Conversation with #dkap_amber at Tue 25 Mar 2008 08:03:01 PM EDT on dkap@irc.gamesurge.net (irc)
(08:11:19 PM) dkap: Hey there, I have Mike live.
(08:11:38 PM) Cagliostro: heya
(08:12:00 PM) Cagliostro: I am somewhat low on focus until I finish getting some seitan prepped for dinner
(08:12:48 PM) arkhonII [~arkhon@pool-71-184-105-219.bstnma.fios.verizon.net] entered the room.
(08:12:56 PM) arkhonII: Viola
(08:13:04 PM) arkhonII: Was making cookies. Still making cookies.
(08:13:06 PM) dkap: S'ok.
(08:13:22 PM) dkap: We had Ilk last game.
(08:14:26 PM) dkap: Did I post the log? Let me check.
(08:17:05 PM) dkap: Apparently not.
(08:17:09 PM) dkap: Give me a moment.
(08:18:45 PM) Cagliostro: k
(08:27:15 PM) Cagliostro: I do not have the log yet
(08:27:39 PM) Cagliostro: but the seitan is browned & is coated in worcestershire sauce
(08:29:32 PM) dkap: Sounds tasty! I should do something similar at some point ... instead I will feast (FEAST) on the largess of cookies that Mike just made.
(08:29:48 PM) arkhonII: NIce.
(08:30:26 PM) Cagliostro: -and- I have now put baby powder on the worcestershire sauce stain I just made on my shirt. feh.
(08:30:41 PM) arkhonII: D'oh!
(08:31:59 PM) dkap: Umm ... I guess it's better than getting the sauce directly on your skin, when you have cats ...
(08:33:57 PM) Cagliostro: I'm not sure they'd attracted to that
(08:34:04 PM) Cagliostro: although speedy is a fiend for oil and vinegar dressing
(08:34:50 PM) arkhonII: there. Done.
(08:35:03 PM) arkhonII: Speedy likes the dressing? THat's funny!
(08:39:08 PM) Cagliostro: he's mad for it.
(08:39:16 PM) Cagliostro: still no log.
(08:39:18 PM) dkap: Hrm ... star isn't responding ...
(08:39:21 PM) Cagliostro: shall we start without one?
(08:39:25 PM) dkap: I can't seem to get it up on the server.
(08:39:27 PM) arkhonII: Indeed. We should.
(08:39:33 PM) dkap: I guess I can just mail the last several out ...
(08:46:16 PM) Cagliostro: I can has log
(08:46:23 PM) arkhonII: Hexcellent.
(08:48:23 PM) Cagliostro: 3/11 was pretty quick to review
(08:48:41 PM) Cagliostro: I am amused by the hitherto unknown similarities between Cagliostro and Auricle
(08:48:41 PM) dkap: Indeed. I forgot that I didn't want to include that one ... Oh well.
(08:50:13 PM) Cagliostro: you even included tonight's log
(08:50:15 PM) Cagliostro: for some reason
(08:51:28 PM) dkap: Did I? Hrm ... my grep and replace did not go as well as I would have thought it might.
(08:51:36 PM) dkap: I meant to send two, how many went?
(08:51:41 PM) dkap: (the last two)
(08:51:54 PM) Cagliostro: four
(08:53:47 PM) Cagliostro: k, caught up, I believe
(08:53:55 PM) Cagliostro: I think the Thelbane crowd is hung on Auricle and/or Ilk
(08:54:37 PM) dkap: Mostly.
(08:54:44 PM) dkap: But there are other things going on in the world.
(08:54:59 PM) Cagliostro: heresy!
(08:55:12 PM) Cagliostro: did causality ever get sorted out near Cagliostro?
(08:55:41 PM) dkap: Casuality?
(08:55:48 PM) dkap: I'm not sure what you mean?
(08:56:07 PM) Cagliostro: there was going to be a disturbance involving Roland's uniform
(08:56:16 PM) Cagliostro: and I think that got tangled up in retcons
(08:56:42 PM) dkap: Right.
(08:56:44 PM) Cagliostro: that is, I think, where Cagliostro is - waiting for Kintani or Ilk to provide a higher tier of support for Roland
(08:56:47 PM) dkap: Umm ... let me check my notes.
(08:59:17 PM) dkap: Right ... my notes leave off with "calamity with R's uniform, wet cleanup isle 5"
(08:59:33 PM) dkap: Does that fit with the ret-cons properly, or do I have to dig deeper?
(09:00:56 PM) Cagliostro: you asked me about my reaction to the calamity, I said it hadn't happened yet, and the next time I asked about it you said something about it being delayed by indecisiveness or something
(09:01:07 PM) Cagliostro: I have no idea what the calamity is, so probably deeper?
