[Day: Thursday, October 26th. Time: 12:30 a.m. German standard.] [You are at a farm outside of Hamburg, here to meet with a Mr. Claude Sherman, a former Asahara employee whos in surprisingly good health.] [Getting here was a trip, thanks to a military grade bot and some protective spells. Apparently, you weren't the first people to seek this guy out: two others, Lazar and Ensof, are here also. But according to them, Claude isn't much willing to talk about Asahara.] (*kills Sonny for the FANS*) [And Jacqueline's there, too. Just in case you forget. So's Alys and Ten, although they won't be doing much.] [Session Start!] * Pocky-kun has joined #BESM We no have much luck getting him to tell us more than basics about base... then again, golem no known as master of persuasion. * Lukas was on his computer, last we checked. He looks at Lazar suspiciously, without moving his head, then mutters, "Magic." * Jexless is now known as Jex [Ensof rubs the back of his head. "Yeah, me neither."] Not me. Only way I can be persuasive is with the threat of imminent violence, and I'm trying not to do that as often. * Khalil has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Khalil has joined #besm (... oh my god, I am the only face.) (?) ( Sucks tobe you o/~ ) (Enosef, Lazar, and Togo have all punted on convincing the guy.) (Which leaves you and me.) (Stinktacular. I need log.) (Err, catchup.) ( Waitaminute. Lazar and Togo together? ) (Don't think about it, it'll flip your lid.) ( ... so when does Eoi come in with the Naginata? ) * Lukas continues playing with his computer. Ten's even in his backpack, so it's not even like she was visible to begin with! ( Log is up: http://besm.sandwich.net/MC3/logs/mchv49.txt ) * Togo looks at Ashley. "You could talk the hat off the pope. Wanna give it a shot?" (Ashley's... not here.) (He's IN DA CHOPPAH.) (Nope.) ( Ashley and Herman aren't here. ) * Segev has joined #BESM * ChanServ sets mode: +o Segev * Awaymancer has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Segev is now known as Awaymancer ( RETCON! ) * Togo looks at Lukas. "And then there was one..." * Khalil stares at Togo curiously. * Lukas chuckles and says, "What, not going to ask Khalil?" No. *looks over at Khalil* No offense. Of... course. * Khalil looks vaguely confused at the whole process right now. * Lukas sighs and pulls a cord up from in his coat, putting it in his ear. "As much as I'd love to, I think I'll stick with trying to do something only slightly more worthless than juggling." He reaches inside his coat and does something real quick. Juggling very relaxing. No as much as slinky, but good. Slinky? * Lazar pulls a slinky out of his pouch. "Slinky." *slinkies* (THAT IS NOT A VERB.) * Khalil glances at it oddly. "And that is...?" ( It is in Hungarian. ) (*jinkies*) * Lukas says as he types more, "You two awake? I interrupt anything fun?" It a slinky. It... do slinky things. Like go down stairs. [Jacqueline and Ensof converse quietly so I don't have to do anything for a bit.] * Pocky-kun has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Khalil watches the slinky for a while and then looks at Lazar. "You are a very odd person, do you know that?" * Lazar grins a bit. "I been told that many times." * Lukas replies, "We've..." then he trails off, slowing in his typing, before he goes, "Fish? What the fuck?" * Ked has left #besm Then you must know it by now. * Pocky-kun has joined #BESM * Khalil turns towards Lukas at the mention of "fish". (I HAVE A SOLUTION!) (Herman puts fish on his genitals, entices Khalil over.) (Victory.) (GTFO Mecha.) (Not unless I'm hung like a horse, sadly.) ( There we go.) ( If he wants Khalil near his genitals, all he needs to do is fall off a building. ) Khalil, is there any one of us here that doesn't qualify as odd? * Lukas is silent a moment, then, "Uh... right." He pauses a small beat, then finishes, "Fish? Jesus christ. Uh. We found the scientist who escaped from Asahara. But he doesn't want to talk much. You think Ashley's up to smooth talking our not-so-friendly geek?" * Khalil looks back at Togo. "*I* am not odd." * Lukas rolls his eyes. You're a Saudi Arabian rural boy going to school in England, and you turn into a half-griffian when you sneeze. That's a bit unusual. Unusual. Not odd. * Khalil points to Lazar. "*He* is odd." He have point. (...was that pun intentional? And just REALLY really bad?) ( No, unintentional. ) * SleepChu has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Lukas