[peregaming] Bert says, "Log on."

[peregaming] GM says (to Remba), "Raise a hand if you're there"

(From Jack) GM says, "And there, and there, and..."

GM exclaims, "My head spins! A surfeit of Jacks!"

[peregaming] Remba raises hand.

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Excellent!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Now is the time for questions"

[peregaming] Remba asks, "Is this the one with the Crusaders?"

[peregaming] GM says, "No, this is the lame ripoff"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Questions like 'what was I planning to replace that aspect on my sheet that I've marked "(REPLACE THIS)" with?'?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Interdimensional Hero, I think...? (Was that your High Concept?)"

[peregaming] Jack says, "'Unstuck in Spacetime'."

[peregaming] GM says, "Ah"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Maybe I might go with 'In Over His Head' for this one."

[peregaming] Jack says, "For this session, at least. I can always swap it again afterward if I change my mind."

[peregaming] GM says, "hehe"

[peregaming] Remba says, "I'm fine with all my aspects"

[peregaming] Remba says, "(because I can't think of better ones :D )"

[peregaming] GM says, "hehehe"

Jack sets his current fate point total to = 2.

Jack sets his current fate point total to 2.

Jack clears the initiative.

GM sets his current fate point total to 2.

Remba sets her current fate point total to 3.

[peregaming] Jack asks, "OK, where did we leave off last time?"

[peregaming] Remba says, "I was stuck in another universe"

[peregaming] Jack says, "We got rid of the Watchmaker who had gone after us, but presumably there are more out there who don't know about that yet."

[peregaming] Jack says, "We hopefully got our mole situation sorted out."

[peregaming] Jack says, "We have a new base in an abandoned oil rig. Hopefully a secret one this time."

[Crows-Nest] Remba asks, "Jack finally saw a dermatologist?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Quint is wanted by the CIA for murder still, IIRC?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Yep"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "And where did we leave Mallory? What condition is she in?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Mallory is much the same: a vat on robotic spider legs."

[peregaming] GM says, "In the care of RONIN, along with the Lady of Smiles"

[peregaming] GM says, "And also the head of Marcus Winslowe"

[Crows-Nest] Remba asks, "Who's RONIN again?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "And I remember that there's deep corruption in the CIA, but I can't remember exactly what it was. I know it had something to do with the attempted assassination of that politician..."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh yeah, Winslowe and Smiles. I forgot about them."

[peregaming] GM says, "They tried to ensure Daphne Crane would be elected by faking attempted assassination. This backfired when Mallory attempted to replace Crane by herself."

[peregaming] GM says, "Now Crane is president, so they won."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Winslowe being the CIA agent that Mallory's partner murdered (on her own? on orders?), and that Quint is wanted for killing for some reason, I think? (Did we ever hear *why* they blamed him?)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Winslowe was murdered by Mallory's partner as part of Mallory's independent plot."

[peregaming] GM says, "Quint is wanted for the deaths of Mallory and her partner, who were supposed to spy on him."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, right."

[peregaming] GM says, "The CIA doesn't know that Mallory is alive."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Or that Lizzie exploded her partner."

[peregaming] GM says, "yep"

[peregaming] Jack says, "OK! I think I'm more or less caught back up now."

[peregaming] Remba asks, "Lizzie was ggg, right?"

[peregaming] GM says (to Remba), "yep"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Right."

[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "I'm more confused than ever, but that's just like Remba!"

[peregaming] GM asks, "So basically, Jack, a few weeks have gone by since you last heard from Remba via interdimension video call. Do you still go to uni?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "And Quellynne was lps; she's the one who convinced Smiles (the grown up Soulmonger who was mostly killed and who is now inhabiting the body of her previous cultist) to try living instead of destroying for a bit."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Well done!"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "RONIN is now a lot like BPRD"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "What with all those weird people"

Jack, like the rest of his grad students, obviously has no idea what's been going on, so he's still been attending university and trying to figure out what to do with his thesis now that his advisor is missing.

[peregaming] Jack says, "s/his/Quint's/"

[peregaming] Remba asks, "Who's BRPD again?"

[Crows-Nest] Jack asks, "RONIN is us, right?"

GM says (to Jack), "The head of your faculty has basically told you that your funding will run out soon without Quint to renew it, and the government has been trying to get its hands on your work."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "yep"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Apparently Hellboy's version of The Department of Unconventional Affairs?"

Jack says, "Crap."

Jack is probably writing up begging letters for any other faculty members who might be up for taking on a new student and maybe helping with his funding somehow please.

GM says (to Jack), "So far, you haven't had any luck."

Jack was afraid of that.

GM says (to Jack), "Basically, your work is so ahead of its time that no one is really competent to understand it"

[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "That will have happened with Time Travel research"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "my thought exactly"

Jack will probably see if he can get the folks at the Diner to make him an irish coffee, to drown his sorrows.

GM says, "Falk's Diner is much the same as ever, thankfully."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "typing"

(From GM) And on their TV screen today, as Jack is drinking his delicious Irish coffee, Barney Clint is ranting once again�: '...people being kidnapped by devil-worshipping Jehovah Witnesses from every hospital in the city�! Gnnh�! In cahoots with a liver-smuggling ring, I'd bet�! Wake up sheeple, we're being eaten alive by Mexican organleggers every day�! And now for a word from San Frangeles' preposterous caped clowns, the Neighborhood�! Gnnnh�!'

(From GM) On the TV screen, you see... SATSAM and some guy in a mask who looks vaguely like Jack�! SATSAM is saying 'Greetings, citizens�! You may have heard of a certain Professor Quinn, a deeply evil man who has been on the run for weeks! We vow to find him and his minions, and bring them all to justice�!'

Jack asks, "What the?"

GM says (to Jack), "At that precise moment, a lead-lined refrigerator crashes through the ceiling, destroying the TV! A waitress screams, and pours hot chocolate down your neck."

Jack jumps away from the hot chocolate and toward the fridge! Was anyone in its path?

GM says (to Jack), "Just the TV"

GM says, "(which exploded in a shower of sparks)"

(From Remba) The fridge pops open! A more frizzled than usual Remba peeks out, her face covered in soot.

Jack says, "Oh! Phew, it's just you."

Jack says, "Welcome back, kiddo."

Remba asks, "Hello, Jack! What is this place?"

Jack asks, "The Diner? You don't rememb... wait, are you *this* Remba, or another one?"

Remba climbs out of the fridge, still stumbling a bit.

Jack offers her a hand.

Remba winks at Jack and then jumps and hugs him. "Just kidding!"

Jack exclaims, "Oh, dang, don't do that!"

Remba says (to waitress), "Sorry about your TV."

Waitress says, "..."

Jack exclaims, "You almost gave me a heart attack, what with that weird stunt you pulled on the TV, then the fridge, then this!"

Remba asks (of waitress), "Do you accept Robotic Dollars from the US/Canadian AI Confederacy? No, well um. Wait, what stunt?"

Waitress says, "..."

Jack asks (of Waitress), "Um. Does your insurance cover acts of God?"

Waitress says, "Oh. Is that what this is?"

Jack says, "Yeah. I think that's probably the best explanation for it."

Jack says (to Remba), "C'mon, let's get out of their way so they can clean up..."

Remba exclaims (at waitress), "Again, sorry!"

Waitress says, "Just don't do that again, please."

[peregaming] Jack says (to Remba, once they're not in the middle of the commotion), "So, just before you arrived, there was this video on TV. It looked like SATSAM talking, and some kind of double for Tesseract."

[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Btw, a few weeks ago I discovered who was sub-conciously my inspiration for Remba's look : https://imgix.bustle.com/uploads/getty/2019/9/24/e22bb69b-15bf-41de-89a4-8567ea948b2c-getty-1147197221.jpg?w=480&h=270&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&q=70&dpr=2"

Jack says (to Remba, once they're not in the middle of the commotion), "So, just before you arrived, there was this video on TV. It looked like SATSAM talking, and some kind of double for Tesseract."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Idlac."

Remba says, "But I have SATSAM right here in my backpack."

[Crows-Nest] Jack exclaims, "I have no idea who that is!"

[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "https://www.romper.com/p/little-miss-flint-5-facts-about-mari-copeny-the-activist-demanding-change-18798786"

Jack says, "They said they were going to hunt down Quint and bring him to 'justice'."

Remba asks, "Oh no, do you think someone is pretending to be the Neighborhood?"

Jack says, "So either that's an alternate universe version, or a distorted future version, or -- like you said -- just a couple of imposters."

Jack says, "That's probably the most likely answer."

Jack asks (of Remba), "Hey, which version of SATSAM do you have?"

Remba says, "the one you last saw, 2.0 - you know, liquid, can imitate people? I didn't really get a chance to upgrade over there"

Jack asks, "Hmm. And whatever happened to the parts left over from 1.0?"

Remba says, "Well, I suppose they are where we left them."

Jack says, "Dang."

Jack asks, "Do we have any way to track them?"

Jack says, "I'm wondering if maybe *that's* what I saw in that video."

Remba says, "Well, it uses the same energy source, a uranium-rigged car battery that's quantim-jigged. You know, basic stuff."

[peregaming] Remba asks, "Can I use CRAFTS to rig us a tracker?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yes!"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "I'll help!"

[peregaming] GM says, "That would be an Overcome, +4 Crafts"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(For +1 from assisting.)"

Remba rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 0 0 -1 | Superb (5)

[peregaming] Remba exclaims, "Nice!"

[peregaming] Remba says, "That's a success."

