*** Topic for #gurps: "You mean his ass is burning hotter than yours?" *** Topic for #gurps set by Fearless on Sunday, December 16, 2001 1:44:01 AM #gurps: William @katster Dicesuke *** #gurps :End of /NAMES list. *** Mode change "+o William" on #gurps by ChanServ *** Mode is +tnr *** Channel created at Saturday, January 5, 2002 4:24:31 AM katster: moo. William: Moo. katster: whuzznew? William: Nothing since the last time we talked. :^) katster: Ahh. katster is away -- basting the damned turkey again. katster is back -- now I'm back...I hate parents. William: Re. katster: moo. *** Signoff: Dicesuke (Ping timeout) *** Dicesuke (dice@farmerb2.resnet.msoe.edu) has joined channel #gurps katster is away -- you guessed it, basting the turkey. And peeling potatoes. katster is back -- wow, that was quick. William: Re'gain. katster: re. katster: yeah, I'm gonna be in and out all afternoon. *** Signoff: Dicesuke (Ping timeout) katster: I'm sorry I snapped at you earlier. *** Dicesuke (dice@farmerb2.resnet.msoe.edu) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o Dicesuke" on #gurps by katster Dicesuke: ...thank you. katster: Yer welcome. William: Okay, I give. How does Dicesuke speak? Does it just have preprogrammed responses to certain specific things, or is there a mode for its opers to put words in its mouth? Dicesuke: Yes. William: :^| Dicesuke: You asked for that, you know. katster grins. William: I'll take that as a "both." :^) Dicesuke: I AM NOT A BOT!!! I AM A FREE MAN!!! katster is away -- basting the turkey again. How'd you guess? katster is back -- whee. William: Re. Faster this time. katster: last time I had to peel the potatoes. katster: This time I only had to baste the turkey and start 'em. katster: the potatoes, I mean. Dicesuke: Mmm, turkey and potatoes. katster: yep. :) katster is away -- checking on potatoes and basting s'more. A katster's work...should be done within the next halfhour to hour or so... :) katster is away -- dinnertime! katster is back -- undinner. *** Edward (shadur@fia217-72.dsl.hccnet.nl) has joined channel #Gurps William: Moo Ed. *** NewHopeSlim (emaywar@1Cust52.tnt1.white-horse.nj.da.uu.net) has joined channel #gurps William: Hi. NewHopeSlim hey all *** NewHopeSlim is now known as Jack William: Guys, this will be Jack Creeley, he'd like to join us. I figure he can watch for a bit tonight and join in perhaps seriously next session. *** Jack is now known as JackCreeley Edward: sounds fine with me JackCreeley fine here JackCreeley brb *** Signoff: JackCreeley (Quit: ) *** JackCreeley (emaywar@1Cust62.tnt1.white-horse.nj.da.uu.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o JackCreeley" on #gurps by katster William: Well, two are here, and Aris is in #spork. We await UL and Ars. *** UpLink (pirch@dyn50.nas7.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps UpLink: Baa *** UpLink is now known as BA JackCreeley hey ul William: 'Lo UL. JackCreeley so i've been waiting with great anticipation. How did you like FOTR? JackCreeley <----NewHopeSlim Edward: It rules. JackCreeley UL, as the grand master of all things Tolkein, what did you think? Edward: Heck, even CAPAlert said "It rules, but it's demonic and evil and satanic so you really shouldn't watch it." BA: Haven't seen it yet katster has to agree with Edward, with the addition that it's getting somebody whose never read LotR to read the book. :) JackCreeley Edward: lol katster: :) JackCreeley I liked it alot too JackCreeley was fun JackCreeley Legolas rules BA: What I find funny is that CAPAlert probably never looked into the background of Tolkien or why he wrote LotR the way he did :) Edward: What a surprise BA: Ars show up yet? katster: CAPAlert folks hate Lewis. What can you say? BA: Weenies BA: There are Fundies, and there are Fundies. You know which one I am *** UpLink` (pirch@dyn86.nas7.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps UpLink`: re Edward: Ghosted? *** Signoff: BA (Local kill by Edward (Die, ghost! )) UpLink`: Disconn *** UpLink` is now known as BA Edward: I'll take that asa yes. *** JackCreeley is now known as Jack BA gets ready to be difficult and annoying to the forces of Light and Dark William: Still waiting for Fearless. We'll see if he shows up by 10:30, and if not we have enough people to go on with. BA: 'k *** Ellis (aris@hh1120001.direcpc.com) has joined channel #gurps Ellis: Heyas William: Yo. BA: Baa Ellis katster: argh, this mp3 sucks. BA: kats: Which one? katster: turns out it was winamp suddenly deciding to suck. BA: ah katster: Okay, I need to reboot. *** Signoff: katster (Read error: Connection reset by peer) *** katster (katster@stk-ca-pw-6-0-34.internetuser.