You have just entered room "AND."
AndrewRogue: Well. Good morning.
Dark Japheth has entered the room.
Dark Japheth: Hi.
SirAlexTheFirst: Yo.
AndrewRogue: *waves*
Dark Japheth: Alex, I have a confession. I got really bored earlier today. And I forced Andrew against his will to RP a scene between me and Zao. I think I threatened to kill a puppy or something.
AndrewRogue: I told him already.
AndrewRogue: :p
Dark Japheth: Anyway, we'll send logs. I know you aren't present for it and thus it doesn't... oh.
Dark Japheth: See, I was gunna take all the blame.
Dark Japheth: Good job.
AndrewRogue: We're wrapping it up right now for you to see.
Dark Japheth: Oh, and I've commissioned work on a Chibi Zao picture. >.>
Dark Japheth: You know, one that *isn't* just chibi vincent. >.>
Dark Japheth: I should get it sometime in the next three or four days. Hopefully.
AndrewRogue: XD
Dark Japheth: And something to remember during the log
Dark Japheth: Zao is aware of the placebo effect.
Dark Japheth: And is trying to use it to help. :P
AndrewRogue: A shame that would back-fire horribly.
Dark Japheth: *could
Dark Japheth: Zao is taking a chance. >.>
Dark Japheth: AND TRYING TO BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
Dark Japheth: MY GOD
AndrewRogue: Gorth... trying to be good?
AndrewRogue: *waits for the inevitable explosion*
Dark Japheth: .....Shut up.
Dark Japheth: I play good characters.
AndrewRogue: :p I love you anyway.
Dark Japheth: I got my mean out already.
Dark Japheth: By you know, screaming.
Dark Japheth: :P
Adm H Sopko has entered the room.
AndrewRogue: Welcome to Alex's Parlor.
Adm H Sopko: My poor room
Dark Japheth: What?
AndrewRogue: ?
AndrewRogue: Oh. The old room :p
AndrewRogue: I'd like to mention that was technically my room :p
Adm H Sopko: Things change
Dark Japheth: XD
Dark Japheth: That reminds me of a quote
AndrewRogue: ...ow.
Adm H Sopko: Saw Shaun of the Dead today
Adm H Sopko: Awesome movie
AndrewRogue: Its out?
AndrewRogue: And was it indeed awesome?
Dark Japheth: "Ever notice that when someone says "Thats the way the ball bounces", its usually because they are the ones who dropped it?"
Adm H Sopko: Yep
Adm H Sopko: Yep yep yep
Adm H Sopko: I learned something new today as well
Adm H Sopko: Science centers have the best minigolf courses
AndrewRogue: Heh
Dark Japheth: Alex, I have a question.
Adm H Sopko: And mwhahaha! I now have booze!
AndrewRogue: Sheesh. I don't even have a soda ;_;
Dark Japheth: Actually
Dark Japheth: wait
Dark Japheth: Tactile sensation isn't caused
Adm H Sopko: One full liter of Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila
Dark Japheth: but thermal effects are.
Dark Japheth: ROCKING
Dark Japheth: Jose Cuervo! It changes the weather.
Adm H Sopko: The ONLY tequila to take shots with
AndrewRogue: Heh.
Adm H Sopko: Lets christen the bottle, shall we? ::Gets out a glass::
AndrewRogue: Heh.
Adm H Sopko: ::Goes to get a chaser""
AndrewRogue: *hates shots*
AndrewRogue: *badly*
Dark Japheth: Yeah. Goldshlager = worst for shots
Dark Japheth: Chaser, heh
Adm H Sopko: I'm doing this without salt or lemon
Adm H Sopko: Chaser is needed
Adm H Sopko: Okay... shot poured
Adm H Sopko: Hmm... here's to you guys, and the continuance of the fine Amaryllis tradition
Dark Japheth: ...playing drunk?
Adm H Sopko: N
Adm H Sopko: o
Adm H Sopko: Just christening the bottle
Dark Japheth: Oh right.
Adm H Sopko: Now where to hide it
AndrewRogue: On your desk. Like a man.
AndrewRogue: <.<
Adm H Sopko: Yes
Dark Japheth: My favorite place-
Adm H Sopko: That man would be the stupidest man alive, but a man nonetheless
Dark Japheth: In the freezer
AndrewRogue: Nonetheless, ugh. Shots taste god-awful, so screw you Sopko <.<
Adm H Sopko: Meh
Adm H Sopko: They're not supposed to taste goo
Adm H Sopko: f
Adm H Sopko: good even
AndrewRogue: And that defeats the purpose of a drink to me.
AndrewRogue: <.<
Dark Japheth: ....
Dark Japheth: The purpose of drinking
Dark Japheth: is to be drunk
Dark Japheth: THe purpose of being drunk
Dark Japheth: is to drown memories
Adm H Sopko: Or to create ones to later forget
AndrewRogue: Nonetheless, if I for some reason decided to get drunk, I'd like it on something I could enjoy on the way down.
Dark Japheth: Like mikes.
Adm H Sopko: Thats dangerous thinking
Adm H Sopko: Never get drunk on Scnapps
Adm H Sopko: Schnapps even
Adm H Sopko: You. Will. Regret it
Adm H Sopko: Goes down like candy, but unlike beer, wine or Mikes, it has a good amount of alcohol in it
Adm H Sopko: You don't feel it until it hits you like a mack truck
AndrewRogue: This is also why I support drinking in moderation :p
Adm H Sopko: Even moderate drinkers fall to it
Adm H Sopko: Because you really don't feel it gradually... it runs over you like a freight train
Dark Japheth: Right.