[peregaming] GM says, "You now have a Battery Uraninum Trigger Tracker"

[peregaming] GM says, "sorry, that was uncalled for"

Remba buys a cheap smartphone, a smartwatcvh and a geiger counter, and with some wire, some child-appropriate cursing, and some duct tape, we have a trackerf.

Remba exclaims, "I call it the Battery Uraninum Trigger Tracker!"

Jack says, "I'll bet you do."

[peregaming] GM says, "heh"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "No ifs, but one but(t)"

Remba gets her B.U.T.T. in gear.

GM says (to Remba), "You have no difficulty finding a signal: it's close to the river."

GM says, "(In fact, zooming in, it appears to be in the middle of the river... and moving?)"

Remba says (to Jack), "It's still underwater for some reason."

[Crows-Nest] GM asks (of Remba), "Is your device just a 2D representation?"

Jack asks, "So it's just lying there in pieces, right where we left it?"

[Crows-Nest] GM asks, "Or does it indicate depth?"

[Crows-Nest] Remba says, "Probably just 2d"

Remba says, "Well, it's moving."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "noted"

Roger has arrived.

[Crows-Nest] GM says (to Roger), "I'll need you to change your name to Ruger in a few minutes."

Remba says, "We need a boast or something"

Remba says, "-s"

Jack says, "Boat? I thought you could fly now."

Remba says, "But you can't."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Oh yeah, did you give away your super strength when you got flight?"

[peregaming] Remba says, "Nope"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "she just gave up on armor"

Jack asks, "You're above giving a friend a ride?"

Remba says, "Not at all."

Remba smiles at Jack.

Jack exclaims, "I knew I could count on you. Let's go!"

Jack switches to costume as soon as it's convenient.

GM says, "There's a swell of music as the costumed heroes strike a pose. Bystanders take pics."

GM asks, "To the river, then?"

Remba disappears behind a dumpster and SATSAM flies up and lands majestically next to Jack.

SATSAM says, "Hop on, fellow crime fighter"

Jack hops on!

SATSAM hands the BUTT to Jack and starts flying.

GM asks, "The heroes soar above the skyline. Looking down at the river, you notice that the signal appears to match... a boat moving slowly downstream?"

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "There are so many inappropriate comments that could be made, but given Remba's age, nope."

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "indeed"

Jack points. "There! That's it!"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "What kind of boat? A fishing boat? A military craft?"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "I prefer to imagine SATSAM carrying Jack in its arms, Superman-style"

SATSAM heads towards the boat.

[peregaming] GM says, "A fishing boat, rather rusty"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Can we see anyone on board?"

[peregaming] GM says, "3 people: a captain and two guys who look oddly alike."

[peregaming] GM says, "They're drinking beers."

[peregaming] GM says, "And chatting loudly."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Oho. What do we hear?"

Captain says, "...shame we can't watch ourselves on TV right now, eh, lads?"

SATSAM says (to jack), "Do we land and talk to them? They seem harmless"

Jack says, "Yeah, surprisingly so. Alright."

SATSAM lands before the three. "Do not be alarmed, citizens! We mean you no harm!"

Jack hops off onto the deck.

Captain says, "What the --! Tom! Jerry! Keep an eye on those two, this could get nasty!"

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM exclaims, "But that's the opposite of what I just said!"

Jack asks, "Why's that?"

Captain says, "Yer troublemakers, for starters."

Jack asks, "How do you reckon that?"

SATSAM says, "Fear not, brave sea captain. All we need is the robot."

Captain says, "Ah, yer think yer superheroes, huh?"

Captain says, "You don't need that there robot."

SATSAM says, "It's mine, I built i- I mean, it's from ,er, uh, em, the same inventor as me."

SATSAM says, "As me, another robot."

Captain says, "Wot yer ever done for this here city, eh?"

Captain says, "Ever since that hole opened up over the Yellow Doorway Bridge, life has done nothing but get worser and worser. The fish have gone funny in the head."

Jack says, "Yeah. We're the ones who closed it again."

Captain says, "That wot yer says."

Jack shrugs.

SATSAM asks, "What do you want with the robot anyways?"

Jack says, "I'm not here trying to convince you we're amazing or anything."

Captain says, "I'm going to fix this here city, mah way."

Captain says, "And if you start making a ruckus... so help me, I'll have to deal with yer meself"

Jack says, "That's fine. We need all the heroes we can get. Just don't try to pretend to be us when you're doing it."

[Setting the zoned flag.]

SATSAM says, "But you can't control the robot. You don't even know how it works."

Captain says, "Oh, so I'm just some dumb hick to yer?"

Captain jumps overboard!

SATSAM says, "No, but you don't look like a robotics genius either, sir. With all due respect."

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "Wow, he took it harder than I thought"

[Crows-Nest] Jack asks (of SATSAM), "Yes. And what does a robotics genius look like, exactly?"

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "Little black girl, ofc. Or a guy in a labcoat"

GM says, "There is bubbling from the river where the Captain went overboard! And something rises..."

SATSAM says, "That's probably not good."

Jack says, "It's probably what we came here for."

GM exclaims, "A robot jumps out onto the boat, steaming and freshly repainted in primary colours!"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Is it SATSAM V1?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Is it painted differently from the TV clip?"

Robot says, "My name is Ruger Bet, and this is my vessel. Get yer sorry arses off of it before I laser you to kingdom come."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "SATSAM V1!"

Jack says, "It's OK, we're not trying to start any fights."

SATSAM exclaims, "That's my machine! You ASS- tronomically evil person!"

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "OK, maybe I shouldn't have said 'we'."

Robot says, "Yer machine? It's mah machine now!"

Jack asks, "What are your intentions, here? Were you planning to go use this to help people? Stop crime, rescue people from fires, that kind of thing?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I wonder if he is comically wedged inside, since it was made for someone Remba's size"

Robot says, "Haven't yer heard of all them possessed people? And the weird fish?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Maybe he ripped out all the videogame consoles to make more space."

[peregaming] GM says, "He is folded up with his knees against his face, yeah"

Jack asks, "Maybe you should fill us in?"

Jack says, "If your intentions are good, maybe we could even work together here."

Robot says, "Maybe yer shoulda paid attention to the fallout when yer started this whole portal tomfoolery?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Remember what happened to the Quints..."

SATSAM says (to captain), "I think my partner is right. We are on the same side here."

Robot says, "Mebbe, but yer not the kind to inspire heaps o'trust, yer know"

Jack says, "I'm not going to pretend that we're experts at this or anything."

Jack says, "We'd be happy for all the help we can get."

SATSAM says, "We're still learning."

SATSAM says, "I could help reconfigure the robot to your size, for instance."

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Would this be a chance to establish a RAPPORT?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yes! Opposed roll!"

Jack says, "And maybe do some costmetic tweaks, so people don't mistake it for the original version."

SATSAM rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 -1 +1 0 | Fair (2)

GM rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: -1 +1 0 0 | Fair (2)

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Was that an Overcome or a Create Advantage?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I think Overcome"

[peregaming] GM says, "yeah"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Success with a minor cost?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "What's a good minor cost? Hmm"

[peregaming] GM says, "He thinks you're all talk"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "E.g., he's willing to cooperate, but still thinks we're incompetent?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Timing."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I like Jack's thing."

[peregaming] GM says, "me too"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "(Because it's the truth)"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Hee."

[peregaming] GM says, "RP as you like"

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "And thus we thwart the GM's planned big opening fight scene."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "hahaha"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "that doesn't exclude a Civil War later on"

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "In which both sides fight over who has to have Mallory on their team."

SATSAM reaches out his hand to the Captain. "We are not enemies, sir, we are friends. And together, we can snip the weed of crime before it grows in the garden of this city."

Captain (through the robot suit) says, "Sounds like rubbish to me, but yer seem mostly harmless. Why not, ah guess."

Captain (through the robot suit) says, "A truce it is."

SATSAM says, "Phew."

SATSAM asks, "Now where did you find this suit?"

Captain says, "Well, I've been watching all them goofy-ass fights on the Bridge, and I spotted it when it sank. A bit of searching did the trick."

Jack says, "Nice salvage work."

SATSAM asks, "And did you appear in it on TV?"

Captain says, "I figured I needed to establish meself as a friendly figure, and only Barney'd have me on without questions asked"

Tom (or Jerry?) says, "Barney's an ass, Cap"

Captain says, "I know that!"

Jack says, "We could try to help you establish your own identities, if you want."

Jack asks, "Maybe an astrology theme? 'Gemini', the twins, for Tom and Jerry? And maybe 'Pisces' for you, since you're a fisherman?"

SATSAM says, "Yeah, we could repaint V1 some cool color, like it used to be. Well, not the same color, but something equally awesome."

Jack says, "Or we could put some horns on the robot and call you Taurus."

SATSAM says (to jack), "Language! Oh, like the star sign."

SATSAM says, "Taurus, yes! We could create a ram attack using the horn if we reinforce the helmet."

Captain says, "Well, why nawt. If I've got to be goofy-ass looking, might as well go thar whole hog"

SATSAM says, "Great! Let me draw up some blueprints."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "So, yep, you're mentoring new heroes. Yay!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Do you want to create Aspects that'll stick? If so, Overcome is in order"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "OK! What kind of overcome are you thinking of?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Well, it can be a cooperative challenge. (series of overcomes)"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I want to create the aspect STURDY MINOTAUR SUIT"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Also, once we've finished with the identity brainstorm and the engineering and all that, we should make a follow-up video. But I'm guessing that would be part of said Challenge!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Blueprints is CRAFTS or Lore, training can be RAPPORT"

[peregaming] GM says, "Making a video... hm, probably Rapport again (I don't think there's a skill for art?)"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Crafts!"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "I think Remba has me beat in both of those, but if the training involves combat training, can I Create Advantage with Fight to help her?"

