[Day: Wednsday, October 25th. Time: 11:00 p.m., whatever time zone Germany's in.] (Probably Germanyic time.) [You're on the Black Helicopter, not far from.... (God, I keep forgetting that city's name. Hamburg?)] (I think that's what we're going with until we find out if we're wrong. ^^;) ( Hamburg is indeed a city in Germany. Don't know if it's the one you're thinking of. ) ( Might be Hannover or Brunswick, too. ) [Well, we'll say it's Hamburg.] [You're on a Black Helicopter, approaching Hamburg, Germany. Why? Togo got a message from his contacts to go to the Asahara base (details not forthcoming). This was after you were approached by two girls: Jacqueline and Claire Kusanagi, Interpol officers who charged you with being accomplices to some rogue agents.] [That said, they don't really seem keen on bringing you in. Instead, they brought you to your destination. Nice of them, eh? Oh, and presumably you stopped by Khalil's to pick him up, too.] (He's so lucky!) (Surprise arresting.) (He gets a free ride! Woot!) [Anyhow, the chopper is approaching the city.] [Session Start] (In the 4chan partycopter) [Herman and Ashley are doing their individual things in the back. Don't pay attention to them, it's actually pretty unexciting.] (They're playing strip Mao.) * Alys is fidgeting with her baseball cap, which is still hiding her horrible mess of hair away from public view. She leans over to Togo. "Um, hey, can I ask for a favor?" [The elder sister, Claire, is resting her hand in her chin and looking out the window idly. Jacqueling long since puller out her hand-held gaming console (I forget what I called it) and started up a game.] * Ten is in Lukas's luggage someplace, but hasn't made a sound or movement in hours. Damn virii. * Lukas sits with a thin frown on his face. What's he gonna do, dive out of the chopper? He's not Mitsuji. * Togo looks up from brooding. "Hmm?" * Khalil folds his arms across his chest and taps his foot against his shin, waiting to land. Um, I know it was a whole week ago, but I've been thinking about what my dad said, about how they'd kill mum if he didn't cooperate. And, you know, I don't believe him, but... Would you be able to ask around about it or something? Please? * Alys has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) ( *casts Hold Response* =P ) (*Rolls* FAIL.) * Alys has joined #besm (>.< Okay, did I miss anything?) (Actually, no.) * Togo tilts his head a bit. "Look into what? What Asahara has on your dad? Whether they have something in place to get at your mom?" (Nifty.) Whichever. Whatever. Maybe find out where she is? She can't take care of herself like dad can. She's kind of ditzy. Or was, anyway. * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [Claire turns her attention away from the window. "Do you have any idea what you're going to do once we get to Hamburg?"] * Khalil has joined #besm * Togo nods at Alys. "I'll talk to some people. Not sure if I'll be able to find much... Asahara's notoriously good at hiding what they're doing. But I'll give it a shot." Thanks. * Lukas snarks, "Die at your command, Miss Interpol." A smirk. "Ma'am." * Alys turns to Lukas. "Can you really do that? It seems like a useless skill. How do you know that you can do it? Do you have an extra life too?" *turns to Claire* We'll land, head over to Asahara HQ. If the tip is solid, something should present itself as an opportunity. [Claire locks her gaze onto Lukas. "Or at least, maybe visit a jail cell for a good, long time."] * Millie has joined #besm [She turns to Togo. "Do you know where it is?"] * Lukas shrugs. "Whatever turns your crank," he says before he looks over to Alys. Yeah, he looks as annoyed as he sounds. "Sarcasm, niece. Sarcasm. If you're gonna be part of the family you'll have ti figure this out." * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Millie is now known as Khalil * Alys nods. "I'll learn!" Just that it's somewhere in Hamburg. Given the nature of the tips I've gotten in the past, though, the reason we're being called in for a visit should end up being pretty apparent. * NinjaDebugger has left #BESM [She hmms to herself. "I hope so."] * Togo pauses for a moment, then pulls out his phone and dials. (What'd I miss?) [Jacqueline doesn't look up