[peregaming] Bert says, "Log on."
Remba has disconnected.
Remba has connected.
Tesseract arrives from the east.
[peregaming] GM says, "So, a certain number of things will happen in the weeks following the last adventure, during which the Neighborhood finally fought a proper supervillain on camera for the first time"
[peregaming] Remba watches all the "Superhero fight reaction" videos
[peregaming] GM says (to Remba), "People are finally beginning to think you guys are real"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "How can we be real? That isn't even the same robot they used last time."
[peregaming] GM says, "haha"
[peregaming] GM says, "I didn't say *everyone*. There's still N00bMaster42."
[peregaming] GM asks, "But joking aside: is there anything you guys want to do during the immediate aftermath of the last session?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Downtime, research, etc"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Milkshakes."
[peregaming] Remba says, "Watches a lot of movies she isn't allowed to see while disguised"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Nightmares."
[peregaming] GM asks (of Tesseract), "Nightmares which are interfering with the quality of your PhD research?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Caffeine withdrawal nightmares"
[peregaming] Tesseract says (to GM), "*I'm* not the one watching movies I'm not old enough for."
[peregaming] GM says, "haha"
[peregaming] Remba says (to Tesseract), "And there is this guy called Tommy, and he says to the other guy "Oh hai marc""
[peregaming] GM says, "no one is old enough for that one"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "(I don't even know what movie that is...)"
[peregaming] Remba says, "The Room"
[peregaming] Tesseract asks, "Oh, is that the really strange one which nobody knows how it got made but yet apparently some peopel have still seen?"
[peregaming] Tesseract exclaims, "Anyway!"
Tesseract spends much of this time studying the unstable nature of Mallory's molecules and working on making sure that the containment vessel is secure.
GM says (to Tesseract), "Mallory often tries to talk to you, although most of the words are 'ploplop'."
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "I might like to do a Create Advantage with Lore, to better understand her condition (and possibly the effects of the Soulmonger in general)."
[peregaming] GM says, "Excellent idea"
Tesseract rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 -1 | Fair (2)
Remba says (to gm), "I occasionally go down to the basement and tell Malloblob about the movies I saw"
[peregaming] GM says, "Eh, I'd say this was +3"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Dang."
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "I need to stop doing Create Advantage rolls..."
[peregaming] GM says, "(This is biology AND physics AND extradimensional stuff)"
[peregaming] Tesseract asks, "Alright, what's the bad Aspect I've given you free invokes on?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Hm."
[peregaming] Remba says, ""Oh, that's a +, not a -""
[peregaming] Remba says, ""Bad Science""
[peregaming] GM says, "That's general enough in scope that I can use it."
[peregaming] Remba says, "My talking to her is also meant as Create Advantage, using rapport"
[peregaming] GM says, "Okay, it's also +3 because she's a bit grouchy"
Remba rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 -1 -1 +1 | Average (1)
[peregaming] Remba says, "ha ha"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Possibly we should rename that action to 'Create Disadvantage'."
[peregaming] GM says, "hehe"
[peregaming] Remba says, "I'll call this aspect "Stop talking about Transformers!""
[peregaming] Tesseract asks (of Remba), "So when do we get to turn her into the cops?"
GM says, "So Mallory is uncooperative and grouchy, and Jack is terrible at extradimensional biology"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "It's a romcom"
[peregaming] Remba says, "When we have retransmogrified her into a stable form"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "nobody wants to live as a blob, obesity rates notwithstanding!"
Tesseract, away from Mallory, says (to Remba), "Look, I know you wanted to try to help her, but this is beyond our ability."
Remba exclaims, "But the cops can help her less than we can!"
Tesseract says, "The government has people, and money, and technology that's beyond anything I can get my hands on. She's not going to just wind up in a jail cell."
Tesseract says, "Heck, maybe if we turn her into the right agency, there might even be a way that she could *help* people like this."
Remba asks, "But which agency? Do they have some *looks at camera* department for unusual affairs?"
[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "Crossover time!"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Also, stop looking at the camera"
Remba asks, "Maybe the Quints know someone who can help?"
Tesseract says, "We could do some research. But I bet the military probably has huge secret bases dedicated to studying this exact kind of thing."
Tesseract says, "Like Area 51, but real."
Remba says, "Hm, okay."
Remba asks, "But will they treat her right?"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "I'm good with asking Quint. Or doing Internet research."
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Quint it is!"
[peregaming] GM asks, "Office or home?"
[peregaming] Tesseract . o O ( Is Jack going to lie to Remba? )
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Let's visit him at the office!"
[peregaming] GM says, "Whee"
Tesseract says, "I don't know, but there's a better chance that they could help her than we can in a vat in your basement. That's no way to live."
[peregaming] Tesseract exclaims, "OK, let's go!"
GM says, "Scene: Quint's office, campus."
Remba says, "I heard on the news that this country treats its vats terribly.""
GM exclaims (at Remba), "You know what else you heard on the news? Senator Daphne Crane is now President!"
[peregaming] Tesseract asks, "Quint knows that Mallory's in his basement, right?"
Remba exclaims, "Hello Uncle Theo!"
[peregaming] GM says, "Yep"
Quint says, "Hello Remba! And Jack."
Tesseract says, "Hey, Professor Quint. We've been thinking... about 'Mallory'."
Quint says, "Ah. Did you crack that extradimensional biology problem?"
Tesseract says, "I've been doing what I can, but to be honest, I think I'm even more confused than I was when I started. We need help. Real help."
Remba exclaims, "From the military!"
Tesseract says, "Yeah. Or at least, the government. But the military is probably the best-funded research group in the country."
Tesseract says, "I mean, I know the DoD budget can't *all* be going toward building bombs and tanks."
Tesseract asks, "And... you've got connections, right?"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says (to Tesseract), "It's called Contacts here"
Quint says, "Hm. Well, this is somewhat delicate. Handing a mutated CIA agent over to the military without talking to the CIA first. Let's not forget that the other CIA agent who was working with them got splattered all over the inside of a bank. But I could try to use my connections."
[Crows-Nest] Remba says (to Quint), "It's called Contacts here"
Remba asks (of quint), "Do you think the CIA could help her better?"
[peregaming] Tesseract asks, "I forget, did Mallory say that she became anti-CIA, after she got Soulmongered?"
[peregaming] Tesseract asks, "Or was she still acting in what she thought were CIA interests when she turned evil?"
[peregaming] GM says (to Tesseract), "Basically, she kept feeding them info to give them the impression all was well, but secretly plotting against the government."
[peregaming] GM says, "So as far as you know the CIA have no idea what happened to her."
[peregaming] GM says, "And she's definitely not a fan of them."
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "hm"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "And as far as we know, the CIA was not plotting to kill the senator."
[peregaming] GM says, "As far as you know, they were plotting to fake an assassination in a stunt to guarantee her election"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Which is also bad, but less bad."
[peregaming] GM says, "Using the Funny-Man as a pawn"
[peregaming] GM says, "The Funny-Man being currently in prison, as far as you know."
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Mmm."
Tesseract says, "I don't know if we should trust the CIA, though. Remember, Mann was working for them. And he's the one who set all the explosives in the bank."
[peregaming] Remba says, "Hmm about covers it"
Remba says, "Yeah, hm. I mean, if we can't trust a secret military organization, who can we trust"
Quint says, "That's one problem, yes."
Remba says (to Tesseract), "So let's Uncle Theo try and use his connections"
(From GM) Sound of heavy footsteps in the corridor.
[peregaming] Tesseract asks, "What I'm thinking is maybe: A) We continue to hide this from the CIA because Jack is Skeptical of them. B) We find some other government agency or military division that is *also* distrustful of the CIA and turn her into them. C) What could possibly go wrong with turning a potential super-weapon into a military group that's not even entirely 100% on the same side as parts of its own government?"
[peregaming] GM says, "These are all interesting"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "(And if being Curious But Skeptical here leads to substantial complications for Jack down the line, well, that's just a risk I the player am willing to take.)"
[peregaming] GM says, "I like A)."
[peregaming] Remba says, "I lile A and B"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Oh, I was thinking of them all as three steps in a single plan."
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Ah!"
