[Day: Saturday, Oct. 13th. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [Yest-or-day, you got stuck inna video game, which rawked for most people. And Lukas stole Alys's lewt. Today you gather at the Dancing Fiend. NOT the office. Because Togo asked you to. Maybe he doesn't want to get kidnapped again? What'ev. He dealt with Helga, too. You can ask him how if you like.] [Session Start!] (I'm flaking to another computer! assume Ten looks cute!) [Ten looks cute.] * Lukas is properly clothed today! Leather and everything. A dark green shirt peeks past the jacket. He runs his hand over his hair as he waits at the bar. Bars are good. And Ten is standing nearby. Cutelike. You know that Ten. * Alys walks in with her hair in what looks like three seperate styles that don't belong anywhere near each other, and at least six chopsticks stuck in at random places. Other than that, she's dressed pretty normally. She goes to the bar and looks around for Penny while ordering coffee. [It's a happenin' place tonight at the Dancing Fiend. A one-man rock band is performing on stage. That meaning one wizard using magic to play a bunch of instruments at once.] * Herman comes walking in. HE ALSO HAS LEATHER. OH NO. And caps, too. And a pipe! Dude. Anyway, he hasn't been horribly mangled, so apparently the game isn't a life saving device in and of itself. * Togo is standing near the entrance to the Dancing Field, looking a bit worse for wear, but not nearly as bad as he did when you rescued him. * Herman spots Togo and walks over to him, pipe in tow. "Hey, how're ya doin'?" * Lukas isn't really looking around too much and he's nursing a beer. [Sitting next to Lukas is a handsome but angsty bishonen, who's partially transparent. He sighs, "Man, I wish I wasn't dead." * Lukas mutters, "A situation I try to avoid." * Ten stands, she's good like that what with having artifical knees that don't get tired. * Togo waves to Herman. "Sore and stupid. Still can't believe I let myself get jumped like that." * Khalil comes walking in soon after. And he's not in a robe. Instead, he's wearing a dark coat slightly shorter than a trench. Underneath are pretty normal teenager clothes. Jeans and a black T-shirt with a flame on it. He looks about at the gathering oddly. * Alys turns around with her coffee and blinks at Khalil. "Wow, you look... nice. What's with the neato clothes?" Just didn't cross my mind that the Covenant would put in the effort to track me and grab me. *shakes head* Any idea *why* they grabbed me? I was expecting to be interrogated, but from what I remember through the drugs I don't think I was. * Khalil looks at Alys and takes a hand out of the pocket to run a finger through his hair.. "Well. After speaking with you last time about the robe..." He shakes his head. "It is traditional. But there are other ways to hide it. I have been trying to find coats that are long enough though." Besides, it simply is not me. Nah, you look much awesomer now. [Khalil's awesomeness rises at least +2.] * Khalil looks behind him. "Speaking of which." He lets his tail drop out of the top of his coat and swishes it a couple of times. "You would have no idea how it feels to deal with tail cramps." * Herman shrugs. "Rachel and some other chicks were there." Oh. The tip. * Lukas turns around from the bar and quickly affixes his eyes to the group before picking up the glass in one hand, and Ten in the other, and carrying them both to far nearer to the group. * Alys shrugs. "No. No, I really don't." * Ten is along for the ride! XD You mean the meeting I had here? They got me just to disrupt that? * Herman digs in his pocket and pulls out a ripped sheet of notebook paper. There's a phone number on it. He hands it to Togo. "The chick who gave us the tip said she wanted to talk to a Mr. Goranov. I guess that's you." * Khalil then turns to stare at Togo. "Togo...Goranov?" * Togo stares at the notebook paper, then looks up at Herman and taps his glasses twice. Sounds like a name from a spy movie! You need a soundtrack. Dunununuh... * Lukas says as he enters the area, "Yeah. Great name." Doesn't matter. Was probably the same woman I was supposed to meet when I got grabbed. We're supposed to meet her here tonight. * Togo looks over at Khalil. "Togo's not my real name. Part nickname, part codename, I guess you could say." She's got fangs, right? What were you meeting her for? Should we ask? Really? * Lukas takes a drink and says with a smirk, "I wish I could make a joke about 'private life private', but this doesn't seem like a girlfriend deal." * Herman snerks but stays quiet. Quiet! * Lukas takes a drink and then says, "Missed a great time yesterday, you two. Apparently everyone went on a drug trip together. Really fantastic." Really? She said she had some info on that Irish vampire lady for me. Normally woulda been a bit suspicious, 'cause