Conversation with #dkap_amber
Conversation with #dkap_amber on Tue 13 Jan 2009 11:29:56 AM EST:
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(08:04:08 PM) The topic for #dkap_amber is: Game as usual, logs at https://www.train-wreck.org/~dkap/Amber/logs wiki-wiki at: https://www.rebel.org/wiki/
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(08:05:35 PM) Caelin: Woo!
(08:06:02 PM) dkap: We have game-sign.
(08:06:14 PM) Caelin: Yesss...game...BIG one...
(08:06:19 PM) Caelin: You have sharp eyes...
(08:07:40 PM) dkap: So ... two blonds were standing in the woods, arguing. The first insisting that they are bear-tracks, the second, moose tracks. A bit later, while they were still arguing, they got hit by the train.
(08:07:59 PM) Caelin: Oof
(08:08:09 PM) Caelin: Hee
(08:10:18 PM) dkap: So ... when last we left our intrepid middle management ...
(08:15:44 PM) Caelin: Dad was stuck in the goo.
(08:16:25 PM) dkap: Indeed.
(08:16:54 PM) Caelin: I don't recall if we ever learned the name of his assistant. Did we?
(08:18:05 PM) Auricle: hi Dkap.
(08:18:14 PM) Auricle: I'm really here, I just can't find something.
(08:18:30 PM) dkap: Should I help?
(08:19:19 PM) Auricle: I don't think you can, unless you know where I put the list of students in the d20 star wars game I'm in
(08:20:54 PM) dkap: Ahh ... that would be ... let me see, filed under apprentice.
(08:24:10 PM) Auricle: Anyways, hi, continue to with Caelin. :)
(08:24:21 PM) Caelin: heh
(08:30:26 PM) dkap: Right ... So, Dad, goo ...
(08:30:37 PM) dkap: Incipient mother showing up.
(08:31:04 PM) ***Caelin motions to Zorro's assistant. "I take it there are no known ways to get him out, right?"
(08:35:35 PM) dkap: Zorro's assistant guestulates a lot.
(08:36:15 PM) ***Caelin thinks for a moment, then writes on paper, "Can you read?"
(08:37:02 PM) ***Caelin (is reminded of the "What's a 'P'" incident.)
(08:37:35 PM) dkap: *grin* Yay! Go Stewart!
(08:38:02 PM) dkap: He looks at the paper a bit, shrugs and hands it back to you.
(08:38:47 PM) ***Caelin curses. "And the closest Trump artist is of course stuck in the goo."
(08:39:01 PM) Caelin: Is Natasha nearby?
(08:39:06 PM) dkap: She's upstairs.
(08:39:47 PM) Caelin: "My boy, do you know my wife-to-be? She's right upstairs."
(08:40:17 PM) dkap: He gestulates at you, and points to your lips.
(08:40:38 PM) dkap: Your father says "Perhaps ... Thari isn't his native language, and he's not understanding your words?"
(08:41:07 PM) Caelin: "Yes. Appears to be the case. Naturally."
(08:41:26 PM) dkap: Laetatio tries to shrug, and fails.
(08:41:27 PM) Caelin: Have I enough power for a 'tongues' spell?
(08:41:41 PM) dkap: You are in your house, there are magical batteries all over the place.
(08:42:30 PM) ***Caelin attemps to use the nearest FREE OPEN battery to cast a tongues spell.
(08:42:38 PM) Caelin: And not drain it.
(08:43:08 PM) dkap: The battery? For a tongues spell? And you are casting it on you? On an object? On him?
(08:43:33 PM) Caelin: On me, so he can understand what I am saying.
(08:44:41 PM) dkap: Ahh ... interesting.
(08:44:58 PM) dkap: So ... half a heart-beat later, everything in your house is apparently shouting at you.
(08:45:14 PM) Auricle: (*giggle*)
(08:45:34 PM) ***Caelin gets the message, dispels the spell, motions to the boy to stay, and goes upstairs to get Natasha.
(08:46:05 PM) dkap: Sometimes, it's just easier to do things yourself ... indeed.
(08:46:24 PM) dkap: Natasha is upstairs, arguing with someone you don't recognize.
(08:46:45 PM) Caelin: What is teh argument about?
(08:47:33 PM) dkap: As far as you can tell ... precidence, at the moment.
(08:47:42 PM) dkap: It's loud, but civil.
(08:47:53 PM) dkap: She's not even holding a corn-dog, or a drink.
(08:48:44 PM) Caelin: Wait until there's a pause of any kind, and then, "Dear, when you have a moment, I'm going to require your assistance.
(08:49:48 PM) dkap: She bows to you as unranked member of a house to house head, turns to the individual, and says "My house-head requires my time, perhaps, we can continue this later."
(08:51:47 PM) dkap: He waves his hand in acknowledgment, and sits down to wait.
(08:52:12 PM) ***Caelin motions to Natasha to accompany him out of this room for a moment.
(08:52:13 PM) dkap: She turns to you and says "Where do you require my assistance?"