[peregaming] GM says, "That also makes sense"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Don't trust CIA -> find a military group who agrees with not trusting the CIA -> turn her over to said group because of course they're certainly more trustworthy."
[peregaming] Remba says, "And that'S where Quints contacts may come in"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Indeed!"
[peregaming] Tesseract asks, "By the way, did the heavy footsteps lead to an interruption?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Yes."
Tesseract has stopped talking lest they be overheard by the heavy footstepper.
[peregaming] Remba says, "Stupid students."
[peregaming] Remba says (to Tesseract), "No offense"
[peregaming] Tesseract says (to Remba), "I've had to TA a few classes myself. None taken."
[peregaming] GM says, "Everybody, make a +4 Notice check"
Tesseract rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 0 +1 +1 | Fantastic (6)
[peregaming] Tesseract exclaims, "I may not be able to create advantages, but at least I can overcome!"
Remba rolls Average (1) + 4dF: -1 +1 -1 +1 | Average (1)
[peregaming] Remba is distracted by a blueprint on the table.
GM says (to Tesseract), "You hear heavy breathing, as if of several people wearing helmets. The 'click' of guns being readied. And a tiny glimpse of the future: the door being kicked in..."
Tesseract points to the window: "Out!"
[peregaming] Tesseract asks, "Can I teleport with two people at once?"
Remba transforms!
[peregaming] GM says, "That answers your question."
[peregaming] GM says, "(She flies now!)"
Remba says, "(when she spreads her wings, there is small soundbite of a children's choir going "aaah")"
Tesseract grabs Quint's hand and teleports outside with him!
Quint says, "Aaaaah!"
Remba flies through the closed window.
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "I want to say that Jack had the presence of mind to look down at the ground first and teleport directly there..."
GM says, "SMASH! And right behind you, you hear the distant sound of a SWAT team bursting into a now empty office, and cursing: 'Oh no! The suspect has thrown himself out the window! And he has wings?'"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "...but I think it's more likely that, in the spur of the moment, Quint and Jack briefly materialized in mid-air before subsequently blipping down to ground level."
[peregaming] GM says, "yeah"
Remba flies up and away, to lure them away from Jack & Quint,
Tesseract asks (of Quint), "Do you know why a group of people with heavy boots and guns was just outside your office door?"
SWAT guys says, "F***! That suspect is using his technology to evade justice! Shoot at him!"
GM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 +1 +1 0 | Superb (5)
Remba rolls Average (1) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 +1 | Good (3)
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Blam! Blam!"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Tapping "Daredevil! I do a barrel roll underneath a billboard!"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yay!"
[peregaming] Tesseract asks (of Remba), "Super Toughness, though?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Oh"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "(Do you even need to invoke an aspect?)"
Remba sets her current fate point total to 3.
[peregaming] GM says, "She absorbs 4 stress, and she took 2"
[peregaming] GM says, "So no damage"
[peregaming] Remba says (to Tesseract), "I don't have that anymore! I'm only strong now"
Tesseract sets his current fate point total to 2.
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "Oh! Whoops, I opened the wrong sheet."
Remba spends a fate point, leaving her with 2.
[peregaming] GM says, "Me too"
GM says, "So the SWAT team haven't noticed Quint and Jack, and SATSAM is out of range of their guns."
Quint says, "Presumably those people wanted to arrest me."
Tesseract leads Quint to safety, while Jack stays here in case Remba needs his help.
Remba lands in an alley and emerges out as a non-descript businessman.
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "(I suppose those would actually be reversed, since the one staying with Remba would be switching to the costume when no one was looking.)"
[peregaming] GM says, "yeah"
[peregaming] Tesseract says, "(Possibly I should switch to using 'Jack' as my MUD name for this character.)"
[peregaming] GM says, "This duplication business means I don't know whether to start with Quint/Jack or SATSAM/Tesseract in this scene"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Hee."
[peregaming] Remba exclaims (at jack), "Way to split the party/not split the party!"
[peregaming] GM says, "I'll start with Quint"
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "It is pretty awkward that I've managed to create a character who can split the party even if he's the only person in it."
Quint (while the two of them are stealthily leaving campus) says, "This can only mean one thing: I'm suspected of murdering two CIA agents."
Jack asks, "Why would they think that *you* did it?"
Jack asks, "...what did you do?"
Quint says, "These agents were watching me, remember? Then one agent is found splattered over the inside of a bank (they finally figured out the DNA identification) and the other goes missing."
Quint says, "I look suspicious, in the light of these events."
Jack says, "Good point."
Quint says, "Also, they may have noticed I was working on some unorthodox technology."
Jack says, "If the CIA is after you, then your home isn't a safe place to be. We should pick up Brenda, then find a better place for you two to hide out."
Jack asks, "Does she still have the Mindbender suit?"
Quint says, "That's the only thing I can think of. But what about Remba?"
[Setting the zoned flag.]
Quint says, "I put the suit in storage. We can maybe retrieve it. If we have the time."
Jack asks, "She's tough -- she can handle one little SWAT team. And she's got her phone. We can tell her whe-- or, crap, they'll tap our phones, won't they?"
Quint says, "Good thinking, Jack."
Remba calls Jack.
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Ha ha OK now which one should answer the phone?"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Would both phones ring?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "I will leave it up to the GM, whether he wants it to be the one that's more convenient for me, or if he wants to compel my Unstuck in Spacetime to make it the wrong one."
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "I don't see why not."
[peregaming] GM says, "I compel you, Jack! Spacetime doesn't play nice today"
Jack at the campus answers. "Remba! Are you OK? I saw those guys shooting at you!"
Remba says, "I lost them, and I'm now disguised as a businessman! They'll never find me."
Remba asks, "Is Theo okay?"
Jack says (to Remba), "Nice work! And the other me is taking Theo -- I don't know who that was in the office, or why they were after us, but I assume Theo and Brenda will be laying low back at the house. We can meet back up with them there later."
Remba exclaims, "Allright, meet you there!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "So what I'm imagining, to make this compel properly complicating:"
[peregaming] Jack says, "The Jack with Quint goes to the house, gets Brenda, finds a safehouse with them, and then fades away before he's able to relay any info that Quint told him back to us."
[peregaming] Jack says, "So we don't even know it's the CIA who's after him."
GM gives a fate point to Jack.
Remba takes a taxi.
[peregaming] GM asks, "But won't Quint join them?"
[peregaming] GM asks, "And tell them himself?"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "At the house? Jack already pointed out that it wasn't safe there!"
[peregaming] GM says, "Ooops"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "So he'd be crazy to go back!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "I mean, it's only a matter of time before another SWAT team shows up there."
[peregaming] GM says, "OK! Then how do you pick up Brenda? I mean, what's Jack's plan"
[peregaming] GM says, "If he has one."
[peregaming] Jack says, "The Jack with Quint? Maybe take Quint's car, and then the three of them can drive to wherever he had the Mindbender suit stashed."
[peregaming] Jack says, "After that it's just 'find a safe place to hide', but I don't think he had a particular plan of where that would be."
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "TBH, we should rethink using this power to this extent"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Possibly Jack's apartment.)"
[Crows-Nest] GM asks, "Because of the complications?"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Yeah"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "When I proposed the complication, I was thinking that it would just mean that Remba and I went back to the house and had no idea what happened to the rest of them."
[peregaming] GM says, "Okay, how about this: Quint has to go it alone because Jack-with-Quint fades away, and then nobody knows what Quint is doing because he can't use the phones or go home"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Perfect!"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Excellent"
[peregaming] GM says, "So we have one missing Quint, and everyone is paranoid"
[peregaming] GM says, "Just like in those Bastian Journe movies"
[peregaming] Remba says, "No, you mean "Picked Up" with Niam Leeson"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Part of proposing the complication was thinking that, if we didn't know what the other Jack was doing, we wouldn't have to play out the rest of his scene :)"
[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "ha!"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "let's roll with that"
[peregaming] Remba says, "it's just that this amount of duplications means you basically have an extra PC"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Also, he disappears at the end of the 'scene' -- and the GM is free to declare the end of a scene at any point."
[peregaming] GM says, "The scene has ended! Time for the next one."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "But in any case! Remba and Jack get back to the house?"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yes!"
GM says, "The Quint residence is surrounded"
GM says, "SWAT teams are prowling."
