[Numenera] Bert says, "Log on."

Grav has arrived.

[Numenera] GM says, "That's everyone but Josh, who might not make it, I think."

Molly says, "Madness is like Grav, all it takes is a little push"

[Numenera] GM says, "If he shows up, we can work him im."

GM exclaims, "So! We ended last time at the end of the Bridge Ritual!"

Catrina says, "Oh yeah."

Molly exclaims, "I nearly died!"

Molly says, "But it was heroic."

GM exclaims, "As a result of which, Molly takes an Extreme Consequence, replacing one of her existing Aspects with a new 'Drained by the Bridge Ritual'!"

Aledonne asks (of Molly), "What's happened to her babies?"

GM says, "Molly's first connection with Glissandra wasn't so much words, but an overwhelming *sense* that Glissandra was worried about her children, and was rushing off to save them."

GM says, "And at this point, you can try talking with her more-ish normally about it."

Glissandra says (to Molly), "CHILD. YOU ARE NOT-DEAF NOW? YOU LISTEN AGAIN."

Catrina observes.

GM says, "The word 'not-deaf' isn't quite literally, 'not deaf', but it's the best your brain could come up with to translate it."

Molly says (to Glissandra), "<What is wrong? Are your children in trouble?>"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "It makes no sense for Molly to have her speech oddity in Glissandra-thoughspeak"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Just in case you were wondering where that went"

Glissandra says (to Molly), "<YES. THE SONGS DRAIN AWAY, AND THEY STARVE. WE STOP THIS; RETURN NOURISHMENT.>"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Oh, heh."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Extreme Consequence: Speaks Normally"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "let us all agree to never heal this"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "hahaha"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha"

Molly says (to Glissandra), "<What can we do to help?>"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "[What's the symbol for 'speak on a channel without changing your default channel?']"

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "% I think."

[Numenera] Catrina asks (of Molly), "Are you echoing this all back to us in realtime, or would you like to have a private conversation for now?"

[Numenera] Molly says, "Private for now"

Glissandra says (to Molly), "<HMM. YOU ARE MORE MOBILE. MORE EYES, MORE PLACES, STOP FASTER.>"

Tentacle024 says (to Molly), "<Oh, hi, you guys are back on the net. Some of us are worried that Glissandra might be going into danger, but she won't listen to us.>"

Glissandra says, "<HUSH. I AM GLISSANDRA.>"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "ok Gloomer"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Independently intelligent tentacles? Hmm."

Molly says (to Glissandra), "<If we look for your children, that means you can avoid running into something dangerous!>"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "jellyfish have symbiotic gunk in their tentacles, I think"

Glissandra says, "<WHAT DANGER? I AM GLISSANDRA.>"

Tentacle024 says, "<See?>"

Glissandra says, "<HUSH>"

[Numenera] Molly says, "Hmm"

[Numenera] GM asks (of Molly), "Do you share this?"

[Numenera] Molly says, "I definitely will."

Molly relays this to the others.

Catrina hmms.

Aledonne says, "If Glissandra thinks our 'more eyes, more places' would be helpful, then I'd be happy to lend mine."

Aledonne says, "But I'm curious about this 'net' that 024 mentions."

[Numenera] Grav will ask around to see if anyone knows of anything dangerous to Glissandra in the area.

GM says (to Grav), "Roll Investigate, Create Advantage, TN 2."

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

Catrina asks, "Can you find out if her children are all clustered together, or all spread out all over the place?"

Molly relays Catrina's question.

Aledonne says, "If they're in different places, and possibly in danger, I'd be wary of splitting up into ones or twos."

GM asks (of Grav), "You recall that as you've been doing Investigation for other groups in the area, a few of them were worried about the increased activity of the Green Knight Society. It turned out the groups didn't have to worry, as the main thing the GNS were doing at the time was creating a huge weapon that would fire at things in the air, and who has huge things in the air?"

Aledonne says, "But if they're in one place, I'm not sure if we can get there much faster than Glissandra herself, given how much of a challenge it was to just catch up with her."

GM says (to Aledonne), "That's a question for the Priests! Or for G herself."

[Numenera] GM says (to Grav), "Also, you can describe the weapon if you like."

GM says (to Aledonne), "Actually, she'll just tell you; hang on."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(It was Catrina's question; I was just making speculations on it.)"

Glissandra says (to Molly), "<THEY ARE AT THE EFFULGENT HILLS. THEY TOOK ROOT THERE THREE CYCLES AGO, AND THEIR TIME OF MATURATION APPROACHES.>"

GM says, "Glissandra's visit to the Effulgent Hills is a special time in the cycle of Home Upon; everyone stores up enough food and water to last several weeks, and Glissandra settles on the hills, and inverts her cap, sequestering the people inside. The song cycle moves from just an evensong to a daybreaksong and a noonsong, and the villagers exchange gifts, and make binding promises. Molly remembers that the time there lasted a week longer than expected this last time through (about 8 years ago"

GM says, ")"

Molly relays all this, in her curious manner of speech.

Aledonne asks, "It sounds like the young need her -- I don't think we should stop her. But is there anything we can do to assure that her route there is safe?"

Grav says, "It shoots out a metal net that envelops its target, then shrinks down crushing the target then the gun brings the net back and absorbs the energy from whatever it shot."

inky has arrived.

Catrina says, "It sounds like there was a food source for them, originally, but no longer."

Molly says (to Grav), "A narsty pea-shootah, t'be soor."

Catrina asks, "Was there a settlement in the area?"

Catrina says, "(I'm asking the villagers, elders, etc)"

GM says (to Molly), "Glissandra seems to talk to you in response to what other people are saying; you think she must be hearing what they say through you."

Grav not understanding what was just said "uh yeah... peas"

Glissandra says (to Molly), "<THEY THRIVE ON THE SONGS OF YOUR PEOPLE, WHICH I PREPARE AND LEAVE FOR THEM AS NOURISHMENT.>"

Catrina says, "Oh, I see."

