davey says, "well, I'll try to come by Saturday to class up your joint"
[interludes2] Michel says, "Gotta love that stonework."
[interludes2] Franklin says (to Penny), "Thank you."
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of wind), "do you remember what happened here during the shooting a few months ago?"
[nobilis] Davey says, "this library needs more GAS STATIONS"
[nobilis] GM laughs
[interludes2] Penny asks, "so, you still need me here?  or shall I head back to octavo?"
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of chaz), "your aspect doesn't cover sniffing to see where the motorcycles went a month ago, does it?"
[interludes2] Michel says, "well, if you don't want to stick around for the duration, your work here is done"
[interludes2] Michel says, "much obliged"
[interludes] Aisleen tries to sense presence of magical motorcycles around using her wind-sense
[interludes2] Franklin says, "See you soon."
[interludes2] Penny says, "yeah, just make sure you don't get killed"
[interludes] GM says, ""Dust whipped along the road," the wind says. "The car parked and drew to a halt -- then bullets flew through the air like rain""
[interludes2] Penny flies off towards chile
[interludes2] Franklin says, "We'll do our best."
[interludes2] GM has removed Penny from the channel.
[interludes2] Michel starts unpacking
[interludes2] Franklin asks, "Should we put this sphere anywhere special?"
Chaz tries an experimental sniff.
[interludes] Chaz says, "(bah)"
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of wind), "was there something to stop the car? a shout? a roadblock?"
Davey asks, "so...that bike shop. Aisleen, what did you do? Just mosey in and ask for 2 bikes?"
[interludes] Chaz tries an experimental sniff.
[interludes2] Michel says (to Franklin), "I have a place we could hide it. But I'm worried that if that happens we'll open it one day and it'll be gone"
Aisleen . o O (to davey) ( pretty much )
Penny swoops back into Octavo
Davey asks, "and you showed the card?"
[interludes] GM says, ""The car drifted to a stop like it had meant to do so -- the man had started to get out when the bullets began""
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Maybe we should just kind of leave it where we can see it."
Aisleen . o O (to davey) ( i said i wanted a bike and silver had said i should get it from there and that i was just learning so i wanted something sporty but still basic )
[interludes2] Franklin says, "I mean, either they're going to storm us in force or not find us."
Davey says, "ah"
[interludes] Chaz asks (of road), "Hey, three motorcycles, stopped here to shoot someone. Can you tell me which other road they came from, and which one they went to?"
[interludes2] Michel asks (of Franklin), "...and where anyone else could?"
Aisleen . o O (to davey) ( they ordered the motorcycle from the magical catalog, not the normal one after they saw the business card )
Davey says, "let's just pinch that guy and rip Silver out of him. I'm sick of playing defense."
[interludes2] Michel says, "They might make a quick pass to spy on us."
[interludes] Aisleen says (to chaz), "so this much have been the meeting point"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Hm."
[interludes] Chaz says (to Aisleen), "Heh.  Pretty clearly."
[interludes2] Michel says, "I can stay awake indefinitely, which I intend to do"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Well, I'll leave it up to you."
Davey says, "we still got nothing on the Bright Lady"
[interludes] Aisleen asks, "but were the motorcycles the people he was meeting?"
[interludes2] Franklin asks, "I can't. Do you have anywhere for me to lie down?"
[interludes] GM says, ""Oh, yes, I recall -- they came from the direction of Siculiana, paused her a while, then rode back again -- the one they met came from Realmonte""
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of wind), "do you remember motorcycles?"
[interludes] Chaz says, "They were the people who met him."
[interludes2] Michel shows Franklin into a low stone building
[interludes] Chaz says, "OK, let's track these guys down."
[nobilis] Davey asks, "hey, is Tyoka going to be back, ever?"
[interludes] GM says, ""When they drove away, something flew off -- I picked it up and played with it a bit and then threw it into the bushes," the wind says"
[nobilis] GM says, "I don't really know what's up with Gunther's schedule"
[interludes2] Michel says, "There's, um. One bed, one set blankets. It's a little cold, which I hope you'll be able to cope with"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Ah, good."
[interludes] Chaz goes to the junction of road spirits, has the first road explain to the second road which people he's talking about, and follows in a chain from that.
[interludes] Chaz says, "(er, after this bit)"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "I'll be fine."
[interludes] Aisleen dives in to the bushes and searches
[interludes] GM says (to Aisleen), "aha, here we go -- a handkerchief"
[nobilis] Davey says, "sigh. I'd love to turn him loose on some of these bit players"
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of chaz), "want to sniff it?"
[interludes2] Franklin sits down and opens his book.
[interludes] Aisleen says, "looking for monograms and stuff on the handkerchief"
[interludes2] Michel raises a slab in the middle of the room and extracts equipment
[nobilis] Davey says, "I'm not bloodthirsty enough on my own"
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "aw"
[interludes] Chaz sniffs the hanky.
[interludes] GM says, ""C. Emilio" is stitched on one edge of the handkerchief"
[interludes] GM says (to Chaz), "you can detect some human smell, enough to recognize the guy (and definitely a guy) if you smelled him again"
[interludes2] Franklin keeps one ear vaguely cocked for disturbing noises outside, but otherwise relaxes.
[nobilis] Davey exclaims, "I could work on that!"
[interludes2] GM says, "Ok, I think you guys are done for the session -- it'll be more exciting next week but for now there is just waiting"
[interludes] Aisleen says, "yay a name"
[nobilis] Gaston says (to Davey), "Heh."
