[Day: Friday, Oct. 20th. Time: 8:00 p.m.] ( Togo doesn't. I don't bet, but my bracket's already a bit fscked. ) [Yesterday you raided the headquarters of Covenant operations in England, which went well, all things considered. You made off with a pyramid of magic enhancing (erm, somehow it does that), killed a Roman Catholic Cardinal and crashed their military chopper. Sure, you got cursed in the process, but hey.] (Also Lukas has a sword!) [And Lukas has a sword. Swordy.] [You gather at the office for whatever reason! Most of you are still pretty injured, thanks to a lack of the usual healing juice from Herman. Herman himself said he's busy today or something, so he's not there.] [Ashley said nothing at all! In fact, he didn't escape with you either, so maybe he's dead or something. Who knows?] (Brett, Herman saw Ashley on the boat.) [And Khalil is adorable. Awwwwwww.] (We had that discussion.) [Oh. Well then, you do know Ashley's alive but haven't spoken to him since. And he's not there.] [Bob isn't there, either.] [Session Start] ( and brb ) * Togo is sitting behind the desk, as per usual. A bit unusual is the fact that, for once, he isn't cleaning/repairing/reloading one of his guns. Rather, he seems to be pulling doorknobs out of his coat and loading them into a large sack. (*snerks*) * Alys is sitting in a corner and drawing chain links on her jeans legs, leading from the waistline into the pockets where the weights usually are. There are already snakes drawn all over her arms. (Half bricks in socks Togo.) * Lukas is there. He looks twitchy with most of his damage from yesterday obscured or simply bandaged. He's watching the door with his bookbag clutched to him in his lap. "So, your friends not helped you out ono this one, huh Togo?" * Ten is sitting on Lukas's shoulder instead of standing... and has gone in for a full body remodle after getting chewed up the previous day. Yet another lacy black dress, pointy black feathered wings and long, wavy blue hair. * Togo looks up from his sack of doorknobs. "Nope. Apparently, killing the next Pope really is bad luck. Anytime I try to fire a gun, throw a grenade, or use anything more complicated that a nailbat, it malfunctions." * ChibiGriff_Khalil knocks on the door! From outside it. That's so not cool! Pfft. If you can still boil water, you're set for life. ( Back ) [It sounds less like a knock and more like a squeak.] * Togo tilts his head at the door, then stands up and opens it. Like, the door's squeaking. Is it supposed to do that? * Segev is now known as Awaymancer * ChibiGriff_Khalil stands outside the doorway, all covered in a makeshift cloak which drags on the floor. It gives him the appearance of a midget Jawa. You know, I was sort of apathetic towards... whatever the Pope's religion is, Catholicness or whatever, but now I think I actively dislike it. * Lukas shrugs and snarks a little. "Maybe. Does oil come with the cost of the place? I don't do its rent." * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks up, way up at Togo. "...I could not reach the handle." * Togo looks down. "... this is not gonna be fun. Come in." * Lukas tosses up one of his hands. "I'll just guess we're all still in fucked land, then." ( Does he catch it as it comes down, too? ) Yeah, but that's a squeaking when moving sort of squeak and this was a different kinda squeak. A Khalil's still teeny kinda squeak! * ChibiGriff_Khalil heads on in the room and takes a deep breath in. "I have not yet even changed back from last night either." (If he were Plok, yes.) Anyone heard from Ashley? Been trying to reach him all day, and got no answer. * ChibiGriff_Khalil draws back his hood and then looks around before looking at the couch. He tries to scramble up onto it. * Lukas smirks a little at Khalil before saying, "No. Him and Herman are all magic and shit. They're probably trying to fix themselves right now or something." They could fix us! I volunteer for magical testing! Or got stuck and we're gonna haveta go get him and Mikaela back and that'd be all bad! And by 'bad' you mean we're screwed. You know, the past few days have just been very depressing. I could cry. I'm going to go get some coffee, does anyone else want one? * Lukas smirks. "As if we aren't already. Still hurt and down by two. What a waste of a day." He glances to Alys, then shakes his head. "I'm good, thanks." * ChibiGriff_Khalil eyes Alys. "At least *you* can function in every