AGWW Online - Log 2003/01/07

Mage - Adventures in the Digital Web

Session 1x01: Treasure Hunt

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 A.C.Newton (Sons of Ether) - played by Stayka
 Asmodai (Virtual Adepts) - played by Asmodai
 Deadalus (Asmodai's AI) - played by Asmodai
 François Dupres (OoH bani Thig) - played by Frederic
 Marvin Black (Hollow One) - played by Sven
 Moira (MC's Familiar) - played by Fuzzy
 Moonchild Farstrider (Dreamspeaker) - played by Fuzzy

 Session Start: Tue Jan 07 20:53:13 2003

<ST> Welcome to the show! Today there is a special performance of the band New Desaster Area at the Spy's Demise.

Asm0dai is going only because he agreed to meet Acey there.

François_Dupres wonders what kind of music they are doing.

<ST> As they are currently all the rage, it's the event this evening in the DW. And who doesn't like the music still think it might be fun to get there and see what's going on

Marvin_Black thinks perhaps this could be at least a bit fun... but on the otherhand probably not.

Asm0dai has simply programed Bach on his personal unit

MC_Farstrider is sitting at a table in the main bar area, she holds a blue bubbly drink with a little umbrella in it

AC_Newton normally doesn't like the HiTech SynthoJazzFunk NDA produce, but she sits in a considerably quiete alcove of the Spy's Demise, waiting for Asmodai.

<François_Dupres> Well, that's a good occasion to meet other citizens of this place.

Moira Sits with MC and has a similar drink.

Asm0dai enters the Demise. He looks for Acey.

<Asm0dai> Hi, Acey!

AC_Newton sits a little of the general tumult and admires a fluorescent turquoise long drink. She looks up

<AC_Newton> Asmodai?

<Asm0dai> Yep it's me.

<AC_Newton> Oh, hello! You are early.

Marvin_Black enters the Demise and looks around. A sigh leaves his mouth before he looks for a free table and takes a seat.

<Asm0dai> (We did have that intro session where we met :))

<AC_Newton> (I know :-)

MC_Farstrider (Not that I am aware of)

<ST> It's getting slightly crowded in there.

Asm0dai tones Bach down and simply puts light Maiden in the background.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, do you know what I heard?

<Asm0dai> What?

<AC_Newton> Well, there is supposed to be some treasure hidden in a remote area...

<Asm0dai> Riight

Marvin_Black looks around and sighs another time. He knew he should have stayed in bed and this would be no fun also.

<ST> (Marvin, you sit next to the table with AC and Asmodai.)

<Asm0dai> And you were reading the Treasure island again?

<ST> Marvin: Pcp + Alert, diff 7

<ST> (Cait: I think you might as well sit next to AC+Asmo on the other side.)

<Marvin_Black> !dice 4

<agww-dice> Marvin_Black rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 1 5 10

<MC_Farstrider> (ok)

<Asm0dai> (Hmmm, he hears too much music)

Marvin_Black (I knew I would regret my comment about botches.)

<AC_Newton> Marv: Well, in the noise of the Demise, you seem to hear that Asmodai and AC plan an assassination...

<François_Dupres> *g*

<Asm0dai> (LOL :))

<ST> (Cait: PcP+Alert diff 5)

<MC_Farstrider> !dice 8

<agww-dice> MC_Farstrider rolls the dice and gets the following results: 4 5 10 2 1 6 3 6

François_Dupres watch around him to see how many people are attending the concert.

<Asm0dai> (wait a sec who knows the 2 of us already?)

<MC_Farstrider> (3 sux?)

<ST> (Cait you are able to listen in to the conversation)

<Marvin_Black> (Do I get some name?)

<ST> (Asmo: no one, I think. Camp/Rush aren't there)

<François_Dupres> (I was here during the free fall session.)

<Asm0dai> (Wasn't Frederic here... he was the house Thig Hermetic?)

<ST> (Marvin: Some guy called "Trash" seems to be the one who gets hunted.)

<ST> (Asmo: right)

<ST> (Frederic, you see Asmodai and AC whom you know from last time.)

<François_Dupres> (Is there alot of pple?)

Marvin_Black sighs once again and whispers "I just knew I would get in trouble when I entered the room. There'll be shooting all about and I will be hit... I bet I'll stand in front of this guy.."

<François_Dupres> (and did the concert begin?)

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, that treasure is supposed to give immortality or so I have heard!

<Asm0dai> And where is it supposed to be?

<ST> (François: It's already in full swing. HiTech SynthoJazzFunk ^_^)

<François_Dupres> erff

François_Dupres tries to make way to reach AC and Asmo.

<François_Dupres> Pardon, sorry, please excuse me...

<Asm0dai> Acey, you know that X NEVER marks the spot... there are no hidden treasures and similar stuff except in the books.

<AC_Newton> If I just knew! It's in a sector that was somehow corrupted by the netcrash, or so I heard.

<Asm0dai> The whole Web crashed.

<François_Dupres> Good day to you, mind if I take a seat at your table?

Marvin_Black starts to look around for someone fitting to the name 'trash', so he can be just in the opposite direction.

<Asm0dai> ...fortunately most of it was backed up.

<AC_Newton> Oh, hello François!

<Asm0dai> hi Franc

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, so all of this was just - gone?

<Asm0dai> Not necessarily

<ST> (Marvin: You can try another PCP+Alertness, diff 8)

<Asm0dai> Parts of the web survived the whiteout, but not all of them.

<Marvin_Black> !dice 4

<agww-dice> Marvin_Black rolls the dice and gets the following results: 5 2 9 2

<François_Dupres> Isn't that music a little loud?

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, I think this is very scary, to think this could all be just - not here anymore!

<Asm0dai> It is possible that you can find it but it might be corrupted.

<Asm0dai> (In the Web it is your choice what you hear and what you don't hear.)

<ST> (Marvin: Well, now you hear a little better, obviously it was not really an assassination plan)

<AC_Newton> François: What did you say?

<Asm0dai> (In the web it is your choice what you hear and what you don't hear.)

<ST> (Asmodai, AC doesn't know that yet, LOL)

Marvin_Black shakes his head. Ok... "Then there will be other trouble around..." and then he listens to those at the neighbouring table.. Just in case.

<François_Dupres> (a litle louder) Don't you think this music is a little loud?

Asm0dai calls up a special program that kills the sound in our booth.

<AC_Newton> Oh! Cool! It's silent!

<Asm0dai> Heh... No problem. - As for privacy...

Asm0dai presses a couple of buttons on the virtual display and a field shimmers around the booth, muffling the sounds and visuals.

<ST> (Cait: You become aware of a sound-free bubble around the people at the neighbour table. Remember you heard them talking about something that might give immortality...)

<François_Dupres> That's a nice trick, Mr.Asm0dai

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, how do you *do* that?

AC_Newton looks fascinated at the shielding.

<Asm0dai> The thing is that the Web is modular, if you know how to code in it.

<ST> (Marvin, you don't happen to have curiousity?)

<Asm0dai> You can simply make whatever you want inside it.

<AC_Newton> This is so cool!

<Asm0dai> And if you wield magick, technomagick or something similar, you can do it much faster and more efficient.