finally replies, "Well, then, come this way. Don't mind the guard robot. Ten's thinking about calling him Fernando." Semantics, but true, I guess. Is his name Fernando? * Lukas snickers before saying, "Yeah, I know the feeling. And we're not trying to hurt him. I think." (Into his phone?) (Yep.) (I have no idea what Khalil was actually trying to ask.) ( If the robot's name is acutally Fernando ) * Veronica has joined #besm * Lukas reaches back inside his coat again and chuckles to himself before saying, "Okay, Togo?" Yes? * Khalil has quit IRC (Ping timeout) Ashley apparently can't talk to people without a pair of pliers, two lobsters, a bag of methane, and a sewing machine. Think you can handle that? 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. Live lobsters, or cooked? * Pocky-kun has quit IRC (Ping timeout) He did say persuasive... (Bah.) * Veronica is now known as Khalil He did say persuasive... Although if we were going for that mode of persuasion, I could accomplish that as well by flying up to ten thousand feet. Don't ask me, I'm just a telephone. (Wait. Convert that to meters. 3000 about?) (ISh.) * Lukas starts making phone off the hook noises as he looks back to his computer. (Stupid metric system. Khalil SMASH.) (But yeah, he'd say 3000 meters, not 10000 feet.) * Pocky-kun has joined #BESM * Togo reaches into his coat, and pulls out, in order, a pair of pliers, a bag of methane, a sewing machine, and a large fish tank with THREE live lobsters! * Khalil stares at Togo. "Alright. That." He points. "Is *also* odd." * Lukas glances up, snorts to himself, then goes back to not being a telephone. [Shortly, Herman and Ashley and Claire arrive! Huzzah.] * Pocky-kun has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Lukas is still on his coputer, although he doesn't look particularly happy about it. * Lazar tilts his head. "Yes. I odd, and I no keep lobsters in pants." Coat. Not pants. That'd just be silly. * Herman walks in and looks around. Who or what is going on here? * Togo waves to Ashley, and points at the requested items. It would be much like Guybrush Threepwood, however. * Lazar waves to the newcomers. * Pocky-kun has joined #BESM * Ashley is dressed in a large hooded cloak with a red blazing stylized sun on the back. He looks a little darker and uh, definitely more red-glowy-eyed than usual. * Lukas is sitting on a treestump, with his computer open and backpack on. Ten is nowhere to be seen. (Seriously, what's the place look like? ^^;) (Just farmland?) ( NOOOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!) (^_^_ [For Herman and Ashley's sake: Jacqueline is talking with a guy who looks kinda like Togo but not. He's brown-haired and has a greatsword strapped to his back. Lazar can describe himself.] * Khalil is standing, watching Togo make a fool of himself. And also starring at the small pile of randomness Togo pulled from his coat. [And there's another guy who's standing further away. He's brown-haired and in his early thirties, wearing khakis and a plaid shirt, and firing a revolver at a set of cans on a fence some distance away.] [Not to mention he has an extra set of eyes in his cheekbones. Ew.] * Lukas looks up and waves slightly. "Nice to see you weren't suffering from a death-like illness." Thanks. ... Who are you? The Inquisition never dies, citizen. (Gah.) (Uh, nix the who are you. ;P) (I thought Lazar said that for some reason.) Uh... okay. Sure. (Awww. It's funny though!) (*SNIIIIIIIFF* WHAT ARE YOU? I'M GONNA GO PUKE BLOOD.) * Khalil just stares at Ashley. "...I am mildly disturbed by your choice of appearances this time." * Lukas leans back slightly and groans. "Well, you all being dead would really kinda blow, and such." * Herman claps his other hand over the pipe and says, "So! Where's the heretic?" * Lazar eyes Ashley. "... that I no expect." ( It's Red. ) * Khalil slinks slightly away from Herman. More odd people. * Ashley walks over to the tank, ignoring Lazar and Khalil, and eyes the lobsters. "Why are there three?" * Herman radiates gay. IN KHALIL'S DIRECTION. * Lukas rubs his back. "Hey, I gave him specific instructions." A slight wince. "Ow. Damn. I a not a nature boy." * Ashley stares at the tank. "It ... will do. Where is the confessee?" (Er, confessor. There. Stupid tenses) * Khalil isn't so much worried about the gay as the insanity. I dunno. I think because I was hungry. * Awaymancer is now known as Segev Lobster...is