Logging Alice to 'logs\Alice.ChatSociety.log'
The_Guild	When last we left you, you were standing around listening to the conversation around you.
Alice	And watching Natila-Vv. [Am I done my drink yet?]
The_Guild	Natila-Vv seems content to sit and watch with you. Let's say so, yes.
Alice	~Natila-Vv, can you bring me that can there. *gestures with her mind at a can of some kind of drink*~
The_Guild	~Yes!~ The drink shudders, then slides off the table, dropping suddenly, but then catching itself... then zips quickly to your hand.
Alice	~Good work!~
The_Guild	~Natila-Vv make Alicenest happy?~
Alice opens the can and drinks.
Alice	~:)~
The_Guild	The kids glance at you, some grin, but you suspect that by most of their reactions they must see telekinesis a lot.
Alice smiles back absently and drinks.
The_Guild	The kids chat among each other. "Did you hear Martsel might be stopping by tonight? Ollie was saying he was training to take his dad's place eventually. Lucky beartard."
Alice	~Thinkers: I want a breakdown on telepathic surface scanning rules within the guild, citing cases.~
The_Guild	~Surface scans are permitted where allowed by default or choice.~
Alice	~To Natila-Vv: do you think you could simulate the warm fuzzy effect of my drugs in the mind of another person?~ ~Thinkers: please clarify "by default or choice"~
The_Guild	~Default access to surface scan allows reading of surface thoughts. Telepaths can allow or disallow such scanning.~ ~Natila-Vv try for Alicenest.~
Alice	~Natila-Vv: Not yet. Maybe in a bit. I just wanted to know if you thought you could do it.~ ~Thinkers: to confirm that then, if I run surface scans I will be blocked from those I should not access correct?~
The_Guild	~Correct.~
Alice	~Natila: I would like you to start showing me the surface thoughts of the people around me. Don't try and penetrate deeply. ~ [Again just browsing for things which are interesting. Possibly for evidence of people willing to have memories consumed.]
The_Guild	The guitarist plays a five second riff, the sound reaching you easily despite his lack of speakers. There is a scattering of applause.
Alice	~If you feel you are being blocked by the "stream" don't try and break through.~
The_Guild	~Yes.~
Alice claps.
The_Guild	~A moment later it's like an entirely new flood of information washing through your brain. You suddenly feel very intoxicated, very high, very depressed, very excited, you see colors more vividly, your sense of smell becomes so acute that you can smell the dirt beneath the nails of the guy across the room and know exactly what he was planting earlier today.
Alice	[Can I cope?]
The_Guild	You suddenly feel great hate for people that you suddenly love beyond anything else. You feel hesitancies and unwillingness, bravery and stupidity all mixed up into a brownish grey mush of emotion. It's a rush, and you have to sit down but you can handle it. It keeps coming, on and on, jealousy and happiness, the effects of e and a manic desire to find an electrical outlet.
Alice leans back and absently puts down her drink. Her eyes are wide and bright.
Alice	To herself, "Well this is a new way of "enjoying a party"" [Can I detect what comes from whom?]
The_Guild	[Vaguely. It's kind of like figuring out who's shooting you with a watergun in a rainstorm.]
Alice	~Natila-Vv, can you also give me some information about who is feeling what?~
The_Guild	~You hear names - Meg, Tobias, Martina the slut, Ild the future TransLoc tech, Claire the weird Shargat girl, Voleck in Guildforce... .~ ~"Yeah!" She seems excited now.~
Alice is trying to stay somewhat calm and on top of things. She is keeping an eye of Natila as best she can.
The_Guild	The guitarist plays an E chord, and the girl on bass hits a low E, sounding like the low roar of a choir of hellhounds.
Alice	"A new way of appreciating music... damn this is good."
The_Guild	~There's a lot of wonder about who is playing bass, then a name attached to her. 'Do-N.'~ The music plays on, low and dark, like living mist curling around a gravestones. The lights lower in south storage, enhancing the mood. ~Where are Gegon and Heemu? Up to their old tricks no doubt.~
Alice	~Natila-Vv, can you focus your scan on information about me and this "Do-N". I'd like to know why people are interested.~
The_Guild	~"Yeah!" Things suddenly get a whole lot quieter in your head.~ "I'VE GOT A WALLET ON MY ASS WITH A ROCK AND ROLL LICENSE, BABY!!" Do-N sings, her voice distorted and reverberating despite her lack of microphone.