Aledonne says, "We should find out where these Green Knights are so that we can get to them first and make sure they don't attack Glissandra."

GM says (to Catrina), "If the 'Effulgent Hills' are the sparkly hills you've heard about, there's a village not far from there where you got the job to find out what happened with Quintan/Thill."

Catrina ushers the others away from Molly a bit so they can huddle in a whisper.

Catrina says, "Maybe if we go down to the tentacles, Molly can talk to them directly without Glissandra overhearing everything."

Catrina says, "They seem to be more well-suited to our needs."

Aledonne says, "There's an idea."

Aledonne looks at the equipment for the ritual, wondering how portable it is.

Catrina says, "Also I can see that Molly dances close to the threshold of Death; before we ask more of her, some rest might be in order."

GM says (to Aledonne), "There are parts that are portable, but other parts that seem keyed to this particular spot on Glissandra's back. The pool sides, for one, fit into a groove that seems to have been grown for the purpose, or at least matched to it."

Catrina says, "The tentacles themselves may have some opinion on the matter."

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says (to Molly), "sorry to cut you out of this but, you know."

Aledonne asks, "What if we dragged the end of a tentacle directly into the pool?"

[Numenera] GM asks (of Aledonne), "What effect are you after, here?"

Catrina says, "Or... maybe if we try this during song-feeding, Glissandra will be less attentive to us."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "I can't remember now but didn't we establish that people frolick down around the tentacles for some reason/"

[Numenera] Molly waits for the confusion to dissipate.

[Numenera] Aledonne says (to GM), "Wondering if it might let Molly talk directly to the tentacle without going through Glissandra."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(Since Catrina was suggesting trying to talk to them directly. I'm not sure what her plan was for what she wanted to say to them.)"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "oh I don't have much of a plan on that front"

Catrina asks (of Molly), "Could you ask the tentacles if we could talk to them in private in some way?"

Catrina shouts a little.

Molly rolls her eyes and attempts communions with TENTACLES

Molly appropriate weird noises

Grav says, "let's just head out in front of her and scout out the area for anything dangerous. When we find a thing that could be a threat we remove it."

Catrina says, "That sounds like a good plan."

Tentacle024 says (to Molly), "I mean, Glissandra can technically listen to anything we say if she wants, but she usually lets us chat about things privately on the sub-nets. Let me get you an invite."

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "mmmm so meta"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "This is Discord in the future"

Tentacle024 says (to Molly), "<PING! Invitation to #lunch offered. Accept? Y/N>"

Molly says (to Tentacle024), "<Y>"

Tentacle024 says (to Molly), "#lunch Hi! We, uh, usually talk about trees here. Mmmm, so tasty."

Tentacle015 asks (of Molly), "<#lunch Maples are the best! Unless you're one of the %piners%?"

Molly says (to Tentacle015), "<I wouldn't know, I've never eaten a tree. Except that one time I got toothache and bit a willow.>"

Tentacle024 says (to Molly), "<Oh, yeah, willows are great for that.>"

Tentacle015 asks (of Molly), "2-4 tells me you're worried about big G, too?"

Aledonne is sketching out diagrams in his notebook, trying to understand this new network of intelligences.

Molly says (to Tentacle015), "<Yes! There are bad people who may be planning to ambush her with big weapons, for some reason.>"

Tentacle015 says (to Molly), "oooh, not good."

Tentacle015 says (to Molly), "You're the Bridge; she might listen to you, but you'd need to be really convincing, or have really clear evidence."

Tentacle024 says (to Molly), "<Or both.>"

Catrina says (to Molly), "Ask them if they know of a good way to get her to slow down a bit so we can do that. Please."

Molly says (to Tentacle015), "<Do you know a good way to get her to slow down so that we have time to get evidence that'll convince her?>"

GM says (to Molly), "Create Advantage with Rapport or something similar, TN 2."

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "hey if this kills her I'm disavowing responsibility"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha"

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

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "also please don't make me hack into this network through the dead old Bridge"

GM exclaims, "Success with style!"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "I've created a Rapport opportunity"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "so stylish"

[Setting the zoned flag.]

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "when your nose starts bleeding, it looks really cute"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "hee"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "ps also how long are we scheduled to play today? Just wondering."

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says (to Catrina), "http://slingergame.wikidot.com/schedule"

Tentacle015 and 024 brainstorm together with the other denizens of #lunch, and eventually decide that the best way to appeal to Glissandra is to take advantage of her sense that she thinks of all of you (tentacles and humans living on her) as part of herself. So if some of 'her' went ahead, and some of 'her' stayed a bit behind, overall she'd still be dealing with the issue.

Catrina says, "That does sound like a pretty good idea."

[Numenera] GM says, "(And I've added 'Glissandra's Sense of Self' to the +2 Aspect column."

[Numenera] GM says, "At https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h88N6VTO6dtQ2RVzk1tqx4NdA5PNyShAjpXcoVjhU8M/edit#gid=908588252 for those playing at home."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Is there anyone here who's, what, in a cafe or something? Breaking quarantine?"

GM says (to Molly), "And now, if you want to try to Rapport with G herself, that's an Overcome, TN 8."

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Ha!"

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

Molly tags both invokes.

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "A success! Roleplay!"

Molly says (to Glissandra), "<I am part of you, just like Tentacle024 and their friends are. If I and my friends go ahead, the rest of you doesn't need to hurry so much! Pace yourself. Yes, your children need you. But it's going to be all right, because part of you will arrive there first and protect them! The last thing you want is to over-exert yourself.>"

Tentacle015 says (to Molly), "AH. I SEE YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ON #LUNCH. VERY WELL; YOUR FRIEND DOES SEEM TO DESCRIBE A REAL THREAT. WE WILL GO AND WE WILL STAY, KEEPING THIS PART OF ME IN RESERVE, FOR NOW."

[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims, "It's a mutiny!"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Or identity confusion."