<Marvin_Black> (Nope.. Just deep depression ;))

<Asm0dai> (LOL :))

<Asm0dai> Umm, sorry, Acey, I meant your gadgets...

<François_Dupres> Asm0dai: hum

<Asm0dai> Have you noted that they can stop working on Earth? Well, here they will always work.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: You mean I could do this just with this here?

AC_Newton draws a little computer out of her backpack that sits next to her on one stool.

<Asm0dai> Not exactly. It requires much knowledge in programming and a lot of time. Besides, these programs for audio/video in the Web I have with me at all times.

Marvin_Black listens.. As he recognises he can not hear the people at the neighbouring table anymore, he sighs again.. "Great.. selective deafness? Perhpas it is better not to hear what they are saying..."

<Asm0dai> I can call up items. It is not unlike an old textual adventure :)

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Cool! François, can you do that, too?

<Asm0dai> dunno

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, can you show me?

<Asm0dai> Franc you said you deal with pentagrams AND technology?

<François_Dupres> Well, yes

AC_Newton holds her notebook towards Asmodai.

<François_Dupres> ItDs my methodology that differs from yours.

<Asm0dai> methodology?

<AC_Newton> François: Pentagrams? Now this sounds somewhat peculiar!

<François_Dupres> But I am still experimenting.

<Asm0dai> I think you could do it with a computer only. If I can, then you could, too.

<Asm0dai> (I must note our chars mostly have Arete 4 and understand their condition :))

<François_Dupres> I break the ether a different way that you do.

MC_Farstrider walks over to Marvin

<ST> (Asmo, I have Comp knowledge, just no DW knowledge ^_^)

<François_Dupres> You act through your computer; you more or less Hack the world around you.

Marvin_Black looks at the person coming nearer, then sighs... Trouble... He knew it.

<Asm0dai> Not in the Digital Web.

MC_Farstrider introduces herself.

<Asm0dai> And you are?

<AC_Newton> Hm. Well, I use my computer mainly for information retrieval, I have to admit.

<MC_Farstrider> I am Moonchild Farstrider, daughter of Unicorn, Speaker with Dreams.

<Asm0dai> Okay, another superstitionist wacko... :)

<François_Dupres> Hum, pleased to meet you.

<Asm0dai> Hello, sit down. Have a drink :)

Marvin_Black takes another look at Farstrider. "I'm Marvin. If this enviroment wouldn't be this boring, I would be glad to meet you." Another sigh.

François_Dupres gets up and pulls a chair.

<Asm0dai> Marvin, admit it... You read too much Adams? You know your destiny is to have your legs ripped off? I can help even :)

Asm0dai says this to the depressive maniac on the next table.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Adams? Oh, I read him, too. I love science fiction :-)

AC_Newton grins.

<François_Dupres> As I was saying, I am using a different methodology than Mr.Asm0dai.

Marvin_Black looks to Asmodai. "Sorry?" is all he says.

<François_Dupres> With my circle, I compel the Tech Spirit to do my work.

<AC_Newton> François: Hm... I wouldn't know how to use pentagrams with a computer.

<Asm0dai> You sound like a character from an SF story I read when I was your age.

<AC_Newton> François: I mean, I can draw pentagrams on my computer, but that wouldn't exactly give the desired result, I guess.

<Asm0dai> Acey, the thing is that each one of us uses different ways... but we are all here.

Marvin_Black looks to Farstrider and then back to Asmodai, then again back to Farstrider. "Do you know what this one is talking about?"

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, yes, I see we are all here - and I truly marvel at that!

MC_Farstrider looks puzzled.

<François_Dupres> Because you dont believe in number and spirit, my Dame :)

<AC_Newton> Well, I believe in computing power. - Asmodai, I think this is a way cool part of the world here.

<MC_Farstrider> Why would you compel a spirit to do something?

<Asm0dai> ?

Asm0dai pulls the depressive idiot to their table.

<MC_Farstrider> He was saying he used a pentagram to compel a spirit to do something.

<Asm0dai> And you probably ask them nicely?

<MC_Farstrider> Quite so.

<AC_Newton> Marvin, you look so down - wanna have a drink?

<Asm0dai> I believe in the order of chaos and technology, thank you...

MC_Farstrider takes her PDA out and addresses NAVI.

Marvin_Black gives Asmodai a strange look and sighs again "Of course... I knew something like this would happen... They can do this to me... of course..."

<François_Dupres> Asm0dai: More or less, there is a long tradition with spirit dealing in the OoH.

AC_Newton goggles at the PDA

<François_Dupres> Asm0dai: Even if the new tech spirits are not that known among us.

<MC_Farstrider> Navi: Please tell these people hello.

Marvin_Black looks at AC "As if a drink would change anything..."

<Asm0dai> Yes, it is similar to the French dealing with the blacks during the colonization ages, no?

<AC_Newton> MC: You talk to your computer as if it was a child

<MC_Farstrider> ::NAVI:: Working.... (a clearly computer generated voice)

AC_Newton breathes in relief

<Asm0dai> And you are more different to your AI, Acey :)

<AC_Newton> Ah. Good. An AI.

<Asm0dai> Hmmm, NAVI?

<MC_Farstrider> ::Navi:: Hello -- I am NAVI -- How may help you?

<Asm0dai> Could you let me take a look?

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Well, my Etherrhip's computer is pretty intelligent, too.

<MC_Farstrider> I got this from a Glasswalker friend.

<Asm0dai> You mean that AI that talked to Deadalus last time?

<MC_Farstrider> He thought I needed a little help in the Web.

<Asm0dai> Oh Glasswalkers... nice fellas, though a bit too violent for my tastes.

<AC_Newton> A Glasswalker? Some kind of yogi who walks on glass for fun?

<Asm0dai> No, they are Werewolves...

<MC_Farstrider> No, a tribe of Garou.

<Asm0dai> ...though they play with technology.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Werewolves? (frowning) I heard they are supposed to be existing...

<MC_Farstrider> I'd call NAVI WeaverTech

<Asm0dai> They combine spirits technology, hyper technology and claws.

Marvin_Black looks from one person to another as if he expects that something terrible will happen at any moment.

<François_Dupres> What an amazing thing - Werewolves with technology?

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: I wasn't sure my Dad wasn't joking when he told me.

Asm0dai looks evilly in Marvin's direction.

<Asm0dai> Werewolves do exist, Acey. They tend to be 2.5 meters tall, have claws, big teeth and a violent temper.

<François_Dupres> According to my Master, they are all a bunch of back to the nature persons that hate tech.

<Asm0dai> Not all.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Really? *goggles* They are not made-up after all?

<Asm0dai> I met one from Ireland that told me about them.

Marvin_Black looks at Asmodai and puts on the expression of someone who just got beaten and knew this would happen.

<MC_Farstrider> Not all Garou are "killing machines".

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Well, I haven't seen any werewolves. Only on TV. Ozzy from Buffy was a werewolf

<Asm0dai> Yeah... the ones on tv are ugly. The real deal is quite beautiful.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Hm... I couldn't tell...