(09:01:45 PM) dkap: Right then.
(09:02:35 PM) Cagliostro: yes, if you recall, you were going to run it when I solved the problem
(09:02:43 PM) Cagliostro: but it turned out the solution you had was 1) from a dream and 2) not mine
(09:02:53 PM) Cagliostro: so I tried to solve it myself, we got hung up on that, and then...
(09:03:22 PM) dkap: Right. And you passed the buck upstairs, and are waiting on an answer from that, at which point ... I guess the next thing to actually happen is the problem with the uniform.
(09:03:35 PM) Cagliostro: Feb 26 21:24:15 dkap I'm actually waiting for information from other players
(09:03:36 PM) Cagliostro: for Cagliostro, at the moment, indeed.
(09:03:36 PM) Cagliostro: Feb 26 21:24:29 dkap I just checked to see if they have decided what they ret-conned themselves.
(09:03:43 PM) Cagliostro: that's the last I have
(09:04:51 PM) dkap: Right.
(09:04:54 PM) dkap: That got solved.
(09:06:07 PM) Cagliostro: okay, then lay on, macduff!
(09:06:49 PM) dkap: So, there was a uniform, with a white hand-print on it, in another room, being watched by cameras, and the tapes spot-reviewed by a human, if I recall the setup correctly.
(09:07:41 PM) Cagliostro: yes
(09:07:58 PM) Cagliostro: two humans, actually
(09:08:31 PM) Cagliostro: hm. Cagliostro has probably done a study as to whether surveilliance is more efficient when done by one or two people. But two sounds plausible.
(09:10:32 PM) dkap: Ahh ... I'd gotten the impression that it was more spot-checking, on, say, high-speed play-back, perhaps computer enhanced playback, doing the equivilant of a diff ..
(09:11:20 PM) Cagliostro: I don't think computers are at that point yet in the Cagliostro world
(09:11:26 PM) Cagliostro: I was envisoning more the bank of monitors
(09:11:55 PM) Cagliostro: being recorded, and probably with pairs of people working 2-4 hour shifts
(09:13:00 PM) Cagliostro: computer tech in Cagliostro's shadow is mid-1970s level
(09:15:48 PM) dkap: RIght.
(09:16:04 PM) dkap: I was thinking of a project I'm doing for iRobot.
(09:16:11 PM) dkap: Never mind ... *grin*
(09:16:19 PM) arkhonII: heh
(09:17:05 PM) dkap: So, they are monitoring it, and keeping each other company, when one spots something ... worthy of note, hits the button, and summons a runner (so they don't leave their post) and the runner comes to you with the message "something ... unusual is going on with the uniform, sir. You should come and see."
(09:17:25 PM) Cagliostro: I will go and see
(09:19:05 PM) dkap: In the monitoring room, there is a loop of the tape running, in slow motion, showing the hand-print pulsing (brighter, then softer, then very brighter, then softer, but not as soft as the original step, then more intense ...)
(09:19:27 PM) dkap: The current screen in the room shows a major explosion, and white dust everywhere.
(09:19:27 PM) ***Cagliostro hms.
(09:19:52 PM) Cagliostro: Inquire as to the level of sealing involved?
(09:20:00 PM) Cagliostro: do we have level 5 biohazard on that room, and active?
(09:20:54 PM) Cagliostro: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level - biosafety 5 would have to involve magic. ;)
(09:21:45 PM) Cagliostro: it could be just level 3 with magical backup, which is cheaper.
(09:23:48 PM) dkap: Actually, it is so sealed I'd say level 6, for the mystic inertia of the room you sealed it in is greater than the surrounding area.
(09:24:13 PM) dkap: And, yes, you specified it to be in the most protected lab you had.
(09:24:20 PM) Cagliostro: excellent.
(09:24:25 PM) Cagliostro: put up additional wards
(09:24:36 PM) Cagliostro: and notify people that if it starts breaking out, to evacuate the castle
(09:24:43 PM) Cagliostro: and then gate to Kintani
(09:25:09 PM) Cagliostro: (did Cagliostro ever see Kintani with handprints? I can't recall.)
(09:25:12 PM) dkap: Not in the castle, you are in a section of the wall, near the ramp.
(09:25:35 PM) dkap: Yes, Cagliostro did, and Kintani still has a few, just not many left.
(09:26:42 PM) Cagliostro: thanks
(09:27:16 PM) Cagliostro: Cagliostro will bow to Kintani and say "So... do you happen to know anything about explosive handprints? There is an addendum to the Roland situation, it seems."
(09:27:32 PM) dkap: And so Kintani is just out the door, down the corridor, and then down the ramp.