my number ain't exactly in the phone book... but she said the Old Man gave her my name, and that's good enough for me. It was cool! There were crazy Asian guys and meatbuns of doom and it was great! Sounds... crazy. How'd it happen? * Khalil looks at Lukas. "Are you certain it was a drug trip?" He pulls his coat aside with the Chinese Lion-head whip hanging from his belt. * Herman blinks at the whip. And takes a step away from Khalil. Even if he's holding a pipe and he's stepping towards Togo, who has guns. Right. * Lukas nods at Herman. "That's my story and I'm sticking to it." And she called herself M... *trails off; stares at Alys* My drug trip was mostly sweating and nightmarish hallucinations. How come you guys get the fun trips? Despite the fact we were all in different places when we started and he got a whip. They used powder instead of shrooms. * Lukas nods at Khalil at the last. * Khalil shakes his head and glances at Herman. "Excuse me?" He shifts his coat back and keeps looking at him. What? You are backing up. Did I offend? No, just wondering why you were showing off the weapons. ( "I have bad memories of whips." "Your father?" "No, there was this drunken night with Sarah..." "TOO MUCH INFORMATION!" ) (It wouldn't have been a very good night for Sarah.) (I must've been really damn drunk.) (I'll say, it's hard to mistake Sarah for somebody he'd go out with while she's got her spell on.) * Alys stares off at nothingness. "It got very cold. And there was fighting and bosses and stuff. Good times." She blinks a bit and drinks more coffee. "So, Pipe Guy, what were you doing when we were having realistic hallucinations?" ( Nitpickers. =P ) (yes) (lice are bad for you.) * Lukas takes another drink. He's about 3/4 through his glass. "I'll just chalk it up to another consequence of trying to help you all." [Without warning, a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is around to hear it.] (did it make a sound?) * Herman shrugs at Alys. "Trying to get another gig." (We'll never know.) (Awww.) * Lukas smirks. "Well, she was taking a shower. Now we know. Gigs are more important than showers." Yeah, generally. [And also, there's a woman standing next to the lot of you. She's tall and attractive, and looks to be in her late twenties. She has unbound dark hair and green eyes. Her clothes consist of a black business suit, with a black skirt and blazer, white undershirt and high heels. "Excuse me."] Hey, at least I'm -clean-. [Odd that she could get that close to you without anyone noticing. Or maybe it's just the loud rock band.] ( She's got green eyes! She's a spy from SAB! ) (*snickers*) (SHE IS.) * Lukas glances to the woman and chuckles. "One of yours, Khalil?" Large sip. * Togo looks up. "Can we help you?" * Khalil looks at the woman for a moment, then looks at Lukas. "Excuse me?" [She nods at Togo. "You are Mr. Goranov, yes?"] * Lukas replies, "A joke, Khalil." * Togo nods, stands, and offers a handshake. "And that would make you M. Second time's the charm, hmm?" *grins weakly* [She nods, shaking his hand. "A pleasure."] Yes, but it makes no sense. I don't have to make sense. I have the alcohol. [She looks at the rest. "And these are your associates? Can they be trusted?"] This is why I avoid it. Coffee is better for you. It makes you hyper! * Togo pulls out a chair for M, then glances back to the group. "They're... unorthodox, but yeah. I trust them." * Khalil then looks at the woman and places his hands together, bowing low. "I can assure you of our trustworthiness, madam." He rises up slowly. "Though Togo is correct." * Herman watches the chatting, then decides to plunk into a seat next to Lukas. Because Ten isn't sitting there. Score. * Lukas nods at Herman and says in a low voice with a faint grin, "Want to drink on the job?" * Ten fits onto countertops and other overlooked places... LIKE A NINJA! * Herman looks at Lukas like he's crazy, then waves a waitress down and asks for a beer. Before we get started, I gotta thank you for tipping off my friends when I got grabbed. Got me out've a really unpleasant bind. * Lukas grins faintly, takes a last drink and puts down his glass. "Looks like a yes." He looks over to Togo. [She nods. "Naturally, it's of no benefit to me if you're captured." She looks the lot of you over again, then turns back to Togo. "If you'll come with me, I'd like to discuss our business where we have slightly more privacy. You can bring a companion, if you like."] * Khalil raises an eyebrow at the woman, but looks at Togo for confirmation. * Togo taps Herman. "Bring your drink if you want." * Alys snorts and tries to drink more coffee, but it is gone. Woe! Woeful is Alys without the coffee! It is a sad thing indeed. She orders more. * Herman blinks. "Uh? Sure." He grabs the beer and stands. ["M" heads towards the back of the building, where there's some dankness