<MC_Farstrider> The tribe I trained with, "The Children of Gaia", try to help people

<Asm0dai> Well I had a friend... he called himself Fianna or something. He said they had some tribes and that one tribe in particular dealt with technology.

AC_Newton thinks there were some movies with very dangerous werewolves, too.

<François_Dupres> Well you do know that according to some source you can harvest Tass from their bodies?

<Marvin_Black> Could anyone please explain... ahhh... just forget it. It's not worth the matter.

<Asm0dai> Yeah I heard that, but after meeting a couple, I'd never try it. a) They are too dangerous. b) They can be too good a friend to you. I am still looking for that mad Irishman.

<AC_Newton> François: Hm... So far I only used Tass from our Node in the MoonLab - after we converted the Quintessence for the batteries, that is.

<Asm0dai> Seems that McClude (his net name) dissapeard in '99. It never was heard from since then.

<François_Dupres> MC: about wha ?

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Didn't you go and look for him?

<Asm0dai> I did... tons of us did...

<AC_Newton> And he just disappeared?

<Asm0dai> ...but he dissappeared from the Web... and his friends told me he simply vanished.

<AC_Newton> Did anyone actually see him disappear?

<Asm0dai> Nope. He simply vanished.

<Marvin_Black> *whispers* I knew one could disappear on the net.. I knew it...

MC_Farstrider nods.

<MC_Farstrider> Yes, the Fianna are a tribe with connections to the fae.

<AC_Newton> MC: No, you don't want to tell me Fairies are real, too???

<Asm0dai> No they are not.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, maybe he was on the search for that treasure, too?

<Asm0dai> Naah... He was too much on the ground... He did have something about hunting a worm of some sort...

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: An internet worm?

<Asm0dai> dunno

<MC_Farstrider> Fairys no, Faeries sort of.

<Marvin_Black> Other dig them out of the Earth...

<Asm0dai> He said that werewolves fight somethinbg evil called the worm. He said that in a spitting sound, so I don't know if he said worm, wyrm or wurm...

<AC_Newton> Hm... It might depend on the size of the worm...

AC_Newton thinks of the sandworms of Dune

<MC_Farstrider> That's wyrm (a representation of Entropy in their religion).

<Marvin_Black> And some people call me crazy...

<Asm0dai> Entropy is not bad in itself as far as I know. Nope, that is not what they fight. It is something evil with many aspects.

<AC_Newton> MC: Hm... And how are the other Spheres of theirs represented? *curious*

<MC_Farstrider> They personify the triad into Wyld (dynamism) Weaver (stasis) and wyrm (entropy)

<Asm0dai> Naah, then it must have been worm...

<AC_Newton> MC: Ah. Dynamism, Stasis and Entropy I do understand!

<MC_Farstrider> The myths say the weaver trapped the wyrm and it went crazy...

<Marvin_Black> Someone fighting worms? Sounds very strange.. This world is going down.. I tell you...

<François_Dupres> All I know of their religion is that they seem to enter homicidal rage whenever they see willworkers.

<MC_Farstrider> Uncontrolled destruction...

<Asm0dai> No they don't. I tell you, they can be friendly... I even met a female... :) She was McClude's friend. Boy, she was weird!

<François_Dupres> What ever suits you, Mr Asm0dai, if you are into furries thing ;o ...

<MC_Farstrider> I know many friendly Garou.

AC_Newton thinks she might want to see a Werewolf. But only from a certain distance, to be safe.

<Asm0dai> She called him a packamete

<Marvin_Black> Hmmm... No.. I do not want to think about it...

<Asm0dai> Actually, Werewolves can turn into humans... trust me.

<MC_Farstrider> One Theurge I trained with, "Dances with Humans", is quite gentle and a good friend.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, you mean you could be in truth a werewolf? Scary!

<Asm0dai> Yep...

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: But you aren't, are you? Or if you are - you don't bite me?

<Marvin_Black> Great.. Just great.. There could be werewolves around here.. What's next? Dragons?

<MC_Farstrider> The Garou are one of many Fera, what are referred to as The Changing Breeds.

<Asm0dai> I saw one once. It almost fried my ass.

<MC_Farstrider> Only place I've seen a dragon is in the Dreaming.

<AC_Newton> Marvin: Or Sphinxes :-)

Marvin_Black nods "Yeah.. Of course.. Sphinxes... If you want to see some you have to travel some distance"

<François_Dupres> Dragons exist, Acey, you need to read some old dusty OoH tome to know more about them.

AC_Newton thinks she never heard so many strange things as she did today.

<AC_Newton> François: In the library at the MoonLab, we mainly have Scientific books.

<Asm0dai> Ok, what was that about exploring the Digital Web? :) I am interested in that.

<MC_Farstrider> Moira is feeling lonely, would you mind if she joined us?

<Asm0dai> ...though i believe the data will be corrupt. - Moira?

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Well, will we maybe run into Werewolves here?

Marvin_Black thinks it can not get any worse than sitting around with some lunatics.. But on the other hand...

AC_Newton looks a little afraid

Moira gets up and walks to the table where MC is sitting.

<Asm0dai> Well i can always take...

Asm0dai dissapears from the table.

<AC_Newton> MC: Well, no problem, call her. - Wait - is she a werewolf?

Asm0dai reappears.

<Asm0dai> ... of that

<Moira> You see a 15-16 yr old teenage girl, with straight red hair, green eyes, she has a slim muscular build, height 5'3", weight about 90lbs. She's wearing jeans, shirt, sneakers.

Asm0dai grins

AC_Newton looks warily at her.

<AC_Newton> Hello

<Asm0dai> Hi...

MC_Farstrider waves

<AC_Newton> I'm AC, by the way.

<François_Dupres> Err, hi.

Marvin_Black sighs.. "Hello"

Asm0dai looks at her and concludes that she is a minor.

Moira greets everyone.

François_Dupres wonders if her parents know that she's here.

MC_Farstrider smiles.

Marvin_Black stopped wondering about anything around here a few minutes ago.

<AC_Newton> So here we are all humans, are we?

<Moira> ummms ... well...

<Asm0dai> Hmmm, that is questionable.

Asm0dai glances at Marvin.

AC_Newton looks scrutinizingly around.

<Marvin_Black> The last time I checked I was one... But who knows... anything can happen right now.. Perhaps something is.. I don't want to think about it.

<AC_Newton> But no one who might suddently decide he wants to devour me?

Moira is actually a Unicorn...

<AC_Newton> Eep!

AC_Newton looks at Moira with fascination.

<Asm0dai> Not that someone could devour you in the Web.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: I'm just being careful.

<Asm0dai> Though I think Farstrider is here physically, at least according to these measurments.

<AC_Newton> Hm. I have my VR rig on and sit at home.

Moira comes from the CoG homeland, Unicorn's domain.

AC_Newton wonders how it would be to be really in here.

<Asm0dai> I'm in my... ok, no need for you to know where.

<Marvin_Black> I am at home too.. But I do not want to know what happens right there...

<Asm0dai> Acey, I already told you you could use the Meteor to get here. Deadalus gave your AI the directions last time we talked.

<MC_Farstrider> Someday I must learn how to spirit travel here while laeving my body at home.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai, I know. But I think I will first look around a little myself. My Dad would be furious if I would damage the ship.