(09:27:59 PM) dkap: Kintani blinks his several eyes, in succession.
(09:28:38 PM) dkap: Consults his inner oracle, perhaps, and replies with "exploding handprints? I need more information."
(09:29:07 PM) Cagliostro: Cagliostro will 'hm'.
(09:29:26 PM) Cagliostro: and conjure a battery-operated slide projector and a white screen.
(09:30:00 PM) Cagliostro: I'll click through the slides, showing Roland's arrival, the removal of the uniform, a few cycles of pulsing, followed by the explosion and white mist
(09:33:23 PM) Cagliostro: (the battery is probably the size of a few car batteries, and is underneath the table the projector is on)
(09:36:19 PM) dkap: Umm ... you might need a dark cloth or the like around the bright desert sand so it can be seen, but ...
(09:36:51 PM) dkap: And the moment of explosion wasn't actually caught on tape (it happened between frames apparently) but the pulsing was caught on tape.
(09:38:24 PM) Cagliostro: I can create a dark tent around the screen if necessary, and kintani's head should be able to fit in whatever size hole is left on his side
(09:38:35 PM) Cagliostro: otherwise, sure
(09:40:01 PM) dkap: Indeed.
(09:40:36 PM) dkap: The white powder should illicit a response, possibly from Jean, who is currently on one of Kintani's horns, as a torc.
(09:40:54 PM) Cagliostro: yes
(09:40:57 PM) Cagliostro: unfortunately I need to go eat
(09:41:03 PM) Cagliostro: but Jean will be sure to alert the appropriate people
(09:41:15 PM) Cagliostro: who are basically Ilk and teh Dancer's Guild, at this point. everyone else is elsewhere.
(09:41:27 PM) Cagliostro: unless I know where princess chandra is, and I'd tell her
(09:42:20 PM) dkap: Of course.
(09:42:33 PM) dkap: But what are you going to tell Cagliostro?
(09:56:28 PM) Cagliostro: okay, back
(09:56:31 PM) Cagliostro: nothing, really
(09:56:48 PM) Cagliostro: he's already containing it
(09:56:55 PM) Cagliostro: so there's nothing else to say
(09:56:56 PM) Cagliostro: oog.
(09:57:02 PM) Cagliostro is now known as Jean
(09:57:11 PM) dkap: No mention of connection to other things going on? No suggestion that he either not worry about it, keep an eye on it, or what have you?
(09:57:26 PM) Jean: Not to him, no, and Kintani already knows.
(09:57:34 PM) Jean: but I'm worried about it being in Darkover.
(09:57:55 PM) Jean: I'll tell Ilk that he might want to move Cagliostro's castle somewhere out of Darkover so that the G person doesn't get a foothold
(09:59:21 PM) Jean: Jean tends to stay quiet around Cagliostro, so that people will forget he's there
(10:00:17 PM) dkap: Right, but he can vibrate Kintani, and have Kintani speak for him ... since Kintani seems willing enough to do that.
(10:00:31 PM) dkap: And, again, it's not in the castle, it's in the wall-structure.
(10:00:53 PM) Jean: oh, 'it' confusion
(10:01:03 PM) Jean: 'it' being the storage site, not 'it' being where Kintani is
(10:01:16 PM) Jean: that is true, if Jean had anything to say at this point, which he doesn't, really.
(10:01:26 PM) Jean: sorry, you can't make me have my two characters talk. ;)
(10:01:27 PM) dkap: It being the lab where the white stuff is. Kintani is actually in darkover, at the foot of the ramp.
(10:01:49 PM) dkap: *grin* I won't try (hard, anyway)
(10:03:51 PM) Jean: yep.
(10:04:09 PM) Jean: so, I'll figure that Kintani knows what he's talking about, absent any evidenc eotherwise.
(10:04:21 PM) Jean: and since he hasn't said anything, I don't kn ow if he knows what he's talking about. ;)
(10:05:14 PM) dkap: Exactly.
(10:05:18 PM) Jean: shall we hang this to give Eric a chance to react?
(10:05:45 PM) dkap: Are you going to (plan to) mention it to Auricle, since, apparently, the white statues are a hot-button for her, as the Dancers' Guild reminds you?
(10:11:40 PM) dkap: Suck, I crashed.
(10:11:43 PM) arkhonII: Naturally.
(10:11:43 PM) dkap: I'm back now.
(10:11:52 PM) dkap: Forgot to plug the damnable thing in... *sigh*
(10:11:53 PM) Jean: excellent
(10:12:07 PM) dkap: Got 2 and a half hours out of my battery, though.
(10:12:39 PM) Jean: not bad
(10:12:49 PM) arkhonII: Way better than I'd ever expect.