from her game as she talks. "We don't know where the headquarters is, ourself." (Ourselves? Whatever)] * Alys_ has joined #besm * Alys has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Alys_ is now known as Alys * Lukas gestures at Alys and cracks a small grin. "Be sure to take notes." Then the grin slips as he deadpans, "Something you aren't dead certain about. Be still my heart." * Alys grins back at him. "That was sarcasm! Hah!" * Millie has joined #besm * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) "It's Togo. Got a tip that's bringing me to Hamburg. Find out anything new about that Asahara HQ, or any intel about something going down in Hamburg?" [Claire leans forward. "Did you tell your compainions here about your little exploits in the underworld, Mr. Raske? I'm sure they'd love to hear the details on just why we can put you away for life."] * Lukas looks over at Claire for a moment, then leans back. "I bet it makes for crappy reading in a dry record. Could at least put some 'zaz in it." * Millie has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Khalil has joined #besm Um, personally, I don't want Volt in jail at all. Because then I wouldn't have an uncle or get sarcasm lessons and no one could take proper care of Ten. So, no. * Khalil looks at Alys for a moment. "You require sarcasm lessons?" * Alys has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) (This is hilarious on some level.) (Khalil and Alys dodge eachothers' conversations.) * Togo covers the reciever on his phone. "Claire, we're being relatively cooperative because we're on the same side. But if you threaten a member of my team again, we're gonna have words, and they ain't gonna be Koom-bai-fuckin'-ya." [Jacqueline keeps playing her game. "We're not actually trying to arrest you, you know. Officially, we should be dragging you to the nearest Interpol office and interrogating you. But we don't have time. Couldn't you just be nice and cooperate with us?"] (When has the conversation been turned on Khalil? @_@) (I mean, I can't really answer what I don't get.) (IT actually hasn't.) (It's just funny you keep alternating bounces.) (Ah.) * Khalil shakes his head and sighs a little, shrugging his hands up. "It does make me wonder why I associate with some of you." [Claire folds her arms and goes back to looking out the window.] * Lukas waves his hand at Togo. "Thanks, chief." He looks over at Jackie. "I am cooperating. But I'm cooperating with a gun to my head. The nice girl thing doesn't fool me." He half-closes his eyes and leans back. "I did my background checks too, you know." * Togo shoots a last glare at Claire (rhyme unintended) before returning to his phone conversation. "I'm waiting with bated breath." [She pouts. "We don't even have guns."] * Alys has joined #besm (Togo can help with that!) ( I have enough for all of us! ) (Alright, I don't think I'll lose my connection any more, but saying that invokes Murphy's Law, so nevermind.) ( D: ) ( Actually, there're nine characters and I only have 8 guns. ;_; ) [Jacqueline grins. "Didja? I'm Silverfox, by the way." A name Ten and Khalil probably recognize from gaming sites across the internet.] * Lukas chuckles darkly. "80% of the people in this helicopter don't have guns, miss cop." (Any gaming site in particular?) "And they didn't give him the standard Asahara severance package? Y'know, the 'severence your head from your body' plan?" ( Nope. Name shows up all over the place. ) * Lukas nods at Togo. "If guns were really the biggest concern to Interpol, you wouldn't be threatening me." * Khalil turns and looks at Jacqueline. "Silverfox did you say?" [She grins wider. "That's me! And Claire's Silverknight." Another name frequently appearing on gaming sites. Claire blushes a bit. "Jackie!"] * Awaymancer is now known as Segev Interesting. I believe I've seen you on the Raze BBS? (I've = I have.) [She smiles. "I was hoping somebody would."] * Lukas rolls his eyes and jokes, "Oh, lord. Gaming Geek Convention in the air. Too bad not everyone brought their boxes, or we could have a little network party." "And I imagine the death squads have him nice and disgruntled?" * Khalil shrugs slightly. "Well, I am not so sure. Personally, I believe Eff Pee Esses are