SATSAM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 0 0 +1 | Great (4)

[peregaming] GM says, "Oh, yeah, create advantage with Fight works even better"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Here's my Fight roll:"

Jack rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 +1 +1 -1 | Superb (5)

[peregaming] GM says, "Both you guys (who rolled before I could announce the difficulties) succeed by one shift"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Go Neighborhood!"

[peregaming] GM says, "It was +3 for Remba because it was tech she was familiar with, and +4 for Jack because he's never taught people how to fight before"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "You guys can now RP the whole montage!"

Jack goes over some of his favorite teamwork maneuvers with Tom and Jerry, demonstrating them by playing both the opponent and the heroes.

SATSAM says, "*Tom, Jerry, and some woman who is clearly SATSAM in disguise in the hardware store, buying sheets of metal and looking at videos of motorcycle crahes, followed by a heap of broken helmets*"

Jack googles copyright-free star sign-related artwork to incorporate into their new costume and logo designs.

SATSAM says, "*a metal pillar, wobbling slightly, followed by a shot of an unconscious Taurus, SATSAM checking off something on a clipboard*"

[peregaming] GM says, "hehe"

SATSAM says, "*a pickup crashing through the fence of TITANIUM DENTAL*, followed by security in a golf van*"

[peregaming] (from GM) Captain says 'golfy-ass shenaningans'

SATSAM says, "*metal pillar toppling over, SATSAM checking something off her checkboard, looks up, TAURUS shaped hole in warehouse wall*"

Jack says (to Camera, at the end of their intro video), "...and that thing about Professor Quint, in the othe video? We have some more intel. I can't say too much right now, but Quint may have been framed. And the conspiracy might run deep. So be careful, citizens, and stay skeptical."

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "Great, Jack is Alex Jones now"

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Look, you gotta know your audience. And this is Barney Clint's audience here."

[peregaming] GM asks, "So does that conclude the montage?"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "I think so!"

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "heh, fair"

[peregaming] GM says, "Excellent"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Yeah."

[peregaming] GM asks, "So next move: investigation?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Is this part of the challenge?"

[peregaming] GM says, "no, it's just the next scene"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ha, OK."

[peregaming] Jack says, "I'm not sure we've figured out yet what we're investigating."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "That's what's confusing me, too"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(I mean, presumably something to do with Quint, but we haven't been given any extra leads there.)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Well, the Captain said that people were being mutated by the soulmonger fallout and then disappearing from hospitals"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Oh, right!"

[peregaming] GM says, "as far as he knew"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "To the hospital!"

Jack asks (of Captain), "OK, so what is this about people and fish? Possessed, mutated, kidnapped...?"

Captain Ruger says, "Well, as I said, after yer opened -- er, closed that darn portal, the water was all funny for a few days. And people started getting sick, and when they went to hospital, black vans showed up and took them away and made it look like they never even were there at all."

SATSAM says, "Oh no, that's horrible."

Ruger says, "I reckoned that mebbe Quinn was involved and covering up the portal business and the fallout that way"

Jack says, "Hmm. SATSAM's right; we had better get to the hospital."

Jack says, "And find out who *did* take them."

SATSAM poses as Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, a black middle-aged doctor.

Ruger says, "Mebbe we should set a trap as well -- oh, gosh darn, yer frightened me"

SATSAM asks (of ruger), "Oh, what kind of trap? Pose as one of them changed people?"

Ruger says, "I wos thinking of a more literal trap, but yer onto something good, I reckon"

Jack asks, "I guess, if you're the doctor, does that make me the patient?"

SATSAM says (to jack), "Well, how did these people look? maybe we should change roles"

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "I'd imagine something similar to Malice, at her half-way point?"

Jack says, "I was figuring we'd need to do it with makeup, but maybe not."

[peregaming] SATSAM asks (of GM), "Would that be possible with my Disguise power?"

[peregaming] GM says (to SATSAM), "Most definitely so! But it would increase the difficulty"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Is this one of those things where we save the actual roll for when it comes up?"

[peregaming] GM says, "yeah"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Allright"

[peregaming] SATSAM notes her Deceive isn't that great.

[peregaming] GM says, "eh, +2 is better than most NPCs :D"

[peregaming] GM says, "*fair* enough"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "he he he"

Jack says, "Well, if I'm the doctor, I guess I'll need to get a lab coat, and maybe some thick-framed 'Clark Kent'-style glasses, and maybe a used stethoscope..."

SATSAM closes eBay. "Done."

Jack exclaims, "Alright!"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Fast forward to the hospital?"

Captain Ruger says, "Me and the boys will stand by in case things get rough and tumbly"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "yep!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, before we go:"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Can I use Burglary to try to hack the hospital computer, to insert some fake records for us?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Most definitely yes! +4 Overcome"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "OK!"

[peregaming] Jack asks (of Remba), "Can you Create any Advantages for me, to help with this?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Sure, let me think"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Maybe if you call up the receptionist and act all friendly, you can social engineer me some passwords or network info."

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Rapport to talk to their data person on the phone and get easier access to the files?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ha ha."

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Yay!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Social engineering it is"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Unless the mighty DM objects?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Nope, I do not"

SATSAM rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 0 0 -1 | Average (1)

GM rolls Average (1) + 4dF: 0 0 -1 0 | Mediocre (0)

[peregaming] GM says, "Well, their sysadmin does not get out much."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Just a boost. "Of course I'll tell you my first pets name!""

[peregaming] Jack says, "And my hacking attempt:"

Jack rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: -1 +1 -1 +1 | Fair (2)

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "And adding the boost gives me a 4!"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "So, with the boost, that's a tie!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "You're in the system, but as a podologist"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Minor cost -- I was able to insert the data, but because the records for both of us wound up with really silly names?"

[peregaming] GM says, "hee hee"

[peregaming] GM asks, "do you want to come up with them, or shall I?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "I want my first name to be Rudolph."

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "What'S silly about Smella Hellabed?"

[peregaming] GM says, "I was thinking Hernia Discus"

[peregaming] GM says, "Or Rudolph Hitler"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Making fun of Hitler: a time-honoured pasttime."

[peregaming] Jack says, "I've told them a thousand times, it's *Mitler*! It's just this stupid font they use. Everyone always types it in wrong..."

[peregaming] GM says, "alright, there you have it"

Jack wheels Smella through the front doors of the hospital in a wheelchair.

SATSAM says, "*cough cough*"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Smella looks vaguely nordic"

Jack asks (of Receptionist), "I have a patient transfer here. What room do they have reserved for her?"

Reception says, "Room 1408. Please sign here, Doctor...Hitler?"

Jack sighs. "Mitler. Yes. That's me."

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, ""Doctor! My room couldn't be any führer from the doors!""

Jack signs. His cursive M really *does* look an awful lot like an H.

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Hee."

Reception says, "Very well, it's up that way and then left and then right and then down again."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "what a great joke"

Jack asks (of Reception), "Thank you. I was told that you have specialists here who have seen her condition before?"

Recaptionist says, "We've had quite a few. Quite confidentially, and I'm not supposed to say this to anyone outside the medical profession, but there's apparently some sort of epidemic which is being contained."

Jack asks, "That's terrible. Are the rest of them all on floor 14 as well?"

Recaptionist says, "Yes, they're waiting to be transferred."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "O_o 'recaptionist'"

Jack says, "Thank you. I'll have to confer with the nurses on that floor."

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Hee."

Jack follows her directions upstairs.

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "the mud has trained me to type @recap a hundred times"

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "She's really more of an expositionist than a recaptionist."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "pfft lol"

SATSAM asks (of jack), "What do we do when we get up there?"

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "Maybe get a look at those other patients?"

Jack says, "See if their condition is like what we've seen before."

Jack asks, "And see if we can stow away when they get transfered?"

SATSAM says, "Okay"

SATSAM says, "If we get seperated, you can follow me using your BUTT"

Jack says, "...right."

GM says, "So you guys arrive. The nurses are visibly nervous around the patients in this ward, and for good reason, since they seem erratic and glitchy"

Jack picks up an unattended clipboard and does rounds.

GM says, "Some of them grab at glasses that they cannot hold, their hands flickering in out and of reality. Some have faces that are almost amorphous."

GM says, "Some have more extreme mutations. Tentacles, fangs..."

SATSAM says, "Eep."

[peregaming] GM says, "Imagine the X-Men, all sick with the flu"

[peregaming] GM says, "That's basically what this ward is like."

Jack asks (of TentacleWoman), "And when did the symptoms first appear?"

SATSAM says (to ghostly_Woman), "I'm so sorry, we will help you, I swear."

GM says (to Jack), "She has trouble speaking, but you gather that they happened the day after you and the Quints closed the portal and fought the juvenile Soulmonger on the bridge."

GM says, "(you remember the date, of course.)"

Jack nods. "Mmm. That's consistent with some of the other cases we've seen. Don't worry, we have the best people working on this."

Jack pats her arm-like-appendage reassuringly.

Jack reconvenes with SATSAM, sharing what people told him.

SATSAM says (to jack), "This is so horrible. We need to help these people."

