AGWW Online - Log 2003/05/25
Mage - Adventures in the Digital Web
Prelude: Mark Hassan, Part I
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A.C.Newton (Sons of Ether) - played by Stayka Alexandra (Virtual Adept) - played by Stayka Asmodai (Virtual Adepts) - played by Asmodai Kevin Grey (NWO) - played by Stayka Dr.Marcello Keagan (OoH bani Thig) - played by Dingo Mark Hassan (Alh-I-Batin) - played by Tariq Kamal Maxine - played by Stayka ST - Stayka Session Start: Sun May 25 17:01:52 2003
T-Boy imagines Mark, wearing the equipment needed to enter the DW astrally.
Mark_Hassan stands in front of a dilapidated entrance to a theater. He's been traveling around the DW for some time now (it has felt like a few days).
Mark_Hassan holds, in his hands, a piece of paper, with directions to this dilapidated place. It's a 1930s-era theatre, and there's not much to recommend about it.
Mark_Hassan sighs, and walks in.
<Mark_Hassan> (this is an entrance to the Spy's Demise. I keep thinking, "What was his first entrance into the Spy's Demise was like?"
<AC_Newton> (Ok :-)
<AC_Newton> He reached the box office
<Mark_Hassan> (and presumably sees Maxine, I presume.)
<AC_Newton> Strrangely, inside the delapidated buildung, everything looks rather nice
<Mark_Hassan> hey. Art-deco. Nice.
<AC_Newton> (yup :-) Maxine sells tickets _ )
Mark_Hassan realizes Maxine is there, and walks towards her.
<Mark_Hassan> Um... hi. Good evening?
AC_Newton looks up from a newspaper she reads right now
<AC_Newton> Hello. You want to get in?
AC_Newton is now known as Maxiune
<Mark_Hassan> Uh, yeah.
Maxiune is now known as Maxine_
<Maxine_> Well...
Maxine_ looks up and down at you
Mark_Hassan fidgets rather nervously.
<Maxine_> What makes you think you should be allowed to enter here and today?
Maxine_ raises her eyebrows
<Mark_Hassan> Um... hm.
Mark_Hassan thinks furiously.
Maxine_ doesn't looks unfriendly, just inquisitive
<Mark_Hassan> ...I can sing?
<Maxine_> (How do you look like ?)
<Maxine_> You can sing? Now this sounds like a nice surprise
<Maxine_> Well, I think I might sell you a ticket for a well-performed song
<Mark_Hassan> (urm. well, he's dressed in whatever clothes he was wearing while he jacked in -- earth colors. beige shirt, brown leather vest and khaki slacks. brown leather hiking boots. backpack)
<Mark_Hassan> hrmmm.
<Mark_Hassan> (since I can't roleplay this, I'll try a roll. but I will put up the lyrics :))
<Mark_Hassan> (any way I can get music in here? Forces or anything?
<Maxine_> (Sure you can. Program yourself a tape recorder :-)
<Maxine_> (Well, I'm content if you describe it :-)
<Maxine_> (I don't think a roll would be so fun ...)
Mark_Hassan concentrates, remembering an old Rogers and Hammerstein tune from a long time ago...
<Mark_Hassan> ("Getting to Know You", Rogers and Hammerstein. An OLD classic, which should fit the theme)
Maxine_ continues to look at him.
Mark_Hassan causes soft piano music to play around him.. (Is this possible?)
<Mark_Hassan> (singing) Getting to know you, / Getting to know all about you. / Getting to like you, / Getting to hope you like me.
Mark_Hassan does this while performing in front of Maxine. He starts of rather embarrased, but continues.
<Maxine_> (Everything is possible - you just have to program it _ )
Maxine_ smiles slighly, and an impish amusement flashes in her eyes
<Mark_Hassan> (still singing) Getting to know you, / Putting it my way but nicely. / You are precisely, / My cup of tea.
<Maxine_> Well-well, I think I might hire you someday, if we need a performer here
Mark_Hassan grins a little, but soldiers on.
<Mark_Hassan> (finishes song) Getting to know you, / Getting to feel free and easy. / When I am with you, / Getting to know what to say. / Haven't you noticed, / Suddenly I 'm bright and breezy, / Because of all the beautiful and new / Things I'm learning about you / Day by day.
<Maxine_> The box-office turns into the entryway to the main barroom, and you hear soft music playing from ther
Mark_Hassan thanks Maxine, and bows in front of her.
<Maxine_> Be my guest!
<Mark_Hassan> Thank you, ma'am.
<Maxine_> I hope you'll enjoy the stay
Mark_Hassan hopes so too
<Maxine_> (Oh, MC comes!9
<Maxine_> (Got the sign on of Willow/MC)
<Mark_Hassan> (oh? she's on? okay! :) )
<Maxine_> (Well, we will see if she enters agww)
<Mark_Hassan> (::nods::)
<Maxine_> (Although, it seems someone else taking thesame nick
_ )<Mark_Hassan> (happened to me yesterday ^_^ )
<Maxine_> Maxine invited you to enter a doorway that leads to a stairway
<Maxine_> The music seems to pour out from there
Mark_Hassan enters the doorway. And walks in to see...
<Mark_Hassan> (I know that everyone who does a little performance gets his ass viewed by vidcams. so who sees him?)
<Maxine_> Currently the Demise is not overcrowded, but the patrons smile at you and applaud
<Maxine_> Obviously your performance was shown on mositors lining the walls here
Mark_Hassan looks very shocked, and very embarrased, but manages a small bow.
Mark_Hassan grins sheepishly.
<Mark_Hassan> Er, heh, thanks, everyone.
Mark_Hassan thinks, rather wryly, "So much for being subtle."
<Maxine_> A young blonde girl in a fancy red dress smiles at you
<Maxine_> Don't let this shock you too much - most of us had to go through this one time of the other
<Mark_Hassan> (hmm. describe. is she VERY good looking?)
Maxine_ winks at you
<Maxine_> (Sorry, name)
Maxine_ is now known as Alexandra
Mark_Hassan grins embarrasedly at the blond girl.
<Alexandra> !dice 1
<agww-dice> Alexandra rolls the dice and gets the following results: 3
<Mark_Hassan> Um, hi. Yeah, it wasn't too bad, I suppose, Miss--
<Alexandra> (Ok. App 3 nice looking. Long blonde hair, very long, tight fitting red dress and sparkling turquiose eyes)
<Alexandra> I'm Alexandra
<Mark_Hassan> Ahh. My name's Mark.
Alexandra is now known as Alexandra
<Alexandra> Well, I don't remember I ever saw you here so far
Mark_Hassan grins sheepishly.
<Mark_Hassan> I'm actually new here.
<Alexandra> Oh, that's fine. It's always nice when someone new finds this old place
<Alexandra> Keeps things fresh
Mark_Hassan looks around the whole place.
<Mark_Hassan> It's very nice, for an old place. Oh, where are my manners. Shall I get you a drink?
<Alexandra> Well, for someone new you were lucky to find this hidey-hole right away
Alexandra smiles
Mark_Hassan smiles back.
<Alexandra> Ok, a drink? Thiswould be very nice.
<Mark_Hassan> (raises a hand for the bartender) I was given directions to it from a friend back... in the Real World? Is that what people call it here?
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<Alexandra> Realspace, yes, that's a somewhat oldfashioned word
Alexandra grins
<Mark_Hassan> Hi, can I get a single whisky and a--
Mark_Hassan gestures to Alexandra
<Alexandra> Could it be your friend was an Etherite? They often talk like that
Mark_Hassan nods.
Barkeep smiles and notes the order
<Alexandra> I would like to have a DeepOcean
Barkeep nods
Barkeep returns with a whiskey glas and a shimmering deep bluish green cocktain
<Barkeep> cocktail
<Alexandra> I met some Etherites here before. They are mostly very decent people
Mark_Hassan sips from the whisky glass.
Alexandra smiles. Well, I'm bani Virtual Adepts
<Mark_Hassan> My friend was decent -- went all crazy when I jacked in. Said I had 'Awakened', and sorts.
<Alexandra> (If you look closer, you see that her 'dress' contains of myriads of red code fragments that run around, covering here completely and iridescing somewhat)
<Mark_Hassan> ahhh
Alexandra laughs.
<Alexandra> Well, then you are an Etherite, too?
Mark_Hassan shakes his head.
<Mark_Hassan> I don't think so. I'm not sure what I *am*, to be honest.
<Alexandra> Ah. So you are still searching
<Mark_Hassan> (deliberate lie, of course. does it pass muster?)
Mark_Hassan nods, and smiles rather distractedly.
<Alexandra> (Well, she doesn't expect you to lie right now, and it is just conversation, so she won't probe you anyway)
<Mark_Hassan> (okay. Hmm. Mark is curious about this woman, though. what are his impressions of her?)
<Alexandra> (*g* And you don't exactly look like some evil Technocrat _ )
<Mark_Hassan> (evil technocrats don't sing Rogers and Hammerstein theatre songs ^_^)
<Alexandra> (Well, she seems to be friendly and open, but probably a bit superficial.)
Mark_Hassan nods rather happily.
<Mark_Hassan> It's like all those ideas, suddenly coming real.
<Mark_Hassan> (::nodnod::)
<Alexandra> If you know how to program, you can do almost everything in the Web
<Mark_Hassan> Well, I do, almost.
Mark_Hassan thinks for a while, and concentrates a little in the space in front of him.
<Mark_Hassan> (Can I conjure a small prop up? A rose, say?)
<Alexandra> (Yes, you can program a rose)
Mark_Hassan closes his eyes, picturing a multitude of lines, all forming into a small object...
Mark_Hassan programs a rose, which pops up in front of him. he plucks it from the middle of the air, and hands it over graciously to Alexandra)
<Mark_Hassan> ...with the added bonus of no thorns, madame.
Alexandra looks interestedly at the area where suddely the rose appeared)
<Alexandra> Hey, this was neat!
Alexandra smiles
<Alexandra> Thank you
Mark_Hassan grins.
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<Mark_Hassan> You are welcome. It's apparently a small trick, by the looks of it.
<Mark_Hassan> It's very... interesting.
<Alexandra> You are pretty good at this already, for a newbie
:-))Mark_Hassan smiles and blushes a little.
<Mark_Hassan> Well, it seemed a little intuitive.
<Mark_Hassan> Like the music I played in front with Maxine.
<Alexandra> Well, I'm sure you could become a good Virtualite if you wanted!
Mark_Hassan smiles.
<Mark_Hassan> I'll... I'll consider the offer. There's so much I want to see before I choose, really.
<Alexandra> Of course
<Alexandra> It just seems you have the aptitude
<Mark_Hassan> Uh, yeah.
Mark_Hassan grins at the remark.
<Mark_Hassan> I suppose so.
Alexandra sips at her deep blue drink. It almost appears as if there were tiny fishes swiming around in it
Mark_Hassan smiles, and takes a sip of his drink. Ahh. It's a Jameson. Not bad.
<Alexandra> Well, it can be everything you want, of course.
<Alexandra> This is all neatly programmed, after all
Mark_Hassan nods, listening to Alexandra.
<Alexandra> Well, today you managed to choose a time where it is nicely quit here in the DEmise. I was waiting for a friend, but it seems she got delayed...
<Mark_Hassan> Ahh. A friend?
<Alexandra> Well, let's say an aquaintance.... I haven't met her often enough to call her a friend, I have to admit
Mark_Hassan goes 'ah' in comprehension.
<Alexandra> But she is somewhat fun to talk to. If a bit crazy, if you ask me
<Mark_Hassan> Hmm. An 'Etherite', as you called them?
Alexandra laughs
<Alexandra> How did you guess?
<Mark_Hassan> Well... I think it's a vibe I got from my 'Etherite' friend Back Home. A bit of a nutter, that one. But fun to talk to.
Alexandra grins. Yes, this sounds like just the fitting description
<Mark_Hassan> Well... actually, fun to listen.
<Mark_Hassan> I've gone into a few arguments with this friend of mine over philosophical things.
<Alexandra> Well, if you wonder - I say Etherite, because most of the female Etherites dislike the notion of being called "Sons" - for obvious reasons
<Mark_Hassan> Oh. They're called something else?
<Alexandra> Well, normally the Tradition is called "Sons of ETher" - but they have as many female memers as male ones
<Mark_Hassan> Hmm. It must be hard, then. A bit of a slap of the face, being called a Son when you're more a Daughter.
<Alexandra> And of course the female Scientists think it is somewhat chauvinist of the guys to insist on "Sons of Ether"
<Alexandra> Exactly
Mark_Hassan grins.
<Alexandra> Well, so far they still haven't managed to rename the tradition...
<Mark_Hassan> oh?
<Alexandra> I'm happy the Virtual Adepts were always somewhat more modernist
<Mark_Hassan> ahh. okay.
<Mark_Hassan> tell me more about your 'Tradition', then.
<Alexandra> I heard there was a petition of the female Etherites to rename the SoE into Children of ETher"
<Mark_Hassan> I prefer 'Etherites', to be honest.
<Alexandra> Well, the Virtual Adepts are of course the youngest of the Tradtitions...
<Alexandra> Hm..
<Mark_Hassan> 'Children of the Ether' sounds a little too PC for me.
<Alexandra> .Ah well, if you only shortly awakened as you said, you certainly haven't gotten proper introdoductions into the History of the Traditions...
<Mark_Hassan> no, not really.
Mark_Hassan has had this lecture from his old mentor Aziz, but he doesn't mind listening to a VA perspective.
<Alexandra> Well, I guess that is why Children of Ether didn't win a majority... Obviously there were enough other female Etherites who didn't like it either
Mark_Hassan nods anusedly
<Alexandra> Well, so far you obviously met an Etherite ... any more people of the Traditions?
<Alexandra> Maybe some Hollower? (They are pretty numerous)
<Mark_Hassan> urm. Yeah. I have.
Mark_Hassan looks uncomfortable revealing this...
<Alexandra> A cool. Then you are not a total newbie!
Alexandra smiles.
<Mark_Hassan> They annoy, excuse my language, the shit out of me.
<Alexandra> So? Whom did you meet? Or is it in some way embarassing?
<Alexandra> Oh, I see.
<Mark_Hassan> no, no one in particular. I don't know their names.
<Alexandra> Yes, some Hollowers can be somewhat depressing, I guess
<Mark_Hassan> I suppose it's because they remind me too much of high school?
Alexandra laughs
Mark_Hassan does a mock melodramatic pose.
<Alexandra> Well, some people call us "Geeks" and find us annoying, too
<Mark_Hassan> "Oh. Woe is me. I am so ANGSTY!"
<Alexandra> But I think it is just the sheer envy at the information we control
Mark_Hassan shrugs.
<Mark_Hassan> do you?
<Alexandra> Ah, yes, this just looks like Dark Shadow, a Hollower I one met back in Frankfurt
<Alexandra> once
Mark_Hassan grins
<Alexandra> Well, the Virtual Adepts are the youngest Tradition, but also the one who managed to grab and understand the latest Technology best.
Mark_Hassan nods.
<Alexandra> While most other Tradition - except for the Etherites) mostly shun modern Technology - okay, there are some exception - we embrace modern Technology, and that means mostly computers
<Mark_Hassan> ahh.
<Alexandra> You know the Digital Web was sort of ...found by one of our, Alan Turing!
Mark_Hassan raises an eyebrow.
<Mark_Hassan> You're kidding me. THE Alan Turing?
Alexandra 's voice displays great reverence at the name Turing)
Mark_Hassan is fascinated. THE Turing, an Adept?
<Alexandra> Of course! He was one of us - probably the greatest
<Mark_Hassan> This is the same Turing we're talking about -- he of the finite state machines fame? The man who defined the computer? The Turing Test Turing?
<Alexandra> Well, We have quite some names among us - the first Virtual Adept was probably Charles Babbage. But then, the Etherites also claim him as one of theirs...
<Mark_Hassan> wow. Turing and Babbage. Not bad. Next thing you'll be telling me is that you've got Karl Popper in your ranks.
<Alexandra> Actually Charlas Babbage belong to them until he decided to found our precursors, the Difference Engineers
Mark_Hassan nods excitedly.
<Alexandra> Karl Popper? Hm... Not that I would know of
<Mark_Hassan> oh. sorry. Popper's a... hmm. what do you call 'normal people', then? Mehums? Muggles?
<Alexandra> Sleepers
Mark_Hassan laughs.
<Alexandra> We usually say Sleepers. Although "muggles" sounds fun, too.
<Mark_Hassan> Well, at least it wasn't Muggle. Well, Popper's a Sleeper philosopher.
<Alexandra> Since Rowling published the Potter novels, the Technocracy is retty much trying to get at her for subtly introducing the notion of a Mage subculture
<Mark_Hassan> really? the Technocracy? they're the stick-in-the-mud mages then?
<Alexandra> I think the Hermetics shield her from any attacks, though
<Alexandra> Well, the Ironteets would laugh at you for implying they are "Mages"
<Mark_Hassan> whoa. brain overload. you mentioned two new groups, there. I can guess who the Hermetics are, but Technocracy?
<Alexandra> Of course we all know better, but it is best to keep them their illusions..
<Alexandra> Okay, the Hermetics are the classical pointy hats. Merlin lookalikes
<Mark_Hassan> yes. I gathered. From the name of the god Hermes.
<Alexandra> Well, the Technocracy are the bad guys of course. They have a special grudge at us Virtualites...
<Mark_Hassan> oh?
<Alexandra> You see, I mentioned we are the youngest Tradition... That is because until 1954, we belonged to the Metalheads ourselves.
<Alexandra> It's nothing we are especially proud of, and they really got at us in the past, so we decided to say "Bye-by<e" and left.
<Mark_Hassan> and these metalheads are what, um, robots?
<Alexandra> You can imagine they weren't amused...
<Alexandra> Even less as we took tons of their secrets and information with us and gave it to the Trads
Mark_Hassan nods confusedly
<Alexandra> Well, there are some robots or Cyborgs among the Mealheads... Actually they are the one that most likely try to shoot us down...
Mark_Hassan nods.
<Alexandra> You see, there are 9 Trads right now - and there are 5 groups that make up the Technocracy
<Mark_Hassan> nine and five. wow, mystic numbers.
<Alexandra> The Cyborg fraction is one of those 5 groups. But they have others, too, of course
Mark_Hassan nods.
<Alexandra> Well, around 1900 there were 7 Trads and 7 Conventions
<Mark_Hassan> MORE mystic numbers.
Mark_Hassan laughs amusedly
<Alexandra> Aeh, Conventions is what the Metalheads call their groups
<Mark_Hassan> ahh.
<Alexandra> Well, it happened that the Etherites and the Virtualites got somewhat annoyed from the Technocratic ideas, and so they left... Much to the frustration of the rest
Mark_Hassan nods.
<Alexandra> Well, both groups espuuse the idea that free will and imagination - gasp! - is mandatory for Humankind
<Mark_Hassan> and the Technocrats don't?
<Alexandra> The rest of the Metalheads prefers to keep Humankind under tight control, and tries to brainwash everybody into obedience
<Mark_Hassan> ahh. Big Brother.