<MC_Farstrider> Ship?

<AC_Newton> Yes, my Ethership.

<MC_Farstrider> Hmm... a ship that sails the umbra?

<Asm0dai> She has a big ship that can pass the gauntlets

<AC_Newton> MC: A ship that flies through Etherspace!

<Asm0dai> It is more of a spaceship then a ship.

<AC_Newton> The Meteor is a beauty!

AC_Newton beams proudly.

<MC_Farstrider> Hmm. I walked pretty far into the Umbra, but I guess a ship would help.

Asm0dai thinks we were about to discover lost parts of the Umbra :)

<MC_Farstrider> One gets tired walking too far.

Marvin_Black looks around like he is believing everything that's being said... In an ironical way.

<AC_Newton> MC, we visited the jungles and swamps of Venus with it, the red deserts of Mars and the jungles of Jupiter!

<MC_Farstrider> nods nods

<François_Dupres> O.o

<MC_Farstrider> That does sound interesting.

<Asm0dai> Jungles on Jupiter?

<François_Dupres> Whatever you say...

<Asm0dai> There is no oxygene on Jupiter.

<AC_Newton> MC: There is a cool temple on the Mars! And the Machine City...

<Marvin_Black> Jungles.. Swamps.. Venus? Right? Ok.. Now I know I must already be dead and in hell.

<MC_Farstrider> Well... it depends on one's world view.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Sure! Enormous jungles and mushroom forests with deadly spores...

<MC_Farstrider> The Tech Paradigm says there is no air in the umbra

<Asm0dai> Riight...

<MC_Farstrider> ...but clearly I can walk there.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Of course you need a gravitation compensator unit because of the gravity, but otherwise Jupiter is fine.

Asm0dai is suddenly realising why those stories describe Etherites as a bit... peculiar...

<Marvin_Black> Farstrider: You... You walk on the Venus? Yeeeeees. Of course...

<AC_Newton> MC: Well, between the planets there is indeed vacuum. But the planets themselves are inhabitable. - Asmodai: I could show you if you like.

Marvin_Black looks at the others if anyone seems to be 'sane'.

<MC_Farstrider> I'd like to come, too.

AC_Newton takes her notebook and runs a viewer

<AC_Newton> There!

François_Dupres look with much attention.

<ST> You see a movie with wild blue/violet forests and strange planetscapes...

Asm0dai looks at Marvin, turning his eyes wildly around.

<ST> Alien animals can be heard and seen and it looks really exotic.

<Marvin_Black> Which channel did you get this from?

<AC_Newton> Marvin: I was there, of course

<Asm0dai> She was there, Marvin. With a spaceship called the Meteor. On the spaceship she has tons of gadgets and a corporeal female AI. Does this help?

<AC_Newton> Marvin: It's been not too long ago.

<Moira> AI? What's an AI?

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: And I have a brave and valiant crew!

Marvin_Black lifts his hand in a calming down matter "Of course she was... of course..." and thinks to himself he should be quiet or he could end up dead... Never argue with lunatics.. He knew he should have stayed in bed.

<Asm0dai> of 1?

<AC_Newton> Moira: Artificial Intelligence. My Dad programmed her.

<Moira> Oh - like NAVI, a spirit machine?

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: No. Hikari, the Verbena doc; Raging Thunder, the Akashic Jedi; Random, the VA computer wizard...

<Asm0dai> Oook...

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Plus a Hermetic and a human mercenary...

<Moira> Raging Thunder sounds like a Garou name.

<AC_Newton> Moira: No, nothing with Spirits. She is programmed.

<Moira> hmms

<AC_Newton> Moira: Garou - that was these Werewolves?

Marvin_Black just keeps quiet.. then whispers to himself "Perhaps I can at least get out of this alive..."

<Asm0dai> ok and the exploration of the lost Digital web sector? :)

<Moira> Garou is what the werewolves call themselves.

<AC_Newton> Moira: Hm.... No, he is no Werewolf. A bit stupid at times, but no dog. - Asmodai: Hm... Well, we need to find it first. The guy with whom I talked gave very vague directions.

AC_Newton looks into the group.

<Asm0dai> I am all up for exploration.

<MC_Farstrider> Sure

<AC_Newton> I think I might have found myself a new valiant crew!

<Asm0dai> But I don't believe we'll find anything.

Marvin_Black looks back, not daring to argue.

MC_Farstrider is a healer.

<AC_Newton> So, you are the brave adventurers who will accompany me, ne?

Moira too :)

<AC_Newton> Two healers?

<Asm0dai> Ok, I'm here.

<Marvin_Black> Ehm... What did you say?

<AC_Newton> MC: Then you must be a Verbena, too.

<MC_Farstrider> No, I am One Who Speaks with Dreams.

<Asm0dai> But we won't find anyting usable.

<Moira> I mean, I wanna come, too!

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: We don't know that yet.

<Asm0dai> Yes, little unicorn, you can go.

<François_Dupres> She's speaking about a dangerous adventure in an unknown land where no one has gone before :o

<AC_Newton> Moira: Well, we did have a Sphinx on board the Meteor once...

<Asm0dai> I am pretty convinced it will be trashed... but heck, I have nothing smarter to do now.

<AC_Newton> So I think a Unicorn should be okay, too.

<Marvin_Black> Sounds just like all Earth... Deadly and depressing.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Maybe one can recover the stuf ?

Moira looks at Marvin

Marvin_Black looks back at Moira "Hmmm?"

<Asm0dai> Well, I can try, but I doubt it.

<Moira> You seem so sad...

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: You seem to know lots about computers, thus I'm pretty sure you can do. I have a colleague of yours on board, and he's a true Computer Wizard, too.

<Marvin_Black> Moira: You have looked around the Earth lately? What else should you expect...

AC_Newton beams that she found a group of adventurers again.

François_Dupres wonders if he really looks like an adventurer.

Marvin_Black looks at AC, then around if he missed something important... Like to leave at the right time.

Asm0dai thinks Acey is too brash, too young and definiteley too naive.

<Moira> !dice 8

<agww-dice> Moira rolls the dice and gets the following results: 9 9 3 1 10 8 4 4

Moira leans over to Marvin and gives him a gentle kiss on the cheek.

Marvin_Black then starts to smile "OK. Maybe it's not so bad at all."

Moira smiles warmly.

<Asm0dai> :)

Asm0dai grins.

<Marvin_Black> I'm in it. Could be fun.

Asm0dai presses some buttons and they suddenly appear in front of the Demise. He starts programming something.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Cool! By the way, what is a Trash Sector?

<MC_Farstrider> Do we need to travel?

<Asm0dai> A part of the web where people store unused stuff.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: The guy said it's deep in the Trash Sector, you know.

Asm0dai ends the programming and hits a key... In front of them appears a huge Chrysler Voyager all decked out and in Silver. Instead of wheels it seems to hover above ground, humming softly.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Spiffy!

<MC_Farstrider> Transportation...

<Asm0dai> Okay, we have 8 seats.

<Marvin_Black> Hey. This one looks nice. Good job.

<Asm0dai> I'll take the one next to the driver. Acey, you take the wheel.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Oh, I may?