going, how do you say, out of style?" Though I am curious to say why you would plug the name here. * Alys pulls a few rubberbands off her arm and takes two of the paperclips out of her ears, then sets to work on some kind of sculpture. [She giggles. "Well, if you're going to research me, you might as well know it."] And why are you insisting on that? * Khalil steadily stares at Jaqueline. "And...are all Interpol agents this giddy?" "Of which we have damn little on Asahara. That's great. You have a bead on his location?" No. Some are loopy instead. * Lukas looks over to Alys again. "Catch that one?" ( It's the Mako injections all the Interpol agents get. It makes them all Cloud fonbois. ) [Claire regains her composure. "Yes, well... It's healthy for everyone to have hobbies."] Yup. Do you think this looks like a bicycle? * Lukas gives Alys's 'bicycle' a look. The odds, they no so good. More rubberbands or more paperclips, d'you think? Yes. It is not always healthy for one to reveal it to someone they are attempting to capture, yesno? (On a scale of -10 to 0, how good is it?) (-5.7) ( Y'know, I think that city was originally Bremen. Oh well.... ) * Lukas eyes it. "Uh.... I'd go with fire." ...That wasn't sarcasm, was it? [Jacqueline snickers. "Why, are you planning to use my online handle against me?"] * Togo pulls out his PDA and starts typing in information on the braille keypad as he gets it over the phone. "Keep going." * Lukas smiles slightly. "No. But it was a joke. Slightly. I'll go with paperclips for one-thousand, Alys." (Ba-dum ching.) * Khalil blinks. "Not unless you mean it makes me consider the ridiculousness of the situation." * Alys beams at him and takes out another paperclip. "Awesome." * Millie has joined #besm "I hear ya. Thanks for the info, man. Keep safe." * Khalil has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Millie is now known as Khalil * Togo hangs up. "No location on the HQ, but I have a location on a disgruntled ex-employee who's somehow not dead." * Millie has joined #besm Not dead is good. Well, unless you're Penny. * Khalil has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [Claire nods. "That's a good start."] * Lukas groans. "Can we not talk about Penny? I like to maintain the mental illusion my life could be explained by a sci-fi author on really good drugs." I'm going to have a zombie cat one day, just wait. * Togo pulls out a pen and post it, writes a longitude/latitude on it, and hands it to Claire. "Give this to the pilot. We're heading for a farm about 10 miles outside of Hamburg. Tell him to find someplace to land at least a mile away." [Claire nods and does that.] Doubt this guy'll be particularly happy to see us, but if we can convince him we can get Asahara off his back a bit... ["If he's not dead, he might not need help at all. Asahara isn't exactly known for its retirement plans," Jacqueline says.] * Millie has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Khalil has joined #besm I know. But for some reason, this guy's still alive. *pauses* Or possibly undead, I suppose. I dunno. * Alys stares at her really-not-a-bicycle-at-all sculpture woefully and starts taking it apart. "I give up." The rubberbands go back on her arm, the paperclips get curled into spiral and put back in her ears. You never know with Asahara. They'll employ anyone. ["Yeah..."] So... treat it with fire? [The chopper conviently lands, shortly, in a large field. Like, very large. There's a forest in the distance, and a road nearby, and a house and a barn. Exciting description!] How often do you have to replace those clips, Alys? Not exactly stable. * Lukas rubs his neck and stands, complete with backpack. [Ashley and Herman both feel airsick upon landing, so Claire decides to stay with them while the rest of you + Jacqueline investigate.] (Ashley's lying.) ( Maybe so, but nonetheless that happens. ) (He's trying for a threesome) (I don't think he CAN get airsick. Liar. He's just lazy.) (Lazy fey.) * Alys gets out and stretches, "Um, I don't know. I lose them all the time, so I generally just boil a few every second day or so and put them in." [Jacqueline opens the door and hops out. "This the place?"] * Togo hops out of the chopper, checks the GPS coordinates on his