Alice	~You are doing very well.~
Alice winces at the song lyrics.
The_Guild	~"Do-N? Who knows her?" "Who's this Alice picking through our minds?" "Hello!" "Travellers?" "Newbies!" "Couldn't tell that by looking at them?" "Shut up."~
Alice	~Am I attracting negative sentiments from the scans?~
The_Guild	~Curiosity, some suspicion.~
Alice	~Natila-Vv, can you tell anyone who is desiring information that I am new to telepathy.~
The_Guild	~Yeah!~ ~"She has a secretary?" "Symbiote, I think." "Check it out. Think Rauka, Temond." "Aaah." "Temond's a dick. He taught my Tereckan Geology class and failed half of us."~ ~As the topic changes to Temond, it fades.~
Alice	[Can I detect who are telepaths in this room?]
The_Guild	[You can detect who has asked to be blocked... the girl in black standing by the drink table, and a few others around the room.]
Alice	[Do-N done singing?]
The_Guild	[Including 'Voleck in Guildforce', a tall, muscular young man with blond hair.] [Still singing. It seems like it's going to go on for a while, they seem to be improvising.]
Alice	[Any good?]
The_Guild	[Alright. Starting off it kinda sucked, but they seem to have moved on to something that Do-N is more comfortable with.]
Alice	[Is Do-N blocking me?]
The_Guild	[No.]
Alice	~Natila-Vv: please connect me with Do-N~
The_Guild	You notice that there seem to be a lot fewer people in the room all of a sudden. ~Okay!~
Alice	[Fewer?] [Do the crowd like her?]
The_Guild	[They're sort of indifferent. Some like her, most are there for Artie, Bowls and Trump.] [Fewer. You notice one girl slip into a small opening between two crates.] [And then, only the bass player is playing, as the drums and guitar go silent.] ~Uh, yeah?~
Alice	[Can I detect where people are going?]
The_Guild	[And it is only you, Do-N and a sluglike chap named Billiam who are left in the crate glade. Everyone else seems to have hidden away.]
Alice	~Not bad but you seem to have lost your audience... .~
The_Guild	A bit of movement overhead catches your eye. Dark shapes hustling along the tops of the crates.
Alice	~Natila-Vv: Prepare for an attack.~
The_Guild	As one, the figures step to the edge and begin firing down into the crate glade. ~Yeah!~
Alice	~Natila-Vv: What is up there?~
Alice is dodging away into the crates.
The_Guild	Make a defense roll. Dicebot is in the main room. Actually, make two. You are hit by several rounds of semi-automatic fire, striking you in the back and side as you dive for cover. The shots sting!
Alice	[Am I still feeling the benefits of the cow I ingested?]
The_Guild	[Which benefits? Added energy?]
Alice	Vampiric hp [I absorbed +60 energy and +60 hp.]
The_Guild	[Somewhat, yes.]
Alice	[however if that was more than 3 hours about then they are faded.] [I lose the effects at 20 per hour.]
The_Guild	[Oh, then yeah, it's gone.]
Alice	~Natila: grab one of the men above and pull him to me.~
The_Guild	~Okay!~ ~Is too slippery!~ Stinging pellets continue to rain down on you from above, striking your shoulder and chest.
Alice	[What is the structure of the walkway? and are the commandos carrying grenades?]
The_Guild	[The walkway? It doesn't look like they're carrying grenades, no.]
Alice	[Ah, never mind. I thought the guys were on a walkway.]
The_Guild	[Nope, just crouching on the crates above you.]
Alice	[Anyone within reach?]
The_Guild	[Nope. the crates are about 20' high, and you're only about 10' above the ground, and they're on different sides.]
Alice	[I'm still hiding.]
The_Guild	[Okay.]
Alice	[Alice is pissed about this. Very.]
The_Guild	[No doubt.] You recognize Heemu, standing beside a blue-haired fellow who seemed to be the leader.
Alice	Okay, I stand up.
The_Guild	A girl ~Vaddna~ comes over, smiling as she offers her hand. "Hi, I'm Vaddna. Welcome to south storage."
Alice	~Natila-Vv: access the mind of the leader immediately when I tell you too. Break through any barriers. Don't do it until I tell you too.~
Alice turns to her looking pissed.
The_Guild	She holds up her hands, grinning. "Whoa! It's just a prank, don't be so uptight about it. Everybody gets painted the first time they party here."
Alice	"I should warn you now that I have very little in the way of a sense of humor. I've been shot at too many times."