Jack asks (of Quint), "Professor! Are you OK?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Er, I take that back."
[peregaming] GM says, "Yes."
[peregaming] GM says, "Since he is not there."
Remba disguises herself as a SWAT dude.
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "We don't know that!"
[peregaming] GM says, "Yet"
Jack . o O ( Crap, Quint is probably trapped in there. )
Remba says, "Let me handle this"
Jack says, "Alright."
Remba saunters over to one of the guys. "Hey, buddy, what's the situation?
SWAT Leader (to Remba) says, "Get your ass over there! We're going in!"
Remba says, "10-4"
Remba imitates the other guys as best as possible.
GM exclaims (at Remba), "Nobody notices the difference... for now. They break down the front door. The dog barks!"
Jack is hiding someplace not too far away, watching the windows and doors of the house in case there's anyone moving inside.
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "We have a dog! Oh no!"
[peregaming] GM says (to Remba), "You literally made him up in Session 2"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Whoops, sure I remember, good old ... Sparky?"
[peregaming] GM says, "When you almost lasered him to kingdom come"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Hee."
[peregaming] GM says, "He's Frazzled now"
Remba shouts, "Go! Go!" and "clear" occasionally and tries to find the room where Brena ist most likely to be.
[peregaming] Jack | Satsam says, "*plates break, pictures fall off the wall*, feathers fly up from the couch, a row of oils and spices in the kitchen explode, the dog flees into the garden"
[peregaming] Remba says, "At least he knows what to do when the shooting starts."
GM says, "The SWAT team make a mess! Plates break, pictures fall off the wall, feathers fly up from the couch, a row of oils and spices in the kitchen explode, the dog flees into the garden"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Yay!"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Yay!"
[peregaming] GM says, "Great artists *steal*"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Poor Sparky! my only friend in the world"
[peregaming] Jack says, "..."
[peregaming] Remba says, "Jack and I are only work colleagues. *Jack* and I are friends."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Hee."
[peregaming] Remba asks (of gm), "Do I find Brenda?"
GM says, "The house is empty, and the only place unsearched is the bathroom, which is locked. From inside, you hear Brenda's voice: 'Hey! Who's that! I need help, I can't reach the door handle!'"
[peregaming] GM asks, "Also: how well hidden is Mallory?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Uh, she is in a vat in the bathroom, which is connected to some tech equipment. I'd go with something between "obvious" and "not at all""
[peregaming] Remba says, "bathroom = cellar"
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "This house is weirder than I thought."
[peregaming] Remba says, "heh"
[peregaming] GM says, "No, Brenda is stuck in the bathroom. Mallory is hidden in the basement."
Remba shouts "Stay back from the door, mam!" and then, after a second, kicks it down.
Remba..gm Yeah, Mallory is in a vat in the cellar, which is connected to field stabilizing equipment.
GM says (to Remba), "You see a strange sight: Brenda appeared to be seamlessly embedded in the floor... from the waist down. She looks up at you."
Jack is hoping that Remba has all of this under control.
Remba asks (of brenda), "What the fridge, Brenda?"
Brenda says, "Remba?"
Brenda says, "Only you would say 'what the fridge'"
Remba says (to brenda), "Yes! What happened? Where is Uncle Theo? We need to get out of here"
[peregaming] Remba says, "I said "Bitch" last time and presumably got a mouthful for that"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "I guess this is her first time seeing the Mk 2?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, wait, Disguise."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Never mind."
Brenda says, "I don't know where he is! Have you seen him?"
Remba asks, "No! The house is empty. But what happened to you?"
Brenda says, "My legs felt funny this morning... I thought I could try walking... and then I just phased through the floor!"
Brenda says, "Can you lift me up?"
Remba exclaims, "I'll try!"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Physique?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Come on, she's not that hevay"
Remba picks her up.
[peregaming] Jack asks, "'She's not heavy; she's my mother'?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "he he"
[peregaming] Remba says (to jack), "peregrine is too young to get that"
GM says (to Remba), "As you lift her, the other half of her re-emerges from the floor. At least she's in one piece, albeit she seems partly ghostlike."
GM says, "She puts her arms around your shoulders to hold on."
Remba says, "Suspect is injured! I'm taking her to the ambulance!""
SWAT Leader says, "10-4! The rest of you, search the basement!"
GM asks (of Remba), "So, what's your next move? Regroup with Jack?"
Remba says, "I'll carry her outside and try to slip away"
Remba says, "Like, carry her to the ambulance, but then slip behind it and round the corner"
GM says (to Remba), "Stealth! Fair (+1) opposition, since you're in disguise"
Remba rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 -1 | Average (1)
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "That's a tie!"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "What's a good minor cost?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Hm."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "You lose your hat?"
[peregaming] GM asks, "Jack, ideas?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Hahaha*"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Which will later dissolve into a pile of nanites on the sidewalk.)"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Works for me"
[peregaming] GM says, "It's not a hat, it's a helmet"
[peregaming] GM says, "But the idea of leaving evidence at the scene is good."
[peregaming] Remba asks, "is that really minor, though?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Good point."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Depends on how much impact it has."
[peregaming] Remba says, "How about I lose my phone"
[peregaming] Remba says, "or == Jack"
[peregaming] GM says (to Remba), "Losing Jack is only a minor inconvenience for you? Heartless."
[peregaming] Remba says, "Also, I like it from a narrative standpoint, so let's go with lost helmet"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "RP!"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "losing Jack is not that big a deal, but losing Jack would be really bad!"
Remba moves through the line of SWAT people and towards the ambulance. Instead of turning to the back, she tries to move around the front, but does it too quickly and pulls off her helmet, which rolls and bounces onto the street. "Oh fiddlesticks!" But then she is gone.
[peregaming] Remba says, "(The helmet get stucks on the antenna or something)"
[peregaming] GM says, "I am... a little bemused."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Does she rendezvous with Jack?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Yes"
Jack asks (of Remba and Brenda), "You made it out -- good! What about Theo? ANd Mallory?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Or Jack, whoever is there."
[peregaming] Remba says, "Or Jack, whoever is there."
[peregaming] GM asks, "Do you just do that in an alley, or do you go to Falk's Diner, or the docks, or Middle PArk?"
Remba says (to jack), "Theo wasn't there! I don't know about Mallory. I barely got Brenda. But look Jack, she is ghostly."
[peregaming] Jack says, "I'm thinking pretty close to he house -- AFAIK, Quint and Mallory are both still in there."
Jack asks (of Brenda), "Do you feel alright?"
[peregaming] GM says, "yeah, as far as *you* know"
Brenda says, "Parts of me keep phasing in and out. It doesn't hurt. But it's really annoying"
Remba says (to jack), "They searched the whole house and there was nobody"
Remba exclaims, "It's like me in English class!"
Brenda manages to laugh.
Jack says, "Alright. We need to get someplace safe. Somewhere they won't be looking for you."
Jack asks, "They... they probably wouldn't think to look for you at my place, would they?"
Remba says, "My adopted brother Luka works in a new cafe Downtown ... or that"
Brenda says, "Whichever's closest."
[peregaming] Jack says, "I was thinking someplace slightly less public than a cafe :)"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Good point"
Brenda says, "Jack's not Ted's only student, so that could work."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Possibly a hotel room, except that Jack has no cash to pay for one with, and a credit card would just be a giant flashing neon light to the CIA."
[peregaming] Jack says, "(I mean, a Quint credit card.)"
Jack says, "Alright. Let's go there."
Brenda (to Jack) says, "I thought you slept in your office, like all grad students. Guess not."
GM exclaims, "And so you guys head over to Jack's humble abode!"
Jack says, "Sleep? I used to sleep sometimes..."
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Is Jack's place a comically messy student apartment?"
Jack folds the unmade bed back up into a sofa to give Brenda and Remba someplace to sit.
[peregaming] Jack says, "I think it's a one-room affair, kitchen on one side of the room, bedroom/living room combo on the other."
[peregaming] Jack says, "And, yeah, totally a mess."
[peregaming] Jack says, "At least half a dozen unwashed coffee mugs in the sink."
Jack asks, "Can I get you guys anything? Coffee? Tea? Soda?"
Remba asks (of jack), "Milshakes?"