GPS scanner, and heads for the aforementioned house, which he assumes is the appropriate house. Unless it isn't. * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [It's actually the farm down the road.] [Kidding, this is the place.] * Khalil has joined #besm * Lukas follows out too, in the dark. He glances up to the moon. Yay, moon. Give us light. * Khalil hops out of the chopper thing and takes a good look around, waiting for his eyes to adjust. [Jacqueline takes off one glove, rubbing her thumb along her fingers a few times until a small glowing mote appears, hovering near her and illuminating the general area.] [Oh yeah, and if your paying attention, her nails are blue. Probably nail polish, but who knows?] * Khalil glances at Jacqueline at that and raises an eyebrow for a second, but then just keeps walking. * Lukas just ignores it. Freaks everywhere! [You don't fall into any bottomless pits or pits filled with spikes on the way over, buuuuuut.... gimme soul rolls while I go afk a sec ] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (Failed by 1) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. (Fail by 4.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. ( Fail by 4 ) ( Back ) * Khalil stops suddenly as he approaches the barn and cocks his head up towards the air, looking intently. [Jacqueline pauses, looking back at him curiously.] * Khalil looks at Jacqueline curiously too. "Yes?" ["What's up?"] * Khalil blinks. "Did you not feel it?" Feel what? * Lukas says, "All I Feel is a little chill." * Millie has joined #besm * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) ( This is something in that barn that feels strangely like a lag demon.) * Millie is now known as Khalil (Wah! My greatest foe!) * Khalil shakes his head. "Perhaps it is my imagination then." [Jacqueline blinks. "Uhh... If you say so."] Tell us, Khalil. You've got better senses than most of us. * Khalil snorts. "Not at the moment." He gets more serious. "It is just a feeling. Like--well the best way to describe it is being in a desert and all of the reptiles have suddenly scurried away." ... something wicked this way comes? * Alys does a cartwheel. "So? Let's run into danger like we usually do." [Jacqueline frowns.] Hard to tell. (... was Alys wearing pants?) Whatever it is, it does not feel natural. (Yes. Although the weight in each pocket at the bottom of her pants legs oddly didn't fall out.) * Lukas rolls his eyes and withdraws his pistol. "Let's hope they're a specific type of not natural, or something." You mean one that can actually be harmed with that pistol you just withdrew? We're talking about a former Asahara employee. He could be anything from a vampire to Satan's favorite third cousin. It's like you read my freakin' mind. Ancient Arabic mind technique. We'll hit it, or throw things at it. Let's go. * Togo heads for the house. "Though I'm personally hoping for 'lab tech'." * Khalil looks back on the barn with interest. * Alys follows after Togo and pulls a ward out of her pocket. [Jacqueline follows. "Like their scientists are ever weak and helpless.] * Lukas chuckles a little at Khalil's response and follows. "I'm hoping for alcohol." * Khalil follows Togo as well, keeping an eye on the barn. * Khalil stops again and blinks at Togo, tilting his head. Excuse me? [Jacqueline stops again. "What?"] * Khalil points. "The house is that way." * Togo points in the direction he's going. "House. Over there... right?" * Khalil slowly shakes his head. (Well, I'm confused.) ( They're pointing in two different directions ) (Just remember how Togo sees) (And do the rest of them see the house in Togo's direction or Khalil's direction?) ( Togo's! ) ... okay. I'm seeing a house there... *points where he was headed* ... and a barn there. *points at barn* Are you seeing something else? * Lukas rubs his temples and mutters, "Great. Illusions." I...suppose so? No suppose, Khalil. Tell me what you're seeing. * Tripon has joined #besm I do not see something different. I only see a house there. *points in the opposite direction of Togo. And... something is odd about the barn I believe as well. Can anyone else see the house he's pointing to? [Jacqueline shakes her head.] So, my bad luck is physically manifesting