not a food I know well. * Ashley looks at Lazar. "Is it you?" * Lazar looks vaguely insulted. "No. I golem. Guy with four eyes and pistol is Asahara." Who the bloody hell let him have a pistol? I was just going to ask that. s'tasty, Khalil. Not... halal, is that the word? * Lukas shrugs. "He had it when I got here." * Lazar goes from vaguely insulted to vaguely embarassed. "He was bored. And paranoid." * Ashley grabs Togo by the lapels and leans in close, whispering. ...and you give someone who is bored and paranoid a pistol? I thought that was the least likely person you gave a pistol. * Togo whispers back to Ashley. * Herman rolls his eyes. He finds a nice spot under a tree to sit and looks up at the star-filled sky, frowning a bit. * Lazar rubs his neck. "Sorry. I bulletproof, so no was big deal to me. No was expecting company." * Ashley nods. * Khalil then turns to Togo and nods. "Halal is the word, yes. Although it is difficult to follow such customs in a country such as England." * Ashley grabs a lobster, shakes it a little, frowns, puts it back in the tank, pulls out a different lobster, shakes it a little, frowns, puts it back in the tank, pulls out the ORIGINAL lobster, shakes it a little, nods to himself, sets it on his shoulder, and walks over towards the man with 4 eyes. * Lukas closes the laptop and rubs his temples. "Uhf. It's tomorrow already." [The man with four eyes watches Ashley approach as he calmly reloads his gun, bullet by bullet.] Hello. Thought so. Did a couple of joint missions with Jordanian special forces back when I was Army, so I picked up bits and pieces. * Jex is now known as Jexless * Herman mutters to himself. He traces a symbol in the air and hrms to himself, then tries a different one. [His eyes (all four of them) glance down at the lobster, then back to Ashley. "I can imagine why you're here. The answer is no."] I am HERE, fool, to give you this lobster. [He has a New England accent.] * Ashley thrusts the lobster at the man. (*cracks up*) [He eyes the lobster. "What would I want with that?"] (It's a delicacy in some lands, so fucking take it!) Actually, it is dependent on which area you go to. My grandmother was very set against it. Very haraam. There were others in the village that were not so. It will serve you well. One can tell by the tail, you see. Mostly, I am not used to it because I am a college student. ["I have no use for a lobster."] * Ashley smirks. "Can you really be sure? What is your name?" * Veronica has joined #besm [He raises an eyebrow. "Claude. Evidently you didn't do your research on the way over."] * Jexless is now known as Jex Wrong! Your name is Alejandro. Why do you not want to speak with me, Alejandro? * Khalil has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Lukas glances over to the exchange, fingers on his temples still. "Oh, christ." [He eyes Ashley.] * Veronica turns to Togo and points to Ashley. "This is questioning? Yesno?" (GAH!) ( Hey, can I borrow two of your eyes? No. Aww. ) * Veronica is now known as Khalil (*beats Veronica up*) My friends wish to ask you questions, and you wish to shoot the gun. I wish for you to answer their questions. ... "psychological warfare" is the proper term, I think. * Ashley gestures with the lobster. "The lobster, who is also Alejandro, wishes you to answer their questions as well." ( W. T. F. ) ["Well, that's too bad for Alejandro."] * Herman ignores the entire scene. Pity, because it's freaking hilarious. Why do you disappoint Alejandro, Alejandro? Help me to help you to help Alejandro! [He just stares at Ashley, blankly. ] [Claire looks at the rest of you. "What's he trying to do?"] Neither of us can leave until Alejandro is satisfied, you know. ["Is that so?"] Trying to...uh...confuse the poor... I am over five hundred years old. Are you? * Khalil stops mid sentence. "I am lying. I have no idea." ["What does that have to do with anything?"] * Lukas chuckles to himself. "At least you admitted it." * Pocky-kun has quit IRC (Ping timeout) Very little. Do you know who I am? ["A tresspasser on my property. Other than that, no. And I don't particularly care, either."] Like I said. Psychological warfare. I've heard about CIA interrogators who do stuff like this. *pauses* Usually with nipple clamps and car batteries, not lobsters, but still. But...it does not look as if he is warring. [A bug lans on the guy's arm. He slaps at it.] He is certainly psycho-logicickisizing though. * Ashley smiles