for the people who like dankness.] * Lukas offers Ten to Herman. "Carry the doll, eh?" Fine, I'll take your doll for a walk. Cheater. * Herman hands Lukas his beer so he can take Ten. "But you pay for that. And don't drink it." * Herman scoops up Ten and his pipe and heads to the other channel. Er, dark and spooky corner. * Lukas chuckles. "I'm sure it'll be fun." He takes the drink and mock-pouts. "Oh, take all the fun out of it." * Lukas then gets rid of the mock-pout with a smirk and puts the drink down in front of him, nodding to the bartender as if to say he's covering it. * Alys turns back to the bartender. "Have you seen Penny around? When does she usually come by?" * Khalil sits down at the bar and orders something good and non-alcoholic or caffinated. [The bartender shakes her head. "Usually she comes in around eleven and stays until her bedtime."] Bedtime? Someone like that has a "bedtime"? 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. ["Well, naturally, she's just a kid."] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+4) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 16. 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 18. ( Well, Herman and Ten just died. o/~ ) How odd. * Lukas snickers. "C'mon now, Khalil. Her vampire mother probably watches out very carefully for her." (Awesome.) (Wheeeee!) Yes. We wouldn't want her to be out past moonset. * Alys sighs. "Oh. Well, if I don't see her, could you please let her know Alys stopped by?" She holds out a fiver. [The bartender nods. She takes the money, too, 'cause it's free.] (Can't hurt.) * Lukas looks over Alys and Khalil. We're fun leftovers! After a couple seconds he asks, "So, uh, not-actually-my-niece, how are you? Or something?" The or something adds much to your attempts at sounding interested. * Lukas rolls his eyes. "Okay, this is the 'tired hacker trying to build up conversation' part of the day, Khalil." The store's been doing well. My brother's okay. I bought some comics this morning, and I wasn't suddenly in a video game after my shower today. How about you? That is your day job? I did not know you could actually choose that as a career. * Lukas chuckles deeply. "You can if you're good." * Lukas looks to Alys. "Stealing things that don't actually exist and listening to Ten talk about playing video games, mainly." It must be difficult to put that proper on your resume. What kinda stuff do you hack? How do you steal stuff if it doesn't exist? Is it metaphorical stuff? I'm not so good with metaphors. * Khalil blinks at Alys. "Meta-phor?" It's like a simile! * Khalil stares blankly at Alys. * Lukas glances to Khalil. "The right sort of people know how to hear about it. Like whoever's in charge of Togo." Then he looks to Alys. "It's not metaphoric-- " he snerks. Nice, Alys. A metaphor's a comparison, Khalil. Like, uh, comparing the sun to a yellow ball. Yeah. But the sun *is* a yellow ball. Only without saying 'like' or 'as', 'cause that makes it a simile. Of gaseous material. * Lukas rolls his eyes and then answers Alys' question with, "Computers. I hack computers." 'My body is a temple' is a metaphor. It's not a -real- temple, but I take good care of my body and treat it with respect, and people do the same thing for temples. Like that. I learned it in secondary school. (The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball.) * Khalil looks at Alys. "But your body--ah. Yes, I see." (Look, I don't know classic music.) (Well, he doesn't.) * Khalil pauses for a moment, then adds. "Do you graffiti inside churches as well then?" * Lukas snerks at that one too. I think I've been in a church all of once, actually, and that was a few days ago. So nyah. And my body graffiti is cool. * Alys rolls her eyes back at Lukas. "Well, yeah. What kind of computers do you hack into?" The kind people pay me to. It's the best kind. Makes sense. So... Khalil! How's school going? * Khalil makes a slight sigh and shakes his head. "Not well. I believe the professor has it in for me." It is odd as well, because I was certain that the decanter was set in properly. But because she came to check it, we had to redo the experiment all over." I bet Volt could fix your grades! * Lukas chuckles. Yes, but that is beside the point. What are you going to do for a living? I hate to break it to you, but this whole crime-fighting thing? I suspect it's a dead-end job. Although it would make a neat comic book. I bet everything makes a neat comic book to you, Alys. I have not even had time to log onto Nullsun lately as I promised. * Lukas rubs one of his temples briefly. * Khalil glances at Alys. "Hmm...I have not thought of it yet." Mice. I'm not overly fond of mice. Other than that, maybe. You should. So you can get paid decent money. Or you could work at my bookshop! It would have to be work away from allergens though. * Khalil then