AndrewRogue: *reminds self of this for later*
Adm H Sopko: I prefer shots because when I start to gag from the taste or cough, it's my limit.
Adm H Sopko: Never had problems with that method
Dark Japheth: Actually.
Dark Japheth: Best way to go is with beer.
Dark Japheth: When you can no longer lift the glass to your mouth
Dark Japheth: You have hit your limit.
Dark Japheth: Car bombs are cool, too.
Adm H Sopko: Nah... I've gotten utterly trashed on beer
Dark Japheth: Car bombs = shot of jack +mug o beer, Andy.
Dark Japheth: Nothing wrong with that, in my opinion.
Adm H Sopko: 16 beers in 2 hours = not fun
Dark Japheth: ...Yes it is
Dark Japheth: Just not fun after about... four hours
Adm H Sopko: Nah. I only drank for those two hours
Adm H Sopko: The rest of the time was spent throwing up and being passed out in the bathroom
AndrewRogue: Heh
Dark Japheth: Bah
AndrewRogue: *gets awkward silence wasted and throws it out of the chat*
Adm H Sopko: Good call
AndrewRogue: I tend to agree.
Adm H Sopko: And the other AND room is officially dead
Adm H Sopko: ::Salutes:: You served us well, old friend
AndrewRogue: *mourns*
AndrewRogue: *throws a boquet of flowers down*
Adm H Sopko: ::Lea catches::
AndrewRogue: <.<
AndrewRogue: >.>
AndrewRogue: *smites*
AndrewRogue: Bad Lea.
AndrewRogue: No boquet for you.
Dark Japheth: Heh.
Dark Japheth: So.
Dark Japheth: Uh. >.>
Dark Japheth: Whatsd up?
Adm H Sopko: ::Pokes Alex::
AndrewRogue: Buses suck.
AndrewRogue: Sprinting after buses sucks more.
AndrewRogue: Having my burger taste bad after nealy missing the bus to get it sucks the worst.
Dark Japheth: Aha
Dark Japheth: But if you had not missed the bus
SirAlexTheFirst: I'm here.
Dark Japheth: You would not have called me in boredom.
SirAlexTheFirst: Mostly
SirAlexTheFirst: Nice log.
Dark Japheth: heh
Dark Japheth: Thank you.
Dark Japheth: *expects to be thrown out of game
AndrewRogue: This was before that Gorth.
AndrewRogue: I called you on my way back when I really did miss the bus.
Dark Japheth: lmao
AndrewRogue: And thank you.
Dark Japheth: Its all Aria.
AndrewRogue: Nuh uh.
AndrewRogue: It was all Zao.
Dark Japheth: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Dark Japheth: MY PIZZA IS HERE
Dark Japheth: *dances*
AndrewRogue: ...I want pizza.
Adm H Sopko: What log?
Dark Japheth: Come over.
Dark Japheth: Oh. Zao and Aria had a torrid affair
Adm H Sopko: Ooo
AndrewRogue: We got bored. We sat down and had Zao and Aria have a torrid aff... beat me.
Dark Japheth: lmao
Adm H Sopko: Makes Hunter's choice easier
Dark Japheth: XD
Dark Japheth: Actually
Dark Japheth: I intentionally made sure I was *not* flirting with her
Dark Japheth: It was hard because I play sleazeballs so often
AndrewRogue: Nah. It was more heart to heart stuff. Illusions. Lerning neat things. Etc
Adm H Sopko: Heh
Dark Japheth: Zao needs a metroid familiar.
AndrewRogue: With a bow.
AndrewRogue: All metroids need bows.
Dark Japheth: With one little claw thing.
Dark Japheth: And we can call him "little brudda"
AndrewRogue: I always thought "Suckers" was a great name <.<
Adm H Sopko: AHHHHHHAHAHA... LITTLE BRUDDA! You're gonna make it, little guy! You just keep scrapin along!
Adm H Sopko: I... I don't know what I've been doing with my life! I've been thinking of getting into... male modeling... or maybe... high finance... I JUST DON'T KNOw
Dark Japheth: lol
Dark Japheth: THE DJ SOLEROUS?
AndrewRogue: Who?
Dark Japheth: "I can power a small city by my whining.."
AndrewRogue: ...that's impressive.
Adm H Sopko: OHHHH TENDERFOOT!
Adm H Sopko: Can you tell me how to get the most out of life? I feel like I'm at a crossroads... and there's like, a Denny's on one corner, and like... an IHOP on the other!
Adm H Sopko: Can you give me some sound financial advice?!
AndrewRogue: IHOP <.< Invest in beef.
Adm H Sopko: Oh. I got a copy of the full Divine Comedy today
Adm H Sopko: $0.25
AndrewRogue: O_o
Dark Japheth: *cries*
Adm H Sopko: Harvard classics edition, printing 1909
AndrewRogue: ...I want.
Dark Japheth: So do I.
Dark Japheth: Its been like, a year or two, since I read Purgatorio.
Dark Japheth: And Paradisio, its been longer.
Adm H Sopko: ::Huggles Ithaca:: We have book fairs all the time
Adm H Sopko: All books were .10 or .25
Adm H Sopko: I should go back
AndrewRogue: You should.
AndrewRogue: Get me a present ^_^
Adm H Sopko: Shoulda gotten that volume of Victor Hugo's works
Dark Japheth: ..Why didn't you?
AndrewRogue: Probably.