Jack says (to SATSAM), "If we can find a cure for them, then it'll probably help Mallory, too."

SATSAM says, "That's a nice thought."

Jack says, "But I'm afraid to share any information we have until we know just who it is who's taking them."

[peregaming] GM says, "Tell me the word, and I can fastforward to the moment when the transfer occurs"

[peregaming] Jack asks (of SATSAM), "Can you think of any prep we should do first?"

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "Not really"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Maybe get some actual patient files? Doubt they'll tell us anything new"

[peregaming] Jack says, "In theory there's a chart at the bottom of each bed."

[peregaming] Jack says, "I imagine I would have been browsing those during my rounds, but they probably basically said the same thing the patients told us."

[peregaming] GM says, "yeah"

[peregaming] GM asks, "the info on the charts is... how shall I put this?"

[peregaming] GM says, "*off the charts*"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Fast Forward, I say!"

GM says (to Jack), "You get a message from Taurus: MEN IN BLACK SPOTTED. ON STAND BY IF YOU NEED US."

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Before he makes any more puns!"

[peregaming] (from Jack) GM says, "in doctor's handwriting"

Jack relays that to SATSAM.

Jack says, "Time for Smella to get ready to go on a trip."

SATSAM says (to jack), "Okay, tell you the truth, I'm kinda nervous."

Jack says (to SATSAM), "You've gone up against scarier things than this."

SATSAM says, "*deep breath* Okay, I can do this."

[peregaming] GM asks, "Ready?"

Jack waits for the time to come, then joins the orderlies pushing the beds out.

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Take us away!"

GM says, "They're loading the beds into black vans."

GM says, "No visible markings."

GM asks, "The patients are all sedated first... SATSAM, how do you avoid this?"

[peregaming] GM asks, "Can a needle even go through the super suit?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Not with her Armo-- oh."

[peregaming] GM cackles

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Yeah, my guess is the problem is that it would break off, since I am made of liquid metal"

[peregaming] GM asks, "So, do you pretend that this is part of your 'mutation'?"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Yes!"

Jack asks (of Sedator), "Hmm. Is there a problem with the needle?"

Jack says, "Let me help."

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Deceive to make it look like it works?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Yep!"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "And Jack assists somehow?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Is there any chance I might be able to use my medical knowledge?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "I.e., a Lore roll?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Create Advantage, to assist her Deceive?)"

[peregaming] GM says, "it's going to be her Deceiver vs the NPCs Notice"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "So no create Advantage?"

[peregaming] GM says, "nah, I think it happens too fast"

SATSAM rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: -1 0 -1 +1 | Average (1)

GM rolls Average (1) + 4dF: -1 +1 0 -1 | Mediocre (0)

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "haha. I may be bad, but they are worse!"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Woo!"

[peregaming] GM says, "These joes are all average"

Jack says, "There you go. It's tricky in her condition, but I've had to do her a few times before."

Sedator says, "Looks good! Thanks, Doctor... Hitler?"

Jack says, "Close enough."

Jack says, "I'll bring her out. You go take care of the rest of them."

Sedator says, "Sure!"

Jack wheels Smella out to the vans and gets in the back with her.

Man in dark suit says, "Hey, no doctors in the vans."

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Is there just one of them?"

[peregaming] GM says, "There are several."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I wonder if we could overpower him inside the van and then I could turn into him."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ooh."

[peregaming] GM says, "That is possible"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Let's do that."

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "if only we had some more people!"

[peregaming] GM says, "or do you..."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Are you calling for backup?"

[peregaming] GM says, "A diversion could be good"

Jack says, "Alright, just let me get her set up in there, and I'll be out of your hair..."

SATSAM impercetpible nods towards the MiB and makes punching motions.

[peregaming] SATSAM says (to jack), "Thing is, my attack is shoot, which is ... not inconspicious."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Hmm. How can we contact them without it being obvious to the MiB?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, wait. Duh."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Jack can do it while I'm here talking to them."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Jack, you can literally -- yeah!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Finally he gets it."

Jack, around the corner, calls the backup team and lets them know we need a distraction.

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Hey, it's been a while since I've played a superhero!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "A *villain*, sure, that's only been a couple weeks, but a *hero*? Different story."

Taurus says, ""Roger that""

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "heh"

GM says, "Taurus and the Gemini jump upon the scene, and strike a superhero pose. 'Kidnappers!' they say to the Men in Black."

Jack promptly wheels Smella into the van right past the MiB.

Man in Black #2 says, "F***, superheroes again!"

SATSAM says, "Langu...uh"

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "Hee."

[peregaming] Jack says, "I'm kinda hoping that our MiB follows me, to try to stop me."

[peregaming] Jack says, "But maybe it won't even come to that."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Is #MiB1 inside the van ... timing"

[peregaming] GM says, "He was in the van, yeah, while the others are distracted"

Jack (from around the corner) follows them in and closes the door behind him.

Man in black #1 says, "Stop, Hitler! Wait, who closed the door?"

Jack does the old 'blow to the head from behind' trick.

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Should I roll that as an attack?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Fight, opposed by Athletics"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Using my power, since I've got him surrounded."

Jack rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: +1 -1 +1 +1 | Epic (7)

GM rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 -1 -1 0 | Fair (2)

GM exclaims, "You pummel him senseless!"

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM is still laughing at "Stop, Hitler!"

Jack says (to SATSAM), "See? Nothing to be nervous about."

MiB asks, "Me? Nervous?"

Jack puts the unconscious man into Smella's bed, hooks up the sedative IV, and pulls the sheet over his head.

Jack says, "There we go. I'm sure he needed a rest."

GM says, "The vans start moving, as the MiB realize they're no match for three well-trained heroes"

[peregaming] GM says, "Your move, Neighborhood."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Are there any windows?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Nah, it's dimly lit by red emergency lights, that's all."

[peregaming] GM says, "Very stuffy."

MiB searches the MiB for communications equipment.

GM says (to MiB), "Small walkie-talkie watch."

Jack closes his eyes and looks... ahead. Where are we going to be when the vans stop and the doors open?

SATSAM takes the watch.

SATSAM says (to jack), "I could try and trace this when it gets an incoming transmission."

GM asks (of Jack), "You have a dim impression of the vans going inside a huge carrier plane, which then goes straight to... Longley?"

Jack opens his eyes.

Jack says, "Good idea. Also,"

Jack explains what he just saw.

SATSAM says, "Oh"

SATSAM asks, "Do we want to go to Longley?"

GM says, "There's CIA in Longley."

Jack says, "If they're the ones who are behind this, yes."

SATSAM nods.

SATSAM says, "Maybe you could put on that dude's clothes and we can both be MiB."

Jack says, "Hey, good thought."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Do they fit?"

[peregaming] GM says, "A bit tight, but not too bad"

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "How about you turn the other way?"

GM says, "So, basically you guys are now Men in Black. (That's not what they call themselves, but you feel cooler like this)"

SATSAM says (to jack), "Ew! of course"

[peregaming] GM says, "So it's a long trip, and you do get text messages from the Quints in the meantime, inquiring after you"

SATSAM texts "doing god lol how r u? <3

[peregaming] GM asks, "Did the Quints know about Remba's return?"

Jack replies 'quick trip to virginia. maybe learning some secrets'.

[peregaming] GM says, "Because so far you didn't officially tell them"

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "I think we told them at some point off-screen"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ha ha."

SATSAM texts further "oh hai im back lol paralel universz and stuffz

[peregaming] Jack says, "I assume the montage and stuff probably took a few days."

[peregaming] GM says, "yep"

GM says, "So the vans eventually arrive at Longley, passing through security fences into unknown territory."

GM asks, "The vans stop. What do you do?"

SATSAM asks (of jack), "What's our goal here? Gathering Intel ? Or help these people?"

Jack says (to SATSAM), "Both? I figured we'd figure out how to help them *by* gathering intel."

SATSAM nods.

Jack says, "We don't even know what they're trying to do. There's a slim chance it might not even be evil."

SATSAM says, "Let's do this. I've seen all MiB movies. 4th one was the best."

SATSAM nods further.

GM says, "The unloading of the vans begins. They're being taken into an underground complex, the purpose of which is unknown."

Jack helps with the unloading and follows along into the complex.

SATSAM does likewise.

GM says (to Jack), "There are multiple sections, but the patients are being taken into what looks like a sort of prison, with one person per cell."

[peregaming] GM asks, "Do you guys stay together? What's your strategy for exploring?"

Jack asks (of Random Agent), "So what's the plan for this batch, once they get them all processed and recorded?"

Random Agent says, "The usual. We'll test their abilities, see what they can do."

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "What other sections can we make out?"

Random Agent says, ""

[peregaming] GM says (to SATSAM), "you mde me press enter too soon lol"

Jack asks, "Y'know, I've always wondered. Where do the failures wind up?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "It's okay. it happens to all of us."

Random Agent says, "Well, those that don't make it... we put them to sleep. End their suffering."

Jack nods. "Huh. I thought we had some group working on some kinda cure for them. I guess that never panned out?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Hmm. So, thinking back to one of our big goals:"

Random Agent says, "Cure? Never heard of any plans for a cure. Survival of the fittest and all that. You must be new around here."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Expose the corruption in the CIA."

[peregaming] Jack says, "So I should probably start recording this stuff."

[peregaming] GM asks, "How Stealthy are you?"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Slightly!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "I'd be up for trying a Stealth Overcome to start recording on the phone in my pocket while talking."