day life." But you're cuter than me now! It's not fair that I am so far down on the cuteness scale when there are so many guys around. Be right back. * Alys exits! * ChibiGriff_Khalil blinks and just stares at Alys as she exits. And then stares at the door that she left through after that. * Ten gives an indignant. "HEY!" S-she did NOT just say that... * Lukas rubs his eyes slightly and looks to Khalil. "Sure you're not just still angry at the door's injustices towardss man and beast?" * Ten crosses her arms. "I'm cute too!" * ChibiGriff_Khalil ruffles his feathers in indignation but doesn't reply to Lukas. And probably just ends up looking cuter by trying to look irritated. * Togo studiously ignores Alys's last rant, for the sake of what's left of his sanity. "I've got every source I've got looking into this, but it's gonna take time. That cardinal hasn't been seen in the last day or so, so it looks like it really was him." * Lukas glances to Ten. "She was implying you were. It's not like she said she was number two." * Ten brightens. "Oh! Okay!" * Lukas then looks back to Togo and chuckles to himself. "Good thing I don't talk to my family. They'd be horrified." Not that I'm happy, but... * Lukas holds up one hand low, and one hand high. "A difference, yanno." * ChibiGriff_Khalil shakes his head slowly and turns towards Togo. "He is insane." Was. Was insane. Don't forget the murder. Very important. * Lukas glances to Ten. "Right. Start tracing Ashley's number to his billing address. I'm getting tired of sitting around." * ChibiGriff_Khalil snorts. "He came out attacking us. It was a fight for survival." * Ten nods and gets on that! * Alys returns, coffee in cup in hand. "Actually, you were probably cuter than me anyway. Though it's not like anyone can beat Ten, so there's no real point in talking about it." She sips her coffee and gets a semi-blissful look on her face. "Caffeine is so wonderful." * ChibiGriff_Khalil then turns back to stare at Alys. It's like looking at a trainwreck. * Togo ey- er, sockets Lukas, then shrugs. "Goes without saying, but with us all incapacitated to one degree or another, we've all got to really watch our backs when we're not here." (Not appearance-wise. Just thought I had to clarify.) Yeah, well. * Lukas makes an OK symbol with his hand. "That's everyday life for us, so." I can still kick people! * Alys kicks the air awkwardly while drinking from her cup. * ChibiGriff_Khalil nods. "Fortunately, I think I can still track just as well. But it is doubtful I shall be much help fending off." 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-1) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 11. (;_;) (Oh well, what the hell, and flew into a mountain.) (oh, suck. You traced Ashley Wigman, who is a noted philanthropist and weekend dominatrix. yes, trix.) (Sounds like our Ashley.) * Ten stops moving for a bit and then leans over to whisper into Lukas's ear. (assertTrue(Ashley.hasPenis());) (variable not defined exception thrown on line 1: penis_ is null) * Pocky-kun (Pocky-kun@ACB80433.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Ping timeout) (I never defined penis_! You fucking shitty compiler. ctrl+shift+O, clean project, ctrl+b+a) * Lukas shrugs slightly and shakes his head beforee looking at Ten. * Pocky-kun (Pocky-kun@ACB80433.ipt.aol.com) has joined #BESM (Error: Import org.being.humanoid.pelvis not found.) * Ten whispers again. "I'm gonna haveta try them all arn't I?" ( System Error. Lukas has encountered a problem and needs to close. We apologize for the inconvenience. ) * Ten whispers louder this time! (FUCK. Drop plugin dependency org.sexxorz, add plugin dependency org.being.humanoid, close manifest, clean project, ctrl+b) * Lukas chuckles and replies, pulling out his own laptop with a bit of clanky noise, "Only people who ever said hacking was glamorous were the people who've never seen it. You can have the last half of the alphabet." Yay! * Lukas plunks the computer down and joins Ten in the hunt! For the wild fey (with an undefined penis.) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. (I CLEARLY DEFINED IT AS new Penis() RIGHT UP THERE, STATICALLY, WHEN I DEFINED THE ASHLEY CLASS) (Shodinger's Penis! Untill you pull his pants down and observe the penis it both exists and does not exist!) * Togo pulls out his nano-medpak. "Anyone need to be patched up a bit? Still got two more charges left in this thing before I need to let it recharge." ( Lukas is scratched up, and Khalil would be leaking stuffing if there were any stuffing in him.] ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-4) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 0. Like, I've got nadda, nothing, and an extra helping of null! * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Togo. "I wonder as to what that equipment is doing for me? Are you certain it will work with you handling it? * Alys raises a hand in the air. "Show me how, I'll do it!" * Lukas chuckles. "You're the one who plays on Nullsun, kiddo. Null's half of your freetime." He apparently lives in Brixton. I know! And it's so awesome that my chars are still there! It'd have sucked if he took them away. Patched me up fine last night. Seems like only gun'n stuff are malfunctioning. Otherwise, my glasses wouldn't be working, and I'd be in a bit worse shape. *turns to Alys* Simple. Hold it to your skin. Press the big red button. Hold it there for a coupla minutes. * Lukas shakes his head. "I'll live. Get worse than this at least once a week, recently, eh?" He turns the computer to Ten. "Reading check, Ten." Gotcha! * Togo hands it over to Alys. "You want it next, Khalil?" No no no, I don't need it, I just want to try it on someone. * Ten looks at the data, double checks and then works out how to get there from here! There is nothing wrong with playing Nullsun. I'm feeling peachy! ( The magic of subway will take you there! ) (Subways suck. I don't have a giant bike so I can take the tube!) (Sorry, traveling by sandwich is such a MC2 thing.) (CTHULHU EAT FRESH F'THAGN * Alys takes it over to Khalil. "Okay, where do you want me to try this thingie on you?" ( Ten, lay down backbeat groove 17. *plays porn groove* ...) ( Aah! Womantouch bad! ) (No! No sex when Ashley's not here!) (Ashley isn't pretty enough for porn anymore, sorry.) * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks up at Alys, confused. (If he had his illusions, you would be a walking middle finger for week, short stuff) (If he had his illusions I'd have just lied.) (Unless he wanted to be fugly) * Lukas stands up and stretches, but compared to Khalil he's not gonna draw any attention! "Uhf. Right. Before I go insane with waiting, I'm going to go and see what sort of mess Ashley's gotten himself into. Since I'm keeping the damn magic aratifact this time around, make sure to call me if someone shows up wanting it." ("Come along, Khalil." "UTINNI!") Hold up a second. If Alys doesn't wanna use the medpak, you should. Do you want it? Khalil is being quiet and not saying anything, which is redundant of me to say but there you are. * Lukas rubs his shoulder slightly. "Your resources to waste." He looks down to Alys. "Go ahead and lay it on me." * Ten grabs onto Lukas's head to keep from getting dislodged. "Hey!" I have a vested interest in keeping you all upright, so it's not wasted. Oh. Yes. I suppose it would be for the best. ( Lukas has only a few scratches. ) * Lukas gestures at Khalil. "See? There you go. Dote upon our sickeningly cute little friend." * Alys presses it to Khalil and holds down the button. "Tada! Behold, the miracles of the healy thingie!" * Lukas turns back to the computer and closes it up. "We good, Ten?" Yay healy thingie! Yep! Let's go find Ashley! [Khalil becomes a full-fledged healed chibi!] Give us a call as soon as you hear anything, and we'll come running. ( Er, wait, no he doesn't. He's still hurt a bit. ) * Ked (kerryms@64.255.113.173) Quit (Quit: ) (Wow. Khalil gotta beatin.) * Alys removes the medpack and hands it back to Togo. She's grinning. "Yay science." * Lukas nods. "Yeah, sure. Uh... keep safe." Science wins! (This surprises you? Khalil always gets beatings.) * Lukas puts the computer away and picks up his bag, heading for the door. Last call for the Lukasmobile! * ChibiGriff_Khalil eyes Lukas carefully. "Do not encourage her. ( Lukas and whoever's going, into #555Feyway ) * Lukas waves his hand dismissively and backhandedly at Khallil. "She's my niece. It's my job to encourage that sort of thing." ( And Ashley, too! ) * Ten nods. "It's in the job description!" Oh hey, uncle, you want me to come too? I want to see Ashley too! * Lukas smirks and says, "Khalil could probably use the rest from your attentions. There's always room." And then he's gone! * Alys follows after him. "Rest from my attentions? No one needs rest from me, that's silly." (Khalil