Adm H Sopko: Leatherbound 1920 print
Dark Japheth: It was marked up from 25 cents to 30? >.>
Adm H Sopko: No... I didn't want to get trapped into the mindset of buying a lot of stuff because it was cheap
Adm H Sopko: But in retrospect, shoulda gotten that
AndrewRogue: ...Soppy.
Dark Japheth: .....Cheap means you SHOULD buy a lot of stuff.
AndrewRogue: When its 25 cents, that mindset is fine I think.
Dark Japheth: Less than a dollar = ALWAYS buy it
SirAlexTheFirst: So, instead you should buy a lot of stuff when it's expensive. Or never buy a lot of stuff ever.
Dark Japheth: lol.
AndrewRogue: Heh
Adm H Sopko: There wasn't much I was interested in... even the Hugo. The selection wasn't stellar
Dark Japheth: Remember
Dark Japheth: If you *ever* see Lord of Light
Dark Japheth: buy it.
Dark Japheth: </shameless plug>
Adm H Sopko: I did look for another copy of Waiting for the Galactic Bus for you guys, but alas...
AndrewRogue: Bummer.
Adm H Sopko: I'll check the used bookstores in town...
Adm H Sopko: We have about... 10
Dark Japheth: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/deta il/-/0380014033/qid=1097992157/sr=8-1/ref=p d_csp_1/104-7135051-1281561?v=glance&s =books&n=507846
Adm H Sopko: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN /0385246358/qid=1097992294/sr=2-1/ref =pd_ka_b_2_1/103-7078991-8964603
coughingpuppy has entered the room.
Dark Japheth: With that aside, I would compare the battle scenes to a more poetic Robert Jordan. You know...back when his novels had action in them.
coughingpuppy: Hey, guys.
Dark Japheth: Howdy!
AndrewRogue: ITS STACI!
AndrewRogue: *glomps*
coughingpuppy: I know! I'm not dead.
SirAlexTheFirst: Most excellent
AndrewRogue: I thought it was your grave spirit I met last night ;_;
AndrewRogue: IT GAVE ME NIGHTMARES
AndrewRogue: Until the fire alarm went off.
AndrewRogue: At 3am.
coughingpuppy: Sounds like Whitmyre. Though we have been blessed this year with only one alarm so far.
AndrewRogue: *murders the idiot who chose to fail popcorn cooking at 3am*
AndrewRogue: 4.
AndrewRogue: FOUR
SirAlexTheFirst: I find it hilarious that your dorm has had more fire alarms than ours so far
Adm H Sopko: Better than 6
Adm H Sopko: 6
Adm H Sopko: Mine's had 5
coughingpuppy: Whit has been lucky. It was a more than bi-monthly occurance last year.
Adm H Sopko: We had all those in the first month
Adm H Sopko: None this month
Adm H Sopko: Yet
AndrewRogue: Heh. I hope the weekly things stops here <.<
coughingpuppy: Just wait until you have to stand out in the snow for a half-hour.
coughingpuppy: Without your shoes.
AndrewRogue: Berkeley.
SirAlexTheFirst: In a towel.
AndrewRogue: No snow ;_;
Dark Japheth: He can't. California boy, man.
AndrewRogue: Actually Gorth, I;m used to snow.
AndrewRogue: *lived in mountains*
Dark Japheth: I believe you.
coughingpuppy: Snow is awesome. I would be sad without it.
Dark Japheth: Yeah.
AndrewRogue: Despite being So-Cal, I can stand cold.
coughingpuppy: *used to two foot snowfalls at least three times a year*
SirAlexTheFirst: Out in the freezing wind for twenty minutes in a towel and shampoo.
AndrewRogue: Yeah. That would suck.
Dark Japheth: *hugs alex*
Dark Japheth: It'll be ok.
Dark Japheth: That... seriously sounds like it sucks
Adm H Sopko: I had to do that last year
AndrewRogue: However, if there is another fire alarm at night, I don't care how cold it is. I'm not getting dressed for it.
Adm H Sopko: Fire alarm right as I'm in the shower.... in an Ithaca March
coughingpuppy: I was woken up for a nap once for a fire alarm...I was not happy.
Adm H Sopko: Ironic, waking someone up for a nap
AndrewRogue: I specifically went to bed early last night to catch up on sleep. It made me very unhappy :p
Dark Japheth: Andrew
Adm H Sopko: Remind me to do that
Dark Japheth: You fit the description... no, you are the POSTERBOY
coughingpuppy: I went to bed at two-thirty last night and didn't wake up until one.
Dark Japheth: of passive aggressive behavior.
Dark Japheth: HEH! ROCKIN
Adm H Sopko: "Hey man, wake up... you gotta take your nap."
AndrewRogue: That's yummy.
AndrewRogue: And I'm... passive agressive?
Dark Japheth: Yes.
Dark Japheth: There are two types of anger.
AndrewRogue: How so?
Dark Japheth: Explosive anger is the man screaming at the guy behind the counter because his Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese has no cheese on it.
coughingpuppy: Andrew actually seems to handle anger pretty well, from what I've seen...
Dark Japheth: Implosive anger is the guy on the other side of the counter, who lets it build up until he climbs the water tower with a sniper rifle.
AndrewRogue: Staci has never actually seen Andrew angry though, because none of you have gotten me to that point.
Adm H Sopko: Hey!
Adm H Sopko: Thats Anger Management
Dark Japheth: Ok, so?
AndrewRogue: Heh
Dark Japheth: In my chat with Aria, I quoted...
coughingpuppy: There was a Fight Club quote in an Aurelia/Verity chat once.