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Mode change "+o katster" on #gurps by ChanServ *** Mode change "+oo BA Ellis" on #gurps by katster Ellis: Thanks. katster: o/~ everything I need is here o/~ Ellis decides to not finish her book Ellis: brb BA: o/~ everything you know is wrong o/~ katster: yer welcome. :) William: Three minutes to go. Jack: Ellis: what book are you reading? William: Let's recall places as we begin here. Nicole, Edward, and the NPC Pete were, to the best of my knowledge, still out at Fearless' car listening to BA's wire. The NPC Wesley has just burst in through the front door of the house, in which Xav and BA are discoursing in a back room. Xav has apparently just tried something that fell through. Fearless and Ellis are at the front door. Do I recall correctly? Edward was at the door too. William: 'k. katster: Will: I'd just called Greg. William: *nod* Got that. BA: Will: Yep. BA's about to meet demonic royalty. Glad he was brought up in a America :) *** katster is now known as Nicole William: Okay, well, Fearless is going to be just a moment behind everybody for a little while. BA: 'k William: ------------------- Game Start ------------------- William: Xav sighs and takes a drag on his cigarette. "Figures," he mutters. "Boss is never around when you need him." Edward follows Wesley in, gun out. William: This is the point at which the crash of Wesley's entrance resounds through the house. BA: "So... this guy you work for isn't going to put in an appearance?" BA: "You expecting company?" William: BA: Xav looks up at you. "Not today, apparently. I still think you have potential, though -- don't think it's over yet." William: He pulls a gun from inside his suit jacket. BA: What type/caliber of weapon? William: Edward, you follow Wesley into the back room. William: 9mm, I'm not familiar with makers. William: Wesley promptly takes position between BA and Xav, sword out and pointing towards Xav. BA: "You came with only a 9mm? Sheez, no wonder you came to an expert for a gun." Nicole tries to explain to Greg what's happening. William: Beretta, let's say. BA: "Hey, Wes. What are you doing here?" William: "Protecting you. It's probably a good idea to get out of here -- now." Ellis: ... okay, as I come back in and scroll up to desperately try and figure out what's happening, do we have an ooc chat room? Edward holds his gun in both hands, pointed at the floor but ready to point horizontally at an instant's notice. William: Xav calmly checks the safety and makes sure his gun's loaded. "Interesting thing about Wes's type of angel, BA -- they can't hit first." BA: "Nah." *pulls out the .44 he brought with him for Xav* "I'd say I have it covered." Nicole: let's open the bar. BA points it at Xav. William: "So all you really need is one good shot -- " William: Roll for initiative. BA: "Really? Too bad I'm not that type of human." BA: " Edward fires a bullet into Xav's hand. William: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for William (3d6) and gets 8. Ellis: Will, we're not playing Rifts... William: D'oh. William: Check Basic Speeds. BA: Movement: 6 Edward: Move: 5 William: Xav has a 6.5, and thus goes first. BA, you're next, and Ed, you're third. Ellis: Can I just ask a question before you boys start shooting? William: Sure. William: (Wes has 7, and would go first, but is Waiting.) Ellis: Nicole said she'd just called me. With what? William: Ellis: Nicole was describing what she'd been hearing over the wire. Nicole: Will: what Pete told me. Nicole: About Xav's boss. William: Oh. Okay. That. :^) Ellis: Hold on a sec. Ellis: Where are the logs, and do I have a cellphone? Ellis: Because it's not on my charsheet, and if I screwed up and said I have one I'm willing to take it, but I don't think I have a way to talk to anyone else. Nicole: You had one last episode. William: Logs are at http://earl.of.sandwich.net/Game_Logs/ Ellis: Okee. Nicole: Will, I looked, I don't think the latest one is up. Ellis: Great. Should bookmark that. William: Oops. No, it's not. William: However, I'm fine with a cellphone being part of the sundries you paid for