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Alice is still getting the feel of her new wand.
Do-N is smoking a battered pipe and thinking about breakfast.
Lopez is keeping a lookout on the remains of the party and various other people
Alice puts away her wand, climbs up the ladder to the loft and reclines in the hay.
Do-N isn't actually thinking about breakfast.
Lopez turns toward Alice and Do-N
Do-N puts her feet up and listens to some music, again smoking her pipe.
Lopez says "Damn. Okay, so this is how it is."
Do-N	"How what is?"
Alice turns and looks at Lopez.
Lopez	"There's a manite mine about three miles northwest of here. Go check it out."
Alice	"This is a message from our voice in the sky?"
Do-N	"'Kay, anythin' more to say 'bout it?"
Lopez	"Tin man here will need his big sword to get past the guards, the pretty one has to get through the wards, and tomboy needs to mimic herself up some Manite resistance to get in and get some info."
Do-N	"So we're black 'cept when it comes to killin' a bunch a' guards?" ... "Does that principle apply to cops who are pissin' me off?"
Lopez	"There's gonna be a box on the way there with a thumbprint lock any one of you can open. Just set up the tripod in the cavern and the mission is complete."
Alice	..."And when was I dubbed the pretty one?"
Lopez	"You're Gray now sweetheart. 'Sides, I figured a little blood and guts would turn you on."
Alice jumps down.
Lopez	"Get moving. I've got a meeting to get to in half an hour and I want to finish this farce."
Lopez blinks for a second..."well that was unpleasant"
Alice	"Can I confirm permission to use psionic powers now?"
Do-N tightens her boot laces.
Lopez	"she's gone...we're still Grey...so I'd say sparingly.
The_Guild	Outside, the last of the farm people wander off. The fire is put out as your hosts head to bed.
Alice	"Let 's go."
Lopez	"Just making sure our path is clear first" "all clear up to my maximum range, but we should be careful nonetheless
Alice pulls out her amulet and start concentrating
Do-N does what Alice does.
Alice	Once her amulet is engaged, "Shall we move out?"
Lopez	"indeed"
The_Guild	You head out and cross the farmyard. Then Cam gets hit by lightning. Twice. You trudge through fields and over hills, passing through several small patches of woods. You seem to have acquired an innate sense of direction, supposedly leading you in the correct direction. You reach a small clearing, in the centre of which is a large, flat rock. Atop the rock is a small chest, about 1.5'deep x 1.5' high x 2'wide. The lock is a blank square, without a keyhole.
Alice walks over and applys her finger print.
The_Guild	There is no click, but the lid jostles slightly upward - the box is unlocked.
Alice opens up the box.
The_Guild	There is a ratty blanket inside. Pushing the blanket aside you find a silver sphere. About the size of a golf ball. There's a button on it.
Alice hold out the speher and presses the button.
The_Guild	Three spindly legs grow out of the sphere, unfolding to a length of about three feet and forming a tripod.
Alice presses and button again.
Lopez	"ok now put the tripod away so the guards don't see it"
The_Guild	The legs retract, leaving you with a silver sphere the size of a golf ball. As you watch, the box begins to glow with an inner radiance. A moment later, it is consumed in a brief flash of light. As your eyes adjust to the abrupt darkness, you imagine you see heat-like ripples in the air before they, too fade.
Do-N	"'kay, now that's done. I think Lopez hasta go kill some people."
Alice pockets the sphere.
The_Guild	You continue on through the woods, circling around steeper and steeper hills. Soon, you find a path which seems to be leading in the right direction.
Alice draws her wand.
Lopez continues to walk forward and motions for alice to keep her wand out but at her side
Do-N strings her bow and draws an arrow.
The_Guild	The path is well-traveled, showing signs of light cart usage and heavy foot travel.
Alice moves
Lopez	"there are three warm bodies in the cave up ahead"
Alice moves her w
Alice	and
Alice palms her wand and keeps it at her side.
The_Guild	Light from up around the hill is visible now.
Lopez heads up the hill
The_Guild	Around the corner, that is. Smoke is smelly. Lopez heads around the corner into the light, finding a small hut with a man in rough leather armor snoring outside in a chair beside the door, a sword cradled in his lap. A couple torches are planted in the ground by the mine entrance.
Alice circles around to a dark position where she can see the target and aims her wand.
Do-N settles in beside Alice and notches an arrow.
The_Guild	You can hear muted laughter inside the hut.
Lopez Points a Do-N and then looks at tent...and makes a point to one of the bodies inside.
