#GURPS: William @Daisuke *** #gurps :End of /NAMES list. *** Mode is +tnrc *** Channel created at Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:40:16 PM *** Arsenal (arsenal@dyn128.nas8.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps William: Moo. Arsenal: Moo, I say! William happily pulls up another character sheet. :^) Arsenal: Fearless. :) *** katster (katster@stk-ca-eli-3-20.internetuser.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o katster" on #GURPS by ChanServ *** Mode change "+oo Arsenal William" on #GURPS by katster Arsenal: oi kats katster: moo. William: UL has also said he'll arrive tonight. Regardless of who's here, I plan to do some single-person vignettes, so anyone attending gets gaming. Arsenal: 'k... Arsenal: and... look who got Summoned[tm] *** UpLink (pirch@dyn65.nas7.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps UpLink: Baa *** Mode change "+o UpLink" on #GURPS by Arsenal Arsenal: Moo, I say! katster hopes she's able to focus tonight. Arsenal: Same here... wasn't really able to focus on last night's game. UpLink: I'm ready to perpitrate some wierdness :) katster is sick, depressed for multiple reasons, and tired. :P UpLink: Bummer Arsenal hauls out erraticjuju() and Fearless' charsheet. William warms up the bot... William: !roll 100d100+100 Daisuke: Rolls, and total, for 100 dice at 100 sides per die and a modifier of +100: Daisuke: Rolls: (2 19 100 92 75 45 61 8 40 14 22 79 44 27 53 3 26 84 54 74 71 51 46 97 49 83 81 84 20 51 4 73 21 55 64 95 100 24 54 91 89 27 70 33 5 22 87 83 57 92 8 27 43 53 23 43 35 4 27 54 54 82 26 26 36 42 20 87 65 25 30 54 3 99 38 59 72 76 93 28 19 100 54 61 52 29 56 38 32 34 91 37 15 69 62 2 10 33 41 26) Total(w/modifier): 4994 Arsenal: *ow* *** J-Rock (slider@dsl081-114-020.1.dsl.speakeasy.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o J-Rock" on #GURPS by Arsenal *** Arsenal is now known as Fearless *** UpLink has left channel William: brb *** UpLink is now known as BA Fearless: Will: which do you think is a better GURPS character? Someone with a shitload of skills at ranks 10-12, or one with a few select skills up over 15? katster: Depends on what kind of game you're in. William: The one with the better personality and character history. :^) Fearless: Will: *heh* BA: What kats said BA: . o O (Fuel mixture's a bit rich there, BA.) :) katster: *boom* Fearless: I was just comparing Fearless' charsheet to Becky's, actually. BA: Or mine :) William: Okay. UL, I'll tell you the same thing I told them, which is that anybody showing up tonight gets game, for one simple reason: I'm running single-player vignettes, one for each player. BA: Ah William: Feel free to contact others in the group, or the NPC Xavier, if you wish, but it will be your actions primarily determining what happens in each. BA: Doing some character development tonight? William: Forging character, you might say. :^) William: -----------------Game Start----------------- *** William is now known as Will_GM *** katster is now known as Nicole Will_GM: UL, let's start with you. Fearless tries to remember what happened last time... BA wakes up, gets breakfast after his usual morning rituals, then opens shop for the day Will_GM: Last time we left off in some confusion as Penn State dropped off the face of the 'Net, but we basically introduced several PCs and a number of NPCs, one known by name -- Xavier -- and a few others in which you got interested. Questions were asked on both sides, Fearless took some pictures, BA got some data via Rumblestrip, and eventually you left the setting and went home. Will_GM: BA: Your shop is elsewhere than your house, yes? Will_GM: Or no? BA: Will: Nope. Out of the garage :) Will_GM: Okee. Fearless: cheapskate. :) BA gets started working on some upgrades for a few boxen brought in earlier yesterday Will_GM: After a couple hours of work, you make an interesting observation -- parked down the road from your residence (I'm assuming a reasonably residential area, so a parked car doesn't stand out too much) is car with two guys in it. It was also there, with two guys in it, when you started working. BA keeps working for a few more minutes, gets up, stetches, and heads inside the house Will_GM: 'k... BA: Once inside, I pull Rumblestrip out of the closet I stashed him in last night, fire him up, and send him a few blocks down before sneaking him up behind the Secret Master's henchmen's car Nicole: log at