itself as a house that isn't there? I'm putting this all down to my bad luck, really. * Lukas shakes his head slightly. Right. *sighs* Using illusions on a blind man is just playing dirty. Lead the way, Khalil. There is a barn there though. Where you pointed. Shall we investigate there first? If the house is that well hidden, that's prolly where our man is. * Khalil nods and turns then and walks towards the "house". [Jacqueline rubs behind her neck and follows.] * Lukas licks his lips and follows too, hand running over his head as he does. We're here to talk to this guy, people, so let's be extra polite to the evil former Asahara sonovabitch. ( Erm, my mistake, the house and barn are in the same place. ) ( Where Khalil pointed. ) ( So the barn is actually the secret house? ) (So eliminate Khalil's mention of the barn being where Togo pointed?) ( Right. It's where Khalil pointed. ) * Alys follows and fiddles with her ward. "I want to hit things now. Or talk to them. Find a device to give Asahara my bad luck. Something." * Lukas chuckles a bit darkly. "Luck's too fickle for that to work." ( Alys is Lindsey Lohan? ) [Alys is lucky! As you approach where the house actually is, a large bot bursts out of the ground. It's humanoid in shape, but about ten feet tall, with a chaingun on its right arm, and a cylindrical head with one big red eye. "WARNING! TURN BACK IMMEDIATELY!"] ...polite you say. It has a chaingun. Politeness now more than ever. And why should we turn back immediately, if you don't mind? Yes. Togo, you are our spokesman. Speak to it. (About how far away is it?) ["PROCEED FURTHER, AND YOU WILL BE SHOT." It's about twenty feet away.] * Lukas reaches back to his bookbag! Bots demand responses! [Jacqueline halts abruptly. "Can'tt say I expected that."] * Togo clears his throat... and takes several steps backwards, just to be safe. "We're here to see Claude Sherman. We know he left Asahara, and we want to help get the threat of death squads out from over him in exchange for information." What if we remain where we are? * Alys stops. "I don't like getting shot at. Can we find something else to hit, maybe?" [The bot just repeats, "PROCEED FURTHER, AND YOU WILL BE SHOT."] * Khalil stays where he is then. * Lukas sighs slightly and starts typing on the computer. "A mo." ( * Khalil sneezes and his beak protrudes an inch beyond his spot. He is shot.) ... right. Stupid bot. Volt, it's all yours. Everyone else... well, Volt included, let's back away slowly so as not to get it agitated. * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) (It'd be mine if Brett were watching the haxor chan, maybe. ^_^;) * Alys smiles brightly at the bot and backs away slowly. [Jacqueline nods and steps back. "Sounds like a good plan."] * Khalil has joined #besm I very rarely have to say this, but it has bigger guns than I do. And it's made of metal. So I'm not itching to get into a firefight with it. * Lukas chuckles a little and murmurs, "It has done the impossible." 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. Hey, I may be trigger-happy, but I haven't been borderline suicidal in at least a year and a half. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. * Khalil has joined #besm * Alys looks startled. "Don't go back to being suicidal, either! I've got few enough friends, I need to keep the ones I have. I think it's like building an army, you know. One country at a time." [Jacqueline grins. "You can be my friend if you want. After this whole mess is cleared up, I mean."] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 2. [The robot does a salute, then lowers its weapon.] * Togo waves Alys off. "Not too many worries in that regard. The whole thing was my post-eye-loss grim-badass angsty period. Lotsa black, lotsa angst, lotsa ruminating on the meaninglessness of life... didn't quite get to the point of writing bad poetry, but it was close." *nods at Volt* Nice job. Great! Give me your phone number when all this is done, okay? I might be working on my birthday, but whenever I get around to having a party, you're invited. I've never had a party before. Well, not since I was little, anyway. [She nods. "Sure! I'll bring the gaming consoles."] * Lukas nods slightly, gives Jackie a 'look', then looks