Lopez grabs hut...and tears at it
Lopez unsheaths sword..takes one step to the left and plunges sword into the wooden hut
Do-N puts an arrow through the neck of the guy in the chair.
The_Guild	The sword pierces cleanly through the thin wood wall of the hut, and pierces cleanly through the back of the closest guard, who gurgles and falls forward. There is a moment and suddenly shouts come from the hut.
Do-N notches another arrow and waits for the guy next guy to come out of the hut.
The_Guild	Do-N's arrow describes a perfect arc from the trees to the guard's throat, who is thrown off his chair by the force of the impact... and doesn't move, save for a few twitches.
Do-N	[Under her breath.] "Fuck me. I just love being a badass."
The_Guild	The door to the hut flies open and a guard flies out, falling on his face. Another guard stumbles out after him and immediately takes off running.
Do-N shoots for the heart this time.
Alice is waiting to see who needs shooting at.
The_Guild	Another arrow arcs overhead, a little farther this time and skewers the runner, throwing him into the bushes. His boots stick out at a weird angle in the air, twitching spasmodically. While the guard scrambles to get his feet under him, Lopez steps forward and smashes his foot down on his back, pulping his spine, collapsing his ribcage, and flattening his heart. Lopez' foot is now stuck in a dead human.
Lopez wipes his foot in the grass
Do-N drags the bodies into the hut.
Alice searches the keys and hut
Alice searches the bodies and hut.
The_Guild	The bodies don't really have anything. The guard outside had some silver pieces in his pocket, but the others had their money on the table, where they'd been playing poker. There are cards and a couple days worth of snack food in the hut. Their weapons and armor are of low quality.
Alice is avoiding looking at the body Lopez stepped on.
Lopez	"sorry...but it was expidiant...and I doubt he felt much"
Alice	"I am not an innured to excessive violence as you are. But more I am concerned about the mess. I think me might want to burn down the hut to conceal some of the evidence. I can set up something which will burn the hut down in a few hours."
Lopez	"alright"
Alice moves out of the hut and into the mine
Lopez follows closely behind
Alice stop for a second and then moves back to the hut.
Alice	"This will take a bit. I am going to set up an arson."
The_Guild	The mine is shored up with sturdy timbers. As you approach, you notice in the torchlight that the beams are heavily carved with symbols.
Alice moves around the hut, pouring lamp oil and moving around the bodies. She ends by laying down a long oil soaked wick.
Alice kneels over the corpses lays her hands on them.
Alice walks over and looks at the runes.
Lopez	"so What do these Runes Mean?"
Alice inspects the runes closely.
Do-N	"Wards and surgeon general's warnings about wards."
Do-N is checking out the cave with scanners, looking for life of any kind.
Alice	Alice is looking very rosey and a bit high. To herself, "Wow, that was really good... ."
Alice pulls out a belt knife and leans towards the runes.
Lopez	"so How do we...or rather Do-N get to the centre of the cavern?"
Alice	"We'll need to have Do-N mimic the natural resistance of one of the cave creatures. Then it should be easy."
Do-N	"Runes look alright then?"
Lopez	"anything interesting in that big lumbering dog-like thing?"
Alice starts chipping at the wards with the tip of her dagger
Alice ponders to herself if Do-N was ever Mormon
Alice	"Okay, wards readjusted. At the very least you should be a Mortal." "Go ahead."
Alice passes the ball to Do-N
Do-N cuts her arm a little and sees if she can grow it back Lopez style.
The_Guild	Sure enough, it grows back.
Do-N	"Fuckin' cool."
Lopez	"now don't play with it or you'll go blind"
Do-N	"Heh, I've tested that lie into extinction already."
Alice	"Let's hurry people, the angel above us wants to get to a meeting remember."
Do-N sets her shoulders and walks through like she'll own the place as soon as she's done killing everyone in it. [while listening to "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin]
Alice heads back to the hut and examines her firetrap, looking for flaws.
The_Guild	Do-N notches an arrow and creeps into the cave. Moments later a dog-sized ratlike creature trundles out of a side tunnel. It pauses, sniffing the air as Do-N approaches.
Do-N	]
The_Guild	With a snort, the thing waddles away.
Do-N exchanges a look with the rat thing, then moves on deeper into the tunnel.
Alice	From inside the hut you hear the sounds of Alice being sick.
Lopez	"you alright Alice?"
Alice walks out wiping at her lips with one hand and rubbing at her neck with the other.
Alice	"I'll be fine." "The firetrap is complete."