http://www.retstak.org/rpg/willgame/gurps.080701.log Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 6 4 1 BA: 5, 3, 8 BA: -8 +5 Will_GM: Okay, Rumblestrip is now looking at them from behind. BA gets RS up under their car and activates the audio pickups Will_GM: Hmm... Will_GM: Okay, it'll probably fit. *** katster] (katster@stk-ca-eli-2-2.internetuser.net) has joined channel #gurps Fearless: he gets an earful of a running engine, and an exhaust that needs fixing. :) Daisuke: [katster]] o/~ and when I arose, like the phoenix/ In that world reduced to ashes, there was none but two survived o/~ *** Signoff: Nicole (Ping timeout) BA: Too bad I don't have a loudspeaker attached to RS. I'll have to add one later :) *** katster] is now known as Nicole Fearless: 're kats *** Mode change "+o Nicole" on #GURPS by Fearless BA: re kats Will_GM: The engine isn't running... you can hear the two men. *** Aris_TGD (aris@ppp-207-214-213-151.sntc01.pacbell.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o Aris_TGD" on #GURPS by Fearless Aris_TGD: Okay, how late am I? Fearless: oi, Aris BA: Baa Aris Fearless: not very... we pretty much just started Will_GM: Not late at all. Tonight is going to be individual vignettes. Will_GM: Right now we're doing UL's. Aris_TGD: Okee, then. Will, I just tuned up my charsheet. I'm gonna stick it on my page. I'll get you the URL in a sec. Will_GM: 'k. Fearless: Aris: what type character? Aris_TGD: shadowtouched/greg.htm Will_GM: UL: A deeper voice says, "He hasn't come back out. Do you think he saw us?" A lighter voice says, a little humorously, "We do have to go to the bathroom sometimes, Rath." BA heads back out to the garage with his laptop, sets it up where he can keep an ear open, and gets back to work Will_GM: The deeper voice grunts, and they fall silent for a while. *** Aris_TGD is now known as Ellis Will_GM: The lighter voice says, "Speaking of which..." there's a silence for a moment, then a car door opens and closes. Fearless: *snicker* BA stops working for a moment, turns to the laptop, has Rumblestrip burn rubber out from under the car, do a par of figure eights, and make a bee-line for my garage BA: -par +pair Will_GM: As Rumblestrip roars back towards you, you hear the deeper voice say, fadingly, "I think he saw us..." BA steps out of the garage, waves, and calls "Is this about those parking tickets?" Fearless: *snicker* Will_GM: You see a lightly-built man turn to the car and shrug... he starts walking towards you, and the car pulls up beside your driveway. A larger man steps out of it. Will_GM: The lightly-built man comes up to you. "Parking tickets? Oh, those are a drag. I've gotten a couple." BA: "Yes, aren't they. You've been sitting out there for a few hours. Want a drink?" Will_GM: A stricken look crosses his face... Will_GM: "Actually, just the opposite. Could I use your bathroom real quick?" BA: "Go ahead. By the way, what super-secret government agency are you from, and can I expect to be spied upon in the near future?" Will_GM: "Ask him. I'll be right back..." Will_GM: ...and he dashes in to your house. BA walks over to his laptop, pushes a button, activating his in-house security cameras Will_GM: By the way, what sort of interesting stuff does BA have lying about in plain sight in the garage and inside his house? Use a broad definition of "interesting"... :^) Ellis: "A camera in the bathroom. Very kinky." [40] Will_GM: He really does head for the bathroom. Will_GM: Oh, and an in-house camera system isn't standard... we'll talk about a price for that soon. Will_GM: Big guy isn't saying much yet... you do notice that when his friend passes through, he takes a quick look around. No opening drawers or anything, but definitely curious. BA: There are a few empty Class B nuclear transport containers in one corner, clearly marked. A few empty ammo clips on the kitchen counter I was gaonna fill later, and a several books scattered around the living room and dining room on UFOs, gunsmithing, and a How To Talk To Cats pet manual BA: :) Will_GM: You'll have to tell me what a Class B nuclear transport container is. Please include information on its legality, rarity, expense, and use. BA: Will: Class B is a VERY sturdy wooden crate, easily accessible to anyone involved with FEMA, OSHA, or any emergency org (police, fire dept, etc), or with access to a nearby military salvage yard :) BA: Typically marked with identifying placards as to contents and severity codes Will_GM: Sheesh. All this talk about the NPC... brb. ;^) BA: These look to have once been used to transport cobalt93 sources BA: Placarding isn't that hard to fake, JSYK ;) Will_GM: When the guy who went in returns, the bigger guy talks. "We are not with a government agency. Nor do we mean you any harm. In fact, we may be interested in your protection." BA: "Really? I didn't know I needed any." Will_GM: "Let me ask you something. You friend 'Xav,' the owner of the restaurant you ate at last night. Do you know where he was born?" *** katster (katster@stk-ca-eli-3-24.internetuser.