at character creation. Ellis: I'm not so much worried about the char cost as the roleplaying, but whatever. Nicole cues Pink Floyd -- Time. Dunno, it just *seems* appropros. ;) William hauls out GURPS combat rules and charsheets. It's my first GURPS combat, so let's just keep careful here. :^) *** William is now known as Will_GM Ellis: Are you going to throw the other log up? Ellis: Because I was either holding at the door or running, can't remember which. Will_GM: I don't have the public-edited version (sans personal messages to players) created yet, so I can't. Sorry. :^( Nicole: You were running. Ellis: Ah. Okee. Ellis: Thanks. Will_GM: Last I checked, you'd said you were running. Nicole: Checked my own logs to remember. Ellis: Right. I get Nicole's call on the fly as I head Away From The House. Will_GM: Noted. Will_GM: Okay. Will_GM: Xav attempts to pump three rounds into Wesley. Will_GM: 3 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3 3d6) and gets 11 11 13. Will_GM: That's two hits and a miss; as BA is standing right behind Wesley... Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 10. Will_GM: BA, you don't get hit by the third, but you can feel the airstream as it whizzes by. :^) BA: Fun :) *** Arsenal (arsenal@dyn69.nas7.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps BA: Baa ARs Will_GM: Moo Ars. *** Mode change "+o Arsenal" on #gurps by BA Jack: hey ars Will_GM: Just in time to join the fight -- Fearless has dashed in behind Wesley and Edward. Arsenal: sorry I'm late... had to go grocery foraging... *** Arsenal is now known as Fearless BA: Wes got shot Fearless: by who? Ellis: Twice, even. Will_GM: Basic speed 5.5 puts you between BA and Edward. Will_GM: +in the move order Fearless: 'k Edward has 5.5 basic speed too Will_GM: Ars: By Xav, who has pulled a gun. Will_GM: 2 d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (2 d6) and gets 3 2. Will_GM: Edward, you first, then Fearless. That makes the order Wesley, Xav, BA, Edward, Fearless. Will_GM: 4d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (4d6) and gets 14. Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 7. BA: I pump 3 rounds into Xav at about chest level. Would try to knee cap him, but Wes is in the way Will_GM: One moment, please. Will_GM: Okay, carry on. Will_GM: This is your custom .44? BA: Nope. I loaned it to Fearless. I'm using the .44 I made for Xav Will_GM: Nicole, Ellis, and Pete all hear gunfire from inside the house, of course. BA: BTW The first 3 round are mercury-filled hollow tips BA: The rest are duds Fearless: duds, or regular rounds? BA: duds Nicole: "Okay, I think I'm glad I'm *not* in there..." Fearless: aka blanks BA: 3 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for BA (3 3d6) and gets 14 10 4. Ellis hears shots, winces, runs *fast* toward the car. Will_GM: I'm gonna have to think about what that does to damage... BA: Will: Mercury would pretty much insure that he'd be dead in 7 seconds or less, if he gets hit Fearless: if he was human Edward: BA: You're assuming humanity here. BA: That too :) Will_GM: Via poison? Fearless: mercury poisoning Will_GM: And, oh yes -- what's the possibility of this leaking into the environment? Now that you're shooting. :^) BA: I'd think so. Mercury hitting the bloodstream is about as toxic as you can get :) Will_GM: At any rate, the first two are misses -- the third is a lucky hit. Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 9. Will_GM: 2 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (2 3d6) and gets 9 9. BA: The amount of mercury in these bullets is less than enough to fill a thimble Will_GM: It wouldn't come out in a graze, would it? BA: Nope. It'd have to be a solid hit Will_GM: Good, because your other two bullets graze Wesley as he jerks back after being shot by xav. Will_GM: "Oooow!" *Jack* okay. thanks for the heads up. Will_GM: Xav, on the other hand, is quiet but is now clutching a torso wound. BA: "Wes, just a suggestion. Get out of the way or die." Will_GM: Fearless, your turn. Edward: ahem? BA takes the opportunity of Xav's inaction to pop the clip and slap a full one into the gun Will_GM: Sorry. Edward. :^) Fearless: Ed goes before me, remember? Will_GM: BA: That'll take your next round. Wanna? BA: Sure Will_GM: 'k, noted. Fearless: Edward, you first, then Fearless. That makes the Fearless: order Wesley, Xav, BA, Edward, Fearless. Will_GM: Right. Edward? Edward fires three rounds into Xav's shoulder/upper arm (If I got the situation right, I'm standing more or less to the side here) Edward: 3 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Edward (3 3d6) and gets 8 11 7. Will_GM: Ed: Err, what gun? Will_GM: You don't have equipment listed. :^) Fearless: IIRC, I loaned him the 9mm Edward: Will: Desert Eagle. Edward: I have one. Fearless: my bad Will_GM: What's the caliber of a Desert Eagle pistol? Fearless: .45, IIRC Fearless: or .44 Edward: .44 I think. Will_GM: Okay. Fearless: I think it was made in both calibers BA: Fearless: I thought all you had was a .38 Will_GM: "Guns" is a specialty skill, by the way -- I should have caught that, but we'll call it a .44 specialization as of now. Fearless: I had the 9mm, not a .38 Edward: http://www.gurpsmaster.de/pistols.htm Edward: It's a .50 BA: 'k Fearless: y'know, that puts me at a penalty firing *your* gun. BA: .50 sniper rifle = good thing to have :) BA: heh Sacrifice procifiency for firepower. Sometimes it works Edward: Unless the friendly police officer wants to know if you have a permit for that. BA kills his typist Will_GM grrs, looks for called shot modifiers... Edward: -2 for arms/legs Will_GM: Thank you. In that case, the first and last are good shots... Will_GM: 2 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (2 3d6) and gets 13 10. Edward: No acc bonus in this case because it was a snap shot Will_GM: Right. In fact, it was because of the recoil penalty, plus the hit location modifier, that you missed the second shot. Will_GM: ... and Xav is unable to dodge either of the hits, so... Will_GM: 2 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (2 3d6) and gets 14 4. Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 13. Fearless swapped guns while going inside, btw... now has the 9mm in hand Edward: And the fun thing of a shoulder hit is that without an exit wound, ALL the momentum is transferred from the bullet to the shootee. Will_GM: That cripples the gun arm, though it does no further damage to Xav after that; he remains conscious, but cries out and drops his gun. Will_GM: Fearless? Fearless: I fire off a trio of 9mm rounds into Xav. Fearless: 3 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Fearless (3 3d6) and gets 11 13 5. Fearless: *ew* the second's a miss Will_GM: Yep; first and third are hits, though. Will_GM: 2 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (2 3d6) and gets 13 10. Fearless: 2 2d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Fearless (2 2d6) and gets 6 5. Fearless: 9mm does 2d6 Will_GM: Those were Xav's dodge rolls. A GURPS attack goes Attack, Defense, Damage (if Defense didn't work). Fearless: ah.. 'k Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 9. Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 11. Will_GM: Xav is now bleeding profusely, and is badly wounded. However, he is still standing, and is looking incredibly pissed off. Will_GM: It's Wes's turn. Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 15. Will_GM: Wes raises lowers his sword. Contrasting starkly with the blazing gunfire that everyone has just heard... Will_GM: ...he whispers a few notes of music. Will_GM: The dark room brightens for a split second, as if someone had taken a flash picture. BA: *blinkblinkblink* Will_GM: The light concentrates itself in a narrow beam, and hurls itself at Xav. Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 10. Fearless: "*ow*" Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 8. Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 8. Will_GM: When you can all see again, Xavier is burnt badly, though not beyond recognition. Damnably, he is *still* moving. Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 7. Will_GM: He collapses against the back wall, holding his wounded arm. Will_GM: He pants something unintelligible into the echoes in the room. BA: "When did we get cast in DragonballZ?" Will_GM: A new voice cuts across the sounds. It is a peevish little voice, but filled with hatred and anger. "Oh, honestly. Can't you even take a simple Vessel-death?" Nicole: Uhoh. Fearless: "About the time the Pokemon went back to Japan.... oh shit." Will_GM: A shadow falls across the window. A little man has appeared, wearing old spectacles and glaring at Xav with apparent displeasure. Edward: This would fall in the 'bad things' category, right? BA