slowly. "You don't care? You ought to care. Why do you make Alejandro sad?" * Ruri has joined #BESM * Togo grins at Khalil. "If you're this confused, imagine how confused Claude is." [He scowls. "What would a man like you want with that place, anyhow?"] * Khalil looks at Togo. "I am not confused. I am assaulted with the stupidity of this situation." * Ashley waves the lobster wildly. "What does any man TRULY want? Alejandro wants you to answer questions from the man with the sunglasses and the trenchcoat and bad fashion sense. You, also, want things. Perhaps Alejandro? Or perhaps the very nice pair of pliers I happen to possess?" [Claire nods at Khalil. "Yeah..."] And therein lies the brilliance. Watch and learn. [The man finishes reloading his pistol. "Don't be absurd."] * Pocky-kun has joined #BESM * Lukas rolls his eyes and looks around a moment. "So, anyway, Herman, we know about nothing otherwise. Except the base is underground, and there's no records on its construction." A pause, and his voice twists bitter, "Well, as far as I can find." ALL men desire, Alejandro. Do not let this conversation take a Turn. ["It's a little too late for that."] * CCDAway is now known as CCD * Khalil frowns slightly. "This would have been much simpler if I had just flown him up." No, no. This conversation has bent, or perhaps twisted, but I assure it has not yet Turned. Depends how much he wants to live. * Lukas rubs his neck. I ask you again... what do you desire? * Khalil smiles slightly. "Going at my speed, I can do other things besides simply the choice between life and death." He rubs his head. "Sadly, I am not as...what is the word?" ["What I want most? To be left alone."] Easily done! As soon as you answer our questions. * Herman snaps out of it and looks at Lukas. "Well, that sucks." [He frowns. "It's for your own sake that I don't. You don't know what you're getting into."] I rather doubt it, but it is the will of Alejandro that we be in it. Yeah. Apparently their infinitely perfect recordkeeping of their construction leaves no traces. No workers, no dirt, no metal, no nothing. ["Why?"] Or none left alive. Because if it were not, how should it come to pass? Sounds like they're getting *one* thing right. * Herman sits up. "You know what the barrier around this place is for at all?" [He snorts. "Better that it doesn't."] * Lukas points down. "This farm? I'm guessing it tries to keep the nasties out." Ah, but it WILL. * Herman nods. ["What will?"] ALEJANDRO'S WILL. Asahara has gotten damn good at hiding its tracks since the Japan "Let's hide in office buildings" debacle that got their Japanese branch destroyed a coupla decades back. They're *insane* about that sorta thing. [He rubs his head. "You're beginning to give me a headache."] You see, if you tell us what we wish to know, and we leave, then you have not done anything which would not have happened. * Lukas looks over to Togo. "If insane is mass vaporizing all your workers, not buying anything, and not having any building planners, yeah, that's insane." And not paying anything. That too. * Lukas exhales upward noisily. Alejandro could very well be a parrot, but he is a lobster. It is not a quirk of fate. It is the will. * Ashley pokes the lobster, which becomes a parrot. And yet, still it is Alejandro. Or paying to not have the records shown. There is still that possibility. [He gazes hard. "Is it. Tell me, what trick did you use to do that? Illusion, or did you actually transmogrify it?"] That and more. Combination of magic, demonic connections out the ass, and a fuckload of money. Does it really matter? That is it then. The records are actually in the lower regions of Hell. * Lazar chimes in. "No forget affinity for killing people very slowly." * Lukas snorts. "Magic. I'm getting very tired of magic. I sure wish I had the ability to do everything without being traceable." [Claire nods. "I've been wondering for some time where Asahara gets all its support. Even with the Cartel and their connections..." She frowns.] For the nonce, Alejandro is a parrot. For the nonce, you have not answered our questions, and I have not gone away. * Togo points down. "From there." * Lazar points down. "From th-" *eyes Togo* [He snorts. "All I see is a fool who doesn't care about his own life."] * Togo !eyes Lazar. And? If I care not for the shred of mortal coil given to me, why should you care for it? ["I'm not you."] * Khalil turns to Claire. "Car-tel?" Neither are you you. You