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o katster" on #GURPS by ChanServ Daisuke: [katster] o/~ and when I arose, like the phoenix/ In that world reduced to ashes, there was none but two survived o/~ *** Mode change "+o katster" on #GURPS by Fearless Fearless: 're kats... connection porblems? BA: Do I know where Xavier was born? katster: You noticed. :P Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 5 5 4 *** Signoff: Nicole (Ping timeout) Will_GM: It doesn't seem to spark at the moment. *** katster is now known as Nicole BA: "Can't say I do. He might have mentioned it once, though. Why do you ask?" Will_GM: "You might want to ask him. Or better yet, find out." He looks to his companion. "Come. We've done what we can here for now." He turns back to you. "Be not disturbed. As I said, we may very well seek your welfare." BA: "Uh... sure. By the way, did you know you talk like Yoda sometimes?" Will_GM: The smaller guy shrugs at you as he walks back towards the car. "Sorry; he's brusque that way. Have fun... sorry to bother you." Will_GM: turns to you. "Who?" BA: *to the Big Guy* "Little green dude in a sci-fi movie I saw once." Will_GM: "Ah. A Media personality. I have not seen him. Good day." Fearless: *snrk* BA waits for them to drive away, then goes back to work, making a mental note to search the house for bugs and taps, and turns off the security cams Will_GM: They get in the car and leave. The smaller guy waves cheerfully, and calls out "Thanks" as they drive away. BA: Next character? Will_GM: Sure. I'll be interested to hear your long-term reaction to the encounter later, though. BA: 'k :) Will_GM: Nicole, how's about we go through yours now, before your connection gives out again. ;^) Nicole: I don't think it matters, if it goes, it goes. ;) Nicole: it's random acts of disconnect more than anything, and it's been doing it for weeks now. :) Nicole: But sure. Nicole: err... Will_GM: Mm? Nicole: actaully...Will, can we let somebody else go at the moment, dinner's just about ready, and they're gonna make me eat. Will_GM: n/o. Will_GM: Err, n/p. Will_GM: Fearless? Fearless: me shrugs... Will_GM: You're up, then. Will_GM: It's next Tuesday -- you're doing legwork downtown, about mid-day. Fearless: in that case, I'm hitting the local precinct, to try and match names to the faces in the photos I took Will_GM flips through the rulebook on these identities... BA: They're MIBs from Warehouse23! :) Fearless: with the way they acted about Yoda, I wouldn't be surprised if they were... Fearless: ;) Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 4 1 5 Will_GM: How much time are you devoting to this project? Fearless: well, I'd actually have spent at least three hours a day since the photos were taken on it. Fearless: probably more over the weekend. Will_GM: Twelve hours... hm. Fearless: at least... Will_GM: Nothing yet, if there is anything. Fearless: I'm thinking 8 hours on Saturday and Sunday. Fearless: (dinner was Friday, IIRC) Will_GM: Yeah. Fearless: 22 hours total, I'd think Will_GM: Can I make a recommendation that might be in character? Fearless: sure Fearless: (remember, there are a lot of faces in the mugshots) Will_GM: Yes, there are, and there are quite a lot of mugshots. Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 2 1 3 Will_GM: That's a pretty good roll... and no, you don't find any of the faces in the pictures. You do, however, find a face you recognize. Will_GM: It's Xavier's. Fearless checks the name on the card. Will_GM: Javier Montenegro. (Xav's last name is Montblanc...) Fearless hrrms.... walks over to the files clerk, and hands him the mug shot books. "Thanks again. Listen, is there a file in here for a Javier Montenegro?" Will_GM: The clerk takes the mugshots back. "Any time, Johnny. Hang on, lemme see if there's an open investigation..." Fearless: "No problem." Ellis: ... you're joking. Johnny Fearless? BA: Aris: It's based on the