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "Helicopter Mom got way too literal"

GM says, "And with that, Glissandra travels to the edge of the forest, but stops there before it opens onto the fields by the hills. From here, you can go straight to the hills, or go a little skew and visit the village."

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "okay no really we need to give Molly a rest before they die"

Aledonne says, "Let's go to the village first, now that we have time."

Molly says, "Mah heid! Thar ritual was summat."

[Numenera] GM says, "(The traveling takes a couple days, which you use to prepare for your journey; gathering supplies, saying goodbye to folks; etc.)"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "oh whew"

[Numenera] Catrina mostly hides out from lynch mobs, etc.

[Numenera] GM says, "Ha."

[Numenera] GM asks, "Anything else before we cut to the village, then?"

[Numenera] Catrina asks, "does any recovery actually happen?"

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Of consequences?"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "yeah"

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Has anyone had any of their consequences treated?"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "I'm not really a treater"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(I'm not even sure who has them, at this point.)"

[Numenera] GM says, "In the story, yeah, she feels much better. Technically, she still has the consequence, and will until the next Major Milestone."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "okay fair"

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Does anyone have any that haven't started recovery yet?"

[Numenera] GM asks, "Oh, and there's still the Bones Knitting one, which I think has been moved from taking up a slot, but you still have it?"

[Numenera] Catrina asks, "hmmm was a fate point refresh supposed to happen now or a some point?"

[Numenera] Catrina says (to GM), "That sounds right"

Grav is healed

[Numenera] GM says, "Yeah, fate refrest at beginning of the session."

Molly sets their current fate point total to 2.

Aledonne sets his current fate point total to 3.

[Numenera] GM says, "*refresh"

Catrina gives a fate point to Catrina.

GM sets his current fate point total to 6.

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "My Chat with Creatures stunt remains vague."

[Crows-Nest] GM asks, "Oh, right. The original was 'use Rapport to order a creature to do something', right?"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "yep"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "I'm okay with that being a simple improvement to my original stunt"

[Numenera] Catrina is as ready as she's ever going to be.

[Crows-Nest] GM asks, "I think the upgraded version is 'Can chat with creatures mentally; can use any skill (Rapport, Empathy, Provoke, etc.) with a creature with no penalty.' Will that work?"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "That works."

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "Friend and occasional enemy to the forest creatures."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "I think there might be a Venture City version of this we could steal too, if you want to look into that and you like it better."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "And the original stunt is still useful for more coercise stuff."

GM says, "So! <SMASH CUT!>"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "smash cut to all of us in a prison cell"

GM says, "The village of Palangrev is a small, thriving village at the edge of the mountains; they farm beetles, and trade with people coming over the pass."

GM says, "Oh, and most of it is built in the remains of a hulking machine that vaguely looks like it crashed into the side of the mountain aeons ago."

Aledonne says, "Hmm."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Can I tell anything about the nature/purpose of the machine at this point, or would that require dedicated study?"

[Crows-Nest] GM says (to It's), "entirely too ancient and degraded (and built over) to tell at a glance, yeah."

[Numenera] GM says (to It's), "entirely too ancient and degraded (and built over) to tell at a glance, yeah."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "It's..."

[Numenera] GM says, "But you could indeed study it."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Monty Python's Flying Circus (crashed)"

GM says, "The tavern where Catrina was hired seems to be open, and there are other shops and people bustling around."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "For now, helping Glissandra seems a higher priority, but it's something I'd be interested in coming back to."

Catrina says, "That tavern over there is where I was hired, if that is of interest."

Aledonne asks, "Do you think there's anyone there who knows about the Green Knights?"

Catrina says, "It seems as likely as not, to me."

Catrina says, "It might be better to find them before they find us"

Molly says, "Aye, and besides Ah've got me a thirst ta queench"

GM exclaims, "You enter the tavern!"

Bren exclaims (at Grav), "Oh, you're back! Thank you so much for finding Janet! She's been great and hasn't tried to fly away again at all!"

Bren bounces up to you all and pulls out an iridescent green beetle from the folds of her cloak, which she pets on the head and proudly shows to you.

GM says, "(It's about cat-sized)"

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "Wondering if this is a pet, child or employee."

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "Ah, pet."

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "Well. OK, I guess we still don't actually know, technically."

Grav says, " no problem, just happy to help."

Molly says (to Beetle), "<Hello!>"

Catrina has disconnected.

Catrina has connected.

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "oops"

Aledonne says, "Ah, so we have friends here."

Janet says (to Molly), "<hi hi hi>"

Catrina scans the room for her patrons. Patreons. Hirerers.

Bren says, "I hope you spent the reward on something nice! You deserve it."

Grav says, "rent"

GM says (to Catrina), "There's a woman in the back wearing a grey cloack with a green stripe on it, which you have seen others in the Green Knights wear before."

Bren says, "Oh! Well. I guess a place to call your own is nice."

Bren says, "Or a place to call your temporary own. Er."

Catrina nods over towards the woman in the back.

Molly says (to Janet), "<So, what's life like here? Friendly people?>"

Bren asks, "So, uh, are these your friends?"

Molly exclaims, "Aye!"

Janet says (to Molly), "<Friendly Bren. Give food, rub head.>"

Grav says, "yeah, We are trying to make sure that our flying city does not get herself killed."

Bren blinks. "Wow, that sounds important."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Do we think the Green Knights are bad guys who intentionally want to hurt Glissandra, or do we think they have their device for other reasons and just need a heads up that we're coming through so they don't shoot her by accident?"

[Numenera] Molly says, "I think Catrina was explicit about her employers being bad"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "yeah I'm leaning towards the former."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "I mean they may have what they consider good reasons for shooting down Gliss"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "but people who spend a lot of time building a big gun often want to try it out"

Grav asks, "Do you know of anything strong enough to murder a city sized jellyfish?"