AC_Newton climbs into the car and sits behind the wheel.

MC_Farstrider climbs in.

<Asm0dai> The onboard computer will lead you while I take a snooze.

Marvin_Black smiles warmly at everyone, then joins the others.

Moira climbs in, too.

Asm0dai lies down and snoozes.

<AC_Newton> Keeeewwwl!

François_Dupres sits and fastens his seat belt carefully.

<Deadalus> Hello,. Acey

<AC_Newton> Oh! - Daedalus?

<AC_Newton> Everybody in?

<Deadalus> Asmo wanted a friendly GUI, so he used me. Gaah! I'll help you with the navigation. You drive.

<AC_Newton> Daedalus: Let's see if I can drive this baby....

<Deadalus> I'm too busy.

<François_Dupres> *g*

<Deadalus> Oh yes, and Acey.... This is a stickshift.

<Marvin_Black> Hey. Nice.. Speaking cars.. With some pentagrams and lucky charms it could do wonders...

<AC_Newton> Hm... I don't see throttles and...

<Deadalus> (inside it is a normal car)

AC_Newton looks around a bit helpless as this doesn't resemble a spaceship cockpit at all

<AC_Newton> Hm... I think...

AC_Newton blushes deeply red.

<AC_Newton> Can anybody drive a *car* here?

<Deadalus> Hey you, Marvin, don't be so smart mouthed!

Deadalus turns into the image of Agent Smith from the Matrix.

MC_Farstrider hmms.

<MC_Farstrider> Ewww!

<Deadalus> Boy, you suggest one more thing with pentagrams to me and I'll kill you.

<Marvin_Black> For some effects you just need the right inscrptions, charms and symbols... Hmmm.. Still don't know where to place a witch board here... Doesn't matter. I do not need one right now.

<AC_Newton> Ahm... I thought it might look a bit familiar to the cockpit of the Comet or Meteor, but ... It's way too different!

<François_Dupres> But pentagrams are useful.

<MC_Farstrider> Hmm, they have their place, but this isn't it.

Deadalus shocks Marvin with 20000 volts.

<ST> (Folks, AC has Drive = 0, LOL)

<MC_Farstrider> I could ask the spirit of the car to drive itself?

<Deadalus> (you have +2 from deadalus... he actually drives.)

<Marvin_Black> *BUZZZZZ* Eeeeeeeeekkkkkkkssssss.....

<ST> (Ok *g*)

<AC_Newton> Daedalus, you help me?

<Deadalus> Ms Farstrider, I am not a spirit. I am an Artificial Intelligence... Asmodai created me.

Marvin_Black looks shocked.

<Deadalus> I do have some tendencies toward taking popular culture appearances though.

<François_Dupres> (whispers to MC) Humor him, I am pretty sure that's just a bound spirit.

AC_Newton examines the vehicle's interior.

<François_Dupres> (whsipers to MC) We don't want to upset our host, don't we?

Deadalus activates a taser beneath Françoises seat.

<François_Dupres> Aie! He!!

MC_Farstrider nods to François.

<Deadalus> Say hello to Mr.20k Volts :)

<François_Dupres> grrrlllllllll

<Marvin_Black> I just wanted to make clear I did not suggest something concerning pentagrams...

<Deadalus> (Acey, you not that the car doesn't have pedals or gears... it seems to only have a wheel.)

<AC_Newton> Well, okay, we could drive on now, as long as Deadalus does the driving.

<François_Dupres> And I am supposed to be the maniac...

<AC_Newton> So, please, may I ask you to start the engine, Deadalus?

<Deadalus> It is already started, Acey :) Where do you want to go Today? (TM)

<AC_Newton> Deadalus. Wow, that's neat. Very quiet engine!

Marvin_Black shakes his head "Geez... This car is quite short fused..." *jokingly*

<AC_Newton> Deadalus: *g* Well, let's drive (she looks at her notebook) North/NorthWest

<Deadalus> Umm, Acey, direction is relative in the Web. As is space. So we are here...

<AC_Newton> We are supposed to pass something called a "Warzone" to the left...

<Deadalus> (suddenly you see that you are right at the trash sector)

<AC_Newton> Deadalus: You are *fast*

<Deadalus> No, I am not fast. It is just that all the points in space are equal. Waah!

<AC_Newton> Deadalus: Well, this is truly amazing!

<Deadalus> Let that wacko take over.

<AC_Newton> Deadalus: I wonder why this guy gave me such explicit directions then...

<Deadalus> I'll go find that hacker and kick his ass.

<AC_Newton> Deadalus: Or is it different when you walk?

Deadalus grumbles and his holo disappears from the car.

<Asm0dai> Ok, you lead on :)

<ST> They stand in front of the car. The area looks ...decrepit. Actually that's almost to mild a word.

Marvin_Black looks around very interested.

<ST> It's a sector that looks like after an atomic blast, molten structures of iron, rubble lying around...

<François_Dupres> Hum. What happened here?

<ST> Here and there are broken icons and everything is coloured in weary colours...

<AC_Newton> François, I don't know.

MC_Farstrider sits and meditates.

<Asm0dai> I think this is what happend to some data during the whiteout.

Marvin_Black looks around another time and sees his sorroundings "Oh now... What have you gotten me into? We will die... I knew it..." and looks just the way before the kiss.

Asm0dai starts wondering around

<ST> The "sky" looks as if it consists of whirling fractals, but not the usual rainbow-coloured kind, but dusky shades prevail...

<AC_Newton> Hm... Somewhere here we are supposed to find the clue to this treasure...

<MC_Farstrider> !dice 5

<agww-dice> MC_Farstrider rolls the dice and gets the following results: 3 3 6 2 5

<ST> MC: You feel a source of magick several hundred metres (yards) away in the Northern direction.

<MC_Farstrider> Hmm

AC_Newton looks around and feels pretty uncomfortable.

<François_Dupres> OOC: if we want to perform action, how do we annouce it?

<ST> (well, in () )

<François_Dupres> ooc: k

MC_Farstrider looks at the indicated location.

<MC_Farstrider> !dice 5

<agww-dice> MC_Farstrider rolls the dice and gets the following results: 6 9 2 6 7

<Marvin_Black> That's what Earth will look like soon. I said we should have stayed back there... Didn't I? We will die... Why didn't I stay in bed?

<ST> (OOC stuff can be done in brackets - that's how we did it in the other game.)

<MC_Farstrider> What do I get?

François_Dupres picks up a pda from his pocket.

<ST> MC: You have the impression there are several other persons around.

<François_Dupres> (I'd like to do a Force 1 Entropy 1 Prime 1 routine to see if I can decipher a meaning from the sky's fractal schemas.)

<MC_Farstrider> I'm getting a feeling of Magick several hundred yards north, and a scan of that area says there are other people there.

<ST> (Well, do it, Arete, diff 4)

<François_Dupres> !dice 3

<agww-dice> François_Dupres rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 1 7

<François_Dupres> (lol)

<ST> François: You have the distinct feeling that the sky was programmed in an arcane code, probably in Enochian.