Looniverse cahr :) Fearless: *heheh* without the Odious Personal Habit of Always Talks In Monologue Ellis: Monologue or monotone? BA: Voice-over :) Will_GM: Definitely Monologue. %^) Ellis: The first would get ... interesting whenever he has to discuss something. Fearless: voice-over monologue Will_GM: And yes, it was likely to get so annoying that I chickened out and said no. ;^) Fearless: that, and I doubt my RP skill ain't enough to keep it going. BA does an immitation of the dog from Ruin Explorers at Will. "Wuss." BA: :) Fearless: did that come out right. Fearless: ? Ellis: Nope. Will_GM: The clerk comes back. "Nope, the case was closed. He did a few years for assault and got out early. Model prisoner, apparently." Fearless: "Can I see the file?" *** Signoff: Nicole (Ping timeout) *** katster (katster@stk-ca-pw-7-95.internetuser.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o katster" on #GURPS by ChanServ Daisuke: [katster] o/~ and when I arose, like the phoenix/ In that world reduced to ashes, there was none but two survived o/~ Fearless: 're kats Will_GM: "You know I can't do that, Johnny. Files are confidential without a court order." Fearless: "Fair enough. Do you know when he got out, at least?" Will_GM: "Why you want to know, anyway? A one-time crook back in 1960 could hardly be giving anyone much trouble today." Fearless: "Call it a reporter's hunch. Well, thanks again." Will_GM: "Any time." *** katster is now known as Nicole Fearless: okay, big question time.... did it look as if Javier had aged into Xavier, or was it the exact same face? BA: And on that cue, my Styx album starts playing Hangman :) Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 6 1 6 Fearless: Renegade, not Handman BA: That, too :) Fearless: -d+g Will_GM: Javier was unshaven, but otherwise the faces were as close as you could tell from an old picture. Will_GM: (Xavier certainly isn't 40 years older than the man in the picture...) *** WS2 (whtstar2@pop03-1-ras3-p155.barak.net.il) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o WS2" on #GURPS by Fearless BA: Baa Ship Fearless: 'lo Ship *** WS2 is now known as Arlene Arlene can only stay for another hour or so. Go fig. ;) Fearless heads out to the car, then, and switches on the police-band radio, listening for anything that may be happening. Will_GM: You hear something about "jumper at Oak and 24th" -- which is right nearby -- at the same time as one of your acquaintances in the Department comes rushing out to you. Fearless: "Yes?" Will_GM: "There you are. Said you'd just left." Will_GM: "Listen, we need a reporter. There's a guy threatening to jump from the office tower over on Oak and 24th. He's got a manifesto, and he's demanding a reporter. Fearless: "What's up, Bill?" Will_GM: +" Fearless: "I was just about to head over there. Need a ride?" Will_GM: "No, just go. I've got stuff needs done here." Will_GM: He thanks you and runs back in. Fearless: "Right. Thanks, Bill." Fearless drives off, and heads for Oak and 24th... BA: This is Johny Fearless reporting from the scene! Let's get an interview with the jumper! Sir! Is it true you're a loser? Are you really going to jump, or just keep the police holding up traffic? Are you aware that hundreds of people stuck in rush hour traffic now want your head on a platter?" :) Will_GM: There's a crowd gathered, traffic stopped, and a police "talker." The jumper is up about the twentieth story, sitting on a windowsill. Fearless: he's a newspaper reporter, not a TV one. BA: I know :) Nicole: it's still funny. :) Fearless heads over to the talker, lit cigarette in mouth. "I got the word this guy wanted a reporter. What's the story so far?" Will_GM: You're stopped at the police line. "Who are you?" asks J. Random Rookie. Fearless: "Johnny Ferrifous, Philadelpha Enquirer" Fearless flashes the rookie his press pass. Will_GM: He turns back. "Boss, it's the reporter --" "Yeah," says the guy, and waves you in. You're let inside the barricades. Will_GM: "Good thing you're here," says the officer in charge. "He's been getting agitated because we haven't sent one up there yet. Head inside, our guys'll direct you." Fearless heads over to the talker, lit cigarette in mouth. "I got the word this guy wanted a reporter. What's the story so far?" Fearless: "Right." Fearless heads inside, then, notebook and pens in hand. Will_GM: The talker says they're sending you up. Will_GM: +via megaphone BA: Shoulda sent up word via pizza delivery