Jack starts brewing a pot of coffee for himself while asking.
Brenda says, "Tea would be nice."
Jack says, "Sorry, kiddo. I'm fresh out of milkshakes."
Remba says, "I'll take a soda"
Jack passes out the beverages, then sits down on a wooden crate that was repurposed as an end table, since the sofa is already occupied.
Remba is back in her Remba form.
Jack says, "So, I have a lot of questions. But maybe together we can figure out some answers."
Jack says, "Who were those SWAT guys? Back at the house, I had time to look at them, and they had a lot more gear than I'd expect regular cops to have."
[peregaming] Remba asks, "They did?"
Jack asks, "CIA, maybe? Do they want revenge for us catching the clown who was working for them? Or do they think we're working with Mallory?"
[peregaming] GM says, "I never said that, I just said 'SWAT4"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Uh, I dunno, I'm just guessing."
[peregaming] GM says, "It's okay if it's RP"
[peregaming] Jack says, "It is."
[peregaming] GM says, "Jack has never seen a real life SWAT team after all"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "That's true!"
Jack asks, "Or does this go further back? Do they know about the Soulmonger incident?"
Jack asks, "Or..." He glances at Brenda. "Is there anything *else* they might be after you for?"
Brenda says, "Ted had trouble with the CIA a long time ago."
Jack asks, "Yeah?"
Remba asks, "Oh?"
Brenda says, "He was working on designing tech to help agents in the field, and he had a disagreement with his bosses as to how it should be used."
Brenda says, "He resigned, they kept watching him in case he sold some tech secrets to a foreign power, that sort of thing."
Remba says, "Maybe they think our stuff is his tech"
Jack asks, "Right. Mallory did say she was supposed to be watching him, didn't she?"
Remba says, "Which is ridiculous! The power floater recombuster to stabilize the MkII was my idea. He only helped with the inductor stabilization math"
Brenda says, "I think they've been waiting for an opportunity to take his work from him since forever. They probably tried to bring him out of retirement so as to frame him somehow, but since he refused and you guys ended up killing that faceless assassin..."
Jack says, "...who was secretly a renegate CIA agent..."
Remba says, "I fear they have him now."
Jack says, "Well. I guess there's one way we might be able to find out for sure."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Question: where is Quint?"
Jack closes his eyes and concentrates on the future.
GM says (to Jack), "You see him waiting at Falk's Diner, having changed his clothes. He's watching the TV. Suddenly, he looks nauseous... rushes into the toilets... and see his own face, bloodshot and tired, slowly begin to fade."
Jack says, "...the diner."
[peregaming] Remba says, "That's probably not good."
Jack says, "And I think there's something wrong. He didn't look right."
Brenda says, "Oh no."
Remba changes into a black woman in street clothes. "Let's go! Brenda, best stay here."
Jack says, "Agreed. They're probably not looking for us."
Brenda says, "Be quick! And stay safe. I'm so sorry."
Remba says, "No worries. We can handle this."
Brenda hugs Remba.
Remba says, "Try not to fade away in the meantime, Aunt Brenda."
Remba hugs her back, tightly.
Jack awkwardly half-smiles and waves.
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "To the cafe!"
GM says, "CUT TO: the diner"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Er, right, that."
[peregaming] GM snaps his fingers. Jack fades to dust!
[peregaming] GM says, "The impertinence."
[peregaming] Jack says (to GM), "For a moment, I thought you were compelling something."
[peregaming] GM says, "Nah, I ilac'd"
[peregaming] Remba says, "There is one Jack in the multiverse who went to the cafe instead. At least one."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Ha ha."
GM says, "Quint is in the darkest corner of the diner, with his eyes on the TV, close to the emergency exit."
Remba says (to quint), "Excuse me, is this seat taken? *in a whisper* what the fridge""
Quint says, "It's a free country *in a whisper* Remba!"
Jack joins them.
Quint is noticeable shaking. He doesn't look quite well.
Remba slides in.
Jack whispers (to Quint), "Brenda is safe. But she's worried about you."
Quint (to Jack) says, "Thank God. But she should be worried. I don't feel so good, Jack."
Jack says, "But I don't think Mallory and her partner were the only ones affected by the Soulmonger. Brenda... she doesn't seem to be fully in phase with the prime universe's material constants. And you... well, I think you might be slipping as well."
Remba says (to Quint), "The thing that's happening to you is happening to her."
Quint says, "How bad is it?"
Jack says, "From what I saw, you could vanish entirely before we even leave the diner."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Hmm."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Based on Jack's skillz and experience, would it be plausible that a variation of the stabilization device that closed the Soulmonger's portal might also help Quint and Brenda?"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "It would make sense!"
Jack asks (of Remba), "Do you remember that stabilizer we built? Back when all this started?"
Remba says, "Maybe we can build a field stabilizer for you and Aunt Brenda. We just need to make a quick stop at the electronics shop round the corner."
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Clearly she is one step ahead of me!"
Jack says, "Yeah. It doesn't need to be as big as the one we used before. Just big enough for one person."
Jack says (to Quint), "Alright, you stay here -- don't try to call us. They might be bugging the phones."
Remba asks (of jack), "Why? Wouldn't we need it for both Brenda and Theo?"
Jack says (to Remba), "Right, but we can just build three little ones, rather than one huge one."
[peregaming] GM asks, "Why three? Is Sparky also fading?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Er, right. Sorry, I assumed Remba was going to care about Mallory as well."
[peregaming] Jack says, "This may have been silly of me."
[peregaming] GM says, "Mallory is currently in the hands of the CIA."
[peregaming] Remba says, "We don't have ... timing"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Sure, sure. I agree. Good riddance."
[peregaming] GM says, "Since no one thought to secure any of the tech in the basement"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Hey, what happened to Sparky"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims (at GM), "I was told to let Remba handle it!"
[peregaming] GM says, "Some of which includes information concerning a certain object."
[peregaming] Jack says, "On the plus side, Mallory is likely to be even *less* cooperative with them than she was with us."
Quint says, "It'll take a miracle. But if anyone can work miracles, it's the Neighborhood."
Jack says (to Remba), "OK, let's go."
Remba buys 2 CD players, some EKG machines, 2 desk lamps and a milkshake.
[peregaming] GM asks, "With the Quint's card?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Good point"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Doesn't Jack have cash?"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Literally the only part of this campaign where a Resources roll would have made sense, and NO ONE has that skill."
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Very little!"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "But!"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Let's assume I have at least a few bucks on me. Yeah?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Say, $13."
[peregaming] Remba says, "I also have the stunt where I don't need tools"
[peregaming] GM says (to Remba), "Spend a fate point to use that stunt, and I'll ignore the expenses"
[peregaming] Jack says, "I'll reach ahead and borrow those $13 from the future."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Giving me $26."
[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "oooh awesome"
[peregaming] Jack says, "And then I'll borrow those $26 from the future."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Etc. Until we have enough cash."
[peregaming] Remba says, "ha ha ha"
[peregaming] Jack says, "In mysteriously similarly-serial-numbered bills."
[peregaming] GM says, "Cash which will eventually fade, but who cares when lives are on the line"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Exactly!"
[peregaming] GM says, "I wholeheartedly approve"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "RP at will!"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "man, those future Jacks are suckers! They'll never see their money again!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "We're effectively stealing, but I think we'd be morally OK with stealing under the circumstances."
Jack gives Remba a pile of cash, made up of all fives and ones.
Jack says, "Don't take too long. It won't last."
Remba (as a black young woman) buys the stuff.
GM says, "Bingo"
Remba comes out of the shop carrying a pile of boxes and slurping a milshake. "Okay, here we go."
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Back to Jack's place, then I roll Crafts?"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yep!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Also, I am convinced that this electronics shop only started selling milkshakes after Remba started shopping there."
[peregaming] Jack says, "And has not regretted it."
[peregaming] Remba says, "ha ha"
[peregaming] GM says, "Aw"
[peregaming] Remba says, ""Usually, only this little girl asks for them! I bought the machine and everything""
Remba rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 +1 +1 -1 | Superb (5)
[peregaming] GM says, "Anyhow, so you're adapting existing technology, but you have to do it super fast, so these two things cancel out and it's a +5 challenge."