[Numenera] GM says, "The recap of what you know about the green knights is that other groups in the area are worried about them, that they sent Quintan/Thill to kill or disable her somehow, and then sent Catrina to find out why that hadn't happened."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "So do we want to actually talk to them, and lose our element of surprise, or do we just want to go try to disable their device first and talk later?"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Oh, right, I forgot that these wre the same group as that."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "they'll probably expect me to make contact"

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "ALso, is Grav speaking loudly within that person's earshot?"

Bren says, "Wow, uh. I guess the thing you told Ryllis about might do it? Wasn't she worried about them attacking here, but that turned out to not be the case? She was ready to kick them all out; I don't think she trusts them at all."

Grav is super discrete

Aledonne asks, "Do you know where they are?"

Bren says, "Well, I think most of them are living near the Effulgent Hills; they hired my Dana to help them build a house or two, and they bought up a bunch of old scrap from the Back Heaps."

Bren says, "I think they've been seen on Mount Rambinaas, too; that's where the rumors of the weapon started."

[Numenera] GM says, "(Mount Rambinaas is a huge post-volcanic mountain whose base is at the Hills.)"

Bren says (to Grav), "Did you ever figure out what they're after? Everyone seems to have their own theory."

Grav says, "I don't know. But whatever they are after we need to make sure they wont be a threat."

Bren sighs. "I'd agree with that. They just seem a little... off."

Aledonne asks, "If we wanted to take a look around -- discretely -- do you have any recommendations for how to approach the area?"

Grav says, "Well if making them on will make sure they wont kill our city, then we will do that."

Catrina heads over to the woman in the cloak.

Bren says, "I guess traders head down that way before cutting over to go over the pass. But Dana said she was watched like a hawk as soon as she was within sight of their new village."

Catrina says, "Tell the Commander that I'm back. Require debrief as soon as possible."

Azuola says (to Catrina), "Ah. You can come see him now, if you're ready."

Azuola asks (of Catrina), "You're here alone?"

Catrina says, "These other assets that I've brought with me also have valuable intel."

Azuola says, "Very well."

[Crows-Nest] Molly exclaims, "We're going undercover!"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "play it cool, see"

Catrina gestures to the others to follow along.

Aledonne has no idea what Catrina's plan is, but he follows along quietly.

[Numenera] Catrina asks, "does it look like she's going to lead me to him, or does she expect me to already know the way?"

Molly stomps along.

Azuola finishes her drink and rises, taking you out the back way and down a street/corridor in the machine. You go up a stairway, across a makeshift bridge, and finally get to the area where Grav rented an apartment the last time he was here.

[Numenera] Catrina says, "If someone wants to split off, I won't stop you, as you like."

Azuola taps three times on a steel door with a round porthole in it, which then opens. A man steps out, sees (some of?) you, and says, "Weapons in the box, please," gesturing to a lockbox just outside the door.

[Numenera] GM says, "Everyone say whether you followed as part of the group or not, and what you put in the box, if anything."

Catrina divests herself of a truly-comical number of knives, throwing and otherwise.

Aledonne shrugs, unarmed.

Grav just goes inside

Molly has no weapons, other than a grumpy bushy-tailed squirrat.

[Numenera] Catrina says, "Due to 'Always has another blade', I think I cannot actually completely disarm myself."

Molly puts the squirrat in the box. 'E bites', she says in way of explanation.

Molly goes inside.

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "might be worth taking note of your current cyphers"

GM says, "The man frowns, then shrugs, and closes the lid."

Juozas asks, "Catrina! You return. What can you tell me?"

Catrina says, "Yes. Quintan was not easy to find."

Juozas asks, "They dispatched him, then?"

Catrina says, "Not exactly, but he is deceased."

Catrina says, "They lost control of their city but may be in the process of regaining control."

Catrina says, "It is still inbound but might be convinced to veer off."

Catrina asks, "How has work progressed on The Weapon?"

Juozas says, "Fortunately, I had our efforts stepped up, since I never did trust Quintan would do the job. It's worked on smaller targets, though there's nothing else that big we can test it on, really."

Juozas sighs.

Juozas says, "It's another unknown, at such a crucial time."

Catrina asks, "What if the target doesn't come into range?"

Juozas says, "Then we'll be able to power up the, uh, hmm."

Juozas asks, "Who are these other people? Why did you bring them here? You said they were assets?"

Catrina says, "Yes; they've been instrumental in helping me find and interrogate Quintan."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Catrina is AMAZING at not-actually-lying-while-being-misleading"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "aww thanks"

Catrina says, "They're helping me recon and evaluate the anticipated engagement zone."

Juozas says, "Well, that's nice for you, I guess, but they get paid by you; I'm not giving you any more."

Catrina says, "You've given me quite enough."

Juozas says, "Tell you what. If you all keep her away for the next week, there's 50 in it for all of you."

Catrina says, "If you don't mind I've been on the road for too long and my bones need to mend. I'll be around."

Catrina says, "I'll consider your kind offer."

Juozas waves his hand. "You do whatever you need to; I don't care. She doesn't show up; you get paid."

Catrina says, "Until next we meet, then."

Juozas says, "Thank you all; it's been an honor, etc. You can get your stuff back at the front."

Catrina bows slightly and heads on out.

Squirrat says, "Squeak."

Juozas ignores you as you leave, tapping on some sort of flat mechanical device.

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Hmm. So I'm wondering if these guys are trying to do something to the babies? And if we haven't stopped them within a week, they'll have already succeeded?"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "that is indeed the question; we can discuss it IC if we hole up in some secure location"

Catrina gets her knives, etc.

Catrina asks (of Grav), "You know of some secure place to stay for a few days, I hear?"

Grav says, "yes, fallow me."

Aledonne follows Grav.

Molly follows everyone.

Grav leads you all to the smelliest outhouse you have ever seen. "no one ever comes here because of the smell. It also messes with any technology it's so bad.

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Indeed; I was going to have you roll Deceive, but you never needed it ;-)"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "heh"

Catrina says, "This, well, yes."