owes me one! Ha ha. Ahem.) * Togo takes back the medpak and sticks it back in his trenchcoat. ( Arara.... Ok, Alys over there too! ) [Which leaves Togo here with Khalil. wewt.] * Togo tilts his head at Khalil. (Time to get to work on that yaoi doujin.) (Well, at least the underpinnings.) * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks up at Togo. Question. (Remember. Reference lilies constantly.) No. That is a statement. (That's yuri.) (Fine. Sit on park benches and go "FANCY A SHAG?" while unzipping blue jumpsuits.) (I think we have a winner.) (Okay bedtime for me folks. Goodnight and happy St. Patrick's Day) ... but if I said "question?", you'd think I was asking if you had a qu- whatever. I have a question. (Ashley is packing down there. ) (He wishes.) (I know. Stop distracting me so I can desc my house.) * ChibiGriff_Khalil sits there passively, waiting for the question. * Dreol is now known as Dreamland ( Ten better make sure she's not fully functional.) (Not even options on my model!) I spent a little time in the Middle East back when I was in the Army. About a month in Saudi Arabia, actually. Don't claim to really understand your religion, but I never got the impression from the soldiers I worked with there that the religion had any huge problem with... well, a soldier's work. So... why're you so bothered when I hafta use deadly force? * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Togo for a moment. "Because you mistated your question." You do not have to use deadly force when you are choosing to use it. And besides... * ChibiGriff_Khalil takes in a deep sucking of breath. "I was brought up a little differently. Actually, I am not certain how much I believe in the pieces of jihad." Fair enough. On both counts. As a soldier, I've been trained to respond to most threats with immediate overwhelming force. s'something I try to rein in, but it's hard-wired in at this point. ( Could be worse, you could be like a Gundam pliot, and wangst about it. ) It was never necessary for me to use deadly force as you put it in my...trade, I guess you'd call it. * Togo rubs his neck. "If you think this is bad, you shoulda seen me a few years back, after I got back on the job from losing my eyes. I was... pretty damn fucked up, to be blunt. Deadly force all around. Occasional bit of torture to get info. The whole nine yards." * ChibiGriff_Khalil turns his head aside slightly. "Then I have a question for you... Shoot. *pauses* Bad choice of words. Sorry. Why is my opinion on this matter so important? (RAWK ON!) (Togo wants into your pants. Duh.) * Togo shrugs. "First off, practically, we're on the same team. If we're not on the same page on tactics, it can be a distraction. So I wanna understand why we're not on the same page." Secondly... well, I'd been under the impression that I was really making progress on the whole 'no deadly force unless necessary' thing. Then you come along expressing the opinion that I ain't made much progress at all. Worrisome'n all. * Calculus (jrenken@tofu.sandwich.net) Quit (Quit: *thud*) Bon't wanna backslide. ( er, Don't ) * ChibiGriff_Khalil turns aside again. "Are you certain I am the only one expressing concerns?" ( No, but Lukas is a dick.) (Well, Volt.) Oh, I know you ain't. But you're the vocal one. Others mostly just make faces... and, well, I can't see faces. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks down. "I did not mean to use deadly force, you know. On that one woman." She was an Asahara operative. She was using deadly force against us. Why should you regret it? It is...difficult to explain. Especially now, considering what has happened to my village. I just don't see the issue. It's straight self-defense. Someone comes at you using deadly force... even as a cop, I was allowed to use deadly force then. I meant to incapacitate, not to kill. I know. I get that you prefer non-lethal there. What I don't get is why you *insist* on non-lethal there. I might prefer to not kill someone in that circumstance, but I have no problem doing it if I feel that's the fastest and safest way to stop them. ( Ping? ) ( pong) I suppose it did not matter in the end. The whole place was razed. Okay, but take that Covenant woman with the assault rifle last night. We tried to disable her, couldn't, she started firing back, alerting the people in the room to our presence. What's the problem with using deadly force so as to remove her as a threat as