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "also, leaving soon. sunset approacheth"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Perfect."
[interludes2] Michel says (to Franklin), "okay, this is a ground-to-air missile launcher. Just about the only way of getting here quickly by non-magical means is by air. You get the idea. I'm going to leave most of the weaponry with you, and spend the the majority of my time scouting about"
Davey goes to the shen where the demon bikes are stashed, and rips the tarp off Illuthien
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of chaz), "shall we find Mr Emilio?"
[interludes2] Michel says (to GM), "righty-ho"
[interludes] Chaz says, "Sounds good."
GM says, "(vroom, vroom)"
[nobilis] Davey says, "feel free to elide this"
Davey says, "let's do this."
[interludes] Chaz says, "Let me see if this works."
[interludes] Chaz tries his chain of roads trick.
Davey . o O ( I'm riding on the outer loop. If I'm not back in twelve hours, drag my body somewhere quiet. )
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Hm, like I've mentioned, Franklin was in WWII, and can deal with weaponry of that era if it gets that critical, but not anything much more modern than that."
[interludes] GM says, "The roads lead you back to Siculiana and on vaguely in the direction of the marina but then it becomes too confused with other motorcycles"
[interludes2] Michel says, "Oh, boy. All this is chancel-level tech"
Davey rides off with Illuthien, to show her just how much punishment he can endure.
Aisleen . o O (to davey) ( wear your jacket! )
[interludes2] Michel says, "I have an atatl, and two duelling sabres..."
[interludes2] Franklin says, "It's out of bounds for me, then."
[nobilis] Davey says, "I'll let her do her worst. if it looks like I'll be killed I'll destroy the road under her"
[whiz-games] Whizzard says, "Woo. There, top third of map taped together. Much easier to use as reference now."
Davey . o O ( no, i promised a fair contest )
[interludes] Aisleen asks, "what now?"
[interludes] Aisleen asks, "do we head for the marina?"
[nobilis] Davey says, "the goal here is to get her in the frame of mind that she can do more damage and terror on my side"
[interludes2] Franklin says, "Next week will be interesting!"
[interludes2] Michel rubs hands with glee
[interludes2] (from GM) Franklin says (to enemy biplanes) "C'mon, I'll duel you all at once or one at a time!"
[whiz-games] RogerCarbol says, "Good, good."
[nobilis] Davey says, "let's see, what town do I hate? Let's scare Paterson, New Jersey."
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "hee hee"
[interludes] Aisleen asks (of chaz), "also, i need to go. will you be alright on your own?"
[interludes2] Michel says, "hey, if he can learn to use an atatl at least he'll have ranged capability"
GM says, "Davey shrieks off along the road, screeching crazily side to side, sometimes rubbing up against the embankments"
[interludes] Chaz says, "Sure."
Davey says, "it' l l  grow    baaaaaaack  .   .      ."
[interludes] Aisleen hands chaz the handkerchief and flies off in the direction of Maine - for emergency
[nobilis] Aisleen says, "later"
Aisleen goes home.
[nobilis] Davey says, "so anyway, yeah, I'm out of ideas. Need to reread transcripts and ponder the many betrayals"
[interludes] Chaz finds a local phone book and looks up C. Emilio.
[nobilis] Michel says, "but we solved a plot element. yay"
[nobilis] Michel does the we-are-so-cool dance
[interludes] GM says, "There are two listed"
[nobilis] Gaston exclaims, "And we have robots for next week's session!"
[interludes] GM says, "a Carlo and a Castellino"
[nobilis] Michel says (to gaston), "don't tell kori and see how long she gets all pleased because she's winning the argument"
[nobilis] Davey says, "and prbably dental work. wheee"
[interludes] Chaz heads to the closer one.
[nobilis] GM says (to Davey), "you and Chaz are the only ones left from your chancel, so you may either want to come hang out with him in Sicily or else we'll say you're off with the bike for the rest of the session and take it up next week"
[interludes] GM says, "There's one in this area of town, yeah. Or, rather, as it turns out, an even more run-down area of the marina"
[nobilis] Davey says, "yeah, I don't think I have the focus for detective work right now"
[nobilis] Davey says, "once again i blame the change in the weather"
[peanut-gallery] Bishop asks, "Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, eh?"
[nobilis] Davey says, "see folks later. Thanks, Octavo folks"
[nobilis] Gaston says (to Michel), "Ha!"
[nobilis] GM says, "I have no complaints about the amount of plot accomplished this session"
[nobilis] Davey says, "yeah, these last couple sessions have been very spookifying"
Davey goes home.
[nobilis] Penny says, "I hope my infodumping was helpful"
Chaz walks the plank to adventure. Arr!
Chaz arrives, looking for booty.
[nobilis] Chaz says, "Arr.  I'd be OK with either quitting or Davey joining me in Sicily."
[nobilis] GM says, "yay infodumping"
[interludes] GM says (to Chaz), "it looks like Davey's split -- if you want we can put sicily off til next week, or you can keep going for a while. either's fine by me"
[nobilis] Jearl says, "I'll be happy to join in Sicily next time, I'm just in a bad mood right now"
[interludes] Chaz says, "Ellric's itching for some attention, so let's put it off ;-)"
[interludes] GM says, "Alrighty"
[nobilis] GM says, "ok, I'm shutting off the log then. yay sphere, everyone."