looks at the short old fart incredulously. "THIS is your boss?" Will_GM: Lessee... in battle with enemy, presence of enemy Superior, bare stone floor, 7 Essence... Will_GM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for Will_GM (3d6) and gets 9. Edward switches aims to the old guy. Fearless keeps his eyes on both. Will_GM: The litle man continues addressing Xavier. "We will speak of your weakness back in the Archives." He waves a hand, and Xavier's body promptly crumbles to dust. BA: "That's a neat trick." Will_GM: "That Vessel was damaged beyond much usefulness anyway." Will_GM: The little man stares at you, BA. "Hmm. This scene was set up for your benefit, was it not? I can see what his interest was. Perhaps you'll do yet." Will_GM: Wesley, by the way, is backing up to the wall. Will_GM: Outside, Pete mutters "Oh man. That's him." Edward draws a bead on the old guy's head. BA: "Do what? I still haven't gotten any answers worth my time. And just who the Hell are you, anyway?" Fearless whispers to Wesley, "Who's this?" Will_GM: Nicole, Ellis, care to do anything at the moment? The gunfire has stopped, and Nicole can hear the current conversation. Ellis gets to the car, looks between Nicole and Pete. "I don't suppose there's a reinforced bunker around here?" Nicole: *to Pete* "That clock guy?" Will_GM: "*Kronos*. If Wesley can't get ahold of David we are in *serious* caca..." Ellis: "Wonderful." Edward: "*to the old guy* I suggest you not move." BA: My char can't be that important :) Will_GM: Ed: The old guy looks at you, then at your handgun. Nicole looks at Ellis. "Somehow...I don't think so. What do we do?" Will_GM: Your handgun begins rusting, pitting, cracking, flacking, and in a few seconds has fallen to pieces. BA holds his reloaded weapon near his hip, waiting for the old fart to get the lead out Nicole: "What CAN we do?" Edward: uhoh. Ah well, I was stalling to give Wes time to make with the holy patootie anyway. Edward blinks at his hands. Will_GM: "Now. What to do with you three... the blackwing can go home, of course..." Will_GM: "One moment." Will_GM: The latest statement is said in deep tones, loud ones, resonating as if from the rock itself. Edward: By the old guy or someone else? Ellis: "I think we should get behind the car and wait to see what comes out of that house." Will_GM: Ed: A different voice. Nicole: "Oh great. Now they're really in trouble." BA: *said while placing his free hand over an ear* "Crap! Turn down the surround sound, you deaf geezer! " Will_GM: A naked figure of a man seems to simply peel itself out of the stone floor. It remains stone, but is nevertheless fluid in its motion. It has vaguely African features, although its "flesh" is simply the rock from the floor itself. Nicole: "Behind the car is a good idea." Will_GM: The new arrival locks eyes with the slightly older new arrival. BA: . o O (OK, now I know someone's been burning a marijuana insence stick.) Ellis gets behind the car Will_GM: Nicole, Ellis: Pete looks at you, relieved. "The latest one's David. They're gonna be okay." Nicole blinks. "He's a good guy?" Ellis: "Okay? Caught between two major Powers? You have a strange definition of the word." BA: "Hey Fearless, this is getting freaky. What say we scram and grab a burger." Fearless: "You can... I need to see how this turns out." Will_GM: The little guy scans the newcomer. He looks a touch irritated, but only for a moment; then his face clears, as much as it ever seems to do. "I don't think we need cause a great ruckus here. My servant is gone, and yours will quit the premises immediately." Will_GM: The newcomer with the deep voice says, "Mine will do as he pleases, including protecting the humans under his wings." BA mutters nervously, holsters his gun, and leans against a wall. Nicole listens intently. "I'd say he's the good guy." Will_GM: The little guy says, "We shall see how effective your protections may be," and vanishes. Fearless: "BA... this has just begun." *** CTCP PING 1456368803 from Tangaroa replied Edward starts breathing again, leans his shoulder against the wall and somehow manages to keep from shaking. BA: *to Fearless* "Yeah, probably. Question is, though, What's just begun?" Will_GM: The newcomer looks at Wesley. "You did well to push the demon to the brink of defeat, for all that it was his own Superior that took him at the end. Let what was taken