[peregaming] GM says, "Okay, I'd say that's Fair opposition"

[peregaming] GM says, "Since you're infiltrated and you have the phone on you already."

Jack rolls Average (1) + 4dF: +1 +1 0 +1 | Great (4)

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Style!"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "I think that's a Boost, right?"

[peregaming] GM says, "You are Jason Bourne"

Jack says, "Yeah, I'm just in from the California branch."

[peregaming] GM says, "and you have success with a boost"

Jack says, "We track 'em down, but no one bothers to tell us what they do with 'em afterward."

Agent says, "Makes sense. Weird, what happened in California. Something in the water, I guess."

Jack says, "Yeah, it's probably all tied together. That's where the thing with Senator Crane -- I mean, President Crane -- went down."

Jack says, "I wish I could have seen it. I thought it was just supposed to be a simple job. I had no idea we planned a fiasco like that."

Agent says, "Yeah, that's what you get when former agents go rogue."

Agent says, "Quint betrayed his country when he quit like that."

Jack asks, "So you think he probably deserved it, being framed for what's-her-name dying?"

Agent says, "Framed? No, he totally did it."

Jack asks, "Oh, really? How do you think he managed to pul off something like that?"

Agent says, "I knew Mallory when we were training at Qwertico. She was good, but not good enough to outwit the likes of Quint. He probably had a gadget for erasing people from reality or some other quantum bullshit like that."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Is it Mallory that he's supposed to have killed or the other one?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "I thought it was the other one."

[peregaming] GM says, "Both, actually"

Jack asks, "Well, maybe, but what about that other one? The one who got exploded in front of all those witnesses?"

Agent says, "Probably a death ray."

Agent says, "Quint's capable of inventing anything to save his own skin."

Jack says, "Huh. Man."

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Is Remba doing anything? Is she in this conversation, or doing something else in the meantime?)"

[peregaming] GM asks, "I think she wanted to explore other sections?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Yeah"

[peregaming] Jack says, "I would be happy to let focus switch to her, since I'm running out of ideas for things to say."

GM says (to SATSAM), "You discover a training area, with VR devices and simulations and people in spandex reciting brainwashing mantras."

SATSAM asks, "Mantras to brainwash others, or are they brainwashed themselves?"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk"

GM says, "They have drill sergeants brainwashing the spandex people"

SATSAM checks out one of the VR devices.

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Not putting it on, just examinig it."

GM says (to SATSAM), "They seem quite advanced and designed to simulate real combat"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Can I rig it so I have some sort of failsafe to log out? (Crafs?)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Sure, +4"

SATSAM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 +1 -1 -1 | Fair (2)

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I tag "Hyperaware!""

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Making it even with a minor cost. Hmm... I have a slight headache afterwards?"

[peregaming] GM says, "sure"

SATSAM spends a fate point, leaving her with 2.

[peregaming] GM asks, "So you put on the VR set?"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Yeah!"

SATSAM, a disembodied soul in a liquid metal skeleton masked as a human, puts on the VR helmet.

GM says (to SATSAM), "It's so real! You feel like you're in the matrix. 'Your mission is to eliminate all the targets in under two minutes.'"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Who/What are the targets?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Civilians suspected of 'treasonous behavior'"

[peregaming] GM says, "This is an urban setting."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Huh. That's bad."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Can *you* record any of that?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "And ethically very questionable. I try to get the high score."

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Also, AFK.)"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks (of gm), "Is there a way to record this?"

[peregaming] GM says (to SATSAM), "To get the highscore is a +4 Shoot Overcome. To record this would require slightly tinkering with your robot suit."

SATSAM says, "Shoot:"

SATSAM rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 0 0 +1 | Superb (5)

GM says (to SATSAM), "'You have eliminated all the targets in thirty seconds. You have done America proud.'"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "And I have a recording, or is that an extra roll?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Yeah, unless you just shove your phone in your face using the liquid metalness of your being"

[peregaming] GM says, "and then play the game like that"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "That would be kind of suspicious"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "but also hilarious, so I do that"

[peregaming] GM says, "Stealth roll then (you get the recording, but do you avoid attention?)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Opposition +2 (there's a lot of people)"

SATSAM rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 -1 | Mediocre (0)

[peregaming] GM says, "Well, this looks like fun"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Do you like fun? Because this is how you get fun!"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks (of GM), "Would "My phone is now stuck in my face" be an acceptable serious cost?"

[peregaming] GM says, "hahahaha yes"

[peregaming] GM says, "dadun dun dadun"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "RP at will!"

SATSAM says, "(after she has recorded the session) *calls jack - by booping herself in the face* uh, we have a problem"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Back."

Jack asks, "What's up?"

SATSAM says, "I, uh, stuck my phone in my face to record something and, it's, uh, it's stuck"

Jack asks, "It's stuck to your face?"

SATSAM says, "*In* my face"

Jack facepalms.

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "But, you will not, does not get his palm stuck."

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "OK. Where are you? Can you see?"

SATSAM says, "i think the quantum locked metal of my suit might have reacted with the rare earth metals in my phone. It's quite interesting, actually, from a quantum engineering viewpoint"

SATSAM says, "In some sort of training center"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, well, that seems straightforward."

SATSAM connects her selfie cam to her suit sensors to awkwardly see out of the phone.

[peregaming] Jack asks, "If it's just a matter of metallic quantum locking, then can I use Will or Lore to figure out a possible solution?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Yes! +3"

Jack rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 +1 -1 0 | Great (4)

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "You now have an idea!"

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "Right, OK, so first: do you have a way to configure the dimagnetic phase properties of your suits polymorphous superstrate?"

SATSAM says (to jack), "Sure, I'll just dephase the plasma inhibitor"

Jack says, "Good! Now dial up the resonant frequency up to 15MHz. It'll probably hurt a bit, but it'll only be for a minute."

SATSAM says, "Sure *ouch ouch ouch*"

Jack says, "OK, now switch the ringer on your phone to vibrate."

SATSAM says, "Ingenius. Siri, set to vibrate.""

Jack sends Remba a text!

SATSAM pulls her phone from her face and really quickly tweets "found new way to selfie lol #yolo #impeach"

SATSAM says (to jack), "Thanks! That was a close one."

Jack asks, "No problem. Did anyone see you?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says (to gm), "I'll pass this question to you"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "This was the serious cost to *prevent* you from being noticed, right?"

[peregaming] GM says, "this was to prevent the act of recording from being noticed"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "oh right"

SATSAM says, "I don't think so."

SATSAM says, "And I have some nice footage of their civilian killer simulator"

Jack exclaims, "Good!"

Jack relates what he learned earlier.

SATSAM says, "Oh man, what is even going on here."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "How stryking"

Jack says, "...I'm surprised that they seem to think that Quint really was the killer. I thought that was just a frame-up we could expose, but it sounds like we're going to need to find some real proof of his innocence."

SATSAM says, "Maybe Mallory will help, when we de-goo her."

[peregaming] GM says, "As far as you know, she managed to ungoo herself temporarily once:"

Jack says, "Good idea. I wonder if they have any records here of experiments they've done. If they do, their data might be helpful for us."

[peregaming] Jack says, "By eating someone."

[peregaming] GM says, "correct"

SATSAM says, "Yeah, we need to find their data. Let's meet up and find it."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Which, sure, the person she ate *might* have been at a questionable point on the Good/Evil scale, but I'm not sure that feeding her minor villains is really the morally appropriate way to handle things."

[peregaming] GM says, "hehe"

Jack uses SATSAM's description of her whereabouts to try to locate her.

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "We can be morally grey. It's not like we're on some sort of crusade."

[peregaming] GM says, "That's Will +2"

[peregaming] GM says, "overcome"

Jack rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 0 -1 -1 | Fair (2)

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ha ha."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "And you do find her!"

SATSAM is still rubbing her nose.

[peregaming] GM says, "with a minor cost..."

[peregaming] GM asks, "what shall it be?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "I bump into her, accidentally smacking her in her already-sore nose?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Erm, minor cost to *you*"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Pfft."

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "I don't see you coming up with a better suggestion!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "You bump into a wall, smacking your own nose"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Now we match!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Exactly"

[peregaming] GM says, "Minor cost: one of the spandex people recognizes Jack"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "That sounds like more than a minor cost!"

[peregaming] GM says, "hm, you're right"

[peregaming] Jack says, "In fact, one could almost ask if there's an Aspect associated with them."

[peregaming] Jack says, "And 'isn't allowed to refuse a particular compel' would be a suitable minor cost in this case ;)"

[peregaming] GM says, "hm, I'm not sure if I've entirely understood your suggestion"

[peregaming] Jack says, "I am saying that 'one of the spandex people recognizes Jack' sounds like a compel, if there's a suitable Aspect."

[peregaming] Jack says, "And that having you propose that compel sounds like a good minor cost."

[peregaming] Jack says, "But that's entirely up to you."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "to me that still sounds like more than a minor cost"

[peregaming] GM says, "true, since it kind of blows his cover"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "How about by finding SATSAM, I get lost and don't know my way back out?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "aha!"

[peregaming] GM says, "let's go with that"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Yay"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "OK!"

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "There you are! Where the heck even *are* we?"

SATSAM asks, "The training center. I followed some guys. But you know the way out, right?"

Jack exclaims, "I was following *your* directions!"

SATSAM says, "We'll worry about that later."

Jack says, "...alright. This is not a problem. Yet."

Jack says, "Right."

Jack says, "For now, we want to gather more evidence."

SATSAM shows Jack her footage.