are Alejandro. Why should Alejandro care for a lunatic and his parrot? [Claire nods to Khalil. "You've never heard? I'd figure someone as keen as your group on Asahara would have heard of the cartel."] [The man points his revolver at Ashley. "You tell me. If you care not for you life, why shouldn't I pull the trigger?"] I am not much on the actual information in this. Although I would like to be informed. Togo is our contact. Yeah, we're not allowed to know things. * Lukas laughs sardonically, sharply. "Gets in the way of all the fun." Nah, it's more that nobody pays attention when I talk. Because we might eventually turn berserk and turn on our masters. [Claire: "When Asahara went bankrupt, they sold off their technology. Several of the companies that purchased it formed an underground cartel."] * Ashley pulls off the cloak to reveal a 16 year old girl, in the same cloak. "Because, good Alejandro, you don't want to pull the trigger. You want me to go away. Pulling the trigger won't make me go away." * Lukas leans forward a bit on his elbows and settles his chin in his hand. [He lowers the gun. "Enough with these tricks."] I see. I actually know fair little about Asahara. I suppose what I know is sufficient though. But what did this cartel do with this technology? * Ashley points the parrot at Claude. "Then tell us what we want to know." [Claire shrugs. "We don't know yet. But likely they're up to no good."] Is there *any* in this business up to good? [Claude: "Are you that eager to die? That is, if you're lucky. If not, you'll be caught and turned into science experiments."] It Asahara tech. Nothing what have anything to do with Asahara ever any go- *eyes Khalil* Is everyone on you team reading minds? Of course. No. I am simply good at looking at the worst possible outcome of everything. So far, it has been quite accurate. * Lukas looks up at the sky and sarcastically finishes, "That's why we're asking him questions, for fun." Did I or Alejandro flinch at the gun? * Herman has gone back to muttering to himself. This time he's tracing patterns on the ground. Point it again. We do not seek the ending of the Will, but if the Will Wills that the Will will end.... ["Had I pulled the trigger, would you really be dead? More than likely, you had a defense or two ready."] Am I mad, or are you mad? Do I seek death, do you want to preserve life, or do you fear truth? Am I weak, or strong? How do YOU know? Alejandro asks not for Alejandro's opining. Just for the answers to the questions. [He stares at Ashley blankly. ".... I have no idea what you just said."] * Lazar eyes Ashley for a moment, and mutters. "It like man Rei." * Retrieving #besm modes... Does it MATTER what I said? What matters is what you want, and what I want. These wants coincide with Alejandro's Will - that you answer the questions of the Bad Fashion Man, and we depart for Certain Death And Doom,. * Jex is now known as Jexless [He scowls. "For the sake of my own sanity, fine. I'll give you what you want. But you're going to regret it. Mark my words."] Regret is for those without lobsters. * Togo claps. "And that's my cue." *walks over; claps Ashley on the back* "Have a Badass Bar." *holds out a Badass Bar* * Khalil glances at Togo. "Do I regret it?" * Ashley shakes the parrot and it becomes a lobster again. "Are you sure you would not also like to keep Alejandro?" * Lukas shakes his head. "Insanity." ["Quite."] I am not sure that badgering someone with annoyingness until they eventually give in counts as a victory, does it so?" Sure it is. Don't you spend any time on the internet? * Lukas smiles a little teasingly at that. ...yes. They are easier to ignore on there. * Ashley turns into a huge lobster holding a lobster, and retreats towards the tank, where he climbs in (and sticks more out than in). * Togo clears his throat, and offers the Badass Bar to Claude. * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Khalil has joined #besm (So basically, Lukas is saying Ashley is THE Internet Argument.) (He's definitely one of them.) [Claude makes his way over. He eyes Togo a minute, then takes it and stuffs it in his pocket. "You win. I've had enough. If you want to meet your deaths that badly, I'll help you get there."] Right then. First off, is Ricardo Valmont actually on-site? * Herman keeps ignoring the rest of you. Mwaha! * Ashley hums to herself in the tank. (He's a female lobster!) He's humming La Marseilles. ["I wouldn't know. He travels