be returned." Nicole: "Why is this starting to feel like 'out of the frying pan and into the fire'?" Will_GM: Wesley straightens in a moment, wounds gone and looking refreshed. He kneels, as the newcomer looks over you all. BA: "Hey. Rocky. What the Hell was that all about?" Edward looks back at the stone guy. "Thanks for the save." Ellis raises an eyebrow at Nicole Fearless: "A little secret war, I think." Will_GM: As his gaze passes over you, each of you is conscious of a piercing sight that seems to see deeply within you -- a very old, slow, stern personality, weighing and measuring your deeds and thoughts. Will_GM: He stops on BA. "It was what it seemed to be. A choice was offered. More will come. Choose well and wisely. Your own life and soul may not be the only ones hanging in the balance." Nicole looks at Ellis and just shrugs. BA: "Uh, ... yeah. Sure. Who is this guy?" *the last is asked of Wesley* Will_GM: With that, he kneels as well. Wide wings sprout from his back. The feathers fold over themselves and close around him, and after a moment only a hillock of stone is left where he was standing. Will_GM: "That," says Wesley, straightening up, "was David, Archangel of Stone, and one of the oldest beings in the Universe. He was also very probably your only chance once Exavenos' desperation call to Kronos had succeeded." BA: *snrk* "Riiiiight. Welcome to the Twilight Zone. Population: 17,000, give or take a ninja." BA wanders out to the front porch, where he sits down on the steps and tries to figure out what happened. "Angels, demons, bullshit. Gotta be a better explaination for all that." Will_GM: "Well." Wesley massages his neck. "I don't recommend looting the place, since anything you pick up could be tainted pretty badly. Kronos' boys will be along shortly to clear it out anyway. Pity we don't have a body to hand to the police, but Kronos isn't exactly known for his generosity in the face of complete mission failure. You probably won't have to worry about Xav in a body any time soon." Ellis frowns, turns to Pete, since he looks like he knows what happened. "What happened?" Nicole nods. Edward: "*wistfully* I don't suppose Kronos believes in not holding grudges against mortals, does he?" BA is likely to be trying to figure this out for the next few months Will_GM: Ellis: "It's rare for a couple of Superiors to get into an open fight. When Kronos came, Wesley called David. An Archangel and a Demon Prince staring each other down usually lets everything else in the vicinity cool off." Fearless steps outside, hands BA back his gun. "Dollar for the thoughts, pal." Will_GM: Ed: "Kronos is the *original* grudge-holder." Ellis: "Great. And now they're both gone?" Edward: "Oh, joy. What's his usual MO? more or less direct attacks or just generic making life miserable?" Will_GM: Ellis: "I don't hear the fabric of reality being subjected to massive stress, so I'm gonna say yes." Ellis: "Great. So this round is over?" Nicole thinks. "So what happens now?" Edward: "... And may I suggest a less inhospitable place to finish this discussion? Somewhere where we can get a drink and I can forget about how a demon looked at me and made my gun age a million years without blinking..." *** Signoff: BA (Ping timeout) Ellis: "That was going to be my next question." Will_GM: Ed: "Subtle influence to embitter you and drag your soul towards Hell. He doesn't usually try to kill someone unless they're being particularly bothersome, and such persons usually have protection." He grins. "Like me." *** Signoff: Fearless (Ping timeout) Will_GM: "Probably, yeah. I say we get out of here and get back to the Works." Nicole nods. Edward: "Won-derful. Ah well. Such is life. Shall we go or is there something you need to do here yet?" Ellis watches to see if the others are coming out of the house Will_GM: "No, let's get out of here." He goes. Edward follows. Ellis gets on his bike, follows the car back to the stoneworks Nicole gets in the car, waits for Fearless and Co. Jack: gnight all! no selling you're souls! *** UpLink (pirch@dyn27.nas6.