(08:52:37 PM) Caelin: "Okay. Short form. Dad is stuck in one of Zorro's traps in his lab."
(08:52:42 PM) dkap: She follows you out of the room. As soon as you are out of the line of sight of the individual she swarms up you and gives you a big kiss.
(08:53:01 PM) Caelin: "MRPH"
(08:53:07 PM) dkap: Natasha: "Right ... typical. Maybe it will keep him out of trouble for a bit?"
(08:53:09 PM) ***Caelin complies happiy.
(08:53:13 PM) Caelin: "I'm guessing Darkstar can trump him out."
(08:53:33 PM) Caelin: "Thing is, you can't touch the goo."
(08:54:06 PM) dkap: Natasha: "Oh, so you want him out, as opposed to making sure someone feeds him regularly?"
(08:54:17 PM) dkap: Natasha: Yeah, Darkstar could probably do it.
(08:54:25 PM) Caelin: "No one could feed him without getting stuck in the goo."
(08:54:52 PM) dkap: Natasha: "We could toss pre-cut pieces at his mouth ...
(08:55:06 PM) Caelin: "Let's go down to his lab so you get a good picture of what Darkstar needs to see."
(08:55:08 PM) dkap: Natasha: "From across the room, if necessary ..."
(08:55:19 PM) Caelin: "Heh. YOU could."
(08:55:39 PM) Caelin: "I'd just anoy him and give him lots of company in the form of food-in-goo.
(08:55:49 PM) dkap: Natasha: "I'm not sure Darkstar would need to see anything, just trump him out ... Oh, wait, is the goo living? If so, it might trump with him, and then slime Darkstar as well."
(08:56:05 PM) Caelin: "That's what I want to assure."
(08:56:14 PM) Caelin: "That Darkstar doesn't get trapped."
(08:58:35 PM) dkap: Natasha: "Right, lead on."
(08:58:47 PM) ***Caelin heads back down to Zorro's lab.
(08:59:23 PM) dkap: Natasha follows. Sees Laetatio, and burst out laughing at him and the horse, so hard, she actually falls over.
(09:02:45 PM) Caelin: "Okay. Now that you have a picture, you can give him any specifics he might need to get dad out."
(09:03:06 PM) Caelin: "If and when he gets him out, he needs to be returned to the house safely."
(09:03:16 PM) Caelin: "And BARRED FROM THIS ROOM"
(09:03:56 PM) dkap: Natasha: Just, if that goo is alive, it would go with. and I'm not quite sure how the hand-grasp thing would work, if he can't put out his hand. Would you tear him from it, leaving all the attached bits behind?
(09:04:18 PM) dkap: Natasha: We might need a bucket or the like for him, on the other side.
(09:04:24 PM) Caelin: "I know that Darkstar has good safeties."
(09:05:06 PM) dkap: Natasha: Indeed, he does. I'd hate to think what would happen, if he reached out to pull, and got pulled instead?
(09:08:01 PM) Caelin: "Indeed. Big risk."
(09:08:36 PM) Caelin: "Plus I don't want my two best trump artists to be out of commission in the event of a visit from your future mother-in-law."
(09:08:56 PM) dkap: Natasha: Is she really that much trouble?
(09:09:45 PM) Caelin: "Enough trouble such that my grandmother and the Saviour of Chaos have each recommended I never see her."
(09:09:48 PM) dkap: Laetatio: "You'd better believe it. She's ... well ... more trouble than ... I don't know. A too-small room full of dragons, each intent on proving their own promenance?
(09:10:04 PM) Caelin: "Egad."
(09:13:01 PM) dkap: Laetatio: "She's ... she's also very good at getting what she wants. She wanted a child of me, for I was the most powerful person she had ever seen, and knew that that child, as her tool, would give her great mastery."
(09:13:22 PM) ***Caelin blanches.
(09:13:42 PM) Caelin: "I'm in no hurry to meet her."
(09:13:55 PM) Caelin: "I'm also in no hurry for you to meet her, dear."
(09:14:02 PM) Caelin: "Some family is best avoided."
(09:14:47 PM) dkap: Natasha: I'm getting that image. It's ... not a normal thought for me. Even your grandmother is a lovely person.
(09:15:01 PM) Caelin: "Yes, my grandmother is."
(09:15:11 PM) Caelin: "My mother however..."
(09:16:02 PM) Caelin: "If it wasn't made clear to me that I was in danger if I were to meet her, as well as all my loved ones being in danger too, I'd not be so concerned."
(09:16:13 PM) Caelin: "I
(09:16:42 PM) Caelin: "I admit I'm curious, but seeing what my curiosity has gotten me in the past, I'll pass this time."
(09:17:57 PM) dkap: Laetatio: A wise choice.
(09:18:11 PM) dkap: Laetatio: "I wonder ... if we could get her caught up in this goo ...
(09:18:37 PM) Caelin: "If she gets this far, I'm guessing we're already in deep trouble."
(09:19:18 PM) dkap: Laetatio: Well ... of course, but ... umm ... never mind.
(09:19:27 PM) Caelin: "What?"
