Logging Alice to 'logs\Alice.ChatSociety.log'
The_Guild	It was generic sightseeing. You may have seen them in your travels as well. Okay. The giant and the box guy were generic sightseeing things. But he started chatting anyway, so leaving was alright I guess.
Alice	Okay, Alice can come in when the part happens.
The_Guild	Sure thing. You spend about an hour high, then come crashing down. Natila begins wailing.
Alice	~Shhh... Natila. Its okay. This is the after effects... I have composed the drug to have a minimum of come down but you can't stop all of it.~
The_Guild	~Ruuuuuuu....~
Alice	~Shhh.... *caress* Shhh......~ *alice is searching for any maternal instincts to help her*
The_Guild	Natila eventually quiets, but her depression is still evident in it's subtler effects on you.
Alice	[Can I tell if it is just the effects on coming down?]
The_Guild	You're depressed, and Natila is like a little emotional weight dragging you down even further.
Alice	Okay, Alice goes through her standard procedure of forcing herself to do some work.
The_Guild	Your work is slowed, as usual.
Alice	She knows. However this is the best way of getting over the effects. She also goes and grabs some water. She's going to wander around the Guild while she works and get some exercise.
The_Guild	Alright. YOu wander the Guild for a while. Anywhere in particular you want to go?
Alice	Ummmm... main hall area. Alice is trying to get a feel for the shape and structure of the guild. Is there an outside or is the guild its own dimension?
The_Guild	There is a large set of doors at the end of the Chamber, intricately carved and set in a massive archway of odd white stone. But the doors are closed, and do not open.
Alice	Alice is going to check with the thinkers about the exterior of the guild.
The_Guild	~Shar Torin is a self-contained chain of subdimensions rebuilt from the remnants of Phaéne.~ ~There is no conceptual exterior.~
Alice	To herself, "Ah okay." Alice is going to start design sections of the personal temporal flux generator and storing them in the thinkers.
The_Guild	~Your work will be stored under Temporal Flux Generator no. 614.~
Alice	"Heh, but it wouldn't be fun if I took it from someone else would it." For Alice this is more a training exercise. 's illusion power?}
The_Guild	~A flash of insight... you suddenly remember a paper you wrote in school about temporal flux, it's uses and abuses... but no, wait, it wasn't your name on the paper...~ Natila-Vv whispers, ~Natila-Vv help?~
Alice	~Thanks Natila. That is very kind of you. Where did you get it from?~
The_Guild	~The stream!~
Alice	~The stream? Do you mean *mental indicate what she considers to be the thinkers*~
The_Guild	~Yes!~
Alice	~We call them the Thinkers. How are you getting along with them?~
The_Guild	~Fun in splashy playthoughts, but stream is very plainfood.~
Alice	~Do they talk with you?~ To the thinkers ~Is my symbiote causing you problems?~
The_Guild	~No talking, Alicenest. Just playthoughts!~ ~No.~
Alice	~Okay. You enjoy yourself then.~ Alice is going to use the paper if she can.
The_Guild	The paper? Oh! *heh* The paper.
Alice	The one Natila gave me.
The_Guild	The paper (which you now know for sure that is definitely not yours) seems to be of highschool caliber, if temporal flux were a course in highschool. The formulae it uses and the points it makes are basic and almost painfully obvious.
Alice	To the thinkers, ~Please alert me if she become a problem. Would it be possible to design some exercise game for Natila and have you implement them for her?~
The_Guild	~The 'location' of a Thinker 'playground' registers in your mind. Natila-Vv trills happily.~
Alice	~Okay Natila-Vv, run off and enjoy yourself.~
The_Guild	'Run off' she does, but in reality she doesn't leave you at all. Instead, the 'playground' comes to her, sitting in the back of your head in the same unobtrusive way that the Thinker stream does.~ Not really in your mind, but visible outside of your mind through a window.
Alice	Yup, the run off metaphor was purely for the two of them. Now there is a sense of seperation while see plays. This is time for Natila-Vv to enjoy herself without direct control from Alice.]
The_Guild	[Alright.] [Are you watching her?]
Alice	[Like a parent at the playground yes. Keeping tabs on her.]
The_Guild	[Okay.]
Alice	[Is there anyone else there that isn't a Thinker?] Alice will continue with her work. [She appreciated the gift from Natila-Vv. It makes her happy that Natila wants to help her.]
The_Guild	[The Thinkers are more the structural base of the collective, rather than participating members. And yes, there are a number of other minds flitting about.]