Dark Japheth: Steven Brust, Neil Stephenson, Steven King, Tolkien, John, my buddy Nick, ME, the movie Mr Deeds..
Dark Japheth: Heh. Which one?
AndrewRogue: Geeze Gorth. You said nothing original :p
coughingpuppy: "It's only when you've given up everything that you're ever free to do anything."
Dark Japheth: ....exactly.
Dark Japheth: And no, I'm not original
Dark Japheth: ever.
Dark Japheth: I just hide my sources well. Or not so well.
Dark Japheth: *coughs, looks at Zao-Lot and the PrC which gives him a third eye*
SirAlexTheFirst: ...
Dark Japheth: Granted.
Dark Japheth: I play Zao more like... random anime character #2
SirAlexTheFirst: Your one saving grace there is that Zao is NOTHING like his namesake.
SirAlexTheFirst: Yeh.
Dark Japheth: Pretty much.
Dark Japheth: Well!
Dark Japheth: Zao is kind!
SirAlexTheFirst: Like I said, nothing like his namesake.
Dark Japheth: Although a lot of people don't think Saulot was good, for the most part, he seemed good.
Dark Japheth: Whats up in LARPland, btw?
Dark Japheth: Has anything NASTY happened to the giovanni... yet?
SirAlexTheFirst: Nope, nothing new with them
SirAlexTheFirst: Other interesting things happened though.
coughingpuppy: You're a Giovanni, Alex?
SirAlexTheFirst: No
SirAlexTheFirst: Gorth likes them for some reason
Dark Japheth: I just want to know WHY they haven't been screwed over yet. I mean, they killed the most good antediluvian out there.
coughingpuppy: I always liked the Tremere.
Dark Japheth: No, i like their predecessors
SirAlexTheFirst: *begin LARP talk that will bore anyone not familiar with Vampire*
Adm H Sopko: ...
Adm H Sopko: Can we play first?
AndrewRogue: Heh. Let 'em chat a bit if they want. I need to essay some anyway <.<
SirAlexTheFirst: Wont be long, there's not much.
coughingpuppy: I would be okay with game.
SirAlexTheFirst: Every vampire who has ever diablerized lost a generation.
Adm H Sopko: K... I just don't know how long I'll last
Dark Japheth: That bites
AndrewRogue: Hang in there Soppy <.<
Dark Japheth: Ha ha, yay for the pun.
AndrewRogue: Oh. I get it.
AndrewRogue: *stakes Gorth*
SirAlexTheFirst: Diablerie no longer works on anyone who is themselves a diablerist or less than one year embraced.
SirAlexTheFirst: The Malkavians who refused the insight and all that are quickly dying, everything they do requires twice the expenditure of blood/willpower/whatever and they have a sense of impending doom.
Dark Japheth: So the Withering has occurred?
SirAlexTheFirst: Same thing is happening to the Ravnos and Tzimisce.
Dark Japheth: To a degree?
Dark Japheth: ....What?
Dark Japheth: TZIMISCE.
Dark Japheth: makes sense
Dark Japheth: but why Ravnos? or do we not know yet?
SirAlexTheFirst: Basically, if you don't have an antediluvian backing you up, you're boned.
Dark Japheth: Ah.
Dark Japheth: They killed Malkav and Tzimisce then?
SirAlexTheFirst: Malkav ascended. His loyal kids are still fine.
Dark Japheth: Ok
SirAlexTheFirst: Tzim got successfully whacked after all, or so it appears.
SirAlexTheFirst: Ventrue, though! They
SirAlexTheFirst: re SCREWED!
Dark Japheth: Why? What happened?
SirAlexTheFirst: Remember their clan flaw?
Dark Japheth: Only blood from a certain type of people
Dark Japheth: Let me guess
Dark Japheth: that type of people is now VENTRUE.
SirAlexTheFirst: Close
SirAlexTheFirst: Only blood of vampires at least one year embraced
Dark Japheth: ...Ouch
Dark Japheth: Can't even make food.
coughingpuppy: Gaaaaaame? Please? *big eyes*
Dark Japheth: lol
SirAlexTheFirst: Diablerie staves this off for fifteen days.
SirAlexTheFirst: Hardestadt got killed.
Dark Japheth: .........how?
SirAlexTheFirst: Well, he got appointed to the UN Security Council
Dark Japheth: Hardestat the Younger, the Sixth Gen ventrue? Guy who FOUNDED the Camarilla?
SirAlexTheFirst: YEP!
Dark Japheth: ...*cries*
SirAlexTheFirst: The Malks - the ones who are still Malks - as one of their visions, saw Hardestadt going into frenzy and eating the UN.
SirAlexTheFirst: And the message "Don't let this happen."
SirAlexTheFirst: So the Malkavian Justicar and a bunch of Assamites (the Malks and Assamites are basically allied as the good guys now) went in and killed him.
Dark Japheth: .....that sucks.
Dark Japheth: Why isn't Clan Ventrue STOMPING Malkavians and Assamites?
SirAlexTheFirst: They're trying.
Dark Japheth: But the insight of malkavians makes it hard.
SirAlexTheFirst: All Assamites got blood hunted a while back, and anyone found aiding them is also marked for death
SirAlexTheFirst: The Malks have been sheltering them
Dark Japheth: Ah
SirAlexTheFirst: Ventrue is kind of busy eating themselves.
Dark Japheth: Whats going on with the Tremere?