[peregaming] Jack says, "And as usual, I'm assisting for an extra +1."
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Success!"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "So what does this device look like?"
[peregaming] GM says, "I'm curious to find out."
[peregaming] Jack says, "(And if we're at the apartment, I assume Brenda will get to try it out first.)"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Indeed!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(And I assume Taleslinger is busy typing right now...)"
[peregaming] GM says, "He always is."
[peregaming] Remba says, "It's 3 powerful EKG sources, wired haphazardly to 2 powerful lamps, being stabilized by 2 or 3 CD drives that constantly open and close. The whole thing is terribly loud and smells of burnt electronics constantly."
[peregaming] Remba says, "(It's arranged in a circle for someone to stand in)"
[peregaming] Jack says, "So... not terribly portable. Hmm."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Is it just one device, or is it two of them?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(I'm just thinking of Quint, still at the diner.)"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Remba is so good at crafts, she makes her own complications."
[peregaming] Remba says, "two! The second one is slightly improved and is portable in a big suitcase"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Hee."
Jack asks (of Remba), "Does it work?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "it's mostly a turntable and some powerbanks"
Brenda says, "So I stand here? Is it safe?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Stand?)"
Brenda says, "It looks like a cyberpunk summoning circle."
Remba says (to brenda), "Sure! I hope you don't have any titanium screws in your body *switches on*"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Is Brenda able to stand?)"
Remba says, "*whirr* *whirr* *whirr* *buzz* *zzzzz* *buzz buzz*"
[peregaming] GM says, "On her waist, yeah."
[peregaming] GM says, "Her feet have a marked tendency to phase into the floor"
[peregaming] GM says, "Which is actually good since she can move with her hands"
[peregaming] GM says, "Instead of in a wheelchair, as she's used to doing"
[peregaming] Jack says, "But if we're stabilizing her..."
[peregaming] GM says, "You should probably lift her up first."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Then wouldn't he being partly embedded in the floor be a *bad* thing?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Yes."
[Crows-Nest] (from Remba) Jack's downstairs neighbor, "What the fridge?"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "hahaha"
Jack helps Brenda up while Remba powers up the device.
Remba says (to jack), "You do it, at my age the radiation might still have long-term effects"
Remba asks (of jack), "You are around 40, right?"
Jack says, "Just how old do you think I -- I see."
Jack says, "We'll work on your math skills later."
Jack says, "For now, we're ready. Hit the switch."
Remba says, "It's just that you look very old."
Remba says, "Okay, here we go. Phasing in Brenda in 3...2...1..."
[peregaming] Remba says, "Waiting for the GM, actually."
Brenda glows for a moment, then she stabilizes, albeit with a lot of sparks flying from the machine. Her feet touch the floor. 'Wait...'
Brenda says, "'... my knees don't feel the same.'"
Brenda says, "'I think I can actually... stand by myself?'"
Remba punches one of the CD drives. "C'mon, c'mon,is that bett ----wow"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "I have wondered if Jack's time thing would make his biological age higher than his calendar age, but I ran some numbers, and I think it'd only be by like 0.1%."
Jack asks (of Brenda), "Do you want me to let go?"
Brenda says, "'Yes! I need to know for sure.'"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "On the other hand, working with Remba would probably age him by about 500%."
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Aw, you love the little rascal, admit it"
Jack lets go, ready to catch her if needed.
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Old Man Jack"
Brenda wobbles, then regains her balance. 'Wow.'
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Oh man, the Logan version of the Neighborhood would be something"
Remba stares. "That's amazing.
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "I saw that movie and, not having been keeping up with the X-Men franchise, had had no idea of what to expect from it."
Jack says (to Remba), "Huh. Nice work."
Brenda says, "Maybe my knees phased back to a time before the... you know."
Brenda says, "Like a reset."
Brenda says, "But do you think it'll last?"
Jack says, "So, this *is* amazing and all, but Quint is still at the diner..."
Remba shrugs. "Beats me".
Brenda says, "Oh my God! Hurry!"
Jack moves his crate/endtable into the circle for Brenda to sit on, just in case.
Remba asks (of remba), "Do you want to ... walk there?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Oh wait"
Brenda says, "Don't stare at me, go, go, go! Fly!"
Jack says, "What she said."
Remba grabs the suitcase version.
GM exclaims, "So it's a race against time!"
GM says, "And I'll say that a race against time... is an Athletic ovecome"
GM says, "Say, +2"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "And SATSAM has the suitcase, so I assume she's rolling it?"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Can Jack assist?"
[peregaming] GM says, "He can't fly"
[peregaming] Jack says, "The best I probably do would be to sit on your back and say 'go that way!'"
Remba rolls Average (1) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 +1 | Average (1)
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Oh, wait. No, I can help!"
[peregaming] Remba tags Daredevil again. Because she - oh?
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "I can ride on your back and give you a three-zone boost every few seconds!"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Woohoo!""
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yay!"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "By your powers combined!"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Roleplay at will your epic flight!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "I assume this counts as a +1 assist kind of thing. Unless you want me to roll as Create Advantage."
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Is your boost a Teleport?"
Jack clings to SATSAM's back, the wind in his face, just trying to see where they're going well enough to teleport without crashing us through a building!
[peregaming] Jack says, "Right."
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Sorry, I meant 'boost' in the normal English sense, not the Fate sense.)"
(From Remba) SATSAM flashes in and out of existence all over the city, with Remba screaming wildly with joy and Jack clinging to her back.
Remba says, "Finally they land in a backyard near the cafe."
Remba says, "or diner."
[Crows-Nest] GM |Remba screaming wildly with joy and Jack clinging to her back.
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Bad GM."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "It's not me, it's Tale's freudian slippers"
Jack runs inside while Remba retracts her wings. Is Quint still in the same place?
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "I just stuck it in there and meant nothing by it, you pulled it out and made it Freudian"
GM says (to Jack), "You see him, looking ill, heading for the toilet"
Remba morphs into an off-duty nurse look.
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Well, I couldn't unsee it. Believe me, I tried."
Jack, if he's headed for the men's room, grabs the suitcase and follows him in. Remba might not be welcome in there.
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Let us forget about it."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Perhaps even censor it from the transcript"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "How long is this going to be? If you're going to keep it up, I don't think I can take it all."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "How long is what going to be? I thought I'd ended it"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says (to jack), "The GM keeps going back in, even after I tried to pull him out"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Stoppit"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Oh, you're done already? Don't feel bad; that happens to everyone now and then."
Jack releases the latch and flips open the suitcase on the floor.
Quint says, "I'm... it's almost over..."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Also, OOC, I was totally expecting Remba to follow Jack into the men's room."
Remba steps into the men's room, if anyone objects she'll shout "Medical Emergency". She then blocks the door from the inside.
[peregaming] Jack says, "There we go."
[peregaming] Remba says, "You always expect me to come inside, don't you"
[Crows-Nest] (from GM) Censors converge!
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "The GM said we can't do this anymore when he's watching."
[peregaming] Remba says, "You know how it is, once you get going"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Sigh. This used to be PG-friendly."
[peregaming] Jack asks (of Remba), "Does the device automatically power up when I open it, or...?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Tell me Quint doesn't have to get in the suitcase...)"
Remba says, "Aim it in his general direction"
Jack exclaims, "OK!"
Jack akwardly lifts up one side of the suitcase to 'aim' the device inside of it at Quint!
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "..."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Let me collect myself and stop laughing uncontrllably"
[Crows-Nest] GM takes deep breath
GM exclaims (at Jack), "Quint, as he's starting to fade, is hit by the beam!"
Quint begins to become less transparent!
Remba exclaims, "For the next one, I should refocus the transdimensional sphere obfuscator!"
Jack asks, "Have you considered a backpack model?"
Remba says, "Yeah, but I need to figure out how to miniaturize the power modules"
Quint staggers and reels. 'Another miracle...'
Jack exclaims (at Quint), "Great, it worked!"
Remba asks, "Are you okay Uncle Theo?"
Quint says, "My head hurts a bit."
Jack says, "The other one worked, too. Brenda's doing great."
Jack adds, as an afterthought, "Oh, and she can walk now."
Quint says, "Thank God. No, thank *you*. What? Another miracle!"