<Marvin_Black> (I like to run an analysis prog to check the surrounding for Forces and Entropy magic. Two spheres each)

<ST> (Mav ok)

<Marvin_Black> !dice 4

<agww-dice> Marvin_Black rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 3 9 8

<ST> François: It seems to be an intricate spell that is hidden in there, waiting to be deciphered.

<ST> Marvin: Well, around you you feel Entropic forces all over [This is a Trash Sector!] But there is power in the direction MC pointed to.

<François_Dupres> Hum, I am pondering how I could decipher its meaning...

<AC_Newton> François: Which meaning?

<Marvin_Black> Decay everywhere and soon there will be death too... Why is no one listening to me?

<MC_Farstrider> Should we investigate north then?

<AC_Newton> Marvin: Hm... I don't like this area but it can't be *that* bad!

Asm0dai strolls back

<AC_Newton> MC: Sure! Northwards we go!

<Asm0dai> This is a fascinating place. It has so much trash you could fill the Demise...

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: It's pretty wrecked.

<Asm0dai> Not that it would change the avarage clientele in the place...

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Can you reprogram this, too?

<Asm0dai> Nope. This is a wreck zone.

<Marvin_Black> What have you gotten me into? I will die... we all will die *sigh*

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Why not? One should be able to clear this out, no?

<Asm0dai> Hmmm... How much do you know about computers?

MC_Farstrider scans for Life/Spirit/Prime northwards.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: A little.

<Asm0dai> Do you know anything about "bad sectors"?

<MC_Farstrider> !dice 5

<agww-dice> MC_Farstrider rolls the dice and gets the following results: 4 7 6 6 6

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Oh, it's a *hardware* problem!

<Asm0dai> Not quite. It is an integral Web problem. And it is questionable if the Web hardware is or software.

<ST> MC: There are about a dozen people northwards, and they seem to have Magickal abilities, too.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Hm. But if it's software, one should be able to reformat it with sufficient power!

MC_Farstrider is feeling its part spirit also...

<ST> (All PCP+Awareness, diff 5)

<Marvin_Black> !dice 6

<agww-dice> Marvin_Black rolls the dice and gets the following results: 9 8 3 7 10 9

<MC_Farstrider> !dice 8

<agww-dice> MC_Farstrider rolls the dice and gets the following results: 3 1 5 6 1 5 8 8

<François_Dupres> !dice 5

<agww-dice> François_Dupres rolls the dice and gets the following results: 7 5 2 4 3

<MC_Farstrider> 5 sux

<François_Dupres> 2

<Marvin_Black> 5 sux

<ST> It seems that suddenly the sky reverberates with energy beams, and you feel there might be a battle going on.

<Asm0dai> Umm, Star Wars?

<ST> It's more a reflection in the fractal sky. Magickal, that is.

<Marvin_Black> I knew it... Is anyone listening? No.. of course not.. It's just me...

<AC_Newton> BTW...

<MC_Farstrider> Hmmm... We ought to be careful.

<AC_Newton> !dice 5

<agww-dice> AC_Newton rolls the dice and gets the following results: 9 1 2 1 4

<AC_Newton> LOL.

AC_Newton sees nothing. It's just a desolate landscape to her.

<AC_Newton> MC: Hm. I can't see anything here.

<Marvin_Black> Of course we ought to be careful.. On the other hand.. We will die anyway...

<François_Dupres> That's a echo you mean? Some local resonance?

<AC_Newton> François: The local Resonance is ...well, entropic. The echo you see seems to be from a Magickal battle.

<Asm0dai> Oook... I think I just remembered I had something smarter to do...

<Marvin_Black> This means.. We will be next... Remember my words...

AC_Newton looks around and wonders why the others look so worried.

<François_Dupres> (would like to lauch a Prime rote to try to refine the feedback that we got here)

<François_Dupres> Don't you feel it, Acey ?

<AC_Newton> I don't feel anything. But I could check with my tricorder...

<François_Dupres> ...that feeling of doom and suffering?

<Marvin_Black> I'm feeling it... Oh yeah!

AC_Newton takes out her tricorder and sets it to Corr/Forces/Prime 1

<AC_Newton> !dice 4

<agww-dice> AC_Newton rolls the dice and gets the following results: 7 10 4 5

<AC_Newton> Iiiecks!

AC_Newton jumps almost a meter high as the scales glare brightly.

<MC_Farstrider> I take it lots of forces being used?

<AC_Newton> François: This place is *hot* with energies of several kinds!

<ST> (MC yup)

<MC_Farstrider> maybe we don't want to disturb the combatants?

<AC_Newston> If I read the tricorder correctly, there seem to be two groups fighting...

<Asm0dai> Umkay. How many people?

<AC_Newton> Hm... My readings say 5 there and 6 there.

AC_Newton points in the appropriate directions.

<AC_Newton> Hm... I wonder what the fight is about. Maybe the treasure?

Marvin_Black programs himself a black gun, looking somehow weird "Just in case... I know I will need it here... And you want to go this direction into certain doom?" *sighs*

AC_Newton wonders if anyone can find out who the people are.

<François_Dupres> (could I use Corr 2 to see the people?)

<MC_Farstrider> That's a good idea!

<ST> (Franc: Hm, yes. Add a little Forces & you can view it even :-)

<François_Dupres> (then I use my rote of Corr 2 Force 2 of doom :o)

<François_Dupres> !dice 3

<agww-dice> François_Dupres rolls the dice and gets the following results: 6 1 1

AC_Newton adjusts her Tricorder and tries to get a Map of the suroundings.

<François_Dupres> (and I fail sooo badly, my doom is near for sure :o)

Asm0dai simply tunes his laptop to that part of the Web.

<Asm0dai> !dice 3

<agww-dice> Asm0dai rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 1 10

Marvin_Black programs a small TV with pentagrams and inscribed words on its sides and tries to tune in to the scene.

<Asm0dai> Hmmm

<ST> François: You see two groups of howling babies & and their screams seem to manifest as energy flashes.

<Asm0dai> !dice 4

<agww-dice> Asm0dai rolls the dice and gets the following results: 9 10 1 10

<Asm0dai> (Ok, 2 suxx to view)

<Marvin_Black> (Forces Corr to get the right program?)

<Asm0dai> For my paradigm only Corr :)

<ST> (Marv yup)

<Marvin_Black> !dice 4

<agww-dice> Marvin_Black rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 10 6 7

<Asm0dai> (Stayka, 2 suxx)

<ST> Asmodai: You get a detailed map of the area.

<François_Dupres> Woooa, there's weird spirit out there!

<Asm0dai> Do I see who are those guys?

<MC_Farstrider> spirit?

<Marvin_Black> (Can I find the right channel "airing" the battleground?)

<ST> Asmodai: There are 5 guys on one side, partly covered by the structures, partly shielded by Force fields, who are engaged in a battle with six other guys, who look decidedly Technocratic (two HIT Mark Icons among them).

<François_Dupres> Some kind of tech banshee?

<ST> Marvin: You see basically the same I described to Asmodai.

<Asm0dai> Hmmm. Ok, how many suxx would I need to dump them all from the Web with Correspondance?