<Alexandra> Yup.
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<Mark_Hassan> was wondering when that was going to pop up, really.
<Alexandra> Actually there is one Convention that would fit that image nicely - the New World Order
<Mark_Hassan> ...
<Mark_Hassan> that sounds like something I heard in WWE.
<Alexandra> Aver seen those guys in Black suits, mirrorshades etc?
Mark_Hassan shakes his head.
<Alexandra> They are the MiBs of the NWO who try to get at poor Trad mages and catch them to brainwash them
<Alexandra> In WWE?
<Mark_Hassan> World Wrestling... something. I think there was a group called the New World Order.
<Alexandra> Hm. I'm not sop mucxh into sports...
<Alexandra> I'm more into exploring the DW
<Mark_Hassan> neither am I. I had a roomate who loved Wrestling. Which isn't a sport as much as it was an athletic soap opera.
<Alexandra> Now that sounds like something fun after all.
Alexandra grins and orders another drink
<Mark_Hassan> well, if you liked busty women and lowest-common denominator entertainment.
Mark_Hassan orders another drink.
<Alexandra> This time she gets a night black cocktail in which little comets swirl around
Mark_Hassan still has more of the same, but now it's mixed with a bit of coke.
<Alexandra> Well, as long as I don't have to participate myself, it is okay...
Mark_Hassan snickers.
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<Mark_Hassan> I'm sure you'd look better than the pneumatically augmented ladies in the show.
<Alexandra> (Hi Asmo!)
Asm0dai jumps in just to inform the people...
<Mark_Hassan> (hi Asm0!)
<Alexandra> (I read your email)
<Asm0dai> I have exile from my home for today since my small brother is celbratign his birthday with his friends... (i am getting old... i am looking at jailbait and i still think they are cute... tsk...)
<Asm0dai> Anyway i'm gonan try tu jump toa computer so i can join you...
<Alexandra> (Fine)
<Asm0dai> though it is questionable if i will have any real time for a normal game...
<Asm0dai> as for the Grey game we can think of something...
<Alexandra> (NP. We are just trying to get to know Mark's Char here)=
<Asm0dai> do you have tiem late tonight?
<Alexandra> (Asmo: Hm... I have to be at work tomorrow)
<Alexandra> (So not tooo late)
<Asm0dai> (start around 00 is too late?)
<Asm0dai> (how about monday 21 ?)
<Alexandra> (Yup, I think)
<Alexandra> (Hm, monday coold work)
<Asm0dai> (that is great...)
<Alexandra> (Asmo, too bad you can't join this intro... Asmo would be a fitting char to stumble into Mark...)
<Asm0dai> (i'm gonna try and drop in in 20 mins or so... it depends on the admins wil lthey let me... i would gladly join you :))
<Alexandra> (Currently he chats with Alexandra, another VA()
<Alexandra> (Asmo: Fine!)
<Mark_Hassan> (it'd be a pity if you can't join us anyway)
<Asm0dai> (once i get there if any of my friend admins are gonan be there i will easily be able to get into a irc :))
<Asm0dai> (otherwise i may need to wait...)
<Alexandra> (That would be cool)
<Mark_Hassan> (very cool)
<Alexandra> (I thought I'd let AC drop in soon, so that we have at least someone from our group that Mark got to know)
<Asm0dai> (yep... i will try... you guys have some patience
;))<Alexandra> u(Sure :-)
<Asm0dai> (though play as if i won't come...)
<Mark_Hassan> (okay.)
<Alexandra> (Well, Just imagine you might know Alexandra, too. She is a Virtual Adept who hangs around in the DW most of her timne)
<Alexandra> (She is not really standing out, but quite okay & nice)
<Asm0dai> (ok gotta run... ;))
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<Alexandra> (Ok... back to work :-)
<Mark_Hassan> (yup!)
Alexandra sips gat her Comet Comsmos drink
Mark_Hassan swills the whisky and Coke in his glass.
<Alexandra> (I have to learn to type)
<Mark_Hassan> (is there anything else happening in the room where both Mark and Alexandra are?)
<Alexandra> Well, where was I?
<Mark_Hassan> we were talking about... wrestling?
<Alexandra> (Well, people come and people go... Some disappear into separees, some stay at the bar...)
Alexandra grins
<Alexandra> That's not my favourite subject, I have to admit.
<Mark_Hassan> well, to be honest, neither is it mine.
<Alexandra> (Alex and Mark sit in some booth, from where they can see into the main room
<Mark_Hassan> (anything that catches Mark's attention?)
<Alexandra> (About twice so far there were other performances shown on the monitors of people who wanted to get in)
<Alexandra> (But they were not too spectacular...)
<Mark_Hassan> (Were they any good?)
<Mark_Hassan> (ahh. okay)
<Alexandra> (see above)
<Mark_Hassan> So... what else does someone do in here other than drink cocktails and chat?
<Alexandra> Well, this place is for talk, for forging alliances, for trading...
<Alexandra> For finding certain people for certain jobs, and for spying, too, at times
<Mark_Hassan> ah, I see. And there are other places? My friend told me this place was *huge*.
<Alexandra> Oh yes, it is.
<Alexandra> There are many other rooms, some of them with certain themes
<Alexandra> At the moment we are at the main room of the bar
Mark_Hassan goes "Mm-hmm".
<Alexandra> The Etherite I mentioned before invited me into the Zeppelin Deck once
<Alexandra> This was - charming. And very Ethrite
<Mark_Hassan> hmm...
Mark_Hassan concentrates, and his clothes shimmer a little. He now looks like an ace pilot, circa 1915 or so.
<Mark_Hassan> Hey. Not bad. I look like Bigglesworth.
<Alexandra> Hey, cool!
<Alexandra> You really got the hang of it fast!
<Alexandra> In this outfit you'd fit in there perfectly!
Mark_Hassan grins.
<Mark_Hassan> I was curious.
<Mark_Hassan> I keep seeing toggles and switches in my head, and when I flip them...
<Alexandra> You *are* a natural, I think
Mark_Hassan goes 'pop' a little, and his clothes return to normal. His skin, however is now a fractal pattern.
<Alexandra> Well, another nice place is called "Paradise"
Mark_Hassan grins. And nods. The fractal pattern on his skin fades.
<Alexandra> It is a wonderful tropical island where you can spend a really nice vacation
<Mark_Hassan> What is that place about?
<Mark_Hassan> Oooh.
<Mark_Hassan> That sounds fun.
<Mark_Hassan> I should visit that place, once in a while.
<Mark_Hassan> It'd probably remind me of home.
<Alexandra> Well, you have time...
Mark_Hassan grins.
<Mark_Hassan> and you? what about your friend?
<Alexandra> Home? So you are from some nice tropical island?
<Alexandra> Lucky you!
<Mark_Hassan> well, it isn't a tropical island. but it is tropical.
<Alexandra> Well, I hope AC will drop in - but since she got this boyfriend of hers she often forgets everything...
Alexandra shakes her hand
<Mark_Hassan> AC?
<Mark_Hassan> Oh, your friend. It's not 'Alternating Current', I hope.
<Alexandra> Well, I hope she will get over this *fast* Silly girl..
Mark_Hassan looks confused, and a little concerned.
<Mark_Hassan> Why? Is this guy a Bad Thing for her?
<Alexandra> Naw. AC is short for something, but she seemed embarassed of it, and so I didn't press further
<Alexandra> Well...
Mark_Hassan waits for Alex to say her piece.
<Alexandra> Well, you could say "Bad Thing" indeed
Alexandra shakes her head again
Mark_Hassan raises his eyebrow.
<Mark_Hassan> How bad? Is it... well, um, I'm not supposed to pry.
<Alexandra> Can you imagine that - this silly girl really did fall in love with a Blackhat!
Mark_Hassan does a double take.
<Mark_Hassan> blackhat, blackhat... oh. you mean... uh, the New World Order.
<Alexandra> Well, an MiB of the New World Order, to be precise
<Mark_Hassan> oh
<Alexandra> Yup
<Alexandra> Exactly that
<Mark_Hassan> erm. okay. isn't 'sleeping with the enemy' somewhat treasonous?
<Alexandra> Well, yeah. But at first they needed him being around to help with a very nasty fight against a common enemy
<Mark_Hassan> common enemy.
<Alexandra> You see, no matter how much Trads and Metalheads oppose each other, there are enemies far worse...
<Mark_Hassan> far worse.
<Alexandra> And in that case it is not unheard og that there are collaborations to oust that bigger enemy
<Mark_Hassan> hrm. this better not be about something with many tentacles and cities called Ry'leh.
<Alexandra> Aehm, I did read Lovecraft, too... And I can assure you, somethings are definitely as bad as that
<Mark_Hassan> oh. damn,
<Mark_Hassan> well, there goes my theory that it's always worse in fiction than it is in real life.
<Alexandra> Well, you see. This does merit joining forces...
<Mark_Hassan> I should think so.
<Alexandra> But somehow AC and this agent did some more than just join forces...
Alexandra shakes her head again.
<Mark_Hassan> uh... so..
Mark_Hassan grins naughtily
<Alexandra> Well, I did hear that the agent consider leaving the Metalheads for good - but I wouldn't be sure he isn't a plant...
<Mark_Hassan> well, yes.
<Mark_Hassan> I beg your pardon. A naughty question just popped in my head.
Alexandra raises an eyebrow
<Alexandra> Yeah?
<Mark_Hassan> no. does AC kiss and tell, then? has she told you if that blackhat was any good in bed?
Alexandra giggles
<Alexandra> Well, I haven't asked her yet
<Mark_Hassan> I always wondered. you know how they're always shown in media as wooden, inhuman, perfect humans.
<Mark_Hassan> you know what I mean.
<Alexandra> Yeah.
<Mark_Hassan> so, I was wondering if this blackhat broke any stereotypes about men in black.
<Alexandra> Well, I haven't met *him* yet...
<Mark_Hassan> I mean... well. I know a lot of girls who find that black suit a turn on. I know plenty found Tommy Lee Jones sexy in MiB
<Alexandra> I just heard from ACs involvement from somew people who saw the two together... Well, and sure AC has a somewhat starr-eyed look in her face lately
<Mark_Hassan> oh. okay.
<Alexandra> starry
<Mark_Hassan> well, I dunno.
<Alexandra> As I said, I though she'd drop in today
Mark_Hassan nods solemly.
<Alexandra> She's about an hour late...
Alexandra shakes her head again.
Mark_Hassan ponders about AC's MiB boyfriend. A Technocrat. Hmm.
<Alexandra> Well, one might surmise he *is* good in bed then?
Alexandra grins
<Mark_Hassan> Oh, why don't you ask. I'm sure she'd just slap me in the face.
<Mark_Hassan> ask her if he's, you know, big.
Alexandra laughs
Mark_Hassan does those gestures when you talk about fishes and... other things.
<Mark_Hassan> you know, the one that got away.
Alexandra giggles
<Mark_Hassan> geez. I *am* a naughty boy.
<Alexandra> I think these are things that somehow mainly interest guys...
<Mark_Hassan> I suppose so. but still.
<Mark_Hassan> I'm sure women brag about it too :)
<Alexandra> Well, girls usually talkl about other things concerning boys...
<Mark_Hassan> like...?
<Alexandra> Well, about how they behave, if they are cortous etc...
<Mark_Hassan> well, yes. but surely you talk about how men perform in bed! guys occasionally talk about how women are outside of bed too, so I presume there was a female counterpoint of doing that kind of thing.
<Alexandra> How they dress, and if they are understanding etc...
<Mark_Hassan> I mean, yes: guys are obsessed about sex. but we're not THAT single-minded.
<Alexandra> Well, yeah, but then we don't talk in numbers...
Alexandra grins
<Mark_Hassan> well, okay.
<Mark_Hassan> knew my elder sister would occasionally (very occasionally) talk about how hot her husband was.
<Alexandra> Well, the hotness of a guy isn't determined bis certain sizes...
<Mark_Hassan> I should hope not
Mark_Hassan laughs.
Alexandra smiles impishly
<Mark_Hassan> I mean, I kept my physical parameters the same in my... icon, I think you called it.
<Alexandra> Yeah, Icon
<Alexandra> Ah... *All* parameters?
Alexandra grins
<Mark_Hassan> I tried walking around with a footlong penis, but it was hard.
<Mark_Hassan> so it's not practical.
<Mark_Hassan> it's like having a bratwurst in your pants, really!
Mark_Hassan shudder.
<Alexandra> I wouldn't be able to tell...
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<Mark_Hassan> I mean, I spent a couple of hours playing around with my icon.
<Mark_Hassan> before I saved it, I mean.
<Mark_Hassan> (does Mark notice AC's and Kevin's arrivals?)
<Alexandra> (Acy and Kev enter the demise. AC is clad in her usual white and silver overall, and Kevin wears a non-descript black combination - not a suit :-)
AC_Newton looks around
AC_Newton talks to the barkeeper, who gives her the directions to the place where Alexandra and Mark sit
AC_Newton walks towards that booth, holding Kev's hand
<AC_Newton> Hello Alex! Sorry I'm late...
<Mark_Hassan> I just found that I was more comfortable with my own body than I am-- uh, Alex. I think your friends are here.
<AC_Newton> That'S Kavin...
AC_Newton beams at Kev, before she looks to Alexandra
<Alexandra> Hi AC. - Hello ...KEvin
Alexandra looks at him...
<Alexandra> I heard some things about yoiu...
Mark_Hassan nudges Alexandra, and raises and eyebrow.
<KevinGrey> Hello Alexandra
<Alexandra> Oh, hi AC. May I introduce Mark Hassan?
<Alexandra> You were somewhat late, you know...
Mark_Hassan smiles warmly at AC, and a little uncertainly at Kevin.
<AC_Newton> Hello Mr.Hasan
<Mark_Hassan> Ah, hello.
KevinGrey nods towards Mark
<KevinGrey> Mr.Hassan
<Mark_Hassan> Alexandra, you never told me your friend was such a polite girl!
<Alexandra> Well, I didn't tell you much about her at all so far
Alexandra grins
Mark_Hassan grins impishly at Alexandra, masking his nervousness at being around Kevin. He nods at Kevin, politely.
<AC_Newton> You talked about me?
AC_Newton blushes slightly
<Mark_Hassan> She *was* waiting for you.
<AC_Newton> Well, sorry...
AC_Newton blushes a little more
<Mark_Hassan> we were wondering what had happened, to be honest.
<AC_Newton> I was somewhat ...preoccupied
<Alexandra> Well, why don't you sit down?
Mark_Hassan nudges Alexander conspirationally.
Mark_Hassan winks at Alexandra.
AC_Newton takes place at the table
KevinGrey too, next to AC
<Alexandra> Preoccupied ?
Alexandra looks somewhat amused at AC
<AC_Newton> Well...
<Mark_Hassan> well, you both do look a little flushed.
KevinGrey chuckles
<KevinGrey> Do I?
Alexandra grins inwardly.
<Mark_Hassan> Well, hmm.
Mark_Hassan scrutinizes Kevin.
<Mark_Hassan> A little.
KevinGrey gaves black the glance
<Mark_Hassan> I do hope you both have had a shower.
Mark_Hassan sniffs the air, slightly theatrically.
<KevinGrey> You are somewhat impertinent, Mr.Hassan
<Mark_Hassan> Very.
Mark_Hassan grins.
<Mark_Hassan> I've never been very good with Authority.
KevinGrey looks at him in slight irritation
<Mark_Hassan> It's not that I don't like Authority...
<Mark_Hassan> ...it doesn't like me. No?
<Mark_Hassan> (mind effect. slight emotional adjustment. can I do that?)
<KevinGrey> Is there something you want to imply?
<Mark_Hassan> I don't know.
<KevinGrey> (What kind of Mind Effect)
<KevinGrey> (BTW, Kev usually has a Mind shield up, sheer habit)
<Mark_Hassan> ("I'm not dangerous. Don't get too ruffled, friend" -- body language and facial expression)
<Mark_Hassan> (more of signalling than any attempt of offense, to be honest)
<KevinGrey> (THat could be workingf - if you don't get too impertinant, that is _ )
<Mark_Hassan> (I ENJOY being impertinent)
Alexandra looks from Mark to Kevin and back
<Mark_Hassan> Well. Kevin seems a little angry at me.
<Mark_Hassan> Shall I buy a drink for everyone, just as a peace offering?
<KevinGrey> Angry is too harsh a word. I just have the impression you seem to want tooffend me for no special reason
<Mark_Hassan> (Kevin intimidates Mark. Mark is a SCHOLAR, remember. Kevin belongs to a methodology that wants to hunt down his Craft, remember)
<AC_Newton> Oh, a drink would be cool.
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<Mark_Hassan> You're sensing my nervousness, Kevin.
Asm0dai grins
<AC_Newton> Hello Asmo!
<Mark_Hassan> I've heard too many horror stories from other people about your... Convention.
AC_Newton waves to Asmodai!
<Asm0dai> I can join you :)
<Mark_Hassan> Barkeep! Drinks for everyone.
<AC_Newton> (Great)
<Asm0dai> (whenever you need me...)
<Mark_Hassan> (now is good :))
<Asm0dai> (thank god for puttyy...)
Barkeep brins a flaming orange red cocktail for Alex that looks like glowing magma... An iced Marguerita for AC, a SCotch for Kev...
<Barkeep> (What did you order?, Mark)
<Mark_Hassan> (more of the same. Coke and Jameson's Irish Whisky)
<Barkeep> (Asmo: If you enter the DEmise, you see that AC saw you and waved you to their booth)
<Barkeep> (Asmo: In that booth there are AC+Kev, a blonde VA in a long red dress that you know, and an unknown oriental looking man.
Asm0dai gets to hid office after a long time... asking Deadalus to continue the search for Hannibal's body, he drinks some cooled water and prepares to get to the net... the Denmise should be just the place to get rid of the edge...
Mark_Hassan closes his eyes, and focuses. The pattern of Unity coelesces, and suddenly a cigarette case falls out from thin air.)
Mark_Hassan grabs it before it hits the floor.
<Mark_Hassan> Does anyone mind if I smoke? I find it helps me with my nervousness.
Asm0dai enters the Denise cassualy nodding to Maxine...
Asm0dai heads towards the central hall...
<AC_Newton> WEll, if you adjust the cigarette as not to emit smoke, it is okay
KevinGrey shrugs.
<KevinGrey> I don't mind
<Mark_Hassan> Well, unless you all have a favourite scent.
<Mark_Hassan> I can make the cigarette emit that, I think.
<Alexandra> Well, It's all virtual anyway
<Mark_Hassan> it helps, Alexandra. You have no idea how.
<AC_Newton> Hey, isn't that Asmo?
AC_Newton waves
Mark_Hassan smiles a little wearily. Geez. He's tense.
Asm0dai notices the red sparkplug... ah well he did intend to find someone to trade stories with... Acy should do...
Barkeep senses Mark's discomfort, but is only somewhat puzzled by that
Asm0dai heads to them his icno's jacket flapping in tandem with his ponytail...