blinks at Alys. "Your bookshop?" * Alys nods excitedly. "Yeah, think about it!" But...why would you want me working at your bookshop? (Retail's a dead end job, too.) (Ssh.) (She's trying to rope in a boyfriend.) (And musty old books arn't at all dusty at all. Not a bit.) (Pfft. He's Middle Eastern. That means he has to end up owning a convenience store somewhere.) (Well, he is cute. But he's so not putting out before marriage.) Because then I'll have someone to talk to other than Alex! And you look nicer than him, too! (I don't see Alys as the 'anti-divorce' sort.) * Khalil blinks again. "That is no way to speak of your brother." (YES IT IS KHALIL) ( What? I can't have four boyfriends at once? But they're all cute!) * Alys actually seems a bit chastised. "You're right, I'm sorry. He's really, really nice. It'd just be cool to have someone else working there. And I wouldn't have to deal with that evil book club on Wednesdays." So your true purpose is to set me to deal with the evil book club. I see. * Alys grins. "Ah, you've seen through my wicked plan! But seriously, we can hire you if you ever need a job. Especially if you can work Wednesdays." Actually, I was considering working at the coffee shop on campus. This as a side-job is decent but it is no way to make a living. * Herman2 is now known as Herman A coffee shop, hm? Would you be able to give discounts to friends? Do you really need to go to a coffee shop? * Khalil sighs. "No, but it is fairly easy work for what it is." Coffee is saintly. It is a gift from the anti-demons. Caffeine should be worshipped in most of its forms. Why? * Lukas grins. "I'm wondering about the 'most'." I cannot imagine pop being worshipped. Is there a Fizz idol? None should be worshipped over a higher power anyway. It keeps me awake, and it tastes good, and it keep me hyperish, and don't ever, ever try those weird things that people on the street corners give you and claim it is filled with caffeinated goodness. Because it may be caffeinated, but it's definitely not goodness. (Yes, you can worship at the shrine to the 7-up spot on Tuesdays between three and five AM) (Alys is one of those kids what took candy from strangers.) I think trying things from people on street corners in general is an ill-advised idea. -Now- you tell me. You probably did not know me before. * Lukas rubs his face. "That's what school was for." No, school was for sleeping and theatre. Theatre. Now that is an intriguing subject. I love theatre! Have you been in anything? Been in...? No, not technically. I can put on a descent act if need be. (He goes down to Hell.) ( Herman's gay. He has to have been in theatre. ) I can't sing, so I used to do tech work when my school put on musicals, and I mostly got lead roles in straight plays. Except my last year, I got a secondary male role because we didn't have enough guys and most of the girls couldn't act like one. That was fun. Theatre was the best part of school. Secondary male role? * Khalil blinks. I could've had a lead, but the regular guys got all huffy about a girl taking one of their roles. * Lukas chuckles. "At least it's not Japanese theater. Males doing all the female roles." * Khalil blinks at Lukas for a second. Oh, but some guys look so pretty in dresses! * Lukas gestures with his empty glass and grins at Khalil. "Not making it up." I...see. Something about not women not being allowed to do anything. It's great. In the 'make yourself look stupid' way. (Boo Megadeath.) (Requests save you from Megadeth.) ( I request PacMan! ) (I request technoremixes of classical music!) (I don't have many of those!) (Lukas gets a CK.) * Lukas looks over towards the corner. "Well, at least they're probably talking about important things. It's a step up from 'Go here, do this, call you tomorrow.' (Pikachu Butterfly.) They are talking a long while though. Eh. More time means more info. Although I might get another drink. So, what's going on in there anyway? * Lukas shrugs. " Probably talking. Herman's not the type to hit on her." He puts down his glass and gestures at it for the bartender. But... Ten said you can tell what she's thinking. Or do you need a computer out or something? * Lukas glances to Alys oddly. * Khalil also stares at Alys. Did I remember wrong? Maybe I'm thinking of something else, sorry. I could've sworn, though. Do not swear. It is not good for the soul. * Lukas shrugs. "S'OK. I mean, wouldn't be weird than any of the rest of this stuff, right?" ...is what I would like to say but we curse fairly creatively in our language. I must've heard that somewhere. Maybe it was a comic. * Lukas blinks before saying a bit absently, "Well, now that we know your secret Khalil..." he picks up his hopefully filled drink." I have a secret? * Lukas smirks. "Yes. You curse more than I do." * Khalil smiles. "I do not always curse when I speak in my language." (Poor