<ST> Asmodai: You would say the smaller party are Trad Mages as their icons are a bit more flashy ^_^

<Asm0dai> more fireballs flashing you mean :)

<ST> Asmodai: Them all? Hm... I'd say 7. - Yeah. And two are very fantasy like, scanty clad sorceresses :-)

<ST> François: You are a bit puzzled at the pic you saw *g*

<Marvin_Black> I wouldn't like what I see there if it would matter... No one cares anyway what I say or think.. So what?

<François_Dupres> Indeed!

AC_Newton checks now, too.

<AC_Newton> !dice 4

<agww-dice> AC_Newton rolls the dice and gets the following results: 10 5 3 9

Marvin_Black asks himself why they do not just watch his TV.

AC_Newton projects a hologram of the area with the modified cam in her notebook.

<ST> François: You see AC's hologram - no babies ^_^

AC_Newton wonders if they shouldn't help their colleagues...

<François_Dupres> Hum, thats weird.

<Marvin_Black> Indeed... Just in case anyone is listening, which I doubt.

<François_Dupres> Oh, err, you mean with violent action?

<AC_Newton> I think we should save them from the unsolicited attack of the evil Technocrats!

<François_Dupres> But I am listening to you, Marvin!

<Asm0dai> But... They cannot harm each other here...much.

<AC_Newton> Hm... You sure?

Marvin_Black looks at François "Oh? Really?"

<Asm0dai> If we attack, we should at least do it with precaution.

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Hm... I guess you might be right.

<Asm0dai> We shouldn't run in just blasting.

AC_Newton puts back her proton pistols guiltily. She was just about to run into the fight with both pistols flaring...

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: What do you suggest then?

Marvin_Black adds some extra inscriptions and pentagrams into his gun. It looks even weirder now.

<Marvin_Black> François: Then.. What did I say back in the bar?

<François_Dupres> You were self pitying? :o

<Marvin_Black> Now... I'm just stating truths... We will die. Be sure. What have I said?

<AC_Newton> Asmodai: Hm... Do you think we could maybe catch one of either side and ask them if they know of that ...treasure thing?

<Asm0dai> Umm. I think we should dump the Techs. Be careful around the Trads.

<AC_Newton> Dump them? How so?

<Asm0dai> Dump them from the Web.

AC_Newton looks at her proton pistols.

<AC_Newton> Can you do that - dump them?

<François_Dupres> What do you mean by "dump them from the Web"?

Marvin_Black looks one more time at François "You see? No one listens to me. This place is even more depressing than the bar. It all doesn't make sense... Why are we here?"

<François_Dupres> Err, sorry, Marvin, I got sidetracked.

<Marvin_Black> François: It's OK, it's just me...

MC_Farstrider is guessing... Using Corr medicine to relocate out of the DW?

<AC_Newton> Marvin: Hm... Is it just me or do you sound so depressing?

<François_Dupres> Hum, IIRC, you were saying that everything is grey and cold out there, that's why you didn't seen any reason to come here.

<ST> (MC: Corr medicine? ^_^)

<Marvin_Black> (Would it be possible to crash their icons with Entropy 3? Or something like that?)

<François_Dupres> If we are going to be in brutal business, I'd better to get ready.

<ST> (Hm... You could make some unfortunate things happen to them ^_^)

<Asm0dai> There are two ways to drop people from the DW. One is to destroy their icons.

Marvin_Black mumbles "Perhaps we could decay them from the Web..." Then looks at AC. "Oh... Just ignore me like anyone else around here..."

<ST> (Marv: You have Corr 2/Entropy 3, you could make their VR gear shorten our or stuff.)

<Asm0dai> The second is for me to code an override that will dump them from the Web. - Ok, let's get there"

<Asm0dai> I'll be in the back, coding it.

Marvin_Black looks around "I think over there is some terrible disturbance.. Poor fellas. I could almost pity them, if I wasn't to depressed.. But I'd guess there could be some baaad feedbacks to their suits."

<Asm0dai> You guys cover me!

<François_Dupres> (I'd like to summon an electrical elemental to help us in case of "hard" fight)

AC_Newton draws her proton pistols & tries to look heroic.

<ST> (Fran ok)

<François_Dupres> !dice 3

<agww-dice> François_Dupres rolls the dice and gets the following results: 10 9 5

<ST> (Marv: one at a time)

Asm0dai sits down and starts coding (Corr 2/Ent 3 taking time...)

<ST> (Fran *g* No botch this time!)

<François_Dupres> ^^

<Marvin_Black> (Just general black painting ;))

<Marvin_Black> !dice 4

<agww-dice> Marvin_Black rolls the dice and gets the following results: 5 5 3 10

<Asm0dai> Guys, go and help the Trad guys!

<ST> One of the Techie icons spouts sparks before it blinks out.

<Asm0dai> Just give me time to dump them .

<Marvin_Black> I could have warned them. But why should they be better of than I am?

AC_Newton activates her forces shield and runs to the Trad guys.

<AC_Newton> !dice 4

<agww-dice> AC_Newton rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 5 6 9

Marvin_Black looks at his weird gun.

<AC_Newton> (shouts) Here comes the cavalry!

Marvin_Black follows AC with the words "It doesn't make sense and we will die.. But no one will care if I'm gone anyway"

Asm0dai is gritting his teeth and typing fast.

<ST> As an energy beam from the techies hits right next to her, AC_Newton jumps behind a molten iron beam.

François_Dupres points at the HIT Mark Icon.

<ST> (Marv Dex+Athletic, diff 6)

MC_Farstrider summons an electricity elemental.

<AC_Newton> !dice 5

<agww-dice> AC_Newton rolls the dice and gets the following results: 8 4 5 4 5

Asm0dai is still coding.

<Marvin_Black> !dice 5

<agww-dice> Marvin_Black rolls the dice and gets the following results: 8 3 8 8 7

<MC_Farstrider> !dice 5

<agww-dice> MC_Farstrider rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 5 10 9 7

AC_Newton lands elegantly behind the beam, not even scratching herself.

<MC_Farstrider> 5 sux

<François_Dupres> Spirit of electricity, hear my demand, smite those creatures and purge this place of their presence!

<Marvin_Black> 4 sux

<Asm0dai> Ok, me is done now.

<ST> (The elemental appears next to MC, bristling from energy)

<Asm0dai> (Correspondance to influence their connections; Entropy to errode them... took time diff 5)

<Asm0dai> !dice 8

<agww-dice> Asm0dai rolls the dice and gets the following results: 1 7 1 7 4 2 5 4

<ST> (Marv, you don't fall over AC, you run further towards the Trad guy.)

<Asm0dai> (ok, 1 drops out :))

<ST> (Asm ok)

<ST> 4 Techies are still there

MC_Farstrider speaks to it in Iwapo' "Please help me defeat the Technos; point with directions -- attack)

<Asm0dai> (there is one less my procedure had 1 total suxx)

<Marvin_Black> (I fire a Prime / Forces 2 / Entropy Ray at one of the Techs)

<ST> The Trad Mages are relieved as they were obviously still very young.

<MC_Farstrider> I go to aid the Trad Mages.