guy ;) Fearless: yeah. :) BA: "What?! No tip??? Hope ya jump!" :) Fearless heads up via elevator, then follows the police lines to the window. Will_GM: *SMACK* Will_GM: I was waiting for you to say that, and hoping you wouldn't. Fearless: hrrm? Will_GM: Acrophobia, severe... remember? Fearless: ohyeah... Fearless: I didn't say I stepped out onto the ledge. Will_GM: Reread the description -- "away from windows." Fearless looks out the window, feels his knees get weak. Will_GM: The jumper, of course, is ouside the window, and can't see you yet. Fearless sways nervously... "Why did he have to be *outside*." Will_GM: He'd've jumped from inside, but those floors are just so solid. ;^) Fearless: Heh. BA: Darn interfering physics! :) Fearless turns to one of the police that are upstairs. "Can you get him in here to speak with me?" Fearless makes sure he's standing in the doorway. Will_GM: The cop cocks an eyebrow at you. "Uhh... okay." He leans out the window. "Don't come any closer!" somebody yells. "Relax, relax, stop fidgeting," the cop says -- "The reporter's here. Why don't you come inside and talk to him." Will_GM: "Yeah, right! Bring him out here, huh? I want to say what I must say before I do anything stupid like come inside off of a window ledge!" Fearless sighs.... Will_GM: The cop looks at you and shrugs. "Your turn, man." Fearless steadies himself, puffs long and hard on his cigarette, and flicks the butt out the window. Fearless then lights another one. Will_GM: "What was that?!?" Fearless: !roll 3D6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 4 2 4 Will_GM: "That was the reporter." Will_GM: If you're looking for a Will roll, that's a pass. Fearless: I was... Will_GM: That's enough to get you close enough to the window to see down several stories, and a bit of crouching somebody out on the ledge. *** Signoff: BA (Read error: Connection reset by peer) Fearless goes over to the window, and leans out hesitantly, eyes closed. "Hi. I'm Johnny Ferrifous, the reporter they sent up." Fearless reaches out with a pack of cigarettes. "Want one?" Will_GM: "Yeah? Good to see ya. Nah, those things'll kill ya." He flops down comfortably on the 200'-high ledge, swaying gently back and forth. "So, what's with the eyes? Blind reporter? That's be neat. Eyes of the city and all that." *** UpLink (pirch@dyn58.nas7.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps UpLink: re Fearless: "No, I ... don't like heights. Never have." Fearless puts the pack away, then. Will_GM: "Oh. Me, I love 'em. Just soaring, and tumbling, and running about... I think this is the most I've sat still in weeks." *Fearless* if this is Dai... :) Will_GM: Still quite fidgety, mind you... he's definitely a high-strung sounding kind of person. --> Fearless Blackthorne? No. Fearless: "You told the police you had a manifesto?" *Fearless* ah... woulda been interesting, though. :) Will_GM: "Abso-freakin-lutely! Get your notebook out. Or if you're blind, I guess you have a tape deck or something?" Fearless: "I have both, actually." Fearless: "Hold on a second. Will_GM: (Can't write with your eyes closed... ;^) ) Fearless turns around, opens his eyes, pulls out the tape recorder, sticks a fresh tape in it, and, turning slightly, reaches around the window to hand it to him. *** Signoff: UpLink (Ping timeout) Fearless: Will: you can, but its complete chicken scratch. :) Fearless: "Its on." Will_GM: "Thanks." He takes a deep breath. "It's *all* about the UFOs, man." He stops. "Do you believe in UFOs? I'm talking serious cattle mutilation stuff." Fearless closes his eyes again, and leans out slightly. "I've seen a lot of UFO hoaxes in my time as a reporter. I believe there is someone out there, but doubt they'd be just into cattle mutilation." Fearless wonders how to classify this person... in need of therapy, or just a whacko? Will_GM: "They might have their reasons. Anyway... the people of the Earth must band together. We must forget the old prejudices and the divisions of geopolitical strife. Despite the horrors attributed to the 'world government' by many of the noble freedom fighters in our country, a united front is Mankind's only hope against the powers that would rend us asunder and render our existence meaningless..." Fearless nods, letting the man ramble. Will_GM: He goes on in this vein for a while. In essence, the speech is a call for people to stop living in nations, forget every hatred that's ever existed on the Earth, and form a global