back forward. "Let's go." Khalil, lead the way? Still can't see what you're seeing. I think everyone gets parties when they're little, whether they want them or not. Like vegetables. And awesome on the robot thing, Volt. I appreciate not being shot. * Millie has joined #besm * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Millie is now known as Khalil * Khalil gives a quick look to Jackie, then, glances at the house and keeps walking forward. [You head forward, following Khalil's lead!] [You get about ten feet from the place before.... gimme sight checks, +4] 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8+2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 13. ( Bill Cosby is very distracting :o ) 2d8+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+2) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 5. (Wow. Make by 3 on mind.) * Ten passes. 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 15. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. ( Made by 4 ) [Lukas and Togo notice the dark shadow on the roof.] (...I thought they couldn't notice the house) ( It's a miracle! ) (It's on the roof of the barn!) * Lukas 's eyes flick up just in time to see something! * Togo looks up at the roof. "I don't suppose 'We come in peace' would prevent whoever that is up on the roof from attacking us?" Are we aliens? I think you have to be an alien to say that. ( We're in Germany illegally. Of course we're aliens. ) * SleepDebugger has joined #BESM [The figure stands up fully, an you can deffinately make out a silhouette. "You people just don't know when to quit, do you?" He leaps down to the roof, landing in the light, and... It's Togo! Well... not exactly. ] (Evil Togo-clone!) ( If it's me, and it's got eyes, I got dibs! ) (But it comes with a cheap gotee.) ( but dibs rules requires you to put in something of value equal to the thing you called dibs on ) ( so you gotta give up your fingers to get the eyes. ) * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Khalil has joined #besm [But the guy does resemble Togo a little. He's about the same height, and wearing similar clothes (though his trenchcoat's black). His hair is even the same length and style, though it's brown. And he has eyes and lacks horrible facial scars, though his eyes are hidden behind shades. Strapped to his back is a large greatsword, at least as long as he is tall.] Claude Sherman? ["If you didn't get the hint, you're not supposed to be here. So talk, or..."] [Jacqueline squeals and runs towards him. "Ensof!" She practically tackles him. "What are you doing here?!"] ... not Claude Sherman. If we are not supposed to be here, then why would you wish us to talk? [The man staggers, blinking in surprise. "Jackie?" He looks over the lot of you again, lifting his shades. His irises are gold.] * Lukas groans. "Fantastic." ["Friends?"] Your eyes are a possible example of awesome genetics. By which I mean, are they natural or contacts? [He glances at Alys. "Bit of a story there, kid." Then shrugs and relaxes. "Well, obviously you're not with Asahara."] [Jacqueline nods. "But we are here to see a mister Sherman."] * Lukas mutters, "Yeah, we've definitely got that dyed in the wool psycho look." Beat. "Should we be standing around?" [Ensof nods. "Yeah, I gathered that." He glances at Togo. "Say, you look familiar... Ah well, nevermind." He nods to Lukas. "I'll take you back to see the guy. But fair warning, he's not the most amiable of people."] And I'm a ray of fucking sunshine. If we need to talk to him, we need to talk to him. * Togo deadpans. "I get that a lot." [He shrugs. "Suit yourself. C'mon, then." He starts heading around the back of the house, and then towards the barn.] (The barn that's actualy a house or the house that's actualy a barn?) * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Khalil has joined #besm ( The barn that's behind the house. ) (Ahh, that barn) * Togo follows. [As you approach the barn, you can hear gunshots. "Guy's practicing on cans in the back," Ensof explains. "Bit of a ... well, you'll see I guess."] [You get around back, where there are two people! One is a brown haired man in his early thirties. He's wearing khakis and a plaid shirt, and firing a revolver at a bunch