SirAlexTheFirst: Oh, and the Gangrel all heard the Song of Ennoia, similar to the call Malkav gave.
Dark Japheth: Did they go Earth meld and get eaten by Ennoia?
SirAlexTheFirst: Those who accepted it gained a generation and get uber-power Protean.
SirAlexTheFirst: But they have to spend a lot more time earth melded.
Dark Japheth: Ah
SirAlexTheFirst: All Gangrel, regardless of if they accepted, are paying double blood to remain awake.
SirAlexTheFirst: And the beast features of all Gangrel have shifted to uniformly wolven ones.
SirAlexTheFirst: That's about it.
Dark Japheth: Ouch.
SirAlexTheFirst: I love how starting up some of this talk makes people suddenly beg for game when they were just chatting before
Dark Japheth: I know.
AndrewRogue: Eh?
Dark Japheth: It happens. :P
AndrewRogue: I'm okay with it. *shrugs* I think Staci and Soppy are Sleepy.
SirAlexTheFirst: Oh
AndrewRogue: Assonance yo
AndrewRogue: ...
SirAlexTheFirst: I mentioned Lucian, right?
AndrewRogue: Alliteration yo
Dark Japheth: No
Dark Japheth: Who is Lucian?
SirAlexTheFirst: aka Lasombra
SirAlexTheFirst: Woke up, went around, unembraced his kids who wanted to kill him?
Dark Japheth: No
SirAlexTheFirst: I remember telling you about that
Dark Japheth: Weird
SirAlexTheFirst: Was a while back
Dark Japheth: Ok, you are right
Dark Japheth: But you didn't say Lucian
Dark Japheth: but ok
Dark Japheth: *checks logs*
SirAlexTheFirst: Well, he revealed himself on international live television as the oldest and most powerful living vampire. And he now runs Britain. He claims to be protecting humanity from the evil vampires.
Dark Japheth: Heh
Dark Japheth: Good old LaSombra
SirAlexTheFirst: And it's still raining.
SirAlexTheFirst: ~~~~~STRAT~~~~~
Dark Japheth: (Question- is the scene that I did with Andrew ok, and canon, or not?)
SirAlexTheFirst: (Yes.)
Dark Japheth: (bitchin)
Dark Japheth: Zao is still in his room then.
coughingpuppy: Aurelia has been...uh...reading or something for the past few logs and is quite taken with the Sopkos' library.
AndrewRogue: *and Aria would be heading out to go sit around in the living room*
Adm H Sopko: ::Jolt meanders over to nuzzle Aria a bit. Aww... sweet kitty::
AndrewRogue: *then she will play with him for a while while she waits for folks to do their things*
Adm H Sopko: ::Lea eventually comes down, ready to leave. Shadow and Ava come over to her dutifully and sit near her::
Dark Japheth: Zao will head downstairs, eventually, looking a little worse for wear.
Dark Japheth: Tired, his eyes squinty. But with a smile. Until he sees Jolt, at which point, he will freeze and not move.
coughingpuppy: Aurelia finally snaps the book shut and goes to find the others, with discussing Whittyre in mind.
AndrewRogue: *she scratches Jolt gently* "Its all right Zao. I won't let him maul you."
Dark Japheth: He does not calm down, and in fact, gently begins to take one inch steps towards a different room.
Adm H Sopko: ::If a cat could roll their eyes, Jolt would. Shadow and Ava seem to have kitty smiles on their faces, as does Lea::
AndrewRogue: "C'mon Zao. Its fine. Really. Look. He's like a big kitten."
Dark Japheth: "Yes. A big kitten with very big teeth and claws."
AndrewRogue: "You wouldn't use them on Zao would you Jolt?"
AndrewRogue: *she grabs one of his paws gently*
Adm H Sopko: ::Jolt shakes like a true well trained pet::
Dark Japheth: "Arianna... remember that thing we discussed? About listening?"
Dark Japheth: "There was a sign on the front that said 'Do not enter or be mauled.' I took that to heart."
AndrewRogue: "Yes."
Dark Japheth: He nods. And slowly, SLOWLY, inches towards a couch or something.
Adm H Sopko: ::Lea chuckles a bit. It's at this time Hunter enters the room, fully dressed in equipment and ready::
AndrewRogue: *Aria... looks like a girl in a skirt and a t-shirt*
coughingpuppy: Aurelia eventually finds them. She has a bag slung over her shoulder, in which, presumably, is her equipment.
Dark Japheth: Zao is dressed in red leather clothing, which is a long sleeved shirt. His cloak, a strangely almost out of place orange, wraps itself around him, the hood down, leaving his bald shiny head exposed.
Adm H Sopko: ::Hunter nods to Aurelia as she enters:: "Nice to see you're still around."
Dark Japheth: Upon her entrance, wherever he was sitting, Zao stands up, and bows. "Greetings. I am Zao-Lot."
AndrewRogue: "Ah... hello Aurelia."
coughingpuppy: She inclines her head toward Zao. "I'm Aurelia." With that, she looks between Hunter and Aria. "Are you ready to leave?"
Adm H Sopko: ::A stone look comes over Hunter's face:: "Yes, in a sense, but not for Whittyre."
coughingpuppy: Aurelia's expression doesn't change immediately. "No?"
Dark Japheth: (Oh. This is going to be bad.)
Adm H Sopko: "No. We've come to a decision that any mission, no matter what the circumstances, would be suicide... I'm sorry, Aurelia, but we're just not prepared for this."