Alys, people making her think her memory is faulty.) (I'd apologize, but Ten was confused.) (He'll apologize later. When everyone hates him.) (Good Alys for being naive enough to think her memory is faulty.) I can curse in more than one language! That's what happens when you watch foreign programs on the telly. (Ten wouldn't hate him!) (True.) That is often the first thing you learn in another language. * Lukas chuckles. "Well, I picked up English when I was young, so I missed that part of it." He drinks. * Lukas holds the drink in his hands and links his lips. "Well, you're better company than the dead fem." It could be worse. I could be spouting bad poetry. ( It could be worse. You could be in MC3. ) * Khalil shakes his head. "Wonderful to know we are better company than the dead and thsoe who associate with it." * Lukas glances to him. "No, I mean there was a guy who looked like a woman sitting here before you two." * Ardweden is now known as Herman And not Herman. Because he don't look like a woman. He was dead? Do you meet pretty dead men often? D'you think Penny has something to do with it? * Lukas gestures around at the room. Complete with one man mage-band. "There are succubi, necromancers, wizards, and other general crazy things that don't exist here. Ghosts? Yeah." So we are not better company than those? I'm fond of necromancers. Gonna have me a zombie cat one of these days. I could go trick-or-treating with it! I understand it is hard to compete with succubi. * Lukas drinks, then, "Not so hard if they're busy trying to nail the guy without eyes." * Lukas glances to Alys. "And I still say that's a horrible idea. They wouldn't even eat whole rats. Just their brains." Rat brains. I bet you could buy those somewhere. And then you wouldn't need to get rid of the bodies! The bodies are the point of having a cat. Besides scratching and stuff, and do you really want to play with a zombie cat? Yes. Zombies are nifty. Penny's drinks blood, and it would definitely freak out the bad guys. And I wouldn't have to worry about it dying! * Lukas shakes his head. "Uncle Volt still thinks it's a crappy idea." Pipe Guy does too. I don't see why you're opposed to this. It's not like you got me anything for my last birthday. Did I know you for your last birthday? *beat* Do I know when your birthday is? No for both! November first. * Lukas sips, "Huh. Not too far off." Eh. I try not to think about it. I like being a teenager. Big two-oh? Yeah. I can still be a kid when I'm sixty, I'm thinking. Just have to approach it properly. Being nonsensical is a good start. I should start doing that more often. * Lukas snorts. "You don't need any practice on that, hon." I could be so much better! The monkeys landed in a swimming dome of radioactive Internet! How's that? ... yeah, you've still got it. * Alys sighs a sigh of relief. "Good. I don't know what I'd do without it." So, how did you get Ten? ( Mmm... Radioactive Internet.) * Lukas shrugs. "A happy accident." Dark chuckle. "Well, not so happy for my bank account. You wouldn't think a doll could spend that much on clothes." But she looks cute in them. Ten can almost overwhelm people with her cuteness. That's gotta be a good reason to spend money. That she does. And she certainly thinks so. * Alys orders more coffee. "If they take much longer, I'm gonna make whoever's supposedly paying us pay for my coffee." * Lukas chuckles and sips his own drink. "God, don't I wish." (Is there a language that Barbie Girl -isn't- in?) So.... the weather. Dark. It's all... weathery outside. I can't take this. Can we do something? Let's go kill evil things. * Lukas smirks. "Welcome to my life. Minus the killing things." I used to not kill evil things. I might be addicted. Are there support groups for this kind of thing? * Lukas shrugs. "Got me, kiddo. Ask Togo." * Lukas sips, then, "Not that I'm actually much older than you, but you like the feeling young thing." * Alys stands up, then sits back down. "Can't. He's busy. And I really do. People take care of you when they think you're young." How old are you? Twenty-three. Amazing. For you to be my uncle, it would require, like... time-travel. I'm sure that's how it happened. * Lukas nods. "Clearly." Your grandfather had a wild fling in Sweden twenty-three years back. That's got to be it. * Alys nods also. "We're geniuses to have figured this out. We deserve prizes and things." Like what? Like... automatic Save The World cards. And money. Those would be helpful. They don't actually have those, you know. ( They will next MC. XD ) ( You'll have to trade them to a gay French guy for new outfits. XD ) (Ay de mi.) You don't know that! There could be some obscure wizard who makes them. * Lukas sips. "You'd think someone would actually have them, then." Point. You know what? If I ever get one, you can have it. Thanks! [Session End!]