fast as possible before the people in the room come out after us? When you could put her unconscious and get the same results for a temporary effect? ( Take my Covenant woman. Please. *rimshot* ) The preferable result. Except we tried, she kept dodging, and she was about to get reinforcements. Even if disabling was preferable, wouldn't deadly force there be justifyable? * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Togo evenly. "You cannot sacrifice morality for convenience." But that's the essence of self-defense. If I'm a cop, and someone starts shooting at me, I could try to get close enough to taser him or something. But that's putting myself at a great deal of risk, so I'm allowed to respond with deadly force. Is there something immoral about that? * ChibiGriff_Khalil stares at Togo. "The essense of self-defense is survival. Not convenience." I get that. But in that situation, not using deadly force puts your survival in jeopardy. You said reinforcements were your main concern. That is not the matter. Her shooting at you, perhaps, is. And even so, if you see an opportunity to disarm her... * Togo taps his glasses. "Before I lost my eyes, *maybe* I was a good enough shot to disarm someone with a gun. Now? Not a chance." * EBchan (Karan@pool-68-238-136-76.sea.dsl-w.verizon.net) has joined #BESM * EBchan is now known as Cait`Sith You cannot sense where the shot is coming from? I can sense who's shooting. But I don't get the level of detail necessary to, say, aim for someone's hand to disarm them with a shot. And I don't got the skill to do so hand-to-hand. * Togo rubs his neck. "Plus, with the glasses, I really prefer to stay outta melee distance." I guess it is hard to see the difficulty. You overcome it so well. Think of it this way... My glasses work kinda like a bat's radar. So I get outlines, shapes... but the smaller the object, the harder it is to differentiate. Trying to aim for one little detail requires insane marksmanship to begin with. * RowynWorkyn (rowyn2001@adsl-71-146-87-181.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #besm * ChibiGriff_Khalil (rowyn2001@adsl-71-146-87-181.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout) * RowynWorkyn is now known as ChibiGriff_Khalil And before this... *taps his glasses* ... I was a good marksman. Not a great one. ( I'll catch you up ) * Cait`Sith (Karan@pool-68-238-136-76.sea.dsl-w.verizon.net) Quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) I suppose so. I am surprised those glasses are still even working with the curse. * EBchan (Karan@pool-68-238-136-76.sea.dsl-w.verizon.net) has joined #BESM * Togo shrugs. "What was the wording the guy used? 'That which is most dear to you'?" *pauses* "Pretty sad comment on me that my ability to use guns and grenades is most dear to me." ( He was totaly wrong! My clothes are just fine!) * ChibiGriff_Khalil thinks for a moment. "...no, that wasn't it." My griffin form is useful, yes. But it is a curse. It is hardly dear to me. ... matters most. That's what he said. ( I bet your normal griffon form matters more to you than this chibi form :o ) I'm a soldier, so my guns matter most... slightly less sad commentary on the state of my life, but still pretty pathetic. And you... *tilts head* ... humanity? Being taken seriously? * ChibiGriff_Khalil EYES togo. Shame he can't see it. But definitely the wrong words to use. * CCD is now known as ZZD * Togo may be blind, but he can pick up on body language. "... overly blunt. Sorry. But you get what I'm saying. I've known a coupla were-people, and they were always adamant in maintaining their curse was something foreign, not part of who they were. Take away their ability to change back..." That matter most to you? (Brettity brett brett?) And make the actual changing more of a chore. At least before I was useful. * ChibiGriff_Khalil sighs and looks down. "He called me a heretic." He was a Catholic cardinal working with Covenant. Doesn't exactly speak to his moral judgement. (Question was posited in otherchan.) s'like me calling someone trigger-happy. * ChibiGriff_Khalil is silent for a while before he replies. "I suppose." ( Can end whenever. ) * NinjaDebugger is now known as SleepDebugger (Well, we sorta are at the Herman point, so. ^^;) * Togo pulls out his PDA, and punches in a few numbers. "You can go home if you want. I'll hang around in case Herman or Ashley come in, or someone shows up looking for us." [End!]