Molly says (to Grav), "Remoinds meh of er groxwarren."

Catrina says, "That went about as well as could be expected, I think."

Molly says, "Ptooey."

Catrina says, "If I knew what the Green Knights were up to, I would tell you. But I can only guess."

Aledonne says, "It's a shame they didn't bring us back to their base."

Aledonne asks, "But it sounds like they have some particular plan in mind beyond just attacking Glissandra. Perhaps something involving her babies?"

Catrina says, "I don't think it would be hard to find; in any case, I think we need to investigate the Hills first."

Catrina says, "Yes; I suspect they have been harvesting the songs and-or the offspring."

Aledonne asks, "How can we do that without drawing their attention?"

Catrina says, "I already told The Commander that we'd be heading there."

Catrina says, "He didn't seem too concerned; if we enounter opposition, I feel confident we can deal with it."

Grav says, "we could convince them that to the job they gave us we need to get close to the babies."

Catrina says, "Yes, that may well even be true."

Molly says, "Thar sounds loik er plern"

GM asks, "Cut to the Hills? Anything else first?"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "I'm ready but this might be a good time for a quick 5 min break for everyone"

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "We need Gliss here to translate Molly for us."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Sure, everyone can take 5."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "And I'm good with the Hills when we return."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Alright"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "OK!"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "yessir"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Aye."

GM says, "So! You make your way to the Hills; maybe a day's walk from the first village. You make your way through the jagged base of the mountains, until you turn a corner and can see them in the distance:"

GM says, " From your vantage point, you can see the Effulgent Hills as they sparkle quietly in the distance. Molly thinks she can hear, ever so faintly, the strains of an evensong in the air."

GM says, " One of the hills has purple-and-green marbled machinery over it. It seems to be very weathered, and has what might be a yellow rust on part of it, and blue lichen growing up the sides."

GM says, " In the 'valleys' between the hills is a continuous looping stream of highly viscous clear liquid. As you watch, you can detect slight currents in it, as it loops around the hills and pulls up the sides at times, as if through surface tension, which then breaks and the streams retreat to the base of the hills again."

GM says, " A small village looks hastily-built on the edge of the hills at the base of Mount Rambinaas to the southwest. It's hard to tell from a distance, but it seems like it's being patrolled, and nobody's just wandering around aimlessly--everyone looks like they have a purpose."

GM says, " In the middle of the village is a tower of some sort, which again appears somewhat hastily erected."

[Numenera] GM says, "<fin>"

Catrina says, "I think we're here."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Does the tower look like it could be the weapon?"

[Numenera] GM says, "Hmm. That's Notice or Invesigate from Grav, since he's researched it before. Overcome, TN 3."

Grav rolls Great (4) + 4dF: +1 -1 +1 +1 | Fantastic (6)

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "w00t!"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Nice."

GM says, "Not only can Grav tell that it's not a weapon, he can tell what seems to be its actual purpose: it seems to be a relay station of some sort. He points up the mountain a ways, where you can just make out another, similar tower."

Catrina says, "Hmm."

Aledonne says, "I wonder if we can eavesdrop on its signal."

Catrina says, "It would probably be easier if we were closer. But that carries its own risks."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "If one of us were willing to sacrifice a cypher, do you think I could build a device to listen in to whatever the towers are relaying?"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(Sacrifice it for spare parts, I mean.)"

[Numenera] GM asks, "Is that a question to me, or your cohorts?"

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "For you!"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Then 'yes'!"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "sorry Tale we took apart all your crap"

[Numenera] GM says, "Ha."

Aledonne asks, "If I had enough spare parts, I think I could build a receiver, so we could hear what they're transmitting -- does anyone have any gadgetry they don't need?"

Aledonne says, "If not, I could probably use the tubes and wires from this lightning wall projector to build a makeshift radio kit."

[Crows-Nest] (from Molly) Tale screams, 'nooooooooo'

Grav has spray on armor and a magnetic winch.

[Crows-Nest] Taleslinger asks, "Hmm?"

Catrina says, "This 'still field' is some sort of jamming tech I think, which might work on similar principles."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "If everyone else wants to keep their cyphers, that's fine. I don't mind using mine."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says (to Taleslinger), "Oh, we almost took apart your cyphers for scrap"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "If we're all happy to volunteer, we can flip a coin or two."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "How many volunteers are there?"

Molly is keeping her cyphers.

[Numenera] Catrina says, "1 from me"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "OK, in alphabetical order:"

Aledonne rolls 1 2-sided die: 1 | 1

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "It's the lightning wall projector!"

Catrina keeps lookout.

Aledonne opens up his porcelain egg while he works, as a little bit of a pleasant background. The mountain kinda reminded him of it.

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "I'm guessing this is an Overcome with Crafts?"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Tale is logged in, btw"

[Numenera] GM says, "Yeah, that sounds right."

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "Yeah, but I think he's burned out on other RL games at the moment."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Opposition?"

[Numenera] GM says, "Hang on, I wrote down some notes on this..."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "I know, it's just that we're using his cyphers"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Wait, I got it wrong, never mind"

[Numenera] GM | "Cyphers can, in general, be combined and/or recycled into new things.

[Numenera] GM | "The power level of the new thing sets the base TN for the 'Crafts' roll.

[Numenera] GM | "If the new abilities are very similar to the old abilities, the TN decreases.

[Numenera] GM | "If the new abilities are dissimilar to the old abilities, the TN increases.

[Numenera] GM | "If the power level of the new cypher is lower than the stronger cypher (or, for Aledonne, the sum of the used cyphers), the TN decreases.

[Numenera] GM | "If the power level of the new cypher is larger than the stronger cypher (or, for Aledonne, the sum of the used cyphers), the TN increases.

[Numenera] GM says, "And the TN is half the 'cypher level'."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I can't imagine that a radio receiver would be more powerful than a lightning projector. And electricity and EMF fields seem at least reasonably related."