of cans on a distant fence. He almost looks normal, except... he's four eyes, two directly over his cheekbones. ] [The other is a tall, solidly built man with tannish skin, unruly medium-length black hair and blue eyes. He's wearing a T-shirt, loose jeans and boots.] [And also, this area is pretty well lit from surrounding lights. So you can see stuff!] * Lukas puts his hand to his forehead and sighs slightly. * Togo looks between the two. "Claude Sherman?" [Ensof nods to the black haired man. "Hey Lazar, look what the cat dragged in: Naomi's kid." He grins at Jacqueline, then turns to Togo. "That'd be the guy with all the eyes over there." He points.] * Lazar has joined #besm (Ahh! My processors will be destroyed by puns! FLEE!) * Alys smiles and walks up to Lazar. "Hi, I'm Alys. You're really cute. But knowing my luck, you'll be gay or my uncle or think I'm crazy, but it's nice to meet you all the same." (Actualy he's all three.) (SURPRISE!) (*shock!*) * Lukas eyes Alys strangely and shakes his head, looking around for somewhere to sit. Sitting is good. * Khalil just stares at Alys. The last is enough for him. [There's a tree stump Lukas can sit on! All right!] (Awsum!) Ah, see? I have no luck. Except Evan. He said he might be willing to have my babies. * Lazar speaks with a heavy Hungarian accent. "... I almost forget Naomi have kids. Hard to believe." *looks down at Alys* "No gay or uncle. Golem, though." * Lukas checks to make sure the stump is not wet. Which is good, because it keeps him from falling over. "What?" Then if it's not wet he has a seat. "Move fast much, Alys?" * Khalil looks strangely at this Lazar fellow. "Golem?" [Jacqueline smiles. "You're Lazar Thau? I'm Jacqueline Kusanagi. I heard a lot about you."] * Alys looks over at Lukas. "What? He was cute. I'm going to need babies -someday-." ... uh, sure. Yeah. ( Lukas wanted to have them. Incest! Incest! ) * Millie has joined #besm * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) It'll be great on your end. You can do that whole family thing where you spoil them and feed them sugar and then give them back. * Lukas rubs his head. "Just a bit of advice? Don't obsess about kids." Beat. "Especially if you're going to have me watch them." * Lazar nods at Khalil. "Golem." *grins at Jacqueline* Hopefully mostly good. Naomi doing good? Oh no, I'm too young right now, and I can't get pregnant while I'm doing all this. Maybe when I'm in my mid-twenties. [Jacqueline hesitates a moment, then smiles and nods. "She's taking a break from work right now."] * Millie is now known as Khalil * Khalil seems to be pointedly avoiding paying attention to the Alys conversation. ( Babies come from the sky. Babies come from the sky. Babies come from the sky. BABIES! Ohcrap!) * Khalil scratches his chin. "Interesting." Naomi take break? How odd... well, she deserve time to rest. What bring here? (Pie) * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Khalil has joined #besm [Jacqueline nods in the direction of the man with four eyes. Ensof rubs the back of his head. "Same reason as us, really. I told them the guy won't talk, though."] Gotta try. * Khalil turns to Ensof. "And why is that?" ["You ask me, I think he's spooked. He's scared of Asahara, and all. Getting him to give us the limited information he did was like pulling teeth. He only accepted in exchange for all the protective spells I set up around this place. You probably noticed on your way in."] ( "Because he's mute." "... oh." ) * Khalil smiles slightly. "Well, yes and no." [Ensof shrugs. "You must've, if you're here."] Little harder than it sounds. Khalil noticed. Eyes like something with really good eyes. A supernatural eagle? ["Ah. Well, guess that works too."] * Khalil blushes slightly. "Well...I..." He flushes more at Alys's comment. W-well. I suppose the eagle comment is apt. Thing is, we know Asahara's main European HQ is in Hamburg. We don't know where. If he could tell us where, I could call in a few dozen favors and we could raid the living fuck outta the place, and set back Asahara almost as bad as those people in Japan did. * Lazar beams a bit at the mention of the trashing of Asahara's Japanese branches. * Rutt has left #besm [Ensof chuckles. "Heh. Well, I can tell ya