Jack says, "Ooh. That's some good evidence."

Jack says, "And I'm a little worried about how good you are at that."

SATSAM says, "I made the highscore but whatever"

Jack says, "Alright, so we want data on what happened to these people and their condition. And we want proof of the conspiracy to assassinate -- or pretend to assassinate -- Crane."

SATSAM says, "They must have files. Do you think they have a databank somewhere? it would be offline, for security reasons."

Jack asks, "And if we can also get proof that Mallory and her partner were bad actors, not acting under orders, that might be enough to clear Quint. I mean, killing a rogue agent who's trying to murder civilians isn't exactly a crime, is it?"

SATSAM exclaims, "I sure hope not!"

Jack says (to SATSAM), "Yeah, probably in a basement somewhere. Someplace cool, and out of the way."

SATSAM says, "Let's find a floorplan or something."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK6_o1tcIj0"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "This looks like a Challenge!"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "It does!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Involving Notice, Lore, Stealth, presumably"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "I like those skills!"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "I'm kind of good at Stealth!"

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "That's a cool version, but I still prefer the original"

[peregaming] Jack says, "I'm picturing something where I stand lookout while SATSAM sneaks into someplace, then she leaves the door open so I can teleport behind her."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "the jazzy Lalo Schifrin one"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Notice, Stealth.)"

[peregaming] GM says, "That sounds good to me"

[peregaming] Jack says, "And using Lore because of what I know about both architecture and IT to work out where to find the data center."

[peregaming] GM says, "All difficulties set to Great (+4) given that you're in enemy territory"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ooh."

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM asks, "So I roll Stealth, and Jack rolls Notice?"

[peregaming] GM says, "yeah"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Which do we start with?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Notice"

Jack rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 -1 -1 0 | Good (3)

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh no! But on the other hand..."

SATSAM rolls Good (3) + 4dF: 0 -1 +1 -1 | Fair (2)

[peregaming] Jack says, "Earlier, when I was being sneaky and starting the recording, I got a boost because I was so good at seeing how these agents operate."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Oh boy"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Would that apply here?"

[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "Yeah, you have insight into how they behave"

[peregaming] GM says, "Their blind spots, etc"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Excellent! Then my +3 is now a +5."

[peregaming] GM says, "Perfect! SATSAM, looks like you might need to invoke something"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I invoke Daredevil ... as a security guard rounds a corner, I duck down and slide under a table past him"

SATSAM spends a fate point, leaving her with 1.

[peregaming] GM says, "woo"

[peregaming] GM says, "that's a tie, so you have a minor cost"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I bump my injured nose on the table leg"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Man, it's all noses today."

[peregaming] Jack says, "I just hope that's not foreshadowing anything."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Red Nose Day"

[peregaming] GM says, "yes, this is the Red Nose Day episode"

[peregaming] GM says, "how did you guess :D"

SATSAM says, "Awm fiwne"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, and Lore:"

Jack rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 -1 -1 0 | Fair (2)

[peregaming] Jack asks, "What exactly am I Lore-ing?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Not much, apparently"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Is this to figure out where the datacenter is, or to get into it, or...?"

[peregaming] Jack says (to SATSAM), "Boo."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Couldn't resist."

[peregaming] Jack says, "(I was going to decide what to tag based on what exactly I'm trying to do.)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Location of datacenter"

[peregaming] Jack says, "OK! In that case, I'm going to go with Unstuck in Spacetime: I sent out chrono-duplicates of myself down different corridors to scout ahead until one of me found it."

Jack spends a fate point, leaving him with 1.

[peregaming] GM says, "cool"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "One of the others is enjoying a snack in the cafeteria."

[peregaming] Jack says, "They have espresso ice cream."

Jack exclaims (at SATSAM), "Here it is!"

GM says (to Jack), "You've located the datacentre. It's in an aquarium-style enclosure protected with lasers and cameras."

SATSAM says, "this looks tricky."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Are there blind spots where the lasers and cameras aren't pointing?"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Hm, create advantage with Notice!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Opposition +3"

Jack rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 -1 +1 +1 | Superb (5)

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Maybe I could build a machine that helps us spot them (Create Advantage, Crafts? ... or that)"

[peregaming] GM exclaims (at Jack), "You have created an advantage!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I'd like to build a device that interfers with the camera feeds, just ti be safe (Create Advantage, using Crafts again :D )"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Good idea."

[peregaming] GM says, "Do so! +3 opposition"

Jack points out the locations and angles of all of them while Remba works.

SATSAM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 0 +1 -1 | Good (3)

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Mothertrucker"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Minor cost!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "No, a Boost :D"

[peregaming] GM says, "oops"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "(I have to constantly check the sheet jota made myself)"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, right, Create Advantage."

[peregaming] GM says, "I have dishonoured my profession *slash* *gurgle*"

Jack says, "Alright, let's do this."

Jack teleports from blind spot to blind spot.

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Data time!"

[peregaming] GM says, "(Are you typing...?)"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Hm?"

[peregaming] GM says, "I thought maybe Jack was typing something"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh! No."

[peregaming] Jack says, "I was waiting for Remba to follow me."

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Oh no!"

Jack hacks the mainframe!

SATSAM jumps from blind spot to blind spot.

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "So, that's Athletics!"

[peregaming] GM says, "You can use your flying powers"

[peregaming] GM says, "Opposition +4"

[peregaming] GM says, "(since you're not teleporting)"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Fortunately, you have a boost and my advantage."

SATSAM rolls Average (1) + 4dF: 0 +1 +1 +1 | Great (4)

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Ha!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ooh."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I'm using my boost."

[peregaming] GM says, "I see someone does not want to fall on their nose again"

GM exclaims, "So you guys are hacking into the mainframe!"

GM exclaims, "All the records, all the data, everything you need to expose the vile conspiracy!"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "This is the biggest thing since Beergate!"

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "What do you think: harder but safer way, or easier but riskier way?"

SATSAM says, "Good thing SATSAM has 1024 quantaflops of data storage"

Jack asks, "Do we try to log in, or just yank the drives?"

SATSAM says, "Try to log in, they might have physical failsafes"

Jack exclaims, "Alright!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Before I try to get in, I'd like to try to Create Advantage with Will."

[peregaming] GM asks, "Sure: what's your goal?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "This is a puzzle to be solved. I want to take everything I know about the CIA, their methods, their security, and formulate a sensible plan for doing this."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I'd like to create advantage with Rapport. Boosting Jack's morale."

[peregaming] GM says, "These are all good ideas."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "OK! Should we wait for opposition before rolling?"

[peregaming] GM says, "SATSAM gets Fair opposition, Jack gets Great opposition"

Jack rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 -1 0 0 | Great (4)

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Boost!"

SATSAM rolls Good (3) + 4dF: -1 +1 -1 -1 | Average (1)

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Motherttruckin' son of a gun"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Oh no!"

[Crows-Nest] GM asks (of SATSAM), "Are you even friends with this loser?"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Do I want to spend my last fate point?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Well, you can always get more via compels."

[peregaming] Jack says, "I only have +2 Burglary. So you might."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Or we could just rely on success at a cost."

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Remba has a big and diverse foster family, so she knows how to pep talk those who need it. Some of these tactics might even work on privileged white guys!"

SATSAM spends a fate point, leaving her with 0.

[peregaming] SATSAM says (to jack), "too late"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "OK! What's my opposition for the Burglary roll to break into a CIA mainframe?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Given that I do at least have physical access to the machine, at least.)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Okay, the Burglary roll is opposed by the Great quality of CIA security."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh, phew, I was worried it'd be worse."

Jack rolls Fair (2) + 4dF: +1 -1 +1 +1 | Great (4)

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Snowden that sucker!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "And spending my boost, since I might as well avoid the cost."

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Especially since my boost probably won't continue to apply after this.)"

[peregaming] GM says, "(the SATSAM boost is more general and can apply elsewhere)"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "While my "Pep talk" might"

[peregaming] GM says, "yep"

[peregaming] GM says, "RP this at your leisure, and then ping me"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Wait, fair is +2, no? So I made my +1 into a +3, hence making it an aspect, not a boost"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "woo!"

Jack remembers the keystroke combination to activate the BIOS panel while the machine is running and uses it to rewrite the hardware credentials so that he can trigger a secondary admin console process.

Jack then sets up an automated script to decrypt and transfer all of the data folders into SATSAM's hard drives via USB.

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "USB2, unfortunately"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "haw haw"

Jack also cleans up the logs to minimize any records of what he did, checks to make sure he didn't miss anything, and then plays a game of Snake while the download is running.

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Ping!"

SATSAM asks, "What *is* that?"

Jack says, "It's called NIBBLES.BAS -- it's what we used to play back when computers only had 64kB of memory."

GM says (to Jack), "You've done it. It's been a long day already, though, and you feel the unmistakeable feeling of CAFFEINE WITHDRAWAL."

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Oh no!"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "The Jack who stopped in the cafeteria had the right idea all along!"

SATSAM says, "Oh. I used to play Polybius back home, but it gave me those weird nose bleeds."

SATSAM asks (of jack), "You're shaking. Are you allright?"

Jack says, "Crap, lost again. I-- I think I'm just tired..."

Jack checks his pockets for caffeine.

Jack says, "Oh, *these aren't my pockets*."

GM exclaims (at Jack), "nothing!"

GM says, "And you're still inside the datacentre."

SATSAM asks (of jack), "What's the matter?"