[Numenera] (from Molly) Maxwell nods.

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "So yeah, maybe a base cypher level power of 3, for a TN of 2, plus one for being slightly dissimilar, minus one for the lightning power level being 5. Net TN of 2!"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "If I can make it a transceiver rather than just a receiver, I'm willing to up the power level for that."

[Numenera] GM asks, "Maybe if you succeed with style, it'll be a transceiver?"

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "OK!"

Aledonne rolls Superb (5) + 4dF: -1 -1 -1 -1 | Average (1)

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "I am tagging something to reroll!"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "OK!"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "As a Student of the Children of Lost Words, I have encountered many documents stored in unreliable old 'electronic'-style devices that I've needed to repair before."

Aledonne spends a fate point, leaving him with 2.

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

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Much better!"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Success with style after all!"

[Numenera] GM asks, "So, uh, not being up on my radio lingo, what does 'transceiver' mean in this case?"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "transmitter-receiver"

Aledonne dismantles the lightning projector, carefully cleaning each component and setting them all out in order. Then he stops, realizing that one of the parts he needs for this isn't here!

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Transmitter + receiver."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "So in addition to listening to their signals, I can try to send my own signals to the towers."

[Crows-Nest] Taleslinger says, "Oh yeah. Cyper away, my brave Numenereans!"

[Numenera] GM says, "Got it."

[Crows-Nest] Molly says (to Taleslinger), "And a lovely evening to you :) stay safe"

[Numenera] GM asks, "OK, the lighting wall thing would have lasted for 10 minutes, so this thing will, too. Use it now?"

Aledonne realizes after a moment that the missing component is something he can *build*, with a coil of wire and a power source, both of which he has. And with his new magnet, he's able to complete the radio transmitter and receiver with ease.

Aledonne says, "Alright -- this will let us listen in on their towers, as well as to transmit our own signals to them."

Aledonne says, "Should I active it now? I'm not sure how long it'll last -- possibly just a few minutes."

Aledonne asks, "Or do you think it would be wise to save it?"

Catrina asks, "Can you turn it off after a minute?"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(My vote is for now, but I don't want to decide unilaterally.)"

[Numenera] Aledonne says (to GM), "Catrina raises a good question."

Molly exclaims (at Aledonne), "Thar's nae better time then naow!"

GM says, "OK, let's say that this is a Challenge, with an Investigate component (TN 3) and a Lore: Tech component (also TN 3). You can tag the cypher itself for a +2 for either, and you can help someone do a thing if you're not the main person rolling for either."

[Numenera] GM says (to Catrina), "And yes, you can."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "In that case, let's go for it! I'll handle the Lore: Tech part."

Grav will investigate

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

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

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I'll tag the cypher, unless someone is assisting."

Catrina will Athletically climb a tree to place an antenna wire high-up.

[Numenera] GM says, "It's spent after this, so you might as well tag it ;-)"

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "OK!"

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

[Numenera] GM says (to Catrina), "Sure, let's say that was a Create Advantage, which either Grav or Aledonne could tag to turn their success into a success with style."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "thanks"

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Playing the boost forward!"

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "'For Great Signal!'?"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "haha"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(They have set up us the babies.)"

Aledonne flips the switch, and the device emits a crackling noise. He carefully tunes a couple of dials, until...

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(I'm assuming the GM will take over the rest of that sentence.)"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "(typing clacking intensifies)"

GM says, "So! You all huddle around Aledonne's weird conglomeration of tubes and wires, with Catrina hanging out in the trees overhead. Aledonne fiddles with a knob, and suddenly you hear a cacophany of singing. After a second of adjusting, Aledonne realizes he can turn a knob and catch a different signal as well, that seems to consist of a series of beeps. "Oh, as the beeps increase in frequency, the signing speeds up, and when the beeps slow down, the singing slows down too. But after a slight delay," says Grav."

Catrina says, "They're siphoning off the song and starving the children."

Aledonne asks, "It sounds like the beeps are controlling it -- if we override the beeps, can we stop it?"

Catrina asks, "Or reverse the flow?"

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne asks, "Reverse the note-ron flow?"

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Ha ha ha"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "You can indeed try!"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I feel like, as our local jellyfish-whisperer, this might be a Molly thing."

[Numenera] GM asks, "Like, a lore:bio roll?"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Yeah."

[Numenera] Molly says, "Sure, I can apply my knowledge of things that go squeak in the night"

Aledonne holds out the makeshift microphone to Molly.

[Numenera] Catrina says, "well hmmm"

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

[Numenera] Catrina says, "nvm"

Molly takes the microphone

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "Oh, I was going to say rp first and then I'd give you a TN, but hey! The TN was going to be 5!"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "You can succeed at a minor cost if you tag the signal boost. RP!"

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "If only we had a relevant boost waiting to be spent!"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "whew"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "unfortunately a minor cost makes you die"

[Numenera] Molly says, "Tagging signal boost! What should be my minor cost"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "It stresses out your vocal cords so much that you lose your accent for a few hours."

[Numenera] GM says, "Ha."

[Numenera] Molly says, "I sense that people are not a fan of it."

[Numenera] GM says, "RP what you do, and I'll say what happens in response."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I'm a fan of making jokes about it."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "yeah me too"

[Numenera] Molly says, "(actually, can I just check with you guys what was the initial idea with this plan? I may have misunderstood it)"

[Numenera] Molly says, "(stating it more plainly)"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "I think the idea was to stop sucking out the song and start pumping it back into the kids or the local resevoir or whatever"

[Numenera] GM says, "In general, the plan was to interefere with the paired beeps and singing so that it stopped draining the song, yeah."

[Numenera] Molly says, "ah, so..."

[Numenera] Molly asks, "...am I just singing and making animal sounds then?"

[Numenera] Catrina exclaims, "if you're encouraging the babies to suck harder, sure!"

[Numenera] GM says, "But *well-timed* singning and animal noises."