Asm0dai appears next to the booth (for the pic just go to stayka's eb page :))
<AC_Newton> Hello Asmodai!
<Asm0dai> Hi Acy...
AC_Newton beams brieghtly at him
<Alexandra> Hello Asmodai
Alexandra smiles
<Asm0dai> (i know of her, herard of her, or?)
Barkeep nods towards him, also smiling friendly.
Mark_Hassan looks a little puzzled, with a cigarette in his mouth, just before lighting it.
<Barkeep> Asmodai.
<Mark_Hassan> The Regent King Asmoday? Here?
<Alexandra> (Asmo: You know Alexandra.)
<Alexandra> (She's a nice and not very brazen VA)
<Asm0dai> Whad movie di you fall from, kid?
<Asm0dai> Hi Ax...
<Alexandra> Well, may I indroduce Asmodai?
<Asm0dai> Who is your new friend here?
<Alexandra> THat's Mark Hassan
<Mark_Hassan> Mark Hassan, at your service.
Mark_Hassan bows politely at Asmo
Asm0dai looks at Mark... his eyes seem tio be behind a pair of shades...
<Asm0dai> it would be a pleasure if it was real... he grins
<AC_Newton> Well, why don't you sit down, too?
<Asm0dai> Is there any room for another her?
<AC_Newton> Sure!
<Asm0dai> Why thank you...
AC_Newton moves a bit closer to Kevin
Mark_Hassan returns to lighting his virtual cigarette. It glows, and there is a little smoke. But it is otherwise scentless and doesn't irritate anyone.
AC_Newton looks at the cigarette
Asm0dai pulls a smooth leather chair from nowhere and sits on the edge...
<AC_Newton> Hey. That's cool programming. Practical
<Mark_Hassan> Very.
<Mark_Hassan> It helps with some calming effect, I suppose.
<Asm0dai> You mena the "comfy chair" ?
<AC_Newton> CAlming effect?
Barkeep thinks he isn't *that* menacing, is he?)
<Mark_Hassan> the cigarette releases some endorphins and some other neurotransmitters if I want to. It's from an old Etherite friend of mine.
<Barkeep> (Kev does)
<AC_Newton> Oh, an Etheritre?
<Mark_Hassan> Mm-hmm.
<Asm0dai> A trick with mind or with body principles?
<Mark_Hassan> A little bit of both.
AC_Newton beams at Mark
<Mark_Hassan> the cigarette's like thumbsucking.
<Asm0dai> here i'd be incliend to think it was only mind...
<Asm0dai> since your body is holed up somewhere....
<AC_Newton> Well, I'm an Etherite, too. Who is your friend? Maybe I know him or her?
<Mark_Hassan> well, it is.
<Asm0dai> (you know there is no life in the web :))
<Mark_Hassan> hmm.
<Mark_Hassan> (wanna have me make up a name?)
<AC_Newton> (Well, might be a good idea :-)
Asm0dai looks very carefully at MArk... he doesn't like strangers too much...
<Mark_Hassan> Dr. Hissenmar Proteus, master of the Atom, I think.
Asm0dai rusn a small holofield over Grey's eyball asking him for details adn how and why they connected with this fella...
<Mark_Hassan> (does Mark notice that?)
<AC_Newton> Dr.Proteus... I think I heard of him
<Mark_Hassan> he's also a chain-smoker.
Mark_Hassan grins
<AC_Newton> Did some cool essays on nuclear power drives in Paradigma...
<Asm0dai> ... ahh heard of him...
<Asm0dai> isn't his work a bit old?
<Mark_Hassan> did he? he never tells me these things.
<Asm0dai> i think i saw some of his articles in the 80's
<Mark_Hassan> he *is* a little old.
<KevinGrey> (Kev replies the same way thgat AC dragged him there to meet this VA friend of hers, and that Hassan was just there)
<Mark_Hassan> (does Hassan notice this 'conversation'?)
<AC_Newton> Well, he found quite some new applications...
<AC_Newton> I think there is at least one essay of his in every year of Paradifgma
Mark_Hassan nods at AC.
Asm0dai sends another pulse to Grey asking him if this guy is known to him since Asmo never heard of thsi fella
<Barkeep> (Mark: Hm... You might notice there is something going on because you scrutinize Kev so closely)
<KevinGrey> (Kev says no ...)
Mark_Hassan notices a slight play of lights at Kev
Mark_Hassan notices a slight play of lights at Kev's face.
<Mark_Hassan> hmm
<Asm0dai> (actrually it is just over his eybeall.. if he is stil learing his shades it won't be seen)
<KevinGrey> (Well, currently he doesnDt wear shades...)
<Mark_Hassan> (and I'm looking at him a lot)
<KevinGrey> (After all, AC so much loves to look into his beautiful green eyes *g*)
<Asm0dai> (SHAME ON HIM! :))
<Asm0dai> (those are virtual eyes... not the real deal... she has tehe real deal all the time on the Meteor :))
Mark_Hassan takes a drag of the cigarette, and tries to picture the Mandala of Unity...
<Mark_Hassan> (like to see if anyone's having a mind to mind conversation. is that possible?)
<KevinGrey> (Hey, he doesn't wear a black suit either - just black jeans and a black shirt)
<Asm0dai> (in that case i'd liek to be noticed that when i arrived eye looked at KEv and smirked amused... )
<Asm0dai> (:))
<Barkeep> (Mark: For that you have to do a Mind scan)
<Mark_Hassan> (okay. I'll do that, but I'll pull back as soon as someone notices)
<KevinGrey> (Asmo: Oh, I described that only to Mark, sorry)
<Mark_Hassan> (damn. the dice roller's not here)
<Barkeep> (MarK: Well, you do know that a Mind scan can be detected by people who are doing MInd magicks?)
<Asm0dai> (so.. will we stoen snow)
Barkeep is now known as La_ST
<Asm0dai> (oh and how about soem paradigm adaption here :) besides he is here through the rig right ?)
<Mark_Hassan> (ST: Hmmph. Good point, Stayka. Never mind, then).
<La_ST> Well, I'll check if I can load suxxbot into ST-LOgger, moment
<Asm0dai> (no magic through the rig... or arwe you jsut gonan give +3 diff)
<La_ST> (Asmo: He does have Corr 2 now - he changed that)
<Asm0dai> (smart move :))
<La_ST> (BRB, loading suxxbot script)
<Mark_Hassan> (thanks, Asmo :))
<Mark_Hassan> (brb -- a bit peckish, now.)
<Asm0dai> (Well you are Batini... COrr is a necesity... besides some of us here really have a lot of Correspondance...)
<La_ST> >r 4
ST-Logger --> La_ST rolled 4 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (7,8,10,6) 5 sux. (1 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<La_ST> (Gotcha)
<Mark_Hassan> back
<La_ST> (Okay, we can roll dice now if necessary :-)
<Mark_Hassan> (with brackets, that is)
<Asm0dai> (yeiiii ;))
<Mark_Hassan> (where were we?)
<La_ST> (Well, Asmo & Kev chat via Mind...)
<Asm0dai> (not :))
<La_ST> (AC makes doe eyes at her Kev, and Alexandra watches the exchange)
<Asm0dai> (this was just the usual program... a small icon placed at that location)
Mark_Hassan feels as if he's in a nature show, with David Attenbrough as the narrator...
<La_ST> (Ah. Ok... )
<Mark_Hassan> Anyway. So, AC: Alexandra hasn't told me much about yourself.
AC_Newton smiles
<AC_Newton> Well, it wouldn't be her place to do so after all...
<Mark_Hassan> but of course.
Alexandra sips her Flaming Volcano
Mark_Hassan is halfway through his cigarette.
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<Asm0dai> Mark... people in the Web rarely talk about themselves in the Web...
<Asm0dai> ... it comes with the territory that any of us here can be a Technocrat... ora a Nephandi...
<La_ST> (Hi Dingo :-)
<Asm0dai> And you may truly be a bit too trustfull to introduce yourselves with your realn name...
<La_ST> (Dingo: We are in the DW right now, introducing a new char - Wanna join with Marcello?)
<d1ng0> sure..
<Asm0dai> (our little mind helper :))
d1ng0 is now known as Marcello
Marcello is now known as Marcello_Keagan
<Mark_Hassan> It's my name.
<La_ST> (Marcello we are sitting in a booth in the Spy's Demise right now)
<Mark_Hassan> I don't have a problem with it.
<Asm0dai> ... tragic... you real.ly should learn a bit about privacy iof you are planning to become a regular...
<Asm0dai> ...and not just a yahoo...
AC_Newton blushes a bit as she aalways used her real name, too
<Mark_Hassan> it's me. but here's the biz: you only know my real name.
<Mark_Hassan> and you ARE, in a way, insulting a few of your other friends when you imply that only yahoos use real names.
Mark_Hassan gestures towards Kevin Grey and AC Newton.
<AC_Newton> (is a total newbie _ )
<Asm0dai> (ASmo alread ycoverd that.,.. at least Acy has no nation of birth and no real world thuings to protect opther then the moonbase...)
<KevinGrey> (Kev acrually only used Kevin)
<Asm0dai> Actualy... you really are naiive...
<Asm0dai> i already had lactured ourt little space cadetr here...
<Mark_Hassan> god bless. if the world was full of cynics, I'd commit suicide.
<KevinGrey> (Problem is that in IRC Kevin was already used alone _ )
Marcello_Keagan is now known as Marcello
<Asm0dai> but unlike most of us in this worls she doesn0't have a real world job and things to do.. .she is completely away from us...
<Asm0dai> And Kev... I wouldn't think you ever hears his real name...
<AC_Newton> Well, yeah...
Asm0dai does a trace on Mark's location
KevinGrey grins.
<Asm0dai> (corr 2? just follow the unencrypted line ?)
<Mark_Hassan> (is it unencrypted? and Mark is Arcane)
Marcello walks into the demise
<KevinGrey> If you google for "Kevin" you get over 11 billion results
<Asm0dai> Here, kid...
<Asm0dai> (it probably is... you are a newbiee... and arcane doesn'0t helpo here much)
<La_ST> (Mark, you only got a toy by some ETherite...)
Asm0dai starts a small holo screen in fron of Mark...
<Mark_Hassan> (geez, all right.)
<La_ST> (Mark: I guess ASmo will find you with ease)
Marcello is now known as Marcello_Keagan
<Mark_Hassan> (ah, well. I suppose he COULD get me killed)
<Asm0dai> (:))
Mark_Hassan looks wryly at Alexandra.
<Marcello_Keagan> (Arcane doesn't protect against someone searching for you... it prevents you from being noticed...and people tend to forget they are searching for you)
<La_ST> (Marcello: AC, Asmo, Kev, and two others are in one booth in the main room)
<Mark_Hassan> And here I was, thinking that most VAs were nice like you.
Marcello_Keagan smiles
<Asm0dai> (marc it makes it more diffucult to fiond you physciallay and in governmwent files.. .but it doesn't help if there isa direct unprotrected line to you)
<Alexandra> Well, we are the Masters of the DW...
<Alexandra> We are as nice as you deserve it
<Marcello_Keagan> Hello
<Asm0dai> ... and we are to educate our lessers...
<Asm0dai> ...speaking od newbees...
Mark_Hassan snorts at that.
<Asm0dai> Hi Marc...
<AC_Newton> Oh, Hi Dr.Keagan
<KevinGrey> (nods) Dr.Keagan
<Marcello_Keagan> Hello AC, Kevin.
<Alexandra> HEllo...
Asm0dai hands Mark his location as well as his adress and his last phone bill
<AC_Newton> That's Alexandra, Marcello
<Asm0dai> HEre... this is why you don't go with real names and/or without enryption...
<Mark_Hassan> (hold on. Do I own a phone?)
<Marcello_Keagan> Nice to meet you.
<Asm0dai> you should at least grab soem software...
<Mark_Hassan> show me.
<La_ST> (That's up to you, Mark)
<Marcello_Keagan> Or die..
Marcello_Keagan smirks
<Mark_Hassan> well, show me.
<AC_Newton> (to Alexandra) Dr.Keagan...
<Asm0dai> Marc here is another who doesn't need to worry about his real world concerns...
Asm0dai grins
Alexandra smiles at Marcello
<Asm0dai> MArc di you and MC head to find Kat?
<Asm0dai> Or are you resting , still?
<Marcello_Keagan> Not yet.. but I've been busy learning..
<Asm0dai> .. .you have?
<Asm0dai> that is good...
<Asm0dai> .. .we may make a spuinenr out of you yet...
<Marcello_Keagan> (Stayka: Raising computer skill again..)
Alexandra is a nicely looking girl with long, blonmde hair, sparkling turquoiuse eyes and a long red dress that consists of ever shifting code fragments
<La_ST> (Marcello: Not *that* fast)
<Asm0dai> (it has been day since your last increase!)
<La_ST> (Before the next real session, okay)
<Marcello_Keagan> (ST: That was before I died)
<La_ST> (But right now we are just after the end of the last story... You do need to actually learn a bit :-)
<Asm0dai> (and it was a day til lthen... all that happoend was in thescope of 3 or 4 hours... extended a bit)
<Asm0dai> this is the day after)
<Asm0dai> so, Mark... now that you knwo how unsafe you are, are you goign to at least share why you are here?
Asm0dai hands him a small thing that looks like a glittering ssqzuare with a small fractal on top...
<Mark_Hassan> (one sec)
Marcello_Keagan 's avatar looks like a man with blond hair and emerald green eyes.
<Marcello_Keagan> (little cosmetic update)
<Asm0dai> And tak this... it will make your location quite a bit harder to detect.. .without tricks...)
<Mark_Hassan> thanks, Asmo.
<Asm0dai> (a software encryption... it just gives him a bit more privacy... not that a rea lcoder couldn't bypoass it or mahgick it...)
<La_ST> (Marcello *g*)
Mark_Hassan takes the square
<Marcello_Keagan> (he has normal green eyes.. now he has real green eyes.. lacking any other color)
<Asm0dai> ,,, now it is your problem if what i gave you is really sonmething that is not harmful lto you...
<Asm0dai> ...what if i gave you a virus?
Asm0dai grins
<La_ST> (Marcello: We will use the hiatus now to take care of some side stories, and then you can learn stuff before the next story arc begins)
<Mark_Hassan> (guys, brb. have to deal with something IRL >_<)
<Asm0dai> (marcello be careful labout what you do... i nyour current state you are extrmeley easy to kill)
<Asm0dai> (ahhh... :( )
<La_ST> (He said "BRB")
<La_ST> (Maybe he needs to jump at the toilet *g*)
<Asm0dai> (probably :))
<Marcello_Keagan> whats up ?
<Asm0dai> Well we are here educating a ntoher noobie...
<Marcello_Keagan> Ah..
<Asm0dai> how are you adapting to your... new state?
<Marcello_Keagan> It's quite depressing..
<AC_Newton> I guess it would be...
<Alexandra> New state?
<Marcello_Keagan> I think I should be tired by now.. or hungry... or even in need of a bathroom break...
<Asm0dai> MArc here got cut off...
<Marcello_Keagan> sjeez.. how you can miss the little things of life.
Alexandra makes a face
<Asm0dai> ... bodily... like in the last big Whiteout...
<Alexandra> Uh, I'm sorry to hear that
<Asm0dai> Actually marc... you can program that into the icon...
<Asm0dai> ... and your virtualk perceptiosn are quite good...
Alexandra looks occasionally at Kevin, trying to size him up. Somehow he doesn't really act so much like the MiBs she met and derezzed before
<Marcello_Keagan> Too dangerous to start changing things about myself..
<Marcello_Keagan> So I'll stay away from that..
Asm0dai prods alexandra in thw shoulder... leave the kid... he is already in the paws of the space-cadet here...
Alexandra chuckles
<Alexandra> Yeah, I heard about this
AC_Newton frowns at Alexandra, emphasizing that she considers Kev her property by her gaze.
Marcello_Keagan is politely staring at Alexandra.... sunken in thoughts..
KevinGrey just grins.
Asm0dai looks at Kev seemingly unaprooving...
Asm0dai waits for Kev to notice and look worried to simply smile :)
KevinGrey catches Asmodai's disapproving stare and turns to look neutral again
KevinGrey looks at AC and caresses her cheek
<Asm0dai> ALexandra...
<Alexandra> Yup
<Asm0dai> whout happned to the others who got dsiconnected from the Body?
Marcello_Keagan sits back and checks out the other customers in the demise.
<Mark_Hassan> (sorry about that. had to field a phone call)
<Alexandra> Well, there were several different reactions...
<Asm0dai> i was only dumped... and needed soem tiem to get back since it hit me hard...
<Asm0dai> i meant on whaat happened to the msot of them...
<Alexandra> A good friend of mine adapted fast, and he now really likes the freedom this state gives him.
<Asm0dai> those local whiteouts killed Rez and Dev0
Mark_Hassan sighs as he contemplates the square Asmo gave him.
<Asm0dai> and if we ever get a big one... they are toast...
<Alexandra> Another friend didn't cope at all, and she went insane... She now haunts a certain desolate sector, frightening newbies
<Mark_Hassan> Asmo: You know, I don't bloody know the difference between this and a virus, Asmo.
<Asm0dai> ... and don't worry about it ki... justthink aboiut what you do...
<Asm0dai> Actually you need a bit healthy paranoia ,kid...
<Asm0dai> it keeps most of us alive...
<Marcello_Keagan> Not as much as the old guy here...
<Asm0dai> (do you know any computers mark ?)
<Alexandra> Well, in general - some adapted, some commited suicide, some got killed, some got insane...
<Mark_Hassan> well, since you're the paranoia expert, can I expect some measure of help and guidance from you?
<Asm0dai> i can only wartn you.. .yo uneed to take your own path... i do not go and change diapers...
Marcello_Keagan laughs
Mark_Hassan laughs
KevinGrey chuckles.
Asm0dai smirks...
<Mark_Hassan> geez. No. I don't want you handling my genetalia. I can do my own diapers, thanks.
AC_Newton bluishes somewhat. After all, Asmo helped her when she was a bloody newbie too
<Asm0dai> i sincerely hope so...
<Mark_Hassan> me too.
<Mark_Hassan> (can I examine the software entity Asmo gave me?)
<La_ST> (Sure)
<Asm0dai> Mark... you should try and learn sopme coding skills... it will do you good... and you will eb able t orecgonize soem stuff... at least this basic stuff...
<Mark_Hassan> (any rolls needed?)
<La_ST> (Ask Asmo for exact details :-)
<Asm0dai> (int + comp..)
<Mark_Hassan> easily done.
<Asm0dai> (you have computers ?)
<La_ST> (You roll with >r number-of-dice)
Mark_Hassan closes his eyes, and begins to look at the square's coding...
<Marcello_Keagan> (or just type roll x d10)
<La_ST> (Like >r 5)
<Mark_Hassan> (Yes, Asmo. check the char sheets)
<Asm0dai> (i don't check them.. i jsut ask.. )
<La_ST> (Marcello, ah you brought your dice script. good.)