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "I need a hit. A coffee, a Coke, a *something*. You got anything on you?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Oh, by the way, I assume this is a compel, right?"

SATSAM asks, "I'm a kid, of course not. Maybe there's a vending machine around here?"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Well, see, there are these lasers..."

Jack says, "Maybe. We just gotta get out of here."

Jack stands up, and blinks, and... doesn't teleport?

GM gives a fate point to Jack.

Jack says, "Um."

SATSAM asks, "Jack?"

Jack says (to SATSAM), "Sorry, I'm just feeling a bit woozy."

SATSAM says, "Let's go, man."

Jack blinks *really* hard this time! And doesn't teleport.

SATSAM offers her shoulder.

Jack asks (of SATSAM), "Right. So. Got any good plans for getting out of here that *don't* involve teleporting?"

SATSAM says, "Let's get to ground level, and then fly under the radar."

Jack asks, "OK. But how do we get past the lasers? And the cameras?"

SATSAM says, "Um, yeah, jumping through them was kind of tough."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Did you end up spending any boosts/invokes on that?"

[Crows-Nest] SATSAM says, "My boost, yeah"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Because I think my aspect from earlier, about knowing where they all were, is still valid."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "I would say so"

SATSAM says (to jack), "I could try carrying you on my back."

SATSAM says, "I do have super strength."

SATSAM says, "Not only super friends."

Jack says, "Good point. I guess you're strong enough that I probably won't even slow you down."

SATSAM says, "Hop on."

Jack climbs on and holds on tight.

[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "It's like in that movie Ring of the Lords!"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "So moving"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Athletics, I assume? Still +4?"

[peregaming] GM says, "correct"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "here goes nothing"

SATSAM rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 0 0 -1 | Fair (2)

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Was that including the invoke or no?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "That was the wrong number actually. Let's try that again. sorry."

SATSAM rolls Average (1) + 4dF: -1 -1 -1 -1 | Terrible-1 (-3)

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "!!!!!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "ahahahahaha."

[peregaming] Jack says, "OK then."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I guess we'll find out if these are killer lasers or not."

[peregaming] Jack says, "This seems like a good opportunity to succeed at a great cost."

[peregaming] GM says, "Define success."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Not being detected by the lasers and cameras?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "A cost might be: SATSAM's disguise stops working, and she just looks like a silver robot for the rest of the scene."

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Or, if that's too extreme: after all the stress it's taken, her nose just plain falls off. And now her disguise has a big empty spot where it's supposed to be.)"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Or: she makes it through, but drops Jack, and now he's still stuck on the other side.)"

SATSAM runs and tries to jump over the first laser, but stumbles and runs straight into it! Blaring alarms start to go off. She curses ("Blast!") and just runs for it. But the lasers turn into actual cutting lasers and whiz all over the place. Still she nearly makes it to the door until one comes straight for them. With a yell she throws Jack straight through the open door before the laser cuts straight through her! She stumbles after Jack through the door and falls to the floor, mortally wounded.

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Or, uh... failure *and* a great cost as well?"

[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "I love your composure."

[peregaming] GM says, "Nothing ruffles you"

SATSAM turns into a vaguely metal humanoid form.

Jack asks, "Rem-- SATSAM, are you OK?!?"

SATSAM says (to jack), "I'm so sorry, listen *cough* I have to come clean"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh no."

SATSAM says, "I'm not your Remba, I'm the Remba from the other universe. My Earth was devasted by giant robots, and I tricked her into revealing everything about your world, and then I took her place."

Jack asks, "What? Why? And where's my Remba?"

SATSAM says, "She's still in my universe ... It was so selfish off me... maybe there is still time to save her ..."

Jack exclaims, "There's still time to save *you*! Come on! I'll get us out of here!"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "How badly injured is Roomba?"

SATSAM says, "My Earth was a place of mechanical horrors, and her Earth sounded so nice, she has friends, a family ..."

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Or whatever her name is.)"

SATSAM says, "It was nice to be her for a while."

[peregaming] GM says, "Mortally, as far as I know"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "I.e., would it be an obviously bad idea to try to pick her up and carry her?"

SATSAM slowly begins to dissolve into a pool of metal.

Jack exclaims, "No!"

Jack tries to pull her out of it, the human from inside the metal!

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "There is no human inside!"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Just a hard drive?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Yeah"

Jack puts Roomba's hard drive under one arm and staggers out, to the cafeteria he saw earlier while scouting out this level.

GM exclaims, "Caffeine!"

Jack grabs the pot of coffee -- no cup, just the whole pot -- and chugs it on his way out, dropping the empty carafe in the hall on his way.

GM exclaims, "You grab a drink and feel the rush of superpowers!"

GM exclaims, "Now it's time to escap while you still can! The alarms are blaring! People with guns are coming!"

Jack teleports! Repeatedly, in front of people, behind them, unpredictably.

Jack has no idea where he's going, or even where he is, but he just keeps going until he randomly finds anything that looks like it might be a way out!

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Oh, wait, even better!"

Jack, thoroughly lost, ducks out of sight for a moment, then closes his eyes. How is he going to get out of this place?

[peregaming] GM says, "I'm betting on timetravel"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Visions!"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "yes!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I see a team of 4 Jacks flying an airplane."

[peregaming] GM asks, "did you already use Visions in this scene?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "I used it on the van. Is that the same scene?"

[peregaming] GM says, "nah"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Cool."

[peregaming] GM says, "What's your question? 'How do I escape?'"

[peregaming] Jack | Jack, thoroughly lost, ducks out of sight for a moment, then closes his eyes. How is he going to get out of this place?

[peregaming] GM says, "aha, sorry"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(And I'm really hoping that SATSAM's prediction will be correct.)"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Because that would be awesome.)"

GM says (to Jack), "After navigating a maze of hallways and getting shot at, you see yourself running out towards a hangar. There are several planes waiting."

GM exclaims, "That's your vision!"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "4 Jacks flying 4 planes!"

Jack opens his eyes. He spots the hallway he was running down in his vision. And runs down it!

[peregaming] GM says, "Now, we just need to determine whether you get shot"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Go Jack, go!"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Yes! Come at me!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Athletics vs my collective Shoot"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Ah, but I can do better than that! I have Precognition! I can use *Notice* vs your collective Shoot!"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Game on!"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Give me your best shot!"

GM rolls Legendary (8) + 4dF: 0 0 0 -1 | Epic (7)

Jack rolls Great (4) + 4dF: -1 0 0 0 | Good (3)

[peregaming] Jack says, "Oh man. Tagging In Over His Head, because man, if he ever was, he is now."

Jack spends a fate point, leaving him with 1.

[peregaming] Jack says, "And using a 2-point stress box."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Yes, I re-used my Shoot from way back in that Sideways episode :D"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Wow"

Jack sees a bullet coming! It's like bullet time! With real bullets! So he steps back in time a half second and stops, just before it whizzes by his face -- but by stopping, he gives a second one a perfect shot at him which grazes his leg.

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "A few Jacks are not going home!"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "War is hell."

Jack, limping slightly, starts running again!

GM exclaims, "You make it to the hangar!"

GM says, "Time is running out, though."

Jack and Jack board any planes they can see -- only one of them has the hard drive, but the bad guys don't know which one!

[Crows-Nest] GM exclaims, "ha!"

GM says, "Time to take off"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "OK! Does this involve an Overcome?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "And if so, can Lore help me out here?"

[peregaming] GM says, "+2 Drive overcome, and yes, Lore can help"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Alright -- does that mean I can just roll it as Lore?"

[peregaming] GM says, "hmm"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Or do I do a Lore Create Advantage first?"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "To figure out the controls?"

[peregaming] GM says, "that would work"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(And to remember the physical principles of flight.)"

[peregaming] Jack asks, "Opposition?"

[peregaming] GM says, "+2 opposition"

Jack rolls Good (3) + 4dF: +1 0 +1 -1 | Great (4)

Jack exclaims, "I can do this! This is just physics! I know physics!"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "And Drive!"

Jack rolls Average (1) + 4dF: 0 +1 +1 0 | Good (3)

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Woo!"

GM exclaims (at Jack&Jack), "You are flying!"

GM says, "Killer drones are in pursuit"

Jack starts the engine and taxis it out the hangar doors. In moments, he's in the air! This is way easier than he thought it would be!

[peregaming] GM says, "The drones will try to shoot you down: but I think precognition helps here"

Jack exclaims, "Give me your best shot! This flying doghouse isn't going down without a fight!"

GM rolls Fantastic (6) + 4dF: +1 +1 -1 -1 | Fantastic (6)

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Excellent!"

Jack rolls Great (4) + 4dF: 0 -1 0 0 | Good (3)

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "I'm using my This is Just Physics free invoke!"

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "OK!"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Woo!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "And assuming that's an attack, using a one-stress box."

[peregaming] GM says, "The stress box apply to you AND the plane. The plane only has two boxes."

Jack pulls the controls, hard! The plane goes into a spin! Loose debris flies around the cabin, hitting him in the head, but he manages to use his advanced knowledge of gravity, lift, thrust and drag to pull out and get away!

[peregaming] GM says, "The planes each tick one box as well"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ooh."

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Got some holes in the fuselage, but we're still flying!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Here's your biggest problem: getting back to base without compromising the secrecy of it"

[peregaming] GM says, "But you're *this* close to success"

Jack looks out the window at the ground.

Jack looks at the drones.

[peregaming] GM asks, "Oh, can he send drones through time?"

[peregaming] GM asks, "Like chronokinesis?"