<ST> (Asm, we started with 6, one was dumped by Marvin)

<Asm0dai> (Ok, me starts to run the program again, checking for bugs)

<Asm0dai> !dice 4

<ST> (Marv: Arete, diff 6)

<agww-dice> Asm0dai rolls the dice and gets the following results: 2 8 2 1

<Marvin_Black> !dice 4

<agww-dice> Marvin_Black rolls the dice and gets the following results: 4 5 5 7

<MC_Farstrider> I pointed my elemental at the Technos.

<Asm0dai> There is clearly something wrong with my program!

<MC_Farstrider> Looking for the Trad Magi.

<ST> MC: Yeah, I guess that Techno, the elemental hit, can say bye to his gear, too.

Asm0dai checks the coding (using my computer skill to make my roll easier)

<Asm0dai> !dice 9

<agww-dice> Asm0dai rolls the dice and gets the following results: 9 9 4 8 2 10 10 6 8

<ST> MC: They look a bit battered and very frightened.

<Asm0dai> (6 suxx on the computer coding roll.)

<ST> The rest of the Techies are dumped now.

<Asm0dai> Ah this should take care of the bugs :)

<MC_Farstrider> Let's try to find some cover to get out of the fight.

<ST> Asmodai: Definitely so!

Asm0dai closes the laptop absoultley beaming...

<MC_Farstrider> Looking at them, what do we see?

<Asm0dai> Well, this was well done.

Asm0dai joins the rest of the group.

<Marvin_Black> Oh great... We survived to be further tortured with other dangers before we die...

Asm0dai claps Marvin on the head yelling "OH SHADDUP, we won, didn't we?"

<Helge11> MC: thank you! I thought we'd die here!

AC_Newton stands up from behind her cover, her overall still pristine white

<Marvin_Black> Ouch... And I said why... *looks at Helge* oh.. you, too?

<François_Dupres> Err, hi there!

<MC_Farstrider> I am Moonchild Farstrider, daughter of Unicorn, Speaker with Dreams. And you are?

<Asm0dai> I am Asmodai of the VAs - What the heck are you kids doing in this part of the Web??

<Marvin_Black> I'm Marvin... If anyone would really care to know...

<Helge11> I'm Helge - there are my friends Nethitter, Starlite, Zulu and Sorceress...

<Asm0dai> Okay, children, now let's all point fingers and laugh...

<Helge11> Well, Asmodai, we heard about some interesting items one could find here. But we were ambushed!

<Asm0dai> ...and you went here without thinking there might be something here you couldn't handle without at least some l33t skills?

Marvin_Black shakes his head und sighs

<Nethitter> I thought we were 1337 enough...

<Asm0dai> Oh kid... You need at least 10 more years to be l33t. Thinking is not good enough.

<François_Dupres> Err, 1337?

MC_Farstrider guesses it's a mystery number ;)

<AC_Newton> Well, now you can be relaxed! We saved you from the evil minions of the Technocracy!

<Asm0dai> In the real world you can only DO... There is no thinking and no trying!

<Marvin_Black> And almost got fried...

<Helge11> Those were *real* Techies???

<Asm0dai> No. If those were real Techies you wouldn't be in the Web. You'd be at your homes with your stupid little brains fried! Now, what the hell were you looking for here? This is not a children's playground!

<Helge11> Some guy told us we'd find a kewl treasure here! Well, but it seems it was kind of a ruse...

<Asm0dai> Yes? What guy? How did he look like?

<Marvin_Black> Certain death would be more fitting...

<Helge11> Well, he looked like some average guy... With sunglasses.

<MC_Farstrider> MiB?

<Asm0dai> Where? In the real world or here?

<Helge11> Here - in that leet bar!

<François_Dupres> Err, you mean like one of those who were shooting at you?

<Helge11> François: Yeah, kind of...

AC_Newton looks down at her shoes...

<Asm0dai> Aceeey? Did you talk to strangers again?

<AC_Newton> ...

<Asm0dai> People in black suits with shades? And an unnerving voice?

Helge11 nods.

François_Dupres look at Acey.

<Asm0dai> ACEEEY... And who did *you* talk to??

AC_Newton blushes *very* red.

<François_Dupres> Err, you mean that you did the same thing?

Asm0dai looks at Acey evily.

AC_Newton nods embarassed.

Marvin_Black sits down next to all the others und sighs "What have I gotten into again... But no one cares.. Why should I?"

AC_Newton walks some steps backwards.

Asm0dai thinks of kicking Acey in the ass, but refrains from it because she is a girl.

<Asm0dai> Ok, kids ... Acey, you and marvin, too... What did we learn?

<Helge11> Well, we really have to thank you for saving us...

<AC_Newton> Mhm... Wellll...

<Marvin_Black> We should have stayed in bed?

<Asm0dai> Never trust strange men with strange voices in suits with sunglasses... They MIGHT be agents of the Technocracy who just wish to fry your little incompetent brains, no :)

<François_Dupres> Actually, I agree with you on this point, Marv

<Asm0dai> Me, too.

AC_Newton sulks

<AC_Newton> But he looked kind of nice...

Asm0dai starts banging his head on an illusionary wall.

<AC_Newton> But it is obvious that there is some Technocratic ruse going on! We have to see to it that we root out these evil doings!

<Asm0dai> Oh, give the girl a Nobel prize... she just concluded the obvious :)

Marvin_Black looks up "Oh.. Someone listened to me.. But on the other hand... I'm not only talking to some strange guys.. I'm with them on the road.. the road to nowhere."

<Asm0dai> Acey, do you realise that it is possible to kill people who are only connected with their helmets to the Web?

<AC_Newton> (goggles) It *is*??

<Helge11> (alarmed) Really?

Asm0dai screams about idiocy of people who can gain acess to the Web these days.

<Marvin_Black> I could have told you so.. If someone would listen to me.

François_Dupres pull a Mars chocolate bar from his pocket.

<Asm0dai> Marvin, if I listened to you, I would probably be in an institution screaming "Let me die, let me die! This is all pathetic!"

Marvin_Black starts programming.. After he has finished, some background music really brings up his point, as he is playing "Road to nowhere", which fills the 'room'.

François_Dupres sits on a rock, turns his back to this and just eats his sweet.

<MC_Farstrider> Hmmm, there's chocolate on Mars?

<ST> (BTW, I think we could call it a day for today - it's 23:26 now ^_^)

Asm0dai pulls the plug on the mp3 and starts the theme from the Twilight Zone.

<MC_Farstrider> (A good place to break)

<ST> (Yup. Next time we have to try and "root out the evil Technocratic ploy" ^_^)

<Marvin_Black> Yep.

<Asm0dai> Ummm

<Marvin_Black> (I'm starting to like my char ;))

MC_Farstrider waves ni ni to all.

Moira waves ni ni, too.

<Asm0dai> Sorry, is the ploy based on naivetee of Digital Web users?

<AC_Newton> MC: Ni ni?

<Asm0dai> (Whoops, I am still in character :)))

<ST> Asmodai: Actually, it was a bit of an intro to get to know the chars and each other and to set up that there will be a greater conspiracy...

<Asm0dai> Can I end the log?

<ST> Asmo: Yup

Session Close: Tue Jan 07 23:29:43 2003

-- To Be Continued --

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