<Mark_Hassan> >r 7
ST-Logger --> Mark_Hassan rolled 7 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (4,7,5,10,10,7,5) 6 sux. (2 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<Mark_Hassan> very, very nice.
<La_ST> (I loaded suxbot into ST-Logger)
<Mark_Hassan> (what do I see, Asmo?)
<Asm0dai> (okay you notice that this thing scrambels youtr signal through compeltely mudnae nmeans without any wonder code...)
<La_ST> (Ok. these sux are definitely fine...)
<Marcello_Keagan> (I'm always a dicebot...)
<La_ST> (Marcello: Hehe)
<Mark_Hassan> hmmm...
<Mark_Hassan> Asmo. This seems pretty mundane stuff.
<Asm0dai> it is... it is enough auntil you leatrnb to do your own...
<Mark_Hassan> (can I work out a better encryption method with Int+Science(Math)?)
<Mark_Hassan> It's... hmm.
<La_ST> (Yup.)
<Asm0dai> (actualy this is enough for anyoen that doesn0't use magic or is a wunderkind)
<Marcello_Keagan> I could perhaps make a piece of encryption that makes people so revulsed by the code they see they don't even want to look at it any further..
<Asm0dai> (with less then 8 dice in the poll he shouldn't even try to hit him...)
<Mark_Hassan> >r 8
ST-Logger --> Mark_Hassan rolled 8 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (5,4,4,5,2,10,8,4) 3 sux. (1 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<La_ST> (But you need sufficient sux of course)
<Marcello_Keagan> and thats mundane coding too :)
Marcello_Keagan smiles
<Asm0dai> Funny MArc...
<Mark_Hassan> well, it's still mundane. but, hell. I could do worse.
Mark_Hassan concentrates, and the fractal changes slightly.
Asm0dai rises the comfy leatrher chair dissapearing...
<La_ST> (Mark: You can reproduce about the same, but not improse on it)
<Mark_Hassan> (thanks, Stayka)
<Asm0dai> Ladies.. gentlemen... I will have to leave... i will be seeing you soon... MArk if you need help just email this addy...
Asm0dai gives mark a small vcallign card
<Mark_Hassan> you know I'll need help.
<La_ST> (Asmo: Mark did the stuff himself now, in a slightly different code)
<Mark_Hassan> (but, of course, without Entropy, it's still mundane)
<Asm0dai> (i have to run... the admisn havea queue of 7 people here... they need tpo give more)
<Asm0dai> Cya all
<AC_Newton> (ok)
Mark_Hassan has realized, rather amusedly, that he'll probably have a hell of a time learning Entropy...
<AC_Newton> (cya)
Marcello_Keagan (waves)
<Mark_Hassan> (bye, Asmo)
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<Mark_Hassan> Hmmm. Alex?
<Marcello_Keagan> You could make a code that is impossibly hard to crack without Entropy too.
<Alexandra> Yeah?
<Mark_Hassan> Just wondering. Is Marcello correct in his surmise?
<Mark_Hassan> Because I saw the cube Asmo showed me.
<Mark_Hassan> I suspect you can break through it, given time.
<Alexandra> Well, sure
<Marcello_Keagan> No matter how often they crack the code, they still keep giving up on cracking it. Even if they have the correct code..
<Alexandra> Given time, any code can be broken
<Mark_Hassan> a mathematical truth. I'm beginning to like you both.
<Mark_Hassan> hold on. hmm. so maybe it's time I transcended math. Marce, you mentioned encryption without using entropy.
<Mark_Hassan> to be honest, I don't understand entropy enough to use it in any way.
<Marcello_Keagan> No encryption..just an impossible hard to break code.
<Mark_Hassan> show me.
<KevinGrey> WEll, one might ad some effects that discourage people from trying or lead them astray
<Marcello_Keagan> not for a computer, but hard for the one trying to use that code.
<KevinGrey> That's not too difficult.
<Marcello_Keagan> Exactly my thought.
Mark_Hassan looks up at Kevin, impressed.
<KevinGrey> But it can be circumvented, too, of course
<Mark_Hassan> multiple defenses, then.
<KevinGrey> Sure
<Mark_Hassan> but... thanks, Kev.
AC_Newton looks proudly at Kev
<Mark_Hassan> Hmm.
<KevinGrey> Well, don't mention it
<Marcello_Keagan> (hmm I just found out I could let Marcello fade from the DW (raising his Arcane)
<Mark_Hassan> (roll Arete for a Mind effect, was it?)
KevinGrey raises his eyebrows
<La_ST> (Yup. Arete)
<Mark_Hassan> (this would be... what, Mind 3?)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Mind 2)
<La_ST> (Marcello: How. How would you reason raining Arcane? It's a background)
<La_ST> (Mind 3)
<Marcello_Keagan> (There is a ritual requiring correspondence/mind that raises arcane...)
<La_ST> (raisin)
<Mark_Hassan> (Marce, it actually needs more than COrr and Mind)
<La_ST> (Well. Ok. But for that you need to do some research, etc, Marcello)
<Mark_Hassan> (Occultation, you mean)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Hell, I don't want to raise Arcane.. it's too high already :))
Mark_Hassan closes his eyes, and brings up the Mandala of Unity...
<Mark_Hassan> >r 4
ST-Logger --> Mark_Hassan rolled 4 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (3,6,3,6) 2 sux. (0 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<Mark_Hassan> (hold on. was it diff 6?)
<La_ST> (Ok. Your encryption is improved by the effect)
<La_ST> (Yup. Coinc Mind 3 = d6)
<Mark_Hassan> (all right. so there are two safeguards now. Mind Effect and encryption)
<La_ST> (Yup)
Mark_Hassan nods satisfactorily, as the Mind effect takes)
<Mark_Hassan> It's not perfect, but...
<Mark_Hassan> it'll do.
<KevinGrey> May I take a closer look?
<Mark_Hassan> for now, anyway.
<Mark_Hassan> be my guest. don't change too much.
<KevinGrey> I just analyse it
<KevinGrey> >r 5 d4
ST-Logger --> KevinGrey rolled 5 dice, diff. 4, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (6,3,2,10,8) 4 sux. (1 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<Mark_Hassan> (damn. those are very fine dice, Stayka :))
<KevinGrey> Well, it should hold for most hacking attempt
<KevinGrey> (hehe)
<Mark_Hassan> most, being the operative term.
<Mark_Hassan> You know, I think I will try and learn entropy, when I have the time.
<Marcello_Keagan> (Stayka, what I was wondering... what do I need to well.. make that Gremlin (spell) I used last time a
KevinGrey smiles friendly. I could still track you down, of course...)2~
<Marcello_Keagan> "sentient" guardian spell"
<KevinGrey> This might be a good idea.
Mark_Hassan smiles back. But of course.
<La_ST> (Marcello: Ehm, when last time?)
<Mark_Hassan> (Stayka, now you've made me nervous. You know I'll be wanting to avoid getting tracked by the MiB...)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Last session.. Marcello's spell fried the Nephandi computer)
AC_Newton has quit IRC (*.net *.split)
<La_ST> (Oh, that.)
<Mark_Hassan> (Besides, if I get killed, what would Master Akhtar say, eh?)
Alexandra still ponders about Kevin. He definitely seems to be not the typical MiB of the NWO...
<La_ST> (In what way a "sentient guardien spell")?
<Mark_Hassan> Alex: (whispering) He is a little interesting, isn't he?
<Alexandra> (whispering back) Yup
<Marcello_Keagan> (In this case a search and destroy spell on whatever/whoever terminates my existance.)
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<AC_Newton> (damn split)
<Marcello_Keagan> (spell = program)
<Mark_Hassan> (Stayka: What does that mean anyway?)
<La_ST> (You have to tell me exactly what it is supposed to do and why&how, then I can tell you)
<Mark_Hassan> Alexandra: (whispering) First time I've seen a men in black wear casual.
<AC_Newton> (split?)
<Mark_Hassan> (AC: yup yup)
<AC_Newton> (That means your part of the network got disconnected)
Mark_Hassan (is an IRC newbie, yup)
<AC_Newton> (NP .-)
Mark_Hassan (nods)
<Marcello_Keagan> (It's supposed to hunt down and fry the physical location of the computer of the person that "terminates my existence".)
<La_ST> (So it would be kind of a "revenge spell"?
<Marcello_Keagan> (yes)
<Marcello_Keagan> (exactly that)
<Mark_Hassan> (geez, I'd like to send that to a few spammers I know)
<Marcello_Keagan> (thats how I came up with it :))
<La_ST> (Well, that's be Corr 2, Forces as much as you have and prime for duration)
<Marcello_Keagan> (probably mind 2.. I want this thing to be "nasty")
Mark_Hassan stubs the last of his cigarrette on an ashtray.
<La_ST> (Well, then add Mind 2 or 3 just for good measure _ )
<Marcello_Keagan> (2=too was talking leet)
<La_ST> (LOL)
Marcello_Keagan looks at Mark Hassan
<Mark_Hassan> (Hmm. Stayka, in the DW, I replace my phys attribs with my mental ones, yeah?)
<Mark_Hassan> (when I'm astral)
<Marcello_Keagan> We weren't introduced yet..
<Mark_Hassan> ah!
<La_ST> (Mark Yup.)
<Marcello_Keagan> I'm Dr. Marcello Keagan
AC_Newton thinks she did introduce Dr.Keagan.)
<Mark_Hassan> Mark Hassan. As much as I'd hate to admit it, I prefer using my real name.
<Marcello_Keagan> (to Alexandra only)
<La_ST> (Oh. sorry)
<Mark_Hassan> It feels... dishonest to not, really.
<Marcello_Keagan> This is my old name
<Mark_Hassan> Is it? And you aren't... corporeal anymore, if I heard right?
<AC_Newton> I use my real name, too. I somewhat got used to it
<Marcello_Keagan> There is still a body somewhere
<Mark_Hassan> Hmm.
<Marcello_Keagan> and besides.. I do not really like my real name..
<Mark_Hassan> Why not? It sounds like a nice one.
<Marcello_Keagan> It's frozen and dead at the moment..
<Mark_Hassan> Ah, well. You're not using it, then.
<Marcello_Keagan> Oh.. My real name and the name I'm using are not the same..
<Marcello_Keagan> The name I'm using is my old name..
Mark_Hassan goes 'ah' in comprehension.
<Marcello_Keagan> the one I used before I awakened.
Mark_Hassan nods.
<KevinGrey> Well, what are names anyway?
AC_Newton looks at Kev and wonders what his "real" name might be
<Marcello_Keagan> Descriptions of self..and they do have power..
<Mark_Hassan> (AC there's a better body rote in the DW for the Mind. Is there any way I can use that and make it permanent?)
<Marcello_Keagan> (hehe...pattern leakage ?)
<Mark_Hassan> I think... perhaps. A name is a name, really.
<La_ST> (Mark: Hm. You'd be subject to pattern bleeding then, too)
<Marcello_Keagan> Did you notice what Asmo did with your real name ?
<Mark_Hassan> (if I went beyond human limits, wasn't it?)
<Mark_Hassan> I suppose. I don't own too much, at any rate.
<La_ST> (No, if you change from you original values noticeably)
<Marcello_Keagan> You have your life ?
<Mark_Hassan> (slowly, Stayka. Not quickly)
<Marcello_Keagan> Anyone willing to do you harm could use your real name to make life quite miserable to you.
<Mark_Hassan> I suppose.
AC_Newton decides she doesn't mind if Kev is called whatever. She likes him anyway
<Mark_Hassan> To be honest, I spent some time alone in the wilderness for a while. I suppose it'd be back to nature, won't it.
<La_ST> (Mark: Well, if you change the stats permanently with XP, then no problem.)
Mark_Hassan knows Kevin can find out that piece of knowledge
<La_ST> (Otherwise there is always pattern leakage)
<Mark_Hassan> (all right. thanks, Stayka)
<Mark_Hassan> conceivably, of course, you could hurt me by going to my family.
<Marcello_Keagan> If whomever wants to do you harm only wants to destroy your material goods... perhaps...
<Marcello_Keagan> They could also locate you and have you killed, arrested, or worse..
<KevinGrey> Well, if you are connected with you family by your name, then yeah
<Mark_Hassan> don't have much, really, Marce. the most expensive thing I have right now is the rig that connects me to this realm.
<KevinGrey> That's the reason the Union prefers the agents to cut all ties with their family
<Mark_Hassan> rough treatment, Kev.
<KevinGrey> Well, it is nowadays the choice of the agents...
Mark_Hassan doesn't look forward to learning Ghayba, at any rate.
<KevinGrey> You have to realize that you pout your family in danger if you keep close to them
Mark_Hassan grins
<Mark_Hassan> I don't,
<Mark_Hassan> mainly because my mother would nag me endlessly if she found out what I was doing.
<Marcello_Keagan> Though family can also keep you grounded very well in reality and remind you every day why you are doing things.
<KevinGrey> She would?
KevinGrey grins
<Mark_Hassan> Of course. You know mothers.
<Mark_Hassan> "Why didn't you do this? Why didn't you that? So-and-so was a nice girl. Why didn't you marry her?"
<KevinGrey> Well, for my family I work far abroad...
<Mark_Hassan> more or less the same here.
<KevinGrey> I chose not to severe all ties to them, but I keep the contact to a minimum.
Mark_Hassan smiles.
<Mark_Hassan> You know, Kevin... for a New World Operative you're not too bad.
Mark_Hassan grins impishly.
<Mark_Hassan> Or... are you?
<KevinGrey> Why, thank you...
KevinGrey chuckles
<Mark_Hassan> It could all be this BIG mind game.
<AC_Newton> He definitely isn't *bad*
<Mark_Hassan> as a matter of fact, I could simply live my life believing that everyone -- EVERYONE! was out to screw me.
<Mark_Hassan> but that's not much of a life, is it?
<Marcello_Keagan> You are quite lucky.. your parents are still alive..
<KevinGrey> Indeed.
<Marcello_Keagan> my closest living relative is my uncle.
<Mark_Hassan> How is he?
<KevinGrey> Yours aren't?
<Marcello_Keagan> They died a while back.
<AC_Newton> Oh, that's not nice
AC_Newton looks at Marcello.
<Mark_Hassan> my condolences
<AC_Newton> As much as my Mom gets on my nerves, I still love her
Mark_Hassan nods sadly.
<Mark_Hassan> I can relate to that.
<AC_Newton> Well, mommy wantes me to marry guys of her choosing, too
<Mark_Hassan> my mum wanted me to be a Doctor. can you believe that? Why? because of the money, she said.
<AC_Newton> But I think I prefer to choose my future husband myself...
<Mark_Hassan> Doctors are Respectable.
<Marcello_Keagan> My father had a heartattack a few weeks before his 70th birthday... and my mother died not long after that...
<Marcello_Keagan> Of course they are..
<KevinGrey> Well, if you like being a doctor, then it wouldn't be a bad profession after all
<Mark_Hassan> Well, I have a cousin who is one. He's inoffensive by himself.
KevinGrey looks somewhat bemused at AC when he hears "future husband"
<Mark_Hassan> But my mum berates me all the time for not being like him. So...
<AC_Newton> That's terrible Marcello!
<Mark_Hassan> resentment-by-association.
<Mark_Hassan> there are worse ways to go. but it's sad, Marce.
<Marcello_Keagan> AC: They died of natural causes, not much I could do about it..
<AC_Newton> Ah well, my mom just turned 44, and my Dad... Hm. He never mentioned his age, actually.
<Marcello_Keagan> Yes, but compared to me, you are a kid...
Mark_Hassan grins
<Mark_Hassan> mmm.
<AC_Newton> Well, I just turned 22...
<Mark_Hassan> a babe, even. I'm 27.
<Marcello_Keagan> I'll turn 36 in a few months.
<Marcello_Keagan> (Stayka: just holler when it's november in your game)
<Mark_Hassan> Alex? I know it's not polite to divulge the age of a maiden...
<AC_Newton> 36! Yeah, that's indeed older
<La_ST> (Marcello: November? Which?)
<La_ST> (Marcello: Kev's birthday is Nov 13th...)
<Marcello_Keagan> (ehrm..
<Marcello_Keagan> (mine is 11-11)
Alexandra grins. Well...
<Alexandra> I'm notoriously timeless. But I can tell you, I learned Unix on a PDP-7
<Mark_Hassan> (Beats me when Mark's birthday is.)
<Mark_Hassan> oh, my god.
<Mark_Hassan> you're... remarkably well-preserved.
<Alexandra> Well, I'm virtual
<Mark_Hassan> well, true.
<KevinGrey> This makes me feel very young, too... IU'm 23 at the moment
<Marcello_Keagan> Ah well. You people should just be lucky you still have your parents..
<Mark_Hassan> awww.
<Mark_Hassan> young lovebirds!
Mark_Hassan {to Alexandra, whispering}: Albeit one of them is a blackbird, but still...
KevinGrey smiles and gives AC a tender kiss on the lips
<Mark_Hassan> get a room, guys.
Alexandra giggles.
KevinGrey grins
<KevinGrey> Later
AC_Newton blushes very bright red
<Mark_Hassan> hmm. Marcello, they tell me that there's a Beach Room somewhere in here. Have you been there?
<Marcello_Keagan> Kevin, AC, have either of you seen Mr. Golux lately ?
<Marcello_Keagan> There should be a beach around here somewhere..
<Marcello_Keagan> just ask.
<AC_Newton> Hanni? NOt lately, I'm afraid
Marcello_Keagan smirks
<Mark_Hassan> Well, I miss the beach. Shall we?
<Marcello_Keagan> I'm not that big a fan of beaches..
<AC_Newton> He was called away by something urgend, he said
<KevinGrey> No, I didn't see him either
<Mark_Hassan> Marce: Ach, shame.
<AC_Newton> There's too much sun!
<AC_Newton> I get surburn fast...
<Mark_Hassan> Nothing wrong with that, my dear AC.
<Mark_Hassan> in VR-land?
Marcello_Keagan smirks
<AC_Newton> Well...
<AC_Newton> And it is unbecoming for me to run around half naked
Marcello_Keagan coughs
<Mark_Hassan> tell you what. come with me to the beach room and I'll fix up a real great cocktail -- family recipe. honest!
<Marcello_Keagan> Kevin... she really has no good opinion about herself..
Marcello_Keagan grins to AC
<KevinGrey> Well, as long as she doesn't get such notions when she's with me, I don't mind
<Mark_Hassan> besides, beach wear doesn't just mean swimsuits.
<AC_Newton> Hm...
<Mark_Hassan> if showing off your body is a problem, wear a Hawaiian shirt and bermudas.
<AC_Newton> Well. That's true.
Mark_Hassan stands up and looks at the rest of the company.
<Mark_Hassan> Well? Anyone? Doctor?
<Marcello_Keagan> I think thats not her problem... I think she will miss her tools too much..
<Mark_Hassan> in VR-land?
<Marcello_Keagan> But no, I'd rather not go to the beach.