community for the purposes of facing every challenge. He ends with "The alternative is... dust." He stops. "Okay, thanks." He hops in the window. Nicole: o/~ duuuuuuuuuuuuuuust in the wind o/~ Will_GM: He looks at you for a second as the cops come over to take him, and the crowd cheers. "You promise you're going to print that, right? It needs to be said." Fearless: "Tell me, do you have any proof that these aliens exist? I mean other than the typical stuff found in the Weekly World News." Fearless: "I will print it, verbatim." Will_GM: "You can find 'em. You've just gotta see with the eyes God gave you." Will_GM: As the cops walk him away, he calls back cheerfully, "You seem stressed. Just take it all in stride, man." Fearless: "I make it a policy to deliver just the story, and wihout bias." Fearless returns to the safety of the interior, then heads for a public restroom. Fearless: partially to get my land legs back, and partially to listen to his rant again. Will_GM: You estimate his verbatim speech at about three full columns, and it is noticeably repetitive. *** UpLink (pirch@dyn34.nas6.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps UpLink: re Will_GM: Re UL. *** Mode change "+o UpLink" on #GURPS by Fearless Fearless: "Although," he mutters to himself, "the rant will probably end up buried by the editor." Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 1 5 2 Arlene: ...hey, cool. :) Will_GM: Upon further analysis, you note that several times he speaks highly of militias and socialistic, even communistic governmental structures, also factors which may complicate publication. Ellis idly wants to rp a conversation between Mr. Reporter and her char. ;) *** Signoff: UpLink (Read error: Connection reset by peer) Fearless: "Well, I told him I'd print it. Hell, I don't even believe in this shit, but... Ah, with any luck, it'll be buried in the local section." *** UpLink (pirch@dyn34.nas6.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps UpLink: re Fearless heads out of the restroom, making sure to splash his face with water first. Ellis: Another tactic: Print a couple quotes and then put the rest on the website. ;) Will_GM: Okay, let's cut this one of here, with Johnny pondering what to do about the story. Fearless heads back down to the ground floor, talking to a few police. Fearless: basically, I get the rest of the story from them. Will_GM: *nod* Fearless: the jumper part will probably see print, but the manifest would get buried. Will_GM: As a matter of fact, I'd like to roleplay that between you and your editor later. Fearless: maybe next session. Will_GM: Nicole, you up? Fearless: next victim? Nicole: Sure. Nicole: set the scene. Ellis: Say, if we're at the same college... Ellis: *shrug* Enh, just a thought. Nicole: It's an idea. Which char are you playing again? Ellis: Greg Ellis, the excommunicated fencing instructor. Nicole: and it's Will's call, his game. :) Will_GM: You could certainly both be at Penn. Ellis: And idly, Will, can I add one of http://www.thisistrue.com/images/goohf.jpg <-- these to Greg's equipment manifest? ;) Will_GM: *snicker* Sure. Will_GM: Okay. It's Monday evening, late at night -- say, around 11. Nicole, it's been a standard evening study session at the library, and you're waiting at a bus stop. There's one guy already there, a person or two walking around outside, and a lamppost nearby. The area itself is... Will_GM: I really need a map of the Penn campus... Nicole: Okay. Will_GM: ...a street running through the heart of campus. Will_GM: brb, glass'o'water. Will_GM: b Ellis is 'the guy at the bus stop'? Nicole: Will: Ask and ye shall recieve: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=1 Will_GM: Thanks. I'll use it later, though not knowing which of those is the library, I'll move on right now. ;^) Nicole: there's a pdf at http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/uop/mapup.pdf Nicole: okee. Will_GM: Another person comes to the bus stop. The guy you're already with looks over at him. "Say, don't I know you?" Ellis: (Guess not) Nicole listens, but says nothing as of yet. *** Arlene is now known as WS2 Will_GM: Oh... actually, if you'd like to be there, you can be. WS2 goes. School. %( Ellis: Naw, 'sokee. *** Signoff: WS2 (Quit: *weep*) Will_GM: I hope to have a vignette for her solid by next sesh now that I have a character sheet. Ellis: *nod* Nicole thumbs through a book while waiting, not really reading. Will_GM: The big guy turns to the speaker. "I don't think so." Will_GM: "Yeah... yeah, I think I do." *pulls out a switchblade* *snick* "You were that a**hole in the fight where Jimmy got stuck." *** Mode change "+o UpLink" on #GURPS by Fearless Will_GM: "Look, man, I think you've got the wrong --" The second guy charges him. Nicole, you're right in between them... Nicole attempts to get out of the way, of course. Fearless: (Nicole's the one in the wheelchair, right?) Nicole: Da. Will_GM: Naturally. Unfortunately, the bus stop constricts the movement of a wheelchair. You are pushed out of the way in the man's rush, and in fact the wheelchair tips precipitously. Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 1 2 5 Nicole: . o O (Oh fuck.) Ellis: Now, this would be a meet cute if I happened to be along with some fencing blades, which I'm probably not. ;) Will_GM: The chair falls over. Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 3 6 6 Will_GM: Fortunately, for once a high roll is good in GURPS -- you feel a faint flash which might have been the beginning of a flashback coming on, but it doesn't this time. *** katster (katster@stk-ca-eli-2-26.internetuser.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o katster" on #GURPS by ChanServ Will_GM: Oops. What's the last thing you saw? Daisuke: [katster] o/~ and when I arose, like the phoenix/ In that world reduced to ashes, there was none but two survived o/~ katster: it would fucking figure. Your second roll with Daisuke. Fearless: 're kats *** Signoff: Nicole (Ping timeout) katster: I'm on the ground. *** katster is now known as Nicole Will_GM: Fortunately, for once a high roll is good in GURPS -- you feel a faint flash which might have been the beginning of a flashback coming on, but it doesn't this time. Will_GM: (for some reason, "6 or less" brings one on in a stressful situation.) Nicole: Yay. Will_GM: This means you're conscious to hear the larger man cry out, and the smaller one go, "Oh, shit. Oh, *Shit*..." and flee. Will_GM: Actually, Greg, this is an *excellent* time for you to happen along. Nicole: "Oh, GREAT." Will_GM: You see Nicole on the ground, wheelchair tipped over; one man fleeing from the bus stop; another sliding down to the ground against the wall thereof. Nicole attempts to pull herself slightly up to see what's just happened. Ellis pulls up on his cycle, notes the overturned wheelchair, and screeches to a halt. Leaving the bike in idle, he vaults over and takes his helmet off. "Hey, are you all right? It looks like I just missed the excitement." Will_GM: Nicole: the younger man is fleeing rapidly on foot. The larger man is sitting against the wall of the bus stop and clutching a bloody wound in the abdomen, breathing hard. Nicole: "Get 911. He's hurt." Ellis said this to Nicole, but is looking over at man-on-bus and wincing. Ellis nods and looks around for a payphone. Nicole: "I'm easy enough to fix, but he's gonna need the help bad." Will_GM: Greg: Energency phone next to the bus stop, under the lamppost. Connects directly to Campus Police. Ellis picks it up and gives name, location, and etc. Will_GM: The wounded man stammers out, "He's... he's not going to... leave me here to identify him... you shouldn't get involved... you should go. For your own sakes..." *groan* Ellis looks at girl-formerly-in-wheelchair. "If you're okay on the ground for another minute or two, I'm going to see if I can't help this guy a bit, okay?" Nicole: "Yeah, I'm fine. I just need to eventually be shoved back up there, but the ground's fine." Ellis nods, then (assuming he's completed the call) heads over to the wounded guy and tries to do... well, *something* about that wound. Will_GM: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 4 2 5 Ellis: Darnit, just over. Will_GM: *nod* He's already holding his sweatshirt over the wound, and darn if you can recall what, if anything, would be better to do until an ambulance arrives. Ellis curses fluently and creatively in Italian. Nicole props up and looks at the man s'more. "I can't go anywhere, buddy. Sorry." Will_GM: *Mmmph* "Rude of him..." he almost jokes. Ellis: "Is there anything you can tell us about your attacker?" Will_GM: "I... *cough* I swear he had me mixed up... with someone else... never saw him before in... my life.." Nicole then looks up at Ellis. "Short guy, screamed something about a bar fight...ummm, didn't see much else in the light before I got to go flying. Mind helping me back up now?" Ellis gives the