[peregaming] GM asks, "So, next move?"
Remba says, "I hope this has no negative effects."
Jack, still awkwardly holding up the suitcase, asks (of Remba), "So do I need to carry this behind him all the way back to the apartment, or..."
Remba says, "Um, unless you want to risk him destabilizing again"
Remba says, "(firmly) Which we don't"
Jack says, "Right. OK, then. I guess we're walking."
GM says, "*after lots of walking and ducking into back alleys at the sound of helicopters* *back in Jack's flat*"
Remba exclaims, "Hey Aunt Brenda!"
Brenda says, "You're all safe!"
Jack props the open suitcase against a wall, so he doesn't have to hold it the whole time.
Brenda says, "I'd come to give you all a hug but I can't really step out of this circle, sadly."
Remba goes in the circle to hug her!
[peregaming] GM says, "aww"
Brenda says, "Things are looking better now."
Jack reaims things to make sure the suitcase beam intersects the circle so that the Quints can actually reach each other.
[Crows-Nest] (from Remba) 50-years later, "Doctor, that when I absorbed all that gamma radiation"
Remba gives the Quints some space.
Jack says, "Alright. Good. Step one, nobody's dead or dying. That's a success."
Jack says, "Now we need to figure out what step two is."
Remba says, "If only we knew why you're phasing."
Quint says, "Did you guys retrieve my research when you rescued Brenda?"
Jack looks to Remba for that question.
Quint says, "Or Mallory, for that matter. Where's that damn blob?"
Remba says, "Sorry. Aunt Brenda had priority. And the house was full of SWAT guys."
Quint says, "Oh, well. It can't be helped. But now some very dangerous information is going to fall into the hands of the CIA..."
Remba asks, "Was it hidden? Any chance they didn't find it?"
Jack asks, "On the Soulmonger and Mallory, you mean? Or is there even more?"
Quint says, "... like the plans for our old friend, the Schrodinger's Cube."
Quint says, "And the Brainwave GPS that went with it."
Jack asks, "Do you think they'd try to open another portal? How would that benefit them at all?"
Remba says, "Maybe they think they can control the Soulmonger"
[Crows-Nest] Remba asks, "Wait a tick, isn't this the plot to Doom?"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Of all the videogames for the Neighborhood to wind up in, that wouldn't have been my first choice."
Quint says, "Maybe."
Jack says, "Alright. I *thought* step two was going to be to find a way to keep *you* two safe from the CIA."
Jack says, "But I guess now it's to keep the whole *world* safe from them."
Remba asks, "Can they open a portal anywhere? That would make this tricky?"
Jack says, "Well, they just got everything today -- I'm sure it'll take them time to actually *build* the thing."
Quint says, "I agree with Jack."
Jack says, "If we can destroy all the data and prototypes before they have a chance, then maybe we can keep them from getting any further. For now, at least."
Remba asks, "Where would they keep such data? In ... Longley?"
Jack says, "Maybe, but I bet they probably won't even have gotten it out of state yet."
Jack says, "But then, maybe I can find out..."
Remba says, "Yeah, oh ..."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Question: where will we be able to find the stuff they took from the basement?"
Jack becomes temporarily discontinuous with the timestream.
Remba asks (of theo), "So, uh, you want a coffee? Tea? Soda?"
GM says (to Jack), "You see that the CIA wastes no time. They're already loading everything onto an armored convoy (which is also transporting some high-security prisoners out of the state -- it was the only thing they could find at short notice)"
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "I like how your solution to 'we're waiting while the GM is typing something up' is 'let's fill the time by asking one of his NPC's to answer a question'."
Quint says, "Soda, please."
[peregaming] Jack asks (of GM), "By 'convoy', what sort of vehicles are we looking at? Armored cars/trucks kind of thing?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "clearly a joke question that needs no answer, though"
[peregaming] GM says, "Yeah, with a helicopter escort."
[peregaming] Jack exclaims (at Remba), "And also a joke criticism!"
Jack relays what he saw.
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "ha!"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Sorry, it's hot and late here"
Remba says, "Aha! We know where to go! Find that convoy, get the data back"
Jack says, "Right."
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Accidentally free all the prisoners..."
[Crows-Nest] Jack exclaims, "No! Not him!"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Hehehe"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Oh crap, I didn't even think of that"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Also, wouldn't it be funny if lps were also a prisoner"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "perhaps captured after falling out of the sky through a portal"
Jack asks (of Quints), "Are you two going to be OK here until we get back?"
Jack asks, "Do you need us to adjust the stabilization fields at all?"
Brenda says, "As long as those machines keep running, we should be all right."
Brenda says, "Just don't come home too late!"
Remba says, "We'll try"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "I'm hoping that the circle is close enough to the couch that they can sit down, and that the suitcase beam passes right by the fridge to the bathroom door."
Remba asks, "Am I aloud to stay out late if it gets us the data back?"
Brenda says, "Of course you are. Stay safe!"
[Crows-Nest] (from Remba) Jack says, "And NOT the fold-out couch"
Remba hugs the Quints. "Don't worry. Jack will help me!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "So, here's a question:"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Did I see enough to be able to tell *where* the convoy was located?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Or, I guess, *will be* located.)"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "You recognized the road. It's the interstate that goes straight out of San Frangeles and heads east into the desert."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Also, I need to stop mischannelling on #crows nest"
Jack says (to Remba), "Alright. The quickest way there is probably to fly. But then we'll be spotted by the helicopters, guaranteed."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Disguise only lets you disguise yourself as other people, right?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "yeah"
[peregaming] Remba says, "We could steal a fast car"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "True!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "I guess not *everything* needs to be done using superpowers."
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Can you drive, though?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Yes. But not super-well."
[peregaming] Jack says, "But on the other hand, if the car is fast enough, all I need to do is point it in the right direction."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "afk a second; keep brainstorming your MAd Max Fury Road convoy heist"
[peregaming] Jack asks (of Remba), "Do you have any ideas for how one might make a car faster?"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Sure!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Excellent."
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Will they really miss a single jet engine at the airport?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "...no comment."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "OK, how do we steal a fast car? Are we going to a dealer, or just hoping we see one on the street?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Hmm"
[peregaming] Remba says, "We could steal one from a dealer, claiming it's a test drive"
[peregaming] Jack says, "We could."
[peregaming] Jack says, "To get a test drive that quick, without waiting around for a sales pitch and all, would probably need a good Rapport roll."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Which means you'll probably want to Disguise yourself as a grownup for it :)"
[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "Intriguing!"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "What will we do once we actually arrive at the convoy?"
[peregaming] Jack asks (of GM), "Did I see enough to identify which vehicle they were loading Quint's stuff into?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Is that a retroactive Notice Overcome I can make now?)"
[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "Yes, at +3 (Good) opposition"
Jack rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 0 +1 +1 | Epic (7)
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "With a boost!"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Boom!"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Nice!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Or, actually, I was using my power at the time, so I can use a special effect."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Inflict Condition, to upgrade it to a full Aspect."
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Thanks, SFX team!"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Hmm. What should that Aspect be called?"
[peregaming] GM says, "hmm"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "How about just 'Target Vehicle', calling the vehicle itself the aspect?"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Something like the exact make of the car?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Which we have a free invoke on.)"
[peregaming] GM says, "Target Vehicle works for me"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "OK!"
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "So we get there, and they're not going to want us there."
[peregaming] Jack says, "One option is to teleport out of the car onto the vehicle in question."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Is there any way we can do that without being spotted? It would be nice if they kept watching the car rather than us."
[peregaming] Remba says, "I don't see an option."
[peregaming] Jack says, "But I don't know how to hang off of the back of an armored truck without being noticed."
[peregaming] Remba says, "I can disguise myself, but can't make myself invisible"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Just had an idea for a future power, though"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Admittedly, I also don't know how to hang off the back of an armored truck at all, but I assume Jack is better at that than me.)"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Hee."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Probably not enough room underneath, either."
[peregaming] GM says, "You could also try cutting off the van from the others, or stopping it."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, here's an ideea:"
[peregaming] Jack says, "We could potentially laser a hole in the back of the truck."
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Oooh"
[peregaming] Remba says, "I like that"
[peregaming] Jack says, "If the hole were big enough, I could see through it, making the inside of the truck a valid teleportation target."