<Alexandra> Well, I have to say bye-bye, I'm afraid
<Mark_Hassan> you guys.
Mark_Hassan rolls his eyes.
<Alexandra> JUst got a call from back home, oure mainframe wants to be tended to
Alexandra waves
<Mark_Hassan> oh, well.
Mark_Hassan waves at Alexandra.
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<La_ST> (three persons are a bit too many :-)
<Marcello_Keagan> (hehehe... since when did you become MC *g*)
<Mark_Hassan> Doctor? Since you're pretty experience on the web, why not stay a while and teach the newbies some tricks?
<La_ST> (LOL. See! I'm not her, that's the problem :-))
Mark_Hassan sits back down.
<Mark_Hassan> (she does that too, eh? :) )
<KevinGrey> So, shall we go to the Paradise enclave then?
<Marcello_Keagan> Hassan. I'm not that experienced. I just live here... quite permanently...
<Marcello_Keagan> Lets just say that I'm still learning too..
<KevinGrey> Well, I know my way around her, if need be
<Mark_Hassan> well, permanent residents are welcome. and permanent residents should hang around in the beach to get some sun.
<KevinGrey> here
<Mark_Hassan> because we're bored, Doctor! Come join us. We promise we won't make fun of your knees.
<Marcello_Keagan> Virtual Sun... and besides.. before I make adaptations to my own code, I won't feel things like that..
<Mark_Hassan> oh, fie.
<Marcello_Keagan> But it's okay with me...
<Mark_Hassan> very well, then, Doctor. I do not wish to stay here and drink any more, no matter how fun the performances are. If you don't want to go to the beach, then choose our next venue.
<Marcello_Keagan> The Zeppelin Deck ?
<Mark_Hassan> ooo.
<Marcello_Keagan> I like that place
<Mark_Hassan> Yes!
<Mark_Hassan> Hmm...
<AC_Newton> I love it, otoo
<KevinGrey> Well, AC looks very cute in Victorian garb
Mark_Hassan begins running through a gamut of costumes, before settling to a Captain Nemo-ish outfit.
<Mark_Hassan> Hrrm. I am No-one. To play with Nemo is to play with Destruction.
Mark_Hassan poses, acting like an Indian Rajput.
AC_Newton looks at Mark and smiles
Marcello_Keagan changes his outfit to that of an early 19th century worker in sundays clothing.
<AC_Newton> Hm... You really look like an ETherite :-)
<Marcello_Keagan> Who me ??
<AC_Newton> (Mark)
<Mark_Hassan> (It's the Expression, darling ^_^)
<AC_Newton> (As Cpt.Nemo)
<Mark_Hassan> Shall we, Madame Murray?
<AC_Newton> (Damn, my window lags..)
Mark_Hassan bows courteously, gesturing towards the exit.
Marcello_Keagan (laughs (because he's the GM of a LXG game))
AC_Newton wears her snow white long Victiroan dress again.
<Mark_Hassan> (I know :) )
KevinGrey turns into the black frock suit with top hat again.
KevinGrey offers AC his arm, and she glaadly takes it
<Marcello_Keagan> I just love wearing this outfit... it's so close to what we wear today..
<Mark_Hassan> Master Keagan, I must tell you this. I shall play along with your delicious charade, but in return, I beg of you to reconsider coming with me to the Beach Paradise Room, one of these days.
<Mark_Hassan> I am sure you might not find it comfortable, but Rest Assured, you would Look Hot In Speedos.
<Mark_Hassan> The Women Would Go Wild.
Mark_Hassan gestures to the exit.
<Mark_Hassan> Ladies and gentlemen. After you.
Mark_Hassan is now known as Nemo-Hassan
<Marcello_Keagan> (what do you need for a sector jump, I'm pretty curious about that ?)
KevinGrey leads AC to the entrance of the Zeppelin Deck
<Nemo-Hassan> (Correspondence 3)
<La_ST> (Yup. But the Zepp deck can be easily reached from the Main room of the DEmise)
<Nemo-Hassan> (so, Storyteller. What does the deck look like?)
Marcello_Keagan follows the rest of the bunch (he still has to learn how to sector jump.. it would not fit in his "usual" way of doing magic)
<La_ST> (Heh... OK, let me describe...)
Nemo-Hassan follows everyone else, walking proud and erect, like an Indian Maharajah.
<La_ST> THe Deck is designed like a salon which obviously has to be lovated in the spatious cabin of a huge Zeppelin, as the windows show the landscape from a certain height
<La_ST> The patrons of the room are all clad elegantly in Victorian up to 1930es gard, the women with elaborate dresses most of the time
Nemo-Hassan realizes what was missing from his garb, and adds a fierce, bristling moustache to the whole outfit.
<La_ST> Currently the Zeppelin seems to hover over a picturesque white tropical town scenery, maybe Morocco or something around there
<La_ST> One sees a shore and beyond there is a bright turquoise blue oceanm
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<Nemo-Hassan> Hmm. The ocean. This is rather pleasant. Excellent choice, Doctor Keagan.
Marcello_Keagan smiles
<La_ST> There are some free tables in the Salon, and an elegantly clad waiter approaches Nemo-Hassan who obviously looks as if he is in charge
<Nemo-Hassan> Hmm. What wines have you got, my dear chap?
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<Marcello_Keagan> I'll take a scotch, no ice.
La_ST is now known as Waiter
<Waiter> Please get seated first, dear sir
<Waiter> Then I shall gladly bring you the wine menu
<Nemo-Hassan> but of course. thank you. may we get a window seat?
<Waiter> Of course
Nemo-Hassan follows the waiter.
Waiter shows you to a wonderful table with perfect view at the scenery
<Waiter> Some flowers are in the middle of the table, and there are already plates and cutlery
<Nemo-Hassan> Ah, splendid!
Waiter passes Nemo the wine menu
Waiter takes out a notpad
<Waiter> Scotch, no ice, for you...
Nemo-Hassan pulls out a chair for Madame Newton, and bows politely.
<Nemo-Hassan> Madame.
<Marcello_Keagan> Yes, thank you.
<Nemo-Hassan> Hrmm. What wines do you have in stock, garcon?
<AC_Newton> I'd like to have some sparkling water, plewase
Nemo-Hassan raises an eyebrow.
<Nemo-Hassan> that leaves me and Kevin to share the bottle of wine!
<AC_Newton> (Sorry,this damn window lags again)
<Nemo-Hassan> Would you prefer that, Master Grey?
KevinGrey looks apologetically at Nemo
<KevinGrey> I'm sorry, I prefer a shot of SCotch myself, too
<Nemo-Hassan> oh, fie.
<Nemo-Hassan> Scotch for him and me, then, garcon. It is sad when one has wine alone.
<Waiter> (On the wine menu you see a selection of very fine wines, btw)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Probably Klingon BLoodwine on the menu too *g*)
<Nemo-Hassan> (but only solitaries and eccentrics have wine alone! Nemo is horrified by your suggestion)
<KevinGrey> Well, I guess my British heritage shows here - I never got much into wines. The only exception is a Port once in a while
<Nemo-Hassan> Ah, port.
<Nemo-Hassan> We could have a glass of port, then, Master Grey.
<Waiter> (Well, I guess some ETherites might like Klingon bloodwine :-) Or Romzulan Ale)
<KevinGrey> Well, I won't say nay to port.
<Nemo-Hassan> Excellent. Waiter, two glasses of port for the both of us, please.
<KevinGrey> I am just not too fond of French or Spanish wines
<Nemo-Hassan> hmmm...
<Nemo-Hassan> Ah, shame.
<Marcello_Keagan> Perhaps you should try the Italian wines.
<Nemo-Hassan> Perhaps later, Doctor Keagan.
<KevinGrey> Well, I might do that one day.
KevinGrey smiles friendly
Nemo-Hassan smiles under his moustache
<Nemo-Hassan> (Storyteller: Are there any entertainments playing in the Zeppelin?)
Waiter returns with the beverages
Marcello_Keagan grabs inside his pocket and presents the gentlemen here with a nice cuban cigar.
<Waiter> Did you choose you dinner already?
<Nemo-Hassan> Ah, no. Hrm... Kevin?
KevinGrey smiles again and declines politely.
Marcello_Keagan then holds the small box in front of miss Newton hesitatingly.
Nemo-Hassan ponders if he shall have a small vegetarian meal...
<AC_Newton> Uhm, thanks, no, Dr.Keagan
Waiter waits politely
<Nemo-Hassan> (the cigar for me, Marce? :) )
<Waiter> (That's why he is a waiter, obviously)
<Nemo-Hassan> (snortle :) )
<Marcello_Keagan> Mr. Hassan ?
<Nemo-Hassan> why, thank you, Doctor Keagan!
Nemo-Hassan orders a small vegetarian meal from the menu.
<Nemo-Hassan> Something... light. I do not wish to overextend myself.
AC_Newton orders a dish of Lasagne
<Marcello_Keagan> The first thing I really learned to code here.. it's a mix of an ordinary cuban cigar you can pick from all the basic data libraries here for which I enhanced the flavor..
KevinGrey orders a steak with pepper-cream-sauce and rice
Nemo-Hassan accepts Marcello's cigar gratefully, and examines it.
<Nemo-Hassan> very tightly done, Doctor Keagan.
<Nemo-Hassan> Hmm. One of these days I shall show you a little trick I do with cigarettes.
<Marcello_Keagan> I don't smoke cigarettes
<Nemo-Hassan> But the practise may be transferred to cigars, I believe.
Marcello_Keagan takes out the piece of wood and sets it on fire..
Nemo-Hassan accept's Marcello's offer to light his cigar.
Marcello_Keagan lights his own cigar.
Marcello_Keagan grins
Nemo-Hassan takes a few puffs, and causes the smoke from the cigar to dissipate before it offends everyone.
<Nemo-Hassan> De-lightful.
AC_Newton smiles thankfully
<Nemo-Hassan> Madame? Would you prefer if our cigar smoke smells like...
Nemo-Hassan gestures, and the smoke smells like lilac perfume...
<Nemo-Hassan> or perhaps...
<Marcello_Keagan> ehrm..
<Nemo-Hassan> I say, this is fun!
Nemo-Hassan grins
<Marcello_Keagan> You might not have noticed yet, but the smoke of the things have no natural odor...
<AC_Newton> Hey, that's cool
<Marcello_Keagan> some people detest it.
<Nemo-Hassan> some, however, love it.
<AC_Newton> Oops, I mean, this is wonderful, Captain Nemo!
Nemo-Hassan causes the smoke to smell of lavender blossoms.
<Nemo-Hassan> It's rather surreal.
Marcello_Keagan smirks
<AC_Newton> Well... But better than the normal smell of cigars
<Marcello_Keagan> I could even make this taste like a good meal..
Nemo-Hassan goes hmm, and causes some of the cigar smoke to form into a miniature galleon.
<Nemo-Hassan> Ahh. The Gandalf Trick.
Marcello_Keagan smirks
Marcello_Keagan blows the smoke into the form of a huge dragon
AC_Newton looks at the display
Marcello_Keagan has the dragon blow smoke all over the galeon.
Marcello_Keagan grins
Nemo-Hassan blows the smoke to form the form of a little Benny Hill, who runs around the dragon!
KevinGrey appears somewhat amused
Marcello_Keagan grins
<Marcello_Keagan> lots of fun with smoke
<Nemo-Hassan> Indeed.
<KevinGrey> But mainly because of AC's enraptured gaze at the figures
<Nemo-Hassan> but it is spectacular, Doctor Keagan. I must congratulate you on your work.
<Marcello_Keagan> (reminds me of the mage who used his cigarettes as a focus for one type of matter spell)
Waiter returns with the ordered menus
<Nemo-Hassan> (there's also an entropy rote, I think? "Smoker's Timing", was it?)
<Nemo-Hassan> ahh. Thank you, garcon.
<Marcello_Keagan> It wasn't my idea.. I know a Bani Flambeau who has even more tricks up his sleeves with smoke.
Waiter smiles and serves the food in proper facon
Marcello_Keagan destroys his cigar.
<KevinGrey> Bani Flambeau?
Nemo-Hassan nods gratefully at the waiter.
<Nemo-Hassan> Bani... hmm. That's a hebrew word. Son of, wasn't it?
<KevinGrey> I understood "bani" means Tradition, but I never heard of a Flambeau Tradition
<Marcello_Keagan> The hermetics call their houses Bani too...
Nemo-Hassan dissipates the cigar, but saves it beforehand. What a useful trick!
<Marcello_Keagan> as well as the Traditions
<Nemo-Hassan> Ah. The hermetics. I was never clear about that, being new to this and all.
<KevinGrey> So is Flambeau a TRadition or such a house?
<AC_Newton> It's a house
<Nemo-Hassan> I think it's a division, Master Grey.
<Marcello_Keagan> It's a hermetic house.
<AC_Newton> My Mom's a Hermetic, and she calls herself bani Bonisagus, you see
<Nemo-Hassan> a 'house' or 'lodge'.
<Marcello_Keagan> They tend to be well.... terribly exitable.
<KevinGrey> I see. Thanks
<Nemo-Hassan> Hearing of the name, I would obviously think so, Doctor Keagan.
<Marcello_Keagan> If you techies ever have trouble with the Hermetics it's probably them or the Bani Thig.
<KevinGrey> (Nemo: Did anyone call Kev with his Surname?)
<Nemo-Hassan> (bugger. Didn't you guys-- argH!)
<Marcello_Keagan> (sorry, I did)
<KevinGrey> (Oh, NP)
<Marcello_Keagan> (no I didn't)
<Marcello_Keagan> (nobody did)
<Nemo-Hassan> (argh!)
<KevinGrey> (Hehe)
<Nemo-Hassan> (dangit)
<Nemo-Hassan> (assume someone did?)
<KevinGrey> (Make it Master Kevin :-)
<Nemo-Hassan> (oh, alright (grump, grump))
<Nemo-Hassan> Dr. Keagan. I'm fascinated by your knowledge of the house of Hermes. To be honest, I find myself more ignorant about it than not. Could you care to enlighten me about it?
<Marcello_Keagan> What do you want to know ?
<Nemo-Hassan> Well, all I know of the Hermetics is that their house is based on the name of an Ancient God, Thoth-Hermes, otherwise known as Hermes Trimegistus.
<Nemo-Hassan> Other than that, I presume they are High Magicians, but that is all.
AC_Newton knows a little about the Bonisagi, and some names of the rest
<AC_Newton> Well, my mom always does lots of things with strange rituals
<Nemo-Hassan> I have heard the names of House Flambeau, Thig, and that's about it.
<AC_Newton> She tried to teach me that, but it never worked for me
<Nemo-Hassan> As you can see, my knowledge is fairly limited.
<Nemo-Hassan> I'm fascinated by that, Madame Newton.
<Nemo-Hassan> You were... raised by a Hermetic?
AC_Newton followed her father's footsteps
<Marcello_Keagan> The Order of Hermes is indeed named after Hermes Trimegistus, who again was named after Toth-Hermes who was an amalgam of the Greek God Hermes and the Egyptian god of Toth.
Nemo-Hassan nods solemnly
<AC_Newton> Well, my mother is Hermetic, but I was actually raised by my Daddy
<Marcello_Keagan> These were both gods of magic.
<Nemo-Hassan> And wisdom, and communication, I believe.
<Marcello_Keagan> Yes
<Marcello_Keagan> They codified magic, code that is still used by Techies and Mystics alike.
<AC_Newton> Well, Mom realized I wasn't really happy staying with her, and so she allowed me to live at the Moonbase with Dad
<Nemo-Hassan> AC: Ah.
<Nemo-Hassan> Marcello: Truly? That is fascinating.
<Marcello_Keagan> The Order of Hermes is actually at the base of all the magical terms used by all mystics and techies alike.
<Nemo-Hassan> (very Hermes-centric, I see :))
<Nemo-Hassan> Hmm. I see.
<Waiter> (That's hopw the Hermetics see oit :-)
<Marcello_Keagan> What makes the order of hermes so special is that we really codified magic.. and see it as a science.
<Nemo-Hassan> (rather conceited, tbh :))
<Nemo-Hassan> A science, Master Keagan?
KevinGrey listens with interest.
KevinGrey only knows some basics on the Hermetic
<Marcello_Keagan> We codified, tested, retested cause and effect and let someone else repeat it with good results.
<Marcello_Keagan> Of course that person has to be a mage, but it is still repeatable by other mages.
<Nemo-Hassan> And I presume that at least a large number of your symbols survive, even unto the Modern Age.
<AC_Newton> Hm
AC_Newton doesn't look convinced
<Marcello_Keagan> I could teach any of you here a spell and you could work it.
<Nemo-Hassan> I was a student of the occult, to be honest, before I Awakened. I'm familliar with some of his concepts.
<AC_Newton> Well, I remember that the stuff my Mom tried to teach me never really weorked for me
<Marcello_Keagan> If you have a talent for the spheres that are used in the spell.
<Nemo-Hassan> Hmm.
<Marcello_Keagan> And thats why the Order was stumped by the Order of Reason...
<Nemo-Hassan> Hmm. But there's more to it than that, I presume. The Order doesn't control the paradigm -- only who teaches it, I presume?
<Marcello_Keagan> They manipulated consensus so anyone with enough training could use their "magic".. and that made us lose pretty badly... but anyone willing to put time and trouble into our way of doing it could also use our magic.
<AC_Newton> Well, I need Devices to work Science.
Nemo-Hassan looks at Kevin with interest, and wonders what he thinks of all of this.
<Marcello_Keagan> And I use Science to work Magic
KevinGrey smiles politely.
<KevinGrey> It is always interesting to hear retellings of events from other sides
Marcello_Keagan smiles
<Nemo-Hassan> Most of my tricks have been through mental states, to be honest -- what a scientist would call... hmm. Advanced biofeedback loops?
<Nemo-Hassan> Would you call it that, Master Kevin?
<Marcello_Keagan> Akashic ?
<AC_Newton> Oh. Yes. Biofeedback, that makles sense
<Nemo-Hassan> I'm not sure, Doctor,
<KevinGrey> Yes. This is a workable Paradigm, of course
<Nemo-Hassan> my skills are a mixture of Akashic and other elements.
<Nemo-Hassan> (I don't think he's mentioned that he's Batini)
<KevinGrey> I use both sciences and I have found that I am able to use Psionics, even.
<Nemo-Hassan> fascinating. Kevin. Define psionics.
Marcello_Keagan smiles
<Marcello_Keagan> I'm a "psionic" too
<KevinGrey> The Human brain has vast unused capacities
Marcello_Keagan grins
Nemo-Hassan shushes Marcello.
<Nemo-Hassan> let the man have his say, Doctor.
<KevinGrey> By proper training it is possible to access these unused potentials
Nemo-Hassan nods.
<Marcello_Keagan> It's a valid theory..
<KevinGrey> Brainwaves can be seen on EEGs - and with the proper training, one might be able to receive them one self. All bodies emit electromagnetic fields after all
<KevinGrey> It is just a matter of adjustment.
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm. and from there, could it be possible to manipulate... different things?