(10:13:07 PM) dkap: I've got a spare battery in my CDRom slot, though.
(10:13:15 PM) dkap: The last thing I sent/saw was:
(10:13:23 PM) dkap: Are you going to (plan to) mention it to Auricle, since, apparently, the white statues are a hot-button for her, as the Dancers' Guild reminds you?
(10:13:38 PM) Jean: and my answer would be "Yes, but not while she's in Thelbane"
(10:13:55 PM) Jean: and -not- in earshot of Norton, at least not initially
(10:16:37 PM) dkap: Good good.
(10:17:03 PM) dkap: Then, back to other projects?
(10:18:01 PM) Jean: then, who?
(10:18:35 PM) Jean: Jean is as Jean does, and Cagliostro considers this a crisis
(10:18:45 PM) Jean: and has decided to actively go look for help with Kinanti
(10:18:51 PM) Jean: er, Kintani
(10:19:42 PM) dkap: Kintani doesn't seem bothered by it in particular, since it is, as Cagliostro has noted, contained.
(10:21:15 PM) Jean: Cagliostro would like to bring in an expert to review the situation
(10:21:21 PM) Jean: at least the Roland situation
(10:21:37 PM) Jean: and a subject matter expert should be able to consult on the explosion as well
(10:22:17 PM) Jean: I don't want to let a potentially geometric progression progress - if the hand print pulsed and exploded, and the dust also starts pulsing and -it- explodes...
(10:22:22 PM) Jean is now known as Cagliostro
(10:23:00 PM) dkap: Exactly.
(10:23:11 PM) dkap: Might need to build some inertial dampers around the room.
(10:23:25 PM) Cagliostro: if they aren't already there, then yes
(10:23:40 PM) Cagliostro: but after that, I want to bring in a cleaner
(10:27:19 PM) Cagliostro: (I'm winding down, I think I'm good for about another 5 minutes)
(10:27:37 PM) arkhonII: Still here.
(10:28:32 PM) dkap: Well ... we should wind down then. I've not seen Auricle, and, really we need her to go forward with the Thelbane line.
(10:28:44 PM) dkap: And Ilk hasn't appeared.
(10:28:44 PM) Cagliostro: k
(10:28:48 PM) Cagliostro: any last requests?
(10:28:51 PM) dkap: Although his birthday is soon.
(10:29:05 PM) dkap: See you next week? Same bat time, same bat channel?
(10:29:16 PM) arkhonII: Yepper
(10:30:18 PM) Cagliostro: yepper
(10:30:21 PM) Cagliostro left the room (quit: Quit: Leaving).
(10:31:17 PM) Auricle [~chatzilla@dialup-4.156.81.176.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net] entered the room.
(10:31:47 PM) Auricle: Hi!!
(10:31:52 PM) arkhonII: Lord.
(10:31:57 PM) arkhonII: Heya!
(10:32:03 PM) dkap: Timing is everything, I guess.
(10:32:11 PM) arkhonII: heh
(10:32:15 PM) dkap: We had just about called the run, due to Cagliostro falling over.
(10:32:36 PM) dkap: Literally one minute before you entered the channel.
(10:32:36 PM) Auricle: I was a little too in character apparently, and therefore forgot game, despite gargoylecalendar -- er, googlecalendar, and everything.
(10:32:48 PM) dkap: *grin*
(10:32:49 PM) Auricle: Sheesh, I have timing.
(10:33:12 PM) arkhonII: Not even a minute, by the log's timing.
(10:33:15 PM) arkhonII: 56 seconds.
(10:33:26 PM) Auricle: *bows*
(10:33:56 PM) dkap: Isn't that how close Superman and Clark Kent get sometimes?
(10:34:00 PM) Auricle: I actually just got home from the gym, turned on the computer, and got the logs, and went DAMN! GAME! I KNEW I was forgetting SOMETHING!
(10:36:07 PM) dkap: *grin*
(10:36:12 PM) dkap: That does happen sometimes.
(10:36:15 PM) dkap: So ... any actions?
(10:36:34 PM) arkhonII: lol
(10:36:42 PM) Auricle: laugh!
(10:37:33 PM) Auricle: Actually, I think I'm just gonna go shower and get ready for bed. It's been a VERY long day.
(10:37:40 PM) Auricle: night folks!
(10:37:55 PM) arkhonII: night!
(10:38:04 PM) Auricle left the room (quit: Quit: Chatzilla 0.9.77 [SeaMonkey 1.0.1/2006040400]).
(10:38:19 PM) dkap: Right log-grafting, and I'm out.
(10:38:28 PM) arkhonII: *nod*
(10:38:30 PM) arkhonII: Done.
(10:38:33 PM) arkhonII left the room.