The_Guild	The girl raises a bemused eyebrow. "Pfft. Whatever." ~Bitch.~
Alice	~I am. Almost completely.~ [How is Natila-Vv? I assume she isn't being easy to control.[
The_Guild	She just shrugs and walks off. ~Forget her. She's not cool.~ [She's confused, excited. She was having fun, and then she was attacked, but then it wasn't a real attack, but you're still angry, and now you want to attack someone else... .] You notice the blue haired ~Gegon~ commando getting kissed by Do-N, and then heading off to the drink buffet together.
Alice	Alice is going to check with the thinkers about psychic crime. She wants a complete run down on what is allowed and what isn't.
The_Guild	~Surface scans are allowed. Combat, penetration and unwilling alteration is restricted.~
Alice	Any undetonated paint balls around?
The_Guild	A few, yes. They seem to have a pretty large payload for such a small paintball.
Alice	~Natila-Vv: I want to become invisible.~
The_Guild	~Invisible?~
Alice	~I want it so no one can see or hear me. ~
The_Guild	~Oh... okay.~
Alice	I am going to gather all the paint balls I can detect either with my hands or my telekinesis.
The_Guild	Alright. There aren't many, less than ten. You notice that Do-N has left. ~Is tough!~
Alice	[Can I interpret what she means from emotional context?]
The_Guild	~Natila-Vv seems to be straining with keeping you invisible.~
Alice	I move somewhere less conspicuous.
The_Guild	~Mew!~
Alice	~What is the matter Natila-Vv?~
The_Guild	~Not as much too hard!~ People glance at you. You must have reappeared.
Alice	~What penetrated the effect?~
The_Guild	~Is too much hard, colorfulness is lots and others is too sameness.~ ~Natila-Vv is sorry. Alicenest angry with Natila-Vv?~
Alice gathers herself and tries to calm down. ~No Natila-Vv. Not at all. I am angry at stupid people. I hate.... things like that.~
The_Guild	~Things like that?~
Alice	[Things was emotionally referring to stupid people]
The_Guild	[Okay.] ~Prr..... *consolation, warmfuzzies.*~
Alice	~...thank..you.~
The_Guild	~Natila-Vv like happy Alicenest.~
Alice	~.... lets go. I'll be happier somewhere else.~
Alice stops and looks around, memorizing faces.
The_Guild	Heemu is standing beside you, his look worried. The band begins to play some familiar music from home. System of a Down, you think. "Hey there, Alice."
Alice	"Hello Heemu."
The_Guild	"Sorry about the painting."
Alice looks at him. "What you did was dangerous and stupid. Some people don't have much in the way of a sense of humor."
The_Guild smiles guiltily.
The_Guild	Heemu smiles guiltily. It's not dangerous. "It's not dangerous."
Alice	"The danger is that someone will take it the wrong way and hold a grudge. And then someday when you aren't protected by the thinkers, they'll act on it and destroy every memory you ever cherished and leave you a miserable husk."
The_Guild	Heemu looks at you oddly. "Really." His voice is flat. "I'd be careful who you threaten if I were you, newbie. Travellers aren't impervious to Guild politics." "Besides," He grins again. "Whoever would hold a grudge against a childish prank like that probably won't last long around here anyway." "Let alone be deemed of sound enough mind to be allowed to continue testing a Rauka symbiote."
Alice hesitates...
Alice	Somewhat diffidently. "Sorry about that. I just don't like being startled and I don't like people messing around when I am trying to work with Natila-Vv."
The_Guild	"Being startled is gonna be a part of your job, so you might as well get used to it now. And you're at a friggin' party, what are you doing -working-? Have a drink, let's go dance!"
Alice	[Wow this is weird for Alice. Working is what she does. Fun is what she has drugs for.] [Alice would probably follow and try and enjoy herself. If she really does have fun she would stay. Otherwise she would remain for a time and then politely leave.
The_Guild	[The party gets pretty crazy, but there is an air of acceptance and benevolence. There is an initial hesitance to you, but once you've shown yourself to be not-so-prickly, everything is quickly forgiven and forgotten. The music is good, and people dance, drink and do drugs. There's quite a bit of sex and nakedness...]
Alice	[The moment there is nakedness or sex Alice would politely leave. That sort of thing she finds... upsetting.]
The_Guild	[Alright. It's quite late so a lot of people have already left anyway. You make your rounds, say your goodbyes and take off.]