<Nemo-Hassan> say, perhaps, electricity?
<KevinGrey> Well, sure.
<Nemo-Hassan> but not without cost, I'd wager.
<KevinGrey> My forte is the manipulation of Minds...
KevinGrey shrugs apologetically
<Marcello_Keagan> But don't you there doing that stuff here.
<Marcello_Keagan> I mean electricity.
<Marcello_Keagan> I'm still pretty much attached to what's left of me..
Nemo-Hassan smiles pleasantly
<KevinGrey> Some colleagues of mine are able to manipulate Forces, too. TElekinesis or Teleportation even
<KevinGrey> Don't worry, Dr.Keagan
<KevinGrey> I have no plans harming you
<Nemo-Hassan> teleportation? fascinating, Master Kevin. Tell me the... "Ironteeth" view of Teleportation and... Space, was it?
<Nemo-Hassan> forgive me. I don't know the formal name of your organization.
<KevinGrey> Well, agents who display such abilities in psionic form are monitored very closely of course
Nemo-Hassan nods.
Marcello_Keagan smirks
KevinGrey shakes his head. And I wouldn't use "ironteeth" - that's a derogatory term the Virtual Adepts gave the Union
<Nemo-Hassan> (note above apology)
<Marcello_Keagan> Ironteeth, I should remember that one.
Marcello_Keagan grins
<Nemo-Hassan> Don't look at me. I heard someone else use it.
<KevinGrey> (Yeah. I had already typed, too)
<Nemo-Hassan> I have no idea what his employers are called.
<KevinGrey> Well, the neutral term would be Technocrats.
<Nemo-Hassan> Ahhh. And it's formal name?
<KevinGrey> As members of the Technocratic Union
<Nemo-Hassan> assuming it's not secret?
<Nemo-Hassan> Ah. And you were... a... hmm. New World Order Convention member.
<Marcello_Keagan> Of course it's secret..but he's not giving you proof of it's existance..
<KevinGrey> Well, we use that "formally" too.
KevinGrey frowns a bit
<KevinGrey> Formally...
<KevinGrey> Well. I guess we are not formal enough to need to distinguish
<Nemo-Hassan> a name to use within internal documentation, then, Kevin.
<KevinGrey> Well, the NWO calls the field operatives agents
<KevinGrey> I guess we are not very inventive there
KevinGrey grins
<Nemo-Hassan> I'm sure even the Etherites have a formal name for themselves that isn't acknowledged by anyone else. As the same with you, Doctor Keagan.
AC_Newton looks puzzles
<AC_Newton> Well, Sons of Ether is as formal as you can get.
<AC_Newton> If you mean the ranks - they are no secrets either
Marcello_Keagan smiles
<Nemo-Hassan> Really? Nothing really formal that you can splash over the title of 'Paradigma', wasn't it?
<AC_Newton> There are Professors, Doctors and Master Scientists
<Nemo-Hassan> ahhh. ranks.
<Nemo-Hassan> not tightly bound, perhaps, but ranks.
<AC_Newton> Well, sure. Ranks according to scientific accomplishments
<Nemo-Hassan> by merit, you mean.
<AC_Newton> It depends on how much you publish and how well your inventions are yiewed
Nemo-Hassan nods.
<AC_Newton> Yes. Merit it is, too
<KevinGrey> Well, it is the same in the Union
<Nemo-Hassan> I'm surprised, Miss Newton. Don't the Etherites and the Union engage in politics?
<Nemo-Hassan> in whatever small way?
<AC_Newton> The Ethewrites? Not really
Nemo-Hassan raises an eyebrow.
<Nemo-Hassan> truly?
<Marcello_Keagan> The thing that is not secret about our organisation is that we use a combination of merits, seniority and application to base our ranks from.
<KevinGrey> Well, the Union is always closely involved in all matters of importance
<Nemo-Hassan> no deals, no rivalries? both of you?
<AC_Newton> Well, for the ETherites, Science is all the counts.
Nemo-Hassan looks a little skeptical.
<AC_Newton> Well, scientific rivalries do exist
<AC_Newton> I heard of Scientists who blatantly stole inventions of others!
<Nemo-Hassan> ah-HA!
Marcello_Keagan smirks
<Nemo-Hassan> that's terrible.
<Nemo-Hassan> Master Kevin?
<AC_Newton> But this is usually dealt with among the two parties involves
<AC_Newton> d
<Marcello_Keagan> It seems that the organisations are not much unlike eachother..
<Nemo-Hassan> well, of course. they all suffer the same weakness and strength.
<Nemo-Hassan> they're run by humans.
<KevinGrey> Well, one thing very notable about the Union is that everything is on a need-to-know basis. And if you are not in the upper echelons you don't need to know...
<KevinGrey> So I can't tell where exactly they are involved...
<Nemo-Hassan> but still. it doesn't sound pleasant./
<KevinGrey> Well, there are some things that I do indeed find not optimal in the Union...
KevinGrey looks almost pained
Marcello_Keagan has his smoke creations fight it out.
<Nemo-Hassan> I presume, when things are almost always need to know, that sometimes things can slip the cracks, because nobody knew.
<KevinGrey> I guess this might very well be true
<Nemo-Hassan> I don't know-- something like... corruption? betrayal? embezzlement? I don't know. I don't watch enough spy movies.
Marcello_Keagan grins
<Marcello_Keagan> Something like that
<Nemo-Hassan> well, I'm thinking of the X-Files now.
<KevinGrey> Well, originally, the goals of the Union were to keep HUmanity safe, to protect Humanity from supernatural dangers and to lead them to Ascension. To make the benefits of science accessible to everyone
<Nemo-Hassan> laudable goals, to be honest.
<Nemo-Hassan> unitty is often a great strength.
<Nemo-Hassan> -t
<KevinGrey> Unfortunately I realized recently that some things don't seem to add up though
<Marcello_Keagan> And those goals are actually pretty close to the goals of the Order of Hermes..
<Nemo-Hassan> and yet, and yet... Master Keagan. Do you still think the Order follows those goals as closely as they did?
<Nemo-Hassan> I beg your pardon. Doctor Keagan. I find it hard to keep track of titles.
<Marcello_Keagan> Just call me Marcello
<Marcello_Keagan> it's okay
<Marcello_Keagan> everyone here does..
<Nemo-Hassan> Thank you, Marcello. I got into the costume.
<Nemo-Hassan> it's actually quite fun, this.
<Nemo-Hassan> (LoL. metaroleplay)
<KevinGrey> WEll, I decided t o just go by "Kevin" until I finally know where I really belong
<Nemo-Hassan> if you so wish, Kevin.
KevinGrey seems to be somewhat unhappy
<Nemo-Hassan> and, Miss Newton? You're very quiet.
<Marcello_Keagan> The Order follows it's tenets still pretty closely, unfortunately with an organisation like the Technocratic Union around, they have to do that in secret...
<AC_Newton> Oh, well, I listen to you
<Nemo-Hassan> I always got the impression that secrecy was part of the mystique, Marcello.
AC_Newton looks at her lasagne at is almost finished
<Nemo-Hassan> it was part odon't you there doing that stuff here.
<Nemo-Hassan> <Marcello_Keagan> I mean electr
<AC_Newton> Well, and I contemplate dessert
<Nemo-Hassan> (buffer barf! sorry!)
AC_Newton looks at Kev and blushes
Marcello_Keagan smirks
Nemo-Hassan looks wryly at AC and Kevin.
<Nemo-Hassan> Ahh. Yes. Yummy desserts. Don't overdo the cream, Kevin.
<Marcello_Keagan> We weren't always secretive, we only had to go in hiding a long time ago..
Nemo-Hassan nods solemnly
KevinGrey tries to keep a straiught face, but loses the effort and grins
<Marcello_Keagan> And from staying long in hiding, some precautions are still in place...and have to be in place.
<Nemo-Hassan> but still... politics doesn't get in the way of your goal?
<KevinGrey> I guess internal politics is one of the major problems of the Union
<Nemo-Hassan> and I wager that it's the same with the Order, unless I'm very mistaken.
<Marcello_Keagan> I'm not that involved in the politics of the Order, but it does get in the way sometimes. Bani Flambeau for instance is planning to expose and destroy the Union once and for all...
<Nemo-Hassan> Mmm. I thought so. conflicting wills.
<Nemo-Hassan> we are a willful bunch, us mages.
<Nemo-Hassan> and er, of course, Scientists.
<AC_Newton> Yup
<Marcello_Keagan> Actually.. the goals of the Order itself aren't much in danger from internal politics.. it's more the execution of the plans to reach our goal.
AC_Newton nods
Nemo-Hassan nods.
<Marcello_Keagan> Then there's of course the strange ones within our order.. the Bani Thig, to which I myself belong..
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm. how are they strange?
<Marcello_Keagan> We use both.. Technology and Magick.
<Nemo-Hassan> I see no conflict there. when you get down to it, Marcello, what you are doing is manipulating symbols understood by forces both within and without you. am I correct?
<AC_Newton> This sounds indeed somewhat strange
<Nemo-Hassan> I even dare speculate, assuming I am right, that your order's first tenets are that, using either technology or magic, your willworking is essentially the manipulation of symbols.
<Marcello_Keagan> I'm not manipulating symbols.. but I manipulate reality by using symbols that have quantifiable results on reality when I focus my will through them.
<Nemo-Hassan> well, okay. I was close.
<Marcello_Keagan> But yes, it's pretty close.
<Nemo-Hassan> but I see no proviso for it having to be technological or magical. am I right?
<Marcello_Keagan> It doesn't matter.. it's both the same thing.
<Nemo-Hassan> so, hmm. maybe it's the other Houses that are anachronistic.
<Nemo-Hassan> they, after all, refuse to accept technology.
<Marcello_Keagan> It's not anachronistic.. it's the same thing..
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm?
Marcello_Keagan shows Hassan the code he used to disable a computer permanently from inside the Web.
<Nemo-Hassan> (I'd like to roll this to see if I can understand it)
<Nemo-Hassan> (Int+Computer, Stayka?)
<Nemo-Hassan> (or Int+Occult?)
Waiter is now known as La_ST
<La_ST> (yup)
<La_ST> (comp)
<Nemo-Hassan> (diff 6?)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Are you familiar with Enochian and Pentagrams and their function)
<La_ST> (Do you have computer apttitude)
<Nemo-Hassan> (4 Occult, speciality Occult Symbology, MArce)
<Nemo-Hassan> (rephrase question, Stayka. What do you mean by Comp Aptitude?)
<La_ST> (I mean the Merit Computer Aptitude)
<Nemo-Hassan> (no, Stayka)
<La_ST> (then it is Diff 7)
<Nemo-Hassan> >r 7 d7
ST-Logger --> Nemo-Hassan rolled 7 dice, diff. 7, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (10,5,4,4,9,8,2) 4 sux. (1 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<La_ST> (ok. you understand _ )
<Nemo-Hassan> (:))
<Marcello_Keagan> (whaa ?)
<La_ST> (With Occ 4, and 4 sux > 8)
<Marcello_Keagan> (It's written in Enochian, coded with circles&pentagrams, and he understands ?)
<Nemo-Hassan> (I have int 4 + comp 3: I understand the code itself. presumably I need to understand the principle behind it, yes?)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Enochain is a LANGUAGE)
<Nemo-Hassan> (damn. no linguistics)
<Nemo-Hassan> (for Enochian, that is)
<Nemo-Hassan> (okay, it
<La_ST> (Ok. Then lessee again. What exactly did you code?)
<Marcello_Keagan> (but I was about to explain it *g*)
<La_ST> (I just had someone opn the phone, sorry)
<Marcello_Keagan> (It's okay)
Marcello_Keagan shows the code
Marcello_Keagan points out a specific recurring word
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm.
<Marcello_Keagan> This is the word for lightning..
<Nemo-Hassan> This is... I've seen it before. It's in...
<Nemo-Hassan> I give up. It's familliar.
KevinGrey looks at it, too, but doesn't really undersatand anything
Marcello_Keagan shows you the base text for the spell first.
<Nemo-Hassan> I understand the significance of the pentagram -- I'd even dare say that that's a Solomonic pentagram. Am I right?
<Marcello_Keagan> This is a spell that is used to create a short-circuit effect in about any electrical device...
<Marcello_Keagan> Then I used these symbols *shows him the symbols*
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm...
<Nemo-Hassan> (Int+Occult?)
<Marcello_Keagan> These amplify the ammount of energy that this spell increases inside the machine.
<La_ST> (For SYmbols Occ, yes)
<Nemo-Hassan> (later.)
<Nemo-Hassan> So, wait. So what this does is that it overloads a machine with electrical energy)
<Nemo-Hassan> but, by using something else. hmm.
Nemo-Hassan looks at the symbols again
<Marcello_Keagan> Not exactly.. the combination of the spell and the symbols cause a massive powersurge inside the machine you use it on.
AC_Newton uderstands overloading machine, but the symbolds are wild
<Nemo-Hassan> power surge? what, the current spikes?
<Marcello_Keagan> The currents running in the machine itself...
<Nemo-Hassan> ohmygod. that is nasty.
<Nemo-Hassan> *In* the machine itself?
<Marcello_Keagan> The one I used amplified the currents in them about a thousand times. Enough to kill any electrical device.
<Nemo-Hassan> *Ouch*
<Marcello_Keagan> Yes
<Nemo-Hassan> Oy. A *thousand* times, you say?
<Marcello_Keagan> Yes
<AC_Newton> That's nasty!
<Nemo-Hassan> it is.
<Nemo-Hassan> hrmm.
<Marcello_Keagan> So a surge protector won't protect against this spell..
<La_ST> (Nemo, please no colours)
<Nemo-Hassan> (sorry, Stayka)
<La_ST> (They look weird in my IRCii...)
<Marcello_Keagan> Perhaps Kevin has seen the use of this spell, or at least the effects of it already.
<Nemo-Hassan> ...because the surge is within the machine.
<Marcello_Keagan> Exactly
<Nemo-Hassan> and the surge protector only protects from OUTSIDE interference.
<Nemo-Hassan> oh, Keagan. That is horrible.
<KevinGrey> I did, yes
Marcello_Keagan grins
<Nemo-Hassan> I can imagine the same thing happening to a HUMAN being.
<KevinGrey> I can't say I know how *you* did it, but I could reproduce it using my methods
<Marcello_Keagan> Then I did something that was quite creative.. usually you use this from outside the machine..
<Nemo-Hassan> (Stayka: This rote would be a what... Correspondence 3, Forces 3 Rote?)
<La_ST> (Corr 2 Forces 3)
<Marcello_Keagan> (It was a Correspondence 2/Forces 3/Prime 3 rote
<Nemo-Hassan> (Prime? for what?)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Aggravated on the computer)
<La_ST> (Prime for Agg, to make it really nasty :-)
<Nemo-Hassan> (Nasty :))
<Marcello_Keagan> Well I mixed this all in a nice little package..
<Nemo-Hassan> Well, I can do a lesser form. This looks like... well, it looks like you pumped it up in some way.
<Marcello_Keagan> to be caused on the computer..
Nemo-Hassan points to a symbol set.
KevinGrey I could show you the Program how I would do this...
Marcello_Keagan nods
Marcello_Keagan shows the final result
<Nemo-Hassan> This set of symbols. These are amplification symbols. But using what?
<Marcello_Keagan> Here I mixed both the spell and the symbols and compiled this as a nice little virus.
<Marcello_Keagan> Prime
KevinGrey takes a palmtop out of his pocket and starts programming concentrated
<Nemo-Hassan> Damn. There's something I can't do.
<Nemo-Hassan> But, hmm. I could probably do a nastier version to a human being. I can imagine it now, damnit.
<Marcello_Keagan> Then I had the virus delivered by a friendly Virtual Adapt to the machine it was supposed to destroy.
KevinGrey then uses the little built-in printer to produce a long, narrow band of foil
KevinGrey givces it to Nemo
<Nemo-Hassan> (Corr 2 / Forces 3 / Mind 3, was it, Stayka?)
<KevinGrey> There, that would be my rendering of the same effect
<La_ST> (Mind for a Human - or Life)
<Nemo-Hassan> (oh, man. I could do this ^_^;;)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Corr 2 (delivery)/Forces 3 (for the powersurge, this one would reverse)/ Prime 3 (to increase the reversed flux))
<Nemo-Hassan> (My variant would be Corr, Forces, Mind and Life, Keagan)
<Marcello_Keagan> ((Add life 3 and it would be enough to seriously harm a living being... add mind 3 and it will kill))
<Nemo-Hassan> (Mine would be without prime, to be honest. would that be lethal?)
<Marcello_Keagan> ((I can do them all from the DW)
<Nemo-Hassan> (wait, it'd be vulgar as hell, won't it)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Yes)
<La_ST> (Nemo: Well, Forces itself is making a mess of neural pathway already, when combined with Mind
<Nemo-Hassan> (i'm NEVER doing it :))
<Marcello_Keagan> (but not if you use it on a computer)
<Nemo-Hassan> (unless it's multiple-targets)
<La_ST> (On a computer it is a "shitr happens" effect
<Marcello_Keagan> (They can short-circuit... there must have been dust in the system or so)
<La_ST> (Just a power surge9
Marcello_Keagan looks at Kevin's code
<La_ST> (Maybe a thunderboilt struck nearby..)
<Nemo-Hassan> (wait. what if someone's Astral rig malfunctions, and it throws up a large garbage input into the user's mind. might the user's mind overload?)
KevinGrey 's code it neatly structured and speaks of proper programming skills
<La_ST> (Yup)
Marcello_Keagan grins
<Nemo-Hassan> (so that's not as bad, I guess)
<La_ST> (This Mind fry happens to people once in a while)
<Nemo-Hassan> (it'd even work on those on sensory, though they'd have less problems with it)
<Nemo-Hassan> (that'd be coincidental? with Life, vulgar?)
<Marcello_Keagan> (to make sure they die... probably still coincidental)
<La_ST> (Well, it's "de-rezzing"...)
<Nemo-Hassan> (Life to make the heart stop)
<Nemo-Hassan> (it'd be a cardiac arrest, then)
<Marcello_Keagan> (Stayka: I do believe that kevin can code.. I want to hear an explanation of how his effect works)
Marcello_Keagan looks at Kevin's code
Nemo-Hassan goes hmm.
<La_ST> (Actually de-rezzing someone's icon gives the person a major headache, or at worse case plunges them into coma)
<La_ST> (Marcello: I only have so many hands to type)
Nemo-Hassan goes hmm for a bit, and summons a piece of paper and a fountain pen)
Nemo-Hassan begins scribbling on it.
<La_ST> (I needed to explain stuff to Nemo here. How can I type for Kev at the same time?)
Marcello_Keagan takes a peak at his scribling
<Nemo-Hassan> (you do your thing, girl. I'll be fine)
<Nemo-Hassan> an opinion to those who know what Mind effects can do.
Marcello_Keagan (knows)
<Nemo-Hassan> Would it be possible to implant a suggestion into a person's mind using his rig and correspondence?