Dark Japheth: (Yay, he didn't blame the new guy)
coughingpuppy: "Ah." She just studies him for a moment. "Verity could die. We still have no idea what they want with him."
Adm H Sopko: ::Hunter sighs, then nods:: "Yes... he very well could... as could Jerri and Karn."
Dark Japheth: Zao says nothing.
AndrewRogue: *just listens quietly*
coughingpuppy: Aurelia sighs and adjusts the bag on her shoulder. "Well. I'm glad you're willing to abandon them. I'm not." She heads for the door without another word.
AndrewRogue: "Aurelia... wait."
coughingpuppy: She pauses and looks around over her shoulder.
Adm H Sopko: ::Hunter just watches her, fully prepared for this reaction::
Dark Japheth: Zao looks very much like he's been forced to eat something that looks to be crawling around in his stomach.
AndrewRogue: "Listen... you've been inside the labs before. You've seen what they have in their. Their guns... their exosuits... their infinite number of teleport-y things... If we get killed trying this there's nothing else that can
AndrewRogue: be done."
coughingpuppy: "And if they die waiting for us to come for them, then there's nothing else that can be done."
coughingpuppy: "This is something important to me, not you. I can understand your reluctance to risk your lives for it. I can go myself."
Adm H Sopko: "Thats not it, Aurelia... the company, and the Church... no one. It would be just you, if you can even get back into Whittyre without being spotted, captured or killed."
AndrewRogue: "But... that's... Aurelia, what can you do alone?"
Adm H Sopko: (and thats even if you can even)
coughingpuppy: "More than I can do by not doing anything."
AndrewRogue: *she shakes her head* "Aurelia... rushing gets you into nothing but trouble."
SirAlexTheFirst: (*points out for the sake of logic that nobody has actually told the company or the church to cancel the raid yet, so Aurelia could very well go with them*)
Adm H Sopko: "We won't be sitting here doing nothing, Aurelia. We intend to go out and follow up what we can handle, until we are prepared to face the situation in Whittyre."
AndrewRogue: (That is a point.)
AndrewRogue: "I should know."
Dark Japheth: Zao nods but says nothing.
coughingpuppy: "Then you do that. But for me, rescuing someone I love is not a task to be put off until I'm sure I've done all I can."
MrSuperOblivious has entered the room.
Adm H Sopko: "Aurelia, I won't pull punches on this. You won't just be risking your life should you go."
coughingpuppy: She just looks back at him with a raised eyebrow.
SirAlexTheFirst: (*poke*)
AndrewRogue: *waits for Hunter to finish* (<.<)
coughingpuppy: ((*is waiting for Hunter too*))
Adm H Sopko: (I'm trying to figure out what to say, I was pretty sure he knew)
coughingpuppy: ((Nope. She's kept pretty quiet about being pregnant.))
MrSuperOblivious: (gah? Pregnant? Wow, have I been gone too long.)
Adm H Sopko: (Yeah, I'm operating under that. I'm thinking of what to say in place of that)
Dark Japheth: (All you need to say...)
Dark Japheth: (is you would also be risking the lives of good priests)
Dark Japheth: (bammo, line still makes sense AND you don't know about the pregnancy)
coughingpuppy: ((Unfortunately, Aurelia wouldn't give a fuck about good priests.))
Adm H Sopko: (Yeah. And Hunter knows that at least<G>)
Dark Japheth: (Aha)
Adm H Sopko: (Fuck it. Scratch that line)
Dark Japheth: (....What about Verity? Say "If you are caught, maybe they did only intend on questioning him, but they kill him as he might be a threat? I dunno tryin to help it)
Adm H Sopko: "Let's play the percentages on this one, Aurelia. What has the better chance, you dying on the raid, or them keeping Verity alive? Which would you bet your life on?"
Adm H Sopko: "They obviously want Verity for something. What that is, we don't know, but you don't just kill a man you are looking to use. We just don't know enough to go running in yet."
coughingpuppy: "Since we're playing with theoretical situations, Hunter, here's one for you." Aurelia looks pointedly over at Aria. "If she died because you failed to act, would you ever forgive yourself?"
SirAlexTheFirst: OH WAIT SHE DID
Dark Japheth: LMFAO
coughingpuppy: "I don't follow you, Hunter. You're a coward, and to be frank, any respect I might have had for you is gone. I'm not going to trail around after you like your pet dog while you decide when it fails you to
coughingpuppy: help Verity."
coughingpuppy: ((Not fails. Suits. For some reason I confused those. *blink*))
Adm H Sopko: ::He smirks:: "It's already happened twice. And I haven't, but that is the burden I bear. I refuse to let it impede my judgement anymore."
coughingpuppy: Aurelia stares at him, hand clenching around the strap of the bag on her shoulder. "Don't lecture me about judgement. You're a boy with a superiority complex."
Adm H Sopko: "And if thats what you choose... so be it. I refuse to put people's lives in danger because you called me a few names. Now, please kindly leave."
coughingpuppy: "Thank you for telling me to do what I was going to do anyway."
coughingpuppy: She heads out the door.
AndrewRogue: "Wait... dammit Aurelia!"
Adm H Sopko: ::He doesn't say anything, just watches her leave::
coughingpuppy: Aurelia sighs and stops again. "What?"