[Numenera] Molly says, "That works."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "also the minor cost could be that the evil worker minions notice this *immediately*"

Molly that too

Molly lac

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "Tally count for 'how many ways can lpsmith misspell singing: 2"

[Crows-Nest] Molly says, "Sning, O Muse, of the wrath of lpsmith"

Molly first listens to the signal for a few moments, then she starts making the strangest sounds you ever heard (and that includes her peculiar 'accent').

Molly somehow manages to make... soothing noises? as though she had a mouthful of tentacles? It's bizarre.

[Numenera] GM says, "(anything else? I can finish up the response, whenever you're done)"

[Numenera] Molly says, "done :)"

[Numenera] Molly says, "Also, 90% of Molly's adventures are about speaking in ways no human being can understand."

GM says, "The singing and the beeps both respond to the noise, at first rising and falling in frequency together, but then getting out of sync with each other. Finally, with a burst of static, the makeshift tranceiver explodes, and you see a puff of smoke from both of the towers, too."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "And she can also do that animal-communicating thing as well."

GM says, "The activity in the village increases! You can see people yelling at each other."

Catrina climbs down.

Grav says, "nice"

Aledonne says, "Good work."

Aledonne gathers up the broken parts so they can be properly disposed of later.

Aledonne says, "Alright. That might buy us some time, at least. But we still have a weapon to stop."

Catrina says, "This is so."

Molly says, "Aye."

Grav says, "well let's go destroy a massive priceless artifact."

Aledonne says, "To make sure it doesn't destroy our even more massive and even more priceless artifact."

[Numenera] GM says, "Let's say it's early evening at this point."

Grav says, "exactly"

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "I forget, do we know anything about where in/around the village it's located?"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "I don't think so."

Grav says, "or steal it"

[Numenera] GM says, "Yeah, you do not."

Aledonne says, "I remember Catrina gave them a cover story about us doing recon on the interception area."

[Numenera] GM says, "I've been stopping myself from saying, "OK, so you go to..." and then thinking, "Wait, no, they have to say where.""

Aledonne asks, "Do you think that story would convince them to let us near it?"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "darn, so close"

[Numenera] GM says, "Ha."

Catrina says, "It might... we could show up under the pretense of their current technological problems."

GM says, "As you consider your next move, you see a couple guys in grey robes with green stripes make their way from the village to the smoked tower up the mountain."

GM says, "(and see some activity at the base of the village tower, too.)"

Aledonne says, "In any case, the fewer of them there are in the village, the fewer there'll be to elude or convince. Let's not waste any more time."

Aledonne heads down toward the village.

Catrina follows along with this plan.

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Note: someone had better get ahead of Aledonne before he gets there, because you probably don't want him leading the talking or the sneaking."

GM says, "OK! You all get fairly close, until you can tell you're going to need to be extra stealthy to get any closer without being seen."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "I'm not very sneaky or talky either"

[Numenera] Aledonne says (to Catrina), "Yeah, but you're the one who is supposedly their ally."

Grav will sneak

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "So if we're going to be talking, you'd probably be the right person to lead."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "well okay then, let's not sneak at all"

[Numenera] GM says, "And Molly's accent would give you away instantly ;-)"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "I'll be the distraction, if others want to sneak around"

Catrina just walks right up to the front gate or road or whatever.

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I'll follow anyone who's leading the sneaking."

[Numenera] GM asks (of Molly), "Which group would you like to go with?"

[Numenera] Grav says, "who has the highest sneak? I have 2"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "finally we get around to splitting the party"

[Numenera] Molly says (to GM), "I am not sneaky at all. So I'm with the distraction group"

[Numenera] GM says, "The TN for stealth is 3, plus one per person sneaking with you."

[Numenera] GM asks (of Catrina), "And is your goal just Create Advantage for the stealth group? Or do you want something else, too?"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "hmmm well let's start with that at least"

Catrina asks, "WHAT'S ALL THIS THEN? I come up here straight from Commander Jouzos' office and this is what I find??"

[Numenera] GM says, "Sure--this seems like a Rapport or Provoke sort of thing, depending on your approach."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "oh let's go with Provoke"

Catrina says, "I demand to speak to someone in charge right this instant"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "TN of 2, then!"

Catrina says, "Where is your manager"

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

Catrina says, "No not you, I asked for someone in charge"

Catrina asks, "Why are all those red lights blinking on that thing?"

Guard says, "What? Who are you? You're some sort of idiot if you think you can get in here or talk to Mozae. Go home, you..."

Guard continues his tirade, completely distracted from anything else.

[Numenera] GM asks, "And that was a success with style! So, TN 4 for two people sneaking?"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Sneaking and trying to find the weapon."

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

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Good thing we have that distraction."

[Crows-Nest] GM says, "My son: "I go up and tag the distracted guard.""

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "as one does"

Catrina says, "OH MY GOODNESS what is that thing over there"

GM says, "Catrina and Molly argue with the guard for a bit, while Grav and Aledonne sneak around out of sight."

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "Molly lay some of that accent on the guard"

GM says (to Grav&Aledonne), "You end up following the viscous stream as it wends its way towards the make-shift village. You end up next to a building with a loud racket going on inside, build right over the stream."

[Numenera] GM says, "*built"

Molly exclaims (at Guard), "Ah dane mint tae be grawmpy bout tis but Ah iz mad bout yer incompitence!"

Catrina exclaims, "...yeah! That!"

[Numenera] GM asks, "G&A first! What do you do?"

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Are there any windows?"

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "Also, how big is the building?"

[Numenera] GM says, "It's medium large--I guess the size of a one-person house, perhaps. No windows, door facing the village, stream underneath."

Aledonne throws a pinch of dust at the part of the building where the noise is the loudest.

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Scan!"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(Which is a Lore: Tech Overcome -- what's my opposition?)"

[Numenera] GM says, "Overcome/TN 2."

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

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Success!"