Marcello_Keagan is trying to become the second (first) Mind master in this game..
<KevinGrey> Kev's code invades the computer system of the power suplly and causes it to inject a power surge in the line of the location of the computer that is supposed to be blown up)
<Nemo-Hassan> Here's another variant, Kevin.
<KevinGrey> Well, Captain Nemo, that would be easy
<Marcello_Keagan> Grey, this won't work if there's a surge protector on the powerline feeding the computer..
<Nemo-Hassan> Invade the person's mind, and find out if you can destabilize it. use a trojan horse or something, and trick the person into accepting it.
<KevinGrey> You only need to make the display emit certain hypnotical patterns
<Nemo-Hassan> destablilize it enough, and you can make that person kill himself.
KevinGrey looks at the code again and frowns
<KevinGrey> Yup. I think I was too fast
<Nemo-Hassan> (Corr2/Mind3 -- focus trojan horse or virus)
<KevinGrey> Just a moments...
<Marcello_Keagan> It's still a very neat piece of code..
<Nemo-Hassan> no, wait. hmm.
<Nemo-Hassan> (too many ideas here)
KevinGrey looks very concentrated at the display of the palmtop and starts changing the code
Nemo-Hassan starts scribbling absently on the sheet of paper, with notes on human psychology and code snippets.
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm.
<Nemo-Hassan> it's not a complete program.
<Nemo-Hassan> it's impossible to make one that way, at any rate.
<Marcello_Keagan> hmm..
<Nemo-Hassan> each person is too unique.
KevinGrey prints out another foil
Marcello_Keagan has another one
<KevinGrey> Okay. THis is another option...
Marcello_Keagan looks at it
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm?
Nemo-Hassan looks at Kevin's tin foil?
Marcello_Keagan tries to figure it out
<Nemo-Hassan> explain, Kevin?
<KevinGrey> This version causes the hard drive to go into a reading pattern that would in very short time overtax the electronic/mechanic of the hard ware and cause a major head crash
<Nemo-Hassan> that might work.
Marcello_Keagan nods
<KevinGrey> It's not really blowing up the system, but should do the trick, too
<Nemo-Hassan> subtle, too.
<Marcello_Keagan> That will work..
<Marcello_Keagan> but it's repairable
<Nemo-Hassan> dataloss would be immense, though.
<KevinGrey> Well, it takes sufficient time to repair it to send in the shock troups
<Nemo-Hassan> some of us don't have shock troops, Kevin :)
<KevinGrey> And one can recover the data afterwards
<KevinGrey> Ah well.
<Nemo-Hassan> well, yes.
KevinGrey smiles sheepishly
<Marcello_Keagan> and you forget that the memory banks of the system might still be operational.. and that the Harddrive crash wouldn't be too bad..
<Nemo-Hassan> unless you reroute some of that electricity onto overloading the ram chips.
<Nemo-Hassan> can you?
<Marcello_Keagan> But it's an interesting way of doing things
<Nemo-Hassan> it would be.
<KevinGrey> Hm... This would need some more adjusting, but it should be possible
<Marcello_Keagan> of course there is a way much easier work..
<Marcello_Keagan> does any of you have a computer he doesn't mind smashing ?
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm?
Marcello_Keagan starts writing a piece of code
<Nemo-Hassan> sorry. this is the only one I've got
<Marcello_Keagan> This piece of code will show a nice blue screen..
<AC_Newton> Well, my computers at home are off-limitsa
<Marcello_Keagan> That will make you want to smash your glass of scotch.
<AC_Newton> I don't want to hurt Teora or any of the others
Marcello_Keagan starts coding
<Nemo-Hassan> Kevin? You got a colleague you don't like?
<KevinGrey> Hm...
<Marcello_Keagan> !dice 4
KevinGrey grins evilly
<KevinGrey> Well, yes...
<Marcello_Keagan> >r 4
ST-Logger --> Marcello_Keagan rolled 4 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (9,2,8,6) 3 sux. (0 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
Nemo-Hassan snickers
<Marcello_Keagan> >r 4
ST-Logger --> Marcello_Keagan rolled 4 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (2,9,3,1) 0 sux. (0 tens, 1 botches ): FAILURE
<KevinGrey> Let me track him down...
Marcello_Keagan sighs
<KevinGrey> This won't take too long
<Marcello_Keagan> 2 suxx
<Marcello_Keagan> >r 4
ST-Logger --> Marcello_Keagan rolled 4 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (7,7,4,7) 3 sux. (0 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<Marcello_Keagan> okay.. probably enough
Marcello_Keagan grins
Marcello_Keagan shows AC the screen
<AC_Newton> Oh!
Nemo-Hassan peers at the screen.
<Nemo-Hassan> oh. what is that?
<KevinGrey> >r 6
ST-Logger --> KevinGrey rolled 6 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (5,7,3,2,3,6) 2 sux. (0 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<Marcello_Keagan> AC the screen you are seeing now is blue (standard windows GPF screen) and makes you want to "smash" a glass of scotch.
<KevinGrey> (Int+Investigation, BTW)
KevinGrey gives Marcello the data he needs to locate the "colleague" of his
<AC_Newton> ("smash"?)
<Nemo-Hassan> you know, an interesting way of doing it is to get the victim to destroy his own code, and then do grievous bodily harm to himself.
<Marcello_Keagan> (Yeah.. as in totally destroy the glass...NOW)
<AC_Newton> (As in drink it top forget?)
<Marcello_Keagan> (and since you have mind, you can try to resist the effect)
<AC_Newton> Well...
<AC_Newton> !dice 4
<AC_Newton> >r 4
ST-Logger --> AC_Newton rolled 4 dice, diff. 6, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (5,2,1,3) 0 sux. (0 tens, 1 botches ): BOTCH
<AC_Newton> No sux, LOL)
<Nemo-Hassan> (OUCH)
Marcello_Keagan laughs (it had only 3 successes for the effect)
<AC_Newton> (It was a fail - Mind screen is only diff 4)
<Marcello_Keagan> (still)
<Nemo-Hassan> (oh. well. okay)
Marcello_Keagan waits
<AC_Newton> (But O don't have a glass of scotch)
<Marcello_Keagan> Kevin has, as well as Marcello
<Nemo-Hassan> and me.
<AC_Newton> (Kev's is empty)
<Nemo-Hassan> (mine is half)
AC_Newton takes the glass of Marcello and throws it to the ground
Marcello_Keagan laughs
Nemo-Hassan winces
AC_Newton looks shocked at the ground
<AC_Newton> Huh?
<Marcello_Keagan> but Hassan..you looked too :)
<AC_Newton> What happened?
<AC_Newton> Why did I do that?
<Nemo-Hassan> (oh, right)
<Nemo-Hassan> >r 4 d4
ST-Logger --> Nemo-Hassan rolled 4 dice, diff. 4, threshhold 0:
ST-Logger --> (5,6,7,9) 4 sux. (0 tens, 0 botches ): SUCCESS
<Nemo-Hassan> well...
KevinGrey gets up and takes AC in his arms
<Marcello_Keagan> Sorry AC..
<KevinGrey> Marcello played a little trick on you
<Marcello_Keagan> But I jus wanted to show a little trick..
<Nemo-Hassan> that's nasty. Marcello, buy her a drink.
AC_Newton still looks somewhat disoriented and snuggles up to Kev
<Nemo-Hassan> no, wait. drinks are easy to get.
<Nemo-Hassan> I know!
<Nemo-Hassan> Marcello, we're going to the beach now.
<Nemo-Hassan> you're gonna wear speedos
KevinGrey looks somewhat irritated at Marcello
<Marcello_Keagan> I didn't do anything permanent harm...
Nemo-Hassan sighs.
<Nemo-Hassan> Kevin... there wasn't any permanent harm.
<Marcello_Keagan> It was a real nice piece of code AC..
<KevinGrey> Well, but you performed a Mind Procedure on my girlfriend
Marcello_Keagan shows AC the code
<AC_Newton> Kev, it's okay
AC_Newton looks at the code
<AC_Newton> Hm. This is nasty
<Nemo-Hassan> (what was that, Marce? Mind 3?)
<AC_Newton> You could do much worse things with that!
<Nemo-Hassan> (no, hold on. Mind 4, wasn't it?)
Marcello_Keagan has coded an instinctual reaction to the screen shown (in this case blue windows screen) to immediately smash.... the glass of scotch...
<Marcello_Keagan> Exactly
Marcello_Keagan smiles
<Marcello_Keagan> I'm starting to learn
Nemo-Hassan goes hmm...
<KevinGrey> Well, I prefer you don't try out such things on AC again.
<Marcello_Keagan> I had no intention of harming her.
<Nemo-Hassan> I don't think he will, Kevin.
<Nemo-Hassan> Now, come on.
<Nemo-Hassan> Does anyone want any dessert?
<AC_Newton> I'd like to have some icecream!
<Nemo-Hassan> hmmm.
<Nemo-Hassan> oh, what about gelato?
<KevinGrey> Gelato?
Marcello_Keagan is a bit angryy with Kevin right now
<KevinGrey> Parli l'italiano?
<Nemo-Hassan> Italian ice-cream, I think. very rich.
Marcello_Keagan grins
<Nemo-Hassan> And Marcello? Please calm down, Marce.
<Nemo-Hassan> He was being protective.
KevinGrey still holds AC protectively in his arms
<Nemo-Hassan> He was scared, man. Don't take it out on him.
<Marcello_Keagan> It was just a harmless piece of code.
<Nemo-Hassan> It was.
<Nemo-Hassan> But still, he got scared.
<Marcello_Keagan> I didn't ask her to jump of a high building, kill you or something else..
<Marcello_Keagan> so don't worry..
<Nemo-Hassan> You didn't, Marce. That's fine.
<Nemo-Hassan> we're friends here.
<Nemo-Hassan> I don't think you will. he is your friend, right>
AC_Newton smiles and feels very safe with Kev
<Marcello_Keagan> ehrm..
<Nemo-Hassan> (whispering) sides, she got a free cuddle. I think she might be a little grateful for you.
<Marcello_Keagan> Well he's not my enemy at the moment...
<Marcello_Keagan> But he was the one responsible for me dyring my stay in room 101
<Nemo-Hassan> Was he?
Nemo-Hassan looks at Kevin.
<Nemo-Hassan> room 101?
<KevinGrey> Yeah.
<Nemo-Hassan> explain, Kevin.
KevinGrey looks somehow indifferent.
<KevinGrey> I had my orders
<Nemo-Hassan> I know you did. What did you do?
<Marcello_Keagan> It's none of your business
Nemo-Hassan shrugs.
<Nemo-Hassan> okay. there goes my diplomat references.
<KevinGrey> Well. Marcellow was captured by the NWO, and I was assigned to ...turn him.
<Nemo-Hassan> did he, Marcello?
<Marcello_Keagan> Perhaps
Marcello_Keagan grins
<Nemo-Hassan> do you feel turned?
<Nemo-Hassan> wait, you taking the piss out of me.
<Nemo-Hassan> I mean, you're pulling my leg.
<Nemo-Hassan> right?
<Marcello_Keagan> No actually, he was really close to turning me.
<Nemo-Hassan> oh.
<Marcello_Keagan> I even applied for a job at the Technocratic Union..
Marcello_Keagan smirks
<Nemo-Hassan> I don't think I should know the details, then.
<KevinGrey> Well. my arguments were pretty convincing
<Nemo-Hassan> so... Kevin. This Room 101. It's a conversion room, then?
<Nemo-Hassan> for... deprogramming?
<KevinGrey> Among other things, yes
<Nemo-Hassan> geez. just when you thought you knew a guy.
<Marcello_Keagan> Actually... I was agreeing with you because at the moment I had some doubts about how things work....
Nemo-Hassan sinks down in his seat. Spent.
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm?
<Marcello_Keagan> (at that moment)
<Nemo-Hassan> agreeing with who? me?
<Nemo-Hassan> or Kev?
<Marcello_Keagan> No, Kevin
<Nemo-Hassan> ah. right.
<Marcello_Keagan> But he made a few mistakes
Nemo-Hassan sits out the awkward silence.
<Marcello_Keagan> One of them was making me jealous
KevinGrey lets go of AC and seats her gallantly at the table again.
KevinGrey sits down, too
<Marcello_Keagan> The other was not continuing his work
<KevinGrey> Well, I have to admit some things just ...happened
Marcello_Keagan smirks
Nemo-Hassan quietly beckons to the waiter to come forward to take their order of desserts.
La_ST is now known as WAiter
WAiter comes to the table and waits for the orders
<Marcello_Keagan> Well anyway.. I'm still not that sure what to think of Kevin..
<Marcello_Keagan> But I'm sure he's not that sure about himself at the moment.
Nemo-Hassan orders a tiramisu, quietly, for himself.
<Marcello_Keagan> Cappucino
Nemo-Hassan {to AC, quietly}: And you, AC?
AC_Newton orders a huge chocolate icecream with chocolate sauce
<Nemo-Hassan> Geez. Genocide By Chocolate.
KevinGrey takes a cup of mix icecreams
KevinGrey smiles
<Marcello_Keagan> Anyways... we're not friends.. we could have been though..
AC_Newton giggles
<Marcello_Keagan> Not that way AC...
Nemo-Hassan looks at AC oddly.
<AC_Newton> Well...
AC_Newton looks at Kev and it looks like "Mine!!"
<Marcello_Keagan> You can have him.. not interested anymore
Nemo-Hassan rolls his eyes.
<Nemo-Hassan> It's like their in their own realm.
Marcello_Keagan smirks
<Marcello_Keagan> And we might even be friends someday...
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm. who? you and Kev or all of us?
<Marcello_Keagan> Kev and I, all of us
<Nemo-Hassan> mmm.
<KevinGrey> Well. Only time will tell
Marcello_Keagan nods
Nemo-Hassan settles back.
<Nemo-Hassan> hey. Is someone gonna clean up that glass?
<Marcello_Keagan> Anyways.. I made this piece of code *takes out his "Gremlin" code* and gives it to Grey..
AC_Newton looks down and smiles impishly
<Marcello_Keagan> It's on a nice folded piece of paper (just a representation of the real computer code)
<Marcello_Keagan> If you ever need this..
<Marcello_Keagan> Just compile this and send it to any computer you want...electrical computer that is..
<Marcello_Keagan> I could also design a new one that works for optical devices if need be..
<Marcello_Keagan> so just ask.
<AC_Newton> Then she takes a small pistol out of her bag and transfers the data into is.
Nemo-Hassan goes 'Eeep!' at the small pistol.
<AC_Newton> As she shots the ground, only the glass and whiskey down there dissolve
<Marcello_Keagan> (this code is a "one shot" Gremlin code)
<AC_Newton> (Ack, the line of me scanning disappeared _ )
<Nemo-Hassan> (in a voice like Scooby Doo's Velma) Jinkies!
<Marcello_Keagan> Compile and Deliver and the Computer will not see another day of operation.
AC_Newton looks somewhat proud at her accomplishment.
<AC_Newton> So.
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm. Where's our dessert?
<Marcello_Keagan> Another thing.. I've coded these butterflies
Marcello_Keagan starts his butterflies program
WAiter brings the dessert.
<Nemo-Hassan> mmm. tiramisu!
<Marcello_Keagan> *Butterflies galore are all around the table.. after exactly one minute they disappear again... but they keep appearing from his computer...*
<Nemo-Hassan> what does *that* do?
<Marcello_Keagan> Nothing yet
<Marcello_Keagan> These are just digital butterflies..
AC_Newton attacks her chocolate ice
<Nemo-Hassan> 'nothing yet'? Knowing you there'd be *something*.
Nemo-Hassan 's costume and moustache are beginning to itch.
<Marcello_Keagan> I want these to be the deliverers of a nice explosion..
<Marcello_Keagan> but I have no clue yet how to attach them to these butterflies..
Nemo-Hassan transforms his clothes into an ordinary Victorian-era suit.
<Nemo-Hassan> Hmm.
Nemo-Hassan gestures to Marce's computer.
<Nemo-Hassan> may I?
<Marcello_Keagan> I'd rather not
Marcello_Keagan codes another computer for Mark
Nemo-Hassan shrugs
Marcello_Keagan gives you the computer
Nemo-Hassan looks at the code.
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm...
<Nemo-Hassan> (Forces effect, you think?)
<Marcello_Keagan> The butterflies are "normal" butterflies
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm..
<Marcello_Keagan> To this I want to attach a few tricks to make them quite dangerous...
Marcello_Keagan shows you butterflies part 2
<Marcello_Keagan> *Butterflies appear, but instead of disappearing after a minute each butterfly becomes 2 butterflies...
<Marcello_Keagan> After 5 minutes they dissapate
<Nemo-Hassan> hmm... I think it's beyond my experise, really.
<Nemo-Hassan> for one, it looks like it requires some form of Prime.
<Marcello_Keagan> All I need is one of the explosive butterflies.. and then I can make them like I did here..
<Nemo-Hassan> I keep thinking to myself: what would I use to bind the Force effect to the butterflies?
<AC_Newton> They look nice!
<Marcello_Keagan> When done, deadly too
<Nemo-Hassan> explosions are relatively easy -- heat and kinetic energy, from a central point.
<Nemo-Hassan> maybe matter, if you want shrapnel, but maybe not.
Marcello_Keagan just wonders how to attach teh code for an explosion to these things
Nemo-Hassan gives Marcello the computer.
<AC_Newton> Hm... Dunno, I have to admit
KevinGrey looks at them an ponders
<Nemo-Hassan> Correspondence? Each butterfly is a marker?
<Nemo-Hassan> when effect climaxes, the energy is pumped into each Correspondence Marker?
<KevinGrey> Yes. I though of them as end point of an energy transmission line
<Marcello_Keagan> THats not neccessary.. I can make an infinite ammount of copies from the butterfly..
<Nemo-Hassan> it's brittle, though, isn't it. so many things can go wrong.
<Marcello_Keagan> It's the thing that Dan taught me..
<Nemo-Hassan> (what would I need to manifest a solid object in the DW? Matter, right?)
<Marcello_Keagan> In this case.. it sees the sector the butterflies are in as the bag :)
<Nemo-Hassan> nasty. vulgar. you'd get whited out.
<Marcello_Keagan> actually.. it
<Marcello_Keagan> 's basic programming
<Nemo-Hassan> I know. but if all those butterflies exploded at the same time, in a sector...
Nemo-Hassan shudders.
<WAiter> (Nemo: No matter here)
WAiter is now known as La_T
La_T is now known as La_ST
<Marcello_Keagan> I doubt it would cause much more of a whiteout than a giant spaceship armed to the teeth will do..
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<Nemo-Hassan> (really? Hmm. Right, Matter is used for conversion to DW energy-stuff)
<Nemo-Hassan> Well, neither is particularly pleasant.
<Nemo-Hassan> but I can imagine a place where it's basically a nice, verdant valley, full of butterflies....
<Nemo-Hassan> which GO BOOM on intruders!
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<AC_Newton> Hm. I prefer proton cannons as things to make things go boom
<Nemo-Hassan> (Marcello: It would be a Time 4 effect, wouldn't it?)