frequently."] But it's possible? * Khalil sniffs and wriggles his nose, rubbing it. * Lukas stands up and stretches for a moment, then exhales. "Right. That was enough for me." He slips off his bookbag and puts it down before looking at Herman. "Hey, man? Wanna take a walk?" ["It's possible."] * Segev is now known as Awaymancer Hm? * Herman looks up from his nonexistent doodling. "What?" * Lukas gestures off. "Walk n'talk." Oh, sure. * Herman scoops up the pipe as he stands. * Togo starts to ask another question, the takes a deep breath, pauses for a second, and continues. "Okay. What could we hit in that base that would do the most damage to Asahara's operations?" * Khalil rubs it again and glances at Herman and Lukas. "Where are you going?" * Cyndane has quit IRC (Quit: *poof*) ["The supercomputer. But, as you can imagine, it's well guarded."] * Lukas exhales upwards again and starts to lead off, away from the group. "Have something I need to talk to him about." How well? [Claire looks over to Lukas. "Stay in sight."] Yeah, yeah. We're staying. * Lukas rolls his eyes and points at his bookbag. "I left my stuff right there, christ." * Herman walks with Lukas. "Ain't like the horizon's blocked by anything." Alright. * Lukas mutters, "I like not being Swedish Paste." * Khalil glances at Claire. "Why are you so obsessed with that?" [Claude: "Very. You can expect at least twelve guards with automatic weapons stationed around it. Not to mention some of the labs are right near by. Scientists could easily release genetic monstrosities from there."] [Claire turns to Khalil. "You're our leads. I don't want one of you getting away and warning our suspects that we're onto them."] ...what suspects? I am not even certain what we are being accused *of*. So a direct assault on it is impractical without an assload of backup. Are there remote terminals with access to the supercomputer, or is it a closed system? * Pocky-kun has quit IRC (Ping timeout) * Ashley softly sings Sukiyaki. That's just to keep Claude on edge - a giant lobster female singing psuedoJapanese pop songs HAS to be unnerving. * Pocky-kun has joined #BESM [Claude actually doesn't look that unnerved. But he was a scientist for Asahara, after all. "It's one of the most well protected computers on the planet. You won't be able to get remote access. And even if you're at the main terminal there's seven security levels you need to breach before you can gain access."] (Wow. I wonder how it does anything, then.) ( Psuedo future tech! ) Okay, so barring a sudden appearance by the 82nd Airborne, that's prolly out. What else is worth hitting that'd do some significant damage? [He lists! "The power generators would cause significant but temporary damage. And arguably, any captives. The scientists themselves might be more long term."] * SleepChu has joined #besm Scientists. That sounds promising. Don't suppose there's a dormatory we could sneak into and hose down with machine gun fire? [Meanwhile, Claire responds to Khalil: "You are being accused of being accomplise to several rogue Interpol agents."] Yes. *Which*? [He shakes his head. "Would that it were so simple. The complex is large, and the labs and scientists are scattered throughout. Still, there's one man in particular who's the main brains behind the operation."] Shibamura? Or is he off-site? ["He'll be there. I doubt the man's been above ground in years."] [Claire says to Khalil. "You've met them. A group from Japan. Ring a bell?"] [Claude: "More than likely, though, he'll be at one of the labs near the supercomputer."] * Khalil stares somewhat blankly. "But rogues?" [Claire nods. "They've decided to put their personal feelings ahead of what's right."] [Meanwhile, Ensof and Jacqueline finish talking, and come over. "Y'know, I bet this computer wouldn't be that hard to get at."] Or what you feel is right. Because, obviously, your group knows what is right better than them, yesno? [Claire straightens. "Of course! Why didn't I look at it that way? We should be helping them ressurect Lucifer."] * Togo looks at Ensof and Jacqueline. "We've got a top-notch hacker, but do we have enough firepower to handle that many guys with automatic weapons, plus whatever god-knows-whats are in the nearby labs?" [Claire glares at Khalil. "Condemning the mass of humanity is acceptable as long as the people you care about are safe, right?"] * Khalil rubs his nose. "I am lost now..." * Ashley causes a lobster to appear on