[peregaming] GM says, "Ingenious."
[peregaming] GM says, "It'll take you several teleports to get all the stuff out. And fit it in the fast car."
[peregaming] Jack says, "So we teleport in, leaving our car driverless, so it goes and crashes into something, hopefully providing a distraction while we're working."
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Oh, cool and totally spectacular!"
[peregaming] Jack asks (of GM), "Oh, you're thinking that we'd do this *without* burning bridges as we go?"
[peregaming] GM says, "hahaha"
[peregaming] Remba says, "I assume by laser you mean plasma blast"
[peregaming] Jack says, "I mean EYE BEAMS."
[peregaming] (from GM) Remba's eye gleams.
[peregaming] Jack asks (of Remba), "So do you prefer the 'let the car crash as a distraction' tactic, or the 'keep the car rolling behind the convoy and teleport things into it one by one' plan?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "I thought you knew my by now"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Of course the former !"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Excellent."
[peregaming] Remba says, "And my character loves it, too"
[peregaming] GM says, "And then you guys destroy the potentially dangerous data and prototypes before it's used for nefarious means."
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Right!"
[peregaming] GM says, "A perfect plan."
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "And then we teleport out of the truck into midair where SATSAM safely flies us away!"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?"
[peregaming] GM says, "I have a feeling this will all end on a cliffhanger if we're not careful. ;-)"
[peregaming] Jack says (to GM), "If I ask if I can roll Will to have thought about all this IC and be prepared for it, are you going to say that it's an obnoxiously high Create Advantage opposition? :)"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Yeah, we have about an hour twenty minutes left"
[peregaming] GM says, "Less actually, if we want Tale to have sleep worth speaking of."
[peregaming] Jack exclaims (at Remba), "That just means that lps will be able to help us with the end of the plan!"
[peregaming] GM says, "My thought exactly."
[peregaming] Jack asks (of GM), "So, your thoughts on the Create Advantage opposition?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "; I'll happily role some rapport for the car"
[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "Should be, hm, Will +5 opposition, because you're tired and burned out."
[peregaming] Jack sighs.
[peregaming] Jack asks, "...in that case, do I have the option to back out, or have I committed to it?"
[peregaming] GM says, "I'm not sure I understand. A plan's a plan. If you want an Advantage to help you, then Create Advantage it is. Otherwise, just do the plan."
[peregaming] Jack says, "I'd like an Advantage to help me, but if I roll against +5 opposition, I'll be harming us, not helping us."
[peregaming] Jack says, "So I'm better off just leaving the plan OOC, than trying to suggest that Jack has any good idea of what he's doing IC."
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "OK!"
[peregaming] GM says, "Just go in by the seat of your pants"
[peregaming] GM says, "Create Advantages: always optional :-)"
[peregaming] Remba says, "I want to turn into a beautiful and rich looking woman to get us that test drive"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Excellent."
[peregaming] GM says, "Okay, in that case the opposition is only Fair (+2)"
[peregaming] GM says, "Rapport"
Remba rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 +1 +1 0 | Superb (5)
[peregaming] Remba says, "With Style (right?)"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Woo, boost!"
[peregaming] GM says, "Yay"
[peregaming] GM says, "You got a Smooth Ride"
[peregaming] Remba says, "The boost is "hella fast car""
[peregaming] Remba says, "Smooth Ride is better"
Jack gets into the driver's seat, since he's still the one with a license.
[peregaming] GM says, "Shame to crash such a beautiful vehicle."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Enh, our FX budget can handle it."
[peregaming] Remba says, "It's the Terrari Festarossa"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "But saving the world requires sacrifice!"
Jack exclaims (at Remba), "Nice! This is miles better than the last car I had!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Which, IIRC, we crashed while chasing Mann.)"
[peregaming] Remba says, "No wait, it's a Mamborghini Quartiere"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Quartiere being Italian for neighborhood"
[peregaming] GM says, "Yay Mamborghini"
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "This is where readers start complaining about the inconsistent artwork, where the car doesn't even look like the same model from one panel to the next."
[peregaming] GM says, "Cruisin' the Neighborhood"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Next, I strap some extra boost engines to it to make it extra fast"
[peregaming] Remba says, "(Crafts, I assume, create advantage)"
[peregaming] GM says, "Oho, Crafts +3"
Remba rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 +1 0 +1 | Superb (5)
[peregaming] Jack says, "Woot."
[peregaming] Remba says, "Nice"
[peregaming] GM says, "This car is literally flying"
[peregaming] Remba says, "We are apparently in a montage"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Next page: we're on the highway!"
GM says, "*vroooooOOOOOOOOooooom*"
Jack pulls into the fast lane and presses the pedal down. 70mph, 80, 90, and still rising...
[peregaming] Jack says, "(That's 110, 130, 150kph for you guys.)"
[peregaming] Remba says, "ha ha"
[peregaming] GM says, "So this is a challenge: getting close to the convoy without attracting attention, then maneuvering into position behind the Target Vehicle"
Remba says, "There's the convoy"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Yes, it is!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "But I bet it's something we can Overcome."
Remba changes into a college co-ed.
[peregaming] GM says, "It's going to involve Stealth/Deceive, and Drive at least"
Jack says, "And there's the Target. The one with the torn mudflaps and the scratch on the right fender."
[peregaming] GM says, "Depending on your approach"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Ooh. Since I'm driving, am I rolling both of them?"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yes!"
[peregaming] GM says, "And Remba assists if she can."
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "OK, let's start with Drive!"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "I do!"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "What's my opposition?"
[peregaming] GM says, "+3"
[peregaming] Remba says, "My stealth is +2"
Jack rolls Average (1) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 -1 | Good (3)
[peregaming] Jack says, "Tie! So I succeed with a minor thingummy."
[peregaming] GM says, "Unless you use up one of the free invokes on the car..."
[peregaming] GM says, "Like Smooth Ride"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Can we roll the Stealth before I decide?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "In case I want it there."
[peregaming] GM says, "okay, roll it! at +4, since it's in broad daylight"
[peregaming] Jack says, "OK! And I think Remba said she's assisting with her Stealthy advice."
[peregaming] Remba says, "+2!°"
[peregaming] Jack asks (of Remba), "?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Assisting is normally a +1 to the person being assisted, unless there's a way for you to do the roll yourself. But if I'm driving, that seems unlikely.)"
[peregaming] Remba says, "oh, sorry"
Jack rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 0 -1 0 | Average (1)
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "And *now* I tag both Smooth Ride and Literally Flying!"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Woohoo"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Because we are able to slide right in before they've even noticed us approaching."
[peregaming] Remba says, "The car is so far, too fast for the soldiers to notice"
[peregaming] GM says, "Wheeee"
[peregaming] GM says, "Which means that there's a minor drawback to your Stealth roll which we need to determine."
[peregaming] GM says, "A minor complication..."
[peregaming] Remba says, "lost hubcap"
[peregaming] Jack says, "That works."
[peregaming] GM asks, "But is it fun, though?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Or even a lost wing mirror."
[peregaming] GM says, "Since you're planning on destroying the car anyway"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Because we pull in *that close* to the target truck."
[peregaming] Jack says (to GM), "Sure, but it's a minor drawback."
[peregaming] GM says, "Hm."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Or how about I take a couple mental stress?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Because I had a seriously close call, and totalling a car at 100mph is almsot certainly lethal."
[peregaming] GM says, "That works."
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "OK!"
[peregaming] Jack checks off his #2 mental stress box.
Jack exclaims (at Remba), "OK, it's go time!"
Remba stands up in her seat and aims her ... arms ... at the back of truck. "ZAAAAAAAAAAP"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Overcome with shoot, I assume?"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yep!"
Remba rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 +1 0 0 | Good (3)
[peregaming] GM says, "+3 -- so it's a tie"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Are out of boosts and invokes, right?"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "We have one left on Target Vehicle, but do we want to use it when we've already tied?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "We don't : Minor drawback: A piece of metal from the door flies back and slices SATSAM across the arm (ticking 1 box of physical stress)"
[peregaming] Jack says, "That works. Another option, if the GM wants it: the hole is small, so teleporting through will require *another* overcome."