(09:20:01 PM) dkap: Laetatio: I wasn't thinking about the preliminaries, just lept to the "stuck in goo" phase.
(09:20:18 PM) Caelin: "Gotcha. The best kind of plan. NOT"
(09:20:30 PM) dkap: *grin*
(09:20:48 PM) dkap: Laetatio would nod, but ... he's kinda ... stuck ... in goo.
(09:21:35 PM) Caelin: "So dear, if you can trump Darkstar and give him as much warning as possible so he can proceed with caution, I'd greatly appreciate it."
(09:23:00 PM) dkap: Natasha: As soon as I stop laughing.
(09:31:29 PM) Auricle: (is terribly curious if the trump actually works)
(09:32:27 PM) dkap: Indeed, although, you missed Caelin being successfully trumped out of his last predictament, so he has no worries that Darkstar-powered trumps still work.
(09:33:04 PM) Auricle: (well, that, and I'm wondering if the goo is alive)
(09:33:05 PM) Caelin: It's not about what power is working; it's about who you know. ;-)
(09:33:45 PM) dkap: Indeed.
(09:36:01 PM) dkap: Natasha get's a hold of herself, and trumps Darkstar.
(09:37:13 PM) ***Caelin tries very very hard not to visualize how this could backfire.
(09:37:26 PM) dkap: Lots of pictures are coming to mind,.
(09:37:33 PM) dkap: And then, Natasha disappears.
(09:37:46 PM) ***Caelin o_O
(09:38:08 PM) Caelin: "Maybe she's not done laughing her butt off."
(09:39:14 PM) dkap: Laetatio: I don't know ... that was ... aweful trumpish.
(09:39:35 PM) Caelin: "What do you mean?"
(09:39:50 PM) Caelin: "Of course it was trumpish. She was trumping Darkstar."
(09:40:12 PM) dkap: Laetatio: Yes, that's a good sign, provided that she reached Darkstar.
(09:40:44 PM) Caelin: "YOu're making me paranoid, dad. You should stop."
(09:41:43 PM) dkap: Laetatio: "Really? If you are just getting paranoid now, you have a long way to go to be prepped for your mother."
(09:42:13 PM) Caelin: "No, I'm ultra paranoid. Ever since I ran into you over the Sea."
(09:42:38 PM) Caelin: "By paranoid now I tend to mean, 'insane in a way that is no longer productive'."
(09:42:53 PM) dkap: Laetatio: "Ahh ... that might help."
(09:47:54 PM) dkap: Quote from Anise's run "You see ... Caelin's mother scares dragons."
(09:48:14 PM) Caelin: (ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!)
(09:48:49 PM) dkap: I heard.
(09:51:56 PM) dkap: Anise is currently meeting Princess Chandra.
(09:52:00 PM) dkap: I'm slightly distracted.
(09:52:17 PM) Caelin: I may come down for a few.
(09:55:31 PM) Auricle: ROFL
(09:55:36 PM) Auricle: That's funny
(09:55:39 PM) dkap: You missed it.
(09:55:56 PM) ***Auricle just got back from showing Greg how to find the transmission fluid dipstick
(09:56:21 PM) Caelin: Heh
(09:56:28 PM) dkap: A good thing? Knowing your dipsticks is ... umm ... something every husband should know?
(09:56:37 PM) Auricle: Truth
(09:56:55 PM) Caelin: (The lord has spoken...so shall it be written)
(09:57:04 PM) Caelin: (Or...at least logged)
(09:57:11 PM) Auricle: *giggle*
(09:58:02 PM) dkap: *grin*
(11:26:39 PM) dkap: Sorry ... lots of in-person running.
(11:26:46 PM) Caelin: Heh
(11:27:05 PM) dkap: I apparently missed having people local ...
(11:27:17 PM) Caelin left the room.
(11:27:32 PM) dkap: But Anise's player can't be physically present every week, so ... there will be more focus here over time.
(11:27:40 PM) Auricle: Tis okay
(11:27:49 PM) Auricle: I went and showered, and now to bed.
(11:27:55 PM) Auricle: Night!
(11:28:01 PM) dkap: Indeed. Sleep well. THey have to catch up to you, anyway.
(11:28:06 PM) Auricle left the room (quit: Quit: Chatzilla 0.9.77 [SeaMonkey 1.0.1/2006040400]).
(11:28:59 PM) dkap: Notes from live run: Anise went with Flora to the Assassin's Guild, and learned a bit more about the amberites.
(11:29:53 PM) dkap: Flora is off to try and convince Benedict to raise an army to oppose whatever the nefarious plan of Circe is.
(11:30:33 PM) dkap: Dom Seriole (however that is spelled) communicated with the Boy Hostage, and the house head communicated with Zorro over the upcoming possibilities.
(11:30:58 PM) dkap: Laetatio is still stuck, and trump is of no help. Natasha has a new trump deck.
(11:31:36 PM) dkap: Natasha and Anise have gone to confront the member of the Etiquitte Guild, over his marriage/house-head issues.
(11:32:07 PM) dkap: They are still not yet up to time with Auricle.