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps Will_GM: re. UpLink: re *** Fearless (arsenal@dyn69.nas7.vegas.viawest.net) has joined channel #gurps *** Signoff: Jack (Quit: ) UpLink: Comp farted Fearless: ow *** UpLink is now known as BA Will_GM: We're all heading back to the Works. BA: Last I saw was BA sitting on the steps with Fearless asking him something Fearless: same Will_GM: Yep. Will_GM: Everyone else is, though. :^) Will_GM: And Wesley mentions that a demonic clean-up crew is probably already on its way. BA heads over to his car. "Fearless, remind me to take up alchoholism. It makes more sense." Fearless heads over to the cars as well (has to, he's driving) Edward walks out and gets on his bike. Will_GM: If there's nothing else people want to do, the trip back to the Works passes uneventfully. BA: 'k Fearless: roit Will_GM: Rath meets you there, crew beside him. BA: After parking the car, he looks for the nearest 'angel'. "OK, somebody explain this to me again. And I'd prefer that you use specifics and definitives, and avoid any vague references and religious crap." Nicole gets out of the car, and waves to Zeke. Will_GM: Oh: Nicole, on the way back, Wesley asks to borrow your cellphone to report to Rath. Nicole: Ah, sure, no problem. Will_GM: This is done, then. Will_GM: BA: Zeke, after waving to Nicole, looks to you. Will_GM: "Hard to avoid the religious part these days. I mean, we were around before religion, but since you consider angels and demons religious..." he shrugs. Ellis gets off the bike in time to hear BA's comment. "Religious crap? Nice. You just come from a staredown between an angel and a demon, and..." *trails off* *rolls eyes* BA: *to Ellis* "Alleged angel and demon." Nicole looks for Ed. Edward is driving behind the group. Nicole: When we get to the stoneworks. Ellis gives BA a long stare, then shrugs and ignores him. Will_GM: "Now that Xav is gone, I worry about losing track of you all. If you're still looking for answers, why don't you continue meeting, only with us? We can provide you protection that you may need, guidance if you wish it, and certainly a way to keep in touch." Fearless: "All ancient religions had their own versions of angels and demons... they must have been based on someone." Edward stands with the group, next to Nicole as it happens Edward nods. "Sounds like a good idea." *** Calculus has left channel BA: *to Rath* "Answers would be nice." Will_GM: "For example, we're having a get-together for the neighborhood this Saturday. We're welcoming a new couple moving in. Why don't you join us? We do this kind of thing on a fairly regular basis; the StoneWorks' backyard is practically a community center." Ellis smirks. "Do you have a bar?" Ellis: "Sorry. Kidding. Of course I'll come." Nicole nods. "I'd like that." BA: "Block party in a brickyard. How appropriate." Edward: "Sounds fun. I've got some leave days saved up, I think I'll take a couple." Nicole: "Lucky you. School stops for no man." Edward tilts his head at Nicole, smirks. "So what does that have to do with you?" Will_GM: "Very well then. I'm glad to see that you're all okay. Keep an eye out for trouble -- I don't think we've seen the last of Exavenos' machinations. In the meantime, just try to live your lives as best you can, and remember, we're here to help. I'll see you all Saturday, 6." He smiles. "You can help set up." Nicole laughs. "Point. What happened in there?" Ellis: "Six. I might be a little late; tournament practice." Fearless: "I'll be there..." BA starts making a mental list of some surveillance and home security stuff he'll look into picking up over the next few weeks. BA: -o +i Nicole: "I think I can do that." Will_GM: Anybody want to hash things over IC a bit more, or shall we call it a session stopping point? Edward: "Xav shot Wesley, BA, Fearless and me shot Xav in several places, then Wes fired off something from his sword and Xav went down, what I guess was Kronos showed up and turned Xav's body into dust, then started looking at us threateningly, turned my gun into rust and then David showed up." BA: "Uh, maybe. I might be busy with, uh, stuff." Nicole: Hmmm...don't think there's much else to do, is there? Edward: What time is it IC? BA: Other than for me to go nuts trying to turn my house into a mini-fortress? Not that I can think of :) BA: 9:20 PST Will_GM: You drove out to the country and back, after (presumably) school and work hours, so I'd say it's around 8 or 9 at least. Edward: 'k. Will_GM: Okay, then. Edward: "Well, I'm due at campus in three hours for the graveyard shift, and I need to freshen up beforehand. Guess I'll see you on Saturday then." Will_GM: -------------------- Session End --------------------