guy's hand an uneasy squeeze, then goes over and rights Nicole's wheelchair before hoisting her back in. Nicole: (when he's done) "Thanks." Ellis: "No problem." Will_GM: *stopwatch click* Nicole dusts off the front of her shirt and waits for the police to show up. Will_GM: Ambulance and police arrive. Ellis stands back and lets the authorities do their job. Takes a moment to turn off the motorcycle, though. Nicole helps, trying to stay off to the side. Will_GM: The medical staff begins dealing with the downed guy. Police begin speaking with both of you. Will_GM: (You are separated, naturally...) Will_GM: Both of you are asked, "What happened?" Nicole tries to explain the story as coherently as possible, having been in the middle of it. Ellis: "Gregory Ellis. Staff. No, I didn't see the fight, I just saw this lady mostly out of an overturned wheelchair and a guy running away. No, I didn't get a good look at him. I called as soon as I could..." Ellis: !roll 3d6 Daisuke: Rolls for 3 dice at 6 sides per die: 1 5 4 Ellis: Hmm. A 10 is an IQ pass, so I get a +1 from the officer... Ellis: (I think?) Will_GM: From...? Ellis: Pious. Ellis: 'A pious character can show respect in an encounter by making an IQ roll. This gives him a +1 on reaction rolls with superiors." Ellis: ... and in this sitch, the officer definitely outranks me. Will_GM: brb, door. Will_GM: I wouldn't call the police officer a superior, this isn't a situation in which Piety would be particularly appropriate as a modifier, and you didn't actually reference it in your speech, so I'd say not yet. The officer's simply acting in accordance with his duty as he sees it. Ellis: Yeah, and I'm showing respect for someone with body language and whatnot. It's not that big a deal, but I do *have* the thing. Will_GM: Ah, for the *officer*. Okay. Ellis: Nothing I'm trying to get out of him, just a general sense that the encounter went well instead of him being suspicious of me or something. Will_GM: *nod* Ellis: ennyway. Nicole continues to try to explain what all happened... Will_GM: I was thinking of Pious as referring to religious piety. The Advantage definition is obviously broader than I had been considering. That's fine. Ellis: Yeah, that's what I thought, too(which would also be apropros for the character,) but I read up on it in C1. Will_GM: Several police officers are dispatched in the direction you say the young man ran, afoot and in vehicles. Boh of you are asked to be prepared to testify should the case come to court. Nicole nods and agrees. Ellis , as well. Will_GM: Mm. With two of you, that scenario ran more quickly than I thought it would... Ellis trades a glance with Nicole when the sound and fury has died down. "Well. That was interesting." Nicole: "You're telling me." Ellis: "Are you legal to drink?" Nicole: "Not quite. Almost." Nicole: "I could go for a soda or something, if you want." Ellis nods. "Well, it might be difficult to arrange the transport anyway..." *nods at the cycle* "But I know this place run by a guy named Xavier where I'm sure you can get something legal." Will_GM: (We'll figure that the upcoming Friday is the first 'regulars' dinner Greg is scheduled to attend... :^) ) Ellis: (Well, you can figure that I've always had classes on Friday nights. ;) Nicole: "Hey, yeah, I know him. That works." *grin* Ellis: "Neat! You know Xav? Small world. He's been trying to get me to come to the Friday schding, but I've always had to work. Are you in on that?" Nicole: OOC: Btw, will, for future ref? On that map, on walnut street between 34th and 36th, on the s side of the street is the library. ;) Nicole: "Yep, I'm in on those Friday night things, along with Johnny and BA and Becky..." Ellis shakes his head. "I've only briefly run into the others. ... and you know, I don't think we ever did get through introductions. I'm Gregory Ellis." Nicole: "Nicole Hollister. And yeah, of 'em all, you prolly have heard of Johnny the most. Writes for the paper. I'm just a student." Ellis: "Well, I'm just a fencing instructor, so we're even." Nicole: "Fencing instructor? How'd you get a gig like that?" *Ellis* Heh. Okee. Ellis grins sheepishly. "It's a long story." He starts suddenly as he notices the bus appearing down the street. "I'd better move, I think I'm blocking traffic. Nice meeting you, Nicole." Will_GM: ...and that sounds like a session-ender there. Fearless: yeah... Nicole: Works for me. Will_GM: ------------------Session End-------------------