Alice lights the firetrap
Lopez	"Get out of There"
Alice moves to cover
Alice	(very quickly)
Lopez	"No out now"
The_Guild	You head for the cover of the trees.
Do-N emerges from the tunnel and joins Alice & Lopez.
The_Guild	A silvery glow grows brighter, pouring from the mouth of the mine. It tints to blue for a moment, then becomes silver again. Brighter and brighter it glows, filling the clearing with it's radiance. And then, abruptly, it gets swallowed up back into the mine, leaving you with nothing but spots in your vision.
Do-N	" "Groovy."
Lopez	"well...that was...Bright" "and I guess that's that"
The_Guild	The world shivers. And fades away. Leaving you standing in a stone-walled room.
Lopez	"Well that was fun"
Do-N	"Yeah, s'pretty alright."
The_Guild	Your equipment is gone, and you are back in your regular clothing.
Alice grabs a water bottle from her sack and takes a long drink.
The_Guild	Otsilliw is near the door, reading over a large plaque on the wall.
Do-N pulls out her flask and takes a quick hit.
Lopez	"and how did we do?"
Alice walks over to the plaque.
Alice continues to rub at her neck.
Do-N	[Does the plaque say anything interesting?]
The_Guild	Otsilliw doesn't look at you guys. "Nice story, tin man. Making 'em think you're crazy makes it a whole lot easier to mask the fact that you ARE crazy. Fuckin' stabbing that dilt through a wall? You're one sick mother."
Lopez	"where I come from what needs to be done has to be done"
Do-N	I thought steppin' was worse, but whatever."
The_Guild	The plaque has percentages beside each of your names, and a list of do's and don'ts beneath each name. "I was trying to forget that, thanks."
Do-N	"So the numbers mean how much we broke black or what?"
Lopez	"ohh come on! you think this body was designed to pick flowers on a spring morning...no I don't think so"
The_Guild	[Traveler Whitehouse 86%. Traveler Do-N 78%. Traveler Gordon 64%. Operations Otsilliw 47%.] "Percent of mission success. "Ideally according to the scenario, anyhow."
Lopez	"it was designed to let me track apprehend and sometimes execute bad individuals."
The_Guild	Whitehouse: Excellent problem solving skills. Don't be distracted by personal problems.
Do-N	[To Otsilliw] "Which means what? how much we follow the playbook? How many rules we break?"
Alice	"To be expected... ."
The_Guild	Do-N: Skilled use of Black for skill appropriation. Look before you leap. Gordon: Falsehood is an ideal cover for impossibilty. Overkill is not recommended where intimidation might work.
Alice pulls out a snack bar and takes a bite. Then she looks down at the raspberry filling and looks ill. " Do-N, do you want the rest of this?"
Do-N	"Sure, I dig on cooties. ;) Ta."
The_Guild	Otsilliw: Unique problem solving. Communications are paramount. "It means how well you performed your specific tasks, how few ripples you may or may not have caused in the world."
Lopez	"well...this is why we have trainning. for a first time I don't think it went too badly...communications sucked...but sometimes that happens" "I'd suggest we run drill's sometime in the next little while. so we're nice and ready for our first OP"
The_Guild	"Just be lucky we weren't in the field. I think the demo gave me quite the liberty in taking you over, tin man. Normally if I'd done something like that, your mind would be mush.
Do-N is getting raspberry stuff around her mouth.
Do-N	"So, what're we gonna drill?"
The_Guild	"Well, it's been a card, children. I'll see you in hell." With that, she vanishes.
Lopez	"teamwork and trying to keep the...fuck why do I even bother with her"
Do-N	"'Cuz you dig on skinny snotty chicks?"
Lopez	"I don't "dig" anything...I mean I know its in her species nature to be caustic..but I mean c'mon"
Do-N shrugs. "So, who's for tappin' a barrel of wine and getting fucked?"
Do-N	[To Alice] "Don't worry, we'll make it a white."
Lopez	"So as I was saying We (gesturing to the other two...should take some time later to work on keeping the ripples down)...hell if you want to go get retarded I'll tag along"
Alice	"I'll take you up on the booze. I still feel like I have the taste of vomit in my mouth."
Do-N	[offering her flask] "Absinth?"
Alice	To herself... "Interesting..."
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Now talking in #BESM
The_Guild	Hello again.
Alice	Alice goes and has a shower.
Do-N goes and gets new clothes and dyes her hair blue.
Lopez downloads some weapon databases for his systems and goes through them while waiting
The_Guild	Scheduled for "tomorrow": Alice's upgrades, Lopez' upgrades.
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