[peregaming] Jack says, "(Will, to focus on the tricky teleport while driving.)"
[peregaming] GM says, "I like that"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Me too"
[peregaming] Remba unticks box.
[peregaming] GM says, "Let's go with Jack's option (Remba can still RP ducking as a piece of metal flies past)"
Jack puts one hand on Remba's shoulder while the other hand is on the wheel. It's hard to see through the hole, but if he times it just right...
Remba ducks as a piece of metal flies past.
[peregaming] Jack asks, "What's my opposition?"
[peregaming] GM says, "+4, since it's a small hole AND the car is moving at high speed"
Jack rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 0 0 0 | Fair (2)
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "And now I invoke Target Vehicle!"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Phew!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Which makes it another tie, and I'll suggest that the minor drawback is that we land awkwardly inside the truck."
[peregaming] GM says, "I have a question:"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Since we ended up teleporting into some upper corner of the interior and fell all tangled up onto a bunch of crates and stuff."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Yeah?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Obviously the car will crash once there are no drivers in it."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Yeah."
[peregaming] GM says, "Good, good."
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Let's go with the minor drawback you suggested!"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Woot."
Remba untangles her limbs, and then untangles herself from Jack.
(From GM) ploploploplo
Jack says, "Oh, there she is."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Is there anyone else in here with us besides Mallory?"
Remba exclaims, "Mallory! It's me! Your good friend! The Optimus Prime to your Bumblebee!"
GM says, "Okay, so several things happen:"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "I *guess* Jack probably doesn't *actually* consider Mallory to be a part of the stuff that they plan to destroy."
GM says, "1) your smooth ride, now driverless, is crashed into by the convoy vehicle immediately behind it."
GM says, "2) the jet engine explodes"
Jack sighs, knowing that he'll probably never get to drive anything that nice ever again.
Remba sighs, too. Such a nice car.
GM says, "3) the driver of the Target Vehicle hears you landing in the back, and starts talking on his walkie-talkie: 'Emergency! We have a situation!'"
[peregaming] Jack wonders if the GM is going to suggest the thing that he's thinking.
Remba says (to jack), "They have a situation! Good thing we're here"
[peregaming] GM asks, "I don't know. What ARE you thinking?"
[peregaming] GM steeples fingers.
[peregaming] Jack says, "I'm thinking that as we disentangle ourselves after the very awkward teleport, we realize that there are rather more arms and legs in the pile than we had when we started."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Almost as though we somehow accidentally intersected with some other character from a different spacetime..."
[peregaming] Remba says, "Oooh"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Cliffhanger!"
[peregaming] GM says, "I guess it could be a good place for one."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Just in time for lps to join us next time."
[peregaming] GM says, "Especially since we started an hour earlier, so finishing half an hour sooner makes little difference, and allows me and Tale to get some rest"
[peregaming] GM says, "Feel free to narrate this cliffhanger, then put a CLIFFHANGER after it."
[peregaming] Remba says, "I'll take that minor drawback"
[peregaming] Remba says, "(I assume JAck will write it, as he has talked to lps more than I have)"
[peregaming] GM says, "Indeed"
Jack picks himself up off of the floor, shoving SATSAM's leg and an unidentified elbow off of his face in the process.
Jack exclaims (at Remba), "Wait, how many elbows do you have in your current for-- wait. That's not you!"
Jack stares at woman lying on the ground, his face echoing her own expression surprise.
Remba asks, "Jack...she...she kinda looks like you?"
Jack exclaims, "Don't move! Identify yourself!"
Jack exclaims, "We have plasma cannons!"
Jack says, "<CLIFFHANGER>"
GM exclaims, "MUSIC!"
Remba says, "CREDITS"
[peregaming] Jack says, "Woo."
[Crows-Nest] (from Remba) Post credits. Guy, tattered, walking through the desert, "Finally, after three days, the Highway! hey, what's that?" *METAL SLICING SOUND*
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Exciting!"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "So that'll be three weeks from now, when we continue the story, plus lps?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "And in the meantime, next week..."
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Bastafore!?"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Indeed we shall! And Bastafore next week!"
[peregaming] Remba says, "right, next week is something called ... Bastafore? What's that`"
[peregaming] GM exclaims, "We will finally save the Forest!"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "We finally get to walk through that glittering elf circle!"
[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Oh yeah, you all stepped into that annihilation trap. I'm so excited to see your new characters!"
[peregaming] GM says, "I'm playing a halfling shapeshifter called Mallory"
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "Mine is going to be a gnomish inventor that has a suit of powered armor with a Disguise Self spell on it."
[peregaming] Remba says, "I like all these ideas"
[peregaming] Jack says, "I'm thinking of calling her Amber. Or maybe Marbe."
[peregaming] Remba says, ",,gm This was a ton of fun, thanks"
[peregaming] GM says (to Remba), "Thanks! It was kind of experimental in places"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Indeed. Thanks!"
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Experimental? How so?"
[peregaming] GM says, "I could have just done another 'going about the city punching bad guys', but I felt there was a lot of untapped potential in the previous sessions and wanted to see where it could go"
[peregaming] Jack exclaims (at Remba), "Remember, we spent the first scene experimenting on Mallory!"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Oh yeah, that felt very organic"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Ew, you put your hand in the vat?"
[peregaming] GM says, "eeek"
[peregaming] Remba says (to jack), "I did plopplop not"
[peregaming] GM says, "Thanks for playing along even when I goofed up. I really appreciate it"
[peregaming] Jack asks, "Remba, what was in that green milkshake the other day?"
[peregaming] Jack says, "It said 'SOY' something on it, and I know you don't drink soy milk."
[peregaming] Remba says, "he he"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Is it bad that I understood that joke without having seen the movie"
[peregaming] Remba says, "I think FATE is a terrific system for MUD play"
[Crows-Nest] Jack asks, "Is it bad that I made that joke without having seen the movie?"
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "hahaha"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "IDGI"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "oh, nevermind"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "And I have seen the movie :D"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says (to Remba), "Good, because explaining it would be a major spoiler if you hadn't."
[peregaming] GM says, "I am a huge fan of FATE in general."
[peregaming] Jack says, "Yeah, it's been working really well."
[peregaming] Jack says, "IIRC, I think you have inky to thank for originally introducing it to the MUD."
[peregaming] GM says, "to inky, we are forever indebted"
[peregaming] Jack asks (of GM), "I assume this is just a Minor Milestone, right?"
[peregaming] GM says, "Indeed it is."
[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba), "(That means the one *without* any new skill points or refresh.)"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Thanks, dad."
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "I just feel slightly guilty for the times I've inadvertently led you to believe you were getting more than you thought you were."
[peregaming] Remba says, "I'm thinking of renaming easily excited, as I rarely use it"
[peregaming] GM says, "It kind of overlaps with Daredevil"
[peregaming] Remba says, "yeah"
[peregaming] Remba says, "or maybe I'll just kick Atlethics to +2"
[peregaming] Remba says, "I'll decide sometime before the next session"
[peregaming] GM asks, "How? By replacing?"
[peregaming] GM asks, "ie replacing Stealth by athletics?"
[peregaming] GM says, "so that Stealth becomes at +1"
[peregaming] GM asks, "and Athletics at +2?"
[peregaming] Remba says, "Yes"
[peregaming] GM says, "Always an option."
[peregaming] Remba says, "maybe Empathy, which I've never used"
[peregaming] GM says, "That too."
[peregaming] GM says, "It's entirely up to you -- but I should really let you get to bed. You need beauty sleep if you want to be ready for the coming Bastaforian session"
[peregaming] Jack says, "But try not to sleep for the *whole* week."
[peregaming] GM says, "heh"
[peregaming] Jack says, "At least get up to go to the bathroom every once in a while."
[peregaming] Remba asks, "Speaking of which, I won't be here before, can someone email me if the scheduling changes?"
[peregaming] GM says, "We'll be sure to do so."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "This is the first time that I GM a game without using my notes."
[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Weird."
[peregaming] Remba says, "THat must be nice"
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Another good thing about FATE"
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Ooh."
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "I don't know if my anxiety will ever let me do that."
[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "I tried it once, many years ago. It failed miserably."
[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "I always meant to write out a whole plot line for Bastafore, but I have never done that"