AndrewRogue: "Aurelia, please please listen. I know you want to save Verity because you love him. But we need to think carefully and work carefully. I know I'm stupid and foolhardy and rush into things too much and look where its
AndrewRogue: gotten me. Practically everyone hates us right now, and even more people hate you and Verity. I know he needs help, but we need something better than we have now. This raid is foolhardy! The Gabrielites don't even
AndrewRogue: want to save him you know. Their plan is an assassination of some sorts. And you've seen inside the labs! There's no way that will work." *her breathing is getting a little rougher and her head turns a little to
AndrewRogue: look at something, but blinks as she turns back* "There... there must be a smarter way to handle this. Even diplomacy... especially with whatever stupid watch people have on us... Getting killed unless we have a chance to do
AndrewRogue: something is foolish."
Dark Japheth: Zao blinks, and nods, but says nothing,.
coughingpuppy: Aurelia looks at the ground and takes a long time to answer. "So is making the same mistake twice in one lifetime." She pauses. "Going back to try to gather information and form a plan to get him out
coughingpuppy: doesn't mean I'm rushing in."
Dark Japheth: Zao is quiet for a moment. "If you seek just to gather information, Miss Aurelia, I can assist you. If you would like."
coughingpuppy: Aurelia glances back at Zao. "I'm grateful for the offer...but it's dangerous as they say. I don't expect your help, and it's probably better if I do it on my own."
Dark Japheth: He nods. "As you wish."
AndrewRogue: "But its not Aurelia! Its even more dangerous by yourself!"
coughingpuppy: "Then it's only a danger to me."
AndrewRogue: "Aurelia I..." *she looks aside again before whipping her head forward* "Please... at least come with us to talk to Leonard..."
coughingpuppy: "Talk to him about what?"
AndrewRogue: "I... I don't know... I'm sure we can think of something..."
coughingpuppy: Aurelia is silent for another few moments, and when she speaks again her voice sounds rather bitter. "We can fumble around until we come to the conclusion that there's no one we can trust and nothing can be done."
AndrewRogue: "But maybe there is! Leonard wants him out as well and Yaravon's got all kinds of extensions and what not!"
coughingpuppy: "But he never even offered to..." Aurelia breaks off and sighs. "I suppose going back to speak with him again couldn't hurt."
AndrewRogue: *Aria breathes a sigh of relief, before she swallows tightly* "E-excuse me..." *and with that, she whirls and dashes down the hallway, tripping over her own feet halfway before scrambling and continuing*
coughingpuppy: Aurelia frowns and watches her scurry away with some surprise. "Is she all right?"
Dark Japheth: Zao- "...She seemed fine a while ago."
coughingpuppy: Being that she's the party's cleric and that Aria's running off was kind of abrupt, she sets the bag down on the ground and follows her.
SirAlexTheFirst: HEY!
SirAlexTheFirst: BANDON is the party's cleric, thank you very much.
SirAlexTheFirst: She's the party's Ur-Priest.
SirAlexTheFirst: Don't leave home without it.
coughingpuppy: ((Well, she considers herself to be the party's healer. She has no idea where Bandon went and doesn't know that he's still technically in the party. :-P))
Adm H Sopko: ::Hunter's concern for her also compels him to follow her, as Lea watches on nervously::
Dark Japheth: ....ecks dee.
AndrewRogue: *it is exceptionally easy to find our dear girl in the bathroom, upheaving the majority of breakfast.*
coughingpuppy: Aurelia pauses awkwardly. "...You should be trying to rest instead of arguing with me. Go lie down."
Dark Japheth: Zao is seated and says nothing.
Dark Japheth: And in fact will look at the cat, and hug his knees.
AndrewRogue: *Aria shudders for a moment or two and then hacks* "I-I'm fine."
Adm H Sopko: ::Jolt will pad over to Zao and nuzzle him a bit, very nice like::
Dark Japheth: ....Really?
Adm H Sopko: Yep. He's trying to make friends...
coughingpuppy: "No you aren't, and pushing yourself is going to make you feel worse. Go lie down."
Dark Japheth: The rest of the party will hear Zao's bloodcurdling shriek as he stands on the back of the couch and balances there for a minute.
Dark Japheth: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"
Dark Japheth: And he stands up there and stares at the cat.
Dark Japheth: He will eventually sit down slowly and gently pet the cat. Gently.
Dark Japheth: "...Please don't eat me."
Dark Japheth: He keeps murmuring this.
AndrewRogue: "Did daddy make mommy sick?" *a little hand will tug gently on Aurelia*
coughingpuppy: Aurelia jumps and looks around at whatever is talking to her.
coughingpuppy: And is slightly unnerved by the shriek and looks back and forth between whatever she's looking at and the living room.
AndrewRogue: *the little girl she sees it almost bowled over unhappilly. She's... just a couple years old. And looks remarkably similar to Aria and... someone* "Are you okay?"
AndrewRogue: *shudders again*
coughingpuppy: "..."
coughingpuppy: If Hunter is standing in the door as well she steps into the bathroom with Aria and shuts the door in his face.
Adm H Sopko: ::Boof! Of course, thats not before Hunter at least sees what is going on in there. He goes white as a sheet and walks back to the living room, sitting down::
coughingpuppy: "Is this the first time you've been sick?"
AndrewRogue: "That was mean to do to daddy."
Dark Japheth: Yep
Dark Japheth: there it goes.
AndrewRogue: "You see... her too?" *she hacks unceramoniously again*
AndrewRogue: (And do feel free to RP in the living room too Hunter and Zao <.<)
coughingpuppy: "Yes. Yes I do." Aurelia watches her for a moment before awkwardly handing her a towel and moving to keep her hair out of the way while she hacks into the toilet. "...I thought you said the other night that he
coughingpuppy: hadn't made a choice."
coughingpuppy: moves*
SirAlexTheFirst: ((Kirk -"Oh, he didn't. He just slept with me."))