Jack pulls on the controls, steering the plane toward the general direction of Florida...

Jack then *blips* to the ground. Leaving the plane pilotless.

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Nooo! Not Florida!"

[peregaming] GM says, "haha"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "You mean Flarido"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ha ha."

[peregaming] GM says, "heh"

[peregaming] GM says, "okay, enough chortling"

Jack . o O ( I hope the other Jack makes it out too. )

GM says (to Jack), "You have the hard drive, and you have a hard drive ahead of you."

GM says, "We'll assume you find a way back."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "RP your return to RONIN!"

Jack is outside the security perimeter, and the drones are searching for planes. So it's a long hike back to civilization, some hitchhiking, a stolen car, and a bus ticket that he couldn't really afford. But he makes it eventually!

Jack staggers in through the door. "Professor!"

Quint says, "You made it! Are you all right?"

Quint says, "Where's Remba?"

Jack says, "I... *I* am. But..."

Jack says, "...she's in another dimension."

Jack says, "She never made it home. Yet."

Brenda says, "Oh no. But then..."

Jack says, "And Roomba -- the one who was with me -- didn't make it out."

Brenda says, "That's awful."

Jack says, "She sacrificed herself to get us this."

Jack holds up the hard drive. Then he plugs it into the closest terminal.

Quint says, "This is what we needed!"

Quint says, "Oh, God, this conspiracy is worse than I could have imagined."

Quint says, "It's a coup. They even deliberately got Crane elected purely because she was on bad enough terms with the military side of things that it'd make things easier. And exploiting mutated people like that..."

Jack says, "We need to get this to someone who can stop it. Someone with enough power to put an end to it, but who isn't under their control."

Jack asks, "What if we sent a copy of this data to every member of congress?"

Quint says, "That'll do it. The coup would threaten them directly, they couldn't possibly ignore it."

Jack says, "And even if some of them are a part of it, enough of them will be on our side."

Quint says, "That's what I'm counting on."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "So many political jokes I'm not making"

Jack starts making copies.

Quint says, "Something bothers me, though..."

Jack asks, "What's that?"

Quint says, "Let me check again *search* This doesn't make sense."

Jack looks over Quint's shoulder.

Quint says, "The person who started this whole program knew what was going to happen in San Frangeles, the mutations, everything. And guess what their name is listed as in this."

GM says (to Jack), "You see a file. And a face that's oddly familiar."

Jack asks, "Is it... is it your name?"

[peregaming] Jack waits for it.

Quint says, "No. Yours."

Jack says, "Oh. $&#@."

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Whoa!"

GM exclaims, "And indeed, the picture is that of an older version of yourself!"

GM says, "JACK DAY"

GM says, "dun dun DUN"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Right. So I just need to kill myself, and we'll all be safe!"

[peregaming] GM says, "Hahahah"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Also, yay, good session."

[peregaming] GM exclaims, "Thanks!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Yeah, this was a ride"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Next we'll be up against our greatest foe yet!"

[peregaming] SATSAM says (to jack), "To answer your questions, we planned Roomba being Remba, but not this ending"

[peregaming] GM says, "oh, I planned this ending *before* Tale came to me with his idea"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Someone so intelligent, so powerful, so gosh-darned *handsome*, that I don't know if we stand a chance."

SATSAM says, "POST CREDITS SCENE"

SATSAM says, "Greenrock National Park."

[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "when you discover *where* this Jack comes from, you will have a mental breakdown :D"

SATSAM | | A hike has taken shelter in a cave. She sits and looks warily at the storm outside. The sky is black and occasionally lit up by almost simultaneous thunder and lightning. There is something odd in the atmosphere, some sort of tension."

SATSAM | She grabs her walkie talkie. 'Hello? Can anyone hear me? I've been surprised by the storm and I've set up camp near Four-Shadows Mountain. Can anyone hear me? Hello?'"

SATSAM | There is only static from the walkie-talkie, until suddenly it picks up a faint voice. The voice of a young girl."

SATSAM | Hello? Can anyone hear me? My name is Remba. If you can hear me, and your world is not overrun by giant robots, please listen: Contact Jack Day in San Frangeles immediately. Tell him I'm still stuck in the other world! Tell him Evil Remba has taken my place!"

SATSAM | Lightning crashes again, illuminating the trees in the distance. Some of them almost look like giant robots."

[peregaming] Jack says (to GM), "What you don't know is that during this scene I was trying to talk Taleslinger into having Roomba pop up on the screen after we plugged in her hard drive."

[peregaming] GM says, "woo"

[peregaming] GM says, "+t"

[peregaming] GM says, "This is what happens when 3 GMs get together to play"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "he he"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "I like how well FATE lends itself to stuff like this"

[peregaming] GM says, "me too"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Yeah, definitely."

[peregaming] GM says, "it's the reason that it's my favorite RPG system"

[peregaming] Jack says, "By sacrificing a level of detail in the rules, it vastly opens up the range of what things you can do."

[peregaming] Jack says, "So pretty much any awesome thing you can think of, you can make it work."

[peregaming] GM says, "Yeah :)"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "As all of us just demonstrated"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims (at GM), "Thank you!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(For the game, I mean.)"

[peregaming] SATSAM says (to gm), "What he said"

[peregaming] GM says, "you're welcome :)"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Not for turning future me evil.)"

[peregaming] GM says, "hohoho"

[peregaming] GM says, "also, January 18 could be a good opportunity for a followup"

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Indeed!"

[peregaming] GM says, "with Quellin joining in"

[peregaming] Jack says, "We might even-- right, that."

[peregaming] GM says, "I just need to figure out how to not exclude Tale from the first part of the session."

[peregaming] GM asks, "Maybe split the party, with a way to communicate/collaborate between the two universes?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Perhaps start in medias res, while we're in the middle of rescuing her."

[peregaming] GM says, "yeah, that could be pretty awesome"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "Another dropping fridge?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Stop fridging your characters, Tale"

[peregaming] Jack says, "So the first part of the session is *all* of us trying to escape from the giant robot universe together."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Also, hmm."

[peregaming] Jack asks, "If Roomba had SATSAM v2, does that mean SATSAM v2 is destroyed now, and Remba is building a v3?"

[peregaming] GM says, "oho"

[peregaming] GM asks, "what exciting powers will it have?"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Depends on what Milestone we got!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ha ha."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Roomba gets three points of refresh and ten skill points."

[peregaming] Jack says, "Sadly, Remba wasn't in this story, so she doesn't get any."

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Nooo"

[peregaming] GM says, "well, stricto sensu, she was busy surviving giant robots."

[peregaming] GM says, "that counts as experience ;)"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "So was this a minor Milestone?"

[peregaming] GM |Significant milestones usually occur at the end of a scenario or the conclusion of a big plot event

[peregaming] GM asks, "Would you say this was a big plot event?"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Woo."

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "Skill point!"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "Nice!"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Hmm, this means I'll be getting a new skill at Average."

[peregaming] Jack says, "(Also, 'In Over His Head' seemed to work out pretty well.)"

[peregaming] Jack says, "(It wouldn't have been true back during the first session, but it sure is now.)"

[peregaming] GM says (to SATSAM), "FYI, you can both choose a different set of powers for the new suit (since it's literally a new suit) and use some of the refresh you haven't used"

[peregaming] GM says, "Just so you don't shortchange yourself :=)"

[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "Most definitely so"

[peregaming] GM says, "I'm really glad this worked out. It had been quite some time since the last session"

[peregaming] SATSAM exclaims, "But I like my powers!"

[peregaming] GM says (to SATSAM), "Well, then you can keep them :)"

[peregaming] GM says, "Not everything has to change"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "This is my skills : http://plover.net/~tale/FATE/Remba.pdf"

[peregaming] SATSAM asks, "So I can push Deceive to good, right?"

[peregaming] GM says, "Speaking of which, I like the way your actions have been changing this world (for the better)"

[peregaming] GM exclaims (at Remba), "yes!"

[peregaming] Jack says (to GM), "It took me a while into the session before I remembered to start using my powers."

[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "hee"

[peregaming] GM says, "you can at any rate rest in the knowledge that Taurus and the Gemini are keeping watch over San Frangeles"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Yay."

[peregaming] GM says, "while you guys go off into the unknown"

[peregaming] GM asks, "also, Tale, did you get the joke about Ruger Bet being a betruger?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Oh, I might exchange Super Strength for something else. It does not really fit the new form."

[peregaming] SATSAM says (to gm), "Of course. *cough cough*"

[peregaming] GM says, "tasteless of me, I know"

[peregaming] Jack says, "I wonder if I'm going to be forced to finally give Jack a social skill."

[peregaming] GM says (to Jack), "the horror"

[peregaming] GM asks, "what next? flirting with Marie?"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Machine Control would be interesting and appropriate"

[peregaming] Jack says, "Ha."

[peregaming] Jack says (to SATSAM), "Ooh."

[peregaming] GM says (to SATSAM), "I like that"

[peregaming] Jack says (to SATSAM), "Very fitting for Remba's current environment."

[peregaming] GM says, "indeed so"

[peregaming] SATSAM says, "Okay, I'll do that."

[peregaming] Jack exclaims, "SATSAM v3 it is!"

[Crows-Nest] GM asks, "Will Marie take up a shield and become Sergeant Swiss?"

[Crows-Nest] Jack exclaims, "She already has the shield!"

[Crows-Nest] Jack says, "And it's made out of pure paradox."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "You can't beat a paradox"