[Numenera] GM says, "Inside, you see a large water wheel, attached to a motor (making the racket), scooping up the liquid from the stream and dumping it into some sort of hopper. Inside the hopper is some sort of complicated machinery, and the liquid flows through and out the other side, being deposited back in the stream."

Aledonne writes down what he sees in his notebook and passes it to Grav with a quizzical expression.

Grav says, "let's sneak in there and break it"

Aledonne nods.

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I guess I didn't see any people in that area; I wonder if they're all gone to work on the tower."

Aledonne will follow Grav's lead for the sneaking.

[Numenera] GM says, "There's room in the building for people that your dust wouldn't have revealed, and there are a few people walking around in view of the front door. You're behind everything right now."

Aledonne points to where the stream runs underneath the building.

Grav will go upstream to block the water flow with his shield

[Numenera] GM asks (of Aledonne), "How long does your dust effect persist?"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "not so effugly any more, are ya"

Grav says, "while everyone goes to see what happened to the water, you can go in and break it."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Should I answer what I think is the likely answer, or should I take that as an invitation to make up the answer I'd like? :)"

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "awww yeah 3-way split"

[Numenera] GM says, "Ha."

Catrina goes home.

Catrina has disconnected.

Catrina has arrived.

[Crows-Nest] Molly asks, "Did... did Catrina just split?"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "If you hadn't asked, I would have assumed One Action."

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "back"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "But since you did ask, I think it would be perfectly reasonable if you decided it lasted a few minutes."

[Numenera] GM asks, "So, maybe longer if you get a success with style or something?"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Yes, exactly. That."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "(Wait, I didn't get a success with style, though.)"

[Numenera] GM says, "And if you have time and more dust, you could always just keep dusting things."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "That seems like a good idea, yes."

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "OK, seems good!"

Aledonne rechecks the interior periodically, in preparation for the in-sneaking.

GM exclaims, "So! Grav stops the liquid, which slowly starts building up upstream of his shield, and lowers downstream. As the wheel starts encountering less and less resistance, it speeds up!"

GM <whirr whirr Whirr Whirr WHIRRWHHIRRRWHIRRRRRRR>

Aledonne climbs down to where the stream was. Now that he can see the machine from here, he'll try to jam up the mechanism a bit to slow it down.

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I'm thinking, mixing up something sticky that I can pour into the axle joint to add friction."

GM says (to Aledonne), "You climb into the now-dry-ish stream bed that nevertheless still retains a lot of sticky liquid, and peer up into the building."

some_woman asks, "Hey, what's wrong with the machine?"

Aledonne also, almost without even thinking about it, fills a vial with the sticky liquid and pockets it.

some_guy says, "What? Oh, geez. Go get Samm; I'll see what I can do."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "I'm guessing this is a Crafts Overcome involving alchemy?"

some_woman <door opens, footsteps>

[Numenera] Molly says, "AFK for a moment, sorry"

[Numenera] GM asks (of Aledonne), "Are you trying to make it seem like it's fixed? Or something else?"

[Numenera] GM says, "some_guy is approaching the other side of the machine."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Trying to slow it back down from a WHIRRWHHIRRRWHIRRRRRRR to a whirr whirr whirr, yeah."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "Hopefully before he gets close enough to see that it's not actually processing anything."

[Numenera] GM says, "OK! Let's say that a TN of 4 just to slow it back down again, and a TN of 2 to not be seen, so you'll need a 6 to do both at once."

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "OK!"

[Numenera] GM says, "(he says, bending the rules)"

Aledonne rolls Epic (7) + 4dF: -1 -1 0 +1 | Fantastic (6)

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "I am OK with that!"

[Numenera] GM says, "Heh."

[Numenera] Aledonne asks, "With a minor cost. Perhaps I now have goo all over the soles of my shoes?"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "You manage to slow it down *and* avoid being seen, but to do so, you had to crawl up into the room, and are now stuck in there!"

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Oh no, whatever will I do!"

[Numenera] GM asks, "And it's about 3; shall we end there?"

Aledonne examines the machine close up to figure out what it does!

[Crows-Nest] Catrina says, "sounds like a sticky situation"

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "OK -- I'll spend the next two weeks getting a really good view of it."

[Numenera] Molly says, "haahha"

[Numenera] GM says, "Ha."

[Numenera] Molly says, "Yeah, seems like a nice cliffhanger"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "works for me"

[Numenera] GM says, "I can tell you now that the machine you're next to is just a basic motor that's turning the wheel."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "that'll give us time to run a single combat next time"

[Numenera] Molly says, "(Apologies for being a little distracted)"

[Numenera] GM says, "The hopper the water's going into is on the other side."

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "But OK! Thanks, everyone!"

[Numenera] Aledonne says (to GM), "Heh. *Next* session I'll check out the bit inside the hopper."

[Numenera] GM says, "I think next time will probably be the conclusion."

[Numenera] GM says, "Hopefully you had fun; it was a lot of investigation-y stuff this week."

[Numenera] Aledonne says, "I did."

[Numenera] Aledonne exclaims, "Thank you for running it!"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "You're welcome!"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "yeah, good times all around"

[Numenera] GM says (to Catrina), "That was some nice misdirection there in the middle ;-)"

[Numenera] Catrina says, "that was fun and a bit nervewracking but in a good wau"

[Numenera] GM says, "Heh; nice."

[Numenera] Molly exclaims, "It was cool!"

[Numenera] GM says, "Could have easily devolved into a fight, but I think you played it just cool enough."

[Numenera] Catrina says, "'just cool enough' is my middle name"

[Numenera] GM says, "Hee"

[Numenera] GM exclaims, "OK, off for lunch! Thanks again!"

[Numenera] Molly says, "Thank *you*"

[Crows-Nest] Roger says, "make log stop now"

[Crows-Nest] (from Molly) Log lady: 'Hey!'

[Crows-Nest] Aledonne says, "Alright, alright."