<Marcello_Keagan> ((OOC: strange question, but something MC wondered about.. if she took me down the Weavers Web... would that work to bring.. Marcello back alive.. or would she take out a floppydisk with Marcelo's code on it))
<Marcello_Keagan> Nah
<La_ST> (Time 4 is for timing stuff)
<La_ST> (Marcello I'd go for the floppy disk)
<Marcello_Keagan> (This isn't a conditional spell... this will just go boom as soon as there is a critical mass of butterflies)
<La_ST> (I think you'd just be immaterial)
<Nemo-Hassan> (exactly. and the condition would be, "when there are enough butterflies"
<La_ST> (Like spirits that can't get corporeal easily either)
<Marcello_Keagan> no.. it does: create butterfly.. count butterflies if<X create butterfly, if Butterfly>Y BOOM. Every time unit it does this check.
<Marcello_Keagan> create butterfly (sorry, copy itself)
<Nemo-Hassan> (copy butterfly is small forces effect, yes?)
<Marcello_Keagan> no.. it's a property of the DW
<La_ST> (WEll, butterflies of that kind are small forces )
<Nemo-Hassan> (damn, Marce. I can't think of a way to link the butterflies to explosions, then)
<Marcello_Keagan> Transform Forces (which is that... 3 or 4
?)<La_ST> Well, if you want to attach a forces effect like an explosion, than it might be best to have them as forces images
<La_ST> (Transform minor = 2)
<La_ST> (Transform Major = 4, I think)
<Nemo-Hassan> (Mmm. Forces 4. *I* could do it)
<AC_Newton> Not you alonme
<Nemo-Hassan> (no wait, I couldn't)
AC_Newton smiles sweetly
<KevinGrey> Well, Forces is one of the things pretty easy in the DW
<Nemo-Hassan> I don't have the control to do it, sadly
Nemo-Hassan shrugs.
<KevinGrey> There are somethings one just shouldn't do, though
<KevinGrey> The Web is fragile after all
<KevinGrey> The big crash in 1997 taught us that
<Nemo-Hassan> Mmm. What was that like?
<KevinGrey> Well, I only heard of it
<KevinGrey> At that time I wasn't even Awakened yet
<Nemo-Hassan> I was... well, the word for it would be 'wandering around' in Asia.
<KevinGrey> Well, a colleague of mine told me it was horrible
Nemo-Hassan goes "Mm-hmm".
<KevinGrey> Suddenly about everybody in the web was forcefully disconnected, many even suffering the fractal death
Nemo-Hassan winces.
<Nemo-Hassan> Complete discorporation?
<KevinGrey> Yes.
<KevinGrey> The fractal death is the worst thing that can happen to someone in the DW
<Nemo-Hassan> There are *other* ways to die?
<KevinGrey> It dissolves everything into tiny irrecoverable pieces and scatteres it over the web
<KevinGrey> Well, you can be derezzed...
<Nemo-Hassan> that's considered a death, then.
<KevinGrey> This is the way to dump sdomeone from the web
<Nemo-Hassan> okay, forceful disconnects.
<KevinGrey> If you are dumped you awake on the other side with a big headache
<KevinGrey> Well, derezzing is "Icon Death"
<Nemo-Hassan> okay.
Marcello_Keagan is going to train a bit (OOC: gotta go)
Marcello_Keagan is quite sorry about that and I'll talk to you another time
<KevinGrey> Some fall into coma, too, but it is not as bad as the finality of fractal death
<KevinGrey> Well, Good bye, Marcello
<Nemo-Hassan> (all right. it's a shame, Marce. You're great to RP with)
AC_Newton waves to Marcello
<AC_Newton> Bye-bye
<Nemo-Hassan> It was pleasant getting to know you, Doctor Keagan.
<Marcello_Keagan> (Stayka: If you see Zen ask him to mail me when he is available to anwser a few questions about Sorcerer, I have a character idea, but I have no clue if that is allowed in his campaign)
<La_ST> (I'll do)
<La_ST> (BTW, I need to go to the bathroom for a sec)
Marcello_Keagan is now known as d1ng0
<La_ST> (BRB)
d1ng0 waves
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<La_ST> (re)
<Nemo-Hassan> (re! :))
<Nemo-Hassan> (shall we wrap this up, then?)
<La_ST> (Sorry... This was ...necessary :-)
<La_ST> (Yeah)
Nemo-Hassan finishes his Tiramisu, puts down his fork. He then dabs a napkin on his lips.
AC_Newton managed to finish her huge chocolate ice, too
<Nemo-Hassan> Geez. Won't that make her sick?
KevinGrey smiles at his spacegirl
<KevinGrey> I don't think so. She likes things sweet...
AC_Newton blushes
Nemo-Hassan pretends he didn't hear that. TMI!
<KevinGrey> Well as much as it was nice making your acquaintance, I think we'll take our leave now
<Nemo-Hassan> It was... well, it was a lot better than I had expected, really. Thank you for your company.
KevinGrey gets up and bows
Nemo-Hassan bows politely to Kevin.
<KevinGrey> Then he offers AC his arm
Nemo-Hassan bows politely to AC, and kisses AC's hand.
<Nemo-Hassan> Madame.
AC_Newton smiles brightly
<AC_Newton> Monsieus
<AC_Newton> r
Nemo-Hassan smiles politely, and bows.
<KevinGrey> Good bye then. Maybe we'll meet again one day.
KevinGrey and ACy disappear
KevinGrey is now known as Alexandra
Nemo-Hassan sits back, and contemplates going to Beach Paradise.
Alexandra gets into the Zeppelin deck. She now wears a red Victorian robe made out of code fragment
<Alexandra> Geez, here you are!
Nemo-Hassan greets Alexandra happily
<Alexandra> I had somewhat of a bad conscience to leave you there...
<Nemo-Hassan> They've all gone. I was planning to go to the Beach Paradise. Join me for a luau?
Alexandra smiles at Mark
Nemo-Hassan is now known as Mark_Hassan
<Alexandra> So you survived the meeting anyway?
<Alexandra> Paradise?
<Alexandra> Sure! I'm with you
<Mark_Hassan> Mmm. Marcello wasn't too bad a chap, the same with Kevin.
Mark_Hassan offers Alexandra his arm.
<Mark_Hassan> shall we?
<Alexandra> Well, this NWO agent sure did look like a decent guy
<Alexandra> Maybe I have to reevaluate my opinion
Alexandra takes Marks arm
<Mark_Hassan> yes. Ironic, though, that the guy who got on my goat the most belongs to your tradition.
<Alexandra> Sure. Let's go
Mark_Hassan leads Alexandra to the Paradise exit
<Alexandra> Ah, you mean Asmodai
<Mark_Hassan> Mmm. He had a point, I'm sure.
<Alexandra> He's quite unique
<Mark_Hassan> But... geez.
<Mark_Hassan> Unique is quite the word.
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<Mark_Hassan> Well... he had a point in all that encryption and security protocols.
<Alexandra> Well, you shouldn't take it too much to heart
<Alexandra> He manages to antagonize a lot of people
<Mark_Hassan> He does, doesn't he?
<Alexandra> But he does know his way around her
<Mark_Hassan> true
<Alexandra> here
Mark_Hassan is now known as luau-Hassan
Alexandra step through the gate to the Paradise
luau-Hassan 's clothes start flickering between different forms.
<luau-Hassan> Which do you prefer? Hawaiian shirts or something tight?
Alexandra wears a bikini top of her trademark code fragments and a sarong of the same material and colour
<Alexandra> Well, choose what you are most comfortable with
luau-Hassan 's outfit settles into a rather tight surfer's bodysuit. Of course, his muscles in the DW are well defined, albeit not too large.
<Alexandra> You know, Paradise is usually a riot when you are pursued by metalheads...
<luau-Hassan> Is it?
<Alexandra> Yeah.
<luau-Hassan> Kevin and Marcello refuses to come in here. I can understand Marcello (it's not his thing), but I wondered about Kevin.
<Alexandra> When you get in through the right doors and they follow you, they suddenly find that they only wear speedos or even less
<Alexandra> The looks on their faces are priceless!
<luau-Hassan> Ooo. That'd be sexy.
luau-Hassan winks at Alexandra.
<La_ST> (Kev didn't refuse)
<luau-Hassan> (point)
<La_ST> (Kev said he'd accompany you. AC wasn't so fond of the idea)
<luau-Hassan> (again, point. blame it on Hassan's bad memory then)
<luau-Hassan> (once again, the wonderful engine of rumour works again!)
<La_ST> (NP. Anyway, Kev looks very nice in speedos... He was at a beach sim that Asmo put them in)
<luau-Hassan> (heh. back to the show!)
<La_ST> (*g*)
luau-Hassan finds an empty spot at a nice Hawaiian-themed bar.
<Alexandra> Well, did you find out what you wanted to know about the blackhat
luau-Hassan gestures for Alexandra to take a seat.
<luau-Hassan> He's an... interesting person./
<Alexandra> Ah, maybe I'm injust - he wore neither hat nor mirrorshades after all
<luau-Hassan> well, he was an MiB.
Alexandra sits down at the bar
<luau-Hassan> MiBs are generally trouble.
luau-Hassan sits down on bar.
Alexandra even waers a hawaiian flower neclace and circlet
<luau-Hassan> I hope AC knows how to take care of herself. If it isn't Kev that'll cause trouble, it'd be his bosses.
<Alexandra> Well, I agree.
<Alexandra> I derezzed my share ib MiBs here
<Alexandra> of
<luau-Hassan> Mmm. Here it'd be easy.
luau-Hassan gestures towards the bartender.
<luau-Hassan> something fancy for you, Madame?
<Alexandra> Well, the Web is a rather okay fighting ground...
luau-Hassan goes "Mm-hmm".
<Alexandra> Okay, the DEmise is neutral - here you have both Ironteeth and Trads mixing
<luau-Hassan> Everywhere else isn't,
<Alexandra> Oh, today I want a flower sky
luau-Hassan raises an eyebrow
luau-Hassan looks up.
Alexandra gets a high glass that looks liuke a big glass flower which is filled with clear blue liquid in which flower petals swim
<luau-Hassan> oh.
<Alexandra> Naw. Here
<luau-Hassan> hmm.
Alexandra points to the cocktail
luau-Hassan smiles at Alexandra
luau-Hassan orders a Sydney Stormcloud -- a blue and yellow concotion, in a tall glass.
<Alexandra> Well, outside the Demise, there are often fights between Trad spinners and Ironteeth - but it is an unwritten law that no one gets chaos dumped
<luau-Hassan> I gathered.
<Alexandra> Yeah. Derezzing, icon death is okay. But chaos dump is a no-no
<luau-Hassan> Kevin mentioned something about the Great Crash.
<Alexandra> Yeah. That was horrbile
<luau-Hassan> You were there.
<Alexandra> I was carrying around a nasty headache for a week!
<Alexandra> Others were less lucky
<Alexandra> Yes. I was there.
<luau-Hassan> Mmm. What was it like?
<Alexandra> Well, it caught us totally by surprise
<luau-Hassan> uh-huh.
<Alexandra> Well..
Alexandra looks unfocused, tries to remember
<Alexandra> It was like a horrible tidal wave
<Alexandra> We were in our sectors, playing and chatting and fighting as usual...
luau-Hassan listens, suddenly reminded of how apt it was, especially where they were.
<Alexandra> Suddenly a surge ran through the whole expance of the web, and everything was engulfed by darkness
<Alexandra> The energy overload the surged through the system derezzed many, chaos dumped other...
luau-Hassan 's looks raptly at Alexandra's face, as she describes it.
<Alexandra> Many who were derezzed still got burnt badly, some really mind fried
<Alexandra> A dozen of my friends where fried beyong recovery
Alexandra appears horrified, and yet distant...
luau-Hassan takes Alexandra's arm, and squeezes it.
<Alexandra> As is she forcibly tried to put away what she experienced then
<Alexandra> I belonged to the first who reconnected
<Alexandra> It was devastating
<luau-Hassan> what was it like?
<Alexandra> All the painstakingly created programs, the room, all gone...
<Alexandra> Erased or horribly warped
<luau-Hassan> even the Spy's Demise?
<Alexandra> Conduits that formerly led to great sectors crumpled...
<Alexandra> Well, the Demise somehow survived mostly instact.
<luau-Hassan> mmm. That's strange.
<luau-Hassan> fortunate, but strange.
<Alexandra> It is said that the code of the DEmise is almost self-aware, that it fought the whiteout and held to its existence
<Alexandra> But who would know?
<Alexandra> The Demise is one of the strangest sectors in the Web
<luau-Hassan> hmm. who owns the place, anyway?
<Alexandra> Wello, this is not clear either
<luau-Hassan> hm.
<Alexandra> THe only thing everyone knows is that the Demise is sacrosanct
<luau-Hassan> no one fights in here, no one dies.
<Alexandra> No one gets killed in there, and no one fights
<luau-Hassan> I can understand that.
<Alexandra> Even the worst enemies sit peacefully next to each other
luau-Hassan smirks, as he remembers AC and Kevin.
<Alexandra> There were people who tried to start fights in the past, but they were horribly punished for that. I think they never returned
luau-Hassan nods solemnly
Alexandra sees Mark's smirk
<luau-Hassan> I'm thinking about AC and Kevin. Kind of ironic, to be honest.
<luau-Hassan> If what you say is right, the Technocracy has a big problem with the Etherites.
<Alexandra> Well, it seemed to me that they were really pretty happy together.
<luau-Hassan> They were. Despite everything.
<Alexandra> I can't understand that, but what the heck
<luau-Hassan> Some people get lucky, I guess.
<Alexandra> I know I won't hunt for some metalhead as lover
luau-Hassan drains his drink.
luau-Hassan sighs.
<luau-Hassan> (what time is it? Is it night? Is it close to sunset?)
<Alexandra> (Night)
<La_ST> (We had lunch at the Zeppelin)
<luau-Hassan> (time frames are different in the DW, wasn't it?)
<La_ST> (Yup)
luau-Hassan shrugs.
<luau-Hassan> This place is strange.
<luau-Hassan> On the one hand, you've got people like Asm0, who insist that this place is dangerous, and that you gotta take care of yourself by being paranoid.
<Alexandra> Well, it is disconnected from the hamburger land
<luau-Hassan> On the other...
<luau-Hassan> You've got AC and Kevin. They're two people with EVERY reason to be suspicious of each other.
<luau-Hassan> And it only happens in the Digital Web.
<luau-Hassan> What a strange place this is.
<Alexandra> Well, I understood they get along outside the WEb, too
<luau-Hassan> Did they meet in here, though>
<luau-Hassan> ?
<Alexandra> Hm. I think so, yeah
<luau-Hassan> Like I said. Only on the Digital Web.
<Alexandra> Moment. I got that mail...
<luau-Hassan> Hmm?
Alexandra puts up some sunglasses and seems to read something inside
<Alexandra> Yeah.
<luau-Hassan> Private?
<Alexandra> Fun thing was that Kev was trying to lure AC and her team into a trap
<Alexandra> But he was constrolled by some Nephandi artefact, and they freed him from it.
<Alexandra> THen he stayed with the group
<luau-Hassan> hmm. That's just... strange.
<luau-Hassan> so, he owes them... something?
<Alexandra> Well, a mail from a young Virtualite who got into contact with AC and the others
<Alexandra> A young guy named Helge who vcame to me for tutoring
<luau-Hassan> Mmm. What did he say, other than that?
<Alexandra> Well, yeah. You could say that. Obviously he was thankful for being freed from that Mind control
luau-Hassan goes "Mm-hmm".
<Alexandra> Well, Helge didn't say much, but I exchanged some mails with AC later on
<luau-Hassan> and she said...?
<Alexandra> She wrote they wanted to help Kevin to exterminate the Nephandi that had taken root among his people in the NWO
<luau-Hassan> that
<luau-Hassan> hmm.
<luau-Hassan> that is nasty
<Alexandra> Yup
<luau-Hassan> plenty of work
<Alexandra> Nephandi need to be killed off wherever one finds them
<Alexandra> The Fallen ones are too dangerous
<luau-Hassan> I know... it's just...
<luau-Hassan> after that, what>
<Alexandra> Well, after that they wanted to go their ways, separately again
<Alexandra> But AC wrote even then that she thought he was really cute...
<luau-Hassan> hmm.
luau-Hassan orders another drink. When asked on what he wanted, he says, "Surprise me."
<Alexandra> Well, obviously even the Blackhats are made of flesh and blood
Alexandra grins
<luau-Hassan> we all are. I guess. well, not *here*
<La_ST> The barkeeper brings a bright green drink that looks as if it was made of green snow crystals that dance around each other
<Alexandra> Well, some of the ironteeth are more primium and steel than flesh, of course
luau-Hassan takes a sip.
<luau-Hassan> Well, they were once...
<La_ST> It is very fresh, with a fruity-sweet taste
<luau-Hassan> Mm. Well, nice surprise.
<Alexandra> I think it's a Green Snowstorm
<luau-Hassan> it
<luau-Hassan> it's nice, at any rate.
<Alexandra> Yeah. I had that, too a while ago
<Alexandra> They mix great drinks here
<luau-Hassan> They do.
<luau-Hassan> I'd like to go down to the beach and look at the stars when we're done here. Would you like to join me?
<Alexandra> SDounds nice
<luau-Hassan> (am thinking of wrapping it up once this scene ends)
<luau-Hassan> All right.
<Alexandra> (yup)
Alexandra finishes her drink
luau-Hassan listens to the music and watches Alexandera finish her drink. He finishes his drink too, before long.
luau-Hassan stands up, and offers his hand to Alexandra.
Alexandra smiles and take it
<luau-Hassan> Thanks for showing me around, Alex.
<Alexandra> Well, it was my pleasure
luau-Hassan slowly leads Alex through the crowd and out into the beach, where it is quieter...
<Alexandra> And maybe you consider joining the Virtual Adepts some da
<Alexandra> y
<luau-Hassan> I might. You never know. I might.
Alexandra looks at the see that looks grand under the shine of the start
<Alexandra> The constellations are those of the southern hemisphere, and the Sother Crosh sparkes brightly
luau-Hassan lies down on a quiet part of the beach, and stares at the sky.
<Alexandra> Southern cRoss
Alexandra accompanies him
<luau-Hassan> It's... peaceful here. It could be a lot worse, of course.
<Alexandra> Well, up there are the Magellanic Clouds...
<luau-Hassan> Mmm.
<Alexandra> It's a pity one doesn't see Andromeda from here
<luau-Hassan> A pity, yes,
luau-Hassan offers Alexandra a place to cuddle in, if she wants to.
Alexandra smiles and takes up the offer
<Alexandra> Being virtual means not being bouind after all
luau-Hassan grins
<luau-Hassan> I suppose so.
<La_ST> (so, lets leave them now :-)
<luau-Hassan> (good show :))
<La_ST> :-))
Session Close: Mon May 26 00:11:47 2003
-- To Be Continued --
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