AndrewRogue: "He still didn't! Or maybe he did and that's why Mommy's sad."
Dark Japheth: (kirk rocks tonight.)
coughingpuppy: There is another verbal ...ing, and Aurelia resists asking her what the hell she was thinking. "What happened? Did he hurt you?"
AndrewRogue: "Other mommy is smart!"
coughingpuppy: "Other...what?" Aurelia's face is completely blank and she has no idea what is going on.
AndrewRogue: "Q-quiet... please..."
AndrewRogue: "Mommy just doesn't want to say she got caught up in the moment."
coughingpuppy: "What happened?" Aurelia's voice has started to get very quiet. She has the idea something's wrong even though she isn't sure what it is, and has the idea that she might need to whomp Hunter since she wants to anyway.
AndrewRogue: *she shudders again* "I... I did something I wasn't sure I wanted."
AndrewRogue: "I thought..." *she hacks again* "Mommy is sad if daddy liked my sister better!"
AndrewRogue: "Poor mommy. Her plant died when she forgot to water it."
coughingpuppy: "You thought he would commit to you if you did what he wanted?" She's not making sense out of what the little girl is saying in the slightest, so she ignores her for now.
AndrewRogue: "I... let Leatanna talk me... into it..." *she doesn't quite seem to be talking to Aurelia* "I wanted... but I didn't... I did it. I chose."
AndrewRogue: "Poor mommy. Daddy really made her sick like this. She doesn't know what to do. What if daddy decides Kitty-girl is prettier?"
coughingpuppy: Aurelia sighs. "Here...calm down and drink something. You'll feel better."
AndrewRogue: "Gimme... a sec. I... can't even stand..."
AndrewRogue: "Mommy wanted to be just like Kitty-lady to make him happy! But mommy also wanted to be mommy! Do you think she'd be cute with a tail?"
coughingpuppy: "Then don't. Sit still and try to relax for a few minutes." She gives her the towel and then brings her a glass of water.
AndrewRogue: "I... I'm fine Aurelia." *but she does use the water to wash her mouth out*
coughingpuppy: She is also trying to puzzle out why Lea would have talked Aria into sleeping with Hunter, but waits patiently for Aria to collect herself. "I don't think you are."
coughingpuppy: "He was wrong to take advantage of your emotions."
SirAlexTheFirst: ((Arnold sez - Stop whining!))
AndrewRogue: "But mommy got lucky. She isn't ready for me yet. Because she's not sure what she wants, and she's not sure what Hunter wants." *she giggles* "Maybe she'll think longer and wait 'till Hunter's ready this time."
coughingpuppy: "Obviously he was ready for something."
AndrewRogue: *she washes her mouth and spits out the water, shuddering as the little figure just simply vanishes* "I chose.:
coughingpuppy: Aurelia looks sharply at her. "You chose to let him use you? What the hell were you thinking?"
Adm H Sopko: (Yeah, Aurelia... what were you thinking?)
Adm H Sopko: (I mean Aria! ARIA!)
Dark Japheth: (You know, I think when I finally go to sleep, when I wake up, this will all have been a bad dream.)
AndrewRogue: *she forces herself to stand up* "I... made the choice... all right? It was silly, impulsive and the wrong time." *she steps towards the door and opens it* "We've... got Leonard to talk to. Other things."
coughingpuppy: "You don't need someone who is willing to do that to you." Aurelia watches her open the door, then makes an irritated noise and heads toward the living room. "...Forget I mentioned it. It isn't my business."
Adm H Sopko: (Hooray for misunderstandings! Lets all get out our "Jump to Conclusions" mats)
coughingpuppy: ((No, you just have to realize the kind of people Aurelia hung around for most of her previous campaign.))
AndrewRogue: "Look... Aurelia. It was wholly my... my stupid choice. I participated, I went to him. He asked me if its... if its what I wanted."
Adm H Sopko: (Of course. Doesn't change the fact that it's still a jump<G>)
coughingpuppy: "He made sure you wanted it? He still should have given you some time."
AndrewRogue: "I wanted... I wanted to be like Lea... I was... I don't know, jealous of her." *she wipes her lips off as she continues walking back towards the living room*
SirAlexTheFirst: (What happened to the crazy little girl?)
Adm H Sopko: ::In there, Hunter is sitting with a very concerned look on his face and Lea is looking very nervous::
coughingpuppy: Aurelia gives him the kind of look that drips venom, walks past Aria, and picks up her bag. "Are we leaving or not?"
Adm H Sopko: ::Hunter shrugs it off, not very much caring for Aurelia at this moment. Both Hunter and Lea get up:: <H> "Yes."
coughingpuppy: She slings the bag over her shoulder and walks out.
Adm H Sopko: ::Hunter and Lea watch her walk out. Hunter then walk to Aria with a concerned look on his face:: <H> "Are you really alright?"
Dark Japheth: Zao will also leave.
Dark Japheth: Quietly.
Dark Japheth: And slowly. Watching the cat as he does so.
AndrewRogue: "I'm... fine." *she nods weakly* "Just perfectly fine."
AndrewRogue: "We... we can talk later."
Adm H Sopko: "Are you sure? You're not..." ::He sighs and nods:: "Alright..." ::He gives her a hug, and Lea offers to help support her as they walk::
AndrewRogue: "I can walk. I'm good. Really."
Adm H Sopko: ::Lea nods and lets go. They then walk out together, all three cats following closely behind::