where. It's under the city. The whole damn city! That's the problem, the place is huge. Lazar and I have been trying to figure out a way to take the place down, but with a base that large, we're not sure where we need to attack."] * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Khalil has joined #besm [He nods to the man shooting cans. "He'd know, though. But he won't tell us. Insists it's too dangerous."] [He rubs his head. "So all we've been able to do is make a few raids, rescue a few captives, take ut some grunts... that sorta thing."] I've got some contacts with HESO. Depending on how petty they're feeling, I might be able to get some backup if we could get in. * Lukas pulls out his computer again while people talk. ["I dunno. HESO already tried a raid once. Most of their people..." He shakes his head. "You don't want to know. We managed to get one out, but the rest..."] Are they still around? I've dealt with Asahara before. I can imagine, much as I'd like not to. * Alys takes off her baseball cap and starts trying to fingercomb her hair into some kind of reasonableness. It's frizzy all over the place and has weird kinks in it where it shouldn't and generally looks sort of impossible. * Lukas 's eyes widen as he looks up. "Shit. Of course this is where that... that'd be about a week ago, wouldn't it?" * Togo looks over at Volt. "Huh?" [He shakes his head. "They sent persuers... Got kinda hot on our heels. Lazar and I stayed behind to deal with them, so... Huh?" He thinks. "Yeah, that's about right."] * Lukas nods a little, glances to Togo. "Mikaela." Then he grits his teeth and goes back to his computer. * Khalil glances at Lukas. "You have info, then." ["That's her name. You know her? Is she alright, then?"] * Khalil then frowns slightly." She's alive. * Lukas chuckles darkly. "Alright's... a funny question for us." [Ensof frowns. "She didn't mutate into a horrible monster and go on a killing spree?" He doesn't look like he's joking at all.] Not yet. God, I hope not. ["Good. I think..." He pauses, then changes his words: "I hope we got to her in time."] * Lukas sighs. "The insanity passed. She's fine." At least I do not go on killing sprees. Was too late for most of people... *curses in Hungarian* [Ensof nods.] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-4) and gets a natural 3 for a result of -1. * Khalil inches underneath his robe and adjusts the back of it slightly. (Err, itches.) * Lukas type type types. [Jacqueline frowns. "This base sounds like..." Ensof finishes for her. "After their fall in other countries, Asahara threw all its resources into this one. Which is kinda good. If we can take it out, they're through. But it's kinda bad, too."] ( End soonish? I'm fading? ) ( We can do that. Everyone okay with end? ) Because this should be the strongest fortified and prepared for all the things the others were not? (I am) * Lukas idly comments, "I've got buildings, likely entry points, but so far there's nothing on the actual undercity." I fucking hate magic. Nobody keeps records on magic. [Ensof nods to Khalil. "Right. And yeah," he turns to Lukas. "You won't find anything else online, I bet."] ( Lukas is emo. ) ["The only way you'd know the layout is if you worked there." He casts his gaze at the four-eyed man again.] (Fucking hate magic! I got all but a critical success! Stupid magic.) * Alys frowns at her hair. "Work, dammit! Be straight!" She sighs and tucks it back under her hat again. "Although if that worked, Sarah would have an easier time. So, are we doing anything? I'm bored and twitchy." * Khalil has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Lukas eyes his computer. "Life in knowledgework, Alys." S'why we're all crazy. We try to convince him to give us what we need. Otherwise, all we'll end up doing is nibble at the edges. * Khalil has joined #besm [He nods.] ... and I want a shot at the head honcho. [Ensof nods. "Gotta take out him and a certain scientist, Akira Shibamura, or it'll never end."] (La la la.) [Sounds like a good place to end >.>] [Session End!] * Alys looks up. "A Japanese scientist? Will I get to talk to someone in Japanese? I've been studying it like crazy and haven't had a chance to practice with someone yet." [Ok, now Session End!]