Claire's head. * Togo looks over at Khalil. "She thinks they wanna make a deal with Lucifer to bring back a dead friend, Khalil." [Ensof shrugs. "We don't have to 'handle' 'em, right? Just gotta draw them away from the supercomputer. That shouldn't be hard."] I realize that. When did that come up? [Claire pulls the lobster off her head. She doesn't look amused.] * Togo turns back to Ensof. "Can you survive the drawing-away, though? I'm not big on suicide missions." * Veronica has joined #besm * Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Ashley replaces the lobster with a bottle of Night Train. * Veronica is now known as Khalil [He nods. "Lazar and I have raided that place a dozen times now. In fact, that's all the better. They'll be so eager to catch us that they won't expect the rest of you."] [Claire pulls that off, too. She shoots Ashley a glare. "Don't do that again."] [Jacqueline nods at Ensof. "Claire and I can help with that." Claire glances at Jackie at that, but she pays it no mind. "I've got a few tricks up my sleeve for a situation like this."] * Ashley wiggles in the tank, and merely turns her hair plaid. Okay... if you and Lazar can distract them, adding in whatever extra firepower Claire and Jacqueline give us... *turns back to Claude* How do we get in near the supercomputer? * Khalil looks at Ashley slightly cock-eyed. "It might not be in our best interest to annoy them, Ashley." [Claude produces a CD from his coat. "I have the schematics of the facility on this. It wasn't easy to get."] * Ashley recites something in Gaelic and wiggles some more. [Claire nods at Khalil. "You'd be wise to listen. I give you another warning."] ( Erm. Should be won't give ) * Khalil mutters back in Arabic, then turns to Claire. "Regardless, I would like to know what evidence supports your claim. But perhaps at a better time." * Togo takes the CD, then looks back at Claire. "What'd I say about threatening my teammates?" * SleepChu has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [Claire turns her gaze to Togo. "Maybe you'd better keep your teammates in check, then."] * Awaymancer is now known as Sleepmancer [Jacqueline glances between Togo and Claire.] ... your best response is 'he started it'? You're a professional, lady. They're not. Act the part. [She smiles. "I am. That's why he's not wearing his stomach for a hat."] * Veronica has joined #besm (He didn't change back her hair, by the way.) * Khalil has quit IRC (Ping timeout) ( But she might like the plaid color :o ) * Veronica is now known as Khalil [Claude clears his throat. "Are you finished here, now?"] * RDMgryphon has joined #besm * ChanServ sets mode: +o RDMgryphon And see to it that it stays that way. *turns back to Claude* Will taking out the supercomputer give you some cover to get outta the country? (Hola from NorCal.) (Hola, Gryph! Welcome to the Bay Area freakshow!) * RDMgryphon sets mode: +v Khalil (You want a Ten or shall I sit this out?) [Claude shrugs. "No matter where I run, they can find me. I'm actually safest here, in the heart of their territory."] ( I think we're almost done. ) (You're listening in to the conversation!) ( Yah, ending soon ) (Ahh, okay) (From my bookbag!) (Stealthy like McNinja) (Exactly.) Well, on the off chance you decide to move, I'd strongly suggest America. *hands Claude a business card with nothing but a phone number on it* Call this number if you do. They'll know who you are, and they'd be very interested in having someone of your skills doing non-evil research. ["I'm sure they would. But I'm tired of being used."] Non-evil research still exists these days? [Jacqueline: "You could say that."] Or if you just need protection and are willing to trade information for it. Just offerin'. [Claude nods. That rhymes! Almost.] * Togo turns back to the others. "Once Volt gets back, I'll have him analyze the disk, find us a good way in, and then we'll hit that computer. Hopefully we can set Asahara back enough to buy us some time do deal with..." *eyes Claire* "... other issues." ( er, !eyes ) [Claire nods.] * Khalil rubs his nose. "There are not any animals around here, are there?" [Claude: "Only a giant lobster."] * Ashley hums. * Togo walks over to Claire. "After this is done, we'll cooperate as best we can to figure out if what you think they're doing is what they're actually doing. Until then, I expect *your* full cooperation. Deal?" [She nods. "Deal."] Good. ( Endish? ) ( Works for me! ) [Session End!]