Alice	~Okay, I am watching to make sure that Natila-Vv "plays nice"~ ~Taking into account the nature of playground and the play.~ [Those should both have been []ed]
The_Guild	So you work, and Natila-Vv solves puzzles and performs odd mental tricks. At first she seems to prefer to be alone, but then gets invited to join a team challenge, and is soon playing with new friends.
Alice	[Yeah!] ~Alice mentally smiles and shows approval.~
The_Guild	So the evening approaches, the time that Heemu had mentioned they'd be gathering in south storage.
Alice	[Is Natila-Vv tired at all from her playing? Is Alice?]
The_Guild	[Not tired, but getting hungry.]
Alice	[What for? Physical food or mental food?]
The_Guild	[Physical.]
Alice	Okay I will stop at Comestibles and order a sumptuous meal for the two of us. Ummm... seafood I think. Lots of food.
The_Guild	You are served by a woman with long grey hair and four crablike legs. She serves you your food with flair, smiling brightly. "Here you are dear. Eat up."
Alice	"Thanks!" Eats... To herself, "Hmmm.... odd. I'm being friendlier than normal."
The_Guild	~Natila-Vv make Alicenest happy!~
Alice	~Yes you do don't you. Well thats nice!~
Alice finishes meal.
The_Guild	~Yes!~
Alice	~Okay Natila, we are going to a party, *project images of parties before* There are going to a lot of excited, emotionally loud people there. We need to keep ourselves under control...~ ~I trust you though. Lets go have fun.~
The_Guild	~Natila-Vv be fun!~
Alice	[Okay, Alice goes and has a shower and heads for the party.]
The_Guild	There is a package sitting just inside your door.
Alice	[Alice danger instincts kick in.]
Alice prods with her foot.
The_Guild	IT BLOWS UP! I'm sorry, you're dead. *The temporal flux generator flips on, rewinding the last two posts.* The package does nothing.
Alice	Okay, Alice carefully opens the package.
The_Guild	It's the fixin's that you'd asked the medical Shargat for when you first arrived.
Alice	"Ah, wundabar." Okay, I stash them on my desk, shower and head out.
The_Guild	The map in your head makes it easy to find your way to south storage. You head through Comestibles and through the kitchen (which is remarkably small and tidy), and down the first set of stairs that you've found at the Guild. You make your way through a number of warehouse-like rooms filled with crates and miscellania. Finally you hear faint music, talking and laughter ahead.
Alice	"ooooh. Stairs!" I walk towards the party.
The_Guild	You enter a large cleared space in the middle of this storage room, a little vale among the boxes. Crates have been arranged to create three tiers with smaller boxes as stairs running between them. There are a few people here, a couple wearing grey, others in bright colors, others still in work uniforms, all fairly young.
Alice	[Being in her early thirties is Alice out of place?]
The_Guild	[You would think so, but your appearance doesn't seem to cause much of a stir, either from your age or your stranger-ness.] Gegon isn't there yet.
Alice	[Hows Natila?]
The_Guild	[Natila is quiet, just watching right now.]
Alice	Okay, are there drinks?
The_Guild	To one side of the floor, a bunch of kids are setting up an odd-looking drumkit. And yes, there is a 'bar' of crates to the other side, littered with bottles and capped at both ends with odd looking kegs.
Alice	Okay, Alice wanders over, finds a drink, checks quickly with the Thinkers that it won't kill her and continues.
The_Guild	The smells of various smokes tickle your senses as you approach the group. Your drink is tepid, but after a few sips you decide that it must be best this way - it's actually pretty good.
Alice	Okay, I wander up and see what the conversation is about.
The_Guild	"... so then I said to Meg, 'Meg, you've got an eedit on your cheek!'" Everybody laughs.
Alice listens, trying to get a feel for the people and their environment.
The_Guild	Most of them seem to be teens or early twenties, and natives (or early immigrants) to Shar Torin. They talk about their friends and foes, who did what to who, and who's working where, what test scores they got, regular schoolkid stuff no matter what dimension you're in. More people are coming in, a couple, a kid on a scooter packed with gear, and a slim girl in all black who slinks immediately toward the drink table and hangs out there.
Alice	Any ways they are strikingly different from normal kids? and any reaction from Natila-Vv?
The_Guild	[Nope. Natila-Vv is still quiet, though you can tell she's watching and getting more excited, she's trying to keep herself under control.] The girl in black keeps her head down, isn't looking at people. Her hands remain shoved in her pockets. The other kid wheels over to the band and starts chatting.
Alice	[Okay, I am going to try and help Natila-Vv relax a bit and keep an eye on things. Alices real goal here isn't particularly to socialize but if anyone or anything catches her interest she will pipe up.]
The_Guild	[Okay.]